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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Martin Exclusion
o Zimmerman Denial
o Townsend Filing
. By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM Governor Martin will
not be a candidate for public office
in the forthcoming campaign, pre
dictions to the contrary notwith
standing.
Not that the governor has yet
eliminated himself from considera
tion but that is the only logical con
clusion that can be reached in any
honest analysis of the political situa
, tion in Oregon today.
Political prognosticators who have
been indulging in speculations as to
the governor's entry into the fall
campaign for office have been mere
ly indulging in some wishful thinki
ng. As a defeated candidate for the
Democratic nomination the governor
is barred by law from becoming an
independent candidate for that of
fice. Even without this legal barrier
political advisers of the governor
would not permit him to take a step
which could end in another defeat.
Martin's entry into the gubernator
ial race could only result in a divis
ion of the conservative vote, now
claimed by Sprague, the Republican
nominee, and the election of Henry
Hess, Democrat, an end certainly not
desired by the governor.
While there might be no legal bar
to Martin's entry into the senatorial
race, or even the Congressional race
state laws being ineffective in their
effort to set up qualifications for
federal officials it is doubtful if the
governor would consent to try for
either of these posts. As a candidate
for United States senator Martin
could be expected to attract largely
from the same bloc of voters who
would most naturally gravitate tow
ard Rufus Holman, the Republican
nominee. Inasmuch as Holman re
fused to enter the gubernatorial race
largely out of consideration for Mar
tin it is unthinkable that Martin
would now permit himself to be
used in an effort to defeat Holman.
Probably the most forceful argu
ment against Martin's entry into the
political arena this fall is to be found
in the fact that the governor does
not crave 4 further political honors.
It is pretty generally understood that
he permitted himself to be persuad
ed to try for a second term as gov
ernor out of a sense of duty to the
people of the state who have sup
ported his law and order program
and out of a further sense of re
sponsibility for the welfare of his
appointees. Now that the voters have
turned him down for the nomina
tion it can be pretty safely assumed
that he will be content to quit the
public service, resting content with
the laurels that he has garnered in
his past service and devoting the re
maining years of his life to a well
earned vacation.
Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill coun
ty farmer, has eliminated himself as
a possible independent candidate
for governor. In Salem this week
Zimmerman told newspapermen that
he had no intention of running.
First of the numerous proposed
initiative measures to reach a place
on the November ballot was the so
called Townsend Plan bill which, if
passed next November, will make it
mandatory upon the legislature to
memorialize Congress to call a na
tional convention for the purpose of
amending the federal constitution
to provide for an old age pension
embodying the principles of the
Townsend plan. More than 25,000
certified signatures were contained
in the completed petitions filed with
Secretary of State Snell.
The cooperation of all counties will
be sought by the state board of ag
riculture in a state-wide campaign
to eliminate contagious abortion
from beef and dairy herds it was
announced following a meeting of
the board here this week. Federal
indemnities of $25 for each animal
condemned to death as a reactor
will be discontinued after June 30,
1939, the board pointed out in urg
ing an intensive drive to eradicate
the disease within the next year if
possible.
Advance detachments represent
Heppner
ing the various units of the Oregon
National Guard and comprising 21
officers and 180 men under command
of Lt. Col. Ralph P. Cowgill, will
arrive at Camp Clatsop Saturday to
erect tentage and prepare mess halls
and kitchens for the arrival of the
main body of the Guard next Tues
day. Units from Portland, Astoria, Till
amook, St. Helens, Milwaukie, New
berg and Gresham will be transport
ed to camp in motor trucks. More
distant units will travel fey train.
The movement toward camp will get
under way shortly after Monday
midnight when eastern and south
ern Oregon units will entrain. Five
troop trains consisting of 23 tourist
sleeping cars, 24 coaches and 18 bag
gage cars, wll be required to move
these units and their baggage.
The Oregon Guard this year is at
the greatest strength in its entire
history, according to Major General
George A. White, who expects 3602
officers and men to attend the 15
days of field training.
