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LIBRARY tj or o EUGENE. ORE . Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 17, 1952 Volume 69, Number 18 Chamber Hears of 4-H School; Talks Recreation Plans Two Morrow county 4-H club members told Heppner-Morrow -'county chamber of commerce members Monday of their activi- ties at the recent 4-H summer school held on the Oregon State college campus at Corvallis. The two 4-H members, Patricia Peck and Jim Hayes told of the various courses and activities provided for them at the two week session. They also ex pressed thanks to th individuals and business houses who donated scholarships which made the trip possible. They were introduced by Maud Casswell, county exten sion agent. The chamber also discussed the possibility of encouraging the development of recreation areas in the mountains above Heppner. It was pointed out that this area is closest to the many residents living in the Hermiston-Umatilla area and that there is a steady growing influx of fishermen and sportsmen using this section of the Blue mountains. It was point ed out that there are no forest or state parks in the entire section designed to accommodate any large number of persons. Wayne West, Umatilla National forest supervisor, and other chamber members, pointed out there are numerous places within a few miles of Heppner where the construction of small dams would provide excellent fishing lakes. One private dam is being con sidered, but it is not expected to be large enough to provide much relief for the area. It -was pointed out that the "people ae going to come", and it will be to the benefit of this area if some type of recreational area can be provided for them. 0 ' Cooler Temperatures Recorded For Week - The weatherman eased off slightly in Heppner this week after giving the area two nays ot 97 degree temperatures, last weu nesday and Thursday. Since then Heppner weatner re corder Leonard Gilliam reported the maximum temperatures stayed in the low' 90s with 92 being recorded Tuesday. Winds this week helped to keep tem peratures down and thunder storms away from the area. Care Requested In Water Use; Future Rationing Possible City water superintendent Vic tor Groshens this week asked residents to be a little "scotch" in their use of water, suggesting that they irrigate early in the morning or in the cooler evening hours. Groshens stated the city is not facing any critical shortage of water at the present time as long as care is shown in irrigating and water use, however, a con tinuation of hot weather could necessitate future rationing. One of the first groups to suffer should it be necessary to ration, would he the children as the swimming pool would have to be shut down. It takes a heavy volume of water to keep it operating. During recent days water is being used practically as fast as it comes from the wells, making it hard to keep a sale level in ilie reservoirs. ! o Kickoff Dance Set For July 26 The Kickoff dance, the start of a series of events leading up to the Morrow county fair and rodeo will he held at the Heppner tair pavilion Saturday, July 2G, Jack Van Winkle, chairman of the dance committee announced this week. The traditional dance, planned to nresent Queen Kathryn Camp bell and her court to the people of the county, will lead off a ser ies of six dances held on consecu tive weekends. At each of Ihe following dances the individual niineesses and the ciueen will le feted by their sponsoring groups Van Winkle stated that Ken Knott's orchestra from Portland has been obtained for the start ins dance. Though a newcomer to this section of the country, the band Is well known in and around Portland for its popular and western style arrangements nanfinw hn heen scheduled to start at 9 o'clock. Ti.Uoic will lie made available lo the public shortly. o Swimming Lessons To Start Monday At Local Pool GRASS BURNS A erass fire which burned section of the hillside behind the p. w. Mahonev residence on WU low creek road, was controlled by Hennner firemen Tuesday even !nr There was no damage. The I-,- - - - origin was unknown. LISTS STATE GAME COMMISSION TENTATIVE HUNTING REGULATIONS Highlights in the tentative 1952 hunting regulations set last weekend by the game commis sion include a September 27 to October 17 buck deer season fol lowed by a three-day hunter's choice deer season for hunters with unused tags, a November 1 to 20 general elk season, and a pheasant season opening October 24 and ending November 2 in western Oregon and ending No vember 9 in eastern Oregon. The hunter's choice season for one deer of either sex is aimed at rrnnnintr deer from agricultural areas and problem ranges where a brosvse shortage threatens hp.iw winter losses. The dates are October 18, 19, and 20, with thn excention of Hood river vallev and White River val ley (Wasco county l, the hunters choice area in eastern noe pt nf The Dalles-Califor nia highway north to Redmond and east of the Jefferson, Wasco, and Gilliam county lines. The greater part of central and south oct0 Dree-on are included in the either-sex area, but Malheur county south of hignway m, " of Umatilla national iuiei, F. Moris of Orchoc, Wallowa, Whit man and Deschutes national for Npwhorrv crater area 'a'T Rend: and the high desert between Millican and Wagontire mountain are excluded from the nrnnnsed hunter's choice season, tjL i One special deer season of 300 norm is wnn (i be nein in uie Newbridce area of Baker county A total of 1200 permits would be available for antelope hunters in the same three areas opened last year. Buck Deer Season Open season, September. 11 to October 17, inclusive, in all coun ties fnr hlack-tailed and mule rieer havinc not less than a forked anUer: and In Douglas county tor white-tailed deer having not less ihan n fnrWpd ant er. Bag limit r.na Hopr hflvinf not less tha forked antlers. Hunter's Choice Deet Season Onen season, October Is October 20. inclusive. Bag limit one deer of either sex for those hnntprc nnsspssinp unused deer tags. Open areas Eastern Oregon in elude all lands outside of the ex terior boundaries of national for ests in Crook, Wheeler, Morrow, Union, Umatilla, Wallowa, and that portion of Grant county north of the North Fork of the John Day river. That portion of Wasco county south of Fifteen Mile creek; west of highway 23 (Dalles-California); and north of Oregon high way 52. A complete digest of the 1952 hunting regulations will be available at sporting goods stores within a few weeks. Swimming lessons for Heppner children will start at the munici pal pool next Monday, July 21 nder the direction of Mrs. Wil liam Labhart, Red Cross instruc tor. The instruction is sponsored bv the American Red Cross. The two weeks course follows the completion of a similar course given by Mrs .Labhart at the local pool for Condon child ren. Condon has no swimming pool and the children have been brought over by bus each day for the past two weeks. Their course concludes this Friday. Nearly 50 Condon residents re ceived training. Mrs. Labhart states that both beginners and intermediates are quested to report at the pool at 10 o'clock Monday where they will be registered and later di- ided for instruction periods. There is no charge for the in- (ruction. o UN Pilgrimage In New York City Sunday Jack Summner, Uniled Nations Pilgrimage delegate from Hepp ner reached New York City Sun day Julv 13. While there the delegates win bo able to make a first nana study of the organization and funct onine of the United XNa tions. They will see councils and eomm ssions ot tne united na tions in action. A fascinating xuerience will be actually sitting n the council chambers with ear phones over which tney may tune n on any one of the live oinciai lancuaces used in all sessions, There will be interviews witn mem tiers of the delegations of various countiies. The pilgrim age delegates will mingle with U. N. personnel from all over the umrid as thcv eat at tne u. in. cafeteria. En Route to New York, Jack has sent cards lrom uegina, aasK. Canada, where they spent the night of July 6, the next night hey were in Winnipeg, MannoDd, Canada where they ate wim iwo Mounted Police and visited the legislative building of Manitoba. From Canada they went into Du- uth. Minnesota on July 9, and then crossed back into Canada. The pilgrimage will have six davs in New York betore tney head back home. o Two Deaths Occur Here Wednesday Water Prospects Good At New Heppner Well Prospects looked brighter this week for an augmented water supply for Heppner as the new well being drilled by the city on the Frank Wilkinson property about three miles east of town appeared to be producing a sub stantial flow. Mayor J. O. Turner, said the well was now down to slightly over 100 feet and that four sepa rate veins had been tapped. While the well has not yet been given a volume test, the dip tests given recently show a flow or at least 200 gallons per minute. A sample of the water has been sent to the state board of health for a quality test to determine ardness and purity. The results An ll-tim Oregon record for iignnurn on imtiativ petition! ha bn t with 59, 192 certified namee filed with State Regietrar Dave O'Hara on constitutional amendment establishing the baaia lor a fair truck tax bill. Here Ellery Sills, presidsnt oi the Oreoon Hiohway Council (left) and Phil Brady (right), president . r - . i t- t fi t-.' l ft.. oi the Joint council ot urivera no. oj, inwmuunu im.i.i, hand aome ol the last o the Multnomah County petitions to registrar of elections, James W. Oleason. Eighty-nins and seven-tentha percent of the 69,991 signatures were declared valid by O'Hara. NEW MCGG ELEVATOR TO BE READY FOR WHEAT HAULERS IN SHORT TIME The new 203,000 bushel elevator of the Morrow county Graini Growers 11 miles north of Lex- ington will be ready to accept Its first wheat sometime this week end, Bill Richards, association manager stated today. The new plant has been ready for operation for over a week, but the loss of a part of a shipment of machinery held up final in stallation until the present time, Richards said. While the delay caused some inconvenience to growers in that area, the bulk of the harvest is still to come and the new elevator will shorten the haul for most ranchers in that section of the cotinty. . Wheat is coming in to the grain growers elevators at Lex ington, lone and McNab, but not In any great quantity yet, it is re ported. The Lexington elevator has been averaging slightly over 40,000 bushels a day for the past week. High winds the early part of the week has slowed harvesting in some sections, o P P O L Makes Plans For Two More Lewis River Power Plants Two deaths occured at the Pio neer Memorial hospital Wednes day July 16. They were Martin E. Cotter of lone. He is survived by his wife Mabel and family. George Jimmy Williams, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. - Glen Wil liams of Kinzua is survived by two brothers besides his parents. Funeral arrangements are pending and other ' information was unavailable at press time. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lovgren, Heppner a 7 lb. 5 oz. boy born July 12, named Mark. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Dunn, Kinzua a 8 lb. girl born July 12, named Judith Diane. To Mr." and Mrs. Ellis Thompson, Spray a 7 lb. 12 oz. boy born July 15, named James Ellis. Ma ior Surgery Judith Carol Juett. Heppner; Mrs. Bertha Dun "an. Hermiston; William Struth ers, Heppner, dismissed. Minor Surgery Andrew Pen nington, Condon, dismissed; Roger Smith, Dayville, dismissed; Doroihy Harris, Portland; Evelyn Sweek," Monument, dismissed. Medical Walter Wallace, Lex incton; Lavelle Burghardt, Spray; Mrs. Maggie Hunt, Heppner, transferred here from Pendleton; I.eo Farnsworth, Condon; Bert r.av. Hennner? Peggy Hubbard, lone; Ruth Connor, Kinzua. Work Started On Business Building Work was started early this week by Howard Keithley on a new office building, being con structed by W. C. Collins on pro perty immediately south of the Heppner Cleaners plant in Hepp ner. The building, 35 by 75 feet is being built of tile and brick and will contain two rental spaces, it will resemble in style the clean ers building. ' o Tickets Available For Shrine Game Tickets for the Shrine All-Star high school football game to be held on Saturday, August 30 at Pendleton are available in Hepp ner by contacting Dr. L. D. Tib bies. Over 100 have already been sold in Heppner and another block is now for sale. Heppner has two regular play ers and one alternate picked to play on the East team. o Mr. and Mrs. Durward R. Tash returned Friday from Redmond where they attended the Nichols family reunion in honor of Mrs. Tash's sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Sam E. Freels of Oak ridge Tennessee who are makfiig their first visit to Oregon in 34 years Others attending the gath ering were the parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Nichols, hosts for the affair; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Brad Brown, Mrs, Arrhip Rrown and Mrs. Walter Darron. Mrs. Venice Stiles is here from Portland to visit her mother, Mrs. Josie Jones. Mrs. Styles came up with Leslie L. Matlock and James Cowins who spent several days last week in the city. Plans for investigation of two new hydroelectric sites on the Lewis. River, which would add 85,000 kilowatts to tire Company's ('cneralintr capacity and contri bute importantly to the regional power supply, were announced this week by Pacific Power and Light with the filing ot appn cations for preliminary permits with the Federal Power Commis sion. The proposed projects are up stream from the Company's 100, 000-kilowatt Merwin Plant and its 108,000-kilowatt Yale Develop ment, now being rushed to com nlet ion. The Company is prepared to spend $100,000 on test borings and detailed surveys of tne new sues, the nermit applications stated If development of the Swift Creek and Muddv River sites riroves feasible, the additiona storage provided at these reser voiis would sustantially increase firm power production at both the Yale and Merwin Plants, which are designed for ultimate expan uinn to a combined capacity of 41G.000 kilowatts. r-..ll .ImmloxmAnt ,f t Vl P flTP . . i I J sent and proposed oam.s wuum give the Company a total ot Jin 000 kilowatts of peak load gener atine capacity on the river, approximately the equivalent of a Bonneville Dam. Along a 43-mile stretch of the Lewis River, a staircase of res ervoirs would drop the stream total of 1.150 feet through a ser ies of turbines to help meet the rapidly increasing power require ments of the region. The proposed new develop ments would represent another major step in the Company's long range program for the conserva tion of the water resources of the Lewis River. o Heppner Car Stolen, Stripped; Police Urge Extra Caution A car belonging to Nate Mc- Bride of Heppner was stolen sometime Sunday night and was stripped of wheels, tires and other ccessorles. The car was discovered Monday by Ralph Beamer parked behind haystack on his Bairn iorK ranch. He immediately notified fficers. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman reported the car had been stripped of all wheels and tires including the snare, tools and a spotlight. Both Sheriff Bauman and ponce hief Charles Gomllllon urged particular caution on local resi dents In view of recent car mens and other burglaries in this sec Mon of the state. Bauman re ported that a large safe contain ng more than S4,(MK) in casn ana a large amount of other valuables was stolen from the Kinzua Fas time last Saturday night. This followed closely the theft of two snfps from business houses in Redmond a few nights earlier Gomillion urged motorists to take particular care not to leave kevs in parked cars. "They're Just asking for trouble," he said There were no definite clues eported in the McBrlde car theft . o Steers Show High Average Weight Gain An excellent weight gain re cord was made by eight 16-month old Shorthorn steers which were fed on grass and grain by W. C. Cox of Heppner. Cox stated tne eight gained an average ot umo pounds per day over a lib uay period. They were sold last week to a Walla Walla meat company and weighed 1018 pounds each. The steers were purchased from the Ray Ferguson herd. i-O Virginia Gonty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gonty, is In the Good Samaritan hospital in Port land undergoing dielery diabetic treatment. She has been there for about two weeks. Heppner Joins in "Operation Skywatch' Help Needed I r u j. otonci r.pnnrai Rpninmin W. Chidlaw.l again evident in your sincere of upnnnpr joined hundreds other communities throughout the country in the activation of a 24 hour "Operatin Skywatch at the request of civil defense and Air Force officers. ' Three Heppner men are at the present time the entire staff of i. u-atrh organization. They are Ervin Anderson, county co ordinator for the ground observer corps, Walter DePuy, Heppner head and Bradley Fancher The three are at the present time keeping a daytime check on al S". but Anderson stated that additional help is badly needed if the area is to be served pro perly. Anderson asked for a total of 40 persons to stand two-hour watches throughout the 24 hours at the Heppner station which is the Anderson Building Supply building on Gale street. He stat ed that three planes have been reported to the filter center over Heppner since the 24 hour watch was started last Monday. inriprsnn was present at a exn aineu now raaar siauuns operated, what their limitations were and why it is necessary to have the ground observer corps. Anderson asked that anyone wishing to serve as an obser-r, contact either himself or the other two Heppner men for instructions. Four other observer stations are requested in the county, but at the present time only Heppner has a post in operation. As explanation of the need for special ground observers meeting the ground observers, tne spo held at McChord Field in Tacoma kane Air Defense Filter Center last Wednesday where American ! Wednesday released the follow and Canadian Air Force officers! ing statement: General Benjamin W. Chidlaw, Commanding General of the Air Defense Command acknowledg ing the activation of "operation skywatch,' today made the fol lowing statement. "Initiation of twenty-four hour duty for the Ground Observer Corps once again indicates to all the world that America is ever ready to take positive measures to retain its security and its free dom. Since the first day of our history, American citizens have always been alert to any chal lenge to their freedom. Defend ing night and day, the spirit is again evident in your sincere and selfless effort to build a stronger Air Defense System for this na tion. At this time, when your participation in the Air Defense System is so greatly needed. Your volunteer activity in the orouna Observer Corps is a major step in securing this nation against anv potential enemy. To each member of the Ground Observer Corps. I extend not only my own personal feelings, but those of each member of my command when I express sincere apprecia tion for your participation in "Operation Skywatch." Extra Fire Care Urged on Loggers Power saw operators and log gers with other power equipment were urged today ny judge oarnn Barralt, Morrow County Keep Ore gon Green chairman, to exert fverv possible precaution una summer to stop logging fires. Thp f irp prevention leader said a good many blazes were caused i:iKt summer bv the pure careless- ness of power saw oiierators. Main cause of fires was filling power saws with gasoline In danger areas and failure to keep saws cleaned of sawdust which causes fires. Lowers in this county were urged to observe these simple rules of fire safety during the