11 r v or Ep5EKE. ORE 1953 RODEO ROYAL COURT IS ANNOUNCED ' . .1....- Xf. n ...1 ' ... It ln frAm II fi nf'PE flf O.'lSt McMillan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McMillan of Lexing ton, will be honored at the last princess dance on Aug. 22. She mittee from Drincesses ot past The princesses for the court of Queen Elise Bauernfeind at the 1953 Morrow county Fair and Rodeo to be held Sept. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are Carol Ann Wigglesworth, Beth Ball, Wilma Hug and Pat McMillan, the Fair and Rodeo committee has announced. The queen and her court will be presented at the traditional kickoff dance to be held Satur day, July 25 at the Fair pavilion. Ken Knott's orchestra, from Port-' land, has been contacted to play for 'he kickoff dance again this year. The princesses, all ranch raised girls, will each be given a dance in her honor. On Aug. 1, princess Carol Ann Wigglesworth, spon sored by the Lena community, will be honored at the first prin cess dance. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wiggles- 'worth of Echo. years. Primary rules demand that the queen be single and a gradu ate of Morrow county high Beth Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Ball of Heppner, will be honored on August 8. She is sponsored by the Rhea creek Grange. Wilma Hug, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnin Hug of Boardman, will be honored on Aug 15. She is sponsored by the Boardman Tillieum club. The fourth princess, Patricia schools. Eligible girls are judged on their horsemanship and their is sponsored by uie i,exingiuii Grange. The queen's dance will follow the princess dances on Friday, August 28. Queen Elise was a princess two years ago sponsored bv the Willows Grange. 'The selection of the queen is made bv the Fair and Rodeo com gracefulness. The queen and her court have made only two previous appear ances. Their first was at the Elks picnic on June 28 and their last was at the recent ukium rodeo over the 4th of July. KM' t ll '-I- L f eppttet Cm R Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 16, 1953 i m k Aii 0V SJ1 unna Kaises mim irnce mere Producer Price Cut By Order, Butterfat Raised Two School Districts Vote Consolidation; Others Being Talked A start has been made during the past two weeks on the con solidation of several count v As a result of a recent hearing fhool districts in keeping with held in Hennmer and decisions the requirements of a law passed reached at a state board of agri culture meeting in Portland Mon day, the prices for butterfat in! the Heppner area were cut to tne producer and the retail price of milk was raised one cent over the price charged since December, 1952 for 3.5 milk. The Increase in retail . price during the last legislature, re quiring suspended districts to join with other adjacent dis tricts. At a speciol election Tuesday the voters of Lexington district 12 and district 23 approved consoli dation. The vote was: district 12, yes 26, no 0. Dist. 23, 11 yes. no 1. Petitions have been prepared in -.- , 4 ( reiiuuiia nave uccn jJicaicu m comes as an adjustment from a.district 41 and plans call for tne nrnvinns nrrlpr marie hv the 1 ji.u ,u. j:4:4. ...hi. .. , -., laivision vi iiitr uismci. who yan uuaiu lusi lyeuciiiutri wuiv;ii iui the retail price from 25 cents to 23 cents. Recently one local dairy raised its price one-half cent to 232 cents per quart on the order of the Milk Marketing Administration but at the same time increased the butterfat con tent to 3.8 percent. The new ruling also allows the sale of milk in the 3.5 through 3.8 per cent bracket at the 24 cent price. This has previously been pro hibited by the board's ruling which required a higher price for 3.8 milk. The following explanation of the action takn at Portland has been prepared riy James fiager, operator of Hager's Dairy in Heppner who attended the meet ing. His statement says: "At the board of agriculture's regular meeting June 13, the hearing held in Heppner July 2 was reviewed and the following solutions were aeciaea on: ine of it Dronosed to loin with Hepp ner district 1 and part with Lex