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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 17, 1950
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Fair Time Close At Hand
Time has the habit of moving along, some
times faster than we think if measured by some
activity or event that is set for a certain, date. So
it is that with harvest claiming the attention of
many of our people for the past month or more,
the date of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
has not been merely creeping up on us it has
been coming in a brisk trot. Three weeks from
today August 17 the gates will open on the
1950 show.
Visitors to this year's fair and rodeo who have
not been in Heppner this summer will find sub
stantial improvements to the grounds. This is par
ticularly true with relation to the fair. An addi
tion to the stock barn gives ample space for car
ing for increased numbers of exhibits and for
judging if weather makes it advisable to carry on
under cover. Provision has been made for hogs
and poultry so that these important features will
be given more prominence. The big new dance
pavilion and exhibit hall, already the scene of
several big parties, will add new stimulus to 4-H
club, F. F. A., Home Economics and general ex
hibits. Never before in the history of fairs and ro
deos in Morrow county has there been so much
room for exhibits and entertainment as will be
found at this year's fair and rodeo.
On top of all the fair improvements, many vi
sitors will find it interesting to inspect the new
county machine shop, which, it is hoped by the
officials, will be ready for inspection by fair time.
On the entertainment side, the rodeo will fea
ture the Howard Johnson stock again this year.
The waddies found the horses, ,,cows, steers and
calves plenty tough last year and the stock has
not grown .gentler in the meantime. For the dan
ces, the popular Jimmie Whetmore orchestra will
provide the music.
There will be thrills and spills and plenty of
interest mingled with excitement for four days.
Even the carnival will be set up on the fair
grounds, affording the people the first opportu
nity to see the whole show within one enclosure.
The improvements made since the 1949 fair
and rodeo are direct evidence of the growth ex
perienced since the close of World War II and
bear out the fair board's claim that the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo is "the biggest little show
in Oregon."
30 Years Ago
August 19, 1920
Born Sunday, August 15, to
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Woods
of Gooseberry, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Cohn and
daughter Eleanor left on Sunday
for Rockway, the popular sum
mer resort on the Oregon coast.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Oral Hendriksen of Ce
cil, Monday, August 16.
Mrs. E. N. Crawford left this
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CHURCHES
LEXINGTON CHURCH Your
Community Church
Z. Franklin Cantrell, Minister.
Regular services every Sunday.
Church school 10 a. m. Wor
ship and preaching 11 a. m. Sing
ing and preaching 8 p. m.
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HEPPNER CHURCH OF CHRIST
Glenn Warner, Minister
9:45 a. m. Bible school, C. W.
Barlow, superintendent.
11 a. m. Morning worship and
communion service. Sermon top
ic, "The Church of Christ at Its
Best."
8 p. m. Evening service. Ser
mon theme, "Wrestling With
Life's Great Realities.."
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METHODIST CHURCH
J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister
Morning worship and sermon
at 11 a. m. The pastor will be
back for this service.
Church school 9:45 a. m. Oli
ver Creswick, superintendent tA
class for every age.
The Womans Society of Chris
tian Service meets the first Wed
nesday of each month at 8 p. m.
Suzanna Wesley circle meets
the third Wednesday at 2 p. m.
o
morning for Enterprise where she
will make an extended visit at
the home of her son, Otheo Craw
ford. Irrigon citizens have voted a
bonded indebtedness of $40,000
for the erection at once of a mo
dern school building.
There will be a meeting of the
commercial club tonight, ccord
ing to Charles Thomson, presi
dent. A number of items of im
portance will be taken up, among
them the selection of a new band
master.
Frank Stever and family have
moved to Hood River where he
will have charge of the section
there on the railroad.
George W. Milholland returned
Monday from Portland where he
was called on business. He was
caught in a terrific dust storm on
the upper Columbia and was un.
able to see the road ahead of him
for a greater part of the distance
from The Dalles to lone.
James H. Hayes and . H. G.
Hayes were over from Pendleton
the first of the week attending to
business matters in Morrow
Business or Politics?
Is it more important that the present admin
istration be perpetuated or that the Korean situ
ation be cleaned up and American lives saved?
In other words, is this a time for political maneu
vering or should politics be cast aside and every
body, including the administration, get down to
the business of winning this "feeler" engagement
and preparing for the big push that is bound to
come?
