Page 2, THE GAZETTE -TIMES, Hefner, OR, Thursday. Aug. 14, 1975
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One would not expect the GOP Congressional Committee
Newsletter to be half as humorous as the Congressional
fiecord-and the latter is not considered a comic book
publication except in the context of Gilbert and Sullivan. But
the newsletter has its light moments. Just as Sen. Barry
Coldwater can be convulsively funny when the mood strikes
kirn. The June issue introduces the Quantum Theory of
Automatic Legislative Multiplication, a definition of
something that has been happening for the past 20 years, and
heretofore unexplained:
Some 25,000 bills are introduced into each Congress.
Fortunately, only a fraction of them ever become law. But
those that do, produce other laws. Once enacted, they have
more progency than the fabled Father Abraham. Laws beget
law, changes, modifications, amendments, extensions,
clarifications and even, rarely, outright repeal of the
original law.
Let us suppose that someone suddenly decides that the
horse is an overlooked, overworked, underadvantaged
segment of our American scene. The first step is to form a
pressure group, such as Help Our Sturdy Steeds (HOSS). The
next move is to nag Congress.
After a lot of horse maneuvers, let's say a bill is
Introduced the Horses Aspiration Act of 1975.
After due Committee rumination, the bill would hit the
floor. During a lengthy debate, opponents would bridle at the
suggestion that horses need Federal aid, and suggest that it
would be putting the cart before the horse. Proponents would
be only grazed by this criticism, and claim the bill would
stabilize the economy. Eventually, enough votes would be
rounded up and Anally it would pass. Then what?
The civil rights forces would demand an amendment
banning discrimination against race, plow, livery, trotter,
pacer or hobby horses or a horse of another color.
The environmentalists would immediately call for a
Horses Waste Act and demand impact statements parti
cularly for merry-go-rounds.
Senior citizens would looby for greener pastures for old
nags, and a law prohibiting sending dobbin to the glue
factory.
The Equine Footgear Association would try to nail down
legislation establishing Federal standards for horseshoes,
and a bill to impose stiff tariffs on imported footgear for
ponies. They would point out that the domestic horseshoeing
industry has declined 78.3 since 1887, and blame it on
multinational corporations horsing around in the industry.
Labor groups would demand laws mandating barn-to-barn
pay. more oats for overtime, and grievance rights to
buck off riders, or kick the whiffletree.
The women's lib groups would come in to demand that
female horses no longer be called mares or fillies, but be
designated as Hs.
The education lobby would ask for a bill requiring that all
country horses be trucked into the city so they could be
exposed to the benefits of dealing with urban traffic.
The anti-war groups would set up demonstrations
demanding that the Government draft beer, not horses.
OSHA would come to Congress for a la w forcing horses to
be licensed, wear hard hats while at work, and taillights at
night.
After all of these special interests had done their worst,
the Gallop. Trotter and Roper straw polls would reveal that
W per cent of the horses in American believe they are
saddled with too much Federal regulation, and complain that
they are being hobbled in their private lives.
Overheard some fellows talking in the coffee shop the
other day about Harold Kerr. They said he must be on the
level cause the bubble is in the middle.
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EDITOR:
Let me begin by apologizing to you for this letter if your
paper does not carry Rev. Kinsolving's columns or has
discontinued them, as I understand many have done.
I am writing concerning information made available to me
to the effect that Mr. Kinsolving intends to publish columns
that falsely discredit members of Peoples Temple Christian
Giurch (Disciples of Christ). Many members of this church
have long been appalled at the way in which he sows discord
within organizations and sensationalizes in the most
unscrupulous ways.
Many other churches and religious groups have similarly
decried the irresponsible, harmful, and indeed dangerous
manner in which Mr. Kinsolving has gone about his work, in
that he is apparently indifferent to the effects of his writing
As a sensationalist posing as a controversialist, he writes
without respect for any values other than attention-getting
qualities of his stories, and. as a result of this, he has been led
to deride many persons and organizations in the field of
religion and politics.
I am not aware that Peoples Temple Christian Church has
done anything to merit Mr. Kinsolving's wrath. The church is
engaged in human service work that is effectively helping
young and old alike to find meaning and to focus their lives in
service to Christ. The congregation has made it a practice to
give generous donations to charities of all denominations of
our Judaeo-Christian religious bodies (not just their own), to
provide food for starving people, to help in a variety of
situations in a comprehensive effort to foster a spirit of good
will and human kindness in a world that Is often cold and
insensitive.
Realizing this, one newspaper discontinued Mr. Kinsolv
ing's columns after he attacked this church some three years
ago: two others. I understand, were in the process of
discontinuing him when recently contacted.
