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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, November 18, 1954
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
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The Barge Company's
Problem is Our Worry, too
We doubt that many persons have realized It
yet, but one of the most significant and Import
ant things to occur to this fiction of the state in
some time was the announcement about six weeks
ago that the Inland Navigation Company, Colum
bia river barge operators, is lulling all of its oper
ations out of the state. The effect may not be felt
here for a while, but it could eventually mean the
loss of a lot of money to Morrow county wheat
farmers due to higher transportation costs.
The reason for the pullout of the Washington
corporation, has been given as unfair competition
by railroads in Oregon and a double-taxing policy
by the stale. The full import of the arguments
have only begun to come out and there will un
doubtedly be much said on both sides, yet one fact
remains 'exceptionally clear it costs money, lots
of it, for a company as large as Inland Navigation
to pull up stakes and move all of its physical
properties out of the state. No company is going
to do such a thing without having a substantial
reason for it. The management of Inland Navi
gation s.-y they have found the reason, and to
eliminate' the difficulty they are going to move
their operations to another state where they feel
they get fairer treatment.
The barge company claims that Oregon is the
only state where railroads can cut rates when and
where they please without any control by the
slate while competitive transportation methods
are restricted as to rale schedules. They cite fig
ures to prove their point. Their second reason is
Oregon's taxing system whereby, even though the
barge company is a Washington corporation, it is
subject to Oregon tax whenever it does business
on our side of the Columbia. That the company
should not pay some tax for doing business in the
stale, Is not argued. It is the amount of the tax
that has brought on the difficulties apparently.
According lo a statement by the manager of In
land Navigation, each time one of his barges stops
at an Oregon port for repairs, to pick up supplies,
personnel' or to discharge on pick up cargo, the
company Is taxed by the state of Oregon more
than double what it is' taxed in any other state
in which it does business.
On the surface the announcement of the pull
out from Oregon coupled with some of the other
ci .'lO.niPiitu hv the emnnanv would make it an-
iiif Hv; tnoU.L'11 II would eventually rriusi: iu l
.lit n'lrim 7lo':Tinpn to . . ... it
that is the eventual plan, it is not a bright thought
for those of us in this section of Oregon who must
ship practically everything we produce.
The slate tax commission doesn't seem to be
very helpful in trying to get at the bottom of the
trouble either, according to stories coming out of
Umatilla county eailier this week when the barge
line's troubles were pretty well aired. State tax
commissioner Sam Stewart, during a discussion at
Pilot Rock made a couple of statements on the
subject of taxes which seem to us to be contra
dictory yet they were apparently made on the
same subject that of Inland Navigation's troub
les. First he said that taxes are a minor consider
ation in the total cost of business. He also stated
that very rarely do tax concessions bring in busi
ness, and then turned around and said that tax
penalization will drive business away exactly
what Inland has claimed is one of the reasons
why it is getting out of Oregon.
It may be true that, taxes are a minor part of
business cost (and that statement could bring
forth much argument too) but the fact still holds
that Inland is getting out of Oregon at least par
tially because of high taxes or an unfair taxing
system. It' has long been claimed that Oregon's
tax structure has a tendency to keep industries out
of the state rather than encourage them to come
(as the heavy influx of new industry in the Van
couver, Washington area during recent years
while few camp to the Oregon side of the river
tends to confirm), and the Inland Navigation
move certainly gives such arguments more weight
We don't claim to know many of the facts or
answers, but many more will come out in subse
nuent hearings along the reaches of the Colum
bia in Oregon, and one of the most Important jobs
the 1955 legislature should have Is to get to the
bottom of the trouble If changes are needed in
control regulation or tax laws, the legislature can
and should make them without further delay.
C(
Conservation Pays Off
Does conservation of the land pay off for the
farmer in dollars and cents?
A survey made in Illinois helps tell the story.
Over a ten-year period, careful records were kept
of a group of farms where approved conservation
practices are used and also of a group of physi
callv comparable non-conservation farms. The
facts produced are striking.
At the beginning Increases in farm income
from good conservation tended to be relatively
small. But later on they rose abruptly. At the
end of 10 years, the conservation farms returned
eight dollars more net Income per acre than the
non-conservation farms. And, of great import
ance. the conservation farmers maintained and
impmved the productivity of their land. Non-
conservation farmers, on the other hand, were
forced to mine their land to earn a profit to de
plcte it, and to progressively reduce its produc
livltv.
