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Peg 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 24, 1957 Sf? pjm? r (3fe ttt (Hint? a MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet etabllshed November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 nar NEWSPAPER PUIUSHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL IDITORIAL A$f0CfATl"3N r Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3M Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Presto! An Editorial (Editor's note The following editorial was printed last week in the twice-weekly Redmond Spokesman and the thought therein coincides with ours on occasion. You will notice that this writer is in the same position this week, so took one of the easy ways out as mentioned below. We "bor rowed" this one). With things so dull the wolf at our door is working part time and that without guarantee of remuneration the editorial department finds itself at a loss for worthwhile subject. However, its combined genius prepared the following treatise on editorials which it hopes you accept in lieu of more meaty reflection. Once upon a time some surly individual rolled out of the sack to discover his private little hell in a state of disorder, and failing to brighten the future with coffee and cigarettes, snarled "some thing oughta be done about it", Presto, editorials! An editorial, says Mr. Webster, is a leading article in a newspaper published as an expression of the views of the person or persons in control. Right, Mr. Webster, as far as It goes. Where do editorials originate? Depends on whether the guy you asked liked the last one he read. The publisher of a semi-weekly newspaper has a choice of writing his own, buying them from a syndicate, clipping them from other news papers, or forgetting them entirely. Since the publisher may also double In brass as reporter, advertising solicitor, circulation manager, print er's devil and latrine orderly, it's not hard to understand why his editorial efforts aren't always gems of wisdom andor profundity. The semi weekly attempts to choose only home grown sub jects, and subsequently finds itself severely handl. capped in producing negotiable material. Like now, for instance, Any editorial writer but a hypocrite firmly be lieves the typewriter is mightier than the tank. While he may not wholly agree with Charles Dud ley Warner that "public opinion is stronger than the legislature and nearly as strong as the Ten Commandments," he is certain that every democ racy must have an enlightened and responsible citizenry. The editorial page, he contends, is a contributing factor to this Utopian state. An editorial is a Journalistic essay that inter prets the news, and exists only because of the widespread belief that once people recognize and understand the problem, they will eventually make a wise decision in choosing a solution. The page provides the publisher his greatest oppor tunity to prove he Is not a "cash register custo dian," but a "keeper of the public conscience." Reason combats error on the editorial page and lends strength to those who insist that right, not might; reason, not Ignorance; truth, not falsehood; moral strength, not brute force, will prevail in a democracy. Like pitchers, editorial writers rely on a change of pace to be effective. By varying his high hard one with casual essays on blueberry pie and black eyed Susans, hairpins and hope chests, feminine foibles and masculine mendacity, the writer at tempts to keep his readers interested and alert An editorial doesn't have to instruct, it can also entertain. Every newspaper has an editorial policy. Some times it is printed in boldface caps, sometimes carried as an agate afterthought, sometimes known only to the publishers. The Spokesman believes that all Americans have the right to their own opinion and also a right to convince others of its merits. There are several ways to skin a cat, and we prefer a "turneth away wrath" approach to the argumentative assault that looses hellfire and brimstone on the undefended head of our target. We abhor jellyfish Journalism and shun neutral ity, but sometimes inspiration and encouragement, commendation and appreciation are more effective than denouncement and condemnation. The Spokesman turns its cheek. Why, even in a week like this, when all the world looks like Lower Slobbovia and even the mailmen consider reneging on their oath, we wouldn't take more than a small bite out of the weather man. From The County Agent's Office By IT. C. Andtrtra Herbert and Robert Teterson in the Gooseberry community re cently planned windbreaks for their homes at the Henry Peterson farm. The windbreaks will be of two rows and will be fifteen hundred feet long. While the de mand for trees is great this year due to