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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, April 20, 1950
Volume 67, Number 5
Consolidation Of
School Districts
To Be Voted Upon
Election Called
For May to Decide
Important Matter
Voters of school districts 2, 3,
23, 24, 41 and 42 will vote May
2 on whether or not to consoli
date with district No. 1, known
as the Heppner district. At the
same time the voters of district
No. 1 will vote on whether or not
to uccept these districts.
School authorities feel that It
is imperative that this measure
be carried, both from a financial
and an educational standpoint.
Heppner has for several years
educated not only the children
of its own district but those
from the surrounding territory as
well. As time has gone on the
system has become excessively
crowded. The time is now here
where there is but one solution
the district must build an
elementary school.
Until two years ago the asses
sed valuation of school district
No. 1 was but slightly In excess
of one million dollars. Since a
school district may not bond
itself to exceed 10 per cent of
its assessed valuation it would
have been Impossible for district
No. 1 to bond itself for enough
to build.
Two years ago districts No. 6,
11, 15, 31, 34 and 49 consolidated
with the Heppner district. This
raised the assessed valuation
until it is now approximately
$2,700,000. The inclusion of all
the districts which have petition
ed for consolidation will place
this valuation at approximately
$4,800,000. This will make school
district No. 1 one of the largest
and richest in the state.
With such a figure for a tax
base, improvements may be
made in the local system with
out excessive cost to anyone. AH
voters In all the districts con
cerned are being urged to vote
"yes" for the consolidation.
Good House Greets
Bands in Annual
Spring Concert
A good house greeted the mu
sic department of the Heppner
schools Wednesday evening in
the presentation of the annual
band concert under the direction
of Robert Collins, music instruc
tor. The program was participat
ed In by both the Junior and,
senior bands.
Made up of studynts from the!
fourth through the seventh grades
with more than half of them, 24
to be exact, starting as begin
ners during the current school
year, the junior band presented;
the following numbers: Rosebud, I
waltz; Magdelin, waltz; Hum!
Tune; Vasil, waltz; Dutch Choral;
Lillian, waltz; Phil and Dot,)
march, and Hermlna, waltz. The!
personnel includes Kdith Morris '
Larry Lindsay. Jay Sumner. Ida !
Sue Stratton, Marcia Miller, Judy
Collins, Jim MeCllntock, Dolores
Easter, Stephen Green, Jay Me
Cllntock, Melvin Olson, Paul
Stout, Nancy Davis, Francis
Slocum, Barbara Warren, Peggy
Wightman, Paul Becket, Sandra
Whllloek, Jack Monagle, Kred
Lynch, LenRay Schwa rz, Alice
Peterson, Dixie McAllister, Doc
Bailey, Judy Barger, Jack Sher
man, Christine Swaggart, Pat
McDonald, Arthur Mahan, David
Reeves, Gale MeCllntock, Joan
Brosnan, Dean Connor, Forrest
Burkenblnc, Bob Grabill, Edward
Brosnan, Susan Mishler, Pat
Wright, Charles Bailey, Marvin
Wightman, Roberta Hannan.
The senior band gave 11 1
numbers, four of them to be I
played in the eastern Oregon
district competition festival in
La Grande tomorrow and Satur-j
day. The numbers were His Honor
march, contest number; Aurora
Overture; The Desert Song;
Bouree contest number, clari
net quartet: Lynda Borman, Jim
Hayes, Sharon Becket, Sandra
Lanham; Fughetta; When Day
Is Done; Cracker Jacks contest
number, cornet trio: Skip Ruhl,
Jerry Dougherty, David Cox,
Eleanor Rice accompanist;
Komm Susser Tod; Time Out for
a Jam Session; Rondo from the
Suite No. 2 in B minor, clarinet
quartet: Jim Smith, Joanne
Rothwell, Marjorle I'lerson, Lynda
Borman (contest number); Vic
tor Herbert Favorites, selection;
Panls Angellcus, and The Trav
eller Overture, contest numbers,
and Hall of Fame, march.
