HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1937.
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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
' THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15. 1912
Published every Thursday morning by
CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second-class matter.
JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager
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The Metropolitan
Aspect.
THE other day our esteemed con
temporary, the Pendleton East
Oregonian, editorialized at length on
Pendletons municipal band. In the
course of the editorial an opinion
was expressed something like this,
"To the extent of organized effort
does a community reflect the metro
politan aspect."
Pendleton is to be congratulated on
assuming the aspect of a metropolis
to the added extent of obtaining a
muncipal band. We in Heppner ap
preciate the favorable spirit which
has been created by our own school
band. It has been a worthwhile
achievement.
But from Pendleton's obtaining a
municipal band, and from the opin
ions voiced by her newspaper, there
is a direct moral pointed for Hepp
ner, viz: Pendleton is assuming the
attributes of a metropolis, offering
an ever larger appeal for the busi
ness of tributary districts; it is be
coming a more and more serious
competitor of adjacent small towns,
including Heppner.
Taking as axiomatic the East Ore
gonian editor's statement about the
amount of organization indicating
those attributes toward mertopoli
tanism for from the beginnings of
history anyone can see that man's
progress has been directly measured
fay his capacity for organized effort
then it behooves Heppner to take
a leaf from Pendleton's book and be
up and doing.
Heppner has no dearth of organi
zations, and one often hears the re
mark that it is organized to death.
However, organizations can only be
useful to the extent of the interest
and activity of those who should
support them. A few individuals
cannot carry the burden of organized
effort, nor would the results be sat
isfactory if they could. Everyone
earning a livelihood within the com
munity has a moral obligation to
give something to the community in
return. The sum total of such con
tributions is the measure of civic
pride and loyalty which the com
munity reflects. It is the measure,
also, of the ability of the community
to hold it own in an era of ever-increasing
competition.
There probably is no malicious at
tempt on the part of Pendleton to
destroy Heppner as a community,
as there has been no such thought in
the minds of other larger commu
nities which have absorbed towns
thrown into closer proximity by bet
ter transportation facilities. None
theless, the handwriting is on the
wall, and it lies only within the pow
er of the people in this community
to divert the trend.
Nip it in the Bud.
A FLU-PNEUMONIA epidemic is
sweeping Oregon. Already eight
deaths have been reported in Port
land where a ban on social func
tions is being enforced. Here, also,
cases are developing at an alarming
rate.
Taking a lesson from the 1918 epi-
demic, Heppner should adopt early
the measures which proved effect
ive in breaking that wave of sick
ness. Public assemblages should be
kept down to a minimum, public
places fumigated, stuffy rooms avoid
ed, a frowning campaign conducted
against coughs and sneezes, and in
dividuals developing symptoms put
to bed immediately.
Influenza is not to be regarded
lightly. In the form now prevalent
it is malignant in its effects. Victims
are especially subject to pneumonia.
No one may be too careful in observ
ing ordinary precautions against tak
ing cold, or in any way lowering his
vitality. Cooperation by everyone
now may prevent a terrible siege of
sickness and possibly unnecessary
toll of life.
Four More Years.
T-nRANKLIN DELANO ROOSE
X1 VELT took the helm of the ship
of state for another four years in
inaugural ceremonies at Washing
ton, yesterday. Loved by his friends
and respected by his enemies, he
continues as chief executive with
the largest following of any president
since Washington.
He is the man of the hour, in
whose hands largely lies the destiny
of the nation. He has been, and will
continue to be the "chief" with win
ning personality, reflecting a great
humanitarian heart, whose orders in
the public welfare will find ready
response from minds and hands of
all true Americans.
Many who opposed Mr. Roosevelt
in the last election did so not for lack
of confidence in their laader but be
cause of fear that too much power
would be placed in the hands of one
individual. This paper joins the na
tion in imploring deity to grant the
President the strength, courage and
physical well-being which the ar
duous duties of the office will re
quire for another four years.
A Practical Test.
INTEREST in the Townsend re
volving old age pension was re
vived this week when Chelan, Wash.,
started an actual test of the proce
dure. Two hundred dollars was
drawn by lot at a Townsend dance.
The sum was in marked one dollar
bills which the recipient agreed to
spend within a month with Chelan
merchants, each of whom agreed in
turn to pay two percent of the
marked money transactions into a
revolving fund as tax. The Chelan
Townsend club manager predicted
enough tax would be collected to
start another $200 or more rolling
the second month.
This practical demonstration of
feasibility of the Townsend plan will
be watched by the entire nation. If
successful, it will be the biggest ar
gument yet offered to force the plan
on a national scale.
