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HEFfNER CAXETTI TIMES. ThuradtfT. Awawst M. IW1 Tim GAZETTE -TIMES uminw rfinwTt 1 NEWSPAPER The Heppner Caiette established March X ISO. The Heppner Time eMUhed Nevembef 18, 17. Cewlldatrd Frfcnzsry 13, 1911 HIWIPAPII ruiuiNitt ASIOCIATIOM NATIONAL IpllOtlAl -HI HE1XN C 1HWMAH AMeciat PublUbot Monday through Friday; 9 un. WESLEY A. S HERMAN Editor and Publisher Office Hours: 8 am. to 6 pro, until noon Saturday, aa Sxnd Clas Matter. . Stigma of the Poverty Lobe! Heppner should have aome sympathy for those chin which are currently suffering the Indignity of being tabbed as uf fering from poverty. It fan understand the blow to commun ity wide that goes with the label that comes with the re leas ing of the poverty rankings by John Oberdorf, state coordinator for the Office of Economic Opportunity. In a milder way. Heppner felt a similar stigma two years .go when the State Employment Service said thai sow ow was an area of -substantial unemployment" and thereby eli gible for some farms of government aid not avaUableto other communities, which, theoretically, were In healthier con dltlon. v This, it may be recalled, nonplussed the Heppner Chamber of Commerce, particularly so those members who had been trying to get employees for certain Jobs without success. Conclusion locally was that the statistics were misleading. Winter shutdowns in logging operations, a normal occurrence that is climatic rather than economic, had temporarily lcil the crews unemployed, and these statistics, with the cold Inflexibility of a computer, thereby brought out the label that this was an area of substantial unemployment To cities like Silverton and Dallas, which were rated as having the greatest degrees of poverty in their population brackets, this Is more than a mere blow to pride. The label itself tends to create economic hardship for the communities, because those who might be intending to go there to open a business or make their home, if they took the matter serious- ly' Ray8 Mappenbach, Dallas school superintendent, said that he has now received inquiries from new teachers hired for the system. They are concerned about coming to a poverty stricken community where housing and facilities are sub- The'bitterly Ironic thing about it is that it Just isn't true! This editor, who lived in Dallas 15 years and left in 1958, will contend that Dallas is one of the best-organized cities in the state, that it radiates prosperity, that it has exception ally good housing, and that it has as stable an economy that a city could expect The big Willamette Valley Lumber Co.. industrial back bone of the city, Just as Klnzua Corporation is here, has one of the most remarkable records of continuous operation of any firm. Depressions never shut that mill down. In the 1950 s it added a big sheathing plant The same is true of the Ger linger carrier and lift truck operation, later sold to Towmotor of Cleveland but still In continuous operation. A stable farm economy supports Dallas. We heard a re liable report recently that a farm machinery and supply es tablishment that serves the area increased its sales volumes last year by more than $400,000. Polk County Federal Savings and Loan Association, which was a mere babe as a financial institution when we went to Dallas in 1943, this year has assets of $9tt million. In 1960, the assets of this same institution were $4tt million. Is this a sign of poverty? , Dallas built three big new schools during the time we were there. Since that time, it has constructed a big addition to the high school and currently is constructing a big new Junior high school. Poverty? The area along the highway from Dallas to Rickreall a four-mile stretch which not too long ago was nothing but farm land is now a continuous development of fine new hous ing and industry. Poor housing? The Dallas Motor-Vu drive-in theater, one of Oregon s finest and best operated, added several new ramps this year to accommodate the crowds that go to movies there. At one recent show, cars lined up more than four miles bumper to bumper were turned away because the theater was already full to capacity. It wouldn't seem that the people are too poverty-stricken to afford entertainment City park at Dallas is a huge beautiful place. We can think of no other municipal park, with perhaps the excep tion of some of those in Portland, that equal it The people of Dallas pay for this park and welcome the public to enjoy it without charge. Flanking it is a brand new municipal swimming pool. A majority of the business buildings have been rebuilt or remodeled in the past ten years, and there are many new businesses. Dallas radiates anything but poverty. The city's municipal water supply is bolstered by a large reservoir on Rickreall creek. The dam, financed by a bond issue voted by the people, was built six or seven years ago. We're not so well acquainted with Silverton's situation, but residents there were equally as indignant as those in Dallas when this report came out As we understand it, many of the statistics used in this poverty witch hunt was based on those in the 1960 Census. That's rather tenuous testimony to describe conditions of today, even if they reflected