6-Heppner Gozette Times, Heppner, Oregon, April 3, 1947
French
Reviews
The
Legislature
BT GILES FRENCH
Hep. 22nd District
Well, hrre we arc, not again,
but yet.
Tiobably by the time these
linos are road, if at all, this ses
sion of the legislature will be
ended sine die, which means
wiihout hotting a day. Ordinar
ily we adjourn until a day cer
tain, seventy-seven times al
ready, longer by a full week
than any other session.
Some results have come from
all this .legislative labor. The
method of distribution for the
$15,000,000 school bill, grown
since November to near $16,000,
000 has been passed. It proved
to be a fine financial grab for
the Willamette valley counties
who lifted some $1,760,000 from
eastern Oregon. The state's pau
per belt aiso will take over S2,-,been increased to meet present
financially futile alley for that
t.iv as now wnttcn distributis
runt! on a population basis to
;set taxes raised on an assess
el valuation basis. Clever the-1
, -or whites.
House Bill SO of 1945 legisla
ture fame has been amended by
all who have touched it. Yet it
,s much the same even though
it bears the scars of mend ana
Sue alike. For instance the sen
ate's amendments started oil
thus, "Delete all house amend
ments." giving proper cause for
belief ,in disagreement. Now
there is a conference committee
winking on it, but probably lit
tle more will happen to it. ?ot
much more can.
Some labor legislation has
been passed, not enough to suit
on-.pinyc:- and entirely too much
to suit labor. Both probably feel
better than they let on and as
long as both sides are howling
the legislature is not doing so
bad. The legislation tends to
tighten unemployment compen
sation laws so as to pay only to
those actually out of work. It
is likely th.it some will chisel
on it anyway, but that is what
legislative effort has tried to do.
Wokmen's compensation has
I
.TV-:!!, n I
000,000 from Multnomah county
I'nless the senate amends the
sales tax bill now before it,
more money will be removed
from eastern Ortgon pockets to
feed the aged in the fertile but
time costs and an effort has
been made to prevent some
strikes and other labor troubles
in shops doing only intra-state
business. Nothing so drastic as
an anti-closed shop bill, which
Guaranteed Work
" on all types of
Covered Furniture and
Mattresses
Mattress Renovation a Specialty
Mattresses made to order in all
sizes
COLUMBIA MATTRESS
Cr UPHOLSTERY CO.
Phone 3187
Hermiston Oregon
4. . Ptmmat
Your Easter Bonnet's,
Bedecked With
2.93
A flirtatious little; flowed
Iiat wil add the lame
magic touch at a eonagel
0ur are lavishly, Jadeif
with the loveliest "iprinf
flowers, frothed with wiepf)
of veiling
HANDBAG rate,
in; black plaitlaj
Plent.. 4,0$
CLOVES "In wETti
Hack orcojora,
9$
What's Nov This Week
46 inch
Plain or Fancy
OILCLOTH
49c d
Colors Medium Blue or Maize
Men's
SWEATSHIRTS
34 to 42 1,69
CALLING IN NYLON CARD
NUMBERS 1200 TO 1400
HISS JEAN A. WILLIAMS
Home Economics Extension
Oregon State College
should please labor.
Other legislation is mostly
junk that could have been left
(or another two years or entirely
forgotten. The state will have
a department of justice which
will give the attorney general
more power over district attor
neys end attorneys for the many
departments; some assessment
laws will be tightened and it is
high time; and yes, salaries
have been raised for everyone.
There is even a resolution in to
raise the legislator's pay. It
would limit the session to sixty
days, which is very, very foolish.
j Those who have worked through
:a special session and observed
I the always jumbled last night
!with the people's representatives
fighting over starting and stop
1 ping the clock did not vote for
I it. No one should if it gets on
'the ballot.
j As for taxes the session has
: been an abject failure. There
jwas a complete set of tax laws
jthat would have raised all the
j money necessary, even with
isome juggling and some defeat
j of certain measures. It was in
troduced early and is still lying,
dust covered, in the strong box
of the house taxation commit
tee. There have been sales tax
minder! legislatures before, but
never has there been one that
bent every other tax measure so
far toward a sales tax. This one
is so loaded with bait that there
is no revenue left in it. One
sixth goes to counties for wel
fare, one sixth to school districts
and one sixth to cities, all on a
population basis and to be used
to offset ad valorem taxes which
are raised on an assessed valua
tion basis. That's three sixths.
Then the other half goes to the
state and may be used for real
property relief, if needed. There
is almost no new money in it at
an.
Furthermore, if it passes the
income tax exemptions will be
raised to $1000 and S2000 which
costs the state. $3,750,000 of the
$10,000,000 half it will get. If it
passes there will be no cigarette
tax, may be a 40 mill real prop
erty tax limitation (allhouch no
one has yet figured out how to
cut a 100 mill levy now down to
40 mills) and if it does not pass
there may be a reduction of the
income tax exemptions.
