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Pogt 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, January 31, 193 MOBHOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 18S3. The Heppner Times eitablished November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NEWSPAPER PUILISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Ia$socFati"on 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 frLOO lear. bingie copy iu cents, Odd Ends- FEBRUARY 2, BIG DAY . . . The little fellow above should bring forth a lot of discussion before next Saturday Ground hog Day. With this paper's record for being wrong on weather prognostication, we're not even going to take a small guess at what the little animal is going to find. . . we'll leave it to our readers. Just remember, if he sees his shadow, we've got six more weeks of winter coming. We take no responsibility whatsoever! LOUSY WATER? This past several days that has brought us be low zero temperatures every nlgbi has also brought the city more complaints about the qual ity of its water. Had a resident ask us the other day, "why does our water freeze up so fast." Must be bad water. We'll speak to the coun cil about it! When voters approved the bond issue for the new grade school, it was plainly stated that the building of the new school was only part of a program that included the remodeling of the old school building into a modern high and junior high education plant. The board felt it was wiser to bond only for the new building and then do the remodeling under a yearly budget. We, too, believe they figured wiesly. Our taxes will be a little more for three or four years to pay the additional $25,0C0 or so each year the remodeling will cost, but we will not have to pay interest on bonds to do the job. Another two or possi bly three years will see the completion of the program which will give us a modern educational plant, and yet we will have bonded the district only for the construction of the new building. When we are through we will have spent over one-half million dollars on our educational faci lities but a very great percentage of the money will have gone for actual construction not for interest on bonds. In other words, we have gone on a "pay-as-you-go" basis as far as has been possible. We are far better off than most school districts in the state because of the judgment of our school board. When the time comes to approve a rea sonably small one-year special levy to continue the remodeling program, it should be approved Out total building and remodeling program will probably cost us $100,000 less than the same job would have cost in some poorly managed dis triers. GOVERNOR SAYS NOI We were very glad to see Governor Holmes has denied that he is planning to replace Mr. Malson, head of the state police. His denial was somewhat ambiguous, but he made it pretty clear that no change was planned at the present time. We still believe that he had no reason, other than political, to make any change and hope that he will let a well-run department of the state continue to operate without disruption. CANS OR TINS? Have you noticed the number of TV commer dais lately which talk about buying "tins" of something? Must be the English influence drift ing over across the Atlantic when we buy a "can" of peas or beans they still come in a "can1 as far as we're concerned. Suppose they taste the same either way, though, but just can't get used to the new usage. JUST A CONTINUATION Last week's story about the local school re modeling' program being approved by the ad visory council, didn't tell us anything new, it only re-approved the plan set out more than two years ago by the school board that our local school modernizing program would have to be done over a period of years. WEATHER AND NEWS The continuing cold weather has certainly played hob with the comings and goings of the general public about which we try to report each week. Since it got real cold, we are having an awful time finding anything to report to our readers each week nobody's been anywhere out of reach of the warmth of their oil heater or fur nace. Can't blame them much, but if we have a few blank columns in this week's paper, please blame it on the weather and not us the weather, not people, will again have, to be the big news. Hope we can get back to people pretty quick! An occurance during the 289th Democratic caucus ballot that nominated a successful candi date for president of the Senate throws light on intra party lines. It is hitherto untold, scoop for quick. Senator Bovd Overhulse of Madras had a very close conten der for the nomination in Senator Ben Musa of The Dalles. The deciding vote was, Overhulse 8, Musa 7. For a very short time only, the GOP old guard in the Senate chortled over what they thought was a GOP victory. They were thinking what their senate presi dent was doing about the power question in 1951, as a sponsor of Pelton Dam. Their wishful ap praisal envisioned him as an Eisenhower Democrat who could scream "socialism" whenever public ownership of power was mentioned. The remaining 14 Democratic senators who advocate public owned power development have full confidence in their president who probably has changed his THIRTY YEARS AGO From Files of the Gazette Times February 3, 1927 Sam and Hanson Hughes, who recently sold their grocery store in Heppner have bought the store of John Bergstrom at Rose burg. W.B. Barratt of W. B. Barratt and Son, wool growers of Hepp ner, has just been reelected to the board of directors of the Pa cific Cooperative Wool Growers, the largest strictly cooperative wool marketing organization in the United States. TO THE EDITOR . Dear Sir: Referring to the article of Dec. 6, In the G. T, concerning the old ledger book and sample