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u o r EU one. o live to the Mother's March on Polio Turn Your Porch Light on Tonight . Copies 10 cents Farmer Assistance In Tax Reappraisal I Area Committees lo Establish Local Land Values Farmers will be asked to aid in setting land valuations in the county under a plan proposed by Morrow county assessor Mrs. Joseph Hughes and two men from the state tax commission, Edwin Walker, deputy assessor and Lawrence Michael, commis sion field man. The proposal is part of the recently started tax reappraisal and equalization pro gram for the county. Walker said Wednesday that it is hoped that the county can be divided into districts approxi mately equaling the size of the nine PMA zones, and if possible it is hoped that the nucleus for a committee in each district can be formed from the PMA zone officers and member, however all residents of the districts are asked to participate. The purpose of the plan is to arrive at new valuation figures for dry-land farm lands in the county. At the present time such land lieing south of the baseline has been appraised at $15 an acre, with lands north of that line being variously appraised at $10, $8 and $6 depending on lo cation and value. The assessor said that it had been known for several years that the appraisal figures were faulty, as some of the greatest, and most sustained wheat yields in the county have come from some of the lands ap praised at low value. When the reappraisal is accomplished, the effect will be to raise evaluation on some of the previously low valued lands, where it is justi fied, and probably to lower it on some of the former high-valuation acreage. Farmer Help Asked Walker -spoke at Tuesday night's Farm Bureau meeting at lone and explained the plan, and he reported that there was con siderable interest shown in the proposal by those present at the meeting. Walker said that as the plan progresses, the final valuation figures will not necessarily fol low PMA zone lines, but that it was felt that by dividing the county into smaller areas, the fanners in those areas could get together more easily and work out what they felt was a fair evaluation of the various lands within each district. The PMA committees will be asked to serve only as a nucleus around which a special farmer's committee can ,be formed. After the individual committees have established such figures, they will be coordi nated by the assessor's office and a new overall county land valu ation base can be established. The proposed plan is similar to one tried in Gilliam and other counties, which reportedly worked out very satisfactorily. Work To Start Soon Walker said that he will per sonally contact the various PMA zone chairmen and ask their aid in arranging local committees and meetings. It is hoped that most of the work by the com mittees can be completed within the next month or six weeks as work on setting up this year's tax rolls will start on March 15. The nine PMA zones into which the county is divided are Board man, Irrigon, Morgan, Alpine, lone, North Heppner, South Hepp ner, and Eightmile. CHILI SUPPER PLANNED SATURDAY The annual Heppner P-TA chil supper is to be held at the Hepp ner school cafeteria Saturday from 5 to 7 o'clock it was an nounced this week. It will pre ceed the Ione-Heppner basketball game. INJURED IN ACCIDENT Glen Parsons and Kenneth Keeling, both employees of the Heppnr-r Lumber company were injured last weekend near Walla Walla when their car collided with another on ice covered roads. Parsons was treated for an injured arm and cuts and bruises and Keeling suffered cuts about the head. Both were treat ed at a Walla Walla hospital and released. The two men were returning from a business trip to Canada. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January Date of Bloodmoible Visit Here Changed To February 8 The date for the Heppner visit of the Red Cross Bloodmobile has been changed to Monday, Feb. 8, it was announced this week by Jack Edmondson, chairman for the following day, Feb. 9, but a conflict In schedules made the change necessary. The Bloodmobile will be set up at the Methodist church, where it was held last year, and the time has tentatively been set for 1 to 5 p. m., though this may be changed, Edmondson said Wednsday. . Edmondson also said that he is endeavoring to get two special Red Cross films telling the story of the donated blood and how it is used, and he hopes to have them here next week so they can be shown at organization meet ings wishing to see them. Last year's drive obtained 121 pints of blood and it is hoped that figure can be exceeded in February. Fancher to File For DA Position Bradley D. Fancher, Morrow county district attorney, said Wednesday that he plans to run for the office again, and though his petition has not yet been filed, that he expects to have it in to the state next week. Fancher has served as district attorney since October 1, 1949, when he was appointed by gover nor Douglas McKay to fill the unexpired term of Ralph Currinj who had resigned. He was elect ed to the position in 1950 and has served a full term since that time. Fancher came here from The Dalles, and last year joined with another Heppner attorney, P. W. Mahoney, in the law firm of Ma honey and Fancher. The county clerk's office re ported Wednesday that no one has