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MORROW COUNTY'S NBWSPAfER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timet entebUehed
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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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chair last time, even though he had withdrawn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
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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
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