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OPHIR NEWS
project. Increased costs since the
original project was authoribed,
plus some additions caused by re-
vised plans, made a larger au-
thorigation figure necessary.
Authorization bill referred to
has been widely criticize»d as a
“pork” bill—meaning an oppor
tunity for members of congress
to grab juicy slices for their dis
tricts. I cannot see much justi
fication for this criticism. The
mill does two things. It adjusts
previously made cost estimates
of projects now under construc
tion. It represents final approval
tor new projects which may or
may not be constructed in the
long future. That bill DOESN’T
appropriate or spend any money.
Similar authorization bills in
the past have piled up a back-log
of approved plans totalling more
than 700 projects, but only some
70 projects are now under con
struction and appropriations for
starting new projects are not be
ing allowed this year.
I think some of the screaming
about the Rivers and Harbors
and Flood Control bill has been
in the nature of a smoke screen
tor the purpose of distracting at
tention from the deficit-spending
appropriation bill now under the
congress’ consideration.
By Marian Miller
Recent visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Brewer were
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bangs and
son of Mountainview, Ark. Mr.
Bangs, as a boy attended Ophir
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Moore
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atnerion
of Klamath Falls were week-end
visitors at Ophir.
Mr. and Mr. Tom Moore en
tertained Sunday afternoon in
honor of eleventh birthday of
their daughter, Deloris. Deloris
received many gifts.
Refresh
ments followed an afternoon of
games.
T. J. Hawkins made a week
end business trip to Eugene.
Bertha Ann Moore and Lee
Pollock visited Sunday at Mr.
Pollock’s parents home at Ban
don.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Whittaker
and daughter, Betty spent the
week-end at Siletz( Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Gundy and
gons of Fieldbroom, Calif., were
visiting the Walter Woods home
last week-end. Mrs. Van Gundy
is Mr. Wood’s daughter.
Among guests at Blue Water
lodge last week-end were C. P.
Trivett of Gold Beach and two
New Jersey Republicans have
guests, Dr. and Mrs. Nels Kee
formulated
a party platform with
ler of Piedmont, Calif, Talent
only
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words
in it which, to my
Greenough, city attorney of Co
way
of
thinking,
is the best state
quille, and his guests, R. C. Ab
ment
of
Republican
philosophy,
bott and W. A. Warner of Co
aims
and
objectives
I
have ever
quille, F. S. Emry of Elgin, Ore.,
seen.
Here
it
is:
Alton Hubbard of Panama city,
“America can be* saved from
Florida. All were fishermen on
Communism and Bankruptcy.
the Rogue.
“America’s problems can be
Mrs. Ed Wooley had an acci-*
met by her great people without
dent on Euchre Creek road Sun
loss of their liberties.
day afternoon. Sh(» drove her
“We dedicate ourselves to this
’41 Chevrolet into a telephone
undertaking.”
pole near Bullington’s dairy barn.
Mrs. Iris Snyder, who was ln
For t h e fourth consecutive
the car. suffered slight head outs
time there is serious war talk(
when her head plunged through
while Congress has an appropri
the windshield.
ations bill under consideration.!
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wade have
The intensity of the war scare
returned after spending about a
usually seems to be in propor-1
month visiting friends and rela
tion to the size of the appropri
tives in Mountainview, A ik .
ation being considered for the
armed services. This time the
bill calls for the largest amount
ever appropriated for the armed
forces in peacetime. Due to the
present very serious tension the
amount will be increased.
i
At first 1 was mehfied to be
’ lieve these clises were home-
made. It seemed the war talk
might be drummed up by the Ad-
mhustration and the Defense De
partment for the purpose of scar
ing
congress into appropriating
Kv Harris Ellsworth, M.
more money. A check ot the tact
s this idea.
The war
The Omnibus Rivers and liar-
have actually been gen-
hoi's and Flood Control Author
ization Bill, which has just clear- । trated by the Russians. They
cd congress, carries important i caused us to start thi» famous
while an appropriations
additional authorizations for the
Willamette Valley Flood control t bill was under consideration.
Mi
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1950
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT. BROOKINGS, OREGON
Even though the president did
not announce the fact until the
House-Senate conference was en
deavoring to decide on amount
of arms aid to Europe, Russia
did explode an atomic bomb as
that bill was under consideration.
Lately the Russians shot down
an airplane. The repercusisons of
that act continue to cause ten
sion. Very serious developments
may yet result from the murder
ous Russian action.
The conclusion I am compelled
to reach is that the Russian gov-
sian government is very anxious
to have us continue our ruinous
administration policy of deficit
spending.
Co. Service Officei
Reports To You:
BY C. E. SEGER
Gold Beach. Ore.
Applicants for the Washing
ton world w’ar 2 veterans’ bonus
are advise to be patient— facili
ties of the Washington bonus
staff are limited to checking of
only 1500 claims a day and pay-
ment of about 1000 a day, from
more than 175.000 applicatios.
This information was received
by the Oregon Department of
Veterans’ Affairs in answer to
a recent inquiry to A. C. Ashen
felter, Washington Division of
Veterans Compensation adminis-
trator. regarding the schedule of
payments of that state’s recently
enacted bonus.
Ashenfelter said the applicant
will receive a claim if his appli-
cation is in order. If it is not in
order, he is “given a suspense
number and the veteran is ad-
vised of the incorrectness and
requested to furnish thi» infor-
mat ion necessary to put his claim
in order. From that point on, ac
cording to their numbers, aro
processed and paid.”
To show the magnitude of the
bonus staff’s job. Ashenfelter dis-
closed that about 10.000 appli
cations were received per day
during the first ten days after
forms were distributed on Jan.
10. These could be filed in order
of days received, he said, be
cause facilities were too limited
to permit alphabetical 01 other
filing.
By March 17. 40.000 of these
claims had been checked and
given either claim or suspense
numbers. But because bonus
funds were not available until
Feb. 21, only 14.000 claims had
been paid by March 17.
bonus forms from the following
states as well as the State of
Washington: Deleware, Indiana,
New York. Minnesota, North Da
kota, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
Any veteran interested call or
write for details.
NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson
and son, Cary, had as house vis
itors over the week-end, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wagner and three
children, Mrs. Wagner’s sister,
and two children, Mrs. Juanita
Davis and Larry Wright, all oi
Eureka. Mrs. Davis is the daugh-
ter of Claude Wright, who now
makes his home with the Jack-
sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin (Sonny)
Chapman of Farmington, New
Mexico, are the parents of a four-
pound daughter, born on April
22 and which they have named
Harriett Roberta, after the two
grandmothers.
Mrs. Chapman’s
mother, Mrs. Herbert Payne, left
last week via Southwest Airways
for a couple of weeks visit at
Farmington, and to become ac
quainted with the little newcom
er, who is home after being in
an incubator for several days.
While Mr. and Mrs. R. .S.
Walker and sons have rented the
Johnson house near the Win
chuck bridge, to make their
home. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Barker and their daughters have
moved from the Winchuck to a
home in Brookings.
Mrs. Bill West’s mother, of
Silverton, spent the week-end
with her.
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