ington. Other petitions are being, prepared for the joining of Mor gan district number 5J with lone. The county boundary board will meet Friday to canvass the vote of the Tuesday election and to consider the other petitions which will probably be completed by that time. Special elections are required in all of the districts concerned. i o Dr. Jean D Palmer Dies In The Dalles Dr. Jean D. Palmer, 41 once a resident of Heppner, died sudden ly last Thursday morning from a heart attack in The Dalles. He had left here two years ago, having lived here for over three X'S?. .A PVT. WILLIAM C. HUBBARD of lone assigned to Camp Roberts. Calif., to begin his military training. Pvt. Hubbard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Hub bard of lone. He Is assigned to Battery A. Armed Field Artil lery Battalion. Camp Roberts, one of the largest replacement training centers during the last war is now the home of the "Lucky Seventh" Armored di vision and is located between Los Angeles and San Fran-sicso. Roscoe Kelley Takes Over Job As Police Chief Thf new Hermner chief of police, Roscoe Kelley, began per forming his duties Monday morn inff. Jo v 13. Kellev was hired by the mayor and the citv council last weeK to fill thP nnsition left vacant bv the dismissal of Charles oomu- lion. Serving many years with the 70th Year, Number 18 Stale Highway lour Due Here Friday Morning Members of the state highway commission, highway department engineers and others or tne party of near v 20 persons wno are making a tour of Eastern Oregon hiphwavs will be met at the Mor row-Umatilla county line Friday morning bv a representative group from Heppner and Morrow county and groups from Pendle ton and Pilot Rock for a short dedicatory program of the re cently completed Lena-Nye Junc tion highway, it was announced Monday at the regular chamber of commerce meeting. FOUR OF THE FIVE Heppner Boy Scouts who leit Monday. July 13, lor the National Scout Jamboree near Puerte, Calif. They are, from lett to right, Dick Applegate, Jay Sumner, Len Ray Schwarz and Jesse Smcllwcod. The empty space manes room ior me missmy scout. Bob Laughlin, who wasn't available for the picture. Wheat Crop Rolls in, Car Shortage Feared The county's wheat crop is be- can to terminal storage, averag ginning to pour into the elevators ing about 5 cars a day, and that in ever increasing quantities, the government is also shipping Morrow County Grain Growers an equal amount of carryover manager Al Lamb reported this, wheat from the Ruggs and the week, and though there appear Heppner elevators in an effort to to be some indications of shrink-1 clear them for the later harvest age and heat damage in certain ing in those areas, areas, the crop still will be one' F. C. Tolleson, Union Pacific ;' of the area's big ones, he said, agent at Heppner, saia vveones- Heaviest harvesting is in the day mat so iar uie nuuumi .m north Lexinrtun-Ione sections' been able to fill all orders for and about 21,000 bushels a day cars, but that cars will probably are now coming into the new, be short later on when the har north Lexington elevator. The; vest gets in full swing. They are Lexington elevators are receiving (however, making every effort to about 20,000 bushels a day at the supply the needed transportation, present, but this is expected to Presently the train is serving the increase considerably by the end area only on an every other day of the week or the first of next basis, but Tolleson indicated that l. ,.i, Ti, irr.r. o nvntnr at If tne cars are avaiiauie, uuuy Following the dedication the; j , ly rPCPivin g around service will probably be started. state nolice previously Kelley'pnure Panv wnl lome V" '"'"is 000 bushels a day Lamb indicated that the county ame he iromte TherifS VHeppner or thenewroa where KSiat The company iJ average still will run close to 25 ... . . thev will be guests at a picnic I ... ,. ...,,, u i hchic nor new. hut that t was who replaces Robert Cooper, will u .., .... . icnecK. uieaiesi ucm..Ke iu u i- I...! i neau. nil i 11.1..! 