Page 2
Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 20, 19t9
EDITORIAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
The oAmerican Way
Boring From Within
Stalinism as such was not treated by Will V.
Henry In his talk to the Heppner Chamber of Com
merce Monday noon. Those who had expected
to we the Russian dictator laid bare may have felt
some satisfaction upon the progress made in this
Stalinism as it affects the United States without
placing special emphasis on conditions in Russia.
The Russian emissaries are using the same tac
tic In peace time that the several armed units
practiced during the fighting war. Just as the
barrages were laid down to soften the enemy and
make him vulnerable to the general assault, so
the agents of communism are working to prepare
us for the big and final aasault which they not
only have planned for many years but which they
are certain will eventually place their ideology In
the driver's seat The rate w ith which this soften
ing proceeds will undoubtedly govern their plans
for the master stroke an all-out war to dominate
all of western Europe and then pounce upon this
country.
In the meantime, the Russians can look with
some satisfaction upo nthe progress made in this
country towards centralized government. The
pattern may not be theirs, but the results, they are
sure, will be the same. While we are drifting
down the paths of socialism the Commies are
carrying on their program of espionage, sabotage
and anti-American propaganda. The success of
their efforts depends largely upon whether we
permit them to lull us to sleep. Lethargy and
indifference within are far more dangerous than
the enemy w ithout This is a condition the Rus
sians are well aware of and one in which they are
thoroughly schooled to take every advantage.
If the leadership in this country is inadequate
to cope with the situation it is high time the peo
ple started voting on the right side of the fence.
Surely things have not become so bad that we
would rather trade our concept of freedom for
certain subsidies. If our Americanism has des
cended to this low moral plane we have about
reached the point where it is iime for us to quit
boasting about our vaunted freedom.
But somehow we can't feel that the cause is
lost Underneath this seeming indifference there
must be a desire for freedom which needs only to
be sparked into a live flame that will resist the
pressure from without and clean house from with- only to the President, we give hostages to fortune,
If American liberty, to which we pay so much
lip service, is to endure, CVA and all the kindred
schemes for building super-governments within
the government must be soundly defeated.
more than con of production. It has not been
many years since numerous orchardists were
forced out of business. That was at a time when
a large part of the buying public could scarcely
buy staple foods. Today there are few who cannot
afford to buy the staples plus the additional foods
which make for a well rounded diet and there is
little reason why the orchardists should take it on
the chin when a little organized effort will help
them to dispose of their products.
Remember the time-honored adage, "An apple
a day will keep the doctor away." That may not
be indisputable, but eating apples is a healthy
habit healthy for the eater as well as for the
producer and besides, they are just plain good.
Is CVA Constitutional?
Oswald West, a former governor of Oregon,
has argued that the proposed Columbia Valley
Administration is unconstitutional. In a letter to
the state's present governor, Mr. West cited the
constitutional article which says, "The United
States shall guarantee to every state in this Union
a republican form of government." He cited fur.
ther the statement by James Madison, often called
the father of the constitution, which goes, "As
long, there' as the existing republican forms
are conti: ty the states, they are guaranteed
by the ; institution." He then holds that, inas
much a." CVA wjuld be a monopolistic Federal
corporation, virtually independent of Congress,
and beyor.d the reach of local government, it
would not constitute "a government by the people
or a government by representatives chosen by the
people" and so would be unconstitutional.
The Portland, Oregon, Daily Journal, observed,
"West has a point there." And, whether or not Mr.
West's case would stand up in proceedings in the
cdurts, it should be apparent to anyone that CVA
and all other such authorities and administrations,
are alien to the spirit which underlies the consti
tution and our whole philosophy of government.
The CVA idea, carried on to its logical conclusion,
could destroy us as a free nation, and force us
down into the dreary bog of statism, comments the
Industrial News Review. When we give vast and
vague powers to a few men who would be appoint
ed by the President and would be responsible
in. The answer may lie in the manner in which
our people vote in 1950 and 1952. We must de
cide, and real soon, whether we will continue on
the road to Statism or get back to the form of
government set out by the Constitution of the
United States of America.
An Apple A Day ....
Since Pearl Harbor food surplus problems have
not troubled most producers, for there has been a
market for nearly everything and prices, up to
this season, have been sufficient to keep bank bal
ances on the faorable side. This fall it is a dif
ferent story, particularly with relation to apples
a crop in which the Northwest dominates a large
portion of the country and it has become appar
ent that somethng will have to be done to get
the huge crop moving if apple growers are not to
suffer heavy losses.
