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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 8, 1949
EDITORIAL
NATIONAL EOITOIIAL
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A Successful Convention
The first annua Oregon Wheat League con
vention, upon which the curtain rang down Sat
urday evening at Heppner, was not the success
expected from the standpoint of attendance but
is reported as having been fruitful of results high.
)y satisfactory to officers, directors and members
at large. Th value of such meetings Is not al
ways measured by the numbers in attendance.
Bather, it Is to be gauged more by the type of
program prepared and run through, and in the
case at hand it appears that the program was such
as to warrant the feeling that much good was ac
complished. Resolutions were introduced and
adopted that may lead to expansion of the wheat
league idea into a more or less national affair.
Then, too, the growers had an opportunity to learn
the status of the industry and what must be done
to stabilize the market, and to what extent the
price structure may be supported by the federal
government, if at all. These factors, and the dis
cussions on selection of seed and general farm
practices, whether in formal session or informal
caucus, are productive of results that go to make
a successful convention.
French Plan Merits Support
On another page in this week's issue of the
Gazette Times will be found the full text of Rep.
Giles French's address on reapportionment of the
Oregon legislature. It is being published with the
hope that our readers will avail themselves of an
opportunity to read it and study it. Mr. French
has gone into the subject thoroughly and ably.
It is of vital concern to that portion of Oregon
lying east of the Cascade range that his proposal
be adopted. It is of equal interest to the people
of all parts of the state .for that matter, but due to
the population set-up, eastern Oregon has a s'ake
in the reapportionment that should cause all resi
dents of this end of the state to give their full
approval to the French plan.
We urge our readers to read the full text of
the address. You will benefit by so doing.
A Fine Banquet
Nothing but words of praise has been heard
relative to the banquet for the Oregon Wheat
League convention served by the Soroptimist Club
of Heppner Saturday evening in the school gym
iiasium. The food was excellent and the service
far better than the diners had expected in view
of the handicap under which the ladies and their
assistants worked. In brief, it was a huge success.
The cooperation of the shcool authorities, the
chamber of commerce and others in moving tables
and chairs in and out of the gymnasium played
no small part in making the affair an occasion of
merit, to say nothing of the entertainment feat
ures provided by school talent and solo numbers
by Don Heliker and Oliver Creswick.
Some disappointment was expressed because
Governor McKay could not be here to deliver the
banquet address, but he was ably represented by
Ervin Peterson, director of the state department
of agriculture. And whatever else that might have
been lacking was made up by Judge Barratt, Hen.
ry Tetz and Charles W. Smith, who "emceed" the
program and kept things going at a lively clip.
Congratulations, Mr. Baker!
In the term characteristic of the fourth estate,
we doff our tile to Henry Baker of lone, new presi.
aem 01 me uregon wneat League, n is a rare
honor to serve in that capacity for an organization
that is growing and expanding its sphere of in
fluence. Mr. Baker has grown with the league
and is conversant with Its needs and objectives.
In other words, his feet have been keeping pace
with the growth of the league and we think they
will amply fill the shoes of his predecessor.
Congratulations, Henry, and best wishes for a
successful year.
Aiding TB Research
ttesearcn ana education have gone hand in
hand in the fight to conquer tuberculosis. Both
have been essential to the progress so far ma and
both will play improtant roles in whatever pro
gress is made in the future.
Through the one, our scientific knowledge
about the disease, its cause, treatment, and pre
vention, has been increased. Through the other,
vast numbers of people have been reached with
the fruits of research with practical information
on the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.
Most of us are aware of how education has
helped people understand that tuberculosis is not
inherited but is a contagious disease; that tuber
culosis is not necessarily fatal but that it can be
cured; that tuberculosis is easiset to cure in an
early stage.
Less familiar to most of us, perhaps, is the
story of scientific study which preceded our edu
cation on these points. For example, the heredity
theory of tuberculosis could not be exploded until
the real cause of tuberculosis was determined
until the tubercle bacillus was discovered in 1882
and was proved to be the cause of tuberculosis.
A great deal of scientific information about
tuberculosis has been accumulated since 1882, but
there is still much to be learned about this disease
before we can expect to conquer it completely.
For example, we do not know how to attack
the tuberculosis germ directily in the human body.
We do not fully undertand the process which leads
to the formation of cavities in the lungs of tuber
culosis patients. We do not know how to prevent
germs from becoming resistant to drugs some
times used in tuberculosis treatment.
The answers to these and many other puzzling
questions are being sought by scientific investiga.
tors who are among 22 currently being aided by
grants from the National Tuberculosis Association
and its 3000 affiliates, including the Morrow Coun
ty Public Health and Tuberculosis Association.
Funds for the research grants are derived from
proceeds from the sale of Christmas Seals. Thus,
all of us who purchase Christmas Seals are ac
tually sponsoring research which may prove of
inestimable value in the conquest of the deadly
disease.
