PAGE FOUR
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
The Capitol Site
Only Two Measures
Insurance
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. Location of the new capl
tol building promises to provide a
bone of contention for the lawmak'
era to chew on when the special
session is convened to pass Judg
ment on the capitol construction
program.
The public work committee of the
State Planning board in a "progress
report" filed with Governor Martin
says that by all means Salem should
be retained as the capital of the
state but qualifies this declaration
by adding "if a suitable site can be
found for the new building.
The site of the old capitol, the
committee declares, is too small to
accommodate a building of the size
and type to which Oregon is entitled
in view of an expected material in
crease in population during the next
few years. Several other sites are
being studied by the planners who
will make their recommendations
in another report to be presented to
the governor on Friday, June 28.
Residents of Salem generally are
pretty well satisfied with the pres
ent site which is centrally located
and which forms a part of what Sa
lemites hope will be developed into
one of the most attractive civic cen
ters in the entire nation. Legisla
tors who have visited Salem since
the fire and who have expressed
themselves on the question of a lo
cation for the new building have
been almost unonimous in their sup
port of the old site and many of
these can be depended upon to op
pose any attempt to change the cap
itol location regardless of the rec
ommendations of the Planning
board.
The old capitol, destroyed by fire
the night of April 25, was construct
ed crosswise of the block, that is
with its two wings extending north
and south of the main lobby or ro
tunda. Supporters of the present
site point out that the need for ad
ditional space for the new building
can be met by constructing the
building lengthwise of the block,
with the wings assuming that the
new capitol will be of the conven
tional dome-and-wings type ex
tending east and west
A move is now on foot here in Sa-
lem with a view to securing at least
a portion of Willson park, adjoining
the capitol block, for state purposes.
This, it is contended, would provide
ample space for the new building
as well as allow for appropriate
landscaping of the grounds sur
rounding the capitol.
The state planners in their "prog
ress report" suggest a building that
will be neither ultra-conservative
nor ultra-modern. That is one which
will not stick too closely to the
dome-wings-portico style of archi
tecture nor one which will follow
the tower or shaft style of the Ne
braska, North Dakota or Louisiana
buildings, but rather one which will
follow a middle ground, represent
ing a compromise between these
two extremes.
Estimated cost of the new build
ing is fixed by the state planners at
$3,500,000 as representing approxi
mately the same per capita expen
diture involved in the eight western
capitols constructed since the close
of the World war.
Three methods of financing are
being considered by the board a
property tax levy, a poll tax and di
yersion of liquor profits, with pref
erence given to the latter method as
entailing no special election to cir
cumvent the constitutional inhibi
tion against state indebtedness. Both
the other methods, it is admitted,
would require bond issues and a
special election to approve the state
debt
Employees of the operators' divis
ion of the state department blos
somed out in gray shirts and black
bow ties this week. Just to make
them more readily distinguishable,
according to Secretary of State
Snell. Incidentally more than 5000
operators are applying for new 11
censes daily now and a big crew of
extra help has been hired to handle
the increase in business.
There will be only three measures
on the general election ballot in
November, 1936: the proposed
change in the primary election date
from May to September and the pro
posal to remove the constitutional
limit from the pay of legislators,
both referred by the legislature,
and the student body fee act which
has been referred by a group of uni
versity students.
Neither the employers nor em-
ployees involved In the lumber
strike are ready for arbitration, the
state board of conciliation has re
ported to Governor Martin. The
board made no recommendation
with respect to wage increases de
manded by the strikers.
First consideration in planning
highway projects to be financed by
federal funds must be finding jobs
for men who are able and willing to
work but who are now on relief,
Thos. H. MacDonald, chief of the
bureau of public roads, has advised
R. H. Baldock, state highway en
gineer. Baldock still awaits instruc
tions from Washington covering the
expenditure of the $3,038,642 allotted
to Oregon for highway improvement
and the $2,334,204 which Oregon will
receive for elimination of hazards
at railway grade crossings.
Governor Martin now presides ov
er sessions of the board of control
with a gavel which Speaker Rainey
wielded in Congress. The gavel was
presented to the governor by the
late congressman from Illinois
shortly before his death.
Automobile registrations In Ore
gon promise to establish a new high
record this year. A large number
of cars registered this year are new
ones which Secretary of State Snell
declares to be "substantial evidence
of improved business conditions
generally throughout the state."
