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Looks Like Quiet Primary, Locally
Politics from a local standpoint is rather a
dull subject. Aside from a little flurry prior to the
filing date, March 10. there is no visible or audible
evidence that this is an election year. This is not
healthy condition particularly in state and na
tional offices, for it lets down the bars for the
self-starters and incompetents who fell Justi
fied In shoving themselves forward because people
who are qualified no longer appear to have the
welfare of their government at heart.
Interest might be aroused here it a movement
were started to obtain registration of all eligible
persons. It is being done elsewhere throughout the
state under the guidance of the Oregon Citizens
Non-Partisan Registration committee, which has
launched a full scale program to attract the 400,
000 or more eligible voters in the state to their
county registration offices prior to April 18 when
registration for the May primaries is closed.
According to Governor Douglas McKay, only
533,829 of an estimated 1,105,000 potential Oregon
voters are registered. Nationally, nearly 46.000.000
men and women have neglected to sign up and
thus make themselves eligible to exercise their
precious right to participation in the direction of
public matters at local, county, state and national
levels.
Doubtless the proportion found in the state
registration figure will be found to prevail in Mor
row county. This offers good material for inter
ested citizens to work on and could well be the
stimulus needed to create a renewed interest in
governmental affairs.
The pity of it is that too many people complain
about our public officials but do not have the
right to do something about it back up their
complaints because they themselves have ne
glected to register. It would be well for all citizens
to memorize the slogan adopted by the non
partisan registration committee: "You Don't Count
if You're Not Counted Register to Vote."
Helped Put County On Map
Sports-minded citizens in non-college commu.
nities usually look to their high school athletic
teams to bring glory and honor to the home town
by their feats of skill on the gridiron, the track,
the diamond and the maple court Most sports
followers are too busy following the progress of
the high school squads and they fail to take no
tice of the younger athletes who represent the
grade schools. Such has been the situation in Mor
row county in the basketball season Just closed.
lone had a good high school basketball team
this year a winner in its class. But that isn't all.
lone had a grade school basketball team, and
what a team for a small school! The graders
cleaned up on everything in this part of the state
and then went on to Portland to compete with
some 17 other teams, mostly from "A" schools,
and came home with a fourth place rating. A little
more experience in "big time" company and they
probably would have returned home with the
coveted championship, or at least nothing short of
runner-up.
The Heppner Chamber of Commerce has
thought well enough of the showing made by the
lone "Kids" to extend them an invitatiqn to lunch,
eon next Monday. The CC is not prone to throw
its invitations around loosely and the young
casaba tossers may well feel that they have fully
Justified this recognition.
The Consumer Pays
Government seizure of the coal mines, the rail
roads or any o'her large scale enterprise appar
ently is what the unions want If they fail to get
satisfactory terms out of the private operators they
welcome a switch to the federal authority for they
feel quite certain that they will get the terms they
want and after securing them it will be alright
to go back to management control until they want
more money and shorter hours and all the other
demands that have come up in late years.
The only fellow that can't get a word in edge
wise is the consumer. All he does is pungle up
more money for coal, or freight, and more taxes-
yes, always more taxes.
Excise Taxes Still With Us
Newspapers throughout the nation have treat
ed on the question, railroads and other transporta
tion concerns have urged it, and manufacturers of
goods affected have put forth efforts to aecom
plish its repeal, but the wartime excise tax mea
sure remains in force. It would require but f
stroke of the pen to stop an act that has handi
capped the business affected ever since the
close of the war, yet there is no disposition on the
part of the Administration to act.
Now comes Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon
who, in a speech delivered at a convention of re
tailers said that the taxes "were imposed as war.
time measures, with a clear moral promise that
when the war was at an end they would be re
moved . . . Repeal of these taxes would promote
expansion of the industries effected and would re
sult in increased employment and an expanded
economy.
The trouble is that the Administration mind
has narrowed down to Just two words "tax" and
"spend." As matters stand the government has
something in hand, whereas if it is checked off
there might be less to spend. The fact that there
would be more travel, more purchases of the goods
affected by the wartime tax, has not made a
strong enough appeal up to the present. If the
President would throw off some of the socialistic
pressure under which he labors and give business
a chance there would be more employment and a
larger margin of profit to the employer who
could look to the future with more confidence and
lay plans to expand his business. This is the
natural American process, but the line of reason
ing in Washington has all the earmarks of de
siring to place all possible restriction on indivi
dual initiative and the spirit of free enterprise.
Winter Plays No Favorites
A number of residents of the Pacific North
west must, by now, be somewhat disillusioned
with the idea that the road to better and cheaper
electric service lies through socialization.
