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Poge2 Heppner Gezette Times, Thursday, October 18, 1956 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MOBBOW GOUNTT'l NIWiPAPIR Tin Hppn Otantt. MtoblUhtd Mareh 80, 1881 Th Eeppnw Tints MtbUhd NoYmb 18, 1897. Consolidated February If, 1M1 ttlWIPAMfc POIlltNIKt tocunow ROBIRT PENLAND Editor and Publiahor GRETCHEN PENLAND Aasoclata Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Published Every Thursday and Entwaa at th Posit Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter ubscrlptlon Rates: Morrow and Grant Counnea, J.0O Year; naawiiare $4.00 Year, single Copy 10 Cents, The Ballot Measures Almost lost In the maze of vocal fireworks that has surrounded most Individual candidates for various national, state and local offices is the fact that there are seven measures on the November G ballot which deserve every voter's attention, Five of them were referred to the people by the legis lature, one was referred by petition and the sev enth is an initiative measure. Lets look at them. No.l State Tax Laws, Immediate Effect Autho rized. This measure would give the legislature power to attach the emergency clause to tax measures to permit them to go into effect im mediately after passage and signing by the gover nor. It also proivides that the filing of an initia tive petition to submit the measure to the voters shall not suspend the operation of the measure until the people have voted upon it. Some think that passage of this measure would rob the people of their gains under the referen dum, but we don't believe that to be true. We send our legislators to Salem to work out, among other things, a reasonable and unified tax pro gram but we prevent them from doing it because of the present law which makes it possible to refer any tax measure merely by obtaining a small number of signatures. The result has been that the legislators have been forced to pass tax mea sures which they think will get by without refer ral regardless of whether they tie in with the state's general tax pattern or not. Passage of this measure would give them a chance to develop a reasonable, understandable and just tax pro gram. We recommend a "Yes" vote. No. 2 Authorizing State Acceptance of Certain Gifts. This measure will merely allow the state to accept gifts or bequests of corporation stock. This measure will not allow state agencies to buy stock, just accept it if it is offered. We can see no objection. We recommend a "Yes" vote. No. 3 Salaries of Certain State Officers. This measure would repeal original provisions of the constitution adopted in 185D which fix salaries of the governor at $1500, treasurer at $800 and Supreme court Judges at $2000. The section of the constitution is obsolete and the salaries set are definitely unrealistic. In fact, this provision has been ignored for years. The legislature should be allowed to set these salaries in accordance with changing need and conditions. Certainly a "Yes" vote. No. 4 Qualifications for County Coroner and Surveyor. At the present time anyone can run for these offices as long as he is a qualified voter there are no other requirements, yet both of fices call for specialized skills. It is only reason able that a person seeking these offices should have some qualifications for them, In fact it is Just good business. A "Yes" vote here is recommended. No.5 Salaries of State Legislators. This mea sure would boost the salaries of our representa tives and senators from $G0O to $1200 a year. The additional cost to the taxpayer if this measure passes would be $54,400 per year. Anyone with any understanding of economics must appreciate that a legislator cannot even begin to break even financially under the present pay scale, and, as a result, the state is losing the services of many men and women who, because they are not financially independent, cannot af ford to run for either the senate or house. Actually we believe the suggested $1200 is too low, but that is the amount asked by the legislators them selves, and we feel they are definitely entitled to it. This measure only increases the salaries, it does not give the legislators themselves the right to increase them again in the future. That can only be done by a vote of the people. This deserves a big "Yes" vote. No. 6 Cigarette Tax. This measure was refer red to the people by petition and would levy a tax of three cents per package of 20 cigarettes. We feel this is a discriminatory measure which would affect only a certain group of people. Many states now have such a tax, and this one is esti mated to bring in $5,500,000 annually to the state treasury. Whether you feel a cigarette is a ne cessity or a luxury will determine your decision as to whether this tax is fair or unfair. We per sonally would pay our share if this measure pas ses, for we consume our