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Heppner Gazette Times, TKursday, June 22, 1950
ASSESSMENT ROIL IRONED
The state tax commission and
the Clackamas county equaliza
tion board this week found the
bug that has been causing most
of the property assessment pro
tests. The trouble is that there have
not been enough deputy assessors
to do a complete job of apprais
ing the whole county each year.
With inadequate help it has been
the practice in many counties to
adjust valuations over only a
portion of the county each year
and take the assessment of the
previous year for the rest of the
county, orten this left one part
of the county with higher assess
ments than the other.
The commission decided that
in as much as 60 property own
ers of North Clackamas county
showed that valuations of their
property and that of others in
the same district had been boost
ed as much as 200 percent in
many instances and that the
boost had not been made over
all the county this year, that
the 1949 assessment valuations
should be used this year instead
oi tne ww assessment.
PRINTERS HIGHEST PAID
Wages of Oregon workers arc
higher than ever befoTe and
printers are the highest paid
group in the state, the state
bureau of labor statistics and the
state unemployment compensa
tion commission reported this
week.
The average earnings of pro
duction workers last month
touched an all-time high of $1.75
an hour or $68.79 a week in Ore
gon. In Washington the average
was slightly lower. In printing
and publishing workers averaged
s.i3 tor a 35.d hour week; ply
wood workers came next with
$74.97, all record high wages.
NEW PRISON WALL
Completion of the new con
crete wall enclosing the main
buildings of the Oregon State
penitentiary at Salem was an
nounced this week by prison
warden George Alexander. The
wall is of concrete construction
and 25 feet high. Construction
was started nearly two years ago.
Modern floodlights installed
on the new wall give guards a
clear view of the entire enclosure
which covers a total of seven
acres.
Guards have moved into the
new wall towers and the old
wall has been torn down.
FRUIT CROP NORMAL
The severe freeze of last winter
won't create any fruit shortage,
Ray A. Yocum of Chicago, vice
president of Consolidated Grocers
corporation and former manager
of Salem's Reed-Murdoch can
nery, told Governor McKay last
week when visiting his long-time
friend and fellow townsman.
Yocum said that nearly all can
neries will probably produce a
slimmer pack than last year, but
that the 1950 output would be
fair and that there would be
sufficient fruit to supply the
public demand. .
BUDWORM KILL SUCCESSFUL
The DDT treatment is proving
highly successful in halting the
timber-destroying spruce bud
worm infestation in Oregon.
Tests made on the 27,913 acres
of timber in the Roseburg-Spring-field
area show that the treat
ment is averaging 97.5 per cent
effective. Estimates were based
upon inspections made just prior
to treatment by the Oregon State
forestry department and then
two weeks following the spray
ing. In treating the area 29,500
gallons of DDT were used.
The total cost of the project
was $24,212,4-, or 86.5 cents an
acre.
SCHOOL FUNDS INCREASE
The state land board will dis
tribute to the school districts of
Oregon approximately $252,000
this year, E. T. Pierce, clerk of
the board announced Monday.
This sum represents the earnings
of the board for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1950. Checks to
the districts will be mailed early
in July.
The 1949 1950 count of school
children in the state is 364,495.
The 1948-1949 count was 349,777.
Pierce left this week for Denver,
where he will attend the annual
convention of land commission
ers June 22-24.
FOUR GOVERNORS A WEEK
When Governor McKay start
ed to Vrginia Sunday, the 11th,
Senate President William Walsh
became governor pro tern. When
Walsh left for Fort Lewis, Wash.,
on Friday, Speaker of the House
Frank Van Dyke succeeded
Walsh. Van Dyke left for Los
Angeles Saturday and the gub
ernatorial duties went to Secre
tary of State Earl T. Newbry
who served from 10:30 a.m. Sat
urday until 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
30 Years Ago
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
June 24, 1920
At the residence of Rev. Carl
Doney, president of Willamette
University in Salem, Wednesday,
June 16, occurred the marriage of
Ray M. Taylor and Miss Loa
Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. Leon W.
