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Heppner
Gazette Times
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Official Paper for Morrow Connty
Waterways and
Transportation
THE impression prevails in certain
tain quarters that the Inland Em
pire Waterways association is out to
scuttle the railroads and truck com
panies; that the association desires
to have the waterways improved to
the point where a large volume of
Inland Empire freight traffic may
be transported by barges and other
river craft.
It is true the association has been
working for years on a program of
river improvement, including some
waterway transportation. It is also
true that the association went right
down the line to help get sealocks
installed at Bonneville, thus mak
ing it possible for The Dalles to
realize an ambition to provide a
harbor for ocean-going vessels.
Those and other moves to make the
mighty Columbia a greater servant
of the people may be entered on
the books to the credit of the asso
ciation. But its leaders want it un
derstood that it has never been the
idea or desire of the group to ham
per either the railroads or the truck
concerns. The program of river de
velopment has a broader purpose
than that. They do believe, how
ever, that a certain amount of river
transportation will have a tendency
to hold 'freight rates at , a proper
level.
These facts might put the water
ways association in a bad light were
it not true that the railroads, at
least, are not showing signs of being
scuttled. If the development pro
gram is permitted to carry through
to completion there will be no rea
son for the truck companies to be
downhearted, either. What the as
sociation is working for is a wider
distribution of power, for the up
building of industry and agriculture,
creating employment and making
possible the building of thousands
of new homes in this great area of
eastern Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. It is not possible for such a
development to take place without
the railroads and motor transport
companies participating. If a con
siderable number of people wish to
take advantage of river transporta
tion that is their privilege. It does
not follow that the breaking away
of a few interests from the land
transportation agencies will create a
serious situation for those concerns.
It should serve, rather, to put them
on their toes to meet this new com
petition and in that event the trans
portation companies and people will
all benefit.
There is reason to believe the
Inland Empire Waterways associa
tion is honest and sincere in its ef
forts to secure river development,
and it is just as easy to believe that
it is not trying to hamper the land
transportation concerns.
Gas Tax Becomes
of Age
I7ITHIN the last 40 years, Oregon
' has created several laws that
have later been adopted by many.
if not all, of the states of the Union.
Notable among these is the gasoline
tax law, conceived in the legislature
of 1919 to maintain Oregon high
ways. That law will become of age,
as it were, on Feb. 25, for that ia
the day it will celebrate its 21st
birthday. By that date the tax will
have produced revenue totalling
$103,980,000 for the state of Oregon,
or 25.3 per cent of all taxes.
To construct badly needed high
Heppner
ways for the state, the 1919 legisla-
ture prepared a measure authoriz
ing a ten million dollar bond issue j
and taking automobiles from the
property tax list and putting them
on a license fee basis all the pro
ceeds of which would provide for
retirement of the bond issue in 25
years.
But highways do not last forever.
Accordingly, Loyal M. Graham of
Forest Grove, then a member of the
roads and highways committee, pre
pared a bill calling for a tax of one
cent per gallon of gasoline to create
a .fund for the maintenance and
betterment of the highways when
they were constructed. Once the
bill was drafted, C. C. Chapman of
Portland, Louis Bean of Eugene and
James Stewart of Fossil acted as
sponsors with Graham. W. B. Den
nis, Carlton, at that time was chair
man of the committee and had ear
lier proposed a tax of this sort. To
Mr. Graham, however, goes the
credit of drafting the bill and spon
soring a successful method of col
lection (directly from the whole
saler). Of this group Mr. Graham
and Mr. Chapman are still living.
The first year the tax produced a
little more than $341,000 for Oregon.
Estimated collections for the year
of 1939 were more than $13,000,000.
In 21 years the annual receipts in
Oregon have multiplied to 35 times
those of the first year. During this
period, gas consumption in Oregon
has increased by more than 269,
000,000 gallons per year.
The tax remained one cent per
gallon until 1921 when it was raised
to two cents per gallon and in the
following year it was raised to three
cents. The three cent rate was in
effect until 1929 when it became
four cents. Since 1934 the rate has
been five cents per gallon.
Educational Forum
Contributed articles from county
school leaders telling the pur
poses of education.
The School and Community
Leadership
School people are confronted with
a dilemma in tne matter or com
munity leadership. What should be
the role of the .school? Should its
policy be one of the acceptance of
existing community ideals and stan
dards, or, by a process of gradual
education, seek to raise or change
these standards to those which the
school feels will be more consistent
with a rich and full development of
the individual.
There is no doubt of the value and
necessity of cooperative effort be
tween the community and the school.
