2 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, February 19, 1948
EDITORIAL
Flimsy 44simo
Let the Landlords Help Pay
From Ed Lawrence's column in the Waitsburg
Time comes a lot of wisdom relative to the loss
of top soil under commonly accepted practices of
farming. We don't know just who Ed Lawrence is,
although his material has been appearing in the
Time for a number of years and there is always
something worth thinking about in what he has
to say, but he must be a "son of the soil" judging
from the following comment on a problem that is
engaging the attention of sail experts every
where. Says Lawrence:
"It has long been the history of farming in our
hills that in the beginning a farmer came along,
hocked his worldly goods, and bought a ranch.
He got a corral full of mules and worked like a
horse until he got enough in the village vault to
build a two-story house in town and spend the
winter in Long Beach, CaL Then he would rent
to his son or some other beginner and he too
would start on a shoestring. So he, in turn, would
give the land a good working over to get out of
debt and pay up his old age annuities. Around
and around it went, with whoever was on the
place farming the hell out of the acres with no
thought for the future.
"Now where there were once about 18 Inches
of fertile top soil there are now about six inches
and that is heading for the exit at an alarming
rate. So of necessity conservation is going to be
brought into play or we'll give the land back to
the coyotes. But starting with a soil saving pro
gram is going to cost some extra money. And in
many respects therein lies the rub.
"Probably half the land in our counties is own
ed by absentee landlords. A great many are ben
evolent lessors who are aware of the need for a
shift in our mode of farming and are anxious to
do all they can to keep their ranches fixed up
and productive. Unfortunately, there are others
who sit In their faraway homes and expect a fat
wheat receipt to come in annually without hav
ing to fork out a cent for permanent improve
ments. Some farms are overrun with morning
glery because the owners wouldn't buy the weed
killing chemicals. On others the buildings are
eye-sores and the fences are falling down. And
now with experiments in sweet clover, sub-soiling,
terracing, sodding down ditches and strip farm
ing, all involving added expense to the operator,
it becomes essential for all land owners to take
more interest in their investments.
The renter, with perhaps a year to year lease,
is in a poor condition to make these permanent
Improvements on someone else's land. It is there
fore only fair that the owners should share gen
erously in the extra expense. It is their land and
solving erosion is going to give them a constant
stream of good crops.
This erosive problem has reached the stage of
an emergency. To lick the problem is going to
take the cooperation of the landowner and his
renter, not only in sharing the added outlay, but
NATIONAL CDITOWAL-.
ASSOCIATION
in insisting that some sort of soil-saving practices
be tried.
"Conservation is going to cost plenty of money
and extra work but in the long run it is going
to be dirt cheap!"
The above article follows closely a line of
thought expressed by O. W. Cutsforth two or three
years ago. Cutsforth used the term "mining the
soil," which seems most apropos, for when some
of the farmers get through with the land it is
about as productive as a worked-out mine. Per
haps if the absentee landlords were to put some
of their earnings back into rebuilding the soil the
cause of soil conservation could be advanced at a
more rapid rate.
Where New Deal Spending
Has Led To
Oregon's per capita share of the requested $39,
669,000,000 budget for cost of Federal government
for fiscal 1949, now before Congress, is $366,852,
820, or $276.66 for each man, woman and child in
Oregon, according to 1945 Oregon population esti
mate of 1,362,066, and 143,382,000 United States
population.
A breakdown of this state's per capita portion
of the proposed Federal government cost for year
ending June 30, 1949, shows that Morrow county's
share will be $1,137,349.
These figures have been released by Oregon
Business & Tax Research Inc.
On basis of 1947 Federal taxes paid in Oregon,
the state's pro rata portion of the requested 1949
Federal budget, is about $337,000,000, according
to figures supplied state taxpayer associations by
Senator Styles Bridges, (R.-NJi.) chairman of the
Senate purse-strings Appropriations Committee of
which Senator Guy Cordon is a member, accord
ing to the tax research organization. This is at
rate of $247.71 per Oregon inhabitant
For each $1 of state taxes collected during 1947,
$4.50 will be spent as Oregon's share of the pro
posed 1949 cost of Federal government, according
to Senator Bridge's analysis.
Oregon's per capita share of the proposed 1949
spending budget, or $366,852,000, is a little more
than one-quarter of the state's assessed valuation,
and the total proposed budget is equal to one
fourth of the 1946 national income, Oregon Busi
ness & Tax Research pointed out
'This tremendous burden on Oregon taxpayers,
and everyone is a taxpayer to the Federal gov
ernment is reflected in cost of food we buy, clo
thing we wear, cigarettes we smoke, where there
is a 7 cents 'hidden tax' per package," F. H. Young,
manager of the tax research organization said.
