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4-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, March 6, 1947 EDITORIAL The Penalty of Speed Burning up the road in a high powered car may rip fun for the driver but when he fails to negotiate a turn or hits a slick spot in the road -the result is a sad, sad story. And stories of this nature are appearing almost daily. The accident at Irrigon early this week which claimed the lives of two young men almost cer tainly was due to high speed. There are no dangerous curves in the road at that point. Speed too great for the driver to have complete control of the powerful machine should some otherwise minor difficulty arise must have caus ed the car to leave the road and encounter a locust tree which resulted in wrecking the car and killing its occupants. Something more than mere fines or short Jail sentences will have to be meted out. Car driv ers, young and old, will have to be taught that gasoline in the motor is safe as long as there is no alcohol in the driver. It is an uphill job to educate the experienced driver to be careful or to refrain from driving when under the influence of alcohol in any de gree. Most of them will tell you, "1 know what I'm doing," and rather than argue they are per mitted to go ahead and drive, and all too often a serious accident occurs. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell Jr. has suggested organization of high school student safety councils as a means of supplementing class room instruction in driver training. Farrell takes the view that drivers and pedes trians must learn that safety in today's traffic is, to a great degree, a matter of acceptance of individual responsibility for the efficient, com fortable movement of vehicles and walkers. One of the best methods of teaching young people these responsibilities, he declares, is to give them the responsibility "for safety in their own envir onment The secretary of state's office now is distribut ing a series of high school safety manuals, de signed to help student safety councils organize and conduct traffic accident prevention pro grams. These manuals give detailed instruction in such fields as accident reporting, analysis and maintenance of accident statistics, traffic engin eering surveys, motor vehicle inspection, student traffic courts and other related activities. Several Oregon high schools now are making plans to organize student safety councils and others interested are urged to contact the traffic safety division of the secretary of state's office. There is enough bad driving in Morrow county to warrant the local high schools to take advan tage of this service offered by the secretary of state's traffic division. Perhaps if the young peo ple had the principles of proper driving thor oughly inculcated as they learn their other les sons in school they could go home and give their elders a few worthwhile pointers. Natural Causes Most Destructive Man has done his full share towards the de struction of our timber resources, yet he does not get the credit for being the greatest destruct ive force. Natural causes such as insects, disease and storm damage have wrought greater loss by far to American forests than removal of trees by lumbering. Studies indicate that in the 300-odd years since 1630, disease, insects, and storm damage took a total of 5,426 billion board feet of growing trees. In addition, 1,698 billion feet were lost in forest fires. In the same 300-year period, the lumber cut is estimated at 3,259 billion feet Nature's own ravages were almost twice as great as man's use of the trees for construction material. Even clearing woodlands for farms and cities or for fuel did not make as heavy in roads as natural causes. Because man has been outdistanced by natural causes is no reason why he should relinquish his vigilance to help preserve this great resource. The challenge is the greater in coping with these natural agencies of destruction as well as keep ing closer guard on the uneconomic practices of tmber operators and the carelessness of human beings. Help Keep Streets Clean Under the city superintendent plan, Heppner's streets have been undergoing a good cleaning at regular intervals and the result, along Main street, at least, is gratifying. Trash is swept up and hauled away every day, removing the litter that usually accumulates along store fronts and in doorways. The city is doing its part in trying to give our little city a neat appearance. What are the cit izens doing? From what the street commissioner gathers up each day it looks like Mr. John Citi zen is doing his best to keep the street depart ment busy. Candy wrappers, paper bags, cigar ette packages (empty, of course), or anything J C. wants to get rid of is thrown on the sidewalk or over the curb. There may be a trash can right at hand but no one seems to be aware of tha fact. It is much more convenient just to throw the trash away and let the street cleaner pick it up later. To the thoughtless, let us say that it is as much your town as the other fellow's. It is the carelessness of the individual that makes it nec essary for the city to expend thousands of dollars annually to make the town presentable. A lot of this expense could be avoided if the people would become civic minded. The next time you have something to dispose of; look around for a trash can. There are sev eral of them deposited at convenient spots in the business district It is not expected that all of the waste papers will find their way to the cans but all that does will be that much less to blow around and give the street an untidy ap pearance. It requires a nttie personal courage to become a careful citizen, but pride in the town should prompt us to make the effort. OUR DEMOCRACY- -bykfet SELECTED SEED When mcthods of