4 Heppner Gazette Times, July 6, 1944
EDITORIAL .
A Strong Ticket
In Dewey and Bricker the Republican party has
the strongest ticket offered to the voters of the
country in several elections. It is seldom that
two men of such outstanding executive ability
have been teamed to lead the party in the national
campaign and the G.O.P. is justified in launching '
the drive to recapture the reins of government
with full confidence that it offers leadership that
will meet the demands of both domestic and war
conditions. , ' : . ; . v '
It is too early to get a line on Republican strat
egy. That will come right after the Democratic
formality, of pjacing Mr.-.Roosevelt at the head pft
the Bourbon ticket (he having already 'placed Mr.
Wallace in nomination as his running mate), but
doubtless the fallacious slogan of,."don't change
horses in the middle of- the stream" will be worked
overtime' in the coming campa'ifni: "it creeps into
almost every political discussion between partisans -and
can be expected to be the main issue. It is a
handy gadget for continuing the program of. fear
that if the Roosevelt regime is not retained in
office the country and a large portion of the world
will go to pot. There are many people who. believe
we will lose the war if Roosevelt is removed as
commander-in-chief, not realizing that our trained
military leaders are actually planning the strategy
and puting it into action.
It will be up to the Republican high comrnand
to refute these fallacies and give the people of the
nation assurance that conduct .of the war will be
just as safe in the hands of Dewey and Bricker as
in the hands of Mr. Roosevelt. We have ceased to
be a democracy when we come to believe that one
man and one man alone holds the destiny of the
land in his hands.
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Besides It's Healthy Exercise
Anyone seeking a brief respite from steady
work, with only a day or so to spare from duty
'should consider offering assistance in the fruit
harvest in the Columbia district of Morrow county.
This does not mean that one must hire out as a
fruit picker, fpr such is not necessarily the case.
You can pick for yourself, .paying the orchardist
a nominal price for his product.
Just new the apricot harvest is on at Irrigon and
Boardnian. Orchardists over that way are having
difficulty ' in procuring hielp to. save their crops.
Without some volunteer assistance they will suf
fer heavy losses. And this is unnecessary, or would
be if people wishing the; fruit would take the time
. to drive over there and 'pick it.'v .It is not a long
drive and it d3es net take long to gather a good
supply of the luscious fruit.
By way of adding, interest, permit this news
paper to state that this year's, crop is superb
great big buttery balls "of liquid sunshine that just
melt in your mouth! You'll hate yourself if you
don't drive over there and pick a few hundred
pounds for you winter's supply of sauce, marma
lade, jam or what have you.
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Don't Get Sfrurag
From - time to time septic tank and cesspool
cleaners come to town and usually find plenty of
work, inasmuch as Heppner is dependent upon
this type of sewage disposal. This newspaper has
no information relative to charges made by these
operators and would have noth
ing to say about it now but for re
ceiving a bulletin from the Port
land Better Business Bureau, Inc.
warning that exorbitant prices are
being exacted for this type of
work. According to trie bulletin,
the average private dwelling
tank has a capactiy of 500 gal
lons, that approximates not. more
than two tons of fluid sludge.
Cost for claning should. not ex
ceed $35. Operators have been
known to charge as much as $85
for cleaning a tank of this size.
Facts obtained from the Ore
gon State Board of Health about
septic tanks include the report
that the overflow from the septic
tank is not pure and there is more
bacteria in it than in raw sewage.
It is not . necessary to add yeast
Dr similar materials to start bac
terial action, as that, action is
lutomatically caused by bacteria
in sewage. The kitchen and laun
iry wastes from the ordinary
iousehold will not harm the ac
ion of the septic tank and should
3e discharged into the tank along
with other sewage.
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The Merchant Marine
Was There, Too
The value of the role of the
American Merchant Marine in
the war has been dramatically
demonstrated by the armada of
4,000 merchant ships that was
assembled to transport the inva
sion army to Normandy. Millions
of men and tremendous quanti
ties of supplies were carried from
England in a shuttle service that
will continue as long as it is
necessary.
But it should not be forgotten
that a most essential part of the
Merchant Marine's task in the
invasion had to be completed
even before D Day could be set.
For months, the Merchant Ma
rine maintained a never-ending
supply line from this country to
the British Isles. Convoy after
convoy sailed from the United
States with soldiers and their
equipment. Admiral Royal E.
Ingersoll, commander of the At
lantic Fleet, stated that had this
vital line of supply been broken,
the invasion would have been
impossible.
While most eyes are on the
grim fighting in France, the
Merchant Marine is also serving
the other theatres of war and
bases essential to defenss. There
ars some 55 fighting fronts and
military bases scattered about the
rlobe from lonely Greenland in
the Arctic fastness to sun-seared
ports on the Persian Gulf. A'l
must be supplied regularly and a
transportation job of incredible
magnitude must be accomplished.
It is only because we finally
',iave a merchant !!cet cf suff
.'nt she that we are now able to
:.a?e simultaneously several fuU
scale campaigns in widely scat
tered areas such as Northern
France, Italy, India and tiie South
Pacific. These offensives, ell
carried on at the same time, help
io shorten trie war. As one ob
jective ir, r,xr.ci it irns h
,'iiore ships aie available tor the
vii;cri thai remain.
in cacn ?uce:3r've invasion
there has been an increased dis
play of Allied inu.riu.iic might.
i'oi ih Africa cr-.v fcCO rneiciunt
ships while some 2,000 tcok part
in the amphibious assault on
Sicily. Keeping in rn:nj thai
4,000 ships v.c.e used ir. vr.e car
:ent invasion, it is gratifying to
contemplate the size of the fleet
that will set sail when D-Day
aieo roi .iir. Tojo and Japan.
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GAZETTE TIMES
The Heppner Gazette, established
March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November 18,
1897. Consolidated Feb. 15, 1912.
Published every Thursday and en
tered at the Tost Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon, as second class
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