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Ptefe 2 Horn sense i Eanest Jtatrc & w acact. Gaest cvtitmaist Uiis week is Juwtt CSamoer'ain. f she he lewsaapertBes wfw see some sense in tile actitms af tie Sbtan adni austracun. i Lit me at the outset aat t Jo trot ief'Siil ae meauds used by Niitm admaistracun underlings a trying m cope wift those who were stealing guvenment secrets and urfcerwse ganmmg up official government poiicy Pgnting Pre wia fire is anderstanda&i. but it siuuid have beet unnecessary n a country in which tite White House could 3e used as awn media spokesmen to support its r.ews. Wtea you. come right duwa to it. Uuwever. ae administration bad common sense on us sde in ail of tf?e csnrested issues aat are now euilecGveiy summed up in ae single wort " Watergate." Let's been wtfa ae ITT troubles. Tie arertiatiunai Teecitone and Teiearasn C.irp. iiad a pian tu eniist the lein if Wasmngan trying-a defend itseif against a legalized rSefc. NeverSe'ess. common seise Sells js at if rTT had managed a sap Clue's Marxist President Salvador .Amende mmM his Tacks. i wouid Save saved ae Chilean peapie a king irawn our agony Again. ITT. a -"cungionierite wia mi power aa .nonccciize an? par- n" e insurance business, was accused of trying fa- aestrict the wqrengs of the Law wnen tfte mr.-TJst division of the Department if Justce moved 10 invalidate as actpissnuo of ae Eardurt Fx? Insurance Ca. Just how sua an acquisition would hurt competition a wrfcrtg re insurance is arciimprenensicie so anyone with a sense at kigtc a I i Sheraton Eorei Carp. larer made a payment at S'-'W w to San Ziego ta heip stage ae 1ST: Republican corrveroion. U' ais had any catmecnon wa die ann-Tis? smr.. if was ne'jer pnvett Nbian was amte w:rnm ins rants ai ucpiisng ins awn Decaraient of Jusnce's aMerpretacim rf ano-sast law. and :n accepting !ag onpnraciut iefn in Snaneng a canvennun. His par? was mi? icing wiar each Sig parry iues every four years. Were in ym amk ail iiose free Caea Caias come irm ar. Sisircentjon me' Tie Elscerf case was ITT ail aver again. Common sense would be encugn a :eil any Urerate persun tsar Camel EJscerg went "sack an his vnri wnen he Sanded tne Pemagnn Papers, aot Sis pnpery. ta 2ie New Y-irk Taies. ncn aired as his 3rerar "fence." Yet EHsberg jnes free 'a lus iay wide Jen Magrider. Egil SCngn and Chares Coisan ha"e had a 5er for trytng a make a seemd EIsiMrg case an stpaasUauty Then "nere 3 Tie sucpnsed 3t.ik mir.au. The Watergate ttoudhatans are imtan Nlsam Tau aere. tiey icce a prne Se raced .us aciiiry a brng aoour an mcrease in milk pr.ces ftjr a campaign .nnrr.cur.on. It lardy marrers iar pmr-.caJy every pciiccan af sure has received nilk money., ijr -nar csincem a;r e Sara stares' swes tsas always resulted ;n milk prxe Javarrjim a cracal eieemm years. Cammun i"tnce souid reil audi cnnsaniers and pneucsrs "r.af tire i'lvemmenr aas au Siisness serrxg muk press anyway, ae T.ic: would ix fiairer a every iMdj's pisckartaick. K a jrare is fnng a inrerfere wta tse iry markac nen pniir.'car are gang a get special eiecson year CTnsiderafura 30 matter wio a uratg m ae Tiite Siause. FtnaJ?.. aere is ae Wacergare ire as -a itseif.. Tie crean-in. was ansuccessftiL 3iiccr kaevs Set5er tne CaCans .o d tte dirry work rf ae erxry were reaJy justed a amicng t&at Fuiei Cascra was tryag a make a deal wrn Zemucracc pwiir.ctans Fnci err .jwn point of vew "a?wwer. ae Cunans were actxg as pacats: aey anugrt aey had CLk and aerer'are Qtci L 5 backing. Gnssderxg ae entirely negative results si tae a-anims.