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Heppner Oregon, Thursday, March 31, 1955
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'Hopper Control
Aid Seen in New
Legislative Bil
A news story coming out of
Salem Tuesday stated that state
. senator Stewart Hardie of Condon
has indicated that he will intro
duce a bill in the legislature to
allow formation of grasshopper
control districts They would be
organized similar to rural fire
protection districts and would
make it possible for residents of
such a district to tax themselves
to raise money to fight grass
hoppers. Senator Hardie's offer to in
troduce the bill came after re
quests had been made for state
aid in combatting what is feared
will be a serious infestation of
the insects on about 150,000 acres
in the Heppner area. Bill Wea
therford, local rancher has an
nounced that the federal govern
ment has already given $34,000 to
fight the hoppers and that ranch
ers in the effected areas have
contributed an equal amount.
A recent survey of the infested
areas by the department of agri
culture showed that there are as
high as 28 grasshoppers per
square yard and they classify the
invasion as severe if any sem
blance of a normal hatch occurs.
It was claimed that only 8 to
11 grasshoppers will eat as much
as one steer on a range.
The Morrow County Livestock
Growers Association and the land
use and conservation committee
have been working on the hopper
problem for several weeks and
were instrumental in taking the
problem to the legislature.
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Property Tax on
Utilities Opposed
By
Farm Bureau
At the meeting of the Morrow
County Farm Bureau, Henry
Baker, chairman of the legisla
tive committee, told the members
that a property tax on the facili
ties of our R. E. A. would be pro
hibitive for the 700 users on their
lines. The. R. E. A. now pays a
2 gross income tax in lieu of
property tax. Baker has made
recent trips to the legislature at
Salem and appeared before the
committee holding hearings on
the proposed property tax on R.
E. A.'s and other utilities, and op
posed this bill.
Ed Collison also spoke at the
meeting which was held at the
Rhea Creek Grange hall and
urged R. E. A. users to alert
themselves on those measures
which could so seriously effect
them and write to their represen
tatives giving their views.
Dr. James Norene, county vet
erinarian, urged stockmen to
practice cleanliness in working
with cattle to avoid the spread
of anaplasmosis, a disease which
lives inside the red blood cells
and can be transmitted by blood
when de-horning or by careless
ness in using instruments when
giving shots. He urged ranchers
to report suspected cases which
are marked by a sudden high
fever, loss of weight, constipa
tion and anemia.
The door prize of a pen and
pencil set was won by Ed Col
lison. Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Ben Anderson, chairman;
Mrs. Frank E. Parker, Mrs. Frank
Anderson, Mrs. Leonard Rill, and
Mrs. Elmer Palmer.
The next meeting will be April
26 at the Willows Grange hall in
lone.
O'Harra to Head
"Week" Observance
Newt O'Harra of Lexington
was this week appointed county
chairman for a statewide observ
ance of Conservation Week by
governor Paul Patterson. The
week will be observed May 1 to 7.
The week is being sponsored by
the committee on natural re
sources following many requests
from various public agencies and
private citizens interested In ob
taining the best possible use of
Diegon's soils, waters, forests,
range lands, wildlife, fish and
minerals.
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JUDGE BARHATT
SUFFERS HEART ATTACK
County judge Garnet Barratt
is in Pioneer Memorial hospital
recovering from a heart attack
which struck him Monday even
ing.
Physicians raported Wednes
day that judge Barratt is greatly
improved but that he will have
to remain either in the hospital
or at his home for some time. '
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BIG CAT This cougar measuring 7 feet in length and weighing 135
pounds was shot last Friday my Jeff Walker, left, and Howard Bry.
ant after it had been treed by the two men's hounds. The animal
was killed on Willow creek about five miles above the city wells
after its tracks had been noticed by men working in the area. They
had to track the cat less than a quarter of a mile to tree it Shown
with Walker examining the cat is Owen Leathers. (GT Photo)
Heppner Cub Scout
First in 5 Years to
Get Webelos Award
At a meeting of Cub Scout pack
No. 61 held Tuesday evening at
the 4-H club house, Dennis Camp
bell received his Webelos award.
He is the only Cub Scout in Hepp
ner to receive this award for the
past five years.
