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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
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SSFalNEWS
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, May 16, 1940
By A. L. LINDBECK
Growing Levies
More Jobs
Listless Campaign
Salem State tax levies within
the constitutional six percent limit
ation are growing at the rate of
approximately a quarter of a mil
lion dollars a year, according to fig
ures compiled by the state tax com
mission. The increase in the 1940
levy over that for 1939 was $246,103.
Next year it will amount to more
than $276,000 if full advantage is
taken of the constitutional "restric
tion" which now appears probable.
That means that every four years
another million dollars will be added
to the tax burden for state purposes
without any further action by the
voters, assuming that the cost of
state government continues to grow.
Tax commission figures show that
in the 23 years since the constitu
tional "restriction" has been in ef
fect the state levy subject to that
limitation has increased by more
than $1,797,000. In the last ten years
the increase under the stimulus of
the six per cent increase has exceed
ed $1,744,000.
Portland continued the black spot
on Oregon's traffic map. While traf
fic fatalities in the state outside of
Portland totalled only 67 for the
first four months of 1940, compared
to 72 for the same period last year,
a decline of seven per cent, 32 per
sons met death in traffic accidents
in Portland during this period com
pared to 20 for the first four months
of 1939, an increase of GO per cent
figures compiled by Secretary of
State Snell show.
Reflecting increased industrial ac
tivity throughout the state, due
largely to war demands from Euro
pean nations, job placements in Ore
gon for the first four months of 1940
show an increase of 58lz per cent
over the record for the same per
iod in 1939, it was reported by Di
rector L G Stoll of the state. em
ployment office. Stoll also reports
a decrease of 25 per cent in the
file of active job seekers compared
with the record of last year with
the employment department already
beginning to worry over the pros
pect of a shortage of workers to
harvest Oregon's crops this summer.
Five Oregon automobile license
plates of the vintage of 1906 to 1910
W3re presented to Secretary of State
Snell this week by Walter M. Cook
of Portland, for preservation in the
state's collection. These plates were
issued to Cover a one-cylinder Cad
illac, a Corbin, a Maxwell, a Knox
and a York, all pioneers in the mo
toring field and all now long since
out of manufacture except for the
Cadillac. Cook was unable to recall
the procedure by which he acquir
ed the license plates in those early
days and state records fail to throw
any light on the situation. In pre
senting the plates to the state Cook
recalled that he was once fined $5
for violating a traffic speed law by
travelling 12 miles an hour on Hol
laday avenue in Portland, two miles
in excess of the speed limit at that
time.
Political observers as well as can
didates who have been beating the
brush in an effort to arouse the
voters agree that the current cam
paign which will culminate in Fri
day's primary election, is one of the
most listless in the history of Ore
gon. Accepting these reports at their
face value it may be assumed that
the situation traces back to the fact
that the war in Europe has robbed
the campaign of much of the pub
licity newspapers are accustomed to
devoting to politics, coupled with
the further fact that the campaign
has produced neither an issue nor
any outstanding personalities that
might be expected to arouse voter
appeal. In view of this situation predic
tions are for a very light vote
throughout the state Friday except
in those sections in which the PUD
is an issue and which is expected
to bring out many voters who oth
erwise would not take the trouble
to go to the polls.
Except for the three-way contest
on the Republican ticket the two
way Democratic contest is generally
regarded as a futile gesture there
are but few races in this primary
campaign and in this case the aver
age voter appears to take' the posi
tion that it does not make a great
deal of difference who is nominated,
whether it be Earl Hill of Cushmn
or Floyd Cook or Leslie Scott of
Portland.
Of the 531,000 registered Republi
cans and Democrats who are eligible
to participate in the election, offi
cials here predict that not more
than 250,000 will avail themselves
of the opportunity which it will cost
the taxpayers of the state an esti
mated $80,000 to provide. Of this
estimated $80,000 the several coun
ties will spend approximately $55,
000 in the employment of election
officials, in rentals on polling places
and for the printing of ths ballots
while the state has spent approx
imately $25,000 in the printing and
mailing of the official voters' pam
phlets and in supplying pencils,
tally sheets and other election sup
plies. Budget Director Dave Eccles spent
the past week in a tour of eastern
Oregon, visiting state institutions
in a preliminary study of building
needs which he expects to incorpor
ate in his proposed six-year con
struction program. Eccles plans to
have each institution head make a
survey of his building needs, present
and future. When these have been
submitted, according to present
plans, the board of control, in con
ference with institution heads, will
classify each request as to its rela
tive urgency. Those most urgently
needed in order that the institu
tions may keep pace with their
growing populations, will be incor
porated in the next budget for con
sideration by the legislature when
it meets in January. Buildings or
improvements not so urgent will be
set aside for future consideration,
two or four years hence. Eccles
does not "propose to set up any hard
and fast construction program but
to present to the lawmakers a com
prehensive picture of the needs of
the several state institutions so that
they may know what is facing them
in the future as well as in the im
mediate present.
