2-Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon,
EDITORIAL
8
Let's Keep It That Way
This being the week when Americans display
their patriotic fervor it is well to consider some
of the things we have that make celebrating our
Independence day anniversary worthwhile.
Kiwams International has just issued No. 4
of a series of twelve folders "prepared in the
interest of the American Way of Life" which is
particularly appropriate at this time. Its title is
"It's Fun to Travel in America, Too!" The editor
ial thought is so pertinent that we pass it on to
our readers without comment:
Shades of Huckleberry Finn! Ground Hog Day
is past, it's near vacation time. What a privilege!
All we have to do is decide where, when, and
how we want to go. Automobile, airplanes, trains,
or ships, we take our pick and go where we
please.
Not so in Russia. Over there the worker has to
get permission from the state to take any trip
away from home. Not only that, but he has to
carry an identification pass so the police can keep
track of him, and woe unto him if he doesn't
"Highways Are Happy Ways" so goes an old
song. How true that is in America. Think of it,
over 1,500,000 miles of highways in our country,
lined with tourist cabins, hot dog stands, and fill
ing stations where two bits will get us a gallon
of gas, less than one-third the cost behind the
Iron curtain.
What about Eussia? "You Can Have Her, I
Don't Want Her, She's Too Rough For Me," might
well be the song of Russia's roads. Why even if
they would let you travel, even if you had a car
and could buy gas, there are less than 55,000 miles
of roads.
"Workin' On the Railroad," "Casey Jones," and
"The Wreck of the Old 9?' that's America for
you! Thousands of trains to take us where we
want to go, over 227,000 miles of track to the four
corners of this great land. Other countries are not
so fortunate as we in America, for Great Britain
has only 21,000 miles; France, 26,000; and the im
mediate territory of Russia has only 65,000 miles.
Lucky? Sure we're lucky. We know and we're
going to keep it that way. When Johnny comes
marching home from school and when vacation
time comes, we head for the open road. We don't
have to show a travel permit to any secret police.
If perchance, we stray across the border into Can
ada or Mexico, we know we won't be "eliminated"
by a firing squad. Yes, sir, we're free here in
America."
Let's keep it that way!
30 YEARS AG
From Heppner Gazette Times
July 4, 1918
A quiet home wedding was
solemnized at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Allyn on
Sunday last when their daugh
ter Elsie was married to James
W. Cowins of Heppner.
Joseph M. Hayes, Butter creek
sheepman, returned Saturday
from Thompson Falls, Mont.,
where he recently placed his
sheep on summer range. They
will be looked after by J. C. Hay
es of this city.
Miss Margaret Crawford un
derwent an operation for appen
dicitis at the Heppner sanatorium
on Saturday.
The families of James and
George Thomson have taken up
their abode for the summer at
the Willow creek camp near the
Slocum mill.
A pleasant reception was ten
dered by Ruth chapter O. E. S. to
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blackman at
the regu'ar meeting of the lodge
on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs.
Blackman have been honored
members of the chapter since Jts
beginning.
Claude Knowles and Lena Os
min, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
NATIONAL CDITORI Al
Scenery Still Intact
Oregon has suffered a definite loss in property
through the Columbia basin floods, a loss that
may run as high as thirty million dollars. This
is a serious blow to the state's economy and one
that will become more apparent as the flood
waters recede and the streams are reduced to their
normal levels. But it is a loss that can be esti
mated to a more or less accurate degree. On the
other side of the picture is the loss of prestige
which the state has enjoyed from the standpoint
in a campaign
cipal element.
favorable and
if it happened
D. C. Gurdane made a hurried
trip to Pendleton on Tuesday to
see his father, who is quite sick.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. McRoberts at their home
in Heppner on Friday, June 28.
Roy Pearson of Lena left June
4 for Virginia where he was mar
ried to Miss Lillian Martin. The
young couple returned June 26
and will make their home at
Lena.
Albert Osmin, were married at
the parsonage of the Federated
church Saturday evening, Rev. H
A. Noyes officiating. The young
couple will reside in lone where
the groom has a position with
the lone hotel.
A company of 45 members of
the Oregon State Police under
Capt. E. H. Williams arrived in
Heppner from Condon on Thurs
day. They are in the employ of
the state and federal government
Jointly and after two weeks of
intensive training in Pendleton
will be sent in squads over the
eastern portion of the state to
guard grain fields, warehouses,
and other lines of industry. Hepp.
ner will have one squad here.
They are a determined set of
men, well trained and well arm
ed for the work they have to do.
NOTBC
We will be closed during the week of
July 5
See you July 12 as usual.
Peterson's
Jewelers
July 1, 1948
ASSOCIATION
of tourist business.
Because our great river went on a rampage and
devastated much property along its course, and
because a large part of the rest of the country has
gained the erroneous impression that the whole
state has been overrun by the flood waters, Ore
gon stands to lose a lot of tourist business this
year. It will lose this business unless an effort
is put forth, and there is no time to lose, to correct
this impression. A large part of the tourist season
lies ahead and immediate action will be neces
sary to spread information that Oregon lost none
of its scenic attractiveness and that the state as
a whole is prepared to care for visitors, even In
larger numbers than heretofore.
