2-Heppner Gozette Times, Heppnet, Oregon, Jonuary t 1948
EDITORIAL
Over All Picture Better in 1947
A brief survey of business houses early this
week brought to lifht the fact that in the over all
picture conditions were better in 1947 than in the
previous year. This was not the condition in each
place visited but in general the business tone
was found to be better.
In almost every instance, particularly where
pronounced Improvement was experienced, the
answer was "more goods to sell." This was more
apparent in the building materials and house
hold appliance lines and in the automotive in
dustry. While some individual businesses had not ex
perienced a noticeable increase over 1946 it was
attributed to the fact that more houses were sell
ing the same lines and it was felt that altogeth
er the sales had been considerably larger.
There is no question about Heppner gaining as
a trading center during the past year and there
Is work ahead for the Chamber of Commerce in
planning a further expansion in 194S and suc
ceeding years. The facilities are at hand, if our
business houses realize it, and there are oppor
tunities for expansion if we are willing to give
them some study and show a desire to realize
upon them.
This column owes a word of apology to Frank
Davis and his Boy Scouts In not recognizing their
efforts to inject some Christmas spirit into the
life of the community. The Scouts and their lead
er, with the assistance of the boys in the forest
office, went to the mountains and brought back
trees that were attached to telephone and electric
light poles up and down Main street, and a large
tree which was placed in the intersection be
tween the bank and Gilliam & Bisbee buildings,
or the Hodge Chevrolet and the Rosewall build
ings, whichever way one looks at it. Then, with
the assistance of the Pacific Power & Light com
pany, the big tree was decorated with electric
lights to give It the proper holiday atmosphere.
The Scouts are to be commended for their enter
prise and it is hoped that ere another holiday
season arrives arrangements will be made to
help them carry out the work more completely,
which can be done by starting earlier.
30 YEARS A
From Heppner Gazette Times
Jan. 3. 1918
Morrow county will soon have
n agricultural agent. This was
decided by the county court
when W. L. Kadderly, a repre
sentative of the extension depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural
college, and a number of local
citizens called upon the court.
Henry Vance has sold his in
terest in the Oregon garage to
Ray Ager who took possession
the first of the year.
Miss Harper, a graduate of the
Oregon normal and Miss Norris,
a graduate of an eastern school,
arrived Tuesday evening, the
former to take up the work of
the second grade and the latter
to replace Mrs. Lucy Wedding in
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the English department of the
high school.
W. Claude Cox, local poultry
man and White Wyandotte fan
cier, won everything in that class
at the Dayton, Wash., poultry
show, December 12-15. Wight
man Brothers of the Alfalfa
Lawn Dairy, won everything In
the Barred Rock class. They also
won best pen in the show.
Sunshine and rain In Eastern
Oregon are quite a contrast to
the freezing and pain on the At
lantic seaboard and midwest
A basket social and literary'
entertainment will be given at
the Rugg schoolhouse on Rhea
creek Friday night. The proceeds
will go to the Red Cross and a
big crowd is expected.
BIG FAT TARGET
Estimates made by 1947 legis
lative committees on what rev
enues for the present biennium
(July 1. 1947 to June 30, 1949)
from Income taes, gift taxes
inheritance taxes would total are
being exceeded 30 to 35 per cent,
according to reports to state de
partments for the first ten mon
ths of the biennium.
The lineal descendent gift tax,
that in normal years was not
worth the cost of collecting, is
proving valuable as a "tip sheet"
to income tax checkers. The
three divisions of the gift tax
will net the state a possible $350,-
000, the inheritance tax a pos
sible $2,000,000. These increases,
with the withholding advantag
es, increases in insurance pre
mium taxes and corporation li
cense increases should, by July
1, 1949 net the state $45,000,000
net that is. hvith the present
$6,000,000 deficit wiped out.
New Building Is Yardstick for Old Year
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MORE CANDIDATES
The $7,500-a-year state treas
urer job drew the most candi
dates the past week at least it
drew more talk. Ormond R. Bean,
former city commissioner of
Portland and former state pub
lic utilities commissioner, is be
ing urged to run for this post.
Sigfrid B. Unander, Portland,
grandson of Simon Benson, and
Howard Belton, Canby, former
senate president, have shown
signs of being interested in serv
ing the state four years as trea
surer and helping out on the
state board of control. State Sen
ator Frederick L. Lamport was
called on by a state-wide dele
gation who asked him to come
out lor state treasurer. He de
clined.
LIFELONG POLITICIAN PASSES
Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, former
Oregon legislator and for 28
years superintendent of the
state hospital, died at his home
in Salem Saturday morning. He
had held a commission of one
kind or another from every gov
ernuor of Oregon from Sylvester
Pennoyer down to and includ
ing Governor Earl Snell.
R. E. Lee Steiner was born in
Bluffington, Ohio, in 1869 and
came to Salem with his parents
when he was 17. Within a year
he was conducting his own drug
store which soon became the
rendezvous of a potent political
group, several members of the
clique becoming holders of high
public -offices, three becoming
governors. He attended Willam-
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HOWARD KEITHLEY
Rosewall Expands
Plant of Heppner
Ford Agency
Mr and Mrs. Robert Warfield
are the parents of a nine pound
nlnp ounce babv eirl born Decem
ber 28 at the Riverside hospital
in Pendleton. They have namea
her Phyllis Jean. She is the War
fields' second child.
All Hail The New Year!
May 1948 he the beit ever.
