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HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday, December 11, 1958
THIRTY YEARS A00
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
December 13, 1928
R W Turner left Monday night
on a long dreamed of trip to
the Holy Land.
BOARDMAN ITEMS
Mr and Mrs Sid Cloud of Ken
newick, Wash were dinner guests
at the home of Mr and Mrs, Ray
Gronquist.
Holiday visitors at the home of
Mr and Mrs Clyde Tannehlll
were their sons and daughters-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Keith Tanne
hill of Portland, and Mr and Mrs
Don Tannehill and three children
Inventory Taxes
David Hynd returned from
Pnf-t 1 nr, A n A VnrrtVitll Clraaftn
nn Ti,aet, T nair uHth M 'OI LaUranQC
brother, Jack Hynd, they went to Mr and Mrs Dewey West and
Yamhill tnr a visit with thpir children Larry and Dewena were
off its entire crew December 20. The owner will i,rnthor.in.io, r.anroo rtnnpv euests at the home of West's
L. nnll - aa, !-.., V ah, am Mnat I r -
Oregon's system of taxing Inventories of merch
andise on the shelves of businesses, In ware
houses and in factories on January 1 each year,
has long been described as an unfair tax by
business people.
And it has brought about many practices which
are detrimental to citizens and communities.
Practically all businesses in Oregon permit their
stocks to run down to a minimum during Decem
ber in order to have less on hand January 1.
This has an effect of penalizing the public since
business cannot provide adequate service to cus
tomers. Actually the tax on certain types of slow-moving,
low margin merchandise amounts to more
in some cases than can be earned In the sale,
especially if it must-be carried over extra tax
periods.
Over in Sweet Home last week a shingle man
ufacturer made an announcement which may be
adopted by many other businesses in Oregon as
time goes on unless the state takes a bit more
realistic attitude on the Inventory tax.
The shingle company, employing over 4,0 people
and with a payroll of $14,000 a month, will lay
then sell for whatever he can on the open mar
ket every bundle of shingles In his plant.
This will leave nothing for the county to as
sess and tax on January 1. The plant will resume
operation January 5.
The firm declared it had reached its decision
reluctantly and realized that it was unfair to the
crew which could use these wages, especially at
this time of the year. But from the standpoint of
hard, cold dollar and cents savings, the firm be
lieved it would be ahead by closing its plant and
dumping its inventory on the open markets.
Here's a case where the county and state will
probably lose more taxes than they would gain on
the inventory assessment. Forty men will be
idled for two weeks. They will pay no taxes on
earnings. They will buy less for Christmas, all
of which is taxed a hundred ways by the federal,
state and county governments. The entire com
munity will In one way or another feel the ef
fects of this layoff of wage earners.
It is a result of over taxation, of confiscatory
taxation, of unfair taxation.
parents, Mr and Mrs Dewey West,
E C Amspoker, Crocket Sprouls Sr in Arlington. The Wests spent
and James Thomson, Jr, departed the weekend visiting at the home
on Tuesday morning for Seattle, of Mr and Mrs William Garner
where they will start on Satur- In Hines.
day on their trip to Japan and Mr and Mrs Guy Ferguson
China and other points in the visited last week in Belllngham,
Orient .Wash at the home of Ferguson's
' brother-in-law and sister, Mr and
A very enjoyable party was . Mrs Bert Hockett. They also vis
held at the home of Terrel Benge, ; ited at the home of their son
Friday, Nov 23. Those present ( in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs
were, Misses Riechel, Bannister, ' Leonard Bedord, in Kalama,
Margaret Notson, Dorothy Her-.Wash.
ren, Vivian Cason, Velton Owen, Mr and Mrs Nate Macomber
Martha Driscoll and Messrs Clar- were dinner guests at the home
ence Hayes, Paul Jones, Harlan of their son-in-law and daugh
Devin, James Hager, Maurice ter, Mr and Mrs Gib Petteys.
Edmondson, Terrel Benge and 1 Mr and Mrs Edgar Macken
Claire Cox.
