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Sirppun: (Basrttr-Sfimrii morrow couirm wrwiMrE rnonc ttza The llc-i t.nf-r GnHte, ratabluhrd March W lHh3. The llrppmrr Time e.tabii.hcd November I. IW1 Consolidated Irbruary 15, 1912. WESLEY A. HERMH Editor and rubluhi HELEN E. SHERMAN AMoclat PubUtbet NlWtfAMI rustiiHiit ASIOCIAtlOM NATIONAL 7 f Oil OIIAI Forest Fire Domoge Costly to Everyone ... ..fiiiitf a.-, damaee riUMHt by foret fir ( P IIIU w .......... ,1,. while It I running out of control. One auth a the big fire in tne L'maillla National Forest cover suth a trua area, i so - n..., t ,rh ,r,r..,i..n that the situation U In a cunslan state of change, Ita hard to .lnolnt accurate Information n to it'll luM what la coins on. The one thing that l sure U that everyone U the locr on a fire such a this, whether he l directly invoivea or noi. n ia im um It might furnUh temporary employment for a few extra fire fighter and m.y create a pscudo wave of prosperity for urn bualneasei . a ..-all .. U a Kim whose goods and nervier are in ai-mmu kit uu io But damage to the economy through Ions of forest and rangeland resource Is far greater In the long run. Destruction of young tree, the forest' reproduction, mean low of John yeart hence for the mm who would be needed to cut the timber and market It upon maturity. This. In turn, hurt the businessmen who would sell good to these workers. A forest and range fire I a great los to ortitmcn as It affects wildlife; It is a direct loss to companies whose timber and property It strikes; It Is a loss to ranc hers because or stock using me. range, lands: reduction of the assessed value by fire cuts tax revenue that has to be made ud In other ways. During the past 13 or 20 years the public around the state has become ever more conscious of this universal damage by forest fires, and people have done a much better Job of taking care In the forests. The Ditch Creek fire, like others that hit here In the current con narration, wns not a man-caused fire and can be blamed on Mother Nature's capaciousness from lightning. It Is gratifying to we and hear how everyone Is willing to pitch in and help In such an emergency. Many stories nave come back from the fire lines telling of men battling It over rough ter rain for long hours without rest or sleep. Probably considerable drama and some heroism have unroiaeu. aooui wnicn we wiu never know. Business people have done all they could to facilitate Kirvir- in fir crews and meet their neeus. v no nave neara oi no Instance where the public has refused a call for help. The public here understands the importance of lumber and timber industries, which lead In gross income in Morrow coumy. according to statistics. They show this understanding by lending a hand at this time of crisis In the woods. Report today sounds better from the fire lines and everyone will heave a sigh of relief when tnis most destructive lire is un ally pronounced completely under control. Another Two-Bits on Drivers Licenses It only amounts to 25c, and maybe two-bits additional isn't worth mentioning in this day and age. but there is something about It that "rubs our fur the wrong way." We're referring to the. 25c added to the drivers license fee by the 1961 legislature to go into the Motor Vehicle Accident fund' administered by the Industrial Accident Commission. This brings the driver's total fee to $2.73 biennially. There once was a time when a person paid $1.00, as we recall. for a license. This ostensibly went. to costs of registering drivers. and taking care of that portion of the vehicle department. Then a fee was added for high school driver training, and now comes the accident fee. While we are in accord with driver training and probably the accident fund, we object to this "tack on" method as being wrong in principal. A driver seeking a license has to pungle up for these additional funds regardless of his feelings or desires. Then it seems to us to to penalize a driver for things that the total populace should be in a position to enjoy and should help pay for. If these things are worth doing, they should be handled separately, by taxes or some other method, and stand on their own merits. It strikes us that it would be like going to a grocery store to buy a pound of dried beans, only to have the grocer tell you he'd sell you the beans all right provided that you bought six bits worth of ham to put in them, and then 10c worth of salt to season the whole thing. Chaff and Chatter Br WES SHERMAN ArTI'K writing a weekly column lor some 15 vrara. w have out.!.. lie uuru-ltra to rrftaln fur lb tat U week. However, with o many little Items nun ing to our attention around town ami ruuntv. W feel moved 10 E-t Into the rut again. We like the little human Intercut Item the sort of things that pai back and forth over the coffee cup the printable one. All contrl buttons are welcome. Anyone who ran come up with a better title for the column l Invited to offer It. Good Luck to Our Little Leaguers! Heppner's Little League baseball boys, having completed their regular season, now strike out for The Dalles to compete in elim ination play. Our All-Star team, picked