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GAZETTE-TIMES
MORROW COUNTY"! NEWSFAfER
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WISLXY A. SHERMAN
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Office Hour.: 8 m to ( p m,
a Second Claa Matter.
62 A. F.-Hcppncr Time Dotes From Flood
June 15 will tart a new year In "frrr-l A T (After
Flood). For while no calendar recocnlrea It. time In Herpner
Site, from the year of the big Hood on June 14, 1903 ,
An old timer U known by 'rtherhe L,5I
. YL. rlrtod prior evenu are described as happening neror
TL!d - AtntoiL and when old friends gather, the talk
rvltaMv roU blck to the great dUaMer. When someone goes
riX'.n'dTeS atranef that he Is
ter'a only knowledge of the town may be that " ,75
Segons greatest catastrophe In point of loss of life occurred
" UtTJ fundings In town are designated by whether they
were here and withstood the flood, or whether they were
built later. , , ..... M
Any discussion of history about the area Is Inevitably cen
tered around the flood.
It could only be thus, for It was a terrific shock and ( numb,
ing thing that would indelibly Impress those who went through
It! Even from the distance of more than six decades, the mem.
orV of the flood Is as vivid in the minds of those who witnessed
it as if It happened only last week.
Yet with the passage of time, discrepancies on details
grow! and It becomes increasingly difficult to separate the
ftories that border on the legendary from the accurate ac
counts. As was pointed out at the Pioneer Reunion there is a
very real need to get an accurate Morrow county history pub
lished that will record for posterity the true nj
of thousands of words have been written on the Heppner flood,
but discrepancies have developed, too. While .ft1
never be definitely established, pro or con. it is quite likely
also that there would have been different versions on these
pU even at the time of the disaster itself when confusion
WAtPth" Tnd1 annl versary of the flood it would be good to
announce that the Willow Creek project Is a sure thing to pre
vent another similar catastrophe. Progress looks very good in
deed, as reported both by Oscar Peterson and Mayor Al Lamb
after recent trips to Washington. D. C. but one more official
signature Is needed from the Army department before the
project is ready for being included in the omnibus bill. It Is
felt that this will surely come, and that it will be a part or
this year's bill. . , . , .
But there are still a number of vital steps ahead before
the project can become a reality, and even at best, the Wll
low Creek dam is still several years away.
It would be a fine thing if. on June 14, 1968. the 6oth an
niversary of the flood, a memorial program could be held by
the Willow Creek dam under construction. But the wheels of
government on projects such as this grind slowly, and that
might be too optimistic. v .... .,
It would not seem too much to anticipate, though, that the
dam be finished and in use for a year or two by the year 70
A, F. in 1973. L , ,
But whenever the job is done and if it reaches culmina
tion there should be a dedication in the form of a memorial
to those who lost their lives in the Flood of 1903.
Reduction of Excise Taxes Welcome
President Lyndon Johnson's proposal to repeal or reduce
excise taxes amounting to about $4 billion should be univers
ally welcomed throughout the land.
As Senator Maurine Neuberger reports in her most recent
report from the capitol, "Washington Calling." many of these
levies came into being during World War II to raise funds for
combat and to curb buying pressure on war-short goods or
services.
Once established, however, they became a fixture, and des
plte protests, it appeared to the citizenry that they would be
exacted forevermore. ...
Mrs. Neuberger quotes President Lyndon Johnson: "The
proposed program of excise tax cuts and revisions will spur
growth and move us closer to full employment by removing
an unnecessary drag on consumer and business purchasing
power. . . To insure that the excise tax reductions make the
maximum contribution to continued price stability and bal
anced prosperity, I call on American business to translate
lower excise taxes promptly into lower retail prices for con
, sumers."
Senator Neuberger adds, "This is the key to effectiveness
of the tax cut The tax savings must be passed along to con
sumers so as to increase purchasing power. This benefits bus
iness because rising volume should boost profits and create
more jobs."
