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GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oregon 97838
Phone 676-9228
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LETTERS EDITOR
Not Forgotten
To the Editor:
Upon returning to my office
from an extensive tour of Oregon,
your editorial of August 14. ISMi'J,
was brought to my attention.
It is true that 1 did not have
the opportunity to visit Morrow
county during my most recent
trip. But rest assured your coun
ty has not been forgotten, and
on one of my future visits home
that Morrow county will be on
my schedule.
roruiaiiy,
Bob Packwood
U. S. Senator
Washington, D. C.
Mebbc So, Mebbc Not
"Tho nleasure nrinciole has been elevated over the Puri
tan ethic of work. To do one's own thing is a greater duty
than to be a useful citizen," quoting from a TIME essay about
the hippie sing in Bethel, N. Y.
We doubt that TIME has thought long enough on the
subject. The old theory of "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves jn
three generation?" still seems intact. These hippies are the
second and third generation from successful operators in busi
ness or profession or well-paid labor, a generation that want
ed children to have everything except responsibility. And un
der the circumstances the children are normal. They will
wind up on relief rolls and few will reproduce because of
druus. so there will be short end to them.
The big difference is that there are more of them and
that is on account of our exceeding prosperity. KememDer:
Ben Franklin said he could find no cure for prosperity.
It doesn't make any difference what the hippies think
about work nor how much they deride it by reference to the
Puritans; work will still be necessary if man is to eat and
wear clothes. The Important people of the nation will work,
and the satisfied and happy people will like it, not deride it.
Really successful generations are those who know enough
to use a small start inherited from saving parents and in
crease It without ostentation. Then in a generation or two,
the family may be assured of an income and affluence. Fam
ilies that fritter away their inheritance and spoil their kids
drop back into the misery from whence they came. Other
families, by the virtue of saving, rise to influence and take
their place in control of the economy.
The hippies are the most recent example of an old rule,
multiplied greatly and at present glaring outrageously. They
are the result of a generation unable to handle prosperity
and those who can t handle it, soon lose it.
(By Giles French, Sherman County Journal)
Which District?
When Morrow county school district R-l's board of direct
ors meets September 22, they are to consider whether Hepp
ner High school's athletic teams will continue to play in dis
trict 7AA (as it is to be called) or drop down to district 7A.
Unless the board petitions the Oregon School Activities
Association, the Mustangs will begin playing In the lower
classification In the fall of 1970, under a reclassification move
by the OSAA approved earlier this year.
Which district should IMS teams play in?
On one hand, the new league set-up would probably less
en travel expenses for Mustang teams.
On the other hand, the new league would probably not
give the HIIS teams the competition they have been used to
in district 7 A-2.
The board seeks the advice of more than just the coaches,
the principal and its Heppner advisory board. It seeks the
opinions of the citizens of Heppner.
Which district should HIIS teams play in?
You can help decide. The board meets at 8 p.m., Monday,
September 22 at the district office in Lexington.
A year from now, you may be complaining about the
decision the board has made. Your complaint will only be
legitimate If you spoke up when you had the chance.
Ra
in
There's something about the smell of rain that makes it
so noticeable.
Or maybe It was the fact that no measurable amount of
rain had fallen in Heppner since July 11.
Whatever it was, the odor of the rain which greeted risers
Tuesday morning was there, and it was sure a pleasant smell.
Should we say how great and how timely the moisture
was? Maybe not, since a few ranchers still haven't finished
their harvest. Maybe not, since some hay growers had just
raked their hay.
But maybe so, since hunting season is only a few weeks
away. And maybe so, since some ranchers have started seed
ing their fall wheat.
It seems the rain can't win, which just goes to show you:
you can't please all of the people all of the time.
The Rhyming Philosopher
PROCRASTINATION
Let's take a few seconds to ponder
The things we should do, but we don't,
Like fixing the door or that hole in the floor
We ought to do now, but we won't.
