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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, Jan. 19, 1939
UNDER THE O
CAPITOL DOME
By GILES L. FRENCH,
Representative for Gilliam, Mor
row, Sherman and Wheeler
Counties.
First the legislature is criticized
because of a lack of bills and before
long it will be criticized because it
has too many of them, but this is the
way things go.
Legislators come down to Salem
filled with ideas but without having
them written out in proper form for
presentation to the house or senate.
Therefore, the first week is spent in
having the bills written or in talk
ing to possible supporters about
them.
Then the second week the flood
begins, to continue until the com
mittee on legislation and rules stops
it This is the committee that, after
the passage of about thirty days, has
to consider whether bills are neces
sary to the peace and security of the
state or not. If not, they stay in that
committee. ,
While there are more bills, there
are fewer job hunters. Those who
were among the fortunate few are
now doing the jobs assigned to them
while the great majority are back
home telling neighbors what a poor
legislator they have who cannot get
them a job. No record has been kept
of it, but it is probably true that
more money is actually expended
each session to obtain legislative jobs
than the state pays out in wages
and salaries for those jobs. Some
come from far distant places and
stay several days, with resultant ex
pense, and get no job or a few days
of work at four or five dollars per
- day.
This week the blackboard was put
up to direct committee members
where committees meet and the
grind of working over the bills by
committee is on.
Taxation is going to have a large
place in this legislature if a pre
diction can be made at this time,
This sort of thing is generally work
ed out in committee for much of it is
too technical to be done on the floor,
Usually if there is a disagreement
with a committee-approved bill it
is returned for further considera
tion, for it is a serious thing to beat
a tax bill. First, it cannot be intro
duced again, and second, the money
is needed by some department of
the state.
There will be a fish bill. To older
legislators that is like saying there
will be a session of the legislature.
Some member will have the job of
discoursing on the life of the noble
salmon and predicting what will
happen to the species if the legisla
tion pending is passed. Another and
equally sincere member will pre
dict equally dire consequences if it
is defeated. And after it is over and
the newspapers have sent out the
speeches to the home districts, the
other members will vote as they
have pledged to days before.
It is likely that there will be a
number of bills for readjustment of
the county officials' salaries. The
committee handling this sort of leg
islation usually adopts the policy
that if the county court or a group
of substantial taxpayers recommend
the bill it will be favorably acted
upon. Otherwise they will turn it
down with a celerity that is surpris
ing. It is expected that the long looked
for PUD law will be in this week but
the terms of it have not .been made
known as yet. Revenue bonds are
considered a certainty and some
other changes in the present law are
also expected.
Bert Snyder of Lake county this
week delighted the members from
eastern Oregon by sending out lit
tle bouquets of sagebrush and juni
per which were worn proudly by the
boys from the country where these
plants are common.
Last week there was rushing about
by everyone. This week there is still
rushing about but it seems to have
more direction, more certainty of
destination.
A conference was held over the
week end on the erosion bill and
many changes were made in it, sof
tening some of the provisions and
giving less power to the board.
The house begins to roll along
with much less evidenec of friction,
which is highly overplayed anyway,
and it seems now that a rapidly
working house may be expected.
Sessions are short each morning and
evening, but with bills coming in
rapidly it will not be long . wntil
some of them are on the third read
ing, and then the final roll calls will
begin and legislation will come out
of the machine like wheat and chaff
from the thresher.
Wool Growers Ask
New C. C. C. Loan
Official application for a new
Commodity Credit corporation loan
on wool for 1939 has just been made
to Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace, according to word received this
week from R. A. Ward, general
manager of the Pacific Wool Grow
ers, of Portland, who is in Washing
ton, D. C. The application was made
by Mr. Ward, representing the Pa
cific Wool Growers which handles
cooperative wool from six western
states; by Byron Wilson represent'
ing the Wyoming Wool Growers as
sociation; and by C. J. Fawcett, man
ager of the National Wool Market
ing corporation.
It is proposed that the new loan
program covering the 1939 clip ex
tend to May, 1940. No decision has
yet been reached as, to whether or
not the loan will be granted, but it
is felt by the growers' organizations
that in view of the possibility of re
ciprocal trade agreements being ne
gotiated with Australia and other
countries, the reductions that have
already been made on noils and
wool products in the trade agree
ment with the United Kingdom, and
with the other uncertainties which
are liable to prevail this spring, a
continuation of the Commodity Cred
it corporation loan program is most
desirable.
Up to the end of 1938, loans ag
gregating $13,928,849 were made on
some 76,875,347 net grease pounds
of wool, the corporation recently an
nounced. While in Washington, Mr. Ward
is attending the mid-winter meeting
of the National Cooperative council
of which he is a director. He will
also spend some time in Boston
where the Pacific Wool Growers
maintain a warehouse and sales office.
IONE NEWS
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, has been vis
iting rural schools this week and
conducting achievement tests.
Tom Wells and R. C. Wightman
attended Masonic lodge meeting at
lone last night from here.
Girl Breaks Collar
Bone in Accident
CjT MARGARET BLAKE
Maxine Allyn had the misfortune
to break her collar bone while rid
ing a biycle at the O. E. Peterson
ranch Saturday. Eumce Peterson
who was on another bicycle and
with whom she collided received a
bruised arm.