A quiet home wedding coming
visited Mrs Messenger's nephew
and family, Mr and Mrs Edgar
Macken, in Arlington. Weekend
And it can and mav be repeated over and over . I sr..
.u X ...!. i lives mute
again in the future unless Oregon is willing to
take a new look at its taxing structure.
Chats With
Your Home Agent
By ESTHER KIRMIS
While attending the Morrow
County Wheat Growers meeting
at Lexington Grange hall a few
weeks ago, several of the women
asked Frances Barnlck, Oregon
Wheat League home economist,
if she had the recipe for that
"German's chocolate cake" they
had heard so much about. She
had only a few of the leaflets
left, so I promised that I would
put the recipe In my chats so
that more could have It.
From one woman to another,
starting with an anonymous
homemaker somewhere In Texas,
the recipe for this chocolate cake
has spread with fabulous swift
ness across the nation. Every
where it Is greeted with raptur
ous enthusiasm. Many women
have varied the recipe slightly. .
tried a new frosting . , changed
the name. So there are now sev
eral versions of the
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By MURRAY WADE
POLITICAL PLUMS WILL FALL
Terrible weather for political
plum tree shaking otherwise
much Juicy fruit will soon fall.
More than a dozen vacancies
caused by the expiration of terms
of top state officials gives Gov
ernor Holmes an opportunity to
re-appoint or replace them be
fore his tenure of office expires
January 12.
Among top state officials are
some of the most efficient and
experienced executives the state
has had in Its first century 'of
government, including L O
Arens, member of the Industrial
Accident and Unemploy m e n t
Compensation Commission who
original' was appointed bv Governor
German chocolate cake. The one Charles A Sprague 22 years ago
given here originated In Texas and has served In this depart-
and has been tested in the Gen
eral foods kitchens. It Is highly
recommended to all who are
seeking the trted-and-true way
to a man's heart.
GERMAN'S CHOCOLATE CAKE
1 package (IV pound) Baker's
German's Sweet Chocolate
Vt cup boiling water
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
4 egg yolks, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
cups sifted Cake Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Melt chocolate In the boiling
water. Cool. Cream shortening
and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg yolks, one at a time,
beating after each. Add vanilla
ment under seven governors with
1 teaspoon vanilla
Combine ingredients in chilled marvpl purchaspd hl own res!
bowL Beat until cream holds Its donee, a three-bedroom house
shape; do not overheat. Makes one block west from historied
(Lincoln County Leader, Toledo) J
guson, on Tuesday, Nov 29
nign acciaim.
There are several other out
standing officials who may be
come victims of political plum
itree shaking.
Governor Holmes says he will
make appointments to fill the
more Important posts to be va
cated. Mark Hatfield says he will not
make an effort to remove any
of Holmes' appointees. "I mav
let it be known that I would
appreciate some resignations but
we are not going to have a
donnybrook about It."
"I can learn to live with any
one," says Hatfield. "We will not
have any impolite firings. I have
received five resignations so far,
Including Howard Morgan, pub
lic utility commissioner; James
Johnson, director of the motor
vehicles department; John Rich
ardson, head of the department
of finance and administration;
Robert Steward, director of the
state agriculture department;
and John Travis member of the
state fair board who was presi
dent of the board last year."
SALEM BOY BUYS HOME
Oregon does not provide an
executive mansion for its gov
ernors as some states do, which
seems to suit Governor-elect and
Mrs Hatfield just fine.
This week the young political
was that of Miss were Mrs Messenger's sister, Mrs
Mary Crawford to Leonard R Celia Macken of LaGrande, Mr
Schwarz at the home of the and Mrs Edgar Macken, and Mr
and Mrs Harvey Dibbin of Ingle
wood, Colorado. Mrs Dibbin is
Mrs Messengers' niece.