The Board of Control has ap
proved an application to the Public
Works administration for a federal
grant to help finance construction of
a heating plant for the capitol group
of buildings. Cost of the building and
equipment is estimated at $125,000
but some of the equipment in the
present plant will be salvaged to re
duce this cost. The state will finance
its share of the cost of this project
out of the appropriation for the new
library building.
An appropriation of at least $100,
000 will be asked of the next legis
lature for needed improvements at
the state prison, according to War
den James Lewis. Included in the
improvements under consideration
are the replacement of the cells in
the old wing with more modern
equipment and the construction of a
new cell block. It is also planned to
enlarge the space within the walled
enclosure, Lewis said.
Election officials here are giving
consideration to possible restrictions
for the privilege of writing in the
names of candidates on election bal
lots. The privilege, designed to serve
a useful purpose, is being badly
abused, according to officials here.
Many ballots have been found to
contain a dozen or more names writ
ten in, many of them the names of
ficticious characters. The practice is
said to seriously slow up the work
of counting ballots and to clutter up
the tally sheets.
Thrty-five persons out of every
1000 in Oregon were on direct re
lief during April, according to a re
port of the State Relief committee
to Goernor Martin. Baker county,
with 49 persons per 1000 on relief,
topped the list. Sherman county had
the lowest relief ration, nine out of
everey 1000.
More than 100 law school grad
uates have signed up for the state
bar examination to be held in Salem
July 19 and 20, according to Arthur
S. Benson, clerk of the supreme
court.
Sewage disposal needs of a num
ber of state institutions are to be
studied by a committee consisting
of Dr Frederick D. Strieker, secre
tary to the state board of health;
C. E. Green, staff member of the
board, and C. E. Stricklin, state en
gineer. Their findings will form the
basis for appropriation requests to
be presented to the next legislature,
according to Wallace S. Wharton,
state budget director.
Court Proceedings
For May Term
Be It Remembered, That County
Court met in regular session at the
Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon, on
Wednesday, the 4th day of May,
1938, this being the regular time for
holding a term of said Court, when
were present: Bert Johnson, Judge;
George N. Peck, Commissioner; L.
D. Neill, Commissioner; C. W. Bar
low, Clerk; C. J. D. Bauman, Sheriff;
Frank C. Alfred, District Attorney.
The minutes of the April, 1938,
term were read and approved.
In the Matter of Claims:
Now at this time the various
claims against the County were pre
sented and the Court approved, dis
approved or continued them and or
dered approved claims paid by the
Gazette Times, Heppner,
proper warrant from the proper
funds.
Court sells land to Katherine Bow-
ker for $503.00, $100.60 down, balance
in five annual payments, described
as follows: SWy4, Sec. 24, T. 2 N., R.
26 EWM; NEy4, Sec. 25, T. 2 N., R.
26 EWM;, SW Sec. 19, T. 2 N, R.
27 EWM.
Court orders sale of county prop
erty described as follows: Lot 1, HVz
of Lot 2, Block 2, Jones Addition to
City of Heppner. Minimum price
$101.00. NNWy4NEV4, Sec. 22, T.
1 S., R. 24 EWM. Minimum price
$20.00.
Court sells land to Katherine Bow-
ker for $1605.50, $321.10 down, bal
ance in five annual payments, de
scribed as follows: E, Sec. 30, T. 2
N., R. 27 EWM; WSWy4, SWV4
NWy4, Sec. 30, T. 2 N. R., 27 EWM;
sswy4, NEy4swy4, Nwy4, sec. 20,
T. 2 N., R. 27 EWM; S, NWy4, Sec.
25, T. 2 N., R. 26 EWM.
Court sells land to Carol R. Bald
win for $101.00, $20.20 down, balance
in five annual payments, described
as follows: Lot 1, N Lot 2, Block
2, Jones Addition to City of Hepp
ner, Morrow County, Oregon.
