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GAZETTE-TIMES
LETTERS EDITOR
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Eighteen horr.emafcers from
Umatilla ar.d Morrow county
w.ll accompany the home agtr.t
J To the Edtir: icr rr s Uut the roads to Oregon Stte university in
j A few I Sre-S to mre tajcrt tin tie . CorvalJJi for trie annual meet
! kp tr eos.ry trora p-.:T-.g jarmers oetaai ujeir j ir.j
County Women
To Homemokers
Council
of
the Oregon Extern ion
t. -r .,azne esMG.- "-.... .ir.Ti VV.JL thv re rtJi--i I tura ir rroerry taxes. It and 6. Theme of the meeting u
u,.Uh4 November IS. 1HT7. Consolidated Feorvary 15.
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Editors 4 PwblUhers
AE.LI RAYMOND. REGGIE PASCAL
f-U-t o--r-a Unctyt Ot-erator
,v.. . n. MATT WARREX
ANN TO. -El iw-.ti
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uVcr1r.':on Rates: 15 rJ0 Year. Single Coty 10 Or.a. Mailed S.r.zle
it ost 11 or.u la Advance.: Minimum B.ilinjr. 50 cents. Pub.: he J
E-.ry 7.". iry "'1 Enured at the Port Office at Heppnef. Oregon,
a Secor.d CUm Matter.
Off Hour: 9 a m. to 6 p-ia- Monday through Friday; 9 am
nntil rn Saturtar.
w.ld Lie to many Uji i- ftr.y that roai are more j -who u the Oregon Woman
r.tif cf t.-.e dra..i d.tfte. irrpcrtVKt Caa tie Liis that, L-.din theme will be fe
Ft: .r.i U k:' C-. b'? i PUeT tured at the lr.temalional bao-
a:er r.n cff a-ef wj aalar ct the' uet irjay eer.ir.g. Mem-
ran off f,t arJ ct a fc.h 4- tt'Wty cffVUls. , cf or CorJJera:ei Tribe
urn. T.u i t.at caujes etr- E-:y. what a rr" a-cr.ry thij-jj be fart ct the prograas,
im. T.e !.:ehe w.U be (Ml w; t ;!hot pci.u sd ar.d wiU also oil the lfli.an
dfr ri eentuai:y thj a- pc-ticUcs.
t r -r.ls up fo;r.jr acr-ss .cve
farrrr' f-k2 tau.r?2 h. a.id-;
e-i CKurt pro km. An xa.p-'
le, at the k.f er.d tf cc df
my caa trat.-e wre r
Tom Fr j;t
Spendthrift Dependents
Tar Stnitor:
"I have a Aeper.derA relative who has very Lrtle finan
ril r"j'.:fail.ty. He means well, but he keeps buying
Vt my wife and me, charging them to my account.
V.hn he u-t aomething we might need, he buy it. and I
have t pay. These thlr.ga are rarely what we would have
bought 'A.r Ive. Recau he doesn't work for a living, mm
ty d'Mnn't mean much U- him.
'f w gt-r.erous to the poor and the needy, with my
nvir-v ar.d gives to the unworthy, too. I Juit recehed a
fciil f'jr hw latest jpending spree, and it gives me a kk.
htjpls ll.rg. How much better things would be if I could
pT;i my own money for the things I want.
-He won't liMen to me, tut he will listen to you. Please,
pica u- our influence to cut the spending of my Uncle
S-am "
A cor.'t.tuent's letter to a Representative in Congress.
Menace To Life Quality
Tie quality of life for the average person deteriorates
uish the expansion of big government Ry the same token.
ihoe on the inside of a vast and burgeoning bureaucracy
enjov a rising level of prerogative and affluence. As report
ed in V. . News It World Report; it now costs nearly tVfl
million a year to operate the legislative branch of govern
mentan increase of more than $150 million since 1S67. As
costs have soared, efficiency has declined until it is said
the Hou.se of Representatives Is among the most inefficient
legUlative todies in the world. Base pay for congressmen has
rifen to $-12,500 a year. In addition, there is a wide range
of benefits enjoyed by the legislators, including retirement
pensions as high as $34,V a year, rent-free offices, salary
allowances for staff ranging into hundreds of thousands of
dollars for each member of Congress. There are free mailing
privileges, fr?e trips home, free telephone calls, free telegrams
and so on ad nauseum.
Smoking chimneys and dirty water are not the only
things that can ruin the quality of life in the United States.
