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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Feb. 10, 1949
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OUR DEMOCRACY-
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Community Spirit Should Do It ''
That U a ti'-adirig unii a duuHo meaning. On
the one hi a 4 if a c ommunity wishes to progress,
to moc ahead and ait? in its place in the sun,
It cae ccfmplikh fiimnst si'.yihfaic it sots out to
do, for its peiiplc will have hut one thing in mind
to succeed. With that spirit to guide and to urge
tfcm on, a pro up of people own go far in any
undertaking. On the other hand, if the objective
is to deter progress, an individual, a small group,
or a community as a who! can succeed by devel
oping a backward community spirit. To shape
its future course a community must decide which
type of public spirit it wishes and needs to em
brace. Currently there is some agitation over the
location of the proposed hospital. The location
was chosen by a committee of unbiased citizens,
some of them living apart from Heppner, who.
after considering several other silos finally set
tled on the tract tendered by Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Barratt as an outright gift. Some opposition was
expressed at the time but as the months slipped
by and the court and committee were busy iron
ing out the numerous vvrink'es of government red
tape, less was heard about the site chosen. But
now that the plans are up for final approval and
there Is some indication that it will be possible
to advertise for bids in the near future, an effort
is being made to block construction on the chosen
site. Just where the opponents to the hill site
would build the hospital has not been made
known, except in one instance, as far as we have
learned. Seven sites were investigated by the
hosjiiUjl pommittee and each in turn, up to the '
hill site, was eliminated for reasons deemed suf
ficient at the time.
It is not the purpose of this article to decide for
the people which of the seven sites might be the
most desirable. Each had some good points but
of the first six considered not enough good points
were mustered up to make the committee defin
itely decide on ony one of them. The hill site was
considered more desirable in most respects, and it
must be .remembered that the county was not
obligated one cent for the property and the offer
included as much land as the court and commit
tee deemed necessary for present and future
needs. But had not the hospital committee con
sidered the site satisfactory it is doubtful if even
the fact that the land was free would have influ
enced the selection.
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;To turn back now and select a new site which
would probably cost several thousand dollars, and
necessitate drawing of new plans, would mean
another delay of from one to three years. About
four and one-half years have slipped by since
the movement started. If we want a hospital we
should build it If we don't want one, then let us
keep- up the controversy over the site.
One further thought: If you are In doubt about
any phase of the hospital development since
its inception, the records are on file at the court
. house. The court will be glad td discuss any part
of it with you. In all fairness to all concerned, you
owe it to yourself to learn the facts. And further
more, is it up to Heppner entirely to choose the
site? Is this not a county project? That has been
our understanding all along, but perhaps we have
been mistaken.
What About the Dam?
It was learned at Pendleton last Thursday eve
ning that the Columbia Basin development pro
ject is looked upon with great favor by the U. S
Army board of engineers, some of the top brass
of whom were in attendance at a dnner given in
their honor by the Columbia River Development
association and the-' Pendleton Chamber of Com
merce. General Crawford, chief of the engineers,
in a few carefully chosen words told the gathering
that this is a great region, capable of almost
immeasurable development and that in all like
lihood there will be further harnessing of our
streams for power and irrgation and flood
control. -
Flood control is where Heppner is directly in
terested and it is a source of great satisfaction
to know that the proposed dam across the Willow
creek canyon near the mouth of Balm Fork is in
cluded in the greater plan for development of the
basin. This may have no appeal to those who have
not seen the results of a flash flood, particularly
one of the magnitude of the great 1903 disaster,
but to those who have experienced such a catas
. trophe it would be most comforting to know that
the danger of being washed out of everything they
possess and more than likely their Jives in the
bargain had been removed by the construction of
a dam at a strategic spot.
No specific projects were mentioned or dis
cussed at the Pendleton meeting. It was a good
will affair only. And it was learned that men of
big affairs are friendly, sympathetic and for the
most part hale fellows well met
30 YEARS AGO
Heppner Gazette Times, ; streets is announced by Dennis
Thursday. February- 13. 1919 Mc.Namee.
We are informed that the city
council has employed a civil en- Oscar Keithley was a member
gineeT to go over the ground of of the county fair board in town
the proposed pipe line from the, Saturday attending to official
timber to Heppner.
The construction of a substan
tial jjevv building on his lots at
the corner of Main and May
business.
