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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.
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-ASSOCIATION
ROBERT F'ENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCIIEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITOR
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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