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Page Six STATE CAPITAL NEWS o Major Bills o New School Tax o Roads Protection By A. L. LINDBECK SalemThe seventh week of the legislative session finds every major bill still in the hands of its origina tion; most of them are still held in committees to which they were re ferred in the opening weeks. This a especially true of the proposed amendments to the unemployment compensation act which remain in the hands of the House judiciary committee, the proposed amend ments to the workmen's compensa tion act still in the hands of the senate committee on industries, all of the old age pension measures, most of the educational bills and scores of other measures. While in one sense these are class ed as major legislaton there is noth ing in the hopper of either the house or the senate that can not be scrapped without in any way ser iously affecting the state or its cit izenry. Probably the most glaring exam n1 nf the dilatoriness on the part of the lawmakers at this session is that of the so-called speed bill. In troduced as senate bill No. 1 on the opening day of the session and meeting but little opposition this measure was not reported out of the committee on roads and high ways until the fortieth day of the session and did not reach third reading until Monday of this week, forty-three days after it was first presented. The "big truck" bill which went down to defeat under a two-to-one negative vote in the senate this week was held in committee more than five weeks before the legislators were given a chance at it. Defeat of this measure was some what of a surprise, having as it did, the blessing of Governor Sprague and the state highway commission and going out onto the senate floor with the backing of six of the members of the committee on roads and high ways. While the legislators themselves are now working on their own time, their pay having stopped at mid night Friday, the pay of the small army of clerks, stenographers, pages, doorkeepers and other employees crnofl rieht on. With more than 200 of these attaches on the payroll at an average of better than W a day lawmaking machinery is cost ing the taxpayers more than $1000 a day, Sundays and holidays in cluded. In an effort to head off future nttemDts to raid the state's highway funds the senate committee on roads and highways is sponsoring a pro posed constitutional amendment which would forbid diversion of highway revenues to any purpose other than the construction or im provebent of roads and bridges. Th proposed amendment would not pre clude the counties and cities from attempting to divert a slice of this revenue into their own coffers so long as it was intended for road work but it would stand as an ef fective bar against attempted di version of gasoline taxes, automo bile licenses and other highway rev enues for old age pensions, support of the schools or any other pur pose. Representative Perry of Columbia is the author of a measure which would give the lawmakers $5 a day for personal expenses in addition to their $3 per diem. The expense pay would cover a session of 50 days or $250 for each member. Old timers recall that a similar attempt to sup plement the pay of the legislators was made several years ago but most of those who accepted this ad ditional pay returned it after the attorney general held it to be in violation of the constitutional pro vision which appears to limit the compensation of the legislators to $3 a day for a session of 40 days, plus 15 cents a mile for the round trip to the capitol and return, Barber shop conversation in the future will be an a higher plane if Heppner the senate follows the lead of the House which this week passed a bill providing that barbers must have a high school education. The 'present law requires only an eighth grade education. Multnomah, Douglas and 14 coun ties east of the Cascades will con tribute toward the support of schools in the other 20 counties of the state if House Bill 420 the school fund equalization bill is enacted into law, which just now appears to be entirely probable. The measure which was prepared by the state department of educa tion and which has the approval of Governor Sprague, would levy a tax on all property in the state suffi cient to raise a fund of $20 for every child on the school census roll. This fund would, in turn, be apportioned among the counties on the basis of days' attendance in the schools of the county. According to a tabulation worked out by the state department of edu cation Morrow county, upon the ba sis of present valuation and school census would contribute $42,512 in taxes to the school equalization fund and, in turn, would receive $25,623 for the suDDort of its schools in the apportionment of the fund among the counties. Sherman county would be hardest hit by the measure, paying into the fund approximately three times as much as it would receive. Multno mah county which would be taxed $1,814,538 under the plan would re ceive only $1,447,967 in return and Umatilla county would pay in $225, 333 and take out only $127,978. Oth er counties which would pay in more than they would receive in clude Baker, Crook, Douglas, Gil liam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Morrow, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler. On the other hand Lane county would pay in only $259,014 and take out $367,249 and Melheur which would pay in only $71,428 would re ceive in return $131,092. If passed by the legislature the program will be submitted to the voters at the next general election and must receive their approval be fore becoming law. - A proposal to throw open county hospitals to osteopaths, chiroprac tics and other practitioners has at tracted the vigorous opposition of the members of the medical profession. A representative of the Josephine county medical association told the senate committee on medicine that all seven of the physicians of that county would withdraw from the Josephines county hospital, the only hospital in the county, incidentally, if the bill were passed. Representa tives of the university of Oregon medical school in Portland declared that passage of the measure would seriously impair effectiveness of the school as well as the Multnomah county hospital which is served by members of the medical school staff. The joint committee on public in stitutions wants an interim commit' tee to make a study of conditions and needs of state institutions dur ing the next two years and report back to the next session on what should be done to improve the ser vice the state is now giving to its wards. An interim committee has already been created to study Col umbia river fishing problems in co operation with like committees from Washington and Idaho. This session may not establish a new record for longevity but pre sent indications are that it will run the 1939 session a close race for that distinction. Should the session run another three weeks (two after the current one) it will have exceeded the record of the 1935 session which continued for 50 days. CORRECTION In reporting the dinner for visit ing assessors here last week, it was inadvertently said that Mrs. Tom Wells played a violin solo. The solo was played by Mrs. Tom Wil son. SUMMONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MORROW. Morrow County Graingrowers, In corporated, a corporation, M