It can aLso be ruined by oppressive taxation and the arro
gancy of a central government bureaucracy. (E. Hofer).
vts.g dresses. Indian women
frcm the aUamarh agency and
Warm S?r..-.fs win l-o fvartjei-
Clen Drive jj m be busy
Br.nsh Cclumbia. Canada Norman
d.tches. the or.ty came in and RP- Chatrrr.in Marhham. NeUcr, Icve. ho is a candidate
rebuilt the road. Now e tave suit v.ap.iot. i jcr Vx-f residett cr state coun-
two d.tcii cne-ha m.ie long Salem. Oregon 977313 fli .Vton his been active
each ar.d in me places over Dear Mr. Markham: f m Extericn fcf masy years and
three feet ckp. I Have been f&Ucwir.g with ln-'u rresecJv serving both as
Second: thee ditches leave us teret the progress of those de- chairman cf the Home Exten
Lmited access to our fields and termined to have ""steer bust- sy?n advisory committee In Mor
in some cie people can't get tr-g" abolished tn jour state cf row cotir.ty, ar.d the lone Ex-
to their rymes, 'Oregon. j tension un:t-
Tr.ird: when we cross the It is rxw to be hoped that j Homemakers participating In
roads with ocr equipment, if we H. B. 1552 to outlaw tils cryel gtate council from Morrow coun
can in the ft place, we tear,port will not take kr.g to be-jty will be. Mrs. Norman Nelson,
up the roads and our equip- come "reality" at long UsL jor.e: Mrs. John Graves, Mrs.
rr.er.t. We have the same prob-' Never csaes to amaze me how j Garry TullLs. Heppner.
lem with the state highways, j the eld die-hards resist any.
Fourth: these steep, deep change in their way cr tie
d.tches t'e a traffic hazard. .clinging to depraved forms of
There are many more problems entertainment such as rodeos,
with these ditches. j is a prime example! Surely. In
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Before I contacted the County our modem society, there is no
Judge and Roadmaster, I was ( need to continue to cruelly use
told by many p-eople that it ; animals for so-called entertain
would do no good. They were; me nt
and he referred me to "Doc" j Call supporting the passage of i J J
back to the Judge.
Only thing that was made.
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By REP. IRVIH MAKN. Jr.
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Beware anyone who stands
siill on Main Street is liable to
get painted.
this H. B. 1552 and reminding j p7
him of his promise to help out-j
law steerbusting. The day llj I
beoorr.es "la-" will Indeed be, I
a "red letter day" and a step i
towards the abolishing of anys I
cruel forms of entertainment ! .
we are called an emigntenea
societj-, so 'tis high time, we
acted as such!
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) Lee Davis
2S69 Clen Drive
Port Coquttian
British Columbia, Canada
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MBS. KE CLARK prMents the sllw trey won by the Morrow
Cooaty CowBelles for last year's increas la membership to Km.
Rao Conia, ooe of last year's officers. They hod the areatesl
percentage of Increases tn the state I
CowBelles Stress 'Eat More Beef
The annual spring luncheon
FERNANDO LARA, the new lab
technician at Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital, prepares to use
a pipette.
To the Editor:
I want to thank you very
much for sending me the news
A big thank yo from ns et PPer-,It .nl' tayJ u'noW
n uvi i r i I uk-i Is hannonincr hark hmnA
the G-T to Ron Brittner and Er-
vin Anderson who came over
promptly last week to help us
when the folding machine col-
: lapsed. (Even that blasted ma
chine had the flu).
Rep. Irrin Mann's irrigation
finance bill has passed the
House and he believes it will
pass the Senate. This would pro
vide a fund of $360 million to
be loaned to fanners to help fi
nance irrigation developments.
Very likely this will open the
door to a great potential in
these counties along the Colum
bia. For instance, a vast area
in our county that has always
been desert Is going to be
ereen. and the trend has al-
f j ready been started by our lat-
142.7 miUion in the 1967 69 bt- ture There are going to be all
ennium to 359.7 million in the. kinds of developments but the
1971-73 biennium.
The report reaffirmed a
. v.. " tv Chnul ! ter-day "-ioneers who are put
new rasn m - jting in more wells and more cir-
ttrrwl arr.und Oregon's welfare I that welfare has grown from! . . - . .u , i
- " , tics lur wiii iyw iivv yixj
budget. This came as a resuit
of the Touche, Roeu k Co. re
rort on welfare eligibility in
Oregon.
