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IRSFal news
By A. L. LINDBECK
o Monkey Wrench
o Drunken Drivers
McNary Party
Salem. Edward N. Cavanaugh,
range management chief with the
federal grazing bureau, threw a size
able monkey wrench into the State
Land Board's land blocking program
when he conferred with the board
relative to grazing here this week
The board was all set to proceed
with a program involving the ex
change of state school lands for fed
era! lands and the blocking of the
school lands into large tracts for
lease to interested stockmen.
CavanauL'h. recoenized as an au
thority' on grazing problems, advised
delay in the blocking program until
the livestock industry has become
more firmly stabilized. This stabili
zation, he explained might require
several years. In the meantime he
suggested that the state could lease
its lands to the grazing service, re
ceiving its pro rata share of the
grazing fees approximately one cent
an acre and in the meantime reap-
ing the benefits of improvements to
the range made possible by the Tay
lor grazing act.
When the state does get ready to
block its holdings Cavanaugh ad
vised that they be blocked in small
tracts adjacent to private holdings
rather than in a few huge tracts as
had been planned by the board.
While waiting for the opportune
time to block its holdings Cavanaugh
suggested that the state could enter
into an "exchange of use" arrange
ment with the federal bureau under
which temporary blocks could be
formed around private holdings on
an experimental basis without defin
itely committing the state to such a
policy or relinquishing title to the
school sections until the desirability
of such an arrangement should be
definitely established.
Whether it is that drunken drivers
are not so numerous in Portland or
traffic officials of that city are not
so alert to the menace, the fact re
mains that comparatively few drun
ken drivers are haled into court in
the metropolis. Statistics compiled
by Secretary of State Snell show
that during May only 11 motorists
had their licenses revoked for drun
ken driving in the court of Portland
as compared to 54 revocations in the
rest of the state. All told a total of
162 motorists lost their drivers' li
censes during May.
There are about 152,000 horses and
7000 mules in Oregon, according to
Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian
The state's equine population in
cludes approximately 10,000 riding
horses of mature age, Lytle said.
Profits from the state's liquor
monopoly failing to keep pace with
relief expenditures it has again been
found necessary to resort to liquor
certificates to keep the relief pro
gram on a cash basis. The first of
the liquor certificates were issued
to meet the July allotment of liquor
funds for use by the Public Welfare
Commission. State Treasurer Pear
son estimates that there will be ap
proximately $750,000 of these certi
ficates outstanding by the time the
legislature meets to make additional
cash available from the general fund.
The certificates represent notes is
sued against future liquor profits
given as security for loans from
other state funds.
A $12,000 Waco cabin biplane pur
chased by ex-State Forester J. W.
Ferguson a year ago, is being offer
ed for sale by the forestry depart
ment which has found the plane too
expensive to own and operate. The
plane was , to be used for recon
naissance purposes in investigating
forest fires and in dropping food
and supplies to fire fighters. The
department has decided that it is
cheaper to rent a plane for this
' purpose than it is to own one.
Civis and political leaders are al
ready looking forward to a big cel
ebration at Fir Cove, the beautiful
country home of Senator Charles L.
Heppner
McNary. where the Republican vice
presidential nominee will receive
formal notification of his selection
as Wendel Willkie's running mate
late in August or early in Septem
ber. The occasion is expected to at
tract a large number of news writers
and cameramen as well as motion
picture cameramen as national in
terest centers on Oregon and one of
its favorite sons.
Incidentally the nomination of
McNary marks the first time a citi
zen of Oregon has been selected on
a presidential ticket since the Dem
ocrats nominated Joe Jane for vice
president eighty years ago.
Industries in Oregon pay less
taxes than do those locating in the
state of Washington according to a
study just completed by Wallace S.
Wharton, state tax commissioner.
The study, made at the request of
Governor Charles A. Sprague, was
prompted by! contentions that indus
tries seeking locations in the Bon
neville area would gravitate toward
the northern state because of more
favorable tax burdens. Wharton's
study shows that while property
taxes in Oregon are slightly higher
than in Washington the total tax
burden is much lighter in this state.
This is because income taxes in Ore
gon are based on ability to pay,
while sales taxes in Washington are
based upon gross incomes without
regard to ability to pay, Wharton
points out.
Oregon may become a training
ground for army bombers in the
new defense program. This was in
dicated in letters received by state
officials in Salem from war depart
ment officials inquiring as to the,
availability of abandoned railroad
and highway bridges for use as bomb
targets. Permission to use abandon
ed houses in the wide open spaces
of eastern and central Oregon as tar
gets for army bmbers is also being
sought, it was reported.
Counties which have no library
facilities of their own may contrcat
with neighboring counties for library
service, Attorney General Van Win
kle has advised State Librarian Har
riett Long. The inquiry from the
state librarian is understood to have
been made in the interest of some
of the more sparsely settled coun
ties into which it is proposed to
extend library service through the
use of bookmobiles or libraries on
wheels.
Good Driving Offered
Scholarships for
All boys in Heppner between the
ages of 16 and 18 years, legally qual
inea to drive an automobile, were
urged this week to join the Ford
Good Drivers league and compete
for a share of the $30,000 offered in
university scholarships and other
prizes.
Membership requirements of the
league must be completed before
July 10, it was pointed out by W. C.
Rosewall, local Ford dealer, who
has application blanks available for
all boys interested in enrolling.
"This is a wonderful opportunity
for some boy right here in our city
to win a worthwhile prize," the local
dealer declared. "There are univer
sity scholarships ranging in value up
to $5,000 and free, all-expense trips
to the New York world's fair for the
48 winners of state contests."
