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Heppner, Ore., Gazette-Times, Thursday, Nov. 14, 1974
Inter-Agency -
ERNEST V. JOINER
Our proof reader is or. bread and rater these days Last
week Ola Rubles' name appeared in our news columns as
"Old Rugeles " We're sorry about thai typo in the wedding
s-.-ry w here the Couple, ms'ead of exchanging wedding vows,
were repor'ed as exchanging "wedding cows " And the "hat
ni;ned w ith spring flowers" should never have turned out
"he hat trimmed with sprtng flowers." What we meant to
say was that another lady was still under the doctor's
care no' s-iU under the dix-tor's car. The way things are
c .is'.c aru?d here I dread the day Gardner's puts on a shirt
sale, and I have to proofread the ad. The people of Heppner
ae being very kind about these typographical gremlins that
have been causing pam and amusement since movabie type
wa mvesred 1 recall that a British clergyman almost
suffered banishment as a "man who lost the faith" when his
hi. ' Lives of the Saints." appeared as "Lies of the Saints "
Atvu- same time a Punch of primers were tried "and
iieaviH fined fr negtec'mg to correct a version of the Bible
Ha- read. "Thou shah commit adulter)-."
In a pli conduced by the GazetteTimes last year,
reiden's f Heppner voted 5 to 1 for removal of parking
me-ers from cry streets Later, the common council
unanimously wed to retain them, which may indicate how
well "he council is observing the wishes and desires of its
eons' -'uen:s Now that Ernie Ceresa has been elected to the
council the matter of parking meters is expected to surface
aeam. bu' in a different way. Ceresa proposes that each
omcil meemg isn't opened wi:h prayer, but with his motion
" abolish 'he racers! Ceresa maintains thai parking meters
are gambling devices that they are automatic machines
:,a be a dollar to your nickel that you can't get back before
'i red flag pps up and our friendly policeman is writing
yur icke'. The ci'y. he says, should not be in the gambling
busi?iess because gambling is illegal in Oregon But the city
r n-' nh iiperaing and maintaining gambling devices, it is
f..n-K.g residervs ? patronize them! Even in Las Vegas, he
savs. gambling is tk compulsory; gambling in Heppner is.
Well-fed Americans have been in hiding since ITI
nfv .red set era! weeks age that "one-third of the dog and cat
f-d s id w cs' siums is being ea-er. by human beings " Ever
s-nce 'his s-ry fanned across the country a man caught
hjy ! a s:rS: s'eak was considered by do-gooders to be an
oi":vn" -lie s'a'e wht- lived off the fat of the land while his
it human beings were reduced to eating dog and cat food.
V-e'l. people who ea' as they should can surface now, lift up
e r heads and reduce in removal of their guilt The story
a a ii-a I" a!! smarted when Michael Jacobson. who works
)" t a consumer group, "did a Washington Star-News reporter
aii u a h be had wnrer. in which he rated dog food above
it"- d -:s us nuTi'Kcal value. Somewhere in the interview .
Jachs-w "guessed" tha- a 'hard of dog food in ghettos was
eae- by humans. Today he doesn't remember making such a
a e'ret.-. and fcas no idea where he sot such a figure if he
hi4ki3r s'a emw.
