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HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, August 12. 1971 the w fix nrsvnm GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner. Oregon 9783S Phone 676-9228 MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER "he Heppner Gazette established March 30, 1883. The Heppner rimes estabiisnea xvovemper xo, xovi. uikkmjuuicu rcuiuoijr x., 1912. MEMBERS OF NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSN. AND OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN. CHARLIE & DOROTHY HEARD. Editors & Publishers ARNOLD RAYMOND. REGGIE PASCAL Plant Foreman Linotype Operator ANN TONEY MATT WARREN N,,w5 Apprentice Circulation Pressman Subscription Rates: $5.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents. Mailed Single Copies 15 Cents in Advance.; Minimum Billing 50 cents. PublisheJ Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppnei, Oregon, as Second Class Matter. Office Hours: 8 a m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. LETTERSmEDITOfyf Ir Could Have Been Worse We'll go along with John Moreau's editorial in last week's Blue Mountain Eagle. It really could have been worse. And we're referring to the reapportionment. In spite of the fact that Morrow County gets somewhat watered down ,. and thinned out with addition of some chunks of Willamette Valley counties, we didn't turn out too badly. This writer is old fashioned enough to believe the Su preme Court could have stood by the old Federal system type . of thin? when each county would have a senator and let the population system have sway for the House. As it is, we'll , probably manage even though our new westslde constitu ents haven't a nickel's worth in common with us, save be ting in the same state. . , Mr. Morcau puts in words what quite a few of us have thought, too, with this: One will look in vain for any corre lation between Myers' reapportionment plan and Governor Tom McCall's administrative districts. A McCall promise of several years ago that there would be an attempt to make them correspond to a degree obviously means nothing. . . Reapportionment means a lot to sitting legislators, to those who hope to serve in this capacity, and to a few who ..work with and watch legislative deliberations. "One-man, one-vote," however, has done virtually nothing to Increase the average citizen's understanding of his government. A very high number of the American people still do not know who represents them at any level of government. Mr. Moreau concludes with this: The way events are going legislatures are of limited value anyway and one of . these days they will become passe. Government will be in stant plebiscite, with citizens filling out IBM punch cards and returning them with their tax remittances or welfare applications. OTHER EDITORS- Why is it? A man wakes up In the morning after sleep ing on an advertised blanket, in advertised pajamas. He will ., bathe in an advertised tub, wash with advertised soap, shave with an advertised razor, drink advertised coffee after his ad . .vcrtised juice, cereal and toast (toasted in his advertised toaster), to work in an advertised car, sit at an advertised desk, smoke advertised cigarettes and write with an adver tised pen. Yet this man hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising does not pay. Finally, when his unadvertised business goes under he will then advertise it for sale. ' Starbuck, Minn., Times. Apparently the delegates to the United Nations, or the governments they represent, are still very dollar conscious and are willing to endure most anything for the assurance that Uncle Sap will keep on pouring money into that debat ing society. When a recent vote was taken to decide wheth er or not to move the U. N. headquarters from New York City to some other location most likely another country the vote was two to one in favor of leaving it where it is. This . in spite of the fact that nearly all the delegates confessed that New York City Is congested, dirty, dangerous and very nearly intolerable. They know that if the headquarters is moved to another country, the U. S. will probably lose Interest in the United Nations and cut its support. Well, it seems to us that more than a few Americans have already lost interest .and confidence in the U. N. and would just as soon see it moved to Siberia." : Dear Dot and Charlie: The American Humane Asso ciation Rocky Mountain Confer ence that I attended in Boise, Idaho, July 23 and 24 was most informative. One of the main subjects on Friday was a "Look At Trust and Endowment Funds," and on Saturday "About Fund Raising and Publicity." Since all Humane Organiza tions have been protesting the cruel Seal slaughter in the Pnb- illof Islands. I was a little sur prised of AHA's attitude, that they come out to announce to the world "Their study proves the present method of slaughter of seals is the most Humane af ter all." Early In 1959, the Rodeo Cow boys Assn., called on AHA to strengthen and codify the rules for protection of livestock. The American Association responded with a set of "16" rules for the protection of rodeo animals. Some are rather