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The Heppner Gazette ettablUhed March 30, la The Heppner
Timet established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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A Lesson on the BLM Lands
Resident of Morrow county who are concerned with the
proeresa nd development of the county to aerve the best In
teresU of Ita people may learn a leaaon from the recent III
inc on Bureau of Land Management landa In the northern
part of the county.
In essence, the lesson is that opportunity U where you Tlnd
It Progress will not wait, and development Is Inevitable. If
local persons who are Interested In developing the lands do
not act, someone else will come In and do It
It ha been said that our people did not know these lands
were open, but there have been previous filings under the
Desert Entry act In the northern part of the country. At least
one family homesteaded there. For those who want to make
opportunity, it Is Incumbent upon them to search and seek.
Some In the county have long talked about Irrigating the
desert lands In order to make a truck garden of these now
desolate acres, but none had made the move until last month.
When the north end of the county was opened to the Boe
lnc Co it was done so with the idea that other outside In
dustrie would be attracted. The Port of Morrow has been
working towards development along the riverfront for years.
It was organized for that purpose. Governor Mark Hatfield
Rupert Kennedy and others have said time and again that
with the advent of the John Day dam and the coming of the
space age to Morrow county, this is one of the sites with the
greatest potential in the state.
Having broadcast such a widespread Invitation. Morrow
county people could hardly expect those with capital to in
vest to pass by any opportunity they see here.
There are too many things on the move in this county to
prevent Its development even by those who would like to see
it stay just as it Is.
There are no boundary guards at the Morrow county lino,
there are no inter-county immigration laws to prevent any
citizen of the nation from moving here or from investing here.
We can't tell those seeking opportunity in the county that
we want them to broaden our tax base, to furnish employ,
ment, and bring other economic advantages but we don't want
them' to profit from their ventures.
Progress is coming to Morrow county. Those of our local
people who are in a position to Join In the develpment to the
north should be getting in on the ground floor and be alert
to opportunities without moaning when someone else comes
along to do the things we have been In essence, inviting them
to do.
Through the county court, planning commission and the
port commission, ground rules of policy and zoning may be
set up as they should be but the progress is coming and it
cannot be stopped.
It could be that some of our local people are too close to
the situation to get a perspective on the possibilities here.
The filings by the group of Portlanders at least will give
some impetus to a closer evaluation of agricultural and Indus
trial possibilities in the county.
Merchants Suffer Shoplifting in Silence
A recent magazine article points out that shoplifters cost
merchants across the country an estimated $2 billion per year.
No community is Immune from these persons with "sticky
hands." although small towns usually aren't beset with the
professional shoplifter.
Heppner merchants have pretty much preferred to suffer
in silence with their shoplifting problems. Most of them have
had trouble in varying degree, both with young people and
adults, but probably most of the trouble comes from young
sters whose eyes are too big for their pocketbooks or who
"swipe" some articles as a prank. Cases of shoplifting seldom
reach the papers, but they are going on.
Probably in relatively few instances does the merchant
even go to the police when he notices a case of shoplifting.
He prefers to handle it himself. Often times he cannot be sure
and would rather absorb a loss than to accuse someone false
ly. In the case of youngsters, the store owner is often reluc
tant to tell parents because of the fear of losing a good cus
tomer who cannot believe his child "would do such a thing."
It isn't particularly uncommon for young children even
from the best of backgrounds, to pick up things from a store.
After all, some of them have watched mother take things off
the grocery shelves and put them in a shopping cart time af
ter time, and the immature minds may miss the point that it
is necessary to stop at the counter and settle the bill.
It is our feeling that a merchant who catches a child shop
lifting can do him a favor by giving him a stern reprimand
so that he understands the seriousness of his act. The mat
ter should be called to the attention of the parents, and if
they are really interested in the welfare of their children,
they should not take the attitude of "my child can do no
wrong."
The magazine article tells how a professional, clad in a
large coat walks to a counter where scarves are displayed.
He lays his hands on the counter. Almost imperceptibly, he
clips a hook to one of the scarves. As he releases the hook,
the scarf, pulled by a rubber band, disappears up his sleeve. .
Fortunately, that kind of shoplifter doesn't frequent small
towns as a rule, but it is nevertheless a problem. A banner
headline in another eastern Oregon weekly newspaper recent
ly proclaimed, "Merchants Battle Shoplifters."