bal lot of the general election of 1894 found In the attic of the Eric Bergstrom home, also concerning the inquiry of the author of the article as to whether there were any one yet living who voted In that election, I can say yes, I know of one. I barely came under the ropes. I was 21 In Jan. previous to the election and was one of the 39 who voted there at the little Gooseberry school house in 1894. I cast my first ballot for the People's Party. I was one of the clerks at the polls. I knew well Miss Conlee, now Mrs. Blnns who ran for county school superintendent but was defeated by Anna Balsiger of lone. I was surprised to learn in a later article that she Is still living and now Is a patient in the Pioneer Memorial hospital in Heppner. Miss Addle Conlee took up a homestead of 1G0 acres 3 or 4 miles from my father's homestead and her sister Olive taught school in the little school house in the Gooseberry district and had board and room at my father's house. She paid $10.00 per month. I went to school to her one term. One term meant three months. They had six months of school each year, three in the spring and three In the fall. In this ledger book, according to the writer of the article men tions several pioneer names. Nearly all of them I was more or less associated with. Harvey Akers was my father and the other Akers mentioned, includ ing Frank Homes were relatives. Eugene Meyers had a homestead adjoining my father's. His wife died and my folks took care of Cecil, the little girl for a year or two, who later married Frank Young, a former pupil of mine who now lives I believe at Her miston. George Bryan was the father of my teenage sweetheart wno, wnen we tnot we were smarter than our teacher walked 4 miles together to the Dryfork school. The teacher was Mrs. Wm. Young. We two Increased the number of her pupils to 8. She allowed us to sit together. Mr. Esteb, the blacksmith and postmaster was also the dentist C. J. Walker and family moved this week into the Chas. Fur long residence on Water street. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Patterson will depart the end of this week for South Pasadena for a visit of a few weeks at the home of their son, B. R. Patterson. of the community. He used a common pair of pliers to pull teeth and using no pain killer. Perry Miller, a bachelor who owned the Blue Door ranch called, for the square dances of' the district. John Spignell, also a bachelor, courted the widow Bryaus after George died, but finally lost out to the dentist Vaughn of Heppner. They were both drowned in the 1903 Hepp ner flood. This covers briefly the history of the pioneers mentioned In the ledger and announces the dis covery of another and I believe the only other person living who were numbered in the 39 votes that were cast in the voting booths in the Gooseberry pre cinct In the general election of 1894. SPENCER AKERS, Aumsville, Ore. o Coniey Lannam of Eugene, a former resident here, was visit ing in Iloppner early this week. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bauern fiend and Misses Beulah and Geneva Pettyjohn of Morgan were visiting in Heppner Sunday evening.. Chevron Pressure Primer System starts cold engines in seconds STAR THEATER HEPPNER Thurs., Frt., Sat. Jan 31, Feb. 1-2 MASSACRE Dane Clark, James Craig, Martha Roth Plus Secret of Treasure Mountain William Price, Raymond Burr, Valerie French Sun., Mor., Feb. 3-4 Love Me Tender With ELVIS PRESLEY, Rich ard Egan, Dehra Paget. Sun day at 4, 6:10, 8:20 Tueau Wed., Feb. 5-6 The First Travelling Saleslady Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol cnanning. BUCK NIGHTS n. It takes only seconds to start your tractor or other heavy-duty engines in coldest weather with Chevron Pressure Primer System. Chevron Friming fuel in pocket-size pressurized steel cartridges, a simple discharger mounted near driver, and a few feet of tubing . . . that's all you need to get fast, sure starts all winter long. Low initial cost of this priming system is quickly repaid through lengthened battery life and re duced cnmkca.se dilution. And to avoid ice in fuel lines use a little Chevron Ban-Ice. For Information to in Staitdiri Oil Compiny if Cilllortli product, till DICK, HEPPNER. PHONE 6-9633 LEATHERS, IONE, PHONE 8-7125 S- L. E. "Ed" L. E. "Peck" Owen Leathers and Kinnard McDaniel left Hardman Sunday to tag sheep. Dower policies or may have had a local angle in 1951. SENATE HEALS QUICKLY Recuperating overnignt irom a nine-day grilling scrap over the election of a senate pre&iuem the august Senate shook the handicap in four days ana wm keep even with the House for the remainder of the session in pro cessing bills. This presage is reasonably as sured as all taxation and ap proportion bills must originate in the House and these two cata gories of legislation usually are double the total of any other two in the house. NEW LEGISLATIVE PLANS Governor Robert D. Holmes is practicing a different relation shin with the legislature than has been pursued by his prede cessors, most of whom read their message to a joint assembly of the legislature and retired to their chambers to gloat over their veto axes. Governor Holmes has said, "I think a governor owes it to the people of the state to see that his program is implemented. If after a time some phases of my pro gram have not been included in bills introduced in the s legisla ture, I will have bills prepared for introduction." The governor has said he plans to have several messages to the legislature the first to deal with Oregon resources and their de velopment. COUNCIL OF CHURCHES Legislative session seminars in Salem this week by the Ore gon Council of Churches were paneled on liquor, migrant needs, prison conditions, employment for 45 to 65 year olds and gifted