HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1937.
PAGE SEVEN
SSFal news
o Mahoney to Run
o School Changes
o Plenty of Power
By A. L. LINDBECK
(Last week's State Capital News
ior this week's see Page 10.)
Salem. While Willis Mahoney has
not yet taken the public into his
confidence with respect to his goal
in the forthcoming political cam
paign dopesters appear to have him
all set for a try at the United States
senate. Incidentally, in all the spec
ulation regarding the future plans
of the fiery former mayor of Klam
ath Falls it has been taken for grant
ed that he is now in a position to
write his own ticket that he can
have almost anything he wants with
in the gift of the Democrats of Ore
gon. Also that he is giing to be a
most difficult man for the Republi
cans to stop in the general election
whatever office he may choose to
run for.
In the event that Mr. Mahoney
does choose to run for the senator
ship this arrangement would seem to
leave the Democratic pathway to the
governorship clear for Howard Lat
ourette of Portland unless Govern
or Martin decides on a try for a sec
ond term. And on that latter possi
bility hinges not only the answer to
the Democratic nomination but that
to the Republican entries as well. In
the latter party are many good pa
triots who are not only willing but
anxious to serve the state as its chief
executive but who do not relish the
thought of going up against Martin
in view of the fact that the governor
now appears to be even more popu
lar among the republicans of Ore
gon. Also that he is going to be a
rank and file of his own party. In
this connection it can be said that
State Treasurer Holman is in a re
ceptive mood and can be persuaded
to make another try for the govern
orship with the right kind of en
couragement. Also that Earl Snell
still cherishes an ambition to try his
hand at the scepter wielding job in
spite of his recent statement to the
effect that he is not now a candi
date. Dean Walker, state senator
from Polk and Benton counties is not
only regarded as a possibility in this
connection, but by many as a strong
probability especially in view of the
gentlemen's agreement existing be
tween the two counties in his sen
atorial district which bars him from
another try at the senate. Homer
Angell, state senator from Multno
mah county, who has been men
tioned as another prospective guber
natorial candidate, is now "believed
to be eyeing one of the circuit judge
ships in his home county. Another
name that is being mentioned in this
connection is that of Henry F. Ca
bell, chairman of the state highway
commission, whose friends are be
ginning to send up a few trial ba-
loons to see whether or not the po
litical winds might favor his candi
dacy. These are only a few but the
year is still young. Many budding
political ambitions may be expected
to blossom forth into full flower
during the next few months when
mere speculation will give .way to
certainty.
American flags should be displayed
on Mother's Day next Sunday to
indicate the national scope of the
celebration, in the opinion of Gov
ernor Martin who has urged that all
citizens of Oregon make it a point to
take advantage of the occasion to
pay a special tribute to all mothers,
living and dead.
The "new deal" social security
program was attacked by Dr. Francis
E. Townsend, old age pension leader,
as "very unsound at a mass meet'
ing of his followers here Sunday af
ternoon.
"There is no security in it at all,"
declared Townsend who told his au
dience that his program was the only
one which offered an adequate pea
sion for the aged.
Townsend also attacked President
Rosevelt's court reform program as
an attempt to "control the national
Pacific northwest was made for the
purpose of raising funds to carry the
fight for adequate pensions into ev
ery congressional district in the Uni
ted tates. His organization is seek
ing a fund of $5,000,000, he said, and
the money is now rolling in from
clubs all over -the country.
Acceptance by C. A. Howard of
the presidency of the eastern Ore
gon normal school leaves a vacancy
in the office of superintendent of
public instruction for which there is
already a mad scramble on the part
of eligible educators. While Gov
ernor Martin has announced that he
expects to pick the best man for the
job when the time comes regard
less of politics it is generally expect
ed the plum will fall to a Democrat,
especially since several prominent
educators of this political persuasion
are known to be in a receptive mood.
Most prominent among those be
ing mentioned for the post are Rex
Putnam, city superintendent of
schools at Albany; R. R. Turner, head
of the Dallas school system; Paul
Jackson, superintendent of the Che
mawa Indian school, and J. W. Leon
hardt of La Grande. Putnam, prior
to going to Albany, was superinten
dent of the Redmond schools. He is
also a member of the state textbook
commission. Turner served as su
perintendent of public instruction for
a short time under appointment by
Governor Pierve when J. A. Church
ill resigned to become head of the
Monmouth normal school. He was
also connected with the federal land
office at Roseburg at one time and
has twice been a candidate for Con
gress in the first Oregon district.
