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L I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 2, 1952 Volume 69, Number 29 veer season to jaen m Sat. Much Private Land Closed to Entry According to latest reports, hunters will be able to go after their deer next Saturday, regard less of the lack of rain. The statement was released earlier this week by the state game com mission and governor Douglas McKay. Forest service officials in Hepp ner received word Wednesday afternoon that eampfire permits will be required of all parties ramping in the national forest land and that the local office will remain open Saturday and Sun-1 lands and have suffered consider day to accommodate those wish-j able loss of stock in the past ing to obtain them. Permits will years from trigger-happy hunt- also be available from any forest service man in the woods, accord ing to the report. They may be used for as long a period of time as necessary. I The forest service pointer out1 however, that all special hazard areas, closed earlier in the sum mer to all entry, remain closed and that all usual regulations will prevail. All of the forest area in the Heppner area is extremely dry and hunters are urged to take every precaution to prevent fires. Big Area Closed A big area of land in southern Morrow county, most of it wheat and grazing land running into Judging Teams To Leave Friday For PI Those planning to leave Friday for the Tacific International show in Portland and taking the judg ing teams are Mrs. Millard Noland and Mrs. Bert Peck who will ac company the Home Economics judging team. The team consists of Beverly and Phyllis Nolan and Joan Breeding all of Lexignton. Mr. and Mrs. John Graves will take the steers belonging to Dean and Rieta Graves that will be ex hibited at the P. I. Rieta, who is attending Oregon State College will meet them in Portland. Nels Anderson and his brother-in-law Calvin Yackley will ac company Ronald Currin, Eddie Brosnan and Jack Monagle, the 411 livestock judging team. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Peck and family will take the dairy judging team which is Shirley Peck, Patsy Wright and Sally Palmer. This is the first year there has been a dairy judging team from Morrow county. The judging will take place on Saturday and they all expect to return home on Sunday except the Graves family who will stay over, o GRANGE CANNING CONTEST AT BOARDMAN The grange canning contest will be held at Boardman Wed nesday October 8 starting with a potluck dinner at noon. All H. E. C. members are urged to attend. The judging of the fruit will be at 2:00 p. m. FIRST VISIT TO HOME IN 13 YEARS GIVEN HEPPNER ARTHRITIS VICTIM Mrs. Nellie Anderson, 76 year old patient at Pioneer Memorial hospital was treated to her first visit to her home in 13 years last weekend when she was taken by ambulance on a tour of Heppner and lone. Mrs. Anderson, who has been confined to her bed with crippl ing arthritis for 13 years, part of the time at Hermiston, and more recently in the Heppner hospital was given the opportunity to see familiar sights, by Bob and Bill TV DOES COME TO Daily Television Reception from Seattle Station Reported from Several Locations Last week the Gazette Times editoralized on Television possi bilities in Morrow county and made the statement that in all probability, the future didn't look too bright for TV reception in the area. Word to the contrary comes from Alonzo Henderson of Lex ington, and he speaks with au thority, for he receives daily tele vision reception from KING-TV, Seattle. Henderson made the disclosure in the following letter: 'The pur pose of this letter is to give you some information about Tele vision in Morrow county. Last night when I moved to the kit chen to read your good paper so as not to disturb the family view ing Television with a light, one of tlie foothills will be closed to to hunting this year by the indi vidual property owners. The closure by posting is the result of objections by the land owners to the game commission ruling which will allow a special three day doe season at the end of the regular season. Only the lower areas will be open for this hunt and many farmers have ex pressed fear that their lands will be overrun with hunters. Most of them have livestock on the The farmers in the area men tioned state that all the lands are well posted. An announcement of the closure appears elsewhere in today's paper SAM COON, Republican candi date for congress, who was a Heppner visitor this week. GOP Candidates Gather Here Tuesday For Party Rally Nearly 23 persons were present Tuesday noon at a Republican rally held at O'Donnell's cafe to hear several Republican candi dates for state and federal offices speak. J. O. Turner, president of the Morrow county Republican central committee presided at the meeting. Introduced to the group were Sam Coon, candidate for congres sional representative, Charles A. Tom, state representative aspir ant, Mrs. MarshaJl Cornet, Klam ath Falls, national committeewo man from Oregon and state sena tor Stewart Hardie, Condon. Mrs. Coon accompanied her husband to Heppner for the meeting. Coon spoke briefly on taxes,' Mrs. Cornett told of the workings of the Republican national com mittee and Tom urged strong support for the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. Lowe, hospital employees who thought up the idea of giving her the trip.