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School Board Calls
Special Meeting To
Pick New School Site
OVERCROWDED SECOND GRADE
CLASS SOON TO BE DIVIDED
The tightness with which 459 classroom space for the two first
children are crowded into the grades, with the construction of
Heppner school became evena bandroom wing on the gym
more apparent this week when it'nasium, which, will be divided by
became necessary to obtain the temporary partitions for this use.
use of still another local church Work on this construction has
basement for classroom purposes, been temporarily halted however,
This brings to three the number due to a shortage of steel and it is
of classes being held outside the doubted that it will be ready for
school building. occupancy much before Christ-
The school board Monday night mas
instructed superintendent H. C.j The latest count of students in
Reed to make arrangements for ' the Heppner school showed there
the use of the Christian church j were 317 registered in the first
basement to house a second eight grades and 142 in the high
grade class. Since the start of! school.
school the second grade enroll
ment has continued to climb un
til at the present time the class,
taught by Mrs. Buelah Ogletree,
has 40 students. The maximum
recommended for an elementary j
class is 24 students, and 20 pupils
is the desirable number.
The school district is also using,
the Methodist church basement
and the Episcopal church parish
house as classrooms for two of,witn the erol'P to "rRe an im
the three first grades required to,mediate s,art on the planning for
handle the 60 6-year olds who
started to school this fall. Teach
ing the two church classes are
Mrs. Edna Turner and Mrs. Clara
Flower. One is housed in the
school building and is taught by
Mrs. James Sumner.
The board took steps, over a
month ago, to build temporary
Hermiston Market
Demand Stays Up
HERMISTON Top consignor
was Harold Wright of Heppner at
the Hermiston Livestock Auction
Friday, with 178 head of cows
ager o he sale repo ts Heable discussion on what Possib,e
ager oi me saie, reports, tie ( ere avail able. An engi-
opped thesteercalf market with; nper,s t b h , d f
twenty Lead weighing 9280 lbs., " f
bring ng $14.50 cwt. I presentl owned iece of t
Cattle consigned on the eve of J ' J
deer hunting season was below , j
the usual 712 consigned the pre- hJ agreement
vious Friday, but the 49 head h members and
were well above the 442 con- , ... tU
signed two weeks earlier.
Also consigned Friday were 99
hogs, compared with 153 and 104
the previous week. Semi-weekly
sheep sale is this Friday. Con
signed Friday were 56 sheep com
pared with 467 and 403 the pre
ceding two weeks.
Cattle prices were generally
steady in an active market which
showed demand for all types of
cattle, and better quality re
sulted in some spotty higher
prices. While veal was general
ly 50c lower, the $18.25 top was
up 75c. Weaner calves were
generally of feeder caliber, which
went for $13.50 to $14.50. Feeder
steers were steady at $14.50 to
$15.00.
Some feeder pigs were con
signed in response to special re
quests of out-of-state buyers.
Quality was fair and prices a
very good $25.50 $27.25 but the
supply was insufficient. A 4-H
prize fat hog weighing 215 lbs.
brought 28.10 to Lois Green of
Stanfiekl, well above the general
run of fat hog prices, $25.85-26.35.
A lack of good ewes on the sheep
market brought the top down
three dollars to $12.50.
A large number of farmer buy
ers seeking feeder and breeding
stock contributed to the strong
market.
Heaviest animal consigned was
a 1600 lb. steer which brought
16c per lb. to consignor John Rea
of Touchet, Washington.
Others topping the market were
Roy Cork, Spray, 13 ewes. $12.50
per hcl, Jack F. Teele, Echo, 3
mvp?. 405 lbs.. 3.80 cwt., and 7
lambs 615 lbs., $13.90; J. B. Gow, in clay and painting was held
Cecil, a 245 lb. veal, $13.25; Floyd Wednesday night, October 7, at
Daniels, Echo, 2 feeder pigs, 330 the high school under the super
lbs., $27.25; Fred Rankin, Hermis-, vision of Miss Sutherland, Eu
ton'lO Hereford feeder steers, ' gene. Two hours of college credit
8325 lbs., 15c per lb., and 1 fat
steer, 930 lbs., $17.60 cwt.
