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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Nov. 25, 1948
EDITORIAL
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Cause for Thanksgiving
A we pause this day to observe a great na
tional holiday we are reminded that we have
enjoyed blessings for which we should be truly
thankful. We are not in a shooting war, as more
than a few people in high places and countless
numbers of lay citizens feared we might be, and
the present outlook is that such a war may be
looked upon as something to be contemplated in
the future five, or maybe ten years away. We
have enjoyed a bountiful harvest, one of the great
est in the history of Morrow county, at least, and
the new crops already show promise of continued
prosperity through 1949. Currently there are no
epidemics of illness of a serious nature; every
body is well clothed and well fed and, we think,
comfortably housed. In truth, there is nothing left
to be desired so far as this world's goods are con
cerned, for all of which we should offer thanks
to a divine providence.
by the Ohio Farm Bureau offer irrefutable evi
dence that the blame lies elsewhere than at the
farmer's door. The farmer, producer of most of the
things we eat and wear gets the blame when the
cost of living goes up or down or just remains
static. He can take the kicks as long as he has
the facts on his side and here are a few items to
make a case for him:
According to the OFB's compilation, quote: "If
the farmer gave wheat away, a 16c loaf of bread
would still cost the consumer 14.7c.
"If the farmer gave wool away, a $50.00 suit
would still cost the consumer $44.30.
"If the farmer gave livestock away, $10.00 worth
of meat would cost the consumer $4.90.
"If the farmer gave milk away, a 20c bottle of
milk would still cost the consumer 12c.
"If the farmer gave tobacco away, a 20e pack
of cigarettes would cost the consumer 17.6c.
"If the farmer gave beans away, a 10c can of
beans would still cost the consumer 8.8c."
Meat Outlook More Promising Who Elected Harry Truman?
There should be meat for everybody by late
1949, if the forecast recently made that there will
be half a billion pounds more produced that year
than in 1948 materializes. And the increase for
1950 will run to several billion pounds.
According to reliable authorities, the basic'rea
son for this increase lies in the fact that livestock
growers have decided to raise more meat animals.
These decisions by livestock producers, which will
give consumers more meat in the future, are the
result of present favorable livestock prices in re
lation to the price of feed. Thus it is seen that
prices established in a competitive market serve
to encourage increased production when demand
is strong and there is an adequate supply of food.
It is further pointed out that competition also
aids in the equitable distribution of meat to con
sumers. For example, if the price of meat were
arbitrarily lowered by some sort of government
price control scheme, supplies in retail stores
would be cut quickly and late comers would face
the "No Meat Today" signs common during the
period of OPA controls. Such arbitrary' price
fixing would also tend to discourage production,
for the producer cannot afford to sell at controlled
prices when things he must buy are uncontrolled.
What it all adds up to is that nobody is going to
work for nothing or produce meat or anything
else unless there is a chance to pay the costs and
make some profit. That is why the competitive,
supply and demand system is the only economy
that makes for abundance and why every con
trolled economy makes for scarcity.
Who Is Responsible for HCL?
Is the farmer responsible for the high cost of
living? Maybe so, but some figures compiled
3 YEARS A
Ever since the election, some of the more prom
inent labor leaders have been claiming that the
unions elected Mr. Truman. According to them,
the biggest single issue was the Taft-Hartley Act.
That will take a good deal of proving to anyone
who has made even a cursory examination of the
final returns, says The Industrial News Review.
Governor Dewey ran strongly in the industrial
states, where the labor vote is proportionately
largest, and carried most of them. The President,
on the other hand, did extremely well in the agri
cultural regions where organized labor amounts
to a small minority of the population.
Arizona provides the most interesting example.
Mr. Truman carried it easily. Yet, at the same
time, the voters approved a measure outlawing
the closed shop. That certainly doesn't look like
the people want labor to hold the whip hand over
the government or the people.
Mr. Truman does not owe his remarkable suc
cess to any group or class. He wasn't elected by
labor or capital or agrictulture or any other seg
ment of the nation. He was elected by the Amer
ican people, and he is the President of all the
people. He doesn't even owe allegiance to the
Democratic leaders most of them deserted him
when they thought his cause was lost, and he
won in spite of these unadmirable defections.
Harry S. Truman has a chance to go down in
history as one of the great Presidents as a man
who, when the world was torn between slavery
and freedom, stood staunchly for the liberties of
mankind, and was too big to admit allegiance to
special interests of any kind. The whole civilized
world hopes that he may measure up to the enor
mous responsibilities that have fallen upon him.
He has a chance now to rise above group pre
judice or group selfishness.