yet filed for any of the three county offices in which terms ex pire this year. They are county judge, treasurer and assessor. Filing deadline is March 12. Heppner Boy Hurt In Head-on Wreck Dean Graves, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Graves of Sand Hollow was hospitalized for sev eral days last week following an auto accident on the Sand Hollow road south of the Graves ranch. He suffered a concussion and an injured leg, and a passenger in the other car, whose name is un known, suffered an injured nose. The Graves car and one driven by Floyd Rea, Walla Walla, col lided head-on on the icy road last Thursday afternoon. Both cars were badly damaged. Rea was unhurt. RALPH L. fcENGE, well-known Saturday celebrated h's 90th Loire. Mr. Benge, who was 1930, came to this area over 7S A ' I 1 vh E V 'M "ft " fXt fi' here until his retirement pveral years aqo. He is in excellent health, which he attribute;; to rogram Farm Bureau Talks Water Resources, Meat Grading More than 100 persons attend ed the Morrow County Farm Bu reau meeting Tuesday at Willow Grange hall in lone to hear Bd ureau livestock chairman, Bill Weatherford report on the state meat conference and representa tive Allen Tom discuss the com ing public hearing of the state Water Recources committee at Arlington. Tom announced the public hearing will be held at the Ar lington grade school gym, Feb. 15 at 1 p. m., and said there are seven questions which the people of the state are being asked1 to consider and prepare statements on it to be presented at one of the various hearings. The questions are: (1) The water resources act charges the committee with making speeilic recommendations regarding the formulation of a state-wide co ordinated system of water re sources development. How can this best be done? (2) Should the state be authorized to assist in technical and financial assist ance in the development of water resources? If so, how? (3 What should be done relative to protection of ground water re sources? (4) How should the state provide for minimum stream flow during dry seasons to pro tect fish life and public health? (5) What are the local problems in connection Willi water resour ces? (6) What Oregon streams are over-appropriated and what should be done to protect sup plies for future development? (7) What provisions should be made for recreation, sports fish ing and commercial fishing in the development of Oregon's water resources? A committee to study the ques tions was set up at the meeting and it will meet at the Garland Swanson home Feb. 4 at 8 p. m., it was announced. Members of the committee are Kenneth Smouse, Kenneth Peck, John Wightman and Irvin Rauch. Tom also spoke briefly on the northwest power situation and urged residents to give the prob lem careful study. Meat Conference Report Weatherford told the group of the state meat conference which he, Orville Cutsforth and N. C. Anderson recently attended and he gave figures which he had worked out and presented at the meeting on the margin of profit made on meat by packers and retailers. He said his figures did not bear out the statements by packers that they are losing money. He also said that on the whole, consumers are satisfied with meat supply but would like a better system of grading. Continued on Page 8 retired Heppner rancher who last birthday with a family party at his Morrow county judge from 1926 to years ago, and has been a rancher his philosophy of "Never worry," (Photo by Alen Thompson) 28, 1954 ' i I CVn LIONS CLUB PROMOTOKS ore shown following their organizational meeting lost Thursday evenim; at O'Donnell's cafe. Lelt to right is Morris Kennedy, extension chairman of the Pendleton Lions club; Jack Cooper, special representative for Lions International, Victoria, B. C; Loyai Paiker, temporary secretary of the Heppner club; Cy Perkins, Hood River, district governor; and Lowell Crib ble, Heppner, temporary president of the newly formed club. y'MFiwiiP '""'""IT""'"!! " " '""i 1 i i'1" l 1 1 1 iiirmm 4 i :7 V) NOT A STRIP-TEASE, but a March of Dimes benefit auction result ed in these two visiting Lions losing their shirts at the organi nional meetinct of a new Heppner Lions club last Thursday, Arlo Fielland, center, president of the Pendleton club went through the same ordeal a week previously at his home club, though there he lost his pants end had to leave the meeting In a barrel. The other shirt-less Lion is Cy Perkins of Hood Rover. The auctioneer was John Ernsdorff, who is shown, right, deposit ina the $40 raised during the funfest in a March of Dimes con tainer. , (GT Photos) New Heppner Lions Club Is Organized Thursday A new Heppner Lions club was Lions disliict governor. Included formed last Thursday evening among the delegation from the following a dinner at O'Donnell'st Pendleton club were Arlo Fje cafe and temporary officers were' Hand, president, William Scham, named to lead the group until it receives its charier and a regular election can be held. Lowell drib ble was namer temporary presi dent and Loyal Parker tempor ary secretary-treasurer. The new Heppner club was or ganized under the sponsorship of the Pendleton club and many of its officers and members were nrocrmi .it 1 1 h ii rln vs nk'ht din- ner to help make arrangements, Also here was Jack Cooper, Vic- toria, B. C, special rcpresenta-i had indicate! a