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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 5, 1950
EDITORIAL
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NATION At IDITORIAl
Business Outlook Good
According to the experts in such matters,
business is ejectcd to continue on about the
..amp piano in 1H.VI as that of 1949. There will
be little slump, they say, during the first six
months. Most of them feel that the period of
adjustment has passed and that such changes as
occur will be reflected in certain areas and will
not be general throughout the nation. That Is,
no depression is in sight so far as they can foresee.
Various reasons are offered for assuming that
conditions will continue good for most of 1950.
The main one, it is believed, is that this is a con
gressional election year and that the Administra.
Hon cannot afford to permit a serious slump In
any of the Industries where masses of labor are
represented, in view of the desire on the part of
both the labor bosses and Mr. Truman to secure a
majority in both houses in favor of scuttling the
Taft-Hartley law.
Be that as it may, it is somewhat heartening
to learn that those who make business forecasting
a vocation feel that there will be no upsets of a
serious nature, at least for six months ahead. This
should encourage any of our citizens who have
contemplated residence or business construction
to go ahead with their plans, even if building costs
will not be materially lowered. The outlook for
lowering building costs is not promising and the
demand for more housing has not decreased so far
as local conditions are concerned. This is not of
fering advice, but it is passing on to our readers
and to the public the opinions of those best quali
fied to forecast the business picture.
There are two projects which the Chamber of
Commerce and the city should work on with zeal
this year. One is the flood control dam and the
other the federal building. If it becomes neces
sary for the Administration to "spill" a little fed
eral money here and there to keep business and
labor on an even keel, the chances for securing
one or the other or perhaps both of these projects
would be somewhat enhanced. Of the two the
flood control dam is by far the most desirable, if
there is to be a matter of choice. Both are needed,
however, and our efforts should be directed tow
ards recognition in the right places.
Respecting the dam, weather is the most un-
The cAmerican Way
BIG MEN
By GEORGE PECK
predictable element we have to deal with and
while there has been no major calamity resulting
from floods since the 1903 disaster, the DOtentlal isl i u. . ...'
always with us and there is always the possibility
of a similar storm occurring. This should not be
allowed to sleep for there are many other places
seeking construction of projects, many of them professor, economist or business
lackintr tho mortt nf the Hnmr r,rr,Wr anH thov executive COllld match.
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will have no compunction about grabbing the
funds that should be used here.
Hennner has Increased nnnroxlmatelv fiftv ner questions the assembled five
I hundred grown-ups might throw
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the figure at that time as reliable. It has many
more people than resided here In 1903. There are
more residences in the flood area than were there
at that time. Does it not stand to reason that loss
of life and damage to property would be much
paitrt in a ivimtilotAlu nnrahogrc
greater? By the same token, the development of pd p'rogram, grasped tne mlcro.
phone and instantly made the
following reply:
government agencies in recent years has added
several offices here enough to warrant a federal
building. They have been enumerated in this
column before, but for the sake of refreshing the
memory it Is pointed out that we have the post
office, which needs larger facilities; the forest
In November of last year at the ( from the business arena. Those
4-H Congress in Chicago, a young who now, or who in the future,
farm lad gave an answer to a 'selfishly disregard the rights of
question regarding big business others will fail. As in the past,
that no philosopher, university I Boss Public will take care of
them.
As time goes on, more and more
businessmen are coming to real
ize that it is GOOD business to
deal the cards off the top of the
deck that honesty and fairness
are absolutely necessary for per
manent success and survival
that BOSS PUBLIC must be obey
ed. Honest, fair businessmen
themselves decry the small mi
nority of dishonest ones among
them, and are doing their utmost
to expose and expel these para
sites from the realm of business.
Thus, business as a whole, with
out Government interference, re
gulation or compulsion, purges
itself and moves closer and closer
to a more idealistic condition.
Yes, Stanley Dreyer, eighteen-year-old
farm boy from Brighton,
Colorado, you were one hundred
) Six young people (3 boys and
1 3 girls) from the farm sat up in
front as a panel to answer any
at them.
The following question was
asked: "Do you think that big
business is good for this coun
try?" An eighteen -year-old lad, Stan
ley Dreyer, from Brighton, Colo-
ranger's office, the county agent's office including column I have had the temerity
"SURE, BIG BUSINESS IS
GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY, SO
LONG AS THE MEN WHO RUN
IT ARE BIG."
