Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, October 17, 1957
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MORROW COUNTY'S NIWSIAPIB
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, ISM. The Met pner Time eUhtl
November 18, 1897. Consolidate February IS, 1902
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppuer,
Subsorlptlon Rates: Morrow and Grant Ceunties, $1.00 Year; Elsewhere
Economic Highlights
Not so long ago there seemed to be a fairly
general feeling that this country's economic boom
was of limitless proportions that it would go on
and on, getting bigger and better with never an
abatement. Then some doubts began to set in.
There were signs of a slow-down In various fielQs
of activity. And the doubts increased when the
big upsurge in business activity that, according to
tradition, should follow Labor Day, did not occur.
In the light of this, what do business and
financial leaders now think? That big question Is
given an answer In the October 4th Issue of U. S.
News & World Report, based on the views of
hundreds of these leaders throughout the country.
The general feeling is explained In these words;
"They are almost unanimous in the opinion that
the boom that started in 1954 is at an end. None
of them expects a sharp upsurge in activity either
this year or next. The most optimistic expect little
improvement over current levels. Many look for
a mild down-turn. But none sees a genuine reces
sion ahead." The general expectation is for drops
In investment in plant and equipment, Inventory
buying and federal spending. There will be small
improvement in home construction. And while
consumer spending will rise, it will not do so
sufficiently to spark a new boom.
U. S. News quotes from a number of sources.
An economist for a chain of department stores
thinks there will either be a "sldewlse move
ment" of the economy into next spring, or a small
over-all decline one or two percent. A steel exec
utive is optimistic about the long-range outlook
for his industry, but pessimistic about the next
two years. Bankers expect the "softening" in busi
ness to continue and generally feel that the boom
has grown tired. In the words of a Boston banker:
"This double postwar boom, with all Its accumu
lated demands, had to wear itself out sometime,
and I think it's done that now." An Ohio banker
thinks: "We're overproduced, overborrowed arid
overbought."
TO THE
EDITOR . .
Dear Editor;
In your paper of Oct. 3 there
dppears an article "School Head
Asks Surplus Money for Property
Tax Offset." The recommenda
tion is made that property owners
write their legislators recomm
ending that the Basic School
Fund be increased to $120 per
census child and that all above
$95 be used as a property tax
offset. Morrow County taxpayers
had better scrutinize this one
carefully. Lets look at a few facts
and figures .
The 1957 legislature increased
the basic school support from
$80 to $95. They also wrote Into
law a new formula for distrib
ution of these funds. It provides
80 flat grant and 20 direct
property tax offset.
Many Oregon school district
taxpayers will have their taxes
lowered by several mills while
we in Morrow County face a 2.5
mill increase. It would appear
that direct property tax offset
is only a nice sounding catch
phrase to cover something else.
Any Basic School Funds received
in this county are used as a pro
perty tax offset and you may be
assured the Rural School Board
will continue to do so.
Why not be specific and recom
mend an Increase but use the
present formula? Morrow County
would at least get something
under the 80 flat grants. Or
another suggestion Is that the
State pick up the County School
fund which would benefit us.
But remember, Mr. Taxpayer, the
"Share the Wealth" boys didn't
get as much as they wanted in
the regular session and they will
be back in the special session for
a larger bite whether fair or not
Morrow County received a raw
STAR
THEATER
Thurs.. Fri., Sat., Oct. 17-18-19
Iron Sheriff
Sterling Hayden, Constance
Ford, Kent Taylor. Plus second
feature starting at 9 p.m.
THE D. I.
(Drill Instructor)
With Jack Webb.
Sun., Men., Oct. 20-21
Night Passage
Audie Murphy. James Stewart,
Dan Durvea. Sunday at 4. 6:05,
8:10. '
Tues., Wed., Oct. 22-23
Garment Jungle
ROBERT PKNLANfl
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLANB
Associate Publisher
As is to be
greater influence
other. Sales for
neoole are cautious. This has been a comparative
ly poor year for
imurovcmcnt is
picture is a question mark. There has been gen
eral curtailment
anied by price
To sum up,
of caution, not
over." And a
now going on.
