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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 1, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Bewar Stuiette, established March 30, 1883. Tht Heppner Tlniee, teblljtied November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL W- A5goc3lgN Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Countle., S3.00 Year; Elsewhere $1.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. A Senator of Our Own Probably one of the most important items to come before the people of Oregon at next fall's general election, especially to the people east of the Cascades will be the proposed measure call ing for the "Federal Plan" of reapportoinment for Oregon. That initiative measure will be on the ballot if enough signatures are obtained on peti tions now in circulation and It appears that the required number certainly will be gotten. Much noise against the measure has come from the Portland area which, under the Federal Plan would have one senator, like every other county, rather than the eight it will probably have by 1960 under, the present reapportionment setup. Some complaint on such a proposal can be expec ted, but it has been of interest to us to note in recent weeks that support has been showing up, too, And, in counties which might stand to lose a senator under the proposal. Recently the Stayton Mail, a weekly paper at Stayton in Marion county which could have two senators by 19G0 under the present plan, has again editorialized on the side of the Federal plan. Their editorial, which shows a clearer concept of the representation problem in sparsly settled Eastern Oregon than many others we have seen, is re printed in part. It said: "Our national senate is membered by two senators for each state no more, none less. New York and Nevada.each have equal representation. Therefore, why the fuss over Oregon counties having one senator each? "We know for sure that quality of government would not suffer one iota under one senator per county apportionment. Many of the state's out standing leaders have come from the sparsely settled areas. "The fact that they come from sparsely popu lted areas often has made them more representa tive of all the people because they have been free of the terrific pressures that are usually most pro. nounced in the cities. Our nation's founders recognized this factor when they provided for area representation in one house of the congress." We in Morrow county are already feeling the effects of re apportionment as it is now done. In 1952 Morrow, Umatilla and Union counties had one joint senator. By 1955 Morrow county was in one large district composed of Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, Sherman, Hood River, Wasco counties, and we have one senator. By 1G90 our district will probably include Morrow, Giant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco counties. In other words, as population increases in the state, we who live in the more sparsely settled sections will continually find our districts getting larger and our represen tation farther from us. The Federal Plan will change tha pattern. The plan needs all the support it can get if it is to gain acceptance over the objections of the heavily populated sections of the state. If you have an opportunity to talk it up to residents In other parts of Oregon, do it. If the proposal Is to win, it will be by very few votes and it could well be that the handful of people you might convert to the plan's justness and logic, could be the difference between a winning or a losing fight. Odd Ends Here around Heppner we have been doing plenty of growing about the tough winter, and It's been sort of a stinker all right, but if we will just look around us we'll find our often-used "banana holt" claim still carries a lot of weight. As proof, take this note we received from our Monument correspondent this week, she said, 'Well. I see you folks out there have plenty of water and so forth, but ours is SNOW AND WIND. Drifts so fast at times the snowplows can't keep the roads open. The stage was till midnight the 21th getting in when it should have been here by 3:30 or 4 in the afternoon. Worst its been in 19 years. I know, because I was living here that winter no mail at all for weeks." We'll have to admit we've had the edge on the weather, but even if it was late, Monument has something that we can't get here In Heppner. They have a stage. Looks to us like Oregon's two senators could find something better to complain about than the fact that a couple of corporations got together and decided to build a new paper mill in the state. If it should come to a choice between a mill and the two senators we'd gladly trade two for one. County Agent's News By N. C Anderson A number of Morrow county livestock men have commented, the last month, on the American National Cattleman's Associa tion study on problems and prac tices of the American cattleman. This study, which has been briefly reported in a number of the livestock journals and farm magazines, presented some start ling facts of the livestock indus try. A survey was made by the research committee of that asso ciation and was aimed at secur ing from cattlemen, the neces sary information through which to pinpoint the problems of the nation's beef cattle industry and to map the Industry's future in & . , From where I sit ...61 Joe Marsh riX 1 Do-It-Wiose-Self? mam . - vM Monk McCarthy's almost as good at publicity stunt as he la at servicing and repairing cars which is pretty darned good. His latest gimmick is a hand bill titled: " Do-It-Yoi'rsei.fkrs! WhyNutGreaaeYourOwnCar?" Then he follows with two paragraphs about all the greases you'll need-the full set of wrenches, spray gun, grease gun, four jacks -the ability to work flat on your back with a face full of goo. And at the very end there's this line: "Or, if that'i too murh trouble, we'll Jo the job for 75." From where I sit, I'll have to admit Monk's schemes attract attention. They often seem far fetched to me, but he and I al ways had different opinions on how to run a business just n we have different opinions about what's the best beverage. He likes hot tea I prefer a glass of beer-rwhich doesn't keep us from having a "smooth-running" friendship. Copyright, l't.io, I nited Stales Ureicers round ;tion research and education. The American National, is co operation with the Washington State college, used question nairies to gather information from 1,588 operators covering 502.616 head of cattle. Over 75 of the cattleman receiving ques tionnaires responded. Of the operators surveyed, 8.9 were purebred breeders, -while 91.0 were commercial operators. The survey was judged by those who have considerable experiences with questionnaires, as one of the most successful ever made. A complete report of the find ings is