TWO The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 6, 1979
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow Ctuty's Bmm-0wmI Weekly Newspaper
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Published every Thursday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
at Heppner, Oregon aajler the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at
Heppner, Oregon.
Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone. (503 ) 676-9228.
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Oregon. 97836.
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Jerome F. Sheldon, Publisher
How's Our Economy ?
Housing starts and the real estate market
have been badly affected by the high cost of
borrowing money.
A Portland newspaper reported recently
that a lending institution there had laid off 40
loan officers. They had handled mainly
consumer loan applications. An executive
said the money wasn't available for
borrowers, and the loan officers were sitting
at their desks with nothing to do. In a similar
indication of current economic trends, a real
estate firm has closed several of its branch
offices in the suburbs of Portland.
The rippling effects spread out. In some
parts of the Pacific Northwest, lumber mills
have curtailed production or shut down
altogether.
Sometimes, one wonder how industries
and businesses are faring in Morrow County
where Kinzua Corporation's sawmill and
plywood plant represent an economic
mainstay.
As a privately held corporation, it doesn't
report on production, an executive said.
However, its output is sold widely throughout
the United States.
However, the community can take
comfort in listening to the life-rhythm of
industry here the regular traffic of logging
trucks through the town on their way to the
Kinzua Mill, where their loads are cold
decked for eventual processing into lumber.
The traffic starts as early as 6 a.m. and
proceeds all day. Whenever a person steps
: into a Main Street crosswalk, he usually must
: wait for the passing of a logging truck. The
giant tree trunks, trimmed of branches,
stacked three or four high, now are slightly
snow covered as they take the journey from
stands in the Umatilla National Forest or
from Kinzua 's own tree farms to the mill
yard.
As long as the logging-truck traffic
continues, the woes of the money market
seem far removed at least to a casual
observer in Heppner.
Editor's Notebook
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Newspapers frequently re
ceive classified advertising
insertions that offer terrific
job opportunities for those
that respond. One came re
cently with the heading,
"Earn $1,000 weekly!" It
purported to provide appli
cants information about jobs
on the "Alaskan-Canadian
Gas Pipeline." Persons were
to write to an address in
California.
So far as we are aware, the
pipeline that may eventually
carry natural gas from Alas
ka's Prudhoe Bay through
Canada to the American
Midwest and the Pacific Coast
is still something of a dream.
While a consortium of com
panies does have plans to
construct a pipeline, the
financing is yet to be arranged
and the award of contracts
would be months if not
years in the future.
We sent a copy of the ad that
came to our place to Gov. Jay
S. Hammond of Alaska. Last
week we received a reply from
Edmund S. Orbeck, Alaska's
commissioner of labor. He
says: "We have made a
continued effort to inform
people in the lower 48 states
that these job ads arejiothing
more than a rip-off... Mr.
Q 's firm will be visited by
the postal inspector in the
very near future."
The State of Alaska has
fought such advertising,
through whatever legal and
persuasive means it can,
because for years people
looking for high-paying con
struction jobs have landed in
Alaska without the means to
support themselves. The jobs
they sought either were non
existent or the hiring was
being done through local
unions. The newcomers, then,
became a burden on the
Alaskan relief rolls.
So the moral is that adver
tising offering high-paying
employment in Alaska, Au
stralia or other distant parts
of the world may well contain
the elements of fraud.
It is rather startling to be
awakened at 1:30 in the
morning by a telephone call
but this one was appreciated
it was the Morrow County
Sheriffs Office , letting us
know that one of the doors at
the Heppner Gazette-Times
had been found unlocked.
One of the duties of the
Heppner police patrol at
nighttime, is to check the
doors of business establish
ments. Sometimes, careless
ly, they have not been
secured. There is always the
danger there might be a
burglary in the making. An
unlocked door is like an
unlocked car an invitation to
trouble.
In any case, our thanks to
the Heppner Police and the
sheriffs dispatcher for keep
ing safe watch over the
community.
Sifting through the TIM
1929
Fifty years ago Morrow
County Schools had more
pupils than ever before. En
rollment in the elementary
schools was the largest as it
jumped 29 percent more than
the year before from 612 to
792. The high school enroll
ment only jumped two percent
from 272 to 278.
