4-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, March 13, 1947
EDITORIAL
OUR DEMOCRACY-
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
America's First Business
A small booklet published by the American
Jorest Products Industries, Inc., "The First Bus
iness in America," contains many interesting
facts concerning our forests and the products
coming from them. From it we learn that the
American forest industry started on this contin
ent at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1608, and has
grown to this day. Old records of the Virginia
Company show that Captain John Smith ship
ped lumber from Virginia to England in that
year. Six hundred years before John Smith came
to America, adventurous Vikings took forest pro
ducts from Labrador to Greenland and Iceland.
But the Vikings did not continue this trade. The
Colonists of Jamestown must be given credit for
having started the first business in America
the forest industry.
Making lumber in those days was a slow
and arduous task as most of it was hand hewn.
The British navy was the principal user in early
Colonial days. Tall pine trees made excellent
masts and they found many of these trees in
New England. Such trees were marked by three
cuts of an axe. This "blaze," called the "King's
Broad Arrow," meant these trees belonged to
the Royal Navy and anyone else cutting them
would be punished.
Despite the fact that millions of acres of forest
lands have been denuded to make farms for our
advancing population, it is stated that one third
of the area of the United States is best adapted to
growing trees. There are four acres of forest
lands for each of us and there "is enough wood
growing on each of these lots to build a board
walk an inch thick, six feet wide and more than
2,000 feet long. Three quarters of this vast area,
which is growing trees for our use, is owned by
thousands of every-day people. The rest is own
ed by the public, which means our federal, state
or local governments. But all of us, whether we
actually own a forest or not, have a big stake in
the future of our forests because we all use and
need wood.
Make It Community Enterprise
For a number of months the Heppner Sales
Yard has been putting on auction sales twice a
month. The sales come on Thursday and bring
a good many people to town through the efforts
of two energetic men who, like the rest of us
want to live, and live well if possible.
It stands to reason that some of these visitors
people from neighboring and distant counties
do a little shopping around, dropping a dollar
here and there, yet the number of people buying
in town on those occasions is small compared to
what it could be if our business houses desired
additional business to the extent that they would
cooperate with the sales yard people in making
an effort to attract more people here at least
twice each month.
Would it be out of order to suggest that the
retail merchants and service concerns put them
selves out a little to throw some worthwhile ar
ticles on the bargain counter, things that will
offer the women an inducement to come to town
on sales days as well as the men'
Heppner has a trade area extending into sev-
eral counties. Twice each month, the Heppner
Sales Yard advertises over a large portion of the
Columbia river and interior counties. Tie-in ad
vertising with the sales yard people would add
more strength to their advertising and would
make it possible for the town's business houses
to reach into districts from which little trade
now comes.
The time has arrived when we will have to bid
for business. The lush times are over. Gasoline
is plentiful and people have the urge to hop in
the old bus and go places and a lot of them
are going to the places that they think offer
them more for their money. Do you want to en
courage this outgoing trade or do we want to
make trading attractive to our own people as
well as to those from other districts? Think it
over.
Let's Do Something About It
The subject of juvenile delinquency has been
given a rest in these columns for some time and
perhaps would not be brought up now had it not
been for a plea made Monday by Teddy Leavitt,
evangelist, to the Heppner Chamber of Commerce
es the leading civic group of the community.
Mr. Leavitt discussed briefly the terrifying
growth of delinquency among the younger gen
cration of the land and urged immediate action
here as well as in all communities.
It is true that juvenile delinquency is more
apparent in the larger places, yet scarcely
town large or small escapes at least an occasion
al outbreak. National statistics show that spread
of delinquency has been alarming since the close
of the war. It if claiming the attention of feder
al. state, county and municipal agencies, the
churches and schools, civic and charitable agen
cies, but in only isolated Instances has there been
any noticeable check in the growth.
It was stated that action relative to curbing
this threat to our national security resembles the
famous reference to the weather we discuss it
a great deal, but never do anything about it
Heppner has done a little about it but not even
a good start has been made. It is time to get 1usy
on that recreation center. That is something that
should offer a haven for the young people the
year around. There is another project that
should be given greater impetus, one that will
offer an opportunity for clean, outdoor living dur
ing the summer months for the youth who have
no particular occupation and who would be far
better off putting in their time in the mountains,
We refer to the proposed summer camp up Wil
low creek.
Juvenile delinquency has not been much of a
problem here and it should not be given a chance
to get started. Now that our service peolpe are
home and jobs that larger grade school boys and
those of high school age and girls, too worked
at for two or three summers likely will not be
available. The recreation center and a boys'
camp in the mountains would give these active
young people opportunity to work off some of
their surplus energy under proper direction and
save some of them, perhaps, from getting into
mischief that might lead in the direction of the
reform school.
30 YEARS A3
From Heppner Gazette Times,
March 15, 1917
Nearly five feet of snow is reg
istered in the Ditch creek area.
Mrs. A. Andrews and Mrs. El
izabeth N. Crawford, both hav
ing been members of Ruth chap
ter No. 32, O. E. S., were honor
ed by being voted life member
ships in the order.