'nrnn nnn.nrnnt v nas oecurren in new Heppner police force. o This Year's County Assessment Ratio Reduced After Study Cnnntv assessment ratios as announced today by the state tax highway head A short program is planned during the noon luncheon and the remainder of the afternoon will be devoted to discussions of the road needs of this section of the state, it was revealed by Robert Penland, chamber president. The commission party will ar rive in Heppner from John Day, coming over the newly surfaced They will spend Ml Set By Congress, Vole Due Aug. 15 crop apparently has occurred in the higher country around Light mile, Hardman and Heppner, where the wheat was not ad vanced as in Ihe lower areas. However, reports indicated that damage here was not general, but quite spotty. Reuorts from other elevator firms in the areas where wheat The senate and house of ropre- . . ., . ,ri, sent at ves reached an agreement . .... years. Funeral services for Dr. Palmer will he held todav (Thursday) at iTKJ 1 U I lUlUl V-1 UULIUl V ui( 1 - - producers of Hager's dairy asked 10:00 a. m. in The Dalles. He will that the nrice to producers be based on $3.16 per cwt. and 76c per lb. butterfat os is in ettect in be buried at Vancouver, Wash Dr. Palmer is survived by his wife, Frances: four children, several areas of the state. The! Maureen, Kathleen, David and reason given was to get more Mark; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. butterfat in the bottle and can! Chester Palmer of Vancouver, and trade. This reduces the producer a brother. price on 4 milk from $6.59 cwt. 0 ; to $6.20 cwt., but as it worked out Sewer ComDletion for other areas in which this plan w w, au-. Very Near At Hand Plan Rushed For School Wing The Heppner school board Monday instructed Stewart Tufft, Portland architect to speed pre paration of plans for the con struction of a 25 by 52 foot ad dition to the school gymnasium to be used in the future as a band room, but which will be divided and used to house two first grade rooms this fall. The board faces a problem in finding space to house students this fall at the opening of the school term until the new wing can be completed, Howard C. cmem , . .. ,. . , . ,.,., ...1 oiaic iuif1iiuij. ...j aooui wit: saint- HHV an iv-mi t commission show a reduction day night at Condon, leaving here, early this week to set 111 wtu at th(j Gram Growcrs manager. from the level of last year in all late in the afternoon for the Gil- allotment for farmers in 1!,-4 at I r, but five of the state's 36 counties, nam county seai. ,uw,w u These ratios which Represent the One of the major requests that originally approved 01, 00,000 percentage which the assessed local groups win maKe 01 uienirs mm .....w,,,, values bear to the true cash value, highway commission will be for acres. as determined by the state taxjearly completion of a hard sur- This figure will be the most rnmmission will be used bv the faced highway over the moun- wheat that farmers can plant in fivinrr the assessed tains from Hardman Into the next year and still keep the pre .,.! nf tilltv nrnnnrtipc n the .Tnhn F)AV to the Monument ana sent raie m guvi-i imii-m inc several counties. Ispray sections. A delegation from Morrow county was assigned a Monument is expected to ne pre ratio of 49 for 1953 as against a sent for the gathering. ratio of 55 for last year. Wheeler was in effect for the month of Mav the producer actuanv took . , a cut of only 20c, due to the extra '"Si Reed, superinfendent pointed out hnttlP and,"'B -f -"". ' T.crfav aa the earliest comn e- uu"u1"1 u. ... "-v. dmthons vuntor snnprintenrienT. . ' v . ... can trade at the basic price "The board of agriculture al lowed the producer price to be changed to $3.16 cwt and 76c per lb. butterfat for this area. One dairy then asked that standard milk be changed from 3.5 mini mum butterfat to 3.5 through 3.8 mbf in order to pass the lower producer price on to the public in additional butterfat in the bot tle. This was allowed by the board. "As the board overlooked the fact that there is not a processing plant in this area nor volume enough to make one practical, they did not allow for transporta tion costs from the nearest pro cessing plant at their last