Warrants Issued on General Fund,
May, 1938
Earl Snell. Sec. of State, Aud
iting - $434.50
West Coast Print. & Bd. Co.,
Election 22.75
Emma Breshears, Election 1.10
Marie Clary, Election 1-00
A. B. Chaffee, Election 7.10
Heppner Gazette Times, Elec
tion 143.30
Clerk 87.50
Assessor .' 4.75
Pac. Sta. & Print. Co., Assess-
of U7.46
Thomas J. Wells, Assessor's
Mileage ' 77.40
Heppner Gazette Times, Su
perintendent 13.75
Lucy E. Rodgers, Superinten
dent's Inc. and Mileage 28.29
J. K. Gill, Superintendent .... 8.13
Ruby W. Harmon, Superin
tendent Mil. and Assistant .. 28.65
Heppner Gazette Times, Sher
iff 11.00
C. J. D. Bauman, Sheriff 62.80
St. Ind. Acc. Comm., Sheriff 8.36
Heppner Gazette Times, Of- .
ficial Publications 38.77
Martin T. Pratt, Sheriff, Jail 18.00
Heppner Laundry, Jail 1.50
R. M. Rice, M. D., General
Assistance 5.25
Emp. Don. Fund Dist No. 8,
General Assistance 15.00
Bert Johnson, County Judge,
General Assistance 297.72
C. J. D. Bauman, Indigent Sol
dier 11.40
Frank C. Alfred, Dist. Atty. .. 10.00
St. Dept, of Agriculture, Dist.
Sealer 6.15
Norton Lundell, Courthouse .. 1.40
Pac. Power & Light Co., Court
House - 28.85
C. W. Barlow, Clerk, Court
House 1-28
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.,
Court House , 4.10
Western Golf Course Supply
Co., Court House 17.43
Thomson Bros., Emergency
(Ditch Creek) 15.13
H. Wells, Emergency (Ditch
Creek) 89.70
St. Ind. Acc. Comm., Emer
gency (Ditch Creek) 3.90
Vivian Kane, Emergency
(Ditch Creek) 6.25
Ralph Harris, Emergency
(Ditch Creek) 75
L. D. Neill, Emergency (Ditch
Creek) 21.00
Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co., Current
Expense 40.70
C. W. Barlow, Clerk, Current
Expense .. 2.40
St. Ind. Acc. Comm., Court
house 1.19
Bert Johnson, County Court 5.80
Geo. N. Peck, County Court 25.45
L. D. Neill, County Court 35.85
F. M. Caverhill, Water Master 109.25
Bert Johnson, Judge, Old Age
Assistance 368.94
Mothers' Aid 107.14
Blind Assistance 7.87
Geo. W. Rand, Circuit Court 15.00
M. C. Finch, Circuit Court .... 8.60
David Hynd, Circuit Court .... 5.80
Roy Quackenbush, Circuit Ct. 3.20
W. E. Pruyn, Circuit Court .... 3.20
Alex Green, Circuit Court .... 3.20
Charles R. McAlister, Cir. Ct 3.20
Warrants Issued on General Road
Fund, May, 1938
Thomson Brothers $1.00, Pac. Tel.
& Tel. Co. $2.75, Pac. Power & Light
Co. $5.26, C. W. Barlow, Clerk, $3.81,
Oregon
Leupold, Volpel & Co. $115, Fergu
son Motor Co. $61.93, Paul Haberline
$6.00, V. L. Carlson $22.46, Jack Al
len Supply Co. $169.22, H. D. Rut
ledge $37.96, Mrs. Crystal Barlow
$4.40, Shell Oil Co. $81.46, 1. R. Rob
ison $1.20, Green's Hardware $3.30,
Citv of Heppner, Water Dept. $1.55,
J. P. O'Meara $2.50, Tom Caldwell
$1.93, Frank Nixon $47.76, Heppner
Blacksmith & Mchy. Co. $39.90, In
dependent Garage $510.84, Marion
Hayden $116.74, Harold Peck $74.75,
Grover Peck $68.02, Dale Ray ?74.75,
Clair Ashbaugh $81.09, Ralph Mar
latt $152.04, "Albert Conner $103.74,
Harold Sherer $91,18, Ross Langdon
$11.91, Allen Sherman $9.71, A. J.
