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LUUII TT llUUIljl UYVUl J
May Have To Vote
On Wheat Controls
Morrow county wheatgrowers
may soon have to make a major
decision in their planning for
1954 crop, says Charles W. Smith,
Assistant Director of the Oregon
State College Extension Service,
This is brought about because of
the nations large supply of wheat
now in sight which will very
likely cause Ezra T. Bensun, Sec
retary of Agriculture, to issue a
statement calling for wheat mar
keting quotas on next year's
wheat crop.
If this proclamation comes, the
existing law requires that a refer
endum be conducted by July 24.
Wheat farmers would have two
alternatives. They could accept
production controls and a guar
anteed price of 90 of parity or
they could vote for no controls
and be guaranteed 50 of parity
on their 1954 crop.
The situation is a result of
several developments. First, pro
duction has in general caught up
with the post-Korea demand, cur
rent needs have been met, and
reserves have been rebuilt.
The present law requires that
growers must approve quotas by
at least a two-thirds majority be
fore they can be put into effect.
If they fail to approve quotas, the
price support level for 1954 crop
will drop to 50 of parity under
the present law. As the law now
stands, all growers with 15 or
more acres of wheat would be
eligible to vote. This would In
clude 10,000 to 12,000 Oregon far
mers. A proposed amendment
would boost the requirements to
25 acres and reduce the number
of farmers eligible to vote.
In order that Morrow county
farmers can be advised of the
latest advancements in the wheat
acreage allotment and market
ing quota law and the program
the way it now stands, an edu
cational meeting is called to be
held at the Lexington Grange
Hall on Monday evening, July 6.
E. It. Jiirman, veteran farm crop
specialist, Oregon State College,
and State P. M. A. chairman,
Arnold Bodtker, will be present
to discuss these developments
with our wheat farmers. The
meeting begins at 8:00 p. m. At
this educational meeting the
situation as it exists, the present
legislation, and what to do with
diverted acres, have been in
cluded on the program. Every
one interested is invited to at
tend. STORES CLOSED ON JULY 4TH
The merchants committee for
the chamber of commerce an
nounced Monday that all Hepp
nor ctnrna will hp Hosed on Sat
urday, July 4, in keeping with the are pending arrival of the child
holiday custom. Iren.
ATTEMPTS BEING MADE TO BRING
MISS AUSTRIA WINNER TO HEPPNER
The dreams of two girls, one
living in Vienna, Austria, the
other in Heppner, that some day
they might meet each other after
being pen pals for over four
years, are nearer realization to-
day because the Austrian girl,
Miss Lory Felger, 19, was picked
while doing bit parts in a Vienna
theater where she had a regular
job as usher, to compete for the
title of Miss Vienna.
She won the title and then went
from her first victory to alsofamily to make the trip to Long
win the title of Miss Austria and
the opportunity to come to
Amprica as an entrant in the Miss
n.;,co Pnantv Pageant Julv lO.Gontys
to 18 at Long Beach, Calif.
Thp triD to America will luimtine two g"" menm-i.
a part of her dream, but it is still
her hope that she may be able to
visit Virginia uomy, io, mc
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Gonty, Heppner, the only family
in the United States with which
she has had any contact, and the
only "friends" she has known,
even though only through let
ters, in the country of her dreams.
Many difficulties still stand in
the way of the two girls meet-
1953 Bumper
The 1953 harvest of wheat is
due to begin in about one week
according to Al Lamb, manager
of the Morrow County Grain
Growers Association. The first sec
tion to come in will be from the
Ione-N. Lexington area, he said.
Crops this year seem to be "con
vktant all over" according to
Lamb. The average yie.a
Cr,nJCSdWThis wl l be
25 bushels, he said, mis win w t
or 3
bushels higher man iasi,mi. w"". " "-j
From July To Sept.
