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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 1, 1954
Hospital Addition
Plans Win Federal
Approval Money
Representative Sam Coon ad
vised the county court and the
Gazette Times Monday by tele
gram that definite official ap
proval has been granted the
county for its plans to construct
a new wing on Pioneer Memorial
hospital. With the approval
comes $31,217.22 in Federal Hill
Burton funds.
Tentative approval of the re
cently revised plans was given by
the Bureau of Public health seve
ral weeks ago, but the telegram
gave definite proof that the build
ing program has received official
OK and that the match-money
will be forthcoming. County
judge Garnet Barratt said that
the architects have now been in
structed to prepare plans and
specifications that bids may be
called as soon as possible.
Conn's telegram said, "Glad to
advise you Public Health Depart
ment has given preliminary ap
proval for addition of 15 general
beds and public health center to
Pioneer Memorial hospital under
Hill-Burton program. Estimated
Federal share $34,247.22, with to
tal estimated cost of project $135,
929. I am advised Federal fund
are available and will be re
leased when architectural draw
ings, local funds and other re
quirements have been met."
practically all other require
ments, mentioned by Coon in his
telegram, have been met, it was
said by the court. Local funds
are available from a special levy
passed last year by voters, and as
soon as final plans can be pre
pared the job can get under way.
More than 15 beds are planned
for the new wing, but those to be
located on the lower level for
nursing home use must be built
entirely from local funds as the
Hill-Burton money cannot be used
for this purpose. The two sepa
rate functions of the hospital can.
however, be built together, as will
be done here, with the govern
ment aiding in only the con
struction of the general hosDital,
quarters. ' When completed the
new wing will house a total of 21
beds and the public health center.
Farms Sought for
This Year's IFYE
Program in County
Farm families who will open
their homes to International Farm
Youth Exchangees are being
sought now, N. C. Anderson, Mor
row county 4-H extension agent,
announced.
Through the exchange about
eigiit young visitors from other
countries will spend part of the
year in Oregon, he said.
A young New Zealand dairy
farmer is the first one to be as
signed to an Oregon visit this
year. He is John Matthew Whit
lock, 23, of Kairanga, New Zea
land. The farm homes at which
he will stay have not yet been
selected.
The International Farm Youth
Exchange gives overseas young
people, 18 to 28 years of age, a
chance to see how Americans live.
They live, work, and play with
farm families.
For each delegate Oregon sends
to some other country, two ex
changees spend two or three
months in the state. Each of these
foreign visitors also goes to an
other state before returning home.
Mrs. Winnifrcd Gillen, state
4-H extension agent heading the
IFYE program in Oregon, said
each exchangee will probably
have an opportunity to stay with
two or three different farm famil
ies. By this arrangement, they
will stay from four to six weeks
with each family, workin? with
them for room and board.
Anderson said additional de
tails and application forms for
those interested in providing a
temporary home for a visitor may
be obtained at the county ex'.en
tion office, Heppner.
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Heppner Student
2nd in U. N. Contest
Alberta Dayhuff, Pendleton
high school junior, was named
winner of the Oddfellows United
Nations Youth Pilgrimage trip to
New York this summer, at the
district finals contest held last
Thursday night at Echo. Lance
Tibbies, Heppner won second
place and will act as alternate.
The contest was held before a
large crowd at the Echo shool
gymnasium.
For the la two years, Heppner
students have won the contest,
Jack Sumner making the trip in
1952 and Sally Palmer last year,
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QUEEN GRACE MILLER OF BOARDMAN
Miss Grace Miller
Named Queen of
'54 Fair and Rodeo
Miss Grace Miller, pretty 18 man at Eastern Oregon College
year old brunett who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell
K. Miller of Boardman was this
week named queen of the 1954
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo.
She was a Fair and Rodeo prin
cess in 1952.
Queen Grace, who is a fresh-
New Highs Set at
Hermiston Sale
HERMISTON Two new highs
were set at the Hermiston live
stock auction Friday, Delbert An
son, manager of the sale, reports.
Three fat lambs weighing 355 lbs.,
consigned by Earl McKenny, of
lone, brought $21.00 cwt., highest
price this year. Ten mixed fat
hogs weighing 22G5 lbs., brought
$29.10 cwt., highest price in a
year, to Oscar McCarty, Echo, up
sixty cents over the previous Fri
day. Earl McKenny of lone also con
signed 11 ewes which weighed
1715 lbs., and sold for a top of
$21.00 cwt. Kenneth Sinouse of
lone toppej the market with a
1090 lb. vvhiteface steer that sold
for $21.50.
