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Tht Heppner Caietle. established March 30. 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18. 1897. Consolid.ttd February 15.
1912.
WESLIT A. SHERMAN
Editor easd Publisher
HELEN E SHERMAN
Associate Publisher
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Chaff nd Chatter
By Wes Sherman
Subecrlotlon Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, HOO Year; Dm-
where H30 Year. Single Copy 10 Cent. Published Every Thursday
and Entered at tht Post Office at Meppner. Oregon, aa oecona
Claaa Matter.
How the Merchant Supports the Farmer
After last week's editorial In which It was stated that the
local merchant, among other thlnRs. "la supporting the firmer.
hVphone rang, and the caller asked ui to explain what mer
chua are doing to aupport the farmer. His connection was
bad, and ao he couldn't hear our reply. Thus, we will go Into It
here.
The merchant probably doea more for the farmer than we
know, but here are a few thlnga that occur to us:
1 lie offers goods and service that the farmer must have In
his' operation. Up and coming merchants seek continuously to
Improve services to farmers. Last week, for Instance, one Imple
ment dealer here announced a complete farm service with a
man In the field to help with their problems. Pacific Power and
Llcht not technically a merchant but certainly In the com
mercial category, announced the employment of an agronomist
to work with farmers.
2. The merchant pays taxes, some small portion of which
eventually goes to support the farm program.
3. Merchants work toward legislation of benefit to farmers. We
re looking at a letter written In March to the Chamber of Com
merce from Kep. Frank Weatherford. which says, "In response
to your telegram ... In which you advise the opposition of the
Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce to House Bill
1391, relating to herbicides, this bill Is now In my Agriculture
and Livestock Committee. I fully realize the necessity for spray
Ing In our area, and there will be an amendment to the bill so
that It will not affect u. or the bill itself will be killed." The
Chamber of Commerce carefully watches legislation that may
be of Interest to Morrow county farmers.
4. Merchants support local programs of benefit to farmers.
Attention recently was brought by Orvllle Cutsforth to the out
break of Knapp weed in the county. The Chamber of Commerce,
recognizing the problem, voted to ask the county court and
budget committee to appropriate funds to try to eradicate the
weed.
5. Farm organizations are backed by local merchants. Busi
nessmen participate In meetings, support projects of these groups.
Mike Whitesmith, C. of C. president, currently is working on a
plan for a Farm Organization day In Heppner.
6. Merchants back 4-H programs and farm youth with contri
butions and help. They have supplied funds to send farm youth
to camps, shows and celebrations. "Thank You" letters in the
chamber files from a number of them attest to this support.
7. Support of the Morrow county fair and rodeo, in which
merchants have a good part. Is another evidence of cooperation
with farmers.
8. Improvement projects that will benefit farmers receive
merchant support. One such that may help farmers with soil con
servation, flood control and possibly Irrigation Is the Willow
Creek project.
9. Merchants seek to promote agricultural interests of the
county. Recent evidence ot this was the Morrow county booth at
the Pacific International Livestock exposition. It did not turn
out as well as planned, to be sure, but it was largely developed
around the agriculture theme the volume of wneat and live
stock in the county, strip cropping and other points. Merchants,
through the Chamber ot Commerce, invested some &!U0 In pre
paring this booth. Literature of promotional nature developed
by the Chamber of Commerce also features agriculture.
There are other ways, too. The merchant is solidly behind such
programs as soil conservation, lie knows that his property is
tied up with the future of the soil.
There are the intangibles the normal support that the farmer
probably does not see every day. We happened to be In a local
store when the severe lightning storm struck on August 14. The
merchant Immediately started to close his store when he re
alized that fires were running rampant on farmlands. He said ,
he might be able to help.
"Do you have a farm?" we asked.
"No," he replied, "but maybe I can do something to help the
farmers."
As we see It, farmers and merchants of Morrow county are
almost Irrevocably Interdependent on each other. Prosperity of
the one hinges on prosperity of the other, and they work together
for the common gootl.
We have no doubt that the farmer supports the merchants
In as many ways as the businessman backs him. Problems of
the merchant and farmer in our county are closely tied together.
Indeed, many Morrow merchants have farm backgrounds and
farm operations of their own.
You Can Still Buy Better At Home
(From Blue Mountain Beagle, John Day)
A customer walked into Benson Brothers Shoe store In John
Day recently and said to Jack Benson, one of the store owners, as
he pointed to a pair of shoes marked $9.95, "I can buy those same
shoes from a mail order house for only $8.99."
"Okay," said Benson, "I will sell you the shoes for $8.99 plus
54c postage."
The customer paid this amount and reached for the shoes
wanting to try them on his own feet. "No," said Benson, "111
put them on the shelf and you can call for them In 10 days, as it
would take that long for your mail order to return and you do not
try on the shoes which you see pictured in a catalogue."
Returning 10 days later, the customer WAN Clvpn hl null- rf
shoes neatly wrapped and with his name on the package. He sat
down to try on his new shoes. "No," stated Benson, "you take
them home and try them on Just as you would do with a mall
order."
