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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1945)
Capitol Parade . . By MURRAY WADE STATE FUNCTIONS RESTORED The untying of federal strings on state activities the past,' week has eased progress in manyj state de partments. Momentum 'was given this procedure by President Tru man's agreement with the executive committee of the national govern ors' conference when they called at the White House ten days ago with a proposal that employment serviced be returned to the states. The unemployment services of the 48 states were consolidated into the United States employment service in Jan. 1942, as a wartime measure. WORLD WAR II VETERANS' AID On Oct. 1 the state department of veterans' affairs will be ready to accept applications for loans from veterans of World War II who have at least 90 days service and are honorably discharged, Director Hugh Rossarf has just announced. The loans are for purchasing homes or farms on a 20-year payment plan at 4 percent interest. Loans will be held at $3000 and will be made on 75 percent of the assessed valuation. Applicants must have been resi dents of Oregon at the time of their enlistment and when they apply for a loan. Servicemen as signed to the Specialized Training program are eligible. The sate de partment of veterans' affairs has called for bids on $1,000,000 in bonds to finance this department. Bids must represent 95 percent or more of the face value of the bonds. TO AID CITIES Several Orggon cities including "Portland, Salem, Eugene and West Salem have been assured by the state highway commission that they will be extended full cooperation in planning arterial highways con nected to the different cities. No agreement has been made as to when any of the work will start but coordination of effort is as- Heppner Gazette Times September 6, 1945 5 sured. The highway commission has auhorized the purchase of a series of wayside strips on the Pacific highway in Douglas county; on the Oregon coast highway between Waldport and Yachats; 635 acres on The Dalles California highway between Bend and Redmond, to preserve juniper trees and 80 acres at the entrance of Silver Creek Falls park. Traffic volume on Oregon high ways have increased 26 percent since gas rationing ended at the close of the war, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell Jr. states. Traffic recorders maintained by the high way department counted 36,978 ve hicles during the week ending Aug. 18 compared with only 29,331 the previous week. L0 The Blaine Elliott family spent the double Labor day holiday in Heppner with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell, arriving here Saturday evening from Freewater where Mr. Elliott is manager of the J. C. Penney Co store. I 2 Get Your Tickets Early! Admission prices to the 21st Annual An nual Heppner Rodeo: Friday: One general admission $1.75 Plus Federal Tax 35c; Total $2.10 Saturday-Sunday: Reserved seat.. ..$2.00 lus Federal Tax 40c; Total $2.40 General admission Friday and Saturday $1.50; plus Fed'l tax 30e; Total $1.80 Make your reservations at ordon's Drug Store nif IW REAL LOW-COST E LEcnucmr HI EVERY HOME AMD FARM! I Pfgl, , , , IlSBCl J , I V mi inivi w 1 ft - - j , S v v - THIS BIG BLOCK OF KWH AVAILABLE FOR ANY PURPOSE EXCESS OVER 850 AT THE VERY LOW RATE OF ONLY 610 OF A CENT PER KWH KWH ATI 6 PER KWH (YOU CAN USE, $00 KWH, AT THIS RATE, FOR JUST $3.60) y- AT PP&L'S NEW LOW RATES, YOU GET 125 KWH AT AN AVER AGE SAVING EQUI VALENT TO ONE MONTH'S FREE SERVICE PER YEAR PRICE IS ONLY 1 Vie PER KWH ANYWHERE ON THE PP&L SYSTEM D o you realize how littl" it costs to add to your present elec trical comforts and con, niences with PP&L's new low rates for homes and farms? Look at the d'agram above. You'll see that your new low rate drops to only iy2 cents a kilowatt-hour as soon as you have used 125 kilowatt-hours in any month. In other words, if you already use 125 KWH a month, you can : --."ase your use by 100 KWH, for example, at an aduitieaal :.'' c-Ay $1.50. Then when you get up to 250 KWH a month, your rate drops sharply down to only 610 ths of a cent a kilowatt-hour. You can buy 600 KWH at this big-value, quantity discount price! And if your requirements call for more than a total of 850 KWH a month the added kilowatt-hours cost you the very modest amount of 1 cent per KWH. With such an attractive rate available, it is wise home man agement to start planning now for the new electrical appliance! you need and want and that will be ready for you soon! arouR rawE G UU BUSINESS-MANAGED POWER SYSTEM
