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LIBRARY U OF 0 E 'J j 2 r- Tfic Legislature- Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 5, 1953 Volume 69, Number 51 f feette LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL An important feature of the legislative session that few know about takes place an hour or so before either house convenes. The Governor, president of the senate and speaker of the lower house meet in the governor's private office to discuss legislative pro cedure and many matters per taining to current legislation. The president and the speaker eacn nas a "say" that carries more or less weight but the gov ernor has the power of veto that requires a two-thirds vote of both houses to override. STUDENTS VISIT CAPITOL As usual many groups of school children from all over Ore gon have been visiting the Capi tol since the legislature con vened. Capitol guides estimate 9,000 have been shown through the building, taken for trips up in the dome and seated in the gal leries of the senate or house to observe the lawmakers in action. Too many of these groups are so boisterous they disturb the legislators and other state offi cials in the building and fre quently have to be warned. Heel scraping on the marble floors not only marks the marble but it marks the individual as a moron heel. Vandalism is common, with the groups from the larger ctties doing most of the damage. It will cost several hundred dollars to replace articles stolen and to repair damage done this year. Brass door-knobs with the seal of the State of Oregon that cost $15 each and brass push buttons on elevators are a few of the many articles that will have to be replaced. The walls of the dome are covered with names and doodling in ink, grease, pencil and lipstick or are scratched. In the dome boys have held each other by the feet and while hanging head down have painted their initials on the outer walls of the dome. Recently a group was obser ved that was noticeable differ ent from the average. They were oniony srtevwi a. rci,.. interest. We inquired about them and found they were to be introduced by Representative Loren L. Stewart. They were from Mountain View School, instructor, Bob Gersten berger; Dorena school, Milton Haddis, instructor, and Saginaw school, Richard L. Cantwell, in structor, all in Lane'county. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR The principal bills signed by the governor the past week in clude: SB 1G Provides green arrow signal on Highways for motor vehicles and pedestrians where there are no other signals. SB 20 prohibits pedestrians from cross ing highways except where there are marked crossings. SB 31 Authorizes State Land Board to transfer title to , certain shore lands in Hood River county. SB 33 Gives citizens right to ap peal when tax collector has erred in overcharges. SBG7 Eases law on appeal from revomation of liquor licenses. SB 72 Makes county clerks sole collertors of dog licenses. SB 106 Provides that revised statutes adopted by legislature shall not be printed in session laws. -HB 41 Authorizes $32,000,090 in ' .lighway bonds. HB 315 Defici ency appropriation of $10,500 for vocational rehabilitation. HB 323 Repeals law which authorizes Public Utility Commissioner to employ expert help. HB 397 Re peals obsolete law. TAXES Property taxes levied for local government and districts in Ore gon total $114,420,362 for the current fiscal year, or $7,400,000 more than the last fiscal year. Taxes levied include: School districts $65,017,771; cities and towns $18,060,770; counties $18,036,819. There is $702,163,505 worth of tax exempt property in Oregon; more than half of this is owned by the fede ral government, 16 per cent by school districts, 18 per cent by the 'Don't Play -Warning Again Issued Kids rr" ,"--"- i i n 1 n ii i , I f- ,. - . ' ! " i s W , f4' r r V eppner w District: ins i i asKet First Round in Playoff NOT PLAYTHINGS As a means of warning both children and pat ents that blasting powder and caps are not things to play with, "Shorty" Peck, powder man on the Heppner sewer construction job, holds a couple 01 sucks ot the powder and two of the wired caps. It has been reported that one or two children have been found playing with the dangerous "toys" and both the construction men and members of the city council again urge all children to keep away from the construction and especially the powder. Con struction men pointed out that the brightly colored wired caps are particularly attractive to children, and after the charges are fired there are numerous wires left around, which are harmless. But, if there happens to be a little copper colored tube still attached to any- wire, "leave it alone". Workmen make every effort to keep the powder out of reach of small hands, but obviously