HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. March S. 1958
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Th Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Time established
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THERE COULD BE A "JOKER" IN THE DECK.
Morrow county's efforts appeared, on the surf
ace, to have gone for nothing last weekend at the
Oregon State highway commission hearing on
the location of the entry into Oregon of the pro
posed Ellensburg-Oregon highway. This area
wanted the Washington and the Federal proposal
of a Columbia river crossing at Boardman, while
the strong Umatilla county delegation put up
quite a fight for a rerouting of the road so it looks
like Umatilla county has the upper hand. There
is a chance, however, that they may have drawn
a "joker" In their hand.
According to Information given this paper by
persons who attended the hearing, the "public"
hearing was somewhat of a misnomer. . . mem
bers of the commission apparently had their
minds already made up well ahead of the time
the hearing opened and our delegation got little
consideration other than being given time to
"talk."
About a month ago, the state highway de
partment engineer made the statement that the
Umatilla bridge could not qualify, because of its
narrow width, as a part of any federal highway
plan, nor could a privately-owned toll bridge be
taken over by the government for such use. Last
weekend he gave exactly the opposite testimony,
saying that the bridge could easily be made into
two adequate lanes for Interstate traffic and that
there was no Intention of the proposed highway
being anything more than two lanes. A month
before, all discussion concerned a four-lane route,
which practically all roads on the federal high
way system are planned for. Maybe during that
short period he received some new information on
the federal highway plan that we haven't heard
about, but he didn't say so he simply made the
arbitrary statement that the bridge would serve
the purpose.
The route given a tentative OK by the Oregon
commission would require at least 10 more miles
of the road to be built in Washington and 10 to
15 miles more In Oregon than needed under the
plan approved by the Washington highway com
mission and the federal government. In addition,
the new route would run through heavily popu
lated areas of Umatilla, Hermiston and Stanfield,
contrary to the by-pass idea incorporated in all
federal road planning. The Boardman route would
follow the shortest feasible direct route between
Ellensburg and Highway 30 in Oregon.
As to the "joker" that might show up in the
Umatilla county plan it could leave the whole
area holding the bag, if the Washington high
way commission should get tired of all the inter
ference (and, it should be remembered that the
great majority of the route lies wihin that state.)
The Tri Cities want very much to see the pro
posed road come on down the lower Yakima val
ley into Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, then to
Wallula and on into Oregon by way of Holdman
and northern Umatilla county, again bypassing
the Umatilla bridge with possibly even more dis
astrous results. If such a road were built, a great
majority of the grain crops of that entire big
section of Umatilla county could very well be
drained into the Wallula Washington port area
on the Columbia because of the ease of transpor
tation that direction. We doubt that Umatilla
county would approve such a route there either,
for not only their bridge but their port district at
Umatilla and their economy would suffer a stag
gering blow.
The "joker" is still in the deck and there is
no question but that the wishes of the heavily
populaed Tri -Cities area will bear weight with
the Washington highway commission when it
finds that interests In Oregon are toying with
the tag end of its highway in such a manner
that it could cost that state a sizeable amount
of money without doing it any good. The Tri
Cities routing, if a change is to be made, would
keep the Washington residents much happier.
Morrow county is far from through in its fight
to get the road located in the Boardman area
and it's just possible that before the argument
is settled, Umatilla county could be helping us
get It
TO THE
EDITOR . . .
TO THE EDITOR:
I read a very interesting ad
vertisement, The Oreg o n 1 a n
March 5, 1958 purported to bo
prepared and published by NAT
IONAL COMMITTEE FOR A
SANE NUCLEAR POLICY. It ap
peared to be supported by a
number of ministers and poli
ticians. I cannot say that Sen
ator Neuberger had any thing to
do with it, but his wife's name
was attached to it and we may
presume that the Senator was
not too definitely opposed to It.
The advertisement was entit
led "WE ARE FACING A DANG
ER UNLIKE ANY DANGER THAT
HAS EVER EXISTED." What
about Noah's Flood! That must
have been something that those
good folks were thinking about.
The ad says that the people are
uneasy because of missiles, sput
niks and nuclear testing. We
certainly are, and we would all
like to stop it President Eis
enhower most of all. But who
would say that we should stop
while our common enemy con
tinues right on. To me that seems
the height of asslninity. We know
that the whole earth is In the
tight grip of militarism and cert
ainly all of us would like to be
relieved of that, but our enemy
Insists on communizing the earth
and I suspect that all of us would
nhleot to that even the spon
sors of that ad. They should have
published their ad in the Russian
papers. We don't need that prop
aganda in America.