-ar.un s efars a defend iseif agauist ae leaning si puiic? secrera. and takuig ma account ae mucne Senavinr if rrT and ae sulk Ioccy m trymg a defend aemseives apinsr arises of safe pewer car-ed out in tne name rf justce. ae wtioie Wafergate ciiinpiex of issues seems .ncreaiay -riling Trie enougn. ae Wlnte Eouse has been sniEid wnen x cumes a Egnrxg its Sarles ar a etpiauaim is cases. But are the adminisrranan's sins worn ad Ae hinr and e wasted ar.e of ae W-arerpre angiian." It's been fat years now sncs Ongress bas been acie a take any ' enstrjenv! aratide award an? of ae tag issues, iumesnc tt foreign tnat mntnnr as. Ef yitt as me. Oingress itsed". not ae Ware House, a lie .enemy af me Amercan peflpie. Nir every mcimhent has been a vulain. bur aere have been enougS cad 5jt a raaer aonuea eiean-iui nesr Novemcer Light voter turnout approves charter Cue nf riie liaaest arrows far a special eiecnon m ae Cry of Eepcner. went an record Monday as 73 voters amed aut a cast aeir baxlots Sir &e adoption af a revised cry cnarer Tie ?oters were unanimous tn aesr decsinn, wits TT voters in favir af Se pnped cnarter and amy one tore agauist e charer. Adoption af ae new ciiarer. drafted fnm a modei cnarer used by ae League af Oregiin Ones, wifil some af ae sections af the aid aarer beid in rcennon by ae Gry. can now be cnrreiated wirJi many of ae Sate statures. Passage af ae new charer is just a sarag puint fnm wtacit ae cnunci wil be acie t meet new pnoiems in ae Sifure w tJiout bemg hindered by antiquated ordinances Tie ordinances presently in. arTect wtfl remain sa. unci a carefui study can be made ta determine wtuch ones are outdared and should be re vised. The oid ordinances couid not sane been csanged under terms of ae aid charer One of ae benefits af ae jew charer wul allow ae cauncj a adopt 6e State Motor Vehicle cade, aa ae cry poiice ma? enforce State laws. Ef ae council appnves ais. many if ae cases now appearng a Juarxe Court cnuid be tr.ed m fte Cry's Municipal Ciurr. Heppner, Ore CROSSROADS REPORT vear Euros; Mayor of Hardman DEAR XHTIX KDITOR: I see where sue very large urbanization representing tte LiNrd aere m eartJl refigousIy and piousiy battles against any move tu kgaHiae gamb Bng But fte same group's na tional everseers save made Hundreds of millions of dollars on investments in tae Stock market in recent years. Probafciy it is just plain dumbness Aat keeps a ques-ooaabiy-saved a Caen firom seeing why it is not gambiing a bet on some stock going ap but is gambling tu bet you can: roil a seven fte Erst try in a craps game, where fte adds are hener.. D SCOTT. Crossniads, C S.A. quoteunquote "tt is difficult for a layman like me to understand why drug-abuse is rampant mostly in countr.es that have ae highest standard af living. In these eounrr.es. religion is being freeiy practiced and ae communicatiiin jap rarely ex ists. There must be something wring somewhere " Kh;r Jo han. Malaysian Ambassador to- the Lmted States. The ma7 pouch EDITOR "C&. it's yai aaain. Mr. Nader. This is an acen lener ta ail iur customers, ae good people of our eimmuniry who avail Semseives of fte accommocar.on prwded by us and by most of ae small businesses wirhin this CTntm unify. The pei::f;c lecummisdacion I want a aik acuut is cresSr. or our wtiluigness a v you the ineoirvemeice of carrymg arnund a lot if money or of having a write a cheek each ane you maiis a purcnaae This credit enaaes you a wr.re tme cnecs a month a each business. Ct'j;ng credit is a cauresy and privilege we extend a you based on our faith ;n your good will This crvueae s so frwnienriy aaused that I'm sure a fat of you are jusr not aware of the hardships imposed m ae businesses wnen voaiu not monthiv The greatest hardship- of enurse.. :s 3 duleulty we .lave in gerong enough money in m pay our aws bills., which we must pay by ae tenth of the month following purchase. This becomes very frustrating and annoying when we start giimg amugh aceiunts receivaoie and see .so many accounts past due and e realize aaf we cannot count an aem being paid aar mourn. A-inaer hardship is ae added expense and wort of repeared mailing of srarements unci ae origmai prof t a gone by ae time we collect the amount due. .taariing m ejrperts in the merchandising Eeid ais is what happens to rhe value of an ancnilected doilar: 1 mofirns pasr ctue wora Mi montns past due worh ST i mnths past due worrft 56 1 year pas. due orh 45 2 year paar due worh t years past due wora 12. 