Too often we let our minds wander,
Put off writing letters past due;
There's dishes to wash, and the garden, by gosh,
Looks worse than a jungle it's true!
There Lsn't much time left to squander,
Regardless of what we may think.
The first thing you know there'll be nothing to show
For years you have poured down the sink.
Though maybe we're all growing fonder
Of pressing the flesh on our seat.
We'll find that we've built up a complex of guilt
Surrounded by walls of deceit.
Before we are summoned up yonder.
Let's earn peace of mind, if desired:
Don't put off for months what you should do at once
(I'd do that myself, but I'm tired!)
HARRY W. FLETCHER
Racing Bicycles
To the Editor:
I have had in mind to write
this since a fire alarm in Aug
ust. After reading "The Night Pol
ice Patrol Report" I feel it my
duty to do so.
When the alarm sounded, I
was at my door in seconds; as
were other neighbors in the area.
The first thing to catch my eye
was five young bicycle riders
(probably ages from 7 to 12
racing up the middle of Gale St.
from Church St. At Baltimore
and W. Center, others joined the
race.
No car could have possibly
passed through the group, going
either way on the street, safely.
It seems to me; when the fire
alarm sounds bicycles should
stay off the street, out of the
way of cars.
Parents of young riders; please
cio some serious thinking anj
teaching, before it is too late.
Am I overconcerned about that,
which is none of my business?
wavel Wilkinson
Heppner
Not Inhumane
To the Editor:
As chairman of the Heppner
Rodeo Board I felt I would be
doing a disservice to the people
of Morrow county and fellow
rodeo board directors to not an
swer Lois Winchesters absurd
letters to the editor.
First of all, at no time has the
Heppner Rodeo ever condoned
or tolerated any willful mistreat
ment of rodeo stock. If Mrs. Win
chester would stop and think
of how valuable these rodeo ani
mals are and how scarce they
are getting she would know that
the stock contractors wouldn t
allow it.
During all the rodeo events
before and after the show the
Heppner Rodeo was produced
under the close suiH-rvision of a
member of the Oregon Humane
Society who had the decency to
conio to the rodeo office and in
troduce himself and visit with
the rodeo directors and the stock
contractor. When he left Sunday
night lie had the decency to stop
in and thank us and bid us
goodbye and to tell the rodeo
hoard that he did not see any
inhumane treatment to the ani
mals and that he thought it was
one of the finest run shows he
had attended this year, and he
had been to about fifty rodeos
this year.
Mrs. Winchester seems to have
a particular gripe about our very
fine and highly respected rodeo
announcer. Too bad that it dis
torts her hearing to the point
that she quotes things about a
"secret nerve center" in goats'
throats too gruesome details and
about hurt horses that I nor any
one else attending the rodeo
even heard and anyone knowing
Joe Daley would know he would
never say in the first place. She
also quotes me or someone she
thought was chute boss as ord
ering her off the grounds. This
is untrue as I never said one
word to Lois Winchester during
this rodeo or any other rodeo
for that matter. Maybe some of
the stock contractors' crew order
ed her out to protect the equip
ment, being that she "borrowed"
a flank strap last year and the
rodeo board had to have a dep
uty sheriff retrieve it.
I think that if Lois Winches
ter cannot write true statement
and not have to resort to sen
sational descriptions of gory de
tails she should refrain from
writing. Because the R.C.A. and
N.R.A. have rules regulating
sharpness of spurs and flanks
and general rodeo equipment
written by levelheaded humane
men who have forgotten more
about human treatment of stock
than Lois Winchester will ever
know.
Sincerely,
Charles J. Daly
Chairman, Heppner
Rodeo Board
MEETING
CALENDAR
Monday, September 15
Chamber of Commerce, Wagon
Wheel Dining Room, 12 noon
Morrow County Fair Board, Fair
Dormitory, 8 p.m.
Ruth Assembly No. 50, Order of
Rainbow, Masonic Hall, 7 p.m.
Heppner Civic League, Heppner
Elementary School
Tuesday. September 16
AF and AM No. 69, 8 p.m.
