PAGE FOUR HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937.
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 188J;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
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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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A Rain of Value.
WHENEVER a rain came at a
time when it was much need
ed in the good old days, Editor A. J.
Hicks of the Heppner Times would
call it a "milliin-dollar" rain.
Such a rain came Monday night.
Just as general alarm was being felt
because of hardness of the ground
causing grain shoots to bend down
ward beneath the surface from in
ability to penetrate the adamant
shell the rain came, copiously. A
steady, heavy rain, for several hours,
it was, which beat a heartening tat
too upon the roof; a tattoo which told
of softening of the ground, and of
tender jailbirds being released from
cold cells to gain strength and vigor
in the sunlight.
It made one ponder a possibility.
A possibility of remotest nature, 'tis
true. But a possibility worthy of
ponderation and mayhap some little
consideration. Was it, perhaps, Paul
Bunyan on his way to Wallowa lake
from the Pacific with a bucket of
Water that slopped over a trifle, or
perhaps had a minute perforation in
the seam? We didn't hear his foot
steps, but we did detect a swish. We
opined this may have been account
ed for by Paul being still reluctant
to shed the felted boots of winter
for the spring hobnails, and by the
air being forced rapidly through the
winter's growth of beard.
But, Paul or no Paul, release of
tender grain shoots .into the sunlight
is hoped in no better words than
those of Editor Hicks to add a "mil
lion dollars" to the county's pros
perity. Our Judiciary.
National Grange Monthly.
THE Federal Courts are much in
the limelight these days, in the
debates in Congress, over the air and
in the press. All can rejoice in the
fact that in spite of errors, our Amer
ican system of justice gives more of
protection to the individual than any
similar system elsewhere in the
world.
Many earnest and patriotic people
today, who are impatient at the law's
delay and who are desirous of short
cuts in legislation and in progress,
may feel that our method of amend
ing the Constitution, and the judici
ary steps that can be taken in in
terpreting law, are unnecessarily
cumbersome.
When we place over against the
delays in America and the difficulty
of amending our Constitution, the
utter destruction of religious, po
litical and personal lbierty in much
of the world, we must have more
faith in our own machinery for pro
moting justice and for the protection
of the rights of the individual. At
its very wprst, judicial methods of
interpreting law in the United States
are infinitely better than anything
that Fascism of Communism has of
fered anywhere in the world.
The proposals of the President for
the reform of the nation's court pro
cedure contained much of merit.
There is no excuse for congestion
and delay in some of our lower
WHERE THE GRANGE STANDS
Peprinted from The National Grange Monthly, issue of March, 1937
THE recent message of the President to the Congress, with
reference to the Federal Courts, raises questions of vital and
far-reaching importance to the American people as a whole. All
will agree that any proper and constructive steps that can be taken
to eliminate delay, reduce costs and improve judicial procedure in
the inferior Federal courts should have general support. To this
extent we are in accord with the views expressed by the President.
The proposal relative to the Supreme Court is one on which
there are grave differences of opinion. The Supreme Court sits
as a unit. Therefore the mere enlargemnt of personnel cannot in
crease its speed or its efficiency. We doubt the wisdom of giving
to any President of the United States, at any time, the right to
change the size of the Court because of the age of its members.
We ask that these propositions be submitted to Congress in
separate bills; to the end that the citizens of the United States may
have full and ample opportunity, through their chosen representa
tives or by Constitutional amendment, to express their opinion on a
matter of such vital import.
The above declaration, defining the attitude of the Grange upon
the grave issue that has arisen at Washington, was issued by Na
tional Master Louis J. Taber on February 16th, upon the authoriza
tion of the Masters of State Granges throughout the nation, by a
recorded vote of more than 4 to 1. It is also in complete accord with
the general policy adopted by the National Grange, at its annual
session at Columbus, Ohio.
courts. There is real need to hasten
the administration of justice, reduce
costs and increase efficiency. Good
citizens everywhere should approve
of every sound legislative step that
will tend to bring the judicial prac
tice of a nation into harmony with
the needs of our national life.
