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EUGENE, or,
Mill Strike Called
For Monday Morning;
No Agreement Seen
Employers and Union Both Call
Negotiations "Hopelessly Deadlocked"
Tho threat of a strike at the Heppner Lumber company, and sev eral
hundred other CIO mills in Oregon and Washington, appeared
stronger today following a statement Wednesday by Orville Smith,
manager of the local mill, who said the negotiations appear to be
"hopelessly deadlocked."
Smith was in Portland Monday and Tuesday to attend a meeting
of employers and employees at which time the mill operators voted
unanimously not to grant the union demands for 12 and one-half
cents an hour across-the-board
vacation with pay and a correction of inequities in job rales. The
union also appeared to be stand
ing pat on their demands, and
local union officials here said
Wednesday that at a meeting
Tuesday night, members of Hepp
nor local 6-312 IWA-CTO again
confirmed their decision to hold
to their original requests.
The strike has been called for
the start of the first shift next
Monday morning. May 3 and, if
put into effect, will idle upward:-
of sO.OOO workers in the two
states. Locally about 90 men
will be effected, but the closure of
MEETING CALLED
Word out of Portland Thurs
day noon indicated that a last
minute attempt will be made
Friday to avert the strike when
representatives of six fir lum
ber operators organizations
will meet with the Federal Con
ciliation Service. While the
representatives of the pine
mills are not expected to at
tend this meeting, should any
break in the deadlock come
from it, it could possibly set
a pattern for an industry-wide
agreement.
It was also understood here
Thursday afternoon that nego
tiations between the union and
Weyerhaueser Timber Company
one of the largest operators in
the northwest, had broken
down completely and that no
more meetings of the two are
now scheduled prior to the
strike deadline.
the Heppner mill will also shut
down three other supplier mills
in the area which will raise the
total workers effected to about
185. The other mills that will be
shut clown are the Jack Stalling
mill in Condon, North Fork Tim
ber company, Mounment, and
the Black Mountain mill near
Heppner.
Statement Made
Smith said Wednesday that it
was his opinion, and also of other
lumber operators in the pine and
fir industry, that market condi
tions and lumber prices simply
will not allow the mills to grant
the increases asked by the union.
He said that the pine lumber
market has been dropping stead
ily for the past several months
and in addition, much of the
former regular market for pine
products has been lost to substi
tute materials. He cited the
widespread use of aluminum and
paper products which is constant
ly taking business away from the
lumber industry. The use of hard
and soft boards is also making
heavy inroads into what has
previously been one of the main
points of sale for regular lum
ber. In making the statement that
negotiations were "hopelessly
deadlocked", both Smith and
local union officials indicated
that they knew of no more meet
ings scheduled prior to the strike
deadline next Monday. Jack
Polyhar. president of the Hepp
ner local of the union and Fran
cis J. Doherty, local secretary,
said Wednesday that the local
was willing to bargain here at
any time, but that if an agree
ment was reached with the local
mill it would have to get the ap
proval of the Northwest Regional
negotiating committee as well
as be OKd by the local members
before it could he accepted.
Union Demands Listed
Basis for the strike threat are
the union demands requesting:
lAn across-the-board 12',;.
cent per hour wage increase.
2Correction of inequities in
Three Heppner Men
On Scout Board
Three Heppner men last night
were named to lead the Boy Scout
program for this district, at a
Covered Wagon district meeting
held at Arlington.
Bradley D. Fancher was named
district commissioner, a position
which automatically places him
on the Blue Mountain district
council executive board. Lester
D. Boulden was named district
chairman and La Verne Van
Marter Jr., was named neighbor
hood commissioner to work with
the board.
The naming of the three local
men to the directive board of the
Boy Scout organization is ex
pected to boost Scout activity con
siderably in this area.
wage increase, an additional week's
job rates. Such corrections to be
based on a job analysis program
to be made jointly between the
companies and the union with
the cost of such analysis to be
borne by the companies.
o Add a clause to the present
'contract) vacation article to
provide three weeks paid vaca
tion after five years seniority.
