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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 20, 1951
Vol ume 68, Number 27
Tri-County Weather
Group Sets Farm
Assessment Rate
The Morrow County Directors of
Tri-County Weather Research
Inc., are again collecting funds to
unance another year's operation
of their weather research and
cloud seeding program. A farm
assessment rate of 10c per acre
has been set for farm tillable
land and 3c per acre for land
'utilized for grazing purposes.
The Directors, Ralph Crum, H.
L. Duvall and Delvin Nelson
hope that all farm owners and
operators will cooperate to con
tinue operation of the program as
they feel that definite benefits
were derived this year.
The Oregon Wheat Commission
has again approved an expendi
ture of evalution of Tri-County's
program. This year $8,000.00 has
been appropriated for evalu
ation by Oregon State College.
The evaluation of last year's op
eration is as yet incomplete with
one exception. The Evaluators
agree that the rain fall during
the last year was of a slower and
more gentle nature, with little
or no run -off. It has been pointed
oulthat the best evaluation is the
personal evaluation of each own
er and operator on his own farm.
At this date the contract with
Dr. Krick's organization for next
year's operation is under negoti
ation. It has been approved by
both parties as to cost and has
been approved by Tri-County as
to legal form and has now been
submitted to Dr. Krick for his
approval as to form.
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Wranglers Discuss
Month's Activities
By Altha Kirk
The usual large group of
Wrangler members turned out
Tuesday evening at the Club
house for the September meeting
to discuss the merits of- the re
cent fair and rodeo. President Al
Fetch presided.
,Once again the club put on their
share of activities, the most noted
being the annual cowboy break
fast. This year it was held on
the spacious lawn surrounding
the club house at the fair
grounds. Mrs. Archie Munkers,
chairman, reported the splendid
work and cooperation of all
workers which made possible the
success of the affair. Approxi
mately 300 persons made their
way through the "chow line"
where they met cooks flopping
man.-sized hotcakes, sizzling ham
and .eggs, browning potatoes and
steaming coffee to warm all ap
petites in the chilly Sunday mor
ning air.
The other large affair being
sponsored by the Wrangler Club
was the Horse Show. Division
Performance Classes were held
Thursday afternoon and halter
classes were shown Friday mor
ning. The well-filled classes provid
ed keen competition in all div
isions. The winners of each have
been noted elsewhere. The man
agement of this part of the show
saw definite improvement over
past records, but many more sug
gestions were offered before the
club meeting on further future
improvements.
The efficient'work of Mrs. Ar
chie Murchison, Mrs. Bob Gam
mell, and Mrs. Harold Erwin who
took over the preparing of on at
tractive booth depicting a west
ern scene, won third place for the
Wranglers.
The quadrille team was also
thanked for showing during the
rodeo and fair.
For entertainment, movies
were shown as arranged by the
committee consisting of Mrs.
Cornett Green and Mrs. Howard
Bryant Afterwards coffee and
doughnuts were served by Mrs.
John Ransier and Mrs. Al Fetsch.
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Heppner F. F. A.
Represented at
District Meeting
The Heppner Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America was
represented at the Blue Mountain
District meeting, Saturday, Sep
tember 14, by chapter president
Allen Hughes and advisor James
Allen. The purpose of the meet
ing was to outline a program of
work. The Blue Mountain Dist
rict consists of Hood River, Her
miston, Athena, Milton-Freewat-er,
Pendleton and'The Dalles.
Allen Hughes was elected re
porter for the district. His duties
will be to report news of the
district and to send notes Jtni
news to the state reporters.
1952 GRAIN ACREAGE GOALS SET;
MORROW PLANTINGS HIGH IN STATE
In a recent bulletin from the
Production and Marketing Ad
misitration of the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture, released by
the Morrow county P. M. A. office,
wheat and barley acreage and
production goals were set for the
county, and for the country as a
whole.
