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Horse sense
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ERNEST V. JOINER
9 A few weeks ago Dr. Tbeo S Stashak of Santa Rosa. Ca .
tune us some pointers on bo to attract doctors to this
community. Doctors are like other people, be said they go
Here there are good schools, churches, attractive
businesses and progressive people. They look for such things
as ?he availability of a hospital, recreational advantages,
ed clrr.a e. good a'mosphere lor raising a family and a
ckn. tch awl attractive town. They know a doctor can
make money roost arywhene the people are, but they ant
these other advantages, too. It occurs jo me that the $5,000
. i.e coury has budgeted to fiance a doctor's first year in
Heppner might be be'!er spent, especially since this money
basr. jft'eres-ed a doctor to date. But what if that $25,000
were spent o clean up the town, clear off vacant lots, haul off
fi 'cr and junk that are eyesores, and spread a little bnght
pat!:; over homes, bams and businesses This 3.000 would
pay to haul off a lot of jur.k automobiles and debris, clean
weeds off vacant lots, and tidy up the entire town. It just
r,igh: he worth more to a prospective doctor to bring his
family oabrigh'.clean and attractive 'own than to have the
nxmey. Besides, not only the doctor would profit; all of us
ward" A cry -wide renovator, and htHisec iear.ir.fi would tell
! world Heppner is a town wrh pride; that its people
heirc-ve sr. a-'rac'ive.clean surroundings. It would imply that
it Heppner ressder.'s take such care of its physical
appearance they also practice other good qualities that often
cofis'i'ire the deciding factor as to where one will make a
hne and business No nr.arter how much money a doctor
mmh- want te earn, always a considera"ior. is the quality of
We in a own in which he elects to locate.
Oi the same subject. Morrow Coun'y is trying to come up
wr h ideas o celebrate the 9'ifth anniversary of the founding
of -h:s na"Mn I can think of no greaer way to observe this
bfS'wrr event . no grea'er way to express pride in ourselves,
i-ur cry and our country, than to put on a bnght new face for
-he hrure Isn't there some satisfaction for everybody in
p" csenving a sparklmg clear. town that shouts. "Welcome to a
ci-.r ur.ry ha- cares'"? Perhaps the time and energies
being sin."-:' on o'her projects could profitably be directed
tm ard a gam face-iif -mg for the city. I believe this clean-up
y . uid w ir the adrnira km and support of the state and
ra'wsaf bicentennial committees. Putting $25,000 into a
st'lf-Kiiprovemeo: program should commend itself to the
wwid Can'.' we leave the pageantry to other cities wMe we
wcer-Tae or. more Sa5rmg. wholesome work?
; Sep . !5 marked the beginning of "Clean Up America
?.I.m"h" sponsored by the U. 5. Department of the Interior
J-.towv Horizon "76 Program f . The theme of this program is
"This lar.d is your Sand, keep it clean." I: challenges us to
cicar up ail America for our 2Wh birthday, and the first step
ts-carmc enough for our surroundings to improve and protect
hero. Tlie next s'ep ss to induce business and civic groups.
:.,i-idnidaais and local government to work together for
" rir!i!i:utsr improvement. So I wise someone would consider
akir tia SS.tM) and hiring trucks and dozers and
work iiven clean arid paint up the town. If we like ourselves,
maybe a doctor would too.
If -he cour.'y would stives' SS.WO in such an undertaking.
3 vs li . be! ;ha' such progressive firms like Kinzua ,:
Corpora ion. Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. Morrow County.
Gram Growers and other firms would place men and
equtpr.ten' or rhe project as their contribution to the quality
of Itfe where they, too. work and five.
