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HEPPNElt CAZETTE TIMES. Thursday. Dcmbi 7. mi i ifirjijutrr fedtc-UIimrii MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER PHONE 1221 Ghaff nd Chatter Wcs Sherman The Jlrppntr Gewtte, tblthl Mart-h 30. 1883. Th Heppner IfsUAIXY whin ak Timet established Novuenbcr 18, 18V7. Consolidated February 15. 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor end Publisher HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher Nl WSPAMt UtUISMIM j AMOOAWOM NATION At 7 IDITORIAl Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties. 14.00 Year; CIm where S-1.M Year. Single) Copy 10 Cent. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, aa Second Class Matter. A Letter to Arouse and Unite If eastern Orrnonlans nwdrd a rallying jiolnt In thHr effort a to secure fair representation In the state lenUlature lurln thin time that reapportionment In at Issue, a shallow fliijf-wuvlnR letter from State Senator Vernon Cook of Oresharn. circulated widely among eastern Oregon newspacrs. should fill the pur pose. It furnishes Just what we need in this part of the state to emphasize the Ignorance that some western Oregon legis lator!! have of eastern Oregon. The letter contains disdainful terminology tnat could only tend to Infuriate us. such as, '"mat people, riot sage brush and Jack rabbits, are entitled to make the laws. . This should have the sam effect on "us Jackrabblts and sage brushes" as the reference to "country cousins" by an op ponent had on an Oregon State athletic team a few years ago. The Beavers, coldly aroused by this condescending phrase, soundly shellacked their npjiosition. Here's Son. Cook's letter: (We suggest you take off your hat and hold It over your heart as you read It): To the Editor: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal;" Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson). "Taxation without representation Is tyranny" Ben jamin Franklin. Once again a minority will, through misrepresentation and distortion of the facts, attempt to imjiose its will upon the majority of the people. This seems to be the message that is coming over the Cascades from certain dis gruntled legislators from Eastern Oregon. Now we are told that through the use of a $100,000.00 slush fund the people of Oregon ure to be propagandized to believe, not ttiat all men and women are equal, but that some (if they come from Jack rabbit country) are more equal than others. At the risk of being attacked as a conservative, or per haps as a reactionary, I say, let us go back to the funda mental principle upon which Oregon's founding fathers rested their great work, the Oregon Constitution. Let us recall and revere the memory of W. S. U'Ken, Sam Jackson and Oswald West, the fathers of the "Oregon Plan," with direct legislation through the initiative and referendum, recall, direct primaries, direct election of United States Senators, Etc., and the principle upon which these great reforms were based. What wus that great principle? That people, not sage brush and Jack rabbits, are entitled to make the laws; that all men are created equal, whether they live in large or small counties, in Eastern or Western Oregon, on the farm, or in the city; that taxation, without fair represen tation is tyranny, whether that taxpayer owns a wheat ranch, a million acre timber holding, a small home or a 11MU Chevy. No, let us not sell our sacred heritage as Americans and Oregonians for a mere mess of pottage or even $100,000.00. Let us support and defend our Consti tution and its provisions for legislative representation ac cording to population. Vernon Cook State Senator Gresham, Oregon Probably what appalls us most about this letter is the total lack of appreciation that the senator shows for the importance ot the eastern part of the state. We do not know his background. Perhaps he has spent all his time in Multnomah county and Just does not have a proper perspective on the state as a whole. While he represents Multnomah county, he should re member that as a legislator he should also be concerned with the welfare ot the entire state. The editor of this paper was reared in Washington county, in the shadow of Portland. We believe we know of the prob lems and thinking of the state's population center. We were born in Columbia county, spent 15 years in Polk county, three years in Malheur county, one year in Douglas county and three years in Marion county before coming to Morrow county. We itiink this is a great state, but we can see it from the points of view of all these sections, and we know that eastern Oregon is not gelling fair treatment on representation. In his reference to the state constitution, ben. Cook seems to forget that the