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MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 tr1" NEWSPAPIR PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher TTonnnpr. Orpon. as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates- Morrow nnd Grant Counties. $401 Year; Elsewhwe $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. We Will Vote "Yes" Next Monday's school budget election is ba sically of even more imnortance to county tax payers than was fie first one, which was voted down. And, it should enloy an even greater turn out of voters than did the one on May 4. The school budget has been cussod and dis cussed more during the past six weeks than at any time in the memory of the residents of the county and probably with reason, but now Is not the time for voters to throw up their hands and say, "what the heck." We must have schools next year for our youngsters. All will not be run as many persons have hoped, but a lot of sincere effort and study and work has gone into this budget and the supplemental levy which will be voted on July 11. If both are approved our schools will operate much the same as had been planned originally, and this newspaper is convinced that just about all possible "water" has boon wrung out of the operation. Nobody wants to penalize the young sters by depriving their schools of a few needed dollars just because everything that some had hoped for could not be arranged in time to get this budget on the tax rolls. It is this newspaper's recommendation that both the regular budget and the supplemental be given voter approval. Then, let's start in to de termine what we want in our school system for the following year while we have time to give the problem real study. We will have a new school board, and it will be one that can have enough time to adequately study the overall county school problem and come up with some answers that need not necessarily be born of imnn liate necessity. Should the current revised budget (and the supplemental budget) be defeated at the coming elections our entire county school system could foresceably bo forced to operate next year on a warrant basis. This could mean that we would have only a very small school tax this year (if the levy couldn't get on the tax rolls by July 15), but it would also mean that we would be faced with practically a double levy the following year. Nobody is going to save a single nickel on that kind of an operation, even though some of us might have to lose a little face to get it back on a "pay as you go" basis. Again, we recommend that the revised school budget be approved at next Monday's election and that the special levy be approved on July 11. If that is done we'll have a whole year to study a major school problem that deserves ample time for consideration. During that coming year, though, we'd better not just sit on our hands. Not Enough Rich People Congressman Mills of Arkansas, who is chair man of the all-important House Ways and Means Committee through which all tax legislation, must pass, has announced an exhaustive study of the present tax structure with the objective of re ducing rates without sacrificing revenues. First step will be an intensive inquiry into the Federal income tax. Possibilities of broadening the base enough to permit real reductions in individual and corporate income taxes will be investigated. It is hoped that legislation will be ready for the consideration of the second session of this Cong ress. There is plenty of room for honest differences of opinion over specific, detailed provisions of the tax laws. But it's hard to see how anyone can logically argue against a thorough overhaul of tax policy. In the upper individual and corporate tax brackets the rates reach an extortionate level. They thus prevent investment and industrial de velopmentthe kind of investment and develop ment that is urgently needed if good jobs for our soaring work force are to be provided. Moreover, the hard facts have proven that we can't support the government by the old ex pedient of "soaking the rich." The biggest part, by far, of federal revenues comes from the basic income tax rate of 20. Only a small part comes from the progressive rates, even though they reach a staggering 91. There just aren't enough rich people. From The County Agent's Office By NELS ANDERSON Faith, Hope and Charity have , application blank from Salem come to Oregon State College!- Because claims from brands will These are the names of a third! set of triplet calves that have joined the college dairy herd, the month old grade Jersey Guernsey heifers are identical a rarity happening possibly only in 500,000 births. The heifers will be used in milk production ex periments after their first calv ing In about two years. They will then bo placed on different energy Intake rations to help de termine the economy of different grain feeding levels. Since in heritance of Identical triplets Is the same, any differences will be due to feed or management and not to Individual quirks a factor always present when non identical animals are used for research. The herd already in cludes year and a half old trip let grade Holstein bulls and an older set of triplet milking cows. The bull triplets are being used to study effective energy Intake on fertility and the older triplets in milking studies. Owners of about 11,000 live stock brands recorded in Oregon will be called upon to renew their rights on the brand begin ning July 1. Each five years brands must be re-recorded with the state department of agri culture at Salem to keep them current. The re-recording period now coming up will last for six months and applications filed now will continue legal owner ship through December 31. lfHii. Each brand owner on record to day will receive within the next few weeks an application form on which to renew his brand. No renewal fee should be mailed until Iron owners receive official be waived If the recorded brand not renewed within the six months recording period begin ning July 1, ranchers would do well to watch the mail for these application forms. Brand owners who may have moved since their last brand recording may not get an application unless it is forwarded to them. For this reas on anvono who does not get a notice of re-recording