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. LIBRARY iv or o priVGEME. ORE. ' States Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 14J955 72nd Year, Number 18 Official Approval Awaited Heppner Mill Plans Operations Start About August I Tho moving of the big dry kilns at the Heppner Pine Mills, one of the major operations of the current remodeling of the plant, n eared completion today and Paul Koenig, plant manager, said that tentative plans call for the mill to start operations again about August 1. The moving of the kiln to its new location to the rear of the plant property has taken nearly two months, but the building is now in place and only repair work and the laying of steam lines remains to be done to com plete this part of the project, Koe nig said. The job of electrifying the main mill, building a new log haul and the installation of a new edge sorter to replace the old green chain is progressing rapid ly. The foundation for a new burner, to be located on the for mer site of the kilns, was poured Tuesday and it is expected that the burner will be erected by the end of the week. Many duct pipes, wires, etc., had to be removed to allow pas sage of the dry kilns to its new location, but these are now being replaced and Koenig said current progress indicated that the plant would be ready to start opera tions at least by August 1. Logging Starts Koenig announced that a woods crew of fallers and buckers went to work last Tuesday on Summer field ridce at the east end of Balm Fork and that logging was to ctnrt snmptime next week. A fleet of trucks and woods equip ment has been purchased during the past few months and the mill will do its own logging ana naui ing in the future. During past years the logging operations were handled under contract. The mill has been receiving and stockDiline rough lumber from the North Fork Timber Com narw mill at Monument When the plant again starts operation this lumber will be processed in to finished boards. The Monu ment mill has been supplying rough lumber for the Heppner nlant for several years. Several projects remain to be completed, even after tne mm starts operation, Koenig said. One of the main uncompleted lobs will be the installation of a fire sprinkler system throughout the entire d ant. A l.uW.uou gai lqn reservoir is now under con struction on the hill south of the plant and the job of installing the sprinklers can be done while the mill is in operation. o WSCS TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC NEXT WEDNESDAY The annual picnic, of the W S. C. S. of the Methodist church will be held Wednesday, July 20 at noon at the court house park. It is to be a potluck affair and everyone is asked to bring their own service. Hot Weather Halts Burning Permits HeDDner fire chief C. A. Rug- gles announced Tuesday that ef fective immediately no more spe cial burning permits will be is sued for the remainder of the lire season. The quick change from wet to hot weather early this week prompted the order. . y Mercury Hits Year's High Wednesday Old Sol bore down on Heppner and the rest of the county this week and sent temperatures climbing to new records for the year early Wednesday afternoon before thunder clouds brought some relief from the heat. An official high of 100 de crees was recorded in Heppner Wednesday, the hottest day so far this year. Several locations in town reported thermometers reading slightly over 100 degrees. Tuesday's official high was 91 degrees, which equalled the high set twice previously this year. Most popular spots during the past several days, especially among youngsters, - were me Heppner and lone swimming pools, which got their first really heavy play of the season. A continuing high barometer gave indication that the warm weather would probably hold for the next few days and some thunderstorm activity was antici pated, especially in the moun tains. The forest service reports that all lookouts have been man ned since the first of the week. Kickoff Dance Saturday To Open Fair Program For Grasshopper Program Over 70,000 Acres Signed For Spraying ' if V r ' I i - ff J ' -. I h i! S f if v' ' c 't ' - f i- s- A V i ' - ' H . I'-K-AV r , V f Z ' , - r- v I - I .J I l'',' - ) 1 . " f" ' i "i .. , i . ; I KJ ; - - ' Death Claims HeJena M. Buschke Final rites for Mrs. Helena M. Buschke (Mrs. Edward), 70, were Held Tuesday afternon July 12 at the lone Community church with Rev. Alfred Shirlev officiating. Mrs. Buschke passed away July 9 at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Mrs. Paul Pettyjohn and Mrs. Walter Roberts sang at the ser vices, accompanied by Mrs. Cleo Drake. Graveside services were under the direction of Bunchgrass Rebekah lodge of lone. Helena May Buschke was born July 25, 1884 to Joseph and Au gusta Mason at the Mason farm home on Rhea Creek. She was married to Edward Buschke June 22, 1910 and had lived in this community all of her life. She was a member of Willows