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HEPPXER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
gin checking up on the delinquent! J'yoJ Supplies Ample;
todav (.Thursday). The state Je-, ... , ..
tarm lruvs Mcadier
favorable,
The Speakership.
Liquor Personnel.
Power Lines.
By A.L. LDvDBECK
Salem. As the xero hour ap
proaches when the lawmakers will
again invade the state capital at
the call of Governor Martin to con
sider the matter of a new capitol
building interest turns to the House
speakership. Who will get the ga
vel wielding job? Will it be John
Cooter, the gentleman from Lin
coln county, or some other ambi
tious democrat? For the demo
crats will still control the House in
spite of the loss of a few members
through appointment of republicans
to fill vacancies.
Cooter, it should be remembered,
forfeited his seat in the House and
also the speakership, when he ac
cepted a federal job. At least At
torney General Van Winkle has so
held. Cooter Is confident that he
can secure the appointment of his
county court to succeed himself
and feels pretty sure of the speak
ership as well. However, there are
those, among his own partisans,
who believe that the honor should
pass to some other member. Jack
Caufleld of Tillamook county, dem
ocratic floor leader in the regular
session, is said to be ambitious to
preside over the special session and
Moore Hamilton, youthful Medford
newpaperman, is also looked upon
as likely speakership material. Both
were outstanding in their leadership
abilities in the regular session, the
first, incidentally, for both of them.
Then there are at least two mem
bers of the Multnomah delegation
who could be persuaded to accept
the eavel wielding job without
much difficulty, namely William
Graham and Howard Latourette.
All of which will add spice to the
House organization along with the
right of certain democratic mem
bers to a seat In spite of the ruling
of the attorney general to the con
trary. Governor Martin expects to have
fhe application for federal funds
for the new capitol ready to send
back to Washington about August
1. As soon as these funds are ear
marked and the terms of the fed
eral grant are definitely known he
will be ready to call the special
session. In the meantime the plan
ning board and various state de
partments are rushing work on
plans for the new building and
schemes for financing its construc
tion so that there will be a definite
program to present to the legisla
tors when they do meet possibly
in September.
Forty-eight thousand requisitions
pass over the desk of the state pur
chasing agent each year,, covering
every conceivable item from pins
and paper clips at a few cents a box
to snow plows at $10,000 each.
i
partment has been dijp.i'.jt out fvu i
i under te eleventh hour delutf ot !
ar.Dlicaf.iona at the rate a!out ' " irv? FOTi'1!
j 10.000 a day and hi now rvaefced tW evyo-rc xtuaU. .:..! the popula-
the bottom of the pUe, ! tioa oi :!t vvar.try estimated to be
1 I :Mr sTjo.stry. N:h the immediate
i ri ..... ...... ... k ' :v.t t.e lorjs-$:m outlook is for a
purposes t to be hold rat her ia sl-"- -v r above
Oregon for the mere oct rf ,ar- . :v.ouC,t aotually consumed
rving and tranvrtatioa. U Cote-' "a "V ur.:ry during the 1929-1933
ini & Sons of Ta DaUe ho j!" P'"rvl " the July sum"
.varv o: tne axriouiiurai suuauuu
in the viciaitv of The DuUes nd b- th Slate olleee -
Prairie City have written board ! cJ''u.raJ x'tn''
f,-,,. "" normal
of control members offering to do
nate all the state might need if
Oregon will install the machinery
for quarrying the material.
Traffic fatalities on Oregon high
ways this year show a decrease
over the 1934 record. Figures com
piled bv Secretary- of State Snell
show that 114 persons lost their
lives in traffic mishaps the first six
months of this year compared to
146 traffic fatalitie for the same per
iod of 1934.
Miss Estella M. Carter of Canyon
City was elected secretary-treasur
er of the Oregon county school su
perintendents association at the an
nual meeting held here this week.
Laurence C. Moffltt of Eugene was
elected president and Mrs. Hazel M.
