6 Heppner Gazette Times, May 13, 1943
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WASHINGTON. D. C, May 13
The senate committee on agriculture
has been listening to arguments for
the past several days on Senator
Rufus Holman's amendment to the
emergency forest fire control bill
which would appropriate close to
$8,000,000 for forest fire proection.
The house had deleted the sum of
$6,500,000 from the bill as being
unnecessary expenditure and a
waste of funds. The house members
who eliminated the forest fire pro
tection fund come, largely,' from
the prairie states, where forestry,
lumber and forest fires are a for
eign subject because there just isn't
any such thing. However, after
hearing the roar of Senator Holman
and others from the Pacific north
west who know how important
such a fund is for the protection of
Oregon's huge stand of timber from
fire hazard, it is believed house
members have changed their minds
and that at least a large part of the
money asked for by Senator Hol
man will be allowed.
While senators express the opin
ion that nothing more serious than
a nuisance raid need be anticipated
in the northwest, with possibly
some property damage and loss of
life, the real danger is that enemy
raiders may drop bombs in the for
ests and thus cause a conflagration
which would be terribly destruc
tive and set back the lumber in
dustry for a century. It is difficult
to obtain men to go into the woods
and prepare against such a fire.
Manpower shortage is keenly felt
in the campaign for protection
against fires and failure to obtain
an adequate fire fighting fund
would further complicate the situa
tion. ,
The farm labor crisis has caused
scores of northwest farmers to be
less finicky about the source and
they are renewing their request
that repocated Japanese, conscien
tious objectors and prisoners of war
be given an opportunity to do agri
cultural work. It is asserted that
thousands of prisoners of war, Ital
ians and Germans, have an agricul
tural background and would be
willing to work and that they could
be winnowed from their undesir
able associates, and that several
thousand former growers of vege
tables and fruit among the Japanese
could be made available, leaving
the trouble makers in the centers.
It would be better, these farmers
say, if the prisoners and evacuees
are given an opportunity to do farm
work than to "eat their heads off"
at the expense of American taxpay- j
ers while held in camps.
There are 2,000,000 cases of can
ned fruit and vegetables, taken by
the government from the 1941 pack,
which will be released for civilian
use. There are 12.000,000 cases re
served to the government from the
1942 pack and these also will be
released. Plan is to sell the food
back to the canneries which packed
it, if thoy wish to take it. From
many sources in the northwest have
come sug?stmns that the 19-11 pack
be not sold for less than the 1942
ceiling in order not to disturb the
market, as the 1941 prices were
considerably lower than tht 1942
or than will be the 1943. If the
government sells back to the can
neries at the 1942 price the govern
ment will make a very satisfactory
profit.
Complaint has been registered in
the national capital that there are
no church facilities at Vanport, the
housing development prepared for
Henry Kaiser's employees between
Vancouver and Portland. This will
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TCRTLAND BARBER HERE
Steve Burge, a barber from
Portland, took over Lee Sprinkel's
chair at the Coxen barber shop
Monday and will .work there this
month. Sprinkel is taking a lay
off to get some spring ozone in his
lungs and may indulge in a little
gardening and just maybe some
fishing. Burge formerly operated a
shop in Enterprise.
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be a community of about 40,000
population, and it is contended that
such a community should have the
privilege of attending church ser
vices in their vicinity. School ar
rangements have been made, and a
shopping center, but there are no
churches, Washington i9 informed.
As soon as possible a new navy
hospital will be constructed near
Astoria, with the prospect that La
Grande and Eugene will have hos
pitals later. Navy is anticipating
heavy casualties in the Paciiic and
wishes to dot the coast with facil
ities to care for the wounded. First
of the program for Oregon will be
at the mouth of the Columbia river.
Wounded men from the south Pa
cific are now being treated in the
national capital because there is no
room for them in the present facil
ities on the northwest coast.
About 200 government .employees
in the national capital have- been
fired for not being loyal to the
United States. Three committee are
now delving into important war
agencies in an effort to dig out the
men and women who have had
communistic connections in the
past either as members of that par
ty or affiliation with organizations
which served as fronts for com
munistic propaganda. It is expected
that there will be other charges in
the near future.
IN PORLAND
Mrs.Elwyn Hughes is spending a
few days in Portland on business.
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We WANT
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New milk bottles are hard to buy!
Bring in every empty bottle in your
possession ... we will allow you 5 cents
for each usable bottle.
Your cooperation will be creatly
appreciated.
BUT ACT NOW! THIS IS A WAR
NECESSITY!
Alfalfa Lawn Dairy
Raymond has a leave of a few days
which he plans to spend in Spo
kane with his mother and sister.
JOINS HUSBAND
Mrs. C. W. Hayes of Corvallis
left there recently for San Diego
to be with her husband, who now
holds the rank of corporal. Their
young daughter Janis is staying
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Warner, at Lexington.
SHORT VISIT HERE
Mrs. Mary Johnson and daugh
ter Neola have been guests this
week of Mrs. Bertha Johnson. They
are enroute to Spokane to visit
Mrs. Johnson's son, Raymond, in
training at Camp Farragut, Ida.
Not everybody with a do)t.
S?s to spare can shoot a gun
straight but everybody can
shoot straight to the bank and
buy War Bonds. Bny your
10 every pay day.
Something Every
Automobile Owner
Should Know!
The New Oregon Motor Vehicle Safe
ty Responsibility Act of 1943 Be
comes Effective June 9, 1943.
The sum and substance of this laweffective June 9,
1943, is that if an automobie owner or operator is in
volved in an accident casing bodily injury or death, or
property damage, he must, within 24 hears, make a
complete written report of that accident, and if he is not
covered by insurance or a bond, the Secretary of State
must suspend the operator's license arid all registration
certificates of the owner unless and until he has fur
. nished, and thereafter maintains, proof of financial re
sponsibility by an . insurance policy, a surety company
bond or the bond of two individual sureties each owning
property in Oregon and each having an equity therein
of at least $11,000, or by the deposit of $1 1,000 in cash
or approved securities.
(This is a partial summary of the Responsibility Act)
Protect Yourself!
A copy of the Digest of the New Ore
gon Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility
Law may be had at the office of
F. W. TURNER
Real Estate and Insurance
Phone 152
Heppner, Oregon
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It Isn't Harvest Time
Not for several months
But NOW is the time to
make a start to get ready
for harvest.
Things being what they are we
suggest that you get your
Drapers and
Cell Belts
repaired without delay.
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