In Forest Areas rrj;;
All National Forest areas with-'T"
in the Umatilla National Forest ? .
have been designated by Region- fTV
al Forester J. Herbert Stone as gj -areas
on which smoking while
traveling is prohibited because of
the fire danger on and after July
1, 1953 and extending to Septem
ber 30, 1953.
Camp fire permits are not re
quired on the Umatilla Forest,
but it is a requirement that camp
fires be built in a safe place,
cleared of all burnable material,
and that they be completely put
out before being left even for a
short while. Campers are re
quired to have in their possession
a shovel, axe and water bucket.
All persons using the timbered
areas are urged to use care to
insure that no fire escapes.
lone Holds Annual
July 4th Affair
All Day Saturday
The annual July 4th celebra
tion at lone will get under way
Saturday with a baseball game
in the afternoon and carry
through with a fireworks display
and dance in the evening,
lone will be out to knock the
league leading Condon squad off
its perch as the two teams square
off in the annual Independence
Day game starting at 2:00 p. m.
at the lone Memorial field.
A huge fireworks display will
start the evenings festivities at
either 8:00 p. m. or at dusk at
the lone field. The dance at the
lone Legion hall, to the music of
Rod Esselstyn's orchestra, will
climax the evening from 10:00 p.
m. to 2.00 a. m..
The celebration is sponsored by
the lone American Legion.
i
Eugene Doherty, lone
Trainee At Fort Lewis
Eugene K. Doherty of lore has
been assigned to the 41th Infan
try Division at Fort Lewis, Wash.,
for basic training.
Doherty, son of Mrs. Rose Do
herty, is assigned to Battery "C",
123rd Field Artillery Battalion.
The 44th Division is an Illinois
National Guard unit activated in
February 1952 and stationed at
Camp Cooke, California, until
last December.
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DENNIS McNAMEE DIES
WEDNESDAY
Dennis McNamee, a resident of
Heppner for over 50 years, died
Wednesday, July 1 at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital. He had been
ill for over three years. Services
ing, however. Originally the
time allowed her in this country
was limited to one week, but it is,
thought now that through efforts
of the Gontys this has been ex
tended so that if transportation
can be arranged, it may be pos
sible for her to fly to Pendleton,
the closest commercial airport to
this Eastern Oregon home of her
friends in Heppner. Business re
quirements and other difficulties
make it impossible for the Gonty
Beach to see her, and recently the
Hennner-Morrow county Cham-
ber of Commerce joined with the
Gontys in an effort to interest air
lines officials in helping to bring
The red tape in arranging
schedules and a method of fi
nancing Miss Felger's trip from
Long Beach to Heppner have not
yet been solved, but many per
sons in Virginia ' Gonty's home
town hope that Miss Austria will
not make the trip across two con-
tinents and one ocean witnout i'enuieion anu a niece, m-va mi--getting
to say "hello" to the onelllargue, in Spokane,
family-she knows in the whole of i He will be buried in the Maso
America. Inic cemetery in Heppner.
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Wheat Harvest Starts Next Week
year's average
The bumper crop is expected to
bring in about 2,300,000 bushels.
This added to the Commodity
OPfiit rornoration's carrv-over of,
200,000 bushels will give the
MCGG an estimated 2.500,000
bushels to take care of. With only
1 600 000 bushels storage space,
, " wiU depend on the number of
j The sale of wheat, according to railroad cars the MCGG is able to
1 thisW said Mr. Lamb. Th s aused
t n m "intiiinaroc ufiini'
Heppner,
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L. D,
BOULDEN, new pastor of
the Heppner Methodist church,
who took over his duties here
last week.- Rev. Boulden came
here from Weston where he had
been pastor for four years. He
was accompanied by his wife
Blanche, and their 11 year old
daughter, Celia.
Onetime Heppner Man
Dies In Sweet Home
Funeral services were held Mon
day in Portland for Michael Bled
soe Galloway, onetime Heppner
photographer, who died at. his
home in Sweet Home June 25 at
the age of 88.
