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Pogt 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 17, 1957 MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 0 NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL assocITati"on iJJUMi.r.r,,,, Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $-1.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. The Governor's Program Oregon's new governor, itouert D. Holmes, in his inauguration speech Monday, handed the states legislators about the biggest handful of hot potatoes any governor has presented to the assembly in quite a while. His speech consisted largely of his program for governing the state and among his numerous points were many which have considerable merit, but on the other hand he submitted several which may well cause even the Democratic members of the legislature some concern. One thing that should be obvious to anyone who who read the lengthy list of recommenda tions made by Governor Holmes is that when he pressed for the "Forward Look" in state govern ment he made it plain that the people can look forward to an increasingly heavier income tax bill if his program is carried out. He called for elimination of the distasteful surtax; asked for increases in school aid and higher education teachers salaries; more money for school build ings, etc., to name Just a few, then asked for an increase in income tax rates to offset the loss of income from the surtax. Maybe we're a little thickheaded, but we can't quite follow the gov ernor's reasoning. If, for example, over a given period the present income tax rate with the sur tax nets the state $100,000,000. Suppose then the surtax is removed (a loss of $45,000,000 to the state) and the tax rate boosted to make up the difference or even bring in more Income, Just . what is to be gained? It all adds up to the same number of dollars that we are going to have to pay, and we can't see what difference it makes whether we pay It as a surtax or as an Increased income tax. It might be different if the tax bill were spread around a little and some of the money was derived from a sales tax, for example, but the Governor has definitely turned thumbs down on any such proposal. He called for a more aggressive program for attracting industry to Oregon, then in the next breath asked for an Increase In income tax rates for corporations the very thing that many well informed persons In the state have claimed is driving industry away from Oregon and into our neighboring states. Looks to us like a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand Is doing. The governor's program also called for numer. ous changes In the makeup of Oregon's govern ment. He asked for the elimination or consoli dation of many boards or commissions and the re-establishment of many of them under the di rect control of the governor. Some of his proposals were good, but the overall Idea behind such a wide spread plan.'as we see it, is to eventually develop strong top-seat command over a large portion of government that Is now under the con trol of the legislature or other elected officials. Oregon's government has never been a "one-man proposition," and it has been much the better be caues of its diversity of authority. Such Is true whether the administration is Republican or Democrat. If the published statement that the new gover. nor plans to play politics with the state police by removing that departments head for no ap parent reason other than a political one, is found correct, that move could prove to be very damag ing to Holmes's prestige and Judgment It Is to be expected that a change in administration will bring with it a change in numerous department and board heads political payoffs are generally accepted practice but the police system of the state, above all others, should remain outside the realm of politics. It has been immune from, such disruption since its formation in 1931 and should remain so. If the governor has some reason other than political for the removal of Mr. Maison, he should make it known quickly and back it with facts. The Governor offered other recommendations that are useful and, we believe, wise such as the creation of a lieutenant governor, a full-time pa role board, further development of flood control and power projects, and others. The legislature, of course, holds the key to the governor's program and truly, its members face a monumental task of .trying to give the governor what he asks for, yet 'keep the voters reasonably happy by not increas ing taxes too much nor making any particularly radical changes in the system in which we have become accustomed to having our government operate. Our legislators will have a truck-load of headaches before they get through this session. Printing Makes Us Free The Nation is now observing Printing Week, appropriately, since it coincides with the anniver sary of the birth of the most famous of American printers, Benjamin Franklin. Printing is worth more than a casual thought. It was the invention that did most to free the mind of man in the mass. It gave men easy access to the ideas of others. It opened the discoveries of others to minds capable of building up them. It is not too much to say that the capacity of mankind for advancement remained in a strait Jacket until the device of printing became com mon. The ancient developed ideas and made a considerable quantity of scientific and mathemati. cal discoveries but the records of them, locked In a few hand-written manuscripts, were