Murphy of Lakeview, vice-president
of the association.
A survey of farming activities at
the Boys' Training school by agri
cultural experts at the state college
recommends a number of changes
at the institution, including instal
lation of a drainage system and
purchase of modern farm equip
ment. The report declares the cost
of the improvements can be saved
in reduced cost of operations and
increased crop yields the first year.
Similar surveys will be conducted
at other state institutions.
It costs $40,000 a year to main
tain the yellow center stripes along
Oregon's highways. Ten gallons of
paint are required to each mile of
pavement.
Reports current here indicate
that a number of changes may be
expected in the employed personnel
of the state liquor control organi
zation soon "in the interest of peace
and harmony." Governor Martin In
denying any intent on his part to
replace either of the liquor commis
sioners also made it plain that he
did not propose to interfere in the
internal affairs of the liquor con
trol organization. Rumor has it
that jealousy has crept into the
ranks of the liquor set-up because
of the promotion of Eugene Kelty
to te post of assistant administra
tor and Berwick Wood to the post
of purchasing agent. It is not be
lieved, however, that either Kelty
or Wood will be disturbed in the
pending shake-up. Neither is Ad
ministrator Allen's job believed to
be in jeopardy.
Considerable surprise was occa
sioned among members of the state
land board by receipt of a claim
from the special master who took
the testimony in the Malheur Lake
litigation for $10,877, representing
the state's portion of the master's
fee and expenses in the case. The
state's general fund is already out
$2500 in defending the suit brought
by the federal government in as
serting title to the bed of Malheur
lake and the irreducible school
fund has been tapped for more than
$12,500 in paying attorney's fees
and other litigation expenses.
There still remains $5581 of the $18,
000 authorized by the session of
1933 for defense of the Malheur lake
suit which will be applied toward
the master's claims and the next
legislature will be asked to provide
the remaining $5246.
Press reports from the national
capitol to the effect that President
Roosevelt has approved a program
under which the federal power
commission will construct the
transmission lines from Bonneville
were received by Governor Martin
as complete vindication of his stand
against state-owned transmission
lines. In his gubernatorial cam
paign Martin declared this to be a
federal function. He reiterated this
doctrine in his veto message at
tached to the so-called Grange pow
er bill and has been severely criti
cized since by the sponsors of state
owned lines who sought to saddle
this expense onto the state. Senator
McNary of Oregon, it is understood,
will sponsor the federal power bill
which will also authorize the power
commission to fix rates for Bonne
ville power on a basis which will
amortize Uncle Sam's investment
on the Columbia river over a per
iod of 50 years.
Governor Martin In granting a
hearing into the fairness of the
trial which resulted In the convic
tion of L, A. Banks, is generally
conceded here to have stolen the
thunder of his hecklers. The hear
ing will be held here on August 2.
With fewer than 50 percent of
the state's automobile drivers
equipped with the new licenses
state police were expected to be-
Sections of the stately Corinthian
columns which adorned the porti
cos of the old capitol building are
very much in demand by Salemites
as lawn ornaments. A number of
the more pretentious lawns adja
cent to the capitol grounds have
been supplied with these mementos
of the state house fire. These sec
tions are from three to four feet
high and will be entwined with
vines in years to come. A resident
of oentral Oregon wrote to the
state department asking that a sec
tion of one of the columns be
shipped to him but cancelled the
order when he was informed that
they weighed nearly a ton to the
foot and that the freight on the
shipment would amount to more
than $30.
Sixty-one Oregon motorists had
their driving permits revoked or
suspended during June, figures re-
leased by Secretary of State Snell
reveal. Nineteen of these were res
idents of Multnomah county while
42 were from other sections of the
state. Thirty-nine of the 61 offend
ers were convicted on drunken
driving charges. Fifteen drove too
recklessly for the safety of other
motorists.
