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Fifty-Second Year N o . anes End Starvation for 50,000 Wild Ducks ..r'-f'* W ashington, M arch 28 — Food Bjamps wild <be extended to several m ore O r e g o n and W ashington towns w ithin a few m onths and if the depression continues and s u r pluses accum ulate the s ta m p s may be made available in several hun dred com m unity«. T he stam p p lan w orks like th is. Anyone on relief c a n purchase^ a book o f th e o rap ge colored stam p s fo r $1. In th e (book (th ey come like re g u la r books of postage stam p s) are blue stam p s w ith a value of 50 cents. W ith the orange stam p s th e reliefer can buy any food essential in the sto re ¿but the blue stam p« can b e ’exchanged only fo r ce rtain comm odities which are listed as su rp lu s, which v ary from tim e to tim e. By th is m ethod, for every dollar o f stam ps b o u g h t the re lie fer has pu rchasing power of $1.50 fo r $1. D ealers obtain th e ir supply of supius com m odities th ro u g h re g u la r channels and receive th eir normal profit. I t is now proposed in congress th a t F ederal Surplus Com m odities corporation purchase su rp lu s a t the source and a t whole sale and th ereb y th e m oneyfor re m oving su rp lu s through the stam p plan will go fu rth e r as it will eli m in ate profits o f th e middlemen » • • T u rk ey grow ers of th e Pacific n o rth w e st have been given a hint by th e b u reau of a g ric u ltu ra l ec onom ics to raise 10 and 12 pound birds. Of the stocks o f tu rk ey s now in cold sto ra g e 65 p ercen t weigh 16 pounds or over. T h ese-are birds w hich consum ers passed up during th e holidays. P ractical reasons for 10-12 pound birds which include such m a tte rs as sm all fam ilies and the size o f ovens found in m odern hem es, especially in ap artm en t houses .The 16 pound and o .e r tu rk s are in dem and only fo r the hotel and re s ta u ra n t trad e . The b u reau also predicts th a t produc e rs will ra ise 4 to 5 p ercen t more .b ird s in 1040 than in 1930. Oregon sta n d s fifth in turkey producing sta te s. » • » D rainage d istricts on the lower Columbia are expected to contract fo r 7500 kilow atts of Bonneville pow er fo r pum ping purposes, the sen ate com m ittee on ap p ro p ria tio n s has been inform ed, and 8450 k ilo w atts will be sold to REA p ro jects in 1041. The R EA projects a re in W ashington, Idaho and O re gon. Official County Paper Moro, Oregon. Friday, March 29, 1940 21 THE MERRY-GO-ROUND BROKE DOWN Grain Rates Are w After some nine years of faithful preformance the heating element on the linotype pot in the Journal office failed to heat Wednesday morning. Repair parts being at some distance this issue will be partially set by hand. Protested By Truck Interests We find ourselves in much the same position a farmer would be in if the tractor suddenly ceased to run and there was none near to substitute and the work had to go on. He would probably hitch up a team of horses and fall ba£k on an older mefh- od of farming. Delegation To Confer With Commissioner About Value Of Rates To Wheat Growers Protest against the grain rate reduction filed March 5th 5y the Union Pacific railroad was made this week by four organizations all connected with the trucking interests. The protesters: Barnard & Co., The Dalles, Shaver For We are falling back on an older method of warding Co., Willamette Tar iff Bureau, Inc., a truck organ setting type. Like the farmer who has disposed ization of Portland, and (of all of his horses, we have disposed of our small type things) Property Owners Ass . ■ . . * - .......... " - V ociation of Washington with and can give our readers only an abbreviated re headquarters in Seattle. Organization of a group to sume of the weeks news. meet with Public Utility Com More than 50,000 wild ducks were saved from starvation when Illinois sportsmen distributed six tons missioner Bean w a s made We ask the indulgence of our subscribers. of gram from the air along the Illinois river in the LaSalle region. The feed was distributed by the air Wednesday and Thursday by planes in ice-locked slopghs and back waters. Top: Some of the hundreds of ducks already dead from star vation. Bottom: Loading shelled corn in the plane at the LaSalle-Peru, III., airport. managers of co-operatives in this county who obtained rea dy aid from Gilliam and Mor- tow county farmers and ware housemen ~ A letter, somewhat in form terized ag itatio n a g a in st the cen W ith 296 candidates to be nom i Ry A. L. Lindbeck Jack Milne jr. was here this of a petition, will be present Salem , Ore. M arch 28— A noth sus q u estio n n aire s as “ p etty and nated by th e two m ajo r p artie s week from The Dalles while on a ed to Mr. Bean