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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thundery, July 9, 1959 MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAJIB The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1833. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 I From The County Agent's Office By NELS ANDEHSOW NiWSPAMR V A PUBLISHIRS ASSOCIATION ROBERT PENLAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Claw Matter sXriSoXi Morrow and Grant Counties. $4 QQ Year; Elsewhere $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. The School Budget Law It Needs Revision (The following article appeared last week in The Orepon Voter, written by Ralnh T Moore. It has a direct interest to resident of Morrow county, " but as is pointed out below, the school budget problem is not confined to any single county area. The thoughts expressed are worthy of every reader's consideration. The growin" ruMic resentment over high taxes manifests itself In Orepon through the un usual frequency of voter rejection of proposed school budgets that are over the constitutional 6 limitation. In fact, our growing school costs have just about leached away any protection of taxpayers given by this venerable provision. It might as well be repealed in the interest of cut ting school election costs. Josephine County (to name just one of sev eral among the latest) rejected its county school budget twice in succession and then wangled a tiny majority for it in a third election after some very Intense electioneering by P-TA patrons and organized school teachers. The result still leaves a residual doubt if the budget was actually ap proved by a majority of voters. True, it got a majority of those voting but the majority was so small that it could be easily upset if those not voting could register their opinion. It thusly becomes another of those dismal instances where the voters are repeatedly bludgeoned with school elections until they obediently come up with the desired approval. It would seem that our school budget election laws need some drastic revising if anything like fairness and equity is to be achieved. We do not hold repeated elections for public office until our boys finally make it. We have one election and then everybody abides by the result. It is hard to see why school affairs should be any different and Justification for repeated trips to the voting booth Is not apparent. At least we should force submission of a substantially reduced budget when the original has been defeated. In the Josephine County case the budget was reduced only some $11,000 out of a total of over $800,000, an Insulting sop to the opposition and a virtual thumbing of the nose at the sovereignty of voter decision. The result, though assuring operation of the county schools for the next fiscal year, leaves a very bad taste that suggests the Pusslun "da" and "nyet" techniques. If there is n ua inv rpal meanin? to these plus-6 school elections they should be made to conform to general election methods. if tv,o vntore rrwt a school budeet. Its re submission should "not be sanctioned until it embodies a reduction of the order of at least 10. For it is both an insult to the voters and an h.urim.nt nf thp snvereie-ntv of our electoral processes to cynically submit substantially the identical figures neretoiore rejecieu. it uuimca v,.,t thn nir.ptnratp doesn't know its own mind mnct Up made to obediently do as papa says and vote right. We have altogether too much of this sort of rannygazoo in school elections for State. Investors get to thinking that if this type of ramming issues down the voters' throats prevails in scnooi elections men what has become of the constitutional property rtnhte cn ninnslv set forth in the law? If for the schools then why not for government in general, with thr voter reduced to mere rubber-stamp stirs' And where is any security of private property tenure in such a unilateral deal? Truly our school budget submission to xne voters nas become more the polite convention than tne pro tcction for the taxpayer it is supposed to dc A great deal of our school trouble stems from th nnrslstent and completely fallacious pre sumption that public education can be measured by the dollars spent more than by the actual results obtained. It is certainly a most convenient this annraisal of education via the dollar sign, and lends itself well to state-aid systems that spread both burden and responsibility so wiriolv that neither is felt directly by the home folks, at least to a degree commensurate with the taxation essential to its maintenance. It affords needed for the techniques of operational standardization and particularly for the maintenance oi teacnersaiary sciu.-uuu.