The ad mentioned our "natur
al rights" i e the right to live,
to grow, to breathe unpoisoned
air. etc. We have only such rights
as the American flag gives us
and our enemies are unable to
restrain us on. I know many of
my good friends will say that
we possess "God given rights."
But we enjoy them only so far
as our government supports
mem, y
The ad includes the line,"There
is much that America has said to
the world. But the world Is still
waiting for us to say and do the
things that will in deed and in
truth represent our greatest
strength." What do they mean by
that? That we should send our
bombers and show the Russians
a thing or two? I doubt it. They
add another strong statement.
'That we pledge ourselves to
the cause of peace with justice
on earth, and that there Is no
sacrifice that we are not pre
pared to make, nothing we will
not do to create such a just peace
for all people." Well, that is just
about the pledge the Americans
took about 177G, and as I recall,
they had a high old time after
that. Is that what these sponsors
would have us do? I doubt if
we can talk ourselves out of our
present predicament, nor does
our government think so. While
we all despise this excessive tax
ation, government restraints, and
huge war preparations, none of
us would like to lay down and
let our enemy take over. That
might bring peace, but would
we like it?
The ad further urges me to
do two things: Send money to
their organization and write
President Eisenrower and tell
him what to do. Now, I am not
well prepared for that. Surely,
each one of our 170 million peo-
I pie know exactly what our pres
ident should do. It -seems to be
unfortunate that the president
doesn't know. I recall that dur
ing the Civil War, a group of
ministers called on President
Lincoln and told him that they
had a revelation from God, tell
ing them that now was the time
to issue the emancipation Proc
lamation, Lincoln answered,
what a pity that God did not
make his revelation to the right
party.
Sincerely,
J O Turner, Heppner, Oregon
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette Times
March 8, 1928
With the rearrangement of
Hcppner's nine hole golf course,
the building of new greens and
tecs and fixing up of the greens
the game here has been given a
new impetus. Already several
applications have been received
for membership in the Heppner
Country Club.
? . -1
C. W. Harder
Sooner or later, Congress is
going to have to face the issues
created by the widespread use of
trading stamps.
It'u a ticklish problem, too.
When trading stamps first sprang
into prominence In the postwar
period, many an Independent
merehanti
found theyi
helped stimu-f
late his busl-
ness, especially
in competition
with the chains.
But as more
and more trad
ing stamp pro
moters set up
shop, more and
more merchants have felt forced
to take on stamps for self-protection,
either absorbing costs out of
profits, or adding to prices.
Thus, there has developed a
system whereby" the advantage
anyone had from the use of trad
ing stamps is largely negated
by everybody offering stamps.
Due to lack of clarification of
many legal aspects of matter,
Federal Trade Commission more
or less backed out of hassle.
The latest body to take a seem
ingly confused position on this
Issue was the Supreme Court of
the State of Oklahoma. This state
has what is called an Unfair
Sales Act which requires a mini
mum markup of 6 above the
cost to the retailer including not
only the Invoice cost, but also
subsidiary Items such as freight,
taxes, and other Items.
Safeway decided to meet stamp
giving competition by cutting
prices below legal minimum on
grounds giving away stamps is
form of price cutting.
The big chain lost the case In
a lower court, and recently lost
an appeal to the Supreme Court
NlHoml Kwlfnlliin of Iwleproil-nl Bulnm
of the State. At the same time,
the court passed on another
stamp matter, and upheld a low
er court decision prohibiting any
merchant from giving away dou
ble stamps on certain days.
But the decision of the court
seemingly was a most peculiar
one stating, "We conclude the
weight of the law distinctly shows
that the practice of giving away
stamps in the usual customary
manner does not sustain a charge
of price cutting." The opinion fur
ther stated that stamps amount
to a cash discount rather than a
price reduction.
Bearing in mind that the same
court also prohibited anybody
from giving away a double
amount of stamps on certain
days, the decision appears most
ambiguous. To the average lay
men, the difference between a
"cash discount" and a "price re
duction" is like Tweedledeedee
is to Tweedledeedum.
Thus, it would appear that
there is needed from Congress a
law denning just what the use of
trading stamps amounts to in ac
tual practice.
