Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1975)
Page 2, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Mar. 13, 1975 It nurse sense 1 1 ernest v. joiner 55 Si 'I I s 1 1 rC co- Ttw-re is hardly any use in taking a stand for or against abortion. Abortions are already second only to tonsil lectomies as the commonest surgical operation in the United Stales . . . Remember the big headlines when oil companies were reaping windfall profits a few months ago? Well, Mobil's 4th quarter earnings were down 51 per cent and Texaco "s were down 29 per cent. Why no headlines, or are corporations just naturally supposed to have little, if any. earnings? ... A study of women murderers in Germany reveals that their favorite lethal weapon is the frying pan. I uixxlcr if this news is going to touch off legislation to prohibit the sale and ownership of Saturday Night Skillets? . . . Don't ctMinl on Rep. Al Ullman saving too many of your tax dollars. h n ho look over Wilbur Mills' House Ways and .Means ( 'ommiiicc chairmanship he added 41 new staff members and has a 1373 budget of S3 5 million. Last year Mills' budget was s.":hi.( . . . I've just been kicked off welfare, and it's all County Clerk Sadie Parrish's fault. For some time now I have been trudging up lo (he court house to try out for jury duty. Every tunc I got disqualified and come back to await the happy arrival of my $10 check for having shown up for roll call. Sadie gut tired of it and pulled my name out of the jury pool, and without any warning, either. The boys down at the Happy llMir an- going lo miss my treats, thus far financed by those cheeks. Oregon is one of the few states that does not exempt newsmen from jury service, as they do physicians, morticians, firemen and other categories. The law should be amended to include newsmen. It is a waste of tax money and a waste of the court's time and mine for a newsman to be railed for jury duly. There isn't likely to be a case called for trial abuut which a newsman does not have prior knowledge, including information about the arrest that perhaps no jury would even be permitted to hear. So why go through the ordeal of showing up only to be disqualified because of prior knowledge of the case or because a belief in the defendant's guili or innocense has already been established upon such information? Last week's trip to the court house was to "try out" for the T.ttone case, wherein the Dodge City Inn owners at Ito.irrlman w ere being sued for a bale of money because some irtK-k driver said he got sick eating food there. I recall the first time that case was heard almost two years ago. There uas no evidence presented that the food the man ate actually was served at the Dodge City. He could have gotten his poisoning anywhere. Nor was there any evidence of food poisoning found at the Dodge City Inn. nor any record of any other person getting poisoned. I had to tell the court I had prior knowledge of the case. I was dismissed before I had to tell the judge that I would have voted to free the Tatones anyway because I'm tired of having so many people ripping ntt businessmen for every conceivable reason. The way things are going, a clumsy ox could stumble over his own big feet in Murray's Drug, sue the owners, and come out with a million-dollar verdict voted by jurors who love nothing more than pulling the screws on any man in business. I got food poisoning one time. Spent two days in the hospital. I didn't sue the Creek who ran the restaurant : I just didn't eat there any more. And with my appetite that must have hurt him enough. So I won't be serving on any more juries this season. Rut. I'm going to miss those $10 checks! 0 Business firms are pretty hard hit by people and organial ions seeking donations for worthwhile projects. In almost any drive for funds, the businessman is the first to be solicited and the first to help with a donation. There is also widespread conviction, especially among young people, that business can afford to pay the freight for every social program that conies down the pike. Furthermore, many fee! that business has a moral obligation to support social programs that benefit everybody but. themselves. Many more believe that business should be forced to pay the cost of programs designed to help the poor and the minorities. Well, it might be of some interest to "soak the businessman" advocates that Oregon has the second highest business bankruptcy record in the United States, exceeded only by California. From last December to January 1975. Oregon bankruptcies jumped 250 per cent in that one month. According to the Business Failure Record, a Dunn & Bradsirecl publication. California had the highest number of bankruptcies. 