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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 24, 1957
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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet etabllshed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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NEWSPAPER
PUIUSHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL IDITORIAL
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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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
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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
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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