share of the cigarettes smoked in Oregon, and if such a tax is deemed necessary by the legislature, we won't kick about paying it, but we would prefer to see measure No, 1 passed by the voters. Then if the legislature thinks a cigarette tax should be included as part of an overall state tax program, we could see no objection to it. The original bill was passed when It appeared the state was in dire need for addi tional funds, but as it has turned out that need is not quite so pressing at the present time. We recommend a "No" vote, at least until such a time as a cigarette tax is included as part of a general tax program. No. 7 Prohibiting Certain Fishing in Coastal Streams. This measure would prohibit commer cial salmon or steelhead fishing in any coastal stream south of the Columbia (except for certain commercial chum salmon fishing in the Tillamook Bay area). The proponents of this initiative measure con tend the bill would conserve the sport fishing in these streams while opponents claim the regula tions of the bill would be imposed because of the self-interest of a limited few. We doubt that commercial fishing in any of the streams concerned makes any of the affected fishermen much of a living, but because of the present regulations over such fishing, we also doubt that the commercial tisning tods spons men ot much of either. To the best of our know ledge, the amount of commercial fishing in any of the small coastal streams is quite minor, yet it does provide a few persons with at least a part of their livlihood. We, here in Eastern Oregon, are a long ways from this problem and we hesitate to made a re commendation. The most we will say is that pro bablv our personal vote will be "No." We recommend that all voters read their Voters Pamphlet carefully for a complete explanation of the above seven measures and the full arguments both pro and con on each. Our explanations have been brief, but we think they have covered the main points. TO THE EDITOR . . . (Editor's note This newspaper has received numerous cuppings of editorials and stories concern ing Senator Wayne Morse which readers have asked that w print In the Gazette Times. We wish we could accommodate them all, but space restrictions prevent the use of most of them. We will try, however, to use at least parts oi them if possible.) To The Editor: Since you have opened up the "Why I Am" column and had an answer from my friend Mr. Logan, I wish to add why I Am Not a Democrat! My father was an Oregon Demo crat for 50 years and for the first years following when I became STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs.. FrU Sat., Oct. 1819-20 In addition to the powerful and exciting action feature The Proud Ones We are pleased to present The Nat "King" Cole Story with half-dozen of his more popular tunes. Sunday-Monday. Oct. 21-22 The mighty motion picture The Conqueor with John Wayne Sunday shows at 4, 6:20, 8:40 Tues Wed., Oct. 23-24 Good-Bye, My Lady is Ideal all family entertain ment. MAKE IT A PARTY FOR HALLOWE'EN See ua about Group Rates for this Shock and Shudder Show a voter I voted for people whom I knew or knew something about. When it became necessary to register in order to obtain a bal lot I had some very good friends who became candidates for office as Republicans and therefore re gistered Republican. The Morrow county Republicans believed in keeping politics in Morrow county bipartisan and would leave the assessor's posi tion open and therefore the De mos would nominate Jake Wells for the Job and Jake held the position all the while that he lived. When I moved to Clackamas county I transferred my registra tion and as I did not know a single man who was up for of fice I voted blind, but after fol lowing the legislative records of some whom I had voted for, I marked such parties and expect to keep my registration as Repub lican for the rest of my voting days just in order to vote against such politicians and any of their friends who may appear on my future ballots. Bert Mason 1522G S. E. Meadow Lark Portland automatic heating service! We keep track of the oil you use our automatic Housewarmer service makes sure your tank is kept filled with clean, economical Standard Furnace Oil. It contains Thermisol, too, to "tuneup"yourfurnacewhile you use it! For circulating heaters, we have pure-heat Standard Stove Oil. It's 100distilledforfast,steady heat... burns completely... you get ALL the heat you pay for. Give us a call for modern oil heat at its best. Order your supply today! .' J?N : . M h If S A r ,; 1 I: .XJ call your L. E. "ED" DICK Heppner Ore. Phone 6-9633 Housewarmer L. r. "PECK" LEATHERS lone. Ore. Phone 8-712S JjAu'ljVlede iiidl.HMvJiV 'rntil1 - MSiil. .WKVltfiltfMllll From The County Agent's Office By N, A prediction made by Morrow county livestock growers, who were the first to ask lor a Bru cellosis test