81 per 10.000 firms. Oregon is second with 70.5 per Iti.iwo. The L". S. businessman needs more understanding, but he isn't likely to get it as long as people are being taught thai all business is evil, profit is a filthy word and people who engage in business are oppressors of "the common man" instead of their benefactors. Unsolicited Advice Dept. Next time, why don't we just gn over and plan! American wheat in Russia and save the cost of transportation? ... If there's any hereafter. Colonel Sanders is in big trouble. Can you imagine his problem on Judgement Day when he finds 7 million chickens waiting for him? . . . The Joiners have repurchased the Sebastopol, Ca., Times, which was sold three years ago before we came to Heppner. I will operate both newspapers. The GazetteTimes, at least for the time being, will be operated by the present slaff w hile I am in California working on that paper. There is bound to be a lot of commuting between Heppner and Sebastopol. but the Gazette-Times should not suffer in the process. The paper here will be in the capable hands of Neil Parks and Ernie Ceresa (as it has been for some time). Before there is any dancing in the streets over this news, readers are reminded that I am not severing ties with Heppner or with the Gazette-Times, but expect to be around for vears lo come. Oh. The Bishop of Santa Fe (New Mexico) was a great storyteller, at least he was 30 years ago. The Irish prelate would regale his friends for hours with his stories, some of which were more than salty. With another St. Patrick's Day upon us. I am constrained to repeat (as closely as memory permits i one of his stories. When the Creator was making the world he called Man aside and bestowed upon him 20 years of normal sex life. Man was horrified! "Only 20 years?" he wailed. The Creator stood firm. That was all he gave. Then he called the monkey and gave him 20 years, which the monkey protested, saying 10 was enough. Man spoke up and said. "Can I have his other 10 years?" The monkey agreed. Next, he called the lion and gave him 20 years, but he, too, asked for a reduction to 10 years. "May I have the other 10?" ' cried Man. "Of course," roared the lion. And along came the donkey, who was given 20 years. Like the others, he would accepi only 10. So Man asked for the spare 10 years and got them. All of which explains, the bishop related, why it is that Man has 20 years of normal sex life, 10 years of monkeying around. 10 years of lion about it, and 10 years of making an ass of himself. Happy St. Patrick's Day, you all! 4 v I IwAi t nvor v Nuclear l'Maydrof Hardman plants supported "Hurry! Hurry!" The board of directors of Columbia Basin Electric Co- operative is actively opposing Hit 2279 being proposed In the Oregon Legislature. The hill calls for a moralor in m on nuclear power plant . expansion or construction in fhe slate. The board stressed the need for additional electric energy. Columbia Basin has been active in the Hanford nuclear project and is con sidering participation In new projects. "The interests of our region can best be presently served by continued nuclear thermal plant development." the directors resolved. The board also went on record as opposing Senate Bill tm. a bill the directors believe could increase employers' workmen compensation taxes by 40 to 50 per cent. quoteunquote believe that an education which fails to make the reading of the great literature of the pal as relevant as fhe important works of the pre sent is no education al all " Man a Mamies, aulhor. journalist The mail pouch EDITOR: I would like for you to publish my letter as soon as possible. Again, people who own and use guns are being attacked. group called Handgun Control Committee has demanded th:it iho U S Consumer Product Safety Commission restrict the s;ilrol ammunition under the Hazardous Substance Act. Two Congressmen from Idaho have introduced a bill. HR loj'.T. which would prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from restricting the manufacture or sale of firearms or ammunition. We should be thankful that Reps. Sieve Smms and George. Hansen introduced HR 1087. Letters lo supimrt this bill should be sent in right away to your Congressmen and lo the Consumer Product Safety Commission. CHARLES W McCONNELL. Lexington Oregon Country. "Oregon's weekly column" Rick Steber Kristi Ottoman A dusty, battered Model A pulled to a stop in front of the entrance to the Bonanza City Bank. It had been stolen the night before from the St. Francis Garage, 30 miles away in Klamath Falls. Three men crawled from the dented car and stood for a moment on the wooden sidewalk. They were dressed like loggers and no one gave them a second glance. But all of a sudden they came bursting through the door of the bank brandishing an arsenal of weapons and a mouthful of threats. A boyish-looking fellow known as Fred Johnson, but whose real name was Horance Nordstron, leveled what appeared to be a 45-caliber Colt at the head of petrified bank president Dewey Horn. He opened the vault and after a gentle nudge from the Colt agreed to open the safe. Fred pushed past the weak-kneed president and scooped two bundles of bills and a box of silver into a gunny sack. Then backing toward the door, he gestured with the Colt and someone yelled. "Hit the deck!" With hands held high, Dewey Horn and the assistant cashier, Miss Sarah Poole, dropped to their knees and lay face down on the floor. The bandits escaped down North Main Street in a cloud of dust. Dewey, meanwhile, regained his feet and fired a desperation shot aimed more at saving his pride than al the fleeing desperadoes. , After notifying the appropriate authorities Dewey gave chase in the direction the bandits had taken. He was closely followed by the deputy sheriff, the sheriff and the slate police, all in separate cars. Four miles