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0 LIBRARY U OF 0 EUQENE. ORE. eppnet Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 12, 1953 70th Year, Number 35 Copies 10 cents allle 0 c 2d Scho election GOVERNOR PATTERSON visits night's banquet given in his honor at the Heppner American Legion hall. Shown with him ore left to right, state representative Allen Tom, ccuntv ludcre Garnet Bariatt, the Governor and J. O. Turner, mayor of Heppner. . jf g- nn I Nj -ii .in in - n r i. KIDS WEREN'T FORGOTTEN in the handshaking and talking that took place after the dinner. Here Governor Patterson is talking with Billy Monahan, left and Eddie Groshens (back to camera) while former state representative Henry Peterson, lone listens in on the conversation. The Governor spoke at a special assembly at the Heppner school the following morning. (GT Photos) Individual's Part in Government Stressed in Governor's Monday Talk "Americanism" was the theme of an address given by Governor Paul L. Patterson Monday night at a special meet-the-governor dinner held at the Heppner Ameri can Legion hall. Nearly 175 per sons from all sections of the county attended the banquet. Emphasizing the part each per son must play in government, Gov. Patterson said, "If we wait for others, . . . and let the state do things for us, aren't we sub scribing to the other tphilosophy," in referring to the meaning of democracy and how it works. He said that the basis of this country is that all men are created equal, which in effect, means that each one must do his part in govern ment. Patterson used -the state ment in explaining that within the short period of 60 days he was moved from the life of a private citizen, into the office of gover nor of Oregon and within that short time sat on a platform in Washington D. C. with men who were trying to find the answer to some of the nation's top prob lems. Governor Patterson praised Conrad Adenauer, West German governor, as a friend of this country and stated that his re cent statements preaching the story of America took more poli tical courage than anything he had ever seen. The dinner at which Patterson spoke was sponsored by the Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce and was presided over by chamber president Rob ert Penland and state representa tive Allen Tom who acted as master of ceremonies Many persons from all sections of the county were present in.pi'i'" ' w,i""k"1' eluding Mr. and Mrs. Omar Riet-I . .v ;". report that dona mann. mayor of lone, Mayor and"0"8 of clothing and other arti Mrs. William Garner, Boardman, r,ps' whl?h ar exceeded that for and Mr. and Mrs. Don Campbell W previous sale, explain its ft. who renresented the city of Lex-inan(,al success' ineton. Guests from Pendleton! included judge William W. Wells and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Forrester He is editor of the East Oregon-1 ian. Also a guest at the banquet was boxed for the Women's So was Mrs. Louise Humphreys, ciety of the Christian church to Portland, of the Oregon Business 'use in their missionary work. 4-H CLUB MEMBERS RECEIVE PINS AT HEPPNER AND IRRIGON PARTIES Fifty-seven local leaders pre" work behind her will be present sented pins and cards to club ed with the gold leadership pin members completing their 1953 upon completion of her tenth projects at Achievement Parties year as leader in 1954. held Friday and Saturday even-j Presentation of special awards ings at Heppner and Irrigon. and introduction of guests who Sixty-eight first year, sixty-six were made up of friends of 4-H second year, twenty-eight third contributing to the 4-H club pro year, thirty-five fourth year,!gram during the past year were seventeen, Tifth year, eight sixth ' presented. Recreation followed year, seven seventh year, five b0th parties. eighth vear, and two nineth year; n club members were recognized p . i; nyteA TQ for their achievements. j rUEIIC I nyiiea IO Attending to see these dub yechn!CO!or MOVie mnmhpr he recocnized for a successful club year were 220 per-1 The public is invited to attend sons at Heppner, and 160 at the the technicolor movie 'The Win Irrigon Achievement Party.! dow in the Sky" at the Episcopal Twenty-three first year leadersj church Parish hall Sunday at 7 15 second year leaders, six third p. m. given under the auspices of year leaders, five fourth year the Church School and the Y. P. F. leaders two fifth year, threel Called one of the most beauti sixth year, one seventh year, onej ful films of the year by the eighth year, and two ninth year 'motion picture industry, the