true conditions in 1960, which they didn't One thing that might have thrown the statistics out of kilter is the fact that many retired persons live in Dallas, a' considerable number in rest homes. They are well cared for, but their incomes are low and this may have been reflected in the general picture. This matter of attempting to make a case for poverty Is to be deplored. It could have happened to Heppner, but cities of less than 2500 were not included in the report. However, Morrow county was not listed among the "poverty-stricken" counties of the state. It seems to us that there is considerable irresponsibility in interpretation of statistics in this situation and that there has been some careless handling of these dubious conclusions. Those who have worked and built by their own efforts do not seek government intervention for relief; they shun it They don't relish the undeserved shame of this stigma. It all smacks of the government trying to make a case for itself in its anti-poverty drive when our people are nurt ured in the American tradition of seeking to do for them selves. - " Woe to our nation when we take this feeling of self reliance from our people! That's exactly the direction we're heading. Those in the cities labeled "poverty-stricken" deplore it, and we deplore it Just the other day we listened to an elderly man, suffering from several physical ailments, bitterly indict the new medi care program. Although not a man of means, he said that he could not welcome the taxing of workers and businesses, some of whom will be burdened to make the required pay ments, to care for his physical needs. Why shatter a man's spirit by calling him poor when he feels rich? Why 6hame him with the stigma of pseudo poverty when he feels proud? 'Ride 'cm Cowboy' Time Again Say, you rodeo fans, would you rather watch performance by the top Northweat Rodeo A-oriatlon cowboy or our local sad vile punchers In action? Whichever your choice may be. It doe.nl matter, becauso there will be plenty of both at the Pig Show Friday and Sat. urday the IM Morrow County Rodea Our rodeo has built up quit a reputation, rrobablv more than many of our home folks rcalu. The top NRA cow. hands Ilk to come to this one. fur It not only has the 0lor and the rcanltatlon. but it offer good purses anJ op tion ally fine trophies. Its alo a hospitable place U come. The show thla year U attracting the leading money win ner In many events, and the names that rodeo folleafue know and reot such aa BM Ward. NRA president; Bill King and Darrell WaddeiL will all be on hand. If you like rodeo at all, you'll thrill at watching these top hands. But. as we have said before, there is something particularly fascinating in watching the man perform that you see every, day. He may be the businessman on the comer, the rancher Just out of town, or the fellow who works In the sawmill. Who would suspect that he could rope a calf with the skill he shows at the rodeo? m , , Rodeo Is as natural to this country as the county fair, for It exhibits the skills of the cattle country. It pits. In com petition, the men who were born to the saddle, as well as those who enjoy H as a hobby or avocation. All Is shaping up this year to indicate a truly exciting week end. The dances have drawn larger crowds; the rodeo board U employing some new ideas; many Improvements have been made to the grounds; advance registration shows that competition will be the keenest ever among the best In the business; the event is better publicized. The grand parade looms as one of the best by virtue of the advance Interest; the queen and court have drawn super lative compliment in their summer appearance; and It U quite likely that the rain will be rained out by Saturday! So get in the spirit Call your friend and relative and come on out for all event. You can well admire the horses In the annual Horse Show Friday for they axe the well bred animal for thl great county. You can be proud of the skill of the rodeo hand for they are those natural to one of the principal occupation of our county. If 'Ride 'em Cowboy' time again! Impersonating Cowhands (From Wallowa County Chieftain) One of the Interesting things about the rodeo season is the disposition on the part of many people who have never had any Intimate associations with horses or cow to dress up to look like they are true sons and daughters of pioneer ranchers. The sale of western hats, ties, shirts, belts, pants and boots climb by leaps and bounds as everybody from grandpa down to the latest toddling Infant tries to po " a descendant of Buffalo Bill and a relative of the worlds champion bronc buster. Many of these people have never been on or near a horse, and would not know what to do around a ranch corral, but they apparently feel a great urge to identify themselves with the outdoors and the cattle Industry. When a pale-skinned clerk dons a sombrero, a pair of Levis and cowboy boot he often looks about as authentic as a Hollywood Indian in a western movie, but he seems happy in his new role. Mama will struggle into a pair of Jeans straining and bulging pre cariously from stem to stern, but she seems to relish her role in this western act It has actually gone so far that a man who shows up at