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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1927.
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titution and through the action of
successive legislative assemblies, nro.
vided a body of laws which safeguard
the rights of its citizens and which
provide an adequate and efficient or
ganization for the conduct of the
business of the state. Legislation
which finds a place in our statutes
Fhould embody fundamental pri.xi
pies and permanent values. Laws
which appiy only to temporary emer
gencies or local contigencies or wnich
attempt to regulate in too great de
tail the activities of the state may
tend to become restrictive rather than
protective in nature. They may sn-
tail for their proper enforcement an
organization so elaborate as to 're-
come in itself a burden. To my mind,
therefore, the legislative assembly
now convening should concern itself
primarily with strengthening, stabil
izing, clarifying and improving the
body of laws now in existence in Or
egon, adding to them only such addi
tional statutes as prove themselves
to be of urgent present need and as
sured permanent worth.
Taxation.
No matter is of greater public con
fern than the laws regulating the
levy and collection of taxes. Our
present law is based on the theory
that all property, whether real or per
sonal, should be assessed at its actual
value. Personal property which, by
law, assessing officials are required
to assess, has, however, carried only
a small portion of the tax burden of
the state. As a result of public opin
ion of such long standing as to estab
'ish a tradition, some personal prop
erty has escaped assessment and
much has been given low valuation.
If the assessment and taxation laws
as they now stand in our statutes,
were fully and fairly enforced, as
they should be enforced, and if the
assessing officers of the state were
supported by public opinion in plac
ing a just and proper valuation on
personal property, much would be ac
compliiihde toward equalizing the bur
den which now falls too heavily on
real property.
The Thirty-third Legislative As
sembly provided for a committee to
study the questions of assessment
and taxation, with a view to finding
rew sources of revenue and a fairer
distribution of the tax burden. The
report of this committee has not been
in my hands for a sufficient length of
time to permit me to assimilate prop
erly the information it contains, I
hesitate, therefore, to offer any rec
ommendations until the members of,
your body, as well as myself, shall
have had the full benefit whiah will
be derived from a careful study of
ihe report of the committee. I may
ti.ke occasion to advise with you
again, later in the session, on the
question of tax legislation,
Careful consideration may prove
that some amendments and additions
io our present tax laws would operate
beneficially, but I repeat my former
assertion that the assessing officers
(f the state should, in no way, be re
leased from their present duty fully
and fairly to enforce the laws which
now exist and which may be enacted,
to the end that all personal property
jhall contribute to the public revenue
on a basis proportionate to the de
mands imposed on real property.
Budget Officer.
In our national government, the
President is the budget-making offi
cer. Likewise, in many states of the
Union the Governor is the budget
making official. Under the laws of
Oregon, the Governor now has the
power to veto any single item in any
appropriation bill. I believe, there
fore, that it ia a logical delegation
of responsibility to constitute the
Governor the budget-making official
for this state. This would place un
der his supervision the work of draft
ing the budgets for the various state
departments and institutions, which
is now carried on under the direction
of the Board of Control. In this way
the Governor would assume the sole
responsibility for state expenditures
a responsibility which could be di
verted only by the over-riding of his
veto by a two-thirds vote of the two
houses of the legislature.
In the housing of the wards of the
state and in the custody of delin
quents and criminals, careful atten
tion should be given to the visualiza
tion of these requirements for a def
inate future period. These anticipa
ted needs should be ascertained and
construction so timed and the cost
thereof equitably distributed over the
period htat the burden may not fall
heavily upon the taxpayers during
any one year or biennium.
Budgets for all tax-levying bodies
should be made with reference to a
well considered program covering a
period of years, and not as though all
of the Improvements required ni the
state should be provided for in a sin
file year. Appropriations made at each
liennial session of the legislature
should be made only as a part of such
Keneral program. As an example of
appropriations mado without their re
lation to a carefully developed state
program, your body, at each session,
is confronted with a demand for arm
ories from various sections of the
state. A definite program for the
erection of armories in the state
would be a step toward economy and
efficiency. At the present time, each
locality which desires a new armory
conducts its own campaign, and each
application is considered on Its Indi
vidual merits, regnrdiess of the needs
existing in other communities, My
suggestion is that a survey Bhall be
made by the military authorities of
ihe stato, who shall consider the mer
its of the claims of cities petitioning
for the erection of new armories in
their proper relation to the require
ments of the whole state, The differ
ent locations should be ranked in the
order of the urgency of the state's
needs. A future building program
could then be shaped to care first for
the most immediate and present needs
and to give consideration to the- other
cities In fair order, to the extent of
the funds available for tho construe
-ion of armories.
