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vcrrrzz cazttte Taers, TburadoY. u&mB&m it. irro THE "J"'-""JMJtr,fTEEa TO THE EDITOR. GAZETTE-TIMES KeppDM, Ot9oo t 'c3C MOEBOW COt'lOTa XWJJa Vancouver, Watt T-.. J, p.. H" I To the Editor: Ti:. if fc Juliinr up itf my otb- !er letter . Muther used to work 'lur a Kfatiowy family up the I creek tW'Jlwi trrward tne Com- Gazette emablished March 30. ISO The Kepprwr j an place. The Sisters jdso had imbed NoveniUer it. lHTJ. Consolidated J eWuaT 15. i school up in thi fa-a. The I Sisters also had STOfeil hofipi- a us or nation al few-uatee assx. ato j, x newspapeb pveushees ash di1o & Publifiben tl'.' "j W,,-MWa LLGOIE PASCAL f l irt man Linotype Oimrmor wiw v. auxjt matt waeeen ,. Apprentice l..i .n PreBEman tL r'i;.U'.ri hates: ST 'JO Tear. Single Copy 10 Om. italic Singh-, among them were the tarrattt. (tipiw U f-T't u Advance.: Minimum fc.'hng &l cents. Publish J 'Luis GietSun 'no relation, Gar I Ti" -ffy mr,t tniered at tiie Piast CCce at Beppnet. Oregon, Vnt tauer. Joe Lector, Ctas f 6 w.fl Class Matter. , Vaughn. Henr.aii Kill, the Case W'i' H--u' Hi. to .m Monday tlJOUgfa Friday; 8 JH 'fatr.rfv. rTn'js-v Rover Cm- jfcoer and PUJ Cuhn. !ttJ on Courthouse hill 1 bel lieve. How mary remember the Efjiprier fiour ir.il? As it was water powered they ran a canal quite h ways up WUiow Creek lruro Keppner. Kim1 getting back to people I knew in and around Keppner, - . if - Ov v. : :z " 1 The Troveling 'Grecni' - 'T'r - lr. try trtvt'it with cjother J ECKKT n ' n who i&a a svooMcf al lite on Poncho at th j Bode tat E3 points. (Photo by Matt Warren) Uncle Tom's Co bin Afire? 'Y'jllwuig if kltrteTwnt handed ut &y Judce Paul J'.nnt Trie ftaienient a Bined tjy ttie "Countiet in Oppt n'tor; tu the Gyvemore Administrative tistrirt Plar, i: EiT) it.r ii ue;e Uvy6 Jufie, aher County; Thuma Tellord. CviTin;i!rf.ioner rf ClacKiuijit County, 1 vlt -chairman; lwu.it fJih'Ui, C.oinniiBJBiwjier trf JHeiME County, 2rid i-ioe chaiTnac; lUirf I wif C Kiwrier, County Judge ttf t'riiwn County, becre-tarj-' X tctenifrnt; In July trf the Owtrnor insued executive oroer OV 33, cn-ntJiig 34 aomiElrtrative Hstricta. It w as said Et the time, that the initial cvnoept of the tidminjKt.'a'jve tfistrlcu wa to provide zriort coordinated ei Jyrtf by state oifks In Ne.niji the Oregon lesidenu. W'i.at is the history nlbOzig to djsficte in Oregon HiMori'jaUr. the Lepitlatrve Aswmbly, and not the Gover nor, ha neatetf the tetrirt. The Lef itlatjve Assembly ere feted the counties, and et ttteir boundaries, and also erected the machinery whewby Oie people themselves, and ot the exe-utn authority, can tither lorm new counties, or consol idate old on. The lgiidtive Assembly, and not the Gov ernor, apportion the Cterxi Iron) which cur representatiiee in Cvnpxttif are elected, the Judicial Districts, and the districts from which it own roejnbm, both Bouse and Senate are elected. Throughout the ctaturet, we find where the legislature haK proi'itied that the people themselvet isey vote road dis tricts, iTigs'Jon districts, fe protection districts, school dis tricts, ceifietfry district, and many other districts, but in all these caset. districting is (either a problem which the people have riven to the legislature to solve, or the people have re tained trie power to solve themselves. We have been concern ed, that the Governor's plan, if carried forward through dis trict councils, would be a severe blow to all units of local gov ernment At time has passed, our fears have been confirmed. Operating through district councils, the Governor has been giving them more and more authority, taking It away from legally established counties in the process. Here are a lew examples of what is happening. All federal aid secondary FASl highway projects that are presently allocated to individual counties must now be cleared through a district council The policy for distribution of FAS funds snder the admin istrative district concept is; all project lor which FAS funds are to be utilized must first be submitted to the state for appjoval and then cleared through a district council This concept presents a problem in that in no way can anyone oth er than th elected officials of the eoBoamsd county be bold (sponsible for tse expenditure of that county's funds. This policy In effect, creates an extralegal veto power in another layer of government composed of persons not necessarily elect ed from the counties and other units of government involved. The counties are entitled to certain funds under the Fed eral Land and Water Conservation Law. These funds are to be matched at the county level on a 50-50 basis. The 6ame policy mentioned above relating to highway funds applies in this case; we see the governor influencing local expenditures. It has been proposed that the 186 police departmnts