OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 25, 1951
Volume 67, Number 45
Grain Growers lo
Add Elevator to
Lexington Plant
Concrete Building
Will Add 170,000 .
Bushels Capacity
Announcement was made
Tuesday by Ted Smith, mana
ger of the Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc., that his concern
had awarded a contract to the
firm of Larson & Bradshaw,
Spokane, for the construction of
a concrete elevator at Lexing
ton. Work is expected to start on
the new structure shortly after
February 1.
The new eelevator will have a
capacity of 170,000 bushels. It
will be somewhat on the pattern
of the quonset huts so much in
vogue in this era and its over
all dimensions will be 60x100
feet. It will be erected alongside
one of the other elevators and
will bring the co-operative's to
tal capacity at Lexington to
670,000 bushels. This should en
able the concern th take care of
storage of wheat without the
usual dumping on the ground
due to car shortages.
Smith reported that grain buy
ing is quite active ajong the
branch. There is still a shortage
of cars and there has been no
hint as to when the condition
will improve. The Morrow Coun
ty Grain Growers alone is behind
approximately 200 cars in ship
ping and it is estimated that the
four other elevator concerns are
behind at least 150 cars and
probably more. Favorable wea
ther conditions give rise to ex
pectations that there will be bet
ter than a normal crop this year
and the feeling is that the grain
cars should be rolling regularly
from now until the storage fa
cilities are emptied. The move
ment of munitions In and out of
this area is requiring a large
amount of rolling stock and it
may require some adjustment of
schedules to permit allocation
of more cars to the grain grow
ing districts.
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Frank Anderson
Chosen to Head
County Stockmen
Frank Anderson Heppner,
prominent wheat and stock
rancher, was chosen by the Mor
row County Stockmen's associa
tion in the annual meeting Jan
uary 13 to head the organization
for the ensuing year. Anderson
is the county executive commit
teeman for the Oregon Cattle
men's association upon whose
activities he reported at the
meeting. Assisting him on the
executive board are W. E.
Hughes, vice president; N. C. An
derson, secretary, and Steve
Thompson, treasurer.
Highlight of the program was
a report on range experimental
and livestock breeding work at
the Squaw Butte experiment sta
tion near Burns by W. A. Sawyer.
Making committee reports for
the local association were Al
Bunch, disease control; Herbert
Hynd, grazing, and Harold Er
win, brand law. Frank Anderson
spoke for the Oregon Cattlemen's
association and Ed Albert, state
theft investigator, explained the
program of brand laws and how
it is used In tracing stolen cat
tie.
A social hour, banquet and
dance concluded the meeting,
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School Band Adds
Entertainment At
Basketball Games
Fans at the basketball games
are being entertained Dy tne
sphnni's Pen Rand, the member
ship of which is composed of two
or three students selected irom
each section of the band. Novel -tv
Tinmhers. fast marches and
smart twirling are always on the
program.
T.nst wppk trip hand received
the medals which were awarded
to them by the State Band Con
test at Eugene. The medals are
bronze-colored witn a green tid
TVipv are tn hp civen to the indi
viduals that were members of
bon and a pin attached to them
thp hanrl last vear.
Don't forget the date of the
next meeting of the Band far
ents club February 12th.
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A son was born January 20 at
Pioneer Memorial hospital to Mr.
and Mrs. Don BeiienorocK.
Mrs Pnv Onakenhush Is re
cuperating from surgery at a
Pendleton hospital.
Mm w (". fJenree and son.
David, are enjoying a vacation in
Portland, having gone down on
Wednesday,
CIVILIAN
DEFENSE
County Coordinator W. E.
Davis has chosen Wednes
day, 8 o'clock p. m., January
31 as the date and the court
room in the court house as the
place for the next meeting for
the discussion of civilian de
fense plans.
In making the announce
ment, Davis urges all citizens
to take this as a personal In
vitation to attend and learn of
the set-up and how each and
every one may participate. Be
there!
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P P L Proposes
New Power Dam
On Lewis River
Pacific Power & Light Com
pany this week applied to the
federal power commission in
Washington, D. C, for a license
to build a $26,000,000 hydroelec
tric project which could begin
producing 100,000 kilowatts of
power badly needed for essential
production in the Pacific North
west by the fall of 1952.
The proposed plant, known as
the Yale project, is lcoated on
the Lewis river of southwestern
Washington. It will be Pacific's
second step in development of
the river's half-million kilowatts
of potential power approxi
mately equal to Bonneville dam.
