6-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, December 11, 1947
EDITORIAL ' .
Whose Two and a Half Acres?
30 YEARS A3D
The next time you stand on the banks of a
muddy stream and watch the silt-laden water
ruah by ask yourself this question, "Whose two
and a half acres of land is that?", says the bul
letin of the Production and Marketing Adminis
tration, t'SDA, on Oregon information. The bul
letin points out that if all the harvested cropland
In the United States were divided up evenly
there would be about two and one-half acres of
land for each person. Only twenty-five years
ago the ratio was three and one-fourth acres per
person. It should be remembered further that
the fertile soil on that two and one-half acres
may be only a few inches deep. The average for
the United States is only about six inches.
While farmers may own the land, the bulletin
continues, all of us depend on that land for a
living. From that two and one-half acres must
come practically all our food fish the exception
and most of the fiber for our clothes. And, be
cause some farmer is willing and has the equip
ment to till that two and one-half acres for what
he can get from the crops, many people do not
have to raise their own food and fiber. That
means there are enough people to build automo
biles, run the railroads, practice law, teach school,
or what have you. The large output per man is
what makes out modern civilization possible. If
each of us had to farm our share of the land
all this would not be possible.
So the next time you see a muddy stream you
may well ask whose two and one-half acres is
now going down the river.
Tis Better to Give . . .
If you are one who believes in the principle
that it is better to give than to receive, there is
nothing in the way of exercising that belief to
the fullest. Many millions of people are cold and
hungry this winter because of a war-torn econ
omy that in more than two years of so-called
peace has as yet to be readjusted. Consequently,
these millions of people are dependent upon that
part of the world still able to produce the neces
sities for their very existence. This, naturally,
means that they are looking to America for the
bulk of their support
That American people are responsive to the
cries for aid is seen in the numerous organiza
tions and in the Friendship train which deliver
ed at New York some 8.000.000 pounds of food
for relief for Europe. And at present, our con
gress is wrestling with an aid bill of more than
one-hall billion dollars to bring immediate re
lief and at the same time offered as an offset to
communist activities in the countries of western
Europe.
An organization known as CARE has been in
operation for some months, a movement national
in scope and doubtless contributing generously
to the general relief program.
Coming closer home, we have "Oregon Heifers
for Relief." One hundred and seventy heifers
have just been shipped to parts of Italy where
food is sufficient for them. One hundred and
ninety-three milk goats have been distributed on
Okinawa among villages, agricultural stations,
orphanages, and leper colonies. One hundred
and ninety-one goats reached Japan on Novem
ber 25 to be distributed by the welfare depart
ments of the Japanese government in coopera
tion with the American relief agencies and, the
United Church of Japan. Five thousand dollars
has just been sent from Oregon to purchase milk
goats in Switzerland for Austria. Two thousand
goats are scheduled for Japan when funds are
available and the state and war departments
furnish transportation for which application is
pending.
It is more noble to givefthan to receive, yet in
this matter of aid to Europe and eastern Asia it
is more of an investment in our future security
than just plain relief and before- starting on a
holiday shopping spree for the usual line of
Christmas gifts, we should examine the budget
carefully and see if we cannot appropriate a few
dollars to help bring joy where it has not been
known for many years.
Morrow county committee members of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat League and the chambers
of commerce of Heppner were unaware that Con
don was preparing to bid for the 1948 convention
of the grain raisers, otherwise there would have
been no bid from Heppner. As it turned out, the
Morrow county delegation was able to throw its
support behind the Condon representatives and
help turn the tide in their favor. According to
the rotation system that has been in operation,
it will be Heppner's turn in 1949 and it is hoped
that ere that time rolls around facilities here for
entertaining sizable delegations will be greatly
improved.
From Heppner Gazette Times
Doo. 13. 1917.
The Tom Morgan house in the
lower end of town was visited
by fire last Monday morning
about 6 o'clock and all but en
tirely destroyed. Origin of the
fire is unknown. The Schwab
family has been living there.
They got out unharmed.
W. B. Barratt was re-elected
president of the Oregon Wool
Growers at their annual meeting
in The Dalles last Saturday.
Mrs. M. J. Edmondson and Lu
ther Huston were married at the
home of Rev. Turner B. Mac
Donald last Saturday.
Miss Jackson of the lone high
school is teaching the girls in
the domestic art class how to
knit. The knitting done by the
girls will be turned over to the
Red Cross.
, Among the young men of Mor
row county who have enlisted in
the service of Uncle Sam during
the past week are Frank Barlow
of Eight Mile, Bernard Cox of
Tliea cret'k, Burl Gurdane, Ralph
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juMua, ridiuiu vuiiii. ouui tur
ner, Elra Haes and Glenn Jones.
