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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Jlepper ftotte Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 15, 1954 71st Year, Number 18 Pendleton Firm Wins Construction Bid For Hospital Wing The McCormack Construction company of Pendleton Wednes day afternoon was awarded the contract for . constrcution of a new wing on Pioneer Memorial hospital. Their bid, the lowest of four entered, was for $100,792, well below the architect's esti mate of $110,420. The county court awarded the contract subject to approval of of the Public Health Service which is expected to take from a week to ten days. The approval appeared assured, as the Service had previously approved the plans for the addition. A spokesman for the McCor mack company indicated that they would start work as soon as final approval was received from San Francisco. Their bid calls for the work to be completed within 100 working days. The addition, which is to con nect with the present building on the south will house 15 additional general hospital beds, an addi tional six beds in the lower level nursing home section and facili ties for a public health center in cluding offices for a county health nurse. Included in the new wing will be a bed-size elevator and in cinerators on both floors. When completed it will bring the gen eral hospital section bed capa city up to 30 beds, with another 16 beds in the nursing section. The addition is being financed jointly with county funds and Federal Hill-Bruton money. There was a wide gap between the high and the low bids pre sented, the court revealed, the Burning Ordinance Now in Effect Here Heppner residents were warned today that the current hot wea ther has raised the fire danger erectly, and that according to city ordinance, no burning is al lowed during the fire season, ex cent bv nermit. So far this vear there have been no serious grass fires in the area, but the continued hot weather will quickly bring grass to a dangerous Doint. and care is needed to prevent such fires. Fire chief C. A. Ruggles should be con. tacted for fire permits. o School Board Post To Be Filled Friday A special school meeting and election to choose a director to fill the one vacancy qn the school board of district No. 1 will be held Friday, July 16 at the Hepp ner school. The polls will be open from 4 to 7 p. m. Nominations will be made at the opening of the meeting and the election will follow. The one vacancy was caused by the resig nation of Mrs. Stephen Thompson. top hid being over $132,000. Other hidders and their estimates in cluded: Bechtol Bros., La Grande, $102,150; Louis Hopkins Co., of Pasco, $127,707; Funston Con struction Co., Portland, $123,500. Present for the bid opening were members oi tne county court, hospital trustees, Jay Cole, engineer for the hospital plan ning section of the state board ot health and Elmer Harrington, of the firm of Roald, Schmeer and Harrington", Portland architects. o Mrs. Elizabeth Dix Dies in Portland Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at the Hoi man and Lutz chapel in Tort- land for Mrs. Elizabeth Y. Dix, who passed away Monday after noon at Portland following a long Illness. Mrs. Dix, who had been a resi dent of Heppner for nearly 40 years, moved to Portland only about three months ago, shortly after the death of her husband, W. O. Dix, former Morrow county assessor. Both she and Mr. Dix had been confined to the hospi tal here for several months prior to his death last December 29. She later returned to her home here, then moved to Portland where she was living in a nurs ing home. Little information on where Mrs. Dix was born, or on her early life is presently available, how ever she and Mr. Dix were mar ried in 1900 and they first came to Heppner in 1910. She taught In the Heppner schools for many years, retiring about five or six years ago. After her retirement she served as city recorded for about two years until poor health forced her to resign. She wag a longtime member of the Episco pal church and the Eastern Star. She is survived by a daughter Virginia and a granddaughter Jo Jean, both of Seattle, one sis ter who lives in California and a niece, living in Portland. o AT YOUTH CAMP Rev. and Mrs. Willis Geyer and family will attend a youth camp next week, July 19-23, for child ren, ages 9 to 12. About east ern Oregon churches will participate. ""7" "7" :r" 1 ' ! . 