The board of control has author
ized the purchase of new fire fight
ing equipment to be installed at the
state institutions south of Salem.
The equipment includes two com
bination pumpers and chemical
wagons.
The property control division of
the state budget department has re
ceived $32,000 of SERA funds to fi
ance an inventory of state proper
ty. Workers will all be taken from
relief rolls and approximately 30
men and women will be given em
ployment for the next ten months,
according to Clifton Mudd, state
property comptroller.
With the state restoration fund
exhausted through payments of
losses due to the capitol fire, there
is nothing in the statutes to prevent
departments, boards and commis
sions from purchasing insurance
from private companies, according
to Attorney General Van Winkle.
The only fly in the ointment seems
to be a lack of funds to pay the
premiums. Self-supporting depart
ments will be able to provide pro
tection for their property but those
depending on legislative appropria
tions must wait for legislative au
thority. This latter group includes
all state buildings, including those
at state institutions, it is believed
here.
The state board of control has de
cided to apply for $148,780 in PWA
funds in connection with the build
ing program authorized by the last
legislature. This would include $31,-
680 for the new dormitory at the
blind school; $35,250 for additions
and improvements at the tuberculo
sis hospital and $81,800 for the new
building at the state hospital. In
each instance the amount repre
sents 45 percent of the total cost of
the proposed buildings, the legisla'
ture appropriating $50,000, $56,500
and $100,000 respectively for these
three institutions. The federal
funds, if forthcoming, will be add
ed to the legislative appropriations
to provide for larger and better
buildings than was originally plan
ned for.
Members of the state board of
control plan an automobile trip
through Eastern, Central and
Southern Oregon as soon as labor
troubles quiet down sufficiently to
permit Governor Martin to leave
his office for a few days. The tour
will include a visit to the tuberculo
sis hospital at The Dalles and the
eastern Oregon state hospital at
Pendleton and will require the bet
ter part of a week.
Of the $750,000 of outstanding un
employment relief certificates only
$100,000 worth are in the hands of
private investors. The balance has
been bought up by other state funds,
keeping the interest in the family,
so to speak.
Salem. Residents of Oregon must
watch their step a little more close
ly from now on lest they unwittingly
trangress some one or more of the
more than 300 new legislative acts
which went into effect this week, 90
days after sine die adjournment of
the session.
While most of these acts involve
only minor amendment to old laws,
many of them being merely cor
rective in nature, there are a num
ber of new laws that are deserving
of more than passing mention.
For instance there is the change
in the traffic law which gives the
right of way to the vehicle on the
right instead of the one first on the
scene as has been the case for the
past two years. Then there is the
"fair trade" act which prohibits the
sale or grade marked articles at cut
rates and the amendment to the
electrical code which requires that
all dealers in electrical appliances
register with the Bureau of Labor
and to confine their wares to only
such products as conform to the re
quirements of the state electrical
code. Employers of labor may find
themselves faced with a penalty if
they fail to pay their employees
promptly upon their release from
service either by discharge of res
ignatlon. While the old age assistance act
appropriating $1,000,000 for old age
pensions in cooperation with the
counties and the federal govern
ment is now effective, operation of
the act is contingent upon the en
actment of the federal old age se
curity bill.
The forestry acquisition act which
was bitterly opposed by county
courts because of fear of the loss of
tax revenues, is among the new
laws becoming effective this week
This permits the federal govern
ment to acquire timber land now in
private ownership adjacent to na-
tional forests.
Among other new laws becoming
effective this week is one extending
the fire season to October 16; pro-
hibiting the payment of money for
circulating initiative, referendum
and recall petitions; providing for
non-partisan election of county
school superintendents; creating the
Oregon State Bar for the regulation
of the practice of law.
A number of the new acts provide
amendments to the Workmen's
Compensation act. Under one of
these an employee is deprived of the
right to reject the act if his employ
er has accepted its provisions. An
other of these amendments permits
the Industrial Accident commission
to terminate the coverage of a non
hazardous occupation when its con
trlbution to the fund is in default
Two of the most important acts
of the last session do not become
effective until July 1. One of these
is the so-called safety responsibility
act requiring motorists involved in
traffic accidents to pay any damage
judgment secured against them be
fore they can again operate an au
tomoblle. The other Involves an
amendment to the gasoline tax re
fund act requiring motorists who
plan to apply for tax refund to first
secure a permit at an Investment of
50 cents.
