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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 24, 1954
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
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Tli Heppner Gazelle established March 30, 1883. The Heppner limes, rswu.,
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL
EDITORIAL
ASSOCHTLON
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this hospital desired that I re
sign my present position at Pio
neer Memorial Hospital and ac
eept the offered position in less
than 60 days. In all fairness to( dates of seeding wheat
the Hospital Board or noneer Me-j por tms (jeid day you are in
monai Hospital x couia nor. nor
would not accept the newly of
farm On this tour you will see1 were beginning to have a more percent of Brucellosis reactors.
SaTs nurseries w heat nUr eriesj optimistic view of the future and was also made of Ore-
eron re due trials fertilizer! somewhat different conception of Ron's program on controlling V E,
trials tillage nractices. rates and the worth of our surplus agricul
tural commodities. He felt mere.
was more of a spirit of optimism
the new swine disease. Leekla'
tion enacted last year provided
that all garbage being fed to the
,i pd hnn vm.r lunch and the than pessimism now.
I." .L" of! efforts have been bearing qun
now. He said our swine must be cooked. Oregi
on
appeared to be ahead in this re
spect in enforcing the garbage
cooKing law. wruie Mr. OHarra
"uu,u I group will eat on me lawn oil- --- . . nnar.
fered position without giving a 90 tho Pendleton Branch Experiment! a lot of fruit, both in the uepan
i a ; . . j. i ,.nf r,A rn trip Hi I .
uay nonce oi iL-rmiiiaiion ui my stat on. These are excenenw"' " ; Droud of Oregon from ma
present position. fMA to learn about the Second insert: 'We may have was proua oi
The unfortunate part of the, latest farm production develop-
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 School Bonds ....
What Will We Get for Them,
WhatWillltCostUs?
Probably the greatest single phenomena which
contributes to the workability and effectiveness of
our democracy is the sound and broad viewpoint
taken by many voters when they are called upon
to vote themselves into debt to provide some sort
of public service or improvement.
It no doubt is pretty much of a mystery to the
leaders of the totalitarian states why an American
voter will go to the polls and vote his own money,
as a voluntary act, to provide highways, schools,
public buildings, sewers and the many other
public services that are used largely by others.
It is this unselfish attitude on the part of so
many that has helped our country to grow and to
become the greatest in the world .... and, at the
same time, give us a standard of living unequaled
by any other peoples anywhere.
On July 6 the people of school district No. 1
will bo called upon to continue this great Ameri
can phenomena. They are being asked to ap
prove the spending of $325,000 for the construction
of a new grade school building that their child
ren, and their neighbor's children, may receive a
better education.
Thai a new building is needed, is questioned
by practically no one; where it is to be placed
caused considerable discussion in the past, but
that question was settled several months ago
when the Tum-ALum location was approved by
the people. The question now is money.
Ileppner's school board has struggled with the
problem for nearly a year, finally coming up with
the $325,000 figure as the amount necessary to do
a good starting job of bringing our badly neglect
ed school system up to date. They could well use
more, but they felt they would rather ask ap
proval of that amount and show the public
by their actions and resulting new building, that
they were giving the taxpayers full value for their
dollars.
This point, to us, is much more Important than
tho total amount of the bond issue. We have sat
in on numerous board meetings and listened to
the lengthy planning discussions on how to get
the most school for the money, and we feel the
board's final decision reflects some clear think
ing and planning.
What will we get for our money?
The first plans prepared by architects called
for 12 classrooms, a multipurpose room and neces
sary office space and a library. This was to cost
about $375,000 not including site etc. The plans
as tentatively approved now (subject to minor
revisions and changes) will provide 10 classrooms,
necessary offices and a library which can, if
necessary, be utilized as an 11th classroom. The
multipurpose room was dropped from the plans,
but it can be added at some time In the future
when funds are available. The cost of the build
ing today, under the revised plans is estimated at
$250,000. That is a difference of $125,000, most of
which has come simply from insistance by the
board on better utilization of space. No one can
say that the schoool board doesn't have the tax
payer's interest at heart, and at the same time,
their demand that proper classroom space be pro
vided by the district shows that they have our
children's interests in mind too.
