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LIBRARY i :tV or o First Princess Dance to Fete Marilyn Munkers Etatetf mttt Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 21 , 1955 72nd Year, Number 19 Princess Marilyn Munkers of Lexington The first of a series of princess nalism, being a member of Quill ana scroll nonoiary, is a member of FBLA and she is very artive in music. She has been in 4 H work for four years and is a member of the wranglers Hid ing club. Princess Marilvn's hobbies in clude playing-the piano, singing, swimming and last but not least, riding. When she graduates from high school she hopes to enter nurses training. Branstetter's orchestra will pro vide the music for Saturday's dnce and the admission will be $1.25 per person. o Porcupine Contest Open to Everyone At the July meeting of the Morrow County Hunters and Ang lers club it was decidcl to again hold a porcupine Ruling contest dances leading up to the final Queen's dance and the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo will be held next Saurday night at the fair pavilion in Heppner. It will be given by lie Lexington Grange for princess Marilyn Munkers. Princess Marilyn, 17 is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers of Lexington and will be a senior at Heppner high school this fall. As is befitting rodeo and fair princess, Marilyn is no stranger to horses for she has been riding since she was four years of age and now owns two horses She will be riding one of them during parades and performances at the rodeo, Candy, a sorrel American saddle horse recently purchased from Mrs. Ralph Beamer. She is a typical ranch girl, having heloed with the haying and cattle and for the last 3 years has driven wheat truck during harvest. In school she is active in jour- UaaI DnfnrAnrlnm fYUUl IXCICIUIUUIII To Decide on Promotion Plan The local ASC office announced today that it is currently sending out referendum ballots to all known wool producers in the county for growers to decide on a agreement providing for adver tising, promotion and mirket development activities for wool and lamb. The referendum re quirement is a part of the wool support law. The proposal calls for the de duction of one cent per pound of shorn wool and five cents per 100 pounds of live weight lamb and yearlings from the 1955 incentive prgram. The money is to be used to promote the industry The ASC office said that the vote will be on the basis of the number of sheep owned by the producer voting. To be eligible to vote, producers must have had sheep for at least 30 days since January 1, 1955. Paul Tews, local ASC head, said that ballots are now being sent to all known producers in the county, about 80 in number, but asked that anyone who might be overlooked to contact his of fice in Heppner. Ballots may be obtained from the office and vot ing must be done prior to August 19. The local voting tfll be part of a nation-wide ballot. The proposal is explained in detail on the ballot, Tews said. - . i . : County Tax Reappraisal Program Completed Ths completion of the Morrow i and classification of farm lands county reappraisal program was and buildings; a revaluation of marked this week by the depar- city homes and lots; and a check fantinn k ftill Urged With Polio With the advent of the polio season, July 15 the Morrow county health department and the local chapter of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis re minds residents that precautions are still necessary and that much is still unknown about the di sease. Mrs. Velma Glass, county health nurse said, "We don't know how long the effect of the Salk vaccine lasts because there has not been time to find out. Child ren who have received the in jections will be studied over the years. "The unconditional surrender of nolio has not yet come. Much 'must be accomplished between the development of a vaccine and a final, victory over the disease. The ugly line of incidence still rises and the unknown about polio is still larger than the known." Parents of children are urged to observe the following precau tions: Don't mix with new groups. Don't get chilled. . Don't get overtired. But, DO keep clean. It is felt that by following these common-sense rules the ex tent of the incidence of polio can be lessened. -o- Earl Gordon, Former Local Pharmacist, Dies at Portland Word was received here Wed nesday of the death in Portland of Earl Gordon, 58, a former resi dent of HeDDner. Meager infor mation available revealed only that funeral services were to be held Friday at 2 p. m. in Portland Mr. Gordon had lived" in Hepp ner for manv years and was a graduate of Heppner high school GRASSHOPPERS are to be found in nearly all parts of Morrow county, recent surveys have thown. This photograph taken last Friday on the Tenell Benge ranch on Social Ridge between Rhea Crack and Clarks Canyon, outside of the major infestation area, shows how many of the insects can ba found. Barely discernable in the photo are between 30 and 40 hoppers on this one green this- . . . . - - . . i i i u : u tie-type busn only odoui iz incnes across ana eigm uuue myn. In places the hoppers have completely cleaned out the barley heads leaving only straw stalks four to 8 inches high. This area had i, .n,i rr.nr tn this timo the nirture was taken and exami- UCVIl Ofcr J - - I - nation revealed hundreds of dead hoppers as well as many still ture of Edwin Walker, supervisor of the