Thursday, Feb. 1, 1940
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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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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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Official Paper for Morrow Connty
Death and Taxes
rEATH and taxes, we have always
been led to believe, are inevit
able. There is an element of truth
about this statement that has always
been accepted, with certainly about
death and with some reservations
about taxes. The old adage has
sometimes been cited with the ob
servation that we cannot check
death, but we can reduce taxes.
In recent years there has been a
reversal of form, and figures seem
to prove that the opposite is hap
pening. In 1900 our national ratio-
the-ratio of taxes to national income
was eight per cent. Now it is more
than 23 per cent. Meanwhile, , our
death rate has gone down from 17.6
persons per 1,000 population in 1900
to 11.2 persons today.
The burden of taxation is nearly
three times as .high as it was a gen
eration ago. The death rate is one
third less. In other words, we have
accomplished the impossible while
failing to do the possible.
Hcppncr Students
Active at Pacific
Heppner students enrolled at Pa
cific university, Forest Grove, are
listed among the activity leaders
in the school, according to Edwin
Ingles, director of admissions. In
gles, himself a former teacher in
Morrow county, has written the Ga
zette Times about these students
and their activities.
Elwayne Lieuallen is enrolled as
a senior. He is majoring in physical
education and plans to teach and
coach in some Oregon high school
next year. As a member of the var
sity football team two years, pres
ident of his fraternity last year, stu
dent manager in his sophomore
year, he has won the respect and
admiration of his fellow students.
Leonard Gilman, junior, is well
known throughout the state for his
football ability. He was injured the
latter part of the season this year
but was not eliminated from mem
bership on the Northwest confer
ence team. He has won his third
consecutive letter in football.
JVIaxine McCurdy, sophomore,
Tates well as a student and carries
several student activities.
Robert Campbell, Lexington, is
.enrolled as a freshman, as is Wil
liam Irwin of Ukiah, who formerly
Jive at Heppner.
Bank Offers Patrons
New Type of Service
Money orders are now available
at the Heppner Branch of The First
National Bank of Portland, accord
ing to B. C. Pinckney, manager.
"This is a new bank service," Mr.
Pinckney said. "It has been intro
duced for convenience of persons
who wish to mail money, pay bills
and make instalment or mail order
navments at a nominal cost. This
new service, offered by all of our
branches over the state, is open to
all persons whether or not they
use any other service of the bank."
EXAMINATIONS SLATED
Butter makers and cheese makers'
examinations, required by law, will
be given by the state department of
agriculture March 11 at the Oregon
State college campus dairy building
in Corvallis, announces A. W. Metz
per. chief of the dairy division. En
rollment may be made any time with
the state department of agriculture
in Salem.
Chemical Mixture
Kills Weeds and
Adds Fertilizer
What appears to be a practical
large-scale method of eradicating
annual weeds from fall-sown grain
and grass seed crops, as well as for
eliminating weeds from lawns, is
being developed at the Oregon ex
periment station through research
carried on by L. E. Harris, assistant
agronomist. Successful results have
been obtained on limited areas and
will be tried out on a larger scale
this season, says Harris.
Tests made here two years ago
revealed that a commercial chemi
cal called sinox was effective in er
adicating annual weeds, including
volunteer vetch or peas, from grain
crops. Last year investigators got
even better results by combining a
smaller amount of sinox with the
common nitrogen fertilizer, amon
ium sulphate. The material is ap
plied as a water solution contain
ing V2 of 1 per cent of sinox, and
20 per cent amonium sulphate.
Although this costs about $3.75 per
acre to apply, increases in yields
of ryegrass seed last season averag
ed $20 per acre, and in some cases
as high as $28, from such applica
tions. Increases come both from
killing the weeds and from the fer
tilizer value of amonium sulphate.
The material may be applied with
any power spray outfit with a
"boom" attachment to spray the li
quid from several nozzles in front
or to the side of the vehicle. Success
ful applications have been made
from February 21 to as late as April
10, depending on the stage of
growth. The younger the weeds the
easier they are killed.
The same materials, but applied
stronger, make the best lawn weed
eradicator yet found by the col
lege. About 1-3 pound of sinox
paste and one pound of amonium
sulphate, each dissolved separately
in about IVz gallons of water, before
sinox is added to the latter, will cov
er 250 square feet of lawn. Grass
will turn brown but will quickly
recover.
Distribution of sinox in Oregon is
expected to be arranged this season,
says Harris.
Western States Top
Foreign Car List
Sixty-five percent of the tourists
visiting Oregon during the year 1939
came from Washington and Califor
nia, figures compiled by Earl Snell,
secretary of state, revealed today.
Of the total of 149,502 visiting cars
registered in the state during the
year 69,958 were from California
and 28,430 were from Washington.
Non-resident registration for the
year, topped that of 1938 by 10,529
cars, or an increase of 7.58 percent,
Snell's figures showed. The year's
total was the highest for any year
except 1937 when heavy migrations
from the mid-west dust bowl swell
ed Oregon's tourist figures to 155,
161 visiting cars.