1 1 . . ... I r MI " i . .f- . . a . . . , s I ,i 4 . I, v V . , W I ' . i " ' . . ' " . J , 1955 Wh To Be 0 NEW HEPPNER MOTEL the Flying A. located one-Jourth mile south of town on the Condon highway Is nearing completion and will be opened to the public within a very short time, according to Edgar Albert, owner and builder. , ....... v -,-..,, i ' ' ' :. . iTf t : - f fo j r ; : : - - .1 SIX MODERN UNITS-closeup of the motel reveals six one -and two bedroom units in addition to living quarters and office at the far end. Some finishing work and landscaping remain to be done, but when opened to the public, it will be I' JjjJ motel. ' Continuation of Paterson Ferry Asked in Petitions Petitions bearing the names of over 400 residents of Morrow county, many of them from the Heppner area, were received by the county court Wednesday, ask ing that the county investigate means of keeping Paterson ferry operating. The request has been made because of numerous at tempts by concerns interested in the new Umatilla bridge to buy the ferry and take it out of oper ation when the bridge is com pleted. The court accepted the peti tions and also spent several hours discussing the problem with the present owners of the ferry who possibly may be willing to give the county an option to buy the operation. The court indicated that at least a 60 day option would be necessary to give it time to investieate wavs and means of financing the purchase should it prove feasible and desirable. If such an out ion is given, the court indicated that probably the best way to finance purchase oi eat Acreage Cut nly 4.2 Percent Growers to Vote Wednesday Hottest, Mercury Hits 93 Old Sol bore down on Morrow County this week, and though he ran the thermometer up to a high for the year of 93 in Heppner Wednesday, it was comparatively cool here compared to some of the midwest states where tem peratures in the 120s were re corded. Wednesday's 93 is tops for the year, though it is only one de gree hotter than was recorded here during the July 4th weekend. Tuesday night's minimum was a warm 57. Thunderstorms struck some sections of the Columbia basin Wenesday, but no rain fell in the Immediate vicinity of Heppner. PICNIC PLANNED The Degree of Honor lodge will hold a picnic for members, fam ilies and friends Sunday after noon, July 18 at Herron Creek meadows, it was announced to day. The lodge will furnish ice cream. Mrs. Mary Wuster of Portland visited over the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Neill. Dale Brown Wins State Trapshoot At Portland Club Dale Brown, Heppner trapshoot er, captured the 16 yard singles championship Sunday in- the state ATA event at the Portland Gun club, out-hitting Forrest Solomon of Sutherlin. Brown's score in the final three-string shoot off was 74x75 to Solomon's 72x75. Both men had racked up 198 of 2C0 to get them in1o the shoot-off. Brown then missed one bird in the first string of 25 targets, but went on to break tne next ou io win the championship. ' Brown nearly ran into troubles on the last series when the trig ger of his gun jammed, but he polished off the last 12 targets of the series with a borrowed gun. He just barely nicked the first three, but clobbered the remain der squarely. Eastern Oregon shooters were among the tops in the meet, for in addition to Brown, Mrs. Helen Walkins of Wasco took the wo man's 15 yard singles champion ship and a La Grande youth, Phil Zuberich, was finally edged out of the junior championship by a Tillamook lad. Field Lighting Possibility Seen A special committee of the chamber of commerce under the chairmanship of W. C. Rosewall is presently working on a plan to purchase and install lights at the Heppner rodeo field, it was Monday . at the announced Monday . at revenue bonds which would be '54 WHEAT GROWER RESPONSIBILITIES I N MARKETING QUOTA PROGRAM TOLD Oregon wheat growers, regard less of acreage size, share strict . responsibilities with warehouse 1 men, feeders and other buyers in meeting the 1954 wheat market ing quota program, reports C. W. . Smith, Oregon State college as sistant director of extension. Smith has summarized general provisions of the program as out lined recently in a series of state wide meetings scheduled by Amnirt Rnrltkpr. Portland, state - , administrative officer of the agri cultural stabilization and conser vation committee: 1. Before a farmer can sell wheat, he must apply to his local ASC committee for a marketing card. This card serves as proof to the purchaser that the farmer was within acreage allotments, or that he has taken care of excess bushels in a manner prescribed by the ASC committee. 