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2 HEPPNER CA2ETTE-TIME5. Thursday rebmorf . IMS THE rr HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppnr, Oraoon t7ttt Fhont 676-8228 MORROW COUNTTS NEWSPAPEH The Heppner Gaxette established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Time e.ublwhed november is, itstn, coruouaaiea teoruary u, 1912. MEMBLR MeVSpJpeb AuocJitlon Founded 1885 ........, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHES KEGCIE PASCAL Li not yi Operator DALE COOPER Pressman KELLY UltEEN Apprentice Subscription Rates: $4.50 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second (.lass Mutter. Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. rjMjL NIWIPAMt W-ASSOCIATION WESLEY A. SHERMAN HELEN E. SHERMAN .. ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop foreman Printer GAIL BL'RKE.NBINE Society Circulation OTHER EDITORS SAY Four-Letter Words (FROM THE MADRAS PIONEER) In these days of widespread youthful dissent, many of the dissenters set great store by the shock effect of their ut terances. They employ what might be called the "four-lei:er word" concept to add emphasis to what they are trying to say. Not all four-letter words have as much shock value as those the young rebels like to use; but there are some we d like to see the dissenters iJd to their vocabulary. In alpha betical order here are a few: 1. Give, as in "give of one's talents and energy to make the world a better place." 2. Hard, as in "hard work will put hard calluses on one's hands, but calluses never really hurt anyone." 3. Help, as in "help your neighbor (and remember it's a two-way street". 4. Lend, as in "lend a hand" (see No. 1, above) or "lend an ear to the other fellow's problems." 5. Love, as in "love thy neighbor." 6. Pray. This one needs no explanation to those who practice it, but it might be a little harder to explain to the hard-core members of the "four-letter" cult. 7. Rely, as in "rely on the essential decency of your fel low man, and make sure that he can rely on you." 8 Work. This one also needs no explanation to those who practice it. This has been meant as a serious dscourse, and being facetious Is not the intention; but we can't help commending one more four-letter word to at least some of the dissenting generation: soap. Brazen Bandits Bag Bras (FROM WALLOWA COUNTY CHIEFTAIN) The Apollo 8 flight, the release of the Pueblo crew, the flare-up of trouble in the Middle East and a few other things over the Christmas holidays, tended to obscure one of the major news stories of 1968. This was a daring robbery a few days ago at Vernon, California in which six desperadoes hijacked a truck trailer from a freight yard and made off with 500 cases of brassieres. And that is a lot of brassieres! We don't know what considerations prompted this kind of open-handed assault upon private property, but the thieves were poorly prepared for the job. There were more than one or two points they didn't know about brassieres, it develops. Evidently the conspirators thought that all they had to do was get their hands on the loot, and they would have it made so to speak. But they apparently had no knowledge of the real value of brassieres, and they tried to unload them for mere pittance instead of holding them for what they were worth. This proved to be their undoing and left them flat busted, for when they offered $7 to $18 garments for sale at $1.85 each this quickly revealed the fact that the merchan dise was not legitimate and the police took a hand in the situation and immediately closed in. Actually we have to admire the audacity of these thieves although we are appalled at their ignorance in not knowing more about what the stolen goods were worth. Had they got out of the brassieres what they should have they might never have been caught. In any event we do not feel that these brassiere bandits should be unceremoniously dumped in with ordinary crim inals. They were, in effect, sort of modern day Robin Hoods. Had they succeeded in their efforts, a lot of women who could not, perhaps, have afforded the benefits of this expens ive merchandise might have been rewarded in manifold ways. Perhaps a pre-trial investigation will be ordered by the trial judge and some ameliorating considerations in favor of the hijackers can be found so that they will at least be treat ed with the kind of compassion shown to Adam Clayton Pow ell who got a mere slap on the wrists for allegedly stealing over $-10,000 from his country with no finesse whatsoever. It will probably be a long time