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MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times established November 18, 18.97. Consolidated February 15, 1912 ' f zrx NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL asTocIkatiQn J U nnnuia.'H'imi From the files of the Gazette-Times October 25, 1S23 Mr and Mrs R B Rice of Artes Ian Well farm were in the city on Saturday for a few hours. Upon closing the registration books, Clerk Anderson has iigur ed the increase over the pre Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Hoppner, Oregon, as Second Class mttnliln RnhwrlnHnn Ratoc Ultr.,,, -.,.., r . , , ,n ..... 10 ue 0 Percent, ine lOldl regis iuwun djiu uiaui uumio, ; iear; r,isewnere j'l.ou rear, single L-opy iu cenis. Why A Port District? (The following article was written by county Judge Oscar Peterson and was sent to us as a letter to the editor We feel it covers the question on the formation of a port district within Mor row county so thoroughly that we are using it here as an editorial, and as an explanation of what the measure means. This paper is in agree ment with Judge Peterson that the port district measure should be given the approval of the voters on November 4.) On the ballot to be voted upon in the general election November 4 there appears a question or resolution (300 x Yes; 301 x No) which reads as follows: "Shall that portion of Morrow county, state of Oregon, described as being the whole of said county, be incorporated as a municipal corporation to be known as the Port of Morrow, in accordance with the provisions of ORS Chapter 777 which provides for incorporation under the general law of ports in counties bordering upon bays or rivers navigable from the sea or con taining bays or river navigable from the sea, and which defines the powers of ports so in corporated." In short, it means simply this: "Shall we or shall we not form a port district here in Morrow county?" Petitions containing more than 200 names have been filed with the. county court asking that there be submitted to the legal voters of Morrow county whether the county of Morrow shall be incorporated as a municipal corporation to be known as the Port of Morrow. Just what is the need for a port district and what is the purpose of It all? The reasons are many and varied. Support of the federal development of the Columbia Snake river waterways system is being given an impetus on the local level through port dis tricts between the mouth of the Columbia river and the confluence of the Snake and the Colum- , bia. There are 21 of these districts now; 12 of them were formed prior to the completion of Bonneville dam in 1938. The remaining nine have come into existence since the comprehensive de velopment of our river system has gotten under way. Six more, Including the pending establish ment of one here in Morrow coujity, are now in the process of being organized. We need to be organized to stay competitive. Port districts expend their own public funds to provide cargo handling facilities, docks, ware houses, grain elevators, petroleum storage, dry docks and other services to shippers and re ceivers. They also can, after public hearings are held, create industrial development districts. The power and authority given ports is vested In, and shall be exercised by a board of three com missioners. Ports assess, levy and collect by annual tax an amount not to exceed two mills and in very few instances has the levy come up to that, or even in excess of one mill. Ports have the same right of eminent domain to take property for public uses as already exists with in the state. The mighty Columbia river is at our front door 27 miles of it -with an unlimited water supply. Upon completion of the John Day dam, slack water navigation will be possible to the Pasco Kennewick area, and in the not-too-distant future all the way to Lewiston, Idaho. This river sys tem is an artery of International commerce. Hy droelectric power rates along the Columbia are .comparable to the lowest in the nation, and there is an abundance of it for more than 40 of the power potential of the entire nation lies right here in our Columbia basin watershed. Also, we have superior transportation facilities in the form of railroads and U S highways and we are close to many natural resources. We are living in a rapidly expanding Pacific Northwest and we need an organization that can assist In not only the development of the river but of our own Morrow county as well. A port district can do this Job. We need to expand our tax base and how better can this be done than through the building of industry right here In tration is 2297, distributed as fol lows: Republicans, 1667: Demo crats, 530; Socialists, 20; miscel laneous, 68; progressives, 3; pro hibltionists, 9, Dr John Perry Conder, candi date for joint representative, Mor row and Umatilla counties, re turned the end of the week from a thorough canvas of his district. Gay M Anderson, Gay, Jr, Dr F E Farrior and Spencer Craw ford arrived home late Sunday night from Portland. Harold Cohn, Phillip Mahoney and Pete Kilkenny took in the Oregon . Washington football game at Portland on