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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 28, 1950
EDITORIAL
O' NEWSPAPIR
VV PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
Time Works Changes
October 1-7 inclusive will be National News
paper week. This newspaper will not be in a
position to observe the week in a specific man
ner, due to a rush of work, and the main reason
for mentioning it is to bring attention of readers
to the important changes that have been effected
in one of the nation's great industries.
Newspapers, in relation to the population of
the several states, are not as numerous as they
once were. In times past it required less effort
and far less investment to start a newspaper.
Take for istance the situation in Morrow county.
There were times when each community, with
the exception of Hardman, had newspapers. When
Irrigon sprang up as a community, Addison Ben
nett, a former New York feature writer and edi
tor, started the Irrigon Irrigator. lone had papers
operating under the names of lone Post arid lone
Proclaimer (at different times); Lexington had
the Wheat City News (News may not be correct,
but there was a newspaper there at one time),
and Heppner was served by two newspapers, the
Heppner Gazette arid the Heppner Times.
As time wore on and advances in; printing and
publishing were made, the little papers folded up,
leaving the two papers in Heppner to serve the
county. In 1912, Vawter Crawford who purchased
the Gazette in 1910, consolidated the papers with
the purchase of the Times. The one paper setup
was changed in 1914 with the starting of the
Heppner Herald and this ran on for several years
when Mr. Crawford once more bought out his com
petitor, sold the Herald plant outside of the coun
ty, and from then on the one plant has been the
county's printing and publishing servant.
The same story in effect could be written in
almost every other county. The high cost of pro
duction coupled . with installation of modern
equipment, improved working conditions and
many other changes from the "old days", has
made it advisable to consolidate plants within
certain areas. The trend may lead to more consol
idations covering larger areas if too many re
strictions are placed on manufacturing of essen
tial industry equipment that and the fact that
too few craftsmen are being developed to replace
the rapidly disappearing printers forced by ad
vancing years to retire.
Few industries offer more of interest to the
ambitious young people of today than the print
ing industry. To those mechanically inclined the
print shop offers the advantage of working with
some of the finest machinery made. Even the
small weekly has equipment to intrigue the in
terest of the modern youth. And along with the
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lihood, the new grade will be
surfaced from the Gilliam county
line to Lexington this year.
An eight pound daughter ar
rived Monday, Sept. 27 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ga
bler of Monument.
Sheriff McDuffee and Judge
Cornett were called to Lexington
on Tuesday on a case which in
volved the theft of 22 sacks of
wheat from Carl Marquardt. The
wheat was recovered.
Robert Notson was the unani
mous choice of his classmates at
Willamette university for presi
dent of th efreshman class.
County Clerk Waters issued a
marriage license the last of the
week to Oliver E. Wright of Fox
and Irma Cohoe of Heppner.
Charles Ritchie has purchased
residence property from George
Moore on the highway near the
depot.
Miss Bessie Yokum of Wasco
is spending the winter at the
home of her sister and is at
tending Heppner high school.
Mrs. J. D. Handy of this city
received serious injuries last
week while enroute of Pendle
ton to attend the Round-up. An
accident occurred to the car and
she was taken to the hospital.
A ticket has been filed for the
Heppner city election. Oscar Borg
Due to the difficulty in getting freight
cars future shipments of coal may be de
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advances made in equipment and news services
have been wage and salary increases which have
brought the industry to the top among the larger
employing groups, yet despite this fact there is a
shortage of back shop employes.
High school youths who have little chance of
continuing their pursuit of education in college
should give some thought to taking up the print,
ing business. It is a longer apprenticeship than
some other trades, but when the apprenticeship
is completed there is the prospect of a job in a
business that offers opportunity for getting an
education on pay. All that is required is a will
ingness to work and not expect to become the
boss at the end of three months.
Still A Problem
Adequate housing is still a problem in Hepp.
ner. Many new houses have been built the past
four years, yet newcomers find it a problem to
get living quarters. It is more difficult for the
workers to find suitable residence, particularly
the man who is not in a position to buy. On the
other hand, . the man who has some money to
invest in a house finds property values beyond
his reach.
This condition has turned away numerous
good workmen who might otherwise make Hepp
ner their permanent home. Only last week this
establishment employed a young man who gave
promise of being a valuable addition to the staff.
He wanted to buy a house and settle here.. After
canvassing the town he found two houses that
were for sale, one within his reach until the own
er realized there was a chance to sell and hiked
the price several hundred dollars. The result was
that when the young man went to his temporary
home some 200 miles distant to spend the week
ead with his family he decided to not return to
Heppner. This is only one instance, one in which
the writer was directly concerned, but it doubt
less applies to other businesses in town needing
employees.
