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By Juitine Weatherford
The old house that tits back
from the corner of Church and
Jones streets in northwest
Heppner was built in 1885.
Until Dec. 1974 it had belonged
to only two families. Its
present owners are Howard
Cleveland and Milo Prindle.
There had been some hope
that this interesting show
place could be preserved,
perhaps moved and restored,
but Cleveland says some of its
wood is rotting and that
vandals have damaged the
structure considerably. He
says that he knows that the
damage was done by some
juveniles and some adults,
too.
Therefore, this 90-year-old
landmark may soon be burned
as a training exercise by the
Heppner Fire Department to
clear the grounds for future
development. Thus one of the
town's few really historic
buildings with its 19th century
style will vanish.
In its youth this was a
showplace. The grounds were
carefully planned. The wind
mill which pumped its water
stood above an artisian well
very near the corner of the
present streets. The landscap
ing and gardens and pastures
included the property where
the McMurtry and Robison
houses and Don Gilliam's
mobile home are now. There
was a large stable behind and
to the north of the house. Many
unusual trees were planted on
Hearing Tests
Set For
Senior Citizens
Heppner Electronic
hearing tests will be given
at the Beltone Hearing Aid
Servkt office on Friday
from 3 7pm.
Factory -trained hearing
aid specialists will be at the
Northwestern Motel to per
form the tests.
Anyone who has trouble
hearing or understanding
is welcome to have a test
using the latest electronic
equipment to determine if
his loss is one which can be
helped. Some of the causes
of hearing loss will be
explained, and diagrams of
how the ear works will be
shown.
Everyone should have a
hearing test at least once a
year if there is any trouble
at all hearing clearly. Even
people now wearing a
hearing aid or those who
have been told nothing
could be done for them
ihould have hearing test
and find out whether the
latest methods of hearing
correction can help them
hear belter.
The free hearing tetts
will be Friday. February (,
al the Northweitern Motel,
from 3-7 p.m.
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the grounds, and inspite of
recent neglect a few of them
still live.
The house with its pillared
porches and decorative win
dows shows the elaborate
trimmings that were popular
long ago. Its stately entrance
hall, large, sliding Interior
doors, bay window with ita
wide seat below, and circular
stairway are details no longer
found in family homes. Its
cellar still holds rows of hooks
on which the family meat
supply hung. Attached to its
back are the woodshed, coal
bin and store rooms. It was
heated by wood and coal
stoves in almost every room ;
one of its parlor or bedroom
stoves and the old kitchen
stove were among the Items
purchased for the museum by
Mrs. Amanda Duval! Just
before the new addition to the
museum was built.
The house was constructed
for Dr Eugene Ralph Swin
burne who had married here
in 1884. His bride was Viola E.
Smith, daughter of pioneer
Harvey Smith who had come
here from Lebanon, OR, In
1870. Dr. Swinburne was 37
Private enterprise in the
"Civilization and profits go
hand in hand." Calvin Coolid
ge "I do not believe a man can
ever leave his business. He
ought to think of it by day and
dream of it by night." Henry
Ford
"I am not on Wall Street for
my health." J. Pierpont Mor
gan. At the very center of the
American economic system is
the belief in free enterprise-
; the business equivalent of the
frontiersman's rugged indivi
dualism. It meant the right to
produce what you wanted,
how you wanted, in whatever
quantity you wanted, and to
sell it wherever you could.
How free or private is most
enterprise today? As the
nation pushed restlessly west
ward, private enterprise sup
plied much of the thrust.
Imagination, initiative, the
willingness to take great risks
in the hope of reaping great
rewards-these were what
made the machine go. How
significant are such traits in
the American character to
day? The marketplace breeds
competition which so the
theory goes, protects the
consumer from high prices
and fraud. The free enterprise
system sees competition as a
means of harnessing ambition
to public benefit. Does it in
fact lead to excellence? Or
does it simply Insure the
survival of the craftiest, the
most powerful, the least
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years old and his bride was 2u
when they married. In 1886
they became the parents of a
son, Ralph D. Mrs. Swinburne
died in May 1888 at the time of
the birth of a daughter, who
only lived one day. Their son
became Dr. Ralph D. Swin
burne who practiced oral
surgery in Seattle. He died in
Seattle in 1969 leaving his
widow, Maybelle, a daughter
and 4 grandchildren. He Is
buried near his parents in
Heppner Cemetery.
E.R. Swinburne, M.D., had
a homestead In the county in
Township 3, south range 26,
east of Willamette meridan,
section 27, which was patented
in 1884. He remarried in 1889.