Touche, Ross A Co. is a nation-wide
accounting firm which
was hired to study the eligibil
ity in the ADC program of wel
fare. Their report pointed out
that "there are few problems
facing Oregon that approach
the magnitude in terms of cost.
confu.sion and controversy as
that of the public welfare pro-
PROPERTY TAX
FAX
agricultural changes will be
great and probably far reaching.
port made earlier by the House leaf powef plants which mav
Task Force on Welfare which TOme wjh mean something like
was appointed by the Speaker j 500,000 acres irrigated in ours
r,f thP !ir,u. in Dumber. 1970. and adjoining counties, if all
The Task Force report indicated , s VplTciiman has been urg
between fifteen and twenty per- ing deveiopmenta ln these coun
cent of the cases in the ADC fi .ith rnlnmhla River watei
what is happening back home
in Heppner.
It is discouraging when I
check my mail box and find
nothing, day In and day out. I
feel like I am not liked by any
one. I know I had friends when
I left for the' service, but it
seems like I was wrong.
Thank you again for sending
me the paper. A1C David W.
Wright, PSC Box 7304. McCon
nell AFB, Kansas 67221.
the
Fri-
If you have a question con
cerning real or personal prop
erty olrase state all the facts
as briefly as possible and mail entire report was that $330,000
it to your COUNTY ASSESSOR a month was being lost in eitn-
cateeorv were thought to oe
fraudulent. This was confirmed
by the Touche, Ross report
which indicated that their study
showed that 18 percent of the
ADC cases were found to be In
correct either in the amount of
money given or in total eligi
blliry.
The most shocking fact of the
Joyce Ritch, under the name
"PROPERTY TAX FAX". Please
k only one question per sheet
Then watch this column for the
answer.
QUESTION:
A federal agency In out cous
tr wants to use a building own
ed by a non profit organisation
shop for low Income people.
The "workshop' will produce
wooden flower boxes which wtlrThurs
be sold on the open market The
profit from the 'workshop' would
be retained by the federal agen
cy to build its own building tor
the same purpose. The agency
would pay for the actual cost
of hrt and light used and the
cost of maintaining the build-
ing. Would the property lose its
exempt status T
er errors or in fraud. The report
made recommendations for
changes in administration at
least 60 percent of the $330,000
a month could be saved dur
ing this next biennium.
ANSWER:
Yes. The owner would not be
making exclusive use of the
property ln carrying out lis work
and the federal agency as rent
er could not claim the property
as tax exempt under ORS 307.
130. because the heltered work
shop mentioned In the subsec
tion would not be owned r pur
chacd by the organization op
erating the workshop.
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER
April 29 Senior Citizens
Social and Crafts afternoon
12:00-4:00 p.m.
Tuts.. May 4 GED classes
(1:00-4:00 p.m.)
Wed.. May 5 Nutrition cla-sses
(10:00 a m.)
Thur.. May 6 Unemployment
Counselor 10:00 a.m.-noon
and 1:00-2:00 p.m.)
for some years. He and others
have said repeatedly either we
use the Columbia or it will be
going south to irrigate some
one else's land.
Hare you ordered your copy
of the new history of Morrow
County? It will make a really
thoughtful present, too.
Alarm clock: something that
.cares the daylights into you.
Obstetrician: "You hare a
lovely girl, but you wanted a
boy."
New father: "Fine! A girl was
my second choice."
Then there was the fellow
who read that 25 of all ac
cidents happen within 25 miles
of home ... so he moved.
What happened to the good
old days, when you learned to
dance so you'd look graceful?
Hon. Paul Jones
County Court House
Heppner, Ore.
Dear Paul:
House Bill 1356 passed
House of Representatives
day. This bill permits a county
judge who Ls not the probate
judge in a county In which a
circuit judge does not reside, to
authorize waiver of the 7-day
waiting period for a marriage li
cense. Present law permits wai
ver only by a circuit judge or
other judge with probate juris
diction.
I introduced this bill as a dir
ect result of the "Meet the Peo
ple" meeting which Rep. Han
sel, Sen. Jernstedt and I held
in Heppner last November 30.
Best personal regards.
Sincerely yours,
Irvin Mann, Jr.
New Lob Technician
Likes Heppner
Fernando Lara, the new lab
technician at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital is liking Heppner and
Ls looking forward to bringing
his family up from Vancouver,
Wn.
Mr. Lara is a graduate of the
University of La Paz in Bolivia
of the Morrow County Cow
Belles was a gala affair. The
serine flowers on the tables
and around the room added a
festive note after the long wait
J for spring. Pant suits proved
(popular attire.
