Thursday, June 23, 1938
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Governor's Return
o Stream Purification
o Most Farmers
By A. L. LINDBECK
SALEM Governor Martin has re
turned to his office after a two
week's vacation in the Mt. Hood
area and again aroused speculation
as to whether or not he would at
tempt to find a way around a state
law which forbids a primary candi
date from running independently in
the fall elections.
It was the governor's first vacation
since the strenuous primary cam
paign. One of the first things he did
was confer with his campaign man
ager, Edgar W. Smith, who recent
ly returned from a tour of eastern
Oreeon. where it was presumed he
was testing political winds. After the
conference neither the governor nor
Smith would admit or deny that the
meetine. had anv political signin
cance. However, pbservers here still
believe that Governor Martin will
not be a candidate in November.
A former republican vice-presi
dent gave the governor a pat on the
back this week. The pat" was a wire
from Charles G. Dawes, vice-president
under the Coolidge administra
tion and ambassador to England
His message read:
"I am at home and well again after
seven weeks in the hospital at New
York. I want to congratulate you
upon your splendid courage and the
great reputation you have made as
a law enforcing governor of Oregon.
You leave office decorated with uni
versal public respect, without which
public office means nothing."
Governor Martin issued a state
ment urging every person in the
state to cooperate with the Stream
Purification League of Oregon in
observing "Help Clean Up Our Riv
ers" week which started Sunday.
"It is proper that we do this," the
governor said, "because the rivers
and streams of Oregon comprise one
of the state's great assets, not only
from the recreation and health
standpoint but as avenues of com
merce for our shipping, and as es
sential units in the successful prop
agation and preservation of our com
mercial fishing stock."
There were 455 fewer traffic ac
dents during May than during the
same month last year, Secretary of
State Snell reported this week. It
was the best single month record in
many years and brought the five
month totals for accidents, injuries
and fatalities well below the figure
for the same period in 1937.
Approximately 2500 electricity
consumers in Clackamas and Yam
hill counties will be able to save
about $13,000 annually as the result
of rate reductions by the Portland
General Electric Co.
The PGE Co. this week filed re
ductions in minimum monthly
charges for customers formerly
served by the Mololla Electric Co.
and the Yamhill Electric Co. The
two companies are now incorporated
in the Portland General system.
The state hydro-electric commis
sion was this week requested to in
vestigate the advisability of creating
a McKenzie River Peoples' Utility
district. The district would include
an area extending from a point one
and a half miles east of Vida to about
two miles above McKenzie bridge.
A new rule designed to simplify
handling of unemployment claims
has been made by the state unem
ployment compensation commission.
Beginning last Sunday the com
mission adopted the calendar week,
ending each Saturday at midnight,
as the claim week for benefits to
covered jobless workers in the state.
They previously designated an in
dividual's claim week as the seven
consecutive days following initia
tion of claim, but hereafter when a
claimant files an original claim on
any day of the week, the first week
of such claim will be the calendar
week in which the claim is filed.
Farm security loans totaling $2,
207,400 were made to 2900 Oregon
farm families during April, accord
ing to a report filed with state offi-
Fair-Sighted
Workers on the Palace of Foods and Beverages at California's
Golden Gate International Exposition hail the arrival of Zoe Dell
Lantis, "most photographed girl in the world," who climbed the
scaffolding in front of the theme tower with a big pot of iced coffee
to refresh the men in the midst of a heavy day's work.
cials by the Farm Security admin
istration. The loans were made to
farmers who were unable to secure
adequate commercial credit for live
stock, feed, seed and farm equip
ment. Farmers dominate the list of 141
republican and democratic candi
dates who will battle for the 76 leg
islative positions to be filled this
fall.
An occupational survey reveals
that 32 of the 141 candidates are
farmers. Next high is the legal pro
fession with 29 lawyer-candidates.
Three candidates are stockmen, two
dairymen and two fruit growers.
The candidates are engaged in 38
occupations. Others are brokers,
physicians, automobile dealers, sec
retaries, clerks, real estate men and
timber workers.
The Salem Linen Mills this week
received a contract for supplying
15,000 pounds of flax twine to the
United States navy through the ef
forts of Governor Martin. A Scot
land firm had submitted a lower
bid than did the Salem firm, but the
governor telegraphed navy depart
ment officials that he believed the
contract should go to a United
States firm.
The state supreme court this week
decided Henry Albrehct of Baker
was entitled to $29,000 damages for
personal injuries received while
riding in an automobile with his
brother-in-law, H. M. Howard, dis
trict manager for Safeway Stores.
