4 Heppner Gazette Times, August 23, 1945
EDITORIAL .. .
Proposed Addition Healthy Sign
Proposal of a new addition to the city of Hep-"
pner is a sign that the little. 'County seat metropolis
is outgrowing its clothes, namely its limits, and if
further population expansion is to be enjoyed
here something will have to be done about letting
out the seams.
That such a plan is contemplated was announ
ced by Mayor J. 0. Turner in a talk to the lunch
eon forum of Heppner Chamber of Commerce
when a map was displayed showing a proposed
ninjeLblock addition on the Morrow hill east of
town, part of which is within the city limits but
for the most part just outside the bounds. First
step in the project would be to extend the limits
o include that portion of the hill to be used as
well as taking in the former CCC camp, adding
more than forty people to the city's count, and
one or two other outlying neighborhoods to count
thirty or more people as official residents of
Heppner.
There are numerous- expansions included in
these proposals which point to a healthy growtth
and if started without too much delay would add
materially to postwar expenditures which in turn
would provide jobs for returning veterans as well
as civilians engaged in the building trades.
Putting the addition through to completion
would mean erection of twenty-five or thirty
homes. Preparation for the addition involves ad
ditional water service, laying of streets, pipelines,
underground telephone and electric service and
a sewage disposal system. These improvements
could easily extend over several years, for the ad
dition will not be the only building growth. Thefe
will be need for new business buildings as well as
residential construction and alterations and the
town can not go much longer without addititonal
water supply and a sewer system.
It must not be interpreted that this means a
boom. The 'town has never experienced what is
commonly termed a boom but it has had occasion
al spurts at building and improvement which' have
made it a stronger center. We are due for one of
those spurts and there should be some organized
planning. The proposed addition is a fine start.
The expansion should include with other things
mentioned two school buildings to house the first
four or even six grades, one in the north part of
town and the other in the south end of town. This
does not mean a junior high school but it would
relieve an overcrowded condition in the present
grade-high school building and make room for
more pupils coming from outlying districts. A
good school system is highly important to popula
tion expansion and a good many dollars earned in
Morrow county can be kept here if a school sys
tem comparable to other, larger places is main
tained.
Some of this may sound a bit fantastic to our
readers but it must be remembered that 'the horse
and buggy days are but a memory. Transportation
facilities have progressed to a point that people
are more content to remain where they have
made their stake, or are making it and the ten
dency to sell or lease and move off to the big cen
ter hasn't the appeal it once had. A comfortable
home here where they will be among friends who
speak their language is much more desirable and
they will buy or build homes here if Heppner gives
them living advantages they think they should
have.
We will have to discard some of our smugness
and small town ways and think in terms of a hori
zon far beyond our own front doors.
A Source of Satisfaction
There is unlimited satisfaction for Orego'nians
in the report that this state leads the nation in per
capita purchase of war bonds sold from May 1941
to June 1945, including the recent Mighty 7th war
loan. And the satisfaction is greater when it is re
alized that Oregon outdistanced our neighbor state
to the north by $13.29 per person and California
by $34.82.
One should not attach political significance to
a matter when patriotism is supposed to be the in
spiring factor, yet when political patronage is ta
ken into consideration it is difficult to refrain from
making comparisons . between the three Pacific
coast states. Oregon's share in government expen
ditures was rather puny when compared to that
enjoyed by California and Washington. It is true
that Portland's population was swelled as a result
of government contracts for shipbuilding and at
one time there were three military bases operat
ing within the state, with here and there compar
atively small airbases. It is a different picture
when looking at our neighbor states, yet when it
comes to buying war bonds, Oregon people extend
themselves to a far greater degree than residents
of either of her neighbors.
Distribution of political patronage is an almost
sure vote-getting practice but it is not a yardstick
for measuring patriotism.
It looks like the man from Missouri is revers
ing the old order of having to be shown. He is
shewing us that we. can get along without so many
bureaus. More pover to him and let us trust that
he has only started the pruning operations.
Pardon us, we forgot that a country newspaper
is not supposed to discuss national affairs. Please
disregard what "may have inadvertently slipped
into this column.
Mrs. Keith Marshall is coming
this week for a visit at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Hughes. She and her little daughter
have spent the summer at McMinn
ville wih Mr. Marshall's parents,
Mrs. Marshall will return to Mc
Minnville and start work there
Sept. 1 as secretary to Miss Jean
Mcllhenny, home demonstration
agent , and 4-H club leader in Yam
hill county.
Mrs. C. W. McNamer and Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers drove to Portland
Wednesday called there by the se
rious illness of Mrs. McNamer's
sister-in-law, Mrs. Blanche Moore.
Lt. Jack Forsylhe left Wednesday
to report to Pampa Tex. afer spend
ing a week with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. B. C. Forsythe. Mrs. For
sythe and son Lynn remained in
Heppner until Lt. Jack learns defi
nitely whether he will be staying
in the army or returning to his
home here.
Dorry Owens, a logger, caught
his hand in a power saw Monday
injuring it severely. Several stitches
were necessary to close the wound,
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Rev. Clifford Noble has gone to
Portland to move Mrs. Noble from
the hospital where she underwent
a major operation a few days ago
o the home' of her sister in Vancou
ver, Wash. Mrs. Noble is progress
ing satisfactorily, but will remain
with her sister for a few weeks
Mrs. Gus Nikander and son Leroy
accompanied Mr. Noble to Port
land. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross went to
The Dalles Tuesday where they
had a tonsilectomy performed on
their little daughter, Faye. Mr.
Ross is on vacation this week from
his duties at the Heppner Lumber
company.
Lee McRoberts broke his arm
Wednesday while attempting to ride
a calf. He was brought to a local
physician to have the bone set.
The litle son of Mr. and Mrs. El
wyn Hughs cut his foot very pain
fully. It is not known exactly how
he did it, but his parents think it
probably happened by the young
man stepping on the lawn mower.
With three stitchtes he is practical
ly as good as new again.
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