2. If the transaction involves sale of wheat by telephone or tPWranh. the farmer also must have a marketing certificate which he forwards to the pur chaser. This guarantees the pur chaser that the fanner has fol lowed regulations and that there is no penalty against the wheat 3. If a farmer's acreage of ma ture wheat exceeds his allocated acreage, he must pay a penalty of $1.12 per bushel on the excess , production. 4. "Excess bushels" are deter mined by the number of acres above allotment ana tne normal on the past ten years. 5. If having an allotment oi less than 15 acres, a farmer plant ed up to, but not to exceed, 15 acres, he will not be subject to penalty. Neither, however, will he be entitled to a price-support loan. There are several ways of hand ling excess production in order to qualify for a marketing card: 1. The farmer can pay the $1.12 per bushel at the county ASC office. o He ran store the wheat on his farm and put up a bond with ihA miintv committee for the amount of the penalty. 3. He can store the wheat in a warehouse and place the signed warehouse receipt in escrow with the county committee. If a farmer stores his excess on the farm or in a warehouse, it can be held until a later season when Deadline For Sewer Hookup September 23 The city council this week is sued a notice to residents of Heppner that they have only un til .September 23 to make con nections with the city sewer sys tem without paying a penalty. The city ordinance, adopted when the system was completed last year, made provision for a one-year period of grace when hookups could be made at no charge except for a $1.00 permit fee. After the one-vear Deriod a charge of $50 will be levied. Sep-1 tember 23 is the end of the free hookup period. Well over 50 percent of the city i NEW COUNTY SCHOOL HEAD NAMED TODAY The rural school board an nounced at noon today that Jock Flugg of Reedsport has accepted the position of county school superintendent, replac ing Leslie Grant who resigned last month to enter the insur ance business at Atlington. Flugg, who has served for several years as principal of the Reedsport high school, has been with the school system there for 11 years. He and his wite ana two children will move to Hepp ner in the near future. Local Ewe Tops Hermiston Market HERMISTON W. A. Ruggles of Heppner topped the market at the Hermiston livestock auction Friday with 1 10 lb. ewe that sold for $9.00 cwt., Delbert Anson, manager of the sale, reports. Volume rose somewhat as Thursdays rains delayed harvest operations somewhat. Consigned were 310 cattle compared wnn 212 the previous Friday, 103 hogs compared with 7a, 122 sheep com pared with 13, and a horse. Oregon and Washington pack ers and feeders and area farmers contributed to broad and brisk demand, with buyers of fleshy feeder lambs particularly active, paying a top of $1880 cwt., fat lambs going for a top of $19.00. All killing cattle were in active demand and firm, and higher in spots. Heifer calves were up 50c to $19.10; veal was up $1.15 to $21.25. Fat hogs rose 30c to $15. 80, sows were up $1.55 to $19.80. Demand will continue strong at the next sale Friday for better repaid from proceeds derived from the ferry operation. Such bonds, similar to those which fi nanced construction of The Dalles bridge and the one now under construction at Umatilla, would not obligate the county for repay ment as do road, or similar type general obligation bonus. The court was presented with figures to show that the ferry last year carried over 140,000 vehicles and according to reports by the present owners, even when the Umatilla bridge Is completed, the traffic will remain heavy,, due in a large part to the way in which the road connections are laid out. The court gave indication that should it get. an option to pur chase, it will probably request some bonding company to make a thorough investigation of the project with an eye towards fi nancing the purchase. No committments have yet been made pending further in vestigation by the court, but the number of names on the petitions gave indications that many per sons wanted the ferry continued. o Meaning of Wheat Referendum Vote Outlined by OSC Effects of the marketing quota referendum