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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1935.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
State-Hired Attorneys
Savings Investigated
Road Receipts Down
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM. Legal fees paid to at
torneys by state departments dur
ing the past four years, other than
the attorney general and members
of his staff, total more than $150,
000. Of this amount approximately
$110,000 has come out of depart
mental funds. The remainder,
amounting to more than $55,000
represents fees paid to attorneys
handling bank and building and
loan liquidations and has come out
of the assets of these institutions.
Barnett Goldstein, Portland at
torney, who handled the prosecu
tions against a number of building
and loan officials for the corpora
tion department under contract
with James W. Mott, received $18,
712 for these services. In addition
Goldstein received some $16,000 for
his services in handling building
and loan liquidations under the di
rection of the corporation depart
ment. The firm of Clark and Clark of
Portland has received $7,660 from
the Public Utilities commission
during the past four years and still
has a claim for $9,750 for services
in connection with the recent tele
phone investigation which has not
yet been paid. This firm has also
handled most of the work in con
nection with liquidation of defunct
state banks in Multnomah and Co
lumbia counties.
Other attorneys shown to have
received fees from state depart
ments or boards during the four
years are: H. M. Kenin, $5830.36
from the medical board and dental
board; Wilbur Henderson, $1393.15
from the dental board and medical
board; C. E. McCarty, $9020 from
the game commission; Eugene
Marsh, $600 from the board of em
balmers and funeral directors; L. A.
Liljeqvist, $4000 from the land board
and $900 from the executive depart
ment; Herzig & Kenin, $400 from
the executive department; Custer
Ross, $785 from the executive de
partment; J. M. Pipes, $200 from
the executive department; Jas. R.
Powers, $2350 from the executive
department; A. E. Clark, $819 from
the hydro-electric commission.
Both the land board and the bo
nus commission have attorneys in
every county in the state who han
dle mortgage foreclosures and other
legal work. Records of the land
board show that this department
has paid out $21,460 in fees to these
attorneys during the four year per
iod while the bonus commission
has disbursed $28,143 among some
50 attorneys, 14 of whom are locat
ed in Multnomah county.
No record is available as to the
amount paid to attorneys for hand
ling state bank liquidations during
the four years but A. A. Schramm,
superintendent of banks, estimates
the amount at in excess of $30,000.
Goveror-elect Martin has pro
posed that all legal work for the
state be centered in the attorney
general's department which, of
course, would necessitate a mater
ial increase in the present staff.
Two deputy attorney generals are
now assigned to the state industrial
accident commission and the state
highway department also employs
two attorneys with the approval of
the attorney general.
Budget Director Hanzen was
slightly in error in his reference to
"an inherited deficit of $4,500,000.
The state's general fund was in the
red only $2,397,866 when Governor
Meier took over the reins of gov
ernment in January, 1931. The def
icit reached its peak of $4,533,475 at
the close of 1932 in the midst of the
Meier administration and is direct'
ly traceable to waiver of the state
levy against property for that year,
When estimated revenues from oth
er sources failed to materialize the
deficit was increased by $1,434300
but has been on the decline since
that date and, barring unforseen
emergencies, promises to disappear
entirely before the close of the
present year.
Claims put forth by Budget Di
rector Hanzen to a saving of $1,266,
000 in the budget as approved by
Governor Meier for 1935-36 over
appropriations and millage levies
authorized for the past biennium
do not stand up under a critical an
alysis of the new budget.
More than two-thirds of the al
leged "saving" is accounted for by
an arbitrary reduction of $850,000 In
the revenues of the state 3 institu
tions of higher education. Hanzen
has recommended a reduction of
$508,000 in the millage revenues of
these institutions which he pro
poses to lop off the 1936 levy. In
addition he estimates the gross
millage revenues of these institu
tions at $350,000 below those for
1933-34 but in this either he or the
tax commission is in error since
there is a discrepancy of approxi
mately $231,000 between the two es
timates.
The budget director has also
charged the $400,000 appropriation
for the liquor commission as an ex
pense charged against the 1933-34
biennium in spite of the fact that
the amount was merely loaned to
the commission and only $107,000
of the amount was used.
Another of the budget director's
"savings" Is represented by the ap
propriation of $82,000 made by the
1933 session to meet principal and
interest payments on the loan from
the industrial accident commission
to finance the state office building
and the agricultural building. This
appropriation was off-set by rentals
collected from departments occu
pying these buildings which went
into the general fund. Hanzen nas
disallowed this appropriation in his
new budget and taken credit for a
saving of the entire amount Just
how he expects to finance retire
ment of this obligation is not clear.