Nice going, Stanley. You scored
a bull's eye. Frequently In this percent correct in your spontan-
the Triple-A, or PMA as it is now called, and the
Rural Electrification Administration which is now
an active agency in the county. Concentration
of these agencies in a federal building would re
lease office and store space for individuals or
firms looking for better quarters or a place to
start in business.
If the community looks upon these projects as
worthwhile there should be an active interest
manifested. Our cause is just. Let us not be
chicken-hearted, or just plain too modest.
While on the subject of building we would
like to call attention to the amount of construc
tion that has taken place in lone the past year.
It perhaps should be said the past two or three
years, for the program of improvement didn't just
begin in 1949. Numerous fine homes have been men wh resrt to unfair prac-
uit:, in me lung juii, auiuumui'
to criticize certain actions of bus
iness and businessmen. While
constantly championing the cause
of Free, Private, Competitive En
terprise, I have not been blind to
the fact that some injustices have
been committed. After all busi
nessmen are simply human be
ings and, as in any other walk of
life, some of them have not been
without sin.
But to condemn business (big
or small) because of the sins of
a few is just as illogical as It
would be to condemn the Chris
tian church and Christianity be
cause an occasional minister or
priest has fallen by the wayside
and failed to live up to the high
standards of his noble calling.
Boss Public has a sure-fire for.
mula for cleaning the House of
Business, of taking care of the
business malefactors. Business-
eous statement that "big busi
ness is good tor the country, so
long as the men who run it are
big." And you and all Americans,
young and old, can rejoice in the
fact that most of the men run
ning big business today are BIG
that each passing year sees them
growing bigger in stature, more
"big" men recruited to their
ranks and fewer "little" men re
maining among them to prey up
on the American public.
Most American businessmen
(big and small) today seek con
stantly to provide better values at
lower costs. They recognize the
responsibility of their trustee
ship. They believe that Business,
Labor, Government and Agricul
ture working as a team can pro
vide jobs and opportunity for all
to work for security without loss
of our liberty and rights as free
men. They are alert to their own
built and others remodeled. The little old town eliminate themselves from ! shortcomings, to the need for im
"down the river" is becoming genuinely civic the business picture. Boss Public provement, and if unhampered by
minded and from appearances has only started sees to that. The few business- government restriction and puni
on a campaign that will make it become known
as a place of fine homes and modern, comfortable
living advantages.
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From Heppner Gazette Times
January 8, 1920
The high cost of living has not
overlooked the operation of the
district, town, county or state af
fairs and the tax levy In Morrow
county will be the highest in
years, a levy of 43 mills for the
taxpayer who lives In Heppner.
Miss Beulah Barker, a former
teacher in the Heppner schools
but now teaching at Echo, was
married last week to Frank Helm
of that place.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Green at their home In
this city, Friday, January 2.
Marriage licenses were issued
this week to William H. Garner
and Lorraine Tafel, residents of
Xorth Morrow county, and George
Legler of Hamilton and Leona
Schmidt of Lexington.
The Palace hotel property was
sold at bankrupt sale in this city
Monday for $8,500 to M. S. Corrl
gal.
Frank Gilliam was presented
with a past master's gavel by his
fellow members of Heppner lodge
No. 69, A.F.&A.M. last Saturday
evening. Mr. Gilliam is the old
est living member of the local
odge, his card dating from 1877,
and his name is 16th on the roll.
W. H. Cronk, manager and Al
bert Adkins, salesman of the lo
cal Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., D.
L. Countryman and C. E. Kellogg
of Lexington and lone offices left
Wednesday for Walla Walla to
attend the annual convention of
managers and salesmen of the
company.
S. H. Boardman, godfather of
Morrow county's northern town,
and Col. Emmett Callahan, an
other one of Boardman's leading
citizens, will form a part of the
county's delegation to the irrlga.
tlon congress which meets in
Portland the last of the week.
The Christian church of Lex
ington now has a new piano as
the result of enterprising efforts
of the Endeavor society, says Rev.
W. C. Worstell, pastor of the
church who was In town Satur
day. There won't be any more holi
days for Heppner school kids un
til June, says Supt. D. W. Bolt
nott. School was resumed Mon
day after a two weeks' layoff.
The memberships of Willows
lodge No. 66 and Rebekah lodge
No. 33 were well represented at
the watch party at the lodge room
Wednesday evening.