First step was the 100,000-kilo-watt
Merwin hydro project, im
mediately downstream, accord
ing to J. R. Huffman, local man
ager. Development of the Yale site
at this time as a supplement to
the great federal developments
on the Columbia river will be of
tremendous importance to the
region, declared Paul B. McKee,
president of Pacific, in revealing
the project.
The power development can be
built quickly, thereby helping
fill the gap in the tight regional
power supply until the next
large federal plant goes into op
eration. It is close to the center
of heavy power use and requires
less investment in transmission
lines. And in addition, McKee
pointed out, the peak flow of the
Lewis river occurs during the
winter when power use is highest
and flow of the Columbia river
is lowest.
Approval of the proposed de
velopment as a defense project
is essential to its construction at
this time, the comany said. The
Yale development will be almost
a duplicate of the Merwin proj
ect, with an arch type dam 285
feet above normal river level
forming a nine-mile reservoir.
The Yale plant will have an
initial installation of two 50,000
kilowatt generators but will be
built for eventual capacity of
four such power units, which
will bring total cost of the proj
ect to $33,000,000. Installation of
the third and fourth generators
at Yale and also at the Merwin
plant will follow further up
stream development of the river
to increase water storage.
YOUNG FOLKS HAVE PARTY
Members of the Rainbow as
sembly were hostesses Wednes
day evening for a party at the
parish house at which the mem
bers of the DeMolay were guests.
Dancing was in order and the
young people had a delightful
time. Constance Ruggles is now
the head of the girls' organiza
tion and Jim Smith is head of the
DeMolay.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Borman will
accompany Mrs .Borman's sister,
Rachel Cox, to Portland Sunday
on the first lap of her journey to
Lachland Field at San Antonio,
Texas where she will be induct
ed into the air force. Rachel has
.signed up for a four-year hitch.
She has been employed in the
county agent's office since grad
uation from high school with the
class of 1950.
Mrs. Duane Gentry and Mrs.
Carl Vincent were honorees at a
shower given by the junior de
partment of the Methodist Sun
day school January 17. The party
was held in the chuTch parlor
and was attended by a large
crowd. Refreshments were served
and the honorees were the recip
ients of many gifts.
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CARD PARTY SLATED
The public has been extended
an invitation to attend a card
party at the Masonic hall at 8 p.
m. Saturday, February 3. The at
fair is being sponsored by the
officers club of Ruth chapter No,
32, Order of the Eastern Star.
Izee, Population 45, Offers
Challenge to Entire Nation
If you were asked where Izee
is located on the map, doubtless
you would be puzzled for so long
as it would take you to look it
up. Yet, in all probability the lit
tle Grant county hamlet will be
come a prominent name in the
news the next few days.
This little hamlet of 45 souls
has done something that chal
lenges every hamlet, village,
town and city in the nation. That
is the opinion of the regional
coordinator for the March of
Dimes campaign in the North
west, for he has been informed
that Izee haS turned in $650 as
its contribution to the 1951 March
of Dimes campaign. This is ap
proximately $14.50 for every
man, woman and child in the
community.
The coordinator has sent the
information to Basil O'Connor, .
head of the National Infantile
Motor In Indians,
'Trotterettes' to
Battle Shamrocks
Two "big" games are on tap
for local basketball fans this
week when the Heppner Sham
rocks first tangle with the pow
erful Pendleton Motor In Indians
on Saturday night, January 27,
and then Thursday night, Febru
ary 1, are host to world famous
Harlem Globe Trotterettes.
The Pendleton Motor In team
is currently tied for first place in
the Pendleton league and boasts
a strong team of ex-high school
and college stars.
The Harlem Globe Trotterettes,
composed of colored girls select
ed from the top schools in the
United States and Canada, hold
the world's women basketball
championship. They play a hard,
fast game under men"s rules and
feature a spectacular brand of
shooting, ball handling, and
showmanship that delight all
audiences.
HOSTS AT DINNER PARTY
Honoring Mr. Benge's sister,
Mrs. O. H. Bengston of Medford,
Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge were
hosts at a dinner party at their
home on Rhea creek Friday eve
ning. Guests included Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, Mr. and
Mrs. Luke Bibby, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar George, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Graham, Mr. and Mrs. M.
R. Wightman, Mr. and Mrs. Har
lan McCurdy Sr., Mr. and Mrs.
E. O. Ferguson, Miss Joan Rein
inger and Buster Padberg.
Ralph Lee Benge of Condon
spent Sunday in Heppner with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Benge. He came to observe
his and his grandfather's birth
days, Ralph Lee being 11 and R.