The money-making practices which go to make
dp a complete conservation farm plan are simple
Tbev consist of such things as proper land use;
testing and (renting the soil; crop rotation; good
waier management, liicnium uomuuting, ici. tak
ing and drainage; and efficient use of legumes,
grasses and other livestock feeds.
Not many years ago such a program would
have been far from simple. For one thing, little
was known about how to conserve land. For an
other, the farmers main tools were his own
muscles and those of draft animals. Now science
has given us the necessary knowledge and in
modern mechanical farm equipment we have the
efficient, economical tools that are needed to do
the job. We can conserve our irreplaceable crop
lands and we must.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
From a weekly grain market
review, a note of optimism for
wheal farmers comes. It states
that export demands for grain
and vegetable oils is much great
er than has been expected. Fur
thermore, some sales have been
made for cash. Most of the move
ment so far has been In wheat,
but deals in corn, rye, rice, and
edible oils seem to be coming in
soon. Had weather in many coun
tries has suddenly brought about
a need for both food and feed
from our surplus stocks; Grain
crops were smaller than last year
in most countries of the world
except for southeast Asia. U. S. D.
A. economists predict an increase
at least one tenth in total agri
cultural exports and grains are
expecied to lead the way.
At Portland this week, wheat
strengthened from one half to one
cent. Good domestic demand,
small receipts, and a good size
sale to Japan, were the major
influences. Japan bought 16 car
goes of wheat amounting to five
and one half million bushels.
Exporters were expected to fill
most of the order from Commod
ity Credit Corporation stocks.
From the October report of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Mor
row county seems to be holding
its record in the smallest infec
tion of Bangs disease for many
years. During October, 45 herds
with l.K!2 cattle were treated. One
of these herds containing 615 head
of cattle had a reactor which puts
the percentage of reactors for
that month at .073. This is surely
an indication that Morrow county
is cleaning up this disease and
should soon be able to be de
clared a certified Bangs free area.
Two Bureau of Animal Industry
veterinarians have been testing
during the past two weeks and
the test program will be further
acceloratcd when Dr. Norene,
practicing veterinarian, becomes
established here and will test a
part of the county in an arrange
ment with the Bureau of Animal
Industry. Morrow County live
stock disease control committee
members are working towards a
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Prices: 70c, 50c and 20c including Federal Tax. Patronize your home
owned theater; we constantly attempt to bring you the finest entertainment avail
able without the necessity of advancing admission prices.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, Nov. 1819-20
MASSACRE CANYON
Phil Carey and Audrey Totter in a good, brisk western.
Plus
JUNGLE GENTS
'The Bowery Boys hunt diamonds in Africa but you'd never guess how they find
them!
Sunday Monday, Nov. 21-22
THE CAINE MUTINY
Humphrey Bogart. Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis, May
Wynn. In Technicolor. The rulitzer prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk has
become an outstanding film, hailed bv public and critics as one of the finest of
all time. Because of the maL'tiitude of tills film, we are running one extra Sun
day show.
Sunday shows at 1 p. m.. 3:30. 6:00 and 8:30
Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. 23-24
SECRET OF THE INCAS
Charlton Heston, Robert Young. Yma Sumac, Thomas Mitchell, Nicole Maurey. Rare
indeed the film taste that will not enioy this adventure thriller, photographed in
Technicolor in the wild and violent mountains of Peru. Yma Sumac is that famous
Peruvian singer with the fantastic, birdlike voice; Nicole Maurey stole our hearts in
her first American appearance in "Little Boy Lost".
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
November 20, 1924
Mrs. Chas. Vaughn and Mrs.
Earl Gilliam entertained at
bridge at the Vaughn home on
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. C. L.
Sweek was awarded high prize
and second was given Mrs. Han
son Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of
Heppner arrived at Butterby Flats
on Friday. They were accom
panied by Jack Hynd, Jr., and his
pal Clifford Driscoll, both leading
lights of Heppner high school.
The Girls Reserves, with Miss
Elizabeth Phelps and Mrs. Roy
Missildine as leaders, has start
ed in Heppner with a good mem
bership. Frank Lieuallen and family
are moving to Hood River, where
they expect to reside in the fu
ture. Ora L. Barlow, one of the
young farmers living south of
lone, was a visitor in Heppner for
a short time on Monday.
Now showing at the Star Thea
ter, Bebe Daniels in "His Child
ren's Children".
clean county by mid-January.
