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Page 8 I New GOP Tax Program The old "cabin plaster" law enacted many years ago but not used for 20 years may be repeal ed. It remains on the statute books of Oregon providing for a state mortgage on property when income tax receipts fail to supply state expenses. a Sundav caucus of a mapor- ity of the Republican members of the legislature hem in saiem arlonted a Droeram for tax relief that Includes repeal of the state nrrmnrtv tax law: cutting the estimated $69 million tax surplus to $10 million and banning ap propriations for new expenditures and limiting the special session of the legislature to lowering tax es and reducing the surplus. Plea For Winter Jobs Mrs, Cecelia P. Galey, chairman of the State Unemployment Com pensation Commission, has sent a call to Oregon employers fo help find jobs for thousands of jobless workers during tne wini er. "Claims for unemployment comnensation have been on the rise since last June. This promises n real problem," Mrs. Galey saia Last week 16,314 persons asked for unemployment compensation compared with 6,249 in the same week a year ago. She warned that employers and citizens must help if we are to avoid a real crisis. Building Sags In Cities There is a wide variance In August building permit totals of throe Oregon cities that have consistently shown phenomenal growth during the past decade. These deductions are made from figures reported in the Ore gon Business Review for Septem ber published by the University of Oregon. A percent comparison with August 1956 shows all three cit ies dropped their temp of growth with Eugene showing the great est losses; Salom, down 1; Eugene down 75; Klamath Falls, down 30. Small gains are shown In Hillsboro, Baker, Medford and Corvallls. Assistant State Attorney Norman A. Stoll, a former chief council for the Bonneville Tower Administration for six years, was named as special assistant at torney general Friday In a joint statement made by Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton and Pub lic Utilities Commissioner How ard Morgan. THE MOST FABULOUS John Steinbeck characters of all step out of THE WAYWARD BUS. Star Theater, Tuesday and Wednesday. ORDER EARLY! CHRISTMAS CARDS IMPRINTED WITH YOUR NAME PRICED fee HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES PHONE The new member of the staff! will be assigned to the Public j Utility Commission ana along with other responsibilities will study and redraft certain public utility laws for consideration or the 1959 legislature, "lie will also assist in reshaping internal poli cies and procedures of PUC In the interest of efficient and accurate public service," Morgan said. Stoll has had an extensive legal background with federal agenc ies, serving in the Army during World War II in the international law division of the War Depart ment and also served on the pros ecution staff of the major Nur emburg war crimes trials in Ger many and served with the Board of Economic Warfare. He also held a position of ranking solicit or in charge of legislative mat ters for the Department of Com merce. Mostly Politics Jack M. Miller, Salem, is the new president of the, Oregon Young Republicans. He was elect ed at the organization's annual meeting in Coos Bay last Satur day. Gov,. Robert D. Holmes promis es to be one of the best regular features on the state's new edu cational programs over KOAC-TV channel 7. The governor has in augurated a regular series of pro grams on state government. The series is now scheduled lor' twice-amonth. , Lobbyists at the special legis lative session won't be telling Bi'l , Healy where to go even if the former assistant secretary of state j had the Job of doing just that. in herding them about at many ses sions. With headquarters in 'Portland Bill is now tax and leg islative advisor for Pacific Inter mountain Express serving Ore gon, Washington, Idaho, Mon tana, Arizona, New Mexico, Ne vada and California. Between Congressman Walter, Norblads stints and stunts at his Salem o'ffice and the Capitol he' Ao,l wV,e he shook M, w.y around a crowd attending court- house cornerstone ceremonies. . o Justice and Municipal Courts George Hugo White, making , Emmett. To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil false statement of residence on McDaniel, Hardman, a 7 lb 6 oz. hunting license application, $125 'girl born Oct 7, named Maralee ball, hearing later. Virginia. To Mr. and Mrs. Samu- George Hugo White, hunting el Brflck, Condon, a 6 lb. girl born game birds with prohibited moth Oct. 8. od, $75 fine and rifle confiscated. Medical Frank Papineau, Lex- Ronald Lee White, possession lngton: Linda Philbrick, Condon; of game birds during closed sea-J Belinda Meadows, Kinzua, dis son, $75 ball, hearing later. j missed; Charles Cunningham, George Morris Dunn Jr., exces- Kinzua, dismissed; Donna Mead sive motor noise, $1 fine. lows, Kinzua, dismissed; Barbara Clayton Ernest Jones, no op- Hall, Kinzua, dismissed; Rose erator's license, $10 fine. Nash, lone, dismissed; Delores John Lloyd Howton, possession Meadows, Kinzua, dismissed; Joy of intoxlcatln liquor, $35 fine, Ball, Heppner, dismissed; Lena with $25 suspended. Hampton, Fossil, dismissed; Bren- Keith Carol Rea, possession of da Hampton, Fossil, dismissed; intoxicating liquor, $35 fine, $25 Francis Murphy, Dallesport, Wn, suspended. 