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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 23, 1949
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Mort Speaks His Piece
Mort has spoken and twenty-two Oregon legis
lator are supposed to lay down their portfolios
and retire to a quiet life on the farm, in the office,
or whatever their several occupations may be. The
twenty-two bad boys have not conformed to the
wishts of the government ownership crew, re
gardless of the fact they were acting in good faith
with their constituents, who were the people thai
elected them, and they are slated for the purge
when the next biennial election comes up.
It is safe to say that none of the legislators
have spent restless nights since the great protec
tor of the people's rights castigated them in his
annual address to the Oregon State Grange. They
more than likely would have been disappointed
had he chosen to overlook them.
The outlook in this district is indeed gloomy
now that both of our representatives have been
consigned to the political ashcan, but it is doubt
ful if a majority of the voters take the same view
point as Messrs Tompkins, Neuberger, Sweetland,
et al, and we believe a majority of the farmers
still believe in the principal of free enterprise.
Transportation Not A Luxury
Sentiment in favor of repealing the 15 per cent
travel tax, which applies to all train, plane and
bus tickets sold in this country, is increasing rap
idly. The tax was purely a war measure, and its
purpose, at least in part, was to discourage travel
at that time.
The Los Angeles Times said editorially, "Since
the war strain on our transportation system is
now over, the tax has no purpose now save to
raise revenue.
"It produces about $250,000,000 a year; and
whilo the Treasury can ill spare such a sum, it
might gain as much or more indirectly through
repeal. For increasing travel would increase all
sorts of business and hence increase the tax reve
nue that business produces. It would lessen the
needed subsidy of the air lines, too, and so stop
part of this drain on the Treasury...Transportation
is not a "luxury" In the United States and taxing
it as a luxury is out of line."
The bulk of the travel on commercial land and
air systems is for business, health and recreation,
trips to and from schools, and so on. This is a big
country, and people need to get around it. Restric
tions and taxes which are unavoidable in time of
war, when the interest of the public at large must
be sacrificed in the interest of the military effort,
have no place in peace time.
Worst of all. the tax is inequitable. Tickets can
be bought in Canada for use within the United
States and the tax is not levied. Canadian ticket
sales have, as a consequence, boomed. It's high
time we got rid of this sore spot, says the Indus
trial News Review.
LARGER VOTE SOUGHT
A movement is under way to
initiate a law that would provide
for voting bonds by school dis
tricts on general election dates
only. The report of supporters of
the move is that over $7,000,000 of
school bonds have been approved
recently by only 3 per cent of
those registered voting.
GOVERNOR FLIES EAST
Governor Douglas McKay left
by plane Thursday for Colorado
Springs, Colo, to attend a con
ference of western governors. He
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Routh and
two daughters of Kennewick were
week-end guests at the Chaffee
home. Mr. Kouth is Mrs. Chattee s
brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Harve Boyer and
other relatives. Vernon is a state
police officer and is on vacation
Mrs. Gertrude Beard and grand
son Billy underwent tonsillect
omles at The Dalles the first of
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carmichael
of Lexington were visiting at the
Owen Leathers Sr. home Sunday
afternoon.
Richard Mortimer went to
Camp 5 to work at the landing
the first of the week.
Wayne Dunn, who was injured
by a log week before last, is out
and around without his crutches.
was accompanied by Mrs. McKay
and their daughter Mary Lou.
The governor later will fly to
Washington, D. C. to appear be
fore a congressional committee
considering the feasibility of the
Columbia valley administration.
The governor opposes the federal
project. State Treasurer Walter
Pearson, who will appear before
the same committee testifying in
favor of the project, left for
Washington Monday. The gover.
nor will be out of the state nine
days. Senate President William
E. Walsh, Coos Bay, became gov
ernor pro tern, and will come to
Salem only if he is needed.
Before leaving for the east,
Governor McKay announced the
following appointments: James C.
Dazendorf, R. R. Bullivant and
Joseph McKeown, all of Portland,
as members of the newly created
commission on uniform state
laws; Carl Y. Tengwald, Med
ford, as a member of the state
real estate board; Clarence H.
