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The Heppner Gazette established March 30. ISM The Heppner
Time etabluhrd Novrmbcr is, lSSTT. lonaliJ!tM rcbruary 13,
1912.
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ai Second CI a Mattrr.
Too Many Bills
As Robert Drrnedde polnU out in his "Salem Scene" column,
written under iponorhlp of the Association of Oregon In
ductrics. the state legislature has had more than 1100 bills
Introduced In two month, and many more are yet to come.
Of this number, probably only a small percentage will be
come law. It would be a tittle staggering to think that poor
John Q. Citizen would have to be burdened with 1100 new
statutes!
No matter how you look at It this Is far too many bills to
be Introduced. It's downright ridiculous. Many of the proposals
are of the "pet peeve" variety and have no real significance
in serving the public interest. Others are politically motivated.
Buried in the avalanche are bills of true merit and worthy
of real consideration.
Bills relating to education alone make a long, long list
Supt. David Potter has been making a valiant attempt at keep
ing the Heppncr-Morrow Chamber of Commerce Informed on
them. His list this week was two pages long. Just devoting one
line to each bill Some of them are silly; some are Important
When 1100 bills are introduced at a session, how can any
legislator act intelligently on them all? How is it possible to
keep the important ones from being inundated in a flood of
trivia T
And if the public at large attempted to keep informed to a
reasonable degree, everyone would have to stop all normal
work and devote full time to checking on legislative bills.
The alternative, though, is that some "dillies are slipped
through without the public's general knowledge as was done
with the ambulance bill of four years ago. Regulations Imposed
by this bill later had to be rescinded to large degree.
It is time that the legislature started to police itself on its
volume. It should work out some sort of screening procedure
to keep some of these bills from ever being introduced. Compe
tent legislators should be responsible enough to avoid indulging
in whims and pet peeves in their legislative work, and un
doubtedly many of them never submit this type of proposal.
But others do. We read an article in the Oregon Statesman
Sunday that listed some of the funny proposals. It is hard to
think that duly elected senators and representatives would
submit them in seriousness.
There have been proposals that the length of the session
be limited. Maybe that could be worked out but it might turn
out to be restrictive when there Is something of vital im
portance to consider.
There is still some solid justification for considering a
one-house legislature, since both houses now are based on
population alone. This contributes to a mass of needless debate,
parliamentary procedure and introduction of useless bills.
We appreciate and need good legislators, and there is no
reason to believe that the majority of those serving aren't
doing a conscientious, responsible Job. But they do need to
work out some kind of check on rampant colleagues who seem
to think it an achievement to come up with some new gimmick
that might put some foolish new law on the books. It might
be feasible, for instance, to limit the number of bills that any
one legislator is permitted to introduce. In this manner, those
under consideration could be held to the most important
After all, the public is paying the bill for all these bills,
whether they become law or not
Waiting for the Lightning to Strike
(Wallowa County Chieftain J
Many people are inclined to assume that all Wallowa county
needs to experience a business boom is for some substantial
industry to move Into the community. If and when this bonanza
occurs, prosperity will reign and the future will be rosy. Or,
if high Mountain Sheep dam is started on the Snake river the
days of economic doldrums will be over and perpetual pros
perity will reign. In the meantime there is not much which
can be done but sit and wait
There are some lessons which are overlooked by those who
follow this "sit and wait" philosophy. As a general rule people
and communities which sit and wait for some stroke of good
fortune to hit suddenly out of the blue find themselves
still sitting and waiting when their time has run out Pure
luck is not very dependable.
We have watched with some dismay and disappointment
the reaction of the community of Elgin to a million dollar or
so investment by the Boise Cascade Corporaton in a new plywood
mill there. When this industrial development was announced
there were statements from business leaders in Elgin which
indicated that the community was at last on the threshold of a
new era of prosperity and growth. Optimism was widespread.
Businessmen had their cash registers ready and waiting for
the big payroll checks.