A native of Oregon, Mr. Gal
loway was born April 15, 1865, at
McMinnville and spent his en
tire life in this state. He was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Es
tella Johnson, Portland, and a
brother, J. V. Galloway, Sweet
Home, as well as several nieces
and nephews.
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New Dentist Arrives,
Former Dr. Leaves
Dr. Fred L. Gronemyer, recent
graduate of the University of Ore-
gon dental school, ojiened his
.office in Heppner to the public
jyesterday for the practice of den
tistry.
Dr. Gronemyer's office will be
in the Heppner Clinic building.
His hours will be weekdays from
8:30 until 5:00.
Accompanying Dr. Gronemyer
to Heppner are his wife, Bernice,
and their two daughters, Shirley,
4 and Marilyn, 1.
Dr. Harold Huber closed his
dental office in Heppner last
Thursday to move to a ranch nearj
Stanfield. He plans on opening a
part-time dental office in Stan
field. o
Doubleheader Hurts,
Heppner Baseballers
Beaten Both Times
The Heppner Junior Legion
baseball team tried their luck
with a double-header over the
weekend and ended up on the
underside of both scores.
Wildness on the part of Hepp
ner helped Baker win 9 to 5
Saturday night as they let seven
unearned runs score. Floyd bay-
ers, Heppner's coach, called the
game a good one.
Sunday afternoon found Hepp
ner with their same pitcher, Ear
nest Drake, flinging again as
their other pitcher was out with
a sore arm. Drake did his best,
but was relieved by Jerry Hague
wood, who 'tried pitching for the
first time, and La Grande went on
to win 24 to 1.
Heppner's next game will be
played at the rodeo grounds here
in Heppner on Sunday, July 12,
at 2:00 p. m. It will be a return
game with Baker.
w a Unvpc CPrvire
"a.e.s femte
Held On Wednesday
Funeral services were held yes
terday at 1:00 p. m. in the Phelps
Funeral Home for William An
derson Hayes, who died June 28
in Spokane at the age of 85. Rev
Earl L. Soward officiated.
Hayes was born Dec. 19, 1867.
Survivors are a brother, Frank, in
i. . i t 1 r
. .
year, creating the need for moreen icuny wo yea,, ,c
storage space. Two
rooms have already
verted into storage
seed
been
cnlpc
for 100,000
more bushels, but this
still will
j leave a considerable shortage of
space. Terminal storage is the
only answer, he said.
The ability to move the wheat
nv 1 1 1 1 11111 1 tf id itri inniai siuiai:.
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Oregon, Thursdoy, July 2, 1953
SHOOTING OF LOCAL RflflfJ
SHflKEUP POLICE DEPARTMENT
Weather Meeting
Deemed A Success,
Schaefer Top-Rate
A most exceptional annual
meeting was that of the Tri-
County Weather Research, which
was held at Igo grange hall near
Condon on the 30th. The featured
speaker, Dr. Vincent J. Schaefer.
of Project Cirrus of the General
Electric Corporation, gave an out
standing talk on the series of
weather modifications as it has
been carried on for the past
twenty years.
Dr. Schaefer's unbiased report
was well taken by everyone there.
According to him there was no
doubt but what weather moditi
cation was as possible as any-
tning could be. In fact, he said.
General Electric, cooperating with
the Navy, the Army, and the
Signal Corps, have proven this so
that three years ago experimenta
tion was discontinued. They are
or-Vhat: whin! and how "
cloud seeding and operations to
modify the weather.
Dr. Schaefer, through his ser
ies of slides, indicated that work
is being carried on in every
country in the world in weather
mouuicauun. ma"? u u Irfav nilinrr was rnmDleted Fri
are far ahead of the United States; J V; S"?
inHirt;7hat there was I10!Yocum of McMinnville. Smitten
alTZtW ?,lMld a center stripe would be put
all but that within.
sought would be discovered as
simple, Dr. Schaefer said, that tn
program couia tie evaiuaiea 10
the point where definite steps
could be followed for the best
results whether for rain-making
or disintegration of local storms,
including hail and heavy thunder
showers.
