2-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, January 2, 1947
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OUR DEMOCRACY-
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Public Highwoys Most Dangerous
Oregon's highway death rate is easing olf
slightly, according to Kobcrt S. Farreil Jr., secre
tary of state. The rate, based on the number of
deaths jkt hundred milaon miles, was 9.7 for
the first ten months of 1!M6, as compared with
11.8 in 1&43. The actual number of traffic
Inflicted deaths, however, has risen. The rate
has gone down in spite of the increasing toll be
cause of the vast jump in highway travel, the
secretary's figures show.
To quote Mr. Farreil: "If credit is due to any
safety agency for this accomplishment, it is due
the organizations which have fought for safe
streets within cities. The rural highways are
taking an cer-increasing portion of the auto
victims."
Success in reducing the death rate within
corporate towns and cities is easier of accom
plishment than on the open highways. Regula
tions may be made and enforced within the city
limits, such as establishing certain through
streets, limiting speed, etc., whereas on the
highways limited patroling permits many guilty
persons to escape punishment It might be well
to qualify the statement that regulations may
be enforced within the city limits with another
statement that enforcement is a matter of the
will of the people. It requires concerted and
determined effort on the part of safety advocates
and constant vigil by enforcement officials to
make driving regulations effective.
That accidents are not frequent in Keppner is
something difficult to understand Signs posted
at entrances to the town warn motorists of speed
limits, yet many drivers coming in off the high
ways fail to observe the regulations and go
dashing up or down Main street at dangerous
speeds. And this speed habit is not confined to
those coming from the highways a lot of it is
indulged in by drivers going to and from work.
This is particularly the case on Gale street
Forty-five and fifty miles an hour speeds are
common and the wonder is that someone a
child or elderly person, has not been killed long
since.
It is not possible for the town police to be ev
erywhere at once but they catch these offenders
occasionally. It appears that public sentiment
will have to take a hand, following the lead of
the larger cities in a campaign such as radio
listeners must have heard prior to and during the
holiday season. We can't follow through by ra
dio broadcasts but a campaign of education could
and should be conducted through such mediums
as we have. Also, the school could be a force
for much progress in this line by Inaugurating
a course In driving for youths attaining the
driving age and for others interested in learning
the proper rules.
As a project for 1947, this newspaper offers the
suggestion to the chamber of commerce that it
sponsor a driving campaign. It will be difficult
to eliminate the hazards attributable to John
Barleycorn, but the new drivers could be taught
the dangers of attempting to handle a car while
under the influence of "spirits frumenti" and
In this way the town would be making a contri
bution toward lessening the accident record on
the open highways.
This is a problem caling for thinking by peo
ple in all walks of life the business man, the
minister, the teacher, the professional man, and
we will include the newspaperman. More and
more cars are rolling over the highways and it
is up to each and everyone of us to contribute
something towards making these thoroughfares
safe for all who use them.
Sales Tax Solution
Under this heading, the Oregon City Banner
Courier brings the sales tax to the attention of
its readers in an explicit manner and since Edi
tor Jim Van Winkle has gone to the trouble of
digging up data and presenting it intelligently,
we are taking the privilege of reprinting it for
the benefit of Gazette Times readers. It is likely
the forthcoming legislature will give some con
sideration to a sales tax as means of raising rev
enues to meet demands placed upon the body by
the voters in the November election. Since the
mandate came from the people they should not
be averse to considering such means as the leg
islature may have to take, and there are good
arguments in favor of the sales tax. But let us
read what the Banner Courier has to say:
Oregon voters have turned down a sales tax
lour times, each time by a heavy majority.
The first proposal, at a special election in 1933,
was defeated 106,153 to 73,756. At the general
election the next year the sales tax was proposed
as a measure for relieving school tax loads on
real property and was soundly trounced 156,182
to 64,677. The 1936 special election hit the sales
tax hardest of all with a. "no" vote of 187,319 to
only 32,106 ballots in approval.