Bait is thus thrown out to
counties, cities, school districts,
to income tax payers, real prop
erty owners and cigarette smok
ers. 1, that is not enough there
is still a bill to bludgeon state
emplovpes into voting for it by
reducing their salaries by five
percent unless the sales tax
passes.
Even some of the usual spon
sors of sales taxes don't want to
have to defend this one. It may
be improved in the senate. It
cannei be damaged. The date of
election may be changed to No
vember which will give a longer
time for a campaign. That means
it will cost more money for
friend and foe alike. It may be
advantageous or not. Some think
that the longer people think
about a sales tax the less they
think of it.
Homemakers' Fete!?
Slated for lone
A program is shaping into
form for the annual Homemak
ers day, Tuesday, April 15, at
the Willows grange hall at lone
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Miss Jean A. Williams, exten
sion specialist for community
!nd social organizations, will be
in Morrow county on that day to
ppear on the festival program.
Miss Williams will conduct the
group singing and has planned
a half hour of "Fun for All" in
which all members attending
he festival should enjoy partici
pating.
Thisspicy half hour will pro
vide some laughs and moments
of relaxation for the homemak
ers and will give them an idea
or two to use in their respective
groups. Included in this time
will be some novelty skits and
stunts and some special social
izes. Miss Williams has been giving
recreation demonstrations thru
out the state and the groups
have responded enthusiastically
and have invariably asked for
more.
Mrs. Emma Little and Miss
Frances Clinton from the home
economics extension department
will also be on the program.
The program will start at 10
a.m. with registration and view
ing of exhibits by the Morrow
county home extension units and
4-H clubs. At noon the women
of Willows grange home econ
omics club will serve a lunch
eon for a, dollar per plate. Sev
eral high school girls will care
or a limited number of pre
school children who need to at
tend. Mrs. W. E. Hughes of
Heppner and Mrs. Walter Wright
of Hardman will conduct the
style show in the forenoon.
Mrs. L. A. McCabe will be the
chairman in charge of 4-H club
exhibits. Every club leader in
the county has been asked to
prepare an exhibit for Home
makers day.
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MANY VETERANS IN
TRAINING
Twenty per cent of the World
War II ex-servicemen and wo
men in Oregon have applied for
some form of education or train
ing under federal benefits.
Applications up to April 1 to
taled 56,230 and included 24,355
veterans applying for training
under the GI bill for vocational
rehabilitation as disabled veter
ans under both state and federal
laws.
FIRE DAMAGES CAR
The fire department was call
ed out at an early hou thir
morning to extinguish a blaze
in a parked car on Main street.
Apparently starting from a short . Barton E. Clark. Mrs. V. L. Carl
circuit, the blaze destroyed the! son and Mrs. Henry Baker cov
cushions in the front seat and jered a chair owned by the Valby
Upholstery Clinic
To Show Work
Seven chairs were re-upholstered
by Morrow county women
at an upholstery clinic held at
the Christian church from Mon
day through Friday last week
under the direction of Mrs. Myr
tle Carter, acting extension spe
cialist in clothing and house
furnishings, from the Oregon
State college extension service.
Mrs. Carter, a former home dem
onstration agent In Umatilla
county, was assisted by Miss Ka
therine Monahan, Morrow coun
ty home dentonstration agent.
Cost of re-upholstering the
chairs, which were also com
pletely renovated by repair of
webbing, re-tying of springs and
renovating of innerspring cush
ions, ranged from $11.75, $16.00,
$28.75 and up to $57.84. The
range in price was due to the
cost of materials and supplies.
Chairs re-upholstered were
owned by Mrs. Harley Anderson,
Mrs. Norman Nelson, Mrs. Thom
as I. Wilson, Mrs. Roy Neill,
Mrs. Elmer Palmer and Mrs.
was on its way to consume the
entire car when the department
arrived.
Lutheran church from the Goose
berry district at lone. Women
assisting in the work were Mrs.
Claud Huston. Mrs. Neva Wells.
AVAILABLE: The best one-man! Mrs. C. C. Carmichael, Mrs. E. E.
business in this county. If you I Ruee. Mrs. Rav Wrieht. Mrs. Om-
are between 25 and 55 years ar Rietmann, Mrs. Pat Mclntyre,
Mrs. Vernon Munkers, Mrs. Wil
liam Smethurst and Mrs. Clive
Huston.
Each clinic in each county is
oia, nave car, and possess
good reputation, you can qual
ify. Write J. R. Watkins Com
pany, 4512 Hollis Street, Oak
land 8, Calif.
