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Heppner Gazette Times. Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, April 7, 1938
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
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JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager
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Official Paper for Morrow County
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High Finance
MR. THOMPKINS says the editor
of this paper was not in
formed or he wouldn't have written
as he did in a recent editorial con
cerning Bonneville power. At the
same time, Mr. Thompkins failed to
elucidate just where the lack of in
formation came in.
It was hoped by the editor of this
paper, along with many other peo
ple in Morrow county that Mr.
Thompkins would tell at the Pomo
na grange meeting last Saturday just
what the cost of servicing Morrow
county farms with Bonneville juice
would be. But Mr. Thompkins had
no figures.
All we in Morrow county know is
that Mr. Thompkins believes we
should organize a peoples power dis
trict forthwith, and that he prom
ises "cheap" juice from Bonneville.
It is known that under the peo
ple's power district law, the cost of
line construction, etc., is permitted
to be financed by issuance of cer
tificates against earnings of the dis
trict. What we wish Mr. Thompkins
to answer is, how, in God's name,
can the juice be conducted to the
individual farms at a cost suffi
ciently low to permit use and at the
same time return a profit with which
to redeem the "earning" certificates?
Until that question is satisfactor
ily answered, the editor of this pa
per will retain his position that or
ganization of a district should not
be attempted.
We in Morrow county went thru
one sad experiment with "district"
operation of a would-be utility. That
would-be utility was the John Day
Irrigation district. True, it was to
serve a section of our county with
water instead of electrical energy,
but the parallel is none-the-less
pertinent. Smooth-tongued promot
ers showed us where the juice (wa
ter in this instance) was available
for nothing over on the John Day
river. All we in Morrow county had
to do was build a dam and dig a
ditch to make the water flow thru
to our desert country and it would
bloom like a garden. But after obli
gating itself for many thousands of
dollars of indebtedness, this district
didn't receive a drop of water be
cause it couldn't pay the assessments
for the organization work, let alone
dig up anything toward construction.
We take the position that if Mor
county itself cannot afford to pay
for Bonneville juice, which we be
lieve it can't even if Mr. Ross & Co.
should give it to us free delivered at
Heppner Junction, then it is not
feasible to bring it here; and that
we cannot expect to use Bonneville
juice without paying for it.
Let us consider that Mr. Ross
should build a transmission line to
Heppner Junction, turn on the juice
there and tell our people to help
themselves. We organize the people's
power district and elect officers
with the right to issue certificates
against expected earnings. Say these
certificates are taken up by Uncle
Sam's Rural Electrification admin
istration and the money loaned with
which to build lines, etc. And say
that existing service facilities were
taken over at a reasonable valuation,
so that the towns could be drawn
on as well as the country. There
would first need to be quite an ex
pensive job of engineering to deter
mine the line routes, loads, trans
former locations, etc. Then it would
be necessary to buy poles, wire,
transformers, and other materials
essential to carrying the juice to the
people to be served. By the time the
district- was set up for operation, the
capital investment would be sizeable
(the amount of which we would like
for Mr. Thompkins to tell us).
But then, say, it is found that the
rate necessary to charge to make a
profit on the investment is beyond
the ability of many potential users
to pay (it would have to be pretty
reasonable, if a majority of people
could purchase the electrical appli
ances they would need to purchase
in order to use it, and pay for the
juice too) then, who would be
stuck for the capital investment? We
might say, oh, let Uncle Sam worry
about that.
But, as a supposition, say that ev
ery other county in the United
States had organized and obligated
itself in the same manner, and say
that Uncle Sam had taken earning
certificates from all of them also.
Would not Uncle Sam, who is the
total of all the counties, be holding
the sack, and would not we in Mor
row county be stuck, anyway?
No, Mr. Thompkins, you are not
right in saying we in Morrow county
should organize a people's power
district until you can show us where
earnings can be made with which
to redeem certificates. Electrification
of Morrow county farms is greatly to
be desired, but we doubt if our peo
ple would benefit enough by the ad
dition of electricity to obligate them
selves blindly. If use of Bonneville
power on our farms would bring
Utopia, then it would be worth the
chance. It would add greatly to
pleasure and convenience of living
on the farm, but there are few in
stances yet shown where it would
greatly augment the farm income.
One informed local man has said
that Morrow county's first consid
eration should be development of
the Columbia river for transporta
tion. He believed savings in trans
portation thus effected would go a
considerable distance toward sup
plying our farms with electricity.
And that, when the time comes, let
Uncle Sam build Umatilla Rapids
dam with power facilities, which
would be much more suitably locat
ed to supply our needs.
And another thing, Mr. Thomp
kins. In case a local district is set
up as aforementioned, who is going
to compensate Morrow county for
the $9000-odd a year in taxes re
ceived from the utility now located
in the county? And, Mr. Thomp
kins, we almost forgot, how may we
be assured that we can get officers
who will be as concerned with giv
ing good service, for a salary, as the
present utilities whose very exist
ence depends upon the ability of
the managers to produce a profit?
Last1 Three Classes
Set in Adult Work
Daphna Simpson announces there
will be three more lessons ,, of the
Home Furnishings class, the next
of which will be held at 7:30 Thurs
day evening, April 14, in the Home
Economics room at the schoolhouse.
At this meeting the subjects which
have already been discussed will be
reviewed such as lighting in the
home, lamp 1 stands, bases, and
shades (correct proportions and col
ors), relation of lamps to type of fur
niture in the home; furniture ar
rangement; color schemes of walls,
woodwork, etc.; draperies and cur
tains for the home.