Plaintiff, vs. Heppner Farmers Elevator Com Gazette Times, Heppner, pany, a corporation, Ida B. Coch ran and John Doe Cochran, her husband, all the unknown heirs of Ida B. Cochran, deceased. Also all other persons or parties, un known claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants. To Ida B. Cochran and John Doe Cochran, her husband, all the un known heirs of Ida B. Cochran, deeased. Also all oher persons orj parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the complaint herein, Defend ants: IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON, you and each of you are hereby required to appear and answer plaintiffs complaint filed against you in the above entitled ourt and cause wthin four weeks from the date of the first publica tion of this summons and if you fail to so appear or answer, for want thereof, plaintiff will apply to the above entitled court for the relief prayed for in its omplaint, to-wit: For a decree quieting plaintiffs title in and to the following describ ed real property, situate in Morrow County, Oregon, to-wit: Beginning at a point 236.1 feet West of a point on the East line of Section 27 in Township two (2) South, Range 26 East of the Willamette Meridian, 1168.1 feet South of the East quarter Sec tion corner of said Section, run ning thence North 48 deg. 17 min. West 446.5 feet, thence South 41 deg. 43 min. West 100 feet, thence South 48 deg. 17 min. East 331 feet, thence South 89 deg. 10 min. East 152.8 feet to the point of commencement; ALSO, beginning at a point 25.8 feet West of a point on the East line of said Section 27 in Township two (2) South, Range 26 East of the Willamette Merid ian, 1531.2 feet South of the East Quarter Section corner of said Section, running thence North 54 deg. 30 min. West 332.1 feet, thence South 35 deg. 30 min. West 60 feet, thence West 69.8 ! feet, thence South 54 deg. 30 min. East 424.9 feet, thence East 29 feet, thence North 102.7 feet to the place of beginning; ALSO, all of Blocks twelve (12) in Wills' Addition to the Town of lone, Oregon as desig nated in Book 1 at page 18 of Plats in the office of the County Clerk of Morrow County, Ore gon; ALSO, a certain tract of land designated as Arbitrary Tract No. 20 on "W. H. Hill Plat of said . Town," which tract is on file in the office of the County Clerk of Morrow County, Oregon, and which Tract No. 20 is more par ticularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of the Right of Way of the O. W. R. & N. Co., 60 feet Westerly from the Northeast corner of Block 12, Wills' Addi tion to the Town of lone, Ore gon, running thence Westerly following said railroad right of way's South line 200 feet, thence South 45 feet to the County road or the Westerly extension of Main Street, thence Easterly along the Northerly line of said road or street, 200 feet to the West line of Surething Avenue, 80 feet to the point of begin ning; and that plaintiff be adjudged the owner in fee simple of said real property and that you and each of you be forever barred of and from all right, title, estate, lien or interest in and to said real property and every part and parcel thereof; and for such other and further relief as may be just and equitable. This summons is served upon you by publication thereof in the Hepp ner Gazette Times, a newspaper of general circulation, once a week for four successive weeks pursuant to an order of Hon. Bert Johnson, Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, which order is dated February 19, 1941, and the date of the first pub lication of this summons is February 20, 1941. JOS, J. NYS, Attorney for Plaintif . Residence and postoffice address: Heppner, Oregon. 51-5t. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the County Court of the State of Oregon Oregon for the County of Morrow. In the Matter of the Estate of PER RY TAYLOR, Deceased, Notice is hereby given that the undersigned was duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, as ad ministrator cum testatum annexum of the estate of Perry Taylor, de ceased, and all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased are hereby required to present the same, with proper vouchers, duly verified as required by law, to said administrator, at the law office of W. Vawter Parker in Heppner, Ore gon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated and first published this 13th day of February, 1941. OTTO RIETMANN, Administrator cum testatum annexum of the Estate of Per ry Taylor, deceased. NOTICE On December 2, 1940, an ordin ance was passed by the City Coun cil of Heppner, requiring all per sons keeping livestock within the City of Heppner to secure a permit from the said Council for that pur pose. This ordinance became ef fective January 2, 1941. Application must be made to the Council in writing for such permit and if acted upon favorably by the said Council, the permit will be issued by the recorder at a cost of $1.00. Notice is hereby given that all persons, who are keeping horses, cattle or sheep, within the city lim its of the City of Heppner, must secure a permit on or before March 1st, 1941. Dated and published this 23rd day of January, 1941. J. O. TURNER, Mayor. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned were duly appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County admin istrators of the estate of Percy Hughes, also known as A. P. Hughes, deceased, and all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased are hereby required to present the same to the undersigned administrators, duly verified as re quired by law, at the law office of Jos. J. Nys, at Heppner, Oregon, within six months from the date hereof. Dated and first published this 6th day of February, 1941. W. E HUGHES, ARTHUR L. HUGHES, Administrators. Professional .Directory Maternity Home Mrs. Lillie Aiken Phone 664 P.O. Box 142 Heppner, Oregon Phelps Funeral Home Ambulance Service Trained Lady Assistant Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. NEW AUTO POLICY Bodily Injury & Property Damage Class A $13.60 Class B $17.00 See us before financing your next automobile. F. W. TURNER & CO. Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor GLENN Y. WELLS ATTORNEY AT LAW ATwater 4U4 135 MIAD BUILDING Bth at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON Thursday. February 27, 1941 J. O. Turner . ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER, ORE. A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr. , BATES REASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, 0& P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches Clocks Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon Vawter Parker ATTORNEY-AT-LAW First National Bank Building Dr. Richard C. Lawrence DENTIST X-Ray and Extraction by Gas First National Bank Bldg. Phone 562 Heppner, Oregon Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physician A Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER. OREGON Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppner, Oregon V. R. Runnion AUCTIONEER Farm Sales and Livestock a Specialty 405 Jones Street, Heppner, Ore. Phone 452 MAKE DATES AT MY EXPENSE Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office in New Peters Building Peterson & 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 Pufciio Phone 62 lone. Ore. M. L. CASE G. E. NTKANDER Directors of Funerals 862 Phones 2C2