Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Feb. 24, 1949 Page 2 EDITORIAL- Aftmi PllllSl(EI44solllTltl Do We Need a Dam? In the liRht of all that happened up and down the Willow creek basin Monday would it be out of line to ask if a flood control dam is needed? Not only one, but several. The projected flood control work should include some work up Don aldson canyon, so far as Heppner is concerned, and something should be done on the Blackhorse above Lexington. The Soil Conservation Service has a program worked up on flood control which, due to lack of funds, is still in the paper stage. In the mean time, valuable topsoil by the thousands of tons is being carried off to the Columbia river which has about as much need for it as a cat has for nine lives. There is a definite need for flood control work here and if the plans for the dam above Heppner are completed we should concentrate up on getting recognition at the earliest possible date. A recurrence of Monday's run-off is not pleasant to contemplate, even if human life was not direct ly endangered. That was only a fair sample of what can take place when one of the major flash storms strike the area and we have had evidence of the destructive force of this type of storm in several parts of the county the past two or three years. We certainly do not want a repetition of the 1903 disaster, and a recurrence of the 1934 storm could easily create needless loss of life and property, especially if the main volume hit in the Balm fork area rather than in the larger Willow creek canyon. Our Recreational Possibilities One of the functions of the National Forest Ser vice is to make available recreation sites and limited facilities in the forested areas. It is not the purpose of the Service to keep people out of the forests, as some are led to believe because at times during the year certain restrictions are imposed, but rather to invite use of the forests wherever it is practical. To that end, supervisors and rangers are charged with the duty of prepar ing maps setting up the available and desirable sites in their respective districts. A map of this type has been worked out by Glenn Parsons, ranger of the Heppner district of the Umatilla National Forest, and he expects to cave it ready for submission to the proper forest officials within a month. It may undergo some changes or it may be approved as is, depending somewhat upon the ability of the forest service to finance the recreational program. Regardless of what happens to the plans the fact remains that the forest service Is working out a plan to provide recreational facilities for the public and all that will be asked is the proper cooperation of the people. One phase of the program is to throw open certain tracts where summer homes may be built This does not necessarily mean that their use will be confined to summer they may be used any time of the year. One such tract on the map is located along Willow creek a short distance above the city well site. This has been used in years past by Heppner citizens and still has some of the cabins. Further up the creek is the Herren Mill site, the coal mine grade site, and up on top the Ditch Creek area. Campsites and picnic grounds are to be made available at or near sev eral of the guard stations. Parsons pointed out that completion of the highway into Monument would make available numerous fine campground and picnic areas. People from other areas who have visited the Blue Mountains in this section tell us that we have unlimited resources for recreation and that these should be developed. It is not hard to agree with this viewpoint but from a local angle it is possible that we have been unable to see the PILLOWCASE SPECIFICATIONS WOW AVAILABLE The American Standards asso ciation released specifications for bleached cotton sheets and pil lowcases following approval by the advisory committee on ulti Open Stock Again Available in Holmes and Elwards Silverplate all three patterns, Youth, Lovely Lady and Danish Princess, including Oyster Forks Iced Tea Spoons Gravy Ladle Cold Meat Fork and Individual Butter Spreader Immediate delivery on all patterns. PETERSON'S JEWELERS NATIONAL EDITORIAL forest for the trees. But the Forest Service is point ing the way and Heppner and the other commun ities of the county should cooperate in bringing this great natural resource to the attention of the public at large. Biting the Hand Not all farmers voted for Truman last fall, but it is conceded that enough of them joined with Labor to turn the tide in favor of the president, and it is generally estimated that in the final analysis it was concealed up the if Truman did The National to the editorial cents an hour. mate consumer goods. The speci fications were developed under the sponsorship of the American Hospital association. The stand ards set up minimum manufac turing specifications for five types of sheets and pillowcases. Hems and seams are to be sewn . I -r BHIl'IMIUiU the farm vote that counted most, j t I c . r.