The senator states that the first reduction would take place
July 1, wiping out the annual $550 million levy on jewelry,
furs, toilet preparations, luggage and handbags. Manufac
turer's excises amounting to $608 million annually on TV sets,
appliances, business machines, lighters, etc., would go also.
Auto taxes would be cut $570 million this year, and more in
19G6 and 1967. The cuts on amusement, telephone, telegraph,
club and other taxes would come January 1, 1966.
Elimination of these taxes at long last would seem to be
latedly keep faith with the American public which rose to
the occasion in the emergency and then was to be saddled
with them far beyond the time when their original purpose
would be served.
It is hard for the man in the street to understand how tax
es may be cut while the government embarks on more pro
grams and accelerates spending, but it is quite conceivable
that tax reductions can be made by cutting waste and wanton
spending. Examples of federal waste are legion, but it seems
today there is no voice nor symphony of protests that are any
thing more than faint cries in the wilderness. For instance,
a wave of indignation swept over the nation when the new
architectural monstrosity, the House Office Building, was ap
proved at something in the neighborhood of $100 million, but
to no avail.
How can this sort of thing be done and taxes be cut, too?
The reduction of excise taxes will seem almost too good
to be true, but it should have some stimulus to the economy,
and therefore is to be commended highly.
Businesses and concerns who have had to do Uncle Sam's
collection work on excise taxes will heartily cheer getting rid
of the nuisance, too. And think how nice it will be to buy an
item at its stated price, without having the clerk add, ". . .and
15c Federal tax."
Senator Neuberger says that she is concerned about the
auto tax "because after the reduction becomes effective we
cannot be certain that the savings go to the buyer, as the Pres
ident intended."
However, at least one auto manufacturer has advertised
the price of cars will be reduced by the amount of the excise
tax after the effective date of the repeal. It would seem that
the public would not stand still for any price hikes to absorb
the tax savings, particularly when they are anticipating a
drop in cost. It is to be hoped that the competition of a free
enterprise system would see to that
Tmcs. indi. JM H
HEPPNBH
NATIONAL L0,l2B,r1
HELEN E.
AMociat. blht
Monday throuKh Friday; 9 a-m.
-
Chaff nd
Wes Sherman
HOCKIIOUNPS had a Mt '
Opal Butte Sunday. In f"t,
they had three or four of them
Some of their group more
prvprriy and edatrly known
the Morrow County Com and
Mineral Society went out to the
butte and net off wm dyna
mite charge, and others ami
their gueht came along to oit
through the rubble for opal.
They apparent)' did pretty
well at It and ct off a few mote
charge during the course of the
day. ThU wasn't exactly the
Ideal way to uncover the opal
because the blasts tended to
shatter It. but It waa a lot of fun
anyway. They had a picnic
lunch and made a regular holi
day out of It
A NEWS RELEASE came In from
, if v: i biu rt merit of Com
merce the other day. and in the
upper leitnana corner was me
notation. "This local news item
. nr..i r,( hv CeilkUS
Bureau Electronic computer and
typed at lO lines per eeonu
especially for the Heppner Gazette-Times."
The item wa about H line
long, so that mean It was pre
pared in about 1.4 seconds. Ma
be we should nay. "Shucks, that s
nothing. McDlvltt and White
were a second off on their re
entry procedure and missed
their mark by 46 miles." That
speed. Isn't it-
At mv rato the electronic
computer did considerably better
than any secretary couia ao. me
article was all In capital letters,
so had to be rewritten. The be&t
we could do was to type it in
about 34 minutes.
One thing the note didn't tell
us Is how long the computer
takes off for coffee breaks.
WINNING that thar Spray rodeo
saddle brings moans Irom as
far as Stayton where old com
patriot and columnist Jack Pow
ell laments. "Why is it that win
nings in prize drawings always
seem to be directly geared l
the winners lack of need?. . . .
th lokr that wins the new se
dan already has all his garacje
space taken up with his four
other new cars. And the char
acter with the 1927 Hudson and
12 kids couldn't win if he bougnt
all the tickets that were printed.
ltd. rote now aooui a conniv
ing printer who prints the
tickets himseiiT Hen. nen:.
