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j HEfPNEI GAZETTE-TIMES. Ttaurs4aT. rbnort IS. ma MOUOW COOIHTS NEWSFAPE1 raoNC i t2M The Heppner Ciettt. established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18. 1897. Coruwlld.ted February 13. 1911 WESLEY A. SHEtMAM Editor and fublll iO NIWIMPU At Subscription Bat: Morrow and Grant Counties, H00 Year; Else what H50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Inured at the Port Office at Heppnet, Oregon, a Second Class Matter. DDD to Bring New Era in Communications Distant places will be as near as your neighbor next door In the world of communication when direct distance dialing comes to this area in May. The new system, brought about by almost fantastic advances In the field, will bring new adventure to Ion distance telcphon !n and at the same time will speed calls placed anywhere liaKhndbto. district manapr of Northw-t Bell explained to the Chamber of Commerce Mundi, the caller S i 5lal eleven digit to reach points outside his own area Twhld in our case Is the state of Oregon . Inside the state, he will dial less, eliminating the three for the area code. An Ingenlouspart of the system, too. is the billing control. AccouS will be of two types. LAMA (located automatic machine accounting) and CAMA (centralized automatic ma chine accounting) which will handle the business part of each call and see that the charges are properly made. An incredible ounch tat system Is used in the process. A letter prefixes will be eliminated to add needed capacity to the system throughout the country, since new te ephones are being added at the rate of 8000 per day. Into. too. will eliminate confusion that is experienced In P"'.0 Ut letters in the prefixes, such as "ds" with "t's" and 'bs with 8 There has been a tremendous amount of work in develop ing this system, and although the telephone company seems to have thought of almost everything to make it as simple as possible for the public to understand and as easy as possible to put Into operation, the changeover will be a big task. In ensuing months, an Intensive program will be undertaken using Various methods to educate the pubi c to t new "ven digit local numbers and to Implement the direct distance dialing 8yhOne presentation designed for community croups, explain the plan entertainingly and tells the part that the telephone user has to play. Any groups Interested lr, having h's f their meetings may contact the Pendleton office, for further infor mation. Century 21 Gaining Keen Interest All Indications point to the fact that the Cenutry 21 Ex position in . Seattle. April 21 through October 21, Is capturing the imaginative interest of the public. Apparently ticket sales have been booming, and even in our own area quite a number have made plans to attend. JacK Bedford, manager of the First National Bank here has an nounced that the bank has books of tickets for sale at dis counts of 35 to 40 per cent until March 15. This World's Fair should be a great tourist attraction for the entire northwest. To boost It, advertisements n i national magazines suggest that visitors tour the entire WONDLR-tull state of Wastilngton." Oregonlans hope that visitors from far-flung Places will find time to see this states scenic attractions, too. And for hose who want to find the real flavor of the west, we would sucgest that they go off the beaten track and come to Morrow Sty to see thl wheat and cattle country. We will have some attractions of our own, too, In the rodeo and fair that could well stand additional promotion this year. We have one suggestion for the "WONDER-full State of Washington" that visitors would appreciate: Its highway depart ment should do a better Job of marking roads and highways. We took our first trip to the Kennewlck-Richlandl'asco area on a recent Sunday. In downtown Kennewick, we came to a main intersection that wasn't marked, took a wrong turn and traveled some 25 miles without seeing a single directional sign until we realized (upon consultation of a map) that we were in Horse Heaven country. When we started out, it wasn't our intention to go all the way to Heaven, even though we were traveling in our wonderful neighboring state to the north! Even the signs that announce names of towns are so small that a motorist really has to squint to read them. Maybe that is a subtle method of getting drivers to slow down, but we think Washlngtonians could well learn a lesson from the Oregon State Highway department on announcing its cities and towns, as well as on marking highways. How to Gain Equal Status With U.S.S.R. Those persons who are Inclined to speak disparagingly of the United States' progress in comparison to the U.S.S.K. might well consider some information passed out by Gene Pierce, manager of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, from the American Economic Foundation recently. In a little folder called "The Economic Facts of Life," were some facts compiled