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Volume 67, Number 39
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 14, 1950
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Fifteen Projects
Offered to Bidders
By Highwway Body
North Court Street
Drainage Among
Smaller Contracts .
Bids on fifteen highway and
bridge construction projects in
as many counties of the state
will be received by the state
highway commission at its meet,
ing In Portland December 19 and
20. Work contemplated under
these projects involves 30.14
miles of grading, seven bridges,
36.28 miles of rock base or sur
facing, 5.03 miles of oiling, 2.26
miles of asphaltic concrete pav
ing, and the production of near
ly 93,000 cubic yards of crushed
rock or gravel stockpiled main
- tenance material, at an estimat
ed cost of $2,400,000.
Morrow and adjoining coun
ties will share in this work. In
this county there are two projects
of interest. At Heppner, it is
planned to widen Court street
between the court house and the
school property to a width of 32
feet between new curbs. The cost
of the 0.19 mile of grading and
bituminous macadam surfacing
required is to be borne by he
highway commission, with the
City of Heppner paying the cost
of the concrete curb construction.
Between Eight Mile and Hepp.
ner, on the Wasco-Heppner high
way, the state is asking for bids
on the furnishing of 7,000 cubic
yards of crushed rock to be
placed in stockpiles for its later
use in maintaining that section
of highway.
Of interest to Morrow county
people but located in Gilliam
county is the commission's plans
to improve the East Cottonwood
York Ranch section, comprising
10.37 miles of the Wasco-Heppner
highway. The project ex
tends from a point about four
miles east of the John Day river,
at the east end of the recently
improved road, and extends
easterly to a point about 11 miles
west of Condon. The project calls
for new grading on entirely new
alignment on the westerly 4.47
miles and the rock surfacing of
the entire length of the project.
The contracting firm on the
new Heppner Junction-Boardman
. i 1- lnAntfrtn at
nignway is u iuuu "v .
Morrow-Gilliam line and this
project will be pushed to com
pletion as rapidly .as possible.
If the weather continues on the
same trend that has prevailed so
far, much of the grading can be
done during the winter months.
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Many People View
1951 Chevrolet at
Official Showing
The Heppner showing of the
1951 Chevrolet brought "the best
crowd we've ever had," accord
ing to C. L. Hodge, owner of
Hodge Chevrolet Company.
Attendance was estimated at
2000 and each visitor received a
special souvenier of the opening.
Paper guns, lolipops, and bubble
gum were handed to the child
ren, ladies received corsages of
holly and perfume, and the men
were given Kleenex holders.
Hodge said he was very pleas
ed with the showing and the ap
parent enthusiasm of the crowd.
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Sixteen Students
Make Honor Roll
Sixteen students made the
honor roll at Heppner high school
for the second six weeks period.
Several of them have been on
the roll for a good share of their
high school attendance.
The second period list includes
Delia Anderson. Ronald Currin,
June Privett, Terry Thompson,
Diane Van Horn, Margery ner
CAM .Tarir Sumner. Rowland
Taylor, Joanne Bothwell, Sally
Cohn, Elinor Rice, Jim smun,
Marion Green, Mary Gunderson,
Patricia Healy and Juanita Mat
teson. o
ALL SAINTS MEMORIAL
CHURCH Episcopal
Holy Communion 8 a, m.
Church school 9:45 a. m.
Morning prayer and sermon,
11 o'clock.
Children's Christmas program
in parish house, 7 p. m.
Refreshments will be served to
parents and guests as well as to
the children after the program.
Week day services: Holy Com
munion, Wednesday at 10, Fri
day at 7:30,
Choral Clubs To Join
In Vesper Service
A vesper program will be given
at 3.30 p. m. Sunday, December
17 at the Methodist church. The
combined Men's Harmony club
and the Women's Chorus will
sing several numbers and an in
vitation has been extended the
public to attend.
The Men's Harmony club is a
recent innovation in the town's
musical life and is under the di
rection ef Oliver Creswick. The
Women's Chorus, originally
coached and directed by Mrs. O.
G. Crawford, who was forced to
relinquish the role because of
ill health, recently reconvened
under the direction of Alfred
Boyer, high school instructor.
