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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 30, 1950
Volume 67, Number 2
"Balanced Plan"
Considered Best
Reapportionment
French Sees Fair
Representation in
Eastern Oregon
If the gentlemen from Vir
ginia had had their way when
the constitution of the United
States was written there prob
ably would have been no more
than the original 13 colonies
which bordered the Atlantic
ocean in a narrow fringe of what
now constitutes this great repub.
lie. That is what more than like
ly would have happened had not
the wisdom and foresight of
other members of the constitu
tion convention prevailed. The
Virginia members wanted to
distribute the representation on
a population basis and stood for
representatives only no sena
1ors. But the gentlemen from
Virginia were outvoted and it
was de cided that each state, as
the region developed to the west,
north and south, should be repre
sented in the congress by two
senators, with the house of repre
sentatives to be apportioned on
a population basis.
By this wise action, it was pos
sible for new regions in this
vast land to develop, for, as
each new state was added it
was given a voice in national
affairs on the same plane with
t lit? heaviest populated states.
Our wise forefathers must have
had some such contingency as
now confronts the state of Ore
gon over reapportioment in mind
when I hey so framed the consti
tution, in the opinion of Hep.
Giles Trench who discussed the
current problem at a Joint meet.
ing of the Soroplimist Club of i
Heppner and the chamber of
commerce Monday noon. Ii was
this phase of congressional ap
portionment which led him to
prepare a bill calling for reap
portionment of the Oregon legis
lature on a basis of one senator
to Hie county and the house of
representatives with one repre
sentative to the county and the
balance to he apjxirtioned among
the heavier populated counties.
French was here to discuss the
merits of the "Balanced Plan"
for reapportionment, a plan lie
has accepted, not by preference
but through necessity of getting
something passed that is tar
more acceptable than the CIO
AFL sponsored Ncuherger bill
which calls fur reapportionment
strictly on a population basis.
However, he believes the plan
submitted by the Young Republi
can Clubs of Oregon to lie a fair
substitute for his measure and
he is out plugging for it in
earnest.
Explaining the provisions of
the balanced plan, the speaker
showed where it will be a gain
for eastern Oregon. II will be a
small gain, but at least is much
K3
preferred over the
Eastern Oregon's eigb
will remain and there will be one
representative to each county, a
gain of two over the Hi now In
effect. To take care of the in
crease in population in the larger
counties six senators have been
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Volleyball Teams
Of Four Counties
Play lone Tourney
Volleyball teams of four coun
ties were guests of the lone high
school volleyball team Saturday
in an annual playday event.
Piny began at 10 a.m. and con
tinued throughout the day, with
time out at noon for a dinner
cooked anil served by a commit
tee of mothers. The meal was
augmented with a program of
skits, songs and other entertain
ment presented by representatives
of each school.
Teams participating were
Heppner, Lexington, Irrigon. Her
mlsliin, Spray, Fossil and Monu
ment, the latter replacing Con
don which withdrew shortly be-,
fore the dale of the tournament..
In the first round Heppner de
feated Lexington, lone defeated
Irrigon, Monument defeated
Spray and Fossil defeated Her
miston. In the semi-finals lone
won from Heppner and Fossil
from Monument. Following these
two games the lone school band
under direction of Alan Robert
son played several numbers
while the majorettes, led by
Joan Iteininger, Wllila Dalzell
and D.irlene Madden, put on a
drill.
The final game between lone
ami Fossil ended in a tie
and In the overtime play of two
Ihree-minule halves, Fossil won.
2V 2"i. The Fossil captain was
presented with a trophy by Lola
Ann Mi'Cabe, president of the
Girls League of lone high school.
Miss Mary Bracket I announced
t lie election of an all-star team
Including Jane Scehafer, Fern
' Jones, Lola Ann Mct'abe and
1 nrbara Jackson, lone; Frances
Mvnn, Datlene Moore and Isa
bella Leathers, Monument; Mary
nttndcrHiin, Heppner; Ann Mat
thews and Dixie Woods, Fossil.
Officials were Mrs. Martha Brady,
Ruins, referee; umpires and
linesmen were chosen from play
ers and coaches present; time
keeper. Allan Robertson; score
keeper, Delight Blddle, announc
er, Francis Ely.
