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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE . ppt!et ORE Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 22, 1955 72nd Year, Number 28 North Morrow Area Has Big Stake in John Day Decision Stories earlier this week telling oi decision of the army engi neers at a hearing in Washing ton D .C. to reject the proposal that lower dam be built at the John Day site on the Columbia has brought considerable adverse comment from numerous sources around the state, subsequent stories have revealed. The latest group to object to the decision that a 292 foot dam should be built was the Umatilla Port Commission which feels that the high pool would drown out many good industrial sites in the Umatilla area. At hearings held several months ago by the northwest division of the army engineers, several groups, including the towns Arl ington and Umatilla objected to the high dam and the local engi neers had recommended to the Washington headquarters that a 255 or 265 foot level be adopt ed. Congress has previously autho rized a high dam for John Day (292 feet), and the Tuesday de cision at least temporarily failed to change that recommendation. Probably not too many Morrow county residents realize that re gardless of which height is fin ally agreed upon, two communi ties in the county will feel the effects as greatly as will the resi dents of Arlington and Umatil la. The towns of Boardman and Irrigon both will be completely drowned out, according to pre sent information, if the 292 foot dam is built, and all of Board man with the exception of the new buildings along the highway will be under water even if the dam height is only 265 feet. Ac cording to reports, if the level is finally established at 292 feet practically the entire Boardman project would be inundated. Little opposition has come from residents of the Boardman area to either plan, according re ports, though at a previous hear ing at Arlington, most persons appeared to favor the 265 foot level for the pool. The decision made at the Tuesday hearings in Washington was to refer the matter back to the northwest engineers for fur ther study which will undoubted ly cause further delay in getting congress to consider measures to appropriate money to start con struction of the dam. o Tom Michos Delegate To Washington D. C. Citizenship Council Tom Michos, owner of the well known Portland restaurant, Jolly Joan, who is equally well known to many Morrow county residents, left this week for Washington, D. C. as a delegate from Portland to the National Citizenship Coun cil. He is on-of two delegates from Portland. Michos who came to America from Greece when a young man, owns considerable property in Morrow county, and is a frequent visitor in Heppner, He donated $2,500 toward the construction of Pioneer Memorial hospital during a fund drive several years ago, and has been a regular pur chaser of 4-H and FFA cattle from local growers. o Local Archery Fan Gets His Deer , Clarence Wise, while on a hunt ing trip last week with Mrs. Wise and Mr. and Mrs. Pirl Howell, bagged a deer with a bow and arrow. The doe was killed in the Sumpter area and was brought down with a running shot. Agriculture Preliminary reports have just been released for the first three Oregon counties in the 1954 fed eral census of agriculture. The counties are Morrow, Lincoln and Benton and in Morrow county figures show there is a decided trend toward smaller farms, which is the direct contrast to the other two counties. Only figures for these three counties are yet available, others will be released as soon as totals can be compiled. All compari sons are made against the last federal agriculture census taken in 1950. In Morrow county farms totaled 463 In 1954 compared with 457 in ' RED HAT DAY TO BE FRIDAY; MAYOR ISSUES PROCLAMATION Mayor Mary van btevens is sued the following proclamation early this week calling attention to the observance of Red Hat Day in Heppner, Friday, September 23 and urged all citizens to wear a red hat or red hat button to sig nify their compliance with the ob jectives of the Red Hat Day pledge: WHEREAS, the hunting of big game animals and other outdoor pursuits are claiming an in creasing amount of the leisure time of the citizens of Heppner and WHEREAS, this accelerated re creational use of our forest, farm, and range lands has brought dis tress to some landowners and in creased threat of fire to our val Bank Head Observes Company Anniversary; Forsees State Growth Business leaders of Oregon at the turn of the century would doubtlessly have been amazed if they could have visualized the growth and expansion of busi ness in the1 state in recent years, but today's businessmen have some surprising thoughts on what may be ahead for Oregon's econ omy, First National Bank of Port land president C. B. Stephenson related today. He made the re marks as he surveyed the state's oanKing needs on tne occasion of First National's 9th anniver sary. Changes in the coming years may not be as striking as dur ing the past nine decades the bank has been in business, the bank president