"Naturally we can't expect to trim Federal
spending to a pre-war level. But certainly there
are many places where substantial sums can be
saved. We need to reduce Federal payrolls. Over
lapping and duplicating Federal agencies can be
trimmed, and obsolete and unnecessary Federal
bureaus eliminated."
Give Teen Agers A Break
There is a drive for funds underway to support
the Boy Scout program in the Blue Mountain
Council area and it is to be hoped that the amount
asked for will be subscribed. This is not merely
a request for funds. It is a request for public sup
port of a movement that has a direct bearing upon
the future of this country the training of our
teen agers to be useful citizens.
Too much stress can not be placed upon the
value of this type of training for the youth who
has reached the time of life when he must choose
between learning the things that will help mould
him into a leader and just drifting along following
the lines of least resistance.
One of the great needs of the day is education
in Americanism and the Boy Scout movement is
one of the best media for this type of training.
Keep this in mind and don't begrudge a few
dollars when a solicitor calls on you.
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MUSTN'T FARM THE FARMER
Too many city slickers have
been making the sticks of late
buying timber stumpage for
much less than market value
from guileless farmers. The sit
uation is being given special and
immediate attention by the Ore
gon forestry department. Men are
being put in the field that have
been trained as forest farmers;
who know timber values as re-
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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FEBRUARY 28
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30 YEARS AGO
From Heppner Gazette Times
Feb. 21, 1918.
Melancholy produced by ill
health was responsible for Mrs.
E. H. Emerson taking her life
Friday, Feb. 15. Burial was made
in the Morgan cemetery.
The Heppner Gun club shot in
competition with the Wenate!iee
team last Sunday, the first shoot
in a series. The result proved
disastrous to the local men, the
score being 113 to 111.
Mrs. Jeff Neal is sick this week
as a result of ptomaine poison
ing which she received Tuesday
evening from eating pork.
A seven pound daughter arriv
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.
A. McMenamin Tuesday.
Mrs. James H. Melton of Cecil
passed to the great beyond Feb.
12, after a long illness. She left
to mourn her death her husband
and two sons, Geroge and Her
bert. Lexington Red Cross sent a
shipment of 15 sweaters, 10 coats
and pajamas, 12 dishtowels, 2
packages T bandages, 3 bed
shirts, 6 pairs sox, on Feb. 18.
A dance wae given and a chicken
supper which netted $98.91.
Don't forget the big basketball
game Friday night between high
school and town teams. The pro
ceeds wiU be donated to the Red
Cross.
A novel and interesting service
was held Sunday night at the
Federated church. It was a un
ion service and was presided over
by the boys. The program was
arranged with the idea of giving
emphasis to the Fathers and
Sons movement. Pictures were
shown.
Dr. Allison reports the birth
of a baby daughter at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore last
Sunday
A. Henriksen of Cecil returned
last week from John Day where
he purchased 160 head of cattle.
He is now feeding about 300 head
at his ranch.
The mystery of the fire alarm
or who pulled the bell rope last
Tuesday is the title of Heppner's
latest melodrama.
A special sale of corsets, re
gardless of recent advance in
prices. Five dozen, size 25 to 29,
priced 98c to $2.00. Minor & Co.
Don't forget the Saturday night
dance at the Opera House for en
joyment, for amusement, for education.
lated to species, condition, mar
keting location and other pertin
ent facts. They are also informed
concerning contracts. The depart
ment warns sellers against using
contract forms furnished by some
buyers. The first placement of
forest farmers will be at Oregon
City, Salem and Eugene. It is ex
pected an adequate corps will be
in the fields by July 1 to operate
somewhat as do county agents,
giving advice and instructions
when called upon to do so.
The present timber conserva
tion law which becomes effective
January 1 amends the 1935 and
1941 laws and has stricter appli
cation to farmers as well as log
gers. It covers all cutting of tim
ber for commercial purposes, that
is for use off the farm, such as
logs, poles, pulp wood, fuel wood
and cascara bark.
The state forestry department
has furnished a similar service
to loggers since the first forest
conservation laws were enacted
in Oregon in 1935. The forest far
mer idea, it is believed, originat
ed in this state some twenty
years ago when it was used in a
limited way. Oregon's State For
ester Nelson S. Rogers, attending
a meeting of the directors of the
national association of state for
esters in Washington, D. C, last
week presented the plan to Lyle
F. Watts, chief of the United
States forest service who contem
plates adopting the Oregon idea
as one of the policies of the na
tional service.
