6 Heppner Gazette Times, July 8, 1943
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WASHINGTON, D. C. July 8
Northwesftern seed dealers there
are scores of them in Oregon and
Washington are threatened with a
lawsuit by the office of price ad
ministration for charging more for
cleaning seed now than they did in
the spring of 1942. It is possible that
the seed dealers may carry the case
to the supreme court if necessary
and the opinion of the highest au
thority in the land be invited to
determine whether OPA is right or
wrong. The dealers insist that OPA
is wrong.
As OPA views the matter, the
dealers have been "cleaning" the
farmers as well as the seed and it
is demanding that the dealers refund
to their customers something like
20 percent of what they collected
for cleaning services within the past
year. Dealers say that they have
increased the price of cleaning be
cause of the cost of labor. Formerly
they paid 60 cents an hour and
now they must pay 80 cents an
hour. The dealers upped their price
sufficient to pay the cost, but OPA
insists that the farmers were gyp
ped, notwithstanding that the deal
ers (who operate cleaning of seed
apart from the purchase of seed
when it is cleaned) are paying the
farmers more than ever for their
cleaned seed.
Auditors of OPA have examined
the books of some dealers and have
taken a list of their customers and
interviewed them, expecting the
fanners would complain at the 20
cents increase for cleaning. It is
said that not one farmer has ex
pressed dissatisfaction for they
know the cost of labor had risen
and they, in turn, were receiving a
better price. Apparently, however,
OPA is not, content with the senti
ment of the farmers and is deter
mined that they shall be given mo
ney the farmers are not asking for.
There are dealers who will put
the proposition up to their farmer
customers straight. If the dealer
cannot charge for the higher labor
cost he will clean seed wheat only
at a loss, and this he will not do
As an alternative the seed-growing
farmer will be invited, if he wishes
the seed cleaned, to contribute his
labor cost and that of his son on
the cleaning machine and thus hold
down the labor costs. Whether the
farmers will be willing to donate
their time and labor remains to be
seen. The seed business in Oregon
and Washington is now a big busi
nes literally and brings in several
million dollars a year to the farmers-
However, all of the seed before
it is sold must be cleaned.
of agriculture) and bureaus is an
old story. War food administration
is charging the theorists of office of
price administration with incompe
tence and accusing them of mis
management with the result of con
fusion and shortages. Donald Nel
son, WPB chieftain, announces that
there is an excellent prospect of
gasoline relief: Petroleum Adminis
trator Harold Ickes warns that there
will be stricter controls-
Jesse Jones is a very big man in
the Roosevelt administration much
bigger than Vice President Wallace,
and whenever the president has
considered clipping the wings of
Mr Jones he has refrained, for
Jesse Jones is as strong as horse
radish because of his lending agen
cies. Between the two Wallace or
Jones the one with the most pol
itical asset is the secretary of com
merce and not the vice president.
Washington state can thank Jones
for locating the Reynolds alumi
num plant at Longview, although
when the engineers recommended
Tacoma for a tin' smelter Jones
sent that new industry to his home
town in Texas. Jones also had much
to say about a couple of the war in
dustries going to Spokane when
Oregon was struggling for them.
Hardman News . . .
Henry Algar Wallace, vice presi
dent of the United States, has read
himself out of the fourth term tick
et with Franklin Delano Roosevelt
His public statement calling Jesse
H. Jones, secretary of commerce,
names disposed of his future as
presiding officer of the senate. Mr.
Wallace charged Jones with inter
fering with the board of emergen
cy warfare in purchasing mater
ials in Latin America for stock
piles As a matter of fact there are
three agencies concerned in the
procurement of raw materials in
lands south of the border; the de
partment of state, the RFC (Jones)
thiough subsidiaries, the BEW
(Wallace). There has been some
undercutting and stabbing among
these agencies and they have not
worked in unison.
The Wallace-Jones affair came on'
the heels of Elmer Davis charging
that the Washington correspondents
are prone to play up small contro
versies instead of taking OWI
handouts. Mr. Wallace released the
story himself. The frictions between
cabinet memljers (Ickes and Wal
lace when the latter was secretary
By Mrs. Elsa Leathers
Contributions for the Morrow
county room at the McCaw General
hospital in Walla Walla so far at
Hardman are $14.25. Mrs Owen
Leathers wishes to thank all who
have donated so generously for this
worthy cause.
Several from Hardman celebrated
the Fourth at Condon.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Merrill of
Heppner spent several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Robinson
over the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs- Kenneth Batty, Ce-"
cil McDaniel Neal Knighten and
Alvin Byer went to Fairview and
met the Joe Batty s from Kimberley
and picnicked the Fourth.
Mrs. Ed Craber is visiting with
relatives and friends a few days in
Portland-
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDaniel and
small daughter Carolyn of Lone
Rock, the Victor Lovgrens, Betty,
Bob and Marshall of Eight Mile,
Mrs. Zoo Billings of Arlington and
Mrs. Owen Leathers and son Owen
Jr. spent the Fourth with Ed Mc
Daniel and Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
McDaniel at the fire patrol "station
at Parkers' Mill. Marlene Fisk re
turned to Arlington with Mrs- Bill
ings after spending several weeks
with her grandmother, Mrs. Mc
Daniel. Maud Robinson visited in Hepp
ner several days this week with
Mrs. Joe Mahon, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs- Harlan Adams and
family of Kinzua visited at Hard
man and Heppner since Thursday
of last week, returning home Sun
day evening.
