2-Hcppner Gozctte Times, Heppner, Oregon, August 21, 19-47
EDITORIAL
Don't Overlook Produce Crops
Many of us, when thinking of Orepon indus
tries, wl()nm include the volume of fresh fruits
and vegetables ui:h the more widely advertised
lumber, fish, grain and stock production of the
Mute Therein e are remiss, for according to a
Trieste from the slate d.-parlnu nt of agriculture
a fraction over 34 Ml carloads of fresh fruits and
vegetables were .shiped out of Oregon under
federal-state shipping point certification in the
year ended June 30.
Highest single commodity item moving under
SPI certification was potatoes, with 16.139 car
loads of approximately 4 SO hundred-pound sacks
per car. In the fruit line, pears were high item,
with 6,463.7 cars of about 760 standard boxes
each.
Other commodities of which more than 100
carioads were inspected last year are onions,
4.16S.6 cars; apples, 2.369.7 cars; lettuce, 1.4S3.4
cars; fresh prunes, 843.1 cars; ceiery, ASIA cars;
brine cherries. 462.1 cars; fresh corn, 250.1 cars;
walnuts, 337.6 cars; filberts, 3S8.3 cars; cabbage,
144.2 cars; canner apples. 104.5 cars, and toma
toes, 1S1.2 cars.
Oregon fruit growers received $64,093,000, gross,
for their products. Total cash receipts from all
farm marketings for Oregon last year are placed
at $340,977,000, exclusive of government pay
ments of $9,102,000.
ors will all but run over the fair officials getting
to the pavilion with their products.
It's A Home Made Product
Out of eighty creameries doing business in
Oregon and whose products are graded by the
state department of agriculture but twenty have
a grade A rating. That is, the official grade rat
ing given by the department.
One of the twenty creameries this grade is lo
cated in Heppner the Morrow County Creamery
company, maker of Pride of Oregon butter and
ice cream. It is a rating held by the creamery
over an extensive period and is a matter worthy
of note, a matter in which local people should
take more than passing interest. It brings to
the community and to the county an honor en
joyed by only twenty-five per cent of the con
cerns engaged in the manufacture of butter
throughout the state.
To be legal, butter must contain at least SO
per cent fat. Morrow County Creamery company
percentage is S0.6.
Manager Claude Cox is justifiably proud of his
company's standard and the local creamery is
entitled to first place in the minds of local peo
ple when buying creamery products.
The information contained herein was obtain
ed from the Agriculture Bulletin, publication of
the state department of agriculture, copies of
which arrive regularly at the editorial desk.
"As usual, the worst killer Is the open high
way," Farrell said. "Oregon car travel Is at
an all-time high and that travel will kill more
Oregonians than ever before unless we do every
thing 'in our power to prevent it."
It is well to report any type of accident, whe
ther there be serious consequences or not. The
officials want to know what type of drivers are
involved that they may be able to keep a closer
check on them. Nothing is to be gained by try
ing to avoid publicity and as a general rule you
will be doing the other fellow a favor as well as
yourself, for it will be a warning to him to be
more alert, as well as more considerate of others
on the highway.
Ritter Given Modern Touch
Visitors to Ritter and there are many these
days are duly impressed with the fact that the
hotel and store are now lighted by electricity.
Yes, Ritter has gone modern. The hand of pro
gress could be stayed no longer. A modern plant
has been installed and the guests no longer have
to bother with carbide lamps.
And that isn't all. A brand new bath house
has replaced the old building where guests took
the "mud" baths. It is of concrete brick con
struction and should stand as long as the hill
on whose steep side it rests.
It has long been the ambition of Mrs. Mary
Davis, owner and manager of Ritter, to develop
a first class spa. She has worked under a handi
cap of isolation but has been forward looking
throughout the years and is beginning to realize
some of her dreams. A good road leads from
highway 395 to tlie hotel that, is, a good dry
weather road. Despite the big hill that must be
negotiated, the average car will make the grade
in high gear most of the way (we can do it with
our 1937 Chev), and passing is comparatively
safe most of the way.
A visit to Hitter is well worth while, whether
you feel the need of taking the baths or not.
One or two of Mrs. Davis's meals will give you
a brighter outlook on life, even if you have no
misery that needs alleviating in the hot spring
water.
Unless fall rains set in early, the late summer
and early fall months are the most dangerous In
timber and grazing areas. As things stand now,
a bit of carelessness could easily cause untold
damage to grass and trees. When driving, use
your ash tray. When camping, he sure your
campfire has been drowned. Help Keep Oregon
Green!
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Good
Watches. Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing
Heppner. Oregon
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building. Willow Street
Heppner. Oregon
Veterans of Foreign J. 0. TURNER
Ur. ATTORNEY AT LAW
vvars lMwae 173
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays at Hotel Heppner Building
8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall Heppner, Oregon
0. M. YEAGER p. y. MAHONEY
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kiads of carpenter work.
Modern Homes Built or Remodeled
Phone 1483 415 Jones Si.
