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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thuredoy. Januarf 21. 1971 T7 iW HEPPNEH THE GAZETTE-TIMES LETTERS EDITOR I ' -mm Heppner. Oregon 97836 Phone 676-8228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER Th.. Hi iiuiut Gazette established March 30. 1H8.1. The IIcDi.n.- rimes established November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1HI2. MEMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHT HEARD. Editor 6 Publisher! ARNOLD RAYMOND. REGGIE PASCAL Plant Foreman Linotype Operator ANN TONEY MATr WARREN ' 'News Apprentice Osculation Pressman Subscription Rates: S5.00 Year. Rlnele Conv 10 Cents. M,ill..H Sinli Copies 15 Certs In Advance.; Minimum Billing 50 rents. Published tvery Thursday ana hntered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 am. to 6 p.m, Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. mill noon baiurnav. Congratulations . . . Kinzua! 1967 6 16 13 From the Kinzua Lor we find a recap of the score sheet ns to lost time accidents for the last years since 1967: 1970 1969 1968 Heppner Plant 2 3 6 Kinzua Plant 9 8 16 EO Logging 12 7 Following a concentrated safety effort, the record has Improved substantially in the last few years. Safety Is em phasized at every turn literally and figuratively. Safety meet ings arc held each month at both mills. As an added bonus S 4 H Green Stamps are given for perfect attendance at the Safety meetings. Safety articles are published every month in their Kin zua Log. Every effort is made to update safety procedures. Figures don't He and the results are impressive. Congratulations to Kinzua and wishes for continued im provement In the Safety field. Told You So! Oregonlans cried, wrote letters to editors, editorials were written and the Oregon Highway Commission vigorously pro tested when the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads said several yenrs ago that the paint on the highway center lines had to go from yellow to white. Oregonians knew that yellow shows up better on black wet pavement. Oregonlans driving in the snow country knew that the yellow shows through on snow patched highways. Now the switch is back. The Bureau has decided that Oregon was right end the center stripe on all two-way high ways will revert to yellow. Actually a stripe of . any color on the Bombing range road would be bettor than none. Word Is that it is In line for improvements which will include, hopefully, a yellow line! Gifts That Remain New Year The toy truck may soon be broken. And the doll forgot ten. Even roses will fade. But certain gifts remain. Given regularly, they brighten the home and add a gracious touch to family living. Here are several, ready for you to unwrap and spread their Joy around. 1. TIME. A precious thing, your very own. To take time for each other, to give time, is simply to give yourself. There Is no substitute. 2. SMILES. So inexpensive, yet how they warm the heart! They melt the tiny Icicles of doubt and fear and aloneness. The ready smile wraps love around the spirit and seals It snugly. Give smiles this week. Next week too. 3. APPRECIATION. A quick thank you, a kind word both give assurance of being noticed and wanted. Don't lot tills gift stay locked within your innormind. Bring it out. Tear away the wrappings. 4. UNDERSTANDING. A gentle, tender gift. Not all of us have it to give In great measure. But wonder of wonders, to give the little you have uncovers a hidden spring! You can't really buy these gifts anywhere. They are simp ly a reflection of the spirit of Christ, His life In you. Concord Associates St. Patrick's Sunday Bulletin Letter to Editor: slblo to set baits where only fluntifiil tntimi'l I'ti-Kirt Jl ml coyotes will get them, therefore poisoned by an army of Federal birds and many animals which jiuvu never uueiiucu y property or public resource val uea are being killed unneces sarlly by this deadly poison. To the American public's em battled state on the subject of air and water pollution, airports in wildlife refuges, human pop ulatlon explosion, dwindling lands from California to Maine, pesticides and herbicides, there must be added and very quick ly strong action against the im placable war being waged against our predators in the Western States. These anlmuls are not endlessly expendable and the professional poisoners may find themselves unemploy ed sooner than they think for the simple reason that there will be very, very few coyotes, bobcats, badgers, foxes and mountain lions for them to kill. Toward the end of his long trip