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Setter (ifett? (Stonta MOHBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NEWSPAPIB PUBUSHIRS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PEN LAND Editor and Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL AS1; cSkTIr GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher ..i.ii-i i r m i... a . u. T,. nrra at nnnnnor flrpunn. as Second Class Matter Subscript Inn Rat- Morrow and Grant Counties. $4 01 Yenr: Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. VM Comes Next? County voters made their feelinps pretty def inite Monday when they rejected the school budget and the special building fund levy by a vote of nearly two to one. What happens now? The school board will have to take another serious look at the budget to see what it can do with it to make it acceptable to the people who must approve it and pay the taxes to support it. That isn't going to be the easiest thing those men have had to do. As we see it, the yotors turned down the budget because of two main reasons. They dis liked the manner in which the board ignored the feelings of the many persons who attended the hearings on the budget, and they disapproved of the large increase In teachers' salaries. In other words, a great many voters marked their ballots the way they did because they took the only way they had left to protest. This newspaper doubts that most thinking voters want any serious disruption of normal education functions in the county, yet, they made it pretty plain that they are not going to stand back forever and OK budget items they don't think are reasonable. We hope the school board will take a good long look at its budget, trim it where it can without eliminating anything vital, then open ly explain to the voters at a hearing why such a budget is necessary for the proper operation of our schools. If they will do that, we predict that voters will say "OK". The Great Privy Program One of the interesting little sidelights on the federal government's proposed giant Inter state highway system, is a ridiculous proposition ...u:v. .vctrotoc thp wastefulness of govern ment when It sets out seriously to spend citizens mnnpv. ' This is a grandlous plan to build super-duper PnVHardly anybody said anything about it when nnartment in the past session wanted to tax the people of Oregon another lc on each gallon of gasoline tney purcnaseu, ... order to raise money t0 qualify for federal funds for the new highways. But part of this money would have been used to build 42 privys along me super luaua. Cost of these 42 "outhouses" has been esti tA t eo 7in nnn It doesn't take any mathematical genius to figure that this places the cost of each privy at $65,000! . . Based on our personal experience with privys, ranging from the half-moon, outdoor models to the modern, plush, vari-tinted type, we'll say this is carrying the business of outhouses to an extreme degree. ' But all of this is an unmistakable Indication that America is advancing at a rapid pace. It will be recalled by someone that the nation once went on another privy building binge. This was back in the old WPA days and outhouse construction became a favorite pastime. But gov ernment architects didn't set their sights so high then. Mostly those privys were of the antique variety, highly functional, drafty, and lacked most of the niceties of modern day life. In those difficult times, however, they filled the bill. But, as we say, this is 1959. The nation and the state have come a long way. People demand and really deserve much more finesse and com fort in day to day living especially when they are paying all the bills. Anything less than a $G5,000 privy is un thinkable! )Lincoln County Leader, Toledo) THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette-Times May 23, 1929 Mr and Mrs C H Latourell, Mr nnH Mro h rien Hayes ana Charles Vaughn motored over to Wasco on Sunday and tne gemic- mm rnr in fna Trail Bltwvi Illtru luur. jii , put on there by the Wasco Rod and Gun club. At the last meeting, San Souci Rebekah lodge elected the fol lowing officers: Alice Rasmus, N G; Ella Benge, V G; Lillian Turner, secretary; Rubina Corn gall, treasurer. Harold Cohn shipped 3800 head of sheep to Baker Tues. day night and they will be placed on summer range over that way. m, ori fra rwvid