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Looking Back at the Flood
As our good people dig themselves out of the mud that
came with last week's flooding, several thoughts come to
mind that should be expressed while the matter is fresh.
First, the occurrence brought out the fact that there is a
dire need for better communication at such time of emer
gency. People for the most part were warned of danger. Fire
men and police did their best to alert people who could be
in peril. But many others were confused and apprehensive.
They did not know where the flood was, what more they
mitht expect, nor what to do. This is particularly true of new
comers to the community.
A suggestion from one person, relatively new here, may
be feasible. Is it possible to run an announcement through
the cable TV system In such an emergency, say on Channel
3? This could Issue from the best sources and if it could
be worked out would give people information that might al
lay fears and advise them what to do.
Second, this flood will give additional impetus to the
Willow Creek project, and this is direly needed. No one can
contend that the dam would have prevented this flood, for
it would be in the wrong place to avert a flood coming down
Shobe Canyon. But the dam would have helped for the low
er part of town such as at the golfcourse by being able to
cut off the flow from Willow Creek, thereby taking that much
from the head that hits. Also, the next waterspout might hit
in the Balm Fork and Willow Creek areas. Who knows? We
do know we arc susceptible to flood, and the majority of our
people will feel protected better if the dam were constructed.
This is the time to do something about It.
Third, we continue to marvel at the manner In which
Morrow county people meet trouble and difficulty. Consider
the high school boys going to the city hall to offer their serv
ices in any manner towards restoring the swimming pool,
and of the many evidences of neighbor helping neighbor.
You could approach a person above his ankles in mud as
he sought to restore order to his household. Inevitably he
would greet you with a grin and a joke even everyone knows
that there just wasn't much funny about It.
But what a spirit!
A Fable
(Reprinted from Oregon Agriculture, Oregon Farm
Bureau Newspaper. (Original source unknown).
Once upon a time there was a Little Red Hen who
scratched about and uncovered some grains of wheat. She
called her barnyard neighbors and said, "If we work together
and plant this wheat we will have some fine bread to eat.
Who will help me plant the wheat?"
"Not I," said the Cow. "Not I," said the Duck. "Not I,"
said the Goose. "Then I will," said the Little Red Hen and
she did.
After the wheat started growing, the ground turned dry
and there was no rain In sight. 'Who will help me water
the wheat?" said the Little Red Hen.
"Not I," said the Cow. "Not I," said the Duck. "Not I,"
said the Pig. "Equal rights," said the Goose. 'Then I will,"
said the Little Red Hen and she did.
The wheat grew tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who
will help me reao the wheat?" asked the Little Red Hen.
"Not I," said the Cow. "Not I," said the Duck. "Out of
my classification," said the Pig. "I'd lose my ADC," said
the Goose.
'Then I will," said the Little Red Hen and she did.
When it came time to grind the flour, "Not I," said the
Cow. "I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the
Duck.
When it came time to bake the bread, "That's overtime for
me," said the Cow. "I'm a dropout and never learned how,"
said the Duck. "I'd lose rny welfare benefits," said the Pig.
"If I'm the only one helping, that's discrimination," said the
Goose.
"Then I will," said the Little Red Hen and she did.
She baked five loaves of fine bread and held them up for
her neighbors to see.
"I want some," said the Cow. "I want some," said the
Duck. "I want some," said the Pig. "I demand my share,"
said the Goose.
"No," said the Little Red Hen. "I can rest for a while
and eat the five loaves myself."
"Excess profits," cried the Cow. "Capitalistic leech!"
screamed the Duck. "Company fink," screamed the Goose.
"Equal rights," grunted the Pig.
And they hurriedly painted picket signs and marched
around the Little Red Hen singing, "We shall overcome."
And they did.
For when the Farmer came to investigate the commotion,
he said, "You must not be greedy, Little Red Hen. Look at
the oppressed Cow. Look at the disadvantaged Duck. Look
at the underprivileged Pig. Look at the less fortunate Goose.
You are guilty of making second-class citizens of them!"
"But but but I earned the bread," said the Little Red
Hen.
"Exactly," the wise Farmer said. "That is the wonderful
free enterprise system; anybody can earn as much as he
wants. You should be happy to have this freedom. In other
barnyards, you would have to give all five loaves to the
Farmer. Here you give four loaves to your suffering neigh
bors. And they all lived happily ever after. Including the Lit
tle Red Hen, who smiled and smiled and clucked, "I am
grateful. I am grateful."