Calves Babv calves 6.00-17.00
hd.; feeder calves 13.50-14.50 cwt;
veal 15.50-18.25.
Steers Stocker steers 11.50
13.50 cwt.; feeder steers 13.50
15.30; fat slaughter steers 16.00
17.60; fat heifers 14.50-15.60.
Cows Dairy cows 122.50-167.50
hd.; dairy heifers 35.00-56.00 hd.;
stock cows up to 107.50 hd.
Slaughter cows Commercial
9.60-11.10 cwt; utility 8.60-9.50;
canner-cutter 7.10-8.25, few heavy
Holstein cows to 9.00; shells 4.50
6.00. Bulls Utility grade only con
signed. 11.50-12.75 cwt.
Tin(Tcvvoaner Dies 8.00 15.00
hd feeder pigs 25.50-27.25 cwt.; Campfire Girls ceremonial robes,
fat hogs, 25.85-26.35; prize hog, A total of $21.50 was taken in and
2810-sows 21.90-23.20; no boars, the group is planning another
Sheep Feeder lambs 12.50-13.- food sale this Saturday at Thom
90 cwt.; no fat lambs; ewes up to1 son's at 2:00 it hopes to obtain
12.50 hd, 3.80 cwt; no bucks. i their goal of $60.00.
Superintendent Reed said that
Mrs. Fred Hoskins, Jr., has ac
cepted the teaching position for
the additional second grade. Ar
rangements were completed to
day to start using the Christian
church basement on Friday
morning for the new class.
sPec,al Meeting Set
At the board meeting Monday
night, several local citizens met
a nLW eiememary scnooi ounn
ing and after much discussion
the board called a special meet
ing for Monday, Oct. 12 at which
time it is planned to choose a
possible site for the new build
ing and set the date for a special
site election to get the approval
of the voters.
The board determined from the
present enrollment figure, and
the pre-school census, that it
would be necessary to build a 12
classroom building which would
probably incorporate in it a large
multipurpose room.
The recommended minimum
space requirements for such a
building, it was pointed out dur
ing the meeting, is seven to seven
and one-half acres of usable
ground and there was consider-
luincicu i.iiiLiia picaum ui lilt:
'meeting, the only sites available
j which would seem to meet the
i requirements are locations on the
, j hn, he Fraf)k k
property just west of the city
limits on Willow creek, some
property immediately east of the
rodeo grounds and county shops,
and ground south and east of the
cemetery on that hill
One site, the Cason property in
northwest Heppner, was voted
down by the people at a special
election earlier this year.
No decision was reached by the
board Monday night, but they
indicated that they would at
tempt to make a choice next
Monday night and put the loca
tion up to the voters as quickly
as possible. The meeting will be
open to the public.
Miller Home Burns at
Monument Monday
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Spike Miller at Monument burn
ed early Monday morning. Noth
ing was saved except their car
and tractor. Cause of the fire was
unknown.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller were awak
ened about 2 a. m. by their baby
coughing. The house was so far
gone Mr. Miller barely had time
to save his small son who was
sleeping upstairs.
Painting Classes
Meet Wednesdays
The first adult education class
UI Ullfc? Ullll Kit lll&n f - i vw i tiLuu
is given in the art course, which
is under the direction of the Gen
eral Extension Division of Port
land, Leslie Grant, county school
superintendent, said.
The class will meet every Wed
nesday night at 7 p. m. for ten
weeks. The sessions are two and
a half hours long. Late enrollees
may still enter the class by con
tacting the county school super
intendent. BLUEBIRDS TO HOLD
CAKE SALE SATURDAY
The Bluebirds of the Campfire
r.iri hpld a cako sale Saturday
rvtnher 3 at the Thomson erocerv
; store to raise money to obtain
Copies 10 cents
Road Survey To
Start on Route
Across Country
A direct north-south highway
from the south end of the county
to Boardman and Irrigon was one
step closer to reality this week
when the county court received
approval from the Air Force for
a right-of-way just inside the
eastern boundary of the Board-
man bombing range, according to
County Judge Garnet Barratt.