The court upheld the opinion of a
jury and Circuit Court Judge Cal
vin L. Sweek of Pendleton. Albrecht
contended that he was not a "guest"
in Howard's car, but had gone along
to help his brother-in-law.
State officials who attended the
state convention of Disabled Amer
ican Veterans of the World War at
Bend June 2 0-22, included Govern
or Martin and Secretary of State
Earl Snell.
Following the 1936 riot at the
state penitentiary, 16 men were
placed in solitary confinement. The
16th was released this week as his
sentence at the institution had ex
pired. Bids for paving and widening the
North Summer street approach to
the new state capitol will be opened
at Portland June 30.
For Sale Rumley 16-ft cut com
bine, good shape. M. J. Devin, city.
-14-16p
Fair Workers
Ballard Tells of
Competition for
Nation's Markets.
No keneer competition exists in
any. business than in the marketing
of agricultural products, F. L. Bal
lard, vice-director of extension, told
bankers of Oregon at their annual
convention just held in Corvallis.
As an example, Ballard cited
Washington and New York as the
two top states in apple production,
When both have a good crop there
is the keenest competition, with New
York usually winning because of
nearness to markets.
While the marketing question is a
vital one, no marketing procedures
within present knowledge can bring
prosperity to farmers unless based
on sound management measures
within the farmer's own line fences,
the speaker continued.
"Recognizing good production
character of Oregon lands and reas
onably good management, as is the
case, we must have wise marketing
because this is a surplus shopping
state," he pointed out. "Oregon is a
surplus state both as to staples and
the newer specialty crops such as
bulbs, seed, cannery and frozen pro
cessed products."
The men out on Oregon farms are
not unfamiliar with this competitive
principle, the bankers were told.
The different farm interests of the
state are quite well organized. Cur
rent questions of industry direction
have for more than 15 years been
continually under consideration by
various commodity groups.
A substantial start in production
adjustment has been made which
will of necessity be continued for a
long time as still wider understand
ing develops.
Ballard cited the growth of the
processed foods industries as a trend
in the right direction. Oregon, Wash
ington and California, he said, pack
55 percent of the nation's preserved
foods, 64 percent of the frozen foods,
82 percent of the canned fruits and
30 percent of the canned vegetables.
The score is mounting as rapidly in
Oregon as in either of the other
states. Two million cases of canned
prunes packed in Oregon in 1936
were equivalent to 24 million pounds
of dried prunes.
Gifts to OSC for Year Totaled
Oregon State College More than
$50,000 in gifts, donations and spec
ial grants was received by OSC
during the past year, exclusive , of
aid through federal emergency pro
grams. With federal grants added,
the total was approximately $117,000.
Special contributions to the school
of agriculture for carrying on re
search accounted for the largest non
federal grants. Another large gift
was an income of close to $9000 from
the Mary J. L. McDonald estate for
the purchase of additional land in
the McDonald experimental forest.
Among the gifts were hundreds ot
articles placed in the Horner mu
seum of the Oregon Country.
State Retains Lead in
Bangs Disease Testing
Oregon stands second on the list
of states in the percentage of breed
ing cattle under official supervision
for bangs disease and third on the
list of total number of such cattle
under such supervision, according to
the latest summary of control work
just issued at Washington, D. C.
Oregon with 75.5 percent under
test is second only to Virginia, with
79.8 percent. In actual numbers, Vir
ginia is fifth, with Wisconsin first.
Wisconsin, which leads in total num
bers, has only 32.9 percent of its to
tal breeding cattle under supervision.
The advance work of the Oregon
experiment station with bangs dis
ease long before the federal program
was inaugurated is credited with
helping keep Oregon in the lead in
bangs disease cleanup.
National reports show that the
federal-state campaign to clean up
bangs disease in cattle has made
as much headway in less than four
years as the bovine tuberculosis
campaign did in its first 10 years.
Bangs disease eradication has moved
faster ' because the tuberculosis
campaign revealed the possibilities
of disease control and because more
money has been available, the na
tional fficials say.
OSC Catalog for 1938-31 Ready
Oregon State College The 1938
39 catalog containing the staff roster,
institutional information and a list
of all courses, has just been issued.
The 429-page booklet also contains
the calendar for the coming year,
which shows September 19 to 24 as
Freshman week, with registration for
old students Saturday, September 24.
Potted plants at all times, phone
1332; will deliver. 15tf
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