L I SRARY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. Copies 10 cents Heppner Oregon, Thursday, June 2, 1955 72nd Year, Number 12 Wheat Referendum Talks Slated at June 16 Meeting Official reports have revealed that wheat and flour exports since last July are running over one-iourtn larger than a year ago. How ever, even with this in crease in wheat exports, wheat acreage allotments and market ing quotas will be put into force for the 1956 crop if farmers vote them at the June 25 referendum. To bring local farmers up to date on the wheat situation and what they will be voting for at the June 25 election, an educa tional meeting ha3 ben set for June 16. It will be held at the Lexington grange hall starting at 8 p. m. Officials from the ASC and the extension service will discuss the situation, it was an nounced. Up to mid-May foreign ship ments of wheat amounted to the equivalent of 225 million bushels compared to 175 million for the same period last year. Interna tional wheat agreement sales and the export disposal plan account ed for most of the lncreas.e, it was said. Livestock Prices Continue Climb HERMISTON A. G. Edmond son of Heppner topped the mar ket at the Hermiston livestock auction Friday with eight white face stock cows that sold for $147 pr., Delbert Anson, manager of the sale, reports. Prices were generally fully steady to somewhat stronger due to quality and demand Friday. Consigned were 384 cattle com pared with 561 the previous week, 223 hogs compared with 164, and 83 sheep compared with 93. Ore gon and " Washington packers, feeders and ranchers contributed to broad demand, with mostly small lots brought by 122 con signers. Price increases Friday Included steer calves, up 70c at $22 cwt; stocker steers up 10c at $18.40 cwt.; feeder steers, up 20c, $21.50 cwt.; higher quality, better fin ish long fed fat slaughter steers up $1.10 at $22.70 cwt; fat hei fers of better grade up $4.00 at $21.10 cwt.; better producing dairy cows up $67.50 at $205 hd.; better quality stock cows up $9.50 at $147 pr.; slaughter cows, com mercial grade, $15.70 cwt.; utility grade, up 40c, $13.80 cwt.; canner cutter up 40c at $11.60 cwt., few heavy Holsteins at $12..60; feed er pigs up $1.20 cwt., at $19.10 with a few at $23.50 cwt., due to quality and demand; fat hogs up 30c at $19.80 cwt.; lighter sows up $2 at $15.80 cwt.; young breed ing boars to 12.10 cwt.; up $1.70; better quality feeder lambs, up $1.50 at $15.80 cwt., and ewes up 30c at $4.80 due to lighter weight and better condition. Needed next Friday are long fed fat steers and heifers grading good and choice, and killing bulls are expected to stay in strong demand. Calves: Baby calves 7.50-24.00 hd.; weaner calves, steer calves 20.10-22.00 cwt.; heifer calves 16.20-19.10 cwt.; veal 21.25-23.-60 cwt. Steers: Stocker steers 16.90-18.-40 cwt.; feeder steers 19.20-21.50;. fat slaughter steers 20.40-22.70; fat heifers 19.20-21.10. Cows: Dairy cows 107.50-205.00 hd.; dairy heifers 11.40-14.90 cwt.; stock cows 112.50-147.00 pr. , Slaughter cows: Commercial 14.10-15.7o cwt.; utility 12.75-13.80 canner-cutter 9.10-1160 cwt., very few heavy Holsteins, to 12.60; shells 7.10-8.50 cwt. Bulls: 14.75-17.10 cwt. Hogs: '.Veaner pigs 7.50-13.50 hd.; feeder pigs 16.75-19.10, few to 23.50 cwt.; fat hogs 18.40-19.80 cwt.; sows 12.60-15.80; boars 6.25 12.10 cwt. Sheep: Feeder lambs 13.7515. 80 cwt.; no fat lambs; ewes 2.25 4.80 cwt.; no bucks. TO PRESENT PROGRAM The Northwest Naiarene College Ambas sadors quartet which will present a special program next Wednes day evening, June 8 at 7:45 at the lone Church of the Naiarene. They will be accompanied by Paul Anderson, also of the college. . tr READY TO GO The large tile Mills is shown up on timbers hundred foot trip to its new location near the rear of the mill pro perty. Actual moving of the building is expected to start late this week. When the moving and remodeling project is completed the local mill will present an entirely new appearance and will be planned for more economical operation. , (GT Photo) Big Moving Job Now On at Heppner Mill One of the major operations in the current remodeling of the Heppner Pine Mills will start late this week when the firm of Hen- kle and Son of Portland will be A large part of the other mov gin the job of moving the big ting and remodeling has already dry kiln building to its, new lo cation, The large tile building 70 by 104 feet has been jacked up and placed on timbers during the past two or three weeks and will be moved on special tracks to its new location southwest of the main mill. It has been located lone Swimming' Pool Now Open School officials announced this week hat the lone heated swim ming pool has been opened to the public this week and will be open daily except Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 j. m. - Free swimming instruction will be given four days a week, Tues day through Friday, and a spe cial class for beginners is plan ned for Mondays from 10 to 11:30 a. m., it was announced. The pool will also be available for special private parties between 9 and 11 p. m. A nominal fee will be charged for this service. Admission prices have been set at 15 cents for grade school stu dents, 25 cents for high school and 50 cents for