seed SELECTION were ENTIRELY UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL FARMER, THE RESULTS WCKE NBCISSARILYHITORMISS." even WHEN A MAN DEVELOPED A CERTAIN TALENT, HE HAO LIS ASSURANCE OF flOOD CROPS THAN TODAY WHIN HC HAS THE BENEFIT OF ORGANIZED FACILITIES AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS APPLIED TO PLANT BREEDING ANO SEED SELECTION. cities and counties the money! they are demanding from the state highway commission. At tempts to mane one dollar do the work of two usually result in failure and the effort to give additional millions to cities and counties from highway funds while expecting the develop ment of through highways is en tirely futile. When the state permitted its political subdivisions to organ- PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY HEPPNER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Meets Every Monday Noon t tha Lucas Place Similarly, in the early davs of our country, an individual, no matter how provident in planning for his family's future security, lacked the assurance of success wb have today with our organized facilities for, thrift and savings such as life insurance and savings accounts. Who was acting president while Mr. Truman was visiting in Mexico? Not that it matters a great deal, but just in case an accident occurred and the president failed to return to Washington is not the next person in line the speaker of the house of representatives? And isn't the speaker of the house of representatives a republican Better be careful, Mr. President! In the passing of Ms. Frank Turner, the county lost one of its outstanding citizens. It is doubt ful if another of our number ever did more to ward moulding the character of those whose privilege it was to call her their teacher. During her forty or more years of teaching, hundreds of young people learned to appreciate her sterling character and her earnest zeal in preparing them to become the citizens of the future. Hard work meant nothing to her when the welfare of her school children was involved. This was demon strated most forcibly when, during the war, she carried on correspondence with fifty-three of her "boys" who were serving their country in many parts of the globe. That was a job in itself, yet she felt that she could not let them down, To those boys the ones who returned her pass ing is the loss of a real friend. YEA IIS AGO From Heppner Gazette Times, March 8, 1917. Probably the biggest item of improvement during the present year will be the remodeling of the First National bank build ing which will cost approxim ately $10,000. Erb Kirk this week sold his 6-JO-acre ranch located in the head of Six Dollar canyon to Ralph Benge. The consideration was $12,000. The band instruments for the Sand Hollow Concert band will arrive shortly and practice will begin in earnest. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson of Eight Mile at the Heppner Sanatorium on March 2. Jeff Bcanier, local delivery man, received serious and pain ful injuries to his right eye when that member came in sharp contact with a locust thorn when driving under the locust trees at the back of the court hous.9 Work of Improving the streets of Heppner will be started as soon as the weather moderates and some of the larger mudholes have dried up, says W. O. Min or ol the streets ana yuunu property committee. Legislature adjourned with less laws passed and less in terference with business than ever before. James Carty, well-known north-end sheepman, was trans acting business in Heppner lu esday. Shearing will begin in a few days at Mr. Carty's ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb have returned to Heppner after an extensive visit of several weeks in California. Mr. Webb is much improved in health. E. J. Slocum, formerly engag ed In the drug business in Hepp ner, but now a resident of Mab ton, Wash., near which place he has a fine little fruit farm, was a visitor in Heppner over the week end. A. A. Mct'abe, one of our friends from the Fairview sec tion. was doing business in Heppner Tuesday. PARTY WELL ATTENDED The tractor and equipment show DUt on by the Eraden Tractor and Equipment compa ny Thursday, Feb. 20, was grand success both from the standDoint of attendance and from the entertainment provid ed by the company, according to Robert Grabill, manager of the Braden store In eppner. Two hundred farmers regis tered for the day's activities an the company fed 300 people at the noon luncheon served in the SDaeious store room. The Star Theater was filled for the show ing of the several films include ed in the day's program, in all making it a satisfactory occa sion, Grabill stated. Kinzua News of Week By Klsa M. Leathers Mrs. Marion (Slip) Wright Is cliHirmun for the Red Cross drive Ht Kinzua. The basketball came between Spray gnnle and Kinzua for Fri day nlnht was postjiotird., Beth Miller has returned to her work In the post office after having the mumps. Slip Wright mid Ernie Wahl flew to The Dalles Saturday a. m. Mr. Wright will fly his own plane home and Mr. Wahl will bring his back. Kinzua organized its own base ball team this week. At the meeting a managing financial committee was appointed, J. C. Valker. Marlon Wright and i;eorce Close. A benefit dance Saturday night was well attend ed. The complete line-up hasn't been decided as yet. Mr .and Mrs. Carl Coleman returned home after spending the winter In California for Mr Coleman's health. He is woods BIG ISSUES TO COME In attending 2G sessions of the Oregon legislature we have nev er observed a session where the members worked harder, more purposefully or longer hours. Committee meetings are well scheduled and frequently extend over a fourteen hour day. How different from the old days. At his session there has not been even an attempt at oratorical