Mr and Mrs Marion Morlan
h nil so
Governor ww has hBOn and daughters Nancy, Cindy and
cupying a state owned house at AI1UJ slJCIU l"e """"-v va";
695 Summer Street, NE which' couver, Wash at the home of
will h wima nnrt nf tho Poniti Mrs Morlan's parents, Mr and
Mall, eventually. After he leaves Mrs Earl Yoder Thev als vlslt:d
it will again be put ud for rent. ,Jur anu 1VUS nw,uu m
'TSSS J'0" Mrs Leo Potts and
beLTt Tff ter Irene visited their son-
estry, the board of control and'ln-law ndt df,ugh er' Mr fad
the state penitentiary covering Mrs ,Delbert Houston' In La'
the operation of the South Fork , fj . Qctc of iha hnma n,
oamn In tho Tlllamnnl, h, I Dinner gUests at the "0me ot
which at present houses 66 in-
their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Darrel Rash and
daughter Valerie of Portland,
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr and Mrs Ted Penages, and
Mrs Bill Stephens of Umatilla,
and Mr and Mrs Henry Zivney
and son Roger.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Shattuck
and daughter Michelle of Baker
were holiday visitors at the home
of Shattuck's parents, Mr and
Mrs Lowell Shattuck. Sunday
they went to Sunnyside, Wash to
see Lowell Shattuck's father, H
Shattuck of Bickleton, who was
critically 111 in a hospital there.
He died later that night.
Dinner guests at the home of
Mr and Mrs Seth Russell were
their daughter, Mrs Helen An
derson and Mrs Doris Shell of
Arlington, their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr and Mrs Vernon
Russell and two sons, and Vet
Conyers.
Holiday visitors at the home
of Mr and Mrs Walt Wyss were
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr and Mrs James Pieper and
children Jimmy, Mary, Donnle
and Dannie of Portland, and
William Waagbo.
Mr and Mrs Byron Crum of
Stanfield were holiday guests at
the home of Mrs Crum's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr and Mrs
Clarence Nelson.
Norman Nelson spent Friday in
Heppner on business connected
with Civil Defense.
Phone Your News Items to 6-9228
:Mr and Mrs Harold Rash were
about 4
blanched
cups. Garnish With , Bush House, now a popular ner-
almondS dipped In ih and art miispnm.
melted chocolate.
COCONUT-PECAN FROSTING
Combine 1 cup evaporated
milk, 1 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks,
pound margarine, and 1 tea
spoon vanilla in a saucepan.
Cook over medium heat 12 min
utes, stirring constantly,' until
mixture thickens. Remove from
Governor-elect and the first
lady of the state plan to revive
the old pioneer fashion of holding
open house once a month on Sun
day afternoon.
This can be a symbol of the
hospitality of Oregon during the
state's first Centennial.
"On a day we set aside each
enough to cover tops of three 8
and melted chocolate and tnlxir 91nh lavers or two 91nch
heat. Add abOUt 1 13 CUPS ,,,., fu WatflolHs mnnnnra
coconut and 1 cup chopped pe- j ..We wlu make a general lnvl
cans. Beat until cool and of tatlon through the press for any-
spreading consistency. Manes who would like t0 droD b
until blended,
soda and salt.
sift fiour with hare lflyerf-
Add sifted dry I
German's Sweet Chocolate, re-
- j , . .
Ingredients alternately with f" 10 , n msl , Pes as
buttermilk, beating after each .
addition until batter is smooth., " a quaner-pouna oar oiviaea
mio eignieen squares.
I have seen Baker's German's
sweet chocolate In several of the
Fold In stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour batter Into three 8 or 9-
Innh Intrni nana ni turt QvOvl.
inh nn u,hinh hav hn Unpri ' grocery stores in Heppner, Lex
on bottoms with paper. Bake In , ,nRton, and lone,
moderate oven (350F.) 35 to 40 " you cannot get the German s
minutes for round layers, 40 to sweet chocolate, however, substi
.,,,. n.n. ri tute cup of semi-sweet choc-
Frost with coffee whipped cream "uye " ,
. iRubor'i Gorman's swtwt nnncn.
