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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, August 15, 1940
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
Established November 18, 1S97;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Nineteen Years
VEARS have slipped swiftly since
1 C. W. McNamer, L. V. Gentry and
Charles Latourell staged the first
Heppner Rodeo and Deb Bellen-
brock, a real graduate from the local
western school, emerged with the
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uwuK-mg cnampionsmp. inat was
back in 1921. But so soundly was the
foundation laid for a fall carnival
typical of the section that in no year
since has the show failed to go on.
The nineteenth Heppner Rodeo
starts tomorrow. It will reflect re
finements and moderations that have
taken place through the years, but
basically still exists the spirit that
made possible development of the
west. A bit carefree and lackadais
ical, perhaps, yet fearless withal
will be the perfomers and general
assemblage at the event. For it took
fearlessness, other than for the acts
of a just god, to impel a pioneer peo
ple to develop the western empire
as we know it today.
Varying opinions exist on the point
of Rodeo's standard of morality, of
how much may be worthy of sanc
tion, and what influences toward
evil. This point reflects two schools
of thought that were highly con
tradictory throughout the west's de
velopment, and in which develop
ment they were emphasized because
of lack of orderly government, by
battles with nature in the raw which
called for strong and virulent man
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ikjuu ctiiu womannooa to survive.
Individuals must still decide, ac
cording to their standards, how much
they may lend support to Rodeo as
it is today, and it is to be hoped that
in future years an active interest on
the part of all will evolve the type
ot depiction of days agone that will
reflect truly while claiming unan
imity of support.
To deny that western sports have
a place in modern day living would
be sad. Strong, fearless men such as
those who first tamed wild mustangs
found on the prairies were never
more sorely needed than today when
future of man's liberty appears more
uncertain than ever before. Never
has there been a time when the ex
ertion of individual sslf-reliance as
depicted by the western pioneer was
needed to overcome adversaries; tho
the adversaries now are changed in
form and not so clearly defined as
were the Indians, rampages of na
ture, the famines and hardships of
pioneer times.
Strange monsters, more insidious
because not clearly defined, lurk in
the pathway of men in the new west,
calling for still braver hearts and
stronger hands. Subversive ele
ments tending to allay individual
accomplishment are not all the pro
duct of foreign soil, but have grown
within our very midst, causing, in
many instances people to rely upon
someone else to meet problems
where effort of their own would the
better serve.
America grew to where it is today
through capability and versatility of
each individual in meeting his own
problems. And so long as human
nature exists, this will continue to
be the measuring stick of American
progress. So it is that we see in the
sun-tanned cowpoke atop the rearm
mustang one of the outstanding ex
amples of true Americanism, exem
plifying a spirit that needs to be
encouraged throughout the masses
to bring America to her senses and
to cause her to strive for that new
day when totalitarianism will exist
only within the realm of each indiv
idual's mind a mind trained by un
biased educative processes to deal
Redheads to Compete
in Unique Contest
Redheads will hold the spotlight
in a novel contest slated for the
79th Oregon state fair at Salem
September 2 to 8, with every titian
haired man, woman and child who
attends the fair on the day of the
contest eligible to compete for the
$15 cash offered as first prize! Sec
ond and third prizes will be $10
and $o, respectively.
The cash awards will go to the
entrants whose hair most nearly
matches the color of the champion
cock in the Rhode Island Red classes
at the state fair poultry show.
The contest will get under way at
2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember 4, and the same judges who
award the ribbons in the Rhode Is
land Reds in the poultry exhibits will
pick the redhead winners. Decision
of the judges will be final.
Contestants should report to the
office in the poultry pavilion on the
grounds before the contest deadline.
Advance registration is not neces
sary, but those who wish to do so
may send their names to the Oregon
state fair office, Salem.
Applications Come
Rapidly at OSC
Oregon State College Applica
tions for admission to the college
this fall are being received at a
greater rate than ever before, re
ports E. B. Lemon, registrar, indicat
ing a freshman class at least as large
as last fall when 1504 enrolled.
