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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 6, 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 I'ENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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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.
We'll Bet if Gets
Stymied in Committee
II looks like the small-town newspaperman
finally has at least one friend in congress, and
another one in a good sized daily paper editor,
as is shown in the following editorial recently
run in the Salem, Oregon Statesman, concerning
the possibility of a small newspaper publisher
getting a vacation.
His problem is much the same as most small
businessmen face when they want to get off
for a little rest, except that the paper is faced
with the problems of putting out something each
week that at least closely resembles a newspaper,
or lose its mailing permit. Smaller businesses
can, on occasion, "lock up the joint" for a week or
so to let the boss and his family get away wilh
the only worry, on returning, being how much
business was lost during the shutdown. Not so
with a paper for if the publisher decided to forget
it all for a week, he'd find on his return that
Uncle Sam's postal department had discontinued
his delivery service something very unhandy, to
say the least.
We can't cast a vote for the Montana Senator,
named below, but we give him our moral sup
port and certainly hope he can get his bill through
the necessary channels to give us a day off
sometime in the future.
A BREAK FOR THE COUNTRY EDITOR
(From the Oregon Statesman, Salem)
The milleniurn may be approaching for the?
country weekly newspaper editor. Oftlimes every
thing from janitor to compositor to reporter to
publisher, the weekly editor has nad no easy
time for the last several decades.
The law requires him to issue a newspaper
52 weeks a year or face the loss of his second
class mailing privileges. Vacations have been im
possible, unless a fill-in editor could be found.
And such fill-ins just don't happen. Even if
such were available, what editor would leave his
home-folks at the mercy of a stranger? Few. So
the country editor has stuck to his job, year in and
year out.
Now comes Senator Mansfield of Montana with
a bill to "give the little fellows in the newspaper
field a break" and let them miss two issues a
year without loss of mailing privileges. If the
bill passes, we'd say Sen. Mansfield was a major
benefactor to the country's small press.
What small town editor hasn't longed to go
fishing for a week or two? Maybe lie can sneak
in a few hours on the weekend, but otherwise he's
been tied and shackled to the job of serving his
community. He watches everyone else in town
take a vac ation and can't do it himself.
The editor of a sizeable newspaper needs no
such consideration, of course. He has a staff
who can bear the brunt for a while. But the one
man, or one-family, newspaper has taken a beat
ingor, rather, the editor of such a publication
has. And the country needs a good small-town
press.
Grass-roots newspapers are a vital factor, and
good men should be encouraged to enter the field.
Sen. Mansfield, there's a lot of appreciation due
you for your efforts.
Lofty Quest for Uranium
EVn.M MORE dramatic than the gold rush days is America's
finest fur uranium ore. now under way high on the rugged Colorado
1 l ittau. At Uinvan, below, ore mined in the Rockies is rcrtced.
Town was named for ' ura" in uranium, "van" in vanadium.
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Miss Austria's Visit
Heppner this last week joined whole-heartedly
with the K. E. Gonty family in giving a royal
welcome to 18 year-old Miss Lore Felger of Vien
na, who is much better known as Miss Austria.
Lore's trip to Heppner was meant to be a visit with
her pen-pal, Virginia Gonty, and a chance rest
from the strenuous activities of the Miss Universe
contest.
Rest was not in the book for such a well
known and attractive girl, however, for her five
days here were pretty well taken up with parties,
picnics and public appearances. She did find
time on a few occasions though, to sneak off for
a swim or a short nap or a little visit with the
girl she came to see.
Heppner liked Lore, as the continual demand
for her time testified, and we believe she enjoyed
her short stay here even though she had little
time to do things she might have wished. Such is
the price of fame.
Nevertheless, we hope she returns to Austria
with a genuine understanding of what we think
of as Eastern Oregon hospitality. Though it may
have been a little strenuous, it was sincere.
We've noticed a couple of papers in the state
have recently run some very pretty color ads and
in an effort to really do things up right, have per
fumed the ink lliey used.
We can't blame the customer for wanting such
an attention getter, but those publishers should
have had better sense it seems to us. Every paper
gets plenty of wise cracks like "it stinks," or "that,
story smelled," without provocation of some loud
smelling stuff that gives the smart alecks a
chance to rib you when you don't have any argu
ment whatsoever.
