Thursday, May 18, 1939
Sal NEWS
Utilities Change
New Buildings
o Highway Plan
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem Resignation of N. G. Wal
lace as public utilities commissioner
and appointment of O. R. Bean of
Portland as his successor has quieted
speculation as to Governor Sprague's
intentions in that direction, but the
change in department heads has only
served to increase the uneasiness
felt by the commission's small ar
my of employees. While it is not be
lieved the new commissioner will go
in for any general housecleaning
there are a number of highly lucra
tive jobs in the department now be
ing held by democrats which look
mighty tempting to republican pa
triots who are becoming impatient
at the administration's delay in dis
tributing what they regard as the
rightful spoils of a partisan victory.
Judge Wallace's resignation was
not entirely unexpected. While Gov
ernor Sprague had indicated no in
tention of removing the commis
sioner for whom he held a high per
sonal regard, Wallace's health was
such as to force his retirement.
Over in the Department of Agri
culture the situation is entirely dif
ferent. The re-appointment of J. D.
Mickle as director has served to quiet
the tension that has prevailed in the
department for the past several
months. This appointment did con
tain an element of surprise inas
much as it had been pretty gener
ally understood that Mickle who
has been in the service of the state
for many years, was about ready to
retire to private life and only await
ed the selection of a successor be
fore stepping out of the picture.
The Board of Control this past
week gave its approval to plans for
two new building projects. One of
these was the new dining room and
hospital to be constructed at the
state prison proper. The other was
the new dormitory to be constructed
on the site of the prison annex, five
miles south of Salem and which will
house first offenders sentenced to
short terms for minor crimes. This
latter project calls for a three-story
concrete building 52 by 150 feet in
size with dormitory accommodations
for 200 prisoners, all of whom will
be employed in the farming activities
of the prison. Prison labor will be
employed in the construction of both
buildings.
The 1939 session laws will be
ready for distribution in about ten
days. The 555 new laws enacted by
the recent session will cover 1275
pages and will constitute the largest
volume of its kind in the history of
Oregon.
Evert's Oregon Almanac, a pho
tostatic copy of which has just been
secured bv the state library, reveals
the fact that the needs of the poor
was one of the first considerations of
of the earliest settlers of this Pacific
northwest country. In the first pub
lic meeting held by the settlers
south of the Columbia river, pro
vision was made for the appoint
ment of two "overseers of the poor."
This meeting was held in the Amer
ican Mission station on February
17, 1841.
Oregon's industrial curve points
definitely upward, according to sta
tistics compiled by the Industrial
Accident commission. Business in
this state during the first 4 months
of 1939 was better than for any sim
ilar oeriod during the past ten years
with the exception of 1937. Industrial
payrolls for the four month period
aggregated $46,884,797, an increase
of approximately $2,500,000 over the
same period in 1938. Oregon indus
tries employed 109,400 men during
April this year or 7000 more than
were given employment in the same
industries in April of last year.
The recommendation of Thos. H.
MacDonald. chief of the federal bu
reau of public roads, for a system of
interregional highways is the great
est forward movement for highway
development that has been suggest
ed since the original federal aid
highway act of 1917, in the opinion
Heppner
of R. H. Baldock, Oregon's state
highway engineer.
At the direction of the highway
commission Baldock has written each
member of the Oregon delegation in
Congress urging their support of the
MacDonald program which calls for
the utilization of present free traffic
facilities through reconstruction to
meet modern needs.
Improvement of the Pacific high
way and the Columbia river highway-Old
Oregon Trail in Oregon
would be included in MacDonald's
program
"The most pressing highway prob
lems in Oregon today," Baldock de
clared in his letter to the Oregon
congressmen, "are the moderniza
tion of the. upper' Columbia river
highway and the building of high
way arterials into and thru cities."
In order that prisoners now in the
Oregon penitentiary shall not be
discriminated against through oper
ation of the new indeterminate sen
tence act which becomes effective
June 14 Governor Sprague has let
it be known that he will resort to
his authority to extend executive
clemency to prisoners whose sen
tences are shown to have been Un
duly harsh. The governor has in
structed his parole board to review
the record of all prisoners now in the
institution and to make recommen
dations in such cases as the board
may regard as entitled to the gov
ernor's attention. A difference of
opinion exists among attorneys as to
the effect of the new law on old
prisoners. Some of the sponsors of
the measure are of the opinion that
the act is retroactive. Others dis
agree. Attorney General Van Win
kle in a memorandum opinion to the
parole board gave it as his view that
the act will not apply to prisoners
sentenced pior to the effective date
of the new law which will be June
14.
