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Heppner Oregon, Thursday, November 6, 1952
Vol ume 69, Number 34
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MR. PRESIDENT Choice of the American people to guide the desti
nies of the nation for the next four years. In his victory over
Governor Adlai Stevenson, General Dwight D. Eisenhower polled
one of the heaviest pluralities
the title, Mr. President, is not
inauguration early in January,
doubt but that America would soon bestow it upon him.
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VICE PRESIDENT Richard M. Nixon, who will take over the second
highest position in the land as running mate and right hand man
for General Ike. His campaign was full of surprises and near
tragedy, but he vindicated himself in the eyes of the public and
went on to win.
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EARL T. NEWBRY Who despite
... a last minute smear campaign
against" him handily defeated
Democrat Edith S. Green to re
main Oregon's secretary of
state.
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ONE NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER,
TWO INCUMBENTS GIVEN VOTER NOD
One new face will appear on
the Heppner city council the first
of the year and two of the incum
bent members were returend to
their seats by verdict of the
votes Tuesday. The new member
will be Jeff Carter, J. C. Penney
company manager who was given
the seat which had been held by
E. E. Gonty. Returned were W. C.
Rosewall and Dr. L. D. Tibbies.
All were elected to a four year
term.
Also returned for another term
were mayor J. O. Turner and
Elizabeth Dix, city recorder and
LaVerne Van Marter, treasurer.
All were unopposed for the posi
ever given any president Though
technically correct until after his
his overwhelming victory left no
SIG UNANDER Who finally got
his campaign slogan, "You
Unander, and Oregon" all to
gether to win the race for state
treasurer from his Democratic
opponent Francis Lambert.
tions.
Final tabulation gave the fol
lowing figures:
Tibbies, 477
Rosewall. 363
Carter, 319
Gonty, 220
Andresen, 165
Turner, Mayor 467
Dix, Recorder 501
. Van Marter, Treasurer 538
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The Altar Society of the Catho
lic Church will hold a bazaar,
silver tea and dinner at the
church Saturday afternoon and
evening.
CALLj
County
Count Roads nc
Hospital Levies Get
Heavy "Yes" Votes
Morrow county voters gave
overwhelming approval to the two
county measures last Tuesday
when they OK d the measure to
continue the 10 mill levy for
road improvement and the 5 mill
tax for the construction of an au
dition to the Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in Heppner.
Final counting showed the road
tax approved by a vote of 1082 to
682, and the hospital levy pass
ing with a margin of 1137 to 644.
The road tax measure will con
tinue for another five years the
present levy of 10 mills and the
hospital levy will run for only
one year and is expected to raise
about $70,000 which will be
matched in part by federal funds
and will be used to construct ad
ditional rooms for 15 hospital
beds as well as an equal number
of beds for nursing patients.
The precinct vote on the two
measures follows:
ROAD LEVY
Yes No
N. Heppner 265 156
S. Heppner 238 147
Lexington 134 65
Hardman 22 12
Irrigon 116 92
lone 175 140
Boardman 132 70
HOSPITAL LEVY
Yes No
S. Heppner 325 106
N. Heppner 282 113
Lexington 140 62
Hardman 21 13
Irrigon 71 131
lone 190 139
Boardman 108 100
Grain Growers lo
Hold Annual Meet
"We are expecting a good sized
crowd at our annual meeting on
Monday, November 10th, said
Lloyd . Howton, President of the
Morrow County Grain Growers.
The meeting will commence
with a free lunch at '12:00 noon,
at the Fair Pavilion. All members
and patrons are cordially invited.
The Rhea Creek Grange is in
charge of the serving.
The business meeting will be
held following the lunch. Three
new directors are to be elected
for a two-year term. Terms of
Henry Baker, Terrel Benge, and
Lloyd Howton expire.
President Howton continued to
say. "This is a very important
meeting. We will review our
year's operation and we have a
number of future problems to dis
cuss with our members. In the
past year, we have expanded our
services by building two new
highway elevators. We expect
to continue improving service. It
is important that every member
be present at this annual meet
ing."
Creswick Gets Coroner
Job From McMurdo
Oliver Creswick, Heppner mor
tician, unseated Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo for the post of county
coroner in the only county office
for which there was a contest.
McMurdo, who ran as a demo
crat had held the position for
many years.
The vote was Creswick, 109O;
McMurdo, 846.
Floyd Grabill of Milton-Free
water was in Heppner Sunday
visiting with his brother Bob Gra
bill.
