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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
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Interesting Politics
JAMES ALOYSIUS FARLEY'S
current article in American mag-
azine gives some interesting his
tory. It tells the actual story of the
Democratic national convention that
first nominated Franklin D. Roose
velt for president, and one need but
read a little between the lines to
see motives that have actuated many
New Deal measures.
There is, for instance, the story of
how William Gibbs McAdoo swung
the California delegation over .to
Roosevelt and brought about the
New York governor's nomination at
a time, Farley admits, when Roose
velt's chances were getting desper
ate. Had not this forte been ac
complished early in the balloting,
Farley foresaw a swing away from
the candidate for whom he had car
ried his portfolio laboriously thru
out the country for two preceding
years.
Now Roosevelt is in California
ostensibly to view preparations' for
the big world fair next year, but
"native sons" are not hoodwinked.
They know the headsman's visit
actually is to boost the candidacy of
California's "alien senator," as they
term Mr. McAdoo.
Whatever Mr. Roosevelt's faults no
one can say of him that he has for
gotten those gentlemen who held
key positions in first gaining the
nomination for him. After reading
the first instalment of Mr. Farley's
article, the least informed person
may readily understand why Farley
put so much stress upon "Roosevelt
before Chicago" in handing out pa
tronage later.
If Mr. Farley in future articles is
as candid about new deal acts that
followed Mr. Roosevelt's entry into
the presidency it will make mighty
good reading for all Americans, and
it should write the death knell for
all leftist political movements in
this country. For while Mr. Roose
velt has been considerate of his
friends he has been equally retribu
tive toward his enemies and the 22
billion dollars added to the national
debt since he, took office has been
a mighty weapon in waging the
president's will.
For the effects one does not need
to look far off. No more ardent sup
porter of Roosevelt in the early days
was to be found anywhere than the
Pendleton East Oregonian. Lately,
eating bitter pie over new deal in
terference in the Oregon democratic
primary, the E. O. editor says ". . .The
defeat of the governor at the pri
mary and the nomination of. Hess
was no Roosevelt victory. It was a
disgrace.
"Mr. Michelson (the new deal
press agent) should tell the presi
dent to get rid of his left wing ad
visers. They are not smart. They
are screwy and some of them ap
pear more interested in Russianism
than in Roosevelt."
But maybe Mr. Farley will ex
plain everything away satisfactorily.
.
Those Flood Dams
WTT-T- Mr. Pierce give us word
of the present status of the
flood control dams on Willow and
Rhea creeks that were given ap
proval of the army engineers? We
wrote him some time before con
gress adjourned, and were ad
vised that they were included in
an omnibus bill then up for passage.
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Since then we ascertained from the
daily press that the bill was passed,
buf, saw no mention of our dams.
There were listed a number of pre
ferred projects with the statement
that other projects included in the
bill might get attention if funds were
available. We surmised that the Wil
low flood control project was includ
ed in the latter grouping, but have
had no word.
We are not alone in wanting to
know. Fred Hoskins, in the city Mon
day from Rhea creek, believes the
flood control dams are not only feas
ible but advisable to relieve the
threat of damage from cloudbursts.
Most everyone in Heppner is
pleased with the channel clearing
and straightening that has been done
on the creek through Heppner. But
there are those who believe damage
in the future may be greater because
of this work. In event of cloudburst,
they say, the water will have more
velocity into the city, and the con
crete bridges across the creek fail
to provide sufficient clearance for
the debris' always present in the
flood waters. They see this debris
jamming the bridges and shooting
the water out about town faster
than at any time before.
This view might be unduly alarm
ing but it should be considered be
fore the flood control project is en
tirely shelved.
We would like to have the infor
mation from Mr. Pierce, too, to .as
certain the advisability of going
ahead with necessary groundwork
locally. It has previously been ascer
tained that no dam construction can
take place until after a flood con
trol district has been organized; this
district to provide sites and take
care of maintenance of dams after
construction. Such organization will
require time and some expense, the
expenditure of which is hardly justi
fied if prospects of obtaining the
completed project are very dim.