For example, the question is
still up in the air as to whether
or not trading stamps are a form
of currency, which would thus
make them illegal.
Probably one of the biggest In
terests in this issue is held by
the American farmer. Obviously,
cost of stamps given on many
food products either eventually
is made up for In form of lower
prices to farmers, or in higher
prices to consumers, thus cutting
down farm product consumption,
There is even some thought,
therefore, being given, to make
it illegal to give away stamps
on any product containing farm
products that are being price
supported by federal funds col
lected from taxpayers. This could
have a far reaching affect.
anhids and other unidentified In
sects showing up in wheat fields
and other places. Tne occurrence
nf these insects at this earlv time
of year is most concerning. While
we do not wish to he an alarm
ist, we would suggest that farm
'ers give some attention to in
'sect build ups in case that they
I should be found in damaging
'numbers. The lush growth and
I abundance of moisture contrib
ute to insect numbers we are
'sure. While they are not doing
! any damage at this time, at
least visibly, it is well to watch
them.
It was interesting to note that
in the recent Beef Commission
'referendum that Morrow and
Umatilla counties were the only
i Eastern Oregon counties with a
majority of "yes" votes over "no".
Morrow county cattlemen voted
42 for 25 against the Beef Com
mission proposal. Largest per
centages of no votes came from
Gilliam and Wallowa eountys
who voted 10 yes, 120 no in the
case of Gilliam county operat
ors with 16 yes and 216 no form
Wallowa county.
The USDA last week announc
ed that Mice suDDorts for 1958
1 crop oats, barley and rye will be
1 at 707o of February parity prices.
1 Price support eligibility require
ments and operating provisions
will be the same as they were
last year. In dollars and cents,
supports for No 3 or better oats
will be 61 cents a bushel or the
same as last year. Barley, grad
ing No 4 or better (except mixed)
will be supported at 93 cents a
bushel, or 2 cents less than last
year. The rate on rye, No 2 or
better, or No 3 on test weight
only, will be $1.10 a bushel-down
8 cents form last year.
This office has just received
a fresh supply of poisoned oats
for squirrel control. There have
been many calls for poison bait
this spring and those who have
asked for it can now pick up
what they need. There has been
a considerable demand and we
will try to keep a fresh supply
on hand at all times. Zinc phos
nhide Doison erain for mouse con
trol is also available.
This' week Morrow county 4-H
'club members are joining with
'others all over the country in
'observing 4-H National Club
Week. The theme of the week is
a salute to 4-H parents. In Mor-
'row county club leaders and
momhprs are Dointing out what
we are doing in the develop
ment of boys and girls through
,infinu7 Hisnlavs. appearances
before various service organizat
ions and publicity." An event of
the week is the first annual know
'Your State Government confer
'ence which is being held at Sal
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-rom
The
County Agent's Office
By N. C Anderson
Frank Shively and A D Mc-
ATiirrln mnUinir the team for the
first time this season in the Ore-
gonian State Telegrapnic i rap
shooting tournament, both turn-
dH In norfprr spores nn their first
25 birds at the local traps Sun
day.
Anson Wright and son Walter
were in the city on Saturday from
the Wright ranch near Hard
man. Heppner high school students
received their report cards Wed
nesday last. Those on the honor
roll are: Four As, Fletcher Swen
dig; 3 A's and B, Evelyn Swen
dig; two A's and two B's, Kath
erine Bisbee, Virginia Dix, and
Gordon Bucknum; one A and
three B's, Jeanette Turner.
Plans are being made to hold
a fruit tree and ornamental and
grafting demonstration which
will be held within the next two
weeks. Those who might be in
terested in having the demon
stration at their place are urged
to contact this office at once so
that notification can be made of
the place. We would like to hold
demonstrations in the lone, Lex
ington, and Heppner areas. C O
Rawlings, horticultural special
ist, Oregon State college will as
sist with the demonstrations.
should be of interest to all of
,our homemakers have been re
cently announced by Oregon
j State college. They are Pacific
Northwest bulletins No 18 dish
washers, and No 19 vacuum
cleaners. The information in
these bulletins deal with both the
selection and use problems con
nected with these electrical ap
pliances. They are available at
this office. I
Two new bulletins which
j During the past couple of
weeks a lot or concern nas Deen
shown by farmers who report a
great number of leaf hoppers,
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Sis always ties her brother's
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