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?i?pjittf r fef tie uJtntPa MORROW COUNTY'S NBWSPAfER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet entebUehed November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 1 ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher &RETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDIT08IAL ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription TJntps: Morrow and Grant Counties. $3.00 Year: Elsewhere 34.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. OREGON'S GOVERNOR'S RACE Oregon voters will shortly face a ballot one that hasn't excited any great amount of interest in either party, yet one that will confront Repub licans with a remarkably big choice of governor's candidates, (six) and the Democrats with three choices for the same post. It's the first time in years so many men have wanted the job, and we doubt that there is a serious party man on either side' who will today hazard much betting money on the outcome. , Let's look at the Democrats first. There are present governor Robert D Holmes; Wiley Smith, Multnomah county assessor; and Lew Wallace, a perennial candidate for something, and a man who came very close to winning the governor's chair last time, even though he had withdrawn prior to the election. Wiley Smith, we think, has limited support and can hardly be considered a threatening candi date. Governor Holmes has, to our way of thinking, and to many others also, shown himself to be a very "little" man in the office he now holds. The main objection to his program is that he has made every attempt to establish a "party ma chine" in Oregon which will be able to con tinue the Democratic party in power in the state, regardless of who the party might put up. His appointments have been made with one thought "We're in the saddle, let's make It pay." . . . that is not the kind of politics Oregon has been used to, or wants. And we firmly believe that that idea is as repulsive to most Democrats as it is to Republicans. His major opponent, Lew Wal lace, is not one of the 'great men' of Oregon, but he Is far more stable and level headed than Is the present governor. He Is a party man, but still the state comes first. The Republicans have six men working for the job Warren Gill, Mark Hatfield, Slg Unan der, Albert Eichman, George W Livingston, and Orval Rasor. Eichman, Livingston and Rasor will draw but a few voles, while Hatfield, Gill and Unander are going to put up a three-way toe-to-toe fight The results may surprise quite a few voters, too. All of the latter three are remarkably well qualified for the job, and, in a way, it is too bad that they all are seeking it at the same time. . . their talents could much better be spread out more and they no doubt will be after the elect ion. Mark Hatfield has been acclaimed as the "com ing man" of the Republican party in Oregon, and his record as secretary of State, and in the legislature, has been good. We feel he lacks a few years of seasoning which can come only from a few more years in lower politics. lie is in his early 30's and has plenty of time to work up though it is hard to question his ability as a politician or a governmentician. Warren Gill has had 10 full years experience in the legislature and no one can question the fact that he has given the Republican campaign this spring a touch of "life". He jumped Into the fight when it was least expected and has done more campaigning than the rest of the candi dates put together, but his "poor boy" approach isn't quite what he has hoped it might be. Per sonally we have to agree with his platform plank of sales tax for Oregon (something we have always felt had to become a part of this state's tax program sooner or later if it is prop erly written), but we question Warren Gill's ability to be an executive of the state. Those who "have worked with him in the legislature have said that he has a tendency to be inde cisivewill jump first one way and then an other, a trait that does not make for a good governor. Sig Unander is probably the least flashy of all the Republican candidates, but he has served more years (19) in executive positions in the ctato than anv other candidate. He is financially independent, which many hold against him, yet , will be issued in 1960. Oregon he has demonstrated the ability to wisely nanaie From The County Agent's Office By N. C Anderson A Columbia county farmer wrote to the State Department of Agriculture last week asking to have his family brand re recorded, this revealing that some cattle owners are not a ware that all livestock brands must be registered every five years. In 1949, the legislature passed a law requiring all ranchers and farmers to record their brands with the department every five years, or the brand expires and is open to be used by someone else. Previously, registration was required every ten year period, according to M E Knickerbocker, chief of the department's divis ion of animal industry. Enclosed in the farmer's let ter was a 1935 certificate of brand registration, the last time the brand was recorded to his family, Since that time the brand in question has been registered to someone else. The next livestock brand book the money which has been his. As state treas urer he has also proven his knowledge of large scale financing by careful management of funds entrusted to him, and by making them work for the benefit of the taxpayer as far as the law will allow such endeavor. He is a little too careful, possibly, in his approach to some of Oregon's problems, or In making them a part of his political campaign, but when it comes to the actual management of the affairs of the state, such a trait is a mighty fine thing to be able to say of any man. All three top Republican candidates have many points in common in their favor. The main ones being that they all say they will work for fuller development of the state's