Oregon State College meteoro
logists, working with the Tri
County Weather Research in eval
uating the program, again this
year reported that the evaluation
program could not point to an
increase or decrease in natural
precipitation over the area corn-
pared with the controlled station.!
They are striving to work out
newer and better evaluation
methods that will become more
accurate in the values of cloud
seeding for increased precipita-
tion.
Proposals for a program tor
1953-54 presented by four cloud
seeding operators, were discussed
in full. Water Resources Develop -
ment Corporation, headed by Dr.
Z next few years many Mto'""' on the road in approximately
ehYeaae Tw" beiwltwo month giving the suriace
Irvin P. Krick, and North Ameii-j universities particularly in the
can Weather Research Corpora- jAFROTC program,
tion which holds the present con-1 cadet Bergstrom is the son of
tract, were most favorably ie- Mr. and Mrs. John Bergstrom of
ceived. Rt. 1, Heppner.
A proposal presented by North;
American whereby they would
receive a 31UU payment iui raui
one-fourth inch rainfall per wea
ther station per day seemed to be
most popular with the group at
tending the meeting. A maxi
mum of S24.000 per year ior tne
Tri-County area would be char
ged. Many thought that such an
arrangement would be accepted
by the cooperators most enthusi
astically. Swimming Lessons
To Begin On July 6
Swimming lessons will start t
Monday, July 6, at 10:00 a. m. for
a two weeKS penou.
lessons are sponsored by the Red
Cross.
Registration will be on the first
or second day, after which the
applicants will be too far behind
to be accepted.
The instructor will be Mrs. Bill
Labhart.
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Mrs. Fred Sanders and children
just returned from a trip to the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. T., Newman, in Nampa, Idaho.
1. ...V. nn
emDargo was iaiu agnnsi on iou
rinr nf a larpe narvrsi. i
An explanation of the reason
for Saks being down may be
shown by the difference between
the futures market ana tne
wheat loan guarantee, explained
Lamb. The guarantee received
here in Heppner is $2.14 while the
futures market nrices wneai
u,,t oon in Port I
D,.rtianH 4Viuu
auuui -". - . . - . .....
r uiiiuiiui mu.i
about $2 02 in Heppner after ship
ping and otter cost
6 MONTH RAINFALL 10.18 INCHES,
NEARLY EQUALS ENTIRE 1952 TOTAL
The first six months of this year i inches against 1951's 10.57. With
have been good and wet, accord- half the year still remaining
ing 10 L,en uuuiuu, wwuin u-
eorder. His records show a total year may nor omy Mupa.vt u.r
of 10.18 inches, I two previous years but might also
The 1.61 inches of rain for the
month of June fell far short of
last June's 2.74, but it brought
the mid-point total of 1953 rain
fall nearly equal to the total
rainfall for either 1951 or 1952.
Last vear's total was 11.58
Heppner to Pendleton
Highway 74 Complete,
Good Travel Expected
The $4,000 highway improve
ment project between Heppner
and Pendleton is now virtually
completed, according to L. C.
Smitten, state highway depart
ment maintenance engineer sta
tioned in Pendleton.
The project was started Sept.
3 of last year. It improved 21
miles of the 60-mile drive and
converted the entire road into a
-condary state
highway.
Included in the 21 miles of oiling
from Lena to Nye Junction was
over 17 miles of regrading Jrom
Nye Junction to the summit of
Franklin hill.
Dressing up of the shoulders
was expected to be completed to
time to set. Guard rails will be
placed on the curves on Franklin
hill this fall by the state, he
added.
Improvement of the road will
much improve the travel between
the two cities. It may make the
hichwav one of the heaviest
traveled inland highways in east
em Oregon.
