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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. September 20. 1962
HEPPNER
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The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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Proposed Charge on Irrigation Water
There appears to be some misunderstanding regarding the
proposed charges for irrigation water that would be stored by
the Willow Creek Dam, if and when it is built. Perhaps the
matter has not been made clear in stories relative to the
irrigation feature that have been printed in this paper. It
should be clarified to avoid misunderstanding when the farmer
survey is taken to determine interest in the near future.
As pointed out by the Bureau of Reclamation, the $3 per
acre foot cost to the farmer that has been proposed as an esti
mate by the Bureau would be only for the stored, or supple
mental, water for irrigation. Charge for administration is in
cluded in the $3. There would be no charge to the farmer for
water used under his present water rights, and John Mangen
of the Bureau has reiterated several times that the water rights
would be protected.
The proposal of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau
is that possibly 3000 to 4000 acre feet of water could be provided
for supplemental irrigation by increasing the size of the pro
posed dam, which would be primarily for flood control but
would have other purposes recreation, pollution abatement,
wildlife protection.
This stored water has been termed "supplemental water
because it is not deemed sufficient to provide all the irrigation
necessary for acreages along the creek but would allow about
one acre' foot per year for the some 3750 acres that are, or might
be, under Irrigation, thereby supplementing present irrigation.
Also, the provision that one person may irrigate only 100
acres, or 320 acres for man and wife, but only 160 for a corp
oration, applies only to the proposed supplemental water. There
Is no restriction of this kind on farmers' use of irrigation water
.under their existing rights.
There's A Careful Driver and There's . . .
(From Bums Times-Herald
The Oregon Traffic Safety Commission has submitted to
the Legislative Interim Committee a nine-part legislative pro
gram. Here is a summary of those proposals:
1. Arrest on reasonable grounds. Which would provide auth
ority for an officer to arrest or cite a driver at a traffic scene
if the officer, based on his personal investigation and on testi
mony received from witnesses, has reasonable grounds to be
lieve a driver involved in the accident committed a violation in
connection with the accident.
2. Speed control. Provide maximum speed limits in addition to
the basic rule and raise speed limits for buses to the same as
those for automobiles. ,
3. Implied consent. Provide that in return for the driving
privilege every motor vehicle driver shall be deemed to have
given consent to submit to a chemical test if tendered by an
officer after the person has been arrested on a charge of driving
while Intoxicated. Refusal to submit to such a test would consti
tute grounds for license suspension.
4. Vehicle safety equipment. Establish standards for seat belts
and brake fluid.
5. Appeals on license suspension. Provides that a license sus
pension based on a court conviction for a traffic offense would
not have to be rescinded, as it is now, when the conviction is
appealed.
I!. Driver education. Provide for the certification of drivers
training Instructors.
7. Minimum license age. Provide that the minimum age for
obtaining a driver's license shall be 18 unless the applicant
lias passed a driver training course.
8. Avoiding apprehension. Provide for a separate offense and
penalty for the act of fleeing police to avoid apprehension for
traffic violations.
9. Possession of alcohol by minors. Provide a penalty for minors
found with alcohol in their possession while in a motor vehicle
and to make It illegal to have an open bottle in a vehicle.
Most of ttiese recommendations make good sense. The Lahor
Day holiday carnage of 501 killed in traffic accidents can't
help but bring home to those who survived the necessity of
doing something about traffic accidents. The number of auto
mobiles on the highways and city streets is fast becoming
astronomical. The number of "accidents" caused by head-on
collisions tend to make one think some of these are nothing
less than suicidal.
We are of the firm belief, however, that no one. anywhere,
is ever going to be able to legislate safety. It must be brought
about thru education, thru a realization that the golden rule
applies on the highways just as it does at the supper table. Ex
cessive speed will kill and continue to kill, no matter if the
speed limit is set at 35 miles per hour, because the speeders
will continue to speed. The smart akeks will continue to be
smart alecks no matter how much legislation is passed.
We can't believe that a speed limit will do any good to
wards cutting down accidents. We do believe that drastic and
sharp revisions of the driving privilege should be studied. We
do not believe that just because a person is 70 or 75 or 80 he
Is unable to drive. We believe there are persons of 25, 30 and
35 much less fit to be behind the wheel of an automobile than
many of our older citizens. The question of sharper "reflexes"
is modified when one realizes that a good driver doesn't need
such sharp reflexes because he doesn't get into situations re
quiring split-second action ... he knows better.
It is rather like the two kinds of airplane pilots. Two kinds,
the careful kind and the dead kind. . . .
TO THE
EDITOR.
