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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 6, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 18S3. The Heppner Times, estaBlished
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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A Year of Accomplishment
Outgoing chamber of commerce president Jeff
Carter probably made the understatement of the
year the other day when, during a year-end review
of the activities of the organization for 1954, he
said he was "pretty well pleased with the accomp
lishments for the year."
It is very seldom that any head of sut'h an
organization will pat himself on the back ff what
he and his committee members have accomplish
ed, but Jeff could have gone a lot strong tten he
did without anyone ever accusing him. et brag
ging. Actually the Heppner -Morrow mu&f
Chamber of Commerce has just ornpletat t
the most outstanding years in its -history.
As the year mtts hy and--the wafft of MCn an
organizatfon is completed and, quite T8, soon
forgotten-, it is frequently hart to look -back, and
outline the accomjvlishmen.ts, but such is not the
case, with the chamber this year there have been
some 0'urst adding jobs undertaken and completed,
Without do:ubt the- biggest task tackled this
year -was raising funds- for the purchase and in
stallation of lights for the Heppner. rode0 field. If
had- been talked for at least seven years, but the
job -was done this year. $10,000 was raised for the
work, and through the- efforts of many chamber
members; the installation was made for less than
$8,000, which- is, in itself, a record for such a job.
Arid to- that, the fact that there is about $2,000
available to start redeeming the interest-free
bonds and the accomplishment is even greater, for
the pay-back was started even before the lights
are ready to operate.
The lights, however, are just one of the jobs
the chamber has finished this year, among the
others, though far from the entire list, are the
series of Heppner value days selling events, which
aided in making the city a better place to shop;
it raised money to send the high school band to
the state basketball tournament last spring; it
iiiori if riniv minfir in iettine interest started in
the Cutsfoith forest park; Christmas decorations
were plamd on IUppner streets "on time"; it pro
vided pti-ws frtf the rodou parade and handled its
management ; Hfm-fsored sale of fair buttons with
the tost HJtes yK ebtaifleU; sponsored the Con
iwatjft avtiifd dinawp, aidud with tho county pic
nit' fetriqg -the fyto and ', and many, many
Of Ks f aww;fjl is'tarorats kim in short com
p&M t, fell tb wbten pnst-iiiwi'Ht Jeff
C'a-rtpr. w Mis- a tele eoraitt-meBbw took m
m4 eo"mipl;eft iurtog the pm, a they deserve
a m if ewwfi to a- tot of jjafo well Am. They
hav6 -helped! tteftt mt th wtawte rif Mr-ww
county too, for m-an-y of -the fflrB:anii4Pi's pmjects
were for thi henefit xjt th entire are, as tl-ivy
should be.
The new president, Jack 'Bedford, arid his scran-fo-be-announced
committee chairmen, have a real
goal to shoot for in the coming year in keeping up
the pace set during 1954, but Bedford is not
stranger to civic work and public relations and
the list of accomplishments a the end of his term
will probably rival that of the past year. The job
of a chamber of commerce is never done, and re
gardless of what is finished, it is always only a
start on what must be done. With everybody's
help the coming year can well be the biggest
ever ... and everybody can gain from its accomp
lishments. Jeff Carter this week stepped down from office,
and he dit it, we know, with a feeling of satisfac.
tioh, but it is easily understood why he was heard
to say, "This year I'm going to work a little bit
for J, C. Penney."
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
During the past few years sev
eral farmers and a great number
of 4-II club members have order
ed Tillamook county dairy herd
Improvement association heifer
calves, as a means of getting
good producing dairy cows. Last
winter; W. A. Heath and Sons,
on Rhea Creek, ordered 10 of
these as replacements for their
dairy herd. Individuals have
purchased these calves as a
means of having a good farm
mflk cow. The Dairy herd association-,
offers two grades of heifers,
the superior heifers are f'om
dams with production records
from 350 pounds to. 425. pounds.
These heifer calves have grown
into excellent milk cows. The
Tillamook dairy herd improve
ment association has recently an
nounced a substantial price cut
on both quality of their calves.