Federal Constitution carefully safeguarded lite rights of the minority. Eastern Oregonians, admittedly far in the minority in pop ulation and not asking for disproportionate representation, contend that other factors besides population enter into the picture. The economic importance of this part of the state is of prime concern, not only to Eastern Oregonians, but to Mult nomah county and to Mr. Cook himself, if he could but realize It. It is to his Interest as well as to the entire state that we . ure adequately represented. He betrays his abject ignorance ol eastern Oregon in his letter, and this means that he and his Multnomah colleagues are in no position to decide on matters of concern to Eastern Oregon. They should welcome represen tation that can keep them abreast of needs and problems of this large section of their state. Sen. Cook has no more right to refer to eastern Oregon as "jackrabbit country'' than we would have to refer to Multnomah county as "rat country" and we would challenge him to prove that there are fewer rats in Multnomah than there are Jack rabbits in Morrow county. If he appreciated us over here, he would have used the term, "livestock country," or "wheat country" or "sugar beet country" for Malheur, or "aluminum country" lor Wasco. This would have shown us that he has a little con ception of what he is talking about. Our first reaction is to "get mad" about this letter, but we know that isn't the way. it does tell us, though, tnat our battle to win fair representation isn't going to be easy. It is going to take every bit of that $100,000.00, which Mr. Cook so ridicu lously refers to as a "slush fund," to take the message to the rest of the state. We like the thinking and attitude of an article in the Oregon Voter, also of Portland, of Jsovember 25 by Kalph T. Moore, an ex-legislator. He says in part, "The popular tendency, in this age of togetherness, is to reckon everything on a population basis. The assumption is that the majority should rule and the hapless minority knuckle under to its dictatorship . . . but the lacts are quite to the contrary. The majority's batting average is rather bad at present and has been bau down through the ages from Christ's crucifixion to Castro's firing squad. In fact, the majority has been wrong most of the time, socialistic theory to the contrary notwithstanding. "Only a small minority have been the architects of human progress in every generation since the beginning of history. And -so something has to be done constantly to protect minorities from the persecution by majorities. . "it would then appear to this writer I without committing Oregon Voter which, its readers know, studies all plans before making a recommendation) the better part of wisdom to have our State Senate on area basis and our House on population basis. For this system has made our nation great and has dem onstrated its worth beyond all doubt." Sen Cook stirred up a hornets nest with his letter. Many papers hi eastern Oregon have joined indignantly in rebuttal. In an ensuing issue we hope to print a summary of some ot their comments. Meanwhile, Sen. Cook's letter should serve both as a warning of the shallow thinking found elsewhere (and conse quently the tough fight we have on our hands) and also as a stimulus to knuckle down and unite solidly on this proposition. We are still human beings east of the Cascades and not Jack-rabbits. a iiuy .Scout leader why be ran afford to devote so much time lo the urcamalion, the Scout matcr will reply, "Well, you we, have a son. and I think it U Important that he and other like him develop In a worthwhile program of aetlv pie." Or some nurh statement nut Uarreii rower, who wa Just c ho-en Cubmaster for llepp ner. cannot make that statement He ha four daughters no sons His I'uitottfM are Cindy. 5, Cathy Jo. 3. Durla Lee, 1, Susan, four months. Well, why did Darrell take on this Job, which takes a good deal of time and effort, and a lot of It somewhat thankless. His wife answered the ques tion. "Up has always wanted a son," said she, "but all his sons are daughters. So he Just went out and adopted about 40 boys." Good for Darrell. JO PETTYJOHN was flattered, but the face of Schoolteacher Darrell Calhoun was red. The two hadn't met when Jo went to school one day to see how her son was making out. She ap proached the teacher, and with out much preliminary ceremony, started to tell her in a business like way what her duties would be and how she should help or ganlze things. Jo didn't know what was com Ing off, and so she broke In to explain that she had Just come to see how ner son was getting along. Teacher Calhoun had been ex poet Ing a high school girl to do some student teaching ana wnen Jo entered the room, assumed