The proposed county road will
take off from the Lexington
Echo highway at the North Lex
ington Morrow County Grain
Growers elevator, continue north
for about five miles to the Del
win O. Nelson ranch, then follow
the bombing range boundary and
joining highway 30 about five
miles east of Boardman.
The county has already com
pleted graveling the highway
from the grain elevator to the
Nelson ranch. With the approval
of the bombing range right-of-way,
the county will now go
ant-cu u.e I""""'"-'' "-"State college in 1948 and his L
su,7 " T,h 1 . in L- B. degree from Willamette law
construction of the sub-grade will! h f Anderson
start this winter . The distance 1tnooi ,n
from the Nelson ranch to high, has a wlfe and sma11 80"'
way 30 will be about 14 miles. (
The county has had no direct i Many dnrUDS I TecS
highway from the county seat to' :m "m R.
the north end since the road from Planted in County By
lone to Boardman was closed in Game Commission
1940 by the Air Force for the
bombing range. The proposed A total of 62,500 shrubs and
new route will put Boardman and trees have been planted in Mor
Irrigon approximately 45 miles row county by the State Game
from Heppner. At present the Commission since 1949, John Ely,
distance is about 60 miles going Pendleton, biologist for the
either by way of Buck's Corner northeast region, reported this
or Heppner Junction. , week.
In addition to shortening the The first plantings were of 500
distance from the north end to
the county seat, the new highway
will give farmers in tne area ai--
to il and walet;
transportation
Farm Problems To Be
Aired at Rhea Creek
Grange Booster Night
Recommendations on wheat
and stock price supports will be
discussed at a meeting of the
Rhea Creek Grange Friday, Octo
ber 9. A pot luck supper will be
served at 6:30 o'clock in observ
ance of booster night.
A round table discussion on
farm problems will be led by Nels.
Anderson, county agent. Dick
Wilkinson, Frank Anderson and
Barton Clark will be on the panel.
This is the last time that mem
bers will have a chance to ex
press themselves on farm poli
cies before sending the recom
mendations to the National
Grange which will meet in No
vember. Secretary of Agriculture
will speak at the national meet
ing and hear Grange opinion.
Sally Palmer will show her pic
tures taken on her trip to the
United Nations building in New,,
York last summer and Shirley
Peck will give musical selections.!
A social hour will follow the
regular meeting. Everyone in
terested is invited to attend.
School Needs To Be
Discussed at P-TA
' The Parent Teacher Association
will meet at the high school Wed
nesday, October 14 at 8:00 p. m.
The program for the evening
will be a panel discussion on the
subject "The Most Important
Need For Our School", Mrs. Paul
Webb Jr. is program chairman
for the month of October.
Hostesses for the meeting will
be Mrs. George Currin and Mrs
Edmund Gonty.
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LT. AND MRS O'SHEA VISITS
FRIENDS IN HEPPNER
1st Lt. and Mrs. Richard O'Shea
and son visited friends in Hepp
ner Tuesday and Wednesday en
route to Ft. Lewis, Wash., where
he expects to be stationed until
the end of April.
Lt. O'Shea arrived in San Fran
cisco September 9 after 14 months
of duty in Korea. The O'Sheas
visited in Oswego, Vancouver, B.
C. and with her parents in Ed
monton, Alberta before coming to
Heppner.
GUN CLUB TO HOLD
The Morrow County Gun club
will hold a merchandise shoot at
the gun club south of Heppner
Sunday, October 11. The shoot
will begin at 10:30 a. m. and
lunch will b served at noon.
Heppner, Oregon,
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ROBERT H. ANDERSON
Anderson and Turner
Form Partnership
Robert 11. Anderson has entered
law practice here in partnership
with Jesse O. Turner. Mr. Ander
son came here from Salem where
he practiced law and was deputy
district attorney. He obtained
his B. S. degree from Oregon
multiflora roses on the William
jweatherford ranch in the Lena
district. These plan
These plantings are used
for shelter belts, gully plantings,
wind breaks and around farm
ponds, and have been made;
throughout the county, Ely said.