agriculture, power and natural resources, and industrial potential. The Democratic candidates are wanting the same thing, though, their approach Is that they want Uncle Sam to give such help to Oregon instead of making the state earn its own way in the world. Much more could be said for, and against. every candidate of both parties, and additional arguments will come dally from other media of communication in Oregon as the campaigns come to a close. It Is physically impossible for a weekly newspaper to keep up with the daily campaign news nor will we even try, yet we must make up our own mind. We will go this far: Who will be the winners? We look for Lew Wallace to be the Democratic candidate for governor in the fall general elect ion. We favor Sig Unander as the Republican nomi nee for the reasons we have outlined above, yet, wo know Warren Gill is going to raise a lot of "hell" in the Republican plans. ... it might be enough to win the election. Mark Hatfield is very capable but he should have waited another four years. Whoever wins, Oregon probably has the best slate of candidates for governor it has seen In many years, and we don't doubt that nearly any one of them will serve the state well. The answer will come on May 16 through your vote. This is the way we will cast ours . . . just be sure you mark your ballot too! livestock growers will be noti fied in July, 1959, and must re register their brands with the department by January 1, 1960, to keep them legal. HEppNER r.AZETTE-TlMES, Thursday, May i, hUn formation on seed certification i concrete evidence, o flvailable in the Morrow count,, cteristics, in-i ... THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette Times May 3, 1928 A very disagreeable and heavy storm struck Morrow county a bout noon on Monday, and be fore long the air was filled with dust. Mr and Mrs Osmin Hager, Mr and Mrs Chas Vaughn and Mr and Mrs Bert P Stone entertain ed with a large bridge party at the Hager home on Monday evening. TO THE EDITOR . To The Editor: As far as I know this is the first time I have ever written a "letter to the Editor," but the outburst of historical rhetoric prompted by your observance of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Heppner Gazette has aggravated me Into "dipping in my oar". Since O M Yeager and Bert Mason far outdistance me in Morrow county residence, I must rely upon some data I have in hand rather than memory. If I were in Heppner I would ask the privilege of looking over the files of the week of March 20 In 1943, the 60th anniversary of the Gaz ette, and again in 1918. I be lieve I would find something of historical value to the Gazette and the Times, when as of the Gazette Times I was able I drew down 25 cents my to trace the succession of own- week's wages for the first three ership from J H Stine down to months From tWg mompntous tne current i mm - "w-(outlay of cash I graduated, by ers am. PuuhBi.b. (December 1901, to the imposing The Gazette observed lis ism wage 0f $9 a week 60 hours anniversary about two weeks af- j mind you by changing my . . . . , -, ' attachment from the Times to March 1901. At the time It was the Gazette during the winter STAR THEATER Thurg., Frl., Sat., May 1, 2, 3 Badge of Marshall Brennan Jim Davis, Arlene Whelan FLUS Hold that Hypnotist Bowery Boys comedy Sun., Mon.. May 4, 5 Raintrce County Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint and many more. Sunday shows at 2:30 and 8:30. Tues., Wed.. May 6. 7 Three Faces of Eve Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J Cobb. PLUS Robinson vs. Basilio (rematch) Free show nights for any one receiving mail through Hardman station, Camp 5, Lonerock or Cecil Register when you come to the show. Mr Bridges, substituting for John fd ith e Heppner papers until Watermelon Redington, who, un- ?avlnS If 19 ,m. .u f p m sh..tt n,,h. time until October 1, 1942, I had ....ul. a. m. .u- uL ..... only occasional fill-in jobs for the better man, suffered quite he publishers, my brother Vaw a severe drubbing and took hls,ter and hls son' SPoncer- departure from Heppner. Short- I could impose upon your time lv after mv arrival, two voune and space by reciting many inci men arrived from Salem to take dents that were recorded in those over the Gazette. Fred Warnock issues of the Heppner papers, and E P Michel had been work- '.the files of which were destroy inc at the state printing office ed in the 1918 fire, but what I and decided to go into business! really started out to do was to for themselves. Both were good 1 nil in a nttie 01 me newspaper printers and soon had the Ga-1 history which has been over zette operating on a substantial .looked by your earlier contrib basis. Warnock was from Silver- utors. Surely Mason and Yeager editor 'ton and Michel (pronounced remember the Irrlgon Irrigator, "Miss Shell") was from The established about iwz by Aden l Dalles. I "started at the case"iSon Bennett, a crusty, keen- about two weeks after arriving wltted New Yorker, whose job it in Heppner, working alongside, was to publicize the newiy-torm mv hrother Garfield who worked :ed irrigation district and to alternately for the Times and the Gazette for several years. At the time he was Shutt's right hand man. I added to my print ing skill by learning to feed the cylinder press, an old Country Campbell, the power being furn ished by a little German, Jack Newcomb. His usual pay was 50 cents and a bucket of beer while "sell" the advantages of north Morrow county to prospective settlers. Apparently when the Irrigator's purpose had been ac eomplished Addison folded his last paper and quietly stole away. (He didn't skip the coun try lust moved in to Portland I think. Years later, when Boardman In the declamatory contest held April 28, Annabelle Turner won first place in the humorous division and Herman Green first in the non-humorous division. Mrs John Skuzeski and two children left