HEPPNER. OREGON
30 YEARS Ag
Conditions Not So Different
Thirty years is sufficient time to bring about
many changes and so far as Heppner is con
cerned there have been many changes since 1917,
the year the United States entered the first World
War. But in glancing through the "30 Years Ago"
column one will note that "houses for rent in
Heppner have never been so scarce as at the
present time." Does that have a familiar ring?
Then at the close of the column there is some
thing about urging the people to prepare their
exhibits for the Morrow CQunty fair as the big
event is only three weeks away. The Morrow
county fair board is urging the same thing upon
the people in this year 1947. And the length of
time preceding the fair is almost the same.
It is to be hoped that thirty years from now
there will be no housing shortage due to World
War III. What we hope is that there will not be
another war and that peace time industry will
provide the materials necessary for wiping out
housing and all other shortages, not alone in this
country but throughout the world. Likewise it is
hoped that the Morrow county fair will have
grown to such size and importance that exhibit-
From Heppner Gazette Times
Aug. 23, 1917
Heppner's new 110.000-bushel
capacity elevator is now ready
to receive grain.
were never so scare as at
present time.
the
County quota in the first call
for the selective draft was 41
men, and 46 men have been cer
tified as accented for military
have boosted Oregon's traffic toll to 205 killed service.
in the first half of 1947, Secretary of State Robert '
,, , , .. , . . . .... Charles Brashears of Lexing-
S. Farrell Jr. has disclosed. Ten more fatalities tQn brQke Mg arm WednMdy
have been added to the list for the first six morning while cranking his
months of the year to bring the total just nine Ford- . , ,
deaths fewer than last year's record 214 for the A thief wUh musica, tenden.
same period. cies entered the J. A. Waters
,. , . . , home during their absence at
lalc --""""6 the coast; t00k several jars of
has reached 46 dead, the secretary s report shows, jam, devoured a box of crackers
This is ten more' persons killed than in June of and walked off with a perfectly
Kuou pnonograpn oeionging to
All Accidents Should Be Reported
Delayed accident reports and death notices
1940, formerly the worst June in the state's his
tory. Traffic men explained that some revisions oc
cur when persons previously reported as injured
actually die from the effects of the accident, and
that other changes are necessary when tardy re
ports are received.
As proof of the growing danger of street and
liighway use, the number of motorists killed for
Delmar.
Grain on the Vaughn ranch,
farmed by Pearl Shamhart, is
making 20 bushels to the acre.
A new course, domestic sci
ence and art, has been added to
the course in the Heppner school.
Miss Zarah Snell of Arlington
became the bride of Frank J.
each 100 million miles travelled jumped to over "opkins of Heppner at Vancou-
t , . , , t . . ver, Aug. 14.
ten in June, compared with about seven in June . , .
of 1946.
Houses for rent in Heppner
veryone
Is Invited To Exhibit At
The Morrow County Fair
September 5-6, 1947
Premium lists have been mailed to all farm families. If you do
not have one call at the secretary's office.
For information on exhibirors'divisions and classes contact
the following superintendents:
BeefDonald Robinson
Hogs-Bill Barratt
Dairy John Wightman
Sheep Steve Thompson
Saddle Horse Fred Mankin
Grain Frank Anderson
Hay John Krebs
Community Booths Ed Rugg
Dr. N. E. Winnard reports the
birth of a daughter at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bray in
this city Aug. 18.
...
Clyde Schriever and Libby
Bishop young people of Lexing
ton, were married in this citv
Tuesday by City Recorder J. P.
Williams.
A. W. Dykstra, south Heppner
farmer, hauled in the first load
of grain to be received at the
Farmers Elevator in this city.
The grain was delivered Wed
nesday and consisted of 77 bushels.
...
Will Ball, head of the grocery
department at Minor & Co., re
turned Sunday from an enjoy
able vacation of two weeks spent
at Lehman springs.
.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughrri
spent several days in the moun
tains last week gathering the
luscious huckleberries.
Are you preparing your exhi
bit for the Morrow county fair?
Remember the big annual event
is only three weeks away.
sew;
Poultry-Joe Devine Women's Dept.-Mrs. Ralph Thompson
Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson
4-H Agricultural John Graves
4-H Home Economics Mrs. Lucy Rodgers
FFA Frances Cook and Dick Wightman
or see N. C. Anderson, Secretary
Plan your exhibit now, whether livestock,
home economics, 4-H or F.F.A.
orrow County Fair
September 5th & 6th, 1947
M
BUILDING PROGRAM SKIDS
Members of the state board of
control and of the state emer
gency board Tuesday went into
the fourth week of their mid
summer Dickering tiesta over
tangents of the state's building
program, for nearly two years
the board of control has been
giving the cold shoulder to con
struction bids based on mount
ing building costs, declaring
they would wait until prices took
a change. Building costs took a
change for the worse to rec
ord heights, however. The. ten
million dollar building fund ap
proved by the vote of the people
at a special election in June 1915
now would buy about half of the
badly-needed buildings it was
intended to provide.
The board of control has thaw
ed, hut the emergency board has
frozen approval of funds of many
essential building projects.
"Why have a building program
if it is not to be lived up to?"
asks Senator Douglas McKay.
