Thursday,' May 4, 1939
HARDMAN NEWS
State C. E. Reports
Given at Hardman
By HARDMAN HIGH SCHOOL
At Christian Endeavor the dele
gates who had attended the state
Christian Endeavor convention at
Salem gave their reports. The nine
delegates wore the blue capes and
caps, emblem of the Columbia un
ion. Mrs. Neal Knighten, Mrs. Mur
iel McCutcheon, Miss Alene Inskeep
and Joe Stevens gave their reports
and on next Sunday the other five
will report.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Reid and
Miss Pat Bleakman were shopping
in Heppner Saturday. .
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner enter
tained at dinner the Misses Vern
and Vera McDaniel, Rita Robinson
and Mildred Clary Friday evening.
Afterward they attended the show.
Mrs. Neal Knighten was shopping
in Heppner on Wednesday.
Mrs. Tom Mclntyre and Miss Pat
Bleakman drove to Heppner last
Friday for shopping and the music
festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers and
son Junior and Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Lovgren visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Al Lovgren Saturday af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lovgren and
Donna and Larry visited at the
Owen Leathers home over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Steers and
sons went to Winlock on Sunday.
"While there they visited Ed Med
lock and family. Mr. Medlock has
a large band of goats in fact 73
head which he milks twice daily
and ships the cream.
Carey Hastings returned the lat
ter part of the week from near Lew
iston, Idaho, where he has been
shearing sheep. He says that the
weather conditions are much bet
ter there than here, but they could
use a good rain.
Delbert Robinson has been visit
ing in Hardman this week before
he goes to the mountains with Ray
Wright's sheep.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson and
family were visiting at the B. H.
Bleakman and Earl Redding homes
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Buschke and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam
McDaniel at the mill. On the way
back they stopped and had dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Buschke.
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings and
Yvonne and Clarice visited at the
Harlan McCurdy ranch Sunday.
Carey is shearing there. Gay Harsh
man came back with them and is
staying a few days at the home of
Mrs. Ethel McDaniel.
Those attending the show Tues
day night were Mrs. Roy Robinson,
Mrs. Owen Leathers, Vern and Vera
McDaniel, Rita and Creston Rob
inson and Marvin Saddler.
B. H. Bleakman, Earl Redding
and Fan Miller came in from the
mine in the John Day country on
Thursday after some repairs, and
returned Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Oren McDaniel
moved to the Sam McDaniel place
in the mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Saling and
children moved to Bull Prairie where
Marion is stationed by the forest
service during the summer.
Victor Johnson and Shorty Dufault
were in town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald and
son Lewis came over from Board
man Thursday. Mrs. McDonald vis
ited her daughters in Heppner while
Mr. McDonald and Lewis went to
the mountains.
Rev. R. C. Young held church ser
vices Sunday afternoon. Following
churcfi, everybody went to the
place on Rock creek where baptism
was held. Those baptized were Nona
Inskeep, Ollie Hastings and Juanita
Byer.
Mrs. Bertha Rice and John Bellen
brock of Courtrock were visiting
for a few days at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lew Knighten last week.
A. D. Inskeep and Henry Graham
went to The Dalles Thursday. While
there they saw Tommy Graham. He
had the splints removed from his
hand which is still very stiff. Bob
Graham returned home with them.
Mrs. Dick Steers and Mrs. Carey
Hastings and other ladies entertain
ed the birthday club at the home of
Heppner
Mrs. Steers Wednesday afternoon I
in honor of Mrs. Oren McDanieL
Since the affair was a double one,
most of those present gave Mrs. Mc
Daniel "stork" presents also.
The ladies of the Birthday club
are disposing of a table cloth which
Mrs. Roy Robinson made and donat
ed for the purpose. The money raised
will be used to pay the balance on
the piano for the Christian Endeav
or. The remainder of the money will
go into the church repair fund.
The first of the week John Allen
returned from Jim Burnsides where
he has been working.
Guy Chapin spent the week end
here in town.
The carnival held at the Miller
building Saturday night will con
tinue Saturday, May 13.