But her neighbors wondered why she never baked any
more bread.
Fire Chief Notes Closed
Residents are reminded by
Fire Chief Forrest Burkenbine,
that along with the approach of
hot weather also comes the need
for acquiring permission to
burn grass, grain, stubble
or other combustible mater
ials Inside the Rural Fire
Protection District or the city
limits during the closed season.
- TIMES, Thursday, June 19. 1969
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
REGGIE PASCAL
Linotype Operator
DALE COOPER
Pressman
Monday through Friday; 9 a.m
Burning Time
Also, within a fire district, no
building or building wreckage
may be burned without first sec
uring a permit or permission
from the Fire Chief, and comply
ing with the conditions and re
quirements of the permit, by
order of the oifice of the state
fire marshal.
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
SALT LAKE CITY
WE AREN'T on our way to the
moon, but we have a good
Idea what the astronauts feel
like. We're fitted Into our car
like the spacemen are fitted in
to their rmxm capsule. We've
had a long time to plan this
trip to Boston, and this gave
us a lot of opportunity to be
jure we dldnt leave anyming
behind. We did decide, though,
that they would have plenty of
musical instruments for the
forthcoming wedding, and so
we did leave the piano behind.
WK DETOL'RED a bit from a
direct route East in order to
visit Salt Lake City, where we
had never been before. We're
writing this column in the mo
tel room with the portable rest
ing on one knee and partly on
the bed.
Salt Lake City is a truly beau
tiful city! We arrived here ear
ly enough Saturday to spend
the afternoon touring the attrac
tions, and they more than
measured up to expectations.
Salt Lake is laid out in sucn
a manner that it is very easy
foi one to find his way around.
The main business section sits
on a slope that steepens as it
continues toward the mountains
witli the State Capitol building
at the apex.
Nevertheless, after we had
visited the Capitol, we somehow
got twisted around and had
trouble finding the Mormon
Tabernacle and Temple. We
knew they took a whole block,
and found another building
that did, also. This was an im
posing structure. So we had the
City-County Government build
ing well photographed as the
Mormon Temple before we
learned that this was the civil
center not the religious center.
HELEN SPOTTED a rather im
pressive building which was
obviously a church, and she was
sure this was the Temple. But
when we got to it, the sign on
the building said, "First Meth
odist Church."
Somehow that seemed to jus
tify the Fearless Farris sign that
we had seen earlier near Moun
tain Home, Idaho, "Methodists
Watch Out for Mormon CricK-
ets."
MANY OF OUR readers have
been here and know that the
Temple and Tabernacle are tru
ly impressive. We did find them,
had a very pleasant time there
and drove back up tonight to
see the Temple lighted at night.
It is a beautiful sight.
THERE ARE no signs of flood
here in Salt Lake City, but
we visited the biggest hole in
the ground that we ever saw
the Bingham Copper Mine,
which is now an open pit two
miles wide and a half-mile deep,
twice the depth of the Empire
State building.
We counted 24 "benches" or
slairsteps up the side of the
hole, each big enough for a rail
road track and power shovels.
As the pit gets deeper and
broader at the bottom, they have
to expand each of the "stair
steps" to keep the slopes in pro
portion The amount of ore they
take out of there is staggering,
but only .8 of one percent of the
ore is copper.
WE THOUGHT we'd sail right
along over the Idaho desert
today, but we got mixed up in
the army on the move and took
the long monotonous stretch
fiom Boise to Twin Falls at the
rate of about 20-40 miles per
hour. Hundreds of rigs were
headed somewhere from Gow
an Field, Boise, and In the west
bound lane, headed back to
Boise, were dozens more. Re
minded me of the days I work
ed in the shipyards and on the
outfitting dock of the Willam
ette River would watch tugs
pulling logs up the river and
then other tugs would pull logs
down the river. Couldn't help
Visitors at the Cecil Lutkins
home over the previous week
end were Mrs. Lutkins' niece
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Rimmelspacher and two daugh
ters, from Pomeroy, Wn. The
family stopped to visit in Hepp
ner while enroute home from a
trip to Portland, where they
were guests for several days of
Mrs. Dolly Allstott in Gresham.
CITIZENS! IMPORTANT!
Do not let mud flow into
your sewer the entire city
system can be ruined.
Regardless of rumors, city
water is pure.
CITY SUPT.
VIC GROSHEN
but wonder why the sawmils at
the opposite ends of the river
didn't make some sort of agree
ment to save money.