A Long Needed Road
MORROW county has builded
many roads and builded them
well. But since the earliest days of
its road building it has slighted one
road that has always been recognized
as one of the most important mar
ket feeders in the county's history.
That road is the Sunflower Flat road
to Monument.
It has not altogether been Mor
row county's fault that the road
wasn't put in tiptop shape years ago
when many thousand dollars worth
of merchandise was freighted over
it each year. The story has been told
that the Morrow county court want
ed to improve the road many times,
but that Grant county would not co
operate. Grant county was controlled
largely by the more heavily popu
lated south end which cared little
about the north end having a good
road to Heppner, it was said.
But through the years, the fact is,
the road was slighted, and with im
provement of other roads out of the
Monument section, Heppner's old
time favorable trade balance with
the Monument people became but a
tale to reminisce in the fireside's
glow.
The sum total, or nearly so, of the
trade relationship between Heppner
and the Monument section today lies
in the cattle that are driven here for
shipment. By virtue of the good feed
and water through the mountains
over the road to Heppner, the stock
are brought out this way and placed
on the market in better condition
than they could reach it by any
other route. That is a favorable sit
uation for-Heppner.
Still Heppner is only fifty miles
from Monument by way of the Sun
flower Flat road, and it is the nat
ural outlet for the bulk of produce
from the Monument and Long Creek
sections. That produce would not all
come this way, it's true, but much of
it would, and many people of the
section express their desire to come
this way.
Now, these Monument people be
lieve sale of $5000 bonds voted by
Grant county for use on this road
can be brought about if Morrow
county will build its end. Roughly
estimating, eight miles of the road
lies in this county. At an estimated
cost of placing natural gravel on the
road of $200 a mile, it would cost
Morrow county $1600 to take care of
its part.
No such sum is available from this
year's road budget, but Morrow
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county should take the matter under
consideration in making up the bud
get next year. The sum is small com
pared to the benefits both to Morrow
county and the people of the Mon
ument section.
One Man's Experience
NE reason for the sad plight of
J Uncle Sam's livestock market
was related by a visitor to the city
this week, a man who makes a busi
ness of buying livestock. He told of
a shipment of Canadian cattle being
fed this spring at Pasco, Wash., on
a diet of Canadian screenings, Ha
waiian molasses, Argentina corn and
soy beans from China.
This same man said he didn't know
before that Indians were on relief,
but on passing through Toppenish
recently he discovered it. A line of
Indians were receiving provisions
from the relief office. One squaw
was squatted on the ground with
her box of groceries in the hot sun.
A trickle of butter was seen running
from the box.
In his journeys this man meets all
kinds of people. He told of meeting
trainmen, porters, bums and bellhops
all the way to Chicago, and said all
were fed up on the New Deal.
Probably everyone in his lifetime
has felt he would like to cast off all
shackles of propriety and do some
thing devilish, which may account
for some of the popularity Douglas
Corrigan gained for himself in his
unethical solo nonstop flight from
New York to Dublin. Anyway if the
Irish blooded Los Angeles youth
wanted his evasion of flying restric
tions to go unchastised, he picked
the right place to land. One can't
imagine good old Erin paddling a
miscreant offspring for such a dis
play of intestinal fortitude. . . . And
Los Angeles prepares to add another
chapter to Our Hero story.
So far as we're concerned, ye did
a grand job of it, ye did, Corrigan
me lad.
All we hope is that somebody a
bit hare-brained doesn't get the no
tion that hopping the Atlantic in an
old crate is a sure way to fame and
riches. The chances are the splinters
of his crate would be used for shark
toothpicks after the sea scavenger
had devoured a tasty morsel.
FORMER RESIDENT VISITS
Dwight Morgan lived in Heppner
a good many years ago when his
father, Tom Morgan, taught school
here, leaving with other members of
the family about 28 years ago. This
morning he appeared in the city on
a visit, driving a large new school
bus, one of three purchased at the
factory in Michigan which were be
ing taken to Roseburg where Mr.
