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L I BKARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. feette Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 16, 1952 Volume 69, Number 31 Doe Hunting Season Protest Brings Additional Land Closures 15,000 Acres of Private Land Now Closed to Entry Landowner's protests against the three day hunter's choice deer season continued to grow in Mor row county as more and more "No Trespassing," and "No Hunting" signs appeared on fence posts throughout the southern and east ern section of the county. The special doe season will open next Saturday. A check of the private lands known to be posted show at least 175,000 acres will be closed to all hunting and it is probable that there is considerably more than the known figure. Most of the posted land is adjacent to the Na tional Forest and timbered area of the Blue mountains and is con sidered the best hunting area. All acres within the outside bound ary of national forests are closed to the doe hunters by order of the state game commission. The extensive closure, part of which has been effective during the regular deer season, was brought on by a feeling with most farmers and ranchers that not only was the doe kill unneces sary in this section of the state, but that many would also lose numerous livestock now pastured in the areas surrounding the tim ber. Several petitions were cir culated last month and forwarded to the state game commission pro testing the special doe season and requesting the commission to cancel it in this area. The request was turned down, however. While much land has been closed to hunters during the en tire season by private landown ers, another big block east of Heppner, containing about 73,000 acres has been posted the past two days. Owners in the area said the decision to post the land was brought on by the extremely heavy influx of hunters, due in part to the closure of the western part of the state because of fire danger. Many were also incen sed over the number of does and other game animals which have already been killed and left in the woods. Reports reaching the Gazette Times told of 15 does and four elk being found in one srnall area. Police also tell of receiving reports of an airplane being used to herd the deer for hunters. In other words, doe hunters in Morrow county can expect to find more "No Hunting" signs than they can deer. All of Morrow county is opened to the doe hunters by order of the game commission, but the open wheat fields and range fur ther from the mountains offers poor shooting. Private property owners, do however, have the right to prevent trespass on their lands as many are doing. o Social Security Information Given Many people think of old-age and survivors insurance as insur ance against old age only. They forget it is also survivors insur ance and as such widows, child ren and aged parents my re ceive benefits. Not knowing this is like forgetting to read the fine print on any other insurance policy. Did you know that in case of your death, your wife might be able to draw as much as $168.90 per month as long as your child ren are under 18, or that your par ents over 65 might be able to draw over $60 each if they were de pendent on you? A social secur ity representative said. This makes old-age and survivors in surance a young person's insur ance too family protection at any age. If you want to know more about the meaning of old-age and sur vivors insurance as it relates to you and your future, see your social security representative from the La Grande social secur ity office who will be at the City Hall in Heppner on Thursday, October 23rd from 9:00 a. m. until noon. Robert Smith, Democratic can didate for State Representative was a visitor in Heppner on Mon day. Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson has re turned to Heppner and will re main for a time. Mrs. Thomson injured her hip in a fall early in the spring and has been in vari hospitals during her convales cence. Just before coming to Heppner, she visited her daugh ter, Beatrice, In Portland. SIGNS OF THE TIMES NO HUNTING GREETINGS that doe hunters will southern sections of the county vate landowners, as a part of their strong objection to the opening of non-national forest lands to doe hunting during the special three-day season starting next Saturday, have posted 175,000 acres of the best hunting ground for the welfare of their cattle horns either. Farmers Urged to Make Use of Crop Reporting Service About one out of four Morrow county farmers have received a piece of mail recently, that de serves special attention, believes county agent N. C. Anderson, tie said that a special crop form was mailed last week by Niels I. Niel sen of the crop reporting service in Portland. In advising farmers to take ad vantage of this service, the