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OKEGO;, HISTORICAL 3 0 " I E - y PUBLIC AUDITOR',!" ' PORTLAND. ORE. Volume 67, Number 51 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copies 10c Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 8, 1951 a$ette What's Doing In The Legislature By REP. GILES FRENCH The simplest and most concise and probably the most accurate to date of the several compila tions about Oregon income and outgo was given to the house taxation committee by John Hay, tax commission attorney. It goes like this: Budget for 1951-53 biennium 180.4 million; 1951- 52 needs: Income transfers etc. 14.6; income tax 28.0; excise tax 18.0; miscellaneous receipts 6.2 million, total 66.8 million. Subtracted from 86.9 million, bal ance 20.1 million. ' Income and excise surplus 31.8 million which when the 1951-52 deficit is deducted leaves 11.? in the kitty. 1952-53 needs, 93.5 mil lion, nleome: transfers, etc. 10.0; income tax, 28.0; excise 19.0; miscellaneous receipts, 6.3 for a total of 63.3, subtracted from 93.5 leaves 30.2. Deducting the 11.7 million left from the first year of the biennium leaves 18.5 million which will fall on property in 1952- 53. That is about 11.6 mills. The above can be changed if the ways and means committee cuts the budget, if it raises it, if other taxes are levied, if other funds are found. In fact some other funds can be used to cut the total but other appropriations may also be made. The imminence of .a state taxJ on property after 10 years should stir farmers and other property owners to insist that the consti tutional amendment which has passed the house be similarly treated in the senate. The people would then have a chance to vote on it in November 1952. Thinking of the senate about taxes is not known so far. tl is known that senate leadership seldom accepts other thinking tnan us own. Economy didn't stand up so wen in the eighth round, and perhaps the most telling blow was the passage of the highway bond program in the senate. The theory that the highway commits. sion should issue bonds which are to be paid for out of income irom the federal government sounds very sensible if someone will assure the taxpayers that the people will let highway con struction stop for a four to six year period while the bonds are being paid off. If this is not done the commission will have few funds for a period in the future and that may mean additional gas taxes or other taxes of some kind. Permitting big trucks to tear up the highways while pay ing small fees has brought on some serious wear and tear but it is doubtful if the people are yet willing to build heavy roads for truck use. This is undoubtedly the hard est working bunch of legislators gathered in Salem for many years. Almost all important com mittees hold some night meet ings which means that there is five hours per day spent on the subject, not every day, of course, but once or twice a week. Be cause apartments may be ob tained most legislators live about town instead of in hotels and few have telephones. There is more work to do. Lobbyists are divided because of the big truck and logging truck bills the util ity tax bills. The farm lobby is ineffective and even the school lobby has been reading Dale Car negie's book because of the flood of criticism caused by the method of passing the $30 basic school increase. Committee hearings have oc casionally been exciting with flare of heated tempers and there was one arm swinging which the papers called a fight. There may be more of it because tempers do grow shorter as a session pro gresses. Also there is lots of ill ness, many have a sort of flu that often requires hospitalization, home treatment, drugs or similar action before the victim is nor mal again. Probably a week of eastern Oregon sunshine would clear up a lot of snuffing heads, but icstead there is rain, and drizzles and a cold damp snow.. o SMETHURST-ZIEGLER WEDDING DATE SET Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Smeth- urst announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Betty to Herman Ziegler Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ziegler of Grass Valley. The wedding will take place at 4 o'clock p. m. March 21 in the Congregational church in Lexing ton, followed by a reception at the Smethurst home. The public is invited to the wedding and the reception. o W. G. Kenagy returned Tues day evening from Willamette valley points. He encountered enow and wind which retarded his prograss and made the return trip very disagreeable. Where Congregation p ' '. is a - . -J-' ,",H - V- Ja AC In a brief ceremony during the congregation that he had wiih from which comes to All Saints morning prayer service Sunday, him some papers that were of in- by bequest, the All Saints Memorial church, terest to the church, several Tne morning service, at which Episcopal grew into a parish. W. hundred dollars in government m Barton delivered the ser- O. Dix read the petition of the bonds and a certificate of depos- congregation