from town they found the abandoned Model A. Evidence indicated the bank robbers had transferred to another automobile. And they had making good their escape by casually driving back up North Main Street. They met the pursuing posse at the city limits and quietly continued past them and right on through the excited little town. "O.K. That's Decided. Now Let's See If We Can Find Any Facts To Support Our Position." Kinzua (Continue from Page I) company lo open up timber stands. The tree farm now encompasses 230.000 acres of owned and leased land in Wheeler. Morrow. Grant and Umatilla counties. Management's goal. Nistad pointed out. is to develop optimum growth on its tree farms, while striking -n compatible balance with other resource values such as gracing, wildlife, watersheds and recreation. In fk"9 Kinzua bought the Heppner Lumber Company in Heppner. along w ith its tree farm holdings The Heppner null employed 5S people and had a tax valuation of less than $1 million. Shortly after acquiring the Heppner property, Kinzua officials began investigating the potential for new plants that would utilize the heavy second growth on the tree farm that needed thinning to assure continued growth. In 1970 work began on a green veneer plant at Heppner. As soon as the plant hevame operational in 1972. work began on the playwood plant that visitors will tour Friday. Tins plant was actually completed in 197L the year work began on the new corporate offices. Nistad said that all facilities of the plant that now stand on the southeast side of the highway will be resettled on the northwest side, along with the other plant facilities. "We are also prowf" Nistad said, "that of fhe 315 persons employed. fi are women and we are pleased w ith the high quality of their performance in our new plant." I wig range planning includes implementation of a new tree fartn leasing program that offers local ranchers a guaranteed annual income while Kinzua foresters thin and improve the property lo assure belter tree growth and a . heavy increase in forage for grazing. On the question of grazing. Nistad pointed out thai Kinzua is unique in thai each year it seeds Ihe timber properties with ho.inni MMiiids of grass seed, done by helicopter, lo insure iM'tler grazing and soil conservation. During its existence, Kinzua has donated three parks and sex eral lakes for public use. including the site at Bull Prairie. Resource groups are currently inventorying Eastern Oregon lands for development of intensified land , management practices, and Kinzua has agreed to implement these practices on all its lands as soon as the recomniendafions have been developed. Nistad said. Five logging contractors maintain sizeable payrolls in connection wilh Ihe Kinzua tree farm contracts in the i four-county area. Kinzua officials are proud of their tree farm operations. Not lung ago Gov. Tom McCall said of Ihe Kinzua Tree Farni:"The next 10 years will be among the most exciting Ihe industry has seen. The possibilities are never more dramatically shown than in the tree slices which your photo reveals. Pulling Ihe whole picture together, as you are doing with genetic improvement, thinning, tree planting, soil protection and rotated harvest, is the way to go!" Bui the scientifically cultivated Kinzua Tree Farm is another and even more interesting story of how needed wood and fiber is harvested for today's needs while insuring greater growths for Ihe future all with an eye to preservation of the natural environment. Officials of Ihe Kinzua Corporation are Harry W. Stuchell, president. Everett, Wa.: Max Wyman, treasurer, and Bryant Dunn, secretary, both of Seattle; and Allen Nistad, assistant secretary and general manager, soon to be a resident of Heppner with completion of his new home here next month. At the local level. Harry Kennison is plant operations manager; Milo Prindle, logging manager; Paul Shiffer, administrative assistant; and Richard Graham, chief forester. WKMMKNMKMKMMMMKKXKKKKMMMKKMMKKKMXNMMKK jj THE GAZETTE-TIMES jj MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER jj jj Box 337. Heppner, Ore. 978.16 jj X Subscription rate: $6 per year in p $ Oregon, $7 elsewhere 9t X Ernest V. Joiner, Publisher 3 If jj Published every Thursday and entered as a 1 second-class matter at the post office at 2 Heppner. Oregon, under the act of March 3, 1879. I Second-class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. MMMMMMNNMKWMMMKNKMMNMNMKMMMNKMIINMHKMNMKMII the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS DEAR MISTER EDITOR; This sharp dressed young feller slopped In the country store Salurday nighl to nsk directions. He talked with the fellers n few minutes, and he told us he was a salesman. He said his business was off some, and he hojKd the country soon could pull out of Ihe depression it'i in. Mister Editor, I didn't say anything, but If that young feller Is having a depression I'll come to his. I'm shore It'l heap nicer affair lhan the one we had back In 1929-33. Here he is driving m ound the country in a big enr thal'i warm In winter and cool in summer, and when he has lo be away from home nl night he slays in a $20 a nighl motel room with color TV and nil Ihe comforts of home. If he's having a depression, Ihcv must lie Another name fer