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Regtiter-Guard, Eugene, Page 4B Oct. 27, 1949 Budget Report Shows Scope of City Service One of California's middle population bracket cities had I ii i ii 4. ii. vn uj ni a Cattle an upuil at lift llty Jiau una paoi, ouiiiiiici, uigu otv school band played on the lawn outside, and taxpayers wan- iqM, J1CK dered through the various omces to asK questions ana near explanations of local governmental problems. At Top Prices Most ot tne visitors among tnem esiaDnsnea Dusiness' men and community leaders CHICAGO (IP) Beef on the afterward exclaimed their surprise to finding city hall Youth Gets Five Years In Burglary Charge OREGON CITY UP) Leslie hoof is selling Thursday at near record prices in the Union Stock Yards.

operations so complex. Seeing the full scope of the ad' But don't let that worry you. Lost Actress' Child Awarded LOS ANGELES (IP) Custody of the child of missing act-resi Jean Spangler was awarded temporarily Thursday to plastics manufacturer Dexter Benner, Miss Spangler's former husband. Superior court ruled that Benner should have custody of the child, Christine, 6, until further order of the court. Mrs.

Florence Spangler, mother of the actress, was granted visiting rights. Mrs. Spangler's attorneys filed an affidavit saying "there is still hope" the daughter is alive although "her disappearance appears to have been against her will." You aren't going to find that beef And Shove To Get On NEW YORK W) The New York subway system celebrated its 45th birthday Thursday. It's grown some: 241.56 miles along 37 lines collecting about daily. But in one respect the subways haven't changed much since the day in 1904 when the first line was opened from City Hall to Broadway and 145th street by way of Grand Central and Times Square.

That day a reporter wrote: "Men fought, kicked and shoved to get on." Allen Jacobson, 19, Chicago, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for burglary of an ice cream parlor near here Sept. ministration they were paying taxes to support, they were better in your butcher shop with a near-record price tag. In fact, you aren't going to find it there. 11 tj. 12.

He was caught in the act and The top 1949 price for cattle, arrested with Dean A. Culver, 18, also of Chicago. Culver had drawn a similar sentence but was paroled paid Wednesday, was $41.50 a hundred pounds for prime steers. able to understand that HKe ousr ness operations, their city government had budget problems. Locally this year, Eugene's city administration represents a million-dollar operation In the field of publio service.

And, to indicate the manner in which it is being conducted, a special report was issued this week by City Manager Oren L. King. to his father. Judge E. C.

Latourette sen That will cut out to prime meat. It's the kind which is sold directly to "name" restaurants, clubs and hotels. It doesn't get into the butcher shop. tenced Jacobson. Court aides said the Chicago youth was wanted in Florida but Gov.

McKay had refused to grant extradition. I "People who will buy those steaks won't care much whether TO EXPEL GHOSTS a Bavarian prepares to fire his pistol in celebration of Corpus Christi day. Not so spectacular as the California city's open house, this is nonetheless at least as as an "eyeopener." the price is $3.00 or $5.00," one livestock commission man said. "There's always a steady demand for beef from those restaurants, regardless of price." tout It was prepared especially for parks and playgrounds is pre sented. Percy Clark, a cattle feeder of Covering activities of the street Ogden, Iowa, sent in the top price load, which consisted of 17 head department, the city manager's report explains the constant fight departments (and special functions): Expenditures Airport 4,907.17 Attorney 1,663.00 Building 7,283.00 City Hall (maintenance) 1,520.14 Comfort Station 787.73 Engineering 9,084.08 Finance 5,094.39 Fire 33,318.25 Health 2,882.23 Library 5,527.98 Manager 3,284.11 Miscellaneous 14,335.51 Parks Recreation 24,047.57 Police Court 2,006.46 Police Dept.

42,645.73 Street Dept. 41,805.20 Water Electric Board 10,132.37 tf SPECIALS AT KAILES APPAREL SHOP Special groups of broken lines, greatly reduced for a Month-End Special. Values you can't afford to miss. WHILE THEY of Aberdeen-Angus steers. of this agency to Keep tne city In the past two weeks prices for streets clean and those that have prime cattle have skyrocketed.

presentation to the ,16 men who last spring sat together as the city budget committee and drew up the budget under which the administration would operate through the 1949-50 fiscal year. If these men the eight members of the city council and eight private citizens politically unin-volved in the affairs oil the administration might be termed the board of directors for this mil- been permanently paved in good me price is now only lu cents a hundred pounds under the all-time repair. Eugene now has 150 miles of streets and alleys, the statement adds, 82 miles of which have peak made in September of last year. If that peal: is to be scaled livestock men think it will have to be done before the livestock been paved. Commenting on the general financial situation of the city, King noted Thursday that as the quarterly report indicates, Eugene tax lion-dollar-a-year business, the re show starts Nov.

26. COATS- 15 Only. Values to J44.50 Now $29.95 All wool fleeces and needle point fabric. Broken sizes 8 to 18. port issued this week might just as easily be called a stockholders report.