for wheat growers July 23 have been summarized by Ralph Beck, assistant director of the Oregon State college exten sion service. He represents the extension service on the state agricultural stabilization and conservation committee. If two-thirds of the nation's wheat growers who cast ballots in the referendum vote yes: 1. Marketing quotas will be in effect for all farms with more than 15 acres of wheat for grain. Market ma penalties will tee chairman. Rosewall told thegroup that an eastern concern is now preparing lichtinE plans for the field and he hopes to have the plan and cost estimates back within a lew days The committee is attempting to develop a plan for tinancing the pro ect which Is expected to cost between $10,000 and $12,000 and one suggested method is the sale of season football tickets, a part of the cost of which would go to pay for the lights. Rosewall said that he had received word from one organization that it might he willing to finance the project if it could be assured that the cost of tha- lights would be repaid within a reasonable time. In other areas where lights have been installed, experience has shown that a considerably heavier attendance can be ex pected at night games under the lights, and it was suggested that at least a part of the increased revenue be applied to the cost of the lights. y y . ' - - . , i '' ff , ' 2 annlv to all "excess" wheat that quality feeder cattle, dry lot fed is wheat that exceeds individual steers and heifers and Ileshy feeder lambs. Calves: Baby calves 7.50-22.00 hd.; weaner calves, steer calves 18.75-20.60, heifer calves 16.75- 19.10; veal 19.75-21.25. . , , . , Mt'UIS. OIUIUCI anna residents have already connected ?5 cwt . fePfler ste0rs 18.25-20.10; wnn tne sewer ana several more . t 0augnter steers 20.50-22.40 are now in ine piutL-ss, il was said. 16.50-18.80; fat heifers, grass grain -fed to 2.. 00. Cows: Dairy cows 90.00-140.00 hd.;dairy heifers 27.50-41.00 hd per-acre yield of the farm based) wheat. WSCS TO PICNIC The WSCS and thp Suzanna ' innU mws. low aualitv, 112.50- be held "3", Wesley Circle of the Methodist ! i23 50 pr. hls..acrea?e " ?.a'rtS church will hold a picnic Wed- ', slaughter cows: Commercial suinc em.y oeio v nesclav. JuIy 2l, at the court 12.75-14.10 cwt.: utility 11.SM2, o onset me uu -T't! house park at 11:30. Every one G0; canner-cutter 9.00-10.90; few ed to bring their own ser- heavy Holsteins to 11.30; shells will avoid payment .of the $1.12 : vlce- . l6 t , , 7, IfbtSheCvcee,sabShels are taken "CNIC SET I Hogs:' Weaner pigs 14.50-18.00 eafeftoe in Tn o'ftt wlyMhe The Heppner Assembly of God hd, feeder Pjf-10 ti farmer is eligible for a marketing Sunday school workers at a re-; fat hogs 25.90-26 80; sows 17.7d card ASC committeemen andjeent meeting chose July 25th for 19.80; boars, 1 only 9.00. . supervisors have nearly complet- the annual Sunday School picnic, Sheep: Feeder lambs 12.7a-18.. ed measuring Oregon wheat! at a place to be later determined. ; 80; fat lambs 18.80-19.60; ewes Sid? to deferminegcompliance! 1 2.25-4.10 cwt.; 1 ewe to 9.00; no with allotments. Bodtker says! Mrs. Donald Turner and child-, bucks. the survey so far shows very few ren of Portland arrived Tuesday , o - - ' ' ' ...u. o w Hi.vc uith Mr and, lack Steiwer of Fossil wa a W O .... r - Mrs. J. O. Turner. ( visitor in Heppner Monday. farm allotments 3. Price support will be given in farmers who COmolV Wltn wheat acreage allotments if they also comply with other crop allotments and total acreage al lotments that might be set up for their farms. If the vote is no: 1 There will be no marketing quotas and no marketing penal ties on "excess" wheat. 2. Price support, under law, will be 50 percent of parity. 3. Anv producers who fail to cfimolv with allotments for wheat other crops or total acreage if any is set for their farms, will not be eligible for price support. Acreage allotments in both Ore gon and the nation have been cut 11 percent from last year be cause of holdover supplies of wheat. Oregon's allotment for 1955 is 799,603 acres. o- Mr. and Mrs. James J. Farley and Tricia have returned from Los Angeles where they attended the National Elks convention. Farley is Exalted Ruler of the Heppner lodge. MARVIN SOWARD, tenor soloist who will present a second concert here Monday night Marvin Soward to Give Second Concert Tenor soloist Marvin Soward will cive another concert next Monday evening, July 19 