J. T. Ayers has leased his But
ter creek farm to J. B. Coxen and
Frank Ayers for a term of two
years.
Sans Soucl Rebekah lodge held
installation last Friday evening.
Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee was Installing
officer and, the following officers
were Installed: N. G., Llnnle
Thornton; vice N. G Lillian Tur
ner; secretary, Opal Hall; treas
urer, Pearl Chldsey.
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LOVING B
By ALFRED
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Alfred P. Haa.
ke, Ph.D., Mayor of Park Ridge,
Illinois, is a noted Economist,
Business Consultant, Lecturer
and Author.)
Some one has said that the road
to Hell is paved with good inten
tions, but he did not tell us whe.
ther those who have paved that
road go to Hell.
It would be interesting to know
whether the well-meaning per
verter of truth, the betrayer of
those whom he loves, and the de
stroyer of that which he seeks to
build are judged by their inten
tions or by the results of their
actions when the Great Juuge
renders his final verdict.
We need not answer that ques
tion here, but it is important to
know that motives, no matter
how good, cannot prevent opera
tion of the law of cause and effect.
The doctor who mistakenly pre.
scribes arsenic to cure heart trou
ble does not thereby prevent the
poison from killing his patient,
no matter how earnest his hopes
that the patient will get well.
The architect does not prevent
destruction of the house he builds
if he ignores the laws of physics
in trying to save money for his
client.
The teacher who loves his stu
dents does not thereby change
the laws of psychology which
wreck the boy who Is mistakenly
taught to rely entirely upon
others.
So with the political and econ
omic policies of a nation. We
know that the communist wants
to destroy capitalism and thereby
tear down the prosperous econo
mic structure which we have
built in the United States. He
wants to set up government con
trol over our lives and subjugate
the Individual to the state. He
sees Jesus of Nazareth with his
gospel of love as the mortal ene
my of Karl Marx with his doctrine
of class hate.
tive taxation, they will raise the
standard of business to even
greater heights.
ETR A Y AL
P. HAAKE
But the communist Is too wise
to attack in the open with clear
avowal of his real purpose. He
makes the attack in the name of
democracy and humanitarianism,
seeking to enlist for his fell pur
poses the aid of the very elements
ne seeks to destroy.
And so, many a devout church
member, or worker for good, ac
cepts the extravagant spending
and accumulation of public debt
as means to foster the welfare of
individuals less fortunate than
himself, and to provide easy help
for the projects he would serve.
He does this out of love for his
fellow man, to establish the reign
of plenty for all men on earth.
But, whether the purpose behind
the extravagant spending, subsl-
uies, government control and pil
ing up of debts be to wreck the
capitalistic system quickly, as is
the aim of the community and his
socialistic pals or whether It be
in the name of demcoracy to pro
mote humanitarian purposes, as
is the hope of the devout and the
good THE END RESULT IS
1'HE SAME in either case. It
brings destruction to our tradi
tional American freedom and
self-reliance, the setting up of
bureaucratic controls which ulti.
mately enslave the individual,
lower his standard of living, and,
ultimately destroy the Church
itself.
So the devout church member
can become fellow-traveler to the
communist without realizing It,
and neither the purity nor the no
bility of his motives prevents him
from serving as ally to the de
stroyers of his country and its
basic freedoms. His methods de
feat his purpose.
Sheer love for humanity does
not save humanity when those
who love it use the methods that
ultimately destroy the objects of
their love. It then becomes loving
oetrayal.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of Electrical Work
New and Repair
Shop phone 2253 at Willow t
v-hase Streets. Res. Phone 11642
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone MS
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
J. O. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Gift Goods
Watches. Clocks. Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg
i'hone 2342 Heppner
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. in Legion Hall
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
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 Cats Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Director
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
Council MB1SrUo!,f
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.
nto.
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N. D. BAILEY
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Lawn Mowers Sharpened
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I'hone 14S5 for appointment
or call at shop.
RALPH E. CURRIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
First National Bank Bldg.
Phone 2632
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms. Busines, Income Prop
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Income Tax Returns
Arlington, Oregon
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to 6 p.nu
Tody, Tbaridy, Btturd7 For.
non only
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
DR. J. D. PALMER Dentist
Rms. 11-12 1st Not Bank Bldg.
Ph.: Office 783, Home 932
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