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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NKWSPAPKR
Th Heepner aaette, eetabllshed March 30, 18S3. The Heppner Timet, eete.bliehce'
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
Heppner Gazette Times. Thursday June 2, 1955
by Dick Shaw
NIWSPAM
PUBLISHiRS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Poet
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Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents.
Power, Power Power
The Portland Oregonlan recently printed a
letter from a reader which said, in part: "Isn't
there some way you can divert activities of our
'lust for power' senators away from my piddling
little $5 per month electric bill? .... Power, power,
power! They are nuts over power which means
nothing to the average sitizen's problems."
Millions of other people must feel a similar ir
ritation and frustration at all the political talk
concerning electric p6wer developments and
charges. For electricity is one of the smallest
items in the family budget. It costs less now than
it did in the pre-war era which is something that
can be said of exceedingly few goods or services.
As a household servant it is unmatched for a few
dollars a month it saves countless hours of labor
and provides a myraid of conveniences. With a
few exceptions, its cost is also one of the smallest
items in the operating expense of business.
The writer to the Oregonlan added that he'd
"appreciate a lift" on his $60 a month U. S. Income
tax bill. So would all the rest of us... And the
ironical fact is that socialized power development,
undertaken by the government, has made higher
taxes possible. The projects are built with tax
money and subsequently subsidized with tax
money. In addition, they are wholly or largely
tax-free and prevent collection of the heavy taxes
that would be paid if private enterprise were
carrying on the operations.
The power issue is primarily political not
economic.
It Applies in Oregon, too!
"In this great land of the free and home of the
sucker there always is the desire to get something
'at wholesale'. Recently many Kansas towns
have been flooded with so-called 'wholesale' cata
logs. . . . These 'wholesale houses .... are ... .
trying to bamboozle the public into thinking they
are offering something for nothing. You get just
what you pay for. . . . Moreover the merchandise
is likely to be cheap 'seconds.' " Emporia, Kan.,
Gazette.
It's A Cinch
Any day now we can look for the start of some
really nice Eastern Oregon picnic weather now that
the Memorial day holiday is past and all the
school picnics are over.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Aadenoa
During the past year a great
number of farmers have called at
the office asking for methods of
sparrow control. There are many
methods that are employed in
sparrow control, none of them
which are too effective. What
works for one person seems not
to work for the next. An effec
tive control program is based
pretty much on available feed for
the sparrows and preferences for
feed. Some farmers have used
Warfin bait such as used 'for rat
control with very good success
while it has not worked for oth-
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From Files of the Gazette Times
June 4, 1925
Mesdames Charles Shurte and
W. O. Dix entertained at bridge
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Six tables of the ladies were play
ers in tlie afternoon and in the
evening they also entertained for
the ladles and gentlemen, there
being eight tables.
Gay M. Anderson, Len and
Earl Gilliam and Ed Bennett de
parted on Friday evening, going
to East Lake over in the Bend
country.
J. M. MoCaleb, brother of County
Uoad Master, W. L. McCaleb, ar
rived this week from his home in
Monmouth, for a visit of several
weeks.
ers. Strycnine oats, zinc phos
hide grain, and other perpared
poisons have been used with
little success for some. For those
that have not had control, a re
cent article in the Farm Journal
might be of some interest. This
article gave the experience of a
farmer who had sprayed his barn
with Benzine Hexachloride after
several months was still not being
bothered by sparrows. The Ben
zine Hexachloride does not kill
the sparrows but assumedly the
smell had repelled the sparrows.
The spray was applied with spe
cial attention to getting It in
under the eaves where the spar
rows roost. For those of you who
have used Benzine Hexachloride
they can realize the reason the
sparrows left the barn as the
stirav was quite an objoctional
odor. Some might choose to have
the soarrows rather than tne
odor. This application could
however, congregate the sparrows
in another place, so this would
need to be taken into consider
ation.
educational, experimental or sta
tistical work of Oregon State Col
lege. A new basic livestock sani
tary law was set up at this years
legislature, consolidating into
one act, laws for prevention, con
trol and eradication of diseases of
animals. It carries an emergency
clause. Two features are differ
ent from any previous Oregon
disease control legislation. The
first authorizes the department
to establish by regulation, a list
of vaccines or other bacteriologi
cal or biological products which
may be a hazzard to livestock
health and then make use of such
products a violation of the law.
