2-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, July 31, 1947
EDITORIAL
Executive Secretory Needed
Rodeo season is here again and once more the
directors and committers are getting on the job
to see that the big show comes off on schedule.
It is a big task, one requiring personal sacrifice
on the part of those undertaking the job and
not one of those but asks "why did I ever let
myself In for this In the first place?"
The answer to that is that most of us let our
enthusiasm runs aw ay with our judgment at times
and we later wake up to the fact that we have
taken on more than we can comfortably handle.
It is so easy for one already burdened with busi
ness affairs to say yes and then find a multipli
city of outside duties which take too much time
from regular affairs.
It Is easily believable that much of the lack
of getting things done in the chamber of com
merce may be attributed Jo the tendency of
members to accept appointment to committee
ships and then proceeding to forget about them
because of the press of business affairs. The
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, so far as
getting anything done Is concerned. The whole
tendency is to let George do it, providing a
George can be found.
Now, if it were a matter of setting up a sub
stantial community fund and making an attrac
tive offer for an executive secretary for the cham
ber of commerce, a well-trained man to act as a
general manager of civic activities, it is likely
that any number of Georges would be available.
Such a man could act as secretary of the Rodeo
association and look after its affairs the year
around. That would relieve some man who has
to take the time off from his business to attend
to Rodeo business. The same party might act as
secretary for the county fair board. There would
be plenty to do and the job should carry a salary
sufficient to attract a qualified man, someone
specially trained in executive managership.
It is a plan worth investigating, yes, even try
ing, and there is little likelihood that those
holding voluntary assignments at the present
time would find it in their hearts to oppose a
paid secretary.
Sales Tax Laws Not Repealed
If the sales tax laws enacted by the several
states are not effective in producing additional
revenue, or in relieving property taxes, why have
they not been repealed? The people have the
right to reverse themselves if their judgment has
been poor, yet they go on year in and year out
paying the tax. And the fact that Washington
and California have sales tax laws has not de
terred Oregon people from visiting those states
to shop for things that could be purchased in
their home state without paying a tax.
On the other hand, can it be said that tourists
skip California and Washington just to get into
Oregon wjiere they will be free from a sales tax?
We hardly think so.
Oregon is growing rapidly. If there is any
doubt about it one has but to start out in any
direction. There is building on every hand lots
of it. New industries call for new people. New
people call for larger budgets. It all leads to
more taxes. The advantage of a sales tax is that
new people begin contributing to the various
budgets as soon as they arrive in the state. They
eventually pay income and property taxes but
their presence is felt almost immediately where
a sales tax is in effect.
It may be, as opponents claim, that the law
to be voted on in October is not the complete
answer for the need in Oregon. The same thing
might be said of the sales tax laws in other
states, but we repeat, have you heard of the
other states repealing their sales tax laws? It is
a step in the right direction and once enacted
can be amended to better meet the demands.
Field Should Be Lighted
This column has cited the need for lighting
the Rodeo field and again urges that something
be done about it. The Junior Chamber of Com
merce is actively interested in the project and
is working on a plan to provide lighting at least
for the center of the field where baseball and
football games are played.
The advantages of night games can be readily
seen in the matter of attendance. The compara
tively small area embraced in a high school dis
trict schedule permits the teams to travel after
school hours. Business houses do not have to be
importuned to close during game hours. Summer
schedules of both soft and hard baseball game3
can be played after the dinner hour, affording
large numbers of people an opportunity to see
them who under present conditions would have
to rush their dinners through or postpone them
until after the games.
It might be out of reason to propose that the
first two shows of the Rodeo be run off at night.
It is all a matter of getting accustomed to a new
condition.
As the county fair develops it is likely that the
entire grounds will be lighted. Present plans
call for lighting the center of the Rodeo grounds
bu a change to general lighting can be made
without entailing too great an expense.
The Jaycees are to be commended for their
enterprise and deserve the support of the com
munity in bringing this project to fruition.
Looks Like Good Trade
Voters of School District No. 1, Heppner, should
not hesitate to go to the polls next Wednesday
and give their sanction to the school board to
provide bus service to the children of eleven
outlying districts who attend the local school.
It is understood the rural districts wish to con
solidate with District No. 1, provided this dis
trict will furnish transportation for their children.
In return for a few thousand dollars invested
in school busses. District No. 1 will acquire a
valuation of more than twice its present status.
Thus, if it becomes necessary to build a new
school building to house the additional attend
ance and this is quite certain to follow the con
solidationthere will be more funds to draw
from.
A school district with a valuation of three
million dollars or more should be able to main
tain separate grade and high school plants. Your
vote next Wednesday may help to solve the over
crowded condition of the local school at an ear
lier date than heretofore contemplated. Give the
school board your support in this matter.
30 YEAKS AGO
From Heppner Gazette Times
August 2, 1917
Born, last week, to Mr. and
Mrs. James Higgins, a daugh
ter. A son airived at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Haverslick
on Rhea creek Wednesday.
