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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, .Oregon
Thursday, February 27, 1941
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30, 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Ghost Towns
"THERE are 76 ghost towns in
western Washington and Oregon,
the result of cutting away timber
which supported the communities."
That is the report of John W. Kelly
in his Washington column this week,
quoting a report of Representative
Walter M. Pierce.
Ghost towns are a sad thing, for
they represent the failure of the land
to further support life once existing
there. The deserted buildings echo
with blasted hopes and promises of
people who had been forced to start
life anew elsewhere. The circum
stances which created them were
not in accord with philosophy of
democratic government that this
shall be a land of equal opportunity.
The statement in Mr. Kelly's col
umn is cause for alarm just now
in Morrow county, not because there
is immediate danger of forest de
nudement, but because timber re
sources that are her natural heri
tage may be diverted to those who
have no just claim to their benefits.
Large blocks of privately owned
timber are already sold to mills
operating outside the county, and
there is strong agitation that feder
ally owned timber be diverted to
these interests. It is vital that this
timber be sawed in Morrow county,
and under the selective logging plan
for sustained yield advocated by the
forest service to guarantee not on
ly that future generations will have
lumber, but that they shall also be
protected in a watershed, ranges and
wildlife which the forests area af
fords. A concerted move is being made
just now to bring recognition of this
just claim from qualified authorities
in the national capital. We in Mor
row county have a right to claim
some benefit from the national for
est area that has paid no local taxes
through the years. We must demand
that we be protected not only in the
forest's future maintenance, but that
such commercial benefits as are nat
urally derived be reflected here to
the greatest extent.
There are mills now operating in
the county that offer to pay the go
ing market price for timber on the
reserve area, asking an equal am
ount of federally owned timber for
what they themselves hold, and
agreeing to log their own as well as
the federal holdings under the sel
ective logging regulations of the fed
eral forest service. Such a proposal
is in accord with complete protec
tion of the public interest, and
should satisfy the regulating body
in Washington.
Science Session at
OSC Set March 8
Oregon State College High school
science teachers, physicians and the
general public interested in a pop
ular presentation of latest scientific
developments in the field of biology
have again been invited to attend
the third annual Biology Colloquium
sponsored by the Phi Kappa Phi
honor society here Saturday, March
8.
Principal visiting scientists at this
year's colloquium will be Dr. C. B.
van Niel of the Hopkins Marine
station at Pacific Grove, Calif., and
Dr. Henrik Dam of the University
of Copenhagen, Denmrak, discoverer
of vitamin K. Discussions will cov
er the subjects of plant growth, ab
normal growth, vitamins in metab
olism and prenatal growth. The eve
ning address by Dr. van Niel is on
"Biochemical Aspects of Synthesis
and Growth."
RSI
Washed and gullied parts
of a field ought to be leveled
and smoothed, and as far as
it can be accomplished,
covered with litter, straw,
weeds, corn stalks or
any other kind of
VEGETATIVE RUBBISH
TO BIND TOGETHER f
AND PREVENT fa
THE EARTH FROM
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Washington, D. C, Feb. 27. Dol
lar a year men flocking to Washing
ton are, in many '"stances, making
a good thing of their temporary fed
eral job. They are doing so well by
themselves and their friends that
OPM is quietly easing some of these
men out and a congressional inves
tigation is nibbling at them. A few
of the top $1 a year men, such as
Bill Knudson and Sydney Hillman
of OPM, pay no attention to hours
and work until late at night. Others,
however, make an appearance and
after a couple of hours consider that
they have performed their duty.
In the past ten days so many ru
mors ave circulated in the capital
about monkey business with award
ing contracts of various sorts that a
regular house committee is calling
witnesses and delving into the re
ports. In the senate a resolution for
a senate committee has been ap
proved, and it will probably go into
action shortly.
Among other matters, the special
committee is expected to investigate
why the war department had no
plans for cantonments, airports and
similar defense matters. The gener
al public, and at least the members
of congress, presumed that the war
department had a complete program
worked out in the event of an em
ergency (such as the present). No
such program exists. What appears
to be the answer is that the war
department . never contemplated
raising a great army, such as is now
in process of being formed and
trained. There were no plans for
expanding industries or building
munitions plants. The entire scheme
is far beyond their wildest imagin
ings. A few known cantonments were to
be used, but with the selective ser
vice many more were required.
Came a rush to locate them, and also
came a realization that the army
was not prepared. Cantonments
have been selected in places where
there was no available water and
after a start was made, in construc
tion the camp had to be abandoned
and a new site found. One camp has
been located on the edge of a swamp
and millions of dollars will be re
quired to drain the swamp and fight
malaria, when a good dry location
could have been found elsewhere.
A racket developed in the purchase
of cantonment sites and the govern
ment has paid a pretty penny to op
erators in the deal. Abstracts for
land have been exorbitant.
Rackets developed in cantonment
construction. It has been necessary
for an American citizen to join a
union before he could work for na
tional defense. To join a union ap
plicants paid from $50 to $300, de
pending on the locality. Protests
have come to members of congress
against this practice in various sec
tions of the country but nothing has
been done about it by unions, con
tractors or army officers. And con
gress has only talked.
Why the price of army shoes has
jumped; who tells the army where
the contracts should be given; what
part is being played by the dollar
a year men all these are subjects
which are to be investigated.
