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THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
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The IWfvnrt CmtwUm tUblUhed
Tlmea established riovrmrx-r js
1911
WESLTT A. SHERMAN
Editor and Publisher
Office Hours: S am. to 6 pm,
until noon iuiuraay.
Subixrlptlon Rate: S50 Year.
Every Thursday and Entered at
M Second Class Miner.
4 V-AIIOCIATIOM
Help Needed on a Worthy Project
Beta Omega Sorority of lone, an organization that ha ac
complished many worthy projects for the county despite a
email membership, has embarked on another undertaking
that is worthy of the assistance of other organization and
Individuals.
The sorority ha launched a drive to raise $1900 for pur
chase and installation of a water softener in Pioneer Mem
orial hospital. Thl doesn't seem like a glamorou or dra
matie reject but It is an important and vital one.
Klckoff of the drive was a recent fruit cake sale, and
Beta Omega raised $125 to start the fund, but that leaves a
long way to go.
Dinner proceeds at the lone Fall Festival Sunday. Decem
ber 13. will go towards the needed sum. and one thing every
one can do to support this cause would be to go to the din
ner. Those who may have seen the sections of pipe, cut from
the hospital" plumbing system, in the sorority's recent dis
play in Gardner's Men's Wear window will get part of the
idea of the need for the water oftener. The hot water sys
tem at the hospital has been almost literally clogged with
accumulating minerals, and the repairs are costly.
Will O'Harra. hospital administrator, points out that the
softener would mean savings on soap and repairs, assure a
continuous and adequate flow of hot water, and would pro
vide for better care for patients. It would mean better skin
care and eliminate bed sores for those who are confined for
long periods of time.
Water at the hospital is harder than that of the city sys
tem. It comes from the system that supplies the county
courthouse and Is separate from the city system.
Beta Omega knows that this will take some time to ac
complish, but the members are going to see it through. Their
record of projects shows that they don't stop short of com
pletion of a Job.
They feel that the public first must be aware of the need,
and that is the reason for this editorial. Anyone who needs
further information Is invited to visit with O'Harra on the
matter. He has a good many samples of pipe sections clog
ged with minerals that he can show.
The sorority Invites and urges other organizations to as
sist with contributions and donations. Individuals, too, can
make contributions. These may be submitted to Mrs. Art
(June) Lindstrom, chairman of the project, or to Mrs. Joe
(Betty) Hausler. president of Beta Omega.
As everyone knows. Pioneer Memorial hospital fills a vital
role in this area. It has been a godsend to our people and to
the entire area. It stands on the hill overlooking Heppner
today because the people were aware of the need and pitch
ed in to share In making it possible. Since it was construct
ed many individuals and organizations have shared in im
proving its facilities through their donations of money and
embarking on projects for new equipment
The project of Beta Omega is another to help the hos
pital keep up to date and to give its patients the best possi-
It is hoped that this message will stimulate thinking on
the part of those who may be in a position to influence oth
er organizations to help or to stir Individuals in sharing with
Thcffirst step that can be taken is to attend the dinner
at lone Sunday. You'll take full measure for your money in
the fine dinner planned, and you'll have the bonus of know
ing that your participation is going to keep on helping in
benefits from this project at the hospital.
Don't 'Hide Your Light . . .'
There is an old saving, or a corruption of one, that says,
"Don't Hide Your Light under a Bushel."
- This, In essence, admonishes a person of good works to
let these be known, ostensibly so more good works may be
stimulated.
Occasion for this thought is the statement by Mrs. Joe
Hausler at the Chamber of Commerce Monday that Beta
Omega sorority of lone, which has accomplished many wor
thy projects, has received little publicity and many people
do not know of the things they are doing.
This is the cue for us all like all other news media to
point out that we are always happy to report to the best of
our ability the worthwhile things that are done by people
and our organizations. If such things do not receive adequate
publicity, chances are that the news media do not know about
them It goes without saying that these media are far bettor
equipped to disseminate publicity than that which comes by
word of mouth.
One of the things In the newspaper business that con
tinues to surprise us every day is that so many persons
do not know how to go about getting their legitimate news
ln frftalking with Mrs. Rachel Dick, Heppner High Journa
lism instructor, the other day we made this point and sug
gested that a course in journalism would be quite fitting
for all students on the assumption that some day most of
them will have need to communicate through news media
either on behalf of an organization, or in some political af
filiation, or for some educational purpose.
Some folks think that when they turn their news into a
paper it smacks of boasting, but we say again, "Don't Hide
Your Light under a Bushel." A weekly paper, particularly, is
a community enterprise. It cannot pick news out of the air.
many think that it is the first to know about things, but
actually, it often doesn't learn about happenings until a large
majority of the citizenry has already heard of them for the
very reason that many think it has previously received the
information. We have no occult powers and are not endowed
with extra sensory perception.
