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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 2, 1 952
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.
0 NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT FENLAND
Editor and Publisher
gRETCIIEN FENLAND
Associate Publisher
EDITORIAL
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 Story That Wasn't There
There is a story NOT there for you to read on
the front page today.
It is on the front pages of most newspapers,
most days.
It U the same story you can't read in the maga
zincs. . . . The TV can't picture it for you.
. . . The radio can't tell you about it.
It is the particular story that censorship denied
you today.
Maybe it's a big story.
Maybe it's small.
Maybe it would make a great deal of difference
in how you vote this November. Maybe it wouldn't
Maybe it would make you write your Congress
man a hot letter telling him what you think of it.
Or maybe the letter would be one of warm con
gratulations. Maybe. ...
... But there is not going to be any letter from
the people about this story. The story is blank,
hidden, buried in dark files where only the eyes
of officials paid by the people's tax money and
using the people's power, can see it. The people
will not be permitted to see it.
For such is censorship.
Not that all censorship is bad.
It isn't.
True military security is a vital necessity. True
military security saves the lives of our troops...
helps us win battles.
So we demand true military security just as
strongly as we deplore any false censorship that
dally can deny American readers information to
which they are entitled.
Before Korea, newsmen knew what stories were
being denied you. When they believed you were
taken advantage of by some either well-meaning
of misled government officials, they could appeal
the case.
Today, newsmen don't know.
There can be no appeal from mistakes by cen
sors. No one but the censors know the mistakes
mistakes which can cover stories of Jobs well-done
just as surely as they can cover stories of botched
up jobs.
There can be no appeal... but there can be a
remedy. The remedy is to go back to the voluntary
censorship that carried us through World War. II.
For as long as government officials are a law
unto themselves, the newspaper, the people shall
not know.
They shall not know if the blank story on the
front page of their newspaper is justified because
of real military security... or unjustified.
And never forget . . . for every blank story there
is a blank place in your mind. A blank space that
you cannot use. You, the people for whom this
government is . . of . . . for . . . and by.
The above is a guest editorial written especially
for National Newspaper week, which is now being
observed throughout the nation, by Robert M.
White II of the Mexico, Missouri Leader.
To some, such a story as the above may seem
a little far-fetched, a little out of the realm of a
small weekly newspaper, yet what happens to a
big paper can happen to a small one too. Most cen
sorship that newspapers as an industry are wor
ried about has its source in Washington, but if
Washington can get by with it, what is there to
keep state, county and city officials from using the
same tactics to cover up something they would
"prefer" the general public didn't know about?
A small paper, while not attempting to operate
on the some scope as a large daily, has a defi
nite field of duty in the matter of finding and
printing news. That field is right at home. While
the big papers are concerned with national mat
ters, we are concerned with local ones it is part
of our job to tell the public what local government,
in all its forms, is doing.
The publication "Cow Business"
has recently pointed out that
greater efficiency and the saving
of a large number of young stock
has resulted in increased produc
tion per breeding unit of more
than 12 since 1920. In 1924 the
calf crop per 100 cows amounted
to 74.5, in 1950 it was 85; in 1924
there were 5.2 pigs saved com
pared with 6.5 in 1951; the lamb
crop per 100 ewes in 1924 was 87.1
compared with 89.1 in 1951.
In doing a little checking with
Morrow County ranchers I find
You may not miss one story, but if censorship that our average calf crop is run
Bros, ranch at lone and at the
Frank Anderson ranch in the
Eightmile community are now
available. At the lone nursery,
Elmar was the top yielding, es
tablished variety with 15.5 bus
hels per acre; Orfed with 13.8
bu.; Rio. 13.6 bu.; Rex M-l, 12.4
bu.jBrevor, 11.3 bu.; and Golden
11.0 bu. During the years this
nursery has been grown Rio and
Orfed have yielded 96 of the
check; Rex and Golden 92 of the
chack; Brevor 86 and Elmar
103. Brevor while a promising
variety of this area, fell down in
this years' yield pulling its aver
age down considerably since it
has been grown oniy tour years.
At Eightmile, Brevor was the
top yielder with a 30.5 bushel
yield; Rex M-l, 30.3 bushels; Rio
and Elmar 30.2 bushels; Orfed,
27.3 bushels; and Golden 26.9 bu.
