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Vagrancy Arrest
Turns Up Man
Wanted by FBI
The arrest by Heppner police
last Wednesday of a man and a
woman on a vagrancy charge
and subsequent investigation of
the couple by city and county
police led to the disclosure this
week that the man is wanted by
the FBI for car theft in Califor
nia. The two are being held for
federal officers in the Umatilla
county jail.
Harold Byron Fairchild, 22 of
Gardiner, Ore., who first gave
his name as -Morgan, was ar
rested Wednesday afternoon by
police chief Roscoe Kelley, after
he had purchased about $60
worth of merchandise at Wilson's
Men's Wear and had given a
counter check for $74.05 to pay
for the purchase. The check was
written on a Portland bank, Del
mar Jordan, Wilson's manager,
became suspicious of the man
and asked Kelley to check on him
and the subsequent investigation
showed he had no account in the
bank. He was immdiately picked
up by police, as was Sigrid Marie
Thomsen, 18 of Berkeley, Calif.,
whom he represented as his wife.
Later questioning by officers re
vealed the girl's true name and
the fact that .the couple were not
married.
Police recovered all the Wil
son merchandise as well as the
extra cash, and the couple v:are
charged with vagrancy, to which
they pleaded guilty.
A check of fingerprints, which
were sent to the state police in
Salem, later revealed that Fair
child was wanted on a federal
warrant issued in San Francisco,
charging car theft and transport
ing a stolen car across a state
line. Further questioning of the
couple led to the admission that
the car had been stolen in Oak
land and driven to Reno, Nevada
where it was abandoned. They
hitch-hiked from there to Eastern
Oregon. While there is no federal
charge against the girl, police
said she admitted her connection
with Fairchild in the theft.
State police records also re
vealed that Fairchild had been
arrested twice previously in west
ern Oregon on assault and rob
bery charges. During early ques
tioning here, he denied having
any police record, local officers
said.
The two are being held in the
Pendleton jail ponding arrival of
federal officers.
LOCAL WHEATGROWERS URGED TO MAKE
SUPPORT PLAN FEELINGS KNOWN
The executive committee of the
newly organized Morrow County
Wheat Growers League met at
the secretary's office, last week,
to discuss plans for the organiza
tion and to make arrangements
for attending the annual meet
ing, Oregon W neai urowers ii
gue Which Will oe neiu una presiueru, wicnon win-ai umw
year at La Grande on Decemberiers League; John Graves, chair
3t 4, 5. man, youth activities committee;
Main order of business for the
evening was the review
of the
articles of Association and By
laws, which will be taken up at
the annual meeting for minor
corrections. The committee con
sidered Umatilla county wheat
growers challenge that they will
have the largest percentage of
Oregon Wheat Growers League
members present at the annual
meeting. Since Morrow county
has the largest percentage of its
farmers as members of the Lea
gue, the group felt that Morrow
nmintv farmers could accept the
challenge with" a little cooper
ation from the farm people.
sent price support program
piring on July 1,1954, a 1 wheat -
farmers are urgea io maKe uit - iii -
selves necuu oj iu - -
i i or. tho ivnp ir
in iKo ivnp nr
nmoram tht thev would like to
have put into effect after the pre
kiuuy uicu Tamwnrth. at past 12 norsons must be reins-
5: PSZ at thts which are ex-tered to be able to hold it. At the N
'-,ii0r,t hannn ti-r. irilts Thev nresent time on!v eiclit persons,
annual nnxnuft'
Those who plan to attend the Graves and Harold Peck, Heppner;
annual meeting of the Oregon 'Alfred Nelson, Jr., Lexington; Bill
Wheat Growers League are urged ; Brandon, Alvin McCabe, and Ron
t0 make reservations with th La! nit IVicCabt, Ion.
Schools Observe
Thanksgiving Holiday
All Morrow county schools will
observe the traditional Thanks
giving holidays this weekend
with at least a four-day vaca
tion, it was announced by the
county school superintendent's
office.
Most schools dismissed stu
dnts early Wednesday after spe
cial programs, and classes will
not resume again until Monday
morning.
Morrow County
Judge New Head
Of Counties Group
Morrow county judge, Garnet
Barratt, last weekend was named
president of the Association of
Oregon counties, at the annual
meeting of the organization in
Portland. He succeeds, E. G.
Arnold, county judge of Linn
county.