Those who are promoting projects of importance to the
community and are interested in getting community help will
find a ready friend in the newspaper to the limit of its
time and space, yet reserving the right to evaluate its im
portance and news value.
. In a sense, the best reporters a weekly paper has is its
corps of citizens who take the time to grab the telephone
when something happens whether it is an accident, a fire,
some important visitors, something going on in the schools,
or some projects getting- underway.
In the case of the Gazette-Times the area of coverage
sprawls more than 100 miles from Boardman and Irrlgon in
the north, to Monument, Spray and Kinzua in the south. This
Is far greater territory than most weeklies in the state must
cover. The four regulars and seven correspondents on our
staff Just can't cover everything that should get publicity.
March 30, ISivl. The Heppner
vonwairi rwivmij
NATIONAL lOITpIIAL
HELEN E. SHERMAN
Associate PublUhr
Monday through Friday; 9 ajn,
Single Copy 10 Cent. ruMUhed
the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
Chaff and Chatter
Wos Sherman
PKOBAIILY there re quite few
pt-rons who do run realize
lht cvntinuooi editions of
erklv new pa per comprise a
valuable and accurate hUtornsl
record tor the community it rep
resents. Copies of every lue printed
are compiled into annual bound
volume and are available tor
reercrt on matter of Intercrt.
.Not infrequently doe someone
come to thu office, for Instance,
to seek an Hem concerning a
birth to establish proof for a
birth certificate.
Kcoently, Mr. Cart Marquardt
and other went through the pa
twnt fur vcr back to find the
name of form students of the
high school of Morrow county.
In the earlier das. editor
n.i mibltsher probably didn't
realUe the Importance of keep
in iruir file in good ihape.
Some of them were tied togcth-
er with string, and witn me
passing of year, occame torn
and dog eared.
In recent year, nowever. mM
tuihlisher have had their an
nual file bound In large books
with hard covers, a we do here.
Some dally paper preserve their
records by microfilming, and
some librarie and historical so
cieties also preserve newspaper
by the same metnoo.
UNFORTUNATELY a fire, ap
parently In 1918. destroyed me
newspaper ollict nere, nu h
took with it all the prior cop
nf the Gazette and the
Times, which were consolidated
In 1912. So we nave no copies
available prior to about 19-0.
Thl was a tremenaous ios.
Those earlier papers are Just
Knut Invaluable todav. Once ln
a while some single copies will
crop up. They are even found
In the wall or oia duiiuiuki
now being torn awn, rein
used there as insulation to keep
out the cold.
THIS IS by way of preface to
the fact that we are at a loss
to find out an accurate record
of the early history of Gilliam
and Bisbee which will go out, oi
business following, this week
end' auction sale. A letter else
where in this paper, from Harry
Hill of Coos Bav. elves tne rec
ord on Frank Gilliam going in
tn the business In lboi. me
oolnt we are not s u r e of Is
whether he started the business
or if it were already established
under another name at that
time. A man named Coffey (and
we have been unable to learn
his first name) went into dusi
nes with Frank, and the store
at 1887 was known as Gilliam
and Coffey.
Mavbe someone witnin me
scope oi our reaaersnip ui
hav some information on this.
PerhaDs Ora Yeager at tasue
Rock. Wn., can help us oui.
Neither Earl nor Leonara uu
Ham. who with Lou Bisbee,
were operators of the store for
vpare. can enliehten us.
Anotner interesting quesuon
is there any other business here
that has had a longer tenure
than Gilliam and Bisbee?
If it were started ln 11597, tne
Gazette-Times has it beat, since
the Gazette was established
March 30, 1883. The Times came
alone in 1897, and the papers
were consolidated in 1912.
SAD TO SAY, this editor has
done verv little in delving out
historical articles since coming
here 4& years ago, and it does
n't appear that he is going to
have much time to do it in the
forseeable future.
In taking a few minutes to
check our "archives" here, we
have located one paper printed
in 1888 that has a Gilliam and
Coffey advertisement on Hills
Bros, farm wagons.
Then we SDotted anotner in
The Daily Heppner Gazette of
June 5, 1891. (Heppner once naa
for Gilliam and Bisbee (Frank
Gilliam and T. H. Bisbee, ad
vertising general hard ware,
stoves and tinware, plumbers
materials. Cyclone and Star
windmills and a carload of Stu
debaker wagons. "Anything In
the hack line from a $juo top
buggy to a $25 road cart," it
says. Location is "next door to
bank building, Main street."
Another in the Gazette or iso-
vember 27, 1896 (notice again
the Weekly Gazette) advertises
from Gilliam and Bisbee, "We
are not the Largest Merchants
in the World," then lists many
items. "We have Good Goods at
Fair Prices and Cheap John
Goods at Cheap John Prices," it
says.
