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Section Two To Civil Service Workers Wartime pay adjustments have resulted in substantial wage and sal ary increases for most civil service workers. This was indicated in a survey by the Civil Service Assembly of ad justments made by 133 federal, state and local civil service agencies since December, 1941. Increases were given usually by one of three meth- ods—sliding scale increases, gener OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER ally with larger increases for lower paid employees; cost of living in creases; and flat percentage in VOLUME XXXVII HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 15, 1944. creases—or by combination of the methods. Wage increases were given on a V FOR FIVE AND V FOR VICTORY sliding scale basis, either by sliding amount or sliding percentage, by 27 per cent of the agencies. Ranges varied from $5 to $25 a month in Santa Cruz, Calif., to $2.50 to $7.50 a month in St. Louis county, Minn. 9SA^GS80^DS Percentage changes usually were TO LICK THE HUH- grouped around a range of 5 to 10 per cent. AND FOOD In addition many agencies indicat TO FI6HT THE FOE" ed they have granted increases of a flat monthly or yearly amount to 1*42.1 all employees. This trend is in ef fect a form of sliding scale increase since it results in a decreasing per centage as the rate of compensa tion rises, the assembly said. Mary, Mary, QuiteContrary, n» WAR hon Big Oil Pipeline One of the longest continuous paint jobs in all history is the protection from corrosion of the new “Big Inch” pipeline which extends un der ground from Long View, Texas, through the states of Texas, Arkan sas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to deliver Texas petro leum to the oil-starved Atlantic coast area. That great pipe, which is 1,588 miles long, 24 inches in out side diameter and composed of three-eighths-inch wall thickness steel pipe in individual joints of 38 inches to 44 inches, electric welded in the field, is coated with a coal- tar asphalt base pipeline paint, two grades of which are used to meet varying laying conditions, with a shield of spirally applied 15-pound tar saturated pipeline felt bonded to the underlying coating. Differ ences in the chemical composition of the soil were taken into account in formulating the special protective paints. Also, some sections through which the pipeline is laid are rela tively waterlogged and more de structive in their action than some of the better drained sections. About 500 miles of the pipe in the eastern section were spot-coated where con ditions indicated that treatment. First Locomotive The first locomotive west of the Alleghenies was purchased in Octo ber, 1837, by the newly organized Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company of Ohio, although not a foot of track had been laid when the purchase was made. Since it was the first locomotive north of the Ohio river, its gauge was made the standard for Ohio. The designer was Thomas Rogers, who was also its builder, at his loco motive works at Paterson, N. J. In this locomotive the driving wheels were made with cast iron centers and hollow spokes, and the crank and connecting rod were counterbal anced by adding sufficient extra weight to the section of the wheel opposite the crank. It was given the name Sandusky and designed from the McNeill, the first locomotive on the Paterson and Hudson River railroad, imported from England in 1833. Portable Homes Complete and furnished five-room- and-bath homes are being produced on assembly lines. No fabrication of any kind is required on the site. These modern homes, complete with basic furnishings will sell for about $3.000. Making these wonders possible are three methods of expanding port able structures into full-size homes. Structures only eight feet wide are carried on trucks to the site, where their sides are unfolded to provide extra rooms on