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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 2, 1952
Volume 69, Number 29
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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(Editor's note: This is a story
NOT here for you to read. See to
day's editorial on page two.)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miles re
turned Sunday evening from a
week's vacation to Portland.
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