Morrow county's goal for wheat
set by the administration to ob
tain the desired production next
year is 137,100 acres. This com
pares with an estimated 1951
planted acreage in the county
of 146,000 acres. Barley planting
goal, however is increased from
5,700 acres this year to 15,000 for
1952 in the county and the bur
eau urges all farmers to exceed
the barley goal whenever poss
ible. In Oregon, Morrow county is
exceeded only by Umatilla coun
ty in the number of acres plant
ed to wheat. Gilliam county
stands third in the state. In 1951
plantings in the three-counties
were: Umatilla, 281,000 acres;
Morrow, 146,000; Gilliam, 123,-
000. Barley acreage in the three
counties, Incuding several In the
Willamette valley. ,
A more inclusive story of the
wheat and barley requirements
on a nationwide scale follow and
complete information on all
grain goals may be obtained at
the Morrow county PMA office in
Heppner.
Wheat.
The 1952 wheat goal of 78,850,-
00 acres and production of about
1,165 million bushels is desired
to meet both domestic and ex
port requirements and also to
permit some rebuilding of re
serves. Domestic requirements of
wheat for 1952-53 include 520
milion bushels for food, 88 mil
lion bushes for seed, and 150
milion bushels for feed, totaling
158 million bushels. Exports for
the 1952-53 crop are estimated
at 35 million bushels and imports
at 5 milion bushels. .
Assuming the goal will be pro
duced, total 1952-53 utilization of
1,108 million bushels would per
mit over 60 million bushels to be
added to reserves. With the cur
rent outlook for the 1951-52 crop
and utilization, the 1952 goal
production should provide a carry-over
July 1, 1953, of between
400 and 450 million bushels of
wheat. This level of stocks is con
sidered adequate under present
conditions. In view of the pros
pects that feed grain stocks will
be further depleted during 1952
53 small grain acreages available
above this wheat goal should be
u.ced generaly for the production
of feed grains in 19o2 rather than
for added wheat acreage.
Barley
A 1952 National barley goal
of 12,865,000 acres and the pro
duction of about 290 million
bushels is requested to meet ex
pected requirements for food,
malting, and export, and to make
a maximum contribution to an
increased need for feed in 1952
53. Barley goals were announced
prior to fall seeding for the first
time this year in recognition of
the increasing proportion of the
total acreage seeded in the fall,
and the need to raise the acreage
Local March of Dimes
Group to Reorganize
Mrs. Joe Hughes, Morrow coun
ty chairman of the March of
Dimes announced this week that
a reorganization of the execu
tive committee for the annual
drive was in the making and urg
ed all remaining officers who
were active in the 1951 campaign
to continue in their former posi
tions. Reason for the reorganization
is the loss of three of the former
leaders, Miss Margaret Gillis,
Henry Tetz and Merle Becket. All
three have moved from Heppner.
Mrs. Hughes announced that
late this month the state man
ager for the March of Dimes will
be in Heppner to assist the local
group in getting set for the com
ing drive, early next year.
Jack Edmundson is local presi
dent of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis.
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BOARDMAN GRANGE TO
HOLD ALL-DAY MEETING
Officers of the Boardman Pa
mona Grange announced an all
day meeting for this Saturday,
September 22, to start at 10:30.
Plans call for election of officers
in addition to putting on 3rd and
4th degrees.
There will be a special lecture
program and a special cotton
dress program that will be open
to the public. Lunch will be serv
ed at noon.
of all-seeded barley. No separate
acreage goals have been estab
lished for fall and spring seed
ings, and farmers are urged to
time their plantings to obtain
maximum production and the
best land use.
With goal production, the pro
jected 1952-53 barley utilization
Includes 6 million bushels for
food, 97 million bushels for in
dustrial and malting uses, and
160 million bushels for feed. Ex
ports are estimated at 25 million
bushels and imports at 20 million
bushels. This would permit stocks
to be maintained at about 80 mil
lion bushels. Farmers are urged
to exceed their barley goals
wherever possible. Greater pro
duction is needed as feed for the
increasing numbers of livestock
and poultry required to supply
the growing demand for animal
produced foods.