and Bishop Lane W. it for more than $1,000 from the mon, was followed by a sump Barton granted. the request forth- sale of the Kathleen Hughes tuous potluck dinner in the par with. The bishop stated to the home in Portland, the residue ish house. Alumni Association Tea Will Bring OSC Supporters, Students Together Under sponsorship of the Ore gon State college alumni associ ation, arrangements have been completed for a tea to be held the evening of March 18 in the parish' house of All Saints Epis copal church. The hour will be from 6 to 7:50, giving all who wish to attend the band concert and everybody at the tea and elsewhere will not want to pass up this opportunity to hear one of the outstanding college bands of the west time to enjoy the tea and short program arranged by the committee in charge. Mrs. Joe Hughes is general chairman and has named the following committees and other functionaries: Tea table committee: Mrs. P. W. Mahoney Mrs. Donald Robin son, Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, Lo rene Mitchell. Pouring: Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Norman Nelson, Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, Mis. Donald Robinson. Refreshments: Mrs. Joe Hugh es, Mrs. Francis Cook, Mrs. Al fred Nelson Jr., Mrs. Claude Gra ham, Mrs. J. G. Thomson, Mrs. Don Evans. Legion Sponsors Program to Teach Children Religion The American Legion in Ore gon has" designated March and April as "Teach Children Relig ion" months and is sponsoring American Legion posts located an active program in each of the in the counties of the istate. Jack N. Edmondson, comman der Heppner Post No. 87, today announced this unusual program emphasizing that "it is a pro gram without any partisan or denominational connections, and can be supported with equal en thusiasm by Protestant, Catholic or Jews." A beautiful 14 x 22 inch multi- colred card will be placed on prominent display throughout Oregon in places of business de siring same in schools and pla ces of worship Commander Edmondson des cribed the purpose of this pro gram as being to awaken all citi zens to their religious affilia tions to the need for "moral and spiritual consciousness on the part of our children who are the citizens of tomorrow and who will either fill important positions. of leadership in the church, home, business and government or else tall by the wayside based upon the opportunities we afford them to understand their spiritual and moral responsibilities." Adjutant Al Edwards stated that this will be the second year this program has been actively sponsored on a statewide level by the Department of Oregon. Adjutant Edwards further stat ed that although" the posters are being obtained at- considerable expense, the local legion posts have expressed a desire and will ingness to furnish them to all interested persons who will place them on display. o The Paul McCoy family visited in Heppner Sunday, coming from their home in Hcrmiston to move a few items that were left in storage when they moved to the umatilla county town. Assumed Parish Status Sunday 5,1 Men's committee: Terrel Benge, Francis Cook, Bill Labhart, Ho ward Cleveland, Paul Brown, Stephen Thompson. Hosts and hostesses; Mr. and Mrs. James J. Farley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph I. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Barratt, Mr. and i Mrs. O. G. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Wightman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wilkinson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barratt. Ted Mesang, OSC band direc tor, will be introduced to the as semblage and there will be a showing of pictures of the OSC campus and a movie of the 1950 Oregon -Oregon State football game. A special feature will be a marimba solo by Spike Gather, cool, member of the band and instructor of the "first cousin" band. An invitation has been ex tended to all senior class mem bers of the high schools in Mor row and Gilliam counties; to all alumni and former students and to friends of Oregon state to at tend the tea. Believe It Or Not .... Morrow county's court house now has hot water service as well as steam heat. For approximate ly 49 years the employes and vi sitois at the court house have had to wash their hands with cold water. Not so now. The court authorized installation of a hot water system under the improve ment allotment placed in the budget last year. Judge Barratt and Commissi oner Ralph Thompson pointed to the improvements made out of the $3,000 fund, noting that there is still enough to take care of the retaining wall on the up per side of the park. During the past year the exterior of the courthouse was painted; the in terior was redecorated; Venetian blinds were installed throughout, and the jail was cleaned up and renovated. The court is still dick ering with glass firms to get the dial replaced on the front of the clock. So far all bids have been too far out of line to consider. With the construction of the retaining