Barratt was named to the post
at the conclusion of a three-day
meeting of county officials held
last Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. New vice-president of the
association is Benton county
judge, George I. McBee, and Mar
ion county commissioner, Roy J.
Rice, is the secretary-treasurer,
In a'itlon to Barratt, Morrow
coumv .-.ammissioners Kaipn i.
Thompson and Russell Miller at
tended the .meetings.
Several Attend State
School Building Meet
Those from Morrow county at
tending the school building plan
ning conference in Eugene Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday were
county school superintendent,
Leslie Grant and Milton Morgan
of lone, chairman of the rural
school board.
Representing the local schools
were superintendent H. C. Reed
and Edwin Dick Jr., member of
the local school board. Mrs. Dick
also accompanied the group.
Following the. conference the
group attended the Oregon-Oregon
"State football game in Eu
gene. OVERLOOKED
One name, that of Diane Grant,
was missed last week when the
names of the Heppner high school
students who made the honor roll
were listed in a news story.
She wasn't flunked, just over
looked! Grande
now.
chamber of commerce,
Those attending the executive
committee meeting were: H. G.
Campbell, Echo, president; Ralph
Crum, lone, vice-president; N. C.
Anderson, secretary-treasurer;
Kenneth Smouse, second vice-
Frank Anderson cnairman, pro
duction and land use committee;
Henrv Baker, chairman, wheat
disposal & transportation com
mittee; and Raymond Lundell,
chairman, federal agricultural
programs committee.
Seven 4-H Club
Members Get Pigs
Morrow county 4-H club menv
hnrs r-atphino nitrs in the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo pig
scramble last fall were delivered
nies for their project last week-
ma .vC - -
eni-i n Q(2 TrllinftatH fl Kir I U
. ..
, breeding projeas
j hbjk ""h, k-h-
. o- - rv,.
The end. The gilts were purcnaseai ine
I. ..ill
, I ,(',jrt?r anu v.uiiinc niiun.iwM,
Heppner; Kooen canipueu,
- 1 John, Ralph and Ivan Akers, lone.
i.eorpe anu (onine ftiiuu.iun,,ooiu
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdayr November 26 1953
HELPING HAND stranded and in need of temporary shelter as
well as a friend, this child and mother are being registered in the
Volunteers of America, Mother's and Children's home, one of the
agencies supported through donations to Morrow County Com
munity Chest. Local Drive is scheduled to start next Monday.
Heppner Fire Siren
To Get Daily Test
During Winter Months
Heppner residents will again
be able to set their clocks each
noon by a blast from the fire1
siren, fire chief C. A. Patggles an
nounced this week.
A daily except Sunday test of
the siren, eliminated during the
summer months except on Mon-i
days, will again be made start-
est is made duinV the colderi
test is made dun g the col Utri
weather to be certain mat tne
siren
operating
nmm.rlu 'nit
property and
readv for use when needed for:1"1 I"s.1 "dmf- UMlu IS uldl 01
(mprcpiifips Iliirincr tinsr win
tors there were several occa- c"'"" "nu ,uguiu meniuei .
sions when the siren would not; Irrigon eommunity-,Uoyd Ber
operate after a week-long layoff, ger, Jerry Taylor, John Schwerin
because fog or snow had frozen gen.
up the mechanism. The present j Lexington community Nor
siren is new this year, but it was man Nelson, W. C. Van Winkle,
thought advisable to continue rj, jf. peek.
the daily test during the winter.
r : l i.l.,.. ...ill
tUnL' allien.- uiasi ai miuu win
indicate me tesr, more man one
blast at anv time of dav will call
firemen.
Second Line Break I
Darkens County
Pacific Power & Light com
pany's widspread network of short
wave radio dispatching systems
played an unusual part in re
storing power to Heppner follow
ing a line break on the Ilormis-ton-Jordan
lranmisMm line of
the Columbia Basin Electric co
op in the eaily hours Saturday
morning.