Let's take a look at what this requested $325,
000 bond issue will cost each of us in additional
taxes, for that is where it hits closest to home.
The board does not yet know just how long the
bond issue will run, because it is attempting to
ascertain the best and most practical period for
interest reasons. But a reasonable and probable
period will be about 15 years. A probable inter
est cost on such a bond issue will be something in
the vicinity of two and one-half percent which
will add approximately $61,000 to the total cost
bringing it to $386,000. (2'2 percent of $325,000 for
15 years is $121,875, but redemption of the bonds
will be started immediately, cutting the interest
cost approximately in half.)
Dividing $386,000 by 15 years means that
flight ly more than $25,000 must be raised each
year by taxation to meet the bill. The assessed
valuation of school district No. 1 is very close
to $5,000,000 which means that one mill tax levy
will bring in $5,000 per year. In other words'a 5
mill levy will build school district No. 1 a new
school.
Our figures quoted above are generalities, we
must admit, but they can, and probably will, come
very close to the actual figures when all informa
tion is in the hands of the board. To allow leeway
then for estimates, on a 15 year plan, SCHOOL
DISTRICT NO. 1 CAN HAVE A NEW SCHOOL FOR
NOT MORE THAN A 6 MILL TAX LEVY.
Each taxpayer in the district can dig out his
last year's tax statement and figure for himself,
in dollars and cents, how much additional a new
school will cost him If his assessed valuation is
$1,000, it will cost $6, if $10,000 it will cost $60. We
feel that that is certainly a small enough price
to pay to provide our children with the facilities
for a better education.
The bond issue should be approved. '
circumstance turned out to be
that the executive board of the
hospital that offered be the new
ments in our area.
forgotten to mention that in a
recent news story in the New
vnrk Times. John Deer Plow
Company stated that their sales
An.ntw H.itp von mieht like to
position postponed giving me i keep open is July 7. On that date, j for 1954 were down &tvo vimui.b
their answer until after July 5.Jthe Sherman Branch Experiment with the International Harvester
My "hat remained in ;he School: Station field day will be held at people we find their sales are
Board election ring" only because j Mora We will give you further, d0Wn exactly the same, 34.we
I had expected an answer before; particulars as they are received; have been using this Mormi
election day and that answer concerning the field day. We tion in our discussions pointing
could have been "NO" based on1 think that farmers will be espec-out to people that this is an ex
the 90 day requirement. ially interested in attending this; ample of the ramifications in an
iieia aay inis year miicc uieie ai. ; agricultural H'ufi,ul"
several new crops being grown at cses controls and which does not
the experiment station that might; permit 0ng range planning by
hold promise to diverted wheat the individual farmer."
acres. i
' I Newt O'Harra Lexington ranch-
Last week we commented on an(1 presjtient of the Morrow
the work that Marion Weather- County Farm Bureau was in the
ford and Jens Terjeson were do- office a few days ago. Newt had
ing in Washington D. C. in just roturned from Reno, Nevada,
gards to the new farm program ( where ne attended the Farm Bu
and legislation which would be school and training session.
! favorable for Morrow County: n , n(T thp session , with all the
i . ,
Thus, the possibility, and it is
only a possibility, still exists that
I might move within the next
three or four months. Realizing
this and based on the premise
that I might have been elected to
the school board, the only alter
native was to Withdraw as a
candidate now, even though I
might remain in Heppner indefinitely.
To those of you whom I might
have disappointed by this action
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had to withdraw and add, I'rp! I9 re',or,s fm ff" I "Jjf view was made of states accomp
sorry. I do hope that those who! Some LI? j laments. Newt was very proud
would have supported me will
Farmers. To date they have made; western states represented, a re-
now give their whole-hearted
fupport to Mr. Ed Collison and to
the school-board in the develop,
ment of improved school facili
ties so that an improved educa
tional program may be planned
I extend my th,;nks to you who
had and would have supported
me and I offer all good wishes to
the old and new directors of the
school board of School District
No. 1.
