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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 2, 1953 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. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION m.X-mSVi CT.'.ITTTTe 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. We'll Take Morrow County This column has made a concerted effort to contain itself on numerous occasions when Ore gon's senator Richard Nouberger has come out with one of his "reconstruction" bills at the legis lature, or in one of his numerous published arti cles, knowing, as he himself realizes and has so stated, that whenever he initiates them, they're dead ducks. But when he recently came up with a bill to consolidate Oregon's 3(1 counties into 8, and then followed it with a hedging measure to eli minate county sheriffs from the state scene, we couldn't hold it any longer. In theory, the idea seems to have merits, but in practice we can forsee the voters slapping him down harder than Washington senators have slapped the state's junior senator in that Aug ust body. As it appears now, his consolidation bill is hopelessly buried in a committee so the voters probably won't have to worry about it, for the present at least. Any measure to conserve costs in government, city, county, state or federal, is certain to get some support, and, if they are valid savings, both in practice as in theory, we're very willing to take a second look at them, but this consolidation bill doesn't prove out, to our way of Ihinking. Our first point of argument against such an Idea is that it is a continuation of the trend to get government farther away from the people who are paying the bill. The smaller the unit of govern ment, the more efficiently it operates, in nearly every case, due mainly to the fact that the men and women who are acting as our servants are our own neighbors we know them personally and live with them day in and day out. Because of that, they know that they have each one of us checking on tiieir activities, to some degree. The farther government, in any form, is from our home, the less we take an interest in it and the less we know about the activities of those we elect to run it for us. Neuberger's bill proposes to move one unit of government still further from home. There are now 30 county court houses scattered around the state, the bill proposes doing away with 21 of them. We question whether the bill would accomplish the purpose, for in most cases, it would still be necessary to have deputies from most county offices, located in practically the same areas now served by the Individual counties as presently established. It would only be logical that the present buildings would be used to house their offices, so there wouldn't be much saving there. There is no doubt that some jobs could be eli minated, with a subsequent reduction in labor costs, but this saving would be offset by the added travel expense residents would have to bear in getting to and from the widely spaced county seats. There is a definite trend toward consolidation, especially In school districts, primarily to obtain belter facilities and services for less cost. Some of Oregon's counties are probably too small to operate with the utmost efficiency, and Morrow county is among the smaller, yet we fail to see any advantage to us if we were to become one big happy family along with the residents of Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman, Wasco, Crook, and Deschutes counties in a new American county. We think our own county government is quite efficient, and its right here where we can see to it that it remains that way. Neuberger's bill may have some good points, but it delinitely goes too far to stand much chance of enactment. OTHER EDITORS THINK River Development Delayed Development of the hydro projects upon the Columbia and Snake rivers are again being de layed thru the juggling of the appropriations in Congress for those projects which have already been forced behind the time table that had been set up for their development. The appropriations for the Ice Harbor dam has been held up again and some of the money for The Dalles dam de velopment has also been refused which will possi bly result in the delay of the completion of that project for several years. The people of the northwest should take a very adamant stand against the dilatory tactics on the part of our law makers and that includes some of our own Oregon lawmakers. We have seen what happened to the McNary dam thru the manipula tions of the antagonists of the river development. Had it not been for the heckling tactics of the opponents of the development McNary dam would now have fourteen producing generators sending out into the northwest pool thousands of kilowatts which are now being denied them. At the same time many industries seeking a place to enter the northwest have been denied power for there is a shortage, The users of power from many of the power companies are being penalized by being charged an additional sum of money because of the need for steam generation of electricity to supply the needs of people of the northwest. There would have been no need for that extra charge had those same companies not fought every ap propriation of the congress for river development. If the fight continues against all of these projects the northwest will continue to have power short ages. This section of the United States will not stand still. There is too great a demand for homes In this favored section. There is more need for industry here now with freight rates on