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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1964)
uttrnt cAzrrrz TiMU. Tkrurr. Ocubt is. 14 GAZETTE-' Ski Corporation Deserves Support TIMES moixcw coram rrwif jurn Ths Heppner Casetta tatablUhed March 3f iJ. Tht Heppner 1913. IWifAfll rt iiiimit aIiociatio NATION Al'fOITO I 111 i a a St WISLTT A. Editor SKEftMAM EIIIX C SSCXMAN Aatociatt fubUibN Subscription Ratea: HJ50 Year. Slncl Cory 10 Cent. rublUhed IVrry Thursday and Entered at the Post Onice at Htppnrr, Oregon. aa Second Uasa Matter. McColl Understands Eastern Oregon With IU relatively light population. Eastern Oregon too often receives only token attention from ststewtde candidate. However. In Tom McCall. running for Secretary of State, resi dents of Oregon's Second Congressional district have an oppor tunity to vote for man whose background fives him a natural and genuine Interest In this part of tht state, McCall arrived In Central Oregon aa an Infant SO years ago. His family still owns tht Crooked Elver ranch where he was raised. He rode dally to a one-room school and later grad uated from Redmond High schooL As a youth ht worked with tht crops and cattlt on tht family ranch. This solid start, coupled with his natural abilities, led McCall to attain a place of prominence aa a dvie leader. He became administrative assistant to Gov. Douglas McKay and achieved distinction as a political commentator on radio and television. On the occasions that McCall has come back to Eastern Oregon whether It was at a wheat ranch In Umatilla county, touring a sawmill in La Grande, or visiting with folks in Heppner It is clear that he understands Eastern Oregon and speaks our language. This Is especially important at this time when one realizes how deeply reapportionment has cut Into our representation at the state legislature. Tom McCall in the Secretary of State's office would insure this area of having sympathetic understanding at the Statehouse. His broad experience. Including private business, work as tht governor's assistant, citizen membership on six legislative com mittees, five governor's committees, and a vast amount of humanitarian and social work, make him exceptionally well qualified for the office ht seeks. "They wont be able to find any blemishes on McCall'a record." said a local resident, a former schoolmate of the candi date, who happened to drop into this office today. It is well established that nothing mars the candidate's background. On the other hand, he has often been honored for his attainments and he radiates a sincerity of purpose. A minister once introduced McCall for a speech with the one line, "Here Is the best man I have ever known." With his background and qualifications, McCall offers Oregon enlightened sen Ice and outstanding leadership. Theft Is pi mist of fin benefit to tht area from Iht Aibmklt Mountain sal course, now under development by a new local corporation. With tht advantages offered by Arbut Vie Its Watlvn that holds anow for a long period. Its near perfect slopes fur akltng. Its beautiful setting, and possessing a goo! supply of spring water this count holds promts of bringing In a great Influt of skiers In season. This la a sport that la surging tremendously today. Over In tht North JUntiam county, at llivl. ho I, a development Is un.Ury by a etfpfIMl - lg fVV.O'W In stork. Tht Arbucklt venture It nothing of this magnitude. Tht back ers di seek capital that would eventually run to pcrhapa SJ0.00O. Money would bt used for completing a ski run of aomt 2100 to 3300 feet. Installing a permanent professional ski lift and development of a small lodge building. One this is accomplished, there Is no question of tht use of Arbucklt by skiers coming from all over Eastern Oregon. Theft art few sportsmen any more ardent than tht ski devotee. Ont needs only to look at tht Spout Springs development, tht Anthony Lakes development and others for confirmation. They art deluged with skiers In season. A small crew has been making exceptional progress work ing at Arbucklt and Dick Meador with his Cat has made great strides in lessening tht grsdt at tht beginner's area and grading tht alopt for tht ropt tow after trees were fallen and brush cleared. Ken IVck and Bob Henry art the guiding lights In this venture, and their faith In It has been pushing It ahead despite odds. Soma rspital has been raised but more Is needed. It Is set up aa a profit venture, and money Invested Is not to b considered a donation, although many business people stand to accrut considerable benefit from added business that tht akl run will eventually bring to this part of tht county. wt recommend that our business people and substantial citizens, who art Interested In tht future of this county, go up to Arbucklt on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, look over tht possibilities, visit with Henry or reck and let them show what la