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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 1 5, 1949
Volume 66, Number 39
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Hunting-Angling
Licenses Produce
Extensive Revenue
Clerk Takes in
$5,434 For Game
Tags During Year
Hunting and angling licenses,
with emphasis largely on deer
and elk licenses and tags, produc.
ed revenue in the amount of $5,
434 through sales at the office of
County Clerk C. W. Barlow during
1949. Barlow has Just completed
his report to the state game com
mission.
In receiving $3,472 from hunt
Ing and angling licenses, the
clerk made 943 sales. In addition
there were 3-12 deer tag sales and
207 elk tag sales. The deer tag
sales brought $382, Including
some out-of-state accounts, and
the elk tags amounted to $1,580,
for a total of $5,434.
The clerk's report does not re
present all of the sales of licens
es and tags made in the county.
As reported previously in these
columns, other places sold llcens
es and tags and the total sales in
the county could easily run well
over $6,000.
Pointing to the growth of hunt
ing and angling, from the stand
point of revenue accruing to the
state game commission, Clerk
Barlow recalled that during his
first term of office the receipts
from license sales amounted to
approximately $2,000. There has
been a gradual Increase and he Is
not certain the maximum has
reached.
Oregon Road System
Had Origin in Early
Day Automobile Club
Automobile owners of Oregon
started picking up the White
Man's Burden of road Improve
ment right pronto after the gas
oline buggies first made their
more or less erratic appearance to
the horrified reaction of Old Dob
bin and the very frequent damage
to the One Hoss Shay.
The early automobile owners,
all 40 of them, started the move
ment to put the new look on the
roads right after they organized
the Portland Automobile Club on
April 19, 1905. They were an earn
est group, equipped with long
linen dusters, gauntleted gloves,
goggles and an insatiable desire
to go places. One of those places
was the Clairmont Tavern down
the west side of the Willamette at
Llnnton.The road had the advan
tage of connecting with smoother
city streets running past the
Lewis fcClark Exposition grounds,
was level, not too bumpy but all
fired dusty in the good old sum
mer time when it was nicest to go
honking along.
The Club members early dis-
coverd that while their goggles
might keep the dust out or their
eyes it would not keep It out of
decided to do something about it.
their noses or their throats so they
scriptions footing up to $2,205 and
They took up a collection, the sub
$l,dl5 (that representing all of
on or about April, 1906, spent
Ing a portion of the Linnton road,
the subscriptions paid In) In oil-
This was the culmination of
efforts reaching from a Memorial
Day automobile race meet at the
Irving track May 30, 1905, which
netted $214.10 toward the oil fund.
It is noted in the report of Lewis
Russell, chairman of the Road
Race and Meet Committee that
the oiling had been "done at the
request of 85 percent of the sub
scribers." He adds, 'There was a
loud roar principally from the
people who did not subscribe and
those who promised but did not
materialize." It also was argued
at the meeting that the "St. Johns
Boulevard" on the east bank of
the river should be oiled. This
would give us ," It was pointed
out, "circle drive of the city, down
one side of the beautiful Will
amette, across the St. Johns ferry
and back on the other side." It
also was urged "to take action
about the road to Government
Camp and Mt. Hood." The min
utes not that the club "had made
a run" to Clairmont Tavern where
"a luncheon was served gratis
but only a few members had
availed themselves of the op
portunity." Better luck was had at
a trip to the Twelve Mile House
"In which 10 automobiles took
part."
By that time there were 212 aut.
omoblle owners in Portland and
confidence was expressed that
all of them could be gathered
Into the organization. Seemingly,
too, the 212 buzz wagons (some of
.which were Stanley Steamers and
Locomobiles) had commenced to
clutter up traffic, for on May 2,
19()(i, the mlntues note the ap
pointment of a committee "to see
the city council to try to secure
an 8 mile an hour speed limit In
side the fire limits and 15 miles
outside of them within the city
boundaries."
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AID AMBULANCE FUND
Four additional names were re
cenlly added to the list of donors
to the ambulance fund. These In
elude three from lone, Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Baker, Mr. and Mrs.
W. II. Zlnter and Mrs Minnie E.
Forbes of lone, and Mrs Henry
Smouse of Heppner.