Soil preparation is underway at
the present time for the 1954
spring planting program with ap
proximately 45,000 shrubs and
trees scheduled for this county.
The percentage survival of plant-
ings made in 1953 have been very
good and were helped consider
ably by follow-up cultivation,
Ely said
Any ranchers who may not
have been contacted and who are
jnterestPd in snrub plantings
mav contact Glen Ward, game
agent.
Species used include multiflora
rose, Russian olive, plum, locust,
Russian mulberry, sumac, creek
dogwood, bladder senna, carag
ana, scotch and ponderosa pine,
snow berry and southern wood.
Of these species locust, bladder
senna, plum, scotch pine, olive
and rose have been selected for
future plantings in this area.
These plantings are of direct
benefit to the farm and indirect
ybp f. j wi,dif , h
it was pointed out.
First Thank-You Note
Received in Nine Years
The Heppner city council
received its first thank-you
letter in over nine years last
week. The welcome note was
from the Rainbow Girls
thanking them for the use
of the back of the City Hall to
build their float for the rodeo.
H. S. Pupils to Play
In Navy Band Concert
One high school student each
from schools in this area will
play with the Navy band at Her
miston on Saturday, October 10,
at a 2 o'clock matinee concert at
the Hermiston high school audi
torium. Darlene Connor of Hepp
ner will play the French horn and
Dennis Swanson of lone will play
the cornet in the concert. Lt.
Commander Charles Brendler is
the director. s
An evening concert will be pre
sented by the band at 8 o'clock.
Student tickets for the matinee
will be fifty cents. Band directors
in the county are urging their
students to attend.
Tickets for both concerts may
be obtained at the Turner, Van
Marter and Bryant office.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Barratt last week were her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Fergu
son of Oswego and Mrs. Jack
Cavender and daughter of Hamil
Thursday, October 8, 1953
Grain Growers
Annual Meeting
Set November 9
Election of directors and re
ports are scheduled for the an
nual meeting of the Morrow
Comity Grain Growers to be held
November 9 at the lone Grange
hall, according to AI Lamb, man
ager. A. M. Camp, Spokane, president
of the North Pacific Grain Grow
ers, will be one of the speakers
on the program. Reports on the
past year's operations will be
given and future plans outlined.
Election of four regular direc
tors whose terms expire this year
are Alfred Nelson, Jr. and John
Graves of Lexington and John
Bergstrom and Paul Brown of
Heppner.
Associate directors whose terms
expire include Bill Barratt and
Dick Wilkinson of Heppner and
D. O. Nelson, Elmer Palmer, Ken
neth Peck, Bernard Doherty, Ver
non Munkers and Tad Miller, all
of Lexington.
Lunch will be served by the
ladies of the lone Grange at noon.
The public is invited to attend.
City Pays $11 1,361
On Sewage Plant
A total price of $111,361 was
paid by the city for the new sew
age disposal plant built by the
Atlas Construction company, it
was reported at a meeting of the
city council Monday night. The
original bid was $106,000. The
city hopes to complete payment
on the sewer by the middle of the
month.
To date 91 permits have been
issued for hooking on to the
sewer which has been in opera-
tion for three weeks.
Strect oi hfls bf,en ;. C(im.
plcted for his ,f was re.
portpd General cleanup and
patchinff on soverai streets ls
being done by city employees.
The council intends to write an
ordinance in the near future
eliminating incinerators.
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Crop Insurance Date
Extended to Oct. 31
The date for filing applications
;for whl'at insurance has been ex
tended from September 30 to Oc
tober 31, according to word re
ceived from the Federal Crop In
surance corporation at the Mor
row county P. M. A. office.
The action was taken to give
all eligible farmers the oppor
tunity to obtain a thorough ex
planation of the program and
participate in it.
Ranchers are invited to the
county office to discuss their par
ticular problems regarding fed
eral crop insurance, Eugene Peter
son, county manager, said.
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Jaycee Ette Rummage
Sale Set in November
The Jaycee-El tes' fall rum
mage sale will be held Friday
and Saturday, November 6 and 7.
