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STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Jobless Threat
o 'Crack' Flare-Up
o Auto 'Use' Tax
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem The threat of widespread
unemployment in Oregon is receiv
ing serious attention at the hands
of state officials.
A couple of weeks ago Governor
Sprague called a conference of lum
ber men to consider the employ
ment situation in that industry. Re
strictions against the use of essen
tial buildng materials were cutting
sharply into the building program,
lumber was piling up at the mills
for lack of orders and many mills
were curtailing their operations,
throwing thousands of men out of
work.
Now it appears that other indus
tries throughout the state are faced
with the same problem. The im
pounding of essential metals for de
fense needs is cutting off the supply
for non-defense purposes and many
large and small industries through
out the state are finding it increas
ingly more more difficult to obtain
supplies with which to till orders.
As a result these industries are also
laying off workers.
While other states faced with this
same problem notably California
and Washington have been able to
turn their industries to' the produc
tion of defense materials Oregon is
being passed up by the defend pro
gram because this state has not yet
shown the Office of Production
Management that there is any em
ployment problem here.
A delegation of Port'and indis
trialists calling on the governor this
week declared that "they had been
unable to gain any recognition from
defense agencies in the national cap
ital because this state had not taken
the necessary steps to have the state
declared a "distress area," that is
an area in which there has been a
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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.
And 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.
Come in, see it, and get "the surprise of your
life."
BRADEN-BELL TRACTOR
& EQUIPMENT CO.
Heppner
serious displacement of labor. While
the employment situation is said to
be most serious in Portland because
of the concentration of so many in
dustries in that city, the problem
is said to apply as well to the small
er cities of the state.
With a view to placing Oregon in
line for defense contracts that might
take up the slack in employment
resulting from the slump in non-defense
production Governor Sprague
has instructed the state employment
service, the economic council and
other agencies to cooperate in an
immediate survey of the present and
pending employment situation.
The flare-up occasioned by State
Treasurer Scott's "crack" at Util
ities Commission Bean and his chief
engineer, T. O. Russell, appears to
have died down with Bean's expla
nation of his part in the board of
control's negotiations for a new pow
er contract. Criticising Bean for his
recommendations to the board ap
proving a five-year contract with
the Portland General Electric com
pany, Scott at a meeting of t'te
board declared that the commission
er "should be made to realize he is
working for the state instead of the
I ortlnnd General Electric company."
In defense of his recommendation
Bean called attention to the fact that
the contract in question had been
presented to him long before the
board had started any negotiations
for Bonneville power ann that it pro
vided for a saving of $1750 a year in
power and light charges as com
pared to the previous contro "t.
Again .crossing up the political
prognosticators Governor Sprague
reached into his grab bag and pluck
ed out 37-year old Charles W. Red
ding as his choice for the Multno
mah county circuit judgeship. Red
ding's name was not once included
in the long list of prospective ap
pointees for this post which includ
ed such well known republican lead
ers as Frank Loncrgan, one time
speaker of the house, Allan Bynon
who strved as the governor's legal
ad,-isor in 1939; Frank S. Sever,
chief deputy district attorney in
Multnomah county; Walter Tooze,
Martin Hawkins.. Fred Bronn and
of ers. Incidentally this, is by no
Gazette Times, Heppner
Committeemen of
All Counties to
Attend AAA Meet
Farmers who adapt and direct the
AAA farm program in Oregon's 36
counties will meet at Oregon State
college December 15-17 to discuss
the past year's achievements and
problems and express their ideas on
the makeup of future programs.
Work at this years state AAA
conference, the second annual such
event, will be led and directed by
farmers and ranchers who make up
county AAA committee":. With few
speakers on the program, most of
the three-day conference will be
taken up with committee meetings
and reports. Committee chairmen,
all farmer-committeemen, were an
nounced as follows:
Education, Glen Cumberland,
means the first time the governor
has oui -guessed the guessers .n his
api ointments.
Salem. The new federal "use" tax
on motor vehicles will cost Oregon
motorists approximately $2,250,000 a
year, according to unofficial estim
ates based upon an anticipated reg
istration of 450.000 automobiles and
trucks in this state next year.
This new levy will be in addition
to all other levies which already
wring in excess of $30,000,000 a year
out of Oregon motorists. Approxi
mately one-half of this huge tax to
tal is accounted for by the state gas
oline tax which, according to Secre
tary of State Snell will yield ap
proximately $15,000,000 this year. In
addition to this the federal tax on
gasoline will take another $4,500,000
out of the pockets of Oregon motor
ists. Automobile registration fees
are expected to approach $4,000,000
next year, not counting fees and li
censes paid by trucks and busses
which this year will exceed $1,650,
000. Operators' licenses at $1.50
each for a two-year period accounts
for another $400,000 a year, one
third of which goes to pay the hos
pital bills of indigent victims of mo
tor vehicle accidents. Then, lastly,
there are federal excise taxes hid
den in the purchase price of new
cars and trucks, as well as in the
price of lubricating oils, tires and
tubes and accessories which are es
timated to cost Oregon motorists
well over $5,000,000 a year.