- commodity prices and were not concerned so mucn about what Labor expected from the administra tion as they were in what agriculture would derive from the man of many promises. It now appears that Labor, while courting sup port of the farm vote, had a little trick safely sleeve of its political coat which, 1 not win, could be left in storage until such time as it would be propitious to ex pose it, and if he won would no longer be neces sary to keep in hiding. Grange Clip Sheet which comes . . . desk once a month, brings to light what Labor had in mind relative to the min imum w-age legislation as it pertains to the farm help situation. We hope our readers will take time to read and digest all of the following taken in full from the Clip Sheet. It represents what this paper believes but since we are anti-New Deal, discussion of the subject should have more weight with our farmer readers when it is done by a publication representing their own Interests. "When the Wage-Hour Law was enacted in 1937, agricultural labor was exempted, Just as it was exempted under the Wagner Act, passed two years previously. Congress was well aware that agriculture could not function under such legis lation, which explains why these exemptions were made. "Now, however,, when there is talk in high circles of raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour, there is a move on foot in labor circles to include certain" types of farm labor, workers who are employed on the big commercial farms of the country. Those engaged in agricul ture would be well advised to keep an eye on this proposal, which is in the nature of an entering wedge. If this innovation should once be establish ed, it would be an easy matter at some future session of Congress to broaden its scope so as to include all hired help on the farm. "As a matter of fundamental policy, minimum wage legislation, so far as it applies to private industry, is not sound. What right has the Gov ernment to tell an employer in private industry how much or how little he shall pay his workers, when it does not contribute a single penny toward meeting the payroll? . "There is a higher law than that which is passed by Congress; there is a higher law than the ruling ' - that may be made by some governmental bureau or agency that is the economic law. When the economic law is violated, the penalty is always swift and sure. "Who can doubt that the establishment of a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour would soon result in throwing several million people out of employment and placing them on relief rolls? "We have not yet reached the point where the ' r Federal Government or any othCT unit of govern- ment can compel an employer in private industry to hire a worker when he does not choose to do so. This being true, no sensible employer would hire anyone he considered incapable of earning 75 "No one possessed of social brains wants to see a single worker exploited or underpaid. But this does not alter the fact that unsound legislation does more harm than good." 'with lock or over lock stitching of not less than 14 stitches per inch. Test methods and toler ances are also established. Avail able at the home demonstration ! agent's office is the new standard !set up by this committee and also by the Cannon Towel company. 30 YEARS A(Q) Heppner Gazette Times, hursday, February 27, 1919 R. E. McDonald of the firm of Burns & McDonald, consulting en gineers of Kansas City, was in the city over Friday night and held a consultation with the members of the city council. While here Mr. McDonald went over the plats and blue prints of the Heppner Light & Water com pany, and he will have his firm make up a contract and proposi tion to the city, covering their charges for a survey of the pro posed pipe line from the moun tains and an estimate of the pre sent value of the water system. 'Semesters" are ended at Ore gon Agricultural college and the old-fashioned "terms," begun last fall, are here to stay, at least for awhile. Otto Lindstrom, extensive far mer of Morgan, was a visitor in Heppner on Tuesday, and made I this office a pleasant visit. Frank Gilliam went to Portland the first of the week to look after matters pertaining to the new business block of Gilliam & Bis bee in this city. The trench for the foundation of the warehouse at the rear of the M. L. Case building has been due and the pouring of concrete u. Th , asp building will have a pressed brick front and it will present an imposing appearance. Manager Cox of the Morrow County Creamery company states that the ground for the new creamery building has been se- The cAmerican Way ITS A WAY OF LIFE By DeWitt Emery (Editors Note: DeWitt Emery is president of the National Small Business Mens Association.) My piece a while back on try ing to find a definition for free enterprise stirred up quite a rum pus. The San Francisco News ran it as a feature article after send ing one of its reporters out to get a definition. He didn't find one either, although he spent all day trying. The News asked its readers to comment and submit their defin itions, and had to run four follow-up articles in order to quote a cross section of the replies re plies received The Americana Encyclopedia has advised that its next edition will contain about a two thou sand word article on free enter prise, cross indexed freedom of enterprise. , Mta'co'mt w; 1"!?' for the Detroit Fee Press and the 'other Knight papers, undertook to both slap me down and take Tme, aParV 1 "Vf6 f I slapped right back, in part, as follows: "My attention has been called Dec ermbe! L 31 colum".!" the Detroit Fee Press in which y0U sort 0f took apart a piece of mine in