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6 Heppner Gazette Times, May 28, 1942 STATE CAPITAL NEWS O 'Expert' Turn-Down o Claims Denial Primary Mistake By A. L. LINDBECK Salem. At its meeting here Sat urday the state emergency board turned down a requst for $15,000 with which to finance an "expert" investigation into Oregon's tax sys tem. This was the second time this interim legislature has turned thumbs down on such a request. In expressing his opposition to the proposal Dean Walker, president of the state senate, pointed out that in the past 20 years the state had financed a number of such investi gations only to have the findings and recommendations which they produced consigned to the legislative waste basket. Senators Ronald Jones of Marion county and Howard Bolton of Clackamas joined with Walker in voting against the ap propriation. House Speaker Robert S. Farrell, Jr., and Representatives Harry Boivin of Klamath county and C. C. Bradley of Multnomah county, supported the proposal. The board in a three-hour long session, gave its official approval to deficiency appropriations aggregat ing $50,260.40. Of this amount $28, 760 is to come out of the $100,000 emergency fund set aside by the last legislature and $21,500 is to be trans ferred from the national guard ap propriation to the civilian defense bureau and the state police. ' A total of $30,000 was appropriat ed for the civilian defense bureau to cover salaries, wages and general operating and maintenance expense. Next largest item was an appropria tion of $7500 for the newly organized state guard. The boys' training school was granted a deficiency appropria tion of $4000 to carry it along until the legislature meets in January and $3000 was granted to the Boys' and Girls' Aid society to meet the increased cost of boarding out the youthful wards of this state-aided mm m WUl ABOUT VcJ0" tOU CAM ON ABUUr 7 - uii ton OUR look 4r feist 1 rf KV. That fbm JOHN DEERE 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. private organization. Hundreds of seasonal workers who filed claims but were denied un employment benefits from 1938 to 1941 are having their claims re considered by the Unemployment Compensation commission now as a result of the supreme court de cision in the Layman case. Already more than $30,000 in back benefits has been paid to workmen directly affected by this decision and a re view of the payroll records of more than 800 additional employers -declared seasonal in the four-year per iod is well under way, the commis sion has announced. Oregon's industrial payroll contin ues to grow by leaps and bounds, according to records of the state in dustrial accident commission. In dustrial payrolls in this state for the first four months of this year totalled $88,055,034 compared to $60, 377,655 for the same period in 1941, the commission's records show. The April payroll alone totalled $22, 731,503 compared to $16,300,004 for April, 1941. Oregon has "gone over the top" again with more than 31,000 tons of scrap iron and steel sent into war production activities, according to Claude I. Sersanous, chairman of the state salvage committee. All of Oregon's 36 counties are now or ganized with more than 1500 com mittee members actively engaged in the drive to salvage scrap material needed in the war effort. Fifty-five Oregon motorists were arrested for drunken driving during April, it was reported by Chas. P. Pray, superintendent of state police. A total of 1215 motorists were ar rested for traffic law violations dur ing the month, Pray's report shows. Veteran political observers are pretty generally agreed that one of the most disastrous upsets of the recent primary election was the de feat of Ronald C. Jones, veteran state senator from Marion county, in his try for the republican nomina tion for another term in the upper house of the legislature. Senator Jones wa9 a victim of hysteria. Words spoken by the sen- m wt ECONOMY CULTI lUAftr CS So." w TutttWlO-SlPHON COOln 5 Y(HY IT BURNS lOVf-cot (ft CERTAINLY PtENry (f$ THE IOW PRiCf iiuu mtcau 10 AJf -Ml, L MTV DRIVING A BARGAIN IS OKAY " IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL ator in defense of Japanese garden ers in his employ were distorted and magnified by his opponents to his undoing. An indefatigable worker Jones was on the job as a lawmaker early and late, giving unstintingly of his time in the service of the state. As a member of the powerful ways and means committee he was aligned with the economy bloc which stood steadfastly against repeated raids on the treasury by pressure groups. His defeat coupled with voluntary re tirement of George Dunn of Ashland, creates two vacancies on that com mittee which the next president of the senate is going to find it hard to fm. Gasoline and tire rationine are going to affect the travel of public officials as well as private individu als. State officials and employees who have been wont to hop in a car and drive a few hundred miles on official business on the slightest pretext are henceforth going to have, to depend more on the mail and the