by the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce It said: "In order to achieve equality with the U.S.S.R. here Is what we must do: "1. Abandon three-fifths of our steel capacity. "2. Abandon two-thirds of our petroleum capacity. "3. Scrap two out of every three of our hydroelectric plants. "4. Forget over 90 of our natural gas. "5. Eliminate 95 of our electric motor output. "6. Kip up fourteen of every fifteen miles of our paved highways. "7. Destroy two of every three miles of our railroads. "8. Sink eight of every nine of our ocean going ships. "9. Junk nineteen of every twenty of our cars and trucks. "10. Slash all paychecks by three-fourths. "1. Transfer 60,000,000 Americans back to the farms. "12. Destroy 40,000,000 television sets. "13. Kip out nine of every ten telephones. "14. Tear down seven of every ten houses that now stand. "Revealing as they are, these figures cannot portray the comparatively miserable conditions of the Russian people. "While an American worker is earning $16 for an 8-hour day, a Russian worker earns about $2.25. "In America there is about 370 square feet of housing for every man, woman and child in Russia the figure is about 79 square feet "In hours of labor a Russian pays about 13 times as much for a suit of clothes. 30 times as much for a pair of shoos, 3 times as much for bread, and 6 times as much for milk. "In central heating, plumbing, and labor saving home ap pliances, the disparity is too great to attempt a measurement. "It would seem that in spite of Russia's 'economic miracle' we are still comfortably ahead." What Rights-Communistic or Democratic? "Hall to Fight for Rights" was the headline in a daily paper Tuesday relating to Gus Hall's battle to schedule speaking en eaeements in the northwest. The question comes to mind whether he Is seeking the "rights" that ho is enjoying in ri democratic society or whether he is thinking of the "rights (or lack of them) that would be granted under communism, the system he espouses. SEE THE '62 At Hcppncr NOW ON KELCN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIQNAl lOITOIIAl MERCURY Auto Sales DISPLAY Boardman Council Discusses City Problems, Plans Br MART LEE MA It LOW BoA RUM A.N The Boardann city council asked the C'y Planning commission to lnve- titrate the possibilities of forming a Moiulto Control district her at the meeting of the coumH last week. The mosquito prob lem Is Incoming worn each year and the past practice of lust praying the towr. lias been un satisfactory. The planning commission rec ommended that the council re- jct two franchises that had Ix-en submitted to them, one for garbage collection, and the other for supplying gas to the itv. The council voted to table the matter until next month. A decision was made to ask the city attorney to attend the hearing or the Umatilla tier- trie Cooperative Association In Hermiston February 15 for appli cation for exclusive territorial rights, and ask that the city of Boardman be excluded from thi territory. n,,h sf-ard. schcol board mem- tM-r, announces that there will he a hearing on the Morrow county school budget March 26 at 8 p. m. In Heppner. The budget committee aaopiea me duuci ... tM m.tlnr there last week. There will be no Increases In taxes this year, althougn tnere was an Increase In the budget, the basic school support will cover the Increase. Any group requesting a special hearing can do so. and the board will come here for it. Grange Gives Degrees Ti, iriAAM tiAtv mpmhors of Greenfield Grang.; in Boardman, ...wi uninus f'.ranpp In lone re ceived Initiation in the third and fourth degrees here sunaav (i...n,,nn ut I hp rranee hall. Thoe from lone were Ralph and Roger Klncald, Bill AKers, anir Icy Hicks and Sherry Corley. From Greenfield were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boothmsn. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Crews, Mr. and Mrs. Eer- nard Donovan and .Mr. ana Mrs. Joe Hay. Clyde Tannrhill, retiring coun ty deputy, was presented a lft by Willows orange. '-.!. ulcltnra nrpsent from lone were Mr. and Mrs. Wate Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Os.-ar lll Mr arifl Mm Rpfl AkerS. Mrs. Vida Heliker, Mrs. Evelyn Hicks and Mrs. Tunic swanson. o-u i aHia Air! Societv of Community church met Wednes day afternoon oi lasi wee hi the church, wun Mrs. iuhuh Bishop and Mrs. Setli Kussen as hostesses. Mrs. Clifford Wood of Koscburg was a visitor. Delia Faulkner led the miss ionary program, her topic being "Others." The society recently sent 130 pounds of clothing to the Open Door Children's Home in Hazard Ky Bandages were rolled to senu to missionary Margery Benedict in Africa. The next meeting will be an all-day workshop at the church February 21. Thorpe New County Deputy Nathan Thorpe, master of Greenfield Grange, has received appointment as county deputy for Morrow county to replace Clyde Tannehill, who recently resigned after serving as deputy for ten years. Announcement