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4 Heppner Gazette Times, May 4, 1944 If Ifrppun (fedft intra THE HEPPNER GAZETTE Established March 30, 1883. THE HEPPNER TIMES Established November 18. 1897. Consolidated February 15. 1912. PuUished every Thursday and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as 2nd -class matter. O. G. CRAWFORD.Publisher and Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.50; Six Months $1.25. elections, have no newspapers, autos, telephones or radios. So it's still a mystery what makes them wild, says Hazel Hoe. Drafting Not Necessary Since the Democratic party has only one elig ible candidate for the presidency, or at least that appears to be the case in view of the lack of men tion of available material aside from Mr. Roose velt, it is up to the Republican party to choose wisely in naming a man to wrest the executive chair from the new deal in the forthcoming elec tion. It is in the primary election where voters must use their judgment. After that it is largely a matter of party preference. In the present campaign there is a tendency to drift towards a "draft" candidate. The Cincinnati Enquirer sees danger of degenerating into a cne man party if this policy is accepted and presents its views in a fair and open discussion 'Of the pol itical situation within the Republican party. The editorial is reprinted with the hope that Republi cans will give the contest serious thoought. Head ed "Another One-Man Party?" the Enquirer says: "Speaking before the Indianapolis Press club, Ohio's Governor John W. Bricker declared: 'I am convinced that the Republican convention will be a deliberative one and that it will select as Repub lican .nominee the man that it determines repre sents the thinking of the Republicans of the entire country and the man who can defeat in November the New Deal philosophy of government. The wel fare of our nation and the continuance of free government are at stake. I shall continue with re newed vigor my campaign to obtain the Republi can nomination for the Presidency and the oppor tunity to lead our party to victory in November.' "We welcome that statement as will, we be lieve, all who are familiar with Governor Back er's various solid qualifications for the Presiden cy. And in addition to them, we believe most of the thinking'Republicans of the nation, whether or not they know John W. Bricker, will welcome the con tinuation of a real contest for the Republican presidential nomination rather than see the honor and the responsibility go by virtual default to Gov ernor Thomas E. Dewey. "We do not want to see the Republican party gravitate into another 'one-man party.' This has been the bane and the greatest weakness of the Democratic party during the last decade. "Thomas E. Dewey is not an indispensable man ; no man is indispensable. And it will do the Repub lican party no good whatever to assume, this far ahead of the national convention, that 'there's no cody but Dewey.' "We do not mean to say that Governor Dewey is not qualified for the nomination and the Presi dency. But certainly he is not the only Republican who is and any tendency toward a 'band-wagon' . ush toward Dewey would be tantamount to saying that he is an indispensable man and would be at least the beginning of the conversion of the Re publican party into a Dewey party along the same line that the Democratic party degenerated into a ; oosevelt party. v "Governor Bricker is quite as well fitted as Governor Dewey for the Presidency; in some re spects he would be a better choice. And there are others in the party who likewise deserve the full est consideration not merely for their sake, but for the sake of the party. "We hope the Republican party will not permit itself to be stampeded again, as it was stampeded four years ago with such unsalutary results, but will make the best use of all the available talent." o ' Takes the Offensive Senator Rufus Holman has returned to Oregon for a brief campaign prior to the primary election and has made it clear that he no longer is a defen sive candidate. He is answering some of the state ments made about him by his opponent for the. nomination and has placed him on the defensive. Those in the know around the national cap ital are wondering how Mr. Morse rates himself as a republican when prior to his sudden notion to return to private life he had been rated as a new dealer. The talk around Washington is that the new deal inspired the professor to rush back to Oregon to lay a fight on Holman. His campaign has been typical of the new deal method announce your self and indulge in generalities aimed to divert attention from the real motive and leave the im pression that he is a genuine republican. The pro fessor has a good flow of English and uses it to good advantage in talking around the subject. He has that advantage of Senator Holman, who, un trained in law, has to speak straight from the shoulder so that people cannot be mistaken in what he has to say. The senator's language occas ionally offends at first but as the gist of his re marks soaks in there is no confusion in the minds of his hearers. He comes to the point because he is ai man of direct action. Contrary to the claims of Mr. Morse that Sen ator Holman has no standing in the senate, his fellow republican members think well of him. It is doubtful, too, if more than a handful of republi cans in the state have been embarrassed by the senator's actions. His voting at times has been un popular because he was not in accord with the ad ministration's new deal policies, and he has been called an isolationist because he has stood for America first, yet when it is all summed up he has been acting in the best interests of his country and trying to retain at least something resembliing our form of government as established under the con stitution. The senator has taken the offensive and the people of Oregon will learn of some of the things that have been and are going on in high places and some of these things will not be pleasant news to many of the voters. 