All sections of the state are rep
resented on the new Textbook com
mission named this week by the
State Board of Education. The
members are E. H. Hedrick, city
At Heppner
CHURCHES
CHURCH OF CHRIST.
ALVIN KLEINFELDT, Pastor.
Bible School 9 :46 a. m.
Morning- services H a. m.
C. E. Society 7 :00 p. m.
Evening servces 8 :00 p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Wednesday 8 :00 p. m.
Midweek service, Thursday 8:00 p. m.
Morning sermon, "A World of
Responsibility."
Evening sermon, Remember the
Scriptures."
Forsake not the assembling of
yourselves together."
METHODIST CHURCH.
JOSEPH POPE, Pastor.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Public worship 11:00 a. m. Ser
mon, The Possessors of Earth.
Special music.
Epworth League 7:00.
The evening preaching service
will be given over to the "Child
ren's Day" program.
Prayer meeting Thursday eve
ning 7:30.
You are always welcome at all
the services of our church.
PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE.
ALFRED It. WOMACK, Paster.
Sunday:
Sunday School J0:0O A. M.
After Service 11:00 A. M.
Evening Service 7.80 P. M.
Tuesday night prayer meeting
only, 7:30.
Thursday evangelistic Bervice 7 :30
"WE WELCOME ALL"
school superintendent, Medford;
Roy L. Skeen, eastern Oregon nor
mal school, La Grande; Rex Put
nam, city school superintendent
Albany; Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson,
county school superintendent, Sa
lem; and A. C. Hampton, city school
superintendent, Astoria. Retiring
members of the commission include
R. R. Turner of Pallas and Austin
Landreth of Pendleton, both of
whom served for eight years, and
Dr. Nelson L. Bessing of the Uni
versity of Oregon, who served four
years.
Twenty - one grade separations
have been listed by engineers of the
state highway department as de
serving of immediate attention but
the $2,300,000 which the federal gov
ernment has allocated to this state
for grade crossing eliminations will
finance only 16 of the projects ac
cording to R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer. Advance infor
mation received by the highway de
partment here has it that 90 per
cent of the labor to be employed on
emergency projects must come from
relief rolls and 40 percent of the
money allocated must be paid out
to labor directly on the project.
Tourist travel into Oregon is fall
ing behind that of a year ago. Reg
istration of foreign cars during
March, April and May was consid
erably below that for the same
months of 1934. Registrations for
the five month period to May 30 to
tal 19,614 cars or only 34 less than
the record for the first five months
of last year but the first two months
of this year showed a substantial
spurt in visitors' from other states.
The state board of control has
upheld the action of Superintendent
Sam Laughlin of the boys' training
school in dismissing Oscar Kaufer
as parole officer for the institution
and in so doing has reiterated its
previously announced determination
to keep its hands off the internal
affairs of state institutions.
The political prognosticates con
tinue to speculate on the date for
the special session, guesses ranging
from as early as July 8 to as late as
next January. Governor Martin re
fuses to discuss the matter, his only
comment on the speculations being
that he enjoys reading the newspa
pers, too.
Fire insurance companies oper
ating in Oregon have protested to
Hugh H. Earle, state fire marshal,
against diversion of their fees to
the state's general fund. Earle has
promised that hereafter fees paid In
for the support of his department
will be used exclusively for the pro
motion of fire prevention.
Bricks from the old capitol build
ing are being stored on the grounds
of the state hospital where they will
be cleaned by inmates for use in fu
ture building operations. Broken
bricks and mortar from the ruins
are being dumped along Mill creek
and at other places In the city where
"fills" are needed.
Now is the time for school dis
tricts to take stock of their building
needs In the opinion of C. A. How
ard, state superintendent of public
instruction.
With the federal government of
fering to advance 45 percent of the
labor and material costs and loan
the remaining 55 percent for an in
terest charge of only three percent
a year school districts which face
the prospect of having to build with
in the next few years are advised by
Howard to take advantage of the
present opportunity to secure fed
eral aid.
"While I have not been inclined
to vigorously urge school districts
to vote bonds for schoolhouse con
struction at this time, nevertheless
there are many districts that will
need to build within the next few
years and it would seem unfortun
ate for such districts to pass up this
opportunity to secure substantial
aid in carrying out necessary con
struction when it Is available,"
Howard declared.
