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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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