what we had. After the young salesman left Salurday night, Ihe fellers gol lo talking about everliody's idee of hard limes. It was Clem Webster thai allowed when folks are laid off from a plant in another town, that's a economic slowdown, when your w ife is out of work thai s a recession and when you ain't got n job. man that's depression. We can rend and talk about general conditions in Ihe country and Ihe world, but the closer w e gil lo home Ihe clearer Ihe picture gits, was Clem 's words. Ed Doolutle said Clem was right fer oncl. It don't mailer where we find ourselfs, said Ed, we are at the center of our world The old feller was saying more lhan he realized, allowed Ed. when he looked around and said he must be standing in Ihe middle of Ihe universe cause Ihe sky come down al exactly Ihe same distance all around him. Our world expands in all directions from us. said Ed. and as it goes out il gits less important to us. Hepublicnii Ed went on In say it looked to him like all the Democrats, employed and not. was lining up fer one job in I'lTi; Ed told Democrat Clem all them candidate! that already is running fer President had ought lo consider trying fer another job. seeing that Ihis one Is filled. i , Clem come right back and pointed out that if a Democrat wanted a job in Ouvernmenl he might as well try fer the lop cause alt Ihe rest are look by appointed Republicans that lost al the hih last November, Zeke r.rulihpul thestpcr in the political jug fer the night when he allowed that we have come lo Ihe point in Ihis country where if a man wants lo gil In a race fer elected office the firsl thing he's got lo do is resign temporary from the human race. The way everthing's running, declared Zeke. no politician can suit any of Ihe people any of Ihe lime. General speaking. Mister Editor. Ihe economy and Ihe slate of pfople depend on how you look al It I see the place we use to call the drunk lank now is "facilities where enebnanls can be detoxified in a noncriminal environment." Yours Irulv, MAYOR ROY, The vicar makes history u I I STHI klsn mm; HoYtxiy ESSEX. ENGLAND The Rev. Christopher Wansey. M. is an exceptionally energetic, engaging and elfin rebel who has made history in Ihe Church of England. Tins is altogether appropriate for this Vicar of St. Peter's Vigtican i Episcopal Parish In Ihis exquisitely picturesque village For St Peter's was buill by Earl Fitwater- in 1215 D alter he hail led Ihe barons to Runnyniede. where King John was forced lo sign the Magna Carta. Another parishioner of St, Peter's was Sir Thomas More, at Ionic). s.i)iil and Chancellor of England, who was mart) red for standing against Henry VIII Slitl another interesting parishioner was Thomas Colle. whose descen dants in the U.S. dropped Ihe "e" and produced the famed l" pislnl. The Rev. Mr. Wansey has had a similarly explosive effect on the Church land stale i of England, Tc always fought against Ihe state appointment of our bishops." he remarked during an interview. "This might have been acceptable when all memlx-rsof parliament had lo be continued niciiiU-rs of the Church of England - and when Ihe too Clergy Proctors in Convocation were still taking their apKiiiited seals in the House of Commons." Then, a gleam appeared in Ihe eyes of this dynamic priest ; Since I am one of these .'l0 Clergy Proctors, I announced thai I intended lo lake my seat in Commons. But when I arrived lo do so, someone had Installed a solid line of Miliermen lo block my entrance, so I simply told Ihe television people: 'I've been resisted !'-and then I went home " Parliament subsequently voted lo permit the Church of England lo elect its own bishops. Vicar Wansey ' charm is sufficiently irresistible for him to have survived, even though he has ( l ) Rearranged Ihe pews Hochurch-in the round style) in this 700 year-old church. (2) Politely refused lo baptize any infants ("I know little girls who have said; 'Mummy, why didn't you let me make this decision for myself?' "), But perhaps Wansey 's most memorable effect came last year when Ihe Church of England, by a large majority, voted in favor of Wansey's motion lo "chop off a thousand pounds from our annual support of Ihe World Council of Churches." "I'm not againsl either the ecumenical movement or helping the downtrodden," he explained, "But the World Council of Churches has been financially supporting African guerilla groups who murder and rape civilians and who destroy hospitals, among other shocking things." The Rev. Mr, Wansey went on to note: "I didn't do any campaigning. The idea for this cut In money lo the World Council of Churches came while I was on my way lo New York. This is the first time in 24 years I have ever seen the budget amended from the floor." "I'm not a pacifist. But it is certainly time to stand for Christian principles when church offerings are being used to finance terrorists, You don't do the Lord's work with the Devil's weapons." '"My proposal for a reduction in funds to the World Council of Churches was followed by a comparison of these African terrorists to the Irish Republican Army-which, of course, hit home." BOYD and Wood CAN VOU IMAGINE F THEY tfep ) s. CON6ftE$ NOT HAVIN6, - THAT Up THEY'U. N THAT '5 : ENOUGH MtM&& PPBEWT NEVER P0 ANYTHIN6! l Ky) Ikf7 lkm& fk Ik'&fctJ-