Odd Ends
SMART COOK-Y
after eating a
to get ill was
That boy
NEEDED
It is forecast
II. Mum ford, an
Orleans who once
rills, we love
fiir.'itclv sine
parking lots, big
"OVER THE
TEE CUP"
By Jackie Labhart
Even tho' the "frost is on the
pumpkin and the fodders In the
schock", the weekly ladies day
attendance was somewhat near
a flock. Not anyone or anything
(not even the Russian Sputnik)
could have asked for a more perf
ect day to welcome our ten lady
golfer guests from Kinzua.
Tom and Neva Wells of the
Wishing Well drive-in, very
kindly opened their esablishment
early to serve luncheon to our
guests and 21 of our own club
members at 11:00. By a little after
12, all 31 women were teed off
(not at one another, as I am us
ing this phrase as a golf term)
and on their way to a very enjoy
able afternoon of nine holes of
golf.
The women from Kinzua were
Nan Brown, Dorothy Close, Velma
Phillips, Pat Hiatt, Dolly Murphy,
Jo Gulnn, Edna Wright, Zella
Prindle, Nadine Worlein, and
Frankie Barnes.
Low score for the day was
shot by Dorothy Close of Kinzua
(and did she put the rest of Os
to shame with her score of 45
for the first time around our
course). Dorothy also received
the prize for the best score on
the number one hole, which was
cur "hidden hole" for the day
So as not to slight our Heppner
delegation Bonnie Mattoon had
low score for Heppner's group
and was second in the whole
group. A prize was also given
lor the highest score of the day.
but to avoid undue embarrass
ment on the part of the recipient,
she shall remain unknown as
she anonomously resides in her
deal. Even the city of Portland,
whom they were after, received
Increased Basic School Fund sup
port. Again, don't be taken in by
double talk. Be specific. Be sure
we don't sell ourselves down the
river.
Yours Sincerely,
Fredrick T. Martin
A Taxpayer
OLYMPIA
with pleasure.'
NATION AL EDITORIAL
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1 Kin rh.A t i ki
Oregon, as Second Class Matter
H00 Year. single cepy iu wn
expected, the forecasts for specific
industries vary materially. Everyone watches the
huge automobile industry, which probably has a
on the whole economy than any
1958 are put at e,zuu,uou passeng
or cars about the same as the '57 figure. Machine
tool orders are declining, and the capital goods
the appliance producers and little
expected in tne next. arm equip
ment manufacturers, on the other hand, anticipate
some lift in sales. Gasoline sales have not come
mi to exneetations this year, and the fuel oil
in the metals industry, accomp
weaknesses.
in U. S. News' words: "An attitude
pessimism, seems to be taking
great deal of watchful waiting is
Industrial News Review
. . .
Did you notice in Wednesday night's East
Orcgonian about 59 of the 60 members of the
Pendleton National Guard unit becoming sick
turkey dinner? The only man not
a cook.
was using his head!
SHARP DRIVERS
that by 1956, arid perhaps sooner,
there will be 81,000.000 motor vehicles registered
In this country as against 66,275,000 now. This
gives special relavance to a statement by Lewis
authority on city planning: "Am
sang 'We love our rocks and
our templed hills' now could ac
'We love our expressways and
cloverleaves and traffic knots.'
house on the hill across from the
mill ... but all kidding aside
!ie did very well; as this was
her first ladies day and only the
third time she had ever played.
(Notice I still haven't mentioned
any names, So I guess that puts
me In the clear for any libel suit
pending). I think the women of
Kinzua were quite impressed
with our course altho' they were
somewhat worried about all the
water hazards we have . . . but
in spite of everything they did
very well.
Helen O'Donnell was given
time off by her "link lover" em
ployer to make her first appear
ance at a ladies day. (Looking
very much like a professional
link lady in her very jaunty at
tire). The most amazing thing hap
pened that clay ... at one point
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From the Files of i
The Gazette Times ,
October 20, 1927
The Misses Mary and Marjorie
Clark, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Clark of this city, are both
members of the University ol
Oregon girls glee club.