which I told about trying find ,a definition of 'free en terpnse.' Among other things, you say there isnt ana never nas been any such thing. You are on ''jIV wr?,ng' There very definitely is such a thing as free enterprise. f "Free enterprise is both the lifeblood and backbone of our g "wf f so'rry day f0r this country and for the .whole world if tree enterprise ,fver disappears from the Amer lican scene. "You are quite right in saying that free enterprise is not men tioned in the Constitution. It Is n't mentioned In the body of the Constitution or in the Bill of Rights, but nevertheless, free en terprise is the very essence of both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, neither of which would last 30 days without It. "Free enterprise, or freedom of enterprise, if you prefer, Is a way of life, the American way of life; it s our way of living and work ing together. Free enterprise has produced more of everything for everyone than any other way of life known to mankind any place on the face of the earth since the beginning of recorded his tory. "Detroit Is what it is today be cause Henry Ford was free to try again and again to make a go of his enterprise. Under any other way of life lie might not have had a chance to make another attempt after he had failed, and the development of the automo bile industry might therefore have been set back nobody knows how many years. "About 15 years ago, one of the trustees of oui Association bought a defunct truck line for some thing less than $5,000. Ten years later, without any additional capital having been Invested In the business, he refused an offer of $500,000 in cash from one of his larger competitors. "Building up this business took 'Initiative, courage, vision and perseverance,' none or all of which would have been worth much if he had not been free to engage In any enterprise of his choice. He didn't know anything j about the trucking business. He had a little money and a burn ing desire to go into business for himself, and he thought that the cured and that the contract, for the new concrete structure will soon be let. Howard Swick, nephew of Mrs. Frank Turner of this city, arrived heie on Saturday from Camp Lewis, having received his dis charge from the service. O. M. Scott, young farmer of the Blackhorse section, is able to get about his work again after a serious tussle with influenza. ... Charles McElligott, young far mer of lone, was in Heppner a short time Tuesday. Mr. McElli gott gave this office a pleasant call, leaving with us his sub scription for the coming year. Music for the Firemen's ball at the Fair Pavilion saturaay evening was furnished by a six- piece orchestra from The Dalles and was of a high quality. The ball, the first attempt of the fire laddies since their reorganiza tion, was a pronounced success from every standpoint. The basketball game last Sat urday night was a fast one. How ever, the H. H. S. boys got the start on their opponents, the lone high quintet, and never stopped to let them catch up. The final score was 21 to 7 in our (Hepp ner's) favor. The lineup of the two teams was: lone Lowe, C; Douglas and Schriver, forwards; Blake and Warfield, guards. Heppner, Aiken, C; Pattison and Crawford, forwards; Irwin and Peterson, guards. Cochran of lone refereed and O'Rourke of Hepp ner umpired an impartial game. The gate receipts amounted to $37.95. sheriff's sale of the truck line might be the opportunity he was looking for, so he took a chance on t. Had he failed, ne still would have been free to accumu late another stake and try again in the same or some other en terprise. That, Mr. Bingay, is free enterprise." INVESTIGATE YOUR SCHOOLS By George Peck In several recent articles I dis cussed the struggles of other na tions to achieve economic secur ity. In this column, let's stay in America to talk about our own efforts to attain that much-to-be-desired but elusive Utopia. Here we sit in the middle of Ifhe melee, a child prodigy among nations, just 116 years oi age. Like ail prodigies our future is uncertain. The next few years should determine whether our growth has been sound, or of the mushroom variety. Up to 1917 all of us were fairly happy and content. There was plenty of work, and anyone de siring to make himself moderate ly rich could do so with a mini mum of effort. Then came our 1917 Crusade for Democracy. We entered World War I. This cost us a lot of money, much of which we optimistically thought would be returned to us. The failure of our ex-Allies to pay, plus the de moralized conditions of all world markets, finally threw us into a financial tail-spin. The storm broke in 1929. That was the first real test of American character. We failed to meet that test. The messy experiments in which we wallowed from 1929 until we were forced into World War II in 1941 cannot be blamed entirely upon our politicians. Na tions get exactly the kind of pol iticians thev deserve. Most of what was bad in our leadership can be blamed upon our own blind, lazy desire to find an easy way out of our troubles. Since the end of World War II we have continued to toy around with a prize crop of "Isms.'k much in the manner of a panicky can cer victim seeking a cure-all. Our greatest trouble Is that too many among us no longer believe in America. That is the gravest danger we face. This lack of faith is