The demands are uniform
throughout the entire lumbering
industry in Oregon and Wash
ington. The Heppner Lumber company
is currently paying a low base
pay of $1.75 per hour witn the
average pay of all employees in
the mill being approximately
$2.35 per hour. It is also giving
two weeks vacation with pay in
addition to six paid holidays per
year.
If the strike is called as sche
duled, it will idle approximately
one-half of all the pine and fir
producing mills in the two states.
The Heppner Lumber company-
mill, however happens to be the
only CIO mill in this immediate
area, the others in this section of
the state being either AF of L or
non-union.
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1 Hardman Ranches
Change Ownership
The sale of the Claud Buschke
ranch six and one-half miles
north of Hardman to a company
known as Silver Spur, Inc., was
announced this week.
The sale was completed April
23 and E. S. Powell and Traeey
Elder, both of Spokane, Wash.,
are listed as the owners of the
company. Involved in the sale
was 37G0 acres of wheat and
grazing land. The sale price was
not disclosed. Sidney Zinter,
Eightmile rancher will manage
the operation.
In another recent large tran-
satcion the Everett Harshman
ranch, south of Hardman on Rock
Creek was purchased by John
Graves of Sand Hollow. The
ranch consists of 3.216 acres with
(120 acres farm land and the bal
ance mountain pasture. Graves
will take over June 1.
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Funeral Directors
To Meet in Heppner
Plans for the fall meeting of
the Tri-Distfict Funeral Directors
to be held in Heppner October 20,
were told this week by Oliver
Creswick, owner of Creswick and
Seuell Mortuary, who was elected
vice-president of the organization
at a rqcent meeting in La Grande.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Creswick at
tended the La Grande meeting.
Four County Students
Perfect in Spelling
Four county school students
Wednesday were rated perfect in
spelling. The four, Janet Wight
man and Donald Craber, Hepp
ner: Nancy Wright. Lexington;
and Donna May Wantland of
Irrigon, participated in the
county school spelling contest at
the Heppner school and finished
with a perfect record of no words
missed.
The contest, which included
5th. oth, 7th, and 8th grade stu
dents from Irrigon, Boardman.
Lexington, lone and Heppner was
u.idor the direction of Miss Mar
guerite Glavcy. Heppner 5th
grade teacher. Spelling teachers
of the county were the judges.
A more complete list of the
winners will be given next week.
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FIRE CAUSES ONLY
MINOR EAMAGE
Firemen were 'called Monday
morning to control a fire which
apparently started from faulty
wiring in apartments on Cannon
street owned by Howard Bryant.
The fire was discovered in an
enclosed outside stairway let' fl
ing to the basement, but was
controlled befoie it caused more
than minor damage. It did not
get into the house itself.
REV. JACKSON GILLIAM
TO VISIT HERE
Information was received this
week that Rev. Jackson Gilliam,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Gilliam of Heppner. who is now
living at Minneapolis, Minn., will
be home next month and will
preach at All Saints Episcopal
church on Sunday, May 23.
Copies 10 cents
Program Complete
For Homemaker's
Morrow County women will be
gin the annual Homemaker's Fes
tival day. May 5. at the fair pa
vilion, Heppner. with registration
.starting at 9:30 a. m.
Mrs. Earl Blake, chairman of
the county home economics ex
tension committee, will be in
charge of the morning program
which starts at 10:15 with group
ringing by Mrs. Claude Riley of
lone. A special surprise skit will
be present by Mrs. Kenneth Peck
and Mrs. Mervin Leonard, for the
Lexington Garden club. A musi
cal number in pantomine will be
presented by Janet Stephens of
Irrigon.
Main feature of the morning
festival program will be a report
of the triennial conference at
Toronto, Canada, by the Oregon
delegates, Mrs. Norman Nelson.
Lexington and Mrs. Markham
Baker, lone. Interesting and
colorful pictures will illustrate
the Associated Country Women of
the World in action at Toronto.
Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Nelson as
sisted with resolutions on illiter
acy and concept of peace, which
originated by Oregon home ex
tension women, and were adopt
ed by the Associated County
Women of the World. Mrs. Baker
was a voting delegate represent
ing the Farm Bureau, while Mrs.
Nelson was visiting delegate for
the slate home economics exten
sion council.
The afternoon program will be
in charge of Mrs. William Garner,
Boardman. Exhibits from all
communities representing all
phases of homemaking will be
on display.
Style revue of homemakers that
have made dresses during the
year in workshops or out will be
held. Communities taking part
are Irrigon, Boardman, Pine City,
Heppner, and lone.
Special music will be given by
the following lone boys, Larry
Rietmann, Malcolm McKinney,
Dick Eckstrom, Lawrence Jones,
Dennis Swanson and Sam Bar
nell. Miss Viola Hansen, state agent,
extension service, Corvallis, will
explain "Why we should be con
cerned about the refugees in Eur
ope". The festival luncheon will be
held at noon with Mrs. W. A.
Ruggles in charge of the program.
Special guests to attend are:
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Barra'tt, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Heppner;
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller,
Boardman; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Penland, Heppner; and Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Grant.
Cub Scout Carnival
Opens Friday Might
Heppner's Cub Scouts and their
den mothers said this week that
everything is in readiness for
their Cub carnival to be held on
Friday night at the Heppner fair
pavilion.
The Cubs have been doing the
work of building the booths and
will operate the many conses
sions themselves, it was said.
They assure that there will be at
tractions to entertain both the
children and parents.
IOKE EXTENSION
UNIT TO MEET
The lone Extension unit will
meet Friday May 7 at 1:30 p. m.
at the home of Mrs. Fredrick Mar
tin. The demonstration discussion
will be on Dry Cleaning In The
Home.
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HOMEMAKERS will hear Miss
Viola Hansen, above, Oregon
State College home extension
agent speak on "why we should
be interested in the refugee
problem in Europe" at the
Homemcker'g Festival in Hepp
ner next wedneday.
Festival Wednesday
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 29;
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GOOD SHOT Marine Captain LeMoin Cox, son of Elbeit L. Cox of
Heppner, receives two m&rksmj'tship medals from Mcrine Col.
Edgar O. Price, commanding olficer of lbs Weapons Training
Battulicn at the Camp Matthews rifle range at the Marine Corp-,
recruit depot in Scm Diego where he is stationed. Capt. Cox
won the medals in tho Meniben and Crowell trophy matches at
the national rifle and pistol matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio,
lar.t September. (Marine Corps Photo)
Catholic District
Conference to Be
Held Here May 3
The 14th annual Deanery Con
ference of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine of the Catholic
church will be held at the Star
Theater Monday, May 3, Rev.
Francis McCormack, pastor of St.
Patrick's church, and one of the
sponsores of the meeting, an
nounced this week. Between 250
and 300 delegates are expected
to attend.
The parishes of Hood River.
The Dalles, Dufur, Condon, ller
miston and Heppner will be rep
resented by delegates from parish
Confraternity units as well as
high school students. Registration
of Delegates will start at 11:15 a.
m.
The morning session, ;i:15 to
12:15 will be presided over by
Stephen Trukositz and will be de
voted to reports and talks on Hie
various activities of the C. C. 1).
The afternoon session will be de
voted entirely to ycilh and their
problems and will be headed by
Larry Mollahan, chairman of (the
Heppner high school discussion
group. Jack Monagle and Dar
lene Connor will be the speakers.
Father Baird, diocesan director of
youth in the Baker diocese will
also preside. Mrs. Charles O'Don
nell will read the local unit re
port and John Ernsdorff will be
the speaker.
Bishop Leipzig will be on hand
to address the conference and Sis
ters Present ina and Maurina.
Confraternity supervisors, will
also be present. Rev. Leopold
O'Riordan of llennistun will tie-
liver the kcynoio address at the
morning session, bishop Leipzig
will also present diplomas to Mrs.