Our boys are dying in Korea and here at home
we are jockeying around to get'our hooks into the
gravy bowl. Labor wants bigger wages; business
must have more profits with which to cope with
the bigger wages, and back of it all the adminis
tration is stalling for time to clear the election
hurdle. All of which is simply playing into the
hands of the communists, who become more con
vinced day by day that the dictator style of gov
ernment is more efficient and that in due time
the Kremlin will be the center of world government.
Those of us residing in what is termed the
south end of the county should bear in mind
that there is no 38th parallel between this sec
tion and the northern or "river" section. There is
a no-man's land that bars direct communication
between the two ends of the county, but aside
from that handicap it is all one political unit.
This should be kept in mind when the North Mor
row County Fair is held at Boardman August 31
September 1 and 2. That is an important produc
ing belt along the river. It contributes a variety
of products not grown in quantity elsewhere in
the county and with the increase in row crop
farming in recent years is becoming an impor
tant project center for commercial crops. Bear
this in mind and take a day off during the NMCF
and go over and get acquainted with those nice
people.
In Wichita, Kan., the siren on Deputy Sheriff
Charles Baxter's car was fixed after he left this
note for the mechanic: "The syreen on car No. 7
ain't a-workin'. It will sigh, but it won't Teen."
UP, Readers Digest
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jones and
daughter of Washington D. C. ar
rived Thursday evening for a vi.
sit with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
George Smith, and Mr. nd Mrs.
Carl McDaniel. They made the
trip by motor over the northern
route visiting Glacier National
park and parts of Canada, cov
ering 37.65 miles.
HEPPNER
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Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
. 1912.
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HANDS OFF OUR RAILROADS
By George Peck
If the worst should happen and
we are plunged into World War
III. it is to be hoped that the Fed
eral Government will keep its
paralyzing hands off our Ameri
can railroads.
Those of us who are old enough
can remember the performance
of our railroads in two world
wars. In World War I the Gov
ernment operated the railroads
and what a sorry mess it made of
the job.
During World War II, Govern
ment apparently had learned its
lesson and exercised good judg
ment of leaving the railroads un
der private operation and control.
What a contrast there was be
tween their orderly and efficient
performance in World War II as
compared with the haphazard
and inefficient mis-performance
in World War I.
In fact, during World War II
the railroads did themselves
proud they more than justified
the vote of confidence reposed in
them they not only handled the
war load, but also saved the Gov
ernment a heap of money while
doing it. In World War I, during
the three years 1918-20, the Gov
ernment collected from the rail
road companies 116 million dol
lars in federal income taxes, but
during those same years there
was a deficit in excess of $1,641,
000,000 resulting from Govern
ment operation to be paid out of
the Federal Treasury.
In World War II, during the
three years and eight months be
tween Pearl Harbor and the ca
pitulation of Japan, the railroad
companies paid in Federal taxes
more than $4,270,000,000, in ad
dition to payroll taxes of $770,-
000,000 and there was no defi
cit on account of Federal opera
tion to be met by us poor tax
payers. And, my fellow-taxpayers
there was a net gain for us of
,S00,000,000 over World War I
and that amount of money "aint
hay.
And while the railroads were
NOW LET'S SOAK THE POOR
i Ey Dr. Alfred P. Haake
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Alfred P. Haake, Ph. D., Mayor of Park Ridge, Ills,
is a noted Economist, Business Consultant, Lecturer and Author.)
A few years ago political lead
ers in power played on the old
falsehood that the poor were get
ting poorer and the rich were
getting richer. So they proceeded
to soak the rich with the idea of
making things easier for the
poor. How well that is working
out is shown in the trend to in
crease taxes on the ooor after
stripping much of the tax-paying
power of the rich.
A recent study of income and
taxes, from figures reported' by
the staff of the joint committee
on internl revenue, and depart
ment of commerce, shows that
the total national income of 208
billion dollars in 1948 was divid
ed with 66 going to the group
with incomes under S3. 000 a veaf
20.2 going to those whose In
comes were over $3,000 and un
der $5,000 a year; 4.7 to those
between $5,000 and $10,000 a
year; 4.6 -to those between $10,.
000 and S25.000 a vear. and nnlv
4.5 to all incomes over $25,000 a
year.