The sales tax then rested until the general el
ection of 1914 when it was referred to the people
by the legislature as a tax on retail sales of
tangible personal property, by far the best mea
sure offered the voters. But, again, blind oppo
sition to a sales tax of any kind brought about
its defeat by a vote of ;0l',276 to 96,637.
Save th.it time, the centers of greatest opposi
tion to the sales tax fanners and organized
l.i bor hae come to realize that the 1944 measure
was not so iniquitous as they thought and that it
might hae been a good thing for Oregon had
it been passed.
It is recognized by those who have access to
the facts that Oregon's financial structure and
the future outlook that some new source of sub
stantial revenue must be found if this state is to
progress as it is competent to and keep pace
with tiie other Tacific coast slates. These auth- 1
critics aiso realize that the retail sales tax is the
one and only souice capable of providing this ,
substantial revenue. i
Incomes and property are taxed to the limit, ;
yet more money is needed for maintaining an
adequate government and providing needed ex
pansion in state institutions and functions.
The real sales tax is collected on transactions
involving the purchase of tangible goods.
The person wtih an income of $2000 a year has
only that much to spend. The person with an
income of $5000 has that much to spend.
The S2000-a-year person buys a $1300 automo
bile and expects to keep it for five more years.
The S5000-a-year person buys a $2000 car and
expects to trade it in within two years.
The $2000-a-year person buys a suit of clothes
once a year or less often. The $5000-a-year per
son buys two or three suits every year.
And so it goes, not only with cars and clothing
but with other necessities and luxuries. The
higher the income, the greater the spending. The
greater the spending, the greater the sales tax
paid.
To our way of thinking, the very classes of vo
ters who oppose a sales tax are the ones to be
most benefited. They spend less as a rule on
retail purchases, hence, would pay less sales tax
than the persons to whom they attribute spon
sorship of sales tax proposals.
Quilts waste made years ago that are still
prized possessions in many American homes...
each woman contributing her share of silk
an 3 calico pieces, all working together in
friendly cooperation, thev made in a short
time a needed quilt that would have taken
one wo.vtan many tedious days of work.
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From the earliest days ofouodemocracy, life
has been made easier, happier for the individual
through cooperative efforts... one of the greatest
of these today is life insurance -a plan through
which the individual, by poolin3 his funds and
sharing the risks with a great group of people,
is a8le to enjoy family security ano protection
"e could never provide alone.
AIRPORTS FOR HOUSING
Much confusion exists with
OREGON MILK PRODUCTION
If you did not eat 41 gallons
of ice cream this year you miss
ed out on your allotment some
where along the line of average
consumption as there were 41,-
719,000 gallons of ice cream
made in Oregon this year from
milk produced in this state. If
your youngster had the appetite
and nickles for his share of Ice
cream, and took it In 5-cent
cones, you might as well make
a note for the 1947 fafnily bud
get right now "$164.09 'or Jun"
lor s ice cream cones."
Oregon's 254,000 cows produc
ed 165,000,000 gallons of milk
during the past year, which is
an increase of 71 percent in the
last decade, a rate that is much
higher han the national aver
age. Milk production per cow
has increased steadily since
1940. The average poduction per
cow in Oregon is now 2600
quarts. The cash income for Or
egon farmers during the past
year is estimated at $40,657,000.
CAPITAL SHORTS
Governor Earl Snell played
Santa Claus to his twin grand
children, whose parents, Lt. and
Mrs. William Snell arrived from
San Diego, Calif., where Lt.
Snell is connected with a naval
hospital State Highway En
gineer R. H. Baldock was elect
ed first vice president of the
American Association of State
Highway Officials at its conven
tion in L. A. last week. . . . There
are now 292,674 covered workers
in Oregon drawing in excess of
$62 million a month In wages
to establish a new peace-time
high in employment records....