questionable as to who they protect for examp le, NRA rule book, page 28 "No Penalty for Breaking A Horn". The lack of Humane Educa tion is the principal cause of crime and violence, but we have much to be thankful for because many of our honest sincere Leg islators are working all of the time to improve conditions. Rep. Harold Zimmerman of Washing ton worked hard this year to culiarty". Where Clark's Canyon joins Willow Creek there is a round, rocky knoll about 100 feet high standing out alone in the landscape. It was formed when water was the main ar chitect cutting canyons to the ocean. It cut Clark's Canyon in to Willow Creek, first on one side of the dividing point then on the other. Then while the water was still deep it lingered long enough to round up the knoll and make the gaps wide. And the ditch on the south side a little deeper than on the north. Andrew Raney lived by the side of the knoll in a fine grove of Cottonwood trees and farmed the Willow Creek bottom land. French mentions that the old knoll is the locale of an old Indian Burial ground and says something about Mayans. I am sure the Mayans were never this far north. For some years ago a Johnnie Come Lately drove up here from California and went up the Columbia River Highway and saw the picto graphs, photographed them and sold a story to the Oregonian translating the old Mayan message and describing some of the Mayan beliefs and what they said in their message. I immediately clipped the article and sent it air mail to the Uni versity of Mexico. In a few days cnbu ( p , tm got back a letter saving get a Din to aponsn sucn sa- "story is imagination. Picture distic, gory, pleasure naunts as shows nothing of Mayan lang saian Sound. Island just off Puget uage. We are sure they never got that far north." And that is The good news is just out that the very best authority on the the Island has been sold. Let's hope for a more Humane project. Washington can be very proud of Senator Henry Jackson for his Mayan people. The knoll is just a mile and a half down Willow Creek from Lexngton and T played and shot "I know of no pursuit In which more real and important services' can be rendered. to any country than by improving i its agriculture, its breed of useful animals find other branch s of a farmer's craft.'' George Washington Southern Uma tilla Soil & Water Conservation District Newsletter. SUCKERS P. T. Burnum said there was one born every minute. He .was. wrong. A sucker is -born every second or less in the United States. . i,, , . But we now call them "taxpayers." The "taxpayers" are now going to invest $300,000 to be .gin pre-constructlon studies for a dam on Willow Creek near Heppner. Please notice that the sum named is for beginning .studies. Not to complete studies of build the dam,' buy land, rebuild roads, etc. unending. .. . Why a dam in the first place? Because "taxpayers" bought land, built businesses and homes in a location that floods on occasion. And they knew that it flooded when they bought the land, built the busi nesses and homes. And now they want all the "taxpayers" in the nation to protect them from something that they knew about from the start. We have no figures available on the dollar value of the area of Heppner that is subject to flooding. But will make a surmise that the dollar value of the land and improvements of the area that floods will not equal the final cost of the Willow Creek dam, and the also necessary dam on work in Shobe Canyon, to protect the area. Why not use the "taxpayer" money to buy the affected area and give It back to the ecology. PENDLETON RECORD Home from Rhode Island Karen Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cox, flew home Aug. 4 from Rhode Island. Kar en is a 1971 graduate of Hepp ner High School. Shortly after graduation Karen decided to travel. On June 3 she flew to Chicago then Boston where her brother Nalbro met her. From Boston they drove to Quonset Point, Rhode Island where Nal bro and his wife Cindy, 2 dau ghters, DeDe and Tracey, are living in Naval housing there. Nalbro is presently stationed on the USS Saratoga in the Medi terranean until October. To Karen, the biggest differ-j ence seemed to be in the peo ple; weather; the fact that there were no mountains and that she was only five miles from the At lantic coast. ' She also stayed in Maine for a week with Cindy's family. To Karen, one of the best parts of the trip was flying over the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. On the flight home her trip brought her back to Chicago and Port land and then home. part in sponsoring Bill S 1116 at ground squirreis with a bow and arrow 80 years ago with the Rainey kids Lee, Hattie, Nel lie, Delia and half a dozen smaller ones whom I suppose are almost grown men and women by now. There was a tra dition of a few Indian graves on the knoll but no real evidence that I could ever see. There was a story of an old Indian woman beng buried up there but no grave could be found. She was a gentle, kindly, self sacrificing soul and would not accept much food or blankets from any one ty saying "Nothing at all, thank you". After she died this was shortened to just