HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday. October 6. 1968
THE pr HEPrNEK
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oregon 87836
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The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1SS3. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15,
1911
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Depressive Prosperity
Irony of the nation's so-called wave of unprecedented pros
perlty with the consequent high interest rates and "tight
money." which leaves most of us a bit confused and befud
dled, struck home here this week.
Barney Malcom, president of Heppner Lumber Co., Indi
cated that his operation is a "victim" of this "prosperity." Be
cause interest rates are high and money Is tight, construction
across the nation has dwindled, and the market for lumber
has declined.
Therefore, Heppner Lumber Co. will be shut down, begin
ning Monday, for an Indefinite period. This will have depres
sive effects on this area, not only from loss of payroll, but
also from loss of revenue that is fed back through the com
pany for needed services and supplies. For Instance, the mill
is one of the largest customers of the power company, and
the shut down will hurt them. Freight lines are hurt because
they will no longer truck goods and supplies to the mill, and
others will be hurt In an Inter-connected chain reaction.
It is difficult for a great many of us, who are not expert
in economics, to understand why workmen must sacrifice Jobs,
and payrolls must be lost to communities dependent on them
because our country Is considered too prosperous.
Maybe it Is necessary for some communities to be such
scapegoats and make such sacrifices, but we know one thing
for sure it smarts!
It Is hard to feel other than bitter about It, especially when
it hits such an operation as Heppner Lumber Co. This com
pany has been a true friend of this community. Malcom has
weathered all kinds of distress floods, fire, personal phys
ical trouble, and the continuous squeeze against the little
sawmill operation.
But he has gritted his teeth and tenaciously moved for
ward, building a better and better operation. He has offered
employment to men who really needed it When college boys
sought summer work, they could often find it at Heppner
Lumber.
To us, Malcom's Heppner Lumber Co. represents something
of the classical American business tradition, as we were taught
it in school years ago: One who has the initiative and re
sourcefulness can get ahead in this land of the free if he is
ambitious and works hard, persevering against handicaps.
But today we are getting so involved with the complex
ities of Big Government, string-pulling economics, and arti
ficial controls that our free enterprise system Is relentlessly
being destroyed. In Its place is coming some vague ogre that
is bewildering many of us and which we don't like at all.
True, when a rancher gets in distress because of the
drought (on the ranges), or a freeze hits (as with the peas
in Milton-Freewater); or when a local government is hit by
floods (as with our county roads two years ago), beneficient
Big Brother in Washington jumps in to help, if one can fer
ret all his red tape and regulations.
But where is Big Brother's help for Bamey?
Here's a fighter who can step into the ring and by his
fortitude can win his battle against a gamut of adversaries,
but when another stealthy opponent (in the person of high
level government economics) comes up behind him and hits
him over the head with a mallet, it may be a kayo blow.
And when all the Barneys in the United States gets kayo
ed, then what?
Dead Ducks and Killed Colts
As is true every hunting season, reports have started to
come in of offenses that errant hunters have committed
against ranchers and other property owners.
One rancher tells of giving dove hunters permission to
hunt on his property. After they had gone, he found all his
tame ducks missing. The presumption is that the visitors
bagged the ducks. But perhaps this is an understandable
mistake. Ducks and doves are so much alike! After all, their
names both start with a "d"!
Another report comes of a rancher's colt being shot. Again,
it is hard to tell a colt from a deer, since they both have
four legs!
The same old question crops up: What to do about it?
Ranchers don't want to be "anti-hunter." Many of them like
to hunt themselves, and more and more are setting up sys
tems where visitors may use their lands with permission.
Some are issuing cards for the hunters to carry.
Maybe some day sportsmen and sports organizations will
realize that more and more lands, especially in foothills, are
being closed to them and will come up with some voluntary
policing of their own numbers. We've always felt that if
they would add a small fee to hunting licenses to go into a
fund for restitution of damages caused by the wanton or Ig
norant minority, it would help the situation.