Thank You, Ben.
ANNIVERSARY of the birth of
Benjamin Franklin occurred
last Sunday. The occasion reminds
us to thank this great patriot for his
contribution to newspapering. Tho
he lived before a newspaper code of
ethics was known, Ben pioneered the
way to establishment of the princi
ples upon which most newspapers
are published today.
In his autobiography, Franklin
said:
In the conduct of my newspaper,
I carefully excluded all libelling
and personal abuse, which has of
late years become so disgraceful
to our country. Whenever I was
solicited to insert anything of that
kind, and the writers pleaded, as
they generally did, the liberty of
the press, and that a newspaper
was like a stage-coach, in which
anyone who would pay had a right
to a place, my answer was that I
would print the piece separately
if desired, and the author might
have as many copies as he pleased
to distribute himself, but that I
would not take upon me to spread
his detraction; and that, having
contracted with my subscribers to
furnish them with what might be
either useful or entertaining, I
could not fill their papers with
private altercation, in which they
had no concern, without doing
them manifest injustice.
Now, many of our printers make
no scruple of gratifying the malice
of individuals by false accusa
tions of the fairest characters
among ourselves, augmenting an
imosity even to the producing of
duels; and are, moreover, so in
discreet as to print scurrilous re
flections on the government of
neighboring states, and even on
the conduct of our best national
allies, which may be attended with
the most pernicious consequences.
These things I mention as a caution
to young printers, and that they
may be encouraged not to pollute
their presses and disgrace their
profession by such infamous prac
tices, but refuse steadily, as they
may see by my example that such
a course of conduct will not, on
the whole, be injurious to their
interests.
When Ben wrote, "I carefully ex
eluded all libelling and personal
abuse," and "having contracted with
my subscribers to furnish them with
what might be either useful or en
tertaining," he laid down two abid
ing tenets of the newspaper pro
fession. If he had not brought light
ning down from the sky with his
kite, or negotiated the loan from
France which tided the nation over
in an early day, this contribution
alone would have entitled him to
immortality.
Mose Hibernator says that instead
of taking the 'taters to bed nights,
the missus has started knitting
sweaters for them.
Preservation of
TheColumbiaGorge
(Editor's Note: This is one of a
series of articles released by the
State Planning Board from its rec
ommendations to Governor Charles
H. Martin on "Recommended Pol
icies for Sale of Bonneville Power."
Others in the series will follow un
til completed.)
It is important that key ' indus
tries be offered low cost power at or
near Bonneville when this great
power project is in operation. Never
theless provision should be made to
preserve the great scenic values of
the Columbia River Gorge in which
Bonneville is located, a report of the
Oregon State Planning Board enti
tled "Recommended Policies for Sale
of Bonneville Power," points out.
. The Columbia river in its passage
through the Cascade Range has cre
ated a setting of extraordinary beau
ty, known as the Columbia River
Gorge, extending approximately six
ty miles from The Dalles west to
Troutdale. Bonneville lies near the
center and steepest declivity of the
Gorge, which, with the beautiful
Columbia River highway, is known
all over the world. Tourists come
from every state in the Union and
from foreign countries to view these
scenic attractions. The Columbia
Gorge is a natural asset of national
importance.
The recreational and scenic values
of the Gorge are very great, wheth
er measured in human enjoyment or
in dollars from tourist travel. There
is no way of comparing quantitative
ly the relative values to the Pacific
Northwest of industrial development,
which might be established in the
Gorge, with those of scenery and
recreation. Both are of major econ
omic importance.
It is therefore, essential that the
Gorge be not irreparably damaged
by industries and manufacturing
plants. The most satisfactory solu
tion would be to make power avail
able to large industrial users at
points nearby but outsjde the Gorge
at the same low rate at 'which energy
could be sold at the Bonneville pow
er house. This would require that
costs of transformation and trans
mission from Bonneville to these
nearby points be not included in the
rate structure. While this policy
might require a slightly longer per
iod for amortization of the project,
the federal government would be
justified in adopting these measures
in order to preserve for the nation
the recreational and scenic values
of this magnificent water gap.
If, however, it is found impossible
to follow the above recommendation,
provision should be made to insure
that industrial plants which might
be built in the Gorge be planned
and operated so as not to injure ser
iously the scenic and recreational
features. Proper planning and reg
ulation in plant layout, in arrange
ment and design of structures and in
preventing smoke, chemical fumes,
river pollution and other nuisances,
should be enforced. This necessary
regulation can be accomplished
through control by public authority
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