HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCT. 29, 1936.
PAGE FIVE
STATE KirYC
CAPITAL MC Yt J
Battle of Ballots
Reckless Death
Historical Scroll
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM. With a record registra
tion of 546,034 voters eligible to par
ticipate in next Tuesday's election,
a record vote is expected as thous
ands of men and women wend their
way to the polls In 1625 precincts in
every nook and corner of the state
to express their preference for can
didates and measures on state,
county and city ballots.
At the last presidential election in
1932 a total of 377,932 Oregon vot
ers exercised their franchise. If
the increase in voting this year
'keeps pace with the increase in reg
istration the total vote at Tuesday's
battle of the ballots should exceed
425,000.
Interest in the presidential, con
gressional and state contests in Or
egon at this stage of the campaign
is confined pretty much to specu
lation on the majorities which the
successful candidates will poll, the
result so far as the victor in these
major offices is concerned being
pretty much "in the bag" barring
unforseen upsets which are apt to
creep into even the best regulated
of contests athletic or political to
discredit the prognostications of the
best informed dopester.
In the legislative contests, how
ever, there prevails a spirit of un
, certainty that bids fair to make
many of the contests anybody's
race until the final reports are in.
While the political forecasters ear
lier In the campaign were freely
predicting the restoration of Repub
lican domination in both House and
Senate at the next legislative ses
sion the surprising gains made by
the Democrats in the registrations
with nine counties now showing
Democratic majorities and several
others remaining Republican by
the barest of majorities the out
come of the legislative races in
many districts is shrouded in doubt.
The Republicans have a decided
advantage in the fight to control
the senate. Of the 14 hold-over
members nine are Republicans and
only five are Democrats. If the
Democrats are to dominate this
branch of the law-making body
they must elect 11 of the 16 mem
bers to be chosen next Tuesday.
While this is not an Impossible feat,
it is a highly Improbable one and it
is a pretty safe guess at this time
that the Republicans will organize
the next senate, just as they have
every senate in this state for more
than 50 years. In this connection
it is interesting to note that of the
16 members ofthe senate whose
terms are expiring, eight are can
didates for re-election. These in
clude Walter S. Fisher of Douglas
county, Allan A. Bynon, Harry L.
Corbett and Dorothy McCullough
, Lee of Multnomah county; N. G.
Wallace of Crook, Deschutes, Jef
ferson, Klamath and Lake; W. H.
Steiwer, of Gilliam, Sherman and
Wheeler; Robert M. Duncan of
Grant, Harney and Malheur; and
Isaac E. Staples, formerly of Mult
nomah, but now a candidate from
the new 24th district comprising
Lincoln and Tillamook counties.
Five former members of the House
are also seeking promotion to the
senate, Including W. A. Johnson of
Josephine county; E. L. Ross and
John A. Thornburg of Washington;
and Homer D. Angell and William
L. Dickson of Multnomah.
It is around the political com
plexion of the next House that the
greatest uncertainty exists. Here
with all 60 members to be elected
anew both parties start from
scratch and with Democratic regis
tration closely crowding that of the
Republicans, partisans of Jackson
and Jefferson are out to retain con
trol over this branch of the law
maklng body which they wrested
from the Republicans in 1935 for'
the first time since 1878. This is
entirely within the realm of proba
bilities. Much depends upon the
outcome in Multnomah county
where many of the Democratic
nominees are said to have the en
dorsement of the Townsendltes. If
the Democrats can elect all or even
a majority of the 13 representatives
Hotted to Multnomah county it is
entirely probable that they return
enough out-state members to or
ganize the next House. If, on the
other hand, the Republicans elect
their legislative candidates in Mult
nomah county, most of whom have
the advantage of greater experience
and wider acquaintance, then in all
probability domination of the House
organization will again return to
that party. 1
Forty-eight tons of paper, near
ly three car loads, were required
for the official voters' pamphlet,
copies of which went out to each
of the 546,034 registered voters in
Oregon during the past week.
Printing of the pamphlets which
were nearly 50 percent larger this
year than ever before, required 3,
500,000 impressions and the postage
bill for mailing alone amounted to
nearly $7,000. Arguments for and
against the eight measures on the
November ballot required 48 pages.
Salem landlords who were threat
ening to raise their rents on offices
occupied by state departments have
agreed to postpone the increases
until after the first of the year. De
department heads affected by the
proposed increases pleaded that
they had no funds with which to
meet the additional cost. Most of
the state departments which were
forced to move into downtown of
fice buildings when the old capitol
burned are renting on a month-to-month
basis with no lease to pro
tect them against higher rentals.
Secretary of State Snell proposes
to make motoring tourists feel that
they are really welcome when they
come to Oregon in the future. The
new non-resident permits for 1937
will bear the, label "Guest of Ore
gon." Death continues to ride the Ore
gon highways with more reckless
abandon than ever. The year 1936
bid3 fair to make a new all-time
high record for traffic fatalities.