- It came as a complete surprise to her. She visited her home in the Eightmile district and also saw for the first time her son, Ervin's building supply store in Heppjigr. Though she has trouble moving she is reported to have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to make the trip given her by the two men and other hospital attend ants who assisted. MORROW COUNTY the first articles I noticed was your editorial on TV-itus. The age of Television is al ready here. We get KING-TV from Seattle on channel 5 every day on 1953 Philco receiver. The Wilcox Brothers of Hermiston have been testing with a portable antenna since August in various parts of Morrow county. Most people simply will not be lieve that we can get anything because we are supposed to be out of range and Television won't cross a mountain range, which it has to do to get here, but we do get it. Some days both pictures and sound come in almost perfect and, like radio, there are others when it is not so good. ... we live on the Claud White 1 1 r4 Firemen Make Up For Lost Time, Get Two Calls on Wednesday Heppner firemen got off easy during September when they went through the entire month without a fire call. They made up for it on the first day of Octo ber though, when they received two alarms within 45 minutes. The first call came snortty be fore noorrto extinguish a grass fire directly behind the city hall. It was started from sparks from an open trash barrel. A few min utes later another call came from the Cal Sumner residence on Gil more street where a grass fire was burning on the hillside be hind the house. Both were con trolled before any damage re sulted. New County PMA Committee Picked Returns on the Morrow county PMA committee election held in Heppner, September 24 show that Harold G. Campbell, Echo, was elected chairman, Edward Skou bo of Boardman, vice chairman and Bill Padberg, Lexington as a member. W. E. Hughes, Heppner, and Charles Carlson, lone were elected as alternates. Harold Campbell and W. E. Hughes served as alternates dur ing 1952. The remainder of the committee are new members. All are farmers. The committeemen took office October 1 and will be responsible for the county administration of the Agricultural Conservation program, price support activities, federal crop insurance and other activities which may be assigned. In the coming year they will arrange for the training of com munity committeemen, direct the farm-by-farm contacts which community committeemen will make, and have responsibility for approval of conservation prac tices carried out on Morrow county farms. . o FFA Judging Team Places First at Pendleton Stock Sale The Future Farmers of America Livestock judging team composed of Eddie Brosnan, Jack Monigal, and Ron Currin, placed first in the livestock judging contest at the Rotary Fat Livestock sale at Pendleton last Saturday. The team was accompanied by James Allen their instructor and two alternates, Deane Graves, and Neil Beamer. The contest consisted of two classes of beef, two swine and one class of fat lambs. Eddie Bros nan was the high individual judge of all contestents in the show with 465 points of a possible 500. The classes were placed by Joe Johnson, acting head of The Animal Husbandry department, Oregon State College. After judging the livestock the boys stayed for the livestock sale and were awarded the first place banner. Eddie Brosnan also re ceived special recognition. Other teams among the top four were Pendleton, second; Hermis ton, third; and Milton-Freewater, fourth. WAGNERS HAVE NEW DAUGHTER Dr. and Mrs. Clifford Wagner are the parents of a 5 lb. daugh ter born September 26 at the Port land Sanitarium and Hospital. She has been named DeeAnne. o Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson have as their guest her brother Calvin Yackley of Lisbon, North Dakota. wheat ranch 15 miles east of Lex ington." A check with the Wilcox Home Appliance store in Hermiston re vealed that they have been doing considerable checking in the Heppner, Lexington and lone areas and they reported that nearly any location in the higher or more open sections of the county could receive TV signals. The Hendersons live in the Sand Hollow area. Wilcox also said that when a television station goes on the air In the Spokane area that reception here will pro bably be considerably Improved. As was pointed out last week, television waves travel in a straight line and do not normally Voter Registration Books To Close This Saturday With only two days left for citizens