WE WERE afraid the Fearless
Farris signs alone the Idaho
cUsert highway would be wiped
out by Ladybird Johnson's beau
tificatlon campaign in order to
eliminate the blight to the great
scenic desert, but the signs are
still there. Reading them is
about the only fun and games
a person has in driving that
stretch, such things as "Join Us
for a Cup of Tea Bring your
Bag." or, bv a pile of boulders,
'Petrified Watermelons Take
One Home to Your Mother-in-Law."
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A. Salem Scene
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CLEANUP LAWS COVER
TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Litterbugs in Oregon may find
themselves sentenced to serve
nn to five davs wearing "Litter
Patrol" armbands and picking'
up reiuse along nisiiwajs aim
in parks
Quite a few violators will
have to be caught to keep up
with the problem. But the pol
ice detail is one provision, along
with stiffer fines for littering,
of a new law passed bv the 1909
k gislature.
Actually the legislature it
self constitutes one of the best
cleanup organizations in the
state. After moving toward sol
utions to air and water quality
problems for several years, the
legislature this year turned
more attention to issues involv
ing general environmental qual
ity and liveability.
The result: such laws as the
Litter Patrol concept and prohi
bition of dumping motor vehic
les or their parts into state
waters. Another new law allows
counties to regulate, franchise
and establish rates for garbage
collection and disposal, and to
go together with other counties
and cities on regional programs.
Oregonians will vote next
May on a Constitutional amend
ment, referred by the legislat
ure, to help municipalities fight
pollution. It will authorize the
state to issue bonds for local
pollution control facility funds,
which will carry the low inter
est rates made possible by the
state's superior credit rating.
The legislature strengthened
the hand of the State Sanitary
Authority, renaming it the En
vironmental Quality Commission
and placing it directly under
the governor. Previously it was
under the State Board of Health.
Engineers of the Solid Waste
Control section of the Board of
Health are transferred to the
new commission. This move,
again, reflects the agency's con
cern with land pollution and not
just air and water quality. In
solid waste questions, state and
local health agencies may con
sider commission rules as their
own and may enforce them.
This year's legislature took
several steps to tighten air qual
ity laws. They include adoption
of a new public policy state
ment, which for the first time
uses the specific term "air pol
lution," and revision of the
term's definition.
Another first is specific men
tion of air and water quality in
a zoning law. The measure re
quiring counties to zone all land
by 1971 notes as its first goal
for comprehensive planning "to
preserve the quality of air and
water resources of the state."
Air quality standards of the
new Environmental Qual i t y
Commission were legally clari
fied to include emission stand
ards. The legislature directed
the commission to establish a
program and apparatus for
measuring air pollution at its
emission sources instead of in
the general atmosphere.
Another new law provides for
the commission to establish
schedules of "marginal" days for
field burning. Agricultural burn
ing no lonper is exemDted under
the state's Air Quality Act.
Home incinerators also now are
subject to the law, and land
clearing and grading exempt
ions are limited to agricultural
operations,
MEETING
CALENDAR
Mnnilin. Tuna 23
Chamber of Commerce. Wagon
Wheel Dining Room. 12 Noon,
volunteer Fire Department, 7:30
p.m. .
lone Lions. Ed's Tavern, 7:0
Hc'ppncr Garden Group, Neigh
borhood Center, 7:30 pm.
T..Hn-w. lunt 24
tu-ptoo ut Honor Inspection,
Fniseonal Parish hall, 8:00
p.m.
Ua4nriffV. fun 25
bnvni Arrh Masons. Chapter 26,
Stated Convocation. Masonic
Hall ft 00 nm
Willow Lodge. lOOF Hall, 8:00
Mirrnvv County Javcees, 8:00
p.m.
Saturday, June 28
Morrow County Gem and M n
eral Society, McMurtry Build
ing. 7:30 p.m.
by Ivtrett L Cutter
Fire permits for slash burning
now may be required any time
of year. Restricted areas will be
designated bv the commission,
in ronneration with the State
nonHrtment of Forestry, which
nrtmrnistpr the permit pro
gram.
The legislature made it a mis
demeanor to remove an auto
mobile exhaust control device
or knowingly allow it to remain
inoperative.
And the new commission was
given added power to enforce
compliance with water quality
laws or restrain violation of
them. Specific violations noted
include operation without a wa
ter quality permit, waste dis
charge from a building without
approved treatment, sewage sys
tem construction without prior
plan approval, and failure to
secure a bond before installing
a domestic sewer system.
