HOPNEH GAZETTS -TIMES. Thursday. March iX 1967
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The Epitaph of Jesus
BY THE REV. DON McCARTY
Pastor. The Church of the Nazarene, Heppner
"He is not here; for He is risen" Matt. 28:6
Webster tells us an epitaph is an inscription on or at a
tomb in memory of the one buried there. Most epitaphs are
written by men concerning men. Many times they give an
estimate of the character of the dead. But here on the open
tomb of Jesus Is an epitaph written or spoken not by men
but by an angeL This epitaph is not an estimate of charac
ter but rather a bare fact. The most momentous fact of his
tory. "He is not here; for He is risen".
Most epitaphs proclaim the power of death, no matter how
beautifully written; but this epitaph tells us the power of
death is broken, that death will be put to an end, for sin
which brought death into the world will be put to an end.
Here is the epitaph which ends all epitaphs: He is not
here; for He is risen".
The epitaph of Jesus assures us that He overcame death.
A well known incident took place in England after the Wa
terloo campaign of June, 1815. All England was awaiting
news of the campaign in which the Duke of Wellington op
posed Napoleon Bonaparte. Since it was long before the days
of telegraph, watchers were stationed along the coast to catch
semaphore signals from sailing vessels. Finally one watcher
spied a sailing vessel beginning to wig-wag a message. The
words were, "Wellington defeated". Then fog closed in. These
words were relayed across England and all the nation was
plunged into gloom. The fog then cleared and the message
came through "Wellington defeated the enemy". Sorrow was
banished and all England rejoiced.
This story admirably Illustrates what was the state of
mind of people when Christ died. Jesus had claimed to be
God. He had said, 'The Son of man came to seek and to
save that which was lost I came not to be ministered unto but
to minister, and to give my life a ransom for many." Then
He was crucified. It was a terrible day. The sun was blotted
from sight and there was darkness over the face of the earth.
There was an earthquake. Events took place which caused
even the Roman centurion to exclaim, "Truly this was the
Son of God!"
Then Christ died and His body was buried In the tomb
of Joseph and Ariroathea. The Pharisees smacked their lips
and dusted their hands as if to say, "Well, that's that! We
have gotten rid of this man who caused us so much trouble."
Jesus defeated! Jesus defeated! Jesus defeated!
Then came the resurrection! The news was, "Jesus de
feated the enemy" He had vanquished death and all its
power.
As we look at the epitaph of Jesus over the empty tomb
we can cry out in our hearts as did the apostle Paul in I Cor.
15:15 "O death where is thy sting, 0 grave where is thy vic
tory"? We learned from the Moody Science film, "City of Bees",
when a honey bee stings someone it loses its stinger and
dies. Just as the honey bee loses its stinger and dies, so
death stung the Lord Jesus and left scars in His hands, but
the sting of death was removed and death died! The Lord
Jesus Christ died but He rose again conqueror over death.
The Bible says "Our Saviour Christ Jesus . . . abolished death
and brought life and immortality to light through the gos
pel". "O death where is thy sting, 0 grave where is thy vic
tory?" Christians can face death without fear because Jesus Christ
is alive! A Moslem woman said to a missionary "What did
you do to my daughter?" The girl, sixteen years old, had
died a few days before.
The missionary thinking that the mother was accusing him,
replied, "Why, we didn't do anything to her!"
But the woman said "Yes you did! She died smiling, and
our people don't die like that".
How true! the Lord Jesus Christ by His resurrection has
removed the terrors of death for those who put their trust
in Him, and we die smiling. "O grave where is thy victory"?
The epitaph of Jesus answers the question thoughtful men
have asked throughout the ages, "If a man die will He live
again?" The epitaph of Jesus assures us life's goal is not
the grave, life's redeemer is not dead "for He is risen!"
TO THE
EDITOR. . .