Miss Emelen Doris Wilt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Wilt, became the bride of Wil
lard Ray Blake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Blake, Saturday, Mar.
10, at the home of the bride's
parents in lone. Bishop Robert L.
Paddock performing the cere
mony. The young couple will re
side in Portland.
Clay Woods of lone and Miss
Mae Rea of this city surprised
their many friends by being
quietly married in the office of
Justice of the Peace J. P. Will
iams last Friday. Mrs. Woods is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Rea. The newlyweds will
reside in lone where the groom
is employed by the lone hotel,
Arthur Ashinhurst and Glad
ys Swank, both of Lexington
were married at the court house
Monday. Judge C. C. Patterson
officiated.
W. Pruitt Cox of the First Na
tional bank left Sunday for Can
yon City where he will spend
a week on business.
During the past week Clyde
Wells has had a crew of men
busy at work tearing down an
old wooden building adjoining
the skating rink. He has pur
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1 . RU,j
In the earlv days of America, when the rMitv
HAD TO PRODUCE ALMOST EVERYTHING IT USED,
CLOTHING THE FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR TASKS.
-IT INVOLVED CAR0INS AND SPINNING, OWNS ANO
WEAVING AND, FINALLY, THE FASHIONING AND
STITCHING OF THE GARMENTS ALL DONS HAND.
There is probably no more strains example op
america's energies and genius in production and
DISTRIBUTION THAN IN THE TRANSITION FROM "hOMMPWM
TO 'STORE CLOTHES .
TODAY, CLOTHING IS ON A MASS PRODUCTION BASIC, (
WITH STYLE AND VALUES CONVENIENTLY AVAHAM.C
TO ALL FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE LAND.
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Governor Earl Snell approved
and signed 42 bills the past
week which had been passed by
both the senate and the house.
The approved bills included SB
101 which will permit school
boards to by-pass the provisions
of Oregons compulsory school
law by adjusting cases of at
tendance in the first eight grades
where it is advisable for relief
HEPPNER JOS. J. NYS
CHAMBKR OF COMMERCE ATTORNEY AT LAW
Meet Every Monday Noon at th Pelen Buildina willow Street
LuCaS Place . Heppner. Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays
8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PhoBe 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
0. M. YEAGER p w MAHONEY
Phone 1483 41$ Jones St.
HEPPNER. OREGON
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
ge'neral
insurance
Phelps Funeral Horru
Licensed Fun-rat Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oit.
MRS. DON EVANS HONOREE
AT TWO SHOWERS
Mrs. La Verne Van Marter was
hostess Saturday afternoon for
a shower given by older ma
trons in honor of Mrs. Don Ev-,-ins.
The affair was held at the
Van Marter apartment in the
McCaleb building on West Wil
low street.
Again on Monday evening,
Mrs. Van Marter was hostess
when the younger matrons as
sembled to shower Mrs. Evans.
Many practical gifts resulted
from the two showers and the
groups spent many pieasam
hours visiting.
To Become Bride
Of Heppner Man
In April Ceremony
chased a wooden building from
Frank Roberts which will be put
on the Wells lot on Willow street.
Orve Brown has charge of the
work.
Claus Johnson .and Martin
Lovgren drove in from Gooseber
ry Monday morning and trans
acted business in Heppner. They
found it pretty bad traveling.
A. M. Phelps was confined .to
his bed last week with an at
tack of rheumatism and lumba
go. He is again able to be at
the store.
O. E. Stephens and Fred Ash-
baugh, prominent Hardman far
mers, were in the city on busi
ness matters the first of the
week.
Jimmie Morgan who is work
ing for Walter Rood on Heppner
Flat, rode a bronco into town
Monday and stopped in front of
Minor & Co. The horse, in going
through one of his wild spasms,
reared up on the sidewalk, slip
ped and fell. Upon attempting
to rise he poked his head thru
one of the plate glass windows.
The animal was severely -cut on
one leg. The entire section of
window was completely demol
ished. Mrs. Charles Corder underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
the Heppner sanitarium last
week.
Mrs. Andrew J. Stevenson
passed away at her home in this
city Sunday, March 11, at the
age of 76 years, 11 months and
24 days, following an illness of
several months.
I
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Monti.
Citizens having matters for discus
sion, please bring before
the Council
J. 8. TURNER. Mayor
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cline,
241 Lorraine Ave., Syracuse, N.
Y., announce the engagement
and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Miss Jean Marie
Cline, to Louis L. Gilliam, son
of Mrs. Norman W. Arrison of
Portland and Len L. Gilliam of
Heppner. Miss Cline, graduate
of North high school and Powel
son Business institute, Syracuse,
is employed by the Office of
Price Administration as secre
tary to the rent enforcement at
torney. Mr. Gilliam was graduated
with a bachelor of science de
gree in forestry from Oregon
State college where he was af
filiated with Sigma Pi fraternity.
Before his release to inactive
duty in February 1946, as lieu
tenant, U. S. N. R., he was as
signed to the aircraft carrier U.
S.S. Champlain as coding and
publications officer. He now is
employed by the United States
Forest service in Heppner where
he is the assistant fire ranger.