To the Editor:
I want to commend you for
your fine editorials. The recent
one on the Seaside incident was
very thought-provoking and we
parents thank you for speaking
out on the matter. Perhaps we
may take a good look at our
selves and what we are doing
with our children.
Sincerely,
Mrs, T. C.
Boy in Hospital
Tommy Steagall, 15, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Steagall of
Lexington, was taken to the
Good Shepherd hospital, Herm
lston, Wednesday for tests and
observation. The boy has been In
ill health and in recent weeks
seems to have become worse,
Ins mother said. He was taken
to the hospital in an effort
to diagnose his condition.
If you've given up on trying
to get something open, tell a
four-year-old not to touch It.
Ruggles Attends
Insurance Conclave
A.
C. A. Ruggles, of the C.
Kuggies Insurance Agency li
Heppner, was among 200 dele
Bates attending this u-eik.iMiri')
34th annual convention of the
Oregon Association of Indepen
dent Insurance Agents, at Port
lands Multnomah hotel.
The 39-year-old organization
of property insurance specialists
agents Handling fire, theft
liability, auto, casualty, and sur
ety coverage lines was host to
four key industry speakers in
cluding Oregon insurance com
missioner Walter G. Korlann.
John N. Cosgrove of New York,
prize-winning author and insur
ance journalist, spoke during
Friday's opening business ses
sion, followed by Milton R. Chev
erton of San Diego, board mem
ber of the National Association
of Insurance Agents, and by Rev.
Pro nolo V ...... o I
member of the National War
Labor Board and ex-nresident of
Gonzaga University.
Saturday s seminars covered
community service projects, in
surance law, premium financing,
and allied subjects.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
trees to logs and haul them back to the ranch for winter's announcement is made so that
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WELL, there's another good
reason for going to football
games in Heppner now. Lowell
Cribble's announcing over the
public address system is almost
as interesting as the game. Al
though his style Isn't quite the
same as that which made Dizzy
Dean famous as a broadcaster,
he does have some picturesque
expressions that add humor and
spice for the enjoyment of his
audience, such as, "He was held
for no gain or less."
Oh, Grib could be a famous
announcer some day, even
though he does use better Eng
lish than Diz. There's one thing
against him, though. He prob
ably can't sing "Wabash Cannon
ball." MARIE (Mrs. Clint) McQuarrie
didn't want to be late for the
OSU-Iowa State game In which
her son-in-law, Dick Ruhl, will
play Saturday night, and so she
left Wednesday. Thats probably
even before Iowa State departed
from the midwest!
Actually, though, Marie
thought this would be a good
opportunity to visit a little with
daughter Suzy and got a few
days head start, going first to
Corvallis to visit with Susan and
Dick. Clint stayed home to tend
the store.
We understand that Dick has
been working out as first strine
fullback this week because of
injuries to Leroy Whittle and
Bruce Williams. However, latest
dope is that the latter two are
expected to be ready to go for
the big opening game.
Meanwhile, back at Wilson's
Men's Wear, Bill Blake has been
selling tickets like mad to folks
going to the game to root for
Dick. It's quite a job to handle
all the details of ticket selling
(including finding out what to
do when a purchaser loses a
pair she bought), and we think
Bill should get a real big thank
you for doing it.
THINGS LOOKED pretty dark
for the school board Tuesday
night when the bids were re
ceived on the second call for con
struction of the Heppner-Lexing-ton
high school. This was be
cause of the fact that the lights
went out while they were in the
midst of their deliberations on
the complicated bids with all
the alternates involved.
But when the lights came on,
after individuals groped for
matches, hunted flashlights and
yearned for candles, they got it
all straightened out, and we're
going to have a school under
construction at last.
JUST IN CASE anyone may want
to know what we thought ot
the Mustangs in their first game
of the season, we'll say that we
think they looked pretty good.
There is some real strength on
the team, and when they get
their offense put together a little
better, we think they will win
some ball games. Our prediction
is that the first victory will be
here Friday night over Condon,
ine lone cardinals, too, are
rolling again. They have one of
those schools that always comes
up with a fine team. We would
n't be at all surprised to see
them going down the state play
off route again this year even
despite the heavy losses they
sintered by graduation. That
tdverside game coming up,
mougn, could oe a rough on
WE APPRECIATED getting the
petitions from the school child
ren last weeK asking that a
theater be rebuilt, and we're
glad to see their interest. It
would have been appropriate,
though, if they had added one
more paragraph: A pledge that
they would all behave them
seives at snows u and when a
theater is provided. One of the
pestiferous problems about oo
erating a movie house in this
day and age is the racket that
the kids of all ages (even into
college years) make and the cut
ting up that they do. This keeps
people away part leu ar v
aciuusi who want to come to be
entertained.