Wick, Portland, as a member of
the state board of architect exa
miners; Father Francis P. Leip
zig, Eugene, as a member of the
state board of reconciliation, and
reappointed Mrs. Meredith Bailey
of Sisters as a trustee of the Ore
gon State Library.
o
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith are
moving into their new nome on
Morgan street, purchased recent
ly from the Merle Millers who
have moved to their ranch near
Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ridings
of New York City and her father,
M. D. Clark, paid a brief visit to
Heppner the first of the week to
look after business interests and
say "hello" to friends.
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone 845
Mrs. J. O. Rasmus has returned where she spent several days at
Mrs. A. J. Chaffee returned late from B business trip to Portland tending buyers market.
lasi ween iro ma ien-uay vaca
tion trip to Spokane and Colville
and on into Canada. She reports
much wind and dust all along
the way.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers left Sun
day for La Grande to attend sum
mer school.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Frey of
Alameda, Calif., accompanied by
their grandson, Freeman Bills of
Van Nuys, visited Mr. Frey's sis
ter, Mrs. Blanche Brown, the fore
part of the week.
Delegations from Umatilla,
Wheeler, Morrow and Gilliam
counties are traveling together
in the three large school buses
hired from O. O Felthouse, Her
miston. Mabel I. Wilson, home
.demonstration agent, is attending
the summer school representing
Morrow county and teaching
home economics classes during
the session.
BASEBALL
Final Game of
Wheat-Timber League
Season
Arlington vs Heppner
RODEO FIELD
2 p. nu Sunday
JJUWE 26
30 YEARS AGO
Heppner Gazette Times,
June 26, 1919
Through the efforts of W. O.
Minor and M. D. Clark there will
be $2,000 more available for the
Heppner-Ritter road when the
two men went out among the
business men last week and rais
ed that sum.
Alice Ionia Christopherson and
R. D. White, young people of lone
were issued a marriage license
Wednesday. The wedding took
place that evening at the home
of the bride's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Christopherson.
Loy M. Turner has resigned as
county surveyor and will leave
for Baker county at once where
he will become county water
master.
Citizens of Heppner are seek
ing better fire protection. They
want a fire chief and an ample
volunteer organization. There will
be a mass meeting of interested
citizens in the Oddfellows hall
tomorrow night.
Frightened by a passing auto
mobile, the team which Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Lawson were driving
fro mtheir ranch down Heppner
hill Tuesday turned the buggy
over. The Lawsons were badly
injured.
Coming as a complete surprise
to their many friends was the
marriage of Mrs. Mary Gilliam of
Heppner and William Gorman of
Lone Rock in Portland recently.
L. W. Briggs returned last week
from an extended motor trip
which took him as far as Salem.
He was accompanied by his dau
ghter Loa who has been attend
ing Willamette university.
A party consisting of Mrs. T. J.
Humphreys and daughters Leta
and Evelyn, Mrs. Carrie Vaughn
and Mrs. C. C. Haynie left Wed
nesday in the Humphreys car for
Milton where they will attend a
church convention
Madden's daughter, Zella Prin
dle of Fossil, was called and the
ambulance from Condon moved
him to The Dalles hospital. He
had six broken ribs and the ex
tent of internal injuries was not
known on Sunday.
A new playground for the
young children is being construc
ted in the east end of town. The
ground was cleared this week
and a portion of the fence was
completed. Swings, slides, sand
box, besides a wading pond, will
be installed. The KPM Co. is
providing the equipment. Work
is being donated.
Fossil came to Kinzua Sunday
where they added one more score
to their credit of league leading
baseball players. Rorick pitched
throughout the game for Fossil,
with Bill Green for Kinzua thru
the seventh when Richard Morti
Miss Josephine Richardson and mer finished the game. Final
bridge Wednesday. Thirty-six
guests were present. Mrs. Earle
Gilliam won first prize, Mrs. W.
