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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppntr Gazette, stablished March 30, 1883. The Heppnw Time established
November 18, 1897. Coniolidated February 15, 1912
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ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
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Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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The Wrong Approach
What Is probably one of the worst recent ex
amplos of a department of government trying
to get bigger than the people whom it is sup
posed to serve and who are Its boss, supposedly,
came to light Tuesday when the post office de
partment made an offer to Congress that if the
5 cent first class postage bill is approved, the
department will build several hundred new post
offices around the country. As a threat, it said
if only a 4 cent rate were approved, only half
that many new buildings could be constructed.
(Our figures on the number of buildings are in
accurate, but the principle is the same regardless
of the figures).
The number of post offices or their age has
never had any connection with the amount of
the postal department's operating deficit, ex
cept how those offices were operated, nor would
it make any difference regardless of whether any
rate raise was approved. Congress must approve
any construction money for new post offices, and
what it might approve has practically no con
nection with whether the post office department
is going in the hole a billion dollars a year or
is showing a profit on its operations. Neither
does such money come out of the post office's
budget. The attempt to win approval of new
post office construction money by the depart
ment was strictly a left-handed political trick-
one that could well be called "dirty pool".
The postal department Is not making ends
meet, there is little doubt, but the building of
several hundred new post offices isn't going to
solve much of that problem. True, such con
struction could temporarily aid the unemploy
ment problem slightly, but, that wasn't the basic
reason the post office department made the de
mand regardless of what it may claim if the
big first class postal increase were approved it
would pretty well get the department out of the
woods, but it wouldn't do one single thing toward
making it modernize its operation to the point
where it could come even close to breaking even..
Actually, if it has more money to spend on the
operation of the service, a way will be found to
do it without increasing efficiency and reducing
cost that is the history, (and, we don't mean
that wage increases weren't a necessity in the
department).
In reality, the postal department was attemp
ting to pull the wool over the eyes of citizens and
unsuspecting congressmen in its Tuesday state
ment about new buildings. If that is the way
the department is being operated, congress would
be completely justified in refusing any rate in
crease until some definite proof is shown that
sincere effort is being made to bring the post
office operation as a whole up to modern stan
dards of efficiency, or at least bring the service
back up to what it was. . .even 10 years ago.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
April 12. 1928
Miss Lulu Hager, Miss Donna
Brown, Mrs S J Lininger and
Mrs F R Brown were among Hep
pner people registered at the Ho
tel Pendleton who were attend
ing the mid-year meeting of the
Women's Foreign Missionary so
ciety at the M E church.
Rod LaRocque and Delores Del
Rio in Resurrection, at Star Thea
ter, Sunday and Monday.
The largest as well as one of
the nicest parties of the social
season was that held Tuesday
evening at the Episcopal parish
house when Mesdames C W Mc
Namer, F J Lucas and D M Ward
entertained at bridge. Twenty
one table were in play and guests
were present from Arlington,
lone, Lexington and Heppner.
rom
The
County Agent's Office
By N. C. Anderson
Last week a committee ap
pointed by the Morrow County
Wheat Growers Association vis
ited all communities in the
women. Put this date down and
we will provide further details
later.
county to observe conservation
operations in selecting an out
standing Jarm to give recognit
ion as Conservation Man of the
Year. The trip was an inter
esting one at this time of the
year. The agent having made
this same trip yearly for the
past ten years felt that conser
vation is definitely growing In
Morrow county. With the big
wheat crop In 1957 stubble poses
quite a problem in the summer
fallow operations this year. With
the exception of a very few who
have burned, present day im
plements are being M to work
to conserve all the trash In an
attempt to maintain organic
mutter and keep the soil in good
working condition. Even though
the spring has been wet and
summer fallow operations have
been slowed down, some excel
lent summer fallow is being
made. For those in the north end
of of the county who prefer to
keep their stubble trash on top
of the ground as means of pre
venting wind erosion it appears
that the stubble available this
year will do much in helping to
keep this soil in place. Other
areas of the county are showing
increased interest in using trash
and new practices such as strip
cropping are covering more acres
gradually each year. The severe
water erosion in the steeper ar
eas have brought some farmers
to the local office of the Soil
Conservation District to work out
conservation plans to slow down
this waste of soil. The committee
making the tour found that in
the areas where severe water er
osion occur several conservation
practices are being combined to
combat the problem. The com
mittee given the Job of selecting
the Conservation Man of the
Year and making this trip were
Max Barclay, Heppner; Burton
and Kenneth Peck, Lexington;
Raymond Lundcll, lone; accom-
STAR
THEITER
Thurs.. Fri., Sat.. Apr! 10, 11, 12
Gun Duel at
Durango
George Montgomery, Ann Rob
Inson, Steve Brodie TLUS
The Curse of
Frankenstein
A successor to the previous
trankenstein films.
Sun., Mon., April 13. 14
Tarnished Anqels
Rock Hudson, Robert Stack,
Dorothy Malone. Sunday at 4,
6 and 8.