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Heppner ROTC Cadet
Stationed At Larson
For Summer Training
Cadet Gerald A. Bergstrom of
Heppner, an OSC agriculture;
student, is now attending the Air,
Force Reserve Officers Training
j corps summer encampment at
j Larson A. F. B., Washington.
Larson is located in the heart of
'the Columbia basin, just outside
0f Moses Lake, Wash. The ob -
I jective of the camp is to supple-
ment the instruction provided by
the departments of air science
anci tactics of the colleges and.ning an overnignt siop at . onoun
BEV. HAROLD GILLIAM
lone Nazarene Church
Opens For Services
The Church of the Nazarene
will begin regular, services in the
Rantist church building in lone
n, c.nHv .inlv 5.
rpv Harold Gilliam of Vancou
ver, Wash., has been appointed to
conduct regular and special ser -
,,ntil Q natfir l failed.
lcntpd
u. j . .
in music ana itev. uniiani ,ia
served emcienuy m me Fi.-.im a
and evangelistic field. The pun-
lie wm be messeu uy um, uu...-
uy.
The Sunday services will be:
Sunday school at 10:00, worship
, services at 11:00, evening services
and
ai ai o:uu anu
nravpr and nraise on 1 nursoa
yti.jt - - r -
- evening at o:w. iiw puunc
Invited.
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reach the 1950 total of i7.au.
There need not be a great
amount of rainfall during July to
surpass the July total for last
year of .04 inches. Warmer wea
ther is upon us, however, and this
remains to be seen.
Road Commission
Planning Heppner
Visit July 17
Members of the state highway
commission, representatives of
the Oregon State Motor assocta-
tion and other visitors will stop
n Heppner Friday, July 17 while
on tour of Eastern Oregon roads,
it was announced Monday at the
regular chamber of commerce
meeting.
The commission stop in Hepp
ner will be timed to coincide with
the completion of the Lena -Nye
Junction highway which has been
reconstructed and surfaced, and
according to tentative plans made and started mob violence."
by the chamber, a special dedi- The report indicated that both
catory program will be held at Dohertys and Bothwell slugged
some point along the road. jthe officer several times and that
It is also planned to have a ( Doherty had taken Cooper's sap
picnic luncheon at noon, probably way from him and the three had
at the courthouse park, prior to him pinned against a tree and
the dedication which will be heldere striking him across the face
later in the afternoon. Invitations, with it when the officer pulled his
have been extended to the Pilot gun and shot Doherty in the
Rock Commercial club and the foot. Cooper's report said that
Pendleton chamber of commerce j"the shot was fired strictly in self
to join with the local chamber defense."
in the dedication of the highway Following the shooting, Cooper
which gives a new fully-surfaced and Gomillion took Doherty to
highway link between the Mor- Pioneer Memorial hospital for
row and Umatilla county com- medical treatment where another
munities. fight occurred between Cooper
The chamber and the county and a member of the party,
court is also attempting to ar- Police chief Gomillion re
range to have Governor Paul Pat- moved Cooper's badge and gun
terson present at the ceremony, while at the hospital, the report
The governor has indicated that said, and mayor J. O. Turner later
he is planning a trip to this sec -
tion of the state, but whether his
schedule win a now mm 10 oe
present at tms time, is noi yeiior iuck oi cuopfiauun. ..niui
known. report said that the chief did not
The luncheon will probably beld him in any way during the
a pot-luck affair, and it and the fight.
afternoon program will be open According to county sheriff, C.
!to the public. I J. D. Bauman, who is investigat-
The commission party will Ing the case, Doherty's story of
come to Heppner over the new the shooting coincides only in part
road from John Day and are plan- with Cooper's report, and Doherty
that evening.
Bull Market Topped
By Stamp, Heppner
1 1 ERM ISTON Roy Stamp of
Heppner topied the bull mar- lice force about six weens ago,
ket at the Hermiston Livestock coming here from the valley. Go
Auction Friday, with a bull that million has been chief for nearly
weighed 1805 pounds going for six years.