The price cu's amount to approxi
mately $10.00. This makes a good
buy for those farmers who arc
Interested In having high produc.
Ing dairy cows.
From a recently weekly grain
market review, put out by Oregon
State College we note that sales
of wheat and flour under the in
ternational wheat agreement
amount to more than 71 million
bushels since the beginning of
the season. Last year at this
time we had sold around 53 mil
lion bushels. Last sales went to
Japan and The Netherlands. This
increase sale of 18 million bust
he Is over a year ago helps to cut
down that pile of wheat that has
caused lower incomes for our
wheat farmers. It appears now
that the reports from the foreign
relieve the surplus grain condition.
agricultural organization, Oregon
Wheat Growers League and other
concerned with developing for
eign markets that there will" be a
lot of work done in 1955 toward
an attempt to increase these for
eign markets considerably. Sure
ly if they are not increased it win
not be the fault of a number of
organizations that are spending
much time and money on this
project.
A good example of Use that sur
plus barley can be put to was
demonstrated recently when Ken
neth and L. A. Palmer, ranchers
near Lexington, sold a group of
cows at the sale in Hermiston last
Friday. The cows were culled
from the herd about November
201 hi as cows that were getting
old and were undesirable to keep
as breeding animals. They came
off the range in poor condition
and were put oh a ground barley
and hay ration for 50 days. The
cows sold from $10.50 to $14.50
per hundred. There were cows
that weighed as much as -350
pounds. Cows in the sameshape
that these cows were In hefore
they were put on feed for 50
days sold at th same sale for $8.5o
a hundred. It appears as though
this barley brought a constdertble
amount more by being fed to
these cows than any grain mar
ket could have offered. Besides
putting on a couple hundred
pounds weight on the cows, the
price per pound was increased
three to four cents. There are a
good number of cases In the
county where the same practice
could bring more income to live
stockmen as well as helping to
f -v fV
C.W. Hrdr
Geographically, iff a long way
from Dixie to the Far West. Yet,
spiritually, there ii so close a
tie one can almost hear the rebel
yell In the West.
This fact probably answer! In
quiries as to why so many poli
tical non conformists come out
nf West and
f IL T. - nnt '
by accident,'
Sen. Williami
K n o w 1 a n d
(Calif.), party
leader Is de
parting from
party lines, nor
an accident
Sen. Wayne
Morse (Ore.) is
lndenendent
neither is fact for first time a
senator, Strom Thurmond (S. C.)
was elected by write-in votes.
There is a deep seated grow
ing revolt in under developed
states of We3t and South against
continued encroachments of Fed
eral government into state af
fairs especially Federal taxing
revenue sources rightfully be
longing to local governments.
In a few days, any state leg
islatures eanvene. Pressing prob
lem in stats capitals Will be rais
ing revenues.
Due to population expansions
in these states, iraney is needed
principally tor schools and high
ways. Yet problem is finding
some revenue souree federal
government hasn't already
grabbed to finance monstrous
foreign give-away programs.
For example, only 3U states
levy sales tax, but I out of 11
Western states have one, and
Oregon is due for one early in
the year. All 11 Southern states
have a sales tax. Only 32 states
have state income taxes., but 10
out of 11 Western states have
one. all 11 Southern states have
(9 Nullum! Fcl-rntinn nf Ttidp-nrtnt Hustnpn
one. While State gasoline taxes
average 4.83c per gallon, in
West average is 5.5c per gallon,
In south 6.5c per gallon, on top
of national gasoline tax.
And even though states need
more revenue, it is difficult to
further tax real estate.
That la because Federally
owned lands cannot be locally
taxed, and In West Federal gov
ernment holds on with stubborn
determination to 54.5 of all
land, 88.5 of all rural lands.
Thus, over half the land which
under private ownership would
help support local costs is held
by Federal government. Neither
can most states further tax in
dustry without ruining them.
