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L1IKABT k9 OF 0 JlUGEHE. ORE mmnmx Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, June 30, 1955 72nd Year, Number 16 Copies 10 cents M Forest Firemen in Training Session Here f ,' " ' SITE OF FIRE SCHOOL is Tupper Guard Station in the Blue Moun tains 34 miles southeast of Heppner. Shown are the recently com pleted kitchen and messhall, left, which is now bsing used for a bunk house during the school; bath house, center, and storage building, right. Old guard station does not show. 'LIT FIRE BEHAVIOR is being demonstrated by F. H. Armstrong, district ranger in the Pomeroy, Wash, district of the Umatilla forest This demonstration was designed to show how much faster a fire will travel uphill than on flat ground. Pine needles were used for fuel and the fire on the simulated hill reached the top before that on the flat was hardly started. i yd MAP READING CLASS is being led by Maitin Lowther, Heppner, cen ter. This class is one of the most important for new forest ser vice employees who must spend much of their time during the summer months on the trail chasing fires. Quotas Favored Ninety Per Cent In County Vote of 351 county ranchers who voted at the wheat marketing quota referendum elections Sat urday a total of .9173 per cent favored the measure with 322 in favor and 29 against, election re sults showed. District vote showed 63 for and i4 three against at Lexington; 36 for and nine against in the Al pine community; 54 for and five against at lone; 44 for and one against at Morgan; 50 for and four against, Eightmile; 29 for and four against in north Hepp ner and 46 for and three against in south Heppner. Ranchers who stay within their wheat acreage allotments will receive 76 per cent of parity which in Morrow county is $1.81 a bushel for farm stored wheat, Paul Tews, office manager of the agricultural stabilization and conservation committee, said. Allotments for 117,010 acres for the 1956 crop are all completed and returned to ranchers, Tews said. '. o FORMER RESIDENT TBKT.S OWN LIFE Word was received today of the death of Mrs. William Instone, 58, a former resident of the Butter Creek area. According to reports she took her own life Wednesday at her horne in Hood River. Fnnpral services have been an nounced for Saturday, July 2 at 2 p. m. at Creswick Mortuary wun i?pv Fric Robathan officiating. Interment will be in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. in State Farm Bureau Head Talks Here More than 50 persons attended a potluck dinner meeting of the Morrow County Farm Bureau Tuesday evening at the Cutsforth capin on Herren creek. IIii?h point on the program was a talk by Eber Howard, Milton Freewater, state Farm Bureau vice-president, who discussed the aims and activities of the Farm Bureau. He said that during the late 40's this country began los ing foreien trade and wow is in a jam with surplusses of commodi ties which we should get to for eign countries instead of giving them money. Mrs. Wanda Bolin, Pendleton, Umatilla county Bureau secretary and Newt O'Harra, Morrow county president reported on the regional training meeting at Estes Park, Colorado which they recently at tended. Old time music was furnished by Roy Quackenbush, Alvin Bunch and Mrs. lorn Wilson. Weather Research Meetings Changed The Tri-County Weather Re search meeting originally sche duled to be held today at the Lexington Grange hall has been postponed until July 12 at 1:40 p. m. It will be held at the fair pavilion at Condon. Dean Eberle of South Dakota State College who is vice-chairman of president's advisory com mittee on weather control, will be the speaker. The date for the annual meet ing of Morrow County Weather Research, Inc., has also been changed to July 7. It will" be held in the evening at Pine City. J', i rC V t... ! f L POPULAR SPOT during ths first fire as rains and cold weather ing courses uncomfortable. Shown are a dozen of the nearly 60 men warming up between classes which last throughout the day and evening. USE OF POWER EQUIPMENT available in fighting forest fires is taught during the threa-day training session. Here the Heppner district's pumper truck is leaving camp with a load of trainees to get instruction in the use of this truck and other portable pump ing equipment. In this area very little water is available which means that most fire suppression work is done with hand tools. (GT Photos) Umatilla Forest Men At Tupper Guard School In weather more conducive to duck hunting than forest fire chasing, more than 60 forest ser vice firemen, district assistants, rangers and instructors gathered Monday at Tupper guard station for the start of an intensive four- day guard training school. Look out men and firemen from all six districts of the Umatilla National forest are taking the course. The crew set up camp Monday at