at the Christian church, it was announ ced today by church organiza tlons which are sponsoring the event. Soward, who is the son of Earl L. Soward, Christian pastor, gave one concert here several weeKS ago, and since has been heard In concert in many towns in the state. The many requests for him to give another concert were re sponsible for the group's decision to sponsor a repeat performance. Mr. Soward will be accom panied by Mrs. Bernle Wiles, Pen dleton organist. Mr. Soward is a voice student at the University of Texas, and will leave next week for engage ments in the east. At Referendum On July 23 The reduction of wheat acre- ace in Morrow county won't be as , great as was previously announ ced, Paul Tews of the county Abu office said today, in announcing that the reduction for the 1955 plantings will be only 36.2 per cent. It was feared that the plan ned cut would amount to nearly 45 percent. The reduction Is only 4.2 per cent increase over this year's al lotent which Is 32 percent below last year. Tews sa d the ASC ottice has completed the allotment figures for the next year s plantings, ana that the notification of wneat acreage allotment and marketing quotas, which go out to all wheat growers, will be placed In tne mail this week. He also said that the county has a small number of acres in reserve which will give any producer not satisfied witn his allotment figure opportunity to apply for a review with the possibility of getting some relief from the cut. Tews said that the application for relief must be made within 15 days of the date of the notice which is Julv 14. The reserve amounts to 881 acres. Tews said that according to in formation received in his office, both Morrow and Umatilla coun ties will take the same cut for next year. Morrow county's base acreage is 17,UbJ. Marketing cards are also avail able at the Heppner ASC office at the present time, or farmers may write for them if they wish. Meeting Tonight A meeting of special interest to all local growers will be held to night (Thursday) at the Lexing ton Grange hall at 8 o'clock when representatives from the state ex tension service and the state ASC office will be present to discuss present legislation and program and the use of diverted wheat acres, one of the biggest prob lems facing the wheat farmer for next year. The meeting promises to be an interesting one and a large turnout is expected. Vote Set July 23 Morrow county growers will join other growers in the nation on July 23 in voting on the con tinuing of the Marketing quota at a national referendum required by the marketing law. u me crowers approve the plan, price supports will continue for another year at approximately the same hasls as at present, should it be voted down the support would be cut nearly in half. Growers in lone and Morgan areas will vote at the lone Legion hall; Lexington and Alpine grow ers will vote at the Lexington Grange hall and North and South Heppner farmers at the Heppner Legion hall. Individual farmers have been notified where they should vote, the ASC office said. o Wheat Harvest Area Spreading Rapidly The wheat was beginning to roll to the elevators this week as the hot weather brought more and more fields to the harvest point. The Morrow County Grain Growers revealed that it received 80 loads at its North Lexington, Lexington, McNab and lone ele vators Tuesday, and expected about 125 loads on Wednesday. Most of the grain being received was wheat, though a small amount of barley was showing up. Most of the grain appears to be of good quality, according to re ports, and yields are holding to 2n hnshels per acre or better in most sections where harvesting has started. Reports so far, tell of no crop damage due to the hot weather of the last few days, especially as the weather has been favorable with little or no wind. Dr. and Mrs. Homer Goulard of San Francisco were overnight visitors last week at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Wagner. Dr. Goulard has been stationed" at the Presidio in San Francisco, but is on terminal leave. Kay Keithley, Judy Collins, Carolyn McDanlels, Nancy Slo cum and Celia Boulden will leave Sunday for Interediate camp at Camp Magruder. Mrs. Lester Boulden will go as counselor ana Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keithly will take some of the girls to the camp. Mrs. Mary Van Stevens return ed from a ten days vacation spent at the Oregon coast, r Y