Connie Johnson, editor of the Blue Mountain Eagle, John
Day, last week had an editorial tale that might be a sug
gestion for the Old Pros in hunting to use in controlling the
"greenhorns":
Deer Hunters Fail Test
Deer hunting safety is something all sportsmen can afford
to bone up on no matter how expert you are in the woods,
accidents can happen, and do. Every year I think one of the
most effective sportsman training programs was one told to
me by an Old Pro who lived up in Alaska.
The Old Pro and a bunch of his buddies were great hunt
ers up north. They had a cabin in the best hunting grounds
on the continent. Every year they bagged trophy deer, moose
and elk.
The word about their success began to circulate around
the territory, and before long they had outsiders begging to
move in with them. Now some of these "greenhorns" offered
all kinds of money to Join the Old Pro and his boys on their
hunts. This went over fairly well. The old hunters were get
ting rich, but soon their prime hunting grounds were being
chopped up, burned and game was being killed and left for
the wolverines.
Then one day one of the old boys was singed in the tail
section by a creasing .270 slug. This was it! "We'll Just have
to teach these greenhorns how good hunters act," the Old Pro
said after applying moose grease and a friction tape band
age to his friend's, wound.
So that night, instead of telling their usual off-color stor
ies, the old boys came up with a plan. And when a new
group of greenhorns came into camp the next week, the Old
Pro and his cronies were all ready. . .
When they set out into the woods for the big hunt, each
greenhorn was accompanied by an oldtimer. According to the
"plan" the greenhorn was outfitted with a large empty pack
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
THAT PENETRATING fire horn
Interrupted the Wednesday
morning stillness, and the won
dering concern that everyone
feels when It sounds swept ov
er our people: "Where Is it?
Whose place is on fire?"
The report came to the G-T
that the Mollahan house was
on fire. From the amount of
smoke observed, the firemen
felt that It would be totally in
volved bv the time they reached
the home, three miles out.
The trucks left with sirens
howling, and Spike Pardee, G-T
photographer, was hard on their
heels In his little red Volvo,
ready to get the pictures of this
venerable house before it was
consumed by fire.
But the story has a happy
ending. Tweren't no fire. Tney
were fumigating the house, and
the "smoke seeping out of the
building was from this work in
progress.
were happy that we have no
pictures to print of the Molla
han house in flames.
ED GONTY'S sharp eyes spot
ted a little story in the Ore
gon Journal Tue s d a y that
brought him promptly to the
G-T otiiee in the manner of one
bearing great tidings.
The story told of the Senate
appropriations subcommittee to
include funds to start construct
ion of the Ririe dam and res
ervoir project In eastern Oregon.
The second paragraph was
the one that excited Ed's Interest:
"Sens. Frank Church and Len
Jordan said the subcommittee
added $200,000 to the public
works appropriation bill to start
construction of the project on
Willow Creek."
Could it be that out Willow
Creek project was the one re
ferred to?
With Ed. we took the atlas
and spotted the town of Ririe
in eastern Idaho. And there.
clearly marked on the map. Is
Willow Creek flowing by Ririe.
Shucks.
BOB CANTONWINE, now bas
ketball coach for the Dallas
Dragons, came back to "home
country" over the week-end to
hunt the big buck and dropped
in for a visit. It appears as if
he has a few more grey hairs,
but he Is still the same Bob.
Rapid Robert had a rough in
itiation In Dallas when he left
his position as hoop coach here
a couple of years ago. He didn't
have much material. Dallas was
on a rather Jong predominantly
losing string, and they are in
a league of real stiff competit
ion in the TYV.
He lost 11 games in a row,
and that was pretty tender
going for a fellow who had
been used to winning in Hepp
ner. But Bob has done fine work
at Dallas. (This comes via Gor
don Kunke. coach there for
years and now assistant super
intendent, when he visitea nere
during the summer). He has yet
to win a pennant, but his teams
are now holding their own, al
though he gets up ana paces
the floor when he thinks of
prospects for the coming sea
son.
Coach Bob had fine words for
Coach Ed Hiemstra. They were
opponents when Ed coached at
West Linn a couple seasons ago.
And Ed has the same respect
for Bob's work.