said, but im provements that are certain to come will continue to make bank ing simpler for the customers. To give some idea how the banking business will grow in years to come, Stephenson re vealed some interesting material prepared by L. G. Prichard, head of the bank's research depart ment, in a report -on the esti mated volume of banking in Ore gon in the coming 25 years. , t,ln, 1980, when the census bu reau predicts Oregon's population of 1.6 million will have expanded to 2.8 million, bank deposits in the state may reach $3.3 billion as compared to $1.8 billion last year, the bank president said. With the growth of the popula tion and a 90 per cent increase in employment, income of indi viduals is expected to rise from its present $2.75 billion to ap proximately $4.90 billion in 1980. One of the most interesting pre dictions made in the report indi cated Oregon's banking offices, which totaled 185 last year, would be expanded to approxi mately 260 in order to serve the growing population. First National, which is the oldest national bank west of the Rocky Mountains, received its charter in September, 1865. The bank has since grown to be the largest in the Pacific Northwest with 70 banking offices through out Oregon and deposits of over $800 million. o Ruggles Insurance In New Location C. A. Ruggles, Heppner insur ance agency early this week moved into new offices on the ground floor of the Lane apart ment building on west Willow street. The location now occupied by the firm has been completely re modeled and redecorated. The agency's offices were formerly located on the upper floor of the same building. o Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grabill left Monday for Peoria, Illinois on an Inspection trip of Caterpillar- John Deere plants in that city. They expect to return to Heppner next Tuesday. Census Shows County Has More, Smaller Farms 1950 with an average size of 2,-1 112.6 acres against 2,195.7 five years ago. In Lincoln the census gives 677 farms against 856 in 1950 with an average acreage of 155.5 against 137.4 in 1950. Benton county showed 1153 farms against 1293 in 1950 and they average 185.9 acres against 178.2 in 1950. Both other counties showed a decrease in the number of farms with a trend toward larger ones. Morrow county showed just the opposite. Comparative figures on farm income are not included in these preliminary reports received by OBSERVED HERE ued woods and range lands; and WHEREAS, the sportsmen of Oregon, recognizing the need for more care with fire and fire arms, respect for the rights and property of others and observance of the laws, have inaugurated Red Hat Day; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE SOLVED that September 23, 1955, be proclaimed Red Hat Day in the City of Heppner and all citi zens on Red Hat Day are urged to wear a red hat or a red button to signify their compliance with the worthwhile objectives of the Red Hat Day pledge. MARY STEVENS Mayor of Heppner Red Hat Day has been pro claimed by Governor Paul Patter son in cooperation with the Keep Oregon Green association to call attention to the need for care in the woods good sportsmanship, proper use of firearms, and the observance of the rights of land owners. The day has been wide ly publicized and several local stores are displaying windows of red hats and making available to the public a Red Hat Pledge Card. The cards were handed out to all members at Monday's chamber of commerce meeting. The day is being supported by numerous groups and was the main subject of business at Mon day's meeting of the Morrow county Hunters and Anglers. Lexington Students Choose Officers Lexington high school students recently held class elections to name officers for the coming year. Chosen to lead the senior class were James Laney, president; Don Casteel, vice-president and Cherry Gray, secretary-treasurer. Junior class officers are Vern Nolan, president; George Her mann, vice-president and Mau reen Groves, secretary-treasurer. Dexter Miles was named presi dent of the sophomores, with Hugo Leyva,' vice-president and Joan Patrick, secretary-treasurer. New Freshman officers are Keith Peck, president; Lee Cor nelison, vice president; Dora Sue Davidson, secretary-treasurer. o Pomona Grange To Meet Saturday at Lexington Hall Pomona grange will meet at the Lexington grange at 10:30 a. m. Saturday, September 24 it was announced today. A special canning contest of fruits, tree fruits, berries and jellies will also be held at the grange Saturday and the an nouncement was made that White Satin sugar must be used by competitors. Each must also bring the sack, bag or White Satin sugar carton. A special prize will also be awarded the person bringing the best jelly made by themselves. Election of officers will be held, dinner will be served at noon and at 2 p. m. a program will be pre sented which will be open to the public. An evening meal will be served at 5:30 and the Fifth de gree will be put on by the Rhea Creek grange as part of the evening program. o Dale Forest Service Man Transferred Here Jack Mounts arrived in Hepp ner this week to take up his duties as