Senior band personnel: Terry
Thompson, Edith Morris, Jim
Smith, Joanne Bothwell, Betty
Graves, Jim Hayes, Francine
Ilisler, Marjorle Plorson, Verne
Bell, Mary Ann Jensen, Sharon
Becket, Lynda Bormnn, Sandra
Lanham, Colleen Connor, Jack
Yoager, Roger Palmer, Clara
Whllloek, David Cox, Jerry
Dougherty, Darlene Connor, Nor-
Many Guests From
Neighbor Lodges
Attend OES Party
Friday evening was friendship
night at Ruth chapter No. 32,
Order of the Eastern Star and
many guests were present from
neighboring chapters in Morrow,
Umatilla, Gilliam and Sherman
counties, with Hermiston carry
ing off the honors for largest
number present.
It was a busy night for the
host chapter, what with enter
tainlng so many guests and giv
Ing two candidates the degrees
of the order. Mr. and Mrs. Ander.
son Hayes were the candidates
and it was the privilege of James
Hayes to give the worthy pa
tron's work to his brother and
sister-in-law.
lone was repiesented by Mrs.
W. R. Went worth, worthy matron,
Mrs. James Lindsey, Mrs. Sam
McMillan, Mrs. William Seehafer
and Mrs. Walter Corley.
Entertainment features of the
evening included solos by Mrs.
C. C. Dunham and numbers by
ladles sextet, personnel of
which included Mrs. Tom Wells,
Mrs. Virginia Cochell, Mrs. Chas.
Ruggles, Mrs. C. C. Carmlchael,
Mrs. E. O. Ferguson and Mrs.
Merle Becket.
Heading the delegation from
Hermiston was Mrs. Rachel Jack,
son who is this year Grand
Warder. lso coming in an offi
cial capacity were Mrs. Bessie
Humphreys, worthy matron and
J. J. Gimbel, worthy patron of
Queen Esther chapter No. 101.
Some 30 other members of the
chapter were included in the
guest list.
Bushee chapter No. 19, Pendle
ton was represented by Mrs. Lola
Buchanan, worthy matron and
Shirley Hevel, worthy patron.
Condon chapter No. 23 was
represented by Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Jackson, worthy patron
and worthy matron, respectively,
and Maryanne Jameson.
Visitors coming from the great
est distance were Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Ruggles and Mrs. Hildred
Zell of Anna Fulton chapter No.
124, Wasco. Mr. Ruggles is the
father of Charles Ruggles of
Heppner. Mrs. Zell is president of
the East Central Oregon Associ
ation of the Eastern Star.
Rainbow mother advisers in
attendance were Mrs. Mary Sether
of Southgate chapter No. 190, Se
attle, who was in the county on
a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bartholomew and her
sister's family, the Marion
Finch's; and Maryanne Jameson
of Condon.
Refreshments were served to
the assemblage of 115 lodge
people after the evening's pro
gram was over.
Heppner Girl One
Of 12 Receiving
Carl Gray Award
Among 12 Oregon 4-H club
members announced as winners
of the Carl Raymond Gray col
lege scholarships is Lorene Mit
chell, 17, Heppner. The scholar
ships of $100.00 each are awarded
annually to outstanding club
members to further their educa
tion in agriculture or home eco
nomics. Winners of the scholar
ships are selected on the basis
of 50 percent on project work,
story and records; 25 percent On
scholastic standing; and 25 per
cent on character, Interest, quali
ties of leadership, community
a:id school activities.
