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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1922)
THE GAZETTE-TIMES, IffiTPXER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1022. PAGE FIVE FOR SALE A fine Shetland pony mare. C. C. Calkins. tf. FOR SALE A Shure Hatch incu bator, good as new; capacity 220 eggs; price $25. Phone 22F5, Hepp ner: 2tp. Mrs. John McCarty, who was a guest at the home of her brother Claude Sloan last week, has return ed to her home near Walla Walla. Echo News. FOR SALE One P. 8t 0. plow, 2-bottom, 16-inch; 1 double disc, 9 x 10; 1 4-section steel harrow; all about new. See J. C. Sharp, 2 miles north of Kilkenny ranch. Miss Olive Bassett went to lone the first of the week, where she will teach domestic science and other branches in the high school there for the remainder of the school term. Miss Ethelyn Hull of Portland, met with the Patron-Teachers' asso ciation on Tuesday evening, and pre sented to them the proposed program nf the Ellison-White Chautauqua and Lyceum bureau for the coming win ter season. The program called for a guarantee of nearly $800. A can vass of the members of the P. T. A. present, and others of the city se cured pledges for about 90 season tickets, and it would be necessary to gather up about 250 in order to guarantee the association aqainst fi nancial loss. Upon discussion, the P. T. A. decided not to accept the proposition, and as a result there will doubtless be no lyceum course pre sented in Heppner the coming win ter, unless other parties are willing tc take the responsibility of sponsor ing it. Oregon May Have Poli tical Conventions Again Portland, Feb. 20. Oregon will again have political party conven tions if a movement, started here last Monday in the annual meeting of the Oregon State League of Republican Clubs, is successful. "This would not change or take anything away from the present di rect primaries," explains Edward A. McLean, secretary of the lague. "The primaries would remain wide open, the same as now, to as many candi dates as might aspire to any office. "In other words, we do not wish to do anything destructive but aim at doing something constructive but the resolution adopted will speak for itself." First steps in this matter were tak en in the annual meeting of the lea gue held a year ago, when a reso lution similar to the one adopted this year was introduced and referred to a committee consisting of L. E. Schmitt, D. C. Lewis, Edward A. Mc Lean, Lee Laughlin and Mrs. Will iam Cary Johnson. This committee at the league meeting on Monday re ported the following resolution: Resolved by the Oregon State Lea gue of Republican Clubs in annual Convention assembled that we de clare in favor of action by the next legislature for the establishment, un der proper safeguards and on a tru ly representative basis, of party con ventions, in county, state and cong ressional districts, for sound reasons among which might be mentioned that under our present primary sys tem Oregon loses one of the most valuable features of the party sys tem of government that is, the dis cussion of the most important pub lic questions in party counsels anJ the framing of constructive public programs in the platforms of party conventions and the election of pub lic officers properly pledged to carry out the platforms approved by the people. Such party conventions would take nothing away from the present direct primary system. They would simply add to it. The voters in the primaries would have the ab solute power of decision, the same as now. And be it further Resolved that our Secretary be in structed to send a copy of this reso lution to every Republican candidate for Governor and for the next leg islature, with a request for the atti tude of each one on this matter and to give publicity, as far as possible, to these answers, in order that the republican voters in Oregon, who ap pear to be overwhelmingly in favor of party government, may know how each legislative candidate in the May primaries stands on this question. Seymour Jones, speaker of the house in the 1919 legislature and M. F. Hardesty of Astoria, took an active part in the discussion of the wording of the resolution which was finally adopted unanimously. The biennial election of officers re sulted as follows: President, Col. James J. Crossley; secretary, Edward A. McLean; treasurer, Mrs. Clara B French, and as members of the executive committee, H. L. Canoe, L. E. Schmitt, Mrs. Harriet Hendce and Charles E. Lockwood. WASHIKGTOM TO BECOME LEADER SAR HOI Coast State to Rival Sister Commonwealth in East in Production Natural Resources Have Scarce Been Touched; Unlimited Wealth at Hand Phone 873 ALEX GIBB, Plumber At Sturkey'i Eleotrtcal Shop. I FIX ANY OLD TIIINC1 Au n. dlatora, ItMiKrn, Hrntrn mil Tin ware Bpnlred. Dirty Clilmncr" Cli-nncd. GlulDKt K(o. By Governor Louis F. Hart, of Washington Editor's Note: Governor Louis Hart of Washington became a nation al figure when he drafted what is known as the "Administrative Code," a code that is now a law and has done much to place the administrative bus iness of the state in the class with great industrial corporations for ec onomy, efficiency and results obtain ed at a minimum of expense. Aside from this his outline of the possibil ities of his state should interest ev eryone who still feels the thrill in the words "Young man, go west." So diversified are the interests of the state of Washington that it would be impossible to write of its possibili ties and accomplishments and separ ate its civic, industrial and agricul tural activities. Washington is not alone an agricultural state, nor yet is it an industrial