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3m! iiStaSl M M. Con.olld.ted February 15,
1912.
WESLCT A. SHERMAN
Edllof and Publisher
NIWlM II
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CUm Matter.
Thoughts of Fair and Rodeo in the Air
This U the time of year that a person U apt to folate
suddenly. "Holy Smoke, school time la Just around the corner.
Although the warm weather bo Ilea It. aummer la fast on
the wane. Indeed. Back to School advertisements are beginning
to fill the papers and take command of TV and radio commercials.
But even more Imminent la the Morrow County Fair and
Committees have been working quietly but Industriously
on pUna "r these event, for week.. Suddenly however, they
e just about upon us. The fair opens August 22 and runs
through August 25. The rodeo, this year Pr.U'd rom he
fair will be September 2 and 3. Preceding the rodeo will be the
Wranglers horse show on Friday. September 1.
Although we've never been privileged to ace any of these
event. In previous years, we've heard that they have features
that make them outstanding In the northwest, and were among
those keenly anticipating these celebration..
After looking through the fair premium list, we can ee
that thU event w.ll be Jam with exb.t. an J I In terest.
A view of the rodeo program ahowa that It spell. ACTION
with a capital A. . . . ,
The big parade. Wranglers' ahow. and other special evens
surrounding the fair and rodeo will make these memorable
times for one and all. , . ,
Many will be participating, of course, but It la time for
other, tomark the date, to attend. And If. time for everyone
to contact friends elsewhere and invite them to come.
Litterbugs on the Loose
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An editorial in me iienm.-Kun :..- . - -- -
seriousness of the litter of beer bottle, can and other ttaah
at Hat Rock park and of accidents caused by It.
An article In the Sunday Oregonlan glares, "Small Beer
Can Becomes Big Nuisance." It points out that n one year 800
American, are killed and nearly 75.000 ouriy tajured
result of cars striking or swerving to avoid litter on the high,
wtjs It adds that more than $50 million must be spent each
year to clean highways alone.
At a recent meeting of the Heppner Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce fear was expressed that private owner, of
u"d in "untalns will close their property to recreation
lata unlesa visitors stop littering cans, bottle and trash
Orvllle Cutsforth tells how grazing cattle which step into
discarded open vegetable or fruit cans ultimately die from the
Resulting injury unless it is discovered, the animal roped, and
the can removed. mii
In a little curbslde recess at the corner of Main and willow
streets in downtown Heppner. papers, discarded cartom . and
trash collect as an unsightly greeting to vlsltors-withln 12
fee? of a big trash collection receptacle. Businessmen some
year, ago, we understand, pungled up quite a bit of money
to provide these receptacles.
These are Just evidences of the fact that the Infestation
of the littcrbug is becoming Increasingly serious. Conscientious
citizens nave long deplored the lltterbug principally because of
Se unslghtllness of his work. But with the Increase of pop.
ulatlon greater demands on recreation areas, and the increase
m throwaway cans and cartons, the problem la becoming a
real hazard to life and property.
In Aumsvllle last year a resident was nearly killed by a
beer bottle tossed from a passing car.
Oregon has rather stringent law. aimed at t he
but the problem Is to catch him. He's more difficult to atop than
the grasshopper infestation.
Missouri has a law that requires those found guilty of
littering the highways to clean one mile of roadside
Like many other problems we have, it Is probably true that
respoisfbHUyC scarring trash hangs on the shoulder. .of
a minority of the citizenry. A great many people now carry
HttTrbags in their cars and are careful to use them.
But some don't care, and they don't teach their children
to care I parSVwoufd insist that their children pick up every
euro wrapper an ewry milkshake carton that they toss away
the nl " generation might do better, but many parents dont
take that trouble.
We lived across from a drlve-ln restaurant for two years,
and the young People who frequented the place never thought
o ?dcDitSf their paper cups, cartons, napkins and straws In
tL Section cans, it was all dumped on the ground. Everyone
S thse pauons. it seems to us, was on his way to becoming
a first class lltterbug.
The Orcgonian story reports, however, that there is an in
creasing national awareness and indignation at this problem,
and Tan immense advertising campaign Is going o com out
oon to combat it, prepared by the National Advertising Council.
Unless something Is done, there will be an Increasing loss
of pdvSgesX all because of the damage done by the few.
For instance, who can expect a private property owner Xo aliow
picnickers on his lands If they leave a mess of trash in their
WakGreat strides have been made in Oregon, Particularly, to-
thC OfeallU people. Morrow county resident, should be partlc
ularly carefSl because park and recreation areas are at a prem-
IUmThereChamber of Commerce is Interested in a project to
klnV the public's cooperation on disposing of trashy
Health Officer
Lists 'Dog Don'rs'
Dogs are fine friends, but a
few slmpl "don'ts" can reduce
the toll of 600.000 persons bitten
by dogs in a single year, says
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Morrow County
Health Officer: Don I give u.-K
to children under six; don't wake !
dogs .uddenly; teach children
Timi, TbrdT. Aut m '
HELEN E. f HERMAN
Associate Publish
NATIONAL L0,l2l,Al
S&CATIfN
Grant Counties. SI 00 Year; EJw
Cent. Published Every Thursday
at Heppner. Oregon. a Second
tir.ii ita nf the Increasing
to care for and not to tease dogs;
dont take food away from dogs
or Interfere in dog fights; dont
run or bicycle with a dog If that
excites him. And vaccinate your
dog against rabies.