the rise and the almost impossible trade with the east and middle west due to the high freight rates. The northwest must grow, and will grow, and it is not right that a few monopolistic interests can jeop ardize the growth of an empire for fear that some competition may be directed their way. The river development along the Columbia river has been a paying investment for the gov ernment from the installation of the first project. It has not only repaid- the obligations levied against them on time and even ahead of sche dule but they have been responsible for the financial aid to reclamation projects which could not otherwise become the homes of hundreds of successful farmers as well. It has also brought millions in new payrolls to the northwest and en couraged thousands to make their home out here. The people of the northwest and the nation cannot afford to have the river development de layed any further than it has already been de i no present administration Mas stiown some indication to go along with the idea that the projects should be delayed and built as the big electrical companies need more power. In recent weeks there has been some indication that they may have had some change of heart on the mat ter. It may be just possible that the true value of the projects are coming home to the new heads of our government. The people of the northwest must keep abreast of the developments on the river and see that there are no undo delays tolerated in the building of the huge hydro empire. The person who coins the phrase, "Talk is cheap" was not using the long distance telephone. Eastern Oregon Review, La Grande. 1 i- Wife- 1 m 4 , several hundred thousand dol-1 lars' worth of Caterpillar track type and wheel-type tractors, motor graders, and other products in the company's line which have been assembled for the occasion Representatives of Caterpillar dealers from the entire West Coast will be in attendance, and several top Caterpillar officials from Peoria will be in Bakersiieid lor the conference. FIVE-YEAR-OLD Michael Warden, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Warden of Lebanon, has been named the Easter Seal boy for 1953 in connection with the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults annual Easter Seal sale March 5 to April 5. He is shown here with George Edland, speech therapist, at the Easter Seal agency s hospital school in Eugene, taking a speech exercise, Michael is a victim of cerebral palsy. OSC, Other Western Schools Study Farm Short Course Plans tl .- W W It H I. . M.H From The County Agent's Office By N. C, While it is a bit late in the season, with some spears of green grass coming, to talk of Vitamin A deficiencies, some mention can be made of those ranchers con cerned. Many Morrow county ranchers have called at the office during the winter months to dis cuss possibilities of such defici ency, This question was brought about by the open winter and many cattle staying out on dry grass much of the time. It must be remembered that a six-month supply of Vitamine A can be stored in the livers of cat- Anderson tie and sheep. The only need, therefore, for a Vitamine A sup plement would be where live stock receive no green feed for a period of six months or more. Such condition might exist where summer range dried up early and then livestock were wintered on chaff and straw or even meadow hay, more than a year old. Vitamin A supplements are now on the market in stabilized form that can be mixed with a ration or salt mix. to have all bulls in a good thrifty condition at the beginning of a breeding season, or in other words, they should have had a period of a gain in weight rather than a loss in weight just before OREGON STATE COLLEGE Plans for conducting agricultural short courses at Oregon State Col lege and other land-grant col leges in the west will be discus sed at a western region short course study conference at OSC April 21 to 21. School of agriculture officials from 11 western states and Ha waii will take part. Major em phasis will be on determining the most effective organizational pat terns and best types of courses for the various states. The short courses, which are popular in many mid-western and eastern slates, offer young farmers specially-designed train ing in a particular field such as dairy, livestock or horticulture. Courses range in length from a few weeks to a full school's term. They are arranged to avoid con flict with normal farming oper ations by those attending. OSC school of agriculture of ficials have been discussing plans for establishment of a short course for some time. F. E. Price, dean and director of agriculture, has recommended a special bud get for the 1953-55 biinnium to finance such a program. The budget has been approved by the board of higher education and is now before the legislature. If approved there, the short course would be started in January 1951. The four-day short course con ference will include reports on Empire Machinery Men At Conference Robert Grabill, Heppner, E. R. "Dutch" Strahm, Arlington, and C. L. "Sweede" Cummings, Pen dleton, all of the Empire Machi nery Co., will be in Bakersfield, California, April 19th to April 23rd to attend a sales conference for the western division dealers of Caterpillar Tractor Company. The four day conference will be divided between meetings and field demonstrations, during which the local men will operate New Dates Set For Portland PI Show PORTLAND New dates have been set for the 1953 Pacific In ternational Liestock Exposition at North Portland, Oregon. Per sistent demand from