Page Six 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 Heppner 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. 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