County Taxpayers Get
$711,115 Property Tax
Bill For Christmas Gift
Morrow county property tax
payers got a 1949-50 $711,115 tax
bill from Santa Claus this year,
for all county, city, shcool and
other local purposes, a 215 per
cent Increase over the last fiscal
year, according to Oregon Busi
ness & Tax Research, the state
taxpayer association.
Morrow county's property tax
increase was due principally to
a 39.2 per cent Increase for school
costs, 18.4 per cent increase in
taxes levied for cities and towns,
and a 5.5 per cent lift In tax cost
of general county government, as
shown by the county assessor's
annual tax summary.
Despite this heavy Increase in
taxes, the bill is approximately
80 per cent paid, according to the
tax department of the sheriff s
office. Furthermore, Morrow
county stands high In the list of
counties relative to delinquent
tax payments. Of 35 counties re
porting, this county stands second
with less than $25,000 remaining
unpaid for all years.
Mrs. Frances Mitchell, deputy
in charge of tax collections, said
this morning that 2,075 receipts
had been Issued to taxpayers up
to Nov. 15. She also pointed to
the fact that property tax offset
from revenues of personal income
taxes and corporate excise taxes
for Morrow county amounted to
$228,045.71. But for this, property
taxes would have been 17.3 mills
higher.
Steady increases in cost of lo
cal government, much of it voter-
approved (generally few voters
vote at special elections), Is
shown by the 14 per cent Increase
in total 1949-50 property taxes
levied In Oregon, from $79,179,
455 for 1948 to $90,274,329 for the
current tax year, a jump of more
than $11,000,000. This amount Is
another all-time record tax load
on property in Oregon.
Home, farm and business prop
erty owners have on Yuletide
consolation, the report points out.
The jet-propelled upswing In pro-
ECONOMY HIS VOCATION
Budget Director Harry Dorman's
drive to eliminate the fat from
state government spending is
finding generally stout coopera
tion in state departments. Econ
omies In two small instances dra
matically illustrate how many
minor savings add up to hand
some figures.
If recent reductions In state use
of long-distance telephone calls
at Salem and In out-of-state trav
el by state officials can be main
tained for the biennium, they will
help the taxpayer to the tune of
$84,000 a year.
OREGON'S GOVERNOR
HONORED
Quite an honor, that accorded
our trovernor Douglas McKay
when he was named to the exec
utive board of the Conference of
State Governors recently.
It now develops that the execu
tive board has the big Job of pre
paring the agenda for the annual
meeting of all governors. Gover
nor McKay was busy In Chicago
last week-end working with the
eight other committee members
on that assignment.
He is the board's representative
of the Far Western states.
STATEHOUSE SCUTTLEBUTT
Statehouso scuttlebutt has It
that the Demos will field at least
two gubernatorial candidates in
next years' primary State Treas
urer Walter Pearson and State
Senator Austin Flegel of Multno.
man county. In fact, there Is a
lot more than rumor to the possi
bility that this race is in the mak
Ing. Admiral Thomas Gatch, re
tired, is anxious to try his sea
legs in politics to determine whe
ther they are as strong in that
field as they were on the bridge
of his old wartime battlewagon,
the USS South Dakota. As plans
now stand, he will make a pri
mary race against the veteran
congressional Incumbent of the
third district, Homer Angell, or
against the redoubtable Senator
Wayne Morse. Gatch has been
urged by many Influential citi
zens and groups to test his great
military and civilian (he handled
the Mike Elliott recall campaign)
popularity at the polls.
GAME CHIEF REAPPOINTED
Charles A. Lockwood whose
term as state game director would
have expired December 31, was
reappointed last Saturday by the
commission. Ills reappointment
was unanimous but the term was
Indefinite.
Seven pounds of cheese were
consumed per person in 1948.
The python swallows whole an
imals the size of small pigs.
perty taxes (none are levied for
state purposes) slowed down this
year! The 1948-49 total zoomed
about 24 per cent over 1947-48,
versus a modest 14 per cent bulge
this year.
Hood River and Harney coun
ties won the $64 question by be
ing the only counties in Oregon
wherein total local property tax
es were less this year than last.
Clatsop and Columbia counties
had snail-pace increases, only 4.7
and 3.1 per cent, respectively.
