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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 18, 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.
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ROBERT PENLAND
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NATIONAl EDITORIAL
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter.
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A START
Nearly two weeks ago the Heppner city fathers
spent a long evening discussing what action, If
any, should be taken regarding the city's lack
of sewers.
As far as we can tell, there has probably been
no single civic matter, during recent years at
least, that has caused as much comment, dis
cussion and talk as has this one. That is as it
should be, for it is no small matter to make a
decision that can in the end obligate the citizens
for an amount somewhere in the neighborhood of
$300,000.
Actually, the council by Its vote to start the
preliminary engineering work, didn't call upon
the people to dig up that amount that can only
come on the people's approval as a special bond
election. What they did was to authorize payment
of a very few hundred dollars to get the necessary
preliminary work done so that an estimate of
the total cost of the sewer system and sewage
disposal plant can be obtained. Until that is
done, no one can tell what the cost will be.
Actually the council has just laid the ground
work, the final decision will be up to the voters.
The members debated at length whether It
would be wise to put the city into debt as far as
will be necessary to do the job, yet actually the
council had no other choice the way the state'
sanitary board has been breathing down their
neck. They have an obligation to the people to
stretch city funds as far as possible, yet on the
other hand, they also have just as great an ob
ligation to protect the health and welfare of the
people.
We have been interested in watching and listen
ing to the desires of the persons' who have either
made their wishes known, or who have just been
present at council meetings during the past sev
eral months, and there have been many. We can
not remember of a single person who voiced an
objection to a sewer system in Heppner. Every
one either came to urge some action or to see
what action the group might take. Maybe some
didn't approve, but they didn't make it known
publicly. If that is any indication of the general
feeling of the citizens, an approval of the measure
at the polls sometime in the near future seems
a likelihood.
The Gazette Times feels the council took the
proper step in giving the project its start We can't
see how further delay can gain the city any ad
vantage, for no one can predict lower prices In
the foreseeable future, in fact the trend Is Just
the opposite. Neither do we believe the project
will be as hard to pay for as has been thought by
some, but an actual figure on the tax levy neces
sary to retire the required bonds must await an
engineers estimate of the cost.
To sum up, we repeat that we feel sewers are
an immediate necessity to eliminate an unpleas
ant and unhealthy condition throughout town and
to assure a continued advancement of Heppner.
We commend the council for getting the ball roll
Ing.
The final decision, however, remains with the
voters.
READY FOR FALL HOUSE CLEANING
item1 IJ
The new point system, design
ed to cut down on highway ac
cidents, now being tried out In
the state of Washington is care
fully watched by motor vehicle
officials in this and other states.
A card is kept on every driver
and any motor vehicle act vio
lation is listed. The system in
operation screens out reckless
, drivers and habitual violators.
Besides the listing of violators
brought to court and proven spec
ial officers check on the driving
and parking of all motorists.
When a driver has a certain
number of bad points for speed
ing, failing to signal, illegal
parking or for other offenses the
system supplements that portion
of the law which makes It man
datory for the court to suspend
the violator's license.
The theory of the system is
that many small violations tag
those who disrespect the law.
Tidelands Bill Delayed
Legislation to Insure state own
ership of tidelands has met heavy
opposition from pressure groups
in Washington, D. C. that appar
ently have succeeded in blocking
action until recess or adjourn
ment of congress.
Senator Wayne Morse wired the
governor's office this week that
he thought the issue would be
decided before adjournment but
that the tidelands legislation was
not on the senate's present sche
dule. "I am recommending to the
majority leader that he place the
tidelands bill on the 'must' agen
da before adjournment but I
doubt that he will do it" Morse
added.
Public Assistance Pay Ebbs
During the past five months of
high employment there has been
a gradual dcrease in public as
sistance payments. For the month
of August they were $342,413 less
than March of this year.