In spite of the fact that the 1933
appropriations for the circuit and
supreme courts and the care of
wayward girls fell approximately
$110,000 short of meeting actual ex
penditures during the past two
years Hanzen has arbitrarily fixed
the 1935-36 appropriations at the
same level.
Institution heads here are very
much concerned over Hanzen's at
titude toward their budgets which
he has also cut back to the 1933
level in spite of increased popula
tions and materially higher costs
of commodities and supplies used
by the institutions. General, main
tenance and operating costs of the
11 institutions for the past two
years exceeded $1,500,000. Employ
ees in the state purchasing depart
ment point out that the commodity
price level today is 20 to, 25 percent
higher than it was two years ago.
On this basis, and ignoring the nor
mal increase in population, these
appropriations must be increased
by at least $300,000 if a serious def
icit is to be avoided during the next
biennium.
Department heads point to the
fact that they are not in nearly so
good a position to withstand a bud
get cut today as they were two
years ago. Economies enforced by
the last legislature have resulted in
serious depletion of stocks of all
kinds. Typewriters, adding ma
chines and other equipment have
also been allowed to deteriorate
unduly because of lack of funds to
permit an exchange for new equip
ment as was formerly customary,
The Hanzen budget is generally
regarded here as a political docu
ment designed to put the incoming
administration in a hole. Recom
mendations contained in the budget
are purely arbitrary and were made
without any information as to the
condition or needs of state func
tions, officials here charge.
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Oregon ranks fourteenth among
the states of the union in the
amount of highways contracted un
der the Public Works program, ac
cording to information received by
n. tx. isaiaock, state highway en
gineer. Fifty-one percent of Ore
gon's 1934-35 program has already
Deen contracted, Baldock points
out. This is far ahead of the rec
ord of either California or Wash
ington.
Net revenues of the state high
way aepartment for 1934 were $3.
060,000 below those for the fiscal
year 1930-31, according to R. H,
tsamock, state highway engineer.
This was due to the loss pf more
than $4,400,000 in automobile regis
tration tees which dropped from a
net of $6,219,361 to $1,876,000 with
the change from the higher gradu
ated schedule of fees to the flat $5
fee. This loss was partially off-set
by an increase of $700,000 in gaso
line taxes and another increase of
approximately $128,000 in motor
transport fees paid by bus and
truck operators.
Only five percent of the revenue
loss was due to a drop in automo
bile registration from 283,550 cars
and trucks in 1930-31 to 279,000 in
1934. Ninety-five percent of the
loss was due to legislation reduc
ing the registration fee, Baldock
points out citing the fact that the
burden borne by automobile own
ers has been reduced from an av
erage of $47.40 in 1930-31 to $36.96
in 1934.
"While revenues for state high
way purposes decreased from $10,
784,921 to $7,724,000 the mileage of
state highways to be maintained in
creased from 4360 miles of primary
nignways In 1930-31 to 4750 miles of
primary and 2050 miles of second
ary highways in 1934," Baldock
points out. "This increase in mile
age of state highways transferred
to the state a maintenance obliga
tion formerly borne by the counties,
amounting to approximately $500,-
000 a year."
At the same time revenues of
the highway department were be
ing reduced, Baldock points out,
revenues available for county roads
were also being reduced by repeal
of the one mill market road tax
which produced approximately $1,
125,000 a year. County levies to
match this fund have also been
largely abandoned during the past
four years, still further reducing
revenues for maintenance of county
ty roads.
Local assessments as returned by
county assessor have been declining
on an average of $25,000,000 a year
for the past seven years, according
to a study made by the state tax
commission. Valuations on local
property as distinguished from util
ity property, reached their peak in
1927 at $953,958,046, since which
time there has been a decrease each
year, this year's assessments total
ing only $775,854,451, a ' slump of
$178,103,595 in the seven year per
iod. Utility valuations did not
reach their peak until 1931 when
they totalled $186,959,976, since
which year they have also been on
the decline, totalling only $167,649,
954 this year.
Federal aid for the common
school system will be forthcoming
in the not far distant future In the
opinion of C. A. Howard, state su
perintendent of public instruction,
who has just returned from a trip
to Washington, D. C, where he at
tended the council of state school
superintendents.
Governor-elect Martin has given
his endorsement to the proposed
state department of public welfare
to take over supervision of all of
the state's charitable, penal and
eleemosynary institutions. It is
understood that he will sponsor a
measure creating the new depart
ment to be headed by a director to
be appointed by the governor and
eliminating the state treasurer and
secretary of state from any Juris
diction over these Institutions.
