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NATIONAl I0ITOIMI
Vj-AIIOCIAIIOM
HELEN C SHERMAN
Associate fublUbw
Monday throush Friday; 9 am.
WESLEY A. tRX&MAN
Editor ad rublllM
Offlf Hourt: 8 am. to 6 pm
as Second Class Mrr. -
"Executive Sessions"
Occasionally in a report on proceedings of a Wc
arency will be the statement that the group wmt "
mlsesslon." meanln that It closeted Itself J Jjj
doors to consider some matter, apart from a P
and generally without representative of the press present
,,--Hrj , tnl. Maslon of the legislature was a bill that
,n,S tTcuSil Strict such
" aought to define peclfle instance, which would be per
mlble for such closed discussion., among them being
matter, relative to personnel problem..
It would seem that such proposal would g aln strong
support from new. media. hlch tend to look
askance on "executive sessions." since t ,0" f
the press to bring to the attention of the public all news
worthy matter, of concern to the citizenry at larg
In considering the matter at It. Oregon Press Conference
at Eugene In February, however, the Oregon PP
Ushers association voted to take no stand on the nutter.
papVrfand Tailor, appeared to be about evenly split In
their thinking on the bllL
Some, including the Gaxette-Times took the : poslUon that
interpretation of iU provisions would be difficult with the
Sing posslomty that there might be more closed sessions
San evfr. Another feeling is that there must be a time when
board, can relegate themselves to work sessions for dis
cussion apart from the pressures and strain of PWin
before an Audience. A board member might be considerably
less frank in his expression when he U In the position of
knowing that his every remark is "on the record- and yet
the thought he has might be very pertinent to the Issue at
hand. ,
It U a difficult thing, too. for a person who comes on a
board as an inexperienced public servant to realize that his
every expression is subject to being reported. He might make
a facetious remark, as he probably often has done in a cottee
shop, which, reduced to cold type, gives no hint of the humor
he Intended and therefore appears as a serious comment
This has happened in Morrow county.
News media have the responsibility of reporting as accur
ately as they can and interpreting information as it was
Intended to be conveyed, insofar as possible. For ltance.
a person anight say with some sarcasm in a public meeUng.
That's great!.- his meaning being that It was anything
but great. If a reporter writes that the man said, Tnat s
ereatr without any detail of the sarcasm, he conveys exactly
the opposite meaning of what the man Intended and therefore
reports him inaccurately.
Unfortunately, our volunteer "public servants- cannot de
pend on 100 accuracy from news media, even though most
reporters strive to do the very best they can.
On the other hand, "executive sessions- within the frame
work of a democratic society should be used sparingly and
carefully. When a board retires to such a session, the Inference
is that it is going to consider something in secret that cannot
stand the scrutiny of the public There is a tendency for the
hackles of those in the audience to rise when a chairman
announces in an open meeting that a board will go into an
executive session.
In last week's injunction trial here, the executive session
that the school board had held on the night of March 17,
prior to the decision to choosing the Boardman school site,
was the subject of considerable interrogation as the court
sought to determine whether the board acted beyond its
discretionary powers. Nothing was revealed to indicate that
it had acted improperly. Chairman Howard Cleveland said
that the board needed a time for clear thinking apart from
the pressures of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Irrigon and
Boardman partisans, and the others involved. But the fact
remains that an executive session tends to throw a hint or
secret procedure that, in turn, tends to ire those vitally con
cerned on the matter under consideration.
It is our thinking that this matter of closed sessions must
remain discretionary with the public bodies Involved. When
news media and the public agencies do their respective
duties In good conscience, both seeking to serve the public
interest, mutual understanding and respect can be built. The
resulting rapport accrues to the common good.
In the past, this paper has been invited to be represented
in some of the "executive sessions" held by the school board.
Upon determining, however, that the matters to be discussed
were those involving personal problems affecting employ
ment of some of the school's staff, or similar matters, the.
invitation has always been declined. j
Were there any hint of a clandestine session where the
board might be in violation of its legal rights and powers, the
paper would take a different attitude and would not hesitate
to report whatever facts it had that were pertinent to the
case.