The dilemma of the apple growers is such that
the U. S. Department of Agriculture has become
interested in encouraging a greater use of the
fruit. An estimated crop of 132,126,000 bushels
one and one-half times bigger than 1948 and 20
per cent larger than the last ten-year average
poses somewhat of a problem in distribution if
governmental price support buying is to be held
to a minimum
It is reasonable to assume that emphasis will
be placed on use of apples on a broader scale than
is practiced in most households and the cooks may
well look forward to being barraged with apple
recipes from here on out. This will be a
welcome barrage, for the apple is a versatile food,
one forming the base for many delectable dishes
as well as being in itself an appetizing morsel."
If you have been in the habit of buying one
box of apples in the fall, make it two or more
this year. Prices are lower, which is not helping
the grower's situation, but if enough of the fruit
is taken now it may strengthen the market a little
later on, and the producer is entitled to something
Seventy Years Of Life
On October 21, the 70th anniversary of Edison's j
invention of the incandescent light will be cele
brated The lamp, which is so commonplace today,
marked the beginning of the electric age even
as it marked the beginning of a great industry
whose service has revolutionized agriculture, in
dustry, and domestic life. Today there are nearly
40,000,000 wired homes in the United States. Al
most all have radios. The great majority have
electric Refrigerators, irons, washing machines and
other labor-saving conveniences that are virtually
considered necessities now and would have
seemed the wildest luxuries not long ago.
Rural electrification got its real start in 1929
a mere 20 years back. At the end of that year,
the power companies had brought service to 500,
000 farms. Today nine-tenths of all our farms
have service available and 82 per cent are using
it In those 20 years, the average farmer has trip
led his consumption of electricity yet his annual
electric hill has increased only 40 per cent. Last
year, according to the Department of Commerce,
electricity took less than one per cent of the av
erage family budget and for that tiny sum it
renders miracles of service.
What built the electric industry and gave the
r,atinn lioht and nower? The answer to that
question is free enterprise. The Industry is own
ed by some 3,000,000 Americans, most of them
people of moderate means. It has physical assets
worth about $-10,000,000,000. It is one of the big
eest taxpayers, and its rates and standards of
service are regulated by state and federal com
missions which represent the interests of the con
sumer. It can look back on 70 years of life with
pride in a great Job well done.
ABOUT FACE
By GEORGE PECK
Something happened in the
26th Pennsylvania congressional
district in September that the pol
iticians of both major political
parties would do well to heed.
The special election held there
could well have set the pattern to
be followed by candidates in the
congressional elections next year,
that is, if they would insure victory.
In November, 1948, just ten
months previously, the Fair Deal
candidate, Robert Lewis Coffey,
Jr., walloped the Republican in
cumbent by a majority of 12,000.
He met an untimely death as a
result of an airplane accident,
thus necessitating the special
election that was held in Sep
tember. His mother, Mrs. Robert
L. Coffey, ran on the Fair Deal
ticket in the special election. It
looked like good political strate
gy because it should have rolled
up a lot of sentimental votes lor
her, and undoubtedly the lady
did garner quite a number of
votes on that score.
During the campaign Mrs. Cof
fey left no doubt as to how she
stood on the Fair Deal legislative
program. She was one-hundred
percent for each and every one
of the socialistic pieces of legisla
tion that the Administration,
without too great success, is try
ing to bludgeon through the con
gress. The lad, also, was for re
peal of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Her opponent, John P. Saylor,
on the otner nana, campaigned
on a platform of sound "Ameri
canism." He declared in no mis
takable language his opposition
to "Statism," the "Welfare State,'
"deficit government spending"
and exorbitant, punitive taxa
tion." He, also, spoke kindly of
the Taft-Hartley Act, and with a
few minor changes, pledged him
self, if elected, to vote for its
retention.
The voters of Pennsylvania con
gressional district 26 were left
with no doubts as to where these
candidates stood. For once voters
had a clear-cut choice to vote
for the lady candidate who prom
ised support of more and more
governmental hand -outs, or to
vote for the male candidate who
stood unequivocally for a return
to the fundamental principles on
which America was founded and
upon which this nation flourished
up to the advent of the New Deal.
Well, the voters made their
choice. They elected Saylor by a
majority close to 11,000. They
proved what I have long main
taned that, given a real choice,
the American electorate will de
clare itself for the maintenance
of our Republic as defined by the
Constitution and the Bill of
Rights.
