3LIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND, ORE.
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 16, 1947
Volume 63, Number 43
French
Reviews
The
Legislature
By GILES FRENCH
Rep. 22nd Dstiict
Governor Snell gave his sec
ond "state of the state" speech
today before the joint assembly
of senators and representatives
and found it better received
than was his first one.
TAXATION UPPERMOST
The matter of taxation was
uppermost in the minds of the
legislators and is also the first
problem in the minds of the
people of the state. On this sub
ject the. governor was specific in
some things and general in oth
ers. He praised the tax study
committee but found himself In
disagreement with a part of the
report. He did, however, recom
mend that the report be careful
ly studied because it contained
much research material that
will be valuable.
How to obtain the money for
the state's needs is still a pro
blem despite the governor's
speech. He recommends that the
excise tax income be put In
the general fund. This would
approximately balance the bud
get. At present these funds are
put In with income tax returns
and both are used to reduce the
property tax. Under the govern
or's proposal property taxpay
ers would be some $8 or 9,000,
000 closer to paying state prop
erty taxes. That may be too
close.
It would be like taking mon
ey from one pocket and putting
it In the other, a practice that is
not recommended to build up
one's income.
Use of the bulding fund to al
leviate the state's finances
would be borrowing from the
future on a somewhat similar
basis. Both would salve the sore
but could not cure it.
FOR BOYS' CAMP
The governor had other re
commendations that will be
found easier to accept.
He would establish a boys'
camp for wayward youth who
might be easier rehabilitated
there than in the Woodburn
school, which has a very slight
reputation as a reformatory. He
also wants a new place in the
prison for first offenders, which
has long been recommended but
not accepted because of finan
ces. Tourist travel aid, zoning
laws and several other problems
were mentioned and in many
cases the governor requested
the legislature to pass necessary
legislation for them. Many will
undoubtedly be passed, If the
funds can be found In the wel
ter of demands for more things
for less money.
SPECIFIC ON LABOR
On the subject of labor the
governor was more specific
than before. He did not ask for
abolition of the closed shop, but
did say that many abuses of
present labor laws had made it
mandatory that something be
done. Monopolies, either on the
part of employers or employes,
he said, cannot be permitted in
a democratic land. Higher pay
ments for those under unem
ployment compensation and
workmen's compensation was
asked by the governor in light
of the present cost of living
Before the governor came in
to the Joint session to make his
talk both houses had organized
by electing the officers needed
to carry on the work of the ses
passed an appropriation bill for
sion. The house immediately
its own expenses, a bill permit
ting Justice Brand to go to Ger
many a3 a Judge over war trials,
and several icsolutions of little
importance.
Quality of the two houses
seems high, perhaps more of the
employer class and the profes
sional class than is proper to
represent the people of the state
adequately. There is but one
avowed speaker for labor in the
Continued on Pag Six
Ample Transportation
Although hii Icgi ar parolyied from
war injuriel, Norman Zillncr, former Army
lieutenant now itudying ol th Univer
lity of California, needi no ouiifanc In
getting about. Hi lift! th lightweight
collapiible wheel chair from hit specially
equipped automobile to enter hii Berkeley
quarter!. The 23-year-old veteran ii itudy
ing with financial aid from the Veteran!
Adminiitration.
Jit
Council Sets Up
Modified Manager
Plan for Heppner
Operational Work
Placed in Hands
Of Superintendent
At a special meeting held at
the city hall Friday evening the
city council approved the super
intendent plan laid out by the
water and police committee and
beginning the followng morning
Heppner's water and police set
up went under a new order.
The council created a new of
fice, that of superintendent and
police commissioner, combining
the duties of watermaster, po
lice chief and street commis
sioner. At the same time an as
sistant superintendent Job was
created and the job of town
marshal was placed under the
control of the superintendent
. 'J. O. Rasmus reconsidered
his announced intention to re
sign and accepted the post of
superintendent. P. A. Mollahan
was hired as the assistant su
perintendent and Dean Gilman
was retained as marshal. The
night marshal Job has been dis
continued temporarily until it is
seen how the present set-up
works out. Mollahan has charge
of the street cleaning and is on
police call during the morning
hours. Gilman goes on his shift
at 2 p. m. and remains until
night life along the main drag
quiets down (or until the side
walks are pulled in).
One of the objections of the
former set-up was that no one
but the watermaster knew the
ins and outs of the water sys
tem. Under the new order, the
assistant superintendent will
learn the business of operating
the system so that when it be
comes necessary for the super
intendent to be out of town the
work will go on as usual.