Regardless of what the merchant does to prevent it, shop
lifting will continue. One person, who may pick up something
on impulse, may have it on his conscience for years. Another
may do it without any qualms at all, and do it time and
again. Some time, the repeater will get caught and he does
face the prospect of paying the penalty for breaking the law.
In many instances, a merchant will have knowledge that
a certain person is a shoplifter but say nothing about it One
would think that such a thief and regardless of his reason
or motive, he is a thief would develop a furtive feeling that
would haunt him every time he came into a store.
An honest person would reason that such a feeling of guilt
would be too high a price to pay for an article.
He might grumble about the price, but when he leaves the
store with an item, he knows that he paid for it. If he can't
afford it he doesn't get it and there's nothing wrong with
that, either.
In Abbey School
John McEHigott son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. McElligott of
lone, is enrolled as a member of
the Junior class In The Abbey
School at Canon City, Colo., this
times. ThuwiaT. otobt t. mi
NATIONAL lOITOtUl
HELEN C SHERMAN
Aaociat PublUbe
Monday throufih Friday: 9
. . A rrta PllMlthk4
wnim iti . ., . 7wn
the JXt Office at Heppner, Oregon,
year. The school is a resident
ial college preparatory school
for boys conducted by the
priests and brothers of the Order
of St. Benedict Enrollment is re
stricted to 250 boys for the 4
year course. They represent 20
states and four foreign countries.
Chaff and
Wes
WINTFR MAY BE coming- on.
but Ihl WhJiUv mut to
the longest day of the year for
at leatt one man Don Drysdale
of the Lot Angele Hoddens who
hat Jut left the opening World
Serte same with the wore 7-1
iinst him. v 'inert the IVxla
rrs will bounce back.
THERE WAS ome feellrn? of ex
ultation Mturay morning al
ter the ahootln army had head
ed for the hill, to cme acrost
maenlfiornt buck out In the
open wheat land aouthwent of
lone.
We were headed out to tKe a
tklrtur. cot on a wrong road
n.4 u.m traveling towardi
Uovd Morgan' when the ttate
lv buck came out of a mall can
yon and ran along the roadside
lust ahead of our car and not
more than 3i feet from It. He
kicked up a dust that held close
to the ground in me moui,
hoaw air nr the earlv morning.
Hi alcek coat shimmered In the
bright sunlight.
He seemed to consider It a
challenge and held to the road
M for nerhan a half-mile. The
speedometer registered up to 35
mph. nut ne Kept tne pace, sua
denlv he veered Into the road
ahoa.t nt the car and bounded
along for another quarter mile
until ne suaaeniy ut-vun-u ia
take off to the other tide and
disappear over a rolling hill.
We had a strong hankering
to shoot this magnificent ani
malbut with a movie camera
and not a gun. We had the Rol
leicord beside us but didn't even
manage to get a shot with it.
While getting our direction
from Llovd a few minutes la
ter, we visited with him about
the buck. He was aware it was
around all right but was more
interested in his farm work than
In cnincr after it. We hODe the
animal makes it through the
season.
MRS. V1DA HELIKER brought
in the first copy of the lone
Independent we'd ever seen the
other day. It is dated January
23. 1924. and contains many in
teresting items.
One item points out that the
garage of E. R. Lundell has de
veloped a volume of business
unmatched by few towns of sim
ilar size in eastern Oregon with
47.632 gallons of gas pumped
in 1923 and sales of 18 new
Fords. Stars, Studebakers and
trucks.
.lone high had Just defeated
Heppner high In basketball. 14
to 13. "The Heppner high bas
ketball team came to lone last
night with the intention of tak
ing home the bacon, but after
all is said and done, it appears
very much as if all they took
back was the rind," the story
said. For lone were Carl Linn 9,
Colvin 2. Ray, Bristow 2, Linn 1.
For Heppner were Lee 2, Doherty
10. Aiken 1, Moore and Hall.
(First names were not Included).
Bank of lone advertised cap
You Have Opinions . . .
... so do we .. . about nearly everything
that appears In our newspaper. And we
like to voice our opinions, too. But not
In the news reports.
News Reports Are
for the Facts Only
. . . not our opinion of those facts. So
in our news columns you'll find only a
report of what happened, to whom, where,
when and how.