Briggs, parents of the bride, were
present at the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Olden of
Fairview, accompanied by Mrs.
Olden's son, Jesse Dobyns, en
Joyed a pleasant family reunion
on Sunday at the home of Mrs.
EDITORIAL
0v NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
Flood Control Work Due
Information as to when the flood control
work mentioned in a recent dispatch from the
national capital might be expected is totally
lacking in Heppner, but there is no lack of
evidence that such work is needed. Ranchers along
Rock Creek and Rhea Creek, including tributary
streams, cin testify that something should be
done to check the mad rush of water resulting
from heavy rains and cloudbursts something of
a permanent nature assuring them they may con.
tinue their activities with a feeling of security
that their buildings will not be washed away and
their crops destroyed. The anxiety always felt in
Heppner and up and down Willow Creek when
black clouds gather in the south is something
that can be understood only by those who have
experienced the terrible destruction wrought by
flash floods.
Since the President clipped Heppner from the
list of approved projects so far as the proposed
dam above town is concerned, there is consider
able speculation as to what was meant by flood
control. Will there be a series of dams along the
creeks traversing this region? Will the work start
at the highest point and lead down to the lower
levels?
It has been suggested that a series of earthen
dams at strategic points along the creeks would
serve to el"?ck the serious effects of flash storms.
There is no doubt about the effectiveness of this
type of flood control and it is hoped that funds
will be provided the Soil Conservation Service
to carry out at least part of the program planned
in that direction.
There is still one thing that sticks in the
editorial craw regarding the proposed Heppner
dam. If it were built and there never came a
time when it would be called upon to hold back
the flood waters of a flash storm, it would still
pay its way as a storage reservoir dam, some
thing to hold back the run-off waters to be
distributed over thirsty acres of valley and
benches that could easily be reached between
Heppner and the Columbia river. Right at this
moment the Columbia is at flood stage. It is not
as high an it was in 1948, but it is high and
certainly doesn't need even the infinitesmal vol
ume of Willow Creek to carry on down towards the
sea. Yet that small amount of water would be of
inestimable value to the ranchers when the heat
of summer with its accompanying parching winds
turns crops yellow and creates shortages of feed
for both human and livestock consumption.- It
may come some day, especially if many more
people move into this section of Eastern Oregon
and there is a demand for breaking up the
larger ranches along the creek. Such a thing has
happened in other places and it can happen here.
What Is There To Promise?
In the light of the promises made by those
claiming membership in the Democratic party,
ranging from the head man at Washington clear
down to precinct committeeman, there appears
little left for Republican candidates to offer the
voters. That's the advantage accruing to the party
in power for if so disposed the officials are in
better position to not only promise but to back
up the promises so long as they are for vote
getting only.
The Republican party on a national basis has
been on the outside looking in for nigh on to
eighteen yf.ars and in that time the so-called
Democratic prrty has been expanding its hold
on the livs of the people (giving them every
thing they ask for and charging it to them in
taxes). But sc far the Republicans have been
unable to hold out any inducements to offset the
generosity of the spenders of the people's money
and about all that is left to them is to spearhead
the attack against the growing trend of the plan
ners to direct the country down the path to so
cialism. If the GOF can accomplish the somewhat
herculean task of staving off the welfare state
and restoring the government to its constitutional
status, it will be going a long way towards re
vitalizing the independent spirit of the people.
That Is something that must be done in a large
measure at the forthcoming fall election. It can
he done if the voters will weigh carefully the
promises of the candidates who advocate the tru
deal program, which is nothing more than so
cialism as already in vogue elsewhere in the
W. T. Smith, an aunt of Mrs.
Olden's, at Estacada.
The people of Heppner are to
enjoy the Chautauqua another
year when more than sufficient
tickets were contracted for next
year's feature.
Jimmie Davis, son of Mrs. Mary
Davis of Ritter Springs hotel,
succumbed to the bite of a
rattlesnake last Friday, just 22
hours after being bitten.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris P.
