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L I I RARY u cr o EtHiENE. ORE. mtU 1 72nd Year, Number 20 Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 28, 1955 Storm Brings Heavy Rains, Power Outage A fairly general storm hit this section of Eastern Oregon Tues day bringing with it up to near ly one inch of rain and causing one of the longest power outages that Morrow county has suffered in several years. Rain started falling in Heppner shortly after noon and continued nearly all afternoon and evening with a very heavy downpour com ing about midnight. A total of .70 inch was recorded here with as much as .82 being checked at other points close to town. In the Lightning Sets Forest Blazes Lightning strikes in the Hepp ner district of the Umatilla na tional forest caused three small fires over the weekend, the first to occur this season, district ranger Wayne West reported this week. The first fire was reported Fri day evening in the Juniper camp area near Potomas creek. It was quickly controlled and covered . less than one-quarter acre. The largest of the three occur red Saturday on Wall creek and it covered nearly three acres be fore being controlled by a crew of men and a cat in one and one quarter hours. Sunday another strike started a small blaze on the old Watkins ranch between Mallory and Ditch creek but It was controlled be fore it spread over more than one quarter acre. Tht timber area has dried quickly in the high temperatures of the past -week and extreme caution is urged on anyone enter ing the forest. o Potluck To Honor Rev. and Mrs. Reeves A farewell potluck dinner will be given at the Episcopal parish house Sunday July 31, immedi ately after the morning service, in honor of Rev. and Mrs. John Reeves, who expect to leave for their new home in Philadelphia on Monday. SPECIAL DEER, ELK APPLICATIONS READY; SOME REGULATIONS CHANGED Big game hunters who wish to, adopted by the Oregon Game participate in the antelope ana early deer and elk hunt drawings should submit their applications immediately is the word from the Oregon Game Commission. Ap plication blanks are now avail able at all license agencies, it was announced this week. Deadline for submitting ante lope applications for the three antelope areas is 10 a. m. on Aug ust 8. Applications received after that time and date will not be allowed in the drawings. A pub lic drawing will be held at 10 a. m. on August 10, at which time 200 permits will be drawn for ttfch designated area. The ante lope season in all areas .will be from August 27 through August 31. Applications for the Sled Springs either sex elk hunt which extends from August 20 through 1 25 must also be in the game com mission by 10 a. m. on August 8. August 10 at 10 a. m. will also be the date for the drawing of 200 permits for the Sled Spring area. Four controlled either sex deer hunts are scheduled for Septem ber with the John day river and Wallowa mountain areas extend ing from September 3 through September 7 and the Hart moun tain and Rogue river hunts from September 24 through September 27. Drawings for 1,000 tags for the John Day area and 600 tags for the Wallowa area are scheduled for August 18 at 10 a. m. The deadline for receiving applica tions for these two areas is 10 a. m., August 15. A fee of five dollars must be remitted with each application for the controlled deer hunts with the exception of the Rogue river area which requires only the re gular hunting license and deer tag. Permits and tags will be mailed to all successful participants a few days following each drawing. Also included will be a circular 1 with full instructions and a de tailed description and map of the hunting afea. Fi n a 1 hunting regulations Gooseberry area .45 inch fell during the storm with most of It coming about midnight. Even the northern section of the wheat belt in the county received a con siderable amount which started falling early in the day. It is usually claimed that any rain that falls in Eastern Oregon is a good rain, but most ranch ers would have preferred that the storm had come about a month later as it stopped all harvesting operations and caught most of them with their hay down. As far as is known there was no damage from the storm and no hail was reported. There was some minor washing, but it was thought negligible. 'Power Off 90 Minutes One result of the storm was a power outage in the entire Hepp ner. Lexington, and lone areas which lasted from one and one half hours to six hours on some lines. Lightning struck a power pole on the main teeaer - line irom Hermiston to lone about four miles north of the Butter Creek junction burning off a cross arm and damaging 16 insulators along a quarter of a mile of the line, Pacific Power managed to pick up a portion of the power load from its Fossil substation by 4:55 p. m. to give all three towns and some rural lines power, but it was nearly three and one half hours later before the damage could be repaired and the Her miston line put back into service. Heppner TV viewers were with out a picture until 9:30 due to lack of power on one of the lines that operates amplifiers at and near the antenna site west of town. The cooler weather the first of the week was a welcome change from the 100 degree temperatures that prevailed a good part of last week, however weather re ports call for gradually rising thermometers during the next few days. Morrow county was missed by the violent thunder storms of the past weekend which struck heav ily in the Yakima, Ellensburg and Spokane areas though there were some storms over the mountains to the south and east which caused three small forest fires. Commission at a public meeting Friday included several changes from the tentative regulations proposed by the commission ear lier in the month. One of the most important changes that took place in the proposed regulations