ireworks. No long speeches. It seems the old "cuit-snooting days have gone. There is no po- ical machine dominating af fairs. Just a dozen potential ma chines watching each other. That's good for the people. The amendatory, clarification and other routine work is well done. The heavy measures balancing he budget, school financing, la bor legislation, sales tax and other leviathans will take up the next two or throe weeks be r'ore adjournment. ENACTED LAWS French Reviews The Legislature boss of Kinzua Pine Mills. A farewell party was given in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Porter Saturday night at the E. Ostrander home. The Porters have long been residents of Kin zua and Wheeler county. They are moving to Baker where they have purchased a home. Mr. Por ter has a position there similar to the one from which he resign ed here at the office. He was sales manager. Owen H. Leathers Jr. and Walter Weir Jr. spent part of last week in Portland where they took their physicals for the marines. Loretta Bledsoe and daughter visited In Kinzua Sunday from the ranch near Fossil. Glen Hadley and son Stanton of Camp 5 left this week for Cal ifornia where they will do early sheep shearing. Mrs. Chas. Leichenbeig spent several days in Portland this week. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis spent the week end In Lonerock with their parents and at their ranch. "Scotty Hughes" was taken in the ambulance to The Dalles hospital. Ho has been 111 for several days. Monday was the 50th day of the present legislative session and the last day for which the members receive Iheir S3 a day salaries. There have been SfH bills, memorials and resolutions introduced, which surpasses by 20 per cent the total of the 1945 session, substantiating predic tions made in this column be fore the legislature convened, that this session would beat all records for length and number if bills. Twenty-two bills passed by the legislature were signed by Gov ernor Snell the past week. Two of the acts, House Bill 176 and ?enate Bill 21)3, carried emer gency clauses and became law ''hen signed. The others will be come effective in ninety days. I1B 176 creates a wheat commis sion of five members to be ap pointed by the governor for the purpose of aiding wheat grow ers in marketing and advertis ing wheat and wheat products. The board is given authority to stabilize and protect the wheat industry of I he stale and the health and welfare of the pub lic. An administrator is to be appointed by the commission at a salary not to exceed S10.000 a year. The funds for the admin istration of the law are to be derived from a tax of 1'2 cent a bushel for all wheat grown. SB 293, by joint ways and means committee, transfers funds de rived from personal property taxes on sleeping cars, refrig erator cars, tank lines and pri vate companies, from the school support fund to the general fund. SB 123 requires the gov ernor to call a special election lo fill vacancies caused by death or disability of a congressman and also applies to candidates for nomination to congress. SB (iG does away with the necessity of reading a subpoena when served. SB's lo2, 156, 09 and 159 introduced by committee on re vision of laws set forms for let ters of admlnislratinn, probate, etc. HB 51 increases fees for fil ing action In counties under 100, 000 population. HB 62 Increases to 10 percent of gross the am ounts the industrial accident commission may retain for ad ministrative purposes and to 4 percent for its safely program. 1'B 111 gives cooperative asso ciations right of easement In construe:! ion of walerways. HB's 156, 157 and 159 cut Interest on benefit claim funds, on settle ments paid, end gives authority lo industrial aeox.ont commis sion to replace artificial limbs, By GILES FRENCH Rep. 22nd District To watchers of the legislature, if any there be, it must seem that it goes on and on, day after day, week after week, without progress. It seems that way to most of the members, too, al though a faint, dim picture of what may be done begins to show through the fog some day There will probably be a sales tax bill, and it now appears that it will be bad. It apparently .ries to be all things to all tax payers and therefore results in being the hodge-podge that such attempts usually are. It will levy a three percent sales tax with food exempted, will raise the income tax exemptions, and put on a property tax limita tion. Dismissing for the moment or until our lawyer comes along the illegality of putting three such divergent matters into one tax bill, the tax is probably too high, certainly should not make any exemptions and property tax limitations just don't work. True a 40 mill limit would be a nice drawing card for votes, but no one in the 22nd district has ever, as far as can be known, paid 10 mills, except perhaps on town property. That is an ap peal to the city taxpayer. As in Washington it would result in vastly increased assessments un til the rate was an actual 60 mills. Furthermore, there is no as surance that the men who must finance any sales tax campaign will not behind this one and r.pend the $50,000 needed to make it pass. The guessing is that they will not. In any event it is no measure with which to settle the t; ' problems of the legislature. Spoken of around the fringe of the badly frustrated house as sessment and taxation commit- tie is a new cigarette tax of 2 cents per pack, which would make the cost of a smoke around ore cent. There are rumors of a new tax on gasoline of a cent to pay the ze and even aided that move ment by appropriating some $60,000 to the bureau of muni cipal research it led with its chin. Now these same organiza- ons come biennially to the lcg- .slature trying to change the laws so their units get more of the tax moneys. There is now a