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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
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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.
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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.)
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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
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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.
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