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Washington, D. G, July 3. There
is so much "paper work" in pro
ducing supplies that months are re
quired before a contract is finally
signed. A house subcommittee has
made a sizzling report on the sub
ject, but its publication was with
held. This paper work applies to the
lease-lend act as well as national
defense and there is so much red
tape that it is strangling urgent
supplies.
An officer fighting in the desert
put in a rush order for certain
equipment. Weeks passed before the
order received an O.K. in England,
and only after more than 50 signa
tures had been attached. The order
was then sent to the British embassy
here, was taken up with a dozen
agencies and each attached a sig
nature. Eventually it went to the
president's desk (he is the only one
who can spend the lend-lease mon
ey). The president is a busy man.
Several weeks passed before his ap
proval appeared and the order then
went to the buyers who must make
the contract. More than four months
were lost while the signatures were
being gathered; turning out the
goods was a matter of less than
three weeks, and they must get to
the British officer in the Red Sea
area almost half a year from the
time he asked for the equipment in
a rush'.
The contract for the ammunition
base at Hermiston is another sample
of delay. After the base was selected
(the site) the interminable paper
work went full blast and at long
last the contract was awarded under
pressure, Oregon and Washington
contractors being ignored. That base
will be greatly enlarged before the
present contract is completed.
Some of the delays come from the
OPM, but not all. OPM only steps
into the picture when a contract
is for $500,000 or more. This con
nects OPM with the building of
plants of all sorts, powder making,
shell loading, factories for tanks,
anti-aircraft guns and similar large
operations. Before any of these
plants are started there is selection
of a site, a survey, architects and,
finally, a contract.
The government will operate
aluminum plants in the Pacific
northwest, but a contract with a
private concern to operate them is
another matter. This will consume
weeks of negotiation and consulta
tion with lawyers, with provisios
and stipulations and myriad details,
There are only a few concerns in
the country that know how to manu
facture aluminum probably not
more than three and one of these
is anathema to Harold Ickes, secre
tary of the interior.
Oregon contributed $2,068,000 i.i
federal taxes in 1939 (latest compil
ation) for the gasoline consumed.
What it will be in, 1941, with gasoline
possibly curtailed and taxes increas
ed, is uncertain. The average state
gas tax paid by an Oregon motorist
in 1939 was $28.65 and the average
federal tax was $5.60. The state tax
is 5 cents and the federal tax 1.5
cents (the total a trifle more than
the tax on a package of cifarettes).
In 1939 there were 2,847 service sta
tions. Of gaoline consumed 88 per
cent was used on public highways.
Consumption of heating oil was 1,
973,000 barrels or 900,000 barrels
more than was sent to Russia from
the Pacific coast. In 1940 consump
tion of motor fuel in Oregon was
262,505 000 gallons, or 1.09 percent
of the total consumed in the United
States.
Bureau of mines is now drilling
on certain beaches in Oregon behind
the seashore to determine the quan
tity of chromite which they may
contain. People are still figuring on
how to build roads to reach chromite
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Man is no match for the motor vehicle in weight, speed, volume or
horsepower, as the comparison in the above chart clearly shows. Both
drivers and pedestrians should remember this and drive and walk so
that conflicts are avoided, according to the Traffic Safety Division of the
State Department.
Housemothers Attend
OSC Conference
Oregon State College Fifty-six
hostesses for sororities, fraternities
and club houses from 13 states ;is
far east as New York are attending
the second annual conference heve
for housemothers, student counsel
ors and others in charge of student
living groups. The session continues
three weeks.
This conference', held in connec
tion with the regular summer ses
sion, is one of two such conferences
held in the United States. Oregon
State college along with Purdue uni
versity is pioneering in this field of
instruction which has received the
wholehearted support of natonal fra
ternal officers and university and
college deans of women.
The schedule of class work in
cludes lectures and demonstratioiis
in the many fields covered.
Three other conferences are sched
uled for the summer session. The
three-weeks conference for Smith
Hughes agricultural teachers starts
July 8. The combined conferences
on guidance and adult education and
the mathematics-science teachers
conference start July 9.
in southwestern Oregon. To reach the
best 'kidneys" the ore would now
have to be transported on pack
horses, and the price of the ore does
not justify this primitive method.
Everyone guessed wrong last year.
When the war department was told
by an Oregon member that shiploads
of rubber, tin, chromite and other
important materials should be im
ported from the Philippines, he wis
assured that supplies already in the
United States were sufficient for all
purposes. Now the maritime com
mission is taking every availale ship
to bring these items to the Pacific
coast. It was supposed there was
sufficient steel, all the aluminum
and magnesium required, ample sup
plies of copper, but a shortage has
developed in each of these and pri
orities have been established to pro -tect
requirements of the army and
navy and Britain.
Pacific northwest has immense
quantities of chromite, magnesium
magnesdte, copper and other ores but
it has been impossible to induce the
government to develop these re
sources. There is worry lest the
supply of tungsten from China be
cut off, but fine deposits unworked
and neglected are in Idaho. Bureau
of mines declares the Idaho tungsten
is high grade. Should the Japanese
interrupt American freighters bring
ing chromite from the orient the
government may turn to the de
posits in southwestern Oregon and
in the John Day country.
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Changes Proposed for
AAA Propram in 1942
Elimination of the total soil-depleting
allotment for farms under
the AAA program is vcf prospect for
1942, report N. C. Donaldson, state
executive officer of the AAA, and
W. L. Teutsch, assistant director of
extension, who -ere members jf
the Oregon delegation attending the
conference in Washington, D. C, on
the 1942 program.
The proposed change, which was
recommended by the conference and
is expected to be proclaimed soon,
woud permit flexibility, found need
ed during the defense period when
increases are essential in certain
types of crops from time to time.
The elimination of the total soil
depleting allotment would make un
necessary changing the designation
of such crops.
To compensate for this change, it
was further proposed that greater
emphasis be placed on the growing
of sou-conserving crops and that
the benefits on these be increased
somewhat. Allotments for the main
surplus crops, such as wheat, will
remain, of , course, under the new
plan. Numerous other recommend
ations were made by the conference,
mostly pertaining to special condi
tions under the defense program.
Swine Bulletin Issued
As High Prices Stay
The production of hoks in Oregon
is much less than the peak require
ments of the state at a time when
prices are the highest in many years
and when profitable returns an?
guaranteed for at least another year
by federal action. This situation has
led to many inquiries on swine
management, which demand has just
been met by a new extension bul
letin, No. 550, written by H. K.
Lindgren, extension animal hus
bandman, and A. W. Oliver, the
swine specialist in the animal hus
bandry department.
The new bulletin discusses briefly
the steps in swine production from
the selection of breeding stock thru
the care of sows, the use of electric
brooders for small pigs, a recom
mended feeding program, and var
ious miscellaneous management
practices. The use of irrigated pas
tures for hogs, adapting electric
fences for swine, and the use of
self-feeders are other topics in
cluded. Rifles Taboo for
Hunting Pheasant
Rifles may not be used in hunting
China pheasants and other upland
birds in any part of the state during
the fall bird season, according to
gun regulations announced by the
Oregon State Game commission.
This regulation is designed to pre
vent injury to individuals from stray
shots and also is expected to stop
the illegal practice of use of rifles
to shoot at birds from automobik'S
on or by the highways;
All shotguns must be plugged
down to three shots when hunting
upland game birds during the hunt
ing season. Shotguns loaded with
buckshot or bird shot are barred
from use in hunting for big game.
Guns with less than 1,700 foot-pound
muzzle energy will not be allowed
for antelope. Under the new regu
lations, guns used in hunting elk
will not be allowed If smaller than
30 calibre except when using cart
ridges with bullets of not less than
1,400 foot-pound energy at 100 yards
distance or weighing not less than
150 grains.
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Farm Prices Up
As Good Harvest
Prospects Loom
The old rule of big crops bringing
low prices is apparently not holding
good this year. Although crop pros
pects in the country as a whole are j
as favorable as during the last three
years, which were good seasons, fur
ther gains have been made in the
general farm price level, according
to a report on the agricultural sit
uation just issued by the agricul
tural extension service at O. S. C.
Gains in industrial workers' income
have strengthened domestic demand,
while a moderate increase has oc
curred in exports owing to the lease
lend program.
The gain in foreign demand for
farm products is only moderate and
mostly for hog products some dairy
and poultry products, and some spe
cialty crops. The general export out look
remains poor as no marked in
crease in exports of wheat, fresh
fruits or cotton is expected.
The income of industrial workers
is already about 20 per cent higher
than the 1940 average, the- report
says, and the Oregon farm price
index shows a similar percentage
gain in the general farm price level.
The greatest gains have been in
prices for meats and wool, truck
crops, and poultry and dairy pro
ducts which respond promptly in
price to changes in consumer pur
chasing power.
Farm costs have increased only
moderately during the past year,
compared with prices for farm pro
ducts in general. As a result, the
purchasing power of farm products
is higher than a, year agot. The ex
change value of some items is above
or near parity, particularly the "domestic-type"
products. The exchange
value of most of the "export-type"
farm products is still below parity
owing to surpluses in relation to
market demand, and relatively high!
prices for some items of farm ex
pense. On the whole, the exchange value
of farm products is now around 90
per cent of the 1910-1914 parity.
Relatively low prices for grain,
fruit, cotton, and some other farm
products account for some of the
disparity which remains. The re
maining disparity is also accounted
for partly by relatively high price
indexes for farm machinery and
building materials, with higher tax
es and farm wage rates also affect
ing farm costs. -
Vacant corner lot on Main street, '
50 x 132 feet, for sale. Inquire this
office.
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Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
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J. 0. TURNER, Mayor
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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PORTLAND. OREGON
Thursday. July 3, 1941
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