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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 9, 1950
EDITORIAL
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Housing Still Needed
If anyone In this community thinks the hous
ing situation has 1-en satisfactorily met it would
be advisable to go out and try to rent a house or
an apartment. That is the surest and quickest
way to find out that all is not well in that divi
sion of our municipal life. It is safe to venture
the guess that the town is still short about fifty
housing units to meet the demand.
With building costs what they are it is not the
desire on the part of this newspaper to urge those
with capital to go in for rental property. Some
would be able to cope with the rental problem
and others would not A number of houses built
for sale would in all probability be .taken within
a reasonable time. Some risk might be involved
but at least landlord worries would not be in
cluded. The usual spring demand for housing is upon
us and unless some concerted effort is put forth
numerous families will be turned away who might
otherwise become residents here.
Human Factor Still Here
A committee report read at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday took for granted that the
Heppner flood control dam is a closed incident
and recommended that efforts be directed towards
new program which would include support for
the Soil Conservation Service program as set up
for the surrounding area.
This is a good program to work on and one with
which any thinking citizen will agree, unless he
harbors a prejudice against the Soil Conservation
Sen-ice and any kind of flood protection for Hepp.
ner and the other communities and ranchers up
and down Willow creek and the other creeks of
the county. If we look at the situation in the pro
per light we must recognize the fact that the pres.
ent generation is charged with the responsibility
of conserving and improving the resources that
succeeding generations might live. Unless such
practice becomes general it is but a matter of a
few generations until much of our now produc
tive land will be lost through erosion. There is no
necessity for this to happen if we awaken to our
responsibility.
There was one point the committee report seem
ed to overlook and that was the human element.
The original idea of the dam was not based on its
economic merits. The engineers had foremost in
mind the protection of life and property. Mention
of possible irrigation facilities growing out of the
dam's construction appeared more of a secondary
matter. It was admittedly not a project that was
expected to pay out in full. Some repayment could
be effected through sale of water on an acreage
3 YEARS AGQ
March II. 1920
Jack McCullough, well known
retired stockman and Mrs. Helen
Groshen were married at the
home of the bride's brother, Paul
Hisler on Tuesday afternoon.
Bids are being called for in
the erection of a new $25,000 high
school building at Hardman. the
first exclusive high school struc
ture to be erected in Morrow
county.
George Legler of Grant county
and Leona Schmidt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schmidt of
Sand Hollow, were married at
Pine City March 2.
Dennis McNamee has purchas
ed the Wilson hotel on Main
street from William Wilson and
took possession March 1.
A double wedding took place
at the Cowdry rooms in this city
Saturday, Judge Alex Cornett per.
forming the ceremony. The con
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tracting parties are well known
Hardman young people. Ethel
Allen became the bride of Elmer
McDaniel and Verna McCarty be
came the wife of Pirl Howell.
All indications point to an ad
vance in the price of coal with a
probable freight advance soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Jones return
ed to Heppner Wednesday even
ing after a ten day honeymoon
in Portland.
Mr .and Mrs. W. G. McCarty
took a spin over the Cecil scenic
highway Thursday and dined
with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd at
"Butterby Flats."
The garage of F. R. Brown was
completely destroyed by fire last
Saturday afternoon. The small
son of Mr. and Mrs. Brown said
he "stepped on a match" while in
the garage after the wood. It was
with difficulty the house was
saved.
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and Storage
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basis but that was a matter which would have to
be left in the hands of the Reclamation Bureau
after the dam was constructed.
The human and property elements are still
there. Cancellation of the dam has not automa
tically wiped out the danger. If there was reason
for planning the dam in the first place there is
still reason for protection. But we won't even get
so much as a pleasant smile from the powers
that be unless we stand our ground and raise a
big holler, just as Pendleton, Walla Walla and
hundreds of other places have been doing and
will continue to do until they get their programs
put through.
What is so rare as a day in March. One never
knows what brand of weather is coming next.