Volume of cattle consigned in
creased to 459 head, compared
with 417 the previous Friday.
Also consigned were 89 hogs com
pared with 115 and 80 sheep com
pared with 18.
Trading was active and de
mand broad and active. Prices
were fully steady to higher in
sp6ts. Fleshy cows of better qual
ity were in strong demand and
long and short fed steers were
steady to 50 cents stronger despite
drops at other markets. Quality,
flesh and demand contributed to
the new high in fat lambs, more
of which are needed due to a sea
sonal Lenter-Ea-ster demand. Also
needed are good quality 700-900
lb. feeder steers, fat slaughter
steers and particularly sought are
good fat heifers.
Oregon and Washington pack-'
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ers and feeders were active Fri
day. Yakima valley potato feed
ers buying feeder steers. Farmer
buyers took home many stocker
cattle.
Calves: Baby calves 12.50-29.00
hd.; weaner calves, steer calves
18.50-19.90 cwt.; heifer calves
15.75-18.10 cwt.; veal 22.40-26.70.
Steer: Stocker steers 15.80-17.10
cwt.; feeder steers 17.50-19.40; fat
slaughter steers 19.75-21.50; fat
heifers 10.20-19.50.
Cows: Dairy cows 110.00-155.00
hd.; dairy heifers 31.00-42.00 hd.;
stock cows with calves at side
121.50-155.00 pair.
Slaughter cows: Commercial! wnicn is cnargeo. wnn rne respon
14 60-16.35 cwt; utility 13.10-14.50;! sibility of determining which of
canner cutter 9.50 12.00; few! the two Snake river develop
heavy Holsteins to 14.00; shells: ment plans is more practicable.
6 25-8 50. I l'e said his company had faith in
Bulls: 13.75-16.40. ,ne decision of the commission,
Hogs: Weaner' pigs 14.50-18.50) that it would be for the best pub
hd f order nie 2S.25-32.9n cwt -llic interest.
fat hogs 28.10-29.10 (new top);:
sows 22.50-24.35; no boars.
Sheep: Feeder lambs 15.50-17.-1
00 cwt.; fat lambs 18.75-21.00:
(new top); ewes with lambs at
side 16.00 18.00 pr., 6.25 10 20 cwt;
no bucks.
of Education at La Grande
graduated last year from Board
man high school where she had
been very active in school acti
vities. She also has been an ar
dent '4-H member having been
active in club work for five years.
Her special interests were
health, clothing, homemaking
and cooking with the latter classi
fied as her top hobby. She has
also been quite active in church
vvork.
As is expected of a Morrow
county queen, she is an excellent
horsewoman and has' on many
occasions demonstrated her abil
ity to ride, nor is she a stranger
around a farm, for she has al
ways assisted with te potato har
vest on her father's farm. Russell
Miller is a county commissioner.
Two members of Queen Grace's
roval court have also been named
by their sponsoring granges. They
are Deanne Steagall of Lexington
and Janet Howton who will rep
resent Willows Grange in lone.
The other two members of her
court are expected to be chosen
within a short time.
Power Problems
Told by Keenan
Tom Keenan, district manager
of the Pendleton district of Paci
fic Power and Light company,
Monday noon told the chamber of
commerce of the history of power
in the Heppner area, sketching
the progress madeby his com
pany since it took over the dis
tribution of electricity here in
1926.
Keenan told how power com
panies formerly pushed the sale
of household appliances to build
up the use of power, and then
how during and since the war
have been -plagued with a short
age instead of a surplus. He said
the northwest power pool, a vol
untary combination of power re-
so both private and public,
was an excellent example of how
both interests could work to
gether, and told instances of how
close the pool had come to break
ing down when demand nearly
exceeded supply. He also told of
many of the developments that
PI'&L had made during recent
years to improve its service and
increase its generating capacity.
Keenan spoke briefly about the
Hells Canyon dam controversy
and said there were definite and
good arguments on both sides
pointing out that the settlement of
the question was now in the hands
of the federal power commission
Keenan, who formerly lived in!
Heppner, told several amusing
instances that occurred during his
stay here, when the company was
quite young.