Schools for Oregon's kiddie
crop spent 70 per cent of all the
1949-50 Oregon property tax bill,
over 53,000,000, or 21 percent ($9,-
200,000 plus) more than was ley
ted last year for "little red school
houses" (now neither little nor
red), the state taxpayer associa
tion summary of 36 county asses
sor tax summary statements cit
ed. The $53,000,000 total for school
costs does not include about $20,
000,000 of state Income tax cash
diverted to local school districts.
Douglas county has the dubi
ous honor of having the largest
over-all property tax increase,
slightly more than 52 per cent
over the 1948-49 levy.
Heavy tax levies for road re
construction, due to the 1949
freeze, and new hospital projects
in a few counties (under a feder.
al match-money deal), accounted
for increases in some counties.
Many counties are "squeezed"
for elbow room within the 6 per
cent limitation law to raise tax
cash for general purposes. Much
of the current year's $11,000,000
property tax increase was due to
levies voted by a few people at
special elections, costs sometimes
forgotten when tax bills are op
ened. County courts are urging
that property tax cost of public
welfare be levied outside the 6
per cent limitation, to make room
for mandatory tax costs pushed
onto counties by the legislature,
the Oregon Business & Tax Re
search tax summary report men
tioned. Junior Class Play
Tomorrow Evening
Everything is in readiness for
presentation of the Junior class
play, "Love Rides the Rails," at
the gymnasium auditorium to
morrow (Friday) evening. The
curtain goes up at 8 o'clock.
Coached by James Erickson,
high school English teacher, the
play is a bright comedy and pro
mises an evening of pleasant en.
tertainment for the cash custom
ers. Attention Is again called to the
annual Christmas program at the
auditorium next Thursday eve
ning, when the grade school will
present "Hansel and Gretel" as
the main feature of the entertain
ment which will include a large
part of the school in the cast.
INJURED IN FALLS
Dennis McNamee fell Sunday
and broke his left shoulder. He
was taken to St. Anthony's hos
pital Monday. Several other mi
nor accidents occurred the first
of the week as a result of snowy
streets. Miss Leta Humphreys, en
route to work from her home on
north Court street, fell and injur
ed the bridge of her nose, and
Mrs. Bill Smith received a sprain,
ed back in a fall at her home.
D. OF H. CHRISTMAS PARTY
Hostesses for the Degree of
Honor Christmas party Tuesday
evening at the Legion hall were
Mesdames Adelle Hannan and
Keith Sluyter. Mrs. J. W. Farra
was In charge of tne entertain
ment. Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Ted Pierson and Mrs. Merle
Burkenbine for their efforts in
creating the most exotic hats
from crepe paper in the military
contest. Officers for the ensuing
year were elected and include,
Tthelyn Pierson, past president;
Ida Farra, president; Adelle Han
nan, vice president; Ruth McCoy,
second vice president; Clara Gert
son, financial secretary; Ruth
Payne, treasurer; Katie Cunning,
ham, inner watch; and Nancy
Sluyter, outer watch. Installation
ceremonies will be held the first
meeting in January.
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Mrs. Agnes Curran left Sunday
for Portland where she will visit
for a few days with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Helen Green, before con
tinuing onto Los Angeles. There,
Mrs. Curran will join another
daughter, Mrs. Mario Aiken, on a
trip to Mexico. Tills Is a conduct,
ed tour which will take them as
far south as Acapulco whh time
out for a sojourn in Mexico City
and brief stops in other places of
interest. One of the highlights of
the trip will be the high mass on
Christmas Eve at one of the old
Spanish missions. Mrs Curran
planned to begin the tour about
December 17 and expects to re
turn to Los Angeles late in Janu
ary. PROGRAM HOUR CHANGED
Children of the Episcopal
church school will present their
program at 6 p. m. Sunday-evening
Instead of 7 p. m. as origin
ally planned.
Grand Jury Finds
Seven True Bills,
Seven Not True Bills
A grand Jury of Morrow county
citizens investigating numerous
cases the first of the week found
seven true bills and seven not
true bills. Of the seven true bills,
two were referred to the court
for hearing, the rest remaining
secret.
Clifford McManls, found guilty
of obtaining money under false
pretenses, was placed on proba
tion for one year. Jack Farrls of
lone was the complaining wit
ness.
Ruben Medlock was indicted on
two counts of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor. He has
indicated that he will fight the
charges and Is being held In cus
tody of the sheriff pending a
hearing.
Judge Watts came over Monday
and disposed of several cases, in
cluding some birth certificates.
