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THE YAMHILL BUDGET DECISION
The effort of the Yamhill county court to avoid publish
ing more than bare minimum of budiret figures has been
properly rebuked by the supreme court. At the same time
the attempt made at the last legislature to clarify the budget
- . i i- ii' i ' e Li .
Jaw ana Drmg aoout more unnorm puuucuuun 01 eauiutucs
has turned out to have failed. Another try must be made.
The original local budiret law provided for the publication
of "fully itemized" estimates showing "each particular item
of proposed expenditure." In the years immediately iouow
inff its adoption taxing bodies, trying to obey its terms,
nublished elaborately itemized budget figures. With the
passage of time, however, and the growth of a body of legal
interpretations of the meaning of the law's phrases a ten
dency developed to present fewer and fewer figures. There
was noticeable, also, a great difference in the budgets of
the several counties and other taxing districts.
In order (so it was intended) to secure uniformity of
treatment of budget figures and to clarify the law an
amendment was adopted by the 1943 legislature. We shall
not go into the details of the amending language but note
simply that the Yamhill county court, instead of finding in
that language what was intended, decided that it gave an
opportunity for publishing even fewer figures than had
ever been the case.
A taxpayer brought suit to force more details into the
budget publication. The court has found for him and has
decided as the news account has it, "annual county budget
estimates must be published in full by county courts." We
have not had an opportunity to read the decision but we un
derstand that it gives new weight to the words in the original
law specifying that estimates, as published, shall be "fully
itemized." In a fashion, then, the court indicates that the
amendment does not accomplish what was intended. At the
same time, the decision seems to give added strength to the
law that was amended.
Perhaps there was nothing that the Yamhill county court
was trying to cover up by its little plan to cut down on the
budget publication. Had it been successful, however, It would
have created an opportunity for some other court to conceal
financial affairs from the people and there was its great
fault. Public bodies, spending public money, should want
to give the public. every possible bit of Information about
that spending and when one fails to do so or objects it is to
be viewed with suspicion.
Again, perhaps all that the Yamhill court is to be charged
with in this instance is bad judgment. Bad judgment it cer
tainly was to try to give less rather than more information
to the people about their county's financial affairs. No taxing
uouy is iiaeiy to no xnis again, ine incident, on the other
hand, should help to secure improvements in the budget law.
MORE PAPER GATHERERS
To the youthful organizations of paper gatherers who
are doing their part in the war effort we now add the West
Side kids, as follows:
Quoth the Buzzard "Nevermore!"
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WqhiahJth WlaAAmv
9 V n D I . r ? L Coa iat, itu,
By Robert D. Lush xea same. imZ
PROLOGUE: A Colorado farm
er, looking for some strayed calves
on a September evening in 1919,
comes upon a sick stranger who
burdens him with an Important
written message. Seeking help
the farmer falls and knocks him
self out. When he revives both
stranger and message are gone.
No one believes his tale.
cause under international law as
It stood then no nation had the
right to protest against anything
that other nations did that did
not directly affect Its own rights.
Mr. McKlnley and Mr. Hay did
Insist that if Germany took con
trol of Kiauchau Bay, she should
not close those approaches to
China against the trade of the
United States. How pitiful, when
you go into the court of right, you
cannot protect China, you can
only protect your own merchan
dise!'" "Wilson." my grandfather con
tinued, "pointed out what the dif-
Richard Nlckle
Mary Joe Brown
Dorene Winters
Jerry Winters
Janet Seitelmen
Donald Seitelmen
Aubrey Howe
Franklin Howe
'Another group, associated- as den one, pack 23 of the
cub scouts consists of these young patriots :
Warren Tucker
Myron De Bunce
Cecil Bland
Jimmy Flnlcy
Blllle Cody
Ernest Martin
Jackie Shef fold
David Shirtcllff
Jerry Gulick
Jack Donnelly
Larry Shaffer
Russell Male
Noting what can be made from sawdust we have de
cided that here at last is a case of being able to drink your
wood and eat it, too.
