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Page Six Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon Thursday, July 27, 1939 NEWS o PUD Bond Sale o 659 Traffic Arrests o Jobless Fraud By A. L. LINDBECK Salem The experience of the city of Cascade Locks in its sale of bonds with which to finance construction of electric transmission lines , is re garded by tjrovernor oprague as complete vindication of his stand before the last legislature in insist ing upon competitive bidding for PUD bonds. Several months ago Cascade Locks negotiated a private sale of a $79, 000 block of 4 per cent bonds at a bid of .95. The supreme court, how ever, upset the deal in a recent opin ion which held that the bond issue must be advertised and thrown open to competition. Under competitive bidding the city has just sold the same issue to yield Vi per cent at a bid of .98 to the same firm. The bonds are to mature serially over a period of 20 years, but are callable after three years. If allowed to run their entire course the city will realize a saving of approximately $2000 in interest payments alone by reason of the better bid received when the bonds were thrown open to competition. While the Cascade Locks bond is sue was not subject to the new PUD law the same principle applies, according to Governor Sprague. Grange leaders and representa tives of the Bonneville administra tion contended vigorously for pri vate sale of PUD bonds on the ground that such a procedure would make for more advantageous sale of PUD securities. Commenting on the Cascade Locks sale the governor pointed out that the city not only got a better bid for its bonds through competition but also saved any broker's commission that would have been necessary un der a private sale. Discovery of a deed issued in 1870 has saved the old depot at Gervais, Under terms of the deed the South ern Pacific railroad in return for right-of-way and several blocks of ground in the city of Gervais agreed to maintain a depot there "perma nently." The company this week notified the Public Utilities com missioner that it had withdrawn its application for permisson to aban don the agency at that point and to close the depot. Personnel of the field staff of the new parole set-up was announced this week by Fred S. Finsley, state parole director. It includes Kenneth W. Dalton, 32, Salem; Joseph R. Sil ver, 30, Newberg; Hey C. Korgan, 47, Portland, and Perry H. Price, 33, Eugene. A total of 659 motorists were ar rested by state police during June for violation of traffic laws. Warn ings were issued to 7516 other mo torists for minor infractions of the rules of the roacj. Failure to secure an operator's license resulted in the arrest of 121 motorists. Governor Sprague established some kind of a new record when in opening the big trap shoot at Salem last week he missed only two tar gets which is exactly the same num ber missed by Frank Troeh of Port land in winning the world's cham pionship two days later. Of course, it should be explained that, the governor shot at only two targets while Troeh shot at 200, breaking 198 of them. J. D. Mickle, director of the state department of agriculture, has an nounced the appointment of C. W. McNamer of Heppner as brand in spector for Morrow county. The ap pointment was made in compliance with an act of the last legislature requiring the inspection of all live stock intended for shipment out of the state. Brand inspection is also required for livestock destined for shipment out of the county in all eastern Oregon counties and in Jo sephine, Douglas and Jackson coun ties west of the Cascades. Another prospect for enrichment of the state's common school fund STATE . CAPITAL went glimmering this week when Miss Nadie Strayer of Baker advised the State Land Board that she was abandoning gold mining operations in the Snake river midway between Huntington and Robinette. Under an agreement with the state board Miss Strayer's company was to pay the state a royalty on any gold taken from the stream. Plans for acquisition of the prop erties of the Mountain States Power company in Tillamook county were discussed here last week by officials of the Tillamook county peoples util ity district in a conference with R. Bean, Oregon utilities commis sioner. The PUD, officials also con ferred with State Engineer Chas, Pi I 1' 1. i . . oxnciain reiauve to tne expansion of the district and were advised that this could only be accomplished through an election in which bot! the district and the voters in the territory to be annexed express their approval. The Tillamook district, or ganized in 1933, is one of two such districts in Oregon. Charges that immoral practices are common among inmates of the state prison are denied by Warden Geo. Alexander. The charges. made by former prisoner brought a delega tion of Portland men headed by Bishop Benjamin Dagwell of the Episcopal church to Salem for conference with Governor Spragui and Warden Alexander this week, It is understood the investigation was dropped after Alexander con vinced the delegation the ex-con vict was a perennial trouble-maker with a record in several penal in stitutions before coming to Oregon, anas uaiser, lormer city super' intendent of schools in Salem, took over his new duties as administra tor of the Oregon Unemployment Compensation act last week. Gaiser succeeds D. A. Bulmore who had served in that capacity since the commission was created. The Oregon state tax commission will not attempt to go back beyond 1939 in collecting taxes on salaries of federal employees residing in this state. This decision, announced this week, was prompted largely by en actment of the "public salaries act" by congress prividing that both the national government and the several states shall confine their new found taxing authority to public salaries of 1939 with a threat of retaliation against state employees in any state which attempts to make its tax claims against federal employees retroactive beyond 1939. Starting a drive against alleged "chiselers' the Unemployment Com pensation commission has filed two suits against applicants for jobless insurance charging fraud. Other suits will be filed soon according to Ralph Campbell, attorney for the commission. Campbell said that number of instances have come to the attention of the commission in which persons drawing unemploy ment compensation have returned to work at other jobs without noti fying the commission. In one case jobless insurance was paid to waitress who continued to work at her same job. Circular on Gladioli Gives Many Pointers Gladioli are among the most sat isfactory and universal flowers grown in Oregon, whether produced for home use, exhibit purposes, or on a commercial basis, says Dr. W. P. Daruz, professor of pomology and horticulture at Oregon State college, in a recent extension circular deal ing with gladiolus culture. Those interested in this flower will find in Extension Circular 329 a brief history of the plant, its bot any, a discussion or varieties, and the latest suggestions for growing gladioli successfully. Of importance during