This sale will be the seventh
semi-annual for the organization
which uses the proceeds to help
finance the kindergarten
Mrs. Robert Ferrell, president of
the Jaycee-Ettes, has named
Mrs. Edwin Dick, Mrs. Phil Blak
ney, and Mrs. Herman Green as
a committee to conduct the rum
mage sale.
Aain the Heppner Cleaners will
clean free of charge all clothing
donated to the sale. They ask
that il be turned in to them be
tween October 19 and 24. Anyone
'who cannot take clothing to the
Cleaners is asked to call Mrs.
Edwin Dick for pickup service.
Good used children's and
adults' clothing finds a ready
sale, as do discarded housewares,
books, toys, dras and curtains,
bedspreads, costume jewelry, and
funny books.
lone Swimming Pool
Nearing Completion
The swimming pool at 'lone is
nearing completion and the com
munity expects to hold dedica
tion ceremonies in the near fu-
i ture, it was reported today. The
pool is being built in connection
with the new school gymnasium
and plans are being made for
building new sidewalks and
landscaping the grounds. Pro
gress on the program has been
aided hv the cooperation of the
entire school and community.
Special Sale of
Feeders and Steers
Set at Hermiston
HERMISTON Early cold wea
ther has started Hie hunt for
winter homes for the cattle graz
ing on the range and mountain
pastures of eastern Oregon.
At the request of livestock jng season Saturday proved satis
inen a special sale of weaner and factory to hunters, game commis
feeder calves and yearling stoerssion, forest service and law en
which are now being brought iiVforcement officials in this area,
from summer and fall grazing, according to reports received to
will be held at the Hermiston day.
Livestock Auction Tuesday, Oct.) Approximately 35 per cent of
27, at 1 p. m. A large group of ,h(, huntors bagged their bucks,
out-of stat,, buyers are expected j whk.h won, in Pxt.0lknt condition
for the special sale. ami ran al)0Ut 10 per cent heavier
Cattle may be brought Into the than last year. Forked horns and
commission yards throughout three-point bucks made up about
Sunday, Monday and on Tuesday 80 per cent of the kill, according
morning. Oct. 25-27, Delbert An-1 to game officials,
son. manager of the sale, re- Few violations were reported on
ports. The sale, which will re- (lot,s aml fawns, whi-h was at
lieve some of th0 pressure on the tribu(od intiiroctlv to the good
regular weekly sales as well as )u(.k in bagging bucks and a de-
provicie a conceniraieu ouuci xor
the cattle, will be in addition to
the regular sale at 11:30 a. m.
Friday of that week.
W. 0. Dix Resigns
Assessors Post
The county court Wednesday
accepted the resignation of W. O.
Dix, county assessor for the past
11 years. He asked to be relieved
of his duties as of October 1.
Dix gave ill health as the rea-
son for nis resignation, stating'.
that he felt he was no longer.
able to carry on his duties of the
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office. Members of the court In
dicated that Mrs. Joseph Hughes,
assistant in the assessor's office,
has been given a temporary ap
pointment to take over the Ksi
tion until a permanent appoint
ment can be made. There was no
indication as to when the per
manent appointment would be
made, R. I. Thompson, county
commissioner, said Thursday.
There have been no applications
received, he said,
Dix took over the assessor's
job 11 years ago, having been
appointed by the court to fill the
unexpired term of Tom Wells,
who resigned to enter the mili
tary service. Since that time be
has been elected to the office.
Morrow Teachers To
Meet at Boardman
The Morrow County Teachers
association will meet Monday,
October 12, at Boardman for a
dinner and a business meeting.
New officers for the year are
Walter Turner, Boardman, presi
dent; Melvin Bates, Lexington,
vice president; Mrs. La Verne Part-
low, Boardman, secretary; and
Mrs. Bessie Burnett, Irrigon, trea
surer. Committee chairman include
Miss Marguerite Glavey, Hepp
ner. membership; Melvin Bates,
Lexington, legislative; Ronald
Black, Boardman, salary; Mrs.
La Verne Part low and Miss Bar
bara Love, Boardman, speech;
Mrs. Velva Bechdolt and Mrs.
Beulah Ogletree, Heppner, fair;
Miss Glavey, Spelling, and Mrs.