Central Purchasing Agency.
The Stato Board of Control now
purchases all supplies for the state
hospitals, the penitentiary, and a
rumber of other state institutions.
The institutions of higher learning,
however, and a majority of the state
officers, boards and commissions, pur
chase separately all supplies, furnish
ings and equipment. I am advised
that a cursory examination of the
prices paid for standard articles now
used by the various state activities in
many cases reveals a wide discrep
ancy.
Experience has proved that those
institutions and activities of the state
now required to purchase their sup
plies through the Board of Control
do so to the financial advantage of
tn state, I, therefore, urge the enact
ment of a law which shall authorize
the centralization of all such pur
chases within the existing Board of
Control, already effectively function
ing, or in a body to supplant that
aeency with broadened powers and
duties. I believe such a policy will
result in a material financial benefit
to the state, through the application
if the same wisdom in the conduct
of state affairs as any private corpor
ation accords to the conduct of its
business. Centralization, in this in
stance, will not embarrass or mater
ially restrict any of the state func
tions now existing under the law, and
v ill prove logical and desirable in the
interests of efficiency and economy,
Self-Sustaining Activities.
Realizing that a multitude of funds
not only added to the complexity of
the state a finances but permitted
available moneys to lie idle, while
for the functioning of some of its
activities the state was, in effect,
compelled to pay interest on borrowed
moneys, the 1915 session of the legis
lature enacted a law diverting into
the general fund all moneys collected
for state purposes by state and coun
ty office, with the exception of such
moneys as are paid into the state
treasury for fiduciary purposes or re
quired by law to be placed to the
credit of certain trust funds.
While the operation of this law at
various times has Relieved the state
of paying interest on general fund
wanants, further benefit, I am con
vinced, may accrue to the state by
directing that a proportion of the
moneys so paid into the state treas
ury shall become a part of the gen
eral fund of the Btate and available
for the payment of the general ex
penses of the state. In the admin-
utration of the laws imposing li
censes or other fees, and in the op
eration of the activities for whose
benefit such moneys may be used, the
state is put to a considerable expense
for service, for which it receives no
remuneration. The cost of this ser
vice is absorbed or included in the
expenses of those functions and activ
ities of the state which are support
ed by legislative appropriations from
the general fund revenues. It would
seem reasonable and logical, there
fore, that the state should be reim
bursed for additional outlays in con
nection with the functioning of such
of the activities of the state as are
maintained from such receipts.
Action of this kind on the part of
the legislative body will not embar
rass or curtail the activities of any
such state functions, but, by the di
version of a small portion of such
receipts, will contribute to that nec
essary financial relief now so import
ant, and will, in a. measure, aid in
relieving the state of an existing def
icit. A bill was submitted to the people
at the general election of November
2, 1926, providing for the payment of
a portion of the fees, licenses and
taxes collected by the state into the
general fund. It failed of approval,
I am convinced, from lack of a prop
er conception of its purposes, and be
cause of the high percentage of re
ceipts required.
Your careful and serious attention
is directed to this proposal, to the
nd that the finances of the state may
be improved without embarrassment
or hindrance to any of the existing
functions of government, r without
increasing any fees, licenses and tax
es imposed and collected under the
existing laws of the state. In this
way no duties will be imposed on any
department of state without remun
eration. Branch Offices.
I am not sure that the interests of
the state are being best served by
having maintained in Portland branch
m separate state departments, but if
M is necessary, as shown by proper
investigation, to maintain such state
uctivities in Portland, they should,
in the interest of economy and pub
lic convenience, be confined to one
building, or to fewer buildings than
are now occupied. The State Board
of Control should have authority to
contract for all space leased to house
state departments.
Penitentiary.
A publi; or private institution can
not function efficiently unless its ad
ministrative officers hnve a reason
able degree of security and perman
ence of tenure. We have witnessed
the appointment and removal of six
wardens at the state penitentiary in
a period of six years. No private bus
iness could prosper with an annual
change of management, no matter
how able the managers.