was the eli mination of the taking of deer with visible antlers in eastern Oregon during the regular buck season. As in the past, hunters will be allowed to take bucks with no less than forked antlers during that period. The season dates remain the same, October 1 through October 14. Another Im portant change was the shorten ing of the either sex hunting per iods. Hunters with unused tags will be allowed one deer of either sex in eastern and western Ore gon from October 15 through Oc tober 21 and in portions of cen tral Oregon, which includes the Metolius river area, from October 18 through 21. All of the con trolled and extended deer seasons will remain the same as proposed with the exception of the John Day river controlled hunt where there was a slight change made in the boundaries. The general elk season survi ved as written In the tentative proposals and will extend from October 29 through November 23 in eastern Oregon and the Cas cade area and from October 29 through November 13 in the coastal area Several changes, however, were made in the con trolled elk hunts.. In the Sled Springs area, the boundary lines were shortened to exclude about one-fourth of the original area as proposed in the tentative regula tions, and, in addition, the num ber of permits was changed from 400 to 200. In the Chesnimnus, Wenaha, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Ukian, Starkey, Heppner,. Minam, and Desolation units, the taking of either sex elk by permits would be from November 11 through No vember 23. In addition, the num ber of permits was reduced from 400 to 200 in the Wenaha unit. There will be no special hunt in the Burnt river area. Final Rites for Harvey McCallister Set for Sunday Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p m. at the Lexing ton Community church for Har vey L. McCallister, 86, who died July 23 at a veteran's hospital at Yountville, California. Mr. McCallister was born June 7, 1869 in Iowa and had lived in the Lexington area since before the turn of the century until about 20 years ago when he en tered a veteran's hospital in Ore gon. He was later transferred to California. He and his two bro thers were associted in farming for many years. Mr. McCallister graduated from Oregon State College in 1897 and during his years at OSC (then OAC) he was one of the all-time great football centers at the school. He was known as "Pap Hayseed" in his football days. He was a veteran of Company B of the Second Oregon Volunteers during the Spanish-American war and fought In the battle of Manila. He is survived by two brothers, Ray and Marshall, both of Port land He was never married. Burial will be in the Lexing ton I. O. O. F. cemetery with the Lexington post of the VFW in charge of graveside services. Rev. L. G. Wetzel will officiate at the church services. Creswick Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. o New Heppner School Head Here Joe H. Stewart, new superinten dent of school district No. 1, and his family arrived in Heppner this week to make their home. During Stewart's nine years as superintendent of the Coburg schools many Improvements were made, among them the raising of the school from sub-standard to standard, a school band was or ganized and other music added to the school system. Plans for a complete new - building setup have been made and the high school has been repaired and re painted, school bus transporta tion was secured and the school lunch program was expanded along with many other improve ments. Both Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are active in the Christian church, civic and social organizations. Stewart has served as an el der in the church, Mrs. Stew art worked in the Bible school and both were participants In the musical program of the church. Mrs. Stewart is a mem ber of the Rebekah lodge and he is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mrs. Stewart has for the past five years been a worker in the Girl Scouts and an active worker in the Parent-Teacher Association. He has been very active in the Lane county Teachers Assn. They have sixteen year old twin daughters, Mary Jo and Alice Faye and a nine year old Linda Sue. o Second Golf Meeting Called for August 9 The golf club meeting original ly scheduled for next Tuesday, August 2 has been postponed one week until August 9, it was an nounced today by Rev. Francis McCormack, chairman of the group. A group of persons interested in trying to form an orgnization to build a golf course met a week ago and named a committee to seek possible locations for a course. Several locations are now being investigated, Rev. Mc Cormack said, but an extra week before the next meeting is ex pected to give time for a more complete check of sites. The meeting will be held at the Elks lodge and all interested per sons are invited to attend. Keep Oregon Green Program Discussed Details of the 1955 Keep Oregon Green campaign in connection with "Red Hot Day" which will be proclaimed before hunting season were discussed Tuesday night at a dinner meeting at O'Donnell's Wagon Wheel by Albert Wiesen danger, executive secretary of the KOG association. County Judge Garnet Barratt is county chair man of the organization. Wiesendanger arrived here from Salem enroute to Wallowa county where he and district fire warden William Curtis plan to enter a forest fire prevention float in the Chief Joseph Days parade this Saturday. Red Cross Blood Drawing Planned For August 15 The Red Cross will hold its first 1955 blood drawing in Heppner on Monday, August 15 at the Methodist church, it was announ ced today by Jack Bailey, chair man of the Morrow county chap ter of the Red Cross and Jack Edmondson, blood committee chairman. A quota of 100 pints has been set for the drawing and the com mittee heads hope to get at least 125 to 130 donors signed up before the drawing. The last drawing