The present administrative set-up
will not allow the school to become
dictatorial in its methods. On the
other hand, standards set up by the
state department of education are
an effective curb on too much in
terference with the school program.
bv the local school board.
Some communities effectively kill
any initiative on the part of the
school in its efforts in community
enterprise by slashing at the teach
ing staff. One rather prominent
educator said that, "Some communi
ties demand teachers of the servant
class." The inescapable result of
this will be the production of stu
dents of the servant class.
Other communities seek by the es
tablishment of parent teacher or
ganizations and kindred bodies to
profit bv school talent and laciiities.
They likewise offer their leadership
and talent to the school. Some
schools, due to the encouragement
offered by such organizations, have
established recreation centers, eve
ning classes in art and home econ
omics, evening classes for farmers,
nnrl ntW similar enterprises. It is
bv such efforts that both commun
ity and school grow and develop. It
is neither possible nor advisable to
attempt the isolation of either school
or community nor set up one as
source' of leadership and the other
the source of followers, but each
contribute what it may for the good
of all. One might paraphrase one of
Lincoln's famous sayings and add:
United we grow,
Divided we stagnate.
For Sale Harlev-Davidson 81
motorcycle, 1937 model. Dee Cox,
Jr.. Lexinffton. 49tf.
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NEW HEHISCH STAFF
Editor Shirley Wilson
Asst. Editor ,...Clara Adams
Typists: Jeanette Blakely, Margaret
Doolittle
Personals .Edna Stephens
Art Howard Wray
Sports Bill Blake
Humor Frances Wilkinson
Reporters: Lois Jones, Peggy Tam
" blyn, Mary Lou Blake, Paul Doo
little, Dorotha Wilson, Lura Ste
phens, Donald Jones.
Distribution: Kingsley Chapin, Clatj
dine Drake
Pep Club Sponsors Color Week
All of that furious activity last
Saturday can be attributed to many
ambitious students decorating their
respective rooms for color week. The
trvm. the halls, and the rooms were
found on Monday decorated in pur
ple and gold.
The purposes of color week are
to help make the parents and com
munity more school conscious; to
make the students more receptive
to school work, because they will
enjoy each day at school, and to
stimulate a more, healthy school
spirit.
Color week will terminate this
Friday with the all-imoprtant Hepp-
ner-Arlineton game. The game is
the deciding clash in the "A" div
ision of the league. If Heppner
wins, they will play the winner ot
the "B" division next Tuesday or
Wednesday for the championship of
the leacrue. If Heppner loses to Ar
lington, the lead of the "A" division
will be a tie and a play-otf will have
to be held on a neutral floor to de
cide the team to play the winner
of the "B" division.
II Club Dance Successful
The H club sponsored a big free
dance Friday night after the bas
ketball game with Hermiston.
The music was not furnished by
the school sound system as usual.
Instead Mr. Gonty let the H club
use his radio. Records of many of
tho latest sons hits were played.
A large number of the Hermiston
students, who accompanied their
team, remained after the basketball
game and attended the dance.
The dance ended at approximately
11:45. Everyone that came had a
pleasant evening of dancing.
Juniors Beat Sophomores
In a came between the junior and
sophomore girls the former won with
a score of 13-5.
Mary Eleanor Florence was high
scorer with 7 points, and Kathryn
Thompson next with 6.
The line-up: Juniors: K. lhomp-
son f 6, P. Dooley f, M. Blake c, F.
Wilkinson c. J. Hays g, A. John
ston g, I. McFerrin, L. Bothwell,
M. Curran, R. Robinson, M. Flor
ence 7: Sophomores: W. Howell f 1,
H. Healy f 4, D. Green c, F. Egan
c, L. Healy g, P. Tamblyn g, U Bar
low, B. Vance, E. Hughes.
Up and Down the Halls
Bettv Adams broke her arm at
the elbow Thursday while tumbling
in gym.
Donna Orwick has returned to
school after a long absence.
Mary and Patty Daly spent the
week end with their parents at Pine
City.
Isabel McFerrin spent the week
end with her parents.
Several of the students journeyed
to lone for the basketball game
there last Thursday.
Modes of the Day
Plaids took the spotlight this week
with two attractive "Scottish" dress
es. Anna Marie Johnston looked very
nice in a blue and red plaid dress
with the blue predominating. With
it she wore a wine belt. The white
rollnr and cuffs made it have a
school-girlish look.
Lucille Barlow wore an attractive
plaid dress of yellow and orange-
Oregon
red, green and white plaid with
white predominating. It was set oft
with white collar and cuffs.
