Thursday, February 2,
SBFalNEWS
o Teacher Retirement
o Truck Supervision
Tax Watchdogs
By A. L. UNDBECK
Salem Retirement pay for Ore
gon teachers, pensions for firemen
and civil service for state employees
these are some of the new devel
opments cropping up in the legisla
ture during the past week.
The proposal to provide retirement
pay for superannuated or incapaci
tated teachers springs from the Ore
gon state teachers' association 'and
is sponsored before the legislature
by Senator Kenin of Multnomah
county. It provides for the arbitrary
retirement of all public school teach
ers upon attaining the age of 65
years upon a pension to be support
ed in part by a state subsidy and in
part by an assessment of four per
cent upon the salaries of the teachers
themselves. Retirement at an early
age because of disability and upon
a proportionately smaller pension is
also provided for in the bill.
The firemen's pension bill which
proposes to levy a tax of three per
cent upon all fire insurance pre
miums promises to become the cen
ter of strenuous opposition with
much of the support for the meas
ure emanating from Multnomah
county, whose paid firemen would
be the principal beneficiaries of such
a pension. Insurance companies op
posing the bill point out that it would
levy the tax upon all fire insurance
premiums including those covering
rural properties where no fire pro
tection is provided.
The state employees civil service
bill, sponsored by a group of sena
tors and representatives, would in
clude most state employees. Ex
empted from its provisions would be
elected officials, appointees whose
offices are created by the constitu
tion, certain department and insti
tution heads and members of the
state police.
Truck operators said to be antag
anistic to the present public util
ities commissioner are understood
to be back of a proposal to change
the status of the utilities department
from its present one-man commission
to a three-man commission. Ap
pointment of the three commission
ers would be vested in the governor.
Whereas the present commissioner
receives an annual salary of $7200
the combined salaries of the three
commissioners under the new pro
posal would be $18,000.
Recommended by both Governor
Martin and Governor Sprague a pro
posal to abolish the Child Welfare
commission and transfer its func
tions to the State Relief committee is
now receiving the attention of the
legislative ways and means commit
tee. At a hearing in Salem Friday
afternoon attended by a large rep
resentation of social workers no op
position was voiced to the proposal.
Neither was there any support for
the move which, it is estimated,
would result in a saving in adminis
trative costs of approximately $15,000
a year.
Reports that the legislative ses
sion is lagging behind in its work
are without foundation in fact. An
analysis of the situation at the close
of the session Friday afternoon,
marking the 20th day of the session,
revealed that more bills had been
introduced and a larger percentage
of those introduced had been passed
than was the case two years ago.
Senator Kenin has proposed that
the state provide Governor Sprague
with an automobile of a make suit
able to the dignity of his office, with
a uniformed chauffeur to be provid
ed from the ranks of the state police.
In the past no automobile has been
provided by the state for any of its
elective officials although a Board
of Control car has always been at
the disposal of the governor, secre
tary of state and state treasurer un
til this convenience was disposed of
by order of Governor Meier.
A group of legislators including
Representatives Fuhrer of Marion,
Hill of Lane, Riddle of Douglas and
Senators McKay of Marion and Stei
wer of Wheeler are sponsoring a
constitutional amendment paving the
Heppner
way for establishing of tax super
vision and conservation commissions
in all the counties of the state. If
approved by the House and Senate
the proposed amendment will be on
the general election ballot in 1940 for
action by the voters.
Word from Washington, D. C, Sat
urday that the Social Security Board
had certified Oregon's unemploy
ment compensation act lifted a load
of anxiety from the shoulders of
state officials who have been con
siderably worried over the fate of
that set-up ever since organized la
bor attacked it on the ground that
the recently enacted "picketing reg
ulation" act invalidated the jobless
insurance law. Certification of the
act by the federal board followed
receipt of amendments written into'
the Oregon act early last week by
the legislature in an effort to make
the state unemployment compensa
tion act conform to the federal act.
