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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937.
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Not Yet Out of Woods
THE House of Representatives
this week overrode President
Roosevelt's' veto of a bill to perpet
uate lower interest rates on Federal
Land Bank loans, and to reduce by
one percent the ratein effect on
Land Bank Commissione's loans.
Without the new bill, or should
the President's veto stand, these in
terest rates would revert to the point
at which they stood before the emer
gency legislation was passed to re
duce them.
Passage of the bill to keep the re
duced interest rates in force would
mean a saving to Morrow county
farmers of some $15,000 a year. In
force in this county at present are
Federal Land Bank loans totaling
$911,844, on which interest rates
would automatically be raised an
average of VA to 1 percent should
the bill fail. In addition there are
Land Bank Commissioner's loans
totaling $236,012, on which the one
percent saving would not be made if
the bill fails of passage.
From the local viewpoint, there
has been little removal of the cause
which necessitated passage of the
interest-relief legislation. Granted
that wheat prices are better and crop
prospects in the county are bright
er than for several years, the prog
ress to be made this year against
emergence from the despairing years
of depression appears not to justify
loading additional interest rates on
to our producers at this time.
Morrow county producers went
through considerable depression be
fore the decreased interest rates
took effect. It is only reasonable to
let the decreased rates stand for a
like period after recovery is started.
Criticism is not directed at Presi
dent Roosevelt for his veto. From
the. viewpoint 'of the national gov
ernment, it is time to call a halt on
many drains on the national treas
ury. The reduced interest on the farm
loans has caused a considerable
drain. For while interest rates were
reduced to the fanners, a like re
duction did not apply in the rate
of interest drawn by the bonds
which supplied the money for the
'loans. A generally higher rate of
Interest was paid bond holders than
was collected from the borrowers
and the difference was made up from
the national treasury.
However, this type of relief did not
call for a large sum, as New Deal
relief expenditures generally are
considered. And as Uncle Sam has
undertaken the task of putting the
economic structure aright by dig
ging into his wallet, he had just as
well stay with the job until it is
completed.
SAVING THROUGH PLANNING
(From the Vale Enterprise)
It is the fashion in certain quar
ters to sneer at planning in govern
mental affairs as both expensive and
useless. Those who would damn it
with the ultimate in damnation call
it "socialistic." Conceding that some
efforts by planners may be a sheer
waste of time, we think there is no
doubt that on the whole planning
is here to stay, and in the long run
will save the taxpayers thousands of
dollars if intelligently directed.
A few weeks ago, an item in the
news made this point clear. County
Agent R. G. Larson was quoted as
having said that $15,000 expended
10 years ago would have cleaned up
the noxious weed situation in this
county, and the weeds could then
have been kept under control at a
small, annual expenditure. Now, ac
cording to Mr. Larson, the cost of
weed eradication would be the pro
hibitive sum of $250,000. Had a plan
ning commission been functioning
10 years ago, charged chiefly with
the duty of taking the long view
ahead, the weed problem could have
been forseen to be the menace it has
proven to be, and steps could have
been taken to meet it.
The cost to the county and to in
dividual farmers for weed eradica
tion over a period of years, will
amount to millions of dollars. All
this might have been avoided by a
little planning.
Planning in government is here
to stay. Instead of attacking plan
ning as visionary and socialistic, we
should hail it as one more contribu
tion toward making democracy work
more efficiently. Planning in gov
ernment is merely common sense.
Student Behavior
Better Is Claimed
Unversity of Oregon, Eugene,
July 20. The "Joe College" type of
student, whose behavior made lfie
miserable for deans and administra
tors, is now as extinct as the fresh
man "lid," silly freshman hazing
and other features that distinguished
life on the campus a few years ago,
it was declared here recently by Vir
gil D. Earl, dean of men at the Uni
versity of Oregon.
Dean Earl's observatiin is backed
up vigorously by one who speaks
from first hand experience, O. L.
Rhinesmith, auto enforcement offi
cer who is popularly known as the
"campus cop."
