HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES,
GAZETTE-TIMES
MOBROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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WESLEY A. SHERMAN
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Civil Defense in High School
By inaugurating a short course on Civil Defense to upper
classmen in high school it would seem that those who have
been attempting to create a public awareness of preparedness
might have hit upon their best opportunity for progress.
For years the general public has been lethargic towards
Civil Defense, and it is only when a crisis arises such as the
Cuban emergency about two years ago that the mass of our
population becomes really serious about it.
While some devoted officials have been sincerely attempting
to reach and teach the public for years, their message, by and
large, has fallen on such deaf and disinterested ears that if a
nuclear attack should come without warning, utter chaos could
be expected among the civilian population. Most people would
not have the most elementary knowledge of how to protect
themselves and their families. Communities where a few have
been doing their best to stir interest in Civil Defense would find
themselves almost totally disorganized in the emergency.
In the high school classroom, however, Civil Defense teachers
should find a more receptive audience. It is an atmosphere
for learning, and the young minds should be able to grasp
the significance: of the training. After all, these youthful
citizens have the awesome prospect of facing whatever the
nuclear age will bring In the years to come. If there should
be anothrr war, they would be the ones who would have to
fight it. Thus, they might be In a mood to regard it with con
siderably more seriousness than their elders.
If the program that is now being initiated In this county as
It Is elsewhere around the country is continued and expanded,
It should not be too many years until thousands even millions
have a basic and fundamental knowledge of Civil Defense.
Many Americans have looked at Civil Defense like a blind
man in a dark room hunting for a black cat that Isn't there.
This program of reaching the younger folks may bring
the real need and meaning home to them, and our nation,
traditionally one that procrastinates until dire emergency strikes,
might take some strides towards facing up to the grim possi
bilities of the nuclear age.
Time to Keep a Bargain
When the county announced that it was going to construct
a dog pound, the City of Heppner agreed to get a tranquilizer
gun to help capture dogs running at large. It is now time to
keep that part of the bargain.
The dog nuisance, about which we editorialized last Oc
tober, Is flaring again. Terry Thompson reports that five of his
sheep have been killed by dogs, and since he lives on the out
skirts of the city, has reason to believe that at least some, of
the dogs responsible are coming from town.
We like dogs, but they must not be allowed to destroy
property and create nuisances by running at large. Judging
by the number of complaints coming to this paper, owners here
are too careless about taking care of their dogs.
In view of such incidents as that at the Thompson ranch,
dog owners may now expect strict enforcement of the law, just
as those being damaged have a right to expect better protection.
One -Shot
Roscoe
As Told By
ORVILLE W. CUTSFORTH
(Editor's note: This is an
other in the series of anec
dotes about the late Roseoet
Cox, Morrow county outdoors
man, who died last year).
One time Roscoe was camped
up at Butcher Bill Prairie tend
ing a band of sheep. In came
an outfit loaded with all kinds
of makings for a still. This was
along In the early twenties. They
had a cooker and the whole out
fit and they started to set up a
still.
Roscoe said, "You can't set up
a still here on Butcher Bill. They
will find it in no time, come deer
season. You better go back in
the interior here in the middle
of tills big pasture at Lost
Prairie. There you'll find a place
that is well hidden with plenty
of water."
"Well," the boys said, "we
can't haul it in there unless you
load it on your pack horses and
pack it in there for us."
"Well," Roscoe said, "I should
have a share of the whiskey."
The boys said, "If you's fur
nish the sugar and ttie barley
we'll give you half of the
whiskey."
So Roscoe bought a ton of
sugar, 80 sacks of barley he took
his 5 pack horses and he packed
that 80 sacks of barley back into
Lost Prairie. The 120 sacks of
kupr a 'Hi the still and the men,
their camp and their equipment.
It took him twelve days and
nights. Well, to make a long
story short, come fall the boys
came out from the still to Ros
eoi's camp at Butcher Bill.
They said, "Rescue, we would
like to have you haul our
whiskey out. We have SO gal
lons of fine whiskey about ISO
proof."
Roscoe thought that he would
help th. hoys so he said, "You
stay over tonight with me. We'll
go in in the morning with the
pack horses."
It began to snow that night.
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It snowed all night and all the
next day and the next and the
next until the snow got belt
deep.
They could get into the still
but they had no way to haul
the whiskey out. So Roscoe says,
"I'll go down to the flats, to
old Bob's and get a team and
wagon," (Old Bob Thompson's).
So he struck out on foot about
30 to 35 miles to Heppner and
he walked the distance. He slept
In the old coal mine tunnel the
first night. Then the next night
he made it to Bob Thompson's.