The Heppner Commercial club
has been revived and by the el
ection of new officers and the
1 1 I Life'i fullest moments await you in the thrilling
j ifr enjoyment of your own home . . , and in enter-
l )tj taining your friend. The sterling silver of your choice
IB ft will be used with glowing pride, and treasured
fc Q forerer, because it will be a part of your home.
I !i' ;I Decide now that your table will be resplendent
Il D witk fine Cor Uam Sterling! Our showing of famed
: ' f 5 CorUam patterns awaits your choice ... see them now.
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PETERSON'S JEWELERS
adoption of new methods of op
eration it is hoped things needful
for the community may be ac
complished. '
L. W. Briggs has been confined
to his home by sickness for the
most part of the past two weeks.
He is now able to be about the
streets again.
An 8-pound daughter arrived
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Parker of Six Dollar on last Sun
day. The young lady is very wel
come. The estate of the late Henry
Pittock of Portland, publisher of
the Oregonian, is estimated at
about ten million dollars. He had
much valuable property outside
of the great newspaper. His will
names Edgar B. Piper as editor
of the Oregonian.
Work was resumed in earnest
Monday morning on the Gilman
building next to the Universal
garage. Mr. Gilman hopes that
there will be no interference with
operations now and that the
building will be ready for occu
pancy shortly after the first of
March. '
The city council will hereafter
hold its meetings in the room up
stairs in the Roberts building va
cated by S. E. Notson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Elly of Mor
gan were visitors in Heppner
over Monday night. Mr. Ely is
feeling good over the propects for
crops in his part of the county
He states that there is at pre
sent about five inches of snow
over the Morgan hills and grain
is coming along well, with a lot
of fall sowing.
The Morrow County Creamery'
company is not Just ready to an
nounce where the new building
will be put up, but we are auth
orlzed to state that it will be set
tied by the coming week.
The next number on the lyceum
course will be given at the high
school auditorium on February
26. This will be one of the finest
numbers of the series, The Ionian
Serenaders.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Doak of lone
left this week for their new home
at Opportunity, Wash., one of the
suburban towns of Spokane,
where they have a place.
Frank Turner, Louis Pearson
and J. W. Beymer, all victims of
of rheumatism, are at Hot Lake
sanitorium where they are taking
the hot baths and finding relief
for their sufferings.
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r Let us, ttiis Jufy
c ofjserue tfie
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I- - o? American Independence,
e anniuersary
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not alone in tfie spirit of -r
V cefebVatintf an achievement
f" of 16, LtuMt&afJf 3
recognition that independence -.
.-freedom as ue .noiu it -
bis a responsibifity and a
priuilege we rr'iii continue
to earn and maintain
in 146, working as
united peopfe for and ""
within the trameu'ork. of
jo ) J l-our democratic principles.
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The oAmerkan Way
THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE
By George Peck
Recently it was my great priv
19321,186,183 cars, 245,284 trucks
produced.
; 1935 Production: 3,387,806 cars,
WALSH-VAN DYKE SYSTEM
. Accurate planning of work that
is more complex and wearying
than any ever faced by an Ore
gon legislature, consumed the
first four weeks of the present
session.
h Everything is now set for rapid
strides.
Senate President William E.
Walsh and Speaker of the House
Frank J. Van Dyke have don
signal jobs in systematizing the
voluminous labors confronting
the legislators.
In the ways and means com
mittee alone there are 26,000 bud
get Items on which decisions
must be made. Many of them re
quire days of research and hours
of study and discussion.
Slash and screen as they will
these committees are barely hold
ing their own In keeping the bud
get on an even keel. Provoking
deficiencies caused by zooming
food costs and operating expenses
during the past two years are
blanking out many gains being
piade by the economic efforts of
the committees.
Here are some of the kibitzers
that are bothering the legislators:
First is the $38 million deficit in
the budget.
A $55 million bonus program
for veterans of foreign wars.
The board of higher education
wants $22 million.
State depaitment of education
asks for a $95 annual levy for
each child of school roll census,
which would raise an approxi
mated $15 million a year.
BUDGET BUSTERS
Why a budget if you fudge it?
The biennial cost of maintain
ing a state budget department is
$60,011.
How much is a budget worth If
" 1 732,005 trucks. Three million auto it is generally Ignored?