Others Say . . .
BRIEFS FROM POCKET FILE
(Klamath Herald & News)
At a gathering of business men
here this week, a straw ballot
was taken on the republican sen
atorial races. Results: Long-term
senator Holman 19, Morse 7;
short-term senator Sprague 18,
Cordon 8. In balloting on the four
filed legislative candidates, Henry
Semon and Rose Poole led the
field by wide margins.
In 1942-43 shipping season,
state-federal produce inspections
for all Oregon and the Tule lake
district totaled 19,343 carloads.
Of that amount, the total for the
Klamath basin district was 7,707,
or well over one-third of the ag
gregate for the entire state. That,
mends, is statistical proof of real
agricultural wealth.
George Davis, an expert on
freight rates, Is undertaking an
Important project for the cham
ber of commerce In getting more
equitable rates into and out of
Klamath Falls. The result will
have a bearing on this communi
ty's future as a wholesale dis
tribution center.
remove old shacks constituting
fire hazards.
F. J. Johnson, Kellaher, Minn.,
buys the seven-room home of C.
J. Hexburg on Delaware avenue.
A tractor, grader and 15-ton
wagon arrive and work begins on
the Morson project at Lapine. The
wagon wheels have 15-inch tires
the widest ever seen here.
H. S. Royce of the Pioneer
garage, announces he has taken
over the Modern garage on Irv
ing street.
Lark of contributions to an old
clothing drive for European suf
ferers causes Mrs. V. A. Forbes,
of the Red Cross here, to Issue
another call for donations.
W. P. Vandevert arrives from
his ranch up the river to attend
the stockmen's convention in.
Bend.
John Sleidl receives word thatl
his son, Steve, has reached New
York after some months Service
with the navy overseas.
Bend's Yesterdays
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
(April 21, l!i:i
World War
One Year Ago
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APRIL 21, IMS
(Hr Unili-d rrran)
President Roosevelt announces
! that the Japanese have executed
at least some of the eight im
prisoned U. S. fliers who bombed
Japan in April 18. 1942. raid
British Eighth army occupies
IKnfidavillc In battle of Tunisia
By Roltert D. Lusk
THE PROPHET,
XXIII
"President Wilson never recov
ered. The possibilities of Amer
ican participation In the League ference would have been if we
of Nations died as a result of this had had the League of Nations,
lllnessr and without American with American participation.
participation, without the co-oper-! Then we could have gone in and
ation of the greatest and most said: "There Is your promise to
disinterested country in the I preserve the territorial Integrity
world, the League of Nations was i and political independence or mis
doomed to failure. great people. ve nuve inc menu
nnuaes was ipuncnea on a ia
vorite topic. "We can, of course.
only speculate on what a differ
ent world this might haye been
had America Joined the League."
"I don't quite agree," argued
Old Jan with surprising vehe
mence, "that It is Just a matter
for speculation. I believe that It
is pretty clear that had we been
a member we would Jave been
In a vastly superior position to
halt aggression at its start. Wil
son pointed out this advantage
frequently during his speeches.
You have Just forgotten. So has
the rest of the country."
He motioned to me. He told me
to go to a bureau drawer, get him
a book. It was a book I had never
seen around, a well-worn copy of
Wilson's speeches.
"It was an entirely new con
cept of International relations
that Wilson's League of Nations
proposed," Old Jan went on, as
he thumbed through the book.
"He emphasized this difference In
many of his speeches. For In
stance, he refers to the demands
made upon China In 1898 by Ger
many for control of the whole
district around Kiauchau Bay.
Listen." And here he read aloud
from the volume In his hands.
" 'The government of the United
States at that time, presided over
by one of the most enlightened
and beloved of our presidents I
mean William McKlnley and the
Department of Slate, guided by
that able and high-minded man,
John Hay, did not make the
slightest protest. Why? Not lie-
cause they would not if they
could have aided China, but he-
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, , i official reports also announce cap
Problem of housing confronts, ,,. ,.f i-ii,,,,,.
nenn as do ni'i'mra in annum
Cattle and Horse Raisers conven
tion arrive, with prospects that
l nrltixn UAr homlw Halite port
of Stettin. Rostock and Berlin,
i British government warns Ger
many on use of poison gas In war
fare: promises retaliation.