adults with sea son tickets available at $4.00 for grade school, $6.00 for high school students and $9.00 for adults, o Vacation Bible School Opening Set For June 27 The Christian church has an nounced plans to hqld its own vacation Bible school this year but the help of other groups or individuals will be welcomed, it was said. Opening of the classes will be later than usual with the date having been set for June "27 through July 1. Children who will be old enough to attend school next year through those in the sixth grade will be welcome. FIRE ALARMS FALSE Two false fire alarms, sounded pratically together, attracted a large cdowd of people Saturday evening but brought only disap pointment to any thrill seekers. The two calls, coming within two minutes of each other, sounded the automatic alarm twice. . Fire department officers said one was accidental dialing of the fire department number, but the second was thought to be intentional. Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Jones and family left late this week for Kansas where they will visit relatives. kiln building at the Heppner Pine and nearly ready to start its several near the highway, but in its new ( location it will be more access- able and considerable hauling of lumber will be eliminated. been started or completed, Paul Koenig, mill manager said. The office has been moved out to the front of the property and several other frame buildings have been moved to new locations to stream line the operation of the plant. Other changes which are now being made include the electrifi cation of the main mill, the in stallation of an edge sorter which will replace the old green chain, a new log haul from the pond and the construction of a million gallon water storage res ervoir and installation of a com plete fire sprinkler system in all parts of the mill. A new burner will also be installed about where the dry kilns now stand. Koenig said this week that ten tative plans call for the start of regular cutting operations at the mill about July 1. He said that the entire remodeling and mov ing job probably won't be com pleted by that time, but that the mill and planers should be ready for operation by then. The plant was shut down on May 1. o Wranglers and Sage Riders Meet Sunday The second go-around of this year's riding and roping "fued" between the Heppner Wranglers and the Umatilla Sage Riders will be held at the rodeo grounds here next Sunday starting at 1:30, Wrangler officers have revealed. The first of the series of meets was held two weeks ago at the Sage Riders arena near Hermis ton and the host organization came out winner in the meet. Should the Sage Riders win Sun day they will obtain permanent possession of a trophy for the series. The Sunday show will be pre ceeded by a parade through Hepp ner at 1 o'clock. O'Harra to Attend Regional FB Meet Mr. and Mrs. Newt O'Harra will leave by plane Tuesday from Pendleton for Estes Park, Colo rado where O'Harra will attend the regional Farm Bureau educa tional meeting to be held there four days next week. O'Harra is president of the Morrow county Farm Bureau. O'Harra was chosen to make the trip at a jecent meeting at the O'Harra home in Lexington. High point of the program at the last meeting was the showing of pictures of his trip to South America by Henry Baker. o New Dentist to Open Office June 27 Dr. Bob B. Bliss and his wife and sons of Portland were in Heppner early this week to make arrangements for housing. They plan to move here within a short time.-. Dr. Bliss announced plans to open his office for the practice of dentistry in the Heppner Clinic building about June 27. The of fice has been vacant for the past several months since Dr. Fred L. Gronemyer moved to Moses Lake, Washington. o Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Fancher are in Portland for a week vaca tion, where they are visiting re latives and friends. , Accident-Free Record Set Over Weekend According to police reports, Morrow county was different from many other areas of the country over the Memorial Day holiday in that no serious car accidents occurred over the long weekend. .Only one minor accident was re ported and police called it a very quiet weekend even though there was heavy traffic on highway 30 through the north end of the county. - May Rainfall Hits 1.75 Inches Here Local records revealed that Heppner received 1.75 inches of rain during May, one of the heaviest falls during that month that has been recorded in several years. Practically all of the month's rain fell over a two-day period at the middle of the month, though a small amount was checked during the first few days, and another trace over the Me morial Day weekend. The mid month storms were quite general over the county with nearly an inch of rain being reported from some of the normally drier areas to the north. May's one and three-fourths inches brought the total precipi tation for the first five months of the year to 6.52 Inches. Rain fall by months has been; January 56; February, .74; March, 1.30; April, 2.17 and May, 1.75. PLANS MADE FOR 4-H WORK PROGRESSING Mrs. N. C. Anderson, chairman of the summer camp committee reported that all committees had been appointed and were active in making arrangements for 4-H