J R. Huffman. Pacific manager
here, said that the line, over y committeemen elections were
which the company supplies the held, a delegate from each com
Ileppner area from its Hermiston munity was elected to attend the
substation went out about 2:50 a. ''""' convention held Nov. 10
m. Huffman and Fred Sanders f"r the purpose of electing the
turned out with two men from county committee forl954.Tho.se
the co-op and started patrolling chosen were II. (',. Campbell,
the line from Jordan east. At the M'"': was re elected chairman;
same time, Julius Gimbel, a line-
man began searching
miston.
from Her-
When the broken conductor
was located at the same spot
where the other recent break oc
curred Gimbel used his car radio
to call Pendleton to clear the line clfoscn to administer tne agncul
so it could be repaired. His call tural conservation program which
was picked up by the PP&L dis- provides assistance to aid farm
Datchinc center in Yakima and ers in carrying out soil and water
'relayed to Walla Walla, which in
turn alerted the Pendleton office,
which normally is not staffed at
nisht. Reuairs were completed
by 6:50 a. m. Huffman said.
More Interest Needed
In Adult Class
minded farmers tnat ine ueau
Oregon School Law will be of- jnP for taking a loan or pur-
fered as an adult education class
at Heppner if enough persons
show interest in the course, Leslie
Grant, county school superinten -
dent said this week.
class is scneduieu 10 start
said,
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. flVf AlLMlfU U J
T1, , .,..; ,.,,., w.Jiipnnnpr hi..h schoool this week
. ; ,
Kitla nicht. one rik-ht weekly, (irant
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SQUARE DANCE CLUB
TO MEET
The Square ; Dance club will
meet Saturday night in the
American Legion hall at 8:00 p.
m.
aette
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Results of County
PMA Committee
Elections Told
I Returns from the PMA com
munity committee elections were
, announced today by Eugene E.
i Peterson, county office manager
By communities the following
ad.
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miniMi'r ine 'ma rami programs. """( u..oi lu
' .Aoiv,. finnl lntnii-tlnn Hp pv.
North Heppner community
-K.
Miller. Sam
J. Turner, W. Ration: Oregon Chest quota, $1,
1395.23; aid to needy, $84.99; con
Barratt.
Boardman community V. T.
Forthman, Nels Kristensen, Dale
Kades.
Alpine community Jasper E.
Myers, Wm. J Doherty, John
Proudfoot.
Eightmile community Frank
Anderson, Elmer Palmer, Donald
Peterson.
lone community Lewis Hall
vorsen, Lloyd Rice, Don McElli
gott. Morgan community Victor
Ilietmann, Franklin Lindstrom,
Jim Lindsay.
South Heppner community R.
S. Thompson. Howard Cleveland,
Frank E. Parker.
At the same time
the eommun-
Charles Carlson, lone, re-elected
ice-chairman and Edward Skou
bo, Boardman, re elected regular
member. Two alternates are
Vernon Munkers, Lexington and
VV. E. Hughes of Heppner.
These committeemen were
conservation practices on their
farms. In addition they have re
sponsibilities for price support
programs and acreage allotment
and marketing quotas program.
I Both county and community
'committeemen will take office
Jan. 1.
I The county committee also re
chase agreement on their 1953
grain is Jan. 31 1951 and. the
deadline for reporting completed
: performance on their 1953 ACP
'practices is Jan. 5, 1954.
Junior Class Play
cts Group $380
Atom .ore .f iho liininr r nss m
"H'"i.i.. wi 1 1 - j - -
' ,heir appreciation to
.exiiressed their appreciation
tho r,nhiir for the rcsuonse thev
.
received on their class play pre
sented last Friday and Saturday
nights.
Many fine comments were
heard on the presentation and the
class realized over $380 from
their efforts..
CHEST DRIVE TO
Heppner Campaign
Starts With Monday
Kickoff Breakfast
Ileppner's Community Chest
drive will get under way next
Monday morning with a kickoff
breakfast at 7:00 at O'Donnell's
cafe, drive chairman George War-
ntr s'u ""s week, empnasizing
,hat he planned a short intensive
campaign to raise the reduced
quota this year.
As explained previously, this
year's county quota is greatly
reduced from last year due to a
considerable carry-over of funds
from the previous campaign and
county Community Chest officers
felt that it was unnecessary to
raise additional funds for local
purposes. Only $1906 has been
set as this year's goal, the amount
being just sufficient to meet the
quota for the state organizations
participating in the Community
Chest, or as it Is called in many
places, The United Fund.
Warner indicated that he has
nearly a full crew of volunteer
solicitors to work in Heppner and
asks that all be present at the
t,i
pressed the hope that the local
part of the drive could be com
pleted in at least a week.