film leaders were recognized. Ruth j depicts christian work among the McCabe with nine years of club! Navajo Indians. with local officials after Monday and Tax Research, who was in Heppner to appear on Tuesday's county taxpayer's meeting. Governor Patterson was intro duced by J. O. Turner, mayor of Heppner. Gov. and Mrs. Patterson stayed overnight in Heppner and he ap peared Tuesday morning as open ing speaker at the taxpayer's meeting. They left in mid-morning for Condon where the Gover nor was to speak at a noon luncheon. - ,--,. ; o WSC Stock Judging Team Rates High at San Francisco Show The Washington State College livestock judging team, and Ronald Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Markham Baker, lone, a member of the team, placed well up in judging competition re cently at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The group placed third in team judging, and Baker won second position in the indi vidual judging. The San Francisco show was held during the week of Oct. 30 and for a few days prior to that the team had spent several days at the Baker ranch practic ing their work on Morrow county cattle. Rummage Sale Nets $3UU tO Kindergarten Over $300 was netted at the Rummage Sale held last week by the Jay Cee-ettes. Proceeds of this sale as for the past six sales, will be cd equipment and Unsold high quality clothing is i being stored for the next sale, 'which will be next April or May. The remainder of the clothing Assessment Plans Criticized at Tax Conference Day-Long Program Attracts Good Crowd Though taxes may not be the most enjoyable subject for dis cussion, it apparently is a popu lar one in Morrow county as nearly 125 persons turned out on Tuesday to attend the first county taxpayer's meeting ever held in Morrow county. It was sponsored by the county court and held in the high school audi - torium. Governor Paul Patterson open- ed the meeting at 10 a. m. by telling how greatly the costs of state government had increased during the past few years. He explained the reason for the great jump in cost by saying that the people have said they want the government to do the things it now does, and that government will continue to do them if the people want to pay for them. Patterson said that he looks for no great deficit at the end of the current biennium, but warned that by 1955 the current cushion of income tax surplus will be used up which will mean that if state spending continues at its present rate additional money must be found and the only method presently available is to revert to a state property tax. Following the governor's talk, Sam McMillan, a member of the county equalization board open ed the local part of the program with a talk entitled 'The Tax payer's Dilemma," in which he stated that he believed assessed valuations in the county could be raised. He also said he felt that lands should be assessed on' a more realistic basis according to what they will produce. Schools Discussed The part school taxes play inicannot raise all the food they the overall tax pattern was point- need, they cannot understand ed out by Milton Morgan, chair- man of the county rural school board and Leslie Grant, county superintendent who explained that they take 56 percent of the total taxes raised within the county. It was also pointed out that if there was no basic school support funds from the state, it would cost local taxpayers about an additional 7 mills tax. The problems faced by cities was -discussed by J. O. Turner, mayor of Heppner and during the afternoon sessions D. W. Davis, Umatilla county assessor told the group that the personal property tax law in Oregon is badly in need of revision. He explained the deficiency in the law by stat ing that a business man pays his pnArlo n v rn Mo In. iventory and holdings as of Janu ary 1, and even should he suffer complete loss by fire or other ais- aster on January 2, he must pay a full year's tax. Appraisals, evaluation and ratios came in for discussion by two state tax commission engi- neers, Robert S. Oslund and James B. Manning, who explained the i purposes and duties of the state tax commission and how it was trying to equalize valuations in all counties. Oslund stated that the property tax assessment rolls are the weakest spots in the state tax system due to the many vary ing sysems in use in the various counties. Under the assessment division of the afternoon discussion, Alex Currie, Gilliam county assessor told of the new appraisal system nut intn effect in that county whereby the people themselves make the appraisals on lands. County commissioner Ralph Thompson presented a chart il - lustrating the breakdown of Singer discussed spies and county-collected taxes which traitors and '.The Men in the Tro showed 58.6 percent going forjjan Horse". Born of Czech par schools, 35 percent for all county jents, he has lived in eight differ nurposes. 