Next to the two neighboring states
on the Pacific coast, the north cen
tral states sent the most cars to Or
egon, accounting for 13.61 percent
of the total. The mountain states
accounted for 10.49 percent, 2.55
percent came from the north Atlan
tic states, 2.53 percent from the
south central states and 1.03 percent
from the south Atlantic states. For
eign cars and those registered from
Alaska and the District ot Columbia,
amounted to 3.98 percent.
lone and Condon
Townies to Meet
A double-feature basketball event
is scheduled to be played at lone
Saturday evening with the lone and
Condon Townie teams providing the
competition. So far this season the
lone squad has won six games and
lost four. Condon has registered a
perfect score up to date and lone
is preparing to mar that record.
lone boasts of several basketball
celebrities in its line-up, including
Gib Haller, three-year Pacific uni
versity varsity; Ed Howell, ex-Pacific;
Lt. Finley of the CCC who
played two years with the Terrible
Swedes, and Walter Bristow, Riley
Munkers and Earl Pettyjohn, all
good ex-high school talent.
TEXAS CHILL STIRS
OF DAYS OF LONG AGO IN HEPPNER
News dispatches of the past two
weeks have told of the cold snap
which hit the south, severely dam
aging the citrus crops and bringing
no small amount of discomfort to
the people. From Dallas comes di
rect news of the "snap," but instead
of complaining about the weather,
the writer falls into a reminiscent
mood about boyhood days in Hepp
ner. The older generation will re
call with the author, Garfield Craw
ford, the instances mentioned and
the later generation will get an in
sight into Heppner life of that per
iod. All people mentioned in the
letter with two exceptions, are dead
but their places in community his
tory are fixed in the minds of a
younger generation. The letter fol
lows: "Coming into town on the bus a
while ago and knowing that the
thermometer was registering around
12 I recalled how, back in the good
year of 1896, I used to have to dig
out of bed at 6 a. m. and kick thru
the snow to the old Gazette office
and build fires so that when Otis
Patterson would come breezing in
he would have a comfortable edi
torial den. Also, there was a big
old box stove in the back office,
carrying a drum, which ate wood
like a saw mill. Then I would sweep
out, possibly fire up the little old
steam engine, and maybe wet the
news print down in preparation for
press day. In those days we printed
twice a week.
"I would look across Main street
to see Frank Natter out with a
wooden push shovel shoving the
snow from the sidewalk up to the
Brewery and making paths around
through the Natter yard. Mike Rob
erts would be heating up the old
Minor store and George Aiken would
be coming on shift at Swaggart &
McAtee. I recall often looking down
Main street toward the Willow
creek crossing below the old Mc
Farland home to see Jim McHaley
coming up the street from his home
on his dun colored saddler. Or.
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UP MEMORIES
perhaps Uncle "Lish" Sperry com
ing up on his mule from the old
Sperry home around the corner from
Congressman Ellis' home. Jim Jones
generally arrived around 7 o'clock
from his home above town and
business started in earnest at 7:30.
Tim Bisbee was nearly always the
first down to their store. I can see
him yet with the sprinkling can on
the sidewalk in front of the old store
on summer mornings. Joe Williams
was postmaster and Jake Wells his
assistant, and China Jim, next to
the old City hotel, had the most
popular eating place in town for the
run-of-the-mill folks.
"The Palace hotel, that magnifi
cent brick structure, filled up with
travelling men nearly every night
and poker games were as numerous
as sheep on Dutton's hill. Heppner
had a Salvation Army in those days
and the women and girls were as
smartly dressed as you would find
in the largest cities. Dr. Swinburne
and Dr. McSwords divided up the
sick folks and George Conser was
the most important financier in sev
eral counties. Freight teams chok
ed Main street and stage coaches
bounced in and out of town almost
hourly.
This is what a breath of cold air
will do for a fellow down here in
Texas where we have had zero and
around zero weather for ten days.
Yes, it is unusual, last winter we
had one slight skiff of snow. This
winter we have had two snows and
the fall of four inches has been on
the ground for several days."
CARLSON REPORTS WEATHER
Precipitation in the Gooseberry
Eight Mile section amounted to 2.18
inches for the month up to January
27, accoring to L. V. Carlson, offi
cial observer for the district. In
December the precipitation was 1.70
inches, making a total for the two
months of 3.88 inches. In December
the moisture came in rainfall, while
in January it has been mostly from
snow. The present precipitation is
above the average, Carlson states.
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Stage All Set for
Lexington Benefit
For an enjoyable evening of dan
cing Morrow county dance patrons
are being urged to attend the ben
efit dance at the Lexington grange
hall Saturday evening sponsored by
the Lexington high school Girls'
League and the Lexington Oddfel
lows. Proceeds of the dance are to
go to help pay hospital expenses for
Erma Scott, Lexington high school
girl who has had to spend the past
two months in The Dalles hospital
as the result of an attack of pneu
monia. Tickets are in the hands of the
members of the Girls' League or
may be procured at the stores in
Lexington. Old-time and modern
dance music will be furnished by
Bert Mitchell and orchestra.
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