Wilson and Mr and Mrs Bill Crawford mo tored to Portland Saturday. Mrs E L Vinton and son Dick of Coquillo were in Heppner on Tuesday. Robert Grabill of lone, who has been attending school in Portland, is home for his va cation. There are seven graduates in the twenty-first annual com of lone high school. They are Fern Engleman, Robert McCabe, Harry reierson, l.pona Ritchie. Rosa Fletcher, Garland Swanson and Edith Ely. the best present first crop aliana, iablv gets rained on, damaging ?wy.f.m... inin? Drotein and ers who have, over u.e v.. nt trpnrh silos, are wen Lased with the preservation of this first crop, u ... - 1 ,rtnt this year with ST.hSV of irrigation water and the evident cemanu iu. now appears. In building a trench silc . It is very important that a well-drained site is selected close to the Led area. It should be located or easv filling with truck or trailor. A trench may be made on a hillside in which case one end is left open for removal of f, !. nn n eentle slope, dirt from the end may be used to build sides at tne lower c . ; j- iirm the size to build, re ns of silage is equal to one ton oi iwy. " - build will depend on the number li.etnPk to be fed, of course. Figure 35 pounds per cubic foot and build accordingly so mai io o font of silaee should be used for five days to prevent spoilage. We would be happy to assist anyone with their "plans for making or lining ineir snu. 2 trict, a HrEHGAZETTE-TIMES, Thundery. May 21, 1959 hearing on these ever growing pests multi freight rate hearing on TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: (The following letter was re ceived by the chamber of com donated another lot he owned or what Is now the corner of Gale and Center streets right where t.nnham's anartment now stands. This was about the year of 1884 when the church was moved to thp now location. At the new rvnnnr to V VP t Wider Cin.'U- " b"- . . , j.t-v. w K lation). Dear Sirs: I am very Interested in your town and state and I would like you to find me a boy my age to write to. I am nine years oia and will be In the fourth grade. I live on a ranch near a town in Wyoming. I ride to school on a bus. Thank you very much. Yours truly, Dennis Copyak Box 71, LaBarge, Wyo. To The Editor The old Baptist church of Heppner was organized In Aug ust of 1878 and that same year saw the construction of the first church ever built in Heppner. The lot, located on East Main street, right where the Heppner Steam Laundry now stands, was shown in the picture and the front was partly remoaeieo. my parents were early pioneer mem' hers of this old churcn ana my sister, Myra (Mrs B H PecK) ana I started attending Sunday arhnnl an A church there about Hip venr of 1890. I knew every one of the girls In this old pic ture but cannot recognize them in the nr nt. I can t understand ahout the two Horner girls be ing In a Baptist church picture as they were always Methodists, (North) and their church was built in 1885. My sister and I were almost raised in this old historic church. I was the jan itor of this old church when I was about 9 years old. The lights were coal-oil lamps set in brack ets with glass mirror reflectors, set high on the walls around tne loom. There was a big, long 1, T TInnrv RasmUS. UOniinZd "cilllUB Oiuve i u"" . ' . J ihe front entrance and I had to a methodist. ine new cnureii . ..... ,,. ,, edifice was built by popular sub scription. In a few years the Rev Rasmus sold the lot, but STAR THEATER Thurs.. Frl.. Sat.. May 21. 22, 23 Good Day For A Hanging Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes. PLUS China Doll Victor Mature. Lili Hua, Ward Bond, Bob Mathlas. Sun., Mon, Tues.. May 24. 25, 26 Remarkable Mr. Pcnnvpacker Clifton Webb Dorothy Mc- Guire, Charles Coburn. Sun day at 4, G and 8. go early in the morning on cold winter days to build tne tires, but we never could keep warm in the rear of the building. 1 can tell many fine tales of the doings in tins old church. The old picture you snow In tne pa per was taken snort ly ociore it was moved lrom Main street to Gale and Center streets. Belle Nordyke lived In her home on the lot light where Anderson's lumber y.'