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Page 12 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, May 10, 1956 7 FREIGHT RATE COMPARISON SHOWS MORROW IN FAVORABLE POSITION Recent increases in railroad freight rates granted by the In terstate Commerce Commission will cost wheat farmers of East ern Washington, Oregon and Idaho many thousands of dollars a year, according to Herbert G. West, executive vice president of the Inland Empire Waterways Assn., Walla Walla. Rates on grain shipments from Whitman county, Walla Walla county, and Umatilla county points have climbed as much as 10 percent since the rates went into effect in early March. This raise, tacked onto already high charges, means that farm ers are now paying 81 percent more in freight rates to move grain from Pendleton to Vancou ver, Washington, than they were in 1930, West said. From La Crosse, in Whitman county, in Washington, rates have climbed 88.4 percent in the same period, and the increase has been 85.4 percent for farmers shipping from Pullman, Washington, and Lewis ton and Moscow, Idaho, West sta ted. The significant fact is that all points where these increases have occurred are served only by rail or truck and not by low-cost barge transportation, he pointed out. Where combination rail-barge or truck-barge hauls are avail able, as in the mid-Columbia River counties of Oregon and Washington, rates actually have slid downward in the 19,'!0-1956 period. As an example, West pointed out that rates from Heppner and Condon, Oregon, to Vancouver are 15.7 percent lower than 26 years ago. Grass Valley, Oregon, shippers are enjoying a 25 per cent decrease, and farmers in lone, Oregon, ship for 14 percent less cost than in 1930. These decreases, West said, have come in the face of numer ous general rate raises, and have been made possible only because of the competition offered by water shipment. "Wherever barge transporta tion Is available the pattern is LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hog Sheep SALS EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-6655 Hermiston Oregon Frank Wink S Sons, Owners Don Wink. Mgr. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111 MEEP TO seevsfordetaWs op PACIFIC POWERS Wiring noriiinq down - Case Furniture Co. YQU - UNANDER lis,, '(- 1 1. Vdi.ijJi"" iii irfluwwujiinfc.rj X , i J unmistakably clear. Rates are reduced, shoppers and receivers alike save money, and service is greatly increased," West said. To a county like Morrow in Oregon, which produces an an nual average of 3,500,000 bushels of wheat, this means savings of almost $350,000 each year in transportation cost. Thus, in the years 1950-1954 when Morrow county growers raised almost 17 million bushels of wheat, savings in the pocket on shipping costs totaled $1,708,874 for the five years. In one year 1954 Whitman county alone produced almost as much wheat as did Morrow county in five. But Whitman county farmers, shipped from Pullman to Vancouver, paid 42.6 cents per bushel in freight costs while the Morrow county grower, shipped from Heppner, paid only 20.7 cents per bushel. As West pointed out: "If com petitive rail-water and truck water rates had been in force in Whitman county the farmers there would have pocketed seve ral hundred thousand dollars in freight savings last year. Their grain would have moved just as rapidly to market, but the cost of getting it there would have been far less than they were com pelled to pay." With the advent of river trans portation on the Lower Snake sla ted on completion of the Ice Har bor lock in 1961 these savings will begin to accrue to Inland Empire farmers, West noted. "The pattern has been building since 1930 along the Columbia River", he said. "It is only a matter of time now until the Snake River counties will enjoy the same savings as the farmers who are served by low-cost barge transportation," o JET BASE NEAR SALEM The long-cooking issue of a site for the $50,000,000 Air Force Navy jet base ended Thursday when ihe Defense Department an nounced the location would be on the wide neck of peninsula like area on the east side of the Willamette river 15 miles north of Salem and west of Gervais. The announcement was follow ed by another which dated the acquisition period to start Sept RE Wl RE? Financing 3 icars to paij - AND OREGON L J - f, ImCSZL hi m im. i .i J ) if A 9 C0MPTfNT Ir.. - 1 when from 5,000 to 7,000 acres of some of the finest land In the state will be bought. Included in the purchase is a 424-acre tract acquired by the state last year as a site for a new penal institution. The project will Include a 9, 000 -foot runway and adjoining taxiway, administration buildings and barracks for 2,000 military and citizen employees with an annual payroll of $5,000,000. Federal aid will be routinely forthcoming to help in school districts affected by the addition of Several hundred children of military and civilian personnel and civilians residing off the base. ! ELECTION CLERK'S "SCHOOL" A voluntary "school" for elec tion judges and clerks where they will be instructed in their duties is being formed by Marion County Clerk, Henry Mattson. County Clerks in other counties have shown an interest in the project. One of the chief reasons neces sitating additional instructions of election boards and officials is the increased number of ques tions that have arisen about voting procedures under the new law that requires voters to sign two poll books. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD The death penalty imposed up on James Norman Jensen con victed of first degree murder in Jackson County, for the slaying of Mrs. Fern Hile, Medford house wife, April 23, 1954, was upheld by the State Supreme Court Wed nesday. Jensen's complaint had charged he could not obtain a fair trial f'ff 1 1 In Jackson County. The high court refused to criticize instruc tion given by the trial court on insanity as a defense. Comment ing, the court said: "We hold that in the case of a felony mental defectiveness short of insanity cannot be availed of to reduce the crime from first de gree murder to second degree manslaughter." LEGATO TO STACCATO May Poll is for the Democrats. For the first time in recent his tory the Bourbons are really threatening the GOP in total registration in Oregon. Voters' registration figures arriving dur ing the first week in May at the office of David O'Hara, of the state elections department, con tinue to show a steady trend of increasing Democratic gains, with a lead over Republicans of more than 20,000 in Multnomah County. The expected heavy Republican registration In Mar lon County gives hope to Repub licans of cutting the Multnomah lead in half. A REMINDER Leaves, Grass, Limbs, Etc., Require An Extra Charge for Hauling and Will Be Charged for Accordingly. HERMAN GREEN ELECTRIC PROGRESSI Speedier, more efficient communication by means of the electronic FAX ma chine! Telegrams printed by facsimile waste no time they are transmitted instantly between business office and local telegraph office. For faster hot water service jet a new quick recovery" electric water heater ! PACIFIC POWER Sc LIGHT COMFATSnr Planning ahead to serve you better BOX CAR COACHES The governor's transportation committee was re activated Wed nesday by Governor Elmo Smith as a citizen group to work with the state public utilities commis sion in attempting to solve the occasional freight car shortage in Oregon. Gov. Smith named Dr. Charles Ziebarth, professor of business administration at U of O, as chairman. Other members ap pointed are: Russ Fryburg, Eu gene; Earl Bleile, Roseburg; M. M. Gillis, Dallas; Glen Fravel, Salem; Kenneth Davis, Portland; Jack Gates, Harland; Nelson Hickok, Salem; Fred Blickle, Cot tage Grove; Ray Reter, Medford; A. R. Dewey, Hines; Raphael Ray. mond, Helix; Joe Smullin, Hood River; James G. Wilson, Portland and T. J. Hendrick, Grants Pass. CONVICTS GOOD TIME Until 1953 convicts at the Ore gon penitentiary could earn credit for one-third of their sentences through good behavior. Since then, prison administrators have The new "quick recovery" electric water heater is speedier, more efficient. Larger capacity heating units, designed for rapid action, heat water as fast as you use it. You have all the hot water you'want, all day long! Water is heated to 150 degrees in minutes that's quick recovery I And yet these amazing, new electric water heaters use no more electricity per gallon of hot water than standard types. When you buy, you save. The thrifty 40-gallon size provides plenty of hot water for almost any family because the faster-than-ever heating units replace hot water quicker. And, with low-cost electric service from Pacific Power, you can have all the hot water you want for only a few cents a. day. Find out all about the new automatic electric . . water heater with the "quick recovery" feature from your appliance dealer or plumber. IONE NEWS Mrs. Charles O'Connor enter tained the Three Links club of Bunchgrass Rebekah lodge at her re-interpreted the law to mean one-fourth of their sentence could be earned. Attorney" General Robert Y. Thornton has been asked for a ruling on whether in effect, a con vict with a 12-year sentence is eligible for discharge after eight or nine years of good behavior MEEP TO REWIRE? see vs for details op PACIFIC POWERS Wirinq financing noHiinq down - 3 HEPPNER HARDWARE AND ELECTRIC LOYAL PAP.KER LIVE 8E7TER... - m ELECTRICALLY I T W 1 home with a luncheon May 4. Plans were made to serve a luncheon to the public Election day, May 18 at the Rebekah hall. The June meeting will be a cleanup at the hall beginning at 10 a. m. with a sack lunch. A program followed the meeting with Mrs. Fannie Griffith and Mrs. Cecil Thome In charge. Terry O'Connor played a piano solo and games were played. Mrs. O' Connor, Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn and Mrs. Milton Morgan received the prizes. qcars to paij JtjJ Salem, Oregon