AFTER COUNCIL meeting Mon
day night, Carl Spaulding,
manager of Heppner TV, took
Mavor Clarence Rosewall. Coun
oilmen Harlan McCurdy and
Bill Cox, and the editor on a
tour of the new microwave In
stallation at the top of the high
hill west of town.
We have to marvel at the tal
ent and genius of the men who
have figured out how to trans
mit and receive pictures via the
air waves. A big "dish," about
10 feet in diameter and concave
in shape, sits inside the new
concrete building on the hill,
facing a wall made of Plex-O-
Glass and pointing toward
Goodnoe hill near Arlington,
where other apparatus will re
lay TV signals from Portland.
As we crudely understand It,
the signals come through the
wall, hit the renter of the "dish"
and bounce back Into a little
square pipe, which lends up ov
er the dish and down to receiv
ers, one for each channel. From
the receivers the signals go In
to more apparatus (which Carl
calls "rcmodulat ors". Then
thev are channeled through a
small cable, and nil on the same
cable, mind you, to the down
town headquarters. Here, the
different channels are somehow
unscrambled and fed into local
homes.
The "dish" Is placed inside
the building to protect it from
influence of the weather. Odd
ly enough. It cannot be behind
a glass wall because the glass
tends to distort the signal, but
the plastic does not.
The room Is equipped with a
heater and air conditioner to
keep the equipment at the prop
er temperature year around.
Carl says that Oregon Tele
communications, which supplies
the microwave service, will have
an Investment of about SSO.OOO
in the local system $20.0tH) per
channel. It wiil take a long time
to recover that in the fee charg
ed to Heppner TV.
Some wiseacre says that the
pictures will be coming over the
sets here upside down because
the dish was installed wrong
side up, but this makes no dif
ference. Carl and Don Wise in
stalled the' dish themselves, and
one has to marvel how they got
it into the building. They put
it through the Plex-O-Glass
side, but if you see the hole In
comparison to the size of the
"dish," you'd swear it would
never go through.
TV viewers have been having
a bit of a bad time here lately
with the Wasco translator shut
down because their local people
weren't giving the financial
support they had to have. This
cut off our Portland stations.
But lust be patient. Prospects
are that television here is going
to be much better than ever
when the microwave installa
tion Is complete and kinks are
worked out of the delicate
equipment.
A LOT of names of rodeo hands
familiar to local people will
perform at the arena shows of
thd th annual Pnfffif Tntnr.
national Livestock Exposition In
Portland ocrprwe,
EYir tho firs trrt tho PT will
hrlno tnapfher fhf ton rnntest.
ants of the Northwest Rodeo as-
sociaion in the Northwest fin
als rodeo. Championship con
testants will ht thp ton 15 men
of the associations in each of
six events saddle bronc, bare
back and bull riding, calf rop
ing, bulldogging and team rop
ing. Amnnty them lire mnnv who
competed in our Morrow coun
ty rodeo, and some who have
been here at every rodeo for
years. For instance, uibb uregg,
the NRA's leading bronc buster,
is well known here. He Is from
Dayville and won the bronc
riding here in late August. Jyme
(pronounced Jimmy! Stoner,
president of NRA, will be there.
He was at the Morrow rodeo
and is a banker at Baker be
sides being a rodeo cowboy.
Darrell Waddill of Seattle, lead
ing team roping, will be com
peting at the PI. You'll find his
name on many Heppner rodeo
programs, and he competed here
this year.
Besides having some fine Mor
row county stock from such
ranches as Herb Ekstroms and
Kirk and Robinson, the PI will
tMo intorosttner rodeo en
tertainment. It will be a show
that many here will want to
We haven't asked him, but
we know that John Venard, who
has been promoting ticket sales
here, can supply you. Give him
a call or go see him at First
National.
Eastern Oregon
Phone Company
Completes Goals
Now In Its tenth year of ex
istence, the Eastern Oregon Tel
ephone Co. servim; Pilot Rock.
Ronrdooin and I'klah llA!t Com
pletrd mnnv of its service coals
in Its continuing effort to brliu:
hotter communication nervier
to its customers.