setting forth er old age pension schem e was ill-timi’d” and declared the cen in this s ta te in c lu d in g legislators trip through the territory adja the major reasons why the $199,257.78 Collected In dumped into th e hopper this week sus project to be to o im p o rtan t d eleg ates to th e natio n al conven cent to the port of The Dalles to farmers o f the three counties p resid en tial electors when prelim in ary petitions w ere to be crippled by bow and arrow tio n s and obtain wool tonnage. Mr .Milne affected feel that no protest Current and Delinquent politi e s. on both tick ets alth o u g h filings filed w ith S ecretary o f S ta te atates that he is able to offer wool by the truckers should be per Taxes For First Period have beCn com ing in a t the ra te Snell b y F. L. A ustin. shippers a combined rate for truck mitted to postpone the effec On the a v e rag e ten or m ore of som e 20 a day fo r th e p ast and barge that is lower than com tive date of the new rate, set A u stin ’s plan calls for the in m ism ated couples seek a solution ¿week or ten days. Collection of $103,395.19 in petitors in the territory being cov • • • • crease of th e pension level to $40 to th e ir problem s in the divorce for April 5th. m onth fo r persons who have courts of Oregon every day, ac . H erm an H. C hindgren of Clack current taxes and $5862.59 in ered. Trucks have hauled a small reached the a r e of 65 vears w ith 1 corxlin? to recordss compiled by am as county who filed as a Rep delinquent taxes for a total of From Grass Valley wool may be reached the age otf 65 years w itn S e c re ta ry of s t a t ^ Snell. S tate part of the wheat from this ublican candidate fo r the sta te an extension of cred it, w hatever d e p a rtm e n t records show th a t legislature th is week has let it $109,257.78 brought nearly 3 shipped to Rortland through the area in recent years and a pro th a t mean», to those in need over since Ju ly 1, 1938, a to tal of 7113 be known th a t he is out fo r the new port for 241 cents, from Kent quarters of the 1940 roll into the rate is 271 and from Shaniko test by them seems “irrele 50 years of age. The program divorce actions have been filed in House S peakership. C hindgren would be financed by a stam p tax Oregon courts o u t of which the alread y has fo u r legislative ses the coffers of the county and it is 301. This is in 24,000 pound vant, incompetent and imma terial” under the circumstan of two per cen t on checks, d ra fts, sth te has realized revenues a g sions to his cred it and is one of w a rra n ts and other evidences of g re g a tin g $35,575 a t the ra te of the few house v eteran s still in the left but a little of $40,000 left lots that are-w ith in three miles ces say local men who have credit and a th ree percent tax $5 fo r each s u it filed. Money thus raca. R epresen tativ e Wm. MdAJ- to collect, according to Sheriff of the highway. been watching the situation. on cash sales. Any surplus a fte r collected goes tow ard the p ay liste r of M edford is also a candid- Handling charges are also low p a y m e n t of pensions would go m ent of salaries of d istric t a tto r a te for the House gavel wielding and Tax collector C. C. Wilson Tax Turnover Stamp Tax Plan Now Advocated As Means of Raising Money for Pensions All six sen ators of the Pacific n o rth w est are p artic ip a tin g activ ely in the debate on the proposal to extend for th ree y ears the act auth o rizin g reciprocal trad e tr e a ties. These sen ato rs, w ith p ra ctic ally all oth er senators w est of the M ississippi, regardless of p o liti cal affiliation, a re opposed to the extension. T h is is th e b a ttle which w as predicted in th is space last year. I t actually affects the pay- check of every w orker in the land and th e housewives, too. The de b ate will probably end in a compro m ise. P ractically every th in g pro duced in th e northw est is invol ved in ^ ra d e agreem ents w ith fo r eign countries. r Jap an ese b uyers are a rra n g in g to co n tact Oregon packers of can ned goods for ex p o rt to Nippon. T his deal is th e re s u lt of a to u r m ade la s t y e a r b y Jap a n ese b u si ness men through th e Pacific n orth tow ard the reduction of taxes and to b o lsterin g n u n school fund. A ustin’s m easure is for which p relim in ary have been filed so fa r. property the corn- the fifth petitions M embers of the S tate F o restry Board m eetings here this week (T n u rsd ay ) on call of Governor Sp’ ague are expected to tak e ac tion on th e election of a perm an en t sta te . fo rester. I t is known th a t C arl L jDtavis of Coos co unty who took over as ’ tem por ary fo re s te r on J a n u a ry 1, suc ceeding J. W. F ergusen, resigned, is anxious to be relieved of his