Some years ago, People's Utility Districts,
known as PUDS, were formed in various parts of
the area. The PUDS took over electric generation
and distribution facilities which had formerly
been operated by private utilities and went into
the power business.
This winter, the Pacific Northwest was hit
with unusually severe storms. Heavy damage was
done to power lines and other installations. Two
of the leading PUDS found that they didn't have
enough spare money to pay the repair bill. So they
have substantially increased the electric rates to
consumers. It is a noteworthy fact that neither of
these PUDS made rate reductions when they took
over the private companies.
The private utilities in the region also suffer
ed heavy damage. But, as always, they have gone
ahead and made the necessary repairs. They have
not asked for rate increases and, if they did, the
regulatory commissions would undoubtedly look
on the idea with cold eyes. But PUDS are immune
from such nuisances as public regulation just as
they are immune from most taxes. So their cus
tomers are going to pay more for power whether
they like it or not and for standards of service
which, generally, are much below those of the
private utilities.
The Vancouver, Washington, Columbian ob
served that these rate increases are "proving em
barrassing to the extreme advocates of socialism
who shout from the house tops that public owner
ship is the cure for all the world's ills." This is
a fine example of the fact that socialism, among
its other evils, is basically inefficient.
Boardman Future
Farmers Make 2nd
Place in Contest
By MRS. FLOSSIE COATS
The Boardman Local FFA
Chapter boys with their super
visor, Ronald Black, motored to
Pendleton Saturday where they
entered the Blue Mountain dis-
strict skill contest, this chapter
winning the district second place
banner. Individual placings were:
Rope work. Peter Cassidy, First.
Max Fussell third, Bob Sicard,
third; arc welding, Richard Bar
ham, third; seed identification,
Donald Gillespie, third; treasurer
book, Michael Cassidy. second;
secretary book, Peter Cassidy,
first; project book, Keith Tanne
hill, second.
Bob and Russell Miller are
among the spud growers to have
finished their early planting.
This year the Millers have cut
their acreage down to about 45
acres. Arnin Hug and John Part
low completed planting about
two weeks ago.
Mrs. Emma Delano and son
Franklin were called to Waldport
Friday to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Delano s brotner-in- law,
Glen Macken. who passed away
Friday. The Mackens were form
er Boardman residents.
Mrs. Olive Atteberry arrived
home Friday from Grants Pass
after spending the winter with
her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whitmire, who
brought her home. The Whit
mires returned home Sunday.
P. T. A. was well attended
Thursday evening. We think the
reason was that word was passed
along the men were putting on
the program. W. . arner con
ducted the business meeting for
Mrs. Garner, president, Clyde
Tannehill was program announc
er, Mr. Tetz or Heppner gave a
very interesting talk on the
'Child bill." Comic strip, "Little
Abner" was written and present
ed by ,Mrs. Eugene Stalcup, using
a full men cast, W. E. Garner
plaving "Little Abner," and R.
B. Rands as Daisy Mae. Leroy
Fussell very ably played the
part of Mammy Yokum, and Wil-
lard Baker was Pappy; other
characters were Zearl Gillespie,
Ronald Black, Robert Harwood,
Russell Miller, Frank Colclesser,
Frank Marlow, Elvin Ely, and
Allen Billings.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. J. Gillespie and
Mrs. Margaret Klitz motored to
Pendleton Friday.
Mrs. Clifford Pool and Mrs.
Morris Trarbaugh motored to
Boise, where they spent the week
end with Mr. Pool and Mrs. Trar.
baugh who are employed there,
working for the Bethel Pipe Line
Contractor. Pool has been trans
ferred to Regina, Saskatchewan,
leaving this week where he will
be for a year.
Mrs. Ralph Skoubo and son,
Dickie, Mrs. Edward Skoubo ajid
son, I. Skoubo, and Mrs. Jack
Mulligan and daughter Judy
were Pendleton visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tannehill
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen
motored to Culver Saturday, re
maining until Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aiton of
Portland spent the week end here
at their summer home, also with
Aiton's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brown and
son Duane.
Mrs. Fred Smith was in Pendle
ton for the week end with her
son Ralph, who is a student at
St. Josephs Academy. While there
they celebrated Ralphs birthday,
which was Saturday, also Mrs.
Smith enjoyed the recital at the
academy on Sunday, of which
Ralph was a participant.
Among those in Pendleton Sat
urday were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Earwood and family, and Mr. arid
30 YEARS AO
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
March 18, 1920
Judge Phelps gave final citi
zenship papers to six at the ses
tlon of circuit court held Tues
day. They are Catherine Doherty,
Alfred H. Nelson, Julian Rauch,
Alexander Brander, Adolph Ma
Jeske and James Mollahan.
A large number of members of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians
and guests observed St. Patrick's
day with a banquet and dance.
