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2-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, January 15, 194S
EDITORIAL
Pay-As-You Go Looks Best
In the nro few months there will bo much dis
cutin of roads and how to finance them, for
Morrow county is in need of a far seeing program
and it should bo Riven thorough study before any
definite financing step is taken.
It will be recalled that in 1925 this county sold
the first bonds after the people sanctioned an is
sue of $550,000 for the construction of a county
road system. We are still paying out on those
bonds and will not bo through paying until 1955,
unless the taxpayers take a notion to retire them
by paying the full interest charges, and it doesn't
worn necessary to do this. In the meantime, the
roads built by funds obtained through that bond
issue are sorely in need of repair, and in many
instances rebuilding, and the county is faced with
the problem of raising perhaps an even larger
sum to do the job.
The special road committee named at a meet
ing of taxpayers in the fall of 1947 has tentatively
written up four fund-raising proposals, only one
of which has the proper ring to it so far as this
column is concerned. That is proposal number
four, which provides for a special levy of 10 mills
over a period of years until the road situation is
well in hand. It is a pay-as-you-go method and
carries no interest charge. Presumably the work
can begin as eaily through this method of financ
ing as by bonding. If sanctioned at the primary
election, the levy will be made at the first meet
ing of the county court thereafter, or on July 7,
and the county could then issue warrants until
November when tax money would be available.
It is likely that the county has paid $200,000 or
mori in interest on that 5550,000 issue. That sum
in itself would do a lot of road work, even at the
high price scale of the present day. At least it
would provide funds for buying equipment, bridge
materials and other things sorely needed in main
tenance and construction. Back in the early thir
ties it was no small matter to pay upwards of
$25,000 in interest, and although the last payment
had dropped to a little more than seven thousand
dollars, it will still cost the county thousands of
dollars in interest before the last bond is retired.
One thing in the county's favor at present is
that there is not one cent of indebtedness aside
from the road bonds. Every cent of money raised
by a special levy can be applied to securing nec
essary road equipment and operation of it in
building and maintaining roads. Regular county
business is amply cared for within the six per
cent limitation. The people may vote whatever
levy they see fit for roads and be assured the
money will be spent for that purpose.
Something New Has Been Added
Presentation of a junior first citizen key is some
thing new to Heppner and represents something
of the change and growth that has been taking
place here in the past twelve months. It remain
ed for the formation of a junior chamber of com
merce here to bring this about and to the pro
gressive young men who constitute this live-wire
civic organization let It be said that their efforts
in behalf of the town and surrounding community
are appreciated and it is hoped the work so nicely
started in 1947 will continue on to bring to fruition
some of the plans the Jaycees have originated
and put into operation.
It was not an easy matter for the committee
from the senior chamber of commerce to pick the
junior outstanding citizen, but the Jaycees them
selves were largely responsible inasmuch as they
chose William F. Barratt as their leader. Mr. Bar
ratt is a capital hand at conducting meetings and
in appointing committees that really go to work.
It was a distinct honor accorded him when the
county planning conference chose him as general
chairman one of the youngest men participating
in the conference. His general usefulness as a
young citizen of the county has distinguished him
as a leader and the honor accorded him has in
no wise been misplaced.
A Good Program
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Tom Wilson, director of the Soil Conservation
Service in this, county, was interested in a state
ment in this column last week relative to a
change in tillage practices and stated that he
agrees with the viewpoint. In his capacity he is
able to do something about it and gave us a few
figures to show some of the things that have been
done and what the SCS has in mind for the future.
During the past season, land leveling on three
of the creek valleys amounted to 420 acres. This
doesn't look like much from the standpoint of
figures, yet it represents a considerable sum to
those having the work done. Of this amount, some
new land has been brought into production, but
so far the number of acres is so small as to be
worthy only of mention or to show the possibili
ties of bringing greater acreage under cultivation.
Of the acres leveled, 260 were on Willow creek, 110
on Rhea creek and 50 on Butter creek. More lev
eling remains to be done on these creeks.