Mrs- Carey Hastings and Peggy
Mrs: Joe Mahon Jr. visited Thurs
day at Hardman.
John Stevens and John Allen
spent several days at Fox Valley
this week, Mr. Stevens looking af
ter his sheep that are being sum
mered there.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Farrens, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wright and daugh
ters and Mr. and Mrs. Darrall Far
rens picnicked at Camp Wetmore
the Fourth
A Salute to Kinzua
Pine Mills Company
Recently, the Kinzua Pine Mills
company, which conducts extensive
logging operations in Morrow coun
ty, was featured on a radio broad
cast and the subject matter was so
enlightening it was thought excel
lent material for publication and
reads as follows:
The Kinzua Pine Mills company
was incorporated in May 1927 by
E. D. Wetmore and associates, War
ren, Pa. Plant was built in 1927
28, sawmill started operation Oct.
24, 1928. In 14 years and eight
months since the plant started it
has been in operation every month
of every year which establishes a
record for continuous operation in
the pine industry. J. F. Coleman,
first vice president and general
m?nager has considered a corpora
tion has a public responsibility to
provide continuous employment to
its employees.
Principle operation is logging,
manufacturing lumber, and re-manufacturing
shop type lumber into
such items as frames and sash, and
right now an ammunition box that
demands a high degree of refine
ment. Kinzua Pine Mills company owns
or controls ever 100,000 acres of
pine timberland. Evety acre of
logged lands is kept under the own
ership of the company under active
reforestation and management.
Every acre is being grazed by
sheep and cattle, thus not only is
the land growing trees but also is
raking the poundage of thousands
of sheep and cattle for public con
tu:rir.tion. . By keeping each acre
cn the tax rolls the logged -off land
dr3 not become a burden to the
citizens of the county and state.
An efficient fire organization is
maintained as a "Hying squad" to
travel to any part of the forest up
on short notice to put any fire un
der control quickly. Adequate fire
roads arrj maintained during the
ioaiisn so that a short hike will put
th? lire fighters on the fire line in
any area of the forest.
Cai'l Coleman, woods superinten-der-t.
being adtive in nortjhwest
forestry organizations and affairs,
keeps abreast of the best in forest
rr .lagoment practice. In a recent
study it was found that 1942 was
a record production year in this
100 percent dried lumber operation.
Lumber production in 1942 was 3
percent over 1941, 14V2 percent
e ver 1940. What is more important
is that the first five months of 1943
shows the level of production as
bring 8 percent over the record
year of 1942. All this lumber, of
l am:-, goes directly into the war
program activities.
Out of an average 400 employes
165 at Kinzua owe their jobs to
through the remanufacturing of the
the high utilization practiced here
cutting lype lumber. By reason of
this diversification and refinement
cf ihe lumber product this plant uti
lizes iumbar to a high degree.
Mor: man-hours per thousand
board feet produced because of the
re-manufacturng- Most lumber
plants in the Northwest do not
have the advantage of this highly
important department.
A. B. Coleman is plant superin
trndent, having the responsibility
of maintaining a high production
of good quality lumber for all war
purposes-
DON'T TRAVEL UNNECESSARILY
To relieve crowded trains and
buses, the public is asked not to
defined trips for the following pur
make unnecessary trips. ODT has
poses as non-essential: To other
cities to visit friends; home for the
week-end; sightseeing; to the thea
ter, races or other places of amuse
ment; any social travel or travel
for pleasure; travel merely for the
sake of going somewhere.
GAS AND TIRES FOR FARM
MACHINES
To assist grain farmers in har
vesting 1943 crops, the War Food
administration has made arrange
ments with ODT and OPA to as
sure owners of custom -operated
machinery, sufficient gasoline and
tires to run their equipment, es
pecially itinerant combine operators
who will soon be working in the
wheat harvests-
In Ihe midwest war production
region, 2.200 war plants reported a
60 percent increase within six
months in the employment c4
women workers-
The tanks of an Airican mech
anized division use up enough gas
oline in each lOO'miles of travel to
more than fill an average railway
tank car. '. j
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thanking
friends and neighbors for their
many expressions of sympathy,
their many offers of assistance, and
for the beautiful floral tributes paid
to our beloved Myrtle
Mr, and Mrs- Homer Green
and family, Eight Mile
Marceilus Van Sohoiack
and Mother, Arlington.
A THANK YOU
I wish to thank the party who
returned my purse and billfold-
Echo Palmateer.
About 50 percent of all canned
goods packed in 1943 will be re
quired by our armed forces and, to
a much smaller degree, by our
fighting allies.
CCpAUL BUNYAN", legendary hero of the lumber camps,
has swung his gleaming ax at the Axis to add new chap
ters to his saga. Once again America's mighty forests have
Answered the call of the nation.
In peace or war Bunyan has always served his country
well. In peace his industry provides wood for homes, schools,
churches, and newspapers. In war Paul's disciples step up
their pace to produce materials for ships, planes, barracks.
'. Imbued with the pioneer spirit necessary to win this
war, a half million Bunyans are "delivering the woods" I
!
Kinzua Pi
Mils
Co.
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