Procedure that has been used by the current county school
board is to return into open session following an executive
session and report to those present a summary of what trans
pired. This Is fair and commendable.
As it serves the best interests of the public, a board must
necessarily have some closed meetings, but such sessions
should never become a device of mere expediency for the
purpose of withholding knowledge or hiding actions that are
public property.
It would probably be far easier for any board to conduct
its meetings without the appraising eyes and ears of public
and the press, but open sessions are fundamental to demo
cratic government. Those who accept public responsibilities
must realize that this is another condition of an all-too-thankless
task.
Welcome, Cow Cutters!
One of the fine events on the yearly activity calendar In
Heppner is the annual spring meet of the Heppner Wranglers
with cow cutting as the feature attraction. This draws partici
pants from adjoining states as well as our own, and the city
and its residents are happy to play hosts to the visitors.
Every hospitality should be extended to them.
This is a growing event, and each year the number of
entries tops the year before. With the Wranglers themselves
growing In membership and activity, the spring meet bids
for major recognition.
The new barn at the fairgrounds has been expanded this
year with a section set apart for spectators. While cow cutting
doesn't have the thrills and excitement of a rodeo, it never
theless is a great skill that requires coordination and under
standing between horse and rider. Many of our people, horse
lovers that they are. appreciate this and will enjoy watching
events of the 6th annual Spring Meet.
Enlorglng the Second District
Attention U called to two Utter, to the F-M on thU
r.ge "l.uve to the enlacing of the
dUUlct. which now rntully enwrnp ll
tt d the Cascade ranfi in Orrfion This matter U f th.
utmoat importance to all those living In the Second
aT heST enlarging of thl. sprawling dUtrkt. one ol the
largest in the nation. U not desirable nor welcomed
o? m who live in it. But. with conditions a. they ara-ir
iTeht Population and the pres-ure to equallre inflation of
S - .Ulli lu vncreU.n.l district It U IneMUt. le that
more I territory be added, and we must be reconciled to It.
T. J3n 5?rit In the M.,r., there M
The House of Representatives bill would add Marlon and Unn
counties to the district. The Senate version would take a
Sunk of Multnomah county and the
area Instead of Marlon and Unn, and add thl. area, wim
fu entirely different interest and outlook, to make an en
larred but Incongruou. Second District
IrVtcrrttory Involved, the Multnomah county area would be
a mere buSle o the wst side of the big district, but the
heavy population Involved w-ould eventually permit "the tall
,0 wM.e'rherTt.VKrrton and Unn counties are cor,
siderably dlvce from those of Eastern Oregon, they wwild
ftSSS In common than those of the metrollt.n area
AfteV all there U a great amount of agriculture carried on
in Marlon .nd Unn. although It U different from the dryland
area ThU would be a less reluctant choice than the .trlctly
Irtin interest! that would be acquired by the Senate proposal
The Congressman from the Second District already ha.
. herculean task of representing hi. as district
It would be If he were also given the bizarre Job cf represent
Ing the metropolitan area with Interests, sad to My. often
In conflict with our own. ......
It is quite conceivable, loo. a. the letter, point out that
the metropolitan area would elect the congressman, and the
ever wanlng voice of the wheat and cattle country could
become an Impotent whuperl In government
Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce ha. unan
Imously passed a resolution against the Senate proposal
and favoring the House bllL It U Important that all other
croup, and Individual, take action to this end. If the Senate
proposal .Hps through, Eastern Oregon will be saddled with
something that it will regret for evermore.
Weekly Papers are Welcome Visitors
(From Industrial New. Review)
What Interest, the reader, of weekly newspaper.?
The Suburban Press Foundation conducted a survey to find
the answer to that question, and Editor k Publisher has printed
the results. They cast a revealing light on the wants of the
millions of people who live in the small towns and the country-
ldAs one would expect, local news led the field In readership,
with 92.9 per cent of those polled saying they always read It;
6.5 per cent saying they read It sometimes; and only 06 per
cent confessing they never read It.