Additional Information con
cerning rabies vaccination can
be obtained from the health de
.tmrt Affile (Phone 6 9911 or
from Dr. J. W. Norene. local vet
erinarian.
Chaff nd
Bv Wcs
YOU COl'LDNT blame people f
Heppner for "buitin' their but
ton." m t peak. when they
read about Un Oilman clobber
Ing the would be hljarker of the
tuning 707 in El Taw Ut Thun
day. The Incident not only
shoved Len Into the national
limelight, but brought nation,
wide attention to hi. home town
of Heppner.
Thee would be dwperadoe
tuat naturally ran Into the wrong
guy thl. time. He didn't go for
that nonen and the blow he
delivered would have dune credit
to a battle on a TV western.
Len. a. everyone here well
knowi 1. a .on of Mr. Viola
Oilman, brother of Chief of Po
lice Dean Oilman, and hi. wife
I. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har
lan McCurdy. Sr. Their son.
Lance. U working for Dick Wilk
inson thl. .ummer.
We'd say that Len'. back
ground pretty well prepared him
for the role he played In thU
aborted hijacking. We remember
him at Pacific University and
used to write about his athletic
exploit, as editor of the P. U.
Index. He always did seem to be
the sort of fellow who could
take care of himself and handle
the other guy. too, if he needed
to. Now he has had year, of
border patrol duty behind him.
You can be sure that Heppner
Isn't the only place that will
be excited about Len's good work.
You can bet that the P. U. Alum
news will be full of it, which
will be all right with the old
Badger, in thl. area Including
Harlan McCurdy. Ed Dick, Dr.
Ed Schaffltz and others.
Rmther npfln called Len Mon
day night and .aid he talked to
him about a half hour. The lat
ter', main concern was his
thought that he has been getting
too much publicity.
w hone he forives us this
hometown Indulgence, for what
little publicity we add through
the G-T little circulation Is only
a drop In the bucket to what
he has already received. The
hometown claims a right to be
proud of him.
THERE ARE three kinds of ham
that we know of: 1. The kind
that comes from pigs. 2. The kind
that would like to act but can't
quite. 3. The ditda (or Morse
code) kind.
Now the term "ham" for the
short wave radio boys (category
3) isn't a term of dlsrepect. It
is their own name for them
selves. They are Amateur Radio
Operators, actually, and where
they picked up the name,
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Chatter
Sh
errnan
"llama." fur themselves, ! dont
know.
But Heppner it full of "ham
of the radio variety, and more
ould be amateur, are springing
up alt the time. I heard that at
one time there were 37 licensed
operator. In Heppner. which
nhould have given It about the
highest ratio per capita of any
town In the state.
Dropping by the Wee TV ahop
the other day. I listened to Has
kell Sharrard grinding out "Da
dlt. dadlt, da-da. dit da." (the
"CQ signal, or the call going
out to some other "ham.")
Another amateur wn trying
make connection with llaakell.
and the air wave, were full of
squawk, and squeal..
Among the current radio bug.
are Mr. and Mr. Arnold Ray
mond. Clarence Baker. Ralph
Taylor and Mr. Etta Parker, all
with conditional licenses; Earl
DUke, with a general license;
and BUI Aldrlch and Sharrard
with novice ticket.
Another older ham around her
Is Ray Smith who apparently
created quite an Interest In the
hobby.
But once a guy get. the "bug
he' really gone. There', a fa.
clnatlon to "working" other
ham In all part of the county
that grip, them, and a real ham
will plaster hi. wails with QSL
cards that he gets from other
ham he ha. "worked."
My brother succumbed to the
radio fever In his early years
and ha. been licensed since 1927
a. W7MA. now operating at
Reedville. out of Portland. In ear
lier year, seemed as If he would
shut himself up In hU "radio
shack" and you wouldn't see him
for days. The "two letter" call
mark him to all other operators
as one of the real old-time ham.
So. wives, mothers, children,
be prepared for the worst Has
kell say. they are going to .tart
a class this fall, and all Inter
estedmen, women, children
are Invited to take part.
This is not to discount the
work of these boys. In war time
or time of emergency they be
come a very valuable national
asset. They can get their code
through the air when other
methods of communication fall.
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SPEAKING of ham. we think the
meat in the markets of Hepp
ner is delicious and Is a real
treat for "foreigners" from the
valley. The boys In the meat de
partment of our local stores put
out fine products, and it Is
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GONTY'S
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rwa the U the
Cosette-Time
AufMt . 1931
Two Urge Hack, of alfalfa
hay. estimated HO ton, were en
tirely consumed by fir on the
Ralnh I. Thompson farm on up
per Willow Creek.
