2 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, March 25, 1948
EDITORIAL
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Road Program Well Presented
Representatives ol Marrow c-iunty, presenting
the road program to the interim committee at
Pendleton Tuesday received commendation from
that body for the direct and concise tabulation of
information submitted. To the casual reader, the
report will not appear brief, as the subject matter
consumed several paces of typewritten copy pa
per, but to the interim committee, accustomed to
voluminous reports, the local program was brief
and to the point.
Since there has boon no small amount of misun
derstanding relative to the county's road program
and as to what the interim committee is trying to
ascertain, a full copy of the Morrow county road
progra'm as presented Tuesday is published in
this issue of the Gazette Times. It states fully
what the various communities and what the citi
zens have sot up as a reasonable all-over program
program for the development of roads and high
ways during the next five to ten years.
Judge Bert Johnson took the recommendations
of the road committee which met March 2 and
then went into a period of research as to tonnage
oyer the several routes for which state aid is asked
and condensed the w hole into a report that told
the story without introduction of a lot of frills.
When the judge and others went into the history
of road building in the county and brought out
that heavy sums had been spent out of bond is
sues on roads later taken over by the state the
committee members manifested a genuine interest
in what was said.
It can not be said here or elsewhere that all
or perhaps a large part of the recommendations
made in Morrow and other counties will, or even
can be, accepted by the state highway commis
sion, but out of all of the reports will come rec
ommendations and suggestions that will aid the
commission and the state legislature in formulat
ing a long-range road program with some definite
ideas as to how it will be financed.
What Do YOU Read?
Advertisers sometimes find difficulty in deter
mining to what degree their copy is being read
and they sometimes take definite steps to ascer
tain if any of it is being read. Such tests usually
prove that at least a small percentage of the local
newspaper's readers peruse the ads, another class
glances over them while still another segment is
not much more than cognizant that there are ad
vertisemnts in the paper.
. It is the average publisher's viewpoint that a
far larger percentage of the readers go through
the entire paper than some of the advertisers
realize. Statements by subscribers that they read
the paper from beginning to end are heard not
occasionally but frequently. Many of these read
ers regard advertising as pa;t of the news, finding
not only interesting reading but informative mat
ter as well. Some are in search of buys in the
NATIONAL DITORIAL
-XCASSOC,ATIQN
advertising, both display and classified, while
others scan the advertising columns to see what
of interest may be contained therein.
There is no set formula for advertising from
week to week not for the whole paper, at least.
That is what makes it interesting in the same
light that news changes from day to day and
from week to week. If it did not, there would be
no need for newspapers. There are many reasons
why people do or do not read the advertisements
and it safe to say that those who do not make
it a habit to read them from week to week are
missing a lot of news that might prove of value
to them.
Good News From Capital
The message on page one of this issue should
lend encouragement to those who have entertain
ed some doubt regarding the possibility of mak
ing an early start on construction of the Pioneer
Memorial hospital. Approval by the United States
Public Health Service of the application for fed
eral aid is the last authority and with the ironing
out of a few more architectural details the way
should be cleared for advertising for bids.
One of the details we were about to overlook is
the matter of subscribing the additional $20,000
included in the application for federal aid. Some
of this has been turned in but much more work
is to be done before Chairman Frank W, Turner
and his committees can call their task completed.
It is expected that the entire county will have
been canvassed by the end of this week and not
until then will it be known to what extent the
campaign has succeeded. Not all contributions
have come from sources within the county. Sev
eral generous gifts have come from former resi
dents who still have the welfare of the county at
heart. These remembrances are deeply appre
ciated and should inspire the people within the
county who will receive direct benefit from having
a hospital close at hand to do all they can to see
that the fund is fully subscribed.
Political campaigns always develop a bit of wit
and humor at the expense of candidates, and the
presidential aspirants are more often the rule
than the exception. A current release carries this
bit of humor: "President Truman, according to
Southern Democrats, has committed political hari
kari. Democrat Chairman McGrath's worry these
days is "Just w hat states can Harry-catry?" . . .