telephone. The board of control in turning thumbs down this week on a request for an increase in the mileage allowance for private cars engaged in state business also or dered a substantial reduction in intrastate travel in the interest of gasoline and rubber conservation. "It's high time the state was cur tailing some of its super service," is the way Governor Sprague put it. In spite of tire and gasoline ration ing there are more automobiles in Oregon today than there were a year ago. Motor vehicle registrations at the end of April totalled 388,039 com pared to 381,150 for the same period a year ago, according to Secretary of State Snell. Registration fees col lected for the first four months of this year totalled $2,743,267.40, Snell said. The state board of control has accepted the city of Baker's gift of a $40,000 natatorium for use as a national guard armory. Minor re pairs will be made to the building immediately but remodeling of the structure will be deferred until af ter the war. The Oregon school system is all set for the registration of motorists for gasoline rationing which starts today (Thursday). According to Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public instruction, registration in all first class districts will be held in the elementary schools. In the second and third class districts the registration will be held either in the school houses or in some other place to be designated by the local school board. This arrange ment was made necessary by the fact that many country schools are already closed for the summer. Ninety-one drunken drivers had their operators' licenses revoked during March, according to Secre tary of State Snell. Thirty licenses were suspended for reckless driv ing and five others for violation of the basic speed rule. Use G-T want ads to dispose of your surplus stock. OVER THE TOP FOR VICTORY with UNITED STATES WAR BONDS-STAMPS Five From Morrow Graduate at OSC Oregon State College. Morrow county is represented by five stu dents among the 751 receiving de grees at the seventy-third annual commencement Saturday, May 30. Of this total, three are from Heppner. The five are James Joseph Farley, BS in agriculture; Louis Leonard Gilliam, BS in forestry, and Miriam Sue Moyer, BS in home economics, from Heppner; Clinton Kenneth Peck, BS in forestry, and August Henry Rauch, BS in forestry, both of Lexington. The graduating class this year is one of the largest in the history of the college and includes 101 receiv ing graduate degrees and 650 the baccalaureate degrees of either ba chelor of science or bachelor of arts. Of those completing graduate work, six have earned doctor of philosophy degrees, three master of forestry, three master of arts, ten master of education, and 79 master of science degrees in the various schools Military service, war industries and other forms of employment will take every available man and woman in the class immediately following commencement. The 142 completing advanced R.O.T.C. work for reserve commissions will be subject to im mediate call as officers in active army service. Many others are en listed in other branches of the ser vice, to report for duty after get ting their degrees. URGE OWN HONEY CONTAINERS The current wartime practice of, supplying your own containers for many commodities is being encour aged for honey purchasers in bee keeping areas, says H. A. Scullen, specialist in beekeeping at Oregon State college. Most persons have a few buckets or jars which can be filled directly from the extracted honey tank, thereby conserving all of the containers possible for the honey that has to be shipped, says Scullen. With the shortage of sugar, every pound of honey produced is expected to be in demand this year. RUTH GREEN HONORED University of Oregon, Eugene, May 23. Ruth Green of Heppner was last week appointed to membership in the Oregon federation committee, it was announced here by Don Walker, chairman. The Oregon federation is a student organization designed to publicize the university through state-wide tours, speeches and mo tion pictures. Climaxing the sum mer program is the annual picnic held each year at Jantzen Beach park in Portland. Mrs. William H. Ellis left last Fri day for a few weeks visit with rela tives in Seattle and Bellingham, Wash. Miss Alice Bennett of Wil lows accompanied Mrs. Ellis to Se attle. Mrs. Ellis' brother, who is with the U. S. Marine corps, now in Bremerton, is the fiancee of Miss Bennett. Professional Directory Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. i NEW AUTO POLICY I Bodily Injury & Property Damage uiass a. $ij.ou ciass a ?k.im 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. 0. TURNER, Mayor GLENN Y. WELLS ATTORNEY AT LAW ATwater 4884 636 MEAD BUILDING 5th at Washington PORTLAND. OREGON J. 0. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER. ORE. A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON. Mgr. BATES REASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, Oitt. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches . 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