Brown on Thursday, June 17, a
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ment is the
their master.
Noble Intentions Are not Enough
At that time,
and Mr. Thomas
not
leave well
hands stretch
son weighing nine pounds.
Born at their home In Port
land a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Terah Mahoney on June 5.
Another June wedding occur
red In Heppner last Saturday
evening when Marcie Mary,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Winnard became the bride of
Arthur E. Miller of LaGrande.
The annual school election
Monday was a quiet affair. W.
P. Mahoney was elected to suc
ceed W. B. Barratt and Vawter
Ac3TN
world. If they will but remember that every so
cial reform instituted since the beginning of the
Roosevelt administration has meant an increase in
the tax burden, and that all of these so-calleJ
reforms have been more a matter of political
expediency than a heartfelt desire to bring bene
fits to the people, they will realize that it is time
to accept a new ideology.
So far as the political set-up in Oregon is
concerned, there is no need for making a change.
Our state today is in better condition financially
than either the neighbor to the north or the
neighbor the south. Yet these states have had
dollars in federal grants where Oregon has had
but pennies. The only unhappy people In the
state are the so-called Democratic politicians
who have found it difficult to supplant the Re
publican regime. From the early start made by
some of the Democratic candidates it is plain lo
see that an all-out effort will be made to con
vince the people that they should surrender what
little of independence they have to the boys who
have such wonderful plans for our future under
the glorious welfare state. Perhaps there are
enough new Democrats in the state to bring this
about and it wouldn't be the first time Oregon
has gone Democratic but the trend has been to
hold to the Republican line in state affairs while
voting for Roosevelt four times straight and
finally drifting back into the Republican column
in 1948.
As said earlier in this article, the Democrats
have a monopoly on the promises, but the Republi
cans can throttle a lot of those promises by con
ducting a straightforward campaign on American
ism, by preaching the doctrine that the govern
servant of the people rather than
When a socialist party takes over the govern
ment of a country, it may have the noblest of
intentions. It may be passionately devoted to the
ideal of making life better for everyone. But, in
practice, and regardless of the probity and pur
pose of the men in control, it always winds up
by regimenting the energies and resources of '.he
nation, ani weakening the fibres of the people,
says an exchange.
A particularly good example of that is found
in England, and we need hot turn to Conserva
tive Party spokesman for evidence. Four years
ago, on May 6, 1946, an influential member of
the Labor Party, Ivor Thomas, said in Commons:
"Today, over a wide field, private enterprise has
become a stumbling block to economic advance.
In the new Renaissance the new and potent in
struments which science has placed in the hands
of man ate matched by a new and fruit'ul
principle; the principle of public enterprise based
on the service of the many instead of the private
profit of the few; a principle which is as muoh
in advance of private enterprise as private enter
prise was of the feudal guild."' .
Labor had riewly come to power,
looked to the future with utterl
confidence. But disillusionment came fast. In
another speech before Commons, made in October
27, 1948, hs said: "The most obvious result of
the Government's activities in the past three years
has been an immense concentration of power in
the hands of the State and a corresponding weak
ening of the power of the individual to stand for
himself. The itching fingers of the planners can-
enough alone. Their grasping
far beyond the confines of industry
to the man who wants to run up a building for
himself and the woman who keeps a pig, or a
few hens, In her backyard. On top of the universal
control of economic life, the Government is now
wiping out the last vestiges of independence hy
confiscatory taxation.
"For long I had hoped that a Labour Party,
pledged to sensible courses of reform, would be
the best bulwark aganst the evil flood of Com
munism. Today, I regret to see that It is no bul
wark, but a leaky dam."
What England has learned the hard way, we
can learn by example. It may seem a small matter
to you if the government takes over some great
industry power, communications, steel, or any
other. But when government owns or controls
great Industry, It inevitably reaches out and out
until it controls agriculture, labor, small business
in a word, everything. Then liberty withers,
and the stage is set for the dictator.
Crawofrd was reelected clerk.
. Mai Church ' this ' week dis
posed of his property in the
northwest part of the city to
Wm. Cunningham and will move
to Hood River valley.
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ATTENTION MASONS I
A special meeting will be held
at the hall Saturday " evening,
June 24. EA degree. Be there!
' Harley Anderson, W. M.
We Need Big Business
By George Peck
It has become a favorite
pastime of our bureaucratic gov
ernment to pick on Big Business.
One of the companies selected
for the greatest bureaucratic
bombardment is the world's
largest steel manufacturer the
United States Steel Corporation.
One wonders how these bureau
crats can overlook the splendid
contribution made by U. S. Steel
during World War II; how they
can forget the sense of security
every patriotic American felt
that this corporation was ready
to suppply so much of the war
materiel necessary to defeat
our enemies.
This giant company did not
just come into existence when
the Japs struck Pearl Harbor. For
many years prior thereto hun
dreds of thousands of investors
had been pouring their savings
into its coffers; its management
had been planning and building
its many plants, developing its
"knowhow," and training its
army of workers.
U. S. Steel was ready when the
war came, and this one company
proceeded to produce more steel
than all the steel mills of Ger
many and Japan combined. Did
we at that time hear anyone
complain that "United States
Steel was too big?"
Through its subsidiary Federal
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany, U. S. Steel delivered de
stroyers and cruisers in unpre
cedented numbers, in addition
to many merchant ships, tankers
and auxiliary vessels. Did the
Navy Department at that time
consider that "United States
Steel was too big?"
From the many laboratories of
U. S. Steel came numerous new
inventions to speed the war. One
of these led to the production
of steel runways by which even
a body pasture was convertea
into a landing neia tor our
heaviest airplanes. Did we hear
any of our aviators at that time
'complain that United States
Steel was too big?"
In one week during World War
II, a single U. S. Steel subsidiary
produced enough steel for 7,000
light medium tanks; another
turned out one million anti-air
craft shells 62 days ahead of
schedule. Did any of our G.Is
at that time grumble that
"United States Steel was too
big?"
And for use here at home, in
one of its plants, U. S. Steel, in
the short period of only four
months, made a 550-mile pipe
line which speeded oil to the
East to ease the burden on ships
and trains. Did any one at that
time object to this ' production
feat because "United States Steel
was too big?"
Those were but a few of the
many production miracles per
formed by U. S. Steel during
World War II. In 1942, its Board
Chairman, Irving S. Olds, said
"Management and workers of
the United States Steel have
cooperated in attaining these
noteworthy production results.
Both properly can be proud of
their joint contribution during
the first year of the war."
Yes, the American public was
practically unanimous in its be-
lief that "Big Business was good
business." That , is, good for
Americans. Hitler and Hirohito,
however, did not share that en
thusiastic approval; they found
our American Big Business to be
very bad.
Now, this nation Is waging a
cold war with Russia, and the
threat of its developing into a
hot third world war hangs heav
ily over our heads. We are Fpend
ing billions of dollars to keep
our own armed forces prepared
more billions to support and arm
Europe. Are we going to permit
our Washington bureaucrats to
break up the big corporations
that have provided the margin
of victory in two previous con
flicts?
Surely, the lessons learned in
past wars should have taught
us to keep our Big Business strong
and vigorous. While we hope
that never again will we have to
call on Big Business to supply
the sinews of war, let's have it
on tap. As a matter of fact, our
enemies will think long and
hard before tangling with a na
tion that keeps its potential
powder dry by encouraging, rath
er than attempting to disrupt, Big
Business.
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KEITH MARSHALL TO
COACH AT ROSEBURG
' Keith Marshall, recent gradu
ate of Linfleld college at Me
Mlnnville, has been hired as
coach at Roseburg'for the coming
year. He is taking summer work
at Linfield towards his master's
degree.