for Portland on Wednesday for a visit of a coup le of weeks with relatives In the city. Buster Keaton in College, Star Theater, Sunday and Monday, the screamy side of higher edu cation. Dr McMurdo reports that Hep pner hospital is now ready for the reception of patients. Concluding our discussion of several weeks on the certificat ion program of farm crops, we will feature "Proving the Pedi gree" this week. When a superior crop is de veloped, some plan must be fol lowed to safeguard identity and purity of the seed; otherwise im proved varieties would become lost for all practical purposes. In the early days of certification when most of the seed produced was used locally, it was not too difficult for the certifying agen cy to trace seed lots To approved sources and to maintain good genetic quality. As seed product ion of a given variety became widespread, and it was found necessary to grow seed away from the area of principle use, it became more important, to tie the production closer to the or iginal seed stock. This was done by limiting the production in areas away from the original source of seed to not more than a limited number of generations. This plan was first used in the certification of red clover. This pattern of increase is called the generation system and is now set up in most certification stan dards through the use of the four classes of seed; breeder, foundation, registered and certi fied. Breeder seed is maintained by the originating agency, usually an experiment station. No certi fied seed of the varieties under this type of program may be more than a limited number of generations removed. When this generation system is applied, the Certified class or Blue Tag, is not eligible for further certi fication. The grower must ob tain Registered or Foundation seed to qualify. Most of the cer tified seed produced in Oregon is according to this plan. The trend is to have all forage var ieties under this type of product ion. Growers sometimes fail to rec ognize the importance of this record of ancestry. The certificat ion tag, which indicates the class of seed planted, must al ways accompany the application for certification. If small quant ities of seed are used, it may be possible to trace the pedigree to an eligible seed source by means of a sales slip and other records, but the certification tag Is used whenever possible. If the check on seed source re veals that the grower has no visible cnaracu-.-, - fflcfc field is of a given eiigio - iety or class, certification is ae j have recently Teceim nied, because the necessary seed tha the Interstate Com or the pedigree history is n imerce commission examiner on properlv recorded. Evnl.th1"h fresh meats transcontinental be com- west bound nad recommended ble, the pedigree '"- " m.'that the present temporary rates plete in certification. . Jn fofCe since August 15 plete seed history must be . eagt tQ the padfic able, if necessary, to e ongin territories be made perma Breeder seed .0. yjSu. However, that the" rates ion distribution of the var y game n This is similar to ma.nta n.ng . ps ZZtS More in-1 Continued on page , it v cowvk r got on the map, there appeared the Boardman Mirror, which, like the Irrigator, ran for a few years and then folded up, Leslie K Harlan moved from Condon to lone and ran the Post or Proclaimer, I don't recall which. He showed considerable ability and was approached by the anti-prohibition interests in Heppner to move his plant up there and give the Gazette Times some real competition. He at tempted to get the jump on the G-T by installing a linotype. He did contact the saleman first but before closing with Harlan the salesman called on the Gazette Times and in order to sell two machines filled the G-T order first. Harlan ran the Heppner Herald, with the assistance of his brother, E G as editor for about two years and then moved his plant to Pilot Rock. I have before me a copy of the Weekly Times, Vol. II, No 44, "Published every Friday morn ing by Homer H Hallock". The date of the copy is December 18, 1885. That is proof that within a few months after the Gazette was established, a second paper entered the field. In closing, and to add one more county paper to the list, may I remind your readers that the last competitor of the Ga zette Times was the Heppner Herald, re-established by Sam Tattlson sometime in the '20's and later absorbed by the Ga zette Times. Your several chroni clers may have omitted other publications, but I believe the field has been quite thorough ly covered. Thank you for your patience. O G CRAWFORD Delake, Oregon MUNICH IURTON-ON-TRBNT OLYMPIA I I I DORTMUND fi 1 . It Y Wherever a superb beer is brewed,.. "It's the Water' J that makes v oiy V; - the difference r twm eoarANT, owran. mhih'M I.", POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of County Assessor of Morrow County subject to the will of the Republican voters of Morrow County at the Primary Election. Present Incumbent HARRY DINGES 6-10c FOR COUNTY JUDGE I hereby announce that I am a candidate for the office of County Judge of Morrow County subject to the will of the Repub lican voters of Morrow County at the Primary Election. Present Incumbent Oscar Peterson Better fo be safe than ro be sorryf DON'T LET FERE THROW YOU FOR A FINANCIAL LOSS Are your farm buildings and their contents adequ ately insured against loss by lirel Better let us check your coverage. For all types of farm insurance coverage, see us. Turner, Van Marter & Bryant INSURANCE PHONE 6-9652 HEPPNER SPECIALS FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 10 AT Builders Supply IONE, OREGON ' PHONE 8-7242 IODIZED-MOLASSES STOCK SALT 50 lb. Block $1.05 SURE CHAMP, A General Mills Product DOG FOOD 16 lb. Box $1.90 10 lb. Bag $1.20 14 Ft. Runabout Boat $250 With windshield BOAT TRAILER $135 ...,.. . COMPLETE STOCK Feeds, Stock Salt, Bldg. 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