SCOTT
FOR STATE
TREASURER
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LESLIE M. SCOTT
"An All Oregon Mem"
Republican Primaries May 17 1940
Ad paid for by Scott for Treasurer Committee.
Fire Fighters to
Drop From Planes
Unloading fire fighters from air
planes will be tried on a working
basis this summer with project
headquarters on the Chelan national
forest at Winthrop, Wash., according
to assistant regionel forester M. L.
Merritt, U. S. forest service, Port
land, Oregon.
"We are acquiring 16 parachutes,
16 especially designed jumping suits,
and 16 eight-pound smoke jumpers'
radio sets," Merritt said. "Some risk
will be involved, but tests made last
fall indicate that it is safe to jump
in mountainous terrain. The jump
ers, as well as the pilots, will be
given a course of training before
the fire season opens. The para
chutes are designed to give a falling
speed of 12 feet per second, and
flaps are attached with which to
steer. The parachutes can be steer
ed quite effectively. The suits are
of heavy canvas, reinforced to se
cure safety. Ankle, knee and body
braces, and a helmet with a metal
mask, are part of the suit. The jump
er will carry 200 feet of rope by
means of which he can complete
the descent in case he lands in a
tree.
"The radio sets are about the size
and shape of a cigarette carton and
fit into a pocket on the parachute
pack. As soon as the jumper lands,
he radios that he is safe, and his
fire fighting tools then are dropped
in another parachute.
"In some of the mountain areas
where truck roads have not been
built, several hours are required to
reach a fire after it has been discov
ered," Merritt said. "During this
time it may spread to a size that
makes control difficult and expen
sive, in addition to the damage that
it does. I believe that control
costs and damage can be cut by
the prompt arrival of one one or
moi'e good fire fighters. We experi
mented with this method of fast
transportation last fall and results
justified trying it on a larger scale
this summer. Half the eqipment be
ing purchased hers is for use in the
northern Rocky Mountain region."
BOARDMAN STEMS
Mrs. N. A. Blenkney and children,
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats and Echo
and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barlow and
Carma enjoyed a turkey dinner at
the Bates' home Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Veto Colosso and
family were guests of Mr. and Msr.
Paul De Mauro for the week end.
Colosso's are living in Arlington
now.
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COUNTY NURSE LEAVES
Miss Lucille Vale, county health
nurse, concluded her second six
weeks in Morrow county and left
Wednesday evening for Moro where
she will be employed until July 1.
Miss Vale had a crowded schedule
during her six weeks here, holding
numerous infant and pre-school
child clinics in addition to the reg
ular schedule in the schools.
GETS COMMITTEE BID
Oregon State College, Corvallis,
May 15. Harriet Hager of Heppner,
sophomore in secretarial science, was
recently invited to become a mem
ber of the coming year's etiquette
committee, which is in charge of
the Associated Women Students'
program for standardizing and im
proving campus social procedure.
Mrs. W. O. Bayless and grandson,
Bobby Swick, spent the week end
at the Howard Swick home on Cot
tonwood creek near Monument.
STORE FRONTS PAINTED
The spirit of improvement that
has prevailed in Heppner this spring
seized the Masons the past week
with the result that the D A Wilson
and W. O. Dix store fronts are glis
tening with fresh coats of paint
Wilson's place received the conven
tional white while Dix's advertises
the Red & White store system. Harry
Archer was the craftsman in charge.
Heppner Trading
Post
"The House of Bargains"
OIL STOVES - $110 up
CUPBOARDS $3.00 pu
CHAIRS - - 50c up
WINDCIIARGER - $800
SEWING MACHINES ... $6.00 up
BIRD CAGES - 50c
Tables, lamps, stoves, dishes, ra
dios, batteries, shovels, axes and
handles, chains, beds, trunks,
guns, forks, etc. You are always
welcome come look things over.
NOW OPEN!
Myrtles Beauty Salon
ALL NEW EQUIPMENT
including
Frederic's Latest Permanent
Machine
COMPETENT OPERATORS
assure satisfaction in latest coiffures
Phone 1422
Gilman Bldg., former location of the
Gordelen Beauty Shop
IT'S SURE SLIM
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when you have a clean-working John Deere Com
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threshing all small grains, soy beans, grasses, and
other combineable crops. s
In down or tangled beans, in low-growing
crops, a John Deere will do the work better, clean
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