each side of the cen ter section. The finished house is sturdy, insulated and comfortable, conforming in construction factors and roominess to the strict mort gage requirements of the Federal Housing authority. Your money goes into battle every time you invest in War Bonds—goes up to the German lines in the form of tanks, planes, assault boats as pic tured here in the Mediterranean area. - Success of our troops depends upon the help they get from the home front. Bullets fired yesterday won’t win tomorrow’s battle. War Bonds bought last month won’t pay for our next offensive. Give your dol lars action: Buy More War Bonds. owe U. S. Treasury Dtt'arimtnt NOTICE OF 1944-45 BUDGET MEETING In accordance with the provisions of the “Local Budget Law” (Sec tions 110-1201 to 110-1215 O. C. L. A. as amended) notice is hereby given that the Budget Committee of the City of Hermiston, Oregon, has pre pared in compliance with the “Local Budget Law” Budget Estimates for the ensuing fiscal year July 1, 1944, to June 80, 1945. All persons are hereby notified that on Wednesday, the fifth day of July, 1944, at 8:00 P. M. in the council room in the Reclamation Building, Hermiston, Ore gon, the following Budget Estimates for the ensuing fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for the City of Hermiston, Oregon, may be discussed with the City Council, the levying board for said City of Hermiston, Oregon, and any person subject to the proposed tax levy, or tax levies will be heard in favor of or against said proposed tax levy or levies or any part thereof. The estimates of expenditures, the estimated receipts and the estimated taxes to be levied as prepared by the Budget Committee, and adopted June 7, 1944, are as set forth in the accompanying statements. CITY OF HERMISTON BUDGET Estimated Expenditures GENERAL GOVERNMENT— Mayor .................................. Mayor, Clerical Help .. Travel Expense ...................... tions. religious probibi $ Recorder Treasurer ............................... Council .................................... Stationery & Supplies Notices & Advertising Telephone & Telegraph Election Expense Andit ...... ................................. League of Oregon Cities ...... Surety Bonds ......................... Sundry Expense Attorney Fees 120.00 600.00 150.00 1,200.00 96.00 220 00 120.00 150 00 60.00 100.00 150 00 20.00 50.90 50.00 350.00 $3,496.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT— Salary ................................................. Deputies Jail Expense (heat, light, phone, etc.» 1633633695306 700.00 360.00 3,760.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT— Members ................. Equipment & Supplies Storage—Equipment Phone 600.00 500.00 150.00 50.00 1,300.00 SOCIAL WELFARE— Health Officer ........... Relief Boy Scouts 120.00 50.00 50.00 220.00 PUBLIC LIBRARY— Salaries ................ Heat * Light ........ Books & Magazines Janitor Building & Grounds 744.00 145.00 121.00 200.00 270.00 1,480.00 PUBLIC WORKS— Street Maintenance Street Lighting . Refuse Disposal . 2,500.00 900.00 450.00 How Does Your Garden Grow? 2 E \ . 3,850.00 5,250.00 WATER DEPARTMENT— Superintendent ............................................... Labor & Supplies ........................................... Electric Power & Light ................................ Office Supplies ............................................... Clerical Help ..................................... ............. Auto Expense Allowance, Superintendent —- Reserve for Replacements, Extensions .......... Incidentals (office rent, etc.) ......................... 2,100.00 3,000.00 1,700.00 170.00 600.00 240.00 5,010.00 180.00 GRAND TOTAL ............ Allowance for Delinquent 1944-45 Taxes 1,600.00 TOTAL REQUIREMENTS ESTIMATED REVENUES— Delinquent Taxes State Liquor Apportionment ....................... Road Fund Apportionment Licenses & Fines ............................ Franchises, Permits. Services ......................... Water Revenue ................. -............................ 33,956.00 1,600.00 360.00 505.00 4,000.00 1,075.00 13,000.00 20,540.00 Estimated Available Cash Balance July 1944, after Reserve for Street Oiling 1, 5,795.00 Total Estimated Revenue ........ TOTAL TAX LEVY ............ 26,335.00 7,621.00 We the undersigned Chairman and Secretary of the Budget Com- mittee the City going is correct as made by the said Budget Committee June 7. 1*** 5 LEANDER QUIRING. Chairman R. c. M c R eynolds , Secretary (June 15-22) Of Hermiston, Oregon, hereby certify that thy,”fore- When picking peas or beans, take care not to break off or pull up the vines. Hold onto the vines with one hand while breaking off pods with the other. Well handled, they will go on producing for a longer time than when roughly treated. The same is true of peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes. If the plants are uninjured, young fruits Estimate July 1, '44 to June 30, '45 FUND & CLASSIFICATION GENERAL GOVERNMENT— Mayor—Salary ................. ...... I 120.00 Mayor—Clerical Help 600.00 Travel Expense ......................... 150.00 Recorder—Salary ................. 1,200.00 Treasurei—Salary . .............. 96.00 Council—Salaries ....... .......... 280.00 Stationery & Supplies ......... 120.00 Notices & Advertising.............. 150.00 Telephone & Telegraph 60.00 Election Expense ....... 100.00 Audit .......................................... 150.00 Capital Outlay .... ................ League of Ore. Cities—Dues .. 20.00 Surety Bonds 50.00 Sundry Expenses ...... .......... 50.00 Attorney Fees ............ 350.00 TOTALS ................................. 3,496.00 POLICE DEPARTMENT— Police—Salary ......................... 2,700.00 Deputies ...................................... 700.00 Police Supplies ............... Jail Expense (heat, light, phone, etc.) .......................... 360.00 TOTALS .................................. 3,760.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT— 600.00 Equipment & Supplies 500.00 150.00 Phone .......................................... 50.00 TOTALS 1,300.00 SOCIAL WELFARE— Health Officer ... . 120.00 Relief ......................................... 50.00 Boy Scouts ................................. 50.00 School Band and U. S. O........... TOTALS ............................... 220.00 PUBLIC LIBRARY— Librarian—Salary ................. Heat and Light Books and Magazines Janitor ..................................... Building and Grounds TOTALS .......................... PUBLIC WORKS— Street * Maintenance Street Lighting Refuse Disposal, etc. ......... Capital Outlay (Equipment) TOTALS .......................... ACCIDENT INSURANCE ........ GENERAL SINKING FUND coming on will grow better and ripen properly. Begin to pick and use young summer squash as soon as they are a few inches in size. Keep the fruits picked, and the vines will yield more abund antly than if the first ones are left to grow to full size. July 1, '43 to June 30, '44 Actual for --------- Period Actual for Budget July 1, '42 First for to Six Mos. June 30, '43 60.00 300.00 37.50 600.00 48.00 114.00 17.80 66.55 45.77 15.00 50.00 50.00 360.00 3,311.00 110.00 600.00 215.88 1,200.00 96.00 248.00 134.17 117.10 37.04 46.09 150.00 39,25 32.12 50.00 45.14 360.00 3,480.79 1,350.00 2,700.00 700.00 100.00 68.43 1,418.43 150.00 $ 120.00 600.00 60.00 1,200.00 96.00 280.00 120.00 150.00 60.00 150.00 TOTALS ................................ WATER DEPARTMENT— Superintendent ..................... Labor * Supplies ................ Electric Power & Light Office Supplies Clerical Help ......................... Auto Expense ........................... Bond Retirement ........................ Interest ...................................... Capital Outlay ..................... Reserve for Water Extensions Incidentals—office rent, etc. ....... 