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Sjfjjfrow tertfr intra MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 1, 1957 NIWSfAPII PUBIISHIIS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITOBIA. I A$TbcfATISN 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 Senator Has a Point More often than not this column has been critical of Sen. Richard Neuberger when we have had occasion to comment on his activities. This time, we are in agreement with a bill he has introduced to remove tobacco from the list of agricultural "basics" and bring to an end subsidy payments on this crop. The senator's reasons and our support of his bill do not coincide, however. Sen. Neuberger contends that his reason for removing tobacco from the list of subsidy crops is because it contributes to cancer of the lungs. Our desire for wanting the removal of subsidies for this particular crop is because tobacco is not a food and never should have been subsidized any more than products of the flower grower, pleasure boat manufacturer or movie producer. They are products strictly in the luxury class and of no nutritional value. It will be interesting to listen to the uproar that is bound to ensue if the bill ever comes up for debate. Southern senators and representatives, whose constituents are made up of thousands of large and small tobacco growers, will haggle, scream filibuster and threaten. Sounds from the cloak-rooms of congress will resemble those of hundreds of tobacco auctioneers in action. It is likely that compromise will be reached to again make tobacco farmers an im portant part of the nation's agriculture and the THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette Times, August 4, 1927 The insurance business of C. A. Minor Was takpn nvar h. Frank Turner the first of the month. A building used as a store house and woodshed on the pre mises of Emil GrotkoDD lust nn. ross the May street bridge, was loiaiiy destroyed by fire, togeth er with the contents on Sunday afternoon. Miss Mildred Clowry returned cigaret companies "America's darlings of phll anthropv and entertainment sDonsnru " - " .jv,.Vv4 uuwiv it-iurnea Sigaret manufacturers are the ones who have, this week from a seven weeks fccinuK away wiui murar-an legany of. vacation spent in the east tvuiac aimjjiy uctttuse mere are enougn OI US suckers who continue to puff our way to possible ill health in spite of warning from many sectors. L. H. Frederickson. fnrmtriu rf Gate City Journal, Nyssa chanic at Ferguson Chevrolet Co j garage in this city. Odd Ends Senator Morse orettv wU shovel hi, nJj' ?' a.nd fami,y Tuesday when he refused to allow postponement took the de IZZ for" Hi aw! S of Congressional discuss on of the civil rights bill Springs Wednesday where they so that other important legislation might be con- will have an outing of several sidered. When the accusation was made a few weeks. several weens ago tnat ne made a deal with southern W. Pt Ma honey TO THE EDITOR . . of Heppner, Oregon I was born near the town Heppner To me Its very dear A progressive town of the old days And the trading pioneer. Where the sheep-king and the catttlemen Bought supplies by the load and ton, And planned ahead their ranch supplies Before the year was done. When prices soared, they made again The long, long trip to town, For this was Oregon country A country of renown. Over the vast country-side The herds roam free To spend the long sunny hours Searching for the green grass Amid the mountain flowers In early spring when in great haste The South winds come and go Sweeping away the winter ice And melting all the snow Sending the raging mountain streams To the valleys below. Brushing clean each tree and root, This is called an Oregon chlnook, Winter Is gone, no more snow and sleet And the fragrant meadows are dotted With the wandering sheeD. My home was near the mountains Where the mountains are always Blue , "Land of the Umatillas In 1882 My home was on a creek called Rhea v ncre mountain streams are swift and cold And on their way This was many years aeo When (lie West was wild and free And still each familiar scene Brings dear memories to me. By Nellie Smith 275 S, Jefferson Colville, Wash. Monument News By MARTHA MATTESON Mr. and Mrs.. Jim Croker and son Ronnie drove to Salem Satur- day morning to take Jim's two nephews home after a visit of two weeks here. Mr McVay, one of the high school teachers, was here for the weekend from his home In the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Bovd Hinton and Mary Ella were in Friday night anu Saturday from the Mand R. logging camp on Butter creek. Gerald Slocum trucked 140 head of cattle to Hermiston last week, to the sales yard. Freida Wheeler and children were In John Day Tuesday on business, Mr. and Mrs. Walter BastPln and three daughters of Camp 5, Kinzua, spent Sunday visiting at the Matteson home. Jack Cavenders have their children home after they spent two months in the valley with their grandparents. E. E. Howell drove to Heppner Tuesday on business Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Boyer and three children left Thurs day for a trip through Salem, Roseburg and the coast. Bids are to be let August 2 on the new gym to be built here on Democrats to eet a senate vot on tho HaIIo fsn.i m. j yon bill, he hotly denied there waV nv nnim " "LW: Ma honey , . . ., ' . , . j ' " uauKiiier rairicia, aeDarteo mixed up in the thing. This most recent action of for Portland on Wednesday to the Senator's again proves that with him politics spend a few days in the citv comes first. I It's the same old story ... the hell with the eafr. . . . country, save Wayne Morse! Saturday In John Day on busi ness. We've seen several stories lately about the ! TOO LATE FOR LAST WEEK lack of tourists, or at least their dollars, in Oregon ' Jim Croker drove to John Day this summer. All that's needed to refute such .Wednesday on business for his statements is a little trip on any of the state's garage. major highways. There must be tw0 out-of-state Mrs. Fred Paige was here from cars to every Oregon license anywhere you want the coast for two or three days to look. They're here, and If we can't get some She owns a small ranch and four of their money, it's our own fault, not theirs. .houses that she rents Mr. and Mrs. Mead Gilman, Jr. Recently there has been con siderable stir among state motor vehicle officials over speed regu lations in Oregon, or the lack of them. All of the three branches of state government are exercised over the situation and many are enrapt in study, research and cogitation. Legislators feel the heavy responsibility, executive the site of the one that burned 'and tnree children were here .1 i . -r I C ill f ..i t ... down in January. Jimmy Waldorf of Prineville, a Monument high school graduate of 1955, will leave for training August 1. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Waldorf who ran the Dude ranch on the old Bales ranch. Herbert Archibald of California from .Seattle for a week visiting his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Mead Gil man, Sr. Among the many who were in John Day Friday for the polio snois were ctenta Mellor and three children, Mrs. Ross McDon ald and daughter, Caroline Mart in, Thelma Williams and two sons, John Taylor, Stella McCarty has been hired to teach music in'V" '.T"' Mccarty year. He LZ " dve he scho1 v- ik iLi IU" or cniiuren. tiuu IllOllULlUI. Ellen Stubblefleld writes that she is getting along fine and will be on her feet this fall to work again. She is in'a Portland hos pital Two car wrecks near Monu ment in 24 hours. On rnr from Mitchell was above the Crisman place and the other one from Portland near Cottonwood school house, one person was badly hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Williams and daughters from Orofino. Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ralne nf Pasco, Wash, spent the weekend here with the Dick Williams fam ily. Mrs. Raine is the mother of Dick and Lee Williams. Pat Williams is staying for a longer visit with her uncle Dick and family. Mamie Fererson spent the weekend in John Day visiting her son and wile. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rounds spent The Roy Bowman family re turned home after spending some time in the vallev and in Washington at the Earl Sweek home. Mrs. Grace Stirritt went to John Day Saturday morning to the nome or her sister; her husband George and Fred Shank drove her there. She left from John Day, with her sister, Mrs Iffie Stewart, for Klamath Falls to visit an other sister, whose husband is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Settle went to Pendleton Monday on busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Gilman of Mt. Vernon visited at the Bill Settle home on Saturday, then spent the evening at their son's ranch. Lee Slocum and Maynard Ham ilton made a business trip to Heppner Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Loren LiDDert and son are here from California for a visit and Mr. Lippert is help ing Frank King with the havina in the basin. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fleminir and Shirley Cox and daughter were at the Joe Mellor home Sunday from their work around HeDDner. Mrs. Jessie Scott of Long Creek came down Saturday afternoon to get her son Robert Dale, who spent ten days with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Mat teson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mellor and three children spent Saturday evening visiting in Long Creek. officials and Judges are actively interested Rough lines have been drawn with extremes reaching from those who would continue efforts against highway murder with the present laws and penalties, to those who were one time call ed "crackdowners", This all started when state po lice from three stattes Illinois, Arizona and California recent ly criticized Oregon's lack of laws fixing a definite speed limit. Whenever the Legislature has considered an enactment with teeth for real restraint of wilful drivers they soon heard from the hometown boys. In a committee meeting in 1955 a legislator put it so: "When a judge throws the book at a flagrant violator he loses a lot of votes at his try for reelec tion. "Whenever a cod Dinches a mo tor vehicle law violator that he knows is guilty he also realizes that he is also gamDling on wast ed effort in seeine the hood dis missed, free, cocky and ready and wilfully to take a chance at more stupid crimes. What the public wants is safety." One-car accidents accounted for 64 traffic fatalities in 1955 but jumped to 99 last year, an in crease of 55 percent. Injuries nearly doubled with 754 in 1955 and 1,455 in 1956. There was a slight imDrove- ment in only one of 16 types of highway accidents in 1956. Many people who have given much study to the lowering of highway murders believe present laws inadequate. I he Legislative Interim com mittee on this subject is going to have a busy little interim before the 1959 session rolls around. Gagwise, the drop could be among the many 50-year down trodden Democratic candidates for whom life now looks bright er. Give'm The Gun The 53 pedestrian deaths in Oregon last year proves that driv ers cannot be taught to regard human life and suffering. Continued on page 7 LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-66S5 Hermiston, Oregon Frank Wink Sons, Owners Dob Wink Mgr. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111 OUR SERVICE MAN Will Be in Heppner the Week of August 5th For CLEANING AND SERVICING FURNACES i To Avail Yourself of this Service Leave Your Name at Heppner Hotel .. PHONE 6-9923 .. THEWS Sheet Metal, Inc. 402. S. E. DORION PENDLETON, ORE. 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He's one member of the industrial team that keep America's wood production high . . . and permanent. THE PAY CHICKS 1 Of NEARLY TWO MILLION AMERICAN WORKERS COME FROM FOREST INDUSTRIES Heppner Pine Mills, Inc. gooa cast. AfliiLx mum