fcette Sites L?08CNt. ORE. Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 20, 1955 72nd Year, Number 32 applet Coon Says Neuberger Lost Dam Bill Debate Congressman Sam Coon said ratt. here Wednesday night that Sena-1 Clyde Brummell, Republican tor Neuberger had failed to dis-, party executive secretary ex prove any portion of the Copn plained the workings of the bill for partnership construction of the John Day dam "The press and other observers generally agreed that I kept to the subject of the debate and that the senator did not disprove any of my points," Coon said in a talk at the Heppner high school. Summing up the recent series of debates throughout Eastern Oregon, the congressman said that Senator Neuberber's argu ments were "challenged and dis proved time after time." In contrast, the GOP congress man said, "the senator talked about political philosophy and glittering generalities," thus ad mitting that the arguments in favor of the bill were true. "senator Neuberger can pro vide no assurance that Congress will appropriate the $310 million needed to build the dam under the all-federal financing plan," Coon said, adding: "Oregon needs the power and the jobs that the dam would create and needs these kilowatts and payrolls now." Coon lists five points of the John Day dam bill that he said his debate opponent had failed to disprove: "The government will design the dam as part of the compre hensive plan for development of the Columbia River Basin.. "The power will be competi tive in cost with power from com parable new projects such as The Dalles and McNary dams. "At all times the government will own the dam. "The partners, whether they be publicly or privately-owned uti lities, cannot make a profit on power from the John Day dam. Power is an operative expense, for which no profit may be charged, and rates are regulated by the PUC at Salem. "We have waited 5Vi years now for money to build the John Day dam, and if we depend on all federal funds, Oregon may have to wait indefinitely." Coon told the group that the three Oregon democrats in Con gress tried to block his bill, that the senators don't want any dams started in Oregon. He said they want to use the fact that nothing was started under the Eisenhower administration a s campaign material next year. Agriculture Discussed During the question and ans wer period following Coon's ad dress, the Congressman was asked what secretary of agricul ture Ezra Taft Benson had in mind for an agriculture plan for next year. Coon answered that Several changes are being con sidered and that he feels there is a good chance that the two- price wheat plan can be put through. He said the secretary of agriculture will have new legislation to improve farmers' share in increased income. He added that the farm problem is one of the most difficult facing congress. Coon touched only lightly on International problems, confin ing his remarks mainly to the John Day dam bill, power and agriculture. A good crowd heard the talk. County Officers Named Prior to Coon's talk at the school, he and Mrs., Coon were guests of honor at a Republican dinner at O'Donnell's cafe at which time a full slate of Repub lican central committee officers were elected. Heading the organi zation Is Don Hatfield of Lexing ton; vice-chairman is Mrs. Ver ner Troedson, lone, and secretary-treasurer is Mrs. Ed Dick. Chosen as congressional commit teeman and woman were Mrs. Mervin Leonard and Bill Bar- 30 County Hunters Get Special Elk Tags Thirty of the 100 special con- trolled elk tags for the special Heppner district Elk hunt Novem ber 11 to 23 inclusive went to residents of Morrow county, and tags number one and two went j Keithley, Oliver Creswick, Ken to a local Couple, Mr. and Mrs. i neth Green, Floyd Sayers, Bob Frank Adkins. Ervin Anderson i Penland, Mr. or Mrs. Ken Keel drew tag number three. ing, Ken Carpenter, James Sum- Adkins are looking forward to the season with the hope that they can do as well as they djd during last year's hunt when Adkins killed, a bull that dressed oirt at 670 pounds. Both he and his wife already have their deer, both getting a three-point buck early in the season. county committee and asked for an ovation for J. O. Turner, for mer county Republican head who has served for many years. Also present was L. R. Hodges of the state central committee. Coon spoke briefly at the din ner and in commenting on next year's election he said that Sena tor Wayne Morse is now scared that he can be beaten. He urged concerted efforts to replace Morse with a Republican. ' o . County Wheat Growers to Meet Saturday at Lex The fall meeting of the Morrow county Wheat Growers Associa tion will be held Saturday at the Lexington Grange hall starting at 10 a. m. it was announced this week by Frank Anderson, presi dent. Among the main issues to come up for discussion at the meeting will be the resolutions concerning federal agricultural programs, crop insurance, wheat utilization, taxation and freight rates. The meeting will open at 10 a. m. and a free lunch will be served at noon by the HEC of the grange. It is open to the public and everyone connected with wheat farming is urged to at tend. Additional information on the meeting can be found in the county agent's column on page two of today's paper. o Lightning Damages Paul Hisler Home Extensive damage to the Paul Hisler home on Butter creek was caused by a lightning strike dur ing Tuesday night's brief thun