I have a n: ion tha' when James Stipe gets out of jail for
S!iin Terry Thompson's ctw last week he's going to do
s ore "f.;::k;r. ahou w nether "honesty is the best policy""' and
que?- whether "corJessioc is good for the soil'" or even
!,a- "- nrfc shall set you free." Persuaded by his father to
e!! 'i "nrfc about snootirg the cow for wiuds the owner had
been compensated and ever. w-. the district attorney
piearg for a reductiori of the trine to a misdemeanor
because it as a first off er.se and because the owner would
not press charges, young Stipe was ordered to pay an
additional SSC6 as a fine, spend five cays in jaU and lose his
hunting rights for three years. Just thick, if the boy had bed
the chances are 50 to 1 that be would have never been
convicted: and. if be bad been cornered, the chances are
that the fine would not have amounted to the $305 be is stuck
nth for being candid with the court. Aad if he had just bed he
probably wmilcst be at jail ether. Virtue is. indeed, it's own
re ard T:s better, no doubt, to Le like heE than to lang aish
in tail
Las- week we published a vo'e-l"nqi.'e" from a WJt
8B''!t"btie mstrucit ir.anual advising that a car engine
car. be rut: or kerwser. alcohol or eves bad whiskey in cases
4f emergency X-.nr comes Jean Chaobra. a Frenchman
wh ;a? inter.-ed ar Bi'erra! corr.burioE engae tha" runs oc
ca-er and akr? He Las interred a small black bci that
"cracks' ma'er miecules into their components, hydrogen
and 'Sgen. The engase runs so inixure of water to
a'tCM. which imld make fue! cos less than haif the cost of
gasr'iine a- the present t2re and akoboi can be made from
abrn-s- any I?vsr:g organisrs. "hii the oS companies fsdge?
arid scen'!S-s scoff, 'e'jevisiar. crews from France. Italy and
H r,av(d hate already filrd M. Cbambris starting his
engssie a film Lkeiy u be sacmn m rbe Unred States at
'his " use. Cnambrsr. says his ergir rans or. pure aicoboL but
r Jves wniskey just as well, and really tburiders into Me oc
irandy .
Ati ' r .ces" oDsen arce t Tharksg-rgjg is by
ta-ailies if the Episcopal Church who hate deoded to
prepare he anniial feas? a" the panst hall and arrite aB the
i-'-eH- pexp'e m iiwn. Tut ierratHE iadudes persocs wbo
canr ' be mr hJned ones due trk. great distance, energy
canm. r t?ir reasteis. and woo woad otherwise spend a
loeiy and dreary Tharisgrrisg Day. I think this is a
ear?-anning gesture, eonung a' a tune when woridwt.de
e dri'cs make us w ;r-3er if there's anything left te be
Thas.kfai lr. 'e'L fc one thing, we can be thankfa- we have
sjet: farri3 tk. ai'eady s'rapped fsrsnciaSy froas having
', pw f.d or tne tables of a hatf-buridred urrateful
a-ins. rill hate the will to share what's left with tbesr
hme'ty neighbors a Tr.arA.'i-mg tune.
Vi? many xewspapers bate tbeir own resident
fce'idwrr r.g analyst, but the GaxetteTuses does. In recent
years fcancwntrng ana!.vsrs have become valuabie in tbefjeid
t4 querRCied djcuments. ard the terimocy of handwriting
expers is accepted it the courts. Jiacy barJts. insurance
ctr.panes. deparment stores and industrial azjfce
empty ing thousands of people retain handwntmg eacperti to
enfy signarures en contracts and examine a! handwrnten
d.icumcnts. Appljca'ions for en-pkment are often relayed
to the analyst and a report on an applicant's baadwntirig
secured before employing him is a sensitive position The
fsrs? short column on handwriting appears a today's
tGaie',e-Times, based oo sampies of two persoos'
handwntLng recently received at the newspaper. Readers
are invited to send samples of their handwTjtjng to Margaret
McNatr. care of the Gauste-Times. Because of lack of space
only a few selected ones will be analyzed. From those
sciscted. only one or two words will be chpped for publishing
to pro-eel trie identify of the writer.
(Cwiujiae frww P. 1)
center will provide games and
activities. Volunteers are
needed to carry out these
activities. She also requested
that organizations planning
any fod drives to fill the
center's Christmas baskets, to
notify her so she can make
plans for the baskets which go
In the needy at Christmas. She
expressed fear that the
baskets might not be too full
this year because of the high
Ctst tf food.
A new day care center is
being planned for the City of
Boardman. It w ill be housed in
tlie 4-H building there.
