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Page 2 Mi Horse sense i EKNFSTV. JOIVFJt 1 A reader Las hrrited me te assess the United Natwcss OK. la HS8 there were TW buBmi Sttentm ia she workL aad ia 156 the UN decided sornetkeg had to be vice about sr. Educatioe projects were nanaied as 15 cour tries, frora Ecuador t .Afghanistaa, Ia f"4. eight years later, the UN committee eh charge of eradicating iSteracy has issued sts report: the cumser f illiterate adults a rise world sow number .) auSsoB. Every year f sauce's do-gooders Sex rhetr idealistse rsasrie to urge the Elisor's mayors and governors ta prudaas United Nations Week and that it be observed ns srhocis. en-arches aad cmc organiza tiers, and by newspapers. There s always a pJeEfi&ue erf prated rraiemai prerjded fSorcfyctg the i0-5asfeg goals of the argjESEaaoo and its glorious but exaggerated acccr. pla iner s. GoeraorThoctsoe of New Hampshire was requested proclaim a tatted Nations Week last year, Instead, be prtciaimed a "Truth About United Nations Week" duraf w-fcjch he observed that "It s smperatrve that the cmildren of today and of tae wit generatm k.-w a2 tie tacts surrwasdsng 53 i UN sfesmccirnmgs." Be bsced some of those srvriromirgs. which., as ether tsses, might have promoted lie A ervrar peopie net soppteg the Etposarg UN bc&sg and its prepostermg membership into the Hudson E-ver The most significant accorr. prat .est af tne UN. k appears, s far frsc a sealtry ore I; has succeeded n placing tae saest. most irrpyen and cost backward causes oe an equal footing with the world powers, tias deprrczg the wnjrid of a strong and asfluestsal natiee capable of exerting respected' leadersfcip As of ww. there s ae respected aad icSaeESal force ta sabtSse worid feeling Great Brfam has departed the world stage, aad the U.S.. a sewcocer as a force a. ra'ersatiocai affairs, tas fcad a bnef Sag at what Brstaai esdured fa- !)! years, aad pack?y tossei zkt ball to tae 1'E.red Natiocs- There has sever fceess a day of peace n the xid frara trje day tbe UN was organized m Sas Frasascs Tbat sfaositd tell is aorsetiE. The editor of the Cash .ere VaZey Record. Csr-ere a was courting k3 enc biesssss oc last week's edtaral paae Se was speasr. tae g-Tod Me is Cashrr.ere. ar.d how residents seen t jost lake it for granted. For esarr.pie. "Perhaps you haver t tsoaced." he wrote, "but Casr.-ere d.:ss't have these noisances wtoch have bJossatsed over isest of flse roestry. m Jarge a?.d saial towns alike. They're caSed parent sseters. asd they generate Eiore bad wJI for a B than would a suipfeor piaat or a fert2er factory." Ob the other hasd. Hecsoer knes thers.. Peopie drrve kr. ststaaees jest to shove massey de?w5 therr eniess nc glets They sapport ae tows's ectswrry. rr.ake merchants pwTsxs and tend a chars ta the cswnty seat that eadears fi t.j v e and a2. Arythicg at so eor.tr; butes S.c the nsascial and irfstbeac quality of 2- tews shcid be recograed. Therefare. we call upon Mayor Sweeney So prodaaa -Parkisg Meter Week" is Keppr.er. dursg which urr. the meters w-JI accept orJy quarters . free beer .S1 be served ;z the sakiES.; and there will be dancEg is the streets. In 1962 the federal gas control Law ect irro effect. Sace tha! tiiae cnmisais hate bees stealing, accorisg to federal figires. m.m guns a year Just like the National Ksfk Associaaoc toid the fiovenaser.t is 1968. that if the law were passed peaceful peopie would do without girr-.s and cnrr.ir.ais wouid no?.. Those of us who have watched the nse and fall of g.H-emrr.erits aroond the world have learned to recognize s-ns that those m power are in trouble. First, certain csssatiitkEal rights are curtailed. Second, guns are outlawed or consficated. Government leaders know when the peopie have been pushed too far. and these two moves are always calculated to render the peopie helpless to tarn upoc them. There are now more than 6C bills ir. Congress to outlaw, license, restrict or confiscate guns now is the hands of Americas citizens. Congressmen have gotten the message, btit have the people? You beard about the sfaoot-frois-the-hip ecology nut who devised this burr.per sticker for hs V : "Eat a beaver, save a tree." A Keppner bank ofSoal estimates tnat his bank processes between S36.9oe aad Il'JC.W wort: of local checks a week given for purchase of goods and services outside Keppner. The other bark estmates its depositors spend an eai asMKJEt of Eoeey outsasfe Heppoer each week for seeded items That comes ts a rr;n?.ir-n of tlUC. a week spent elsewhere by depositsrs of the two local banss. and a tmtman. of Eoe.aee a week- Admittedly, a great deal of this money ges far items that canoe be pjrtmased locally. But if the runtrsn outgi could be n by 56 per cent it would mean L4X.jC addttiocal debars a year spent iocaly where k wmii beris every nr'Tm As addttieeal Ci millios a year spent here mgh? also be an mdjeer-et: ta busaaessmes ts Eiite a greater effart ia capers the extra busaess tirocigs improved stocks, service, compet-ttve pnemg and stare aodernaaioc. The flgtires also saoiad d-spel any aotjae bussessmeu ray have that Marrow County residents are forced so shop keally faecaase "There's ae place else as g3 "They have found some ccrer piace tc go. The prooiem a. hew best to is them back booe The ooservatiofi that frss r.'X.Si ts tyji.'M a wek of ts cocsisner (kxlar s bemg speat octside Keppcer a bostered by a study made by the Marrow Cosstty Chamber of Commerce last year 2 eowperatiOB with -Jx C-perat.ve ElxtensMC Semee. Cretae State Uarverssty. It is dtstsrhmg readmg For exampie, resder:ts oc farms and ranches oer 36 cuks from Heppcer '"nrrjit.'