Many basic Western industries
such as wool, metals and lum
ber already fight for existence
against cheap foreign competi
tion permitted by reciprocal
trade treaties, other tariff cut
ting dodges. For example, Phil
liplne mahogany plywood, pre
sumably a semi-luxury Item, is
being shipped in by Japan and
sold in Western markets for less
than same product made from
native Western soft-woods.
Possibly, as situation worsens,
Western and Southern states can
get Federal aid and thus recap
ture pittance of money that
should have gone to states in
first place.
But sovereign states are re
luctant to go hat in hand to
Washington. It smacks too much
of pawn shop financing. In 1952
West went solidly for a change
from twenty year trend and solid
South broke over the same
reason. Yet no appreciable
change has been noted. And
that's why Congress finds West
erners standing up with South
erners for a long, loud rendition
of the rebel yell.
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PRE LEGISLATURE AFFAIRS
When the House of Represen
tatives comes to order January 10
there will.he Democrats all over
the places-there are enough of
them this session for ust that.
A new seating arrangement will
break up groups heretofore
bunched together.
Dr. F. H. Dammasch (Rep.
Mult) who has taken over the
seating arrangement says sec
tional delegations will not be
seated in their usual blocks in
the house this year. Senior mem
bers, however, will get first
choice of seats.
The Multnomah county dele
gation will be seated eight on
each side of the room. Other dele
gations will be similarly separated.
An alternative of a sales tax is
one of the principal objectives of
a committee set ud by the stata
central committee of the Demo
cratic Party. Howard Morgan,
state chairman, has namea a
legislative steering committee
with Sen. Robert Holmes of Gear
hart as chairman.
"The party wants an organiza
tion within the legislature which
can screen, criticize and perfect
the few proposals which the
party may wish to present to the
legislature," Morgan said.
Other members are, Sen. Mon
roe Sweetland, Milwaukie; Rep.
Alfred Corbett, Portland; Rep. R.
R. Klemsen, SL Helens; Rep. Ro
bert J. Steward, Keating; Oscar
Continued on page 7
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BOX SCORE FOR '54
Everything is shaping up well
for the annual meeting of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
rs Association. It will be held on
Thursday and Friday, January 13
and 14. The first days program
to be held at the fair pavilion will
feature a panel discussion of
Morrow county's meat and live
stock marketing problems while
the demonstration on meat cut-
tine, grading, identification,
wrapping for freezer and cookery
is expected to bring out many
farm and townspeople during the
afternoon of the 13th. The film,
"The American Cowboy" which is
said to be most excellent will bo
shown at 1:00 p. m. that day. The
business meetinc on the 14th will i
feature several speakers along
with committee reports and elec
tion of officers for the new year.
It will be held at the Elks Lodge
room beginning at 10:00 a. m.
The social hour beginning at 5:30
with the Heppner Branch of the
First National Bank of Portland,
as hosts and the annual banquet
at 6:30 at the fair pavilion, fol
lowed by the annual Cowboy
Shuffle, should attract many.
these meetings to be held at Arl
ington on January 17. Oregon
State College extension service,
the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea
gue and the county associations
are planning the county meetings
on this date. The Morrow County
schedule calls for a meeting at
Pine City on the afternoon of the
ISth. One at lone, the evening
of the 18th, at Heppner on the
afternoon of the l'Jth, and at
Lexington, the evening of the
19th. The meetings a,re scheduled
to begin at' 1:30 in the afternoon
and 7:30 in the evenings. At these
meetings the wheat problem will
1)0 discussed with a thorough ex
planation of the present farm pro
gram and alternative programs,
how they would affect farmer,
industry, etc. Those present will
get a chance to discuss each of
these programs and indicate the
kind they would like to have.
