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S Poe2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 1, 1949 EDITORIAL NATIONAL EDITOIIAl II f IIS II 1TIM asVt Welcome, Wheat Men Of Oregon Well, folks, this is il! The Oregon Wheat League convention is in session and Heppner is proud to have an opportunity once more to wel come the people who play such an important part in the economy of the nation and upon whom we depend for the "staff of life." It is no small undertaking for a small city to entertain a convention the size of the Wheat League annual meeting, but the limited facilities are at the full disposal of the visitors they have the key to the city and we know the hospitality of our citizens is such that it will make up for some of the lack of abundance of material things. Let us be cordial in our greetings and do all we can to make the stay of the visitors pleasant and the 1949 convention a success. Just One Of Those Things That the ambulance, for which many citizens of Morrow county and not a few living elsewhere gave generously, has been delayed in arriving at its destination is an unfortunate circumstance something in which all will feet a measure of disappointment As much as we regret the dam age to the fine piece of machinery, we are grate ful that its occupants escaped with nothing more than a severe shaking up, and we hope that noth ing will develop to cause them suffering as a result of the accident As to the ambulance, it was a beautiful ma chine something of which each and every one of us could well be proud. Perhaps we will be just as proud after it has been reconditioned, but there will always be a bit of disappointment in that it did not arrive as it was meant to and in the con dition the drivers had expected to deliver it. (Its arrival was to have been the signal for a bit of a celebration). Somehow, we can"t help wishing that the in surance company and the builders could get to gether on a deal to send an entirely new ambu lance instead of the wrecked car. Such faults or weaknesses as might develop would then be due to usage rathei than to the results of the machine being wrecked, and it is highly probable that many thousands of miles would be recorded be fore anything demanding more than ordinary mechanical attention would be necessary. As we say, this is merely a wish a dream, if you wilL But one may dream, may he not? Or should we say a feller can dream, can't he? The Rains Will Help There is one thing about the 1949 O.Wi. con vention that was not evident a number of years ago. Growers are not so much worried about wheat production as they are about crop disposal. Back in the dry '30's it was somewhat of a problem to raise profitable crops, what with low yields and low prices. Eventually, growing conditions improved and the war settled the matter of mar kets for a few years. These have been golden years for the farmers, of the dry wheat belt, in which Morrow county may be properly classified, for moisture has been more abundant and prices good. So, as the 22nd annual Wheat League con vention opens in Heppner today, there will be no immediate worry so far as growing conditions are concerned The rains have come and now the producers will have to turn their attention to the problem of finding more uses for wheat that the market may be expanded and the danger of an undisposable surplus lessened. May success attend their efforts! Uncle Has Biggest Income "The government," says U. S. News & World Report "has become the biggest source of income in the country. In the single year to end next June 30, the Treasury will spend an estimated $46,000,000,000 in cold cash. This means that"$l out of every $6 spent in the United States will be spent by the government" The magazine then goes into considerable detail as to how all this money is to be divided. The biggest item in the budget $17,300,000, 000 is accounted for by benefits and subsidies of many diverse kinds. Nearly half of that amount $8,300,000,000 will go to veterans and is one of the payments we are making because of past wars. Then farmers will come in for something over $2,000,000,000 in direct payments and government crop loans and price supports. Large sums will be paid to the old, the blind, and the unemployed. Finally, $5,600,000,000 will be paid out to foreign governments and for foreign-aid purchasing. Item number two $10,200,000,000 will go for salaries. It will go to 3,700,000 people, the number of civilians and military personnel now on the federal payroll. As the U. S. News points out this does not include those who work indi rectly for government, such as the men and women employed in plants producing materials for federal agencies. Third is a $10,000,000,000 item for