4 Heppner Gazette Times, May 27, 1943
Heppner Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE
Established March 30, 1883
THE HEPPNER TIMES
Established November 18, 1897
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
Published Every Thursday by
CRAWFORD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Heppner,
Oregon, as second-class matter.
O. G. CRAWFORD. Editor
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Orchids to Ph ill!
Taking first in statewide contests of one kind
and another has become a habit with Morrow
county and on this occasion the Gazette Times
wishes to pass the "orchids" to Phillip Cohn,
Heppner high school senior, whose letter to Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard on boost
ing the food supply was adjudged the best out of
more than 10,000 submitted in the state and
brought to the writer a $100 war bond offered by
the state Elks association. Competition was keen
and the judges were put to the test to decide upon
the best letter. Phillip won because his letter
dealt with a project he had carried to a successful
conclusion, thereby aiding the food problem, and
for the intelligent manner in which he told his
story. He has demonstrated that the youth of the
land know the score and that when called upon
the young people are prepared to do their part.
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Not Heppner Plant We Hope!
Our Washington correspondent, Paul Dunham,
states that for the present at least there will be no
more industrial alcohol plants built. The govern
ment has all the industrial alcohol it needs and
distilleries will be permitted to return to the man
ufacture of whiskey for a period of 60 days, so
the article states.
Local officials of the Grain Products, Inc. have
received no information from Washington or else
where relative to curtailment of alcohol production
and they do not feel that this reported order af
fects plants under construction of non-critical
materials, such as the Heppner plant. Likewise,
the local plant is financed by wheat growers of
the district, whereas other proposed plants in the
area would be largely financed through govern
ment agencies and would involve critical material.
But since Grain Products Inc. has not been in
formed of the government's action, officials of the
company are withholding expression of opinion
or the making of statements, and in the meantime
work is going ahead in preparation for moving
the plant from Carver to Heppner.
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Pantelleria something to do with removing
Mussolini's pants before giving him a sound
spanking?
Those Terrible Farmers!
Politicians long have made agriculture a politi
cal football and of late years that football has been
kicked about in a ruthless manner. Not until the
following article was brought' to our attention did
we understand (if we do) just why agriculture, or
the people in that industrial group, the farmers,
have been and still are such a headache to the
big-wigs.
The article is taken from the "All of Us" page
of the Farm Journal for May and for the benefit
of our farmer friends who may not read the mag
azine, it is reprinted herewith.
"The Washington attitude toward farmers these
days is not new, nor unexpected to those familiar
with the operation of certain types of minds. Well
known now as a newspaper columnist who quite
consistently supports the New Deal is Jay Frank
lin. Under his full name, John Franklin Carter,
Jr., he served from 1934 to 1936 in the office of
the then Under-secretary of Agriculture, Rexford
G. Tugwell. Two years previously (1932) foe
published a book called "What We Are About to
Receive." A passage in that book will interest
farmers who are puzzled over some of their pre
sent treatment. I quote:
" 'The farmer has arrogated to himself all virtue
and all knowledge; he has voted against progress,
against civilization, against the city, against sci
ence, against art. He has made and unmade pres
idents in the image of Main Street, he has ex
hausted our soil as he will exhaust our treasury if
given half a chance. He is the great obstacle to
human progress, the great threat to political sta
bility. Sooner or later, we shall discover ... as
England discovred, as Soviet RuRssia discovered
. . . that the pagan, the landed proprietor, the ku
lak, is simply so much mud on the path of progress
and must be swept aside if society is to advance.
" 'These are harsh words but they are justified.
The American farmer as a political institution is
a danger to our civilization . . .
" 'Some day, some leader or some party will be
compelled to rouse the people against the farmer
and crush him as an obstacle to the national wel
fare, as he has been crushed in every nation and
ae which has experienced his predominance. The
fact that it is good politics now to help the farmer
is going to make it better politics in the future to
injure him. It is a shame that he cannot be chang
ed by less drastic methods, but he has taken to pol-'
itics, and the problem of Farm Relief will become,
Onot how shall we relieve the Farmer, but who will
relieve us of the Farmers?' "
Blake Leaves Bank to
Join Credit Concern
From the Sherman County Jour
nal it is learned that W. Ray Blake,
who has been manager of the Sher
man County Branch, First Nation
al bank, has resigned to begin
work with a credit company. He
will have headquarters in Tacoma,
he stated.
Blake's place will be taken by
.Merle Becket, lately manager of
the First National branch at Wal
lowa. Merle is a native Morrow
county boy and was employed with
the Heppner branch of the First
National prior to moving to Wal
lowa several years ago. W. H.
Close, who left Heppner last week
to assist at the Moro bank, will re
main there a few weeks longer be
fore moving to Portland.
Monday for John Albert Gilman,.
45, whose death occurred Friday
at the Lottie Kilkenny residence
on Hinton creek where he had
been employed. Martin Clark, pas
tor of the Heppner Church of Christ
officiated, and C. W. Barlow sang
the hymns. Surviving are his mo
ther, Mrs. Amos Ives of Portland,
who, with her husband, was pre
sent for the funeral; a half-brother,
Pete Oilman;, two altepl-brotherd,
Miles Gilman of Top and Walt
Gilman of Heppner; his father,
also of Top, and a sister, Mrs. Cora
Munkers, of lone.
JOHN ALBERT GILMAN
Funeral services were held from
the Phelps Funeral Home chapel
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank neighbors and
friends for their kindly assistance
and words of sympathy and for
the beautiful floral tributes.
Agnes Ives
Vemon Gilman
Cora Munkers
Walt Gilman
Miles Gilman
XmSS'56'! via
You Can Eat Your Points and Have
Them, Too!
Just drop in occasionally and have
one of our unexcelled Steak Dinners
and use the points saved to buy need
ed meats and fats for household use.
Elkhorn Restaurant:
Professional
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Latest Jewelry and Gilt Goods
Watches . Clocks - Diamonds
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Repairing
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More Attention to Detail
Many motorists are careless or just plain heed
less about regulations governing gas rationing
books, resulting in embarrassment to service sta
tion operators and additional work for rationing
offices. Numerous used up ration books are re
turned to the office unsigned, indicating that both
user and gas salesman have been derelict in duty.
All gas users are urged to read, the instructions in
their stamp books, read them thoroughly, and act
accordingly. There is no dodging rationing and
one might as well make a thorough job of it, thus
relieving some of the administrative burden as
well as increasing your good citizenship score.
Blaine E. lsom
All Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
A. D. McMurdo, M.D.
Trained Nurse Assistant
PHYSJCIAN & SURGEON
Office In Mionic Building
HEPPNER, ORE.
O. M. YEAGER
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kinds of carpenter work
Country work especially
rhone 1483
Dr. W. H. Rockwell
Naturopathic
Physician & Surgeon
Gilman Bldg.
Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:3d p. m.
Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or.
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F. W. TURNER & CO.
J. O. Turner
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 17?
.Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
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CLEANING
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SERVICE
HEPPNER CLEANERS
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
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ABSTRACTS OP TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in New Peters Building
Phelps Funeral Home
Incensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG.
Kec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492
HEPPNER. OREGON
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
J. O. TURNER, Mayor
Directors of
Funerals
M. L. CASE G. E. NTKANDER
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Jos. J. Nys
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. Mahoney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow St. Entrance
Use it up! Wear it out! Make it do!
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