before anybody tries to get his hands on 10,000 brassieres illegally again, and cer tainly the country cannot tolerate this kind of high-handedness, but, deplorable as the crime is, we seem to have room for a little bit of admiration for the audacity of the criminals and a little bit of regret that they did not show more imagination. Pioneer Ponderings By w. S. CAVERHILL Advice to Jokers Are you jokers of the "grass fed variety having trouble get ting the listener applause that you should? Perhaps your technique is an tique. I am concerned about tin future of fishermen, hunters, and common place liars in the entertainment world. After watching professionals on the screen. I am convinced that they are feeding the listening public a lot of punk stutt ty embellishment with phoney laughter and phvsical contor tions. Why doesn't some one take a stale joke and present it to a coffee shop audience in "jet age" style. Twist your mug out of shape, open your ap proach with Inane laughter, start the joke, interrupt it with more guffaws, and go into hys terics at the finish. You'll either "roll 'em in the aisles" or they will kick you out. Try it. Two Counties Have 22,000 Telephones Pacific Northwest Bell went well over the 22,000 mark dur ing 1968 in the total number of phones it serves in 11 com munities In Umatilla and Mor row counties. Topping the list at year-end was Pendleton with 9,673. Fol lowing in order, according to PNB manager Dale Slusher were Hermiston, 4,534; Milton-Free-water. 3.346; Athena and Wes ton combined, 1,170; Heppner, 1.041; Umatilla, 959; Stanfield, 457; Echo, 339; lone, 319 and Lexington, 206. The total increase was 1,701 phones, bringing the final to tal to 22,044. "During 190S." Slusher point ed out, "we spent over $700,000 to expand and improve service for our customers, and 1969 looks like it will be a bigger year. 'Despite the rising costs of providing the service our cus tomers want and expect, our plans for the year include ex penditures of $839,000. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman i Editor's note: In writing this column Tuesd.iv we made the mtIouh mistake of forget ting nil about the Groundhog who certainly aw his shad iw Sunday, and thereby, ac cording to tiadltion. M-ntenc-ed us to Mx weeks more of winter. We went to bed Tues liav night reoietng that the miow um leaving But as we looked out the window early Wednesday, we were a-tonUh-ed to m 2' Inches more of the white stuff. In doing so. we thought we caught the cackling of a groundhog or whatever sort of triumphant noi.se a groundhog emits. But we sav, Kle on you, ground hog!" and let our column stand as we wrote it Tuesday). WELL A PERSON can t have everything, it isn't nearly as pretty this week but It Is a lot more convenient and comfoit IT'S GOOD to see It melting slowly but surely. That's the way to go. HATS OFF to Myron Huston! This is what some of the Mam treet businessmen are saying. When the little white lurries ere coming down thick and fast, he got out and shoveled alks for some of the business es and never took a cent of pay. They came in here to tell us of J their gratitude and felt as we do that Myron should get a tip of the hat for his helpful ness. . SAY. AL! (Al Bunch) If you are going to get this downtown snow For your field, you better hurry. At this moment it doesn't look as if we can hold it until June for you. DID YOU KNOW that a city ordinance requires a property owner to clean his walks of snow within two hours after it quits snowing? Well, sir, we didn't until council meeting Monday night, when the matter came up. It's a little too late to bring up now, but one might post it In his memory bank for the next big snow (maybe 10 years from now?). Mrs. Avon Melby pointed out that some of the Main street walks had never been cleared of snow during this whole series of storms and that they are still hazardous. These are the ones by buildings or lots owned by absentee landlords. Question came up on what the city statutes call for on snow removal. According to the ordinance, the walks must be cleaned with in two hours after it quits fall ing, unless this occurs after 6 p.m. In the latter case, it must be removed within two hours after 7 a.m. of the following day, which means by 9 a.m. Penalty for violation is a fine oi not less man 50 nor more than $100. How many around our fair city have guilty consciences? Ihe council decided to send letters to the absentee landlords, telling them to clear their walks, but the postman is going to have to hurry if he beats the ris ing thermometer. A