planned. Also needed right now la labor to help clear an added COO feet to tht rope tow and to cut additional trail above the present ski run. Those who can help can earn stock In tht corporation on a work basis. They should contact Henry or IVck. It is too latt this year to get the entire lob done, since It Is hoped that anow will come by Thanksgiving, but the course will be doubled from what it was last season. No one expects to get rich off Arbuckle Mountain ski course. With proper support and sound management It stands to be a good investment. If 200 people Invested $100 each the Job of financing would be done. It has often been said that ont great hope for southern Morrow county's economic future la In Its recreational possibilities. This is ont of them and now la the time to do something sbout it Chaff Chatter Ves Sherman Sports Fishing vs. Industry Highway Engineer Has Big Job Although not many came out to witness It, the dedication of the Main street bridges Monday was a fitting and pleasant ceremony. Importance of the bridges is greater than many who zip over them in cars may ever realize. They come as the culmination of long-sought work by some of our citizens. (See letter to the editor from Garnet Barrstt on page 6). A. F. Parson, division engineer of the State Highway De partment, came from La Grande for the ceremony and he was accompanied by Don Gallaher, resident engineer, of Hermlston. Parson spoke at the Chamber of Commerce, and the members were impressed with his intimate knowledge of the highways of this area despite the fact that his division encompasses 2,500 miles of Eastern Oregon highways. He appeared to know every crook and turn in every local highway and the names for every local spot on them. While faced with a much larger job of highway maintenance and construction than he has funds to cover, it was evident that Parson keenly feels the need for work on highways In this area, as he does for other areas in his division. He promised, for instance, that he is going to do everything In his power to eliminate Horseshoe Bend on the Willow Creek highway, but the commission has to give its approval first Local businessmen who have long pressed for highway im provements in Morrow county felt much better after listening to Mr. Parson. While there was nothing to indicate that Morrow county is ever going to have any super highways, it was helpful to realize that the division engineer understands the needs and problems and is doing what he can, within the limited financing with which his division is vested, to give them proportionate attention with other parts of his division. Participation of Mr. Parson and Mr. Gallaher was greatly appreciated, and they will always find a cordial welcome here. TO THE EDITOR. . . TO THE EDITOR: After waiting two months, and submitting a written request to the council to have a pole and guy wire removed so I could have access to my new carport ut states at their council meeting thev decided the pole Is to re main.) It seems to me the deci sion was made very quickly without even coming up to look at it To my way of thinking it ap pears one should not try to im prove his property if it interferes with a light pole, and sometimes tni is Impossible. It states at the council meeting that Mr. Young offered to remove the guy wire which ne aid. his ofier was to erect a 30 ft. pole in our back vara and stretch a guy wire over our house and through a large tree which I rerused. After waiting two months I finally poured a driveway 6 feet to one side to get around the pole but the guy wire is still in my cement. This is a hazard, if it should happen to be caught with a bumper while backing out as it would Jerk the pole down. Heppner wants its citizens to "shop at home," and home own ers to improve their property, but what price do we have to pay? Perhaps if I had a new ladder truck that I could offer the city to use I might have been shown more interest and consideration. Who knows? Faye Prock Mrs. Elizabeth Gulick return ed to her home in Seattle, Wn, on Saturday, after spending a week visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Prudy Casebeer. The trend today seems to be pointing towards recreation as the primary pursuit of mankind, so much so that matters of greater importance are relegated to secondary positions. Per haps this Is due to the fact that many today have more leisure time than they used to have. Following this trend, sports fishing Interests of the state art asking in Measure No. 4 on the general election ballot that commercial fishing for salmon and steelhead be prohibited on the Columbia River and all Inland waters of the state. Thus, the pleasure-bent sportsman selfishly, it seems to us, is endeavoring to take away the livelihood of those en gaged in an industry. It smacks of the "tall attempting to wag the dog." If sportsmen proposed a measure to set aside Morrow county wheat fields as a game