accessible to only a few, and these not always the right per sons, Printing, by broadcasting these records, made it easy for them to fall under the eye of those who could and would put them to use. The destruction of the library at Alexandria, the greatest collection of books in the ancient world, was a blow from which civilization did not recover for centuries. Its manuscripts were not easily replaceable, if at all. Destruction of a mod ern great library, while regrettable enough, would be no such loss to the world. Apart from senti mental values, practically everything exists in plenty of printed copies elsewhere and can easily be reproduced. As a result of all this, springing from the art of printing, man enjoys whatever measure of free, dom is his today. In this respect his enemy today is the suppressor of printed things, the fanatic who bars print to all but the ideas his narrow mind approves. THIRTY YEARS AGO From files of the Gazette Times Jan. 20, 1927 With the second semester be ginning January 17, and with an increased enrollment In both high and grade school, school district No. 1 of Heppner Is faced with a hard situation, and the school authorities have been puzzling their heads as to Just what to do with the new students. The snow storm struck Heppner Tuesday night and continued all day Wednesday, lasting approxi mately 24 hours. Dallas wara or Lexington, a senior in the school of vocational education at O. A. C, has been initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, na tional honorary fraternity, APPLIANCES REDUCED DURING OUR CLEARANCE From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Last week at their annual meet, ing the Oregon Dairymen's Asso ciation gave its offieiaWamirnval to the proposed 1957 Oregon uariy rroaucts Commission bud get. From the looks of the bud get which amounts to almost a quarter of a million dollars the dairy people will get a lot of work done this year. The money is raised by a self imposed tax by dairy producers. They voted to in crease the 1 cent per pound but ter fat tax to a 2 cent per hun dred weight on all milk shippers and M cent per pound butter fat on all cream shiDDed. The cost for the dairy men is less than 4 tenuis cents per cow per day. This is a good example of what a commodity group can do to advertise their products in a voluntary program. Members of the Oregon Wheat Growers League executive com mittee which includes a chair- man from each county wheat as sociation will meet Thursday at Pendleton. The meeting is a work session to get programs under wav for the new vear. Those attending will review the work that has to he dorm frnm resolutions passed at the annual meeting held n Portland in De cember. From the looks of the agenda there will be a lot of important business transacted af fecting the financial welfare of the wheat grower. will get under way at 10:00 a. m. and will be through by noon. It will be held at the club house at the fair grounds. Everyone in this age group is invited to attend. Frank Anderson, Eightmile registered Hereford breeder is spending this week at the West ern National Livestock show in Denver. Frank left for Denver last weekend to look for a new herd sire to add to his top herd of Herefords. As lambing time grows near the nutritional requirements of the ewe go up rapidly. Most of the fatal growth takes place in the last six weeks of pregnancy, and results in a small capacity for food. This necessitates feeding more concentrated rations. Silage may be fed it not more than two pounds is fed per day. Feed all the good quality legume hay the ewes will clean up as well as V-i to 3i pound of home grown grain per day. Keep a mineral mixture of steam bone meal and salt in front of the sheep at all times. In our neighboring county of Gilliam livestock feeders have become interested in the use of Stilbestrol and Synovex injec tions in cattle for high daily gains. Some work was done in 1956 which showed exceptional gains were resulting from palate injections in feed lot cattle. This year over 2,000 head have been palated in that county. In look ing over the tests in one herd, that of Marion Weatherford's, harmone injected animals are making a considerable increase in gain over the control. Twenty showed an average daily gain head injected with Synovex showed an average daily gain of 2.9o pounds for a 60 day period in comparison to a 2.78 pound gain in Stilbestrol treated ani-, mals and a 2.53 daily gain in the control group. Arrangements have been made for Injecting approxi-; mately 200 head in Morrow county as sood as weather condi tions are more favorable. AdsJUfliiT" All young men and women the ages of 14 to 21 are invited to the organizational meeting of a 4 H Junior leaders club on Sat urday January 19. The meeting NEXT SENATE DEMOCRATIC Is Republicanism in Oregon losing its shirt or has it already lost it? At the Nov. 6th election the GOP lost the House and enough Senators to the Democrats to as sure a 4 to 1 chance of getting political control of the Senate at the next session, 1959. The Democrats now have 12 holdover Senators whose terms do not expire until 1961. To secure political control of the 1959 Sen ate they will have to elect only four of the 15 Democrats who will be running in 1958. The Republicans have only three holdover Senators. In order to get control of the 1959 Senate they will have to elect 13 of the 15 Republicans who are running in 1958. Sen. Phil Brady of the 1957 ses sion is not a holdover, nor is Sen. Monroe