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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1960)
MOIIOW COONTT'I KIWIMMI The Beppna 0irft, ubUih4 March SO. 1S3. Th !U-ppt5 Tlant) mblUbad November U, 197. Consolidate T thru try 15, 1312 iW f U 1 1 1 1 H 1 1 1 k jpjAIIOCIATION ROBERT fKLAKD Editor and fubllaher CRITCHE.N rCNLAftD AstocUta Publlaher NATIONAL lOITOHIAl fwbllthed Fvery Thursday and Entered at th Port Office at Heppner. Oregon. Second CUa Suhrrlptlon Rat.: Morrow and Crant Countlea. MOO Year; Elewn H30 Tw. Str.gla Copy 10 Onta, A Pot Of Gold Big Enough For Everyone . .Ik ..! It will rom tomorrow, or even next iu.. It will come. An1. It could come much faster Lat week' statement by Governor Hatfield that the Bourdman bombing range la being aef. .V'usly considered a a location for private In dustry and that the atate department of plan nine and development hat aucceeded In obtain ing Its eventual release from the federal govern ment, hat probably caused more discussion, and started more wild atorlet In Morrow county than anything to happen here In a decade or two. At far as we have been able to determine, nobody has anything down In writing yet, but that doesn't mean that something won't come out of all this but we don't look for It to come to morrow, necessarily. A logical appraisal of the many miles of riverfront along the backwater of the John Day dam which finally has been made by persons of Importance In the etate, showed to them what quite a number of people In Morrow county have contended for quite a number of years. It showed them that In the entire stretch from the John Day to McNary, on the Oregon side, the only really useful and adaptable land for future Industrial development lies almost en tirely In northern Morrow county. In that 30 or 35 miles there are good port possibilities, there is ample ground that can be developed or prepared for Industrial use at a reasonable cost; there Is rail transportation too, right through the middle; and highways. Another point of major Importance Is the fact that this land is obtainable at a reasonable price even from private owners. As an example The Dow Chem ical company was Interested In a plant site In a Portland Industrial area where the cost of the property was $750 pel" acre reasonable figure there). The plant however went to Washington where property cost was much lower and the eventual sale price of any portion of the Board man bombing range will undoubtedly be but a fraction of the per acre cost of the Washington land. The Governor has Ideas that the bombing range will become an Industrial Park a huge area where certain types of Industry can be accommodated In almost Ideal circumstances. This newspaper certainly doesn't pretend to have available all the facts the Governor and his development department are In possession of, but we do feel that where there Is as much smoke a3 has already been visible, that there must be some fire. The north end of Morrow county Is going to grow, and we think the extent of that growth will be a very great surprise to even some of the most hopeful residents here. We don't say t..M -xrxrted. ti! When It cornea. It won't come at the expense of the south end of the county cither, for while the river bank may be on the front door or tucn a ui-nu,.mi.. lleppner. Lexington and lone are right square t the back door, and the back door will be ,.,t t,... don't think It won't! If you doubt this. look at the map. lone. Lexington and lleppner are close to the bombing ranee as are the towns of Hermlston and Umatilla. lioartiman ana rn eon. of course, sit right In the middle and can be expected to be in me rroni ime u y onment. How much trouble this development talk has already created In the county can be easily seen at any meeting or the scnooi ooaru, -r in planning committees. Those people are trying to develop and carry out a county we jii;iiu with limited funds, and yet take Into consider atlon what they "might" have to face up to during the next year or so. There was loo mucn petty squabbling going on In this area even before this north end development talk got to its present stage, but now Its getting to the point where no one group will trust any other one out of Its sight 'They might put something over on us. History reveals that many great chances for development, expansion and growth were josi to one area Just because Individual segments In that area spent more time fighting among themselves than they did fighting the "outsider" who waited around until the local boys got so busy fighting each other that they forgot the biggest thing of all the fellow (or Industry) that started it all, then the "outsider" stepped In and while nobody was looking, wooed the business over to his town, or country, or state, and got all the development for