The sharpest decline was in
aid to dependent children that
dropped very low during the mid
summer months, according to a
report by Miss Loa Howard, state
I welfare administrator,
j The number of applications for
old age assistance pending in
August dropped to 380 compared
to 939 for the same period last
year. Grants made in August to
the 23,128 aged pensioners aver
aged $54.50, plus medical aid
that brought the total average
to $57.02.
Payments made to 3,799 fam-
I 'AW , vV:
Hies with dependent children
under 18 years of age totaled
$307,568 in August. The aver
age per child was $32.58.
Orgon Flax Famous
"Eastern merchants are inter
ested in products manufactured
from Oregon flax they are a
ware of its superior quality,"
Joan Patterson, Oregon State
College teacher reported to the
state flax and linen board this
week. She has just returned from
New York where she displayed
flax and linen designs.
"The only difficulty at the pre
sent time," said Henry Crawford,
board chairman, "is the lack of
manufacturers to produce more
products."
Drunken Drivers Pay
Fines collected from drunken
drivers who were apprehended
by the state police and taken to
court last month totaled $14,716.
This is four times the amount of
the fines collected for any other
motor vehicle law violation. It Is
also nearly double the monthly
average for the year.
Fifty three arrests were made
for truck overloading and fines
totaling $3,686 were assessed.
Reckless drivers paid $3,484 in
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
Morrow County ranchers con
tinue to improve their herds
through the purchase of top qual
ity herd sires. Two new lines of
Hereford breeding were brought
into the county last week from
consignments to the Hereford
Association Sale held at the Pa
cific International Livestock Ex
position last week.
Herbert Ekstrom, lone, bought
Aristocrat M 8th consigned by
Mattson Hereford Ranch, Naches,
fines.
Timber Sales Slated
Timber on public domain and
O & C lands in western Oregon
totaling 48,210,000 board feet will
be offered for sale during Octo
ber by the bureau of land man
agement. The; dates of the oral
saies win be as ionows: saiem,
Oct. 15; Eugene, Oct. 18; Rose
burg, Oct. 17; Coos Bay, Oct. 16
Medford, Oct 15 and 26.
Legislative Potlatch
Now, just to even things up, let
the legislators name the five best
and five worst newsmen who cov
ered the late legislative session
Each of the legislative reporters
surely has cognitated the above
reactionary stunt and for per
sonal reasons kept mum cog
nitating he might be a "worst.1
We are in favor of it. What
have we got to lose?
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Both bulls are of excellent
quality and will no doubt add
much to improving the quality
or their offspring.
Of significance now, as Morrow
County ranchers are in the pro
cess of eradicating Bangs dis
ease in their herds, is a recent
court claim for undulant fever.
For the first time, the courts
have found a man claiming dam
ages because he contracted un
dulant fever from a herd of
Bangs-infected cattle. George
Cloakey bought a herd of cat
tle in Washington represented
to him as Bang-free. The disease
spread through the herd and Mr
Cloakey became ill of the fever.
The lower court awarded him
$1417.55 in price loss and $3,158
for milk production loss, as well
as $5,000 damages for his con
trading the ailment Now the
state supreme court has affirmed
this decision.
Moral of this news item test
your cattle for Bangs' now and
avoid any lawsuits or contracting
undulant fever by members of
your family.
At this time of year when farm
ers are getting chicken houses
ready for husing their farm flock
of hens for the winter, questions
come up concerning Insecticides
to use in ridding houses of the
many insects that are trouble
some to the flock.
There are a number of pro
ducts on the market that will
produce" satisfactory results for
the control of lice, mites, flies and
feather mites on chickens or in
poultry houses
Lindane can be used in the
form of a dust or spray to con
trol all of these parasites. Spra'y
is generally the most popular
method of application. Body lice
can be controlled by spraying
or painting the roosts with 1
percent solution of lindane. Mites
and flies can be eliminated by
spraying the solution on the
roosts, dropping boards or pits,
lower walls and a light appli
cation on the litter Body lice and
feather mites can also be con
troled by painting the fluff of
birds above and below the vent
with a two percent lindane mix
ture. Continued on Page Five
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