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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES. Thursday. September 14. 1967 M .j THE V A? HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon 97836 Phone 676-9228 MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPER The Hoppncr Gazette established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times established November IS, 1S37. Consolidated February 15, 1912. NATIONAL NEWSPAPET ' (f f! P U II $ H 1 1 1 ASSOCIATION 5551 1asc6t,7n EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Operator RANDY STTLLMAN Apprentice JIM SHERMAN Pressman Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday.. WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN .. ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer GAIL BURKENBINE Society Circulation Time to 'Close Up' Rural America? With" problems of America's cities becoming No. 1 of all our domestic' troubles, it Is incongruous that an ever-increasing number of our people are being drawn to these popula tion centers, only to b entrapped there. At the same time, the . small towns, where there are so many advantages in living, threaten to become "ghost towns." Mayor W. C Rosewall brought In an article from Rural Electric Newsletter that puts the point over very well, and we pass it on to you: "Next time you're in town, take a look up and down main street. Chances are there's another empty store. It's happening every day in hundreds of small towns across America. "It's been happening that way for years. Ever since we began discovering how fewer and fewer people could grow more and more food. That started an exodus that has resulted In 70 percent of our people living on one percent of our land. And it's getting worse. Each year another 500,000 to 600,000 people leave rural areas to set tle in the city. "You don't have to look beyond the front page of your newspaper to realize that this wholesale movement of people from rural areas to urban areas isn't solving much. But some people still seem to think incredibly that this migration is the only answer. Take a look at a few quotes that have popped up recently: " ' . . . What the small town may have contributed in the past is one side of the coin; the other side is urban ism and the greatest opportunity in the history of man for him to reach his full potential. Where the small town kept him prisoner, urbanism gives him freedom of choice choice of education, choice of profession, choice of mar riage. If the small town is passing, we can't bemoan it " 'Current trends seem to indicate that the appropri ate role for most of the very small towns is to pass slow ly out of existence.' "'(Some of our poverty problems can be solved) if we deliberately set about to create several thousand ghost towns in the state.' "These words aren't coming from crackpots. They're coming from respected leaders economists and sociolo gists. They represent an idea that has gained acceptance to a point that it actually was expressed in a preliminary report of an advisory commission to a federal agency. It might be time, said this preliminary report, to let rural America 'decline and die.' Other government experts Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman IT PROBABLY Isn't news when two persons get into an argu ment when each thinks he should have won the top prize at a fair, but it is a little un usual when two follows argue because luither thinks he's en titled to the award. Henry Baker was announced as sweepstakes winner on his Gaines wheat at the countv fair. But he protests that he isn't en titled to the honor because Lou is Carlson grew the wheat. Lou is entered it in Henry's name because he grew it on Baker's land that he farms. As sweepstakes winner, the wheat went on to the state fair and won a second prize. Baker received a check in the mail for the premium. He came into the office, showing the check and appealing for some publicity to counter other publicity which he thinks he doesn't deserve. He hasn't been able to got Louis to accept the honors and premiums. Well, guess you two good men will have to fight it out. All we ask is that you keep grow- mg line wheat on good land that brings honor and glory to the county. IN REPORTING the news, a jour nalist often finds that things aren't Just the way they appear to be, and a person gets to be a little careful in reporting what he sees and hears. When we saw Fred Gimbol, ex-Henpnerite. at Lincoln City recently, he gave us a little test that he had taken at a Pacific Power and Light meeting. It il lustrates the point. It's prettv interesting, and so we're passing it along to you. We'll give the test this week and print the answers next week. All you have to do is fol low directions carefully: THE TEST INSTRUCTIONS: Read the fol lowing little story. A-ssume that everything in it is true and ac curate. Read it carefully because it has ambiguous parts detign ed to lead you cntrffy. You can refer back to It any time you wish. Then read the statements about the story and cirk-e each to indicate whether you think It is: (1) definitely true (T); (2) definitely lalM (F); or (3) that have toyed with the recommendation that the government subsidize the movement of rural people to the cities where supposedly it would be easier to meet their needs. "Fortunately, the 'decline and die' Idea Is no longer expressed in that particular report Enough people took exception to it at the right time. These people recog nized that the solution to the trouble in the cities lies in the opposite direction finding a way to revitalize rural America and keep the people there. "What we need to do now is to stop talking about letting rural America 'decline and die." Instead, we need to start talking