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J KEFfNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thurdciy. March 13. !. THE nr heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon V7S3C Pbone S76-822I MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazet'e established March 30. 1883. The Heppner Times rktablbhed November 18. 1KT7. Consolidated February 13, 1912. Chaff and Chatter Wes Sherman NIWIPAMt rutiiSHin ASSOCIATION MEMBER MewEpJper Asioclttlon Foundtd 1883 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER REGGIE PASCAL Linotype Oiicrator DALK COOPER I'rcs.mn KELLY GKEE.N Apprentice Subscription Rates: $1.50 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 3 p.m., Monday throuRh Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. WESLEY A. SHERMAN ... HELEN E. SHERMAN ARNOLD RAYMOND Shop Foreman Printer CAIL BL'RKENBINE Society Circulation Good Luck to the Clutch Kids Its hard to find adequate words to express the feelings of the community towards its Heppner High Mustangs, who have overcome the odds once more to win their way to the state A-2 basketball tournament at Coos Bay. The word, "proud," doesn't fill the bill. It "a true that Mustang rooters are as proud as they can be, for sure, but it seems that this year's team Is entitled to a new dimen sion. At the start of the year, prospects didn't seem too bright for the Mustangs since they were hit with some stiff losses by graduation. But it soon became evident that Coach Bob ('lough had another contender as the holdovers and the young sters came on strong and started cutting down opponents whose rasters looked better. Then Heppner became the "team to beat" the rated team of the Greater Oregon league. However, towards the end of the regular season, they hit a stale spot and slumped. They dropped from the ratings and others climbed above them. Soon it became a matter of do-or-die. If they didn't win the last pair of games, they woudn't get to the district tourna ment. Faced with this prospect, the boys showed their stuff. They wouldn't accept defeat at Pilot Rock and emerged with a one-point victory on a memorable comeback. They finished with a win over Sherman, which had downed them In an earlier meeting, and went to the district as second place win ner of the western division of the league behind Wahtonka, the champions. Vale and Grant Union were co-champs of the east, and so Heppner entered in an underdog role, which is not unfa miliar to the Mustangs. They are getting so used to it that they like it. Other Heppner tournament teams have been called "Cin derella" clubs. The 19G8-69 edition, though, is of different bent. It isn't a "rags to riches" gang but one that comes through in the clutch. It is the "extra effort" team the co ordinated unit lhat won't quit and that puts forth that extra bit above a top performance when It is needed to do the job. Thus it was against Pilot Rock (in both games); thus it was against Vale at the district; and thus it was against Wah tonka. The title, "Clutch Kids" more nearly typifies them. Certainly the Mustangs have drawn the very toughest route In the state tournament, first meeting No. 1 Sutherlin, and, should they upset them, take on Myrtle Point, No. 2 in most rankings, In the second round. But the Clutch Kids aren't overawed by th3 rankings. They weren't when they bumped into No. 1 Rogue River in the first round last year and about upset them. We wish them the very best of luck in the state tourna ment, but in saying so, we realize this doesn't express the true sentiment we feel. These Clutch Kids don't go on luck. They go on grit and the extra effort. If It is possibly in them to win, they'll do it, for that's the stuff they are made of. Importance of Water It takes about 1,300 gallons of water each day to pro duce the average person's food and fiber. That, says the Agri Business Council, is how important water is to both farmers and consumers. Oregon farmers use over 1.G6 trillion gallons of water each year for irrigation, while Oregon consumers utilize 97.9 million gallons for drinking, cooking, bathing and watering the lawn. Despite the fact that the average farmer uses 819 times as much water as the average consumer, only 32 percent of Oregon's cropland is under irrigation. Don McKinnis, development specialist for the Oregon De partment of Agriculture, notes that the state's farmers have invested $165 million to irrigate their cropland. He observes, also, that farmers pay $22 per acre a year to irrigate their crops with sprinklers excluding the cost of water. Water costs vary from zero to as much as $50 per acre foot. Despite this, says the Agri-Business Council, food is still the best bargain in the American housewife's budget, actual ly costing less of the family income than ever before. 