Wednesday. September 17
Jaycees, 8 p.m.
Carnation Club. 8 p.m.
TO THE
EDITOR. .
Needs Support
To the Editor,
As the school year goes Into
its second full week of activ
ity, I find myself thinking of
the responsibilities that the
teachers have taken upon them
selves and of their willingness
Navy Sets Exam Day On December 13th
Vice Admiral Charles K. Dun
can, Chief of Naval Personnel,
has announced that the 24th an
nual national competitive exam
ination for the Regular Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps
(NROTC) will be given on Dec
ember 13, 1969.
The Regular NROTC Program
prepares a young man for a Na
vy or Marine Corps commission
while he is studying at one of
the many civilian colleges and
universities where NROTC units
are established. All tuition, fees,
uniforms, and books are furnish
ed by the Navy, and the student
receives $50 per month subsist
ence allowance for not more
than four years. During the sum
mers between academic years,
the student participates In In
teresting at-sea training periods
as a Midshipman. After success
fully completing a baccalaure
ate level college course and all
military requirements, he is
commissioned in the Regular
Navy or Marine Corps.
PROPERTY TAX
FAX
If you have a question con
cerning real or personal proper
ty please state all the facts as
briefly as possible and mail It
to Joyce Ritch, special Morrow
county assessor, under the name
"PROPERTY TAX FAX". Please
to do the best they can to mold! ask only one question per sheet,
our children into responsible
individuals as well as provide
them with a proper education.
As president of your elemen
tary PTA, for the second year
I can also look back and note
the accomplishments in the past
year of both your PTA unit and
the local schools. It has certainly chase, the land remains liable
Deen a rewarding experience for any taxes assessed and due
working with the school stall. as of the time of the acquisit
It has been my privilege to ion.
to observe firsthand the concern
QUESTION:
Our county acquired some
land that had some taxes as
sessed against it Can the coun
ty cancel these taxes?
ANSWER:
No. If it was acquired by pur-
. EVERYONE COME I
WATERMELON
FEED
Saturday, Sept. 13
5:00-7:00 P.M.
Fairgrounds
Heppner
Quarter-Melon SUc
Only 25c
SPONSORED BY HEPPNER
HIGH RALLY SQUAD
Miss Marsha Lovgren returned
to her work in the Federal of
fices In Washington, D. C, on
Sunday, after spending a 10-day
vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall Lovgren. She
made the trip by plane, arriv
ing in Portland August 29, and
accompanied Miss Paula Siew-
crt to Heppner. She left from
the Pendleton airport September
7.
Salem 'Scene
People-Hauling, Ports
Gain Priority Studies
Looking for a fast, convenient
way to get around town? There's
a People Pod in your future.
wen, maybe not right away
in Oregon. But the idea of mov
ing people in family-sized cap
suies, programmed by computer
to run only seconds apart on
overhead or underground net
works, is reported in the current
National Geographic to be get
ting serious study.
urowing awareness of mass
transit problems and needs,
which helped lead to the creat
ion of a Cabinet-level Depart
ment of Transportation in the
federal government two years
ago, is prompting such lulur
istic planning all over the no
tion.
In Oregon, similar concern was
a major factor in the legisla
ture's decision this year to es
tablish a State Department of
Transportation. Besides combin
ing the Highway, Motor and
Aeronautics Departments, it has
two brand new divisions: mass
transit and ports.
Because the older divisions al
ready are organized and running.
Transportation Director John M.
fuiton and his staff are devot
ing most of their attention to the
new, long-neglected areas of
study. The new divisions, in turn,
are proceeding in what Fulton
describes with satisfaction as an
"activist role."
It's too early to tell exactly
what results to expect," says the
retired Crown Zellerbach corp
orate representative. "I can tell
you we have more problems and
iewer answers in mass transit
than In any other field of trans
portation interest."
