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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 28, 1955
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW' COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times, MUblithed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
LblSption R?tes: Morrow and Grant Countie., $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cent..
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
April 30, 1925
A. E. Wright and son Walter
were visitors in Heppner on Tues
day from their home at Hard-man.
Buck Lieuallen, state highway
cop, has been spending a few
days In this vicinity.
Coming to the Star Theater
"The Hunchback of Norte Dame".
Both Sides Should Be Satisfied
With Coon's John Day Dam Bill
Congressman Sam Coon brought the wrath of
Senators Morse and Neuberger and numerous other
public power advocates down upon him recently
when he introduced his bill in Congress calling
for Immediate construction of the John Day dam
with money put up largely by private power com
panies in this area.
i Immediately the old cry of "give away" and
similar epithets -were hurled at Coon, but from
his statement which is given below, it would ap
pear to us that the federal development boys were
hollering before they were hurt.
Here is Sam Coon's own explanation of his
John Day dam bill as explained in a letter we re
ceived this week from the Congressman:
"AS YOU KNOW from the press I have intro
duced a bill calling for construction of the multi
purpose John Day Dam on the Columbia River
NOW. It has taken a lot of work, thought, and
time to draw this piece of legislation which, in
my opinion, is as important as any that will be
before the 34th Congress. However, I did not Intro
duce it until after I had seen thousands of the
completed questionnaires which I sent out. A big
majority of a good cross section of the voters of
Eastern Oregon were unhesitating in their ans
wers to the question concerning the John Day
multi purpose dam. THEY WANT IT BUILT NOW.
The John Day Dam, under my bill, H. R. 5789, will
be a FEDERAL DAM. It will be owned, built, con
trolled, and operated entirely by the Federal gov
ernment at all times. At no time will the govern
ment have any partner in this project.
"As you know, and as I have pointed out, in
previous newsletters and broadcasts, the John Day
project has been authorized since 1950. However,
and I want you to keep this in your mind, authori
zation of a project does not mean construction can
begin. For instance, if the present Hells Canyon
bill passes this Congress, it would not mean that
work would start on Hells Canyon. It takes hun
dreds of millions of dollars to build a dam and
that money must be raised by the federal govern
ment. "Under fny John Day bill the government will
sell the power, to be generated, before the dam is
built, and with this money, from power sales, the
government will pay the construction cost It is
as simple as that. When the government raises
the money by having Congress appropriate it, it is
taken from the general tax fund and is paid back
with the money received from the sale of the
power. In that way your tax money is used, the
budget is increased, and so, naturally, taxes are
higher until the money is paid back by market
ing the power. Under my bill the process is re
versed, your tax money is not used, the budget is
not increased and naturally, taxes are not raised.
In other words, instead of borrowing to build, and
thpn navinc hack out of our returns from power
sales, we are selling in advance, and using the
mnnpv rprpivpd in order to eet the dam under con
struction. So you see that we not only save years
of time, under my John Day bill, but we actuary
save ourselves the Duraen oi aauea ial-s. .
Thp mpasure would make it possible for the
private power companies to put up most of the
money for the dam, and in return for this money,
would be guaranteed a fair percentage of the
power generated by it for a period of 50 years. The
dam, however, would be bunt, ownea ana oyeiai
ed by Uncle Sam,.according to Coon.
Tf thp federal develoDment advocates are sin
cere in their statements that they want immediate
ctarte nn npw "Government Owned" dams on the
Columbia and itsjributaries, they would do well
to get behind Representative Coon's bill and try
to get it through congress at tne earnest possiuie
date.
Dean T. Goodman, accom
panied by Mrs. Goodman, his fa
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Goodman and Mrs. A. D. Mc
Murdo motored to Pendleton on
Monday. Mr. Goodman brought
home a new Star car for Mrs
Frank Anderson.
Jasnpr Crawford, who is a stu
dent in lournalism at the U of O,
arrived home from Eugene on
Sunday evening.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Andenon
With annual weed control timethousand seeds. One Russian
Thistle will produce twenty-four
in full swing and perennial
weed control time just around
the corner, farmers are wonder
ing where they all come from.
Within the last few days we
picked up some interesting sta
tistics on how these ever growing
pests multiply, For example, one
worm wood plant is good for as
many as one million seventy five
thousand seven hundred seeds
and others are Marsh Elder,
eighty two thousand one hundred
fifty; French Weed, seven thous
and fgrty; and common mustard,
twenty-seven hundred. Some
which boast a hard shell are ex
tremely durable. Seeds of mus
tard, Dock and pig weed have
Mr .and Mrs. J. B. Batty and
children Lewis. Beulah and Bud
dv accompanied bv Miss Hazel
Havps and Marion Saline of
Hardman spent Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Tho
mas on Eight Mile.
have heard a good many of our
farmers refer to their wives as
their secretaries. A secretary is
especially appreciated and a ne
rpssitv in these times of much
bookkeeping lor income tax re
porting as well as keeping a tab
on the farm business. All oi us
anoreciate our secretarial help
whether it is our wife or some one
on a regular salary working so
manv hours per day. Many are
only an excuse to have some one
to blame in case things don t go
right in the office. So whether
it is your wife or someone else,
next "week we should honor the
American Secretary upon whose
skill, loyalty and efficiency the
function of business and govern
ment offices depend. In this of
fice we have a secretary that
takes care of typing, filing,
mimeographing, mailing, ans
wering the telephone, record
takins? dictation and
other routine duties required in
our business. These tasks may
not be spectacular but they are
vital. Last year, our secretary
greeted 6878 people who came
to the county Extension Agents
Continued on Page 8
k il AYOR
WIARY
SAYS
By Mary Van Stevens
We will be asking some good
public spirited persons to oe
helping on the city budget its
that time again. If you have
any suggestions on how to make
n.-n. Kottpr nlace to live
r.iooo lPt n know. If it costs
money, do it before budget time.
