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Ski Corporation Deserves Support
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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.
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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.
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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
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Heppner vs. pilot fbx k
Friday. Vt 16. 8 d m.
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support tht Mustangs:
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t atnouc rarun nan.
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Monday. October 26. 8 p.m.
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