timber management as- isistant with the forest service, i He was transferred here from Dale, Oregon, where he had been with the forest service. Mounts replaces Martin Low ther, who resigned from the ser vice to enter private business. the state department of agricul ture. They do show, however, that total farm expenditures for. labor, livestock feed, poultry feed, motor fuels, fertilizer and limes varied little in the two last cen sus years, 1949 and 1954. These combined outlays for the three counties were $77,000 less last year than in 1949. These first figures, which are subject to revision by the bureau of census, show farms in the three counties had more tele phones, more home freezers, more grain combines, more motor trucks and more tractors. Each county reported more milking machines, but only one had more j County Savings Bond Sales Climb; Near State Record Sales of United States treasury E and H savings bonds in Oregon were the highest last month for any August since 1943, according to Ted Gamble, savings bonds committee chairman. The state also achieved a ten year high for total bonds sold in the first eight months of the year. "For the fourth time this year, Oregonians bought more than $4,000,000 worth of E and II bonds", Gamble said, "the exact figure for the month being $4,092, 520, 24 above August of 1951. In Keeping with this record sales is the January-August report, showing total sales of $31,853,593 in these top grade securities. This represents an increase of 31 over the same months of 1954, and keeps the state in the number one position in the nation for per cent increase of this year's sales over those of last year." According to Jeff Carter, chair man of Morrow county, savings bonds committee, our sales in August amounted to $52,651. In 1954 they were $C,665 for the same month. Morrow county has the record of being the 17th county in Ore gon to total dollar volume of bond sales. Many counties with from twice to lo times the popu lation of Morrow have sold less bonds than here so far this year. Only one county, Sherman, has shown a greater percentage in crease in bond sales than has Morrow, figures revealed. Sales in the county through August have totaled $357,064 compared with last year's sales during the same period of only $129,586. Sherman, Morrow and Harney counties have shown the greatest percentage increases in bond sales. O ' Many Local Students Leave For College Among those jo.nuig the an nual trek to various colleges and other institutions of professional training are the following 1955 graduates of Heppner high school. To Oregon State: Sharon Rill, Richard Kononen, Jim Hayes, Pa tricia Wright; to University of Oregon, L,arry Mollahan; to East ern Oregon College of Education, Sally Palmer, Neil Beamer, Jean Marie Graham, Mary Ruth Green, Ralph Marlatt and Al Parent; to Pacific University, Lyle Jensen; to Portland University, Jack Mon agle; to Good Samaritan Hospital for nurses training, Joan Wright; to Behnke Walker Business Col lege, Peter Slocum. Students returning to college this week from Heppner are Bill Hughes, Garry Connor, . Wendell Connor to Pacific University; Jim Smith to Stanford ;Terry Thomp son to Oregon State College; Don ald Blake; University of Wash ington, Kenneth Turner to Ore gon State; Nancy Adams to Mills College, California; Eleanor Rice to San Jose State College; Sally Cohn to the University of Oregon; and Connie Newman and Adelia Anderson to E. O. C. E. at La Grande. o Heppner Teachers' Reception Tuesday The Heppner teachers' reception will be he'd Tuesday evening September ,6 at 6:30 p. m. in the Legion hall. , All parents and interested per sons are urged to attend, This will be a potluck dinner and the room mothers have asked that those planning to attend to notify Mrs. Lowell Gribble at 6-9765 as to what they plan to bring. It will help them in plan ning a balanced meal. corn pickers. Two of the three counties re ported fewer automobiles on the farms than in 1950, Morrow, how ever, showed an increase in trucks and cars. No comparison exists for television sets .because -they arrived in Oregon after the cen sus of 1950. One out of about five farms had TV at the end of 1954, the reports show. By types of farms, the three counties all reported fewer poul try farms, and two checked in more fruit and nut farms, more vegetable and fewer dairy farms. Other interesting camparisons for Morrow county show the fol- lowing changes between 1955 Services Held Today For Francis Miller, Former Resident Funeral services for Francis Monroe Miller, 76 years of age, were held this afternoon at 2 m. at Hardman with Rev. Pau Kimmell of the Monument I'res byterian church officiating. Mr Miller passed away Monday September 19 at John Day. Mr. Miller was born September 11, 1879 at Tuscannon, Washing ton and moved to Hardman with his family when lie was a child He continued to reside there until 1941 when he moved to the John Day area whore he has made his home w ith a niece, Mrs. Bernice Kimmell of Canyon City and an other niece at Prairie City. Two brothers and three sisters pre ceeded him in death. Interment was in the