Philip Biaknoy, Mrs. Hvrnard
Doherty, Mrs. Don Hatfield, Mrs.
Randy Lott and Mrs. Delbert
Emert for having fulfilled quali
fications necessary for teaching
religion.
Sponsois of the Conference are
the pastors from the various par
ishes including Key. Peter Duig
nan, Hood River; Very Rev. Otto
Nooy, Revs. Martin Ouigley and
Leo' Stupfel. The Dalles; Revs.
Alphonsus Domnick, Kenneth
La Pan and
Dufur; Rev.
don; Revs.
Reginald Krakonsky,
William Roden, Con
Leopold O'Riordan,
Bertram
and Rev.
Mulligan. Nermistoti;
Francis McCormack of
SI. Patrick's, Heppner.
Rev. McCormack emphasized
that the conference is open to
everyone, and is not limited just
to Catholics.
Voter Registration
Figures Complete
A final tabulation of voter re
gistration completed this week by
the county clerk's office shows a
total of 2351 persons are eligible
to vote in the May primary elec
tions. All of the county's seven
precincts but one are predomi-
nently republic
Registration by precincts!
showed: j
Rep. Item
Boardman 2W !)'
Irrigon 129 l(i;i:
Hardman 20 12 j
N. Heppner 315 172!
S. Heppner 321 100;
lone 250 120j
Lexington 117 101 j
,, . I ANNIVERSARY SCHEDULED
DANCE PLANNED
The Lilian Turner foundation A benefit card party in observ
will hold a public dance at theiance of the 135th anniversary A
Hennner fair oavilion Saturday. , Jddi'el iowsh in will be held at the
Mav 5. Duke Warner's orchestra!
will furnish the music.
Mr. and Mrs. Eradley Fancher
were in Portland to attend the
wedding of Fancherg cousin.
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Over 400 Granqers
Tour McNary Dam
(cr 110 Grange members from
Morrow and Umatilla counties
loured McNary dam last Sunday
I ;o view the massive structure just
i recent ly completed.
Between 20() and 300 persons
j attended a pot luck dinner held
at Columbia grange in I'matilla
! county preceding the tour of the
dam and many returned to the
grange hall for coffee after ihe
j lour was completed.
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County First lo
Meet Cancer Quota
Morrow county was acclaimed
the first county in the state to
reach its quota in the 1051 Cancer
drive, Jack Van Winkle, drive
treasurer announced this week.
The drive still has one week
to go, Mrs. Inez Meador, drive
chairman said today, and it is
hoped by the committee thai
enough additional money can bt
uaised to double the epiota of
$750, as the county has done for
the past several years. The drive
already has collected $S31 in the
county.
The committee said that records
show tlitil many persons who
have donated in past years, have
not sent in donations this time,
and it is hoped that many of
these donations will make it pos
sible for the drive to double its
quota.
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Heppner's School . .
It's For The Birds!
Heppner school students this
week were taking their gym
clos es with a watchful eye to
ward the ceiling.
Sometime over the past week
end several groups of English
sparrows decided the beams in
the gymnasium roof would be a
nice place to raise a family
end started construction of two
or more nests. They apparent
ly ute the ceiling ventilators for
access to the building.
One student was heard to re
mark that he was "sure glad
thc:e birds aren't sea gulls."
Chamber Hears State
Sond Sales Head
Ceorge W. Mimnaugh. head of
the Oregon savings bond division
of the U. S. Treasury, told cham
ber of commerce members Mon
day of the need for a balanced
federal budget, lowered govern
ment expenses and the need for a
sund money program in this
county lo prevent Ihe kind of in
Clation that has nearly wrecked
other countries of the world in
recent years.
Mimnaugh illustrated how in
flation can lake over a country
by telling how in Germany, after
Ihe last war, prices were quoted
by the hour with prices increas
ing thousands-fold almost over
night. He also told of the con
tinued sale of savings bonds, and
how they helped keep the Ameri
can monetary "system stable
At the conclusion of his talk,
Miuiiiaugh presented Jeff Caller,
county bond chairman, wi'h a
framed reproduction of the presi
dent's prayer, given by president
Ei.v nh'.vscr at his inauguration.