How may this be done? By everyone in Oregon
letting prospective tourists know that our famed
scenic attractions are in every respect undamaged
by flood, and that our hotels, motels and other
service operations in most sections of the state
have facilities available to take care of additional
volume. Those of us who live here know that
conditions are being restored to normal as fast
as it is humanly possible highway, rail and air
services all nearing one hundred per cent nor
malbut we must let the rest of the country in
on these facts and that we are ready, willing and
able to welcome vacation vsitors in our usual
friendly way.
In preparation for the 1948 tourist business, the
Oregon State Highway Commission and other ag
encies spent thousands of dollars in national ad
vertising to attract tourists to the state. We can
ill afford to throw this money away, even if a
little more has to be spent to save it. A large part
of it can be saved through cooperation of citizens
and all agencies interested in drawing visitors
of education. Time is the prin
Start writing today!
Have a good time over the Fourth. But don't do
anything foolish just because it is a holiday. Your
chances of being killed are about ten to one more
you will not be any less dead than
in an ordinary way.
NEW LEGAL OPINIONS
It is unlawful to land aircraft
upon the ocean beach of Oregon,
except in case of emergency,
without first obtaining a permit
from the highway commission,
or to land aircraft on any ocean
beach contiguous to a municipal
ity and restricted under Oregon
law, according to a recent opin
ion by Attorney General George
Neuner. Other opinions released
this week include:
For the purpose of determining
voters' qualifications in school
elections on matters other than
the election of directors and
clerks "last county assessment,"
as used in the Oregon statutes,
refers to the assessment roll after
it has been delivered to the tax
collector and becomes a "tax
roll."
The corrupt practice act is not
applicable to persons seeking pre
ferential vote of members of the
party at primary elections, as as
pirants to office of president or
vice-president of the United Stat
es. Neither committees nor other
persons expending money for or
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World Book Encyclopedia
One of the decisive battles
in American history took
place 85 years ago this week
near the placid little Penn
sylvania village of Gettys
burg, where the Confederate
forces under Gen. Robert E.
Lee and the Union army
commanded by Gen. George
G. Meade clashed unexpect
edly. The bloody struggle surg
ed for three days before the
Confederates met defeat.
That defeat ended Confeder
ate hopes of invading the
north, capturing Baltimore
and Washington, and dic
tating the peace terms.
From Gettysburg on. Con
federate fortunes ebbed un
til the final surrender at
Appomattox Court House.
on behalf of such persons are re
quired to file itemized statement
of receipts and expenditures with
the secretary of state.
WAR REFUGEES FOR OREGON
About 2,000 of the 200,00o dis
placed persons that will be ad
mitted to the United States dur
ing the next two years will be
located in Oregon.
This would have been big news
back in the days when chambers
of commerce had a fixed focus on
in-migration and before their ef
forts were largely centered on se
curing pay roll factories. Oregon
has been growing so fast and
still holding second place in the
nation for increase in population
that a mere 2,000 increase
seems trite. The only stir the
passage of the congressional acL
has made comes from President
Truman who considers the pro
visions of the act discriminatory
against Jews and Catholics by
reducing the number of them to
be admitted. About 25 per cent
of the war refugees are Jews but
the bill will admit only some
15,000, only 7 12 per cent.
The state committee on dis
placed persons has been conduct
ing a survey and say they would
have no trouble placing Oregon's
quota here as there is a need for
practical nurses, farm laborers,
domestcs, institutional workers,
cabinet makers and tailors.
The 19 to 25 year old men
START DRAFT MID-SEPTEMBER
whose numbers for the new draft
will come up sometime before
June 30, 1948, are all assured of
approximately 90 days of dien
gagement It will take ten weeks
to set up working plans, says
Major General Thomas E. Rilea,
Oregon's adjutant general, who
will be in charge of the peace
time selective service in this
state. Based on national figures
an estimated 2800 in the draft
age group in Oregon will be af
fected during the first year.
PETITIONS COMPLETED
Completed petitions for two
measures were filed with the
state department this week, each
with several thousand more nam
es than the necessary 18,969 sig
natures which assures both a
place on the November ballot II
the signatures are valid.
The first measure would pro
vide for $50 minimum old age
pensions and is sponsored by old
age pension goups headed by Joe
F. Dunne of oPrtland. The second
measure would allow all citizens
over 21 to vote in financial school
elections regardless of property
qualifications. Existing laws per
mit persons to vote in school el
ections only if they own prop
erty. VETS WI NINSURANCE BONUS
A recent decision by the U. S.
supreme court gives Oregon vet
erans an added inducement to
reinstate their G.I. insurance. It
also frees a huge surplus in the
insurance fund. This surplus in
some instances (as high as 40
to 50 per cent) will be given G.I.
polic holders next year in the
form of dividends. Veterans mav
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
The Heppner Gazette, established
March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
Published every Thursday and
entered at the Post Office at
Heepner, Oregon, as second
class matter.
