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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 8, 1953
Volume 69, Number 43
27,000
loneer
H. L. Duvalls
Donors of New
Heppner Residence
Members of the county court
and the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital board Wednesday received
the keys for a practically new
home which was presented as a
gift to the county, for the benefit
of the hospital, by Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Duvall, Heppner residents
and Morrow county wheat ranch
er, The presentation was made at
the Duvall home during a lunch
eon given by the donors for the
members of the court and board.
The building, a practically new
brick residence valued at more
than $27,000 and located on Gil
more street adjacent to the court
house park, . was given to the
county for the express benefit of
the hospital. It may be used by
the hospital in nearly any man
ner it chooses so long as the pro
ceeds are used for equipment or
furnishings for the present build
ing ar any additional building
that might be constructed In the
future. Acceptance of the gift
was acknowledged by county
judge Garnet Barratt and P. W.
Mahoney, chairman of the board
of trustees of the hospital.
The home, built by the Duvalls
during the past few years, os en
tirely complete even to landscap
ing and has only recently been
vacated by the donors upon com
pletion of a new homo immedi
ately adjacent to the one given to
the hospital.
Board members and the court
expressed their appreciation to
the Duvalls for the gift and stated
that they had no definite plans
for disposition of the building.
According to the terms of the deed
it may be rented or sold or used
in any manner desided by the
Gift Received by
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GIFT HOUSE The deed for this modern Heppner home belonging
to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall was this week given by the owners
to the county court for the use of Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
Disposition of the residence will be left up to the court and the
hospital board who may either rent or sell it. Proceeds will be
used for hospital equipment or furnishings. (GT Photo)
Draft Takes 7
From Tri-County
City Council
Starts Year With
One New Member
One of the largest groups of
inductees to be called into the
service from this area in many
months left Condon on January One new councilman, Jeff Car
6 to report for induction into thejter, and two who were reelected
armv. There were seven 20 and for another term were sworn in at
21 year olds, one of them from the opening of the Heppner city
Morrow county.
Included in the group were
John William Jepsen, 21 lone;
Floyd Wendell Cook, 20, Condon;
Lloyd Delano Mecham, 20 Mit
chell; Charles Wesley Phegley Jr.,
20 and Morgan Thomas Medlock,
30 both of Spray; Lesley Lee Con
boy, 20 and William Fredrick Zas
trow, 20 both of Olex.
The board also reminded all
council meeting Monday evening
by city attorney, J. J. Nys. Mayor
J. C. Turner also took the oath of
office tor another term as head of
the city government,
The reelected councilmen were
W. C Rosewall and Dr. L. D. Tib
bies, who had been appointed
during past year to fill the un
expired term of John Saager
who resigned upon leaving Hepp-
board so long as the proceeds gOj register within 5 days after their
for the benefit of the hospital. hsth birthday and listed the fob
Such funds, cannot however, be lowing registrars in this area: C.
used to defray operating expen- j. rj, jjauman, Heppner; S. C. Rus
ses. ! sell, Boardman; Earl D. Goldan,
At the la;, general t'kv:;oi,,irrjnr0i(; George E. Van Wlnkib,
voters of the county authorized a 'Arlington and A. A, Williams,
special five-mill one-year tax' Spray.
levy for the purpose of construe-' personnei of the Tri-County
boys that they are required to ner,
Main business or the evening
ting an additional bedroom wing
on the present building to allevi
ate continually crowded condi
tions. Construction will start
shortly after July 1 of this year.
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NEW YEAR'S FIRE
DAMAGES APARTMENT
Heppner firemen were called
at 9 p. m. New Year's day to con
trol a fire in the Paul Doherty ap
artment in the rear of the Hepp
ner laundry building on Main
street. Fire chief, C. A. Ruggles
estimated the damage at $200.
The blaze, apparently starting!
from a cigarette spark, burned
a davenport and rug. There was
also some smoke and water dam
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Mrs. Pearl Devine has sold her
board number 31 are G. J. Schrei
ner, Condon, chairman; Conley
Lanham, Heppner; Jack F.
