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HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, August 30. 1962 tsar ate-Z'-" ah .ttt.Wi' I t -TLu.'' THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES MOBBOW COUNTTS NEWSFAPEB PHONE 676-9228 The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATION A l EDITORIAL WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher NIWSMMft jWlfNUS XttOOATION Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $4.00 Year; Else where $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. IITOMIIIIimiMMilllHHIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIMIlHMIMIIIIIIIIlHIIIIMIMIIIMlMlMMMIIIIIMMIIIMIIIIIIMIHIIIIMIIIIIIIII" Senator Vernon Cook Writes Again In days of old, knights so bold sallied forth with lances to meet the foe. j i Today one of the accepted methods (no doubt improved and less bloody) of doing battle Is to take pen in hand and compose a letter to the editor with the hope of withering an adversary in nrlnt Recently a state senator of Multnomah county used this technique to belittle Eastern Oregon as a territory comprised of sagebrush and primarily useful as a place for jackrabbits to frisk and gambol. On this dubious premise he made a case against reapportionment of the state legislature by the proposed All-Oregon plan. Hoots of derision greeted him, vaulting him into facetious prominence, although the recognition he received in this part of the state was something far less than benign tolerance. So now Senator Vernon Cook writes again. He steps forward as a willing leader against the reapportion ment measure that will appear on the ballot in the general election, dedicating himself to save the state from decay and ruin. In his letter (elsewhere on this page) he calls the All-Oregon plan a "vicious proposal." (Inference Is that ornery eastern Oregonlans are downright mean in attempting to get for them selves a semblance of adequate representation in the legis lature.) The Gresham man takes the position that any attempt to use area as even a partial basis for representation, rather than population alone, is strictly undemocratic and could only be conceived by "selfish special interests" for the "destruction of grass roots democracy." We assume this means that it is O.K. for Multnomah county citizens to cherish their special interests, but it is taboo for eastern Oregonlans to seek a share. Mr. Cook needs to check closer on his "grass roots." The Federal system that governs our nation in Washington, D. C, is well-rooted around our democratic United States. Senators are chosen at the rate of two from each state. Nevada with only 258,278 persons has two senators. New York with 16,782,304 persons (65 times as many as Nevada!) has two senators. U. S. Congressmen, however, are chosen by population, there by making a good balance between area and population. Inci dentally, the congressman who represents Oregon's second district (now served by Al Ullman) has the second largest district by area in the United States. Contrast this system by that in the State of Oregon. The combined counties of Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler counties have one senator. The com bined counties of Wheeler, Umatilla, Sherman, Morrow and Gilliam share one representative, and Umatilla enjoys the luxury of another of its own. Multnomah county has eight senators and 17 representatives. There is no radical movement to overlhrow the Federal system across our land. The people enjoy the combined area population method of being served. The trouble with Mr. Cook is that he has little conception of the problems of eastern Oregon and other parts of the state that suffer because of direly Inadequate representation. He has already shown his disdain for our economic importance with his "jackrabbit and sagebrush" letter. Would he feel the same way if he lived here? How about the difficulty of reaching a state representative on a matter of concern to a citizen when that lone representative serves five counties embracing 9040 square miles as opposed to the 424 square miles in Multnomah county, served by 17 representatives? The sheer distances involved make unique problems that many western Oregonlans cannot comprehend. How would Mr. Cook go about serving his constituents if he represented the residents of these 9010 square miles? How would he get around to hear their problems, find time to travel to see situations that need correction, to visit industries, to attend meetings, to make himself available for consultation to his far-flung constituency? When he infers that the "wealthy ranchers" of eastern Oregon are attempting to overwhelm the poor downtrodden in the western part of the state, he is just naturally barking up the wrong tree. The people of eastern Oregon are human beings with real problems that deserve fair hearing and fair represen tation. Fortunately, many friends in other parts of the state are broad enough to recognize this, and some of the leaders of the All-Oregon plan come from elsewhere. Eastern Oregon has no desire to deprive anv citizen of his rights to representation but thinking people everywhere recog nize that population is not the only criterion for representation As Senator Cook and his cohorts gird for battle against this