Tues.. Wed., April 15. 16
The Private Life of
Major Benson
Tim Hovey, Charlton Heston,
Julie Adams. Family nights
and Heppner residents whose
home face on Baltimore St
and North of Baltimore, not
including Water, K and Aiken
Sts. may register at box office
for a Free show Tues. or Wed.
panying them were Tom Wilson
and John Dennlson, Soil Conser
vation Service and the county
agent.
At a meeting this week of the
Morrow county Town and Coun
try Planning Conference council
plans were made for publishing
the six committee reports in
booklet form for distribution to
those who might be interested.
Earlier the Morrow county court
had indicated their interest in
this project and appropriated
money for the publication. The
publication will contain general
information of the county in
cluding the area land in farms
crop land, number of farms, av
erage annual rainfall, length of
growing season, topography ma
jor soil types and other pertinent
information which should make
it much in demand. Publication
chairman is Bill Barratt, Hepp
ner.
This office recently received a
letter from the Supervisor from
the School of Agriculture at the
Oregon Technical Institute at
Klamath Falls. Inquiry was
made for a position for a .student
who will graduate from the
farm technology class in June
of this year. He is particularly
interested in a job on a wheat
ranch and has had some exper
ience. The school of agriculture
would like to place him on a
farm where he would have an
opportunity to learn the business
because he is ultimately inter
ested in a farm of his own. He
is married. Anyone interested in
this might contact this office for
furl her Information.
As a part of the observance of
Oregon Conservation Week May
U to IS. A county wide soil judg
ing contest will be held at the
Newt O'llarra farm near Lexing
ton. Soil judging has become an
important activity throughout
the entire country. In order that
our people can learn to under
stand mort about soil, its quali
ties and characteristics; a soil
judging day was arranged for
. May 15. The event will begin at
1 11 AM with an educational prac
tice judging ending with a con-
test afternoon. There promises to
be some prizes for the top judg
es in classes of youth, men and
Continuing with the past two
weeks information on seed cer
tification this week's discussion
will be on varietal eligibility.
Select a crop variety that is
eligible if you want to qualify
for seed certification in Oregon.
In other words, there is an ap
proved list of crop varieties in
the Oregon certification program.
A variety does not make this
eligibility list through a hocus
pocus procedure, but each var
iety, up for consideration, is re
viewed by the Oregon State Col
lege certification board. Facts
such as data showing adapta
tion, yield disease and insect re
sistance and seed needs, are just
some of the things that are ex
amined by the certification
board. Proved superiar perfor
mance of a new variety in one
or more categories over variet
ies now available is considered
a requirement to eligibility for
certification.
Even though this procedure
has been a part of the Oregon
certification program for many
years, there are people who still
believe that payment of certifi
cation fees entitles them to cer
tification of almost any crop or
variety. This eligibility list is
subject to revision each year by
the board. As new superior crop
varieties are developed they may
be added' to the list. Older var
ieties that are replaced by better
ones are removed from the eli
gibility variety list.
At least one year advance no
tice is given before a variety is
dropped from certification. Final
approval to delate or add a var
iety is given by the certificat
ion board.
The board reserves the right
of accepting for certification,
varieties recommended for pro
duction in Oregon by the Oregon
experiment station. All crops rec
ommended for production in the
state will not automatically be
eligible for certification. Onlyi
varieties that contain superior'
quality that may be lost with1
out a planned method of pro- j
duction, ate eligible. Many crops'
are produced for seed in Oregon!
that do not need a program such
as this. With these, good seed
can be maintained by reason-!
able purity standards. Crop var-!
ieties developed in other states, j
to be eligible for certification in.
Oregon, must be approved here,
too. More information on this1
Margaret Notson, Jack Casteel,
Vivian Cason and Letha Hiatt
are chosen to represent Heppner
high school at the typewriting
contest to be held in Pendleton
at 10 o'clock April 14.
ing was held later.
Mrs Dean Hunt and daughter
Jeanine and Mrs E E McFadtten
were The Dalles visitors where
they went to take Jeanine to a
doctor there.
Phyllis Thornburg, daughter
of Mr and Mrs Pine Thornburg,
is a patient in Pioneer Memor
ial hospital where she under
went surgery for appendicitis on
Tuesday.
Dona Ritchie of Salem was re
newing acquaintances in Lex
ington over Easter.
On Monday the Cub Scouts
met for their regular meeting.
Den I went for a flower picking
outing and den 2 worked on a
short skit for next pack meeting.
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OLD CAMPAIGN SAGAS SAG
A new and better campaign
format is in the development
stage this year that promises to
aid voters in evaluating candi
dates, bring out better candi
dates and of course result in
more economical government.
By DELPHA JONES Everv fiftv vears. so the pat-
The Lexington Cub Scouts tern seems to e0 something that
held their pack meeting last is br-ing considered as top in pol
Monday night with the Scout , itlcai campaigning dissolves into
Master Cecil Jones presiding. At j nostalgia and is tossed out of
uus nine ine awarus were given tne D0i t cal Dror rooms.
