6 Heppner Gazette Times, May 21 , 1942
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o True to Form
o Old Age Retirement
o Workers' Army
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. In turning thumbs down
on Governor Sprague's plea for a
second term the voters of Oregon
have run true to form. Not since
Governor Withycombe was re-elected
in 191824 years ago has this
honor been conferred upon a chief
executive of this state. Incidentally
Withycombe is the only republican
to have been elected to a second
term as governor since statehood.
In the period of 84 years only four
governors have been re-elected to
that high office. The other three
were democrats LaFayette Grover
in 1874; Sylvester Pennoyer in 1890,
and George E. Chamberlain in 1906.
The Senior Citizens Annuity com
mittee, a group of Salem men inter
ested in more adequate assistance
for the needy aged, have initiated a
measure providing for a system of
state old age retirement insurance.
The measure, which it is hoped to
present to the voters in November,
provides for the payment of month
ly retirement insurance to every
resident of the state 65 years of age
or over whose annual income does
not exceed $240. The plan would be
financed by monthly premiums of
not less than $1 levied against every
able bodied adult regardless of earn
ings. Persons with large incomes
would pay proportionately more into
the fund. The amount of retirement
pay would be determined by divid
ing the amount in the insurance fund
each month by the number of ap
plicants for retirement pay. In ad
dition to the premium payments
from individuals the state would be
required to contribute from its tax
revenues an amount euqivalent to
50 cents for each dollar of premium
collected.
.
Two reports released in Salem this
week reflect the constantly improv
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7lm JOHN klUF,
You're in for tke 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.
ing employment situation. Records
of the employment service show
only 17,532 job applications on file,
the lowest in the history of this de
partment. A year ago there were
33,815 persons seeking jobs through
this agency, nearly double the pre
sent figure. Practically all of the
current job seekers are unskilled
workers who are not qualified to
fit into the present defense program
with industries begging for thous
ands of workers to fill jobs. At the
same time the Unemployment Com
pensation commission reported that
April benefit payments totalled on
ly $202,568, or 26 percent under
payments for April, 1941. Benefit
payments for the current year to
date are reported at seven percent
below those for the first four months
of 1941.
When the legislature of 1929 en
acted a law providing for the serv
ing of summons against non-resident
motorists involved in automobile ac
cidents through the secretary of
state, the law makers left a gaping
loop hole through which one Cali
fornia motorist has just escaped the
consequences of a damage action.
The motorist in question, one James
E. Pardee of Susanville, California,
refused to accept service of sum
mons through the secretary of state
on the ground that he was not the
owner of the car which he was driv
ing at the time of the accident. This
contention was upheld by the state
supreme court last week in an opin
ion in which it was held that the act
of 1929 applied only to non-resident
automobile owners.
According to the annual report
of A. A. Rogers, state superintendutit
of banks, the banks of this state
reported resources of $503,358,169 at
the close of 1941, a gain of more
than $90,000,000 during the year, and
approximately $200,000,000 in the
past four years.
The patriotism of Oregon's volun
teer army of harvest hands will be
put to the acid test within the next
week or so when a call will go out
for more than 50,000 men, women
and children, mostly in family
groups, to harvest what-is expected
to be one of the largest berry crops
western Oregon has experienced in
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recent years.
According to L. C. Stoll, Oregon
director of United States employ
ment service, women and students
who registered during recent months
will not be called upon until after
the community labor supply and
available migratory workers have
been exhausted. Younger children
will be expected to work only in
family groups or under adequate
supervision.
Pre-election estimates of a 40 per
cent vote were approximately cor
rect as revealed by Friday's voting
with the republicans polling slightly
more than 50 percent of their regis
tration because of the greater in
terest in the gubernatorial contest
and the democrats slightly less than
30 percent of their registration.
