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An Early Start on the Rodeo
Under the chairmanship of E. H. (Tad) Miller. Jc the
Morrow county rodeo committee, like the lair board, haa been
working the year around with meeting being held every
month.
As a consequence, planning for the coming summer events la
probably farther ahead In several apects than It usually Is at
this time of year. Chairman Miller, together with Charley Daly,
vice chairman of the rodeo committee, and other directors, haa
shown a determined real to leave no atone unturned to make
the Morrow county show the best possible.
He made this clear at a meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce here Monday when he said with sincerity. "It is the
committee's Intention to put on as fine a rodeo as there is
in the country. I think it can be done."
Miller and Daly told the Chamber of some of the things
the? committee la doing in the way of making improvements
to the rodeo and things contemplated for the future.
This stlmuated interested discussion from the Chamber
members, and so at this early date there was considerable in
terchange of Idea on how to improve parking, how to draw
more people to the show, how to handle the crowds better,
and how to make the event more enjoyable for them.
All rodeo supporters look to the day when the old grand
stand will be replaced, and the fairboard now is planning In
that direction, although because of the costs involved, it is
some time away as yet. A new grandstand with more comfort
able seating would be a fine thing for all the outdoor events
held there.
The rodeo leaders are trying to stimulate more interest and
more support In the rodeo, which Daly points out is Morrow
county's main celebration.
Now, with the work that the directors are putting into this
event, and the interest they have in making it a fine thing
for the county, the public should not procrastinate but Join
now in helping to boost the 1966 rodeo.
Randall Peterson pointed out at the Monday meeting that
more local firms and organizations should get busy and have
entries in the rodeo parade (and this includes the Cham
ber of Commerce itself!). :
Now at the first of April is the time to start thinking
about this. Remember our parade last year? Probably two
thirds of it was from outside groups. Peterson declared Mon
day that some b these, outsiders will start refusing to come
unless we show a' bit mere interest ourselves arid ge Up some,
floats that we can send, their way, too.5 f " i r" ' " c
If an organization or 'business will start, thinking now
about ft float and get planning underway,' there' Is ho reason
why we shouldn't have a good representative group of en
tries la the paradei But 1C w wait until, wet usually fet
around to thinking -about rodeo say sometime In July it: B
almost too Tate to 'get the Job done. f . '
As Daly says,' the 'rodeo' here" 14 more than Just another
rodeo, ft is one of- the better rodeos, in the first place, "and
it is a tartttitywide' celebration.' '"f 1 ' " '' ,"f "1
Interest that the Chamber of Commerce is taking in the
rodeo is a fine thing. A pleasant 'cooperative relationship 'Is
developing between the Chamber and the rodeo board they're
working hand in hand. ' ' 1 f " ' " ' ' ' ' 1 ' r
There still' needs to be more Interest from the public at
large to build the 'event "into '4 time when "Morfow county
people proudly "strut their stuff." ' " " '
Chairman Miller, who is as 'earnest and hard-working a
leader as the committee could have, will Welcome sugges
tions from the public, for he is certainly sincere in "trying
to make the rodeo a first class event ' ' '
If anyone has such comments, he'd like to hear them. All
the directors would appreciate the public's planning' now for
the event that is still approximately: five months away. ' '
If the 1966 rodeo is to be a memorable event, this is the
time to start making it so, instead, of waiting until' mid-July
to become active.1 ' ; t? 1:1 "
Improving tho Ballot
(From Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise.
Cwen Coffin, Editor)
Now that the candidates for county commissioner, district
attorney ami other elect he offices on the local, state and na
tional scene are all officially filed on the records it is time
for these aspirants to political stardom to begin thinking ser
iously about their slogans to go underneath their names on
the primary ballots. Usually candidates succumb to such
blase, or self-laudatory phrase as Throw the rascals out",
or "Pledges Integrity, intelligence. Industry and Independ
ence", or "Support the Constitution and opposes commu
nism", or "Able conscientious, and equal sen tee for every
one". These ballot slogana may be all right but a little imagi
nation could produce something with a little more tip such
as:
"All the way with LBJ"
Take Uncle Sam out of Viet Nam"
"Apply the axe to the property tax"
"Vote for the man who favors Mountain Sheep Dam"
"For warning tags on tailor-made fags"
"Lower taxes on dogs, logs and hogs".
It might also be enlightening' to provide a space after or
below the name of each candidate In which the voter could
write whatever slogan or remarks about a candidate he deem
ed most appropriate. A provision for an "X" to indicate the
voter's approval or disapproval is hardly sufficient Voters
would feel a lot better If they could write: This guy is a
fraud and should be given the heave-ho" or words of sim
ilar Import Then at the bottom of the ballot there might be
a few blank lines on which the voter could write his sugges
tions for the improvement of the whole political situation.
A trial witness would like to explain his answers to coun
sel's questions and not merely answer "Yes" or "No"l nd a
voter would like to say more than "For" or "Against".