We like our perfume on the girls.
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pleted, uranium, below, has a ' ''& T,C'4I
black, sticky form. Drying re- Vtj V N I
duces the material to powder. 1 V HVi?4
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THIRTY YEARS AGO
From files of the Gazette Times
August 16, 1923
O. T. Ferguson, who is farm
ing the McCarty ranch in Sand
Hollow, sold the first lot of wheat
on the Heppner market for this
season. The grain was forty-fold
and Mr. Ferguson received a price
of 88 cents per bushel.
While on their way to Portland
on Friday last, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Barratt and Mr. and Mrs. Har
old Conn of this city were guests
for a time at the beautiful Col
umbia Gorge hotel.
30c This weeks special on
cured Hams. Central Market.
faISIdTo
"The Hobby Spot" could be a
good name for the miscellaneous
arts division of the fair. At work,
leather work, ceramics and of
course textile painting. Take
your choice. We are expecting
a full house of these exhibits.
How are your flowers coming
along. We hope you are keeping
an eye on the nicest ones for the
display at the fair.
TRUCKS
Always CsS;
Welcome
Here For
FULLETON
Chevrolet Co.
HEPPNER
SANDSTONE near this typ
ical mining structure yields
carnotite. From it are de
rived traces of uranium ore.
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MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING International trucks, one of which is shjwn
In background, below, haul the ore to mills from nearly inaccessible
mines. Miners examine ore for yellow streak, proof of uranium.
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NO CHARTER REWRITE SOON
There may have to be a test
case go through the courts to
find what can be done to refur
bish Oregon's constitution, now
Hearing the century mark.
Members of the Constitutional
Revision Committee met in Salem
last week hut made no progress
at all. They differed about what
should be done, what could be
done and how it should he done.
Long Distance Nation-Wide
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Pcnland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338
spite of the fact that a teen-ager
Nearly all members differed said, "may seek action by a fed
. ... 'aV,rv7:vno'a,,,0,"a urt n'y when he claims has excellent coordination
Ki-i me i;uj iugi.ii.uun; to can a imprisonment tnrough violation
constitutional convention and do of federal constitutional right
a rewrite job. and after he has exhausted his
One group of the committee: state remedies,
through their vehicle code, get-! "The driver under 25 has four
ting enough protection from the times as many accidents as mem-
recognizably unsafe, incompe- bers of the next older group. This
tent and wilfully dangerous, argument alone could be legit
drivers?" Jack A. McConnell, in- imately used for even higher in
surance supervisor, questioned a surance premiums for drivers
group of state officials meeting ( under 25."
in Salem last week. MOVIE PRICES WONT DROP
"Last year," he continued, Movie prices will not come
"youngsters under 25 directly or down, even with President Eisen
indirectly caused close to 30 per- hower's signature on the bill to
cent of all fatal accidents, in eliminate the 20 per cent federal
would like to have the legislature
submit to the people amending
measures to modernize it, pass it
on to the voters to approve or re
ject, as a whole. The legality of
this is questioned hv attorneys.
The policy-of party group in
the committee would hamstring
the initiative and referendum act
on all ouarlers. Thev would
have the legislature pass laws
and not let the people repeal
them and would take from the
voters the initiative process of
making laws at the polls.
HABEAS CORPUS TOUGHER
"The state convicts path to the
federal district court, there to put
the state prosecutor and statejDresslar testified that the corn
judge who convicted and sen-Jpany will spend 34 million dol-
lenced him on trial, is hereafttr ! lars for new facilities in Oregon
in the next two years.
JUST A MINUTE PLEASE
Should the users of telephones
pay higher rates so the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany can pay their stockholders
higher dividends?
There is at least one man be
sides the users who does not
think so. Jacw MeCu Hough, attor
new for the Public Utilities Com
missioner, cross-examined F. A.
Dresslar, company vice president
most of the day last Thursday at
the hearing the company request
ed. J.lcCullough repeatedly asked
questions as to why the com
pany has to hjve higher rates.
and
tax', according to
to be a hard road to hit." U. S.
District Court Judge Claude Mc
Culloch said after dismissing a
petition by Clifford Daugherty.
Oregon State prisoner, seeking re
lease on a habeas corpus.