In the interests of economy and
efficiency, I ask that you place the
state penitentiary under the direc
tion of the Board of Control, which
now has the management of other
state institutions. I advocate this
policy to the end that the manage
ment of the state penitentiary may
be removed from politics; that the
tenure of its administrative officers
may depend solely on merit, and that
efficiency may be the only considera
tion In the conduct of this institu
tion. The penitentiary is now ao crowded
that the prisoners can not be prop
erly segregated, and, as a result,
young men who have been cmomitted
for their first offense against the law
are in close and constant contact with
hrndencd and habitual offenders.
When the boy's training school near
Woodburn is finished and the present
property near Salem now used by the
training school is no longer needed
lor the purpose for which it was ac
quired, provision should be made, by
legislative enactment, if necessary.
for the use of this latter plant in
connection with, the stato peniten
tiary. This would provido a means
whereby those who are not hardened
criminals may be segregated and
given opportunity and encouragement
for such reform and training as will
tend to make them useful and law-
abiding citizens on their release.
The parole board should be abol
ished and recommendations fjr the
parole of prisoners should be made
by the Board of Control.
Education.
No aspect of the development of
Oregon is more important than that
which has to do with education. Here
we Invest not In our present pros
perity but in our future welfare and
stability. The Btate can not neglect
its educational interests without im
mediate and apparent detriment to
its well-being.
Oregon has invested generously in
public schools. We have kept step
with our neighboring states in stead
ily raising the standards of school
equipment, scholastic requirements.
and teacher training. We have in the
'ast twenty-five years added to our
elementary schools two hundred and
sixty standard high schools. If the
inculcation of a desire for further
knowledge is a sound criterion of the
success of elementary education, and
I believe it is, then Oregon's educa
tional efforts are bearing fruit, for
Oregon ranks fourth among the states
in the percentage of eighth-grade
graduates who continue their educa
tion in the high schools. Oregon al
so stands high among the states in
the number of high school graduates
who enter college.
There should be no disposition to
decrease this present hearty support
of education in Oregon. In bo far as
is consistent with a policy of sound
economy, educational support should
be maintained and increased. The
people of the state, themselves, dem
onstrated their approval of a pro
gressive school policy when they add
ed, through popular vote, a third nor
mal school to the teacher training in
stitutions of the state.
No retrenchment should be made
which will interfere with the efficien
cy or retard the progress of our
school system. Economy in education
should be practiced only as it can be
effected through a business-like and
efficient treatment of the problems of
school finances. The high standards
of our public schools and institutions
of higher learning must be maintain
ed. Recently the people have been in
formed as to the peculiarly distress
ing financial condition of the state,
the legislature approaches its task
with limited resources from which to
make appropriations resources which
ere row heavily burdened by neces
sary obligations authorized by the
emergency board and resultant from
un insufficient tax levy. Many much
needed appropriations must fail un
less your body provides for new
sources of revenue or for a temporary
oiversion of state funds.
If the legislature finds it impossi
ble, with its limited resources, prop
erly to furnish the financial require
ments of our institutions of higher
learning, it may be necessary to re
port, for a time at least, to an in
crease in the tuition fees charged by
uiese institutions.
Irrigation.
I quote from a statement which I
made during the political campaign
of last year:
The irrigation question in Oregon
is not a political one, and the solution
of the problem will require careful,
intelligent and sincere study and ac
tion to the end that the farmers on
the irrigation projects may not be
penalized for their industry, confi
dence in the state and show of good
laitn.
We should see that the farmers
now on irrigated lands who have
rhown their good faith are fully pro
tectee!, inose farmers who are mak
ing or have made good their obliga
tions to the irrigation districts and
who are contributing to the produc
tivity oi tne state, should be given
the benefit of every possible means
of protection.
"In some of the irrigation districts
many of the settlers have suffered un
due hardships and dire misfortune,
due to improper organization of dis
tricts and to the activities of unscru
pulous speculators. The next Legisla
ture should, in so far as possible, pro
vide legislation for the reorganization
fid restoration of the unsuccessful
districts. However, the taxpayers of
the state, outside of the irrigation
districts, are not responsible for the
unfortunate conditions that exist, and
must not be called upon to pay more
interest on bonds, other than those
for which the state is already obligat
ed, or to make good the losses."
The constitutional amendment pro
viding for the guarantee by the state
of interest payments on irrgiation
district bonds should be repealed.