'loneer Ponderings By w. s. CAVERHILL MEETING CALENDAR The Road Problems Our "Club" has been mulling again, pondering on the broken condition of our roads, and how to remedy it. Since automotive traffic caused it, perhaps the ve hicles should help pay for it. Why shouldn't the legislature impose a modest increase in the license tax on automobiles grad uated on "book value" and ded icated to market road and street improvement, and distributed equitably between the cities and counties? Such a program if carefully managed should re duce road and street levies on property. If we are looking for a precedent for such tax, turn to Washington and California. They have it in their revenue structure. Maybe it is too sim ple to be acceptable. Mrs. Elmer Moe was able to return to her home last Satur day from St. Anthony hospital in Pendleton, where she was confined for two weeks while recovering from complications of the flu. Monday, March 17 School Board Meeting, Budget Hearing, Regular Meeting, Lexington, 7:30 p.m. Ruth Assembly No. 50, Order of Rainbow for Girls, Masonic Hall, 7 p.m. Civic League, Kindergarten Room, 8 p.m. Morrow County Fair Board, Fair Dormitory, 8 p.m. Chamber of Commerce, 12 Noon, Wagon Wheel Dining Room Advisory Board, Heppner Neigh borhood Center, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18 A.F. & A.M. No. 69, 8 p.m. LDS Relief Society, Legion Hall, 9:45 a.m. Wednesday March 19 Carnation Club, home of Mrs. Lincoln Nash, 8 p.m. Willow Lodge. IOOF Hall, 8 p.m. Jayeeos, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20 Jaycoo Wives, Heppner Neigh borhood Center, 8 p.m. Women's Activity Club of Rhea Crook Grange, home of Mrs. Emma Drake, 10:30 a.m., all day potluck Women's Activity Club of Lex ington Grange, 2 p.m. Soroptimist Club, Program Meet ing, 12 Noon, Wagon Wheel Dining Room Friday. March 21 Sans Souei Kebekah Lodge No. 33. IOOF Hall, 8 p.m. Technical Action Panel, Heppner Neighborhood Center, Confer ence Room, 1 p.m. COACH BOB CI.OCGH fuid last week tlldt team in the dis trict tournumiiit were "tibout a lo-vsup." and tin four tames at La Grande showed tliat he was ixrrect. Ili-iiiier's ii tor ie Kiuliln't haw teen mure than oiii- iMilnt closer and still have tin- MuMnng come mt on top V 47. 51 .V). Wahtonka and (Want Vnlori wire mu and tuck with the Funic winning only iv three alter truilim: all the I fir: t half 33 5J. The right, I i ints (tilterenie or the consuia turn tamo. 55 to 47 for Vale ov er ('.rant, was the ot.lv spread at all. and this could he con sidi-rtd a "letdown" game. Average margin of victory for the four contests was only 3 5 points. WHILE HKPJW'r R'S IS G record for the season doesn't put them with the high flying con tenders in the state tournament, such as .Myrtle Point, undefeat ed in 21 games, it isn't the poor est record, which is something new for the Greater Oregon en try. Last year, Heppner went to the tournament with a 16 8 mark, which was the poorest of the eight. But they were un daunted and just about knock ed Rogue River off its No. 1 mdastal. Probably the scare thev threw into the Rogue River team had something to do with the No. 1 boss bowing in the second round because they really had to put forth an ef fort to trip Heppner. Thp Must an its' record rank about fifth this vear. ahead of Newport's 14-8, Vernonia's 15-7, and Gladstone's 17-7. But doesn't it beat all how the Mustangs draw the king of the mountain every time! Last year it was Rogue River with Gary Shontz. This year it is No. 1 Sutherlin. If Sutherlin can't bowl over the Mustangs, Myrtle Point, No. 2 (or Dayton) will take a crack at them in the second round. Nobory around here is going to sell the Mustangs short. If thev do trip the kingpins, they'll be able to say they made it the hard way! on of the team' top point pro- diners? But it goes to show that if i one doesn't do it. the next fel low ran and will. That 1 part of what makes a real ball club. WE SAID a couple of weeks ayo the district tournament ! might answer the question of the Juhn Day mmiMsw riter who couldn't understand whv Hepp tier remained In the rankings. It liiok hs if ihe tournament results make it clear enough. In cidentally. Heppner bounced up to seventh in Ihe Oregonlan poll this week idler being Ig nored last week when Grant L'nion. Vale and Wahtonka were mentioned in the also runs. But phooey cm the polls! If thev were accurate, there wouldn't be anv sense in hav ing tournaments. THE REPORT IS that the Hepp ner contingent won't be slay ing in the old moth-eaten fire- trap hotel In which they were housed at the state tournament last year. Apparently it Is con demned and no longer in use. Team, pep band and pep club all have good housing this year. Mate tournament what a nice way to spend a spring va- ition! It 1 'WW 'I 1 ... J'. - v ! STATE CAPITOL THROUGH the school year we have appreciated the work of Heppner High Journalism stu dents and their teacher. Mrs, Rachel Dick, who