The Heppner Log and Lumber
Co. Installed a planer to run
lumber through at the rat ol
100 ft. per minute. A box factory
will be started In a week to ten
day.
Boardman-Mr. and Mr. Claud
Coat and daughter. Echo, mo
tored to Hardman on Thursday
to visit relative.
Mr. Lucy E. Rodger and Mr.
One Ramu. left Sunday after
noon on a vacation to Bandon.
Special on permanent contln
ued another week. 5 and 56
n irt ixrmlnrnt WBVe next
week also. Chaptn. Beauty
Shoppe.
tw n McMurdo returned
home Sunday evening from the
convention of the Eastern Oregon
District Medical association held
at Wallowa uxe.
lone Publication of the lone
among those things that we en
Joy here. , ,
And speaking of fine local pro
h. Morrow County Cream
ery's Pride of Oregon ice cream
w mncump a lot of Ice
cream in our family, and we
have had quite a iew
too. but Pride of Oregon is the
best. You don't have to take our
word for it. eitner. you in
Claude Cox who makes it.
The hot weather has been
. hiini timA for Claude.
He has been furnishing 3000
pounds of ice to the Western
Pipe Lines crews alone. They use
It In their annKing :..
ROY CARTER, the genial grocer
In Howell' Economy Market,
is pretty modest about it. but he
has written a novel that has a
pood chance of being published.
The title Is, "Ballad of The
Hunter." and manuscript is now
in New York with an tgent. It
comes from experiences and
Ideas that Carter has had and
observed during the past few
years, he said. Other writing Roy
has c"one includes a number of
short stories. We surely hope he
clicks on the book and know his
friends in Heppner would buy a
good many copies If it is pub
lished. I
WEK
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Independent has ceased
running six year under th vn
rnhlp of W. W. Head who wa
alo the editor.
TO THE
EDITOR
Dear Sir,
I request th hoaptullry
your valuable column foe the
following line. 1 do bop you
will help me. And Cod will help
you too, Amen.
I am an African boy IS year
old. 3 ft. 6 Inches tall, weight
130 lb, with black hair, brown
eyes and brown In complexion.
Writing you from the Lagos, th
capital of Nigeria. I should ilk
to have aom pen pau au over
your wonderful country to ex
change Nigeria product with.
Nigeria', good ar bony-earv.
Ing. In shape of human being
and animal, wall plat, knlve.
candle holder; also walking
stick, handbags, .Upper, pur,
wallet, billfold, all mad with
crocodile, snake and lizard akin;
African comb, callabaah, aea
shell bow and arrow, drum, hide
and skin, of all animal design
ed Ivory, etc. In exchange of shirt,
sweaters, .port shirt, dress
shlrta, all In medium sizes;
pant, waist 28 or 29; camera,
watches, etc. My hobbies ar
footballing, boxing, ping-pong
and collecting post cards, bill
dollars, etc.
I am looking forward to recelv
Ing letters from both sexes re
gardless of age by air mail. Cod
be with us all, Amen.
Olatunjl Osho
16 Princess St
Lagos, Nigeria
Dear Mrs. Sherman:
I would like to compliment
you on your very fine paper. I
enjoyed reading it Immensely.
I am sure you have seen news
naners which did not attract
your attention at all no matter
what the headlines read, well
In my work I read from 32 papers
u d a dav. which I only skip read.
But I read your paper through
yesterday when it amvea ana
enjoyed it. The type Is clear and .
the birds
don't have
tell her
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She select! and
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pattern early,
Makes it easy for
friends and relative
to choose a gift
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Butchkt Gives Prist
For Barrel Racing
In nory Ut wee telling, of
lrue cffef4 for vartou events
st th forthcoming Morrow
County Rodeo, th commltte
overlooked on prize.
Claude Buachk of CUlUm and
BUbe Is donating a belt buckle
for the barrel rac of the Oregon
Barrel Racing aaaocUtlon, Max
garx-Ly. rodeo secretary, state.
th Uy out on whkh was pleas
ing to read.
I work for "Trade Journal."
back east a a correepondent,
which 1 find very Interesting.
The very best of luck on your
new buslne.
Enclosed find a check for 1
year subscription aUo would
you pleas send me your 32
pag special -Welcome" edition.
I will remit a soon as you Jet
me know th cost
Your for more enjoyed read.
Ing.
Ann Dickens.
Free Lance Writer-Photographer
P. a Box S2S
end, Oregon
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FrU UU Aoff. 11-11
The Canadians
Robert Ryan. John Dehner,
Teresa Strata. Color and CS.
Outdoor drama In th tower.
Ing timber land. PLU9
The 39 Steps
Kenneth More. Talna Elg. The
most exciting manhunt In hi,
tory. Color and CS In the Scot
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Break t. show out 10i4$
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Return To Peyton
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Jeff Chandler, Carol Lynley,
Eleanor Parker, Mary As tor,
Tuesday Weld, Robert Sterling.
Luclana PaluzzL The further
adventures of the main char
acters of Peyton Place. Not so
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A superb cast Color and CS.
Sunday at S and 7:20
to
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collection of fuaou
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