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. April 10, i958
Lexington News
se has been of a new and sincere
type. . - not the applause race
of the old pattern, trying to see
who can make the most noise
for assumption of popularity.
Governor Holmes and his pri
mary opponent Lew Wallace who
differ widely have also given
their audiences solid things to
think about. Both have been re
ceiving grateful applause.
ELFSTROM FOR SPEAKER
Robert L Elfstrom, Sr, Salem
businessman and state represen
tative from Marion County who
underwent major surgery at Sa
lem General Hospital Wednesday
made a rapid and complete re
covery returning to his Salem
home Sunday.
Representative Elfstrom who
has served three terms in the
Legislature has always been a
top vote-getter and was urged
to run for congress in the 1st
District. He is the highly favored
Repeublican candidate for Spea
ker of the House if the Republi
cans reverse the present Demo
cratic majorty.
FATHER'S RIGHTS UPHELD
It took a Marion County jury
less than 10 minutes to free an
exasperated father charged with
assault and battery on a persis
tent suitor for his young daugh
ter. The suitor had repeatedly de
fied the father's orders to stay
away from the girl, according to
testmony.
"WARNING HONEYMOON ENDS
Continuing their drive against
speeding, state police made 1,440
arrests last month for violations
of the basic rule. The officers
didn't hand out a single warning
for speeding.
Continued on page 7
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by the advancement chairman
Bob Lovegren. The following
boys were given Bobcat pins:
Nelbro and Ricky Cox accomp
anied by his father Lyle Cox;
Matt Hughes acompanied by his
parents Mr and Mrs Homer Hu
ghes; Bobby Van Winkle accom
panied by his mother, Mrs Glad
ys Van Winkle; Johnnie Hat
field, accompanied by his par
ents, Mr and Mrs Don Hatfield;
Mike Palmer who received his
wolf badge, accompanied by his
parents, Mr and Mrs Ken Pal
mer; and Frankie Robinson re
ceived his lion badge and he
was accompanied by his moth
er, Mrs Frank Robinson. Cecil
Jones presented Chris Lovegren
his Bobcat pin and he was ac
companied by his parents, Mr
and Mrs Bob Lovegren. Mrs Ed
na Turner showed both movies
and slides of her trip to Alaska
and the boys each showed some
thing they had collected or made
pertaining to Alaska. Mrs Hen
derson's den 2 made a large map
of Alaska and each boy gave a
report on an industry. Mrs Jon
es's pack I each made individ
ual maps of Alaska for note
books and gave reports on the
country. A short business meet-
subject may be obtained at this
office.
For fifty years the torchlight
parade was the radiant pivot by
which a candidate was measur
ed. The longer the parade the
better the candidate was consid
ered to be. It was last used ex
tensively when Howard Taft was
elected on a states rights plat
form in 1908.
The stench and flare of the
torchlight was shifted to a fast
spreading limbo of "Every man
his own orator, with or without
tails," and polsterism.
The current election year is
the golden, or is it brass, centen
nial of the advent of the pollster
and the grandeloquent self
starting orator. Since the pattern
ed fifty years is up the poll tak
ers are drying up hoping the or
ators will do the same.
For the past two weeks the
campaign has been honest and
sober, confined to govern men
tal policies and procedures
Slate Treasurer Sig Unander and
Secretary of State Mark Hatfield
have calmly discussed matters
of state and presented their
views to many audiences, fre-i
quently from the same platform.
They have differed in their views
but have not annoyed their list
eners with slanted personalities
and affronts. Their statements
have been forthright and en-
1 lightening. The audience respon-
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Better to be sate
than to be sorryl
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FOR A FINANCIAL LOSS
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and their contents adequ
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For all types of
farm insurance
coverage, see us.
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PHONE 6-9652
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HEPPNER
AT YOUR CHEVY DEALER'S USED CAR LOT
ewn the price tags
look good!
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J From where I sit ... ly "Joe Marsh
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Grown-up "Kid Stuff"
The kids around here are sure
pulling a lot of weight with local
businessmen these days.
For instance, Monk McCarthy
has collected and patched old
inner tubes all winter. He'll
pass them out for the swimming
hole season -with this stenciled
on: "Courtesy of McCarthy
Auto Service."
And Mr. Troy, over at the
bank, has put in three new shiny
high chairs-for visiting: moth
ers to park their kids in. There's
a sign over the chairs: "Save
now for a happy future."
From where I sit, I like the
way people take to new ideas to
promote their business. It shows
that they are open-minded. We
all could stand a little more of
it in our personal lives too. For
example, you may prefer tea or
buttermilk to my choice of a
glass of beer. But if we're "open
minded" we accept the other fel
low's choice.
Coprriiht, 1958, L'nittd Statu Brewtrt Foundation
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