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Mustangs Handed
One Defeat Then
Pick Off Irrigon
"The Basketball Blues" were
handed the Heppner Mustangs
Friday evening by an upsetting
Stanfield hoop quint as they with
stood a last minute rally and
took a two point victory margin
of 49-47. Mustang mentor, Larry
Dowen brought up his own ver
sion of a 3-2 game held high scor
ing Joe Mann of Irrigon to a
"poor" 25 points as the blue and
gold squad broke back Into the
victory column with a 54-41 win
over Grant Schiewie's Irrigon
Comets the following night.
Irrigon, under the guidance of
6' 7" Joe Mann spurted to a quick
6-0 lead before John Piper broke
the ice for the horses and slowly
fought for a first quarter lead
Quick feeds to D. riper added 6
points for a final 14-13 Initial
panel score.
"Big Joe" Mann tallied 12 of
the Comet's 13 points to lead all
scoring.
Slackening the pace, the horses
accumulated 9 more points and
3 dueces plus 3 gift shots to hold
23-21 halftime score. Although
the Mustangs shot 0 at the
black stripe in the third quar
ter, they connected for 7 field
goals with Rhul, Tibbies, and J,
Piper connecting on 2 each while
frosh forward Duane Alderman,
scored his first 2 points of the
game.
"BJ" led the Irrigon quint as he
collected 6 out of the Comet's 10
scores.
'Skip" Ruhl totaled seven of
the Mustang's final 17 tallies
while D. Piper was runner-up
with 6. Ahead only 6 points at
the fourth quarter start by a 37-
31 score, the Mustangs immecll
ately jumped ahead with a 6
point burst and fought back and
forth till the game's end.
High point laurels for Heppner
went to Ruhl who through his
guard slot took advantage of poor
Irrigon offensive passes and to
taled 16. Game honors were won
by "BJ" Mann as he flipped in
close ups for 25 counters. D. Piper
was runnerup for Heppner with
14.
Stanfield Wins By Two
Shooting a poor 23'7o (which
was boosted to 26 on 5 straight
last minute layups by J. riper)
the Heppner baskctoers foil be
fore a dead-eye foul shooting
quintet from Stanfield by a dose
l'J-47 score.
With a 79 shooting average
to go by the Tiger squad fired In
17 of 22 gift attempts while the
horses came through with a
"Mcasley" 56.
John Piper and Skip Ruhl fired
in 2 dueces in the first few min
utes of the game for a 4-0 lead
but the Tigers fired back with a
pair of foul line scores and a
F G. to tie the tilt at 4-4. Ruhl
fired in 2 more goals from the
field to run the total to 8-4. J.
Piper added a 2 pointer to con
clude the Mustang scoring. Stan
field added a free throw and a
corner shot to start the second
quarter a 10-7.
A set of black stripe tosses and
a jump shot by D. Toper was all
Heppner had in store for the se-
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Heppner FFA Takes
Port in Parliamentary
Procedure Contest
Heppner's chapter of the Fu
ture Farmers of America was one
of the eight groups attending
the parliamentary procedure con
test at Pendleton Jan. 28.
Fist place winners of the con
test was Athena with Pendleton
and Mac Hi taking second and
third.
Members of Heppner's team
were president, Eddie Brosnan;
vice-president, Bob Stevens; sec
retary, Tom Currin; treasurer,
Gary Jones; reporter Dick Apple
gate; and sentinel, Mike Mona
han. Judges for the contest were vo
cational agriculture instructors
Norman Kopman, Mac Smith,
and Don Stewart from La Grande,
Enterprise and Union respective-
Boardman, Stanfield, The Dal
les, and Hood River also com
peted in the contest.
cond stanza while the Tigers
pushed through 3 long pushes
and 2 gift shots to lead 15-14 at
half time.
Third quarter play saw the
Mustangs fall as far back as ten
points but a last minute bucket
by Ruhl cut the distance to two
points 31-23 with the Tigers
ahead.
Rallying In the fourth period
the horses cut loose with 22 points
while Stanfield dumped in 16,
but the total lacked two points of
balancing the contest.
The last chance for the Mus-j
tangs came when Vic Groshen
tipped a jump ball to John Piper
in the Tiger fore court and from
there drove deep into the Hepp
ner key and flipped an off bal
ance shot which rimmed out as
the gun went off.