Ray Ayers, cubmaster and John
Williams, pack committeeman
presented the Bobcat, Wolf and
Bear awards to the other mem
bers. Exhibits of shoe shine kits and
racks made by den No. 3, with
Mrs. LeRoy Gardner and Mrs.
Marvin Smith as den mothers,
were displayed. Dens No, 3 and
6, with Mrs. W. O. George as den
mother, were awarded the prize
as the most orderly dens of the
evening.
Two movies on conservation
were shown by Kenneth Keeling.
Dressed as knights of yore in ar
mor which they made themselves,
other dens present were No. 2,
Mrs. Kenneth Keeling and Mrs.
N. C. Anderson as den mothers;
No. 4, Mrs.. Ray Smith and Mrs.
Kenneth Carpenter, den mothers
and No. 5, which was in charge of
the refreshments and entertain
ment. Mrs. George Terrell and
Mrs. Ray Aycrs are den mothers
for this group. .
Filter Equipment
Bid is Awarded
The city council at a special
meeting Monday night accepted
the bid of the Sparkler Manufac
turing Company of Portland to
furnish filtering and chlorinat
ing equipment for the city swim
ming pool. The Sparkler com
pany bid was $7,546.
Three other Portland compan
ies, R. H. Brown and Co., Wallace
and Hiernan, and Pacific Pump
ing Co. bid on all or part of the
equipment.
It is hope'd to have the new
equipment installed prior to the
opening of the pool in late June.
Total cost of the equipment in
cluding installation is expscted
to be about $10,000.
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UN Contest Judging
To Be at P-TA Meet
Judging for the United Nations
pilgrimage contest sponsored by
the Oddfellows lodge will be held
this year at the P-TA meeting
April 13 at 8:00 p m. in the school.
All interested persons are
urged to attend.
The final contest will be held
in Pendleton on April 22 at the
I. O. O. F. hall.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
BY HEPPNER LIBRARY
New books recently received by
the Heppner public library in
clude Telly Tommy, by Pirn; How
the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, Kip
line: Let's Pretend, Mack;
Through Many Colored Glasses,
Hornby; Tales About lomray,
Blumenthal; Now Try This, Sch
neider; Blacky the Crow, Bur
gess; Buster Bear's Twins, Bur
gess; Fighting Quarterback, Bis
hop; Aunt Jane of Kentucky,
Hall; Funny Fanny, Reeling; Be
trayal From the East. Hynd; and
Passport to Treason, Hynd.
WORD OF DEATH RECEIVED
Nancy Ward, 41 passed away
Thursday March 17 at Myrtle
Creek, Oregon. She was a for
mer resident of Morgan. Inter
ment was at Riddle, Oregon.
Those from this area attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Halvorsen, Mrs. Archie
Munkers and Mrs. Hattie Crab-tree.
Pendleton C of C
To Visit Here
The Pendleton chamber of
commerce announced last week
that it will make a special visi
tation on the Heppner-Morrow
county chamber of commerce on
Monday May 9. A special lunch
eon meeting is planned by the
local chamber and a tour of the
surrounding area will be provid
ed for the visiting group.
Heppner chamber president
Jack Bedford made the announce
ment of the visit at Monday's
meeting and appointed a special
committee to make arrange
ments for the meeting. Jack
Loyd is chairman of the group.
The Heppner visit by the Pen
dleton organization is the first
of several that its members plan
to make to similar clubs in this
section of the state.
Guests at the Monday noon
meeting were Heppner high
school coach Larry Dowen and
the members of his top ranking
basketball team which placed
fifth in recent tournament play.
Sudden Night Storm
Causes Only Little
Damage Locally
A baby "twister" which lasted
only a few minutes but brought
exceedingly strong winds hit
Heppner about 3:30 a. m. Tues
day, causing only minor damage
but a power blackout in some
areas which lasted for about
three and one-half hours.
The heavy wind, which lasted
for only about five minutes, rip
ped several pieces of aluminum
roofing off the Interior Ware
house building and sailed one or
more of them into th 11,000 volt
Pacific Power & Light Company
line nearby resulting in a bril
liant display of sparks and fire.
The entire city street light cir
cuit was cut at the same time.
Power in most of Heppner
wasn't effected by the outage, but
rural residents between lone and
lower Heppner, and all of Lex
ington was without power until
nearly 8 a. m., power company
officials said.