area, that eventually every county in Eastern Oregon would go along with this pro gram, was true. After a few years THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times October 21, 1926 Contract for surfacing the last remaining uncompleted stretch of highway between Pendleton and Heppner will be let at the Octo ber 25 meeting of the state high way commission at Portland. C Anderson of indecision several of the counties who were opposed to such a program have now an ac tive program or are in the pro cess of establishing one. Recently Wheeler county circulated peti tions and held a hearing which was favorable to such a program. Grant county have presented their petitions to the county court and a hearing will be held within the next week. Baker, Union and Malheur counties are weir under way with a test program while Umatilla & Sherman are in the clean-up stages. The counties who have hesitated with the pro gram are not getting the help that Morrow county had in cleaning up this disease. Dr. A. D. McMurdo is expected to return today from his hunting trip of more than a week in the mountains. Dr. M- A. Leach of Pendleton and F. B. Nickerson, abstractor of this city, were with Dr. McMurdo last week. W. W. Smead, postmaster, went up to join him a few days ago. Miss Leora Devin, who "is a teacher in the Stanfield schools, was a weekend visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Devin in Heppner. Stanley Robinson and Carl McDaniel of Lone Rock were visitors in Hardman Friday. Bernard Bleakman, Owen Lea thers, Jan and James Miller and Pirl Howell returned recently from a hunting trip. Billy Swanson of lone has been in Heppner for several days dur ing the week on jury duty. W. V. Crawford arrived from Portland Monday morning and nas accepted a position with Patterson & Son, druggists, in this city. Clarence Carmichael received a broken rib in the football game at Lexington Sunday and was attended by Dr. Johnston. Miss Reita Neill, who has been spending a couple of weeks at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson, departed Tuesday for her home in Yak ima, Washington. Delbert Emert and Herbert Ek strom lone Hereford breeders re turned this past weeked from W H R Production sale at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Each purchased out standing Herefords at this sale to add to their herds. Mr. Emert purchased a herd sire of Verne Diamond breeding which is one of the outstanding English im ported Herefords used by the Wy oming hereford ranch. He also purchased four bred heifers. Herb Ekstrom purchased two bred hei fers which should be a good ad dition to his herd. While visit ing with Herb last Sunday after noon and looking at his cattle a great lot of improvement can be seen in this herd over the past couple of years. Five bulls which are consigned to the Midco Here ford sale to be held at Moro on October 31 are outstanding. Top hereford consignments will also be made to this sale by Frank Anderson and Bernard Doherty. foPT cult sales through shrinkage. It would be necessary for our livestocK men iu this as conditions will vary with situations. It does appear that the organize n-cuc. sale is finding a big place in ef fecient marketing of feeder cal ves. Some of our livestock grow ers will have their first opportun ity in consigning to the feeder sale to be held at the Winks Auc tion Yard on November 15. - u ' Mrs. Mabel Chaffee and Mrs. Ethel Zeimants attended the An tique Show at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Pen dleton last Tuesday. COMING to the stage of the Star Theater Oct. 27, SATURDAY ONLY, in addition to the regu lar program, THE RHYTHM KINGS with 30 minutes of Western tunes. No increase in admission. 32c 4-H Club Now IONE LIVESTOCK CLUB The lone 4-H Livestock club had a meeting at Roland Ek Strom's house Oct. 14. There are two new members Mancell Townsend and William Akers. We elected officers. They are Kenny Nelson, president; Roland Ekstrom, vice president; Kenny Smouse, secretary and Mancell Townsend and William Akers, news reporters. Mr. Kenneth Smouse is our leader and Mr. Fred Nelson, as sistant leader. There were five visitors and four members at the meeting. Kenny Smouse told about his trip down at summer school in Corvallis. William Akers, reporter With marketing of livestock formost in the minds of everyone these days results of weaner calves before a feeder sale should be of interest. A careful check was made in Baker county last year on the best method of handl ing weaner calves prior to a cooperative feeder sale. Part of the calves were weaned approxi mately two weeks before the sale and put on dry feed. These calves came to the sale and did not suffer from excessive shrink age. They took to the strange feed and water quicker than the straight from the cow. 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