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THE W ' HEPPNER HEPPNER GA other four by three to one. Under the proposed reapportionment, ...K.v4 in jucasuie a, Morrow Would sharf its rpnrpsen- tative with just two counties-Gilliam and Sherma P Some persons cling doggedly to the "one person one vote" theory but ignore the fact that the Federal .sys cm which we have enjoyed since our government was first foSFv organized! allows two senators per state regardless of ' size' an sets up the House of Representatives on the basis of Douulation One representatice to five sprawling coiinties means that may actually have little representation at all Morrow county voters should strongly favor this measure. Measure 10 GAZETTE-TIMES MOHBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 676-9228 Hie Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 18?7. Consolidated February 15, 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher S&V NEWSPAPER krutitNEif 'ASSOCIATION HELEN E. SHERMAN Associate Publisher NATIONAL IOITORIAI ASQPCMTIi M I 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.lm.j Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. HHIMIIIIIIIHIIHIHHHIIIIIIIIMIIIHllfllHHHMMMNIMIMM Review of Ballot Measures Confronting voters on ballot measures for the general election, Tuesday, November 6, are nine state measures. A tenth the one which would restrict commercial fishing was removed from consideration by Supreme Court ruling. There has been considerable publicity on several of the more important measures but some persons may not under stand some of the ones that have not stimulated so much attention. Voters should take the time to read their Voter's Pamphlets before going to the polls. Arguments for and against most of the measures are included, although some apparently do not have opposition. The first five measures on the ballot have been referred to as "housekeeping" measures. Each would amend the state constitution via the referendum, having been referred to the people by the legislature. Measure 1 Measure No. 1, entitled, "Reorganize State Militia," would, if passed, authorize the legislature and governor to shape and direct the Militia as is necessary for the changed times, in cooperation with Federal authorities. It would make possible removal of archaic regulations dating back to Civil War times, one of which is that conscientious objectors can purchase ex emption. The proposal apparently has no opposition. Measures 2, 3, 4 These three measures would amend the constitution by changing the formula for fixing debt limits on forest reha bilitation (No. 2), roads (No.3 ), and power development (No. 4). As now provided, the limits are fixed on the basis of assessed valuation. Under the terms of the measures, the formulas would be changed to a percentage of tiue cash value of the state's! taxable property. The change appears to be in the interests of all taxpayers for under the present laws, the debts limits could be changed by merely changing the assessment ratios. Although county ratios have been fixed by the legislature at 25 of true cash value (except in Multnomah), it still would be possible for the legislature to alter the debt limits by chang ing definitions of assessed values or by changing ratios. By amending the formulas to true cash values (and this does not increase the authorized debt limit), a safeguard Is therefore written Into the constitution.' Measure 5 Measure 5 would amend the constitution to permit the legislature to pass special laws as well as general laws creating lower stale courts and defining and regulating their jurisdiction. Tli is measure was proposed because a general law, passed to provide one county with what It needed in the judiciary, also applied to another county (Clackamas) and gave it more judges than needed. This measure also apparently has no op position. Measure 6 Uniform daylight time throughout Oregon from the last Sunday in April until the last Saturday in September is pro vided in this measure. When the legislature gave Multnomah and adjoining counties the right to have daylight time, even .though the state voted against daylight generally, confusion resulted. For the past two summers time turmoil has been apparent. Many have opposed daylight time for reasons that they felt to be good and sufficient, and there has been some bitter ness because of the fact that the legislature made the special provision for Multnomah and adjoining counties in the face of the statewide vote. In tills measure, an opponent for daylight time has an unenviable choice he can either vote "yes" for uniform daylight, or vote "no" for continued confusion. Proponents cite the alleged necessity of being in conformity with neighboring states and this point has some merit. However, there are some types of businesses (such as drivein theaters) who will be hurt by day light time. Regardless of the strength of their views, those who favor remaining on standard or "God's time" seem to be