-g Spray, V-rr t Kimnerfy. Fossil aad Kmx-a hardy patromae Heppcer fircts: 5S per cent buy oc groceries here at aX 2 per cent ae fcardwarei 71 per cent nc e-idrea'$ ciochmg, 72 per cent m axamooiiei: C per ces oc beaTy appiiaaces. There's mtjci more. odjcLrg the fact that the Gatette-Tmes was shews as dtung a poor pb a fcttie matter were strimz to overcome . Quatmg from taeKjTrey: "The perettages do zt-icate a real pocent-ai for bysoesz etpansioc-" ILgit. Oae way t bests tappmg tha nch potestjoo is tc reals mat there s so sacs tfcrg as a captre cssuxx." Peopie stop where they find what they was-jnee, Tanery, semce. tssarxsj, coetverjeace aad stiroundssgs. Few trad a Beppoe because they hate to. Once mat a settled. e caa get ac with stabsg Eeppcer a better marka piace Women's Lib has accornpsoed Kr-rrrg We sect bear anything more about the Brttberhood of Xaa. GAZETTE-TIMES taV.aiar.titk.TtCMa I3ia. i- i kATl SfViu, J I -Ye shall know them by tneir fruits." Matthew 7:1 6 The mail pouch ETrroR.- of that Great aad starv I ctHildn t Now that 1 ata bo Jorger a resident Svereig2 Sate of Caifssrma. I can te2 t ted it before, because there are stE socse Native Sons of the GoJdea West native bore C&far6aas wt have shear rynefc rows rearv . m case v ever find a member of that "frsj famtly". S:em.beck said we entered the state throucis the Needles area, bat fee is wrtc The f.r? ily of America's Latter Day Argocaxs crcssed the Caifarma border from Oregon. W e had offered otff besevoierjee to the states of Wasfangioa and OregoiL bat tney fsmhted the b2 Therefore our taieats were bestowed upec yoar ssser state to the south. We s-rted our m C8 .some of us couldn't make a irvtsg there eves belore the dtas bewt. or perhaps it was by judicial req-jest . We traveted west by northwest. Any oceobserrmg this twa jaiepy caravan., cocid tell that we were of the more affbeat e had two mattresses senared to the sop of oar car There were also chickea coops tied fore and aft That fall we pulled into the Yakima Valley, where we stopped to psck apples. We pitched camp near a group of Indians who had come off the reserratwe to work m the fruit. When Pa saw our redtmred neighbors he Teckoned as now wed better not get too cicse to them Isjuns. His fears were arfaanded. When the Indians saw us. they irmmedtateiy folded up their teepees and went back to the reservaties. It was seven years before they ventured into the valley again. The people of Washington treated us kadiy. That winter they ciosed up the.tr larder and tamed on the deep freeze. The' passoral winter scene among the patriots of Yakima Valley was reminiscent of a scene played 150 years previous, in a valley earned Forge. But unlike the otner valley . the patriots of Yakima never lost a man. Is fact, come spring we had gained two leather -hinged recruits, dressed is tri-coraered breeches. Yes, and come spring we headed south. We found the people of Oregon most obliging They gave us gas, food, tires, a pat on the back, anything we seeded to keep us moving. They moved us right on across the California Lr.e. The Native Sons were down south guarding the Needles sector. We got all the way to she San Joaquin Valley before they discovered we were in the state. 'There was no news media in those days. Well. sir. when they found out where we were, they were howiic' mad. We couldn't understand wry they didn't like sis. so we decided to stick around and find out. We joined f orres with the At ro-Caidornians and or friends from the south of the border. Then our fca folks from Muskoggee. Tulsa, and Pooca City star.ed drt'tm' in. But the natives were still kickm' up a fuss and trying to get nd of as.. That is until, the day my uncle Ezekiei and his son Chester crossed the border at Needles That was the day Sacramento towered the Golden Bear flag to half staff. Their legislature said. "Ky God, we had better gre tp. they may have more like that back there." That was a long time ago. and here I am back is Oregon. But you good people of Oregon don't have to fret none cause there ain't gonna ae no population explosion. My kinfoik they are sc integrated sew yoa can't hardly tell them from peopie. As far me. well, time takes it's toll, even oc oil wells and repraductiQC glands. WALT WEE 3, Condoc. EDITOR in VA I