Church members who are aware of your newspaper, feel
that it is doing a good job of serving the community, and it's
hard for many of us to understand why you might choose to
publish material about our church that is so inconsistent with
the practices your paper normally maintains. I am of the
opinion that we do not need voices that are intent on sowing
discord at a time when we need, more than ever, voices of
concern that will help Americans heal the wounds that
divide, so that we may find common ground.
A church such as Peoples Temple Christian Church is a
marvelous example of a group that is working to bring people
together from all walks of life into an experience of harmony
and brotherhood. Peoples Temple has won many friends by
its constructive attitude, its ability to rehabilitate drug
addicts and even radicals, and encourage these people to
become contributing, decent and responsible citizens.
There are many fine columnists who are providing unique
services and creative perspectives in the job of responsibly
informing the public. I hope that you will value organizations
such as Peoples Temple for the services they perform for the
community, and adopt an editorial policy of support.
Thank you very much for your attention.
REV. G. YOL'NG
Ordained Minister
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
No new building permits
have been issued by the
county since the first of the
month County Planner David
Moon reported last week.
Though the County Planning
Commission normally holds
meetings once a month it is
not required by law to do so.
During August there will be
no meeting due to vacations
and harvesting. A time exten
sion has been given by the
stale for compliance with the
new regulations on compre
hensive plans and zoning
ordinances, to meet changes
required by the Land Conser
vation and Development
Commission. The county will
have six months for the
planning stage, five years to
put the new rules into effect.
SEMINAR
A place where you ctn learn in three hour whit it Uk a
profmaor three months to teach.
the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS
County Health Nurse Pat
Wright and Alma Green
attended the Eastern Oregon
Health Service Agency meet
ing in Bend July 29. Eighteen
counties and four Indian tribal
groups are included in the
district. Purpose of the meet
ing was to create a steering
committee to form the state
agency. It is intended to
upgrade health under the
National Resources and Dev
elopment Act of 1974.
Mrs Wright said it is hoped
to obtain funds for moderniza
tion of health facilities on the
local level The county health
nurse w as scheduled to attend
another meeting of the group
at Redmond today.
Plans for the health clinic
for pre school registration are
progressing well with only a
few vacancies left fur appoint
ments, she said. There have
been 84 children sign up for
the examinations which are
required under Oregon law for
each child entering kinder
garten, first grade or 9th
grade.
Tax Collector Elvira Irby
reports the deadline for pay
ment of four quarter taxes is
Aug. 15 with interest charged
after that date. County Trea
surer Sylvia McDuniel in the
same office is still waiting for
the hole cut in the safe when it
was unintentionally loc ked, to
be repaired. An inner door
protects papers and money
kept in the safe but the office
"will look much better when
the repair is made," Mrs.
McDaniel said.
Juvenile Director Carolyn
Davis is still busy with paper
work. "There is a lot of filing
and bringing cases up to
date." she said. She was
making plans to attend the
Oregon Alliance with School
Age Parents meeting in Pen
dleton Monday and Tuesday of
this week. She is regional vice
chairman of the organization
which covers 13 counties.
Representatives of the
county court were to attend
the Tri-County Health Ser
vices meeting in Fossil Tues
day of this week. The Board of
Equalization, which includes
Judge Paul Jones, was to meet
today.
The county court awarded
high bidder Bill Rodda, Pen
dleton, bid on the antique safe
recently declared surplus by
the court. His bid was for
$152 75
In its meeting Wednesday
the court w as asked by Glen
Ward, appearing on behalf of
the State Game Commission
and landowners bordering the
Martin Prairie Road from
Ditch Creek to Rhea Creek to
close that road to vehicular
traffic during elk season.
After conferring with District
Attorney Dennis Doherty the
request was turned down, with
Judge Jones dissenting. Doh
erty had said he questioned
the legality of closing a county
road.
The court signed an order
for annexation to the Heppner
Water Control District of the
Greenup Ranch on Hinton
("reek. Application of the
annexation was by petition
signed by Colleen Greenup.
Ilene Wyman, and Robert
Kilkenny and the water con
trol district.
Steve Anderson, LaGrande
Engineer, met with the court
to discuss plans on the county
land fill and on work yet to be
done at the county-owned
Heppner Medical Clinic.
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DEAR MISTER EDITOR:
I know editors have to wade thru a heap of words during a
work day. but you'd be surprised at all the mail farmers and
ranchers have to git to keep Ihem up with what's going on.
Things are moving so fast I reckon all of us could benefit
from speed reading where you thumb thru a book and know
what's In It. Like you, Mister Editor, we folks out here in the
country go through a lot of chaff to find the wheat in our mail.
Fer years the mail man has been stuffing my box full of
pamflcts, furniture store circulars and assorted Junk. Ever
now and agin I even git offers to send off fer some of them hot
items that come in a plain brown wrapper, and where them
folks git my name I'll never know. I know If I had In mind
what they think I got in mind I wouldn't have them In mind.