The sudden gusts woke many
persons in town and several re
ported that they feared their
hom9s would collapse.
A heavy rain and hail followed
In the wake of the wind.
County Cancer Drive
To Start Friday
The Morrow county Cancer
Drive will get under way Friday
with a goal of $630.00 according to
Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, chair
man for the drive.
Morrow county has gone over
the top three years in a row and
it is hoped that they will again
this year.
All residents will soon be con
tacted for their donations.
WORDENS ARE
GRANDPARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Delos Knlghten of
Pendleton are the parents of a
daughter, Jeri Lynn, born March
10 at St. Anthony's hospital in
Pendleton.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Knighten of Irrigon and Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Worden of Hepp
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CANDY SALE TO START
The annual Camp Fire Girls
candy sale will start in Heppner
next week it was announced to
day. The girls will be selling
$1.00 boxes of Russell Stover
chocolates and all proceeds from
the sale will go to the local Camp
Fire organization.
Police Arrest
Three For Part
In lone Burglary
Three men are in the county
jail awaiting trial on charges ol
burglary of Bristow's Grocery at
lone. Police officers said that
all three have admitted taking
part in the breakin.
The first to be arrested by state
police officer Bill Labhart and
sheriff C. J. D. Bauman was Ver
non Lee "Jack" Griffin of Lex
ington. He was taken into cus
tody about 6 p. m. last Thursday.
The other two, Billy Dowayne
Griffin and George S. Jarvis, Han
ford, Washington, were picked up
Monday and returned here to
face charges. The two Washing
ton men both are in the army and
were stationed at Camp Hanford.
They were released by the army
and both waved extradition from
Washington. The two Griffins
are brothers, police said.
Judge William W. Wells will
convene circuit court here April
4 and the case is expected to go
before the new grand jury which
will be drawn Monday.
"Jack" Griffin has a previous
police record, having served one
term several years ago in the
Oregon penitentiary.
Police said that the three men,
while having admitted the Bris-
tow breakin, have denied any
part in the previous burglaries
of lone and Lexington stores and
schools.
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Local Church Host
To District Meeting
The Heppner Assembly of God
church will be host to ministers
and delegates of about seventeen
churches of section eight of the
Oregon Assemblies of God for an
all day fellowship meeting, next
Monday, April 4. Annual elec
tion of officers will convene also.
The 10:30 a. m. service will be
held in the local church and the
remaining services will be con
ducted in the Christian church.
An anticipated crowd of 300 is
expected to attend the evening
service.
Local ladies will serve noon
and evening meals. Rev. Willis
Geyer, pastor, announced that
the public is invited to these services.
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OLDEST FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE Clarence Bisbee. 81, who
now lives n;ar Spray i3 the oldest person, in years of service, to
have worked in the Heppner Forest Service district. He started,
in 1914, nine years after the Service was established. Story below.
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OLDEST FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE
RECALLS EARLY DAY WORK HERE
The observance of the 50th an
niversary of the Forest Service
has been highlighted nationwide
by calling attention to our de
pendance on our basic resources
soil and water. Since the crea
tion of the Forest Service in 1905
the objective has been "how best
to combine use with preserva
tion" of our forests.
Attention is also called to the
men and women in all groups,
public and private, who have de
voted their working lives to the
various phases of resource con
servation. One of the early day
employees of the Forest Service
was a Heppner visitor the past
few days. He is Clarence Bisbee
who began working for the ser
vice in 1914 and his service dates
anyone knows in this area. He is
now retired and lives near Spray.
At that time the Heppner Na
tional Forest was divided into
three districts with headquar
ters at Ellis, Tupper and Dixon
ranger stations. Bisbee was em
ployed on the west district and
worked under Ranger P. A. Dixon
at the Dixon ranger station.
During the 20 years that Bisbee
was a member of the forest ser
vice family many changes took
place. He recalls traveling to
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MAIN OFFICE and elevators ol the Morrow County Grain Growers
at Lexington. The farmer-owned cooperative will celebrate its
25th anniversary next week at a special banquet. Story below.
(Photo by Alex Thompson)
Grain Growers To
Observe Anniversary
A banquet honoring the 25th
anniversary of the formation of
the Morrow County Grain Grow-,
ers will be held Tuesday evening,
April 5 at the Heppner fair pa
vilion with the main address to
be given by C. L. Wallmark, vice
president of th Spokane Bank
for Cooperatives.