In the same assortment oi old
Dapers and pictures, we find an
old time picture of the old store
near the bank building. If we
can eet this to reproduce for
an engraving, we'll try running
it in an ensuing edition of the
paper.
WHILE WRITING of things his
torical, it is in order to point
out that Betty and Carl Mar
quardt are doing an excellent
job on their Lexington school
book, which will be out in print
soon. It Is rather amazing to
see all the pictures of former
students and teachers they have
uncovered. It's going to be quite
We need the public's help, and we appreciate it This helps
make a better paper and consequently helps boost the com
munity.
If something occurs to you, your family or your organiza
tion that is news, don't be unduly modest about it We like
to let everyone know how our folks are getting on, achieving
and how the community Is moving.
"Don't hide your light. . ."
work and a valuable one. ture
to aake manv memories of lor
rrrr itudrnt of the school. They
have a good number of order
for the hook, and it I quite
probable that libraries and His
torical societies will want cop.
le. Iikk.
Since only a limited number
of them are bring printed and
mot were ordered at the lime
of the Lex reunion, there won t
be manv available for sale be
yond tluwe already reserved, but
there may be a few.
Other are planned for Hepp
ner and Boardman to follow the
Lexington book.
WE OVERHEARD some torn
talking Saturday evening
about how difficult it wa to
find a place to park downtown
Saturday. This wa due. of
course, to Christmas Opening.
Some other around town had
expressed the thought that "Just
kd" were taking part, but the
kid didn't drive the car to
town! . .
Everyone had a lot of fun on
the guessing contest, and It
Mvmi to u that the winner
were about evenly divided be
tween children and adults. They
are listed elsewhere In thi pa
per. One of the most amused
and at the same time, delight
ed winner was Opal Briggs
who won a man' sweater at
Gardner Mens Wear. Wed
suspect that one of her several
nephews is going to get a real
nice Christmas present.
Old Santa Claus had an ex
ceptionally busy time for an ex
ceptionally busy person. He ran
out of candy, but some young
ster may not get what they
want for Christmas becase they
were a little greedy and walk
ed off with four or five sack
of candy while others didn't
get any. Maybe some different
system will have to be worked
out when he comes next year.
Incidentally, some of those
who got up real close to Santa
were Impressed by the rather
striking facial resemblance to
the Rev. Al Bosehee, pastor of
the Christian church.
WELL, OUR basketball teams
are off to a good start, me
Mustangs having taken both
the Jayvee and varsity games
at Enterprise Saturday night.
This Saturday night is the home
opener here against liioi kock,
and it is sure that a good crowd
will be on hand, wear your
booster buttons, folks!
ONE OF THE very nice things
that our business people oo
in connection with nign scnooi
athletics here is to sponsor
printing of programs for foot
ball and basketball. It is prob
ably fair to assume that Hepp
ner has the best programs in
the Greater Oregon league De
rmisp of this Interest
A ctoud of firms again Is
home basketball games and
snonsorin? free programs for
there will be space on them for
keeping score. At this writing
it Is not known for sure wheth
er it is possible to get them out
for the Pilot Rock opener, but If
not, they will be coming up for
future games.
Those sports fans who appre
date getting these free pro
grams should take a moment,
when an opportunity arises, to
tell the sponsoring firms that
the programs contribute to the
enjoyment of tne game.
Safety Director
Warns on Signals
With the onset of winter and
reduced visibility. Oregon driv-
ers were again reminded that
before turning or cnanging
lanes.
Vern L. Hill, director fo the
Oregon Department or Motor ve
hicles, noting that the law for
merly required that turn sig
nals be given only 50 feet in
advance of a turn, said: "High
er speeds and reduced visibility
make giving turn signals well
in advance not Just a matter
of being legally right, but a
matter of life or death."
Figures from the Department's
Traffic Safety & Education uiv
ision show that turning errors
(14 per cent) and driving on
wrong side of the road, strad
dling or driving in wrong lane
(seven per cent) are involved
in more than one-fifth of all of
the State's accidents.
A COOL THOUGHT
Here's a cool safety thought
from the Traffic Safety & Edu
cation Division of the Oregon
Department of Motor Vehicles:
Ice at 30 degrees above zero Is
twice as slippery as it is at zero
degrees. If you don't believe it
pick up an ice cube fresh from
the refrigerator. Sticks to your
hand, doesn't it? Run water
over it. Now, it's slippery. Ice
on roads" acts Just the same.
Slow down. Allow for all de
grees of skidding.
TO THE
EDITOR. .