Duties Of Citizens
Impressed Upon
County's Students
Functions of government from
state, county and city levels
were discussed at three high
schools in the county Monday by
district, county and city officials.
the plan was developed by
tienry relz, administrator for the
rural school board with the idea
in mind that students would get
a more praphic picture of their
future responsibilities as citizens
than from the every-day course
it instruction offered in the
schools. The plan met with ap
proval of local school officials.
Speaking from the state level
were Representatives Giles
French of Moro and Henry E.
Peterson of lone. They spoke on
the whys and wherefores of state
laws and their administration.
County Judge Garnet Barralt
took up the discussion from the
county level, pointing to the ne
cessity for having a governing
body within the official group,
this being the county court to
which is delegated the authority
to contract and settle obligations.
To the judge is assigned the duty
ot handling juvenile cases, the
probate court, the signing of
orders and various routine duties,
he explained.
The first session was held at
the lone school, where Mayor
Garland Swanson explained how
the city government functions.
The Lexington high school join
ed the lone school to make it
possible for the speakers to talk
to the five high schools on one
trip.
Coming to Heppner for the sec
ond meeting of the forenoon,
Ma-vor c,onUv Lanham presented
the citys part in the program.
The group then went to the Elk
horn restaurant where Mr. French
was guest speaker at the Soropti
mist chamber of commerce joint
luncheon.
Mayor Swanson accompanied
the speakers to Heppner and to
Board man and at the latter place,
where the Irrigon school joined
with Boardman, found himself on
the program to speak from the
town level. Mayor "Busty" Rands
after a brief preliminary talk,
staled that inasmuch as he knew
Mr. Swanson was prepared to
talk and that he (Rands) was
not, he would cheerfully extend
the privilege to the lone mayor.
Interest shown in the discus
sions led Mr. Tetz to consider the
probability of extending the
meetings to Include talks on vo
cations and other subjects.
Work Started On
Improvements to
Park Playground
A renewal of activity to im
prove the city property on North
Main street was seen during the
week in the leveling of the tract
to provide a skating rink during
on the south end. In an effort
the cold weather, the center of
the lot was "dozed" out and the
earth piled to a height of several
feel to form a pond. The idea
didn't work out and the park
committee requested that the
fzround he leveled in preparation
for fencing and placing of some
playground apparatus which it Is
hoped will be secured in the near
future.
With the expectation that the
county will move its equipment
this spring, the park committee
has formulated plans to put the
property In shape for use. at
least in part, this summer. The
unused portions will be seeded
to grass and a number of trees
will be planted. Fencing which
the city has on hand for the pur
pose will be erected across the
south line of the park and down
the creek to connect with the
dance pavilion.
More definite plans will be
woked out when (he county
equipment is moved.
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Wranglers Visit
Sand Country in
First Spring Ride
About 50 horseback riders turn
ed out Sunday for the first group
ride of the season. Of these. -If)
from the Umatilla Sage Riders
ind 17 were Irom the Arlington
Saddle club, both visiting dele
gallons (rucking their mounts to
the old Kilkenny place where
the ride started. About 25 Wrang
lers and their mounts were on
hand (o greet the guests.
Tlie riders took a five-mile
jaunt to Hie well at Flnley Buttes
where they dismounted and ate
lunch, weathering a hall storm
thai lasted only a few minutes
The afternoon entertainment
consisted of several games In
charge of Mrs, Donald Robinson
and Oscar George. Prizes were
awarded to (be winners of (he
several events. The day ended
with the ride back to the Kil
kenny place.
Heppner Youthful
Farmer Receives
Gold Charm Awarded
Gerald Bergstrom, president of
the Heppner chapter of the Fu
ture Farmers of America, re
ceived statewide recognition last
week when he was presented
with the gold charm of the state
farmer at the FFA state con
vention in La Grande. The honor
is all the more distinctive when
it is understood that only a max
imum of two percent of state
FFA members can attain' this
degree. Factors determining at
tainment are leadership, size and
quality of project and use made
01 approved practices.
Gerald's projects consist of five
head of registered Hereford cat
tle, 15 acres of certified Orfed
wheat and 27 acres of summer-
fallow. He also made use of
commercial fertilizers and sprays
for his wheat crops.