While the state will pay a total of
$1,771,287 interest on its outstand
bonds this year this amount repre
sents a reduction of $1,150,000 from
the state's interest bill at the peak
of its debt load back in 1928. The
state's bonded debt has been reduced
in the 11-year period from $66,062,
810 to $40,425,660. This latter figure
includes $17,841,750 in highway
bonds, $20,375,000 in veterans' bonus
bonds, $81,000 in farm credit bonds
and $2,127,910 in irrigation district
interest bonds.
The new state parole board which
met here last week at an informal
conference with Governor Sprague,
is spending this week visiting penal
institutions in the state of Wash
ington and conferring with parole
officials of that state which has been
operating for several years under
the same parole system which Ore
gon is just adopting. The new parole
board will be vested with outright
parole powers and will meet in Sa
lem once a week to give consider
ation to cases demanding their at
tention. Selection of a parole di
rector and staff of office and field
workers will probably not be made
for another ten days or two weeks.
State Treasurer Walter E. Pear
son has figured it out that the tax
payers of this state have contributed
a total of $46,667,821.57 to coupon
clippers who invested their savings
in Oregon bonds since this state first
entered upon its big spending orgy
back in 1917.
USDA Reports Wool
Carryover Fourth Less
(Special to the Gazette Times)
Washington, D. C, May 15 Favor
able outlook for disposal of the new
wool crop is announced by the de
partment of agriculture. The de
partment bases its judgment on the
relatively small domestic carry-over
in the current season and the fairly
high level of domestic mill consump
tion in 1939.
Stocks of apparel wool held in the
United States on ranches, by dealers
and manufacturers on April 1 was
reported one-fourth smaller than
April 1 last year. According to the
bureau, the wide spread between
domestic and foreign prices during
recent months has attracted a large
volume of imports, the largest im
portation in these months in any of
the five years 1931 to 1935.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Washington, D. C, May 18 In the
large, rambling department of agri
culture building it covers many
acres, houses thousands a small,
select board is studyng the map to
ascertain how much land Uncle Sam
has acquired and taken from the
tax rolls of counties. Decision of
these officials may bring substantial
dollars into county treasuries and
afford an unexpected source of rev
enue. There are a couple of bills in
congress which provide the federal
government shall pay something in
lieu of taxes for "conservation
lands." The board is researching to
learn the number of acres .and what
the cost to the government Pend
ing this report, the house committee
on agriculture is marking time, will
do nothing at the request of Henry
A. Wallace, secretary.
Under . this legislation, Harney
county might receive something for
the land acquired by the govern
ment and used for a wildlife refuge
at Malheur lake. In purchasing this
land the government caused a tax
loss to that county. Deschutes
would have some compensation for
the timber recently purchased and
added to the Ochoco forest and the
prospective acquisition of land in
vicinity of Sister. Lake county could
expect a little for private land that
went into the antelope reserve in
the Hart Mountain district. These
are instances of possible benefits
under the contemplated legislation.
While application would be prin
cipally in the 11 western states, many
other states have lost property off
the taxroll when the government
stepped in to carry out some con
servation program. School districts
have suffered from this loss of tax
able property; some districts have
folded up.
One proposal is a straight 10 cents
an acre a year to be paid to counties
where the land is located. Another
is a complicated method of compen
sation which few members of con
gress who have read the bill under
stand. The board designated by Sec
retary Wallace is seeking to work
out a plan and if the amount is not
too large, nor payments do not con
stitute a precedent, they may make
a favorable report and again they
may not. Anyway, there is a gamb
ling chance for the taxpayers.
President Roosevelt will step on
foreign soil next month when he
dines with King George VI in the
British embassy. The ground of the
embassy is as much British as any
part of the empire, just as the So
viet embassy is part of Russia and
the French embassy part of France,
President Hoover dined with the
king of Siam when the latter was a
Washington visitor, but the Siamese
rented a private home.
Only 800 residents of Washington
will be invited to meet the King and
Queen at the embassy at a garden
party. Gentlemen have been warned
NOT to offer to shake the King's
hand and to bow twice when ap
preaching him, and to make their
exit walking backward. Ladies can
courtsy, if they desire, but if they
do they must kneel with the left
foot backward. The press will not
be admitted.
One of the aspirants for a presi
dential nomination next year had a
speech prepared denouncing the size
of the agricultural bill. He was
about to take the floor when he
mentioned it to a colleague. The col
league, an astute chap, reminded the
candidate that he comes from a farm
state in the midwest and such an at
tack would cost him the farm vote.
Without comment the aspirant re
turned the typewritten manuscript
to his desk and locked it there. He
Oregon
was that close to blowing up his
own boom.
Farm bloc members are asking
an embarrassing question. They
want to know why the administra
tion insists that a processing tax
should be levied to meet parity pay
ments yet there was no mention of
special taxes to meet the billion dol
lar national defense bill. As a matter
of fact, White House advisors have
talked of a special levy to meet some
of the cost of the national defense
program.