Progressive gains already
have been noted by anti-pollution
officials as a result of the
extensive laws passed two years
ago. More improvements will
be realized as a result of the
1969 legislature's actions, they
say, particularly in cleanup ef
forts extending beyond the
scope of air and water.
The legislature has worked
responsibly, says one, to keep
Oregon in a position of leader
ship among states in preserving
liveability factors. Now the pub
lic must coopearte, he says, ex
pressing hope that the spectre of
serving on Litter Patrol may
help provide one incentive.
PROPERTY TAX
FAX
If you have a question con
cerning real or personal proper
ty please state all the facts as
biefly as possible and mail it
to Joyce Ritch, Morrow county
special assessor, under the name
"PROPERTY TAX FAX". Please
ask only one question per sheet.
QUESTION:
I am a food processor and
filed a late personal property
return this year. Is the penalty
for late filing based upon (1)
the January 1 value as equal
ized by the board of equaliza
tion or (2) the valuation re
maining on the assessment roll
after cancellcrton of part of the
assessment under the "proces
sors law" (ORS 308.250)?
ANSWER:
The statute clearly states that
the penalty is based on the
true cash value of the property
as equalized by the county
board of equalization at its stat
utory session.
Overnight house guests at the
Lyle Jensen home last Friday
night were his cousin, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Nash and family, from
St. Paul, Minn. The couple are
on a two week vacation and
traveled from here to Hood Riv
er to visit with other relatives
before returning to their home,
where he is associated with the
IBM Corporation.
The Rhyming
APPRECIATION
VCATION TIME COMES SO WE CROWD IN THE CAR
TO VISIT THE SHOPS IN SOME DISTANT BAZAAR,
THERE'S NOTHING ATTRACTIVE IN HOMEVILLE, WE SAY,
COMPARED TO THE SCENERY FAR, FAR AWAY.
WE HURRY TO THAT SECRET SPOT WE JUST FOUND
AND GET CLOSE TO NATURE AND SLEEP ON THE
OR ELE RENT A CABIN WAY OUT OFF THE ROAD
AND VISIT THE RUBES IN THEIR NATIVE ABODE.
UNLIKE MANY NEIGHBORS WE LEFT FAR BEHIND,
THERE'S SOMETHING DISTINCTIVE IN STRANGERS, WE
FIND,
FOR INSTANCE LIKE MR. AND MRS. R. HICKS
WE MET UP IN LOCALBURG OUT IN THE STICKS.
BUT ALSO IT HAPPENS THE HICKS LIKE TO ROAM
AWAY FROM THAT WONDERFUL PLACE THEY CALL
HOME
TO SPEND THEIR VACATIONS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
LN HOMEVILLE. WHICH STRANGELY IS OUR NATIVE SPOT.
THE HICKS KEEP INSISTING OUR HOMEVILLE IS GREAT
COMPARED TO THE SCENES IN THEIR NATIVE STATE;
WHICH PROVES WE'D BE MUCH BETTER OFF BY A LOT
TO CHERISH THE TALENTS AND BEAUTY WE'VE GOT.
HARRY W. FLETCHER
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LETTERS 10
Problems
To the Editor:
For sometime I have been
thinking of a way that 1 might
help our schools and our com
munity to overcome some of the
problems that we face.
To those who do not know
me. I would like to Introduce
mvself. 1 am plant engineer
and custodian of the Heppner
schools. 1 have been working
lor the school system since
1949, except for a four-year per-
Many of you who have child
ren in high school. I have had
the opportunity of watching
them grow up. In the period of
time that I have worked In the
erhniA KVKtpm I have seen some
changes come about. Some of
them are for the betterment of
nnr Kchoo s. sucn as oetter
tnnrhlnir met hods, better build
ines and equipment, but one of
the changes that has developed
is the attitude of our young
people, particularly the teenag
ers, in their lack of respect for
our laws both in the schools
and community and also the
lack of pride in our school
buildings and property.
1 believe that we. as parents,
law enforcement officers, those
who administer the law, school
administrators and teachers
must bear the responsibility of
this breakdown in our young
people's attitude.
Throughout the years I have
noticed that the young people
who cause the most trouble and
have the greatest problems of
adjusting to discipline, in gen
eral, are the ones whose par
ents are the first to defend them
against the discipline that is
handed out.