U r-u Baker in his Oregon Journal column for Tuesday
4CMroner-s or. how the Journal photographer. Roger Jensen,
was ordered out of the Pendleton Round-Up arena for not
adhering a "'dress code." Jensen wore shoes, slacks and
sor slur whereas RCA rules call for long -sleeved
star- a-id ha1., he wed. Crher hatkss reponers and
pmtoerapners. Baker writes, w-ere not ejected. I don't know
v.ii2' experience other newspapers have had with the
"Pe';de'-r, Rourd-Up. but it has been uncooperative with the
Gaze"e-Tiroes to the extent that we send nobody over there
ewer the affair. We do not intend to until the management
akes a more cooperative attitude toward the press,
Apoaretrk be peratv-pinching svndrome has seized
nd eves
the cowboys are complaining and
' -tsrea-ening -v strike. I don't blame them. With a S75 entry fee
ir ie calf roping, the winner of the event took home about the
prize money as the Heppner Rodeo offered with only a
J errry fee Which may explain why the Heppner Rodeo
had 2S errnes "his year to Pendleton's 229 The Pendle'on
Rsiu' d-Up is a grea' ms'itrion. but it could be destroyed by
"his a": ud toward both cowboys and the press and it isn't
S keH 'o sun-ne wi'hou! ei'her. That would be a shame
' Wednesday morning Bill Cos was driving his refrig
era 'or ruck for Morrow County Produce west on Highway
74 abut l-' . miles the other side of lone. This piece of alleged
h:s!S ay is the most dangerous in Eastern Oregon. The
Gaze "e-Tinses last year published a picture of two school
buses edsr,g around this curve Standing still, about six
i'-ettes separated the buses, with both of them a? the edge of
he pavement in their respective lanes. Cox met a Mack
-ruck m this curie. That driver was a stranger and didn't
fcn.m ;here was danger here because the Highway
deparrnent ne'.er bo'hered to erect a warning sign, much
less wider, ?he road. He sideswiped Cox's truck because be
had no- other choice. It tore the side off Cox's produce truck,
winch is now being repaired in Portland. Cox is talking to
a"Mrneys abou" filing suit against the highway department
t'T ignoring an obviously dangerous si'uat ion. A few lawsuits
atsd a couple of dea hs or, this road, and perhaps (he highw ay
deparment will do something about that situation before it
spends all i s money on fancy freeways on the Western side of
'lie s a e
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of
I-dependence and the nation's third president. He was also
an able forecaster of what would happen if the American
people placed rs faith in Washington. He once predicted :"If
we let Washington tell us wbat to sow and when to reap, the
na ion shall soon want for bread." Americans paid him no
leed. and we let Washington tell us what to sow , bow much of
it to sow. and on how many acres And. sure enough, the
na ioi! wants for bread.
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GAZETTE-TIMES
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
Box 337. Heppner, Ore. 5783
Subscription rate : 13 per year in
Oregon, $fi elsewhere.
Ernest V. Joiner, Publisher
Publishes every Thursday, and entered as a second-class i
matter at the post office at Heppner, Oregon, under the act of i
March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at Heppner,
Oregon.
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The Honeymoon is Over.
Heppner,
CROSSROADS
REPORT
DEAR EDITOR:
I see where Senator
Mansfield is working on a law
to make all employers raise
the wages of their hired help
any time inflation lips up
another notch.
4-
Which should provide
further evidence in the con
stant testing of whether
everything from snoring to
high treason can be cured by
whomping up a Law.
And if Mansfield's anti
inflation law brings back
3P-cent gasoline and cheap
groceries, w e should exorcise
she whole Congress for not
passing it sooner.
D.E.SCOTT,
Crossroads. U S A.
quoteunquote
"Americans could not
return to a muscle-power
economy even if a majority of
our people really wanted to. A
population of 200 million plus
cannot be sustained with the
woodshed technology that
enabled 23 million Americans
to scratch out a living in the
1850s w ork mg 12 hours a day
and wearing out from ex
haustion by age 33." Frank
N Ikard, president, American
Petroleum Institute.
The mail pouch
EDITOR:
Wrh much interest I read your newspaper. My next door
neihbr, Mrs Helen Thompson, formerly of Heppner, saves
every issue for me. Being on welfare, and economic
cund'i "lows being what they area. I cannot afford a
subscnp'Ktf!.
I recall when the Heppner Gazette was born You have
a remarkable job of improvement over the old one
Moreover, I am ir agreement with most of your assessments
of present-day problems However, some references to our
Crea or may well be left out . You may rest assured that I am
ii aicte ir. my thinking.
I am mw weii known in Morrow County, but I do remember
when a man, whom I believe was L K. Harlan, edited a
newspaper by 'he name of lone Record.
-. .-. v HAROLD W.DOBYNS.
Pendleton
ED NOTE Thank you for your letter. My Creator
and I are very close, and He has never complained about my
references to Him. i
EDITOR:
Peggy and Mark have come home from Heppner and given
us a repir- on the fair and rodeo. They saw many of their
M"rrw Couiry friends, and they told us that the assessor
w as seen tiding a mule or a jackass in the rodeo parade I
hope this won ''"confuse the voters!
They also repor ed that Rep. Jack Sumner is wearing his
ha;r lor.g these days What happened to the clean-cut,
AtS-Americars-Easteni Oregon-farmer image that we helped
eter two years aEt) Isn't there enough long hair in Salem
already''
THE DICK SCHUCHTINGS.
North Fork. Ca.
LCVLIKELY LETTERS
Projects adopted
for Bicentennial
Formation of a county
historical society has been
adopted as a primary project
by the Morrow County Bi
centennial Committee, among
other projects to mark the
county's participation in the
national celebration.