himself. Farfetched? Not by a damsite! Maybe some other areas don't have as much to offer in physical assets, but a lot of them can offer much more peaceful general feeling than we In Mor row county are currently showing, and that means more to an interested Industrialist than a great many people realize. If, for a change, all sections of Morrow county started pulling together for a much bigger thing than Just our own little individual problems, we might soon find all communities will have gained far more than wo had even dreamed of. If we can do it, we might uncover, while we are digging a hole to bury the hatchet, a pot of gold big enough for everyone. a From The County Agent's Office MtttNtn GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, ftxuarf 11. I960 would it In the gorilla nett ... (after the owner ha4 left. The junull, cup anaped ne-.it were ithe mt comfortable retting placet In the firet, they r p.rt. Well, we miht add. a hum 'it what you make It . . . and In . titla precarlout resting poult Ion. you'd better tleep with one eye ojen. But better still ue Invite you to toj by the office tome day and l'ok at the variety of house plant which we have. We know you can find one to fit your needs much more "homey" than a gorilla nett. A couple of weeks ago we were much Interested In the observat ions of a visiting cattleman from the mid west. Coming through from a trip to California, stop ping by, he was much impressed by the chaff stacks used for wintering cattle here. He was in terested enough that he spent a couple of days with me visiting ranchers In Morrow county to Inquire about picking up and feeding chaff. With the advent In the snrlnir If it Interfered with plowing. Some have failed but no one hat thought of the chop per blower attached to combine to save this valuable feed. The Ingenuity of the westerner has utilized a valuable by product to their advantage while other have considered It only as a nuisance. dltiunal wirfk which huM be done next yer would be to d the tlope fur etlier tkltng and t-i cotutruct tanltary faeiiltie and provide a warming hut. iff Culkfuilh l.ai Icawd th tkl area to the Jural I'ark com mission. Therein lie the reaon fur having a club. It could op erate the kkl futilities, nsor the needed k patrol, make pos nlble a youth competition pro gram with other ki clubs, pro vide for Instruction In nkilnff. and In general promote recreat ional tkiing. Patterned after the successful Blue Mountain Ski Club of Tollgtte which 'wa first organized In 193. thl club could well bring the fun of skiing within the means of most people. All thl will entail some work on trie part or ciun memoeni, but should not trove too diffi cult. Be ure to turn out If you like skiing! Yours truly Kenneth Peck Lexington To The Editor: This town has quite a housing problem whether It Is aware of it or not. We are new to the community and have children. We are not from out of state. We were burn and raised In Oregon, In fact my husband has worked for quite a few ranchers around here and lone. We have been looking for a house to rent with a small yard for children to play In. We have found quite a few houses. Either have so far to come on the school their feed Is increased. The an the rent is $:0 to $05 a month buses. They're tired before school imals Cornell gets are in average By N C ANDERSON Even with all of the "to do" from feed grains ha been left about restriction on the use cf In the field only to be burned growth Inducing drug and what have you. new one are ex perimented with every day. A new antibiotic that hog rulera may be usdng toon I erthro- myiln, being tested In starter and growing rations. Pig get ting 10 gram per ton of starter between 4 and 8 week of age gain 19.5 pound In that time. This compared with 9.6 pound for untreated pigs. Thl 1 Just one of the new growth booster which we will be hearing of from time to time. We have been having a pleas ant surprise with the toil short course which started February 4. While the February 11 and 12 sessions will be under way by Ing to Warner, Cornell University an imal scientists. Most dairymen give their cow kss than 15 pounds. of the combine In the mid west cows brought to the university much charr and palatable straw for study give 1,000 to 3,000 The average cow will produce . ... i,. twinn.lii miiro milk a day If her dally menu Includes .the time you read this, the first 20 pounds of good grain, accord- two seemed to be well received J K Loosll and It U by those present, we nave not had the experience in the many years of extension work of drwalng 4o persons out on two consecutive days, espec- Professor Loosll says the a- y r " . mount a cow should get will All but one attending the Thurs- depend partly on the animal s " n ulR rr,. inherited potential and partly on y 'th two additional. While the quality of the forage she's planned to go to lone getting. "Some cows should get " " even more than 20 pounds, es- slons. It was agreed that we peclally if the hay is low in wol"a noiu mem at me rair duality" he said pavilion annex, iesson number 4 HIT VUIHVII 1111. J .. 