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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 23, 1953
Motorlog Tour of Ranch Couiiizy
Reveals Impressive Extremes
Big Dwellings,
Empty Shacks
Prove Contrasts
The following is condrn
ntion of a motorlog -which
apti'nrpd in the June 14 ifwue
of the Northwest"! own jna
H'ine. It In one of a erlwi
KKiiiorr(l by The Orenonlan
Orpgon State Motor Amocl-
llnn.
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Slff Writer. Th Ornctuin
A tour of eastern Oreeon'i
ranch country is impressive in
its extremes. Tall poplars, big
house, corrals, outbuildings,
windmill, electric plant, gas
pump to fuel everything from
livci'-ir to jeep to Cadillac: the
lot surioiinded by seemingly
cn-Jicss expanses of land these
nrv (airly common denominators
of the upper extreme which
-Do is success In ranching.
At the other extreme are the
si ar!:. unpainted houses or
lricks, bare of sheltering trees
ami empty of tenants, which
sp. ll failure. Often the two are
mi ifiinmc.
W'o made such a tour not long
since, courtesy of The Oregonian
and Oreimn State Motor assocla
tion, enst of La Grande, north
to Iwiston, down through Hells
nnvc.ii: hack through BaKer,
.John Day, Hums and Lower
Harney county; and up through
J 'rifvvilli! to Portland.
Although the majority of the
op' t ,, (ions we visited Involved
cultle. including the great 430,
ncro Soaring Springs ranch
id Harney county, which was
foil v. In lr- we were on the road,
ui:r trip began and ended with
t'.so exceptions: grass seed and
H. L. Wagner and on started
a new thing, grass for seed, 15
ni opo in the Grand Ronile
valley of northeast Oregon and
lust year did a million dollars
in uusines through their ware,
house at JmbWr.
Fi'sm HnIw we visited the
"dairy pnrlor" of Roland George,
whore 90 Hotateins furnish a
quarter of r milk consumed
in Baker rmlkuhed.
"Ask a prupcttve hired nun
to milk cow nu he runs,"
commented Gmifr:, explaining
tiic machine that mirks six cows
at a time N! they munch
li'fit chulra rtnvri troni the loft
nlnive, and rhnl snxta thair pro
duct uirmirn gi tut into a
refrigerated coolm:
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Map of eiiNlern Oregon tour
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Old Williania ranch houao on Cunyon creek, with white Oregon
State Motor association car parked in sldeyard. Timbers for
house, built In 1860s, were hand-hewn with dovetailed corners.
Mammoth poplars and silver maples were brought in as sap
Bnga by pack horse. Today, they serve to shade entire dwelling.
Three new ranch-type homes
and imposing array of outbuild
ings mark the LL ranch of Ed
ward Sullivan and sons Donald
and Duwayne, 30 miles west of
Baker.
How many acres? "Oh,
eosh." was Sullivan's reply.
Thirty thousand deeded; 40,000
altogether, over which Hereford
commercial cattle roam, be
tween Dooley and Blue mountains.
Sullivan is president of Unity
dam, community project which
collects waters of the north,
west, south and middle forks of
Burnt river behind an earth
barrier, for Irrigation.
On a detour from highway 7
we encountered our only large
herd of Aberdeen Angus, ii. J
KesL a Chicagoan, came to a
nearby dude ranch some years
ago, fell in love with the place
and decided to go into business.
To inauiries of midwesterncrs
as to what kind of cattle he
should raise, he was told, "Black
Angus." So, today, his 1080
acres of permanent pasture sup
ports an average of 400 head of
these nonconformists.
John Day valley to the west,
whose trading center is Prairie
City, is "recognized as probably
the best livestock producing
county in Oregon," declared
Rancher Garland Meador, who
runs 500 head of Herefords on
3000 acres.
For sheer beauty, nothing
surpassed the Williams ranch,
off highway 396 near Seneca, on
Canyon creek. The Williams
stock grazes on a veritable golf
course, between forested mountains.
The Williams ranch house was
also the most picturesque we
visited. Built in the 1860s, its
timbers were all hand-hewn,
with dovetailed corners.
The ranch, oiierated by L. L.
Williams and his son, Larry,
headquarters lor huntsmen
whose weapons are restricted to
bow and arrow, on an adjacent
game preserve. The Williamses
own 8000 acres, 300 in irriga
tion; and L. L. impressed us per
manently by announcing the re
cent sale of one-half a Hereford
bull for $!5000.