F. A. McMenamin was toast
master and Judge R. R. Butler
of The Dalles was the speaker
of the evening. The local band
furnishd the music.
Martin Reld, local dealer for
the Garford truck, won second
prise in the nationwide photo
graph contest recently conducted
by the Garford Truck company.
The photograph submitted show,
ed the two local Garfords loaded
with wool. The 3Vt ton carried
10,143 pounds and the 2-ton car
ried 8,792 pounds.
Fire at Boardman Lumber com
pany destroyed the main sections
of the lumber yard at an early
hour Wednesday.
Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, county
school auperlntehdnt, was called
to Arlington early Monday morn
ing by the death of her niece,
Agnes Snell.
Heppner lodge No. 358, B.P.O.E.
elected Charles B Cox to the
chair of Exalted Ruler at their
meeting Thursday night
Born on March 15 to Mr. and
Mrs. John Healy, a son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Blahm a 9V4 pound daughter,
March 13.
Arnold Piper has placed an
order for $4200 worth of lumber
with the Heppner Planing and1
Chop Mill. Mr. Piper will begin
the erection of a modern house
on his farm east of Lexington.
Miss Stella Penland and Dr. W.
C. Dye of Salt Lake City were
married at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Penland,
Thursday evening.
"Six Miles From Lemon" Is the
3-act farce which the Heppner
high school students will pre
sent on Saturday evening, March
20.
CARD OF THANKS
I take this means of thanking
all the friends who sent cards,
letters and flowers during my
illness, both before and after my
hospitalization.
Mrs. K. K. Marshall,
Lexington, Oregon
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1912.
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REAL SECURITY
By George Peck
George Peck
Our good neighbor to the North.
the Dominion of Canada, too, has
its quota of citizens whare
moving Heaven and earth to pro.
pei -ine Land ut ine Maple"
into a socialistic economy. In the
opinion of at least one promi
nent Canadian, these forces are
not going to prevail. He is A. E.
Pequegnat, General Manager of
the Mutual Life Assurance Com
pany of Canada (one of Canada's
leading Insurance Companies .
At this Company's 1950 Annual
Meeting, Mr. Pequegnat express
ed his conviction that the world
trend is away from Socialism. He
stated that the average freedom
loving citizen in English-speaking
countries is not attracted by
a state in which, "Everybody
owns everything and nobody
owns anything." As proof of his
contention he pointed to the in
creasing recognition in many
countries of the undesirability of
nationalizing lite Insurance.
This Insurance Company Offi
cial stated the case against stat-
ism so well that I would like to
pass on to the readers of this
column extracts from his address
From here on it is Mr. Pequeg
nat speaking:
Within the last hundred years
a definite conflict has emerged
between those who maintain that
the best interests of a people can
only be secured through the In
tervention of an all-powerful
state machine, and those who
advocate a form of freedom of
the individual citizen only to the
degree necessary to preserve the
safety and honour of the realm
and to protect citizens generally
against exploitation and abuse.
During the last three decades
the advocates of statism have
shown progress in countries
where human progress has been
most retarded and despotism has
been the governing force. But
changes made have been more
apparent than real, the transi
tion being merely from a form
of abject slavery to a more at
tractive, but deceptive, type, be
ing clothed in the guise of se
no security had existed the new
curity.
In countries where previously
doctrine made converts rapidly
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Mrs. N. A. Macomber. where they were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W E. Garner and Mrs. Billings parents, Mr. and
among malcontents of adjoining
states. But in countries where
forms of government protect tne
right of individual citizens to de
termine and work lor ine rorrn
of personal and family security
to which they mignt aspire, total
itarian theories have had dui
little appeal. Foremost in the
vanguard of the forces fighting
for the preservation of the free
dom of the individual is found
the united voice of life insurance
policyholders.
It was not unexpected that the
program of the socialist party, in
both Canada and Great Britain,
should include the nationaliza
tion of life insurance. However,
this was apparently far from
popular even among the mem
bers of the socialist party for it
was quickly dropped from the
party program. In Great Britain
full nationalization of life in
surance companies was restricted
to industrial insurance, and now
mutualization of industrial com
panies has been substituted for
nationalization.
In Australia and New Zealand
the welfare of the state has re
cently been removed from the
control of socialist governments.
In Sweden, a commission ap
pointed to survey the operations
of life insurance companies, with
the view of possible nationaliza
tion, advised that no change be
made other than that policy
holders should be more strongly
represented in the management
of the companies. This recom
mendation, coupled with the
change of attitude in Great
Britain pays great tribute to the
mutual principle on which great
life insurance structure of the
North American continent has
been largely erected. . .
