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Farm Wage Scale
Given Approval. of
War Food Agency
Rates Affect Non
Irrigation Areas
Of River Counties
A specific wage ceiling became
effective June 15, 1945 for general
farm labor throughout the year on
wheat, was and hav farms and for
harvesting labor on wheat and drv
peas farms, non-irrigated areas of
Sherman. Wasco, Umatilla, Gilliam
and TVTnrrrtw pmintioc r.f dman-n
according to information received j
hpro Vm fircf nf wodV frnm i
Alden E. Or. executive officer of
the Oregon WFA wage board, Port
land. The specific ceiling establishes
maximum wage rates that mav be
paid except in hardship cases as
they are brought to the attention
of Oregon wage board and their
granting of special approval. Wares
less than the rates specified in the
order may be paid, but excess wa
ges paid excent for approved cases
will be prohibited and cannot be
claimed as a deductible business
expense in computing income tax
returns. The maximum wage rates
for non-irrigated area only estab
lished bv this ceiling are: '
General farm labor, $8.00 per day
and board, or $200 per month and
board.
Mechanics working onlhe farm,
furnishing their own tools and re
pairing farm machinery exclusive
ly. $2.00 per hour.
Wheat and dry pea harvest la
bor combine operators, unskilled,
unable to repair the harvesting
machinery, $15.00 per day and
board; combine operators, skilled,
who reneir the harvesting machin
ery. $20.00 per day and board;
combine operators
tractor drivers, crawler type trac
tor, $12.00 per day, and board; sack
sewers $12.00 per day and board:
head tenders, sack iiggers and all
other wheat and dry pea harvest
labor, $10.00 per day and board.
Tractor drivers doing summer
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pea harvest season, $12.00 per day
and board.
This represents an increase over
1914 wages and the WFA's appro
val was based on the testimony
and petition of more than 51 per
cent of the fprmers in the district,
according to Arnold Ebert. Meet
ings were held at Arlington and
Pendleton early in the spring to
prepare data to present to the WFA
and the findings at these, meetings
were sufficient to convince the
higher authority of the necessity
for paving a higher scale.
Flans Progressing
For Celebration
Committees are .carrying the
work forward for the CAP cele
bration July 4 and now have a
program of the day's activities out
lined. As previously announced, the
opening event will occur the eve
ning of the third with a dance at
the fair pavilion in Hepnner. The
program tor the 4th includes air
thrills, carnival, sightseeing trips,
Lexington airpor.t exercises and
tother features, culminating in a big
dance at the Lexington grange hall.
ATTETT,XT -CONFERENCE
Rev. Bennie Howe and Mrs.
Howe are in Salem this week at
tending the regular annual confer
ence of the Methodist church for
the Cascade district. They expect
to make a little vacation trip out
of the journey unless, of course,
Rev. Howe is transferred else
where and his church flock and the
townspeople alike are holding the
thought against that event.
JUDGE BACK ON THE JOB
Judge Bert Johnson is back on
the iob at the court house after an
absence of several weeks due to
illness. He had his annual round
with erysipelas, to which was add
ed other complications which gave
him a lot of misery.
Heppner,
County Showing Lack
Of Interest in E Bonds
For the first time since war
bonds have been sold. Morrow
county is exhiiting a spirit of in
difference with the result that up
to date scarcely more than one
half of the E bond quota has been
taken. This i& giving the finance
committee no small concern and
the nfople are .being urged to
step up buying within the next few
days so that the quota will be met.
It is recognized that the Mighty
7th was scheduled at a time when
crop conditions are in the doubt
ful stage and this fact has deterred
farmers from investing with their
usual enthusiasm, but a check of
Purchases made to date reveals
that the number of purchasers is
less than in previous drives and it
is felt that there are many outside
of the farm class who should buy
although their investments may be
comparatively small.
If each former purchaser of E quota of other bonds by individ
bonds would buy now the quota uals is $70,000, of which $64,300
could be met," stated P. W. Ma- have been taken. Balance of the
honey, county war finance chair- $353,000 quota is in corporation
man. "We realize it is not the best sales, which will be taken. Chair
time for farmers to buy, but since man Mahoney states,
there will be but two drives during For the benefit of farmers and
the year, everyone should make it others who feel can not spare
a point to help put the Mighty 7th the monev at this time, the First
over. Mat; niial Rank nf Portland an.
