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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, December 19, 1957
MORROW COUNTY'S NIWSFAP1R
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 188S. The Ideepnw Time etablihed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February IS, 1612
ROBERT PKKLAND
Editor and Publisher
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GRETCHEN PENLAND
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Publisked 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 $4.09 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
"Thou Shalt Not Kill ..."
We can think of no more tragic memory to
haunt what should be the happiest season of the
year than traffic deaths and accidents during
Christmas. Christmas is a time to remember . . .
the smiling, anticipating faces of children, the
gayly lighted trees and decorations, jovial Santas,
the echo of music, the hustle and bustle of shop
pers and the good will of mankind.
Christmas ushered in a new era for mankind,
a new way of life. The greatest gift that ever came
to man came on Christmas. A little babe wrapped
In swaddling clothes and lying in a manger calls
us to remember the Commandment: "Thou Shalt
Not Kill." We have not done so. We have made
the Christmas holidays and spirit an enterprise
so selfish as to turn this festive occasion into one
of carnage.
What a Christmas it must have been for the
families and loved ones of more than 600 traffic
victims during each of the last two Christmas seas
ons. This is a sadistic sacrifice on the altar of speed
and greed. The record shows that excessive speed
and drinking were the two greatest influences on
the Christmas holiday toll. Many did not stop to
remember to stop and think.
On Christmas alone in Oregon last year
from 6 p.m. the night before until midnight the
day of the holiday 192 accidents took five lives
and injured 69 more, according to Department of
Motor Vehicle figures. December has proven to be
the worst month of the year for traffic accidents
in Oregon. Over the last five years, an average of
nearly 7100 accidents per December have resulted
in an average of 41 deaths, one of the worst times
of the year.
Don't let a' traffic accident blacken your
Christmas. Take time to count your blessings and
to give a hand to others. Take time to give courtesy
consideration and kindliness. Spreading Christmas
cheer it's called, but you get it back a hundred
fold. Make this a safer, merrier and happier Christmas.
From The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
This Is the last call for beef
and dairy cattle owners to reg
ister to be eligible to vote on the
proposed Oregon Beef Commis
sion. Registrations close on Tues
day, Dec. 24. Only those who have
registered by that date can vote
when the referendum Is called.
In Morrow county registrations
have been very small with less
than a fourth of the eligible pro
ducers registering. Whether you
decide to vote for or against the
Beef Commission makes no dif
ference, but register!
Mrs. R. A. Thompson, Heppner,
is looking to the future. Mrs.
Thompson this past month ord
ered 2,000 Ponderosa pine seed
lings for the Oregon State forestry
nursery. They were planted in
wet spots and waste land on her
property In the mountain foot
hills. Mrs. Thompson believes
that this land might as well be
growing something. While It will
be a number of years before there
will be timber to harvest, there
might as well be something grow
ing as time goes on. There is a lot
of such land In southern Morrow
county which could produce tim
ber for future cutting.
STAR
THEATER
Thurs., Frl.. Sat., Dec 19-20-21
Quantez
Fred MacMurray, Dorothy
Malone, Sydney Chaplain
Plus
I've Lived Before
Jock Mahoney, Leigh
Snowdcn, Ann Harding
SATURDAY,!!! p"m.
ANNUAL FREE SHOW
FOR CHILDREN
Sun., Mon., Dec. 22-23
The Quiet Man
John Wayne, Barry Fitzgerald,
Maureen O'Hara. v
Sunday at 4 and 6:30
NO SHOW CHRISTMAS EVE I
The American farmer pays ab
out two billion dollars a year for
the privilege of sheltering and
feeding rats on his farm. The two
million bushels of grain they de
stroy each year would bake 12 V4
billion loaves of bread or 317
loaves for each household in the
United States. As winter ap
proaches rats are looking for a
place to spend the cold months
with a handy food supply, Now
is the time to be baiting rats be
fore losses occur. Most popular
of rat baits is Warfarin. It comes
pre-mixed or as a concentrate for
making your own mix. Warfarin
is available in Morrow county at
all places handling chemicals
and insecticides.
A female rat can bear young at
the age of 3 months. The gesta
tion period is about 4 weeks, lit
ters range from, 4 to 10. The aver
age female bears about 4 to 6 lit
ters a. year if conditions are
right, 8 to 10 litters a year. Now
is the time to bait rats with war
farin as they move into farm
buildings for winter protection.
and have now advanced more
than 40 above the 1947-49 aver
age. Even with this rise in values,
Oregon gains are still below the
average with the rest of the na
tion. Farm land value shot up 8
in the past 12 months and are
now better than 50 above the
average from 1947 to 1949. Florida
with land values almost double,
has increased the most in the past
decade. Maine, with only a 16
rise shows the least increase.