project. "The outstanding feature of the program is the tax equalization that has bren accomplished", stated Walker as he faced his new assignment re appraising farm lands in Douglas county. Many tax inequalities were broueht to light and corrected as a result of the program. Principal feature of the monumental vvorK included a complete inventory Wayne West, chairman of the in 1918. He operated Gordon's contest committee, stated that Pnarmacy lor many years, seiin.g there would be no rules or regu lations for the contest. It is to be open to everyone and any method of killing is permissable. The porcupine population nas increased considerably in recent vears and thev are doing ex tensive damage to the timber and livestock. The contest is to run continu ously until the end of the year when the champion porcupine eradicator will be announced and awarded a grand prize. The nose of the porcupine is the Droof of the kill and when collected may be turned in for redemption in .22 shells. ten noses can be traded for one box of .22 long rifle shells. Other sporting good merchandise oi equal value may be substituted for the shells if the contestant so desires. The following merchants are cooperating with the Morrow County Hunters and Anglers club and will redeem the porcupine the business to John Saager about 10 years ago prior to moving to Portland. His death apparently was quite sudden as he had visited in Hepp ner about two weeks ago. Oregon Bond Sales Lead Entire Nation Word has iust been received by Ted Gamble, Chairman of the Ort- gon Savings Bonds committee, that this state led the nation in the percent of its increases of Savings Bonds sales for tne urst five months this year over the same period last year. The u sales increase for the period in Oregon led the next highest state, Rhode Island, by more than tnere percentage points. "During World War II" Mr. Gamble said, "Oregonians be came accustomed to leading the nation in war bond sales, but it has now been several years since this state has set the pace in any , t. j 'misstate nas sei uiepaic in auj noses for shells or sporting goods i , u . , ., , ,.. pnase oi savings duiius ui.-uvii.jr. Anderson Builders Supply. West- I ctacula increase in sales em Auto Supply, Case Mirniture brought is a Co.; Aiken's; Heppner Hardware, . .,.., fnr a and Electric and Gilliam and Bis- bee. o Lighting Fund Nets $250 From Bouts Fred G. Costeel, Former Resident, Dies at Stayton Word has been received here of the death on July 2 at the San tiam Memorial hospital at Stay- ton of Fred G. Casteel, 7b, a lor mer resident of this area. home was at Sublimity, near Stayton. He died of cancer. Mr ractppi had iarmed on Over S250 was realized for the chamber of commerce field light ing fund as a result of the out door boxing-wrestling program put on last Saturday night at the field. It was the first major event under the new lights. In the single boxing match, Harry Breshears of Parma, Ida ho defeated Jim Allen of Hermis ton by a technical knockout in the fourth round. Both were His ! heavyweights. In the tag team wrestling match Red and Doug Donovan, Canadian grapplers, defeated Cal source of satisfaction, for a good many reasons." "The Federal Reserve Bank re port of June sales has just been received, and indicates another spectacular gain. Oregonians last month brought a total of $3, 086,000 worth of Uncle Sam's E and H bonds, $712,000 more than they bought during the 6ame month a year ago. This represents a 30 gain. 'Sales for the first- half of the' vear amounted to $23,700,000, well over half of the $45,100,000 1955 state quota." Sales in Morrow county lor June were $11,496, according to county chairman Jeff tarter, amounting to 82.2 of the county quota. Noah A. Clark, 87, Taken By Death alive and eating Hopper Spraying Plan Out; Some Done Privately Interest continues in the con trol of grasshopper infestations even though the cooperative con- troled area spraying which was to be participated in by federal, state, county and local ranchers has been dropped. It was drop ped due to insufficient interest to block in a large enough area to effectively control grasshoppers without outside infestations from hoppers. Bob Flynn with the bureau of entomology is still in Morrow county making surveys and help ing with problem areas where individual farmers wish to spray. Several have sprayed to date and many more are interested in spraying field borders, fence rows, small fields where concentration is heavy. Flynn has found a con tinued heavy infestation with many areas now being heavily damaged from hoppers as they grow to adulthood. Bob Every, extension entomo logist, Oregon State College, was in the countv last week and in making a survey he expressed his opinion that hoppers were so heavv this vear that migrations could be expected. He' felt that some farmers might wake up some morning with a heavy in testation that had moved in from an area where feed was no longer available for maintaining grass hoppers in the area. On Monday of this week, Bob Flvnn found infestations in Blackhorse that run as high as several hundred per square yard. Eighteen grasshoppers is con sidered severe. For those who are anticipating soot suraving, Aldrin is the in secticide used. County agent N. C- Anderson said extreme care should be made in purchasing the material and in mixing it to he sure that the desired strength has been used. Two ounces of actual Aldrin per acre is