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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 20, 1955
72nd Year, Number 32
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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. '
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. (
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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.
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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
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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-
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its dead mother, was nuzzling the
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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.
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Convention of All
County School Board
Members is Called
County school
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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.