Then there follows another paragraph which says:
"You've gotta be fair to the Truman Administra
tion! Under the last G. O. P. regime you could do
without a pound of butter and a pound of steak
and you'd only save about 98 cents. Today you
can do without 'em and save $1.46." ... That fig
use is about 20 cents less than current prices
but think what you're saving by going on a but
terless-meatless diet.
30 YEAES AGO
From Heppner Gazette Times
MARCH 28. 1918
Beginning Sunday, save day
light by turning the clock ahead
one hour.
Heppner Gun club scored well
last Sunday, defeating the Col-
fax-Palouse club by the close
score of 122 to 121. This was the
Inland Empire tournament.
Political pot boils on. The hats
in the political ring are Willard
Hen-en for sheriff; E. M. Shutt,
sheriff: G. A. Bleakman, com-
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missioner; J. A. Waters clerk; J
J. Wells, assessor; T. J. Humph
reys, treasurer; M. L. Case, cor
oner, and W. T. Campbell, judge.
Jas. Carty, north Lexington
sheepman, spent Saturday in
Heppner.
Ben F. Swaggart, the pioneer
mule and horse raiser of the
north Lexington section, transact
ed business in Heppner Wednes
day.
Mrs. Phil Cohn and daughter
Eleanor have returned home af
ter a visit of several weeks in
San Francisco. Mrs. Cohn's visit
at this time was more particular
ly to see her son Harold who is
now stationed at Goat Island.
Old Jupe Pluvious must be
aware, of the fact that we are
getting on a war basis. The clock
turns up an hour and April show
ers started up the last week in
March.
Mrs. E. J. McAlister, pioneer
Lexington resident, was tender
ed a surprise party last Friday
to celebrate her 72nd birthday.
A large crew of men in the em
ploy of the city are at work Just
north of the McCulough place in
the north end of town getting out
gravel and crushed rock to be
used on the streets in the near
future.
E. L. Wallace is the man at the
teller's window at the First Na
tional bank, succeeding Walter
Moore who has gone into the ar
my.
The registration books close on
April 17, just one month before
the May primary election.
OUR DEMOCRACY-
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PLENTY OF 'GET-UP-AND-GO
America owes much to the qualities summed up
IN THE EXPRESSION GBT-UP-AND-GO"
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WHO CAME TO AMERICA tlllS f 'XJ 'WQvjffiw
i-SO DID THE FAftWLES
iHROUGH THESE QUAUTe.$-M7ATy,SLF-ELAHC;
THE WILL TO WORK" AMERICA HAS WON TODAYS
HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING- AND PROTECTION FOR
ITS FAMILIES IN THE YEARS AHEAD THROUGH
LIFE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS.
. AMERICAN eET-UP'AND'60'HAS MADE US
STRONG -AND POINTS THE WAY TO
FUTURE PROGRESS FOR. OUR DEMOCRACY.
LOOKS LIKE PEACE"
Rear Admiral Thomas L. Gatch,
World War II battleship com
mander and hero at Guadalcanal,
a native of Oregon now living in
Portland, is not alarmed over the
Russian situation. In a recent ad
dress to a club in his native Sa
lem he said:. "There is now on!
one country in the world thai"
possibly could make war on Rus
sia. Russia has never fought an
aggressive war. Russia has nev
er successfully fought a distant
war. They could not even lick
Japan in 1905 although their
communications were overland.
They could do nothing much to
us in war, nor can I see that we
could do much to them. This
looks like peace to me," he said.
"Must we always get scared at
the wrong time?" he asked. "In
1140-41 nine Americans out of
ten went trustingly on their way.
In 1948 for some weird reason
nine Americans out of ten seem
to think we shall be at war about
2 o'clock jiext week."
BIG VOTER'S PAMPHLET
For the next three weeks the
state, printing office will be
swamped publishing the largest
voters' pamphlet in the history of
the state. As it must be mailed
to all registered voters 15 days
before the primary election on
May 12, the presswork for some
of the edition of 600,000 copies
will be farmed out to private
printing firms.
There are now more than 1800
election precincts in the state,
which is an all-time record, and
418 candidates have filed for the
primaries another record.