With the quota of $248,000 in E nounce short term loans at low in
bonds, purchases up to June 18 terest rate to have money avail
amounted to $124,574 slightly over able for bond purchasing. Since
50 percent. This is a poor showing the campaign closes June- 30, it is
in, contrast with previous drives urged that those desiring this loan
and gives the reasons for worry on service not delay making applica
the part of finance officials. The tion.
RUFUS HILL ENROUTE
HOME, FAMILY LEARNS .
Mr. and Mrs.' W. P. Hill have
been informed by their son, F O
Rufus Hill, that he will be seeing
them soon. He wrote them to send
no more mail and inquired if they
would be having fried chicken,
strawberry shortcake and some of
Uhe other delicacies dear to a sol
dier's heart on the 4th of July.
Rufus has been gone from home
three years. He had no furlough
until ho roarhorl F,nfflanH ahout 16
months ago.
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Mrs. Grace Turner, secretary of
Bonds "A weigh
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Morrow county selective service
board, has received word from T4
Geoffrey John 6'Connell that he is
now a citizen of the United States.
Th fighting Irishman, who was
sworn into the army in August
1942. was issued certificate of nat
uralization No. 64G2579 by the U.
S. district court of the Territory of
Hawaii on June 6, 1945. O'Connell
volunteered for service.
MRS. BARLOW IMPROVING
Mrs. C. W. Barlow, who submit
ted to a maior surgical operation
in Pendleton last week, is on the
road to recovery, according to the
latest reports from the hospital.
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Heat Wave Follows
Close Upon Frost
Like a person suffering from fe
ver, the weather has been running
first cold and then hot since the
first of the month,, and currently
it is on the upgrade, coming with
such force as to warrant the most
pessimistic in casting aside winter
garb and donning lighter material.
Only last week gardeners report
ed "sass" nipped by frost. Then by
Monday of this week the mercury
had soared to 93 degrees. It drop
ped Tuesday to 89 and was up
again to 91 on Wednesday. This
morning a cool breeze irom the
west alleviated the suffering a bit.
The soaring mercury has aided
the youth of the town - who find
comfort in swimming. The tank
was filled yesterday and Mrsl
Adele Haves is busy life guarding
and instructing the young idea in
the proper form of water technique.
Surprise Sprung
At School Election
A surprise was sprung at the an
nual school election Monday after
noon when Harold rsecKet was
elected director to succeed C. W.
'BaHow, ifricumtxefit chairman of
the board. Up until time for the
meeting there was no evidence of
a contest and Barlow had express
ed a willingness to serve another
term if that was the desire of the
voters. When the balloting was
completed it was found that Beck
et had 43 votes and Barlow 23.
Due to errors in the published
budget notice it will be necessary
to re-publish the budget and the
notice of special school election.
The revised budget is published
this week and the election will be
held July 12. A straw vote was held
Monday and the budget met the
approval of all but seven of those
expressing their wishes.
4-H ClubbeVs Off
To Summer School
Eleven Morrow county boys and
girls left bright and early Tuesday
morning for Corvallis to attend the
annual 4-H club summer school on
! the campus of Oregon State col
lege. The trip was made in the
school district number three bus,
with Don Strait acting as driver
and chapcrone. County Agent Ar
nold Ebert left the same morning
bv private car and will aid in con
ducting the school.
The Morrow county representa
tives included Carolyn Bcrgstrom,
Heppner; Faye Cutsforth, Vesta
Cutsforth, Lorene Van Winkle and
Audre Maieske. Lexington; Hil
muth Herman, Robert Peterson and
Iouis Carlson, lone, and Marian
Pearson and Virginia Roach,
Boardman. Jean Rauch, Lexington,
is paying, her own wav and will
stiv with relatives while in Cor
vallis. Lorene Mitchell is also in atten
dance having earned a scholarship
on her sewing in Joseph and is en
rolled with the Wallowa county
delegation.