The farmer-owned cooperative
which is now the largest wheat
and grain storage and market
ing agency in the county, was
incorporated on April 5, 1930, and
though it has gone through many
lean times and numerous crises,
it is now one of the largest or
ganizations of its type in Oregon.
During the past two years the
co-op has built three new eleva
tors at'Ruggs, North Lexington
and at Paterson Ferry to handle
storage of county crops. It also
recently completed lease ar
rangements for the operation of
the Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
elevators at lone and a new large
facility soon to be built near the
Paterson . Ferry plant. It also
operates. elevators at Lexington,
Heppner, lone and McNab and
when all construction is com
plete, it will have storage facili
ties for nearly 3,000,000 bushels
of grain. The company has an
annual payroll of $60,000 and is
classified as the third largest
taxpayer in Morrow county.
Tamarack mountain on horse
back in early morning and spend
ing the day in the crowsnest atop
a pine tree looking for fires.
After dark he would ride back to
Dixon or Bull Prairie to spend the
night. When lightning storms
struck and fires were spotted, the
horse was again the only means
of transportation. Once a man
started to a fire he was on his
own no reinforcements could be
expected.
Mr. Bisbee constructed the ori
ginal log cabin at Bull Prairie
guard station and remained there
to man it for many years. When
the 100 foot steel tower was con-
structed on Tamarack mountain
in 1933 he abandoned his wooden
ladder" and pine tree vantage
point for the more modern obser
vation point. He helped to con
struct many of the original build
ings on Dixon, Tupper and Ellis
ranger districts.
At the age of 81 Mr. Bisbee re
calls many incidents involving
men with whom he worked and
conditions under which some
jobs were accomplished. He be
lieves the greatest changes have
been brought about by improve
ment in transportation, and such
gadgets as the power saw.
President of the co-op is L. L.
Howton. Other officers include
A. C. Lindsay, vice president;
Taul C. Brown, secretary; Al Lamb
treasurer and manager; Ver
non Munkers, John Graves, Lewis
llalverson and Alfred Nelson Jr.
are directors.
Banquet At 7 p. m
The banquet is scheduled to
start at 7 p. m. and all members
and friends of the co-op are in
vited, it was said. A short busi
ness meeting, a report by the
manager and a talk by president
Howton, in addition to Wall
mark's address are scheduled to
follow the dinner.
Elsewhere in today's paper an
advertisement by the Morrow
County Grain Growers extends
an invitation to members and
friends to attend the celebration
banquet and also illustrates the
facilities owned n"d operated by
the co op.
Heppner Police
Chief Resigns
The city council Monday night
accepted " the resignation of
George Reid, chief of police here
for the oast one and one-half
years, and immediately appoint
ed Floyd Hutchins, former night
officer, to replace him as chief.
Reid had submitted his resig
nation to the council a few days
earlier and announced that he
was moving to Boise, Idaho where
lie will operate a service station.
Ho left Tuesday for the Idaho
city.
Hutchins will serve as the en
tire police force until a replace
ment can be found for his for
mer night position.
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Seven Named on
Top Honor Roll
Seven Heppner high school
students won places on the top
honor roll for the recently ended
nine-weeks period. All received
straight "ones" in all subjects.
They are Nancy Anderson, Tom
Currin, Lillian Elde, Dick Kono-
nen, Sally Palmer, Barbara Prock
and Tatsy Wright.
Twenty-one others placed on
the second honor roll, receiving
grades of two or better. They are
Joann Brosnan, Helen Graham,
Virginia Andresen, Lynda Bor
man, Darlene Connor, Bob Hare,
Shirley Peck, Karen Prock, Lance
Tibbies, Neil Beamer, Mary Kutn
Green, Jean Marie Graham, Clar
ice Hastings. Lyle Jensen, Jack
Monagle, Joan Wright, Victor
Groshens, Shirley Kononen, Mere
dith Thomson, Jay Sumner and
Beverly Elde.
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Return of Fish Punch
Cards Asked by State
Fishermen of the state ... at
tention! It is now the time of
year to dig down in your wallet
and fish out the salmon-steel-head
punch card which you may
or may not have used during the
past year.
