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I i b k a R y i I S F A . y At Tic Legislature" 1 Cm LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES The 1953 session of the Oregon Legislature convened at 10 a. m. last Saturday, organized, instal led desk and floor attaches and got going before noon. At 2 p. m. the Senate and House of Representatives met in joint assembly, attended by the Gover nor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Justices of the Supreme Court, Attorney General and other state officers. The House chamber, main floor, gallery and halls were fil led with dignitaries and friends of the legislators from many points over the state, and by the general public. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE Ritualistically complying with the Constitution of the State of Oregon, Governor Paul L. Patter son Monday delivered his mes sage "of information touching the conditions of the state" and gave his recommendations to the con vocation. His suggestions were carefully presented with unob trusive statements. A former member of the Senate during four legislative sessions, he cave ample proof of the abilities ofj smooth oratory and tempered logic that won the highest honors his coherts could bestow the presidency of the senate, which made him governor when Gover nor McKay resigned to take a place In the Eisenhower cabinet. In opening paragraphs he paid high compliments to McKay and ex-Governor Charles A. Sprague, recently resigned alternate dele gate to the- United Nations. "Uppermost In the hearts and minds of all Americans today is the struggle in Korea. . . Let us make certain that when our sons and daughters return they will find their institutions and gov ernment preserved and improved, -their education, jobs and succes ses increased and a greater fut ure for Oregon assured. This should be our contribution to them. "You will note that . . there will be a deficiency of about nine million dollars in the gene ral fund, with 20 million dollars in the property tax reduction, leaves 11 million dollars, which does not provide an ample build ing fund. ia apparent U'dt sonw mon ies are available for our building program, but far from enough to fill our present needs, and care ful consideration must be given to the priority each is to receive." " . . Budgetary planning should be based upon a realistic evalu ation of probable revenues, . . I recommend that no new taxes be adopted at this session. I believe we should live within our means and endeavor to hold taxes at the state level to a proper minimum during the period when national security has a rightful first claim upon tax resources. The governor advised: A careful analysis of our tax structure . . a program for re-assessing all property to achieve equality in all parts of the state . . personal exemptions of $730 for each of a husband and wife with $300 for each dependent be changed to $600 for each person and dependency exemption . . as preventative to income tax ad justment abuses he recommended (Da tax claim involving more than $500 should require appro val of all members of tne tax commission; (2) all eviaence anu taxes be subject to review by l members of the Board of Control; (3) in case of compromise the name, address of taxpayer, origi nal amount and specific reasons j for compromise be made a mat ter of public record . . submit to voters whether constitutional con vention be held to modernize the state constitution . . . indorsed Department of Finance and re commended Department of Reve nue . Increase severance tax on all lumber cut in state . . support program to eliminate spruce bud worm and bark beetle . . make funds available to committee to participate with other states in preparation of Columbia River Compact . . increase salaries of state traffic officers, as there are 172 000 more motor vehicles on the road than in 1947. but the same number of traffic offices now as then, with officers work ing 48 hours a week and receiv ing $50 a month less than com nnrahlp officials . . . working out n nrnpram that will offer the benefits of federal social security tn ctate pmDloves, and at same time retain some of the benefits and protections afforded by our own state retirement system . . . since we have spent $300,000 in code revision work, the revised code law should be passed . . laws for a uniform single publication act; a uniform act on blood tests tTdcSn 'lt nd model crime penury act Ed be adopted." Single Copies 10 cents 1 ( i. - MUSTANGS Heppner high school's basketball squad coached by Steve Trukositz took time out iiom their practice long enough to have their uicturo taken. Shown are, front row, left to right: Leg Case, Jim Creen, Wendell Connor, Jay Haguewood, Jim Hayes, Skip Fuhl. Back row, coach Trukcsitz, La Verne Kelthley, mana ger, Dick Hughe3, Dick Kononcn, Taylor and Wayne Soward, manager. Mustangs Win From Ruf d us an By Kenneth