4-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Q-egon, Aug. 14, 1947
EDITORIAL
Some Good May Come Of It
Farmers and others attending the mooting Sat
udray night at the court house may not have
bfn convinced that the time was well spent
There wore times when it was ev ident that no
definite plan was in mind and in the opinion
of some the meeting might as well have been
called to a halt much earlier.
That may be true yet it was a good thing to
get together and air grievances and get rid of
some of the things that have been griping not
a few of the taxpayers for quite a spell. There
is no reason for trying to cover up the fact that
there was animosity, for the farmers feel they
have not been getting a fair break on roads and
they were there to express their feelings, which
some did in an emphatic manner. There was a
tendency on the part of most of those present"
to be fair, having made the effort to be there to
see if a road program could not be worked out;
to find out what is needed from a financial
standpoint and how to go about raising the nec
essary funds.
One thing brought out in the discussions was
that raising funds before the fiscal year is out
is practically impossible. A proposed bond issue
to be voted on at the October election was dis
carded when it was learned that an engineer's
survey would be necessary before the bond mea
sure could be prepared. The bond proposal may
come up at the primaries when it is certain that
a road funding program of some kind will be
voted upon. Argument 'in favor of a bond issue
is based upon the low rate of interest, the abun
dance of money available through that source
and, if issued serially, may be sold in whatever
amounts whenever needed.
As to the amount needed, it is expected that
approximately SSO.OOO a year for five years will
again put the roads in good condition. That
means that some of the graveled roads will be
oiled and that other sections of roads not now
graveled but carrying heavy traffic will receive
gravel and oil. Proposals were made that all
roads be oiled where needed where traffic will
justify the expenditure.
The county court, naturally, had to withstand
a lot of criticism. Some of it may have been
just, a lot of it was a matter of giving vent to
feelings. If just criticism is to be offered it lies
in the fact that the court, in attempting to prac
tice economy, failed to grab all the tax money
it could while everybody is able to pay. In so
doing, or not doing, the road funds could not be
kept abreast of the tremendous advances in costs
of everything entering into the road program.
It is to be hoped that the committee named
Saturday night to study the road situation will
give the matter the thoughtful consideration it
deserves. Road conditions throughout the county
are too serious to be treated lightly.
Speed Control Needed
It is only through an act of divine providence,
a bit of lightning thinking and a highway safety
-post that these lines are being written. Had these
aids failed it Is likely that column rules would
have been inverted for the Gazette Times family
this week.
Sunday morning, about 11 o'clock, while
rounding a curve a few rods west of Kimberley,
a huge truck bore down upon our car. It was
traveling at a high rate of speed and was astride
the stripe. There was not three inches more
than a car width between that truck and the
John Day river bank, which broke off suddenly
into deep water. The truck had veered from its
course to miss a rock which had fallen on to the
highway. It was going at such a high rate of
speed that the driver could not pull it back to
the right side of the road. There was nothing for
the driver of the passenger car to do but try o
hit that one lone post, which he did with the
expertness of a billiard player making a carom
shot not hard enough to crash but with suffi
cient force to bounce the car back on to the high
way, barely missing the truck trailer which
swerved heavily as it passed.
It is safe enough to guess what would have
happened if a less alert driver had been at the
wheel of the passenger car. One can well imag
ine that a tourist car would have plunged into
the river; or would have happened had another
truck been headed east at that spot in place
of the lighter, fleeter passenger car. There would
not have been room for two trucks to pass. The
road at that point is narrow enough with vehi
cles staying well on their respective sides.
The driver of the truck did not stop to see if
he had caused an accident. The last heard of
him was the roar of the motor as he "gunned
it to get away from that spot just as fast as
he could. Inquiry revealed the name of the
truck line and it will not be difficult to learn the
driver's identity. Such occurrences cannot be
passed off lightly. We escaped, but if that type
of truck driving is permitted to continue, the
time is not far distant when a sad story will
burst upon the news.
Sunday's near accident was the second wit
nessed by the writer within the last month.
While returning from the Oregon coast July 19
with a group of newspapermen, a large truck
and trailer pulled out of the road just ahead of
our car to pass a car flrawing a house trailer.
As the truck got well into the left lane a pass
enger car came Into sight so close up that It
was impossible for the truck to regain the right
side of the road. The oncoming car was forced
to come to a skidding stop and take to the gutter,
which, fortunately, was neither deep or rough.
But the big truck rolled on down the road with
the oil smoke pouring out of the exhaust pipe
something akin to a locomotive dragging a heavy
load upgrade. The driver's one concern was to
reach his destination as quickly as possible.
