MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppntr Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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