Dan Engelman was able to
leave the hospital the first of
the week after spending a few
days there receiving treatment
for a broken arm received when
a high ladder fell with him
when he was doing some paint
ing at tne raiace nuiei.
J K Cronin of the Bank of
lone is president of the Pacific
Potato Starch Co. a jbu.wu
corporation to commence opera
tion in the fall at Beaverton.
Word comes from Portland
that Miss Venice Jones, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Jones,
was married in that city last
Tnesrlav Julv 26. to Harold L
Stiles.
Mrs. Herbert Bartholomew of
Portland, accompanied by ' her
granddaughter, Miss Margaret
West, arrived in the city Tues
day to make a visit at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Patterson.
She expects her son Nelson, who
has been in Manila for the past
six years, to come home for a
visit soon.
-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket of
Eight Mile were Monday visit
ors in Heppner. They were ac
companied by Miss Gladys Van
Horn of Fossil who has been a
guest at the Becket home.
Father P. J. O'Rourke and
niece, Miss Peggy O'Rourke of
this city were registered at the
Multnomah hotel in Portland
last week.
Mrs. Ann Minor left Monday
for her summer home at Rock-
away.
M. L. Case was called to the
Henrv Gay home on Rhea creek
last Wednesday because of the
death of Mr. Bennett, aged fa
ther of Mrs. Gay. Mr. Bennett
had been in poor health for a
long time. He was past 90 years
of age.
A last reminder of the horse
Reenlistment of
Women in Army
Corps Intesified
Intensification of the Wom
en's Army corps reentry program
by the war department was an
nounced this morning by MSgt.
John E. Bold of the Pendleton
Army Recruting service station.
This program ls designed to
permit the reenlistment of those
women who served on active
duty status during the war with
the WAC only, and does not ap
ply to the former WAAC.
Applications for reentry into
the WAC may be made by qual
ified persons through the near
est U. S. Army Recruiting sta
tion. Authority for their enlist
ment and a determination of the
applicant's qualifications will
come down from the Sixth Army
headquarters, Sergeant Bold
said.
With the organization of the
post war regular army, it is
found that nuemrous positions
are becoming available, both in
domestic and overseas service
for those women who were hon
orably discharged from the WAC.
Applicants will be assigned to
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
J. 0. PETERSON
latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks. Klamonds
Expert Watch it Jewelry Repairiaa
Heppner. Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays at
8:00 p. m. in Letrion Hall
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PeUrs Building. Willow Street
Heppner. Oregon
J. 0. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phoae 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
0. M. YEAGER
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kinds of carpenter work.
Modern Ho res Built or Remodeled
Phone 1483 415 Jones St.
HEPPNER. ORESON
and buggy days succumbed to duties either at home or abroad
the march of progress this week
when the old hitching post in
front of Tommy Brennan's horse
shoeing shop was removed in
preparation for laying a new
concrete sidewalk.
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
P. W. MAH0NEY
Attorney at Law
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
OK Rubber Welders
FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop.
First class work guaranteed
Located in the Kane Building
North Main St. Heppner, Ore,
Phelps Funeral Homv Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medlcina
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1832 Heppner. Ore.
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
PARKING PROBLEMS
During the past year every
front foot of downtown business
property in the country has
been affected by trends of the
parking problem. Realization
came suddenly that business es
tablishments in the "fringe" of
cities and in nearby towns are
taking large chunks of "car
trade" from centrally located
stores.
The slow dawning is over.
The rush is on for 2nd zone
business locations with off
street parking.
Off-street parking is the one
and onlv answer to the parking
problem. Extensive and costly
research reveals the answer to be
a nsvehic one. The average Am
erican customer wants none of
the ramp-up or ramp-down
tricks, none of the hydraulic
stowaway gadgets and will av-
Have You a Birthday Gift Coming Up?
Are you puzzled about what to give?
May we suggest that you select a nice box of stationery
and have the recipient's name and address printed on
letterheads and envelopes?
is appropriate any tjme and makes an acceptable gift
for special occasions.
You will find a nice assortment of BOXED STATIONERY
at the Gazette Times office. There are nice type faces
to make the job look just right, what with the printer's
knowledge of making paper, type and ink work together,
combining all to make a beautiful gift.
Drop in any time and make
your selection
GAZETTE TIMES PRINTERY
oid parking meters too. What
he wants and will go far for is
to drive on a free parking lot,
lock his car (in many states It
is unlawful to lock a car when
in a garage) put his keys in his
jeans and do his trading.
Here at the capital' state bus
iness, Oregon's largest business,
has its own parking problem
along with the others. The state
board of control must provide
parking for its many employees.
The Salem Long Range Plan
ning commission sponsored by
the chamber of commerce and
provided with a $G5,000 budget,
has been working on the park
ing problem for two years and is
supplying the state with its
findings. The reports of the
commission are also available
to Oregon communities.