Easter Heppner high school's Mus- tgnrni iVialloH nn tll'rt mfirp vin5 to bring their won-lost record to I 4-3 to date, by downing Kuius 68-41, In a Big Wheat League contest, and defeating Boardman 67-35. In the Rufus game, the Mus tangs jumped to a quick 17-11 lead at the end of the first quar ter, and lengthened it to 31-23 at halftime. Heppner hold a 51 38 lead at the end of the third quarter, and coasted to their G8 41 victory. The Mustangs hit a good per centage of their foul shots, making 60. Jack Sumner, Mustang center, led all scorers with 18 points, while Al Blake, 6 ft. 4 in. Rufus center, chalked up 11 for the Rufus quint. Tuesday night, the Mustangs downed the Boardman "Yellow jackets", with reserves playing a good part of the game. The Mustangs gained a 13-3 lead In the first quarter, and held a 2? 15 lead at half time. Hepp- 1 . N. - v - 1 - ' WHEAT COMMISSION SAYS AREA GROWERS PENDLETON In spite of the fact that each of the Oregon wheat crops since 1946 has ex ceeded 44 million dollars in value, the state's wheat farmers are in a "particularly vulnerable position", states E. J. Bell, ad ministrator of the Oregon Wheat Commission, because any drop in the price of wheat would not be accompanied by a drop in costs. Writing in the biennial report of the Oregon Wheat Commission to the governor, Bell pointed out that costs of machinery and other needs of wheat farming are aijtion-wide program to expand U. an all-time high while "there is a continued possibility that incomes may be reduced." The report is being mailed to all wheat growers in the state. A number of problems face the industry, said Bell, in spite of a "relatively satisfactory" gross income to wheat growers in re cent years. Amonir the nroblems facing the i I o Wneat growers are uncertain ex port outlets, keen competition from Canadian growers, a contin uing decline in per capita con sumption of wheat in the U. S., closing of the southern and east ern U. S. markets because of ris inir freieht rates, uncertainty of the government price support pro- SPORTSMEN'S CLUB GIVES AWARDS TO HUNTING CONTEST WINNERS A crowd of 178 attended the meeting of the Morrow County Hunters and Anglers, held Mon day evening at the Heppner Le gion Hall. The purpose of this meeting was to present prizes to winners of the Raven, Crow and Maeoie. and Porcupine contests Under the leadership of Dr. L. D. Tibbies, the organization has sponsored these contests for the youngsters of Morrow County, and they have met with enthus iasm as well as ridding the county of pests and predators. Ttennner Lumber Company, Kinzua Pine Mills, and Frank Wilkinson generously donated, -i,oc fnr the Porcunine Contest, lo,.. M-aa mnrlo hv num. ouitr luuiu . t. . . ber of noses turned in. The Bill 'even cowboy boots, were pur Cox family received honors for! chased by the Morrow County depleting the porcupine popula-! Hunters and Anglers and pre tion in the woods. David Cox re-jsented to the following contest nnivort a 92 caliber rifle with a1 ants by Gus Swanson, chairman tm nt 149 tn his credit, his' withjTurner. Jerry Anderson David the $15.00 in trade at Andrrsen's and Doug as Anderson, Kay Cor- r,""-. nftSM -Rin ,, not to' ' be outdone by his two older bro-1 i ' a mm a ur Aft h Mike Grant, Jack Sumner, Roland I oardman ner lengthened the lead to 50 27 at the end of the third quar ter, and led C7-35 as the final w!?!?e blew High point men for the Mus tangs were Mike Grant with 14, Jack Sumner 13, and reserve Bob Grabill with 12. The Mustang "B" squad downed Boardmans JVs 42-10, with Lyle Jensen leading all the scorers with 8 points. This Friday, the Mustangs meet the Condon "Blue Devils" on the local floor, In a Big Wheat League contest. The Mustangs have a 1-1 record in Big Wheat League play, with a win over Rufus, and a loss to league lead ing Arlington. Saturday night the "B" squad meet the Lexing ton varsity on the local floor. The "B's" dropped an earlier 41-40 decision to the Lexington five. On Tuesday, Heppner travels to lone to meet the Cardinals in a Cayuse Conference game. This looms as a tough game for the Mustangs, as the Cardinals have last years team intact, along with good reserves from last j,ears "B" squad. ADMINISTRATOR "VULNERABLE" gram and smut infestation. On the brighter side of the ledger has been the lead taken by Oregon in cooperating with wheat growers in other states to form the National Association of Wheat Growers. This comparatively new na tional organization has, with the aid of other groups, secured an extension of the price support program tnrougn laoi It is also expected to point the way, along with the Oregon Wheat Growers League, in a na S, consumption of wheat and to battle the many other problems. An Oregonian, Jens Terjeson, heads the national organiza tion. The importance of wheat to the economy of the state of Ore gon is illustrated by the fact that the 1951 crop, valued at 63 mil lion dollars, represented one fourth of the value of all crops in the state. To combat these problems, the commission plans to expand its activities. It will provide addi tional funds and assistances for research, education and publicity within Oregon and develop mar kets in cooperation with wheat growers, millers and bakers. thers turned in 49 noses and re ceived an air mattress for his efforts. Lance Tibbies received the $10.00 check given by Frank Wilkinson, and Delbert Piper, Albert Osmin, Larry Tibbies and Kenny Keeling each received worthwhile prizes. 