0 The wild natives of Africa pay no taxes, hold no J Professional Directory o. eferson Give a Helping Hand Lend Your Dollars The more you advertise a good pro duct the more you'll sell and that's the way we feel about War Bonds. We urge you to buy them. We ask you to urge your friends to buy. That way everybody buys, and we'll have Victory that much sooner. OVERLAPPING There is p governmental unit in Oregon for every 413 perefnq pnd for every 36 square miles of terri tory. In the settled parts of the state there are from two to six overlap ping units. Of the 2640 unitr, r5 ernment in the state 2476 are active in the extent of electing offcers and taxes are levied and collected by 2314. They include, according to the findings of the University of Ore gon bureau of municipal research just issued, the state, the count'es. city and towns, school districts, road districts, port districts, irriga tion drainage, water and rural fire protection districts and port dis tricts along with many others. FORESTRY BILL SAVED To save the cooperative forest fire fund legislation, introduced by the late Seator Charles L. McNary, from de'..y that would mean defeat, Ore gon's Senator Guy Cordon called up the bdJl which had passed the senate but was in the house with threaten ing rmendments being added. As the bill now stands the original fund of $9,000,000 a year has been arranged a sliding scale, program of $6,300,00 the first year and an increase of $1,000,000 a year for four years, when it will exceed the figures in the original bill. BALLOT TITLE CHANGED The ballot title of the Oregon State Teachers association's pro posed constitution amendment has been changed by representatives of the association conferring with op ponents of the measure from "Amendment providing for addi tional fund in support of public schools." to "Constitutional amend ment increasing state ax fund for public school support." LIBRARIANS' CONVENTION Ninety or more librarians of Ore gon will meet at the state library or the state capitol Saturday, May 6 for an annual session of the Oregon state library association called by the president, Miss Mirpha Blair, assistant state librarian. County .li brarians will attend a "work shop" arranged for their benefit by Miss Eleanor Stephens, state librarian, on Friday preceding the conven tion. OREGON WAR MOTHER SOUGHT Governor Earl Snell wants to find the Oregon war mother who has given the greatest number of sons and daughters to the war service. When the mother to whom this honor belongs is found her name will be submitted by the governor as Oregon's candidate for designa tion as "American War Mother of 1944" to be chosen by the national organization of American War Mo thers for special recognition on Mother's day, Sunday, May 14. The chore of gathering the data on the subject has been assigned to the governor's private secretary, Douglas Mullarky. Information on the subject should be sent to Mul larky that it will be in his hands by May 6. NAVY V-12 SHIFT Dr. Herbert G. Smith, president of Willamette University has been called to New York by Admiral Ja cobs, chief of navy personnel, to at tend a conference on the navy V-12 program. The chief purpose of the meeting, which opens May 12, is to rearrange the curriculum for all V-12 schools. With one exception Senator Guy Cordon has been assigned a place on all the coniunitttees held by his predecessor Senator McNary. In ad dition to the committees on irriga tion, libraries, reclamation and In dian affairs Senator, Cordon has been recommended for the follow ing special committees: conservation of wild life, silver, postwar and re adjustment, where McNary also served. Continued on Faff Fir Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods Watches Clocks . Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Heppner. Oregon Blaine E. Isom All KinAs f INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. O. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Al! knds of caipenter work Country work especially Phone 14S3 t - NEW AUTO rOT.ICY Bod. Inj. Pr. Dam. Class A 125 5.05 Class B 6.N 5.25 Class C 7.75 5JZ5 F. W. TURNER & CO Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore. Heppner City Council Meets First Moaday Back Kmmth Citizens having matters for cuatiau, please bring Were the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayer Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Building, WUlow B treat Heppntr Oregon r A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nurse Assistant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON ilfu-f in Masonic Building HEPPNER. ORB. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeor 227 North Main St. Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. Exam free Ph. 522 Heppner, Or. i. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW , Phone 178 Hotel Heppner Building Heppner. Oregon Morrow County Abstract fir Title Co. INC. ABSTRACTS OT TITXJi TITLE HJSTnti.il OS ' if fice in New Peters Building Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTJJOPATFIC PhTsieian A Surgeon BIHST NATIONAL BANK BIO. Hm. fr.one 1162 Office Phone 49? HKPPNMK OKKOON Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. li. MKANDER X2 rhmv.'ir 202 P. W. 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