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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 23, 1951
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
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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!
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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
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Participants in the recently
announced change of personnel
at the Heppner branch of the
First National Bank of Portland
are (top) Merle Becket, former
manager, who leaves for Port
land, Howard Bryant, (center)
who assumed top position here
and Robert E. Ferrell (bottom)
who arrived from Hood River to
take the position of assistant
cashier and loan officer.
expiration of his term, Governor
Charles E. Martin (Dem.) ap
pointed Walter E. Pearson,
(Dem.), (father of the present
treasurer), as state treasurer
following State Treasurer Rufus
Holman's resignation. . Martin
and Pearson had their way on
the board until Governor-elect
Charles Sprague (Rep.) was
sworn into office.
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. ,
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