There are now 56,300 farms in
Oregon according to a revised
series of estimates made recently
by the U. S. Department of Agri
culture. That is the lowest num
ber of farms In 30 years. It rep-
from the files of the
Gazette Times, Dec. 22, 1927
With the affairs of the bank in
as good shape as possible, the
Lexington State Bank of Lexing
ton closed its doors voluntarily
Monday after setting aside en
ough assets to pay 80 percent of
its deposits, according to R. L. El
liott, representative of the state
banking department, in charge.
A, F. Majeske is well pleased
with conditions where he farms In
the Clarks canyon district, this
fall.
The following girls turned out
Friday for basketball practice at
Heppner high school: Alva Me
Duffee, Rosella Doherty, Ann Me
Daid, Hazel McDaid, Louise Lang
don, Erma Schulz, Mary Beamer,
Katherine Bisbee, Janie Allsott,
Margaret Becket, Evelyn Swindig,
Velton Owen, Janet Turner, Harri
et Morgan, Zella McFerrin, Mild
red Green, Francis White and
Winifred Thomson.
Sam Devine, father of Joe De
vine and Mrs. George White, is
here for a visit with his people.
Showing at the Star Theater
Thursday and Friday, Tom Mix
and Tony in "No Man's Gold".
resents a decrease of 5,500 farms
in the past five years, and is
8,500 fewer than the peak numb
er counted In 1935.
There are only two more weeks
left of this year and farmers will
need to start a new set of rec
ords for the new year. Quite a
number of farmers are using the
Oregon State college farm account
books. These books are again av
ailable at cost at the office. Some
have been picking them up late
ly, better get your copy now.
Even though it is hard to be
lieve that it is Christmas time
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'58 Campaign Is On
When the pilitician with the
quiet voice commences to have
quite a voice you can say the
campaign is on.
When Lew Wallace came out
last week for the Democratic nom
ination for governor that settled
it for the Democrats as to cand
idates. There will be no others if
party potentates can block their
attempts.
It has to be Holmes or Wallace
now. Friends of both candidates,
realize that the potentials of a
third candidate in the primaries!
would leave a party split in the i
general election.
There are conditions when a
political party can stand a two-j
way split but not a three-way 1
breach, particularly when one
candidate is strong (as Wallace
is) in the state's metropolis. This
was discovered and used by Tam
many more than 100 years ago,
whenever they were successful
in crossing party lines and get
ting three or more candidates
nominated on the Republican
ticket.
Lew Wallace's platform has
only nine words: Reduction of
taxes, economy in government,
keeping campaign promises. He
has served in the Legislature dur
ing six sessions, one in the House
and five in the Senate.
At present it appears there will
be a very close race between the
governor and his challenger.
Last year Congressman Walter
Norblad said he would run for
governor, but he didn't. This year
he says he won't run for govern
or. So maybe he will.
Politically Unconfused
Those who know Secretary of
State Mark Hatfield best will
readily admit he never makes
wild guesses or loose statements.
Ail of which makes more re
markable the accuracy of his
premonitions concerning the late
special session of the legislature
which he made on the same day
that Governor Holmes announced
that he would call it
On August 23 this year, Secre
tary Hatfield said the session
would last 20 days. It lasted 19
days. He predicted the school sup
port per census child would be
raised from S5 to $15. It was $10.
He estimated the cost for a 20-day
session would be $110,000. The
current estimate is$100,000, alth
ough a total cannot be computed
because the printing costs have
not been completed.
Pearl Harbor Cetremonies
WAVE Mary Ellen Warner,
daughter of Justice and Mrs. Har-'
old Warner, was selected this
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GOOD WESTERN plus Imagin
ative Drama on the double bill
at the Star Theater, Thursday.
Friday-Saturday.
I Kf ' than fob.
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with the excellent weather we are
enjoying, we are reminded that
this is the last column before
Christmas. The county agent's of
fice would like to take this op
portunity to wish everyone a ver
ry Merry Christmas.
sorryl
DON'T LET
FOR A FINANCIAL LOSS
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and their contents adequ
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by fire? Better let us cheek
your coTerage.
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HEPPNER
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Several farm and townspeople
have picked up two health It
ems In our office which they felt
have been very helpful to them.
These two items are a booklet
entitled "Your Family Health
Record" which provides a place
nasic neaitli facts of your fami
ly for school records, for Insur
ance forms, for a doctor's med
ical history. A small bill fold card
containing personal health in
formation is also available.
Recently Oregon State college
released plans for six different
types of beef cattle corrals. The
detailed drawings and descrip
tions including gates, loading
ramps, chutes and head gate. Re
leased at the same time was
plans for a three way sheep cut
ting gate, lhese plans are avail,
able at this office for the asking,
From a recent production, price
and cost review report from Ore
gon State college we find lhat
Oregon farm land values have
again hit a peak. They have gone
up almost constantly in the past
throe years. Current values in this
state average 1 over a year ago
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