The mill was built, a large crew of workmen took Jobs
at the plant and in the woods, and everything was presumably
set for a big boom. But, as far as we can see from this distance,
not much happened to Elgin. The town looks the same. There
has been very little new construction, few new homes or busi
nesses or public buildings. And there is very little evidence
of any imaginative planning for the future or of any deep
optimism. A lot of people are disappointed.
We have seen communities, such as Umatilla, boom under
impetus of get-rich-quick enthusiasm when a new dam is
constructed, only to collapse and become mere wayside stations
after the initial activity had subsided.
. Industrial developments can be a boon to a community, but
only if the people are determined to do something on their own
to make their community permanently progressive and attrac
tive. A sense of pride and loyalty are indispensable to the con
tinued well being of any community. If attractive new homes
are built, beautiful churches maintained, business houses kept
modern, a sound school program maintained, streets and side
walks kept in first-class condition, sewer and water systems
modernized, good hospitals and nursing homes provided, rec
reational programs developed, unsightly lots and buildings
cleared and plans are constantly studied to make a community
more attractive, then It is building on a substantial basis. Those
who live in such a community will want to 6tay, and those
who visit it will want to come back.
But there Is no future for any community which merely
waits for the lightning to strike.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
COL. FRANK M.IXWIT- dl- Included amone tho panic!-
trk-t rniMiwrr tt the l. S. rtin (n the tournament are
Arnr Ctl rJ Encirwrrm. W1U ' who iiil rm-le l the
Walla, rut off a r! fck at'"fi4a brl.ttf rhamrlorunin.
the ttart f hia talk i the Cham-' Anyone far Old Ma4 Uh the
U-r of Corr.mervr Monday, hi editor?
f irt arrx-arinre In llrtinrr. I
lie toiJ I the fellow who u THAT this nice springlike
appearing In court to (n a di-1 day U trvlng to rnmtnre us
orr from hi wife. (that the winter storms aw over,
"She talk all the time." the,bae wt ever noticed how tnnx
man ni4 tne juace -When iinaiurai catatrvpne o ourn
awake in the nwnlnr. ahe'a fall on holiday ? For eample
talking The lat thine I hear at: the anport flood on Memorial
nirht U her talking She talks, d-ty. the Alaska earthquake on
talk, talk all dav long it! Friday, the pkvrtr.br r flood
"What dor ahe aayT" queried .on IhrUtmas. the big wind in
the Juiijf. .the valiev a couple vrars ago
I dn t know," replied the on toiumbu lav. MUbe ou
man he &rn t tell me. ran tnin of other. IJom mure
Col McFUee'a inference was.thu has any supernatural aig-
that he might talk a lone time 1 nifioance. It dor have one prac
and not uv much, but chamber ! tnal advantage it makes It
member found It quite the op
posite.
He gave a very pertinent and
nterrtme presentation on the
proposed Willow Creek dam and
easier to remember the date.
FT ISN'T anything new for Gile
French of Mora to win award
In Journalism, but he received
on damage rauted by the recent! the highest honor In Oregon
floods. (journalism last week end at the
jtate pre conference In Eugene
CONGRATVLATIONS are due n'n h ' Presented the Voor-
Walter Beckett He celebrated , n, awara lor ouuianaing
hi h hinM.v uvstnMH.v achievement Former Governor
Health Association
Votes to Join
Eastern Region
At a meeting of the M mm
C.Miitiv TH and )le:ih Ac.
latlon held February 14. a vote
was taken on the rewmmenda-
Von Morter Playi
In Bridge Tourney
U Vrtne Van Matter. Jr. n
two thud plait ami one fouittt
ila-e In f-Hir aelon of a tcir
l.tnal dui'lh-ate iM.I'- lourn.
nwnt at the Hilton IMrl, Port
land. Saturday and Sunday. In
doing he wtn tlm- iiiatr
point.
Van Mrtr. accompanied by
hi wife, was the only entrant
In the tournament from liepn
Nobody rave him a party, but
he observed the occasion by
treating his "coffee club" to
breakfast on that day. IncIudVd
In the group were Harold Becket
Charlie Beckett and Stanley Rob-
inson.
