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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 19, 1950
EDITORIAL
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
Are Game Animals Diminishing?
Disappointment was heard on many sides due
to the apparent lack of deer in the Blue Moun
tains south of Heppner. It was almost a. wail
with hunters who heretofore have been successful
in bringing down a buck that even seeing one
was the exception this year.
Because hunting is looked upon as an industry
accountable for many hundreds of dollars from
the outside, the Chamber of Commerce devoted
the Monday luncheon hour to a discussion of our
game resources and what appears to be happen
ing to the deer and birds. Some points were
introduced that may not have occurred to the
average hunter or layman.
Observing sportsmen, while admitting that
forage in the timber is growing scarce, are not
fully convinced that starvation alone has depleted
the larger game animals. Many deer carcasses
were found during and after the elk season. It is
the belief of local sportsmen that such killings
were not accidental, except possibly in rare in
stances. On the contrary it is believed that a good
ly number of deer were slain by hunters trying
to find their "shooting eye" prior to gunning for
elk. In other words they were indulging in a bit
of target practice without regard for any of the
rules of sportsmanship.
This is but one of the possible causes for de
piction of the game animals. The long hard win
ter took a toll that in the opinion of some of the
sportsmen will require several seasons to replen
ish even under favorable forage conditions. The
forest service finds that winter forage is too scarce
to sustain deer over a long cold snap, such as has
been the case the last two years. As the year
round feed becomes scarcer the surviving animals
undoubtedly migrate to other sectors in search of
food some of them at least. This is borne out in
the report that small bands were seen in the open
country as far away from the mountains as the
Morgan and Blackhorse districts this fall. It is
also borne out in statements by early settlers,
some of whom claimed there were few deer in the
mountains when they came here, while consider
able numbers of them were found in the open
range country. Perhaps, as it was mentioned
Monday, this is just another cycle through which
the animal kingdom is passing and that there is
not too much man can do about it except, per
haps, to worry.
In the meantime, it is worthy of note that quite
a number of sportsmen hunting in the Heppner
area were successful and that they are not as
much concerned about the lack of deer as are the
less fortunate hunters.
People Have Faith In Private
Enterprise
Since the Pacific Power & Light Company was
divorced from the holding concern, the American
Power & Light Company, approximately fifteen
thousand Oregon and Washington people have
purchased shares in the now independent utility.
These investors took a look at the record and de.
cided it was such as to merit their support.
Despite the inroads made by government-supported
co-operatives and misguided PUD's, the
private utilities have done a good job in their
respective territories a job that has commanded
the attention of the investing public. The real
payoff is that while everything else has gone up
from 100 to 300 percent in the past fifteen years,
electric bills to the consumer have been reduced
by 40 percent. That represents the difference be
tween business administration and political ad
ministration (or should we say political maladministration).
w Albirthday The suests were Earl
wvl earS ICjO Thomson, Marcel Jones, John
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Thursday, October 21, 1920
A pretty home wedding was
solemnized at the beautiful home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Knappen
berg in Portland Saturday eve
ning when Miss Margaret Jones
and Earl Judson Blake, both of
lone were joined in wedlock.
The Morrow county exhibit
won first place at the Gresham
county fair and second at the
state fair according to W. W.
Smead, who has just returned
from the Willamette valley.
Harley Sperry of lone and Miss
Winnifred Ransey of the Willa
mette valley were married by
Rev. W. O. Livingstone Tuesday
afternoon.
Born in this city on Tuesdya,
October 19 to Dr. and Mrs. Fred
E. Farrior, a son weighing 6
pounds.
John Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Parker, entertained a
number of his young friends at
the Parker farm home Saturday
evening Jn honor of his seventh
5H
uted $2,011,980
the state for their use, as by law directed.
The preacher
God in Heaven
East.
hTe success
claim it.
Leader: Sice the
cial Dispatch
Merritt, Harry Wells, Joe Swin-
dig, Gay Anderson, Robert Hart,
Jeannette Turner, Evelyn Swindig
Lucile Hart, Ella Fell, Doris Hi
att and Zella McFerrin.