Bondage In The Name Of Liberty
In a discussion of the welfare state idea, Dean
Russell of the Foundation for Economic Edncation
observed. 'The advocates of this compulsory 'se
curity' honestly seem to believe that most Amen,
cans. . .are too ingnorant. or lazy, or worthless to
be trusted with their own destiny; that they will
literally starve in the streets unless their welfare
is guaranteed by a 'benevolent' government. How
ever good their intentions may be, these disciples
of a 'Relief State' are demanding that they he gi
ven the power to force mankind to follow their
plans. In the name of liberty they advocate bond,
age!"
The complete welfare state must be a slave
state. In the early days of this country, when
slavery of the Negro existed, Georgia passed laws
that guaranteed to all slaves "the right to food
and raiment, to kind attention when sick, to
maintenance in old age. . ." The slaves thus were
given "security." But they were slaves nonethe
less, subject to the unchallengeable orders of
their masters.
In modern times, we have seen "security' 'on a
far wider scale. In Russia, for instance, everyone
is given a place to live and a certain amount to
eat and wear. They are given a minimum of state
medical care. They are "guaranteed" employment,
and, of course, the state determines where, when
and for how long they shall work, and how much
they shall be allowed to earn. But the people are
slaves, just as the Negroes were in the America
of a century ago. They do what they are told,
or else.
The welfare state regards everyone as a ward
of the government.
There are those in our own government who are
now working hard to sew the seeds of the wel
fare state here through public medicine, housing,
banking, power development, farming, etc.
Capital Parade
Oregon cities confronted with
an increased population requiring
additional service now can feel
safe in enacting ordinances pro
viding for a business tax to in
crease revenues.
At last week's district meeting
of the League of Oregon Cities,
held in Salem, there was consid
erable sideline discussion over
the recent decision by Justice J.
O. Bailey, of the Oregon supreme
court, upholding the Portland
business tax ordinance. The de
cision is statewide in its effect.
The court's decision was that i
Every day someone meets
disaster t :e to face!
LAST TEAR again tornadoes, floods, fires,
I hurricane! took their toll I There were
hundreds of disasters in all ! Horrible? Yea I
But almost a fast as disaster struck, your
help was on it way through your Red Cross.
Emergency and rehabilitation aid for
228,500 personal
Disaster will strike again this year ... and
your Red Cross will be needed quickly . . .
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Your RED CROSS
the 6 per cent limitation applies
only to property taxes and defi
nitely settles a matter that has
l)Oon in controversy for several
years.
The decision will not affect the
policy of the Oregon State Tax
Commission, said State Tax Com
missioner Robert Maclean. It will
be a potent financial lift to Port
land and any other municipality
that adopts licensing ordinances
for business.
Portland officials reckon the
ordinance will yield in excess of
$1,000,000 a year.
McKAY FOR RE-ELECTION
"Oregon's future looks bright
over the long haul. Meanwhile
we'll have our problems, includ
ing financial ones." Governor
Douglas McKay told members of
the Salem Chamber of Commerce
Saturday before releasing an an
nouncement that he would be a
candidate to succeed himself. He
invited the support of "earnest
and sincere citizens who wish a
business-like approach" to prob
lems of the next four years.
If anyone is to compete with
the governor for the republican
nomination they have not made
their expected candidacy known.
REGISTER TO VOTE
Governor Douglas McKay is
sued a statement Saturday in
which he noted that only half of
the American citizens of eligible
age are registered to vote. He
called attention to the newly cre
ated Citizens Non partisan Regis
tration Committee of Portland
and suggested that "all areas of
the state see fit to emulate this
vitally-important work." The
governor designated the last
week of March as "Registration
Week." April 17 is the last day
for registering to vote at the May
primaries.
WHERE TO HUNT BIG CATS
It wasn't the Idanha chamber
of commerce talking. Councilman
Lloyd Girod of Idanha, a Detroit
Dam town, told delegates attend
ing a meeting of the League of
Oregon Cities that his city would
have to offer an extra bounty for
every cougar killed in the city
limits. Three have been killed
this year.