to register to vote in the general election November 4, the county clerk's office Wednesday reported a slight last minute rustt to beat the deadline. The regis tration books close Saturday, October 4. With only the figures from last spring plus the new registrations that have come Into the clerk's office, the count for the county now stands at 23G7 total registra tion. This is 78 more than were registered for the primaries. There will still be a considerable in crease to be recorded before the election as no new registrations have been reported from regis trars in Lexington, lone, Board man, Irrigon and Hardman. These are expected to add a considerable number to the list. Prospective voters may contact the registrars in any of the above listed towns to sign up. It Is not necessary to come to the court house. Several service organizations are making a concerted drive to obtain increased voter registra tion among them the Jay Cees, as a part of a nation-wide campaign set up by the national organi zation, and the Heppner Soropti- mist club which has recently dis tributed reminder handbills throughout town. Republicans rontinue to hold a commanding lead over the Democrats- in the county, though ttrc exact figures will not be available until after the books close this weekend. o Officers Elected At Farm Bureau Meeting The regular meeting of the Morrow County Farm Bureau was held at the Markham Baker home on Sept. 23 preceded by a potluck dinner. Orville Cutsforth report ed on the tentative resolutions adopted at the Delegates Con ference in Bend in August. These resolutions will so'- n be available for study before they come up for adoption at the State Convention in Baker in November. Irven Rauch reported that the quota of stock for the Farm Bu reau Life Insurance Co. had been sold and that soon the Charter Policies would be ready. Anyone interested in one of these policies should contact Irven Rauch. The election of officers resulted in the following being elected for the coming year: President, Ken-1 neth Peck, 1st Vice-Pres., Gene Cutsforth, 2nd Vice-Pres., David Baker, Sec.-Treas., Mrs. Markham Baker. The next meeting will be Oct. 28 at Lexington and it is planned to have a speaker to give infor mation on the issues which will appear on the November ballot, o Settles Awarded Korea Combat Badge WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY DIV. IN KOREA Army Pvt. Gerald A. Settles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emery R. Settles of Heppner. has been awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge while serving with the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. The badge is a symbol of the frontline fighting man. It con sists of a minature Revolutionary War rifle mounted on a blue rec tangle with a silver wreath, A rifleman in Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment, Settles has served in Korea since last June. He entered the Army in Septem ber 1951. bend, as do regular radio waves, to get down into valleys. To get reception of TV is is necessary for the antenna to be located in some open or high point. Wilcox said also that in some places Mt. Adams had a tendency to block out reception from the Seattle station. Henderson also said in his letter that he had just been watching a telecast recording of the Joe Louis-Marciano fight and told of other programs seen the evening the letter was written. It has been reported that there are several other television Bets in the county, however the own er's names are not definitely known. I 4 ' r 1 I - v if" v,, v v y, ." i r if i r "f in in ii ' -m m irHi 1 I m.fcnMnnrgjM .... j i i s. , . - v..... - CATTLEMAN of the Year Eb Hughes, shown with two new bulls recently purchased at the Oregon Cattlemen's association bull sale at Baker. They were purchased from Frank Anderson, Hepp ner, and William Duff, Adams. (GT Photos) Rules Given For Porcupine Contest Because of the damage done to timber, stock, property and even to sportsmens' shoes and creels the Morrow county Hunters and Anglers club are this year spon soring a porcupine contest car ried on in the same manner as it conducts its crow and magpie contests. Club officers point out that the forest service has been con ducting a similar project during the past five or six years, but the porky population has continued to increase. They urge every sportsman, stockman and timber man to aid in the elimination of the destructive animals and state that there are "no holds barred," just kill them! Trizos have deen donated by the Heppner Lumber company Klnzua Pine Mills company and Andresen's Sporting Goods and will be put on display in the near future. Following are the contest rules. Open to all Morrow county citi zens except forest service em ployees, Heppner Lumber com pany cruisers, government trap pers, state game biologists and state patrolmen. The committee feels the exceptions should be made in the case of professional hunters to maintain