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Sal NEWS
o Duncan Refusal
o Rural PUD
o New Fund-Splitting
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem Senate President Robert
M. Duncan eliminated himself as a
possible future contender for the
governorship of Oregon this week
when, after four days devoted to
pinch-hitting for Governor Sprague
he told capitol news men that he
"wouldn't have the office as a reg
ular job if it was presented to me
on a silver platter."
The central Oregon legislator found
the office beset by too many petty
annoyances to suit him, people look
ing for jobs, relatives of prisoners
pleading for pardons and paroles.
Duncan has been prominently
mentioned as the Republican can
didate for Congress against Walter
M. Pierce, Democratic incumbent.
So far, however, he has himself re
fused to discuss the proposal.
Some time within the next two
weeks the Oregon Hydroelectric
commission is expected to decide
whether or not the rural area of
Hood River county can proceed with
the organization of a peoples' utility
district At the election last month
the city of Hood River rejected the
proposal to organize a PUD, thus
eliminating itself from the project.
The rural areas, however, voted in
favor of the district and its spon
sors are now urging the Hydroelec
tric commission to give the neces
' sary approval. At a hearing before
the commission in Salem Friday
proponents and opponents of the
proposed district were about evenly
divided, with representatives of the
grange supporting the project and
representatives of the Farm Bureau
and Taxpayers League opposed.
Fewer transients sought jobs in
Oregon this year than usual, accord
ing to John Cooter, farm placement
director. During the first six months
this year, Cooter points out, there
were only 17,565 out-of-state work
ers registered with the state em
ployment service compared to 32,
563 registrations during the first
half of 1938.
More than 55 per cent of the farms
of Oregon now enjoy electric ser
vice, according to a survey just
completed by O. R. Bean, public
utilities commissioner. Bean's fig
ures show that 33,770 Oregon farms
are now being served by private
electric utilities. This is an increase
of 4559 farms during the past year,
It is estimated that another 200
farms are served by the three mu
nicipally operated electric plants
while no figures are available on
the number of farms being served
by the Rural Electrification admin'
istration.
After a visit to Sacramento and a
conference with budget officials of
that state David Eccles, Oregon's
budget master, is convinced that
Oregon has much to be thankful for.
After the last legislature got through
financing state activities, Eccles
points out, the California state bud
get was $40,000,000 out of balance.
This deficit which does not appear
to worry California officials at all,
is three times as great as the total
appropriations approved by the Ore
gon legislature. With 35,000 people
on the state's payroll California has
a personnel department which does
nothing but hire and fire employees
of the numerous state departments
and ' institutions. This department
operates on a biennial budget of
$500,000, an amount sufficient to op
erate almost any of Oregon's state
institutions.
Multnomah county stands to lose
more than $115,000 a year in high
way revenues through the opera
tion of amendments written into the
law by the last legislature, Appor
tionment of highway revenues for
the first six months of 1939 just com
pleted by Secretary of State Snell
shows that Multnomah county this
year will receive only $624,235.79
from this source compared to $754,-
453.61 under the former apportion
ment. Heretofore county apportion
ments from the highway fund have
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been based on motor vehicle regisr
trations in 1931. The new law pro-,
vides for the apportionment to be
made on the basis of current regis
trations. Most counties in the state are
gainers under the new apportion
ment. Especially is this true in the
case of Marion, Lane, Washington,
Yamhill, Malheur, Linn, Lincoln and
Klamath counties. On the other
hand, a number of counties suffer
under the new deal These include
Benton, Gilliam, Harney, Jackson,
Jefferson, Morrow,' Polk, Sherman,
Tillamook, Umatilla, Union and
Wasco. For the most part, however,
these losses are small. In a few in
stances, notably Polk and Benton
counties, these losses are accounted
for, in part at least, through a pro
vision in the law which requires that
motor vehicle registrations be cred
ited on the basis of the post office
address. (
The July apportionment of $800,000
includes the following payments to
counties: (figures in parenthesis
show the amounts the county would
have received on the old basis of
apportionment) : Benton, $14,393.34
($14,730.25) ; Clackamas, $38,927.38
(34,851.17); Columbia, $14,265.67
($13,176.41); Coos, $23,963.94 ($21,
716.47); Deschutes $13,814.43 ($12,-
237.69); Douglas, $19,002.55 ($17,756.