Already in the first nine months of
the year 215 persons have lost their
lives as a result of traffic accidents
on the highways of this state, com
pared to 185 for the same period
last year. Traffic accidents, total'
ing 22,302 for the year to date, are
nearly 50 percent ahead of the 1935
record as also are the number of
injuries resulting from traffic acci
dents.
Evidence that the state flax In
dustry is at last on a paying basis
is to be found in the fact that it
turned $50,000 inttf the state's gen
eral fund this week to apply on a
loan made several years ago when
the then infant industry was in the
experimental stage.
A scroll containing the signa
tures of Governor Martin, State
Treasurer Holman, Secretary of
State Snell, the seven members of
the canitol reconstruction commis
sion and the 90 legislators who
served in the 1935 session, is to be
placed in the corner stone of the
new state house. Copies or an res
olutions. bills and other proceed'
ings relating to the new capitol will
also be deposited in the corner
stone. Fred Drager, veteran chief
clerk of the House, is now gather
ins: the material. Construction of
the new building is expected to
start about December 1.
A drive for a new tuberculosis
hospital to be located 1 Multno
mah county has already Deen siari
ed. The Oregon Tuberculosis as
Infirm has announced its inten
tion of asking the next legislature
for an appropriation of $200,000 to
finance the new institution, author
ity for which was given by the vot
ers at a special election in May,
1934.
Eighty-three Oregon motorists
had their drivers' licenses revoked
during September, 80 for driving
while intoxicated. Thirty-six other
motorists had their licenses sus
pended, 18 of these for reckless
driving. While one-third of the
state's motorists reside in Multno
mah county only seven of the 80
drunken driving cases were re
ported from that county.
Superintendent Pray of the state
police was this week authorized by
the board of control to install a
crime detection laboratory in the
pathology department of the Uni
versity medical school at Portland.
The legislative session of 1935 ap
propriated $5000 for the laboratory.
It is now five years since a prison
er was hanged at the Oregon peni
tentiary. James E. Kingsley, the
last man to pay the supreme pen
alty for murder in this state, was
hanged on October 30, 1931, for kill
ing Sam E. Prescott, Ashland po
lice officer.
VOTE FOR
G. A. Bleakman
WRITE-IN CANDIDATE
for COUNTY JUDGE
and mark his name with a cross
Election November 3, 1936 (Paid Adv.)
CCC CAMP NEWS.
Alvin Kleingeldt. pastor of the
Church of Christ, and Mrs. Ida
Armstrong were guests at the local
CCC camp last Wednesday night
Mr. Kleinfeldt conducted the ser
vices of the Camp Heppner church.
His sermon was "Playing Life as a
Football Game."
A. W. Middleton, chief of opera
tions of the SCS department in
Spokane, was at the camp to make
inspection of camp operations.
Eight members of the local
Methodist church attended a district
meeting held in Pendleton Tues
day. They were Mrs. Lucy Rod-
gers, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Neva Cochell,
Mrs. S. E. Wotson, Mrs. A. R. Uibb,
Miss Dora Bailey, L. W. Briggs and
Rev. R. C. Young.
Ford Says America Has
Had Enough of New Deal
Detroit, Mich., Oct 14. (AP)
The text of Henry Ford's endorse
ment of Presidential Candidate Alf
Landon follows:
Gov Landon honored us with a
brief visit at Dearborn Tuesday.
I gained three very distinct impres
sions of him: First, he is exception
ally well-lnrormea ana nas naa ex
npripnrp Alone manv lines: second.
he is able to speak his mind in the
frankest possible way ne is open
and honest in his opinions; third,
he knows where he stands because
he has thought things through.
Gov. Landon's mind has not been
warned Hp ta n hunineKS man who
knows how to make both ends meet,
and he is a sympathetic, thoughtful
rtprianri w ntp nut of a dinner
1
bucket for years and he still thinks
along with the men wno carry din
ner buckets. It is not a pose with
him it is his nature. After having
this long talk with him I admire
and believe in him; I hope he is
olofori
I am not criticizing the New
Deal 1 only say that we nave naa
enough of it, we have had about all
the country can stand. It's inten
tions may have been good, but its
performance was very poor.
I doubt if American mechanics
are going to regard $15 a month
twenty-five years v from now as
very much "social security." New
Deal wages were always the lowest
possible because they were set at
depression levels, and now social
security" is defined at the level of
about 50 cents a day twenty years
from now. Everybody must know
that it doesn't mean anything.
Next January we must begin
taking money out of our men's pay
envelopes and turn it over to the
government. The wage does not be
long to the man who earns it so far
as this tax on it is concerned; he
it not permitted to handle it; his
employer must deduct the tax from
the pay envelope.
We seek ability to pay higher
wages, to give buyers more value,
to And methods that are less ex
pensive, to keep prices and profits
low in order that volume and wages
and service may be high. That's
the American system that's brought
us where we are. And nothing bet
ter has been turned up to take Its
place.
BACK TO FRANKLIN.
Franklin preached that no indi
vidual or no political body could
spend more than they had and re
main solvent Franklin's conten
tion is every bit as sound today as
it was then. Governor Alf Landon.