Hardman cemetery with Driskill Mortuary of John Day in charge of arrange ments. Heppner Civic League Completes Plans For Oct. Rummage Sale The Heppner Civic League met Monday evening to complete plans for the organization's semi annual rummage sale which is scheduled for October 28 and 29 at Empire Machinery company The sale is a benefit for the group's kindergarten fund. Co-chairmen for the sale, Mrs. James Norene and Mrs. Fred Sanders issued a call to all resi dents who have rummage to do nate for the sale asking that they get it ready for pickup as soon as convenient. Pickup of dona tions will be arranged if the two chairmen are notified, it was said. Committees for the sale were also named with the following having charge of various com mittees. Publicity, Mrs. Bradley Fancher; sorting, Mrs. Phil Blak ney, Mrs. Paul Koenig; cleaning, Mrs. Larry Dowen;, mangling, Mrs. Glenn Way, Mrs. Marvin Smith; moving, Mrs. James Pop ham, Mrs. James Mallon; ar ranging and pricing, Mrs. Jack Loyd; clerks, Mrs. William Lab hart, Mrs. Ray Myrick; cleanup, Mrs. Marvin Smith; coffee, Mrs. Jack Van Winkle and Mrs. Robert Ferrell. It was also announced that the kindergarten enrollment is now holding between 25 and 28 child ren, up considerably from last year. The board also announced plans tp purchase additional equipment for the class which is being held in a room at the old school building. Civic League members are to meet with members of the former JayCees at the civic center build ing to reomve all wanted equip ment from the building which will soon be torn down to make way for park development. Pendleton Man Joins First National Here Merlin Wagoner, formerly of Pendleton branch of the First National Bank has joined the staff bf the Heppner branch as operations officer, replacing Jack Marshall, who has accepted a position with Sherwood and Ro berts, Pasco, Washington. Mrs. Wagoner and sons, Jerry and Michael will join Mr. Wa goner here as soon as housing can be obtained. o Hunters and Anglers Pick New Secretary The Hunters and Anglers club met Monday night for their regu lar monthly meeting at the Court House. ' Mrs. Paul Brown recently re signed as secretary and Ralph Taylor was elected to finish her term of office. Glen Ward showed a film on wild life Colorado. in 1 and 1950. (figures were taken in 1954 and 1919). Value of average farm includ ing land and buildings in 1950 was S52.R90 while in 1955 It had climbed to $74,862. The average value per acre in 1949 was $26.16 while now it Is $36.69. Total farm acreage has drop ped from 1,003,419 In 1950 to 978,130. In 1950 there were 682 farm trucks in the county, against 825 this year and the number of farmer-owned cars has Increased from 490 in 1950 to 638. There has also been a decided increase in the number of tract ors in the county during the five- Bomb Range Road Done; Willow Creek Job Next County road crews early this runs the crews out. week completed the final gravel-1 The straightening and widen ing of the new bombing range ing of the Willow creek road is road between the Lexington Her-1 starting at the upper end near miston highway and Boardman Cutsforth park and the crew will and Wednesday morning moved into the mountains to start straightening and widening 7.7 miles of the Willow Creek road between the Heppner wells at the forks of Willow creek and Cuts forth forest park. Tlie bombing range road has been open to travel for some time, but the road crew just com pleted the graveling of a short stretch of the road about two miles north of the D. O. Nelson ranch. With the opening of this section, south Morrow residents now have a direct connection with the north end of the county. The road also connects with the recently completed Paterson ferry cutoff road w hich connects high way 730 and 30 giving a direct route to the north. C,ounty judge Garnet Barratt said Wednesday that It had been planned to move the county rock crusher into the area southeast of lone as soon as the bombing range job was done, but the lack of moisture in that section pre vented any work there at the present time. Instead, the county crew was moved into the mountains where there is ample moisture to allow road construction. Work will pro bably continue there until snow Heppner Eleven Pointing for Burns Opening Game Here As soon as coach Jim Mallon's Heppner Mustangs get Friday's game against lone under their belts they will start concerted practice for their following tus sle with Burns. It will be their first home game of the season and the first to be played under the new lights. It is scheduled for Friday night, September 30. The game with Burns, which is a special non-league game, play ed as a benefit for the chamber of commerce field lighting fund, is being sponsored by the cham ber of commerce. A special pro gram is planned at half-time to dedicate the new lights with the former Whitman College coach "Nig" Borleske scheduled as the main speaker. Committee chair men in charge of the game are Edgar Collison, Jack Loyd and Bradley Fancher. Tickets are now on sale at $1.00, for adults and 50 cents for stu dents. . This will bo the first time