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Heppner Home
Damaged In
Sunday Fire
Heppner firemen were called at
9:30 Sunday morning to the Joe
Young home at 505 Elder Street
to combat a roof fire.
Neighbors had the blaze under
control with garden hoses by the
time firemen arrived and damage
was confined to one section of the parents of a baby boy born
the roof and to considerable September 14 at St. Anthony hos
water damage to the inside of the pital in Pendleton. He has been
house.
Sunday's fire was the first gen
eral alarm the firemen had ans
wered in over two weeks.
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EMERGENCY ROOM at Pioneer Memorial Hospital includes all
facilities for emergency treatment and X-Ray examination. Supplies
and equipment in this and other departments of the hospital are as
modern as can be found anywhere. i
SURGERY AND EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS MODERN AND COMPLETE
The main surgery and the emergency and X-Ray rooms of Pioneer
Memorial are either the most interesting, or the most frightening
rooms in the hospital, depending upon the person and his reason
for being there. If he is Just observing, there are many Instruments
to attract his attention and cause wonderment ... but if he is being
wheeled into either room it is entirely understandable how the sight
could be somewhat disheartening.
In either case, however, a little investigation of what Is in these
rooms can be very heartening, for
they are equipped to provide an
attending surgeon with every
thing he may need in practically
any emergency or for any oper
ation. Many may say, "I would rath
er go to a big hospital, they have
everything." It is true, big hos
pitals do have nearly everything
but so does Pioneer Memorial!
Larger hospitals may have two
or more surgeries, where there is
but one here, but the equipment
and facilities available to save
lives, to mend broken bones, or
to perform serious operations is
as complete and as modern as
can be found in any hospital, re
gardless of size. Visiting surgeons
have even remarked that there is
specialized equipment available
in Pioneer Memorial's surgery
that is often unavailable in much
larger institutions.
To attempt to describe or list
the surgery equipment would be
impossible and probably use
less, for most people would not
understand the names or the
terms. The important thing,
though, is that the equipment
is there, ready for any doctor who
wishes and needs it.
In the X-Ray and emergency
room is equipment versatile en
ough for all types of X-Ray work
with the exception of X-Ray ther
apy which is largely uncalled for j
here. This field is so specialized i
that it is restricted to larger cent-
ers of population. The room itself
is completely lead-lined as speci-
fied by government regulations J
Freedom Crusade
Drive Launched
Mrs. Harley Anderson, Morrow
county . chairman j announced
Wednesday that the local organ
ization has opened its drive for
funds and signatures for the
nationwide Crusade for Freedom,
a campaign to help fight Com
munism in Europe and Asia.
The campaign is being carried
on under the national direction
of General Lucius D. Clay and is
designed to raise funds to con
struct and operate Radio Free
Europe and Radio Free Asia. The
broadcasts from these stations
are the only -effective method of
getting true information into
Communist controlled iron cur
tain countries.
The local committee has plac
ed containers in several locations
throughout the county and sig
nature scrolls will be circulated
in all schools.
W. C. Rosewall, Heppner Ford
dealer, announced that a Ford
Crusade for Freedom Motorcade
truck will be in Heppner, Thurs
day, September 27 from 12:45 to
2:45 to demonstrate techniques
used to penetrate the iron cur
tain. Morrow county is being asked
to raise $300 to aid the campaign.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Scrivner are
named Kevin Phillip. The grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. George
Gordon of LaGrande and Mrs.
and Lee Scrivner of Heppner.
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for safety and to eliminate radio
interference from the equipment.
Here too, every piece of equip
ment is new and of the most
modern design, to give doctors
and technicians the proper tools
with which they perform the
modern miracles of medicine and
surgery.