the Tupper station, 35 miles southeast of Heppner in the Blue Mountains and classes began on Tuesday morning amid a con tinuous procession of thunder storms that made it nearly im possible to get demonstration fires to burn in the well soaked timber area. Men from Pome roy and Walla Walla districts in Washington, Pendleton, Ukiah, Dale and Heppner districts of the Umatilla forest are taking part in the school. This is the seventh consecutive year the training school has been held at Tupper in the Heppner district and two new buildings, a combination kitchen and mess hall and a shower building have been completed during the past year to accommodate the school and for use during the fire sea son. At the present time the new mess hall is being used as a dor mitory. John Kucera, Pendleton, fire control officer for the Umatilla forest, is in charge of the school program, with Bob Abbott, uis trict assistant from Dale; Homer Oft, Walla Walla ranger; Wayne West, Heppner ranger and num erous other district assistants and rangers aiding with the instruc tion Whitmer Wright, Heppner is camp boss, and Abbott is his assistant. Classes Outlined All Dhases of forest service work ana tire iignting are taugiu during the course. Some of the major classes include instruction in use of fire tools; suppression of small fires; map reading; de tection; smoke chasing; fire be havior; fire prevention and others. Special classes in fire weather were also taught by a representa tive of the weather bureau and the problems of skywatch were discussed by a member of the U. S. Air Force. While numerous documentary films and slides were used during many of the classes, much of the work of learning was done by (Continued on Page 8) .V 1 I - : s s -Is day cf the school was the camp made many of the outdoor tram Week's Storms Bring .41 Inches of Rain To Dry Wheat Fields A very welcome rain started falling over much of Morrow county last Saturday and by Wednesday afternoon an unoffi cial.total of .41 inch was recorded in Heppner. In most places it was sufficient to easily be classi fied as a "million dollar" rain. Heaviest fall here was recorded Monday night and Tuesday when .30 was checked. Saturday's storm brought another .11 inch to bring the month's total to .41. The cooler weather which ac companied the storms was also welcomed by ranchers most of whom felt it came in time to materially aid the current wheat crop. Most of the storms were accompanied by some thunder but no cases of hail damage have been reported. Harvest To Start About The Fourth If favorable weather continues wheat harvesting in the county should maintain the county aver age of about 20 bushels per acre this season according to predic tions of ranchers throughout the area, N. C. Anderson, county agent, said this week. Barley harvesting is expected to begin shortly after the Fourth of July followed by wheat around the tenth in the north Lexington area, which is usually the first to be harvested, Anderson indi cated. Acre averages In the Al pine and north Lexington com munities is expected to run be tween 15 to 20 bushels.. The hot weather in June has not seemed to hurt wheat in the Morgan area where the grain is u ...ill fv. tha pnil u;o9. tVlor u,hirh followed It. However. crops jn SOme of the south lone and jjry p0rk areas are dry and n0 filled out, Anderson said. 1 whnat is looking cood in the Eightmile and south Heppner country where 20 bushel grain may be expected if the weather continues favorable. FISH, BIRDS RELEASED The State game commission today released 2,000 rainbow trout in Willow and Rhea creeks. 300 Mongolian pheasants were also released in south Morrow county this week. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner of Spangle viited his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin, over the weekend. v" ' ' I Swimming Pool To Open Soon; Lifeguard Named The long-awaited filter equip ment for the Heppner Swimm ing pool arrived in town yes terday and city workmen start ed immediately to install the machinery. It is hoped the pool can be opened either Sat urday or Sunday. Opening of the Heppner swim ming pool is expected about July 1 following installation of the filter which is due this week, Mrs. Mary Van Stevens, mayor has announced. Larry Dowen high school physical education instructor, will be lifeguard and give swimming classes in the mornings. With the exception of the filter, all other equipment including the chlorinator, has been received and installation has been done by city employees. Cost of the equipment, purchased from the Sparkler Manufacturing com pany, Chicago, totalled $7,548. Heppner School Head Quits Post Heppner school superintendent H. C. Reed revealed this week that he has submitted his resig nation to the local school. It is to become effective July 1. Reed said that he expected to move to the