summer camp ,lt will be held at the Herron Creek meadow July 6 to 10. f Herman Blettell, chairman of the permanent summer camp building committee Reported that he had met with a group of 4-H parents and leaders last week and had set up the mechanics for getting the permanent type build ings erected on the camp ground held by lease from the Cutsforth Forest Park board. The building 20 x 100 will be constructed and hoped equipped by this camp. He reported that the first load of gravel had been hauled that day by H. G. Campbell. Approximate ly ten loads of gravel are being' donated by 4-H hackers for the, foundation and concrete floor. D. O. Nelson is chairman of the gravel project. Chairman of other projects outlined for build ing of the camp are O. W. Cuts forth, cutting of logs; cement, Roy Martin; concrete pouring, Glen Campbell ;log sawing, How ard Cleveland. The kitchen planning commit tee met with Mrs. Walter Wright presenting plans for the 15 x 20 kitchen. It was reported that many contributions have been made for equipment for the camp including electric light plant from Glen Campbell, gas stove from Glen Campbell and gas refriger ator from Howard Cleveland, a hot water tank from D. O. Nel son, sinks from O. W. Cutsforth and E. M. Baker, laundry tubs from Bob Dobbs and N. C-. Ander son. The lone Congregational church had previously donated folding chairs for the summer camp. Chairman Herman Blet tell reported that if the weather conditions prevail, concrete pour ing will get under way the first part of next week. The council requested that the county agent's office write a letter to all of the 4-H club parents asking for their voluntary contributions of labor or materials for the camp building. The building will be of log construction with aluminum roof, concrete floor and finished with materials salvaged by 4-H parents from one of the old CCC houses donated to the club council by the Morrow county court. Eernard Doherty, chairman of the fair building improvement committee, reported that plans had been drawn for an additional livestock barn at the fair grounds, and that space utilized by 4-H club beef and dairy animals would now house sheep, hogs, poultry, rabbits, grain and hay. Plans were also under way to enlarge facilities for inside home economics and booth space. D. O. Nelson reported that plans for Oregon Wheat Growers League sponsored 4-H fat stock show and sale were going along well. He announced that leaders Boardman Fire District Election Set For Monday A special election will be held Monday, June 6 at the fair pa vilion in Boardman to decide on the formation of a rural fire dis trict and the election of five di rectors to operate the district if the voters approve the proposal, it was announced this week. The county court had previous ly been petitioned to call for the formation of such a district and at the hearing set the date for the election. The proposed district will in elude all of the Boardman school district with the exception of the town of Boardman itself. All registered voters residing in the district outside the city limits of Boardman are eligible to vote and the polls will be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., it was said. No petitions have been filed with the county clerk for any one desiring to run for the five positions on the board of direc tors, so in consequence, write-ins will be required. Only one other rural fire pro tection district is currently in operation in the county. It is at Irrigon and was formed in 1946. Two attempts have been made to organize one in the lone-Lexington area, one was voided be cause of improper organization procedure, and the second elec tion, held last year, ended In a tie vote which automatically stalled the formation. SUMMER CAMP; ON BUILDINGS of the various clubs are now gathering supports for the 11 steers, 15 lambs and 6 pigs that will be exhibited from Morrow county. This years show will be the greatest ever with 637 head of wheat fed animals consigned to the three day show. Fishing in Area Said Only Fair Weekend catches at Wallowa lake were only fair as cold wea ther and snow jinxed trollers. Bank anglers caught Rainbows up to 17 inches on eggs. Excellent catches of Rainbow were made on the Wallowa river with bait. All Wallowa county streams are clearing and dropping. Good catches were made on many area gion re'ts MpK-flv Reservoir has heen oood streams are clearing and drop J o ping. Willow and Rhea creeks in Morrow county are fairly good and stream conditions are clear ing. CH MANY NEWS ITEMS MISSING THIS WEEK Several regular news items of correspondence etc., are missing from this issue of the Gazette Times due to the Memorial Day I holiday and consequent lack of mail service, several of the re ports did not arrive in the of fice until Wednesday and Thurs day which did not allow time to get it set into type for this week's paper. ' 1 - trO 'Vk FFA ADVISORS in many sections of Oregon this week are offering final advice to club boys who will enter several hundred head of wheat-fed steers, hogs and lambs in the FFA section of the Ninth Annual 4-H and FFA Fat Stock Show and Sale of the Oregon Wheat Growers League. The show will get underway at 9:00 A. M. Monday, June 6, at The Dalles and