HEPPNEH GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday, August 12. 1971
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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.
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