duties in o rd er th a t he m ay re tu rn to his own business affairs. It is also expected th a t th e gov ernor m ay have some re p o rt to m ake on a special investigation which he has been conducting into the affairs of the d e p a rt m ent, a h in t of which w as con tained in the recently released audit of the affairs of the fo res try d ep artm en t. » • r The s ta te has no cannon to give aw ay. Two of the sm aller canrxfn which fo rm erly s t o o d guard o n ' the capitol cam pus b e fore the big fire of 1035 have ¡been donated to the Oregon N a t ional Gudrd and have been se n t to Cam p C latsop. The rem aining a rtille ry piece a relic of the w ar is ¡being rem ounted on th e ca p itol grounds to the w est of the new s ta te house. • Made; Large Percentage Paid neys. job as also is R obert F a rre ll of Recipient of the largest sum ♦ • • M ultnom ah county. other than the county general * * * Uuless P resid en t Roosevelt in the m eantim e w ith d raw s his nam e So fa r only two R epublicans have fund was the Rufus school dis from the Oregon p rim ary the filed as candidates fo r the state $11,713.33. The third term issue will probably t» easuryship. These are E arl Hill trict with have its first real te st of public of Cusihman, Lane county, and Wasco school got $2425.55, sentim ent when the voters of this Floyd Cook of P ortland. Rumors Kent $4313.46, Moro $7377.35 sta te go to the polls on May 17. p e rsist, however, to the effect th a t and Grass Valley $4852.27. A nti third te rm dem ocrats are Leslie Scott o f P ortland, form er rally in g around the stan d ard o f/c h a irm a n of the state highw ay Rural districts that levied a V ici-president John N ance Gar com m ission will en ter the race be tax for this year received pro ner whose candidacy is being man fore the books are closed to en trie s portionate sums. aged by fo rm er governor Chas. H. next Monday night. • On the Dcmo- M artin, ably a s s is t d (by a group c ’s tic side Lym an Ross of W ash Of the towns Wasco obtain- ington county, who has announced ed $3323.09, Moro $1835.70 and dem ocrats. of the s ta te ’s m ost prom inent him self as a candidate, is not ex Grass Valley $1416.47. The f a c t 1 th a t the Roosevelt pected to have any opposition in The moneys were distribu nom inating petitions in this sta te the p rim aries. ted by Treasurer Naomi Van were filed by Com monwealth F ed eration leaders ra th e r than re g Two ers . in . . the — life-term ------------- . . . Oregon .. Gilder Thursday and are a- u lar dem ocrats is expected to cost p en iten tiary received th eir liberty u b, e t o t h t jng dietnct8 7 the president much su p p o rt in as E a s te r g ifts from Governor , “ th is from dem ocrats who would S prague, They w ere Joe P erry , 1 immediately, otherw ise su p p o rt him. On the received from U m atilla county in | other hand this radical alliance 1926 on a second-degree m urder can be expected to a ttra c t some ch arg e, and Joe W allace, o f G il additional su p p o rt fo r the new liam county, who has been in p r i deal cham pion. son since 1917, also on a life sen The election ” division of the tence for second degree m urder. s ta te d ep a rtm en t in Salem is pre The board of control paid the p arin g , to cope with the custom - ...... ............................ _________ la s t bill incurred in connection Prof. W. E. Dahlberg, head ary biennial eleventh hour rush w ith the erection of the new cap- of the University of Oregon of p ro castin atin g candidates n ex t itol this week and found t h a t it Monday, the la s t day fo r filing still had a balance of $1153 unex- speech department, and two (f«or places on the p rim ary b allo t, pended in the capitok fund. students, Leonard Clark, Port Wasco Civic Club Sets Lamb Show Date As Byrd Expedition Crosses the Equator » • w est. The m illionth jobless insurance * • ♦ check to be issued by the Oregon '• House of R epresentatives has U nem ploym ent C om pensation co passed a bill placing a $5000 lim it m m ission w e n t this week to Ole on soil conservation paym ents. A v J. Rudi, an. unem ployed shoe fit erage benefit paid in th e northw est te r, fo rm e rly em ployed by a M ar is $7®, b u t one insurance com pany shfield store, but now residing on collected a q u a rte r of a m illion a fa rm n ea r W oodburn. A pproxi dollars and an other m ore than $200 m ately 20,000 checks are being 000. T he records do n o t show, how mail d each week to jobless men ever, how m any fa rm s were in and .women of this s ta te accor volved in the paym ents to the in ding to records of the commission surance com panies, b u t the to ta l which show t h a t ’ in the 26 m onths is a stag g erin g num ber. since benefit paym ents began in • • • this