Heppner Gazette Times,
Nov. 28, 1918
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bowker
attended the turkey shoot at the
Pete Sheridan place on lower But
ter creek. They brought home a
couple of fine birds.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was able to
come down Tuesday. He seems
to be fully recovered from the
long illness and hopes to take
up his practice again.
Work of clearing the ground
for the new concrete building on
Willow street at the rear of the
Masonic building was begun last
Monday.
Mrs. C. T. Walker of lone was
a caller at this office last Tu
esday and reports that the flu
ban has been lifted at lone.
Henry Schwarz has disposed of
the Peoples Cash Market to C.
D. Watkins who comes here from
Wasco.
Heppner school started up
again after being closed for a
month because of the flu epi
demic. A fine new piano was present
ed to the music department of
the high school the first of the
week.
The city council met on Mon
day evening and passed upon the
budget for the coming year. That
august body also decided to com
bine the offtce of marshal and
fire chief and Mike Currin will
act in that capacity.
At a meeting Saturday after
noon of the county agricultural
council adopted was the follow
ing program for the ensuing
year: organization, John Day pro
ject; field demonstrations, alfal
fa fertilizer, wheat varieties;
farm storage; rodent control;
boys and girls clubs.
Mrs. H. D. Mikesell is able to
be around again after an illness
of a couple of months.
R. W. Turner, who was injured
last week by the kick of a horse,
is able to be about town and is
slowly recovering from his injur
ies. J. E. Cronin, president of the
Bank of lone, was in Heppner a
short time Wednesday. He is
looking after bank affairs during
the illness of Cashier Cummings
who has been quite ill with the
flu.
October Highway
Death Toll Lower
Than September
Oregon's erratically fluctuat
ing monthly highway death toll
slumped from the year's high of
51 in September to a six-month
low of 32 in October, Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry has re
ported. The thirty-two fatalities
in October traffic is the lowest
peace time figure for that month
since 1939, when travel mileages
were approximately half their
present level. Newbry said.
j Total number of victims for the
'year now stands at 348, six per
jcent under the 370 dead at the
same time last year. Last Octo
ber the death toll reached 48.
Rural area mishaps claimed 23
of the victims, a smaller propor
tion than usual. Newbry declar
ed this fact is significant in in
dicating that danger in cities is
reaching its seasonal peak, es
pecially for pedestrians. The sec
retary warned that early dark
ness combined with rain and all
its attendant hazards produce the
need for greatly increased cau
tion by city drivers and walkers.
Failure to develop such caution
will often result in sudden trag
edy, he pointed out, since in traf
fic each person's life is in his own
hands.
POLITICAL PARTIES
FOMENTING
The late general election with
its confusion and surprises must
have made peaple government
minded. "Hot rods" of both polit
ical parties are doing on-the-job
service for their organizations
with the result that registration
books are showing unheard-of
post election activity.
Lifelong republicans are regis
tering as democrats and vice ver
sa. Is the switch due to new deal
versus anti new deal dogmas?
Political fever has been above
normal in labor and farm organ
ization ranks since the election
with many voters from these
groups getting into the demo
cratic column. Four eandidates
out of five that were endorsed
for the senate by labor in Mult
nomah county were elected and
all ten candidates for the house
who were endorsed were success
ful.
COMIC-CRIME WAVE
There is one current reform
Oregon legislators will not be
concerned about while solons of
many other states are enacting
laws against the printing and
circulation of publications that
popularize crime that may affect
immature or moronic minds.
A Multnomah county legislator
interested in enacting a law that
would check the type of publica
tions in Oregon that are being
banned in other states was in
formed by Attorney General Neu
ner that Oregon has such a law
and that it is one of the oldest
laws of the state. "Comic or any
other books can be banned in this
state when they 'purport or relate
or narrate the criminal exploits
of any desperate or convicted fel
on ... or contain . . . accounts
hop-Play-Dance
WHERE?
WILLOWS GRANGE HALL
lone, Oregon
WHEN?
Saturday Evening, November 27
6 to 7:30 P.M. Turkey Dinner -Child's plate 25c; junior plate 75c; adult
plate, $1.25
The baxaar will be open at 6 o'clock and continue as long as there is any
thing to sell.
The carnival will open following the dinner hour.
DANCING
will round out the evening. The Rim Rock Serenaders will provide the music.
Admission: $1.25 per person, tax included.
Sponsored by Home Economics Club of Willows Grange
Come to lone Saturday Night for a Big Time !
of stories of crime or lust or deeds
of bloodshed' and the law carries
a fine of not more than $500 or
not more than six months in jail
or both," Neuner reported.
CAPITOL COMMISSION
PROPOSED
A new state commission with
authority to act on questions per
taining to the capitol, other state
buildings, streets and grounds in
the capitol group will be recom
mended to the legislature.