When the Bells Ring Out on United Nations Day
Tuesday, October 24
say a prayer in your Church, in your Home, in
your Heart for the UN . . . our best hope for
PEACE with FREEDO M
Soroptimist Club of Heppner
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
ASOCfAt(d)N
A Blow To Welfare Assistance
Oregon has 35,094 persons who are receiving
public welfare assistance the needy aged, unfor.
tunate mothers and their dependent children, the
sick and unemployable. The state's share of fi
nancing this obligation for the fiscal year ending
Jue 30, 1950, fixed by the legislature of 1949 by
appropriation from the general fund, was $12,
000,000. The welfare load continually is increas
ing. How it can be met will be one of the most
difficult problems the 1951 legislature will be
called upon to solve.
During the fiscal year closing with last June,
the Oregon Liquor Control Commission deposited
net earnings of approximately $11,924,980 in the
state treasury's general fund, but $76,019 short of
the public welfare appropriation. In addition,
the commission, during the same period, distrib
among the counties and cities of
At the bottom of the ballot at the November 7
election, the voters will find initiative measure
316-317, sponsored by. the Temperance League of
Oregon. The measure says that an alcoholic bever.
age is anything that can be consumed by a
human being containing more than one half of
one percent of alcohol. It says that any bever
age stronger than that shall become "non-salable"
in Oregon if "promotively advertised" by any ad
vertisement originating either within or without
Oregon's boundaries.
The Oregon Liquor Commission scans all liquor
advertisements very carefully before permitting
their publication in the state, carefully serening
out everything deemed objectionable. Still, un
der the non-promotional definition of the proposed
measure it is doubtful if any liquor of any kind
or brand now on the shelves of the state stores
and agencies would be "salable." Advertisements
in. magazines, newspapers and other sources from
outside circulated in the state,"none of which fall
within the favor of the "non-promotive" defini
tion, would join to sweep the stores and agencies
clean.
Passage of the proposed law would mean to
all practical purposes the repeal of the Knox
liquor control act, the loss of nearly $14 million
annual revenue, the near-bankruptcy, of the wel.
fare and relief program.
The remedy is a negative vote against the
measure cast by a majority of the voters marking
their ballots "317 X NO".
The Pittsburgh (Texas) Gazette tells this one:
came along and wrote upon the
signboard: "I pray for all."
The lawyer wrote underneath: "I plead for all.'
The doctor added: "I prescribe for all."
The plain citizen wrote: "I pay for all."
From the Wilmington (Del.) Record we take
the following: . . . But just as sure as there's a
the responsibility for the blood
that has been shed and the bodies that have been
maimed, rests on the shoulders of those who
bungled our affairs at Yalta, and who since have
carried on our horrible relationships in the Far
in Korea is a definite victory for
General MacArthur and his capable staff. Not
in the slightest degree can the Truman mob
And this from the West Point (Miss.) Times
editor of the Columbus Commer
insists that we have at least 100
Americans fully qualified to discharge the duties
of the President, we're holding our hat until he
tells why in the heck we didn't select one of them
for the job.
Slick Tyndall and Charles
Brown of Portland were week
end hunting guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Case.
C. V. Freeman was over from
Lonerock the first o fthe week to
see his wife and infant daughter.
PRESCRIPTION
The oAmerkan Way
SPEAKING OF APOLOGIES
By George Peck
When President Truman in an
"unfortunate choice of words,"
wrote that ill-timed, ill-advised
letter to Representative McDon
augh, in which he described the
Marine Corps as "THE NAVY'S
POLICE FORCE;' he surely led
with his chin and that chin was
promptly and properly smacked.