The second inovation in the live
stock disease control act, re
quires health certification under
rules drawn by the departmant,
as a condition for entry of ani
mals into Oregon. This bill es
tablishes the basic pattern for
indemnity payments on animals
condemned by the department.
Indemnities will be based on 80
of appraisal and salvage value.
The exceptions are animals con
demned to Brucellosis, Tuberculo
sis and para-tuberculosis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson
of Heppner were in Fossil the
first of the week visiting Mrs.
Wilkinson's father, F. W. Ball,
and attending to stock business.
Mrs. Laxton McMurray was a
visitor here on Monday, being ac
companied by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Low.
A light frost early Wednesday
morning worked some slight
damage to gardens about the city.
Several new pieces of legisla
tion effecting the work of the
Slate department of Agriculture
were passed at the 1955 Legisla
ture. It took about 30 bills to ac
complish a general overhauling
and modernization of agricul
tural laws. A new bill that of
establishing a market develop
ment section in the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, aims at new
and expanded markets for Ore
gon farm products both in the
natural and processed form. It
also gives agriculture for the first
time an official voice in such a
matter" as freight rates on farm
products, investigation into other
conditions and practices which
affect agriculture. Under the
bill, a new division known as
market development will be set
up. No buying or selling of
goods or property is permitted 1
under the bill and it is aimed!
without conflict with existing
For those farmers and towns
people 'who are trying to growl
a few worm free apples and pears,
word has just been received that
ine iirsi coounnu mom nas ucen
found.- The coddling moth Is the
insect responsible for laying eggs
that eventually are the worms In
your apples. Now that the cod
dling moth are out and busy, it
is recommended that, the first
cover spray be applied by June
1st. Recommended for coddling
moth control is 2 pounds of 507c
wettable DDT in 100 gallons of
spray, Since mites are always
a problem in fruit trees, it is
suggested that you combine a
miteaeide with this spray. Re
commended as being safe and ef
fective would be two pounds of
25 wettable Malathon per hun
dred gallons of spray.
A recent release of the meat ani
mals and wool revue made by
Oregon State College reminds
sheep producers that they will
need bills of sale of both wool
and lambs sold this year to be
eligible for incentive payments.
Shorn wool incentive payments
Lucky You
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Tlie TrivcUn Sufcly Servii ' " .
legislature expected the tax
would give the taxpayers an $8,
800,000 or $10,000,000 relief on
their tax bills.
Other bills signed Thursday
were:
Defining true cash value as
market value for assessments,
date effective Jan. -,1961 ... Re
quiring Grade B milk to meet the
same bacteria standards as those
of Grade A . . . Creating a State
Water Resource Board ... In
creasing State Police salaries $20
to $40 a month . . . Requires swear
ing that statements are true when
registering . . . Setting up a pilot
program of state meat inspec
tion . . . Authorizing a special
liquor dispensers license of $25
day, not to exceed five days . . .
Increasing the 2 per cent insur
ance tax to 2V4 per cent . . .
granting salary increases of $500
W $1,000 a year to most appoint
ive state officials . . . Boosts gov
ernor's expense account from $100
a month to $400 a month , . . Sal
aries of Secretary of State, State
Treasurer and Attorney General
are increased from $10,000 to $11,-
AAA a T'Pfl r
The wire tapping bill also was
signed by the governor. Others
signed provided for special edu
cation of mentally retarded child
ren . . . Requiring that second
hand junk and auction markets
be licensed by the counties . . .
Providing for automatic Supreme
Court review of death sentences
. Setting up operation and
sentencing procedures of the new
correctional institution, to be
built 18 miles north of Salem.
JOBLESS PAY APPROVED
The jobless pension bill which
boosts maximum weekly bene
fits from $25 to $35 a week, ex
tends coverage to employees of
firms with two or more workers,
also increases the contributions
by employers.