goods. This includes an enormous number of items, running all the way from airplanes and tanks to paper and ink. Interest on the public debt will require the sum of $4,100,000,000. That will be a cash payment, and does not include the interest accruing on war bonds and savings bonds. Services, such as printing, rent and utility bills, will cost the taxpayers $2,400,000,000. And something like $2,000,000,000 will be used for loans and investments. The above items cover the major expenses of the government. Perhaps the most striking fact is the great increase in the number of individuals who now live off the Federal Treasury. To quote the U. S. News again, "Ten years ago, when the New Deal was pouring out billions for direct and work relief, fewer than 20,000,000 persons were getting checks from public agencies. In the per iod that has followed, the make-work programs of government have disappeared. Prosperity has taken over. Personal incomes trebled. Yet persons living on public dollars, in whole or in part, jumped 29 per cent." The implications of this can be argued indefi nitely. But it indicates the reasons for the un easiness of those who wonder how much more government the country can stand. The oAmerican Way EQUAL I TY We hear much these days about equality, but there seems to be a wide divergence of opinion as to Just what "equality" means when applied to the human family. Ask a socialist what he means by "equality," and he will tell you it means a civilization in which all equally share the wealth. He will neglect to add that it generally means sharing the poverty. Ask a capitalist or a believer in the capitalistic system and the definition you will get from him Is that "equality" is the civiliza tion in which all have equal op portunity and equality before the law. Commencing with the French Revolution the socialistic dream of equality of wealth has led to vast cruelty and endless blood shed, all to very little purpose. At times the bourgeoisie and the up per class either have been relgated to the sidelinesor completely liquidated by the proletariat; wealth has been confiscated and divided. But, in every such case, it was not long until the people discovered that the beautiful theory of equal sharing of the wealth does not work out in practice. By killing off or rend ering Inactive the brains of the nation, the sum total of accom plishment is proverty for all. Any government can immed iately establish equality of a sort by tHklng away property from the rich "haves" and distributing it among the poor "have-nots." Currently that is what we are do ing through progressive Income taxation social security, unem ployment doles, etc. In the past, whenever and wherever a govern ment has undertaken equal dis tribution of the wealth, the "have-nots" did not become less poor. Notable examples of this arc the French and Russian Rev olutions. Why did these fall? Simply be of the rich, even if honestly distri- cause contifcaction of the property buted among the general pop ulation, no more raises the level of wealth than a cup of water apprecialy raises the level of the water in the bathtub. The net result of those two revolutions was to produce an equal of pov erty. This is always easy to do and any dicatorship can accomp lich i t. What dictators can not accomplish is something far more difficult an equality of plenty. Here in America we had made considerable progress toward an ! equality of plenty in a capitalis tic economy. It would be idle for us to contend we had reached that much -to-be-desired goal, but we were on the right track. At least, we had travelled further toward it than has any other nation in the entire history of the world. We know the formula for achieving an equality of plenty is to produce a sufficiently large quantity of things, and the distribution of them will take care of itself. The automoble is but one of many things which can be cited as proof of this. We produce the automobile in large quantities, and witness the many millions of passenger cars that travel our highways today. If the United States is permitted to resume along the pathway on which it started and along which it journeyed for a century and a half, it is not unreason able to assume that eventually we will achieve an equality of plenty, without any governmen tal planning or interferance.. Just as there is a minimum of things necessary to man's decent subsistence, there is a maximum of things that he can use. There fore, when sufficient production of all things necessitys, semi luxuries and luxuries has been accomplished, there will be plenty of everything for everybody and an equality of plenty will have been established. That is the only way it can be done. CAPITOL NARRATIVE How can the man