On Nov. 21. the Juvenile
Advisory Council will hold an
open meeting at the Court
House. Edward James, from
the Mental Health Division on
the Umatilla Indian Reserva
tion, will talk about alco
holism His presentation will
begin at 8 p.m.
Yasser Arafat, Diplomat
The ma7 pouch
T ATONE. BLACK. PECK
Wl IN B0RDMN
Seventy-three per cent of
ihe t uters of Boardman turn
ed no to fill three vacancies
on the coy council. Nov. 5.
Elec'ed to office were Joe
Ta'une. former mayor, 72
v.'es; incumbent Ron Black.
W vu'es;; and Jerry Peck. 96
i!es. Peck will be the only
new member on the council.
Jm Starke, the fourth
Candida' e. received 46 votes.
EDITOR:
I am currently working w ith what one would call a "hard
cre" drug user and would like to make some comments on
various areas of the recent article. " Rap Session on Drugs."
Ttie ques'ion of whether or not marijuana leads to the use
of hard drugs is a perinem and important question. It
desert ed a more informative answer than "Most alcoholics
s ar'ed wi- drinking milk." Not ail heroin addicts started
iieir drug dependence with marijuana Some used their
paren's die' pills uppers i and sleeping pills i downers),
some sniffed glue, and s'ifl o'hers stared with the opiates
!.ke cocaine, codeine, or eten heroin
Ttiere is no ies' u give to decide if one person w ill use drugs
wiiiie ano:her one won't Ba' drug dependency is directly
rela ed how well a person deals with stress and various
problems Of the addicts 1 hat e ta'ked lo. most admit they
canim' handle s ress They are afraid of responsibili'v .
failure, pressure from parents and friends, criticism,
rejection, and eten love. They are copping out. While using
drues. you "feel" the way you wan: You don't have to worry
if you're Flunking out of school or if you're behind on your
Daymen's The world becumes very unreaiis'tc. There are no
Msrea s and no pressures You don't have to deal with your
feelings or thttughts or fears Tine inability to handle stress
and 'he above mentioned h: ea s" is not a symptom of drug
add'C-p. I- is "lie cause
Drug use. abuse, or dependency ; hichet er term you like 1
is a result a .j, problems. You cannot cure drue
addic-i' bt drying an add.f ou- You mus' cure tne
underlying problems For this reason. I am against treating
jut eniles and aduli users m '.he same manner. Although, in a
sense, we already do Placing people ir. jail or prison to
"iearts a less." has no; proven effective, nor will it ever
prote effective. All we are doing is drying them out for a
re'.a 'iety sn" pernd of "jme. Our penal system is no
equjpjied ? deal wrn the drug offender. We see them over
and over again, usually rh:r. wr. years, returning to the
saie jaits and prisons
. TJiis is mf because 'ney hate no- "learned 'heir lesson."
Mary of 'hem know -hey are incapable, sociaiiy
U'vaccep ab'iepe-.'piebu' tnev dor'- know bow to deal with the
causes Many reum or. purpose They know they need heip
and 'hey .wan' e. And few 'owns or cries hate anything
similar ' a really effec".te drug rer-abilita'ton prrgram to
wticii 'lie car. tare. OW per,ai sjs-em today, especially the
rie ir. which I am irt o'vei. is 'ermed rerAbslraie It is no'
reb?ira-:ve lo he drug user People who are addic'ed to
drues are usually very capable people, both pt.ysica!)y and
merral'y They dono need hore ec classes or vocatmrat '
retabiira'iofi. They need tw: selling They need help in
irtders'andmg why (hey are afraid, wha1 they are afraid of.
and hw deal wi'ti their fears. Their fears are cr.ppiing
'e-f .