...RC iU. a..c.!u a, preview or rartinc in c rwiHoH tr,I tn.
rllheAWTaldrfSria' NewfYork 1942-1945-War product
, X, T'6? lhe RnlflCCT,,' ! Automotive Industry
uioioj ui Lite iat wuiu in ctUlU- 1
motive transportation, as coneeiv.
..Trit" h. budge, by state depart-
i! i. i aSemuiy lilies. mpntc nnH net tut nno
uevc uiai it was only 3b years 101o inn rmrv nnn.u ...
ago that the fiftt horseless car- '.i,,.
iitfKc mdue us appearance in me
United States.
Alex Gibson, chairman of the
4-riuor and 2-door sedans. wava and m(.ans suh.rommitfee
ion the anci Henry Semon. chairman of
y became the house wavs and means corn-
backbone of Arsenal of Democra- mittee, are critical of deficiency
f'V. BnenHincr hpvnnH thn nrnvlelnno
t R -,,w,... ..... .
of the budget by stati
ments and institutions.
"At every session of the legis
lature we return to find that a
been
the
1949 Georce Peck attended the great deal more money has t
It mieht be of inierest brief l v ' ' c.,"u.'1.'" "w si than mat contained in
review the develonment of The ' IorK anQ reallzea tnat on l7 budget," said Gibson.
to review the development of the
automotive industry which, to
gether with other industries it
(iir.i.er ail economic system such Seamon feels that the heads of
as the capitalistic "American
More than half of all Oregon
traffic accidents occur at intersec.
tions. Don't defend your right of
way to the death.
F . . . -aU-afc cup..
A GPEEK. EPICURE,
AFTER VISITING SPAR
TA, DECLARED THAT
SPA P TA NS WER E
FBA RL ESS BECAUSE
DBA TH WAS PREFER
AS LB TO THBIR FOOD
AN UNAPPETIZING
- r-B LACK BROTH.
QUEEN ELEANORE OF
ENGLAND f230)PAID
A ROYAL PRICE FOR
a then unusual
ship's cargo -7
oranges!
Ul ogco ALC.j
Bp
ALL CLASSES MET
IN M ERR IE OLDE
ENGLAND'S ALE
HOUSES', FAMED
FOR GOOD COM
PANY AND CHEER.
emps te out" ev' n i 1S93' hSVe gr0W" ' i,S 'nt that th Ca"italistlc Sem 18
rSns ZlloyU In coun" StatUre- The Autom"ve '"s.ry decadent.
try. So, here f?o-s: 1S93 Tho Dur
yea brothers designed, built and
drove first gasoline-driven motor
vehicle in U.S.
1894 Elmer and Edgar Apperson
constructed one-cylinder car de
veloping 6 h.p., conceived by El-
wood Haynes. Driven at 6 miles
per hour on July 4. Charles B.
King drove first gasoline car in
Detroit a 4-cylinder water-cooled
engine.
1895 The Duryea brothers organ
ized the Duryea Motor Wagon
Company, first established to
make gasoline cars. First auto
race was held, won by J. Frank
Duryea. He covered a muddy 54.36
mile course in 7 12 hours. Onlv
2 of 6 cars finished; the seconu.
a Mueller-Benz driven by 0car
Muelller who fainted from expo
sure, Charles B. King, riding with
him, took the controls, finished
the race.
1896 George H. Morlll, Jr. of Nor
wood, Mass., first to purchase an
American gasoline car from
Duryea. Barnum & Bailey added
Duryea Motor Wagon to its ex
hibit of freaks. Henrv Ford r-v, .
Mrst car, a 2-cyllnder, 4-h.p., no
-everse. Ransom E. Olds drove a
1-cvlinrier 6-h.p. car in. L-m i"
1898 William E. Metzger set up
first Independent auto dealership.
G.i-r m companies were now
making cars; gasoline, steam'and
electric.
1900 Year's production: 4,192
automobiles. First Automo nle
Show was held in Madison Square
Garden, New York. Mack brought
out a bus.
1901 Year's production: 7,000
cars. First Jones speedometer on
Oldsmobile. 64 new siitnmnMK
appeared, none of them being
made today.
1902 Production: 9,000 cars. T.
H. Shevlln fined $10 in Minnea
polis for exceeding 10 rm,
Packard Motor Car Co. founded.
Of 59 new cars to an
one being made todav White
Truck.
1903 Production: 11,235 rr
Ford Motor Co. organized. Buick
Company was founder' I'uii -valve-in-head
engine. First Cad
illac delivered.
