HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thuwdar. Dwwilxi 14, 1967
s!gl HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIMES
THE
Heppner. Oregon 97838
Phone 676-9228
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The Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner
Times established November 18, 18S7. Consolidated February 15.
1912.
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EDITOR AND PUBUSHEB
ASSOCIATE PUBUSHEB
Chaff ond Chatter
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RANDY STILLMAN
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JIM SHERMAN
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'Outdoor Museums'
An increasing amount of controversy Is developing over
the possibility of establishing more and more National Parks
and wilderness areas. A 1.2 million acre North Cascades Wil
derness Park has been approved by the U. S. Senate Interior
Committee. Another has been talked for the Cascade Range
In Oregon from Crater Lake to the Columbia River Gorge.
There is a great deal of controversy over establishing of ad
ditional parks in the redwoods in California. And, of course,
the sand dunes area of Oregon was In the limelight as a
National Park site for a long time. We don't know its pres
ent status.
Wendell B. Barnes, executive vice-president of Western
Wood Products Association, is quoted as saying, "Under the
basic law which created it, the National Park Service Is
charged with establishment of outdoor museums, where the
public may look but not touch."
"Never before has so much been done for so few, he
said, pointing out that studies show that no more than two
percent of all the people who seek outdoor recreation ever
get more than half a mile off a road.
He adds this significant statement: "Provisions of the
bill provide only the Illusions of recreation."
There is considerable in what he says. Our population
enjoys its National Parks, as it should, but whether many
more vast nreas should be tied up and their productivity
halted, just to be set aside for looking at, is something to be
considered very thoroughly and without such pressure as that
from the Sierra Club!
The multiple use concept of the U. S. Forest Service has
proved to be an excellent plan for forested areas under fed
eral ownership. This permits selective logging so that the
forests produce and contribute to the economy. But the cut
ting is so controlled that the areas are not despoiled. Game
is protected, but may be hunted in season. Recreation is pro
vided for all the public to enjoy.
But when National Parks or wilderness areas are set up,
public use is limited. We once toured the Willamette Nation
al forest with a U. S. Forest Service ranger. He pointed out
how very few truly enjoy a wilderness area, and this is some
thing to emphasize. Only those with a higher than average
income who are in very good health and who have plenty
of time can afford or are able to penetrate these areas.
It ties in with what Barnes says that only about two
per cent of the people ever get more than a half mile off
a road.
Most every genuine American citizen loves our natural
resources, and the great majority of people would not have
them ruined. AH know that conservation must be followed to
protect these resources for prosperity. But the resources must
also be used, and in doing so, must be managed wisely.
We have seen great tracts of beautiful virgin timber in
protected stands getting overripe and conky. Stately and no
ble to look at, these trees were rotting in the heart. What
some of the idealists seem to believe is that this timber will
stand forever and should be untouched. But it rots and de
cays. That is nature's way. If it isn't used, it is wasted.
Timber that is cut is replaced by vigorous reproduction
under planned practices of today.
The movement towards establishment of many new nat
ional parks is striking fear to residents of many areas where
economy Is dependent on timber.
Barnes continues that in the proposed North Cascades
park, only 167,000 acres of the 1.2 million total acres would
be authorized for recreational developments.
"Regulations governing wilderness ban construction of
roads, ski facilities, and campgrounds, and even prohibit the
construction of toilet facilities."
More than six billion board feet of commercial timber,
needed to provide homes for the growing population of the
nation, will be locked up under provisions of the bill.
A recent television presentation on the redwoods contro
versy pictured a vast, bleak wasteland in a cutover area to
show destruction caused by timbermen. But this is a distort
ed picture under the controlled cutting methods of today.
Proper management can keep forest lands even more beauti
ful and pleasing to the public than those untended. Any who
doubt this might go to the Black Rock area of the Willam
ette Valley Lumber Company and view the sustained yield
project there.
Don Moffatt, editor of the Mill City Enterprise, in a re
cent column sounds alarm at the project of a Cascade Nation
al Tark. He is in the heart of the proposed area in Santiam
country.
"It is a cause that may spell success or failure for many
people who depend for the most part on the timber raised
in this area," he says.
Moffatt quotes Sen. Mark Hatfield as saying, -'If you
lock up too much sustained yield timber, it could be the
death knell of small operators."
There is no doubt about it.