derstorm. The bolt either struck the house or the power lines lead ing to it. Hisler reported that obvious damage included the complete destruction of a water heater, all switch and fuse boxes, tele phone fuses and wires, some light fixtures and a pole trans former which supplied power to the residence. Hisler said that when the lightning struck he thought the whole house was coming down and flames shot nearly 50 feet into the air from the power line transformer. The walls around the verious switch boxes were I badly burned, but luckily the house didn't catch fire. There is good possibility that other concealed damage may show up,'ment was in the Heppner Ma such as burned out appliance mo tors, range elements, wiring etc, but up to Wednesday afternoon there had been no opportunity to test these items. There was no estimate of the damage yet, but it will probably be considerable. No one was hurt however. The quick storm which hit the Heppner area shortly after 7 p. m. didn't last long but brought .17 inch of rain in a short time. Hisler said it only sprinkled in his area, but there was a report of a near cloudburst over the mountains toward Ukiah. o Boy Scout Fund Drive Reaches Nearly $600 A total of $598 has been col lected so far in the Heppner Boy Scout drive, fund chairman Jeff Carter, who estimated that about 75 percent of the returns are in. Over $600 was collected last year and $800 in 1953. Anyone in this area wishing to aid the drive may give their donation to any of the following workers Del Jordan, Harvey Wright, J. R. Huffman, Marion Green, Bradley Fancher, Everett ner, Rev. Lester Boulden, James Driscoll, John Pfeiffer, Bill Lab hart, Bruce Lindsay. Other workers are Jack Bailey, Barton Clark, Mrs. Frank Ander son, Bill Weatherford, Paul Jones, Bill Barratt, Mrs. Tom Wilson, Elmer Schmidt and L& Verne Van Marter. , ... ' i ' 4 VICTIM OF HUNTER'S BULLETS, mer of Heppner, whose six - rjoay wnen touna By tneir owners early Friday morning. The mare had been shot twice in the hind quarters and died within sight of Beamer's house on Balm Fork. Police speculated that she had been spotlighted. Beamer only recently cut his stock to three brood mares and this animal was the most valuable of the three. (Wilson Photo) Mrs. Verna Hayes Dies Here Sunday Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Heppner Christian church for Mrs. Verna Vernetta Hayes, 67, who passed away late Sunday at Pioneer Memorial hospital after a series of sudden illnesses. Her death came just two weeks after that of her husband, Homer Glenn Hayes, who died here Oc tober 2. Mrs. Hayes, who had lived all of her life in this immediate area, was stricken with appendicitis the day before her late husband's funeral October 5 and since that time had suffered a heart attack and a stroke which brought on her death. Mrs. Hayes was born June 9 1888 at Lexington, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Driskell. She was a graduate of Heppner high school and later attended business college at La Grande. She was married to Mr. Hayes on December 4, 1907 and worked for the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company for 22 years until she retired in 1949 when she and her husband moved to Lonerock where they operated a grocery store and post office. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and the Christian church. Survivors are three sons, Clar ence, Corvallis; Homer, Portland; and Richard of Condon; one sis ter, Mrs. Elsie Stevenson, Port land; four brothers, William and George Driskell both of La Grande; Thomas, Portland and Herbert, Boring, Oregon; and seven grandchildren. Rev. Norman Northrup, pastor of the Lexington Church of Christ officiated at the service, inter- sonic cemetery, Creswick Mortuary had charge of arrangements. ( o Two Portland Hunters Suffer Hurts, Heart Attacks in Wreck Two hunters from Portland and vicinity were taken to Pio neer Memorial hospital after their car rolled over in Sanford ! canyon and was demolished, sheriff C. J. D. Bauman reported. The accident happened early Fri day morning. Frank Holden, Oregon. City, re ceived a broken shoulder bone and some cracked ribs and later suffered a mild heart attack after he was in the hospital. His companion, Guy Robison of Port land, was nospitanzea with a heart attack following the wreck. It was believed that Holden either fell asleep or suffered a heart attack while the tw0 were on their way to the mountains on a hunting trip. o Heppner 4-H Hember Sixth at PI Judging Don Casteel of Heppner placed sixth in the individual 4-H live stock judging at the Pacific Inter natonal Livestock show in Port land over the weekend. He was in competition with over 200 club members. A Condon boy, Eddie Palmer won first. The Morrow county 4-H live stock team of Casteel, Connie An derson and Marjorie Peck com peted but did not place. its was this registered thorobred brood mare belonging to Ralph Bea- months old colt shown here with Mrs. Rieth Celebrates 99th Birthday Oct. 12 f, H J 99 YEARS YOUNG on October 12 was Mrs. Ellen Rieth of lone. She celebrated the occasion with a special Mass at St. Williams Catho lic church and an open house at her home. (GT Photo) Mrs. Ellen Rieth, better known to her many friends as "Grandma Rieth," celebrated her 99th birth day Wednesday, October 12 at the lone home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul O'Meara. She Is Mor row county's oldest resident. Mrs. Rieth is