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. j : Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 28, 1952 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOHROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. (J" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT rENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL 1 1 i fs .o . . VJV ASSOCIATION 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. Fairs, Horses and Dogs With our fair a main point of interest to a Rood many residents of this area at the present time we are going to take a look at a highly controver sial measure to appear on the Oregon ballot this November that has more than a minor connection with our Morrow county shows the bill to pro hibit pari-mutuel betting on horse and dog races in Oregon. To some there may seem to be no connection, but actually there is a very decided tieup, for a goodly share of the finances that make possible our fair and the North Morrow county fair at Boardman, and many others like it come from revenue derived from the state "take" or tax on this betting. Morrow county this year will receive somewhere in I he neighborhood of $12,500 from this source which is divided between the two fairs. Could the fairs continue to operate without this mancy? We rather doubt it, and if they did it is a certainty that there would have to be a consider able amount of corner cutting and many events and classifications would be dropped to make ends meet, for a fair in itself, is no great source of admission revenue as most keep their admittance prices low to attract as many persons as pos sible. As to the nrgument of the opponents of pari mutuol betting that gambling in any form is con trary to the best interests of the people, we hardly can doubt. However, the American people have al ways been n race of gamblers, and seemingly it will take much more than just mere laws to change that tendency. It can be said that the temp tation should be removed, but we find it hard to believe that that would help much. We have al ways been an ingenious people when it comes to finding new ways to entertain ourselves, especially in this matter of making bets. It has loen said, and we believe it true, that if Oregon does' outlaw pari-mutuel betting, the tracks will move across the river, (referring to Portland) to Vancouver, Washington and the betting will go on as usual the only difference being that Oregon's treasury will be deprived of tax funds from this surce while Washinton's will get the benefit. There is betting on horse races in other sections of the state too, mainly at county fairs, though, and these only on a very small scale and for a quite limited run of three or four days a year. That gambling in any form is not wise, we do not argue, but in this case we fail to see where there is much to be gained by outlawing what we consider is now a well controlled plan with the state watching every move made by the operators of the tracks. It has been said that gambling, even legalized, draws gangsters and racketeers, and if Oregon's few tracks were under the control of such elements, that would be a different story we can find no evidence that they are, however. It is our belief that probably one of the best ways to prevent such infilteration by the racketeers is to have our tracks rigidly controlled by the state, as they are now, even though the ownership remains in private hands. , To sum it up, we doubt that Oregon has any thing to gain by banning dog and horse races. If pari-mutuel betting is voted out, we believe many fairs and like events around the state will be forced to suspend, unless the people vote a special lax levy for their continued support. Such a likli hood, we can't forsce. OREGONIANS ARE THRIFTY The people of this state must have a weather eye cocked for the proverbial rainy day. Nobody can prove it's a bad idea. A healthy economic condition is verified by the steady increase of new saving accounts and the In crease of the average amount carried. This is one place where the people are ahead of their govern ment that is not stashing away for Ihe day when jobs may not be so Plentiful nor wages so high. When those days come there will be less income tax money to off set property taxes. Economists of the Congress of Industrial Organizations are say ing that despite defense produc tion the supply of consumer goods and services by the end of 19SJ will reach the unprecedented an nual peak of $1,8795 worth for each person in the nation. OREGONIANS EARN MORE An indicatino that income lax returns for 1952 will exceed the previous year is seen in t he heavy withholdings from emplovees for the last half of the 1951-52 fiscal year w hich showed a gain of 10.7 per cent when compared to the last half of the 1950-51 fiscal year, the state tax commission reported this week. Tax commissioners attribute the increase to the many addi tional personal income tax re turns and the commission's col lection department. Personal income tax returns in creased from $35,9'15,(;i4 iti 1950 51 to $42,8 19,000 in 1951-52. More withholding tax revenues are ex pected during the current fiscal year, as federal employes in Ore gon will be subject to withholding tax. These withholdings will start after January 1, under an agree ment now being correlated by Ray Smith, in charge of the state in come tax division, and federal of ficials. OREGON EDUCATES VOTERS Maybe the state needs an ad vertising solicitor. When the Voters' Pamphlet was authorized by the legislature it was designed to pay its way with ads from candidates and state ments from opponents or oppon ents of measures on the ballot. It will cost $95,000 to publish and mail the November election pamphlet. This is $10,000 more than estimated receipts, and printing and postage cost more than they did in 1950. Secretary of State Earl T. New bry has asked the emergency board for the extra expenses, to be taken from the governor's emer gency fund or that the cost of is suing the pamphlet be carried in to the