Organization plans are
being drawn up by Rachel
Harnett. Deipha Jones, Don
Gilliam and Ola Ruggles. All
projects must be reported to
the state committee before it
meets in Portland, Sept 27,
according to County Chair
man Marlene Peterson.
Jean Nelson told the Sept. 10
meeting of the committee that
the lone Garden Club - is
marking trees (Chose that are
still standing1 that provided
shelter to travelers on the old
Oregon Trail Other groups
are marking the route of the
historic frail as well as the
wells and springs the pioneers
used.
It was urged that every
family that has pioneer roots
in the county have a family
member write out that
family's history and furnish it
to the historical group.
Peterson's Jewelry is plan
ning a w indow display of items
200 years old, and requests
that persons having such
items contact the store
Roger Ford. Boardman, told
the committee that next
year's Boardman Harvest
Festival will use a bi
centennial theme, as will the
Heppner Fair and Rodeo
parade Several other special
events, such as the Extension
Homemakers Festival, Pi
oneer Memorial Day Reunion
and the Old Fiddlers Contest
may also feature this theme.
Pat Wright brought up
discussion as to the future
development of Hager Park.
Attending the meeting were
John Wood, Avon Melby. Ola
M Ruggles, Rachel Harnett.
Pauline Bier, Jim Bier, Don
Cole and Marlene Peterson,
Heppner; Jean Nelson and
Pat Wright. Lexington; Loree
Hubbard, lone; and Roger
Ford. Boardman.
The committee will meet
again Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.. at the
courthouse
'Hair' rules relaxed
1
The Morrow County Rodeo
Board, faced with opposition
from girls eligible to serve as
Morrow County Princesses,
eased its standards as to the
cutting and length of hair for
members of the court at a
meeting Monday night.
Rule 3, which states that the
length of the girls hair would
be cut to one and one-half
inches below the ear lobe, w as
modified to specify that the
hair shall be worn "in a
uniform style and a uniform
length " The members of the
court may now select the hair
style and length, if they can
agree. If not, then the
chaperone may establish the
standards and all girls in the
court w ill be expected to abide
by her decision.
The board's action came
after some of the eligible girls
declined to try out for the 1975
court because of the
restrictions on hair.
The board hopes that the
action will induce more girls
to try out for next year's court.
Girls interested in try ing out
for the 1975 Rodeo Court are
invited to be at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds, Sept. 22,
1 p.m. They may use any
horse or saddle for try outs,
and should wear jeans and a
hat. Girls must be at least 16
as of Jan. 1, 1975, and be at
least a junior in high school.
Autograph party,
museum tour set
The Heppner Public Library
and the Morrow County
Museum are planning a
double attraction Saturday
afternoon, Sept. 28, between
1:30 and 4:30 o'clock.
The library will offer a
coffee time opportunity to
visit with Lexington author
Sam G. McMillan. Sam is a
third generation Lexington
pioneer who now teaches at
Ml. Hood Community College,
Gresham, and who has a great
interest in his native county.
He will autograph his book.
"The Bunchgrassers."
Amanda Duval!. Rachel
Harnett and several assistants
will have completed much of
the moving of museum ex
hibits into the large new
addition, and they especially
invite the public to visit the
new wing. This addition, like
the original building, is a gift
of Mrs. Duvall in memory of
her husband and daughter.
The new space will display
many exhibits that could not
have been shown in the former
crowded quarters.
Til Tell You Why Wt Wonl Htvt
Another Depress i on ..Xause My Wife
Wouldn't Stand For h-Thal't Why."
Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Sept. 19, 1974
Mayor of Hardmon
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
Ed Gonty brung his new Department of Agriculture
pamflet to the store Saturday night. He wanted to show the
fellers what the USDA had to say about farm labor, aBd (he
need for farmers and ranchers to pick up extry help fer short
spells Ed read part of it and I copied it down.
The USDA said "the occupational incidence of the demand
change is unlikely to coincide with the occupational profits of
those registered at the employment office."
Ed said he studied this up one side and down the other and
he final figgured out it means the jobs may not suit the folks
that need work. They is a heap of waste in Guvernment, Ed
allowed, but if words was money we couldn't expand the
national debt enuff to keep from going broke.
Farthermore. Ed said, if Guvernment workers talk to their
computers the way they write their pamfiets, it ain't no
wnnder them machines run amuck and pay out $7.5 million in
welfare to folks in New York City that aint even on welfare.
And that's somepun, went on Ed. cause them checks went to
21.000 people, and he had no idee they was that many people
in New York City not on welfare.
The feller in charge of the generous computer said the
things save a lot of money -when they work right. They more
than make up what they save when they have a sick spell,
was Ed's words.
Bill Weatherford said he wondered if a computer bad
anything to do with paying them street sweepers in Los
Angeles $17,000 a year.
