o Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Jan. 20, 1949 EDITORIAL 0l( Pi lis i El NATIONAL riATIM There Is A Power Shortage As the Pacific Northwest remains in the clutches of a "most unusual" winter it becomes more and more apparent by the hour that there is a power hortage. Evidence is found in the frozen streams where the normal flow is curtailed, causing a low ering of pressure at the dams where power is gen erated. Not alone is the picture confined to the larger streams harnessed for the purpose of de veloping electric power. Every creek and rivulet pouring into the larger streams is frozen over, with their flow lessening each day the freeze continues and their sources remain encrusted in snow and ice. The appeal from power companies at first was to conserve use of lights and power current for a stated period in the early evening. That the sit uation has not improved enough under that plan is seen in the almost frantic appeal the compan ies are now making for 24-hour conservation. It is better to be penny wise than pound foolish. If we every one of us, rich and boor alike give heed to the warning and cooperate with the power companies It may be possible to avert a power failure. A little inconvenience now may prevent unlimited inconveniences and hardship in the immediate future. Read the power companies' advertising and give heed to the warning contained therein. Emergency Ambulance On Way Good news broke in the community this week when the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced that an order has been placed for an ambulance for emergency service throughout the county. Aside from being an elegant specimen of the automobile builder's art, the car will be a minia ture hospital on wheels, equipped for almost any emergency. While publicity relative to the fund campaign has only gotten underway in recent weeks, re sponse to date has been such as to warrant the committee in ordering the ambulance. It is safe to say that when it is brought here and the people are given an opportunity to inspect it and understand more about its efficiency the funding campaign will be less of a chore. More than likely more people will want to have it said, or at least to have the satisfaction, that they helped to buy this fine piece of equipment. editorial sToc-iIukJn I'lUM A Good Risk Through the enterprise of its citizens and a cer tain amount of help from other communities in the county, the little town of Lexington has built an airport. Planes have been using the field the past three years and numerous of the county's citizens have received pilot licenses from training received from the Forsythe Flying school located at the airport. Use of the airport facilities and continuous sup port given the venture by the people of the Lex ington community have established the enterprise on a debt-free status. Any funds earned or sub scribed will be applied on improvements, a num ber of which are needed to bring the airport up to the standard desired. This is a fact well worth consideration by those who may be inclined to support the project, for it is more satisfactory to know that your money will be used to buy some thing rather than to pay existing debts. Needs of the airport improvement program call for an expenditure of approximately $11,000. Of this amount, the local community is called upon to put up about $3,700, the balance of $7,000 to be supplied by the federal government. The state aeronautics board did some $1,800 worth of sur vey and engineering work at the field which has been credited to the community, reducing the to tal amount to be raised locally from $5,500 down to the above figure. That the port is needed and has a definite place in the community is seen in the fact that nine lo cal planes are based there and it is expected that by the time the facilities can be enlarged, the basing capacity of 16 planes will have been reached. The list of activities which has given the airport a place in the county and those that will develop with the added facilities is long and will not be enumerated at this time, and it must be remembered that aviation is growing, that its im portance to the daily routine of business and commerce is so well established that there is : direction to go except ahead. The Lexington airport is a three-community service. It is unique in that respect. It is the obli gation of Heppner and lone as well as of Lexing ton to see that the work at the port is completed and that its facilities are such that it will give the very best possible service to the county. The oArnerican Way CREEPING PARALYSIS By DeWitt Emery (Editor's Note: DeWitt Emery is president of the National Small Business Men's Association.) In 1937 it took all of the income of all of the people in two states t Pennsylvania and Missouri) to pay the cost of our federal gov ernment for one year. Ten years later, in 1947, it took all of the income of all of the people in twenty-five states to pay the cost of our federal government for one year. These twenty-five states are Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ar kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota. South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Washing ton, Oregon, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Alabama, Mississip pi and Maine. Think of it! The- cost of our federal government increased in ten years from all of the income of all of the people in two states ($7,910,000,000 in 1937) to all of the Income of all of the people in twenty-five states ($42,505,000, 000 in 1947). How much farther can this go before the