the warm summer, says Dr. Daruz, is a con stant supply of moisture for these flowers. Occasional heavy irriga tion is beneficial in promoting best growth of the plants and several applications of fertilizer such as bone meal phosphate, or a complete chem ical fertilizer, or liquid or other ma nure, will be beneficial. Get results with G. T. want ads. Washington, D. C, July 27 Under the so-called Hatch bill, passed by congress all of the several hundred postmasters of Oregon are forbidden to be active in politics. The prohibi tion applies to all federal appointive offices, but there are more post masters than any other class. Just to keep the record straight, the action of congress is the culmin ation of efforts started by the late Frederick Steiwer, republican sen ator from Oregon. It was Steiwer who introduced the original bill to divorce politics from pubic office, to forbid federal office holders from attending conventions to nominate senators, representatives, president or vice-president. The fact that the federal political machine made the second nominations of Taft and Hoo ver possible was admitted by Stei wer and he proposed putting a stop to such practices, whether the ma chine was controlled by republi cans or democrats. For several years the Oregon sen ator fought to get his bill out of committee and on the floor. He made no progress until New Mexicos Hatch, democrat, joined him. With the "passing of Steiwer, Hatch car ried on and after a bitter battle in which 100 per cent new dealers were defeated by a combination of re publicans and conservative demo crats, congress enacted one of the most sweeping reforms that has ever been undertaken in national politics. Incidentally Oregon's delegation with the exception of Pierce supported the reform bill and all six house members of Washington state op posed it. Interpretation given the measure is that it blocks control of the dem ocratic convention next year by Mr. Roosevelt and strengthens the po sition of Cactus Jack Garner. Those thousands of women who work in packing plants during the season, the men and women who pick apples and pack them, the workers in the dairy industry, the employees in small sawmills, all those who constitute a formidable army in the Pacific Northwest are subject of a controversy which has been raging between the White House and congress for months. National grange and others want them exempt from the wage-hour law, but Mr. Roosevelt protests, de claring that protection of this law Is needed by the lowest paid class of labor in the nation. Application of the wage-hour law, as interpreted by administraton Elmer Andrews, would cause many canneries and small sawmills to shut down, de priving fruit producers of a market and depriving mill workers of em ployment, according to arguments for exemption. Negotiations for a compromise are being held this week, but there is little prospect of legislation being enacted before the session closes. Republicans and democrats alike from the western states are united on one phase of the president's lend ing program. This is earmarking 90 million dollars for reclamation pro ects now under construction or which have been authorized. The westerners are pushing through leg islation which will enable settlers on projects to resume payments to the government and enable them to save their holdings. The plan in volves, among other means to aid the settlers, a reduction in interest rates. Junk dealers can continue bar gaining for old rusty iron and aban doned farm machinery around the barn for the administration has thrown cold water on the proposal of Senator Schwellenback, Wash ington, to place an embargo on ship ping scrap iron to aJpan, which is regarded as a munition of war. Sec retary of State Hull objected to the senate taking up this matter until it comes to a decision on the pres ident's neutrality program. This means scrap iron can be exported to Japan for another six or seven months, at least Japan continues to be the largest buyer of Northwest lumber and food stuffs. Sheepmen have obtained some thing out of congress. After hearings and debates extending for a year and agitation which started long ego, congress has enacted a "truth-in- fabric" measure. When an article is advertised as virgin wool it must be virgin wool and not reworked wool. Opposition has come from manufacturers who mixed repro cessed wool and offered the article as made of virgin wool. The new law will protect the consumer from be ing imposed on and is expected to increase the market of growers. Reason congressmen are trying to wind up by the end of this month is because a congressman pays rent by the month in advance. If the session runs to August 5, as some predict, they must pay for all of August. Average congressman pays between $100 and $200 a month none less than $100 and many more than $200. Since this session started rents alone have cost members about $1500 to $2000. ... The president would like to try fishing in Rogui river when he visits the Pacific Coast next month. He will take along his tackle "in case." . . . Secretary of Interior Ickes wants to pay $9,000 a year for chief attorney for Bonne ville to a young lawyer only a few years out of school. An assistant lawyer was drawing $150 a month a year ago. . . . Postmaster General Jim Farley does not share the ap prehension of Mr. Roosevelt and his fellow cabineteer, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, that there will be a war in Europe in August Mr. Far ley left for the continent this week accompanied by his two daughters, planning a return to America in mid-September. Professional Directory Heppner Blacksmith & Machine Shop Expert Welding and Repairing L. H. HARLOW, Mgr. GLENN Y. WELLS ATTORNEY AT LAW ATwater 4884 535 HEAD BUILDING 6th at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Traintd Norse Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in New Peters Building F. W. Turner & Co. FIRE, AUTO AMD LITE INSURANCE Old Line Companies Seal Estate Heppner, Oregon Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon Laurence Case Mortuary "Just the sendee wanted wkea yon want It meat" 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 833 Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr. BATES BEASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, Ore. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. O. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watohes 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 562 Heppner, Ore. Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon FIRST 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 405 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 Cr Peterson ATTORNEYS AT LAW U. S. National Bank Building PENDLETON, OREGON Practice in State and Federal Courts Real Estate General Line of Insurance and Bonds W. M. EUBANKS Notary Public Phone 62 Tone. Or. FOB BEST MARKET PRICES for yuur nw or oia wneat, see CORNETT GREEN for grain stored in Heppner and Lexington. ELMER GRIFFITH ftt I on ft for rent nf Unnoh - nasvu Representing Balfour, Guthrie ft Co.