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Shamrocks Make
It Four Straight
By Defeating lone
The Heppner Shamrocks, play
ing their first league basketball
game Wednesday night, won in
flashy style as they ran over the
visiting lone Legion team by a
score of 64 to 30, and ran their
victory string for the season to
four games.
Whitbeck and Scrivner, Hepp
ner guards, led all scorers with
22 and 16 points. Ellis and Hos
klns were high for lone with 11
points each.
In the preliminary the Heppner
B team nosed out the lone B
squad 30 to 23.
Next home game for the Sham
rocks will be December 23rd ag
ainst the strong Irrigon Indepen
dents led by Willard Jones, high.
scoring center.
Oregon's Covered
Payrolls Expected
To Exceed Billion
Oreeon's covered Dav rolls dur
ing the first half of 1950 increas
ed nearly $12 millions over the
same period of 1949, establishing
an all-time hieh of $460,966,969
and making it highly probable
that the entire year s total wouia
pass the billion-dollar mark for
the first time, the State Unem
ployment Compensation Com
mission reported today.
In 1948 when the previous rec
ord of $$973,102,458 was estab
lished, the first half accounted
for $446 millions while last year's
payrolls failed to hold up dur
ing the late fall months. Prelim
inary reports from 17,000 em-
Dlovers since Julvl, 1950 indi
cate at least $550 millions in
wages for the last half of the
year, well above previous totals.
Lumber pay rolls of $ib mil
lion in the January-June period
were ten millions ahead of 1949
but fell somewhat short of the
1948 pace. Construction also
made gains, setting a peace-time
mark of $33 millions for the first
half and promising still higher
totals during the summer and
fall.
Covered oav rolls in Multno
mah county amounting to near
ly half of the state's total fell
slightly behind the 1949 record,
but 26 of the 36 counties reported
Increases raneine up to Curry
county's 41.1 percent. Multnom
ah had $210,278,551 in the first
six months of 1950 as compared
to $211,810,445 a year betore.
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Mr. and Mrs. Willard Warren
and little daughter left today en
route to Texas to spend the holi
days with Mrs. Warren's parents.
They drove first to Stanneid to
spend one day with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace D. Eld
redge before taking the long trail
to Amarillo in the Lone Star
state, where Mrs. Warren's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Elliott,
reside.
Mrs. Archie Murchison was
hostess for a birthdoy party hon
oring her sister Darlene (Bunkie)
Wayne Wednesday evening.
Guests were girls from the senior
class. It was a dinner party fol
lowed by canasta and refresh
ments later in the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson
are spending a few weeks in
southern Californln. Mr. Wilkin
son has been laid up for some
time due to being struck by a
car on a Portland street and the
family thought a trip would help
restore his health,
Resource Management is Obsession
With Forest Service, Ranger Admits
Contrary to the general belief,
the chief function of the Forest
Service is not fire protection. It
is an important phase of the for
ester's job but is not his chief
interest albeit the dread of fire
weights heavily on his mind
throughout the. dry part of the
year.
Ranger Glenn Parsons aroused
editorial interest when he spoke
at Monday's chamber of com
merce luncheon on the subject
of resource management. He was
asked to go into the subject a
little deeper and with the assist
ance of Wayne West, assistant
ranger, has come forth with the
following :
Resource management is an
obsession with us. Our every
thought is how we can improve
upon the management of the soil
and cover.
Timber production is vital to
our economy, but is by no means
the only useful function of our
forests. Owners of several thous
and forest properties are concern.
ed about getting a profitable cut
of timber from their holdings.
Many of these people together
with many thousands of live
Build-Up of Soil Wealth by Umatilla County
Conservation Man of Year Title for J. H.
Tremayne Rea (right) holds trophy presented to his father, J. H. Rea (center) in token of his title as
Conservation Mas of the Year. Philip H. Parish (left) editor, of Oregonian editorial page, is pre
senting to Rea replica of large traveling trophy which Rea will keep. Rea holds trophy won as
Umatilla county champion. Rea, father and son, farm 7100 acres.
Pictures and story courtesy of The Morning Oregonian
Don McKinnis, Summerville, Sat
urday was elected president of
Oregon Wheat Growers league.
STORK HAS BUSY WEEK
AT PIONEER MEMORIAL
The stork was a busy old bird
fluttering in and out of the de
livery room at Pioneer Memorial
hospital the past week. In his
visitations he left four little
bundles of joy to help swell the
population hereabouts.