reserve for China pheasants, it would bring violent and indignant opposition here, jeopardizing our economy. In somewhat the same vein, that Is what the sports fisher men are attempting to do to the commercial fishing industries of the Columbia and the communities, such as Astoria, which depend on them. It is estimated that passage of Measure No. 4 would throw 600 commercial fishermen out of employment but perhaps even worse, would leave 1500 more jobless those who associated with the Industry In other capacities. At a time when the state is seeking to build Its economy and Is crying for industry, Measure No. 4 makes an incongruous and selfish request ' There are many who never engage In sports fishing who like the privilege of buying canned salmon and enjoy it as food. With the trend towards shutting out the commercial Interests, the local supply of salmon would be curtailed. As a result prices on the canned goods might rise. It Is difficult to see how this would work for the Interest of the general public. The Oregon Fish Commission Is quoted as being against this measure, saying that it Is not needed for conservation of the Columbia River fish runs. In fact commission scientists say that passage of the bill would mean fewer, not more fish in the future. m mm B f a . m m mm i Ana ironically, even u it aid pass, it would nave no eixect I on the commercial fishing by Washingtonians who have equal rights on the Columbia. Oregon, in essence, then, would give a $5 million industry to our neighboring state to the north at a time when the states are in keen competition for new industry. From any point of view, this newspaper agrees that Ballot Measure 4 Is a bad bill, and a selfish bill. It should be defeated on November 3. Iiniiill i.a m n m.mm UX'AL rOUCS havt turned un usually roru'enlal this er. You rould ms Ik tiwn tht street and srr nmwif rise waving fervently. l'krd as If evrrvune was enthusiastic aa a cheericad er A little rliwwr etamination. hoevrr, showed that they were really trying to bt friendly, but wrre trying to fnd oil tht warms of gnata that havt been plaguing tht area. When a person walks imw a awn In aoina parts of tht town, tht tiny Insects rise up In riouds. This la making our local rttUen- rv look forward with anticipation t good hard frecrlng weather. NOTICED AN Item In the public prints tht other day that said that ont large firm had decided to kick out Its computer system of billing. In making this an nouncement tht company did so will- rather fiendish glee, advis ing their customers to fold. staple, tear and mutilatt the last punch card when they re turned It with payment. We'll surely go along with their Ideas. Have you ever tried to make a correction or point out an error on one of these cumpu ter billing systems? You general ly get aomt sort of a punch card reply that la designed to lit about 130.000 different cases and doesn't really apply to you at all You can usually write letters un til vou're exhausted but you keep getting a form answer. Quite often, too, the punch card you receive has punch holes In sme of tht pertinent Informs tlor. printed on tht card. CONNIE JOHNSON, editor of the John Day Blue Mountain Eagle, had a nifty little bit In his paper the other day about an electronic computer he saw In Dea Moines, Iowa, while on vaca tion. Tht computer bore tht fol lowing sign: ACHTUNG! I Alles lookenspeepers. Das com putenmachlne 1st nlrht for ger fingerpoken and mittengraben 1st easy der sprlngenworken blowenfusen und popper corken mit apitzensparken. 1st nicht fer gweerken by das dummkopfen Das rubbernccken slghtseeren kecpe nandts in das pockets. Relax und watch das bllnkin- lights. t.f iht structure might erupt and start ahtfc'tln' t out ;ilca Itrmh had this t ahfut the ticMi 'r H as destroyed -What AntcM or John Silver tooth will do without It. wt ran not Imagine, for rais It hws been an attraction, filled with museum pleivs that no ont couM rsplaln. but John's tongut was often In his rherk at he Md i... ..i. i. ,.f hi haitM-r chair, his bootlcggera cane, his dlplay r carriage lamps- on " museum were rlitht out of tht .,. umi and his soft volor and quiet spoofs as authentic as the Virginian ttht written version, n.it th TV I John, at eighty, nas ow nearly everything, herded aneen, rode for rattle, run aaloona, min ed a little. II was born right hm ami urtw ud with the coun try absorbing the atmosphere of the town where llowaru waum lived when he shot the Indian rhlef Paulina, where homestead Ins? wool haulers stopped for a bit of recreation las tht moderns call It l, wher sheepherdera ana cowboys fought In the streets, where all night danera silenced the rovotea. where herds of nr vous cattle were driven up tht street on their way to tht rail head at Shanlka "Antelope was an old town be fore John came along and It grew old along with him. He gave it a jolly time In Its old age. Antelope was authentfely western and so was John Sllvrrtootn. That a wny so many came to see him." The lire that destroyed tnt mu seum was fought by Antelope residents with their hand drawn hoo cart much as they have fought fires since the town was leveled In tht fire of July 11. 