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8 Heppner Gazette Times, September 23, 1943 : ' AT gTHE - Washington, D. C. Sejpfc.. 23 The recent death of Judge Bert Haney of Oregon, one of the 9even judges that comprise the ninth United States circuit court of ap peals, in all possibility, means an other appointment to the court which hag jurisdiction over th-3 wes tern states. The late Judge Haney was the only member of the court from Oregon. California has three of its citizens on this high federal tribunal. Washinton, Idaho and Arizona each have one; Montana and Nevada none. Letters and wires are being received here by the Democratic high command urg ing the appointment of an Oregon man to the vacancy. No candidates from either Montana or Nevada have appeared on the horizon. Sen ator Wheeler is persona non grata with the administration and it is not thought that he will even take the trouble to suggest a candidate from his state, although his col league, Senator James Murray, will do so. It is not thought ' Nevada will have any candidate seeking the post, so it may be this juicy lifetime job will go to an Oregon man again. Best minds here believe the re cent rumor, coming out of the na tional capital, that the five-cents victory tax would be repealed Is the bunk. They point to the fact that the government needs more taxes, not less, from any and all sources the treasury department may be able to tap. So any idea of reduced taxes while the war Is on, at least, is but a dream. The payroll withholding tax is now bringing in about $125,000,000 a week, and same of the tax experts believe the pres ent 20 percent payroll tax should be upped at least another 10 percent or more. They point out that around $45 billion is still in the jeans of John Q. Public even after paying stiff taxes and wrestling with the high cost of living. The tax experts argue this huge surplus of cash should be .siphoned off in order to ward off inflation, either through funded after the) or a compulsory still higher taxes, (a part to be re funded after the war,) or a com pulsory war bond savings plan. If war Lend savings savings plan. If such a tax plan is not put into ac von immediately, the tax men be lieve inflation will gain such head way it will be impossible to hold it in check. Strenuous efforts are being made by the northwest delegations to persuade the Mexican government to change its mind from the re cent decision which cut the num ber of farm hands they had agreed to import for northwest harvest fields. Approximately 8.000 Mexi cans were supposed to work the fields in Washington, Oregon and Idaho during the fall harvest, but the Mexican government canceled the deal, claiming the men were needed at home to help relieve a man power shortage. The fruit dis tricts of the Yakima valley, Hood River and other sections of south east Washington and eastern Ore gon will be hard hit by the . can cellation. Those districts were de pending on the Mexicans to relieve their shortage of help. The army will be asked to make available im mediately several thousand prison ers of war who are now camped in that area to take the place of the Mexicans in the fields. If nothing comes out of the meet ing to be held in the national cap ital Sept 28, when a whole flock of leading dairy farmers are sched uled to hold a big powwow on the milk situation, it means milk ra tioning will be with us in mighty short order. The milk producers of the nation have been at odds with OPA for many months. Northwest producers have been battling long and hard with APO and getting no place fast The universal cry of milk producers is, they heed a higher price than the ceiling set by OPA. A big reduction in herds has already taken place and producers say a still further reduction is cer tain at the end of the pasture sea son unless a better price can be obtained. Milk producers say they can't feed hay and grain to cows all during the winter season at the prices they have to pay for feed and sell milk at any profit. If this situation continues it means a con tinued decrease in the supply of milk, and that in turns means rationing. The wine industry of the Pacific coast is booming. California, with its huge wine-grape acreage and flocks of wineries, is going to town in a big way. The shortage of whis key -has caused many "hootch" buyers to become connoisseurs of of California wines. The northwest reports a heavy increase in the con sumption of all classes of wines. Wine is not rationed and is sold in almost eyery corner grocery store. The whiskey supply will be further curtailed in the next few months, is the prediction of dis tillers. The distillers had hoped to greatly augment their dwindling stocks by obtaining permission from the government to distill whiskey again for the next two months in stead of turning out nothing but government alcohol for war purposes- But Mr. Whiskers said No to any distilling of liquor- IN CITY FOR TREATMENT Mr. and Mrs- L. E. Dick drove to Edward "Puff' Rice is in Portland Spokane Tuesday where they will this week for surgical treatment. remain until the first of the month- SPICED PRUNE COOKIES cup butter, 3-4 cup brown su gar, 1 egg. Vz cup molasses, 2k cups sifted enriched flour, 2 tsp baking powder. 3-4 tsp soda, 1 tsp salt, Vh. tsp ginger, Vh tsp cinna mon, 2 cups chopped cooked prunes. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well. Add molasses- Sift to gether flour, baking powder, soda, salt, ginger and! cinnamon.. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture and mix thoroughly- Add prunes Drop by teaspoonfuls on un greased baking sheet, Bake in moderately hot oven (400 degrees) 10 .minutes. Yield: About 10 dozen 1ft inch cookies. 1 REGISTERED HEREFORDS I have for sale a few head of choice Hereford's, including 8 young regis tered Hereford cows 4 polled and 4 horned, bred to calve in March and April; and a few yearling bulls. Most of this stock is richly bred Domino cattle. Roy Robinson HARDMAN, OREGON RETURNS HOME Mrs. R. E. Driskell has returned to Heppner from an extended visit with her daughter at Goldendale. Back The Attack.... Buy a Lot Us Help You Save and Have A HOME First Federal Savings and. Loan Association of Pendleton 148 Main St, Pendleton, Ore. BUY WAR BONDS You can smash the Axis if you put your money in the hands of Uncle Sam, to give our boys the material they need for when the big INVASION comes! Give now for that day. Get right in on this fight. 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