$17.20 cwt., Delbert Anson, man-) At the present time there is no
ager of the sale, reports. J. W. police officer, but sheriff Bauman
and J. M. Logan of Cecil sold the and state police officer William
top veal at $21.00.
Glenn Thome, Pendleton, top-
ped both the fat steer and the
feeder steer market, with the 1270
pound fat steer bringing $20.00
and feeder steers drawing $16.80
cwt. The sow market was topped
by Oscar McCarty of Echo, who.
consigned two sowsai $23.10. J.
M. Kindall of Stanfield consigned
four fat hogs for a top of $27.10.
R. R. Britt of pray received top
weaner pig price oi $is.uu perrfcumiiifnui-u uy ui-- UUuk -"
head.
The feeder pig market was top
ped by H. A. Keane of Hermiston,
who sold two feeder pigs weigh
ing 235 pounds for $27.75 cwt.
One Whiteface fat heifer consign
ed by Ralph Reade of Spray sold
for a top of $17.20.
HERMISTON Generally lower
- market price.s last week cut cat-
tie volume but increased buying
'power at the Hermiston livestock
auction Friday, Delbert Anson,
manager of the sale, reports.
Demand was broad and espec
ially strong on lower priced cat
tle. Good weather for farming
operations as well as the lower
prices contributed to the drop
volume from 4l cattie me previ
ous week to 384 Friday, Anson
said. Hogs were more numerous,
,99 consigned compared with 41,
v ! anu sneeu were lewri, ,o ium-
i.. j ...i.u mi
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I (Continued on page 8)
70th Year, Number 16
BRING
Paul Doherty Is
Wounded During
Fight With Officer
Entire Police Force
Fired After Fray
A Heppner man, Paul Doherty,
received a bullet wound in the
foot when he was shot by Hepp
ner police officer Kobert Cooper
early last Saturday morning as
the climax of an altercation be
tween the officer, Doherty, Do
herty's wife, and a third person
reported by police to be Wade
Bothwell.
As a result of the shooting, both
Cooper and city police chief,
Charles Gomillion were fired
from the Heppner force by the
city council. Members gave the
reason for Gomillion's removal as
lack of cooperation. ,
The shooting, which took place
at about 1:15 a. m. Saturday
near the corner of Main and May
streets in downtown Heppner,
followed an attempt by Cooper to
serve a warrant for drunk and
disorderly conduct on Doherty.
According to the officer's report
of the incident, Cooper had "told
Doherty to come with me in a
peaceful manner when the three
of the party offered resistance
concurred in his firing from the
department, and then tollovved it
wun me aiscnarge oi uumim
claims mat uv uuume m.m.-u
when the officer pushed Mrs,
Doherty while they were all read
ing the warrant which Cooper
was attempting to serve.
Doherty's injuries were not
classified as serious, though
several bones in his foot wen
broken by the shot. He is still
in the hospital.
Cooper joined the Heppner po-
Labhart are serving the town un-
til the council can hire someone
to replace the two former oincers.
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p.. Jrtai, Annnvnl
Budgets Uet AppOVOI
Fnr CountV and CitV
The county court meeting in an
all-day end or tne year session
Tuesday approved in its entirety
the Morrow county budget as
mittee at its meeting on May 8.
County judge Garnet Barralt
mentioned yesterday that, in
spite of rumors that there was
opposition to salary increases for
county officials, only one man
appeared as opposition during
the discussion Tuesday.
At a public hearing on the city
budget Monday night the city
council found no opposition to the
budget as recommended.
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HUNTERS AND ANGLERS MEET
A meeting of the Morrow
County Hunters and Anglers will
be held at 8:00 p. m. on Monday
July 6 in the courthouse.
A game commission movie en
in j
titled "Trout Story" will be
shown.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Carter had
as their guests the first of the
week his sister and husband Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Hart and two
children of Walla Walla.