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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 26, 1 950
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On Lotlors To The Editor
In another column will be found loners to the
editor relative to the proposed union high school.
On erusing the contents it will be found that
both lavor the proposal ,and both view it on the
grounds upon which it should be viewed strictly
on Its merits.
The Gazette Times believes the proposed school
is of sufficient importance to warrant free and
open discussion. In presenting it to its readers
last week it was hoped that the good and bad
features would be brought to the attention of the
taxpayers. To do that in an unbiased manner,
the columns are open to a limited number of
letters each week so long as Morrow county tax
payers wiih to avail themselves of an opportunity
to give public expression to their opinions.
There are some things to bear in mind in mak
ing such contributions. One is that our space is
limited. Another is that only those letters con
fined to a discussion of the subject strictly on its
merits will be given space ,and all letters must
be signed by the contributor. Prejudices, or bias
ed opinions will not settle points one way or the
other. The sole object of the Rural School Board,
and that objective is shared by this newspaper, is
to ascertain whether or not there is sufficient
sentiment in favor of a union high school to war
rant the KSB in paving the way for holding an
election. The present activity is not a campaign
for or against the proposal. The superintendent's
office is keeping a check on the "for "and '"against"
expressions to determine .over a sufficient length
of time just what the real sentiment amounts to.
No move will be made that is not fully warrant
ed. In other words, the school board or no other
group or individual is trying to put something
over.
If you have a valuable contribution to make
to this discussion, we welcome your copy.
Hastening "Evil Day"
Granting permission to the county court to
divert overflow from septic tanks at the hospital
into Willow creek was admittedly acting against
the better judgment of the members of the state
board of health ,and it might well be considered
a question of hastening the "evil day" the time
when Heppner will be able to boast of having a
sewer system. There was one thing only that
prompted the state board to reverse the usual
order and that is the interest of its personnel in
seeing the Morrow County Memorial hospital get
into operation.
If the property owners in the vicinity of the
disposal line running from the hospital to Willow
creek become users of that line and join with the
county in bearing the expense of building it, they
will do so with the understanding that it is a
temporary arrangement and that eventually they
will be called upon to bear their just share of a
general system to be put in by the city. It is
believed that the hospital line, while operating
under a temporary set up, should be constructed
on a permanent basis so that it can be connected
with the main trunk line that will run through
that pan of the city, if and when the sewer system
is built
The city council as a whole agreed with Judge
Garnet Barratt Monday evening that the proposed
line should be given permanent status. That
body also agreed that the city should use its In
fluence in getting property owners to connect with
the line. The council is becoming a bit impatient
over the delay in getting an opinion from the
bonding attorneys relative to Heppner's proposed
sewer bond issue and from all accounts there is
nothing that can be done to hasten an early de
cision. The city is anxious to submit the sewer
proposal to a vote of the people, but the council's
hands are tied until the asked for approval is
forthcoming.
It is unfortunate that the city has not been
able to go ahead on a sewer system ere this. In
tne matter of the hospital aione, there would have
been the possibility of a donation of better than
$7,000 to the sewer fund if the county had not
been obliged to put in its own disposal system.
It has been stated on good authority that Heppner
has lost the prospect of several fine residences
due to the lack of a sewer system. On the other
hand there are a number of people who are de
laying building because they don't want to invest
in septic tanks only to have a disposal system
built, perhaps by the time they get nicely settled.
It is with the expectation that Heppner will
build a sewer system that the state board of
health granted permission to the county court to
use Willow rreek as an outlet for overflow from
the hospital tanks. That privilege will not be
permitted to run indefinitely. The board is not
clothed with authority to come in and order a
sewer system built, but it does have authority to
close streams against what it considers improper
use in sewage disposal and when the time comes
for it to art, users of the streams for septic tank
overflow purposes may find themselves In an
embarrassing spot.
There's That Man Again !
Just when the natives thought spring was
right around the corner, Old Man Winter threw his
machine in reverse and backed up over the greater
part of the country, especially the northwest, mid
dle west and northeast. Accounts of lowering
temperatures came from the territory below the
Mason and Dixon line Tuesday evening as the
most severe storm of the winter swept down from
the Canadian wilds. California was again visited
by freezing temperatures and it was reported that
Seattle would experience a cold snap bordering
on not more than five or six degrees above zero.
Morrow county farmers had no complaint
about the snow that covered most of the area to
a depth of eleven or twelve inches. When that
snow came the ground was in good condition to
receive it. When it left, most of it disappeared
into the ground. And the moisture content was
JletUte to. tke
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Editor Heppner Gazette Times:
I have listened intently the
past several years to discussions
with arguments for and against
a union high school for students
now atetuiing Heppner, Lexing
ton, and lone. While listening
and exploring the many facts and
figures that have been presented
I have turned over in my mind
my educational experience and
have convinced myself that my
preparation for college would
have been a great deal better had
there been an opportunity for me
to attend a union high school as
now proposed here.