Lorene, winner of tho scholar
ship, has a long record as a 4-H
club member. Her first project
was started in Wallowa county
in 1912 when she carried four
years of clothing and sewing,
as well as hog and beef projects
for two years. She continued in
4-H club work after moving to
Morrow county and has complet-1
ed four years of projects here. Chairman of the Wheat League's
Carried were sewing, clothing, 'Conservation Research Commit
room improvement, and cooking. ' tee; Carl Engdahl, Umatilla
Lorene has attended 411 sum-county state senator and wheat
mer school at Oregon State col-'grower; Kenneth Fridley, execu
lege four different summers, go-ltive committeeman of the wheat
ing last year on a scnoiarsnip :
given by the Soroptimlst club of
Heppner. In 1947, she was a win
ner in the county style revue and
has been an officer in her 111
clubs on different occasions.
Mrs. Ethel Vanderpool of Kol
log, Idaho, visited at the Art
Hunt and Earl Warner homes
over the week end. Mrs. Warner
nnd Mrs. Lou Broadley returned
home with her for a visit. They
also plan to visit a sister, Mrs.
Minnie Leonard, at Spokane and
Mrs. Gladys Fleiger of Potlntch,
Idaho.
TWO NEW HOUSES.
County Clerk C. W. Barlow and
County Attorney Bradley Fanch-
er have each started work on
new homes as of this week. Bar
low is building a five-room house
on a lot at the west end of Wil
low street which he purchased
several years ago. Fancher's 1 ,lm" 1 - " '
house will be built on preporty,np U' N- offu'p ln N,'w ylk
adjoining the Glenn Parsons City. Governor Douglas McKay
residence on Gilmore street. and Mayor Dorothy MeCullough
man Ruhl, Melvin Piper, Harold
Manners, Keith Connor, Sally
Colin, Rieta Graves, Susan Mish
ler, Gary Connor, Eleanor Rice.
'TEAMED FOR DEFENSE'
9 - 9 ,&v4;: Q,
The first Armed Forces Day In American history, to be observed
May 20, will emphasize the unification of the Army, Navy and Air
Force in a three-pronged instrument for national security. Unification
- is already at work in the various far-flung American military posts
throughout the world. I'hoto, left, shows Navy aviation machinist's
mate, second class, J. Kitchy, of Swayzee, Ind., and Bgt. J. L. Kuns
man, USA, of Kaston, Fenn'a., getting acquainted on police duty at the
Naval Base, Norfolk, Va., before embarking on the great combined
Army-Navy-Air Force exercises In Puerto Kico, called "Operation
Fortrex," held in February. I'hoto, right, Capt. D. G. Donaho, Com
Oregon Wheatmen
Leave for Kansas
City Conference
Oregon's three-man delega-
tion left Wednesday for the final
organizational meeting of the
National Association of Wheat
uiuwL-rs ai Kansas Liiy, jvio.,
April 21-22.
Primary purpose of this
ing is to adopt the constitution
4 u.. i .i t i u.. u
and by-laws drafted by the steer
ing committee, which was elect
ed at the first meeting at Denver,
January 29. There will be an
election of officers. Financing,
location of headquarters and the
man for the executive secretary's
job will be considered.
Delegates from 18 major wheat
states will be at Kansas Citv
Each state has three official
delegates. Oregon's: Jens Ter
jeson, chairman Oregon wheat
commission; Henry Baker, pres
ident Oregon Wheat Growers
League; Paulen Kaseberg, past
president of the league.
This association will be the
first big wheat group. Rep. Clif-
lorn nope oi ixansas will De one
of the main speakers. Hope was
one oi me ursi congressmen to '
vuice uie neeo ior a national i
association tn renrpsnnt .hPah
a.ssoudiion to represent Wheat
growers In rnnpross said Tpr.
f,roirs in congress, saia ler-
jeson, steering committee chair-J
man.
The association is supposed to
tackle many of the problems too
big for state groups. Two prob
lems are a new farm program
for wheat, acceptable to growers
?ind consumers alike, and pub
lic relations on a national scale
'or wheat growers.
"The National association will
be non-political," said Terjeson.