"The euv that wins trie boat
comes from Dry Gulch, where
the only water for 500 miles
comes lrom artesian wells. Bach
elors win a vear's free diaper
service; Spanish-American war
vets win skateooaras 'ana pogo
sticks; debt-ridden clerks with
large families win glamorous
trips to Bermuda.
"Wes . . . needs a saddle like
wc need a year's free service at
a hair-twirling parlor. But may
be he can have it built onto a
swivel chair."
Wal. now. hold on thar rxxl-
r,er! We got a pitcher right-cher
which shows us ridin' high in
the saddle of a genuwlne hay
eatin automobile. You Just
might get the surprise of yore
life if you looked under the
mask of the Lone Ranger.
Nope, we can't make an easy
chair out of It, Jackson, It don't
have no footstool on it.
But just as one drug store
cowboy to another, come on over
to this hyar country, and we'll
give y'all a chance to mount up
on it, yeself.
THINGS OUGHT TO work out
pretty nicely Saturday. A per
son can go to community auc
tion at lone and get bids in on
all kinds of interesting items. He
can have a fine barbecued beef
feed at noon, continue the fes
tivities in the afternoon and
then come back to Heppner for
the Boy Scout pancake feed in
the evening.
There's a lot of fun promised
at the auction, and a person can
buy anything from half-hour
airplane rides to the old Baptist
church bell.
At the Scout's pancake supper,
as we understand it (but can
haidly believe it), you can feed
the whole family for $3. That's
sure a bargain for any family
with two kids or more.
Both the lone United Church
and the Boy Scouts causes are
real worthy ones and deserve the
best of community support.
QUITE SOME improvements
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Chatter
thai we are wring In ths
downtown aectlon, ami we hope
the ball keep rolling- with more
Alway "em that hen ome
one Urt H. awiirwtie rle
break looe with m.i Improve
ment. Humphrey expansion
project Is nearlng completion,
and thl U going to In a line
big afore for our downtown du
trut. Aero the treet. the Wagon
Wheel and Heppner Auto Part
have a bright new red and white
metal awning that brighten up
Main itreet and w ill brtn hade
and shelter to the public, too.
Meanwhile the Van Whet"
Cate I brightening up InMde.
with new uphoUtcry at the
booth and new arrangement
and decoration In the Cham
ber of Commerce i banquet)
room. . . ..
Bud and Marvel llebert at the
Heppner Grill have been work
ing along for week to redecor
ate their place of business, and
the atmosphere la real cory and
comfortable with their unique
idea. ... .
Ray Ayers and Matt Hughe of
M and K worked hard In the hot
sun. getting up the wnlng at
the Wagon Wheel and Heppner
Auto Tarts, but their work ure
ly looki nice.
Spauldings Enjoy
Month Trip East
A week's visit with "Doc"
Severlnsen and Mrs. Severlnsen
tthe former Yvonne Evans of
Heppner) In New York, meeting
C rmn nf the TOniCnt
Show, a visit to the World's Fair,
tour of Washington. D. C visit
at New Orleans, and watching
a big league ball game In Hous
ton's Astrodome.
These were some of the nlgh
llehts of a trip across the United
States and back enjoyed by Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Spauldlng during
the past month.
The Spauldings. long time
friends of the Severlnsens. spent
a week at their home at War
wick, a suburb of New York City.
Thev have a five-acre place
there. The visitors attended two
of the Tonight show but had
more fun attending rehearsals
for the show. Thev met both
Johnny Carson and Skltch Hen
derson while there.
Spauldlng said that it is a 4
hour round trip commuting by
auto from Severlnsen' place to
the television studio, and high
way and bridge tolls total $3.85
one way. - , . , .
