4 Heppner Gazette Times, Jonuary 2. 1946
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A New Haven for Tourists
Portlanders and others living near Mt. Hood
have come to realize the great potential tourist
business embodied in the grandeur of Oregon's
No. 1 mountain peak, and an active campaign is
under way to capitalize on it. First of all, a group
of far-seeing citizens have organized for the pur
pose of promoting the area as a tourist center and
an ambitious program is being studied to make
Oregon's Alt. Hood one of the great attractions of
the Pacific coast region. Oregon's Mt. Hood, Inc.
is the name of the organization.
While there has been some development at
Mt. Hood, accommodations thus far have been
designed to meet local conditions and have no
contemplation of anything of a national scope.
Formulation of a non-profit corporation dedicated
to the year-round development of. the Mt. Hood
area has been accomplished with the idea that
commercial interests will be attracted to it.
A survey is being made of available housing
and of proposed housing necessary to relieve the
present shortage of accommodations. It also is pro
posed that a corporation be formed to build and
center, including ice arena, winter and summer, a
hockey arena convention hall, restaurants, bowl
operate commercial facilities. An amusement
ing alleys and billiard rooms will be necessary to
attract tourists to the area. Skiing and winter
sports will not fill the bill, the backers say, and
indoor swimming pools, ballrooms and other re
creational facilities for tourists who are not inter
ested in winter sports, but who would visit the Mt.
Hood playground if other activities were estab
lished are the great need.
What is being done in the Mt. Hood region
could well be undertaken in other sections of the
state on less ambitious lines. Southern Oregonians
might possibly be able to save Crater Lake to Ore
gon or should we say reclaim it since it has been
considered California property lo these many
years, and Eastern Oregonians could invest some
thing in Wallowa lake to good advantage, or Cen
tral Oregonians make the matchless Cascade sky
line attractive to outside money. The possibilities
are great for year-round tourist trade in Oregon if
we want to cash in on them.
Oregon's Mt. Hood, Inc. has taken the initia
tive and the state as a whole can do .no less than to
congratulate this progressive group of citizens up
on their ambitious plans.
Flood Dam Should Be Built
People favoring the construction of a flood
dam to protect human life and property in Hepp
ner and down the Willow creek valley should get
behind the engineers who have done such a splen
did job of preparing plans and see that the work
already done is not lost.
Those citizens who saw. the plans and heard
them explained Wednesday evening were con
vinced that the dam should be put in and it is safe
to say that when all of the people of the commu
nity understand the program clearly there will be
little opposition.
The engineers are convinced that they have
done a good job in the preliminary work and that
construction of the dam rs fully justified. Flood
history in the Willow creek valley indicates that a
repitition of previous disasters is almost certain
and the best way to prevent a heavy loss of life
and destruction of property is to take steps toward
flood control now. To build the dam "would mean
placing high value on human life; not to build it
follows that human life is taken cheaply.
If you count yourself among those who favor
construction of the dam, you are urged to commu
nicate your views to Oregon's congressional dele
gation. Our. own Lowell Stockman is familiar with
the conditions here, knows the history of the
Heppner flood of 1903 and subsequent bad storms.
Urge his vigorous support of the bill when it
comes before congress and acquaint the senators
and other representatives with conditions here
and the great need for flood control. We can think
of numerous places that are receiving this type of
aid but r;ot one of them that deserves it more than
Heppner.
Fish and game production figures for 1945
show that 13,857,057 game fish weighing in the
aggregate 91,854 pounds were released in Oregon
lakes and streams from game commission hatcher
ies. Pheasants raised at the four state game farms
totalled 33,717, of which 11,736 were relased in
.western and 21,981 in the eastern counties. Dur
ing 1940 it is hoped to increase these figures con
siderably as operations are brought back to a nor
mal basis.
Former Heppner
Folks Announce
Troths at Salem
The Sunday Oregonian society
page contained two announcements
of interest to Heppner and Morrow
county. Both were in the Salem
column and read as follows;
Miss Jean McELhinney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McElhin-
ney, has made known the date of
her wedding to Norman Nelson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nelson
of Lexington. The couple will wed
February 3 at the First Congrega
tional church (Salens).
Another Salem girl joining the
ranks of bride-elects is Miss Jean
Gemmell who will wed Calvin W.
Crawford U. S. N. R., son of Mrs.
Lera Crawford of Berkeley, Calif.
Miss GemmelTs parents are Mr.
i and Mrs. Paul Gemmell. No defi
nite plans have been made for the
wedding .
Mrs. Agnes Curran has moved in
to an apartment in her house from
the former Curran's Ready to Wear
shop and Mrs. Nellie Anderson is
now occupying the living quarters
in the rear of her store.
KIDDIE KRAFT JEWELRY
A gift of gold as radiant as the little girl who
will get it.
Lockets, Bracelets, Rings
Crosses and Sets
Gold filled and 10K gold from
$2.50 to $10.00
PETERSON'S
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To Our Customers:
AH clothes brought in previous to
fire wis! be ready for delivery on
Saturday as promised.
eppner Cleaners
and Dyers
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