Sport magazines please copy.
SOUND ANGLE ON LIMITS
Due for a revamping is the an
cient and too common practice of
having a luckless brother fisher
man help in evading the previs
ions of the state game code by
assuming custody of fish caught
in excess of the legal limit, or of
using the wife's deer tag on the
second deer killed.
Game violators will have to
think of something less naive if a
decision made recently in a St.
Helens court becomes judicial
practice in Oregon.
The court case followed LLyj ar
rest of two Portland bankers with
22 ducks in their possession. The
limit is 10 for each hunter. One
hunter pleaded guilty. The other
had ex-Gov. John H. Hall plead
his case in court. Hall argued
that the first hunter had 12 ducks
and his client had only 10.
The jury returned a verdict of
guilty for the second hunter.
THEY'RE PICKIN' ON PINKEY
"Smile Week" started off with
heartbreaking news from William
L. (Pinkey Josslin that "I shall
not be a candidate for Governor
of Oregon in 1950." The sad news
came in a follow-up letter from
Josslin. A month or so ago he
mailed hundreds of letters to his
friends offering himself as a can
didate. In this follow-up letter Josslin
says, "A (democratic) nominee
can be elected on next November
7. provided the three candidates
and their supporters have sense
enough not to knock each other
out in the primary race."
GlE
NOW!
The oAmerican Way
LI BERTY AND COMPETITION
By George Peck
Liberty alone is not entirely
responsible for building America
into the greatest nation in the
world. Free, open competition,
working hand in hand with lib
erty, also played a major role.
For without this competition to
sharpen the brains of men and
inspire them to greater under
takings and achievements., the U.
S. A. would have made little or
no material progress.
During the century and a half
following the War of Independ
ence we Americans amazed the
rest of the world by the almost
miraculous things we accomp
lished. This was only partially
due to the fact that Almighty
God had endowed our domain
with a wealth of raw mateials
iron, Coal, minerals, timber and
fertile farm land. Russia had all
these things in inexhaustible
quantities but failed to progress
because that country did not
have the free, open competition
that we enjoyed here in America.
The Constitution which was
drawn up at the birth ot this
nation gave every man an equal
opportunity and as a result Am
ericans worked, planned and cre
ated, because they knew that
what they created was in large
part to be theirs that much of
the fruits of their labor were to
be theirs in compensation for the
extra and efficient work they did
in order to become successful in
whatever occupation or line of
business they engaged.
The eyes of the entire world
look longingly and enviously to
ward America. Millions of men
and women tore up stakes in
their native lands and migrated
to America, to start life anew
in a land where a workingman
by applying himself could be
come a foreman, but further ap
plication a superintendent, a gen
eral manager, evn president of
his company.
That a small minority of these
immigrants should now be agi
tating against this ideal system
(combination of liberty and open
competition) is a sorry exhibition
of ingratitude toward a nation
THE AMERICAN WAY
A CHALLENGE TO HAPPINESS
By Morton Clausen
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Morton Clau
sen was for many years pub
lisher and editor of a weekly
newspaper.)
Throughout human history,
perhaps the most sought-after in
tangible is happiness. Philosoph.
ers, poets and preashers have
variously defined its meaning,
interpreted its desirability as a
motivating force of human en
deavor, and have sought to chart
courses of conduct toward achiev
ing it.
The 20th century saw vast
strides in seeking to ensure man's
happiness in the material for
greater human comfort and con
venience. But the ultimate goal
of happiness remained an elusive
factor. The philosophers, poets
and preachers, noting the in
creasing unrest and frustration
on the part of man. offered the
antidote of peace of mind, peace
of heart and peace of soul.