'dismissed; Erma Murphy, Port Phone Your News Items to 6-9228 FROM 6-'228 $195 Heppner Gazette This Week's HISTORY ak'-. ... v - . ' ni ..wift Who Owned This Writing Case? CLUE: In the 1 850's this case belonged to an army assistant quartermaster stationed at Fort Van couver. Some years later, during the Civil War, this case was said to have held a checkbook with a bajance of one million dollars. 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To Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brandt, Kinzua, a 9 lb 2 34 oz. bov born Oct. 6. named Gain land, dismissed; Clyde Richards, Portland, dismissed; Mildred Ricluirds, dismissed; Mary Cox, HeDDner. dismissed: Delaware Jackson Tate III, Condon, dis mis sed; Karen Schaffer, Lexington, dismissed; Elbert Hall, Spray.- Major Surgery Leona Wool man, Heppner. 0 Applications Due For Academy Training BAKER Congressman Al Ull man today stated that he is ac cepting applications from young men of the second district who are Interested In appointments to the service academies. For the academic year begin ning next July, he will be privi leged to fill two vacancies at the U. S. Naval Academy at Annap oils. For each of these vacancies a principal and five alternates will be appointed. Representative Ullman also an nounced his intention to nomin ate 10 young men each for the Air Force Academy and Maritime Academy competition. These no 'minces must compete statewide with candidates named by other Oregon members of Congress. In making his appointments, Ullman will use the results of a civil service examination which has been scheduled for November 18. Any boy who Is Interested In being considered should immed iately write for an application form. The address is Congress man Al Ullman, Room 323, House Office Building, Washington 25, D.C. Phone Your News Items to 6-9228 Long Distance NaUon-Wlde Moving Service Mayflower Agent Padded Vans Penland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 Times, Thursday, October 10, 1957 MYSTERY Wheat Movement Shows Slight Drop During September Wheat movement to foreign ports from Oregon during Sept tember dropped below the total exported in August, according to the monthly report of T. Ralph Harry, grain division chief for thp state rloDartment of agricul ture. September wheat exports" totalled more than 5.3 million bushels, compared with 5.7 mil lion bushels in August. The amounts of Incoming wheat inspected In September was 7.7 million bushels or a little more than half a million bushels less than during the previous month. More barley was exported last month than in August, but the total amount of barley imported was a little lower. The grain branch office in Pendleton reported twice as much flour inspected during September as is August. . However, pea wheat and hay inspections at Pendleton were down. Flour in spection was also up at the Ast oria branch. The Merrill grain office, which opened August 1, reported 191 track inspections, 176 sample In spections and 35 truck inspec Itions. During August the new branch had made 93 track in spections, 27 sample Inspections and one truck Inspection o CIRCLE TO MEET The Suzanna Weslev circle of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs. Whitmer Wright Wed nesdav. Oct. 16 at 2 P.m. Mrs Lucille Owens will have charge of the program There's a rugged 'Jeep' vehicle for your jobs! Rugged.'Jeep' vehicles have the extra traction of 4-wheel drive to deliver your payloads to areas ordinary trucks oan't reach shift easily into conventional 2-wheel drive for economical highway travel. And with power take-off, they operate many kinds of special equipment. There's a 4-Wheel-Drivo 'Jeep' vehicle to fit your specific needs! Forward Control 'Jeep'Trucki . . , unsqualled combination of maneurcrability and payload capacity! 'Jeop' Utility Wagon . . . dual purpose vehicle for businet and family 1 tJfCCJ) family The WiUYS... world'! Iirpst minufictunrs tf 4-WhMl-Drtv vihlclaj Eit 11 M-tbt-jol demonstration today 1 FARLEY MOTOR CO. HEPPNER. ORE. Lexington News The high school room mothers jriet at the C. C. Jones home on Wednesday. Plans were made for parties throughout tie year at the high school and plans made for refreshments served after local ball games. Suggestions were re ceived and re'ad which were writ ten by high school students as to the kind of entertainment they liked. Those present were Mrs. Gar Leyva. Mrs. Wilbur Steagall, Mrs. O. E. Laney and Mrs. Jones, and a guest, Mrs. Messenger. Jerry Messenger, who is sta tioned at Oceanside, Calif., in the Marine Corps, has arrived and will visit here with his wife, Sue Laney Messenger. Tommie Martin and Greg Ley va entertained the high school and friends at the Martin ranch Friday evening. Very clever ga mes were played and dancing was enjoyed. The rooms were cleverly decorated in the school colors. Mrs. Roy Martin served re freshments later in the evening. The Rebekah lodge sponsored a dance at their hall on Saturday night with a good crowd in at tendance. There will be another dance Nov. 2, at the hall with Quackenbush's orchestra from Heppner. Donations will be tak en at this time for the remodel ing of the front room of the Oddfellows lodge. , 0 Monument News Grace Stirritt os reported do ing fine. She is out of the hos pital and is staying at the John Simas home in La Grande. The M. M. M. club met Thurs day afternoon at the Mae Mc Willis home. Dinner guests at the Sam Scott home Sunday, in honor of Jessie's birthday, were her husband, Sam, son Robert, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matteson and her sis ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Kingman of Alturas, Calif. 