have helped so much with coverage of sports stories and other school events. They performed a most valu able service for us at the dis trict tournament. We couldn't be at the Saturday night games and Mrs. Dick took care of the coverage for us. Ihe photogra phv of the tourney in this pa per was all done by Heppner High students every picture including those on page 1 of section 2; on page 4 of this sec tion: and on the front page. We appreciate their help and extend our thanks to them. EVERYONE TALKS of the team effort put forth by the Mus tangs Saturday night. A good illustration is that of the work of John McCabe, who didn't dent the scoring column, but he made a phenomenal 22 assists that helped pave the road to victory. Isn't this amazing in view of the fact that John is PROPERTY FAX TAX QUESTION: In 1944. my real estate taxes were S1S6.66. This year, on the same identical real estate, my taxes were $1,203.10, or some thing over 6 times greater dur ing the 24-year span. On last October 1, I purchased adjoin ing land at $100.00 per acre, yet I am assessed at a value of $125.00 per acre. The land pro duces but slightly more and sometimes less than it did 22 years ago, and the price of grain is less than it was 20 years ago. The ever soaring prices, the farmer's low income and tax inequities, are forcing him to financial frustration. with many leaving the farm;. What methods are available, or in the offing, for his relief and recovery? ANSWER: In many cases the market value of farm land does not represent the ability of that land to give an annual rate of return comparable to that re ceived on an investment in oth er business properties, uncier Oregon law, the assessor is re quired to value property at what it will bring on the mar ket. In arriving at his estimate of value he will look at all sales in the area and attach most im portance to the most compar able sales. A new law was passed in 1967, providing for special as sessment of farm land. This law. O.R.S. 308.370. states that any land that is being used and has been used during the pre ceding two years as a bona fide farm shall, upon compliance with certain statutes, be assess ed at its true cash value for farm use and not at the true cash value it would have if ap plied to other than tarm use. This procedure amounts to a tax deferral and potential ex emption up to one-third of true cash value. Additional information will have to be obtained from your county assessor. Judicial System Changes Talked By Legislature FOUR OF A KINO? Not quite. Pacific Northwest Bell has pub lished separate directories for communities in Umatilla and Morrow counties with local calling interest. PNB's Pam Maguire holds up the new phone books to dillerent designations on each one. Copies of the directories were placed in the mail March 13 for PNB's customers in the two counties. Hardmon to Sponsor Band Benefit Dance Resident of the ll.irdinan ar ea have announced plans for a benefit claneo on Saturday, Marc h 22. at the llardman Com munity Center. Ta duiur Ih being given to aid Ihu Heppner school band de partment, unci all prooecdi raised will be donated toward the cost of the new gold blazer recently purchased for the high sch mjI bund. Music, provided for the eve nlng by the "Burnt Sleep" band of Heppner and by a Western band, will apix al to both young and old alike. The two bunds will plav alternately throughout the evening from 9 p m. to 2 a.m. Admission to the dance will he $125, and ladies of the com munity will serve a midnight supper for 75c. State Fire Marshal Schedules Meeting Deputy state fire marshal Stan Phillips of John Day will be In Lexington on Monday night, March 17, where he will conduct a school at the Lexing ton fire hall on the proper use of small tools and forcible en try. The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. and volunteers of the Heppner and lone departments are encouraged to attend also. As dcoutv state fire marshal. rhilllps is in charge of conduct ing training sessions for fire de partments in the eastern half of the state. For anv kind of printing, call The Gazette-Times. By ROBERT F. SMITH. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE It is specified in the State Constitution that every person has the right to receive fair treatment by our judicial sys tem. Fortunately, for all Ore- gonians, this guarantee has been carried out to the highest degree, making Oregon s iudic ial system among the better ones in this nation. But, there are very few things in this world of ours that cannot stand modification. Likewise, Oregon's fine judicial system is showing some signs that a change is needed. The reason for change, at the Supreme Court level, comes es sentially from three sources: 1) an increase in population, mean ing a heavier use of the courts; 2) a 68 increase in the last four years In the number of ap peals being