to be held here was last summer when only 32 pints was obtained, and it is hoped to more than treble that amount at the com ing diawing. Donor sign-up cards will be available shortly. It was also announced that the Morrow county chapter has re cently become a member of the National Red Cross blood pro gram and the local chairman ex pressed the hope that the public would respond to the local for blood. Heppner Scheduled For Check on New Post Office Needs Senator Richard L. Neuberger, of Oregon has asked the public works subcommittee on govern ment buildings to Inquire Into the need for additional post office buildings and facilities in nine Oregon communities.; They are Portland, Pendleton, Heppner, Hermiston, Prineville, Redmond, Enterprise, Oakland and Suther lin. Senator W. Stuart Symington of Missouri who Is chairman of the subcommittee, assured Neu berger that he was ordering the committee staff to report back on the situations concerning post office space and accommodations existing in the nine Oregon cities. In making his.requent Neu berger, who is a member of the subcommittee on government building, told he committee he had received complaints or state ments from residents of the nine communities that post office fa cilities should be expanded. Neu berger said that the committee would ask both the post office de partment and the government services administration to file re ports on the needs in the nine places. New Episcopal Rector Arrives The Rev. George R. S. Little, Richmond, Virginia, arrived in Heppner last week and will take over his duties August 1 as the new Rector of All Saints Episco pal church. He replaces Rev. John R. Reeves who several weeks ago announced his resignation to accept the pastorate of St. James Episcopal church at Green Ridge, Pennsylvania. Mr. Little comes to Heppner from St. Luke's church in Rich mond where he served as rector for one year. Prior to that he was curate at St. John's church at Hampton, Va. and head master of the Emmanuel Episcopal school at Hampton, He received his education at the Oakridge Military Institute, Oakridge, Tenn.;is a graduate of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.; DuBose Theological Semi nary, Monteagle, Tenn.; and the Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Little and their two children, George 17, and Grace 11, arrived in Oregon about two weeks ago and are living temporarily in an apartment un til the church rectory is vacated. Rev. Reeves will conduct his final services at All Saints church Sunday and he and Mrs. Reeves plan to leave later in the week for their new home, which is a suburb of Philadelphia. NEW OFFICER STARTS Melvin Piper, Heppner, took over his duties Monday as new city day police officer. He re places Kenneth Green who re cently resigned to devote ' more time to his business. Piper recently completed a two weeks training course with the Pendleton police department. o Mrs. Grace Nickerson left the end of last week for a visit with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nickerson in West Fir, Oregon. v : f h A Princess Betty Olmstead of Boardman Boardman 's To be Honored at Dance Miss Betty Jo Olmstead will be the second princess of the Mor row county Fair and Rodeo to be presented to the public at her own dance next Saturday night at the Heppner fair pavilion. She is being sponsored by the Board- man Tillicum club which is put ting on the dance in her honor. Princess Betty, an attractive 18 year old grey-eyed brownette, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Olmstead of Boardman. She is five feet, four inches tall and is a native of Irrigon. Princess Betty-., has' Jurt com. pleted her junior year at Board- man high school where she was last year chosen president of her class and also of the Pep Club. She served on the staff of the Farm Safety Week Set for July 24-30 This week, July 24 to 30, has been proclaimed National Farm Safety Week by President Eisen hower. Theme for the week is "Your Safety is in Your Hands." Mrs. Mabel Mack, assistant di rector of agricultural extension service at Oregon State college, says 14,000 farm residents are killed and 1,000,000 injured each year pointing out the need to focus nation and statewide atten tion on the seriousness of farm accidents.. The governor's committee on farm safety for Oregon is conduc ting a concerted effort through press and radio during National Farm Safety Week to make far mers more safety conscious. Special surveys in farm areas indicate that about three out of every four accidents to farm resi dents are the result of one or more unsafe acts, says Ned H. Dear born, president of the National Safety Council. "Regardless of national and group safety activities, the ulti mate responsibility for each farm resident's safety is himself," Dearborn continues. Here are some general sugges tions from the Safety Council for helping prevent farm accidents: 1. In your community enlist the cooperation of the entire ru ral community for safety now and throughout the year. 2. In your home safeguard each member of the family from accidents. 3. On your farm instruct and train your workers in safety prac tices. 4. On the highway be alert, courteous, and a good example to others. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said recently, "Farms and homes are as safe and only as safe as farmers and their famil ies make them. This makes ex tremely significant the fact that this year so much emphasis has been placed on individual respon sibility for preventing farm acci dents. It is important to remem ber that your safety is in your hands'." Sponsors of the National Farm Safety Week are the National Safety Council and the United States department of Agriculture. This is the 12th annual Farm Safety Week. S58ST - jo. y Princess school paper and was a member of the girls' volleyball league. For the past two years she has been yell leader and for four years drum majorette. She be gan her twirling career in Cali fornia while in the sixth grade. Having lived on a farm most of her life, Betty has ridden horses ever since she can remember and while in grade school she worked in the fields with her father. Her interest in domestic activities be gan with her participation in 4-H work while in the sixth grade, at which time she attended cooking and sewing classes. After having had years of practical experience she is considered a very capable cook, seamstress and homemaker. Betty is a member of the Church of the Nazarene of Her miston, having been active In church work for nearly five years. At the present time she is vice-president of the young people's society of her church, Princess Betty has two brothers, Leonard 19, who just completed his freshman year at Oregon State, and Ronald, 10, a fifth grader at Boardman. Music for Princess Betty's dance will be furnished by Gene Rietmann's orchestra of lone and admission has been set at $1.25 per person. Injuries Minor in Tuesday Accident Police reported Wednesday that two Natchez, Washington men suffered only slight injuries when the car in which they were riding went off the road just west of Heppner Pine Mills and over turned. The two were Claud L. Jones, 24, and Clarence Pettit, 34, both of whom worked for Charles Carlson, of lone. The accident occurred about 6 p. m. Tuesday. No cause was given for the ac cident which completely demol ished the car. Another Wrestling Match Set by C of C The Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce decided Monday to sponsor another wres tling matches under the lights on the rodoo field. The date tenta tively set is Saturday night, Aug ust 20 and the card will be an nounced later. Promoters will again be Jack and Maurie Ken Kennedy of Pendleton. It was felt that interest was sufficiently high in the first match held two weeks ago to justify another event.- The first match netted the chamber over $250 for its lighting fund. The matches will be held the same night as the fair and rodeo dressup parade and the queen's dance. Joe Allen of Pendleton was a visitor Sunday and Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed. The two men taught to gether at Sweet Home. Mrs. Cyrene Barratt, Corvallis, is visiting at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Barratt. She has just returned from a trip to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. 38,000 Acres of Bombing Range to Be Released Soon The county court revealed this week that arrangements are now being made by the real estate di vision of the Army Engineers to release approximately 38,000 acres of the Boardman bombing range for private use under a permit or lease plan. The land, a strip five by 12 miles along the south end of the 91,000 acre bombing range, is ex pected to be released by the engi neers sometime this fall after the area has been decontaminated, cleaned of all old shells, bomb fragments etc. According to re ports, the land will be released only on temporary permit which can be revoked at any time the army determines it again needs the area. Under the presently announced plan, the land will not be sold or go back on the tax rolls as some stories had indi cated. Most of the area is usable only for rande land. What the permit requirements will be has not yet been announced. Harvesting Now At Peak; Quality Holds to Average Until rain put a stop to all combining operations Tuesday, harvest has been in full swing in all sections of the county except the higher elevations, the Mor row County Grain Growers re ported this week. Both wheat and barley have been coming in in heavy amounts with Lexington, North Lexington, lone and McNab elevators re ceiving the largest amounts. As harvest gets underway in the higher country, the Heppner and Ruggs plants will begin to receive more grain. Tests show that the wheat crop Is running about average quality compared to the average over the past several years. It is running heavier to No. 2 wheat than last year, it is said, but the 1954 crop produced more No. 1 wheat than usual. Barley appears to be run ning somewhat light, but nearly all is running well above the loan weight minimum of 40 pounds per bushel. Local facilities have been able to handle all incoming grain and no storage problem is anticipated. o Funeral Services for Lt. Karl Gabler Held in Portland Funeral services for Lt. Karl V. Gabler, 23, who was killed July 18 when a jet Thundorstreak plane he was piloting collided in the air with another plane, were held Wednesday at the Peninsula mortuary in Portland. Interment was in the Mt. Scott military cemetery. The collision in which Lt. Gab ler was killed occurred over the eastern coast of Virginia near the base where he had been station ed. Lt Gabler was born in Prairie City, Nov. 24, 1931 and had gradu ated from Heppner high school in 1949. He married Miss Marjorie Pierson of Condon April 29 of this year. His widow and two sisters, all of Portland, survive him. County Veterinarians Named; Areas Set The county court this week announced the appointment of Drs. R. R. Fast of Hermiston and J. W. Norene, Heppner, as county veterinarians. It also announced that the county has been divided so that Bangs testing in the north end will be done by Dr. Fast while Dr. Norene will handle all such work in the south part of the county. The dividing line is between townships two and three north. The county has no federal vet erinarian since Dr. George Mar ugg was transferred several months ago and Dr. Fast will take over some of the work for merly handled by Marugg. Dr. Norene has been a county vet erinarian since moving here last year. Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Nelson of Kinzua were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Troed son last Friday.