347 Porcu pines will no longer be a haz ard in our forests, as that was the total kill the youngsters made. The club voted to continue this contest on through 1953. Dick Lee Hynd, Cecil, won the Crow, Raven and Magpie contest and not only received the Club's check for $25.00, but also the check donated by Hynd Brothers for highest score. Ammunition, knives, flashlights, cap euns, and of the Committee: Lowell Lee bin. David and Lennie Hanna, (Continued on page 8) Heppner, Oregon,. Thursday, January 15, 1953 Misplaced Spring Weather Brings Buds, General Rainfall Heppner and most of Morrow county continued to bask in the "banana belt" during most of the past week as temperatures ranged up in the GOs during the day and warm rains brought smiles to the faces of most famers. Normal January snows have vet to appear but considerable moisture came m tne form thf lnwl 't nHu in the mountains. Much more precipitation was recorded in the ul,"V . . . ViV'.u 4l"-"u , proposed bears only slight re ,,.0tr h f tim nnt,. ti,, appointed to fill the vacancy spmhlnn tri snm nf 1h in Heppner as Leonard Carlson, Gooseberry, checked .55 inches of rain since the first of the week to rain since the first of the week to "a3 ,I,UV U1J lo "K bring the total for January tojsl,Prfmf ,court- (1 1.55 inches. During the same on the grand period Heppner received .32 in ches for a total of .87 inches since the first of the month The continued -balmy days andT " ovv"""- nights have brought many reports of spring flowers beginning to show color and trees trying to bud. Wheat too, has' shown con siderable growth. 0 County Board Members Appointed County judge Garnet Barratt this week announced several ap pointments made by the court at its regular session last week. They included members on the budget committee, fair board and hospital board. Appointed to a three year term on the county budget board was John Hanna who will work with Homer Hayes, Irrigon and Ken- neth Smouse, lone. Stephen Thompson, Heppner was reap pointed to a three-year term on the fair board and Garland Swan son, lone, accepted a 5 year term as Pioneer Memorial hospital trustee. Swanson has been serv ing on the board. The court also announced that Dr. Floyd Frank was given the authority to act as county veterl narian with authority to enforce the compulsory Bangs disease control program in the county. Dr. Frank is on the staff of the federal bureau of animal indus try and will serve without com pensation. The court alsi? accepted the bid of the Union Oil company to supply gasoline for the county at one-half cent below posted price. No bids were received for dcisel fuel, with the explanation that no firm price or amount could be given due to uncertain supply. Allen Hughes Wins Betfer Farming Award Allen Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hughes, was last week presented with a check as an award for being chosen third place winner in a Kiwanis club sponsored Better Farming con test. The state is divided into districts for judging and Hughes qualified in the Blue Mountain district. The award was presented at the chamber of commerce meet ing by James Allen, Heppner F. F. A. instructor. Last yPar, Fritz Cutsforth won second place in the same contest. o lone OSC Student Receives Promotion OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, (Special) John Bris tow of lone was recently promot ed to the rank of staff sergeant in the Oregon State college chap ter of Pershing Rifles, national military honor society for fresh men and sophomore men in the ROTC. The main activity of Pershing Rifles is precision drill for pre sentation in Corvallis and on the OSC campus. The club also gives special recognition awards for cadet achievement. Bristow. sophomore in lower division of liberal arts, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bhis tow of lone. APPLIANCE STORE TO MOVE SOON Heppner Refrigeration, owned by Miss Irene Zinter will soon occupy new quarters in the build ing recently vacated by Mode O'Day. No definite date has yet been set for the opening, as con siderable remodeling is planned. o EXAMINER DUE A drivers license examiner from the secretary of state's of fice will be on duty at the court house in Heppner Tuesday, Janu ary 20 from 9:30 to 3:30 to handle applications for new licenses and driving permits. Mrs. John Pfeiffer spent four days in Seattle last week, where she visited with her parents wr. and Mrs. F, O. Seymour. New Judge On Bench for Opening Of Court Term Opening the winter term of circuit court Monday at the court house Judge William W. . p11 UNl UMt: ui"k.