High point honors for the
nipht went tn J. Piper who col
lected 17 while Stanford's Norm
Evans took advantage of the foul
lanes and collected 8 gift shots
and added 3 F. G.'s for 14 tallies.
Umatilla and P. R. Next.
Home again at last; the Mus
tangs entertain the Umatilla Vik
ings on the home court this Fri
day night and continue on the
home maples Saturday night for
a Cayuse encounter with Pilot
Rock.
Heppner, starting Us second
round of league play, will be the
favorite as victories have been
nosted over both squads but vast
Improvement in the Umatilla
quint makes them a dangerous
"5".
Pilot Rock who Is now in se
cond place in the Eastern League
will provide a threat as they have
dangerous potentiality in height
with McGowan the main threat.
Games are scheduled to start
at 6:45 and 8:15.
Heppner Stanfield
J Piper 17 Dallman 2
D. Piper 2 Walch 7
S. Ruhl 12 Sutton 2
L. Tibbies ... 6
L. Turner 4
Alderman 2
Groshens 2
Wolfe 6
Evans 14
Houk 4
Meade 12
Heppner
J. Piper 12
D. Piper 14
S. Ruhl 16
L. Tibbies 8
L. Turner 0
Irrigon
Mann 25
Ballard 12
Sing -Dec 2
Simmons 2
Taylor 0
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rnNr.RFSKMAN SAM COON an
nounced this week that he will
be a candidate for re-election
to the U. S. house of represen
tatives where he Is now serving
his second term. He is a Re
publican. lone Wins from
Boardman, Loses'
To Echo Squad
The lone Cardinals won one
game and lost one in the week-
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end's basketball play. Board- Leish, national administrator of
man fell before the lone squad the Farmer-S Home Administra
Jan. 27 at Boardman 67 to 52, 1 tjon notifietl Mr. Cody, the
but Echo playing at lone cameiaccnc ,g j a, representative to-
out on top the tussle with a score
of 61 to 50.
In the Boardman game the
Cards held the lead all the way
with the first quarter ending 16
12; the second, 35-19. Dick Sher
er was the high scorer with 19
points and Bill Brannon 18.
In the Echo game, Echo got off
to a running start in the first
quarter to run up a 24 to 6 lead
but by the end of the third period
lone had gained a short-lived 36
32 lead. Early in the fourth quar
ter Echo regained their lead to
finish with a 61 to 50 score.
Ernie Drake was high point
man with 14 and Jim Pryse and
Bill Brannon tied for second
honors with 11 points each.
O'
lone Townics Notch
Fourteenth Hoop Win
Tin Tnt-in tium rrnm Kn clnt K n 1 1
earn racked up its 14th win of
the season Monday night when it
edged out a tough Echo squad
62 to 58. The game was tied sev
eral times and the outcome was
in doubt until the final whistle.
Larry Pryse was high man for
lone and John Ramus for Echo.
Ione's season record now stands
at 14 wins and two losses and the
squad will tackle Stanfield next ,
Monday night, one of the two
teams to beat the Townics. Ione's
only other loss has been at the
hands of the strong Pendleton
Grain Growers five.
Local Chinchillas
Place in Show
Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer Wright
and Harvey and Mr. and Mrs.
James Wright of Moses Lake
were in Spokane last weekend
to attend the annual chinchilla
show of the Columbia Basin
branch of the National Chinchilla
Breeders' of America. Nearly 200
animals from Oregon, Washing
ton, California, Idaho and Mon
tana were entered in the show
which was the first to be spon
sored by the Columbia Basin
Branch of which the Wrights are
members.
Although the Wrights had not
groomed any of their small herd
for show entry, they decided to
take two along for comparison
with top grade animals from
other ranches. The animal entry
committee insisted upon entering
them in the show and one animal
placed third in his class of males
over 12 months. The female was
judged third best in her class.
Judges were Lester Vei of Salt
Lake City and Mel Erickson of
Seattle.
Tricia Lynn Prock, the small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Prock, is in Pioneer Memorial
hospital with pneumonia.
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Union Missionary
Group Plans For
Vorld Prayer Day
ine oia anu new ui mi
Union Missionary society met
iMondav afternoon at the Episco
pal parish house to complete
plans for the World Day of Prayer
which will be held at the Chris
tian church Feb. 17 at 2:30.