Next and close behind came editorials and local columns.
A mere 0.7 per cent said they never read these.
Third in reader Interest was advertising. Only 2.7 per cent
said they never read It All the rest said they always or
sometimes read It
Actually, the whole weekly paper Is very thoroughly read.
Even the poorest read classlfication-eports news drew a
combined "aways- and "sometimes" readership of 891 per-
"The weekly paper is one of the most welcome of visitor,
to rural homes. It stays for seven days, not Just one. And the
whole family has a lasting and hearty appetite for Just about
everything In Its columns.
frm hi ii n ' ' 1111 "' " ' " '
Chaff .nd Chatter
Wes Sherman
Si III IU ' ' ' III'"' "
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
Citizens of Eastern Oregon: "
I raise this point ro can your
attention to a serious problem
faintr Eastern Oreeon. The
question is, "WW Eastern Ore
gon retain congressional repre
sentation, or Will we evcniuaiijr
be represented by Multnomah
County?"
As you will recall, tne nouw
of Repesentatives adopted a con
gressional apportionment plan
placing Marion and Linn Coun-
ties in eastern uregun-
ff nrimarilv flirrlrultural COUIV
ties have much in common witn
Eastern Oregon and are cioseiy
associated with it.
Hnivpvor. the Senate has pass
ed out of committee a plan that
would place parts oi me run
land metropolitan area in East
ern Oregon. Eastern Oregon cer
tainly has nothing In common
with Multnomah County ox. Port
land. Eventually this heavily popu
lated area would elect the con
gressman for our congressional
district. Portland would have
two congressmen, and the two
thirds of Oregon located East of
the Cascades would be without
n rf4-i-n rrrojCcm Sk TV
DONT LET THIS HAPPEN.
Now Is the time that action is
required. Contact your news-
n'orvna HSfnrc anA write VOUT
legislators! The battle to protect
Eastern Oregon win luum
in the Senate first, probably
early next week. So ACi
NOW!:::!
Sincerely yours,
Robert F. Smith
State Representative
Harney and Malheur Counties
The Oregon legislature is in
the process oi reiorming me
nnA .nncrrivsKional district to
population requirements.
i n a i iracrnry nnuse ui rtruicacn
tatives favors adding Marion
anH T.inn rounties to the dis
trict, and the Oregon senate fa
vors a plan to aao pan oi
nomah county to tne auarn-i,
inctoaH of Marion and Unn
The senate plan will simpiy
moan that hefore lonz. your con-
will be chosen by
uiiifnnmah county voters from
a non-agricultural area, which
iim trirtnaiiv eliminate reDre-
" vw.t..j
sentation of Eastern Oregon
farming interests In congress.
This should not happen. Write
n Ron Mnsa. State Senator. Sal
em, and urge adoption of the
Oregon House pian, me auumuu
of Marion and Linn, primarily
agricultural counties, to our
second district.
Multnomah county is already
represented by one congress
man, why add another?
Write to Ben Musa now. Save
congressional representation for
Eastern uregon.
MORHOW COUNTY SCHOOLS
SCHEDULE
April 30
Baseball A. C Houghton at
Baseball Heppner Elementary
i 1
Hi vonaoii i.w p.in-
Baseball lone Elementary at
Arlington ;uu p.m.
rili Partu for fith 7th anH Rth
uraciers oi lone & ticppner at
ixxige Koom. r.ju-w.w pm
MAT 1
Baseball Grant Union at Hepp
ner iiign
Track Heppner High at Umatil
la
Heppner High Junior Senior
Prom
Last Day of National Library
Week "Know What You're
Talking: About Read," Open
Your future Read."
MAT 3
KWtion Morrow County R-l
Directors St Advisory comm.
Members 2:00 to 8:00 at the
Reeular Poiline Places for
School F.lprtlons.