measure eastern Oregon must unite for its solid support. We should thank Mr. Cook for writing the letter that serves so well to show some of the narrow-minded and selfish thinkine task Hii lies aheidWl R"d P,n,S "P ,h "ml fr B,'UinR nt ,h' pn5ainne dU0d by flaR-wavlnK llUor writers on this Or as Cook might phrase it if he were on our side, "Let us Shts oHoe VPm nnri'?all0VVHJ ",nd cher,sh,,d Prlndple that the vigilance!" mlnori,y mus be preserved with honor and Another Slaughter Over Labor Day? Looking back on the human slaughter of 23 persons dent on Oregon highways last week-end, one must cK to con hmplnte with horror that this might be repeated o he holiday Uaffic 'deafhs UhW WM-end is n m,,orious tim Thousands take to the road for the last holiday of the summer and Governor Mark Hatfield, noting the toll of last week end' .w?,rLa ;s,al,t,m,:n "-K'K care and caution. With the Labor Day holiday approaching, I sincerely urge L,? .0,". moU)r,Ls,s o use the greatest possible caution when riving this coming week-end," he writes. "Distaste ho e t may be, the truth is that we are always us o Inches away from violent death whenever e are travel t automobiles. A second's carelessness at high speed ., guarded moment at an intersection, a thought ess move in heavy traffic it could happen to any one of Mrtwr lan " i,uh Ply defp1sc aKalnst tn fa,l by 23 persons A M,!!!! , morP ,l,an 280 so far this year in O egon " As the holiday arrives, we would like to uoint out thit "me may be precious, but life is priceless Ho e ? fow tins Don't learn traffic laws by accident. Alwavs think for two-fte chauffer? rs ,lcense- Can -vou affo,d drlJfn? ihverf"1 n Wln yoU aai-w''en the week-end Jerry Green Returns From Hawaiian Duty Jerry Green, son of Mrs. Homer (Pearl) Green of Lexington, is back home after receiving his discharge from the 4th Cavalry of the Army Tuesday. August 21. He was stationed in Hawaii for 18 months and In Thailand for 14 months, returning re cently to San Francisco. Jerry had been home on a visit in April. He graduated from Hepp ner High school with the class of lihHi. Mrs. Emma Anderson, Colorado Springs, Colo, is here visiting her two daughters. Mrs. Elsie Cole and Fern Graves. She arrived in mid-July and plans to stay sev eral more weeks. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman IN CASE you live in Pendleton, we would like to point out emphatically that the Morrow County Rodeo is not over. It doesn't start until Saturday after the Horse Show tomorrow (Fri day). Gerald Swaggart came in Wednesday night feeling a little bewildered. He had been to Pen dleton and everywhere he went, people had the understanding that the Morrow Rodeo was over. Apparently they had been read ing about the fair and figured the rodeo was held in connec tion with the fair. We have had stories and pic tures of the rodeo in virtually every paper in Eastern Oregon with the correct dates, but ap parently some folks just don't read very good. JUST ARRIVED this (Thursday) morning is a picture of Marl orie Clark, queen of the first rodeo in 1922, and unfortunately too late for last week's Rodeo Edition. The picture was sent to Frank Turner by Mrs. Clara Boyer of Mt. Vernon, widow of Guy Boyer, a former old-timer here. The first rodeo queen is now Mrs. Gordon Ridings of New York. We'll try to get it in the DaDer at a later date. Mrs. Boyer called Turner alter receiving the Rodeo Edition, then sent the picture. FREAK ACCIDENTS have been in the limelight around here recently. We know Velma Glass will look daggers at us, but we must report on the mishap that involved her and her son, Tom. They had just bought a new red Corvair, and Tom was parked at the swimmine pool one re cent day. As he started to back street collided with the Corvair away, a car coming down the on the side. Of course, Mrs. Glass was driving the second car. Both were quite heavily damaged. We know just how sick they felt. It once happened in the Sherman family. No. l son backed his Model-A Ford into the front of our Packard and caused $300 damage. So don't feel too badly, Velma and Tom. OF COURSE, Wayne Ball had something of a legitimate ex cuse for being nervous, since his accident had happened just be fore his wedding last week. He had taken his car to Fulleton's garage for repairs so it would be all ready to go after the wedding. The Fulleton's had almost finished work on a car that had been damaged and traded in to them, and it was parked out side. As Wayne backed his car out in a rush to go to a wedding rehearsal, he did not notice the parked car, and crumpled the fender again. His car was' not damaged. v m NOT AT ALL funny was the experience of Jim Phegley, who rolled over out on the Hin ton creek road recently, 12 miles from Heppner. In recovering from the accident, he left some $200 worth of tools scattered about. They were thrown out when the car rolled over. Next morning when he came back to the scene, the tools were gone. They are listed in a lost and found ad on the classified page. FLASH just comes in that the Rev. Melvln Dixon caught a 33-inch fish, weighing about 15 lb in the Columbia river Wed nesday. He thinks it is a steel head but Howard Bryant rather reserves the opinion that it is a chinook. Howard says it is about A.i""l"""lf I, li In COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Coming Events LEGION MOVIES No movies, this week only Resume next Friday, 7:30 p.rn n ATTEND ALL THE BIG WEEK-END EVENTS! Wrangler Horse Show All day trutay from 9:1)0 a.m. No admission Street Parade 10:00 a.m., Sat urday, downtown Heppner. County Picnic Courthouse lawn, noon. Saturday. Rodeo Events Saturday, Sun day, 1:30 p.m., Saturday night, 8:00 p.m., followed by Rodeo Dance. Cowboy Breakfast, Sunday. 