Gerald's associates here have
extended hearty congratulations
since the record shows him to
be the only Future Farmer from
Heppner to attain this honor.
Arlan Buroker of McLaughlin
high school, Millon-Freewater,
was another slate farmer from
the Blue Mountain district. He
was elected state president for
the ensuing year.
Attending from the local chap
ter were Gerald Bergstrom, Ken
neth Turner, Allen Hughes, and
Francis Cook, instructor.
Cleveland-Turner
Vows Spoken In .
Pendleton Home
Their many friends in Morrow
county were apprised Tuesday of
the marriage Monday evening
in Pendleton, of Mrs. Grace Cleve.
land and Frank W. Turner. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Hiram C. Dawson, pastor oi tne
First Christian church, at the par
sonage, attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph I. Thompson of Heppner.
The single ring ceremony was
used, the bride wore a Deige
suit with brown accessories and !
an orchid corsage.
hollowing a dinner at the
Round Up room in Hotel Pendle
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Turner left on
a wedding tour which will take
them into Nevada, California
and other points. They expect to .creeks and found
return to Heppner in about twoqujle satisfactory.
weeKS wneie nicy win uc ai
home to their friends.
Miss Humphreys
First Patron of
New Ambulance
There may be some glory in ;
being the first patient to use
the brand spankin' new Morrow
county ambulance, but Miss Leta
Humphreys has some aouuis i
k"J ; ; .. !fln ;h .tnr
Miss Humphreys was working in I
her yard and in some manner
tripped, breaking the large bone
in her left leg just above the
ankle. Feeling the lack of proper
facilities here, her physician pre
vailed upton her to go to the hos
pital in Pendleton. The "White
Angel,", VFWsponsored ambu
lance, was M'ssed into service,
with William Mcl'aleh Jr. at the
controls and Dr. A. D. McMurdo
accompanying. It was the initial
trip for the ambulance and its
performance lived up to expec
tations. Louis Lyons of the Heppner
Photo Studio has been in Port-
land this week attending a con-
Morrow County Flying
Of Portland - to - Havana -
HKRE WE GO AGAIN! But be
fore we could take off Don had
to hunt up (he U.P. freight truck,
wake the driver and get the pro
peller, which we put on our air
plane by car-light at the early
hour of u:00 a.m.
Immediately afler we (ook off
Orville said lo Don "Remind me
to scrape that 'dob' off the hood
when we stop to gas at Lake-
view.
It being too far for us to travel
to Portland, we took a shortcut
and joined the tour at Harold's
club in Reno. There are at least
500 slot machines in this one
club and the people line up as
much as five deep belund eacli
machine wailing their turn to
play them. Some customers were
ulavlng as many as inree ma
chines at once. We are convinced
that gambling doesn't pay since
(he four of us lost one dollar
and seventy-five cents. We are
also convinced that it is worth
any tourists time to visit Har
old's club just to see the wonder
ful exhibit ot old guns and
relics.
Out at the airport the next
morning were 83 pilots scraping
frost off their plane wings, trust
off and In (be air, Orville said
to Don. "We forgot to remove
that 'dob' from the hood!"
On our way to Phoenix we
flew over, and look pictures of
Boulder dam and Grand Canyon
of the Colorado. We brought an
Oregon rain with us when we
landed In Phoenix which made
the "dry Arizonians" glad to see
us.
While flying through Central
Texas to Dallas we could see
more good farm land nt a glance
than there Is in the whole state
of Oiegon. it is no wonder the
Texans are proud of their stale!
The group left Dallas the next
morning for New Orleans. In
Louisiana we first sighted the
Mississippi river, with Its flooded
lowlands. The river was within
a fool of (he all lime high at
New Orleans. We look tours in
and around the city of New
Orleans, saw the old French
quarter, the historic old Saint
Building Takes Final
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As a usual practice, Louis Lyons has to go out looking for pictures, but one day last week the
picture came to him. The former CCC building purchased by Hubert Hudson at the recent county
auction, was being hauled to its final resting place on south Chase street at the upper end of
Legion block. As it turned the corner at May and Chase streets. Photographer Lyons stepped
out on bis studio porch and snapped the picture. Aboard the traveling house are Ted Hart tele
phone repairman; Fred Sanders oi the P.P.&L. and Woody Grooms, contracting mover. The house was
moved in two sections and is being remodeled to make a duplex.
