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Heppner, Oregon, Tuursday, March 29, 1951
Volume 68, Number 2
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILOS FRENCH
Something always delays a ses
sion, few ever going to the end
without some halting occurrence.
Last week two such occurrences
happened. The first was the deci
sion of the supreme court con
cerning the guardianship of an
incompetent in Yamhill county.
Yet, it had to do with titles to
bills, and that decision will re
quire the rewriting of perhaps a
hundred bills and a change In
the thinking of the taxation com
mittee of the house which has
already passed a bill putting the
income tax future funds in the
general fund now impossible.
This recent decision practically
overrules the second Sprague-vs-Fisher
case which at least indi
cated that the legislature need
not be bound too istrictly by con
stitutional inhibitions about
titles.
Second was the untimely death
of Carl Engdahl, senator from
Umatilla county, chairman of the
sub-committee in charge of high
er education, man of large af
fairs, hard working, conscien
tious, able public servant whose
death was undoubtedly due to
overwork. Someone will have to
take up his work and carry it on
to conclusion. That may take
weeks.
The newspapers are saying
that there will be no reapportion
ment this session., which is opin
ion and not news. Actually the
house reappartionment commit
tee expects to bring out a bill de
signed to reapportion in accord
ance with the constitution and a
constitutional amendment de
signed to apportion in accordance
with the necessities of the state's
economy. The bill would, in ef
fect, transfer four representatives
from rural Oregon to urban Ore
gon and it has only a fair chance
of passage.
It is about time that the legis
lature get down to important le
gislation, which always takes
longer because more work is done
on such bills. One of the truck
bills has passed that having to
do with weights. These were in
creased by two tons, which is
realistic but too much. It did
meet the needs of big cattle
truckers and big oil truckers and
did not hurt the log haulers as
much as their plaintive cry of
destruction would indicate. Log
haulers and the companies be
hind them would like to have a
law permitting timber owners to
contract with county courts and
city councils about roads. The
companies would repair and
maintain roads for the privilege
of hauling more than the legal
72,000 pounds. Actually this is be
ing done in Oregon right now, es
pecially in eastern Oregon, and
will probably be made legal.
The silly bill that would have
attached the 22nd legislative dis
trict to Umatilla county was in
troduced for publicity purposes
only and for the opportunity to
make a speech on the part of the
author. It is indicative of a meth
od of legislation for the purpose
of publicity. It gets the name In
the papers. Suggestion has been
made that the bill be amended
to include all counties east of
the mountains and declare that
section of the state unattached
territory. In that case it would be
eligible for statehood in its own
right.
The bill to bring a re-vote on
the basic school bill will be de
bated this week with minor
chance for passage. Yet 38 house
members are from counties that
voted against the measure last
fall, but 13 are from Multnomah
where the school teachers are
stronger than the taxpayers or
voters.
Still to come, among the mat
ters of importance, are the com
plete taxation bills which have
been held up by illness of attor
neys who like many of the mem
bers have been down with the flu,
more highway bills, the ways
and means bills, revision of the
administration department, and
a few others which are highly
debatable issues. It takes time
to get 31 house members and 16
senators to agree on important
legislation of controversial na
ture and they worry about it
more and it costs them more
than do the impatient citizens
who must wonder when It will
end.
High Schools Of
County Schedule
Career Day Here
Students to Hear
Special Speakers
And Consultants
To provide the juniors and sen
ioiu of Morrow county high
schools the opportunity to meet
together and to discuss and hear
discussed problems pertinent to
their personal growth in the so
cial and vocational areas, a "ca
reer day" has been scheduled for
April 6, with Heppner high school
playing host.
The general plan as outlined
by Henry Tetz, county superin
tendent, is to bring in outside
speakers and consultants to ad
vise with the students in their
discussions and to help them
to explore areas of development
with possibilities in each area
pointed out so that students
might make personal applicati
ons to their own development.
The emphasis will be on the stu
dents themselves they are to
"carry the ball."
A program has been arranged
in five sessions, beginning with
a general session at 1:15 p. m.
which will be addressed by Dr.
Rod Langston, president of Eas
tern Oregon College of Education.
Dr. Edwin T. Ingles, vice presi
dent of Pacific University will al
so be on the program.
At 2:20 special sessions will be
held for boys on all aspects of
military service and for girls on
immediate plans and opportuni
ties. General group" sessions, 3-4:10
conducted by students, with qua
lified consultants for each group.
From 5-5:30, general session to
hear reports by the chairmen of
the general group. Discussions:
Evaluation of the conference.
Dinner will be served at 6 p.
m. From 7 to' 8 there will be
games and group mixer activi
ties. Dancing will start at 8 and
there will be games and other
activities for those not wishing to
dance.
