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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 30, 1 948
Volume 65, Number 41
BUSINESS
1949 IN A
General Business: Off 57.
National Income! Off 5 ft
Farm Income: Off 157.
Bltuminoui Coal! Off 57.
Anthracite: Off 107.
Crude Oil Production 1 TJp
37.
Steel Output: Up 57.
Automobiles: Op 10
By ROGER W. BABSON
1. Total volume of business for
. 1949 will be less than that of
1948. There surely will be many
son spots.
GENERAL BUSINESS
2. Most Industries will show
smaller net profits. This means
that, in many cases dividends
will be less In 1949.
3. Military preparedness will
be a new and powerful industry
wnicn this country never hereto
fore experienced in peace times,
It is destined to bolster employ
ment for some years ahead, but
not the standard-of-livine.
4. Inventories quoted both at
their dollar values and in vol
ume will increase during 1949.
Both raw material piles and man
ufactured goods will be in greater
supply during 1949.
COMMODITY PRICES
5. Some ratlonlning or priori
ties may be attempted in 1949.
The public will make demands
for price controls in the case of
certain products. Beware of in
stallment purchases In 1949.
6. We epect the peak in whole
sale commodity prices has been
reached for this cycle. We there
fore, advise going easy on inven
tories. 1949 is a time to get out
of debt and stay out of debt.
7. The retail price of some
goods, other than food products,
may be higher during 1949, but
we believe that the Cost-of-Liv-ing
Index has turned downward. I
8. Retail price changes lag af
ter wholesale price changes. This
explains why we expect many
retail prices on good quality
merchandise to hold up for
awhile after wholesale prices de
cllne. FARM OUTLOOK
9. The total farm income for
19-19 should be less than that of
1948, due to lower prices for
wheat, corn, pork, poultry, eggs
and certain dairy products. Far
mers should diversify more In
1949, get out of debt, putting sur
plus money into savings and pre
pare for real trouble some day.
10. The supply of certain veg
etables and fruits should increase
during 1949. The price of these
should fall off, barring some
weather, Insect or blight catas
trophe. 11. Poultry and dairy products
will also Increase in volume dur
ing 1949, prices averaging less
than 1918 prices.
12. Farmers will continue to
work for extensions of subsidies.
The above four Farm , Forecasts
assume normal weather. A
drought could upset these.
TAXES
13. The Federal Budget will not
be decreased during 1949.
14. Federal taxes will not be
decreased during 1949, but there
may be some readjustments to
encourage venture capital and to
ease the tax burden on wages..
15. We forecast that an attempt
will be made by some cities to
put ceilings upon real estate tax
es or enact local sales taxes.
16. The long-term capital gains
tax of 25 will remain unchang
ed. RETAIL TRADE
17. Goods on counters will be
of better grade In 1949.
18. There will be many "mark
down sales" of Inferior quality
goods. Curbs on Installment buy
ing will continue.
19. The dollar value of all re
tail sales In 1949' should about
equal that of 1948, perhaps bff
5'r.
20. The unit volume of retail
sales will be less in 1949 than in
1948.
FOREIGN TRADE
21. Our foreign trade will re
main about the same. We shall
continue to help Europe; but it
will be on a more efficient basis.
22. More foreign credits will be
granted during 1949; but these
mostly will be direct to business
concerns.
23. There will be greater com
petition from other countries in
legitimate foreign trade where
the credit is good.
24. Throughout 1949 war talk
will continue; but no real World
t-Wnr III will start in 1949. WAR
i PREPARATIONS WILL CONTIN
. UE.
f LABOR OUTLOOK
25. Good business depends up
on two things: (1) reasonable
wages and (2) reasonable prices.
When both these factors are in
balance there Is good business;
but when they get out of balance,
look for trouble. Low prices are
of little help when people have
insufficient wages with which to
buy; but It is also true that good
wages are of little use if prices
are too high for people to buy.
The Taft-Hartley Law will be re
pealed or amended to encourage
free speech, union protection and
increased production, e
26. The income of wage work
ers must increase before an Ad
FINANCIAL
OUTLOOK
NUTSHELL
Building and Construction:
Off 207.
Lumber: Off 57.
Foreign Trade: Up 57.
Airline Passenger Miles:
op ior.
Military Activities. Includ
ing Aircraft: Up 507.
Hetail Trade: Off 57. to
107.
vance in prices. Contrariwise, too
high prices always precede a de
cline in employment and wages.
This downward cycle leading to
unemployment may begin in
1949. Much depends upon crops
and weather.
27. Labor leaders who get in
creased wage rates usually get
re-elected, while those who do
not get wage increases are liable
to be defeated. Hence, labor lead
ers have naturally kept urging
higher wages, although they may
feel in their hearts that wages
are high enough for the time be
ing. We forecast that 1949 will
see some change of attitude in
this regard and that wise leaders
will be more interested in pre
venting the "bust."