wall the court has the assurance of a barbecue pit. H. L. Duvall has. promised to finance the project. o P-TA MEETS MARCH 14 The regular meeting of the Heppner Parent-Teacher associa tion will be held March 14 at the school building. Mrs. Stephen Thompson will be in charge of the program and she and Mrs. M. R. Wightman will be hos tesses. o Mrs. Ilene Wyman is a pa tient at Pioneer Memorial hospi tal where she submitted to ma jor surgery Monday, Leslie Matlock and Guy Boyer of John Day returned Sunday from a trip to Portland. Dr. J. D. Palmer visited his fa mily here over the weekend hav ing come up from The Dalles where he has established his of fice. The family expect to join him permanently after school is closed. Rhea Creek grange members have been asked to remember that Saturday evening March 10 is social night, at which time there will be an old time dance. Sandwiches and pie will be served. JP"" v r !."," ft Hi-,"- fl Federal Agencies To Work Together In Policy Forming County offices of the U. S. de partment of agriculture dealing with conservation and county PMA committees and local tech nicians of the Soil Conservation service will work together in de termining county policies and programs having to do with soil and water conservation, says Al vin Bunch, chairman of the Mor row county PMA committee. Explaining th effect of the re organization recently announced by Secretary of Agriculture Char ioc v n,annn R,h cave thaf according to the information he has received the PMA committee will continue to administer the agricultural conservation prog ram but will cooperate with the governing body of the (soil con servation district in carrying on conservation work. The county agent and the county supervisor of the Farmers Home adminis tration will be invited to take part in determinations on county policies and programs. The Soil Conservation service technicians will direct the technical phases of the permanent-type soil con servation work and will make recommendations to the PMA committee as to the proper way to carry out the permanent type technical soil practices under ACP.In effect, the reorganization formalizes the close working re lationship that has already been developed in many counties. The conservation programs of the Forest Service, Soil Conserva tion Service and PMA at the na tional level will be supervised by an assistant Secretary of Ag riculture. Under his supervision, these agencies will jointly deter mine the soil conservation prac tices and rates of payment for the Agricultural Conservation program. These are decisions for which PMA has sole responsi bility although in practice PMA has consulted the other agencies. In each state, policies and rro- grams of the department having io uo wnn son and water con servation will be decided jointly oy riMA, ti:, and lorest servicr with assistance from cooperating siaie colleges ana other desig nated state agencies. The state PMA chairman is charged with the responsibility of taking the initiative in this program. o . SEEK ADDITIONAL AGENT Citizens of the north end of the county believe they should have a county agent of their own. A petition to the county court asking for an assistant agent whose time would be de voted to irrigation farming prob lems was presented Wednesday The paper bore the signatures of aproximately 100 residents of lioardman and Irneon. It 1 ps. timated the salary of an assist ant would be $2800 a year. PROBATION VIOLATOR RETURNED Edward Brandt, who was con victed about a year ago on a count of passing worthless checks and sentenced to one" year in state prison and paroled, was re turned to Heppner Tuesday by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman who picked him up in The Dalles Brandt is in the county jail pend ing disposal of his case by judge wm. c. Perry. : 1 Heppner Awarded Good Conduct Cup At B-ball Tourney i Heppner failed to make a place j in the district 6 basketball tour nament at The Dalles last week end but the team brought back the good conduct trophy and Coach Hal Whitbeck and other school officials feel the trip was well worth while. In their Hint engagement the boys had little difficulty with Sisters. It was a different story when they met up with the team from Culver and it was then a matter of consolation play. Coach Whitbeck reviewed the basketball season for the benefit of the chamber of commerce at Monda's luncheon. He is convin ced that from the progress made by a bunch of largely inexperi enced boys has emerged a team that will go places next year, all things being equal and not too many losses to the military and other causes. There will be one valuable player in this year's graduating class. Marion Green, who has been one of Whitbeck's stalwarts throughout the season. Present at Monday's luncheon was Ronald Baker of lone who gave a preview of his forthcom ing trip to Washington D. C. to attend the annual National 4-H club camp. Nels Anderson presided at the luncheon acting for the president J. R. Huffman, who is having