Supt. Leonard Pate of Heppner
wll be responsible for arrange
ments, includin rooms and pro
viding dinner. Henry Tetz will
secure the consultants. Each
school will designate a teacher
adviser for its group leaders.
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MRS. MARY STEVENS
CLOSES SHOP IN HERMISTON
Mrs. Mary Stevens has closed
her flower shop in Hermiston
to the operation of her local
and will devote her entire time
store, Mary Van's Flowers..
Mrs. Stevens recently moved
her shop from the Heppner Hotel
building to the VanHorn build
ing on upper Main street where
she has a modern city-like es
tablishment.
50th Anniversary
Observed By Mr.
And Mrs. Schwa n
Fifty years ago, March 28, 1901,
Henry Schwarz and Minnie Haus
ler hied themselves to the Pres
byterian church in Madison,
South Dakota, and there in the
presence of two witnesses pledg
ed their marriage vows in a cere
mony performed by the Rev.
Hugh Robison."1 The witnesses
were the minister's wife and a
friend of Mrs. Schwarz, A Mrs.
Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwarz lived in
South Dakota for several years,
leaving Madison in 1908. Their
first born, Leonard, arrived at
Hope, North Dakota. Heading for
the Oregon country, the Schwarz's
settled at Corvallis where Mr
Schwarz engaged in the meat
business for several years and in
1914 they came to Heppner, which
has been their home since. Their
son Billy was born here.
It had not been Mrs. Schwarz's
purpose to celebrate the 50th
anniversary, due to the state of
her health, but Mr. Schwarz felt
that some of their friends should
be let in on the secret and the
first thing they knew these
friends were dropping in to ex
tend greetings and leave gifts
making it a day long to be re
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CARD PARTY POSTPONED
Due to the death of Frank Llnd
say, the card party advertised by
the Willows grange of lone for
March 31, has been cancelled.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dodson, proprietors of The Picture Shop, were
riding around one day recently looking foi scenes to snap. They
arrived at the Delbert Emert ranch near Ions with the hope of
getting the big herd of cows and calves in one group but the wily
animals scattered on them. As they were moving about the field,
they came upon this battle royal between two calves who either
were very angry or very cold. It was a good action picture, to say
the least and depicts a moment in the lives of two potential $300
steerso on a Morrow county ranch.
Elza Vinson Was
Native Son of
Butter Creek Area
Elza Vinson, 79, passed away
Sunday evening at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital in Heppner
where he had been a patient but
a short time. Funeral services are
being held at 2 o'clock p. m.
Thursday from the Phelps Funer
al chapel and interment in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery be
side the grave of his wife who
preceded him five months ago.
Mr. Vinson was a native of Um
atilla county, having been born
October 6, 1872 on Little Butter
creek, the son of George and Eli
zabeth Alexander Vinson, among
the earliest settlers of the re
gion. The old homestead was a
donation claim and was occupied
by Mr. Vinson froml928 until a
short time before his death.
On September 25, 1895, Mr. Vin
son was married to Emma Fergu
son of Heppner. They tok up a
homestead in Clark's canyon and
later moved to Ukiah. From Uk
iah they moved to Monument in
1902 and remained there until
1928 when they returned to the
old home place on Little Butter
creek.
Survivors include 10 children,
Iva Way, Lexington; Bennie Vin
son, Heppner; Flossie Breeding,
Lexington; Hiram Vinson, Hepp
ner; Emma White, Heppner; Ella
Breeding, Lexington; Dee Vinson,
Auburn, Wash.; L. D. Vinson,
Kimberley, and Darrell and Del-
and a niece Georgia Piney, San
Francisco. A sister, a half-sister
and a half brother all preceded
him to the grave.
Oregon Has
Jurisdiction
Oregon has 32,566 miles of
county roads. Of these 1,351
miles are Federal Aid secondary
highways which means that they
are of sufficient inmportance as
connecting or feeder roads to be
given federal and state aid in
their construction; the county,
however, continues to maintain
them. The remaining 31,215 miles
constitute the 'Simon Pure" lo
cal county roads wholly under the
jurisdiction and control of the
county authorities in their con
struction and maintenance.
When the state highway com
mission was created in 1917 and
the state highway system was
mapped by legislative direction
no provision was made for any
financial assistance by state
funds for the county roads. The
counties built their own roads
out of local tax and bond reve
nues. That arrangement gradu
ally was changed through the
estblishment of "secondary" high
ways in the slate-wide highway
system and the apportionment of
highway road user funds among
the counties of various amounts
and percentages, finally resulting
in 1947 in the definite allocation
of 19 per cent of these state
funds to the counties, proportion
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Tetz New Veep of
Education Group
Henry Tetz was elected vice
president of the Oregon Educa
tion association at the .annual
meeting of the group in Portland
last week. It was the 448th an
nual conference of the associa
tion, which means that Tetz will
become top man in 1952 if the
usual progression is followed.
