MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 18.97. Consolidated February 15, 1912 '
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NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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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
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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
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served by the women of the Altar
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DOROTHY GRAY
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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.
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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-
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Lookbif back over these col
umns for the put six years, I
notice I've always been partial
to the "unlikely" twist
For Instance, the policeman
who got ticket for parking . . .
the candidate who forgot to
vote on Election Day ... the
firemen who discovered that
the firehouse was burning.
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.
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