she was the one. He needn't be embarrassed about it, for Mrs. Pettyjohn felt highly compli mented, as any woman would. apology, and hope it U all right with Adelje Wright. WHEN THE three women ap lieared at cltv council meet Ing Monday night and aked the city da. In to enforce the laywanx Ing ordinance, they had the bovs really scratching their heads. Thev looked ou.stlonlncly at one another. No one knew if there were such an ordinance. Recorder Ted Smith got out the thick book of ordinances, couia n't find one. Attorney Jos. Nya shook h head. The Chiei or notice didn't know. It couldn't be denied that the ladles put up some good argu ments, but aomehow. we don't think the town would be the same If a fellow couldn't Jay walk. Even the three petitioners admitted they did It. We'd surely pity the officers who would be charged with the lob of enforcing such an ord inance. It would be as futile as trying to scratch a match on a bar of soap or picking a flea off a dog with boxing gloves on your hands. Somehow it would seem a little odd to us here to have to go all the way to the corner to cross the street In order to get bottle of milk from the groc ery Just across Willow from us. WWW r- Baltic Against TB Continuing WE MAKE quite a few errors in this newspaper business, but last week was the first time we were wrong when we were Wright. We were right when we said that Wright won the Christ mas Opening prize at Tryco, but were wrong when we said it was Bill Wright. What was right was Adelle Wright, and how Adelle cot to be Bill In the public print, we are a little confounded about, unless someone misunderstood when it was reported over the phone down the line somewhere. Anyway, Adelle, who is always Wright, said that she had about a hair-dozen phone cans irom friends kidding her about it a,nd WE ADMIRE how much work women of this community do on their many bazaars, dinners, drivers and projects and are non plussed to figure where they find the time for It all. Mrs. S. bought a frilly little clothes hangar at a recent ba zaar, for Instance, for $1. We couldn't begin to describe this work of art. It was composed of some frilly foam rubberlsh material in gay colors and look ed fine enough to hang the royal robes of the British Empire on. The lady who made that must have spent hours on it, but it sold for only a dollar, which went to help the church which sponsored the bazaar. Or take these Orange ladies who put on the dinners for the Columbia Basin Co-op, the Grain Growers and so on. A tremen dous Job to feed that many peo pie, but they do it with effic iency and dispatch, and the meals are always first rate. There are more stories or ba zaars, dinners and doings com ing all the time than we can get in the paper. Yet these same women raise families, work at jobs, and seem to find time for everything she asked us to make It right If we could learn how to man We had It Wrirht. of course, as lace our time that well, we prob- we explained, but it was tne amy wouiun ioe staying up nan wrong Wright. So we make this the night putting out this paper. 5 YEARS AGO Dec. 6. 1956 Heppner this week again held its tradition ot being located in the "Banana Belt" while the rest of the state was blanketed with one to several inches of snow. Christmas decorations were put up Sunday on Heppner's main street. Santa Is scheduled to visit next Saturday afternoon with a bagful of treats. Morrow County Agent N. C. An derson this week completed the figures showing the county farm incomes were up 2f in l'J5b. IS YEARS AGO Dec. 5, 1946 A Booster club to sponsor ath letic events got underway with the first activity being a ban quet honoring the 19-16 high school football team. Kenneth Vaughn and Robert Blackwell announced this week that they will open a new clean ing and pressing shop in the Farra building. O. M. Yeager and a crew of workmen started work Monday to rebuild the former Netter house next to the Hodge Chev rolet building. 30 YEARS AGO Dec. 3. 1931 Fire at 10:30 o'clock this morn ing broke out in the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis in the southwest corner of the Case apartment building, destroying their personal effects. A battle of the winds was staged at Heppner Wednesday, with the chinook winds coming from the south and the north western blowing from the North with the cold wind winning out, leaving cold, sleet, and snow. GEORGE A.