The proposal will be submitted
by the Salem Long-range Plan
ning commission who has confer,
red with architects from Oregon
cities, where they were available,
relative to the expanded state
building program in the capitol
zone.
The S.L.R.P. commission has
been given a $65,000 "grub stake"
by the Salem Chamber of Com
merce to be used for research and
charting.
One member of the commission
would be a member of the Amer
ican Institute of Architecture. The
members of the commission
would not be paid salaries, but
would receive per diem payment
when in session.
LEGISLATURES CROW
You might well make up your
mind to it! The 1949 session of
the Oregon legislature already
shows definite sicns of hreakino
all records for the number of bills
introduced, length of session and
cost to taxpayers.
The buzz of lobbyists never be.
fore started so early. Reckoning
the rate of biennial increases
made at each session for the past
ten years, the 1949 session will
last 84 days, have 1285 bills and
resolutions, and cost close to half
a million dollars.
The heaviest items on the cost
sheet of the 1947 session were
S103.000 for 229 clerks, stennir
raohers and attendants: $38,500
for salaries and transportation of
members and $27,000 for print
ing.
UNANNOUNCED SMOKER
AT PEN
Eugene Pallette don't like his
latest role.
It would be difficult to name a
movie actor who has played as
many kinds of characters. And
there is so much character in the
man himself it is difficult for
producers to find a "stand-in
for him.
He comes to Salem occasion
ally to visit his friend George
Alexander, superintendent of the
penitentiary. He was in the "big
house last week when seven des
perate convicts, three permanent
guests for first degree murder,
set fire to the flax mill and a
truck-load of flax straw. Their
plan was to escape under cover
of smoke. Five of the seven were
subdued by "saps" wielded by
guards. The other two were soon
CARD OF THANKS
want tn thnnk mv manv
friends in Morrow county for the
Remember Everyone
with
Your Photograph
or
Family Portrait
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House will be shown at the
Star Theater December 5th and 6th, 1948. International Ster
ling exquisite pattern Northern Lights was selected for this
picture. See Northern Lights in our windows.
' "Choose International Sterling's
'Northern Lights' for your dream house "
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... toy MYRNA LOY
and CARY GRANT
TnJjnYoOT "driam house" may be in
iriAlX apartment, i room. It'i the place you
make I home with the love and beauty you
put in it. It'i things like shining, perfect
Northern Lights, the rich, magnificent
International Sterling pattern Myma Loy
end Cary Grant choose themselves for table
settings in their new picture, "Mr. Blandings
Builds His Dream House."
Rare craftsmanship shows in the jewel-like
clarity of detail of Northern Lights, in the
way its rich weight perfectly complements
its design. And It is solid silver . . . beautiful
for many lifetimes.
Visit us. See the beauty of "Northern
Lights" , . . and how easy it is to own on
our budget plan.
Peterson's Jewelers
found hiding in the prison walls.
Like all great artists, Pallette
was quick to applaud what he
considered to be realistic histri
onics. When finally convinced the
riot was not a Hollywood stunt
staged for his benefit, he took to
worrying about the unsolved
"stand-in" problem.
cards and letters and the beau
tiful flowers that were sent to
me in the hospital at Prairie City,
and also during my convales
cence at my home. I also want
to thank those who were con
cerned about my welfare.
Mrs. Harlan Adams,
Kinzua, Oregon.
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GOODYEAR TIRES in many sizes
for traction where others fall,
Hodge Chevrolet Co.
SEE and HEAR IN PERSON
LYLE H. GREGORY
with his
"Greg's Gossip on Sports"
Tuesday, December 14, 8 p. m.
At Memorial Building in Condon
Adults $1.20 Students 60c
DON'T FORGET
Ladies Night
Thursday, Dec. 2nd
All lady Elks are cordially invited
B. P. O. ELKS No. 358
HEPPNER
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry and Gift Good
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
0. M. YEAGER'S SERVICE STORE
Turner, Von Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Dr. L D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
Phelps Funeral Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 49 Phone 1332
Hepnper, Oregon
A. D. McMurdo, M.D, Heppner City Council
Meets First Monday Each Month
Citizens having matters fer dis
cussion, please bring before
the Council
Phone 27S2
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 3583 Office 2572 Office in Peters Building
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Khone 723 Heppner, Ore
Morrow County
Cleaners
Box 82, Heppner, Ore.
Phone 2632
Superior Dry Cleaning
Finishing
DR. J. D. PALMER
DENTI8T
Office upstairs Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783. Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
MERCHANTS
WISE
.Advertise!
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repair
Phone 1485 for apolntmei
or call at shop.
Heppner, Oregon
Call Settles Electric ,
at HEPPNER APPLIANCE
for all kinds of electrloal work.
New and repair.
Phone 2542 oc 1423