Hand-in-Hond
To the Editor:
Shades of Sam Boardman
and of "01' Man" Bennett of
the long-since-gone Irrigon "Ir
rigator!" Both had one thing in com
mon, they were not only super
advocates of a great potential
for their respective communi
ties; both had worked "tooth
and nail" for water, for irriga
tion, that is.
Water for industrial power,
such as Columbia River dams,
never entered the plans of these
two pioneer developers. Sam
Boardman, founder of the town
of his name, never dreamed,
perhaps, that the self-same
town would ever migrate from
its original site to a new loca
tion on higher ground, least of
all by reason of the above-mentioned
Columbia and a John
Day Dam on the Columbia it
self. Mr. Boardman had visions
of a John Day dam far to the
interior, where water would be
taken for many miles across
parts of Grant and Morrow
counties to its ultimate destina
tion, the parched lands in the
North Morrow arid belt. The wa
ter then being provided by the
Umatilla, as of now, would be
a drop in the bucket compared
with what the John Day project
would provide. But of course, as
we all know, this was one of
the many early irrigation proj
ects which never materialized.
Today the entire U.S.A. is on
a great industrial move, either
heavy or light, or both, as the
case may be. From where I sit
in suburbia, with light industry
nearby and the huge heavy in
dustrial complexes forming a
fringe, it is easy to visualize
what will inevitably develop in
the future of North Morrow
county and Morrow county as
a whole. With plentiful cheap
power, wrich industry idolizes,
and the same kind of power to
bring water to the land, farm
ing and industry are bound to
come hand-in-hand to share in
great store which the not-too-distant
future development will
provide. Why not do everything
Dossible to encourage both
farming and industry, making
for the fulfillment of a great
destiny for Morrow county?
Art Crawford
4852 Kingston Way
San Jose, Calif.
Expanding Classrooms
Number of requests by Morrow county teachers to the
school board for field trips for students is Increasing sharp
ly. The trend In education scfms to be to escape the confin
ing walls of school buildings and to make both natural and
manmade resources of the entire area classroom
These trips pose some problem for the school board. Dir
ectors must decide on their merit, consider such matters as
the possibility of accident, and determine what to do about
loss of time from other classes in school.
But what an opportunity for Warning In an expanding. l'v
lng classroom!
Kirk Horn, Heppner biology teacher, has requested four
field trips for the balance of the year for his students. One
will be to the University of Oregon Medical school where
each Individual student wi!l have the opportunity to spend a
day with a particular technician or doctor. A second Is
scheduled to the Malheur Wildlife Refuge; a third to the Mar
ine Biology Laboratory on the coast; and a fourth to Olympic
National Park.
The board knows by now that these biology trips are plan
ned to a T and are designed and executed as real learning
experiences.
Consider, for instance, what a day spent by a biology stu
dent under the tutelage of a professional man at the med
ical school could mean as compared to a day with a textbook
in a conventional classroom.
The trip to the Olympic National Park, Horn explained,
would take students to six major biomes where they will
observe "biological lnter-actionlsms of different living king
doms." (We'll not attempt to explain what a "hlome" is, and
request that you ask the nearest biology student If you are
as unscientific as we are).
Other field trips are planned. Social studies students
seniors of Riverside. Heppner and lone will go to the Leg
islature to see the 1967 session In action. Many of their par
ents have never done this, despite the Importance of the work
being done there, affecting every life in the state.
Home economics classes can see manufacture of textiles
first hand at Pendleton Woolen Mills in another trip plan
ned. With proper planning and guidance, these trips can be
powerful learning experiences under circumstances that are
pleasant to the student The fact that a trip may be more
enjoyable than the confines of classroom shouldn't deter
from the learning process; it should add to it
Cost to the district Is generally limited to transportation.
While the student Is traveling, he Isn't contributing to expens
es in the school building that would normally accrue by his
attendance there.
Of course, the expansion of the classroom through field
trips must be handled judiciously. A student can't let the
rest of his work go, and keeping up other assignments Is
generally a requisite for taking a trip.