49-55c limited to 16 women working on
'THE SOUR NOTE IN THE DEVIL'S
FUNERAL MARCH"
By Evangelist
WINSTON R.MILLER
on
SUNDAY EVENING, 7:45
at the
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Across from the City HalL Heppner
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Sat. Night "Looking at Sodom"
6un. Morn"If Christ Had Not
Risen"
Special Singing
Inspiring Choruses
A Hearty Welcome
tvung. Vvnioton R. Miller
Shelby E. Graves, Pastor
JUST IN
New Records by
Dennis Day
Freddy Martin
Vaughn Monroe
Scmmy Kaye
Tommy Dorsey
Spike Jones
Roy Rogers
GONTY'S
STAR un REPORTER
Show Starts t Tt80. Matin oev Xrv Snadjs'i 1 P m- 1 p. m.
la ermpNanc wttk tbc F4rai Tax RitraieM. Children'! Admlnslom apply
mly te tnum Kdr tin Meal mgt of 12.
SalMtafl. Short Snajaota With All Proffnuna
Program Snbjaot te Changw Watch local newspaper for weekly announoeraant
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 4-5:
Last Frontier Uprising
A western photographed in beautiful outdoor
color with Monte Hile and Adrian Booth.
PLUS
" It's Great To Be Young
A light little comedy interspersing lively tunes
with action and dialog, a piano number by
Jack Pina, his own arrantrnment of Bimsky-Kor-sakoff
s "Plight of the Btuubto Bee" is definite
ly worth seeing.
SUNDAY-MONDAY, APRIL 6-7:
NEVER SAY GOODBYE
Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Xmclle Watson, 8.
2. Sakall, Forrest Tucker, Donald Woods, Faggy
Knudsen, and heart-stealing little Fattl Brady.
A bright and shiny comedy cleverly presented.
"Easter Sunday and Army Bay coma together
this year, so It Is our Easter Wish that the
peace won by the courage and gallantry of our
armed forces may be everlasting 1
TUESDAY, APRIL 8:
VACATION DAYS
Freddie Stewart, June Prelsser, F rankle Darro,
Belle Mitchell
The "Teen-Agers'' provide the music for this
outdoor action film.
WED.-THURS., APRIL 9-10:
HELDORADO
Boy Sogers, Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans, Bob
Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers with Trigger
cuming in lor sume special attention.
Action ia fast with humorous scenes and musical
numbers thrown, in at frquont intervals plus
fome good rodeo and parade shots.
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Case Furniture Co.
59,000 on Payrolls
Of Oregon Lumber
Plants in February
Employment In Oregon's lum
ber and logging plants has bro
ken all off-season records with
59,000 reported on pay rolls in
mid-Kcbruary, according to a
special analysis Just issued by
the State Unemployment Com
pensation commission.
The new figure compares with
a former high of 57,700 In Feb
ruary, 1942, and a ten-year av
erage for. the month of 46,000.
Although present employment is
about 6,000 less than the post
war high of August, 1946, the
seasonal decline is much lower
than usual, manily because of
the unprecedented demand for
wood products and moderate
winter weather.
eight chairs, the home demon
stration agent pointed out. An
eighth chair was to have been
upholstered at the Heppner clin
ic, but due to illness of the
owner, the chair was withdrawn.
A Dreliminarv meeting was
held on February 21 under the
direction of Mrs. Carter who gave
suggestions on selection of ma
terials and directions for mpa.
suring the quantity needed. The
work of renovating the cushions
was started the first meeting.
I he women turned out a nice,
finished product," Miss Mona
han stated. 'The chairs will ho
on display at Homemakers day,
April id, at lone."
The study, based on quarterly
records of the unemployment
commission and special reports
from firms representing 57 per
cent of the Industry's workers,
indicates a further increase in
employment In March and an
anticipated seasonal rise that
may set new records for the
summer months. Low employ
ment marks during the ten
years were established in Jan
uary, 1938, with 28,471, and in
November, 1945, with 32,786.
With many more local and
transient workers applying for
jobs at the mills and camps, em
ploye turnover has been reduced
from 16.6 per cent last Septem
ber to 11.2 per cent in February.
Distribution of the Industry's
covered workers last fall show
ed 72.5 per cent In Western Ore
gon and the remainder east of
the Cascades. Approximately
half of the wooden container
factory employment was In Eas
tern Oregon, which however, had
only 2.5 per cent of the plywood
workers.
August's covered employment
of 62.516 was divided as follows :
38,851 In sawmills, planing mills
and combined mill and logging
operations; 14,269 In logging; 2,
320 in mill work; 2.8H2 making
wooden containers; 2,839 In ply
wood mills and 1,355 in other
classifications.
FOR SALE Registered Herefords
17 cows and calves, 6 2-year-old
heifers open, 10 1 year-old
heifers, 1 herd bull. Lester
Barnum, Grass Valley, Ore. 2-3
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CURTAINS, DRAPES,
BLANKETS, QUILTS,
PILLOWS-and Winter
Clothing to be stored
We have moth bags for sale, and
will place the garments in them
and seal them for summer stor
age. 36-inch size 35c
for ladies' suits, etc.
54-inch size 50c
for overcoats, wool dresses,
blankets,, etc.
SPECIAL THIS WEEK:
Regular65c and 75c Sweaters
50c
From April 7 to 1 2, inclusive
Heppner Cleaners
6 Dyers
Phone 259-2
2-doy regular delivery 4-hour special
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