hear ing held in Dec. 1952. This cost for several years has been two cents. Both dairies said at the local hearing that this cost is approximately 2c, but they pre ferred to try a lc differential at this time to see if it could not be done. This the board allowed, which actually reduces the price lc to residents in this area, com narerl to what the price had been for several years prior to the hearing held in Dec, law. "The local hearing was also held on the new zoning order passed by the last legislature. ThP new zone proposed by the Milk Marketing Administration Individual hookups are expected to begin in about three weeks, Permits for hookups are re quired before hookups will be allowed. There is a one year free period for hookups, aside from the small fee for a permit, but after that time a charge will be made. Groshens said that the sewer plant itself will be completed within one week. Arrangements have been made to begin cleaning up the disrupt ed streets, caused by laying of the sewer lines. Blacktopping and grading of the streets will begin within the next two weeks. Hermiston Auction Returns To Normal IU1IU V. JU 1W J 1 county was reassigned a ratio procamotion Closes of 43 against last years 45. . , , , against last ye di , , According to Samuel B. Stew- INariOnai TOreSfS art. chairman of the state tax , . , , 1 lit AlflUa lUKglllU uicu won commission, this years ratios are! . more realistic than they nave by the Secretary of Agriculture In been for several years and were I ' f. Pn, p.t. ... m 1 uiiiiii uiauuii JL UU. 1 HM arrived at following a careiui terson,s lamatlon of juy 8. study of property values in the ns nav, 1(lgitirnate si-vinai business in the area win oe is- The five counties in which this sued permits to enter this por year's ratios are higher include tjon of the Umatilla National For- tion date on the addition will pro- hahlv be about the end of Octo ber, the school will be forced to use makeshift quarters for near ly two months. The architects are rushing the preparation of the plans, the board was told, but it will be nearly the middle of August before construction can start. An estimate of the cost of the new wing was set at about $16,000 Gilliam. Grant, Klamath, Ma heur and Multnomah. In Gilliam county, Stewart explained, the mi'IJMIirrTlM Villi 1 mn n until v SUEr,t the large surplus crop'! , .if . .... .,,.. 1.,,., ho "day norma at the Hermiston indicated for nex 'f'.1"1 Livestock Auction Friday follow- mm elves Tut approve the ' Delbert Anson, manager of quotas in a referendum o,t Aug.l'1'a t,'r(,fr,s 15 or. the price support automati- Consigned were 322 cattle, 91 f.;iiiv rlmns hogsandSO sheep, compared J 1 ..... '...i(U 100 1A O'J 4Un i.w..-i,.nL Wheat allotments should be In mo, n mm ,i.L- ,.n v..,u.-. the hands of the farmers within week. Trading was brisk, with cattle hiiilier. Iioks steady and they may have the required 15 fatter, better quality lambs bring- days to appeal their allotment. ihk" --.-. ii. Wheat farmers must approve Hong for all types of livestock the limit by a two-thirds major-'and packer huyers from the Yak- itv in the nationwide referendum. ". cni-whuuiK anu .u,,,,,-,,,... (?St. The closure includes the Tup per-Red Hill area; One trough- v-vntt.,, j ' v , . IJt-l-xcu IIImI aiva, iiv. , assessor applied a blanket in-,itttip wall Creek area; Sun- crease of 25 percent to all pr- jflower-Lovlett Basin area perty on the tax roll after com- tlie Bui prairle-Colvln pleting a reappraisal oi ins county. As a result the ratio for this county was increased from 51 to 58, the highest in the state. area. Roads open for through travel across these areas are: Western Route, Grassy Butte, Heppner- VJ JVt VI IV- - - ILl 1 11 I IT. V J 1 l .TO T LIUUV, Grant and Klamath counties have Monument. Red Hill, Morphine Ri'iu (cijiu oruunuiii kij n"-'"- v" praisal program and the Linn may De traveled without permit y-.. i - . nc.ncijof QT-inlioH a ton nPT- . il.iihU nffU kneio I.V.VY yi.fo - . . . icouniv assfssur aupm-'u a icn Fn-ion a throUEn iraiiic DUSls. and money for this job will come cent increase t0 all farm and city The areas listed