4 percent to cities and pnt countries and is now a na- 2 4 neroent for all other county functions such as rodent control, states. A former intelligence of etc. fleer, Singer knows the intrigues The difference in percentages and counter espionage activities In Thompson's chart and those in several countries, presented earlier during the"! A lecturer, writer and foreign school session was explained by i correspondent. Singer is now a the commissioner as being due to j member of the Speakers Research a few special school building 'Committee for the United Na levies which were not included in Itions. He is appearing here the figures used by the rural jthrough the sponsorship of The school board. j National Assemblies of Los Ange- The county road program and'ies. the accomplishments of this de partment of county government was explained in detail by county judge Garnet Barratt who also presided over the' day's pro Continued on Page 8 l?,li:?0ra'"e Forest Service men from Heppner division of the Umat National Forest fought their largest forest fire of the season last Tuesday, Nov. 10. The blaze, which started from an unknown cause, covered near ly 10 acres of slash and virgin1 timber in the Stahl canyon areajto meet the state Community of the Blue mountains near Camp i chest or United Fund needs this 5. Four men from the Heppner! year, it was decided Tuesday office worked the entire day to 'night at a meeting of the county corral the flames, warden Waynejchest committee held at the West reported. Their efforts were handicapped by a strong wind which at times reached 25 miles an hour. Another fire was reported Tues- j day night to be burning on a ridge south east of the junction of Chapin and Rock creeks above Hardman. It was on private land and no information on its ex tent is available. o i Grain Growers Hear Farm Needs; Elect Officers "Farmers should exert more pressure in making their needs and wishes known to their con gressmen," H. D. Rolph, Portland, vice president of the National Farmers Union with headquar ters in Denver, said at the annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers held at the lone Grange hall Monday. More organization and writing to congressman are among the methods farmers could accomp lish this end, Rolph added. As a delegate to the International Far mer's Conference in Rome, Italy, last summer, he stated that for eigners are well formed on farm activities in the United States and confused by the di vergent farm policies in this country. Since these countries production restrictions in the United States. The annual report was given ain GrQwe Lloyd ,Iowtoni president of the board, presided over the all-day session. The financing of cooperatives and a review of the history of the Morrow County Grain Growers was presented in a talk by E. B. Schultz, Spokane, vice president of the Spokane Bank for Cooper atives, at the noon luncheon. The lunch was served by the ladies of the H. E. C. of the lone Grange to over 100 persons attending the meeting. An open forum on weight scales was led by Mr. Monroe of Portland in the afternoon. Lewis Halvorsen, lone, was elected as a director for a two- year term. Directors re-eiecieu i were Aifred Nelson, Jr. and John, 'Graves, Lexington, and Paul pr0wn. Hennner. Associate direc- tors elected were James Lindsay, ione; Archie Munkers and Irvin KalK.n Lexington; and Paul Jones anci Laurence Beckett, Heppner. Re-elected as associate directors were Elmer Palmer and Kenneth reck, Lexington. Other Directors for the remaining term are Lloyd Howton, president; John Graves, vice president, and Paul Brown, secretary. Espionage Expert Speaks at Schools One of the nation's most fam ous exoerts on espionage, Kurt Singer, spoke at the Heppner High school assembly this Thursday : morning and will talk at the lone lHigh School tomorrow. turalized citizen of the United Mrs. Mattie Green had as her house guest, Mrs. Lola Osborne of Portland, president of Rebe kah Assembly, during her recent stay in Heppner. Community Chest sGoal Lowered, Drive Date Set Morrow county citizens will be asked for only enough donations .court house. The decision to not ask for any local money was made by the group when it was pointed out that the county Community