1904 Production: 22 419 .-
biles, 411 trucks. Stralcht-8 en-
glne, shock-absorbers, nns.su, .
lubrication, automatic carbure
tors were introduced.
1908 Production! (awn mn "i .
500 trucks. Left-hand steering. I
: or m
niiKi.-ii enamel T-'-h t-.-
1 909 Carl G. Fisher completed
Indianapolis Speedway
1911 Production: 199,319 cars,
10,681 trucks. Cadillac installed
electric starter.
1912 First midget car appeared
The Wing.
1917 U.S. entered World War I
so did the Automotive industry.
1921 Duesenberg introduced 4
wheel brakes.
1923 Production: 3,753 9415 ears
426,505 trucks. "Cannon Ball" Ba
ker drove Oldsmolillo from New
York to Log Angeles In twelve
mi a half days.
19294,794,898 cars, 826,817 trucks
produced.
THE AMERICAN CLAMOUR
BOY OF 1639 DIETED TO
KEEP A PALEFACE,
THIN BODY AND
SPINDLE SHANKS. ill
Copyfiqkt e49JMCarlta
III
Be sure you stay
out of the doghouse!
Buy Her a Valentine!!
Special Flower Arrangement
$3.00
Guaranteed to keep the
doghouse door locked . . .
Mary Van's Flower Shop
' - . -I
AN OSTRICH
DQESNT HIDE
' ..MIS HEAD IN THE
; SAND TO.AVOID
Hs nuns AWAY.
A
"r,-.M ,
5r,-
inc. UC.LARATION OF '-A
INDEPENDENCE ' 7-
WAS NOT SIGNED UNTIL -:7J.
AUGUST IT1
7 --- r I,
fe'f!vVi .IS NOW EMPLOYED T7 '
Wk fote1ft3 IL PAZALY3IS. "' w .VKSii-
l-t-JlJ 1 L '
CEUOPHAYE USD TO , v
PACKA6E VEGETABLES IN 'Uis
S 'ORES, KEEPS CAROBli ( -V
FI?ESH FOR SEVERAL PAYS. ' '"u
institutions and other state offi
cials should 'live within their
budgets." Both legislators favor
setting up an adequate emergen,
cy fund to be dispersed by the
emergency board arid restricted
to budget figures, unless author
ized by the board.
HIGHWAY CRIME CHART
An average of 112 arrests a day
were made the past year by state
police for violations of the Ore
gon motor vehicle code. The 41,
814 arrests resulted In fines to
taling $346,534.61 and jail sen
tences of 26.099 days with $30.
004.04 of the fines remitted and
10,414 days of the sentences sus
pended. There were 837 drunken
drivers arrested who received sen
tncs totaling 732 days and fines
approximating $85,104.37. An av
erage of 24 out of 25 persons ar
rested for drunken driving were
found guilty.
Having overloads, improper
loads and no log hauling permits
caused the airest of 2319 persons
who were fined a total of $46,
5S3.24 and 69 12 days in Jail.,
SNIPING AT GREYHOUNDS
Racing greyhounds are the tar
get of H.B. 221 that would elim
inate the bulk of the state's rev
enues for fairs. The greyhounds
have furnished 83.49 per cent or
$3,336,838.34 of all money recelv
ed by the state under the pari
mutuel act. The Portland Mead
ows, Oregon state fair, Multno
mah and all other county fairs
have produced only 16.2.) per cent
or $654,275 from the ponies No
plan has been offered that would
replace the halt million aoiiars
paid In to the state coffers by
the greyhounds.
Nobody wins an argument in
traffic.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. 0. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry S Gift Goods
.Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppher, Oregon
J. 0. 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 &
Picture Framing
O. M. YEAGER'S
SERVICE STORE
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
Council rir't Mondy
WUUnbll Eoh Month
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council, phone 2S72
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Center St
House Cals Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Offio in Potom Bnlldlnf
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Morrow County
Cleaners Hopp? orson
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 IIEPPNEU 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.
Thone 2632
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms, Buslnes, Income Prop
erty. Trades for Valley & Coast.
Income Tax Returns
Arlington, Oregon
Morrow County
fAlirt Mestg Flrit Wednoiday
vuu" of Ilaoh Month
Conntv Indira Ottlos Xoum
Moaftir, Wwtanday, Friday 8 am.
to 0 p.m.
Tnaiday, Thnriday, Saturday Fort,
noa only ,