There is no need for bitterness on
the great question involved relative
to the Supreme Court. All of us
should face the matter with but one
test in mind the good of America.
Against the many reasons advanced
for this change, thoughtful citizens
should ponder the following objec
tions: The Supreme Court sits as a unit.
Increasing its size would not increase
its speed or efficiency.
This great Court is not behind with
its docket and has not been since
former President Taft became Chief
Justice and revamped its procedure.
Age is not alone a matter of years.
Justice Holmes retired at 90 and was
among the most alert and progressive
of judges. Chief Justice Hughes and
Justice Brandies are liberal and con
structive. The youngest member of
the Court is the most conservative.
The precedent of any Congress or
Administration changing or increas
ing the size of the Court might lead
to grave consequences in future
years.
More serious than any of the above
objections is the fact that this might
lead to a redistribution of powers
between the Federal government
and the states. A matter so funda
mental to the future of the states
and of the Republic should be ap
proached only through a Constitu
tional amendment, and express the
deliberate judgment of the American
people.
There are two fundamental chal
lenges in this proposition that we
dare not ignore: First, this contest
must be waged without undermining
the respect and confidence that a
Republic must always have in its
own judiciary. The present members
of the Supreme Court have served
with ability and honor, and are en
titled to the respectful consideration
of a nation.
Second, it is the duty of citizens,
whether they favor or oppose this
change, to write their Congressmen
and Senators expressing their views.
The Congress of the United States is
the arena where this great issue must
be settled.
The issue will be sharply drawn.
All will take sides. The challenge
is to meet this problem with dignity,
deliberation and patriotism.
NOTE At the last session of the Na
tional Grange strong resolutions were
adopted opposing any interference with
the integrity of the Supreme Court, or
any change in the checks and balances
between the legislative, executive and
judicial branches of our government.
No organization is a stronger champion
than the Grange, of constitutional gov
ernment, nor more vigorously strives to
protect the freedom and rights of the
individual.
Copies of the recent speech of Senator
Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina,
clearly emphasizing the position of the
Grange, as well as his own, on this im
portant question, may be had from the
legislative office of the National Grange,
1343 II Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
E. J. Bristow, lone merchant, was
in the city Saturday on business .
OLD-TIMER WRITES
To the Editor:
Fifty years ago I herded sheep in
Oregon and used to read the Hepp
ner Gazette, and I am wondering if
it is still published. What is the
subscription rate? In 1884 Heppner
was in Umatilla county. Morrow
county was organized in 1885, if I
remember right. At that time most
everyone was connected with the
sheep industry, or at least his pros
perity depended on it. Bill Penland
at Lexington was the largest sheep
owner was reputed to own 30,000.
Nelse and Jim Jones, Dutton and
S. R. Reeves, Fisher and Stotts and
others were sheep men in Heppner.
Bill and Harve Rush and Boon Mul
key were in the sheep business in
the foothills of the Blue mountains.
Heppner and Blackman ran a gen
eral store. Swaggart operated a sa
loon and another was Minor's hotel.
Minor was a tall, spare man, resem
bled Lincoln in looks and disposi
tion. When the herders would come
to town to forget their lonely job
for a few days, they trusted their
wages to him, just keeping enough
to have a good time on. They al
ways got it all back when they had
sobered up but not till then.
R. E. THORP,
Lansing. Iowa.
Power Company Pays
$3800 County Taxes
Pacific Power & Light company
paid $39,691.78 in property taxes on
its property in The Dalles-Sherman
district this year, according to Ray
P. Kinne, commercial agent. The
full amount of the taxes was paid on
or before March 15th, he said. .
Wasco county received $27,076.62
from the power company; Gilliam
county, $5,366.81 Morrow county,
$3,828.57; Sherman county, $2,804.45,
and Wheeler county, $615.25.
The total amount being paid by
the company in Oregon and Wash
ington at this time is in excess of
$330,000, Mr. Kinne reported.