They went V to the World
Fair one day, enjoyed It. but
saw all thev wanted to see in
the single day. They did not
find it necessary to wait long
to see most of the exhibits.
At Washington. D. C, they
took a sightseeing tour around
the capital and then went on to
Charleston. S. C. where they
visited friends. At New Orleans,
they met Mrs. Spauldings sister
and brother-in-law from Hous
ton. Texas, and enjoyed touring
the city with them. They heard
Pete Fountains, formerly feat
tured clarinetist with Lawrence
Welk. and Al Hirt. and said that
the French quartet "was really
something."
The Spauldines had ordered a
new car through a local dealer,
picked it up on the trip and
came home in it They traveled
across Texas to Phoenix, Ariz.,
where they had dinner one
evening with Helen Graham,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Graham of Heppner. She works
in a bank there.
Continuing to Long Beach,
Calif., to visit Spauldlng father,
they found that he was quite
seriously ill, so It was decided
that Mrs. Spaulding would go
home by airplane while Carl
remained longer. She flew home
last Wednesday and Carl arriv
ed back Sunday.
At Houston, Texas, they had
the pleasure of enjoying the
comforts of the nationally,
publicized Astrodome. The As
tros played and lost to Cincin
nati that day. It was very
comfortable and the admission
price was very reasonable, they
said. The ceiling of the covered
stadium had just been repainted
again in an effort to solve the
glare problem.
All in all, it was a "wonder
ful" trip, Carl reported. "I'd go
back in another two weeks if
I could."
Heppner
Local Students
Gel OSU Degrees
Five ttudenta from the llepp-m-r
area were eraduated Sunday
from tegon Mt l'nlvrrUy.
A total of 2Ut degree an
all time record w-rt conferred
at the unlverlly' '.Uh annual
comm4iuemit rigto T"
Ul Included 1U bar hrlor'a
gree, i'M mater' degrees, and
W doctor' degrre.
Member of the graduating
Him represented 31 iVego.t
counties, 34 tate, and 3d for
eign countries.
The five local graduate
were:
Melvln Eugene Martin, lone,
bat helor'a decree. Srhool of Ag
riculture; Robert Karl Aker.
lone. School of Education; Jean
Merle Martin Hi a el I. lone.
School of Horn creoiurole. and
DUk and Suan Kuhl. Heppner,
School of Education.
Martin and MiM Braiell are
on and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fredrick Martin: Akers la
on of Mr. and Mr. IW-rl Aker;
Miss Ruhl I daughter of Mr.
and Mr. C. E. McQuarrle; and
Kuhl la son of Mr. and Mrs, L. E.
Ruhl.
Mrs. Ruggles'
Brother Dies
Serai Searcy. 66, brother of
Mrs. Charles Ruggle, died In
Portland Saturday morning.
June 5, following a stroke.
Mrs. Ruggles had gone to
Portland Tuesday. June i. arter
hearing of his erlou Illness.
Later in the week he howcd
some Improvement, and he re
turned home Saturday only I?
learn that he had dleu mat day.
Mrs. Ruggles went back to Port
land Sunday to a-oiLsl with fun
eral arrangement and Mr. Rug
gles left Tuesday night for l"ort
land. Funeral services were Wed
nesday morning. Mr. Searcy wa
retired office manager lor MUCH
ell. Lewis and Staver. a ma
chinery company In Portland.
He Is survived by the widow,
Mrs. Ethel Searcy; a daughter.
Mr. Audrey Thorgerson of San
ta Rosa. Calif., granddaughter.
Sheryl Dewey ol Santa tiara;
three brothers, Morris Searcy of
Portland, Owen Searcy or Sa
lem. and John Searcy of Hills
boro: and two sister. Nina Pink
erton of Moro, and Mrs. Kuggicj
of Heppner.
Mrs. Leta Thomas returned to
her home In Heppner last Wed
nesday after spending the win
ter months at her trailer home
in the Tucson Estates In Tucson.
Ariz.