filed; 3) expanded work loads of the courts due to. recent federal Supreme Court rulings that provide greater pro tection to individuals charged with crimes. To correct this ailing system. the Legislature is considering a plan, introduced by the Judicial Council, which would siphon off a portion of the Supreme Court workload. According to the pro posal, the court would consist of five judges who would sit in panels of three, with the chief judge sitting in both pan els. This proposed court would relieve the Supreme Court of nearly 45 of its current work load in criminal, probate, do mestic relations and state agen cy appeal cases. The cost of this service will be $275,000 per year. The strong point of this plan is that the Appeals Court is not merely an intermediate step to the top, but rather, it is a plat eau that would dispose of 90 the cases it considers. Also, this court could travel, allowing it to move where it is needed. 'his is important to Eastern Oregonians. A Senate Judiciary Committee is giving this plan careful con sideration. for Pa A bill has been introduced to expand the educational program throughout the state to include kindergartens. This bill would let any school district have kin dergartens and would provide for reimbursement by the state through its basic school support rate of $125 per pupil per year. Presently, only about 25 of our children are participating in a kindergarten program in Ore gon. This plan would extend this program to an additional 40,000 five-year olds. A memorial has been adopted that urges the Secretary of Agri culture and the Secretary of In terior, to refrain from imple menting recently proposed in creases in fees for grazing lands. It is the intention of this mem orial to maintain the present fee of 33c per animal unit, rather than letting the charge be in creased over a ten year period to $1.25 per animal unit. The legislature feels this increase in fees is very harmful to our cat tle industry, especially during the present price squeeze. Mrs. Jack Lovd was an over night guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lillv in Her miston last Monday. Mrs. Lilly is a sister of Jack Loyd. Free enterprise has been flog ged again this week, with the introduction of a measure, Sen ate Bill 419, that does away with paid toilets. A biU introduced in the Senate, outlaws this giant of money making businesses in Oregon, by prohibiting charges for use of public toilets or wash rooms at terminals, depots or public waiting rooms used by air, rail or bus passengers, trav eling to, from or in Oregon. During a time when the leg islature is considering property tax relief, this cannot be con sidered as such, but to those caught without the change, it is j a relief in a much more basic ! form. ' New Directories Going into Mail; Format Changed New telephone directories the communities served by cific Northwest Bell in Umatil la and Morrow counties are go ing into the mail starting March 13. "In contrast to last year's dir ectories, we are again publish ing four different directories this year," says PNB Manager Dale Slusher. 'The change to the former for mat is being made on request of many of our customers to re flect local calling interest in the first alphabetical section print ed in each of the four director ies," Slusher added. As reflected on the cover of the different directories and the listings in the first alphabetical section, the directories are be ing published as follows: Pendleton, Athena and Wes ton, 11,000 copies. Heppner, lone and Lexington, 1,595 copies. Hermiston, Umatilla, Stanfield and Echo, 6,425 copies. Milton-Freewater, 3,400 copies. Each directory will have a common Call Guide section at the very front, and listings for the other communities in the area will follow the Yellow Pag es. Pictorially, the directories will feature water color sketches of three Oregon scenes by PNB directory artist Dick Ferris. The scenes are the Ashland Shakes pearean Theatre, Warm Springs Indians in full regalia for a social dance and a fast dwind ling silgh a covered bridge. In addition to listings of emergency numbers, the inside front cover of each directory contains the revised law on ob scene telephone calls. Numbers for city, county and state law enforcement agencies are also listed in the white pag es under the main heading po lice departments. Government offices listings have a main heading in the white pages with subheadings for the level of government and the location. For further convenience, there are classified listings in the Yellow Pages for fire and po lice departments. Also added to the Yellow Pages classified list ings are numbers for govern ment offices by level of govern ment and location. YOUR SENATOR REPORTS . . . Nearly all of Oregon's legis lators campaigned last fall on pledges to provide meaningful property tax relief, while at the same time