hill here permitting the organiz ations of school boards into a statewide organization which if passed will create another pres- ure group. The distribution of the basic school money bill is now in the senate where some analysis of it will be attempted. Its return to the senate floor may assist the passage by the house of some amendments to HB 80 of the 1915 session, inasmuch as he financial arrangements of districts are inescapably mixed in the two. The sentiment appears to be Trowing that some recognition of Oregon's diverse geographical iructure, and its differences in educational opportunities will be considered in the senate. In the louse the basic school matter was considered merely in the light of testimony of those who passed it, and their ideas were not broadened by much other cidence. The senate committee has a fine opportunity to write a hill that will not only combine the ideas behind the bills before it, but will in addition, take into consideration the needs of high cost ' districts. As a practical matter, one of the highest chan ges on our education system is inefficiency, usually in organiz ation. Perhaps nothing that can be written into law will ever cor rect this. Guessing as to when the ses sion will end has started but it will take three weeks more un less the committees just throw up their hands and go home. La bor bills are still in the first house, meaning that they have lot been progressed at all. The only thing that has indicated life Is the passage of the edu cational distribution bill over to the senate from the house. Incidentally, watch the sen ate committees on taxation, ed ucation and labor for what will probably be final action Veterans of Foreign Wars Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays t 8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Buildin. Willow Street Heppner, Oregon J. O. TURNER ATTORNEY AT LAW Phoae 173 Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon O. M. Y EAGER CONTRACTOR & BUILDER All kind of carpenter woi t Modern Homes Built or Remodeled Phone 1183 5 Jne St- HEPPNER. ORISON Turner, Van Marter and Company GENERAL INSURANCE Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Fuii-ral Directoia Phone 1332 Heppner, Giv P. W. MAHONEY Attorney at Law GENERAL INSURANCE Heppner Hotel Building Willow Street Entrance J. 0. PETERSON Latest Jewelry and Gift Good Watches, Clocks. Diamonds Expert Watch Jewelry Repairing Heppner. Oregon OK Rubber Welders FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop. First elasa work guaranteed Located In the Kane Building North Main St. Heppner, Ore. HeDDner City Council . . m m Meets First Monday Each Monti, fjr L. Q, llDDleS Citizens having matters for discus sion, please bring botoru tha Council J. O, TURNER. Mayor OSTEOPATHIC Physician It Surgeon First National Bank Building Res. Ph. 1162 Offloe Ph. 402 Morrow County Abstract fir Title Co. BtC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLR INSURANCE Office in Peters Building Merchants Credit Bureau Accurate Credit Information F. B. Nickerson Phone 12 Heppner CARD OF THANKS We are deeply grateful for all the kindnesses, the expressions of sympathy and tenders of as Morrow County Cleaners Box 82. Heppner, Ore. Phone 2632 Superior Dry Cleaning & Finishing A. D. McMurdo, M. D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office in Maaonio Building Heppner. Orefien Dr. C. C. Dunham CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Office up stairs L O. O. F. Bld Hou; calls made House Phone 2583 Office 2572 Elaine E. Isom All Kinds of INSURANCE tlrppnrr. On Phone 723 LODGE OFFICIALS VISIT Deputy Grand Master Ralph Saylor of Hcrmiston and Lloyd distance during the illness and I McCrae of Pendleton, senior death of our beloved wife and 1 grand warden, made an official mother; for the beautiful floral i visit to Heppner lodge No. 69, offerings, and to those who par-' A. F. & A. M. Tuesday evening, ticipated in the last rites. .They were accompanied by Frank W. Turner and family. Frank Sloan of Stanfield who Heppner Hospital Beds available by reservation. W. P. BROWNE, M.D. Physician & Surgeon 5 K Street Phone f)"2 held the post of deputy grand master for several years. Ilillll! Jot zf QzUxan Remember the Veterans in Morrow County's Ward 7 at the U. S. Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla at Easter Time-. Leave orders for your flower needs at any time with Ncsh's Grocery, Cecil Warner's Grocery, Lexington Phone 1712, lone Fay Bucknum Heppner Oregon HP. 284 abridges service of sum mr'ns when avoidance Is contin ual. HB 52 provides that men tally enfeebled patients shall be separated from mentally dlseas ed patients at state hospital in sofar as present facilities will permit. HB 9!) repeals law giv ing superintendent of banks au thority to examine trust depart ments of national banks. HB 152 extends law requiring name of manufacturer, quality, etc., be placed on containers as well as on cheese. NEW TAX COMMISSIONER Walice S. Wharton, a former stale tax commissioner was cho sen Saturday to succeed the late Charles V. Galloway on the state tax commission. He was state budget director under Gov ernor Martin, later becoming tax commissioner, resigning at the outbreak of the war to Join the United States naval reserves, subsequently being promoted to captain. LOGICAL FOR A LAWYER The fine sense of continuity rnd order Senator Irving Rand used In enouncing hearings for three measures furnished com edy relief Tuesday for the au gust senate. The senator said: "They will be considered In the following order: First the fire works bill, then the medical bill, and then the cemetery bill." I'lf Pre-School Clinic Thursday, March 27 From 2 to 4 P. M. Under supervision of DR. C. C. DUNHAM Chiropractic Physician Office in Oddfellows Building, Heppner