BILL introduced in the legis lature by Rep. Jason Boe and Sen. Al Flegel should get a lot of support and applause. The bill, if passed, would relieve people from some headaches they get when they open their mailboxes. Under present Oregon law, a person who receives goods in the mail without ordering them is expected to either pay for them or return them to the sender. "Our bill would change that," the two state. "If a person re ceived an unordered article in the mail, he would be allowed to keep it. We think people have enough headaches today with out having to worry about re turning unwanted objects somej 'enterprising' outfit sends them in we man. So often some charitable In stitutlon will send some trinket In the mail and request a do nation. These may be key chain, some greeting cards, some address labels or other doo-dads, a Person may be sym pathetic to the cause, but most ot us cant support all charities, Many of them come with no re turn postage guarantee, and so when you take them back to the post office, they cannot be re turned without additional postage. If a person tosses the material in the wastebasket. his con science plagues him. Yet the organization may be one that he nas never neard of, noesn 1 Know what it does, nor whether it Is legitimate. Most such material consists of things that a person doesn't want anyhow, but the Boe-Flegel mil. If passed, might make him feel that he wasn't such a dirty dog" when he tosses it in the wastebasket. PROPERTY TAX FAX If you have a question con cerning real or personal prop erty please state all the facts as briefly as possible and mall It to Mrs. Joyce Rltch, Morrow county special assessor. OUESTIONi Why or my tax to high? ANSWER: There Is no simple answer to your question. The tax on each parcel of property Is determin ed by two primary things. No. 1 the market value of the prop. erty. (The higher the market value the higher the tax). No, 2 the amount of service desir ed by the majority of the legal voters residing within a district There are two groups of peo pie who determine taxes. The first is your legislature. It is Involved as laws passed by It may affect the number of peo pie required to pay taxes or make additional demands upon the taxing districts. The second group is the legal voters. They directly Influence taxes by ap proving budgets and by form ing new taxing districts. STATE CAPITOL Committees at Work On Legislative Bills By ROBERT r. SMITH Speaker of the Houie YOUR SENATOR REPORTS . . . BY KEN JERNSTEDT. STATE SENATOR 18th District Including Morrow county I UN I.I I II II I l. Willi I III. I .'- - Vil , ' V ' ) Although the weather re mains cool in most parts of the Pacific Northwest, the political climate in Salem is rapidly be coming heated as the legislat ure is confronted with problems ranging from election law re form to protection of public lands . . . from tax reform to sex education. The too story again this week is taxes. Over in the House we see the climate warming up as the various factions begin fac ing off again this session over the question of taxes. Governor McCall's package would assess a 3 tax on all goods except food, drugs, feed, seed and fer tilizer. The advocates of this ap proach maintain that this will raise some $100 million per year. Although preliminary testimony and work has been completed, the House Taxation Committee has not formally announced the details of its package. This an nouncement is expected some time next week. The Senate, too has taken an active part in the tax pic ture by hammering out its own plan which is very similar to its 1967 Special session sales tax package. Although the Sen ate cannot introduce a revenue raising measure, this privilege being restricted to the House it is taking the initiative by moving ahead on a relief pro gram without officially having a bill to work with, lhis is an attempt on the part of the ben ate to expedite the passage of a tax package in order that the people of Oregon can voice an opinion before adjournment. I am quite certain that the ben ate will act very rapidly on any tax measure once we get it. Mobile Home Tax Talked In other areas of taxation, legislation was introduced that would hike the taxing rate on mobile homes. The bill, intro duced by Sen. Don Willner and Rep. Stafford Hansell, would place the tax on mobile homes on the same basis as houses. Education in the Portland metropolitan area took a giant step this week into the jet age with the passage of Senate Bill 65. The measure which passed the Senate by a vote of 20 to 5 has moved