Few drug addics are rea:r j -onered people They are
afrad of realfy beta use they cannw deal rh it. Prison does
no netp the drug addict become more productive It's jus? a
perwd if time in wheh they are "clean " The girls I work
wrt are ir a y pe of limbo, jus; waring untd they get otr I
fate seer girls beg to be placed into a drag refcabibta'K
pr-ram arid be turned oowo by our perad system because
"if tne ge's in'o i'. they 12 all want o "' This xabili'y of our
pera! syrem to answer a call fee help in a product rve
raemer ts "he fau3 of a" -trers and tax payers. I. persora!!y,
wouid rather see a judge sentence a drug addict to five years
of ctHraelhng 'ran five years is tne ra'e penitentary.
1'icarcera-Min of drug addicts, wr.hou counselliRg. is an
jneffec-neirietbod of dealLng with the problem of addict ion.
I am of the firm conviction that your peopie of this
genera-Kin are not given respceisibili'y. Besponsibiuty is
neither a right nor a prrviiege It ts a fact of Me It ts
srrbing each person mus? have if be is to be prodjctne
wffem our society. Of the girl I work with, very few of thern
were even given the crarice to prove they could be
respfsibie. I is a known fact that wtien a child or teerager
8 g?vem any amount of responsibility or freedom, they will
'est r This testmg k an important facet ir. acceptir.g ones
tfn Lirsits and capabslries. Bir all too oftes. I hear "Just
because I was lateor mgnt out of three, my mother net er iet
re ou" af'er dark." or similar phrases Children should be
g'en resporsib uVy early so they lears how to deal wrJi it. If
a, wties they leave bon-, and test is. they often go
over -board because they dc t kriow tiieir own limns And
since they can't find any limits within 'iierri&ehes. I see them
hi the ra'e penjteB'arj .
I fa no say tha' parents do not raise their children right.
Who is to say wtat is right or wrong? But I do say that
parents fcave a tendency to try to keep their children from
making the san-rf mistakes they did. And as a result, the
children often make worse mistakes. From kioking at "my"
guis. I would say that the worst mistake a parent could make
m tins day and age a te not ge their child responsibility and
aliow bun to test ius ot. stresgtris and weaknesses before be
hi's the bg wide unprotectne world and bkms it.
To the rudests wt say our parents never listen, I say do
something the girls I work with never had the guts to do.
Make 'hem lisien to your problems If you feel the generation
cap is too wide, find a third party. Don't talk it over with your
inends Ttiey are in the same boat you are and they're
probably hat ing trie same hassles. Friends are great to cry
or., bu1 they are not unbiased and they can't help you work
ou- 'tie big problems
1 wish 'ha; each and every one of you who read this could
mee' 'lie girls I work with. But just meeting them would not
be enough. Addicts are very closed and suspicious people,
a d i! !akes a long time to establish trust and find out the
tunes 1 have tried to impart to you in this letter. Since few of
y-u hat e tha' kind of time to spare. I suggest you ready two
r"ks which are very informative and well worth the time
and effort. "Go Ask Alice." au'hor anonymous. Avon Books.
!HT. and "We Mainline Dreams" by Dr. Judianne
De?en-Gerber. Doubleday and Co., Inc.. 1973
KARLA WEATHERFORD
"Cyryon't wmekry column"
Rek Steber
Cruti Ottoman
Her prey skir held high, flaxen -haired, blue-eyed Jane
Barnes Irtiely s-epjied from the row boa' to become the first
wtii e w-cnan lo set foot in the Northwest.
Miss Barnes began her career as a barmaid in a hotel in
Pursiriou h. England But onela'e February evening in 1B13
ier curvaceous charms attracted the attentions of Donald
McTat ish. new cr,ef facior for the Norhwes Fur Company .
McTavish was overwbelmed by the buxom bkmd beau'y
tia! be mvi'ed hier to be his mistress and accompany him
aboard 'he Isaac Todd bound for a port half a world away.