fight ing a losing battle. Measure 7 This measure prevents loss of tax base by a taxing body even though a tax is not levied for the three immediately pre ceding years. It is called the "constitutional six percent limi tation amendment." Measure 7 is the "sequel" to a measure that was on the primary ballot that had three provisions, two of which were questionable and one of which would work to the best interest of the taxpayer. It was offered with the provision that, should it be defeated in the primary, it would automatically be submitted to voters in the general election on the third point only. The primary measure was defeated, and so it comes up with the first tsvo points deleted and the worthy one remaining. Under present laws, a taxing unit which does not levy a tax within its base limitation at least once in each period of three consecutive years loses its base and cannot thereafter levy a tax, except for bonded debt service, without voter ap proval of a specific levy or a new base. Ballot measure 7 would permit an existing taxing body to preserve its base without making at least one levy in every three consecutive years. The base would be computed on the highest levy made in the last three years in which a levy was actually made. Present law encourages a taxing unit to levy a tax whether it is needed or not in order to hold its base. Measure 7 would change this, and it should get the approval of voters in the interests of true tax economy. Measure 8 Because the measure to restrict commercial fishing has been ruled off the ballot, it is of no immediate concern, pro or con. However, it probably will come up at an ensuing election, per haps two years hence. This was a measure proposed by init iative petition. The title is printed on the ballot in Morrow county but should be marked out before the voter receives his ballot. Any votes marked on this measure will not be counted. Measure 9 This proposed constitutional amendment is on the ballot as an initiative petition. More than 5b(X)0 registered voters signed the petitions seeking to change the apportionment of slate legislators. In previous issues of this paper its pros and con have been discussed at some length. It incorporates some changes on the basis of area in the state's House of Repre sentatives but maintains the Senate on a strict population formula. It is our feeling that this "all-Oregon plan" Is a measure of utmost importance to Morrow county, for under ttie apportion ment formula that goes into effect in 1963, we share our Jone representative with four other counties Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler and Umatilla. Umatilla can outvote the total of the hP SSh hv ?Ldlstr,ct reorKf.nization law of 1957 would be repealed by this measure which is also on the ballot bv virtue of initiative petition. In a previous issue this measure was discussed fully, and this paper is opoosed to i s Sassaee holethCaktn?hWle,dKinE, thf?ince"ty of VRo'ents WpS to us that the repeal of the act would undo a great deal of good work done around the state and would be a backward step in education with our children suffering as a Sit hllyrPvfn, y.rtnX organizations, it has primary backing the 1957 law? organization, dedicated to repealing In this modern time when academic competition is so keen and advances are coming at an almost incomprehensible rate in the world, a student needs the very best eduction that flhndCirwoulHnhSma11 J,Cal dis(tHcts J"8 cannot meet the need and it would be a sad error to retrogress to them toll nf tahnp0tJ?fnHPfhn0f ,thi? PaPeilare a number of' letters that tell of the stand those In favor of repeal of reorganization and some rebuttal to the recent editorial. These were orought to us Tuesday (a late date in the publication of our paper) and we have had our staff work overtime in Ler that they may be included and their sides fully presented i nn5 Inl Mfrr0W C0Uniy situatin we believe that there is only one way for our good people to go forget past troubles and animosities, however justified they may seem Ld work hf hpennf0i? Mi1 3nd lWn ProbI''ms in a united spirit for the benefit of all our children. to d8 bG achieved if our citizt?ns will resolve themselves Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman WITH ELECTION just around the corner, a quotation taken from the Industrial News Review of Portland is in order: "A pol itician tninKs only or the next election a statesman of the next generation." FROM OUR daily newsnaDor neighbor, the East Oreeonian. we can't help but repeat a bit from the column of "Cabbages and Kings" as referred to us by Beverly Gunderson. A reporter from a big city newspaper stopped to visit a friend who ran a little country weekly. "He asked his friend, 'How can you keep up your circulation n a town where everyone al ready knows what everyone else is doing?' "The editor grinned: 'They know what everyone's doing all right, but they read the paper to see who's been caught at it.' " Aw, now! How