I would welcome legislative action
in keeping with the above-stated pol
icy. Reforestation,
While the timber supply of Oregon
will furnish lumber for the needs of
the state and a large payroll for a
number of years, yet immediate ac
tion should be taken looking to the
reforestation of lands suitable for
that purpose, that water supplies may
be protected, that the timber supply
of the state may be continuous, that
labor may be employed, and that the
tax rolls of the state may not suffer
when the present mature timber is re
moved.
A committee to study the question
of reforestation and report to you
was provided for by the Thirty-third
Legislative Assembly, and the report
of this committee, like that of the
committee on assessment and taxa
tion, has not been in my hands for
a sufficient length of time to warrant
my discussing its recommendations at
this time,
I submit to you that legislation
should be enacted that will encourage
and promote reforestation by private
owners on lands from which the tim
ber has already been removed, and
which will insure continuing refores
tation of logged-off areas.
The Workmen's Compensation Law.
The. workmen's compensation law
became effective over twelve years
ago, and it Ib gratifying to note that
since that time there has come, thru
the actual operation of the law, an
Increased recognition of the benefits
of such a system of protection to in
jured workmen and their dependents
The compensation law has been
amended and improved by action of
the several legislative sessions since
the passage of the original act in
19i3, and djring these same session
the members of the legislature have
been called upon to consider a number
of conflicting measures respoctitigi
the workmen' compensation law.
It seems apparent to the casual ob
server that tne law as now adminis
tered has brought about an amicable
re'ation between employes and em
ployers; a relation which reflects im
proved industrial conditions.
The Thirty-third Legislative As
sembly authorized the appointment
of a committee composed of members
of each house for the purpose of mak
ing a thorough investigation of work
men's compensation laws, with in
structions to report a bill at this
session containing such admendments
or changes in the present act as it
may deem essential.
At this time I am not familiar with
the recommendations of this commit
tee, but commend them to you for
your careful consideration.
Salaries.
I respectfully suggest that you sub
mit to the people for their considera
tion at the next general election a
constitutional amendment which will
provide that no increase in the salary
of any elective officer of the state or
county shall be made effective during
the term for which such officer
elected.
Highways.
An efficient and well-considered
highway program has a direct bear
ing upon the prosperity aud progress
cf a state. Conservative road con
struction in Oregon should continue;
the roads already built should be
maintained, and the bonds be retired
as they mature. There must be no
hasty legislation which may inter
fere with this policy. In my opinion
this program can be carried out with
less present cost to the counties and
eventually less cost to motorists.
The increase in the number of cars
i.nd the resultant increase in revenue
from this source should makeVit pos
sib.e for the state U Dear the full
burden of acquiring rights of way and
constructing all state roads without
requiring the assistance of the coun
ties. This plan, I submit, should be
adopted, but should not be so con
strued as to relieve any counties of
obligations now due for past advances
of money or work by the State High
way Commission, or to interfere with
any existing contracts.
When relieved of the necessity of
contributing to the expense of state
highway construction, county courts
will be able to give much needed at
tention to the more remote roads, to
the end that rural residents may, at
all times of the year, have easy access
to market places.
- State highway activities must al
ways be supported by the state high
way fund. There should never come
a time when a property tax will be
required to maintain our state high
way program.
The construction of the proposed
and partially completed Roosevelt
Highway is of paramount importance
to the coast counties and, indirectly,
to the whole state. Its completion
Ehould be expedited as rapidly as
:'unds can be made available for this
purpose.
Administration of the Motor Vehicle
Laws,
Whenever any function of the state
government associated with an exist
ing department reaches those propor
tions where it requires the attention
of the administrative officer to an ex
tent that makes it impossible for him
to give the necessary attention re
quired to all of his duties, then di
vision of the work is advisable. This
policy was followed with respect to
the regulation of insurance organiza
tions and corporations.
The details in connection with the
administration of the laws relating to
the licensing and regulation of the
operation of motor vehicles upon the
highways of the state have now rench-
ed such proportions as to necessitate
the separation of such duties from
the present duties of the Secretary
of State. The creation of a separate
department appears desirable. The
work' is of such magnitude and im
portance as to require the entire time
and attention of a separate adminis
trative officer. The duties will not
become less in the future; in fact,
they will materially increase from
year to year.