Also in the emergency cata
gory, falls Pioneer Memorial's
ambulance, the "White Angel"
which serves the residents of
this entire area. The ambulance
was a gift to the hospital from
the Heppner post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. It, too, is equip
ped to meet any emergency for
it carries in it portable equip
ment for the administering of
oxygen, and in the case of drown
ing or asphyxiation calls, stan
dard equipment includes an E
and J Resuscitator which was
donated to the hospital by the
Heppner Elks lodge.
Although mentioned previous
ly, the hospital air strip also
logically falls under emergency
equipment as it allows maximum
speed in obtaining outside spec
ialists for unusual treatment or
surgery. Also, a patient may be
flown elsewhere should such a
need develop.
These two departments of Pio
neer Memorial are fast becoming
well recognized as both efficient
and outstanding in the hospital
field. It is reassuring to a patient
too, to know that such facilities
are ready and available when
and if they are needed. ,
Court House Clock
Again Complete ,
Heppner r e s 1 d e n ts can
again tell what time It Isl
Tuesday afternoon, a crew
of workmen from the Pend
leton Mirror & Glass Co. fin
ished installing the new
glass face in the west side
of the courthouse clock. The
glass plate, ordered runny
months ago to replace the
one blown out during a storm
last winter, has been in
Pendleton for some time get
ting the numerals painted.
The raising job brought out
a sizeable crowd of sidewalk
superintendents.
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Plans Completed For
Teachers Reception
The P. T. A. room mothers com.
pleted plans Tuesday nite for the
teachers reception to be held
Wednesday. September 26 at the
Christian Church at 6:30 p.m. It
is to be a Dot luck dinner with
the parents furnishing either hot
dish, salad or dessert nd they
are reminded to brine Dlentv as
they are entertaining the teach
ers at this annual affair.
At the room mothers meetine
held at the Oliver Cresswlck
home Mrs. Tress McClintock was
chosen chairman for the year.
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Soil Conservation
District Meets
After a months vacation with
out a regular meeting, supervis
ors of the Heppner Soil Conser
vation District met on September
11, to take care of business of the
district.
Main business was the estab
lishment of the rental price on
the new Noble blade cultivator
recently purchased by the Dist
rict. A rate of 25 cents per acre
with a minimum rental of $5.00
was set. All district coperators
are invited to use the cultivator
which is adapted to sub-surface
type tillage. It is especially use
ful in control of sagebrush and
rabbit brush on ranges.
Chas Carlson, lone, chairman
of the Board of Supervisors was
reappointed by the board for a
period of three years and this re
commendation sent to the State
Soil Conservation committee.
Tom Wilson, work unit con
servationist for the Heppner Dist
rict, reported that the West Uma
tilla Soil Conservation District
had accepted a bid of $5,000.00
for a tractor and dozer loaned to
that district, the money to be di
vided among six Columbia Basin
Conservation Districts, Heppner
to get its equal share. This will
be used to purchase conservation
equipment for use in the dist
rict. Plans were made for super
visors to attend the State Associ
ation of Soil Conservation dist
ricts which will be held in early
November.
Present at this meeting were
supervisors Orion Wright, W. E.
Hughes, Heppner, Orville Cuts
forth, Lexington; Chas. Charlson,
lone; N. C. Anderson, County
Agent and secretary to the super
visors as well as Tom Wilson,
work unit conservationist.
Jim Barratt Named
To Oregon State Post
Jim Barratt, former Heppner
resident and son of county judge
Garnet Barratt, who has been
assistant director of alumni re
lations at Oregon State college,
Saturday was named athletic
business manager of the college.
Barratt will relace Lorls Baker,
who will leave shortly. Barratt
graduated from Oregon State in
1950. During his senior year he
was editor of the Barometer,
college daily paper.
As assistant alumni director
he edited the Oregon Stater,
alumni magazine and has been
very active in the drive to ob
tain a new football stadium at
OSC.
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All But One Member
Present at Soroptimist
The Soroptimists met Thursday
noon, September 13, at O'Don
nell's. There was only one mem
ber absent at this meeting.
