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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)