-a uii are both generous and unresponsive to purely local conditions and resources. It freezes the teaching profession into a rigid structure akin to the frankly selfish labor-union type and dl teacher from classification with the ministry and the medical professions, both under strict dedicated status mat enuirones bovh.c above self. TMc urrltor Hnnhte If this is What most School teachers want. Yet they are being dragged into it involuntarily as the dollar-sign looms ever larger In their profession. Truly, we neeo. a tuur ageous and objective review of the whole matter. While only a small amount has been harvested, those few growers of Alpine barley are happy with the prospects oi tms new winter variety. Claimed to be much more winter hardy than other winter varieties It witn- stood the past winter weatner well. Seeded all the way from intP Rpntpmhw thrnueh Novem ber yield prospects appear the same. Yields at the experiment stations during the past two vears that It has been grown havp heen substantially above other winter varieties. Those who are looking for a winter barley variety would do well to check on this and make arrangements for some seed to try it out. 20 pairs of cows and calves from the Paul Muuer uanuw ford ranch near Wamlc while tt .. emith has taken the yearlings from this same herd I accompaniea rrann. io ranch to look at this herd a onn and was very much impressed with the quality. The . r,. t iv,orr hulls which Mr Muller brought in from Canada Renorts coming' in from those who have harvested small acre- apes of barlev and even some ivhpat arp that some of our pre dictions for a considerably lower yield this year might be wrong. Cloudy cool weather the past couple of weeks has helped in developing a crop that might have other wise been pincnea due to the drv soring. While much of the grain in the higher country could yet be hurt ty hot weather a good snare oi n is over the hump. We may have . to revise an early estimate oi an averaee vield of 25 bushels of wheat and 34 ton oi parley ven variety for the farm, as following a good conservnuui. program, or treating grain for smut, secondly, u h i, oHvnntace of the ACP pro- lane rt -- gram for weed contro ,g0 produced some cost-share programs wM wrist, J,9 S,mals. We are the farmer with 30 oi "T fhl8 herd come to for the materials used and, glad to see tnis ne thirdly, because farmers m mot- wuuuw ZTSSZ Members o, ,he ... H - i men TUlo monne that uttii THA hnrse ClUD in ine starting in isw. - wi a ..t last evervone shall have sianeu suiu Tone community iuuu active program oi weeu mi Thursday now to --.. ' bv that time or be subject to tne easy way for their club, the provisions of the law which Members participating would not l" r. ... t . nnnlo . . v,o it vuaa The was inacted oy our idn agree nowevei moi " .. , several years ago. While many easy way after leading their are concerned with Canada nies around the block dozens .... iu. inniiU1aB ara . rlrlac tn Vins less thistle most oi me ins""1-" - oi times givms mninino . . Unf TVtrinff The being maoe conceiiB '"""& iortunaie man mcj. - glory control. day $12.50 was earned. The mon- First we would like to remind ey will be used to buy outfits hv the club members in you again that the most euecuvc -- and and economical way of control- , on Au 1 29. Gary ing Canada thistle is spraying Tunis, leader of the club, re- i. ot thp ratp i-j Uo armttior such DonV Wltn amino inutuic i ' porieu mat """ , . a - o j ttrro Tf annlled kaan cfhpduled for Sat- OI o pounus hc -rr ----- nuc iinu with a spray boom it snouiu uc urday, however, we mu nui . . r ii , ,ntA. nf . . .. 1,. nn this mixed in 20 ganons ui wolci wnat me results wcie - Dick. Stadleman Ice Companv. Mor-gas Company, The Dalles; Paulen Kafseberg, Wasco; A B Clough, Arlington; Northwest Livestock Commission, Hermls ton; Brady's Market, The Dalles; Swift and Company, Portland. JMOB If UU tlK8 Evervone is complaining of rye In their eraln this year, it ap- npars there will be a good de mand for some clean seed wneat of the popular varieties. If you have clean wheat or barley for sale let us know so that we canp TRA pass the word on to those who I nor are hnvp nr will nou re for sucnii1 av-lc- . " .-, llii ... o ... 1 1 r.iaA v, hand nozzle it Will take 8 pounds in approximately 100 gallons of water per at-ic to wet the plants thoroughly. Those interested in morning glory control favor the relatively new chemical, TBA this year. Re sults from applications of this ohomioal under all kinds of con ditions last year are good. If there is any one point that should be stressed It is to be sure to get the recommended amount nn ner acre. The Ore gon State College recommenda day. TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: I love the picture in last Thurs day's oaner. but It Is not the first school built In Heppner. The school shown In the picture was erected in the latter part of 1883 and the first classes were held there that winter. It was a two story, five room school. I am positive that Mrs Elsie Lacy Al ger did not teach in this old school as she would have been too young at that time. I was attending this old school at the time of the fire in 1892 that burned it to the ground and so was my sister, Mrs B H Peck. Elsie attended the new school built on the hill and may have taught for a term or so after graduating from there. She Is a first cousin to Ralph Thompson. The vcrv first school house ever built In