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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 21, 1949
OUTSIDE white paint, manufac
lurcr i guarantee. Our Get ac
quninted offer cost
freight, $2X5 gallon. Roof Im
plement Co., Pendleton. ISc
FOR SALE 3-bodroom home.
I.pta M. Humphreys, phone 602.
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and doing good work. Will I
have run about 15 days when i
we finish. Thone Crum Broth- i
ers, 32F1-4. lone, Oregon. 18 19c
gold wedding ring. Contact B.
B. Burnstad at county agent's
office. 18p
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bine, like new. well adjusted. FOUND At Rodeo grounds, plain 1 marshal, arrived in Heppner
Wednesday to investigate the
warehouse and elevator fire of
Monday. Gault will make a com
plete, written and pictorial report
to the state fire marshal.
Neighboring Communities
and
Cit
i zen s
of H
e p p n e r
We are truly grateful to you for responding
as you did to our pleas for help. Our city would
have burned to the ground had you not inter,
vened. We fully appreciate the spirit of kin
ship in which your unselfish assistance was
rendered.
Please accept this message as some small
measure of the neighborly feeling we hold for
you.
The Mayor
The Fire Department
Th
Counci
of Heppnei
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ELEVATOR
PROPERTIES
DESTROYED
Continued from page ons
$170,000, including buildings, 50
to 60 tons of salt, 18,000 bushels
of wheat, and $10,000 worth of
spray and processed feeds
Local agents of the Union Pa
cific railroad have not estimated
the railroad's total loss. Howev
er, they have estimated the los
of eight freight ears at $jz,uou
and the loss of grain doors at
$4,000. In addition, two strips of
ties and tracks, 400 to 500 feet
long, were rendered useless and
will have to be replaced.
The Tum-A-Lum Lumber com
pany lost a large storage shed
that lay at the west end of the
elevators. About $3,000 worth of
merchandise was destroyed along
with a 30-ton set of scales and
the building. The value of the
building and the scales has not
been estimated. The Pacific Po
wer & Light company lost four
large transformers, eight poles,
and cable, all of which is being
replaced at a cost of about $2,500.
The Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company is replacing poles
and cable at a cost of about $1,
000. Several hundred feet of
highway asphalt was bubbled by
the heat, but whether it will havf
to be re-sealed has not been de
termined. Walter Gilman could not estl
mate the loss he Incurred by the
burning of his barn and its con
tents. A cook stove, a heating
stove, a dining room table, one
good bed, 125 feet of lumber,
tools, camp cots, and drop leaf
tables were among the items loot
when the barn burned. A la-gj
sealed chicken house adjoining
the barn was also destroyed.
A hay stack and a pile of fence
posts belonging to Oscar George
were lost, and a great number of
posts were burned in fencing ar
ound homes throughout the arep
southeast of the elevators. Two
grain bins belonging to Judge
Garnet Barratt, and which were
located beside Mrs. Mary Stout's
home, were demolished early in
the evening. Paint and roofing
were damaged on several houses
near the fire.
How the fire began is any
body's guess, but it is believed to
have started in the head of the
westernmost of the cooperative's
elevators. The first alarm was
sounded at 5:08 p.m. Monday. As
city firemen arrived on the scene,
flames burst through the elevator
roof. The blaze was so high in
the air that the department was
unable to cope with it, and in less
than 30 minutes a strong wind
from the northwest had spread it
to every building in the ware
house area. Second and third
alarms were sounded within 13
minutes of the first. By 5:35 p.
m., fires had been reported at
three points away from the major
blaze.
Within minutes of the first
alarm, virtually every able-bodied
man in Heppner was combat
ting fire at some place in the
city. At least 50 men joined in
the attempt to remove records
and merchandise from the burn
ing elevators. Crews were at
work all around the warehouse
area and on hills to the north
and east. Huge chunks of burn
ing debris touched off grass fires
as far away as the rodeo grounds.
City and county grading equip
ment was pressed into service to
dig fire guards outside the city
limits.