are within the from a special building fundi j propcrty and 3313 percent Umatilla National Forest and do which the local district has had. . timhpr in that countv. Reap-Lflt tnHnrlP additional closed It will not come from the regular If thev approve the government support price will be 90 percent of parity; if they refuse it will (Iron to 50 per cent. In effect, and.the wheat farmers will be voting Creek for either a $1 price for their wheat or a $2 price. According to the government regulations, if a farmer moves into "hot" wheat, thus producing more than his allotment, he then navs a penalty for each bushel over and loses it to the govern ment. 'At the some time, ne loses his richt to government price support on his entire crop and is thrown on the open market. budgeted funds as stated week. last Mrs. Nellie Anderson ' IU Villi ULI HI i,w..lir. 4- 1JIUI 1IIV.1UUC WUU1UVIIHI praisal in Multnoman county is areas administered by the btate a continuing process. Stewart ex-lpnrpstrv Department. nlolnoH Ac n rpnlt nf assessed n.li in ontop tho rlnerrihpfl i-" " 1 1 n vi , . . i J I 1 1 wi i a iw v' j fii I valuation increases in these four area may be obtained at the funeral Held Monday ..tin Un Kitlnc in oanh W9 cn4i.n Tun. upned bv one point. Der and Opal Guard Stations Lincoln county where an in- rmrifire Permits are not re- U.ic o i v- kjii a ,aiui"J . and will carry only 360 gallons' values to be entirely too low suf- COMMUNITY RESPONDS FAITHFULLY, i vi Al 1 1 kir "nWITI I ITC i m,min mhoro an in. : DUI WAICIV IMl ivyiiiu wwihiiw Lestigatlon by tax commission ! qulred on o(hcr portions of the The Heppner water situation is use are on a giuviiy nuw uaai3 appraisers icvcaicu "' .jNationai roresi. , ; .i . i. rr, fnf'an m 1 1 rarrv nnlv 3fifl gallons i.-ilnoo tn I improving sinue mc i-an w. rationing, according to Vic Gros hens, water superintendent. The community has responded faithfully to a olea to use water for irrigation purposes only dur ing hours other than from 10:00 in the morning until 5:00 in tne Groshens wished to 13 values lo uv nimcij iw j u isjfered a decrease of ten points inj'ca )eer $eaSon Set. :e. its ratio Dosition. Lowest ratio in IT no restrictions of water except j : (pin mart i nn or? iVilitV lUOllVCUiig 1 11 I Ulirlll IMC JCI IVU was to combine Umatilla, Morrow curtailment during this time is :iii.m Ammfiac 1 tn riTIO ' i 1 tUn IliA.a itrill hn anu vjiiiidi" tuunutj ",v-,maae in orut-f wiai umc wv. Although the pipes are "40 years behind times," Groshen has re- thank Heppner residents for theirlceived word that the system will cooperation. Groshens said there win De nor mini ltd AhprPaS InPTP available 750 gallons per minuie.j its ratio position, lowesi rauo in 11-.-There are hopes of fixing the:the state is that for Polk county. Doe ieOSOn Ulie nere suuauon oy next ,,., iu.u b wl n omy Thp , , ame cornrnission t n I rnchnnc nu iifciintr im'ss p ni TpAm a vpar. I IU VJl ou ""-' I pwilll J pumps to speed the How oi water zone. There was no opposiuon raised to this at the local hear ing. "At the local hearing there were three members of the pub lic, three producers and the two distributors present. Though this was a well balanced meeting, producers and distributors ex pressed the hope that in the fu turn thp consuminc public will show more interest and be better represented. iContinued on page 6) DIRECTORS ELECTED Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Anderson of Heppner, who died on July 11 at the age of 77, were held Monday, July 13, at 2:00 p. m. at the Phelps funeral home chapel in Heppner. Mrs. Anderson was horn in Do tal ear, Iowa, on April 14, 1876. She came west with her parents in 1884 and sett ed fust at Hard- man and later at Gooseberry. She married Charles Anderson there in IK'tS. After his death she Saturday at a meeting in Fort land set Oct. 3 as the tentative ' UJCUlllg uuii. I'- - mi. ...... .l.n r.f lha A.tln inr i in nil nartc r I lrn ,i:... V ho llnnnnor CpmP.1 ..,11V, tka coaann tfi ril n ! mOVCIl tO HCppnCI . Ulltl-lUIS VI iit- ,v.,... UL Willi in- v..".. v.. ..... . . . j r. . . . Aire A ndnrerin was an invalid tery Maintenance uiwi.