28. If wages are too high, or
ganized labor is the first to be
laid off when business declines.
Unorganized workers have the
steadiest Jobs and will go thru
i43 without losing their posi
tions.
29. Some labor leaders will.
during 1949, work for pension
systems and sick benefits. This
would be a constructive program
for employers who can afford to
do it, but many employers can
not afford even these benefits at
this time. Both employers and
wageworkers will some day unite
In urging a program which will
give steady work throughout the
year. This is the best hope for
lower building costs. Bricklayers,
painters and carpenters are crit
icized today for doing such a
small amount of work, but we
must remember the many days
when they are unable to woi-k
due to weather and other condi
tions. INFLATION
30. Inflation (high prices)
comes when consumption exceeds
production. This means that in
flation can be checked only by
increasing production or by re
ducing the money supply. The
Job of getting prices down today
depends, therefore, upon what
management and labor produce
per hour. We believe that wage
increases during 1949 will be ac
companied by a corresponding
Con limed on page 6
HEPPNER IN 1948
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Business Good At
Marriage License
Desk in Past Year
Dan Cupid made quite a kill
ing in Monow county during
1948, with the result that the
county clerk's office got back in
to form making out marriage li
censes. Twenty-seven couples
took out licenses during the year
and all but one of these filed
marriage certificates with Clerk
Barlow.
First on the list were John Dal
ton Ledbetter and Lorine Van
Winkle who were married Janu
ary 1, 1948 at the Congregational
church in Lexington. This wed
ding was followed by two others
in January, Kenneth Roy Orwick
and Betty Lou Kenedy at the
groom s home in Heppner on the
11th and Theodore Ruben Mur-
dock and Willa Ethel Chambers
Fisk at the Methodist church on
the 21st.
Three weddings were perform
ed in February, including Ken
neth M. Way and Estelle Ledbet
ter, February 1 at the Congrega
tional church, Lexington; Henry
Theodore Peterson and Rosemary
Doherty, February 7, Catholic
church, Heppner; and Jessie Dale
Orwick and Myrtle Delores Sals
bur, February 21, at the J. O.
Hager hpme, Justice Hager offi
ciating. No licenses were issued in
March. I
April saw two weddings Clyde
trnest McCabe and Mary Jean
Bristow, April 18, Cooperative
church of lone; Roy H. Minnick
and Berties I. Connell, April 27,
Methodist parsonage, Arlington.
May 9, Donald W. Hatfield and
Theresa M. Burgett, Heppner Ca-
tnollc church; Stanley C. Chand
ler and Doris Dyal of Umatilla
county took out license May 21
dui tne marriage certificate has
not been returned to Clerk Bar
low's office. Odean F. Hall and
Carolyn Williams, May 22, Hepp
ner Methodist church; David J.
Pardue Jr. and Jean Albertine
Rauch, May 28, Lutheran church
at Hermiston.
June 6, Roger W. Connor and
OUie Eyvonne Hastings at the
Connor home, J. Palmer Sorlien
officiating. Lester L. Cox and
Maxine G. East, June 19, Heppner
Methodist church; Ray Perry Pat
terson and Rose Marie Anderson,
June 26, Harley Anderson home
in Eightmile.- '
Eugene George Hall and Har
riet Ann Ball, July 13, Episcopal
church in Heppner.
Howard Gilliam and Helen
Continued on page six
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Random Thoughts...
It is not the purpose of this
column to be looking backward,
or dwelling in the past, for the
policy of the newspaper is and
has always been to look forward.
But there is much of interest, par
ticularly from a historical stand
point, in the pictures of former
days such as appear in the pa
per from time to time and it is
one of our greatest regrets that
some of the old newspaper cuts
are not available. We have a few,
and these have been trotted out
from time to time, and some of
them are being used in this is
sue along with more modern pic
tures in an effort to tell the story
of Heppner's progress without
having to engage ill tiresome
copy writing. Then, too, pictures
are accurate much more so than
a faulty memory.
While on the subject of remind
ers of older days, comment is
pertinent relative to a souvenir
issue of the Heppner Gazette,
date of New Years 1902. Two
young men from the state print
ing office at Salem, Fred War-
nock and E. P. Michell, purchased
the paper in 1901 and in the fall
of 1902 decided to publish a sou
venir edition. This writer was a
part-time compositor on the Gaz
ette, getting up before 6 o'clock
six mornings of the week to
build the fires in the office, which
was then on upper Main street,
and setting a few sticks of type
before school five of those days
and working 10 hours on Satur
day. As such a handy office boy
some of the composition of the
souvenir edition was trusted, to
Continued on Page Six
AERIAL CAMERA SEEKS
OUT MINUTEST DETAILS
The Gazette Times publishers
were so impressed with this
aerial view of Heppner that
they could not resist having a
cut made for reproduction in
the paper. Jack Forsythe, of the
Forsythe Flying Service, Lex
ington, took the picture from an
elevation of 3500 feet. It does
not include the upper or sou
thern parts of the town, those
districts extending up Willow
creek . and Donaldson canyon,
hence at least 25 percent of the
town area is left out To cover
the entire town would have
meant going to a much higher
elevation and there would have
been a loss of much detail that
makes the picture of unusual
interest , ,
You will be able to locate
your residence or place of bus
iness, with a little searching.
