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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
- The Heppnw Gazette, tsUblished March 30, 1883. The Heppner Tim, wUbllrtd
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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A Link is Missing
A gentleman from Pilot Rock wrote the East
Oregonian the other day complaining about the
lack of new industries in the Hermiston-Umatilla
area now that McNary dam is completed and
operating, lie also complained about a state
ment Admiral Rowe, manager of the port of Uma
tilla, made at the Heppner-Morrow county cham
ber of commerce banquet the other day, when he
prophecied of the many industries and shipping
improvements that would be forthcoming t0 this
area when the John Day dam is completed. The
gentleman said in effect, "The heck with the John
Day dam, we've got McNary, let's get some in
dustries." The writer of that letter should remember that
never will the full value of McNary be realized
until the John Day dam is built and the entire
length of the Columbia opened to slack-water
navigation. A big lake connected with the ocean
by a little puddle can't have ocean commerce un
til there is enough water in the "little puddle" to
float ocean transportation. At the present time
our little puddle is the area between the back
water of The Dalles dam and McNary. The sooner
we have a John Day dam the sooner we will real
ize the value of McNary and all the rest of the
dams.
The gentleman shouldn't get too unhappy at
the Admiral just yet, either. He has only been in
his present job about six months. Rome wasn't
built in a day, and neither will be Umatilla's in
dustries. '
We hope the Umatilla port commission has
good luck in the years to come in attracting new
industry for we like nothing better than to see an
area grow. It might just happen too, that some of
the industry Admiral Rowe is looking for might
accidently decide to settle across the line in Mor
row county, for it is right handy there, you know.
Why Pick on Telephone Users?
A 5 sales tax levied against telephone bills
i.j t nnn wniild he a cross discrimina-
tion against one type of necessary service of the
'highest usefulness. A non-discriminatory general
sales tax of one half of 1 would raise far more
revenue and would be far more fair.
Surely there are non-necessities upon which a
high-rate sales tax could be levied if any high
rate sales tax must be imposed.
Of all the excise taxes levied by the federal
..r,v,Qt1t o r.nUnr, Poll showed the tax on tele
phone bills'was the most unpopular, both with
...w, onH n,nh nipn. American Institute of pud
lie Opinion showed the tax on Baby Oil and Baby
n a, Kn tho mnst unnonular. even more un-
popular with men than with women, rating 24
average with botn. flexr to mai muk urc
-.JV mtirxj 99 avorape in unpopularity, with
tax on jewelry rating 3 and tax on furs rating
only 1. . ,
tv,, ,, snmp 4nnono subscribers and some
nno.000 telephones in Oregon. The proposed tax
would amount to 60 cents a month per average
...,i,,.,ikDr u mntc a month per average tele
phone. There would seem little or no excuse for
singling out this necessity for a sales tax wnue
ignoring all other necessities anu an luxum-s
cept cigarettes, which it is proposed to tax and
which tax undoubtedly would be referred by peti
tion. Oregon Voter.
After reading some very recent comments com
ing out of our nation's capital, we have come to
the conclusion that all the squirrels in Washing
ton, D. C. aren't necessarily in the trees.
If something doesn't change pretty soon we're
going to lose faith in the old proverb about the
month of March, the. lions and the lambs etc.
March is pretty nearly over and so is the lambing
season, but we sure haven't seen anything re
sembling a lamb in this month's weather.
TUinTVVCADC AH GOOD IRRIGATION PRACTICES URGED
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From Files of the Gazette Times
March 26, 1925.
Mr and Mrs. William Luttrell
were visitors here on Tuesday
and Wednesday from their home
in Grass Val ev. They were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
Clark.
M. K. Lone. Pendleton automo
bile dealer, was in this city on
Mondav. havine with him a Star
touring car which he uses as a
demonstrator.
Attornev Will M. Peterson, E. B.
Aldrich, editor ol the tasi ure
ennian. James Johns. Sr., and
George C. Baer, secretary of the
commercial ... association, were
Pendleton men in this city on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle
and children drove to Portland
on Wednesday where they spent
a few days visiting with inenas.
Mrs. Archie Ball of lone and
Mrs. Dorothy Patterson of Hepp-
ner were the guests of Miss Annie
Hynd of Bulterby Flats on Wed
nesday.
Loren (Peek) Leathers spent
the weekend at the home of his
cousin, Neal Knighten in Hard
man. Neal took him to his home
in Lexington Monday evening.
They were accompanied by Lewis
Batty.
TO MEET EXPECTED WATER SHORTAGE
Good Irrigation practices will
counterbalance lower than nor
mal water supplies now forecast
for some areas of Oregon, says
Marvin Shearer, Oregon State
college irrigation specialist.