Mildred Baker, 'Irrigon, public
relations.
The county speech festival wi
be held at the Boardman school j nor school for lunch and then
and the spelling contest at the ma(p an inspection tour of the
Heppner school. 'buildings.
. '"."l'-".;-7.- . n ! Nearly 25 members toured the
t in building and the gymnas
OVER ON HARDMAN GRADE l( , u ot firc. C' .h
Claude Graham turned his '39
Oldsmobile over twice on the
Hardman grade a mile below the
Bechdolt ranch Sunday morning.
Graham, who was going to the,
Blue Mountain ranch, blamed j
the accident on a faulty steering
gear. He was not injured, but!
the car was badly wrecked.
PARCEL POST INCREASE IN EFFECT
RECEIPTS DOWN SLIGHTLY IN '53
Rate increases of about 3313,1953 were $14,918.47, compared
per cent on parcel post went into
effect Thursday. As examples of
the increase, post office officials
pointed out that the cost of send
ing one pound of parcel post to
zone two was formerly 17 cents
and is now 23 cents. At the top
of the scale, the cost of mailing
70 pounds to zone eight used to
be $9.93 and is now $12.78.
Postal receipts at the Heppner
post office for the first three
quarters of the year are about
one and two-tenths percent lower
than in 1952, records showed.
I Total receipts through September
70th Year, Number 30
Hunting Good,
Ranchers Close
Land to Doe Hunt
The opening of the deer bunt -
crease in the number or outside
hunters.
One elk was killed near Tama
rack and another on the Heppner-
Spray highway, law enforcement
officers said. Complaints will be
filed soon, they said. Two men at
Mitchell were fined $150 each for
killing elk.
Local butcher and freezing
stores estimated the number of
deer brought in to be slightly
higher than last year. One opera
tor noted that most of the deer
brought to his plant had been
well taken care of. However,
game officers urged hunters to
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vent spoilage and tainting of
meat.
No fires were reported in the
Umatilla National Forest area,
but forest officials warned hunt
ers to take extra precaution with
campfires as the woods are dry
and no prospects of rain are indi
cated for the near future. Warm
ing fires are prohibited in the
forest.
Hunting should continue good
to the end of the season as the
deer are scattered and water and
brouse are plentiful, game men
said. The game count taken last
February indicated a trend of
about 15 per cent more deer in
this area than the previous year.
The 'hunter's choice' season
when hunters may bag a deer
of either sex opens from October
17 through October 20.
Ranchers in the Hardman area
who are closing their land to
hunting during the open seaspn
include Claude Buschke, Everett
Harshman, Oscar Peterson, Claude
White, Bechdolt Brothers, Elmer
Palmer, Victor Lovgren, Kenneth
Batty, O. E. Wright and Sons, Ray
Wright, Walt Wright, Harold
Wright, Steers Bros., Lewis Ca
son, Tom Huston Ethel Adams,
Van Schoiack Bros., Jim Hams,
Ralph Jackson, Wightman Bros.,
Orin McDarliel, Esley Walker and
Harold Stevens.
Game officials reported that
230 mature Mongolian rooster
Pheasants will be liberated
throughout the county a week
previous to the bird season which
opens at noon, October 24.
CHAMBER TOURS
HEPPNER SCHOOL
Members of the Heppner-Mor-row
county chamber of commerce
were guests Monday of the Hepp-
j condition of the plant and the
j crowded conditions existing there.
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Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers
had as their guests over the
weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Sherrard, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sims, Stanley Sherrard and Mrs.
Rosetta Sherrard all of Arlington.
with a total of $15,133.07 during
the same period in 1952, making
a difference of $184.60.
Most of the decrease this year
was in the first quarter as indi
cated by the following break
down: first quarter, 1952, $5,511.
49; first quarter, 1953, $5,167.19;
second quarter, 1952. $4,947.62;
1953. $1,906 12; third quarter, 1952,
$4,673.96; 1953, $4,875.16.
The Heppner post office is now
eligible for $220,000 in federal
funds allocated through the fen
eral services administration, but
authorization has to be approved
by congress, lt was pointed out.