President Roosevelt and Presi
dent Manuel Avila Cnmacho con
tinue conversations at Corpus
Christi, Texas.
t i K nitw lYiiinrla 1 Air ralrlu
The Portland Journal critiriiFS on Klska.
British admiralty reports loss
of submarine. Thunderbolt.
500 will attend the meeting.
Conteding the defendants was
more "sinned against than sin
ning," Municipal Judge Peoples
Imposes only $1 fine on womsn
accused of squabbling with her
nusbnnd.
ly right to protest. We have the
right to call your attention to the
fact I hat this will breed wars and
not peace, and that you have not
Uie right to do this thing." "'
Old Jan looked up. ' ;
"How different a basic position
America would have been in In
dealing with the startings of the
aggressions in Manchuria and
elsewhere had we been members
of an effective League of Nations.
The League, without the United
States, was doomed to failure, but
with the United States, it was the
hope of the world. Wilson realized
this only too clearly. Here. This
is what he said In Cheyenne, the
day before he fell ill." And his
eyes once more fell to the book.
"Without the adherence of the
United States to the Covenant of
the League of Nations, the Cove
nant cannot be made effective. 1
am not stating it as a matter of
power. I am not stating It with
the thought that the United
States has greater material
wealth and greater physical pow
er than any other nation. The
point I want you to get is a very
profound point; the point Is that
the United States is the only nar
tion in the world that has suffi
cient moral force with the rest of
the world.' "
Old Jan had been reading rap
Idly. Sweat dropped from his fore
head. He was short of breath. It
was a great effort but he con
tinued, his head turned toward
me.
"They say that Wilson was a
hopeless idealist. In my estima
tion he was the most practical of
men. Listen to this:
" 'The wars of the past have
lxrn leveled against the lihcrtiec '
and peoples of territories of those
who could not defend them, and
If you do not cut at the taproot,
that upas tree Is going to grow
again; and I tell you, my fellow
countrymen, that if you do not
cut it up now It will be harder tc
cut it up the next time. The next
time will come; it will come when
(his generation is living, and the
children that crowd around our
car as we move from station to
station will be sacrificed on the
altar of that war. You have got
to cut the root of that upas tree
now or betray all future genera
tions. .
"'New states, one after an
other, have been set up by the
action of the conference at Paris
all along the route that was in
tended to be the route of German
dominion, and if we now merely
set them up and leave them in
their weakness to take care of
themselves, then Germans can at
their leisure, by intriguing, by
every subtle process of which
they are master, accomplish what
they could not accomplish by
arms, and we will have aban
doned the people whom we re
deemed. The thing is inconceiv
able. The thing is impossible."
Old Jan rested the book on his
lap.
"His critics called him a theo
retical schoolmaster, Little Jan,
but those words, in 1919, wore the
words of a terribly accurate
prophet."
(To Be Concluded)
.meriran Activities- tors, $1,000. House: Joint w
American ai" tArJw. mlttee to attend tlw o.,ori1-
Charles Muma
Funeral Saturday
Washington
Letter
Hv Peter Edson
(NBA Staff CorraapoiKlant)
If. you are looking for a quick
guide on what's wrong with this
country and particularly this gov
ernment, all you have to do Is
gander the list of special Investi
gations being conducted by con
gressional committees. It may be
dull reading, but if you bear in
mind that each line is key to a
potential bungle or scandal the
list becomes fraught with politi
cal significance; it sets you back
on your heels.
Total cost of these congres
sional probings for the war years
has been over $3,000,000 accord
ing to tabulations by the Senate
financial clerk and the House
Committee on Accounts.
Get that again. It Is costing
three million bucks Just to try to
find out what's wrong!