three words vis. "Nothing at all". When we' asked her if she need ed anything it was always the same stereotyped words, "Noth ing at all". What bothers me is that a great writer like Giles French would overlook old Granny so completely while mentioning the knoll. I am dead sure the reply would have been "Noth ing at all", had he asked her if she needed anything. By the way, there is a larger knoll standing- alone in Hood River Valley. John R. Leach P.S. I will be 90 my next birth day. And I can say that I have not a single enemy on Earth, the b s are all dead, I've outlived 'em. Now please., do not accuse me of using an Improper word. It appears in the Bible at least 15 times. You can borrow one from most any neighbor and look them up. I have intended to subscribe for your paper for some time so please send it and send a bill, I promise to pay. to require the protection, man agement and control of wild free-roaming horses and burros on public lands. (After all, the public lands and the wild life on them belong to the people). This bill was pased unanimous ly on June 29 by the Senate. Sen. es with ruptured eyes, buck-shot, Jackson sent me photos of hors riddled backs, buck shot traced a path across one's face, many pictures of other injuries caused by rough neck's who rounded them up by airplanes and other wise. Another active Humane Leg islator is Rep. Willam F. Ryan, of New York who introduced Bill, H.' B. 9027 that would make it Illegal to ship horses and cat tle used in the events in inter state commerce. "Cruelty cannot be condoned", Ryan said. "It is particularly unconscionable when it is Inflicted upon ani male solely for the purpose of entertainment". For a State Senator to argue as he did, I'm speaking of Sen. Clem McFaddin, in Rodeo News April 1, 1971, that "A flamk strap is comparable to a man's belt", is an insult to any one's intelligence. I am sure we all have our first time to see a man wearing a tight automatic cinch belt over the organs that the flank strap is placer over in the bucking stock. Even though it was not plan ned on, AHA forum for me to show Mr. Harry Dearinger's cruel steer-busting films, there were so many "requests for them by the members, that they decided to allow me to have time on the second day. No one could deny that the act is brutal, use less, proves nothing and should be outlawed. The members con ducting the meeting promised to do all in their power to help me outlaw that cowboy act At this meeting" they Informed me, Oregon, Washington and Wyo ming are the only states to pre sent that event. If you have the compassion to speak up for the helpless, de fenseless, speechless, abused small imported Mexican steers, protest to: Mr. Rutherford T. Phlppips, Executive Secretary of AHA, Post Office Box 1266, Den ver, Colo. 80201. Sincerely yours, for a better world Lois Winchester Dear Mrs. Marlatt: I just this morning unpacked the things you sent by way of Mrs. Winchester. Although they didn't get to the Navajo as in tended ( the things will be ap preciated by the Yakima In dians here. Thank you very much. Dorothy Nichols McKinley Indian Mission Toppenish, Wn. Cover picture on the current N. W. Ruralite is or Haroia Wright with a buffalo and the Country Store in the background. Harold tells of a plan to cross Brown Swiss cattle with buffa lo, something that has not been done before. He says It's just an experiment but could mean producing an animal of nine months with about 150 to 200 pounds more weight. Mr. Wright says all ranches are not ideal for raising buffalo but his place seems to be "perfect, roomy, hilly buffalo country." The buf falo are attracting more and more photographers and tourists to Ruggs. We bad a report that there was something fishy about Dave McLeod. And no wonder. He's just back from a vacation trip to the coast, bringing home some big salmon. Really big things going on up at Boardman at the Boeing tract. Some of us were a bit taken aback when we learned Morrow County was to be the dumping site for Portland gar bage and sewage. However, it's not as rank as it sounds and just might be a surprisingly fine thing. Glass bottles, cans and other solid waste will be shredded in Portland, hauled on barges 168 miles to Boardman and taken to the Boeing tract and spread on the ground about 4 inches deep. Sewage that has been treated and is in solid, dry form will also be barged to Boardman and taken out and spread a quarter of an inch deep on the Boeing tract. Then it is almost immediately disced into the ground. Plan then is to wait about a year or so, plant the area to alfalfa or grasses. They believe this may be repeated perhaps every five years. We ve discussed this matter with Denver Grigsby, Elton Weeks and tTuesday with Jack McFadden. The Boeing Company' expects to start the recycling about Sept. 1. This is going to be in an experimental way and will include use of a solid-set irrigating system. They have laid out some 24 test plots on 6 acres of land. Columbia Pro cessors of Portland is sure this will be the right solution and feels it can be done for $10 a ton which is less than costs for burning wastes. We are told there will be no odor