Scholarships were provided by
the First National Bank of Port
land Heppner branch; J. C. Penney
company; Heppner Parent-Teacher
association; Braden Tractor and
Equipment comnany; Herner
chamber of commerce; Boardman
P-TA; Home Economics committee
of Boardman grange; Lexington
grange (2), and Morrow County
Farm Bureau. Other organizations
have volunteered scholarships but,
the number of students is limilprl
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SAVINGS DEPOSITORS
URGED TO BUY BONDS
Savings depositors of the First
National Bank of Portland have
been given an added incentive to
make additional purchases of war
bonds before the end of the cur
rent Seventh War Loan drive ac
cording to an announcement by B.
C. Pinckney, manager of the Hepp
ner branch.
"Depositors of our bank who
withdraw funds from their savings
accounts between now and the 30th
of June for the purchase of war
bonds will be paid full interest on
their deposits through the end of
June, even though the money is
withdrawn before that time, which
is the normal interest paying date,"
stated Manager Pinckney.
Volume 62, Number 1 $ S l
Special Election
Is Fare for People
Of Oregon Friday
Approval Sought
For Educational,
Building Program
Citizens of the state of Oregon
will go to the polls Friday to ex
press their approval or disapproval
of two measures submitted by the
legislature seeking authority for
the state board of control to ear
mark $10,000,000 from income tax
source as a postwar building pro
gram and aid to education on the
one hand,, and levying of a cigar
ette tax to augment the state school
fund.
Rep. Henry Peterson who had a
hand in preparing the measures,
stated that the $10,000,000 will not
be levied against property and if
the people fail to ' approve the
measure the monev will be col
lected anyway and will go into
jtne surplus or reserve tuna, iwo-
fifths of the amount will go to
'higher institutions of learning
which the state now supports and
which need many extensions and
improvements.. The remaining three
fifths of the $10,000,000 will go for
improvements and new buildings at
state institutions such as the TB
hospitals, boys training schools,
Fairview and Hillcrest homes, pen
itentiary and many others, which '
are badly in need of modern and
enlarged improvements. "I have
served on public institutions com
mittees at the last two sessions of
the legislature and have visited
many of the state buildings where
we keep our wards and in many
cases the conditions are deplor
able. I sincerely urge you to vote
300 yes on your ballot." Peterson
stated. -- .
Measure 302 is a tax of one-tenth
of one cent on every cigarette or
two cents per package of 20 cig
arettes sold in the state of Ore
gon, funds to be derived therefrom
to be used in support of the ele
mentary and secondary schools. If
the people approve this measure,
the state will support and finan
cially aid the schools to the ex
tent of approximately 13 million
dollars. Much of the support from
the state now comes through in
come tax receipts, amounting to
i around eight million dollars at pre
sent. When incomes go down and
the stale docs not have the surplus
it now has, it is posible that school
operations costs mav have to re
vert to the property taxpayer.
Some 33 .states now have taxes
on cigarettes for various purposes,
according to Rep. Peterson. Ciga
rettes are a luxury, not a necessity,
he avers, and it will reach many
people who now contribute litlle
or nothing- to the support of schools.
It will be a stable and permanent
state support for schools and it is
estimated it will bring in around
$2,000,000 annually. "It was an hon
est attempt bv the legislature to
find some more means of direct
state support for schools. I urge
vou to vote 302 yes on your ballot,"
Peterson concluded.
The polls open at 8 a. rn. and v ill
rmain open until 8 p. m. Propo
nents of the measures are urging
a wide spread expression by
the voters.
Leave Fawns Alor.c,
Commission Varns
The Oregon State Game commis
sion makes its annual request that
sympathetic individuals refrain
from picking up fawn deer that ap
pear to be deserted. In most cases
this is not true, and if the fawn is
left alone its mother will eventual
ly return to claim it. Deliberate
handling of fawns in order to pet
it is against the law, and a permit
is not issued to keep it unless it
can be proven that the fawn ac
tually was deserted, and would
have died.
The young deer may be attrac
tive pets, as they grow older they
can become burdensome to care
for and often dangerous to human
life if adequate facilities are not
provided. In the end, the deer may
have to be killed as most of them
cannot be satisfactorily released af
ter being raised in captivity.
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