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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, November 2, 1939
Heppner
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Let's Keep Our Heads
T AST week this paper called at--'
tention to the fallacy of attenuat
ing to boycott a certain brand of
cigarettes because of hearsay. A
salesman for that brand of cigar
ettes came to town the first of the
week and was astounded at what he
found here. Heppner seemed to be
alone in waging such a campaign.
The salesman thanked this paper for
helping to clear up the matter.
This paper had no intent of be
friending the particular company
in question. It's only desire was to
squash an ill-founded rumor of a
nature that incites people to drastic
action.
Whenever war occurs propaganda
becomes rampant in an attempt to
draw people to one side or the other.
We in America have no business
participating in the present squab
ble across the seas. We should take
no stock in rumors unless their
source is determined to be author
itative. To do so will only aid the
propagandists in drawing us into
the war.
No brief is intended for such. un
American activities as are being
waged under the Stars and Stripes.
Every cooperation should be given
proper governmental agencies in
eliminating such activities. It should,
however, be left to such governmen
tal agencies to determine who and
what are un-American.
rold Owen, secretary to the World
War Veterans State Aid commission,
who in spite of his Republican per
suasion served without interruption
through the Democratic administra
tion of former Governor Charles
H. Martin. Then, too, there has
been some speculation as to the pos
sibility that R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer, might be eased
out of his lucrative post, but while
this may be regarded as a Dossibil-
ity it can hardly be classed as a
probability. While fealdock has
made many powerful enemies am
ong county officials because of his
autocratic attitude he has sold him
self pretty strongly to the members
of the highway commission and, af
ter all, it is these latter who hire
and fire the engineer.
Sixty percent of all electrical en
ergy generated in Oregon is con
sumed by industrial plants, accord
ing to a survey just completed by
O. R.-Bean, state utilities commis
sioner. Out of a net operating rev
enue of $7,040,581 realized bv rri
vate electrical utilities during the
past year $3,374,865 was paid out
in taxes, this amount representing
16" percent of the gross revenue of
the utilities.
Governor Sprague this week re
iterated his readiness to conform
to the wishes of President Roose
velt in the matter of the observance
of Thanksgiving Day. If the pres
ident proclaims November 23 as
Thanksgiving Day Oregon will join
with the rest of the nation in a
concerted attack upon the turkey
and dressing, Governor Sprague said.
man of the Unemployment Compen
sation commission, gave it as his
personal opinion that a reserve of
from 53,500,000 to $4,000,000 would
be adequate to insure the continu
ed solvency of the fund. Other
members of the commission thought
that the reserve should be larger,
as high as 55,000,000 or even $6,000,
000.
The reserve, when established.
will be used as a cushion to rrotect
the fund against depletion in times
of extraordinary unemployment
when benefits might be expected to
exceed contributions to the fund,
temporarily at least, pending read
justment of the commission's pro
gram to meet the emergency situa
tion.
Another and final hearing has
been scheduled bv the commission
for December 6 when a much larger
attendance is hoped for.
A substantial improvement in the
employment situation in Oregon is
indicated by reports compiled by
the state unemployment compensa
tion commission. Only 51,163 claims
for jobless insurance were filed in
the first nine months of the current
year compared to 84,032 claims filed
during the same period a year ago.
Benefit payments during the first
nine months of the current vear to
talled only $3,410,261 compared to
payments of $5,021,344 to jobless
workers during the first nine months
ot 138.
NEWS
STATE
CAPITAL
o Governor Armistice
Payroll Tax
More Employment
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem, Ore. The announcement
by Governor Sprague that there
will be no more appointments for
the time being is generally taken
to mean that he has declared an
armistice in his puree of Democrat
ic office holders. There is. however.
somewhat of a disagreement as to
the interpretation of the governor's
qualification for the time being."
although a preponderance of capitol
opinion inclines to the notion that
there will probably be no further
changes among state department
heads until after the first of the
year.
At that there are onlv a few sur
vivors remaining among the Dem
ocrats appointed to lucrative state
posts by Sprague s predecessor.
Chief among these are Hugh H
Earle, state insurance commissioner,
about whose successor there an
pears to have been some difficulty
in finding just the right man, and
J. W. Ferguson, state forester, who
remains under the protecting wing
of a friendly forestry board.