55.00 60.00 450.00 48.00 128.00 49.39 115.65 71.56 $ 42.00 65.04 600.00 60.00 143.00 177.71 131.75 52.99 75.00 152-00 4,323.14 15.00 55.83 2,062.50 15.00 47.57 3,325.00 190.00 347.09 360.00 3,860.00 306.19 4,700.16 101.96 2,227.03 248.44 4,110.53 373.00 31.70 75.00 25.33 505.03 400.00 500.00 150.00 40.00 1,090.00 378.00 23.58 97.50 38.45 537.53 283.00 37.21 37.50 19.80 377.51 286.00 340.27 90.00 19.50 735.77 60.00 120.00 50.00 50.00 120.00 1.00 50.00 60.00 6.76 60.00 220.00 120.00 5.02 50.00 66.19 171.00 66.76 241.12 744.00 145.00 121.00 200.00 270.00 1,480.00 251.00 5.28 12.00 59.00 57.60 384.88 420.00 100.00 85.00 240.00 445.00 100.71 84.10 240.00 18.32 888.13 210.00 3.30 100.00 64.28 380.00 95.96 32.17 54.50 127.23 689.86 2,500.00 900.00 450.00 1,204.73 419.38 158.00 2,500.00 900.00 3,850.00 250.00 1,777.11 108.93 3,500.00 250.00 4,000.00 1,835.00 1,835.00 180.00 1,642.09 845.00 100.00 1,523.01 826.41 104.50 645.38 3,099.30 236.35 1.000.00 377.58 519.06 $ 426.35 26.25 971.66 105.59 1,743.38 196.58 500.00 350.00 1,693.61 1,000.00 1,287.70 307.38 100.00 5,250.00 1,943.93 2.085.00 4,217.66 912.97 646.58 2,100.00 3,000.00 1,050.00 1,329.01 745.95 47.45 300 00 1,800.00 1,800.00 1,635.74 1.252.68 132.88 480.00 789.63 650.66 582.79 104.28 240.00 1,000.00 2,989.73 1,700.00 170.00 600.00 240.00 2,800.00 1.350.00 170.00 600.00 1,067.13 144.50 240.00 22.25 5,000.00 200.00 5,010.00 180.00 32,356.00 2.30 3,474.71 11.206.18 5,180.00 100.00 2.953.75 115.00 84.10 23.63 12,000.00 8,339.15 2,390.99 10,778.61 26,911.00 25,433.72 8,563.10 20,807.19 Allowance for Delinquent 1944- 1,600.00 45 Taxes .................................. 33,956.00 TOTAL REQUIREMENTS 20,540.00 ESTIMATED REVENUES Estimated Available Cash Bal ance after $5,000.00 Reserved 26,335.00 for Street Oiling .... 5,795.00 .............. AMOUNT NECESSARY BY 7,621.00 TAXATION THE CITY HAD NO OUTSTANDING BONDS OR WARRANTS AS OF JUNE 7. 1944. I, Charles Taylor, do hereby certify that the above estimate of expen ditures and revenues for the fiscal year July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945, bud get allowances and expenditures for the first six months of the current year, and expenditures for the year 1941 and the first six months of 1942, and the fiscal year 1942-43, have been compiled from the records in my charge and to the best of my knowledge are true and correct. CHARLES TAYLOR, City Recorder, Hermiston, Ore. (June 15-22) $ Actual for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1941 50.00 48.85 240.00 1,861.34 13,000.00 GRAND TOTALS $ Actual for Period Jan. 1 '42 to June 30, '42 5.00 25.00 51.00 180.00 1,238.60 22.47 PUBLIC PARK INDEBTED NESS .............................. 13,000.00 32,356.00 Careful Picking Prolongs Crops Detailed Budget Report of ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES EMERGENCY ............................. 250.00 4,000.00 1,000.00 ACCIDENT INSURANCE GENERAL SINKING FUND EMERGENCY ....................... or largely because of 44 y Isolated Jap Region Rocked by Earthquake Recent earthquakes in the south western extremity of Japan’s main island—Honshu—which killed or seriously injured 1,400 persons and caused widespread property dam age, were centered near Tottori, an out-of-the-way city of 37.200 inhabi tants on the Sea of Japan. By striking about 340 airline miles west of Tokyo, the principal earth quake of September 10 missed by considerable distances the vital regions of Japan. The Osaka-Kobe- Kyoto industrial triangle lies about 100 airline miles east of the stricken area—a comparatively undeveloped region of wild natural scenery which seldom has been reached by occi dental tourists. The Tottori calamity is the worst in 10 years, with at least half the town’s 6,400 houses crumpled. It is not at all comparable to the Tokyo earthquake of 1923 in which 99,331 persons perished, nor to the greatest earth shock of all time in Japan— the 1703 quake which took an esti- mated 200.000 lives. NUMBER