eountv agent said it will give, them a! chance to show what Morrow! county and the state of Oregon have done to help" the nation's) needs for farm products. He ad-j ded that it is important that the forms be filled in and returned! to Nielsen's office immediately. The county agent said that findings of the crop survey can be helpful to farmers in deciding what to plant and when to buy and sell. He pointed out that state totals can be used in many ways by Morrow county farmers to iron out problems and to mea sure agricultural progress. The totals will be available to all farmers, Anderson said. At Oregon State College, Mar ket specialist M. D. Thomas sup ported the survey as a "dollars and cents" proposition for Oregon farmers to know where they stand on production. "Wrong guesses can be costly to our farmers both in this year's sales and in next year's crop planning." the OSC specialist stated. Preliminary estimates of Ore gon's 1952 acreage and production are already available, Thomas said. These are based upon infor mation obtained from trade peo ple, county agents, and from far mers who act as monthly crop re porters. Now that harvest is completed, Thomas indicates there is need for a more thorough check on what actually happened in 1952 as af-j fected by yields and shifts in' earlier crop plans. Thomas explained that the final survey is not a "double check" against earlier returns, and that individual reports are confidential and are used only in arriving at county, state and na tional totals. TURKEY DINNER PLANNED The H .E. C of the Lexington grange is planning a turkey din neropen to the public, for Satur day, November 1 at the grange hall. Serving hours will be from 6 p. m. until 8 p. m. Mrs. Burl Coxen returned to her home in The Dalles Sunday after a weekend visit in Heppner at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. 'Frank Ayers. Mr. Ayers took her to the train at Hinkle. Dr. and Mrs. Edward Schaffitz and Dianne spent the weekend in Portland visiting her mother Mrs. Mary Carter. On Saturday they attended the homecoming at Pacific University. Harley Anderson arrived home Monday from Portland. He re ports that Mrs. Anderson is out of the hospital and staying with her sister. Mrs. Esta Powell of Portland is a business visitor In Heppner this week. receive in most of the eastern and will be like the above. Many pri against entry. Many are fearful too, as most of them don't have (GT Photo) Duck Hunt Season To Open October 24 Oregon's migratory waterfowl hunting starts at noon October 24 and will run for a straight 70 day period, closing New Year's Day, 1953. Federal regulations covering Oregon's section of the Pacific flyway were concurred in by the Oregon game commission a t a meeting of the Pacific flyway council in Klamath Falls last August where Oregon and Cali fornia game commissioners agreed on a uniform opening date for both states. Idaho's season opened October 11 and Washing ton's opens October 17. To the daily bag and possession limit of 6 ducks, hunters will be allowed to add 2 widgeons (bald pates) or 2 pintails, or 1 of each, making a total of 8 birds. Daily bag and possession limit on geese remains 6 including in such limit not more than 2 birds of the dark species common Can ada goose and subspecies and the white-fronted goose. There is a separate limit of 3 for brant (black sea brant only), formerly included in the goose limit.- Another revision in this year's regluations permits the shooting of waterfowl from a boat having a motor attached if the boat is fastened within or tied immedi ately alongside a stationary hunt ing blind. The 1952 Pacific flyway seasons and bag limits are the most lib eral in the four national flyways, and waterfowl breeding ground reports offer every indication that Oregon hunters will enjoy a suc cessful season. City Officials Up For Election in lone lone city officials were nomina ted at the city hall Tuesday even ing October 7. Those nominated, to be voted on November 4, were Omar Riet man, mayor; George Ely, record er; Mrs. Echo Palmateer, treas urer; councilmen for two years, E. W. Bristow, J. H. Bryson, Roy Lindstrom, Merle Baker, Charles O'Connor, A. E. Stefani, Jim Bar- nett and Roland Bergstrom. George Ely and Paul O'Meara were nominated for justice of the peace. o HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Claughton, Condon, a 6 lb. 15 oz. boy born Oct. 11, named Vernon Dale. To Mr. and Mrs. John Hartman, Heppner, a 7 lb. 1 oz. boy bom Oct. 10 named John Anthony. To Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ball, lone, a 7 lb. 7 oz. gfrl born Oct. 10. named Marcia Lor raine. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Sitton, Kinzua, a 9 lb. 3 oz. girl born Oct. 13, named Jackie Sue. To Mr. and Mrs. Garth B. Wake, Condon, a 5 lb. 4 oz. girl born Oct. 15, named Judith Elaine. Medical Marvin Jones, Kinzua; Gerald Allen Bunch, Heppner, dis missed; Mrs. Shirley McCarl, lone, dismissed; Mrs. Mildred Jones, Kinzua; Aubert Hays, Spray; Mrs. Mabel Spencer, Lexington. Minor Surgery Mrs. Helen Nel son, Lexington, dismissed; Mrs. Jean Davis, Fossil, dismissed; Mrs. Elsie Mollahan, Heppner. Major Surgery Mrs. Addie Me Carl, Heppner; Harvey Smith lone. Out-patients Kenneth Nelson Lexington; Alma Lou Evans. Heppner. Ballot Measures To Be Discussed At C of C Meetings The next two meetings of the Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce will be devoted en tirely to the discussing of the various measures to appear on the November 4 ballot, it was decided at last Monday's meeting of the group. The job of presenting an im partial discussion of the 20 state local measures was given to the legislative committee. J. O. Tur ner is chairman of this commit tee. Various members of the chamber and probably outside speakers who are particularly well acquainted with the individ ual bills will be assigned the task of presenting the measures. In throwing the remaining meetings before the election open to the discussion of the measures, the group expressed the feeling that with the large number of complex bills facing the voters, as much information as could be obtained should be placed before the members. Turner said each speaker will try to present both sides of each bill. The chamber Monday joined with the Morrow county Pomona Grange and the Morrow county Farm Bureau in sponsoring a ser ies of advertisements opposing the legislative apportionment measure which will be on the coming ballot. The request for such joint sponsorship was made by Orville Cutsforth who ex plained that the other organiza tions have already gone on record opposing the plan which they feel is unfair to this section of the state. Cutsforth said that even though the state Grange recently approved the current measure, the county Pomona refuses to fol low the lead of the state organi zation and is1 fighting the passage of the present bill. The Farm Bureau has been working active ly for its defeat. The first of the advertisements appear elsewhere in this issue of the Gazette Times. p , Government Timber In County on Block In Tuesday Sale Seventeen tracts of Bureau of Land Management timber on O & C and public domain lands are ready for scheduled sales, Roscoe E. Bell, regional administrator of the Bureau, reported at Portland today. The first BLM sale of the month wHl be held in Bend at the office of the district forester on October 14. Six tracts of public domian stumpage, totaling 1,839,000 board feet will be offered by sealed bids. The timber is located in Adams and Idaho Counties, Idaho; Mor row and Deschutes Counties, Oregon. ' O & C stumpage on eleven tracts in Coos, Douglas, Lane, and Linn Counties, Oregon, will be offered at the following sales to be held at the offices of the dis trict foresters: October 20, Salem, 8,160,000 board feet in two tracts, one to be offered by sealed bids, the other by oral bids; October 22, Roseburg, 5,175,000 board feet in three tracts, one to be offered by oral bids and two by sealed bids. The last O & C sale of the month will be at Eugene on October 23, where 11,035,000 board feet will be offered in five tracts, all by oral bids. o Gerald and Marilyn Bergstrom drove up from Corvallis Friday evening to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom over the weekend. Both are students at Oregon State this year, Returning with them was their grandmother Mrs. Charles Osmin, who will visit in Salem with relatives. Mrs. Gertrude Vance left Tues day after a week's visit with her niece, Mrs. David A. Wilson. Heppner Downs Stanfield Meets Maupin Here This Heppner's Mustangs traveled to Stanfield last Friday to tackle the Stanfield gridders and down ed them 19-0 in a game marred by many penalties. It was the poor est showing the Mustangs have made this year, according to their coach Steve Trukosltz, who blamed the raggedness on over confidence. Jack Sumner, Heppner fullback, accounted for two touchdowns in the opening period, only to have one, a 55 yard run, nullified by a penalty. By halftime, Lyle Jen sen had crossed the line again for the Mustangs to bring the score Council To Open Sewer Bids Tonight The Heppner Council will open bids tonight at a special meeting for construction of the city's sewer system and sewage disposal plant. Mayor J. O. Turner stated that it would probably take the coun cil several days to completely examine the bid offers before a contract can be awarded, as it is known that there is a wide in terest among contractors for the job and more than 20 bids are expected. Several concerns presenting bids have stated they will have representatives present at the meeting to explain various phases of their bids