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Heppner Gazette Times, Hq
Oregon
Thursday. December 25, 1941
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
e No Property Tax
o Larger Trucks
o Fags in Court
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. As per previous predic
tions the state tax levy, promulgat
ed this week, contains no levy
against property. The entire $4,332,
200 to be raised for state needs dur
ing the six month period ending
June 30, next, will come from in
come taxes and miscellaneous sour
ces. This will be the first time in
Oregon's history that it has been
possible to eliminate the entire state
levy including that for support of
elementary schools. This was made
possible by the existence of a sur
plus of $1,821,058 in income tax rev
enues to apply toward expenditures
of the next six months.
While the levy is the maximum
permitted under the constitutional
limitation it lacks $807,858 of cover
ing the needs of the state for the
six month period, estimated at $5,
140,168.95. This apparent deficit,
however, will be more than offset
by unreceipted payments, including
inheritance taxes, to the credit of
the general fund.
Pointing out that approximately
three-fourths of all income taxes
are paid during the first half of the
calendar year, the state tax commis
sion predicts "a sizeable surplus"
on June 30, next, to apply on the
next levy which will be made in
July covering an entire year.
Truck combinations up to 60 feet
'in length and of a gross weight up
in.'-
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A glowing cheerfulness pervades in all
the homes. It makes all men brothers
and neighbors love one another. It is the
Spirit of Christmas. We hope it will bring
Peace in your hearts and stay long after
the Christmas Season is over. Best wishes
for your happiness.
O'DONNELL'S CAFE
PETERSON'S
May your Christmas be as happy as can be, and
all your hopes and ambitions fulfilled during the
coining year. Greetings from all of us.
THE STAR OF HOPE '
May it shine brightly
in the hearts of all . .r
$ j a this Christmas time.
TUM-A-LUM LUMBER COMPANY
to 68,000 pounds are now permitted
on Oregon highways if at least 50
percent of the load, either by weight
or volume consists of defense goods
consigned to an army or navy de
pot. This policy was adopted by the
highway commission in an effort to
expedite the shipment of defense
materials. Under this ruling it will
now be possible for the larger trucks
operating in both Washington and
California to enter Oregon without
stopping at the state line to unload
and reload when the cargoes are
made up principally of defense ma
terials. The order was issued under
authority of a statute covering em
ergency operations and is not re
psrded as. in violation of the policy
enunciated by the legislature which
turned down by a large majority a
reauest for the operation pt the lar
ger trucks in this state.
fnmnlvinff with a request of
President Roosevelt the state is turn
ing all of 25 local employment ag
oTififis: over to the federal govern
ment. Personnel of the agencies will
be retained on the iedeial payrolJ.
Approximately 250 employees are
affected by the change. The state
will retain control over the central
employment agency which will be
under the direction of I.. C. Stoll and
wbih vill cooneri.te with the fed
eral ;-ed local agencies. The change
in status of the employment agencies
li.Mii vint in anv wav affect the op
erations of the Unemployment Com
pensation commission which Has ex
ercised jurisdiction over the em
ployment service.
delegation of dairymen
appeared before the state board of
agriculture, meeting here last week,
ir, Tv,-nt"st . aeainst th new ruling
which requires the use of a sanitary
cap which covers tht pouring up oi
milk bottles. The regulation be
comes effective January 1. J. D.
Mlickle, state director of agriculture,
promised ' the dairyrnen. that the
prohlem would be given further
consideration ana tnai me regula
tion would be administered to the
best interests of the producers as
well as he consumers.
Inmates of the state priixm want a
chance to fight the Japs. More than
400 of them signed a petition offer
ing their services in any capacity
the government might see fii to place
them.
The fate of the cigarette tax bill
enacted by the last legislature is now
up to the courts.
Attorney General Van Winkle has
held that sponsors of the referendum
attacking this measure failed to com
ply with the requirements of the
law ifi filing their expense state
ment and has advised Secretary of
State Snell that by reason cf this
failure the referendum measure is
not entitled to a place on the bal-
lot-
Secretary of Stat Snell has an
nounced that, acting upon the ad
vice of the attorney general, he will
not place the measuve on the ballot
next fall.