Now you'd think these boys
would reciprocate by providing
him with a birthday cake at a
coming session.
WE HA VENT BEEN ud there.
but we hear that Bull Prairie
has been a winter paradise with
excellent fishing through the
Ice on the lake and presenting a
beautiful picture with heavy
snow covering on all sides. Un- j
demand some 80 to 100 were up
there Sunday, and the trout!
thev were catching were dandies.
The Bull Prairie development i
only about three years old. sure
Charles Sprague. chairman of
the committee, made the pre
sentation.
Giles, who sold the paper
(Sherman County Journal a
couple years ago to Dan Bart
lett. still write his pithy col
umn. These Thing We Note.'
and writes editorials for the
paper.
As a newspaper neighbor, we
congratulate Giles. Many here
know him and read hi pert
inent paragraph.
After the Friday banquet at
Eugene we kidded him a bit
about some reference to the
"Sherman County Observer" in
stead of the "Sherman County
Journal" in the presentation.
-Well." replied Giles. -When
you get to be 100 years old.
you're entitled to make a few
mistakes."
However, we learned that the
iVrtTon ., i aI SIhfI Sherman County Journal was
a recreation site. Again it shows - (,.,4 ,k. o-... r,.n.
what can be done to develop
for southern
once. Indeed, the Sherman Coun
ty Observer. Giles changed the
name.
this "industry-
Morrow county.
ITUF CIIFOVtAVQ tl a run
E ADMIRE La erne Van Mar-1 down to Cottage Grove last
ter ior nis acnievement in me camrrtav nm f,-r hnrt viit
regional bridge tournament. !-, th vi r.imtwU lr
Portland, over the week . end. l citizens of Heppner. It
What concentration and brain nnit innmnriiK m firwt
work It must take to vie with pp .nT. in r.ain th
the experts of the Pacific Coast j week's issue of the Gazette
In such a tournament! In
La Verne came home with two of us.'
thirds and a fourth out of four
sessions in which he played,
which is a very good showing.
Each of those sessions, bv the
way. is four hours long, making
a total of 16 hours play in two
days. That's a good eight hours
work each day.
ti.n tt the rxvume board of rw-r. although there were aeverai
the aMriation to Nxme a part from IVndleton. Ilermulon.
of the recently formed Fastern . Walla Walla and Bakrr
Rrgton of the Oregon TS and
Health Ajjxh Utlon The Fattern
Oregon Krglon u triad up of the
muntle of I'nlon. Baker. H.rnrv.
t'mattlla. Wallowa and Malhrur
The eecutie board ha spent
almot two year Investigating
the poAiubility and advantage
of reorganizing and becoming
a part f thl group. Ten mem
Nt of the a -i at ion were
prfscnt and voted 9 t 1 In fa
vor of consolidating. There were
five WTlttrn statement sent by
person unable to attend the
meeting. Their votes wrre 4 to
for consolidation
As a part of the Eastern Ore
gon Region. retreentatlve elec
ted bv the Morrow county as-
orlation will meet with repre
sentatives from the above men
tioned counties to help wvrk
out better programs for Eastern
Oregon generally. Ray Buck
waiter, program director for the
Eastern Region, has been doing
Surplus Foods
Made Available
By County Court
Almost ?1 prron are pre
ently receiving turplus fix!. It
wa revealed at the February
meeting of the Morrow County
Welfare commiMon. The com
mission urge all tlKxie eligible
to aail thernvlvr of the com
modities which arr furnUhed
through the county court, ac
cording to Lowell Chaily, dir
ector. Standard are based on tht
previous 30 days net Income, ac
cording to the following table:
1 person. Ills- 2 Person. 1171:
verv fine Job and has had a urnom six'.: 4 ix-rvmt. 1.123:
an unbelievable response and 5 ind 6 terins, $-;'.; 7. 8 and
succes In working with the 9 arsons. JAJO. and 10 or more.
people in tne su counties wnu rt ,3KS.