Percentages of check variety for
the Eightmile nursery were; Bre
vor, 109; Rex, 112; Elmar 102
Rio 119 Orfed 105; and Golden
116.
The 1953 nurseries will be seed
ed about October 10. Several new
promising selections will be add
ed this year. to see what they
will do under conditions away
from the Experiment Station.
These are Hymar x Orfed 50146,
sof t wheat; Hymar x Orfed 501104
soft white; Orfed x Wasatch 49
2273, hard red; and Blackhull-Rex
x Cheyenne 482296. hard red.
allows you to miss one, you may miss many more,
Those misses could be costly. We believe Mor
row county is practically free of censorship We
want it to remain that way.
The purpose of the observance of National
Newspaper Week is not to brag, but to remind all
Americans that their newspaper, whether large or
small, plays an important part in the lives of
every one. Newspapers don't want to lose that
importance, and they don't believe that thinking
citizens want them to lose it.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Many limes we hear erroneous short time trends of cash income
statements by people not ac
quainted with agriculture con
cerning the impression that far
mers in recent years have been
pocketing excessive profits. Of
interest to many should be the fol
lowing statement made by Mr. D.
Howard Doane of the Doane Agri
cultural Service of St. Louis, in a
recent address.
"Many of our agricultural col
leges have shown by recent re
ports that both long time and
Long Distance Nation-Wids
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Portland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
and expenses are approaching the
point of no margin. I believe the
forty-year- record of lompKins
Company, New York, as shown by
Cornell University, indicates that
farm income has increased nine
times and farm expenses fourteen
times within that period. Figures
from Illinois and other mid-west
states show similar trends. Far
mers are not generally aware of
this serious trend although their
ready acceptance of an expanded
use of grass shows a disposition
to turn away from the older more
intensive operations.
"The percentage of farm costs
that are cash costs for off farm
needs has increased greatly. Now
it Is gas instead of oats, and steel
instead of horse flesh. Sprays,
big machines, more fertilizers,
social security, taxes and insur
ance are all on the increase or are
new additions to the need for
cash. One effect of this, trend will
be the shorter time required to
put us out of business if we ever
have to face another 1920-1935
period."
The new hog grades which have
been used by the Federal and the
State market news service on a
trial basis since ast March are
now official.
The new grades are choice 1, 2,
ad 3, medium and cull for barrows
and gilts. Choice 1 is the most
desirable grade and has an inter
mediate degree of finish. The
degree of finish is near the mini
mum necessary to insure choice
quality cuts. Choice 2 are too fat
for the modern consumer's taste.
Hogs in this grade have a high
degree of finish which exceeds the
minimum necessary to insure
choice quality cuts. Choice 3 bar
rows and gilts are much too fat
These hogs carry a very high de
gree of finish. The low price of
lard is reflected in the lower live
weight prices paid for hogs in
this grade.
Medium grade barrows and
gilts are too lean. The degree of
finish is slightly less than is
necessary to insure choice quality
cuts. Cull grade slaughter hogs
are much too lean. Cuts from this
grade definitely lack marbling
and are suitable only for proces
sing.
ning better than 85 and that the
lamb crop here is considerably
higher than the national average
of 89.1. It is hard to determine
the pig crop in country like ours
but my bet would be that we are
holding our own compared to the
national figure.
And last but not least is a little
anonymous filler swiped from the
Ladies Home Journal. It has to do
with the phrase of "the high price
of meat". It Is a definition; "An
old timer is a fellow who remem
bers when he could buy a pound
of steak for a dime but forgets he
had to work an hour to earn the
dime". The truth isn't it?
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Mrs. Clara B. Gertson, Mrs.
Pearl Devine, Mrs. Grace Nicker
son, Mrs. Joe Hughes and Mrs. W
Oscar George left Thursday (to
day) for Butte, Montana to at
tend a regional conference of the
Soroptimist Club. They expect to
return Sunday.
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Results of the 1952 wheat nur
series grown at the Rietmann
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Enjoy our line array oi August entertainment in cool comfort . . . and we do mean,
comfort I We can switch off the cooling system in the theater now and don't have
to freeze you. We do recommend sweaters for those who chill easily I
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Oct. 2-3-4
REX, KING OF THE WILD HORSES
One of the most popular westerns of all time, a reissue.