in th state be consolidated into the governor's 1 administrative districts. Twenty-three counties now have county libraries. It has been proposed that the state take these over and operate them through the district councils. The Omnibus Crime Bill the so-called "Safe Streets Act" was passed in 19C8, to asttet states and units of local govern ment It has been determined at the state level that this program should be handled through the governor's district councils, not through the individual counties, nor bv the county and cities wjthtn each county, but by the number of counties arbitrarily placed In a district by the governor. It is required that each county pass a resolution ac cepting the District Law Enforcement Planning Agency as the one responsible for law enforcement for their county. This is contrary to existing law. The legislature has a head v placed responsibility locally. We hear of the proposal for a two-cent-per-gallon tax in crease on gaol)ne, along with a $5.00 license fee Increase. Part of these funds would be funneled through the Gover nor's administrative districts. These funds now go to the counties and cities. We do not know how the number of 14 was reached when the Ooemor set up the administrative districts. But evi dently, the number could have been ten or thirty-six, or any number In between. These and other functions that would be handled through the district councils, would be also added expense to the taxpayers. It would require administrative personnel with the necessity of additional offices, secretarial assistance and other administrative costs. This is not necessary, as the elected officials of the counties concerned, were elected to handle these duties and funds for many years. We contend the legislature has already provided the stat utory machinery for counties, cities and the federal govern ment to work together. ORS 190.010 of this act reads as follows: "A unit of local government may enter into a writ ten agreement with any other unit or units of local govern ment for the performance of any or all functions and activi ties that a party to the agreement its officers or agencies, have authority to perform." ORS 190.010 reads: "In performing a duty imposed upon it or in exercising a power conferred upon Jt a unit of local government or a state agency of this state may cooperate, by agreement or otherwise, with a unit of local government or a state agency of this or another state or with the United States, or with a United States Governmental Agency. This power includes power to provide Jointly for administrative officers." The Governor is usurping the power the Legislative As sembly ha thus given local government it Is in the best interests of the people that the govern ment serve them in the most responsible, direct method at the most reasonable cost The best government is that which is closest to the people being governed. The district plan is establishing another layer of government which, at this time, has no definite purpose. A district Is claimed to be an ad visory body, working In the Interest of the coordination of state affairs. In another way a district appears to be the clearinghouse for the Federal Government's re allocation and return of federal fund to the counties. Yet still another. It is taking the functions and operation, and making the deel lons of local government Re organization and Improvement of local state and federal government are desirable. It would be better that the reorganization and Improvement be Implemented and j used to pli-y with a hobby hrirse j j that Merv Case had. Her lfcthrr j Wightmans xneanun-d out j ran the furniture store. j milk lor you Xrorc large con- I Tne fmst year I went to school tamers arid poured in your con j was when they abandoned the ! tamer usually a ltrd bucket j old wooden school and rowed j j dont suppose arv indica jinto the new brick school on j tions are left of th old isola the edge of Courthouse hiH In j turn bouse pest house. It was th wasnt quite j on the hill across Hmton Creek. wu.ir-n- ...k-ii -t nimm in. . oung Claude 5:gsbee was Wiss Powers was the first CUjte a gun collector in those grade teacher and Miss Ames ds I have no idea where all was second grade teacher. Hen- his old guns came from, but ry E. Hoffman was principal they certainly would be relics We kids used to call him j today. Probably some came as r-t " aonman. . Funs that were lost in the 1903 Pioneer Ponderings My brother Ellis win probab ly skin rrie tor saying so, but as a principal M. Hoffman was a beast He didn't keep a length of hose in his office to look at but to use. I ww one of the Aiken boys a week after he was beaten in school and he was a mass of stripes from his ankles to his shoulders. Dempsev Bover was school Janitor and Miss Long was the music teacher. I went to second grade under