"We have objective plans for
developing better marketing
methods, finding new markets
for wheat and wheat products,
studying new wheat verities,
conducting research on indus
trial uses for wheat, finding sub-J
stitute crops for wheat, encour
aging soil conservation practices
and Improving farm storage."
in addition to Oregon's official
delegation, there will be Dr. D.
D. Hill, head of the farm crops
department Oregon state college;
Marion Weatherford, president of
the board of directors Pacific
Northwest Grain and Grain
products association; Bob Taylor,
chairman of the National Grain
Advisory Committee; Lester King
league; t. j. Bell, wheat corn-
mission admin 1st rat or.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Instone aie
spending a few days in Hepp
ner and vicinity visiting and at
tending to business matters. They
are preparing to make a trip
to England In the near future,
expecting to scnd quite some
time on the "tight little isle."
Their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hatfield, are
now living In Hood River where
they have purchased and are
operating a service station.
Soroptimlsts listened to a re
port of the 30th conference of
the Northwest region held in
Salem over the past week-end
In attendance were 109 members
of 49 clubs in the region. Mrs.
Alice Dowell Jones, of Portland
presided and guest speakers In
Lee of Portland. Plans were com-
piled for the general convention !
of the Federation In Seattle Julvl
ui uie riutiiiuuii m otauie Jiuy
2-7,
Another Milestone in the History of the State's
Highway Construction Program
By RALPH WATSON
Public Relations Consultant
j On November 24, 1922 Oregon's ed with practically all of the
. highway, system so far as fed-1 more important and most expen
'eral aid is concerned was "jel-j sh e portions entirely completed."
led" when the federal bureau of That was the optimistic view
roads and the highway commis-:of
sion reached "a meeting of the30, 1922 when its biennial report '
minds' regarding the designated!
iiigiiways, anu me mileage, joriuun oi one single mile ot pave-
the construction of which the ment (through Rainier) the Co-
meet-'government would allocate its
iunas. mis agreement maae no
material rhanrrp In Ih main nr
material change in the main or
trunk line highways which had
been set up by the commission, 'cities and towns will aggregate
but it established a definite basis approximately $11 million." "The
for joint endeavor which has not Pacific highway, 345 miles in
since been changed except by an length, stands practically corn
increase in the percentage of pleted; 327 miles paved, the re-
federal funds allowed.
The first federal aid law limit
ed federal funds to "post roads"
r ads over which the mail was
iu f L-aiiifu. L.uiL-1 mis was
changed to "such projects as will
expedite the completition of an
adequate and connected system
of highways, interestate in char
acter." It required further that
before federal aid would be given
the state must set up a system of
highways not to exceed 7 per
cent of ,he ,otal higmvay mileage
in the. state and that federal
monev should hp
spent within
tne mileage
Hmil Of that 7
. 7 .
Dpreent. Those nrnv s nns hmn
, . ,
iu, modified hv an ampnHmnnt !
increasing the percentage by one I
point whenever the designated
roads were 90 percent completed.
The state in 1922 had 41.825.7
miles of public roads, which en-
titled it to a federal system of
not to exceed 2.927.S miles. The
remainder of the road mileage
was left to state, county and
city financing and it is upon this
crystal ized program that the
commissions have been laboring
since 1922.
Oregon's highways in the be
ginning were 16 feet in width,
as compared to 15 feet in Cali
fornia. On that standard the
close of 1922 saw the state with
837.7 miles of paved highways;
1,197.3 surfaced with macadam
or gravel; 1910.1 still unimprov
ed. In other words, "more than
ou percent ot the system as then
contemplated had been complet-1
THE PENNSYLVANIA RIFLE
By George Peck counterpart of the "Bronx Cheer."