into the House where approval is expected. The bill, which has a companion ap propriation measure SB 66, ele vates Portland State from its present status to that of a full blown University. Secondly, it allows PSC to de velop into a research center which attracts top people in many areas as well as monies from Federal grants, founda tions and gifts. And, in a state that is rapidly developing its industry, this expansion in re search and study will be of im measurable assistance. The controversy of the beach es may have been reborn this week with the referral of a bulky beach bill measure to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill was introduced last Friday, but was not sent to committee by Speaker Robert F. Smith un til Tuesday of this week. I am beginning to receive a few letters concerning the var ious issues. Please keep them coming! The 1969 legislature has now completed nearly month or activity, with committees giving careful consideration to the many bills which have been Introduced. There has been little activity on the floor of either House, but the tempo will Increase us committees complete their work on various bills and send them to the full legislature for con sideratlon. One of the major committee jobs In both houses will be the examination or major prodig als to reorganize and stream line the operation of state gvo ernment. The major package of reor ganization bills will be intro duced by the governor, whose recommendations are based up on a study conducted by his Project 70s Task Force. Transportation Dept. Asked included will be a proposal for a Department of Transpor tation, which would group the Highway Department, Public Utilities Commission, Depart ment of Motor Vehicles and Board of Aviation. Another proposal would cre ate a Department of Social Ser vices, which would combine all of the boards and commissions dealing with social problems. The governors recommenda tions are based on the theory that reorganization would pro vide a more meaningful and direct channel of communica tion between the governor and the agencies involved. The governor also believes that economies and better co ordination could and should be realized. Actually, the reorganization program proposed for this ses sion appears to contain more logic and reason than some in the past, but a close analysis must be conducted to make cer tain that we do not sacrifice efficiency for the sake of centralization. TO THE EDITOR. . . The Rhyming Philosopher OUT OF THE STORM CAME THE RISING OF RIVERS, DOWN FROM THE SKY CAME THE DELUGE OF RAIN; THREATENING WATERS GIVE RESIDENTS SHIVERS, FEARING THE FLOODS AND THE HARSH HURRICANES. OUT FROM THE CLOSETS CAME RAINCOATS AND RUBBERS, AXES AND SHOVELS TO CLEAR TOPPLED TREES; DIRGE OF DISMAY FROM THE GOLF COUNTRY CLUBBERS, SHOUTS OF DELIGHT FROM THE SKI DEVOTEES. MOTHERS OF CHILDREN ARE CHURNING WITH WORRY FATHERS RELUCTANTLY TAKE OFF FOR TOWN, LINESMEN ARE SWAMPED WITH PETITIONS TO HURRY BECAUSE OF THE PHONE AND POWER POLES DOWN. SUCH IS THE WAY WINTER'S FURY REMINDS US BOUNTY' BESTOWED OFTEN COSTS A FULL SUM; SPRING HERALDS SUMMER'S GLIB SUNSHINE AND BLINDS US FROM REALIZATION THAT WINTER MUST COME. UTGROWING STORM"SODDENGROUj;d GRASS IS RESERVOIRS FILL WITH THE NECTAR OF LIFE; EVIL THE PRICE MAY BE, BALM IS IN KNOWING BLESSINGS ARE FREQUENTLY NURTURED IN STRIFE. HARRY W. FLETCHER League President Names Peterson Don Peterson of lone has been named vice-chairman of the Federal agricultural programs committee of the Oregon Wheat League by Tom Vaughn, presi dent, ror the year 1969, it is an nounced. Committee chairmen selected are as follows: Federal agricul tural programs, Don Thompson, Moro; marketing, Allen Pinker ton, Helix; taxation and legis lation, Larry Kaseberg, Wasco: production and land use, Willis Nartz, Ashwood; transportation, Bob Scharf, Amity; public af fairs, Bob Brogoitti, La Grande; wheat use and research. Malcolm Fargher, Dufur; domestic wheat utilization, Gail McKinnis, Sum merville; membership and fin ance, Glen Brogoitti, Helix. Delegates to Western Wheat Associates board are Don Wood ward, Pendleton, and Bill Hulse, Dufur. Directors on the board of the National Associat ion of Wheat Growers will be Vaughn, Hulse and Dick Skiles, Wasco, first vice-president of the Oregon Wheat League. Preach Kindness January 24, 1969 To the Editor: Just a few lines to compli ment the writer of the letter "Christmas Emphasis," dated January 7, 1969, which appear ed in the January 9 issue of the Gazette-Times. The letter was written by Karen E. Rinehart. It is