Keep Oregon Out of the
Power Business
Avoid More State Bonds
The State Power Bill is useless
without at least U8.000.000
of new State Bonds. A Vote for
the Bill commits you to vote
later for the Bonds.
VOTE 313 X NO
Against the State Power Bill
Paid Advertisement by Oregon Business ft Investors, Inc., 303 Guaranty Bids;.,
Portland, Ore., J. S. Magladry, Pres.; F. H. Young, Sec.
Save Existing Safeguards
THE PROPOSED constitutional amendment
' titled "Amendment Forbidding Prevention
or Regulation of CertainAdvertising if Truth-
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laws controlling misleading, deceptive, indc-,
cent and even fraudulent advertising. It utterly
fails to replace these present enactments with
adequate safeguards against vicious advertis
ing practices.
In Behalf of Honesty, Decency and Morality
VOTE 303 X NO!
Portland Better Business Bureau, Inc.
s Lyle L. Janz, Manager
Plttock Block
Portland. Oregon
(Paid Advertisement)
NATIONAL TICKET
For President
ALF. M. LANDON
For Vice-President
FRANK KNOX
For U. S. Senator
FOR CONGRESS
1st District -JAMES W. MOTT
2nd District -ROY W. RITNER
3rd District WM. A. EKWALL
cTirr TICKET
Attorney General -I. H.Van WINKLE
CHARLES LMcNARY State Treasurer- RUFUS HOLMAN
State Legislature
Senate
30 X REX ELLIS
Representatives
32 X ERNEST R. FATLAND
33 X GILES L. FRENCH
County Officers
For County Judge, BERT JOHNSON
For County Commissioner, ROY NEILL
For County Clerk, CIIAS. W. BARLOW
For County Sheriff, C. J D. BAUMAN
For County Coroner, JUSTAF E. NIKANDER
Paid Ad. Republican Stntt Central Committee, Lnrs Blndlne, Secretary,
lulu Falling BUlf?., Portland, Oregon.
RHEA CREEK GRANGE NEWS.
The regular meeting date for
Rhea Creek grange is Nov. 1st. The
group will put on the afternoon
program. The hal has been treated
to a new coat of kalsomime, also
a new stage curtain. With the
electric light plant recently install
ed and hot and cold water in the
kitchen, makes out hall quite mod
ern. Grange social night is Tuesday,
Nov. 30th. The evening will be
spent playing "Cootie," also a swap
game where each member is to
bring a well wrapped article to
"swap" with someone. For refresh
ments, bring sandwiches and salad.
Mrs. Olaf Bergstrom who has
been 111 with a cold and threatened
with pneumonia is improved.
A number of dinners have been
given by an aluminum agent Mrs.
Ruth Bergstrom, Mrs. Roy Lieual
len, Mrs. Clive Huston and Mrs.
Frank Parker were hostesses for
these dinners in the Eight Mile
community.
A number of Rhea creek folk
attended the pioneer reunion at
Lexington. Mrs. Ray Wright held
the lucky number to the cedar
chest The lovely fancy work In
the chest was made by the ladles
of the Rebekah lodge of Lexington.
A dance will be given at the hall
Saturday, Nov. 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becket will
leave for Portland this week end.
Mrs. E. E. Clark has returned to
her home here after accompanying
her husband to Roseburg where he
is convalescing from his recent se
vere illness. Mr. Clark is now able
to get about some on crutches, and
is showing quite rapid improve
ment Mrs. Clark said.
DANCE AT CECIL.
Hallowe'en dance at Cecil, Sat.,
Oct 31; games, stunts, favors. Good
time for all. Everybody welcome.
Rooks-E.O.N.S. Football
Clash Sat. at Pendleton
Pendleton, Oct 27. (Special.)
One of the finest football games to
be seen In eastern Oregon this fall
will be played here in the Round-Up
arena Friday afternoon, November
6, starting at 3 p. m. The contest
will bring together the Oregon State
college freshmen and Eastern Ore
gon Normal school of La Grande.
It will be the first colelge game
played in Pendleton in several sea
sons and the Round-Up city is mak
ing elaborate plans for the occasion.
Eastern Oregon Normal has one
of its best teams in many seasons
and the Oregon State colle6 fresh
men can be depended upon always
to play good football.
A parade will be held through the
Pendleton business section prior to
the game in which bands of the
normal school and Pendleton will
participate.
Mrs. Evelyn Snow and baby son
departed today for their home In
North Carolina after visiting for
several weeks with relatives here.
She was a guest at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Crocket Sprouls.
Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell
returned this week from a visit
at the home of their daughter in
Canada.
1. STOPS future tax increases on homes and farms.
2. REMOVES present threat of wholesale seizure of
property for taxes. j
3. REDUCES frills and waste in public expense.
4. PROVIDES generous additional funds for schools.
5. OPENS Oregon's door to new settlers and investors.
6. GIVES taxpayers a voice in future tax levies.
Tax delinquency in Oregon is now $46,510,724.53.
And growing year after year. It's time to call a halt!
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Pd. Adr. by Home A Farm Owners Assn. of Oregon, Amedee M. Smith, Pres., 600 8.W. Washington St., Portland, Oregon
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