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1 -Heppner Gazette Times, July 21 , 1944 EDITORIAL . . PROCLAMATION Housing Demand Increases This may be a poor time ro discuss the housing situation insofar as looking toward immediate re lief, yet one is constrained to ask why Heppner should be ignored, or denied a housing project when other towns contributing no more to the war effort are thus favored. The answer, obviously, is that this district happens to be not located in a critical zone. This does not alleviate the housing need here, neither does it smoothe the ruffled feelings of those who are engaged in turning out critical materials and who find themselves con stantly in fear of losing contracts due to inability of holding skilled labor for want of adequate housing facilities, Hisnoal and other WHEREAS, the unregulated use "Blw ' r of certain forest areas is. in my improvements under contemplation by the city judgment a menace to life and council property on account or uie iugn , , fire hazard caused by abnormal Let us not merely dream about these things but mk 0f inflammable debris on set about to formulate concrete plans and be ready the ground from logging operations ... , , and beetle-killed timber, and to do the job when the time comes. In the mean- WHEREAS upon e showing of time, we could do with a dozen or more new the State Forester, it appears to me houses or housing units. JEftJ "HE 0 nated as: AREA NO. 16-P JOHN Planners Urged to Get Busy EoSS 2PL A suggestion by President B. C. Pinckney of the Prairie road with the Spray-Hepp-Heppner Chamber of Commerce that the local SJfS j&idU planning campaign discussed at some length the rection along the Camas Prairie past winter be taken n rain in earnest is worthy ff to the county line between r Gilliam county and Morrow county of consideration and immediate action. The state -m sec. 5, T. 6 S., R. 25 E.; thence A movement initiated some months ago to obtain planning board has issued a call for all reports to Jtrfe s! De turned in at once ana max means 11 mis county R 24 E.; thence due south along is to participate in the state board's postwar prepa- section lines 3 miles to the south- rations we will, in the common parlance, have to seSion get on our pony and eo to town. lines approximately 9 miles to Professional Directory Jos. J. Nys ATTORNEY AT LAW MM BalMUf, Willow rn Hepprju. Orefon J. 0. Peterson LitMt Jewelry and Gift (to4 Witches . Clock - Diaauada Expert Wtoh and Jewelry Repairing Heppner. Oregon a small housing unit here was turned down by the housing authority on the grounds that it was not justified. In all probability those seeking approval for the project were too modest. A ten-unit hous ing project is too insignificant for authorities who are accustomed to thinking in terms of 300 bil lion. Perhaps if the local people raised their sights they might command more serious consideration. This is not idle chatter. Events of the past 10 years have proved that almost any type of public works had to rate a figure calculated to give em ployment to a substantial number of people in order to interest government authorities. The war has changed that situation due to labor and ma terial shortages, yet wherever it is felt housing is needed it is granted. And in many cases the rush to such centers is subsiding and before many months not a few of these wartime mushroom subdivisions will be unoccupied. Contrary to the common belief that withdrawals of men for the armed services and numerous oth ers for wartime industries would deplete towns like Heppner, most places are experiencing dif ficulty in meeting the demand for living quarters. That condition has reached an acute stage here. It is almost necessary for one to buy residence property if he expects to have a place to live. At the rate property has been changing hands of late the time is not far distant when renting houses will be entirely out of the market. There is nothing of the wartime boom in the growth here. There are fewer businesses operat ing now than prior to the war and likewise there is a scarcity of help in many of the places that ore operating. There has been a little increase in dustrially and to this will have to be credited the demand for housing. In all likelihood the present population will remain. "ich will be added re urning families and service people. If we are un able to improve the housing situation for the du ration, there certainly should be some . serious planning for imminent post-war needs. Such plan ning will of necessity include an addition to the .1 ir-1l T .1 No definite date has heen set for the closing of me nes roaa- ""T" m. southeasterly direction along the f the war, yet there is a teenng extant tnrougnout Cones Mill road to the Oxhead the land that the need for postwar jobs is not far to the junction of the Oxhead Ridge road, the Camp 5 distant and that all communities should be fore- TOad m(j e snowboard Lookout handed and be ready to offer jobs at fair prices to road; thence along the Snowboard , 4 . . Lookout road to the Skyline road; our . returning veterans. We may get a certain ad to share of population out of the readjustment fol- the Kinzua Main Logging road; lowing the close of the war-nearly all communi- SSoad ties will participate to a limited extent and if where the Kinzua Main Loggiing we lay our plans for postwar projects and make d crosses keEcreeeSeJow some financial arrangements for improvements stream of Lake creek to the point we will benefit to a much greater degree. where Lake creek crosses the Win- n e iL . x jotr . lock county road to the Alder One of the greatest needs of Heppner and sur- Creek TOadf m a northeast. rounding territory is a hospital. This has been dis- erly direction along the Alder Blaine E. Isom All Kimis of INSURANCE Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. 