His second wife was Cora
Abshier. They were divorced.
Dr. Swinburne died in Port
land in 1918.
Don Gilliam still has the
deed that his grandfather
Frank Gilliam received in 1892
when he purchased the prop
erty which was being sold
because of the Swinburne
divorce. It is signed by Cora
Swinburne of Kentucky. A
second signature on the deed
is that of J.W. Morrow, county
scrupulous? In pursuing prom
does business give the con
sumer a fair deal? When does
competition cease to be heal
thy? Should the attitude be
caveat emptor let the buyer
beware or should the buyer
be protected? What benefits
does free enterprise bring us
today?
Americans prove to be mar
velously ingenious at invent
ing and improvising what they
need: the Kentucky long rifle,
the repeating pistol, the cotton
gin, the reaper, the thresher
and the plow, the safely pin
and the sewing machine, the
street lamp and the first
practical typewriter. And, of
course, the electric light bulb,
the telegraph, the Model T,
and the airplane.
Grazing fees are hit
Oregon Farm Bureau Fed
eration President Waldron
Johnson has wired President
Ford for a moratorium on fee
increases on federal grazing
lands.
Johnson's text referred to
the hardship imposed on
Oregon livestock producers
who rent annually thousands
of acres from the Bureau of
Land Management and the
Forest Service for a renew
able resource.
"The recent Increase of 50
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clerk.
The Frank Gilliams lived in
the house with their five
children, sons Leonard, Clin
ton, and Earl and daughters
Ona and Hazel. Three of these
who grew up there are now at
the Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal here: Earl and Ona
Gilliam and Hazel Vaugan
(Mrs. Charles Vaughan).
Don Gilliam lives in his
mobile home just above the
property bought by Cleveland
and Prindle. He still has many
family papers. He has gener
ously shared Gilliam keep
sakes and books with the
museum and with the library.
He says he doesn't think he
wants to watch the old house
being burned.
One of the interesting old
scrapbooks in the county
museum belonged to Ralph
Swinburne. It holds many old
postcards. Six colorful cards
advertise "Swinburne's Cough
Cure" and were given out with
the compliments of the Slo
cum Johnston Drug Co.,
Heppner, Oregon. This cure
must have been produced by
Dr. E.R. Swinburne.
marketplace
Learning the ways of the
city while doing charitable
work. Horatio Alger begins
writing books about rags-to-riches
successes. He becomes
an Horatio Alger story himself
as his 1 19 books sell more than
200 million copies.
Consumer protection be
comes an issue in the early
1900s under prodding from the
muckrakes s and their books:
Ida M. Tarbell's History of the
Standard Oil Company; Upton
Sinclair's The Jungle, Frank
Norris' The Octopus. In the
1960s, there is an active con
sumer movement, and by the
1970s the government creates
a Department of Consumer
Affairs.
per
cent imposed by the
fiovernment does not reflect
costs of production to the
producer, or the return he gets
for sale of his livestock." the
wire stated.
Johnson asked that a mora
torium be imposed until the
grazing fee formula is investi
gated by Congress.
Toward the end he has
requested such an investiga
tion from Oregon's congres
sional delegation.
M $Ds
Tan S
ervice
will be in Heppner every
Thursday, starting February 5,
in motor home at Cal's Arco.
Hours 10 a.m. 5 p.m.,
later appts. taken
More Information contact
Hermiston Office, 567-8498
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1025 North First St.
Hermiston
BfXC approves
salarv increase
A salary increase approxi
mately equal to the rise in the
cost of living was approved by
the Blue Mountain Communi
ty College Board of Education.
At its regular January
meeting, the board approved
economic agreements for both
faculty and support staff
personnel for the coming
school year.
The faculty agreement calls
for an increase of 8.5 per cent
on a base salary of $10,679,
plus an increase of $30 in
annual increments. Total in
crease for faculty members
comes to 9.6 per cent.
Negotiations centered on the
Portland area cost of living
index for the fiscal year
ending last June 30, showing a
rise of 9.3 per cent.
The agreement with the
support staff provides for a
salary increase of $50 a
month, or 10.8 per cerit.
The college board also
agreed to continue to pay the
full cost of health insurance
for both groups. Although an
increase in rates is expected,
Oregon YCC
Applications will be accept
ed Feb. 16-March 15 for about
350 jobs with the Youth Con
servation Corps (YCC) in
Oregon.
The continuing youth pro
gram is operated by indivi
dual states, U.S. Department
of the Interior, and the U.S.