-i nave tnrougn uci. id. "' - ' - A SeCOna pUDHC Hearing uniaum- --- years connnea to a ocu. anf sl-iu sufficient water to insure fire nrntprt inn. The restricted use of water will, degrees cold. continue until the reservoirs have been returned to their normal supply, Groshen said. The reserve has been built up two feet since rationing began. The supply of water that Hepp ner has is actually sufficient to carry any possible load. The nrohlem arises in getting the sup ply through the pipes and to the community stand added pressure ineswimmingpoo. iiiieuoi. e - ; a week from tne small reservoir,!- ..,: ..,. k ,,.i,i romain nnon Uiy nail. j nunilllg icguiauuiia win u. ........ Will remain open. B' chm that r.arnet Bar-1 ii oi In Portland after wh eh Groshens mentioned, for those T" " '.V, vvans " itt ,,.t fiai 34 votes, and Paul W. Ji -s, 34irPoUlations. votes. One ballot was inarkedU special hunter's choice season void interested, that the new well has rated A-l in the sanitation test. The water is only 3.5 hard and 54 Mrs. Grace Nickerson will leave Sunday to accompany her daugh ter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Hayes of Condon, on a; two weeks vacation trip to vai lejo, California. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith and family returned Sunday evening from a stay at their home on The pipes now in Orcas Island. Mr. and Mrs. Thomai Allen re turned Monday evening from a 7000 mile vacation trip to the East and South. While gone they visited Philadelphia, Washing ton. D. C. and many historical nlaces. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matteson and Jessie of Monument were Heppner visitors on Thursday. on deer of either sex was set for Oct. 17 through Oct. 20, in certain specified areas. This season is for hunters with unusea ueer tags. People in this area may re member that many complaints were filed against hunting of In this area. Disregarding these complaints, this area has many years In Hermiston and Pendleton hospitals belore com ing to the Pioneer Memorial hos pital where she died. Surviving are her son, r.rvin Anderson, and four grandchild ren, all of Heppner. Rev. Karl L. Soward officiated at the services. Burial was in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. districts and feeder buyers from Sunnyside and Gandview were particularly active. In addition to the Washington buyers, Idaho buyers are expected to increase in number, Anson said. While consignments came from as wide an area as usual, top prices were received in all cate gories by Umatilla county con signors Friday. Chris Strum of Hermiston re ceived top hog price of $20.75 cwt.; for three hogs weighing GOO nounds. Bruce Holt of Stanfield topped the feeder pig market with G pigs weighing 595 pounds go ing for $27.00. Top weaner pig nrice was received by Clayton McKensey of Hermiston, who con signed an animal for $18.50. Stan- Icy Green of Stanfield topped both the heifer and steer markets with the heifer going for $19.70 and the steer $21.25. The veal market was topped by A. W. Wolfe, Stanfield, who consigned one weighing 2150 pounds for $17.75. Calves Baby calves 11.00-26.0$ hd.; weaner calves 12.75-15.G0 cwt.; no feeder calves; veal 15.50-17.75. Steers Stocker steers 10.50-11. 75; whiteface steers 13.50-14.75; feeder steers 15.50-17.10; fat slau ghter steers 17.50-20.00, one fed steer 21.25 cwt,; fat heifers 16.50 18.35, one fed heifer 19.70 cwt. Cows Dairy cows about 100.00 hd.; dairy heifers 37.50 G2.50 hd.; no stock cows. Slauehter cows Commercial 11.10-12.60 cwt,; utility 10.00-11.00 canner-cutter 7.00-9.10; shells 5.00-7.00. Bulls Heavy bulls 14.50 15.85; light bulls 12.50-13.75. Hogs Weaner pigs 10.25-18.50 hd.; feeder pigs 26.10-27.00 cwt.; daughter have returned from r,n McGruder on the coast. LUlliyiaimo, - 1 again been opened for such hunt- where he was counselling at the Ing this year. JVieinuuisr nummrr vamp. Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Boulden and , fat hogs 2G.20--27.75; sows 20.75- 22.40; depending on weight. Sheep Feeder lambs 150U-lb. 50; fat lambs 18.G0-19.G0; year ling bucks 11.25-12.25. r