Fifteen miles a day with snow,
breaking trail clear to his belt.
He hitched four horses to a
wagon, a light wagon, and he
headed back into the hills. No
sleep and no rest. He got to the
coal mine and he slept overnight
in the tunnel. He had feed in the
wagon for the horses. He went
over the hill next day to Butcher
Bill camp. Then he took the four
horses that were on the wagon.
He rode one of them and led
the other three in to the still
and he spent all that day carting
out these 80 gallons of whiskey
with sacks on each side of the
horses holding 5 gallon coal oil
cans of whiskey. He loaded it
into the wagon. He loaded on the
distillers and the whiskey and
in two more days he was down
at his boss's place. He called the
old bootlegger, moonshiner from
Pendleton to come and get it and
the man came and got it. Hauled
it out of there on a Model T
Ford, right down through Hepp
ner, through Lexington, and lone
down to the river and over to
Pendleton.
Before he left, Old Roscoe
said, "Vou know half of this
whiskey is mine and, by jove,
I've earned it."
"Well, in that case, "Stubble
field said, "I'll give you a gallon
here and now." And he handed
Roscoe a gallon.
As I was listening to Roscoe
tell this story, I said, "Well, now
Roscoe, with all of this money
for a ton of sugar and 80 sacks
of grain and the days and days
of carting it in and the days of
carting it out, to say nothing of
the 30-mile walk through this
deep snow, was that one gallon
all you got?"
Roscoe said, "Yes, I only got
that one gallon."
"Will," I said, "What did vou
do with it?"
Roseoe said, "I drank it."
Chaff and
Wes
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IF THERE were anyone so naive
as to believe that professional
sports in America is not big bus
iness, the signing of the tele
vision contracts by CBS for tele
casting National league pro foot
ball games next year should
convince them. The contract was
let at $28 million, a considerable
jump from the $9 million this
year! And that doesn't include
the playoff game.
When they announce starting
lineups next year, and the play
ers come before the television
cameras, you'll probably be able
to see the dollar signs in their
eyes.
No wondeT it's getting harder
and harder for small newspapers
to get advertising from national
accounts!
SOME ENTERPRISING local per
son, noting the panic resulting
from the federal report on lung
cancer from cigarette smoking,
should start growing the weed
or plant from which the cure
preparation is made. We read
that there is only a small quan
tity of this plant available, and
It costs something like $40 per
pound.
It would be ironic if it were
found that , a better preparation
could be made out of one of
our weed pests, such as knap
weed. Then everyone would start
planting the stuff!
We see a number of the local
men switching to pipes these
days and feeling considerably
healthier. Haven't noticed any
one turning to dried cabbage
leaves as yet, however.
This probably will mean a re
vival in the old corncob pipes.
The do-it-yourself clan can
make some pretty passable pipes
out of elderberry bushes, which
we used to do as kids, but it
doesn't appear to grow profusely
around here.
Best answer for youngsters
these days is to enlist in the "Be
Smart, Don't Start" movement.
NELLIE DONEY brought in a
little treasure of 1903 flood
pictures and negatives today for
the G-T files, as well as some
pictures of Heppner in the 1890's
and the decade following. Some
of them are familiar pictures
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that have been used in supple
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flood, but the negatives are par
ticularly valuable because addit
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them as needed at any time.
Mr. Sigsbee, father of Elaine
George, took many of the pic
tures. Incidentally, the remarkable
picture of the big snow of 1929,
which he also took and a copy
of which hangs in the G-T office
as well as other places in town,
has its 35th anniversary today.
It was taken February 6, 1929.
As this is written, though, with
bright warm sunshine flooding
the area, it is a far cry from
that day of 35 years ago!
THE PAPER staff has bent its
deadlines so badly in recent
weeks that we are going to have
to cry "Uncle!" and issue an ulti
matum. From now on we cannot
guarantee publication of meet
ing notices, 4-H meeting stories,
special interest columns, and in
cidental items that do not reach
us until Wednesday. Some will
have to be held until the ensuing
week or be left out altogether.
We feel we have been gener
ous in taking late material, but
recently it has meant that our
linotype operator has been still
frantically setting type at a time
when the paper really should
be in the post office for delivery.
This means that it is slow get
ting out, and it isn't fair to the
many subscribers to delay the
paper just because some failed
to get their news to us on time.
Beside me at this moment, for
instance, are a couple of items
that just arrived concerning
meetings that occurred last week.
We want to print these items,
but we must ask cooperation in
getting the information to us as
quickly as possible after the
event happens.