Three public hearings on contro
versial bills before the legislators
attracted capacity crowds. One of
these was on a bill to abolish the
state bakery board, another revolved
around a proposal to abolish the
milk control board and the other
centered on the Chapman bill to
outlaw the closed shop. . Scores of
interested persons were turned away
from each of these hearings empha
sizing the need for a larger room in
which to conduct these meetings.
The Capitol Reconstruction com
mission is to be allowed to die a
natural death. A measure now being
drafted by Senator Ronald Jones
will provide for the orderly liqui
dation the board's affairs just as
soon as its job is completed, prob
ably in July or August. The new
library building was turned over to
the state by the contractor Monday
but the new heating plant is yet to
be completed and the granite stat
ues which will guard the entrance to
the capitol building will not be
placed until some time this summer.
The Oregon Fairs association, in
cluding representatives of all coun
ty fairs, the state fair,. Pacific In
ternational and Eastern Oregon
Livestock show, is vigorously op
posing the proposal made by Gov
ernor Sprague that the state's "take"
from pari-mutuel betting be placed
in the general fund and the several
fairs be placed on an appropriation
basis.
A measure sponsored by Repre
sentative Giles French of Sherman
county would authorize the state tax
commission to use any surplus fund
accruing from income taxes in off
setting the property levy for sup
port of the elementary schools.
Representatives of the League of
Oregon Cities, including Mayor H.
W. Hand of Corvallis and Charles
Huggins of Marshfield, attending
the legislative session in an effort to
secure a share of gasoline funds for
city streets, deny that their proposal
involves any "diversion" of high
way funds. Instead, they explain,
they only seek a "reallocation" of
highway.funds so that the cities may
receive a portion of this revenue for
use on their streets.
A number of salary increase bills
have made their appearance at this
session. One would increase the sal
ary of the labor commissioner from
$3600 to $5000 a year, another would
authorize the state treasurer to fix
the salary of his chief deputy and
still another would "up" the salary
of the state parole officer to $5000
a year.
Four persons pleaded guilty to
charges of falsification of claims for
gasoline tax refunds between De
cember 21 and January 12 in this
state.' The convictions were obtained
in Clackamas, Washington, Yamhill
and Jackson counties. All claims are
closely watched by the gasoline tax
refund division for fraudulent state
ments and detection of falsification
will lead to immediate prosecution.
Oregon's traffic death rate of 12.8
fatalities for every 100 million miles
traveled during 1938 was the lowest
for 13 years, the period for which
records are available, according to
Secretary of State Earl Snell. The
highest rate, 16.7 deaths per 100 mil
lion vehicle miles, was recorded in
1934, while the previous low mark
of 13.3 was established in 1932.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
HARDMAN NEWS
Hardman Men
Stop Mining Work
By Hardman High School
On Wednesday, Bernard and Bus
ter Bleakman, E. S. McDaniel and
Shorty Safford came home from the
mine in which Hardman people are
interested. It is too cold now to op
erate the machinery, for on the
morning they left Galena, on the
middle fork of the John Day, a team
of horses walked across the river on
the ice.
Glen McCutcheon was given a
surprise birthday dinner at the high
school Tuesday. The high school stu
dents have a dinner together once
a month.
On Wednesday evening of last
week several people from here went
to Heppner to be baptized at the
Christian church. Those baptized
were Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Robin
son, Neal Knighten, Mrs. Muriel Mc
Cutcheon and Glen. Others attend
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moon,
Mrs. Knighten, Miss Anna O'Sander,
Miss Frances Inskeep, Marvin Sad
dler and Les Brannon.
On Friday afternoon the grade
school pupils gave Adeline Byer a
birthday party.
Henry Graham visited in Hard
man Sunday and Monday.
Bud Cannon, Forrest Adams and
Robert Taylor went to Pendleton
Saturday.
Business visitors in Heppner Sat
urday were Max Buschke, G. I.
Clary, Pad Howell and Pete Hams.
Miss Althea Stoneman, county
nurse, was in Hardman Saturday
making arrangements for the clinic
to be held Tuesday.
New buildings in Hardman which
have been constructed recently are
a garage built by Frank McDaniel
and an insulated chicken house by
Dick Steers.
On Thursday evening the I. O. O.
F. lodge attended a special service
held by Rev. Moon. The attendance
was very good.
Foster Collins is seriously ill at
his home at Camas prairie.
Donald Robinson came in from
the ranch Friday and attended the
smoker and President's ball at Hepp
ner Saturday night Creston Robin
son, Marvin Saddler, Tommy Gra
ham, Pete Hams, Lawrence Wil
liams, Donald Robinson, Burt Burn
side, Irl Clary, Buster Bleakman,
Herbert, McDaniel, Dallas Craber,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams and Charlie
Johnson also went to Heppner, all
attending the smoker and some the
dance.
Miss Ana O'Sander gave a talk
on Sweden at the high school at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon. She also
sang and talked in Swedish. The
students asked questions and learned
much of the customs and history of
Sweden.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stevens were
visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Kinnard McDaniel Sunnday.
Those ill during the past Week
were Mrs. McCutcheon, Mrs. J. H.
Allen, Mrs. Marvin Brannon and
Mrs. Lewis Batty.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Robinson
and Dorris, Claude Hastings, Mrs.
Carl Leathers and Jean, and Vera
McDaniel attended the show in
Heppner Saturday night.
The Christian Endeavor met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Knighten at 5:30 Monday evening.
The time was spent playing games
and eating chili, pie, cookies and
jello. At 7:30 they all adjourned to
the church.
Morrow Has No
Highway Death, 1938
Clackamas, Lincoln, Deschutes
and Wallowa counties ended the
year of 1938 with greater improve
ment in their traffic records than
any other Oregon counties in simi
lar population groups, Secretary of
State Earl Snell announced this
week.
Deschutes county boasted the
most impressive record for the year,
having stood at the top of the eight
counties in Group III for every
month of last year. Lincoln county
registered the most impressive re
duction in highway deaths, cutting
its total from 13 in 1937 to only three
last year. .
Morrow county stood in fourth
place among the state's Group IV
counties at the end of 1938, on the
Oregon
basis of improvement over the pre
vious year in traffic accidents, in
juries and fatalities. Last year this
county ranked fifth.
Eleven Oregon counties registered
reductions in all three departments,
while not a single county recorded
a triple increase. This fact is re
flected in 13 per cent decreases in
accidents and injuries for the state
as a whole, while traffic deaths fell
nearly 10 per cent
Wheeler county won attention for
chalking up its second consecutive
year without a traffic death, the first
time this feat has been accom
plished in years. Crook, Harney and
Morrow counties were also without
deaths during 1938.
Connie Elliott, Arlene Bloomgren,
Betty Kay, Arlene Sportsman and
Logan Forster were the five winners
in Sweet Home high school's traffic
safety contest who won a trip to
Salem and a tour of the new capitol
building conducted by Secretary of
State Earl Snell.
G. T. Want Ads bring resulta
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Administrator of the
Estate of Sarah Brown, deceased, has
filed with the County Court of the
State of Oregon for Morrow Couny,
his Final Account of his administra
tion of said estate, and that said
Court has set Monday, the 6th day
of March, 1939, at the hour of 11
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 ob
jections 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 2nd
day of February, 1939.
ORVE BROWN,
Administrator.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow county admin
istrator of the estate of R. H. Lane,
deceased, and all persons having
claims agaist the estate of the said
deceased are hereby required to pre
sent the same with proper vouchers
duly verified to said administrator
at the law office of Jos. J. Nys, at
Heppner, Oregon, within six months
from the date hereof.
Dated and first published this 26th
day of January, 1939.
R. F. PHILLIPS,
Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned administrator of the
estate of Emil Lundell, deceased, has
filed his final account of his admin
istration of said estate with the
County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Morrow County, and that
said court has set Monday, the 6th
day of March, 1939, at the hour of
10:00 o'clock in the forenoon of said
day at the County Court room at
the Court House at Heppner, Ore
gon, as the time and place for hear
ing objections to said final account
and the settlement of said estate,
and all persons having objections
thereto are hereby required to file
the same with said court on or be
fore the time set for said hearing.