New officers of the group are
Mrs. Een Anderson, president;
Mrs. Carl McDuniel, vice-president;
Mrs. Marcel Jones, second
vice-president; Mrs. Floyd Jones,
secretary; program committee,
Mrs. Jane Rollins, chairman, Mrs.
Piiil Newitt, Miss Opal Briggs
and Mrs. Earl Sovvard; the re
freshment committee, Mrs. Len
nie Lowden, chairman, Mrs. Har
old Cohn and Mrs. Charles Vau-
ghn
Retiring officers are Mrs. R. B.
Rice, president; Mrs. Ben Ander
son, vice-president; Mrs. Mary
Bailey, , second vice-president;
Mrs. Earl Soward, secretary; pro
gram, Mrs. Ella Farrens, Mrs.
Whitmer Wright, Miss Leta Hum
phreys; refreshment, Mrs. Floyd
Adams. Mrs. Mattie Green and
Mrs. Marcel Jones.
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FHA Farmer Loans
Available Here
Farmers in Morrow county may
annlv for thp additional loan
av,jlnhie for financing
1056 0Dcratin, expenses, R. B. Mc
day.
The loans may be used to pay
a wide variety of farm and home
operating expenses including the
purchase of fertilizer, tractor fuel,
livestock feed and seed.
The loans will be made to
family-type farmers and to oper
ators with smaller than family
type farms whose anticipated
gross income from 'farming and
other sources will meet farm and
home operating expenses and re
pay loan.
Applications may be filed at
the county office of the Farmer's
Home Administration. The office
serving Morrow county is located
at Pendleton.
All Farmer's Home Administra
tion offices have been instructed
to give prompt service to all loan
applications
Cody pointed outithp old SDell now depends oni
that thesa loans are short-term
credit designed to help iarmers
Credjt , also'cxtended by the
Farmpr,s Home Administ;ation
for longer periods to finance ad
justments and improvements in
farming operations.
Real estate credit for purchase
and development of family-type
farms, for financing soil conser
vation measures, and for develop-
ment of water .PP systems for
farm home, livestock, and irri
gation are also available.
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Story Gets Job
Pone Too Fast
Last week's Gazette Times story
about the work done by the lone
civic improvement committee was
a little premature, the paper has
been Informed.
The work done on the creek
above lone was on levy and
creek banks, clearing them of
debris preparatory to cleaning
the creek channels as soon as
the st '-earn gets back to low water
stage.
Much of what the GT reported
in its story will be done in the
future.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Circuit judge William W.
Wells Friday granted divorces to
Jean Steuher from Louis Steuber,
and Charlotte Kessel from Elmer
Kessel.
WEEKLY
AT PHIL'S
Veterinary Supplies
TINCTURE OF IODINE.GAL. $7 ffA
QUART, $2.00
LAMB NIPPLES
EPSOM SALTS
PHIL'S PHARMACY
PHIL BLAKNEY, Owner
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KONEOE SWEETLAND of Mil
waukie. state senator from
Clackamas county and pub-
Usher of the Milwaukie Review.
who announced early this week
that he is filing for the Demo
cratic nomination for secretary
of state in th3 May 18 primary.
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs,
William T.pp Monteomerv, Hepp-
,, - , ! . To or,
ner a 5 lb. 7 oz. gir born Jan. 2b,,
ut.1, a o ju. i ui.. "i " I
named Carol Jean. To Mr. and
Mrs Art Young, Heppner, a 7 lb.
4 oz. boy born Jan. 30, named
Richard Arthur.
Medical Rebecca Myers, Kin-
zua, dismissed; Randy Anderson,
Condon, dismissed; Tricia Prock,
Heppner; Douglas Younce, Spray;
Newton Matteson, Heppner;
Jerrydean Mercer, Condon; Joh
anne Taylor, Heppner; Mike War
ren, Heppner; David Seitz, Fossil;
Daniel Matthews, Fossil.
Minor Surgery Evelyn Dunn,
Kinzua, dismissed; Verla Liehr,
Heppner.
Major Surgery John Asher,
Spray, dismissed.