State officials fail to see any good
purpose to be served by the pro
posed change in the primary elec
tion date from May to September.
Admitting that it would relieve can
didates of a considerable strain and
voters of the annoyance Incident to
a prolonged campaign, It is pointed
out that there are many obstacles
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CHURCHES
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
ALVIN KLEINFELDT, Pastor
Bible School 9:45 a. m.
Morning services 11 a. m.
C. . Society 6:30 p. m.
Evening Hervices 7 :30 p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Wednesday 7:80 p. m.
Midweek service, Thursday 7:80 p. m.
Morning sermon, "What We Need
Most in 1935."
Evening topic, "Christ's Love for
the Church.
The evening services opening
with a rousing song service.
Start the New Year right. Attend
church. "Seek ye first the King
dom of God and His righteosuness
and all these things shall be added
to you."
The annual meeting of the church
was held on Monday evening and
full board of elders, deacons and
deaconesses chosen. At this meet
ing the officers of the Sunday school
were also chosen for the coming
year. Financial reports were read,
and these proved to be quite grati
fyingin fact the total raised for
incidental expenses for the year
was just double that of the year
before, and each of the auxiliary
organizations showed substantial
gains.
METHODIST CHURCH.
JOSEPH POPE, Pastor.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship 11:00. Special
music by the choir. Sermon, "Your
self." Epworth League 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship 7:30. Sermon,
"Life's Chance."
Choir practice Wednesday eve
ning 7:30.
Prayer meeting Thursday eve
ning 7:30.
The meeting of the W. F. M. S.
will be held at the church Tuesday
afternoon 2:30.
A very hearty welcome is extend
ed to you to attend all the services
of our church.
PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE.
ALFRED K. WOMACK, Pastor:
Sunday:
Sunday School J0:00 A. M.
After Service 11:00 A. M.
Evening Service 7.30 P. M
Tuesday night, prayer meeting
only, 7:30.
Thursday evangelistic service 7:30
"WE WELCOME ALL"
in the way of the proposed change.
For one thing a September primary
would preclude the election of del
egates to the national conventions
which are held in June and it would
also prevent a preferential vote on
the candidates for president and
vice president. Oregon's primary
elections have been held on the
third Friday In May since 1914 by
reason of an act passed by the leg'
islature of 1913. Prior to that time
the primaries were held in April, 45
days prior to the general elections
which until 1910 were held on the
first Monday In June. In the year
1910 when the general election was
changed to November the primary
was held in September, but In 1912
was returned to April and since
then has been held in May,
Approximately $145,000 a month is
paid out In salaries and wages to
officials and employees of the state
in departments and Institutions lo
cated in and adjacent to Salem, ac
cording to a report by the Btate de
partment. The report does not In
clude payments made to employees
of the highway department other
than those in the Salem office, or
to faculty members and employees
of the state's institutions of higher
education or to employees located
in the city of Portland.
Fire losses on timber lands under
jurisdiction of the state forestry de
partment this year totalled only
$123,453, the lowest record In 13
years, according to Lynn Cronemil
ler, state forester. The 1933 forest
fire loss totalled more than $12,000,
000 due largely to the disastrous
Tillamook burn. A total of 1257 for
est flies were reported this year.
Smokers were held responsible for
357 fires and incendiarists for 338.
Lightning is credited with starting
130 blazes, debris burners 157,
campers 111, lumbering 46 and rail
roads 11.
ride closer to the center of the car.
The Ford V-8 engine now has a new
system of crankcase ventilation. The
Tudor sedan is also available with
out de luxe equipment.
the serving of refreshments Mr.
and Mrs. Hill were presented with
a beautiful set of silver knives,
forks and spoons.
Grow Stem Rot Free Clover
Corvallis Three Benton county
farmers harvested stem rot resist
ant sweet clover seed this year, ac
cording to W. S. Averill, county
agent. They are P. M. Finley,
Warren L. Averill and P. L. Dodd.
This strain of sweet clover was
developed on the Oregon Experi
ment station and recently released
to farmers.
Irrigation to Aid Cattle Farm
Gresham Tentative plans are
being worked out for the establlsh-
ment of an irrigation system to sup
ply water to between 50 and 60 acres
of high land on the 600 acre farm
of Omar Spencer on Sauvies Island,
accordnig to S. B. Hall, county ag
ent, who recently inspected the pro
posed project for Mr. Spencer. This
farm is being developed into a beef
feeding establishment, and is now
carrying 235 head of feeder cattle
and producing grass enough for fall
and spring feeding and suflicient
hay to carry this number of cattle
through the winter, Mr. Hall says.