can't watch it every second. (GT Photo) Mountain Snow Pack Water Content is High Fears of farmers and cattle men that next summer's water supply might be low 'were alle viated this week following the February snow survey completed last Friday. Water content of snow meas ured on the Arbuckle mountain snow course averaged 38 percent above normal and slightly above last year's record at the same time. Tom Wilson of . the Soil! vice skiied into the snow course and reported 38.6 inches of snow with a water content of 15.5 inches which compares with 43.8 inches of snow but only 15.2 inches of water at the same time last year. Measurements taken for the last 11 years show a February average snow depth of 35 inches with a water content of 11.2 inches. "Watershed soils are frozen and well saturated favoring a Conservation Service and Whit- Well sustained flow of water from mer ungni irom tn- Forest Ser-HK snow pack", Wilson said . . , 2. FEBRUARY RAINFALL NEAR RECORD, FARM LANDS WELL SATURATED When all the records were tal lied up this week, Jupe Pliivius gave Morrow county the wettest February since 1919 and the fifth wettest since records have been kept in Heppner. Total preci pitation measured during the month by Leonard Gilliam at the local station was 2.02 inches. In Cattle, Prices Up At Hermiston Sale the Gooseberry section, Leonard Carlson checked 2.05 inches. ine slightly more than two inches at Heppner compares with 1.11 inches for Feruary last year and brings this years total to 3.67 inches. At the Gooseberry station the total for the first two months of 1953 is 4.31 inches, bet ter than double what fell on the area a year ago. This year's rainfall only missed equalling the 1919 mark by .01 inch and ran far ahead of the! February average. Most farmers report fields are well soaked and in many cases are still too wet to cultivate. Written Health Permits Now Needed By Absent Students County health officers ad vised parents this week that all school age children who have been out of school due to contagious illness for two or more days will be required by teachers and school of ficials to bring a written per mit from a doctor or county health officer before being allowed to re-enter classes. Martha Tapanainen, county health nurse, said the re quirement applied to all children in the county and has been ordered to prevent further spread of several con tagious diseases which had threatened to reach epidemic proportions in some sections. o Scarlet Fever Now on Decline The outbreak of scarlet fever which last week caused consider able anxiety among parents and physicians, has apparently been controlled, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county health officer said Wed nesday. Only one new case has been reported. to him during the week. McMurdo felt the warning, is sued last week from his office, had served its purpose well in urging parents and children to aid in preventing the spread of the disease. He stressed, how ever that it is still necessary to use caution until it Is certain that! atim?. no cases exist.. Ho-, sad there is though many such tanks in town are in good condition now, disuse Council Works On Complicated Sewer Use Ordinance Heppner city fathers spent a good part of Monday evening working on a new ordinance de signed to control and regulate the sewer system now under con struction in the city. Routine business matters occupied the rest of the regular council ses sion. ine proposed ordinance, pre pared for the city by the eng neering firm of Clark and Groff and patterned after similar ordi nances in other Oregon cities sets out in detail how the sewer system will be operated, how residential and business hook ups shall be made to the main line, plumbing requirements within a building, the use of private sewers and many other matters directly related to the use of the new system, The group discussed numerous changes and additions to the code to make it conform with the local requirements, including the setting up of fee schedules for inspections, the time limit within which all residents must connect with the system and regulations governing the use of private sewer systems, or septic tanks, n areas where a sewer line can not be extended to reach some properties. One point which brought con siderable discussion was the re quirement that all septic tanks be filled after the sewer is oper- It was pointed out that Check Writer's Persistence Lands Him in Local Jail Dean Leroy Stout, 26, Vernonia was jaied Tuesday evening on a bad check charge filed against him by district attorney Brad ley D. Fancher. According to lacal police Stout had passed several checks to various Heppner merchants earl ler in the day, but had made some of them good, however, even after a warning by police he con s Mustangs Meet Sisters Today In Second Round HERMISTON The market was steady to strong at the Hermiston Livestock Auction Friday with 3S1 head of cattle consigned and a dollar volume of $44,031.15. 