The service now has nine damsites surveyed
on these creeks with storage capacity running
from 450 acre feet to 1500 acre feet. It costs from
$60 to $200 per acre foot to build these dams which
are of a type of construction to withstand flash
floods. Incidentally, an acre foot means 6 inches
of water to one acre of land.
More contour plowing and strip farming, as well
as leveling of irrigated tracts must be done if the
forces of erosion are to be checked. It is for the
purpose of directing this work that the Soil Con
servation service was set up and the cooperation
displayed by land owners has not been discourag
ing to the plan.
If we stick to our knitting, keep our own econ
omy right side up, explain frankly and fully what
we are doing, and act with determination, we can
safely leave the hollering to Molotov and Vish
insky. The Saturday Evening Post.
30 YEARS A3
From Heppner Gazette Times
January 17. 1918
Claus Johnson. Morrow county
pioneer and farmer of Democrat
gulch, died at his home last Fri
day following an accident which
occurred earlier in the week. Mr.
Johnson's team became frighten
ed and ran away, throwing him
violently from the light hack.
The First National Bank of
Heppner opened for business
Monday in the elegant new home,
the move being made without a
single hitch in business.
W. W. Smead has been chosen
to fill the unexpired term of S. E.
Notson who resigned as mayor of
Heppner at the last regular meet
ing of the city council.
M. D. Clark, Frank Gilliam and
t George J. Currin, leading Masons
of Heppner, departed for Portland
yesterday morning and will at
tend the meetings of the Scottish
Rite Masons now being held in
the metropolis.
A daughter, Olivia Edna, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bald
win at their home Tuesday eve
ning. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Hill of Lex
ington report the arrival of a
daughter at their home January
13.
W. B. Barratt and J. O. Hager
departed Tuesday morning for
Salt Lake City to attend the Na
tionai Woolgrowers association.
At the annual meeting of the
directors of the Lexington State
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re-elected: W. G. Scott, president;
T. J. Mahoney of Portland, vice
president, and W. O. Hill, cashier.
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In a deal this week Charles R.
Pointer of Lexington disposed of
his interest in the Leach and
Pointer ranch to Earl Warner. The
ranch was formerly owned by
Frank and Jeff Evans and is sit- j
uated north of Lexington. It joins
the ranch Mr. Warner purchased
from Ed Brown a few months ago.
A. Henriksen and Jack Hynd. j
stockgrowers of Cecil, were in I
Heppner Tuesday. They came by
auto but Henriksen said they
should have had a boat and thus
been able to make more rapid
progress.
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The parsonage of the Method
ist church received a new dress
of paint the past week, at the
hands of Bradford the painter.
About $800 has been spent on
improvements of the Methodist
church property this year, ac
cording to Rev. H. A. Noyes.
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FLAGG BOOSTS PHONE RATES
Last Saturday was "Flagg Day''
for the Pacific Telephone & Tel
egraph company when State Pub
lic Utilities Commissioner George
H. Flagg gave the company a $1,-560,000-a-year
boost in phone
rates and a slap on the wrist
just to show he wasn't prejudiced.
He indicated there might be an
other boost soon.
Flagg was critical of the pre
sent setup of the control of the
Pacific company by the Ameri
can Telephone & Telegraph com
pany and of agreements requir
ing the Pacific company to ob
tain all equipment from Western
Electric, a subsidiary of the Am
erican company.
The new rates became effective
Saturday and will show on your
next phone bill. The increases
are principally based on popula
tion. As an example the rate on
a business phone in Salem is
boosted $15 a year over the pre
sent charge; individual residence
rates are up $9 a year; two-party
lines $6 and most other users $3.
Farmer line services are upped
generally from 50 cents to $1 a
month. Some farmer lines will be
reclassified as business custom
ers and be boosted 150 percent
while the boost for other farmer
lines will be only 100 percent.
FARM COUNCIL ANNOUNCED
T. Morris Dunne, chairman of
the state unemployment commis
sion, announced the personnel of
the recently established 11-man
farm council. The new state ac
tivity is an adjunct of the farm
placement service in the develop-;
ment of a 1948 program to meet
farm labor needs.