about the ones who get away with it? w m WELL! Hearty congratulations are in order for Martha Do herty, winner of the Heppner Soil Conservation district speech contest, who this week zoomed clear to the state finals to be held in Eugene November 8. She won in the area runoff here Monday night and then took first in the semi-finals at Arlington Wednesday afternoon. The local district has been doing very well in getting speakers to the finals. Last year Bev Da vidson went all the way to state and took third there. Morrow county folks will be rooting for Martha to take the championship on November 8. Martha wore one of those raggedy straw hats in her first speech here, thinking that cos tume mignt give a loiKsy toucn to the talk apparently, but iudges thought it a bit dis tracting. So, in ensuing speeches she eliminated the hat and still won. Perhaps they were right. DON'T KNOW when we ever en joyed a football game so much as we did the Heppner-Burns eame. The only thing that would have made it better would have been for the Mustangs to win but whether they got the victory or not, it was inspiring to see the Heppner gang at work. They came into the game fired up and intent on winning, and they just about turned the trick. It is not one whit to their dis credit that they failed by one touchdown of upsetting the in landers for the visitors came with a far better record, and they fielded a team that looks like a humdinger. When a team comes along like Heupner's has this year, it re flects the very best on the coach ing staff as well as the players. They display a renewed spirit, and quite a number of the boys have developed remarkably. Con trast the opening 2J-U loss to Enterprise (which wasn t a bad game for Heppner) to the Burns game at 20-13, the inlanders having beaten Enterprise, 14 -G. One thing that tickled us was how well Burns had been scout ed. Their "weirdo" spread of fense is designed, no doubt, to panic an opponent as it snaps uu to the line in its unbalanced spread, either right or left, and then swings into piay oeiore the opponents have a chance to get set. Heppner met this, in a system devised by the coaches, with a single file line from center po sition. When they saw which way Burns was going to line up. they quickly Drone out oi the single file formation and met it. The Mustangs were never aught napping and they never faltered. It was one of those games where the home team deserved ictory on the basis of their super-charged play, but the vic tory somehow doesn't seem so important when they displayed the spirit they did. we think Burns has a fine team with speed, the unconventional offense, good passing, size, and good running, lhey have some fine individual players, and we'd like to see them nab a state title, ahead! But Vale looms MEANWHILE, at lone, friend Glenn and his boys are really knocking them over. Freshmen really got tired in the game against Echo because they play ed so much of the game. Yet the score ended 70-6 for the Card inals. This means that the Cards are in the state playoffs again and will meet Crane in the opener on November 16 or 17. In their five games the undefeated lone team has piled up 195 points to 26 for the opposition. No team has scored more than once against them. It is getting so that lone is to 8-man football in Oregon as the Yankees are to baseball in the nation. They return peren ially to the playoffs and either win the title, as it was two years ago, or are knocking on the door for it, as last year when they were runnerups. Southern Morrow county has had some real good football this year. An undefeated league championship at lone and a 5 game winner at Heppner, with Two Green Guards Squelch Fire Here Two Portland boys, mem bers of the Green Guards of the Keep Oregon Green assoc iation, may have prevented a forest fire by suppressing a camper's forgotten fire in the Heppner district on September 29, according to Albert Wiesen danger, executive secretary of KOG, in a report to the Gazette-Times. The boys, Gerald Wibies, 16, and Randall Swibies, 15, filed a Green Guard report to Keep Oregon Green saying that they were hunting with their dad near Ditch Creek Guard Sta tion when they came upon a fire at the side of the road. "It was smoldering with little flicks of flame," Gerald wrote. "It was next to an open grass pasture that was very dry. We put it out by covering it with dirt." The report was confirmed by the boys' father, and each boy has been presented a "Service Under Fire" award, Wiesendanger said. Maybe this little fire never would have turned into a ma jor holocaust like the Ditch Creek fire last year, but who knows? Maybe the thought ful action of the Portland boys prevented another bad one. Ski Club Plans Booster Nigh! Arbuckle Mountain Ski club has set a Booster Night for Nov ember 13, and all interested in the sport are asked to reserve the date. one game yet to go for each squad in regular season. THE TOWN of Hardman is feat ured in the November issue of "Northwest Ruralite," magazine published by consumer-owned electric untilities. Front cover of the magazine has a full-page picture, and two pages inside are devoted to a story and pic tures by Web Allison. There are photos of Hoot and Marie Les lie, John Stevens and Guy Cha pin. There is also a picture ta ken by Chapin of the town 50 years ago. The author tells of his interviews with them and some history of the town and it has quite 5" history. Extra copies may be obtained through Harley Young of Col umbia Basin Co-op for those in terested. Incidentally, Frank Weather ford of Olex who will retire a the end of this year as repre sentative for this legislative dis trict, was in Wednesday talk ing about Hardman's history He had been chatting with Dave Duniway, state archivist, and said that Duniway was quite in terested in the town of Hardman because of its colorful history. X-Ray Date is Set Monthly free chest x-rays will be given at Pioneer Memorial hospital Wednesday, November 7, under the sponsorship of the Morrow County TB and Health Assoc., according to Mrs. W. W. Weatherford, pr e s 1 d e n t . All county residents are eligible for the x-rays. Hours will be from 7:00 to 8:30 p. m. Defense Bulletins Issued As Response To Emergency Move Over 1000 Civilian Defense bulletins were mailed out of the county agent's office to Morrow county residents last week as a result of President John F. Ken nedy's message to the nation on October 22. "We don't want to alarm the people," says N. C. Ander son, county extension agent, "But we feel, like the President, our people should be ready for any crisis." Bulletins on "Family Food Stockpile for survival" were de livered to all the grocery stores in the county. Fallout and first aid bulletins went out in the mail to the general mailing list of the County Agent's office. "If anyone is missed," con tinues Anderson, "We have a few bulletins available in the office." Cooperative Extension has the responsibility for the Rural De fense information program. It pays to Gazette-Times. advertise in the ggl&L Signet fl RPHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AID i New imoroved circuit live irMtar Wi nnie, more natural hearing of wort mm. Get all thi exciting (acta todayl LESTER RUUD Hearing Service Pendleton, Ore. Will Be at GONTY'S Electrical Applainces Monday Morning November 5th Gonty Has Hearing Aid Batteries. Feature of the meeting will bo a motion picture film taken at the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Cal., by Miles Lodmel of Walla Walla, Wn. He will be on hand to narrate the film personally. In addition, another good movie on skiing will be shown, according to Ken Peck of the club. The meeting will be preceded by a potluck dinner, and it will be held at the fair pavilion an nex. The club is trying to create more interest in skiing in this area to spur further development of the skiing facilities on Ar buckle Mountain. 4 Drawing will be held for a Po laroid camera at the meeting. COMMUNITY n ) BILLBOARD K Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Friday Night, 8:00 p.m. Legion Hall This week "Fighting Trouble" featuring the 3owery Boys. Plus one-half hour cartoons. FINAL FOOTBALL GAME Heppner High versus Sherman County High school. Friday night, 8:00 p.m. Moro High School Field Support the Mustangs FALL RUMMAGE SALE By Heppner Civic League Fri day, Saturday, Nov. 2, 3. Old Central Market Bldg. Come in early for Good Buys! PUBLIC CARD PARTY Sponsored by Legion Auxiliary Bridge and Pinochle Prizes for men and women Legion Hall, 8:00 p.m. Monday, November 5 This space will be used each week to announce com ing events of a public service nature at no charge. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency Heppner P. O. Box 611 PH. 676-9625 Democrats and Republicans Agree : VOTE- Y LET'S RESTORE O N FAIR REPRESENTATION ALL OF OREGON MEASURE NO. 9 MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL OREGON FAIR AND EQUAL REPRESENTATION FOR ALL GUARANTEED MINIMUM REPRESENTATION TO ALL ASSURE MAJORITY RULE IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE RESTORE THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION AND THE 1952 AMENDMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED BY OREGON VOTERS. O ELIMINATE ANY POSSIBILITY MANDERING POSSIBLE UNDER O O O O OF THE GROSS POLITICAL GERRY THE PRESENT SET-UP. ENDORSED BY: Morrow County Farmers Union Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Portland Chamber of Commerce Portland Junior Chamber of Commerce Democratic & Republican Central Committees Oregon Coast Association Oregon State Grange Oregon Farm Bureau Federation Associated Oregon Industries Oregon Cattlemen's Association Many other Chambers of Commerce, County Court, Pomona Granges, County Farm Bureaus, and other Civic and Business Organizations. VOTE - YES - 9 Td. Ad. By Morrow County Citizens Committee For Representative Government, Mrs. Verner Troedson. lone, and Fred Gimbel, Heppner, Co-chairmen