310 head of cattle were consigned this week a year ago. Funeral services for Walter Calves baby calves 12-26.50' Moore Eubanks were held Tues hd.; wearier calves 22.fj0-25.75: day mornint? at thp lone Pom. feeder calves 21.50 with 22 steers, munity church with Rev. W. W. calves, weight 1230 lb., going fori Head, Cathlamet, Wash., offici- Eubanks Services Held Tuesday at lone ating and Rev., A. Shirley assist ing. Officers of the Heppner Elks lodge also conducted a service. Mr. Eubanks was born Febru ary 25, 1888 at Albany and died 22.80: veal 25.50-31.50. Steers stocker steers, quality better than last week, 18.25-20.50; feeder steers 19-21; fat slaughter sters 21.00-22.10. cows Dairy cows' 13j-lS7.50j February 27 at The Dalles. He hd.; dairy heifers, fleshy, 13.75- was a resident of lone for many 16 25, some holstein heifers up to; years and for the past 11 years 17.85; stock cows 125-135, one lot had resided in Arlington where of four cows with thee calves at he was manager for Kerr-Gifford side, cows sold for 205 hd. I company elevators. He was a Slaughter cows commercial member of the Heppner Elks 15.50-17.10; utility 13.50-14.50; lodge. canner-cutter 11.50-13.75; shells! Pallbearers were LeRoy, Ken-9.25-10.25. jneth and Gary Brenner, Donald! Hogs weaner pigs 9.00-14.50 Eubanks, grandsons; Bill Blake hd.; feeder pigs 17.25-18.00; fat' and Bill Padberg. Burial followed hogs 22.20-22.50; sows 15.75- at the Rose City cemetery In 18.00, a few light sows at 19.60. Portland with the Smith-Calla-No sheep were consigned. way chapel of The Dalles in Lee Eeckner, Fred Hoskins and charge of arrangements. W. A. Heath & Son were among' Surviving are his widow, Golda the consignors. Beckner sold a:M. Eubanks, Arlington; three no way of knowing for certain how many cases of scarlet fever there were in the county for most doctors felt that there were many which were not reported. All remaining known cases in the county are well scatterd, Mc Murdo said. o Local Winners Lose In La Grande Elks Scholarship Contest Although the two local winners of the Elks National Foundation scholarship announced last week, Jack Sumner and Patricia Peck both of Heppner high school, failed to win in the district con test held Sunday at La Grande, they will receive the $200 award given by the local lodge, scholar ship committee officers pointed out this week, Sumner and Miss Peck were chosen from among seven lone, Lexington and Heppner students for the "Most Valuable Student" award by a committee of three judges, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, Jack over a period of years could cause decay with the possibility of col lapse at some time in the future. The council tentatively agreed to require subsequent filling of an tanks as a safety measure, especially as a protection for children. With several points still to be decided, the council adjourned the meeting until later in the week to give more time for con sideration of numerous points of tne ordinance. ine group indicated that it planned to publish the ordinance in full, following its adoption, to give residents an opportunity to Dcner understand its many points. o Local Cattle Brinq Top Money at Salem Polled Hereford Sale tinned the practice which finally landed him behind bars later iii the day. Stout admitted under police questioning that he is wanted in Vernonia on a similar charge. Officers were unable to deter mine immediately how many of the worthless checks were still out. Hospital Head Resigns, Former Administrator Back P. W. Mahoney, chairman of the board of directors of Pioneer Memorial hospital said Wednes day that the board has accepted the resignation of E. L. Crone- myer as hospital administrator effective April 1 and at the same time announced the selection of John Emsdorff, former hospital head, to again assume the position. Gronemyer took over the duties as administrator of the local hos pital July 1, 1952 when Emsdorff resigned to take up other work In the Spokane area. He came here from Seattle. Emsdorff will return in time to aid in planning the construc tion of an additional bedroom wing on the building, funds for which were voted at the Novem ber general election. Work on the new wing is expected to start about July 1. Gronemyer said his future plans were indefinite, but that it was possible that he would re main in Heppner. Defense Bond Quota Is Set for County Morrow county has been given a 1953 quota of $271,000 for De fense bond sales, Jeff Carter, county bond chairman stated this week. This is the first year tor some time that any area has had a definite quota assigned to them, he said. The quota applied to the sales Several locnl money at the Oregon Polled Here- of 8,1 typ,'s of d('fonse bonds and ford sale held at Salem March 2 rpl,rPSPnt 0(3 Percent of the total r nL! SOt fnr OrPfrnn 2nlna in fhn t i ..