Robert Ferrell Chest treasurer,
this week released figures on last
year's campaign showing where
funds were used. The 1952 drive
netted $2,790.64 and during the
year the following monies were
expended by the county organi-
tributions to local Bluebirds,
Campfire Girls and Boy Scouts,
$200; Blue Mountain council, Boy
Scouts $348.80, for a total of $2,
029.02 'for 1953. TheBlue Moun
tain council of the Boy Scouts
earlier this year carried on their
own fund drive, which also re
duced the need for additional
local money during the coming
year,
Of the total to be raised in the
coming campaign, 50 percent wil
come from the, Heppner area and
the balance will be apportioned
amoni! the Lexington, lone,
Boardman, Irrigon, Hardman,
'Cecil and Lena districts Each
area has its own drive committee
and will conduct its own cam
paign. o
Ceremonial Set By
Campfire Girls
A Campfire Girls ceremonial
will be held next Thursdy, Dec.
3 at 4 p. m. at the Episcopal par
ish house it was announced Wed
nesday by Campfire officers.
Twelve girls from the Wa Kan
Te Ka group will receive the
certificates to the higher rank of
Trailseekers, and 18 girls of the
Lovely Bluebirds will "Fly-Up"
to the rank of Campfire Girls, it
was stated.
All persons interested in Camp
fire Girls work are invited to at
tend the ceremonial.
Gary Connor Wins
Letter At Pacific U.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest
Grove, Ore., Gary Connor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Connor was
one of twenty members of Paci
fic University's varsity football
team to receive his letter in loot
ball this fall.
Gary, a sophomore, has been
active In football, basketball, and
track and Is a member of Phi
Beta Tau, local social fraternity.
The football team finished last
in the Northwest conference with
a record of no wins, four losses,
and one tie.
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Harvey Wright was in Portland
the first of the week for a phy
sical check up at the Veterans
hospital. Chuck Bailey accom
panied him to the city for dental
treatment.
Glen Dard had as his quests
during the past week his father,
Raymond Ward and John Henner
of Haines, Oregon.
Christmas Street
Decorations to Go
Up This Weekend
The Christmas spirit will soon
prevail in Heppner, it was an
nunced Monday at the chamber
of commerce meeting as mem
bers of the club's merchants' com
mittee made plans to brghton up
downtown streets with Yuletule
decorations.
The committee, headed by
Clarence Rosewall, said that the
committee hopes for a large turn
out of members and volunteer
workers Sunday afternoon at 1:30
to hang the bright tinsel deco
ration's in the business areas of
town.
It is also planned to include
the strings of colored lights in
this year's decorations, Rosewall
said. They were not put up last
year due to the power shortage
and subsequent brownout, but
this year no power shortage is
anticipated and the lights will be
used.
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Heppner Calf
Brings Top Money
At Hermiston Sale
HERMISTON Mrs. Ola L.
Jones of Heppner topped the mar
ket at the Hermiston Livestock
Auction Friday, with a whiteface
heifer calf weighing 495 lbs.,
going for $10.80. cwt., Dolbert An
son, manager of the sale, re
ports. Archie Munkers, also of
Heppner, consigned a 1515 lb.
whiteface bull for $12.10, for a
top of the day.
Others topping the market
were V. C. Carson, Hermiston, 4
boars, 595 lbs., $20.10 cwt.; Good
man and Still, MUton-Freewater,
4 feeder pigs, 515 lbs., $21.80;
John Mclntyre, Boardman, 1 fat
hog, 235 lbs., $22.30; Marcus
Brown, Hermiston, 6 ewes, $11.00
per hd.; WicKcit isrotners, rnoi
Rock, 4 ewes, 485 lbs., $1.00 cwt.
E. L. Ferguson, Weston, 2 white
face steers, 1365 lbs., $17.00; C.
Bryant, MiltonFreewater, 1
whiteface steer calf, 505 lbs., $17.-
80; Harold Coe and sons, MUton
Freewater, 1 whiteface steer, 965
lbs., $17.70.; Ralph Techella, Pen
dleton, 1 whiteface cow, 1030 lbs.,
$11.70 cwt.
Prices and volume were gene
rally lower In line with other
markets and due to the Thanks
giving holiday drop in emphasis
on meat.