lionpiier quite a few years before this one was built became too small so they de cided to build a new one on the same lot. Here Is a little story about the very first school ever built, told to mo by Billy Cowlns just before Olive and I moved to Castle Rock. Story follows: - I attended the very first school ever built in Heppner, which stood on the lots now occupied by Wm McCaleb and Doctor Wagner's clinic building. This school house was a long, narrow one story, two-room building. In the early part of 1883 the people decided to build a new and lar ger school house as the popula tion had grown so fast there was not enough room in the old one. They sold the old building to Judge Dutton, nn old pioneer of Heppner. He sawed the building In half and moved It to a lot a short way up the street from the present location of the Christian church. Here he put the two halves back together and added a little on and made a dwelling out of it. It has been owned and occupied bv Mrs Lottie Scher- zinger for many years and she still lives in the original school of Heppner. One time Art Minor and I and some other boys stole a Jarge wagon wheel from Nordyke's wa gon shop (we, had several wagon shops here then) and took it to the top of the big hill just west of the school house. We never even thought of wrecking the school house, but as you know, Art Minor was always put ting us boys up to something we ought not to do. He conceived the Idea of rolling the wheel down to see if it would scare the few teachers and small kids in side the bulldine. It cot to roll- nc so fast no power on eartn could have stopped it. Once. It swerved to one side and we held our breaths for a while, as we had become frightened by this time, mu tne very om inick mm self must have had hold of that old wheel. Down it rushed with faster and faster speed and fin ally with a large crash It struck the school house on the side to the north. It completely demol ished that half of the building uul knocked the only blackboard in the county about fifty feet across the street. I meant that part of Umatilla county that is now Morrow county. We didn't dare go back down the hill, but ran away and hid. I didn't dare tell this story until twenty years had rolled away, ana men oniy to my father. You are the very first person outside my father THIRTY YEARS AGO From tht files oi th Gazette-Times July 11, 1929 Little Josephine Case, of Port land, is spending the summer with her grandmother, Mrs John Grimes. Among wheat farmers In the Lexington section who begin their harvest this week are Earl Warner, Jimmy Leach, Nick Nichols, John Miller, who started their combines Monday. sources. We would like to remind all of our readers of this column of the referendum to be held July 23 on marketing quotas on the 1960 wheat crop. Everyone win receive a notice of the voting nlares of the referendum and if anyone should be left out they can get this Information by call- ins the loca ASC office, farm ers who are eligible to vote in the wheat auota referendum are all those who In 1960 will have more than 15 acres of wheat as rrrain on a farm, except for those who are participating in the 1959 feed wheat program. We are receiving a lot of In quiries these days on recom mendations for perennial weed control. This is good. It is good for three reasons, first, a good farmer cannot continue oper ating without a weed control pro gram on his farm or rancn. A perennial weed control is as im portant as planting the best pro- vertisements that 5 and 6 gal lons are getting good control you will have no consistant, perm anent kills using rates under the 10 gallon recommendation. Most farmers are interested in complete control when they go to the expense of applying ster Hants of the type which TBA falls into. The 10 gallons of TBA should be mixed with 20 to 30 gallons of water per acre when anolied with a crop spray boom. For treatine individual patches with a hand nozzle it will take 10 gallons of TBA in at least 100 Gallons of water to wet each acre as a heavy dew. One of the nice things about TBA is that it can be applied at anytime of the year wltn comparable ei fective results. d.H piuh members who exhib ito,i nnH sold fat animals at the recent Oregon Wheat Growers League fat stock snow ano saie at Thp Dalles did very well at the auction. While we do not have the final average price re poIvpH lamhs broueht ten cents or more above market price, beef four or five cents, swine live or civ rents. Buvers of animals ex- hihitPd bv our club members were Bernard Doherty, Bank of Eastern Oregon; and first flat innai Rank. Heopner: William J Doherty, Mrs Roy Martin, Harold Beach, and Morrow county wain Growers. Lexington; Pendleton grain Growers, Hermlston; Wool- worths, First National uanK, em SASSY SO AND SEWS Thp Sassv So and Sews 4-H club met July 2 at the home of Terry .Munkers. Members present were Maur een Doherty, Leora Van Winkle, Jeanette Ledbetter, Phyllis and Linda Thornburg, Barbara and Mary Nichols, Glenda and Bar bara McCorkle and Terry Munk- ers. visitors were Mrs Leonard Munkers, Craig, Barry and