In essence, each property payers have the benefit this year of a lower tax millage rate than ii Total $210,345.02 The city manager's report shows After the show, the present extreme scarcity of prime beef will have lessened. Except possibly for the grand champion, the winners of the ribbons at the show will go to the slaughter house just like taxpayer is a stockholder in the municipal corporation that is Eugene's city government. What Taxes Buy that the'total amount budgeted to cover these operations in the three-month period was and that last year, in the their exclusive brothers. fin suede platform Beauty and value unbelievable price! Fine genuine suede platform in green, grey, black or brow an elegant platform, graceful high bed. $16.95 WOMEN'S SHORTIES in wool fleece.

Special What the stockholders are get same period, the comparable ex ting this year for their investments (taxes at the rate of 17.6 penditures amounted to mills), is indicated in detail in the SUITS Average grades of cattle haven't moved up with prime steers however, and one result is that the price spread between the top and bottom on the steer scale is today the widest on record. There are far more cattle grading average than the few, scattered head grading manager's report. It covers all expenditures made through the first 7 Only. Values to $39.95 Now $29.95 Quality all wool, beautifully tailored in half sizes, Wk to 24. three months of the 1949-50 fiscal was established in the 1948-49 fiscal period.

Furthermore, that Eugene's 17.6 mill rate is lower than those prevailing in Bend (33.1), Astoria, (28.8), Corvallis (22.9), Salem (19.1), Portland 18.8) and numerous other Oregon cities. Also helping to relieve the burden of local property, taxpayers are receipts of the various city departments and, to some extent, payments from the state government. As one example, the two Eugene airports were operated through the first quarter of the current fiscal year at a total cost of $4907.17. More than offsetting these expenses were receipts from rentals, gas taxes and crops grown at the Mahlon Sweet Field. These collections totalled $5951.03 in the three-month period.

year. prime. In addition to the comparison of budget allowances and actual expenditures, the report also outlines a number of major purchases and accomplishments of the first quarter of the city's 1949-50 fiscal year. The building department, for In In 17 mimeographed pages, this 'quarterly budget report" shows Chief cause for the soaring price of prime steers, livestock men Th. $19.00 said, is an acute scarcity.

All through the summer, short' Community Chest WOMEN'S RAINCOATS In gabardine twill Month-End Special what each city department spent irom July 1 to Sept, 30 and what was accomplished by these expenditures. fed steers were marketed in good volume because prices permitted ivtfyerm stance, issued permits covering $1,491,520 in local construction Briefly, the report shows that 13 DRESSES a nice profit. Thus, there weren't; 946 Wlllomette C.O.D.'i Accepted add 20f and building repairs and provided building, plumbing and electrical many cattle left to keep on of the 15 separate city operations were accomplished within sums $10.00 feeding. IS Only. Values to $26.50 Now inspections for all projects con cerned.

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Another season work loads. Reduced operational expenses through the winter will offset this so they will finish their year's nine street improvement petitions were put through preliminary pro KM Order! Welcomed all KAILM Store. 5 i i minim ibm SATURDAY ill Oct. 28 to 29 io I 5 XAIES work within the overall budget provisions. The same is true of capital improvement expenditures by the Bureau of Parks and Rec iCMirS ONLY fffMfl MANUFkCTUm IABIEM MPPAHtl 1044 Willamette Eugene reation.

This department spent well over one-quarter of its total 1949-50 budget in the first quarter to finance park and playground improvements that could be carried out most advantageously during the summer. The first-quarter records for all cedures leading to bid calls and accomplishment of the paving they proposed as another part of the spring street program. This department also handled in the July-September period sewer construction contracts involving $114,280, sidewalk jobs representing $2579.52 and the provision of additional concrete parking facilities for airliners using Mahlon Sweet Field. The repair of the Millrace, a $13,824.31 job, was supervised by the engineering department, as was the start of construction of four new Amazon Creek bridges which will cost approximately ALSO IN KltANDSAUMVMMNY, Its the Marley Sport Shop FIRST For the Best in CASUAL SPORTSWEAR $28,000. Fire Department The fire department answered 411 alarms during July, August and September, holding the estimated property loss to $14,259.

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Immediately after the end of July-; September period, a second substation was opened on the eastside of the city and delivery of a 750-gallon a minute pumper truck was mode to the department. The police department also expanded under the allowances of the 1949-50 budget. Additional patrolmen were hired, two new patrol cars purchased, and a new motor cycle, a lie detector, an electronic traffic counter, and an intoxication testing device were provided for the department's use. Officers issued 7011 parking citations during the period ot the report, compared with 2642 in the same period of 1948. Arrests for moving traffic offenses also were up, with 331 tickets issued for basic rule infractions as against 218 last year, 23 for reckless driving as against 18 and comparable margins in most other categories.

Although traffic accidents during the first quarter of the new fiscal year were held to 586, there were 36 injuries and 2 fatalities. The record in the first quarter of 1048 was 615 accidents, 34 injuries and no deaths. The municipal, or police court assessed fines during the July-August period this year totalling $18,228, or $1034 more than In the same months last year. The health (milk and meat inspection) department reports the addition during the report period of 41 dairies to list of those supplying grade A milk to Eugene. At the same time, it is noted that Additional milk has had to be shipped here from Coquille and Astoria to meet increasing consumption totals.

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