Heppner's Casoba
Tossers Find Beam
In Defeating lone
Coach Vernon Bohles's high
school Mustangs finally found
their stride Tuesday evening after
two bad starts against other
teams and defeated lone high 35
27 on the local gym floor. They
had previously suffered defeats
at the hands of Echo here, 45-25,
and at Umatilla, 35-27. It wasn't
all bad at Umatilla, for the Hepp
ner B quint was able to take the
Umatills Bees on a 28-21 basis.
lone didn't lose everything here
Tuesday night, either, for Jhe
lone Terrors (the grade school
team) walloped the local graders
right handily to the tune of 35
to 12.
Merle Becket Chosen
To Head Wranglers
For Ensuing Year
The monthly meeting of the
Wranglers, Morrow county riding
club, was held Tuesday evening
at the office of Turner, Van Mar
ter & Co. Election of officers was
held with the following being
elected: Merle Becket, president;
Mrs. Don Robinson, vice presi
dent; Evonne Gammell, secretary
and treasurer; Mrs. Archie rfur
chison, reporter; Al Fetsch, direc
tor.
A report was made on the re
suit of the harvester breakfast
which was sponsored by the club
on Saturday morning, December
3, for the accommodation of the
wheat league. Merle Becket was
appointed chairman. Committee
heads were Harlan McCurdy, in
charge of food supplies; Lee
Beckner, in charge of food prepa
ration; Harvey Smith, in charge
of table service, and John Eu
banks, in charge of cleanup. The
large number ofthe lone members
who were present to help contri
buted to a successful affair.
The next entertainment will be
a party In January.
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FLASHI LOST GIRL FOUNDI
A radio flash at about 1:50
p. m. today reported that Ruth
Aberle, 16-year-old Kelso,
Wash, girl who had been lost
since Sunday, was found Just
before the message was sent
out. She was wandering
along a creek bank when
found by searchers.
OUR DEMOCRACY-
The Rmily
Look, well fbtk rUartkstone ; ilierein a.11 Ito
f A 1. M
jor America, lies.
In the colp twilight of the
EARLY SETTLERS GATHERED
THAT THE FAMILY SPIRIT,
THE LOVE OF HOME, PERSISTS
AS STRONGLY IN THE AMERICA
OP TODAY. IS PROVED BY THE
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UNIVERSAL DESIRE OP AFRICAN FAMILIES FOR A HOME
OF THEIR OWN. TO MEET THIS DESIRE, LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES ARE LENDING MONEY TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS
TO OWN MORE THAN A M.-LION HOMES -
LOOKING WELL TO THE HEARTHSTONE
Random Ihoughts...
A bit of training in civic soirit
has been provided a group of
high school boys at lone the past
few week-ends. Under guidance
of their adviser, E. S. Stultz, the
boys cleaned up the debris left
by the big fire of early summer
which destroyed the Swanson
building and the town library.
It was a senior class enterprise
and the senior girls, with a little
adult assistance, served lunches
to Mr. Stultz and his crew. Per
haps no greater gift could be
made to their town than this
piece of work done by the class
and this exemplification of civic
pride Is worthy of emulation bv
civic groups and citizens in gen
eral. Some confusion exists relative
to the question of eminent do
main. It is not the purpose of this
column to define the term but to
pass on to our readers what has
been heard on this subject in re
cent weeks. Occasionally a prop
erty owner is apprised of the fact
that he has extended his fence
over his legal line onto a street,
alley, or public road. Perhaps the
encroachment has been overlook
ed for a long number of years
and the property owner labors
under the impression that it is
his by virtue of occupation. Such
is not the case, our lawyer friends
tell us. He may be able to procure
it through a vacating action upon
the part of the municipality,
county, or state. Otherwise, it re.
mains the property of such gov
ernment branch. If you are now
occupying land of this type you
should begin to think about mov
ing your fence back to your own
property line, unless there is a
move on the part of the legal
owner to vacate.
This column, or at least this
newspaper, has in times past re
ferred to some of the extreme
winters the writer and his familv
experienced in Wallowa county.
menuon oi me weatner in that
land of beauty was not made in
a spirit of derision, for if we had
not been fond of the region we
could have left sooner than we
did. It is recalled at this time by
an incident that occurred during
the recent Oregon Wheat Growers
League and bears out the oft-re
peated old saw "your chickens
come home to roost". Three dele.
gates to the convention from Wal
lowa county called at the editor
ial sanctum to pay their respects
to former citizens and boy, oh
boy! how they did lay it on about
how cold it was in Heppner!