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Eulcnna Vaughn
Writes of New Home
Mr. nii- "
1 - '.. n.u f llivfillk.
mm 1 H I'ailitliH I .
l lit, M written to tell tiien.U
of ur new name irrr t o
lor home in ion o if
Mi, tin.v.r C Weaver of ml
ll 1 tit tiff ft III A II
to move Into It during lite
mer month
Mr and Mr. Vaughn went u
a)iotk on June 1.
'Leaving Morrow ninir
telling all my wondeilul i friend
;ood.ye' wa jut too hard on
im- and I ended up In tear.
.... . A . ,.1IU k IU
I left witnoui io n"j
f mv tie liar-
UK uir ........ .
lure." he write. "I know 1 will
mlia o many iTie
It.U I going to be a teal hap.y
Ule for m.' , ...
The country beautiful wltn
. ., i l .i mountain.!.
camp ground around that
win oe an rninii .
xtmrihlnit different and m
nearly eery day."
Mr, vaugnn
. . . . i.. iwi-tri inn! ruc
tion on their new home thl
-Naturally 1 am excited over
thl." he write. Thl I my
flrM experience at planning and
bulldlntf a home, and It la
challenge,"
Doctor on Trip
To Alumni Reunion
rk.-fr.r A. I) Mi-Murdo left lat
TuemUy by airplane for Virgin
ia to attend tne iiunim reuni
on at the Medical School of tho
University of Virginia. Charlot
tesville. In a card received from him
Wednesday, he ald that he ar
rived at Charlottesville on June
2 and vWted with an older bro
ther. Aaton McMurdo. who will
be 92 this month. The elder
brother ha been living on the
McMurdo family place.
The Heppner doctor ald that
he pent 'x hour In Washing
ton. D. C. Mrs. McMurdo ald
that he wa expecting him
home probably Thursday.
Time ha vanished like a
shadow but every minute a Joy.'"
the doctor wrote on the card.
Abroms, Hughes
Lead Hood Climb
Bob Abram and Tom Hughe
led a climb of the Mazama club
on Mt. Hood over the week end
with 29 participating. They start
ed at 1:30 am. Saturday and
were off the mountain by 3 p.m.,
reporting a very beautiful climb.
Despite the fact lhat there wa
kill; considerable depth of nov
all climber In the party made
It to the ton. Bob particularly
shows one of the best early sea
son tans for his efforts.
The Cazette-Timea appreciates
getting new copy early.
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Eleven at lone
On Honor Roll
Eleven lone With Sthool lu
dent made the honor roll I of
lite M-euiul meler, avoiding
I.i announcement flow the
ft tiool.
i....i,.im.i i. Iha followlm'
OHryif Lundell. Ivnlece Matth
ew Heinlec Matthews, Janice
Snider. Karen NcUon, Kthy
Kerne. Sid .Inter, thrrllyn
SmoUM". Janet I'alinaterr. Mark
11 Ivor wit. and Maureen M'wm-l-oll.
Grade point average were
mi luicd.
Mark Halvonten wa rlwted
. ....i i.i ..I i hmt atuitent IhmIv In
r led Ion held toward the end
of the nctu.M.1 ear. iy u"
elioftcn lce president. Karen
N,on aorietaiy-treasurer. Ie
nl.ee Matthew altnl ecre
tary treasurer, and Cherllyn
Sinoue, earrooK eonor.
Coming Events
SWIMMINt; ItX5L
Otien Tueiulay thnnrgh Satur-
tiay, i o '"
on Sunday.
Closed Mondays
Rcaon ticket and dally tick
et available.
ALL COUNTY TICN1C
Honoring Nel Anderson fam
ily Sunday. June 13. Fair Pavil
ion Bldg . 2: P . . ,
C.rffee and punch furnlhed.
Everyone Invited-
SCOUT PANCAKE DINNER
By Scout Troop Ml
Saturday. June W. St. I al
rlrk'a parish hall. 4 8 pm,
lU-neflt for camp fund.
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