Quicker than you can say
"Smedley Butler" or "The Marin
es have Landed", the Commander-in-Chief
discovered that he not
only had aroused the ire of the
Marines, but of the entire nation
as well. Alarmed at the vote-los.
ing possibilities of his intemper
ate outburst, he made an im
mediate apology, but NOT A RE
TRACTION. In effect, his apology plainly
indicated that his only regret
was that he had been so foolish
as to put into writing his real
opinion that the Marine Corps is
a very unimportant arm of our
military forces. Nothing in his
letter of apology gave evidence
that he had changed that opinion.
Newspaper editors across the
nation, almost to a man or wo
man, leapt into print to defend
the Marine Corps. Most of their
comments fairly sizzled. Harry
was partly right though, the Ma
rines do have a propaganda ma
chine it is even better than
Stalin's but it is a machine the
wheels and cogs of which are not
in any way connected with "The
Navy's Police Force." That propa.
ganda machine is the great Am
erican public that reveres the
Marines.
Space permits quoting only one
of these external, volunteer pro
pagandists for the Marine Corps.
The Maui News of Wailuku Ha
waii, unburdened itself in' part
as follows: "The Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of
these United States, placed a lot
of untried and untrained soldiers
in combat in Korea after he and
his penny-pinching Secretary of
Defense were caught with a four
flush by Stalin, and he was right
happy to rush the first Marine
Division into battle to prevent an
Asiatic Dunkirk."
It would seem that the Marine
Corps has been stoutly and elo -
Os West Confesses Error In
Backing Sweetland For Job
By OSWALD WEST
(Democratic Governor of Oregon
from 1911 to 1915.)
The poet Longfellow, in his
"Song of Hiawatha" says: "Dis
asters come not singly." This
holds good in most walks of life
particularly along the uncer
tain path of politics.
However, I had come to believe
that I knew most of the pitfalls
of the latter; but, when I per
mitted Monroe Sweetland 'to
sneak up and, due to my advan
cing years or a 'pink" pill, catch
me napping, I was to find that I
had been taken for a "left wing"
ride.
Mr. Sweetland, a candidate for
the position of Democratic Na
tional Committeeman for Oregon,
sought my support.
Not having had occasion to
delve into his past political acti
vities and connections, I, in my
innocence, assumed that he long
had been a Democrat and a loyal
supporter of Franklin D. Roose
velt.' So, I agreed to go along with
him, and even lent a hand in
drafting a letter of endorsement,
to be sent to selected Democratic
FOR FREEDOM !
quently .defended by all hands.
But there is a question in my
mind as to whether it was the
Marines who were insulted n the
President's letter to Congressman
McDonough. It seems to me that
the real victims of this attempt
to smear the Marines are the po
lice, sheriffs and other law en
forcment officers of the United
States. For in calling a Marine a
policeman, the President inferred
that there is something menial
about being an "Arm of the Law."
Now, will someone please tell
me just what is so terrible about
being a policeman? Why this
White House contempt for the
guardians of our safety and wel
fare in the cities, towns and ham
lets of the nation? Why this dis
dain for enforcement of law and
order, whether in one of the
branches of our Armed Forces or
in one of our communities? Can
it be that the lessons learned
early in the "Pendergast School
of Disregard for Law" have not
been unlearned, and are still the
rules that guide the thoughts and
action of our Chief Executive?
The average law-abiding Am
erican has a deep respect and
fond regard for the "Cop" on the
beat. Except by the crooks the
policeman is looked upon as
courageous and very essential
public servant. Just as the Ma
rines offer up their, lives for our
protection on foreign fronts, our
policemen as gallantly, if per
haps not as spectacularly, risk
their lives for our safety on the
nome fronts.
In stating that the Marines are
nothing but a police force, when
you stop to analyze it, the Presi
dent paid a handsome compli
ment to our "Soldiers of the Sea,
even though it was not intended
to be a bouquet. The intent was
to insult. The President's aim was
bad and the mud he slung, missed
its mark. The mud now besmears
our police and must be wiped off.
Having apologized to the Ma
rines, Mr. President, how about a
second apology where one ii
really due to the police? Sure
ly you are aware that policemen
their families and friends also
lhave votes.
voters and, greatly to my shame,
induced former Governor Walter
M. Pierce to join me in signing
the letter.