Combes, Fossil; and Mrs. Flor
ence L .Morgan, Condon clerk.
than $200 the amount raised dur-
apartment house on Cannon street, in the 1951 Christmas drive, Mrs.
to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bryant.1 Bryant said.
was the discussion of the audi
tors report which had recently
been received from Lee Kipling
King, Portland CPA. The nvmrt
showed the city to be in excellent
financial condition with substan
tial balances recorded in nearly
all funds. The report contained
no recommendations or criticisms
of the city's operations.
Mayor Turner appointed new
committees for the year with
most members being returned to
previous posts. Carter was placed
Ion the finance and the fire and
water committees. J. J. INys was
reappointed city attorney, a job
he has held for many years, and
Incomplete totals of funds viuiui uiumib ui-ui
raised in Morrow county by the ut''" d " "';
annual Christmas Seal sale far '""'" ma...
exceeded that of last year, drive as marshal. ,
chairman, Mrs. Howard Bryant The council was told that tests
revealed this week. Returns up to' rccntly kucn at( th? ncw wel
Wednesday show a total of $1,- show that the water is pure and
153 has been reported for the cIean and that no chlonnation
1952 campaign, with the Board-,W1 be necessary before it can be
man area still to be heard from. Pu i"to he city mains Consider-
i ihiri uii-vrl rnm nine: In ho nnno Tn
ThiL,a"Tnt "is .by,Tre.lhe well and pipe line before it
Christmas Seal Sale
Exceeds 1951 Total
Urgent Need For
March of Dimes
Support Related
In urging all out support of
this year's March of Dimes drive
now in progress Mrs. Joseph
Hughes, county drive chairman,
pointed to the amount spent in
the county last year for the care
of polio patients.
A total of $l,9l9.lJa was ex
pended by the county organiza
tion for the care and treatment
of polio patients, which was
nearly 50 percent more tnan the
county's share of the proceeds
from last year's drive, it was
pointed out. The county unit re
tains half of tne total amount
raised, which last year amounted
to $2,569.34, the other half going
to the National Foundation tor
Infantile Paralysis for research
purposes and aid in areas where
ix)lio epiuemics urain uie ie-
sources of the local chapter.
The local chapter had some
money remaining from the prev
ious year, which marie it possible
for it to care for last year's pa
tients without having to call for
aid from the National Foundation.
She strongly urged, however
that full support be given this
year's drive because of the need
to build back the depieteu iunci.
The drive is now in full swing
and she particularly urged rural
residents to turn their donations
over to their local Grange, that
each might get the proper credit
for their work. In many cases
donors mail their donations di
rectly to the Heppner postoffice
and the money is credited here.
but each area should receive
due credit for their work." The
Granges have charge of the drive
in the rural areas.
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Spray Trucker Dies
When Hit by Log
School Expansion
Plan to Be Told At
Special P-TA Meeting
The regular meeting of the
Heppner P-TA scheduled for next
Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. at
the high school gym will be an
open meeting for the general pub
lic, it was announced early this
Russell Clyde O'Brien, 52, of
Sprav died at Pioneer Memorialits customers back on the line by
hospital Wednesday afternoon feeding power into the area from
following injuries received earlier DUfUr.
in the afternoon when he wasj crews searched for trouble on
crushed by a log while at worki(he line and located the parted
Fancher Appointed
To Vacancy on
School Board
Bradley D. Fancher, Heppner at
torney, has been appointed by week. The purpose is to provide
county scnooi suiK-nnienaeni interested persons with a corn
Leslie Grant to fill the vacancy 1 pete picture of the proposed
on the Heppner school board schK)l expansion program,
created by the resignation of Glen j Members of the school board
Parsons. Fancher took over the and the building advisory com
position January 1. Imittee will be present to give
Parsons, who tendered his res-'tne details of the plan and to ex
ignation to the board in December plain need for the new building
was elected to the position in'an(i the proposed remodeling of
lor a tnree-year term. i-an-'exjstnK facilities All interested
cher will serve out the remaining' persons are urged to attend,
one and one-half years of the
term. Parsons stated that his
reason for resigning was that his
jolt with the Heppner Lumber
company at its new operations at
Elgin was causing him to have to
be away so much of the time that
he was unable to attend the
board meetings, which caused an
injustice to the remaining mem
bers. Other members of the board are
L. E. Dick, chairman, and Mrs.
Stephen Thompson. Leonard L.