0 September Traffic Kills 41 In Sate Traffic accidents claimed at least 41 lives in Oregon during September, shoving the state's nine-month traffic death toll to 318. v Thirty-nine were killed in Sep tember last year, and the death toll at the end of nine months in 1956 stood at only 310. The month-by-month death figures so far this year show January with 27 deaths; Febru ary, 29; March, 36 . April, 31; May, 32; June, 45; July, 30; Aug ust, 47; and September 41. The figures are subject to re vision upward if persons injured later die as a result of injuries in curred in accidents, according to the Department of Motor Vehic le's traffic safety division. 0 CLUB TO MEET The Carnation club will meet Thursday; Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. William Farra. 0 Mr. end Mrs. Whitmer Wright were in Portland on business last week and went on to Longviqw, Wash, to spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith and family. They came home Sunday by way of White Pass and cal led on Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mounts at Randle, Wash. I'nirersal 'Jeep'. ; j ' does hundred of jobs! of 4-Wheel-Drive vehicles Area Bank Debits Show Big Increase UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu geneBank debits In August for the Pendleton area showed an increase of 15.3 percent over July of this year and an increase 0! 23.3 percent from August of last year. Total bank debits for the area were $42,117,971, with 8 banks reporting. Bank debits for the whole state, totalling $1,781,062,648 with 166 banks reporting, indicated a rise of 5.3 percent from July, 1957 but a drop of 21.7 from August a year ago. Bank debits, regarded as good indicators of business activity, represent the dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit accounts of individuals and bus iness firms. The Bureau of Bus iness Research collects bank deb its monthly. 0 Mrs. Richard T. Meador and Leslie Faye and Mrs. LaVerne Van Marter Jr. and LaVerne III spent Saturday and Sunday in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Al Lamb return ed last week from a visit with relatives in Arkansas City, Kans. They were accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lamb of Salem. Mr. end Mrs. Henry Tetz and Stephen of Monmouth, Ore., were weekend guests of their daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Labhart. Lance Tibbies, a sophomore at the University of Oregon, was home over the weekend with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Tib bies. Accompanying him were Sally Sherman, Hermiston, Shar on Cutsforth, lone, and Alice Fay and Mary Jo Stewart of Hepp ner. The girls are all freshmen. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland were in Portland on business ov er t(ie weekend. HOME BUILDING AND ALTERATIONS Designing and Interior Decorating Modernizing Kitchens our Specialty ONLY THE BEST OF MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP- WE'RE PARTICULAR I NO DOWN PAYMENT 36 MONTHS TO PAY Storro Bros. Construction Co. Phone 6-9628; If No Answer Call 6-9106 or 6-9649 SYSTIM - KCOPPIUG Atmmmtsmia LOW PRICES - ox - passenger Recaps GENERAL FULL CAP jft'00 AC FULL CAP $10'00 MUSTANG CAP $ g7.0 670 x 15 EXCHANGE Highway Regular Tread or Sawdust BATTERIES All types, 6 and 12 volts.passenger and commercial. 15 Mo. Guar. 6 Vlt . 9.95 30 Mo. Guar. 6 Vlt .. 12.95 40 Mc. Guar. 6 Vlt .16.95 50 Mo. Guar. 6 Vlt .21.95 Exchange for your old battery Buy Now 'ST Ford's Tire Service YOUR GENERAL TIRE DEALER N. MAIN ST. HEPPNER New Law Prohibits Parking Lights Use Oregon drivers should think t7ire before turning on their parking lights while driving the Department of juotor venicies re minded today. A new law, which took effect August 20, makes it illegal to ,irive with Darking lights at any time when headlights should be used, James F. Johnson motor vehicle director, said. Headlights must be used from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when vehicles and persons are not easy to see at a distance of at least 500 feet ahead. The new law, when before the legislature, had the support of the Oregon Traffic Saftety Com mission and other highway safe ty groups. Driving with only parking lights in fog or during early even ing hours has been a contribut ing factor in a number of fatal accidents Johnson said. . 1 Mrs. Annie Healy who recently underwent surgery at St. Anth ony's hospital in Pendleton is vis iting at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs'. Ted Palmateer at lone. Hunting guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch over the weekend were his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Fetsch and children of Salem. Printing Is Our Business I Call Us Now. Gazette Times Printing shop EVERYDAY
