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Timet established Novuenbcr 18, 18V7. Consolidated February 15.
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WESLEY A. SHERMAN
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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.
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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.
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three years if you haven't brought its values up to
Jcite because of sky-high replacement costs.
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Insurance Agency
HEPPNER. OREGON
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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.
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