4 Heppner Gazette Times, March 1, 1945
EDITORIAL . .
Giles French Gives
News and Views
Of the Legislature
til there is a concerted effort to raise funds. A
Jittle donation now and then (and don't always
mot-o if oJf1-it will cpruo oe a Inhrirnnt tn
fte wen-geared machine that is functioning o J-J iSSfaiX
make life worth living to those American sons u aU over Monday
constitutional 50 days were ended
Old Man Winter is riding in the lap of spring, and the members of the house and
who have suffered plenty in the cause of liberty, senate now continue on their own.
what with March coming in under a blanket of To their everlasting credit the
snow. There are no complaints, especially from 4n,ewbdp" 1 ,
the farmers, unless they have grain to haul and
can't get to the surfaced roads for a few days. In
A Bigger Job Ahead
When one reads that 1,000 or more wounded
men are being returned to the States every day
for hospitalization it brings the realization that
much will have to be done to increase facilities
for taking care of thrs great influx. It is easier to
understand why the government established per
manent hosptials at military and naval training
sites when it is fully recognized that the camps
themselves would pass into disuse as the demand
for recruits diminished. These hospitals, many of
i.U M P nnm fit a mi 111 nrnro tin Air wnrfh QQ
1I1UI11 VI Clival 111U UD 31&l, will piwru inuii "viiu Wail I IU lllV cuiiwvvw ivm,mj 1 w. , t ,
the war progresses, and for many years after peace the meantime, the moisture is aiding the start ot - TZZ" If and
the writer thinks it may be longer
than that. The major work of the
more about tnai
than do the members.
The session will last another two
comes, for it will take years to rehabilitate the
tens of thounsands who will return from the field
of battle broken in body or ill from tropical
diseases.
We of this area have an example nearby of
what is going on all over the country. The McCaw
anather good crop.
Have you made your Red Cross donation ? Don't session is ended in that the prob-
hesitate to do so. The Red Cross is doing tne iems are well in the way to settle
greatest job of its history in the present war. It ment and changes in the overall
will remiire $200,000,000 to carry on the work plan will be, minor unless there is
General hospital at Walla Walla has been over- tnis vear. In the common parlance,-"that ain't hay" some sort of upset. But it takes
crowded for months, inis wees comes me mi- and if VOu have given one dollar in the past, mase Lime lu 1 "lL uu c . . " ,7
nouncement that eleven new barracks are being
built to take care of the increase due to the world
wide operations of our army. The work so nobly
carried on by the Blue Mountain Camp and Hos
pital Council must be increased to carry the addi
tional burden that these new patients coming in
ever increasing numbers may not be neglected
but will be encouraged to get well and return to
civilian life with a desire to fill their niche in
it five this year. Your boy or your neighbor's boy one ot the slowest sess.os m .
can ten yothat the money won't be misspent. !TC slew
of them, but that isn't the worst of
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN "& SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. W. H. Rockwell
NATUROPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
227 North Main St.
Office hours: 1 p. m. to 7:30 p. m.
Exam. Free. Ph. 522, Heppner. Ore-
DR. L. D. TIBBLES
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res.- Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
society.
Let us keep this work in mind and not wait un
' Arp vnn readv for the caper drive Saturday? If it. There are not enough attorneys
not get your bundles ready. The Boy Scouts will to hire for the difficult job of writ
be 'around to pick it up. Rememer, every pound ing bills and checking them for
of paper you turn in will do its duty towards help- imperections.
ing win the' war. Don't burn anything that can Not more than a half dozer, are
be packaged. You may be denying your own boy to be trusted with a hard bill and
uc yayrv6 j 'uano material even they make mistakes. They are
munitions because of lack of packaging material. y deky
1 " ' the end of the session.
Peterson, accompanied by Mrs. C. NEW GRANDSON , time for action between the
C. Dunham. Mrs. Peterson's songs , Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case have re- poWers that spend money and the
were representative of the era when ceived the announcement of the powers that are charged with re-
, , tt birth of a son James Martin, to sponsibility of raising it and seeing
the chapter was young. Mrs. Harvey birth ot a , administered has come
Ruth chapter No. 32, Order of Coats was introduced and gave an Mrg Robert Evan9' 0f Portland, with the probable result that the
the Eastern Star, was organized informative talk on Guatemala, and Mrs Evans will be remembered as schools will get an additional $3000-
early in February 1895. Grand Pa- sisters, Marjorie and Winnifred Case. The baby was bom 000 as a property tax offset, a part
tron John Vert of Pendleton was Caro dosed with a Feb. 24. Mr. Case says he was of which will be distributed on an
the organizer and started the cnap- . nameH James because his mother average daily attendance basis and
History of Ruth
Chapter Recited at
Anniversary Party
ter off with a membership of 34. sonS-
and father like the name and Mar-
Of that original membership only Guests from Umatilla county were qt grandfather,
two are alive toaay rars. jonn v. Mr. and Mrs. J-Joya Mcurae or rie-
Patterson, "Aunt Beck" to all who Mr McCrae is Past Grand INFANT DIES
a part of which on the same basis
as is the elementary school fund.