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
WE NEVER cave it a thought
until we went benina me
meat counter at the usual place
In Central Market Tuesday to
pick up E-nie McCabe's meat
items for this week's ad.
Thpn we noticed that Ernie
was advertising such things as
Fresh Horses' Hoots." -via
Cows' Tails." and such. Being
bit rum-dum from the rush
week, we didnt even tumble
when we read the items, think
ing Ernie Just had some new
products in stock.
But when we looked on the
second sheet of the pad, then
we knew! It said, "April Foot,"
in big letters.
Of course. Ernie was a bit
ahead -of time, but here it is
right on us. Friday is April
Fool's day.
So it is time to be on guard.
We tried to get Ernie to run
his April Fool Items in the ad,
but he couldn't see it thataway.
He thought the last laugh
might be on him when Clint
read it.
BUT THE bargains offered by
merchants in Heppner and
their new spring merchandise
m rn. Anrtl VmVa VUc. It'a a
good time to get out and be a
buyinV ' t ' ' '
'i w m w
SPEAKING 'of Bra' Clint Mc
Quarrie, "be. came running' in
today to get' in art -announce
ment about a woric day at the
golf 'course sunaay. mat we
ratf t vnoa trot ' miinU AAv
of good r weather, " and, be and
hl Mh4 m ltVi tri or in ti4n y
a stick again. "!
i But w oon t Know wny tney
want tn wnrk 'in th rnltt 'Ac
cording to the weather prognos-
iicaiors, ui supposed io cam
this week-end.' r H '
BY THE WAY. Vou' old timers,
is it safe for us to take off
those snow 'tires yetl ' '
OCCASIONALLY' some ex-Mor-
row county person win write
to us and say he wants us to
keep our readers better informed
on how the crops are coming.
we ve oeen mxenaing io wnie a
story on this year's crop outlook,
but haven't got to it but we
have nestf d it" reported by 'some
of the long standing 'Morrowi
county ranchers' that they have
TO THE EDITOR
Wants New Man
To the Editor:
I wonder if our present rep
resentative hasn't exhausted his
usefulness? ' ' " '
He recently, at Milton-Free-water,
made the statement that
state emergency funds could- be
used to build he Jubilee dam at
Tollgate. I can't see that dam
as an emergency, can you?
Thank goodness, they found
the funds elsewhere, probably
saving him some -embarrassment
Then I recall when he was
asked at a Chamber meeting
here at Heppner last fall about
the demand of the southern
states for Columbia water, he
replied that the state highway
engineers had developed a plan
to reverse the John Day flow so
as to take Columbia waters via
lhat route to Nevada, I wonder,
did the governor use part of the
funds given him by the legis
lature "to develop new uses for
the Columbia" for this purpose?
Let us elect a quiet unassum
ing man such as our late may
c who will get the job done.
O. W. Cutsforth, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs." Paul Jones and
son Ray traveled to Portland1
over the week-end. While there
they were guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Cres
wick. former Hennner residents
who now reside at 9106 S. E-'
Foster Road. '
Get Vow KEDS
At GOWTY'S
AND RECEIVE YOUR
'it
SUPERSONIC
SPACE WHISTLE
and
DECODER KIT
fej t mm mm
&
seldom seen the crop so good at
this time of year.
The country Is greening up,
and it sure looks good. Now If
it isn't drought bugs, rust or
something else. It might be a
real good harvest this summer.
We'll keep our fingers crossed.
Now if that rain comes to
drench tha golfers Sunday, it
should be Just right for the
nnrhera nn the heels of this
nice warm growing weather.
LARRY COOK said that while
TO THE
EDITOR. .
Things off Interest
tVar Wet and Helen Sherman:
Juxt finished reading this
week's ed.tlon of my favorite
rM-wKapt-r. the Clarrttr Time.
Thn urta manv thine that in
terested me very much. I we my
old friend Frank S. Parker U
mi nrviiv wrll alive. Frank and
I ued to work at the carpenter
worh touctner in ueppner ni
IVmlli-ton anil of ruurtwv that
was before he and Ortrude
Crawford were married. Frank. I
hniM ta a, vou some time in
May when I am planning on be
Inir thre for mv birthday. I
wonder who Is the next In line
for being the oldest living per
son actually born in the city of
llonmier. 1 think mavbe it is
-htrl.-v Jenkins, born three
months leter ana a inciong
u-a watrhlne fiunamoke a
week ago, he noticed that when
Doc and Festus went fishing.
i-.tia lalt his fishing Pole
down beside him. The question
arises: Did Festus get inis !
itjtathrrit. or did
tium v - - " - -"
Owvn get the idea from Festus T
juat imactne." savs Larry,
"should those three ever go ang
ling together, what arguments
and what fish stories. . .
At last report. Owen hadnt
recovered his pole from the
nnnri fnii.minff the recent In
cident described in this column.