or retarded children, all of vital concern to Christians. Legislators participating on the panels were:Senators Jean Lewis, Monroe Sweetland, Wal ter Leth and Representative Ro bert L. Elfstrom. An abridgment of the panel discussion will be furnished to the legislature. HOLMES SLATED FOR TALK Governor Robert D. Holmes has been secured as the main speaker at the 1957 Oregon Fed eration of Collegiate Leaders conference on Willamette Uni versity campus Feb. 8-9. The purpose of the conference is to enable the leaders of Ore gon colleges to mutually discuss problems of leadership. Fourteen Oregon schools will be represent ed, and approximately 10 lead ers of each college student body will attend. MOSTLY POLITIC Tfie current legislature Will es tablish an all time record as a breaker of records. It will run for more days than any previous session. Record for length was made in 1951 with 116 days. There will be more bills intro From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson While the weather is not at all have had one of the best respon . . 1 I 1 A in,1,mP to the Dlannine of ,ses to this cnec nsi ever. spring gardens and especially to be thinking of planting corn, farm and townspeople who co operated with this office last year in trial plantings of "Pot O' Gold" sweet corn will be happy to learn that seed for this variety will be available locally this year. The seed company origi nating this new sweet corn 'has promised that they will alert seed companies to tne prooaou- ity of a demand for this corn. Eight 1-pound samples were made available to Morrow county last vear. All growers were so enthusiastic about this new hy brid sweet corn tnat irom time to time they have asked about the possibility of available seed for 1957. Those who grew the corn last year liked the deep, tender, good flavor corn that came off the cob early. The ears are the medium length and the stalks very productive. This va riety is an earlier corn than hy brid eolden bantam but not quae as early as some of the very early varieties. We are sure that it is worth a trial in your garden this year. A couple of weeks ago we com mented on the economic infor mation check list which was mailed to all Morrow county far mers. While the majority evi dently have mailed in their check list there are a few that come along every few days. We For those who might have mis sed the January 23 production price and cost review reports here are some interesting com ments. "Those who heard the president's recent budget mes- hage to Congress neara nis pro position of a budget in which the income is sligntiy nigner man the out go; so that the National debt can be gradually whittled away." The total budget calls for 73.6 billion dollars. The re view pointed out where the bud get dollar comes from; 51 cents from individual income taxes; 29 cents from corporation income taxes; 12 cents from excise taxes; and 8 cents from customs and other receipts. This is where it will go: 59 cents for major na tional security. This includes military, atomic energy, stock piling, and the like. 10 cents for interest; 7 cents for veterans, 7 cents for agriculture; 5 cents for labor and welfare; 3 cents for international affairs; 2 cents each for commerce and housing, na tional resources, general govern ment, and debt retirement. What is left will go for'unforseen items of expense. duced, more passed, more adop ted and more vetoed if present thinking prevails. In appropriations it will be difficult to surpass the 1955 ses sion when appropriations for the general fund totaled $221,121,835. In costs of session the 1955 ex penditures in the Senate and House totaled $655,567.75. Longtime newspaper editor and or publisher, J. H. Van Winkle, has switched his party registra tion to Democrat. A life long Re publican he has been a member of the State Game Commission and manager of the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce in recent years. "For Fans . . . Seems there was controversy whether or not Ore gon's governor stood up as his car passed President Eisenhower A notice with program high lights for the seventh annual convention of the National Asso ciation of Wheat Growers have been mailed to wheat men In Morrow county. The convention will be held in Lincoln, Nebras ka on February 5, 6, 7, and 8. A Continued on page 7 SPECIAL News Reel on same pro. gram with "Love Me Tender" Sunday and Monday at the - Star Theater Presidential in auguration and parade. 47c on Monday. He did. Some tele vision cameras Were placed so they showed him before his car arrived abreast the stand but at least one network pictured him standing." Maxine Buren in Oregon Statesman. Clear Sharp Qlu-CHos KODIAft PRINTS "Big as a Bear" BOX 6 COOS BAY. OREGON WE Supply ostage-Free, Addressed, Jailing Envelopes I quaiitt PHOTO BEBVICB A3 Near as Tour MAILBOX 8 ix. roll rn Dev. & Print .VC 1 2 ex.roll75c We Finish Negatives . All Sins Bolls and Including Color sweet (just look) i smooth (ah, that velvety V8) (just drive it) This is the car that's fresher and friskier from its own special look to the way it takes to the road. Those words sweet, smooth and sassy seem to fit this new Chevy right down to its tubeless tires. In the first place, it looks the part. It has a crisp, alert appear anceas trim and functional as an arrow. You can tell that the styling isn't just going along for the ride. But the real clincher is the sweet and solid way Chevy takes to the road. Horsepower options, you know, range up to 245. Come take the wheel! mm) dLvddti sohd way Chevy takes to the road. I T InhWAsUfaJ fKJwm 270-h.p. high-performance V8 K engine also available at extra cost. Iy f The Bel Air Convertible (above). The Chevrolet Corvette (at right). 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