Grace Nickerson gave an inter
esting report of land measure
ments entitled, "Evidencing of
Titles". Mary Van Stevens gave a
report on a Soroptimist meeting
she attended at Hood River where
the guest was an exchange stu
dent from the Netherlands to the
University of Washington
Guest of the day was Mrs. Mar
garuite Phillips of Barrington,
New Jersey
Washington Man
Killed by Truck at
Heppner Junction
Joseph Daniel Masse, 50;
Castle Rock, Wash., was kill
ed almost instantly last Friday
evening when he was crushed
under the dual wheels of a
freight truck operated by Consoll
dated Frelghtways. The accident
occurred about 14 miles east of
Heppner junction on highway 30.
County coroner Dr. A. D. McMur-
do, and district attorney Bradley
tancher, Investigated the acci
dent after being called by Sgt.
Judson of the state pplice. The
coroner reported that Masse ap
parently walked behind the truck
without realizing it was towing
a trailer and was caught by the
trailer wheels,. His body was bad
ly mangled.
The body was brought first to
Heppner, then taken to Castle
Rock for funeral arrangements.
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Long Time Heppner
Resident Passes
Adeline Patterson passed awav
at the Heppner Memorial Hos
pital on September 16. She was
born in New Hampshire, October
2, 1874 and was survived by cou
sins, but no immediate familv.
Rev. E. L. Tull officiated at the
services held Tuesday, September
la at rhelps funeral home. The
remains were sent to Portland
Memorial for cremation.
She had lived in the HeDDner
community for 51 years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Worden
left early this week for a two
weeks vacation trip. Their ulti
mate destination will be his
former home, Parsons, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Snauldlna.
former pastor of the Seventh Day
Adventist church left this week
for Couer d'Alene, Idaho, where
they will make their home tem
porarily. Mr. and Mrs. T. Palmer Sorlien
spent Monday and Tuesday in
LaGrande where Mrs. Sorlien at
tended the teacher's Institute.
MORROW EXTENSION UNITS MEET
IN HEPPNER, PROGRAM PLANNED
Officers of the Morrow County
Extension Units met Tuesday at
the Club House Fair grounds.
Miss Eleanor Trlndle, State A
gent, Home Economics, Corvallis,
Oregon, assisted unit officers
with ' problems in parliamentry
proceedure, duties of officers, and
how to develop successful meet
ings. Mrs. Robert Penland of the
Heppner Gazette Times, discuss
ed the importance of news for
communities. Mrs. Peniand en
couraged each officer to send In
news or phone it to the paper.
She also pointed out the import
ance of getting news in fast; in
cluding names of committees;
persons in charge of program;
subjects of program, and an
nouncements of important meet
ings ahead of time for meeting.
News article must have a semb
lence of interest to be news.
Mrs. Faye Munkers, Azalea
House chairman, gave a report on
the Azalea House. Morrow Coun
ty women have worked on this
project for 2 year quotas, Mrs.
Munkers points out, and that
they have helped a flve-year-od
dream come true during the Ore
gon Home Economics Extension
Council meeting at Oregon State
College June 6 and 7. Their work
was represented in the $10,000
check which Mrs. Norman Lunde,
of Troutdale, presented to Mrs.
Mabel Mack, State extension
agent. Mrs. Mack in turn hand
ed the money to Dr. A. L. Strand,
president of the college.
This check put the homemak
ers' "Azalea House Fund" over
the top. Dr. Strand told the wo
men that the cooperative living
unit for college girls would be
completed by September 1952.
Five years ago the State Coun
cil, representing 13,000 home
makers, decided to raise $45,000
for this dormitory. The name,
Azalea House, was chosen in a
statewide contest. A board of
trustees, headed by Mrs. Lunde,
was appointed to develop plans
and help county building fund
chairmen raise the money.
Multnomah county contributed
the largest amount to the fund,
with Benton, Jackson and Wash
ington counties following in that
order. Morrow County homemak
ers raised $230.00 through 1950
and 1951.