whatsoever. A new Oregon law prohibits sanitary landfills after 197d. Tests that will be underway in a few weeks will tell them just how much shredded waste should be put on the soil. The firm is cooperating with Oregon State University and the Exten sion Service in the study and results will be most Interesting as this will no doubt be a "first" not only in Oregon but in this country. The results will be closely watched as a health food firm has been eyeing this tract for organically grown foods If they follow through with their pro jected plans, it could mean a big cannery and processing plant which would mean sub stantial growth in the Board man area. To tell the truth." confessed the perspiring speaker, "this is only the second time I ever at tempted to do any public speak ing. The first time was out in Iowa when I proposed to my wife over a rural party line." The fellow who sits under a tree while his wife mows the lawn could be called a shady character. At I one's Library Mrs. Van Hubbard, secretary of the lone Library board, brought in this week a list of seven new books at the library: Mandala, Pearl Buck; Carity Girl by Georgette Heyer; At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Pe ter Mathessen; Beyond Belief by Emlyn Williams; They Were Good Men and Salty Curses by Bill Huntington; A Last Night Burning by Gwen Griffin and Acres High by Bill Hungton. -J. Salem Scene Ml1 Pioneer Ponderings MOVING? Bundles of old newspapers, 25c. Gazette Times Office. 43tfc To the Heppner Gazette-Times: I just received my copy of Giles French's History of Mor row County. It is a beautiful little book and a much needed history of Oregon's second wealthiest coun ty, per person. I was rased in Lexington and love the old town and every one in it altho my age prevents me from having a car so can't vis it anymore!. On page 12 French mentions 'At the mouth of Clark's Can yon there is a geographical pe- Br W. S. CAVERHILL Phoney Remedies The medicine men who are prescribing for our economic and social ills seem to be following the pattern set by an old coun try doctor who confronted with a patient whose ailment he could not diagnose gave him pills to produce fits. He said: "I know how to cure fits." This method is comparable to our attempt to meet a sorry sit uation by first making it worse. NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Thurs. 12 Unemployment Com pensation Thurs. 12 Senior Citizens Fri. 13 Social Security Tues. 17 TOPS Wed. 18 Eunice Ford D.V.R., 10:00 a.m. Thurs. 19 Senior Citizens 2:00 4:00 p.m. Thurs. 19 CAP Board meeting in Pendleton Myers Reapportionment Plan Said Likely to Prevail Oregon has been reapportion ed. Republicans appear to favor the job done by Sec. of State Clay Myers. Democrats, general ly don't. Pundits believe it paves the wav lor liur control oi tne state Senate. The same sages believe it may enable Demo crats to gain an upper hand in the House. Myers inherited the job when members of the 56th Legislat ure couldn't agree on an ac ceptable plan. One Portland newspaper said the result was 'a mess." But, all things con sidered "... a pretty good piece of work." Federal law calls for reappor tionment of states following each decennial census to keep representation of Congress and the State Legislature equitable as far as population is concern ed. Carving up a state to make certain each Congressman and State Legislator represents a fairly equal number of constit uents shouldn't be much of a chore. But there are problems. One is called gerrymandering the tampering of voting dis tricts to nullify equal represen tation of minority groups with in -power majorities. Observers concur the Myers plan avoids gerrymandering. Another problem is current Supreme Court attitude in the present case the one-man, one- vote mandate. This idea is meant to "liberalize" represen tation, eliminate any tendency of a majority group to control a block of at-large seats and bring voters closer to their in dividual elected lawmakers. Another Supreme Court atti tude involves the equal popu lation concept within voting districts avoiding the tendency of a few lawmakers to gain dis proportionate power because of an excessively large constituency. The present Myers plan goes to great lengths to satisfy both of these concepts and, in fact, the Secretary of State let the federally favored population equality provision guide him through the reapportionment maze that proved fatal to Legislators. But there's another big prob lem and that's the fact the State Constitution disagrees with cur rent Supreme Court attitude. Oregon's Constitution specifical ly prohibits crossing county lines to achieve proportionate representation. Recent Supreme Court decisions tend to elimin ate the sanctity of county lines. Therein lies the biggest like- By Jack Zimmerman lihood the Myers plan will be challenged. And if the challenge comes it probably will be from Democrats. The Senate Caucus of that party now has the mat ter under consideration. Almost any individual can challenge the plan, however, and someone doubtless will be fore the Sept. 1 deadline. Altogether 12 counties find themselves "carved up" to