Planning Commission Meeting
at A. c Jiougnion
MAY A
Advisory Committee Meeting at
Boardman 7:30 p.m.
Boy Scouts at A C Houghton
Library Open at A. C. Houghton
National Assembly at Boardman
(hnnlc H-d'k a m
National Assembly at lone
Schools 2:4. n.m.
Mrs. Groshens Presents Heppner
... y". i . . . l 1 1
Elementary acnooi music nc
vno DM f'.vm 8:00 n.m.
Track Grant Union at Heppner
Hign a:uu p.m.
Baseball Weston at Riverside
Baseball Umatilla High at ione
High 3:00
MAT 5
Textbook Committee Meeting at
Boardman 3:00 p.m.
Meeting for High School Coun-
selors at Pendleton 9:30-3:30
Field Trip to Mayflower Dairy
at nermision, L,uncn at
Hinkle to Pendleton by Train
for Second Graders of Heppner
Elementary School
MAY 6
Eastern Oregon Band Concert at
Heppner High 10:00 a m.
Eastern Oregon Band Concert at
Ione School 1:45 p.m.
Grange Meeting at A. C. Hough
ton MAY 7
Girls' League Scholarship Tea at
Heppner High Multi-purpose
Room 2:00 p.m.
Masonic Banquet for Heppner
Senior Boys at Masonic Hall
6:30 p.m.
F. A. Livestock judging ai
IT WAS A little startling ine
..!!.- III. .hi tthclt a L'tOUU of
l.tne men came M us and Mid.
-iti Inn Lion, are Kng to
clean Heppner'. clock." At this
point we unn t ww wr-'Tm
iv. . I- a Ihroal ivr UrtWlUM.
Thry said that the anwvr would
b .mMireni in wc v
thir Ilcppnerlte. belter be on
their guard!
LYNN rilARSON. new pharma
cist at liumpnrr)
watched the other day as How.
ard Bryant plucked a Mamee
est off the hood or a car l'
downtown and then placed he
i in.i.iK tho car. rliMlnit the
dne o It couldn't escape.
The thing that intntrueu ij-mi
was lhat an inuiviuuai
take the time and etfort to N
the "cat keeper" for anothrr
Derson. He contrasted this with
the stone, oi cvw inuiiirmi"-
one read, in me aauy iai--i
aero, the nation, even to the
point that rlous crime, are
committed while onlooker, fall
to lift a hand. If. another ad.
vantage of living in an are.
Use this.
Incidentally, tne Mmrw w
longs to Rev. and Mr lUon
and U quite a uavcirr.
Sing" often hop. In the car un-
. t ..4 if ulmtnw la left
down, will pop out at the de.-
tlnatlon after It. owner. n
left the vehicle.
WE HAD somewh.t the ame
iKnnpht a Lvnn the other
u K.n . aaw a oart of the
national tek-ca.it on crime across
the country In a -vnne t aper
j.mariini niii inr nac
UdUHHiM"!1
...... ..... iiiinn that In the
cities, a woman or child wouldn t
dare be out on the street aner
dark, on the street In front of
ik. r". i inii.Tlmi' a crouo of
children, who had left a church
service at the Awmoiy oi vkki.
were playing witnout a care or
a mi aim on the street in the
nlRht (about 9:30).
wia hail a inn aiaiiiuaiuii
. . V ..wu n ------
numi Qaturilav mornlnir. tnoucn.
When young daughter went to
get her bike in tne suey w
hind the G T building she found
both tire, slashed, the tubes cut
out. and the seat ai.no siasnea
Thm luvmhlv rhlldren had notrt
Ing to do with It, and we aoni
did apoarently
ill intent who walk
ed through the alley. We'll have
to admit that tne mciueni toon
...m rr tho imurnru out of our
thinkln after viewing the
rrimA TintlTflm
It Is out of character to have
slashers and stlck knlfcr. here.
and we are kind of nonpiusseo
about it.