Subscription price, J2.50 a year;
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O. G. CRAWFORD
Publisher and Editor
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Washington Week
By CHARLES L. EGENROAD
Washington, D. C "It will be
an historic document."
Those were the words of one
of the framers of the Republican
platform n Philadelphia as the
nation awaited the first reading
of the document referred to.
The nation now knows the wis
dom of those words. The nation
now knows the position of the
party which is pledged to "save
what is left" of the American way
of life after 16 years of dawdling
with crackpot ideas that have
shunted the nation through one
war and are threatening another.
A position of world leadership
is pledged in that platform; a
position at the head of a crusade
for freedom and right not by
might, but by light.
The Republican Party pledges
in its platform to introduce Am
erican principles into its foreign
policy. It pledges to oppose any
encroachment on freedom with
the traditional doctrines of Am
ericanism rather than the doc
trines born of indecision.
In its domestic policies, the Re
publican aPrty took an equally
forward step by pledging to the
American people that they would
no longer be the subjects of mas
ters by concentrated government,
but would again enjoy the righX
to plan and live their lives in the
fashion which made this the
greatest nation of freedom in the
i world.
Fear of war and fear of the
i collapse of true Americanism
j played no part in the Republican
pledge to America, for the fram-
i ers of the platform expressed to
the convention the utmost confi
dence that the election of the Re
! publican Party to office would
I wavlnv simh fpnrc
And they were confident of that
election.
Continuance of international
effort by the leaders of America
was not an argumentative phase
of the drafting of the platform,
dui tne institution ol true Ameri
can principles into that effort is
still reinstate their G.I. insurance
until July 31, 1948, by paying
two monthly premiums. It is es
timated that only one out of five
veterans have kept their insur
ance. PRICE SET ON BERRIES
A minimum price of 12 12
cents a pound on loganberries,
youngberries and boysenberries
was fixed this week by the Cane
Fruits Control Board, Inc. The
board is a co-op representing
growers and the price is their
asking price. No price will be
set on blackberries for four or
Tore weeks.
We H ave Plenty of
Favorite
iPrid
Packed in DRY ICE Per
fect for your lith of July
Party
MORROW COUNTY
CREAMERY
PART OF HERMISTON
GAME FARM FLOODED
Word has been received at the
office of the Oregon State Game
commission that between five
and six hundred young pheasants
have been lost by drowning at
the new game farm at Hermis-
ton. Swollen with high water,
an irrigation ditch broke" out of
its banks, glowed across the road
and flooded one entire field of the
bird farm.
The pheasant chicks in the
twenty-acre field that was flood
ed were two weeks old. Although
the loss was estimated at be
tween five and six hundred,
many of the chicks were able to
escape the waters of the flood,
which was of the flash type.
30 YEARS MAKE DIFFERENCE
A letter from D. B. Boone this
week contained dues for contin
ued membership in the Gazette
Times family of readers. It also
contained a lament from Mr.
Boone that so few of the names
mentioned from week to week
are familiar to him. He believes
that his 30 years absence from
the county may have something
to do with that, but he likes to
keep in touch with the progress
up this way just the same. He
formerly lived at Lexington and
now resides at Roseburg where
he is a conductor on the Southern
Pacific. He recently returned
from the hospital in San Fran
cisco where he was treated for
injuries received while in pur
suit of his duties on the train. He
reports that Lonnie Copenhaver
has returned to his home after
treatment in the U. of C. hospital
in San Francisco. -
TAKING WEEK OFF
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Peterson and
son Randall have decided to close
up the jewelry store for a week
and take a little vacation trip.
The store will be closed Monday,
July 5 through Saturday, July 10,
reopening Monday, July 12. They
plan to visit relatives in Port
land and other points while
away.
an argument the Republicans
said they were proud to place
before the nation.
It is not a hit-communism-here-love-communism-there
approach
which has distrubed the nation
and the world since our wedding
to the painted doll of Sovietism.
The platform is a hit-communism
always position, and it includes
this country as well as others.
Those words of a framer of the
platform "It will be an historic
document" may well be the re
introduction of our Constitution.
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of electrical work.
New and repair.
Phone 2542
14-16-16-17
ITDQIO
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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
Saw Filing &
Picture Framing
O. M. YEAGER'S SERVICE STORE
Phone 2752
Turner, Van Marter
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 for dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
Morrow County
Abstracter Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office in Peters Building
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 2632
Superior Dry Cleaning
& Finishing
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machinei Repaired
Phone 1485 for apolntmei
or call at shop.
Heppner, Oregon
f Oregon
ICE CREAM
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Building, Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
j.O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
A D McMurdo, M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
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 2583 Oflice 2572
C. A. HUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Ucppner, Or
DR. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 1112
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783. Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
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