used. It can be applied with Diesel at the rate of one gallon per acre wnen applied by plane or mixed with water for ground application de pending upon the amount ot wa ter that a sprayer applies. Though the Morrow county spraying program fell through, it appears that a large area in Grant county in the vicinity of inhn Dav and Prairie Citv will be sprayed under the federal-state program. Numerous local ranchers whose land lies in the area of the heaviest infestation have been doing spraying during the past week with one aerial spraying concern reporting covering at least 700 acres. f) (GT Photo) Lt. Karl V. Gabler Killed in Crash Of Jet Airplanes Wire service stories appearing yesterday told of the death in a jet airplane collision of First Lt. Karl V. Gabler, 23, a former resi dent of Heppner. He was killed over the coast of Virginia when the jet Thunderstreak plane he was piloting collided with an other jet. The other pilot para chuted to safety. Lt. Gabler was a native of Monument, but came to Heppner several years ago with nis mo ther following the death of his father in an explosion at a Monu ment machine shop. He gradu ated from Heppner high school in 1949 and entered the U. S. Air Force in 1951. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marjorie Anne Gabler of Portland, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pearson, Lon don, former Heppner residents; and iwo sisters also living in Portland. Chapel services will be held at Langley air force base, Virginia, anH nrivate military services will be held in Portland upon arrival of the body there. Arrangements will be announced later. Coon-Neuberger Debate in Heppner Seen Possibility Representative Sam Coon this week gave tentative acceptance of an invitation from the Hepp-ner-Morrow county chamber of commerce, to debate the John Day dam proposal with senator Richard Neuberger in Heppner on Monday. October 10. The letter from Representative Coon stated that he would De glad to accept the invitation and set the date as Oct. 10. subject to nnnmvai of the time and the place by Senator Neuherger. Coon was extended the invita tion after he had accepted a challenge bv Neuberger to debate the subject of "whether Coons John Dav dam bill is in the in terests of the people." A series of debates will be held by the two during late September and early October in several eastern ure win communities. No word has been received from Senator Neuberger regarding the planned date or whether he would debate Representative Coon here but it is expected that coon win make the necessary arrange ments with the senator. . K Dale Brown Wins State Shoot Crown County Pulls Out Of Weather Group Barton Clark left early this Mr. Casteel nad iarmea on , Canadian grappiers, ueieaieu v.u wepk or Redmond t0 attend the Balm Fork for many years leay- Rohem, Seattle and Bill Fletcher ing here about 20 years ago io make his home in the Willamette valley. Surviving are his wife Vera; four sons, Lowell, Delmer and Glen all of Portland and Jack, Sublimity; five granddaughters and one brother, Walter of Pilot Rock. - Burial was in the Stayton ceme tery. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Given of Sil- verton have been visiting at the home of her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Drake. oi Boise, two iaus our oi uuec. , , j ru.. :M in away JdM ouiiuuv ai a Donovan bested Roberts in 16, J, J Bend Fletcher won from Doug Donovan on a foul. A crowd of over 500 persons watched the card which was staged by Jack and Maurie Ken nedy of Pendleton for the cham ber. ' Mrs. James Brady of Coquille and Mr. and Mrs. Don Nesbitt of Hermiston visited Tuesday with John Halton. Mr. Clark was a long-time resident of Morrow county having come here in 1898. He farmed in the Eieht Mile area until 1934 when he moved to Redmond to make his home. He is survived by one son, Barton Clark of Heppner, and two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Allen of Redmond and Mrs. Betty Scott of Emmett, Idaho. Interment was In Redmond. New Hours Announced For Heppner Pool New hours for the H3ppner swimming pool were announced this week by Larry Dowen, in structor and lifeguard. . Starting immediately the pool will be open every day except Mondays from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p. m. The previously siajjgt-ieu days have been eliminated, it was said. Three courses in swimming in struction, beginners, intermediate and adult survival swimming, are now being given and interested persons are asked to contact Dow en for the times of each class. At a meeting July 6 at Pine ritv. the Morrow County Weather Research, Inc., elected new direc tors and approved plans to witn draw from the Tri-County Weath er Research organization of which it has hpn a member since its founding four years ago. Thfl announcement of the with drawal was made last week at thP annual meeting of the IN County group at Condon and it caused considerable discussion among the membership, accord ing to reports. The secretary treasurer of the Tri-County or ganization announced at the Condon meeting that Morrow county was pulling out at a time when it was over $5,000 behind in payments for past services. A former director of the Morrow county organization this week de nied the allegation saying tnai records would show that Morrow county left with little or no obligation. Npw directors of the local group are George Miller, Cecil; O. W.Cutsforth, Lexington