One could imagine that if field trips became too numerous,
they could be a real administrative problem. But as a supple
ment to classroom learning and applied by a wise teacher,
the trips can make a subject "live". This is a way to learn
by seeing and doing.
Judge Gives Testimony on Appraisals
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
CLINT AGEE dropped In the
other day and reminisced a
little more about Boxer, the
Spirit of Pacific University, af
ter we had written tne mt in
this column recently. Clint said
he had Boxer in his possession
for a considerable length of
time while he was attending
college in the mid-1950s.
Clint told stories about the old
iron dog of Ming dynasty that
we hadn't heard. One time, he
said, one of the college students
conceived the idea of flashing
Boxer while frozen in the center
of a huge block of ice. When he
was dumped in this condition,
it confounded the crowd that
gathered for only a short time.
Someone procured some sort of
a cudgel and broke up the ice
enough to get Boxer in a con
dition to fight over.
During World War I, Boxer
went overseas with the troops,
being used as a mascot by sol
diers who had been affiliated
with P. U. And in World War
II he (Boxer) flew on some 40
or 50 missions over enemy ter
ritory as the good luck omen
for the ex-Pacific fliers.
Clint also recalled a time that
a police officer tried to stop a
riot that developed following a
Boxer flash. The officer emerg
ed from the melee sans pants,
shoes and other articles of ap
parel.
Another time, Agee was in
volved in a high speed chase.
He was in a car with Boxer,
and in hot pursuit was anoth
er gang bent on capturing the
dragon. They zoomed out the
Sunset highway to the coast and
to Astoria. The lead car struck
it lucky at Astoria and made
the ferry just as it was about
to pull out for Megler. The fol
lowing car was stuck and had
to wait for the next ferry. But
on the Washington side later,
the chase resumed again and
they headed back towards Port
land. The lead car finally gave
them the slip somehow.
WITH THE Easter egg hunt
coming up Sunday, Dave Mc
Leod has come to the conclus
ion that there are two Easters
in a one year's period. He reach
es this decision because he is
concluding a one-year term as
social chairman, yet has been
in charge of two Easter egg
hunts during the year.
Last year, it is recalled, Eas
ter came later, sometime early
in A DnL But tnis year it is ear
ly, being March 26, so there are
two Easters in the 12-month
period.
BOB RUNNION, who with his
wife recently returned from a
trip to Colorado, might well
have deserved a free pass on
the Domeliner for some future
trip if Union Pacific officials
could have heard his glowing
reports or the journey via .U.P.
'That Domeliner is the only
way to see the country," de
clared Bob. "I lived back in that
country 10-11 years, and I nev
er saw anything like I did from
the Domeliner.
In fact Bob sounded more
glowing than the TV commerc
ials. Hearing him was enough to
warm the heart of the steward
ess-nurse.
THE MATTER came up again
Monday .about the possible
planting of trees along the
highway coming Into Heppner.
This would be designed to beau
tify the entrance to the city.
Such a project has been refus
ed by the highway department
Whereupon, Dr. L. D. Tibbies
spoke up and said that one
time several years ago, trees
had been ordered for the proj
ect and were healed in. waiting
planting, but the highway de
partment objected.
"What they objected to," said
the doctor laconically, "was
trees that have leaves.
The leaves, he explained, fall
on the highway, and perhaps,
when it rains, make the road
surface slick.
Well, sir if the department
feels that way. It sorta brings
us back to power poles, which
were just taken out to widen
the highway. They are about
the only "trees" without leaves.
Maybe we'll have to do what
a lot of people do at Christmas
time, get aluminum trees to
make our city purty.