maintaining our state's present standards of ser vice to the public. In recent days the legislature has taken two dramatic steps toward their goal. The first came last week when the two presid ing officers. Senate President E. D. "Debbs" Potts and House SDeaker Robert F. Smith, an nounced that $35 million had been identified in the State's General Fund budget, that could be trimmed. They then announc ed that thev had ordered their co-chairmen of Ways and Means to direct this financial find to ward basic school support, in order to assure some relief on property taxes throughout the State. The second step came March 6. as the Senate voted 1811 to accept a House proposal that would direct some $23 million of State revenues back to local welfare programs. To insure that this boost in welfare support did not become a windfall, the measure instructed the local taxing agencies to reduce their property assessments by the amount donated from the State thus bringing about the relief desired. A bill was introduced that would expand the educational program throughout the State to include a kindergarten. The bill would let any school district have a kindergarten and would provide for reimbursement by the State through its basic school support rate of $125 per vear. Presently, there are only about 25 of our children participat ing in a kindergarten program in Oregon. This plan would ex tend this program to an addit ional 40,000 five-year-old youths. It seems to me that this is a poor time to introduce such a measure. We should get our present financial problems solv ed before we take on any addit ional programs. The House Natural Resources Committee heard a bill March 5 that would shut a polluter down when the State Sanitary Authority says so, unless a judge finds that irreparable The Rhyming Philosopher INDUCEMENT THERE ONCE WAS A BEAGLE WHO RACED WITH AN EAGLE TO PURSUE A FAT RABBIT AND STOP IT; WHILE THE BIRD SOARED SO PROUD WITH HIS HEAD IN A CLOUD, BUT WITH FEET ON THE GROUND THE DOG GOT IT. IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE FUN AND JUST PLAY IN THE SUN, AND EXPECT THE WORLD OWES YOU A LIVING; BUT YOU'RE ON THE WRONG ROAD IF YOU CARRY NO LOAD OR YOU'RE TAKING MUCH MORE THAN YOU'RE GIVING. IT TAKES EFFORT AND WILL TO GO CLIMBING UPHILL, BUT NEVER TO START IS MUCH EASIER; YOU CAN CLAIM THAT YOU'RE STUCK WITH SOME AWFUL HARD LUCK LIKE LEAD IN THE PANTS OR AMNESIA. THOUGH THE TOP OF THE HEAP MAY SEEM FAR AND SO STEEP, IT DOESN'T LOOK FAR, RETROSPECTIVELY: TAKE A HITCH IN YOUR SLACKS AND GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS. AND YOUR BOOTSTRAPS WILL LIFT MORE EFFECTIVELY! HARRY W. FLETCHER BT KEN JERNSTEDT. STATE SENATOR 18th District, Including Morrow county damage to one's business or an individual outweighs the public interest. A new bill by the House High way Committee would permit driver licenses for youths under 18 only if they have completed approved driver training courses. I am against this measure be cause, in my opinion, it would place hardships on rural areas where such training is hard to come by. In closing I would like to re mind you of the importance of your participation in the law making process. For it is only when you voice your opinions that we get good representative legislation. You can do this by coming to Salem to talk with me, appearing before a commit tee, or participating in your home by writing a letter to me, in care of Oregon State Senate, Senate Chambers, Salem, Ore gon 97310. This will be a great help to me. The public is need ed in politics; do your part, vour state is depending on you. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davidson of Lexington received word Tues day that their son. Soec. 4' Herb Davidson, arrived in South Viet nam last week. He is serving with the artillery division at Nha Trang, a short distance north of CamRanh Bay. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD HEPPNER BASKETBALL State A-2 Tournament, Coos Bay, March 17-18-19 Heppner vs. Sutherlin, 3:30 P.m.. Monday. Mar. 17 Live radio broadcast, channel 3 TV or Station KUMA, Pendleton Band and Pep Club projects an day Saturday, car wash ing, window washing, can dy selling BAKED FOOD SALE Friday, March 14', from 9:30 a.m. Peterson Building, next to Gardners Sponsored by Heppner Moth ers Club PUBLIC CARD PARTY St. Patrick's Day Card Parly aturaay, Marcn 13, p.m. Heppner IOOF Hall, Sponsor ed by Triple Links Club Bridge, Pinochle, Prizes and refreshments BAND BENEFIT DANCE Saturday, Mar. 22, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Hardman Communitv Center Music by Burnt Sieep and Western bands Proceeds to Heppner Band Fund POMONA GRANGE Sunday Mar. 16 Willows Grange Hall, lone Potluck dinner at noon, pro gram at 1:30, pictures of European tour by Dick Krebs SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency O. Box 247 PH. 676-9622 Heppner