sat isfy population requirements. They are Washington, Clacka mas Marion, Linn, Yamhill, Polk, Benton, Lane, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath and Jack son. Due to population shifts there wil be a larger imbalance between Eastern and Western Oregon representation. But ev eryone expected that. Simply stated, the Myers plan provides voters will ballot for only one State Senator and Rep resentative. The single-member district proposition rules in rur al areas and is maintained in urban areas by use of multi member districts with single member subdistricts. This means the bigger coun ties are divided into districts from which come a number of Senators and Representatives. Legislative candidates must re side within the district. To com ply with the one-man, one-vote mandate, the districts are divid ed into subdstricts from whence only one Senator and one Rep resentative can emerge follow ing election. Candidates don't have to live within the subdis trict they choose to represent. But they must pick only one subdistrict in which to run. Most Salem-watchers believe the Myers plan although con tested, will prevail. And a lot of them believe '72 elections will send a lot of new faces to Salem for the 57th session in '73. In a few cases veteran In- j cumbents will be pitted against each other at the polls next, year if both choose to run. Car-' ry-over Senators won't have to struggle with the problem un til elections in '74. Some new areas have been created which do not now have representation. And it's likely some incumbents will move to new neighborhoods by the Nov. 3 deadline this year to facilitate re-election. County party organizations will have to innovate where county lines have been crossed. But that problem won't have much bearing on whether or not the Myers plan prevails. After all, the Legislature has been a two-party organization since 1939. And you have to go back to the turn of the century to find as many as 10 parties all squabbling over party par ity regarding reapportionment. Remember This? . . . . . . Reminisce! August 14. 1941 Gene Normoyle Injured Rodeo's songbird, ' Gene Nor moyle, may hardly be recogniz ed by the many friends he greets at this year's exhibition. Gene is nursing a badly scratch ed face, the result of taking "French" leave from a moving truck while coming down Goose berry grade into lone last Fri day. The truck, driven by Rodeo President Lee Beckner, was loaded with mustard harvested on the Beckner farm. The truck slipped off the grade and- It looked like a crack-up to Gene, who jumped and was thrown on his face. He was brought to Heppner for treatment, and in spite of his injuries, is still able to please with his fine tenor voice. Cowboy Chuckwagoa Rodeo's chuck wagon will be stationed at Wilkinson's grove three miles up Willow Creek from 6 to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning where Jim Kistner's, Earle Bryant's and Buzz Flsk's cowboys will toss flapjacks for all comers to start the Rodeo ball to rolling. Sixty cents will entitle anyone to all the baby beefsteaks, flapjacks and fried spuds he can eat, or all the cof fee he (meaning both masculine and feminine gender) can drink. .26 Inch Rainfall at lone Delays Harvest A light rain which fell most of the day Monday delayed harvest the first of the week. The weather observer at Morgan measured .26 inch In the most unusual August rain. Heppner Rodeo, 20 years Heppner Rodeo's twentieth an niversary is marked by a good year, economically, though the shadow of war clouds cast an eerie shadow. Still it is with a spirit of western independence that this year's show is wel comedthe spirit of the pioneer will conquer problems of the morrow as it did the Obstacles of the early days. ; . Mayor Sees McNary Off Mayor J. O. Turner was among those present at the Pendleton airport Saturday evening"'1 to greet Senator Charles L. McNary who was on a return flight, tp the national capital after a res pite at his Fir Cone farm near Salem. Call Sounded for . 12.000 New Workers Order for placement of 12,000 workers in shipyards was jrecelv ed this week, by the Oregon Em ployment service, announced Don Robbins, manager of the Pendleton office while in jt&e city Tuesday. To fill this call new trainees are badly needed. and Morrow county men Inter ested may take advantage f tne tree vocational school at Pendleton, Robbins said. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Irby went over to Pendleton Monday on business. in lidiHrflWW'fcMirirrr-i, COMMUNITY BILLBOARD m AUG. 11 lone Garden Club wilj ineet at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W.H.L PaObeof Lexington. AUG. 14 Coronation of the Morrow County Fair and '-"'Rodeo Court. : '' "V-'Uv Festivities begin at 8:00 pin. at the Grandstands of the Fairgrounds. ' "- AUG. 15 4-H Horse Show 10 a.m., all day. AUG. 21 Don't miss the East-West Shriners Football game in Pendleton at 8:15 p.m. - AUG. 23-27 Morrow County Fair Week AUG. 28-29 Morrow County Rodeo. SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY ' RUGGLES-BOYCE Insurance Agency 228 "Main P. O. Box 247 ph. 676-9625 If no answer call Ray Boyce 676-5384 Heppner