We need to have some "outdoor museums" if for nothing
more than to give us a feeling of grandeur and to preserve
some scenic wonders, untouched. But some good sense needs
to go with it. We have to have Industry to live and to build
for future generations. We do them no service by tieing up
huge tracts as hallowed territory with the timber left to de
cay. It's just too high a price to pay for the benefit or the
few who exult in the illusion that they, on one of their pack
trips, are troddlng territory hitherto untouched by man.
Hudsons in Hawaii
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Hudson
(Laura Lee Sumner) are now in
Honolulu, Hawaii, where he is
employed by the Bank of Ha
waii and she is working for Lib
erty House, a large department
store, according to Mrs. Hud
son's sister, Mrs. Jim Lovgren
unTnnoi TV! r nnH Mrs Hilri-
Ui lit i',"" - " " '
son attended the University of
Injured in Seattle
Mrs. Vida Heliker, lone, re
ceived word Friday evening that
her daughter, Harriet Bolman,
had been involved in a multi
car accident on the Seattle free
way when returning home from
work that day. She was treated
for knee lacerations and facial
bruises at Providence hospital
in Seattle, then later released.
Her car. however, was com
AMi-iwn Tiirc THINGS we will
miss In the future is that of
having Lou Bisbee drop in to
tell us he is bacK irom spenu
ir.iT iha uintnr with his dau
ghter. Katherine, at Waldport. It
was always an occasion iur a
good visit with this congenial
and frinndlv man whose life
was so Interwoven with the his
torv of HeDDner.
We could hardly realize that
v.a mi. Rfi at thp time of his
death Saturday, December 9. He
seemed to possess tne vigor ana
spirit of a man much younger.
1 ri inn nnrt nnrl nnrcel of the
famous Gilliam and Bisbee
Hardware Co. and as one long
time Heppnerite put it Tuesday,
"He was the one who stepped
uo oulcklv to wait on you
when you went in the store.
His daughter has recalled
some sidelights of his life:
He spanned the time of hav
ing a spanking fine trotting
lanrn mrwlncr 4 to 6 miles Per
hr,i- tn a Rnir-lf nt fid miles per
hour; to a Jet at 600 miles p
hour, and all 01 wnicn ne en
joyed.
sou wnnHnn sidewalks and
dirt streets become cement and
asphalt
Ulc 1ns.nl cfhnnUncr was SUd-
rioniu tnrmlnnterl when the pro
fessor (Reid), knowing that he
was usually in where the ac
tion was, gave him the choice
rAtroallna tha flATTie of the
Ul ii.'i.ui"'h "
culprit who put asafetida on the
nnt.hell ed stove tone 01 me
Hamilton boys) or leaving
8th grade band.
That lively chorus, singing
under direction of Ola Mae Gro
shens, was something, too. We
particularly admire the young
sters who have the fortitude to
get up and sing solo parts in
front of their classmates and a
crowd of adults. For boys, es
pecially, that takes an excep
tional kind of fortitude, but
they did it well.
IN THE GRADE school program
Monaay, me youn;sici
so close to the audience that
,tA nfmirrl nlmncr folt tllPV WCT6
participating. It seemed both
eerie ana saiisiyins nui vu
children in tne crowa, me even-
1 nAVAPmanriA Hnlncf rPKPrVOa
1 1 IK (rciiUiiimiivK vv.i..M . . ,
for parents because of limited
room. .
There were no youngsters
..minrl In thp hAlCOnV
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 aiuuiiu an .....
for two reasons: 1. There isnt
onu haicnnu in tne mumuur
pose room. 2. There weren't any
kids in the audience.
TO THE EDITOR...
t nrl u.nrlrArl in KHWI10
before going to nawaii. incy pinny ucuiuumicu. n. uui.
hope to enroll at a university j cident ahead of her caused a
in Hawaii to complete ineir pneup oi cars, in wnm many a -------- . -
work on college degrees later, persons were seriously injured. I with the Local Budget Law.
He went up to the "China
riimrters" in HeDDner and
watched them smoke opium.
The two conifers which he
planted at the old Bisbee place
. Too heal oroui until thev now
tower above the roof.
Gilliam and Bisbee, of which
hp was n nnrt nnmned the first
gasoline here, and there is yet
a faded old sign on ine oia reu
barn above town advertising it.
Nmv thpre is a service station
on many corners of town.
He stayed witn tne nrm as
it weathered fire, flood and the
depression to help serve this
community.