was made at the meeting of Green field Grange Thursday night of last week at the hall. Ed Booihman was installed as assistant steward, and Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Crews received the obligation in the first and fourth degrees. The evening bepan with pot luck supMr nt 6:30, with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Worden as hosts. Following the meeting the rest of the evening was spent playing pinochle. The grange will have another eard party February 16 at the hall. Postmaster Flossie Coats, sec retary of the Oregon Branch, National League of Postmasters, attended an executive board meeting last Thursday at Twenty Miracle Miles on the coast. Frl day she attended a regional of fice meeting in Portland. CclPi Good health in capsule version Irto a little roes all your ikill in preserving, all of our skill in compounding. Result: food health for you! HUMPHREYS REXALL DRUG STORE MR. & MRS. ROD MURRAY 217 N. Main Ph. 6-9610 ITe are ai jour tervtct around the clockl ftl n Chaff nd Wes Sherman "YESTERDAY I picked me a buttercup." void till Weather ford as he came booming through the (Jaielte-Tlme door Tuesday. "This morning I heard a kllldeer. And today 1 saw a ground squirrel AH 10 days earlier than usual." Well, this portend that some thing good is on the way. Vve 11 accept these igns as consider ably more reliable than some of the TV weather prognoslicators. IF YOU are one who has searched the columns of the vain for announcement of the monthly visit of the drivers ex aminer, we regret to say that 11 Norton, Mitchell postmaster, and Bea Scoggins. Arlington post master, accompanied her. Mrs. Charles Anderegg was called to Corvallls Monday by the Illness of her dauKhtci Barbara student at ObU, who had an emergency appendec tomy Monday morning at tne Good Samaritan hospital in Cor vallls. Mrs. W. G. Seehafer ac rompanied her and will visit at the home of her son In-law ana daughter. Mr. and Mrs. George 'lolderman. Pvt. Earl Easton, who just finished baic training at Fort Ord. Calif., visited the first of the week at the home of Mrs. Ervin Flock. He and Mrs. LasP.r who has visiteo here for a month, left for Oaksdale, Wn. to visit her parents. Mr and Mrs. Alvin Deulen, and from there will go to Marland where ho will be stationed. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zivney and children of Portland were recent overnight visitors at the home of Zivney's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zivney. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hoffman were Hoffman's Brother and sis-ter-in law. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hoffman of Condon, his brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mis. Carl Webb of Stanfield. Mr. tnd Mrs. Rudolph Steicke of Arling ton, Mrs. Clifford Wood of Roe burg, and Mrs. Louise Karwood of Boardman. Mr. and Mrs. Fd Skoubo and children David and Janell spent the week-end in Eugene visiting nt the home of Mrs. Skoubo s brother and sister-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. John l.uhrs. Tat Miller, daughter of Mrs. Russell Miller, has been a pat lent in Good Shepherd hospi'a' in Hermiston since last Thins day, suffering with a severe at tack of tonsilitis. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Fortner spent last week In Portland visit ing at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fortner. On their way home thev also visited at the homo of Harriet Wells at Wasco, and Mrs. T. M. Rolfe at Grass Valley. Mrs. Clifford Wood of Rose burg visited he: sister, Mrs. Louise Earwood, for the past ten days. . The annual Sweetheart Din.ier ,f the Boardman Tillicum club will he held at the Hitchin' Tost Cafe, February 11 at 6:30 p. m. Dard Meeting February 19 The board meeting of the 1th district of the Oregon Federation if Women's clubs which was 'o be February 12, has been post poned until February 19. It will start it 9-30 a. m. at the Hitchin ii .. . f . f .-. W. W. Hartle has returned to the home of his so-nin law nu daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow, after visiting the pant ..,L-o at thp homes of hlc daughters. Mrs. Clarence Thomas 'n Riggins, Idario. ana mi. umt Smith in Weiser, Idaho. His .son, Harold Hartle, Pendleto". brought him home Sunday. dk-.