rodeo time in his usual business slacks or suit looks like a city dude who has never known honest work or a rugged life. But when the rodeo days are past a large part of this west ern costume material goes back into the closet and I Stored away to await another rodeo season next year." - v Even governors, supreme court Justices, bankers and preachers deck themselves out in cowboy outfits and assume that this is all that Is required to make them look like real sons of the soli and range. The genuine cowboys have never showed any particular resentment toward this impersonation movement The fact of the matter is that the cowboy of today often is hard to rec ognize among his working brethern anyway, and he too has to dress up at rodeo time, or for livestock conventions, in order to look the part of a real Marlboro man. Nobody ever seems to have an urge to dress up like preach ers, bankers, motorcyclists, filling station attendants, firemen, or golfers, unless they are bona fide members of one of these clans. The urge to impersonate somebody seems to be con fined largely to those who want to look like cowhands. We ion't understand it but it generates a lot of business, and what is good for business is good for the country. , Breaks Arm in Fall Donna Jean Raymond, 9, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Raymond, sustained a broken left arm when she fell about 12 feet from a tree while at play at her home Saturday. The hroaV w near the shoulder. The little girl was knocked un conscious by tne iau ana was taken to Pioneer Memorial hos nitai fnr treatment and obser vation. She was released with the arm in a cast Monday. V 11 ting with Mr. ' and Mrs. Wes Sherman and family Fri day evening and Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. David? Karr and family of Stayton. Karr is of fin manuppr for Ktavton Can ning Company. The family was on a weeK-ena trip mrougn eastern Oregon. RADIANT SIGNS that glow In the dark full variety of mis cellaneous signs for aU pur dorp. 25c. Now on hand at Gazette-Times office. tfc i . T- r , it - at - . ii Chaff nd Chatter Wes Sherman GREETINGS We Join in Welcoming Visitors To Morrow County Rodeo Events and Know They Will Enjoy Every Minute of Their Stay. DONT FORGET .-ji The Morrow County Fair Ends Friday, August 27 WHERE ARE thow people, this week, who belong to the There's Nothing to l in Small Town" aauvUlionf K there Is anyone around who Un't Involved In the fair, he probably has something to do with. the rodeo. Or the horse show. Or the parade Saturday, Or the dinner far the courts. Or the cowboy breakfast. Or the dance. Or let ting ready for back to school. Our profound sympathy goe to those tand there are somel who are Involved In mt all of them! WE'VE HAD Jut a e.llmpe of 1 . . . 1 - I . i - M t . ine lair at ini wiunx, ami urely looks good. All the ex hibits are to freh and Interest ing. Bv the time thla reaches print, the fair will be pretty u .. 1 1 nn th U n hut If VOU haven't made It out. drop this paper right now and get out to the pavilion. Hi n..ur holMlnea are nrovlnc themselves this year when the rain require everything to be nn.w raver A little damme Isn't hutting the fair a bit. It will do a good Job or settling th tiit fnr events OUtMtle Thursday night and help get the rodeo ground in gooa snape. Congratulations to the lair ksr. ia th fair mm ml! tee. the superintendents and all of the evhlhltora for such a fine loo: Special compliments are due Lenna Smith, the quiet hard working secretary of the fair. As all her co-worker know, she Anm a u.-nm1erf u 1 tnh with mats of book work, premium de tail, payment ot premium-, gn Una ih fair hmk together, and so on. The fair is fortunate to have her In this position. WITH THE big parade coming up Saturday mere nave oeen some xealous crews aevottng every available minute to pre paring floats. There Is a ter- rifle amount or eiiort pui imo thie In Drouortlon to the imnnnf rst time Ihev will be seen. We know the Soroptlmbts and the Rainbow tilris nave ocen harH a. it fir several weeks. We presume the Mother's Club Is working at tneirs, too. i-rooaoiy the public along the parade mute may not know It. but these float builders have to be mech anics, carpenters, decorators, de slenors. and artists to come out with the fine entries which fin ally make their glorious appear- anccs in tne paraae. Thla tnkea real Community spirit, friends, because the cash award for grand swecpsiaKc unnM nnlv nav a rent nr two per hour for all the labor ex pended In the construction. THIS IS the "last minute" for the Nels Anderson family for they depart from their home of 19 years Sunday en route to Niger, Africa. Their many friends wish them bon voyage, and admire them for their res oluteness In facing a new chal lenge. We can picture that the Andersons will make a signifi cant contribution In this distant country, and their friends all know what sacrilices tney are making to go there. K'ila nrnmlBO. that Via will . 1 V 1 .1 Ul I 11 J . 