Miss Virginia Carlsen, ex
tension agent in home econom
ic in Lane county, was asked to
make a study of cooperative
housing units so that Azalea
Census Bureau
Releases Final
Population Figures
Final figures recently released
by the census bureau showed
three Morrow countv towns earn-
ed In population during the 10
year period, one neither gained
nor lost and one came out with
a slight decrease. Fierures for the
county as a whole have not yet
been released by the bureau.
HeDDner showed the sreatost
increase with a 1950 total of
1648 persons, It had 1140 in 1940.
Lexington gained 14 residents to
show 237 aeainst 223 in iMn?
and Boardman Increased from
110 to 120 during the 10 years,
lone neither gained nor lost
according to the latest rennrt-
having 262 residents both times
tne census was taken. Hardman,
alone of all countv towns. ri.
gistered a decrease showing only
os m 1950 against 83 for 1940. Ir
rigon is listed as 579 In 1950, with
no official figures eiven for the
previous census because the com
munity was not incorporated.
Population figures for other
nearby towns outside of Morrow
county showed the following
cnanges (1950 figures first);
Condon, 908, 856; Fossil, 645, 532;
Hermiston, 3804, 803; Echo, 457,
280; Umatilla 833, 370; Monu
ment, 228, 118.
Heppner Boy Trains
For Paratroopers
Gerlad (Gerry) Settles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Settles of Heppner
is now at Fort Lewis, Washing
ton. He recently enlisted In the
paratrooper branch of the Army
Air Force.
Settles is a graduate of Hepp
ner high school in 1951. He has
a brother, Herbert, who is a Kor
ean veteran of three years In the
Marine corps and is now station
ed on a boat out of San Francisco.
House could incorporate the best
ideas known in the country. She
reported on her research at the
1951 Council meeting. Azalea
House will accommodate about
50 girls. County extension com
mittees will have the privilege
of selecting one , or more girls
from their counties to live in the
house. The girls will be chosen
for scholarship, leadership, and
character, with preference given
to 4-H girls. A statewide contest
for designing the best name pla
que for Azalea House will be held
among the homemakers this
year.
Maud C. Casswell, county ex
tension agent, home economics,
gave officers the new handbook
and explained the program for
the year.
Miss Trindle assisted with the
initiation of the new officers for
the 1951-52 program. County
members initiated were Mrs. Ray
Drake, Heppner, and Mrs. Les
ter Cox, Lexington. Extension
Unit Offices initiated were:
Boardman, Mrs. Dewey West,
Mrs. Jerry Garner, Vice Chair
man and Gladys McLaughlin,
secretary; Rhea Creek, Mrs. Ben
Anderson, Mrs. Harold Wright,
Vice Chairman. lone, Mrs. Ruth
McCabe, secretaory; Lexington,
Doris Graves, Faye Munkers, Vice
Chairman; Irrigon, Mrs. Viola
Berger, Mrs. Ethel Mllford, Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Marguerite
Houghton, Secretary; Lena, Mrs.
Marie Martin, Mrs. Susie Weath
erford, vice chairman; Mrs. Mar
garet Blake, secretary; Pine City,
Fay Finch, Heppner.
County committee members
working on the plans for the off
icer training meeting and assist
ing with the luncheon were: Mrs.
Omar Reitmann, lone; Mrs. Les
ter Cox, Lexington; Mrs. Russell
Miller, Boardman Mrs. Ray
Drake, Heppner; Mrs. George
Currin, Heppner; Mrs. Walter
Wright, Rhea Creek.
County Officers to
Attend Meetings
County Judge Garnet Barratt
and commissioners Ralph I.
Thompson and Russell K. Miller
will go to Hood River next Mon
day to attend a quarterly meet
ing of county officials to be held
in that city.
Following that meeting, the
officials will continue to Portland
to complete contracts and details
concerning construction t of Pio
neer Memorial hospital.