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MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppntr Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912 NIWIPAMI PUIUIHIII ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Elsewhere TO THE EDITOR . . . To The Editor: Now that the referendum has been placed against the tax pro gram passed by the recent Legis lature, perhaps the public will understand why the Senate and I tried to hold down expenditures at the recent session. I have been severely criticized by the teachers and others con nected with education for not pushing an increase in the basic school support. Early in the year, I stated that I felt the public did not vant any Increase In taxes, would not stand for them, and undoubtedly would refer any Increased tax program, if enacted by the Legislature. When one was passed it became necessary to keep down the ex penditures so that If it was re ferred the state would not be in a financial crisis. Unfortunately higher education's salaries and other state employees' salaries had to be held at only a slight increase to accomplish this pur pose. During the session I put in a bill which was co-signed by many Democrats and Republi cans which would have referred to the people the question of whether or not they wanted a sales tax for education and at the same time would have re duced their property and income taxes. Had the people been al lowed to vote on this question, which had never been submitted to them in this form before, then the next Legislature would have had a mandate on how they should proceed to tax people in the way they might desire. It is my opinion that the Legis lature should not make this de cision for them. If they voted against this bill, the only al ternative would have been to In crease the income taxes approxi mately tlfty percent Contrary to tne statements made by some members of my party, neither I nor the other Democrats signing the bill were advocating a sales tax. We simply wanted to use the Democratic method of letting the people vote on a proposition of how they should bo taxed. In my opinion no legislator has the right to tell the people they have to be taxed by the method he jersonally favors. On practically every major question concerning the rights of the people In the state of Ore gon they have been allowed to vote on the proposition. Certain ly taxes are not something to muzzle the people's voices and restrict their voting privileges. Ac a matter of fact legislators usually receive very little mall regarding taxes, Personally I re ceived over 800 letters from those connected with and Interested In education wanting an Increase in the basic school support but no suggestions as to how to fin ance It. I received loss than 100 letters regarding taxes. Over 300 letters were received from per sons interested In retaining tra ding stamps. As a result of this correspondence, I felt that the only time the public ever ex presses its opinion regarding taxes It at the polls. This was what we-who sponsored this bill had in mind In submitting it to the people. As a result of this referendum, I feel that the next session should call for a special election where the people will have the STAR THEATER Thurs., Frl., Sot., Aug. 20, 21 22 Face Of A Fugitive A good Western in color. PLUS Macabre William Trince, Jim Backhus, Christine White. Sun., Mon., Tues., Aug. 23, 24. 25 Count Your Bless- ings Deborah Kerr, Rossano Braz- zl, Maurice Chevalier. Sunday at 4, 6:05 and 8.10. ROBERT PEN LAND Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher From The County Agent's Office By N C FAIR TIPS We have pled and urged our farm and homemakers to enter the educational competition of our county fair year after year. This has paid off with a larger number of exhibits entered in 1958 than ever before. We hope that there will be an increase in 1959. We have asked for many grain exhibits in a good harvest such as this year and have urged that our hay raisers pick a fine bale out for exhibit. One division that continues to draw a lot of "Interest is that of fruits and vegetables. In this division everyone can exhibit whether they have a few square feet of garden or quite an acre age. Since there are many ques tions asked each year about the preparation of these exhibits we are going to devote a part of this week's column to some of the things to take into consider ation in preparing these exhibits to get the most blue ribbons. Here goes. Apples should be polished, uniform in size, shape and color and free from Insect and disease damage. The stems should be left on. The same ap plies to Pears. Peaches should be clean, average size or above, uni formly shaped and colored ac cording to the variety. They should be free from all Injury. Plums and Prunes should have the stems and bloom left on. Other characteristics the same as above. Grapes should have the bloom on and the stem well fill ed out with above average sized grapes. Berries should be large, fresh, uniform and free from dis ease and Insect injury. Beans, clean, straight, full, tender pods of good color and free from strings or damage of any kind. Beets should have one to two inches of the top left on. They should have a good deep red uniform color and be smooth and round with a small, clean question put to them as to what manner of taxation they want. If this Is not done I am afraid that any tax measure passed by them will bo referred much eas ier as a result of this last refer endum on the subject. It is my opinion that the people should be given a choice as to whether they want to pay the necessary taxes under such a sales tax bill as we wanted them to vote on, a fifty percent increase in the present Income taxes, or the Hat field plan of putting a gross tax on wages and salaries and elim inating all exemptions In the Income taxes. It is quite evident that future legislatures will be much