Now the Retail Merchants associa
of the referendum, has
'turned to the courts in an effort to
compel the secretary oi state wno
last spring accepted and filed their
petitions, to place the measure be
fore the voters in spite of the weak
ness in their attack as exposed by
the attorney general's investigation,
imrocitratinn of the attorney
general, incidentally, is understood
to have been prompted by demands
of the old age pension group anxious
to save the cigarette tax bill, the
fmm which, estimated at
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from $1,200,000 to $2,000,000 annual
ly, will go to augment present funds
for the payment of pensions to the
needy aged.
Riidcret Director David Eccles has
launched a campaign , to conserve
the state's motorized equipment. To
begin with he has notified all de
partment heads that no more auto
mobiles will be purchased except
with the approval of the budget de
pnt and urxm a showing of
absolute necessity. He has urged
department heads to arrange tor
consolidation of automobile trips so
that in the future one car will serve
where heretofore three or four have
been used. As a further conserva
tion measure he has suggested that
wherever possible established car
riers be used, even at sacruice oi
nrsonal convenience. Eccles is now
at work on a plan for pooling all
state-owned automobiles as a fur
ther step in his program of conser
vation which has been forced on the
state by the curtailment in the man
ufacture of cars and the shortage
in the nation's supply of rubber for
tires and tubes. '
Secretary of State Snell has just
completed the allocation of $1,200,00
in highway funds to the several
counties. The allocation, based on
motor vehicle population, ranged
from a low of $2,341 to Jefferson
county, with an automobile registra
tion of 782, to a high of $371,453.87 to
Multnomah county with a total of
124,082 cars in 1941. A previous allo
cation of $800,000 was made last
June and a final allocation will be
made in January.
Ben Titus, acting director of the
state highway department's travel
bureau, estimates that visiting tour
ists spent $51,000,000 in Oregon this
year. Titus said that surveys con
ducted by the bureau indicated that
tourist business in Oregon this year
was 15 per cent above that of 1940.
Peak of the tourist travel in Oregon
this year came during August when
surveys conducted by the highway
department showed 55,000 out-of-state
cars visited this state. Titus,
however, was not at all optimistic
over tourist travel prospects for 1942
with the prospect of tire and gaso
line rationing threatening to cut
heavily into automobile travel for the
duration of the emergency.
Press Conference Set
Jan. 9-10 at U. of 0.
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Dec. 24. (Special) The winter
meeting of the Oregon press con
ference will be held on January 9
10 on the University of Oregon cam
pus, it was announced here by
George S. Turnbull, secretary of the
conference and professor of journal
ism at the university.
Evfry editor and publisher in the
state has been invited to attend the
meelmgs, the twenty-fourth annual
gathering of the group, Mr. Turnbull
said.
The program of meetings which
are scheduled to begin on Friday
morning, January 9, will include a
discussion of priorities and their ef
fect upon newspaper production,
Wages and hours, circulation and
subscription rates, the tax situation
and how to make the proper tax re
turns, and the effect of present con
ditions on advertising lineage.
One of the features of the con
ference will be a panel discussion of
the effect of women readers on the
editorial and production policies of
a newspaper. Five women from Eu
gene have been secured who will
tell the editors what they lik3 in the
news columns and what fields they
think a newspaper should cover from
a woman's point of view.
Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the
Portland Oregonian, is president of
the conference and will preside at
the meetings.
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.
FW. TURNER & CO.
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
J. 0. TURNER, Mayor
GLENN Y. WELLS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ATwater 4884
635 MEAD BUILDING
5th at Washington
PORTLAND, OREGON
J. 0. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 178
Hotel Heppner Building
HEPPNER. ORE.
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
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Abstract Co.
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BATES SEASONABLE
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P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENEBAL INSUBANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St Entrance
J. 0. Peterson
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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 BLDO.
Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 49J
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
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Morrow County
Abstract fir Title Co.
INC.
ABSTBACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSTTBANCB
Office in New Peters Building
Peterson & Peterson
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
V
U. S. National Bank Building
PENDLETON, OREGON
Practice in State and Federal Courts
Real Estate
General Line of Insurance and
Bonds
W. M. EUBANKS
Notary Publlo
Phone 62 lone. Or.
M. L. CASE G. E. NIKANDER
Directors of
Funerals
862 Phones 262