Snow Conditions In
Ranger Area Good,
Forester Reports
Water for irrigation should be
a little more plentiful this year,
if snow conditions in the moun
tains at this time are an indica
tion, reports Ranger Glenn Par
sons of the Heppner ranger dis
trict. Parsons and Kenneth Keel
ing have spent several days the,
past week measuring the snow,
course in the headwaters area '
of Willow, Rhea, and Butter .
conditions '
An average depth of 46 inches' eommmee was riameu lo
!of snow was found in the course i"' wi,n ,he coun,y court rel"
measured. Water content of this alive to building a garage at the
l snow is 16 inches, Parsons said. 'county hospital site to house the
I This is far above the 10-year ,.'WMt Jnmi " ti,n virw soon.
I average of 9.7 inches of water
I content. Furthermore, the snow
is solid and the ground is in good I
condition, two factors that por-
tend slower melting, the ranger !
believes.
1
iole trvine to eel into the moun-
tains for poles at this time. The
Willow creek road is usable onlv
as far as the city well, at the
f..,i, a frn..t ,o
forks, and the forest men we,c
obliged to hike from the forest
boundary into the high moun-
tains. Use of the road beyond
the well would necessitate ex-1
pensive maintenance and he
lieves it would be advisable to
wan uiliii general nauiing
permitted before attempting
get to the pole patches.
vention of
graphers.
Northwest photo-
By The Orville Cutsforths and Don Helikcrs
Louis Cathedral, the old slave a truly modern thorofare. It is
market, the wharves, the ships
and the activity there. We also Cuban festival takes place,
visited some of the famous rest-i The fiesta is built around the
aurants. We had our first look ! Comparsus parade in which two
at the swamps of Florida on our . centuries of Cuban history are
flight to Jacksonville which was portrayed in song and dance. In
our next stop. The coast of Flor- eluded were 15 groups of 100 par.
ida from Jacksonville to Miami ticipants each. The festival pa
is almost all a white sand beach, rade is held every Saturday and
and were lined with lovely col- Sunday night for five weeks be
tages and dotted with colorful fore Easter. It is supposed to
umbrellas which is a sight to see exceed the Mardi Gras of New
from the air. 'Orleans.
We left the tip of Florida main. We found the Cuban people
land and followed the pinpoint jolly, happy and helpful in every
islands of the Keys 120 miles to way. They are neat and clean
Key West. Along the route we and on the whole are very good
saw large fish in the sea, some 1 looking. The city is clean and
of them jumping completely out; the streets are swept every night
of the water. i by hand. We rented a car and
At Key West the pilots were spent half a day in the country,
briefed by the coast guard in the While the farm homes are poor
proper procedure of flying the ly constructed they are well
open sea. In the morning we painted and neat. We saw no
donned our Mae Wests and took
off in flights of nine planes every
half hour. Each flight was es-
coried by a Navy P.B.Y. Afler
losing sigh( of land each motor
developed a knock and each craft
began to fall apart, but afler
conquering our imagination we Beside sugar cane we saw pine
enjoyed the trip over (he water. ! apple, coconut palms, rubber
Out over the ocean with not
a thing but water to be seen Don
shouted "I see land!" and Or-
ville said "Nope, that is onlv
that 'dob' on the hood!" We
were out of sight of land about
thirty minutes when Cuba came
into view. II looked good to us.
All planes arrived in Havana
without incident. We think Ha -
vana the most beautiful city we i
have ever seen. The design and
architecture of each building is,
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unique utuo useu. ine niaieriai
used in the construction of the1
business buildings is ot a white
native slone, while the residences
are slucco and brick. The streets
of Havana, in the old part of
(he city, are very narrow, in fact
just three cars wide. The side
walks are high, and too narrow,
for two people to walk side by
side. In contrast, Provda boule
vard, Its ISO foot streets, its 30
foot sidewalks and its 60 foot
promenade In the center make it
Ride Up Hill
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
HOLD ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Election of officers for the en
suing year was the order of bus
iness at the meeting of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars Tuesday
evening. The new corps includes
William McCaleb Jr., commander
"d"K iviaynara, senior vice
commander; noscoe uearnart, t
junior vice commander; James I
H.
