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HEPPNER GAZETTE imniiMimiii GAZETTE-TIMES MOBBOW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER PHONE 676-9228 The Heppner Gazette, established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912. WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher rSNNIWSPAMt fj PUBLISNItl V-AMOCIATION 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 f'lass Matter. OFFICE HOURS: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Welcome to the Cow Cutters One of the interesting events in Hoppncr in springtime is the Wranglers' Cow Cutting event, fourth annual staging of which will be Saturday and Sunday at the fairgrounds. This is an attraction for riders from all over Washington, Oregon and Idaho and will bring a goodly number of visitors to town for the week-end. We extend a welcome to them and hope that they will enjoy their stay here. Our citizonry should go out of its way to extend them hospitality. There arc divisions for all ages of cutters, both men and women, in this approved meet. Adding excitement and interest are barrel racing and team roping, the latter for Wranglers only. Indications are that this year's event will draw one of the largest fields in the 4-year history of the spring meet. Wranglers are to be congratulated in their promotion of the cow cutting contests and should receive the full cooperalion from towns people and businessmen. Heppner has a busy spring schedule lined up. Last week end found the town bustling with activity with students from a wide area here for the Heppner Invitational track meet, and kiddies converging for the Elks' Easter egg hunts. On the week end of April .26-27 will bo the merchants' Spring Festival with novel events planned under the leadership of Randall Peterson, chairman of the merchants' committee of the Chamber of Com merce, and the ever-enjoyable Band Carnival on the evening of the 27th. Snow is flying at this writing, but Old Man Weather was kind enough to abstain from his capricious fling for the track meet and egg hunts Saturday. It is hoped that he will be as considerate on the coming week-end for the cow cutters and on the ensuing week-end for Spring Festival events. It's a busy time for our town this springtime and those of all ages have entertainment a plenty in the offing. May all visitors take home pleasant thoughts of Heppner while our home folks are having a good time too! Another Little Reminder Occasionally we feel it necessary to remind the many persons and organizations who want notices, announcements and writcups in the paper that we need to have these as early as possible. We know everyone tries to be considerate on this point, but lately a good many have been slipping again, and we find ourselves submerged on Wednesdays (at an especially busy time of the year) with a late influx of copy. We try not to set hard and fast deadlines, but we do ap preciate it when folks tell us about their news or submit their written items at the earliest possible time. Our linotype oper- PenneyS BARGAIN DAYS SPECIAL! p f M I 4 iv Jeans 1 V reduced ; OR Y9 I I 1 1 boys' slies 4 to 16 J I I It'll 1- PROpORTON-riT SIZES! i jpm lK I TRUI CISTERN STYLING! X Jk. Y- I Hefty cotton denims Cw X 1 "P to lZYi oi. styled r 1 I exact'v the way he In" ' I ?Ji YI tikes 'em . . . low on It Vl VI the hip' tight on the I V v h. i 1 Re'nrcei a" I if s SJr 1 Pmt of strain, San- I 1 r- 1 forlledt machine L j H I wash IIurry' Save! I t3 I?- HUSKY- ' -A v 'O P SIZE bOv VJ m REGULAR X- & SUM -TIMES, Thursday, April 18, 1963 HEPPNER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASKPCftATiaN ZJ J U For A Limited Time ONLY! Chaff and Wes SNOW CONTINUING into mid April could bring wide reper cussions on the news, turning things topsy turvv. For instance, high school athletes might add another event at their track meets the snowball throw. Ken Peck, foremost ski enthusiast, might announce that the '63-'64 skiing season is starting earliest on record in April and start hauling his equipment out fo the mothballs. The Hallmark Card Company might be in a frenzy of preparation, thinking the Christmas season is at hand and no new designs ready for the market. Flights of ducks nonchalantly heading northward might be thrown into abject con fusion and Flight Leader Quack Mallard might be unjustly os tracized by his fellow quackers for getting his dates "fowled" up. Trout lure manufacturers might come out with a snow flake fly on the theory that the trout at season's opening Satur day will think that the swirling flakes are some kind of a brand new spring hatch of bugs. Ran dall Peterson, chairman of the Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, may at this moment be attempting to decide