Several reasons for this can be
given. I attended a high scheal
high compared to our present
svstem?
Very truly yours,
N. C. Anderson.
Morrow Co. Agricultural Agent.
Dear Editor:
As a parent, a taxpayer and a
believer in the best possible edu
cational opportunities for my chil.
dren, I should like to commend
the members of the Rural School
Board for bringing before the
public the facts regarding the
feasibility of a union high school
One of the chief objectives of
modern education is to meet the
needs and interests of the child
How can this objective be met in 'today
Inferior schools? It would seem
that a union high school would
be the solution to this problem
as well as many others facing
these school districts.
I urge every parent, taxpayer
and friend of education to get
behind this movement. To pro
vide better educational facilities
would be one of the finest things
we might do for our children.
Sincerely yours,
Bonnie B. McClintock.
Population of what Is now the
state of Oregon grew from approx
imatley 10,000 in territorial days
a century ago an estimated one
million, five hundred thousand
from 1.6S inches up, according to the depth of with approximately the same en
,. ... , .li j ., rollment lone has this year. I
wie oiiuw. tvaiiu lams nidi uuipeu reniu e me
snow over the week-end also added to the mois
ture entering the ground.
have been reminded many times
in my high school and college
days that this was to my disad
vantage. Why? There are many
reasons. First, the subjects offer
ed were limited. Many were of
fered everv other vear and had to
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon has clarified be fitu,d mt0 one's curriculum
"Broad And Capricious Powers"
his position on the proposed Columbia Valley
Authority. He is 100 per cent opposed to it. In
essence, this opposition is based on three distinct
principles.
First, Senator Morse believes that the bill
"places broad arbitrary and capricious adminis
trative power over the economy of the Pacific
Northwest in the hands of three presidential ap
pointees whose decisions are not subject to im
mediate and effective check by the people who
are affected by those decisions."
Second, he said, "I believe the pending CVA
bill violates a basic principle of local self-govern,
ment because it fails to give the people of the
Pacific Northwest a voting voice in the determin
ation of CVA policies."
Third; he concluded, "I think there are better
ways of accomplishing a sound program of coor
dination between and among the various agen
cies." In this regard, he said that he favors the
major Hoover Commission recommendations deal
ing with overlapping government bureaus con
cerned with power, reclamation, and so on.
Senator Morse's first two points are important
ones. CVA to an even greater degree than TVA
would mean the beginning of the end of local
self-government, local authority, local independ
ence. The issue thus raised is certainly not re
stricted to the Pacific Northwest or any single
region. It is national through and through. One
reason why CVA is being pushed so hard is that
it is to be the pattern for identical government
corporations which would interlock and enmesh
the whole country. To take a current example,
President Truman, in his State of the Nation ad
dress, urged that the power program be enlarged
to include regions "where the benefits of large
scale public power development have not yet been
experienced," and specifically mentioned New
England.
All in all, nine authorities of the CVA type are
planned, each to be controlled by a three-man
board with the "broad arbitrary and capricious
administrative powers"which Senator Morse spoke
of. In other words, if this program should be
adopted, 27 men would control the basic resources
of the United States. The 27 men, with virtually
unlimited amounts of tax money at their com
mand, and operating tax-exempt public plants,
would tell all of us what we could and could not
do.
If this isn't a pattern of dictatorship, what is?
When the authority of the people over their re
sources ana taxing power goes, ireedom goes
with it
The oAmerican Way
WHAT IS COMMUNISM?
By George Peck
3Q YEARS A3
when available rather than when
a student was ready for them.
Many of the basic courses needed
in preparation for college were
not offered. Secondly, the extra
curricular activities (which many
people will argue does not add
knowledge to the student) were
limited. These activities are vi
tally important, I believe, in pre
paring the student to meet social
conditions and to create a sense
jf interest in a person. They give
the student an opportunity to ex
press himself and sometimes this
is the making of an individual.
1 believe that all smaller high
schools are handicapped ,sueh as
the one I attended some more
than others. Graduates from
these high schools are not going
to get as much out of college as
the student who has had a well
rounded education with a pep
pering of exta-curricular activi
ties. College days are going to
mean a lot more.