Dear Mr. Sherman:
Yon ntted In the last copy of
the Gazette that you were
coing to try to rind the suiting
date of the Gilliam and HI she
more In Heppner. 1 will enclose
a copy, from blogra p hi e a I
sketche on Morrow County pio
neer, a listed on Hon. Frank
Gilliam, one of the founder of
this store:
Hon. Frank CUUara The
eminent citizen and esteemed
pioneer v hose name head this
article t accorded a representa
tion In thl volume, fnth be
cause i f hi marked capabilities.
which huve won him distinc
tion, and hi Intrinsic merit and
unswerving integrity, mat nave
gained and held the confidence
ol hi fellows, rossesseu oi
those qualities that mark the
typical pioneer, and dumlnatcd
hy a wisdom that searches out
the most intricate pioiHMdtloti
without compromise, and main
tained by a continuity of pur
pose that brook no defeat. Mr.
Gilliam U a man tnat ny loree
of right must fill the position
where his fellow have so un
hesitatingly Installed him lead
er and In which he has ever
displayed that depth of resource
and falihfulne characteristic
of his wr.cle career.
Mr. Frank Gilliam Is a son of
Jasper anil Roe Gilliam and was
horn In Clackamas I ounty. Ore
gon, on jsovemner zv. iw. ins
parents came to Oregon In iKVZ
from North Carolina. Ten years
later tne father died and the
family removed to Multnomah
County, where the subject of
this sketch received a public
school education and remained
until 1870 the date of his emi
gration to what Is now Morrow
County. He located on Rhea
creek, about ten mile from
Heppner, and engaged In stock
raising until 1SK7. At that time
he embarked In the hardware
and Implement business, where
we still find him, now as the
senior member of the firm. His
business flourished from the
start and he Is still favored
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HEPPNER
with a generous and ever In-
creasing patronage.
Mr. Gilliam has ever devoted
that time and attention to polit
ical matter that become the
loyal titlen. and for the rt
Iwrnlv year the people have
constantly placed uhh him the
public trusts uf various lslt.
ion. In 1 he was elected
Mayor of Heppner and ha
served in that office since. He
was one of the tu. Commis
sioner of this County and has
also aervtd a treasure for four
year, beside various other po
alt '".
The marriage of Mr. Gilliam
and Ml F.ffte i, Wright occurr
ed In Heppner. on NovemtM-r 20.
HW& and to them have been
born the following children:
Ona V.. I.eonrd L-. Clinton C.
Edwin 11. and Ilacl. He Is a
iiromlnent member of the AF.
i A.M., having taken the thirty-
second degree. telngs to me
WOW., the A.OU.W. and the
BT.O.E. Mr. G I II I a m nns
wntught long and faithfully In
this tecthm, demonstrating his
ability both a a stock raiser
and buslnesnman by his almost
unbounded ucve, while he has
also exemplified the typical cit
izen, the faithful public official,
the kind and upright neighbor
and the true gentleman of hon
or. You will note that the store
was started In 1H.7. Some of
the old timer will probably re
member the location of the first
store. It wa located for years
at the present location of Cal's
tavern, next to the First Na
tional Bank. I hope this might
be of some help to you In lo
cating some more Information.
Very truly your
Harold IHU
Rt. 3. Box 773
Coos Bay, Oregon
KEEP WINDSHIELD CLEAR
Peck-a-boo driving Is kid
stuff, say the Traffic Safety k
Education Division of the Ore-
gon Department of Motor Vehic
le. Rubbing peep-holes in your
windshield is a i:ood way to go
where you're not looking. Clear
all of vour cars glass wind
shield, side and rear windows
of Ice. frost, fog or steam bafore
you drive.
Tell the advertiser you saw It
In the Gazette-Times.
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Morrow County's Newspaper
A guest (4 Hi. Emma Hay
oer the Thanksgiving week,
end was hec graiuUnii, IUIm-M
Shaw, a sophoinore at Oregon
State University, He I the aon
of her n In-law and daughter.
Col. and Mr t A Shaw, of
North Springfield, Va . and at
Iridic d grade hol lo-itf w hen
Mrs, Shaw resided N'te.
COMMUNITY (
) BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HFITNFU HIGH
BASKETBALL
Friday, ivcemtier H, I V.Hale
at Walla Walla
Saturday, ivc. 11. IH1 Rock
here
Support the Mustangs!
COWBFIXE LUNCHEON
AND ANNUAL MEETING
Friday, lfc-c. 10, 1 pm.
Heppner Grill dining room
Important buslnes meeting
IONE FALL FESTIVAL
lone Grade School Gym
Sunday, ivc. 12
Dinner. 12:30 to 2 p m.
llooth oiH-n at 2 p.m.
Lot of fun for everyone.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
High School Multipurpose
ttoorn
Friday. December 17, 7:30
p.m. , ,
Band, chorus music, "black
light- skit
Everyone welcome!
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