The picture was taken in Oc
tober, when there were a few
days of clear weather.
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County's Farmers
Contribute $792.53
To Food Project
Morrow county's contribution
to the CROP fund was $792.53. ac
cording to Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien,
chairman of the campaign. This
came from farm sources, he said,
as no attempt was made to soli
cit townspeople.
From the Boardman commun
ity came $180; Rhea Creek, $10;
LxmiiKiun, ana lone,
$301.58. The Morrow County Grain
Growers. Inc., made a cash dona-
tion of $50. Some of the amount
quoted included donations of
grain and since there was not en-
ough wheat to make up a carload
shipment the grain was convert
ed to cash here and the money
forwarded to the state headquar
ters. ' o
CONDON SHEEPMAN
BURIED WEDNESDAY
Funeral services were held at
St. John's Catholic church In
Condon at 10 o'clock a.m. Wed
nesday for William Henry Camo
bell, 60, who passed away at The
Dalles Decemoer 26.
A sheepman for many years,
ampDeii was quite well known
in Morrow county.
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Delos Knighten and John Gem-
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oluuc'" l eastern ugon
college, were guests at the Floyd
The Misses Doris and Dorothy
Worden, both of whom are em
ployed in La Grande, also were
home for the week-end holiday.
Doris is a secretary In the La
Grande chamber of commerce of
fice and Dorothy is in the busi
ness office at Eastern Oregon col
lege. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Florence
of Lewiston, Idaho, spent Christ
mas at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Florence.
HEPPNER AT TURN OF
There is no definite date as
to the time this picture was
taken, but it definitely was be
fore 1902 because that was the
year the new courthouse was
St "IP .mfW-sM:AM
Fire Department
Called Out Twice
Cold weather has a tendency to
create two hazards frozen water
pipes and fires. Heppner has ex
perienced a little of both during
the past week, with the result
that the fire department receiv
ed two calls, one on Sunday and
one on Monday.
The Sunday call was to the
Gordon Banker home where an
overheated flue set fire to a close
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;by the fire department held the
Hama t w fio
damage at a low figure.
i Monday, Willard Blake was
i trying to locate a frozen water
;pjpe at his home on upper Main
street and lacking a flashlight
used a match. Apparently a flare
from the match landed in some
burlap and before long there was
enough heat to thaw out numer
ous water pipes. The department
responded quickly but not soon
enough to avoid a loss of several
hundred dollars to the Blake res
idence. SHOWS LAMBETH PICTURES
Bishop Lane W. Barton and son
George spent Sunday in Heppner,
the Bishop coming to hold con
firmation service at the morning
worship hour and to show motion
pictures he took while attending
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jdon the past summer, which were
shown in the parish ho,lsn Sun.
day evening. Active with his mov
ie camera throughout the trip to
England, Bishop Barton succeed
ed in weaving together on film a
most interesting storv of his visit
in both Eneland and the wnrlrt
wide counsel of churches held in ' fun starts all over.
Amsterdam, Holland.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
MEETING POSTPONED Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Worden an -
The OES Social club meeting j nounce the engagement of their
regularly scheduled for Saturday ; daughter, Doris, to Delos Knigh
of this week has been postponed ten of Irrigon. The wedding will
until January 8. 'be an event of March.
CENTURY
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built and in this view of the
town the old frame building
still stands it and the oH
school building on the hilL
Many of the houses and other
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Cutsforth's Pond
Lures Skaters As
Freeze Continues
Skating is a rare sport around
these diggin's, but during the
current cold snap it has become
a popular pastime at the Orville
Cutsforth ranch north of Lexing
ton. The Cutsforth pond is the
reason.
During the summer months the
Cutsforth young people and their
friends enjoyed swimming par
ties at the pond. There is also a
boat which all enjoy, but the ol'
swimmin' hole has reached the
acme of popularity since Jack
Frost moved in, and young and
some not so young are having
the time of their lives catching
up on their skating.