Last but not least, I can't help
but remark, my primary interest
being in agriculture, relative to a
vocational agricultural depart
ment. Every boy, especially from
a fainting state such as ours,
should have the opportunity to
carry agricultural subjects. These
agricultural subjects are of far
less value to the student unless
he can actually put the practices
taught to practical use. A voca
tional agricultural department to
equal any could be established
at the proposed union high school
for south Morrow county. I know
the lone boys want this, the Lex
ington boys should, but I have
not heard their expressions.
The training our youth get in
preparation for adulthood is what
makes a country. With so many
of them now attending high
school, should we not provide ev
erything possible, even at an ex
tra expense of many thousands
of dollars more than the actual
difference in operation of a union
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
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March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
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Communism is based on a the
ory by Karl Marx that under
Capitalism, the workers are ex
ploited and ground down. When
Marx published his theory there
was some basis for his castiga
tion of Capitalism. But this no
longer applies, because today
under the Capitalistic System
the workers get the lion's share
of what they help to produce.
Communism concentrates all
wealth, control of all jobs and
free speech into the hands of
very few people. Inevitably this
leads to dictatorship. 'That is ex
actly what happened in Russia,
the only major country in which
Communism has been tried on a
large scale.
Communism presupposes that
all people are equal. Capitalism
knows this to be a fallacy but
does believe that all people
should have equal opportunity.
When Stalin became dictator of
Russia, his first move was to turn
sharply away from Communism.
He publicly declared that all
workers should not share alike
but that each should be paid ac
cording to his individual ability
and productivity. He stated that
a worker who worked harder and
better than his fellows should
have better food, better clothing
and a better home in which to
live.
This was tantamount to a con
fession that wealth cannot and
should not be distributed eqaul
ly. AND right there Stalin threw
Kerl Marx and his Utopian the
ory of Communism into the ash
can. Under Communism the peo
ple HAVE to be governed by a
small group of men. A people
who will submit to this kind of
rule are not fit to govern them
selves and should not be allowed
to do so. The same is true of all
collective systems.
In America the people individ
ually own practically all the
wealth of the country and our
lawmakers are our elected re
presentatives. Danger threatens
this ideal state of economic and
political affairs. If we continue
to place more and more wealth
in the hands ot our Federal Gov
lawmakers will cease to be our
elected representatives and be
come instead our un-elected and
self-appointed rulers.
Communism kills all initiative,
all incentive . Why should a
worker try to do a better job;
why should he work harder if
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his reward is only to be equal
to that of another worker who
has less ability and does not ap
ply himself so diligently? In
America, under Capitalism, the
skilled and industrious worker
gets an equitable reward plus
the opportunity to advance to an
executive position. As proof of
this latter, take a look at thous
ands of men now holding key
positions in American industry
who started at the bench.
Communism is an idealistic
but thouroughly impractical and
unworkable theory .This will be
true just as long as human be
ings are numan. 10 aspire 10
better things: the ambition to
outstrip one's fellows Is but hu
man. In the earlier days of man
kind it was the fellow with the
strongest muscle, and who exer
cised it, who became the "boss
man." Since then civilization has
marched on until today it is the
fellow with the strongest brain
and who exercises it, who works
his way to the top of the heap.
There is no wan aristocracy of
brains and such a hierarchy will
not stomach Communism. Either
it must operate under a Repub
lic, or sit in the saddle of a
Dictatorship.
The greatest benefit for the
material welfare of mankind
comes not from placing control
of wealth in the hands of a few,
as under Communism, but from
allowing and encouraging a
wide distribution of wealth, with
special awards as incentive to
those who create it, as under
Capitalism. The standard of liv
ing of any people can rise only
in proportion to the amount of
wealth created. Whenever Capitalism-
is permitted to operate,
with government umpiring but
not controlling, a maximum of
wealth is created. On the other
hand, wherever Communism has
Heppner Gaxette Times
January 29. 1920
Morrow county farmers who
have been named as members of
an Eastern Oregon committee to
work out a plan for wheat mar
keting are R. W. Turner, E. M.
Hulden and W. T. Campbell.
County Agent L. A. Hunt, Adam
Knoblock, chairman of road com
mittee of the Farm Bureau, W.
O. Minor, county road reviewer,
and W. L. McCaleb, county road
master, left Monday to go over
the proposed Irrigon-Boardman
road to Heppner.
T. M. Rippee, Butter Creek far- j
mer, returned Sunday from Port
land where he went last week
to take initiatory work in the An
cient Order of the Mystic Shrine.
Mrs. Frankie Luper left Tues
day for Portland where she will
spend some time selecting her
stock of spring millinery. During
her absence the store wMl be in
the hands of Mrs. Waters.