The council, appointed with the
approval of Governor John Hall,
will assist the farm labor office
in its transition from federal to
state control. Serving on the
council will be Harold Barnett.
Pendleton; Truman Chase, Eu
gene; J. J. Fisher, Gresham; Ray
G. Larson, Nyssa; D. F. Kennedy,
Independence; Henry Semon,
Klamath Falls; E. C. Zeigler,
Hood River; Ammon Grice, Sal
em; H. H. Chindgren, Molalla;
Robert K. Norris, Medford, and
Henry G. Holwiesner, Portland.
VETS PENSIONS DECREASE
Oregon veterans received $7,
497,718 in readjustment allow
ances under the GI bill of rights
during 1947, the state unemploy
ment compensation commission
has just announced. Unemploy
ed veterans got $5,982,342. or 30.4
per cent less than in 1946. Self
employed veterans got $1,515,376.
a decrease of 21.9 per cent less
than in the previous year.
Every section of the state ex
cept Pendleton and Ontario re-
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ported fewer payments to veter
ans. About half of the payments
went to the Portland area. Salem
was second and Klamath Falls
was third.
RECENT SLANT ON LAWS
In his latest digest of abridge
ments Attorney General George
Neuner holds that a mother of a
minor child cannot authorize
guardian of the person and es
tate of such child, appointed by
probate court after death of
chidl's father, to place child for
adoption by persons chosen by
guardian and unknown to moth
er. If parent of the child is liv
ing and not incapacitated, only
her consent can validate the ad
option of the child.
A holdover senator or candidate
for nomination as a legislator
may be a candidate to the nation
al convention of his political par
ty, as this position is not a pub
lie office, Neuner holds. In ren
denng an opinion for the state
department of veteran's affairs
he ruled that a veteran does not
become disqualified for a GI loan
by reenlisting in the military ser
Vice.
BABEL OF TAX-PERTS
That ever-expanding gap be
tween the opinions of tax statis
ticians, and between state offi
cials as well, on the many and
conflicting tax laws of Oregon is
alarming. We mean just that. It
is approaching the "what's the
use stage."
Ever since Governor Chamber
lain proclaimed bank holidays,
-uvay back near fin de cicle days
every session of the legislature
'has amended, recommended, re
pealed or created new tax laws
Now the folks who made them
tlon't know what they mean. So
the word is going 'round that
they should all be repealed and
a new tax law enacted so we can
raise our children and will know
what will happen when our wills
are probated.
GUBRNATORIAL
APPOINTMENTS
Governor Hall has just ap
pointed Robert T. Mautz of Port
land as a member of the racing
commission to fill the unexpired
term of Henry Collins, whose
term expired January 14.
MAKES HIGH AVERAGE
Wade Bothwell of Heppner j
earned a 3.0 grade point average I
carrying 15 hours work during j
the fall term at the Oregon Col-1
lege of Education and is named i
on the honor roll at OCE.
March of Dimes Benefit Game
Basketball
Condon Rover Boys
vs.
Heppner Townies
Monday Evening, Jan.. 26th
High School Gymnasium
The Rover Boys are plenty fast and
you will get a big evening of enter
tainment for your contribution to
the polio fund.
Funeral Services
Held Saturday
ForDagmarSkoubo
Boardman Girl
Perished Of Cold
On Alaska Trail
By Flossie Coats
Funeral services for Dagmar
Skoubo were held at Boardman
Community church at 2 p.m. Jan.
10. The Rev. Charles Eble, pas
tor, officiated. Music was furn
ished by Mrs. John Partlow and
Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, with Mrs.
Lowell Shattuck at the piano.
Pallbearers were Albert Ball, Har
old Baker, Donald Tannehill, Roy
Partlow, Vernon and Dale Russell.