remarkably spry and in excellent health. She is able to get around with very lit tle difficulty and seldom misses a Sunday walking to church ser vices. She has full use of all her faculties with the exception of her hearing, which has failed her somewhat in recent years, and she spends her time crocheting, reading and helping around the house, frequently complaining that her daughter with whom she makes her home, woji't let her do more housework. She does, however, take care of her own room and helps with the dishes. Grandma Rieth, who is one of the oldest residents of Oregon, was born Oct. 12, 1856 at Neosha, Missouri, and crossed the plains to Oregon, which had been a state fo ronly a year, in 1860. She has lived in Oregon and Wash ington since that time. , Mrs. Rieth was married to Eu gene Rieth, Sept. 7, 1875 at Mis sion, near Pendleton, and raised her family of three daughters and one son at Pendleton. The home in which she lived in Pen dleton, located across the street from St. Anthony's hospital, which was built in about 1885, still stands. She has outlived all of her family except one daugh ter, Mrs. O'Meara, and a son F. J. Rieth of Harrington, Wash. Her husband died in 1922 and she has made her home at lone since 1925. Mrs. Rieth well remembers the Vanorman Indian massacre which occurred on the Snake river north of Walla Walla In 1860, the year she came to this area. The town of Rieth near Pen dleton was named for her hus band and his two brothers, Jacob and Joseph Rieth. Mrs. Rieth's birthday party in cluded a special Mass at St. Williams Catholic church and an open house at her daughter's home. Grandma Rieth has a very quick sense of humor, too, along with her other remarkable facul- "I its dead mother, was nuzzling the 4. J ties for a person of her age. When shown the accompanying picture taken hv the Ca7ette Times nhn. tocraDher earlv this week, she commented, "My, is that me? What do you want with that something to scare the crows?" Mrs. O'Meara indicated that her mother's health is very good and expressed the belief and hope that she will be able to cele brate her 100th birthday next year with a "real" party. o Convention of All County School Board Members is Called County school y scnooi superintendent1.....,. ... v, T , ,. , ,, , I Jack Flug has called a conven- tion of all school board members in Morrow county to be held Saturday, Oct. 22 at 1:30 p. m. at the courthouse in Heppner. The convention is required by a resolution passed by the last legislature and is for the purpose of making a study and preparing a report of the educational needs of the county schools, especially keeping In mind school finance affected by operating costs and capital outlays. The. legislature also established an intirim com mittee to investigate state edu cational needs. The superintendent urged all school board members in the county to attend and all have already been notified by letter, Flug said. City Council Accepts . Carter's Resignation The Heppner city council met in special session Monday after noon to acrept the resignation of one of its members, Jeff Carter, local J. C. Penney manager, who has been transferred to Payette, Idaho. He will leave about Nov. 1. No replacement will be named until next month, mayor Mary Van Stevens announced. The council also agreed to give the Heppner Civic League until Nov. 15 to remove all of its items and equipment from the kinder garten room in the old civic cen ter building. The building will be torn down in the near future to make room for park facilities. Residents Asked to Aid in Providing School Census Check Local school officials announ ced this week that the annual school c?nsus is now being taken and asked all residents of the Heppner district, who are new to the area since last year, and who have children who will be 4 years of age or over by Novem ber 15, to write or call the school and advise the clerk. Information on school-age children is obtain ed from them and from school records, The district needs to know the full name of the children, date of birth,, sex, and parents name and address. The information is used to give school officials needed in formation on school attendance in coming years. Forest Service Moves Wayne West To Regional Office Promotion of District Ranger Wayne West -from the Heppner district to a staff position in the division of wildlfe and range management in the regional of fice in Portland, Oregon, effective November 6 was announced to day by Umatilla Forest supervi sor C. M. Rector. The vacancy will be filled on November 6 by trans fer of Ranger Victor L. Krei meyer from the Bear Sleds dis trict of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. West, a native of Idaho, gradu ated from the forestry and range management school at the Uni versity of Idaho. His first regular appointment was in 1911 with the Department of Justice, Im migration and Naturalization Service in southern California. From 19-12 until 1916 he served in he U. S. Air Force. In 1917 he came to the Umatilla Forest as a range conservationist. In 1919 lie was transferred to ttie Ochoco National Forest at Prineville as project staff range management assistant. In July 1950 he return ed to the Heppner district as as sistant district ranger until pro motion to this district ranger position in April 1951 which he has occupied since that date. West has been active in civic af fairs in Heppner. Kreimeyer graduated from the Iowa State