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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1942)
6 Heppner Gazette Times, December 17, 1942 land. Dairymen out-state have been their child in town -with Mrs. C. who has had a major operation, insisting that they are losing money H. McDaniel. Jerry is hoping to get to come and that is one reason cows are be- Elmer Steers went out to the home for Christmas, ing sold off. They have been asking Harry French ranch to take care Mrs. E. B. Wattenburger was hos- OPA for an increase to meet the of the place while Mr. French is tess to a card party Saturday eve- price of labor and feed. OPA passed at St. Martin Spring in Washington, ning at the Russell Moore home, the buck back to the state direc- A number of Hardman people Three tables were in play. High tors. received Christmas greetings from score went to Faye Finch and Pi.c. John McRoberts in Australia Clayton Ayers and low to Patty Those Oregonians who ship and F. Sgt. Lewis McDonald, some mcn and Uatwse Adams. Lunch Washngton, D. C, Dec. 17. Some small relief for farmers is promised by Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard. He is to "unfreeze" frieght by truck (the for-hire op- where in Egypt. erators) are now under a new tax Mr. and Mrs. William Greener, which became effective Dec. 1. This Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Greener and is the 3 percent tax on transports- Mr. and Mrs. C. H. McDaniel were tion, whatever the transportaion Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Ella cost may be. The operator collects Bleakman at Reeds mill, the tax with the freight bill and re- Donald 0. Robinson is here vis- mits it to the internal revenue iting his parents on a 14 day fur- was served at midnight Most of Stray Sheep Reported Recovered William and David Hynd are feeling somewhat easier this week. David, who j a x -. . i. i i i, r , gv.-j. r vr r tt ' " department, congress nas oniy a iuujj.1 lv.i uioks, . v.. day reports but about 2Q hazy idea of what this tax will can spend but five day here. He is Qf 500 or more Qn bring. The impost applies to freight in the parachute division and likes the at nead of . boats and rail- it fine. ter creek a few weeks ago while t. ,t,; : 1 J movmg on river W1U ilKlJUllVl V ill U11C lldllUd UL , , , , . TT . . , dealers and provide new .equip- Z . oiuieep- f " ' bringing a band home from sum- ment for a limited number of far- f. m ten wh rf turlOU from Camp mer range in the Granite section, mers. The allotment will be made rr. merchandise by truck will be Mo. He is going to a mechanical We feel fortunate our loss me nrst TO pay tne tax. sciiuoi. ne can omy suiy nume lour heavier " Mr T-7Vnrl rf1 days. Guy likes army life and al- Astoria is 'to have another ship- J101 f k 41 years of age he are loss of larger number would through county committees, some thing after the manner of alloca ting new tires. There are not enoueh pieces of machinery to meet all va- Approval ot tne necessary pn 4.u i u..i iu :n i. orities has alreadv hffn crivpn The uie iiccvis um u?y wiu ue uiauiu- nik.lt mivw Wl EUC uted as widelv-as oossible and Dre- next step will probably be the PIINE Vjlf NfcWb sumably at a price which has not awarding of contracts to the new been upped too high. concern - possibly for woodeh Another advantage gained by the Dar0es- farmer is that Rubber Czar Jeffers for with prices at the level they has ordered that farmers be given all the gasoline they required until it is determined what their actual needs are. Some of the smart young men in OPA, which does Hardman News By BERNICB WATTENBURGER Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson spent the weekend in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. James Daley and son Charley spent Monday in Pen dleton on business. By ELSA M. LEATHERS Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ayers and Lewis Batty and son Lewis Jr. daughter of Hermiston spent Sun- the rationing, had arbitrarily fixed were visiting in town Tuesday. day evening at the Clayton Ayers WANTED Bookkeeping or office work part time. P. 0. Box 95. 