government takes over everything and every, body? Creeping paralysis? It certain ly is, and if the cost of our fed eral government continues to in crease year after year as it has in the past, in another few years I don't believe it will take more than three or four there won't be any freedom left in this country. And if we lose freedom of enterprise, we will soon there after lose all of our other free doms: freedom of speech, free dom of the press, freedom of as- 3 YEARS AGO Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, Jan. 23, 1919 Dr. H. T. Allison has received his honorable discharge from military duty and is preparing to move to Astoria where he has found an opening that has more appeal to him than his practice here. Mrs. Vera Sweek McDaniel, wife of Edward McDaniel, died at her home near Hardman on Saturday afternoon of pneumonia following an attack of influenza. We are Informed by City Attor ney Nys that he is in receipt of a communication from H. V. Gates and he turned down the offer of $15,000 made him recent ly by the city council for the wa ter plant. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beamey re joice over the arrival at their home on Tuesday, January 31, of a fine daughter. Jeff feels pretty near as big as Claude Cox now. Oscar Keithley was in town from Eight Mile on Friday. Chance Wilson, Monument stockman, was in Heppner sev eral days the first of the week. Theo. Anderson, Eight Mile wheat raiser, was doing business in this town on Friday last. W. O. Hill, cashier of Bank of Lexington, was a business visitor in Heppner yesterday afternoon. Rain and snow, following the heavy winds of the past week, have made the roads leading into town from every direction almost impassable for autos. Glenn Jones arrived home from Mare Island, Calif., navy yard on Thursday last, having received his honorable discharge from the navy. Spencer Crawford returned home from Camp Lewis, Wash., on Thursday last, carrying with him his honorable discharge from the services of Uncle Sam. Ira N. Gabrielson of the Bio logical Survey of the Department of Agriculture, arrived at Hepp ner last week and has been en gaged in giving demostrations as to the proper procedure in the poisoning of rabbits. Snrinp-like wpather has pre vailed in the Heppner country for the past week. A stock company has been GOOD BUSINESS Governor Douglas McKay has confidence in the present legisla ture. He believes it will be able to solve the complex financial enig ma of the state in a business-like manner. His inaugural message could be his last advice to this legisla ture. He believes people who are on the job should be left alone. The message was free from dec lamatory dictum, demarcations and weight throwing. It focused a clear light on his character and policies. It is evident he bases his policies on the intended functions of the three departments of state, legislative, executive and judi- foremd to build a hotel in Hepp ner. Plans call for a 50-room structure estimated to cost $60,- 000. Incorporators of the new company arc W. P. Mahoney, Frank Gilliam, J. G. Thomson, W. O. Minor and Phil Cohn. (Of these only J. G. Thomson is alive to day.) Something New ....Has Been Added Efteppne? Taxi ( In Front of Hotel Heppner) Phone 3232 We meet Planes - Busses - Trains Anywhere - Any Time 24 HOUR SERVICE sembly, and freedom of oppor tunity and all of the others. Note what is happening in England. It's absolutely impossible to overestimate the importance of this great and grave danger. It's absolutely essential for the peo ple of this country to know what is happening and that if this trend continues, the only thing they can look forward to is com plete and absolute regimenta tion, that is, being told by the government what you'll eat and wear, where you'll live, where you'll work and how much you'll be paid. It means also getting permis sion before a bureaucrat before doing any traveling in your own car or otherwise, and full and complete governmental control of all newspapers, magazines, radio programs and moving pictures. If you doubt this I again refer you to what's happening in Eng land, also to your history books which show that every great na tion which has gone down since the beginning of recorded history fell because the cost of govern ment grew and grew until it got so heavy it was impossible for the people to carry it. i It can't happen here? It is hap pening here I almost said it has happened here but there is still time to stop it if you and I and millions of others like us want it stopped. We can force our repre sentatives in congress to make the drastic reduction in the cost of our federal government which is the only thing that can save the situation. I've said before and I say again with all the emphasis at my com mand, it's up to you, and I do mean you. BUYS NUTTING PLACE Ralph Beamer has purchased the Clyde Nutting place in north west Heppner and plans to move to town to make his home. The Nuttings will move to Prinevlllc where Mr. Nutting will work for Frank Holub who has acquired a 5,000 acre ranch on the Ochoco east of that place. The Nutting place here consists of seven and one-half acres. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, and per sons wishing licenses or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with him well ahead of the scheduled closing hour in order to assure completion of their ap plications with a minimum of delay. o Frank W. Turner was a busi ness visitor In Hermiston Monday where he transacted business with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hirl who have moved there to make their permanent home. They have been residents of the Lena district for many years. cial, without overlapping of juris diction. Those who have served in the legislature with the governor (64 per cent of the members of the present session have) and those who have worked with him in his many state-wide and home town activities know he will keep his powder dry, welcome conferences and decline to lobby. BRIEF OF BILLS Bills of signal interest intro duced during the first week of the present session of the legisla ture would Repeal withholding of income tax from wages and salaries by employer. Permit parents' names to ap pear on child's birth certificate without court action. Repeal community property law. Regulate and license fortune telling. Remove reforestation lands from tax rolls. Provide for state junior college in Multnomah county. Create emergency fund for state forestry department. Provide for safe operation of school busses. Provide permanent license plates and numbers for motor vehicles. Stagger dates for issuing li cense plates for motor vehicles (except trucks). Increase fee from 50 cents to $2 for certified copies of birth certi ficates. Provide for issuance of bonds to finance reforestation of state lands implementing law passed by people. Resolutions To provide for election of lieu tenant governor (two rcsolu tions). To provide for joint committee to investigate housing and create interim committee to report. To provide for use of senate and house chambers for 3lst Annual American Legion convention. To provide for examination of bills as to form before introduc tion. Memorials To petition congress to enact legislation for holding advisory polls. Urging congress to proceed with flood control and power develop ment in the Northwest. 1948 PAYROLLS HIGH A surprising bright rift appear ed in unemployment clouds this week when the Oregon state un employment commissioners dis closed that 1948 payrolls exceed ed $940,000,000 and were $75,000, 000 over the previous year. Lum bering shutdowns and seasonal shutdowns during November and December were expected to break the gains made during the first three quarters of the year. Although the state unemploy ment commission paid $7,748,168 to unemployed workers in 1948, the reserve fund of the depart ment was increased to $84,624, 264 for an all-time high. This was a gain of $8,096,773 over 1947. Contributions from employers to taled $14,186,914. LEGISLATIVE SHORTS The booby trap all legislators fear most is the people's refer endum of any allocation of in come tax surpluses that do not relieve property taxes . . . The $50 a month minimum pensions for the next two years will require $2,750,000 of additional funds . . . The legislature and taxpayers could use a new branch of stale government a Department of Apprehension . . . Some kind of an all-time record was broken by the legislature this week when a public hearing was called for the second Wednesday of the session. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Bldg., Willow Street Heppner, Oregon J. O. PETERSON Latest Jewelry & Gift Goods Watches, Clocks, Diamonds Expert Watch & Jewelry , Repairing Heppner, Oregon J. O. TURNER ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall P. W. MAHONEY ATTORNEY AT LAW General Insurance Heppner Hotel Building Willow Street Entrance Saw Filing Cr Picture Framing O. M. YEAGER'S SERVICE STORE Keepsake HMMMeMMIeWMieM Th perfect beauty of a quality diamond . , . styled In distinction, and given at the symbol of true love. Genuine registered Keeptaltt Diamond Rings ore proudly dis played at this store . . , where only the finest is found. LADY DIANA W 330 00 Engagement Ring 723.00 Alto $350 and 500 Afl ring illutfraMrf OvoiVsfeU in wht n ot no tura) fold f)ngt tnll'Dtd to ihow drolf fft Pit Klud FaVol fax ' '111 'r'fl r Guramil fcyV PETERSON'S Jewelers lltntllllt Ifl'llll Kill Jack A. Woodhall Doctor of Dental Medicine Office First Floor Bank Bldg. Phone 2342 Heppner Turner, Van Marter and Company GENERAL INSURANCE Dr. L. D. Tibbies OSTEOPATHIC Physician & Surgeon First National Bank Building Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492 Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon A.D.McMurdo, M.D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Heppner City Cminril M' Tint Monday council Etci, Month Citizens having matters for discussion, please bring them before the Council. Phone 2572 Dr. C. C. Dunham CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Office No. 4 Center St. House' Cals Made Home Phone 2583 Office 2572 Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. wo. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Office In Feten Balldinf C. A. RUGGLES Representing Blaine E. Isom Insurance Agency Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. Morrow County Cleaners Heppner, Oregon Phone 2632 Superior Dry Cleaning & Finishing Dr. J. D. Palmer DENTIST Office upstairs Rooms 11-12 First National Bank Bldg. Phones: Office 783, Home -932 Heppner, Oregon Call Settles Electric at HEPPNER APPLIANCE for all kinds of electrical work. New and repair. Phone 2542 or 1423 N. D. BAILEY Cabinet Shop Lawn Mowers Sharpened Sewing Machines Repaired Phone 1485 for appointment or call at shop. RALPH E.CURRIN ATTORNEY AT LAW First National Bank Bldg. Phono 2632 Walter B. Hinkle REAL ESTATE Farms, Buslnes, Income Prop erty. Trades for Valley & Coast. Income Tax Returns Arlington, Oregon MERCHANTS' WISE .Advertise! 3TwT See the Most Beautiful Buy in America THE NEW Ch lei evro : Sat'day Only January 8A.M.tp9P.M. HODGE Chevrolet Co Main at May Heppner 1S4D