RETURN OF THE TEXAN
Dale Robertson, Joanne Dru, Walter Iirennan. Outdoor drama, vividly set in Ameri
ca's great Southwest.
Sunday-Monday, Oct. 5-6
PAT AND MIKE
Sencer Tracy, Catherine Hepburn, Aldo Ray, William Cliing, Babe Didrickson
Zaharlas, Gussie Moran, Frank Parker. Positively one of the funniest comedies of
the year.
MARCIANO-WOLCOTT FIGHT PICTURES
How Murciano became the new World's Heavyweight Champion blow by blow!
Because of the Fight Pictures, the show on Sunday, Oct. 5, ONLY, will start at 2
p. m. Sunday shows at 2 1:20 6:10 and 9 p. m.
Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 7-8
DEADLINE, U. S. A.
Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley. One of the most au
thentic and exciting newspaper dramas to come along in many a month, headlined
with Academy Award Winners.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Oct 9-10-11
THUNDER IN GOD'S COUNTRY
Rex Allen In action a plenty.
Plus
MUTINY!
Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury. Patricia Knowles, Gene Evans. All the sweep, the
color, the cut-throat action of the early Navy ... in Technicolor.
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MEN'S WEAR
The Store of Personal Service
ON TAX BOARD
Sam. B. Stewart, 30, of Salem
has been named as tax commis
sioner to succeed Robert D. Mac
lean who retires on October 15,
1952.
The selection of the young at
torney by the state board of con
trol was unanimous. As assistant
attorney general, Stewart was as
signed to the tax commission
April 15, 1951 by Attorney General
George Neuner.
He Is a native of Oregon, born
in Portland, graduated from Wil
lamette University law school,
and admitted to the bar in 1950.
Maclean will be connected with
State Treasurer Walter Pearson in
his insurance business in Port
land. PSEUDO WIDOWS
INVESTIGATED
Several cases of fraud are un
der investigation by the Oregon
Veterans Department F. B. I. (Fal
sified Bonus Impeachers).
The cases involve widows (?) of
veterans who have violated the
law by cashing bonus checks after
they were remarried and signing
their previous names when en
dorsing the checks.
Director W. F. Gaarenstroom
said the law provides that wid
ows of veterans can cash such
checks only so long as they are
widows. When they remarry they
are no longer widows and are not
entitled to the World War II vet
erans bonus.
Many of these women may
have cashed the checks through
ignorance of the law. In such
event they probably will be
asked to return the money rather
than resorting to prosecution.
"PERFECT MURDER" STUDY
Edmund Warner, 21, psycopa
thic check forger who escaped
from the Oregon State Hospital
this week may have evolved a
plot for the "perfect murder."
Doctors at the hospital found
in his deserted quarters packages
of newspaper clippings about
murders. A note was attached to
each story giving Warner's idea
of where the murderer had made
the mistake that lead to his cap
ture. "He's an awfully smart fellow,"
Dr. C. E. Bates, state hospital su
perintendent said. "He is not
mentally ill, though. He's a psy
copath." That means he knows
right from wrong, but doesn't
care. He has no moral sense and
can't learn from experience."
CONS IN HILLS
Russell (Slim) Maw this week
joined a man-hunting crew of Ore
gon and California State Police,
Highway Patrolmen and deputy
sheriffs seeking to capture two
escaped Oregon State Prison con
victs believed to be in the rugged
mountain country of Northern
California.
The two men exchanged shots
with officers Saturday and then
fled into almost inaccessible hi'.ls.
Last week Maw gained plaudits
when he captured George Dunkin
after trailing the dangerous ac
cused murderer for three weeks
in the mountains.
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ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH (Episcopal)
Holy Communion 8:00.
Church School 9:45.
Holy Communion and sermon
11:00.
Holy Communion on Wednes
day at 10.
Choir Practices:
Boys on Tuesday 4 to 5.
Girls on Wednesday 4 to 5.
Adult Choir Thursday evening
at 8.
I U V,
Equitable Life Insurance and Eanch Loam
MARVIN R. WIGHTMAN
. WIGHTMAN
AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
Grain Buyer Archer Daniels
Midland Co.
Farra Bldg. Phone 23F4 or 1423
Irene Zinter, Sacretary
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Tuesday
October 7
7:30 P. M.
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Lincoln Welders
Lexington Implement- Co.
LEXINGTON
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