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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, June 30, 1955
72nd Year, Number 16
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Forest Firemen in Training Session Here
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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