during July should notify the state depart ment of agriculture at Salem early in August and a form will be mailed. On a visit last week to the newly built trench silo at the Steve Thompson ranch near Heppner, I saw an excellent job of silo filling. The alfalfa grass ensilage was Drolne into the trench in just the right condition to make some top quality nigh nrntein feed for winter feeding. i The alfalfa was being harvested with a heater so it did not loose moisture from beine mowed and windrowned as well as saving these operations. Dump trucks made unloading easy and a small tractor with blade for leveling and packing Insuring a good en siline process. The trench loca ted in the side of a hill adjacent to the winter feed yard makes it handy to get at them when trie time for feeding comes. We are sure that Steve will like his silage about calving time next winter. to !earn that more than 3 billion dollars or roughly 35 of these liquid reserves is in savings bonds. Word was received at this of fice from Karl Beach who is attending national 4-H club con ference in Washington D C that ho was havlne a wondertul time there. Karl, selected as one of four outstanding club members to represent Oregon thanked the leaders and those who had help ed h m in h s 411 ciud worn that won him this trip. He re ported that he had participated in the dedication program for the new 4-H center at tnevy Chase, Maryland and was quite thrilled to see President Eisen hower cut the ribbon in the dedi cation ceremony. This new center purchased by the 4-H club foun This office has a supply of the new lawn booklets just published by Oregon state college exten sion service. Tips for healthy The annual Oregon youth range camp sponsored by the agement has been announced for beautiful lawns are included in August 3-8 to be held at Logan 'throe Pocket size booklets, Start Valley in Grant county. This year, "g A New Lawn, Lawn Care applications will be taken from And Maintenance, and Lawn all boys over 14 years of age regardless of whether they are enrolled m 4-H or ttA. in the past selections were made here from these two youth organi zations. The county has a quota of four boys. Those boys both town and country reared who are interested in spending a week in the outdoors bcinc taucht how to handle themselves as well as range and other land so that they can be of greatest value to their country are eligible to ap ply. Range and soil judging; plant identification, conservation, ranch organization, photography, camping, woodsmanship, sports manship, supervised swimming, soft ball and other sports will make up the program lor the week. Application forms are a- vailable at this office. Pests and Problems. You may have copies of these booklets that may tell you why the grass is creener on the other side of your fence, by calling at this office. STAR THEATER Thurs., Frl., Sat., June 25, 26, 27 Ride Lonesome Randolph Scott. Karen Steele. TLUS The Restless Years John Saxon, Sandra Dee, JrtIIlV.1 (I llllillllll., V V- U V. Wright and many others. Sun., Moru. Tues., June 28, 29, 30 The Mrttmn Game - - w www " " Debbie Reynolds, Paul Doug las, Tony Randall. Una Mer- 8 and 8. While reading the U S Depart ment of Acrlculture's Balance Sheet of Agriculture the other day we ran across some facts that might interest you. For one thing, you and the other five million farmers in this country now own liquid financial assets of about 14l.a billion dollars. This not on ;ly includes the cash in your pocket, but other assets you could turn into cash in a mo ment '8 notice your bank ac count and United States savings bonds. Maybe it shouldn't have. but what surprised us most was IONE LEGION FIREWORKS AND DANC1 Friday Night, July 3 Fireworks - 9 P. M. Memorial Field Dance Following MUSIC BY THE ROYAL DUKES ADMISSION $US PER PERSON J C. W. Hai der It would appear that the Ca nadians are developing another new market in the United States. And ridiculous as It appears at first blush, that new export Item Is baked bread. So far. the influx of cheaper priced Cana" dlan bread is confined to De troit and thef. adjacent areas. But the figures on the growth of this business are impressive. At the present time, the im nrtpH hrpaH is running around 7 million puands. On the basis of an average American family consumption of bread annually of somewhere around 440 pounds, this repre sents a supply for only some 16, 000 families, which is not too im pressive in the bread business. But on the other hand, this business has Increased 1300 in ten years, Is still growing. The reasons for this silly phe nomena are quite plain. For one thing, the U. S. price support policies on wheat keeps the prices of this staple up about 30 higher in this country than across the border. In addition, whereas Detroit bakers must pay $2.05 per hour for unskilled work ers, rate in Canada is $1.50. Canadian bread was thus sell ing in Detroit for 17 cents for a pound and a quarter loaf versus 24 cents for the American prod uct. This has precipitated a price war which has brought the American product down to around 19 cents, but Canadian bread has by the same token dropped down to a dime or less. Here is an example not predi cated on Oriental coolie labor. Nitlwul retention of Indtptndmt Buiinw Here is a nation with a high standard of living that due to American labor and farm poli cies can whip a segment of U. S. business to death. Probably In a recent meeting of the Senate Small Business Committee Sen. Kussell Long stated the problem in a nutshell saying "What we have to watch out for is the foreign producer who is paying 15 or twenty cents per hour for labor and who has equipment as good as ours; even buys our raw material and brings it back In here far below our production cost." He continued by saying, "The average American tariff on goods coming in here is about 10 and that is only on things that carry a tariff. Now if you are paying a wage that is about four times as high as the other fellow, that 10 tariff is no hill for a stepper at all, he can just leap over it. I think it is factors like that where you really have a right to demand protection, rath er than let some competitor get a big advantage over you and continue to whip you." This Is an Interesting com ment for a responsible member of Congress made In Washing ton D. C. where lo these many years, the do-gooders, the so cialistic planners, and the rest of that screamlng-meemie tribe have been pushing to even fur ther abolish the protective V. 8. tariff system on the basis that this will cause everybody throughout the world to love each other as brothers. The experience so far with U. S. tariff cutting has proved one thing about love. Given half a chance, the for eign employer of cheap labor loves to undersell American busi ness in America. In the mean time, American unemployment figures hold at a high rate. 