Investigating costs for the cur
rent 78th session is approximate
ly $2,000,000; for the 77th it was
$1,000,000. Of the 63 special inves
tigations now being conducted, 25
are by standing committees of the
Senate, 16 by standing commit
tees of the House, 12 by Senate
special committees, 10 by special
House committees.
And here, comrades, Is a partial
list and the cost:
Agriculture Four Senate In
vestigations: commodity prices In
District of Columbia, $1,000; pro
duction, distribution and con
sumption of foods, $5,000; Rural
Electrification Administration,
$7,500; synthetic alcohol and rub
ber, $11,500. Three House inves
tigations: Farm Security Admin
istration, $20,000; farm products,
$50,000; guayule rubber, $5,000.
Civil Service Senate: opera
tion of civil service laws, $2,500.
House: civilian employment in
government, $34,500.
Communications Senate: In
ternational wire and radio, $5,000.
House: investigation of Federal
Communications Commission,
$110,000.
District of Columbia Senate:
the water system, $5,000.
Housing House: defense hous
ing program, $10,000.
Indian Affairs Investigations
Senate, $10,000. House, $15,000.
Military Affairs Senate: war
contracts, $5,000; mobilization of
technological resources, $12,500.
House: $155,000.
NationaUDefense Senate: Tru
man committee, $400,000. House:
Merchant marine investigation,
$77,000.
Music Senate: Petrillo ban on
recordings, $5,000.
Naval Affairs Senate: Inspec
tion of naval establishments,
$4,000. House, $140,000.
Petroleum Senate: resources
Un Awn. ,77.500
House' Dies conm""i - -Krsive
activities of govern-
. .nlnvea S15.0OU-
mnii ciiij"- . re
united Nations Relief
IhabUitatlon AdminUtratton-
i"?!; nroductlon,
transportaUon and marketing,
$2wSopee!- Senate: for enter
tainmeTof distinguished visi-
mlttee to attend the Parii.r
tary Association of QljiaT
$1,000.
To make the army ordnarxs So.
caliber aircraft machine gun ?
quires some 3,000 separate nunT
facturlng operations. One bUm
alone, the bolt, requires about im
operations.
City Drug
Co. City Drug Co. City Drug c
Redmond, April 21 Funeral
serviees will he held Snturriav
afternoon nt 2 n'rlook at the Kan. 1 outside the U. S., $25,000; gas and
anernoon at i o ciock at tne tap- , . .. ch-,.. enn ..
tist church for Charles Muma, 530 goo
who died early Sunday morning Post-War Programs Senate:
at the Medical-Dental hospital. PCOnomic policy and planning,
Mr. Muma, a long time resident . $50,000. House: post-war plan
of this section, is survived by his : nine, $ioo,000; military policy,
daughter, Mrs. Enid Hem and , $25,000.
a son, Wilbur, now in the armed j Public Roads Senate: Canad-
lorces. He was granted an emerg-, ian-American highway, $3,500.
ency furlough to come to Red-1
mond for his father's funeral.!
Wilbur is stationed at present at
a base somewhere In Kentucky.
Puerto Rico Senate: $25,000.
House: $25,000.
Silver Senate: Effects of Sil
ver Purchase Act, $10,000.
I Small Business Senate: 5115,-
Buy National War Bonds Now! j 000. House: $67,500.
The boys are writing
home about jobs
Jobs must be ready for our fighting men
the day this war is over not months
later.
That demands planning now.
Who's going to do it? The govern
ment will do some. Business is making
an earnest effort to provide millions of
immediate postwar jobs.
But much of it has to come from you.
You are the person who must start the
plans that will lead to the building of
that new home, apartment, store or
other building you want after the war.
Architects and engineers are ready now
to work with you to work your ideas
into blueprints so construction can start
the day this war ends.
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FRECKLES AND HIS HRIENDS
the action of the Bend ("ommer
cial club in rejecting the Slrahorn
railway proposition.
Acting upon the suecestion of
I-'lre C'hiel Tom Cailun, residents liuy National War lkindj Kuw!
for I nit I'll Slalvn
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