He was introduced by J. R. Huff
man, Heppner PP&L manager.
; More Like Polar Bear
jThan Lion, March's
j Exit in County
! The weather in this sec! inn of
j Morrow county may have looked
springlike and pretty early this
week, but it didn't feel much like
it as the official govoni:"."nt ther
mometer in Heppner recorded a
low of 13 above zero early Mon
day morning. Tuesday's mini
mum wasn't much higher, with a
17 above recorded.
According to reports, little if any
damage was done to wheat or
other grains in this area by the
cold, nor were fruit trees in this
section which are normally slow
er starting and in most cases had
not yet begun to blossom.
The cold wave which hit this)
section of the nation over the
weekend caused considerable
damage in some adjacent areas,
especially to fruit trees. Several
Washington points reported tem
peratures as low as zero.
Rains and snow which has
fallen during the past week or so
have pleased local ranchers, hut
the cold spring has retarded the
growth of nearly all crops. Cattle
men especially are looking for a
few warm days ami nights to
bring up the grass as most graz
ing lands are still praclicalh
bare of new grass. ,'
Even low temperatures, around
10 degrees, were reported from
outlying areas in the county.
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Crash lakes Life
Of Dale Olson
Dale Ruben Olson, 31, died at
Pioneer Memorial hospital last
Friday morning of injuries re
ceived when the car in which he
was a passenger left the Colum
bia river highway about a mile
west of Heppner Junction and
rolled into the ditch. The acci
dent occurred late Thursday even
ing. Olson was brought to Heppner
by the Arlington ambulance hut
died within a few hours. He suf
fered internal injuries and bro
ken bones. According to investi
gating police, the car was driven
by James Harvey Brarinon. also of
Heppner.
Olson and Brannon, both of
whom were unemployed, had
been to Pendleton where Olson
received medical aid for an in
jury received previously while he
was employed at the Heppner
Lumber Company. According to
the report, they were returning to
Heppner, but drove on west of the
junction past the detour around
new highway construction, then
turned around and headed hack
east. The accident occurred
where the detour leaves the new
highway.
Olson was horn March 30, 1919
in St. Paul, Minn and had lived
in the Heppner area only about a
year. He had no known rela
tives in this section and police
finally located a cousin in Center
City, Minn, where the body was
shipped early this week for bur
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Local 4-Hers Eligible
For New Awards
Boys and girls carrying 4-H
projects in beef, sheep and swine
will be eligible for meat animal
national awards, N C. Anderson,
Morrow county agent, announced.
Interested in meat an'mal pro
jects has been growing in recent
years, Anderson said. In 1945
Oregon youngsters carried 4 S3
beef projects, 522 in sheep and
303 in swine. Last year there
were 1386 in beef, 1221 in sheep
and 601 in swine. The total grew
from 1398 to 3250 in the eight
years.
The national meat animal
awards program has scve.al ob
jectives to develop leadership
and character, to produce meat
for home and commercial use, to
learn how animals use feed and
produce, to teach the value of
home-grown feeds and balanced
rations, to see how animals con
vert products of the soil into food,
and to show how to manage meat
animals.
Two gold-filled medals of honor
are offered for outstanding work
in the county. One county win
ner is eligible for state competi
tion, where a 17-jewel pocket
watch is the award.
In sectional contests, over the
nation, eight trips to the National
4-H club congress are offered, and
from those eight winners, six i
scholarship recipients are chosen. I
Additional details on the beef,;
sheep and swine projects may bej
obtained from Mr. Anderson at!
the county extension office, in!
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Cribble
nd children were weekend visi
tors to Pendleton.
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$18 WORTH OF COYOTES The
coutt hcuse Monday were worth that much in bounties to Mrs,
Barbara Luhrs, who caught the cute little fellows on her ranch
neai big Butter Creek in the northeast section ol the county. One
of the litter's parents was killod but tha other got away- These
eight will never bother slioep, for shortly after the picture was
taken their shcrt life ended.
"MINOR POINTS" CAUSE DELAY IN
SOLVING HEPPNER'S "MAJOR CRIME"
Except for a couple of minor
points, ore of the best news
stories of the yeor occurred ct
8:30 last Sunday evening in
frcnt of the Heppner city hall
when one man was reportedly
"shot dead", and ajiother seri
ously wounded in a major gun
duel over a woman.
