Thursday, February 3,
Three Million Set
For Oregon Roads
A total of $3,023,940 of federal
funds has been apportioned to Ore
gon for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 1938, according to Dr. E. B.
McDaniel, president of the Oregon
State Motor association and vice
chairman of the American Automo
bile association National Roads and
Highways committee.
However, the apportionment was
accompanied by a request to Gov
ernor Martin that no projects for
use of these funds be submitted until
congress has had further opportun
ity to consider President Roosevelt's
request for cancellation of these
funds.
"President Roosevelt, in seeking
reduction of federal road expendi
tures, specifically requested that the
1939 funds be cancelled," Dr. Mc
Daniel pointed out. "However, con
gress failed to take action on this
request and the Secretary of Agri
culture Wallace was compelled by
law to make the apportionments
prior to January 1. In making the
allocations, the secretary advised the
governors of all states that President
Roosevelt desires congress to have
further opportunity to study the
cancellation proposal, and therefore
would 'appreciate' the cooperation
of governors by deferring submis
sion of projects under the 1938 ap
portionment 'until the matter has
received the further consideration if
congress.' ' v
"The apportionment of federal
funds to Oregon is made up of reg
ular federal aid plus apportionments
for secondary or feeder roads and
for elimination of railroad hazards
on highways.
"This money," Dr. McDaniels said,
"represents Oregon's share of $200,
000,000 that is being made available
by the government to the forty
eight states, the District of Colum
bia, Puerto Rico and Hawaii for
highway purposes.
"Of the total, $125,000,000 is to be
apportioned as regular federal-aid,
$25,000,000 for construction of sec
ondary or feeder roads, and $50,000,
000 for elimination of rail hazards.
- "All of the funds made available to
Oregon will be expended in accord
ance with the general plan used in
previous federal-aid highway work.
Projects for improvement will be
selected by our state highway de
partment, which also will prepare
plans,1 let contracts, and supervise
construction all subject to federal
approval.
"Our state is required to match
the funds for improvement of the
federal-aid system and for second
ary roads, but it is not required to
match the grade crossing funds."
City, Farm Union
Asked by League
Immediate steps to interest all ag
ricultural organizations, county
courts, county planning boards,
chambers of commerce, service clubs
and others in a weed control pro
gram of substantial proportions have
been decided upon by the Eastern
Oregon Wheat league in adopting a
report of its Weed Control and Soil
Conservation committee at the re
cent annual meeting.
"It seems particularly timely to
recommend that a most intensive
educational drive be organized, first
to acquaint the largest possible num
ber of people with the downright
seriousness of the issue, and then
to, gain their helpful support," the
report sets out. "Your committee be
lieves most earnestly that many dif
ferent types of town as well as rural
organizations would be most sympa
thetic and helpful if acquainted with
the many ways in which they are
certain to be affected by this de
stroyer of wealth, the noxious per
ennial weed."
The report calls attention to the
fact that from the best available in
formation, between 25,000 and 30,000
acres of farm lands in the 11 coun
ties making up the wheat league
area are now supporting costly
weeds. The situation is serious, not
only to land owners but to the en
tire citizenry of the country, it said.
County weed surveys were recom
mended to be completed and as
thoroughly as possible, the work to
be carried out through cooperation
with the Works Progress Adminis
tration in all counties where such
arrangements could be made. It was
1938
Heppner
also pointed out that field examin
ers in the employ of the county agri
cultural conservation associations
could render valuable service in this
weed survey project.
In order to acquaint the general
public with the appearance of the
worst noxious weeds in various
stages of growth, prepared weed
mounts have recently been distrib
uted to all county agent offices by
the OSC extension service. A com
prehensive weed bulletin is also in
the course of preparation.
Wheat League Urges
Use of New Varieties
' Although Oregon is far in the lead
of most other states in standardiza
tion upon better wheat varieties,
several favorite sorts of former years
could still be dispensed with to the
profit of Oregon producers, accord
ing to a report adopted at the annual
meeting of the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league.
Under present marketing condi
tions with limited export possibilities
it was decided that the varieties forty-fold,
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have about outlived their usefulness
and could well be replaced by better
yielding and more smut-resisting
varieties developed or introduced by
the branch experiment stations in
eastern Oregon.