An concrete evidence of the change
in attitude of students Dean Earl
and Mr. Rhinesmith point to the fact
that out of 600 students licensed to
drive automobiles on the campus
during the past year, less than a
dozen were deprived of this privilege
for reasons of scholarship or in
fraction of university regulations.
All but two of these improved their
grades or behavior and were rein
stated. "It is no longer fashionable to
break rules for the fun of it," de
clared Mr, Rhinesmith. "It is not re
garded as smart to flunk out, get
drunk or cheat in examinations.
There is a reserve and dignity among
the students that did not exist a few
years ago."
While the change in attitude of
students in general is held largely
responsible for the improvement in
behavior, some credit should also be
accorded the discipline system work
ed out here, officials point out.
"Timing" is the essence of the plan.
Dean Earl, Mr. Rhinesmitr and oth
ers are constantly studying not only
what the students are doing, but
what may happen in the near future.
Thus they are prepared to cope with
situations when they arise.
The gain in student behavior dur
ing the past year is regarded as all
the more remarkable, since due to
business recovery many students
had more money, with consequent
temptations.
HARDWARE STORE MOVES
Green Hardware store moved the
first of the week from its former
quarters at the corner of Main and
Center streets into renovated quar
ters in the former Ford garage
building. New white and green
shelving, newly painted walls and
modern display arrangement makes
the new store attractive. Herman
Green continues in charge.
CALLED TO MONTANA
Dr. L. D. Tibbies left Sunday af
ternoon for Montana, where he was
called by the serious illness of his
father. 1
Presbyterians Meet on
University Campus
Eugene, July 20. A firm stand
against liquor advertising, all forms
of gambling including pin-ball ma
chines, and compulsory military
training in colleges and universities
was taken by the Presbyterian SynoC
of Oregon, meeting on the Univer
sity of Oregon campus recently for
its 47th session. Resolutions also
urged arbitration in labor disputes.
Liquor advertisements were con
demned on the grounds that they
create unwholesome desire, and in
no way fulfill a need of society.
Compulsory military training was
opposed because it interfered with
the right of the individual to follow
his own conscience in such matters.
The synod elected Rev. Grover C.
Birtchel, Salem, as moderator. He
will succeed Rev. J. H. Howard,
Glendale, and other officers named
at the session include Rev. G. H.
Wilbur, Salem, temporary clerk;
Rev. R. E. Clark, Eugene, reporting
clerk, and Rev. C. W. Laufer, Phila
delphia, chorister.
The Portland unit of Albany col
lege, which now offers two years of
collegiate work, will be given per
manent status, and the Presbyterian
church plans that eventually four
full years of study will be offered
there, it was announced.
Membership in the Presbyterian
church in this state has now reached
20,650, a substantial gain over last
year, it was officially reported. Sun
day school membership now totals
more than 19,000, also a gratifying
increase. The church also increased
its property by more than $25,000,
during the year, making a total val
uation of $3,322,000 in the state.
corder of Springfield, in a recent
address over radio station KOAC.
The talk was one of a series spon
sored by the bureau of municipal
research of the University of Ore
gon and the League of Oregon Cities.
Springfield has recently adopted
the standard procedure for compila
tion of ordinances as' developed by
the league of Oregon Cities, and in
the process found 168 obsolete ordin
ances which were removed by re
peal. These were replaced by a much
smaller number of more concise and
efficient regulations.
Under the system, all ordinances
are classified according to subject
matter and cross indexed. They are
then copied into a loose leaf book
divided into sections, eacn marked
with tabs to facilitate location of
material needed.
With very little work the system
can be kept up to date, it is pointed
out, and the ordinances not only kept
readily available for city officials
but for the public as well.
Municipalities may get full infor
mation on the method from the
league headquarters at the univer
sity, and league staff members will
assist in setting up the system, it is
stated by Herman Kehrli, league
executive secretary.
ORDINANCE SYSTEM TOLD
University of Oregon, Eugene,
July 21. Investment in a perpetual
compilation system for codification
of ordinances will pay a municipality
dividends in the form of more ade
quate service long after the original
cost has been forgotten, it was de
clared by C. L. Aldrich, city re-
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