There was nothing to be offered
in the way of defense because
there had been a heavy frost the
night before, but if we had want
ed to be mean and have the last
word - - -. Well, there was a
convention on and we were on
the hosting side and it was noth
ing more than the polite thing to
let the visitors have their little
joke.
Lander, Wyo., is noted for its
colorful rodeo and pageant every
3rd, 4th and 5th of July. People
for miles around come to town for
a rip-snorting celebration. One
well-known pioneer, who was In
town for the annual spree, was
asked at which hotel he was stay
ing. Startled, the old-timer ex
claimed, "Hotel! Why man, I'm
only going to be here three days!"
Mrs. M. C. Hemrich.
Omar Khayyam, author of the
Rubaiyat, was also a great math,
ematician.
-by Mat
Hearthstone
calvin coolidqe
northern winters, as rue
AROUND THE HEARTHSTONE
FOR. COMFORT, THEY WERE
CREATING A SYMBOL THAT HAS
6TOOO THROUGH THE YEARS
FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILY
AND THE AMERICAN HOME,
Briefs of Community -.
By RUTH F. PAYNE
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nell of Con
don were shopping in Heppner
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rosewall
left Sunday for Long Beach and
other points in California for a
brief visit with relatives. This Is
their first vacation in 11 years.
During their absence, Emery Gen
try of Weston is looking after the
business.
Henry Aiken has returned home
from Portland where he has been
a patient at St. Vincent's hospital.
Miss Christine Weist, Gerhard
and Oscar Weist returned to their
home in Sunnyside, Wash., Fri
day after several days' visit here
with their brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Farra.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayers of
Echo spent Tuesday in Heppner
looking after business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fraters
who have a ranch at Elgin have
moved to Heppner to spend the
winter.
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
motored to Pendleton Saturday
evening, taking their niece, Mrs.
Ralph Johnson, that far on her re.
turn to her home in Pocatello, Ida.
after a visit of several days here.
Among shoppers in Heppner
Monday from Lexington were
Mrs. Roy Keene, Mrs. Randall
Martin, Mrs. Truman Messenger
and Mrs. Roy Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilliam mo
tored to Hermiston Saturday to
make the acquaintance of their
young granddaughter, Meredith
Anne and Incidentally to visit her
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Jackson
Gilliam.
A. G. Pieper was in town Mon
day from his ranch in the Sand
Hollow district. Mr. Pieper reports
a four-inch snowfall In the Swag-
The cAmerican Way
BUREAUCRATIC OCTOPUS
By George Peck
Bearing in mind that these
United States of America were in
tended to be a Republic not a
Democracy what then is the
duty of our Federal Government
at Washington? And what limit
ations did the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights place upon the
Federal Government?
The primary function or duty
of the Federal Government is to
protect the private citizen against
oppression resulting from the
abuse of power including that
which destroys competition and
interferes with equality of oppor
tunity. Concentration of power,
whether it be vested in business,
in labor unions or in government,
is opposed to the philosophy and
the continuation of a republican
form of government.
Over the years we have laid
down safeguards to prevent un
bridled concentration of power in
business (the Clayton and Sher
man Acts). We have made a first
step toward averting concentra
tion of despotic power in labor
unions (the Taft-Hartley Act).
We drew up the Constitution in
1791 to prohibit concentration of
power in the Federal Government
In the case of business we have
succeeded fairly well in protect
ing the individual; in the case of
labor unions we have not done
quite so well; but as far as the
Federal Government is concern
ed, we have failed miserably.
Article X of the Bill of Rights
reads: "The powers not delegated
to the United States by the Con
stitution, nor prohibited by it to
the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the peo-
pie." Because we have not in
sisted that out politicians obey
this law and because the indivi
dual States have not jealously
guarded their rights, we have
seen the Federal Government
usurp power after power that in
a Republic rightfully belong to
the individual states.
