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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPJJER GAZETTE,
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
; Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1913
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday. July 13, 1939
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Official Paper for Morrow County
A New Start
WAGARIES of Nature are many
and varied for the man on the
soil. It happens once in the life
time of many people, though others
may have the experience several
times, that an act of God entirely
wipes out all fruits of the year's la
bor and brings the stricken operator
face to face with the necessity of
making a new start.
As in the case of some operators
who reached this point following
Monday afternoon's cyclone in Mor
row county, the new start is faced
with little resource to fall back up
on. With such prospect, it is heart
ening that those in the stricken
area have their chins up, and the
look on their faces which says, "we
can take it."
There has been no cry for relief
from the stricken area, though in
vestigation has started to determine
possible government loan sources
which may be available to meet
emergency needs. That the need is
not present should not be conclud
ed. Right now there is opportunity
for that expression of practical Chris
tianity that was taken as a matter
of course among pioneer settlers.
The most immediate need ,as seen
from a visit there Tuesday morning,
is for stock feed. So complete was
the storm's devastation on several
farms that only a few days' feed
was left in a radius of several miles.
It may even be that some of those
hardest hit will be in need of fam
ily provender. In any case, a sym
pathetic interest on the part of peo
ple generally will assist those strick
en in bridging a chasm that other
wise would appear dark and ominous.
Many first generation farmers of
the county have in the past seen
promising fields of grain swept by
fire or hail before it could be har
vested, leaving them little or noth
ing to compensate for the year's la
bor and expense. Some of these had
the experience repeated in Monday's
storm while others witnessed it for
the first time. An unusual feature
of Monday's storm, however, was
that in the area heaviest hit, fields
were swept clean, leaving not so
much as chicken or hog feed. Most
.-storms in the past have left some
. salvage of this kind.
Harvesting in some fields had
: started the morning the storm hit.
In one instance, the combine was
rolling out the grain after having
turned out 30 sacks in the morning,
onlv to stot on approach of the
heaw black cloud, and 15 minutes
later the operators looked out to
see the remainder of the field swept
as clean as that already covered by
the combine.
Such was the suddenness and in
tensity of the shock that covered
the stricken area. It was a severe
jolt not only to those immediately
hit, but to the county as a whole,
for the section visited has long been
a substantial part of the county's
breadbasket.
No delay should be permitted in
rendering succor where distress is
present and in launching those, who
might otherwise have difficulty, up
on a new start eased of hardship as
far as possible.
A Park Suggestion
TTEPPNER is completing and pre-
paring to open a swimming pool
where those who enjoy a plunge
may indulge in that pleasure. It is
to be hoped that many people will
avail themselves of the facilities for
this type of recreation and doubtless
a large number of adults will join
the youth of the community in mak
ing the new tank a popular place.
While the tank will afford relief
from the heat for those who can en
joy that form of recreation, there
are many who are unable to swim
who might enjoy the privilege of
lounging on the grass in the shade,
where the family or a group of
friends could spread a picnic lunch
and escape the heat. In other words,
if the city had a small park this
could be done.
There is a strip near the center
of town, land that once harbored
some of the most pretentious resi
dences but for the past third of a
century has been unoocupied as a
residential district, which offers a
possible solution to the park ques
tion. If the city were to take that
strip of land over and convert it into
a park it would erase all danger of
a recurrence of the disaster which
thirty-six years ago laid waste that
area and claimed the lives of so
many people. A modest amount of
landscaping would put the park in
condition to serve the community as
a gathering place for picnics or a
resting place for individuals. The
project might be developed so far
as to include a bandstand and the
installation of tables and benches.
A park may be of inestimable
value to the town. At no great ex
pense Heppner could add one more
inducement for people to visit here,
to spend their holidays as guests of
the town. Such a facility provided by
the city will not work to the dis
advantage of the business interests.
A little investigation of this project
might reveal numerous definite ben
efits. Who will take the lead?
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