from all teams In the league, will take the diamond at 6 p. m. Friday against an All-Star team from The Dalles. A victory will send them on to a higher bracket Saturday; a loss would put them in consolation, also on Saturday. Since our Little Leaguers are affiliated with the national organization, they can keep right on going until they meet a team that downs them. If they should win both games at The Dalles, they would play at home In Hoppner against a Pendleton team the ensuing week. There has been great interest in Little League here this year. Some parents have been equally as enthused as their children. We share this enthusiasm and heartily believe we have a band of real hustling ball players. As they go on to other fields of conquest, we wish them the greatest of success. WHEN Jack Van Winkle named hi motel 'The Fhlng A." he probably had no Idea that It would In-come a haven of rest for fliers, but that, this week. It Indeed ha become. And it wa all a surprise to Jack. Sunday afternoon a helicopter came in low over town and cut back to the motel, hovered a short time and then drooped down. A man got out and ran to the office Inquiring If the two In the chop. rer could lodge there. Jack wel ... . , (timed them as guesi inn oiiitcu them use of his pickup to go to town for something to eat. The two had bcen summoned to help fight the forest fire from the air. Word lipread of the Hying A hospitality and Its open location making It easy for a copter to set down, and so next day an other pair arrived In a second choper. One pair was from Boe ing at Seattle and the otner two were from Lcwiston. By Tuesday the Flying A had become true to its name. A third helicopter buzzed In and parked on the Van Winkles' ample drive way. The owners found the men fine guests and welcomed this unusual trade. They thought at one time mat one or me cnop pers was going to sit down on six little fruit trees they had Just lanted, but the pilot saw the seedlings before it was too late and took off again to light in a new place. The visitors brought a lot of curiosity seekers. The men could have made some extra spending money by offering barnstorming rides. Porker Services Coll Many Here Among th rurr.ii. f fivrn nut if tan fuf the fui.nl fccivuei n Mr. and Mit U I. f Jialsta K. Cl.f.. Ml tmt IUnl and Jud r.d Mil W. W Wrll of IVn.iirion. Mf Milton Loney and Mr, U'Y lvt of V!U Wall. Wn, Thu ttHip wrre guet at the home of Mr and Mm. frank It Tarher Cue.u at the Lvt Prk-i home weie Mr, and Mr AtIih Hydrn it yunfield Mr and Mi. HarUn Devin .f iondn. Mr. and Mm lUrUn Hv1-n of Klamsth Fall. Mr. ar.d Mm (a urn ("a Mil of Athena Mr and Mm Jamr Smith of H-rmilon and Mm. l.n SeluchHU i4 o kune, Wn. P. S. Some huky young men came along and got the car out', AL CASE had to etve up and go to the hoplt) after tut Uitnly battling several ailment He hurt hi leg and that tu.-d Internal bleeding. Al alo ap parently has pneumonia or something akin to it. and a of Tuedv he wan't feeling a bit good. We certainly hope that he recover quickly and I buck At his furniture store on. IN THIS, a year that Mems a bal one for. the grain grower. we like the philosophy of D. O. Nelson who ha a fine place along the Bomb Ranee road. Ills crop, like tuners, is oown, ami it doesnt appear that he win come out on top this year. "But this country has been good to me," he said the other day. "I came here in 19-17 and have done real well." He pointed out that this year'a crop, which is considered poor, would have been considered a pretty fair crop In 1917. Nelson said that he will tight en his licit a little bit for next year. And most everyone else In the county, affected by the grain growers' year, will probably have to tighten up a little, too. flora tha lil ! t& Gattt-Ttm July 14. Itth-n junior ilav Ontario In La Oarwie gun day f r tbe putiui hm lnMp. . Mm. ! ... 4 II U.UUU.U Fiank Kilkenny, who It vU- . in-in ew York. Mia Al- lUI I j,ii Wedlir4y fiwrn llrppnrf, ... .... li B Wilson U bu.y putttnf fJl 'Zm U on hi. Willow Creek a.I Irani Will, . . . , .. . v t.tmir. 6 and 7 File d.-tr.)rd ?l . of erain U-long ng to W, F. Br-n.-ft iwil aire trJoni?ing to trail.- Marquardt. and nome brele, wheat U-longme to ll-trry Slifiver BuIiim- unite to jmnor the Kith annual tde S (ember 3 V Fn-ight rate cut to help wheat grower ave Jl.5ul.txO. Tttese rcluctlon all are on nhipmentt to rtiast terminal John Kilkenny. on of Mr. and Fred Gimbcls Visit On California Trip Mr. and Mr. Fred Ctmbel. Trwcy and Ricky have returned from a two week vacation wnicn took them Into southern Calif ornia. They visited her father Cecil Lett and brothers nnd sis.ers .ud families in Los Angeles. July Fourth a family reunion was held at the home of her sister. Mr. Hay Klklns and husband at Torrerice. They visited Marine land. Disneyland. !pe"t three days at Huntington Bench and four at Pasadena seeing all the local sights. They drove up the Oregon N-och on the return trip. They also spent one night with the Victor Krelmcyers. former resi dents who now live in Portland. The family returned to Hopp ner July 15. diiy farm, having very iavw- condition. C. N. June wa In tow n early Tu. day getting ready to begin banc! on hi ranch. Mr. and Mr, t'liv !uton wer ii from their tight Mil home Saturday lendlns few hour hupping, l .r.lm.m wa weit by a heat wave laM week during which nme the temperature ranged aiound V7 degree moil of the wetk. lone Mr. Bert Mason went to irtland Sunday to vlilt her mother. Mr. Adelia Godfry and bilng her son Don, horn from camp. Drivers License Fees to be Raised All driver IWnae enplrinf on or after AuguM I will be renew, able at th new EJ 73 figure, the thrtfon leartment ol Motor V. That the eflixtive date for a 25 cent tivcreax voted by the went legUlatlve Motion. The enilie 5 cent goe to the Xfotur Vrhule Acrldenl Fund admin tktered by the Slate Industrial Accident Commlion. 