due in large degree to tne ran ure of our educational system to instill an understanding of what America really is and what made her great, into the minds and hearts of American boys and eirls." Without that knowledge how can the youth of America be expected to love this country and to appreciate the great her itage handed down to them? For upwaids of 150 years we made great strides toward econ omic security. This was accom- nllshed through individual Ini tiative, toll and thrift not thru government hand-outs. We did not attain absolute economic se curity, but came closer to that goal than any other nation, com munistic and socialistic iniiu- ences in our public schools and Institutions -of higher learning have been a large factor in re tarding our progress. I hasten to pay full respect to the great number of school teachers who, In the face of many obstacles, are rendering yeoman wrvlce in upholding the weals of loyalty and service to Ameri can principles. We must strength en their hands by eliminating the traitors among them. If vou are worried (and you uhnnld be) about this trend to communistic totalitarianism, thpre is something you can and should do about it. Consult with other patriotic citizens In your TAXATION CRAZY QUILT Gone are any reasonable pros pects of lower taxes. They are now just a wistful dream of op timism to members of this legis lature. Taxes will be higher. So get ready for that hair shirt. The Oregon legislature is caught in a cross-fire from four directions. There is a legitimate demand for appropriations for the fastest-growing state in the na tion to catch up with a ten-year depression and 5-year war-checked state building program. The domiciling of an increased pop ulation of all state institutions with increased costs of food and labor. The manning of state de partments with trained help, paid salaries, that will eliminate the present heavy employment turn over and expensive inefficiency. The creation of a fund of $25,000, 000 to meet the next budget. If these problems are met so we can keep the pace of popula tion increase and no other sources of revenues created it wili mean an increase of, roughly, 28 per cent in property taxes. That dazzling flare you just noticed was the fire in the eye of little Joe Dokes as he pasted the roll call of the 1949 legislature in his hat just for reference, come next election. No solution of the state's problems could ap pease the tax qualms of the Dokes clan. Their income is doub led, but they scream at the men tion of doubling their taxes. NEW LAWS During the first 40 days of the present legislative session, 56 bills were approved by the house and the senate and signed by Governor Douglas McKay. Thirty eight of the bills originated In the house and 18 in the senate. Bills carrying the emergency clause became law when signed. The others after 60 days. A majority of the 60-day bills are clarifying, repealing or make minor corrections. One of these "how comes," passed at a pre vious session, required that "the chairman of the board of insur ance commissioners" enforce cer tain provisions of Oregon's in surance laws. A correction was needed as Oregon has never had a board of insurance commission, ers. Other bills signed will Re move reforesiation lands from tax rolls January 1 . . . Provide taxes levied on property of pub lic utilities shall constitute a lien . . . Increase annual license fees of domestic fire insurance com panies from $10 to $50 . . . Ex tend pari-mutuel horse race pro visions (now limited to thorough breds) to quarter horses and sad dle horses . . . Provides that all deposits be pooled in liquidation of banks. Depositors in savings department and commercial de partment under old law have first lien . . . Increase price of Ore gon Blue Book from 25 cents to 50 cents . . . Eliminate annual license fees of surveyors after they are 65 and have retired . . . Limit to two years presentation for claims for refunds of taxes paid by mistake . . . Give game commission wider powers in fix ing open and closed seasons for birds, fish and game . . . Require a strict descriptive record be kept of fish caught by hook and line by persons canning such fish and that no processor can have such fish in his possession for over 30 days after close of season without permit from game commission . . . Repeal anti-alien war time pro perty laws on leasing and crop agreements . . . Permit logging roads to be built across the lands of others by eminent domain pro ceedings . . , Puts penalty provi sion In forestry conservation act . . . Increases amount of home steader's debt exemption from $3000 to $5000 . . . Include moun tain goats as game animals. GREYHOUNDS SAFE Senate bill 150 would eliminate dog racing which has been so popular and successful In Port land for the past 16 years. The bill is drawing the fire of up state agricultural groups. These groups apprehend the loss of 83 per cent of their county fair mon ey if the greyhounds are stopped. The bill would abolish grey hound racing and pari-mutuel betting on dogs but would con tinue horse racing. H.B. 221, which afffects racing dates and reven ues to beneficiaries also is being unanimously opposed by the county fair boards and others In terested in fairs, Future Farmers and 4-H club work. community. Investigate to find out If there Is evidence of sub versive