Until parking eases, parking
space is a place where another
car has already parked.
TO MODERNIZE HIGHWAYS
The state highway commission
has allotted $100,000 for long
range planning to modernize
the Oregon highway system.
Studies are under way to deter
mine: the cost of building city
streets, county roads and state
highways needed to promote
the economy of the state; 'the
length of time to complete
needed improvements under pre
sent tax structure, and the am
ount of additional taxes requir
ed to shorten this period-estimated
tentatively at 30 years in
the case of the state highways.
RECORD INCOME TAX
An all-time record of $30,894,
233 for Oregon income tax col
lections was established during
the year ending July 1. The col
lections were $8,000,000 more
than in the previous year and
six times as great as in any pre
war year. "It is now apparent,"
the commission said in a report
to the state board of control,
"that the state of Oregon has
undergone the initial transition
phase of the war economy to
and to positions where needed.
Enlistments are for the duration
of the year and for six months,
the recruiter stated.
Maximum age limit to former
WAC's is 50 years and aplpicants
must possess in addition to their
honorable discharge certificate,
a high school degree of intelli
gence, be physically fit and a
U. S. citizen.
Complete information on re
entry into the WAC's may be ob
tained from the local army re
cruiting station at Room 3G0,
Post Office building, .Pendleton,
Oregon.
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Mr. and Mrs." Clyde Denney
came from Portland the first of
the week to look after business
matters at the ranch on Social
Ridge and in Heppner.
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for discus
sion, please bring before
the Council
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. Oil
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in Peters Building
NOW
AVAILABLE
Galvanized Wash
Tubs
No.
No.
.1.65
.1.90
SPECIAL FOR
ONE WEEK
24 -gallon Garbage
Cans- were ....5.50
NOW 3.99
2 Underground Gar
bage Receivers
Were 19.88
NOW 12.50
Clothes Baskets
Were 2.10
Will sell at 1.00 Ea.
Heppner Hardware
& Electric
one of peace without any dras
tic setback, and the current un
precedented increase in the in
come tax yields, without any
changes in the tax rates, are the
resits of private business expan
sion, higher individual income
payments, and an increased
population."
Of the total collections for the
past year, individuals paid $19,-
972,380, while corporations paid
$10,921,853. There were 319,803
individual taxable returns filed
the past year compared with I
289,308 for 1946. In 1940 there
were only 104,759.
57,000 STATE EMPLOYEES
Practically one out of every
twenty persons in Oregon are
on the public payroll, in one
capacity or another. Of the 57,
000 employees, 17,000 get their
paychecks from the federal de
partment, 13,000 are on the pay
roll of the state and 27,000 from
cities, counties and other local
government units.
Approximately 17,000 of the
public employees are in the
school system, 400 on the state
level and 13,000 on the local lev
el. The 17,000 federal workers
in the state include postal em
ployees. CAPITAL SHORTS
Jack Bartlett who has been
appointed director of the Oregon
state board of aeronautics has
for the past two years been
planning engineer for the Ore
gon postwar readjustment and
development committed. . . State
fair officials have received a
$5000 offer for a concession to
sell beer on the fairgrounds
during the week-long state fair
which opens Labor Day. ...Life
insurance purchases in Oregon
are down 2 per cent as compar
ed with this month last year
State liquor sales dropped ap
proximately 17 per cent in vol
ume during the past six months
but only about 7 per cent by
dollar volume.
Merchants Credit
Bureau
Accurate Credit Information
F. B. Nickerson
Phone 12 Heppner
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 2632
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN U SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Offioe in Masonic Building
Heppner. Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PIIYSICLN
0ice up stairs L O. O. F. Bldj
Houv: calls made
House Phone 2583 OHice 2371
Blaine E. Isom
AU Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 723
Heppner, Or
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for apointment,
or call at shop.
Heppner, Oregon
Heppner Hospital
Beds available by reservation.
W. P. BROWNE, M.D.
Physician i Surgeon
5 K Street Phone 952
GENERAL ROOFING
Colors to suit your home . . . Gilsonite
your old roofs.
Free Estimates Call 1282
Miss Katherine Monahan, for
mer home demonstration agent
in Morrow county and now
holding that position in Umatil
la county, is spending her vaca
tion with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Monahan, in Heppner.
GRAIN BUYING
ARCHER-DANIELS
MIDLAND CO.
Clifford Carlson, Mgr.
Heppner Office
1st National Bank Bldg., Phone 2623
Office Hours, 1-6 P. M.
lone Oiiice
Phone 1111
18tf
I take pleasure in announcing the opening of
my real estate brokerage agency which will be
operated in connection with the services of
the Morrow County Abstract & Title Co., Inc.
in the Peters Building, Heppner.
Your listings and business confidence are re
spectfully solicited.
Francis B. Nickerson