Now, this 26th Pennsylvania
district was a fair testing ground.
Johnstown (population 70,000) its
largest town, is a steel manufac
turing city with a large union
membership. The three counties
Iof the district have many soft
coal mines with a large U. M. W.
mpmhershin in addition to a
farming population. Combined
the steel workers, coal miners and
farmers constitute a big majority
of the district's populatoin.
Union labor leaders received a
severe jolt in this special elec
tion. Had not a majority of the
union members voted for Saylor,
he could not have won. His vic
tory conclusively proved two
things: (1) that union leaders
cannot deliver the union vote,
and (2) that union workers do
not consider the Taft-Hartley Act
the slave-labor legislation their
leaders claim it to be.
Yes, something happened In the
26th Pennsylvania congressional
district last September some
thing very important. In the of
Great Promiser for the turnip
league.
Speaking of that turnip league
recalls that on Turnip Day in 1948
the Great Promiser said the Re
publican 80th congress could do
so much in IS days.
He named the following as ex
amples of what could be done;
Price control, housing, minimum
wage, federal-aid-to-educatlon,
social security extension, social
ized medicine, the whole civil
rights program, public power pro
jects and change displaced per
sons legislation.
His score In 10 months:
1 Housing; a Republican bill,
passed by the aid of Republican
votes.
2 Minimum wage; Republican
votes got this passed.
That's all. Just two in nearly
10 months.
The other five promises which
the Great Promiser will claim
were delivered by his Congress
were these:
1 Reciprocal trade agreements.
ficial record it will be recorded as Republicans tried to protect Am-
a victory or a Kepulican canal
date over his Democratic oppon
ent. But, in my book, it transcen
ded that. It was a triumph for
sound Americanism over unsound
Paternalism a demonstration
that, given an opportunity to ex
press itself, our American citi
zenry still believes in "The Am
erican Way. That bye-election
could mark the start of America's
about-face on the road towards
Socialism down which the nation
has been marching these past 16
years.
Ail
By CHARLES L. EGENROAD
Washington, D. C. Dem Bums
in Brooklyn racked up more scores
against the New York Yankees
than President Truman got with
his 81st congress.
In fact, the Great Promiser was
almost shut out.
The man who delights in toss
ing baseballs with either hand
while talking out of both sides of
his mouth, made seven hits in 32
times at bat. In other words, sev
en out of his 32 promises came to
fulfillment.
That is hitting a very meager
.219 which should qualify the
30 YEARS AG
October 23, 1919
Clocks will move back one
hour next Sunday and daylight
saving will end.
Mrs. A. K. Higgs died in Port
land after a brief illness. Dr
Higgs Is now in Siberia with the
Amcrrlan troops.
W. E. Straight has purchased
the rvsidence property of George
W. Swaggart on Court street.
At a meeting in the office of
County Agent L. A. Hunt Wed
nesday the Morrow county Farm
Bureau whs organized.
Returning to Hardman from
Condon last Friday Vic Groshen
and lr. llayden received severe
cut" and bruises when their car
turned over near the Hail Ridge
chKl house.
Hurry McCormlck of lone was
brtniRliI to a local physician lust
TkMNxtay Buffering from nervous
prostration. Mr. McCormlck re
wntly lout on as result ol
(fire in his home. A daughter was
also badly burned.
W. A. Richardson and W. W.
Smead returned Sunday from
Portland where they went last
week to attend the Grand Lodge
is delegates from Doric Lodge,
Knights of Pythias.
A large crowd of farmers at
tended the sale which T. M. Ar
nold held at the Stanton ranch
last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ar
nold are moving to their newly
acquired home at Sunnyside Wn.
lone will enjoy a Chautauqua
in their city from Oct. 31 to Nov .5.
Portland Telegram one full
year by mail, $3.95. Subscribe
now. Charles Notson, local agent.
A publisher of an Idaho paper
was greatly puzzled. "One man
eame in and stopped his paper
after reading what we had to say
about a Jury trial, and two oth
ers came In and subscribed for
a year after reading the same ar-
telle. Several others stopped us to
commend us on our attitude and
two or three others came in to
tell us we had our wires crossed
Ah me!" Publishers Auxiliary
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
The Heppner azette, eetabllshed
March 80, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Peb. 15,
1912.
Published every Thursday and
entered at the Poet Office at
Heppner, Oregon, as secead
class matter.