On Friday, December 8, a baby
girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
John Rocha.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Collison
are rejoicing over the birth of a
son on Saturday, December 9.
A baby girl arrived Sunday,
December 10 to join the Harold
Sanders Jr. household, and on
Tuesday, December 12, Mr. and
Mrs. James Vanover were made
happy by the birth of a baby
girl.
While the hospital staff has
been busy ushering in new citi
zens, there have been other pat
ients demanding their attention,
among them Mrs. Marjorie Do
stock operators are also interest
ed in profitable use of forage in
the woods and on the range.
More thousands and their ranks
are growing want full game
bags and more outdoor recrea
tional facilities.
Contrary to common belief on
ly about 15 percent of the Na
tional Forest administrator's
time is spent on fire protection
and actual fire suppression. The
remainder of his time is spent on
the various phases of resource
management. Watershed man
agement is one of the most vital
of the administrator's functions.
Numerous factors are involved in
watershed management, slope of
the land, structure of the soil,
and the kind and amount of
plants, just to name a few. By
far the most important of these
factors are plant cover and soil.
Vegetation, whether it be tree,
brush, grass or herbaceous
growth serves to keep our soil in
place.
In the normal logging opera
tions it is estimated that 10 of
the total area logged will have
all of the native vegetation de
stroyed including grass, weeds
and shrubs. On logged over areas
A Umatilla county canning
pea and wheat grower, J. H. Rea
of Milton, Saturday was named
Oregon's conservation 'man of
the year for 1950.
As winner of the Oregon
Wheat Growers league contest
to select the state's top conserv
ation farmer, Rea received The
Oregonian trophy, a massive
bronze plaque mounted on na
tive Oregon juniper. The trophy,
executed for The Oregonian by
Frederic Littman, Portland's in
ternationally known sculptor,
was presented by Philip Parrish,
editor of the paper's editorial
page.
Judges in the contest said Rea
had done an amazing job in
building up organic material in
the soil on his 7100 acres of crop
land. Parrish also presented smaller
plaques to Rea and seven other
county winners in the contest.
They included Morrow county,
W. W. Bechdolt and sons, Hard-
man; Gilliam, Earl Butler, May-
ville; Sherman, Kenneth Blau,
Wasco; Jefferson, Morrow broth
ers, Grizzly; Wasco, Roy Forman,
Antelope; Union, Ed McCanse,
North Powder; Baker, Clyde
Ward, Baker.
Plans for an expanded contest
in 1951, including more local re
cognition for county winners
were announced by Floyd Root
of Wasco, chairman of the
league's conservation committee.
The contest, Root said, was ach
ieving its objectives of encour
aging conservation, and of let
ting the people of the northwest
know that farmers were making
real progress in conserving the
region's basic resources.
Delegates unanimously adopt
ed committee reports calling for
aggressive efforts to enact into
law the league's "certificate
plan" for a two-price system on
herty of lone, Mrs. W. J. Buck
num, Heppner for minor surgery,
Darrell Wilson of Condon and
Nick Gentry of Heppner.
on National Forest lands an ef
fort is being made to hold the
disturbed soil in place as well as
return the area to forage produc.
tivity. Immediately following
logging the skid roads, landings
and construction areas are plant
ed to grass to stabilize the soil.
Grasses used are of the non-sod
forming variety so that reproduc
tion of timber will not be pro
hibited. Grasses used are Timothy, Or
chard Grass, Smooth Brome
grass, Tall Meadow oat grass,
Slender wheat grass, and Chew'
ing's Fescue. Seed mixtures vary
from six pounds to nine pounds
per acre and costs, including la
bor, average above $6.00 per
acre.
In conjunction with the plant
ing of grass additional work is
done to prevent soil loss. Stream
channels are cleaned out, temp
orary fills and crossings are re
moved and water bars are made
across skid trails and roads to
turn the water into normal
stream channels. These are but
a few halting steps toward ac
complishing the goal of better
watershed management. Much is
still to be done.
Rancher Earns Oregon
Rea, Milton Resident
wheat.
Possibility that wheat produc
tion in the area would be stabil
ized at much higher yields than
the present through fertilizer and
increased rainfall was raised by
two speakers.