and Kennetli Crammer, Pine City. I.lovd VanBuskirk, Butter Creek is president of the organization and chairman of the board. Morrow county Weather Re search is now negotiating with contractors for a rain program for this area and some money has been raised for the coming year, it was said. Dale Brown of Heppner, a mem ber of the Morrow County Gun Club, earlier this month shot his way into the championship at the Oregon state ATA trapshooting tournament held recently at Salem. He won the class A sing les title at 16 yards and Is the only man to have won the cham pionship two consecutive years. Brown won the title in a snont off after a three way tie for first place during the final day of the tourney. Brown broke 100 birds straight to get into the finals and then repeated his dead eye work by breaking 50 straight in the shootoff. He will represent Oregon at the national trapshooting champion ships to be held later this sum mer at Vandolia, Ohio. As an additional honor Brown was recently named to the board of directors of the Oregon irap shooting association. o NAMED BOND HEAD Jack C. Flug, county school superintendent, has been named chairman of the school division of the county savings bond cam paign by chairman Jeff Carter. . o Raymond Drake of Philomath is here helping in the harvest at the ranch of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Drake. of current timber values. Personal property, which is reported annu ally, and utilities, which receive a regular review by the State Tax Commission, were not included as a part of the reappraisal program. In addition, to the equalization received through the check on property values, the county has other innovations to assure a con tinuation of the equalization that has been achieved. Tax commis sion draftsmen have prepared and will maintain a set of maps for the entire county. Each map shows the size and shape of indi vidual ownerships. To Identify the owner of each parcel, a sys tem of numbering was adopted, with each parcel receiving a "tax- lot" number. This number cor relates the ownership shown on the map with all of the other re cords in the assessors oiiice. Prior to reappraisal, the asses sor's office had used bound vol umes to record the annual assess ment roll. This method involved copying the roll each year. The reappraisal program has induct ed a loose-leaf system of records that eliminates this cumbersome method and provides a conven ient method to revise the tax roll. The net effect of the program for taxpayers is a change in the ratios at which the various class es of property are appraised. Prior to reappraisal personal pro perty, urban property, timber and farm lands were not asses sed at a uniform percentage of its true cash value. With the co operation of local advisory com mittees, these classes were brought together by use of a com mon 307 factor for all properties. For real property, the equivalent ratio allowing for normal con ditions as provided by Oregon law is 21 of the market value. For lack of statistical data the assess ment ratio used on the various classes of property in Morrow county prior to reappraisal are unknown in many cases Of the factors that were known, there apneared to be variation in the assessment ratio oi from 25 to 60. To accelerate the program, and to insure accurate values, great dependence was placed upon the suffrestions made bv the seven local committees. These commit tees were formed to advise the reappraisal supervisors of the local conditions that warranted adjustments from base values that were established by the Tax commission. As in other counties that have undergone reappraisal, the suggestions of the commit tees were utilized in forming the top-value per-acre, as well as to suggest the comparative relations that existed between districts. 'Much credit for the successful completion of this program must go to the 100 cooperation mat our office has received from the assessor's office, the county court, the press, and . particularly the advice and counsel of the local community committees," stated Walker in summing up the ac complishments of the program. "In order to maintain the equali zation that has resulted," stated Walker, "a continuous effort must be made to keep the assess ment roll up to date." For this purpase, Walker stated, the Tax Commission will occasionally re view changes that may occur in Morrow county and continue to assist the assessor's office where ever and whenever needed. l, l i njm. . urn r "r (f'iww'W'iP" Shining Object in Sky Thought Balloon A shining white object in "the early morning sky today attract ed considerable attention among residents of Heppner but it failed to perform like a flying saucer as some hoped it might. The object, which probably was a high altitude weather balloon, huncr nearly motionless in the sky northwest of town for almost three hours before drining on io the west. The CAA at Pendleton was ad vised of the object. s; v.'.-:--' -. - " .... ... - i. , - : - " NEW FIRE WAGON the city of Lexington recently received delivery of this 500 gallon-per-minute fire pumper which has now been placed In service to protect the town, lt is completely equipped with front-mounted pump, large water tank with two booster hoses and other regular equipment... It replaces an old truck which served only as a hose truck. The new truck will be housed in ot new city-fir hall building soon to be constructed. (GT Photo)