Subscription price, JS.to a year
single copies, 10c.
O. G. CRAWFORD
Publisher and Editor
erica n jobs and business against
cheap-labor foreign competition,
but the bush-leaguer needed hits
so badly he was willing to en
danger American Jobs and Am
erican living standards for that
scratch hit.
2. Higher pay for officials.
The Great Promiser saw that his
pay was Increased as the first
piece of business back in Janu
ary. On the basis of a .219 batting
average his pay seems a bit high.
3 Crop storage. This is the leg
islation the Turnip Leaguer made
such a commotion about while
his Commodity Credit Corporation
was quietly disposing of vitally
needed grain-storage facilities.
4. Power transmission lines.
It wouldn't ever have passed ex
cept for a deluge of Republican
votes.
5 Rent control. New Dealers
and Republicans alike didn't trust
the Great Promiser s promise that
he would dictate the nation's
rents and they Joined in a bit of
home-ruling" for a change.
Well, that is the score of the
81st Democrat Congress unless
you want to include all that work
that was done for other countries.
Europe batted 1.000. There
was extension of European Coop
eration Administration (ECA)
the international wheat agree
ment; the Atlantic Pact and arms
implementation; aforementioned
reciprocal trade agreements and
the Palestine refugee relief,
There is- great sorrow in Tur-
nipville because the Great Prom
iser struck out so many times.
And look at the record number
of men he left on bases!
o
CHURCHES
p. m. Wednesday; adult choir, 8
p. m. Thursday.
Instructions: Monday evening
at 7:15. Boy Scouts, Wednesday
evening at 7:30.' Archery practice
on Saturday, Boy Scouts at 9,
Girl Scouts at 10, Cub Scouts at
11.
METHODIST CHURCH
J. Palmer Sorllen, Pastor
Morning worship and sermon
at 11 a. m. with special music by
the choir, Paul McCoy, director.
Sunday church school at 9:45
a. m. We have a class for every
age, also adult Bible class. Youth
Fellowship class meets at this
same hour, Mrs. Tom Wells, coun
sellor. Oliver Creswick, superin
tendent.
Wednesday: Suzanna Wesley
Circle No. 2 or the Woman s So
ciety of Christian Service meets
at 2:30 p. m. All ladies are invited
Mid -week prayer service Wed
nesday at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday: Choir practice at 7:-
30 p. m.
Woman's Society of Christian
Service meets the first Wednes
day of each month.
Suzanna Wesley Circle meets
the third Wednesday of each
month.
HEPPNER CHURCH OF CHRIST
Glen Warner, Minister
9:45 a. m. Bible school, C. W.
Barlow, superintendent. This is
Rally day! A special program
will be held during the Bible
school hour.
11 a. m. Morning worship and
communion service. Special mu
sic by the choir under the direc
tion of Miss Mabel Wilson. Ser
mon theme, "Obeying the Vision"
Noon, basket dinner in the base
ment of the church. This Is home
coming day and the dinner will
be in honor of our guests from
out of town.
7:30 p. m. Evening worship and
evangelistic hour, sermon theme,
'The Power of God In the Lives
of Men."
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH Episcopal
Holy communion 8 a. m.
Church school 9:45 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon, 11
o clock.
Week Day Services:
Holy communion, Wednesday
at 10 o'clock; Friday at 7:30 a. m.
Choir practices: Girls' choir,
STOP FOR SCHOOL BUSES!
TWO LAN e
STOPPED I
mmhk
SCHOOL ftUS
L0ADIN6 Oft.
UNLOADING
MULTPU LANZ
STREET Off
. PBoef coma
assess eiiniipii J
Dinner guests Monday evening
at the Jack Mulligan home were
Mr. and Mrs. Slater Wyss, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Anderegg and dau
ghter Barbara.
HEARS AGAIN
FOR ONLY $1.50
A Hartford City, Indiana man lay. "I have
bee troubled with my haritif Uyr thirty
yeara. But, OURINE changed all that and
I bear again." Yea, you too can hear again
H you are hard at beanrijf h-cauc of
hardened, excesa ear wax (cerumen; which
can alio rauM buzinir, Tinging hear noiir.
OUHINE. in AMAZINO, SCIh.NTIKlC
discovery U NOW ready for jour ute. 'I he
tW KNE home method will quickly and
aafely remove your hardened, exceu ear wax
in jut a few minutei in your own home.