Willamette valley and will probably accept a prin cipalship in a school there. He expects to spend some time at a state school working for his doc torate. Reed came to Heppner from Prescott, Washington two years ago where he had served as sup erintendent of schools. Prior to that he was at Sweet Home, Ore gon and Astoria. Members of the school board said Wednesday that they have not yet named a successor but they are -receiving applications for the post and interviewing in terested persons. They indicated that a new superintendent will be named as oon as possible. Reed said he does not plan to move his family from Heppner until about September 1. o Camp Fire Leaders Plan New Groups Miss Eileen Plumb, field di rector for region six, Camp Fire Girls, was in Heppner, Thursday, June 23rd and met with local group leaders for a potluck lunch eon and general discussion of Camp Fire and Blue Bird prob lems and procedure. Miss Plumb, from Spokane, Washington, is one of four di rectors for region six which in cludes the states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. Miss Plumb stated that while Heppner is too small a community to have a councillor, she would ad vise an advisory committee made up of interested citizens who would help in organizing new groups and in solving existing problem among older groups. Two new Blue Bird groups are just starting and it is hoped there will be two more by the time that school starts. Leaders who will serve with these groups are Mrs. Robert Ferrel, Mrs. E. K. Schaf fitz, Mrs. Marion Huggett and Mrs. Ernie Winchester. There will also be a new Camp Fire group this fall, known as a Fly Up group of girls graduating from Blue Bird to Camp Fire work. Assisting with this group will be Mrs. Roice Fulleton, Mrs. William Barratt and Mrs. Albert Veig. Miss Plumb stated that she was much impressed with the growth of Camp Fire and Blue Birds in Heppner since it began here last fall with a membership of 31 to 61 at the present time. Taking into consideration the number of Heppner girls of Camp Fire and Blue Bird age (from 7 to 18), it is hoped to have a membership of 80 when two new groups get started and about 100 by next spring. Other, leaders and assistants who have served groups Include. Mrs. Ervin Anderson and Mrs. Al Veig; Mrs. James Thomson and Mrs. Paul Jones; Mrs. E. H. Schmidt, Mrs. Andy Van Sch oiack and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy, assistants; and Mrs. Clem Stock ard and Mrs. Willard Blake. . o Conley Lanham, Eugene, was a visitor In Heppner over the weekend. Grain Growers Issue Call For Two Groups Of Certificates Al Lamb, manager of the Mor row County Grain Growers an nounced today that the co op is now calling in two separate groups of certificates issued dur- ng past years. They are to be redeemed for cash at face value. The two groups of certificates called are series 1 capital reserve certificates which were issued as a patronage dividend for t he 1911 crop year, and the 1945 building fund certificates. It had been announced several months ago that the directors of the co op planned to call in the capital reserve certificates, but no previous mention had been made of the other group. I inal bank approval for the call was received only this week, Lamb said. Hopper Funds Asked to Control Severe Hatch Negotiations began this week to request $37,000 in state emer gency funds to control grasshop pers which have been termed severe in county areas inspected by Bureau of Entomology person nel. Heavy infestations were obser ved in the Balm Fork, Sanford Canyon, Eightmile, Blackhorse and Willow creek areas by Art Fah, Bureau agriculturalist, of Pullman, Wash, and Bob Flynn, Bureau field surveyor, Twin Falls Idaho this Monday and Tuesday. Although surveying has not been completed in other county areas the entomologists reported severe infestations in all areas that were Infected last year and stated warm weather, following showers, causes heavy hatching. Following a meeting of the insect control committee of the Morrow county Livestock Grow ers Association Monday night at the county agent's office, John Ilounsell, state senator from Hood River, requested Governor Paul Patterson to call a special meeting of the emergency board immediately to consider the county's request for hopper con trol funds. A delegation from the county will be sent to pre sent their program at the board meeting when it is called, N. C. Anderson, secretary of the live stock group, said. A third of the funds for the sDrav Droeram. costine about 60 cents per acre,' for materials and spraying, has already been allo cated by the Bureau of Entomol ogy. If the request for state funds is approved, ranchers will pay a third of the cost, or 20 cents per acre, with the remaining 20 cents covered by the state. Bids for aircraft application and fuel oil used as a carrier