-..,. riuv it ) ) ns n. rvir vnrnnn cniri u.-. m wjyn ana naroia bcckot. he h, - champion'cow fr S12M and eounty durinS Jaary amounted contestants were Frankhn Miles, " . TKn 'T fJh? "d!o $7700, Carter said pion cow brought $1025. Floyd Worden topped the sale with stock sired by the 1918 Wal- bull, Hoskins sold seven cattle, sons, John. lone: Howard. Arlinu. state, counties and cities, less and the Heaths sold two cattle. 'ton and Billv of Oreeon Citv: a than 5 per cent by religious or-1 John Mclntire of Boardman daughter, Mrs. Clarence (Veda ganizations, irrigation districts sold the top hog at $22.50 cwt.:' Brenner, lone: a steD-son. Loren and ports. Oregon's taxes are the sev enth highest in the entire na tion. ANOTHER OREGON FIRST Oregon is the first state to use Henry hopacz of Hermiston top- Leathers. lone; a step-daughter, ped the market for sows with an Mrs. LaVeile Sherman, Ilermis animal going at $19.60. A. M.ton; a foster sister, Mrs. Hickok, Rennicker of Umatilla consigned Portland and 12 grand children, the best calf, selling at $26.50 hd. I " o J. a. Wilson of Walla Walla sold1 Mrs. Richard Haves returned Lexington; Donald Bristow and Michael Reininger, lone; and Rita Cox, Michael Grant, Miss Peck and Sumner of Heppner All entrants from the district who competed at La Grande were offered scholarship awards at Eastern Oregon College of Educa tion at La Grande. Winners at the La Grande con test who are now eligible to com pete for the state and national awards were Dale Metcalf, Pen dleton and Barbara Klunder, Baker. The local Elks committee that handled the contest included Les lie Grant, Harold Becket and Leonard Pate. It was emphasized that an at tempt is being made nation-wide to explain to holders of war- la Walla rhamninn nr,.h,i ' purchased bonds which are now trom Roy Robinson. The reserve1 i. 1 y 'ain after her on Saturday. the new instrument known as! three registered cows for a top from Condon where she spent the the telebinocular to test drivers' vision in connection with the ex amination for drivers' licenses. Since the instrument was first used in Oregon five months ago, price of S2.50 hd. The best bull, weekend with her family. Mrs weighing 1760 lbs., sold for $19.85 Hayes is convalescing from her cw t. recent illness at the home of her o I mother. Mrs. Grace Nickerson. Mrs. Tom Howell is undergoing Mrs. A. D. McMurdo left Satur 586 persons applying for licenses medical treatment at The Dalles day for Portland where she will have been referred to profession-1 hospital. Mrs. Howell was trans-s spent several days visiting with al examinations to determine if ferred from the Pioneer Memorial1 relatives and friends, vision correction would qualify ! hospital several days ago. j Mr. and Mrs. Milton Morgan mem lor licenses. GUBERNATORIAL MOMEMAKERS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE TO MEET The Morrow county Home Eco nomics Extension committeewill meet Monday March 9 in Hepp ner at the home of Mrs. Maud Casswell at 1:30 p. m. The purpose of the meeting is to start planning for the an nual Homemakers Festival to be held Tuesday May 5. o News received in Lexington on Monday was that Mrs. Elmer Hunt of The Dalles is ill in a hospital in that city. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wise, ball game which is to be held at spent the weekend in Spokane the local school evm Fridav. those bonds for another 10 years and will continue to receive in terest on the total amount of the bond. They do not have to be cashed at the end of their 10- year period unless the holder de sires. o- Episcopalians To Hear Lakeview Pastor Word was received from Bishop Lane Barton this week that Rev. " I Dr. Traeltt. nastor of the l .nko Mrs. Fred Parrish has returned' view Episcopal church will be In rrom I'ortiand where she has Heppner Sunday to hold services been visiting her son and daugh-'at All Saints Episcopal church, ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray-) Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Tull, former mond Parrish and children. Mr. pastor here, left a week ago to Parrish drove down to the city, take over duties at Hoquiam champion bull brought $2500 and iwu uuirr uuijh urougni $:(j and $1250. Top sale average of $1545 was on the Worden con signment of bulls and heifers. o LICENSE EXAMINER DUE The secretary of state's office advises that a drivers license ex aminer will be on duty In Hepp ner at the court house on Tues day, March 17 from 9:30 until 3:30. Washington.' ANNUAL P-TA "TALL, SHORT" HOOP GAME SET FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH Arrangements are nearing com pletion this week for the annual P-TA sponsored scholarship bene fit "tall man, short man" basket- visiting their daughter, Miss Dar- lene Wise. Mr. and Mrs, have purchased March 13 at 7:30 The annual affair, which this . Emory Settles year has been altered from the the house from usual "fat man, thin man" cata- By Kenneth Easter THE DALLES Hoppner's Mustangs sailed over the first hurdle in the district 6-B basketball playoffs at The Dalles Wednesday afternoon by downing a much weaker Lapine club 80 to 41. The game, played at 2:30, was the second of six games played in the first round of the single eli mination tourney which included 14 teams from the district. Right from the start, there was no argument about which team had the run of the floor, for by the end of the first quarter Hepp ner held a commanding 22 to 9 lead. They continued to stretch this during the next period to finish the half on the long end of a 35 to 16 score. During the last half the Mustang reserves took over and they continued to pile up points as the third period end ed with Heppner clear out of sight of the hapless Lapine five with a tally of 57 to 28. They coasted on through the final per iod to win by the lopsided 80 to 41 score. High point man for the Mus tangs were Bill Hughes, Dick Kononen and Jack Sumner, .each with 12 points and Jerry Hague wood with 11. PLAY SISTERS TODAY In the third game of the first round, played at 4 p. m. Wednes day, Sisters had little trouble downing Dufur 59 to 36 to win a chance to meet Heppner in the second round of the elimination at 4 o'clock today (Thursday). Comparative scores would give the Mustangs a decided edge over the Deschutes county team, but they faced much stiffer com petition in their first game than did the Mustangs. The Heppner boys, after seeing Sisters in action, nevertheless felt they had a good chance to continue their winning ways. Should they take the Sisters game they will meet the winner of the other leg of the elimination play at 7:30 on Friday night. The championship game will be played at 9 o'clock Saturday evening. o Red Cross Drive Well Under Way Mrs. J. J. Farley, county Red Cross drive chairman, told the Gazette Times Wednesday that she has received $624.15 from drive workers in the first three days of the current campaign. The funds so far turned in have come from Lexington, Morgan and a few of the Heppner work ers. This Is about one-fourth of the county quota. Mrs. Farley again emphasized the urgent need the Red Cross faces for additional funds to con tinue the production of gamma globulin, an antibody now being used to combat polio. The county quota was raised slightly over last year to meet this extra re sponsibility and cost. Mrs. Farley also urged local workers to complete the canvas of their areas and report to her as quickly as possible as the local committee is trying to at tain the record for being the first county in the state to meet its goal. o Scout District Meet Set for Arlington The regular monthly meetings of the Covered Wagon District, Blue Mountain Council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held on Tuesday, March 17th, 8:00 p. m., Arlington high school, Arling ton. Dick Wightman, of Heppner, Jack Van Winkle Is to oversee the talents of the little fellows. Al district chairman: Bruce Mercer APPOINTMENTS Late Friday afternoon Cover (Continued on page S) Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake have and children and his mother, Mrs. I Mrs. Pearl Devine located on the!mrv nmmioo tn k0 ,.r v,.. returned from Portland where William Morgan were over from rorner nf Court anH Pa complete roster of the team mem bers was not yet available, but will be given next week. Clarence Johnson will have charge of the ticket sales. K. J. Dobbie, high school vice principal will arrange for addi tional entertainment during the evening. Money raised by the game will be used by the P-TA for a scho- they attended the 80th birthday, Monument on Mondav looking ! streets. Mrs Dpvlnp h.i mnvprf 'a,i Vta 'i,.ii..u'U ' . . y. . '1A Ior. a anniversary open house for her.after business matters InMepp-linto her new home on Chase' annonncd that swott voitMn.,1" JL avfar,Je? some mother. ner. - I ...iJru " .. .. .. "V'"'"-J'. j "w-i "'" nooi senior lor street, will be captain of the talis, ar.d further education. of Condon, district commissioner; and Jack Long, district scout ex ecutive, will be in charge of the meetings. All adult Scouters from Gilliam, Wheeler and Morrow counties are invited to attend. Leadership training will be given for the pack and troop leaders at the roundtables. The preparation, planning, and con ducting of special events with movies shown on the camping and circus themes will be presented.