The first shock (disaster) came
but a short time ago when I dis
covered that the records of Mar
ion county showed that Sweet
land had registered there as a so
cialist and that, in 1936, had filed
as a Norman Thomas elector
Mr. Thomas being the socialist
party s candidate for president,
in opposition to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, democrat, and Alfred
M. Landon, republican.
Then came a greater shock
(disaster). I found, in reading
Elizabeth Dilling's book, "The
Red Network," that I was to learn
much more about our democratic
national committeeman.
The author, in an introduction
to her book, says the work repre.
sents an "effort to bring to the
sound, but still sleeping, portion
of the American public the truth
about the communist socialist
world conspiracy which, with its
four horseman: Atheism, immor.
ality, class hatred and pacifism-for-the-sake-of-red-revolution,
is
boring within our churches,
schools and government, thus
undermining America like a can
cerous growth."
From Mrs. Dilling's book we
learn that Mr. Sweetland, former,
ly an organizer for the socialist
party, became an organizer for
the League of. Industrial Demo
cracy a militant socialist outfit,
headed by Robt. B. Lovett quite
active in communist organiza
tions. The L. I. D. was heavily subsi
dized by the Garland (or "Free
Love") Fund so called because
endowed by Chas. Garland of
Massachusetts, through a gift of
his large inheritance. Garland, it
appears, served a term in the
penitentiary for operating a "free
love" farm.
Sweetland also served as an
organizer for "the revolutionary
policy committee of the socialist
party."
In a bulletin published by this
outfit, it was stated that it was
its wish to "make every effort to
promote a world revolution," to
secure "governmental power for
the victorious revolution by arm
ing the workers", thus preparing
them to turn imperialist war into
class war (Lenin's slogan) and
thereby present a "united front"
with other red revolutionaries.
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CHURCHES
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion 8 a. m.
Church school 9:45
Morning prayer and sermon 11.
WEEK DAY SERVICES:
Holy Communion Wednesday
at 10, and Friday at 7:30 a. m.
Girls choir practice Wednes
day at 4. Adult choir Thursday
evening at 8.
Boy Scouts Wednesday 7:30 to
9 p. m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
R. J. McKowen, Pastor
Sunday services: Bible school
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 Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 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
at 9:45. Classes for all. C. W. Bar
low, superintendent. At 11 a. m.,
morning worship and commu
nion. Sermon theme, '.'Citizenship
in the Kingdom." At 6 p. m. the
young people will have a half
hour social fellowship, followed
by the devotional meeting at 6:30
And at 7:30, evening worship,
with song service and evangelis
tic message.
Choir practice 7 p. m. Thursday
Mrs. Willard Warren, director.
Bible study and prayer meeting
at 8.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
Pastor Shelby E. Graves
Rev. Shaw, missionary from
India will show pictures and cu
rios and speak at 8 p. m. Friday,
October 20.
Sunday, 9:45 a. m. Sunday
school. We are putting special
emphasis on enlarging our Sun
day school. Classes and lessons
that everyone will enjoy.
Worship service 11 a. m.
Singspiration 7:15 p. m.
Evangelistic service 8 p. m.
Tuesday Bible study in lone
7:45 p. m.
Thursday, Bible study and
prayer meeting 7:45 p. m.
METHODIST CHURCH
J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister
Morning worship and sermon
11 a. m.
Sunday church school 9:45.
Thursday, choir practice 7:30.
Womans society of Christian
service meets first Wednesday of
month at 8 p. m.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. John Graves an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter Betty Jean to Louis
Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. V.
L. Carlson of Gooseberry. Date of
the wedding has not been an
nounced. Both young people are
students at Oregon State college.
Mr. Carlson is awaiting call to
the armed forces. He is a gradu
ate of lone high school and his
fiance iwas a member of the
class of '50, Heppner high school.
PRINTING...
That satisfies. Why not let us
(ill 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
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
Council KmU rlr,t Monday
VUlinCII Each Month
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
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