Morgan runs a fleet to carry school
children into Roseburg and Med
ford. Mr. Morgan was traveling
alone and had been four days on
the road from the factory. The hot
test he found it was in the Burnt
river section of the Dakotas. He
went out to the Tom Beymer farm
this morning to visit the family of
his uncle, Mr. Beymer, a brother of
his mother who may be remembered
by old-time friends as Miss Lena
Beymer.
BOYS TO GO TO CAMP
The four Morrow county boys se
lected to attend American Legion's
Beaver Boy State camp will go to
Hill Military academy, Portland, it
was announced at the local post
meeting Monday evening. The camp
will last for one week beginning
July 30. All facilities of the acad
emy have been placed at disposal
of the legion for entertaining the
boys who will organize and conduct
their own government, patterned
after state governmental lines. Boys
to go from this county with their
sponsors are Henry Peterson, Jr.,
Heppner post American Legion;
Harry Tamblyn, Jr., Elks; Hugh
Crawford, Lions, and Raymond Tur
ner, Jr., lone post American Legion.
TRANSFERS SERVICE STATION
Eddie Kenny this week sold his
interest in the stock and lease at
the Monahan service station to Vic
tor Johnson, and left yesterday to
sew sacks in harvest. Johnson will
conduct the service station in con
nection with his Heppner-Pendle-ton-Arlington
stage run. Kenny ex
pected to return to Portland to con
tinue school work in the fall.
Oreeon
TED McMURDO THINKS FATHER'S ALMA
MATER HAS MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS
That Charles "Ted" McMurdo
thinks University of Virginia, his
father's alma mater, is a mighty fine
place is the impression left with the
Lions club after a talk at the Mon
day luncheon. Ted arrived home
Sunday from Charlottesville to visit
at the home of his parents, Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, before return
ing in the fall to complete his second
of two years' graduate work in
chemistry for his master's degree.
His attendance at Virginia resulted
from a fellowship given for scholast
ic excellence in his undergraduate
work at Oregon State college where
he was an honor student.
Both Ted and his brother Bernard,
student at Oregon State who is pre
paring to enter dentistry, gave short
talks before the Lions.
Ted described the Virginia univer
sity campus as the most beautiful he
ever saw. The buildings of Georgian
design are all located at varying
elevations and beautifully land
scaped. Originally non-coeducational, the
university now has a small propor
tion of women students as compared
to men, whose entrance is permitted
following two years of study at other
recognized colleges. The school's ad
ministration frowned upon admission
of women students which was
brought about through state sup
port. The two-year preparatory
work is not required of the men
students, Ted said.
"The young speaker was particu
larly impressed with effectiveness of
the honor system applied in schol
astic work. The system works dif
ferently than at other schools of his
knowledge, he said. Examinations
are not supervised by instructors,
but if one student is seen cheating a
council among the students them
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selves determines whether the of
fense is serious enough to be brought
to attendtion of the honor board, also
composed of students. All students
have high regard for the system and
cheating is hardly known, he said.
While the state of Virginia is not
so noticeably anti-negro in its so
cial tendencies, Ted said he was im
pressed with the Jim Crow law that
requires all negroes to travel in sep
arate cars from the white people.
There are no negro students at Vir
ginia though negroes hold janitorial
and other positions about the school.
Ted said he had much the feeling
of being in a foreign country. It be
ing the first time he had been so far
away from home, he had not before
realized it was possible for people in
different sections of the same coun
try to live so differently.
LOCAL BOY IS ORDERLY
Vancouver Barracks, July 19
John S. Crawford of Heppner was
today chosen to serve as orderly for
Lieutenant-Colonel Harry F. Travis,
regimental commander for the 382d
Infantry now in charge of training at
Camp Hurlburt where 593 C. M. T.
C. boys from Oregon and Washing
ton are now encamped. Crawford,
who is a member of Company E, was
selected for this signal honor, award
ed daily, because of neatness in ap
pearance and unusual proficiency at
guard mount.
WIGHTMAN BROS. GO EAST
John and Bob Wightman left the
first of the week for Detroit, Mich.,
where they expected to pick up a
new car for Marvin R. Wightman of
Arlington, then drive on to Penn
sylvania for a visit at the old home
before returning. They expected to
be gone three weeks.
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