more cautious in increas ing any expenditures for fear a referendum will be put on any tax program. It is very fine to economize but there are very nec essary expenses that have to be paid schools welfare In stitutions government expen ses services. If these things are to be continued at their pres ent high levels of service and expenses, the people must make a choice on how they want to pay for them. Cordially yours, Walter J Pearson President of the Senate :tn3!i if i MTZEM .WJTT1 Local Union Pacific Agent Phone 6-9632 or J. M. Landau. General Traffic Agent Walla Walla. Wash. JA 9-1610 NATIONAL EDITOIIAl gliJIlMlg.'H'IMTl Oregon, as Second Class Mattel $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. ANDERSON ' tap root left on. The diameter should best be around two to two and one-half Inches. Cabbage should be neatly trimmed with two or three of the outer leaves left on. They "should be solid, free from defects and weigh from three to six pounds. Car rots should have one to two inches of top left on and no green on top of the root. Uniformity of shape, color and size is Im portant. The market calls for a long uniformly tapered carrot, The diameter might run from one and one-half inches and the length from six to ten inches. Cauliflower should have the stem neatly cut off and a few pro tective leaves left extending a bout two or three inches above the head or curd. The head should be free from fuzziness. The color should be a good clear white with no leaves mixed a mong the curd. Celery bunches should be large, firm and with no seed stalk development. Trim the base off neatly and have no insect or disease damage. Sweet corn must be protected by the husk but stripped down to show about three full rows of kernels. The ears should have tender, straight rows of kernels well- filled out and uniform in size and color. Cucumbers should be entered as slicers, dill and sweet sizes. They should be well shap ed, tender and uniform in all re spects. Eggplant should be clean, uniform, solid and free from in sect, disease and weather dam age. Kohl rabi should have a clean cut stem with about six leaves left about two Inches long for protection. They should be ten der, solid and uniform in all re spocts. Muskrhelons and Canre lopes should be well matched, ripe and typical of the variety. Onions should be dry with the outer scales mature, clean and bright. They should be above medium size, uniform in all re spects and free from damage of any kind. Parsnips should have one to two inches of top left on. The roots should be clean, smooth, well matched with an even taper from end to end. The size might be one and one-half to two inches at the top and ten to twelve inches long. Peas should have the bloom on the pods. They should be long, uni form, fresh and tightly filled with tender sweet peas. Peppers should be large in size and typ ical of the variety for shape and color. The specimens should be uniform in size, shape and color. They should have thick meat. Potatoes should be typical of the variety, uniform in all re spects, clean, but not washed and of a medium to large size. Pumpkins have square stems and should have short stems on them. They should be uniform in color, shape, size and a med ium to large size. Rhubarb, If shown, should be fresh with one to two inches of top left on and be straight, bright colored and uniform. Stalks should be pulled not cut. Squash should be div ided into two or more categories. Summer squash must be tender, free from hard seeds and rep resentative of the variety. Winter squash should have a round C17V OIF PORYLAHtD DOME DINER DOME LOUNGE DOME COACH Finest Rail Service from the Pacific Northwest to DENVER and CHICAGO -KANSAS CITY end ST. LOUIS. Early morning arrival in Chicago. Convenient connections East and South. m THIRTY YEARS AGO From the files of the Gazette-Times August 22, 1929 Mr and Mrs J E O'Dell and son from Portland, friends of the Ed Dick family, spent Monday and Tuesday In lone. Eighty tons of grain hay, a straw stack and considerable range was consumed by fire at the O'Connor Bros Skinner creek farm Sunday afternoon. The David A Wilson and Alva Jones families departed Sunday morning In their cars for a va cation of a week or ten days to be spent at Rockaway beach. The J A Troedson family of Morgan expect to leave shortly for a year's visit in Pennsyl vania, having leased their farm for that period. F A Lundell of lone was com pletely surprised Saturday, Aug ust 17, when twenty-eight of his friends and relatives came to spend the afternoon with him. The occasslon was his eighty first birthday. , stem, cut short and be uniform in shape, have a hard shell, free from blemish and typical of the variety. Tomatoes are shown without stems. They should have a bright, clean uniform color, with no cracks or other defects. The specimens should be uni form in size and typical of the variety. Above average size is best. Watermelons should be firm, smooth, clean, mature and typical of the variety. Winning Exhibits are: 1. Attractive, and of high qual ity. 2. Uniform in shape, color, and size. 3. Typical of the variety. 4. Size should be larger than average as a rule. 3 u. Free from blemish of any kind. 6. Clean but usually not wash ed. 7. Mature or at the best state for eating. 