next calendar year when the legislature could make an ad ditional appropriation. OREGONIANS SAY 'PAY' Oregon is a tough spot for ali mony dodgers. Attorney General George Neuner has just ruled that husbands cannot escape alimony payments by moving from an other state to Oregon. Neuner explains that the reci procal enforcement of the support act passed by the last legislature provides that Oregon will accept the alimony decrees of other states without the necessity of filing a separate claim in Oregon OREGON KIDS GIVE MOST Oregon school children gave more money to the 1952 March of Dimes than any other children in the nation. The average was 25 cents apiece. Altogether they gave $12, 000, the best per capita showing of any state.Dr. E. T. Hedlund, state chairman for March of Dimes, reported to Governor Douglas McKay this week. OREGONIANS LIVE LONGER Life expectancy in Oregon is higher than the national average of G7.2 years, according to the de partment of vital statistics of the Oregon State Health Board. Women can look forward to G9.3 years from birth, while men trail with 05 years. The National Office of Vital Statistics recently reported that last year's marriage rate dropped to its lowest point since 1938 and the divorce rate to the lowest point since 1911. Oregon marriages dropped slightly to 10,410 last year com pared to 11,300 in 1950, while di vorces gained slightly to 6,135 last year as compared to 5,913 in 1950. o Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ruggles had as their guests last week, her mother Mrs. Cauthers of Moro and Mrs. Cauther's sister of California Mrs. Neal Knighten and daugh ter LaPelle of Kennewick, Wash ington are visiting this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. I). Neill. TO DEFEND OVR FREEDOM IiIjL. ' From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Many of our farmers in the North edge of the wheat area have been asking questions about Requa wheat. This variety has been grown by a number of far mers during the past few years with apparently good results. In trials at the Sherman Branch Ex periment Station at Moro it aver aced 30 bushels per acre, com pared to Elgin at 41 bushels, Rex at 38 bu. and Orfed at 38.7 bu. It is slightly earlier maturing than Elein or Elmar. hut not as early as Rex. It is 6 to 8 inches taller than Elmar, slightly taller than Rex. It is verv weak strawed, which with its tall growing habits make it very susceptible to loag intr. especially in higher rainfall areas. Reaua. being a cross of Forty-Fold and Turkey, has fhe loose chaff of Golden which with the Turkey beard causes consider able shattering. It is susceptible to 9 more races of smut than Hy- mar, Elmar or Rex in addition to being susceptible to the same races of these varieties. The va rietal-smut survey in Oregon Washington and Idaho in 1950 showed that of 1.351.599 bushels of Requa, 11.5 of them were smutty. riftti'iittrMii--k- The Start of the Festivities . . FAIR and RODEO Dress-Up Parade and Coronation of the Queen Mon. 7 p. m. JOIN IN THE FUN- Help Make This Year's Dress-Up Parade The Biggest Yet mmmm 'tsm PUT WASH SPACI TO WORK W hay torn rtrr practical and tngvtiiou remodeling ana modernizing idtai wa'd lika ta ducma with you. Coma in toon i abugaoonl Plans and Materials For Homes And Farm Buildings TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. PHONE 912 While there appears to be many disadvantages to this variety, it is still one of the recommended varieties for the Horse Heaven, Rattlesnake and Bickleton areas of Washington. These areas com pare with our far North Morrow wheat area. It has been report ed as a relatively higher yielder in most years where grown In Washington. Monday, August 25, was "threshing day" at the Sherman Branch Experiment Station at Moro. Participating in the "bee" were county agents from all Col umbia Basin counties. The oc casion was the annual computa tion of fertilizer trial plots and wheat variety nursery yields. Rep resentative samples from plots and nurseries were gathered in July. Monday threshing was completed, grain cleared, test weights taken and -yields com puted. This year, additional data was collected on increased stub ble by use of fertilizers, as well as grain yield. While detailed computations are not finished on wheat nur series, the fertilizer plot yields for Morrow county are ready for release. Highest yield was re ceived on the plat treated with 16 pounds of actual nitrogen per acre, which was supplied in the form of Ammonium Nitrate. The yield was 30.2 bushels per acre compared with a yield of 25.5 bushels for the check plot. Straw vupicrht was 1184 nounds rer acre compared with 1019 pounds on the check plot. The addition of these 16 pounds of N to the 38 pounds of N in the soil at the time of the application while somewhat lower than usually recommended, was evi dently sufficient for the best yield on a year as we had this growing season. THE METHODIST CHURCH J. Palmer Sorlien, D. D. Minister Sunday August 21. Morning Worship and Sermon at 11 a. m. Sunday Church School at 9:45 a. m. Mr. Oliver Creswick, Superin tendent. Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Boyer will be with us for the morning service on this Sunday. After the morn--ing service we will have a pot luck dinner at the church. This will give all who wish an oppor tunity to visit with the Boyers. Suzanna Wesley Circle of the Womans Society of Christian Service meets the third Wednes day of each month at 2:30 p. m. The Womans Society of Christ ian Service will meet at the Ted Smith home Tuesday August 2 at 8 p. m. Mrs. Ted Smith and Mrs. Lincoln Nash will be the Hostess- P1CDAL NEW 0 REGULAR $2711.00 NOW COUNTY MOTORS Phone 85 John Day, Oregon Not just ordinary ice cream . . . bt a richer, smoother, delicious-to-the taste ice cream . . . created expressly for those who will serve only the best. Visit your neighborhood Arden Dealer and select your favorite from his wide assortment of flavors. 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