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-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
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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
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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
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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
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Heppner, Ore.
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Heppner City Council
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HEPPNRR. ORE.
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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
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P. W. Mahoney
ATIORNEY AT LAW
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