One might assume that if there Bm the jeers changed to cheers
is one sphere in which inven- when it was discovered that they
tion could best be conducted bv could actually hit the things at
Government, it would be in the which they shot and over such
field of military industries. But long distances that the boys in
actually what has been Ameri- red uniforms didn't have a
ca's experience in that regard? chance. At Bunker Hill the Pen
Broadly, it has been that Govern- nsylvania riflemen simply mow
ment producers of the media- ed them down,
nisms and munitions of war have Washington tthe general, that
had to rely mainly on civilian is. not to be confused with our
genius and inventiveness. 'capital city of the same name)
This was demonstrated early with plenty of frontier experience,
in our history during the Revo'- knew all about the Pennsylva
lutionary War. No better example nia rifle, and he wanted tp equip
of Governmental ineptitude and as many as possible of his troops
lack of vision can be cited than with them. But the Continental
the attitude of the Government , Congress was no belter equipped
Bureaucrats of that day toward with imagination than Govern
the Pennsylvania rifle. mental agencies invariably have
The British regulars In the Rev
olutlonary War were armed with
the good old Brown Bess musket,
a short-barrelled, smooth-bore genius of George Washington
weapon, so rudimentary that in was brought into play. Having
the hands of the best marksman seen how the deadly marksman
it had a fair chance of hitting ship of the Pennsylvanians had
something, but probably not the , terrorized the British and Hessian
intended target. A wit" of lliat j troups, ho uniformed other corn
time "wisecracked" that it was , panics of his troops in the coon
accurate enough to hit a barn,! skin and leather regalia of the
provided it was shot off inside I'ennsylvanians. and the very
tho barn. j sight of them started a panic in
On the other hand, an Amen-,lhe enemy's ranks. There are
can gunsmith at Lancaster, Pen-, many military experts who be
nsylvania, had discovered the l'pve ,he Pennsylvania rifle,
trick of rifling a gun barrel Phls "is uniforming ruse, was
cutting a spiral groove inside the tlu' determining factor in win
barrel to give the bullet a rotarv nlnR Revolutionary War. But
movement. Lengthening and riff- i,ho Government at Philadelphia
Ing his gun barrel, he produced ill'v" (1iii find out what the Pon
a weapon unrivalled in those nsylvania rifle was doing for it.
days for accuracy. Thus, even prior to the birth
When the Pennsylvania volun- of what was to become the world's
teers from the backwoods coun-' Rrealest nation, it was proven
Hps. weiirtnrr rnnn skin ra ns 1 definitely that Government in it .
buck skin inckpls and
leather
leggings and carrying these ridi -
culouslv long squirrel rifles,
'oinod ' G,,n,,rnl Washington's
, hfPo Dmmn n, . o,.
greeted with the 18th Century'
manding Officer of the Naval Operating Base, Argentla, Newfound
land, congratulating Sgt. Ollie Keller, captain of the Greenland Air
Force basketball team, which was picked to represent the Air Force
North Atlantic Area In the Military Transport Service Tourney held at
Great Falls, Mont., In March, while Col. Edward P. Kern, Command
ing Officer of the McAndrew AF Base, In Newfoundland, gives a well
done to Robert B. Johnson, aviation machinists' mate, captain of the
Navy NOB quintet. The Navy team defeated the Air Force In the Base
Command Basketball Championship Playoffs, but participated only
for the honors.
the commission on November
states: "Except for the construe-:
j lumbia River highway is, at the j
ena ot ltiZl, a completed high-
u-av " "Tho .nmr.lainrl ,,. av
way." "The completed cost ex-
elusive of those sections within
.maining 18 miles improved to
a very excellent all-season road.'