He served on tne council un
tn hpln make
this town "a good place to live."
Horror of the aftermath of the
Heppner flood was a vivid mem
ory to him, but he spoke of it
rarely.
He helped bury a goodly num
ber of residents "up on the hill,"
as he put it, and gladly served.
His friends were legion, and
he enjoyed them.
Ho Unpw thp nrieinal citizen
Henry Heppner and most of the
pioneers since.
With his passing, the trout at
Bull Prairie may now rest a lit
tle easier.
ONE THING particularly enjoy
able about the grade school
Christmas program Monday
night was that there wasn't a
single discernible clari net
squawk emanating from the
performance of any of the three
bands. Usually when one goes
to hear these beginners, he
girds himself for tne snnn sups
that these instruments make in
the hands of their learners. But
the youngsters played except
ionally well. It is easy to un-
jln4an xrhv nlrprtnr Hpdman
UCIOUI11U " ' -
says he is proud of the 7th and
IF ALL THE jokes made and
rlraurn nfl bird
tauuuiia u . - -
i.ku iiiam VinortAi tntrpther
WaillilllK . i. r"-. 2
in one big pile, they'd still npt
be wortn a cnucKie. rruuu j
there are few such worthwhile
nursuits ever to be so totally
twitted. , it
This is emphasizea D.y me an
nouncement that Kirk Horns
it uinh t olrl bloloev
ncjiici iiih'i - - - j r
class has been authorized by
the Audubon Society to. partic
ipate in a national bird count
I during the Christmas holidays
It Is rarp that the SoCietV Will
accept high school students to
participate In the work, and
this speaks highly for the work
being done in biology classes
here.
Its importance may be a lit
tle difficult to grasp, but did
you ever stop to think how vi
tal bird life is to humanity?
We well know its value In rec
reation, of course, for many per
sons hunt birds of various kinds.
They are also important in air
pollution control, in muusuiui
use, and In control of insects.
Tha unriri urnnlH he virtually
overrun with insects without
birds. j , . .
Horn is interested in having
the community become involv
ed in this project and invites
anyone interested to come aiong
on'ri tnirp nnrt A 15 mile diam
eter area north of Hardman will
be used for the count. So dust
off your field glasses and give
Horn a call. A story eisewneie
nitres mnro Hptails. If vnu're in
clined to pooh-pooh bird watch
ing, talK to Horn ior a iew min
utes. You'll be impressed with
what they are doing.
IF YOU WENT 'to the basket
ball game here Friday night,
,nn sst-or Hrant Union do some
thing that only one other bas
ketball team has Deen aDie to
do defeat Heppner on its own
floor in tne -new ninn suiiuui.
Pilot Rock is the only other
team that has been able to
down Heppner here since the
evm was opened in the winter
of 1963. The Rockets, however,
have done it three times on
February 22, 1964, by a score of
51-42; on February 6, 1965, by
a score of 54-51, and a few
weeks later the same year, 49
46. These were in the Rich Mik
el era for the Rockets.
Salem Scene
by Everett L Cutter
Citizens Hold Reins
On Property Taxes
Last year Oregonians paid an
average of $299 per person in
state and local taxes.
This figure is well under com
parable taxes paid by residents
of Washington, California, Nev
ada and Hawaii, and is about
equal to those of other Western
states. Still, even without the
adoption of any major new rev
enue sources, such as a sales
tax, Oregon has seen its taxes
grow dramatically in recent
years.
Most of the growth in our cost
of government, both in amounts
and in obvious concern, has
been in the property tax. With
last month's property tax bills
still fresh in the memory, it is
timely to review where the
money goes and how every citi
zen is guaranteed a voice in its
collection and spending.
Our state's property tax is
strictly a local tax. It Is levied
on real property holdings and,
in the case of business holdings,
on personal property. It is ad
ministered primarily by county
assessors. It provides revenue
1 1 ag ri t i ps. school dis-
lJl " " 1
tricts, fire districts, police sew
ers, parks, iioraries, sireeis,
lights and countless other local
services.
Local taxing districts are es
tablished, and their procedures
are set, by state laws. These
laws also guarantee local tax
payers ample opportunity to
participate.
Here is how:
Oregon law generally specifies
that the governing body of a
taxing district be elected by vo
ters in the district, for one ex
ample. Citizens can help to con-
TfOl lOCai KUVdlllirerjil wj Riure . w . . .
electing economy-minded ad- local revenue and budget elec
ministrators and by knowing tions. It is unfortunate that vig
thpm at the "home town" level.