a tussle with the flu this week. o Band Working On Numbers for Annual Spring Festival . Heppner school band has start, ed rehearsals on the numbers to be used in the annual spring fes tival at La Grande, which this year will be held April 27-28. Solos and ensembles are to be presented the first day and the band as a whole performing the second day. Response to the appeal for -beds and breakfast for the OSC band members who appear here the evening of March 18 has been quite good and the Band Boost- frs ave tPssed their thanks to those have responded. More accommodations are needed and anyone wishing to provide them should contact either Mis. Wm. E. Davis, phone 1065 or JMrs. Cal Sumner, phone 1134, immedi ately. o Former Lexington Resident Honored A clipping from a Caldwell, Id aho newspaper tells of an honor won by Mrs. Paul Mortimore, nee Huldah Tucker, graduate of Lex ington high school and of Col lege of Idaho and a teacher .of several years standing. The item reads: "Mrs. Paul Mortimore fifth grade teacher at Van Buren grade school received a certificate 'honoring a good teacher" from the Quiz Kid national radio pro gram which is sponsoring the contest to select the best teacher in the United States. Mrs Mortimore received her ho nor through a letter written by Sarah Eagan, 10-year old fifth grade student who wrote to the program nominating Mrs. Morti more as the best teacher. Mrs. Mortimore is now one of the tea chers in the finals for the best teacher to be selected early this spring. The nationwide contest is open to all grade and high school students with the requirement that letters must be written by the students themselves with no help from adults." Mrs. Mortimore is also a mem ber of Delta Kappa Gamma, na tional honorary for women edu cators. Mrs. Pearl Devine has been having a struggle with flu the past week or so and is still quite ill. Mr. and Mrs. Conley Lanham returned home March 1 from a month's vacation spent in south ern California and Mexico. They report a delightful time but are ever so glad to be at home. Mrs. Tress McClintock has been confined to the Pioneer Memori al hospital this week a victim of the flu. Mrs. C. C. Carmichael has been substituting for Mrs. McuintocK m the Lexington scnooi. Mrs. Ethel Adams and daueh ter Nancy and Sally Cohn were week- end visitors in Corvallis where the girls attended a state Future Homemakeis of America convention as delegates from the local high school chapter. Over 4Uu girls attended the formal din ner. Mrs. Adams and the girls visited Mrs. Cyrene Barratt and Mrs. Alva Jones while in Corval lis. They were accompanied to and from Portland by Mrs. J. O. Turner who visited at the Don Turner home. JOHN PADBERG PASSES As we are ready to go to press word reaches us of the death of John Padberg this aternoon. A complete report and obituary will be published next week. o Five Men Receive Notice to Report Five men in the 21-year old group have received notices from Local Board No. 31 to report on March' 13 for induction into the armed forces announces Jack Combes, secretary of the board. They will be sent to Fort Lewis Wash., reception center for duty assignment. Those scheduled to report in clude the follwing: Ramon Earl Weimar 21, Condon; Roy Dean Acock, 21, Irrigon; Carl Delbert Mlies, 21, Boardman;; Johnnie Lee Williams 21, Spray and Clin ton Barstad, 21, Spray. o SOROPTIMISTS LEARN ABOUT SUNNY FLORIDA A trip to Florida in the winter time (or any time, for that mat ter) is something that everyone dreams of but few have the pri vilege of accomplishing. Howev er, the entire membership of the Soroptimist Club of Heppner went to Florida this noon via an in teresting and exhilirating report given by Mrs. W. C. Rosewall. Mr. and Mrs. Rosewall made the trip to Miami Beach in Janu ary when they were in attend ance at the National Automobile Dealers Association convention. Mrs. Rosewall brought back many pictures and these helped to make her talk very vivid and each lady present felt she had been to and seen each sight personally. Mrs. Fred Dexter, proprietress of the new Mode O' Day shop, was a guest and Mrs. Conley Lan ham was welcomed "home" after a month's vacation in southern California and Mexico. o Van Wilson of Goldendale, Wn. is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Mary Stevens this week. School in his home town is closed due to the prevalence of the flu bug so Van is having himself a carefree time this week. Mrs. Frank Baker is again at tending to her various duties about town after a sharp illness with flu the past week. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice are slowly recovering from a serious attack of influenza which has kept them housed for a couple of weeks. T. P. Mahar returned the first of the month from California points where he spent a month's vacation from his duties as clerk at Hotel Heppner. He visited a brother whom he had not seen for over 30 years an enjoyable event in itself, and basked in the warm sunshine of the south ern clime. THEY WIN TOP 4-H HONORS A week of citizenship training in tht nation's capital ia In store for these 4-H club members, from left: Francis Reynolds, 18, Prlnevllle: Deloris Sell, 20, Rlverton: Kathleen Johnston, 19. Klamath Falls; and Ronald Baker, 18, lone. State 4-H Leader L. J. Allen led off National 4-H Club Week by announcing that they will attend the 21st National i-H Club Camp In Washington. D. C next summer. As represent atives of Oregon's 28,000 4-H club members, they were chosen for lead ership, scholarship, and general 4-H achievement. Oregon's delegates to the 1951 National 4-H club camp, to be held in June in Washington, D. C, were named last week by L. Allen, state 4-H club leader. They are: Kathleen Johnston, 19, of Klamath Falls; Deloris Sell, 20, of Riverton; Ronald Baker, 16 of lone and Francis Reynolds, 18 of Prineville. The top four 4-H club members from each state, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will meet in the nation's capital for a week of ci tizenship training. They will hear nationally known speakers visit historic shrines and have an op portunity to get acquainted with the congressmen from their home states. The youths were selected for their outstanding records in scho larship leadership and general 4- H achievement. Their acconv plishments lie in many fields. Kathleen Johnston has com pleted both livestock and home- making projects and has been food preservation champion at county and state fairs. She or ganized the first home economics 4-H club in her community ser ved as president, and is now leader. Last year she received a Sears Roebuck Foundation scho larship in a 4-H girls' achieve ment contest. D Street Closing Agitates Council And School Board Location of New Street Obstacle To Complete Accord A demand for the closing of D street was placed before the city council Monday evening without action being taken by the town fathers until some things are cleared up making the proposal acceptable. The school district now owns property on either side of the street which is about one block in length, and is asking va cation of the roadway as a final step towards moving to erect a new grade building on the site. The council takes the stand that if the city vacates the street to the school district the district should in turn provide a street width strip on the north side of its property to make a traffic ar tery from the O-W highway on the east to K street on a north westerly line. The local school board contended to the council that this concession can not be made without the approval of the state board of education and sug gested a different route that would start a short distance west of the grandstand at the fair grounds, swing across Hinton creek and pass along the front of the Kemp Dick property and thus to K street. The county court has indicated a willingness to give a small strip off the west end of the fair grounds for an approach to the highway. The court also has offered to straigh ten the Hinton creek channel to permit location of the street where the city desires it but this idea has not struck a popular chord wiih the school officials, so far. One objection offered by the council to the proposal to cross Hinton creek is the item of a bridge which would doubtless cost in the neighborhood of $10, 000. There are other objections to the proposed route, most of them involving added expense which the city feels is not justi fied. Realizing that the Hinton creek route is an important traf fic artery and that future devel opment up the creek will create increased use of the road, the mayor and council desire to move slowly in the matter of shutting off the only connecting link on that side of town before having the assurance that a satisfactory route will be provided. To date the question has reached a stalemate, with neith er side seemingly willing to gTant the other's request. Deloris Sell says that 4-H came to her rescue 12 years ago. One of nine children, she found that learning to make her clothes stretched her monthly allowance twice as far. She has made 71 garments and canned 1,786 quarts of food. She helped organize a county senior 4-H club, is leader of a clothing club, and has trained many homemakers in her county in sewing techniques. She, two, has a Sears scholarship. . Francis Reynolds has been in 4 H for 11 years. He has 18 baby beef, 3 dairy animals and 144 hogs on his dad's 5,550-acre ranch. President of his 4-H beef club for four years he has won scholarships to 4-H summer school at Oregon State college for the past six years. He was elect ed president of the 600 boys at the 1950 summer 6chool. Ronald Baker planted 400 trees as a windbreak on his father's farm and is running tests on wheat fertilizers. He raises pure bred Southdown Hampshire and Columbia sheep and Shorthorn cattle. Ronald has been an assis tant 4-H leader and helped or ganize a tractor maintenance club in his community. His pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker, are both 4-H club leaders.