through the United States an Englishman met a Texan on a train. The Texan began a lecture on the wonders of the Lone Star State. "Perhaps you didn't realize it while you were traveling through my state," he said, "but all of Great Britain would fit into one corner of Texas." "I dare say it could," replied the Englishman drily. "Wouldn't do wonders for the place!" i.ru! State Agencies. itxkmans associations and private hunt ers, the wily little coyole still exists and in most areas has held his own. Tills little prair ie wolf has been the most per secuted animal on earth. The coyote l.s probably the most hated predator among the sheepmen and other ranchers, but he also has wormed him self Into the alfeetions of the American Public. Never was there a predator In history- blamed for so much damage and yet has so many friends. Mom of the things he Is blam ed for, he never did, fact of the matter Is he has done a lot more good than he has ever done harm. It Is hard to defend a coyote but these small tan and gray predators play a big part In the balance of nature and we in terfere with this balance at our peril. All in all predators are the most beautiful animals of the Wild Kingdom and arc ob Jects of fascination to most Americans, to prove this, just watch the attendance at a pub llo zoo. For every single person who wants a coyote destroyed there are perhaps two thousand others who would thrill to hear coyote chorus on a moonlight night, control programs gener lly fall to cope with this slid Ing scale of values. Before the white man came, great numbers of wolves and coyotes roamed the West. The big old lobo wolves followed the buffalo herds, picking off the old, sick and weak. They kept the breed up. Since the less vigorous animals did not live to reproduce. Coyotes got their living mostly on rabbits mice and rodents. In dead of winter they would occasionally kill d-er to satisfy hunger, but like the wolves they took the weak and sick. Today, Sportsmen often com plain about predators, and no doubt coyotes do sometimes kill fawns, but even so, their value in keeping up the breeding of these animals should not be dis counted. After all, coyotes have to eat also. Control has become so effect ive that it is hard to find a coyote around now, by that I mean out in the open. I have Harry E. Dcarlnger Wheatland, Wyoming Retired Rancher week that ho word of the results of the Elks Leadership Contest for Oregon Northeast. Girls were Dona Anderson, La Grande, 1st place and Susan Klrkpatrick, Baker, 2nd place. Boys were Jon Crossland, Hood River, 1st place and Glen Rutherford, La Grande, 2nd place. Judcros were John Jambura, Eastern Oregon College Social Studies department, Lee John son, Eastern Oregon Professor of History and Wesley Brownton Circuit Court Judge. Missionary From India to Speak Here nstrict Elks Winners Told . . ........ I hl rni s nermun enmium- . .. .,..., - . .1 " w A Kfl7nnTin III, ... VI 1.1 ... . had receiveu , " :,', r Rev. Prcseolt L. Beals has! been a missionary for the Church Milo On Log Committee The 33rd annual Oregon Log ging Conferencce will be held In Eugene Feb. 25-27. President James Bagley has announced appointments to the Resolutions Committee to study industry problems. Milo Prindle of East ern Oregon Logging Co. is one of the new appointees, only one from this area. JL Salem Scene He and Mrs. Political 'Firsts' Habit For House Speaker Inability of the Senate to a chieve early organization fall ed to keep Oregon legislators from beginning the business of the 56th Legislative Assembly Even as Senators remained stalemated in their attempts to elect a leader, the House of Rep resentatives launched itself into the lawmaking process. At the helm stands Speaker Robert F. Smith only the third Oregon soIon to succeed himself in the position during the Legislature's 12-year history. Legislative "firsts" are more f a habit wiih the tall. 39-year- old businessman and cattle rancher from Burns, however And House determination to conduct business as usual re flects the no-nonsense attitude ith which the Speaker ap proaches his Job. Representing Harney and Mal heur Counties continuously for decade. Smith entered politics 34 years In India. There he serv- - i cd In evangelistic and educa- J tlonal work, part of the time ns field superintendent. Later ne spent some months evangeliz ing in Barbados in the Carib bean area. Following this he and Mrs. Beals served In Trini dad, also in the Caribbean ar ea, and for awhile In Guayana In South America, serving as superintendent In both of these fields. After Mrs. Beals' death