In order to keep up on current
weed control problems, research
and new control methods, Cal
Carson, Morrow county weed
sprayer operator, is attending the
Oregon Weed Conference in Port
land, this week.
It is interesting to note that
farm population has been on a
decline for the past two decades.
The loss over the past twenty
years, adds up to ten million peo
ple. Farm people make, up 14
of the population yet receive only
THREE GOVERNORS
Oregon had three governors'
last week.
Governor Patterson left for Chi
cago on Monday to attend a
meeting of the seven governors
committee named by President
Eisenhower to evaluate the presi
dent's proposal of expending $10,
000,000 annually for ten years
on highway improvements.
When Patterson crossed the
state line President of the Senate
Eugene Marsh became the chief
executive.
On Wednesday when Marsh
and Speaker of the House Wll
helm (who follows Marsh in line
of succession) left the state, Sec
retary of State Earl T. Newbry
became governor.
1956 CANDIDATES
The 1956 campaign started last
week when Donnell Mitchell, de
feated by Walter Norblad for Con
gress from the first congressional
district, announced he would be a
candidate for the same office at
the next election.
Mitchell said his defeat, "was
caused by the fact that the Demo
cratic party had no where near
the huge amount of money to
spend 6 that the Republicans
spent " He predicted that next
Ume we'll be better organized
and have a full ticket." Of recent
years Democrats have not had the
. n,n against candi-
courage i " -a--
i, ,.ro f urn shed with
uaies wnu
enormous funds, he declared.
Before the receni ei.-uuu
came from Norblad's friends that
he would run against Wayne
Morse for the U. S. Senate.
Since Morse's campaigning
speeches for Democratic candi.
dates in Oregon, Republican plan
ners have raised their sights. They
are now screening the party for
"the candidate" to run against
the Independent-Democrat.
The ideal candidate, they con
tend, would be one who has not
recently been before the voters.
"SPILLED MILK"
All of the ''yes" votes to abol
ish Oregon's Milk Marketing Ad
ministration were not cast by
irate milk customers with a
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7 of the income. The loss of
farm population amounts to more
than the whole population of the
eight mountain states with Ore
gon and Washington thrown in.
In these same twenty years, total
population has come up at the
rate of better than one and a
half million a year. In 1939, a
fourth of the population was on
the farm, by 1953, this population
has dwindled to only one seventh
but farm output has been greatly
increased even without the fewer
people on farms Twenty years
ago a farm worker produced only
enough farm products for himself
and about ten other people. Now
he produces for himself and al
most seventeen other persons.
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WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK Will BUILD THEM
A BRIGHT NEW FRESHNESS greets
jt. your eyes and tells you:
Bun k's done it again.
You see it in the bold distinction
of that gleaming Wide-Screen
Grille. You see it in the rakish
sweep of the rear-end contours.
You see it in the whole fore-and-aft
newness of fleet-lined grace
that marks Buick the beauty thrill
of 1955.
Haw horsepower up to 236
.You learn more when you get the
power story. Up to new peaks go
the horsepowers of every Buick
V8 engine a walloping 188 hp in
the low-price SPECIAL a mighty
236 hp in the Century, Super
and Roadmaster.
And it's new, more responsive, far
abler power you can literally feel
as you go.
But even bigger Buick news for
1955 is something more than style
and power. It's what the "variable
Pitch propeller" now has done for
DynaJJow Drive.
Up goes performance
and gas mileage too
When you find it necessary to push
the pedal to the floor board, you
do more than call on the greatest
high-compression V8 power in
Buick history.
You do what a pilot does when he
heads his plane down a runway.
You do in oil what he does in air
you cut down take-off time by using
"variable pitch Propellers."
In this case, the propeller blades
are inside the Dynaflow unit. But
they're engineered to swivel or
change their "pitch" just like plane
propellers-and with the same
result: one pitch for getaway,
another pitch for gas-saving fuel
efficiency.
And what you get in the way of
instantaneous safety-surge with
absolute smoothness, you can only
believe when you feel it.
This you have to try
Of course, we want you to come
and see the trend-setting new
Buicks-look into the betterments
in gasoline mileage that add new
thrift to these spectacular cars.
But this year, "seeing" is only the"
beginning. So-while you join the
crowds viewing the new Buicks
this week end, make a date to get
behind the wheel as soon as you
possibly can. We promise you the
thrill of the year.
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