Excessive Tun-off is one of the
major "water thieves" on Ore
gon's 1,200,000 acres under flood
irrigation, according to the spe
sialist. This loss of water is only
a minor problem on sprinkler-irrigated
soils that make up only
one-tenth, of the total irrigated
acreage in the state.
Shearer says it is not uncom
mon to find as much as 60 per
cent run-off of water applied to
Heppner High School
SCOOP
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WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK
Forthright caucus discussions
on how best to accelerate the
tempo of the current session of
the Oregon Legislature was cal
led for late Friday by Elmo E.
Smith, president of the Senate
and Edward A. Geary, speaker
of the House. Each of the lead
ers told their members what they
thought should be done. After
several suggestions which were
not adopted for lack of a se
cond, the presiding officers at
both caucuses suggested early
meetings of committees be held
pnmmeneinil Saturday on the
69th day and regular sessions be
held on each succeeding fcaiur
day. If this plan continues the
legislature will be on a six-day-a
week schedule.
So many members and spon
sors of bills were absent Satur
day that some bills were sent
back to the committees to keep
them from being killed on the
floor.
LIQUOR HIT FOR TAX
Whiskey will go up before it
goes down. Everyone knows an
increase In price of State Liguor
commission goods is due to help
get the red ink figures in the
budget but the amount of the
price boost is not known. Specu
lators beware.
William H. Balllie, liquor ad
ministrator, says a price boost to
raise eight million dollars, as
proposed by the legislature, will
result in a loss to the state of
liquor profits and start a rush of
bootlegging. He reckons a raise
in price to profit three million
dollars would be nearer the right
amount to shoot for.
McKAY HOME BRIEFLY
Secretary of the Interior Doug
las McKay and Mrs. McKay flew
to Salem Tuesday from San
Francisco where he had made a
Thornton include:
A bill authorizing the transfer
of prisoners from the penitenti
ary to a county, federal or other
state penitentiary would be con
stitutional if enacted.
When submitting a levy ex
ceeding the six per cent limita
tion of the Oregon Constitution to
the People for approval, a taxing
unit may submit a number of
items to be voted upon separate
A statutory reward for Infor
mation leading to conviction of
an offender is payable after con
viction, but informer is not re-
auired to act as prosecutor.
The power of initiative and
referendum is not available to a
state representative district, but
... , , .i . .
Dunne auuress jviunuay. , - ,
Hosts for a family dinner Wed- " " " t.
Hosts for m,Iy " w.JnJ constitution, submit an act to the
nesday were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne, such tQ de.
Hadley, Salem, entertaining in
honor of her parents the McKays.
Sec. and Mrs. McKay new to
By Barbara Frock
Baseball practice has started
with Larrv Dowen as the coacn
"Here Comes The Brides" play
cast was entertained with a buf
fet supper at the home of Bar
hara Warren before the play Fri
day evening. Afterwards a party
was given by Mr. Holm, tne piay
director.
Several students from out of
town have been visiting Heppner
High during their spring vaca
tion.
Prominent Indian dancer, Joe
Whitecloiid, and family from the
Tewa Tribe of. santa wara rue-
hlo. Now Mexico, cave an Inter
pretation of American life in the
national assembly Mar. a.
Rpnior weekend has been sche
duled for all high school seniors
at the State Colleges April a-
23.
Junior and senior English
classes have been having a riot
mis time with the students giving
3-5 minute speeches on any topic
they wish.
fields and the percentage is often
higher on some row crops. He
lists three steps to eliminate
much of this field loss:
1. Put water across a field
rapidly usually less than one
fourth of the total irrigation time
then reduce flow of water so
that very little runs off the lower
end. This supplies water at
about the same rate that it
moves into the soil.
2. Re-use runoff water. Low-
lift numns may be needed to
move water from drain ditches
into field ditches, but power
costs for such pumps are as little
as 40 to 85 cents to Hit an acre
foot of water 10 feet. It costs
three to four times that much to
buy extra water in some irriga
tion projects in Oregon.
3. Change water as soon as
nii rpaehps field capacity or
when soil is moistened through
the root zone. Generally, appli
cation periods are too long. Ex
cess water drains on through the
soil and is lost, or It is held by
the hardpan layers and floods
the root zone.
Shearer lists "percolation" or
seepage loss of water, especially
on sandy soils, as the other mam
waster of Oregon Irrigation wa
ter Nowhere in the state
does any crop actually use
more than three acre feet of
water a year, he states, "yet there
are some counties wun an v
age water delivery of double this
amount. Individual deliveries of
five times the required amount
have been recorded.
Pornniation losses can be re
duced four ways, according to the
specialist:
1. Irrigate wun large coua
,.,Jor fnr sh'orter periods of time.
This will make possible uniform
application with less seepage
loss on sandy soil.
