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6 Heppner Gazette Times; June 1 1 , 1942 STATE CAPITAL NEWS o Prosperous Year o 4th Celebrations o Car Pooling By A. L. LINDBECK Salem. Gauged by income tax returns 1941 was the most prosper ous year in Oregon's history, accord ing to state tax officials. Income tax collections for 1942 to April 30 totalling $8,262,266.67 were 75.7 percent greater than collections for the same period last year. With an estimated $3,500,000 yet to col lect on taxable returns filed tax officials expect 1942 revenues from income taxes to exceed $11,500,000, an increase of more than 50 percent over the $8,012,000 collected last year. The average tax paid by individu als this year, $45.42, was only slight ly higher than the average of $41.54 in 1941 but nearly 49,000 more in dividuals filed taxable returns this year than last, accounting for the increase from $3,398,491 to $5,473,593 in collections from individual tax payers. At the same time collections from corporations increased from $1,304, 250 to $2,788,673 in spite of a slight decrease in the number of corpora tions filing returns and reflecting greatly increased corporate profits. Members of the state tax commis sion estimate that nearly $9,000,000 in income tax revenues will be needed to meet the state and ele mentary school levies for the next fiscal year, ending June 30, 1943. Fourth of July celebrations in Oregon, as in all other Pacific coast states, this year, will be confined largely to parades and picnics and noise making will be confined to the blare of the bands, the bombast of the orators and the cheering of the crowds. The sale and use of fire works and firecrackers of all kinds is strictly banned and Governor Sprague has directed all state po lice, sheriffs and local police officials it Oil fOfc 00R (fCWlM US Mill till , li JOHN DEERE 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. Gome in, see it, and get "the surprise of your life." BRADEN-BELL TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT CO. to see to it that the ban is enforced. Even the lowly cap pistol has been placed on the taboo list Further more the ban extends to rural areas as well as the cities and towns. The ban has been ordered by Lieut General John L. DeWitt, command ing the western defense area, whose orders are supreme during the pre sent war emergency. Tire and gasoline rationing has brought the need for pooling of state owned automobiles to the fore ground again. The board of control has instructed Budget Director George Aiken to investigate the system now in operation in the state of Washington. That system it is understood does not involve the use of a central garage but rather a dispatching system through which employees from different state de partments can arrange their trips to cut down the number of cars in use. Governor Sprague denied as un founded a report that he was a candidate for the presidency of Wil lamette university from which post Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf has just resigned. The governor said that he was not a candidate for the post and that he definitely plans to re turn to newspaper work as editor and publisher of the Oregon States man as soon as his term of office expires next January. Sixty law school graduates, in cluding five women, have signified their intention of taking the bar examinatons to be held in Salem June 22 and 23, according to Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the state supreme court. The examinations are being held earlier than usual in order to accommodate a number of the bar aspirants who are scheduled to change their "civvies" for military uniforms about the first of July. No person should hold a position in more than one of the state's three defense organizations state guard, state police and civilian defense Governor Sprague declared in a statement outlining the "fields of action" of the organization. The statement was issued, the gov ernor explained, "to prevent mis- mm "H" understanding and confusion," but it is understood to have been promp ted by the threat of the rapidly ex paning state guard to absorb most of the key men in the civilian de fense and thereby disrupt that or ganization completely. Strength is lent to this suspicion by the governor's statement that "persons recruiting for one organ ization should not enroll persons now enrolled in other defense work unless there is no conflict of duty or unless competent substitutes are available. Preparations for the defense of Or egon's forested areas from fires this summer were completed this week when 555 emergency fire fighters were placed in strategic districts throughout the state. These workers jvho are in addition to others em ployed by the U. S. forest service and the Indian service will provide protection of all forest and rural areas in western Oregon and inten sified patrol of western Oregon, ac cording to N. S. Rogers, state for ester. Included in this expanded organization are 48 emergency fire crews of from five to 20 men each and 126 additional patrolmen, look outs and wardens. The new per sonnel consists largely of high school and college boys who have been given special