Undoubtedly the saddest thing
about this is that when a state
surrenders a power, Its ability to
do that thing departs. Thus, the
state is left weaker to do its re
Masonic Bodies To
Eat Turkey And Install
Officers Saturday
Masonic bodies of Heppner and
vicinity, including Heppner lodge
No. 69, A.F.&A.M., Heppner chap
ter No. 26, Royal Arch Masons,
and Ruth chapter No. 32, Order
of the Eastern Star, will hold
Joint installation ceremonies Sat
urday evening at 'he Masonic
hall. Serving will start at 5:30
o'clock, with the wege ceremon
ies opening as soon as all have
been served.
Due to growth of the three
branches and limited dining
space, attendance will be con
fined to members and their wives
or wives and husbands, as the
case may be.
BOMBING RANGE CLOSED
Although no official notifica
tion has been received by the
county court, it is reported that
the bombing field has again been
placed on an active basis. A unit
of the air corps has been station
ed at Boardman for some time
gart Buttes area early Monday
but by afternoon most of It had
melted away.
Week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Becket were their
daughter, Mrs. Richard Johnson
and daughters of Dufur.
Girl Scout troop No. 4 enter
tained with a birthday party for
Patsy McDonald Monday evening.
The birthday cake was provided
by Mrs. Ray McDonald. At this
meeting, Brownie wings, troop
crests and second year pins were
given to the members. Mrs. Adelle
Hannan is troop leader.
Mrs. R. D. AJlstott Jr. was over
from Umatilla to spend the week,
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Bergstrom.
Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Anthony
(Kathleen Sherman) of Oregon
City were week-end guests of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sher
man at their country home on
upper Willow creek.
William V. Crawford of Port
land was a business visitor in
Heppner the first of the week.
According to reports, Miss Bar
bara Sherman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Sherman, and Bill
Hinton were married in Walla
Walla recently. They are living
in Dale at the present time.
Mrs. Lee Scrivner observed her
birthday Tuesday with a small
party at her home on north Court
street Present were Mesdames
Mary Blake, John W. Hiatt, E. R.
Huston, Emll Johnson and Alex
Green.
F. C Tolleson was a week-end
visitor in Portland.
Mrs. Cornett Green entertained
the Bookworms club at her home
on Gale street Tuesday evening.
Miss Lulu Hager reviewed the
book, 'The Mudlark, by Theo
dore Bonet.
maining duties. Through this pro
cess, therefore, we are destroying
the states and as they become
weaker and weaker, more and
more power is being taken to
Washington. This has resulted in
a bureaucracy to handle the ma
chinery of government, a bureau
cracy that is no longer suscept
ible of popular control. Of neces
sity we have had to delegate to
this bureaucracy the power to
make rules which have the force
of law, to construe these rules
and to enforce them. These are all
the powers that any king has
ever had.
As the concentration of power
in Washington increases, the
number of employees feeding at
the public trough also increases,
the while they become less and
less supervised. Unless we start
immediately to decentralize this
power at Washington by lopping
off the tentacles of this bureau
cratic octopus, our Republic is
doomed. We either must decen
tralize or make up our minds
that we are to be ruled by a great
central bureaucracy which no
body can control. A bureaucratic
system of government is as alien
to a Republic, is as susceptible
to tyranny and corruption, and is
impossible of popular control as
any other system of government,
including even that of Russia.
If the time has come when the
responsibilities and difficulties of
Government exceed the capacity
of the American people to dis
charge them, then we are in for
a change in the form of our Gov
ernment. No thinking American
wishes this to happen .To pre
vent it, powers must be taken
from Washington and restored to
the smaller units of government.
These smaller units must once
again flex their muscles and be
come strong; they must govern
agais.
The Federal Government has a
job to do, but it can not do a gen.
eral job of government, that is, if
we are to remain the Republic
under which we grew strong and
made ourselves the greatest na
tion in all world history.
SWICK FUNERAL AT
MONUMENT FRIDAT
Funeral services for Howard
Swick, prominent Grant county
stockman who died Tuesday eve.
ning at the Prairie City hospital
will be held Friday at Monu
ment, with Rev. Elvon L. Tull
vicar of All Saints Episcopal
church, Heppner, officiating. In
terment will be made in Oregon
City.
Survivors include his wife,
Ruth; a son, Robert, and his mo
ther, Mrs. Anna Bayliss of Hepp
ner. Mr. Swick suffered a stroke
Sunday. Mrs. Bayliss. who took a
plane to Prairie City Sunday, and
the other members of his family
were with him at the time of his
death.
o
Mrs. Martha Shannon and dau
ghtcr Mary left Wednesday morn
Ing for Corvallis to spend the
holidays with relatives. They will
return after New Year's day.
and local authorities have been
Informed that further use of the
range by civilians has b-n for
bidden.