s ta te m ore th an $11,000,000 W ashington scene— Rep. W a lte r h avc ibeen paid out to tem porarily M. Pierce has become the spokes unem ployed w orkers of Oregon • • • m an fo r the d ep a rtm en t of a g n - cu ltu re in Governor Sprague CUIVUIC ill the plan - to reduce in- . UUVCHIVl -ft»'- this ----- w e - e k te re s t of the F arm C redit Adm in'.i took his pen in hand to urge cit- istratio n . «Albert S. Goss, who was 1 izenp Oregon to cooperate with a?ked to resign as land bank com- censua en u m erato rs who will m issioner (he was form erly m asU r., to sw arm over th e land . _— . . . ____ next . week. The governor, /»Vioraz»- charac- 'Continued on Page Two > R Port of The Dalles Offers Low Wool Rate Southward bound for the wastes of Antarctica, the Byrd expedition held appropriate ceremonies while the S. 8. North Star was crossing the equator. Under the guidance of Dr. Alfred B. Geyer, a “southern cross’* Is clipped on the chest of Murray Wiener, assistant physicist of the expe dition. Jack Gambole assists by washing Wiener’s mouth. land and Charles Devereaux Eurene, gave the program for the Wasco Civic club Monday night. Mr’ Devereaux gave a back ground of our distribution sy stem as first speaker on the subject. “Is the cost of distri bution too high?” and Clark attempted a solution to the problem. He approached the question from the point of view of the railroads, the mid dleman and the consumer. Paulen Kase berg was made chairman of the committee responsible for the manage ment of the annual lamb show which will be held April 27th, Saturday. A Sheepherder’s ball will be given the night of the show. Both will be Was. co this year. er in the port of The Dalles, Mr. Milne says, quoting a rate o f $1 W e a t h e r fo r t h e w e e k Max. Min. Ppt- per ton which includes the usual 30 day storage. Longer storage M arch 21 31 74 87 68 22 rates are 11 cents per ton per day. 42 74 23 04 49 61 24 08 40 , , 59 25. 28 44 56 26 02 38 54 27 .57 Total to date for March Two Boys May Join CCCorps Mary Louise Ireland, acting re lief administrator for Sherman county reports that the quota of this county for applicants to COC camps has been set at two for this enlistm ent period. Boys who are out o f school, un married, physically and mentally fit. of good character, unemployed and needing a j-oib, and between the ages of 17 and 23 are eligible for enlistment. They may apply at the relief office for enlistm ent which is for six months. Cabell Says Federal Tax Not Distributed . Dr. E. B. McDaniel of Portland, president o f the Oregon State Motor association since 1928, was re-elected when ithe association’s annual m eeting was held In Port ia 11 don March 20th. Also re-el ected were IC. E. Gates, Medford, vice-president; Ralph Ctoan, Port land, treasurer; and Ray Conway, Portland, secretary-manager. Henry F. Cabell, chairman o f the Oregon State Highway ©om ni ¡««ion and president o f the Am erican Association of State H igh way officials w as principal speak er 0 / the evening. Mr. Oabell hit at the diversion o f road funds by the federal government. He pointed out that more than $360,- 000,000 w as collected each year by the federal goyem m ent from special taxes on m otorists and that only $180,000,000 w as return ed to sta te highway commissions for use In road (building purposes; He pointed eut that eome of th e diversion money ; was uaed for roads through th e works pro gress administration but held that the WPA could not give the m ot orists the same dollar for dollar value aa could the state highway commiasiona. r Oregon Seed Must Be Marked Washington, March 28 —In the controversy over Oregon seed in New York state which has been refused by the New York conser vation commission, Secretary o f Agriculture Wallace suggests that seed sent to New York be plainly marked as o f eastern Oregon ori gin and that tests o f alfalfa and clover grown in eastern Oregon be made to determine whether these seeds are adaptable to New York state conditions. April Quotas For Army Being Filled Although March quotas for the regular army have been filled, Ser géant Albert Lawrence, in charge of the* array recruiting station at The Dalles ,has been authorized to start accepting applications for the openings whioh will be avail able during April ,it has been an nounced by Portland recruiting headquarters. The April replace ment vacancies include several branches o f the service lo r Paeific coast posts and a limited number for Hawaiian duty. Government To Pat Water on Lawn . - Washington. March 28 —To doll up the grounds of (Baker eounty court house the president haa ap proved of an allotment of $7346 From WPA funds. MTbe project la to install a sprinkler system in the grounds, make a lawn and aet out shrubs. r.—