Clem had saw where the street cleaners make more than
policemen and school teachers, and that they is 5.000
applications and no vacancies on the cleaning crew.
Many of the folks putting in fer jobs is wimmen that figure
if anybody is qualified to sweep, they are. Bill said that would
be one sure w ay to keep w immen from grumbling about not
gttting a fair sliake with jobs, put em to sweeping streets at
$l7.ono a year.
Actual. Mister Editor, you never can tell what folks expect
of money. Bug Hookum reported where a feller in Miami was
suing his church to git blessings he paid fer. He said he give
the church $800 and all he got was out $800, The court is
having a time figgering out what blessings the man expects.
Bug said, but with inflation a $800 blessing probable ain't
much more than staving healthy and out of jail fer a month at
the outside.
Blessing and luck are working togethes to give a feller his
money's worth, Bug allowed He said you wouldn't figger it a
blessing to be a witness to a crime, but you would be lucky if
it was a bank robbery or somepun that would wind up in
federal court. As a rule, Bug said, serving as a witness or
juror in federal cases pay twict what local courts pay. With
al! the delays in courts, a witness ain't likely to make enuff in
local courts to keep him in somepun to read while he's
watting to be called.
The only blessing you can look fer is if the boss pays you for
working while you're waiting in court.
Yours trulv,
MAYOR ROY.
Anti-abortion
attempt to
rock Rocky
BY
REV. LESTER K1NSOLVIVG
A new book with the intriguing title, "Politics and Religion
Can Mix'." edited by Asheville, N. C, physician Claude
Frazier, has as one of its contributors Nelson Rockefeller.
President Ford's vice-presidential nominee, who identifies
himself as'an active Baptist layman," expresses his
gratitude to his devoutly religious parents for having
provided him wrh w hat he termed a "legacy. . .the armor of
Christian faith."
The former New York governor may be in need of heavy
armor during the forthcoming weeks of his confirmation
hearings. For he is certain to be buffeted by a number of his
fellow Christians who are enraged by his support of
liberalized abortion laws.
Last April when he appeared in Omaha as a presidential
hopeful. Rockefeller w as confronted by a hostile crowd of 160
people. They were carrying signs "BABY KILLER
ROCKY." and distributing leaflets with the following
inspirational poetry:
"'Kin -The Babes Rocky." he's at the top, But as the word
spreads his ratings will drop; When everyone knows his
campaign will stall, and down will come Rocky, dead babes
and all."
Ever since this tasteful demonstration, however, the
extremism of abortion-prohibitionists has been splitting the
cause's largest supporter, the Catholic Church:
ITEM When Long Istand Republican Congressman
Angeio Roncallo attempted to amend an appropriations bill
with a sweeping abortion prohibition, it was defeated
247123 with nearly one-third of the Catholic House
members opposing him.
ITEM In Memphis, Dominican Sister Mary Anne
Gu'hrie the first nun ever to run for Congress announced:
'The decision whether or not to have an abortion is
essentially a personal decision of the free will and therefore
is not a question for legislative action."
ITEM In Marlboro, Mass., when two parish clergy denied
holy baptism to an adorable 3-month-old because his
Catholic mother believes in abortion Jesuit Father Joseph
O Rourke traveled from Manhattan to baptize the child on
the church steps. (Father O Rourke is one of the directors of
the recently organized pro-abortion group Catholics For a
Free Choice )
With these setbacks as well as this summer's defeat of
anti-abortion resolutions by the Southern Presbyterians, as
well as the Southern Baptist Convention, the
abortion-prohibitionists reaction to Rocky will almost
certainly get rough, as a sort of last desperate stand.
For example, the new executive director of the National
Righi-To-Life Committee, Ray L. White, announced to the
nation that Rockefeller has taken "an anti-life stand" with
"protection and preservation of all human life relegated to a
very low priority."
Mr, White suggested that President Ford was playing
"politics as usual" and may have been "unaware of
Rockefeller's anti-life record "
Hence: "We will therefore do everything in our power to
make certain that his record on this issue is made public."
While Gov. Rockefeller has never attempted to conceal his
record, somehow the April-May issue of "National
Right-To-Life News" neglected, in a glowing biography of
new executive director Ray L. White, to include all of HIS
record.
For a reader of this column has thoughtfully sent a legal
document which the U.S. District Court of Utah has verified
by phone: ,,
"May 24th. 1974 Plea: Guilty Offense: Violating section
1003, Title 18. U.S. code (false claim against the United
Stales) adjudged: $500 fine; probation 5 years defendant:
Ray Leon White."
White pleaded guilty to charges of filing a false travel
voucher while employed as a district director of the U. S.
Department of Commerce in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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