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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 18, 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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PUBLISHERS
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ROBERT FENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
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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.
The Biggest Job Ever
Handed Oregon Voters
Oregon voters will really hit the jackpot this
November 4 when they troop into the polls and are
handed their official ballot. In addition to a
goodly list of names for county, state and federal
positions there will be 18 state and two county
measures awaiting them. If you thought the
primary ballot was a dilly, you were right. . . but
wait until you see this one,
There will not be as many unknown names on
the general election ballot as there was before,
but there is, without doubt, the most confusing
conglomeration of measures that ever confronted
voters in Oregon. The sad part of the whole thing
is that many voters are going to take one look at
t he unwieldy list and say "give it back to the
Indians."
We can hardly blame a person for having such
thoughts, but the matters upon wheh each of us
will be asked to vote are too serious to brush aside
so lightly. A wrong vote on some of them could
cost the average individual many dollars in tax
money. One of the most confusing is the so-called
"truck fight" bills there are two of them on the
ballot, and to sustain the measure adopted by the.
last legislature the voter must vote Yes on one
measure and No on another. We believe the action
of the legislature should be upheld, for it estab
lished the weight-mile principle for truck taxation
which is aimed at equalizing the tax paid by all
motor vehicles in proportion to the wear and tear
each one gives Oregons roads.
The big trucks the "long-haul" jobs, are fight
ing the bill which would increase their taxes. As
part of their fight they have initiated measure
number 330-331 which would make it illegal, for
Hie state to assess the tax called for under Refer
endum measure 318-319, To vote No on both, or
to vole Yes on both would tie the hands of the
.state in the matter of equalizing the tax for roads.
See what we mean when we say this ballot is
going to be complicated?
We have no fight with the big truck interests,
for they serve a very Important purpose in our
overall transportation plan, but if they are not
paying their share of highway construction and
maintenance costs, who pays it?. The rest of us,
of course! If t he big truck interests get their way
license fees and taxes on passenger cars, farm
trucks, short haul trucks such as logging and
lumber trucks, delivery trucks etc., will have to
bear the load.
We urge you to study the measures (you will
receive your Voters Pamphlet shortly) and then
vote 318 Yes and 331 No. There will be plenty of
information available on both sides of the ques
tion during the next six weeks and It all deserves
your consideration.
Oregon voters have a big job ahead of them
if they are to understand these and many of the
other measures. If he waits until he is handed
the official sheet at the poll on November 4 it will
be almost impossible for him to cast a "consider
ed" ballot. The whole ballot this fall needs con
sideration, and lots of it.
Dcsk-Ology
Had a friend in the office the other day who re
marked, "Why don't you ever clean off your
desk?" Now, to some people that statement
might sound a little obnoxious, but not to us
we're used to it. :
We've been around a little and have looked
in on some of the best known editors in the state
at one time or another and we have come to the
conclusion that we still have a lot to learn in this
matter of keeping a desk well covered. We must
admit, as we look over the orderly array of junk
which adorns our corner of the office, that there
could be an improvement and we're really
working on a system that will improve the avail
.ability of our desk-top file. For one thing, we
know we are being a little sloppy when we push
our desk close to the wall In a corner to keep the
stuff from dribbling off on the floor.
That's the point we're working on right now
and we know a couple of editors who have de
veloped the art of stacking valuable papers,
pamphlets, letters and even government reports
to heights we don't even dream of and, mind you,
on a desk that stands smack In the middle of the
room, not even on wall for it to lean against.
We're not that good yet, and from what little
Information we can get out of these experts on
"desk-ology" it took years and years of practice
to develop a system of piling that will keep the
stuff piled.
There's another point to remember too. If
every business had to haul its office as much
"junk", and we mean the word In its literal sense,
as every newspaper receives each day in the
mail, we'll bet there would be a lot of business
men taking lessons from newspaper men on how
to handle the desk piling problem.
We know we'll get numerous suggestions on
how to take care of it, and most of them will re
commend that we "throw it away."
That isn't quite the right answer, though, for we
don't like to offend the government too much
most of the junk comes from there.
DID YOU KNOW. .
By O. M. Yeager
That the very first officers
elected in Heppner were Henry
Blackmail, mayor; E. R. Swln
hum, Klis Minor, Thomas Mor
"gan, J. B. Sperry, S. P. Garrigus
and George Noble, councllmen;
M. C. McDougall, treasurer and
O. H.IIallock, recorder.
The entire mercantile business
for the year 18S8, says the Ga-
r
Long Distance Nation-Wide
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Pcnland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
zette of that year was $31)0,000,
but was over $1,000,000 for the
year 1889.
The Fair building (Case Apts)
was built in 1889.
That most of Main Street on
the east side was burned to the
ground in 1899.
That Lexington and the sur
rounding country clear to Pine
City was almost entirely destroy
ed by a cyclone, killing several
people and injuring scores of
others. This cyclone demolished
almost every house in Lexington
and was the year of 1888.
That in the year 1888 the rail
road was built into Heppner. In
1891, the Heppner Gazette says
that (;5.0()0 sheep were driven
our of the country and sold, but
there were plenly left. This was
the year of hard times.
Ii the years 1886-1887 the peo
ple of Heppner built and donated
the first court house and site to
t he newly formed county seat.
That in the year 1898, at the
Republican convention of Morrow
County, the following resolution
was submitted: "We favor the re
duct ion of the salaries of the
sheriff and clerk of Morrow
County".