Saturday and got a lot of genuine thrills out of the performance. vited from Morrow county are production and land use chair man and vice chairman, Tad Miller and Kenneth Turner; wheat disposal and transporta tion, Kenneth Peck, and Bob Jep- sen; federal agricultural pro grams, Walter Jacobs and John Graves; taxation and legislation, Fredrick Martin and Harold Beach; youth activities, Bernard Doherty and Alfred Nelson, Jr; domestic wheat utilization, Mrs Kenneth Peck and Mrs Jack Bar ak. County president, Mifton Mor gan and vice president, Max Bar clay will also attend the session. Information received during this day will be used by the chair "Chats With Your Home Agent" By ESTHER KIRMIS It amazes me the large pro jects our 4-H leaders and parents undertake In Morrow county! My first experience with this dynam ic trrouo was at the Morrow county fair. The 4-H council members appointed committees the committees functioned re sult? A 4-H booth, a 4-H float, and a 4-H public dinner one day of the fair. This month I see a repeat per formance. We're getting ready to have our annual 4-H achieve ment party on November 1st. The 4-H achievement party commit tee appointed Mrs Kenneth Peck, Lexington, chairman of the pro gram committee; Mrs William Rawlins, lone, decoration chair man; Max Barclay, neppner, physical plant and clean-up com mittee chairman; and Mrs Wal ter Corley, lone, lone chairman of, the food committee with Mrs, Walter Wright, M r s Harold , Wright, Mrs Marcel Jones and Mrs Harlan McCurdy as co-chairman. Besides the people mention ed above about 40 other 4-H leaders and parents are assist ing In carrying out the plans for this enormous "Potluck" party which is to be held In the fair pavilion in Heppner. Nels Anderson, the county acenr, and I met with these com mittee chairmen last Friday and now the wheels are beginning to roll. The menu has been se- j lected, the decorations planned, ' and the awards program mapped out. Next comes the mimeograph-' ing of letters to Inform all 4-H members they are to receive their 4-H pins and special dwards on ; the night of November 1st and parents are asked to bring the food to feed this crowd of some 300 people. The wonderful part about It all is the "friendships" that de velop from these people working HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, October 23. i9S8 ions and give them a problem In color. One on color Is foods, an other selects a wardrobe, another furnishes a living room, and still another selects monochromatic, contrasting and related color schemes from paint chips. A "Visit" to see the results of each groups collaboration finishes the meeting. They all seem to en Joy the work session as It gives them an opportunity to express themselves. The new station wagon comes in mighty handy as it seems like I'm carrying half of the office with me. IF IT'S ACTION you're after, go to the Star Theater, Thursday, Friday or Saturday. 33-c Sunday by Catholics An open house will bP hu . St Patrick's Catholic church in Heppner on Sunday, October 2fi from five until six p m, ther, Gerald Condon announced thil week. "s Visitors will be conduct a through the church and will h. given an explanation of the va? ious sacred vessels and vest ments used at Mass and alsnnt the other religious objects of th, church. e Following the visit to th phllrph. Ttfroohrvio-t ...... C served by the women of the Altar J " uasement liilllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllill HI lllllillHIIIIII lllUlllllllllFlllll'ili DURING DOROTHY GRAY 1 Vi Price Sale men in the conduct in committee our firpa. IInw hotter ran It hA Hnno than thrnntrVi mpptincs at thp annual fall an organization set up specifically for the in-1 meeting of the Morrow County together on committees. People dustrial advancement of the county? We believe all port commission. this can be done through a County Agent's News By N C ANDERSON One of the recommendations coming out of last winter's Mor row County Town and Country Planning Conference was an Indication from the farm crops committee that a cost study on wheat production was needed. Harold Snider, lone, chairman of this sub-committee spent quite a bit of time with a number of formers and with Oregon State college farm management spec ialist, Manning Becker, In work ing out cost schedules on the various operations for an over all production cost, It soon be came evident that there were many different conditions affect ing costs of operation and that a hurried up study would not reflect all of the many condit ions prevalent throughout our county. It was decided by the committee and later approved at (he conference that a cost study should be made soon taking each operation separately in arriving ar a total cost per acre. A num ber of farmers indicated interest in cooperating with such a study at the time. Arrangements have now been made for Mr Becker to spend November 11, 12 and 13 In the county setting up the pro cedure for the study. In order for this to represent all types of soil, rainfall and farming methods we want to have at least 15 farmers scaitered about the county In volved in the cost study. Harold inkier, lone, chairman