By 5:40 p.m., the fire depart
ment had moved to the Union Oil
company's grounds and weie
struggling to keep the flames
from touching off the 200 barrels
or so of oil, grease, and cleaning
solvent that lay in the company
warehouse. Garden hose, wet
sacks, and hand-operated extin
guishers were in use at practical
ly every home in the north end
of the city.
By 5.50 p.m. the fire depart
ment had split into three forces.
Hose crews were working at the
The oAmerican Way
er have been taken away from
local government In the iirsi
place. During the past 35 years
the share of all tax money going
to Federal Government has In
creased more than 2Vi times,
while the share for local govern
ment has fallen to about one
fourth of what it was.
The other way to reduce the
cost of government is to get more
for the tax dollar by spending it
at home. The closer the spend
ing of the taxes is kept to the
ing more than forty percent of I people who pay the taxes, me
TAX DOLLARS
HAVE NO PUPS
By DR. ALFRED P. HAAKE
(EDITORS NOTE: Alfred P. Haaks.
Ph.D., Mayor of Park Ridge. Illlnola, is
a noted Economist, Business Consultant,
Lei-turer and Author.)
Joseph and Pharaoh many
years ago, took over the entire
land of Egypt, lock, stock and
barrel, with a tax of twenty per
cent followed by a seven-year
depression. England Is now pay
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her national Income to govern
ment in taxes for services which
could be rendered better and at
less cost under our own American
Way. Even Sir Stafford-Cripps
recently admitted that England
has gone as far as she can go In
redistributing Incomes and weal
thy and must now go to work and
produce more if the people want
more.
What will happen to our own
United States with a national
debt of more than a quarter tril
lion dollars and taxes that ab
sorb more than thirty percent of
our national income ?
It is not a pretty picture. We
could shut our eyes to it and re
fuse to recognze the warnings of
history, in ancient Rome or mod
ern England. Or we can face the
facts fearlessly and, perhaps, still
save our American Way by brin
ging government and taxes back
to the people.
Some people seem to think that
when we send a dollar to Wash
ington it has pups on the way.
Exactly the opposite is true. The
dollar you send to Washington
shrinks on the way, loses weight
in Washington and still more on
the way back. You are lucky if
the benefits you get from Wash
ington amount to as much as
half what they cost in taxes.
Many people fail to see that,
because they thnk that somebody
else is sending the dollars to
Washington, and they don't care
much, even though the dollars
are inefficiently spent, so long as
they are not sending them. Well,
their own turn is bound to come,
and then someone else gets their
dollars, cut In two,
So much of our national Income
is already going for the cost of
government that we do not have
enough dollars to Invest In the
tools and machinery which we
need to maintain and increase
the productivity of industry
Productivity is the source of
higher standards of living, and
cost of government is the chief
enemy to national prosperity.
There are two ways to reduce
the cost of government. First, we
can reduce the functions and ser
vices of Federal Government, es
pecially those which should nev
more vou eet for your tax money.
The further away you send the
money and the control ol lis
spending, the less you get tor
your money.
That's why we ougm 10 in
crease the share of the local taxe3
which goes to local government,
where we get most for our dol
lars, and why we should de
crease the share which goes to
Federal Government, where we
get the least for our dollars. In
local government, the people wno
spend the money are neighbors
and directly responsible to trie
people whose money is being
spent.
The only dollars that have pups
are those Invested in tools to in
crease production. Government
does not produce. It only con
sumes, and for every dollar the
government in Washington
spends on you, someone has 10
send two dollars or more to Wa
shington. Tax dollars have no
pups !
THANK YOU CARD
We are truly grateful to our
friends and neighbors who work
ed so hard Monday to keep our
homes from burning.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. AUstott
Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom
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WORD OF APPRECIATION
We take this means of expres
sing our thanks to those who
fought so hard to save our home
Monday when our barn was bur
ning. We are deeply grateful to
the Arlington fire department for
rushing to our assistance.
MR.AND MRS.WALTER GILMAN.