In June. the company
had 70t telephones. 1.17S.S wire
miles of plant and an Invest
ment of $2K.fi2l. In June. I'.MW.
this has grown to l.lW phones,
.1,275 wire miles of plant and
an Investment of $S.W,57l. man
ager Walter Karnopp said
On October 17. lo. direct
distance dialing equipment sim
ilar to the svstem at Pilot Koek
and I'klah will go Into service
for Bonrdmnn subscribers. This
brand new. fast-growing city
with a dial board 24 times lar
iter than the old one. cut Into
service June. l'.HUi. has 31
times as much outside plant as
it had In June. I'.KiTv The major
ity of the residential area of
Boardtnan and the entire busi
ness has underground telephone
service.
The long distance trunks at
Bonrdman will be Increased
from eli;lu to 15 on IVtoher IV,
and at Pilot Ruck and I'klah
In February, -r.H7. new long
distance trunks of the latest de
sign will be Increased to 2'J cir
cuits. At Bonrdmnn on June, l'Xj.
all the rural lines were cut to
two parties per rural line and
at Pilot Rock and I'kiah the
present rural line fill of 2.78
per line will be cut to two Per
line wherever economically pos
sible. This reduction required n
200 line central office addition
at Pilot Rock and by June of
1907, will have increased the
subscriber carriers from 21 to
13 solid state carriers.
The Eastern Oregon Telephone
Co. Is unique In being the only
company In Oregon with only
two parties per rural line in a
rural exchange area.
This month, a rate reduction
was filed with the I't'C, which
gave all city subscribers in all
exchanges one party and two
party service for the same rate
as thev had paid for two party
and four party service. This re
duction accomplished over a 14
month period has saved the
subscribers $9513.00 a year for
this Improved service.
At Pilot Rock In l'.Kil, nn en
larged base rate area resulted
In savings yearly for rural cus
tomers In the new base of $152
per year.
To continue to bring the lat
est advances a PUC approved
plan will give subscribers In
1972 all electric switchboards,
with all the exotic services they
afford and push button phones
for all subscribers.
"A difficult challenge was
presented to the company In at
taining the high service goals
It has met as it hus less than
3.34 subscribers per mile or line
in the three sparsely settled
Oregon counties it operates In,
where as the A and B company
average Is G9.65 per mile of
line," karnopp said.
"The projects began In 1956,
and completed to June, l'JOO,
cost In excess of $612,950. How
ever, the present service could
not have been achieved for this
amount. It was only with high
ly skilled technicians and the
rehabilitation of selected used
equipment that $159,000 was
savde, enabling us to provide
the existing and ruture serv
ices at the present rates. With
out the savings of $159,000, a
substantial rate increase would
have resulted if the capltol costs
and fixed charges on this large
amount of money had been
spent," he added.
TO THE EDITOR
Pear People:
T!ie Northern lights are shin
Inc The grass has all but turn
rd brown; the duck, Reese and
swans hnve settled down
With a frlnKinc of snow, and
hard nlt attached to the
Northern wind. I Ruew. t can
now av that winter has come
mv way. It's time for mv long
underwear, a Prka and n pair
or two of mukluks.
The summer, as cool as It
was, ha been good to Arlene
la VISTA roommate I and me.
.......... i...r..,i lot In these
past few months. We've gained
In weight, muscle, M'trlt, nn'
sharpness to the eve.
We went to Berrv lamp
across the Bay to pick the tun
dra dry of its blue, black ami
salmon berries. We've hunted,
we've danced (Eskimo style),
we rook, and wr rlran o It's
not all work, as It may seem
Scrwol Is here, and Just like
the kids at home, deer student
an' waiting fur the next holi
day to come near
Arlene Is busv with adult
classes of English, math and
history Ami mv kindergarten
class of 21 four year olds Is a
lone way from being easy.
It's a new world to them, as
well as for me. Some of them
plav, some laugh, and then I
have those who Just want their
mommy.
With the lovely xople here
who live In the oorCNt country
in the United States, our work
Is cut out for us I won't be
bored, and I don't feel alone
In no time at nil. my year will
he over and I'll In- home,
I know I will miss n year of
mv schooling, but this. too. Is
an education, and I want to
share It with you.