Governor Earl Snell has appoint
ed Dr. Thomas Franklyn Hudson
of Portland as a member of the
temporary advisory committee
to the Liquor Control commis
sion. Dr. Hudson was appointed
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HEPPNER
CHAMBER Of COMMERCE
Meet Every Monday Noon at the
Lucas Place
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meeting! 2nd and 4th Mondays at
1:00 p. m. in Legion Hall
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building. Willow Street
Heppner. Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
O. M. YEAGER
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kinda of carpenter work.
Modern Homes Built or Remodeled
Phone 1483 415 June. St.
HEPPNER. OREGON
Turner, Van Marter
and Coiri party
GENERAL
INSURANCE
W. MAHONEY
Attorney at Law
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Gooda
Watches. Clocks, Diamond
Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing
Heppner. Oregon
Phelps Funeral Home
Licensed Funeral Directori
Phene 1932 Heppner, On
regard to final disposition of U0 succeed D. "Thompson L. Shan
municipal airport facilities by non who resigned prior to his
the war assets administration.
The . Oregon aeronautics board
removal from the state.
TAX REPORT FLOPS
EAST WOULD CHEAT WEST
Did you think to write it 1947?
Some Things Left Over
Listening to a radio program Wednesday eve
ning we heard an emcee taking inventory of 19-16
programs and he found he had several items rates as being too
,t . , , ,, make dire threats tha
ten over tnmgs uiai uiuii i bo "" ,,,. annrnrlPia,(nns for further
would have to be worked over and produced in j development of the tremendous
1947. It was clever entertainment and brought latent waterpower energy of the
to mind that all of us have a lot of unfinished,
business ere the new year arrives. j,jai mCmbers of the sub-cornmit-
During 1946 the Chamber of Commerce and; tee that will review the interior
j r.ppartmenr anairs ior tne nouse
appropriations committee. "Not
has gone on a federal red tape
cutting campaign to permit mu
nicipalities to secure the facil-
lities of these aiports which can
, ,.,.. land should be used by the cit-
Two little known congress.; than bfi decared fiur.
men Jensen of Iowa and Jones Qn m In
of Ohio have jumped the gun! h facilities could be
in auacMiiy Doiinuvme yuwet
low and
make dire threats that they will
'used to relieve the housing sit
uation, provide warehouses, and
Plunk into the middle of a
beautiful Christmas spirit sea
son Governor Snell's $20,000 spe
cial state tax study commission
pitched an aggravating report
that the governor and nearly all
state officials do not like. The
governor's annual message to
the 1945 legislature carried a
reauest for a tax study commis
other much needed space, the s;on and his request was grant
the city council laid plans for several projects
ad impQvements tha; tor one reason ana an- ,one cent will be -appropriated fofV'- arcraft and engine
Otner COUlu not De uroUKOl lo iruiuou ld5L vtrcu. :c!imu;i ui nuitut-si
board believes.
The Oregon delegation in con
gress has been appealed to and
.jhe board has received encour
agement that regulations can be
cuanged or amenued so as to
give the cities priorities on government-installed
facilities on
their airports, and also create
tension
Too many postwar obstructions were in the way u'" -""-
is made in the power rates of
and delay was inevitable. Some of the oSstruc- :t)lis sectjon js their battle cry.
The two exercised congress
men are not, as they have been
accused, the cats paws of pri
vately owned power companies,
i dickering for higher electric ser
tions have been removed and it may be possible
to accomplish real results during 1947.
One city project badly needed is reconstruction
of parts of the city water system. The pipe is
hanH and nemlintr arrival of some of the; vice rates, eastern manufactur-
, , lers who are suddenly aware that
appurtenances such as pipe unions and valves, , kcq hetwcen castprn manu.
it should be a matter of waiting no longer than j fact tiring and western manufac-
for favorable weather to start this work provid- ituing is developing more rapid-
, , , , . , !ly than their experts predicted,
ed, of course, the labor situation has improved. Govclnor Earl Snell has an-
The city has othet projects, one of which is in
the hands of an engineer employed for the pur
pose a new reservoir. Of equal importance is a
new well, arrangements for which were made
months ago but for some reason drilling has been
held up.