ON THE Dlcture page of the
Oregonlan or TTiursaay. Apru
22. was a photo of a wrecked
nrilBfn fit A no Thl. WBS What
was left of the new airplane
nu'nml hv Jack Sumner, wno IS
at OSU. Students formed a fly
Ing club at Corvallls and two
were using Jack's new plane
when thev crashed near New-
berg. One suffered head Injur
ia ant nn sustained back In
juries. Jack wasn't In It. Jean
Lovgren, Jack's sister, didn't
know how her brother fared on
Insurance, but It Is pretty hard
to carry adequate Insurance on
private planes.
ry Padwrg, "n now iu-tw.
Henry ami Martha radber weie
pUuterr. to Morrow coumy.
r.ranlmthfr of the Klncau
baby is Mrs. Ruby Miller and
grandparent, or in ia.iiHk
baby are Mr. and Mrs. Oris Tad
... i ia.ttMri iif lone and
the iat Jihn I'adberg are great
gtandparent..
t h.... u.t illdn't crt Kmt on
ii.vho vtni ran fluure out
what relation the bable. are to
each other.
THE OTIIKR PAY we received
one of thOMf -lourist it"i'i"'
Kits" from Tactflc Nitrthwest
B-ll An adverttement in inc
April 15 Issue of the l.awttc
Time, offered these kit. to the
public for amending on to frlenw
who mlht le Interested In tour
ing through Oregon. If you hay.
rn t sent for one ir ui
the coupon out of your April
14 tinr mni (In BO. Or Come
dmn here and we ll aupply you
with anotner.
Ttiia kit ta a very, very clever
packet of material. It even In
clude, a phonograph record on
"Sounds of the Pacinc nortn
wrt." There I. a litter bag: a
brochure on event. In Orek'on
t Including Wr.ngler cow cut
ting with wrong date due to
lat rhamre bv the Wrangler..
and Morrow rodeo,: a brochure
on -Finning In uregon; ana
inn niinr imu'hum on scenic
attraction. It all come, with an
envelope for mailing to friends
without charge.
Incidentally, at a recent ad
vertislng meeting In Portland It
wa. reported th.l reauesi. lor
the kit. by the public came
mr than Ttvt. from the new.-
paper promotion of the TourUt
Trapper kits ana tne rrmiiiun
30 divided between TV and
radio.
ONE OF THE many type, of
business venture, that would
be welcome In Heppner I. a
photo studio, or even a photog.
ranhor without a formal studio.
There probably wouldn't be
enough business to make a full
living out of It. but It would
be a great place for an elderly
experienced photographer who
might want to retire and work
part time.
We try to fill some of the lo
cal need for passport photos,
hone show pictures, old-timer,
pictures, commercial picture.,
sport, picture, and so on, but
we aren't equipped to do much
that deviate, very far from
new. work. We get many re
quests for photo work of all
kinds and do our best to till In,
but a good part time photog.
raphcr In Heppner would be wel
come. Charlie Ruggle. and
Avon Melby try to help fill the
need, too, but none of u. are
equipped for portraits, copying,
passports, and so on.
Some enterprising photog
might work this out In combln
ation with something else.
lone Band lo Get
New Uniforms
i . mir.trma have been or
dered f U lone High school
band after aevtf.l eis ti ww
and planning by "bool sn.
ml. community group, and In
dividuals, the lone High hew.
paper. The Cardinal." report.
Forty on nat. with emMetti.
at a ot of JJrtW rarh. 3) p.lr
of black tnHiarr. al ! IIC each
and 41 N-rrt. each I have
been ordered, totaling WWIW
AMal of lloisi U In Ihe band
fund, and the balance U to be
paid by November 10, Much of
the b.iance 1. espied to be
raised at an annual magaln
sale in the fall.
The two-button blafaTiyp
co-L will be red with a tardl
nal emblem, a i"c
.... .t t -iIvm win be on the
arm. Trouser. will be black with
red and white trim.
Girl. In the band will furnish
their own black skirt. ,';"'
because of lack of fund, to luuy
outfit all the musicians.