We welcome guests from out of
the state as well as those who
may be visiting friends in Ore
gon." The Hatfields plans include
refurbishing and building an ad
dition to the recently purchased
or coconut -pecan frosting.
COFFEE WHIPPED CREAM
2 cups whipping cream
,4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons Instant coffee
STAR
THEATER
Thuri Frl., Sat, Dac 11, 12,
13
Fort Massacre
Joel McCrea, Forrest Tucker.
Susan Cabot, John Russell.
TLUS
Manhunt In The
Jungle
Dycott expedition Into the
Amazon jungles. In Color.
Sun, Mon Tuew Dac 14, IS,
16
The Kings Go Forth
Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis,
Frank Sinatra, Leora Dana.
Sunday at 4. 6 and &
Baker's German's sweet choco
late asked for In the recipe.
If you'd like th eprlnted folder
of this and additional recipes,
write to General Foods Kitchens,
250 North Street, White Plains,
N Y, and ask for the German's
chocolate cake folder.
MEN'S
TOPCOATS
REDUCED
$QQ50
WILSON'S
MEN'S WEAR
The Store of Personal Service
mates from the state peni-i
tentlary, authorizes the forestry
department to assign men in
units of ten to emergency fire
fighting projects. The men may
be held for the duration of a fire
but not be used in mop up work.
The men are to be paid $2 a
day with no limitation on the
number of days worked or the
hours per day.
OPINIONS ON OREGON LAWS
A digest of opinions by At
torney General Robert Y Thorn
ton recently released Include:
The Department of Finance
and Administration has no
authority to approve or disap
prove payment of claims made
In violation of state purchasing
statutes.
The Board of Auctioneers has
no authority to refuse to renew
licenses.
Proceeds derived by counties
from sale of timber on tax fore
closed lands are distributed in
the same manner as proceeds
derived from sale of such lands.
Long Distance Nation-Wldo
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Peniand Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
YOUR Mndemdau
Insurance Jj AGENT
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Gift Suggestion!
Hunting In vain for a gift
You'd really like
To give that special and
Dear little tyke?
Want a toy they'll play with
For, maybe, a week
Or would something special
Be what you seek?
Why not a gift that's lasting
For that certain Wee One?
A year or so of College costs
Little when they're young!
hr
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INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 6-9625 Box 611
HEPPNER. OREGON
Bud
Says!
I am taking this means
to give you each week a
few tire facts and also top.
ics of interest in our area
I certainly hope that you
will find them interesting.
Spcrt cars are becoming
quite the rage. First 9
months In 1957 there were
3,388 sold in Oregon. For
1958 in the same period,
there were 6.467 sold or
nearly twice as many while
in regular car sales there
was a decrease of 8,295.
Speaking of sport cars
we of Ford's Tire Service
have available a complete
stock of regular and trac
tion tires in the 13, 14 and
15 Inch size. We have re
capping service on them.
Come in and see us.
"Don't always give your
wife credit she likes a lit
tle cash too."
Speaking of credit, that
is one of the biggest ad
vantages of buying your
tires, recaps and batteries
from Ford's Tire Service.
You can pay for them out
of your income over a per
iod of time. Come in and
see me. Your credit is good.
Modern products sure
cause a lot of concern. Sort
cf like the man who said,
"I ache all over." "What is
the trouble?" asked his
friend. "Well, a couple of
weeks ago we bought a lot
of ultra-modern furniture,
"he explained, "And I've
fust found out that all this
time I've been sleeping in
the bookcase." Being mod
ern reminds us that the
most modern tire available
today is the General 5-Star
Nygen. It has Nygen cord,
"O" ring seal and gives tre
mendous mileage. If you
want the "ultra" In tire
safety, see the 5-Star here
at Ford's Tire Service. You
can trade in the tires off
your car for big value on
the 5-Star.
About all the time we
have this week, but we will
see you next week.
Ford's
TIRE SERVICE
The General Tire
i
IN. Main
Ph 6-9481
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a new acrylic lacquer that does
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But to discover all that's fresh
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PHONE ,9921 HEPPNEbJreGON