7:00 a.m. EAT THIS WEEK-END AT THE "SNACK SHACK" on Rodeo Grounds Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Chili, Sandwiches, Coffee, Soft Drinks. Sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. SlUMSUKKD AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P.O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625 the nicest fish he ever saw from the Columbia. ONE OF OUR residents who seems to have discovered the real secret of living, is Mrs. Zetta Brosnan who has a place out Butter Creek way, some 19 miles from Heppner. An admir able lady, she has something of a little Shang-ri-la in her place with nice lawn, flowers and yard tucked away and almost hidden from the road. Mrs. Brosnan may rank as an oldtimer but she seems to be one of those ageless persons who never loses a sense of humor and pleasure in living. We went out with the Gontys on a television repair call to her place the other night and en joyed visiting with her. She spends some time in town but can only stand it so long. "I can sometimes make it un til about March, but then I have to get out in the country where I have some room," she said. Mrs. Brosnan lives all alone and enjoys it, although her son, Jerry, is on a place nearby. She nas several bobbles, including TO THE EDITOR. . Dear Editor: Thank you kindly for sending me the Gazette-Times. I am en closing subscription fee, a check for $4.50. I would miss the news as well as the reminiscences of bygone days. I was in Heppner from 1940-1955 so I know most of the people. Some day I am coming up there to play golf. Sincerely, Francis McCormack. P. O. Box 247, Redmond. To the Editor: Every supporter of fair rep resentation in Oregon's Legis lature, based upon people rather than area, should be con cerned that the Associated Ore gon Industries area representa tion plan, variously described as the "Annala Plan," the "Citizens Committee Plan," or "Ballot Proposition Number 9," is being presented to the voters at the November 6 General Election. While I am confident that the collection of coral and sea shells sent by relatives who enjoy skin diving. It is refreshing to visit with a nerson like Mrs. Brosnan. (And making afghans, and has a fine she makes very good cake, too). voters will defeat this vicious I DaJ... U u . proposal, if they understand ,wu3 nams nome From Korean Service what it is intended to accom plish, unfortunately, Oregon's Supreme Court refused to ap prove a properly descriptive bal lot title. In view of all the national publicity on reapportionment, many voters, unless they are informed to the contrary, may think that a more representa tive rather than a less repre sentative proposal is being sub mitted to them. This is not the case. The people's best recourse is to support the efforts of the Bi partisan Committee to Retain Equal Representation to defeat this undemocratic proposal. No one but the selfish special in terests is ever benefitted by the destruction of grass roots de mocracy which this amendment proposes. Fortunately, on the question of the adoption of this proposal, every man and woman in Ore gon will have an equal voice, with each being entitled to cast one vote, without regard to how much land he owns, where he lives, or how wealthy he is. I cannot believe that the people of Oregon will knowingly give up their sacred right to an equal voice in government. Oregon has the most representative legis lature of any of the United States. Let's stay in first place and not take "9" steps back- unrrlQ t ! ! Rodger Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Harris of Heppner, was discharged from the Air Force on August 10 after serving 13 months in Korea. He has been visiting his parents here after arriving back stateside. Harris, who served as a civil engineer in the Air Force, plans to enter Idaho State College at Pocatello and expected to leave this week. He graduated from Heppner High school in 1958. Winter Schedule Set At Methodist Church Services at the Methodist church Sunday will continue on the summer schedule with morn ing worship at 9 a. m., but re turn to the regular schedule on Sunday, September 9, the Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor, announces. At the change, Sunday school will be at 9:45 and morning wor ship at 11 a. m., he states. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson and family and Ronnie Creswick were in Seattle August 9 through the 12 to see the World's Fair. They were guests of Clarence'. aunt, Mrs. Agnes Nelson. During the time they were there the Fair had record attendance of 71,000 ' Sincerely, Vernon Cookand 79,000. EVERYTHING IN YOUNG MEN'S CLOTHES FOR PANTS - - - $4.29 to $7.50 Many styles of tapered pants In cottons, synthetics and blends by Lee. Dickie, Day and Wrangler. 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