Driscoll, adjutant; Dr C. C.,,ains adjacent t0 Heppner. The
Dunham, post surgeon; Elbert S.
Cox, trustee for three years, and
Rev. E. L. Tull, chaplain.
Holdover trustees are Dr. A.
I D. Murdo and James Stotts.
sored ambulance.
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FLJiGPOLE TAKEN DOWN
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Ste
old
pnens, cny i-iiginrci, mt:
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street was ,aken down Monday
evening. The portable crane be-1
lng USed in construction work at Frida' Al)ril 7 at ,ne "PP""
, . igvmnasium. All children using
the Morrow County Grain Grow-, wl bp charg(?d 2-
js elevator was pressed into,and adults will be admitted on
service, making the lowering a 1 50 cent tickets.
comparatively easy job. J o
The crane was extended to its: HOWELL SERVICES FRIDAY
be-ifui height and hooked onto thej Funeral services for-Henry C.
pie which was then sawed off ! Howell will be held at 2 p.m.
at the bottom. The pole, 96 feet
in length, was erected in 1912.
jit was considered a menace to
' nearby property and the city
ordered it removed.
Farmers Give Account
and - Return Air Tour
on this street that the annual
modern machinery, all work is
done by hand labor. The sugar
cane is harvested by hand with
large knives called mache." The
cane is hauled to the mill in ox
carts, the oxen are hitched with
j a yoke resting on their horns.
, trees, cottee plants, sisal, nanana
trees and tobacco grown as crops,
jWe also visited a large distillery
'and saw warehouses filled with
. huge 400 gallon casks of 00 year
I old liquors. We sampled each of
t the sixteen varities on the house,
Making with Smith and party)
'Jhry sold us these fine old
1 liquors at a tin n and true
to trie Cuban manner oi cnargmg
the American tourist, we found
it could he bought on the street
f..r 1
Sloppy Joe's became the com-
mon meeting place lor mo ore
gon Air tourists, nuogeinor we
spent five enjoyable days in
Cuba. We departed with regret
although happy to be on our way
home.
Arriving in Key West, Florida
we had a successful day deep
sea fishing. This is the southern
most city in the United States.
u is on a smalt island 2'n miles
across and Is almost completely
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T. nC" OQCKS
dhow rrogram ror
Summer Camp Fund
Members of the county 4-H
club council this week accepted
sponsorship for presentation of
three one-act plays in u move
lQ ralse funds )or instailation 0f
a summer camp for youth or
ganisations in hp Rlup mniin-
plays have alreaay been pre
sented at the county speech festi
val at Boardman earlier this
month and it was felt they were
of such high order that the pub
lic should be given an oppor
tunity to see them. The Board-
man, lone and Heppner schools
were the participating units.
Through operation of the lunch
counter at the Kodeo dances for
the past several years, the 4-H
clubs have accumulated a fund
of approximately $500 for a pro
ject similar to that proposed at
this time. This amount will he
available and it is hoped the
plays will add another 5100 or
more, depending on patronage
'hey will be presented at 8 p.m
Friday from the Phelps Funeral
Home chapel, with Glenn Warner,
pastor of the Heppner Church of
Christ officiating. Interment will
be in the Hardman cemetery.
! surrounded by a white sand
beach
Leaving Key West we flew low
over the 400 miles of Florida
Everglades, on our way to Jack
sonville, looking for alligators.
We saw one coon but no alliga
tors. Enroute we visited Silver
Springs, the source of the Silver
river which was discovered by
DeSoto in the Sixteenth century.
While at Jacksonville we drove
over to St. Augustine, the oldest
citv in the Uniled States. There
wp drank from the fountain of
vonth. Enshrined there is the
nation's oldest school house and
the oldest grist mill, still grind-
ins corn, nowered by a water
wheel.
On our way lo the Mammoth
Caves in Kentucky, (to avoid a
rain storm.) we landed at Cal
houn, Georgia where it rained
five inches and the river rose
19 feet that night. Not deterred,
we flew on to Bowling Green to
see the Mammoth Caves with
the little 'dob' leading the way
The caves are the result of er-
rosion caused by an underground
river. There are to date 180 miles
of explored underground caverns.
