Thursday. December 4, 1941
Page Six
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
NEWS
More Road Funds
White Successor
Power Switch
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. While Oregon will receive
only $410,000 out of the $25,000,000
recently appropriated by congress
for the improvement of strategic
state highways the state will receive
other substantial sums from funds
set aside in the new highway ap
propriations measure for the con
struction of access roads and flight
strips adjacent to public highways
in the opinion of R. H. Baldock,
state highway engineer.
Should the war department decide
to construct the proposed canton
ment in the Benton-Polk county
area, as now seems probable, any
relocation or widening of the west
side highway necessitated by this
project will probably be financed
out of the new federal appropria
tion. Likewise highway improve
ments necessitated by construction
of the cantonment near Medford
would also come in for federal aid
as an access road.
Most of the $410,000 this state is
expected to receive for use on strat
egic highways is expected to go
toward the strengthening of bridges
in order to stand the strain imposed
by heavy military equipment.
Governor Sprague has let it be
known that he will be in no hurry
to appoint a new adjutant general
to succeed the late General George
A. White. Inasmuch as the national
guard is now in federal service the
state has no great need for the ser
vices of an adjutant general and such
routine duties as are required are
now being performed by Lt. Col.
Elmer V. Wooten in his dual capa
city of state director of selective
service and acting adjutant general.
Incidentally, when the governor
does get around to making this ap-
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You're in for the surprise of your life when
you see and drive the John Deere Model "H"
the sensational new small tractor that handles
two-row equipment and completely replaces
animal power on small and large farms every
where, cutting costs 'way below their former
level, and making farming more profitable.
' nd when you learn the price, you'll wonder
how John Deere can give you so much in a tractor
that sells for so little.
In addition, the Model "H" not only burns low
cost fuel but it uses only 13 to 12 as much fuel
on the many jobs within its power range, as would
larger tractors handling the same load.
Gome in, see it, and get "the surprise of your
life."
BRADEN-BELL TRACTOR
& EQUIPMENT CO.
nointment it is believed that the
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plum will fall either to Wooten or
to Brigadier General Thos. E. Rilea,
commander of the 82nd brigade
(Oregon infantry troops) with the
41st division now stationed at Fort
Lewis, Washington.
Unemployment compensation ben
efit payments during the first ten
months of 1941 were the lowest in
the four years' experience of this
commission, totalling only $2,193,745,
or $1,600,000 under the 1940 figures
for the same period.
Final payments for the 1940 flax
crop purchased by the prison flax
industry were made this week. Flax
farmers of the mid-Willamette val
ley section who sold their crop to
the state received $G0 for number 1
straw and $43 for number 2 straw,
the price corresponding with that
paid by the several cooperative as
sociations to their members. The
price, incidentally, is more than
double the price paid for the same
quality product two years ago.
There is no indication of any in
tention on the part of Oregon motor
ists to conserve on the nation's gas
oline supply. Sales of gasoline in
Oregon during October totalled 27,-
377,376 gallons, a gain of 4,162,433
gallons over the record for October,
1940. Gasoline sales for the first ten
months of 1941, according to records
compiled by Secretary of State Earl
Snell aggregated 251,324,777 gallons,
an increase of 31,102,388 gallons over
the record for the same period last
year.
Whether Oregon will switch from
Portland General Electric to Bon
neville power for use in its numer
ous buildings and institutions in the
Salem area will depend largely upon
what kind of a proposition the Bon
neville administration has to offer.
Last week Paul J. Raver, Bonne
ville administrator, was quoted as
saying that the use of Bonneville
power would result in a saving of
from $28,000 to $35,000 a year to the
state. Inasmuch as the state's annual
"juice" bill under its PGE contract
amounts to only $62,000 a year the
Bonneville offer, on its face at least,
sounds very attractive. Engineers in
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Wayne Morris, recent star of "I
Wanted Wings," became a member of
Uncle Sam's Navy in May, 1941,
when he wa3 appointed to the rank
of .Ensign.
When asked what he thought of
the United States Navy, Morris said,
"I think every man who is consider
ing joining a military service should
look into the 'chance of a lifetime'
which the Navy and.Naval Reserve of
fer to getinto the big-pay field of the
future aviation. In the Navy you
can attend the finest flight training
schools in the world, and receive in
the employ of the Public Utilities
commission had estimated the sav
ing to be realized by the state thru
the application of Bonneville whole
sale rates as in the neighborhood of
$15,000 a year.
Just what the Raver proposal in
cludes is not clear to the board of
control whose members want more
light on the situation before making
any move. For one thing, they want
to know if Bonneville is prepared
to deliver the electricity to the point
of use, as is now being done by the
private utility at the advertised sav
ing. Or does the saving include only
delivery to its substation in Polk
county from which point it would
have to be distributed by the state.
In that event the prospective saving
would dwindle materially inasmuch
as it is estimated that it would cost
the state $165,000 to build the 25
miles of power lines necessary to
serve the several state buildings and
institutions, not to mention a very
substantial annual operations and
maintenance cost to keep such a
distribution system in working or
der. Should the board of control decide
to buy Bonneville power and find it
necessary to build any distribution
lines it is beleved there is ample au
thority for such a program under an
act of 1935 empowering the board
to construct or acquire a power plant
and necessary distribution lines, the
cost to be financed through savings
to be realized from operations of the
state-owned plant That act was
passed at a time when the board of
control was considering the con
struction of a power plant at the
state prison to be operated with con
vict labor.
Before the board enters upon any
construction program, however, in
the event it is decided to buy Bon
neville energy efforts will be made
to persuade Bonneville to build the
necessary lines, or failing in that,
to contract with the private utility
to "wheel" the electricity from the
point of delivery by Bonneville to
the several points of use.
Announcement by Governor Spra
gue that he had appointed Ernest
R. Fatland to the post ot state li-
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at former
Green Feed Store
Lee Cantwell
struction from Navy pilots who intro
duced dive bombing, aircraft carriess
and catapult take-offs to the rest of
the world. Also, there are opportuni
ties in Naval Aviation for men who
don't want to fly. They can be trained
as aviation machinists, metalsmiths,
photographers, observers, or they can
receive instruction in many other
trades. It's a great life in the Navy."
Ensign Wayne Morris is pictured
here in his line of duty as a member
of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selec
tion Board at the Long Beach Naval
Reserve Air Base.
quor commissioner came only as
confirmation of long standing ru
mors. Fatland succeeds Lowell
Stockman of Pendleton who resign
ed from the liquor commission to
seek the republican nomination for
congressman from the second Ore
gon district.
The marked improvement in the
employment situation has not serv
ed to lighten Oregon's relief burden,
indicating that persons on the state
relief rolls are not employable.
While general assistance costs re
main practically unchanged over a
year ago, aggregating $2,037,696 for
the first ten months of 1941, old
age assistance benefits increased by
$230,000 in the same period, totalling
$4,603,287 for the first ten months
of the current year.
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