Plans are to make an Irrigation sys
tem large enough to irrigate 50 or
60 acres of alfalfa and ladlno clover,
and which can be enlarged to irri
gate low land for pasture as well
during late summer and early fall.
AAA Men Look to Future;
Seek More Export Trade
The present tendency among
leaders of the Agrciultural Adjust
ment administration in Washington
is to look upon current programs
of crop curtailment and control as
temporary expedients necessary un
til the international trade problem
has been adequately dealt with, re
ports W. A. Schoenfeld, dean of ag
riculture at Oregon State college,
who has just returned from a bus
iness trip to the capital.
As long as surpluses here make
the export market a buyers' mar
ket, it is difficult to make satisfac
tory trade agreements, the leaders
say. When this condition is cor
rected through programs of pro
duction control, then it is believed
that satisfactory arrangements may
be made to exchange a greater vol
ume of America'3 farm products for
goods produced best in other coun
tries, and thereby maintain the in
ternational trade deemed essential
to greatest American prosperity.
Effects upon the consumer and
producer of the present crop con
trol expedients are discussed in a
recent statement by Dr. F. C. Howe,
consumers' counsel in the AAA. He
dealt particularly with the increas
ed price of pork products, saying
that the farmer is getting a major
part of this increased price.
"Some find it difficult to under
stand why hog raisers should re
duce production when millions want
pork," said Dr. Howe. "On the
other hand farmers find it difficult
to understand why factories should
close down or produce less when
the farmer wants factory products.
"So long as goods must be sold at
a price, and so long as their sup
ply depends on the purchasing pow
er and not the need people feel for
them, farmers like other business
men are forced to adjust their pro
duction to the market.
"In higher prices for pork, con
sumers are paying hog producers
for their investment and labor. In
turn hog producers should be able
to pay their part of the city work
ers' return to fair income. That is
the process of recovery," Howe con
eluded.
Other AAA leaders dealing with
the surplus vs. distribution" ques
tion have pointed out that while dis
tribution systems have admittedly
been faulty, the collapse of the nor
mal export markets brought a con
dition in many commodities which
no amount of perfect domestic dis
tribution could have corrected. The
capacity of the human stomach,
they said, could not have handled
the wheat surplus, for example,
even on a basis of free domestic dis
tribution, if production had been
maintained at former levels.
Fate of Columbia Salmon
Holds Scientists' Interest
Spokane, Wash. The program
for caring for the salmon of the
Columbia river after the Bonne
ville and Grand Coulee dams are
completed was one of the major
topics of discussion at the 11th
annual meeting of the Northwest
Scientific association which was
held in Spokane, December 28-29.
According to Professor Thomas
Large of Spokane, president of the
association, the program of getting
the salmon down the river is equal
ly as great as that of allowing the
fish to swim up the stream and over
the dams.
Speakers who discussed this sub
ject were F. A. Davidson, direct
or of Fisheries and Biological lab
oratory, Seattle; Prof. Willis R.
Rich of Stanford university; J. A.
Creig of the U. S. Bureau of Fish
eries; H. B. Holmes, also of the Bu
reau of Fisheries; Dr. Lawrence
Griffin of Reed college, Portland,
and Harry D. O'Malley, former U.
S. Commissioner of Fisheries.
The scientists, who cover all
branches in their discussion includ
ing medical science, geology and bi
ology, were also given considerable
time to the study of the geology of
the Bonneville and Coulee dam pro
jects. Leading this discussion were
E. T. Hodge on the department
of geology, Oregon State college,
Corvallis, and H E. Culver, depart
ment of geology, Washington State '
college.
MELON GROWERS TO MEET.
The Melon Code Control board
will meet at the schoolhouse in Ir
rigon on Monday, January 7, at 1
p. m. The purpose of the meeting
is to discuss proposed legislation
affecting the melon growing indus
try. It will also afford the growers
an opportunity to bring up any
thing they have in mind in connec
tion with the code, and provide
time for discussion of general prob
lems as well, reports Joseph Belan
ger, county agent.
WANTS INFORMATION.
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Address, Thornton, Wash. 40tf
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party recently by friends at New-
berg, in celebration of their 25th
wedding anniversary. Mrs. Hill was
formerly Miss Lennie Wherry of
Heppner. The event was held at
the Knights of Pythias hall. About
70 friends were present for the hap
py occasion and dancing was en
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