I miss you all
l.eora Van Winkle
Ilxier Bay, Alaska
with mouth open and rym pop.
I'lllR!
Memory bring bark to mn
tho (art that Chrlslophrraon'i
ilne wa ilia flrai I hail k.
. - w - virwi
privileged lo ', and 1 was .
lowed lo even touch It) All In
all. one of mv great red let
trr days.
Slnrerelv.
Carl P. Linn,
Nome, Alaska
Mr. and Mrs. H. f. Smith.
Mm. Bud Chamber of Hood
Itlver and Mm. Vrrna Hvlton of
Mrdford were visitors on Mon
day. September 20, with Mr
t.re Scrivener. Mr. Smith la
brother of Mm, Srrivner,, and
Mrs, Chambers ami Mrs. llylton
are nieces.
on his back.
The Old Pro got stuck with one of the greenest of the
greenhorns in the bunch. But this was fine, the Old Pro
thought, because the "plan" would surely get a good work
out on this trip.
Just after the two left camp, the greenhorn took a snap
shot at a bald eagle flying overhead with his .338 magnum
and missed. For this the Old Pro picked up a big rock and
dropped it in the greenhorn's empty pack sack. "This is the
only way you'll learn to leave protected birds alone," said the
Old Pro. "Now you carry that rock."
Later the greenhorn broke a strand of wire on a fence
while climbing over it. The Old Pro dropped another rock in
his partner's sack. This went on all day.
Once when the greenhorn left a campfire burning, he was
awarded two big rocks. And then he saw something coming
through the bush was it a deer? He blasted away at the
bush and after a return barrage of swear words he found out
that it was another hunter. Three more rocks in the pack.
By the end of the day, the greenhorn had pulled all kinds
of boners and was carrying about 80 pounds of rocks to pay
for them. This was terrible, he thought as he and the Old
Pro were approaching the cabin at the end of the day's hunt.
And it was really cold now. If they didn't get to the cabirj
before long, he'd freeze to death for sure. i
Then, the final part of the "plan" came Into view. This
would prove whether the greenhorn or, any of his young co
horts would pass the sportsman's test.
The two hunters came upon a deep river on the other
side was the cabin, and safety from freezing cold. It was evi
dent they'd have to swim across. And the Old Pro stood be
hind the greenhorn his gun raised to make sure the green
horn took his pack of rocks with him. "No litterbugging" the
Old Pro said.
Later that night as they sat around the dinner table the
Old Pro and his boys were surprised how many of the green
horns didn't make it back across the river.
To the Editor:
I have hern receiving my
Gazette-Times regularly here In
the land of snow and blow. You
will understand, however, that
It Is a week to ten days old
when It arrives but still news
to me.
Have (wen following the ac
counts of the progress of the
fair and rodeo season ami final
results of same 1 was partic
ularly Interested In your front
page picture and Item caption
ed, "Anvone Remember 53 Years
Ago'" Hence this letter. I wish
to answer that question.
I was there and the young
fellow running alongside in tho
picture could well lx myself.
There Is no doubt that I was
doing that very same thing
(cOMMUNITY
) BILLBOARD
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH FOOTBALL
Friday, tVtobrr 7. 8 p.m.
Heppner vs. Bums, (League
gamei
Heppner Rodeo Ground
HIGH SCHOOL RECEPTION
Wednesday. Vt. 12. High
School Multipurpose Room
IHiiluck dinner 6:30 p.m. fol.
lowed bv get acquainted
meeting, 8 p.m.
Steclal welcome, teachers
and parents
HARVEST SMORGASBORD
Sunday. October 16, 3-7 p m.
St Patrick's Parish Hall
Public Wrlcomn Hunters,
come as you are
MORROW COUNTY
ROU.ER KINK
()en Fridays. Saturdays,
10 pm. Sundays, 2 5 t
Heppner Fair Pavilion.
7-
p m.
ELKS PINOCHLE
TOURNAMENT
Wednesday, Oct. 12. 8 pm.
First night of tournament
play
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