Mn. Eitcb Suffers
Injury In Fall
Mi Ida Fktrb. futinrr loiu
teldriil now living with a
lUuiliirt at Oil, fell terrnlly
and broke a -ltlt' Imiii. anotil
lug In Information ttnt-ivrd by
(ilerxU bete, Mr. Fjtel. who U
about Kft rats of ae, I r
lt led l be conftrtel for about
llirru months brraus tf Urn In
jury. Mie I recuvetinaj in a con
Vlirnt borne ttear (Ml.
Mr. Itl left on Just a
fi w monih agtt to live with the
t.tughter, Mr V. K Calkin
lloxx who wlh to write her or
end card should addrras them
In rate of Ml Calkin. 1(1. ,
Ho 1W. IHI. Otrgon,
klng for mimeograph strn.
rllr The Garlle Times hat
Ihem for sal. Including sieclal
church bulletin style.
They seem to like Cottage
Grove real well, except that
Fred Isn't very nappy with the
rain. There are a lot of lakes
around over there, but Fred
claims that when it rains you
can't tell where the lake ends
and the land begins.
have had a year to evaluate the
result of their reorganization.
Under the new regional setup,
the organization will function
much In the same way bud
get will be prepared a usual
for our local programs; the same
number of volunteer officers and
directors will be elected: and a
seal sale campaign will be con
ducted. Mr. Buckwalter will
meet with us regularly to heln
direct our programs and will be
available to present many pro
grams and activities which we
have been unable to do in the
past
In the six counties mentioned
above, he has conducted smoking
clinics In the junior high and
the high school; one county had
mass tuberculin skin tTinei
testing clinic: chest clinics are
being held In most counties. It
also expected that the Mobile
X-ray Unit will be available in
both the south and the north
ends of the county.
At the request of the Pioneer
Memorial hospital board, the
X-ray program conducted for the
past 10 years on the first Wed
nesday of each month for the
general public will be
There I an allowable cash re
serve of IV O for one person or
$imo for two or more. Further
Information may be secured by
contacting the Welfare Office,
liw Building. In llrppner Iph
676 92111.
Foods are distributed there
from 1 to 5 p m. the first two
Thursday of each month. Cur
rently available are meat,
cheese, butter, lard, flour, dried
milk, beans, rice, rolled wheat,
bulgar and peanut butter.
N COMMUNITY I
) BILLBOARD V
-JL
Mr. Ltr Cos la making
steady recovery at home after
undergoing surgery at the Pen
dleton Community hospital Feb
ruary 10. She returned to her
home February 16. She enjoyed
a visit with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mr. Harvey
Rohde. the former Fern Grave. 1
when they visited here last
week.
Coming Events
HEPPNFR HIGH
BASKETBALL
Friday. February 2o
Pilot IUk at Hrppnrr
Javvee 6:30; Varity, 8 pm
Support the Mustang!
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
Saturday, Feb 27
KK)K hall. 7 30 pm.
Sj-onsored by Sana Sour I
Three Link club.
SKIING AT ARBUCKLE
Take bus Saturday, Feb. 27,
9 15 a m. from Turn-A Lum
Tow operating. Good snow,
ROCKHOUND MEETING
rot lurk dinner, 6 30 p m.
Saturday. Feb. 27. old city
library.
Slides on silver.
respiratory diseases such a
asthma, emphysema, bronchitis.
Influenza, and other.
A tentative date for the annual
discon- i meeting has besn set for April
tinued as of April 1. 19CS. It will 20. It 1 hoped to have Mr. Buck
be necessary, therefore, to , waiter for a speaker and the ex
broaden our case-finding pro-! ecutlve board would like a good
gram and Mr. Buckwalter will turnout for the meeting In order
be available to direct us toward 1th.1t all may become acquainted
a better program which will in- with him and with the new pre
clude not only tuberculosis, but gram.
PANCAKE LUNCHEON
Fpicopa Parish Hall
Tueday. March 2. 11:30
1:30 p m
Everyone Welcome!
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Just Two More Weeks
ON
THIBIT TEARS AGO
February 28. 193S
Laurel Beach, son of Mrs.