I know from experience that
our young people respect us as
Darents. teachers, law enforce
ment officers, those who admin
ister the law, school administra
tors and citizens, when we set
good examples and enforce the
laws of our community and our
schools.
It is extremely difficult for
those in the position of author
ity to administer and enforce
the laws without the support of
the citizens of the community.
I would like to see more em-
uhasis put on the problem of
our youth turned loose to run
the highway. There Is hardly a
night that some of our young
people are not on the roads
drinking, scattering bottles, etc.,
on the highways and the school
grounds. When a few of our
young people are allowed to get
by with these lawless acts we
are encouraging others to break
the laws and are also losing
the respect of our young people
because we are not enforcing
the laws.
We do have some real good
material in our young people
today and they are looking to
us for leadership. We can help
them to become good citizens
and future leaders by enforcing
the laws of our community and
our schools.
Respectfully yours,
Paul Warren
Something More
Dear Mr. Sherman:
I had a little accident last
Thursday and got banged up a
bit. I will be transferred from
the Enterprise in the near fu
ture so could you send my
weekly papers to:
John F. Cole
1524 S. E. 84th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97216
Send it there until I notify you
of my new permanent address.
Letters can follow me from
place to place but papers have
a way of being lost In the mail.
When David Clark, my little
brother, was killed in Vietnam
all he received was a Purple
Heart. He gave his life for his
country and what he believed.
Now almost two years later
I get scraped up a bit and am
recommended for a Purple
Heart. It's not fair at all.
A guy can cut himself shav
ing and as long as he is in a
war he can almost get a med
al for it.
I am not saying a guy
Philosopher
712 EDITOR
shouldn't t Dtiiitpihlnff for be.
ing wounded but a man who
dies for his country should get
something much better and
more significant.
Sincerely yours,
John Cole
Cancer Crusade
To the Editor:
Sincere thanks for your won
derful support for our recent,
successful educational and fund
raising April Crusade.
Your free public sen ice en
ables us to reuch many more
Oregonians with life saving in
formation than we could ever
reach on our own.
Our three-phase program of
public and professional educa
tion, research and patient and
community service Is making
headway. In the early 1930's
fewer than one in five was be
ing saved that Is. alive five
years after first being treated.
Since 1956 the ratio has de
creased to one In three. This
could be one In two if everyone
went to his doctor in time. That
is why It Is so vital for all per
sons to be alert to cancer's sev
en warning signals and have an
annual checkup.
With your continued support
we will reach that one In two.
The other victim still needs
more research but this is com
ing along also. That day will
come when we will close our
door and "fold our tents . . ."
Enclosed Is a certificate of our
deep appreciation. We hope you
will display it where others will
see the good you are doing and
follow your example.
Gratefully.
John N. Matschek
Oregon Crusade Chairman
Pioneer
Ponderings
By W. S. CAVERHILL
Vacation Days Planning
When you are planning a
week-end trip somewhere in
Eastern Oregon where there are
so many places to go and so
much to do, it is likely that
fishing will be a "first." But.
don't make it an exclusive. Make
it a family affair. There are
many pleasant places for a pic
nic lunch or a "cookout" at a
variety of elevations to suit the
season. Lake side or stream side
there is a place for you and
your tribe to enjoy an outing
in air that is smogless, by wa
ters that are not polluted and
the pressure of population is
light. It may not be so always,
enjoy it while you can.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne BalL Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Ball, and Shir
ley Nichols and Terry Taylor,
all of lone, spent the week-end
of June 7 and 8 at Granite, Ore.
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
HEPPNER GARDEN GROUP
Monday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.,
at Neighborhood Center
SOROPTIMIST
INSTALLATION
Dinner Saturday, June
7:30 p.m.
Episcopal Parish Hall
21,
MORROW; COUNTY GEM and
MINERAL SOCIETY
Saturday, June 28
McMurtry Building, 7:30 p.m.
POMONA GRANGE
Saturday, June 21, at Board
man Grange Hall
Meeting at 10:30 a.m., dinner
served at noon
FATHER OF YEAR
BARBECUE
Saturday, June 21, Morrow
County Fairgrounds
Honoring Dick McElligott
Sponsored by Morrow County
CowBelles
ROYAL ARCH
CONVOCATION
Wednesday, June 25, Heppner
Masonic Hall
All members urged to attend
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. a Box 247 PH. 67S-9625
If no answer call Ray Boyce,
676-53S4
Heppner