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About The Oregon state employee. (Salem, Oregon.) 1944-195? | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1947)
18 field and heard the boys gripe about ’the state’s going broke,’ ‘they owe me interest on my money this month, ‘my grocery bill will be so high by the time I get my check that I can’t pay it,a ll,’ etc. Some new men don’t bother about griping. When their check does come they say, 'Well I’m quitting and going where I can get my Pjy«*” The writer continues to say "This is a discouraging condition, and is not new. In a- general check-up of the men in the field, in and around the Eu gene District, I find there isn’t a man who cares W H EN pay day is just a DEFINITE pay day so he can adjust his business to fit.’’ . to be known as Sand Cape, but which in later years gave way to its present name. Some say Kiwanda to the In dians meant "wind mountain,” but more authoritative sources point out that Kiwanda was once wa mighty In dian chief of the Nestucca tribe, a man of courage and understanding. However, most of his feats of yester years have long been lost to history. The cover picture was taken by Ted Rosin, photographer for the Oregon. State Highway Commission Travel In formation Department, w ith which he has been connected for the past year. He is a former Tillamook resident and U. S. Navy photographer. He has taken numerous scenic pictures in the Yel The editor appreciates being advised lowstone and Grand Teton areas. More of his error, especially when it brings recently he has been recordirtg Oregon out frank expressions such as this which scenes on film. are based on fact.- The O.S.E.A. has received a good many complaints of GEORGE PERKINS like nature, and has taken positive ac George Newton Perkins, of Jewell, tion with the highway department in Ore., died on the morning of June 29, calling their attention to this same while at his w ork six miles north of criticism. We have reason to believe Jewell. He has been assistant foreman that steps are being taken to stabilize of state highway maintenance, Jewell and make regulat the pay days for section, for the past twelve years. employees. The Association will not Mr. Perkins was bom in Helena, rest in its efforts to have such matters Mont., on August 20, 1S90, moved to _____________ _ corrected. Tacoma, Wash., while quite young and later served as circulation manager for CAPE KIW ANDA the Tacoma Times. He moved to Jew (Cover Picture) ell in 1916 and served in World War I. By E. A. ROSTELL Of O r e g o n ’ s 400-mile coastline, A fter his discharge from the army, Cape Kiwanda, near Pacific City south he moved to Portland where he was of Tillamook, is considered one of the married and engaged in tile work. He returned to Jewell in 1933 and most spectacular scenes, emphasizing the endless conflict between sea and purchased a small place. Two years la ter, in 193$, he started working for shore. Here sandstone headlands rear color the. Oregon State Highway Depart ful crests up to 200 feet above the ment. His survivors include-his widow, restless surf of the Pacific; which for Pearl M. Perkins, and one stepson Dale centuries has been dashing against these J. Campbell, both of Jewell. OSEA members will recall ~ that ageless battlements. The cape projects George was a perfect attendance mem itself into the ocean about one-half ber of Astoria Chapter and was recog mile from the general trend of the nized appreciatively for his interest in coast, presenting its unusual beauty mainly for the benefit of hikers who Association affairs in the March-April would walk a mile and one-half from issue of the State Employees. He will be missed greatly, and in his passing we Pacific City or from Terra del Mar. Behind the cape -are bright sand extend our heartfelt sympathy to his dunes which long ago inspired the area family and relatives.