These greenish colored cards
expire March 31 and are to be
turned into the game commission
icense agencies. Boxes have
been provided to the license
agencies for collection of the
cards. .
New cards, containing room for
recording 40 fish in the aggregate,
not more than 20 of which may
be salmon, will be issued by the
license agents.
The purpose of the punch cards
is to furnish information regard
ing the total catch of these fish
and also to determine the num
ber of fish taken from the various
rivers of the state.
72nd Year, No. 3
Wafer Use and
Controls Talked
By Area Farmers
Sixty farmers from the water
sheds of Willow, Rhea, and Balm
Fork Creeks, Tuesday, discussed
WdlL'l Miuilrtc iuuicina emu inw
they might effect irrigation this
season. Main discussion was
water rights, their enforcement
and possibilities of hiring a
water master for best regulation
of water use, reports N. C. An
derson, county agent. A repre
sentative of the state engineers
office, Salem, was present to dis
cuss aspects of water rights and
enforcement angles.
Of main concern to those on
the lower reaches of Willow Creek
was the lack of water to irrigate
fields that are generally irrigated
in January and February. Also
of concern to all was the steady
ncrease of irrigation land de
velopment and the expanded use
of sprinkler irrigation. It was
pointed out that much of the
sprinkler use was on benches and
lands with no water rights.
Farmers with older water
rights brought up the question of
the good to them if no water
reached their land. The thought
of many was that a watermaster
could regulate the waters and at
the same time act in an educa
tional manner in acquainting
farmers with their rights and
best use of water for all concern
ed. Recently Morrow and Gil
liam county courts had been re
quested to provide funds for the
hire of a watermaster.
A vote taken at the meet
ing showed 23 votes against
having a watermaster, 17 for.
Some thought was given to hir
ing a watermaster by a group of
farmers in favor, in the event the
county courts rejected the re
quest in the face of the vote
taken at the meeting.
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Area Boy Scouts
Receive Awards at
Court of Honor
At a Covered Wagon district
Boy Scout court of honor and
business meeting Tuesday night
at Condon, new district officers
were eleeted to lead the move
ment in Morrow county and sev
eral Heppner, Lexington and
lone boys received awards for ad
vancement and work in Scouting.
Elmer Schmidt, Heppner, was
elected district chairman and Rev.
Lester D. Boulden, Heppner, was
named vice-chairman. The new
chairman appointed the follow
ing district chairmen: camping
and activities, Gene Rietmann,
lone; advancement, Cecil Jones,
Lexington; leadership training,
Bruce Mercer, Condon; finance,
Bruce Lindsay, Heppner; organi
zation and extension, Rollo
Loom is, Fossil. Bradley Fancher,
Heppner, will continue as dis
trict commissioner. Blue Moun
tain council finance chairman,
Roland Row attended and pre
sented council president Wen
dell Brown.
The court of honor was conduct
ed by Cecil Jones with Mrs. Jones
serving as narrator. Also on the
court were Jack Long, scout ex
ecutive from Pendleton, Loomis
and Boulden.
Heppner boys to receive awards
were: second class, Tommy
Green, Kenneth Keeling and Tom
my Driscoll. Den Chief awards
went to Neal Penland and Ken
neth Keeling.
Merit badges were given to
Larry and Laddie Henderson,
Jerry Messenger, Verne Nolan,
Stephen Klinger, Richard Wihlon
and Bobby Davidson all of Lex
ington, and Kenneth Hurst, of
lone was awarded a first class
badge.
The court was preceeded by a
pot luck dinner and a business
meeting. Those attending from
here were Mr, and Mrs. Kenneth
Keeling, Mr. and Mrs. James
Driscoll, Elmer Schmidt and Mr.
and Mrs. Boulden. Going from
Lexington were Mr. and Mrs. M.
V. Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Lonny
Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs. George
Irvin and Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Hurst of lone also
attended.
Glenn Tolman, district scout
executive was also present.
POMONA TO MEET
Morrow county Pomona grange
will meet at Irrigon Saturday,
April 2 starting at 10:30 a. m.,
it has been announced. There
will be lunch at noon, a program
at 2 o'clock to which the public
is invited, supper at 6 p. m. and
the fifth degree work will be put
on starting at 8 p. m.
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