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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 6, 1952 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. 7jjj0V NEWSPAPER 4pgpWlSHERS -ASSOCIATION ROBERT F'ENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCIIEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITOR ASSOOAT I 73 U AL ON Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. A Sewer Plan is Started The engineers have given their report on what they expect a sewer system and disposal plant to cost the city of Heppner. Now, after some of the details are ironed out by the city council, the peo ple will be called upon to express their opinion of the plan at the polls when 1hey will vote on a bond issue needed to finance the construction. Every resident of Heppner should make it a point to acquaint himself with the proposal and this paper will make every effort to present the plan, and its costs and benefits, as fast as it un folds. You are going to be called upon, to say "yes" or "no" which in effect means you do or you do not want sewers. We feel that most resi dents know that they are necessary for the contin ued health and growth of Heppner we think they will vote "yes" when the time comes. The people who are going to pay the bill cer tainly should know all the facts about the plan, how it will aid them, and many other questions, and we are glad to hear members of the council state that they plan to call one or more town meetings to explain the program and to answer questions that are certain to be raised regarding it. It is everyone's duty, and to everyone's in terest to be present when those meetings are call edit is your surest way of finding out what you are going to get and how you will have to pay for it. The council needs your help and your support in this undertaking for it is a big project that vi tally effects all of us. Local initiative has played a big part in getting the sewage system project under way, but the state sanitary authority has also practically delivered an ultimatum to the city to do somolhing about it to eliminate stream polu tion in Willow creek. Council members still have many problems to work out, principally In the financing of the pro ject, for the engineers plans and estimates are just the beginning. As they are solved we will make every effort to present them in understandable language, but when the dates are set for the general discussion meetings, mark them on your calendaryou should be there. Mailboxes All Look Alike We made the suggestion this week to the chamber of commerce that it could aid the general public greatly by urging the erection of additional road signs throughout the county. There is a follow-up to that, however, that we would like to suggest lure something that won't cost anyone much if any money and would take but very little time. We would like to urge residents in the rural areas to paint their names on their mailboxes. Many oldtimers who have spent a good share of their lives here and who know exactly where each and every family in the county lives will pro bably think it a waste of time and effort, but not all of us are old-timers in fact there are quite a number of "furriners" in the county who have no end of trouble finding where some certain per son lives. We have taken several trips on roads throughout the area to acquaint ourselves with the country, but we can't find out who lives on its many roads because not more than one mailbox out of ten has a "readable name on it. We don't think our farmers have anything to hide, nor are we asking for any fancy lettering jobs. Just the name dobbed on in some left-over barn paint would serve the purpose admirably and would certainly help us newcomers find our way around. 4-H Recognition March 1-9 is National 4-H club week. It is be ing observed by more than 26,000 Oregon boys and girls who are learning to be better citizens through 4-H clubwork. They join two million other 4-H'ers in this country, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii in the slogan for the week"Serving as Loyal Citizens Through 4-H." All are learning better ways of doing things; the meaning of responsibility Cooperation- Thrift Piety and hard work. They're learning to understand people of other nations through their International Farm Youth Exchange. 