Dr. Irving P. Krick, Pasadena
"rainmaker now under contract
with Gilliam, Marrow and Sher
man county farmers on a rain
increasing project, said the pro
ject this fall already had added
3,000,000 bushels to that area's
1951 wheat crop. M. M. Oveson,
Oregon State college experiment
station, said field tests in Uma
tilla county last year showed ni
trogen fertilizer increased wheat
yields by 4 to 9 bushels per acre.
A budget of $2,000 for the 1951
fat stock show at The Dalles was
recommended. The show is spon
sored by the league.
Don McKinnis, Summerville
wheat rancher, was elected pres
ident of the Oregon Wheat Grow
ers league Saturday at the close
of the convention in The Dalles.
He succeeds Henry Baker, lone,
who has served the past year.
Pendleton was selected as the
meeting place for the 1951 con
vention. Other new officers nam
ed were Floyd Root, Wasco, first
vice president; Lester King, Pen
dleton, second vice president;
Richard Baum, Oregon wheat
commission analyst, Pendleton,
secretary, and Roland Schaad,
Union county agent, La Grande,
assistant secretary.
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INSTALL HAMMOND ORGAN
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Dick have
installed a Hammond electric or
gan in their home. The instru
ment arrived Wednesday and al
ready is affording much pleasure
to the entire family.
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Henry Gorger of Pendleton
was a business visitor in Hepp
ner today. He reported having
completed a residence on his
ranch north of lone this fall. The
ranch is operated by Mr. and
Mrs. David Baker.
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Degree of Honor
Names New Officers
Mrs. Adelle Hannan was elect
ed president of Kate J. Young
lodge No. 29, Degree of Honor, at
the meeting of the chapter Tues
day evening. Elected to assist her
for the ensuing year were Mrs.
Hubert Mahon, vice president;
Mrs. Theda Stratton, second vice
president; Mrs. Bill Farra, past
president; Mrs. John Bergstrom,
financial secretary; Mrs. Clara B.
Gertson, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. William Cunningham, in
ner watch; Mrs. Lois Wilson,
outside watch; Mrs. R. J. Steph
ens, musician; Dorothy Apple
gate, usher and Mrs. J. Palmer
Sorlien, assistant usher.
Degree work was given to a
class of candidates following
the election.
Mustangs Victors
In "Photo Finish"
Thriller Tuesday
What in horse racing would be
termed a photo finish was the
experience of the Heppner high
school basketball team at the
school gymnasium Tuesday eve
ning. Athena high provided the
competition, and plenty of it,
for not until the final 10 seconds
was the game decided, and that
in Heppner's favor.
Athena was ahead, 16-11 at
the close of the first half.. Dur
ing the second half the Heppner
lads injected a little more accur
acy into their pitching, bringing
them up on a level with the vis
itors. The see-saw contest contin.
ued throughout the second half,
keeping the spectators on edge
right up to the last basket. In
the last minute of the game the
score changed hands several
times. Green gave Heppner the
final basket in the last 10 sec
onds, clinching the game for the
Mustangs. Final score, 35-34.
Jim Prock was top scorer for
Heppner with 11 points; Gary
Connor scored 10, Jim Smith six,
and Green and Phil Smith four
points each. Williams was high
for Athena with 10 points.
The B squad also won its
game in a runaway 45-14 score.
Ployhar led the scorers with 10
points.
Rosewall Motor Co.
Receives 4-Letfer
Award Third Time
Receiving plaques is becoming
a habit with the Rosewall Motor
company of Heppner. For the
third time in three years, the lo
cal Ford dealers, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Rosewall, have been
awarded the Ford Motor com
pany Four-letter dealer plaque,
which is looked upon by the gi
ant manufacturing and distrib
uting organization as quite an
accomplishment. j
Presentation of the 1950 plaque
was made Tuesday evening by
William H. Klein, assistant sales
manager for the Seattle district,
at a dinner given by the Rose-
walls at the Elkhorn cafe. Ac
companying Klein were David
Hook, zone manager for the Seat
tle district, and Jack Sweeney
from the Universal C. I. T. Corp
oration at Kennewlck.
