PAGE SIX HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THUR SPAY, JULY 15, 1937
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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Office Building
o Federal Grant
0 More Tourists
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM. The state's proposal to
acquire an office building in Port
land may be blocked by the con
stitutional objection. In a later case
The legislature which authorized
the board of control to acquire a
building in Portland for the use of
state departments maintaining of
fices in that city outlined three meth
ods for financing the progam: a loan
from the funds of the Industrial ac
cident commission; sale of certifi
cates of indebtedness; payment for
the building on the installment plan
Governor Martin has turned
thumbs down on the proposed use
of accident commisson funds. That
leaves the certificates of indebted
ness and the installment plan both
of which are regarded as evasoins of
the constitutional debt inhibition by
many legal authorities. In this con
tention the legal experts appear to
have the support of a number of su
preme court opinions.
In the suit revolving around the
financing of the state office build
ing in Salem a majority of the court
which later became a minority held
that the provision for retirement of
the debt through rentals to be col
lected frdm departments housed in
the building did not remove the con
stitutional objectiin. In a later case
revolving around a proposal to fi
nance a new court house for Des
chutes county through a long time
lease the court held such a scheme
to be unconstitutional.
Proponents of the Portland build
ing, however, do not agree with this
contention. They argue that the debt
in this instance would rest on the
building and not on the state. If a
contract can be so drafted as to ex
empt the state fom any obligation
either legal or moral, they contend,
the constitutional inhibition will
have been successfully circumvent
ed. In that case, it is pointed out,
some future legislature might de
cide to vacate the building, leaving
the owner holding the sack.
Approximately 30 proposals cover
ing the Portland building are now
on file with the board. Most of these
offer sites for sale but several offer
old building suitable for office pur
poses. Governor Martin headed an offi
cial party on a tour of inspection of
the Wolf Creek and Wilson river
highways last week. The party which
included members of the highway
commission, highway engineers and
officials of the Works Progress ad
ministration motored to the end of
construction on the Wolf creek route,
approximately 50 miles west of Port
land, stopping enroute at the two
WPA camps and taking "pot luck"
lunch with the workmen at the
Bear creek camp. Approximately
500 WPA laborers are working in
two shifts on the Wolf creek road
which highway officials expect to
have open to traffic by November,
1938. Approximately seven miles of
grading and two small bridges re
main to be completed on this route
in addition to the surfacing. Open
ing of the Wilson River route is not
expected untl late in 1939 although
more than 800 WPA laborers are be
ing employed on this project.
Speed is necessary if Oregon is to
take advantage of the $450,000 fed
eral grant for the new library and
office building, Rolph Moody told
the Capitol Reconstruction commis
sion upon his return from Washing
ton, D. C, this week. Spurred on
by this warning the commission has
already set the machinery in motion
for the new projects. Trowbidge &
Livingstone, New York architects
who designed the capitol building,
have been asked to associate them
selves with Whitehouse & Church,
Portland architects, in drafting the
plans for the new state buildings.
Decision as to whether separate li
brary and office structures will be
erected or the program confined to
a single building designed to meet
both needs, will await a consultation
with the architects. It is expected
now that plans for the new build
ing or buildings will be completed by
November 1 and that actual con
struction work will get under way
by December 1 with completion of
the project to take approximately
12 months.
Prospect of federal aid for the
proposed new state tuberculosis hos
pital to be located in Multnomah
county received a severe set-back
this week with announcement by the
Public Works Administration that
no new building projects would be
considered. At a meeting in Salem
last week the state board of control
agreed to sponsor an application to
the PWA for a grant of $90,000 to
supplement the state appropriation
of $110,000 in financing the new pro
ject. The PWA announcement came
later in the week. Sponsors of the
hospital, authorized by vote of the
people in 1934, will press the claim
for state aid in spite of this an
nouncement in the hope that some
loophole may be found through
which to qualify this project.
The 1938 gubernatorial campaign
got off to an early start this week
when J. W. Morton, Hood River re
publican, filed his declaration of in
tention to seek the office with Sec
retary of State Snell. Morton's plat
form calls for an old age pension of
at least $50 a month for all needy
persons 60 years of age and over with
home property exemptions; sound
money and a balanced budget; pres
ervation of the salmon industry and
stream purification.
Tourist travel in Oregon this year
to date shows an increase of 25 per
cent over that of last year, according
to nonresident registration figures
compiled by Secretary of State Snell.
More than 53,000 out-of-state cars
registered in Oregon the first six
months of this year compared to 43,-
000 for the comparative period of
1936. Approximately 50 percent of
the motoring visitors came from
California, with Washington contrib
uting 18 percent of the total. More
than 1500 Canadian cars are in
cluded in the list.
The "committee of nine" stockmen
appointed by the board of control
to consider blocking of state school
lands filed its report this week. Two
major recommendations are con
tained therein. One calls for the
blocking of lands around private
holdings and in a size to suit the
needs of the private owner. The oth
er recommendation is that these
lands then be leased to the private
owner for a term of ten years at an
annual rental or from two to three
cents an acre depending on the lo
cation. The board has taken no ac
tion on the recommendation by
State Treasurer Holman who fath
ered the blocking proposal is known
to be anything but satisfied. The
recommendations, in the opinion of
Holman, are entirely in the interest
of the stockmen and fail to take into
account the interests of the school
children for whose education the
lands were given to the state by the
federal government.