2. Probe the soil frequently to
observe depth of water penetra
tion and stop irrigating when the
soil reaches field capacity.
3. Apply water with sprinkler
Continued on Page 5
Washington, D. C. Thursday
WOULD LET MINORS SMOKE
Nobody showed up at a hear
ing on a bill to let minors smoke.
The Bill introduced by Senator
Stewart Ilardie would repeal
laws which make it illegal for
voulhs under 18 to smoke, corn-
ten wnere xney
termine whether it will take ef
fect or not.
UPTO THE GOVERNOR
These bills have been passed by
the Senate and the House during
the past week and sent to the
governor for his approval, his
veto or to become law without
his signature 3 days after the
Legislature adjourns.
SB 308 Relative to the sale of
pel minors to ten Vleru .Uley. nersonal nrooertv of estates auth
cot their tobacco, and torce local - - . .. .
Know Your Library Week
MARCH 28 TO APRIL 1
IONE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Open House Cr Silver Tea
FRIDAY, APRIL 1,2 TO 4 P. M.
Sponsored By lone Women's Topic Club
officers to arrest minors who are
smoking.
-w t i.
At the hearing ames .. , Qr , h notice
sum.rintendent of the state T .,, ,
school for bovs. said the laws
against smoking, when enforced
cause "mass resistance' at nis
institution. The superintendent
of the state school for girls said
the anti-smoking law Is the most
serious nroblem they have. An
Episcopal clergyman said the
present laws make youngsters
lie, cheat and steal tobacco.
MOTOR ACCIDENT TOLL
Comnilation finished Monday
of all traffic accidents in Oregon
during -February shows 23 fatal
ities. Secretary of State Earl T
Newbry reports. This is less than
half the 5-1 in February of last
vear.
Oregon's fatality count for the
first two months 0f this year
totals f0 compared with 67 for
the first two months of 1954.
OPINION ON OREGON LAW
Legal opinions released recent
ly by Attorney "General Robert Y
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Prices: Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Excise
To Sunday shows at 2 p. m other evenings at 7:30. Boxothce open until 9.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 24-25-26
KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES
in riNrMWOPF and Technicolor Deluxe. Tyrone Power. Terry Moore, Michael
ReS in uj'majos c Himalayas, the great desert-.he Afridi Hors, -men he
hordes of Kurram Khan. A good family picture-interest mg story for adults, action
for the kiddles. TIub
PECOS BILL
A western featurette in color.
Sunday-Monday, March 27-28
THE EGYPTIAN
m riNFMASCOPK and ivluxe Color. Jean Simmons. Victor Mature, t.ene iiwni.
spectacle-see this thrill and entertainment beyond Imagination.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m.. 4:45 and 7:30
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 29-30
THE RAID
i t ,i,iL,f vn nofiln Anne Bancroft. A prime morsel for action addicts and
iSSS drama ft?. of "rta-l.--ba on an actual, highly suspenseful
incident of the Civil War.
histories of any state institution
inmates.
TIB 202 Leaves Illinois River
fishing restrictions in Josephine
County up to State Game com
mission. HB 148 Permits more than
two circuit judges to sit tempor
arily at same time on State Su
preme Court.
sr Permits counties to
lease land for exploration for gas,
minerals or oil.
SB 331 Requires telephone as
well as alarm system inside re
frigerated locker plants.
HB 33 Makes landowners
liable for origin as well as con
trol of forest fires.
hr QS Reneals penalties on
regulation of horsemeat import
ed into state.
orizes a court to order the sale
of personal property with or
without notice. The new word-
SB 7 Increases salaries of
teachers without degrees from
$2100 to $3400, for a school year
of nine months; those with bat
chelors degree from $2400 to $3,
700 and those with masters de
gree to not less than $4000.
SB 47 Revises entire structure
of public employees' retirement
svstem.
SB 123 Requires all trucks to
have mechanical or electric de
vices which signal turning move
ments.
SB181 on risk of loss after
contract for sale of property has
been executed, this law provides
that anv loss (as fire) will be
borne by the person in possession
of the property unless ccintract
provides otherwise
SB 214 Permits Oregon State
Fair to include the display of
historical objects in its activities
HB 441 Priority for employ
ment under state civil service
given to state workers who were
laid off in good standing
HB 290 Sets fine up to $100 as
uniform penalty for violations of
seven plant, weed and pest con
trol law.
HB 223 Makes private the case
Clean-up For Safety!
Are you started, or planning
Spring cleaning to do?
Call Civic Leaguers to pick up
Items useless to you!
Good cleaning will cut down
The hazards of fire!
Give some added storage space
you probably desire
If your town doesn't designate
A Clean up week or day!
That's really not important;
You can do it anyway!
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