Julian Byrd, who joined the
urns 1 lmes-Herald staff in
18H9 when Burns itself was of
ficially only five years old, and
now the newspaper s editor
and co-publisher, wonders if he
is partly to blame for the ghost
homesteads in his area, includ
ing Blitzen. "I did what I could
to attract settlers, after the
Lewis and Clark fair of 1905,"
he told us. "I really thought
dry farming would pay."
All Harney county needs,
he insisted, is water; the soil is
there, far deeper than in central
Oregon where irrigation has
turned the desert green.
We stopped at the Diamond
ranch, now operated by Dick
Jenkins. We found Helen, Dick's
wife, at home; and while we
were there, their two young
sters, booted and spurred, ar
rived horseback lrom school.
Dick Jenkins and his brother
Tom, who lives next door on
Barton Lake ranch, a mere 14
miles distant, were named grass
men of the year for Harney
county in 1951, for their good
farming and conservation prac
tices. They think nothing of
having drained one lake, built
another, and used the first lake
bed for grain crops.
The welling spring that sup
ported 100 men and their horses
at Camp Curry at Silver creek
in upper Harney county in early
days attracted W. C. Cecil there
as a rancher in 1871. His son,
W. C. "Pat" Cecil, and Pat's
son-in-law, Carl Mayo, operate
the ranch today as partners.
Besides the spring, the Cecils
have Silver creek, which, with
the aid of check dams, irrigates
several hundred acres of wild
hay that feeds the Herefords
when they're not browsing in
Ochoco forest or the OO bird
refuge on Harney lake.
We halted our ranch visits
near Powell butte. with the Jor-
dans and the Weignnds. H. J.
Jordan, wiln zw acres of De-schutes-irrigated
pasture, sup
ports the largest registered
Brahma herd in the Pacific
Northwest, selling the animals
primarily for cross-breeding.
potatoes Deschutes russets
built the vast L-shaped home
(three fireplaces) and outdoor
swimming pool of the Norman
Wiegands.
And here we are, back in
Portland. Desk, typewriter, tele
phone, deadlines say, docs any
rancher need a hired gal, main
culinary accomplishment baked
beans? Some rancher at least
175 miles from the nearest
town?
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Picnics and
Parlies Popular
Around Monument
j ' By Millie Wilson
j A Sunday School Picnic was at
the M. A. Cupper ranch July 19th.
The whole community was in
Ivited. After the picnic lunch,
.games were enjoyed and then to
make a perfect ending for a per
fect day, swimming was enjoyed
in the river.
i On July 11 a lawn party was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Capon, honorini? Mrs. Jan.
ice Cork on her birthday. Cards
iormcd the entertainment for the
evening. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Capon and child
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cork,
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Cork, Mr. and Mrs. Hho Bleakman
and girls, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley
Musgrave and Mirinda, Mr. and
Mrs. H. A. Cupper and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Leathers and
children. Rev. and Mrs. Paul Kim
mel and Peter.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cox and
Archie Cox attended the wedding
of their niece, Joanne Corley at
Long Creek, 10 a. m. Sunday
morning.
Ladies Aid met at the home of
Ivy Barnard July 14. Those pre
sent were Ivy Barnard, Grace
Stirritt, Lillian Holmes', Naomi
Hooker, Mattie Slubbleficld, Effie
Wedgeworth, Doris Capon, Lois
Hill, Onida Cork, Delsie Sweek,
Ann Kimmel, Millie Wilson. The
next meeting will be August 11 at
the home of Doris Capon. Lovely
refreshments of ice cream banana
Sundae were served by the host
ess, Mrs. Barnard.
Mrs. Linnie Oilman received
word Sunday morning that her
brother, Albert Foss had passed,
away in Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs.
Oilman left immediately to be'
with Mr. Foss' two daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wyss and
children, Johnnie. Jimmie and
Joanne from Phoenix, Arizona,
are here to spend several weeks
visiting Mrs. Wyss' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Wedgeworth.
Lee Slocum has sold his home
in Monument to Maynard Hamil
ton. It is understood that Mr.
Slocum will make his home in
The Dalles.
