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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
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ROBERT PENLAND
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GRETCHEN PENLAND
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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
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