4-H Club work is succeding with the help and guidance of local club leaders. Oregon's three thousand Morrow County's forty five men and women volunteer countless hours of their time to 4-H. They are among Oregon's and Morrow County's most valuab'le public servants. They help America when they help the youth of America serve as loyal citizens. How are they helping in Morrow County? They are in addition to molding boys and girls lives as better citizens teaching them to make better use of time. They are guiding 322 boys and girls through project work to be" better cooks, seamstresses, livestock managers, to conserve soil and water, to knit, to care for children, to have a hobby, to properly use electricity and, n.any more useful ways of living. They are leading dairy, beef, sheep, swine, poultry, rabbits, soil conser vation, tractor maintenance, electricity, clothing, knitting, cookery, homemaking, camp cookery, child care, food preservation and hobby clubs. , And so we observe National 4-H club week, to give people in general, parents and friends of the . young people an opportunity to take a look at 4-H club work as it is being carried on in communities; to provide 4-H club members a special occasion for checking on their efforts to date in carrying out the programs they have already started. Its a "4-H Inventory" week a "4-H Get Set" week. It From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Morrow County ranchers were well represented at the recent Columbia Empire Polled Here ford Association sale. It was held at Ellensburg, Washington on March 3. Both buyers and con signers demonstrated again that Morrow County's cattle industry is improving every day. Consigning from here was Kirk and Robinson, who had Reserve Champion bull with Mischief Domino 29th. Amos Brulotte, El lensburg, took Grand Champion with his bull, Brumode 14th. Be ing nosed out for Grand Cham pion didn't affect the demand for the quality Herefords bred by Kirk and Robinson, their reserve bull bringing $2000 to beat the grand champion selling price by $250. A second bull consigned by Kirk and Robinson, also a blue ribbon winner, brought $1425. Miss Mischief Domino 32nd, Kirk and Robinson's blue ribbon win ner heifer was bought by Floyd Worden, Heppner for $1750. Roy Robinson, Mt. Vernon, a former Morrow County rancher and father of Don Robinson of Kirk and Robinson, sola the high est proceed bull of the sale Victory Domino 76th, for $2250. Bergevin and Guyer of Walla Walla were the buver. OrvilTe Cutsforth, Lexington was one of the heaviest buyers at the sale, purchasing three bulls. Re gality type consigned by F. W Richardson, Orofino, Idaho and Sterling Helmsman 3rd, consign ed by Dr. Wesley Minzel, Colville, Washington, bought by Orville, were rich in Wyoming Hereford Ranch breeding, while Plato Domino 21st, consigned by James and Quentin Jaekel, Centerville, Washington is Domino and Pio neer breeding. These bulls will be used on the Cutsforth commer cial herd. Attending the sale from Morrow County were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Worden, Mr. and Mrs. Don Robin son, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Kirk Dallas Craber, Ben Cox and N. C Anderson, Heppner, O. W. Cuts forth and Bernard Doherty, Lex ington. Labor Commissioner W. E. Kim- sey revealed this week. Down town, Portland theatres accounted for 19 of the violations. A rharcp nf navintr less than helps to insure a high percentage of project com-jthe minimum nourly wage was picuons so ossenuai in coaiauu-i uuiiuiiiK. w -fiIed against two of the employ courage 1 11 memoers 10 micieai uiun yuung tu ple who may be eligible for membership to be come members and to assist them in getting started in their 4-H work, and to enlist more public-spirited citizens as voluntary local leaders or sponsers of 4-11 Clubs. SAME LEGISLATORS MOSTLY The 1953 legislature apparently will have a greater number of former members than any pre vious Oregon session. More than 75 per cent of the members whose terms expire have filed as candidates for reelection or have said they will run. Sen. William K. Walsh, Coos and Curry and Sen. Russell L. Gardner, Lincoln have announced they will not lie candidates this year. The few members of the House of Representatives who have made announcements and em phaticallythat they will not run, include some of the top statesmen of the '51 session. They are Rep. Elliott B. Cummins, Yam hill; Rep. Raymond C. Coulter, Josephine; Rep. Gerald