,
A motorist was arrested in the na
tional capital because the police
found him using an American flag
as a seat cover. He was charged with
desecrating the flag. There is a
movement a-foot to confine the use
of Old Glory to naval vessels and
prohibit its use by merchant craft.
Every cabinet member has his own
special flag which is displayed with
the stars and stripes. The design is
also painted upon the door of their
official automobile.
Fossil Skull Reveals
Sea Turtles Were Huge
Oregon State College Huge sea
turtles that weighed from 1500 to
2000 pounds once frequented the
Oregon shore, probable around 20
million years ago when three-toed
horses roamed central Oregon and
lava flows from immense volcanoes
were destroying ancient forests in
the Columbia river basin.
The existence of the gigantic tur
tles has been brought to light by the
finding some weeks ago of a large
fossilized skull in the mouth of Spen
cer creek north of Newport, which
has been identified by Dr. E. L.
Packard, paleontologist at Oregon
State college.
Dr. Packard, after searching sci
entific literature and even examin
ing related specimens in California
museums, has determined that the
Oregon fossil is from a turtle some
what closely related to the leather
back sea turtles which now live in
tropical seas. He believes that the
Oregon form represents a hitherto
undescribed genus as well as being
a larger turtle than has previously
been reported.
This Oregon turtle greatly ex-
cedeed in size the gigantic galapagos
tortoises and was fully a third larger
than the leather back captured off
the California coast more than 30
years ago.
The skull has been loaned by its
finder, Henry Kuhl, to the college
for further study and scientific des
cription.
Weed Control Program Pushed
Redmond A definitely planned
program of control of noxious weeds,
with emphasis on clean cultivation
as the cheapest method, is being
conducted in Deschutes county un
der the direction of County Agent
Gus Hagglund. Where chemicals are
needed some county aid is provided
individual farmers.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis AIL
stott, born at Heppner hospital last
week, has been named Ronald Keith.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an order of the Coun
ty Court, dated May 4, 1939, I am
authorized and directed to advertise
and sell at public auction, at not less
than the minimum price herein set
forth after each parcel or tract:
SEy4NWy4, NEy4SWy4, Section
32, Township 4 South, Range 24
East of Willamette Meridian.
Minimum price, $80.00 cash.
Therefore, I will, on the 27th day
of May, 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 bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN,
Sheriff, Morrow County, Oregon.
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, executor
of the Last Will and Testament of
J. H. Parker, deceased, and all per
sons having claims against the estate
of said deceased are hereby required
to present the same with proper
vouchers duly verified, to said ex
ecutor at his office in Heppner, Ore
Page Seven
gon, within 6 months from the date
of first publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this 11th
day of May, A. D. 1939.
W. VAWTER PARKER,
Executor of the of the Last Will
and Testament of J. H. Par
ker, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of the Estate of Ern
est E. Clark, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GTVEN:
That the undersigned has been duly
appointed administratrix of the Es
tate of Ernest E. Clark, deceased, by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County, and that
she has duly qualified as such ad
ministratrix. NOW, THEREFORE, all persons
having claims against said estate are
hereby notified and required to pre
sent the same, together with the
proper vouhers therefor, to the un
dersigned at the law offices of G.
Russell Morgan in the Court House
at Hillsboro, Oregon, or at the resi
dence of Edw. D. Clark, approxi
mately one mile north of Heppner,
Morrow County, Oregon, within six
months from the date hereof.
Dated at Heppner, Oregon, this
10th day of May, 1939.
LAURA B. MORGAN,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Ernest E. Clark, Deceased.
G. RUSSELL MORGAN,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Attorney for Administratrix.
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5.50 x 20 and 5.25 x 17 used tires
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Special for 10 Days Car washed
and vacuum cleaned inside for $1.50.
Rosewall-Gentry Motor Company,
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RELIABLE MAN WANTED to
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No experience or capital required.
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FURST & THOMAS, 426 3rd St.,
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15 head 2-yr.-old purebred white
face Hereford heifers for sale; some
with calves, others to calve soon.
L. Redding, Eight Mile. 10-12p
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Best pigs on earth: a few purebred
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8 tf
12-room, well furnished house and
two apartments for sale, $2500. J. O.
Turner, city. 7tf
For sale Old saddle horse, per
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For Sale Drag saw in good con
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For sale or trade, DeLuxe Wind
charger, 10-ft. tower. Inquire this
office. 4tf
New Hampshire Red day-old
chicks ready for delivery March 26.
Also started White Leghorn cock
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Ore.
Don't throw away anything that
can be welded until I see it. W. T.
"Bill" Harlow, Heppner Blacksmith
and Machinery Shop. 40tf.