The new "Veep" related some
facts about the association to the
chamber of commerce luncheon
group Monday noon. There are
11,409 teaehers in the state. Of
this number, 9,000 are members
of the association, Tetz said. Of
the 56 teachers in Morrow county
55 are members of the associa
tion. Prominent educators were pre
sent from out of state, including
Dr. Witty from Ohio University,
Mrs. Pearl Wana maker, state su
perintendent of public instruction
in Washington, and Jeff Williams,
world traveler and lecturer,
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HILL-McCLURE
Elmer Hill, member of the Soil
Conservation Service staff here,
and Ella Louise McClure, recent
ly from Pasadena, Calif, were
married March 23. Justice J. O.
Hager performed the ceremony.
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TEACHERS RE-ELECTED
Supt. Leonard Pate reports that
the school board has tendered
contracts to all of the teaching
staff of the Heppner schools. The
teachers have until April 1 to in
dicate whether or not they will
accept.
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Jack Forsythe, a member of
Hie Air Corps reserve, reported
for duty Tuesday in Portland.
Mrs. Forsythe and the children
accompanied him to the city and
will remain there as long as he
is stationed there.
31,215 Miles of
of County Authorities
ally, the allocated revenues to
be used only for construction
and maintenance of county roads.
No provision was made by the
legislature for any report back
by the county authorities to the
highway commission, or other
state agency, showing the dispo
sition of these allocated funds.
Data gathered from the records
of the highway commission and
the state tax commission, cover
ing the road user funds allocat
ed to and the road taxes levied
by the counties during the 19
per cent period of 1947-1949, in
clusive, show total tax levies to
have been levied in the 36 coun
ties of $8,698,876 for general road
and road district purposes. In ad
dition the 36 counties received,
under the 19 per cent allocation
of road user funds, a total of
$15, 955,802. This would indicate
that during the period a grand
total of approximately $24654
678 was expended on the 32,566
miles of county roads of the state.
The record shows, as of the
close of 1947, concrete pavement
110 miles; bituminous, 2550; rock
surfacing , 13,167; graded 4772
and unimproved 14,952 miles. At
the end of 1949 an additional 22
recorded; 2244 additional miles
Raven - Crow - Magpie Population
Destined to Face Depletion Come
Sunday When Annual Contest Opens
Come Sunday, April 1 and
there will be a great fluttering
and chatting among certain of
the bird tribes of the county,
for that day the annual raven-crow-magpie
contest sponsored
by the Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers club will open. De
cision to again sponsor the con
test was reached at a committee
meeting held at the Gar Swan
son residence at lone Tuesday
evening.
Since the contest met with such
great success last year, it was
decided to cptinue the program.
This year, through the nteest of
Hynd Brothers of Cecil, there will
be a separate raven contest. A
grand prize of $25 was posted by
the Hynd Brothers to be given to
the youngster or oldster who
brings in the greatest number of
mature raven feet. To make this
part of the contest still more at
tractive, A. R. Hamlin Heppner,
has offered $15 as second prize.
It was pointed out that if the
county could be rid of the ra
vens it would mean a direct sav
ing to sheepmen, as the birds
take serious tpl pf new bom
lambs,
A word of caution is suggested
to those who enter the contest.
It is advisable to have hunting
licenses handy if it is planned to
shoot the ravens. Complaints, of
tresspass against any contestant
win result in disqualification, so
old and young alike must re-
Frank H. Lindsey
Services Set For.
Saturday at lone
Funeral services for Frank H.
Lindsey, who passed away Tues
day, March 27 at the Mid Col
umbia hospital in The Dalles,
will be held from the Co-opera
tive church of lone at 2:30 o'clock
p. m. Saturday. Rev. Alfred Shir
ley, pastor, will officiate and ar
rangements will be in charge of
the Phelps Funeral Home of Hep
pner. Interment will be In the
cemetery at lone.
Mr. Lindsey suffered a fall at
his farm home in the Morgan
district about three weeks ago.
He treated a few days at the Pio
neer Memorial hospital in Hepp
ner and returned home. Shortly
after he was taken to the hos
pital at The Dalles where it was
found his condition was serious.
(An obituary will appear in
the Gazette Times next week.)
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FROUCS DATE CHANGED
The dates for the Frolics of
1951 have been changed to April
20 and 21. The Jay-Cee-ettes were
desirous of having the assistance
of Mr. and -Mrs. Knight of the
Heppner high school faculty in
the direction of the Frolics and
they were not able to do so on
previously scheduled dates.
Roads Under
f Mtnminniis had been laid: 816
nriHitinnal miles rock surtacing
are noted; 1390 more miles were
graded, leaving 9515 miles un
tmnrmpd out of the total.