Pale Bleakman, the 11 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Bleakman of Hardman, was the
first applicant of that town to
buy thrift war savings stamps
at the Hardman postoffice. He
purchased two thrift stamps and
three war savings stamps from
money he had earned running
errands and like work.
Ralph Jones who recently clos
ed up the City Meat market here
is spending a few days in Hepp
ner on business. He says Mrs.
Jones' health is not good as
yet.
Fourteen inches of snow at the
coal mines in Willow creek bas
in is the report brought back by
parties visiting there this week.
The Y.M.C.A. fund is growing.
The amount to date is $3501.20.
The Red Cross bazaar last
week added $515.16 to the local
treasury.
Elks Adopt Plan To Sponsor
And Help Finance Boy Scouts
CHAUFFEURS UCENSES.
BADGES HOW BEING ISSUED
Renewal applications for 1S48
chauffeur's licenses and badges
axe now being accepted. Secre
tary of State Earl T. Newbry has
announced.
Only holders of 1947 licenses
re eligible to apply on a re
newal basis, Newbry emphasiz
ed. Because of the unprecedent
edly large number of applica-
tions to be processed, license
holders are urged to renew old
! cards well in advance of De
cember 31, the date all 1947
chauffeur's licenses expire.
Licenses may be renewed by
filling in the reverse side of a
1947 card and mailine it to the
! secretary of state along with the
1 $1 00 renewal fee, or by present
ing it to any authorized driver's
license examiner of the state department
Rebekahs Schedule
Annual Xmas Party
Following the regular meeting
Friday evening, December 19, San
Souci Rebekah lodge will hold
its annual Christmas party for
Rebekahs and husbands and
Oddfellows and wives.
. There will be an exchange of
gifts on a basis of men to men
and women to women, with
limit of $1 per gift
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The 1.475 lodges of Elkdom,
representing some 900,000 mem
bers, have adopted for the com
ing year an aggressive plan to
sponsor and assist Iinancially
the promotion of the Boy Scout
program, Senior Scouting and
Cub Scouting, especially in less
privileged districts and neighbor
hoods, according to an announce
ment received by Harvey White,
exalted ruler of Heppner lodge
No. 358, from Lafayette A. Lewis,
of Los Angeles, newly elected
grand exalted ruler of the B.P.
O.E. In this connection Colonel
Charles Spencer Hart, past grand
exalted ruler, has been appoint
ed to represent the Elks on the
National Civic Relationships
committee of the Boy Scouts of
America.
On a special trip to New York,
Mr. Lewis conferred with Dr. El
bert K. Fretwell, chief Scout ex
ecutive for the United States,
Colonel Hart and Commander
Thomas J. Keane, U.S.N.R., na
tional director of civic relations
of the Boy Scouts of America
and developed plans for Elk
participation.
"Already we have 300 lodges
of Elks sponsoring Boy Scout
troops and cub packs," Lewis de
clared, "but our goal is to have
every one of our 1,475 lodges co
operate with from one to three
local Scout units. More than one
million boys nearly 1,100,000
reach twelve years of age each
year and 700,000 of them indi
cate they want to become Boy
Scouts. Yet only 400,000 can be
accepted because of insufficient
sponsorship. We want to help
provide Scouting facilities for the
300,000 left-overs and we mean
to furnish funds and offer many
of our war veteran Elks and
Scout leaders and committeemen.
'The 68,000 Boy Scout troops
for nearly two million Scout
members are not enough. We
have seen militant minorities
working for some revolution or
other; why not the militant mi
nority of Scout-trained citizens
sponsored by Elks who stand for
our best institutions and tradi
tions?" Mr. Lewis quoted with pride
the figures of Admiral Chester
Nimitz that 40 percent of his
men had been Boy Scouts and
that 60 percent of his decorated
heroes had been Scouts.
The new Elks' chieftain has
arranged itineraries totaling
150,000 miles of travel to subor
dinate lodges this year. On his
visitations he plans to pledge
more vigorously than ever the
Elks' campaign against internal
enemies of America. The partic
ular targets of the Elks are the
Ku Klux Klan, Communism, Fas
cism and any other subversive
elements.
In its 79-year history the B.P.
O.E. has donated to worthy cau
ses more than $72,000,000, reach
ing a total of $5,000,000 during
the past year alone in addition
to other sums given by local lod
ges. Lewis expects basic contri
butions this year will total more
than $12,000,000. Much of this
will go for care of war veterans
in 152 hospitals in 41 states, for
the benefit of crippled children
and toward college scholarships
to outstanding secondary school
students.
Veterans Should
Keep Informed On
Service Ratings
Wartime rates for service com
pensation and pension payable
for disability or death in World
War II are limited by dates fix
ed by presidential and congres
sional action, Charles M. Cox.