he spent four years as super intendent in British Honduras In Central America. After retiring because of age limits, he served as assistant minister In his home church, Walla Walla First, for three years. For the last four years he has been in run time evangelism. Mr. Beals is the author of two books, "India's Open Door" and "India Reborn". He was the first a-sident missionary professor at the Nazaiene Theological Sem inary in Kansas City, Mo. He was honored as the alumnus of the years in 1963 by his Alma Mater, Northwest Nazarene Col lege In Nampa, Idaho. He knew the late Mr. Ghandl. He also knows other leaders, Including the Honorable George Price the present premier of British Hon duras. Three years ago he made a three months' evangelistic tour to British Honduras, one of his former fields and also to Ja maica. And now he has com pleted an eleven months' round-the-world evangelistic tour dur ing which he visited thirteen countries holding services in each. England, Germany, Switz- ' . . . some doubts about the wisdom ing fronj- his fil.st.raCe before determination of fellow Repub J Pioneer Ponderings By W. S. CAVERHILL DO YOU NEED A WIG? If you do, you should have no trouble getting one at an unreasonable price. Wig-making is big business, and any family that doesn't have at least one should be on relief, Some TV characters appear to be wearing a stack of them. The "hippies" scorn wig merchants and grow theirs. Their only problem is to keep the "seam -squirrels and other wildlife out of them." Anyone who depends upon wigs for adornment need not go to a beauty parlor, send the wig, if he has a "spare". I and others like me might be more present able If we wore a toupee, stuck to the old skull with a few spots of glue. George Washington was a "big wig." He is still wearing one on our dollar bills. Triple Link Elects Sans Souci Rebekah Lodge No. 33 held Its regular meeting Friday evening, the first meet ing for the newly installed of ficers. Noble Grand Mary Mc Murtry named her committees for the year. ; Lynn Haguewood was elected as Trusteo for a three year term. Serving one and two year terms are Bernice Nash and Opal Cook. Mrs. Ola Ruggles, unable to attend the formal in stallation ceremonies last week was installed as color bearer. Junior Past Noble Grand Es. ther Bergstrom thanked the lodge for her own personal re galia, and for the lovely piece of glassware from her 1970 of ficers. Cards of cheer were sent to Helen Williamson who is recov ering from recent surgery in a hospital in Hermiston, and to Jeanne Dobbs who has been ill at her home. After lodge was closed a Trip le Link meeting was held in the dining room. Main order of bus- iness being the election of of of this. Rodents, field mice and rabbits also eat and destroy grass, insects might multiply as an indirect result. The chain of events from interference with nature is sometimes hard to follow. The Indians lived here for thousands of years without changing the country. Instead of trying to remake the land to suit their tastes, their habits and ways were formed to fit in to the balance of nature. I do not intend this as an indictment of stockmen and portsmen, only to give us all a little something to think ov- changing our way of think- ng is a hard thing, but maybe if we thought over our actions with the good of the earth it self foremost, it might be best for ourselves in the long run. Don't ever let anyone tell you that "1080" is not a chain kill er. If birds or other animals eat on a carcass of an animal that has died from "1080", they too will be poisoned and die. Another angle is this, if the parent coyotes don't reach their dens after consuming "1080" the pups starve to death; if they manage to return to their young, the pups die of poison, thus killing two generations of coyotes with each "1080" bait consumed. This tasteless, odor less poison causes the most painful, suffering, slow death known to mankind. It's impos- Brother-Sister On OSU Honor Roll Carol Rawlins Brewster made the honor roll fall term at Ore gon State as did her brother John Rawlins who had m 4.0. They are daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rawlins of Heppner. ficers for the new year. Elect ed chairman was Esther Bergs from with Ola Ruggles as vice chairman and Jo Huston, Sec'y. Trees. Delicious refreshments of sandwiches, cookies and coffee was served by the hostesses Mary McMurtry and Mildred Padberg. The next regular meet ing will be Feb. 5. Holiday Yisitors with Judg and Mrs. Paul Jones were their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Jones, Holly