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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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