People having minor com
plaints, and even some major
ones, relative to water, police or
street and alley conditions will
present them to the city super
intendent at the city building.
The council has placed this au
thority in his hands and will
take no part except when the
superintendent deems it advis
able to consult with or pass
certain matters to that body for
final action.
Mayor La n ham and members
of the council have expressed
the opinion that the new plan
is acceptable and that it should
be workable. Since the city of
ficials serve without pay and all
are busy business men they
feel it should not be necessary
for them to take time off to
delve Into matters that can be
handled by onc man whose ser
vices are paid for.
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Fines Imposed on
Traffic Violators
Operating motor vehicles
without chauffeur's licenses
brought fines and court costs to
three truck drivers the past
week. On complaint of State
Officer Edgar Albert, Leon Nl
cholas Shockman, Hermlston
Paul James Doherty, Heppner
and Elwood Burton Way, origi
nally from Glencoe, Minn.,
were fined $10 and $4.50 costs
each when they appeared be
fore J. O. Hager, justice of the
peace.
Ray Butler Shoun of Lexing
paid a $25 fine and $5 court
costs when arraigned before
Justice Hager on a count of
drawing a bank check with In
sufficient funds in the bank to
pay same in full. Saager's
Pharmacy signed the com
plaint. Shoun paid the fine and
averted a 30-day jail sentence
as altenative.
SHRINE CLUB SPONSORING
FATHER-SON BANQUET
The Morrow County Shrine j
club Is sponsoring a father and
son banquet to be held at 6:30
p. m. Monday, Jan. 20 in the
basement of the Heppner
Church of Christ. The dinner
will' be prepared and served by
the Shrine auxiliary.
Members of the DcMolay and
their fathers will be guests of
the club. The Shrine club is en
deavoring to get the parents In
terested In the work being done
by their sons. Henry Tetz, for
mer high school principal here
land now high school principal
at Pendleton, has been invited
lo be the speaker of the evening.
NATIONAL P. T. VETERANS
ASSN. FORMED IN BOSTON
A National P. T. Veterans'
association has been formed in
Boston, Mass. and Leslie R.
Wells of Boston was elected
president, at the first conven
tion held Nevember 16-17, 1946.
The state of Oregon is now
organizing and a reunion is
planned. All former M. T. B.
personnel are requested to write
to Dale Gilman, chairman, 1125
N. W. Gllsnn, St., Portland, for
further particulars.
Irrigation Water
From Wells Seen
Possibility Here
Irrigation farming on a limit
ed scale by using well water is
seen as a possibility in this
county. One rancher has a well
to which he will attach a 30
horse power diesel engine and
pump the water for irrigation
purposes.
O. W. Cutsforth reports that
his well has a bigger flow than
the Heppner city well and he
believes that 75 or 80 acres of
land can be irrigated from it.
"Wells don't play out in this
country," Cutsforth said, "and
I believe there is a possibility
that many of our farmers can
engage in irrigation farming on
a limited scale." His idea is de
pendent somewhat for develop
ment on the possiblity of ob
taining cheaper farm power. He
is not recommending that others
engage in pumping with diesel
power but believes it can be
done with electricity when rates
are adjusted to that type of
service.
News From
C. A. Office
The construction of a new
stock barn and portable bleach
ers in the city of The Dalles to
provide facilities for the wheat
league sponsored 4-H club fat
liestock show and sale, sched
uled to have its first showing
there May 27 and 28, is expect
ed to get underway very soon,
according to word received re
cently. Plans for the exhibit barn, as
well as grandstand and bleach
ers have been prepared by the
agricultural engineering depart
ment at Oregon State college.
The site for the show has been
selected and is to be used as
the county recreational grounds
immediately west of the city.
Here it is expected there will be
developed within a year com
plete recreational facilities to
cost $50,000. An oval one-half
mile race track is already built
and fenced and other plans pro
vide for rodeo facilities, a foot
ball field, baseball diamond and
other recreational features.
The wheat league's livestock
show committee, consisting of
Harvey McAllister, The Dalles;
Roy Phillippi, Blalock, and Mil
lard Eaken, Grass Valley, have
appointed Eugene Courtney, The
Dalles, for many years an ac
tive booster of 4-H club work,
as general manager of the show,
and Grant Perry, The Dalles,
secretary-treasurer. Other com
mittee chairmen included LeRoy
Wright, Sherman county agent,
in charge of the beef calf exhi
bits; Wm. K. Farrell, Grant
county agent, sheep exhibits,
and E. J. Lathrop, Wasco coun
ty 4-H club agent, hog exhibits.
ine wneat league has pro
vided $750 for use as premiums.