The next day the customer returned and requested another
pair of shoes one-half size larger than the ones he had claimed
the previous day.
To his request, Benson replied: "Okay." As he wrapped an
other pair of shoes, he said, "And thai will be another $1 08 for
postage both ways. We ll put this pair on the shelf and you can
call for them in 10 days, as it would take that much time to make
the exchange with the mail order house."
The customer shook his head and said, "Jack, you win How
about you giving me a good fit in those shoes right now and we'll
forget all about the mail order houses?"
The moral of this story is simply this: The customer gets his
shoes fitted properly, Benson gets his regular price for his mer
chandlse, and the customer's money stays at home where it is
working for all of the people of Grant county. -vmp
HIS Ml'ST n of drm days.
At ham It la a peculiar day
for a Wednesday In the news
ii.t idant. The crew has all
rone home with the plant down
because -f the power outage and
it k Ilk an all-night session
tonight.
It is kind of lonesome altting
i,, r.. In the semi darkness, aa
quiet as a Sunday afternoon,
when the oeratlon should be In
iih tiKual frantic Wednesday
afternoon bustle. Makes ua ap
predate electricity anyway.
Our troubles started earlier to
day. While out Willow Creek thla
morning had a flat tire. When
we went to change It, we found
the Jack missing.
By using an old post aa
lever over a big rock and piling
rocks under the axle, we man
aged to hoist the car up enough
so that we could dig under the
flat on the highway shoulder
and make the change. This put
us well behind schedule, but we
thought by really humping, we
could catch up. But we diani
reckon with the power outage.
So If this paper isn't printed
and you don't read this, you'll
know the reason wny.
But we couldn't resist going
pheasant hunting eariy mis
morning with our visiting
friends and had a real nice time
anyway with the kind help of
Dick Wilkinson.
WE LEARNED a little about
pheasant hunting in Morrow
county the hard way. The birds
are "stKoky" by this time of
the season, all right. But they
look mighty big and fat and
pretty as they feed In the creek
bottoms.
But when you go to bag them,
they get up and sail into the
hills and draws. If you feel like
a cross between a decathlon
champion and a mountain goat,
you can go up after them. But
Just when you get about within
shooting distance, they get up
and sail as pretty as you please
across the valley to the hilltops
on the otner siue.
I've never seen a China rooster
laueh. but I am sure they must
give a hunter the horse laugh at
a time like this.
One cock got a little too cocky
this morning. He took olf ana
sailed away, high up, but failed
to notice the high power line
that was in his path, crashed
into the wire and went into a
spin. We watched as he bounced
on the ground, but he got away
somehow. The accident appar
ently didn't electrify him Just
energized the bird.
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WE'RE MIGHTY proud, as all
Morrow county Is, of the per
formance of Gary Van Blokland,
Sandra Eubanks, the Herb Ek-
stroms and Ralph Beamer at the
Pacific International Livestock
exDosition this year.
i They proved that Morrow is
the place where grand cnam-
pions not merely champions-
are made. Gary, witn his grano
champion steer and Sandra with
her grand champion gelding
have set marks that will be
mighty hard to match for some
time to come.
Coneratulations to all our
winners!
WE HAVE one idea that may
help in solving some of the
county's weed problems we hear
about. Just start a crafts class
through an extension unit where
they pick these diied weeds for
arrangements. The associate ed
itor anil her friend were out
Sunday Hflernoon plucking some
pretty weeds for fall arrange
ments wiiile two subdued hus
bands watched.
The Idea Is that if you get
enough women gathering thla
roadside brush, you will elimi
nate the weeds In time.
There lan't much danger of
preadlng the weed seed because
it goes directly in the car trunk
where It atayt until you get
horn.
Then It goea Into a box and
la stored temporarily In tht
basement, only to be forgotten.
By the time It la "discovered"
there years later, on the eesqul
centennial cleanup. It should
have lost Its powers of germi
nation. WELL, If we dont cut this short.
It will never get Into type on
this hectic week. Linotype op
erator Arnold Raymonds eyes
are going to look like to burnt
holes In a blanket by morning
anyway.
And It Is getting so dark we
can't see the typewriter any
more.
Mrs. Allen Case was in Port
land Monday through Wednea
day last week on business. Ac
companying her was Mrs. Ray
Ayers who visited her daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gale
McClintock.
Surprise week-end guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie
Padberg were Mrs. Pad berg's
daughter, Mary Evelyn Tucker,
who is attending college at OCE
in Monmouth, and Louie Bohles
of Albany.
Mr. and Mrs. John Welmer
from Oregon City were recent!
visitors at the Ken Smouse home.
Mrs. Welmer is an aunt of Mrs.
Smouse.
Mrs. J. W. Farra and Mrs.
Alice Luttrell attended the De
gree of Honor district convention
in Portland last Wednesday.
While there they were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hiatt and
returned home by train on
Thursday.
Welfare Talks
I County Programs
Miss Marguerite Thomason,
field representative for the State
PuLUc Welfare commission, at
tended the Morrow county com
mission mooting on Oct. 11. Un
der consideration is a food sur
plus ana woik renet program,
according to commission chair
man, Coumy Judge Oscar Peter
son. Miss Thomason cited com
parable costs of other counties
who now have such programs.