the soil bank program there are still some trees avail able from the Oregon Forestry nurhery. Commercial nurseries are also running low on stock so anyone planning tree planting this spring should get their trees ordered soon. Marketing quotas, reinforced with export subsidies, and the soil bank, are reducing wheat supplies. Also in the picture are promotion, dry weather iri the southwest, and a short crop in Europe. Compared to last year, plantings of winter wheat for har. vest In 1957 are 7 smaller in Oregon and 17 smaller in the nation. The sale catalog for the Red Bluff bull sale which claims to be the largest, highest quality range bull sale in America is out. In looking through the catalog we find listed among the 54-1 en tries Kirk and Robinson of Hepp ner. Don has consigned three makes the example used prac tically useless unless a correction Is made. Here is the corrected paragraph as it should have ap peared in the magazine. "With these ratios, you can predict which nitrogen rate will return the most. For Example, let's say wheat prices increase to $2.40 a bushel, harvesting cost remain the same 25 cents per bushel, and nitrogen cost are the same 12 cents a pound. $0.12$2.15 .05, or the 80 pound rate. 80 pounds is .019 the nearest to .05). Again available cash and type of ten ancy agreement are important, Some time ago we reminded readers of this column that two Important meetings would be coming up soon. They are the annual meetings of the Heppner and Boardman Soil Conservation Districts. The Heppner Soil Con servation District will hold Its an nual, meeting at the Lexington Grange hall on Tuesday evening January 29 while the Boardman district will hold their annual meeting at the Greenfield Grange hall in Boardman on January 30. Both have scheduled Dr. Burton Wood, head of the agricultural economics department at Oregon State college. Those who have heard Dr. Wood speak will not miss being to these meetings. Dr X 7T .... r AW mi""" 4 4 4 LT. GOVERNOR NEEDED During Governor Robert D. Hol mes' triD with Mrs. Holmes to Washington, D. C, to see the in auguration, legal eagles around the legislature got into deep speculation about who would be governor if anything like hitting the Rocky Mountains should hap pen to the governor's plane to add to the time he was absent from the state and the office was va cant. A big majority of the attorneys and some judicial eagles believe the case of Senator Walter Pear son Is basic, as does Attorney Gen. eral Robert Y. Thornton. They are of the opinion that the case should go before the courts as soon as possible even if it re quirics weeks of recess by the legislature. They see ample ground for uncertainty. If the legislature should pass laws, meet its other duties and adjourn only to find that Pear son's election by 15 to 14 was legal regardless of the commit ments among the members, then all the acts of the legislature would be illegal and the cost of another session would burden the taxpayers. Other reasons that when the 15-14 vote was made, the Senate was not organized was only a caucus and until organized by a temporary speaker and . the caucus-nominated president was elected by a majority there could not be a legal president. A sufficient answer to the tie votes would be a lieutenant governor with authority to de cide a tie vote for President of the Senate or Speaker of the House. TWO MILLION A DAY The two Senate teams 15 Re publican and 15 Democrats each jinxed with a fix that they must have a senate president of their choice, have been costing the . . , out many thought provoking i taxpayers oi tne state approxi questions. The meeting gets mately $5,000 a day in legislative under way at 7:30 p. m. for the expense. Heppner district and at 11:00 a. I But tha is only one way of m. for the Boardman district. looking at it. i Legislative appropriations and Newest 4-H livestock club is the 'J expendetures during the past Hinton Butter Creek club organ-, decade have been Increasing at a Ized last Friday evening. Officers rate of 22 per cent a session in of the new club are president, Jen. 1 Oregon. The 1955 legislature ap nifer Brindle: vice Dresident. Ter-:Propriated an average of more ryl Greenup; secretary, Jacquelyn than two million dollars a day. If Brindle; song leader, Annamarie we senate naa organizeu me ursi Brindle and news reporter, Larry I day the present session could Monagle. Other members are have spent $22,100,000 in the time Billy Monagle. Leaders are Bob they were fanning for a presi. Brindle and Don GreenuD. Pro- dent- Oregon taxpayers snouid have the highest regard for the thirty SLANTS FROM THE SESSION The Senate stalemate has a de pressing effect on the whole body. As a spectator to some of the Sen ate's struggles to get. iueu jects carried by the club