4 Heppner Gazette Times, May 91946
Word comes from the hospital at
week. Members of her family vis
iting her the first of the week were
light for her appetite, so they did
informd that hosepital fare was too
Pendeton that Mrs. William Cun
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ningham is now recovering rapidly
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from the effects of a major opera
tion performed Wednesday of last
something about it
Publishers
EDITORIAL
Slow Down and Save Your Car!
Oregon motorists appear to be trying to make
up for lost time during the war, if a check on speed
during the first four months of 1946 is to be taken
as an indication of. the general trend. And it is an
authentic index, bcause it shows in plain black
and white figures how much faster we as a people
are trying to reach our destinations than we did
during any of the previous five years.
The average speed of Oregon motorists dur
ing the first four months of 1946, as checked by
automatic speed recorders maintained by the
traffic engineering division of the highway de
partment, was 51.3 miles an hour. Average speed
for the past few years were as follows: 1941, 48.5
miles per hour; 1942, 43.1 ; 1943, 40.3; 1944, 41. j,
and 1945, 44.2. The 1941 average was the high
est prior to this year and strange to say, traffic
fatalities were the highest prior to the first three
months in 1946.
Motorists not only are taking the risk of death
or serious injury by driving at high speed in their
old cars. They are confronted with the very defi
nite possibility of having to walk or use public
utility service in case of loss of their cars through
accidents. The supply of used cars is dwindling
rapidly and the continued strikes of one kind or
another are delaying the time when new cars will
be available in sufficient number to meet the
demand.
Nurse the old bus along. Give it the best of
care, and above all, cut down on the speed. No
matter how slow you may have to drive, it still is
faster than walking, and walk you will if your
car goes out of service. It is too bad that serious
accidents or serious shortages must occur before
we learn to take simple precautions that would
prevent either one or both. But that seems to be
the way of life.
A Notable Celebration
Saturday, May 18, will mark the beginning of
a new era over in the heart of Oregon. On that
day citizens of Jefferson county will observe the
opening of the North Unit irrigation project which
will this year bring some 20,000 acres of rich land
into production under a program set up by the bu
reau of reclamation. It also will mark the end of
a long, persistent battle put up by residents of
the district to get water onto land that has been
in production for many years but has suffered
from time to time due to drouth.
Settlers on the plains land of central Oregon
centering around Madras began their plea for ir
rigation even before Jefferson county was carved
out of Crook county, and despite setbacks to their
plans never abandoned the idea of bringing water
onto acres that lacked only moisture to make them
hiirhlv nrnHnrtive. It remained for the drouth of
i j
the early 30 s to develop that resolute spirit whicn
finally culminated in success. Occupants of the
territory were forced to realize that it "is now or
never" if they were to weather through and re
tain their holdings. The plan was revived in 1935
and by the fall of 1936 residents and landholders
went to the polls in the special election and al
most unanimously voted for irrigation.
It was the privilege of the publishers of this
newspaper to have taken a part in that election,
not as voters but as propagandists, may we say,
and it is their hope to be in attendance and help
felicitate the people of Jefferson county, many of
whom are personal friends, upon their good for
tune in realizing a dream of more than one-third
of a century. As employes of the Madras Pioneer
it was not difficult to learn to appreciate the ster
ling quality of the people who not only pioneered
the movement for irrigation of the North Unit
but who stayed on the job and saw it through.
Some of them are gone forever, others have mov
ed away, but the mark they have made in devel
opment of that region will long remain in the
minds and hearts of a grateful public. e
Don't Forget to Vote!
Oregon's primary nominating election is but
a little more then one week away. It may be closer
at hand than many of us realize and for that rea
son it is pertinent to call attention to the. date
May 17.
Although this may be termed an off-year, po
litically speaking, it is anything but that and the
voters should make it their duty to go to the polls
and express their preference for the respective of
fices. Indifference toward the primary may bring
regrets later on and it is the part of good citizen
ship to exercise the voting franchise. Lack of com
petition for the respective offices naturally creates
a tendency to pass up the primary election, yet
the candidates who are on the ballots would ap
preciate an expression of confidence from the
voters.
Returning veterans should be glad to partici
pate in the election this year, after having been
"out of the know" for one or more elections. It
is their opportunity to participate in one of the
most important functions of civilian life. Also
there is the hospital ballot to consider. There
should be a strong vote registered to back up the
court and commission in their efforts to bring
about construction of the building at the earliest
possible date. A light vote, even should it be una
nimous, is not a full expression of the taxpayers,
and it seeems that the measures are of sufficient
importance to warrant a general expression.
Don't
Forget!
Sunday is
the Day!
Time's a-Wasting!
Mother's Day gift selections
are still varied. And there is
still time to make a good
choice from our stock.
Mothers are sort of taken
for granted so much of the
time. It's not that you don't
appreciate your own, but it
is so easy to overlook letting
her know that you think
she's pretty special!
We'll be glad to help you
make your selection if you
come in and give us the opportunity.
Mother's Day is such a good day to say thank
you in a tangible way.
SAAGER'S PHARMACY
New Bus Service
The Grey Rock Bus Lines will now
give daily bus service beween
Heppner, Lexington and lone and
The Dalles.
Bus will leave Heppner at 7:30 a.
m. and returning leave The Dalles
at 5:15 p. m.
Gray Rock Bus Lines
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HEPPNER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Meets Every Monday Noon at the
Lucas Place
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner. Oregon
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office up stairs I. O. O. F. Bld
Housf; calls made
Office and House Phone 2572
JOS. J. N YS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner. Oregon
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Meets First Monday Bach Month
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