We also call attention to an
other matter. Our 4-H reporters
are forgetting the who, what,
when, where in some of their
stories, and in some instances
we can't tell what clubs they
are talking about, since they
don't mention the name. We
don't want to disappoint them,
and ask club leaders and par
ents to give the youngsters a
little guidance on this.
We appreciate getting import
ant stories, even when they break
late, such as death notices, acci
dents, emergency meetings and
so on, but we can't be too sym
pathetic on routine news that
comes in late particularly when
our operator works much of
Wednesday night and goes
through Thursday without tak
ing time off for lunch to get
the type set.
We respectfully urge consid
eration on these points.
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TO THE
EDITOR. . .
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column to publish these few
lines in your newspaper to draw
the attention of people who are
in God's own country.
I am a Nigerian boy 17 years
of age, 5 feet tall and weigh
about 100 lbs. I am seeking pen
pal around "U.S.A." and with
who I can swap some Nigerian
items with American goods.
My best hobbies are: table
tennis, footballing, run n i n g,
swimming, pictures and wish all
items to be exchanged Including
post cards.
May peace, hope, joy be yours
in abundance today and always.
Merry Christmas dear editor. I
will appreciate letter from any
one regardless of age or sex.
From
Sikhiru Mustafa
Robert Mahoney
Receives Degree
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney
returned from Forest Grove Sun
day, where they attended grad
uation ceremonies at Pacific
University. Their son, Robert,
completed his studies there and
was among the mid-year grad
uates. Robert and his wife, Sherri,
accompanied his parents back
to Heppner and they are now
making their home here on a
ranch in Clark's canyon.
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Death in California
Takes F. S. Barlow,
Native of Eightmile
Franklin S. Barlow, 70, died
Tuesday, January 28, at a rest
home in Martinez, Calif., after
a short illness. He was born at
Eight Mile on December 31, 1893,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Barlow.
Mr. Barlow had lived in Cal
ifornia for the past 28 years, he
was the owner of Barlow's Auto
Electric Shop in Martinez for the
past 16 years. He was engaged
in farming in the Eight Mile
area until 1935.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, January 30, at the
Connolly and Taylor Chapel in
Martinez, with Rev. Dudley
Stout of the Church of Christ
officiating. Interment was in
Memory Gardens cemetery by
the side of his wife, who pre
ceded him in death on January
15, 1959.
He is survived by his daugh
ter, Mrs. Delia Jane Rimmel
spacher of Pomeroy, Wn.; two
granddaughters, Rosemarie and
Katherine, also of Pomeroy;
three sisters, Mrs. Maude Lut
kins, lone, Mrs. Flora Schunk,
Boardman, and Mrs. Dolly All
stott, Gresham; two brothers, Al
vin Barlow, lone, and Everett
Barlow, Pendleton, and several
nieces and nephews.
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Heppner-Lexington
February 10-14, 1964
MONDAY Hamburger gravy,
rice, green beans, carrot sticks,
cake, fruit, bread and butter and
milk.
TUESDAY Navy beans with
ham, cabbage salad, hot rolls
and butter, fruit, and milk.
WEDNESDAY Macaroni and
cheese, celery sticks, cake, fruit
and bread and butter.
THURSDAY Hamburger cas
serole, buttered carrots, pickles,
pineapple upside down cake,
bread and butter and milk.
FRIDAY Tomato soup, Tuna
sandwiches, lettuce salad, berry
cobbler and milk.
Kinzua News
The Kinzua Women's Volley
ball team played two games this
past week, the first meet with
Spray at Kinzua Tuesday even
ing with Kinzua winning two
out of three games. Betty Saddler
was high point played for this
game. On Sunday they went to
Mitchell and won two games
out of three with Ann Asher as
high point player. Their next
game will be Monday, February
10, at the grade school gym
when they will play against the
Fossil team. The public is In
vited to attend these games.
COMMUNITY
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH BASKETBALL
Heppner vs. Sherman at
Moro.
Friday, February 7
Jayvee 6:15, Varsity 8:00
Heppner vs. Pilot Rock, Sat,
Feb. 8, at Heppner.
Support the Mustangs!
MEDICAL SELF-HELP
February 10 Burns and Nurs
ing Care of Sick and Injured.
Rhea Creek Grange hall, 7:30
p.m.
FARMER'S UNION
Heppner City Hall, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, February 11
Speaker: Bill Johnson
DALE CARNEGIE COURSE
Tuesday, February 11, 7:15
Old Library, city hall.
Bob Marsh, instructor
Visitors Welcome.
We have limited number of
calendars Stop in at our of
fice and ask for one. C. A.
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