to the council mem bers. o County Livestock Show Low Percent Of Bang's and TB The percentage of beef cattle in Morrow county infected with Bangs' disease and tuberculosis is very low according to figures compiled this week by the county court. Of the 6133 cattle tested during the first nine months for Bangs, there were only 130 re actors for 2.02 percent and only 4 TB reactors in 902 cattle tested for a percentage of .001 per cent. The testing has been carried on inthe county by Dr. F. Wr. Frank, Dr. Gordon W Blake and Dr. Ralph Perkins, federal veterinarians, as part of a program carried on with funds from the bureau of animal industry. The only cost to the county is its share, one-fourth, of the indemnity costs. Morrow county has for several years been a compulsory area for cattle testing, a program which was initiated by the Morrow county Livestock association in an attempt to control stock disea ses. All the testing done so far this year has been on a voluntary basis as far as cattle owners are concerned and the court express ed the feeling that the county was fortunate in having the three vet erinaiies available to assist wilh the testing. There are only 13 federal vets for the entire state. Dr. Frank, who lives at Lexing ton, stated that they hope to be able to complete the testing pro grant by the end of the year and urged cattlemen whose stock have not been tested to make ar rangements for the test whenever possible. He also said that the veterinarians are vaccinating calves for Bangs at no cost to the owner. Both Dr. Blake' and county judge Garnet Barratt pointed out the effectiveness of the testing program was well demonstrated by the very low percentage of re actors found among the county's herds. o N. W. Bailey Reopens Richfield Station N. W. Bailey, a former Heppner resident, who for several years has been living in Oregon City has purchased the Richfield ser vice station at Main and Center street in Heppner. The station has been closed for several months. Bailey stated he is carrying a full line of automotive needs and is offering motorists 24 hour ser vice. Q Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson have gone to England where they will visit his two brothers and a sister whom he has not seen for 38 years. They flew from Pendle ton to New York and from there took the transatlantic plane, Francis Nickerson came up from Eugene Saturday after his family who have been guests of his mother Mrs. Grace Nickerson, They will reside In Eugene this year during which time he will take graduate work at the Uni versity of Oregon. to 12-0. ,The third period saw no scor ing, but early in the last canto, Sumner hit paydirt again and Jim Green scored the extra point to give the Mustangs their 19-0 victory. Trukosltz gave credit to Skip Ruhl and Al Parent for out standing play during the after noon. In the first down department Heppner racked up 22 to 15 for Stanfield. Ploy Maupin Friday This Friday the Mustangs meet Maupin on the Rodeo field in their second home game and the first Community Chest Drive To Open October 27 Plans for the Morrow counfy Community Chest drive were laid at a meeting of the directors of the association held last Monday evening at Lexington. Campaign heads for the various sections of the county were also named with Leslie Grant again chosen chair man of the drive. The date for the county-wide drive have been tentatively set up as October 27 to November 11 with each area chairman to open his local campaign as close to that date as possible. The directors also set up an increased budget for the coming year with $1,000 established as the goal. This is an increase of $!)00 over last year. Last year's drive fell just a few dollars short of the $3,100 goal. In' establishing the budget for the coming year the board also set up the percentages of the total to be raised by each of the various communities. Heppner Wheat Growers To Meet Oct. 23 Morrow County wheat farmers have scheduled their annual get-to-gether for discussion of wheat production problems for October 23. The meeting will be held in the county court room in Hepp ner. Starting at 10:00 a. m., the committee will meet during the day. This year there are five com mittees set up to cover all of the wheat production problems. Com mittees and chairmen of each are: Taxation and Legislation, Henry l'eierson, lone; Youth activities, Earl McKinney, lone; Wheat Dis posal and Transportation, Henry Baker, Ione;Production and Land Use, Frank Anderson, Heppner and Federal Agricultural Pro grams, Kenneth Smouse, lone. Suggested lists of topics have been sent by State Wheat Lea gue Committeoes for consider ation, along with local problems TFiese are In the hands of commit tees now. Recommendations will be made to be presented at the annual meeting of the Oregon Wheat Growers League. This