Chest fund still contained over $1,000 carried over from last year, and it was felt that it would be un necessary to have a larger bal ance. As a consequence, the goal for the county drive, which is scheduled to run from Nov. 23 through 28, will be only $1906. only slightly more than half of what was raised in last year's drive. All county funds still contain ample money to meet anticipa ted needs for the coming year, officers felt, with the exception of the Irrigon local fund, and it was voted to transfer $75 from the county emergency fund to Irrigon for use in that commun ity. New officers who will serve for the coming year are Garland Swanson, president; Dewey West, vice president; Mrs. Faye Ruhl, secretary and Robert Ferrell, treasurer. Local drive chairmen will be picked within the next few days and will be announced next week.officers said. All the usual agencies and or ganizations will be supplied from the local fund carryover with the exception of the Boy Scouts, who dropped out of the Chest this year and recently completed their own fund-raising campaign. W. V. Fisher Rites Held Here Monday Graveside services for William Virgil Fisher, 70, were held Mon day, November 9, at the Heppner Masonic cemetery with the I. O. O. F. lodge in charge. Mr. Fisher, who died November 3, came here about six years ago and had worked as a custodian in the bank building. He is survived by his wife, Iris, Heppner; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Cook, Blue Springs, Mo.; three brothers, Guy and Earl Fisher of Independence and Vern Fisher of Spray; and one niece. Madge F. Huff, Kansas City, Mo. Phelps Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. o Training Course For S. S. Teachers Here A workshop for Sunday school teachers will be held Friday at 7:30 p. m. at the Episcopal Parish house with Miss Hazel Morrison of John Day as instructor. Sunday school teachers from all the churches and others interested are invited to attend. The instruction will include audio visual teachers aids, hand crafts and a training film. Miss Morrison is from the Eastern Ore gon Diocese headquarters. o In recent letters received from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ferguson, who are visiting their daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelly in Washington D. C, they have been to New York, Boston and other eastern cities. ni TV- C '71 ' Iff ') 1 " W if IFYE DELEGATES Renan Arteaga, Ecuador left and Mikhail Kho urv, Svria, qet together for a short talk Friday night after the 4-H Achievement party at the Heppner Fair pavilion where they were guests. Arteaga will remain in Morrow county for a few more day before leaving for Mississippi, and Khoury returned to CorvallU the first of the week George-Dick, Now Ovned Property to be Voted on by People Voters of school district No. 1 will be given another opportunity to express their opinion on the site for a new grade school it was decided by the school board on Tuesday night, and the location they selected upon which to ask for the vote will be-the George Dick property in connection with the presently owned corner im mediately north of the present school building. The motion to ask for the elec tion, at a date to be announced later, came after much discus sion 'was held on the site evalu ation report recently made by A. L. Beck, school building consult ant from the state board of edu cation. The report gave a rating on six possible sites in or near Heppner. The decision to delay the time for the special election was made to allow superinten dent II. C. Reed time to obtain cost figures on the various sites covered in the report. Beck's report gave a detailed breakdown of the good and bad points of the six sites from edu- R. E. A. Annual Meeting Set The annual meeting of the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op will start at 9:30 a. m. Saturday, November 14, at the Fair Pavilion in Heppner and close in time for the lone and Union district foot ball game, E. H. Collison, mana ger, announced today. Feature speakers at the meet ing Will be Owen Hurd, Prosser, Wash., nast president of the Northwest Public Power Assoc! a tion who will discuss the pro nosed Hell's Canyon dam, and Charles Baker, Walla Walla, manager of the Pacific Supply, who will talk on the full develop ment of the Columbia River. Election of three directors for 3-yeat terms will be held. Nomi nees are O. E. Peterson, incum hent. and Henry Peterson, lone; John Hanna, incumbent, and Ger ald Swaggart, Heppner; Walter Jaeger, incumbent, and Bill Rat tray, Condon. Other