.rd now is. Mvrtle and Belle Horner lived across from the old Yeager home where Adelle Wright now lives on Alkali (Water) street. Ada Minor (Mrs Will Irwin) lived in the old two-story hotel, still standlnc on May street across from the present bank building. She is an aunt oi btaniey Min or and still ives in poruana. Lottie Shipley (Mrs Hank Seller- zinger) lived on a ten acre tract across from where the old Hen ry Heppner warehouse used to stand, now occupied by Morrow County Grain-Growers. Laura and Lura Willingham lived in the old Willingham house just north of Sally Marlatt's home. Mabel Leezer lived in the big two-story house on the hillside above the Christion church. Her County Agent's News By N C ANDERSON A meeting of all interested cattlemen from throughout the state will be held June 1st at Redmond for the purpose of dis cussing the proposed state-wide beef performance ana improve ment program. At tnis meeting, a commute ot cattlemen irom thrnncrhout the state will report " - n - , nn tholr f ndlnes trom a siuay which has been made since their first meeting of over 45 cattle men on February 3. The com mute will present a tentative program for beef Improvement and make their suggestions con cerning the state-wide organi zation and whether to become affiliated with the American Rnpf Cattle Performance Registry icenrlation. This state w 1 d e erouD is developing a program tn pneouraee the use oi inese records as an aid tn selecting more productive breeding cattle Thpse records, when used in sound breeding program, giving proper emphasis to quality ana beef conformation as well as pro finrtion. will eive beef cattle pro ducers an opportunity to breed mnrp profitable beef cattle. Her bert Ekstrom, lone, accompamea thP aeont to the state-wide meet ing on February 3. Several beef producers have indicated their interest in the June 1st meet ing. Those who are interested, mii'ht contact this office for fur ther particulars and pooling transportation to the June 1 meeting. the Junior livestock show, spon sored hv The Oreeon Wheat- growers League which will be held at the old seuiert cannery huildini? on JunP 7. 8, 9 and 10. 4-H beef entries are the largest ever, while swine and sheep are as strong as any of the entries for thp 10 vears the show has been in operation. The 15 beef entries were made by Mickey Van Schoiack, Kenneth Wright, and David and Douglas Ander son of Heppner; Kenneth Smouse, Eric Anderson, Dennis Donqrty lone; sanara ana Kan rseacn, Tommy Martin and Russell Dol- ven, Lexington. Exhibiting sheep will be Archie Ball, Nat Webb, Tony and Dennis Doherty, Da The executive committee of the lvtnrrrmr Coimtv Livestock Grow ers Association met last weeK ru take care of a number of busi ness matters of the association, via mainr one being tne dis cussion on plans made for Beef, ted. a non-profit organ- ization for tne promotion ui OrPtmn heef industry. Frank An derson, chairman of the county meat promotion committee, re nnrtoH that the exhibit and fun ctions of Beef, Incorporated are progressing nicely ana win De ready with the opening of the Centennial Exposition m run land, June 10. This non-prom or rranlMtion which is being iinan pod hv voluntary contributions from the Oregon beet inauswy will depict an old-time butcher shop, compared with the modern nun nf tndav and will be en gaged in the promotion of beef during the 100 day exposition. Since, the executive committee agreed, this will be an opportun ity nf thp centurv to promote the Oreeon beef industry, they nrauisition s,ate Game Commit."" .h,.u6h E ,y-su. This aecisiu.. ,flo Preme court w. . i inTPrnrfLauvi " waited for before any action was taken locally. Tne grout - ored budgets for continuance of . !mo pnvnte traDDers and IVVO lUU-i""" j ... i for an additional agricultural agent. a H momhprs leaders and those interested are reminded of the annual field day to be held on Saturday, May 23 at the Fred die and Norman Neison rancu near Lexington. During the day 4-H members will fit, groom and block animals, give demonsira- havp trainine in snowman- .ui- onA iuHoint? of livestock. This will be the 7th annual field day of this kind; the 4th to De ,a at thp Nelson ranch. The 111V4 v. . Nelsons' will not only De nosi with facilities for the day, but ,m nmvirie ice cream and drinks to go with the picnic dinner on their lawn. Last year do mem bers, leaders and parents auen ded. Ac onw farmer will expound no wv - , weeds are a big nuisance. Judge tv,om fmm the standpoint oi re- 1 1 ii-i i i -'.. rnHnPtivp nualities and tney are positively frightening. Recently we saw a leaiiet listing ic uwoctinii statistics on how 11HI.IVU....H dIv. For example, one of the wormwood plant Is good for as many as 1 million 75 thousand seeds. One Russian thistle will nroduce 24,700 seeds and others are marsn eiuer, o.xju; rrencn .,,H 7.040 and common mus tard 2,700. Some which boast a hard shell are extremely dur able. Seeds of mustard, dock and pigweed have been Known to germinate after being buried in the ground for fifty years. The more you think about It the more you can realize why even with a good spray program we v,o nnt been able to eradicate weeds on your farm. Even though you can't eradicate them you can hold down Infestations by a good cultivation and spray- ing program. MW a me ume tiin vnur plan for control of perennial noxious weeds that are reacning me io tiwp are a number of old stand by weed chemicals as well as a multitude oi new um;s which fit every type of weed. Costs of control run from a rela tively inexpensive ngure to nuge proportions. For the more costly weed jobs, a county ACT prac- tice payment is avaiid.uc wmi.ii shares the cost of control up to fiftv percent with the farmer. In nrder to snare l-usi " uiut.. ... . 1 ion must sign up witn tne iui office before tne spiaying is done For those wno wouiu ime the latest recommendations on various weeds we u ... here in the form of a bulletin Continued on - WHAT IS the 8th wonder of the world? THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER! Strictly for laughs. Star Theater, Sun day-Monday-Tuesday. " . ..tA Tniinr1cc AnHnrcnn Hon VlU ttUU JLVp, inJ miuLigwii, m'"- - - pner, and Kennetn l smouse, voted to contnouie an auu.v.v.. Ione; Dennis and Tony Doherty, al $100 from their treasury which Heppner. There will be 11 sheep with one pen ot tnree snown hv Kenneth Smouse; 6 hogs, one of which will be a pen shown bv Tony Doherty. pr e m i u m books, giving the program for the 4 days, are available from this office for those who are Interested in participating. Steve Thompson, Heppner rancher, called at the office this week for information in making will be added to the $250 con tributed earlier. It was felt that this will be the main contribut ion from the Morrow county beef cattle industry, aithougn in dividuals can make contributions as they desire. Bill Barratt, Hep pner, is our county representa tive on Beef, Incorporated. Other business consisted of ap proval of bills, a discussion in regards to the present status of the Morrow county livestock dis- Firemen's Ball BENEFIT lone Volunteer Fire Dept. Saturday, May 3Q 9:30 TO 1:30 IONE LEGION HALL MUSIC BY THE ROYAL DUKES ADULTS $1.25 GRADE SCHOOL 75c CHEVY'S THE HOTTEST ONE AGAIN! Morrow county 4-H and FFA memhers this week sent regis tration entries to The Dalles for father, Will Leezer owned an early day hardware store in Heppner on the corner now occu pied by the Masonic Duuoing. Ethel Spcrry lived in the Sperry home on the corner where Rufus Piper built his new motel on Main street. Jennie Hale lived in the far south end of Heppner. I do not recognize the front of the church as it is pictured in the paper so it must have been taken prior to its move to the new location. My parents were members of this old church until they disbanded and sold the property many years ago. O M Yeager Castle Rock, Wash HOTTEST LOOKING, HOTTEST SAVING, r i- O- y ... ikP,H - .... P;u iJT V BLITZ COUNTRY! Ifyou d like to explore Blitz Country yourself, pack in to wherever Blitz is soU 0, rpak . into your refrigerator. Open the door, open a blitz. Blitz Country. L. bkt: ssssstffisaL i A V8-powred Impala Conmtiblt . , . unmittakably '69t HOTTEST SELLING OF THE LEADING LOW-PRICED 3 What we mean this new Chevy's whipped up a one-car heat wave. Its fresh style caught on right away, of course. But whether you prefer a V8 or 6 where Chevrolet really leaves the other cars in the shade is out on the road. A pair of Chevy 6's came in one-two in their class in this year's Mobilgaa Economy Run. And the winning average was 22.38 m.p.g. Why not drop down to your dealer s and see for your self why Chevy's I""1 .F this year's hot- fcWl0Ti test selling car? In""'"1! i Hil Try the hot one-see your local authorized Chevrolet dealer! LET0N CHEVROLET COMPANY MAI t K'tt, FBONE 6-8831 ESIPKE8. OBSOOlt