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Winter-Injured
Plants to Require '
Careful Handling
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Go slow in pruning trees and
shrubs injured during last fall's
disastrous freeze, advises an Ore
gon State college horticulturist.
L. T. Blaney says extent oi,
damace to Dlants Injured during;
; tWQ fact0rs care in handling the
Diants between now and the
time new growth gets underway
and growing- conditions next
spring.
Blancy advises pruning be de
layed as long as possible, even
until the next growing season. He
explained that in a weakened
condition, the plant might be set
back fuither than if it were not
touched, or might even be killed.
He also suggests that garden
ers not disturb a plant by moving
it to a more protected area. And
if the bark of a tree has been
ruptured, he says it should be
nailed or otherwise held in place
to keep the inner layer of cam
bium from dying out.
A mild winter and early spring
should be a big help in aiding
recovery of plants damaged by
the low temperatures, he notes.
,However, Blancy recommended
use of plenty of fertilizer and
water next spring, in any event.
A severe winter or prolonged
spring could inflict additional
damage to already weakened
plants, he concludes.
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Among Heppner people attend
ing the Ileppner-Irrigon basket
ball game at Irrigon Saturday
night were Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley
Fancher, Mrs. Larry Dowen, Dr.
and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies and Mrs.
Rufus Piper.
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Rough Year Looms
For Oregon Farmers,
Economists Say
Another rough year is looming
on the Oregon farm front. Aver
age net income for Oregon far
mers this year may be little
more than half of what It was
in 1951, believes M. D. Thomas,
Oregon State college agricultural
economist.
Large stocks of farm products
piled up in past years will hold
prices down even if Congress ap
proves the so-called "soil bank"
early this year, says Thomas.
Major benefits from the soil bank
are "long range," states the econ
omist, with immediate benefits
1-kely to be felt only by Oregon
soed growers who would find
rapidly expanded markets for
grass and legume seeds to plant
the nation's soil banks.
The soil bank would take out
;Qf duction 1Q t0 20 t of
,he nation,s cr0 land and save
it until needed in an emergency
such as a drought or all-out war,
or by our future population.
If the acreage taken out of crop
brought sufficient production
cuts, farmers' incomes would Im
prove after awhile, Thomas ex
plains. Farm prices would pro-
bablv be enough better in two
f .,
thrp vnars tn mnrp than off.
or three vears to more than off
set the decreased production, he
believes. Meanwhile, substan
tial government payments would
I be necessary to keep many far
mers going while the "bank" is
being established.
Already, the average Oregon
farmer's net money income from
farming has dropped below $2000
compared t0 $3000 in 1991. A
further drop in 1955 and pros
pects for some further decline
may slash farm family income
by nearly one-half in the past
five years.
The average net would be
down even more if the number
of farm operators in the state had
not decreased, says Thomas. The
census shows only 54,412 farms
in the state in 1954 compared to
59,827 in 1950 and 63,125 in 1945.
Many farmers on smaller Ore
gon farms are supplementing
their income with off-farm work.
The economist believes such fam
ilies will seek even more off
farm work in 1956 with job pros-
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STILL A EIG SELECTION OF STYLES
MEN'S JACKETS
Both Summer Wjeight & Heavier Jackets
Now Vz off
ODD LOTS
MEN'S DRESS SHOES Vz OFF
A FEW LEFT -WOMENS'
Skirts & Blouses
Mow Vz off
Wilson's Men's Wear
The Store of
pects and salaries now available.
Mill and factory wage rates have
risen steadily for several years
and now average one-third
higher than in 1949.
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Local News In Brief
Maurice Elder is a patient in
the Veteran's hospital in Portland.
Mrs. Elder returned luesaay
after spending a week with him.
Mr. and Mrs Earl Blake of
Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Rietmann of lone left Friday to
spend a month in Arizona.
Several Morrow county men left
Wednesday to attend a meeting
of the National Wheat League in
Portland. Among them wer3
Frank Anderson, E. H. Miller Jr.,
Kenneth Peck, Nels Anderson and
Max Barclay.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrivner
and Diane were overnight visi
tors at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner last
week enroute to Idaho on a busi
ness trip. Diane remained with
her grandparents here while they
were in Idaho.
"Trouble with bureaucracy,
Mr. Commissioner, is that there
are too many weak thinks in
the chain of demand!"
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