You Can Voice Your Opinion, Too
... at any time . . . about anything
. . . also on our editorial page. Letters to
the editor are always welcome . . . pro
viding they do not contain libel, and are
not too long-winded space usually is at
a premium. The editorial page is for opin
ion. But News Columns Are for News . .
There you will find only the facts . . .
as accurately as we are able to get them
. . . checked . . . and double-checked.
Chatter
Sherman
ital and surplus of S33.000. and
Htt M' offered rec'ilar
Howard coal heater at Cohn
Auto Co. of Heppner advertised
the (Her land touring car at
$P.5 "with the bigger power of
lit bigger new engine." while
Maurice A. Frye of Heppner
t" Everything Electrical") In hi
ad said. "Radio on the Farm
Keep You In Touch with the
World,
lone Hotel announced that It
was under new management
with "bet meal In Central Ore
gon". Sam Ganger wa propri
etor. A legal notice announced a
forthcoming bond election seek
Ing $0,0U for the purpose of
erecting and fumUhlng a ehool
building In lone. M. K. Morgan
was chairman of the board.
P. P. Hauler was editor and
publisher of the Independent at
that time and offered a year'
subscription for Jl 50.
FROM JUNEAU. ALASKA, come
a letter from Bob Van lioute.
former Morrow county school
superintendent giving a humor
ou insight of some of the prob
lems that he U finding In hit
new home. He I executive ec
retarv of the Alaska Education
association.
"I take a few moment to
bring you uo to date on life In
the Last Frontier State." he
writes. "My family came up in
the late spring. The mountain
around were loaded with snow.
Now. in September, all but the
higher elevations are bare, but
green.
"One pleasure was watching
a black bear family feed on
fresh green shoot and shrubs,
two cubs and parents. Bv Juno
the bear had moved to higher
ground. This action wa on a
mountainside about 330 yards
from our trailer court.
-We purchased a large trail
er unit In Portland late In March
and had It shipped up by boat
to Juneau; two units, each lOx
43. which made a 20x43 3 bed
room home. To Van Houte and
teacher friends fell the envia
ble task of putting this monster
together bolting the bottoms
and tops through so-called
matching holes, placing the
whole unit on blocks and mak
ing everything level. This was
done in early April when tem
perature highs might be 40 de
grees. Connecting water, gas, oil
and electricity was also a com
edy. The 'electrician managed
to ground one side of the power
to the frame of the trailer; when
I started connecting water lines
I learned that 110 volts Is the
same all over. Being completely
under the trailer, I got three
shocking experiences before I
got out from under, in aaauion,
I was warm all over.
"For insulation, when you
bolted these two units together.
a fat strip of fiberglass was
supposed to go in between so you
had a seal at lop-oouom-iruiu
and back end. You attempiea q
Know Tour Newspaper Better
This Is Reporting the
News the Right Way
Just the facts. We don't say whether what
happened is right or wrong ... or what should
or should not have been done ... or what we
should do about it in the future. If we wish to
express such opinion, we'll do it on our edi
torial page ... not in the news columns.
GAZETTE-TIMES
Services Held Monday
For Minnie Payne
Mr. Minnie Me Payne, who
retlded here with her on In
law and daughter. Mr. and Mr.
K W. Hale, the past three year,
die! Friday. October I. In
nundng home In The Dalle,
where he had been a patient
tor tcveral month.
Mr. Payne, M. wa born
April 10, 18H4, In MiMourl and
spent moat of her life In Sher
man county, Oregon.
She U survived by nine child
ren, including Mr. Hale and
Frank Payne, formerly of Hep
pner and now of Condon; al
numerous grandchildren and
great grandchildren. Darrell Mc
Uchlan. Heppner. I a grand
ton. Afternoon services were held
Monday at the Baptist church
In t;ra valley wnn me nev.
Arthur II. Brown officiating. In
tel ment wa at the Old Fellow
cemetery In Graa Valley.
tack thl nlth It" copper tck
which when the wind blew,
promptly blew out. According to
the instructions -on page .
hen all ia level.
Insulation In place, you gently
pull thee two 45' unit togeth
er, bolt and fasten, and you're
all set. lia: iia: i'iu jvu
try to alip two 9.000 lh. unltt of
anything together? Then find
that the Insulation up on the
roof had slipped out of place, or
that the 'matched bolt holea' at
the bottom of the unit matched
In front but were W-lnch off at
the back and the bolts could
not go through? Language,
which I thought I had forgot
ten. learned while working on
the waterfront In Portland, clear
ed the air for mile around.