Proceeding northwest we stop
ped over in East St. Louis where
we visited with Mr. and Mrs
Francis Nickerson and family
Nothing would stop (he CutS'
forths from going on to Colum
bia. Mo., to see their grand-
daughter, Deborah Lee Zita
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Richard Zita iDorothv Cutsforth)
On the wav to Denver we saw
a band of about 25 antelope
Circling the band three times
we took pictures of the swift
little animals.
After making over night stops
at Denver and Rock Springs.
Wyoming we pushed our little
old plane toward home. hen
our own strip came into view
we all knew we were glad to be
home again. As the plane came
to a stop in front of our hanger,
Orville turned to Don and said
as he looked at that little 'dob'
on the hood, sav Don. "What do
sparrows use for glue?"
Baseball Opens at
Boardman; Home
Team Wins, 2 to I
Local baseball fans witnessed
the first high school game this
season on the local field and
saw the Boardman team win in
an exciting and thrilling game
played against the Echo high
team with score 2-1.
Several students who had
spent the spring vacation home
with parents returned Sunday to
their schools and classes. Mildred
Miller, Evelyn Miller and Caro
lyn Sicard returned to EOCE,
La Grande, Bill Miller and Mel
vin Carlson returned to OSC,
Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Black,
Peter Cassidy, Keith Tannehill,
Max Fussell and Bob Sicard re
turned Saturday after three days
spent in La Grande, where they
attended the district FFA parlia
mentary conference.
Mrs. Frank Marlow and son
Darrel) motored to Hermiston
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Earwood
and daughter Shirley motored to
Arlington Sunday where they at.
tended a family renunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow
and sons Darrell and Harold mo
tored to Walla Walla Sunday
and were dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Zerba. Mrs. Marlow is Mrs. Zer
ba's niece.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball Sr. mo
tored to lone Saturday, assisting
in the search for the little Cropp
boy who was drowned in Willow
Creek Tuesday. Mrs. Cropp is a
niece of Mr. Ball.
Mrs. Lowell Shattuck who is
employed at St. Anthony's hos
pital, Pendleton spent the week
end with her family here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rands and
daughter Mary Ann returned
home Saturday evening after a
week spent in the metropolis.
Mr. and Mrs. David Cole, who
have been visiting the past two
weeks in Portland returned Sun
day to the Frank Cole home.
Bringing them were their son-in-law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Paine and grandson
Ernie, who were also Sunday
dinner guests at the Frank Cole
home.
Stockman Speaks
Piece to Congress
About Taxation
In line with his campaign slo
gan that he is "For Government
that lives within its income and
without most of yours," Repre
sentative Lowell Stockman of
Oregon addressed the House on
March 15 on tax reduction.
Congressman Stockman said:
If we are to have a growing
economy, we must not shackle
with tax chains and repress
s expansion. A large and steady
flow of dollars from consumers
ho are able to buy is the basis
for high levels of business activi
ty, but the dollars which Ameri
can consumers now have to spend
are limited by the large slice of
their income taken by the federal
government in the form of taxes.
Some of these taxes are paid
consciously, but many are hidden
in the price which the consumer
pays for the goods he buys.
'Figures for 1948 show that
about 23 cents out of each dollar
spent by consumers are taken
for taxes, assuming that all dol
lars spent in the United States
share equally in the total tax
load. Such excessive taxation
only leads to economic deteriora
ion, taking from the productive
machine the consumer dollars
which it needs to keep it running
smoothly at high levels.
'The taxpayer is more than
a harassed-looking little man in
a newspaper cartoon; he is a man
with a voice who decries the ex-
ravagance of government for
which he must pay each time he
receives his pay check, buys a
train ticket, or goes to a movie.
The taxpayer is entitled to have
his government run with as much
efficiency as any large business
must use if it is to remain Sol
ent. I believe the time has come
when we must find efficient
ways to run our government and
give the American taxpayer re-
ief from the tax load which has
become so heavy that he no long
er has the Incentive to maintain
high levels of production."
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Census of Farm
Questionnaires In
Mail This Week
The 1950 census of agriculture
questionnaires are now being
distributed by mail to the farm
ers of Morrow county who will
participate with others all over
the United S(ates in a nation
wide inventory of farms and
farm production.