8. Type, that which the market demands. We'll see your fruits and vege tables at the fair. We hope you take home a lot of ribbons. A group of upper Rhea Creek ranchers have declared war on one of our perennial noxious weed which threatens to spread rapidly through out the countv. The weed Is Canada thistle. Be ginning in 1957 Canada thistle infestations were sprayed on the Harold Wright ranch near Ruggs. froiiow up was continued in 1958 and Dallas McDaniels further up the creek sprayed his small patches. Catching on this year, Darrel Harris has spraved his entire place. Harold Peck In the same vicinity has inquired at the office on recommendations and it Is our understanding that he is planning a program on Canada thistle infestations on his holdings on Rhea Creek. A at the office to request that the few days ago Floyd Jones called county sprayer spray his thistles as soon as enough regrowth has occurred in his stubble. Attempts are being made to clean up all Canada thistle Infestations In the higher elevations before they be come more wide spread. Near 100 control is being had with an application of 8 pounds of amino Triozole per acre. It Is necessary the next year to fol low up on spots that might not have received a full coverage or missed spots. Cost of materials run considerably less than other noxious weed control, costing $20.00 per acre for material. 50 of the cost is available through the ACP federal cost-share pro gram. Application for this assis tance need to be made at the county ASC office before the practice is performed. NOW TO CHICAGO via DENVER AT NO EXTRA FARE Beef Preferences Among Consumers Surveyed by uav. What families look for in buy told in a survey of 6,000 food shoppers conducted . l-ll T A by Oregon Stare coiiege. ic survey Is part of a four-year study on consumer beef prefer- ances. a., thav ehnnned. consumers ,ro ilj i-r - - ' were asked to view certain beef cuts and rate them on a nine point scale ranging from "like extremely" to "ao not, line, uwv ratings are now being weighed Newt O'Harra, Lexington ran cher stopped at the office this week to visit about recommen ded practices for handling stun ble in the fall. Mr O'Harra like many other ranchers feels while his stubble is not neariy so heavy as a year ago that by us ing some type of Implement this fall it will be much easier to make summerfallow in the spring. Newt expects to try. to use his rotary hoes and if they will not break the straw enougn, a rotary cutter. While in the office we visited with him a bout his cattle, some of which he has been marketing lately. One small bunch of light calves averaeed 444 pounds. We thought this was an exceptional rate for calves weaned in early August, however, Newt has sold a lot of 550 pound calves off of his Irrigated pasture over the past few years. From a recent Production, Price and Cost Review report from Oregon State College we find that overseas, the Austral ian government has announced a more liberal policy on import quotas from dollar areas. Dis criminatory restrictions on im ports from the United States and Canada were eliminated August 1. This action opens the Austral ian dollar market to dollar goods on a non-discriminatory basis for practically all products ex cept motor vehicles and timber. Australia intends, to proceed with orderly removal of remain ing restrictions. Official Austral Ian estimates indicate in that county's total imports. This move also greatly improves the oppor tunities for the U S firms from ether countries for sales In the Australian market. It permits the import of many U S con sumer goods which have been available in Australia for many years. LOAD UP THE FAMILY BUGGY- AND HEAD Morrow County Fair AUGUST 26 to o 1000 WATTS 2 Direct COME WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE FAIR 2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. against scientific tests and cook ing performance. Trained taste panels rated these same cuts on firmness, ten derness and general eating qual ity. Last year, Mrs Lois Sather, food technologist, cooked and served 240 of these cuts to college taste panels. Shoppers in six cities Judged sirloin and round steak, pot roasts and standing rib roast. To provide uniform samples, 3-D color pictures were used Instead of fresh cuts. Shoppers were sur vived in Portland, Salem, Eu gene, Coos Bay, Klamath Falls and Medford. An earlier college survey in dicates that consumers generally prefer bright cherry red lean, white fat, a moderate amount of marbling, minimum of bone and external fat and the larger beef cuts. The latest college sur vey, which will be analyzed by late fall, will more' sharply de fine consumer preferences on cer tain cuts. Allen Anglemier, food technol ogist, heads up the study. USE GAZETTE TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS FACE OF A FUGITIVE, a good western in color, plus MA CABRE, a scary one for thrill fans. Star Theater, Thursday-Friday-Saturday. k Rom where Hd a call from Whiter Fisher, head of the Town LI brary'i Emergency Committee. He's asked me to explain the situation. This is the "emergency." The Library's moving into its new building next week over on Bridge Street Moving all those ' books will cost more than $200. At that rate we won't be able to afford any new books for a couple of years. Whitey'i got the solution have everyone In town borrow at least five books, keep them Copyright, FOR HEPPNER AND THE iru 1570 ON YOUR Broadcasts AND SEE US AT THE WATCH OUR BROADCASTS LISTEN FOR FAIR & RODEO NEWS ON KOHU Thursday. August 20, 1959 aw pi YOUR lkk Undent lMsmaJJJ AGENT "illVI 'ijrouji SOME EVENT! For aid to crippled children And fun to everyone, See the Shrine Football Game Held at Pendleton! The half-time activities are Really some show! You'll truly miss something If you fail to go! hr For All Your Insurance Needs C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 6-9625 Box 611 HEPPNER. OREGON Phone Your News Items to 6-9228 idtmtUtmtnt I sit ... ly Joe Marsh A Real "Novel" Idea a week, and return them to the new address! From where I sit, cooperation among neighbors la the life blood of a town. People should work together . . . wt ether It's to help a library or fight Intol erance. For Instance, If you'll respect my right to an occa sional glass of beer and I re spect the beverage of your choice . . . that kind of coopera tion will do lots to help wipe Intolerance "off the books." 1959, United States Brewers Foundation -A-ffWnMtT and Rodeo 30 RADIO DIAL August 26 And 27 FAIR