University in 1943 with a degree in forestry. He re- ceived his first regular appoint mont W1,n the Forest Sorvlce ln 19-,G on tho Mount Hood National Forest- In November of that year ho was transferred to the Wal- Iowa Forest as timber sale offi cer and district assistant on the Chesnimus ranger district. In 1950 he took over as district ranger on the Bear Sleds ranger district on the Wallowa Forest where he has served as ranger to the present date. Kreimeyer by reason of his varied experien ces with timber and range man agement comes well equipped to 'his new nsi(Tnmenf ne Hmmnnr uisuici ranger. Mr. arm rars. fvrei- meyer have a son and daughter of school age. The family will move to Heppner as soon as liv ing quarters can be found. Krei meyer was active in church and chorus work in Wallowa ennntv whcre he has directed the county chorus for several years. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the court house be tween 9:30 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. VALUE AND EXTENT OF COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM OUTLINED TO CHAMBER There are only 8 farm homes ln Morrow county that do not have either a graveled or oiled road to their door, county judge Garnet Barratt told the chamber of com merce Monday noon in a report on the progress of county road work under the current special 10 mill road levy. Barratt told the group that at the time of the start of the first special road levy In 1948 there were only 235 miles of graveled roads and practically no oiled county roads in the county, but at the present time there are 537 miles of gravel and 76.5 miles of county oil. Barratt went back through the early road history in the county pointing out that even in the depression years, residents were paying more road tax than they are at the present time. This was because of several bond issues sold In earlier years which re Family Suffers Heavy Loss in Wednesday Fire Fire Wednesday morning caused extensive damage to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Munkers on south Court street in Heppner. Firemen answered the general alarm at 10:30 and fought the blaze for over an hour before completely extinguishing it. The fire apparently started in a small utility room at the rear of the house connected with the kitchen and spread very rapidly to the kitchen and dining room. Mrs. Munkers said she was in the front of the house at the time caring for their baby when she smelled smoke. Upon Investigat ing she found the entire back wall of the kitchen in flames. She grabbed the baby and two small boys and ran to a neigh bors to call the fire department. Mrs. Munkers closed the front door as she went out and fire men credited this act with pre- A fund was started Wednes day afternoon to aid Mr. and Mrs. Don Munkers who lost many of their belongings by fire earlier in the day. Checks and cash totaling nearly $100 has been received at tlje Gaz ette Times office up to press time. All donations will be turned over to the family as received. venting further spread of the flames and considerably more damage. Practically all of Munkers' household goods and appliances n the utility room, kitchen and dining room were either com pletely destroyed or badly dam-. aged and there was no insurance on their personal possessions. The house is owned either by C. H. Brandhagen or Loy McFarren, and it is insured, according to reports. An early estimate of damage placed the loss at upwards of $3,000. Fire chief C. A. Ruggles said he felt the recent Intensive train ing course being conducted ln the fire department paid many dividends on this fire and credit ed the training with possibly preventing the total destruction of the building. When firemen, arrived flames were shooting from the rear of the house and heavy smoke was boiling out all over the house. Munkers is employed by Mor row county in the road depart ment. One fireman, Nate McBrldo, suffered a cut hand from flying glass when the pressure of the heat blew a window out of the house. He was treated by a local physician. TV Schedule Being Carried in GT Starting this week, and plan ned as a continuing service as long as the schedule reaches here In time, the TV schedule for KIMA-TV and KEPR-TV, the main television station received in this area, will be published in the Gazette Times. The full week's schedule starting at 6:00 o'clock tonight (Thursday) is included. The schedule has been received by the paper for several weeks, but until this week it has arrived too late to allow time to get it set into type. A change In mall- ing procedure at the station makes this addition possible. quired a high tax rate to pay in terest and principal. He said that the last of the old road bonds were paid off in June of this year, and a recap of interest costs over the period convinces the court that a pay-as-you-go plan, under which It is now operating, is the best method of getting the most roads for the least money. In the seven years since the first five-year special 10 mill road levy was passed in 1948, a total of $1,208,980 has been spent on road improvement in the county all on roads, none for interest because of the plan to build as the money Is available each year.. He outlined the work for the coming years and told of the cur rent improvement under way on the Willow Creek road leading to the mountains. It will eventual ly be paved to a point 12 miles above Heppner with part of this to be done next year.