4 Heppner Gazette Times, December 27, 1945
EDITORIAL . . . . . . .
A Worthwhile Effort
As the year 1945 draws to a close so comes to
an end the greatest period of government financ
ing in which the people have taken a direct part
since the founding of the United States of Amer
ica. December 31 will mark the close of the great
Victory loan which is the eighth and final of the
colossal bond selling drives organized three years
In all this campaigning for money Morrow
county has come to the fore with a generosity that
ago to finance are war effort.
has marked it as a substantial commonwealth
whose people have a just and abiding faith in the
principles of democracy and who realize that we
are an integral part of a great government. There
is but one demerit mark on our record failure
to meet the E bond quota in the Mighty 7th war
loan and that has been more than made up in
the current Victory loan.
Aside from the investment in bonds the people
of the county have been notably generous with
their subscriptions to the numerous charitable
and war activities demands. Not one instance can
be recalled when a quota was not reached, and to
make the story better, oversubscribed. Calls for
scrapiron and clothing were met with like re
sponse, Morrow placing first among counties of
the state in poundage per capita on the former.
On top of all the material substance provided for
the war has been an indomitable will to carry on
to win the war and see that conditions created
by it are corrected or peacetime conditions re
stored. It is that spirit here and elsewhere through
out the land that makes ours a great nation and
maintains it as the "cradle of liberty."
A Bright Future Ahead, If
A new year is close at hand and it is time to
take stock of what it can and may bring. It can
bring to this vicinity a number of good things if
we but put our minds and wills to work early.
Minds have been working for some time, it may
be stated, but there seems to have been a lack of
will to start things moving.
First and formost is the pernnial housing
shortage. There will be no attempt herewith to say
what should be done; rather the object is to call
to mind what can be done. Likewise there will be
no effort to convince our readers of the necessity
for housing. That fact is too obvious to call for
discussion. How to remedy it so that newcomers
will find places to live and to establish businesses
is the thought in mind, yet it is not the purpose
ef the newspaper to do more than recite some of
the conditions that stand as obstacles to progress
and urge that recognition be given by those in po
sition to do something about it.
In the first place there are desirable lots now
occupied by buildings that at the best can bring
but a small rental. Some of these shacks are in
the very center of town and lend anything but a
favorable impression to newcomers and visitors
Just what the object is of holding onto these lots
or not improving them is something we have not
been informed about by the owners. It is quite
obvious that so long as they are not improved or
the owners will not sell them, valuations in that
particular neighborhood will not increase. Pros
pective builders will not buy adjoining property
DIAMOND RINGS and
Bridal Sets and Wedding
Rings from $35 up. .
Buy with confidence
for quality, value and
fair price.
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and invest in residence or, busi
ness buildings with ugly old huts
for neighbors, shacks that also
carry a distinct fire hazard.
Then there is the. question of
city-owned lots. Just why should
the city hold property that has
not drawn taxes for years, plac
ing a valuation on such property
on a par with privately owned
lots? Is it not the duty of the city
government to dispose of proper
ty acquird by tax foreclosure at
a fair price to get it back on the
taxroll and at the same time in
duce building and betterment of
the community? It is the belief
of the writer that neither city nor
county governments should en
gage in the real estate business
and that in both cases disposal
should be made, provided the
purchaser desires and will im
prove the property, at a reason
able return not based upon real
estate values in the" immediate
vicinity. If the city would take the
lead by offering an inducement
to someone interested in putting
up a building, private lot owners
might follow suit. Donating the
property is not herewith advo
cated, but it is not unreasonable
to urge a fair price on city-owned
lots to encourage construction
of buildings and otherwise im
proving the appearance of the
town. The same practice could
well be followed by private lot
owners who are asking more
than the average person is able
to pay.
It must be remembered that
the war is over and that ie big
problem now at hand is recon
struction, people are looking for
new locations. A large number of
war workers from the middle
west and east have remained on.
the coast to make their homes. If
we are awake to , the situation we
can claim some of this new pop
ulation. Cities j are overcrowded1
and surplus population must
move to the hinterland. This in
cludes the small town as well as
the smaller cities. Heppner will
get its share of new people in
proportion to the effort put forth
to attract them. It is time to put
into practice some of the postwar
planning indulged in when peace
was a remote possibility.
Are you reading your news
paper, your neighbor's newspa
per, or ours?
o
W. V. Parker is in Spokane at
tending to business matters. Mr.
Parker went to the Washington
metropolis Wednesday.
The O. Wendell Herbison family
are spending the holidays with re
latives in Marshfield. They depart
ed after church Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Crawford
and Jim and Dick went to Port
land Sunday to have Christmas
with relatives down there. Mr.
Crawford returned to his desk in
the county agent's office Wednes
day but the family remained until
New Year's.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HEPPNER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Meets Every Monday Noon at the
Lucas Place
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SALUTE
TO THE NEW YEAR!
A New Year signifies to us a glorious
hope that the victory our boys in uniform
won so bravely and well will bring lasting
peace to the world !
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