;The Roosevelt highway had j
been "extensively improved" but
not yet "opened over its entire
length." Its total cost when com-;
i'mcicu a toiiiuaicu ai ou mil-
fion, covering its entire 409 miles. i engineers early in March, it was
That was the way they felt still felt that some kind of flood
about the highway job when the control work would be done here
commission balanced its books ' in due time. This was given in
as of November 30, 1922. From confirmation a little later when
the beginning of the highway a map was received showing that
endeavor in 1913 up to this later the local projct had been in
ciate;the commission had expend- eluded in the suDolementat flood
,ed $56,809,107 in highway
Ctriint tr,t- a.ir4 ilo i irr..,,t '
t-u,...Kc,u ta-
n Of this mt-,1 ctai f,,,i
r -.,. iu0lun nuni rvasmiigion mat tne
frnm h,.nHs aH ii,r ,.,..,. ! ,.. : ..j.j 7
" J iuciiuc
sources, represented $43,963,030;
county cooperative funds, $8,202.-
'""' "., ""
and railroad funds $9(,381. Of
ithis total approximately $31 mil.
J lion were expended during the
1921-22 biennium.
I'p to then the commission had
been wheeling along on 16-foot
highways and believed they
could see the sunset of their en
deavors with their job more than
half done. They did not foresee
how fast, or how far, the eco
nomic world was going to travel
on rubber; envision t he fleets
"f 72.000 pound trucks the mil
lions of motorists, the high speed
and the super-highways. They
thought they almost were ready
to hang up their tools. In realitv
they had just outlined the back-
bone and a few of the ribs of
their final handiwork.
( ",opp; Washington got a very
limited supply of these rifles.
But here is where the military
sl 11 caniun oe iwprru'u m umc-
l""" fl,r lllp welfare of its fit i-
'",'ls. without the help of mdivi-
R. inventiveness and
en erurise.
That truism should be pasted
(Official Navy Photographs)
Heppner Project
jAgain Included
i In Works Program
Heppner citizens are wonder-
ins what is
in store for here
following appearance of an
item
in the Fast Oropnnian nn,
Oregonian under a
list of projects authorized by
senate aDuroval of the wat.
ways bill which stated: "Flood
control at Pendleton, Ore., Hepp
j t . ' .
ner dam, Ore., and Jackson Hole,
Wyo., $5,678,000 (no breakdown
given)."
Nothing definite has come
from Washington to date rela
tive to the effectiveness of the
bill's passage and no light has
been thrown on the local project
other than that contained in the
foregoing item.
When the president struck the
Heppner dam and several other
projects from the works program
suDmittea oy the u. S. Army
con-:control and irrigation uatr
1 : fl .
ciassiucauoil. how comes tne re-
, ..
utiui is inciuueu in me worKS
program made possible by senate
snnroval of the waterwavs hilt
.-jwnich will carry appropriation in
an amount somewhere between
$108,000,000 and a quarter of a
billion dollars.
bntil more direct and explicit 'customers to its lines during the
information is received the 1 year. It now serves nearly 140,000.
people here are not inclined to I Pacific's post-war building pro
get excited, although they may ! gram reached a peak in 1948.
ponder over the possibilities of
the much-talked-of dam becom
ing a reality.
o
Achievement Day
For Hcmemokers
Set For April 30
The Ilomemakers' Achievement
day. will feature a world-wide
theme, states Mis. George Currin,
county home extension commit -
tee chairman. Morrow county
homemakers attending the festi-
val that day at Boardman will
hear about rural women in the
day Germany and Mexico.
Mrs. James Brand, Salem home
maker, wife of Supreme Court
Justice Brand who served on
the Nuernberg Trials, will relate
some of her experiences in post
war Germany. Directing our
thoughts to our neighbors south
of the border through colored
slides and an accompanying talk,
will be Mrs. Azalea Sager, state
leader for home economics ex
tension. Mrs. Currin further adds that
the days program is open to the
public. The extension units will
feature exhibits on their year's
work. Many will participate in
the program through style re
view of woolen dresses, 4-H dem
onstration, square dance by re
creation project leaders, and
group singing.
Of interest to women who
garden will be the morning
speaker. Mrs. Ralph Fowler, pres
ident of Oregon Garden clubs.
Those wishing to make reser
vations for lunch may call Mrs.
Mabel W. Flint. Heppner 312, be
fore April 30.
in the hat of each of our 435
Congressmen and written on the
shirtcuffs of our 90 United States
Senators.