L. senior 87.
Mrs. and Mrs. Don Bennett are
the parents of a baby daughter
born this morning, January 25, at
the Pioneer Memorial hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Hanna are
the grandparents.
THE AMERICAN WAY
Withering Wind
Paralysis Foundation, confident
that Mr. O'Connor will offer this
record as a challenge to the rest
of the country.
According to the county direct
or, Mrs. Joe Hughes, the cam
paign here is coming along in
good shape. Funds from several
districts have been sent in and
canvassers are still in the field
looking for more. There was no
set quota this year, the only re
quest from headquarters being
that it was hoped the county
would double the amount turn
ed in in 1950.
Mrs. Hughes announces that
organizations wishing to use the
infantile paralysis film should
contact her at once. It has been
shown to several groups already
and it is hoped others will avail
themselves of the opportunity to
see it while it is here.
CHURCH CONSECRATION
SERVICE IMPRESSIVE
Church people and friends
from Umatilla, Morrow and
Grant counties assembled at the
new St. John's Episcopal church
in Hermiston Sunday evening to
participate in the services of
consecration of the new building.
Headed by Bishop Lane W. Bar
ton, several ministers of the
district joined in the service.
Rev. Raymond Gyle of Milton
preached the dedication sermon.
The official board of St. Johns
presented the property to the
bishop who accepted it in the
name of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of America. Also the pe
tition of the church to become a
parish was presented and the
bishop concluded that matter of
business forthwith. In addition
to the matters mentioned, the
bishop confirmed a class of 10
candidates.
St. John's was organized as a
mission four years ago. In that
time the congregation has built
a rectory, a church house and at
tained parish status.
A delegation oi i5 lieppner
people attended the service to
enjoy with the rector, the Rev.
Jackson Gilliam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earle Gilliam of this city
the culmination of his ambition
fora church home. These includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilliam,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughn,
L. L. Gilliam, Miss Ona Gilliam,
Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Tull, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Wightman, Mrs. Lu
cy Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Baker, and Mr. and Mrs.. O. G.
Crawford.
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Guest at the R. L. Benge home
this week is Mr. Benge's sister,
Mrs. Ruth Barnett of Hermiston.
The occasion of Mrs. Barnett's
visit here at this time was to
help her brother celebrate his
birthday.
Daniel Keith is the name given
their son by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Tucker. The child was born Wed
nesday morning, January 24, at
the Pioneer Memorial hospital
and weighed five pounds six
ounces. He is the first grandchild
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Peck
and Mrs. Ben Cox and the first
great grandchild of Mr. and Mrs.
Burton H. Peck.
'1' 1i-Hfcl-,t-iJurt'.'
BUDGET IS ONLY A BUDGET
"Budget: An estimate of prob
able income and expenditure for
a given period."
The budget now is $58,000,000
heavy on the expenditure end.
Governor Douglas McKay
should call attention to the
above dictionary quotation his
friends opine; and to the fact
that the rjresent hurippr as nn.
sented to the legislature was
made on estimates turned in by
state departments July 1, 1950.
Who is there who doesn't know
what has happened to prices
since then?
The general fund budget is
$180,000,000. Senator Belton
points to the fact that the people
voted 42 per cent of that amount
and no part of that can be cut.
The only trimming that can be
done is in the 58 per cent; com
modities, employment and cap
ital replacements.
State Budget Director Harry
Dorman said some employees
could be eliminated, but doubted
if the cut could be 10 to 20 per
cent without sacrificing effic
iency. The state could get more
income tax money if the tax
commission were allowed more
help.
STATE TRAVEL COSTS HIGH
It cost the taxpayers of Oregon
approximately $311,148 for out-of-state
traveling done by offic
ials and state employees during
the year ending June 30, 1950.
This is an increase of 30 per
cent over the amount spent dur
ing the previous year. If this
pace of increase cannot be trim
med down it will require a bud
get item of approximately one
million dollars for the 1951-53
biennium.
SALES TAX BILL
When the people of Oregon
voted to increase the basic school
support fund last November they
put themselves in a position
facing two alternatives, to raise
the money by raising property
taxes or accepting a sales tax.
There does not seem to be any
other place to get the money.
House Bill 25, by Rep. Hill and
Sen. Ellis, would impose a tax on
retail sales equal to two percent
of gross receipts of retailer.
The bill provides that the in
crease in the basic school sup
port fund shall be payable solely
out of sales tax revenue and that
no other revenue from the in
come tax or other sources shall
be used for this purpose.
If the legislature passes this
bill, and the DeoDle rut a ref
erendum on this act, then the
people, by their own action, will
be voting a tax on their own
property and it cannot be camou-
nageu ur iwisiea in presenting it
to the voters.