Chris Munkers and Becky Doherty. We had our business meeting. We then worked on our projects. Most of us worKea on neaa scarfs and but thre of us have completed them. We are pro ceeding with our stuffed toys. Five of our new members are planning to go to 4-H camp. Our next meeting will be held on July 18 at 2:00 p m at the home of the McCorkles. Beverly Davidson, reporter Frank Anderson, Heppner and Harvey Smith, lone both breed ers of aualitv registered Here ford cattle have this week made additions to their herds which will Improve the quality mater lally. Frank has bought the top IONE NEWS Mrs Dale Bennett of Pendleton has been visiting her sister and family, Mr and Mrs David Ba ker. Mr Bennett Is helping with the work on the Baker farm. A WHALE of a double bill: Audle Murphy western plus PURSUIT OF THE GRAFF SPEE, one of the most stirring dramas of our time. Both in color. Star Theater, Thursday -Friday- Saturday. i j - hi 11 t n i a e 5) dmGm . HAIL INSURANCE TODAY! C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY PHONE 6-9625 HEPPNER Mrs O'Shay and son Richard are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Harold Cohn in this city, to remain during the ab sence of Mr Cohn who is attend ing the national Elks' conven tion In Los Angeles. From Roadmaster McCaleb we gather the information that work of improving the county and for est roads in the timber belt east and south of Heppner is going on rapidly. that I have ever told about this I wonder what they will do with me after all these vears? Mavbe I will still have to go Jail. Mr Grant was the proiessor men The verv first professor In Hepp ner was a man named Kennedy." Hope this little story related to me by an early day Heppner school boy, Billy Covvins, will be interesting to the people of Hep pner. Sincerely Yours, O M Yeager Castle Rock, Wn STAR THEATER Thurs.. Frl.. Sat., July 9, 10, 11 No Name On The Bullet Audle Murphy, Joan Evans, Charles Drake. PLUS Pursuit Of The Graff Spee With John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunt er. Sun- Mon Tues.. July 12, 13. 14 The Shaggy Dog whh Fred MacMuiray, loin- my Kirk. Jean Hagen. Sunday at 2:30. 4:50 and 7:10. Printing Is Our Buslnessl Sm Ui torn where I sit ... Joe Marsh Slim Pickins-Up! Slim Thomas' wife thought up pretty slick way to jet Slim to clean up their front porch. Slim had a habit of leaving his tools there before coming into the house. And he'd al ways tell his Missus he'd get around to tidying up later. So Mrs. T. nailed a large sign to the porch for all passers-by to see: "THOMAS' JUNK "PILE, DUMP YOUR OLD EQUIPMENT HERE!" When Slim saw the sign he cleaned that porch so fast he was through before any junk de positors turned up. Threw the sign out, too. From whrre I sit, sometimes it takes the "dramatic" to show folks they're wronr. But usual ly you can solve things by talk ing them out. For Instance, my neighbor once objected to my preference for an occasional "(lass of beer. But after discuss liH it with him, he realised he was Just plain intolerant. Now he accepts my choice as I ac cept his. What do you say we "clean up"J intolerant think- Ins? R JKTONiOF7 BljfitrfJ ChVfft5 Takt a tip from the experts ... in their own words . . . and from on-the-record facts and figures: More than ever, Chevrolet gives you more than any other of the leading low priced three! More room to relax in, for instance. A sampling of official dimensions reported to A.M.A. makes this clear. Chevy front seat hip room, for one thing, 1b up to 5.9 inches wider than comparable cars. And Chevy even offers more front seat head room than all but one of the Atflh-priced cars! Best Brakes Not only bigger, but built with bonded linings for up to 66 longer life. Just to prove what's what, Chevy out-stopped both of the "other two" in a NASCARt-conducted test of re peated stops from highway speeds. Best Style It's the only car of the leading low-priced 3 that's un mistakably modern in every line. "In its price class," says POPULAR SCIENCE magazine, "a new high in daring styling." Best Engine Every motor mag azine has given Chevrolet's stand ard and Corvette V8's unstinted praise. As SPORTS CARS ILLUS TRATED puts it: ". . . surely the most wonderfully responsive engine available today at any price." Best Ride MOTOR TREND magazine calls Chevy ". . . the smoothest, most quiet, softest rid ing car in its price class." You'll be able to tell this yourself Instantly, once you take the wheel. Best Economy No doubt about this: two Chevrolet 6's won their class in the famous Mobilgas Econ omy Run, got the best mileage of any full-size car, 22.38 miles per gallon-with Powerglide. Best Trade-In Check in any N.A.D.A.J Guide Book. Chevy used car prices last year averaged up to $128 higher than comparable mod els of the "other two." MutomoWI Mra'urrt Auoeiatio Wtmal AiKaatum far Stock Cr Advanf mt (nd Bettarck t National Atowu)bil4 Dmdm Auociation CHEVROLET JL!i!!l!!? and see your local authorized Chevrolet dealer MAT FULLETON CHEVROLET COMPANY "W Ml HEPHII1. OMCOM Boxofiice open 2 p. m. Copriht, I9i9, 1'niind Siattt Hrnn