year's meeting will be held in Portland on December 4, 5, 6. o Pate New President Of Men's Chorus The growing Heppner men's chorus this week elected L. L. Pate, president, Harold Becket, secretary and Oliver Creswick di rector and manager. The group has previously had no elected of ficers. The chorus, which started as the Harmony Club and composed of four to six members, has now grown to a membership of 18 Heppner and Lexington men. The men have filled many sing ing engagements during the past year, and the orgnization Is open to anyone Interested in singing for enjoyment. o lone Cardinals Drop Umatilla 25 to 13 Ione's Cardinals chalked up an other win last Friday when they outscored the Umatilla Vikings 25 to 13. The game was played on the Umatilla field. In the first period, neither team could get anyplace, but during the second quarter Ione's Baker reached paydirt twice, but in neither case could they convert for the extra points. In the third quarter both team succeeded in getting over a touchdown and Baker went around end for the extra point for lone. Both teams again scored in the final period and the Vikings kicked the extra point to give them the final tally of 13 to Ione's 25. 19 to O; Friday league encounter. The Redsldes are a fairly heavy team having two players weighing over 200 pounds. They were riding a four- game winning streak before losing to Hood River JVs last week 19-6. This game looms as Heppner's toughest to date and should be a nlp-and-tuck battle Game time is 2:00 p. m. Probable starting lineup for Heppner Is: Jim Green QB; Jack Sumner, FB; Lyle Jensen, LH; Wendell Connor, RH; Bill Hughes, E; Dick Kononen, E; Ralph Mar latt, T; Russell Taylor, T; Wesley Marlatt, G; and Rodger Palmer, G. was assigned 50 percent, lone and Lexington each 15 percent, Board man and Irrigon each 10 percent of the total. Donations from out lying districts will be credited to the closest community. Of the $1,000 budget established it was decided to give the state chest one-half of the money raised up to its established quota of $1,900.62 and the board sot up the percentages each community will retain for its own or emer gency use. Also set up in the overall plan was a fund of $500 for the Boy Scouts and the Blue Mountain Scout council to bo dis puted 50 percent for the state, 25 percent to the community, 12',4 percent to the Blue Mountain council and 12 ',j percent for an emergency fund to be used by the local organizations if needed. Drive chairman Leslie Grant said Wednseday he is preparing a list of district workers and will announce their names in the near future. Present at the Lexington meet ing were Garnet Barratt, chair man of the board; Robert Fer rell, treasurer; Mrs. Joseph Hughes, secretary; Leslie Grant, drive chairman; Dewey West Jr.; Ray Anderson; Garland Swanson; Edmund Bristow; Mrs. Robert Davidson; Mrs. Bernard Doherty; and Melvin W. Smith. o Game Commission Releases Pheasants For County Hunters Employees of the state game commission, state police and state game farm at Hermiston made news for bird hunters Wednesday when they released 300 Mongol Ian pheasants in eastern and southern Morrow county. The Mongolian pheasant Is similar in appearance to the better known Chinese pheasant, but is a slight, ly larger bird. They were raised at the Hermiston farm. The 300 birds, nearly all ma ture roosters were released at various undisclosed locations In preparation for the invasion of hunters next week. The bird sea son opens Friday noon, October 24. First Frost Hits County Tuesday The first frost of the year hit sections of Morrow county early Tuesday morning when Leonard Gilliam, Heppner weather obser ver recorded a low of 31 degrees. Though the mercury registered below freezing, very little frost was seen In the area apparently due to the extremely dry weather during past weeks. No rain has fallen in the county since the middle of September and it was little more than a shower. Most days since that time have been completely cloudless. REV. GENE ROBINSON, pastor of the La Grande Christian church who will gpeak here at special services next Sunday. La Grande Man to Speak at Christian Church Homecoming Gene Robinson, pastor of the La Grande Christian church will be the special speaker next Sun day afternoon at the Heppner Christian church. Next Sunday is the annual homecoming in the Heppner church and many per sons will remember Robinson when he appeared here a few years ago to hold a series of meetings. Robinson is considered as one of the most popular speakers in Eastern Oregon and he was voted outstanding citizen of La Grande several years ago. Besides his regular pastoral duties he is the pastor-councilor for students -of the Christian church who are at tending Eastern Oregon College of Education at La Grande. i i -" i j. . : J ra ; f V, -if" . J