trxsatA a fegLative coct'eresce a Washington, B.C. I sddesly focad myself a maor ceiebnty of sorts amocg me IXt conferees - not because of anything I had aioe. simpiy because I was from Oregoc.. ""new i: yoa manage ts elect such wonderful pecpie from Oregoc - Lke Senator M-orse and Senator Maureen Neuberger''"' r.ev asked. COW POKES By Ace Reid "On. it's not hard." I repbed "They are such capable people that Ores ir.ians just natx-ally recognize their outstanding quahues." I remember when Morse and Neuberger stood together i and alone among a 3 senators in a filibuster against our g'.n erament 's giving away Teiestar to ITT - the same ITT that has won for its monopolistic self so many favors and special privileges direct from the public treasury. Do you remember when Morse suigJe-fcaadedly began to lecture and inveigh against our getting involved m a war m tido-China People did not understand the implications of this matter at the time - but how right b,ts judgments proved io be People of integrity and vision and deep understanding are too rare in Washington today. So. if Wayne Morse decides to run for his old sea! in the senate. I shall wholeheartedly work for his election with all the resources at my corsmand. If there is anything our government needs today, it is sregnty and clear thinking With these qualities Morse is richly btessed - in the same way thai Irving Brant. Justice Will. am 0. Douglas and .Archibald Con are We need their counsel, their advice, their rare sagacity. DOROTHY LEEPER. Concord. Mass people of sharing a day is given to all -time record for editor H' m.anv generous Christian tompassion realize that t million rharttses Americans are setting an generosity-and gullibility If you are mterested as d..snr.xshing the worthy cause from the unworthy, please read page tZ in the February issue of Reader's Digest. "Chanties." According to it. war -defense is the biggest item in she US budget. Research is second in line for pork barrel handouts. Our government puts out millions of our tax dollars to perform repeat research, for the sake of researching research. If so, w hy does the public feel it must pour more of its dollars into every "'gimmie" gimmick that comes along Each month people are burdened with two or three types of seals, stamps, gadgets, etc.. sent by mail requesting aid lor this or that. Then the ""can" gimmick pops up at ail times of the year to prey or. conscientious Christians who feel they must share with their less fortunate brothers. Another use tax money is put to is is the area of animal torture Few realize that research careers in animal torture is growing. The latest big push is a Congressional bs2 to use 2 animals as laboratory loots. If SB 1774 is enacted another cruel agency in the executive branch will deliver zoo animals to researchers far use as laboratory experimental animals. If you fsei zoo animals should not be added to the number of helpless amm.ais already used in laboratories, write and urge ?n rkiard WCahnoti. chairman. Committee on Rules aad Administration, to kJI the bill is committee If it comes out of committee, ask that he vote against it. Also write your own Congressman and Senators in Washington. LOIS WINCHESTER. Heppoer. I i Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 21, 1974. Mayor of Hardman : .., DEAR MISTER EDITOR : It's hard to relize that fer more than Iwo months three fellers got away from it all and took a real long look at this old world " . J They set out there in space and jest wenl round and round. Them record space travelers weren 't even here fer the Super Bowl, but they probable will git to see a TV rerun in the summer. Serious. Mister Editor, the fellers at the country store was talking Saturday night about the time we live in. Most of the feSers was alive when the Wright Brothers first left the ground m a airplane, and they never cease to be amazed at fhing to space in the same lifetimes. And changes jest as big has come about ia everthing we do. Fer instant. Bug Hookum was talking Saturday night about these vacation resorts fer dogs and cats. He said he saw by the paper where folks are paying up to $8 a day to send their pets to these places that give em breakfast m bed, stereo music parties and maid service. Bug said the .American Pet Motels ss a national chain, and it shows we has come a long ways since the days we thought our dog w as living good if he had a dry spot under the house and a few leftover biscuits throw ed to him onct a day. Now a heap of folks would love to be living their dog's life. Clem Webster recalled not many years back when cigarettes was recommended by doctors and baseball players Now. allowed Clem, these same people are telling us to walk a mile, not fer a Camel, but fer a breath of clean air. It $ hard to relize. said On, that soda pop that now is fer fun was a medicine not long back, and that nobody nowadays tells you to put tobacco juice on bee stings. What was good fer us is