Cattle consigned numbered 562,
compared with 657 the previous
rnuav. oui iiu nuumaiHim j ,
numlier. Also consigned were 111 vitos any livestock Producer or
hogs compared with 41 the pre- ganization or individual interest
vious week and 123 sheep at the 'd ' marketing to at end
semi-weekly shcop sale com- He said that in addition to dls
pared withV earlier 136 head. Wing -the problems , he group
.., ..,1 .. ... . 'i rtf i i
Demand remained broad ai- " "'" l i'";; , "'
though the market was some- I'ions for their solution and ques
what slower. Cattle prices gen-itions to ask other groups at the
erallv dropped 50c to $1, white January conference.
Z : Lt .?L ,w.L,n nb out 50c Kecent break in livestock prices
it,,. ,.r ' cmmvhnt lower
Quality throughout was genera
ly lower Feeder buyers and pack-
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er ouyers irom iuuiu, vv.-m,hk
nron ,.,r.ro uf.ii ntM.
,,i tWfiMiiu in ,!r.m!.nri at
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ine next saie ie umij ujw.- mm,
fat steers and heifers grading
good or choice for packer buyers.!
B o..u.. ..i inn nn
i.aives.
,0;,nt.r fn vessteer fa ves
ie k'n 17 gn ,r tmifor r.aivf. St l
w..ir.an ,.,r vnsii ifi'SO.1790.
Steers: Stocker steers, 13.5011.
75; feeder steers 15.30-16,50; fat
slaughter steers 17.00-17.70, com
mercials only; fat heifers, 14.50
15.60, commercials only.
Cows: Dairy cows 90.00 132.50
hd.; dairy heifers, 31.00-56.00 hd.;
stock cows 1001122.50 hd.
Slaughter cows: Commercial,
10.60-11.70; utility, 9.00-10.50; can-ner-cutter,
7.50-8.75; shells 5.00-
7.00.
Bulls: 10.50-12.10.
Hoes: Wearier pigs. 8.50-11,00
hd.; feeder pigs, 20.00-21.80 cwt.;
fat hogs, 22.00-22.30; sows, 18.10
19.60; boars, light, 18.75-20.10.
Sheep: Feeder lambs, 10.50-13.-75;
fat lambs, 14.00 15.60; ewes
14.0 hd.; 3.25-4.00 cwt.
70th Year, Number 37
START
Weekend Storm
Brings Much Rain,
Little Snow
The heaviest rains of the fall
hit Morrow county, and most of
Oregon, last weekend, dropping
at least an inch on nearly all
sections of the area. 1 hough
steelhead fishermen on the John
Day river didn't appreciate the
odwnpour most i armors loonea
upon the precipitation with ex
treme pleasure as it all soaked
into the fields with practically
no runoff.
Heaviest reported rainfall over
the weekend was in Hie Goose
berry area where weather obser
ver Leonard Carlson reported ..j
inch on Friday and 1.25 inches on
Sunday. This brings the total for
November in that section to 1.79
inches.
Heppner fared nearly as well,
getting .93 inch Sunday.
Even in the higher elevations
the storm brought just rain early
Sunday, but by Monday morning
it had changed to snow and five
Inches was reported on the
ground in the mountains between
Hardman and the John Day,
The day-long downpour Sun
day pleased wheat farmers in
particular, as practically all seed
ing is finished. There were no re
ports of any washing from the
storm, though several points in
Western Oregon and along the
coast reported flood conditions as
a result of it.
Livestock Producers
Plan Marketing Meet
Dec. 1 at Prineville
Oregon livestock producers will
hold their final regional discus
sion ot marKeung prooiems on
December 1 at 10 a. m. at the
Prineville courthouse.
The meeting is the third to be
Ibe d roL'ionallv tor producers as
a preliminary to the Oregon live
stock and marketing conference,
January 6 and 7. The others were
November 10 In Baker and No
vember 21 In Corvallls.
Oregon Stale college's exten
sion service is sponsoring the
January conference to look over
meat marketing practices in the
state. Participating are six
groups from producer to con
sumer, with a member of the ex
tension service staff serving as
secretary for each.
James T. Flings, animal hus
bandry specialist who Is secre-
,1 V IIJ1 III: IMWMUi.., K'""I'I "
Jand the cost-price squeeze
con
fronting the livestock producers
are wo or me reas,,
if ted for examining the states
for examining
-
livestock marketing.
In addition, the
animal hus-
hnndv specialist
mentioned re-
- - - ,.,, in tl,p
rd numbers of tie in he
United States, low p oint in the
hoc evele, recent decline in wool
maim i, nnu .......
. !red meats are to
be included in
ithe discussions.
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