Governor Patterson said the bill
had some objectionable features
. . . that employers were split in
advising that he sign or veto the
bill. He said the worst feature
was that it provides for the for
feiture of eight weeks of bene
fits if a claimant has been dis
continued on page 7
COMFORT with ECONOMY
in
Luikjr you you ignored speed limits and lived
will vary according to the price
each producer gets for his wool.
The price shown on the bill of
sale is multiplied by the percent
age difference between the 62c
incentive price and the national
average price of the year. This
means that the producer who gets
the highest price for his wool also
gets the largest incentive pay
ment if he sold after April 1.
Incentive payments will also be
made on lambs and yearlings
with full wooded pelts sold after
April 1. The payment is based
on the difference between the 62c
incentive price and the average
selling price of wool. Payments
are made at the rate of four
pounds of wool per hundred
pounds of live weight. Again a
bill of sale giving the number of
head, total weight, and date is
necessary.
The county ASC office also re
quires a certificate that the sheep
were bought for slaughter and
had full wooled pelts.
STAR THEATER, Heppner
A"dlni7si7n1prIces"Al'ultr70c" Students 50c, Children 20c including Federal Excise
Tax. Sunday shows continuous from 2 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxolnce
open untis 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278.
Paraon"us! folksTif we wear a big wide-screen smile but look at the big picture
coming in June and you'll smile, tool
Thursday-Frlday-Saturday. June 2-3-4
MASTERSON OF KANSAS
George Montgomery, Nancy Gates. Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
are portrayed in this betterlhan-avorage Technicolor western.
Plus
DRAGNET
Jack Webb and Ben Alexander recreate their roles of Sergeant Joe Friday and Of
ficer Frank Smith of TV fame.
Sunday-Monday, June 5-6
COUNTRY GIRL
Bing Crosbv, Gace Kelly, William Holden. A highly emotional, moving drama!
winner of numerous Academy Award Nominations and the play for which Miss
Kellv received the Award as Host Actress of the Year.
Sunday shows at 2 p. m.. 4:20. 6:40
Tuesday-Wednesday, June 7-8
LUCKY ME
Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr. A comedy of errors put to
music in CinemaSoope and Color.
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ASSIGNMENT CHILDREN
With DANNY KAYE in color bv Technicolor. Presented by the UNITED NATIONS
and the Motion Picture Industry for the benefit of United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund.
Now that the spray season is
here for fruits, ornamentals, and
gardens, it is time to caution
folks who use these pesticides as
they are poison. Pesticides should
be handled with extreme care or
not at all. All pesticides are
poisonous to people. Some of
them more poisonous than others.
Some in concentrated form will
kill a person if only a small
amount is spilled on the skin.
Others are more dilute or con
tain a less toxic-chemical so that
it takes more of it to cause the
damage. to people. Instructions
on the label should be followed
closely. Store out of reach of
children and dispose of empty
containers safely. Children have
died from eating the residue of
insecticide left in an empty dis
carded container. Pesticides are
poison, use them safely.
The answer to everyday'
Insurance problems'
By Turner Van Martor
& Bryant
Shi
QUESTION: In reading
about theft of spare tires rs
ported to police I've won
dered how the owner would
ever identify his own tire
even if it were found. Could
you tell mc?
Answer: Truthfully most
people can't identify their
own property. Tlie wise
thing to do is to write the
serial numbers of all tires
and accessories and note all
identifying marks on a piece
of paper and put it where
you can find it when neces
sary. Most people won't
take the trouble but it's a
very good idea.
If you'll address your own
Insurance questions to this
office, we'll try to give you
th correct answers and
there will be n0 charge er
obligation of any kind.
TURNER
VANMARTER
AND BRYANT
INSURANCE. REAL ESTATE
Phone 6-9652 Heppner
WINDUP OF NEW LAWS
The deadline for signing or
vetoeing a remaining 60 bills of
the 772 passed by the late legis
lature was met by Gov. Paul L.
Patterson Thursday night just
before he left for a conference of
Northwest governors at Missoula
Montana.
One of the last bills to get his
signature was the 3-cents-a-pack
cigarette tax. Representatives of
the tobacco industry are solicit
ing 20,047 signatures needed to
put the bill up to the people. The
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