By March 27, the rural carrier
will have delivered to all 'rural
route boxholders a copy of the
agriculture questionnaire to be
used in the 1950 census of agri-
ulture. With it will ocme a re
quest from the United States
Bureau of the Census asking tho
farmer to fill in the questionnaire
and have it ready for the census
enumerator who will call at the
farm In April during the 17th
Willow Creek Gives
Up Body of 6-Year
Old Daniel Cropp
Harbor Patrolmen
From Portland
Accomplish Task
Search for the body of little
Daniel Cropp, drowned in the
muddy waters of Willow creek
about noon of March 2, ended
about 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning when two harbor pa
trolmen from Portland found it
about 150 yards below the point
where the boy fell in the water.
The creek had been searched
for a distance of approximately
two miles following the accident
and was abandoned after two
days and the placing of nets
in spots where it was thought
the body might be washed up.
When located, the body was
impacted in the soft bottom of
the creek under an overhanging
bank. The men used grappling
hooks to bring it to the surface.
The patrolmen were sent by
Police Chief Charles T. Pray of
Portland who kept them on ac
tive duty while up here. The
men work by numbers which
are used when they are on duty
and are Erling O. Hicks, No. 227
and Pilot Charles E. Jasper, No.
67, according to information
given Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman
who was on hand to give what
ever assistance that might be
required.
Danny, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Cropp of lone, was born
January 12, 1944 at Forest Grove.
He is survived by his parents
three sisters, Sally, Maxine and
Bonny, and two brothers, Ray
mond and Marvin, and his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Ball of Forest Grove and
Mrs. Gertrude Eisehen of Rock-
away.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 o'clock a.m. Friday morn
ing at the St. Wiliams Catholic
church in lone, with Father Fran
cis McCormack officiating and ar
rangements in charge of the
Phelps Funeral Home. Interment
will be in lone Masonic cemetery,
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Farm Bureau Sets
Nexr Meeting For
Monday, April 3
Monday, April 3, at 8 p.m. is
the date and the Rhea Creek
grange hall is the place chosen
by the Morrow County Farm
Bureau for the next regular
meeting. Several important sub
jects are on the agenda to be
discussed, according to E. Mark
ham Baker, president, who is
urging the membership to turn
out in goodly numbers.
At the last meeting of the
bureau, two resolutions were
passed, one in relation to ob
taining a more thorough cover
age on taxable property and the
other covering the matter of sub
mitting income tax reports. The
first reads as follows:
Whereas: We feel that there is
a great deal of property in this
county that is going unassesscd,
and,
Whereas: Those who are being
honest are being penalized for
turning in a correct statement
of their property, by paying
higher taxes,
Therefore, we recommend that
the County Assessor's office con
duct an inspection of all taxable
property annually.
Whereas: Farmers incomes are
largely on an annual basis, and,
Whereas: It's difficult to make
monthly or quarterly reports.
Therefore, we recommend that
laws be passed so that farmers
may make annual reports to the.
State Industrial Accident Com
mission, and to the State Tax
Commission for withholding tax.
The second one follows:
Whereas: Farmers' incomes are
largely on an annual basis, and
Whereas: it is difficult to make
monthly or quarterly reports.
therefore: e recommend mat
laws be passed so that farmers
may make annual reports to the
State Industrial Accident Com
mission and to the State Tax
Commission for withholding tax.
O. D. Baker of Kinzua Pine
Mills company was a business
caller at the court house in Hepp
ner Tuesday afternoon. From
here he went to Hermiston where
his son operates a retail lumber
yard, planning to spend the
night there.
Miss Annie Hynd is reported
on the mend following an attack
of flue the first of the week.
decennial census of the United
States.
The average farmer can com
plete the agriculture question
naire easily. Many of the in
quiries can be answered without
reference to records. However,
some questions will require a
little more time, namely inquiries
on crop yields and receipts from
crop sales, on the production of
livestock and livestock products
and income from their sale, on
farm expenditures for selected
items, and on other Inquiries
about the farm business which
cover the 1949 calendar year
The results of the 1950 census
of agriculture, when complied by
the census bureau, will bring up
to date the statistical lnturma
Hon about the nation's farm und
farm people.