of the sub-committee or I would apprec iate having a phone call or con tact from anyone who is inter ested in this project. We will need to hear from you soon as time is growing short for getting details underway. With the widespread Infesta tion of spotted alfalfa aphid here in Morrow county farmers who are planning to seed new fields of alfalfa in the spring are urged to consider seeding Lahonton the only variety with aphid re sistance. The damage done by the spotted alfalfa aphid is es pecially serious in new seedings of alfalfa. While Lahonton Is bound to be a little higher priced than the seed of other varieties it Is good hay alfalfa. It Is one of the top ylelders In several al falfa demonstrations in our neighboring experiment stations. It would be wise to buy the seed that you will need for next spring now. From the time all of us grum ble about taxes which seem to Increase each year. A part of the taxes that go up each vear are those for road building and maintenance purposes. Recently we read an article which made us feel that perhaps taxes ex pended for road building were doing some good. The article read as follows: "Of the farm property sold in the fall and winter of 1957-58, about one fifth were on dirt roads and two fifths on gravel roads. Reporters estimated that the property on dirt roads would have soldfrom 3 to 11 higher, depending on the area, if they had been on gravel roads. and from 7 to 32 higher if they had been on hard surface roads, If the properties on gravel roads had been on hard surface roads, it was estimated that the sales prices would have been about 5 higher." Morrow County Wheat Growers Association county committee chairman will attend a workshop training session at the Pendle ton Memorial armory at Pendle ton on Tuesday, October 28. This all day meeting will be aimed at bringing these people up to date on current projects, pro grams and league activities that will be helpful in county meet lngs. Those who have been in STAR THEATER Thuts., FrU Sat, Oct. 23, 24, 25 Left Handed Gun Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner. PLUS Running Target With Arthur Franz, Doris Dowling Sun Mon., Oct 26, 27 Walt Disney's Light In The Forest Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, Wen dell Corey and many more, Sunday at 4, 6, 8. Titos Wed Oct 28, 29 King Solomon's Mines Deborah Kerr, Stewart Grain ger. 1 LILIAN C. TURNER Smorgasbord LEXINGTON GRANGE HALL Sunday, Oct. 26 5 TO 8 P.M. $1.50 AND 75c Wheatgrowers Association which lfrm a11 ovef th? county are will be held at the Lexington b8ht together because their Orange hall on Monday, Novem ber 10. PINE CITY SADDLE CLUB The Pine City 4-H Saddle club organized Sunday, October 19 -at the Pine City school. Charles Daly, leader of the club opened the meeting, Elect ion of officers were Billy Do herty, president; Tommy Martin, secretary-treasurer and Karla Luclani, news reporter. Other members Include Julie Smith. Mitchell Ashbeck, David Proudfoot, and Bernard Doherty. The next meeting will be the evening of November 11 at the Bill Doherty home. Refreshments were served by Mrs Doherty and Charles Daly. - Karia Luclani, reporter children are enrolled in 4-H. They get acquainted, like each other, and Invitations to "Come and see us" are very frequent. The symbol of the "4-H heart" is truly exemplified. I'm feeling like the "traveling minstrel man" this month as I visit each extension unit in the county with my "bag of tricks" on color. It's all very enjoyable as I am getting acquainted with many more extension unit mem bers than ever before and see ing the community where they live. The color lesson includes a film strip on "color, the key to decor ating" put out by Better Homes and Gardens; a quick brush up on color vocabulary; and a work session on color problems. I divide the group into four divis- DOROTHY GRAY REGULAR 2.50 DRY SKIN LOTION 425 REGULAR 2.50 HORMONE HAND CREAM 125 DRY SKIN CLEANSER AND SALON COLD CREAM TWO SIZES IN BOTH REG. $4.00 SIZE -NOW 0 REG. $2.25 SIZE - NOW 4 25 A PHIL'S PHARMACY PHIL BLARNEY, OWNER ""iiiiiiiiiiiin mi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilMilB Let your eyes linger over Chevrolet's fresh, finely shaped contours. 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But now I've got to confess one on myself. I started with the Clarion twenty years ago and every night since, a copy of the newspaper has been left at my front door. Not so last nlght-my subscription expired.' From where I sit, the trouble with all of us now and again ts that we get so wrapped up In other people's affairs that we neglect our own. It's like the people who are concerned with my right to enjoy an occasional (lass of beer. I don't impose my choice on them why shouldn't they act likewise. We all have enough to do to keep our own "papers" in order. Copyright, 1958, United State Bit wen foundation """ definitely new, decidedly different! TAj r.L , n p j ... . 3 W nU 1 new ImPala -Poor Sedan, Uh all new Chevies, has Safety Plate Glass all around. see your local authorized Chevrolet dealer MAY FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY KKPFNER. OREGON