commonwealth, it is both. Washington might well be termed the "Pennsylvania of the West," for within its confines have been found in large quantities al most every known resource, except oil, and prospects are good for that. As an agricultural state it has long ranked near the top as a wheat pro ducer and the fame of its fruit has gone far afield. It contains within its boundaries the highest mountains and yet millions of acres of prairies and plains land; a dry climate on the east side where irrigation is nec essary, and a rainy climate on the west of the mountain slopes where there is scarcely any winter. There- foie the development of the state of Washington cannot be said to be bound up in any one particular en deavor. Comparatively speaking, Washing ton is a new state, having been ad mitted to the Union in 1889, and her main industries to date have been lumbering, mining, fishing and agri culture. Natural resources in time disappear and the state government fully realizes the absolute necessity of protecting the great forest areas that are yet uncut, and the replenish ing of the salmon and spawn in the rivers emptving into the Pacific ocean and Puget Sound. To Protect Resources. The protection of these resources, the rehabilitation of cut-over lands in order that agriculture might replace the lumber industry in the far dis tant future when the Washington for ests have gone the way of the forests of eastern states, are now taking and have taken a foremost place in the problems that confront the state. With enormous resources, many of which, though of almost inestimable value, were scores of miles from transportation lines, the state has before it a great problem in the mat er of roads, but one which is rapidly being brought to a place where it should be. Washington is building through the State Highway offices a system of paved roadways that will he second to none in the United States when completed, and when consideration is given to the varied scenery which the state has to offer, the value of these great roads, out side of the industrial development, may readily be seen. The highway system of the state of Washington has become of vital importance and only through an agressive building program on the part of the state has it finally assumed the proportions that are necessary for the upbuilding of the agricultural territories. Evi dence of the development that fol lows, the building of good roads is noted in the manner in which farms of small agricultural communities spring up along the line of the paving. Great acreages of waste land, sage brush that lay hot, dry and barren is being reclaimed by the efforts of individual communities and state aid through the department of conserva tion and reclamation. In this depart ment, the reforestation and protec tion of the standing timber from fire has played a great part in the preser vation of the fir, cedar, spruce, and hemlock with which the western slopes of the Cascades are covered. Salmon Depicted. The state of Washington carries on an extensive propagation of salmon and game fish, and even now is mak ing a determined effort for the re plenishing of the sockeye salmon in the waters of Puget Sound. These fish have nearly become extinct be cause of unrestrained fishing, In the matter of the propagation and re plenishing of streams with fish, the state of Washington has taken the lead, and long after other states find that their lakes and rivers have been fished out, the gamy trout will be found responding to the fly in the wa ters of Washington. And, despite the present low condition of the sockeye salmon, generally conceded to be the best food fish in the Pacific waters, the work of the state department will bring back a normal supply within a few years. .This varied interest taken by the state in industrial affairs has brought about a peculiar condition in the po litical aspect of the people of the state, in which industry plays an im portant part, and many strange new laws passed far in advance of other states have been the result. The in dustrial insurance law designed to protect and make compulsory insur ance in all hazardous occupations is the result of this interest. And the outcome of that interest has been the establishment under a new adminis trative code of a department of Labor and Industry designed to handle la bor disputes, the regulation of wo men in industry, the safeguarding of the plants in which men and women work, and practically every line of endeavor touched by labor in hazard ous and other occupations. The expense of keeping up various activities outside those usually en gaged in by state governments mount to a place where taxation had become almost unbearable. At a spe cial session of the legislature in 1920, as governor of the state, I was given the power to have drafted what af terward became a law, the "Admin istrative Code." The state system, whereby numerous boards and bu reaus were either abolished or con solidated, for but four months, but already the "Code" has justified it self and the confidence of the legis lature in its passage by showing sav ings in practically every line of en deavor in which the state operates. Some idea of the many functions car ried on by the state may be had by the following names of the Code de partments: the Department of Public Works, the Department of Business Control, the Department of Efficien cy, the Department of Health, the Department of Taxation and Exam ination, the Department of Conserv ation and Development, the Depart ment of Labor and Industry, the De partment of Licenses and the Depart ment of Fisheries and Game. Washington's Problem. It is