A problem likely to confront the new city fath
ers is that of a sewer system. This has been be
fore the council in times past and the cost has
always appeared prohibitive. Growth of the
town the past few years has increased the de
mand and places an obligation on the council
to give the matter of a sewer system serious
consideiation.
Some leftovers are to be found on the calendar
of the Chamber of commerce and these, too,
should gather some momentum in 1917. One pro
ject in which the chamber is interested, along
with other civic groups and the city, is a recre
ation center for the young people. Enough
groundwork has been laid that this can become
a reality this year.
Highway betterment is not a leftover. Rather
it is a continuation from year to year, but the
Chamber of Commerce has a definite interest In
obtaining a highway directly into Monument;
surfacing of the Willow creek and Rhea creek
roads and extension and improvement of other
county roads as outlined by the county court.
With increasing traffic, both freight and pass
enger, over the highway from Heppner to Hepp
ner Junction, some planning should be done to
induce the highway commission to straighten
and broaden that route. It is worth considering
t j say the least.
This is a subject entailing an almost pndless
discussion. It can be seen, however, that county,
city, chamber of commerce and all civic groups
have work ahead in making Morrow county a
better place in which to live and to attract new
comers. The more we work the greater will be
our interest. We should make real strides In
1947.
mechanics to be conducted by
the state department of voca
tional education.
DAUGHTER OF SENATOR
DIES
Mrs. Donald Crouch, daughter
of United States Senator Guy
Cordon, died Sunday, Dec. 22,
at Casualty hospital in Wash
ington, D. C. Mrs. Crouch, 23,
was being taken east by her
parents for treatment for a
heart ailment. When the train
was nearing Washington she
pealed to the governors ofiwas lound by ner motner in an
Washington, Montana and Ida- unconscious condition and died
ho to join with Oregon in com-ison after being removed to.the
batting the attack by the indus- .hospital. The funeral was held
trial east in opposing the de-'at Roseburg, where the Cordons
velopment of the west. reside, on P-nday afternoon.
Hoots of Culture fi&lSSfo
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, BARRINGS, BROOCH$ AMD
PAS M SYMBOLIZED POSTON AND DSTMCTOM.
AM0G THAHCItrAZTCS,
BROOCHCS lfiDCATD THC
WARR'S RANK.
ULTRA-FASH0,VASL MV OF
TH SIXTEENTH CENTURY WORE
A SINGLE PENDANT EARRING.
(SOME NAy MEN WORE ONE
IN THIS WAR!) re-jss
MSB
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ANCIENT GREEN PIN ORNA
MENTS. GOLDEN GRASSHOPPERS,
BE JEWELED HIPPOPOTAMI AND
FLOWERS. WERE ANCESTORS OF
OUR MODERN LAPEL
i ORNAMENTS.
m
ALL MODERN AMERICAN WOMEN
CAN EXPRESS TASTE AND DIS
TINCTION N JEWELRY, ONCE
LIMITED TO THOSE IN HIGH
CIRCLES.
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Heppner City Council
Meeta First Monday Each Moult n I
Citizen having matters for discus
ion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER. Mayor
OK Rubber Welders
FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop.
First class work guaranteed
Located in the Kane Buildinf
North Main St. Heppner, Ore.
D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 402
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
me.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TTTLB INSURANCE
Offioe fai Peters Building
Merchants Credit
Bureau
Accurate Credit Information
F. B. Nickerson
Phone 12 Heppner
Pomona Schedules
Saturday Meeting
Morrow county Pomona grange
will timet Saturday, January 4,
with Lexington grange as the
host. The business session will
opn t 10:30, followed by lun
cheon at noon, and will conclude
at2prn 'pastor of the Christian church.
' . ., u- Mrs. flraybeal Is the former Lois
The program at 2 p.m. will be J r.,nr,..
open to the public, and this will
be followed by degree work.
o
nla today.