Wade, Lincoln; Rep. Dean Ii. Erwin, Wal. Iowa and Rep. Melvin Goode, Linn. There will be 17 state positions to fill st the November election. Normally there are only 15. Two more vacancies occurred when Sen. Manley J. Wilson and Sen. Carl Engdahl died last year. Each had been elected in 1950 for a four-year term. PAY PHONES PULLED The largest corporation in America has just been given a lesson in public relations here in Oregn by a bunch of school kids. The American Telephone and Telegraph Company learned that it can't push around Joe College and Betty Coed. Especially by pestering with their freedom of enterprise w hen majoring in coo ing and dating over the phone. Only a mild riot occurred when I Accenting Gracious ' Living Complimenting Jf' J Good Taste. jV 1 ! f " V f s ' the company raised its fee by changing from resident to busi ness rates for Fraternity, Sorority and cooperative houses at Oregon State College, Willamette Univer sity and the University of Oregon. Recently d i m e-i nth e-s 1 o t phones were installed to replace the regular monthly rate phones and nickle phones. With phone calls at a dime minimum students got smart-hot and protested to the Public Utilities Commission. The phone company has now agreed to take the coin boxes out of fraternity, sorority and cooper ative quarters if no objection is made to leaving them in dormo tories and that a formal com plaint to the Public Utilities Com mission will be dropped. YAQUINA LIGHTHOUSE PASSES The Oregon State Highway commission recently gave the Lincoln County Historical Society and extension of one year within which it is to move or otherwise dispose of the old Yaquina Bay Lighthouse now standing in Ya quina Bay State Park. WAGE LAW VIOLATIONS During the first two months of this year 27 children under 18 years of age were found working in Oregon without permits from the state department of labor, ers and another ordered to estab lish a regular pay day as required by law. Thirteen firms were found to be working women and minors overtime in violation of the law. ANOTHER SALES TAX A second proposal for a com bined sales tax old age pension was launched this week when a petition was filed with the state elections bureau. Sponsors for the second proposal would initiate a measure to levy a one-half of one per cent to pay old age pensions of $100 a month. The filing was made by the 1'hairman of the legislative com mittee of the Townsend State Council of Oregon. Petitions filed last week for an other initiative measure would create a two per cent sales tax to pay $75 a month to old age pen sion reciprecants. CONVICT REVENGE TARGET A hardened convict, John E. Ralph, was pardoned from the state penitentiary this week to protect his life. Ralph, one of the generalissi mos in a series of recent escape attempts, headed a hunger strike last year and celebrated hallow een by locking guards in cells. Other convict leaders accused him of tipping off a planned es cape. Ralph feared they would take his life in revenge. Prison officials shared his apprehension and he was sent to Folsom Prison California, w here he is wanted for a parole violation. From where I sit ... Joe Marsh Mr They Do "Give A Hoot" For Easy nis. A i J wo&fwmd! BREAD flirt: Hollywood Dm 't twm CU'W wnlf flf nm 0r. Bol lO.'J HollnWWl, CM IMW WTH0UT WtmtNG-NO FATS MOW Walla Walla Baking Company Easy Roberts finally got rid of the noisy pigeons that used to w hoop it up under his eaves. He must have tried a dozen ways to scare them off. But no matter what he did, they would be right back cooing by his window the next morning. Then Easy thought of an old stuffed owl he had in his attic. He propped it on the roof go's all the pigeons could see it. They left . . . and three hoot o Is have taken their place. Easy swears the hoot ing is even worse than the cooing of the pigeons. From where I sit, quite often a "bright idea" will turn out to be "not so bright" after all. That's why we should never be too cock sure of our ideas and opinions but always try to keep an open mind. I believe a refreshing1 glass of beer is the best thirst-quencher you may believe differently. But who's to say one's right and the other is wrong? Let's just practice tolerance. ItH save a lot of hootin' and hollerin'. Copy right, 1952, United itales Breutrt Foundation Wheat Committees To Hold Spring Meet. Jens Terjeson, Pendleton, mem ber Oregon Wheat Commission and