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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 14, 1952.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ASKS FOR
SUGGESTIONS ON "RAINMAKING" LAWS
The Oregon legislative interim
committee on weather control de
cided at a meeting in Tort land
Saturday, January 2G, to give or
ganized groups an opportunity to
present suggestions or protests
regarding weather modification
activities in Oregon at two public
hearings.
The hearings are scheduled to
be held at Medford, Saturday,
March 1, and at Arlington, Satur
day, March 22, starting at 1:30
j). m. each day. Groups such as
stockmen's associations, granges,
fruit growers, Farm Bureaus, Far
mers Union, Oregon Wheat Grow
ers league, and others who are
concerned with man's effort to
modify the weather are invited to
select a committee or a repre
.'entative to consult with the
interim committee as to needs
and type of legislation they be
lieve is desirable, stated Ralph
Orum, lone, a member of the com
mittee. Other members of the commit
tee, are senator Ben Day of Gold
Hill, senator Art Lineberg of Pen
dleton; representative Roger
Loeimig, Haines; representative
V. T. Jackson, Roseburg; repre
sentative Frank Farmer, Rickre
all; and E. M. Nelson, The Da I left,
secretary.
weather control has brought to
light several interesting points
regarding possible legislation in
the field of weather control or
cloud modification. The legisla
tive interim committee members
came to the conclusion that it
would do little good to pass legis
lation providing for licensing of
operators and requesting other in
formation about operators and
their weather control operations
without also having some sort
of control board, One reason is
that unregulated rain-making
efforts make it very difficult to
conduct evaluation studies.
Who should make up the board
raised a real problem for no one
is anxious to establish a com
pletely new board or commission.
Members of such a board would
have the responsibility of deter
mining where and when cloud
seeding can be conducted and at
best this would lead to contro
versy groups who may or may nol
want rain or snow or hail pre
vention or what have you at that:
particular lime. No easy solu
tion to the problem is in sight at
present.
To say "leave the weather
alone" is not the Answer, for mil
lions of acres in the U. S. will be
under contract during 1952 for
The controversial question of some type of weather modifica-
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tion. In 1951 farmers and ranch
ers in 17 western states invested
over three million dollars to try
to get rain on approximately 350
million acres, and even more will
be under contract this year.
There is possibility, too, Crum
continued, without state or feder
al legislation that some chemi
cals might be injected into the
air to make rain, that' may prove
detrimental to plant and animal
life. Silver Iodide and dry ice
are now used, without any known
harmful effects.
There seems to be agreement
among those interested in the
program in the western states
that at this time the states should
exercise a loose and ready con
trol over the activity while it is
shaping up. Many agree that the
rain makers should be required to
register, be financially respon
sible, and be required to report
on their activities. Some feel
that too severe legislation at this
time, either on the slate or na
tional level, might hinder the ad.
vance of the program. It has
been suggested that national leg
islation should emphasize and
encourage research research on
the cause and effect relationship
belween operation and results,
and that administration and re
gulation should be left to the
states.
The fact that eminent scientists
are pointing to a possible corre
lation between cloud seeding and
lis effect on areas remote from the
targets hundreds of miles away
suggests that weather modifi
cation probably tranweends state
boundaorie and it may be that
legislation will eventually be
necessary for both the state and
national level. It seems obvious
that any legislation will so
through a long period of evolu
County
School News Notes
It is noted that Junction City
has claimed some kind of a re
cord in the March of Dimes cam
paign, but we thinlf someone
should writejhe Oregonian about
Heppner high school.
Their line of dimes affair, with
only 119 students on the rolls,
collected $115.40 which is almost
$1.00. per capita. Junction City
claims 1426 people and they col
lected $1151. Heppner high has a
higher average and it was all
collected as donations with no
serving of ham and eg to at
tract people.
The senior class of 26 students
collected 460 dimes or $ 16 and the
sophomore class of 32 collected
$42. We think Hefner high
school can challenge Junction
City people in their dime raising
efforts. .
