6 Heppner Gazette Times, July 22, 1943
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Washinbon D. C, July 22 The
logging industry of Washington and
Oregon is still up against a serious
labor shortage. Unlike other indus
tries, it takes years of experience
to make a good woodsman. Just
anyone can't cut the mustard when
it comes to logging. There is no
such thing as turning out a good
logger in six or eight weeks, such
as the shipyard training schools turn
out welders, electricians, mechan
ics, etc. Shipyards wages paid the.j
two months' trainees or graduates
in many cases equal or surpass the
hourly wage rate of experienced
loggers. U. S. employment service
officials are up against a serious
problem in supplying the necessary
hands to the numerous logging ep
erators of the northwest. The armed
forces have called many of these
men for service and hundreds of
others have enlisted, adding to the1
headache and problems of this im
portant war industry. Plans are now
in the making by U. S- employment
service to conduct a vigorous cam
paign which, it is hoped, will per
suade lumber workers now employ
ed in non-essential industries to re
turn to the forests and mills.
The big buildup has been start
ed by a prominent group of Repub
lican war horses for Governor
Bricker of Ohio. Bricker is one of
the several aspirants for the Re
publican presidential nomination but
fourth in the several national polls
to date he has been running a poor
conducted during the past year. The
kick-off of the Bricker build-up
started a couple of weeks ago
through a lengthy article by a well
known political writer, Forrest Da
vis, appearing in the Saturday Eve
ning Post. Davis is the same man
who acted as political adviser, etc.,
to Oregon's Charles L. McNary
when the Republican minority
leader was the No- 2 man on the G.
O. P. ticket three years ago. The
"log-cabin Abraham Lincoln style,
plus small town boy who made good,
will be the strategy used to sell
Governor Bricker to the public.
Rumor has it that two of Governor
Bricker's scouts now in the North
west trying to line up G. O. P- big
wigs for their man have not met
with much success. Another story
has it that congress' glamor girl,
Clare Booth Luce, who is scheduled
to make several political talks in
the Northwest this fall, will in real
ity be an emissary for Governor
Bricker.
Army authorities will make use
of the many abandoned CCC camps
in Washington and Oregon to house
Axis prisoners of war. Two such
camps in Washington are now
housing these prisoners, with more
scheduled to arrive in the near fu
ture. CCC camps along the Wolf
creek highway from Portland to
the coast and several others along
the Oregon coast where reforesta
tion and road building are needed
will no doubt house many of these
Axis prisoners very soon.
Doubtless calculated to impress
the public mind, capital letters are
used by the federal power commis
sion to declare that "Electric op
erating revenues of the larger privately-owned!
electric utilities in
the United States in May, 1943 in
creased by 7.9 percent over May,
1942." The statement is made in a
report just issued, but buried in the
body of the report is the further
statement that expenses, including
depreciation and taxes, for the same
period increased 8.4 percent High
er taxes very largely accounts for
this increase in expenses.
Just like the shortage of help in
logging, the important fishing in
dustry in the Northwest is up
against the same problem. With by
far fewer boats and" experienced
hands to plow the briny deep than
ever before ,the 1943 pack is ex
pected to drop sharply. Secretary
of the Interior Harold L Ickes es
timates this year's pack will be at
least 2,000,000 pounds less than last
year unless more fishing boats and
fishermen are made available im
mediately. With the armed forces
taking over 50 percent of the entire
pack, very little if any will be left
for the civilian consumers.
Compaints of citizens that many
laundries are closing in the smaller
cities of the Northwest are directing
attention to the laundry facilities
provided for the troops in the many
cantonments and air bases in that
section. While private laundries
have difficulty in obtaining labor
and the various materials used for
the bleaching of clothing, the mili
tary establishments have no such
troubles. At one camp in the Pa
cific northwest the army has install
ed a laundry costing in excess of
$1,000,000 and employing 545 civil
ians. This is but' one of several of
the larger laundries furnished by
the war department. One of these
camp laundries, however, takes
care of the washing for a city of
35,000 soldiers.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Because he icaled the Willi of the fortification at Kaiba-Mehdia,
French Morocco, and from that haurdoiu position direrted the atten
tion of the enemy with hit line Are, enabling our troops te enter
through the main gate ef the fort, Pfe. C L. Mohler wai awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross. He risked his life for you. Hew
many more Bonds and Stampi can you afford, to help him? Figure
it out yourself.
ESTRAY NOTICE
Strayed to our place 2 brown
mares branded TL over half circle
on left hip; 2 bay mares branded
bar under H on left shoulder; one
bay mare with belL Owner may
have same by paying for advertise
ment and pasture- Ben Cox. 17-19
FOR SALE Gaited saddle horse.
Gentle for ladies to ride. V. R.
Runnion, Heppner. 17-18p
FOR SALE Reconditioned sacks
at Smith's warehouse Arlington.
Frank Young, lone. 17-18p
I'M IN THIS WAR. TOO?
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V. S. Trnuury Defarlminl
HERE FROM SILVERTON
MOTHER SUFFERS STROKE BACK FROM PORTLAND
Mrs. Charles Buzzard left for Mrs W. O. Dix and otrairwMaiioh-
thet gtSs wrs" " JoJean to W
sister, Mri T. E. Given, and daugh- u,on of word her mo- In Heppner Monday evening after
ter Zephne of Silverton. ther had suffered a stroke. spending a fortnight in Portland.
Yoi bet I am! I don't
what thia haeon is the hoya ia the
front linea hare been bringing
homo, but I famish a good brand
yself. Unci Sim's asked for
13.800,000,000 pounds of pork la
'43 for hia fighting men and war
plant workers and the rest of the
people. We're eating like pigs to
be sure he gets it and then some!
Here She is, Neighbor . . .
KEEP HER ROLLIN'
History books will carry the story of the splendid way our
farmers have met the need for food in this war. They
have been quick to understand that in the foxhole and on
the farm the most efficient use possible must be made of
every piece of fighting equipment every gun and every
plow.
Farmers are striving
to keep their machin
ery in top shaps, be
cause it has to do
double duty for the
duration. This means
careful oiling, quick
repairs. We are pre
pared to supply you
with repair parts or
to do the work if it
is a major overhaul
ing job that is necessary.
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The fact that our
farmer neighbors are
keeping their equip
ment . rolling extra
hours a day, extra
days a season, means
more food for our
fighters, for our mu7
nition workers, and
for the soldiers of
our allies.. This is add
ing up to a quicker
victory, with more of
our sons, fathers, hus
bands and brothers
coming home safe and
whole from the fight
ing front.
The Fire Season Is at Hand 2te Careful
e
in your harvest operations so none of your grain will be destroyed by fire
Phone 422 for Parts or Repair Service
Braden-Bell Tractor & Equipment Co.