now available In a bulle tin of eighty-nine pages. It Is very interesting reading and per haps contains a more complete resume of livestock management problems and practices than any thing published. The report covers diseases and parasites, feeding, grading, management, marketing information and re sea: eh. One of the segments of this report which we have heard much discussion on, Is that of the average calving record of cattlemen. The report pointed out that of the cows and heifers bred for 1954 calving, only 79.5 dropped live calves. It was also found that of all cows and heifers bred, only 62.7 weaned off calves which means there was an appalling calf loss of 21 be tween birth and weaning. The west had a little better average than the nation, in that 67.2 calves were weaned. In the STAR THEATER, Heppner Admission Prices! Adults 70c, Students 50c, Children 20c Including Federal Tax. All children occupying seats must buy tickets. Sunday shows continuous from 4 p. m. Other evenings start at 7:30. Boxollice open unlil 9 p. m. Telephone 6-9278. We're so proud of our actionful double-bill program on March 1-2-3 we wvmt to Roar like a Lion I A LAWLESS STREET Technicolor western laid in frontier Colorado Territory with a cast of favorites in cluding Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Jean Parker. HELL'S HORIZON Bill Williams, Maria English and John Ireland in an exciting story of an air crew on a secret mission. Sunday-Monday, March 4-5 THREE STRIPES IN THE SUN Aldo Ray, Phil Carey, Dick York and pretty Mitsuko Kiimua. O'Reilly was a dif ferent guy after he met the girl in the pink kimono. An extremely appealing comedy-drama has been made from this true story based on one of New Yorker maga zine's "fact" pieces filmed mostly in Japan. I'xcellent short subjects too! Sunday shows at 4, 6:15 and 8:30 Tuesday-Wednesday, March 6-7 THE DESPERATE HOURS Here it Is! From Collier's acclaimed serial the book club best seller the prize winning hit play generating more suspense and excitement than the screen has seen In years! Joseph Hayes' plot is based on an actual oeeuranee. Academy-Award-Winning William Wvler's dramatic production has superb tx'rformanees by Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March and an all-star supporting cast. Try to see this from the beginning. THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times March 4, 1926 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson were in Heppner on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall en tertained with a turkey dinner on Sunday In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Uhland and children of Lar ned, Kansas. 'George Swaggart, former resi dent of Heppner, was over from his Pendleton home and spent Monday In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Balsiger of lone and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Kel ler of Lexington attended the an niversary program and banquet of Doric Lodge No. 20, K of P, on Sunday evening. This paper is Informed that ar rangements are being made to start work at once on the Hard-man-Spray road by the federal road bureau. Mr. and Mrs. Walter LaDusire spent several days in Portland the past week, where Mr. La Dusire attended a meeting of the Chrysler organization. Forty of the wool producers and others interested in the sheep industry In this vicinity were brought together in this city on Wednesday afternoon to consider matters of interest pertaining to their business and to meet with President K. G. Warner and Sec retary Hugh Sprout of the Oregon Woolgrowers association. to comment briefly here on the event. The tour could be judged a success In the Interest, especial ly compared with recent years. Attendance at the luncheon, at which t h e Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce were hosts exceeded expectations, while those taking part in the tour ap proximated fifty. Some very good comparisons were made up on the tour which favored stub ble mulch farming, contour oper ations, early seeding made pos sible by deep furrow drilling and strip cropping. A number of far mers on the tour, who visited at the office at the end of the tour, we;e well pleased with the soil protection afforded by strip crop ping at the Paul Brown and Al vin Bunch ranches. If any one thing was evident on the tour, It was that one or two conservation practices are not enough in a year such as we have had this winter and that a complete con servation plan must be used on the farm. While I had the opportunity to Mr. and Mrs. Roy LIndstrom, Mrs. spend but a few minutes at the James Lindsay and Mr. and Mrs. Blue Tag sale In Pendleton last Thursday, while there, I saw a top quality bull purchased by Alec Lindsay, Lexington, and In spected a couple of bulls with Bill Smethurst, Heppner, which he was interested in bidding on. IONE NEWS Mrs. Dale Ray received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Alta Head in Missouri last week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles O'Connor, William Smethurst, members of Locust chapter Order of Eastern Star, attended a reception in Pendleton Saturday evening hon oring Lloyd K. McRea of Helix, Most Worthy Grand Patron of the General Grand Chapter. The re ception was held in Vert Memor Ial club room with Umatilla county chapters acting as hosts. Mr. and Mrs. McRae will spend most of this years term of office visiting Eastern Star chapters all over the world. 4-H Club members Kit and David George have set a record for lamb production this year. From three j ewes, they have seven lambs, which would give them a 233.3 lamb crop, one that is hard to beat. south only 45.7 of the cows bred weaned calves which means that each year more than two cows are retained In order to produce one calf. But it would be impos sible to summarize everything in the bulletin. While I only have one copy in my office, they can be ordered for 30c per copy. Any one who might be interested should leave their name with me and an order for the bulletin will be made up. While a more complete report of the conservation tour, held on Monday of this week will be found in this paper, it is fitting Hardly a week passes but what the quality of Morrow County livestock Is recognized. Last week we reported on a Columbia Ewe, this week it Is Hereford cat tle. Don Robinson of Kirk and Robinson was busy last week with two registered Hereford show and sales, one at Yakima and one at Pendleton. They were the Columbia Empire Polled Here ford sale and the Blue Tag show and sale. At the Yakima show, five head of Herefords consigned by Kirk and Robinson placed In the top three placings within their class. Grand Champion fe male of the show was consigned by them.. At the Blue Tag show, reserve Champion bull was Kirk and Robinson consignment. 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