It was recommended that ordinary
Turkey and Ridit may well be re
placed by the smut-resisting Oro
and Rio, with a preference for the
latter on the thinner soils. The new
variety, Rex, developed at the Moro
statipn, has proved so superior on
both experiment station and farm
plantings that its use was recom
mended in place of Federation or
Albit where winter killing is a haz
ard. The new Union spring wheat has
out yielded most other spring va
rieties under Grande Ronde valley
conditions and while it is slightly
later than Federation it is recom
mended for the higher rainfall areas
of northeastern Oregon.
For the lighter and drier soils
wider use of White Federation as a
spring variety was recommended as
were trial plantings of a new selec
tion called Hard Federation No. 31.
Want Ads
Fresh cow for sale. Frank S. Par
ker, 17F3.
Two irrigated ranches for rent; 80
acres and 200; grain and pasture and
general farming. E. P. Dodd, Her
miston, Ore. 48-49.
For sale, cheap, roll top desk. In
quire Phelps Funeral Home.
PIANO MUST BE SOLD
We have on our hands in this vi
cinity a high grade piano we will
sacrifice for immediate sale. Terms
$6 a month. For full particulars ad
dress Cline Piano Co., 108 Union
St., Seattle, Wash. 47-49
For sale Baby walker-stroller,
large reed buggy, high chair. Mrs. B.
D. Bothwell, city. 47-49
Circulating heater, cost $90; will
sell for $30. Call at Rebecca Pen
land Baldwin residence. 47p
2 12-ft. Calkins rotary rod weed
ers with transports, used one season;
Oliver plow shears, both chilled and
steel, 14" and 12", new; 1 John Deere
tractor, used; AT SALE PRICES.
Beach Equipment Co., Lexington.
Rebecca Penland Baldwin home
in Heppner for sale, 9 rooms and
bath. Lot approximately 75 by 150;
furnished or unfurnished. For par
ticulars write Mrs. Stella Eberhardt,
R. 1, Box 404, Tigard, Ore. 46-47
Anyone having rotary rod weeder
for sale notify this office.
Lost New tire chain between my
place and town. Guy Huston.
Will care for children afternoon
or evening, reasonable. Bonnie
Cochran.
Why not buy an income with a
home, furnished or not? Reasonable,
easy terms. Bonnie Cochran, city.
Chas. Smith residence for sale.
Duvall & Eubanks, Hotel Heppner
Bldg.
Rhea creek ranch for sale or trade.
Gerald Slocum, city. 84tf
Notson residence for sale. Inquire
at residence. 30ff
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Prompt Cooking Need
For Frozen Vegetables
Vegetables that have been stored
in the increasingly popular frozen
storage lockers require the same
treatment as any perishable food
when taken out for use, says E. H.
Weigand, professor of food products
industries at Oregon State college,
who has pioneered in the conduct
of research on preservation of foods
by freezing.
Recent tests by the bureau of
chemistry and soils of the U. S. D.
A. show that when the temperature
of a defrosted vegetable reaches 60
or 70 degrees F, micro-organisms
which were able to survive the freez
ing temperatures quickly start to
multiply, Professor Wiegand says.
Such food will spoil if not used im
mediately. Where it is possible to hold foods
taken from the lockers at a temper
ature of 40 degreesF., as in a do
mestic refrigerator, they may be
kept longer before using, but slow
growth of organisms goes on even
at this temperature, A frozen-pack
vegetable in the partly thawed state
will show bacterial activity about
the third day, Wiegand says.
Defrosted peas of good quality
were found to spoil in less than 10
hours after reaching a temperature
of 70 degrees, but were kept success
fully for about four days at 40 de
grees F. Peas kept better than spin
ach at both temperatures, it was
found, and the type of container
apparently did not effect the time
required to bring about changes in
the product after removal from cold
storage.