Miss Ames. I must have been a caution though and was in trouble nearly every day. JSoth ing serious though. Some of the other students were Johnny Tur- flood, Mr. Sigsbee opertted the Star Theater on Main Street then I aiier one oi tne ures i relieve it -was over close to the Christ ian Church. After one of Heppner's terri ble fires the old town changed a lot The Palace Hotel was gone, along with the Horn Sail oon and a lot of other buOdir.gs. In one fire Dr. McMurdo's house was almost left by itself. Charlie Vaughn had the first garage in Heppner I believe. He sold gasoline in cans. Heppner had growing pains though so Claude Cox started. By W. S. CAVEKHHX Our Coffee Club ner, Virgil Stevens, Mary Pat-1 the Morrow County Creamery. more garages were built streets were paved, the laundry burned and was moved, lumber yards took the place of blacksmith shops. Before I forget it young Victor Groshen was quite a boy. The older boys would bribe him with candy, etc. For a piece of candy he'd tackle any kid in his size limit He didn't -even need an excuse. Well about this time we were ready to move from Heppner to Dad's homestead so will cover that later. Yours truly, George C. Gordon 3716 Lincoln Ove. Vancouver, Wash. 98GG0 terson, Elaine Sirs bee, Chester Bray and Donald Banker. There were other but I don't remero ber their names. The Heppner Feed yard was in a nice grove of trees where the Heppner Creamery and the Fair Pavilion were later built On Saturday you could see al most any kind of horse (or mule) drawn conveyance In the field yard. As I said before Main Street was either dust or mud. So In the summer they had a horse drawn water wagon to sprinkle the street This was usually done in the evening. Before one of Heppner's disas trous fires, the Palace Hotel had a spirited team of black horses to pick up and deliver people to the train depot The train made a round trip each day at this time. i The section hands were Chi nese and they had to work both to and from their Jobs, as they used a hand powered car for conveyance. Speaking of the train the first derail 1 saw was Just passed the depot toward town. My brothers figured out that It would derail the train when it came in that evening so we stayed around to see the fun. Fortunately there was no real damage but the engine left the track with the pony wheels. Heppner had a baseball team back then but I never knew who was on the team. The ball field was between the round house and the creek. A well hit ball used to wind up in the creek once in a while, Whenever they played Echo though you could figure fists would be flying when the game was over. Of course Charlie and Fred Hoskins were right In the middle of It "Mug" Hayes was usually the umpire for these games. Looking at the price of hair cuts now, imagine mother send- lng us to the barber shop and us getting a free hair cut Of course this was done by an ap prentice barber not all the time though if they weren't busy. One time my oldest brother saw Andrew Baldwin and his brother chasing some of moth er's chickens so he went out to see them. He told the Baldwin boys to turn around and close their eyes as he wanted to give them something. He did, too! a big boot In the rear. We boys used to make pin money peddling greens all over town. Ve had a patch of mus tard by the house and of course dandelion grew wild. I don't remember what we charged, but probably 10 to 15 cent for a fifty-pound flour sack full Cowan delivered and cut ice to fill your order, cut from a big block while you waited. Our coffee club where many original ideas are generated for these articles is mentioned oc casionally. Perhaps identifica tion would be in order. It is a free - wheeling, cosmopolitan group composed of lawyers, bankers, ranchers, brokers, con tractors and their satellites who gather together every morning for a review of the news, and a free exchange of "nitwitisms' on current events. We have no officers, pay no dues, and keep no minutes. When coffee is served a member gulps it, sips it or Inhales it as he pleases. There are no rules of etiquette. We have no charter, and vis itors are welcome if they pick up the tab. H was an Ifiti rnall'inal eper fne for Mm. Mal'le Green keeiilnif on wlih the travels of several member tit her family ! ,h, m.dH i he "dream Irlp Uj 1'nriiije this summer. In June her daughter Mildred and husband, the I Lundblad i.t Gresham. travelled to Hun kh, Germany to vb.lt Mildred daughter and family, Major no. Mrs. Frank Bartholomew. They toured Southern Germany and Northern Italy, with a aide trip Vt Berlin, for two week before Mr. Lundblad had to return home. Mildred remained with the Bartholomew for another month and had the unique ex perlence of camping through Southern France and Spain. The middle of July, Mr. Green' daughter and son -In -law Omer and Ruth