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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 19, 1953
70th Year, Number 36
Continuing
Development Stressed
At RBA Co-op Meet
More than 250 persons attend
ed the 10th annual meting of the
Columbia Basin Electric cooper
ative last Saturday at the Hepp
ner fair pavilion to hear Charles
Baker, Walla Walla, president of
the Inland Empire Waterways
Assn., and Owen Hurd, manager
of the Benton county, Wash., PUD
tell of the need for continued de
velopment of the area's public
power resources and of the possi
bility of atomic power in the
future.
Three new directors were elect
ed to serve the coop, they were
O. E. Peterson, lone; John Hanna,
Heppner and Walter Jaeger, Con
don. Baker gave an excellent talk on
the development of the Columbia-Snake
rivers, stressing navi
gation of the Columbia river,
improvement of flood control,
additional areas of irrigable land
and the forwarding of reclama
tion projects in the west to take
care of added population. He
compared the present with 20
years ago and also told of the
transporting of grain by water.
Hell's Canyon Talked
Baker stressed the importance
of the high dam in Hell's canyon
being under government control
rather than allowing smaller
dams privately owned and con
trolled. He told of the vital im
portance of having substantial
upstream storage and
claimed
that the
Columbia-Snake rivers
can be made into the electric Everett, Lexington; three daugh
center of the nation and possibly ters, Maude Lutkins, lone, Flora
the world, and stressed the pos-Schunk, Heppner and Dolly All
sibility of the construction of ad-.stott, lone. One daughter, Vir
ditional aluminum plants as a ginia Ayers, preceeded her in
result. Baker also noted that
construction of a dam at Hell's
canyon is at a natural damsite
and no private homes or land
would be flooded by backwater.
Baker also pointed to. the fede
ral dams already completed and
to the great amount of good they
have done, he also told of the
growing need for additional
power in the west.
Benton county PUD manager
Hurd spoke on atomic energy as
well as power development in his
county and stated that he felt he on duty at the court nouse in
that thought should be given to, Heppner Tuesday, Nov. 24 from
the future after fossil fuels are9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m. it was
used up. Here, he said, "atomic' announced today by the secretary
energy will fill' in the loss. He 'of state's office,
stressed, however, that hydro-1 o
electric development should be
stressed as much as possible.
Kenneth Smouse, cooperative
FURTHER DECLINE
LESS LIKELY, SAYS
Chances of further decline in
beef prices are less likely than
they were a year ago although
producers still face the risk th'at
consumer income could level off
or decline, says M. D. Thomas,
Oregon State college extension
economist. Beef consumption is
closely related to the amount of
spendable consumer income.
Also in the picture is the pro
bability that pork supplies will
be larger and lower priced by this
time next year, Thomas reports
in the latest Agricultural Situa
tion and Outlook. Copies of the
outlook circular are available
from the county extension agents
or Oregon State college.
The economist attributes most
of the decline in cattle prices
during the past year to sharp in
creases in slaughterings. One
third more beef and veal was
slaughtered during the first eight
months of 1953 than a year ear
lier. It is not likely tnat cauie
EVANGELIST-MUSICIAN Larry Baird. who will be the speaker at
Union Thanksgiving services next Wednesday evening at the
HeDDner Christian church. Baird is conducting nightly meetings
at tbe ehurch starting the first of
Power
president, stressed the need for
continued working together to
obtain continued growth of the
REA coops and told how the REA
ines and resulting power have
taken the drudgery out of farm
work. He also said continued
growth depends strongly on good
management of a cooperative.
Coop manager, Edgar Collison,
spoke briefly stressing the need
for young members to fight as
hard to hold cooperative gains as
the older members did to get
them.
Dinner was served at noon to
the group by members of the
Rhea Creek grange.
Funeral Services
Held Monday for
Mary Etta Barlow, 85
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Etta Barlow, 85, who passed away
Nov. 12 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Cecil Ludkins,
lone, were held Nov. 16 at the
Heppner Christian church with
Rev. Earl L. Soward officiating.
Mrs. Barlow was born March 12
1868 at Humbolt Basin, Baker
county, Oregon, the daughter of
Henry' and Emma Zcta Smith.
She was married to Daniel S. Bar
low on Jan. 1. 1893 at Weston and
lived most of her life in this area.
She is survived by her hus-
band, three sons, Frank of Mar-
tinez, Calif., Alvin, lone and
death.
She also leaves one sister, Na
omi Smith of Pendleton, 13
grandchildren, five great grand
children and several nieces and
nephews.