It has always been a delight to make an occa
sional trip through the John Day valley. It is
one of the sections many more people should
visit. But the John Day highway is dangerous
in many spots and requires careful driving. It
will require business of importance to get the
writer and his family to travel that way, soon,
at least, and we cannot feel safe in directing
friends to take that route unless something is
done to throttle down those trucks to a safe
speed safe for the other fellow, we mean.
30 YEARS AGO
From Heppner Gazette Times
Aug. 16, 1917
Mrs. E. G. Noble, in company
with Mr. Noble, was riding on
the upper Willow creek road
near the Minor ranch when they
saw a coyote about 75 yards
away. She took deliberate aim
with the 22 special and brought
down Mr. Coyote.
Morrow county draft board-reports
52 men pass satisfactory
physical examinations; 26 have
filed claims for exemption; 19
found physically unfit and four
were aliens.
. Loyal Parker and Arthur Sch
riever. of Lexington left last
week for "Portland where they
expect to join the navy.
Announcement has been re
ceived of the marriage in Seat
tle on July 20 of Miss Olive Sut
ton of Portland and Maurice E.
Smead, former Heppner resident.
James McNamee, formerly
clerk at the Palace hotel in this
city but more recently of La
Grande, is leaving soon for
France. He is a relative of Den
nis and John McNamee of Hepp
ner. H. V. Gates, president of
Heppner Light & Water Co., is
in Heppner on business. Mr.
Gates is very much interested at
the present time in getting coal
from the mines above Heppner.
A crew of men is at work in the
mines now.
Curt Rhea was in the city
Monday accompanied by his
family. Harvest on his ranch is
over and his wheat made an
average of 15 bushels an acre.
T. J. Humphreys is arranging
to take a short vacation in the
mountains on Ditch creek. His
daughter Leta returned home
Saturday from a visit of several
weeks at different points in the
valley.
'
W. P. Dutton, Morrow county
pioneer, who now makes his
home in Portland, is up from
the metropolis for a business
visit. We are glad to note that
he appears to have fully recov
ered from his recent severe ill
ness. H. E. Warner of Lexington has
recently purchased the new
bungalow of James Saxe. If call
ed to the army he expects to
move his family there during
his absence.
The labor situation in connec
tion with the grain harvest is
well in hand, with no serious
shortage appearing in any district.
$3S,979,5S5.98 is required for
state government for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 19-48 and
Includes appropriations by leg
islatures and by the vote of the
people. Requirements outside
the six per cent limitation are
$19,056,710.36, including basic
school fund, higher education
levy, and World War II veter
ans' aid and education funds.
RACING MONEY
The state's take on pari-mu-tuel
wagering at race tracks
the dogs and the ponies am
ounts to $465,370 so far this year,
the largest in history and $200,
000 more than receipts from a
similar period last year. Of the
total the general fund gets $100,
470, county fairs and other ex
hibitions receive $364,900. Each
county fair gets $7225.00.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith
are here this week preparing to
move their household effects to
Baker where Mr. Smith will
teach the comnig year.
Word has been received that
Mrs. Viola Gabler, until recent
ly a resident of Heppner, is very
ill at a hospital in The Dalles.
She moved to Portland a few
months ago and was taken to
the hospital from there.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
J. O. PETERSON
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Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
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Heopner, Oregon
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Petcra Building. Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondavi at
8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall
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All kinds of carpenter work.
Modern Homes Built or Remodeled
Phone 1483 415 Jones St.
HEPPNER. OREGON
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
P. W. MAHONEY
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.
POLITICAL REHEARSALS
As always happens and true
to the ancient form of the polit
ical game, the first congressman
back from Washington for a
five-months vacation (or is the
vacation in Washington?) starts
telling the home folks of the big
things he is going to do at the
next session of congress when
they are trying to find out what
Attention ah m
orrow
County Farmers And Citizens:
Have you started to prepare your exhibits for
the Morrow County Fair, September 5 &6?
Now is he time to get exhibits collected and
prepared.
Premiums offered for Beef, Dairy, Sheep,
Hogs, Poultry, Saddle Horse, Grain and Hay,
Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers, Community
Booths, Food Preservation, Baking and Sew
ing, 4-H Club work and Future Farmers of
America projects.
Watch for the premium list that will be mail
ed this week. Check the listand exhibit.
Morrow County Fair
September 5th & 6th, 1947
he did at the last session. If
this sounds trite go over to the
library and look over previous
summer editions of your favor
ite newspaper for fence-building
interviews. You'll get a laugh.