- of,",: wiiii it ni nrna fna ann Trio m. i t', 1 l"ej 7eatod th?SP,pointcllt of ll, IRI JUUKL 1 ,7, former judge William "a3 "'"1 Ui lo l"c auue jury "i:ic V""'3 a""' 1,us- " w: nosewaii, ftirs. J. u. l urner, loyu, R. Jones, J. B. Key, W. L. Cox and i lu-tuty a uamcit- bun liit-u by the State Farm Mutual Auto mobile Insurance company vs. Clayton Ayers to recover dam ages resulting from an auto ac cident was decided in favor of the defendant. Judge Wells also granted a divorce to Charles Go million from Iris E. Gomlllion. Called for Thursday is a suit filed by the estate of Dr. William E. Savage against William D. and Arthur Palmer of Boardman. Dr. Savage died following in juries received in an automobile accident last year at the high way entrance to Boardman. The Savage estate is asking $15,000 for his death and $1200 damages I to the car. John F. Kilkenny, Pendleton attorney is defending the Palmers and Paul A. Sayre and Robert L. Myers, Portland at- torneys are representing the plaintiffs. New Chamber Committees Named A new slate of committees to serve during the coming year were appointed Monday by presi dent Robert Pcnland at the regu lar meeting of the Heppner-Mor- row county chamber of com merce. Heads for 11 regular standing committees were chosen and a new planning and projects com mittee was organized for the purpose of guiding the club into major worthwhile efforts during the year. Each committee con sists of from four to eight mem bers with the chairman and vice chairman listed in respective order. Program, Dr. E. K. Schaf- fitz, Leslie Grant; Merchants committee, W. C. Rosewall, Jeff Carter; Highways, roads and streets, L. E. Dick. P. W. Ma honey; Membership, Garnet Bar ratt, Frank Turner; Agriculture and resources, Orville Cutsforth, N. C. Anderson; Recreation and wildlife, Howard Bryant, Dr. L. D. Tibbies; Youth activities, MacDon Bonta, J. Palmer Sorlien; Legislative and government, C. A. Tom, J. O. Turner; Industrial and residential development, Roice Fulleton, L. L. Pate; Spec ial activities, Wayne West, P. W. Mahoney; Public relations and publicity, Mrs. Lucy Peterson, chairman. Penland will head the projects and planning committee and other members serving are Brad ley Fancher, Frank Turner, Conley Lanham, Allen Case, Jeff Carter and Orville Smith. A round table discussion of the new school building program in Heppner took up a majority of the regular meeting time, o Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Espy and son, Ray, of Palouse, Wash, visit ed over the weekend in the Hepp ner area with her mother, Mrs. R. A. Thompson and other rela tives. SAM COON In four-way hindihtU, Congrtiiman Sam Coon Uocond from right), Republican, Stcond Diltrict, Oragon, ia wtlcomad to Congitti by hit thrao fallow Oragoniant. (Laft lo right): RapraMntativ Homar Angall, Third Diltrict) Rapraiantatlvo Harrii Elltworth, Fourth Diltrict; Raproiontativ Sam Coon, tacond District and Rapraiantatlvo Walter Norblid, First Diltrict. SCHOOL BUILDING PLANS ARE REVISED NEW ENROLLMENT FIGURES POINT TO NEED FOR INCREASED ROOM Heppner's much discussed and long planned school building and modernizing plan came a big step closer to the voting stage during the past week and though the tentative plan now I vious suggestions, both the school board and the building advisory committee appear to be in agree ment on most major points results of the reeent nost card poll of residents of the dis fplt 9nj o ,.,ita mtiiintinn of the school census was rcspon sible for the change in plans which, In effect, indicated to the planning groups that they had not been looking far enough in to the future with their previous plan for school construction. The new propsal, reached at a joint meeting Monday night of the building advisory committee and the school board calls for the construction of a new 10 room elementary school, in- Polio Dimes Begin To Roll In Returns from the March of Dimes solicitation began to come in to drive treasurer Robert Fer rell who reported that by Wed nesday he had received $819.20. Most of this amount has come in from the cards mailed to all county residents, though there have also been two special do nations turned into the treasurer. Of the total, $561.10 has been turned in by James Driscoll, Heppner postmaster, the remain der coming from several other communities. Mrs. Joseph Hughes, county ichairman, said that several spec ial events, including at least one basketball game, are planned for the near future as March of Dimes benefits. County 4-H Leaders Given Banquet Cecil Root, commercial manager for Pacific Power and Light com pany, Portland, and Cal Monroe, state 411 club agent were guest speakers at