4 years past due worn :W Wit J! ;nfiai:on already eroding 'he value of a doilar. it ;s extremeiy unfair a businesa men tor eisfamers a ftiraer devalue ae money due us. We deepiy appreciate the majorry of our customers, anise who pay on time With ewiperaran from everyone we could give Setter service and have adequate inventory in our stores ar ad rnnes, Sin and Aiuna Dipain Heppner Auto Pars The time has come to talk anout ae "'Eeils Had Acre anour ae asr bit of virgin forest left a us here m Morrow Cfiunry Ir consists of aaiut IsKie acres of second gmte timber, and due to ae use of ais type of anber m ae new miil. it is in potential danger iCnzua owns Wfl aires scat tered aroiichoiut mis tract and it is hoped at ey will trade our of aere. leaving a large enough acreage a qualify fiir a 5..KH1 acre wlrieness area. The Forest Sen see and fCnraa have been very cooperative in presering e ground op a date. This will be ftat Last place for game to hide after Johnson Creek is gone. To aose of you wno are sot familiar with die quaiificarions of aese grouniig. aese lands consist af ae greater part af the heait waiers of Wilnw Creex. nameiy Shaw,, fferron, Eoiur C-eeka and the south fort of W'ilow Creek, ail permanent streams. Willow Crees now runs dear, hut if aese Lands art logged ae stream will run muddy and present a silt problem in ae new proposed Heppner dam. and it wiuid ruin tuhe wafer supply for ae Cuiafora Park. There are four ma;nr mnunrains m ais area. Arbucxie, Keily. B.g and LnJe Eaidy Mniuitams. This area a surriuniied by several recreation sires, Artaucie Ski Run on me East, a proposed Forest Service park an the trh at e Shaw Creek Cos site, ae present Cutaforti Park on ae West and ae new Peniand Lake three miles ta the Situta. There are factors of interest within ais area Coo. A great earn fault runs entirely across ae tract, the remnant of ae old cnai mine. Two gold mine prospects, also about MOB acres of fossils, or more fossils that aere are at FiasiL Eking trails are pioneered arough this tract and it is hoped aat the Forest Service wul survey aese trails so aey won 't be so steep for an oid man a lead varous groups over aem. While only aiur X percent af ae people af Morrow County are interested n logging, Tve made ae statement I can get l percent an a petition a preserve these lands for our children. I have hunted in ais Locaiiry for II yean and Save never been abie a kill anyawg in ae Nora slopes of ae "Heils Had Acre " O.W.Cutsforta ZCT'.-R. It seems ai your style of repitang you try a get ae feel of ae person you are wnrmg about so as to be aoie ta ciescr.be mar person w.rh a ginid deal af accuracy I'm sure your reaiiersappreciare ais very much. However. Fm afraid you srricii oiur completely last week m the Horse Sense column when you tred tn descrbe Jesus. The following lines are very accurate and descriptive of our Lurl Jesus Chrat En ail fainess to Sm and to the many of us who read ae Gaze'te-TIrnes and are dedicated followers I would aporeeiate if if you would prnr them. Of Jesus' accomplishments. I know ao better Lines aan aese the Authorship of which is unceram n He was bom in an obscure village, the child of a peasent woman He worked m a carpemer snop until he was 30. Then Sir three years he was an ttaterant preacher. He never wrote a look. He never heid an