Heppner residents were
pushing for better roads as the
Lions Club was still pullingior
more improvements in the
Heppner-Spray road. The road
from Heppner to Pilot Rock
was also in the news as 13
Heppner businessmen at
tended a meeting in Pilot Rock
to show their interest in
improving the road. A joint
resolution was passed and was
to be presented to the state
highway commission urging
the resurfacing and oiling of 13
miles of the highway between
the two cities.
The Elks Club had its
memorial services in honor of
the departed comrades of the
organization.
Dean Goodman and R.L. '
Benge had trouble when they
returned from Portland along
the Columbia River highway.
Frost and a thin coating of ice
made driving conditions slip
pery and Goodman's car went
off the road onto a fill and
Benge's car skidded and
turnred around the opposite
direction facing oncoming
traffic. Neither driver was
hurt.
"What Anne Brought
Home" was the name of the
comedy-drama play that was
being put on by local resi
dents. The main theme of the
play was that Dudley, Anne's
husband, had a hard time
proving to everyone that his
fish farm was not a foolish
idea.
1954
Twenty-five years ago two
new X-ray units were given to
the Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal by Laxton McMurray.
. Administrator Jack Angell
said it was as good as any
equipment in the state. Mc
Murray was a former lone
rancher who had moved to
Salem. Each machine cost
$3,000.
The county school census
showed a slight drop in
attendance at most of the
county schools. Heppner was
down five students to 617,
Boardman had the largest loss
as the school lost 10 students
from the previous year and
had 157, and lone had the
largest gain up 17 to 202
students. The total was 1,376
compared to 1,420 the year
before.
The county courts made an
offer for the county to pur
chase the Paterson Ferry that
ran between Irrigon and
Boardman but the offer wa
refused. The owners wanted
to retire and get out of the
business. A bonding company
tentatively said it would okay
the offer but it changed its
mind. Instead the company
wanted to buy the ferry and
retire it so the people would
have to use the Umatilla
Bridge that was being built.
Residents in the county
wanted to keep the ferry
operating so the county was
trying to buy it for $200,000.
The Lundell family in lone
held a family reunion and 72
people attended.
1974
Five years ago the 25th
annual Farm-City Luncheon
was held at the Elks Club with
Republican State Representa
tive Stafford Hansell the main
speaker.
Delpha Jones was named
the acting chairman of the
newly formed Morrow County
Historical Society.
Dr. Stan Bezek came to
Heppner from Denver to see if
he wanted to start a practice
here. He said he was "im-
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Heppner Gazette-Times invites letters for
publication. They should concern matters of general interest.
They must be non-libelous in nature and in good taste.
Preferably, letters should be typed, double-spaced, on one
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may be published and their appearance in these columns
does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.
Many interesting talks
before Humane Society
The President Listens
The White House does pay attention to its
mail, as the following letter indicates. It is the
government's acknowledgment of a "public
opinion" wire sent by the Heppner Gazette
Times's owners to the White House
expressing their support, "as neither
Democrats nor Republicans," of President
Jimmy Carter in the Iranian crisis.
The White House receives tens of
thousands of letters and telegrams, particu
larly in times of trouble. It is interesting to
note that they are sorted out, and answers
prepared and sent. Incidentally, if one's
thought can be expressed in 15 words or less,
Western Union's "public opinion" service is a
quick and economic way of placing one's
views before the President or any other
public servant.
Editor:
To people interested in
humane work, I would like to
report my attendance at the
25th annual meeting of the
Many men at Valby
deserve plaudits
Editor:
I appreciate the glowing and
almost heroic description of ,
how I single-handedly saved
Rita Sumner's shed from
burning when her house
burned down. But it wasn't
quite that way. Any accolades
should go to the men of the
Valby congregation who
worked as a team to help save
the shed. I was only a small
part of the effort. But thanks
anyway!
John S. Maas
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, D.C. 20520
November 21, 1979
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Sheldon
165 West Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon:
Thank you for your communication to President Carter
concerning the grave situation in Iran-
Since the first vord came that our Embassy in Tehran
had been seized, the president, aided by his senior ad
visors, has been directing the efforts of our government to
secure the safe release of the Americans held hostage there.