Twelve members and three visit
ors attended the study meeting of
the Women's Topic club held at the
home of Mrs. Elmer Griffith in Mor
gan last Friday afternoon. The book,
"Hell on Ice," by Commander Ed
ward Ellsberg, was reviewed by
Mrs. Bert Mason, Mrs. M. E. Cotter,
Mrs. Clel Rea and Mrs. Elmer Grif
fith. The club voted to become a
member of the Country Gentlewo
man League. Refreshments were
served at the close of the meeting.
Mrs. Rea, Mrs. Cotter and Mrs. Ma
son were hostesses with Mrs. Grif
fith. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Brenner
are the parents of a son born in Pen
dleton last Sunday night.
P. J. Linn is quite ill at his home.
Mrs. Harriet Brown is ill at her
home in Hermiston. Her place as
teacher of the seventh and eighth
grades is being filled by Mrs. Inez
Freeland.
Word has been received by friends
that Mrs. Brenner Reese of Yakima
is recovering nicely from an opera
tion for the removal of a goitre.
Leo Gorger has returned to his
home from the Heppner hospital
where he has been receiving treat
ment for infection.
Mr. Sellom arrived Saturday from
his home in Montana to spend a few
weeks with his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hat
maker. Earline Ferris entertained a group
of her friends at her home Friday
evening. Chinese checkers was play
ed and refreshments served. Those
present were Charlotte and Lola
Cannon, Eileen Sperry, Elenor Ever
son, Bernice Ring, Mary K. Blake,
Patricia Emert, Betty Lou Lindsay,
Phil and Douglas Renoe, Billy Eu
banks, David Baker, Jimmy Ledbet
ter, Tommy Everson and Clyde Pet
tyjohn. The January social meeting of the
Topic club will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter next
Saturday evening, January 21.
The Union Sunday school has
elected the following officers to serve
during 1939: Mrs. Frank Engelman,
superintendent; I. R. Robison, as
sistant superintendent; Helen Lun
dell, secretary; Katherine Griffith,
assistant secretary; Mrs. Minnie
Forbes, treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Swan
son, assistant treasurer; Mary K.
Blake, librarian; Bernice Ring, song
leader; Mrs. J. A. Troedson, assist
ant song leader; Miss Katherine
Scharf, pianist; Mrs. A. F. Palma
teer, assistant pianist The classes will
retain the same teachers they have
had during the past year.
The Home Economics club of Wil
lows grange will hold an all day
meeting at the home of Mrs. Roxie
Krebs at Cecil next Friday, Jan. 20.
A pot luck dinner will be enjoyed
at noon and newly, elected officers
for the coming year will be installed.
Willows grange held its regular
meeting at Cecil last Saturday night
Afterward a dance was enjoyed by
a large crowd. At that time the can
dlewick bedspread made by the H.
E. club was won by Helen Lindsay.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin spent
a part of last week at their ranch
near Squaw creek out from Pendle-toni
PLAY CAST CHOSEN
The plot of the junior class play,
"The Lucky Accident," is based on
an average American family, featur
ing, among others, Mrs. Hunter, a
socially ambitious woman and an
tique collector, who tries to marry
her daughter Fern, off to Walton
Knox, a wealthy young man, but
she is in love with Leslie who appar
ently is very dumb. Leslie meets
with an accident, and then things
start to happen.
The play cast is as follows: Mrs."
Humbird Hunter, Carolyn Vaughn;
Humbird Hunter, Jack Merrill; Fem
Hunter, Norma Prock; Honey Hun
ter, Shirley Wilson; Amecda Ames,
Lois Jones; Nella Lawson, Jeanette
Blakely; Grace Pike, Cora Scott;
Lotta Noyes, Margaret Doolittle;
Leslie Noyes, Don Jones; Homer
Meginness, Richard Hayes; Walton
Knox, Harry Tamblyn. ;
Harry Duvall motored to John
Day yesterday on business.
For greater
pleasure from
your electric
appliances
INSTALL MORE CONVENIENCE
OUTLETS NOW!
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work and money in your home
is with electric equipment. But
unless you can plug in your ap
pliances readily, you may not be
getting the pleasure you should.
Call in an electrical contractor
today and let him give you a
free estimate of the cost of ad
ditional convenience outlets.
You'll find they cost little can
be easily and quickly installed.
Adequate convenience outlets
will also help you benefit more
fully from low-cost P. P. & L.
electricity. Since Pacific Power
& Light Company entered this ter
ritory, its rates have been stead
ily reduced until they are among
the lowest in the United States.
And they will continue to drop
as more and more people take
greater advantage of our low
ccst service.
A duplex convenient outlet is vitally
necessary here for electric shaver,
sun lamp, heater and curling iron.
Laundering is much easier when you
can plug in your electric equipment
without cords getting in your way.
Suppose your water pipes were
only as big as Soda Straws. . .
O Electricity flows through electric wire just
like water flows through pipe. If your wiring is
under-sized, you don't get enough electricity.
Your lights dim frequently; your iron fails to
heat quickly; your refrigerator motor barely
creeps at times.
A few simple changes can often keep your wir
ing from overloading can give you full use of
the electricity you buy. Consult an electrical
contractor today.
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erator, roaster and ventilating fan.
You really enjoy your lamps, radio
and clock when you can plug them
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