The question is: who has the answer to this
problem? (And do you know where the Gazette
Times can find a linotype operator?)
The oft quoted Ed Erard of the Kingsville
(Texas) Record came forth with this bit of humor
relative to the President's unfortunate remark
about the Marine Corps: "This week Harry the
Haberdasher turns his small-time pea-shooter
on the Marine Corps which makes him about
as popular as a pole-cat at a petting party. That
old boy has put his foot in his mouth so often
he is using Allen's Foot Ease for tooth powder."
heads the ticket for mayor, with
M. D. Clark, Chas. Thomson and
L. E. Bisbee for councilmen. Tom
Hughes and Alex Cornett for re
corder and L. W. Briggs for treas
urer. The Patron -Teachers associa
tion sponsored a pleasant social
pvpninc at the school house Wed
nesday evening. Teachers of the
local school were honored guests.
At a meetig of the Columbia
Valley Hay Growers association
Wprinesdav A. L. Larsen of Board.
man was chosen president. Sixty
tarmers irom me iu communi
ties were present.
HEPPNER
GAZETTE TIMES
The HeDDner Gazette, established
March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times, established November
18, 1897. Consolidated Feb. 15,
1912.
Published every Thursday and
entered at the Post on ice at
Heppner, Oregon, .as second
class matter.
Subscription price, $3.00 a year;
single copies, 10c.
O. G. CRAWFORD
Publisher and Editor
Do That
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While our supply is
ample to meet your
needs.
The cAmerican Way
BIG BUSINESS BENEFICIAL
By George Peck
A short time before the shoot
ing started in Korea, I sent out
questionnaires to a number of
small-town editors inquiring as
to their views on business -bigness.
These were mailed to
newspapers of all political affil
iations. In view of the threat of a 3rd
world war that has developed,
at first blush, it seemed that the
squabble between the Depart
ment of Justice and certain big
business has become relatively
unimportant. However, on
more mature thought, the ques
tion of bigness in business really
takes on added importance, as
the Government has already sig
nified its intention, as in two
previous wars, to call on big bus
iness industries to produce the
war materiel necessary to prose
cute the war in Korea and at
other points where aggression
may rear its ugly head.
Some 329 editors from 45 of
the 48 states, in addition to Alas
ka and the Virgin Islands, filled
out and mailed in their question
naires. From their answers, it
is paparent that most small town
editors have no fear of bigness
in business; that, on the con
trary, they consider big business
essential to the welfare and safe
ty of America.
To the question: "Do you feel
that big business represents a
threat to the free enterprise sys
tem?" the 329 editors replied as
follows:
25 or 8'y Yes
285 or 87; No
16 or 5','r Don't Know
The editors were asked to give
their reasons for feeling that big
business represents or does not
represent a threat to free enter
prise. Here are some typical
comments:
From a Virginia editor: No,
the two are synonymous."
From a Massachusetts editor:
"Yes, big business is too easy a
target tor government regula
tion, union tie-ups by strikes
and welfare state programs."
From a New York editor: JNo,
most of our big busniesses had
small beginnings. One has only
to look around him to discover
many instances of big and little
businesses in competition, pros
pering side by side. Our current
danger comes from bigness in
government."
But another New York editor.
feels differently: Says he:-"Yes,
big business tends to monopoly
and monopoly is the open door
to socialism."
From a Missouri editor: "No,
big business and mass produc
tion have made it possible for
the average man to own a car,
refrigerator, washing machine,
etc."
From a Connecticut editor: "It's
the monkey business of big gov
ernment that threatens free en
terprise; not big, middle-size or
little business.
From a South Dakota editor
"No, because to me, free enter
prise means the opportunity to
get big."
From an Iowa editor: "Big bus
iness is big because it has ren
dered good service at a fair price
and the road is open to any
small business to become big if
it can give better value than its
competitors.
The opposite view came from
another Iowa editor: "Yes, where
they monopolize and strangle
small competitors.
From a Maine editor: "Yes,
big businesses make more strin
gent controls necesary. Their
impersonal dealings with em
ployees makes for more Reds
and Pinks.
From a Texas editor: "Big bus
iness is essential to our free en
terprise. For instance, take my
own field. Where would the lit
tie country papers be if we did
not have the big city papers to
make possible sources of paper
metal, machinery, etc., that we
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From a Colorado editor: "No,
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reproach and needs some regu
lations, it is bound through res
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and to the public to be reason
ably decent; whereas such labor
monopolies as CIO appear to be
reasonable to no one. Bigness
in itself is not an evil."
