Cruisers Figuring
Sustained Yield in
Heppner Forest Area
To give timber companies oper
ating in the Helppner area of the
Umatilla National forest an esti
mate of annual cutting available to
them under the sustained yield
plan, cruisers have been working
south of this city for the past two
weeks cecking thja merchantable
timber. Fred Matz, of the lumber
divsion of the National Forest ser
vice is here from the regional of
fice at Portland and with the as
sistance of Bert Bleakman is cov
ering the region from whence the
Kinzua Pine Mills company is
drawing and will draw its supply.
Prior to the war the mills could
figure quite accurately the length
of their operations in the pine belts
but since war demands have speed
ed up cutting there is more or less
uncertainty about postwar supplies,
forest officials point out. The gov
ernment is taking the best timber
and just where the demand will
stop or decrease materially is as
yet unforseen. One promising fac
tor is seen in the use of other
timber, inferior to pine but quite
acceptable to the trade. This is in
evidence locally and is affording
some relief to the lumber drouth
which civilians have felt for many
months.
Over to the east end of the Hep
pner district, Boyd Rasmussen
from the Pendleton forest office
and Orville Smith, manager of the
Heppner Lumber company have
been making a survey of the com
pany's holdings and government
timber in the vicinity in order to
determine what the USFS can
grant the mill concern to help ex
tend the cutting of the local plant.
Heppner Gazette Times, November 23, 19445
CHILDREN COMING HOME
The C. N. Jones home will be the
scene of a family reunion this week
end. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gray
beal and baby are driving up from
Eugene for Thanksgiving. The are
accompanied by another daughter,
Loma Mae Jones who is attending
the Eugene Bible school. On Fri
day their soldier son, Sgt. Charles
Marvel Jones and his bride will ar
rive from Camp Chaffee, Ark.
GUESTS AT GAMMELLS
Mrs. John DeMoss is expected to
be at home for the. week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Gammell. Vada' attended a special
ist school after going to Portland
and is now a long distance tele
phone operator in Portland.. She
will likely be accompanied by her
brother Floyd and fiamily from
Eugene. -
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BAZAAR ANNOUNCED '
Ladies of All . Saints Episcopal
church have announced the date of
their annual bazaar. Beginning at 2
p. m. Dlec. 2, in the parish house
they will offer a variety of articles
for slale, cooked foods, aprons and
hand work. Tea will be served dur
ing the afternoon. Come and take
care of your Christmas worries at
the Episcopal parish house Dec. 2. '
THANKSGIVINGGUESTS
Mr. and Mrs. James Cowins are
entertaining their on-in-law and
daughter, T. Sgt and Mrs. W. R.
McNeill. Sgt McNeill is at home
for a few days furlough from Moun-,
tain Home. Ida.
Normandy Invasion
Continued from First Page
was involved an incredible number
of surface craft. I have never seen,
on a scale even remotely compar
able, as many ships las we used in
this assault. I have seen ships at
many Grandreiews, but they
were as the proverbial drop in the
buckfet! Needl I mention the fact
that this pending impact of their
cargo (acted as a shot in the arm
to us about to close with the self
asserted "master race"? We realiz
ed with an indescribably stark, all-out-clear-cut
certainty that Hitler
was about to get one H of a
kick in the belly We needed no
added incentive, to be sure; Amer
icans knew what they had at stake,
but the injection of such abundant
confidence in our might served to
help us over thoe last doubtful
hurdles.
Our entry through mine-sown
coastal waters was a painstaking,
tortuous affair. We were on our
last phase preparatory to situating
safely in our predesignated target
area. Nerves were drawn ever so
tightly as our progress through, the
mine-field was indicated by chan
nel buoys. Our. skipper, Captain
Richards, had said in his address
to the crew, wishing us Godspeed,
that he would put us in position
to fight, and he did just that We
were moving through darkest pre
dawn hours and on a schedule of
minute exactitude. It proved a
dangerous phase, well carried!
through, and at the swfit approach
of H-hour wb were settling into
position and had our wraps off
pending the sound of the bell: "to
action!"
ON BUYING TRIP
Mrs. Agnes Curran is spending
H& week in Portland attending
a buyers' market. She left Sun
day for the city.
Pfc Cleave Vinton Howell is vis
iting relatives for a few days com
ing from Camp White for a fur
lough. He will stop a day or so
in Portland on nis return to south
ern Oregon.
GOES TO MILTON
Mrs. . Percy Hughes returned! to
Milton Tuesday with her daughter,
Mrs. Lawrence Lutcher. Mrs. Hugh
es hfes rented an apartment for the
winter and will be there most of
the time for a few months.
PARTY DANCE
Saturday Night, Nov. 25
Elks and Their Ladies Only
Music by
"Kids About Town"
Dancing at 10 o'clock .
ANNOUNCING
Change in Ownership of
Heppner- lone - Portland
Freight Line
This freight line will continue to serve
Morrow county and we solicit your
patronage.
J. E. Sutherland
Phone orders to LaVerne Van Marter
152 or 1442 -Heppner
or Phone 60, Pilot Rock, Ore.
The high cost
of living
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The low price
of electricity
LoOK AT THE COST OF LIVING up 25.4 since 1939
Then look at the average kilowatt-hour price of P.P.&L. electric-
itydown 21 for residential service during the same period!
Part of this reduction in the average cost of electricity is due
to increased use of electrical helpers, which automatically moves
users into the lower steps of our progressive rate schedules. But
even more important have been the three rate reductions and
the two "rate dividends" received by our customers in the past
five years.
These forward steps have cut the average price we get for
residential electric service from 2.36 cents per kilowatt-hour in
1939 to only 1.86 cents at the present time.
And compared with 15 years ago, the average home served by
P.P.&L. is now using about twice as much electricity at no
more cost.
The actual record of steady reduction in the cost of your electric
service is your assurance of continued better value in the future.
Figurt from U.S. Burtau of Ltbor StathtUs.
Pacific Power & Light Company
Your Business-Managed Power System