And at the same time our Christmas Seal dol
lars are aiding scientific study, they are also
supporting the well planned, year-round program
of education, ease finding, and rehabilitation con
ducted in this community by the local health
association.
From the immediate and long-range view
points, Christmas Seals are a sound investment.
The oAmerican Way
SMALL BUSINESSES PREDOMINATE
There are about four million democratic society based on an
"firms" or private business estab
lishments in this country. The as
tonishing fact here is that even
though the United States is the
land of the most fabulous "mass
production" in the world, never
theless 97 percent of its business
establishments are small business
employing less than 100 people
each, and in about a million, or
one-fourth, of all of our "business
establishments" the boss himself
is the whole works.
Of couse in these one-man en
terprises there is frequently some
bossing and some assistance from
wives, and full credit is due these
wives no only for what they do
but also for what they do with
out to make a go of thousands
of struggling small businesses.
But these facts about all the
"little people" in our land of in
dustrial giants are fare more im
portant than their mere interest
as believe-it-or-not statistics. Be-
economy of private enterprise. It
is a tremendous challenge.
But the challenge is not so much
to our relatively few industrial
giants. They are already big and
strong. It is rather to our millions
of small businesses to grow
stronger and bigger. Most of all,
it is a challenge to us as individu
als to keep the seedbed of brand
new enterprises well tended and
growing. It is a challenge to the
men and women who believe in
free enterprise, and who have the
initiative and leadership, to try it
for themselves to be their own
boss, to add to rather than take
from the supply of jobs and pro
ductive output of our system;
This system of living and work
ing together which we call "The
American Way of Life" is a logic
al product of Its environment.
Nature provided ample room and
lavish raw materials; and our
Constitutional rules of the game
cause one of the things mostiwere expressiy drawn t0 make it
neeaea to Keep our iunu ui ct.mii-; possible for enterprising individu
omv going ana growing is a
steady stream of more and more
men and women who have the
ability and the will to be their
own boss. They are the seedbed
of free enterprise. Not only do big
businesses grow from small roots,
but even after they are grown,
most big businesses could not
exist without the many small
suppliers and small retail enter
prisers who help sell and service
their products.
We speak of the United States
as a "strong nation." Yet its
strength is only the sum total of
the materials and facilities, the
productivity and skills of its peo
ple and of the enterprises which
they own and operate. The United
States is strong because her peo
ple are free and her enterprises
likewise are free and growing.
Yet it seems difficult for many
people in the world to realize
why this country, a mere young
ster among nations, is so produc
tively strong that it is now carry
ing the lion's share of the econo
mic and financial burdens of the
entire world. They see this as a
fact, yet the startling truth re
mains that instead of striving to
copy our way of life every other
nation in the world is moving
away from it toward totalitarian
ism. We live in the sole remain
ing nation on earth with a free
Virginie Jepsen has returned
home from Pendleton where she
has been a patient at St. Anthon-
y's hospital following a recent
major operation.
als to translate them into produc
tive usefulness. It is really no
suprise that in such an environ
ment we should have many small
enterprises.
The real suprise Is in our chang
ing attitude toward our economic
environment. It is still much the
same and opportunity still pa
tiently knocks on the doors of
those who will listen. Yet, when
ever this subject of being your
own boss comes up, there is al
ways lots of loose talk to be heard
about the "good old days." "pion
eer spirit" and the like. During
the depression it became the
gloomy fashion to declare that we
had lost all of our pioneer spirit
so we might as well resign our
selves to living in a "mature"
economy. More people seemed
to be interested in ' security" rath
er than in the doubtful risk of
being enterprisers. Graduating
classes heard a lot about how to
POLITICAL COGITATION
Dorothy Lee, Washington, D. C.
In 1951 could such things be?
Discussion of the probability of
Portland's Mayor Dorothy McCul
lough Lee being drafted to run
for United States senator has
passed hush-hush stage. Political
pundits are analyzing her vote
harvesting strength, come next
harvest.
They point out that her follow
ing has increasea ramer man
waned since she became mayor
and that she still firmly treads
the same reform plank she went
into office on. The largest slush
fund ever raised in Portland by
the anti-reform element could not
defeat her. This element would
prefer to have her in Washington,
D. C. in the senate than in the
mayor's chair in Portland, and
most of them would vote that
way.
She would have the lollowlng
of those that elected her as well
as those who tried to defeat her.
GOVERNOR URGES SEALS
"Altho 256 persons died from
tuberculosis in Oregon last year,"
Governor Douglas McKay said
this week, "the disease could be
wiped out and the way all of us
can help in doing this is by pur
chasing Christmas Seals."
CRIMINAL INSANE
Oregon needs safer housing for
the criminal insane, said Frank
Van Dyke, speaker of the house of
representatives at the capital this
week. It is a proposal the Med
ford legislator h.'is made before.