Perhaps il would even be well
to paint it in bold letters of gold
across the threshold of Blair
House.
j Veterans Foreign
Wars Install For
Boardman, McNary
Friday evening April 14, joint
installation of officers for Mc
Nary Post 7042 VFW and the
Auxiliary to Post No. 7042 was
held at McNary. Mrs. Earl Briggs
of Boardman installing officer
with installing team from Rex
Appleby Auxiliary to Post 1557
VFW of Milwaukie. A pin was
presented to the past president
of the auxiliary to Post 7042, a
gift of hand made doiles were
presented to the newly installed
president Mrs. Leath Anderson.
of McNary, with corsages being
presented the installing team.
Cigars and cigarettes were pre
sented to all members and guests
by the McNary Market. Musical
numbers supplied the program,
refreshments was served by the
auxiliary members. Members of
the installing team were Mrs.
Carl Reed, Mrs. Marge Braun,
Mrs. Ruth Lord, Mrs. Ruth Burk
hart, Mrs. Nell Hartley, Mrs.
Margaret Weiss, and Mrs. Nor
ma McDonald, all of Rex Apple
by auxiliary to Post 1557. Mrs.
Fred Smith of Boardman a guest,
served as musician.
Attending from Boardman were
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mulligan, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Briggs, Mrs. Edd
Kunze, Mr. and Mrs. William
Nickerson, Mr. and Mrs. Algy
Taylor, Mrs. Walter Wyss, Mrs.
Chas. Anderegg, and Mrs. Fred
Smith.
All the installing team to
gether with Mr. Carl Reed and
son Don were week end guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Briggs.
P.P. & L. Reports j
Substantial Gain j
In Electric Service !
Domestic use of- electric ser
vice on the Pacific Power &
Light company system in fast
growing Oregon and Washington
increased 11.6 per cent during
1949, President Paul B. McKee
told stockholders in the com
pany's annual report, released
Thursday.
Homes on the company's lines
now are making use of an av
erage of 4364 kilowatt-hours of
electricity a year, he said. This
is more than 2'4 times as much
as the average used throughout
the country.
At the same time, the report
points out, the average price
paid by Pacific customers for
domestic electric service drop
ped to the new low figure of 1.44
cents per kilowatt-hour. This is
well under the average itrice
paid by customers in the TVA
-nH i ipso .h ,if tho.
average paid nationally
I TZ nv S i
Thp comnanv added 5400 new
McKee reported. Just under $9,
000,000 was spent during the
year on additions and better
ments to the system. More than
$29,000,000 has been put into
new construction since 1945 to
provide for the needs of its
customers.
Approximately $3,200,000 of
1949's record construction went
into a new 45,000-kilowatt gen:
'pratinu unit at th Morwin hvrim
! electric project on the Lewis
Ti..pr near woodland. Wash. As
part of the same project, a large
new substation was built in Port.
land to distribute power from the
new geerator through the Pacific
system.
Total operating revenues for
the year were $17,464,035, com
pared with 016,045,871 in 1943.
Net income also was up for the
year at $2,226.4S7. Direct taxes
were $3,302,560, with federal taxes
accounting for $1,490,352 of the
total.
The report points out that Pa
cific now is an entirely inde
pendent enterprise, with no
holding company affiliations. All
of the company's common stock
was sold on February 6 by Ameri
can Power & Light company, the
former owner, to an investment
group headed by A. C. Allyn and
Company, Incorporated, and Bear.
Stearns & Co. They have indi
cated their intention of offering
the stock to the investing public
shortly after August 6, McKee
said.
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INSPECTION DATE CHANGED
The date set for the Degree
of Honor inspection, April 25, has
been changed to May 9. Members
are asked to keep this change in
mind and show up on the right
date.
