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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.
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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.
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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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