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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 23, 1951 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established ' November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASS 0 CM " ASVpCll ATJON Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE, $3.00 PER YEAR SINGLE COPY, 10 CENTS A Sister City Has Problems- We have watched with a detached interest dur ing recent weeks a first class squabble that has taken place at Prineville in connection with that city's parking problem. Main point of argument seems to be that the city council ordered parallel parking on most of the downtown streets and that a good share of the population is putting up quite a squawk ... in fact the complaints were loud enough that the Prineville Central Oregonlan ran some pictures and instructions to drivers on how to get into a parking spot and have the car parallel to the curb when the driver got through with the Job. It seems Prinevllle's streets are too narrow to handle the traffic and allow angle parking too. Heppner can be thankful that its downtown streets, particularly Main street, are wide enough to handle the traffic that they may be expected to carry for years to come. Prineville residents, however, seem to have one other mortal fear of parking meters. They have, in the past, expressed their dislike for the curbstone slot machines. Not having been residents of Heppner when this city installed the meters, we can't say what the reaction was here when they were put in, but we have lived In two other towns when they were decided upon and there was the usual complaint that goes with their installation ... we Imagine that Heppner was no different than the rest. Most complains originated with the business men who had to find other places to park their cars instead of in front of their places of business, yet, the main reason for having those parking spaces is to allow the shopper, and potential customer, a chance to park reasonably close to where she wishes to do business. No one can deny that park ing meters serve their purpose in that they keep the available space open for the shopper. There are always abuses of parking' privileges in any town but we want to congratulate Heppner business men for keeping local areas well open the extra block or so they have to walk apparently is worth it. At least a potential customer can park on Heppncr's Main street nearly any time of day, and we have plenty of customers, too. We know it's none of our business, but we would like to suggest to Prineville that it take a second look at the little boxes . . . they're not quite as bad as they seem, and after a few weeks nobody seems to mind too much the penny or two it costs for the privilege of parking in front of the store one wishes to shop in. Some may say it will run business away, but where will it go? Nine chances to ten if the driver goes to a neighboring town or city to shop he or she will find parking meters there too. There Is one other little item in their favor too they provide the city with a tidy revenue, collect ed about as painlessly as any tax can be collect ed. But, then there is the chance that Prineville doesn't need the money! From The County Agent's Office f jj m tint o I u h a 4 I .' i I K ''' ' ', 1 $ 1 y' mump , I I ', : r Mr? kJ. .minium " I Political Potpourri Both republican and democratic political mustard pots this week contributed dabs of hot stuff to the preamble of the 1952 primary campaign now less than nine months away. Governor Douglas McKay said he hasn't made up his mind whether he'd retire from public life at the end of his term. Some weeks ago he told a political group that he wouldn't run again for governor. Now he Is not sure the law has not already made up his mind. The constitution permits a man to hold this office only 8 years out of any 12. That means he would have to resign half way through his term. Secretary of State Earl T. New bry announced that he will be a candidate for reelection next May. At the 1948 general elec tion Newbry led both partisan and nonpartisan tickets with 323,719 votes. He defeated his ri val almost two to one. In the same election Governor McKay polled 271,295 votes to his rival's 226,958. Howard Morgan, Monmouth who was a member of the 1949 legislature and the democratic candidate for labor commissioner In 1950 is being mentioned for the democratic nomination for secretary of state. State Treasurer, Walter Pear son, the only democrat who has been elected state treasurer in Oregon In more than C5 years, announced he would not be a candidate to succeed himself. He is bitter over what a repub lican-controlled legislature did to the office of state treasurer. Many of the functions of the board of control, consisting of the governor, the secretary of state and the state treasurer, were transferred to the state depart ment of finance, which the law makers created, then authorized the governor to appoint a dir ector of finance to rule over the new department. Pearson probably feels that the creation of the state department of finance hijacked him out of party-fence-building patronage and columns of publicity al ways easy to knock off by start ing a controversy. Looks