On Saturday Mr. Turner, a piano
tuner from White Salmon, Wash.,
tuned two pianos, Mrs. Ethel Mc
Daniel's and the high school's.
May 1 was a glorious day as all
May Days should be. On last Friday
night, however, strong winds blew
for a short time, and there was a
slight rainfall. The spring flowers,
especially buttercups and dog-tooth
violets, are now to be found in the
woods. The farmers are badly in
need of a good rainfall.
Beekeeper, Produce
Licenses Now Due
Salem, April 12 Produce operator
licenses and bee registrations are
now due in Oregon, according to the
state department of agriculture. In
both cases the due date was April
1, but the department is making
some adjustments because of delays
caused by the long session of the
legislature, though insisting on im
mediate licensing.
Produce operators are being li
censed under the act passed by the
last legislature. Licenses are required
of wholesale produce dealers and
retail produce peddlers.
Approximately 1,800 application
blanks have been mailed to Oregon
beekeepers, says Frank McKennon,
plant industry chief of the depart'
ment. The new license period pro
vided in the act of the last legisUv
ture is thought to conform to the
desires of beekeepers for a later li
censing date so that they may de
termine how many colonies have
successfully carried through the
winter.
Ladak Alfalfa Increases Profits
Longer life shown by Ladak alfalfa
compared with other sorts is esti
mated to have been worth at least
$25,000 to Oregon growers in 1938,
according to E. R. Jackman, exten
sion specialist in farm crops at OSC.
Jackman reports that Ladak acreage
has increased from 852 in 1932 to
11,427 last year. It is not adapted to
western Oregon use but in eastern
Oregon it has the advantage of be
ing higher yielding, more wilt re
sistant, hardier and more drouth re
sistant, leafier, and has a higher
feeding value. It maintains a stand
three or four years longer longer
than most other kinds which lowers
cost of production.
Three variety trials have been
planted in Morrow county this year
by the county agent to give the far
mers an opportunity of seeing the
difference in growth, resistance to
wilt and hay quality. These trials
are planted on the W. N. Nickerson
farm at Boardman, the Earl Stew
ard farm at Irrigon and the Krebs
Bros, farm at Cecil.
Fertilizer trials are also estab
lished on these plantings and on
older plantings of alfalfa on the E.
E. Rugg farm on Rhea creek and
the Almon Geiss farm at Irrigon.
ROTC CONTEST MAY 19
Oregon State College This insti
tution will be host for the annual
ROTC competition for the govern
ors' trophy between units at Uni
versity of Oregon and here Friday,
May 19. Instead of the whote visit
ing corps being transported this year,
however, only the company actually
competing will come here from Eu
gene. Oregon State cadets won the
trophy last year in the first compe
tition and are busy preparing to de
fend their championship. The com
petition and military review will be
held on the intramural athletic field
as a feature of Campus weekend, and
with Governor C. A. Sprague and
other state dignitaries as guests.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
SSFalNEWS
State Income
Carkin Placing
Parole Board
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem Contrary to the popular
impression taxes constitute only a
minor portion of the monies neces
sary to finance the numerous func
tions of Oregon's state government.
A survey just completed by State
Treasurer Walter E. Pearson shows
that of the more than $137,000,000
collected and disbursed by the treas
ury department during the 1937-38
biennium only $35,900,000 came from
taxes property, income, inheritance,
gift and gasoline. Property taxes
collected by the state during the
two-year period amounted to only
$1,084,717 or approximately one per
cent of the biennial budget. The re
maining $101,000,000 came from fees,
fines, interest on loans and bank de
posits, contributions by the federal
government, proceeds of bond sales
and profits of the state's liquor mo
nopoly. Gasoline taxes topped the list of
revenue sources, contributing $22,
407,444 toward the support of state
government during the two-year
period. In addition Oregon motorists
contributed $8,248,040 in registration,'
mileage and gross revenue fees.
Uncle Sam contributed a total of
$13,366,275 toward state government
al activities during the biennium,
$7,188,048 of this amount going for
highway construction.