"Believe it or not. finally, all
Insulation wa where It should
k., iu.iv lrtnenr bolt fastened
the thing together. The light
went on. the oil furnace gave
off heat, hot water arrived from
the correct faucet we were In.
Bob tavs that while 50 day
of rain is normal the summer
has brought only five or tlx such
days. He reports excellent fish
ing and tell of a week spent
at a remote lake, 20 minutes
bv air from Juneau, where they
had a Forest Service cabin and
the entire lake to themselves.
The lake. In size and grand
.nr iik Wallowa Lake, sheer
rock walls that went up 1000-
1500 feet with waterians ne
Yosemlte. dropping 200 500 feet,
was the way he described It.
"rriiinHiv runi)le and eager
young teachers make you laugh
at your trial ana strive io mm
manv rhnilonees that edu
cators face In this large, sparse
ly copulated state, ne conciuu-
ed.
Bob says they read the CT
"faithfully". His position sends
him all over tne siaie. ine oww
Department in Alaska operates
a 700-tcacher school system.
OBSERVATION of the week:
From Jack Loyd as he came
to the Sherman household to
pick up the assortment of drums
of son. Tim. who was 111 (no In
ference Intended) after a Jam
session with Sherman son Jim,
"Why couldn't he have taken
up the piccolo or flute?"
TO THE
EDITOR.
To the Editor:
I wonder who's straining at
a knot and wallowing a camel.
Ihir rwrrnor protecting a I5
acre land trade of DougUt fir
t.w a redwood park In California.
We'll all go to f It when we
are down thnre. and the fir
tumge stay here to be log
ged and professed. It really does
n't matter w ho own the stump
age. Now a great l do over a H
section land grab.
Th governor and the former
county court cave the State of
Washington loo.oort acres of our
county, some of the best Irrlga-
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achievement these days. Yet people who
gel (hit new timepiece teem to gel a
terribly positive personality along with il.
(It's never "about 4:30" lo an Accutron
owner. It' exactly 4:29 tnd 19 seconds.)
This is because the Accutron movement
uses t tuning fork instead of a balance
wheel.
This tuning fork it so precise, that
Accutron time is guaranteed within a
minute a momh-an average of 2
seconds a day. On the outside.
So if (like all of us) you wish you had
a bit more confidence, simply arm
yourself with an Accutron timepiece
and go find a crowd.
Come in and we'll make an Accutron
fan out of you. Accutron by Bulova.
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177 MAIN ST- BXPPNEB
Wc win 4ui tlmAMplM to Mils tolo nnt. M MCMttnr. Gut"?
MM It for om fun year, f whoa cat, crown and oystal aro Nittot-
hie land anywhere, and he U
frantically looking for water U
to head tff California celling It.
Lei's set alle the IT aecllon
land Utah and take water out
of McNary darn. Irrigate the
whole shebang, and apportion
the land bv drawing a they
did In Washington,
U V. CuUforth
Guest Night Planned
The IVgree of Honor Protec
tive AMoclatloti will olMM-rve
K uel nls'it at II i"t regular
meet in tf Tuenday, th loln r IX
Member are ated to Invite
guekta and meet at the t'hrUt-
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Coming Events
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Heppner va. (Uant Union
Friday. (Vtoler , 8 pm.
John Pay Meld
Support the MuMangi!
OKS SOCIAL CLUB
Saturday, K1. 9, 2 p m.
Heppner Maonlc Hall.
KI.ni.KAH BANQUt-T
Thursday. U1. 14. ti.M pm.
Hotel Dining Room, no host
Official VUlt State rretldent
MORROW CO. ROI.LER IUNK
Open for akatlnii Friday, Sat
urday. 7 to 10 p.m.
Sunday, 3 to 5 pm,
Shoe kkate rental, conces
sion. FAMILY MOVIE
"Bve. Rye Ulrdie." Marring
DU-k Van Dytk. Janet Leljih
Sunday. Oct. 10. C.10 pm,
lone Cafetortum. Benefit for
lone Public Library.
TF.AC1IKRS RWKrnON
Heppner HlKh School Multi
purpose room.
Wednesday. Oct. 13. 8 p.m.
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