In future articles I propose to
give further statistics and quotes
showing how the small-town ed
itors overwhelmingly believe
that big business is a vital nec
essity to our economy and is not
a threat to our free enterprise
system.
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COUNTY AGENT NEWS
RATS ON INCREASE
Rats are again becoming a
problem with many farmers and
will become worse as winter ap
proaches. At this time of year,
rats' are moving into farmsteads
for protection, there also being
much more stored feed for them
to live upon.
Rubbish, post and lumber piles
and other rat harbors should be
cleaned up, as much feed as pos
sible kept in rat proof containers
and rat proof buildings.
A most effective bait to use to
clean up the rat infestation on
your farm, is red squill prepared
fresh bait. The red squill is not
poisonous to livestock, poultry,
dogs or cats, but is very effective
on rats.
A fresh supply of bait has just
been received at this office and
is sold for cost. It is prepared by
the Fish and Wildlife service and
most effective when used fresh.
RAIN GUAGES INSTALLED
As a part in evaluating the in
crease over normal rainfall as a
result of cloud seeding, rain gua
ges have been placed at numer
ous spots in the area in which
the operations are being carried
out. In Morrow county they have
been placed at the Ralph Skoubo
farm at Boardman, W. W. W eath-
erford at Lena, Frank Anderson
near Eightmile. Reporting rain
fall for this past storm, Bill Wea-
therford measured .20 of an inch
during the two day rain. Other
co-operators have not reported
the rainfall at their stations to
this office.
4-H MEMBERS TO EXHIBIT
SCHOOL
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Youngsters like the tangy
goodness of Mayflower
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body-building food you can
give them for school lunches.
Put Mayflower Cheddar
Cheese on your shopping list
today.
June Cooley
Operator
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AT PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
The county executive commit
tee met at Heppner September 22
with Mrs. Maud C. Casswell,
county extension agent, home ec. 1
onomics in the office to consider
onomics program for the coming
year.
Plans were made for the offi
cers training conference, Wed
nesday, Oct. 18 at 10:15 at the
Church of Christ. All officers of
extension units, P.T.A., garden
clubs and other organizations
may attend this meeting.
ine executive committee an
nounces the proeram for 1951:
October, Officers day; Sewing
machine clinic; November Oven
meals; January, Inner SDrine
cushion rl'pair; February, Mak-
ng Lampshades; March, Child
ren's , clothing; April, New. fin
ishes for floors; May, Freezing
cooked foods.
Special activities are: Februa
ry,, upholstery; October, better
dresses; November, hooked rugs,
braided rugs.
SEWING MACHIN ECLINIC
The Heppner extension unit
will meet at 10:00 a. m., Oct. 3,
at the Methodist church with a
sack lunch. The demonstration
will be on cleaning, adjusting
sewing machines.
United Nations day is Oct. 24.
Several organizations in Mor
row county are planning to take
part in this day by making and
flying a United Nations flag.
A special meeting has been set
for October 5, at 8 p. m. in the
county agent's office. The pur
pose of this meeting is to show
representatives from each organ,
ization how to make the United
Nations flag. Packets with in
structions can be ordered for
each organization.
At least one person from each
organization in the county will
attend the meeting.
The goal for Morrow county is
to make the flag in every rural
and city community, or organiza
tion. The purpose is to emphasize
the high hope for peace for which
the United Nations flag stands
and make people in every com
munity familiar with the flag.
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
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.
R D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1185 for appointment
or call at shop.
RICHARD J. O'SHEA, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
2 Church Street
Telephone 1152
ALFRED BASRA
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
2-bedroom (block) house, com
plete, $4500.
Phone 404, Condon, Ore.
9-14
for the answer to your
INSURANCE
problems. If we don't know the
answers we will find them for
you.
C. A. Ruggles Agency
Tele-fun
by Warren Goodrich
"Now, I can always remem
ber my boy friend's full
number!". . . An easier way to
have the number you want at
your finger-tips is to keep an
up-to-date personal number
list . . . Pacific Telephone.
PRINTING...
That satisfies. Why not let us
j 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 25-12
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone 845
J. O. PETERSON
Latest 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 Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
C ntiwtrll Meets First Monday
VtUUntll Each Mouth
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
INC.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Office la Peters Building;
Morrow County
Crtlirf Meets First Wednesday
vourr of Each Month
County Jndffe Office Honrs
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8 a-m.
to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday Fore.
oon only.
Dr. J. D. PALMER
DENTIST
Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Building
Ph.: Office 783, Home 932