Valuations of public utilities in
Oregon have increased by approx
imately $12,700,000 in the last ten
months, according to figures releas
ed by the state tax commission. All
categories contributed substantially
to the increase with the exception
of express companies and small tel
ephone companies. Greatest increase
in valuations is sohwn by steam
railroads which jumped from $138,
962,345 to $143,692,826. Electric util
ity valuations increased from $106,
632,692 to $110,674,636 and valuations
of electric railroads from $2,902,984
to $4,461,780.
Rex Putnam, state superintendent
of public instruction, has called on
all the pupils in all Oregon schools
to help prepare for a state-wide
celebration of flag day, June 14, by
suggesting to parents and neighbors
that each home be supplied with an
American flag and that it be dis
played on that day at least. Wher
ever possible Putnam suggests that
the flags of all the United Nations
be included in the display.
At least three prominent mem
bers of Oregon's official family
have been granted leaves of absence
during the past week in order to
join Uncle Sam's armed forces. Win
C. Clark, chief clerk in the Salem
office of the state liquor control
commission, has been commissioned
a first lieutenant in the administra
tive brance of the army air corps;
Francis T. Wade, an assistant to At
torney General Van Winkle since
1934, has been called to active duty
as a captain in the army; Sidney
George, chief claim inspector for the
Industrial Accident commission, has
been commissioned a first lieutenant
of military police in the marine
corps. George, a veteran of the first
World War, has been with the com
mission for more than 20 years.
Governor Sprague has appealed to
Leon Henderson, director of the of
fice of price administration, for a
relaxation in his price freezing or
der as applied to canned goods in
order that Oregon canneries may not
be compelled to suspend operations.
Cannery operators have complained
that, because of increased wages and
material costs they will be unable
to operate under the price freezing
order which fixes the price of their
product at the 1941 level. The gov
ernor pointed out in his telegram to
Henderson that suspension of can
nery operations would not only be
a serious blow to producers of ber
ries, fruits and vegetables but to
consumers as well.
Oregon's 20 traffic fatalities dur
ing April were down 50 percent from
the April, 1941 record, according to
Secretary of State Snell.
Irrigation Equipment
Still Available Here
Oregon irrigation equipment deal
ers still have a considerable volume
of supplies on hand available for im
mediate delivery for increasing the
use of irrigation this year, accord
ing to reports received by the ex
tension service at Oregon State col
lege. Some farmers are reported hesi
tating to purchase irrigation equip
ment for raising intensive crops be
cause of uncertainties of the labor
problem, but this same situation
makes greater use of irrigation by
livesock farmers advisable, exten
sion men point out. Good irrigated
pastures reduce the amount of la
bor by decreasing the help required
for feeding and feed production. Ir
rigated pasture will help meet Ore
gon's dairy products quota, they say.
A barber named Archibald
Weedum
Said "Here, Uncle Sam,
if you need 'em,
Are all of my savings
From hair cuts and shav
ings Tm buying Bonds and
Stamps for freedom."
j Trim few dollar off in
creased earnings to help your
country. Buy U. S. Sar
ins Bond erery pay day.
Franked Mail Victim
Inspires Poet's Ode
Art King, extension specialist in
soils, but now in charge of organiz
ing the state-wide emergency farm
fire protection project, is on both
the sending and receiving end of
the current deluge of official and
semi-official mail in connection with
the war effort. As an introduction
to one of his recent general letters
on the fire control project, he wrote
the following parody, which might
be termed "The Soliloquy of a
Franked Mail Victim."
"To read, or not to read, that is the
question,
Is it nobler in the mind to let them
pass unnoticed,
Read and forget, pile and file, or
merely pile
And with a fire end them?
To study, to can and put away, or
only put away?
Aye, there's the rub,
For in these current reams of mail
should be an idea
Useful to me and those I serve.
I find it not and Hamlet committed
suicide
Before franked envelopes were in
vented." King's letters must be getting re-
suits inasmuch as all 36 counties re
port excellent response to the or
ganization work, with indications
that farm fire protection this year
will be the best ever attained in
Oregon.
Professional
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Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER, Mayor
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