bad, and they ami much around now that i legal, low m poltysaturates and otherwise healthy that was even thought of a generation ago, was Clem's words What thought Gem of cigarettes was this offer he saw a St. ? Louis printing plant has made. They are giving a 1500 bonus to workers that quit smoking fer two months, but the folks have to pay the money back tf they start agin in a year. Clem figgered if the company charges interest on the money, they got a good thing going. More folks than ever is smoking. Clem said, and more is quitting, which means a lot of em is quitting more than onct. When the astronuts got back from space they must of been supnsed to learn that whisky now is good fer us According to this piece Zeke Grubb reported to the fellers on, a study at a Illinois University shows that drunks stand the cold better than sober folks, the item didn't say if the fefler that wrote the report was ready fer the cold Final. Zeke said, it am"! enuff that booze gits a new image, he has saw where snuff dipping is making a comeback amongst school younguns that quit smoking Yours truly, MAYOR ROY. Compulsory celibacy BY LESTER KINSOLVING W ASHINGTON - His nse in the Roman Catholic hierarchy had been phenomenal : First be was secretary to Bishop FYcyd Begin to the California Diocese of Oakland, then Vice Chancellor of the Diocese, then Pastor of St. Francis de Saks Cathedral - all when he was hardly 30. Joseph SkiBen was sail wearing a black shirt when I met him in late December as the office of Congressman Jerome Waldie i D. Calif. , where be now works. But the shirt was so longer the vesture of a Monsignor. as he was also wearing a red necktie On his desk was a photograph of a notably attractive brunette, his wife Penny, also from Oakland. In Rome, presumably, is Skillen's application for tajcizatioo (reduction from the priestly to the lay order I about winch he remarked, "These things seem to take longer these days." Meanwhile, though he remains a priest, he is communcated for having married. -well. I certainly don't feel any the less a member of the Church." be remarked when asked about the excommuni cation, "and we continue to go to Mass." He said it wistfully, expressing his gratitude that from Bishop Begin, and his priestly colleagues m Oakland, there has been nothing on the order of a nasty reaction. "He (Bishop Begin looked disappointed." he explained, "but he was gracious. In Manhattan, the AiThdiocese of New York recently UjEched a S.'A advertising campaign in an attempt to recruit candidates for the priesthood. From Kentucky, Jason Petosa repbed is wrstmg: "I krww a pnes here they could have for only an eight cent stamp He's orthodox, relatively hard working, and anxious to be of sernrce. The orjy thing they might find unacceptable is my wife. Yet the Vatican has long accepted the wives a Catholic praesti of such Eastern Rite bodies as the Meikites, and is engaged ia a growing rapprochment with the Episcopalians ( Anglicans whose prvests are allowed to marry. Some observers are theorizing that the obstinate insistence upon compulsory celibacy is due to economics. For it is less expensive to feed and house bachelors than couples and children ftots of them ) due to the contraceptive ban. There is also speculation that celibacy is a device whereby Curia cocservaijrves are driving record numbers of liberal priests out of the Church. If this a the case, the pnee is heavy in that the loss of good priests ike Sk-iec a serious. There is also the continuing and possi&e kxreastng occasion for scandal, as the conserva tives are dragged further into the 20th century'. Recently , for example. Father Eugene Kennedy in a serous psychological study cited cases of priestly dating, and eves rarer occasions of priestly concubinage. This was promptly sjezed upon by "Newsweek" magazine as a sort of literary baptism for a torrid, five-page expose of "housaads of VS' Catholic priests," whom the titillating artkiie described as caught up in a virtual national epidemic of ecciesattiral fornication. Father Kennedy promptly and emphatically disassociated luatses from the article, which was subsequently cited by the "National Catholic Register as evidence that "No putocatjoo in the country more consistently distorts the facts about things Catholic than "Newsweek." At the same time, the loss of ev en one good priest might be regarded as tragic enough to change the 120s century celibacy regulation, which apparently was sever applied in -the case of the 12 Apostles. (First Corinthians, Chapter 9, Verse Ji V, you have been so cccerTd scu-t tf f jd s-erta5 I soWd H, bourf you rw tie ard kad erf woodT Gnu Mtrr& the aewest aaW U the Gaieae-Tuwes staff. Mtm it a in gr4aie f EMCC aatf was eaiaWyew at the NrU Caast Tubs Eagle ia Wheeler. Ore, heirc catuag ta Hepoaer. 'J i ''Hi' 1 j'.l'1' 'rS In Hotkod. ttale bread was at one time pUcd in babWs crwdjew to ward off disease. Tius didn't work if the baby ale the bread!