Howard pointed out that during
the school year ending In June, 1934,
Oregon school districts spent only
$179,000 for buildings, furniture and
equipment whereas prior to 1932
the average annual capital outlay
for Oregon school districts was
nearly $3,000,000.
Seventy-two Oregon motoriBts
lost their operators' licenses during
May. Sixty of the licenses were re
voked and an even dozen suspended.
Fifty-five motorists were convicted
of drunken driving during the
month and required to surrender
their drivers' cards for a year.
5 head of mules for sale. J. H,
Helms, Lexington. 14-16p.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our deep ap
preciation of the kindly assistance,
sympathy and beautiful floral trib
utes tendered us in our bereave
ment. OLIVE E. SWAGGART,
MRS. C. S. WHEELER,
GROVER B. SWAGGART.
J. G. Barrat returned home Sun
day from a 1000-mile trip on which
he helped conduct a series of wool
men's meetings in his capacity as
president Oregon Wool Growers
association. Meetings were held
at La Grande, Baker, Lakeview,
Burns, Fossil and Condon. Fred
Marshall, secretary National Wool
Growers, and P. M. Brandt of Ore
gon State college assisted with the
meetings. Thursday evening the
party stopped for lunch at Crater
lake. Mr. Barratt reports good
attendance at the meetings, and
good growing conditions prevail
ing over most of the territory cov
ered. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boyer are vis
iting in the city today from their
home near Mt. Vernon, Grant
county.
LEXINGTON
Continued on Pas Four)
the two weeks Catholic summer
school at Heppner.
Miss Peggy Warner of Corvallis
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Warner.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice and son
Edward, accompanied by A. E.
Johnson of lone, were business vis
itors in Spokane the first of the
week.
Mrs. Frank Vanderpool and two
children of Missoula, Mont, were
guests of Mrs. H. E. Warner the
first of the week.
Mrs. Etta C. Hunt has returned
to her home in Portland after
spending three weeks with relatives
in this community.
Mrs. H. O. Bauman and Mra. J.
G. Johnson were shopping in Pen
dleton Tuesday.
Benjamin F. DeVore
Relates Story of Life
(Continued from First Page)
fight and we started on the retreat
We padded the wheels of our can
nons with felt to absorb the noise
made as we went along. We were
not permitted to talk and commands
were given us in whispers. About
a week later we heard the order,
"Pack your knapsacks!" We knew
what that meant We were soon on
the march again where, we didn't
know, only that we were on our way
to a light
Then we came to a creek. I don't
recall the name. And here on the
15th of June, 1864, we engaged in
battle again. We whipped them
Deautitully tnat time! Then we
marched to the right and south
again about a mile and stopped in
front of Kenesaw mountain. We
had about one good regiment of
about 157 men. However, at the
end of the battle we had 57 less than
when we got there.
Our enemy was there and had
fallen the timber on the mountain,
It was an awful mess. General
Woods was in command of our ar
my here. They slaughtered us right
and left so the bugle was sounded
to halt It was hard enough to walk
through that fallen timber, without
fighting. They ordered us back at
1 o clock dn the afternoon. The bu
gle sounded and not a man moved
We knew there was no use and our
commander didn't insist. He real
ized our predicament. Then they
took them all back but those on the
skirmish line, and I was one to stay,
Those Johnnies didn't know we had
been left there alone or they would
have made it hot for us. Well,
worked my way around and. got be
hind a tree during the battle.
would watch for a man to poke his
head up from behind the breast
works, hen I would let him have it,
When they would shoot at me
would try to be behind the tree. We
went back to camp for the night,
In the meantime the opposing forces
made up their minds to retreat
Sherman made It too hot for them.
They couldn't stand It.
We didn't have any more fight
until July 21, 1864, when I found
myself on the skirmish line again
Here I remember an incident as if
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I had seen it fifteen minutes ago.
This was near Atlanta City. We
were in a field surrounded by woods.
Another man and I saw a rebel run
ning up a hill. I took a shot at him,
but I don't think I hit him. About)
that time I knew somebody had hit
me. I was -shot In the left leg. It
didn't knock me down, but almost
That ended my war career as I
was taken to the field hospital to
recuperate. What I know of the!
following battle I learned from the
"boys," much of it from within the
hospital walls.
Johnson made a surprise attack
on us. That was the day General
McPherson was killed. He rode
right Into the enemy's hands, not
expecting them to be there. I re
member General McPherson as the
finest looking man I ever saw. Well,
they walked in on us and the fight
was on. The amy was seven lines
deep. The charge kept up all day
and fight we did, but we only lost
one man. About sundown Johnson
gave up. Sherman took all the fight
out of him.
