HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1937
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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES,
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'JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
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Must Keep Awake
MOVE has been started by the
county court to obtain for Mor
row county its just share of state
road monies. That act is commend
able and should meet with whole
hearted support of everyone.
Oregon's highway commission is
a non-political set-up. The men sit
ting on that body are broad-visioned
men. They are ti be credited with
doing a good job, by and large, of
administering the largest business
in the state. But they are not free
from pressure.
All sections of the state constantly
clamor for more and more road
money. Some sections are better or
ganized, are in favored position, and
get the lion's share. Other sections
that i merely cheep are neglected.
That is evidenced by the fact that
Multnomah county has no tax levy
for road purposes, while Morrow
county's levy per square mile is
among the sate's largest; and that
Morrow county has no federal aid
hiehwav except the trunk highway
along the Columbia, while Umatilla
county is crisscrossed with same.
We of Morrow county merely
chirruped when the Heppner-Junc-
tion-Nye sector of the Oregon-Washington
highway was removed from
the federal aid map a few years ago.
The mileage was placed elsewhere,
presumably on the John Day North
and South highway, without any no
tice aforehand being given this
county.
The late S. E. Notson and other
local road enthusiasts worked hard
to make possible the Oregon-Washington
highway, the only state high
way serving the interior of the
county, when the original state high
way system was made up in 1917.
The law creating that system pro
vided for eventual surfacing of all
such primary highways. The Hepp-ner-Pilot
Rock sector of the Oregon
Washington highway is the last sec
tor of any such highway not to be
so treated, though since this road
was built, the John Day North and
South highway has been or is in the
process of being finished en toto,
and that section of the latter high
way which coincides with the Oregon-Washington
from Nye Junction
to Pendleton was made into a boul
evard. For the last year or so the
sector from Heppner to Nye has not
even been decently maintained.
Morrow county does not need the
Oregon-Washington highway to get
to Pendleton. Since oiling of the
Lexington Echo road and straight
ening -of the Oregon Trail Into Pen
dleton, that route serves adequately
in this respect But Morrow county
did put much of her own money into
construction of the Oregon-Wash
ington highway believing that, it
would eventually be brought up to
the standard of all other primary
highways. And we of this county
are justified in feeling that faith
has not been kept in this regard.
We are not so much concerned now
in having the road to Nye surfaced
as we are to have the sector of the
Heppner-Spray and Heppner-Wasco
highways surfaced to Rhea creek.
These are secondary highways which
coincide as far as Rhea creek junc
tion, and probably the heaviest trav
eled section of road outside the pri
maries. The work was tentatively
promised for this year, but as snow
clouds are now appearing on the
horizon any hope of its being done
this year has gone a'glimmering.
This county did get surfacing on
the Lexington-Jarmon road this year,
but the work was done with money
allocated in 1936. Maybe the surfac
ing of the Rhea creek road will be
done next year on money allocated
this year. But the court would like
to know, and that's reasonable, if
such practice will not eventually
mean losing out a year on the coun
ty's rightful portion of state road
money.
A road now crosses this county
with inter-state connections fulfill
ing requirements that has just as
much to recommend it for placement
on the Bureau of Public Roads map
as has the John Day North and South
highway. This county was not well
enough organized and lacked the po
litical pull to get it connected with
the Three Flags highway, but it is
time that forceful attention to the
matter is given at Washington. This
route connects with the Wallula
cut-off at Hermiston, up Butter
creek to Jarmon's, following the
Lexington-Echo road in Lexington,
the Oregon-Washington highway to
Heppner, the Heppner-Spray road
to the John Day highway, the John
Day highway to Service creek, the
Service creek cut-off to Mitchell and
connection with the Ochoco highway
which in turn ties up to The Dalles
California highway. This is, in fact,
the shortest route between popu
lous centers of eastern Washington,
and points northeast, and south cen
tral Oregon and points south. For
publicity purposes it might be known
as the Eagle route.
Heppner's good theater brings
good pictures in good season. Pearl
S. Buck's "Good Earth" was shown
to good (meaning large) audiences
the first of the week. A marvelous
picture, it could not do justice to a
great work of literature, due to time
limitations. Paul Muni and Luise
Ranier, especially the latter, gave
truly great characterizations. Too
long dwelling on mob scenes and
locusts gave unbalance toward the
spectacular, left wanting the great
underlying theme which the author
so beautifully developed without
necessity of a happy ending love
theme that in spite of all of nature's
reverses and the false glamour of
things worldly, the earth is funda
mentally good. The Wang Lung
which Muni portrayed did not have
enough of those calm moments of
soliloquy in which he received moral
fortitude by communing with the
good earth.