Elsie M. Beach of Lexington, and
an instructor in Lexington High
school, was a featured soloist
with the Portland Symphony or
chestra on January 7. Mrs.
Madge Thomson was a substi
tute teacher in his place while
he was away.
Miss Katie Minert announced
her candidacy for the position
of clerk of school district No.
1.
Second edition of the lone
Index, a paper published by the
students, nas appeared. The ed
itorial staff is Francis Bryson,
eritor; Hattie Van Schoiack, art
editor; Junior Mason, humor ed
itor; Harlan McCurdy, Jr., ath
letic editor, and Miriam Hale,
advertising manager.
Ralph Akers has disoosed of
his interest in Bristow and John
son 6tore to E. J. Bristow, who
is now sole owner of the store.
I Smith will superintend construc
tion of the Heppner Lumber I
1 Company's new dry kiln, of suf-
' t : -1 . . i 1 1
ncieni size 10 nanaie me en
tire output of the mill and will
be built at a cost of $75,000.
Leta Humphreys Is attending;
a druggists' buyers meeting in
Portland and will hear the Rol
and Hayes concert.
2m
Week-end guests of the Stan
ley Cox family were Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Mel lor, Charlene, Carol and
Mickey, of Dayton, Wn. Mrs.
ilellor is a sister to Mrs. Cox
Woryra Harsin was on ot 102
representatives from throughout
the state to attend the Sewage
Plant Operators Short School, a
three day session held annually
in February, at Oregon State
College in Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Griffin,
along with their daughter,
Sheryl and their grandson, T. J.,
were here this week-end from
Beaverton visiting at the home
of her mother, Mrs. Jesse Griffin.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
February 22. 1945
The annual Red Cross mem
bership and war fund drive are
underway with Rev. Bcenie
Howe as county chapter chair
man and Mrs. Ted Smith, Hepp
ner community chairman. Ap
peals from our boys in service
are coming from the various sec
tors. Mrs. Carl McDaniel received
word that her brother, George
Smith of Condon, a merchant
marine was on board a trans
port that was blown up in the
Pacific with no survivors.
W. B. Kennedy and Grville
TEN YEARS AGO
February 24. 1955
March of Dimes drive officials
released figures showing that
the polio drive in the county
raised a total of $2,442.89.
Roice Fulleton was winner of
$1,000 sweepstakes prize in the
Union Oil sponsored Dipstick
Derby, for recording most oil
sales during the past three
months of any Union dealer in
the entire northwest
Journalism students attend
ing the press conference in
Seattle next week are Lyle Jen
sen, James Monahan, Sally
Palmer, Meredith Thomson.
Lynda Borman and Mrs. Joyce
Wilkinson, advisor.
FOR
f
fin
In
Attend Conclave
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman
attended the annual Oregon
Press Conference in Eugene Fri
day and Saturday, and he also
met with other directors of the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
association Thursday night
While in Eugene the Shermans
visited their son, Bill, freshman
at the University of Oregon.
They spent Saturday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gimbel,
formerly of Heppner, at Oottage
Grove and Saturday evening and
Sunday with their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Sherman, in Salem. Mr.
Sherman served as a member of
the nominating committee and
Voorhies award committee at
Speeding Contest
Brings Penalties
Two young men pleaded guilty
to engaging in a speed contest
on the highway in court of Earl
Soward, Justice of the peace, Fri-
aay.
Driver's license of Alan Lane,
19, was suspended for three
months, and John Bert Weems,
22, was sentenced to three
months in Jail but the sentence
was suspended on condition that
he report to the Justice of the
peace weekly.
The two were arrested bv
State Officer James Gordon af
ter a citizen complained. The
incident occurred on the Hinton
creek highway near the out
skirts of town.
Henry Stotts Better
Henry Stotts is Improving in
the Walla Walla, Wn., General
Hospital following two major
operations there, his wife said
Wednesday. He Is listed In satis
factory condition although he
has had some complication from
a congested lung. Mr. Stotts has
been hospitalized about a month
and does not know when he will
be dismissed. Mrs. Stotts Bald
that he has been cheered by
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