4 Heppner Gazette Times, April 1, 1943
Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HSPPNER GAZETTE
Established March 30. 1883
THE HEPPNER TIMES
Established November 18, 1897
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
Published Every Thursday bv
CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Heppner,
Oregon, as second-class matter.
O. G. CRAWFORD. Editor
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THE GAZETTE HAS
A BIRTHDAY
If our readers will turn to the first
page and glance at the date line they
will discover that with this issue the
Heppner Gazette is observng its 60th
anniversary. Reference is made to the
Gazette because it had been in circula
tion 13 years before the Heppner
Times was founded and yet another 14
years before consolidation of the two
papers was effected.
It would seem that such an occasion
would call for a celebration of some
kind and under normal conditions
doubtless there would have been a spec
ial edition. In truth, such a number
was contemplated a few months ago
but the manpower shortage entered
into the picture and the idea was aban
doned. The time necessary to assemble
data, pictures, advertising and other
factors entering into preparation of
such a number was all too brief, to say
nothing of the mechanical effort in
volved. Furthermore, wartime condi
tions are not conducive to special edi
tions and it is the desire of the Gazette
Times to contribute to the war effort
in every possible way. Be that as it
may, it is worthy of mention that the
Gazette, and later the Gazette Times,
has weathered the 60 years with never a
thought of laying down on the job of
recording history as it was made from
week to week and today, instead of be
ing 60 years old it might better be said
it is 60 years young, for it not only has,
a commendable record of achievement
behind it but a firm grip on the future.
Again referring to the front page,
we would call attention to a notable
fact concerning establishment of the
Gazette. There you will find a letter
from the man' who put together, or
"set up" the first issue of the paper. So
far as is known he is the only surviv
ing member of the first crew of the
Gazette. Scattered over a wide area
are a few former owners and em
ployees. Of the former there are but
two known to the writer, E. P. Michel
and Jasper Crawford. Of former em
ployees we have less knowledge. Two
or three of the older "prints" include
Jack Mills, Garfield Crawford and
Heppner Blackman. There were num
erous others, of course, and we could
list several journeymen who long since
have gone to that land from whence
there is no return. One of the budding
young "devils" was Bob Notson whose
activities in the old Gazette Times shop
fanned the journalstic flame which la
ter drew him into newspaper work with
the position of city editor on the Morn
ing Oregonian. The present editor
"learned the case" and other funda
mentals of newspaper work and print
ing in the Heppner plants, first at the
Times and then taking a regular situa
tion at the Gazette office. The two
shops flanked the Willis Stewart liv
ery barn, one on the north, the other
on the south. Shortly after Vawter
Crawford consolidated the two papers,
his son Arthur returned from the Uni
versity of Oregon where he studied
journalism. "Art" didn't take to print
ing like some of his younger brothers,
but had a flare for writing and took
two or three turns at editing before
setling in California permanently. With
few exceptions, the Gazette and later
the Gazette Times has been operated
within the Crawford family since 1910.
More recently, when Jasper Crawford
took over publication of the paper, ser
vices of June Smith in the news depart
ment and Don Woelfer as printer were
employed.
So far as memory serves us the Ga
zette has been published by compara
tively few people. The names of J. H.
Stine, founder and first editor, J. W.
Redington, Rev. Henry Rasmus, Otis
and Alva Patterson, Warnock and Mi
chel, Vawter and Spencer Crawford,
Jasper Crawford and for a brief per
iod, Mrs. Cora Crawford and Mrs.
Lera Crawford, comprise the list of
owners and publishers prior to the ac
quisition of-the Gazette Times by the
present publishers., The .Times, estab
lished in 1896 by E. M. Shutt, was pub
lished by him for about six years when
upon being elected to the office of sher
iff, he sold the paper to A. J. Hicks.
Shutt later bought the Times back and
after publishing for a year or so sold
to Vawter Crawford, the deal result
ing in consolidation of the two plants
under the name Gazette Times.
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Kindly Folks, Indeed!
Lumber Snatcher: "What is yore
boy doing these days? Camp Wet
more is his name, ain't it?"
Log Roller: (Shifting his snoose
to a speaking position in his lower
lip.) "Aw, he got himself married
a couple of years ago."
Lumber Snatcher: "He living
with you folks?"