This year's elections will cost
more than previous ones. The
cost of printing and mailing is up
10 per cent. David O'Hara, chief
of the state bureau of elections,
estimates the May and November
elections will cost $125,000.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
More than twice as many may
ors of Oregon cities want day
light saving time in their com
munities than there are who op
pose it. In a poll made this week
by Salem's Mayor Robert L. Elf
strom, president of the League
of Oregon Cities, the first day's
returns were 51 for and 22
a;;aimt.
Elfstro-n is holding a series of
meetinps over the state to bring
out pro and con opinions on the
subject from a cross section of
the state.
Washington Week
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
SCHOOL FUNDS RESTRICTED
School districts which hire un
certified teachers or which do
not meet state standards must
be denied state assistance under
the basic school support law. At
torney General George Neuner
ruled Monday for Rex Putnam,
state superintendent of public in
struction. Neuner also ruled that
Putnam should continue to deny
districts any funds for children
attending private or parochial
schools.
WHY SCOTT WITHDREW
Leslie M. Scott who last week
withdrew from the race for the
sepublican nomination for gover
nor gave as a reason that he had
no "adequate" campaign funds,
would not beg and "was not kiss
ed by an angel." He crticized the
practice of condidates in evading
Oregon's corrupt practice act,
saying, "Electioneering is a cost
ly racket of advertising specilists,
radio broadcasts, bill boards, job
printing, managers, stenograph
ers and propaganda writers, all
of whom exact pay and plan be
tween elections the next profits
from candidates and angels.
"Often the costs are many
times the salary of the office.
Expenditures are blinked at and
not fully- reported ... in certain
cases are obviously perjured.
"I have been advised that it
would cost between $25,000 and
$30,000 to conduct an adequate
campaign. Under the Oregon
corrupt practice act I could not
expend more than $1500 Any
candidate for governor who ex
pends more than that amount of
his own funds has to comrrdt per
jury. I will not commit perjury."
STATE BUSINESS ROUTINE
The state department has been
notified that 80 per cent of Camp
Adair has been returned to pri
vate ownership and again is on
the tax rolls The state bank
ing department has issued a
charter for a proposed Inland
Empire bank at Umatilla The
state department has received a
100-page publication titled "Pub
lic Expenditures in Oregon" from
OAC.ylt gives detailed figures on
property trends in Oregon from
1910 to 1945, and shows that from
1935 to 1945 delinquent taxes
were reduced from a high peak of
$46,510,000 to $11,770,000. .. .Ore
gon gained 862 new business
corporations durng the last fi.s
cafc year, bringing the total to
4,836 Senator Wayne Morse
will speak on the program of the
annual convention of the Oregon
Educational association in Port
land April 1-3.
SURPRISE WITHDRAWAL
Seventy-two hours after filing
as a candidate for the republican
j nomination for governor, State
Treasurer i-esiie m. scon inei
his withdrawal from the race at
By MAY BROWNLEE
Washington, D. C The Admin
istration has just proposed that
it spend $10 billion next year,
four times more than in 1929.
This would cost you one day's
labor in four to provide that $10
billion, either directly by taxes or
indirectly through higher prices.
Fortunately, the Congress is trim
ming it down.
Any cuts in the Truman bud
get will be good news to local
taxing agencies schools, police
and fire departments, roads, civic
improvements, etc. Local taxes
remain at almost the same level
as in 1929. Local facilities have
been neglected as never before,
and citizens recognize that con
tinued neglect, particularly to
schools, will do inestimatble
community damage.
But even in the face of dire
necessity, consider what usually
happens to a proposal to increase
the school levy a few mills. Many
states have reached the tax ceil
ing permitted by law, and any
local tax incease is sure to be
greeted by adverse public senti
ment. There is a vast difference be
tween public acceptance of local
and federal tax increases. Local
opinion is sharp and swift and
public officials are immediately
accountable. National opinion is
slow and unwieldy, and frequent
ly conditioned by propaganda to
the increase before any opposi
tion can be formed. Federal of
ficials are not subject to the bal
lot; are as untouched by criti
cism as ghosts. Locally, ineffi
ciency is observed and rooted out.
Federally, it can be screened from
the taxpayer by distance and by
bureaucracy.