directors are Kenneth Smouse, lone; W. D. Hardie, Con don; Lee Pettyjohn, Arlington; Jack Hynd, Jr., Cecil, and Virgil Wolphern, Blalock. Election of officers will also be held. Present officers are Ken neth Smouse, president; W. D. Hardie, vice president, and O. E. Peterson, secretary -treasurer. The report and a business meet ing are scheduled. The ladles of the Rhea Creek Grange will serve lunch at noon. The public is cordially invited to attend, whether or not theyithe length of time necessary to are members of the cooperative, lget the figures and the facts that Collison said. Tax Deadline is Extended to Monday The Morrow county sheriff's of- fice said today that taxpayers will have until Monday, Nov. 16 to pay their taxes and still take advantage of the 3 percent dis count. The deadline falls on Sunday and as usual, the office is allowing one day of grace. The office wi!l be open only until noon on Saturday. T Fnoio) catlonal standards and each was rated according to total points. No consideration was given to the cost of acquiring any of the lo cations nor to the expense of de veloping them, and It was for this reason that the board agreed to wait until such figures are avail able for the public, to call for the vote. Hospital Hill First The site behind the hospital, commonly known as the hospital hill site, was rated first choice In the Beck report with a total of 88 points out of a possible 100. The George-Dick land, upon which the board will ask voter's approval rated third In the re port, though the point spread was narrow. Following Is the order in which the report rated the loca tions and their report rating: 1st Hospital hill, 88 points. 2nd Parker property, 86 points. 3rd George -Dick, 80 points. 4th Cox -Anderson, 76 points. 5th Tum-A-Lum Lumber Com pany and present city park land, 71 points. 6th Peterson property on Hin- ton creek above the fair grounds, 68 points. The presently owned property north of the school, upon which ' it had been originally planned to build the building, was not con sidered by itself as a site due to its small size, the report Indi cated, and it was because of this that the board decided to ask for approval of it to be used In con nection with the George-Dlck land. If this property Is to be used as a site for any type of building, it must approved by the voters for that purpose according to state school laws governing the operation of second class dis tricts. Though the property was purchased several years ago by the board, the voters have never officially approved It. The Parker property rated In the Beck report is the Frank S. Parker land Just outside the city limits below town. Cost Figures Due As in past board meetings, considerable time was taken with the discussion of the question of whether it would be more eco nomical to build a new building adjacent to the present school plant, or on a location separated from it, and it was pointed out by several persons that until cost estimates on all sites were avail able, the public would have no way of knowing which location was best, both from the educa tional and the cost standpoint. At the end of this discussion the board voted to get the cost fig ures on four of the sites covered in the report. Those will be the George-Dlck, Hospital hill, Cox Anderson and the Tum-A-Lum sites. The other two were elimi nated from consideration, due to they weren't considered serious ly by the board as desirable lo cations. The George-Dlck property on which the people will vote, along with now-owned adjacent pro neTtv. is land owned bv Kemp D(ck and w Q Georf,e. It lies immediately north of the present school land but is across Hinton creek from it. Another action taken during the meeting was to immediately make or buy some temporary school crossing signs to be placed along Gale street near the three churches now being used for school class rooms. Complaints were heard that heavy traffic and speeding cars on that street made it hazardous for the small child ren attending school at those locations. Nearly 40 persons, Including board members, attended the meeting. o P-TA Slates Echo Woman as Speaker The regular monthly meeting of the Heppner Parent-Teachers association will be held Wednes day, Nov. 17 at 8 p. m. at the school, It was announced today. Mrs. Blaine Isom, Echo, and a former Heppner resident, who Is a member of the state P-TA will be the speaker of the evening, Oliver Creswick, program chair man said. Her topic was not announced. Hosteses in charge of refresh ments will be Mrs. M. E. Ruhl and Mrs. Darrel Hudson,