Administrator of the new mass
transit division is Fred Dver.
former Milwaukie (Ore.) city
manager. The three commission
ers are Robert Mitchell, chairman,
ana uan Hanna, both of Port
land, and Foster Anderson,
Eugene.
Working with Portland's Ma.s
Transit Advisory Commission in
developing plans is one immed-
ate concern. They aren't talking
People Pods yet, but are sifting
masses of statistics concerning
the movement of people in order
10 mane new judgments and de
cisions for action.
We have to find a better wav
of moving people," Fulton says
firmly, "and it isn't going to be
in automobiles."
In Portland. Harbor Drive and
Front Avenue can expect to
carry triple today's traffic In
20 years, he told Salem Scene.
Keeping up with parking needs
alone would convert downtown
areas Into massive parking lots.
by Evtrttt L Cutter
And there are other yardsticks
of concern safety, land
values, pollution beside,
simple overcrowding.
"To preserve downtown's rol'2
as a viable financial and merch
andising center, people will have
to be transported differently
perhaps by shuttle buses from
peripheral parking lots.
Although suburban shopping
centers will continue to blossom
Fulton is convinced that down
town is here to stay, as the
center of civic life, courts, pro
fessional and corporate offices.
Current construction in down
town Portland, and Eugene's
ambitious plans for core-area re
development would bear this out,
The Department of Transpor
tation is working; with Portland
and Eugene on ' mass transit
planning. Other priorities in
elude the possible formation of
inter-county mass transit dis
tricts, as authorized by the 1969
legislature, and anticlp a t i n g
means of transporting people to
and from the expanding- Fort
land International Airport.
Over in the new ports division,
officials are analyzing Oregon
port activity in preparing to
meet with regional authorities.
Division administrator is Paul
Coyne, former general manager
of the Port of Suslaw and re
cent president of . the Oregon
Public Ports Association. Com
missioners are Archie Davis,
Portland; Carl Fisher, Eugene;
and John McGowan, Astoria.
"We want to ensurecomprehen-
sive, realistic planning in terms
oi tne capabilities or noiviauai
ports," says Fulton. "We want
the ports to set meaningful ob
jectives and achieve meaingful
tax bases."
Often these goals involve
questions of best land usse, and
Fulton concedes that judgments
may difftr. Local pride or other I
factors behind the development
ui i-imipeuuve pon acuviura
may not always be in the best
long-range interest of a com
munity's economic standing.
While the Depart ment of
Transportation is not directly
involved in state economic plan
ning, he explains, many of its
decisions will necessarily con
cern economic situations.
If John Fulton sounds like a
man in the middle, helping to
ensure orderly economic devel
opment on the one hand and
concerned about - moving
people it will attract on
other, he does not appear
worried. i
"Both are bound to come to '
Oregon in the years ahead," he
says realistically. "We are wise
to be planning now, and to
concentrate our planning in these
rwo areas, so that Oregon can
be ready."
for the well being of the child
ren as well as the condition of
the buildings and equipment.
lour elementary PTA has
tried hard to do its part in
contributing to these important
goals and it feels that a great
deal of progress has been made
Now as we enter the new year,
we look forward to making new
goals and assisting in the tuture
needs of the parents and teach
ers in providing a well rounded
background in emotional devel
opment to our children, for the
purpose of PTA is: Not to raise
children easier, but to raise them
better. Is not to make money, but
to makes lives. It is not to criti
cize the home, but raise its stan
clards.. Is not to ignore the poor
schools, but to secure good one3.
Is not to operate in schools, but
to cooperate with them. Is not
to find fault, but to find facts. Is
not to make every child a prod
igy, but give him a chance.
With this in mind, your unit
needs the support of every psr
son in the community.