grange, Bunchgrass Rebekah lodge and the American Legion Auxiliary. She is survived by her hus band. Edward, two sons, Louis of Morgan and Henry of Los Ange les; one daughter, Mrs. Josephine Peck of Lebanon; three sisters, four brothers and five grand children. Interment was in the lone I. O. O. F. cemetery with Creswick Mortuary in charge or arrange ments. j - ROYAL COURT of Morrow county's Fair and Rodeo will be presented for the first time Saturday night at the Kickoff dance at the Hepp ner fair pavilion. Shown with Queen Carol Ann Wiglesworth (cen ter) are princesses Betty Olmstead, Boardman; Sharon Rill, Hepp ner; Marilyn Munkers. Lexington and Carolyn Crabtree. lone. (Thompson Studio Photo) The annual Kickoff dance to be held this Saturday night at the fair pavilion in Heppner will mark the opening of a series of dances and activities leading up to the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, September 1, 2, 3 and 4. Saturday's dance will mark the first appearance of Queen Carol Vernon Flatt, Moro Dies at Portland Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Community church in Moro, for Vernon Flatt, 60, who passed away July 9 at the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. His home was in Moro. Mr. Flatt came to Moro about vears nt?o from the Dakotas and shortly afterwards started the truck line which still Dears his name. He first served the Moro-Wasco area send later ex nanded the line to include ser vice to Condon and Heppner. Both the Condon and the Heppner lines are ooeraled by his sons. Amnnc hk survivors are his wife; two sons, Robert of Hepp ner and William of Condon; one rtmicrhtpr Mrs. Lois Axtell Of Mnm. He also leaves a brother Floyd of Moro. THE HANFORD STORY- Desert Wasteland Transformed (The following is the second, of . plutonium-manufacturing plant, q oriP nf seven articles disclos- now operated by General Elec- inr thp hiehliehts and sidelights trio Co. for the AEC. They soon which have accompanied the na tion's development of atomic energy. Prepared at the Hanford atomic energy plant, 4he series deals with the human things which followed in the wake of the first historic announcement that man had harnessed the atom. It touches upon the things which lie ahead.) By BILL JURY General Electric News Bureau Hanford Atomic Plant The story of the amazing trans figuration of a land of sagebrush and sand into a true desert oasis is another chapter in America's atomic history. Desert wasteland in Southeast ern Washington was selected as the site of the now-famous Han ford atomic pnergy plant nearly 13 years ago because its sparse nonnlation and the nearDy coium bia River and abundant electrical power met the requirements of scientists and engineers. Thousands of workers and their families moved into the area to help construct and maintain the realized they would have to fight the ageless desert before they would be comfortable in their new home. The nearby village of Richland was a logical townsite ior tne new families almost flat with plenty of room to grow but it arose to a low crown from the Columbia and Yakima rivers on the east, south and west and caught the full effect of every wind that swept across the des ert. The Atomic City immediately embarked upon a vigorous cam paign to save its homes and be longings from screaming winds and frequent dust storms which roamed the arid waste uncheck ed. To combat the wind, dust and summer heat, a program of tree and shrub planting was be gun in an area barely capable of suDDorting sagebrush. A few hardy old trees were sal vaged from the nearby village of Hanford. They were dug up lifted and moved by truck. mounted cranes and replanted In the new townsite. While the trnsnlanted trees were cared for a search began for species of trees which could survive Rich land's cold winters, hot summers and thin, somewhat alkaline sou Tho first sten was the estab lishment of a tree farm. The pro ject started out with around 20 types of seedling trees and was built ud to include 150 varieties. In the end, about To types proved to be adaptable. . Western pine and spruce ana leafy trees native to the midwest fared the best. Lawn trees were selected with the Idea of getting something that would let a little breeze blow. In this line Catal pa, maple and sycamore wer fa vorites. The street trees were of varied types, mixed to prevent a single pest or disease from wip ing out the entire plantings in one sweep. They included Nor way maple, locust, European Plane tree, European Linden, ash and American sycamore. All grew tall and dense after long and continuous watering. Since 1943, appoximtely 25,000 trees and shrubs have been (Continued on page 6) Ann Wielesworth and her court and a large crowd .1 expected to take in the event. Ken Knott and his orchestra, well-known Port land musical organization that has played for numerous fair anci princess dances in past years win provide the music. Making their first