This will about equalize between
large and small schools. There is a
knew her for so many years and , , - . - n f Mr good chance for a new million bucks
Mrs. Maggie Emerson Reed of Port- " " " , I a- a $Z for schools as an appropriation that
land. Mrs. Patterson resides at the grand representative , of the Prov- and Mrs James Monahan died Sun- wU1 have some consolidation feature
Masonic home in Forest Grove. of Manitoba. Both visitors gave day at the home of the gtandpar- &
m1 , . . ,. , . talks during the regular session or ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monanan, .
These and other interesting facts , , - ar. oi.00 Wprp difficult jo.b.
were given Mr, F. S. P.ker, . f. , ? "STL. Sy hi A five ,.!. dollar W .0 be
secretary, to the large crowd as- . , . . ... . , - nuaruA raised tor two years lor a Dunamg
, . ' , . 1 11 tt, 'j represented but gas restrictions the Phelps Funeral Home cnapei, -L-rtt, ,,cir. onri
sembled at the Masonic hall Friday . , , , ffin.iat. Program for higher education and
evening to commemorate the 50th ters district frQm attending ing Surviving besides the parents
cUUUVtl&diy UL tile uigaiiJi,nLiuji jl a
are two brothers.
state institutions is being talked and
it may go through or be curtailed
Ruth chapter. Most of the data was WEEK-ENDED HERE m a million, but it will be enough.
taken from a history written by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gorger came TW.vpirnn nui AHOMA It is likely that some of the meas-
Mrs. Patterson on the occasion of over from Walla Walla Friday to LtjAVfc OK -"iyiA ures now being battled around the
the 25th anniversary of the chapter. l00k after farming interests. While Mrs. Allen Daggett and son left comimttee rooms will go to the
Scanning the records, Mrs. Par- here they were guests of Mr. and Saturday for Oklahoma to join her people in a special election to be
ker noted that the chapter had en. Mrs. Blaine Isom. It was their priv- husand who is based in that state. held early in the summer. This
joyed periods of prosperity when ilege to attend both the 50th anni- Having completed his missions over means could be used to determine
candidates were plentiful and other versary meeting of Ruth chapter seas Lt. Daggett is now an mstruc- the people's will on the matter of
eras when initiatory work was the No 32, O. E. S., Friday evening and tor- new taxation (perhaps a tobacco
exception rather than the rule. At the Elks annual party Saturday eve- ' tax) on millage funds for the board
nrpnt it is enioine a Drosnerous ning. They reported that Mrs. Gor- HERE FOR ELK'S PARTY 0f higher education, on equalization
era and the membership to date is ger s mother, Mrs. .Laura . Dris
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bibby from of school taxes and other subjects Phone 723
177 with a waiting list of candi- kell, spent the past month in Gol- Grass Valley visited at the home of that need to be settled before the
dates. dendale, Wash, with another dau- Mr and Mrs. L.uke tfiboy tnis pasi legislature can De expected 10 pian
Other numbers on the program ghter and family, Mr. and Mrs. week-end and were present for the much further for the future of the
were two vocal solos by Mrs. Ture Clarence Schroeder. Elk's ball on Saturday night. state.
" : The labor bills are not getting
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Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
( Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
Attorney at Law
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much of any place and it is likely
that there will be little change. The
unemployment benefits may .be
raised and the payment period
lengthened, but that cannot be
stated as a certainty.
The forestry program is practi
cally finished. The retirement and
civil service bills are being passed
around like hot potatoes and have
a smaller chance to pass every day
now. The sponsors have held to
their original thought and argued
against committees until no one is
much interested in their bills but
themselves and that isn't enough.
There is an urge here to pass a
retirement law similar to the fed
eral government to permit the state
to accept the insurance just as does
any large company. It will probably
be possible in a few years as it has
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