about building around Its advantages. We need to quit asking U we should stop the wholesale dumping of rural people into the cities and start try ing to to find out how we can stop it. "It must be pretty hard to explain to a displaced farmer in Watts or Detroit that he now has the greatest opportunity in the history of man . . .' How much easier to help him find that opportunity in the land of his roots. "It's not time to close up rural America. It's time to unlock its potential." To this we add our heartiest editorial "Amen!" But we verily believe that people who cherish their rural living are going to have to work to preserve it. They are going to have to support one another, and each citizen must do his part in civic and community activities to help sustain the way of life that rural residents so enjoy. Stephens Transferred To Silver Lake Job Moose Stephens, wild life bi ologist for the Forest Service here for several years, was re cently transferred to the Silver Lake district, a small commu nity between Bend and Klam ath Falls, in the Fremont Nat ional Forest. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens and their six children left August 27 for their new home where Stephens will work as a re source assistant. DO YOU HAVE A on or s Daughter Going to College? robber was a man. man did not demand you cannot te certain l : ) on basis of the iwormauon pre sented In the story. If any part if a statement Is umeitaln, make it (?. Answer each nuestlon In turn. 1 not go back to change ar.y answer. 1X not reread any .statements about the story Hi ter vou have answered them. THE STORTi A business man had lust turned off the" lights In the store when a man ap peared and demanded money. The owner opened a cash reg Ister. The contents of the casli register were scooped up, and the man sped away. A momtef of the polloe force was notified promptly. STATEMENTS ABOUT THE STORY: 1. A man appeared after tin owner had turned off his store lights. T r 2. The T F 3. The money. T F ? 4. The man who opened the cash register was the owner. T F ? 5. The store-owner scooped up the contents of the cash regis ter and ran away. TFT 6. Someone opened a cash register. T F ? 7. After the man who de manded money scooped up the contents of the cash register, he ran away. T F ? 8. While the cash register contained money, the story does not say how much. T F ? 9. The robber demanded mon ey of the owner. T F ? 10. The story concerns a ser ies of events In which only three persons are referred to: the owner of the store, a man who demanded money, and a member of the police force. T F ? 11. The following events were Included In the story: someone demanded money, a cash reg ister was opened, its contents were scooped up, and a man dashed out of the store. T F ? AND TO ATS the test. Fred said that the fellow a psy chologistwho conducted the school figured 6 or 7 correct an swers out of the 11 was pretty good. Mark your answers and we'll supply the kev next week. KIN DA FELT sorry for the pu pils at Heppner Elementary In the two flooded rooms Monday. They milled around outside for it while with no place to go. Thev didn't know whether to laugh or cry, like the fellow who watched his mother In law drive his new Cadillac over the cliff. Comes word late Tuesday from Principal Al Martin: Mrs. Inez Krulna request for a row boat to have on standby In her room is denied. Sounds as If tilings are going through the wringer up there right now. SOMK CHOICE bits of philoso phv gleamnl from Ktn.uu Cor poration's 'Klnu.i Log:" The best way to muko ends meet is to get off your own. A husband shouldn't consider himself henpecked until he has to wash and Iron his own np runs. He win can do no more than he thinks he can won't: A good disposition will help your position. Civic League to Meet . , ,t. The isopiomncr meeimg m uie llepiiner Clvle league will he Monday evening. September iS, at 8 (H) p.m. In the kindergarten room of the elementary liulldliu;. All parents of this yearn kinder garten students are urged to at-t.,,i COMMUNITY If A BILLBOARD k Pioneer Ponderings Br W. 8. CAVERHHX Another Way of Gettinq Land Title In the eatly days of land grabbing, one could get 160 ac res of land by making a "Tim ber Culture" out of It. He was required to plant trees on ara ble acres. There Is still evidence ot useless attempts to comply with the law. In some of the fcxuhlll country a patch of box elders struggles to survive tthat was the only tree that would grow). But they brought title to the land. Then there was "lieu land." This could be purchased In lieu of various "grant lands" grant ed for building military roads and railroads. In addition, land could be "isolated" In tracts of less than 160 acres. It was the general practice to arrange deeded acres to Isolate as many acres and buy them In at $1.25 per acre. The foregoing methods were the ways many land em pires were built. They are no longer possible. Coming Events HEPPNER HIGH FOOTHAIA Friday. Sept 1.1, Condon at Condon, 2 00 p in. Friday, Sept. 22. Hums at Hums, 8:00 pm. Javvce Game, Monday, Sept. 1M. Pilot Risk at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. SupiMirt the Mustangs! FtXU) SALE Saturday. Sept- l. "'' 1,X" to Gardner's Men's Wear Bv Carnation Club, Degree of Honor Sale to start at 10:00 a.m. RAINBOW INSTAI-LATION Sunday, Sept. 17, 2:)0 p.m. Heppner Masonic Hall Hermlston DeMolay Chapter participating Lynda Orwlek new worthy advisor FALL FLOW Ell SHOW Sunday, Sept. 24 By lone Garden Club lone School Cafctorlum Public Welcome TEACHERS RECEITION Friday. Sept. 22, 8:00 p.m. Elementary Multl purpose room Sponsored by Elementary PTA SPONSORED A3 A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. 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