Altho he is not a member of the
emergency boajd he is not ex
actly speaKing out or turn as
this veteran of two world wars
and several sessions of the legis
laturewill be president of the
next Oregon senate. That is fully
conceded, necessity should be
the one and only reason for nub-
lie building. Decisions should be
made wilh vision no more mis
takes as those made in replacing
the capiloi with a building too
small for stale departments the
day it was finished. The state
is now paying thousands of dol
lars a monln for rent necessita
ted by building without vision.
Over the years, come high prices
or low, the state would strike an
average of cost. State wards
would not suffer from cramped
conditions. More cures at thi
state hospitals could be effected,
which is the essential objective.
iiunureus 01 thousands of dol
lars more could be collected by
me siate tax commission if
much-needed office space were
availan'o. spare hero iimils fur
ther wiling of cases where a
consistent building program
would eliminate suffering, con
tribute to efficiency and save
money for the taxpayers.
Senator McKay is not just
preaching. He also demonstrates.
In 1945 when most people were
saying costs of construction were
at the top and due for a sudden
break, he started construction of
a business block In Salem that
cost $200,0000. This building
could not now be duplicated for
$275,000.
FLAX LOANS SKUTCHED
The federal government has
called its price suppot loans on
over one million pounds of Ore
gon flax fiber. "I am afraid that
if the government doesn't sup
port our flax production," said
L. J. Demytt, government flax
councclor for Oregon, "in an
other year the flax production of
Oregon will be a thing of the
past, with the exception of the
state operated plant at the pen
itentiary. "This would be a very
serious situation in the event of
war. Flax is air important com
modity from a military point of
view."
The price support loans do not
apply to the 1917 crop.
WOULD LIMIT LIQUOR ADS
A preliminary initiative peti
tion to ban advertising which
promotes consumption of all al
coholic beverages was filed with
the state department this week
by the Oregon Anti-Liquor lea
gue. The measure would limit
all such ads to the name of the
producer or dispenser, the name
of the product, the place where
it is sold and the price. The
measure would appear on the
November. 194S. ballot
COOS BAY BRIDGE DEDICATION
Dedication of the highway
oriuge across Coos Bay in Coos
county in honor of the late
Conde McCullough, state bridge
engineer who designed it, is dat
ed for ednesday, August 27.
Invitations to attend the cer
emony nave been sent out by
me i iregon state highway com
mission and the Corvallis En
gineers club of Oregon State
college. The dedication cere
Muuit-.i win oe neia at the ap-
piuarn 10 tne nridge.
CAPITOL CORRIDOR ECHOES
Tha, republican national com-
mijtee h;is allotted Oregon only
" ueiegaies to the 918 GOP na
tioiuil convention instead of the
usual 15. .. Senator Guy Cordon
will or.n his summer office this
week in 'he Imperial hotel at
fontanel.. ..Slate Highway En
pineor R. II. Baldock is planning
x azuu.oiio concrete highway
minding to be erected on state
property since the denartmnnt
has been unable to rent needed
space in Salem. ...New courses
recently added at Oregon voca
tional school include baking, re
frigeration, radio repair, car
pentry, woodworking and dlesel
engineering.
o- .
State Police Are
Checking Drivers'
Cards in County
tSale Police have begun check
ing uregon drivers' licenses in
Morrow county, it has been dis
closed by Robert S. Farrell Jr.
secretary of state. Many licen
ses in this area are known to he
past due for renewal.
under a new law passed bv
Ik,. Ill'-T I ! , .. , J
.in.- ijii legislature, ail Oregon
drivers' licenses exniro riiirlnn
the next two years. They become
void according to serial numbers
lowest numbers first The v.
piralion date printed on the face
oi the prrmit is, in most cases,
no longer correct.
All drivers' licenser, numbered
between 5R-66.000 and 5R-99,00
expire this month. IVrmils with
numbers lower than 5R-66,000
expired earlier In the summer
A complete schedule showing
worn earn permit must be re
newed is available free from ser
vice sianons, police stations,
sheriff's offices, and driver's li
cense clerks or examineis.
In Heppner renewals and in-
formation are available at the
sheriffs office between the hours
of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday
ui.uugri rriuay. no examination
is necessary for those renewing
old, licenses.
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PREVENT FOREST FIRES!
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Attorney at Law
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entranca
OK Rubber Welders
FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop.
First class work guaranteed
Located in the Kane Building
North Main St. Heppner, Ore.
Phelps Funeral HonK Jack A. Woodhall
. licensed Funeral Director!
Phone 1S32 Heppner, Ore.
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters for discus
sion, please bring before
the Council
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in Peters Building
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Uank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Rank Building
Res. Ph. 11G2 Office Ph. 4UJ
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner. Oregon
Merchants Credit
Bureau
Accurate Credit Information
F. B. Nickerson
Phone 12 Heppner
Dr. C. C. Dunham
C111ROPKACI1C PHYSICIAN
Office up stairs I. O. O. F. Bids
Housii calls made
llou.se Phone 23S3 Office 2572
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 2632
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
Blaine E. Isom
' All Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 123
Heppner, On
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 9r2
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 service.
Phone 702
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