Local police and the sheu'f
were deluged Monday morning
with requests for names and
details as the story spread
around town practically before
the sound of the shots had died
out. Even the hospital staff
reported receiving calls asking
about the condition cf the vic
tim. As far as the police were con
cerned, the minor points men
tioned previously consisted
LIVESTOCK AND GAME PROBLEMS GET
STUDY BY ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES
Meeting Thursday evening.
March 25, the livestock disease
control committee of the Morrow
County l.ivostockgrowers Associa
tion discussed pertinent problems
with which they were concerned.
On Friday evening the game laws
committee of that association
also met.
Chairman of the disease con
trol committee is Kenneth Peek,
Lexington, while Cera Id Swag
gait, Heppner, heads the game
law s commit lee. for lil.51.
The livestock disease control
committee met primarily to dis
cuss the proposed reduction in
the federal indemnity payments
for r.ritoellosis reactors. This
item has been cut from the fed
eral government budget for 1955.
The item has cost the federal
government $'!.'1,000 during the
past ear in Oregon, matching
funds put up bv the countv and
stale; $l(i has been matched by
?Hi from the stale and county,
combined, while during the 1951
fiscal year, the federal indemnity
was reduced to $9. The commit
tee agreed to write letters to U.
S. representatives and senators,
the Oregon Cattlemen's Associa
tion and neighboring' county live
stock associations, urging their
efforts in bringing about a con
tinuance of indemnity payments.
The group felt that this budget
was too small to cut out in view
of the threat of Brucellosis to both
humans and livestock, and that
all taxpayers would share alike
in this contribution towards in
demnity, encouraging livestock
operators to test and slaughter re
actors. Plans were also made at this
meeting to accelerate the Brucel
losis and T. B. testing program in
Morrow county, and the Bureau
of Animal Industry was request
ed to contribute an additional
veterinarian during the month of
April to clear up herds before
they left for the summer range.
Dr. Ceorge Marugg, local veteri
narian doing the testing. Iris
tested more animals in the
year than any year siru'f
past :
the
program was initiated.
The Friday evening game laws
committee made several recom
mendations for presenting to the
general meeting of the Morrow
County Livesiockgrowers Associ
ation that will be held in early
April. Kecommendat ions asked, Crange will meet at Greenfield
that the state game commission-Grange in Boardman on Satur
be elected by districts instead of : day, April 3 starling at 10:30.
appointed by the governor. OtherjTho lecturer's hour opens at 2
recommendations asked that the. p. m. and is open to the public,
Livesiockgrowers Association ap-j
point a representative to appear!
before the public hearing at. Pen-1
dleton on April 22 on the pro-1
posed withdrawal of public lands;
along the north fork of the John
Day for big game winter pasture;
recommended that the state game
commission pay one half the sum
offered as reward by the county!
livestock twoclatlon for a rreiti
;e eight coyoie pups, brought in to
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only of the fact that nobody
could find the body, the injured
man, the woman, the gun, any
evidence of the crime or anyone
who had witnessed the shoot
ing though everybody knew all
about it. All were minor mat
ters, though somewhat neces
sary to police bent on investiga
ting such a crime.
No one has yet definitely es
tablished the source of the
story about the city's major
crime wave though the Gazette
Times' special secret operator
uncovered one lead which could
solve the pioblem. According to
reports, a local businessman in
nocently (?) gave out the gory
details "just to see how far the
story would go."
He should know by now.
and conviction of theft or trespass
cases whim a hunter is involved,
and that the stale game commis
sion be asked to use some of their
funds on a concentrated grass
seeding program on logged-off
areas which would provide feed
lor big game.
A ouestion that this committee
wished to bring before the live
stock members is whether the
stale game commission should
buy or lease more land for big
game winter range. Other re
commendations were three that
were recommended by this com
milloe last year. One asked thai
regulations be put Into force re
quiring the written permission of
the owners of at least 50 of the
land involved before opening any
special hunting season; that
even one become acquainted with
game and fish laws and assist
in their enforcement by reporting
violations.
Attending the game laws com
miitee were: chairman Cerah
Swaggart, W. E. Hughes, and Bob
Van Selioiack, Those attending
the disease control committee
were: Kenneth Peck, Lexington;
Jim Lindsay, lone; Bernard Do
herty, I!. B. Ferguson, and John
(haves, Heppner. N. C. Anderson
is secretary for these two com
mittees. o
Kinzua Infant- Dies
Enroure to Hospital
Myra
daughti
Mcl.een
morniiij
Lee, seven months old
r of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
of Kinzua died Tuesday
; enroule to Pioneer Me
morial hospital. The child had
become ill during the previous
night and her parents were
bringing her to Heppner to a
physician, it was reported.