Complete vindication of his stand
with respect to the organization of
state employees is found by Gov
ernor Martin in the identical stand
taken by President Roosevelt this
week with respect to the proposal to
unionize federal employees. Gov
ernor Martin who admitted the right
of state employees to organize but
warned them that the state could not
recognize their right to collective
bargaining in the matter of hours
and wages, points out that he beat
the president to his statement by
more than two weeks.
Oregon residents paid out a total
of $37,629,693 in premiums on life
insurance during 1936 and their ben
eficiaries collected a total of $19,
408,292 in claims paid according to
the annual report of Hugh H. Earle,
state insurance commissioner.
Bids on the construction of a new
50-bed unit at the eastern Oregon
tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles
will be opened by the board of con
trol on July 22. An appropriation for
the new building was made by the
last legislature.
NIGHT FALLS DEATH RISES
Only one-third of all traffic travels
at night, but two-thirds of all fatal
motor vehicle acicdents occur then,
says the Oregon State Motor association.
Oregon Traffic
Deaths
A series of weekly articles on
' the problem of Highway Safety
by Earl Snell, Secretary of State.
Oregon's record for traffic acci
dents and deaths for the first five
months of this year is truly alarm
ing. Despite the work being done
over the state by various organiza
tions and agencies, the record grows
steadily worse, the trail of death
longer and bloodier. It becomes more
and more apparent that today's
traffic problem is not being met in
our state, and that the problem of
an aroused public opinion that will
remove this menace still confronts
us.
Deaths in this five months period
increased from 103 in 1936 to 116
this year; injuries from 2285 to 2394,
and accidents reported from 11,056
to 13,981.
It is unthinkable that the people
of Oregon will allow this toll of life
and property to continue unabated
in fact, to grow worse year after
year. Practically all motor vehicle
accidents are definitely avoidable.
Nearly every death, every injury
can be traced directly to a careless
act on the part of a pedestrian or a
driver of a motor vehicle. No one
willingly contributes to disaster, but
it would seem that a proper state of
mind on the part of the public would
have long since been created by the
seriousness of the situation.
Education and enforcement must
go hand in hand to meet this prob
lem. Give it your serious thought,
obey the laws that are passed for
your protection, and help eliminate
Oregon's traffic deaths.
Homemaker Vacation
Camps Planned Again
An inexpensive, but entirley rest
ful and refreshing vacation is being
made possible again this year for
some 600 Oregon homemakers in 21
counties who are signing up to at
tend the 12 vacation camps spon
sored by the Oregon Extension ser
vice. This will be the sixth year that
such camps have been held in Ore
gon.
The camps run from four to six
days, and the cost per day is kept to
the minimum that will make them
self-supporting, and part of this may
be paid with farm produce that can
be used in camp. Any woman over
18 years of age is welcomed at the
camps, but it is essential that those
planning to attend should sign up
promptly with their county agent
or home demonstration agent, so that
plans can be completed, according
to Mrs. Azalea Sager, state leader of
home economics extension, who is in
charge of the camps.
Scenic sites as convenient as pos
sible for the women planning to at
tend are chosen for the vacation
camps. Those to be used this year in
elude forest camps, private camps
and those belonging to Campfire
Girls and other organizations. When
possible a woodsy spot has been
chosen near a lake or stream to pro
vide swimming, boating, hiking and
nature study. Accommodations vary
from tents and tables under the
trees to shelters and kitchens in for
est camps and cabins and recreation
halls in others. Complete information
about any particular camp can be
had from the home demonstration
agent or county agent or from Mrs.
Sager at Corvallis.
Homemakers attending the camps
have no dishes to wash, no meals to
prepare no work at all, in fact, ex
cept to make up their own cots. Each
camp is staffed with a director, as
sistant director, cook and helpers,
registered nurses, life guards, li
brarians and chore boys. In the crafts
work, which is taught at the camps
for those interested, emphasis is to
be placed this year on use of natural
resources, according to Miss Izola
Jensen, extension specialist in com
munity social organization, who is
in charge of that phase of the pro
gram. 1
Counties having camps this year,
with dates, are as follows: Clacka
mas, July 14 to 18; Crook, Deschutes,
Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Benton and
Linn, July 25 to 29; Klamath and
Jackson, July 26 to 31; Coos and
Douglas, July 21 to 25; Josephine,
July 18-22; Lane, August 3 to 9;
Umatilla, August 4 to 8; Multnomah,
August 10 to 13; Columbia, August
12 to 15; Baker, July 28 to August
1; Wasco and Hood River, August 4
to 8; Malheur, August 11 to 15, all
dates inclusive.
CONTROL BRINGS SAFETY
Motorvehicle control in commer
cial fleets and in license law states
is showing remarkable results in
accident prevention, finds the Ore
gon State Motor association. Com
mercial vehicles show 1936 accident
fatality decreasing up to 52 per cent
while private passengers cars upped
51 per cent. The 12 standard license
law states lessened their toll 27 per
cent while the states with less re
striction hiked up 11 per cent.
CAREFUL DRIVING NEEDED
Automobiles struck trains through
some carelessness or error of the
man behind the wheel in 58 per cent
of all night crossing crash casualties,
Oregon Motor association statistics
show.
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