38-39p GIVE the old RADIO An Overhaul for XMAS GONTY'S Radio and Shoe Repair the amount of gas which a farmer could have when he filed his cer tificate of war necessity. The rub ber scarcity is still a menace, but farmers can at least have gas for their trucks while their rubber holds out. Being a railroad opera tor, Jeffers recognizes the impor tance of a farmer being able to Mr. and Mrs. Carol V. Robe scent home- part of the week-end in Heppner. Myers and Burl. Watten- Mr. and Mrs. Finley Keeley of Jfr JT Camp Five were in town Sunday. Maxine Mc'Daniel visited Monday morning at the court house to serve on the jury. Mf OVer lVTrc F. VI Watoktirttt. zr,A -V.i1 & the week-end with her parents dren 'apen Saturday in Pendleton fed m Heppner. on business. The children. caUed W Mrs. Les Robinson spent several on Jerry Myers at the hospitel. h,w oirwc tn h railrn fnr davs in Heppner with her daugh- Mr. and Mrs. John Healy got a shipment. He has been top man with TVera week- letter week fr their son the Union Paciifc and Mrs' Geol"ge Thomas are Jack is in the navy. He is well but 'Visiting here until after the holi- would like to be home for Christ- ,, . ' , A days with Mr. and Mrs. Dallas mas. There have been rumors that a Q Q R Bartholomew .g limitation would be placed on corn- Due to bad m and Mrg in pendlet(n for few das mercial trucks engaged in interstate Blaine j dson j M commerce. This would affect the , j movement of trucks coming to Ore- ' gon from California, Idaho or Wash- I ' ' " ' ' "' ' "'" j ington. The war department, through f f a spokesman, announces that it does I oot wish to see this transporation I frozen by regulation. The war de- I partment, it was explained ,has the power to declare all common car- riers in interstate traffic in the service of the war department and immediately remove them from the control or influence of any agency. (This appears to be a crack at Jos- I eph B. Eastman, director of truck I transportation.) As the war depart- j ment sees the picture, of the five milion trucks rolling in the United States less than five percent are in common carrier interstate traffic ! cent of the tonnage handled is in- I and of these 200,000 about 70 per- j volved directly or indirectly in the . war effort. ' . I 13 CHRISTMAS TREES on sale at Former Bakery room in Gilman Building Place your orders now for immediate or future delivery. Out-of-town orders given special attention. Call at displaly room or residence. LEE CANTWELL IT 1 -VJVA JW-T I I ' I One reason why Oregon stock men are not feeding surplus wheat held by Commodities Credit corpor ation is that the price is 91 cents a bushel, which is regarded as too high. The price is 85 percent of the parity of corn which is 71 cents. To this the bureaucrats add 20, mak ing the wheat surplus in the north west 91 cents. The wheat is not in competition with com as little corn enters the northwest. There are 20, 000,000 bushels of surplus wheat in Oregon, it is reported, but the Ore gon feeder is penalized 20 cents a bushel on Ms own wheat. Metals Reserve, Corp. has is sued a new circular which extends the effective date of buying chrome to Dec. 31. Commitments to' pur chase small lots had a deadline of April, 1943, but as miners have been protesting the end of next year was selected. If the war runs, on, which it is expected to do, Met als Reserve Corp. may again ex tend its buying period. The new order is important to the small chrome miners in southwestern Oregon. Tne Oergon representative of OPA has authority to make adjustments in prices of milk fluid and butter fat in cities of less than 100,000, which means anywhere in the state out side the metropolitan area of Port- EVERYBODY LIKES ICE CREAM AT CHRISTMAS! Holiday Time is the time for gala entertainment. And what could be more satisfying, more delicious, more tempting than a dist of SCOTTY'S ice cream for the kiddies' party? For that extra special pick-me-up after a busy day CHOCOLATE CHIP Pistachio adds the finishing touch to your Xmas dinner. You'll vote for this ogain PIQUANT FRUIT SALAD We have a wide selection of flavors in bulk. Take home a quart Scotty f f f T T T T t t T T f f ? f ? ? f t T ? T f Y ? ? ? Christmas DA ELKS HALL Ml IN P0 9:30 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. X Ad Music by "Men About Town" mission: $I.OO - Plus tax 3 r. A. t f T T T T T J t t ? t J T T T ? 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