mem bers are sheep and swine. THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times January 27,1927 Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner were in from their farm home on Tues day, having succeeded In break ing a road out to the highway. eanized my mind went back to , in wnnderland. I finally ap. W lie ui - I Alive " - , j presentative,! predate the difficulty Alice had column of trying to understand the rules of caucus race in me rauuu hole. This column, however, is not going to attempt to concern itself with political maneuverings. I will try to bring you items about the people who maKe up ic forth-ninth legislative assembly, interesting sidelights ana mayDe a little social news. It Is the usual practice for many wives to work as their husbands' spcretaries. In addition this ses sion we have among our ranKs P.- Mrs. c. A. Tom (Mrs. C. A. Tom, wife of this Alice district's state re this week starts a column w. trying Hahtor npws from the state legis- the caucus lature. It will be presented fre quently during the session.) (SALEM) The wheels of gov ernment are sometimes slow to put in motion. It is to De nopeu that by the time this column reaches print the wheels of the Oregon Legislature will have begun to turn in earnest, wuu thirtv-two new members in the House of Representatives me committees are shouldering tneir heavy work load with caution, thrifty senators who spent so much time deciding on a senate president instead of spending two million dollars a day oi state funds. POUTICAL PERSONALTIES JOHN HORTON, Idaho Power Co. attorney of Baker and Philip Hitchcock are frequent "co-poii-tickers" around the Capital lobby Hitchcock has been making many public addresses recently most of them in the first congressional district. This has started politi cal rumors that he may be a' readying to jump the Washington D. C. homestead claim of Con gressman Walter Norblad. Horton won, his kingmaker me dal in private power circles with an 11th hour charge against Al Ullman in the second congres sional district in the 1954 politi cal campaign which elected Sam Coon. The trick ricocheted in 1956 to put Ullman in Congress and leave Coon home. The refusal of Hitchcock to withdraw from the 1956 primary race and leave Doug McKay clear field will cost him the die hard Republican vote, if he de cides to run against Norblad for the Republican nomination in 1958. JASON LEE, Salem attorney: gave former governor Al Nor blad's boy Walter an eleventh hour scare when he ran for con gress in the 1st district last No vember. Lee who lost by less than 10 percent of votes cast, proved that Noblad is not the formidable political figure that many have been guessing him to be. This close race has cultured ideas of running against Norblad in the noggins of many self start ers. NO DRIP IN NEWS The purpose of Governor Robert D. Holmes' announcements and appointments are not leaking out of his office to special sources. In times past some administration "leaks" and advance information on executive action or policies have been in the category of special privilege. fer Brindle; vice president, Tagev r, v.v..aiy, jacKie Brin dle; song leader, Ann Brindle and reporter, Larry Monagle. Our next meeting will be Feb. 3. Larry Monagle.reporter THE JOLLY CHEFS The lone Jolly chefs met at Sherry Corley's home January 19 at 1:30 p m. The meeting was called to order by the president Six girls were present. Miss Bradshaw distributed the record pamphlets and explained how to use them. The cooking II girls prepared potato soup. Mrs. Baker demon strated how to make baking pow. der biscuits and quick cinnamon red is for the cooking III girls. Our next meeting will be at the in the House two daughters, one hQme of Mar0yn Morgan & niece arm one juui.g SChool January 30. hna tflkpn a lerm away uum, college to serve as his brother's secretary. There is at the moment a on of unhappiness stemming from a remark made by a new represen tative. The gentleman in question informed the newspapers that while his wife would serve as his secretary she did not intend to draw salary. Some of the other wives feel that this puts them in an unfair position in the eyes of the public. Oregon does not yet oav her legislators enough to cover the expenses of living in Salem for an entire session. Quite a few of our men could not af ford to come if it were not for their wives' salaries. The wives, therefore, want it clearly under stood that while the Job may be a fascinating experience it Is also a financial necessity. Fortunately, such trivial an noyances are few and far be tween. Most of us are grateful for the opportunity to watch gov ernment in action. Our first week wound up with an address by Dr. W. C. Menninger of the famed psychiatric clinic in Topeka, Kan sas to the