Final Figures Show
Unofficial but complete figures
from all of Morrow county's seven
voting precincts gave the follow
ing totals:
For President and vice president
Eisenhower-Nixon, 1254
Stevenson-Sparkman, 786
Hallinan-Bass, 5
For Representative in Congress,
Second district
Sam Coon 1104
John Jones 807
For Secretary of State
Earl T. Newby 1185
Edith S. Green 795
For State Treasurer
Francis Lambert 772
Sig Unander 1048
For Attorney General
John B. McCourt 854
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SAM COON Republican state
senator who easily outdistanced
his Democratic opponent, John
G. Jones to become the second
district's nextvrepresentative in
congress. t
4-H Achievement
Parties Planned
Plans are completed for a ser
ies of Morrow county 4-H club
achievement parties to be held
this weekend at Boardman and
Heppner according ' to 'county
agents N. C. Anderson and Maud
Caswell. The oardman parfy
will be held thfe Friday evening
and the Heppner dinner on Satur
day evening atMhe fair pavilion.
Both are to start at 6:30 p. m.
with a potluck dinner. .
Recognition will be given to a
great number of 4-H club mem
bers who have completed pro
jects during the year. Of the 36
clubs in the county, 25 of them
are classified as 100 clubs, hav
ing completed all their projects.
Also to be given recognition for
their work and the number of
years that they have been active
in 4-H work are the following
number of members:
1 year, 61; 2 years, 29; 3 years, 33;
4 years, 24; 5 years, 11; 6 years,
8; 7 years, 7; 8 years, 1; 9 years,
1; 10 years 2.
F. F. A. Boys to Fix
Up Christmas Toys
Heppner residents who have old
toys they are through playing
with are a.sked to notify mem
bers of the Heppner Future Far
mers of America who will pick up
them and repair them for Christ
mas gifts for needy children.
The F. F. A. boys will do the
work between now and Christmas
and stated that churches will
have first chance on the renewed
toys, but felt certain that with
ample donations they would be
able to supply all that are re
quired locally.
Anyone who has any toys, re
gardless of their condition, is
asked to call the Heppner school,
phone 32.
STORES TO CLOSE
ARMISTICE DAY
The merchant's committee of
the Chamber of Commerce have
recommended that the stores
close on Armistice Day as they
have in the past.
The schools, bank, county and
federal offices, liquor store and
post office will be closed for the
holiday.
Robert Y. Thornton 936
For Representative, 22nd District
Robert E. Smith 855
J. P. Steiwer 913
Charles Allen Tom 1262
For County Commissioner
Russell K. Miller 1722
For County Clerk
C. W. Barlow 1784
For County Sheriff
C. J. D. Bauman 1822
For County Coroner
Oliver W .Creswick 1096
Drj A. D. McMurdo 846
For County Surveyor
Harry Tamblyn 1552
MEASURES
Amendment making superinten
dent of public instruction appointive-
Follow
Heaviest Vote
In History is
Cast in Area
Morrow county voters, along
with those in the rest of the na
tion, turned out in greater num
bers than ever before to choose
a new president, a slate of Repub
lican representatives and to ex
press their opinion on a host of
state and county measures.
With few exceptions, local vot
ers followed the trend of the rest
of the slate and most of the na
tion in naming Republicans to
nearly all posts. The only Demo
crat to win the nod in the county
was Robert Y. Thornton in the
race for state attorney general.
His contest with John B. McCouft
has been nip and tuck and
though he now holds a very slight
edge over his Republican oppon
ent, it is probable that a de
cision must await complete re
turns from the entire state.
In all other races for state and
congressional seats Morrow
county followed the general trend
in the state.
On all state measures except
the legislative reapportionment
measure county voters were also
in accord with the rest of the
state. Of this one local tallies
showed this area urging defeat
of the bill by better than two to
one majority, whereas the state
count indicated the bill would
pass bv a sizeable margin.
HEAVIEST VOTE
While a heavy vote throughout
the entire nation had been pro
phecied by many persons, it is
believed the turnout in Morrow
county exceeded the state and
national average. An unofficial
total of 2045 of the county's 2527
eligible voters went to the polls
to give an 81 percent ballot here.
In the two Heppner precincts the
percentage was even higher with
slight ly more than 90 percent of
the voters casting their ballots.
In the Hardman precinct the
vote was even higher.
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lone Elects Slate
Of City Officials
lone voters Tuesday reelected
all but one of their present city
officials on a special city ballot
which was given voters along
with their big general election
ballot.
Reelected mayor was Omar
Reitmann, George Ely, recorder
and Echo Palmatecr, treasurer.
Also kept In office as councilmen
were Roy Lindstrom and E. W.
Bristow. The new council mem
ber was Merle Baker. Tabulation
of the vote was not immediately
available.
BOB THORNTON Who has ap
parently won for the Democrats
end himself the job of attorney
general, oue of the Lew positions
' in the state relinquished by the
Republicans. His race was very
close, but he seemingly has
wrested the seat from Repub
lican, John B. McCourt
Pattern of
Yes, ,799; No, 954
World War veteran's state aid
sinking fund repeal amendment
Yes, 1297; No, 425
Art authorizing domiciliary state
hospital for aged mentally ill
Yes, 1303; No. 509
Amendment legal voters of taxing
unit establish tax base
Yes, 979; No, 596
Amendment to augment Oregon
war veterans' fund
Yes, 1351; No, 343
Amendment creating legislative
assembly emergency committee
Yes, 881; No 611
Amendment fixing elective terrris
of state senators and representa
tives Yes 1261; No, 319
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Tom and Steiwer Win Two
State Representative Seats
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CHARLES A. TOM Who outdist
anced the other two candidates
to win top position (of two) for
state representative from the
22nd district
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JACK STEIWER Who nosed out
Democrat Robert E. Smith to
win the second open position as
state representative. He will
work in Salem with Tom.