In addition, the lesson will in
clude a discussion of rugs the var
ious types, correct designs, etc., of
pile rugs and congoleum rugs.
The principles of the use of paints
for furniture, woodwork, floors, etc.,
will also be discussed.
The class is open to anyone who
cares to attend.
CARD OF THANKS .
For every prayer, song, loving
deed of kindness and word of en
couragement given to our dear
mother, Mrs. N. S. Whetstone, dur
ing her last years of life, and for
the many expressions of sympathy,
for the kindness shown us and for
the beautiful floral offerings, we ex
tend our heartfelt thanks.
The Family.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
Outstanding warrants of School
District No. 1, Morrow County, Ore
gon, up to and including Warrant
No. 4603, will be paid on presenta
tion to the district clerk. Interest
on said warrants not already called
ceases April 8, 1938.
MURIEL VAUGHN, Clerk,
Heppner, Oregon.
In this one week you have only sampled the
fine products of the Columbia Empire. In
one week you have started the snowball of
prosperous employment rolling.' So, remem
ber that we who, are WORKERS and BUYERS are
the creators of WORK and OPPORTUNITY.
Let's multiply this last week by fifty
two. As long as our products of the Colum
bia Empire have merit - as long as they
produce happiness and employment for us,
let's give them first and permanent con
sideration. We have found the truth - "WE
MUST BUY TO WORK - and WE
MUST WORK TO BUY."
Ask: IS IT PRODUCED IN
THE COLUMBIA EMPIRE?
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark arrived
in Heppner the end of the week from
Red Bluff, Calif., where they have
been living.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, Uni
ted States Land Office, The Dalles
Oregon, April 4, 1938.
Serial 031097
Notice Is Hereby Given, That the
First National Bank of Heppner, of
Heppner, Oregon, did on April 4,
1938, make application under the Act
of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat., 465) to
select timber from portions of the
following described lands in the
Malheur National Forest, Oregon:
in T. 15 S., R. 29 E.. W. M., Sections
32 and 33; in T. 15 S., R. 30 E., W.
M., Sections 8, 9 nad 17; in T. 16 S.,
R. 29 E., W. M. Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26 and 35; in T. 16 S., R.
30 E., W. M. Sections 17, 18, 19, 20,
30 and 31; in T. 17 S., R. 29 E., W. M.,
Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12; and in T.
17 S., R. 30 E., W. M., Sections 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8; in exchange for the fol
lowing described lands within and
adjacent to the Umatilla National
Forest, Oregon: in T. 4 S., R. 28 E.,
W. M., the NEy4SEy4 Sec. 21, N
SWy4, SEViSWft and SEV4 Sec. 22,
SWy4 and SUSm Sec. 23, SMiSW,
Sec. 24, VfVz Sec. 25, Wk, ENWy4,
NESWy4 and SySWy4 Sec. 26,
ssy2 Sec. 27, NEy4NEy4, sy2NEy4,
SEy4SWy4 and SEy4 Sec. 33, NWy4
NEy4, Wy2, NEy4SEy4 and sy2sEy4
Sec 34, and all of Sec. 35; in T. 5 S.,
R. 28 E., W. M., Lot 4, SWy4NWy4,
NSWy4 and NWy4SEy4 Sec. 2, lots
1, 2, 3 and 4, SNEy4, S SW and
SEy4, Sec. 3, lots 1, 2 and 3, Sy2NEy4
sNwy4, Nswy4, swy4swy4,
EVfeSE and NWSEy4 Sec. 4, SEy4
Sec. 7, S12NEy4 Sec. 8, NEy4NEy4(
SWy4NWy4 and NWy4SWy4 Sec. 9,
Ny2NW Sec. 10 and NE Sec. 17,
Serial No. 031097.
Any and all persons claiming the
lands and timber selected, or having
bona fide objections to the exchange
should file their protests on or be
fore the 20th of May, 1938.
W. F. JACKSON, Register.
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(All Grades)
FRESH STOCK OF
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TURKEY STARTER FEED
LOWER PRICES
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Farmers Elevator
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Heppner
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M. D. CLARK
presents
COLUMBIA EMPIRE
PRODUCTS
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5Smv Always an advocate of the
full dinner pail for pros-
& perjty M. D. CLARK has
made a long-time policy of
promoting local products that could be
1 used to meet competition. When the
season is right, you will find at Clark s:
HEPPNER: Pride of Oregon Butter,
Heppner Bread
IONE: Biz's Home-Made Mustard
IRRIGON-BOARDMAN: Watermelons,
Muskmelons, etc.
MORROW COUNTY: Potatoes, Ham,
Bacon, Eggs, Honey, Fruits, Veget
ables THE DALLES: Salmon, Peas, Tomatoes,
Gallon Fruits, Merrimac and Celilo
Salmon
HOOD RIVER: Apples, Beans, Vinegar
CORBETT: Evans' Golden Sugar Corn
TILLAMOOK: Oysters, Cheese
ASTORIA: Salmon
WARRENTON: Clams
MILTON: Green Groceries, Rome and
Delicious Apples
PENDLETON: Blankets
FREEWATER: Sweet Peas and Veget
ables TROUTDALE-HERMISTON: Berries
I PORTLAND: Canned Fruits and Veget
ables, Soap Products, Jellies and
Jams, Bread and Cakes, Pickles,
Golden West Coffee, Empire and
Wadham's Drip