members, of both Houses in joint session. At the conclusion of his remarks, as the members of the Senate returned to their own chamber, it was de voutly hoped by many that they might have profited from the ob servations of one who has made a life work of reconciling con flicts in men's minds. o- Marilyn Morgan, reporter. THE TEENAGE STITCHERS Our all day meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Louis Carlson, leader. Miss Bradshaw helped us fit our garments. Judy Morgan and Linda Hams were unaole to be present. Our next all day meet ing will be held Jan. 26 at the some place. JMtt tUIhew NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF THE COUNTY COURT, DATED January 10, 1957, 1 am authorized and directed to advertise and sell at public auction at not less than the minimum price herein set forth: The South half of Lot Four (4), Block Three (3), Days Addition to the City of Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon for the mini mum price of $25.00. THEREFORE, I will on the 15th day of February, 1957, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. at the front door of the Court House in Hepp ner, Oregon, sell said property to the highest and best bidder. C. J. D. BAUMAN Sheriff, Morrow County, Oregon. 45-49c 0 Printing Is Our Business I See Us For Your Next Printing Needsl BUTTER AND HINTON CREEK LIVESTOCK CLUB Our first club meeting of the year was held at the home of Bob Brindle. We elected the fol lowing officers: president, Jenni- Long Distance Nation-Wide Moving Service Mayflower Agents . Padded Vans Portland Bros. TRANSFER CO. Pendleton, Oregon Phone 338 John Bush, theater man of Ver nonia, Oregon, was a visitor here over Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Kirk. polled and one horned bull for this sale which will be held at J Wood has a unique way in pre senting a subject which is some Red Bluff, California on Febru ary 7, 8, and 9. For readers of the Oregon agri cultural Progress a correction is to be made in the new Issue re cently mailed to farmers who have asked for this quarterly publication on up to date re search at Oregon State college. A correction should be made on page 5 and is such that it STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs., Frl., Sat., Jan. 24-25-26 Blackjack Ketchum, Desperado Howard Duff, Maggie Ma honey Plus Port Afrique Pier Angell, Phil Carey, Dennis Price Sun- Mon., Jan. 27-28 Toward The Unknown William Holden, Lloyd Nolan. Virginia Leith Tues Wd.. Jan. 29-30 Bigger Than Life James Mason, Barbara Rush It's BUCK NIGHTS! times "dry" when presented by other economists. Title of his talks will be "Agrabusiness and Conservation" and "There is still some life left in Old Nell". At the Heppner district meeting a panel on conservation promises to bring John Skuzeskl, tailor, will go, to Portland on Sunday to attend j the convention of tailors held in that city. j Tuesday evening a number of upper classmen of the high school staged a sleighing party at the home of Joy and Harold Erwin. Those present were Miss Miller, Miss Fishel, Miss Wilson, Edna Vaughn, Mae Doherty, Margaret Smith, Florence Bergstrom, Pa tricia Mahoney, Eva Hlatt, Mae Groshens, Mary Ritchie, Gerald Slocum, Joe Brosnan, Robert Tur ner, Ellis Thomson, Onez Parker, John Turner, Gene Doherty and Delvin Adkins. 1 Better Check It for Size Is your present fire insurance coverage geareil to the current value of your prop erty? If not, better take steps now to cor rect a situation wliioh could result in serious loss. Let u check ft with you. Turner, Van Marter fr Bryant Real E-tat Insurance Phon 8-9652 Heppntt Chevrolet shows you some important differences in low-priced cars just by the look on its face ! Wouldn't you say that most of the '57 cars look good from 50 feet away, but what about from 50 inches away? What does a close-up of the grille tell you, for example? Is it solidly made like the new Chevrolet grille? Or, in comparison does it look less rich in design-feel less strong and solid? Compare the quality and construction of the bumpers and headlights, the fit of the chrome trim. The more closely you look all around the car, the more clearly you'll see that Chevrolet has the edge in the way it's put together. You'll find, for instance, that Chevrolet is the only car in its field with a lacquer finish . . . that only Chevrolet Bel Air models give you foam rubber cushions in front and rear seats as standard equipment. These are just a few of the advantages of Body by Fisher. And Chevrolet, you know, is the only low-priced car that has a Fisher Body. We'll be glad to give you a close-up, com-" parative look at this new Chevy any time you care to come in. This week, maybe? Only franchised Chetrolet dealers displ 'ay this famous trademark Fulleton Chevrolet Company