Pate is clerk.
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Power Line Failure
Causes Saturday
Night Outage Here
A splicing sleeve that gave way
on the 66,000-volt transmission
line near Jordan substation
caused an hour and a half of
darkness in Heppner, Lexington,
lone, Fossil, and Condon Satur
day night and kept the Columbia
Basin REA's customers without
electric service for almost four
hours, according to J, R. Huffman,
local manager of the Pacific
Power and Light Company.
Huffman said that Pacific
Power and Light was able to get
near Fossil
According to reports, O'Brien
who owned and operated logging
trucks hauling for Midstate Lum
ber company was caught between
a, log and his truck. He was
brought here by ambulance.
He is survived by his wife,
Agatha and three children. Fune
ral arrangements are pending.
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REV. GILLIAM TO
CONDUCT SERVICES HERE
The Rev. Jackson Gilliam of
St. John's Episcopal church of
Hermiston will be in Heppner
Sunday, January 11th and will
conduct the services at All Saints
Episcopal church. Rev. Elvon Tull
of the local church will conduct
the Hermiston service. Rev. Gil
liam is expected to leave Hermis
ton in February for a new posi
tion in the middlewest.
HEPPNER POST OFFICE SHOWS BIG
GAIN IN RECEIPTS OVER 1951
can be used, however.
It was also reported that con
struction of the sewage disposal
plant was about one-third com
pleted and that the contractors,
Atlas Construction company, ex
pect to finish the plant by April.
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New Officers Seated
Mrs .Theta Stratton and child
ren spent the New Year's week
end in Pasco visiting relatives.
J. H. "JACK" BEDFORD, who last
week assumed his duties as
new manager of the Heppner
branch of the First National
bank of Pcrtland. He was for
merly assistant manager at the
Pendleton branch-
conductor late Saturday night
Huffman said that Pacific Power
and Light company crews from
Pendleton repaired the conductor.
He explained that an electrical
outage for customers of the Col
umbia Basin REA from 9:05 to
9:52 Sunday morning was caused
while the repaired line was re
connected to the 66,000-volt Her-miston-Heppner
line.
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BUILDING COMMITTEE
MEETING CALLED
A special meeting of all mem
bers of the special Heppner school
building advisory committee has
been called for Monday at 8 p.
m. at the high school, chairman
Robert Penland announced Wed
nesday. The group will meet with the
school board to discuss final plans
for the school expansion plan.
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Dr. E. K. Schaffitz and Frank
W. Baker made a business trip to
Pendleton Monday.
UP AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT
CAR SOON TO BE AT BOARDMAN
"Receipts at the Heppner post .the last quarter of the year
' office durinc 1952 showed an in- amounted to $7,315.10, which was
crease of more than 15 percent $i,uuu more man uunng uie same nL-, rL- (Z,nwna
James Driscoll postmaster said period the previous year. He also Mr Inea S-reeK VJrange
this week. The total figure for the said that an attempt will be . , - . , ; f inpinfiinc new varieties, certifica
te to obtain city parcel post the new offlc(7rSj was enjoyed tion law changes, weed problems,
year was $22,478.20, an increase
of $3,601.04 over 1951's total of
$18,877.40.
The 1952 business was the
greatest ever handled by the
Heppner office, Driscoll stated,
and though a part of the increase
can be accounted for by the in
crease in some classes of rates at
the start of the year, the actual
dollar volume gain consiflerably
exceeds any previous gain. During
the past several years, the local
office has consistently shown a
gain of from 3 to 5 percent over
the previous year, he said. The
1952 net business increase will
run closer to 10 percent.