Kingsley Chapin cut a fancy sil
houette in a black velvet dress with
a white lace collar. -
Jack Merrill made his spring de
but wearing a royal blue corduroy
jacket.
Chorus
The girls and boys in chorus have
been studying various composers and
hearing some of their compositions
on the school's sound system.
The composer that will be studied
this week is Joseph Hayden.
Last week the chorus tried out
three new songs. They were "Deep
Purple," "Moonbeams," and "Alice
Blue Gown."
In between composers and singing,
the' chorus is learning the funda
mentals of music such as the major
and minor scales.
Freshmen Postpone Return Party
After some discussion by the class,
the freshmen decided to postpone
their return party for the sopho
mores until March, because there
is no open date that could be secur
ed unless it was a school night.
Facts About Our Students
Clifford Faye is the senior class
vice-president and is in the band
and H club.
He was born December 22, 1922,
in Portland, Oregon, and moved
from there to La Grande where he
went the first three grades at Wal
lowa, the 4th and 5th at Greenwood,
the 6th and 8th at Central at La
Grande. He spent the first holf of
his freshman year at La Grande
high school. The rest of his educa
tion has been obtained at Heppner.
Cliff's , hobby is building model
airplanes which will help him as
he intends to make aviation his
life's work. On completion of high
school, he plans to go to Los Angel
es to study aeronautics.
He has no girl friend but prefers
a brownette about 5 feet 6 inches
with a good figure, and intelligent,
good looking face, and who dresses
well.
Favorite sport football; song,
"Victory March"; picture, "Lost
UHorizon"; book, "To Have and to
Hold"; actor, Joe E. Brown; actress,
Joan Bennett; teacher, Mr. Buhman;
color, green; subject, commercial
law.
When asked his opinion of the an
nual, he said it should be printed.
BOARDMAN NEWS
Mother-Daughter
Party at Boardman
By MRS. CLAUD COATS
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hadley mo
tored to Granger, Wash., on Friday
to attend a sheepshearers meeting.
Robert McLouth and son, Bobby
of Hermiston visited at the G. Mc
Louth home on Tuesday.
Nels Kristensen and son, Bud,
were shopping in Walla Walla , on
Monday.
The annual mother and daughter
party was held Wednesday evening
the 14th. The evening consisted of
a program, refreshments and sing
ing. This party was sponsoreu uy
the local high school G. A. A.
A birthday dinner party was held
for Ed Barlow at his home on Sun
day, Feb. 11. Those present were
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller and
family, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rerffer and family.
A dance was held in the grange
hall on Saturday night. Music was
furnished by Kummerland s orches
tra from Lexineton.
A minstrel show is to be held in
the school auditorium on Friday,
Feb. 16. The admission is 25 cents
and 15 cents. It is sponsored by the
local Sunday school.
Reed's Roller Rinks
IONE
Fri., Sar., Sun. Feb. 16 17, 18
7:30 to 10 P.M.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON 2 to 4
Thursday, Feb. 15, 1940
County Has Eight
Students at E. 0. C. E.
Eight students fom Morrow coun
ty are enrolled at the Eastern Ore
gon College of Education for the
winter quarter.
They are LaVern Baker and Ted
Wilson of Boardman; Vernon Know
les, Kathryn Parker and Robert
Scrivner of Heppner; Fred Hoskina
of lone; Doug Whipple of Irrigon,
and Katherine Griffith of Morgan.
The number of students at the
college from various other counties
include: Baker 23, Umatilla 45, Wal
lowa 11, Malheur 18, Grant 4, Har
ney 1, Sherman 2, Wasco 1, Gilliam
1, Deschutes 2, Marion 1, Linn 1,
Douglas 1.
The total enrollment this quarter
is 314, with 157 boys and 157 girls.
This is an increase of nearly 20 per
cent over the winter term a year
ago.
VALENTINE
Lexington
Grange Hall
SATURDAY
Feb. 17
Wright's Modern
Orchestra
of PENDLETON
with LADY SINGER
Adm. 75c Supper Served
Announcement'!
Aero Industries Technical
Institute of Los Angeles
Announces A
Free Showing
of Their New Motion Picture
"More Planes"
Illustrating
Modern Aircraft Development
and Construction Methods
Engineering and ' Mechanics
Shop and Laboratory Depart
ments Shown in Action. See
how hundreds of young men
have been trained for aircraft
careers. Free showing and full
information for young men.
Parents also invited.
Pictures will be shown promptly
at 8:00 p. m., Friday, February 16.
Hotel Heppner
Heppner, Oregon
DANCE