T Mr. f Marshall was voted the
most outstanding athlete at the
college and was presented with
a Linfleld blanket with eight
stars in recognition of the letters
he has won durine his four vears
there since returning from his
overseas duty.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Huehes. ac
companied by their sons, Tom
and Billy, were present at their
son-in-law's graduation.
Pfc SETTLES ON TOUR
Pfc Herbert Gene Settles, USMC
son of Mr. and Mrs. Emery R.
Settles of Heppner is serving
aboard the heavy cruiser USS
Saint Paul, which is scheduled
to participate in the annual six
week Naval Reserve Officers
Training Corps Midshipmen Senior-Sophomore.
Pacific Fleet
Cruise, beginning June 17.
Underway. ' shin and cninnerv
exercises will be conducted with
simulated attacks bein? made
on the cruise ships by "enemy"
air, submarine, and surface
craft.
Settles, who entered the Naval
service in October, 1948, formerly
attended Vancouver High school
at Vancouver, Washington.
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OFFICIAL HOARDING
The extent to which surDlus
inventories of stock are hullt un
by some Federal Agencies was
recently pointed out to the House
Appropriations Committee by
Jess Larson, General Administra
tor. He said One agpnev haH a
supply of tracing cloth which
wuuia last tnem 9 years, enough
fluorescent liehr tn hPC tn la of
93 years, sufficient ruled filler
paper to last 168 years and a
stock of loose leaf binders which
would last them 247 years. -
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
The Heppner Gazette, established
Marcn 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
Published every Thursday and
entered at the Post Office at
Heppner, Oregon, as second
class matter.
Subscription price, $3.00 a year;
single copies, 10c.
O. G. CRAWFORD
Publisher and Editor
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
DR. H. S. HUBER
DENTIST
First National Bank Bldg.
Room 116 Phone 2342
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O.TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
.Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
P. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
A.D. McMurdo,M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office in Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. 4 Center St.
House Calls Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
N.D.BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machine! Repaired
Phone 1485 for appointment
or call at shop.
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
ALFRED BASKA
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
2-bedroom (block) house, com
plete, $4500.
Phone 404, Condon. Ore.
9-14
Phil Meischan
Invites Eastern Oregon
Friends to Stop at the
ROOSEVELT
4
The Metsehans (Including dangh
ter and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Fettig art patting three
generation! of hotelkeeplng ex
perl ence Into making the Boose
velt the place to stay in Portland.
The Roosevelt Hotel face the
beautiful Park blocks, yet is
only a short distance from the
downtown shopping area and
just a few steps from the thea
ters, the Portland Art Museum.
Public Library, Federal Court,
County Court Rouse, and other
points of interest.
And you don't have to set foot
outside the hotel to enjoy the
finest food In Portland. The
famous L'Abbe French Wine
Restaurant, serving In the Contl.
nental manner, adjoins the hotel
lobby.
Stop with us next time you are
la Portland and you wlU find
we are fulfilling our promise to
make the Roosevelt Hotel
"PORTLAND'S BEST I"
Cordially,
PHIL METSCHAN,
Promotion Manager
EDWARD A. FETTIG,
President
Mrs. E. A. FETTIO,
Manager
HOTEL ROOSEVELT
8. W. PARK AND SALMON
Portland, Oregon
PRINTING...
That satisfies. Why not let us
fill that next printing order?
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
Call Settles Electric
for all kinds of Electrical WorK
New and Repair
Shop phone 2253 at Willow &
Chase Streets. Res. Phone 2542
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone 845
J. O. PETERSON
Latent Jewelry Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. at Civic Center
Turner, Van Marterl
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
Council M"u Plr,t Monday
WUUntll Each Month
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
-TITLE INSURANCE
Offloe In Peters Building
Morrow County
frill ft Meets First Wednesday
WUUrr of Each Month
County Judge Of ties Hours)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8 a.m.
to t p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Fore.
oon only.
Dr. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST ,
Rooma 11-12
First National Bank Building
Ph.: Office 783, Home 932