Of the 157 persons who have been
convicted of murder in Oregon since
capital punishment was restored in
1920 only 19 have paid the extreme
penalty, according to records of the
state prison. Of these 19 who were
executed for their crimes 16 were
hanged and three were gassed.. Five
others sentenced to die had their
sentences commuted to life impris
onment and two others committed
suicide. Of the 131 convicted mur
derers sentenced lo life imprison
ment only 73 remain behind prison
bars. Six have died in prison, three
have been transferred to the state
hospital and 43 have been released
under conditional pardons.
Serious curtailment of Oregon's
highway construction program is
foreseen by R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer as a result of a
new federal policy under which no
federal funds will be allocated for
highway work until the jobs have
been approved by the army or navy
as defense projects. As a result of
this new policy all road lettings in
volving federal aid have been elim
inated from the list of lettings sched
uled for December.
While the new license plates are
going forward by mail at the rate
of several thousand each day they
may not be displayed on motor ve
hicles before December 15, accord
ing to Secretary of State Snell. Any
attempt to jump the gun on this
date may lead to an invitation to ex
plain the rush to some convenient
police judge.
Governor Sprague has called a
conference of all civilian defense co
ordinators to be held in Salem next
Monday. The day's program will
consist largely of round table dis
cussions of problems connected with
the civilian defense program.
The Oregon Association for the
Deaf has been granted pei-mission
by the board of control to hold its
next annual meeting at the state
school for the deaf in Salem some
time next June. It is expected that
more than 150 delegates will attend
the sessions.
Oregon
Clackamas county; county office
management, Layton Mann, Uma
tilla county; range and pasture de
velopment, Jack French, Grant
county; soil building practices and
conservation materials, Chester
Wendt, Jackson county; crop insur
ance, wheat and statistical, Henry
Baker, Morrow county; seed pur
chase program, Robert Pence, Polk
county.
Agriculture's ail-out program to
provide abundant food supplies for
American defense workers and mil
itary workers and lend-lease aid to
Britain imposes a new responsibil
ity on AAA committeemen. County
and community committeemen have
recently completed a farm-to-farm
survey of potential 1942 production.
The results of this survey and prob
lems attendant to achieving the pro
duction called for under the food for
freedom program will receive con
siderable attention at the confer
ence. Representatives of AAA's western
division who will ettend the con
ference include Arthur Cummings,
assistant to the director, Washing
ton, D. C; Fred Entermille, com
modity loan specialist, Baker; and
Jack Hartline, division of informa
tion, Denver.
The second day of the conference
will coincide with the first day of
the annual all staff conference of
the division of agriculture at Ore
gon State college including the ex
tension staff in home economics. A
joint session will be held with out
standing speakers addressing the
combined group.
Recruiting Office on
Twelve Hour Basis
The Walla Walla navy recruiting
office, serving this district, is now
on a twelve hour basis, opening at
8 a. m. and closing at 8 p. m., said
H. L. Larsen, district recruiter, when
in Heppner Monday. He said that
interviews could be had by interest
ed men any other time by appoint
ment.
Larsen announced that as in the I
past, reservists enlisting for 2, 3, 4
years, or for minority, will be re
quired to remain on active duty for
the duration of the emergency. In
the event that the emergency ends
prior to the expiration of the enlist
ment period, reservists will be re
leased from active duty and return
ed to their homes.
This new regulation also provides
for enlistment of boys 17 and 18 for
minority. Minority enlistments pre
viously limited to the regular navy,
expire on the day before the man's
21st birthday. .
GRANGE MEETS TOMORROW
Rhea Creek grange 669 will meet
on Friday (tomorrow) evening with
a pot luck dinner at 6 o'clock. All
patrons are urged to attend and vis
itors are welcome, reports Henry
Peterson, master.
The best medium for selling or
trading is a G-T want ad.
Professional
Directory
Phelps Funeral Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
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 4884
536 MBAD BUILDING
5th at Washington
PORTLAND. OREGON
Thursday, December 11, 1941
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER, ORB.
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Sine Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Heppner
Abstract Co.
J. LOGIE RICHARDSON, Mgr.
BATES REASONABLE
Roberts Building Heppner, Ow.
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 & 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 OP TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in New Peters Building
Peterson & Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Fraction In State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Pabllo
Phone 62 lone, Ore.
M. L. CASE G. E. NIKANDER
Directors of
Funerals
862 Phones 262