Driscoll said that the volume
handled through the office during
Seeds grasses, legumes, and
grains will be the topic of talks
by agricultural specialists and
new motion pictures to be shown
aboard Union Pacific Railroad's
Agricultural Improvement car
when it stops in Boardman Tues
day, January 13 during its sixth
annual tour of the Northwest.
Under the direction of U. P.
Agricultural Agent George L.
Penrose, the programs will cover
many phases of the seed business
Two complete programs will be
presented while the car is here,
at 9:30 a. m. and 1:30 P. m. The
morninc session will be of par
ticular interest to high school and
iunlor farmer groups the after
noon session for adult farmers. A
portable miehophone located on
each aisle of seats will give all
persons attending ample oppor
tunity to question the speakers
about their subjects or individual
problems.
Building Permits
Soar For Year
Indications that Heppner en
joyed a good year, construction
wise, during 1952 is shown in
building permits totaling $134.
lo'O Issued in the 12-month period.
This amount is more than double
the $(15,000 issued during 1951
. Of the total amount, $109,900
was for new construction while
$24,500 went for alteration and
addition?, to existing buildings.
Largest individual permits for
business construction went to the
State of Oregon, for construction
of the new highway shops in the,
northern end of town, the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, for its jiew dial telephone
office and to W. C. Collins for his
new building on Main street.
Among the larger permits for
new residential construction were
those granted to H. C. Duvall, C.
Van Schoiack and E. C, Dough
erty. In all 15 permils were is
sued for new construction. Largest
individual remodeling job is now
being completed by the Heppner
branch of the First National Bank
of Portland.
The permits did not include
nearly $300,000 in construction
and equipment of llie new sewer
system and sewage disposal
plant. Had this been added to
the total Iho figure for the year
would have reached nfarly one
half million dollars.
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Mrs. R. G
Statement On
Condition Made
By Grain Growers
A statement released Wednes
day by Al Lamb, manager of the
Morrow County Grain Growers re
garding the findings of auditors
now working on the books ot tne
concern should clear up many
misconceptions as to the financial
condition of the cooperative.
The firm recently lost its fede
ral warehouse license after some
irregularities had shown up in the
handling of wheat receipts and
the financial condition of the
business was questioned, but
Lamb stated that he has been
assured that the license would be
reinstated as soon as financial
difficulties are cleared. He em
phasized that the license had not
been revoked, just suspended.
The basis for the financial dif
ficulty appeared to be that the
two new grain storage elevators
built last summer by the firm
were constructed without all the
necessary financing arrange
ments being completed. The con
sequent drain on reserves of the
company to pay for the elevators
left it without sufficient operating
capital.
Lamb's statement follows:
"It would appear from current
audit now in process that the as
sets of Morrow County Grain
Growers Co op are intact. The
present difficulties have appar
ently arisen by virtue of the con
struction of two new elevators one
at North Lexington and one at
Ruggs which has cost in the
neighborhood of $310,000.00.
Had the original program for
financing this new construction
been followed, that is to say,
member subscriptions and mort
gage loan commitments been ob
tained, the present so called pre
dicament brought about by the
absence of working capital would
have not occurred.
"In summary, it is my firm
belief that as soon as we arrange
the financing of the new eleva-'
tors as originally planned our
troubles will have come to an
end.
"I am pleased to announce that
a number of the large terminal
grain bouses are accepting re
ceipts on open market purchases."
Lamb also said that he and
other officials are now persuing
investigation into methods of fi
nancing the elevators and hoped
to be able to announce the com
pletion of a program within a
short time.
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Power Failure Stops
Heppner-lone Game
The basketball game between
lone and Heppner being played
on the lone floor last Saturday
night was called because of dark
ness when the lights went off at
8 o'clock at the end of the third
quarter of the second string game
Officials, players and a large
crowd waited for 45 minutes be
fore giving up for the evening.
The game has been rescheduled
for Tuesday evening, January 20
at lone. Spectators who jammed
the gym last Saturday are invited
to attend this game free as it was
deemed more feasable than to try
to refund admissions in the dark.