like Walter Pearson is disgusted with Oregon politics and will devote his time to his profitable Insurance business In Portland. But who will straddle the democratic donkey, take up Walter's blunted lance to Joust with anyone who climbs on the GOP elephant? How Much Republican? Will Oregon ever go democratic again? . Will Multnomah county demo crats who are outregistering re publicans arouse a hope for suc cess at the polls that will bring out well known and efficient re publican men as democratic candidates? Republicans are apprehensive. Since Oregon statehood 92 years ago, eight democrats and eleven republicans have been elected governor; two democrats and 11 republicans have been elected secretary of state and five democrats and ten republicans have been elected state treasurer, Aside from federal broadways of political patronage Oregon democrats have had little to hand out to party workers. Mostwhile Republican With the exception of two short intervals republicans have con tiued to rule over the state board of control since its creation in 1913. The exceptions were brief. In 1924 Governor Walter M. Pierce (Dem.) appointed Jeffer son Myers (Dem.) to fill the va cancy caused by the death of State Treasurer O. P. Hoff. Pierce and Myers then ruled the board for nine and one-half months un til Thomas B. Kay (Rep.), who had won in the 192 1 election, took Myer's seat. The other exception was in 19 38, when thirteen days before the re. If . j f&i . ' - y A ; ' tf I ' fir " 1 mam i, YES SIR! 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During the 38 years the state board of control retained its or iginal functions there were less than ten months when democrats constituted a majority of the board. Some of the functions of the unexpurgated board of control were just dandy avenues for routing political patronage. By N. C Anderson Morrow County sheepmen at tending the annual Pendleton Ram sale held last Friday were among some of the buyers who patronized the biggest ram sale in history. Prices received also set a new high for this sale. Topping the buyers from Morrow County was Frank Wilkinson who paid $360 per head for a pen of ram- boulllet rams consigned by John Madson. Other buyers were Jerry Brosnan, Heppner, George Currin. Heppner, and Ronnie Currin, Heppner, Marion Palmer, lone. Harold Cohn, Heppner purchased 23 Ramboulllet-Lincoln cross breds consigned by Cunningham Sheep Company. High-lighting the sale was the ram donated by Glen Cox of Phil amoth which was sold with the proceeds to be used in entertain ing guests at the National Wool Growers Association meeting which will be held this year in Portland. Ore. Morrow Co. Sheep men came through with the same good spirit that , is . evident of Morrow County when John Krebs, Frank Wilkinson, Hynds Broth ers and Harold Cohn contributed half of the $1000.00 which was what the ram sold for. The ram was sold 10 times and donated back for resale. , Directors of the tri-county weather research organization are holding Its first meeting of the group since the expiration of the past cloud seeding contract which expired on July 1. The meeting to be held at the Vendome Hotel in Arlington on August 24, will be a joint meeting with the Ore gon Wheat Commission. Bob Beaumont, Oregon State College Experiment Station, will give a preliminary report on the evalu ation of the cloud seeding experi ment which expired July 1. Ar rangements have been made with representatives of the, North A merican Weather Consultants as well as the farmers Air Service who have asked to meet with the directors to present a bid for the 1951-52 program. On August 29, Dr. Krlck and other representatives of the Wa ter Resources Development Co operation which held the rain seeding contract for the past year will meet with the dir ectors and summarize the 1950 51 program. They are also pre senting a bid on the 1951-52 pro gram. Directors of the tri-county weather research have extended an invitation to all interested per sons to attend either of these two meetings. The August 24 meet ing will begin at 9:30 a.m., the August 29 meeting at 1:30 p.m., both to be held at the Vendome Hotel. Morrow County directors are Ralph Crum, lone, Harvey Duvall. Heppner, and Delvln Nelson, Lexington. Mrs. Conser Adklns of Moscow, Idaho and her daughter, Mrs. William Buxke of Vancouver, Washington, visited the last of the week in Heppner with her father, J. C. Owens. They were guests of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Furlong. , mMmE . sat Ohoose the par U tern best suited to your table ap pointments. Each is an unusual design-solid sterling silver through and through. TRADE-MARKS OF ONEIDA LTD, IN heirloom $telin$ FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION 6-PIECE PLACE SETTING 1 Tespoon 1 Salad Fork I Dessert Knife 1 Cream Soup Spoon 1 Dessert Fork 1 Butter Spreader $ 27.50 Fed. Tax Included J. O. Peterson, Jeweler OREGOIi'S 86TH 'fix' ' To ALL Oregonians . . . farm families and city-dwellers alike ... I extend a cordial Invitation. Make yourselves welcome and enjoy Oregon's greatest show to the utmost. Douglas McKay lluiwrtPAMCTUINti MlUCl "III Hid Ovfl'1-" 1 "V"VJ. 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