Heppner I- O. O. F. hall
Wedne.s-
da'', May 5 at 7:30
it was an-
nounced this week.
All Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Mid husbands and wives are in
vited to attend.
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Crippled Children's
Clinic to be Held in
Pendleton Monday
The iU!ity IhmIiIi depart 'v.imi!
announced today that the i i ; -pled
children's clinic u dl be held
Monday, May .'!, at 1 p. m. at the
I matilla count)' health depart
ment. SV 3rd and Fraer sttecK
in Pendleton.
The purpose of the clinic is tor
consultation with children undci
21 years ol a:,e who have ,im
lorni of nippl'ik; dKoase.
Anyone desirm an appoh'i
ment for the clinic is asked to
call Heppner tilWl.Y
Local Hospital
Plans Open House
On May 12. between the hours
of 11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m Pio
neer Meini'lial will be joining
thousands of hospitals through
out the continent by opening its
doors to the public to commemo
rate nationa 1 hospi'al da .
A public visit, ition day coupled
with a voluntary chest x-ray pro
gram is planned. Refreshments
will be served on Ihe lawn, wea
ther permitting.
The voluntary chest x-ray pro
gram is spon.-orcil jointly by tho
Morrow County T 1! and Health
Association and Pioneer Memor
ial hospital. This part of the
national hospital day program is
a substitute and in lieu of the
mobile x-ray unit that has Peon
brought into the counties for the
annual chest x-ray surveys usual
ly sponsored by the Tl? and
Health Associations. All visitors
lo the hospital desirous of a chest
x-ray may have it taken on Ibis
da free of charge.
The public visitation program
will give Ihe public Ihe oppor
tunity lo become belter acquaint
ed with the services offered In
the hospital for the benefit of the
sick and injured; as well as to
meet and become better acquaint
ed wilh Ihe hospital staff who
dedicate the'r work to the im
provement of more efficient pa
tient care.
While the public honors the
memory of Florence Nightingale
on national hospital day by visit
ing the hospitals of the country
and paying tribute to those whose
work is devoted lo serving the
sick, it is generally remembered
that Florence Nightingale be
came world famous when she
organized a nursing staff to care
for wounded soldiers in Crimea
in 1S51, and when she herself in
spired her fellow workers by her
tireless and sympathetic service.
Thus it is entirely fitting that
May 12. the birthday of Florence
Nightingale, should have become
Ihe occasion for national recogni
tioti of the hospital as an institu
tion of public service, for it is
throtigh visits lo Ihe hospital on
national hospital day that Ihe
people of the community may
become familiar wilh the less
spectacular functions of Ihe hos
pital. Its readiness to give com
petent performances in limes of
public catastrophe or individual
emergency is well known and
fully appreciated. Less widely
understood are Ihe manifold ser
vices which it carries quietly for
ward from day lo day and from
year o jear, constantly seeking
to improve its methods, its equip
ment, and its personnel to provide
the best possible protection of
the community health.
It is the purpose of national
hospital day lo acquaint the eve
munity with the people who are
its practitioners of hospital care
On national hospital day those
who can be spared from their
d'dies wish to be seen as people
seeking an opportunity to explain
the job so that it may he under
stood and appreciated. .)r t,
them, as to everyone else, it is
the daily, routine performance of
their tasks that is important
rather than ihe occasional
triumph that may be achieved in
time of disaster or emergency.
in announcing the observance,
stalf members said, "In partici
pating in the observance of na
tional hospital day we are not
seeking praise or recognition but
rattier we desire to show that we
are proud to be a part of the great
hospital system of ihe continent.
We are proud of the exacting
nature of our profession, and we
are proud of its conquests over
disJ'ase and suffering. Most of
all, however, we are proud to
stand in this community as a pro
tector of the public health and
happiness, for our pride of
achievement is as nothing com
pared to the pride we feel for
the responsibility which the com
munity his entrusted to u. If
this feeling rf ifipomibility i
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71st Year, Number 7
County Sctiool lax
Levy Shows Drop
For Next Year
County taxpayers this week
received welcome news that while
the total cost of operating the
county's schools will be up slight
ly for next year, the necessary tax
levy will show a reduction of ap
proximately three mills due lo
increased receipts and carry
over. The budget for the 105155
school vear, published elsewhere
in this issue of the Caette Times
shows a total of Sf.ll.SS3 will be
needed for all county schools
during the year. 'Phis is tin in
crease of $0,t'.25 over the present
year's budget, but this is offset
by an increase of St'3.952 in total
receipts and cash carryover from
the current budgets.
The actual cash reduction for
next year amounts to $5-1,650
which is approximately equal to
three mills on total county valu
ation on which the tax is levied.
The total budgeted cost for oper
ating all the county schools is
set at Still. SS3, and of this figure
S230.95N will be raised within the
ti percent limitation. The bal
a nee of $3S3,S-10 must come from
ti special levy which will be voted
on by the people at a special
election to lie held May 11. The
total tax levy, including the
necessary amount outside the six
percent limitation, will reflect the
three mill reduction. This will
brjng the school levy in the
county down to approximately
30.5 mills.
It must be pointed out that the
special election on May 11 is to
approve Ihe operating budgets ol
the county schools only, and has
no connection with any special
bond election for construction
purposes. Ihe Heppner school
board will soon call such an elec
tion to ask approval of a bond
issue for a new grade school, but
Ihe dale for it has not yet been
set .
Results of Cattle
Feeding Research
Reported by College
Surplus Oregon feeder and low
(r grade slaughter grass cattle
which both tend to flood fall mar
kets may he profitably fed to
higher grades for spring slaugh
ter. These are preliminary find
ings of a feeding and grading de
monstration conducted during the
past season at the Malheur
branch experiment station.
Common grade feeder cattle
averaged a net profit of $5(1. 1G a
head compared to $25.31 for
choicw feeders during the 150-day
feeding trial supervised by Neil
Hoffman, station superintendent,
and sponsored jointly by the Or
gon Stale college experiment sta
tion and extension service. No
labor charges, interest or taxes
were figured in the costs.
Sixty yearling steers, represent
ing five grades of feeders, were
led identical rations of alfalfa
hay and ground car corn and
barley. Groups of inferior, med
ium, and good feeders fell in be
tween Ihe extreme's in net profits
recorded for ihe choice and com
mon feeders.
Ed Coles, extension livestock
marketing specialist, says' that
while these results represent only
one season's trials, they showed
considerably higher profits in
feeding common feeders bought
tit 11 cents a pound and sold as
finished grades of "commercial
and good" at IS to 20 cents a
pound. Choice feeders bought at
17 cents a pound sold for 22 cents.
Profits were made by feeding
animals into higher slaughter
grades and not through weight
gams, Coles states. Feed costs
per pound of gain ran higher for
all lots than the selling price per
pound of live cattle. Cost per
pound of gain was 21 cents for
common feeder steers and 25
cents for choice feeders.
John Landers, extension animal
husbandry specialist, said the
trials showed that animals' abil
ity to put on gains may very
widely within grades. Good feed
ers showed the highest average
daily gain of 1.91 pounds, but the
10 animals in the lot ranged from
1.25 pounds a day to 2.53 pounds.
Choice feeders showed the lowest
average gain of 1.02 pounds.
Common feeders averaged 1.8ti
pounds a day and ranged from
1.20 to 2.1 pounds.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner from
Ihe secretary of state's office will
be on duty in the? court house in
Heppner Tuesday, May 11 be
tween 9:30 a. rn. and 3:30 p. m.
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Mr. end Mrs, Ervin Anderson
spent Thuraday and Friday in
Ptjftloiwl
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