There is a lot of interest in the
community towards doing some-
ining to get the theater re
opened, but we would like to see
a petition passed around among
ine Kids resolving that its sign
ers would behave themselves if
they have the opportunity of
going to movies in a restored
theater.
I CANNOT see what possible
neann oenetits can come from
investigating the social role of
the aging wild ungulate." writes
Congressman Walter Norblad of
uregons first district in protest-
ng a proposed appropriation of
funds for the National Institutes
ot Health to finance various re
M-an-ii projects, included was
5"023 to study the "wild un
gulate.
"I wonder how many of u
would know a wild ungulate if
we met one face to face?" the
congressman asked. He found in
consulting the dictionary that it
is a hoofed mammal, as mm.
nants, swine, horses, tapirs, rhi
noceroses, elephants, etc.
While allowing the boon to
mankind of the research that
leads to penicillin and the mir.
acle drugs. Cong. Norblad d.
Clares that he can't understand
the need for such thine ns
Studies of silent thinking,
26,565," "Investigation of in.
formation contained in prhrws
S13.S37." "The ontogeny of Eng
lish phrase structure. S2100."
Emergent leadership anion? th
New Guinea Tolai. S1251." "flar.
;ige and wastes as mushroom
nutrients. $14045." "A stereotax
tic atlas of the beagle brain.
$9,775," and others.
"These are but a few of their
research projects and if success
ful in them, as the old saying
goes, they may well find a cure
for which there Is no disease . . .
I am protesting to the Director
of the National Institutes of
Health against the expenditure
of any funds on these particular
research projects unless he can
prove their value."
We're with you, congressman!
Former Cowboy
Recalls Old Days
Around Heppner
If there were a division of
the rodeo for riders 65 and older,
L. V. Blair, former cowboy of
the Heppner area, would like to
take part, he writes in a letter
from his home on route 1, Sher
idan. Blair visited in Heppner during
the Pendleton Round-up and
said that he wouldn't mind liv
ing here again.
Under date of September 14,
his letter said, "I stayed over
night last night at the Heppner
Hotel. I came over to your office
to give you a story, but you
were closed. So I'll try and write
it for you.
"I landed in your fair city In
1919 in search of work and 1
met a fellow by the name of
Gene Lovgren of the upper Eight
mile country. He said, 'Can you
break horses out?' and I said,
'Yes.' So I hired to him and
went out and broke some for
him.
"I saw a piece in a paper
sometime ago telling about the
town of Hardman. When we got
the spring crops in for Mr. Lov
gren, we would take a couple
4-horse teams and go through
Hardman and cut dead pine
wood
"I had a couple friends with
me from Sheridan, one by the
name of Mr. Hands, the other
Mr. Clarence Walden. We had
been to the Pendleton Round-up,
and they wanted a different
route home, so we came to Hepp
ner and home that way.
"When I first came there in
1919 I had to watch out for
horses and buggies when cross
ing the streets. But now it's
shiny autos instead. If it was as
easy now as then to get a ranch
job. I think I'd of stayed.
"Yes, I remember Hardman in
the big days of the town of
200 people. I later worked around
the town of lone for ranchers.
Your well-built buildings im
pressed my friends very much.
If they ever put on a rodeo for
riders 65 years old or older, let
me know. I still like the ponies
nniv I'm ppttins so I seem to all interested may plan to at
land harder now. bui i guess u tena.
I'd come down slower, it wouldn t
hurt so much.
"Yours truly,
L. V. Blair, n
Rt. 1, Box 121, Sheridan, Ore."
Al Lamb to Show
Pictures at Meet
Mayor Al Lamb will show his
colored pictures of his recent
trip to Africa at the Monday
luncheon meeting of the Hepp-ner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce, President Fred Gim
bel announces.
Mayor Lamb made the trip to
Central Africa with a U. S. De
partment of Commerce trade
mission. Members of the Cham
ber have been awaiting the
showing of the pictures and this
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Coming Events
LEGION MOVIES
Saturday Night Only 8:00 p.m.
Legion Hall
This week Walt Disney's
"Tonka" in color.
Plus cartoon.
HOME FOOTBALL GAME
Heppner High versus Condon
High.
Friday night, 8:00 p.m.
Rodeo Grounds
Support the Mustangs!
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
By Heppner Soroptimist Club
Wednesday, Sept. 26, 8:00 p.m.
Episcopal Parish Hall
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