It is said that the skaters in
dulge in whipcracker you know,
where the fellow at the end of
the line is supposed to be a
chump or something. Anyway,
one well known physician was
getting a lot of fun out of being
the fall guy but protected him
self by carrying a board around
until the line broke, when he
would deftly straddle the board
and scurry about the pond in a
sitting position. This bit of skill
ful maneuvering came abruptly
to an end when the board broke,
but that didn't spoil the Doc's
evening.
The pond has been enlarged
since last summer and each cay
when fresh water is pumped in
it causes a little softening of the
ice, but the below freezing tem
perature soon builds a fresh sup-
!P'y of ice so that by evening the
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buildings shown here were de
stroyed in the Heppner flood of
1903.
Forsythe Flying Service
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Shamrocks Fail To
Sustain Win Record
In Week's Contests
Condon and Irrigon
Drop Locals 37-33,
40-34, Respectively
Coach LaVerne Van Marter's
Heppner Shamrocks hit a victory
drouth over the last week, with
its "A" team dropping two games
to both Condon and Irrigon. The
Heppnerite "B" squad garnered
some prestige for the Shamrocks,
however, by winning both of its
hoop games.
On Wednesday of last week the
Shamrocks motored to Condon to
play a double-header against the
highly-rated Rover Boys. After
the smoke cleared from the rough
contest, the Condon five emerged
with a 37-33 win, but were forced
to stave off a last minute Hepp
ner rally that nearly tied up the
game in the final seconds. High
light of the contest was when Bill
Ulrich, flashy Heppner forward,
scored from a Jump-ball position,
as the final gun went off.
Joe Burns led Condon scorers
with 15 points and Ulrich tallied
14 for the Shamrocks.
Kenny Schunk's free throw in
the final two seconds of the "B"
squad game gave the Shamrocks
a 31 to 30 victory over Condon
in a Frank Merriwell finish.
Heppner led most of the game
but relinquished it in the final
quarter, only to win in the whirl
wand finish.
Lineups:
Heppner A, 33 Condon, 37 .
Ulrich 14 f Burns, T. 6
Greenup 9 f Burns, J. 15
Kemp, S. c .... Pryer 8
Campbell 3 g Pattee 3
Ferguson g . Boyce 5
Kemp, J. 2 s Burch
Padberg s Tierney
Hatfield 5 s P.obinson
Heppner B. 3 Condon 30
Schunk 4 'f Burch 2
Hatfield 3 f Hayes 2
Hughes 6 c Humphreys 1
Hatfield 7 g Boyer 12
Barratt 5 g Hollen 4
Scott 6 s .. . Tierney 9
Bennett s Chambers
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Irrgon Flays Fact Ball
.-Willard Jones, former EOCE
and Allen, his forward running
mate, proved too much a scoring
pair here Monday night as they
led Irrigon to a 40 to 34 win over
the Heppner Shamrocks. The
elongated center and the speedy
forward accounted for 25 of Irri-
gon's total.
The river-lads grabbed an early
lead and maintained it through
out the game to be seriously
threatened but once, in the final
two minutes when Heppner pull
ed to but two points behind. Stan
Kemp led the Heppner hoopsters
w irh eight points.
The Shamrock Bees waltzed to
a 43 to 17 victory with Jack Par-
rish, who also plays for the Ore
gon Tech Owls at Klamath Falls,
dunking 9 points for high hon
ors. Knighten tossed 10 points
through the basket for the losers.
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27 1 ne
im-Ore-
ate a
train
load
and
arrive
at North Portland stockyards each
Saturday evening, it was an
nounced today by C. W. Evers.
traffic manager, northwestern
istrict.
The livestock special will leave
Jampa each Friday at 1 p.m.,
I scheduled to arrive at North
Portland at 10 p.m. each Satur
day, eastern Uregon stock will
I be loaded each Friday at mam
and Dranch line points to con
nect with this train.
The new schedule will ben'fit
shippers and commission turns'
alike by providing a day's time
for sorting and properly condi
tioning stock for sale on Mon
day's market.
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Guests of Mr. and Mis. Jul;n W.
I Itiatt for Christmas uvre Mr. and
j Mrs. Oscar Rippee of I'ondnn and
their son Lowell from Kurt Ord,
ital.. when1 he is doin; rleri'-al
work. Lowell is an enlis'eil n. in
in the light artillery. The Kip-H-e's
other son. Don is in the
.naval training station at Sin Di
ego and being unable to come
i home for the hoiii!as. made his
family a visit by long distance
i telephone.
Mr. and Mrs. L. 1 Neill spent
Christmas with relatives in Sal
em, returning to llepimir lues
dav. They report highway travel,
especially through .the Columbl.i
gorge, as somewhat hazardous
but by driving slowly encounter
ed no difficulties.
Miss Hose lloosler, former
Heppner teacher, was a visitor
here Tuesday, making brief calls
on friends. Miss lloosler is now
a teacher in the Pendleton i.'l'y
system.