close with auctions in the afternoon and evening of June 8. Here Dorcey Davy (right) FFA Advisor at The Dalles high school, looks over the show entry of John Gcj (left) of The Dalles member, Lonnle Shoemaker, looks on. Mrs. Percy Hughes New Memorial Picnic Head ;vs ... - . MEMORIAL DAY DINNER Shown are a few of the more than 20rj persons who gathered Monday at the Heppner fair pavilion for the second annual Memorial Day Friendship dinner. The potluck af fair brought out an ample supply of food, as the loaded table in the foreground shows. Many visiting former residents Attended. (GT Photo) Well over 200 persons attended . cles and pictures which had been the second annual Memorial Day Friendship picnic held Monday afternoon at the Heppner fair pa vilion and selected Mrs. Percy Hughes of Milton-Freewater as president of the organization for the coming year. She replaces Mrs. Guy Boyer, John Day, who has served the past year. J. O. Turner was elected vice president. Following a welcome by Don Boyer, John Day, J. O. Turner pointed to the marks of progress In the county during the past 50 years naming as examples the coming of the telephone, the automobile, radio, mechanical farm power, bulk shipment and storage of wheat, rural electric power and the general use of the airplane. Turner told how sheep and cat tle raising was the main Indus try in the area until the coming of the railroad in 1888 when wheat growing on a small scale was started. Turner opened his talk with a tribute to the war dead of the country and suggested that an honor plaque listing the soldiers of Morrow county who had died in the service would be a fitting memorial to their service and ef forts. Several musical numbers were piesented by Oliver Creswick and a chorus composed of J. O. Tur ner, Frank Turner, Harold Becket, Oliver Creswick, Clem Stockard, Harvey Wright and Fred Bartholo mew of Estacada. A display of interest to all visi tors was a table of old time arti- Flag Day Service Planned By Elks The Heppner Elks lodge will hold its annual Flag day pro gram next Thursday evening, J" 9, Milton Morgan, exalted "'er revealed tnis weeK The special observance will be held in the lodge hall and will be open to the public, it was an nounced. The main address will be given by Hans Soil, past state Elks president. FFA chapter, while another charter y . 1 prepared by Mrs. Give Huston. Many former residents of Hepp ner and Morrow county attended the potluck dinner which was held for the first time last year on the court house park. Fear of bad weather prompted the change of location to the fair pa vilion for this year's event and the move proved to be a wise one as blustry, cold winds and occasion al rains during the day would have made an outside dinner un popular Between 60 and 75 former resi dents of this area, who now Jive in other sections of the state and Washington and Idaho signed the guest register during the day. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson as sisted the past president, Mrs. Boyer, with the arrangements for the event. 4-H Members Hold Livestock Field Day Sixty-three 4-H club members, parents, and leaders Saturday held a livestock field day at the Freddie Nelson farm near Lex ington. During the day beef, sheep, swine and dairy were studied by the club members and demonstrations . were given in blocking, fitting, grooming, Show manship and judging. Livestock that will be exhibited at the Ore gon Wheat Growers League spon sored 4-H Fat Stock Show and Sale at The Dalles on June 6, 7, and 8, were groomed for the show. Assisting with the demonstra tions and training were local leaders: D. O. Nelson, Freddie Nelson, Carl Rhea, and Roy Mar tin of Lexington; Bernard Doher ty of Heppner and Herman Blet tell of lone. County agent N. C. Anderson, placed classes of fat " sheep and beef and gave pointers on showmanship. Those who are attending the Wheat League show who had animals at the demonstration day were: Dick Ekstrom, lone; bkip Emert, lone; Dennis Doherty, Heppner; Don Castiel, Heppner; Jerry Anderson, Heppner; Donald Craber, Heppner; Billy Doherty, Lexington; and Joe Palmer, Lex ingtonBeef. Those with lambs going to the show are: Russell Dolven, Karl Beach, Sandra Beach, Tom Martin, Jim Martin, Ken neth L. Smouse, Kenneth Nelson, Janet Palmer, Lexington; Carlene Rhea, Sandra Rhea, and Mike Spike, Echo; Dennis Doherty, Ro ger Doherty, andMartha Doherty, Heppner. Larry Campbell, Echo, and Bill Brannon, lone, exhibited hogs. Leaders of each of the clubs reported that they had gathered supports for the fat livestock that will be exhibited at The Dalles with the following giving sup ports of 4c over market price for beef, 5c for sheep, and 6c hogs. Supporting Morrow county club members exhibiting lambs are Ashbeck and Luciana, Phil Cohn, and Van Buskirk and Floyd, Echo; W. J. Doherty, Lexington, Hatfield Grocery, Lexington, Fred Nelson, Lexington. Supporting beef are: Pendleton Grain Growers, Hermiston branch, Lexington Co-op, Jordan elevator, Paul Pettyjohn, Morrow County, Farley Motor Company, Turner, Van Marter and Bryant, C. Ervln Anderson, Rosewall Motor Com pany, Heppner Pine Mills, and Heppner Elks lodge. Those sup porting swine are L. F. Leathers, Delbert Emert, and A. E. Stefani, lone.