Voters will not be able to find
where their congressmen and
legislators stand until the "voice
vote" and the "standing vote"
is abolished and an open record
made of every vote taken.
Senator Wayne Morse says the
Taft-Hartley labor act is bring
ing about "bootleg" labor con
tracts. Senator Guy Cordon lauds,
the labor act, says congress as
a whole did a good job. Cordon
says.it is too early to discuss
whether he will be a candidate
to succeed himself. Rumors
started immediately after the
appointment of Cordon by Gov
ernor Snell, to succeed the late
Senator Charles L. McNary, that
there was a "deal" between the
two wherein Cordon would "clear
the way for Snell's senatorial
campaign in 1948."
This week Governor Snell dis
avowed any plan to be a candi
date for the United States sen
ate in 1948. "I have stated em
phatically before that no such
'deal' exists and that neither
Cordon nor I are in the habit of
making such 'deals,'" said the
governor. "I think it would be
a great loss to the state if Cor
don were to decline to offer his
services for another term in the
senate."
Senator Robert A. Taft is
scheduled to address the annu
al Oregon Republican conven
tion in Gearhart, September 26
and a reception has been plan
ned for the Ohio republican in
Portland September 28.
Senator Lew Wallace, demo
cratic opponent of Governor
Snell in 1942, says he expects to
complete petitions shortly for a
referendum bill directing the
state board of control to acquire
Camp White army hospital at
Medford for a state mental hos
pital. The bill was passed by
the legislature this year and ve
toed by Governor Snell.
Commenting on recent criti
cism of the business methods of
the state liquor control commis
sioners Governor Snell said Mon
day, "I am not going to play
straw boss to the liquor control
commissioners. I appointed to the
commission men of character
and integrity, men of proven
business ability and judgment.
The state is fortunate to have
the benefit of their services. It
Is entitled to credit for Its suc
cess in reducing inventories at
no financial loss to the state.
STATE FAIR GREATEST YET
The management decided this
week to present both a horse
show and rodeo at the Oregon
state fair which opens for one
week commencing Labor Day,
September 1. The combination
show in the big stadium will be
Just like it was last year except
entries will not be limited to
Oregon owned horses. Several
strings from Washington, Idaho,
British Columbia and California
have been entered. There will
be running and harness races,
musical revue and five blocks of
sparkling midway. Among oth
er greats this year's mechanical
exhibition will be the largest ev
er assembled in the northwest.
All commercial exhibition space
was sold out a week ago. Em
ergency buildings are going up.
They're coming in tents. There
is only one way to say It the
1947 stale fair will be the big
gest and best In history.
STATE TAX LEVY
A state tax levy totaling $42,
168,705.98, requiring no ad val
orem property tax for state pur
poses, was filed Monday by the
state tax commission. 01 this
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IBAB41 MALE Armadillos
NEVER HAVE. ANV SISTERS AND
-THE FEMALES NEVtR HAVE A
BROTHER BECAUSE MRS.
ARMADILLOS FAMILV ARE AL
WAYS THE SAME SEX.
Baby's delicate clothing needs
good care, tool In summer time,
patentability for man, woman
or child depends npon regular
and freqneut garment cleaning.
Send all rumpled and soiled
garments to the MORROW
COUNTY CLEANERS for the
finest in cleaning.
Morrow County
Cleaners
Heppner Phone 9633 Oregon
Phelps Funeral Honu Jack A. Wood ha 1 1
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
rhone 2342 Heppner
Licensed Funral Director!
Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizena having matters for discus
sion, please bring before
the Council
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
THUS INSURANCE
Office in Peters Building
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
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building .
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 482
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
riUSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN'
Office up stairs I. O. O. F. Bld
Housi. calls made
House Phone 2583 Office 2372
Blaine E. Isom
All 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 & Surgeon
5 K Street Phone 952
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Avoid Annoyance And Discomfort
due to a clogged septic tank or cesspool.
I have purchased a tank pump and am in
position to give prompt, efficient servise.
Phone 702
HOWARD KEITHLEY
GRAIN BUYING
ARCHER-DANIELS
MIDLAND CO.
Clifford Carlson, Mgr.
Heppner Office ,
1st National Bank Bldg., Phone 2623
Office Hours, 1-6 P. M.
lone Office
Phone 1111
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It is with pleasure that I announce to the women of
Morrow county that I have secured the services of
Hazel Green, who is a licensed beauty operator with
years of experience.
Mrs. Green will be glad to take evening appoint
ments. Our air-conditioned shop offers comfort and
relaxation while drying your hair.
Open six days a week.
Lois's Beauty Shop
(BBp)j3ia3s.