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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case left
for Seattle to attend the Furniture
market.
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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.