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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.
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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
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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. Don
is busy grooming for the Oregon
Polled Hereford show and sale to
be held in Redmond, March 2nd
and 3rd. Kirk and Robinson will
consign five head as will Floyd
Worden, Heppner. Our livestock
men were taking advantage of
these good cattle consigned, too.
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