The Episcopal Women served
a delicious luncheon and Mrs.
Clyde Nutting was both humor
ous and challenging in her talk
on "The Life of a Wife of a
' j Inspection laws and fees are
- changing. She urged closer co
operation between the Brand In
ispection Department, State Po
lice and County sheriffs in ap
prehending cattle thieves.
To curtail calf stealing, she
suggested lighting calving areas
and not place them Ln out-of-
the-way places, alert officers
where the calving areas are so
they can keep a watch, keep
cattle chutes padlocked.
The state has five theft in
vestigators. Farms must have
positive proof, as a license num
ber. Then she told the exper
ience of one rancher who used
the mother cow to prove his
claim of ownership to a calf.
She said the consumer must
be made aware that the $400
calf that leaves the ranch is
not all seen in the show case
About half the weight is all
that's left after slaughter. On
ly about 13 of the remainder
in Dentistry and came to tne
United States 17 years ago. To , is steak. This seems to be the
The Sand hollow Sewers met
April 20 at the home of Cheryle
and Lort Turner.
President Cindy Dougherty
called the meeting to order.
We finished our oven mitts and
started on our pin cushions.
Our next project will be
shifts to wear over our swim
suits.
Lor I Turner, reporter
Rep. Al Ullman stated at last
week's Forum of Rural Develop
ment at BMCC at Pendleton
that Boeing plans a food pro
cessing plant This is in con
junction with its irrigation and
farming development which is
being studied on the Boeing
lands in North Morrow County.
Some other unusual develop
ments include a proposal by
Crown Zellerbach to use leased
or contract Irrigated lands in
the Columbia Basin area of
Eastern Oregon for growing Cot
tonwood trees for their pulp
milbu This is a very fast grow
ing tree and produces the finest
long fiber, ideal for paper
manufacture. Of all the things
we've heard recently, this Is the
nxt unexpected.
Seniors Present
Top Comedy Here
"All Because of Agatha" by
Sterling Troy was this year's
comedy presentation by the
Heppner High Senior Class. Dir
ectors for the Thursday and Fri
day productions were Jane Raw
lins and David Conn.
The Cast: Greg Davidson, Di
anne Mills, Dan Sweeney, Dee
Ann Pettyjohn, Becky Doherty,
Steve Hedman, Darlene Warren,
Jim Schaffitz, Linda Clough
(Thursday), and Elizabeth Ab
rams on Friday, and Mary Ab
rams. Action of the fast moving
comedy centered about the story
of a witch who appeared at a
certain cay each year,
qualify as a lab technician took
less time then as a dentist in the
United States, so he took this
training. Mr. Lara appears ded
icated to his new position and
brings valuable experience and
education to the work here.
He is delighted to get away
from the big cities, from the over-population,
and the pollution.
He thinks the climate in Hepp
ner Ls the best When he's not
in the lab, he enjoys swimming,
tennis and miniature trains. He
has already had several jam
sessions with Bob Lowe who is
ako a train buff. He is also In
terested in "Little Theatre". He
has directed drama in his nat
ive language, Spanish.
About the Lab
Mr. Lara says "the lab has
almost everything we need.
There's alwavs room for im
provement with new discoveries
all the time."
As the last lab technician, Mr.
Lara says there's a shortage of
glass. By glass, technicians
mean test tubes and pippetes.
He told of a new pippete that
is reusable and non-breakable.
When funds become available,
he said he'd like to have at least
$50 in glass along with a mixer
or shaker for S65, and a specific
gravity lens, $19d.
The Laras have three small
children so are looking for a
three bedroom house or a lot
to place an expandable.
age of "no bone and no fat
She challenged the cattle
mans' wife to bring the young
people back to the ranch. She
said, "small rancher operations
must be brought back into be
ing". Six New Members
Mrs. Ned Clark this year's
Morrow County CowBelles pres
ident introduced six new mem-
4-H Livestock
Judging Tour
Morrow and Umatilla counties
are cooperating in a livestock
judging tour in the Ordinance
and Hermiston area Saturday,
April 24. Visits will be made to
Ron and Ruth Music's for sheep
and swine, Northwest Livestock
Commission, Aviett's Dairy, and
rr,. r,rt HiHoo the l -J Angus, miciraicu jaiuv..-
directors: Kellnv ' Wolff was pants are asked to assemble at
4-H Horse Training
By GAIL L. McCAHTY
County Extension Agent
Dick Shrake, Oregon City and
Mrs. Gayle Nichols, West Linn
presented an excellent training
program for 4-H horse clubs
Friday and Saturday. Eighty
five members, parents and lead
ers heard Shrake explain the
importance of proper bits, and
saw movies on horse manage
ment and horsemanship, at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds Fri
day evening.