1 1 U I I v keep friends posted by writing of eupctlenoes to the O T, anJ we'll pau the articles on throush our pages. Thi thing that the Ander sons are doing Is one of our tx-kl hottra abroadto teach the Hoile to do for themaelves. Our tx-M hope l that the results will be irrattf)lng to them, for If such U the caae. we ran be sure that their work will be good for the American Image abroad. "WHAT TIME do you open In the morning. Jim?" -Having open house today. Jim?" Think the town ouKht to be wide oen for the rodeo, Jim?" Theae are jut a few ot the wisecracks that Jim Mvern heard as he stood In the rubble of his store front TuemUv morning after a pick up truck had demolished the front In a freak accident. Jim waa unabashed. He Un't the abashing kind. But If he could somehow have collected a dollar for each wUccrack. he would have made a fortune. It's all Dart of the good nature of a community whlcn -auaa folk In look at th hum- orous side. Everyone was thank ful that no one was nun. Jim said he figured It might be a good time to modernize the front on the reoonat ruction Job, except that It was about as mod ern as It could be with plate glass door, aluminum frames and big plate windows. Earl Ayres got little ribbing, too. about how these Ford pick ups start too easily, and If It had been a cold winter day you never could have started it. etc. Like Jim. he kept his peace. Prnhahlv mnil stunned of all was Johnny Harris, the young man who turned me wiun o "set off the bomb." His mother, at th fair WfHineadav. said that he I getting over It. He doesn't think his foot was on me accei- erator when he accidentally turned the key the wrong way. but can't say for sure. One thing John can say, ne u-aa the first customer at Jim Myers" Drlvein Drug Store. COMING BACK from taking son lim trt rhurch camD at - the coast Monday morning, we not- Iced with some surprise ine muddy swollen condition of vi'illou rri-tc north of Cecil. We could hardly believe It. but we knew right away mat ining ha.i hnn eolnir on from errant old Jupe riuvlu In our county again. Wc saw the men working on road repairs up the canyon to ralmatecrs. saw tnem rekmr in., tho rnitroAft tracks near Ce cil Jones place and saw where the flood naa ceen over ine hlchwav n the Hat strclcn oy Ken Palmers. Nels Anderson, wno visited with us a bit Tuesday, said that thU la ,inrlnnhtHlv the mOMt De. cullar, rainiest summer that has occurred during the time ne nas been In tne county, it s raining right now with the sunshlnlng? They told us when we came to Morrow county that no one would ever complain about the rain. Right now, we would ques tion that. Looks as If some are never going to get harvest completed. And we sure do feel bad about all the summer fallow damaged, the rrmlon, and the destruction lo farm property. But w do pick UP couple of bilk-ht note In the week crop weather summary fnwn the U. H. Iicpartment of AgrUMlwr: "Kacrllctit moUture conditions In aummer fallow ahuld allow for esily seeding. The rain during the w-eek ahuld ireally Improve range condit ion. how. thia didn't refer to fain day floodlne The aummary fiom the I'SDA was written prior to that. TO THOSE parents who never . . i i. t,..nHii aatrtftiita Can K wirir ywvmn "-"-'- to write fm summer ramp, we hae a foolproof auggrMlon. Jut be sure that they leave their health certificate at home. That'll get them to write! W know. Selective Service Lists New Hours Selective service office, local hoard No. 3t. Condon, will b open sis hours dally, Monday through ririday. oeginnmn nu ukt 30 until further notice. Prrgy Dean Kiney. cletk. announces. It will be open from 10 am. it from 1 (a S P m. The clerk aked that this Infor matlon be printed for benefit of Mtvrow county regUtrant. COMMUNITY I ) BILLBOARD Kt Coming Events HEPPNER SWIM POOL Closes September 5 Open Saturday. Sunday, Aug. 28. 'fi, after Kodeo show until 7 pm. FAIR Ir RODEO EVENT I II pig Scramble, Thursday, 7:3 p m. Saddle Horse Show. Friday. 9:U) am. -2 pm. Street rarade. Sat.. 10 00 a.m. Rodeo Sat. 1:15. 8:00 pm. fWf Barbecue Dinner. Epis copal Church, Sat, 5 8 pm. Rodeo Dances. Frl. and Sat., 10 p.m. Wranglers Cowboy Brcakfatd. Sunday. 7-11 a.m. Rodeo, Sunday, 1:30 p m. MORROW COUNTY SCHOOLS OiH-n doors Tuesday. Sept. 7. 8:45 a.m.. Heppner. lone, Bonrdman and Irrlgon. SPONSORED AS A FUBUC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. a Bo 247 PH. Ut-VM Beppo Know Tour Newspaper Better Front Page Readers Some people are . . . they look at the front page and think they've seen ALL the news. They feel there Isn't any worth-while news . . . news of Interest to them ... on the Inside pages. But There Aren't Many Like That TUM-A-LUM LUMBER CO. Ph. 676-9212 ... not among; the readers of the Gazette-Times. Why? Because the Gazette-Times prints an abundance of news on the Inside pages, every issue. News of society, sports news, farm news, general news, per sonal items, news from surrounding communities, court news, births, deaths, markets all this news appears , on the Inside pages. And '' ' more, there' news in the advertisements, too. Sure the Front Page Is Fine But there's room there for only a few news reports. The front page can't begin to hold ALL of the news of this area. Every page of the Gazette Times carries news of interest to you, and every other reader. That's why this newspaper has mighty few "front page readers." Our readers read ALL of the paper! A "T7 .TLi.". HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES
