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Heppner Men Buy
Monument Sawmill
The announcement was made
this week by the North Fork Tim
ber company of Heppner of its
purchase of the Big 4 Lumber
eornany mill in Monument from
Carmel, Lindel and Dane Broad
foot who have been operating the
mill.
Owners of the North Fork com
pany are P. W. Mahoney, Orville
Smith and Leonard Kraft.
The mill has been shut down
for some time, but the owners
stated they plan to start opera
tions Monday, February 18.
The plant, which cuts about
40,000 feet of lumber per shift,
employes from 18 to 20 men.
There is no planer at the Monu
ment plant and the rough lumber
will be trucked to Heppner for
drying and finishing.
There was no timber involved
In the transaction as th Big 4
mill has been cutting timber
owned by the North Fork com
pany. Second 4-H Square
Dance Here Saturday
The 4-H Clubs of Morrow
county have arranged for another
square dance, the second in a
series planned for late winter and
early spring. It will be held at
the Fair Pavilion in Heppner on
Saturday evening, February 16.
Dances will begin at 9:30 p. m.
The first square dance was held
at the Legion hall in lone two
weeks ago and was such a suc
cess, that a permanent committee
of 4-H leaders have been appoint
ed by the 4-H Club Council to ar
range for future gquare dances.
While, no admission is being
charged for the dances, donations
are accepted. The proceeds of
these dances will be used for
scholarships to 4-H Summer
School.
The public is invited.
Heppner Marine
In Korea Area
Aboard the heavy cruiser USS
St. Paul when she returned to
action in Korean waters was Cpl.
H. G. Settles, USMC, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Settles of Heppner.
Operating a unit of the United
Nations naval forces on the east
coast of Korea, the St. Paul has
bombarded key rail positions and
other Communist installations
around Chongjin,, Wonsan and
Hungnam.
Before returning to the U. S.
for major overhauling last fall,
the St. Paul participated in re
deployment of UN troops from
Hungnam.
Heppner Navy Man
Now In Liberia
Now in Liberia for the inaugu
ral ceremonies of president Will
iam V. C. Tulman is Delbert E.
Bailey, boatswain's mate 3c.
USN, husband of Mrs. D. E. Bailey
of Heppner, aboard the attack
transport USS Monrovia.
The Monrovia is paying a
courtesy visit to the capital of (
Liberia which bears the name of
the ship. The capital city, Mon
rovia, .derives its name from
James Monroe, fifth president of
the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Farley
have purchased the new, modern
home on Baltimore Street from
Mrs. Elma Hiatt. Construction
of this new residence was com
pleted about a year ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson spent
Friday in The Dalles looking after
business matters and visiting
relatives.
ON RECLAMATION
John Day Dam Would Alter
The Morrow county farm bu
reau this week received a letter
from the Boise office of the United
States Bureau of Reclamation
telling of that bureau's plans in
connection with irrigation of Mor
row county lands under the John
Day project.
The request was made follow
ing a speech by Giles French be
fore the Heppner chamber of com
merce urging every group and
interested party to promote im
provements in the area.
The following letter from F.
M. Clinton, acting regional di
rector of the bureau of reclama
tion was received by Marvin R.
Wightman of the farm bureau
and explains the reclamation
bureau's plans.
END OF THE JOURNEY for the two boxcars that took it upon themselves to start down the track from
the Heppner Lumber company mill last Wednesday. Photo on left shows the two cars on their sides
with wheels well scattered. Right photo looking up the track shows siding beside lone elevator of
Morrow county Grain Growers onto which cars were were switched to derail them. 17 mile trip was
made in much less than scheduled time attaining a speed of better than 83 miles an hour.
(GT Photos)
Homemakers Festival
Set For May 6
At Lexington
The county home economics
executive committee met Wed
nesday, February 3 to discuss
plans for the coming Homemak
ers Festival which is scheduled
to be held at Lexington on May
6.
This year's festival will be the
sixth annual festival and its lo
cation Is rotated throughout the
county communities.- Lexington
was the hostess community for
the first festival held in 1946. It
was held in Heppner last year.
Committee members attending
the meeting were Mrs. Omar Reit
mann, chairman, lone, Mrs. Les
ter Cox, Lexington, Mrs. Russell
Miller, Boardman, Mrs. George
Currin, Lena, Mrs. Ida Slaughter,
Irrigon, Mrs. Walter Wright, Rhea
Creek, Mrs. Emma Douglas, Hepp
ner and Mrs. Vernon Fay Munk
ers. Lexington.
The next committee meeting
will be held March 31 at Heppner.
Good Will Visit
To Be Scheduled
The Heppner-Morrow county
chamber of commerce this week
received a request from The
Dalles chamber of commerce for
a date when a delegation from
that city could come to Heppner
on a Good Will tour.
The letter stated that the Col
umbia river group is planning a
series of tours to various cities in
the mid-Columbia area and
would provide ample entertain
ment and program for the meet
ing. A chamber committee will set
a date and arrange for a meeting
place for the program. From 30
to 40 will come from The Dalles.
GRAND MASTER TO VISIT
Grand Master George E. Lyons
will visit Willow lodge No. G6.,
I. O. O. F., Heppner next Wednes
day, February 20. Initiatory
work will also be held that even
ing. o
Charles Vaughn and Fred Par-
rish drove to Portland Sunday af
ter the Vaughn car which has
been undergoing considerable re
pair following the accident in
which they were involved along
the Columbia River Highway
during the recent bad weather.
BUREAU AGENDA
"In the spring of 1951, the bu
reau of reclamation made an in
vestigation of the feasibility of
irrigation from McNary dam
storage of appriximately 33,000
acres of land, generally confined
to a strip less than one mile in.
width, extending on either side of
the Columbia river from the dam
westward for some 25 miles. This
Investigation considered lands
which could be served by gravity
and by low-lift pumping from
gravity canals. The lands which
could be served by low-lift pump
ing lie just north of Plymouth,
Benton county, Washington.
"The lands succeptible to
gravity service lie below an ele
vation of 340 feet, which is the
normal pool level of McNary
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February
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Car Accident Brings
Injuries to Three
Three Morrow county boys,
Kenneth and Pat Cutsforth, Lex
ington and Charles Stout, Hepp
ner were injured, none seriously,
last Friday morning in an acci
dent five miles below lone.
The Cutsforth car collided with
a panel truck driven by C. T.
Black, lone electrician, as the
truck was turning from the main
highway, according to state police
reports.
The three boys were brought
to Heppner to a physician where
they were treated and released.
Black was unhurt.
Th truck was overturned but
not seriously damaged, but Cuts
forth's car suffered several hun
dred dollars damage.
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jOno May Leathers
Dies Here Tuesday
Ona May Leathers, 40, of Monu
ment died Tuesday, February 12
at Pioneer Memorial hospital in
Heppner. She was born August
16, 1911, at Monument and had
lived most of her life there.
She was married to Roy C.
Leathers, who survives her, in
1928 at Canyon City. Besides her
husband, she is survived by one
daughter, Isabel, 17, a brother
Lewis Neal and her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Dell Neal of Monument.
Funeral services will be held in
Monument and will be under the
direction of Driscoll's . Funeral
Home in John Day.
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RHEA CREEK HOME
EXTENSION UNIT
The Rhea Creek Home Exten
sion meeting was held February
3 at the Give Huston home, with
the following members present,
Emma White, Eva Wright, Beth
Clark, Muriel Palmer, .Alice An
derson, Tacie Parker, Carrie Beck
ett, Hannah Anderson and Mary
Wright. Gladys Beckett and
Genia Huston were leaders for the
day on drapery making.
Dr. Edward Schax'fitz returned
Monday evening from North Bend
where had gone on Saturday to
spend the weekend with his fam.
iiy-
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Warren
and daughter were in Stanfield
over the weekend to visit with his
parents.
reservoir. Practically all of the
lands would be subject to occa
sional inundation as a result of
flood control operations of the
authorized John Day dam on the
Columbia river when the dam is
constructed. Our investigation
found that the benefits from the
use of this area for flood control
would considerably outweigh the
benefits to be derived from agri
cultural use.
"Our potential John Day pro
ject includes approximately 227,
000 acres of new land in the
Columbia river drainage area in
Oregon and occupies, roughly, a
position adjacent in the west to
the existing Umatilla project.
Under one plan of development
for this potential project, water
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Republican Rally
Planned in County
The need for getting a Morrow
county man to run for the state
legislature was disclosed last
Wednesday at a mooting of the
Morrow county Republican cen
tral committee held in Heppner.
The group discussed plans for
a Republican rally to be held
in the county late in February
and it was decided to attempt to
obtain one or two outside speak
ers for the event. A definite date
will be set later.
The importance of getting resi
dents to file for precinct commit
teemen and committeewomen
was discussed and members of
the organization are urging in
terested parties to file.
Those attending the dinner
meeting held at O'Donnell's cafe
were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller,
Boardman; J. J. Nys, J. O. Turner,
Judge and Mrs. Garnett Barratt,
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Reitmann And
George Ely, lone, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bradley Fancher, Heppner.
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Defense Funds to
Build Irrigon Road
Construction of 2.1 miles of
road in the north end of the
county was approved last week
by the department of defense and
the bureau of public roads. The
new section will join the north
west entrance of Ordnance and
Irrigon.
The construction, to be built
with $52,200 of defense access
funds, will improve an already
existing county road which will
be prepared for heavy duty travel.
Two new concrete bridges are In
cluded in the project.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Adams
and daughter Shirlee of Kinzua,
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Nelson of
Camp 5, were visiting in Heppner
Saturday and attended a dinner
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
McDaniel, in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Loyd Pennington of Ancho
rage, Alaska. Pennington is an
uncle of McDaniels and Mrs.
Adams and it has been 18 years
since he has been in Oragon.
Jesse C. Payne and Tom Allen
drove to Pendleton Friday even
ing to attend the meeting of the
Umatilla Encampment.
Economy
would be stored on the John Day
river and diverted to the area by
means of tunnels and canals. An
alternative plan of development
Involves pumping from the
Columbia river, possibly from
above the McNary dam with can
als flowing in a westerly direc
tion. "From an engineering stand
point the John Day project could
be developed, but the economic
feasibility of the project is still
to be demonstrated. In this con
nection the project lands and
their potential repayment ability
must be given careful analysis
and study. Our current program
calls for the initiation of an in
vestigation of the John Day pro
ject in fiscal year 1954."
14, 1952.
Mustangs Take Pendleton
With Th rG Regulars Out;
With three of his regulars
"floored by the flu", coach Hal
Whitbeck's Heppner Mustangs
still went to work in earnest to
overcome the Pendleton reserves
46-43 Tuesday at Pendleton.
Keith Connor, Jim Prock and
Jim Smith had caught the bug
leaving only Gary Connor and
Jack Sumner of the regulars to
carry the load. Connor came
NEW FISHING REGULATIONS MAKE
FEW CHANGES IN LOCAL AREA
The Oregon State Fish anTl
Game commission early this
week released the new 1952 ang
ling regulations for the state in
its monthly game commission
bulletin. The regular digest of
laws will be available to sports
men within a few weeks.
Few changes were made by the
commission this year, except to
clarify some of the points of mis
understanding in last year's regu
lations. The trout season will
open in this area on May 3 and
close on October 12. In zones one
and two, the coast and Willa
mette valley, it 0X'ns April 19.
Bag limits for trout remain
practically the same as before
with 10 fish allowed, of which
only five may be 12 inches or
over. The limit represents little
change from the old poundage
limit, but makes it easier for the
angler to check.
Following is a list of special
regulations and closures effect
ing zone 7, which includes Mor
row, Grant, Umatilla, Wheeler,
Gilliam and parts of Sherman
and Jefferson counties:
Special Regulations and Closures
Streams or Stream Sections not
listed below as open to stcelhead
and salmon angling are closed to
steelhead and salmon angling
the entire year, including all trl-
RegulotionsTo Be
Enforced at Dump
New regulations governing
public use of the city dump
grounds were announced this
week by chief of police Char
les Gomillion. The dump will
be open to the public from 1
to 5 p. m. on Saturdays and
Sundays only, he announced.
Anyone attempting to use
the grounds or dumping with
out supervision will be pro
secuted, he said.
Gomillion also warned city
residents against the piling
of gravel, rubbish etc. in the
street close to curbs. Drain
age must be kept open and
several streets have suffered
from backed up water due to
improper drainage and piled
leaves and gravel.
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Heppner Restaurant
Changes Ownership
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bailey, for
mer owners of Bailey's grocery at
Ruggs, will take over ownership
of Easter's Grill in the Hemmer
Hotel building Friday, February
15. He purchased the restaurant
from Lloyd Moyer.
The restaurant will nrobablv he
closed for a day or so to allow for
repainting and redecorating.
Moyer plans to remain in Hepp
ner for the present.
The car of Mr. and Mrs. Owen
Leathers Sr was badly damaged
Saturday evening on the snowy
and icy roads near Chapin Creek.
A truck backed into the car but
no one was injured. The Leath
ers were on their way to Kinzua
from Heppner. ,
of County
The John Day dam is on the
approved list of dams included
in the overall Columbia basin
project. Maps show irrigation
water would be available for
nearly all lands lying in the
northern and western part of Mor
row county. The upper boundary
of such irrigation would run
slightly below lone, then run
northeasterly north of Lexington
into Butter creek. It would be
the largest single reclamation
and irrigation project in Oregon.
The majority of the 227,000 acres
of reclaimed land would lie in
Morrow county and the effect on
the county's economy would be
tremendous.
through with 20 points and Sum
ner 18 to bring the Mustangs out
on top.
Whitbeck predicts the illness
has set his team hack at least a
week in its practice for the tour
nament March 5, (, 7 and 8.
Heppner travels to Condon Fri
day night and then hosts a fast
improving Tilot Rock 5 on Satur
day evening.
butaries unless specifically listed.
Birch Creek (Umatilla County)
below confluence of east and
west forks is open to uteelhcad
and salmon angling entire year.
Camas Creek (Grant County)
below Bowman Creek is open to
steelhead and salmon angling
entire year.
Canyon Creek (Grant County)
Iwlow south city limits of Canyon
City is open to Ktelhead and sal
mon angling the entire year.
Columbia River is open to steel
head and salmon angling entire
year.
Columbia River is closed to all
angling from McNary Dam down
stream to a line across the river
from the Government Ferry land
ing on the Oregon shore to red
and white markers on the Wash
ington shore.
Desolation Creek (Grant Coun
ty) below Desolation crossing is
open to steelhead and salmon
angling entire year.
John Day River below Indian
Creek open to steelhead and sal
mon angling entire year.
John Day River (Middle Fork)
below Sunshine Guard Station
open to steelhead and salmon an
gling entire year.
Jahn Day River (North Fork)
below Big Meadow Creek open to
steelhead and salmon angling
entire year.
John Day River (South Fork)
below Jackass Creek open to
steelhead and salmon angling
entire year.
Lake Creek (Grant County) Is
closed to all angling between
Olive Lake and what is known
as Upper Reservoir.
Magone Lake Tributaries closed
to all angling.
Mill Creek (Umatilla County)
open to angling May 18 to Sep
tember 15, incl.
Rock Creek below Highway 206
(Gilliam County) open to steel
head and salmon angling entire
year.
Rock Creek below Highway 28
(Wheeler County) open to steel
head and salmon angling entire
year.
Strawberry Lake Tributaries,
exclusive of Little Strawberry
Lake, closed to all angling.
Umatilla River closed to all
angling from Three Mile diver
sion dam to a point 300 feet be
low. Umatilla River below Mission
bridge open to steelhead and
salmon angling entire year.
John Deere Day
Brings Many Visitors
E'mpire Machinery company's
annual John Deere Day, held on
Tuesday in Heppner was attended
by more than 250 persons accord
ing to Bob Grabill, Heppner
manager of the firm.
Lunch was served to all visi
tors at the store and an afternoon
program was shown at the Star
Theatre.
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Plans Completed
For Band Jamboree
The second meeting of an in
formal organization of the school
band directors, superintendents,
and others interested in the
school band program in Morrow
county and the Umatilla schools
was held after a banquet in the
Boardman school cafeteria Wed
nesday evening, February 6th.
The banquet was sponsored by
a group of the Boardman band
mothers and the purpose of the
meeting was to complete plans
for the Band Jamboree to be held
in the Umatilla school gym on
March 14th.
Gerald Pierce, band director of
the Umatilla system, Is In charge
of the arrangements. Seven bands
will participate, each presenting
a 12-15 minute program which
will be followed by a massed
band concert of six numbers, one
number to be directed by each
director from the schools repre
sented. o
Cornett Green motored to Port-
1 land Friday to spend several days
looking after business matters.
Volume 68, Number 48
Boundary Board
OKs Annexation
Of School District
The Morrow county district
boundary board last Friday
granted the petition of Rood Can
yon school district 19 for annex
ation to Hardman district 40.
There was no opposition voiced
to the move at the hearing and
the board granted a unanimous
decision. The change was re
quested due to the low aehool
census rating of the district.
There are no below-high school
age children living in the district.
The boundary board alsw re
ceived a petition from the lone
school district requesting the an
nexation of certain lands adja
cent to the district which now
are not included in any school
district.
The board set the date for the
lone hearing for Wednesday,
March 5.
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Slipper Chair
Workshop Set by
Demonstration Agent
A preliminary meeting of all
women interested in making
slipper chairs will be held at the
extension service clubhouse at
the fair grounds in Heppner,
Wednesday, February 19 at 2
o'clock.
Maud C. Casswell, county home
demonstration agent stated the
purpose of the preliminary meet
ing is to discuss material to be
used, plans for covering of the
chair and changes to be made.
Any woman may enroll by at
tending the preliminary day, and
the workshop will be held March
3, 4 and 6 or by calling the ex
tension office In Heppner, phone
312.
Women should bring the chair
to be covered to the first meeting.
New Phone Rates
Effective March 1
Pacific Telephone Monday filed
with the Oregon Public Utilities
Commissioner Its new schedule of
rates to be effective with bills
dated on and after March 1.
The filing was in accordance
with the Commissioner's order of
January 11 granting the Com
pany an increase in annual reve
nues of $853,411 one-sixth of the
amount the Company had re
quested in its application last
August for increased rates total
ing $5,188,000.
"The telephone business is not
immune to inflation which has
caused most other prices to in
crease two or three times as much
as telephone rates," F. A. Dress
lar, Vice President and General
Manager of Oregon said.
"It is obvious that with con
stantly increasing operating
costs effecting everything we do,
the Company cannot continue for
long to operate at these rate
levels. The amount granted has
been based on a rate of return
that, In the opinion of the Com
pany, is grossly inadequate to do
the quality and quantity job Ore
gon telephone users are expect
ing us to do."
Part of the $853,441 Increase
was placed in effect January 21
when pay station changes for
local calls went from 5c to 10c.
Increases in monthly rates, not
counting federal excise taxes,
will range from 25c to $1.00 for
business telephones and from
nothing to 50c for residence tele
phones. The largest increases are
in exchanges which have been
moved to a higher rate group be
cause of growth.
According to D. A. Short, Mana
ger.the monthly telephone rate
increase in Heppner will be as
follows:
Residence Service
Four Party None
Two Party $ .10
One Party None
Suburban None
Farmer line None
Business Service
Two Party $ 25
One Party 25
Suburban None
Farmer Line None
There also will be increases
ranging up to $1.50 in the month
ly charge for private branch ex
change trunk lines. In Heppner
this increase will be $ .50.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beckett
of Eightmile are being felicitated
upon the birth of a daughter, Feb
ruary 7, in a Portland hospital.
This is the Beckett's second child
and Is the only granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beckett of
Heppner,
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