training and condition ing for this type of work. The first shipment of gas masks and decontamination suits has just been received by the state defense council. A number of the masks will be allocated to members of the state police and the remainder together with the decontamination suits will be used in training key men in the several counties. These decontam ination suits are a sort of rubberized coverall that closes with a zipper up the front, plus a hood of the same material. Garbed in one of these suits and a gas mask the wearer is a pretty good imitation of a man from Mars. Governor Sprague has given his endorsement to a plan advanced by Governor Clark of Idaho in an ef fort to provide storage space for this year's wheat crop. Under this plan every family is being urged to buy an entire year's supply of flour to store in their own home, thus re lieving the mills of this stored flour to provide space for storing more flour to be ground from wheat now stored in bins throughout the north west Official figures of the vote cast in the recent primary election show that slightly more than 50 percent of the registered republicans exer cised their right of franchise while only a little more than 30 percent of the registered democrats took the trouble to go to the polls. While the official figures differ materially in some instances from the unofficial tabulations released at the time of the election these differences were not enough to change the results in any instance. Tabulation of the county totals show that 1316 demo crats expressed a preference for Earl Snell for governor while 418 democrats voted for Governor Spra gue. Only 35 republicans voted for candidates other than the two reg ular entries. Thelma Nelson Gets U. of 0. Scholarship University of Oregon, Eugene, June 11. (Special) Thelma C. Nel son, lone, is one of 26 students at the University of Oregon to be granted a scholarship of $66 which will be applied against the annual tu ition and fees of $108.50 for the school yeaf 1942-43. This announce ment was made here Thursday by Dr. Earl M. Pallett, executive sec retary of the university. The scholarships were made av ailable through the appropriation of RELY ON . leaf rs'jrx clovers7 sJmCyx LUCKY TaSgj TOO. Commissioner Loans Available to Farmers Land Bank Commissioner loans will continue to be available to farmers and ranchers of Morrow county under terms of legislations signed last week by President Roose velt, announced Elart F. Hultgrenn, acting secretary-treasurer of Hard man National Farm Loan associa tion, this week. Original authoriza tion for these loans expired June 1. Land Bank Commissioner loans usually are written as second mort gage loans in connection with Fed eral Land Bank loans, thus per mitting loans of as much as 75 per cent of the appraised agricultural value of farms where that much credit is needed and it justified by the security. Under certain condi tions they may also be written as first mortgage loans. The interest rate on Land Bank Commissioner loans is 5 per cent, and the usual term of the loan is 20 years, semi-annual payments on the principal retiring the loan by the end of its term. "Originally authorized in 1933 as an emergency measure," Hultgrenn said, "commissioner loans have fill ed a real need in farm financing. They have enabled thouands of far mers to consolidate indebtedness at lower rates of interest and begin to make progress in getting out of debt. They have helped many ten ants become farm owners. And of course, during the depression, they made it possible for thousands of farmers to keep farms they other wise would have lost if such loans had not been available. "Commissioner loans are made by the Federal Farm Mortgage corpor ation through Federal Land banks and are serviced by local national farm loan associations exactly as Federal Land bank loans are serviced." Purebred Boars Need For Good Crossbreeds Announcement that crossbred hogs have made more economical gains in closely checked experiment al tests in some states than purebred hogs has brought a number of in quiries to A. W. Oliver, swine spe cialist in the animal husbandry de partment at Oregon State college. Oliver is advising breeders that the use of a good type purebred boar is essential to good results in cross breeding. He also says that it is far more important to pay attention to de sirable strains within breeds than it is to be particular about the breeds themselves. No one so far has been able to demonstrate that any certain cross is any better than another cross as far as breeds are concerned, he says. funds by the state system of higher education, and are granted on the basis of the need and ability of each student. Professional Directory Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. NEW AUTO POLICY Bodily Injury & Property Damage Class A. $13.64 CUsc B WJO 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 635 MEAD BUILDING 6th at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON J. 0. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17S Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER. ORE. A. D. McMurdo, M. D. 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