January is a busy month for
farmers with many commodity
organization meetings including
the annual meeting of many of
these as well as other educa
tional get togethers. An important
schedule of meetings were recent,
ly approved by Frank Anderson,
chairman of the Morrow County
Wheatgrowers Association, who
is cooperating with the Extension
service in holding wheat policy
meeting in our wheat commun
ities during the week of January
17. Meetings are tentatively
scheduled to get underway on
January 18, following a training
meeting for those working with
Another important meeting
scheduled for the afternoon of
January 21. is the Morrow County
Land Use Committee which will
meet to discuss the aspects of the
Small Watersheds Act, the Soil
and Water Conservation Loan
provision, and, the Interim Com
mittee report of the Governor's
Water Research Committee. This
group was active last year in
adopting and presenting recom
mendations on Morrow County s
Water resources to this Interim
Committee. Further particulars
will appear in this column.
JACK FLUG TO SPEAK
SUNDAY EVENING
Jack Flug, county superinten
dent of schools, will speak at the
Christian church next Sunday
evening. An interesting talk on
education and religion is in pros
pect. o -
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp
son and daughters Judy and Janet
of Pendleton, were visiting in
Heppner Tuesday and Wednesday.
Cottle Hogs Sheep Horses
1954 21,773 6,639 7399 36
1953 20,632 5,675 7,188 32
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Price: Adults 70c. Students SOc, Children 20c Including federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows start at 4 p. m.. also Saturday, January 1st. Shows every other
evening start at 7:30... BoxoHice open until 9 p. m. Theater will be closed January
18-19 for installation of new equipment.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, January 6-7-8
OVERLAND PACIFIC
Western, in color, starring Jack Mahoney of TV and Rodeo Show fame, with Peggie
Castle, Adele Jergens and William Bishop.
Plus
MAN OF CONFLICT
Edward Arnold, John Agar, Susan Morrow. Good drama centering around a con
flict between father and son.
Sunday-Monday. January 9-10
THE VANISHING PRAIRIE
Walt Disney's second True-Life Adventure devoted to the wonders and mysteries of
nature and her animal children is fully as stirring and spectacular as was his "Liv
ing Desert". In the Great Plains region of the U. S. the Technicolor cameras recreate
a picture of the hordes of wild life overwhelmed by the westward march of civiliza
tion. Plus
Disney's WILLIE THE OPERATIC WHALE,
with Nelson Eddy
LOUISIANA TERRITORY, CIRCUS ON ICE and NEWS
Sunday shows at 4, 6:25 and 8:50
Tuesday-Wednesday, January 11-12 '
FORBIDDEN
Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru in a modern-day fist and gun romance In the Portugese
port of Macao off the coast of China.
The answer to everyday
Insurance problems
By Turner Van Marter
& Bryant
Believ ing wholeheartedly
in the philosophy that you
hae to "give" before you
can "get'1 and believing also
that in these days of com
plexities most people will
be really interested in read
ing the solutions to their
own and t heir neighbors'
everyday insurance prob
lems, we decided to try
something a little different.
Beginning next week this
advertising space will be
devoted each week to a col
umn of questions and ans
wers on insurance problems
ivhich aie common in the
lives of ;,11 of.us.
Frankly, this column will
be in itself a form of adver
tising but the offer to ans
wer your insurance ques
tions without charge or ob
ligation is genuine and has
no strings attached. We'll
really appu'eiate an oppor
tunity to be of service to
you.
If ycu'U address your own
insurance questions to this
office, we'll try to give you
the correct answers and
there will be no charge or
obligation of any kind.
TURNER,
VAN MARTER
AND BRYANT
INSURANCE. REAL ESTATE
Phone 6-9652 Heppner
Yes, IlJrmistor' is the fastest growing market in Oregon.
You, and your neighbors, by consistently consigning to Her.
mislon, have built this tremendous volume which in tour at
tracts the buyers hom the entire Northwest. This wealth of
buyers, in open competition, is what makes the top prices for
your livestock each end every Friday.
May we, at this time, thank you for your support in th
past and ask for your support in the future?
Our aim to continually improve our facilities and service,
and to provide for you a market that shall be known for all
that is best in livestock marketing.
Hermiston Livestock
Commission Company
Fastert Growing Market in Oregon
EiLEERT ANSON. COL. "RED" CHAMBERLAIN,
Mgr. ' Auctioneer
Phone 2601
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