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Heppner 'Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, December 12, 1940
SSFalNEWS
o Resignation
o Replacement
o Speed Law Debate
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. The resignation of Sam
B. Laughlin this week as head of
the State Training School for Boys
at Woodburn has started a train of
speculation as to just what prompted
Governor Sprague to "suggest" the
resignation and who is to succeed
Laughlin when he steps down on
April 1.
The resignation was all the more
surprising inasmuch as there has
been little or no public criticism of
Laughlin's conduct of the institu
tion in the nearly ten years he has
held that post.
While the resignation came on the
heels of the Osborne report which
severely criticized the institution
and Laughlin's administration the
governor insists that this report did
not prompt his suggestion that Lau
ghlin resign although admitting that
the report "precipitated" the resig
nation.
As to the Osborne report: That
document devotes fully as much
space to criticism of the state and
the board of control for its alleged
"penury" in providing for the care
of its youthful wards as it does to
Laughlin's administration of the in
stitution. The report declares the
buildings at the school to be insub
stantial and improperly arranged in
spite of the fact that at the time it
was completed in 1927 the institu
tion was reported to be a model of
its kind, costing the state more than
$250,000.
Governor Sprague insists that he
has no one in mind as successor to
Laughlin and joins with Secretary
of State Snell and State Treasurer
Pearson in declaring that the new
superintendent mut be a man of
ability with experience in work with
boys and an adioinistrator.
Oregon industrial firms with good
employment records will benefit
through substantial reductions in
their rate of contribution to the un
employment compensation fund after
next July 1, if the national Social
Security Board approves the experi
ence rating program adopted by the
Oregon Unemployment Compensa
tion commission this week. This pro
gram adopted by the commission
upon the recommendation of its ex
perience rating council embodies
what is known as the "inverse
chronological" method of computing
benefit payments and employer con
tn buttons. Under the experience
rating plan employers with good
employment records will be reward
ed with a reduction in their rate of
contribution while employers with
unfavorable records or large labor
turn-overs will be penalized by an
increase in their rate of conrtibution,
In a letter to the Northern Wasco
Peoples Utility District this week
Governor Sprague offered the servr
ices of the State Bond Commission,
without cost, to all Oregon PUD's
in working out their financial pro
grams. At the same time the gov
ernor warned the PUD's against en
tering any financial arrangements
with private promoters that might
lead to serious embarrassment later.
In a letter to Paul Raver, Bonne
ville administrator, the governor ex
pressed the hope that peoples utili
ty districts in this state would be
able to avoid the "very heavy ex
pense" involved in the financing of
some of the Wahington projects
which the governor declared to be
"not at all justifiable."
Oregon motorists may begin dis
playing their new green and white
license plates next Sunday, accord
ing to Secretary of State Earl Snell.
It is estimated that approximately
one-third of the state's 323,000 pass
enger cars will have been supplied
with the new plates by that time.
At long last, two years after its
completion, Oregon's $2,500,000 cap
itol now has a flag pole two of
them in fact, one at either end of
the building. The two fir poles, each
more than 80 feet in length, 16
inches in diameter at the base and
weighing nearly three tons, were set
in place in their granite and con
crete bases under the supervision of
E. C. Settergen, Portland contractor,
this week.
Rumor has it tftat Governor Spra
gue may replace T. Morris Dunne,
chairman of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, and
member of the Industrial Accident
commission, when his term expires
the first of the year. Dunne is now
completing his eighth year as a
member of the Accident commis
sion, to which he was first appointed
by Governor Julius Meier and later
reappointed by Governor Charles H.
Martin.
Patrons of Oregon's liquor stores
spent a total of $10,235,543.32 for
liquid refreshments during the 12
month period ending June 30, last,
according to the annual report of the
Oregon Liquor Control commission.