-, tMUinc nf The Dalles spent the week-end at the home f her grandparents, mi. i"u Mrs. Bob Miller. STAR THEATER Thone 6-9278 If no answer call 6-9452 capsule doctor's Chatter hasn't been printed. Reason: The card from the Department of Motor Vehicles, telling of February 6 visit, arrived here February 11 and was postmarked February a. MRS ORVILLE Cutsforth Is of the opinion that there is at least one fellow who needs a lutle more education on direct distance dialing. The phone rang at meir pirne near Lexington one night after lh ru.nllu r..lr..il Mrs. Culsfortft got up to answer the phone and a voice askeu. ' is traiia uieic. She told him that there was no Frank at their home. Then the voice asked If this wasn't a certain number In New York. Mrs. Cutsforth said, "No, this is 3-S173 in Lexington, Ore gon." Whereunon the man apol ogized and hung up. She had hardly gotten back to bed when the phone rang again. "Is Frank there?" the same voice asked. An.i the same routine was gone through once more with Mrs. Cutsforth patiently explain ing that their wheat ranch was quite a distance from New York. Of course, direct distance aiai iffeet here for the public but Dale Slusher, Pendle ton telephone manager, says that operators nave oeen usuig it tor nnm limp. And there may be some persons In other parts of the country who have it. It is possible that he might have dialed the 503 code for Oregon by mbtake and the following digits correspond with the Cuts frwthv hut oddlv enough, none of the New York state codes re semble that for Orgeon. It s a mystery. Aiayoe iran will show up on the wheat ranch some day. Heart Fund Drive On Through February The l"Ju2 Heart runa anve in Morrow county is getting well underway this week, according in Mrs r c. Jones. Lexington, county co-chairman. Most busi ness houses have heart fund boxes out for public contribution, letters have been mailed to resi dents and various coffee hours have been sponsored in benefit of the drive, especially in the Lexington and lone communities. Heading the organization with Mrs. Jones is Mrs. Cecil Thorne, lone, Mrs. Bob Despain, lone, Mrs. Anna Schaeffer, Cecil, and Karl Soward, Heppner. The drivel Mr. Frank am n ana wirs. Will CUOWIIUtT unuufeit ..." of February Those wishing to donate to tun fnnH as a memorial to a deceased person, In lieu of floral offerings, are asked to send them directly, or through the family , involved, to Mrs. Ruby Roberts, 1 postmistress, lone, who is mem-, onai cnairman. Church Holds Meeting The annual congregational meeting of the Boardman Com munity church was held Sunday morning at the church following services. The annual budget was pre sented and accepted, and annual reports were given. Leo Potts was elected as elder for a term of three years, and Harold Rash was elected trustee for three years. Mrs. Russell Mil ler was elected Sunday school superintendent, and Mrs. Arnin Hug assistant superintendent COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events BENEFIT PANCAKE SUPPER AND CARD PARTY Rhea Creek Grange hall, Sat urday night, 6 p. m. COOKED FOOD SALE Red and White Grocery By Carnation Club Saturday, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. SQUARED-UP ROUNDERS SQUARE DANCE Live calling, instruction by Keats Oliver of Condon. Saturday- night, Wrangler's Bldg. This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. Make Your Request By Tues day of Each Week to the Paper or to Ruggles Agency. SFONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppcei P. a Box 611 PH. 6-9625 MRS. ARCHIE Tadberg. back a few days ago from a trip to California, puked up a little poem that the think fit Hepp ner to a T: Uttle Town I like to live In a little town where the trees meet acro the street. where you wave your hand and say. Hello!" to everyone you meet. I like to stand for a moment outside the grocery store and listen to the friendly gossip of the folks that live next door. For life Is interwoven with the friends we learn to know and we hear their Joys and sor rows as we dally come and go. So I like to live In a little town. I care no more to roam. For every house In a little town Is more than a house, It's home. DONT BE surprised if there Is a sudden Indian uprising in the hills of upper Willow Creek country. There must be a few redskins still hiding out up there who are on the warpath. One of the Klnzua log trucks Bud m DOWN UNTIL SAYS "Come In and See Me" IS fTIRESj ' S& "aMja 1 USED TIRESjl mrade-in tires Iblackwalls MITEWALLSl Mall types I Iall SIZES il IjubelessJ s tube type i I PER WEEK. GENERAL) TIRE FORD'S TIRE SERVICE "Your General Tire Dealer" N. MAIN HEPPNER came Into the Heppner shop Wed. ncday with a flat tire, accord im' to l. II. Jones. When Jo Yocom of Lexington matted to work on the lite, he dug out the Inotruinent that caused It to go flat. It wa a well shaped flint arrowhead with a tip and corner broken oif. Padbergs Return From Southern Trip Mr. nnd Mr. Archie Padlerp returned Feb. 5 from a month's vacation trip through California. The couple left January" a.,ul were as far south as Los Angeles, Calif. One week was Ment at the home of Mr. Padherg's daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore. Other relatives vl it.tl were Mrs. Edith Castle, n sister in law In Yuba City. Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Garth Wake, a niece and husband of Mrs. I 'ad berg. In Vac a vi lie. Calif. They sjM'nt some time sight seeing around Hollywood and were able to sit In on some TV shows. They experienced all kinds of weather. Including the cold and snow, and plenty o rain. Peel ! pay ' MARCH AS LOW AS THE