Forest Service. Entering its
sixth year, the YCC is design
ed to provide employment
during the summer for per
sons at least 15 and not yet 19
years of age.
There is no restriction in the
YCC in regard to race or
economic background, but
applicants must have an
interest in the natural envi
ronment. Former enrollees
are not eligible for a second
year, but they are eligible for
youth leader positions.
Participants in the YCC. a
work-learn program, are in
troduced to environmental
problems, contribute to their
solutions and work with the
management and develop
ment of public lands.
In past years, the YCC has
completed projects involving
stream improvement, tree
thinning, range fencing, trail
clearing, and construction of
recreation facilities, among
others.
Young men and women
work side by side beginning
about the last week in June
and continuing eight weeks.
Persons interested in the
program may obtain more
information and applications
from high school counselors,
state employment offices, the
Governor's Commission on
Youth, or from National
Forest headquarters.
Last week was a beautiful
sunny week with cold nights.
The pussy willows are in bud.
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the exact amount is not yet
known.
In other business the board
told President Ron Daniels to
continue studies on the feasi
bility of establishing a two
year Associate Degree Nurs
ing program at BMCC. The
study is to include comments
from state educational and
medical authorities.
Bob Hawk, Dean of Applied
Sciences, told the board the
two-year nursing program
could be underway by Sep
tember 1977 if the 1976-77
school year is used as a
planning year. The new pro
gram would require two addi
tional full time instructors
before it can be approved by
the state, he added.
An opening class of 36-40
students could be admitted in
September 1977, with another
36-40 admitted the following
year. State guidelines call for
four full time instructors
during the first year and five
in subsequent years.
jobs open
In Oregon' Forest Service
camps are planned for the
Malheur, Ochoco, Mt. Hood.
Rogue River, Siuslaw. and
Umatilla National Forests.
Department of Interior camps
will be at the Malheur Wildlife
Refuge. Crater Lake National
Park, William L. Finley
Wildlife Refuge, and the
Horning Tree Nursery near
Colton. In addition, there will
be non-resident projects oper
ated by cities, counties and the
state.
Applications should be
mailed to the Governor's
Commission on Youth. 555 13th
St., N.E.. Salem 97310.
When using whipped butter
in place of regular butter
in recipes, um 13 to 12
more than the recipe call
for.
' la foreign countries, donl deal
with money changers in the
UMta. They may offer a good
tichaiujt, but their money may
be bad.
50 th Semi -Annual
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Ladies and Children's
Starling Thursday, Feb.5
Two pair o! nationally advertised women's or
girl's shoes for the price cf ONE PAIR!
Choose from such famous'names as
Miss Wonderful, Air Steps and Charm Steps
Other special prices on men's, boys' and
children's shots
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3, THE GAZETTE-TIMES. Heppner, OR, Thursday. Feb. 5, 1976
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Robert Henry Jr., Heppner
High School student, had news
this week about his great
grandfather, who is buried at
Arlington National Cemetery.
U.S. Representative Al Ull
man confirmed the heroism of
the Navajo scout who dis
tinguished himself in the
Apache Wars.
Ullman wrote: "Your great
grandfather Jeff King was
indeed a Navajo scout with the
U.S. Cavalry during the Apa
che Wars. He was a member
of the group of Navajo scouts
whose valor and courage are
memoralized by a stone arch
Undegrond lines
Columbia Basin Electric
Coop, is continuing to add
underground lines.
In three years the total
miles of underground line in
service has increased from 3
miles to 41.9 miles.
The local utility now pro
vides service to 3010 square
miles with 1289.9 miles of
"Heading for Beectser's"
lone, Oregon
Returning by popular request
LIVE MUSIC by DON HILL
Country Western
9-2 a.m.
Friday and Saturday
Special
Dinner Steaks
$2.95
6 - 9 p.m. only
OF SHOES
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ma
at Fort Wingate, New Mexico,
constructed in their honor.
He was later buried in
Arlington National Cemetery
at the time of his death in 1963.
in grave 35-1566. at the listed
age of 98.
"I wish to inform you that
the American Indian Society
in Washington. D.C.. has been
decorating Mr. King's grave
yearly, for the past five
years."
The great-grandson of the
famed Navajo scout is making
his home with the W.W.
Weatherfords while attending
school here.
installed
overhead line and 41.9 miles of
underground.
On long single phase rural
line extensions of little or no
rock digging the cast of
underground is about the
same or less than overhead.
This is not the case in town
areas, on short line extensions
or on three phase lines.
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