hoped that under the Admin istrative Code that the business of the state will be carried on much like that of any large industry and that a great saving to the taxpayers will thus be made, and that under this system the state will find its full est development in industrial, agri cultural and civic lines. The great problem of the state of Washington today is to carry on the functions which are necessary for its industrial and agricultural advance ment without burdening property to a point where it cannot stand the weight. Tax problems consume a major portion of the constructive thought in the state today, and with a mind to reduce if possible the bur den now borne by property, a tax investigating committee composed of men from nearly every walk of life are now investigating tax laws and conditions with the idea of revision through the state legislature, thus giving relief to property. In this respect the state of Washington is probably in no different condition than any other state, except that steps are being taken for a possible rem edy. Politically the state of Washington has had a stormy career and has tri ed most of the "cure-alls" that have emanated from the human brain in the last 50 years, to say nothing of haviiig discovered a few of her own. The initiative, referendum and right nf lecall are all in vogue, and every '.ect'on sees thi former two play an important part in affairs of state. The primary election law gives the people the direct power to nominate candidates, and whether for the best or not is seemingly here to stay. Washington has made rapid strides in industrial lines in the 32 years that she has been a state, and with an unlimited amount of water power that remains to be developed, there is little cause to worry about her future development. It is not a ques tion of development but of how rap id that development will be, and not the least factor in this development has been and will be a far-sighted policy on the part of her state government. When Checks Will Be Ac cepted in Payment of Taxes Checks will be accepted in pay ment of income and other federal taxes, announces Clyde G. Huntley, collector of internal revenue, only when honored by the banks upon which they are drawn at par, or full face value. This annonucement is made by Collector Huntley on instructions from the commissioner of internal revenue, at Washington, D. C. Therefore, where it is known that the bank upon which the check is drawn will not pay the same at par, the taxpayer should remit by bank draft or money order. Collector Huntley calls attention to the fact that all federal officers and employees must pay an income tax on their salaries. The salaries of officers and em ployees of the state or any political subdivision thereof, such as a city, town, county or hamlet, however, are exempt from taxation under the federal income tax law. This law expressly provides that this exemp tion does not extend to salaries paid federal officers or employees, "in cluding the President of the United States, the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts, and all other officers and employees, whether elec ted or appointed, of the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or any poli tical subdivision thereof, or the Dis trict of Columbia." Failure to file an income tax re turn on or before March 15 makes the taxpayer liable to a penalty of 25 per cent of the amount of his tax and a specific fine of not more than $1 ,000. This is a statutory provision and cannot be waived by the collec tor or any other authority. Clyde G. Huntley, collector of internal rev enue, announces that returns for the j)ear 1921 must be filed by the fol i lowing persons without any excep tion: ! Every individual who had a net . income of $1,000 or more, if single, !or if married and not living with ! husband or wife: Every individual who had a net income of $2,000 or j more, if married and living with hus I band or wife, and every individual I who had a gross income of $5,000 or imore, regardless of whether or not that sum netted him a cent of profit. Every married person living with husband or wife, in order to claim the exemption of $2,500 and $400 for each dependent, must make a re turn, although his actual net income for 1921 may have been only $2,000. For Sale A country home light ing plant; 1000-watt. See Starkey. l f- "it - A 'M Ctrttully 1 JUt&'Z crlMrictl eartoa I t f " 7 insuret l '.tf3fcASfW 'bsolutt Grocers Recommend Albers Quality Albert Flapjacks the hotcakes of the West J I II 1 1 1! 1 11J 1 II i IIIMIII I tl 1 1 1 Ml III I Ml I i I rtl I MM 1 1 1 1 1 III tllll I It 1 11 1 1 111! Mil I ! ri I f i tin 1 1 i f 1 ttlf llfS I The Cash Variety Store I j GRANITEWARE SALE f 1 Each Piece 25c f I Big Values For Little Money 1 nlllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllll OUR PRICES RIGHT OUR PRINTING THE BEST O.-T. 2 Central Market I FRESH AND CURED MEATS g Fish In Season g H Take home a bucket of our lard. 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Bring It Here! We will vulcanize it making it as good as new. Have any tire trouble? Bring it here C. V. HOPPER TIRE SHOP Tri-State Terminal Building. Just Arrived ! From the Factory Carload of Oliver Chilled Plows All Kinds 25 Per Cent Reduction of former prices Come in and see us in regard to your future needs. Peoples Hardware Co. We have just received a new shipment of Australian Jam Made in Hobart, Tasmania 13-oz. Net, Pure Fruit - - - 25c $2.75 per dozen 27-oz. Net, Pure Fruit - - - 45c $4.75 per dozen Many Flavors, Exceptional Quality, Attractive Prices. Carload of Olympic Flour just in. Phelps Grocery Company Phone 53