The gross income of the Liquor
Control commission during the bi
ennial period was $18,250,464 of
which $5,511,391.63 was profit from
the sale of liquor, fees and privilege
taxes,' practically all of which was
diverted to relief and public wel
fare. Other items entering into the
state's financial picture for the bi
ennium were:
Interest earned on common school
fund, $716,596;
Interest on bank deposits and se
curities, $126,138;
Interest on loans to war veterans,
$1,659,859;
Contributions by employers and
employees to workmen's compensa
tion fund, $8,555,056; ,
State's "take" from pari-mutuel
betting, dog and horse racing, $197,
400; Fees paid by insurance compan
ies, $1,624,724;
Fees paid by corporations, $655,
904; Fees collected by department of
agriclture, $506,380;
Fees collected by 28 so-called self
supporting boards and commissions,
$548,994;
Fishing and hunting licenses, $1,
052,049; Poundage and other fees paid by
commercial fishermen, $326,755;
Fees paid by students in higher
educational institutions, $662,719; en
dowments, $15,225;
Bond sales by highway depart
ment, $1,750,000;
Collections from relatives of wards
in state institutions, $265,879; col
lections by state department for sale
of law books, notarial commissions,
candidates' fees, etc., $79,851; fees
collected by department of labor,
$120,402; litigants' fees in circuit
courts, $44,763; divorce fees, $41,020;
supreme court fees, $9,709.
The state fair management has
asked the Works Progress adminis
tration for a grant of $103,808 to
finance construction of a central
power plant, a new entrance, a res
taurant building and other improve
ments on the fair grounds.
John H. Carkin, former state tax
commissioner, has been "taken care
of with a position in the public
utilities commission. Governor Spra
gue in confirming the report of Car
kin's employment explained that he
felt Carkin's experience on the tax
commission would make him a val
uable addition to the staff of the
public utilities commissioner.
Carkin was deposed as tax com
missioner in an eleventh hour coup
engineered by State Treasurer Hol
man with the assistance of Govern
or Martin who fell in with Holman's
proposal when he saw in it an op
Oregon
portunity to reward his executive
secretary, Wallace S. Wharton with
the post vacated by Carkin. Many
believe Carkin's employment in the
utilities commissioner is merely a
stepping stone to the commissioner
ship when, ultimately, N. G. Wal
lace retires from that post.
Another Republican was also re
warded for his services to the party
this week when Stuart Weiss of
Portland was employed by the In
dustrial Accident commission as col
lection attorney. Weiss was at one
time employed as an assistant to
the attorney general. He has been
active in Republican party affairs
for several years, serving as chair
man of the Multnomah county Re
publican central committee.
In G. W. Mason, Paul R. Kelty
and Roy S. (Spec) Keene it is gen
erally agreed, Governor Sprague
has found an unusually strong per
sonnel for his new parole board.
Mason whose home is in Portland,
is a member of the present parole
board. Kelty, former editor of the
Portland Oregonian, now retired,
lives at Lafayette, and Keene is
coach at Willamette university, Sa
lem. The board will meet soon to
organize preliminary to the selection
of its staff which will include a pa
role officer, assistant parole officer
and four field men. Headquarters of
the new parole organizaton will be
maintained in Salem with a branch
office in Portland.
,
Governor Sprague will not only
drive his own ar but he will do his
own driving. Both of Sprague's
predecessors Governors Meier and
Martin employed chaffeurs and
rode about the state in cars of ex
pensive make. Sprague continues to
get around in the same car he has
driven for the past three years which
he declares is still good enough for
his needs. A bill introduced in the
recent session authorizing the pur
chase of a car for the use of the gov
ernor was allowed to die in com
mittee when Sprague opposed the
move. He employed a combination
chauffeur and messenger during the
legislative session but this week dis
pensed with his service and proposes
to "drive his own" for the remainder
of his term.
At last the fight for repeal of the
milk control act is about to be car
ried to the voters. Senator Thos. R.
Mahoney of Portland, one of the
most active advocates of repeal of
this act at the recent session, has
filed a preliminary petition with the
state department for an ititiative
measure repealing the entire act. If
the requisite number of signatures
are secured the measure will go on
the ballot at the general election in
1940.
