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
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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,
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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
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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***
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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
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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
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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.
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