80); Hood River, $9,718.09 ($8,962.38);
Josephine, $12,989 ($10,098.79); Mal
heur, $13,840.85 ($8,455.31); Marion,
$60,280.76 ($51,697.33); Morrow, $3,
488.83 ($3,689.83); Multnomah $249,
694.31 ($301,781.44); Polk, $11,974.27
$12,453.24); Sherman, $2,412.46 ($2,
540.16); Wasco, $11,045.19 ($11,331,-
72); Washington, $28,485.11 ($24,-
425.99); Yamhill, $20,415.69 ($18,
501.86.) -
A financial statement showing an
estimated $18,000 in state funds as
necessary to completion of the cap
itol project has been prepared by
the Board of Control and submitted
to members of the State Emergency
board. The estimate includes a def
icit of $3894 accruing through con
tracts already let; $5000 for land
scaping the supreme court grounds
and Waverly park, and approximate
ly $10,000 for the purchase of two
flag poles and additional furniture
for the state house, this latter item
including a couple dozen bronze cus
pidors, two bronze jardiniers and
10 marble benches for the House and
Senate lobbies. Approval of the
emergency appropriations, members
of the Board of Control point out,
will enable the state to take advant
age of a balance of $8462.50 remain
ing in the PW allotment for the cap
itol project.
Daily average wage paid to work
ers in Oregon industries during June
was $4.49, the highest in the past ten
years, according to statistics com
piled by the State Industrial Acci
dent commission. Industrial activit
ies in Oregon for the first half of
1939 was far above that for 1938, rec
ords of the commission show.
The State Land board has decided
to do a little prospecting on its min
ing claim in Douglas county. The
board has approved the expenditure
of $250 in constructing a ditch across
its property in an effort to locate
a quicksilver vein. The property
adjoins that of the Bonanza mines
which has been operating for several
years with an estimated gross re
turn of approximately $1000 a day.
KOY-KOAC Case
Decision Delayed
Oregon State College The Fed
eral Communications commission has
deferred final action on the radio
KOY-KOAC case, pending disposi
tion of applications for increases of
power on the 550-kilocycle frequen
cy, O. S. C. officials have been notl
fied. KOY has had an application
pending for more than a year to use
the KOAC frequency, a request
which is being vigorously opposed
by the college, licensee of the state'
owned station.
KOAC has an application pending
for a permit to increase the power
from the present 1000-watt limit to
5000 watts. The 1939 Oregon legis
lature appropriated funds for this
expansion in the interests of better
radio service to the entire state.
It is understood that station KFYR
at Bismark, N. D., has also applied
for permission to increase power,
Gazette Times, Heppner,
Washington, D. C, July 20 Write
it in the book that President Roose
velt will have the kind of neutrality
bill he is asking from congress. Basis
for this prediction is the fact that
Mr. Roosevelt manages, somehow, to
get what he wants. Once he has an
objective he cannot be prevented
from achieving it. The man perists
until he wins.
Defeated in his supreme court bill
he has since attained part of his plan
through death and resignations and
had staffed the court with new deal
ilberals. Defeated in his effort for
reorganization of government bu
reaus, he has won out and grouped
in three new agencies an assortment
of bureaus which were over-lapping.
Defeated in his monetary au
thority, he has recaptured control
over the dollar. Defeated in his de
sire for a neutrality law which he
believes will restrain dictators from
starting war in August or Septem
ber, the best guess is that he will
force congress to come through.
The reason Mr. Roosevelt is suc
cessful in dealing with hostiles in
congress where his predecessors
failed, is that he is a better politi
cian. If he encounters a reverse, he
does not retreat. Instead he bides his
time until the stage is set and then
goes smashing through.
Being president is a man-killing
job and eight years saps the vitality
of any incumbent serving that long,
yet Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt,
mother of the president, declares he
is physically fit for another four
years. White House physician Ross
Mclntyre (Oregon boy), attests that
Mr. Roosevelt is in the pink, never
theless Roosevelt children have said
they hope their father will not serve
a third term as they are solicitous
of his health. Then along come the
pessimists and point to the record:
every president elected in a year
ending with "0" dies in office. Thus
1940 should be a hoodoo year for
whoever is elected.
They call it "the big bill," the 3.6
billion dollar self-liquidating loan
proposal of Mr. Roosevelt. There is
plenty of opposition to it, but the
president wants it enacted before
adjourntment. In it is suggested
$460,000,000 for the rural electrifica
tion rogram. For fiscal year 1940
congress appropriated $40,000,000 for
this purpose; there are applications
for $60,000,000 more than the appro
priation. Among the applications are
many Oregon and Washington com
munities.