Interment was In the Heppner
.Masoif (.nmetefv with , Pbelns
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements. LICENSE EXAMINER
HERE NOVEMBER 24
A drivers license examiner will
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kilkenny of;
Pendleton were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney,
IN BEEF PRICES
AG BULLETIN
and calf slaughter will increase
in the year ahead.
Cattle-feeding operations look
better than at any time in the
past three years, Thomas states,
with feeder cattle prices the low
est in eight years, cheaper and
more abundant grain and hay,
and an outlook for more stability
in fat cattle prices.
Thomas reminds sheep' raisers
that lamb prices follow beef cat
tle prices very closely from year
to year in Oregon. Nationally,
this year's lamb crop was 7 per
cent larger than last year, but the
increase is being exceeded by the
gain of slaughter and another
decline in sheep numbers is indi
cated. The economist states that pros
pects for' steady beef cattle prices
strengthens the outlook for sheep,
especially for farm flocks in west
ern Oregon and in irrigated sec
tions of eastern Oregon where
crop aftermath and low-cost for
age are available.
next week.
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MODERNIZED last week was the 51 year old Seth Thomas clock
which has faithfully told the time from the tower of the Morrow
county court house. New electric motors were installed last Fri
day to Veplace the cables, weights and pendulum which has con
trolled the mechanism since its installation in 1902. The change
over was made because members of the county court leared a
cable break or crystalized pin might drop more than three tons of
weight which ran the old clock, from the tower into the basement
of the building. Here A. J. Chaffee, courthouse janitor, is shown
examining the new modernized works, still in the old frame how
ever, and is probably thinking of the many trips he now . won't
have to' make into the tower to wind up the weights. The drum,
on which the old striking mechanism weight cable was wound is
shown still in the front of the frame. The drum is retained, minus
its cable, in the new setup. About a year ago, the clock was silent
for nearly a month, when the weight-box holding nearly 2 tons of
sand and gravel, collapsed, spilling its load. The clock continued
to tell time, though it wouldn't strike. Now the only thing that
can cause it to quit will be a power failure. (GT Photo)
Cattle Sales
Show Increase
HERMISTON W. A. Heath
topped the market at the Her
miston Livestock Auction Friday
with 4 boars weighing 805 pounds
going for $19.5 cvvt., Delbert An
son, manager of the sale, reports.
Gerald Swaggart of Heppner top
ped the sow market with three
animals weighing 1015 pounds
selling for $18.30.
Volume of cattle consigned,
rising steadily for the past month,
jumped up sharply Friday. The
657 head consigned compared
with 113, and 136 sheep, com
paied with 92 the previous Friday.
Prices were generally steady to
sightly higher, quality consider
ed. Calves were of generally
plainer quality. Hogs remained
steady to higher despite drops in
markets elsewhere. Weaner and
feeder pigs of good quality con
tinue to he in strong demand for
next Friday's sale, Anson said.
Demand continued to be very
broad and active. Feeders and
packers
were well represented
from the
Yakima. Willamette,
Boise and Sacramento valleys,
a Tacoma packer was among
those returning to the sale.
Prime and choice lambs and
breeding ewes, which brought a
good price of $13 per head Friday,
will be in demand at the sheep
sale Friday. Fat lambs were
lacking Friday and sheep, while
somewhat stronger in price, were
slightly weaker in quality.
Others topping the market
were John and Janet Edmiston,
Hermiston, 1 sleer, 1160 lbs., 18c
per lb.; Earl Ayers, Milton-Free-water,
1 angus heifer, 790 lbs.,
$16.50 cvvt.; Ed Hoeft, Pilot Rock,
11 steer calves, 5465 lgs., $17.50
cwt; M. F. Acton, Hermiston, 1
holstein steer, 765 lbs., $12.50;
John Edmiston, Hermiston, 3
lambs, 365 lbs., $16.30; Carsan
Linder, Hermiston, 4 fat hogs, 815
lbs., $19.50; Glenn and L. S.
Thorne, Holdman, were largest
consigners with 71 cattle.
Calves: Baby calves 3.00-14.00
hd; steer calves 16.50-17.50; hei
fer calves 14.50-16.00; veal 16.00
18.00 cwt.
Steers: Stocker steers 13.50 14.75;
feeder steers 15.00-16.20; fat
slaughter steers 17.10-18.00; fat
heifers 15.35-16.50.
Cows: Dairy cows 122.50-145.00
hd.; dairy heifers 37.50-52.50 hd.;
stock cows, 1 carload, 137.50 hd.
Slaughter cows: Commercial
10.75-12.20; utility 9.50-10.75;
canner-cutter 7.50-8.50, a few
heavy Holstein cows to 10.00 cwt.;
shells 4.50-7.00.
Bulls: 10.50-12.20.
Hogs: Weaner pigs 12.50-16.50
hd.; feeder pigs 21.50-23.25 cwt.;
fat hogs 22.80 cwt.; sows 17.50
; 18.30; boars 19.5() cwt.
Sheep: Feeder lambs 13.50-15.-25;
fat lambs 15.50-16.30; ewes
13.00 hd.; bucks 10.50 hd.
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AT COUNTY MEETING
County judge Garnet Barratt j
and commissioners Ralph Thomp
son, Heppner and Russell Miller
of Boardman, left Wednesday for
Portland to attend a three-day
meeting of the . Association of
Oregon counties.
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Mr, and Mrs. Clarence Urey of
Eugene are visiting at the home
of their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peck of
j Lexington.
Checks and Cash
Bury Tax Office;
85 of Total Paid
Taxpayers gave deputies in the
sheriff's office a real workout
during the last few days before
the deadline last Monday and
sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said Wed
nesday that a rough estimate of
the amount received prior to No
vember 16 was about 85 percent
of the total tax due.
Office employees were hard at
work processing the basketful of
mail received just ahead of the
deadline, and though they had
accounted for well over $500,000
in cash and checks they expected
to be another week opening all
the tetters and crediting the payments.
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UP Train Schedules
Recently Changed
Beginning Nov. 15 several
changes of train times at Arling
ton became effective it was an
nounced by the Union Pacific.
The east bound "Portland Rose"
leaves Arlington 10 minutes ear
lier, at 12:35 a. m. instead of
12:45 a. m.;the east bound "Spo
kane" leaves at 12:57 a. m.. in
stead of 1:12 a. m.; and the west
bound "Spokane" leaves at 2:40
a. m. instead of 2:44 a. m.
"The Spokane" will arrive in
Spokane a half hour earlier at
6:30 a. m. instead of 7:00 a. m.
and "The Spokane" westbound
will arrive in Portland 20 minutes
earlier at 6:lo a. m. instead of
6:30 a. m. The westbound "Port
land Rose" will arrive in Port
land at 5:30 a. m., a half-hour
earlier than formerly.
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Paper To Be Out
Next Wednesday,
Early Copy Asked
The publishers of the Ga
zette Times ask that all cor
respondents and advertisers
get their news and advertis
ing copy in to the paper at
least one day early next
week as the paper will be
published on Wednesday
rather than Thursday due to
the Thanksgiving holiday.
The paper will carry the
advertising messages o i
many local stores announc
ing the opening of the Christ
mas shopping season.
lone Livestock Judge
Wins Another Award
The Washington State College
livestock judging team, of which
Ronald Baker, lone is a member,
continued its winning ways last
week when the members took
third place in team competition
at the Ogden, Utah livestock
show last Saturday. Baker did
even better than the team, taking
first place in the individual judg
ing contest.
The team was in competition
with five others at the Ogden
show. This is the fourth show in
which the team has been entered,
in two they walked off wiih top
honors and in the others they
took second place.
DANCE IS PLANNED
The Heppner square dance club
will have a dance next Saturday
night at the American Legion
hall, it was announced Wednes
day. It Is to start at 8 p. m.
New VFW Post at
Lexington Is
Organized Tuesday
Al an interesting and impres
she ceremony Tuesday night in
the Rebekah hall at Lexington.
the Edwards-Way Post No. 6098
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
held their first initiation and in
stallation with a degree team
from the Pendleton Post putting
on the work. It was the first
meeting of the recently organized
post.
The meeting was opened by
Commander Robertson of Echo,
who iater turned the chair over
to Tom Campboll, Pendleton, who
was in charge of the initiatory
team. Those taking the initiatory
work and becoming charter mem
bers of the new post were E. B.
Way, George la in, Leonard Mun
kers. George Steagall, Charlie
Padberg, Bill Nickols, Marvin
I Way, Floyd Breeding, Gene Ma
jjeske, Roy Martin, Lyle Allen, Al
VinkIeman, A. M. Edwards and
i Carl Marquardt.
j Commander Shuni of Portland
was the installing officer with the
following members being named
officers: E. B. Way, commander;
Roy Martin, viee-comm.;Leonard
Munkcrs, Jr. vicc-comm.; Carl
Marquardt, quartermaster; Bill
Nickols, post advocate; George
Irvin, chaplain; George Steagall,
sergeant. Trustees included
Charlie Padberg, 1 year; Al
Winkleman, 2 years and Marvin
Way, 3 years.
After the meeting pictures were
taken of the new members of the
post and the parents of the boys
for whom the post was named,
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Edwards,
whose son Clyde lost his life at
Okinawa, and Dan Way whose
son Stanley was killed in the
European theater.
Auxiliary Planned.
The new post voted to sponsor
an auxiliary and Mrs. Cecele
Hafer of Portland state auxiliary
president gave a short talk on the
purposes 'of the organization.
Several members of her staff
were present including, Mrs. Lil
lith Guderian, president of the
Echo auxiliary; Mrs. Rex Bohm
and Mrs. Roberts-on, Echo; Mrs.
Lavelle Haest, president of the
Pilot Rock auxiliary; Bonita
Campbell and Mrs. John Shum,
Pendleton and Mrs. Beulah Har
over, president of the Pendleton
auxiliary.
District and state officers pre
sent for the meeting were Tom
Campbell, state district com
mander, Pendleton; John II.
Shum, Portland, state adjutant
quartermaster; Stanley Robert
son, district commander, Echo;
Rex Bohm, Echo, district adjutant
quartermaster; Mickey Schmidt,
Echo, disrict quartermaster; and
Gene Harover, Pendleton com
mander. Other out-of-town guests in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Myles Mar
tin, Heppner, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Breeding, Stanfield and Al
Swales, mayor of Echo.
Following the meeting a movie
of the VFW orphanage was
shown, depicting the work car
ried on there.
The next meeting of the new
post will be held the first Tuesday
in December.
12 Heppner Students
Make Honor Roll
Twelve Heppner high school
students won positions on the
scholastic honor roll for the first
term, just ended, it was revealed
this week by principal E. J. Dob
bie. Four of the group received
straight "1" grades, they were
Nancy Anderson, Lynda Borman,
Darlene Connor and Sally Pal
mer. Others getting a "2" aver
age or better were Beverly Baker,
Deloris Easter, Shirley Peck, Judy
Thompson, Lyle Jensen, Dick
Kononen, Adelia Anderson and
June Privett.
Union Thanksgiving
Church Services Set
The Heppner Ministerial Asso
ciation announces that local
churches will conduct union
Thanksgiving sevices Wednes
day evening, Nov. 25 at Ihe
Christian church at 7:30.
The guest speaker at these
services will be evangelist Larry
Baird who is an accomplished
violinist as well as a minister of
the gospel. Mr. Baird will be
holding nightly services at the
Christian church until Dec. 13.
Excellent special music is
planned for the Thanksgiving
services, it was said.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rose
wall spent Armistice Day In Portland.
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CONSERVATION MAN Kenneth
ceiving an engraved desk set from Orville Cutsforth as an award
from the Heppner Soil Conservation district. Mrs. Peck is watch
ing the presentation which was made at a special chamber of
commerce dinner last Monday night at the Cutsforth cabin at
Herren creek meadow. More than 40 members and guests dined
on roast elk and turkey at the event, which is an annual affair of
the chamber. (GT Photo)
FFA Boys To Help
Santa Again With
Toy Repair Project
The Heppner F. F. A. boys will
acain co led and repair toys to
Im? distributed to needy Morrow
county families at Christmas
ime, James Allen, chapter in
structor announced this week.
The chapter members started
he nroiect last year and supplied
many toys for local needs, send-
ng the remainder to the W. C. T.
J children's farm home near
Corvallis.
The bovs will collect anv toys
residents have to donate, or they
may be left at the school Ag.
building. They would like to
ave as many as possible early
enough that necessary repair
work can he done on them,
Allen said.
Two Heppner Men
Enter Armed Forces
Two Heppner young men,
Charles Alvin Bloodsworth, 21,
and Lynn W. Rill. 21, left today
for Portland for induction into
the armed services, the Tri
county selective service board
announced Wednesday.
The two will enter the service
in Portland and will be immedi
ately sent to Fort Ord, Calif., for
hasic training. The two consti
tute the entire November draft
call for the district.
Junior Class Play
Set For This Week
"Grandma's Best Years," a
comedy play put on by the jun
ior class of the Heppner high
school will be presented to the
public Friday and Saturday
nights, Nov. 20 and 21. It will be
preceeded by a dress rehearsal
for the benefit of grade school
students on Thursday afternoon.