Fire Destroys Two
Buildings Near lone .
Fire, apparently starting from
a defective oil stove, destroyed
one house, a bunkhouse and dam
aged a machine shed on the Jody
Morrison ranch 12 miles west of
lone. The blaze started about 7
p. m. Tuesday.
Completely destroyed was the
house occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Baker and the bunkhouse in
which Bill Logan lived. Logan
last all his belongings, but Bakers
succeeded in removing most of
theirs without damage.
A nearby machine shed was
also reported damaged, but not
severly. Neighbors assisted in
saving adjoinnlg buildings.
No estimate of the damage was
available.
Heppner Slaughter
House Now Operating
Harold Johnston, owner and
operator of the newly completed
Heppner slaughter house announ
ced this week that he will open
the establishment for business
this weekend. He will specialize
In custom killing and government
graedd wholesale meats.
The new business, Is In the for
mer location of the Heppner Sale
yard at the western end of town.
The former building has been
completely remodeled and John
ston has built a home on .the
same property. He comes here
from Hermiston and has been In
the wholesale meat business for
20 years.
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Vote in County
Amendatory act title subject
amendment
Yes, 795; No, 537
Act limiting state property tax
Yes, 1010; No, 665
Motor carrier highway transpor
tation tax act
Yes, 1177; No, 680
School district reorganization act
Yes, 671; No, 1022
Cigarette stamp tax revenue act
Yes, 807; No, 1077
Establishing standard time In
1599; No, 333
Constitutional amendment pro
hibiting lotteries, bookmaklng,
parl-mutuel betting etc.
Yes, 614; No, 1254
Constitutional amendment autho
The two Republican candidates
for state representative from the
22nd district. Charles A. Tom,
Rufus, and J. P. (Jack) Steiwer,
Fossil, won two vacant seats in a
close race. Tom polled the
heaviest vote to hold a substantial
lead throughout the voting and
Steiwer pulled ahead of the
Democratic aspirant, Robert E.
Smith, Condon to win his seat by
a small margin.
Tom and Steiwer both carried
Morrow county by a comfortable
majority. Smith carried his home
county, but only nosed Tom out
County tabulation gave;
CHARLES A. TOM
Morrow 1262
Gilliam 716
Wheeler 484
Sherman 685.
Total 3147
J. P. STEIWER
Morrow 813
Gilliam 57
Wheeler 682
Sherman 548
Total 2800
ROBERT E. SMITH
Morrow 855
Gilliam 718
Wheeler 562
Sherman 492
Total 2627
Street Closure -OK'd
by Council
The Heppner council Monday
passed approved an ordinance
calling for the closure of D street
between Elder and Court streets
at such a time as a new alternate
street is built north of the pre
sent D street. The closure had
been requested by the school
board.
The street vacation is necessary
if the new Heppner elementary
school, planned by the board,
Is to be constructed. The state
board of education had informed
the Heppner board that the street
would have to be moved before
it would grant approval of the
site. The school board presented
the council with tentative plans
for the location and grade of the
new street which will be located
approximately parallel with the
present channel of Hlnton creek.
The council received no bids on
its call for the sale of bonds in
the amount of $300,000 to finance
construction of the sewer systerh
and will issue a new call for tha
sale of only $250,000 bonds. The
new lower amount was made pos
sible by the low bids received
on the construction jobs.
Building permits were issued to
Joe Swendig, for a 36 by 93 foot
building for the state highway
department to cost $18,510; Mrs.
Frank Adklns, garage, $1,000; D.
A Wilson, remodeling, $1,500; L.
H. Case, residence, $2,500.
The council also served notice
that it will require building per- '
mlt3 be obtained before construc
tion is started. Members stated
t hat It had been the practice of
many persons to have a Job near
ly completed before applying for
a permit.
Mayor J. O. Turner stated that
he had received information from
the two companies who will do
the work on the sewer system and
treatment plant that they plan to
start construction Immediately,
one of the firms next Monday, the
other the following Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barratt and
children visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Ferguson, in Os
wego over the weekend. Her sis
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A.
P. Hunter, of Seattle were there
also.
rizing alcoholic liquor sale by in
dividual glass
Yes, 967; No, 904
Constitutional amendment pro
vlding equitable taxing method
for use of highways
Yes, 395; No, 1376
Milk production and marketing
act bill
Yes 699; No. 1103
Constitutional legislative senator
and representative apportionment
enforcement amendment
Yes, 491; No, 1039
Morrow county roads levy
Yes 1082; No, 682
Morrow county hospital addition
1137; No. 664
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