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Mrs. tnen Busick ana son Keia
spent a few lays at John Day
ing pusi wbcr, uuiing wmui
nine item negotiateu a ueai tut
the Ira G. Boyce store, an old est-
ablished business at that place,
Earl Ayers, former pupil in
Heppner high, was a visitor at
school last Monday. '
Earl Morgan was in the city
with members of his family on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Olden
were Heppner visitors on Tues-
day from their farm at Fairview.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo and Post-
master Snead have been absent
from the city .this week in quest
cf deer in the mountains. ,
' ,
diirine- the later Dart of the att-
ernoon, a pair of bright red "lorig noticed Del Jordan, Keith Imus,
johns" were seen blushingly Bob Jones, Phil Mahoney, Clint
bulging out of Betty Brown's golf McQuarrie and Lowell Gribble
bag (it's funny, cause I could were among the male members
have sworn she was wearing , there who were completely sur
them when she started out). And I lounded by swarms of watchful
just about this same time, Low- women.
pll r.rihhle (ho waa there work- Before I forget it we would
ing on the course) remarked he
had dropped his pipe in the creeK
as
he was crossing the bridge,
. . . wonder if it could have been
in a moment of awesome amaze
ment or embarrassment.
Velma Glass, our county health
nurse, heard there was an eped
emic of golfitis in Heppner, so
she and Hester Creswick were
down at six a.m. to check all
nine holes for "germs" in the
cups . . . anyway they checked
all nine holes before time to go
to work and in my opinion they
must have a touch of the "bug"
too to get up that early on such I
a nippy morning. j
Dee Gribble and Hazel Mahoney
were also down at the links early
to get a practice nine shot before
ladies day started, but maybe
I hey should have waited as they
both made better scores the first
nine than they did in actual
competition.
I don't know w hat happened to
all of our grandmothers . . .
Roberta Dougherty was the only
one of this select group to make
an appearance. But at one point
we thought we had lost her . . .
hi'd finished and returned to the
Wishing Well for coffee that
someone asked what had hap
pened to Roberta. One of her
foursome reported that she was
coming but was having a
little trouble pulling her golf
cart up the hill. Well at last she
she dropped in and I do mean
"dropped in" with the remark
FIRE THROW YOU
A FINANCIAL LOSS
Are your farm buildings
and their contents adequ
ately insured against loss
by fire? Better let us check
your coverage.
For all types of
farm Insurance
coverage, see us.
HEPPNER
Better to be safe
than to be sorryl
it SlSlSP -.1
,hat she mav be a mue 0IQer
than the rest o us but that a
annrl aranHmnthpr never gives UD.
(Some of we younger gals might
take heed of thisK
Enougn about ladies day, but
sneaking of Roberta, her husband
cliff has donated three more
holes to our course which will be
placed together under a shady
tree.
Many new improvements have,n Th date affectine live-,
'been made at the course . . . a
new bridge across the creek trom
number one hole to number two
wnicn was constructed Dy uiweii ,
unbbie ani Clint Mcyuarne, tney
also moved the tee for the long-
est hole clear up on the hillside
and Francis Doherty worked Sat-
,,rrlav rakiner and cleaning the
tairway on this hole.
The Phil Mahoneys and John
Williams donated three rubber
mats to be placed at the tee-off
areas and after they loosen up
(the mats, that is,) a bit they will
certainly aid one's driving.
t reference to that long hole
agairli i overheard that Sue Val-
entine made it in one under par
a few days ago . . . now that is
reany something as most of us
,jsuaiiy average about three or
lour ab0Ve par on this hole,
Last Friday afternoon after the
pro lessons the course was lit-
erallv swarming with people. I
certainly welcome any lone and
Lexington women during our
ladies days, and any other time
too, of course. I would like to
suggest that a group of you out-of-towners
get together and come
up and play with us . . . you can
always give any of us a call to
find out when we will be play
ing. (My I am confident people
read this column aren't I). i
One more item of interest be-'
fore I close . . . Jan Dowen, girl
bird dog, decided to look for a
ball she had lost after ladies
day and ended up finding seven
balls including her own, but alas
and alack all of them were in
itialed and at last contact she
had not yet devised a way to
camouflage the huge bright red
initials on the little white Hepp
ner satellites.
Well I guess I have about
drained my cup for this session,
so until next week I will keep the
kettle handy until we can meet
again "Over the Tee Cup".
REAL MARINES make a great
story ring true Platoon 194
appears in THE D. I., Star The
ater, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
It's yours for the asking. Your Chevro
let dealer will be happy to show you a
booklet containing advance information
about the '58 Chevrolet. Be prepared
to see startling changes!
