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PAGE 4 ì'Itr: NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL THURSDAY JUNE 15, 1944 ? 1 Cdftl/di Pdlrlii^ !'! B/ Murray \ '.id*- w m - » * . VOTE DEFLATION Votes, along with other mass pro duction output, are cheaper now j than they were In the good old hor- | se and buggy days when the pre vailing price was $2, (ob the polls. It cost Wayne Morris only 34.37 cents a vote to get the republican nomination tor U.S. senator, acc ording to the latest reported figures ot his campaign expenses as filed with the secretary of state. This figure is arrived at by dividing ills expense account i$24 348) by 89,853, the number of votes he polled. By the same arithmetic Senator Rufus Holman paid only 30.73 cents a vote for the 59,147 votes he polled, but were not enough at any price. TABULATIONS SLOW Never since Oregon became a st ate has the certification of an elec tion ballot been so complicated, ti me consuming and difficult to com pile at that of the recent primaries cf May 19. The absence of candid ates for many offices on both tick ets, the scattered write-ins and tie contests, particularly for precinct party offices, have contributed to the difficulties. In several precincts where ties occured the flipping of a coin settled the tie—when the candidates got good and ready to flip. NEW POLITICAL PARTY Mrs Charles L. McNary. widow o( the late Oregon senator, has been appointed state chairman of the Oregon division of the National Woman's party and has left Wash ington, D. C. to reside at her farm near Salem. She will organise a st ate committee to work for the equal rights amendment now before con gress. PLANS NEW STATE HISTORY Lancaster Pollard, »ecently made manager of the Oregon Historical society has asked the state board of control for permission to use material and cuts from the Oregon guide in a history of Oregon which he plans to publish. Pollard who recently wrote a history of Wash ington state, says he proposed Ore gon history would be used as a tex tbook in Portland schools and poss ibly in other Oregon schools. NEED A PATENT Seventy-five residents of Oregon have each secured one of the 45,000 torelgit-held patents which were teieed by the government since the ctart of the war and are now being distributed by the Allen Property Custodian. These patents cover ne arly every phase of Industry. They lepresent millions of hours of re search and millions of dollars in vested before they became patent worthy. All of them are available ¿y . . . ■ V " • i ' * ** • 4.' >• •• V, to Americans 'for the life of the • • v • ■■■ ftor'.i , ■ \ ’ . . . ay.*- • patent for $15 a patent. About one- ' ’ '■ i;?-' ■ l&i •> half of them can be used to deve lop new Oregon industries includ ing: conversion of pea vine into a IGHT NOW, while you are reading lars in all history. You know how you commercial commodity, the use of lva of central Oregon, the manu > this, men are dying — American can help: BUY WAR BONDS WITH facture of Chinaware from the cl ays of Molalla, Hobart Butte and men, giving their lives to establish beach EVERY DOLLAR YOU HAVE! Now other districts in the state, refrig eration for ships, use of fish by heads from which they can sweep on to is the time to buy extra Bonds—as many products, temperature control and several on plastics. Victory. as you can. A library of these 45.000 patents is maintained In Portland and is That’s their duty—to smash the Nazis to be taken to several cities of the If you are already buying Bonds on a state during the summer. and the Japs, and all they represent, GOVERNOR SNELL RETURNS payroll savings plan, whoever you are, Governor Earl Snell returned to once and for all—to make this a better the capltol Tuesday P.M. from a whatever you do, ask yourself this ques trip east where he attended the world to live i a — for you. And they annual governors conference at tion: “What did I do today that some Hershey, Pa. He also visited the never stop to ask the cost. national capital and conferred with mother’s son should die for me tonight?” Senator Guy Cordon and members of the Oregon house delegation. The You’re an American —you have a duty, Then double the Bonds you bought be governor said his principal Interests at the conference related to the In too! Here’s your chance to do your share fore — make them know you’re with crease of forest fire protection fu nds $2,500.000 to $6 000.000 and the —to fight by their side on every bitter them! And not next week or next proposed $3.000.000.000 postwar road construction bill. beachhead in the world. The 5th War month, but NOW, when every bullet and CAPITAL SHORTS Both public and private agencies Loan is on—the biggest Drive for Dol- every dollar counts MOST! will have to stop polluting streams —after the war. says Harold Wen- V <.v. V . del, chairman of the state sanitary authority . . . Approtionment of $51.024 99 mlllage tax, for county fairs has been completed by Robert 8. Farrell, secretary of state . Oregon State School for the Deaf graduated six seniors this year There were 921 accidents, one death and 13 claims for occupational dis Thu it u*i ofuidl V S Treasury advertisement prepared under auspices of Treasury Department and War Advertising Council ease reported to state department the past week . . . The annual re union of the Oregon Pioneer s octatton will be held June IS In Portland and many state officials Inter-State Oil Co. Towne’s Garage Food Mart plan to attend. ■ THIS BEACHHEAD BHKEHHHHHEBKAU. HFHS R And Here Are 5 MORE Reasons for Buying EXTRA Bonds in the 5th I 1 . War Bonds are the best, the safest investment in the world! 2. War Bonds return you $4 for every $3 in 10 years. 3. War Bonds help keep prices down. 4 . War Bonds will help win the Peace by increasing purchasing power after the War. 5. War Bonds mean education for your children, SodrteMmt/- BUY MORE THAN BEFORE VATER SAFETY mlVE PLANNED A Red Cross swim and water saf ety campaign will be conducted fr om June 19 to 29 with Mias Patty Ann Boyer in charge, according to Mra Fred L. Olmatead of Ontario, county publicity chairman. This advanced, intermediate and conclusive course is given annually In Ontario under the auspices of the Red Cross. I security for you, funds for retirement. 5 " WAR LOAN Al Thompson and Son Stunz Lumber Co. Idaho Power Co. Gamble Store Nyssa Packing Co. Nyssa Lumber Co. Wilson Brothers Atkeson’s Clothing Store Main’s Cleaners Chadwick’s Drive-in Ronald’s Shoe Shop Powell Service Station Nyssa Furniture Co. Inland Oil Co. Farmers Supply Co-op Eder Hardware Co. Gordon’s Drive-in Frank T. Morgan Moss-Ninemire Motor Co. Polar Cold Storage Plant Thompson Oil Co. tysM Bowling Center • Hollingsworth Hdwe. & Imp. Co. Nyssa Elevator Boise Payette Lumber Co. Wray’s Dime Store