J. J. Nys, Milton Morgan and
Leslie Grant attended a joint
meeting of rural school boards of
Gilliam, Sherman, Wheeler and
Morrow counties held at Condon
Monday. S. E. Brogoitti, presi
dent of the Oregon school boards
association discussed laws and
regulations governing the groups
and suggested help in educa
tional and financial matters of
the boards.
Coming Meetings: Morrow
county non high school board
Wednesday, February 20, 7:30
p. m. to prepare budgets.
Lexington first and second
grade dinner at Lexington school
for parents and children, Wednes
day, February 20, 6 o'clock.
Secretarial hnI, Thursday,
February 21 at Pendk-tim.
Additional school news on page
Elizabeth Clark
Funeral At lone
Funeral services of Mrs. Eliza
beth Clark were held in the Co
operative church here Monday,
Feb. 11 with Rev. Earl Soward,
pastor of the Christian Church in
Heppner, officiating. The honor
ary pall bearers were Mrs. Victor
Rietmann, Mrs. Omar Reitmann,
Mrs. Lee Iteckner, Mrs. Cecil
Thorne, Mrs. Ida Coleman a
Mrs. Echo Palmateer. and the
active pall bearers w'ere Johan
Carl, and Francis Troedm, Wal
ter, Victor and David Rietmann.
Mrs. W. G. Roberts and Mrs. Paul
Pettyjohn sang "In a City Four
Square" and "Sweet Bye and
Bye. They were accompanied by
Mis. Cleo Drake. The Folsom
funeral home of Pendleton had
charge. Interment was in the
lone cemetery.
Elizabeth Granger was born in
lone May 9, 1887 to George Gan
ger and Alpha Ritchie and died
Feb. 9. She is survived by her
husband, Henry, one son Lowell,
of Ordnance, two daughters Mrs.
Inez Pomrantz of Los Angeles and
Mrs. Val Jean Martin of Hermis
ton. Four grandchildren, Clara
Ann and Alecia J?an Swales,
Gregory Martin and Danny Pom
rantz, one brother, Lowell Ganger
of LaGuna Beach, Calif, and three ,
Judge Garnet Barratt was in HOSPITAL NEWS
The Dalles Saturday to attend a New ArrivaisTo Mr. and Mrs.
meeting of the Wasco County Warren Ion(?i a baby girl,
Court. Mrs. Barratt accompanied bom Fef) ? weignt 4 n,s. 13 ozs.
him on the trip. Mother dismissed, baby doing
Mr. nd Mrs. Richard Hvesjfine To Mr. and Mrs. Lionel
and family were over from Con- jjuston, Heppner a baby girl,
don Sunday to spend the day vvejgnt 8 lbs. 4 ozs., born Feb. 9.
with, her mother, Mrs. Grace. To Mr and Mfs. Harold Knights,
Nickerson. Heppner a baby boy, Feb. 10,
Mi. nd Mm. Dwzae Cantor? a weight 7 lb.
moving to Miiton-ireewaier io( Undicsl Mjs. Laura Gingncn,
make their home. He will e
aaaociated with the telephone
company there. They drove over
Saturday to look for housing.
X&t. and Mia. Alonio Man; ill
were here from The Dalles Sun
day to visit his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. E. Jay Mer
rill. Among those ttem Heppner in
Pendleton on business Saturday
were Mr. and Mrs. Dee Jones,
Mrs. Roberla Bryant, Mrs. Doug
las Drake, and Mrs. Frank Ayers.
Mrs. Lucills Ayeis and son,
Harvey, of Pendleton spent the
weekend in Heppner visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Farrens.
Mrs. teml Deoino, Mra Mary
Wright and Mrs. Blanche Brown
made a business trip to Hermis
ton and Pendleton Friday. They
were accompanied by Delbert
Wright.
William (Bill) Davis has re
turned from Portland where he
Dayville, dwm-iM; William
Jotiea, Svry. dismissed; Mr.