We have enjoyed a good year, both in business and in
the happy relationships with our customers. Our aim
for 194S will be to further strengthen these ties by giv
ing better service wherever and whenever possible.
We know you had a wonderful Christmas and
we wish one and all a Happy and Prosperous new
Year.
Red & White Grocery
ette university medical school,
gaining his M.D. degree in 1897.
He began practice of medicine
in Dallas, and after three years
went to Lakeview for five more
years practice. There he was el
ected a member of the legisla
ture. During an emergency un
der Governor Olcott, he was draft
ed to act as superintendent of
the state penitentiary.
Increased Wheat
Yield Predicted
From Use of 2,4-D
(Oregon Farmer)
By greater use of 2,4-D for
weed control and increased use
of nitrogen fertilizer, Oregon
wheat growers can increase their
1948 yields by several million
bushels and in so doing help
out the world feed situation as
well as materially increase their
own farm earnings.
That is the conviction of E. R.
Jackman, extension agronomist.
At the recent state convention of
the Oregon Farm Bureau feder
ation, Jackman told a group of
wheat growers that use of 2,4-D
alone would increase yields by
an average of seven or eight bu
shels per acre. His predictions
that some 200,000 acres of Ore
gon wheat would be 2,4-D-treat-
ed this coming year was labeled
"conservative" by one Umatilla
grower.
Advising the farm group to
talk over needed applications
with their county agent, Jack
man recommended nitrogen for
the Willamette valley wheat and
for the deeper soils of the Col
umbia Basin wheat area. Heavy
fall rains will have washed away
mucn oi tne available nitrogen,
and late fall or early spring ap
plication of nitrogen should bring
highly beneficial results, the O.
S. C. specialist declared.
"We have found that added
nitrogen helps wheat just as it
helps the forage grasses," Jack
man said. "The fertilizer brings
about greater stooling and there
by increases the number of bear
ing heads of wheat."
He added that normal nitrates
are not available to the plant
until spring temperatures reach
50 degrees or above. Thus, the.
fertilizer stimulates early
growth.
Raymond Kent of the Pendle
ton soil conservation office sug
gested that farmers, if in doubt,
try field trials with application
of from 75 to 100 pounds of ni
trogen. In addition to his estimate of
200,000 acres of wheat to be 2,4-D
treated, the speaker said that
some 40,000 acres of barley In the
Klamath basin would be dusted
or sprayed by the weed-controlling
chemical next season.
Jackman also suggested that
farmers consider barley higher
than wheat as a spring crop. If
irrigated, barley will average
500 pounds per acre above wheat I
yield (spring) averages. Tests
near Moro averaged 300 pounds
per acre more than the spring
wheat.
ELAINE ELLIOTT MOVED
TO PASCO BY PENNEY
Jack O'Connor, manager of
the Heppner Penney store, in
forms the Gazette Times that
Blaine Elliott, former manager
here and recently manager of
the company s store at Freewa
ter, has been transferred to Pas
co to manage the J. C. Penney
company store. O'Connor says
this is a distinct raise for El
liott as the Pasco branch is now
one of the company's larger
small city stores.
O'Connor and Elliott, return
ing together from a meeting of
store executives in Spokane a
few weeks ago, were discussing
the Pasco store. Elliott remarked
that that would be more than
a fellow could hope for, but he
would like to get there. "And
now he's In," quoth the genial
Heppner manager.
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Mrs. Melvin Mover is in a
Transferring &
Heavy Hauling
Padded Moving
Vans
Storage
Warehouse
U. P. and N. P.
Penland Bros.
Transfer Co.
39 SW Dorion Avanue
Phone 338
Pendleton, Ore.
HEARTY WELCOME!
MR. NEW YEAR
Father Time has brought up a
new member of his famous
family. He shall be known as
1948, and it's up to us to see
that he thrives, prospers and
lives peacefully.
Thank you for your patronage
and good will during the
last year.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expr-t Watch 4 Jewelry Repairist
Heppner. Oregon
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building. Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign J. O. TURNER
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays at
8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phoae 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
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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 &i trance
OK Rubber Welders
FRANK ENGKRAF, Prop.
First class work guaranteed
Located In the Kane Building
North Main St. Heppner, Ore.
Phelps Funeral Homi. Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor oi Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Licensed Fun?raJ Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore.
Heppner City Council
Meets First Menday Each Month
Citizens having matters for discus
sion, please brunt before
the Council
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
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ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE 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 2832
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
N. D. BAILEY
i Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for apointment,
or call at shop.
Heppner, Oregon
hospital at The Dalles where she
Is reported in a serious condition.
She has had several blood trans
fusions to date and her physician
thinks she is now on the road to
recovery.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. Wl
A. D. McMurdo, M. D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse AstiManl
Office in Masonic Buildina
Heppner. Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Olfice up stairs I. O. O. P. Bid)
Hous. calls made
llou.se Phone I'M Office 2371
Blaine E. Isom
Ail Kinds of
INSURANCE
Phone 723
Heppner. Or
W. P. Browne, M.D.
Physician & Surgeon
Hour:. 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
WITH HAPPINESS
AND SINCERE
BEST WISHES
we greet the new year. Arnid
your gay surroundings
think of us, and remember
that you have our wish for
Peace, Health and Good
Cheer in '48.
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Thank You Friends
For your loyal patronage
during the last year. We
have endeavored to serve
you well and will continue
to provide our customers
with the finest service and
materials available. May
we wish you
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HEPPNER HARDWARE
& ELECTRIC CO.