This law prescribes budgetary
procedures for most local gov
ernment units in the state.
It provides that local districts
must establish a budget com
mittee, consisting of the govern
ing body and an equal number
of district voters appointed by
that body. The committee's
function is to review the budg
et submitted by the budget of
ficer or other responsible party,
to hold hearings and to place a
NunimAnriAtinTi before the gov
erning body. Hearings are open
to all citizens, ana many per
sons sitting on budget commit
tees volunteered their services.
The Local Budget Law re
quires at least two meetings to
consider a proposed budget, in
cluding the proposed tax levy.
Public notice must be given, and
the law states that any person
may discuss proposed programs
i.ith thp hnrlffpt committee
when the budget is presented.
In most cases, a summary ui
a budget committee's adopted
budget must be published in lo
cal newspapers at least twice
before consideration by the dis
tricts governing body. Again,
any person legally "may appear
for or against anv item in the
budget document" a local cit
izens fourth chance to nave nis
say on local tax matters.
it thp nrnnncprl tax leW eX-
ceed the six per cent Constitu
tional limitation, as onen nap
pens, the budget must be ap-
nwivsH hv a mnioritv of the
voters. Such an election repre
sents the fifth opportunity to
voice an opinion concerning lo
cal taxes.
Unhappily, many Oregonians
do not take advantage of their
rights, if we are to take as evi
rlpnra thp email turnouts of eli
gible voters who cast ballots in
Garbage, Cows, TV
To the Editor:
I was sitting here thinking
about some of the things writ
ten In your paper.
One that came to mind was
the city council getting after
this Rentleman for throwing
garbage in Willow Creek. Now
I don't go along with this. How
ever, we have a city councilman
who throws his grass and lawn
clippings In Willow Creek and
has done this ever since I have
lived here. Of course, maybe his
trash is a little more high class
ed. It is like one cow being
more unsanitary than twelve
cows.
Mr. Spauldlng said my cow
bothered more by his bedroom
window. You know many times
I have had nights like that,
mlinn a not Ufnillit Walk AfiOKS
the floor it would sound like
an elephant warning on un
cans. But I drink scotch. I don't
know what wine will do.
Another thing is, I received In-
nm atinn f rrtrri a fnrninr H lrPPt
or on our TV Cable. That it cost
$5000 to send out cards, bill
ing us for the $4 we owe each
mnnth This sppms II littlp OUt
of line. Say we have 400 mem
bers on the TV Cable. This times
the 12 months would be 4800
cards. This in turn would be a
littlp nvpr Si ner card. I would
cat thta la KnmpwhAt hfPh. 1
work for Kinzua and I am going
to try ana promote a aeai wim
them. Do you know that one
loe. 16 ft. long and 24 in. di
ameter, will scale 400 board
feet. Fifty postcards per board
ft. would be 20,000 post cards.
At $1 per card Kinzua Is in the
wrong business. But I don't
think nup liimhpr salesmen
could sell his cards quite so
high.
And how long will the good
lp nf Ifpnnnpr nav that Iriiir
of a price for these post cards.
Maybe we can t stop it at once
hut plpptlnn timp is rnminp un.
And at election time the big
councilman's garbage stinks
just as bad as the little man's.
So, Mr. Editor, I was just mus-
i 1 ,Ul.l.i- .. 1 . . .1...
ing anu a-uuimiiiK uuuui uic
little whistling crane that came
to Heppner. I wonder if he has
a permit to stay. Better see
Spaulding. Since Mr. Spaulding
made me get rid of my cow and
chickens I am just one jump
ahead of a cornbread fit. Shore
need some help. Can't handle
this job all by myself.
Respectfully yours,
Johnnie Hill
Senate only 12 are regular Dem
ocrats. It only takes 16 Senators
to approve of a referral. We
obviously didn't have the vote
to prevent a referral. In both the
regular and special session we
were joined by Republicans and
coalition Democrats to defeat
the Sales Tax Referral.
2. The Senate, with the help
4 .noninp Domocrat. ap
proved of a resolution which
would have submitted the Sales
Tax to the people along with
an alternate income tax propos
al This proposal was turned
down by the House Republicans.
