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A Heppner Gazette Times, March 23, 1944 ! THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-Established March 30, 1883. THE HE PPNER TTMES - Established November 18. 1897. Consolidated 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. Professional Directory Service Men Want Homey News In these busy wartime days it is easy for the home folks to neglect writing to the people in the service and yet it would cost not so- much in time and effort if approached in the right manner. At least that is the testimony of one Morrow county citizen who has carried on regular correspondence with at least one of his former neighbors the past year and a half or more. This man says he makes it a point to jot down everything he hears about the doings of the neighbors, the baseball scores, basketball and football results in tfact, anything that his soldier friend might be interested in. That this policy of letter writing is meeting with suc cess is evidenced in the following paragraph con" tained in a letter to Judge Bert Johnson from Sgt. Lester W. Ritchie from "somewhere in Australia." Dated March" 5, 1944 Sgt Ritchie writes: , "Hello Bert: . Your letter postmarked Feb. 8 arrived yesterday, day before, pardon please, and 1 was more than a little glad to get it. Was telling a friend that it was almost time for my friend the judge to write and I hit the. nail square on the head. He was remarking about the size of a letter he had received the day or so before and I told him the one I hoped and expected to get would lay his in the shade. It did and he readily said so. You are one of not too awfully many people who understand the value of a letter to a soldier not ony in its friendship nature but its informative worth also. Quite often people have the idea that common things take up valuable space in a letter and to mention them would be of little interest to the reader. This isn't the true view of the matter as POLITICAL . PEPPERPOr Edgar W. Smith, Portland indus- , , . j-. . trialist. financier and rancher has To date two capable men are avowed candidates annoimced candidacy for r- for the republican nomination for each position mocratic nomination for U. S. sen in the senate. Former governor Charles A. ator, a contender for the post held o , . j p;n by Rufus Holman. Smith is 55, born Sprague has expressed his desire to fill the unex- Pendleton where he gted pired term of Mr. McNary, while Wayne Morse is from u school then attended U out to capture the toga from Senator Rufus Hoi- of O for a time before graduating man. Guy Cordon, appointed by Governor Snell Cornell He has been chairman 3 rr .... of the Oregon milk control boara, to serve as senator until the fall election, has made 5!- of Democratic state cen no definite announcement but is. believed to be tral committee, is a member of the seriously considering tossing his tile in the ring, state board of higher education, was , ... . , . , , in World War 1 and has two sons Senator Holman is taking hjs time, which doesn t overseas m ed forces . . . mean that he is contemplating dropping out of the when Wendell L. Willkie was in race. So far one democrat, Edgar W. Smith, has Portland for the Lincoln day ban- will make a fight to unseat e would file as aFde6legate-at-large from Oregon and would support J. 0. Peterson Latest Jewelry and Gift Good Watches . Clocks Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner. Oregon Blaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. indicated that he Holman. At the present writing this newspaper has no Willkie. Since filing for the seat left f nrpfprpnrp tn pvnrpss relative to anv of these vacant Dy me aea 01 ndMl preference to express relative to any or . tnese A McNary he stated he candidates. Each has his strong points which, as wouid not seek the committee far as limited space permits will be given an op- ship. . . . Walter M Pierce, of Salem, portunity to present his case to our readers. Elect- Swenior .of d r 1 r . . ex-congressman, is in the Good oa- ing men to high office is a more serious matter maritan hospital in Portland where than most of us have recognized in recent, years his condition is improving . . . Dan and the people should be given every encourage- Harmon with a iwo-bushel sack of . ... 7. , , oats in the back of an old buggy ment to know the qualifications and political stan- (and a ta te wowing dards of those seeking to represent us. The direct the countryside in his campaign for primary is the trial race. This year more than ev- Congress in the first district, tells . . ... . ' . ,1 , , 'em there are two many lawyers m er it is essential that we choose carefully, for dur- congress , s. 'Senator Guy ing the balance of the war and the early years of cordon will retain the Washington office staff of the late Senator Mc O. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR, & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 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. v Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral , Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. peace it will require the best brains of the coun try to keep the ship of state on an even keel, to say nothing of keeping it off the rocks. : o Nary mcluding Mrs. Helen Kiefer, secretary to McNary, who served on his staff for 26 years . , . Alex G. Barry, former U. S. senatonwill file for the Republican national commit teeship for Oregon opposing the in cumbent Ralph H. Cake. . . State Senator Lew Wallace, defeated for ago, and Elton A Shocking Disaster Thousands of people within a radius of 200 miles of the Umatilla Ordnance depot probably governor two year vou know and this is one of several reasons why experienced for the first time in their lives the Watkins, former congressman from J . .. . ...... .... . us . ut. Portland,' are expected to tie for your letters are luu percent wim me. onuuiu a. sue euews ui an cxpiubiuu uui nau ncvci uuu.t nominatioon for four-year eoat of Bill Thomas's have kids or the wind should been witnessed in this western area. It was a type lerm snator on the Democratic decide to blow from north to south, put it in the letter." Perhaps many more of us could bring cheer to a lonely heart thousands of miles from home if we would put our minds to it. The boys would like to know if the buttercups are in bloom, if this March has been stormy, if the litle lambs are gamboling over the feedlot (and it might be added they would be interested to know if anybody's lamb crop this year made 120 percent not counting the twin lambs) these and many other things that go to make up the daily life at home are the things they want to hear about. Sgt. Ritchie has sounded the keynote. It would be a nice thing if more of us would turn to person al reporting to the folks in the service. : 0 Heppner City Council Meets First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis cussion, please bring before the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor Campaign Nearing Oregon's political pot is beginning to simmer and soon will be nearing the boiling ppt. Candi dates for various offices are filing, with the pros pect that there will be some lively contests where major offices are concerned. This is particularly true in the matter of United States senator where, due to the death of Senator McNary, both posi tions are open to candidates. of disaster such as we might associate with back in ticket. . . With so many voters in Pennsylvania or some other region where muni- 'iti tions are manufactured, but to have it occur with- candidates for oike this year, in hearing distance is something with which we however, the filings for the May are totally unacquainted. election wiU run over 450 or ap- 1 n proximately 50 mo:e than at the Accidents of this nature serve to remind us that primaries twj. years ago. we are at war and that at such times anything can ARMY DAY AFK1L 6 happen. There, has been the feeling that the mu- Governor Earl Snell has issued a nitions and other materiel stored at the depot are proclamation designing April 6 as . n , , . army day, which will be observed for the purpose of blowing our enemies into eter- Ae .y. He urges nity. Now we know something of the power of the that the flag be flcm that day at stuff kept in those concrete "igloos." We know homes and places of business, and ,a, it will kiM friend and foe aiike, thtt .hose J h"es whose job it is to handle this dangerous material are offering their lives to their country as much PRODUCTS HANDICAPS AIDED as those who, enter military service. Infection is the greatest disease The Red Cross campaign is drawing to a close nace eson workers aocord , . , , . ing to the first report filed under and already we are wondering what the next fund new 0031 disease law. campaign will be and when it will start. In the Over one-half of the claims filed meantime it will not be a bad idea to keep right weie on account of infection, with ... ... t j cytitis, inflammation or skin, in see- on backing the attack with war bonds. md pJace &e 297 claima filed O during the first six months the law Spring must be here. The Gazette Times is be- hasJ!nJ" operation "J were men ing urged to break a hard and fast rule against ZJ?' ? . b , , .. , , n ... ? wage of claimants was over $b a printing poetry. Well, who knows? We always . Tm Aaimants I. - J " w rnougnt me people wouia never go ror a rnira xmijer 2i years of age and ten per- f Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, Willow Street Heppix.r. Oregon A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Offlne In Masonic Building HEPPNER, ORE. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeop 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 17? Hotel Heppner Bunding Heppner, Oregon Morrow County Abstroct & Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS Or VTTU title msvaatca , Office tn New Peters Building term but they did. The Red Cross is at His Side ins . . Idling 3 The Morrow coun ty campaign is nearly over Have YOU Contributed YOUR share? cent were over 60. Payments for tme loses amounted to $6,780 and $3,234 was paid for medical aid. The administration of the new law by the Industrial Accident comrrus sior. has .been effected without ad ditional cost to the industrial firms of Oregon. MYTHS AND MOTHS Is the picture of the old grub staked miner a mirage? Is this symbol of enduring faith just a myth? It would seem so according to the recent report of tihe state unemployment commision which says mining firms and incorporated individuals in mining either change ownership or go out of business on the average of once every two years. In the past eight years 54 per cent of the mining businesses sub Continued on Page Fire Dr. L. D. TibMos osTRarAijao Fhyaloiam fjsitaeea FIRST NATIONAL BANK BIDO Res. rwt im OfOse PhM M HHPPNKR. ORBGON Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. E. NIK AN DEB 862 Pfcone-2f2 P. W. Mahoney ATTORNEY AT LAW OENEBAL mSVBAHCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow St Entrance