Dan J. Fry, state pruchasing
agent, is one Democrat in the state
house about whom little has been
heard in the numerous speculations
as to the possible fate of depart
ment heads. Of late, however, there
have been rumors of a possible
change in this quarter in spite of
the efficiency with which Fry has
performed a most difficult task and
his known friendly relations with
the two Republican members on the
Board of Control.
Due, in part at least, to the grow
ing scarcity of game on the Demo
cratic side of the political fence the
political sharpshooters are now be
ginning to take a few pot shots at
some of the Republican hold-overs,
particularly in the direction of Jer-
Senate President Robert M. Dun
can having already experienced the
honors that accrue to the office of
governor did not avail himself of
the opportunity of officiating in that
onice when Governor Sprague ab
sented himself from the state this
week on a trip to California. The
executive office, however, appeared
to be functioning as usual under
the guidance of Cecil Edwards, sec
retary to the governor, although
there was a noticeable absence of
visitors to the office during the gov
ernor's absence.
The excess in actual income tax
payments this year over the estim
ates included by the tax commission
in their annual levy does not mean
that the state will have anv more
money to spend, members of the
commission eplain. Income taxes
operate as an offset to levies on
property and any excess in collec
tions this year must be taken up in
the estimate of 1940 tax payments to
be included in the next levy.
The 1939 forest fire season was
officially terminated at nopn last
Friday through a proclamation by
Governor Sprague issued upon the
recommendation of State Forester
J. W. Ferguson.
Howard S. Merriman of Goshen.
Lane county, has been appointed by
Governor Sprague as a member of
the State Welfare commission to
succeed N. A. Bonn of The Dalles.
resigned. Merriman was a former
state representative from Lane
county.
More than one-third of the per
sons killed in automobile accidents
in Oregon during September were
pedestrians, it was revealed this
week in a report by Secretary of
btate Earl Snell. Of the 13 pedes
trians killed by automobiles during
the month a majority were more
than 65 years of age.
Seven hundred persons were
killed in the United States in bicycle
accidents during 1938, Earl Snell,
secretary of state, declared todav in
warning youngsters and others who
ride bicycles to be careful when
riding on highways or busy streets.
At night be sure the bicycle is equip-
New
Closing Time
Beginning Saturday, Nov. 18
Heppner
Barber Shops
will close at 8 P. M. for the
winter months.
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Only a handful of employers and
employees was attracted to Salem
this week by the public hearing
sponsored by the Oregon Unemploy
ment Compensation commission to
consider the problem of an "ade
quate reserve for the jobless in
surance fund. The hearing, mem
bers of the commission explained,
had no bearing whatever upon the
problem of merit rating under which
employers who maintain steady em
ployment will be rewarded by a re
duction in their pay roll tax.
Opinions as to what constitutes
an "adequate reserve" fund as ex
pressed by those attending the hear
ing, varied widely. Employers gen
erally appeared to favor a small
reserve while representatives of the
workers inclined toward a larger
reserve. T. Morris Dunne, chair-
O Ten Years Ago
(Gazette Times, 0rt. 31, 1929)
Pioneers given old-time greeting
at Lexington reunion.
Full day planned for November 11
with Dr. Poling slated for address
at Elks hall. Hermiston and Hepp
ner to play football.
Heppner high defeats Lexington
12-0 to maintain football league
lead.
Lions back move for more work
on Spray road.
Mrs. E. D. McMillan gives building
to town of Lexington, soon to be
dedicated as Leach Memorial hall.
Almost, an inch of rain fell over
Morrow county Saturday night.
Judge Alger Fee and J. S. Beck-
with, court reporter, here today
from Pendleton.
Miss Patricia Mahoney pledged to
Chi Omega at U. of O. .
Miss Stella Penland weds Herman
Eberhardt at Portland.
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance service
Trained Lady Assistant
ped with proper lights and never
ride two or more abreast, Snell urges.
An economic council to studv mar
keting and industrial conditions in
Oregon will be appointed by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague so that it
will have time to make a study of
the Oregon situation and make a re
port to the next legislature. The
governor said that the education in
marketing and the research involved
would be placed in the hands of the
state system of higher education.
A conference at the statehouse
this week to attempt a settlement of
the long labor deadlock in the Ver
nonia mill 'resulted in the forming
of a basis for negotiations which the
labor unions later rejected. The
proposal would have compelled non
CIO members to pay a monthly tax
of 50 cents for permission to work.
The AFL members rejected the plan
while the dominant CIO membership
voted for it almost unanimously.
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