A delegation from the American
Legion appeared before the state
board of control this week to renew
their demand for preferential con
sideration of war veterans in filling
state jobs. O. E. Palmateer, former
state commander of the Legion, ex
plained that they were not asking
that all jobs be filled with war vet
erans but that they be given a fair
share of the jobs. A recent survey,
he said, showed that some state de
partments have no war veterans at
all on their payrolls while others
are employing a number of veter
ans. Palmateer said that Legion
leaders were opposing the move for
a general pension for veterans of the
World war, preferring to find jobs
for these men if possible.
Landscaping of the Oregon capitol
grounds, begun more than a year
ago, may not be completed for an
other two years.
With warm spring weather the
planting of lawn is now progressing
satisfactorily, and that phase may
be completed this year, but moving
of shrubs and finishing of the sunken
mall directly in front of the new
state house is expected to take much
longer.
Workmen are now busy putting
in new sidewalks, many of them
curving in graceful arcs through the
trees between the capitol and the
state office building to the east.
The broadening of the pension
program and cutting of qualifications
to an irreducible minimum was the
object of the state legislature in
changing the state relief committee
to a public welfare agency, Sen.
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Donald A. Jones said here.
Jones pointed out that the federal
government is no longer matching
state funds dollar for dollar on gen
eral relief, and added that the re
duction in match funds calls for
closer supervision of state money.
"Other revenue sources must be
found if the present expenditure is
continued into the next biennium,"
Jones said, adding that any attempt
to raise property taxes would be met
by a general tax strike.
Read G. T. Want Ads., You way
find a bargain in something needed.
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 with the will annexed of the
estate of Elizabeth Wente Bates,
deceased, and all persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same with proper vouchers
duly verified, to said administrator
at the law office of P. W. Mahoney,
at Heppner, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated and first published this 13th
day of April, 1939.
P. W. MAONEY,
Administrator With the Will
Annexed.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned administratrix of the
estate of John C. Swift, deceased,
has filed her final account of her
administration of said estate with
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County and
that said court has set Monday, the
8th day of May, 1939, at the hour of
10:00 a. m. of said day in the Coun
ty Court room at the Court House
at Heppner, Oregon, as the time and
place for hearing objections to said
final account and the settlement of
said estate and all persons having
objections thereto are hereby re
quired to file same with said court
on or before the time set for said
hearing.
Dated and first published this 6th
day of April, 1939. .
MARGARET M. SWIFT, .
Administratrix.
Want Ads
Best pigs on earth: a few purebred
Jersey Duroc small feeders left.
Hurry, going fast. Kinard McDaniel,
Rhea creek, 4 miles below Rugg's.
8 tf
High grade piano like new. Will
sacrifice for quick sale. Easy terms
to reliable party. Write Pendleton
Music House for further informa
tion. 7-8
Bargain in used Maytag. Easy
terms. Write Pendleton Music House.
7-8
12-room, well furnished house and
two apartments for sale, $2500. J. O.
Turner, city. 7tf
' For sale Old saddle horse, per
fectly gentle. Monte Bundy, city
Reconditioned Delco light plant,
1500 watt, 32 V, with nearly new
$150 batteries, $65 radio, electric
iron, and -horse motor. All for
$215 cash, terms or trade for young
stock cattle. Write Sam Moore, Her
miston, Ore. 6-8
For Sale Drag saw in good con
dition. See Salter at lone. 6tf
For sale or trade, DeLuxe Wind
charger, 10-ft. tower. Inquire this
office. 4tf
Wanted Steady employment by
unencumbered lady. Experienced in
cooking for crews of men, general
housework, practcal nursing, res
taurant and hotel work, cooking and
serving dinners. Best of references.
Inquire this office.
New Hampshire Red day-old
chicks ready for delivery March 26.
Also started White Leghorn cock
erels. Suddarth Hatchery, Irrigon,
Ore.
1000 tamarack posts, made from
butts of trees, for sale or trade for
cattle. W. H. French, Hardman. 47tf
Don't throw away anything that
can be welded until I see It W. F.
"Bill" Harlow, Heppner Blacksmith
and Machinery Shop. 40ti