public ap- nparance with Queen Carol Ann I - un hp thp members oi ner court. Thev are Marilyn Mun kers, Lexington; Betty Olmstead, Roardman: Sharon Rill, Heppner, who is sponsored by the Rhea rrppk prance: and carol crap- tree, lone. Each princess will be honored at her own dance which will follow on consecutive week ends. The nueen's dance, honoring Queen Carol Ann will be the last dance to be held prior to the fair and is scheduled for Saturday night, August 20. Admission price has been sei at $1.50 per person. , o Harvesting Gets Under Way Monday Harvesting operations got under wav in Morrow county Monday and with the help of hot weather Tuesday and Wednesday con siderable cutting was being done by Wednesday, the Morrow county Grain Growers revealed loaay. Quality of wheat appeared to be good, early sampling showed and nnp rennrt from operations in north Lexington told oi an xa bushel average for one small sec tion. The north Lexington elevator of the co-op received the first wheat and barley Monday from D. O. Nelson, but by Tuesday, grain was coming in from the W. J. Doherty, A. C. Lindsay, Ashbeck & Luciani, and Pettyjohn ranches with several other farmers in that area expected to start work Wednesday or Thursday. Some barley was received Tuesday at the lone elevator from the W. C. Crawford ranch located north of lone. The Grain Growers received 40 in;iri at the north Lexington ele- Tuesday, and if the warm weather holds harvest is expected to be in full swing in the northern section by tnis weeK pnd. Though it is still too early to get much indication of the qual ity or crop, some early club wheat was tested at 58 pounds to the bushel and one sampling of white wheat checked No. 1, it was said. Continued warm weather is ex pected to bring the crop on rapid ly in the higher elevations. Lighting Fund To Benefit From Saturday Wrestling A good advance sale of tickets gave indication today that a large crowd is expected to take in the chamber of commerce sponsored wrestling and boxing matches next Saturday night at the Heppner rodeo grounds. The show will be under the new field lights. Headlining the evening's enter tainment will be a double main event consisting of six rounds of boxing between two heavy weights and a tag team wrestling match which will feature four locally well known heavy mat men. Scheduled to tangle in the six round boxing event is Harley Iireshears, Idaho heavyweight champion and Joe Quinlon. 191 pounder from Seattle. . The tag team wrestling bout will bring Bill Fletcher, 188 pounds, from Boise; Cal Roberts, 200 pounds, Seattle; Doug Dono van. 215 pounds and Red Dono van, 193 pounds, both of Canada. All four of these men are well known to local wrestling fans who have seen many matches at Pendleton. The lag match will run for one hour of two out of three falls.. Two other 15 minute special events are scheduled tor tne evening with participants to be announced at that time. The bouts are being out on by Jack and Maurice Kennedy Pen dleton promoters for the Hepp- ner-Morrow county chamber of commerce field lighting iuna. The program is to start at 8:30 p. m. and will be over in time to allow those wishing to attend the fair and rodeo kickiff dance, also set for Saturday night at the fair pavilion, an opportunity to do so. Tickets are $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students 14 and un der. They may be obtained at several HeDDner businesses or can be purchased at the gate. .lark Lovd is chairman of the chamber committee handling the matches and mayor Mary Van Stevens this week appointed a 5-man boxing commission to handle arrangements for the Sat urday night bout. Appointed were Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Jack Loyd, La Verne Van Marter Jr.; and C. J. D. Bauman. n RHEA CREEK HEC TO MEET The H. E. C. of the Rhea Creek grange will hold an anernoon meeting July 21 at the home oi Mrs. Clive Huston. Official approval of the spray ing program as outlined in the story below was still being awaited at presstime today. Art Fah, state supervisor of the U. S. D. A. and Bob Every, OSC entomologist were both due in Heppner this afternoon to confer with Bob Flynn and roprssenttives of the local ranchers. They will go over the program developed by the Morrow County Livestock Grow ers and check the boundaries of the area signed up for spray ing. If they approve the plan, indications are that James Dut ton, department head of the USDA in Denver, Colo., will give the final approval quickly. Optimism was expressed that the program would be accepted and that spraying could start within a very short time. Much progress has been made since last week in obtaining funds for a grasshopper control program in the badly infested New lone School Administrator Here Phil Newitt, new superinten dent of the lone schools arrived in lone last week to take up his duties. He came to Morrow county from Dallas where he had served in an administrative posi tion