The state supreme court has set
July 24 as the date for hearing ar
guments in the suit involving the
constitutionality of the ice cream
code. Because of the great inter
est which attaches to the outcome
of this appeal and its effect upon
other marketing agreements the
court has promised to expedite con
sideration of the issue involved and
an opinion is expected before the
justices take their summer recess,
early in August
Fifteen state banks now under
going liquidation have paid a total
of $391,106.55 in dividends to ap
proximately 14,000 depositors ac
cording to A. A. Schramm, state
superintendent of banks.
ion service.
crop conditions
durinsr the remainder of the 1935
season, on the basis of present
prospects, it is expected that the
total supply of food will be slightly
more than the average amount con
sumed from 1929 to 1933, after al
lowing for probable exports and a
normal carryover," says the report
Details in respect to the various
food commodities 'are given includ
ing the fact that, in general, sup
plies of dairy products, fats and
oils, cereals, fruits and vegetables
will be somewhat larger in relation
to actual consumption from 1929 to
1933, while supplies of meats, poul
try and eggs, and possibly sugar
are somewhat smaller.
Supplies of feed for farm animals
will probably be sufficient to pro
vide normal rations, it is indicated.
The number of grain consuming
animals to be fed next winter is es
timated at 15 per cent below aver
age and hay consuming animals 3
to 4 per cent below average.
In respect to the trend of prices
for farm products and the cost of
operating the farm business, the
circular shows a downward trend
from April to June in the general
level of prices received by farmers,
with the Oregon index at mid-June
,at 65 per cent of the 1926-1930 level,
compared with 70 in ApriL Farm
prices in general have been stead
ier during recent weeks, with ad
vances in some commodities about
offsetting declines in others.
Owing to a sharp decline in prices
of feeds, the general advance in the
index of prices paid by farmers for
commodities seems to have been
checked, at least temporarily, at a
point between 90 and 95 per cent
pf the 1926-1930 period, although
the index of taxes per acre is still
89 per cent above 1913, and the ac
tual amount of interest to be paid
is large in relation to prewar con
ditions owing to increased indebted
ness.
Can't Fool Biddy About
Spring, Chick Men Told
The deepest kind of inherent in
stinct controls the time a pullet
reaches the peak of production
rather than such environment as
light and tsmperature, A. G. Lunn,
head of the poultry department at
OSC, told members of the Oregon
Baby Chick association in annual
covention at the college.
Professor Lund described elabor
ate tests made at a large private
experimental poultry farm in the
east where he spent a Sabbatical
year. Chicks hatched every month
in the year and kept under highly
artificial conditions showed an un
failing tendency to reach their peak
of production in the spring after
they reached productive age, he
said.
Hatcherymen reported increasing
interest in "sexing" of baby chicks
by which pullets are separated from
cockerels before being sold to cus
tomers. Some still consider it a
passing fad though the majority be
lieve it is here to stay. The asso
ciation went on record favoring li
censing of those claiming to be ex
perts at sexing In order to give the
state department of agriculture
some control in the matter.
Lloyd A. Lee of Salem was made
president for the coming year;
Fred Cockell, Milwaukie, vice-president,
and L, E. Cabe, McMinnville,
secretary-treasurer. Cockell and
H. E. Cosby, extension specialist,
were named delegates to the na
tional Baby Chick association con
vention late in July. The next state
meeting will be held in November.
OSC Catalog Now Ready
With Some New Courses
Corvallis. The Oregon State col
lege catalog for the school year
1935-36 is now off the press and
ready for distribution. The volume
containing 397 pages has been some
what condensed, improved and
standardized to conform with other
catalogs in the system since last
year, says Delmar M. Goode, asso
ciate editor of publications, who
has been in active charge of the
editing.
Few new course offerings are
shown for next year, although
scores of minor adjustments in
volving reorganizations of instruc
tional work, consolidation of courses
and alternating certain courses in
different years have been accom
plished to keep the instructional
work up-to-date in spite of greatly
limited finances.