Freshman week is September 23 to
28, with registration of old students
Saturday, September 28.
An unusually large number of
women have applied for admission
this year, in fact more women have
been accepted to date than men,
though this ratio is not expected to
continue. About the usual number
of out-of-state applications have
been received of which more than
25 per cent have been rejected as not
meeting the standards for admission.
PRIZE LIST FOR 1940 RODEO PARADE
Grand Sweepstakes, $25.
Floats (organizations):. 1st, $25;
2nd, $15; 3rd, $10.
Floats (business): 1st, $25; 2nd,
$15; 3rd, $10.
Best costumed lady riding side
saddle: 1st, $5; 2nd, $2.50.
Best four-horse team: $10.
Best costumed cowgirl: $5.
Best costumed cowboy: $5.
Best costumed juvenile cowgirl
(under 12 years): 1st, $5; 2nd, $2.50.
Best costumed juvenile cowboy
(under 12 years): 1st, $5; 2nd, $2.50.
Best clown with animal and equip
ment: $5.
Oldest pioneer man, Morrow
county: $5.
Oldest pioneer woman, Morrow
county: $5.
Best representation of historical
character, juvenile under 15 years:
1st, $2; 2nd, $1.
Pets, most original: 1st, $5; 2nd,
$2.50.
Best covered wagon drawn by
goats: $10.
$5.
Best horse pack string: $10.
Best paraded saddle horse
Best paraded calf: $2.50.
Best paraded sire and herd (any
breed): $15.
Best float entered in parade by
juvenile (15 years or under): 1st,
$10; 2nd, $5. '
Largest immediate family of Mor
row county in parade: 1st, $10; 2nd,
$5; 3rd, $2.50.
Best comic float: 1st, $12.50; 2nd,
$5.
Best individual float: $2.50.
Best Grant county float: $10.
Best Gilliam county float: $10.
Best Umatilla county float: $10.
Best Wheeler county float: $10.
Best decorated bicycle: 1st, $3; 2nd,
$1.50.
Largest outside organization on
horseback: $15.
Largest outside musical organiza
tion: $15.
Note: This year only juveniles
under 15 years of age will be paid
$1.00. each provided they have an
exhibit in the parade.
retain, he will vote to,deport Bridges
and every other un-American agi
tator who cannot give proper proot
of United States citizenship.
BUILDING FRONTS PAINTED
Adding to Main street's bright
appearance for Rodeo was the paint
ing this week of the front of the
Elks and McAtee & Co. building
fronts. Stucco of the Elks building
was painted grey trimmed in white,
while the McAtee building received
a brick coat. Shorty Dufault and
Coy Thornburg did the work.
For Sale Hampshire budks, 3
yearlings and 9 lambs. W. H. Cleve
land. 23tf.
Among the causes of excessive di
lution are worn pistons and rings,
using a poor grade of gasoline, and
running with choke out.
Ellis Finds Rodeo
Too Hot for Politics
Visiting Heppner Monday in the
interest of his campaign for con
gress, Senator Rex Ellis of Pendle
ton found the city too deeply en
gaged in preparing for the forth
coming Rodeo to be bothered about
politics. Consequently he shortened
an expected day's stay into an hour
and a half and made few contacts.
He arrived in the evening and went
on to Hood River, taking time to
report that prospects of his election
were heartening.
Taking exception to recent action
of Rep. Walter M. Pierce in failing
to vote for deportation of Harry
Bridges, labor leader, Ellis promis
ed that if he is elected to the posi
tion which Pierce is also seeking to
capably with problems, as the bronc
rider is trained to stay his mount.
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"Bowling Alley" Strecker gets
tired of hearing the pins clatter. He
probably can understand why it took
a game of ten pins to rouse Rip Van
Winkle from his slumber.
If "Streck" can't some of the
neighbors can.
If all the 1940
in the
Lai
crop plus the supply
were used for food, it
would provide every
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and
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in
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with TWICE as much
and other wheat foods as each ate
in the entire year of 1939.
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