Glenn McLachlan home, at the
Union Oil company, and at a pair
of burning grain bins beside the
home of Mrs. Mary Stout. All toll
telephone circuits had been burn
ed out. Tanks on the south end
of the Union oil grounds held SO,
000 gallons of gas and oil. Had
the oil grounds caught fire, all of
Heppner might have gone up In
flames. But an hour later, the
terrific heat had diminished. Out
side help had arrived, and, ex
cept for wind-borne embers, the
fire had been held to the ware
house block.
Another alarm was sounded at
6:45 pm., and fire fighters arriv
ed at the Walter Gilman home In
time to prevent a blazing barn
from touching off surrounding
houses.
When time permitted a tally, It
was found that help had arrived
from eight outside districts. Fire
trucks and their crews had arriv-
jed from Pendleton, Ordnance, Mc
Nary dam, Lexington, and the
Umatilla forest. lone, Arlington,
and Condon had provided avail
able equipment and a great num-
I ber of men.
New White House
Picture on Twenty
$ Bills Authentic
The picture of the White House
which appears on the reverse of
all $20 bills has been brought
up-to-date, the Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco reminded
the public today, following In
quiries from many persons who
believed the new currency of
that denomination now coming
into circulation to be counter
feit. The design heretofore in use
showed the south front and
grounds of the White House as
they appeared In 1929. The new
engraving was made from a
photograph of the White House
south front and grounds as they
are today.
Comparison of the two pictures
will reveal the presence of addi
tional trees and shrubbery, and
of heavier foliage, so that the
grounds are a deeper green .in
the current design. Structural
changes in the building Include
the balcony which has been adJ
ed at the second floor level, and
four chimneys In place of the
two in 1929.
The White House flag, which
blew straight out In 1929, hangs
at an angle from its staff in the
new picture, taken on a windless
day. The bottom portions of the
windows are of solid color, giving
the Impression that they are op
en. Lettering beneath the build
ing has been changed from
"White House" to "The White
House."
There has been no change In
the design for the front of the
note.
STAR EH REPORTER
AdulssloD prloes afternoon and eevnluf, unless sp.
eUloaUy adrertised to be otherwlsel Oblldrsni Eit
Prioe .17, Ped. Tax .03, Total 20o; Grade and High
School Btndenta 12 years and oven Eat Prlee .40,
Fed. Tax .10, Total Mo I Adults I Est. Prole .60, Ped.
Tax .10, ToUl too.
must hTe a Uekrt.
Every ohlid oooupylns; a seat
Sunday shows eontlnnous starting; at 1 p.m. All other
shows starat at 7i30 p.m. Boxofloe open evenings
untU i p.m.
Starting the first Saturday in May and continuing through the summer months, the Saturday avenlng
shows will start at 7 p. m. Sunday afternoon shows wlU continue to start at 1 p. m. and other evenlns
shows, besides Saturday, at 7:30 p. m.
The 1949 Opportunity Drive is on. Buy
United States Savinga Bonds for your
future security.
Sunday-Monday, July 24-25
My Dream Is Yours
Doris, Day, Jack Carson, Lee Bowman,
Adolphe Menjou, Eve Arden, Frankle
Carle and his Orchestra
More songs, girls, laughs and love than
you've ever dreamed of, dream-hit tunes
all, and all in Technicolor.
Tuesday-Wodnesday-Thurs.July 26-27-28
NOTICE I This superior action drama
will play three days
Tulsa
Susan Hayward, Robert Preston, Pedro
Armendariz, Chill Wills, Lloyd Cough
The saga of Tulsa, a boomtown riding the
crest of the golden oil tide, the black
gold which makes fortunes for some and
destruction for others. In Technicolor.
Friday-Saturday, July 29-302 Days
State Dept. File No. 649
William Lundlgan, Virginia Bruce, Ray
mond Bond, Richard Loo, Nana Bryant
Filmed In color. Don't let the title throw
you. ..this action drama is straight out of
the files of the U. S. Slate Department
and has all the glamor and glory as well
as danger and thrills of the foreign
service. Plus
Gun Smugglers
A Tim Holt western.