The safest and most satisfactory
way to handle vegetables from the
freezer locker, Professor Wiegand
says, is to open the container and
empty the still frozen product into
the pan in which it is to be cooked;
preferably with just a little hot wa
ter, as the vegetables are frozen in
brine. It is also pointed out that
frozen vegetables require much
shorter cooking time than fresh
vegetables of the same kind, and
that they should be served imme
diately after cooking, to prevent de
terioration in flavor and texture.
o Tax Difficulties
Salem. Relief from the ever in
creasing tax load being imposed up
on property owners was urged by
county officials attending a meeting
of the interi mcommission on state
and local revenues here Friday.
Earl B. Day, county judge of Jack
son county, told the commission that
"property owners are not going to
stand for the constant increase in
their tax load."
Pointing out that counties are lim
ited in their financing to tax levies
against property Day declared that
it has been necessary for most coun
ties to increase the levy each year
to the full extent of the constitu
tional limit in order to meet increas
ing obligations heaped upon them
by each succeeding legislature.
"Every county in the state is hav
ing difficulty in meeting its share of
the social security burden," E. L.
Phipps, former county judge of Was
co county, told the commission.
"Road funds and other functions just
as important as social security are
being necessarily curtailed in order
to meet this new obligation."
Frank L. Shull, Multnomah county
commissioner, said that in his coun
ty 39 percent of the 1938 tax levy
was for social security purposes
while another 35 percent was for
debt service. Shull urged that the
state restore the liquor revenues to
the counties to which the Knox act
gave them in order to reduce the
property tax. He also suggested that
the state take over the entire burden
of old age assistance as another
means of relieving property taxes.
Glen C. Wade, Oregon manager
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Oregon
for the Townsend movement, ap
peared before the commission to ad
vocate a transactions tax as the so
lution for the financing problem be
ing faced by both the state and the
counties. Wade explained that his
proposal was made only as a tem
porary measure to meet the emer
gency until the federal government
enacts the Townsend program which
he expects soon.
Consideration of proposals for a
Portland office building by the Board
of Control has apparently been, nar
rowed down to five offers. These
include the Elks Temple, the Board
of Trade building, the Portland Mu
nicipal Market building, the Lloyd's
proposal and a proposed civic center
on the west side. The first three of
these proposals involve the pur
chase of old buildings and their re
conditioning to meet the needs of
the state. Lloyd's Inc. has offered to
donate a site on the east side and to
accept three percent certificates of
indebtedness in financing construc
tion of a two-story modern office
building 200 by 200 feet. The Elks
Temple has been offered the state
for $690,000 including the cost of re
modeling the structure. Agents for
the Board of Trade building, an 11
story office structure, have offered
this property together with an ad
jacent 100 by 100 foot lot for a total
cost of $625,000, this figure to cover
the cost of necessary alterations to
the building.
Preliminary petitions for a new
chain store tax measure were filed
with Secretary of State Snell this
week by the Oregon Independent
Business league of Portland. The
new measure which is said to be
modeled after the Louisiana law re
cently upheld by the United States
supreme court provides for a grad
uated tax ranging from $10 per store
for chains operating from two to ten
stores, up to a maximum of $550 per
store on chains operating more than
500 stores. Sponsors of the measure
claim that it would yield an annual
revenue of $500,000 in Oregon.
A net profit of $118,848 on its real
estate sales during 1937 was report
ed by the World War Veterans State
Aid commission this week. Sales of
farm and city property by the com
mission during the year totalled $1,
401,143. The state's investment in
these properties amounted to $1,
268,262. The newly created department of
geology and mineral industries has
already grubstaked prospectors to
a total of $20,000 according to a re
port to Governor Martin. The 1937
act creating the board authorizes
grubstakes up to a maximum of $50
on condition that the loan be repaid
with interest if the miners make a
"strike."
Patrons of the state library are
becoming more serious-minded in
their reading in the opinion of Miss
Harriet C. Long, state librarian. Mail
order requests for books on the use
ful arts during 1937 were more than
double the requests for the same
type of books during 1933, records
of the library show. There was also
a material increase in requests for
books on sociology and economics,
philosophy, religion, and home ec
onomics. On the other hand requests
for books of fiction fell off from
15,095 in 1933 to 10,902 in 1937.
