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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.
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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
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Phone 664 P.O. Box 142
Heppner, Oregon
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Trained Lady Assistant
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NEW AUTO POLICY
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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
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Notary Pufciio
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