Is ex-King Edward headed for
England's premiership? A potent
possibility is pointed out in the cur
rent issue of a popular national
weekly magazine. Edward's popu
larity among British laboring classes,
in the dominions, and with foreign
powers; a very apparent interest in
doing something to help the lower
classes as evidenced by his recently
proposed and called -off trip to the
U. S. A., and his being domiciled in
France with Mr. Bedoux whose rep
utation is known as an efficiency ex
pert in the ranks of factory em
ployees whom he once supervised in
America, all contribute to the mag'
azine writer's belief that Edward is
headed, not for oblivion as certain
English gentlemen would like for
everyone to believe, but for No. 10
Downing street. The. idea does ap'
peal to the imagination.
, . .
"Off "' market conditions prevail'
ing the last few weeks caused one
wag to opine that it's so quiet all one
can hear is the singing of the notes
at the bank.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec
ialist of Pendleton, will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, NOVEMBER 17th.
Cecil Lutkins was in town from
Hardman way Saturday, feeling
pretty good over growing prospects.
SCHOOL EDITORS HOLD OUT FOR 'GOSSIP'
AS ESSENTIAL TO NEWSY PUBLICATIONS
By PAUL McCARTY, local del
egate to High School Press As
sociation Conference.
With 80 delegates coming from
schools representing all sections of
the state, the 12th bi-annual confer
ance of the Oregon High School
Press association, held on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus at Eugene,
came to a close last Saturday (Oct.
30) noon, after a very interesting
and profitable two-day session. The
meeting was climaxed by presenta
tion of awards to Baker, Carleton,
Pendleton, and Franklin and Ben
son Tech of Portland for editing the
best papers in their respective di
visions.
In charge of the session were Eric
W. Allen, dean of the school of jour
nalism, and George Turnbull, pro
fessor in the same school and veteran
of many journalism conferences.
This recent conference, differed
from and far surpassed the writers'
conference held in Portland last
summer in that the subjects were
more widely discussed, with the stu
dents themselves playing an import
ant role through their leading of
discussions. My duty while there was
to lead a discussion on the topic
"How the Sports Editor Meets His
Particular Problems."
One of the most willingly dis
cussed topics was the one concern
ing the gossip column. This was also
the case at the Portland writers' con
ference. Students seem to take
greater interest in that section of the
MORE RECOGNITION
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third of the funds in its construction
and surfacing.
"During 1936 repeated requests
and demands were made by this
court for the resurfacing and pav
ing, during 1937, of the Heppner
Wasco secondary, number 300, from
Heppner to Rhea creek but to date
nothing has been done. This road is
practically worn out, having been
constructed 13 years ago. We admit
that 12 miles of the Lexington-Echo
road, number 320, was oiled and a
dust coat placed on about 8 miles to
the Morrow county line this year,
but this work was done with money
allocated in 1936 and could have
been completed in 1936. None of the
1937 money allocated to Morrow
county has been expended in this
county except for maintenance only.
"The present court has gone on the
assumption that the people of this
county would be accorded fair treat
ment in road matters and that they
would be treated like white people
who live in the Valely and we did
not consider it necessary to come
down to every meeting you held and
holler like hell for what was justly
due us. We are beginning to believe
that our assumption was all wrong.
We do not believe that it should be
necessary to spend county money to
have the pleasure of telling you
what should be done when you have
a commissioner in the next county
and have some employees here who
should know what is needed. The
natural assumption is that your com
missioner is entirely ignorant of road
SWIFT & CO.
Will Receive
TURKEYS
Mon., Nov. 15
at Farmers Elevator Warehouse
We will pack
at any time
paper, one school issuing a paper
containing two pages of humor and,
quoting one speaker, "delicious
morsels of gossip."
Many schools and many different
styles of papers were represented at
Eugene, several giving the essentials
which they considered necessary in
editing a "newsy" newspaper, also
giving the degree of success with
which they met in publishing their
publication. One feminine delegate,
a representative from a valley school,
commented that her paper contained
no gossip whatsoever, the adviser
forbidding any such material, and
that as far as she was concerned,
the paper was a flop, and everyone
thought the same.