C. W. McNamer, one of the pro
prietors of the Central Market of
this city has purchased a small
farm near lone, having just re
cently bought the Ambler place
just outside the city limits. -The
executive committee of the
Heppner P. T. A. recommended
that the association take up the
mutter of furnishing proper
equipment of a play ground for
the grades. A ways and means
committee was appointed con
slsting of Mrs. Frank Turner, Mrs.
S. E. Notson, Mrs. T J. Humph
reys and Ms. W. B. Barratt.
Heppner will be the mecca for
members of the Knights of Py
thias of Morrow and Gilliam
counties when they gather here
next Tuesday for a district con
vention. Alex Green purchased the 960
acre wheat ranch Tuesday from
Walter Rood.
Many families are under quar
antine for the influenza.
Mrs. J. F. McMillan and Miss
Velma Brown of Lexington were
shopping in Heppner Wednesday.
Members from the Morrow
County Farm Bureau and from
the Heppner commercial club met
in County Agent Hunt's office
Saturday evening to discuss plans
for a bigger fair. A stock company
was organized. A race track Is
needed and more accommoda
tions for the housing of stock. A
committee was -appointed to draft
definite plans for the organiza
tion to be submitted to the coun
ty court at its next regular session.
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operated, creation of wealth has
ernment, thus giving it control, been cut down to an almost Irre
of more and more jobs .these ducible minimum.
CROSS CROSSINGS CAUTIOUSLY
By Maurice R. Franks
The railroads have spent con
siderable time and money pro
moting "Safety First." Every rail
road has a "Safety First" depart
ment for research and dissemi
nation of this educational mat
ter. As a result, accidents have
been reduced.
Slogans were coined to pro
mote "Safety First" conscious
ness. "Stop, Look and Listen!"
and "Cross Crossings Cautiously!"
are examples.
When we think of "Safety
First" it is generally in terms
of accident prevention .reducing
hazards of transportation and
saving lives and limbs. Howev
er, this is only one phase of
"Safety First." Other angles of
safety need attention.
Dangerous propaganda is be
ing piled on the track of public
opinion for the purpose of de
railing our railroads into the
ditch of government ownership.
The train of agitation, discredit
ing the present managerial abil
ity of the railroad and the
Railroad Brotherhoods ,is going
full speed ahead ,and unless the
brakes are applied Immediately
.'there is bound to be a terrible
wreck. Our railroads are the spi
nal column of industry, and no
lone realizes this more than the
enemies of our Republic who, to
I destroy our American Way of
Life, are hitting at the spinal
column.
During the First World War our
railroads were under government
and poitical control. Many of
these politicians were honor
able, but few capable. The re
sult was that our railroads failed
to meet the needs of that time.
When the government finally re
alized that it takes railroad men
to operate railroads ,they turned
them back to private ownership,
in a condition that was most
disheartening. This should have
been a lesson to every American.
We should have learned that pri
vate ownership is superior be
cause it promotes Incentive and
progress. In World War II the
railroads performed miracles un
der private ownership. .
Despite the evidence that lies
before us on socialized industry,
the "flannel mouths" are trying
to dupe us again, and this time
their strategy knows no limit.
They are using every trick to
disrupt the railroad industry.
They tell of the Utopia lying
ahead for railroad men and the
pubic under government owner
ship; of high wages and shorter
hours; and low taxation that will
come with government control
But they do not tell of condi
tions that exist today in coun
tries where similar promises
were made ,as for Instance:
The Dominion of Canada oper
ates two major railroad systems,
the Canadian Pacific Raillway
and the Canadian National Rail
way. The C. P. R. is privately
owned and operated, the same as
our American railroads, while
the C. N. R. Is gnvernmentally
owned and operated. The private
ly owned raillroad, with all its
obligation ,such as high taxes,
dividends to stockholders and all
the expense that, goes with oper
ation of a iiivate enterprise,
has continually rendered super
ior service to the public at a pro.
fit. The C. N. R its competitor,
with no taxes, no stockholders,
has been losing many millions
of dollars each year, and this
burden has In turn fallen on
the shoulders of the very people
who were promised Heaven on
earth. This Is a fair example of
what happens under permanent
government ownership of rail
roads, in fact, of all public
utilities.
If the "big-hearted" advocates
of government ownership could
actually deliver the goods to
railroad men by giving them top
wages, better working conditions,
etc., Isn't it obvious that the
Railroad Brotherhoods would
cease to function in accordance
with their objectives, because un
der this system there would be
no need to bargain collectively.
Our Republic at this moment is
at the crossroads, and If we de
sire to keep our present form of
government we should heed the
lessons of "Safety First;" to "Stop,
Look and Listen!" and "Cross
Crossings Cautiously!"
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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