In presenting the award, Klein
pointed out that the award was
inaugurated some years ago for
the specific purpose of paying
extra recognition to those Ford
dealers who are tops in finances,
tops in management, tops in
spirit, and tops in facilities the
initial letters of which consti
tute the four letters of the
award. He explained each letter
in detail and wound up by say
ing, "Now that I have reviewed
briefly the requirements for the
4-letter award, I am sure you
will agree that the Ford Motor
company realizes that in order
to be in first place a dealer must
be first-class in all respects. He
must be an outstanding busi
ness man, highly regarded in his
community. He must have earn
ed the high honor by being tops
in finances, management, spirit
and facilities. At the present
time we have comparatively few
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Fr. Francis McCormack re
turned the first of the week from
Los Angeles where he spent a
10-day vacation.
Masonic Bodies To
Hold Installation
Saturday Evening
Turkey Dinner On
Schedule to Open
Annual Function
All is hustle and bustle around
the Masonic hall this week end
as the several Masonic bodies
are preparing for the big event
of the year the annual turkey
dinner and joint installation cer
emonies of Heppner Lodge No.
69, A, F. & A. M., Heppner Chap
ter No. 26, Royal Arch Masons,
and Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order
of the Eastern Star. Committees
have been busy decorating the
hall to give It the proper holiday
atmosphere, and assembling ma
terials for the dinner.
All members of the respective
orders and their mates are on
the guest list
Immediatedy following the
dinner, installation ceremonies
will begin. The Royal Arch will
install the following elective of
ficers: Dr. Clyde Dunham, High
Priest; Paul Jones, King; G. O.
Hays, Scribe; Loyal Parker, Sec
retary; C. J. D. Bauman, treasur
er; Marion Hayden, Captain of
the Host; George Smith, Royal
Arch captain; Andrew Staig,
Master of the Third Veil; Harlan
Devin, Master of the Second
Veil; Wm. Smethurst, Master of
the First Veil; Rev. J. Palmer
Sorlien, chaplain; O. G. Craw
ford, marshal, and John Mills,
sentinel. Harry Tamblyn will be
the installing officer and Robert
Wightman the installing marsh
al. Elective officers of Heppner
Chapter No. 69 include Harry
Van Horn, Worshipful Master;
Paul Jones, senior warden; Mil
lard Nolan, junior warden; Har
old Becket, secretary and R. B.
Rice, treasurer, and appointive
officers.
Ruth Chapter, O. E. S., will in
stall Mrs. Floyd Worden as won
thy matron; Frank S. Parker.
worthy patron; Mrs. Frank Dav
idson, associate matron; Tom
Wells, associate p.iatron: Mrs.
James Haes, conductress: Mrs.
Harold Becket, associate conduct
ress; Mrs. Frank S. Parker, secre
tary and Mrs. Charles Stout.
treasurer, and appointive offi
cers. Church School To
Present Program
The membership of All Saints
Episcopal church school will pre
sent a tableaux, "Christmas
Memories", depicting the Christ-
mas story, at 7 p. m. Sunday, De
cember 17, in the parish house.
All of the church school children
will participate.
The program will be open to
the public and will be followed
by the presentation of gift bags
to the children.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM DATED
The annual Christmas program
under the auspices of the music
department of the Heppner
am ye pajuasaid ttim siooips
gymnasium-auditorium at 8
o'clock Wednesday evening, De
cember 20.
HELD ON LARCENY COUNT
Jene Myles Stone of lone is be.
ing held in the county jail in
lieu of $250 bail imposed by Jus
tice J. O. Hager after a prelimin
ary hearing on a charge of lar
ceny. The complaint stated that
Stone sold some posts to one par
ty for which he received the mo
ney and before the buyer remov
ed them he (Stone) resold them.
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The Wranglers held their
Christmas party Tuesday even
ing at their headquarters on the
Rodeo grounds.
4-letter dealers, but all of us are
working toward the end that all
of the majority of our dealers
will soon be able to move to first
place by being first class in all
respects by being Four-Letter
Dealers."
Twenty-eight plates were serv
ed at the turkey dinner. Outside
guests besides those mentioned
included Mr. and Mrs.H. C.
Wright of Kinzua. Wright is ser
vice station operator and Ford
salesman for that area. Local
guests were Rev. and Mrs. E. L.
Tull, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Crawford and
employees of the Rosewall Motor
company and their wives.