President, National Wheat Growers League will be the fea tured speaker at the spring meet ing of wheat growers scheduled for Tuesday evening, March 11. The meeting will be held at the Court room in Heppner beginning at 8:00 p. m. Announcing this spring meet ing, Bill Padberg, Morrow County executive Committeeman, Oregon Wheat Growers League, stressed the importance of all wheit farm ers attending the meeting to hear Mr. Terjeson discuss matters im portant to the wheat grower. Mr. Terjeson and Dick Baum, secretary, Oregon Wheat Growers League will explain the projects now underway with funds derived from the one half bushel tax on wheat gathered by the Oregon wheat Commission. Committee members of the five county committees will review actions taken on recommenda tions presented at the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League last December. Problems for the 1952 program will be presented. Members of each committee are: Federal Program, Kenneth Smouse, lone, Chairmarr; Ray mond Lundell, lone, Vice-Chairman and K. C. Anderson, Heppner, Secretary; Production and Land Use, Frank Anderson, Heppner, Chairman, Donald Heliker, lone, Vice-Chairman, Eugene Peterson, Heppner, Secretary; Wheat Dis posal and Transportation, Henry Baker, lone, Chairman, Kenneth Peck, vice-Chairman, N. C. An derson; Secretary; Taxation and Legislation, Henry Peterson, lone, Chairman, Orville Cutsforth, Vice Chairman, Lexington, and Oscar Peterson, lone Secretary; Y'outh Activities, Earl McKinney, lone, Chairman, Elmer Palmer, Vice Chairman, and M. R. Wightman, Secretary. Executive Committeeman Pad berg, calls the attention to the recent mailing of proceedings of the 1951 annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League. Mr. Padberg urges farmers to look through recommendations made at the annual meeting bringing' any questions to the March ' 11 meeting. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting. o Tillamook Democrat Files For Attorney General's Position State Representative Robert Y. Thornton became the first Demo crat to toss his hat in the ring for the post of attorney general when he filed his candidacy in Salem Tuesday. Thornton, former Tillamook city attorney and World War II veteran, when a candidate for State Representa tive in Tillamook County in 1950, was elected by the largest major ity of any candidate running for a contested office, with the sole exception of Senator Wayne Morse. Born and brought up in Port land, the 42-year-old Tillamook lawyer is a graduate of Stanford -I, , WUi n , lUUMMWAW.Wg n : 1 : XL 'h ROBERT Y. THORNTON Files for Attorney General's post. university and attended Oregon and George Washington univer sity schools of law, earning his own way entirely. After graduation, he was selec ted to serve as law clerk to Judge Justin Miller of the U. S. Court of Appeals, and later did legal work for Congress, which in cluded co-authoring "Constitu tion of the U. S., Annotated," a widely circulated legal reference book. He was assistant solicitor of the U. S. Department of Interior in Washington when he resigned in 1938 to return to Oregon and enter the private practice of law. Thornton was called to active duty from the reserves six months before Pearl Harbor, and saw ser vice with the 30th Field Artillery in the Alaskan theatre for nearly two years, and later as a Japan ese language officer, before being released in 1946 as a lieutenant colonel. He was twice appointed city at torney of Tilamook, and held the same post for the cities of Gari baldi and Nehalem. o NEED Letterheads, Phone 882 Sensational New GENERAL ELECTRIC Automatic DISHWASHER Conic in and see it today! A few dollars a week ends your dishwashing drudgery for good! $339.95 Heppner Hardware & Electric Authorized Dealer GENERAL ELECTRIC DISHWASHERS DR. EDWARD K. SCHAFFITZ OPTOMETRIST Heppner Clinic Bldg., 103 Gale Street TELEPHONE 3373 Heppner, Oregon OFFICE HOURS: Mon.Tues. Wed. Fri. 9:00 A. M. to 5:30 P. Thurs.--Sat. 9:00 A. M. to 2:00 P. M. Evenings By Special Appointment M. ANALYTICAL VISUAL Broken Lenses Duplicated EXAMINATION Glasses Fitted ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S N SATURDAY, MARCH 15 lone Legion Hall JERRY PRICE ORCHESTRA ADM. S1.25 PERSON Sponsored by St. Patrick's Altar Society I II li I I I I II II II II I I II Ii.ii III, ill., ,1.1 i- ,, , IT" i. - , V. 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