The politician, not to be out
done, offered his potion of mater
ial security through various so
cial and economic welfare guar
antees. Perhaps to his own as
tonishment, he found himself in
the role of chief medicine man in
the galaxy of quacks, generously
dispensing an opiate that called
for ever increasing dosages of
ever higher potencies, until the
"addict" is about to become slave
to the most dangerous social ami
economic hoax ever perpetrated
on a grand scale.
In our evaluation of man we
must recognize that although he
is a spiritual being, he is also a
mundane creature. He is con
stantly torn between inner con
flicts vested in the spiritual and
in the material. Too often we have
failed to recognize that man's In.
ner conflicts, seeking solution in
the individual, are prerequisites
to human progress.
The problem is not to create a
world in which man Is a docile,
Inactive creature of bovine com
placency, but a world In which
he is free to direct his drives,
urges, appetites and conflicts
along creative and constructive
lines. Only In that direction lies
human happiness.
Toward this end we must find
some premise upon which to ac
HEPPNER
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The Heppner Gazette, established
March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
George Peck
which welcomed them with open
arms and gave them an oppor
tunity to attain a higher stand
ard of living for themselves and
their families than they ever
could have gained in the lands
from whence they came.
And even worse than this is
the spectacle of native-born Am.
ericans agitating that we should
abandon the system which has
made us great, to take on some
impractical, impossible economy.
Currently, the Department of
Justice seems to have become a
bit mixed up about our competi
tive system. It is confusing com
petition with monopoly. The suits
which it has entered against
many of our largest business con
cerns which are guilty of no
other crime than eivinp the enn-
sumers quality products at rea
jsonable prices, would also indi
cate that they are confusing ef
ficiency with monopoly.
Those of us who still believe
in liberty and free competition
should advise our legislators that
the Government, and especially
its Department of Justice, must
cease its interference with the
natural laws of competitive pro
gress because such meddling,
'superinduced by autocratic, poli.
itical control, is creating a stumb
j ling block to our present national
welfaie, and if continued will
eventually destroy us.
At a time when this nation is
losing out in its "cold war" with
Russia and the ever-increasing
danger that its temperature may
turn to "hot," it behooves us to
keep ourselves economically
strong. That certainly can not be
accomplished by persecuting in
dustries, whether they be little,
middle-sized or big.
Whether the Department of
Justice is deliberately misinter
preting our anti-trust laws, or
simply does not understand them,
it might be well for the Congress
to revise them. This revision
could state in clear and simple
language that just because a
business has grown "big" it does
not necessarily follow that it is
"bad." Even a bureaucrat ought
to be able to interpret that.
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Morton Clausen
complish an effective merging of
the spiritual and material na
tures in man. His creative urges
is the answer.
Man is most at pence with
himself and in harmony with his
universe when his creative pow
ers are called upon to function.
Real human happiness is there
fore found in the expression of
the individual's creative instincts.
This, then, becomes one of the
major challenges of our modern
civilization: How can we best
create an atmosphere in which
the individual may most effect
ively release and express his cre
ative forces? '
Unfortunately, we are living in
an age where work is frowned
upon. Too many people want to
share in the fruits of enterprise
without having to earn them
through work. Labor is a chore in
disrepute. We key our endeavors
toward retirement the time we
don't have to work Ay more
and the earlier, the better.
This apathy toward work must
change if America is to escape
economic ruin, social depravity,
political disintegiation and
abasement of the individual. The
individual must cease to regard
his efforts solely as a means to
wards earning a livelihood, with
the pay check as its only com
pensation. Management must
cease to regard labor as merely
an instrument to be employed
for material gains.
Labor and management must
become increasingly aware of the
fact that they are co workers, not
only in a productive material en
terprise, but also In a creative
experiment that calls for concert
ed expression of the highest hu
man resources and latent powers.
It is an experiment wherein we
must determine whether' man
shall remain free to rise above
himself to the extent that he
shall reap not only the greatest
possible material rewards, but
also to achieve happiness to its
highest degree through full em
ployment of his creative forces.
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