The Ford Good Drivers league is
a non-commercial organization, lo
cal authorities pointed out. It was
formed under the sponsorship of
the Ford Motor company for the
purpose of producing a generation
of better drivers, reducing automo
bile accidents, and encouraging bet
ter driving on American highways
among all motorists, by offering priz
es as rewards for outstanding driv
ing achievements by boys now form
ing their driving habits.
Considerable public attention has
been focused on the league, and na
tionally known editors, educators,
police and school authorities have
placed their full support behind the
organization and urged all boys to
become members.
The league will select a winner in
each state on the basis of a three
fold examination, and send him to
New York where final competition
will be held.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
LEXINGTON NEWS
Dougherty Delivered
First Load of Wheat
By MARGARET SCOTT
E. C. Daugherty was the first far
mer to bring wheat into the ware
house this season. Mr. Daugherty
shipped a car of new wheat to Port
land Saturday.
George Peck was a business vis
itor in Portland last week.
Billy Scott is visiting in The Dal
les. Mr. and Mrs. George Peck and
son Kenneth were Walla Walla vis
itors Monday.
Lorine and June Van Winkle spent
Friday evening with Maxine Bar
nes.
Donald Hiatt, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Hiatt, is staying
at the George Allyn home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McWhorter
and family left Saturday for a two
weeks vacation which will take them
as far east as Omaha, Neb. Roger
Roberts is the relief agent taking
Mr. McWhorter's place.
Church services will be held Sun
Aav mnminsr at 11 o'clock in the
Christian church.
Mauda Pointer, Edna Turner and
Eula Barnhouse left Thursday mor
ning for Berkeley, Cal., where Mrs.
Turner and Mrs. Barnhouse will at
tend summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Munkers and
Marvin Cox are visiting relatives
here.
Dr. Frank Carlson and Dr. Star
ring of Portland, leaders of the Con
gregational and Baptist churches,
rpsnprtivelv. were visiting in this
i j
community Wednesday. In the eve
ning they held a church meeting in
lone which was attended by the fol
lowing Lexington people: Mr. and
Mrs. Moffat Dennis, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Bauman, Grace Turner, Thelma
Smethurst, Mary Edwards, Maude
Pointer, Eula Barnhouse, Cora Al
lyn, Dona Barnett, Trina Parker,
May Campbell, Sylvia Severance
and Sarah White.
Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Robison of lone
were visitors at the A. M. Edwards
home Thursday evening,
Josie Frederickson of Salem is
visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and
family left Tuesday for a visit ' in
Portland and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. Eber Hanks and fam
ily departed Monday for a visit with
relatives in Nebraska.
Archie Padberg is working in Pen
dleton. Ralph Leach spent several days
last week in Pendleton.
Edna Fetsch and son were in town
Tuesday morning.
Rural Highway
Accidents Most Fatal
While only 20 percent of the traf- j
fic accidents reported in the state of
Oregon during the month of May
occurred on rural highways, 63 per
cent of the fatal accidents were in
this group, figures compiled at the
secretary of state's office revealed
today.
Of the 2,753 accidents reported
during the month, 569 occurred on
highways, but of the 22 fatal acci
dents, 14 were on rural roads. In
urban areas, there were three fatal
accidents in business districts, three
in residential districts and one in
open area near city limits.
Fifty-four percent of the fatal ac
cidents occurred after dark. A total
of 447 drivers were reported involv
ed in accidents in which excessive
speed was a factor and in five of
these, fatalities occurred. There were
686 drivers in accidents in which
failure to give right-of-way was a
factor, but only one of these result
ed in a fatality.
Eight pedestrians were killed dur
ing the month, these deaths consti
tuting 33 percent of the traffic fa
talities for the month. Fifty percent
of the pedestrian fatalities involved
persons over 05 years of age and
87 percent of them were engaged in
some unsafe action at the time of the
accident. These unsafe actions in
cluded jaywalking, crossing inter
sections diagonally, walking on the
highway with traffic instead of fac
ing it, playing in the street and step
ping into the street from behind a
parked car.
Oregon
Ballard Takes Reins
As OSC President
Oregon State College President
Frank L. Ballard took over the head
ship of this institution July 1 with
out ceremony or fanfare and began
his career as the eighth president
of O. S. C.
Bidding him God-speed and pre
dicting success of the new admin
istration was Dr. George W. Peavy
who retires to the status of president-emeritus
after six years in the
president's chair. Peavy will spend
a year on sabbatical leave visiting
forestry schools throughout the
country, and will return to continue
part-time active work as head of the
school of forestry here.
Dr. Peavy pointed to the fact that
President Ballard takes office with
complete familiarity with Oregon
and its needs and with the objectives
and ideals of the institution.
President Ballard, who has had
long administrative experience in the
federal cooperative extension service
in this state, has said that he plans
to keep the college close to the peo
ple in continued service to the many
industries and professions represent
ed by the various divisions of the
institution.
$1,000,000 Lost When
Strav Crop Burned
Oregon grain and legume seed
growers annually lose about a bil
lion dollars in nitrogen by burning
or otherwise wasting the straw, es
timates Dr. W. L. Powers, head of
the soils department at Oregon State
college. Annual grain straw produc
tion is approximately 824,000 tons
and legume straw 210,000 tons.
Wheat straw contains about 10
pounds of nitrogen per ton and
vetch straw about 30 pounds. These
are the same figures as for barn
yard manure and sheep manure,
respectively, although the nitrogen
is much more available in the latter
forms.
Frank Fraters, who, with his fam-
ilv was in town Saturday from the
Eieht Mile ranch, said the dry wea
ther of the last two weeks checked
his spring grain to such an extent
that he will cut most of it for hay.
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Heppner, Ore.
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Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council.
G. A. BLEAKMAN, Mayor.
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Thursday, July 4,
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HEPPNER, ORE.
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Heppner
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