do it? How much energy can a man of middle age use each day and keep going? Here is a sample schedule of one Salem mans activities on one of his ever-busy days as head of the largest business in Oregon. Worked in his office from 8:40 to 10:50 a. m.; at 11, spoke at a state agricultural convention in Salem; at Oregon City, addressed a noon-luncheon meeting of the Chamber of Commerce; at 2 p. m. was interviewed by newsmen and radio commentators on a broad cast from the Oregon Press club In Portland; at 4:45 was back on his job in Salem to consult with a group of wheat growers and then to routine business of his of fice until 6 p. m.; at 7:30 he spoke at a meeting of a civic club in Corvallis. For the past six months he has averaged 11 speeches a week and kept abreast of the strenuous and highly Important work of his of fice. How the man can sustain such a continuity of spirit and Intensity amazes his associates. We have never seen a demon stration of such energy, unless It was at the world's fair in Port land in 1905 and this was only physical effort A showman had a group of south sea island pyg mies in a 20-foot-high corral of cocoanut trunks. One of the stunts the little brown men put on was a continuous dance that lasted for three weeks. At any rate, that was the ballyhoo. When we asked the showman why they danced so long, he said, "Where these little people come from they live on bananas that fall or that they shake from the trees. For a bed they Just curl up In the long grass. As they do not have to work for their food or build homes, they store up so much superfluous energy they have to 30 YEARS AGO December 4, 1919 Mrs. Anna Matlock passed away at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. A. E. Patterson of this city last Saturday evening. Miss Ida Stevenson and John F. French were married by Rev. H. A. Noyes, pastor of the Fed erated church on Monday, Dec. 1. At the residence of Percy Cox in this city on Dec. 1 occurred the marriage of George H. Mead and Miss Mabel Stickler, both of Lexington. Jesse French, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. French died at the fa mily home at Gurdane Nov. 25, aged 15 years and 8 months. T. G. Denissee, contractor and builder who had charge of the construction work on the new Gilliam & Bisbee building left this week for a four months vi sit to his old home at Vught in the Netherlands. Several Heppner men journey ed to Pendleton last Sunday to attend a meeting of the Knights of Columbus. Those going from here were Mike Kenny, John Kel ly, Pat Mollahan, John Molla han, John McNamee and F. A. Mi'Menamin. John KilKenny Jr. and Ralph Jackson were among the large class of candidates for initiation. Plenty of tops and side cur tains on hand for Ford cars. Can also equip your car with self starter. Charles Latourell, auth orized Ford dealer. New steel pipes for the new water mains in lone have arriv ed and are being installed. Funds ior installing the new system secured through sale of $7,000 in bonds voted at a recent city election. A number of Morrow county men have been subpenaed as witnesses in the case of the State of Oregon versus Cedric Scharff which is being held in Canyon City. Norman F. Lawson has sold his Rhea Creek farm near Jordan Siding to Jeff Beamer of Heppner. In the deal Mr. Lawson takes over Mr. Beamer's Interests in the Heppner Delivery company and will make his home in this city. Mr. Beamer has already ta ken posession of his new property. tion is cutting down contributions to churches and colleges that have helped make the country strong," T. M. Medford, distrct manager of Safeway stores, de clared when speaking before a Salem service club this week. Medford warned that high tax ation is gradually drying up In vestmentments that made the United States a great country and that though built under a capi talistic system unhindered by "governmental harness" is drift ing more and more toward stat-ism. dance it off." The human dynamo of energy here at the capital we are writing about has his own banana grove at Salem in the form of a large automobile agency. It s so well organized it practically runs it self and the owner can devote all his time to being governor of the great state of Oregon. at the primary election in May, 1950, Instead of at the general election. This will be as it was before the 1945 legislature chang ed the date to the November election. FLAYS HIGH TAXATION "Taxes take 31 cents out of every worker's dollar and this ac- RECENT LEGAL OPINIONS When an election for a direc tor of an irrigation district results in a tie, the present incumbent re mains in office until his successor is elected at the next regular elec tion and qualifies, Attorney Gen eral George Neuner ruled last