In the creation of a separate de
partment for this important duty, full
authority for the appointment of all
officers deemed ncessary for the prop
er patrol of the highways should bi
ncluded with the administrative du
ties. Administration includes licen
sing and regulation; these two duties
cannot well be separated without
weakening one or the other side of
the task. By vesting the administra
tion and enforcement of the motor
vehicle laws of this state in an of
ficial to be appointed by the Govern
or, control is retained of the enforce
ment officers that may be appointed
fo that in the event it may be desir
able at times that they be assigned
to other duties necessary in main
taining the peace of the state they
may be readily and speedily assigned
cnereto.
The creation of a separate depart
ment should be so timed that the
transfer may be made at a season in
the administrative work that will per
mit this to be accomplished with the
least interruption and inconvenience
to the department affected.
I recommend the repeal of that pro
vision of the existing motor vehicle
laws imposing an additional license
fee of 60 per cent on "motor vehicles
not common carriers,
end used
for commercial purposes in the bus
iness of selling and or delivering
goods, wares, merchandise, materials,
or any articles of commerce" under
certain conditions, for the reason that
such law includes within its scope
motor vehicles of many of the resi
dents of this stnte which it was not
the intention of the originators of
such law to include, and for the fur
ther renson that the difficulties of ad
ministration are such as to preclude
a fair and equitable enforcement
thereof.
Those existing laws having to do
with certificates of title to motor ve
hides and the regulation of headlight
devices upon motor vehicles operated
in this state, I am respectfully referr
ing to you for such amendment or ad
justments as, in your conclusion
shall best serve the interests and
welfare of the people of Oregon, tak
ing into due consideration the charac
ter of the vehicle, tho celerity with
which It is desired to transfer the
ownership thereof, and the condition
under which its operation on the
highways of the state should be di
rected and restricted.
In a number of the states similar
laws have been enacted with the ob
ject of finally securing uniform laws
in all the r.tatej relating to these sub
jects.
Municipal Obligations.
An expanding conception cf the
function of government has brough
about, within the last twenty-five
years, an enormous increase in the
number and complexity of activities
and institutions maintained for pub
lie benefit and supported by public
revenue. To obtain the desired and
necessary public improvements,
whether they were highways, streets,
bridges, or public buildings, the cred
it of the state, the eounty and the
municipality has been largely em
ployed, thus placing upon future
years a portion of the cost of imme
diately obtaining desired or necessary
public benefits.
Under the constitution of Oregon,
'he credit of the state may be pledged
to the extent of 11 per cent of the
assessed value of the total property
thereof. In addition, the counties of
the state may pledge their credit to
an amount not in excess of six per
cent of the assessed valuation of all
property therein. There is no provis
ion of the state constitution limiting
the indebtedness or the extent to
which a municipality may pledge its
credit for the accomplishment of any
of the purposes of such municipality
cuthorized by its charter as adopted
by the legal voters thereof.
Following the adoption of the home
rule amendment by the people in 1910
granting power to cities and towns to
enact and amend their municipal
charters, there has resulted an era of
:ssuing bonds, not only on the part
the cities" and towns of the state but
of the state itself, the school districts
end other municipalities existing un
der authority of law, until their to
tal bonded obligations or pledges of
credit aggregate well up to $200,000,
000. ' We can turn, for example to a cer
tain city of the state where, if the ob
ligations of the state, the county, the
port district and the school district
were prorated in the proportion that
the assessed value of the property of
ruch city bears to the asssesed value
of the property of the state, the coun
ty, the port district and the school
dibtrict within which it is situated, it
would be found that every parcel of
property therein would be carrying a
bonded obligation of 22.15 per cent of
its assessed valuation for the year
1925. In the case of another city, the
residents thereof would be found to
be carrying a bonded obligation of
63.27 per cent.
A condition such as outlined gives
us cause for serious thought as to the
ultimate result of our present system,
which permits municipalities to
pledge their credit, without regard to
the fact that other overlapping divis
ions may also pledge their credit,
which is based on the same property,
to an unlimited extent. In addition,
lie county may pledge its credit for
a sum not to exceed six per cent and
the state another 11 per cent of the
r.ssessed value of the same property.
I urge you to give careful considera
tion to the advisability of imposing
some supervision over the bonding ac
tivities of the various agencies to
which is extended the privilege of
pledging the future credit of the
property of the state. It appears to
me most necessary that a program
shall be formulated whereby the dif
ferent bonding agencies shall guide
their activities, not independently but
with reference to other obligations
which must in the future be safe
guarded by the same property which
they propose to utilize as a pledge of
credit.
Financial Data Required.