The new Chevrolet will have spectacular
new styling-lower, wider and much
longer.
There will not only be Full Coil sus
pension, there will be a new air ride,
first in the Chevrolet field!
Chevrolet will offer a totally new design
'58 Chevrolet, Thursday,
111 i: v?-
You can place jvur order
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
annminre.i hv the
gtate Department of Agriculture and 11. Main emphasis will be
. t for nearings on thejon bulls which are no longer
,wi hptf commission for,
tock men of Morrow county!
j ho rvtnhpr 31 which is
the date for the hearing in Pend
. . ,t wjjj be conducted be
ginning at i:JU P-m. ai wie luuii
house.
The Morrow County Livestock
Growers Association have favored
. - r i ai nni..t
beef commission for several,
years since its inception by the
Oretron Cattleman's Association
and other organizations having
to do with beef marketing. A
series of hearings are being held
throughout the state to get the
reception of cattlemen on such a
I beef commission. If the hearing is
I favorable for a commission a ref
I crendum will be held later with
1 all cattle men having the op
portunity to vote for or against
The shorn wool incentive price
of 62 cents a pound of wool and a
mohair price of 70 cents a pound
was announced by the USDA for
1958 marketing year beginning
April 1, 1958. The 1958 price is
the same as for the last three
years. Payments to producers und
er the 1958 program on shorn
wool production and marketing
of live lambs will follow the
same methods that have been
employed for the current 1957
program.
We still need a few one pound
samples of treated wheat for use
in determining th effectiveness
C)f seed treatments in the control
of smut. Recently we asked for
such samples in this news col
umn. We would like to have sev
rrrl treated samples of Elmar
seed wheat. Samples will be in
oculated with smut and grown at
rullman to determine the effects
of different methods of seed treat-
ment and materials on smut in
testation. We would urge any
farmers who are interested in this
project to bring us in a sample
cf their treated wheat with Elmar
samples especially wanted,
Members of a bull exchange
committee appointed by the Mor
row County Livestock Growers
association are in the process of
contacting livestock men to de
termine the interest for holding
day to trade, sell, or buy bulls.
Tentative plans are for holding It
in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the Morrow County
Livestock Growers association
Come in now for a peek
at the '58 Chevrolet!
in V8's, so radically changed this en
gine will even look different.
The line will have two all-new luxury
models of magnificent distinction.
These are only hints. Stop by your.
Chevrolet dealer's soon and take a peek.
While you're there, check on an early
order. Be a '58 Chevrolet-Firster.
now at Your Local Authorized Chevrolet Dealer't
,hirh will be held on January 10
usablp in a ranchers herd but
are proven and have several years
left as a sire, out young duus
will be included too. Those who
are interested in such a bull day
from the standpoint of buying,
-in ..ninn 0V1M1IH rtnntQ..
selling or uemme wmu
chairman Frank Anderson or one
of his committee which consists
of W. E. Hughes Dan Robinson
uon ureei ..u ' ,.
The bull day will be held only if
there is enough Interest shown
by livestock men.
Alex Lindsay, North Lexing
ton rancher recently added three
top bulls to his string of top
quality ones used on his com
mercial cow herd. Alex purchased
the champion Hereford bull con
signed by Double M Hereford
ranch at the recent show and
sale at Lakeview. He also bought
top plaping bulls consigned by
Frank Anderson and Harley Hot-chklss.-
Alex has the champions
and top placing bulls of many
shows and sales and his herd
of range bulls. Frank Anderson
of Heppner, was a consignei at
the Lakeview sale with four
bulls.
From time to time this office
receives inquiries for information
on the value of pelletized hay.
Continued on page 7
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Cattle Hogs Sheep
SALE EVERY TUESDAY
12 Noon
On U. S. Hlway No. 30
NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION CO.
JO 7-G655 Hermiston, Oregon
rrank Wink & Sons, Owners
Don wink Mgr.
Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111
Long Distance Natlon-Wlde
Moving Service
Mayflower Agents
Padded Vans
Portland Bros.
TRANSFER CO.
Pendleton, Oregon Phone 33?
October 31
-IT9 TMi WATS THAT MAKES
Lee J. Cobb and a big cast.
FAMILY NIGHTS