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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.
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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,
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