Dated and first published this 26th
day of January, 1939.
E. R. LUNDELL,
Administrator.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed by the County Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County, Ad
ministrator of the Estate of Phebe
Palmateer, Deceased, and that all
persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased are hereby
required to present the same with
proper vouchers, duly certified as
required by law, to me at the office
of my attorney, Frank C. Alfred, in
the First National Bank Building,
Heppner, Oregon, within six months
from the date of the first publication
of this notice.
Dated and first published this 19th
day of January, 1939.
Date of last publication, February
16, 1939.
ALBERT F. PALMATEER,
Administrator of the Estate of
Phebe Palmateer, Deceased.
Page Seven
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an Order of the Coun
ty Court, dated January 10, 1939, I
am authorized and directed to ad
South 36 ft of Lot 5, Block 6, .
vertise and sell at public auction, at
not less than the minimum price
herein set forth after each parcel
or tract:
Original Town of Heppner; min
imum price $15.00, cash.
East half of Block 3, Sperry's 3rd
Addition to lone; minimum price
$101.00; 20 down balance on
payment plan, if desired.
Therefore, I will on the 4th day
of February, 1939, at the hour of
2:00 p. m., at the front door of the
Court House in Heppner, Oregon,
sell said property to the highest bid
der. C. J. D. BAUMAN,
Sheriff, Morrow County, Oregon.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Departmetn of the Interior, Gen
Department of the Interior, Gen
gon, January 10, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that Fos
ter T. Collins, of Hardman, Oregon,
who, on November 14, 1933, made
Original Homestead Entry, Act 12-29-16,
No. 027391, for the ESWy4,
SSEy4, Section 10, and the Nft
NEV4, NEy4NWy4, Section 15, Town
ship 6 S., Range 25 E., Willamette
Meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make final Proof, to estab
lish claim to the land above des
cribed, before Jos. J. Nys, Notary
Public, at Heppner, Oregon, on the
27th day of February, 1939.
Claimant names at witnesses:
R. I. Thompson, of Heppner, Ore
gon. John Hoi ton, of Heppner, Oregon.
James Burnside, of Hardman,
Oregon.
Elsie Madden, of Lone Rock, Ore
gon. W. F. JACKSON, Register.
Want Ads
Nash for sale or trade for cattle,
good condition. W. H. French, Hard
man. 47tf
1000 tamarack posts, made from
butts of trees, for sale or trade for
cattle. W. H. French, Hardman. 47tf
For rent, furnished room with
kitchenette; outside entrance. Phone
743. 47
Will care for piano for use. Miss
Marjorie Parker, city.
Party wants ride to Seattle some
time this month. L. V.
Stallion for sale, 5-yr old; also
Shetland ponies. Joe Kenny, city.
46tf
I repair telephones. W. L. Mc
Caleb, 9 Chase St., city. 46-49p
Beardless barley seed for sale.
Guy Huston, Eight Mile, Ore. 46-47p
Order your Baby Chicks now;
blood tested, light or heavy breeds;
also Bronze or Narangansett poults.
Custom hatching. Prices right Sud
darth Hatchery, Irrigon, Oregon.
Cash buyers of all kinds of live
stock. Heppner-Hermiston Livestock
and Poultry, Jack Osier, Heppner,
Phone Res. 11F5, office 302. 45-50p
10-ft. Oliver used disc plow. Beach
Equipment Co., Lexington. 45-47
For Sale 50 x 150 ft., good loca
tion for residence. A. J. Westhoff.
Vacant 3 rooms and bath, fur
nished; sun porch; reasonable. Bon
nie Cochran.
Don't throw away anything that
can be welded until I see it. W. F.
"Bill" Harlow, Heppner Blacksmith
and Machinery Shop. 40tf.
Good 6-room house for sale, part
ly furnished, $600. See J. O. Turner.
Gasoline, diesel and stove oil stor
age tanks. A stock in Pendleton at
Portland prices; terms. Beall Pipe
and Tank Corp., 1411 Raley St., Pen
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Briquets for sale at Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co.
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