Get OURINE today. No Riik. Your momy
baclt if yon do not hear lttT at wire. We
recommend itui guarantee OUKINE.
Humphrey's Drug Company
SffMS UNLOADING
V STOPPED jgwW '
..T-Vff'l"llw.W?.Avff
-VA St jifV !
".v.:..;:;v. v.;;J::v,,:.:i(llM
Tuesday, 4 p. m. Junior Chris
tian Endeavor.
Thursday, 7:30 p. m. evangelis
tic service. Sermon theme, "Our
Birth Into God's Kingdom."
Friday, 7:30 p. m., evangelistic
service. Sermon theme, "Living
Water for Those Who Thirst." Sat
urday, 7:30 p. m., evangelistic ser.
vice.Sermon theme, "The Mean
ing of Christ's Death."
.
LEXINGTON CHURCH Your
Community Church
Z. Franklin Cantrell, Minister.
What about your diet? I Peter
2:2. Heb. 5:12-13. Does it consist
of milk? I Corinthians 3:1-2. Or,
are you living on the best of
meat? Hebrews 5:14.
Church school 10 a. m. Worship
and preachng 11 a. m. Singing
and preaching 7:30 p. m.
ASSEMBLY OF COD CHURCH
Shelby E. Graves, Pastor
Sunday 9:45 a. m. Sunday
school, Mrs. Raymond Pettyjohn
supt.; Lesson topic, "The Christi
an and Prayer."
11 a. m. worship service.
7 p. m. Christ's Ambassadors.
7:45 p. m. Evangelistic service,
Tuesday 7 p. m. Bible club for
the youth.
Thursday 7:45 p. m. Bible stu
dy and prayer meeting.
Friday 7:45 p. m. Bible study
and prayer meeting in lone.
We need to take heed to the
admonition Jesus gave "to watch
and pray."
Come to church.
Confused about Oregon's new school bus stopping Uw? This If tha way It werki. 9i i we-laae
roadway, ynu must stnp when meeting or overtaking achool but which has halted to load r unload
children. On roadwayi hiving throe or more lanes, you mutt stop only H you're traveling In the same
direction. After having Hopped, ymi must not proceed ai long ai any children are leaving the bua or
crossing the roadway. To assist In holding traffic while children cross the road, all buses are being equip
ped with red atop signal arma ai rapidly ai possible. Ton mil stop for the bua whether or not the stop
arm li displayed. Uae of this algnal by the bua driver simply indicate! the situation requires yon to remain
stopped. The law applies equally to city streets and rural roadi and highways.
VALBY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. Carl Sodergren of Portland
will be in charge of services at
the Valby Lutheran church in
Gooseberry at 11 a. m. Sunday,
October 23. Following the hour of
worship a chicken pie dinner will
be served in the parish house,
sponsored by the women's mis
sionary society for the benefit of
the mission.
The public has been extended
an invitation to attend the ser
vice and the dinner.
dav evenines. Visitation Evangel
ism under the direction of Walter The 1948 Olympic games were
J. Fiscus. Dinner will be served .the first to include women s ath
at 6 p. m. for all callers. ' letics.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phono 173
Hotel Heppner Building
. Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance)
Heppner Hotol Building
Willow Street Entrance
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of Electrical Work
New and Repair
Shop phone 2253 at Willow &
Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2542
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phono 84S
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Gilt Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
JackA.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. 492
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall
A.D.McMurdo, M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SUROEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Cantor St
House Call Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
C. A. RUGGLEi Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
fHMil MMts First Monday
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Dr. J. D. Palmer
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783, Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
1N0.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Ofllo In Peters Bulldliyr
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for appointment
r sail at shop.
RALPH E.CURRIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
First National Bank Bldg.
Phone 2632
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms, luslnes, Income Prop
arty. Trades for Valley & Coast,
Income Tax Returns
Arlington, Oregon
Morrow County
Cntirt Meats Flret Wednosdsy
vuuri of Each Month
County Judge Olfloe Hours l
Monday, Wedneeday, Friday 0 a.m.
to 6 p.lu.
Tueiday, Thursday, Saturday Fore
non only
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
DR. . D. PALMER Dentist
Rms. 11-12 1st Nat. Bank Bldg.
Ph.: Office 783, Hon 932
Heppner: Monday, Tuesday,
Friday, Saturday.
Arlington: Wed. ami i'hurs.
Need Envelopes? Or
Letter Heads? Phone
The Gazette Times