It is reported that more than 100
steers are on feed for the show.
also an estimated 50 hogs and
50 sheep, all being fed to the
livestock must be wheat as the
wheat league is Interested in
encouraging the use of wheat
in this manner.
Morrow county has eight 4-H
club members, Ingrid Hermann,
Neal Beamer, Vesta Cutsforth
Betty Graves, Faye Cutsforth, Jo
Anne Graves, Ronald Baker and
Duane Baker, who will be en
tered in this show and sale
Clifton Slack, E. E. Rugg and
Bill Barratt are farmers who are
taking advantage of the oppor
tunity to purchase dairy calves
the past week. These men orT
dered seven Guernsey calves
from cows that are under herd
Improvement test in the Tilla
mook Herd Improvement associ
atlon. All calves are from cows
with a 300 pound or better but
terfat production in the past
year.
Orders for your calves can be
left at this office.
Don't forget this date Janu
ary 21. On January 21 we will
demonstrate the use of fog pres
furc ' controlling fires with the
inii- in mum nidi mere will oc
enough Interest shown by farm
ers to warrant the purchase of
equipment for farm fire fight
ing. Morrow county needs this
equipment badly one fire could
pay for its cost. If you are In
terested in saving crops and
buildings on your farm plan
now to attend.
A movie will be shown at the
Heppner school gymnasium at
10:30 a.m. which will show the
many uses for which the equip
ment can be put. At 1:30 p.m.
a demonstration of nctuallv ex
tinguishing a fire will be held at
the Heppner dump. Plan now
to be there.
Several herds of cat He were
Inspected last Saturday for
grubs. It was found that the
grubs will not be ready for treat
ment as early as believed but
that it will be about February
10th when treatment should
start. Cattle should be dusted or
sprayed wllh a 5 percent rotn
none powder. In the care of
dusting about 3 ounces per ani
mal should bo used, thoroughly
Continued on Fugs Six
March of Dimes Used
In Many Ways To
Aid Polio Patients
In how many ways are contri
butions to the. March of Dimes
used for the aid of infantile par
alysis sufferers?
This question was answered
today by Francis Nickerson,
chairman of the polio fund cam
paign in Morrow county,
"All the money contributed to
the March of Dimes," he said,
"is divided into two parts. Half
remains in the county where It
is subscribed, to provide direct
aid to infantile paralysis pa
tients. It is used by the county
chapter of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis for
medical and nursing care, hos
pitalization, physical therapy
treatments, orthopedic surgery,
if necessary, orthopedic appli
ances and equipment, and all
other services necessary to the
complete care of poliomyelitis
patients. .
'The other half goes to head
quarters of the National Funda
tion for emergency aid in epi
demics, for training professional
personnel in care and treatment
methods, for education and the
vital program of scientific re
search which is our only hope
of finally wiping out this dread
disease.
'This intensive fight against
Rodeo Association
To Meet Saturday
A meeting of the Heppner Ro
deo association has been called
for 8 o'clock p.m. Saturday,
January 18, at the council cham
bers in Heppner. It is to be a
public meeting, to which Presi
dent Lee Beckner and the board
of directors have issued a spe
cial invitation to all interested
in having or not having a rodeo
in Heppner in 1947 to attend.
Other matters pertaining to
the presentation of the show will
be brought to the attention of
the meeting and it is hoped
there will be a good represent
ation of citizens preseni.
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NEW ARRIVALS
A nine-pound boy was born
Friday, Jan. 10 to Mr. and Mrs.
Vic Lovgren at the Corda Sal-
ing home.
News Briefs
Miss Rose Hoosier is teaching
Mrs. Frank Davis's room in the
Heppner school during Mrs. Da
vis's absence in Portland.
Mrs. Linnie Loudon is spend
ing the week in Portland on
business and pleasure. Mrs.
Loudon is employed at the An-
deson & Wilson's Women's Ap
parel store.
Born at 3:30 this morning at
St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton, a five-pound-plus boy to
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick Jr. Mo
ther and babe were doing well)
at latest reports.
Mrs. Cornett Green was hos
tess to the Bookwoms club at
her home Tuesday evening, at
which time Mrs. Ture Peterson
reviewed the book, "Out on a
Limb." The hostess served re
freshments later n the evening.