Log Roller: "Naw, he went and
got himself a little eddication and
when he got married he said he
wasn't going to have his wife drink
ing out of the same dipper as the
rest of the family."
Lumber Snatcher: "These here
kids shore get funny ideas."
Log Roller: "Yep, dangdest thing
you ever saw. To get elbow room
he moved out about 11 miles from
our homestead. Yep! He settled
down out by Wineland Lake. Did
quite a bit of work too. Threw a
dam along the face of the lake,
then bailed out all them dang tule
stems and roots."
Lumber Snatcher: "Where these
kids get all their ambition I don't
know."
Log Roller: "Yep! Howsomever
that ain't all. He scratched; himself
ou a trail twelve miles to connect
with that tote road goin go Hepp
ner. Then Tl be danged if he didn't
put gravel on the whole stretch."
Lumber Snatcher: (Reaching for
his own " can of Copenhagen.)
"M!ust not have had much time to
make shakes and get logs out for
his cabin with all those monkey
shines." Log roller: "I don't know how he
done it but he not only made
shakes but also whipsawed the logs
into lumber for a house, he calls it.
And do you know what? He put
a white tub with spring water run
ning into it to take baths in. The
old wash tub should rise up on its
hind legs 'at being slighted like
that."
Lumber Snatcher: "You mean
one of those new fangled rigs like
you see in the catalogue?"
Log Roller: "Yep, and not satis
fied with that he put in sidewalks
all over the place so his ' missus
wouldn't have to walk in the mud,
Dangdest thing you ever saw!"
Lumber Snatcher: "Have any
neighbors up there?"
Log Roller: Nearest neighbor, ex
cept for us home folks, "is Mr. and
Mrs. Heppner and their kids."
Lumber Snatcher: "Nice people,
the Heppners."
Log Roller: "Shore is. They took
Camp Wetmore and his missus
right under their wing and made
them right welcome. The kids
shore appreciated it and like those
folks a lot No wonder though,
cause the Heppners loaned them
flour, bear grease, and even a
horse or two when they needed it."
Lumber Snatcher: ""Makes life
worth living having such fine
people around"
Log Roller: "Makes me a lot eas
ier in my mind, and takes an aw-'
ful siffht of worry off my wife's
mind knowing that Mr. and Mrs.
Heppner are keeping an eye on the
kids."
Lumber Snatcher: (Hearing a
call in the distance). "I guess thafs
Maw calling me to supper, and I'm
always ready to come and get it."
Log Roller: (Shutting his whittlin'
knife.) "Bout time I do my chores
too, see you tomorry!"
Pine Log, Kinzua Pine Mills.
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HE WAS HERE FIRST
Although the Heppner Gazette has
been in continuous operation for 60
years, it is not the oldest established
business in Heppner. Inquiry this week
revealed that the Noble Harness and
Saddle shop had been in operation three
years when J. H. Stine started the
newspaper.
The late George Noble put in the har
ness, and saddlery in the spring of 1880.
Six years later his son, E. G. Noble,
started to work learning the trade. On
April 1, 1894, he took over the business
and has conducted it ever since. In that
period the fame of Noble saddles has
spread over the west wherever cow
boys were interestd in comfort and
durability in riding gear. There has ne
ver been1" a1 period, even with inroads
of the automotive industry, when the
firm of E. G. Noble was without saddle
orders, and today, with a tendency to
revert to the employment of the horse
on farm and ranch, the same story
holds true cowmen and farmers want
Noble saddles if they can get them. So,
this 71-year-old artisan, one of the few
good saddle makers of the present day,
puts, in long hours plying his trade to
meet the demands placed upon him for
products in leather.
Another firm of long standing, al
though the original proprietors have
passed, is Gilliam & Bisbee. Ownership
remains in the same families, however,
and this firm has been in continuous
operation for 57 years. Throughout
this, long period, we believe it is safe
to say that relations between these
three oldest establishments have been
harmonious and each has made valu
able contributions to the upbuilding
and welfare of the community.
Blaine E. Isom
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J. O. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 17?
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
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Licensed Funeral Directors
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Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
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J. O. TURNER, Mayor
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OSTEOPATHIC
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HEPPNER, OREGON
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M. L. CASE G. E. NIK ANDES
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