indeed regretful, the way Christmas has been commercial ized, so that most of us lose the true meaning of it. It is regretful, too (to me, anyway) that the churches do not rise to defend helpless ani mals and to preach kindness and mercy for our fellow crea tures, too. But, of course, if the ministers preach against vivi section, trapping, rodeos, etc., then perhaps they will lose the support of some of the congre gation, and so the animals are overlooked. Enoyed all the letters in this issue and hope to receive more from my Oregon friends. Also, want to mention how much I enjoyed the drawings of animals by grade school children. This is making use of childrens' in herent interest in all animal life, which will result in the gain of such attributes as thought fulness, kindness, patience and unselfishness, the true aim in the character development of the child. Keep up the good work and Happy '69 to you and the staff. Yours, and the animals friend, Virginia Gillas, Pres. International Defenders of Animals, Inc. P. O. Box 172 Hialeah, Fla. 33011 Incidentally, the longer one spends In Salem, the mure it is realized that the sumo Identi cal bills are proposed session after seesslon regardless of their merit. Cost $250 Per Bill This Is not a casual observa tion when we consider that It costs at least an average of $-V) for each bill, and there will probably be at least 1.NO0 bills dumped Into the hopper during this session. Several of the bills which w. have dealt with in the past have cropped up again and Eastern Oregon residents have sent In strong protests againM them. Senate Bill 1 would require mandatory fluoridation of all domestic waters in the state. The first public hearing on this measure has been scheduled for next Friday. Another bill would make sex education mandatory In all public schools. The telephones have been ringing In protest and nearly all mall is In op position to the measure. Some of our most prominent citizens have been so alarmed that thev have placed long-distance calls to voice their opposition. Would Repeal Abortion Laws Sen. Bettv Roberts, wire or Rep. Keith Skelton, states that she will introduce a bill which will completely repeal all of Oregon's abortion laws. This would permit abortions to be performed in Oregon without criminal sanction. Youthful advocates of the 18-year-old vote have haunted the Capitol the past few days solic iting support for their position. A bill on whether or not the age of voting should be reduc ed will receive consideration, and at this point it would ap pear that a compromise may be reached somewhere between IS and 21 years. In any event, the matter would be referred to the people for a final decision. These are just some of the matters which will be debated in emotional terms between now and adjournment. Your cards and letters are ap preciated; please keep sending them in. MEETING CALENDAR Mon., Feb. 10 Volunteer Fire Department, 7:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 11 Degree of Hon or, Episcopal Parish Hall, 3 p.m. School Board, General Budget Meeting, Riverside High school, 7:30 p.m. Catholic Altar Society, Parish Hall, 8 p.m. Wed. Feb. 12 Willow Lodge, IOOF Hall, 8 p.m. Jaycees, 8 p.m. lone Garden Club, Mrs. Jim Driscoll home Thurs., Feb. 13 Soroptimist Club, 12 noon, Wagon Wheel Dining Room PTSA, High School Cafetorium, 8 p.m. COMMUNITY U 1 BILLBOARD K 4"" M li 1 Mrs. Jim (Kathv) Banks of Pendleton is here making a week's visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard O'Harra. Coming Events HEPPNER BASKETBALL Friday, Feb. 7, Madras, here iriday, Feb. 14, Sherman there Sat., Feb. 15, Wahtonka, here League games Support the Mustangs! GRADE SCHOOL Friday, Feb. 7, Pilot Rock there, 2 p.m. Sat., Feb. 15, Condon, there, 1:30 p.m. ij' EW, BRILLIANT COLOR IN EVERY ROOM PARENT-TEACHER- STUDENT ASSOC. MEETING Heppner High Cafetorium Thurs., Feb. 13. 8 p.m. Parents in charge of meeting niDiic urged to attend LEXINGTON GRANGE Sunday, Feb. 9, dinner at 1:30 p.m. IFYE Orrin Potampa, guest speaKer, following dinner Men in charge of arrange ments At the new SALEM 745-785 Commercial S.L Phone: (503) 363-2451 RESTAURANT WITH 24-HOUR COFFEE SHOP VALENTINE CARD PARTY By Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge Saturday, Yea. 15, 8 p.m. IOOF Hall Bridge. Pinochle, Refresh ments Public invited MOTHERS' CLUB DINNER Sweetheart Dinner, Saturday, Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m. Episcopal Parish Hall Members and invited guests SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-3625 Heppner