whether he shouldn't change the name of the forth coming Spring Festival to Win ter Carnival. In the meantime, while the yellow daffodils are turning blue with the cold, we'll turn our attention to something else. WHEN WE installed our big press recently, we thought surely we had cured the infes tation of those pestiferous little Kremlins that .get into the type and mix letters, turn lines up side down and so on. But ap parently the boys at Woodburn didn't fumigate it before it left there. Last week, one of the gremlins climbed into Rev. Mel Dixon's Easter message and made "anesthetics" out of the word "aesthetics." It came out in print, "Easter is more than anesthetics; it is dynamics!" But the reverend didn't feel too badly about it. Probably quite a few persons use Easter as an anesthetic anyway to deaden their religious con sciences by attending church for the only time during the year. IF A FELLOW only read the sports pages, he would have no way of telling this Is a year later than the same time last year. The New York Yanks are ator cannot get everything through the machine when a sub stantial part comes in late. So in order that you may not be disappointed fci having something left out, and to save us some grey hairs and additional night work, will you tell us or send us your material early in the week. Hurry! shop early for ii PATHRNS Spring Summer Fashion! "Sew-Easy" Styles! dresses, suits, coats, sportswear! teens' and children's styles! men's fashions! home accessories! Chatter Sherman right back at the top of the 1 American league, and the New York Mets are buried deep in the cellar of the National. WHAT NEXT DEP'T: Report from the State Department of Agriculture states that latest fad among women is wearing live beetles from Mexico as jewelry. The ladies fasten chains on the bugs and they crawl around as living ornaments. Two species most commonly used for the "brooches" are the Megazopherus chiliensis and Zopherus hold emani, the release said. They are said to feed on wood and have small jewels glued to their backs. So far none are believed to be in Oregon, and it is to be hoped that none of our female population goes "buggy" enough to spread the fad here. The Dept. of Agriculture says introduction of these new species of pests could result in thousands of dol lars in losses to farmers and consumers.. Indeed, with the bugs fond of wood, they could literally eat milady out of her house and home. FROM SCOTT LAMB, informa tion director of the Farm Bur eau, comes a release about a 40-hour week for agriculture be ing considered by the state leg islature. "Such a plan leads one to reflect on the results of such a law on, say, a cattle operation in eastern Orecon," Lamb writes. "Come round-up time and the foreman gathers his wranglers around the chuck wagon at 8 a.m. where each punches in on a battery-powered time clock be fore saddling up for the day. At 10 a.m. the search for strays is halted while a 15-minute cof fee break is prepared over a sagebrush fire. At noon there is a charge for the chuck wagon again, to punch out for the noon hour. Again, a coffee break in the afternoon and checkout time is 5 p.m. to avoid payment of overtime. "Ccme branding time, things would really be thrown into an uproar. Jurisdictional rows might occur over who was to do the roping, holding and branding. We might even vis ualize the following conversa tion between two cowboys: "Cowboy No. 1: 'Ah hates t bring this up, ol' hoss, but mah card an' rate o' pay suggests Ah'm th' one who runs thet electric brandin' iron. Ah hap- best selections! Jli L L IS 01 t ho th' nrilv electrician in th' crew, an' Ah don't aim t' turn this job over t' scab la bor.' "Cowboy No. 2: 'Yeah, but you ain't unt a wrangler nermit an' statute number 1368.004 says no- body can run an iron wnai am i already aualified an' a member of th' wranglers union. If'n you tetch thet iron, us wranglers is goin' t' throw up a picket line aroun' this here brandin' area.' "Western TV. shows would take on a new twist, and the U. S. Marshal would be spending all his time rounding up and settling labor disputes instead of chasing badmen. "The rancher would be spend ing most of his time with his personnel manager and IBM machines, trying to hold down overtime and settling jurisdic tional disputes with arbitration boards. "In the meantime the cattle would go hungry and the ranch er's wife and children would spend their time carrying water and moving the cattle to new pastures. "The 40-hour week would sure louse up the west, and the east, too, but there would be one grat ifying repercussion. There would be plenty of horse meat on the market since no self-respecting law would allow employees to ride horses during inclement weather." jlris Miller Dies In Hospital Here Iris Miller, 75, died Saturday in Pioneer Memorial hospital. Funeral services were Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Lexington Christian church vv.th the Rev. Walter Smith officiating. Voc alist was Mrs. Vernon Munkers, accompanied by Mrs. C. C. Car michael. Burial was in the IOOF cemetery, Lexington. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Miller, she was born July 23, 1887, at Huntington, W. Va. For the past 23 years she had lived with a sister, Norma Marquardt, at Lexington. Miss Miller was a member of the Presbyterian church. Besides the sister she is sur vived by a brother, Claude L. Miller, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Coming from out of town were Mr anri Mrs. Elmer Messenger, Mrs. Flossie Coats and Mrs. Zearl Gillespie, all of Board man. Mr. and Mrs. David Eckman and family were week-end guests at the home of her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Burgess in Newberg. Need extra cashT Sell unused items around your place with a Gazette-Times classified ad. Minimum charge, 50c per insertion. FISHING SEASON OPENS APRIL 20 TO THE EDITOR. . . Mr. Editor: A writer of a recent letter to your paper acidly comments up- rxn VA rTVMACfl tHn Of Judf?e Peterson and Mr. Oliver Creswick to Washington D. C. to worn in behalf of the Willow Creek Dam project. We have complete faith in the integrity and ability of these gentlemen to adequately present the merits of this pro posal. We also feel that this is a non-partisan project and de serves the support of all citizens in this area regardless of their political affiliation. We pledge our support to the successful completion of the Willow Creek Dam. We would also like to thank our friends who have called, af firming their support on our be half. P. S. Representatives of the State Highway Commission nave unofficially indicated that the bridge at the North end of Main Street in Heppner is due to be widened during the coming fis cal year. Very sincerely, Al Lamb Robert Van Houte To the Editor: rionr Mr slhprmatv Have acknowledged your time iv nrtiplp in the Gazette-Times and wish to thank you very much. I am sure you snare in our thoughts that fire is man's most destructive waste. It is hnnoH that thrnuch newsDaDers like yours and other media such as radio, T.V., and certainly the Keep Oregon Green Association that fire prevention will become known to all. Fire is a good worker but a poor boss, so let's hope we can all be a boss. Again thanking you very much. Very truly yours, M. E. Crawford, District Warden By Henry W. Dahill Unit Forest Warden, Fossil State Department of Forestry Livestock Club Meets The lone Livestock 4-H club held a meeting at the Herbert Fkstrom Sr.. home on April 7. There were 17 present. Roily Ek- strom gave a demonstration on beef showmanship, and Steve Lindstrom also gave a demon stration on sheep showmanship. We have a new member, Herbert Ekstrom. We discussed the tour we are going to have in the summer. The next meeting will be at the John Proudfoot home. We will study safety and will have a film on character build ing. Charles Nelson, reporter HEY! Let's o! Tackle and Licenses At WESTERN AUTO The Family Store Heppner JOHN and BETTY PFEIFFER Ex-Resident Dies; Services at Everett Memorial services for Mrs. Opal Merritt, 42, were held at Toppenish, Wn., Saturday, April 13, following her death in that city on April 10. Graveside services and burial were at Cypress Lawn cemetery, Everett, Wn. Mrs. Merritt was born in Portland December 1, 1920. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sabin Hastings, were formerly of Hardman where she lived a part of her early life. Surviving are the husband, Glen, who formerly worked for Kinzua Corporation and for Vic Lovgren here; one son, Allen; the parents; and four sisters. Attending the funeral from Heppner were Mrs. Owen Leath ers, Jr., Mrs. Owen Leathers, Sr., Mrs. Carey Hastings, Mrs. Larry Cook, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDaniel. vi ) COMMUNITY A BILLBOARD Coming Events LEGION MOVIES Friday, April 19 8 p.m. Main feature: "The Maze" Plus 3 short subjects: "Crocodile Thrills," "Ten Fathoms Deep," "Thrill Makers" and cartoon. High School Elks Party Dance and party for all high school students in the coun ty. Friday, April 19, 7:3011 p.m. Elks Temple, Heppner WRANGLERS COW CUTTING CONTEST Saturday, April 20, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. County Fairgrounds No Admission DON'T FORGET TO VOTE On County School Budget Monday, April 22 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. BAND CARNIVAL Fair Pavilion Bldg., Sat, Apr. 27. Full evening of fun, starting at 5:30 p.m. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625 Heppner