livestock exhibitors and national livestock breed associations has resulted in the Pacific International deciding to hold this year's event on the dates of October 20 through 24 for the open show. The Junior Show for 4-H and F. F. A. exhibi tors will occupy the last three days of that period, October 22, 23, and 24. . This shift in dates will close the previously long gap between the Pacific International and the Cow Palace show at San Francis co. It appears certain this new arrangement will attract a con siderable number of additional exhibitors previously missing the P I in order to avoid the custo mary wait between shows. With the Ogden livestock shorn im mediately following the Cow Pal ace event this western show cir cuit is certain to attract more inter-mountain and midwestern exhibitors as well as those from the Pacific Slope, in the opinion of the Directors of the Pacific International and breed associa tion representatives. The proposal now is to hold the show in facilities to be made available adjacent to the Port land Union Stock Yards. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penland and Neal spent the weekegl in Coos Bay visiting at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Neal. WANTED! "Show me" farmers and owners with land that I E2E22Jfo moe mre money l Soil testing, fertilizer and mois Dean S. P. Swenson of Washing ton State college is program com mittee chairman. Funds for the conference have been provided by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation as part of its agricultural develop ment program. nrnner crrtn rnta. tion. KIMS agronomist can show you how to net more profit A larming. fl ;7 Write or Phone ' breeding season starts. This is sometimes the case where bulls jstronk and weak points of short are fumed out to pasture at this,('"ursos underway elsewhere, in time of year without hay or grain tegration of courses into the col to supplement the range. 1 lege instruction and extension service programs, tacilities and The bulls feet should be tough ened for range conditions. This ! fo, 1nint .lntp nrfi(,it ',,inn ,Wo I Staff required, and possibilities Incidentally, is is a good idea STATE'S VEGETABLE PACKS GROW iw mi 1911 1917 1952 9.1 million III '::, -'n ,j sr:; ;!;;;;! ' I r v. 94 million 1 mmmui million H Y iliiiilSlll) - ...11? pi t 17 million mmmnmmm 1 U NUUm Omm 9.1 million meirjoiiosssii M million cmn. iitk cm c can be done by putting them out on dry ground, preferably on farming conditions are similar, Wilbur T fnnnov nsuietnnt imiu, llii ell Jl il.1l lllll L , (J weeKs iietore t Ii e breeding season starts. Feet should be can of agriculture at OSC and1 secretary of the program plan-1 ninrr rmnmiltpo w rlirrvtinnr or. I trimmed a month before turning rangements for the meetings.! out, if necessary. Good operators : L keen enonch I111IU 011 li:ind ,J that if a bull is not doing well 1 i'"-vlrs ,lave I)ai(1 premiums of during the breeding season hP 5-. J to $3 per hundred for steers Oregon's vegetable canning Industry, an Important segment of the state's vital food-processing business, has increased its annual output almost 2,000 per cent in the last 25 years. American Can Company, pioneer developer of food containers, estimated that the 1952 pack of 8,404,618 cases brought more than 924.000,000 Into Oregon. can be pulled for a rest and re placed. Evidence is piling up that prov ing beef bulls really pyas. A recent study of 1S1 steers sired by bulls at the Bureau of Animal i Industr'ys Miles City (Mont.)j field station showed decided hoi-j editary differences in ability to! gain weight for age, and confer-j mation. For example, feeding tests of 8 steers each from 13 bulls showed a difference be tween the best and the poorest' individuals of 119 pounds in! weight at weaning and 2111 pounds at the end of the feeding! period. In net returns above1 feed and marketing costs, there was $5C per head difference. Soj the best bull returned $118 more on his S calves than the poorest i bull. j Bulls proved for breeders at the Montana Agricultural Experiment1 Station have shown a difference! of 30 to 40 percent in rate of; gain. Similar differences are showing up at many other State stations. Many Montana ranchers are proving bulls on their own ranch-1 es. and commercial cattlemen I are looking for such bulls. Feeder from herds in which bulls have been selected for rapid and ef ficient gains. SHOP S A A G E R 'S F 0 R EASTER -C A R D S -B A S K E T S -C ANDY Boxed and Bulk Eggs -S T U F F E D TOYS SAAGER'S PHARMACY PHIL BLAKNEY, Owner fin ,na.j. W.jAiMtt.,it Hidlan Air ervice SPRAYING WHEAT TREATING OWNED J. PHONE 4092 AND OPERATED W. CARSON BY HEPPNER WE SAVE BECAUSE; I.- u , if .. A Vu H "5 1VJ When you have a family it's necessary to have a cash reserve for emergencies I've As a housewife, savings the only way we can afford the things we want. found mjtf ,1 ill ,.-- tU ' My business requires a capital reserve and well established bank credit. I'm dependent on my salary. Savings provide me with money for vacations and other luxuries. jlPlP Farming's big business and savings give ;nc the necessary credit to operate economically and profitably. CM I've seen how savings have helped others during time of illness and emergencies. 9 k. l tl'.iJ JG&.'!I 1 m m '3 AJr, , tr I "1 I Want my son to have the ad vantage of a college education. Regular savings will make it possible. 'ALSO All deposits made on or before April 10th earn interest from April 1st at First. HEPPNER BRANCH FiSF NATIONAL BANK Or PORTLAND KM IWiO OlfGON toctrxif HM MMIM M.U.I We..' 31