NEW TRAFFIC CODE
A thorough house rlpaninc will
be given Oregon's archaic traffic
code if the provisions of a bill
given the house highway com
mittee by the secretary of state
and the state highway depart
ments are complied with.
The rronosed rnrlp rnntains
amendments to the present law
to mane unitorm regulations for
all motor vehicles.
(Continued on page 6)
J-C-Ettes Elect
Officers For 1951
Mis. G. C. M. Smith was elect
ed president of the Jay Cee-ettes
for the current year at the organ
ization's monthly meeting Wed
nesday night. Mrs. Loyd Burken
bine, vice-president; Mrs. R. J.
O'Shea, secretary; Mrs. James
Hager, treasurer; and Mrs. J. W.
Farra, Mrs. Don DuBois, and Mrs.
E. E. Gonty, directors, were also
selected to head the group's ac
tivities. Slated by the Jay Cee-ettes for
coming months is the "Heppner
Follies of Fifty-One," a local
talent stage show to be produced
with the Junior Chamber of Com
merce in April. The entertain
ment will be staged entirely by
local directors and performers.
Also scheduled are spring and
fall rummage sales. The Jay
Cee-ettes carry on these money
making projects to help finance
the local kindergarten.
Mrs. Margaret Cason conduct
ed her monthly study session
with the Jay Cee-ettes on prob
lems of the young child, discuss
ing in particular getting the
child to sleep, and how and
when to punish. Her next study
session will be at 8:30 Wednes
day evening, February 21, at the
Civic Center, and interested par
ents are welcome to attend the
meeting.
The January meeting was held
at tne home of Mrs. J. A. Pfeitf
er, the out-going president. Mrs.
E. E. Gonty and Mrs. Edwin Dick
were co-hostesses. Guests in
eluded Mrs. Winnie Bonta and
Mrs. II. S. Huber.
Soil Conservation
District Readies
For Annual Meet
Tuesday, Feb. 6 at
Willows Grange
Hall, Time, Place
Completing one of the most
progressive years since its or
ganization, the Heppner Soil
Conservation district has recent
ly scheduled its annual meeting
to be held on Tuesday February
6. The place of meeting will be
the Willows grange hall in lone,
beginning at 10:30 a. m.
To appear on the program this
year are Ralston Hurlbutt, ag
ronomist of the Soil Conserva
tion Service nursery at Pullman,
Wash, and Arthur S. King, soils
specialist, Oregon State college.
Their topics will be grasses and
legumes for Morrow county and
why we need to practice conser
vation, respectively. Films of an
educational and entertaining na
ture will be shown, election of
supervisor to fill the office of O.
W. Cutsforth, expired, and the
annual report given.
The Willows grange home ec.
onomics club, with Mrs. Donald
Heliker as chairman, is serving
the noon luncheon and promises
the same good meals as is the
custom there. The usual charge
will be made.
Interest in the district runs
high with a new addition added
on September 16, 1950, putting
all of Morrow county now in soil
conservation districts. This new
addition adds the area north of
the Baseline with townships 1
and 2 South, Range 23 East, and
land within the boundaries of
the National Forest in Morrow
county. The Boardman Soil Con
servation district comprising
65,000 acres in excluded in the
north area of the county. With
this new addition the district
now comprises one and one-third
million acres of which 223,000
acres are cultivated land. 845.-
404 are range land, 12,045 are
creek bottom land, and 250,211
are forest land. In the district
are approximately 305 farm and
ranch units.
With the active cooperation in
the district, now including all of
the farmers, the supervisors of
the Heppner Soil Conservation
district urges everyone to attend
the annual meeting.
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lone's Cardinals
Take Umatilla In
Decisive Victory
In a Little WTheat League bas
ketball game at lone Friday
night, the lone Cardinals defeat
ed a strong Umatilla team by a
score of 36 to 27. Gene Doherty
was unstoppable as he garnered
22 points for the lone cause.
Moseley led the Umatilla scorers
with 8 points.
Subs: lone Morgan, Kincaid,
Brenner, Bristow, Rea; Umatilla
Harryman, Bullard, Foster, 6,
jonnson, JNobies, Koundy
the lone B team won handily
bv a score of 51 to 26. Jerrv Rris-
tow led scorers in the curtain-
raiser by scoring 13 points.