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COUNTY COURT
PROCEEDINGS
Court Proceedings for the
month of Maicli, 1S55.
The minut?s of the February
term were read and approved.
The meeting of the Budget
Committee was set for May 6,
1 and the Clerk was instruct
ed to notify the members of the
VinHorpt pnmmittee
Thp fnllnwins Bangs disease
claims were allowed: Walter
Wyss $16.00 and . William H.
Wachter $8.00.
The treasurer was instructed
by the Court to pay the following
claims from the Special Road
trust fund, Ray D. Kalal the
amount of $2,175.00 and John E.
Kalal in the amount of $2,212.50.
The Court issued dance hall
license to the Boardman Public
School Gym.
Warrants Issued on the General
Fund.
Sadie Parrish, Deputy
Clerk $210.97
ci.-ia MrDaniel. Deputy
Sheriff 11
Joyce Buschke, Office
Clerk 10-'
Olive B. Hughes, Deputy
Assessor 250.97
Dr. A. D. McMurdo,
Physician 24.25
Herbert W. White, Court
Reporter ?2.75
Heppner Electric & Hard
ware Co., Courthouse . 7.37
City of Heppner, Court
house 7,50
Barbara Ware, Nurse's
Office Clerk 78.32
Russell K. Miller, County
Court 81-43
Ralph I. Thompson,
fonntv Court
State Public, Welfare
Continued on page 7
51.36
Miss Rhoda Beck, teacher of
Cecil school, closed her school
for the summer on Friday and
left for her home in Estacada.
A New Service
OFFERED BY
Inland Chemical Service
We have been appointed by Pendleton
Grain Growers to take the soil samples for
their testing lab
FOR SOIL TESTING CALL
HEPPNER 6-9103 -CONDON DU 4-2193
been known to germinate after
being buried in the ground after
fifty years. Did we hear some
one say something about eradi
cation of weeds?
A recent grain and hay market
review from Oregon State College
points..out that Uncle Sam may
get a chance to reduce his stock
of surplus wheat next fall. 1955
winter wheat crop has been esti
mated at six hundred and sixty
two million bushels. This is one
hundred thirty million less than
last year and more than two hun
dred million below average.
Coupled with a record low spring
wheat acreage, this may mean
that we will have to dig into
our reserve to satisfy our normal
uses. An average yield on this
lye.irs acreage would make a
spring wheat crop of under two
hundred million bushels. This
would total well under the nine
hundred million bushels we nor
mally use in export. Smaller
acreages and lower indicated
yields for this year is 15.2 bushels
per acre, compared to last years
17.2. The average yield national
ly for winter wheat is 15.8 bush
els per acre. High winds and
drought have caused serious crop
damage in large areas of the
Great Plains States.
gram now and will help you fill
out your application for pay
ment. They are in the process
of mailing to farmers informa
tion you might require as to the
payment program. They are in
the process of mailing to iarmers
information on the program. If
i
you are a sheep producer aim
have been missed, contact tnem
at once as it will mean some tdd
ed farm income to you.
Those farmers who are having
trouble with mice or gophers in
their grain or other tieias, we
have a full supply of strychnine
poisoned oats on hand at the of
fice. Several farmers have been
using it during the past week and
renort e-ood kills. The bait is
mixed by Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice and is sold to tarmers ai
cost.
Scarcely a week goes by but
what some special week is being
observed. We have National in
Club Week, .National Totato
Week, National "Be Kind to
Dors" Week, and many otner
kinds of weeks. One that a lot
of us do not pay too much at
tention to and which will oe od-
served next week April 25 to 30
is National Secretaries weeK.
The new wool program known
as the National Wool Act of 1951,
provides for incentive payments
on your shorn wool. Under the
act, payments will be made on
the wool on lambs and yearling
sheep sold for slaughter as well
as regular shorn wool. The local
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation office have com
pleted information on the pro-
STAR THEATER, Heppner
Admission Prices: Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c .including Federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows continuous from 2 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:JU. Boxomce
open until 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278,
ThursdayFrtday-Saturday, April 28-29-30
CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA
Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans. Rugged, roaring story of the old
West. Technicolor never looked so good. Plus
AFRICA ADVENTURE
photographic record of the Robert C. Ruark safari, an attempt to show Africa as it
really
is. . . and it is amazing, thrilling and in Technicolor.
Sunday-Monday, May 1-2
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
In Cinemascope Color. Spencer Tracv, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis. Dean Jaggcr.
Walter Brennan, John Ericson. Ernest Borgnine. A distinguished motion picture
the sheer artistry of the telling of this taut but unusual story will grip any audience.
Sunday showg at 2 p. m.. 4:15, 6:30. 8:45
Tuesday-Wednesday, May 3-4
BLACK TUESDAY
Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker. A good little melodrama thtU gets
off to a whiz-bang start and doesn't slow down.
Thursday-Friday-Saturday, May 5-6-7
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
In Cinemascope Color. Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker. Victor McLaglen, Riiss Tarn
blyn, Jeff Richards, James Arness, Alan Hale Jr. Loaded with action packed with
laughs!
Coming-
SATURDAY, MAY 7
GRAND OPENING AND
Open House
OF THE NEW
Farley Motor Co.
PONTIAC - BUICK - GMC - WILLYS
WITH INTEREST & ENTERTAINMENT
You won't want to miss Farley's Grand Opening for among the surprises will be old
time dancing from 8 to 10 p. m. under the direction of the Squared Up Rounders,
and dancing to modern music from 10 to 1. There'll be more too, so
WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK!
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