Eunice Hiatt is spending the
holidays with relatives and
r.iipsta of Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
, i, vti,!.-) v were frk nils In Heppner. She Is em-
Rev and Mrs. Charles Graybeal j ployed In the Deaconess hospital
of Grldley, Calif., where he is at Salem.
Avoid Annoyance And Discomfort
due to a clogged septic tank or cesspool.
I have purchased a tank pump and am in
position to give prompt, efficient service.
Phone 702
HOWARD KE.Tr.LEY
ed. Now the governor may dis
inherit his baby. Had he asked
the tax research body for a
report that would bring a howl
of protest from every organized
group in the state, then It could
be said they did a thorough job.
The 13 members of the commis
sion who started their work 20
months ago came to a 7 to
decision on the adoption of the
present report which Was made
behind closed doors. Even mem
bers of the press were asked to
leave. Members who constituted
the minority filed objections or
were prompt in making public
their opposition to nearly all of
the 26 recommendations set
forth in the 90 page report.
State Tax Commissioner Earl
Fisher, a member of the tax
study commission, objected to
the proposed repeal of the per
sonal property levy as it would,
he said, eliminate over $10 mil
lion of personal property taxes,
nearly all of which is now lev
ied on business property and
shift the burden to homes and
other non-Income bearing real
estate.
Recommendations In the re
port would lower personal In
come tax exemptions to $1000
for married couples and $500 for
single individuals; levy a busi
ness excise tax; tax tobaccos,
amusements, racing revenues,
wine and beer license fees, soft
drinks and Increase motor ve
hicle license fees. A recommen
dation that an increase of high
way revenues to cities and coun
ties be made and property taxes
for state purposes would be eli
minated. (There have been no
state taxes on property In Ore
gon fo several years past.)
State Budget Director George
Aiken,, a member of the com
mission, does not agree with the
report and points to appropria
tions of $30,691,000 for the cur
rent blennlum which will In
crease to $49,000,000 for the next
two years when requests for
public welfare alone are over
$26,000,000.
TO STREAMLINE
LEGISLATURE
The special committee on leg
islative procedure reported to
the governor Monday offering 15
proposals which will be submit
ted to the members of the 1947
session. The new Ideas Include
the reduction of regular com
mittees In each house to 24.
(There are now 37 committees
in the house and 31 In the sen
ate.) Uniform drafting of bills,
restriction on motions to sus
pend rules, that committees hold
meetings regularly at definite
hours In the mornings, to limit
the introduction of bills after
25th day of the session, that
legislative journals be printed
daily, that secretaries and legls
latlve aids bo prohibited from
sitting In the chambers during
sessions and that the courtesies
of the senate and house be lim
Ited to former members, depart
ment heads, and special dlgnl
tarles,
RULING ON LOAM COMPANIES
At the request of State Su
perlntendent of Banks A, A.
DR. S. E. ALLEN
ORTHODONTIST
225 Byers St. Pendleton, Ore.
1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each
month at Dr. R. C. Lawrence's
Office in Heppner
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN ti SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Orecon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office up stairs I. O. O. F. Bld(
Housi: calls made
House Phone 23S3 Office 2372
Blaine E. Isom
All Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone in
llrnnner. fV
Rogers, a legal opinion has just ATTEND FAMILY REUNION
been issued on loan companies Mr. and Mrs. Harlcy Anderson
by Attorney General George returned Monday from Fortland
Neuncr whose ruling is that an where they spent several days
industrial loan company docs, last week at the home of Mr.
not have authority to impose! and Mrs. Henry Sutcrs. While
delinquency or collection charge 'there they enjoyed a farnilj
on loans made by such company, ' reunion of Mr. Anderson's sis
although the statutes allow ex- tcrs and their husbands, includ
penses incurred in examination ing Mr. and Mrs. Suter, Mr. and
and investigation. The cxten- Mrs. Charles Crites of Newberg,
slon refers only to certificates and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sauers
of purchase. !of Weott, Calif.
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