a 4-H club leaders luncheon Wednesday noon at O'Donnell's cafe given by the Heppner office of the power company- The luncheon, an annual af fair sponsored by Pacific Power and Light, was part of 4-H lead ers meeting held during the day in Heppner. About 25 leaders and guests were present, o PARKING PERMITS NOW AVAILABLE Mrs. W. O. Dix, Heppner city recorder said this week that 1953 parking permits may now be ob tained at the city hall. Several persons had tried to obtain them earlier, but they were not avail able at the time. CALLED FOR ARMY EXAMINATIONS The Tri-county Selective Ser vice board reports that eight local registrants and three trans fers from other boards left for Portland on Tuesday for pre-in-duction physical examinations. One other registrant was also called for re-examinatlon. LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion auxil iary will meet Tuesday January 20 at 8:00 p. m. in the home of Mrs. Dick Wells. WELCOMED Volume 69, Number 44 stead of only 8 rooms as previous ly planned, and the building of a new gymnasium rather that the remodeling of the present gym structure. The new proposal brought on another problem, however, when it was found that the new build ings could not be placed on the property Immediately north of the present school building, due to lack of space. It was the unani mous opinion of all present at the Monday night meeting that it was absolutely necessary to either add a large area to the present site or find another en tirely new location. Several locations are under consideration, and a special com mittee including members of the school board and three persons from the advisory group who were appointed by board chair man L. E. Dick are to meet with the architects within the next few days to determine the loca tion for the buildings. Dick in dicated that he hoped to be able to announce the details of the new proposals within the next week or so. Under any of the new sug gestions, the necessity of the school district building a new street to replace D street, which bisects the present property, would be eliminated. The need for at least 10 rooms in the new grade school building was shown by a continuation of the count of coming students in the recently completed school census which showed that there would be a minimum of 60 pupils entering the first grade next fall, compared to only 42 this year. This would make necessary two and one-half 1st grades to ade quately handle them. The fol lowing year the census indica ted a minimum of 48 new pupil3 will start school. As they pro gress through school the large classes will be replacing smaller classes now in the upper grades, which will demand continually increasing space to handle them. By 1960 It will require 16 class rooms to handle the enrollment, it was pointed out. The committee and the school board members stressed at the meeting that it would be false economy to start an expansion program on an area that would not accomodate the classrooms known to be needed within the next six to eight years. Gym Plan Changed The building advisory commit tee explained their change of ideas on the gymnasium when revised estimates showed that the remodeling of the present gym would cost nearly as much as an entirely new building, ine added advantage of having two separate floors for grade and high school students also was In strumental in the decision. If the new gym is built as tenta tively planned it will be of standard size and will be used for regular basketball games and other contests when needed, but will be available to grade school students during school hours. Cost figures on the new plans were not immediately available as there were so many changes from the original plan that the architect could not give the group anything more than the rough estimates, but he indicat ed that as soon as a site is de Itermined and the plan correlated he will be able to announce them. School Building Plans Dicussed at P-TA A good crowd attended an open meeting of the Parent-Teachers association Wednesday evening in the school gym to hear a dis cussion of the school building program. L. E. Dick Jr., chairman of the board, presented the program that had been planned by the board and the advisory commit tee. He explained that he could not bring complete plans to the meeting as it had been found that the site originally picked would not be large enough and a new one must be found. Bradley Fan cher, school board member told of some of the sites considered and also explained the amount of taxation that would be neces sary to build the school. County school superintendent Leslie Grant told of the increased enrollment and how it effects the planning. An open discussion was a part of the program. At the regular P-TA business meeting it was voted that the organization will sponsor the Cub scout program in Heppner. Committees were appointed and they will arrange for den mothers.