Convicted of passing a forged
check Daugherty was denied re
lease in Marion County Circuit
court but did not appeal to the
State Supreme Court.
"A state prisoner," McCulloch
statements
reflexes, that he has been on made by managers of movie
wheels, nearly all of his life houses in the big cities.
skates, wagons, bicycles and now! Operators need the money to
automobiles and he can drive meet higher costs and drop in
well, he frequently does not attendance.
drive carefully." I Continued on page 7
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FOR
SALE
Priced To Fit The Pocketbook
of Democrat Cowmen Raising .
Republican Calves.
ALSO
WHITE FACE BUCKS
FOR SALE
Steve Thompson
HEPPNER
This demonstration
showed me the way
to a better deal!
I'd been planning to buy a higher-priced car until
I found out all Chevrolet offered
and how much I could save!
He said!
the company needs higher rates
to pay bigger dividends, and thus
attract investment capital.
The answer McCullough gave
to that one was that the com
pany carried out a larger pro
gram five years ago when it was
making less profit than it is
now.
YOUNG DRIVERS UNSAFE
"Are the people of. the state,
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Week-day shows start at 7:30 p. m. Sunday shows continuous from -2 p. m.
Admission prices 70c, 50c and 20c. Newsreel every Sunday and Monday.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, August 6-7-8
REDHEAD FROM WYOMING
Speedy, topnotch western in Technicolor with Maureen O.IIara and Alex Nicol.
Plus
CONFIDENTIALLY CONNIE
Van Johnson, Janet Leigh. Louis Calhern. Walter Slezak. Cone Lockhart. This
comedy will warm the heart and stimulate the laugh muscles.
Sunday-Monday, August 9-10
DANGEROUS WHEN WET
Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood. Denise Dar
cel, William IVmarest. (Jay new melody splashed musical romance, shimmers
with Technicolor, dance specialties and Is rollicking and refreshing every minute
of the way!
Sunday shows at 2 p. m. 4:20 6:40 and 9
Tuesday-Wednesday, August 11-12
INVASION U. S. A.
fjerald Mohr. Peggy Castle. A thought-provoking fantasy of what it might be like
to experience an invasion of the United States.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, August 13-14-15
SHE'S BACK ON BROADWAY
Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Frapk Lovcjoy, Steve Cochran, Patrice Wymore. A
song 'n dancin' delight Plus
PECOS RIVER
Charles Starrett, Smiley Buruette, Jack Mahoney in a Dura n go Kid Western.
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You're "sitting pretty"
behind the wheel
Take this Bel Air model. First
thing you'll notice is the qual
ity of the interior. Rich-looking
appointments. Roomy seats
with foam rubber cushions.
Turn the key to start the en
gine anJ you're ready to gj.
You can tee all around
You look out and down
through a wide, curveJ, one-
piece windshield. The pano
ramic rear window and big
side windows provide a clear
view in all directions.
Diggest brakes for
smoother, easier stops
An easy nuc'c on the pedal
brings smooth, positive response
right now! Chevrolet's im
proved brakes are the largest
in the low-price field.
It's heavier for
better roadability
You're in for a pleasant sur
prise at the smooth, steady,
big-car ride of this new Chev
rolet. Oae reason is that, model
for model, Chevrolet will weigh
up to 200 pounds more than
the other low-priced cars.
You get greoter getaway
with the new Powerglide
A lot finer performance on a
lot less gas. That's what you
get with the new Powerglide
automatic transmission. There's
no more advanced automatic
transmission at any price.
You get more power
on less gas
That's because Chevrolet's two
great valve-in-hcad engines are
high-compression engines. In
Powerglide models, you get
the most powerful engine in
Chevrolet's field the new
115-h.p. "Blue-Flame." Gear
shift models offer the advanced
108-h.p "Thrift-King" engine.
And it's the
lowest-priced line
A demonstration will show you
that Chevrolet offers just about
everything you could want. Yet
it's the lowest-priced line in the
low-price field.
Comhinaiion of Powerglide auto
matic transmission and W-h.p.
"Blue-Flame" engine optional on
"Two-Ten" and Bel Air models at
extra cost.
Let us demonstrate
all the advantages
of buying a Chevrolet now!
MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLET THAN ANY OTHER CAR I
Fulleton Chevrolet Company