week. Other rulings were: The federal act known as the Hatch Political Activity Act does not prohibit corporations from HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15, 1912. Published every Thursday and entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription price, $3.00 a year; single copies, 10c. O. G. CRAWFORD Publisher and Editor $2,000,000 WHEN FINISHED Monday morning excavators followed bulldozers on the site of the now-being-built state high way building estimated to costi $1,599,931. The five-story struc-1 ture will rise just north of the. new Public Service building both i on the east flank of the Capitol group. The new building will house offices of the federal Bu reau of Public Roads in addition to the many state highway offic es. To the "older boys" around the capitol who have ooserved build ing costs climb over estimates and bids are betting the Highway . builaing, when finished, will give taxpayers a set back of a quarter of a million dollars more than the contract price. NEW ELECTION LAWS The regular biennial publica tion of Oregon's election laws for 1950 has just come off the presses of the state printing office. It will show a considerable increase in voting precincts, mostly in the western part of the state. Multnomah county now has 630 precincts, an increase of 116 j over 1948. 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Each Gorham pattern is created and fashioned by master craftsmen to meet your discriminating taste . . . each one an authentic design of lasting hcauty that grows lovelier with the years . . . taking on a soft, mellowing patina as it is used every day at every meal. Plan to choose yourt from our showing of Gorham patterns today. You may pun-ham; Corhnm Sterling In nnitt of lix-piers plarp-"tiin((. each coling about $26.00 (Fed. Tax Incl.) driending on vvliich pattern you lelect. TRAM HARIC. etetsorLS Jewelers making contributions to candi- the qualified electors vote "yes" dates for state office. for allowing livestock to run at Oregon's 1947 livestock law large, a livestock district is provides that when a majority of created. NOTICE Beginning Sunday, December 4, the Elkhorn Cafe will operate on a six-day per week basis. The cafe will be closed this Sunday and each Sunday there after. Velma Huebener ELKHORN CAFE Hot and Ntat-(4a(i Mobilheotl ONE CALL and wc do the rest! Call us now for Automatic Fuel Oil Service. Make sure your tanks are filled long before winter comes. All you need do is make a phone call we'll do all the rest, guarantee you a constant supply of clean oil heat all season. PAUL PETTYJOH N General Petroleum Distributor IONE, OREGON PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY JOS. J. NYS ATTORNEY AT LAW Peters Bldg., Willow Street Heppner, Oregon Call Settles Electric for all kinds of Electrical Work New and Repair Shop phone 2253 at Willow & Chase Streets. Kes. Phone 2342 J. O. TURNER ATTORNEY AT LAW Phone 173 Hotel Heppner Building Heppner, Oregon Carpentry and Cement Work By Day or Contract Bruce Bothwell Phone 845 P. W. MAHONEY ATTORNEY AT LAW General Insurance Heppner Hotel Building Willow Street Entrance J. O. PETERSON Latest Jewelry S Gift Goods Watches, Clocks, Diamonds Expert Watch & Jewelry Repairing Heppner, Oregon 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. 492 Veterans of Foreign Wars Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall Turner, Van Marter and Company GENERAL INSURANCE A.D.McMurdo,M.D. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Trained Nurse Assistant 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 Phelps Funeral Home Licensed Funeral Directors Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon C. A. RUGGLES Representing Blaine E. Isom Insurance Agency Phone 723 Heppner, Ore. Heppner City Cntmeil Heeti Pint Monday Xacu MontH 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. INC. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TITLE INSURANCE Oflloa In Foteri Building 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. Mione 2G32 Walter B. Hinlcle REAL ESTATE Farms, Busines, Income Prop erty. Trades for Valley & Coast. Income Tax Returns Arlington, Oregon Morrow County Cnnrt Me,tI Flr"t Wodnnday County Judys Of Ilea Houm Monday, Wednesday, l'rlday fl a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuaiday, Tlmriday, Saturday For. non only RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D. Physician and Surgeon 2 Church Street Telephone 1152 DR. J. D. PALMER DenUst Rms. 11-12 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Ph.: Office 783, Home 932 Heppner: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday. Arlington: Wed. and Thurs. Need Envelopes? Or Letter Heads? Phone The Gazette Times