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3. More lunnamenmuy, nu
one. least of all the legislature
has the power to prevent mc
people from voting on the Sales
onu nthpr mpnsure they
choose to vote on. including pro
or antl Viet nam . resolutions.
This right was established by
the people of Oregon when, in
1902, they established their right
to initiate measures for votes at
the biennial general elections.
This right Is contained in Ar
ticle IV, Section One, of the
Oregon Constitution.
The obligation of legislators
Is to exercise their best Judg
ment and either pass or defeat
legislative proposals. The right
of the people, with respect to
legislative action, is to either
it thpep nrnnnsals to be
come law or to refer them, so
that the people may either ap
prove or disapprove of the leg
islative anion.
Thp rpmilnr npmnprflts In the
Cnnota livoH tin tA thpll nhllca-
tions. We deprived the people
or notning, save possioiy me
onnnvonnp rtt n hfttpP hAttlp. fit
a special election, over an un
needed, expensive, and regres
sive sales tax!
Sincerely,
Vern Cook,
State Senator
Pioneer
Ponderings
Br W. S. CAVERHILL
I America's Heart in
the Vietnam Wart
Not as much aa It should be.
Perhaps that attitude is itlmu
lated by the premise that we
can have "guns ana nuuer at
the same time. We are too com
placent about the matter. The
spirit of sacrifice is dead or dor
mant. We are more concerned
about higher wages, lower tax
es and personal security than
we are about the tragic situa
tion of our boys in the Vietnam
Jungles.
True, we are providing them
with all the protection and
equipment our technology can
provide, but that does not give
Fife back to the thousands who
are still in the morass of com
bat Until we are touched per
sonally by the loss of a son or
brother, we stand aside.
Tomorrow, two or three draft
ees may be called from our com
munity. Do we turn out en
masse to see them go? No. They
just slip away unnoticed while
we study ways to beat the stock
market to get more pay.
Tomorrow, someone from our
town may return from the con
flict broken in body and spirit.
rtr. un ctnn fnmvarr! tn wplnnme
lyu wc " 1 v K .v.. -
and encourage him? No. We are
up to our necks tn me "Dutier
side of our existence. We count
thim In anil pniint thpm out bv
computer, while not allowing
ourselves to be disturbed in our
wav of life.
We do not deserve the sacri
fice our draftees are making.
Our heart is not in the war.
llntulror mnnn ft Hifnrmrur. Hili
1T i.r. I IIIU vb w r
liam, Umatilla. Wheeler counties
on sale at tne uazerte-limes.
4m
On Sales Tax
December 11, 1967
To the Editor:
During both the regular and
special sessions of the Oregon
Legislature, proposals to submit
a eg loo tov mpncurp in thp npn.
pie at special elections were de
feated, rney snouid nave Deen
rlpftatprt Alnn with 1fi other
senators I helped defeat both
proposals by my "No" vote. I
make no apologies. I'm proud of
my voie.
Thprp havp hppn Haims hnw.
ever, that somehow the regular
ueinocrais in me oenaie nave
aeprivea tne people or a ngnt
ful opportunity to vote for or
against tne sales rax. mis is
pure hog wash! For three reas
ons:
1. Out of 30 members of the
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COMMUNITY If
BILLBOARD K
a Wal iivnavpr mav exercise
further control over the dispo
eitinn nf his nmnprtv tax dol
lar bv familiarizing himself
ilanee". instead of "revolt", can
not characterize property tax ;
discussions this year there are
means other than initiative pe
titions to maintain controls on
local taxing and spending.
Coming Events
HEPPNER HIGH
BASKETBALL
Heppner vs. Condon, at Con
don Friday, Dec. 15
Heppner vs. Enterprise, here,
Sat., Dec. 16
Heppner vs. DeSales at Wal
la Walla, Fri., Dec. 22
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Past Noble Grands Club
Clara Gertson home
Mon., Dec. 18, 8 p.m.
'CALL SANTA NIGHT'
Monday, Dec. 18, 7:00-9:00
p.m.
Youngsters call 676-9163, to
tnllf tn Santa
Sponsored by Jaycees
COMEDY BASKETBALL
Fabulous Magicians vs. Fac
ulty Men
Thurs., Dec. 21, 8 p.m.
Heppner High Gym
Benefit for H-Club
SOROPTIMIST FOOD SALE
Saturday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Central Market
Varieties of baked foods for
the Christmas holidays
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. a Box 247 PH. 676-9625
Heppner
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