Mrs. Harold Cork accompanied
her husband to Portland on Sat
urday where he took a load ofj
cattle to market. Their children)
Keith and Sherrvl remained at
home with Mrs. I.vdia Capon, j
Rev. Paul Kimmel Jr. drove to
Long Creek Sunday morning 1o;
officiate at the wedding of Miss
Joanne Corley and Dennis Tipton, i
It was a very beautiful wedding j
held on tho. lawn at the home of:
Mrs. Eva Shields. The bride was
given in marriage by her father,
Elvin Corley. Her sister Verna
Gerber was matron of honor and
her little niece, Cathy Gerber,
acted as flower girl. Her brides
maids were Shirley McBride, Pat
and Betty McGirr and Donna
Stussie. The young couple have
uie oest wishes from a host of
iriends in Monument.
Wayne Jones is here visiting
his sister, Mrs. Choiev VandAtta
and family.
Those leaving for PrpshvtpHan
Conference at Anthony Lake on
August 1st are Hankie Cupper,
Sharon Hinton, and Theo Van-
ueua. Rev. Paul Kimmel will ac
company them.
Mrs. Eunice Round brought
Mrs. Goldie Round home last
Saturday and returned to John
Day on Sunday. Mrs. Grace Stir
rit is caring for Mrs. Round's gar
den and lawn while she is awav
caring for her husband, who is
con uned to the hospital in John
Day.
Bill Elder of Ontario was in
Monument this week. He bought
some cattle from the Holmes
Brothers and trucked them to1
Ontario. Other cattle buyers in
town this week were Buck Wil
son of Walla Walla and Clayton'
Butcher of Ontario. They bought
some cattle and lambs from Her-
mon Thompson on Cottonwood.
Harold Lippert trucked them to
Ontario for them.
Earl Ring of John Dav was at
tending to matters of business in
Monument on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bowman and
children were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Giemier last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Robinson
and daughters of Los Angeles
are guests of Mrs. Robinson's
parents Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sweek.
They also visited Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Capon. Mr. and Mrs. Ned
Sweek came from -Heppner to
visit his sister and familv
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Enright are I
moving from the Daisy Riley
home into the Maynard Hamil
ton home.
Mr. and Mrs. Orval Wyland of
Eagle Creek were visiting friends
in Monument last Saturday.
Sam and Art Martin of Day
ville were business visitors in
Monument last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Griffin
and children of Olympia, spent
two days at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Page. They came to
visit Mr. Griffin's mother who is
confined to her bed with a broken
hip.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown of
Hazelton, Idaho, visited his bro
ther and wife, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Brown. While there Mr. Brown
showed some slide pictures of
Korea taken by their son while
he was on observation.
Sunny Tipton from Canada,
spent a week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Page. Miss Tipton came
by bus. Her mother, Russel Hurst
and Bill Wilson brought a trailer
load of Pages' furniture from
Canada. They bought a bay sad
die horse from Mr. Page and
took him back to Canada with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. Fuzzy Harrison
spent the weekend at the home of
:Mrs. Harrison's brother and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Forrest. They
enjoyed some coon hunting while
I there.
! Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper of
Heppner stopped to visit Mr, and
Mrs. C. A. Brown last Sunday.
They drove on to visit the Mor
'gans. Sheriff and Mrs. C. D. J. Bow
man and son, Carl, of Heppner
visited Mr. Bowman's sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Brown July 12
The friends and neighbors of
Hugh Johnson will honor him
with a potluck birthday dinner at
his camp at Happy Jack next
Sunday July 26. It is hoped that
everyone will be able to be there.
Hugh is Salter on the cattle re
serve. Mr. and Mrs. A. W, Beardsley
had as their guests last Tuesday
until Thursday, Mr. Beardsley's
brother, Jud and family from
has
Los Angeles.
Mr Louise Scott of Top,
been enjoying a visit with h( r
two sisters for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Round
and children of Dayville, were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
George Stubblefield and Mr. ana
Mrs. Chuck Vandetta.
Little Miss Susan Rhinehart,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Rhinehart of Ukiah, is spending
some time at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Enright.
Cecil Rhinehart of Albee, spent
last week with his sister, Mrs.
Chrystle Enright.
Ed Rotmd was laneu io u.
hospital in John Day last Wed
nesday. He was sunenng num
an infected toe.
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Cookinc is one of the arts, and
judging by the displays at the
fair, it is definitely not a lost art.
Enter in the Betty Crocker Chiffon
Cake Contest and take home one
their lovely gifts. The 411 cook
ing exhibits show the care taken
by the lu'ers in teaching the
members how "to make the best
better".
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