He allowed her so "shop at my expense of course, for
r.a ever your heart desires." As Miss Barries bought every
available dress and bonnet in sight McTavish lavishly
forified the Isaac Todd wih "bottled porter, excellent
cfieese arid prime tinned English beef " He included enough
if the comlors of home to solace the lJ-month voy age in the
fines; of s'yle.
Tlie Isaac Todd crossed the bar of the Columbia on April 17.
IE54. and dropped anchor near Ft. George t Astoria . The
sigh' of such a maiden made quite an impression on the fur
'rappers a' the fort as she was the first white woman any of
tiem had seen since leaving England months before. And as
rrogh' be expected. McTavish fad his share of difficulties
from the envious trappers who willingly gave up tbeir
Chirwok lady friends for the dance to win his lady's favors.
But McTavish $ gaod times soon came to an end when the
company called him to Montreal. Tit hardships of the
overland trip made it impossible for Miss Barnes to
accompany htm.
Ra'ber than leave his fair -haired beauty unescorted for the
krg mon'hs ahead. McTavish selected a lucky young
gen'lerr.an by the rame of Alexander Henry to protect his
lady Henry had shown more than a passing interest in Miss
Barnes and he wared no tune in accepting the generous
offer.
But this loo was destined to be a short affair. As McTavish
ard Henry rowed a longboat to call oo Miss Barnes with their
news, they capsized and drowned in the cold Columbia.
Left a double-widow. Miss Barnes spent little time
mourning She paraded about attired in gowns that displayed
her figure to best advantage. And as might be expected she
had a long line of suitors.
One gen'lemao admirer by the name of Cassakas came
calling He w as the son of Coocomly. the one-eyed chief of the
Chinook trible. In return for her hand be promised, "I win
send 106 sea otters to your relations; never ask you to draw
w aer or dig for roofs and you will be mistress over my other
four wives.
Miss Barnes ruddy refused Cassakas saying, "I could
never tolerate a Cat bead, half naked body and copper
colored skin be -smeared with whale oi"
Mas Barnes returned to England and one can only
speculate as to what finally became of ber. But you can
almost see ber sitting on the bar in Portsmouth telling stories
from half a world aw ay. Maybe not the most virtuous she was
rxS the first white woman to set foot m the Northwest.
llayor of Hardnan
DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I've heard about looking gi(t horses in the mouth, but it's
seldom vou see a feller kick one in the teeth. It looks like
that's what William Field is doing. He is a farmer near
Shelbv. Michigan, and he got a $10,000 grant from the
Guvernment fer damage lo his crops. Now he is spending half
of the money to urge folks to git rid of the law that let him git
it.
Bill Weatherford brung up this matter during the session at
the country store Saturday night. He said Field aint biting
the hand that feeds him, he's frying to cut off the bole arm.
Ed Gonty said he was glad to see somebody try to make a
case agin all the giveaways, but he wasn't shore the place to
start was on programs fer farmer and ranchers.
Field said be wants to put a stop to giving money to
everybody that asks fer it without looking into the reasons.
Ed said Field was complaining cause some folk weren't
waiting fer disasters, they was putting in fer grants if the
weather report called fer a 50 per cent chanct of a cold snap
that would hurt their crops. Ed said the way he read the
papers, the feller was just trying to cut down on disaster
grants without disasters.
General speaking, BiU allowed, the federal Guvernment
has kept a heap of small farmers and ranchers from going
under in bad years, and he was strong in favor of most of the
programs. Bill said he would admit that it gits out of line
w hen a big farmer can plant 200 acres of gords knowing he's
going to plow em under and collect his disaster grant cause
they ain't no market fer gords But Bill was of a mind that tax
money is used in a heap worst ways than to help the farmer.
Bug Hookum was agreed with Bill. Bug said he don't know
nothing about foreign policy and he gits that mixed up, but he
is y et to figger why some folks think it's the merciful thing to
do w hen we cancel billions of dollars in debts India owes us
cause India said ii was embarrassing to owe that kind of
money. Ttien they use our money to build a atomic bomb.