Sweetland. Sen. Brady has been a consistent winner in his county, Multnomah, for the past 20 years. He says he ex pects to run again in 1958. Sen Monroe Sweetland who won his seat in the Senate by a wide margin expects to run for re election. LEGISLATIVE SEESAW The 15 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the Senate at this session of the legislature will work some good for the people and put a halter on party-promoting groups in both houses. Any bill the 31 Democrats In the House pass for a party build up will get 15 negative votes and fail to pass when it reaches the Senate. Going the other way, any bill the Republicans manage to squ eeze through the Senate by one or more votes will be killed by 31 Democratic votes when it reaches the House. Then thre will be a Democratic governor reaching for his veto pen whenever anything too Republican reaches his desk. LEGISLATIVE PARTIES - Chumming through the state after the inauguration of Gover nor Robert D. Holmes Monday afternoon was Salem Chamber of Commerce manager, Stanley Grove just adding the personal touch to the formal invitations sent by the chamber to members of the legislature for a Salem C of C reception and dinner Janu ary 29th at the Marion Hotel. HOLMES, WIFE TO SEE IKE . Governor Robert D. Holmes and his wife will attend the inaugu ration of President Eisenhower Jan. 20th. They will fly to Wash, ington, D. C. Jan. 19, returning immediately after the inaugura tion. SPACE SHY IN CAPITOL Every other year space around the Capitol is short. Departments are crowded together to make room for legislative committees and attaches. Space has to be rented at high rent because of short term leases. Secretary of State Mark Hatfield, who also is custodian of state buildings, urges arrangements for the next gubernatorial inaugu ration to be held in a larger place than the State House of Represen tatives. He said he had no specific sug gestions but felt that better ar rangements could be made for the 1959 Inaugural if planning starts now. Mark may not have heard it and that again maybe, but there has been much talk that he should be the Republican candi date for governor in 1958, O. S. E. A. SALARY REPORT A hospital survey analysis and salary report of 93 pages will be presented to the legislature this week by the Oregon State Employees Association. According to the report there has been an employee turnover of 41.8 per cent in the biennium. Continued on Pae 5 WOMEN'S Graff Californiawear BLOUSES -JACKETS -SKIRTS -2-PC. DRESSES 40 OFF WILSON'S MEN'S WEAR DAN CE Sponsored By lone American Legion Saturday, Jan. 26 IONE LEGION HALL Music By The FOUR TdNES " Supper Served Adm. $1.00 Regular $309.95 MAYTAG AUTOMATIC WASHER 279 95 Among those from Heppner In Pendleton to attend the wool- growers convention were Pat Ma- honey, John Kilkenny and Frank Monahan. STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs.. Frl., Sat. Jan. 17-18-19 Showdown At Abilene Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer, Lyle Bettger plus The Creature Walks Among Us Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason Sun., Mon., Jan. 20-21 The Opposite Sex June Allyson, Joan Collins, Delores Gray, Ann Sheridan and many more. Sunday at 6:20 and 8:40 Tues.. Wed Jan 22-23 The World In My Corner Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow. BUCK WKJHT MWUMM1IMMII Ill IIIUBUUUIOMMMIUIJUIIIMIM ; if ; a-v ,n Vn i c.V Vv tT! V -,nmMM 4 -u t : , vj'K'U ' 18-17 miles Per a"on JW rfifw on North America's Nr tC toughest truck run! fjiti i tfilt Is f - L 1 , j ThaVa the gas mileage reported f iVln ffW fcy. Cameo Carrer after covering gjji ! i4st JKSl' tha tntlr length ot the Alcan Highway &rJ U" vJ$X In less than 45 hours! All six SViHjj. new Task-Force Irucfcs tnat made $ N " p0 tt tun lurned P scores for f,-' $ lA Ivlv ffr-rf performance and economy! I 0, m.) y& ,y . ''j.giiss wtsem worn vsmm U-'t f 1 1 7 A -C'-58 fc5 xzzs K TTTT! f r r , w-i ! ' 1 i ,-v hp ? -A Regular $389.95 G. E. STRATOLINER ELECTRIC RANGE Regular $599.95 MAYTAG 18 CU. FT. HOME FREEZER $229.95 $469.95 Was $499.95 G.E. 15CU. FT. FREEZER ggfg Regular $229.95 G. E. MOBILMAID DISHWASHER RFeg. $429.9511 CU. FT. G. E. REFRIGERATOR $179.95 $369.95 Supervised and cerufied by ihe AAA. Nevs Task-Force 57 Chevrolet Trucks Six heavily loaded Chevy trucks ran all the way up the rugged Alcan Highway in less than 45 hours! That's cutting more than a full day oil the normal running time! They ran right around the clock, stop ping only to refuel. But the important fact about this run was that it proved new Chevy trucks through and through. The Alcan Highway is a supreme test of every truck component. Engines had to prove their power up high climbing grades and through washouts. Frames and suspen sions flexed their muscles over axle-deep ruts and miles of pounding gravel. "And not a single truck turned back or dropped out due to mechanical failure," states the official AAA report of the test. Every model proved its over-all economy by its ironclad ability to stay on the job! Stop by; we'll talk about it. r Jfh Proved on the Alcan Highway Champs of every weight class! Only franchised Cherrokt dealers HEPPNER HARDWARE AND ELECTRIC Choose your model from among Chevrolet's famous economy-proved Alcan Champsl Short-stroke V8's are standard in all heavyweight truck models and in many of the middleweights. They're loaded with modern features and built to take itl display this famous trademark LOYAL PARKER Fulleton Chevrolet Company