181W, and then gradually rebuilt. how cnMbU It would to swistth down Iht mountain cmi sslis tsojiirUhty else, hot. m! and then howr nUt II would t t, havt a lift to haul a person t-h up. It a surprising how punti this small rrrw has done vul there, and II Isn't hard to grt the 1Uiur of what they art Irving a da. If they had about sis mm, rih with a t-hain mw, fur a few data they rould prrlty wl grt tht plait cleared. Twenty live hundrrd frrt drsn't sound ft when ou talk about It but when ou sev It on a tiumntalruldo, it s quilt a distance. That will make a wonderful pty ski run when It la computed, and thert will lt placet wt Iht mount a ins tdt fur thus i.f any degree of skill. IN CASK you art wondering about the end of Iht daylight tlmt period, we'll point out that time ttoesit changt back to standard until the last Sunday In tht.der Iht Mh. Hit last leglslaturt changed the dale frum tht last Saturday In Sep tember to ronfitm to adjoining state. Tell tht advertiser you aaw It In tht Casettt-Tlmsss. ID COMMUNITY l BILLBOARD Visiting over the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Pete Glennie and family were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cantonwine and family of Dallas. Cantonwine, form e r Heppner High basketball coach, is now basketball coach at Dal las High and states that he likes it there very much. He was on his way to Walla Walla, Wn., to play In a week-end golf, tournament there. They attend ed the homecoming football game here Friday night Visiting with friends and rel atives in Heppner over the week end were Mrs. Elma Hiatt and Mrs. Doris Hodge of Kennewick, Wn. Mrs. Hodge's teenage son, John, enjoyed some deer hunt ing with Carl McDaniel while he was here. THIS HAPPENS to be National Newspaper week, and we should be doln? something six-- ' cial to commemorate It We don't have time to write any important editorial about It and the place la In too great a atate of mess at the moment to hold an open house. We know we are appre ciated because we get lots of let ters and comments that tell us so. We might say that we are grateful to be a tiny part of the free press of America and firmly believe that newspapers remain a substantial bulwark for democracy. Wt appreciate the support and cooperation of all the readers we serve, and we appreciate the fine loyalty of our amall staff. They are unexcelled In their faithful ness and willingness to get the job done. WHEN THE old Sllvertooth Mu seum at Antelope was destroy ed by fire last week, many peo pie In Eastern Oregon felt a keen sense of loss. It was, as many here know, a combination store. barber ahop, museum and tavern that contained antiques and relics of pioneer days. I was there just once, and that was 2G years ago when our col lege geology class went on a fos sil-hunting expedition. I recall distinctly that when we stopped in Antelope and stepped into that store It was like walking through the pages of the past to the old Wild west as we had often seen it pictured In the mcvies. I thought that at any moment the cowboys playing poKer around a table in one part WF. WENT to Arbuckle Mountain Sunday afternoon to get a bet ter Idea of what is going on out there, and got the real tour treat mi nt from Bob Henry and Hon P.rld who were busy whacking oil pine trees with a chain saw while boys. Kit Anderson. Bruce Thomson and Jim Sherman, la bored at piling brush. We knew that at tht top of Arbuckle was a nice clearing and thought It would be good to go to tht top to observe the day of the land and see the beautiful view that It affords for miles. Ron volunteered to eo along and see that wt didn't get lost. The climb up the 00 feet of the present cleared ski run was bad enough and this old man wasn't sure he could make tht other some 2000 feet through tht brush. i-ortunatriy. Ron was bushed from working all day. and we were grateful that he wanted to stop about every 13 feet which was also about 10 feet atralght up. At the too one can get real en thused about the possibilities of Arbuckle. It Is easy to envision Coming Events HEPPNI3t HIGH FOOTBALL Heppner vs. pilot fbx k Friday. Vt 16. 8 d m. Pilot Kork field. League gamt. support tht Mustangs: HARVEST SMORGASBORD Sunday. Ortoher HO to 7 P m. t atnouc rarun nan. By Altar Societies of Heppner, lone. Islington. l,l..l( lll.lt CKywl SI Children 75c; pre school i free. CONSERVATION SPEM! CONTEST High school multipurpose Mom. Wednesday. Oct. 21, 8 p m. Everyone welcome! CIVIC LEAGUK RUMMAGE SALE Trl Co. Equipment Bldg. Friday. Saturday. Oct. !, IT. 8 a m. to 8 p ro. PUBLIC CARD PARTY Monday. October 26. 8 p.m. American Legion Hall Pinochl? 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