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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1944)
Heppner Gazette Times, February 24, 19445 THE HEPPNER GAZETTE Established March, 30, 1883. November 1& 1897. Consolidated TIMES Established THE HE PPNER February 15. 1912. Published every Thursday and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as 2nd -class matter. 0. G. CRAWFORD,Publisher and Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.50; Six Months $1.25. L Professional Directory Planning or Preparing? Looking to the evfentual ending of hostilities and the return of millions of service men to civil ian life, most communities have for some time been outlining plans to not only welcome the re turn of our armed forces but to care for them until there is a return to normal conditions and they can once more go on their own. So far few places have accomplished little more than paper plans. Particularly is this true of the smaller cen ters where big projects are not practical and could be financed only through government contribu tion. Our own community would be classified in this category and for that reason those delegated to give the matter consideration are facing diffi culty in finding a good starting point. There is some consolation for the smaller com munities in the fact that the larger places are not getting along too well with their planning. This was brought to light at the recent press association conference in Eugene by Dr. Victor P. Morris, chairman of the state post-war planning commis sion. Dr. Morris inferred that the planning work was coming along in a big way but that so far little had been accomplished in the way of actual preparations. He expressed the belief that the "planning" should be changed to "preparations." If that were done then the boys returning home would have more to look forward to. In our own county and community there has been some looking ahead through the invest ment of public funds in war bonds. The county is preparing in this manner to repair and extend roads, hoping to have on hand a sufficient fund to attract considerable match money from the high way commission. The city would like to make several improvements, plans for which are being studied. The water system' is the first considera tion and this will not be held off pending peace. More street improvements are on the calendar for postwar activity, and the council would like to put in a sewer systetn but that is a big project, espe cially from a financial standpoint, and the city dads are not ready to risk sticking their necks out any further than to indulge in an occasional dis cussion of the subject. The county needs a modern hospital. The need will be far greater when the boys come home. If we are in a mood to do something really worth while, let us turn our attention to studying the possibilities of erecting and equipping a hospital that will provide accommodations for our own pop ulation with room to spare for some of the neigh boring districts that would not be in a position to maintain hospitals on their own. The state planning board is urging that prepar ations be made at an early date and that the sev eral communities of the state inform that body of the extent of their post-war plans. It is a condi tion that is not purely local insofar as the commis sion is concerned. What the state as a whole is preparing to do is of first importance. When data is all in it will be possible to determine what Oregon will have to offer her soldier citizens. It is strictly up to the individual communities to determine how much they will share in the im provements and developments coming out of the program at large. Shall we continue to plan or are we ready to make actual preparations? -o- Paper Saving All Important Saving paper is becoming almost second nature with newspaper people these days. It was upper most in the minds of Oregon publishers and prin ters attending the annual Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers' association conference in Eugene the past week-end and all were admonished to take the story of the paper shortage back to their respec tive communities. By Murray Wade AFTER BIG MONEY State Higwhay Engineer R. H. Baldbck is in Washington D. C. to appear before the joint senate and house committee on roads. He will work for the passage of the post war highways construction nro- Under the terms of the WPB ruling establishing quotas for the newspapers, the weeklies using less than twenty-five tons of newsprint per quarter are gram bill. In its present form the not affected. However, this does not mean that biU appropriates one billion dollars .u ii- i? i, a year ror tnree years lor road the weeklies are free to use paper after the man- costruction. OregoL share is set ner customary in pre-war times. They are expect- at $15,000,000 a year for three ed to economize on every turn where that econo- years. my will not actually handicap the operation of INDUSTRY PAYROLL ii. u tu j -i- c j .iL Payrolls in Oregon industries the.r business. The dailies are faced with every covJed by wokmens mm type of curtailment they can meet and continue to pensation act totaled $53,771,848 for give advertisers and readers a 50-50 break. January, according to a report just issued by the state industrial acci- So it is that encouragement of the waste paper dent commission. The total for campaign was voiced not only by newspaper January 1943 was $35,638,914, an people themselves but by representatives of the state salvage committee. J. O. Peterson IaUst Jewelry and Gift Good Watchai . Clocks . Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing; Heppner, Oregon Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. 0. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Fhone 1483 20 percent, of the state's in Multnomah It is probable that this section will hear some thing definitely pertaining to the local paper sal- increase of nearly About three-fourths payroll is centered county. WEDDING DATE SET Miss Marylee Fry. daughter of visable to not destroy the old newspapers, maga- Mr. and Mrs. Dan J. Fry, Salem, vage in the near future. In the meantime, it is ad- has set March 25 as the date of her marriage to William Earl Snell. zines, writing paper, paper sacks or other paper son of Govemor Earl and material, but bundle it up for delivery to the Mrs.' Snell. nearest salvage depot. The fact that an earlier FOREST FIRES FEWER campaign left rather a bad taste in the mouths of Mos,t.?f forest fir? lossues !fst r - year did not occur during the dry those actively engaged in collecting and shipping seaSon but at this time of the year, the paper must not deter us from doing all we During February and March of last can to divert a disastrous shortage. If there are no yfrr v'er, 22'100 acres of the tot?1 ., , , . . . ... of 3.5,889 for the year, were burned available outlets for the paper, something will overj states the arinual report of have to be devised. Hundreds ot thousands of tons State Forester N. S. Rogers. Light - of paper are needed to carry on wartime shipping nnS caused 41 percent of the fires ., . . n .... ... or 361 out of 887. Monetary loss IU OUy liUUllll Ul LUG ilVU 1U1 WlVUiH UOV, ovun NEW AUTO POLICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.25 5.05 Class B 6.00 5.25 Class C 7.75 5.25 F. W. TURNER & CO. Pheips Funeral Home t Licensed Funeral Directors 9 Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. able factories cannot meet the demand. It is es sential to save used materials for reprocessing. is estimated to be $117,572. During the past four years losses have de creased more than fifty percent. GUEST ENGINEERS Under the provisions of a good Power of the press as an agency for reaching wil1 program formulated by the , . . . , i , American Roajjbuildersf association the people is recognized by the military leaders. Q . . wutlUUI1 . ' 3 a group of highway engineers from This was demonstrated at the Eugene conference South American countries will be when the officer in charge of "Air WAC" recru- entertained during the present year iting in Oregon was given a place on Saturday's b? the departments of the states of the union. Two of these program. Some 60,000 women are wanted to en- engineers have been allotted to Ore list in the corps to replace men for overseas duty, gon where the roadbuilding prob- Early recruitment of these women soldiers will ms va7. &eatiy from e coast of , , . , , , , the Pacific to the eastern borders have a strong bearing upon the possible shorten- 0f e state .ing of the war. Already thousands of women have INCOME TAX COMING IN joined the several branches of the armed forces Oregonians are early of late in , . . , . , . paying their state income taxes, and are giving good account of themselves. Most This year they are 2Q percent aW of them have released service men at home while of last year in filings as of Feb. 21. others are doing men's jobs behind the lines in Tax Commissioner Earl Fisher ,, , ,j , , . - , j i estimates the total 1943 income tax the battle areas-and what a job they are doing! now paidj wfll It is an opportunity for young women to not only six and one-half and seven million give valuable service to their country but to learn dollars. Last year the total was trades that may prove invaluable to them when over fWOOO. This year state in-' J r come taxes are figured the same they return to a life of peace. way as they were last year, then 25 percent of the amount is for- Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council. J. O. TURNER, Mayor Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Ptters Building, Willow Street Heppntr. Oregon A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Asglrtant PHYSICIAN &. SURGEON Office tn Masonic Building HEPPNER. ORE. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physicir-n & Surgeor 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. -O- given. Motorists have been given ample warning that HIGH RATE PENALTIES the gasoline situation is serious. It is more than All the 77 insurance corrlpanies J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon that it is critical! Curtailment of civilian use operating in Oregon have set up a risk rjool whose renresentativps will of the vital motor fuel in favor of the armed write liability insurance for the forces is the immediate cause, but much needless poor risk auto driver at a consid driving has contributed in part to the growing f abJy higher rate than is charged A little more wisdom in the use of of snortage. a ntue more wisuom in ine use or while motorists gasoline when it was more plentiful doubtless surety for insurance, this rort Morrow County Abstract b Title Go. INC. APSTBACTS OV T3JTI.E TITLE INSUBAIJCE Office in New Peters Building protection involves the real estate of those whose names are attached to the bond and in case of suit a lien may be placed against the property. RECENT RULINGS County courts are not required to would have softened the regulations governing civilian distribution at present. There is promise that the situation will grow much more critical for civilians before a turn in the war will warrant improvement. The best thing tc do is to quit plan ning big trips that can't be taken by train or bus consider ward lines in establishing (" and learn to walk when not burdened with heavy election precincts within cities. , , ,. Counties may use emergency parcels or other impedimenta. to control Mormon O whenever they become a menace. The state cannot levy inheritance If all the Jap admirals and generals who are tax on money left to Good Samar- .. , ... , , in hospital for the care of mem- ituicu uuuiig me war were miu enu 10 enu- Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Phyriman St Surgeon FIRST NATIONAL BANK B1JXJ. Rec. Phone 1162 Office Phone 492 HEPPNER OFtBGON M. Directors of Funerals L, CASE G. E. N1KANDER 862 Phones 262 they'd probably all be dead. O Japanese losses: Nineteen vessels sunk, 201 planes downed, one Tru(c)k badly damaged. bers of the Masonic lodge. CAPITAL SHORTS Attracted by the lure of high wages in war industries 208,600 workers from other states are on the payrolls of Oregon. About 25 percent of this number are con Continued on Page Five P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW GENERAL X&STTRANC1! Heppner Hotel Building Willow St. Entrance 1