hot. drv summer months: lkeep fire tools nanay anu n I nsti... fin1 in orMPr 2 Keen iiuimna " tank trucks full and ready to go, have a camp fire marshal named who is responsible lor lire fighting and prevention around camp, 4 stop smoking except at lunch or protected areas in uie woods, 5 keep walcnman ai endings for safe period aner ' ' . i work stops, ft mane reguiai check of all power equipment and eliminate any exhaust flame or nthpr nossible fire starter, 7 ....... , keep fire roads open ana marKeu The Keen Oregon Green county chairman said a statewide drive is now being mounted to reduce all forest fires In the most ag gressive campaign since the founding of the nationally famed fire prevention association eleven years ago. Loggers will be singled out for special attention because of the large number of new workmen in the forests who are not yet con scious of the great danger from the carelessness with fire. Hunt ers, farmers who burn debris and pasture, plcknickers, and smokers who flip cigarettes from moving cars will feel the source of pub lic opinion as newspapers and radio join hands to stop wasteful destruction of the forests. of this test are expected eariy next week. Turner stated the city will pro bably continue drilling the well to around the 150 foot depth In an effort to increase the flow and as sure a steady supply of water. While no temperature check litis taken, the water is considerably colder than that obtained from the present wells further up Wil low creek. The city has been pressed dur ing recent hot weather to keep an adequate supply of water in the reservoirs and it is hoped by the council to have the new well tied into the system, if it checks out satisftctorlly, before the end of the summer. Should the new well provide sufficient water to supply tne city, the council does not plan to discontinue the upper wens, u was felt by the members that wells and pipeline should be kept operating for emergency. Biggest difficulty is not tne amount of water available from the wells, but the difficulty in getting it to the reservoirs through the old pipeline. Re placement costs of the old line is estimated at more than $100,000 many times greater than the cost of drilling a new well. Water used in Heppner during the hot spell has averaged about 350,000 gallons per day. . o Church Cleans Up Explosion Damage! Services Resumed Services will be conducted in the Christian church building again this Sunday following the furnace explosion nearly two weeks aeo which knocked off considerable plaster and deposit ed a heavy layer of soot through, out the building. Total damage Is now estimated at more than $1,500. Cleaning of furniture and the floors will be completed by this weekend and damage to the walls and the furnace will be repaired in the near future. Rev. Earl Soward, pastor, an nounced Miss Loma Mae Jones, who recently graduated from the Texas Christian university will be the speaker at the Sunday evening service. o Many Vets Receive State Bonus Checks The Department of Veteran's Affairs reported Friday that 59,- 675 bonuses have been paid to living Oregon veterans and 4Jo to next of kin ot deceased ex-servicemen. The next of kin include unre- married widows, children, or par ents of Oregon men who died in service or following discnarge. Carl Cover, chief of claims ior the department's bonus division, said many bonus recipients ap peared to be puzzled about me method bv which the amount of their payments were computed. Their inquiries to the department indicate that they feel tney ma not receive payment for the full amount of time served, cover said. On the other hand, a conscien tious ex-Wave wrote In to state she believed she had been over paid $10. 1. The bonus act says payments will be on the basis of $10 ior each full month of stateside duty and $15 for each full montn or foreign or sea duty. Fractions of month's don't count, except as they may be added together to total one full month. 2. The bonus act says such payment will be only for the ac tive duty served between Eept. 16, 1940, and June 30, 1946. Some veterans have written the depart ment, citing their months of ser vice after June of 1946. The bonus act doesn't permit payment for those months. 3. The date a man enlisted doesn't count. It's the date he actually entered active duty. Some men were enlisted for sev eral months before they were called to active service. A num ber of payees who wrote the de partment about short payments have overlooked this fact. o NEW GRANDCHILD Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cox. of Springville, Utah, are the parents of a son born July 11. He has been named Steven Dee. He Is the first grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Cox of Heppner. o CLUB TO MEET It was announced this week by officers that the Past Noble Grands club will hold a potluck dinner for club members and husbands at the John Bergstrom home this Sunday at 6 p. m. 'ft; I"