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, June 25, 1959 i si r 4 The State Board of Control was told Tuesday that contracts for construction of the labor and in nctrioa huildine will be award ed in July. Freeman Holmer, dir ector of the State r inance anu Administration Department, said bids would be sought this month. The 1957 Legislature approved construction of the building to be located just north of the state library at a cost between $3,300, 000 and $3,800,000. Money to meet the costs of construction is being borrowed from the State Industrial Acci Aont Commission and will be repaid through rentals assessed against occupants or tne struc ture, to be repaid within 30 years but 45 years were allowed under a lease with investors. MAY RUN FOR TREASURER Lee Ohmart. who has a signal legislative record and piles up big majorities when he runs for office says he is "somewhat in terested" in running for state treasurer next year. The 45-year-old Salem realtor had an unusual tax schooling in Marion County tax and court departments for eight years be fore serving in the Legis ature two terms in the House followed by two regular and one special session m tne Denaic. Ponnhlicans have announ ced their candidacy. Sen Ward Cook, Portland, is consmeieu B Kohio Democratic candidate as is Sen Dwight H Hopkins, Im- bier. ci nnander. present state treasurer, cannot rurt in I960 as the constitution restricts a treas urer to two consecutive terms. BANK DEBITS UP Resurgence of Oregon's lum ber market last week seemed to be reflected in figures of the Federal Reserve District of San Francisco regarding bank debits. The district report for May shows upstate Oregon cities made substantial gains. Salem led with $119,706,000 ($116,538, 000 a year ago.) Eugene was sec- ond trailing Salem by a $J4,dui, 000, with a total of $95,205,000 ($72,457,000 a year ago). Gains were recorded in all 27 reporting cities. Contlnuea on Page Five dation several years ago and ren ovated through funds provided hv fripnds of 4-H this year for the first time provided facilities for the conference, ror the past 28 years the conference has op erated out of hotels in Washing ton D C. Karl also reports he had the opportunity to meet U b Senators and representatives from Oregon and on Friday was going down the Potomac by boat to Mt Vernon. Karl is the third 4-H club member in the past ten "years to represent Morrow county and Oregon at national 4-H club conference. Ronald Ba ker, lone and Patsy Wright, Hep nner. were chosen as outstand ing club members to represent Oregon in past years. One of the perrenial noxious weeds that have gained a foot "The Darling' Buds of May" has been made into a comedy of the utmost delight about the farmer's daughter, the farmer's wife, in fact, everyone includ ing the tax collector! Don't miss THE MATING GAME, Star Theater, Sunday-Monday-Tuesday. hold In the county in the past ten years is the Canada tnistie. While infestations of this weed have been known to exist in the county for many years, it has only been the last few years that it has been generally found on irrigated grounds, along each of our creek bottoms and into the higher rainfall favorable sites in south Morrow county. This is a weed that everyone should be come concerned with acquaint ing themselves with its charac teristics and identification. It is a weed that will begin to show up this month as the weather warms up and Its reddish purple flowers begin to bud open. When found in the stage this is the best time for control through new chemicals and soil stenlants that have been found effective against this weed. To help in identifying the thistle a new bulletin has been printed and now is available at this office. A colored illustration makes it easy to identify Canada thistle in various stages of growth. The bulletin also contains a full de scription of the weed, tells where it came from, and how it spreads. We have a supply of the bulle tin here in the office and would be happy to visit with you on control methods. !gl!R fESTlVAi 9 JULY 5 6-6 1-10 p. m. Exhibition Water Skiing Horse Drill BOAT PARADE . AIR SHOW PAGEANT BOAT RACING AMATEUR WATER SKI COMPETITION FREE PARKING FIRE WORKS ' On Wallula Lake Rt 730 Near Henniston & Hat Rock State Park Admission by numbered Booster Buttons $1.00 & 75c good for both days Tickets at gate 75c & 35c each day V f L Vr i - - - More car than this Impala Sport Coupe is hard to find at any price. clings to curves like a cat on a carpet! the travel-lovin' Chevrolet Nothing else but a dyed-in-the-wool sports car like the Corvette can take a turn with such solid assurance I It's easy to see where Chevrolet gets its road sense. With big coil springs at every wheel, a firm, wider stance and all of its pounds dis tributed with painstaking care, Chevy's born with it The only thing that may be hard to understand is how it can offer the ride it does, along with so many other luxury-car virtues, and still compete in the low-price field. We use the word compete only in the sense of price. For with a ride as special as Chevy's, real com petitors are hard to come by. There's a world of difference be tween Chevrolet's coil springs at all four wheels and the leaf springs that most other cars still use. Take a Chevy down a snaky back road and you'll fed the difference in the sure way it holds through curves and shoots over rough spots with hardly a ripple. This one's really made to travel and loves every minute of it C3 WCHl CHEVROLET Visit the General Motors Exhibit at the Oregon Centennial Exposition in Portland, and see your local authorized Chevrolet dealer FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY MAT ft MIN PHONE 1-9821 HEPPNEB. 0 EE COM