A Teacher s Reception is plan
ned for Wednesday, September
17 at 8:00 p.m. in the elementary
multipurpose room for the pur
pose of getting acquainted with
teachers who are new to the
community. It is also a time for
parents to get a little better ac
quainted with the regular mem
bers of the staff. A tour of the
buildings and facilities will be
conducted also after a short in
troduction by Mr. Al Martin,
elementary school principal,
And so on behalf ot your PTA,
we invite the people of the com
munity, mothers, dads, sisters,
brothers, granddads and grand
mothers to come to the teachers'
reception and enjoy a pleasant 9fi
f veiling. 27
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president 30'
.elementary fia 31.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Oregon State Office
729 N. E. Oregon Street (P. O. Box 2965)
Portland, Oregon 97208
PUBLIC SALE
UNDER the provisions of 43 U.S.C. 1171 and 43 CFR 2243, there
will be offered to the highest bidder, but at not less than the
appraised value, at a public sale to be held at 10:30 a.m., local
time, on the 7th dav of October 1969 at the LAND OFFICE, 729
NE Oregon Street, Portland, Oregon, the following tracts of land:
Willamette Meridian, Oregon
Tract
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
23.
24.
25.
32.
Description
T. 3 N., R. 27 E., sec. 20, ENW
T. 3 N., R. 27 E., sec 30, SEy4NWy4
T. 2 N., R. 23 E sec. 6
lot 7 swy4swy4)
T. 2 N., R. 23 E., sec. 18,
lots 1, 2, 3, 4, EW,NEy4
T. 2 N., R. 23 E., sec. 20, N'2SWV4
T. 2 N., R. 25 E., sec. 30, SEy4NEy4
T. 2 N., R. 25 E., sec. 30, lot 4
T. 2 N. R. 27 E. sec. 6
'unnumbered lot (NEy4NWy4)
T. 1 N., R. 25 E., sec. 2,
SWy4NEV4, WSE
T. 1 S., R. 29 E., sec. 8, SESEy4
T. 1 S., R. 29 E., sec. 24, WNWy4
T. 1 S., R. 29 E., sec. 24, SSWy4
T. 1 S., R. 29 E., sec. 25,
swy4Nwy4, sw&
T. 1 S., R. 29 E., sec. 26, NEy4NE
T. 2 S., R. 23 E., sec. 5, SEy4SWy4
T. 2 S., R. 23 E., sec. 8,
SWy4NEy4, NV&SEJ4
sec. 9, SA
T. 2 S., R. 23 E., sec. 14, SEy4Swy4
T. 2 S R. 23 E., sec. 15, SSEy4
T. 2 S., R. 26 E., sec. 21, NEy4NWy4
T. 3 S., R. 27 E., sec. 1, NWy4SWy4
T. 3 S., R. 28 E., sec. 4,
unnumbered lot (NEy4NWy4)
T. 3 S., R. 28 E., sec. 26, SEV4SEy4
sec. 35, EE
T. 3 S., R. 29 E., sec. 13, NWy4NE
T. 3 S., R. 29 E., sec. 13, NWNWy4
T. 4 S., R. 24 E., sec. 25, NWy4SWy4
T. 4 S., R. 24 E., sec. 30, NEy4NWy4
T. 4 S R. 25 E., sec. 1, SEy4SEy4
T. 4 S., R. 26 E., sec. 6,
lot 3 (NEy4NWy4)
T. 4 S., R. 26 E., sec. 27, NWy4NE
Appraised
Acres Value
80.00 $1,200
40.00 620
44.37 650
505.98 10,875
80.00 1,400
40.00 1,400
56.48 3,140
40.00 1,950
120.00 4,050
40.00 600 .
80.00 1,320
80.00 1,560
200.00 3,500
40.00 700
40.00 800
440.00 6,820
40.00 1,250
80.00 1,840
40.00 700
40.00 600
43.05 925
200.00 3,900
40.00 740
40.00 740
40.00 620
40.00 660
40.00 920
39.93 620
40.00 800
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
the
the
too
WATERMELON FEED
Saturday, Sept. 13
Heppner Fairgrounds
Sponsored by Heppner High
Rally Squad
From 5 to 7 p.m.
RAINBOW INSTALLATION
Ruth Assembly No. 50, Instal
lation of officers
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m.