with the Dallas schools. Newitt. who is married and has one son in the service, is a m-a riu ale of Eastern Oregon Col- Icpo at La Grande and received his masters degree from Oregon rniioiTP of Education at Mon- trmnth nnrini? the war he served five yeai in thnavy. HU home is In Ely, Nevada. o Swimming Instruction To Start at Pool I-arrv Dowen. lifeguard and swimming instructor at the Hepp ner swimming pool announced today that swimming classes for beginners will start next luesoay at 10 a. m. Dowen also said that several have signed up for intermediate swimming instruction but that more interest must be shown if a large enough class to be worth while is organized. Anyone in terested in such a class is asked to sign up within the next few days. . o Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case left for Seattle to attend the Furniture market. ML 1. ' vJrl. Y M fl k v' II BOXING HEADLINER Featured in Saturday nights boxing-wrestling matches at the Heppner rodeo field will be Harley Breshears, Tt. fc-7inhf. Alo scheduled is a taa; team wrestling match and other features. The show is being sponsored by the chamber of commerce as a field lighting oeneui. . sections of southeastern Morrow county, but by late Wednesday no definite word had neen re ceived from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Re search Service that the plan as developed would be acceptable for federal match money. Word was expected shortly however. One of the biggest hurdles to the plan proposed by local ranchers and the insect control committee of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association, that of getting some state money for the program, was passed last Friday when the state emergency board, meeting in special session at Salem, appropriated up to $34,- 350 for the program in .Morrow, Grant and Wallowa counties. At a sDecial meeting at the court house Tuesday night which was attended by about 40 ranch ers from the most senousiy in fested areas the developments were explained and more than 70,000 acres were signed up for spraying. One third of the total cost of the spraying, which is estimated at about 55 to 60 cents per acre must be borne by the land owner, with the U-DA pro viding one-third, and the stale and county putting up the re mainder. Earlv this week the county court appropriated up to $2,500 for the program, ine iar- mers cost was estimated at 25 cents per acre. USDA MAN HERE Present at the Tuesday night meeting was Bob Flynn, USDA Agricultural Research Service man who explained that a mini mum block of 60,000 acres must be signed up for spraying be fore the USDA will consider giv ing assistance. He told the group that he had recently checked sev eral areas in the county and that previous checks showed an aver age of about 40 hoppers to a souare vard with some sections going ts high as 400 to ,the yard. 10 of the Insects Is ciassuiea as an Infestation. Flvnn said that no actual boundaries for the hopper plague could be set, as all sections of the county seem to have the In sects to some degree. He told he assembled ranchers that speed in signing up for a spraying program was essential as. has nreviouslv been annouil' ced, the spraying must be done between July 15 and 25 before the female lays Its eggs. Money Comes in Ranchers owning more than 70,000 acres llelng along Butter creek, Hinton creek, Willow, Balm Fork and Rhea creek signed up for the spraying before the meeting adjourned and many or them immediately put up casn for the work. The fund totaled well over $15,000 by Wednesday afternoon, it was reported. Although the USDA set a mini mum block of 60,000 acres for a spray program, the present pro gram developed Tuesday in cludes one block of 50,600 acres and another nearby block of nearly 20,000 acres. One of the main purposes of Flynn's trip here was to give a preliminary check to the area and he was to call Art Fah, Pullman, Wash., state supervisor of the control program who is expected in Heppner today to go over the plans and give the go-ahead sig nal. He will report to James Dutton, head of the research ser vice at Denver, who will give the final OK. Other Areas Hit Ranchers from the lower Rhea Creek and Clark's Canyon have also reported serious Infestation of hoppers but not enough were present Tuesday night to form a block of sufficient size to get aid money. One rancher on Rhea creek reported the hoppers have neany cleaned out some sections of barley planted around his wheat to cut down acreage. There have been numerous other re ports of "millions" of hoppers In vading some outlying lots in Heppner. Making the trio to Salem last week to appear before the state emergency board were Dick Wil kinson, Bill Weatherford, Ken neth Peck, Terrel Benge, Oscar Pptprsnn N C Anrlprsnn Jnhn Hanna and cobnty commissioners Ralph I. Thompson and Russell Miller. The county court met Monday in special session to appropriate the money It has offered for the spraying.