According to the Downey
Champion, published at Downey,
Los Angeles county, Calif., Stan
ley Minor of Heppner was a vis
itor at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Waters of that city, being
the guest of their son Delmar.
J. A. Waters is a former clerk
of Morrow county and prior to
moving to Heppner to act in that
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Infantile paralysis ia undoubt
edly the greatest voluntary hu
manitarian movement in the re
Corded history of mankind. It
has enlisted the personal inter
est and contributions of a ma
jority, of America's adult popu
lation. It exists only by and
through your continuing sup
port. 'The March of Dimes, Jan. 15
30, gives all of us an opportun
ity to join this important cru
sade." Nickerson repeated the state
ment that this year's needs are
greater than ever, due to ex
haustion of reserve funds of the
National Foundation as a result
of a great increase in patients
in 1946.
March of Dimes boxes have
been distributed to business
houses throughout the county
and the citizens are urged to
not only fill these boxes but to
make additional contributions.
Of local interest will be the
showing Jan. 24-30 of a special
short film, "A Step Forward,"
featuring Greer Garson. The
crowning event of the campaign
will be the March of Dimes
dance at Willows Grange hall
in lone.
David Lee, a six and one
half pound boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. John Hanna Jr. Wed
nesday, Jan. 8, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergstrom in
Heppner.
HEC MEETING POSTPONED
Due to bad weather, the meet
ing of the Lexington Home Ec
club has been postponed for one
week. There will be an impor
tant meeting at the grange hall
at 2 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 23,
at which time plans for serving
the annual Lexington Oil Co
operative dinner on Feb. 3 will
be made. The hall will be well
warmed and all members are
urged to attend.
The newsreel at the Star The
ater, January 22 and 23, features
five gr'-at news stories of the
past 2u'x.rs; Coronation of King
George VI, Lindberg Kidnapping,
Tacoma Bridge Crash, 1937 'Me
morial Day Riots, The Hinden
berg.
Around Town
capacity was engaged in busi
ness in lone.
Orville Smith was taken to
the hospital in Pendleton Tues
day evening when a cold with
since about the first of the year
which he has been afflicted
showed symptoms of develop
ing into pneumonia. No word
had been received at the office
of the Heppner Lumber com
pany relative to his condition
end it is presumed he is getting
air.g all right.
Clark Banker, who spent a
week with his brother Gordon
and Mrs. Banker, left Friday for
San Francisco to await call for
ship duty. He is a member of
the Merchant Marine with head
quarters at San Francisco. It
was the first meeting of the
brothers in 20 years and it is
reported that they were real
busy "shooting the breeze."
Clark visited the .old home in
New York state last fall and had
many things to tell his Hepp
ner brother. He shipped from
San Francisco to Portland on a
boat that was being turned over
to the British government.
Drawing
30-Years Column
Arouses Interest
Among G-T Readers
There is genuine satisfaction
in giving our readers something
of interest and in introducing
the "30 Years Ago" column last
week struck a popular chord.
Due to the loss of earlier
files in the fire that destroyed
the old Heppner Times build
ing in 1918, 30 years back is the
farthest we can go and main
tain an unbroken succession.
Many of our readers have com
mented on the column and at
least two have been moved to
do something about it.
Percy Cox brought in a copy
of the Heppner Gazette of May
30, 1889 salvaged from the for
mer W. C. Lacey house in
BIackhor.se where it had been
stuffed in between the walls. It
is in a bad state of mutilation
but we hope to glean a few
items from it.
Our lone corespondent, Mrs.
Echo Palmateer, who is libra
rian at lone, came forth with
an item the lone Independent
of January 192126 years ago,
which contained the following
item:
"Fomer service men met Jan.
24 and organized a local post
of the American Legion with 20
charter memberships and elect
ed the following officers Char
les Dane, commander; Ray
mond Turner, vice commander;
Joseph Mason, adjutant; Dr. C.
R. Walker, finance officer; Fred
Jiiehoson, chaplain; Elmer
Griffith, sergeant-at-arms. The
next meeting will be held Fri
day evening, Feb. 4, in the I. O.
O. F. hall."
Townies Downed by
Condon Five, 49-40
Heppner took it on the chin
Wednesday night of last week
when the Townies visited the
Gilliam county capital. With on
ly two substitutes the Townies
couldn't maintain a fast enough
pace to check the Condon team
and took the short end of a
49-40 score.