Veterans Administration con
tact representative in this area,
pointed out today.
These are higher than peace
time rates, hence the definition
oi war service Is important to
veterans or their dependents, Mr
Cox explained.
Actions governing awards were.
1, President s proclamation end
ing hostilities at 12 o'clock noon
December 31. 1946 ; 2, public law
2J9 of the 80th congress, which
oniciauy terminated the war
July 25, 1947, for certain pur
poses. Wartime service began
December 7, 1941.
To qualify for service-connect
ed benefits based on active war
time service, a veteran must
have served between December
1941, and prior to noon, De
cember 31, 1946, and the disabil
ity must have originated by July
25 of this year. If the veteran
died in service, death must have
occurred by July 25 to be con
sidered in World War II service.
Claims of persons who entered
service after noon December 31,
1946, will be adjudicated as
peacetime service, but if injury
or deatn occurred by July 25.
1947, then awards will be paid
at wartime rates. The higher
rate may also apply to peace
time service in claims based on
extra-hazardous duty, including
simulated warfare.
For claims for non-service con
nected permanent and total dis
ability benefits by a veteran, or
claims for pension or compen
sation by dependents of a de
ceased veteran, the period of
qualification in World War II is
90 days of service with some part
of that service falling between
December 7, 1941, and noon, De
cember 31, 1946.
Under present legislation no
death benefits are payable to
dependents of World War II vet
erans who did not have a service
connected disability.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
J. O. PETERSON
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Heppner. Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays t
8:00 p. m. In Legion Hall
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building. Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AY LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Ore .
0. M. YEAGER p. w. MAHONEY
Attorney at Law
GENERAL INSURANCE
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kinds of carpenter work.
Modern Homes Built or Remodeled
Phone 1 33 415 Jones S
HEPPNER. OREGON
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
OK Rubber Welders
FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop.
First class work guaranteed
Located in the Kane Building
North Main St. Heppner, Ore.
Phelps Funeral Honv Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1S32 Heppner, On.
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 Or TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In Peters Building
Lorine Van Winkle's
Marriage Scheduled
For New Year's Day
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Van Winkle
of Lexington announce the forth
coming marriage of their daugh
ter, Lorine, to John D. Ledbet
ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bergen
Ledbetter of Heppner. The wed
ding will be an event of Janu
ary 1, 1948 and will be solem
nized at the Congregational
church in Lexington at 3 o'clock
p.m. Friends of the young cou
ple have been extended a cor
dial invitation to attend.
The bride-to-be has been em
ployed the past few months, in
the tax department at the court
house, and the groom-to-be is
employed on the Duvall ranch
where the young people will
make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carston Brand
hagen (Marjorie McFerrin) were
over from Pendleton to spend the
week end here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Loy McFerrin.
Me Sure as
Christmas
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Sure at Chrlstmai, your
gift of an Elgin American compact
will be her pride and Joy. Such imart
deilgnlng and jewel-like flnlih are
reaioni enough. And theie compacti
powder spill, never fly
How right you'll be
an Elgin American.
Wi Inviti you to stt our Elgin Amnicau
illation prkti from $2St
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ATTEND MEMORIAL
SERVICES FO RNEPHEWS
Mrs. Joe Hughes went to Port
land Tuesday to attend memor
ial services for two nephews who
lost their lives in World War II
and whose bodies have been re
turned home for burial.
The body of Pfc Kenneth B.
Williams was one of 27 Oregon
men returned from the European
theater on the U. S. Army trans
port Joseph V. Connolly which
docked at New York Sunday. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al
len E. Williams of Portland, and
was killed while serving with 1st
Army in Germany. He was 2G,
a native of Hood River, and grad
uate of Oregon State college. His
brother, Pfc Ralph L. Williams,
marine corps, was killed in the
battle for Tarawa, and his body
was sent home on the Honda
Knot. Kenneth died in March
1945 and Ralph on November 20,
1943. The boys mother and Mrs.
Hughes are sisters.
Merchants Credit
Bureau
Accurate Credit Information
F. B. Nickerson
Phone 12 Heppner
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
. OSTEOPATHIC
Phjsician It Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 483
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office up stairs L O. O. F. Bldf
Housii calls made
House Phone 2583 Office 25T2
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 2632
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
Blaine E. Isom
All Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 723
Heppner. On
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for apointment,
or call at shop.
Heppner, Oregon
LUTHERAN SERVICE
AT LEXINGTON
Confirmation service will be
held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14
at Lexington. Rev. E. Philllpi,
Lutheran minister from Hermis-
ton, will officiate. 37-38
W. P. Browne, M.D.
Physician i Surgeon
Hours 2 to 6 p. m.
5 K Street Phone 952
DR. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783. Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
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