Chaffee $110.27, V. Munkers $99.-
75, Wm. Cunningham $70.26, Chas.
Williams $39.25, Glenn Sherer $90.74,
H. S. Taylor $112.25, M. V. Nolan
$99.75, Jack Stotts $74.75, Robt. S
Wilson $46.76, Henry Schwarz $87.48,
K. Oviatt $5.98, L. N. Morgan $76.33,
Walter Gilman $50.83, Frank W. Gen
try $50.40, Jim Farley $28.40, J. B
Adams $7.92, Gordon Craber $12.72,
Harlan Adams $4.48, Gilliam & Bis-
bee Estate $51.25, Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co. $.80, Union Oil Co. $74.
85, Columbia Equipment Co. $87.49,
Kilham Stationery $ Prt. Co. $2.64,
Feenaughty Mchy. Co.. $32.60, Pen
land Bros. $5.46, Claud Coats $1.80,
Harry Tamblyn $112.64, Edith K.
Hendrick $2.93, State Ind. Acc. Com.
$86.08, C. A. Kane $52.15, Braden
Bell Trac. & Equip. Co. $170.57 and
$.25, Henderson Brothers $9.67, J,
E Stevens $69.00, Harry Tamblyn
$35.00, Leonard Carlson $8.95.
Warrants Issued on Market Road
Fund, May, 1938
Wrex Langdon $67.27, L. N. Mor
gan $35.92, General Roads $60.00,
Walt Gilman $23.92, General Roads
$155.00, Frank W. Gentry $83.84, Jim
Farley $47.84, H. Tamblyn $126.93,
State Ind. Acc. Comm. $11.25
Warrants Issued on Special Funds,
May, 1938
Joseph Belanger, Rodent Fund $12319
James M. Monahan, Dog Fund 25.50
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our many friends for the
beautiful floral offerings and their
sympathy and help during the ill
ness of our beloved husband and
father.
Mrs. Letha E. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. Austin I. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Leach.
Professional
Directory
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In New Peters Building
F. W. Turner & Co.
FERE, AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
Old Line Companies Heal Estate
Heppner, Oregon
Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Laurence Case
Mortuary
"Just the serrioe wanted
when 70a want it most"
FOB BEST MARKET PRICES tor
yomr new or old wheat, see
CORNETT GREEN
for grain stored in Heppner and
Lexington,
ELMER GRIFFITH
at lone for rest of Branch
Representing Balfour, Onthrie k Co.
Thursday, June 9, 1938
J. 0. Turner .
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
t r( HEPPNER, ORE.
Dr. Raymond Rice
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office'
First National Bank Building
Office Phone 523 House Phone 828
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON. Mgr.
BATES REASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Or
P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
J. 0. Peterson
Latest Jewelry and Olft Goods
Watches . Clocks - Diamonds
Expert Watch and Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
DENTIST
Modern equipment Including X-ray
for dental diagnosis
Extraction by gas anesthetic
First National Bank Building
Phone 562 Heppner, Ore.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
.FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 498
HEPPNER, OREGON
W. M. Eubanks
Representing
KERR, GIFFORD & CO., INC.
on Heppner Branch
V. R. Runnion
AUCTIONEER
Farm Sales and Livestook a Specialty
406 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 462
MAZE SATES AT MY EXPENSE
Frank C. Alfred
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Telephone 442
Rooms 3-4
First National Bank Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
Peterson & Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Practice in State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Fnfelio
Phone 62 lone. Ore.
A Home for the Aged
Home-like care and surroundings
with graduata nurse in constant
charge. Inquire for rates, including
room and meals.
Morrow General Hospital
Mrs. L. G. Rumble, Mgr.