Heppner Masonic Hall
SENIOR CITIZENS
Afternoon Social Meetings
Each Friday, 2 p.m.
Neighborhood Center
Bring a friend!
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Opening Games
Heppner vs. Elgin, here, Sat.,
Sept. 13, 8 p.m.
lone vs. Dufur, there, Sat.,
Sept. 13, 2 p.m.
PUBLIC CARD PARTY
Sponsored by St Patrick's
Altar Society, Monday, Sept.
29. 8 p.m.
Catholic Parish hall
Br id ge - Pi noch le-Dessert.
TEACHERS' RECEPTIONS
Heppner Elementary Multi
purpose room, Wednesday,
Sept. 17, 8 p.m.
lone School Cafetorium
Thurs., Sept. 11, 8 p.m.
Come and meet the new
teachers.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. a Box 247 PH. 676-S625
If no answer call Ray Boyce.
676-53S4
Heppner
If the tracts are not sold on that day, the sale will be adjourned
and the tracts reoffered for sale on each succeeding Tuesday at
10:30 a.m., in the Land Office, until sold, but if not sold by May
o, 19YU, tne saie win De ciosea on mat oaie.
No bid will be accepted for less than the appraised value, to
which bid there must be added $5.00 for each parcel to cover the
estimated cost of publication; if the bidder is the petitioner for
sale, he will be required to pay such cost less any amount pre
viously deposited toward publication costs.
All the lands will be sold subject to a reservation to the United
States of rights-of-way for ditches or canals under the act of
August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. sec. 945), and oil and gas
will be reserved to the United States, pursuant to the act of July
17, 1914 (30 U.S.C. 121-123).
Tract No. 9 will also be sold subject to right-of-way, Oregon 05533,
for an electric transmission line granted to Columbia Basin Elec
tric Cooperative. Inc.. pursuant to the act of March 4', 1911 (36 Stat.
1253; 43 U.S.C. 961), and to right-of-way, Oregon 010556, granted
to the Pacific Gas Transmission Company for gas pipeline pur
poses pursuant to the act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 449; 30
U.S.C. 185).
The purchaser of Tract No. 23 will be required to make provisions
to compensate tne grazing lessee ior a ience wnicn was autnor
ized by the Bureau of Land Management permit No. 379.
Bids may be made by the principal or his agent, either personally
at the sale or by mail. Bids for a parcel must be for all the land
in the parcel. Bids sent by mail will be considered only if re
ceived at the Land Office prior to the time of sale on each date
the auction is held. Late filed sealed bids will be held for con
sideration at the next weekly auction. Bids sent by mail must
be in sealed envelopes accompanied by certified checks, post office
money orders, bank drafts, or cashiers' checks made payable to
the Bureau of Land Management for the amount of the bid; plus
the estimated publication cost shown above. The envelopes must
ha markprf in the lower left-hand corner "Public Sale Bid, OR 4110,
Tract No " The highest bidder at the sale will
be required to pay immediately the amount thereof together with
the cost of publication.
Any adverse claimants of the above-described land should file
their claims, or objections with the undersigned on or before the
time designated for sale. The owners of contiguous lands who wish
to claim a preference right will have a period of 30 days, com
mencing on the dav after the close of bidding and the announce
imnt nf the amount of the highest bid, in which to offer to pur
chase the lands and to submit an amount equal to the highest bid
nri nr at three times the appraised value, 11 three times sucti
appraised value is less than the highest bid, in accordance with
43 CFR 2243.1-4. However, contiguous owners will not be .able to
assert their preference rights to any parcel for which bids are not
received. For reimbursement to owners of authorized improvements
on the land and other requirements, see 43 CFR 2243. The land
described in this notice shall be segregated from all forms of
appropriation, including locations under the mining laws, from
the date of first publication of this notice. For further information,
write:
Land Office
Bureau of Land Management
P. O. Box 2965
Portland, Oregon 97208
Date of First Publication August 28, 1969.
Virgil O. Seiser
Chief, Branch of Lands
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