The Townies played Condon
an even game the first half but
began to weaken in the second
half, due to a shortage of sub
stitutes. Manager LaVerne Van Marter
has several games scheduled,
most of them to be played on
foreign floors. Condon will play
a return game here Feb. 8.
MARRIAGE DATE SET
Family and friends in Hepp
ner have received invitations to
the forthcoming marriage of
Charles William Bucknum, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buck
num of Heppner. Mr. Bucknum
will be married on Wednesday,
Jan. 29 to Miss Betty Everette,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
schel Heyward Eveette of La
Canada, Calif.
The ceremony will be perform
ed at 7 p.m. in the Church of
the Recessional, Forest Lawn
Memorial park, in Glendale.
Lexington Airport
Refuelng Station
Announcement was made this
week by Manager Jack Forsythe
that the Lexington airport has
become a refueling stop point
for the Western Skyways Ser
vice of Troutdale, for their GI
student cross countrv flight
Within the past week 13 planes
with one instuctor and one stu
dent to each have slopped for
gas.
Friday, 10 students made Lex
ington an over night stop. Six
of the group were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Forsythe and
four of them guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Carmichael.
Growing importance of the
airport is seen in the number of
transient planes landing there
Within the past two weeks the
landing register listed 10 out
side planes.
Students of the Forsythe Fly
ing Service training department
are making good progress. Clen
McMurtrey soloed the hist of
December and Conlov Lanhani
-tarted 1917 by soloing on New
v!':r.; day. Vernon Munkors
made good a promise by taking
his daughter Marilyn ns his
first p.-ssenger after receiving
his private pilot's license before
the new vcar.
4-H EEEF CLUB MEETING
Barbara Sherman will be hos
tess to the Morrow county -1 11
beef club at the Sherman home
on Willow creek south of Hepp
ner, Sunday. Jan. l!l The meet
ing will open at 1:30 p.m. All
members have been issued a
special invitation to attend.
Mrs. K. S. Parker is- in Pen
dleton this week taking care
of the John Parker children dur
ing the Illness of their mother.
L. E. Dick Sr. has informed
members of his family that in
company with his mother and
sister he left Portland last week
for California lo spend a few
weeks in the southern part of
the state.
Mustangs Win From
Arlington and lone
In Week's Play
By Bob Mollahan
Coach Leonard Pate's high
powered basketball quintet suc
cessfully commenced Wheat lea
gue play by rolling over the
rugged lone Cardinals 34-25 in
a thrill-packed contest in one
of their sternest tests of the
season last Friday on the local
floor.
Clarence Greenup and Buster
Padberg were the main cogs in
the powerhouse Mustang scor
ing machine, collecting 10 and 9
tallies respectively. It was
Heppner's sixth consecutive vic
tory. Even though, Bob Drake
walked off with the scoring hon
ors, caging 11 for the Cards.
Both squads tried to apply
a conservative type of offense
in the first half by waiting,
more or less, for the breaks. But
since the one defense of both
squads was superb and prac
tically impenetrable the breaks
failed to materialize and a
good share of the shots were
long ones with many misses.
Although both teams were
having tough luck with their
shots Heppner managed to out
score lone 6-3 in the opening
stanza and 7-5 in the second
canto to hold 13-8 halftime ad
vantage. Bob Drake, Cardinal
forward, "'and Buster Padberg,
Mustang guard, paced their
teammates by lobbing in 7 points
apiece in the first half. Buster
let loose with a pair of beauti
ful howitzers from the center of
the court that split the hemp in
the dying moments of the first
half.
After the intermission the
Mustangs staged a terrific third
canto spurt paced by Clarence
Greenup which netted 10 points
lor the Heppner cause while
holding the Cards to 3 counters.
In the final quarter the lone
squad fought desperately to
gain possession of the ball and
score but time slipped by too
quickly. The Mustangs staved
off numerous desperation scor
ing thrusts the ardent Cards
threw at them in a futile effort
to close the score gap. lone out-
scored the Mustangs 14-10 in the
final heat.
The summary:
Heppner Fg Ft
pf
o
1
2
0
2
1
1
7
0
1
0
4
2
0
1
Tp
4
Mollahan, f 2
Greenup, f 4
Parrish, c 1
Corwin, g 1
Padberg, g 4
D. Rippee, g 0
L. Rippee, f 2
Totals 15
lone
Drake, f 5
Crawford, f 3
Bergstrom, c 0
10
5
2
9
0
Ball, g 1
Rietmann, g 0
Doherty, c 0
Barnett, g 1
Totals 10
Score by quarters: Heppner 6,
7, 10. 11-34; lone 3. 5, 3, 14-25.
