Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 7, 1952 Page 2 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. snVmnl in that Columbia river I School officials announced that FROM THE SAME. community. The vote showed 132: Charles Miller, Pendleton archi in favor and only 4 against. The federal government recent ly granted the Irrigon school dis trict 3103,120 for construction and the additional levy will eom i, ,.i.. a harilv needed tect had been nireu Dy ine uis triet to draw the preliminary plans from which to get an esti- mate oi me building's cost. He expected to have the completed plans ready for bids within a few ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCIIEN FENLAND Associate Publisher six room elementary building for een. NATIONAL EDITOR AL the community, Continued on Page 5 ASS o C'lf :i-AT ON as 1! to Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, , Second Class Matter Subscription RaL: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. HEN ? sv Newspaper :W5V PUBLISHERS VJ ASSOCIATION 4 t h&2) A Code of Living In these days when the evidence points to a widespread weakening of the American moral fibre with major crimes climbing faster even than the increase in population, it is encouraging to see that a great moral force in America is growing even stronger. The Boy Scouts of America celebrates its 42nd birthday (luring Boy Scout Week, February 6 to 12. It is an occasion when we can pause and consider its mark on the youth of the nation. Since 1910, more than nineteen million American boy and men have been influenced by this Scout Oath: "On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law. To help other people at all times. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight." For its young men members, known as Ex plorers, the Boy Scouts of America has this dedi cation pledge, which could well he adopted by all Americans: "I will live the Scout Oath and Law. I will bo familiar with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights of the Uni ted States of America. I will respect and obey the law in order to have security and freedom. "I will share the responsibility of my home, school, church, neighborhood, and community; and when legally of age, I will register and vote in all elections. I will deal fairly and kindly with my fellow citizens of whatever race or creed, in the spirit of the Scout Law and America's tradition of equality of opportunity. "I will work to preserve our American heritage of litK-rty and responsibility. I acknowledge that the privileges we enjoy were won by the hard work, and sacrifices, faith and clear thinking of our forefathers. I will do all in my power to pass on a Ix'tter America to the next generation." , Hoppner's Boy Scout and Cub Scout organiza tions are active and under the direction of capable leaders, but the job has fallen to too few. Men and women, (Cub scout den mothers) interested in Scouting can successfully handle and guide but a limited number of boys and there are many more who would take an active part in scouting if more troops and dens were oien to them. Scouting to be successful must have the whole hearted cooperation of both mothers and dads if all our boys are to go "Forward on Liberty's Team." k ir if -k GOT SOMETHING MAYBE Elaine Berry, Portland, a demo cratic worker may do far more for republican candidates in Ore gon than for one of her own party. Mrs. Berry is credited with orig inating the idea of printing and selling sheets of stamps to aid in financing the presidential cam paign of Sen. Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.) The stamps being sent over the state are about the size of hori zontal commemorative wslage stamps, have a jKirtrait of Kefau ver in sepia and "Kefauver for President" in red letters at the bottom of the panel. The sheets of 50 stamps are sold for $1. Political counselors are talking up the use of the idea to bring into the running good men who refuse to accept campaign funds in large amounts that violate the corrupt practice laws. REPUBLICAN MOLD SHIFTS Decisions made last week by two Eastern Oregon statesmen will have considerable bearing on Oregon polities. In each case long tenures of office will termi nate. Rep. Lowell Stockman who last week announced he vould not be a candidate to succeed him self, has represented his district n congress since 191.J. State Representative G lies French, Moro, publisher of the wit-besprinkled Sherman County Journal, filed his candidacy Fri day for the republican nomina tion for U. S. representative. He has been a member of the state legislature continuously since 1935. PARTY LEADERS SELECTED Captains lo pilot the republican and the democrat Oregon cam paigns in 1952 were elected Satur day at separate meetings. In each case the election was to fill a vacancy made by the resignation of a chairman of a state central committee. Robert A. Elliott, Medford, was elected chairman of the republican state central committee. He succeeds Sigfried B. Unander who resigned and is expected to file his candidacy for the republican nomination for state treasurer. Elliott defeated Ed Boehnke of 1 V'.sOTlON- -GUI ' rv -jzzl vs. v-r'ttmLVW v DURING NORAH'S Final CLEARANCE Here Is our final Clearance of our big stock of fine winter apparel. The size and color selections are good and the savings i.ui something to write home about. Hurry, you'll save up to 50'i. WOMEN'S Nand CHILDREN'S WINTER COATS . . . Eugene. Howard Morgan, Polk county sheep rancher and a former state legislator was elected chairman of the democratic state central committee. He will fill the un expired term of William L. Joss lin who resigned, to aid in elimi nating party strife in Multnomah county. Morgan defeated State Treasurer Walter Pearson. TAFT IN OREGON Sen. Robert A. Taft is scheduled to visit Oregon Feb. 13 and 14. He will be accompanied by his poli tical manager, David S. Ingalls of Cleveland, Ohio, and others of his campaign staff. A press confer ence in Portland is on the agenda for the 13th. The Ohio senator will talk before a church group and at the Portland Public Auditorium the same day. On the 14th he will attend a banquet and public meeting in Pendleton. TRUCK FEES UP Truck fees collected by the Ore gon Public Utilities Commission during January totaled $534,503 This was the highest total for any January in the history of. the commission. The total was $15,000 more than in January, 1951, which had been the best January on record. WHO LET THE CAT OUT Ten Mile Lake in Coos county was one of the miracle trout fish ing spots in America in the mid dle thirties. It was the only place we ever heard of where big two-pound native trout would consistently grab any large yellow fly that hit the water, but this unaccountable feeding habit (there were many theories) would last only from 20 to 40 minutes just at dusk. Fishermen came far to thrill over this rarety in sport fishing and many a bait fisherman was converted to ethical fly fishing by the free and sure striking of the big fish. The stunt gave the state wide advertising. Recently Attorney General George Neuner ruled that the state game commission had the authority to use commission funds (derived from license fees paid by game fishermen) to hire commercial fishermen to sein out catfish that now overpopulate County School News Notes S. E. Brogoitti, president of the Oregon school boards association will meet the Gilliam county rural board at Condon February 11 at 1:00 p. m. and board mem bers of surrounding counties are invited to attend. The Morrow county district boundary board will meet Mon day at 10 o'clock at the courl house for a hearing on the pro posed annexation of Rood Canyon school district 19 to the Hard man district. Members of the board are Garnet Barratt, Rus sell Miller, Ralph I. Thompson Leslie E. Grant. Bradley Fancher, district attor ney, will be at Boardman and Irrigon schools Friday to dLscuss the state cigarette law with the students of both schools. On February 6 the school music men of Morrow county met with men from Umatilla county at a dinner served at the Boardman school to select numbers the massed bands will play at the music festival to be held in Uma tilla on March 14. o Irrigon Voters OK School Bonds Irrigon voters last Friday voted overwhelming approval for a $50,000 bond issue which will be used to construct a new grade the lake and have spoiled its fame as an egregious trout spot. Sometime, someone let the "cat" out of the bag, and into the lake. That started the destruc tion of an unusual fishing eden that may not be reestablished. for all occasions MAKY VAN'S FLOWER SHOP Shower the lady-of-your-affections with flowers this Valentine's Day. It's a wonderful way to say "I lova you." Come in and choose from our wide variety of dew-fresh blooms. We'll design a beautiful corsage or bouquet or select a potted plant, and deliver it promptly. 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