LEXINGTON GRANGE
The Lexington Grange will meet
Saturday January 10 starting with
a potluek supper at 0:00 p. m.
followed by regular grange at
McMurtry was in 8:00 p. m. The program will be
Boise the first of the week for a a two curtain playlet and in
business trip. She returned on stallation of officers. All grange
Thursday. members are invited.
delivery service during the
by members of Rhea
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LIlllMIKaa IUMI inn v--, aim li.i- . Pri)n lu, nt ui, rnrrM
nlni7erl tint if it ran he ar- "'6""u'
phasied that it it can . be ar moeting, The following offi-
ranged it w.ll take a heavy load that time:!
off the office clerks who have,, Anderson Master; Barton
been .forced to spon a good share 0verseerer; Margaret Ca-
of their time pa sing out the g1ew
many packages through the post
office windows. lard; Pearl Wright, Chaplain; El-
Driscoll also sta ed that wh 'e, Treasurer; Muriel
he (hr.stmas business was secretary; Leonard Rill,
heavier than in previous years,' '
i, was spread oyer a longer period t
'Asst. Steward.
easier and quicker.
The Heppner postoffice is rated
as a second class office, a volume
of $40,000 is required for it to
reach first class.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rill were ini
tiated in the first and second de
gree.
The grange meeting night was
changed from the first Friday
night of the month to the second
Friday night with pot luck sup
per at 6:30 as usual.
Owing to the rise in state dues,
the dues have been raised to $3.
This
1952 RAINFALL OF 11.58 INCHES
SHOWS GAIN OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
Rainfall recorded by Leonard, that fell in the "wet" year of
" ' inc. KL.a 11 inni.ncl Hnnor fared a little better by vote of the members.
a fu finch more than fell on the than did the Gooseberry section Grange also received a pennant
Lea during the previous year, .! where a total of 10.65 inches of tor ""Jg
final tally showed this week. moisture was recorded by Leon-, the past 10 years. Only one other
flHeS rainfall of the year1 ard Carlson. His 1931 figure was grange ir jthe state haj done a.
came in June when 2.74 inches ,10.71. (welI 11 was announced,
fell but December was a close! The month by month figures( A card party is planned for the
second with 199 being recorded.! are January, .89; Feb., 1.14; Mar. members on Saturday evening,
woi nrprinitation for 19511.71: April .68; May, 1.82; June,1 January 24th at the hall with Mrs.
was 10 57 inches and both years 2.74; July, .04; Aug., .17; Sept, Mildred Wright, Roxie Lovgren,
were far below the 17.36 inches'. 89; Oct., .15; Nov., .36; Dec. 1.99. and Muriel Palmer as hostesses.
Creek and smut control
Adding visual evidence to dis
cussions presented by farm ex
perts will be two new motion pic
tures, "Seed Certification", pro
duced by the Indiana Crop Im
provement association and "Smut
Control", a Union Pacific film.
Colored slides also will be used to
illustrate talks.
To bring the program into criti
cal focus on the problems of the
area will be a portion of the
session in which the local county
agent will discuss weed problems
and other topics of current inter
est and importance.
Others in the speaking staff are
IT E. Finnell. extension certi
fication specialist, Oregon State
College, who will present a col
ored slide illustrated talk on cer
tification in Oregon, and Robert
O. Fletcher, manager, Pacific
Northwest Crop Improvement as
sociation, Walla Walla, who will
discuss smut control and an over
all wheat improvement program.
Fletcher also will talk about seed
certification a subject which has
become very familiar to him dur
ing his association work.
U. P. Agricultural Agent Pen
rose will introduce the speakers
and open the programs with re
marks about the car and the
topic.
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Ktraloht from the field, collefle. and laboratories, George L. Penrose, agricultural agent, and his
itaff aboard Union Pacific's Agricultural Improvement Car soon will bring the latest information on
grassland agriculture, seed production and management to this area. Panel discussions by experts
and new motion pictures produced In color with sound will be featured with emphasis placed on .
the community's principal crops.