'J testing while lesson number 4 will cover tillage and manage- .or "r mont. The February 12 meeting .pounds more milk a year when conc,U(ios thls ' rourse concludes this short course. (Continued on Page 5) which a family man can't afford where work Is so seasonal, or they ore ready to rent until we mention we have children. Then they say nothing doing. Some will rent to you if you have one small baby. What do they think the baby is going to grow Into If not a child. It's too bad this town doesn't want a family moving into this own with children. They want he other districts to send their school children into this school, but they don't want them to move closer to school. Its hard on the little kids that starts. They leave home so early condition from the start, accord and get home so late. ing to the scientists. We found one place (there may be others) that are not J Some say home Is where the against children. We wish to heart Is. Others reason that home thank and congratulate the Case Is where you hang your hat. And Apartments and their wonderful one might say home Is where manager for still accepting a you happen to be. University of lamily into their apartments. (Wisconsin scientists John Em We hope in the near future len and George Schaller conclude this town will rent to a family, that if you ever happen to be It sure would bring happiness to spending a night in the African new people coming into town Jungle, look around for an aban and planning on making this doned gorilla nest; it makes a their new home. mighty fine home, temporarily. Very truly, .They've been studying gorilla Mr and Mrs F H Wilhelm habits in the Belgian Congo and You'll love DAVID NELSON In a comedy role in Jack Webb'a 30, Star Theater, Thurs-day-Frlday-Saturday. Notice of Candidacy I hereby announce my candi dacy to succeed myself for the office of Sheriff of Morrow Coun ty subject to the will of the Republican voters of Morrow County at the Primary election. May 20, 1960. C J. D. Bauman (Pd. Adv.) 1 M Of M Heppner Mo Sales THIRTY YEARS AGO From the file of the Gazette Timet February 13, 1930 Members of the local Elks lodge will observe past exalted rulers' night tonight. At this time members who have pre viously been at the head of the lodge will fill the various sta tions. Those officiating will be Harold Cohn, Gay Anderson, C J D Bauman, C L Sweck, Frank Turner, Dean T Goodman, Earl Gilliam, Harry Duncan and V E Pruyn. E W Bergstrom, young farmer of the Gooseberry section, was attending to business affairs In lleppner on Friday, it being his first trip to town for a number of weeks, owing to the big snow In January. TO THE EDITOR . . To The Editor: A news Item elsewhere In this paper tells of the meeting which was held last week at the Lex ington city hall by a group Interested In furthering local skiing. The opportunity to or ganize a ski club was presented and a discussion was held on all phases of the proposal. Interest was high and the nucleus group decided to meet again February 14, Sunday afternoon for ski ing and at 4 p m to hold a gen eral meeting to organize. All Interested In skiing are urged to attend and to bring food for a potluck supper to follow. Through the generosity of O W Cutsforth and with the aid of the former lleppner Pine Mills, a ski area was carved out of a hill south of the cabin on Herren creek. This year Mr Cutsforth and others installed a 600 foot rope tow up the hill and has offered it for public use. Since the early snows skiers have been using the area and having much fun as the well packed snow on the north slope site Is hold ing up very well In spite of recent rains. While this area will probably never become as famous as Sun Valley or Aspen, Colorado re sorts, it does have many built In advantages, such as being less than one hour from most of our homes. The Willow Creek road Is now almost all weather since the lumber company is keeping the snow plowed. The expense that a ski club would have to go to clear and grade a slope suitable for skiing has largely been taken care of. Ad 0 9 P 0) 1 The audience at an American Legion mass meeting was swell ed by a group of American Leg Ion and Auxiliary members from lleppner. This meeting, held at Arlington, was attended by Charles W Smith, Mr and Mrs Paul Gemmell, Mr and Mrs Spencer Crawford, D E Hudson Kenneth Ackley, Mrs William Crawford, Mr and Mrs Alva Jones and Mr and Mrs Marlin Gramse from Heppner. Phone your news item to 6-9228. STAR THEATER Thur FrU Sat. Feb. 11. 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