P. Mahoney second and Mrs. S.
W. Spencer consolation.
Lookouts Stationed
By State Forester
During Past Week
The state forest placed look
outs in this area during the week
in preparation for the fire season.
Elmer Powell of Mitchell is sta
tioned at Chapin Creek; LeRoy
.... r T ,1
Mitcneu is on 3n0w-D0.nu aim . D jlle for shj pment t0 summer
Eft nTmef asm W Montana. The sheep had
and flies each evening when fire
conditions are bad.
When the Heppner junior base
ball team failed to show up Sat
urday the Kinzua boys took on
their dads and others present
Final score, 11 to 4, boys' favor.
Art Madden of Fossil was seri
ously injured Friday morning
when a horse he was riding fell i week-end in The Dalles.
with him. His foot caught in the
stirrup and as the horse gained
its feet Madden's head hit a rock.
He had been helping bring the
John Madden sheep here from
M. R. "Slip" Wright of Kinzua
and Wes Gilner of Fossil flew
over lone Friday evening to see
the extent of damage by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lichten-
berg went to Portland Friday
where he was to receive an army
medical check-up. Mrs. Warren
Jobe accompaned them as far as
The Dalles where she had an ap
pointment at the TB hospital. All
returned Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Doerr were
attending to business over the
Mr. and Mrs. Qunicy Tripp
spent the week-end on their farm
near Clarno on the John Day
river.
Vernon Boyer and children and
Mrs. Harry Johnson and children
came Saturday evening from
Kinzua. Ernie Wall is air patrol been sold to Jimmy Farley. Mr. Beaverton to visit their parents,
Your Vontlac tlpfterces
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SIGN OF THE EXPERT wherever you goi
It's always a wonderful feeling lo get into
your Pontiac and go places!
We know (hat you like thousands and
thousands of oilier Fontiac owners will be
driving a lot of miles this summer, and we
feel sure they will be enjoyable, comfortable,
economical miles you will be happy to
remember for a long time.
One of (he things w hich a .lds urcatly to the
peace of mind thai goes with Fontiac o ncr
hip is the fact thai ynu re wrvcr more than
a few minutes or a few miles Irum expert
Pontiac service the kind of service your
Fontiac deserves.
The two service signs you see here identify
more than 4,000 Pontiac dealers across the
country all pledged, as we are to give
you the finest service, by factory-trained ex
perts using factory-engineered parts and
special equipment.
Before vou start your summer travels, bring
your Fontiac in for a check-up. And if you
eter need service on the road, look for the
sign of the Fontiac expert it pays!
Farley Pontiac Company
Farmers . .
You ca nremove combine front wheel
and install
New Spring Mounted
Tongue
which makes handling 100 easier.
Down hill turns wit hease . . .Brakes no
longer needed . . absorbs all vibration
... no jar crossing ditches.
Installed by
Moon Equipment Co.
Wasco, Oregon
HAPPY SUMMER CLOTHES
SLACKS AND SLACKS SUITS
Sporting perfections ... our classic de-signed-for-action
play clothes.
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SLACKS SUITS Sixes 12-20
Long and short sleeves.
SEPARATE SLACKS Sixes 10-20
In Strutter Cloth or Wool Gabardine.
MATERNITY SLACKS SUITS
COMPLETE LINE OF MUNSING HOSE
In three lengths in 51-15 Nylon; also
Seamless in Clear Film Summer Shades
Nylon.
NORAH'S SHOP
AIKEN'S SPORTS
CENTER
We Plan to Carry a Com
plete Line of Sporting
Equipment
We can handle any fish or
game story and still not crowd
our log cutting, log hauling,
board cutting, wheat or cattle
farming.
Drop in and Visit with Us
AIKEN'S
Better
Move
Quickly
and insure against
LOSS OF GRAIN BY FIRE
Fire starts quickly-gets out of hand
the grain field is black-labor and pro
fits lost.
Not too late to need Hail Insurance.
C. A. RUGGLES
BLAINE E. ISOM AGENCY
Phone 723 Heppner
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