desire to join tive for Lions International, and; I he club, but were unable to at Cy Perkins, Hood River, who is j lend I he firsl meeting. Twice-Cancelled School Meeting Now Set for Next Tuesday The meeting of the Heppner school board, which was an nounced last' week for Tuesday evening, was postponed until next Thursday, Feb. 2, H. C. Reed, Heppner school superintendent announced today. The meeting had originally been set for last Thursday, bul A. L. Beck and Stewart Tufft, state department of education executive and architect who were to be here for the meeting, were unable to get up the Columbia river highway because of road conditions at that time, so that meeting was postponed until last Tuesday. Later it was found that a con flict in schedules prevented Hie two men from making the trip early this week so they will try again to be present to discuss the site and building program next Tuesday. The meeting will be at the school at 8 p. m. . o Guns Stolen From Local Hardware Store The Gilliam and Bisbee hard ware store was broken ito some time last Thursday night or early Friday morning, police report ,n,i hnrdaN remove,! three! foms and a Quantity of ammuni - tion from the store. Entrance was eained bv breaking a back win- dow In the building. A check showed that only two rifles and one pistol and srvwtl 'boxes (A shll vtn mtoifts. 70th Year, Number 46 I Morris Kennedy, extension niau man, Joint I'arKcr ano uooen Vogel. Among the charter members taken into the new organization during the meeting were Gribble, Parker, John I'rnsdorff, Jeff Car ter, Kd Gonly, Robert l'enland, Bill Farra, Roseoe Kelly, Mal colm O'Brien, ('. J. 1). liauman, and Russell O'Donnell. The Pen- j dlcton officers said there were several oilier Heppner men who It is lenl.Mlively planned to hold ('veiling meetings, probably twice a month, but a definite schedule has not yet been worked out, the new piesident announ ced. A charier night is also plan ned for the near future, but a definite date has not yet been sel. Ilemmer at one time had a Lions club, but it was discontin ued in the early HMOs and 'many of its activities were taken over by Hi'' chamber of commerce. March of Dimes Aided Following' the regular meeting, I two of the visiting Lions, Arlo Fjelland and Cy Perkins were the victims of a special March of Dimes benefit auction conducted by John Krnsdorl'f who auctioned off I lie isilors shirts for the polio drive. Slightly more than $10 was raised for the fund, and, be cause of the temperature that night, the purchasers of the shirls' turned them back to the original owners for a price, with all the proceeds going to the Dimes fund. liegular meeting dates will be announced shortly. Heppner UO Student Gets ROTC Post UNIVERSITY O V OREGON Eugene. Robert Allen Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bennett of Heppner has been appointed cadet major on the University of ! Oregon Army ROTC staff. The cadet staff is in charge of compiling and executing the drill I programs for iheir units. Bennett a senior in business at the uni 1 versity, is a gijKiuate of Hepywr high 'nui 6-DAY MAIL SERVICE GOES INTO EFFECT HERE NEXT SUNDAY Chamber of Commerce to File Formal Protest Against Restriction Heppner, Lexington and Ione's soon-to-be-restricted mail service came in for considerable discus sion Monday noon at the cham ber of commerce meeting when local postmaster. James Driscoll explained the postal departments reasons behind the change i" service. Starting Sunday. Jan. 'M, there will be no Sunday delivery or dispatch of mail. Previously all Willow creek towns have received j and dispatched mail every day of the year. All national holidays are also excluded in the new post office plan. Driscoll explained that the re duction in mail service to towns lieing off the main rail lines, is part of a nation-wide plan to re duce expenses in the post office department. He also said that it had been proposed for this area previously, but at that time he had been able to convince postal officials that the seven day ser vice was needed and used here. New Mail Contract. Driscoll also announced that Orville Gentry had been awarded the new contract to carry mail between Heppner and Arlington, stating that his bid was the low est of the four persons entering bids for the route. Flail's Truck service has held the mail con tract for several years, but that it was forced to ask for a cancel lation of its contract because it was not able to make the run Mother's March Tonight to Aid Polio Fund Drive The Mothers' March on Polio will he held in Heppner tonight (Thursday) as one of the last big fund-raising projects of the current March of Dimes cam paign. The Heppner Boy Scouts will do the soliciting. Residents who wish to aid Hie fund during this special drive are asked to leave their porch lights on between 7 and 8 o'clock tonight, it will indicate that the resident has a donation to make. The Scouts will stop at only those houses where the light is showing. Mrs. Jack Loyd, Heppner chairman of the Mother's March, also asked that anyone who Is missed who wishes to donate, if they will phone 6-9187 someone will call for their donation. This is the third year the Mother's March has been carried on, and the past two years' drives resulted In considerable addi tional money being raised for the fund. Drive chairmen