0. M. YEAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kinds of carpenter work Country work especially Phone 1483 r " NSW AUTO POLICY BweL Ixj. Pr. Dam. Class A 6.25 5J5 Class B 6.M &2S Class C WS 5.25 F. W. TURNER & CO. 1 cussed from time to time but like the weather, Creek road to the Umatilla Nation- Heap Best FLINTS Fuel. Wicks. Ronson Redskin Flints The distinctive Redskin coating is a guarantee of high quality, extra-length tempered hardness, freedom from powdering. Three in an envelope retail 10c RONSONAL FUEL Lights instantly, lasts longer and burns with a clean, steady flame ... Four fluid ounces in bottle retails 25c For all lighters vvvvv al Forest boundlarv between Sec. nothing is done about it. Here in Heppner there is 23 and Sec. 26, T. 7 S., R. 24 E.; a city park proposal lying dormant in the city thence in a westerly direction alon , j , J: . ,, the Umatilla National Forest boun- council desk. There is an opening to really do dary and continuing along the Um- somethin? ahout a Dark if the cirv would but take atilla National Forest boundary to iU . .t. ... , 'a i '1 j where the Umatilla National Forest v uie muiauvc. we can i uuim a wmuiiuimy u wc boundary crosses the Spray-Hepp- take the attitude that what was good enough for ner highway in Sec. 25. T. 6 S., R. my folks is good enough for me. Some of our loved ones would .turn over in their graves if they Highway to the junction of the thought we had reached the point where we could Camas Prairie road with the Spray- r Heppner highway, the point of be- progress no further. If we sit still very long we ginning, with the exception of the start going backwards. If we would go ahead we Camp 5 road from Kinzua to Camp ... ,. .... No. 5. Permits for entering the must keep planning and building. above area may be obtained at the Heppner has experienced many changes in the following places: Fire Warden's Of- j j ti. j- e t-tx fice, Kinzua; Kinzua Fine Mills past decade. There are conditions favorable to Company Qffic6i Kinzua; Lone making it a bigger place in years to come. It is Rock Post Office, Lone Rock; Mrs. surrounded by a heavy-producing area, a region 7 aT of diversified products that will continue on the 23 E. Chapin Creek Guard Station. course to market through here. The postwar era 8 miles south of Hardman; Wheeler " r . Countv Agents Office, Fossil. NOW may bring new developments that wdl put more THEREFORE, I, EARL SNELL, people on the land and in our mills and other Governor of the State of Oregon, by V, . . u j. :vi virtue of the authority vested in me industries. These are not certainties but possibil- mder provisions of Section 107. ities, and we can do a lot about bringing pos- 209, Oregon Compiled Laws Anno sibilities to realities if we will look forward and g. t SXp make preparations to meet new conditions. claim the , unregulated use of the above described areas to be unlaw ful and that said areas shall be sub. ject to entry only through permit to be issued by the State Forester or a fire warden, under which per knit entrant shall comply with any and all of the following require (a Tn VnrtW no fires excewt in places designated as safe in paid C permit (bi To have as part or nis or her eouipment, tools ruitable for pvinpiNVHn ft. (:) To refrain from smoking ewept 'n r'acs d ignated as safe in said permit. This (proclamation shl b" e'fective from and after the 17th day of July, 1944. and shpU nain in full force and effect until the 31st dav of liecember, 1944. Done at the Cat Hnl i" Slfv-r,. O'-"" 14th dv of Julv. -cTfL SNFLT,. Go"- prrnr. ATTF-Sr',: HarT S. Schenk, Chief D-"7utv Secretary of State. Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Heppner, Ore. 1332 1 Heppner City Council Metis First Monday Each Month Citizens having matters for dis- f cussion, please bring bofore the Council J. O. TURNER, Mayor A. D. McMurdo, M.D. Trained Nur AssUtant PHYSICIAN & SURGEON fl( H in Masonic Building HEPPNRR. ORE. Dr. W. H. Rockwell Naturopathic Physician & Surgeor 227 Naortk Main Si Office hours: 1 r. tt. to 7:30 p. bv ban free Ph, S22 Hepfner, Or. Make your dollars f ight BVY WAR BONDS! J. O. Turner ATTORNEY AT LAW Pbou 17! Hwl Heppner BuilAlBjt Heppner. Oregon Morrow County f Abstract & Title Co. INC. abstracts op rrru TITX.E mstr&Aircs Offi-j tn New Potem Bvnlfling Dr. L D. Tibbies Phynlcian A- Snrgaua FIRST NATIONAL BANK HLIX. it-. C,ne UH2 Office rimiiB 4S2 IIKl'VNKR. OREGON HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES The Heppner Gazette, established Mrch 30, 1883. The Herpner Tinos, established November 18. 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15, 1912. Published every Thursday and en tered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second class matter. t O. G. CRAWFORD ' Publisher and Editor , Directors of Funerals M. L. CASE G. K- NIKANDKK 1(52 Phones 2G2 P. W. Mahoney ATIORNEY AT LAW GENERAL UVSTJKAJSCE Hi-turner Hold Building Willow St. Bntranca 1