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Volume 67, Number 51
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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..
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Heppner Awarded
Good Conduct Cup
At B-ball Tourney
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.