Friday evening a no-host banquet
was given at the Del Rey cafe in
down-town Eugene, with Dean Allen
acting in the capacity of toastmaster.
Speeches, musical selections, and an
initiation of several new members
into Sigma Delta Chi, men's na
tional journalism honorary, were
features of the program.
The various sororities and frater
nities furnished housing facilities to
those attending the conference. It
was my privilege to stay at the Beta
Theta Pi fraternity of which Don
Turner, Heppner '37, is a freshman
pledge.
As those attending the press as
sociation meeting were more than
satisfied with its results, an effort is
being made to make it an annual
event, instead of the bi-annual con
ference that it has been in the past;
conditions here or is too interested
in the building of roads in Umatilla
county to think of Morrow county.
Your whole commission and the gov
ernor made a trip some time ago
viewing the roads of easern Oregon
but completely passed up this coun
ty and this seems to be the usual
and natural policy of the commis
sion. How can you get any first hand
information if you do not go over
our roads? Possibly they are so bad
you are afraid to risk damaging your
cars.
"As you are well aware the present
court has not been riding you at
every meeting for favors or making
unreasonable demands but we be
lieve that we are entitled to consid
eration and fair treatment from you
and for our share of work and money
to be expended on our roads.
Mr. Johnson also read the reply
of R. H. Baldock, state highway en
gineer, which stated:
"This is to acknowledge receipt of
your communication addressed to
the Oregon State Highway Commis
sion under date of October 26. Please
be advised that copies will be sent
to each of the Commissioners and
your letter win1 be placed on the
agenda for the next meeting of the
State Highway Commission."
In recognition of the pleasurable
relationship enjoyed by the club in
the time its meals had been served
by the Tenneys, Lions presented Mr.
and Mrs. Tenney with a gift, and
President L. D. Tibbies expressed
appeciation of the club. Mr. and Mrs.
Tenney each made response. They
expected to leave Heppner the end
of the week for their new field.
and ship turkeys
'Buckaroo Slim' Dies;
Was Known Here
Hugh R. Smith was in The Dalles
last Thursday to attend funeral ser
vices for "Cowboy Slim," colorful
rodeo performer who left Mr. Smith's
employ two months ago after two
and a half years service, and in
which time he was a familiar char
acter in Heppner. From The Dalles
Chronicle of Wednesday of last week
is taken the following account:
Funeral services for Bert Slack,
Dalles resident who died here Mon
day, will be held Thursday at 10 a.
m. from the Zell funeral home. Rev.
R. A. Hutchinson of the Congrega
ional church will officiate and inter
ment will be in the local I. O. O. F.
cemetery. Surviving relatives in
clude two daughters, Mrs. Feleta
Bamhill, Mason City, Wash., and
Mrs. W. H. Graham, Pendleton, and
one brother, James Slack, Elgin.
Mr. Slack came to The Dalles from
Summerville, Ore., more than 20
years ago. He was a cowboy all his
life and participated in the Pendle
ton Round-Up annually from 1910
until 1936. Known as "Buckaroo
Slim," he was reported to have been
an outstanding rider and roper at
the yearly event. His horse, "Liz
zard," is still alive at the age of 36
years. Pallbearers a the services will
be former cowboy associates.
Wm. J. Hughes and son Don were
visitors in Heppner over the week
end, calling on relatives and friends.
A good many years ago Mr. Hughes
assisted Gene Noble in the local sad
dlery. He left here in 1912, going to
Prineville, and in 1920 became em
ployed with Hamley's at Pendleton
where he has' been continuously
since. He is a brother of Joe Hughes
and Mrs. Dennis McNamee of this
city.
Harold Cohn and son Philip left
Monday night by train for St. Paul,
Mr. Cohn going east on business and
intending to drive home a new car.
They expected to be gone two weeks.
Dear old Grandma, long since
dead,
Made delicious, tasty, whole
some bread.
But why should you, over a stove
, of steel
When you can jump into your
automobile
And purchase baked goods
browned to a turn
As the folks of today continue
to learn.
Baking at home i rapidly becom
ing a relic of the by-gone days.
No matter whether its nutritious
bread, or an appetiznig pastry, we
can supply you with products
equal to those made in your own
kitchen.
Heppner Bakery
lone Legion Hall
NOV. 20
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