in other sec tions of the county are: Mrs. Robert Davidson, Lexington; Mrs. Robert Jepson and Mrs. Elmer Holtz, lone; and Mrs. Gene In skeep, Irrigon. There is also a large group of telephone monitors working for the March of Dimes, each of whom telephones all residents of their area. They include; Mrs. Zoe Bauernfiend, Morgan; Mrs. George Currin, Butter-creek; Mrs. Dallas Craber, Hinton creek; Mrs. Sam Turner, Sand Hollow; Mrs. Dee Cox, Blackhor.se; Mrs. Freida Sloeum, upper Rhea creek; Mrs. Ed. Albert, Hardman; and Mrs. Elsa Leathers, Ruggs. The Morrow county drive has shown good results, according to reports, but 50 percent more money is needed this year than previously due to the added ex pense of manufacturing Gamma Globulin, a polio serum. WEATHERMAN SMILES ON HEPPNER AS OTHER SECTIONS GET MORE SNOW, ICE The weather gods definitely had the immediate Heppner area under Iheir wings this week, for while most of the rest of the state was getting a continued dose of winter that piled up drifts of snow higher and higher even in the Willamette valley, local residents basked in comparative ly warm weather practically free from snow and ice. The about face in the weather came around noon last Thurs day, when for about two hoiui a cold front and a warm front fought a battle wheh nearly con founded anyone who was watch ing the thermometer go through its gyrations. During that period the mercury went up from 12 degrees to about 42, then drop - ped to 10 In some sjxits within a few minutes, only to jump up J3ln to 40 where it finally at a profit. It was disclosed that some of the reason for this was i hat Flatt also handles freight and express for the Union Pacific and because of conflicting train schedules into and out of Arling ton, the company was forced to run two trucks to handle the mail and oilier shipments, whereas one truck could easily serve the area if schedules would coincide. Flatt rehid for the contract, but Gentry's bid was lower which re sulted" in him being awarded the bid. Manuel Easter and James J. Farley also submitted bids for the mail haul contract. The chamber has had a com mittee investigating the mail re striction since it was first an nounced several weeks ago, and at the Monday meeting the group voted to order the committee to prepare a formal objection to the change and send copies of the resolution to the post office department and to representa tives and senators. It is also planned to ask the support of other organizations in the area in filing protests. The new restrictions will mean that no mail will be received in this area on Sundays and holi days, nor will any be dispatched on those days. Previously it has been possible to get Sunday-received mail from post office boxes on those days. No mail will leave Heppner for the outside be tween (i p. m. Saturday and 6 p. m. Monday, nor on holidays. Post Office Closed Sunday Driscoll said Wednesday that starting Sunday the post office lobby will he closed all day Sun days. In the past, though the windows have not been open, residents have been able to get their mail from the boxes at any time. Gentry took over the hauling contract this morning (Thursday) and Flatt made his last trip to Arlington Wednesday night. Condon Area Mail Service Cut To 5-Day Week. A further indication of how the new restrictions will affect mail delivery and receipts from near by areas was revealed Wednes day when the new postal dis patching schedule was received at the Ilepper post office. It can under certain conditions cut mail service between Heppner and Condon, Fossil, Kinzua, Spray and oilier communities in that area to three days a week. The new order stipulates that pouches will be exchanged be tween the above mentioned towns five times a week, but not on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays or the day before holidays. An example of what this will mean can be illustrated on the next national holiday, Monday, February 22. Mail for Condon, for example, which Is deposited in the Heppner post office on Fri day night, February 19, will not leave this office until Tuesday niglil Feb. 23, and will not bfl delivered in Condon until Wed nesday, February 21. It will lay over in the Heppner office for four days before being dispatch ed. Heppner Bakery Sold To Portland Man The Heppner Bakery, owned and operated for the past seven years by Mr. and Mrs. Steve Aalherg, has been sold to Arnold Ootle of Portland, Aalbergs an nounced today. Grotto plans to move to Heppner over the week end and will take over operation of the business next Monday. The Aalbergs are planning to move to Portland within the next few days. stayed. Even Lexington and lone felt the breath of winter for a much longer time than did Heppner, and as late as Wednesday, the roads in the Cecil area and along the Columbia were still covered with snow and ice. The thaw locally removed nearly all traces of snow and. ice from the ground within 12 hours, and while there has been a few snow showers during the week, none lasted for more than a short time. Rains have fallen at various times. The cold front, which sent tem peratures down to 4 below here, continued to hang in the Colum bia basin and to the north though there were indications 1 that a break was also in sight j for that section. Heavy snows j blanketed many valley areas during mast of Mm waeU, t