mixture for the Aldrin spray were opened in Minneapolis Tuesday by the Bureau of Entomology, in cluding a bid for spraying 274, 000 acres in Grant and Morrow counties. Meeting Monday night to im plement the hopper control pro gram were Ralph Bcamcr, Dick Wilkinson, Bill Weatherford and Anderson. o Fireworks Slated At lone Saturday A fireworks display will be held at fone on the athletic field turf Saturday, July 2, at dusk in observance of Independence Day, it has been announced. Staged by the lone American Legion, fireworks will be set off by Bob Rietmann, Bob DeSpain and Bob Hoskins, weather permit ting. The public is Invited to attend. Businesses to Observe Monday Holiday Here Nearly all Heppner stores, busi nesses and offices will be closed Monday, July 4, a legal holiday. Also to remain closed will be the county and federal offices and the state liquor store. The last outgoing mail until Tuesday will be Saturday even ing and none will be received here on Sunday or Monday. No holiday celebration is plan ned here though several sur rounding communities will hold special events. Guests of Mrs. Mary Van Stev ens over the weekend were Mrs. Ovldia Dewey and her sister, Mrs. Sophia Burkett, White Sal mon, and Mrs. Mack, Portland. Nys Wins Rural Board Position, Canvass Reveals The rural school board announ ced Wednesday that it had deter mined that J. J. Nys had won the election for a three-year term on the rural board from district IV. The final vote was Nys 39 and Frank Anderson 36. The announcement was made following a canvass of the votes at a special meeting of the board Tuesday night. The result of the election has been in question for over a week after the local election board had thrown out 10 ballots which it felt were improper. Nys was the only one of the two men to file for the position and Anderson re ceived all of his votes by means of write-in. In the local board's tally, Nys received 36 votes to Anderson's 29. The 10 questioned votes were originally held out because of the belief that they had been improperly marked. The rural board however, allowed most of the questioned votes to be count ed following receipt of word from James Tumbull, legal advisor of the state department of educa tion, that they could be counted. The point in question was whe ther or not an X had to be placed in front of a write-in name to make the ballot official. Nys has served on the rural board since Jts formation in 1949. Anderson served a term on the Heppner board a few years ago. Fair And Rodeo Kick-Off Dance Slated July 16 Opening activities of the an nual Morrow county fair and rodeo slated for September 1-4, will get underway with the kick- off dance at the fair pavilion on Saturday night, July 16, N. C. Anderson, secretary, said this week. Music will be hy Ken Knott's orchestra, Portland. Making their first appearance In their rodeo outfits at the dance will be the rodeo court consisting of queen Carol Anne Wlglesworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wlglesworth, Echo; and princes ses Marilyn Munkers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers, Lexington; Betty Olmstead, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Olmstead, Boardman; Sharon Rill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. II. Rill, Rhea Creek and Carolyn Crabtree, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Crabtree, lone. Several improvements at the fair grounds in preparation of the September show include the purchase of a 10 horsepower elec tric motor and new sprinkler sys tem for the grounds and for fire protection, Anderson said. A per manent dam will be constructed on Hinton creek, a main steel pipe line Installed underground and several hydrants with high pressure sprinkler heads added. The new electric pump replaces the old gas motor used for seve ral years. Roof trussing began this week on a new 30 by 100 foot pole barn being constructed between the old barn and Hinton creek and the old residence building has been torn down to make more room on the grounds. Ray mond Ferguson is" in charge of grounds, construction and instal lations. Fair ribbons and bumper pla card advertising has been or dered and preparation of the premium book is underway, An derson added. The royal court, representing the fair and rodeo will appear at the Ukiah Rodea on July 3 and 4. Other dances will be July 23 for Princess Marilyn given by the Lexington Grange; July 30 for Princess Betty by the Boardman Tillicum club; August 6 for Prin cess Sharon by the Rhea Creek Grange; August 13 for Princess Carolyn by the lone Willows Grange and August 20 for Queen Carol Anne. 0 ' lone Swimming Pool To Be Open on Fourth The lone swimming pool will be open on the Fourth of July but will be closed Sunday July 10. Free instructions for adults only will start Tuesday July 5 at 10:00 a. m. for all Interested. t