the contest on an amateur basis. The kills are credited to the hunter by presen tation on the noses to Ervin An derson. The contest terminates on the last day of the elk season. No restrictions are imposed on the location of the kill, or the method just kill them. o (Editor's note: This is a story NOT here for you to read. See to day's editorial on page two.) 3 ni f i" " iilH Vr1Vmmit$ W. E. "EB" HUGHES Chosen Morrow County Cattleman lor Otto Rietmann Takes Own Life Thursday, Services Held Monday Funeral services were held at the lone Community church Mon. day for Otto Rietmann who took his own life Thursday by firing a shot from a revolver into his temple. Rietmann was found by Dale Ray who works on the Rietmann ranch, late Thursday afternoon and according to the report of sheriff C. J. D. Bauman who in vestigated, he had been dead since mid-morning. Rietmann had left the house about 10 a. m. and had not been seen since. In the evening Ray noticed his car park ed a short dstance away and went to Investigate. Police could de termine no motive for the suicide. Otto Rietmann was born to Paul and Margaret Rietmann on April 6. 1892 at lone. He graduat ed from the lone high school in 1909 and was the first graduate in the high school there. He ser ved in the famous 91st division during World War I and has been engaged in farming in the lone area for many years. Pallbearers were Joel Engleman. Earl and Ernest McCabe, Ted Palmateer, James Barnett and Charles Doher ty all Legionnaires. Interment was In the lone cemetery. He Is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Anna Stlth, Meridian, Idaho; Mrs. Alice Peterson, The Dalles. Six brothers Edward, Denver, Colo.; Robert, Los Angeles; Wal ter, Omar, Victor, David of lone and 13 nieces and nephews. Many relatives from out-of- state as well as those living in Oregon attended the services. o Adult Education Course To Be Offered An adult education class of the Oregon Extension service is offer ing a course in biological science at the Heppner high school on Monday nights starting October 6. Persons Interested must regis ter by the first class or may con tact Leslie Grant at the court house. There will be 10 weeks of classes and three hours of col lege credit will be allowed. 1 Vn i m- Aiii-.liyi.'. ViHi'i.lrui i 19S2 Hughes Chosen Top Cattleman For County W. E. "Eb" Hughes, butter creek rancher was chosen this week by the county cattlemen's association as the Morrow county cattleman of the year. A state winner will be named later after being chosen from the county winners.- Hughes now owns and opeates the 12,000 acre ranch which for merly belonged to his father, Percy Hughes and he won the distinction through a continuing program of good ranch manage ment. These developments in clude range improvement, fenc ing, deferred and rotation graz ing and Improvements of the home ranch and the cattle herd. Among the major developments have been the developing of numerous springs and troughs on his range in addition to dams and wells on the home ranch for ir rigation of creek bottom lands used for growing hay. Disease control has always been a high point in Hughes's program. He was the first rancher to start a program of test and slaughter for the control of Brucellosis in his beef herd. This was started In 1932, before indemnity was paid. It was costly, but has been continued ever since and his pro gram Is. one that many other county ranchers are following. During recent years Hughes has been adding better bulls to the herd Improving the quality of the calves and the replacement heifers. The two pictured in the accompanying photo were recent ly purchased at the Baker bun sale. Facilities on the Hughes ranch have been acclaimed as among the finest In the area and are fre quently used by his neighbors to handle their cattle. Ed Hughes has been very active i in community affairs, also, hav- lng been one of the leaders ln organizing the Morrow county Livestock growers association. He has served on several committees for the Oregon Cattlemen's asso. elation, is chairman of the herd law committee of the county as sociation and has been a director of the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo association for 20 years. He aided in the organization of the Heppner Soil Conservation district and has served as one of its supervisors since 1941. He has also been active ln 411 and F. F. A. programs and his older son Allen, 18 has been active in these livestock programs. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes have one other son Merlin 9, who shows every Indication of following in both his father's and his older brother's footsteps for on the home ranch he has staked out his own Bar-D ranch and indications are that while his ranch prac tices might leave a little to be desired, he is learning fast from his Dad. o i Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miles re turned Sunday evening from a week's vacation to Portland. III ' . ' j