office. He never had a family or owned a house He never went to college. Ke never rve-eC iver miles fnm ae place he was bora. He never did one of aose mgs aaf. usually accompanies greatness. He had no credentials but himself. Ke was only 33 when the ride of public opinion turned against him. His rremis ran away He was nailed to a cross between two thieves When be was dead, he was laid m a borrowed grave Through ;he pity of a friend Nineteen centimes have come and gone, and today He a ae central figure of ae human race, and leader ta the column of pngress. I am far within ae mark when ! say aat ail the armies that ever marched, ail the navies aat ever sailed, ail the parliaments fflat ever sat. all the kings tnat ever reigned PLTTOGETHEEJiave aot affected e life of ' man on earh as has that One Siutary Life, has thar "One Solitary Life. You were rghr when you wrote aey crucified Em. The amg you neglected to say is aat He rose again on fte ftird day and is coming again ta gather up aose who believe and have faith in that day I sincerely hope aat my wnnng has given you a better insighr as ta rhe kind of man Jesus was and sell is, M23. VER.N NOLAN. LEXINGTON. "I wish the acrvorks would jive ME equaf rimer rwe GAZEITE-TOfES morrow coomrs NEWSPAPER B.W ST, Heppner. Ore. 9TH34 Suhscrption rare: S Oregon, M elsewhere. per year in Ernest V Joiner, Publisher Entered as a second class matter at fine post office at Heppner, Oregon under me act of Marcs J ICT: class postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Second Ever onct in itrg tu s.iep. cwtses a'wrg to renew all our faith in the Somas race, pas?, presetd and future. Recent, one of thera :rr,pxs Sapcer.ed ta tne and cr.y old kdy. The aid lady M Sr le tat scratcfted tack w the sons. Mister Editor, and she's fead a d-J of a t;rr.e gifting the sore to heal it pained sr. lad t& Sake fier off tftat kg and., much as I ftate 6 rerr-ied myteil, ft been &uig a few extry chores around Se S.iuae S?e'$ r.xg ali.rg nce now. but ae fcr. she Sad wttlt fiUJ Ktatca caused me to appreciate her a heap tr.cre awrf seal time, and it let us bofk git a (reste lw:k a: cut Betgfters. Cn accuunt of her wre leg ste mU-Jt.1? tend her garden Ike she alius has. and what fettle Aggatg I didhl amount to much.. Our farden jest fcsd rf dr-e-i ep and tfowed away fer wane at fcer attenftco. TS;S worried Iter mere has some, cause she says with grvicer.es tmrxg what they are and going to. ever be we cui ra :e a a te'e aa't got to buy . One morning about two weeks 14. I Sad t& tin the old lady over to church to check on flowers fer Sorday. and when we got home we found i big cardbiani boi on the back percft. It was chuck till of everthirg job aa tf-mk af that grows to ear., Fresh dug pwtarers. corn, torsaters. fcea-s fer snapping and shelling. There was some beets that I figr ae Lord lets live jest Co hold fte world fogeier. Aid there w us a oof !c said "The good Lord, the good earit and the Rafys Webbers." Mister Editor, you caa't bear a team tk that. The Webbers live down 'he road a ways freo us aad they've got growing loungum to feed. ' go ta thinking about their fcndness and we started feekng goed aicut everthung and everbfldy. And their sharing was jest a starr In the past two weeks we've gjt garden stiii'f frum everr.r.r. out our way aat. couid thins af things we didn't alrejdy have pier.fy of .Actual, we weren't down and out had plenty to eat. and we wouldn't of gone hungry wvhuur the fresh garden vegetables. But tt was the tde of rhe thag. that folks would be thoughtful' enur'f to do that fer us The old lady perked up. and she's been scootxg around in her kitchen like aar cat scra-'ehed leg never was hurt She's been canning., perserving and freearg and feeding me the leftovers. Aid she's been labeling ail the