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ALL THIS fishing talk reminds
us that season starts on Apru
21. lust three weeks away.
Claude Cox who this weex a
looking back 50 years ago wnen
he started the Morrow county
Creamery, is getting the Itrh to
fish.
He declares he can catch fish
In a heavy dew on the ground.
We icst don't know about
that but he certainly deserves
tui.rlv mnrrif illations On the
(mmiilni nf tho rrramerv a half-
century ago, even If son Bill is
now the owner and doing me
ork.
friend of mine,
1 am glad to hear that (Wai
K- V(tTiMin U atlll working on
the darn project there, lie Is a
good man for that. Several yrart
co the aimy englnrers station'
ed at Walla Walla wrote atklng
m to loan him my manuscript
ol the IliMory of Morrow t'oun
tv. He krpt it for is months
then wrote saying he rwelved
more good from reading the
MMs than making a hundred
trips to il'(ii-r. 1 have always
been In favor of building that
dam. Any old timer like me.
Mho went through the great
flood of WJ and came Out of
that allvt. ought to put all of
his or nrr weigni ituo tM't-ing
the pruji-t bo through.
I am Irvine to lale aonte of
my old friends of lieppner. and
I would like to know of anyone
knowing if Stella llotkrit
daughter of my first carjH-r.trr
hotus JoMph fliM'kett, Is still
alive. All the llwkett family
were drowned except Stella. She
was vUltlnr someone on hlghrr
ground. I nave never seen hrr
since the day before the flood
Mrs. Horkett had a little book
tore and gift Items on the sal
oon side of Main Street. We had
Iust finished a new hospital tor
trs. Will Kirk. It was never used
because It stood on the very
bank of Willow Creek suing
across the bridge there.
I also received a letter from
fl. R Jarkman reouestlne me to
give or will my collection of let
ters, cllmilnirs. etc.. to the Ore
gon State library. If some of the
members ol the committee will
drop me a line 1 think maybe
I could furnish some of the
thlnr th.'V winl I ulll al Ho.
nate my first copy of about 500
pages, init u not oniy a nisiory
but a lot of reminiscent lore
a limit Morrow munlv and the
City of Heppner, lone, Lexing
ton ana naruman- tv, yes, inis
Includes a atorv of the town site
of Strawberry Flats).
I plan on being in Heppner
sometime in May. Someone
wrote me that there will be no
Pioneer day celebration this
year. Is that true?
cjood wines to everyone in
Morrow county.
O. M. Yeager
P. O. Box 476
Castle Rock, Wash.
Legion Meets Monday
Itegular meetings of tne am
Iran Uglon and Aualllary will
be held at the Let ion hall Mon
day evening. April 4. Members
will meet at e 30 P m. for a no
host pot luck dinner, with busi
ness meetings following. All
members are urged to attend.
3 COMMUNITY
J BILLBOARD (
Coming Events
FASTFR FOOD SALE
Bv Triple Links Club, Hepp-
FTtday. April I, 10 00 am
Nest door to Turner. Van
Martee and Bryant Ins
WRANGLFR TLAY PAt
Sunday. April 3
Wrangler grounds
Potluck lunch, noon, riding
events following.
SrRING OPENINC
Pre Easter specials
Krlday. Saturday
lHwntown Heppner
Free parking Saturday.
EASTER GOODIES SALE
Bv Lexington HFC
Krldav. April 8. 3 pm.
Western Auto Store
asBBSBSSSSSSSSS
TRAVIXING FOOD SALE
Saturday. April 9.
Beta Omega Sorority
Benefit for Crippled Children
Campaign.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
t. a Boa 147 fit l7-t2
Beppoa
LEXINGTON AND HEPPNER
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
fin
mi
sums
APRIL 3-10
All Evening Services, 7:30 to 8:30 P.M.
THEME FOR THE WEEK:
"WIRE YOU THERE?"
By Al Doschee, Pastor
And Choirs
Of the Two Churches
AL BOSCHEE
PALM SUNDAY, April 3 (Heppner) Easter Cantata,
"The Gospel Song of Easter"
Combined Choirs Heppner, Lexington Churches
MONDAY, April 4 (Lexington) "The Bypassers'
(Matt. 27:39-40)
TUESDAY, April 5 (Heppner) "Too Calloused To Care'
(Matt. 27:41-43; Luke Z3:i6-8
WEDNESDAY, April 6 (Lexington) "Two Different Views"
(Luke 23:39-43)
THURSDAY, April 7 (Heppner) Candlelight Communion
Service
FRIDAY, April 8 (Lexington) "The Centurion"
(Luke 23:44-47)
EASTER SUNDAY April 10 (Lexington) Easter Cantata,
"The Gospel Song of Easter",
Combined Choirs
SPECIAL MUSIC EACH NIGHT
EASTER SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES:
9:00 A.M., Heppner 1 1 :00 A.M., Lexington
Sermon Topic for Both, "He Is Risen."