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By PAUL DUNHAM
Washington, D. C, Aug. 28. Allo
cation of funds has finally been
made for improvement of airports in
Oregon and Washington, five in the
former state and 12 in the latter. Of
the total appropriation of $80,810,110
Oregon will receive but $1,038,000
distributed as follows: Eugene $113,
000, Klamath Falls $278,000, La
Grande $105,000, The Dalles $180,
000 and Tillamook $410,000. The to
tal for the 12 airport projects in
Washington is $2,105,000.
Selection of these airports to re
ceive federal funds was made by a
board composed of the secretaries
of war, navy and commerce, which
certified that they were necessary
to the national defense. This certi
fication included 26 locations pre
viously announced but on which
work had not been started and 140
new locations. The WPA will do
the work on 87 of the projects and
part work on 15; the others will be
let by bid. It is expected1 that all
will be completed shortly after the
first of the year.
While all projects are stated to be
necessary to the national defense,
there is a somewhat mystifying dis
proportion in the selections. For
instance, Texas is given 27 airports
on which $5,942,000 in federal mon
ey will be expended. Far to the
northeast, in Maine, 17 sites were
chosen for which $3,178,000 will be
available, and with one less in num
ber Georgia will receive $3,178,000.
Just why there should be more air
ports required in Georgia than in
Oregon or Washington is not clear,
nor why Maine should be favored
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For the announced purpose of aid
ing South American countries to
prepare an efficient personnel to op
erate airlines to be established by
them to replace lines previously op
erated by German companies, a pro
gram has been set up for the train'
ing of pilots and technicians in the
United States. The number from
each country will be apportioned on
an equitable basis and will total
404 pilots, 120 service mechanics,
120 instructor mechanics and 20
aeronautical engineers. The army
will train 100 of the pilots and the
balance will be under the direction
of the Civil Aeronautics adminis
tration. Hitherto all but a few of
the airlines in South America have
been either German owned or op
erated. Emphasizing the fact that such
gasoline shortage as may exist in
any locality in the United States is
due to the lack of adequate trans
portation facilities, a department of
interior report on production of
natural gasoline shows that the daily
average in June was 7,133,000 gal
Ions as compared with 6,161,000 in
June of last year. However, there
was an actual decrease in the quan
tity on hand, 261,870,000 gallons this
June as compared with 294,000,000
on hand June 30, 1940.
While no record was made of the
voice vote in the house on extension
of the selective service period, a
teller's count showed 21 Republicans
voting with the majority and there
by keeping draftees in the army an
other 18 months. Had the policy of
Republican Leader Joe Martin not
been opposed this number would
have been considerably larger as
other Republican members had pre
viously expressed themselves as fa
voring a longer period of training.
But Hamilton Fish rallied strength
against the house leader in a party
caucus just prior to the voting that
only 21 upheld the administration
measure. This clash was only one of
many recent almost open quarrels
between Congressman Fish and the
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Colonel Blank of the Presidio, in
full uniform decided while in As
toria recently that he would inspect
the naval air base at Tongue Point;
had his orderly drive to the scene
of the development. A marine corps
leatherneck was on guard at the
entrance. The work is being care
fully protected as the task of mak
ing it in to an almost major air base
(with destroyers and submarines,
too) proceeds. The visiting colonel
ranks the officer in charge. At the
gate the marine halted the car, ask
ed the colonel if he had a permit.
No, the colonel did not have one;
he did not need one, he was a colon
el, and he demanded entrance. The
marine was firm. "No tickets, no
shirtee." Throwing out his chest,
the colonel said he had his uniform
on; that should be sufficient creden
tials. "Humph," said the marine,
"anyone can get a colonel's uniform."
And the colonel drove back to Fort
Stevens indignant. (Note: Fakers
have paraded in uniforms).
Secretary of Labor Perkins has
rented the first two floors of her
home to a British mission and is
living on the top floor. The rent is
presumed to be commensurate to
the inconvenience.
Farm Prices and
Costs Move Up as
Big Crops Stored
Material increases in both far' i
prices and farm costs and further
indications of a total U. S. output
of farm products approaching rec
ord proportions are custanding am
ong the facts included in a review
of the agricultural situation and out
look just issued by the Oregon State
college extension service. The re
port gives particular attention to the
market outlook for wheat from the
crop to be planted this fall and next
spring.
While the government index of
prices received by farmers was ad
vancing seven points from mid-June
to mid-July, the index of prices
paid by farmers went up three
points, the report shows. The prices
paid index omits farm wages, which
have been advancing quite rapidly.
While both farm prices and farm
costs apparently have gone up fur
ther since mid-July, data are not
yet ready to show which is advanc
ing the faster at present.
Owing to the more rapid increase
in farm prices than in costs during
the past year, however, the exchange
value of farm products has increased
from an index of 75 in July, 1940, to
94 per cent of the 1910-1914 average
in July this year. This places the
general exchange value of farm pro
ducts slightly above the 1926-1930
average for the first time in years.
The exchange value of some farm
products is even above the 1910
1914 "parity" level, while other
items are materially below parity
in exchange value.
The sharp uptrend in prices for
farm products is attributed to strong
consumer purchasing .power and
other factors associated with thi
war and the defense program. Ow
ing to these forces, farm prices have
gone up despite prospects for agri
cultural production of record pro-
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duplication of the original "Minuta
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bank or post office, are a vital part
of America's defense preparations.
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Oregon
Warn Public Against
Irrigated Land Sharks
"Write the bureau before you
buy" any land in a federal recla
mation project and particularly in
the huge Columbia basin project to
be watered from the Grand Coulee
dam.
This advice from the bureau of
reclamation is being broadcast far
and wide in view of persistent at
tempts of certain land speculators
to unload practically worthless land
on investors and home seekers by
misrepresenting it as good land soon
to be irrigated, says J. C. Moore,
representative of the bureau of ag
ricultural economics, stationed at
Oregon State college.
A recent specific case cited is that
of a young Montana couple who
were induced to agree to pay $500
for land in the Columbia basin pro
ject which proved to be so-called
Class 6, or poor land for which no
irrigation water will ever be pro
vided under present plans. The land
is roughly estimated 'to be worth
about $3 an acre instead of the $23.
50 per acre they agreed to pay.
The bureau of reclamation at Cou
lee Dam, Wn., is prepared to answer
any inquiries promptly and without
charge, in regard to land in the
Columbia basin project, says Moore
Some land may remain without wa
ter for 20 years or more, as the plar
lis to bring under irrigation only
small parcels this year.
Neither the bureau of reclamation
nor any other agency of the federal
government has land to sell and
no one is authorized to represent
them in the sale of such' land, Moore
adds.
ortions. Production of nearly .all
farm products is expected to be
above average and the supply of
wheat, including carry-over stocks,
will be exceptionally large.
With carry-over estimated at
nearly 400 million bushels and 1941
production of 951 million, the Uni
ted States has enough wheat for
about two years. Storage is one of
the problems, and what to plant this
fall or next spring on surplus wheat
acres is another. The government
wheat acreage quota is 11 per cent
less than last year, representing a
cut of 7 million acres in the whole
country and 70,000 acres in Oregon.
A number of fall and spring sown
crops could be planted on surplus
wheat land in Oregon. The food
for defense program calls for in
creased production of pork, milk
eggs, and some kinds of vegetables.
The short-time market outlook, at
least, also looks favorable for beef,
veal, lambs, and wool, while crn
sumer purchasing power remains
high, the report shows.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
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5th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
Thursday, August 28, 1941
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
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