The taxes were divided differ
ently. Thus: those whose in
comes were under $3,000 a year
received 06 of the total income
but paid only 29.1 of the total
income taxes; those with in
comes between $3,000 and $5,000
a year received 20.2 of the total
income and paid 22.2 of the
taxes; those with incomes be
tween $5,000 and $10,000 a year
received 4 7 nf the tntal inenmp
and paid 8.1 of the income tax
es; tiio incomes between $10,000
and $25,000 received 4.6 of the
total income and paid 13 of the
total taxes: while all the ienmes
over $25,000 received 4.57c of the
total income and oaid 27.6 of
the total income taxes.
From these facts ' it appears
that the one group which pays a
fair .share of the total taxes, ac
cordine In its income, is thp
group that received between $3,-
uuu ana do.ixju a year, with an in.
come share of 20.2 of the total
and 22.2 of the total taxes.
Those whose incomes are below
hs Broun receive 66 nf the In
come and pay only 29.1 of the
taxes, less than their share, while
those above the group, with in
comes over $5,000 a year pay
more than their share of taxes
Thomas Palmer, 9, son of Mrs.
Arletha Palmer of Condon, re
ceived treatment for a lacerated
elbow, cut when he fell on glass.
Both cases were dismissed the
following day.
Mrs. Ben Swaggart was return
saving us this vast amount of
money they literally performed
miracles. They handled 97 per
cent of all organized troop move
ments and more than 90 percent
of all war freight. During World
War II the total freight load on
the railroads doubled, the pas
senger load multiplied four times.
Nor was this done by jacking
up freight rates and passenger
fares. During the first world war
and the period immediately there
after, it was found 'necessary to
increase freight rates by an ave
rage of approximately 60 percent.
At the close of World War II
freight rates were no higher than
when the war began, despite
large wartime increases in wages,
taxes and the price of supplies;
while the level of passenger fares
was lower than it was even be
fore the first world war.
Thus the railroads thoroughly
proved the superiority of private
ownership and control over Gov
ernment ownership and control.
That should silence forever the
voices clamoring for nationaliza.
tton of our railroads but it is too
fnuch to hope that it will.
And what about impending
World War III? In July the mem
ber roads of the Association of
American Railroads held a spe
cial meeting in Chicago. A defi
inite rail transportation program
to meet the needs of commerce
and the demands of defense was
unanimously adopted.
Space does not permit going
into the details of this program.
However, it- was drawn up by
experienced railroad men pledg
ed to put it into effect. After the
splendid job these men did in
World War II certainly they can
be trusted to handle efficiently
transportation of troops and war
freight in the unhappy event we
become involved in a third
world war that is, provided the
Federal Government, as was the
case in World War II, again e
ercises the good common sense
of leaving the operation of our
railroads to railroad men.
according to their smaller share
of the income
It is significant that $86.20 out
every $100 of income goes .to
those whose income is less than
$5,000 a year, while those with
incomes over $5,000 a year re
ceive $13.80 cents out of every
$100 of income and pay $48.70 out
of every $100 of income taxes.
Other studies have revealed
that 84 plus of all additional
taxes must be paid by people
with incomes under $5,000 a year,
because other sources of income
taxes will yield only 16 of the
additional taxes. In 1948 that
same group with under $5,000 a
year income paid only 51.3 of
the income taxes, while those re
ceiving over $5,000 a year paid
48.7 of the income taxes.
The equalizing factor, through
which it will be increasingly ne
cessary to "soak the poor" is hid.
den taxes. They are buried in the
cost and price of almose every
thing we buy, from bread to au
tomobiles, adding from one-third
to one-half to the prices we have
to pay. It is now creditably estim
ated that more than 80 of all
hidden taxes are paid by those
whose incomes are under $5,000
a year. And as the government
goes on with its spending and de-
licit and tax collecting program
the load will become increasing
ly heavy for those with lower in
comes, while there is less and
less left to 'pay out of the Higher
incomes.
The moral is plain. Hieh taxes
are everybody's business, and es
pecially the business of those
wnn the low incomes who are
trying to raise their standard of
living. In addition to discourag
ing saving and productive invest
ment, Uncle Sam with his taxes
is actually reaching over your
snouider to take away some of
the bread on your table, take
some of the clothes off your back
and prevent you from having
some of the things you would
like to enjoy, adding anywhere
from one-third to one-half to the
prices of almost everything you
buy.
Down with deficits and high
taxes! Let's run government like
a sound business! '
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after her.
Alene Shannon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shannon of
Camp 5, underwent a tonsilect
omy Friday.
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