McCaleb, of Portland, left for a month' tour in Europe. They were met In Amsterdam by Mr. and Mrs. fcJ mer Scheelar, experienced Eur opean travellers, and fellow teachers at David Douglas High School The two couples rented a car and toured The Nether lands, Germany, Austria, and Italy as far south at Rome. Mr. Scheelar is a brother of Mrs. Irene Crabtree of lone and the Scheelars spent several days In Fulda, Germany with Mr. and Mrs. William Gellnas, the for mer Sharon Crabtree, and at tended the christening of their new daughter, Alisa, born July to Dear Mr. and Mrs. Heard For some reason unknown to me I missed getting last week's issue of the Gazette-Times. I will deeply appreciate it if you will send me a copy. To introduce mv-self, I am the father of Pauline Winter. For your information we have a resident here. Mrs. V. (Hazel) Sutherland, who is a grand daughter of Jackson Morrow. I occasionally give her copies of the paper that have an inter esting article of historical con cern. Sincerely yours, Jay D. Coulter Maida Britt Breaks Arm Maida Britt had ridden down after her mail with Edna Bail ey Saturday. In reaching close the car door, Mrs. Britt fell from the car and broke her right arm She was taken to the hos pital for x-rays. Her arm is in an aluminum splint In an up right position. She will be in the hospital for some time. Recently Mrs. Bailey and Mrs, Britt enjoyed a ride to Lone Rock and a visit with friends in Condon. This was a little Jaunt they had planned to do for three years. Mildred and Ruth were In Munich at the same time for three days and enjoyed sight seeing together there, although the rest of their time was spent In separate pursuits. All oi tne travellers came home with enthusiastic reports on the marvel of Europe and want to go again. Mrs. Green' daughter-in-law. Mrs. Comett Green, is the last family member to respond to the lure of travel She left by Pan Am 707 on Sept 4 for Lon don where she will spend three weeks visiting relatives and seeing England. Evangefist-NoYelist Journalist will Speak At Nazarene Church Evangelist C Franklin All of Moot Lake. Wn., will speak at tin Heppner Church of the Nazarene on Sept 23 to the 27 at 7:30 (A Mr. Alice 1 the author of several book In the field of religious fiction. Hi book Include "Shadow of the Big Horn", "Vanishing Rain bow" and hi latest book Is "Modern Evangelistic HJustra Uon". Following the publication of hi book. Till the Day Dawn", he was made an honorary iJe. time member of the Mark Twain Society and received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the American Bible College. At the Navy invitation he completed a cruise on the car rier 'Hancock" which be wrote up In hi newspaper column. For these efforts, he wa given citation and an honorary chief Journalist rating by the 13th Naval District He I said to be a forceful speaker and his scriptural mess ages are interesting, informa tive and helpful On Wednesday night, he will present one of hi book to the person who baa invited the most people who are In attend ance at the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Walt De Puy of iewiston arrived Monday even ing to visit old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty. The De Pays formerly lived here in Heppner when Mr. De Puy worked for Orvai Smith at what is now lunzua. iney were enroute to Portland where Mr. De Puy will nave a medical checkup. Over The Tee Cup By MARIE McQUARRIE Do you know about or have you noticed the progress that has been made on some of the projects at W'CCC? Dead trees and also trees that were in the way in the creek bed have been uprooted, sawed, put in trucks and carried away. There are plenty of trees left for Beauty's sake and the landscape is much more tidy looking. And have you seen the new oil Job on the road leading to the golf course and on the park ing lot? No more dusty gravel when unloading your clubs and we hope the nice surface sur vives the winter. Ray Ferguson and Francis Do- herty have been working with the business end of the rakes. The grounds committee says they wield a wicked rake and can make a lump of dirt into a mighty smooth piece of land, on which to plant grass. The creek bed is now dredg ed out so it is hoped we will not have flood troubles ever a- gain. Willow Creek Is mighty pretty, but it can be a destruct ive piece of water when there is a flash flood, as we all know. India Travelogue Given Dr. and Mrs. Elmer Whitcomb who have recently returned from a shotr term in India showed slides and talked of their work there to a group at the United Methodist Church on Sent 6. Dr. Whitcomb is a brother of Mrs. Edwin Cutting. Mrs. Pieper Has Company Visitors at the home of lint A. G. Pieper over Labor Day weekend were her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hall and Jodl Also visiting her the first of the week were Larry Hol&day and Gary Dick, grandsons of Mrs. Pieper. They had been bow and arrow hunting m the Star key area with no luck In elk hunting. They had been suc cessful the week before in bag ging a three -point deer. On thi trip they had been accompanied by Mrs. Holliday and baby son. Clinton Lee, who stayed with Mrs. Pieper while the men went hunting. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS enforced by those most directly affected tb voter ct tba local WvL We do not believe the concept of the administrative districts as proposed by the Governor can either strengthen local government nor bring it closer to the people. Instead, we believe this idea will lead to another level of government far removed from local people. All these projects, which may seem small to most people, do take thought planning and someone to do the chore. All members of the golf course thank anyone who has helped in any way. These jobs, like the removal and clean-up of the trees, the raking and making ready for seeding, the planning for the water system, etc. (the list could be much longer) are done out of the goodness of the members hearts and not for any monetary returns. We all appreciate your hard work. Thanks. Cold mornings are not just the thing the women order for en Joying golf. When it is cold, how about the women golfing on Tuesday afternoon starting at 1:30. If the weather turns warm (and who knows what it will do) we will go back to 9:00 in the morning. Call around on Tuesday morning, gals, and see what the others are going to da and we will get together some how. This may be adieu for the Tee-Cup for this year. Want to say this column has been a pleasure to write and a fun way of reporting the golf news at Willow Creek Country Club.l Thanks for enduring a novice's attempt at writing and keeping you Informed. So it is "Fore" till spring of Tl City of Boardman to William E. Nelson and Elaine M. Nel son, Lot 10 in Block 4m West Boardman. Orville J. Buchanan and Kik- ue Buchanan to Henry R. For berg and Iris I. Forberg, N. 22 acres Government Lot 1. Sec 22. Tp 5 NR 26, less three small parcels. Frank Ayers and Elsie Avers to Aivin w. Johannes and Al berta Johannes, N. 49 ft Lot 12 in Bl. 1 and Lot 2 and N. 42 ft. Lot 3 in Bl 1, Henry John son's Addition to Heppner, West oi willow Creek. June B. BeaU to Lvle Peck and Virginia Peck, Lot 10 in Bar ratt Park Addition to City of neppner ana adjacent tract George L. Snider to Harold I- Snider, Portion SWii Sec. 23 in Tp. 2 SR 24 west of County Road containing 96 acres. tan j. Blake and Man Blake to Ray A Rood and Bet. ty L. Rood, Lot 3 in Blake Ranch Addition in Plat 2, Sec. 11, Td on 40. Arthur M. Olin and Mafoiin -nn to Virgil L. Carter and Lois L. Carter, acre tract In ciocK my in Sec. 24 Tp 5 NR Painting Classes Scheduled Mary Nikander announced this week that she would resume her classes in china painting, oils and tole painting later this month. Advance registrations may be made by calling her at 676-557L She has taught these classes for the three years she has liv ed in Heppner. This week she is moving her studio into the back apartment which will pro vide much more room. She first took her training at Laguna Beach and Balboa Island, Calif. She took her china painting In struction from Gladys Burbank in Los Angeles. Her classes will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays and all day Saturday for the children's classes. COMMUNITY BILLBOARD Mr. and Mrs. Ladd Dick were in Portland recently. Ladd spent ouuui mree weeKs at a Chevron school Mrs. Dick operated the station a good share of the time i.aaa was gone. School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy of Heppner Branch H FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of OREGOH Heppner Elementary and High School SCHOOL HOT LUNCH MENU Monday, SeDt. 21 ?tCTnn Joes, green beans, fruit, cake, carrot and celery sticks, milk. Tuesday SeDt 22 Bpanc ni franks, muffins, cabbage salad, spinach, fruit cobbler, milk Wednesday, Sept 23 Meat ioai carrot and raisin salad, mashed potatoes, rolls, fruit milk. Thursday. Sept. 24 Hamhurtr. er, bun, potato chips, pickles. inaio saiaa. lettuce and toma toes, ice cream bar, milk. Friday, Sept. 25 Fish sticks, peas. Jell O salad with fruit Graham crackers, milk. WSCS Guest Speaker, Mrs. Gene Winters, 7:30 p.m. Sept 17 United Methodist Church FOOTBALL! Heppner at Elgin, Sept 18 Heppner JV Condon, here, 6 p.m., Sept 21 Heppner Elem. vs. Pilot Bock here, Sept 18, at 2 pan. lone vs. Weston at lone, 2 p.m., Sept 19 lone JV vs. Stanfield, at lone 2 p.m., Sept 17 Hope Lutheran Garage Sale Old REA Building, Sept 25 t 26 SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C. A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency : P. a Box 147 FB. C7S-9629 If no answer call Bay Boyce, 676-53S4 ;