AUCTION SALES RESUME
Harold Ervvin, operator of the
Heppner Sales Yard, is announc
ing an auction sale of livestock
and any articles the people may
bring in for Tuesday, April 25.
This is the first sale of the spring
season and Erwin is rounding up
a good lot of livestock for the
event. The sale opens at 1:30
p.m.
Lack Of Financing
Plan Causes Delay
In Sewer Project
Improvement Bond
Issue Not Possible
Here at Present
Lack of a definite plan for fi
nancing the payment of bonds
is responsible for the delay in
getting a report from the at
torney who passes on eligibility
of applicants, Jos. J. Nys, Hepp
ner city attorney told the cham
ber of commerce at Monday's
luncheon. That was one phase
of the dilemma the town finds
itself in relative to construction
of a sewer system. The other, and
perhaps the most important is
sue is ihe matter of valuation
and indebtedness.
Bond buyers do not look with
much favor upon issues sought
by communities already carry
ing a bonded indebtedness, pay
ment of which is extended over
period of years. Nys pointed
out that the city is now carry
ing an indebtedness of $65,000
for the construction of a reser
voir. It is estimated that $200,000
will be needed to construct the
main trunk lines of the proposed
sewer system. This would be
placing an indebtedness of $263,
000 on a municipality whose
rated physical wealth is $1,050,-
000, which would be approximate
ly 26 percent of the valuation.
Since Heppner is not looked upon
as a town that will experience
a considerable population expan
sion and that the assessable level
will remain more or less within
the present limits throughout
the life of a bond issue, sources
of revenue other than straight
taxation are advisable.
Preceding Nys on the program
was Mayor Conley Lanham,
who gave a brief summation of
the proposed project, the funds
on hand for that purpose, and
submitted the plan under con
sideration by the council to aug
ment the construction funds,
namely, to place an assessment
on each water meter by the
month, the returns from which
would be applied on the sewer
fund. No specific amount has
been fixed, the council having
discussed the rate from $1.50 to
$3.00 per month per meter.
Another interesting feature of
the luncheon program was a
talk by Jim Orwick, Heppner
high school senior, whose sub
ject was "What I Have Gotterf
Out of High School." It was an
intelligent discussion, showing
that he is really getting some
thing out of his high school ex
perience. President Henry Tetz announc
ed that Senator Dunn of Baker
and Oren Allison of the Pendle
ton chamber of commerce would
be special guests at next Mon
day's luncheon. It has since
learned that Senator Dunn has
had to postpone his visit to Hepp.
Greenfield Grange
Chooses Evelyn
Miller as Princess
Miss Evelyn Mller, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller
has been chosen as Princess to
represent Boardman community
at the Heppner rodeo. Princess
Evelyn was born in Gresham.
coming to Boardman with her
parents in 1945. She graduated
from Boardman high school in
1947, and entered EOCE in La-
Grande the same fall, and is
still a student there. Miss Miller
has spent her entire life on a
farm.
Mrs. Olive Bremner, who has
been assisting in the care of
Mrs. Adeline Dart, returned to
her home in Seattle, Tuesday.
Elinor Earwood, Kenneth Ear-
wood, Gracia Veelle and Bill
Califf returned from Spokane
Monday, where they spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Downey.
Frank Ackerman. who has
been a patient in St. Anthonys
hospital for a week returned
home Tuesday.
Arrow Agee of Aurora, was
calling on old friends Monday
and Tuesday, going on to visit
his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Dayle Hubble of
Stanfield.
Guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. Bishop are Mr. and Mrs.
Bub Bishop and daughter, Bar
bara of Biggs. The two men are
brothers.
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WRANGLERS HAVE BUSY DAY
Sunday was a busy day for the
Wranglers. Morrow county riding
club. It was annual clean-up
day for the group at the county
fair grounds where some of them
keep their riding stock ad where
the horse bam Is put at their
disposal. The barn has a fresh
coat of paint as a result of the
day's activities and the grounds
thereabouts were slicked up.