New Directors For
Commerce Group
Elected Monday
Election of Officers
Scheduled For
Friday Evening
Five new directors were elect
ed Monday to complete the board
of the Heppner chamber of com
merce for 1950. The nominating
committee presented the names
of Henry Tetz, Allen Case, Jack
Loyd, Nelson Anderson, and J. R.
Huffman and a motion was car
ried that the nominations be clos.
ed the nominees be declared duly
elected.
Of the five new members, Tett
is the only one to be reelected.
Others retiring from the board
are C. J. D. Bauman, F. E. Tolle
son, Dr. L. D. Tibbies ana jonn
Saager. Holdover members are
Orville Smith, Glenn Parsons, F.
W. Turner, J. G. Barratt and O.
G. Crawford.
A meeting of the new board has
been arranged for tomorrow (Fri
day) evening for the purpose of
selecting officers for the year. The
president, secretary and treasur
er are chosen by the directors.
People wanting Christmas trees
should Inquire at the forest rang
er's office and learn where the
forest service prefers to have
them cut This was suggested by
Glenn Parsons, ranger, in an
swering the question as to whe
ther permits are needed. Persons
cutting trees to sell are required
to secure a permit and pay lor
them at the rate of 10 cents for up
to 8 -foot trees and 15 cents for
10-foot and larger trees.
Moisture For Year
Well Below Normal
Moisture will have to fall at a
rapid rate the next two weeks if
this region is to receive a normal
amount for the year 1949. Up to
December 1 the total recorded by
Len Gilliam was only 8.25 inches.
which is about 75 per cent of
normal.
November, with 2.18 inches,
was the wettest month. January
was a cold month and produced
only .39 of an Inch. In February
there was a change in the weath
er man's disposition and we re
ceived 2.03 inhces that month.
March followed up with 1.20 inch
es but from there on to November
the story was more or less dry.
April accounted for .42; May,
.75; June, 25; July, .00; August,
.00; September .30 and October,
.77.
Precipitation thus far in De
cember has been light but the
total for the year may reach nine
inches.
Seek Election To
Create Hermiston
Hospital District
Business visitors in Heppner
Tuesday were A. C. Houghton of
Inigon and Floyd Russell of Her.
miston. They were Interested In
preparing petitions for circulatoin
in the north part of the county
seeking to call a special election
for the purpose of getting an ex
pression of the people relative to
formation of a hospital district in
connection with the new Hermis
ton hospital.
It Is proposed to make a special
district out of the north end of
Morrow county and the west end
of Umatilla county.
GIRL SCOUTS LUNCH WTTH
SOROPTIMIST CLUB TODAY
Representatives of Troop IV,
Girl Scouts, were in attendance
at the meeting of the Soroptimist
Club of Heppner this noon. Mrs.
Adelle Hannan .troop leader, ac
companied Roberta Hannan and
Janyce Woodhall. Roberta gave
the Girl Scout pledge and laws
and Janyce spoke of their sewing
requirements and displayed an
apron which she had completed
as one of her projects.
The Soroptimist club sponsors
this troop of little girls and the
members are deeply interested In
their welfare and activities.
Soroptimists have scheduled a
Christmas party for Tuesday eve.
ning at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
C. C. Dunham. At this time the
club's Christmas baskets will be
filled and made ready for distri
bution. The party will take the
place of next week's luncheon.
On December 29 the club will
have a sack lunch at the home
of the president, Mrs. Oscar
George.
D. OF H. PARTY CHANGED
Because of a conflict in sched
ule, the party for the Juvenile
Degree of Honor, which was to
have been held Sunday afternoon
In the parish house of All Saints
Episcopal church, will be held In
the basement of the Christian
church between the hours of 2:.'W
and 5 p. m. Sunday, December 18.
Officers for the ensuing year
elected recently by Willows lodge
No. 66, I.O.O.F. Include Jesse C.
Payne, Noble Grand; Ted Pier
son, vice grand; Durward Tush,
secretary; and C. W. Barlow, trea
surer. Plans are being made fur
a Joint Installation with S.um
Souci Rebekah lodge. This will be
held in January,