and Guy of Hood River. They all Joined the big family dinner held at the Floyd Jones'. Ministers Educational Drug Series Planned The South Morrow County Ministerial Assn. has scheduled Sunday afternoon worship serv ices at the Nursing Home. To help in the song services, a project to secure a piano was started. The offering from the all-church Thanksgiving service was donated to this fund. It was announced at the Jan. 6 Ministerial meeting that the IOOF had offered a piano for licans prevailed. Once the die was cast, he traveled 8,000 miles to meet and convince voters in his initial contest. He was re elected by incieasing majorities during five succeeding elections and has won nomination ol both parties since 1966. The son of a physician, Smith early distinguished himself in athletics by being named to a national YMCA All-American basketball team with Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain. He earned his degree in business adminis tration and economics at Wil lamette University and return ed to Burns to build a ranch business he runs primarily by telephone today. Intensive com munity activity as a Jaycee led to state and national honors, county GOP leadership and, ul timately, his role as a Legislat or at age 29 then youngest ev er to serve in the House. At the State Capitol, Smith re newed acquaintances with a fellow Jaycee, F. F. "Monte" Montgomery, and in sessions of 1965-67 served both as House Speaker Pro Tern and Majority Whip, another legislative first. As Speaker in 1969 (the first from Harney County) Smith's leadership qualities attained new highs. At the conclusion of a session many believed would never get off the ground, state- SGT. wide news media were nearly unanimous in praise of legislat ive accomplishment in general and the House Speaker in par ticlar. In his opening remarks to the House in 1969, Robert Smith called for unity to achieve goals in governmental reorganization, environmental enhancement and property tax relief. Legislative goals were largely met and he followed up with innovative in terim Task Force studies to im plement nad complete the job. Smith's opening remarks this year echoed his previous chal lenge and likely will achieve smilar results. Highest on the Speaker's priority list for the '71 session is the toughest task fac ing the Legislature: finding a way for the State to live within its means without sacrificing necessities. Reiterating his belief Oregon voters "legislate" their own tax es at the polls, Smith steadfast ly maintains the 1971 sessions won't refer any major tav reform to the people, Education also is near the top of Smith's priority list and the future of higher education is of special concern. Falling in the same category is the un finished job of governmental re oiganization, problems relating to Oregon s inevitable urbani zation and those involving en vironment and liveability. At the same time he is de termined the House should do all in its power to make Ore gon's business climate attractive to present industrial residents and newcomers alike, providing both can operate without undue damage to the environment. In this respect he is particularly-adamant, calling for faith in the institutions of free en terprise and citing the necessity of economic development to provide new jobs required an nually to employ Oregonians living in the state today. The House under Smith's lead ership has demonstrated its abil ity to work well with the Sen ate and the office of the Gov ernor. Within its ranks, a sense; Mrs. Amanda Duvall received of genuine respect pervades a call last week from Anita Ull- when Minority Leader Harl Haas . man, Washington, D. C. She REV. PRESCOTT L, BEALS erland, the Holy Land, India, New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and finally Ha waii, U.S.A. He has 16 mm mo vie color films taken in these various countries. For some months he will be giving his entire time telling about his tour and showing his pictures. Rev. Beals will be at the Heppner Church of the Nazarene on Jan. 30 and 31. On that Sat urday evening at 7 p.m. he will show his 16 mm color films and on Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock worship service he will tell more about his recent world tour. Following the morning service there will be a potluck dinner in Fellowship Hall. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. M ;9t i Si k Bessy, V f : m-m. EZm. M i!i and Mrs. Russell Freeo Bonnie Carr Marries at McChord Field Bonnie Carr of Portland, dau ghter of Joe Carr of Heppner was married to Sgt. Russell Freeo in the chapel at McChord AFB on Jan. 16. They were mar ried by the base chaplain. The reception followed at the Offi cers Club. Upon his discharge on Jan. 29, he expects to enroll in college at Philadelphia where they will be making their home. Going from Heppner were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carr, Mr. and Mrs, James Carr, Ricky and Gary. No. 2 Grandchild Arrives Receives Masonic 25-Year Pin Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wald of Portland spent a few days last week visiting with his sister, Mrs. Amanda Duvall. While he was here he went to Echo to attend a meeting of the Mason ic Lodge. He was presented with, his 25 year pin. li : 1 COMMUNITY BILLBOARD WW the rest home. The ministers discussed the need for a port able pulpit at the nursing home and considered transferring the Thanksgiving offering towards this projecct. Plans were presented to hold a series of educational meetings this spring on the problems of Drug Abuse. They plan guest speakers, films and materials. The Junior Rodeo dates, and the need for a tract rack in the hospital were noted. Ministers and their families will have a potluck dinner on Feb. 3 at the Lutheran Church following the monthly minister ial meeting. Riverside Menus Cafeteria menus for Riverside Junior-Senior High School for the week of Jan. 25-29 are as follows: Monday Pizza, cottage cheese and fruit, beet pickles and pudding. Tuesday Spaghetti, tossed salad, hot biscuits and ice cream. Wednesday Fried chicken. whipped potatoes and gravy, corn bread, buttered green beans and fruit. Thursday Chili with crack crs, pear srtd-ehecse salad, veg etable sticks and cookies. Friday Fish sticks with tar tar sauce, buttered peas, butter ed potatoes and sweet rolls. Milk is served with all meals. vows partisan conflicts will in volve only major issues. This attitude was bolstered when after Smith announced heavily GOP-weighted commit tee assignments, Haas remark ed: "He is treating us as well as I would any Republican." Oregon political tradition doesn't rank Speaker of the House in the same stepping- stone category with offices of similar responsibility. But chan ces are better than even that Robert Smith's leadership anachronistically com b i n i n g warmth and aloofness, . could lead the cattleman from Burns to more political "firsts" before he sheds his boots. "Shucks," declared an observ ant constituent, "He's even friendly with sheepherders." was recovering from recent ma jor surgery. She told of the ar rival of her second grandchild, a son to Mr. and Mrs. William uazda. He has been named Da vid William and joins a sister, Margaret Elizabeth who her iamny call "Mag". School Lunch Menus Presented Through Courtesy of Heppner Branch FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON The Camp 5 Lake is frozen over but due to springs in the lake the ice has thin spots in it and is unsafe to support peo ple so people are urged to use caution when fishing through the ice. HERMISTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION. INC. Sale every Saturday 12:30 p.m. sharp Carson Vehrs Emmet t Rogers 567-6644 567-5139 Bill Bowden Sale Yard 567-5082 567-3149 Heppner Elementary and High Schools SCHOOL HOT LUNCH MEND Monday, January 25 Spaghet ti, vegetable salad, French bread, fruit crisp, butter, milk. Tuesday, January 26 Chili cabbage salad, frosted cake! apricots, corn bread, hnttor' in. iiuney, miiK. weanesaay. January 57 r-izza, green beans, lettuce wedge, pudding, milk. Thusday, January 28 Tur key and noodle casserole, but tered peas, carrot and celery stix, apple crisp, rolls, butter milk. ' Friday, January 29 Vege table beef soup, peanut butter sandwiches, fruit salad. ehol stix, frosted graham crackers. I JAN 23 Heppner Rodeo club Chili Feed, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at High School cafetorium Admission $1.00. JAN. 23 Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society meeting 7:30 p. m. in the McMurtry building. Any interested person invited. JAN. 26 Public Budget meeting for 71-72 Morrow County School District budget at 7:30 p.m. at district office in Lexing ton. Public encouraged to attend. JAN. 27 Beta Omega card party. Bridge ana Pinochle 8:00 at SL Williams Church, lone. Prizes and refreshments. Admission S1.0O per person. Everyone invited to attend. JAN. 28 Traveling Bake Sale in lone beginning at 1:30 p.m. Spon sored by lone American Legion and Auxiliary. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY C A. RUGGLES Insurance Agency P. a Box 247 PH. 676-962! If no answer call Ray Boyce. 676-5384