A relatively small population
disbursed over a large area has
made the feasibility and cost of
administrating the programs
questionable, Judge Peterson
said.
Lowell Chally, Morrow county
welfare administrator, said there
have boon no inquiries concern
ing surplus food. His office does
receive confiscated game which
is distributed among the needy
when available. Presently there
are no able-bodied men on the
welfare rolls. Chally said. How
eei. during the winter months it
is anticipated 6 to 12 men would
be available at varying times
for a work program if It were
to be put n effect
New Voters Manual
Published For Public
A new voter'e manual, con
taining an easy-to-follow out-
line of registration and voting
procedures in Oregon, has been
published by Secretary of State
Howell Appling, Jr. Complied by
the State Elections Division to
include important dates and
deadlines, basic registration and
voting Information, and details
for absentee voting, the Mi page
manual Is designed to help
voters learn more about elec
tion procedures.
In Issuing the manual, App
ling pointed out that "timely
registration and active partici
pation" in elections is an im
portant step for every citizen of
voting age. He suggested the
voter's manual should be studied
by all who are unfamiliar with
Oregon's election laws.
Copies of the publication are
now available without charge to
Individuals, political organiza
tions, and service groups, App
ling said. Requests should be ad
dressed to the State Elections
Division at the Capitol in Salem.
Motor Freight
Decision Stands
The Public Utility Commission
will not re open a hearing on
Union Pacific railroad's appll
cation to operate a motor freight
line to Morrow, Sherman, and
Gilliam counties. The Informa
tion waa made public In a letter
to Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce from
Jonel C. Hill, commissioner.
"Flatts petition for a stay of
the order, for leave to Intervene
and for a hearing waa denied
because Flatt consciously failed
to exercise his statutory right
and because It appeared that
nothing new would or could be
submitted which would mater
ially affect the record, according
to Piatt's own attorney," the let
ter read In part
It continued "The granting of
a further hearing would simply
establish a precedent whereby
carrier could sit on nis
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hands, or Just put up token op
position and then if dissatisfied
with a decision, obtain a second
chance to cure the weak parts
of his case."
The letter was in response to
a request from the chamber that
the PUC re-open the hearing ao
that "a full explanation could
be obtained."
In other business the cham
ber discussed the reapportion
ment of the state legislature as
outlined by Howell Appling.
Concensus was that Eastern Ore
gon would suffer by such a plan,
and would not receive adequate
renresentatlon. President Mike
Whitesmith asked the legislative
committee to study alternate
plans and to report at the next
meeting.
Guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank S. Parker were
his niece, Mrs. Mildred Barger of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Burns of McKenzle
Bridge, cousins of Mrs. Parker,
and their daughter, Mrs. Fran
ces Mitchell of Portland.
Elwyne L. Hughes, SN. is
home on ten-day leave visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elwyne
Hughes. He is stationed at Blunts
Reef lightship near Samoa, Cal
ifornia. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones. San
dra and Jon Blake attended the
wedding of Wayne Soward and
Roberta Strickland in Ontario on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stan Holm and
family of Maupin were recent
hunting guests of the Earl
Blakes.
rrem the rilee ef the
Caserte-Tlmes
Oct IS. 1931
More than people In he
pavilion watched the demonstra
tion context started in the after
noon, the first Morrow county
4 II club fair held In Heppner
Saturday.
late Sunday afternoon when two
uf them were taken Into custody
In Heppner and the other sur
rendered later.
S TEARS AGO
Oct 11. 19S8
The first general rain of the
fall fell over Heppner and most
uf the county Wednesday morn
ing and deposited .34 to .40 of
an Inch by early morning and
still coming down.
Heppner delegates, Harry
Tamblyn. George Peck. G. A.
ISleakman. Al Rankin. W. T.
CamulM-U. W. L. McCaleb. and
W. P. Mahoney. returned with a- William Collins filed for city
"no" to request of getting the. mayor, Ed Gonty and Erllng
llcppner-Ritter road through. Storro filed for the council
spots
ION E Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Troedson and daughter and Mr.
and Mis. Bert Palmateer attend
ed the fair in Hermlston.
B. F. Swaggert. In town yester
day from the Swaggert Buttes
farm, reported missing some of
his horses, possibly from hoss
thieves.
Ed Bennett was among local
s)ortsmen landing a buck last
week.
IS YEARS AGO
Morrow county 4-H clubbers
win piemiums at P. I. Show in
Portland. Ronald Baker, Helmuth
Hermann, and Fritz Cutsforth
caught "scramble" calves which
they are to feed out for next
year's show.
A new sawmill enterprise for
this area was announced with
new machines being set up on
the Dee Cox place on Willow
Creek to cut 2,000,000 feet of
timber there.
Ranger Vic Krelmeyer said this
week-end, patrols came across a
number of unattended camp
fires and urged all hunters to
use extreme caution, even after
Ihe rain.
Three young bandits reached
the end of the trail of crime
In Portland
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