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Youth For Christ
Meeting Monday
The monthlv mpptincr nf the
Youth for Christ will hp hplrt at
7:30 p. m. Monday at the high
scnooi assembly, a movie en
titled "Dust or Destiny" will be
shown. This film is nrnrlimpH hv
the Moody Institute of Science,
west LiOS Angeies branch of the
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.
uust or Destiny" is a drama
tic nrespntation nf inpxnlipahlp
miracles of nature. This film de.
plcts wonders of the human ear,
which miraculously hears the
blast of a cannon as well as trip
soft footfall of a cat, and the
wonderful mechanism of the
heart, with its more than 2,000,
000,000 beats during an average
lifetime without shutdown or re
pairs. In the animal realm, "Dust
or Destiny" shows the remark
able homing instinct of the
bieeon: the flieht of the hat
guided by its own radar; and
tne incredible spawning habits
of the erunion. a fish lavlntr Its
eggs on ary land. "Dust or Des
tinv" Doints out that these scien
tific marvels show unmistakable
evidence of a Creator, who is al
so the Redeemer. Running time
48 minutes.
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MISS BOTHWELL BRIDE
OF ARTHUR C. WARREN
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Bothwell in southeast
Heppner was the scene of a wed
ding ceremony this afternoon at
which time their daughter, Jo
anne Marie became the bride of
Arthur Clarence Warren, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren
Rev. Joe Jewett, Baker, officiated
Witnesses were Wade Bothwell
and Mrs. Lorraine Hams, brother
and sister of the bride.
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
Economy is getting a big play
especially in the house and in
theory some members of the
ways and means have already
thrown out the 30 million build
ing program and drastically re
duced the published budget,
number of state employes have
been reduced and the budget
balanced with almost no new
taxes. Readers will note the
words "in theory" in the script.
This is a normal manifesta
tion of voter effect on early days
of a legislative session. On the
other side it may be said that
already there are bills in the
hopper to spend money some $7
million above the present bud
get. If the spenders can get to
gether economy will go out the
window.
Yet it does seem that talk of
economy is a little bolder than
usual.
Sprague Carter has a bill
that would change the basis for
computing school census from 4
to 20 years to 6 to 18. This would
reduce the total cost of the basic
school bill some $7 million per
year. He may be trying to take
in too much territory but may
get a change to 5 to 19 which
could be realistic inasmuch as
almost no children go to school
until they are five and few go
after 18. Anyway it is a realistic
way for a legislator to deflate
the apparent egoism of the
school lobby.
A bill has been written to re
peal the 1949 addition to the ba
sic school fund. And there is a
bill to practically repeal the
county school fund of $10 per
census child. This would save
$4,100,000 per year. There is lit
tle chance that there will be
enough income tax next year to
pay the county school fund in
which case it would go back on
to the taxpayers. If Carter's bill
and the county school fund re
pealer both" should pass cost of
schools would be almost back to
the pre-basic school fund in
crease bill of November 1950.
Chances: good.
The bills to implement the Ho
ly report are not good. They were
apparently written by mice.
True they do change the method
of voting for consolidation so
that the total vote would pre
vail and not the vote in each
district. But the bills do not ex
pressly state tiow large a school
district must be in assessed val
uation nor how many children
there must be in it. They give to
the department of education the
power to run the schools and ar
range for education but educat
ors do not yet know what an ed
ucation is or if they do they have
kept it a secret.
There are bills and bills about
reapportionment and most of
them are written with an idea in
mind of getting or keeping rep
resentation in the districts of the
writers. That is normal in Ore
gon where because of the poorly
written constitutional provisions
politics has always governed ap.
portionment of the legislature.
It does seem that some rule
could be passed by the people to
establish some fair method and
the rule of the federal govern
ment seems to this writer the
best for Oregon.
New men are generally good.
Yet it does seem odd that so
many in the state are unaquaint-
Diing interests give to Oregon
ed with the undertone the gam
politics. Well, it's probably
worse in Illinois and Missouri.
There was an argument the
other day as to whether the in
troduction of many bills was the
mark of a good legislator. It
seemed to miss the point because
being a good legislator prob
ably depends more on passing
bills than introducing them and
more so on passing good bills
than any other characteristic.
And sometimes it requires years
to determine whether legislation
is good or not. By their votes ye
shall know them, not by their
bills.
Wheat commission, Marion
Weatherford, Bill Enschede, Ed
Bell, Jens Tergesen here to advo
cate bill to make it possible to
collect on loan wheat. Bill has
been introduced by house com
mittee on agriculture and will
probably pass because efforts of
wheat men to settle own prob
lems are fairly well known.
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Mrs. Frank Davidson Is In Bak
er helping to care for her mother,
who is seriously ill.