- BROWN of Denver (above) has been appointed traffic manager in charge of Union Pacific Railroad's North western district with head quarters at Portland. He sue ceeds the late Carl W. Evers, who was in charge of that de partment for tho past 18 years. In his new position, brown will be in charge of all U.P. traffic matters In the Northwest, sup ervising the operation of traf fic oflices in Oregon. Wash ington, northern Idaho and British Columbia. Oregon's rr!rr.!!c- haltle glnt TB continues, the Oregon State Board of Hralih announced todav. This is more thsn a cold war 'because people are Mill dy ing of TB and many others are celling hk with the disease each month. "In IflfiO, 492 case of tubercu loids were reixwted In Oregon This represent 12 per cent re duction over 1 !)!! v hen 5t'l cases were rcorted. 373 cases have been reported during the flint 10 months of 1I and, based on this, we might expect 4M cases to be reported In a 9 per cent reduction over rJt". Am brose Churchill. M. D.. To con trol officer for the Board of Health, pointed out The Orecon State Board of Health urges all physicians and other health workers to step-up tuberculosis control programs in an effort to accelerate tubercu losis control in Oregon. "Assuming our estimate for the remainder of this year is accurate, Oregon's reduction of 20 per cent in reported tuber culosis during the past two years .inrMos with the 10 per cent annual drop for the United a Truck Drops 20 Feet Driver Is Uninjured A lucky truck driver rode his whicle oet a -t) foot embank men!, through brush and across huj-e risks, and emerged un-M-aihed l 6 a. m. .Numtxr .J at Bassey Canyon H miles south of Heppner. W. W. Fuller, Heppner. who Is driver for Grosser Bros, logiters lold officers he got loo close to the edge and got caught in loose gravel when he swerved out to avoid hitting a tar on the county road. A front tire was found flat on the truck but It was not known if it happened before the truck and trailer lelt the highway or was damaged in crossing rocks. Fuller was driving his vehicle into the mountains lor a load ot logs. The truck was badly damaged in the front end and the trailer was thought to be damaged also. States." Dr. Churchill said. fcvery Oregon cniicn uum have a tunorcuiosis i-in-v-uy ..-e. ,m a vear. and oftener when required by his physician. A tuberculin skin test Is a simple and excellent detection method. Persons who are positive to the tuberculin skin test should have chest X-ray at easi Couple Attends Fair Convention Last Week Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetsch, rep resenting the Morrow County Fair committee, spent from Wed nesday through Friday of last week attending the Oregon Fair association convention In Salem. They report receiving much helpful information, through participation in discussion groups mid forums with mem burs of oiher county fair com mittees over the state. Nearly every county in the state was represented. Mr. Fetsch is serv ing as chairman of the Morrow County Fair Board, and devotes much time each year to Its man agement and improved operation. The couple stayed at the Mar ion Motor Hotel during their stay in Salem. Dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberp on 1'hanksgiving day were Mr. and Mrs. Oris Padberg of Lexington, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Tucker and family of lone, and Mrs. Pad berg's daughter, Mary Evelyn Tucker, a student at Oregon Col lege of Education, Monmouth. SOMETHING IN COMMON? Right! The arc both out of date. The Trlceratop by three million years and your fire Insurance policy by three years if you haven't brought its values up to Jcite because of sky-high replacement costs. Call us. We can be helpful. C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency HEPPNER. OREGON Phone 6-9625 Box 611 YOUR jn'JepenJtnt Insurance JJ AGENT tl VIS I IONE COMMUNITY Mrs. William R. Poulson, pres ident of the Business and Pro fessional Women's club, out lined its program at a recent Lions club meeting. Prices at the MacMarr Stores, Inc: Oranges, 3 doz. 25c; dates, I lbs. 23c; bacon, per pound, isc; peanuts, 2 lbs., 25c; shortening, lbs., 39c. The first county-wide home ex tension training meeting on rec reation was held in Heppner, Nov. 26. Among college students home from Orecon State college for Thanksgiving holidays were Roderick Thomson, son ot Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson; and Stephen Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Guy Huston, reports a lot of winter out at Eight Mile, with 6 or 7 inches of snow. M WJMEBD Sunday, December 10 Willows Grange Hall TURKEY DINNER 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. Adults, High School Students - $1.25 Grade School Students 50c Pre-School Children - Free FULL SIZE 4-WHEEL DRIVE PICK-UP TRUCK! Come in snd get our deal before you buy. We have the 4-wheel drive full sin pick-up that's priced lowest and does the biggest job! Carries s one ton payloat through mud, sand or marsh. Stays os the Job years longer! 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