Anyhow, twict in the last 20 years I've had to git a bigger box,
so while I can't go along with the idee of postal workers
threatning to go on strike when the law says they can't. I
understand somepun of their problems in delivering all that
Information.
What I was going to say was that I took note of two pamflcts
that come last week. One was about all the endangered
animals, and some outfit said it was happy to report that the
alligaler had been saved. Personal, I'm with alligaters like I
am with snakes. I never met one I liked, and I jest can't git
worked up over saving em. I know they been on the earth
umpteen million year, but so has cockroaches, coyotes,
briars, mosquiters and a heap of other things that I Jest as
soon was endangered. As much as I appreciate this wildlife
preservation club reporting the good news, I'm a heap more
worried about the population of mules that helped build this
country than I am about how many alligaters are wailing to
bile my leg off.
The other item was asking for support of the Voice of
America. Mister Editor, I figger that piece of mail was 10
year late. I ain't heard anything about the Voice of America
lately. I didn't even know that agency was still doing
business. Actual, with all the publicity this country's been
gitting all over the world in the past four year, I don't know
what Voice of America could tell anybody they don't already
know. If there is any dirt under our rugs, it ain't because we
ain't been sweeping everthing we could find out where
everybody can see it,
Course, the newspapers is the one item in our mail diet I
couldn't do without. If it hadn't been fer the paper, I wouldn't
ever of heard of that feller Ken Boxer. He got mad cause he
had to wear high heel shoes in a beauty contest. He said they
was making a mockery of his plans to be Miss Santa
Barbara.
And how about John Brennan, who is suing Ford Motor
Company fer $1.3 million cause Ford made him go to so many
parties he become a drunk, If his case stands, everybody in
the country can sue the IRS fer driving us to drink.
Yours truly.
MAYOR ROY.
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Women's Lib
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KINSOLVING
Mrs. Yitzhak Rabin, wife of Israel i Prime Minister, might
well have talked with Gold Meir (who defined Women's Lib
as "silly") before traveling to Mexico City for the
International Women's Year meeting
For during her speech to this convention. Arab and Asian
women walked out and the convention subsequently voted
to condemn Zionism.
If the world's Jews find this appalling, all of the world's
Christians whose denominations belong to the World Council
of Churches should take note of that organization's executive
committee, which has recommended that "sexist" language
be purged trom all speeches and publications of the World
Council. This committee notes:
"The argument that words such as 'brotherhood' and
'fellowship' include the whole community of male and female
is no longer acceptable to many females ... the use of male
pronouns reflects the powerlessness of women."
Boyd Wright of Women's Wear Daily, in an article entitled
"Person The Lifeboats! The Language Is Sinking!" notes
that the Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "man"'
as "a human being-regardless of age or sex" as one
definition, distinct from another use of this word which
means adult male.
Wright rightfully regards the word "Chairperson" as a
"barbarism" of "extremists with a cause who propose such
language pollution."
Wright points out with some relief that we have not yet
begun to use such terms as "seeing eye bitch'-because
"dog" like "man" is understood to represent either sex. Nor
have we felt obliged (yet ) to stipulate "racemare" when the
racehorse is female.
Fortunately, he observes, we have not yet begun to use
"penwomenship." nor have women begun to lake undue risks
while swimming in warm ocean water, because dangerous
sharks are defined only as "man-eaters".
Naval historians have not yet started referring to any ship
as a "Women-of War" even though ships have traditionally
been described In the female gender. And religion has not
(yet ) acceded to demands that hymnali be altered to "Once
To Every Person and Nation"-or that the Bible be revised
to: "What Is person that Thou art mindful of such?"
Denominations which are not aware of the number of
marriages already wrecked by women's lib extremism
would do well to study "Sexual Suicide" by George Gilder
(N.Y. Times Book Co.).
They ought also to take note of such recurrent news reports
as:
In Connecticut, the state canine license-in the shape of a
miniature fire hydrant-wai protested by women's libbers,
who charged that It represented only male dogs.
In Annapolis, women's libber Ellen Luff told a Maryland
State Senate committee: "The problem is that men have
access to free urinals and women don't."
In Manhattan last year, the ordinarily liberal Unitarian
Universalis! Association's national convention allowed guest
lecturer Mary Daly of Boston College to deny all males
present the right to participate In the question period.
Commented the Rev. George LaPorte of New York
"There is no theologically valid way In which subtracting
from the freedom of one category of human beings adds to
the freedom of another category of human beings. If Dr Daly
thinks there is, then her conception of human nature Is more
mathematics than religious."
The Rev. Mr, LaPorte might also have added the
observation of one of thli column's readers, that Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary defines the word "lib" ai
verbWrom the Middle English (libben) and Middle Dutch
and German (lubbrn) To castrate.