Local physicians performed an
autopsy, but were unable to find
the cause of death.
The child was horn in the
Heppner hospital and will be
buried in Winlock cemeterv in
wheeler county. She is survived
by her parents and an older bro
ther. Pomona to Hear
Panel on Schools
The Morrow county Pomona
il was announced.
The main program will be a
panel discussion of county school
problems pertaining to financing
and budgeting. Leslie Grant,
(ootily school superintendent
will be in charge of the program.
Mrs. Sata McNamer left Friday
for a vacation trip to Oklahoma
where she will visit her brother.
71st Year, Number 3
I Reduction in Butter
Support Brings
Lower Prices Here
The government's announced
reduction of S cents per pound
i n t h e support price f o r
butter was reflected today i:i
Heppner in an equally 1 educed
retail price for most InvtuU of
butter and ice cream.
The department of agriculture
announced early this week that ii
was reducing the support price on
butler and butterf.it effective
April 1 and Claud Co.v owner of
the Morrow County t roamery to
day said that the reduction will
be passed along to the consumer
on all products his company
manufactures. He distnhutes
Pride of Oregon butler and ice
cream throughout Morrow, Cil
Ham and Wheeler counties.
Cox said that tin1 forme? retail
price of butter has been 79 and S;t
cents per pound and that il will
now be 72 to 71 cents. A similar
reduction will be noted in his ice
cream products he said, as the
new retail prices will be SI. 05 a
gallon, 85 ce?its a half gallon, 50
cents a quart and 25 cents a
pint.
According to stories in Portland
papers earlier this week, some
Portland dairies expected to cut
butter prices about five cents on
April 1 and follow with another
Ih ree cents reduction later, but
Cox said Wednesday that t he
price reduction on his products
will reflect the full subsidy cut.
School Intersection
Finally Marked by
Crosswalk Sign
Heppner finally has ils amber
blinking school crosswalk sign
hung and in operation on north
Main street. Il was quite a strug
gle though, for it took nearly six
months of letter writing, discus
sion and argument to get it ap
proved. Wednesday afternoon Kd Co)
lison and his crew of linemen
from Columbia Basin Electric Co
op raised the sign to its position
over the school crosswalk -it the
Tum-A-Lum corner to end the
debate that started last fall when
the Soroptimlst club and the
chamber of commerce took up the
battle to gel a blinker light or
some form of warning signal In
stalled at the intersect ion used
by most school children.
Difficulties first arose when
Ihe state highway commission re
fused to approve an amber blin
ker light that had already been
purchased by the organizations.
It was returned to the manufac
turer and the series of consulta
tios with the highway department
was started in an effort to find
out what could be done. The fire
sent sign Is the eventual outcome.
The bright yellow lighted sign
with a flashing amber light at
Ihe bottom was donated by the
Heppner Lumber company. It Is
hoped another sign can be In
stalled later at the court house
intersection and some money is
available for that project.
Adult Education Class
In History Started
An adult education class in
Oregon History was started last
Tuesday, Leslie Grant, county
school superintendent announced
this week, and will be held on
Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p. m. for
the next six weeks. It is being
taught by Jack Carmichaol, I'ma.
tilla school superintendent.
The dass is being held at the
Heppner high school and anyone
who is interested in taking the
course for credit, or to just audit,
is urged to contact Grant for re
gistration information.
Red Cross Campaign
Approaches Goal
Morrow county's Red Cross
campaign continued to sneak
closer to its goal of $1750, as one
more district reported in to bring
the total to $1733.21, Mrs. Lowell
Gribble, drive chairman report
ed today.
The campaign Is officially con
cluded and Mrs. Gribble asked
that chairmen in the districts
which have not yet reported, to
do so as soon as possible.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jack Van Winkle
and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Lel!oy Gardner an,i son were in
Portland during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. John Williams
were in Baker during the week
end visiting Mrs. Williams' par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Faye Conrad.
Mrs. William Labhart end sons
left Sunday for a visit with Mrs.
Labhart's parents Mr. and Mrs.
Henry TeU of Monmouth.