Saturday morning 30 4-H
members returned with their
horses, as well as a large au
dience to observe, for help on
both horsemanship and show
manship. Mrs. Nichols presented
demonstrations and individual
help for those needing it.
All attending agreed it was
one of the most worthwhile
trainings In recent years.
bers: Mrs. Gary Gricb, Mrs. liar
ley Sager, Mrs. Nutting, Mrs
Barton Clark, Mrs. Lee Padberg
and Mrs. Phil Mahoney.
Mrs. Clista Venard reported
the sale of Beef Certificates
were up this year, the highest
they have ever been. A total of
$320 certificates had been sold
during the year. Anyone won
dering what to send Dad for
Father's Day, a Beef Certificate
was suggested.
The Father of the Year Is ex
pected to be announced soon.
Mrs. Terry Thompson reported
3 cases of Beef Broth had been
ordered. These miniature envel
opes of Instant seasoning may
be ordered from her for 201.00.
There are 40 paid up members.
The group passed a resolu
tion opposing the farm truck
driving age of 21 years. Each
member was asked to write:
John Volvo, Secretary of Trans
portation, Washington, D. C
20005 by May 1 and ask for a
farm deferral.
Mrs. Clark presented the sil
ver tray the Morrow County
CowBelles received as the Cow
Belles having the biggest per
centage Increase in National
memberships last year to Mrs.
Ron Currin, last year's member
ship chairman. This ls a rotat
ing trophy.
Trouble with
tractor
transmissions?
L. E. DICK
YOUR STANDARD MAN
Can solve your problem
He's in Heppner, 676-9633
ttmitri on cMy
f Cslttenua
gat
COMMUNITY
BILLBOARD
prompter; business manager,
Gwen Drake; Lighting by Steve
Hedman and Dan Sweeney;
sound by Dee Ann Pettyjohn;
stage carpenters were Rick Boyce
and Mark Miller; costumes by
Diane Cutsforth; make-up by
Barbara AlLstott Kelley Wolff
and Bobette Jones. Piano med
leys before and between acts by
Karla Weatherford and Gwen
Drake.
Boy Scout Troop No. 661 is
making plans every Tuesday
meeting for their first campout.
They will go to Blue Spruce
Springs on Wall Creek for May
14 15-16.
Music's Farm at 10:00
bring a sack lunch.
and
Trouble with
hydraulic
systems?
L. E. DICK
YOUR STANDARD JLN
Can solve your problem
He's in Heppner, 676-9633
StssArfMI
I California
School Lunch Menus
Presented
Through Courtesy of
Heppner Branch
ga NATIONAL
BANK OF CRIG0H
Heppner Elementary and
High Schools
SCHOOL HOT LUNCH
MENU
Monday, May 3 Hot dogs,
homemade buns, green beans,
carrot and celery sticks, potato
chips, fruit Jell-O, milk.
Tuesday, May 4 Chili beans,
corn bread, honey, vegeiaoie
salad, fruit, butter, milk.
Wednesday, May 5 Spanish
rice, cabbage salad, fruit cob
bler, French bread, butter, milk.
Thursday, May 6 Beef stew
and vegetables, cold tomatoes,
lemon pudding cake, whole
wheat rolls, butter, milk.
Friday, May 7 Fish sticks,
macaroni salad, buttered peas,
ice cream, rolls, butter, milk.
MAY 1
TOPS club bake sale at Ev
ans Lumber Yard, 10:00
a.m.
MAY 2
Soroptimist Tea for Senior
Girls of lone and Heppner
at Howard Pettyjohn resi
dence.
MAY 2
Merchandise Shoot at Morrow
County Gun Club, sponsor
ed by the Jaycees, 11:00
a.m.
MAY 2
Kick Off Breakfast at Coun
try Club for all male mem
bers 7:00-8:45 a.m.
Tournament follows.
MAY 4
Golden Agers Club potluck
dinner at Episcopal Parish
Hall, 7:00 p.m.
MAY 8
Lawn Sale, Baked Food Sale,
Luncheon Sale by Metho
dist Women at church.
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
P. O, Box 247 PH. 67S-9625
If no answer call Ray Boyce,
676-5384
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