Unless the remainder of the na
tion looks out, the Columbia river
area will be the principal source of
pig aluminum in America. Contract
is being negotiated to expand the
Aluminum Company of America's
use of Bonneville power to 200,000
plus kilowatts. Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation is all set to fin
ance the Reynolds Metals Company
in that area and the federal power
commission has approved a special
Bonneville rate for the Reynolds
company. Millions of pounds of pig
aluminum will be manufactured . on
the Columbia in 1942, with thou
sands of employes. National defense
commission now admits there is a
serious shortage, although a few
months ago the statement was made
that there was an ample supply. The
increased airplane program is re
sponsible for the demand and OPM
is urging all manufacturers of alu
minum to speed up.
There are 76 ghost towns in west
ern Washington and Oregon, the re
sult of cutting away timber which
supported the communities. As
many more towns are threatened
with a similar fate, according to
Rep. Walter M. Pierce of Oregon,
unless something is done. Repre
sentative Pierce has offered this
session two bills in an attempt to
save the forests. One measure pro
vides $60,000,000 of federal funds
to purchase land containing 62 bil
lion feet of timber in Oregon and
Washington. Main object of the pro
posed legislation is to assure selec
tive logging on a sustained yield
basis, which would perpetuate the
forests and prevent causing more
ghost towns.
Government officials are now
fighting to keep prices down. There
is a tendency for prices to take a
balloon ride. So far as the govern
ment is concerned, prices can be
pegged by refusing to pay more than
a certain sum, and production can
be curbed by priorities. Insiders hint
that many articles will soon become
luxuries and point to the statement
of Mrs. Roosevelt that we may yet
learn to get along without things
now considered as necessary.
Use . G-T want ads to dispose of
your surplus stock.
14 4-H Members Win
U. P. Scholarships
Fourteen 4-H'club boys and girls
in as many Oregon counties served
by the Union Pacific railroad have
just been named as winners of the
annual Carl Raymond Gray mem
orial scholarships of $100 each to
attend Oregon State college. Each
winner is paid $50 at registration,
$25 the second term and $25 at the
start of the sophomore year.
Each selection was based on rec
ords indicating the winner to be the
most outstanding club boy or girl
in the county for the past year who
is prepared to enter college in 1941
or 1942. Three eligible counties have
not yet made recommendations, says
H. C. Seymour, state club leader.
The list of winners as announced
by Earl G. Reed, supervisor of ag
ricultural and industrial develop
ment for the Union Pacific system
at Omaha, follows:
Clatsop county Lorraine Filliger,
Star of the Sea high school, Astoria.
Alternate, Helen Lee, Astoria.
' Crook county Raymond Reif,
Redmond Union high school, Redmond,
Deschutes county Virginia Park,
Redmond Union high school, Red
mond. Alternate, Glenn Young, Bend
high school, Bend.
Gilliam county David Childs, Ar
lington high school, Arlington. Al
ternate, Lila Lee Larch, Condon high
school, Condon.
Grant county Allen Tanler, Mt.
Vernon high school, Mt. Vernon.
Hood River county Mary Helen
Alexander, Parkdale high school,
Parkdale.
, Malheur county Marjorie Groot,
Nyssa union high school, Nyssa. Al
ternate, Harold Kurtz, Nyssa un
ion high school, Nyssa.
Morrow county Peggy Tamblyn,
Heppner high school, Heppner. Al
ternate, Mildred Clary, Heppner
high school, Heppner.
Multnomah county Manerva Mc
Millan, Gresham union high school,
Gresham. Alternate, Lillian R. An
deregg, Gresham union high school.
Sherman county Claudine Thom
pson, Moro high school, Moro.
Umatilla county Herbert Parent,
McLaughlin union high school, Free-
water. Alternate, Phillip Hoon, Um-
apine high school, Freewater.
Union county Rita Irene Harris,
CALL FOR WARRANTS
All outstanding warrants of School
District No. 1, Morrow County, Ore
gon, up to and including Warrant
No. 6486, will be paid on presenta
tion to the district clerk. Interest on
said warrants ceases Friday, Feb
ruary 28, 1941.
ROBERT V. JONES,
Clerk, School District No. 1,
. Heppner, Oregon.
NOTICE OF SALE OF ANIMAL
Notice is hereby given by virtue
of the laws of the State of Oregon
that I have taken up the hereinafter
described animal, and that I will on
Saturday, March 8, 1941, beginning
at 10:30 o'clock, A. M., at my place
in Heppner, Oregon, offer for sale
and sell said animal to the highest
bidder subject to redemption of the
owner thereof. Said animal is de
scribed as follows:
1 light bay horse, gelding, wt. 950
lbs, 2 white hind feet, left front foot
white, white strip on forehead.
S. M. MORGAN,
Heppner, Ore.
Cove high school, Cove. Alternate,
Howard Bingaman, Imbler high
school, Imbler.
Wallowa county Don Miller, En
terprise high school, Enterprise.
Wasco county Garland Mayhew,
The Dalles high school, The Dalles.
Wheeler county Virginia Norton,
Mitchell union high school, Mitch
ell. Alternate, Barara Guinn, Wheel
er county high school, Fossil.
V. R. RUNNION
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