We are all engaged in the
building of a democracy of free
dom, not of economic slavery.
The mainspring of our social and
economic progress here In Amer
ica during the past century has
been the incentive of financial
independence. Life insurance is
the way the free man takes to
provide personal and family security.
family motored to Bend Friday
where they were week end guests
at the home of Garner's parents,
Mr and Mrs. H. O. Plum.
Rev. Charles Eble and the
young people of the Umatilla
Presbyterian church were out
hay riding Saturday evening,
coming as far as Boardman.
Stopping at the Shell station they
absorbed some heat and return
ed home.
Mrs. Charles Nlckerson went to
Union Thursday to celebrate her
birthday with her twin brother,
John Beddas. Both Mrs. Nlcker
son and Mrs. Beddas returned to
Boardman Monday.
Rev. Charles Hawley left for
Baker Tuesday where he will at
tend the district presbytery. He
will return Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Billings
motored to Hardman Sunday
Mrs. Charles McUaniels, also
bringing home their young
(laughter Brenda, who had spent
a week with her grandparents.
SPEAKER BILLED AT
LEGION HALL SUNDAY
Dr. W. B. Holden, chief of staff
of Portland Sanatarium, out
standing surgeon in the north
west for 50 years, and a world
renowned speaker, will visit
Heppner Sunday and will discuss
"How a Scienlist Views God in
Nature" at the American Legion
hall at 7:30 p.m.
He is appeal ing here under the
auspices of the Chapel of Proph
ecy; Need Envelopes? Or
Letter Heads? Phone
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THE AMERICAN WAY
PUT OUT THE FIRE
By DeWitt Emery
((Editor's Note: DeWitt Emery
is president of the National Small
Business Men's Association.)
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DeWitt Emery
We are indebted to James A. Mr. Farley is lOO'r right. Fed
Farley who not too long ago eral spending must be drastically
was one of the biggest of the reduced and we are about out of
big wheels in the New Deal but1 time. The budget for fiscal '51,
who got out when he saw where
Roosevelt was headed for taking
President Truman's formula and
doing a little figuring on his
own.
Recently Mr. Truman stated
that by the year 2000, based on
a projection of the growth of the
past 50 years, this country would
have a national Income of a tril
lion dollars that's one thousand
times a billion and every work
er would be making at least $12,.
000 per year.
Mr. Farley felt that Mr. Tru
man should have applied his pro
jection to at least two other items,
the cost of government and the
number of people working for
the Federal Government. He con
tends, I think rightly so, that
based on the record of the past
50 years, Federal spending and
employment are both likely to
increase at a much faster rate
than national income. However,
disregarding the possibility of a
faster rate of increase, Mr. Far
ley found that, "If we take the
cost of Government for 1900 and
compare it with the cost of Gov
ernment for 1950 and then figure
the same rate of increase for the
next 50 years, our Government
(in the year 2000) would cost
six trillion dollars, or six times
as much as the whole national
income.
"On the same basis we would
have working for the Federal
Government (in the year 2000)
20 million men and women. The
lesson of these simple figures,"
Mr. Farley added, "is that unless
we find some way to reduce the
cost of Government it will soon
grow so great as to consume not
only everything we all earn but
everything we have all saved,
everything that we call property
which is owned by all of us."
starting next July 1, Is our last
chance. If Congress appropriates
the 42.4 billions Mr. Truman has
asked for, then in my Judgment
we'll go on to larger and still
larger budgets year by year with
bigger and bigger deficits until
the inevitable national collapse
which will bankrupt you, me and
everyone in the country.
One sure way to put out a fire
is to shut off the fuel which feeds
the flames. This is the only way
in which the big spending con
flagration now raging out of con
trol in Washington can be
handled; the fuel tax money
must be shut off or cut down to
a reasonable flow.
We know from the '51 budget
that the Administration proposes
to accelerate the pace of Its head,
long rush toward state socialism
and national bankruptcy, so there
won't be any help from that
quarter on putting out or control
ling the fire.
We also know from the action
taken on previous big-spending,
grossly excessive budgets that if
Congress is left to itself the
budget for '51 will be approved
just about as presented.
This brings it right back to us,
Mr. and Mrs. America. If we
speak up, if enough of us let our
representatives in Congress know
that we want the budget cut hy
let's say 15, it will be cut,
that's for sure. Senator Byrd of
Virginia, who knows more about
Federal spending than anyone
else in the country, says that the
budget for '51 can be cut six bil
lion dollars without interfering in
any way with any of the essential
functions or services of the Fed
eral Government. It's up to you
personally and individually, yes.
I mean you, and time definitely
is running out,
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JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
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Heppner, Oregon
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First National Bank Building
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Wars
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Trained Nurse Assistant
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