sniff with the name of the foiks that give it. This way we gir a bonus. When she opens a jar or thaws a package this winter, we can enjoy ail over aga that warm reeling thar comes from having fnends In a time when so much of what we read and hear is acoa folks dmng una others afore they g;t a charter to -io unr tSeai. if does a bxJy good to stop and lo;k on the bright side It 's g-d to knot st k st.ll aere. Yours truly . ls''".r Rot Nixon's ordained. A g news B LESTF.R KrLIN& W.tiHINGTON Neither Rufcbi Baruch Kort'f nor the Rev John McLaughlin, 5 J . are feiisrious I,k ae exice president. But these ro reverend gentlemen have managed the aosoluteiy spectacular achievement of making Spiro Agnew's heyday speeches stuund downrghf resfraaed Also restrained by enmparson a these two gentlemen of the cloth are the toughesr among the President's eii'e guard of press professionals, such as Ktn Cla wson formerly of ae Washington Post 1 and Panics. Buchanan formerly of the St Ljuis Globe DemiMirat For while these purpor'edly heavy word merchants have, rather clumsily. Launched an attack upon 'he ent.re House Judiciary Committee as -in alleged lynching pary lusnng for the Ni.tnn neck, the president's Jesuit and as pet rabbt have made this verbal barrage Look tame For ais Presidential Chaphns Corps has used the strategy divide-and-ciinquer by a diiubie-fcarreled terowg a up:n the first member of the House Judicury Coin mi 'tee e'-er to offer an impeachment resofturion Father McLaughlin has compared this congressman., the Rev, Roherr Dnnan. S J , ' Dem -Mass 1 to the Sa.nnedrm 1 even though Fathers McLaughlin and Drmaa artemJed the very same Jesuit seminary Rabbi. SCirff.. who is Fu-'her Dnnan 's fellow cttuen of Massachusetts, went Fa'her McLaughlin one better - by descrbmg the Congressman, as "A mail monk - hk Rajput 1a " Gregory Efimovich Rasputin ' liri-WU. was an immensely charismatic Siberian monk who became tnwived with a seer called -fChyfsfy " The leading idea of this group was thar salvation is attainable through repentence alone Rasputin applied one of history s most enormous human energies f.t giving a novel twist te this idea "Sm in. order aat yof may be fofg:en' he preached-adiang aat his gigafltar bod)- contained "a parricle of the Supreme Bemg " "Tne manner of jour salvatuM a thw you must be united with me in soul - and body ' " This intriguing idea. ombtrd with aa almost superhuman alcoholic capacity, enabled Rasputin to conduct - for serfs and Car' Court alike - m f a most spectacular sei orgies m the history of the Eastern Hemisphere Hence, dunng a White Hoose press brief jig I a.Hd "Sine rhe presi.ient has retteate.il fceB etusetv identified and pnof.igrapfied with Rabfet Kort'f (founder of the "National Omens Cumnuttee foe Fairness To The Presidency"! dues he agrv wta ae rabbi's clear implication that Father Dman giganf bw;r 4 a . .sexual athlete - or wut the president disassectate himself from ais sraeement by the rabbi' But Depury White Hi'iuse Pres Secretary Gerald warren cnedi "Next questiun '.'" - tjdly and angrily . rather than to disassociate ae president fnm th.s n.jr able statement kt his pet ruhhi Most of the aatiiifl's rabbis seetq, b trying to ignore IGirff, But ais rabbi's grow.ig Bationai fame jpeeas 41ui.ee likely to be- desrined to cultivate tsra.i.iirg pronouncements ftaa his "Fachef Raeutin" bit his latest requesting Vk-e President F ord bt threaten lt su.t t4 the White House if Niion is uraxhed which astoundutg suggestion Ford wisely disdaiKed). Rabbi IGirff. after aX is sonietRi,-: yf 4 i4r stjrter cnmpare.1 u Father McUughJat. mum the higfih respected Catholic magauine Ciwiasonweakk fuiaily fett'ofcisged U describe as -INuuin s hired collar . . tfv greatest Ljussg embarrassment to a Arerwaa Jsuii.."-