Fifty-eight mental cases now be
ing treated at the two state hospitals
will be transferred to the new fed
eral institution at Roseburg shortly
after February 1. Thirty-eight pa
tients will be transferred from the
Salem hospital and 20 from the Pen
dleton institution.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executor and executrix
of the estate of S. P. Devin, de-
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ceased, have filed with the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Morrow County, their final account
of their administration of said es
tate, and said court has fixed Mon
day, the 21st day of February, 1938,
at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day in the County
Court room at the Court House at
Heppner, Oregon, as the time and
place for hearing objections to said
final account and the settlement of
said estate and all persons having
objections thereto are hereby re
quired to file the same on or before
said hearing.
Dated and first published this 27th
day of January, 1938.
HARLAN J. DEVIN, Executor,
ALMA DEVIN CLOUSTON,
Executrix.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Administratrix of the
estate of Uzz French, deceased, has
filed with the County Court of the
State of Oregon for Morrow County,
her final account of her administra
tion of said estate, and that said court
has set Monday, the 21st day of Feb
ruary, 1938, at the hour of 10 o'clock
A. M. in the forenoon of said day at
the County Court room at the Court
House at Heppner, Oregon, as the
time and place for hearing objec
tions to said final account and the
settlement of said estate, and all
persons having objections to said
final account or the settlement of
said estate are hereby required to
file the same with said court on or
before the time set for said hearing.
Dated and first published this
20th day of January, 1938.
LULU FRENCH,
Administratrix.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the Court Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County, adminis
trator of the estate of Lizzie I. Cox,
deceased, and all persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased are hereby required to pre-,
sent the same to the undersigned
administrator with proper vouchers
at the law office of Jos. J. Nys, at
Heppner, Oregon, within six months
from the date of this notice.
Dated and first published at
Heppner, Oregon, this 13th day of
January, 1938.
F. D. COX, Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THB
STATE OP OREGON FOR THB
COUNTY OF MORROW, PROBATE
DEPARTMENT.
In the Matter of the Estate of Lillian
M. Baker, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, as administrator C. T. A. of
the estate of Lillian M. Baker, deceased,
has filed his final account in the County
Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow
County, and that Monday, the 7th day
of February, 1937, at the hour of 9:30
o'clock in the forenoon of said day and
the court room of said court has been
appointed by said court as the time and
place for the hearing of objection
thereto and the settlement thereof.
Dated and first published Dec. It
1937.
Date of last publication, Jan. 13, 1938.
STANLEY W. BAKER,
Admlnsitrator with the will annexed.
Cookingham and Hanley, Attorneys. I
NOTICE OF SALE OF BEAIi FBOP.
EBTY BT EXECUTOB.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the authority in him vested by tha
Will of Wm. Hendrix, deceased, and by
order of the County Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County duly
made and entered on the 13th day of
December, 1937, the undersigned as ex
ecutor of said Will of said deceased,
will on and after the 15th day of Jan
uary, 1938, sell at private sale for cash
or credit, or for cash and credit certain
real property of said estate known as
the Tash ranch, and more particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
The wy2 of SEy4 and SW4 of Sec
tion 29, E'A of SE'i, NW4 of SEft,
NW(4 and W 14 of NEK of Section
30, NE of NW& and NWK of
NE& of Section 32, all in Township
4 South, Range 25 E. W. M., except
ing therefrom the following tracta,
to-wit:
Commencing at the Northwest
corner of the NE14 of NE& of Sec
tion 30 in Township 4 3. R. 25 E.
W. M., running thence South 25
rods, thence East 24 rods, thence
North 25 rods, thence West 24 rods
to the place of beginning, contain
ing 3 3-4 acres;
ALSO, commencing at a point on
Section line, 6 chains East of the
Northwest corner of the northeast
quarter of said Section 30, thence
running East 25 1-3 rods, thence
South 25 1-3 rods, thence West 25
1-3 rods, thence North 25 1-3 rods
to the place of beginning, contain
ing 4 acres, more or less, all in Mor
row County, Oregon.
All persons desiring to submit bids
lor the above described real property
may submit such bids in writing to the
undersigned at the law office of Jos. J.
Nys, at Heppner, Oregon, at any Uma
from and after the date of the first pub
lication of this notice and up to the
time that actual, sale of said real proo
ety is made.
Dated and first published this 16th.
day of December, 1937.
JOHN WIGHTMAN, Executor.