SALES DOWN PROFITS UP
Has Oregon's state liquor com
mission evolved startling new
business methods whereby the
less merchandise sold the greater
will be the profit? The report of
the commission filed this week
with the state department would
seem to reveal such a phenome
non. If they have they should go
to work for the taxpayers.
State liquor store sales during
the last six months of 1947 total
ed $23,069,292, a decrease of 3.38
per cent or $807,179 in revenue
as compared with the same per
iod the year before. The report
shows an increased profit of
$307,787, or 5.34 per cent over the
same six months in 1916. Net pro
fits of the commission during the
last fiscal year were $10,771,660.
The inventory of stock carried
by the commission during the
last session of the legislature was
$21,000,000. This has been reduc
ed to $12,284,498.
ATTACK FLAX PLANT
A suit has been filed that, if
successful, would put the state
flax plant at the penitentiary out
of business. A privately owned
flax company alleges in their
suit that the state is unlawfully
I engaged in the business cf send
ing convict made goods through
interstate commerce. The princi
pal Industry at the penitentiary
is the flax plant. It was started
in 1915 for two major purposes,
to furnish labor for idle prison
inmates and to foster an indus
try for the state that could not
well be pioneered without public
support. It is the largest scutch
ing plant in the United States
and the flax acreage is the great-
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By CHARLES H. ELUS, JR.
Washington, D. C Not a sin-
ele vote has been taken on the
European Recovery' Program, but !
Republicans in Congress have al
ready made strides toward re
establishing a fundamental prin
ciple in foreign policy.
They have brought home to
the Administration that any for
eign policy to be successful must
have the support of the people,
signified through their eiucieu
representatives in Congress.
The Adminisrtation has been
forced to abandon the take-it-or-leave-it
attitude with which the
European Recovery Program was
first introduced. Tacitly, but un
mistakably, the Administration
now recognizes that arbitrary dic
tation by the Executive is re
pugnant to Congress, and to the
people as a whole.
This Administration backtrack
ing augurs well for sane consid
ertion of the whole question of
aid to Europe. When the question
is settled, it should be on the
basis of full consideration of all
the facts by both Houses of Con
gress. 1
One of the first errors of the
Truman Administration was its
effort to set an over-all dollar
figure for the four-year aid pro
gram. That was in spite of the
obvious fact that nobody knows
what the state of the American
economy will be a year or two
hence. If Mr. Truman thinks he
does, he has only to recall the
gloomy predictions that there
would be 8 million unemployed in
1946 made by his Administra
tion economists just after V-J
Day.
It's equally difficult to
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say
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est single like acreage in
world.
The contention on which the
suit will probably rest will be:
is scutching, etc., part of the har
vesting of flax or is it manufac
turing? TO AVOID PRESSURE BLOCKS
Announcement of a plan to cre
ate an advisory group for the
legislative interim committee on
roads and highways was made at
a Salem meeting of the commit
tee Monday. The group would
consist of eight members, two to
be chosen by each fo the follow
ing organizations: The league of
Oregon Cities, The Association of
Oregon Counties, The Highway
Users Assn., and the state high
way commission. The objectives
of the group would be to plan
distribution of highway funds to
the advantage of the state as a
whole without the impress of
pressure blocs.
DON'T BET YET
With many unannounced can
didates in the running the sec
ond guessers had a field day Tu
esday when the rumor became
insistent in the capital that Gov
ernor Hall would not file to suc
ceed himself and that State Trea
surer Leslie Scott would file aa
a candidate for the republican
nomination for governor.
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what Europe's needs will be next , D. BAILEY
year, or whether the nations to
be aided will have made any
real efforts to help themselves.
Beyond those reasons is the
simple fact that one Congress can
not bind future Congresses in
matters of appropriations. When
this was pointed out to the Ad
ministration forcefully by a Re
publican leader the Administra
tion dropped its demands for a
four-year total.
The take-it-or-leave-it attitude
was not yet dead, however, Sec
retary of State Marshall, when
he came to the Capitol to discuss
the appropriation for the first 15
months, said, in effect: "Give us
all or nothing."
Again Republicans were criti
cal, and Marshall finally cpn-
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eluded that he had been poorly
advised. A few days later, he
asked only that his program be
approved in Its broad outlines.
He did not insist that it, be ad
opted down to the last nickel.
The nation Including even the
Democrat Administration is
gradually returning to a realiza
tion that the elected representa
tives of the people in Congress
constitute the law making branch
of this Government.
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