Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, March 9, 1939
Page Two
UNDER THE O
CAPITOL DOME
By GILES L. FRENCH,
Representative for Gilliam, Mor
row, Sherman and Wheeler
Counties.
A majority of the house at this
time is in the same position and state
of mind as a man while he is wait
ing for his wife and daughter to
put on their hats and get ready to
go. Every man will recall many
such painful occasions.
Daughter ways and means com
mittee just has so much fixin' and
powdering and readjusting to do
while father house of representa
tives paces the hall in deep disgust.
Wife senate just dawdles along say
ing nothing and doing little to hurry
matters. How long the painful per
iod is to continue no one knows but
it probably depends on the short
ness of temper of the one who waits
and be it known that temper is
getting short.
The house reconsidered and passed
the two education bills this week
after beating one of them previously.
The vote was decisive but over in
the senate thev found stronger op
position, it is said, and at a public
hearing the opponents held them
tn he verv. verv bad. indeed.
A rough guess would indicate that
321. the reoreanization bill, would
the grade and be enacted
while 343. the eaualization bill, will
not be passed by the senate without
further amendments. The represent
atives of the valley counties say that
$1200 is too much money tor a scnooi
unit, entirelv overlooking the fact
that an increase in the quality of the
schools is the thought behind tne
bill.
The house reconsidered and passed
House Bill 502 with many members
having the understanding that the
bill would be amended in the sen
ate. The bill is another tax post
ponement bill similar in ideal to the
1935 and 1937 bills that relieved tax
payers from paying on time. It is
different in method as it provides
that any taxpayer may pay his cur
rent year's tax or promise to do so
and then may pay his delinquent
taxes in twenty semi -yearly install
ments. Thus if a person owed one
year's delinquent taxes he could
take ten years to pay them by pay
ing his current taxes each year.
Such measures have been popular
but now, after the governor has ve
toed bills having a similar purpose,
it is almost certain that this meas
ure will not become law.
The land use bill that permits the
organization of districts for erosion
control purposes passed the house
this week with but four dissenting
votes and was sent over to the sen
ate where it has a more rocky road
to travel as the chairman of the ag
ricultural committee, to which it
was sent, is opposed to the measure.
It is hoped that it can be moved out
of committee by its friends here and
over the state but, as the funny
strips quote, "Time's a wastin'."
The Morrow county bill to permit
the use of Ditch creek water by far
mers along Willow creek has passed
both houses and will probably be
signed by the governor when he can
get around to it.
The five-minute rule has been
invoked in the house but it does not
stop all oratory for it is permissable
to yield time to a speaker. The thing
that has reduced the talking time of
the perennial orators is the fact
that so many won the debate and
lost the vote. Now they make their
remarks snappy and mora to the
point and it saves time and is much
easier on the ear drums of the mem
"bers. The house has little work remain
ing of an important nature. Monday
there were but eight bills on third
reading to be passed but com
mittee reports and moves to do this
and that took up nearly the whole
day. Tuesday there was a like num
ber of bills up and, as committees
are not putting out much in the way
of bills, there will probably be light
calendars from now on. We are just
waiting for the ways and means
bills and they are trying to bal
nnpo the books and for the much
worked over PUD bill which was
debated in the senate Wednesday.
It probably will not be long in the
house for house members are watch
ing it and the house committee has
attended the hearings.
LEXINGTON NEWS
Lex Second at
District Tourney
By MARGARET SCOTT
The Lexington Jackrabbits placed
second in the basketball tournament
held in Fossil last Friday and Satur
day. The Fossil team, winner of the
tourney, will play in the district
meet at Arlington. On Friday af
ternoon the Lexington quintet got
off to a fine start by defeating Ir
rigon by a score of 40 to 25. On Sat
urday afternoon Lexington defeated
Boardman, the team that defeated
Heppner on Friday, to qualify for
the championship game. Ken Jack
son was high point man on Friday
and Bob Campbell was high point
man Saturday night.
Cora Warner has returned to her
home after visiting in Moscow,
Idaho.
W. B. Tucker and son Woodrow
and Billie Nichols left Friday morn
ing for Porland to be with Mrs.
Kenneth Smouse who underwent i
major operation in a Portland hos
pital. Woodrow returned home Sun
day morning and reports that Mrs.
Smouse is getting along as well as
can be expected.
Laverne Henderson is ill at her
home and Mr. Henderson's mother
is with her.
Dr. G. W. Millett and family of
Portland and Etta Millet of Mon
mouth were Sunday visitors at the
George Peck home.
Charles Storey and Guy Glass-
gow of Spokane were auditing books
at the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers, Inc., last week.
Mrs. A. F. Majeske attended a 4-H
club leaders convenion in Union last
week.
Roy Johnston has been transferred
to the position of road foreman in
the Buena Vista CCC camp at Burns,
Although Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and
son Duane will be missed in the
community their many friends are
glad that Mr. Johnston has been
chosen for such a large advancement
in his work.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dueltgen and
son Bobby were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. James Leach Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Nettie Davis was a Portland
visitor last week.
Elsie Cowins of Heppner visited
at the Geo. Allyn home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cole of Pateras,
Wash., were week-end visitors at
the Harvey Bauman home.
Among townspeople attending the
high school basketball tournament
at Fossil . Friday and Saturday were
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Jackson, Dona Barnett,
Trina Parker, George and Ellwynne
Peck, Oris Padberg and Roy Camp
bell. Many of the local people have
taken a great interest in the lone
skating rink and enjoyed skating
during the week end.
Union Sunday school at 10 a. m
and church at 11 a. m. Sunday at
the Christian church, with C. E. at
6:30 p. m. in the Congregational
church.
Zelma and Lola Bundy, formerly
of here who are now employed at
Rainier, were visiting friends and
relatives here last week.
School News
By Jerrine Edwards
Several grade school students
have returned to school after being
absent with whooping cough.
We are all looking forward to a
swell time on the night of March
25, the night of the school carnival,
when the school gymnasium will be
filled with all sorts of carnival
booths and a large crowd df people.
Rita Cutler cooked the hot lunches
last week. Erda Pieper is cooking
this week.
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