1 he II- rrne llwlf coal 11. Another do lar goea to the student driver etlut atWn fund and 73 rent gor to the accident fund to help meet unpaid medical coal resulting from motor vehicle accident. Driver Licensing DivUion Man ager Edward M. Syrlng pointed out that leclal Insert will be Included with renewal notice! to know th new S2.73 fee. Dr. Wagner Attends Aviation Seminar Dr. C M. Wagner attended a seminar sKniored by the Fed eral Aviation Agency on aviat ion medicine at the University of Oregon medical school In Port land Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday of last week. The sem inar wa an attempt on the part of FFA to help designated av Ldion medical examiner eval uate pilot qualifications from a medical standpoint In the In terest of safety. i Dr. Wagner has been a med ical examiner for FAA for the past nine years. J He flew his own plane to iort land to attend the dally sessions. He's a miracle man if he ran take the limp out of a lame excuse. STAR THEATER TiU Sat. July 11-22 The Bat Vincent Price, Agnes Moor head. Gavin Gordon, John Sut ton, Lenlta Lane. Based on Mary Roberts Rinehart'a "The Circular Staircase." PLUS The Savage Innocents Anthony Qulnn, Voko Tanl, Anna May Wong. Fascinating adventure drama of the Land of the Midnight Sun and its wild life. Brack 9. show out 10:40 Suik. Moa. July 23-24 All In A Night's Work Shirley MacLalne, Dean Mar tin. Charles Ruggles. cmr Robertson. Plushy, racy non unu t,r fh mnvipeoer look ing for a good time! Technicolor. Sunday at S and 7 you 're always welcome here With modern insurance becoming more compli cated every day you must have questions bothering you. As a friendly gesture we'll gladly try to answer them. If you wish, we'll survey your present insur ance coverage, without charge, to see that it's right for your needs and your pocketbook. Phone-Call-Write. Glad to help. C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 6-962S Heppner. Oregon Box (11 WE KIND of have Ed Gonty fig ured as a guy who will pull vour leg when you least suspect it. So when he showed us a fruit jar with a long horsehair-looking thing curled In water Inside and told us it was a hair worm, we were a little bit dubious. But he told his story so sincerely, even offering tes timonials from other business men, that we are inclined to go all out and believe him. This "hair worm" looks just like an extra long horse hair to us, but Ed claims he found it In his garden and that it travels by hunmplng up and down In the manner of a sea serpent. He sol emnly declares that the encyclo pedia tells about It, and declares that John Pfolffer will stand be hind him and his veracity 100 per cent. Or is this the "treatment' given to all newcomers to test their worldly wisdom. Doggoned if we know! MRS CHARLEY (Helen) Ruggles got one of the nicest compli ments she has ever had the other day. She plays the piano beaut ifully as her friends know, and was at the pianoforte when little lad came by, stopped and listened spellbound. When she finished the piece, turned and saw his admiring face, the youngster declared "Gee, you play good!" And then he turned and walked away. Helen, a little nonplussed but flattered, could only think of "Thank you," to say to the de parting boy. OUR SYMPATHIES go to "Peg leg" Bud Peck who was hobb ling with a bad limp Tuesday after losing a bout with a tire hammer (he calls it a hammer but it looks more like one of these Chinese tong hatchets to us). Bud was trying to knock a tire loose from a rim, but his aim was bad on one swing and the sharp edge bounced off the rim to plow into his ankle. After three hours of painful brooding, he decided he better consult a doctor. Sympathy also goes to Rev. Austin McGhee who seems to be having a run of bad luck. Not long ago he was in an auto accident. Last week he was at Cannon Beach (which also seems I to be hexed these daysl and their car got stuck in the sand. There was some confusion with the waves coming ever closer, f..fh. frntl-tt!!v tried to extricate the car. In ' doing so he turned his ankle! badly and Mill U on crutches, j ajfjjjiQBjajaiMaaMJjpBaaauPMMO ' J"'" Mt a Am. i i -v a i n zr II , HI II ML J. 1 1 Mil 1.1 ij- I II... I I - . v: , ,.' E 1 FOR MORROW COUNTY FAIR and RODEO PRINCESS MARLENE FETSCH SATURDAY, JULY 22 ADMISSION $1.50 PER PERSON FAIR PAV?LSON HEPPNER DANCING 10 TO 2 SUPPER SERVED MUSIC BY THE TALENTED AND POPULAR LEONNIG'S ORCHESTRA SPONSORED BY THE LEXINGTON GRANGE