Mr. Gilliam will leave Apll 5
for Syracuse where, on April 19,
the couple will be married in
Saint John the Evangelist
church. They will come to Hepp
ner about May 1 and will make
their home in the Yeager apart-J
ments.
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
ATI trir,Ju t MmBntn arnrlr
of hardships at home or if the , Modern Homes Buill or Remodeled
ooara considers uiai luriiier
schooling would be advantag
eous to a child. SB 96 authorizes
school boards to make charges
for the use of school buildings
and repeals the law which for
bids dancing therein. HB 364
increases appropriation for a
state office building from $1,
500,000 to $2,000,000 and makes
possible rentals from self-sustaining
boards which will repay
the original investment to the
state. HB 78 decreases the nec
essary number of signatures on
a petition calling for a special
election to vote taxes, to main
tain county fairgrounds, from
15 to 10 percent. HB 396 pro
vides for a 12 mill tax levy
for state land board emergency
use. HB 215 authorizes port dis
tricts to construct and operate
hospitals. SB 124, under the
present law certificates of nom
ination must be filed 10 days be
fore the election, this law re
quires that they be filed at least
20 days before the election. HB
111 reduces the bag limit for the
taking of smelt by non-commercial
fishermen from 50 to 25
pounds. HB 110 increases sal
ary of members of fish commis
sion from $5 to $10 a day and
increases maximum salary they
may receive in any year from
$200 to $600 for each commis
sioner. HB 250 authorizes state
utilities commissioner, on peti
tion of a city, to regulate speed
of trains passing in city, and to
require installation of signals
with cost of construction and
maintenance divided between
city and railroad. HB 96 pro
vides that transfers by banks
and trust companies of capital
slock funds, which jeopardize
the finicial interests of stock
holders, shall not be made until
permission is granted by super
intendent of banks, and that an
officer of a bank liable for the
conduct thereof may not resign
without approval of superinten
dent of bank. SB 134 legalizes j 131 of the 1889 persons arrested
deduction from salaries of state during the past month by the
employees oi group insurance osp d finps of lmprison.
premiums upon written request j mpnt Th
is not only indicates
Attorney at Law
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3FIDERBAIT
"Pigeonholed," says a key leg
islator is Governor Snell's re
quest that the legislature pro
vide for state rent control to
operate if and when OPA folds.
Being a good republican the
governor would not be expected
to agree with any new deal idea
anytime. The republican plat
form, ceiling and sidewalls re
verberate with, "You can't vio
late the law of supply and de
mand." "If rents are low there
will be no building," argues a
senator, "more and more hous
ing is being turned to commer
cial use. Rent control just adds
up to a more acute house short
age." CRIME RECORDS
A law violator in Oregon does
not have one chance in 20 of be
ing acquitted when arrested by!
the Uregon state police. Only
good work on the part of the
protector of the public but bet
! ter cooperation from courts and
jurors as well. Violators of mo
tor vehicle laws accounted for
2496 arrests, 481 for not having
registered, 455 for improper
lighting, 443 for being without
operator's license and 245 for vi
olating rules of the road. Warn
ings w'cre given to 3945 motor
vehicle operators, 999 trucks
were weighed for overloads, 209
accidents investigated, 19 fires
extinguished, and assistance
rendered to 269 persons, 29 of
wlffem were out of gas. In gener
al law enforcement 569 persons
were arrested, 62 for theft
crimes, 73 for drunkenness and
If? for delinquency. There were
87 arrests made for violations
of the game code and 10 for vi
olations of the commercial fish-
Heppner Hospital
Beds available by reservation.
W. P. BROWNE, M.D.
Physician & Surgeon
5 K Street Phone 952
cries code.
RECENT LEGAL RULINGS
Attorney General George Neu-
ner has issued the following op
inions on Oregon statutes: School
district boards may not give
blanket authority to chairman
and clerk to pay wages of school
employees or other monthly
school expenses. .. Where corn
ers are established or reestab
lished by survey made by pri
vate surveyors or engineers,
complete notes of such survey
shall be filed with the county
surveyor. . . Surveys conducted by
the state highway department
are not required to be recorded
with rtie county surveyor.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our neigh
bors and friends for the tenders
of assistance, their expressions
of sympathy, and for the beauti
ful floral offerings.
Nels Justus,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Justus.
SAAGER'S PHARMACY
Oregon Gladiolus
1947 Planting stock is here
No. 1 Bulbs (1 1-2 inch in diameter)
Popular Varieties $1.10 Doz.
Algonquin-brilliant red Red Lory-rose red '
Canberra-yellow Shirley Temple - ruffled
Greta Garbo-rose buff cream
Picardy-apricot Surf side-white
Takina-Rosaline purple I
Beacon-scaret with cream blotch
Chamouny-rose pink with silver edge
Margaret Beaton-white with scarlet
blotch
Miss New Zealand-pink and cream
6 of any one variety gQc
6 each of 6 varieties $3.35
2 each of the dozen varieties listed $2! 15
LOWER PRICES FOR LARGER QUANTITIES
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