MISSIONARY MEETS.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society met at Mrs. Notson's home,
Tuesday, March 16. Alta S. Brown
and Jennie McCarter were hostesses
assisted by Lulu McCarty and Em
ma Hager. Mrs. Campbell and Mrs.
Green led the devotions. Mrs. Brown
gave a reading on "The Cross Upon
the Heart," Mrs. Notson a story,
"The Christ of the African Road,"
Mrs. Briggs a talk on Founder's Day.
Musical numbers were giVen by
Jack and Patty O'Hara. Present were
Mrs. Alta Brown, Mrs. L. W. Briggs,
Miss Opal Briggs, Mrs. S. Hughes,
Jennie McCarter, Mrs. Alex Green,
Mrs. C. Shaw, Mrs. Ruth Stevens,
Mrs. R. Patterson, Mrs. Lulu Mc
Carty, Mrs. Emma Hager, Miss Ona
Gilliam, Mrs. Campbell.
PAST GRANDS MEET.
Past Noble Grands club of Sans
Souci Rebekah lodge met yesterday
at the home of Mrs. Ida Macomber,
enjoying pot luck lunch at noon and
completing aprons for a sale on the
27th.
Do You Know Oregon?
Fact Handbook Out
Try these questions on yourself
and then on your neighbor after
carefully rehearsing the answers
found below:
1. How many acres are there in
Oregon?
2. What percentage of Oregon
land is owned by the federal gov
ernment? 3. Name the only five counties in
the state that have no national forest
land within their borders.
4. What three counties have the
largest area of national forest land?
5. Name the only county in Ore
gon that has no unappropriated or
unreserved public land.
6. Which county has the most and
which the least acreage of state
owned land?
7. Which county owns the largest
acreage and and which the smallest
acreage of land within its borders?
8. Which county owns the largest
percentage of land within its bor
ders? 9. Which two counties have the
largest acreage of land in farms of
less than 15,000 acres?
10. How much land in the state is
in privately-owned farms?
The answers to these questions,
given below, are taken from a new
mimeographed handbook of statistics
on Oregon lands just issued by the
agricultural experiment station at
Oregon State college as Circular of
Information No. 169. It was com
piled by Dr. M. N. Nelson, agricul
tural economist, for use of anyone
interested in the land problems of
Oregon.
The new circular is a revision of
a similar handbook issued January,
1935. It contains tabular results of
a study of types of rural land own
ership begun with the aid of federal
funds in the fall of 1934. Other sta
tistics more recent were drawn upon
when available. Here are the an
swers to the 10 representative ques
tions listed:
1. 61,958,618 acres, including area
of lakes.
2. 51.47 per cent.
3. Clatsop, Columbia, Gilliam,
Sherman and Washington.
4. Grant, Lane and Wallowa coun
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NOTIFIED OF TRANSFER.
Crocket Sprouls, for two years
manager of the local Standard Oil
service station, has received notice
of transfer to a position with the
company at Hood River. The trans
fer was said to be effective the first
of the month. The new position will
ba an advancement in recognition of
Mr. Sprouls' valuable service here.
A local product, he was graduated
from the local schools,, and joined
the company here. On removing to
Hood River, Mr. and Mrs. Sprouls
expect to dispose of their residence
property on Baltimore street.
SENATOR VISITS.
Rex and Bruce Ellis of Pendleton
were visitors in the city Saturday,
bringing Bruce's daughter, Mrs.
Kenneth Oviatt and daughter Jean
home from a visit at the parental
home. Rex Ellis, district state sen
ator, had just returned from Salem
after the close of the arduous legis
lative session. He worked hard on
his truck bill for the benefit of small
producers but lost out on it, he re
ported. EXAMINER HERE THE 20TH.
C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs from the office
of Earl W. Snell, secretary of state,
will be at the courthouse in Hepp
ner, Saturday, the 20th, from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m. All those wishing permits
or licenses to drive cars are asked
to get in touch with Mr. Bentley
, during these hours.
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