Chief course additions have been
in the schools of agriculture, edu
cation and engineering, all being
made without adding to the bud
gets. The new agricultural instruc
tion is designed to meet the needs
of new movements that are seeking
trained men from agricultural In
stitutions. Much of the same is
true in the school of engineering,
where some new courses are shown
in aeronautical and automotive en
gineering. The college calendar contained In
the catalog shows freshman week
starting September 23.
Spuds With Fancy Names
Show Promise in Oregon
Warba, Chippewa, Katahdin, Gol
den and Nittany!
These may sound like Pullman
car names, but instead they are new
potato varieties that are showing
promise in trials conducted by the
Oregon State college experiment
station and by cooperating growers.
Katahdin is a late variety already
pretty well known In parts of Ore
gon since its introducing through
the experiment station from the U.
S. department of agriculture. It Is
a round, white-skinned type which
has proved Its ability to withstand
the long, dry Oregon summers and
mature a good crop after the fall
rains. It is better in this respect
than Burbank or Netted Gem which
mature much earlier.
A more recent Introduction is
Chippewa, a variety similar to Kat
ahdin but considerably earlier. In
the east it has outyielded Katahdin.
Both varieties are highly resistant
to mild mosaic, one of the virus
diseases transmitted by insects.
A new yellow - fleshed potato
named Golden is another new va
riety said to be an exceptional
yielder in Maine. It may have only
a limited adoption in this country,
believes D. C. Smith, assistant ag
ronomist at the Oregon station.
Yellow fleshed potatoes are popu
lar in Germany, being higher in
vitamin content, but so far Ameri
cans strongly prefer the white
fleshed sorts.
An extremely early sort from the
Minnesota experiment station is
the Warba which matures 10 to 14
days ahead of Irish Cobbler and a
week to 10 days in advance of Early
Ohio and Bliss Triumph. Tubers
are round, blocky, white with rath'
er deep pink eyes, uniform in size
with few culls. It is resistant to
heat damage and mild mosaic, giv
ing it real promise as a new early
type.
Two varieties being grown this
year at the Corvallis station for the
first time are Nittany Cobbler and
Columbia Russett. The former Is
a disease resistant Cobbler type
fiom Pennsylvania. The Columbia
Russett originated In British Co
lumbia where it is said to give high
yields of attractive, good quality
potatoes. All new varieties are
thoroughly tested before being rec
ommended by the OSC station.
Astoria Better use of hay dam
aged by rain can be made by put
ting it in the silo than by attempt
ing to use it for hay, says County
Agent Afton Zundell. In putting
such hay in the silo it is necessary
to add sufficient water to bring the
moisture content up to that of
fresh green gras, he says.
The Gazette Times' Printing Ser
vice is complete. Try It
Hood River Because of the suc
cessful eradication of cherry fruit
fly in the Hood River district by a
definite spray program worked out
by the Oregon Experiment station,
a similar program was undertaken
In the Cascade Locks district, ac
cording to County Agent A. L. Mar
ble. This Is not a commercial dis
trict, but showed fruit fly in sam
ples examined last year, Marble
says.
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Certification Goes On
Despite Emergency Work
Seed and grain certification,
while not carried on in the volume
of the previous year, reached 20
Oregon counties in 1934, according
to the annual report of E. R. Jack
man, extension specialist in farm
crops.
The demands of agricultural ad
justment work and other emergen
cy programs served to curtail grain
certification activity, making it
necessary to carry on the work be
fore or after AAA meetings In many
instances, including getting the
specialists out before breakfast, af
ter supper and on Sundays.
Certification last year involved
inspection of 1803 acres of wheat,
oats and barley, 5583 acres of al
falfa, ladino clover, red clover, bent
grass and English rye grass, and
1250 acres of potatoes. These were
the areas passing certification, to
talling 8,636 acres, compared with
9016 the year previous.
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