Dagmar Axelgard Skoubo pass
ed away at Palmer, Alaska, De
vember 31, 1947. She was born
in Boardman 20 years ago and
lived most of her life here. She
attended grade school and the
first year high in Boardman, the
last three years high in Pendle
ton, and one year at University
of Oregon in Eugene. She was
later employed in Eugene, leav
ing there last September for Pal
mer, Alaska, where she lived and
worked up to the time of her
death. Miss Skoubo had been a
member of the Community
church the past several years.
Miss Skoubo is survived by her
paren'.s, Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Skou
bo; three sisters, Asra and Erna
of Palmer, Alaska, and Mrs. Toi
vo Simila of Portland, and two
brothers, Gunner and Leo of
Boardman.
Out-of-town relatives here for
the burial besides Asta of Palmer,
and Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Simila
of Portland, were two uncles and
one aunt of Portland, Gene and
Alfred Skoubo and Mrs. Erick
Lind; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Skoubo of
Pendleton. Among friends from
out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Eker and Nick Taylor
of Eugene, Mrs. Jennie Olson and
daughter Ivera of Hermiston, Mrs.
Effie Robertson, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Robertson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Robertson, all of Pert
dleton. ...
Taken from Palmer, Alaska,
paper:
Palmer, Alaska, Jan. 7, 1948:
Dagmar Skoubo, who disappear
ed sometime late last Tuesday af
ternoon, was discovered lying
dead near a trail in a wooded
aiiea only five minutes walk from
Palmer late Friday. Daryl Meeks,
a member of the searching party
combing the area, found the
body. Death was caused by ex
treme exhaustion and exposure,
according to the decision reach
ed by the coroner's Inquest Sat
urday. Miss Skoubo was last seen alive
about 3 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 30.
She then stopped at the Palmer
fountain and cafe, where she was
employed, asking direction for
finding a path to the river, where
she intended to do some sketch
ing. Marian Barry, a fellow worker,
spoke with the girl for several
moments and it is believed she
set out immediately as she was
dressed for outdoor hiking. Her
disappearance caused no alarm
until early Thursday, when fel
low roomers at the "dorm" dis
covered Miss Skoubo had not re
turned. Hotels and hospitals
were alerted, but reports reached
the city marshal too late to be
gin active searching that night.
Early Friday morning the search
started and the body was found
in midafternoon lying beside a
well-marked trail, by Mr. Meeks.
She had apparently wandered un
til she had become exhausted and
then had lain down to rest, only
to become a victim of last week's
cold weather. Medical evidence
shows that death did not occur
before Wednesday noon. Snow
which fell early Wednesday mor
ning had been disturbed by the
girl's motions as she slept.
Miss Skoubo had been in Pal-
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Heppner, Oregon
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Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
p. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Jock A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
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You choose your winter clothes
with care . . . make sure they stay
in the same good condition by let
ting us clean them.
It costs little to look your best
when we do your cleaning regularly.
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TITLE INSURANCE
Office in Peters Building
Merchants Credit
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Accurate Credit Information
F. B. Nickerson
Phone 12 Heppner
Morrow County
Cleaners
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Finishing
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Phone 1485 for apointment,
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Heppner, Oregon
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Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Center St.
House calls made
Home Phone 2S83 Office 2S72
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
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Office upstairs Rooms 11-13
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783, Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
mer for only a few months, com
ing here in September from her
home in Boardman, Oregon. She
has two sisters in Palmer, Asta
and Erna, who are employed as
nurses at the Valley hospital. The
girl was 20 years old at the time
of her death.
Miss Asta Skoubo left January
6 by plane to take her sister's
body home to Boardman for bur
ial. ...
Hermiston quints motored to
Boardman Friday night to meet
theN Boardman graders and the
Yellow Jackets on the home floor,
taking home the honors for both
games.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderegg
were hosts Thursday night at a
dinner for the Guardian Service
aluminum ware. Present were Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Mulligan, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Gustln, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Fortner, Mrs. I. Skoubo, Mrs.
Ralph Skoubo, Miss Elizabeth
Brown, Geo. Jaros and the host
and hostess.
Mrs. R. E. Eades left for an ex
tended visit in Los Angeles, Cal.
(Additional Boardman, Page 5)
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
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March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
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