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6 Heppner Gazette Times, July 16, 1942 STATE CAPITAL NEWS Grade Crossings o Highway Facts o Income Tax Surplus By A. L. LINDBECK Salem. The Oregon Railroad as sociation has filed a petition with the state highway association asking that grade crossings of main line rail road tracks be declared hazardous and motorists be required to come to a full stop before crossing. The petition was filed in the in terest of safety. It is pointed out that great quantities of war materials, including high explosives, as well as numbers of troops are being rush ed to coast points. This increased demand on the service of the rail roads has also called for greater speed of trains. As a result the hazard at railroad crossings has been substantially increased. Numerous wrecks have occurred as a result of grade crossing accidents with serious loss of valuable war materials as well as delay in deliv ery of important shipments. Idaho, it is said, has already taken steps to require motorists to stop at grade crossings and similar petitions are understood to have been filed in other states. The Oregon highway commission is exected to act on the request at its meeting in Portland next week. Collections from repayments on bonus loans totalling $266,986 in June set a new all-time monthly record in the history of the World War Veterans State Aid commission, ac cording to Jerrold Owen, secretary to the commission. Many ex-service men are taking advantage of their new-found prosperity to pay off their loans before they fall due. Owen said. Engineers in the employ of the state highway department are be ing organized into a unit of the state guard and will be called into service to block roads leading from ... nut (OR. OUR KC2f TM AtOUT ECONOMY ML? rim John deeIevh 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. the coast to the interior in the event of an invasion. The engineers will be called upon in this capacity only in the case of a real emergency, it was explained. Brigadier General Ralph P. Cowgill, commander of the state guard, reorted to Governor Sprague this week that more than 6000 men are now enrolled in his state organizations with new units constantly being fonned. Oregon has two-thirds as many motor vehicles as Washington and only one-seventh as many as Cali fornia, but this state has 1000 more miles of state-administered high ways than Washington and more than one-half as many miles as Cal ifornia. These facts are revealed in a study made by the legislative in terim committee on motor trans portation. While Oregon's highway cost per vehicle is higher than that in either of its neighboring states, the receipts per mile of highway is the lowest in this state, the study shows. The committee which was created by the last legislature in an effort to determine upon some suit able basis for the taxation of trucks and busses for support of the general government requested Governor Sprague to continue its existence which request the governor granted. It is expected that the committee will have some recommendation rea dy for the next session. Oregon's tax levy will probably not be announced until the latter part of this month but one thing is certain there will be no levy against property either for state pur poses or for elementary school tax, all of which will be taken care of by income tax revenues with a sizeable surplus left over for the next legislature to worry over. With the supply of single men nearing exhaustion some married men will be inducted into military service within the next few months, according to Colonel Elmer V. Woo ten, state director of selective ser vice. In fact, Colonel Wooten said, some married men whose wives are employed or who are financially in dependent, have already been call ed into service. That was the object of the Ser vicemen's Dependents Allowance aS" - JVevM if$ THE 10W PRio WW. . "Stt. JVCRY A3) ' 1 act, Wooten explains, to remove fin ancial dependency as any cause for deferment. The time is rapidly approaching Wooten declared, when every man in America will have to make a choice between a job in essential industry or a place in Uncle Sam's fighting forces. The income tax surplus is destined to become the big issue in the next legislative session in the opinion of state officials. Already a number of pressure groups have their eyes on this surplus. The state teachers as sociation wants it diverted into a state school fund to be distributed among the various school districts on an attendance basis. The Senior Citizens Retirement Annuity com mittee, an old age pension group, wants the state to use this surplus in financing an old age retirement fund. Then there is another school of thought, including a number of legislators, which holds that the sur plus should be set aside as a sort of back log for use after the war when it is expected that the state will be confronted with heavy demands on its finances at a time when there will be a decided slump in revenues from this source. There is one group in the legislators including candi dates for re-election which advo cates a reduction in income tax rates to whittle returns down to some thing like actual state needs. An other group, however, opposes such a move as endangering the state's tax structure, pointing out that pre sent excess collections are based up on an abnormal prosperity which is only temporary and can be expected to vanish overnight with the