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Arlington Bank
Seeks Charter for
Heppner Branch
The stockholders of the Gilliam
County Bank at Arlington have
authorized the board of directors
to make application to the state
superintendent of banks and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration for permission to estab
lish a branch bank at Heppner,
it was announced today by mem.
bers of the board.
It is contemplated that if a
branch is eventually authorized
for Heppner by the state banking
superintendent and the FDIC, that
the capital structure of the exist
ing bank will be increased and
local interested parties will be
given a chance to subscribe to
additional stock to be authorized.
It is also planned that the board
of directors will be increased to
include four residents of Morrow
county, and the name of the
bank changed to one more ap
plicable to the communities to be
served.
The Gilliam County Bank was
established at Arlington 11 years
ago and the current capital, sur
plus and undivided profits is ap
proximately $90,000, L. C. Buch
ner, vice-president and cashier i
revealed. Deposits are now one
and one-half million dollars and
dividends have been paid to the
stockholders for the past eight
years.
Officers of the bank are Marion
Weatherford, president; Earl
Hoag, vice-president; L. C. Buch
ner, vice president and cashier;
John Krebs, and D. L. Lemon,
directors.
Krebs, Buchner and Hoag were
in Heppner Wednesday discuss
ing the proposal with local resi
dents and surveying the area.
No location has been chosen
for the planned bank, but the
officers expressed the hope that
the branch could be in operation
shortly after September 1.
At the present time the only
bank in Morrow county is the
Heppner branch of the First Na
tional bank of Portland.
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Funeral Services
For Joseph Clark
Set For Saturday
Joseph S. Clark of Lexington,
passed away Wednesday at Pio
neer Memorial hospital following
a long illness. He was 86 years
of age.
Mr. Clark was born August 22,
1869 at Cincinnatti, Ohio and
came west when he was 16 years
of age. He was buiding custo
dian at the Arlington school for
15 years and had made his home
in Lexington for the past ten
years.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, May 19 at 2 p. m. at
the Lexington Christian church
with Rev. Norman Northrup of
ficiating. Interment will be in
the Lexington cemetery.
Mr. Clark leaves no immediate
relatives, though he is survived
by two step-children, John Spence
and Mrs. Ted McMillan both of
Lexington.
Creswick Mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
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Attempts Made to
Derail Trains
Near Boardman
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, state
police and special railroad agents
are investigating three attempts
during the past week to derail
mainline Union Pacific trains in
the vicinity of Boardman.
The first attempt was made
last Thursday and two subse
quent attempts in recent days.
Springs, stacks of railroad ties
and heavy chain have been used
in the attempt, it was said.
In every case the trains either
knocked the obstructions from
the track or rode over them with
out accident.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ike Cole, former
Heppner residents, now of Bay
view, Idaho were visiting here
the first of the week.
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County Conservation Man title
To be Shared by Nelson Brothers
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CONSERVATION MAN OF THE VEAR award winners are Norman (left) and Alfred Nelson, Lexing
ton ranchers. Judges last week determined thai the conservation practices carried on by the two
brothers earned them the county honor for 1956. See story below. (Wilson Photo)
By Irene Wilson
Stubble mulching, sodded wa
terways, contour seeding and
grass rotations are among th
conservation practices of Nelson
Bros, which won for them the
Morrow county "Conservation
Men of the Year" award, announ
ced Tuesday night at the Morrow
County Wheatgrowers associa
tion annual spring meeting.
Norman and Alfred H. Nelson,
Jr. started mulching on their 3C09
acre ranch six miles north of Lex.
ington in 1934 and since 1918
have used only sub-surface til
lage with spikes to control their
soil from wind and water erosion.
An average of 1600 acres is crop
ped yearly.
Firm believers in the benefit
of grass rotations with wheat for
improving soil structure, Nelson
Bros, have had as much as 400
acres in grass at one time and
at present have 160 acres in
grass. In 1950 they began nitro
gen fertilizer application to aug
ment soil fertility.
Grasses used in 20 acres of
sodded waterways, seeded grass
patures and over six miles of
field borders, ditches and slopes
are Crested wheat, bulbous blue
grass, pubescent wheatgrass and
sheep fescue.In addition they have
seeded crested wheatgrass on
about 2 miles of highway right-of-ways
adjoining their property
as a weed control measure.
Listing the control of annual ,
weeds as one of the biggest
nancial gains for wheatgrowers,
Nelson Bros, began working with
Morrow county agent N. C. An
derson, on the program in 1948.
Liquid spray has been applied
yearly since the initiatory pro
gram of dusting with 2-4-D the
first two years.