Sincerely,
John B. Ernsdorff
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
To The Editor:
I wish to take this opportunity
and these means to explain my
County Agent News
By N. C. Anderson
An Interesting program has
been arranged for the Pilot farm
and experiment station field days
to be held at the rendleton
Branch Experiment Station on
June 28th and 29th. On June
28th at 1:30 p. m. a tour will be
held at the Crow Pilot Farm. This
is located one mile south and one
half mile west of Weston. On
this tour with superintendent
Merrill Oveson in charge, those
present will see fertilizer trials on
peas, seeding wheat on rough fall i
tillage as compared to smooth
seed bed preparation, grass nur-
I sery, fertilization of wheat fol-
position and reasons for having of children in school, a member of lowing peas, fall and spring
seeded recrop, winter and spring
wheat nurseries, tillage practi-
to withdraw at "the 19th hour" as
a candidate for the three year
term of School Director.
When the announcement of my
candidacy was made It was done
so in good faith and by reason of
the obligations I felt as a parent
citizen of this
the PI A and as a
community,
After the original announce
ment of my candidacy had been
made I was offered a position
as administrator of a 130 bed hos
pital. The executive board of
ces on peas and crop residue prac
tices. On June 29th, starting at
9:30 a. m., the group will visit the
Lester King Pilot farm, will then
go to the Jim and Fred Hill Pilot
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mism for legislation which Uould; 0j Oregon's record in many ways,
be favorable for our farmers It Snorted that Oregon was
while others indicate they arejright at ,ne top of tne nst in
running into proverbial red tape Brucenosjs testing and that Mor
that is found in Washington. Evi-, rQW County was mentioned as one
cientiy tney nave not convmceu q( the counties with less than one
me secretary oi agriculture mm
a further reduction in wheat acres
for 1955 would be disastrous for
our farmers, as in todays paper
we note the secretary has made
his official announcement of a
12.8 percent additional wheat
acreage cut. We note however,
that he is asking, in accordance
with the law, since the law speci
fically states that when wheat
reaches in excess of 20. of nor
mal supply that acreage allot
ments and marketing quotas
shall be declared. We have a 79.
increase in wheat over a normal
carry-over on hand in the United
States now.
Regardless of the outcome, we:
know that Mr. Weatherford and;
Mr. Terjeson are working hard!
and have made many influential
people in Washington realize the,
Pacific Northwest wheat growers'
plight. A couple of paragraphs
from report 18 from these men is
worth repeating.
Insert number one "John Locke
told us that he felt the top men
in the Department of Agriculture
aspects, he felt that there were
some things we were lacking in
and especially here in Morrow
County. One thing that he made
special mention of was recreation
facilities which we are quite far
down on the list.
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MARVIN SOWARD GIVES
TWO MORE CONCERTS
Marvin Soward and Gene Han
cock, who recently presented a
concert here, gave a concert at
Halfway last Saturday and fol.
lowed it with another at the La
Grande Christian church Sunday
night.
While in that area they took
time out to visit with the Lewis
Lairds, relatives of Mr. Soward,
who took them to see the upper,
part of Hells Canyon. Mrs. Mar
vin Soward, whose native state
is Indiana, also made the trip
and expressed much apprecia
tion of the beauty of the country.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
July 6 at the court house between
9:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. the sec
retary of state's office announced.
From where I sit ..Jy Joe Marslt
No Sale!
geous figure! I guess I just like
people," she said.
From where I sit Granny can be
excused for her little ruse. She
may be in her eighties, but her
mind is young and open. She's
the kind of person who's made this
town so wonderful. Granny not
only likes people but she re
spects them and their preferences
and opinions. Come to think of it,
"liking" and "respecting" mean
much the same thing, don't they?
Right in front of Granny White's
beautiful old house on Maple
Avenue there's a brand-new sign:
"Antiques. Inquire Within."
Now don't get excited. Gran
ny explained it all the other night
after we settled down in her
parlor, me with my temperate
beer, Granny with her tea.
I asked her if she was really
going in the antique business.
"Oh, no," says Granny, "I wouldn't
Bell anything. I put that sign up
so folks would come in and talk
and look around. If they insist on
a price, I tell them some outra-
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