A feller like Spiro Agnew can settle the II7S.000 worth of
improvements taxpayers made on his house for $1,100 and
then sell the house a! a big profit. Bug went on, but if a dirt
farmer giis a low -inierest Guvernment loan to try to keep the
bank from taking his tractor he's violating some guideline.
Pracical speaking, broke in Ed. the bigger you are the
mure help you can git. Ed said he recalled in the Depression
Presidetn Homer set up the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, and one of the first loans the RFC made was to
the Bank of America Hoover said later than 90 per cent of the
RFC loans went lo small businesses, but he didn't add that
ihe big ou fits got 90 per cent of the money.
was Zeke Grubb thai put the stopper in the jug. Mister
Edi'nr. Zeke said if we think we got a giveaway Guvernment
nw we ought to let Nelson Rockefeller run it a couple of
weeks
Yours trulv,
MAYOR ROY.
Protestant
hyprocrisy
in New York
LESTER KIVSOLVING
NEW YORK Long af'er he had become a millionaire
several times over, comedian Bob Hope continued his
en'eraming of U S troops in Vietnam, a contribution that
had won him the deep gratitude of millions of Gls overseas
during World War II
N one during World War II ever suggested that Hope
ei tier loved war or was an instrument of President
Roosevelt's foreign or military policy.
Bu' the long I'.S involvement in Vietnam was so
ques'inrable tha; numbers of militant clergy critics
concluded tha' Hope's annually spending Christmas trying to
bring sTie cheer to lonely soldiers was almost a war crime.
Hence, by the narrow margin of three votes, such clergy
were able h oblige the Protestant Council erf New York to
reverse i"s prev musly announced decision to aw ard Bob Hope
!iie annual "Family of Man" award.
H'lpe gid-ra'uredly responded to this monumental insult
by remarking that he had already received a great many
awards
For sne reason or another, there was no such reversal
w ner. 'his award w as announced as being made to Presidents
Jutm Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, as well
as Dr Henry Kissinger, none of whom were prominent as
Vietnamese war pro'es'ers They were, or are. all
prominent and powerful enough, however, to draw a good
crd io the annual " Family of Man" dinner )
Tit 19T4 recipient of this award, by vote of the city's 1700
member churches and 2,000 affiliated business firms, is the
Rev. William Toiberi Jr., President of the Republic of
Liberia sifitt 1S71. and. since 1951. Vice President to the late
Lsbenan s'rongroan William Tubman.
Is 'here careful investigation of all recipients of this award
fir "broad massive contributions to humanity ... all
mankind as ore family under God"?
"We fry to be careful." replied the council's top executive,
Dr Dan Po'ter
Has 'he council gone on record in opposition to racial
segrega'km
"By all means." replied the Rev. Dr. Potter. 'There have
been repeated resolutions condemning racial segregation."
Then w ha! does the Protestant Council of New York make
of Aricle 5. Sections 12 and 13 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Liberia, to wit:
"Nu person shall be entitled to hold real estate in this
Republic unless he be a citizen of same . . . None but Negroes,
or persons of Negro descent shall be eligible to citizenship in
this Republic."
Af;er a brief but pregnant pause. Potter answered: "I
didn't know about those provisions. But should a mother say
to her child 1 can't love you because you smoke ?"
Indeed not. One child of God who smokes, and is head of
ano'her racially segregated African country, is Prime
Mtnis'er Baltaiar Johannes Vorster of the Republic of South
Africa.
Bui since the segregation in South Africa is imposed by
whites rather than by blacks (as in Liberia). Dr. Vorster is
not at all likely to be honored as in President Tolbert'
citation:
"Leader of one of Africa's most progressive republics,
continued commitment as a Baptist minister to the Christian
religion in Africa. . . His faith and ideals have been translated
into concrete ac'ion."
p. rut
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