Early fall seeding when the
moisture permits is followed by
the Nelsons who seed out field
corners first and practice contour
tillage with as much rough,
trashy fallow as possible.
With their wheat operation ginia Dale Edwards, Jerry Ed
Nelson Bros, run 29 head of Here-! ward r,een SteDhpn William
fords on over 200 acres of native Green, Mac William Griffith,
grass and Crested wheatgrass Robert John Hare, Everett La
pastures and stubble. Registered Verne Keithley, Jo Anne Keithley.
bulls are used and a regular hp- KUhpr ntiio vrarAa
testing program followed. Farm Raymond Lynch, James Dominic
buildings are in top shape and a Monahan, Michael Francis Mona
complete ranch shop is maintain- han, Edith Mae Morris, Marilyn
ed- IFaye Munkers, Shirley Peck Pal-
About one-third of the ranch mer, Delbert Allen Piper, John
is owned by Nelson Bros, and the Lyman Piper, Audie Joe Privett.
remainder leased from their! Karen Ann Frock, Elizabeth
father, A. H. Nelson, Sr., who was 1 Mae Rose, Otto Eugene Ruhl,
born in Sweden and began oper- Virginia Claire Schwarzin, Wayne
ation of the ranch in 1913. Nor-! LeRoy Soward, Robert Lowell
man and Fred Nelson, who have ' Stevens, Warren Lance Tibbies,
worked on the ranch all their Lowell L. Turner, Jr., Barbara
lives, began their partnership Beth Warren, Carolyn Calvin
in the thirties and assumed full Willard, Thomas Ray Wilson,
time operation in 1946. They give Judith Ann Wright.
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credit to their father for his ex
ample in the practical and pro
gressive care of the land. Nelson,
Srwas one of the sponsors of the
Lexington blow control district
of which Fred Jr. is presently
secretary. Mr. and Mrs Nelson
Sr., retired in 1938 and now live
at Oak Grove, Oregon.
Both brothers are active in
farm organizations including the
Oregon Wheat League, Morrow
County Cattle Growers associa
Memorial Picnic
Planned May 30
Plans are being completed this
week for the third annual pio
neer Memorial picnic to be held
at the fair pavilion in Heppner
on Memorial day, May 30.
A potluck noon picnic is plan
ned with meat and coffee being
furnished for all visitors. Every
one is invited to come and bring
potluck and visit during the day.
According to reports a large
number of out-of-town visitors
have indicated their intention to
be present.
37 Seniors Will
Graduate at Heppner
HerjDner hiph school will crradu.
atp 37 senior students nPvt Tups.
fi-jdav at commencement exorcises.
This ls the largest class in many
years.
Pictures of the students are
usually run in the Gazette Times
just prior to graduation, but the
photos were not yet available. If
they arrive they will be run next
week.
The seniors are: Nancy Kay
1 Anderson, Charles L. Bailey, Dar
rpi, Tark RIakp Ffwar,t m 'r.
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tion, Farm Bureau and Lexing
ton Grange, of wiiich both are
past masters. Noman is county
agricultural ' ad . stabilizl'tion
committee chairman, a member
of the Wranglers riding club and
the Elks. Fred is a member of the
lone schoortjoard, a 4-H leader
and a member of the South Mor
row county 4-H council and the
Masons. Both attended Oregon
State college.
In addition they are cooperators
in the Heppner Soil Conservation
district and expressed apprecia
tion for assistance from both the
district and the county extension
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Nelson
hae two children, Charles 6, and
Kristin 4. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Nelson are the parents of three,
Kenneth 12, Karen 7 and Keith 5.
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OSC Honorary
Picks Heppner Girl
OREGON STATE COLLEGE from the property tax field except
Patricia Wright of Heppner has'for debt service,
been chosen one of 36 new mem-1 The Grange voted two $25 4-H
bers of Talons, Oregon State col- scholarships for the 1956 summer
lege sophomore women's service
honor society.
Membership is based on scho
larship, leadership, cooperation,
and service to OSC. Each wo
men's living group on campus ls
represented by at least one mem
ber of the service organization.
Miss Wright, daughtr of of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter W. Wright of
Heppner, is a freshman majoring
in home economics at OSC. She
is a 1955 graduate of Heppner
high school.
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THE HEPPNER MASONIC CEMETERY last week received a check
for $100 from Hynd Brothers company to be used in beautifying
the cemetery grounds. Shown receiving the check is Mrs. W. O.
George, right, chairman of the Heppner cemetery maintenance
district. Making the presentation is David Hynd. left treasurer
cf the company. Center is Will
lirst donation received by the
to Draw Heavy Vote
Stag
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Voters Approve
School Budget
By Wide Margin
voters Monday gave their ap
proval to the county school bud
get by more than a two to one
majority. The vote was 341 yes
to laJ no. it carried in all pre
cincts except lone.