The next time I saw my buddies
was at Alexandria, Va. The war
was over. Sherman had been on
his long march to the sea. He was
chasing Lee and Grant was after
him. Here let me say I'll never
cease to regret that I couldn't have
gone on that march. The boys told
me they had marched through
swamps with water up to their
chins. Maybe you think they were
not tough looking customers with
mud all over them, and without
shave or haircut for six weeks
but they looked good to me. The
next day after they had drawn new
clothes and had shaves and hair
cuts you wouldn't have known
them.
The next day we went on the
march for Washington City for the
army review. There was assembled
the biggest crowd I ever saw. We
walked up and down the streets
for officers inspection. A reporter
said of Sherman's armv and the
Army of the Potomac, "I never
saw a better drilled army than the
Army of the Potomac, but I never
saw an army with the grit of Sher
man's." And, it is the truth. Sher
man's army didn't know fear with
Sherman in command.
Well, we crossed the western
Virginia mountains and crossed the
Qhio river by steamboat and start
ed for Louisville, Kentucky. We
were on our way to get our dis
charges from the service. We got
them at Davenport Iowa. As we
started for home the band struck
up, "The Girl I Left Behind Me."
And so, in reality, we started back
a happy crowd to "the girls we left
behind us." Most of us got drunk
to celebrate the grand occasion, and
I was one of them.
Home, sweet home, how good it
looked! I was glad to get home;
you bet I was. I was different from
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Ask your neighborl
C. C. Boone, a 91-year-old Civil war
veteran of Oregon who recently
published his verson of the war In
(he Morning Oregonian. He said
he didn't get enough of fighting in
the Civil war so he came west and
fought the Indians. I noted he
served in the cavalry. Well, there
Is the secret of his belief. I served
in the infantry. Cavalry can fight
cavalry wth success, but cavalry
can't fight infantry. I would tell
Mr. Boone if I saw him. All the
same, Mr. Boone, there are no
grudges. We licked the South, but
they put up a grand fight, and there
are no grudges there either.
The war had to come. Lincoln
told the truth when he said, "A
house divided against itself cannot
stand." And there we were, divid
ed on the questions of slavery and
secession.
I remember Lincoln as a fine
president We need one like him
now. His jolly remarks were
known to all. One that comes to
mind at the present moment "You
can fool some of the people all of
the time, and all of the people some
of the time, but you can't fool all
the people all of the time." No,
indeed, you cannot.
Another incident of the war
which has stayed with me all these
years I forgot to mention. It was
the jolly sport we soldiers enjoyed
of coming into one of the secession
cities and tearing down the rebel
flags, and putting up the Stars and
Stripes. I don't claim to have been
in on this sport but have seen it
done.
Coming back to my story, I came
back home and four years later
married Miss Martha Stephens on
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Large Cars $33.00
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Sunday, April 11, 1865. In 1883
we came west and I took up a
homestead in the Gooseberry coun
try, Morrow county, and have lived
in the county ever since. I didn't
prove up on this homestead but
moved to the mountains south of
Hardman where I made cordwood,
posts, etc. I moved to Rock creek
near Hardman two years later and
filed on a homestead, as I had to
get my children in school by this
time. We lived on the Rock creek
farm sixteen years, when we moved
to Hardman to run a hotel. My
wife died here in 1913.
We were the parents of five chil
dren. A son, Morris, died in 1930.
Those surviving are my two sons,
Bill of Pendleton, and Jack, now
with a band of sheep at Powder
River; my two daughters, Mrs. Ar
chie Barnard and Mrs. Ada Osborn
of The Dalles. I often make in
definite stays with my children
when I am not alone, except for
my housekeeper, here in Hardman.
Raising garden and flowers has
been a hobby of mine for years.
I am now an old man, 88 years
of age, not quite blind but almost,
and my memory is not as clear as
it once was. So in conclusion I
would like to say that If I have
made any mistakes in names or
dates, overlook it for these reas
ons. Also if there are any of the
old veterans of Company D of the
6th Iowa Infantry left and should
by chance see my story In print
please write me. I would surely
like to hear from them.
Again I will say, the only regret
I have of the Civil war is that I
didn't get to go with Sherman on
his long march to the Bea .
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