This figure represents an increase of
nearly $750,000 over liquor pur
chases during the previous 12
month period. Profits from the
state's liquor monopoly available for
public assistance needs during the
fiscal year amounted to $3,370,273,
an increase of approximately $500,
000 over the previous fiscal year, the
report shows.
Buildings owned by the state of
Oregon have an aggregate value of
$24,930,218, it was revealed in a
report compiled by Clifford Mudd,
head of the state property control
division. Other property owned by
the state as listed in Mudd's report
includes 61,000 chairs, 10,840 tables,
3900 desks, 2800 typewriters, 675
automobiles and 20 tractors.
A sharp legislative controversy is
understood to be brewing over pro
posed ' changes in Oregon's speed
laws. While it is pretty generally
admitted that the present basic rule
has failed to provide effec ive regu
lation of speeding motorists and that
a new speed law with teeth in it is
needed there are at least two well
defined views as to what any new
speed law should contain. One group
is known to support so-called prima
facia limits an offending motorist
would have an opportunity to prove
to the court that in spite of the fact
that he was exceeding the indicated
maximum speed his driving was not
reckless or unreasonable under the
existing circumstances. Another
group favors the enactment of ab
solute maximum speeds with no
"ifs," "ands" or "buts" attached,
Secretary of State Snell sponsored
a proposed "prima facia" speed law
at the last legislative session but the
measure died in a House committee
after having passed the senate. In
creasing traffic fatalities in most of
which speed is reported as the prin
cipal factor now seems to have
aroused public opinion to a pitch
which the lawmakers will not dare
to ignore at the forthcoming session.
Peru and Persia have joined the
list of customers for Oregon grown
flax seed, Dan J. Fry, clerk of the
board of control told the board this
week. Four thousand bushels were
shipped to Persia last week, the
purchaser paying $12,000 cash in
advance for the seed. A similar
shipment was made to Peru a few
weeks ago Fry said.
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS
Recent arrivals on the shelves at
Heppner public library are "My Life
in a Man-Made Jungle," Belle J.
Benchley; "Canada: America's Prob
lem," John MacCormac; "Sapphire
and the Slave Girl," Willa Cather;
"Out of the Fog," Joseph C. Lin
coln; "Country Editor," H. B. Hough;
"Three's a Crew," Katheiine Pink-erton.
In new location across street
from creamery. Come in and
look around. You are always
welcome. We have many good
buys in used linoleum, wash
ing machines, stoves, sinks,
ironing boards, dressers, ta
bles, chairs, violin, shirts and
socks for boys, overalls, etc.
TRADING POST
Cloy Dykstra Heppner
Production Costs
Shown, In Bulletin
The first comprehensive bulletin
dealing with land use and production
costs on dry land wheat farms in
the Columbia basin in Oregon has
just been issued by the experiment
station at O. S. C, as station bulletin
No. 373. The cost of production ma
terial used in the bulletin is based
on data gathered from 60 farms for
the 1936 crop year.
Publication of the bulletin was
delayed by the subsequent death of
A. S. Burrier, who was the head
of the department of farm manage
ment. The bulletin is the last of a
series of posthumous publications
bearing the name of Professor Bur
rier. The junior author is W. W.
Gorton, assistant economist in farm
management
The average yield on the farms
studied in 1936 was 17.3 bushels per
acre and the wheat was produced
at a net cost of $11.36 per acre or
66 cents per bushel. The cost of
production exclusive of all interest
charges averaged 43 cents per bu
shel. The 70-page bulletin includes a
section on farm organization, wheat
yields, farm tenure, livestock enter
prises, soil depletion, and farm in
vestment and returns. Copies may
be, obtained free from any county
extension office in the wheat-growing
region. . ,
And an
invitation
to call and
make three
guesses
FIRST PRIZE $5.00 Value in Gloria Hamilton Drapes
SECOND PRIZE $2.50 Value in Wall Paper
THIRD PRIZE Just for Fun
Birthday of Oldest Horse in Morrow
County. You can look at his teeth if
you wish.
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