THE TWO young priests, the
Rev. Rusty Kimsey and the
Rev. Armand Larive, who offic
iated at the ordination of the
Rev. Dirk Rinchart at All Saints'
Episcopal church here Friday
night, also attended the ordi
nation of Jackson Gilliam, then
a deacon at Hermlston, 18 years
ago. At that time, the Rev. Kim
sey and the Rev. Larive were
young members of the Hermls
ton church. Influenced by Jack
son, who Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Gilliam of Heppner
and who is now serving in Mon
tana, they became priests. The
Rev. Kimsey is now serving In
Redmond and the Rev. Larive
ministers in the Rev. Rinehart's
home church of Nyssa. Parents
of both priests live in Hermls
ton. The elder Mr. Larive has
been superintendent of schools
in Hermlston for many years.
WOULD YOU BELIEVE that it
Is almost time for the switch
to daylight time again? Just a
Following Is text of the state
ment made by Countv Judge
Paul Jones before the Planning
and Development committee at
the legislative session in Salem
on Monday, March 6. It Is print
ed because ot the local interest
In the matter.
Mr. Ted Hallock. Chairman, and
Members of Planning and
Development Committee
Gentlemen:
My name U Paul W. Jonea. I
am county Judge of Morrow
County appearing here at the
request of your committee. Ac
companying me are commis
sioners Walter Hayes and Jack
Van Winkle; and Wm. Johnson,
appraiser. Mr. Johnson technic
ally. Is an employee of the State
of Oregon whose services were
acquired by the county from the
State Tax Commission In 1961.
He Is a Property Appraiser 3,
Civil Service rating. Morrow
county reimburses the state tor
the salary paid him. He has had
some six years from October,
1954. to January, 1961. as an
appraiser In Coos county previ
ous to coming to Morrow coun
ty. For a period ot two years
during this six years period In
Coos county, he appraised on a
fee basis for the Department of
Veterans Affairs and Federal
G. I.
This statement will be very
general in nature as It is ex
tremely difficult to anticipate
the many questions Involving
public land In Morrow County.
The major areas of this land
comprise, of course, 121.0(10 acres
Forest Service: 50,000 acres in
the Navy bombing range; 7500
acres In the Umatilla Army De
pot and 100.000 acres of Depart
ment of Veterans Affairs, better
known as the Boeing tract, in
addition, there Is approximately
10.000 to 12.000 acres of B L.M.
land In the extreme north end
of the county.
As earlv as last April, our
Board ot Equalization anticipat
ed that there would be some In
terest shown In the Boeing tract
as a result ot statements made
at various hearings conducted
by the Interim committee on
public lands held during the
preceding winter. A photograph
ic copy of the Board of Equal
ization minutes, taken from the
Commissioners Journal, accom
panies this report. As a result
of information and remarks,
both in and out of these hear
ings, our Board of Equalization
then made the orders as shown
In the attached minutes.
Both the board and the court
felt that since our reappraisal
program is presently In a cur
rent condition, it was both log
ical and sensible to start the
next six year cycle In the area
which had shown so much in
terest as evidenced by the many
land sales. The new town of
Boardman will illustrate the in
terest in that area with many
sales of lots to people outside
the area.
There Is still a great deal of
Interest In the whole north end,
especially In that closest to the
Columbia River, such as a de
velopment on the Morrow
Umatilla line near Irrigon.
where some 530 acres of land
are presently being readied for
potato planting. This will be
sprinkled by water from the
river, pumped over one mile
through 84" pipes to the sprink
ler set-ups.
As I mentioned previously,
the Board of Equalization an
ticipated an investigation of the
Boeing site. There was certain
ly no thought of gouging the
State of Oregon. Rather, both
the court and the board thought j
that we would be in a better
position to appraise the north
end area for tax purposes after
having completed both an inde
pendent appraisal and another
by our own county appraiser,
Mr. Johnson, whom I have just
introduced.
At the time that the original
order for a reappraisal was
made there was a variety of
opinions by our board ot equal
ization regarding the very
unique position the Boeing tract
occupied In our tax structures.