What local government would
dare hire at public expense per
sons whose functions were solely
to write publicity, broadcast and
otherwise promote public favor
for its own operations? That is
precisely what a House Subcom
mittee recently revealed about
federal departments. Officials are
literally selling the taxpayers (at
taxpayer expense) the idea that
their departments must continue
to expand and EXPEND, even in
opposition to Congress.
These federal officials, instead
of responding to the public will
as expressed by Congress, at
tempt to mold public opinion to
their desires. This, of course, is
the way Socialism and a short
circuit of the ballot box. Already
moves are being made to increase
federal aid for deficient local
governments. The question is
NOT whether such agencies ser
iously need money, but whether
another vast plan of increased
federal control should be loosed
on communities. Federal aid
means federal control.
Furthermore, before there can
be federal aid to the states, there
must be "state aid" to the federal
government. The $10 billion Mr.
Truman wants is, in effect, "state
aid." It is the deduction that
Washington makes, before re
turning it to the states, that now
is pinching Main Street.
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Goods
Watches. Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays at
8:00 p. m. in Legion Hall
O. M. YEAGER
CONTRACTOR & BUILDER
All kinds of carpenter work.
Modern Homes Built or Remodel
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HEPPNER, OREGON
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J.O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Dt:lli'ig
p. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Turner, Van MorterN
and Company
" GENERAL
INSURANCE
Phelps Funeral Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Hepnper, Oregon
Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters lor ais
cussion, please bring before
the Council
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Ueppnei
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Re. Ph. 1162 Olfice Ph. 492
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office In Peters Building
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 8632
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for apointment,
or call at shop.
Heppner. Oregon
D. McMurdo, M.D,
PHYSICIAN & SUHGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHVSIUAN
Oilice No. 4 Center St
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Home Phone 2s8J Ull.ce 2i2
C. A. HUGGLa jiup-tuojUjg
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
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DR. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 11 12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783. Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
GUBERNATORIAL
APPOINTMENTS
The following appointments
were announced this week by
Governor Hall: Carl A. Rasmus
sen as a member of the forest
products advisory coininiUee,
succeeding Albert Ilen.i mi, w'i
resigned. Rasmussen represents
the Western Pine association
Neil It Allen, Grams l'ass, to
four-year term on the state bu.'ril
of geology a:u. I ii:!iv 1 pr .ur.r.
"N
Jack Parrish who is attending
a vocational school in Klamath
Falls is spending a few days in
Heppner with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Parrish.
The new Taft-Hartley Labor
law prohibits organized political
activity by corporations and la
bor unions. It is being fought in
courts by labor leaders. In Indi
ana, for instance, unions are rais
ing a fund of $258,000 to defeat
Indiana members of Congress
who voted for the act. The nine
Republican representatives In
congress point out that each Hoo
sier congressman may spend only
$3,594 on his campaign.
The government is an inscrut
able agency that pulls such
stunts as burning potatoes by the
carload to keep the price at a
high level and then launches an
Investigation to try to ascertain
why prices of food are. so high.
Cinclnnait Enquirer.
Looking Ahead
Perennials to Plant-Time now to
think of next summer's blooms.
SHOP OUR WINDOWS
Delphinium, Canterbury Bells, Pom
pom and Mum Chrysanthemums,
Ester Reed Daisies, Lantana, Fuchsia,
Geraniums.
Flowers for All Occasions
The Flower Shop
4:55 p.m. Monday. This leaves
State Senator Douglas McKay
and Governor John Hall as the
two top contenders. Scott's with
drawal, like his entrance filing,
was within minutes of the dead
line. Had Scott been defeated in
a 3-way race at the primaries he
could not enter the race as an
independent at the November el
ection. POLICE SCHOOLS
Advanced training classes in
cluding traffic enforcement, in
vestigation, juvenile cases, stat
utroy crime essentials and other
problems to city and county offi
cers will be held in 11 Oregon
cities commencing late in March.
The classes are scheduled for Sa
lem, Coos Bay, Medford, Corval
lis, Albany, Bend, Astoria, Klam
ath Falls, The Dalles, Eugene and
Pendleton. Agencies cooperating
in the program are the Oregon
State board of education, League
of Oregon Cities, and Bureau of
Municipal Research.
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