ces sation of hostilities. This group would leave the tax rates at their present level, diverting surplus collections to still further relief of property taxes. At its first meeting here this week the state speed control board created by an act of the last legis lature considered requests for speed controls from six Oregon cities An engineering investigation was order ed for a request by the city of Grants Pass for a 15 -mile speed limit in school zones and a request by the city of Grants Pass for re duced speeds north of th city limits was referred to the state highway commission. Henry F. Cabell, chair man of the state highway commis sion, was elected chairman of the new board. Other members of the board include Secretary of State Earl Snell and Chas. P. Pray, su perintendent of state police Twenty-six employees of the in come tax division of the state tax commission have resigned during the past 11 months to accept jobs with more attractive salaries offer ed by private industry and the fed eral government. Several of those were experienced key employees who cannot be replaced. Others are expected to leave in the near futuie for military service or to accept other positions. The loss of trained personnel is seriously impairing the efficiency of the department, accord ing to Commissioner Earl Fisher who heads this division. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT Notice is hereby given that F. W. Turner, administrator of the estate of Myles McEntire, deceased, has filed his final account with the County Court of the State of Ore gon, and said Court has set as the time and place for hearing on and final settlement of said final ac count, Monday, the 10th day of Au gust, 1942, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. of said day, at the County Court Room of the Morrow County Court House in Heppner, Oregon. All per sons having objections to said final account must file the same on or before said date. Dated and first published this 9th day of July, 1942. F. W. TURNER, Administrator. NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT, dated July 8, 1942, 1 am authorized and directed to advertise and sell at public auc tion the following described property at not less than the minimum price herein set forth: Beginning at a point on the North line of Willow Street, said point being 116.2 feet West of the Southeast Corner of Block 2, Original Townsite of Heppner, Oregon; said point being the center of the wall between the buildings now occupied by the Heppner Gazette Times and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.; thence North at right angles to Willow Street along the center line of said property wall 36.6 feet; thence East along center line of party wall 11.5 feet; thence North along center line of party wall 29.4 feet more or less to the North line of Lot 5 of said Block 2. Thence West along said lot line 27.3 feet; thence South along the center line of the party wall between the buil ding now occupied by the Hepp ner Gazette Times and the build ing immediately West a distance of 66.0 feet, said line being the West line of lot 5 of said Block 2, more or less to the North line of Willow Street; thence East along Willow Street 15.8 feet to the place of beginning and be ing a portion of Lot 5 of said Block 2, for the minimum price of $800.00, 20 down, balance on contract. THEREFORE, I will on the 8th day of August, 1942, at the hour of 10:00 A. M., at the front door of the Court House in Heppner, Oregon, sell said property to the highest and best bidder. C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff, Morrow County, Oregon. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administratrix of the estate of W. E. Pruyn, deceased, has filed with the County Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow Coun ty, her final account of her adminis tration of the estate of said de ceased, and that said Court has fixed Monday the 10th day of August, 1942, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the County Court room at the Court House at Heppner, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objec tions to said final account and the settlement of said estate and all persons having objections thereto are hereby required to file the same with said Court on or before the time set for said hearing. Dated and first published this 9th day of June, 1942. JESSIE H. PRUYN, Administratrix. 1t Not everybody with a dollar to spare can shoot a gun j straight but everybody can shoot straight to the bank and buy War Bonds. Buy your 10 every pay day. Professional Directory Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeon Gilman Bldg. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. NEW AUTO POLICY Bodily Injury & Property Damage Class A $13.60 Class B ?17.0U 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 MEAD BUILDING 6th at Washington PORTLAND, OREGON m. ML J. 0. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building HEPPNER, ORE. A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained None Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner Abstract Co. J. LOGIE RICHARDSON. Mgr. BATES SEASONABLE Roberts Building Heppner, Om. P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENEBAL INSUBANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Goodi Watches . Clocks Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon Dr. Richard C. 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