TO THE EDITOR j
To Illustrate: One member ex
pressed the thought that te
caue the land was under lease
and not available for sale, the
v alue of the land should be 40
50 less than other lands of
like nature then selling for
$T0 00 or so. The others were
of differing opinions. It was soon
realized that an appraisal by
an outside firm, as well as by
our own office, would be nec
essary. That In essence explains our
purpose In the appraisal.
We were dumbfounded by the
accusations placed in the news
papers. It Is only fair to point
out at this time that this re
appraisal was being made not
to "gouge" anv taxpayer but
rather to be fair to all taxpay
ers In the countv. You gentle
men are probably more knowl
edgeable of the tax laws in
Oregon than some of us. How
ever, you all must know that
the Department has and had
the same privilege of appeal to
the Board of Equalization. State
Tax Commission and the Tax
Court as any other taxpayer In
the State of Oregon.
You must also be aware that
even should this Boeing tract
be appraised and then assessed
a larger amount than at pres
ent, it Is not logical to assume
that the tax Itself would be in
creased by the same percentage.
In 1963 when this lease was
approved by the Legislature
and the Governor of Oregon, we
were even then In the throe
of an Inflationary' spiral. It
must at least have been con
sidered that land value would
rise as thev have been doing
for the pt several years.
Generally speaking wt may
sav that practically all furm
and range land In Morrow
County lias shown an appraisal
increase of W between 1962
and l'.6 tax years.
AjcOMMUNI
yj BILLBOARD J
Commends Paper
Dear Mr. Sherman:
For sometime 1 have been a
subscriber to the Gazctte-Ttmet
and I must send this letter to
Indicate mv pleasure at your
style of editorializing.
I particularly enjoyed the
March 2 article "Rebuttal On
Boeing." The article was tactu
al, calm, and with some re
search in the facts. You must
be commended.
Sincerely yours,
Don G. Lewis
502 Washington Street
The Dalles, Oregon
Hear Fashion Talks
The Ruralettes 4 II clothing
club had a meeting March 13
at the home of Mrs. Roland
Bergstrom. Mrs. Wllcoxen, the
county agent, spoke on the
fashions of the coming year.
The Country Cutters club also
came and listened to her speak.
We didn't have a business meet
ing. Mrs. Bergstrom served re
freshments. Carley Bergstrom, reporter
Coming Events
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES
Friday. March 24
First Methodist Church. 12:30
p.m. until 3 p m,
Sinored by South Mortirw
Ministerial Assoc.
Evcryoi e Welcome.
EASTER FOOD BAt.ES
American Legion Auxiliary,
Friday, March 24, next door
to Gardner's
Sana Souet Itebekah Benefit
Bake Sale. Sat., March 23
('oxen Building, next door to
Gardner's.
Holly Rebekahs, I.xlngton.
Traveling Fowl Sale,
March 25. from 10 a.m.
EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, March 25, 10 a m.
By Heppner Elks Lodge 358
Preschool at City Park
1st. 2nd Grades. Courthouse
Lawn
3rd, 4th Grade, lower field
at Heppner Grade school.
ELKS CRAB FEED
Saturday. March 25, 6 8 p.m.
Guests welcome
Dancing from 9 1 to 'Three
Blind Mice".
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
Easier Monday, March 27, 8
p.m.
Episcopal Parish hall
Bridge, pinochle, dessert, lota
o( prizes
Everyone welcome.
SPONSORED A3 A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Htppoer
P. a Box 247 PH. TO-K1S
little more than a month away.
Daylight time is scheduled to
start in Oregon on Sunday, Ap
ril 30. It seems only yesterday
that we switched back to stand
ard. One old-timer said the other
day that this winter has been
the most open one in his mem
ory here. He'd just have to be
right Doesn't seem as if we've
had winter at all (Not that
we're complaining, but we know
the ranchers would be happy to
have some more moisture).
Let's hope for a damp apring.
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