The financial affairs of the state,
tne counties, the municipalities, the
school districts, the irrigation and
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drainage districts, and other eiril
divisions of the commonwealth are
administered without any relation
to each other. Under existing laws
no financial or other data respecting
tne state and its political subdivis
ions are secured and compiled for
public Information. Consequently, no
such data aie available.
As an understanding of the finances
supporting any activity or undertak
ing is imperative for its intelligent
administration, I am impelled to the
conclusion that the itate may wisely
and profitably, for the benefit of its
citizens, as well as those entrusted
wih the administration of public af
fairs, authorize the placing of funds
at the disposal of the executive for
the purpose of securing such data and
information respecting the state and
its various civic divisions as. in his
'Judgment, may be deemed advisable.
The importance of the finances of
the commonwealth and its many sub
divisions is not to be underestimated,
and, unless there is available true in
formation upon this subject which
Charter No. 11007.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Farmers & Stockgrowers National Bank
AT HEPPNER, IN THE STATE OF OREGON, AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1926.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, including rediscounts, acceptances of
other banks and foreign bills of exchange or drafts, sold
with indorsement of this bank $200,483.74
Overdrafts, unsecured 109.45
U. 8. Government securities owned:
All United States Government securities (including pre
miums, if any)
Other bonds, stocks, securities,
Furniture and fixtures
Real estate owned other than banking house
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank
Cash in vault and amount due from national banks -
Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust companies
in the United States (other than included in last two
items above)
Checks on other banks in the same city or town as report
ing bank
Total of last three items
Miscellaneous cash items
Other assets
TOTAL
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $ 60,000.00
Undivided profits .. 2,236.44
Cashier's checks outstanding 157.68
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Re
serve (deposits payable within 30 days):
Individual deposits subject to check 193,423.77
Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other than
for money borrowed) 252.99
Total of demand deposits (other than
bank deposits) subject to reserve $193,676.76
Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days, or
subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal savings):
Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed). 12,050.59
State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by pledge
of assets of this bank or surety bond - 7,700.00
Other time deposits 40.5S6.56
Total of time deposits subject to Reserve $60,337.15
TOTAL . $306,408.03
STATE OF OREGON, County of Morrow, ss.
I, J. W. Beymer, President of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. J. W. BEYMER, President.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 12th day of January,
1927. JOS. J. NYS, Notary Public.
My commission expires June 8,
1927.
Central Market
C. W. McNAMER, Proprietor
FRESH AND CURED MEATS, FISH
AND POULTRY
Call us when you have anything in our
line to sell.
Phone Main 652
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Pay Yourself A Profit
YOU ARE YOUR BEST INVESTMENT.
Does your best investment yourself pay you the profit
that it should? It can you can, by a plan that is re
markably simple and successful.
You are investing in yourself in everything that you do.
Why not make that investment pay profits? You can by
saving a definite part of your income on a systematic
plan. It's easy to save. You never miss the small reg
ular payments. And all the while you are creating a fund
paying yourself profits, which bring you the better
things of life today and in the days that are to come.
Come in soon, and let us show you how to make the best
investment in yourself. You'll find it a sensible plan and
one you'll want to adopt for yourself.
Farmers & Stockgrowers National
Heppner Bank 0r?on
n 17 be applied In the conduct of the
financial affairs of the state and its
civil divisions, we may be inadver
tently led into a more or less chaotic
financial condition. The appropria
tion of a reasonable amount to be ex
pended under the direction of the ex
ecutive, will, I feel confident, result
in large benefits, and my object in
presenting this matter for your fa
vorable consideration is that I may
have correct information upon which
more intelligently to base the dis
charge of my official duties.
In all that may tend to accomplish
the ends I have touched upon in this
message, and in any other legislation
which promises to promote the stabil
ity anii progress of Oregon and the
well-being of her citizens, I tender to
you my hearty cooperation. I stand
ready, at all times, to advise with you
and to work with you that the proper
functions of the executive and legis
lative departments may operate to
gether harmoniously and effectively
in worthy service to the state.
I. L. PATTERSON.
Reserve District No. 12.
etc, owned:
7,700.00
8,940.94
2,526.52
17,067.20
17,221.31
47,203.99
250.68
239.67
540.48
above .
.$47,694.34
4,134.05
$306,408.03
CORRECT Attest:
J. D. FRENCH, -EMMET
COCHRAN,
JOS. M. HAYES,
Directors.
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