Farmers availing themselves of
REA spend approximately $100 for
wiring and $200 for appliances dur
ing the first six months he receives
electric service. Additional expend!
tures come later as the farmer learns
how convenient the power is. Farm
plumbing installation is about $200,
A survey shows that on REA pro
jects 86 per cent of the consumers
have purchased radios, 81 per cent
bought electric irons, 47 per cent
purchased washing machines, 25
per cent bought refrigerators, 17 per
cent installed water pumps. Secre
tary of griculture Wallace points out
that farmers, through REA, are aid
ing business of the manufacturers
of appliances.
Next year there will be 13,000,000
or 10.04 per cent of the population
aged 60 years and over; there will
be 8,311,000 aged 65 years and over,
or 6.30 per cent In conference now
is an amendment to the social se'
curity act to increase old-age bene'
fits. Rolls of the aged receiving fed'
eral-state aid last month, June, were
1,848,700. Average amount being paid
at present in Oregon is $21.30; in
Washington, $22.10; California, $32.
50; Idaho, $21.75; lowest, Arkansas,
$6.15. Proposed amendments aim to
increase these amounts. The revised
Oregon
Townsend bill defeated a few months
ago was calculated to give approx
imately $40 monthly. Important part
of the proposed social security
amendment is to start making pay
ments under this act next January
instead of in 1942. In this fund, June
1, there was $1,098,814,347, of which
17 millin dollars came from 3 per
cent interest on treasury securities.
Looks like a happy New Year for
several million elderly people.
More mountain lions were killed
in Oregon last year than in any
other state or Alaska. In total take
of fur-bearing animals, Oregon ranks
19thr Washington 22nd. Oregon take
was 66,800 animals of 13 species;
muskrats numbered 49,100; mink,
6600, common skunks, 3600. Wash
ington take was 50,300 animals of 16
species; muskrats, 35,159; minks 5,
200; coyotes 3000.
New policy of the Federal Surplus
Commodities corporation will aid
truck garden farmers. The plan is
to buy in farmers' markets fresh
vegetables during certain periods of
surplus production, as a means of
assisting vegetable growers engaged
in efforts to improve marketing con
ditions. All vegetables bought by
FSCC will be given to state welfare
agencies for distribution to needy
families.
This week the government will
launch an experiment to seek farm-
source motor fuels. The experiments
will be undertaken with a view to
making liquid, gaseous and solid
motor fuels from potatoes, com,
wheat, beans and other crops. Ob
ject: to find cheaper motor fuel and
develop new uses for crops which
are frequently surplus.
Professional
Directory
George M. Gibson
ACCOUNTANT
Made-to-Measure Systems In
stalled Continuous Service
Monthly Statements, Income Tax
Returns, etc.
106 Water St Phone 545
Heppner Blacksmith
fir Machine Shop
Expert Welding and Repairing
L. H. HARLOW, Mgr.
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
535 MEAD BUILDING
6th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Norse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract fir Title Co.
INC.
' ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In New Peters Building
F. W. Turner fir Co.
FIBS, AUTO AND LIFE
INSURANCE
OU Lime OemyMrtM Reel Batata
Heppner, Oregon
Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Build, WUtow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Laurence Case
Mortuary
"Juet the serriee wanted
wkea you wat It moat"
Thursday, July
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone, 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
Dr. Raymond Rice
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office
First National Bank Building
Office Phone 523 House Phone 828
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr.
BATES REASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Ore.
P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
J. 0. Peterson
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches . Clocks Diamonds
Expert Watch and Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Vawter Parker
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Dr. Richard C. Lawrence
DENTIST
Modern equipment including X-ray
for dental diagnosis
Extraction by gas anesthetic
First National Bank Building
Phone 662 Heppner, Ore,
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Fhysioian & Surgeon
FHIST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Rec Phone 1162 Office Phone 492
HEPPNER, OREGON
W. M. Eubanks
Representing
KERR, GIFFORD & CO., INC.
on Heppner Branch
V. R. Runnion
AUCTIONEER
Farm Sales and Livestock a Specialty
406 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 452
MAKE DATES AT MY EXPENSE
Frank C. Alfred
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Telephone 442
Rooms 8-4
First National Bank Building
HEPPNER, OREGON
Peterson fir Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fraotica la State and Federal Oourte
Real Estate
Geaerel Line of Insurance and
Bends
W. M. EUBANKS
Votary Futile
Phone (3
lone. Ore.
FOB BIST MABXBT FBICBS for
your new or old wheat, see
CORNETT GREEN
for grain stored In Heppner and
Lexington,
ELMER GRIFFITH
at lone for rest of Branch
Representing Balfour, On tarts Oo.