Jackson was formerly superintendent
of the Klamath Falls schools'. Leon
hardt, a member of the faculty of the
La Grande schools, was the Demo
cratic candidafe for Howard's job in
the last election, missing the mark
by a margin of 25,000 votes.
Inasmuch as Howard's resignation
does not become" effective until Sep
tember 1 when he takes over his new
duties it is not expected that the
governor will announce his appoint
ment before July or August.
There will be power in plenty and
to spare for everybody from Bonne
ville dam in the opinion of Govern
or Martin who returned Saturday
from his trip to the national capital
where he appeared before the Con
gressional committee in support of
a cheap rate at the dam site for the
use of industries that might want to
locate there.
State Treasurer Holman is taking
the initiative in a drive for purifica
tion of Oregon streams. A meeting
of all persons interested in the sub
ject has been called for the Imperial
hotel in Portland, Saturday morning.
The drive has the moral support of
the state board of control although
the board is taking no official action
in the matter inasmuch as there is
no authority under which the state
can act. Holman hopes that the
campaign will result in legislation
requiring all municipalities to make
adequate provision for disposal of its
sewage without dumping it into the
most convenient stream.
Laying of the cornerstone for Or
egon's new capitol building will be
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an event of June, possibly the first
week of that month, according to J.
A McLean, chairman of the state
capitol reconstruction commission.
Workmen are now engaged in pour
ing concrete for the fourth or tqp
story of the new building and this
work will be completed by the last
of this month when the work of plac
ing the granite and marble exterior
covering will be started. The cor
ner stone laying will be made the
occasion for an impressive ceremony
attended by high state officials,
members of the legislature and oth
er dignitaries.
The federal grant for new state
buildings will not exceed $450,000
Governor Martin explained on his
return from Washington. The gov
ernor is confident that enough relief
labor can be found to satisfy the
governments requirement for this
grant.
50th Year Experiment
Station is Observed
"The question for the prune grow
er to determine is not Will there be
an overproduction? but Can I pro
duce at the lowest cost?"
"The day of the range fed beef is
fast passing away, and stall fed beef
is growing in demand."
"Fiber flax cultivation might well
replace much of the grain growing
which is no longer highly remuner
ative." These questions may sound
strangely modern, but as a matter of
fact the first and last were uttered
in 1896 and the second in 1893 by
members of the then small staff of
the newly established Oregon agri
cultural experiment station.
These and many other former rec
ommendations of the station were
recently reviewed in connection with
the current celebration of the fif
tieth anniversary of the founding of
the agricultural experiment station
system in Oregon and the United
States. First public celebration of
the event in Oregon occurred in con
nection with the meeting of the
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State Board of Higher education on
the campus of Oregon State college
the last week in April.
A review of old reports issued by
the experiment station founded in
1887, revealed many sound recom
mendations and discoveries in the
early days that were long delayed in
being put into practice. Following
the establishment of the Oregon ex
tension service in 1913, however,
much less time elapsed before farm
ers received practical benefits of the
station findings.
In 1894 the station specialists were
advocating the use of low priced
wheat for the raising of more hogs
which then as now were being
shipped in from the middle west to
supply western markets. Perusal of
the old reports revealed that prac
tically all of the present farming
practices and crops now in use in
Oregon had their origin in work of
the experiment station.
In 1907, Dr. James Withycombe,
then director of the station, reported
that "the growing of clover, vetch,
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the western portion of the state is
almost entirely due to the effort of
this station. This change from the
.system of grain growing and bare
fallow has been worth million of
dollars to our farmers."
CALL FOR BIDS.
School District No. 1, Morrow
County, Oregon, will receive bids
for wiring and fixtures for school
building, up to and including Wed
nesday, June 2, 1937. Specifications
are on file at superintendent's of
fice. The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
LOUISE BECKET, Clerk.
ONE IN TWENTY DOOMED.
One out of twenty persons living
in Oregon will be injured or killed
in a motor vehicle accident within
the next five years if the present
traffc mishap rate is allowed to con
tinue, the Oregon State Motor as
sociation points out.
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