The play has a cast of 16 class
tion of Stanley H. Holm,
school instructor.
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First Snow Whitens
Area on Tuesday
Morrow county, at least in the
lower elevations, received its first
snow of the year Monday night
and Tuesday, and though the fall
whitened the ground .only added
.18 inches of moisture, Leonard
Gilliam, Heppner weather ob-.
server noted.
No cold weather has hit the
county yet, though there have,
been a few recent nights where
the mercury dropped a few de-'
grees lelow the freezing point.
INTEREST IN FARM BUREAU HIGH;
NEW OFFICERS, COMMITTEEMEN NAMED
As a result of the many farm
and livestock problems plaguing
most farmers, much interest is
being shown in the Morrow
County Farm Bureau, new offi
cers reported recently.
At the first meeting of the new
year which was held Oct. 27 at
the lone Grange hall about 50
members were present with the
new officers in charge.
They are: New't O'Harra, Lex
ington, president; Irvin Rauch,
Lexington, first vice-president;
Gene Cutsforth, Lexington, sec
ond vice-president; Mrs. Mark-
ham Baker, lone, sec-treasurer;
and O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington,
voting delegate.
Committee chairmen who are
serving during the coming year
are Mrs. L. L. Howton, lone, Farm
Bureu Women; W. W. Weather
ford, Heppner, livestock; Kenneth
Smouse, lone, resolutions; Ralph
Crum, lone, field and crops;
Kenneth Smouse, power; Charles
Doherty, lone, health; O. W. Cuts
forth, Ion, taxation; Bill Barratt,
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Peck of Lexington, is shown re
Start of Heppner
Chest Campaign
Postponed a Week
The date for the start of the
Heppner Community Chest drive
has been changed to Monday,
Nov. 30, it was announced Wed
nesday by George Warner, local
drive chairman. It had been
originally planned to open the
drive next Monday, but the post
ponement was made because of
the Thanksgiving holiday which
would break into the week.
Warner emphasized that the
change of date applied only to
the Heppner drive and did not
effect the starting dates previous
ly planned iti other communities
of the county. Each area has its
own chairmen and will conduct
its drive according to plans made
locally.
Warner said Wednesday that
most of Ihe Heppner workers have
accepted jobs to aid in the soli
citation, but that there are a few
vacancies which he is now at
tempting to fill. The plans call
for a kiekoff breakfast the morn
ing of Nov, 30 and the committee
intends to complete the cam
paign by the end of that week.
As announced previously, the
Chest quota for the county has
been reduced considerably from
last year, the directors feeling
that there were amiHe funds car
ried over from the past to care
for the county's needs for next
year, so that all that will be re
quired will be $1006, or the
amount necessary to meet the
quotas of the state Chest or the
United Fund organizations.
A check of last year's data com
piled by Chest treasurer, Robert
Ferrel I, 'showed a total of $2,790.
.64 was raised in the county and
of this amount only $2,029.02 was
disbursed. The balance, along
with a small carryover from the
previous year, gives the local
fund a reserve of more than
$1,000 which the directors felt
was ample to care for next year's
needs.
Acomplele list of Heppner
workers will be made available
next week, it was said.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Thanksgiving celebration of
the Holy Communioon will be
held at All Saints Episcopal
church at 10:00 a. m. Thanksgiv
ing Day.
Owing to a clergy conference in
Bend the Wednesday morning
service will be omittted on No
vember 25.
Heppnr, land and water; Frank
Anderson, Heppner,' membership;
and Mrs. Kenneth Peck, publicity.
At the afternoon meeting ten
tative resolutions to be voted on
at the state convention now being
held in Salem were discussed at
length. A potluck supper was
at 6:30 which was followed by a
program presented by the lone
band. Livestock and land and
water reports were presented by
the chairmen of those commit
tees and O'Harra announced the
appointment of O. W. Cutsforth to
represent the Morrow county Bu
reau at the Pendleton agriculture
hearing. To conclude the meet
ing, Mrs Markham Baker showed
movies of her recent trip to To
ronto, Canada as a representative
of the F, B. W. W.
The next meeting of the Bureau
ii 't I I n mA "rVTnn? n r fttmn f n (T
Nov. 23 at the Lexington I. O. O.
F. hall. A short program is to
preeeed the business meeting.
Mrs. Roy Martin will be refresh
ment chairman for the evening.
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