COMMUNITY (
) BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH BASEBALL
John Day here Saturaay. i
p m.
Tnaric
Athena Invitational at Uma
tilla. Satuniay. My
John Day at Heppner
May 4. 4 p m.
Heppner High field.
WRANGLERS COW CUTTING
Saturday. 7 30 p m.
Sunday, 9 30 a m. and 12:-
Ncwm'covered arena. Morrow
county fairgrounds.
ELK'S SCHOOL PARTY
Heppmr. lone 7th and 8th
trade student..
Friday. April 3C. 8:00 to 11:00
p.m.
Elk'. Temple
MUSIC WEEK PROGRAM
Student, of 6th. 7th. 8th
grade band and chorus.
Tm-itiiav. Mav 4. 8 p.m.
Junior high gymnasium.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
f. O. w U7 tH. tn -962$
Beppoat
TLf i 1 trn . Vromia tor
Agricultural Tour for Portland
8th Graders Begins
Track At Arlington for A. C.
Houghton, Heppner Element
ary & lone Elem.
Baseball Riverside at Stanfield
7:30 p.m.
FLASH
Third and final Immunization
Clinics will be held on May 5th:
Heppner Elementary 8:45
!nn Hradp and Hleh 10:00
Don Turner Boardman Grade It
WE MAY have trouble ferreting
this out, but we understand
it Is quite a coincidence. Two
babies were born two days
apart. Kenneth Padberg, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Padberg
of Lexington, arrived April 20,
and Vlckl Jo Klncald. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kln
cald of lone, arrived April 22
at Pioneer Memorial hospital.
They have different grandpar
ents and different great grand
parents, but the same great great
grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Hen-
Memorial Held
For Dona Barnett
Services in memory of Mis.s
IVina Mlnhoth Rarnett. 82. were
held at the Lexington Christian
church Sunday, Apru z:, wan
the Rev. Earl Soward officiating.
Interment followed In the Lex
ington cemetery.
Mis Barnett came to the Lex
ington area with her parents,
William F. and Mary E. Barnett,
at a very early age. She was
very active in the community of
Lexington, wnere sne was a ao
year member of Holly Rebekah
lodge, was a school board mem
ber and chairman of the Lex
ington school board for several
years, taught school In Morrow
county about five years and at
nna tlm studied at the Port
land Observatory of Music.
Miss uarneit cnea Apru -sx i
the Emanuel hospital In Port
land following an illness of sev
eral months.
She had made her home with
her sister, Mrs. Trannle B.
Parker, at the family home In
Lexington.
Honorary pallbearers at the
service were Dr. L. D. Tibbies,
Ralph Jackson, Earl Warner,
Alonzo Henderson, Roy Camp
bell and Oris Padberg. Serving
as artlis nallhparpra were Carl
Marquardt, Bill Marquardt, Cecil
Jones, Homer tiugnes, r.iwynne
Peck and Vernon Munkers.
Riverside 1:00
Heppner High to Follow A C.
Houghton at 11:30.
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Ford Custom 4-door V-8
Chev. Bel Air 4-door V-8
Corvair Monza convertible 4-speed
Corvair Monza 4-door 900 4-speed
Custom 2-door V-8, OD
Ford Galaxie 4-door V-8
21961 Falcon Wagons, 4-door
1961 Corvair 700 4-door
1960 Ford Station Wagon 0 eyl.
1960 Ford Starliner, V-8
51959 Fords, 2-door, 4-door V-8 and 6
1963
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1956
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1952
1951
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Pickups and Trucks
Ford F100 6 cyl. 4-speed $ 575.00
Intl. 1V1 ton with bed and racks $1395.00
Intl. 1V1 ton chassis cab $ 899.00
Intl. Mj'ton flat bed $ 495.00
Jeep pickup $ 595.00
Chev. 2-ton truck, bed and racks $ 895.00
. Jeep $ 800-00
Chev. box panel $ 125.00
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PH. 676-9152
HEPPNER