that Heppner and Burns have met on the gridiron as the Burns school is in the class A division. So far the inlanders from Harney county have played only one game which they lost Meridian, Idaho high school 20 to 12. They meet La Grande this Friday. Though the Burns win and loss record to date is the same as Heppner's, one loss and no wins, the inlanders have several fast backs who showed plenty of fire in the Meridian game. One man Phi Olsen, showed excellent pros - pects by scoring on a (M yard run. Burns punt.ng is said to be cellent and it kept the Idaho squad far back in Its own terri tory during much of the game. ...171 Z 0 DR. WOLFF TO REOPEN OFFICE Dr. Wallace Wolff has announ- ced that he will reopen his office at the corner of Main and Church streets, on Monday, September 26. The hours to be 10 to 12 a. m. and 2 to 5 p. m., six days a week. year period. In 1950 there were a total (all kinds) of 537 tractors i at record highs and point to even while in 1955 this had grown to! larger carryovers by next har 704. vest. A sharp cutback in acre- Money paid out for hired farm age seems called for if lower labor also took a jump from prices are to be avoided. $647,854 to $799,541. Expenses for Use of tall Alta fescus failed gasoline and other farm fuels also reflected a rise from $382, 000 in 195o to $500,674 this year. There are also 272 combines now compared with 327 in 1950. Other figures show 352 farms with telephones against 301 five years ago; 467 have electricity compared with 416 in 1950 and that there are now 302 home freezers on farms compared with only 87 In the previous census. ' work dow n, it was said. Practical ly the entire 7.7 miles of road included in the project will be widened, many bad curves will be straightened and rock ap plied. A surface coat of decom posed granite will be applied later. Earlier Paving Possible The court announced several weeks ago that the oiling of the Willow creek road from Heppner to the forks of the creek, a dist ance of 12 miles, had been plan ned for 1957 with money to come from matching federal, state and county funds. The delay was necessary due to the necessity of building up two year's funds to finance the project. Possibility that at least part of the oiling project might be done next year was seen in the" an nouncement that a state high way engineer will be here next. Tuesday to confer with the court on oiling the lower half (six miles) of the, project next year. Apparently some money will be available next summer though details of the plan will not be known until later. If oiling is to start next sum mer, ff is planned to have the county road department start work late this fall or winter on straightening and widening that section of the road to prepare it for the oil, Much of the grade is usable as is, with the addition of proper base rock, however, sections will require relocating and widening, it was said. Seve ral new culverts will also have to be installed, replacing present wooden bridges, before it is oiled. Fall Crop Outlook Fair to Poor Say Economists at OSC The price outlook for Oregon's fall-planted crops ranges from fair to poor, extension economists at Oregon State college say in their latest "Situation and Out look" circular. .Needs for more fori'ge are put ting hay, silage and pasture In a favorable spot pricewise. More of these crops will be required if larger amounts of 'surplus grains are to move to market through cattle and sheep. Even hogs require some forage. Wheat is hard to beat as a cash crop even at lower supports, so long as growers comply with the acreage control program. Prices are likely to be at least 25 cents lower next year. With average weather, the na tion's wheat crop next year would again come close to 900 million bushels. In the Northwest, where the build-up in wheat stocks has been much faster than in the country as a whole, the price of wheat next fall Is likely to be about the same as the price of corn shipped in from the Mid west. Prices of barley and oats are likely to be no higher next year than this year. Unless supports are again provided, prices yould likely drop rather sharply. i mlstSi , eg of most ;soeds are stn, aroundi but ex-;prnmont st0ck-except for tall ; fPscueare not the problem they were a year ago. Growers ana dealers are holding the surpluses instead of the government. Con- si()erab,e old seed probably will sti11 he around next summer to 'interfere with marketing of crops raised in 1956. Crimson clover, with seed supplies the smallest in many years, seems to be an important exception. Current favorable hairy vetch prices will tend to keep prices next year at or below this year's level. The same holds true for Austrian winter peas. Supplies of common and peren- nial ryegrass seed this year are to increase last year and the government still holds large stocks. Until these stocks are used or exported, prices are like ly to be discouraging, say the eco nomists. The circular includes several suggested opportunities for crop adjustments that may help far mers in Oregon maintain Income. Copies are available from the county extension offices and OSC,