We have been assured repeatedly that those being held
will not be harmed. We expect no less.
We welcome the release of some of the Americans who had
been held in the Embassy in Tehran. We are thankful the
ordeal is over for them and that they may soon be reunited
with their families. We stroncrlv urae that- th authorities
in Iran now move to secure the safe release of all those
still being held. Their ordeal is not over.
The situation is extremely difficult and delicate. The
efforts we are pursuing cannot always be exposed to the
glare of publicity. You can be sure, however, that we are
pursuing every avenue open to us to secure the release of
all the hostages. Our actions will continue to be guided by
that overriding objective.
The Administration welcomes and appreciates the
restraint that has been shown by the American people. As
the President has said, "We must continue to exhibit such
constraint despite the intensity of our emotions. The lives
of our people in Iran are at stake."
Sincerely,
HJL (i
Hoddingcart
Carter III
Assistant Secretary
fot Public Affairs and
Department Spokesman
Humane Society of the United
States (Humaneness in Ac
tion, a Heritage for the
Future) held in Orlando, Flor
ida, Nov. 7-10. It was most
exciting and inspiring.
Many interesting speeches
were given by President John
A. Hoyt, Dr. Amy Freeman
Lee, Coleman Burke, Donald
Coburn, Roger Caras, Ber
nard E. Rollin, Ph.D., Dr.
Michael Fox, and R.J. Hop
kins, executive director of the
Royal Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. Many
workshops of all kinds were
held in the afternoon sessions.
The Society now has seven
regional offices covering 36
states. It also has an office in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a Hu
mane Education and Nature
Center in East Haddam,
Connecticut, and an active
branch in New Jersey.
Through the years, mater
ials and publications were
developed on virtually every
issue and have grown to a
point where a multi-page
order form is needed to list the
more than 100 publications
currently available.
Anti-trapping continues to
be a major thrust of the
Humane Society of the United
States. They are supporting
Rep. James J. Florio's legisla
ture, H.R. 1297, to ban the
leg-hold traps. From its incep
tion the society has carried
forward an aggressive investi
gation program. In addition to
the extensive work done
uncovering cruelties in labor
atories and slaughterhouses,
the society investigators have
worked tirelessly to stop the
mistreatment of horses and
cattle at rodeo events, bar
baric and illegal dog and cock
fights, the soring of Tennessee
Walking horses to accelerate
the refinement of their fancy
gait, the staging of "bloodless
bullfights," cruel "coon-on-a-log"
contests, and their var
iations; the inhumane rais
ing, transportation and con
finement of food animals, the
abuses of animals used in
science education, the need
less and cruel killing of wild
horses, greyhound coursing
and other such evils.
The promotion of humane
- education has been a funda
mental Humane Society of the
United States focus of pro
graming from the founding of
the organization. Anyone
wishing information or mater
ial could write to Humane
Society of the United States,
2100 L St. N.W., Washington
D.C. 20037.
Lois Winchester
Heppner, Orepon
Labor union sponsors award
competition for students
pressed" but that he would not
start a practice unless another
doctor came to Heppnef too.
The Heppner Common
Council discussed the possibi
lity of having parallel parking
n Main Street but the issue
died on the floor when no one
made a motion to vote on it.
The main opposition came
from the merchants who said
parallel parking would cut the
number of spaces down by
one-half. Police Chief Dean
Gilman said the parking
should be changed because the
present conditions are danger
ous. Mayor Jerry Sweeney
said "Many of the people in
Heppner are not used to
walking a block to the store."
The Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Com
merce nominated Harold
Kerf, Don Cole, Ray Boyce
and Marshall Lovgren to
serve two-year terms as the
board of directors.
Oregon high school seniors
may compete in a written
examination sponsored by the
AFL-CIO that tests their
awareness of labor and indus
trial affairs.
The contest will be adminis
tered at participating high
schools on Monday, March 10,
1980. A total of $3,900 in
scholarship awards will be
given.
The program is dedicated to
May Darling, longtime social
studies teacher at Washington
High School in Portland.
Students interested in compet
ing may inquire from the high
school counselors.
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