In 1888, the Oregon Legislature
voted $10,000 for the improvement
of the road over the Blue moun
tains to Monument.
That Heppner's first name was
Stansbury's Flat, in honor of
George W. Stansbury, who bought
the site from a man named Estes.
The very first house built in
Heppner was a small log cabin on
the corner of what is now May
and Chase Sts. and occupied by
Bob's gunsmith shop.
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CHURCHES
THE METHODIST CHURCH
J. Palmer Sorlien, Minister
Sunday Sept. 21.
Morning Worship and Sermon
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Friday Afternoon, Sept. 19
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POSITION YOUR CAR
When driving a car, follow the
adage "A place for everything
and everything in its place."
There is always a proper
place for your car on the street.
That proper place is YOUR
OWN LANE, says the AAA
driver training book, "Sports
manlike Driving."
Which lane is yours? That
depends: How many lanes are
there? What speed are you
driving in relation to the speed
of other cars? Will you make
a right or left turn? Are you
near curves or hillcrests? What
are the traffic conditions? .What
do the road markings direct?
Consider every one of these
things in deciding which lane is
yours.
A driver out of proper lane is
a trespasser, an outlaw, a com
mitter of a foul. He robs the
traffic pattern of the factor of
safety.
Obey lane markings. Stay in
line at curves and hillcrests.
Pass only on the left. Maneuver
safely to correct lanes for turns
you will make. Drive in your
own lanel
Fall Crop Planting
Prospects Outlined
By OSC Economists
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
strong markets for oats and bar
ley, steady prices for hay and
wheat, abundant supplies of seeds
and bright prospects for pastures
are seen for this year's fall
planted crops.
These are the highlights of in
formation on Oregon's 1953 farm
future as outlined in the latest
issue of "Oregon Agricultural
Situation and Outlook" by OSC
extension service economists.
Copies are now available from the
Morrow county Agents office, and
have been mailed to all farmers
of the county,
Feed grains and forage are
likely to stay close to the top of
the "most wanted" list in 1953,
Economist M. D. Thomas points
out In the publication, but the
situation may be different in
other places where big supplies
and prospects for large carry
overs weigh heavily on next year's
market.
The feed grain market is strong
because of continued heavy grain
demands combined with shrink-1
ing reserve supplies, Thomas ex
plains. A large 1953 corn crop
could upset the oats and barley
at 11 a. m. Special music by the
choir. Mr. Oliver Creswick, Di
rector. Sunday Church School at 9:45
a. m. We have tlasses for every
age.
Choir Practice Thursday at
8 p. m.
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion 8.
Church School 9:45.
Morning Prayer and Sermon 11.
Holy Communion Wednesday
at 10.
Choir Fractices
Boys immediately after school
on Tuesdays.
Girls immediately after school
on Wednesdays .
Adult Choir Thursday even
ing at 8.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Earl L. Soward, Pastor
Bible School begins at 9:45.
Classes for all ages. The young
married people's class conducts a
nursery during the morning
church service also.
Morning worship begins at 11.
The Lord's Table is spread at
every Sunday morning service.
Sermon this Sunday will be on
"The Hope of the Community."
Sunday evening service begins
at 7:30. Sermon, "A Bible Business
Woman" by the pastor.
Choir practice will be at 8 on
Thursday.
feed cart but the odds are against
it.
While the national wheat pic
ture remains about the same, a
bumper 1953 crop might make it
necessary to put on the produc
tion brakes, Thomas concludes.
"Plafiting less wheat this year
and feed more grains could help
postpone the day of reckoning
that seems in store for wheat", is
the way he views the wheat out
look.
This year's hay supply in the
Northwest is about 5 percent
above last year. Supplies seem
likely to increase further in the
next few years which may bring
prices down a little, the econo
mists say.
Seed prospects for the new year
are dimmed by big reserves of all
kinds of cover crop seeds. Crim
son clover and common ryegrass
look like the best seed crop bets
for planting this fall but even
there the prospects are none too
bright.
Pastures offer real promise to
Oregon farmers, however, as a
means of making dollars do more,
the economists report. Many Ore
gon farmers have found more and
better pastures one way to beat
high feed prices. Pastures are one
of the Cheapest sources of live
stock feed and should not be over
looked in 153, Thomas writes.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles
have returned from a few clays
spent in Portland.
Suit Demands Ballot
List Racing Income
A legal attempt to force Earl
T. Nevvbrv, Secretary of State to
publish on the November ballot
the estimated $972,813.79 which
will be lost in tax revenue if the
tnti- pari-mutuel racing oui is
passed by the voters was filed in
Salem Tuesday.
The petition for a writ of man
damus, challenging a recent
ruling by the attorney general,
which would prevent publication
on the election ballot of this tax
loss of nearly a million dollars,
cited the "price tag" act of 1951
in support of the demand.
The petition was filed in Mar
ion County Circuit Court by Dr.
Frank R. Menne, chairman of the
Oregon state racing commission,
and Henry W. Collins, Portland.
They charge it is the duty of
the Secretary of State to show the
estimated loss or cost to the state
that would result from all meas
ures. Menne cited the Motor Car
rier Highway Transportation Tax
Act, School District Reorganiza
tion Act, Cigarette Stamp Tax
Revenue Act, and other similar
measures which come under the
"price tag" act, and asserted the
anti-paril mutuel bill should also
come under this provision.
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Heppner, Oregon
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