Gene fryer, Condon; frankie
Burres, Condon, dismissed.
Major Surgery Mis. Emma
White, IIardman: Fure-t Atoms,
Heppner.
Tobo SUinner diove ovei to
Moro Monday to spend the week
working there.
sisters, Mrs. May Mitchell of Eu-1 recently underwent a major of1?-
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tion before it reaches its final na
form. "We can all agree," Crum
said "that evry effort should be
made to obtain a thorough and
unbiased evaluation of what is
taking place. Only time will tell
whether or not Mark Twain's
statement "nobody does anything
about the weather" will pass into
disuse."
The whole subject of cloud
Mort Ijepislative
weding or weal her modification
was summarized well in a publi
cation from South Dakota in the
following statement: "I think we
are in the same stage with weath
er control now as the airplane
was in 1910. We have a great
deal to learn. If it works It will
add $30 an acre to the annual
income from ground west of the
river and $5 an acre to the graz
ing land. I believe it will cut
down our hail losses 50 or more.
It will cut down on soil erosion
by decreasing the number of
heavy downpours and by increas
ing the growth of vegetation.
Rain increasing may le the
means of enabling us to feed our
growing population. If it works
here, it will work in other places
in the world, and may have a
considerable effect on decreasing
wars by Increasing food."
01 hers believe that program
of artificial nucleation and wea-ther-and-crop
research can be so
great it will be impossible to
measure the benefit to many
areas, in that promotion and de
velopment of their economic, soc
ial, and moral welfare,
TO MOVE SOON
Mrs. Charles Hwlge and her
mother, Mrs. El ma Hiatt of Hepp
ner will move to Kennewick,
Wash., the first of nest week.
Hodge will remain In Heppner for
a few week to complete sale of
the Hodge Chevrolet company.
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Mr. and M.rs. RM Moots wore
in Monument Wednesday to at
tend the wedding if their grand
daughter, Miss Anita Mire,
daughtw of Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Moore, and Barney Cork.
Mrs. Mary Norris, both of Port
land, and her father George Gran
ger of Pendleton, who was un
able to attend the services. Mrs.
Clark was a member of the Chris
tian Church and the Ine Ameri
can Legion Au.xilliary.
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TOPS SPEECHMAREE3
Dr. A. D. McMurdo recently re
ceived word from his son Scott wf
Grants Pass was an now need win
ner of a speech competition held
by that city's Toastmasters club
on the night of his induction into
the organization.
McMurdo spoke on "Pep tn
Your Step" which pointed out that
although mst men are active in
athletics of Mime sort in school
and college, they develop seden
tary habits after they become
placed in a cast but is able to he
up and about the house. He e
peets to return to Portland f 0
check -up swfn.
Kt end fcCrs. R. G. McMartrf
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank David
son attended the Oddfellows card
party and square dance in Mor
gan Saturday evening.
Mrs. Edith Porter field movad
thek household effects to The
Dalles over the weekend, fjt.
Parterfield has been in The Dal
les for the past several months
working for the Walther-Williams
garage. They plan to purchase a
home there.
ttra Beta Davis of Albany Is
visiting her sister Mrs. E. R. Hus
ton. She rode up with the Pen
lands on Sunday.
Mrs, tot J. Crimes left Satur
day for Portland where she will
business or professional mra, and j remain with her daughter, Mrs.
there is a need for an athletic Carl Leathers; fr a time. Her son,
club for young business men. 1 Louis Pyle, came up after her.
CABE CF THAXKS
With deepest gratitude we ex
tend this word of thanks for the
many kind acts of sympathy, ex
pressed by thoughtful friends.
These kindnesses havs meant
much to tis.
Henry E. Clark
Lowell E. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pomerant
Mr. and Mrs. Haruld Martin
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Friday-Saturday, Feb. 15-16.
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Wayne Morris action drama. Plus
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Sunday-Monday, Feb. 17-18.
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Clifton Webb, Anne Francis, Willian Lundigan, Charles Kick ford, Reginald Gardiner
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