Two counties, Multnomah and
Deschutes levied no road taxes
HiiTlnir the 1947-49 period. Uat
sop county with 278 miles of
tounty roads, only 5 mnes oi
which now are unimproved, had
$967,156 in tax and road user
funds to use on them during
the period. The date on mile
ages of county roads are based
upon the best information se
cured by the Planning Survey of
the Oregon State Hignway ae
partment from physical invento
ries and from reports furnished
by the several counties.
The county road financing
story of the 36 counties since
1947 to the present is shown in
detail in the following table. This
has been compiled, not with the
expectation of its publication in
full but in view of the general
public interest in highway de
velopment and its financing, both
on a statewide and local level
and with the added hope that
the data concerning individual
counties would prove informa
tive to those interested within
each county.
member to seek permission from
' the landlord before entering his
premises.
The Hynd
Brothers will wel
come those who do some good
shooting at their Cecil ranch, the
commtitee was informed.
As in 1950, there will be a crow
and magpie contest. Five points
will be scored for each pair of
legs and one point for each egg
turned in. Present plans call for
counting stations at Boardman,
Irrigon, lone, Lexington and two
in Heppner. Gar Swanson has al
ready volunteered to count in
lone and Floyd Tolleson will as
sist in the Heppner .area.
Business houses will again be
called upon to donate prizes. The
merchants were generous with
worthwhile prizes last year. The
closing date and lists of prizes
will be announced later. Further
details will be compiled by the
committee chairman, Gar Swan
son, and members Floyd Tolleson
Bill Labhart and Len Gilliam.
The wholepurpose of the con
test is to rid Morrow county of
nest robbing pests which should
greatly increase the number of
Meadowlarks and other song
birds, as well as aid in the pro
duction of game birds. There will
be no age limit for. contestants,
from 6 to 60, as long as they obey
the rules and show courtesy to
the land owners. It should prove
great fun for those nimble Mor
row county residents who plan
to compete in the contests.
The duo in this picture are cam
era shy and had to be backed up
into a corner before they would
submit to having their likenesses
kodaked. The picture was at the
reception held in honor of Frank
S. Parker and L. D. Neill at the
Church of Christ the afternoon of
March 18. Mr. Neill's son-in-law,
Eldon Kinton of Salem, was the
photographer. The "boys" were
full of birthday cake and in a
congenial mood, as one may well
see.
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NATIONAL 4-H THRIFT PROGRAM
The National 4-H Thrift Program, working with t.OM.Mt U7 aat
girls, encourages thrift and saving as a foundation for personal lumllj,
(tood citizenship, and national strength. Program sponsors ar th
Cooperative Extension Service of the IT. S. Department of Agrtevltar
and the State Colleges of Agriculture, the Agricultural Commission t
the American Bankers Association, and the V. 8. Savings Bonds Dtrtstasi
of the Treasury Department. Copies
tributed to S4,vw 4-H clubs.
Spring Baseball
Schedule Adopted
By Bush Leaguers
Heppner to Throw
Revitalized Team
Into Competition
A revitalized baseball squad
is the promise given fans who
6UDD0rt the HeDDner town team.
This promise is given in view of
the prospects for several new
Dlavers which have signified
their intentions of joining the
squad in the opening practice at
1:30 p. m. Sunday, April 1.
Included in the new timber are
Hahn, a peppery third baseman;
Robinson, a sure-armed and stea
dy second baseman; Schwab, ex
Pacific University ace and more
recently principal of Lexington
high school who can really clout
that ball; "Red" Groves, well
known in this community, will be
available to handle the back
stop position. Red has an out
standing baseball record behind
him and will be a definite asset
to the club.
The rest of the squad will com
prise familiar faces from last
year's team. Some of these play
ers are Manager Doug Drake,
pitcher; Sanders, Swaggart, Jim
and Jack Sumner, Gabler, Jim
Smith, Gary Connor, Phil Smith
and Dick Knight, local school
teacher.
Business houses are being im
portuned to assist with financ
ing the 1951 team, at least
enough to make an auspicious
start. No big contributions are
contemplated but the players
would like to have ample equip
ment. The season opens April 22, with
Spray furnishing the opposition
in the first Heppner game there. ,
April 29, Condon comes to Hepp
ner; May 5, Heppner at Fossil;
May 13, lone at Heppner; May
20, Heppner at Kinzua; May 27,
Spray at Heppner; June 3, Hepp
ner at lone; June 10, Heppner at
Condon; June 17, Fossil at Hepp
ner, and June 24, Kinzua at
Heppner.
Heppner Students
To Participate in
Dist. Speech Fest
Six students from Heppner
high school will participate in
the northeastern Oregon dis
trict speech contest at La Grande
Friday and Saturday. Winners in
this contest will have an opportu
nity to go to the state finals the
following week.
Going to La Grande will be
Mickey Lanham, Mary Gunder-
son, Sharon Becket, Jim Smith,
Reita Graves and Joan Warren.
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