Van Dyke emphasized that it is
directly a public safety must. The
escape of four dangerous crimin
als from the state hospital in Sa.
lem last Friday again signaled
the vulnerability of the state institution.
Supt. C. E. Bates of the hospital
Secretary of State Earl Newbry
says as early as last August stor
ies giving the cities and towns
designated for branch offices were
sent out by wire services and a
representative of his office noti
fied the Coos Bay chamber of com
merce at that time and invited
cooperation. The trouble, so far as
the failure of Coos Bay to get the
building, Newbry says, lies in the
fact that while the chamber was
thinking about it the North Bend
chamber got busy and located a
suitable site on the main highway
and arranged for erection of a
suitable building which the state
will lease.
COMES NATURALLY
Tom Lawson McCall, M. C. of
Governor Douglas McKay's pub
licity department, was named af
ter his grandfather, Tom Lawson.
of Boston, who was one of the big
get a job but not much about how said the reccnt escapes and sex
to be their own bosses.
Fortunately the events of World
War II put an end to much of this
nonsense by confronting us as
well as our enemies with some
spectacular proof; first, that our
free enterprise system wasn't dy
ing of "maturity" and secondly,
that there was plenty of "pioneer
spirit' 'left in the American people.
30 YEARS AGO
December 11, 1919
Joseph P. Williams, for 35 years
a prominent resident of Heppner,
died at his home here Wednes
day morning, December 10.
As a result of the nation's ef
forts to combat with the present
coal shortage, passenger train
service is being curtailed. There
will be no Sunday train on the
Heppner branch, effective Decem
ber 7.
It ElirP ic fMH' ualor T.inae In
many Heppner homes froze Sun- tne faly residence Tuesday,
ty in North Heppner.
L. D. Countryman and family
have arrived from Kansas and
Mr. Countryman will succeed V.
L. Holmes as manager of Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company at Lex
ington. The fire department was called
Tuesday noon to extinguish a
fire in the McCaleb home due to
a defective flue.
Mrs. N. S. Whetstone died at
day night.
The Central Meat market and
the Peoples Meat market were
consolidated Tuesday with Mc
Namer & Sorensen of Central buy
ing the interests of Happold &
Oviatt.
B. G. Sigsbee has purchased
the Paul Webb residence proper-
Mrs. Ronald Black, Mrs. R. B. Apart from Europe and Amer
Rands and Mrs. Robert Harwood I -motored
to Pendleton Monday. I ica apples are cultvater In South
Mrs. Earl Bnggs is spending , Australla New Zealand
the week in Portland, returning , Amerlca- Australia, ew zaiana,
home Friday. Northern India, and China.
'-
December 9, after a long illness.
A daughter was born Tuesday
to Mr. and Mrs. Clair Ashbaugh.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Clark re
turned Sunday from Bend where
they had been called by the ser
ious illness of Mrs. Clark's sister,
Mrs. O. M. Whittington. Her con
dition is greatly improved.
HEPPNER
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FURNITURE MOVING
"We Go Anywhere.Anytlme"
crime waves point up the necessi
ty of having a separate cell build
ing for criminally insane.
WATER GRAB EGG-WALKING
"No one's trying to plunder the
Pacific Northwest's rich water re
sources." That assurance highlighted a
meeting at Governor McKay's of
fice this week. It came from Stan,
ford P. McCaslcnd of Salt Lake
City, one of two representatives of
the reclamation bureau's united
western office who took part in
the conference at the statehouse.
McCaslend summing up the
hour-long discussion, told the
Capitol Parade, "We find that the
governor and other Oregon men at
the meeting have the same objec.
tive as that of the bureau rapid
and orderly development of the
west's natural resources.
The Salt Lake men said that
(he initial study would cover all
arable land in all parts of 12
western states asid would include
also estimates on demands of ev.
ery other potential water use
They said their preliminary re-
connaisance would probably be
completed in 19o2. They plan to
outline their methods at similar
meetings with 11 other western
governors.
NEWBRY DEFENDS
SELECTION
The announcement that the new
branch office of the state motor
vehicle division for the Coos Bay
district will be located in North
Bend has aroused the ire of some
residents in the city of Coos Bay.
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
6hop phone 2253 at Willow k
Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2342
J. 0. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone 845
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Peterson's Jewelers
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry 6. Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks. Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor oi 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 & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
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
Council Plr,t Monday
WWUntll Eton Monlh
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
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Phone 1485 for appointment
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RALPH E.CURRIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
First National Bank Bldg.
Fhone 2632
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms, Busines, Income Prop
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Income Tax Return
Arlington, Oregon
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Tnaaday, Thnnday, Saturday Tort.
non only
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1133
DR. J. D. PALMER Dentist
Rma. 11-12 1st Nat Bank Bldg.
Ph.: Office 783, Home 932
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Friday, Saturday.
Arlington: Wed. and Thurs.
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