Cliff Norris, Hermiston, offi
ciated at both games. Jack Ed
mondson, Heppner, timekeeper.
Heppner made it two straight
Tuesday evening when the lo
cal squads met the Arlington
A and B squads on the local ma
ple court. The B squad was
downright hot and took the vis
itors into camp to the tune of
40-14. The Mustang A squad
didn't score so heavily but did
n't have too much trouble in
taming the Honker flock, 32-23.
Coach Pate replaced the A squad
with the B squad towards the
last of the game and Arlington
was able to get only one basket
off the babes.
MOVE TO HILLSBORO
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Edwards
left Saturday for their new
home in Hlilsboro. George
Gertson tookMr. Edwards in
the Phelps ambulance and Mrs,
Gertson went along to drive the
Edwards car. Mrs. Joe Hughes
accompanied them, taking her
daughter to Salem to return to
school. Mr. Edwards withstood
the trip quite well, although he
got tired. The party encounter-
Free Parking for Disabled
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Sfattle Councilman Al Rocheiter, left, iponior of a recent amendment to the crty
traffic code giving dilabled vetetoni free parting right! in all unr.ilr.tttd areoe,
here iuperiiei installation of the lint wmdihield iticker on the aulomob.le ol Jamef
Currie, right, who loit both Icgi on Ol.nawa. Rochetter, a World War I veteran,
hold! a btllfold card matching th (ticker.
Airport Receives
Offer of Aid From
National Agency
Civil Aeronautics
Board Ready to
Allocate $7,000
Coming somewltat as a sur
prise, the Lexington Airport
commission was apprised the
past week-end that $7,000 had
been allocated as the Civil
Aeronautics Administration's
share of funds needed to com
plete the project. Mayor Alonzo
Henderson received the follow
ing letter from R. D. Bedinger,
regional administrator at Se
attle. Dated Jan. 10, it reads as
follows:
"In response to your project
request for federal aid dated
Oct. 17, 1946, I am glad to in
form you that 87,000 has been
tentatively allocated from avail
able appropriated funds as the
United States share of the al
lowable costs of the project The
Civil Aeronautics Administa
tion distict airport engineer lo
cated at 460 North Eighth street,
Salem, Oregon, has been desig
nated as my representative to
advise you concerning the for
mal submission of your project
application.
. Under the terms of the Fed
eral Airport Act, an actual grant
of funds can be made only af
ter your project application has
been approved by the Adminis
trator of Civil Aeronautics. There
fore, this tentative allocation of
funds is subject to your rreet
ing the requirements of the Act
and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. Cop
ies of the Act and Rules and Re
gulations are available in the
above-mentioned District Air
port Engineer's office."
On Jan. 7, Leo G. DeVaney,
director of the Oregon State
Board of Aeronautics, wrote Ma
yor Henderson as follows:
"It has come to the attention
of this office that your city has
made a preliminary project re
quest to the CAA for possible
participation in the National
Airport Plan, with a view to
ward securing federal, aid for
the construction or improve
ment of your air port.
The engineering services of
the Oregon State Board of Aero
nautics are available to all tui-
nininaliHfws in fha crato nnn rho
services of its personnel are a-
vailable in developing plans to
be presented to the CAA for ap
proval of such federal aid pro
jects. Upon your request, our
state board of aeronautics will
be glad to funish personnel to
aid in developing your airport
project.
The government agency pro
vides funds in the amount of
56 percent of the allowable costs
of a project. Total of the grant
asked for by the airport com
mission was $12,500. That leaves
$5,500 to be raised locally.
While some building has been
done at the airport, there re
mains more to be done. The fe
deral funds would provide the
means for constructing an ad
ministration building, widening
the runways to meet state and
federal specifications, graveling
around the grounds, Installing a
lighting system and a water
system.
According to Mayor Hender
son, it may be possible to com
plete this work with less than
$12,500, in which the amount to
be raised locally would T)d re
duced to some extent.
A meetng has been called for
Tuesday evening. Jan. 21 at the
Leach hall in Lexington at
which time it is hoped a plan
for raising the match money
may be devised. This meeting is
for all interested in aviation
and the development of the port
as well as for the members of
the port commission.
ed considerable snow on the
trip but experienced no road
difficulties.
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