activities in your local public schools. Carefully read the textbooks used in those schools to learn whether they are sound In text or full of poisonous pro paganda. If you find that the schools In your community are Indoctrinat ing the students' minds with false ideas, that they are breeding places for Communism, or Social Ism, or any other "Ism" besides Americanism, go to your school authorities, or to your State Leg islators, demand a thorough in vestigation, to be followed by a drastic purge. If needed. Thus will the American Way be pro tected from its enemies, and Am erica will be able to proceed on its way to economic security, CHURCHES METHODIST CHURCH J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister. Morning worship and sermon at 11 a.m. with special music by the choir, Mr. Paul McCoy, direc tor. Church school at 9:45 a.m., Mr. Thos. W. Allen, superintendent. We have a class for every age. Also Youth Fellowship class at the same hour, Mr. Vernon Bohles, counsellor. Junior Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p.m., Mrs. Carl McDanlels, counsellor. Thursday: Choir practice at 7:30 p.m. The Womans Society of Chris tian Service meets at the Tress McCllntock home with Mrs. Mc Clintock and Mrs. Douglas Drake as hostesses. Mrs. Alice M. Chap pell, district president of the Portland District Womans Society of Christian Service of Portland, will be official visitor for the evening, Wednesday, March 2, 8 pm. The board of education of the church will meet at the church at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 3. ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL CHURCH (Episcopal) Holy communion, 8 a.m. Church school, 11 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11. Evening prayer, 5. Instead of the usual instruction at this service, the choir and con gregation will practice some of the hymns of the church. Junior Y.P.F., 6:15 p.m. There will be no session of the Senior Y.P.F. since an invitation has been accepted to hold a joint meeting with the Pendleton Y.P.F. Week-day services: Wednes days, holy communion 10; Fri days, holy communion, 7:30 choir practices: girls, Wednes day at 4; boys, Thursday at 4; adults, Thursday at 8. ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH ' Schedule of services: Mass in Heppner on the Is and 3rd Sundays at 9 a.m.; 10:30 Mass in lone on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 10:30 a.m.; 2nd and 4th at 9 a.m. Mass on the fifth Sunday one mass only in Heppner at 9 a.m on the 2nd and 4th. Holy days of obligation: Mass In Heppner at 7:30 a.m.: mni PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Bldg., Willow Street Heppner, Oregon J. 0. 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. 402 A.D.McMurdo,M.D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Aulstant Office In Masonic Building Heppner, Oregon Dr. C. C. Dunham CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN Office No. 4 Center St House Cals Made Home Phone 2583 Office 2572 C. A. RUCCLES Representing Blaine E. Isom Insurance Agency Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. Dr. J. D. Palmer DENTIST Office upstairs Rooms 1112 First National Bank Bldg. Phones: Office 783, Home 932 Heppner, Oregon N. D. BAILEY Cabinet Shop Lawn Mowers Sharpened Sewing Machines Repaired Phone 1485 for appointment or call at shop. Walter B. Hinkle REAL ESTATE Farms, Buslnes, Income Prop erty. Trades for Valley k Coast. Income Tax Return Arlington, Oregon The Wall Street Journal comes forth with this one: A story reaches us of a fellow who fell behind on his Installments on a new television set. Every passing week brought a dunning letter each more heated than the last. Finally in desperation came the coup de grace written to appeal to the man s sense or shame. 'What," said the letter, "would your neighbors think if we came and took away your television set?" Try a G-T Want Ad for results. First Fridays of the month in lone at 9 a.m. Mass In Heppner at 7:30. special sale! Famous TUSSY cleansing creams 1.75 size. .now. '3 size now '1,95 PUu tax for a limited time only IMULSIttf 0 CltANSINO CHAM, ideal for dry tit in. He! pi prevent fatigue lines, flakineaa. uttra-rich to lanolin, tuper-smooth. PINK CLIANSINO CftfAM, refresh lng for normal and oily iking, helpt prevent muddy appearance. Pro mote clearer, fresher look. Humphreys Drug Co. J. 0. PETERSON Lateat Jewelry & Gift Goods Watches, Clocks. Diamonds Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall Saw Filing & Picture Framing O. M. YEAGER'S SERVICE STORE Turner, Van Marter and Company GENERAL INSURANCE Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon Heppner City Cdunril "' Tint Monday vuu"v,n Each Mouth Citizens having matters for discussion, please bring them before the Council. Phone 2572 Morrow County Abstract & Title Co. mo. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Onto In Pet.ni Balldlnf Morrow County Cleaners nw'. onwoa Phone 2632 Superior Dry Cleaning 4 Finishing Call Settles Electric at HEPPNER APPLIANCE for all kinds of electrical work. New and repair. Phone 2542 or 1423 RALPH E.CURRIN ATTORNEY AT LAW First National Bank Bldg. Phone 2632 Morrow County Cftlirfr Me.ti rtr.t Wedneidajr WUUII of BMh Month Oonntjr Jndir. Of lie Honm Mooter, wtdnutey, Friday a.m. to S p.m. TnMdar, Thnridajr, Saturday Ton. non onljr 1 On