The total budget for the opera
tion of the county's schools was
$635,959.18, down slightly from
last year, and the amount to be
raised by taxation will be $68,
958.16 below the 1955-56 figure
due tova large cash carryover in
some districts from the current
year. The resulting tax needed
to support the schools will be
about four and one-half mills
less than the resent year.
The budget passed by a wide
margin despite the pre-election
circulation of anonymous post
cards in parts of the county urg
ing voters to defeat the budget.
In the opinion of district attor
ney Bradley Fancher such elec
tion material is illegal and vio
lates the Oregon corrupt practi
ces act which requires all parti
san election propaganda to carry
the names of the author and the
publisher. The cards carried no
signature.
Fancher said this week that the
case will be presented to the
grand jury in June for investiga
tion.
The vote on the budget by
school districts showed the fol
lowing vote:
Yes No
Heppner 142 51
Hardman 5 0
Lexington 19 13
lone 44 70
Boardman 53 17
Irrigon 78 3
Lexington Grange
Gives OK to State
Sales Tax Proposal
The taxation picture in Oregon
was discussed by representative
C. A. Tom Saturday at the regu
lar meeting of the Lexington
Grange.
Following the talk, the Grange
went on record as favoring a
state sales tax to allow income
tax relief and a 20 percent pro
perty tax relief. They also re
quested that the state withdraw
scuuui unu mis. ivau miner, ntl
chairman, announced the group
had sufficient money to purchase
a new oil stove. It was also an
nounced that the next HEC meet
lng would be May 17 at the home
of Mrs. Harold Beach.
Norman Nelson, chairman of
a special committee on painting
the hall, reported the cost would
be about $150 and members
oted to take donations for paint.
A building committee was an
nounced as Karl Miller, Lyle Cox
and Alfred Nelson Jr.
C. Hynd. president This is the
board. (GT Photo)
County Polling
Places Listed
Polling places for Friday's
primary election are listed this
week by county clerk Bruce
Lindsay.
North Heppner Empire Ma
chinery.
South Heppner Courthouse.
Hardman School House.
Lexington I. O. O. F. hall,
lone City hall.
Boardman Grange hall.
Irrigon School house.
The polls will be open from 8
a. m. to 8 p. m.
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County Schools
List Dates For
Closing Programs
All county schools will con
clude their school year next week
wnn Daccaiaureate programs
scheduled to start Sunday. Gradu
ation exercises will be held later
in the week.
Following is a list of dates a;id
times for the various services.
Heppner
Baccalaureate, Sunday, May 20
at 8 p. m. at the Christian church
with the sermon to be given by
Rev. Charles Knox.
Commencement, Tuesday, May
22 at 8 p. m. in the high school
gymnasium with Dr. Frank Ben
nett, president of E. O. C. E. as
speaker.
Lexington-
Baccalaureate, Sunday at 8 p.
m. at the Lexington Christian
church.
Commencement, Thurs day,
May 24 in the school auditorium.
John M. Miller, professor of edu
cation at E. O. C. E. will be the
speaker.
lone
Baccalaureate, Sunday at 7:30
p. m. at the lone Community
church with Rev. A Shirley de
livering the sermon.
Commencement, Wednesday,
May 23 at 8 p. m. at the school
cafetorium. Francis B. Nlckerson
of Eugene, will deliver the ad
dress. The county school superinten
dent's office did not have the
dates of Boardman and Irrigon
services, but they too, will be
held sometime next week.
Hardman will have no gradu
ation services this year as there
are no eighth grade students.
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Lexington P-TA
Installs Officers
New officers were installed by
the Lexington P-TA at its regu
lar meeting May 8. President ls
Lloyd Forshee; vice president,
Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth; secretary.
Mrs. John Ledbetter; and treasu
rer, Mrs. Bill Parsons.
The new president presented
Mrs. Millard Nolan with a past
presidents pin and Mrs. Nolan
gave a card and handkerchief to
all her outgoing officers and
committee heads.
Reports given Included those
by Mrs. Cutsforth of the White
House conference meeting at
lone; Forshee on the P-TA con
ention at Eugene; and Mrs.
Kenneth Peck gave an outline
on the school picnic which will
be a community gathering at the
school this year.
The lunch will be a basket
potluck and evervone is asked to
bring their own paper plates and
cups, ice cream, punch and cof
fee will be furnished by the P-TA.
There will be games and prizes
given, it was announced.
The picnic will be held Thurs
day, May 24 starting at 10 a. m.
with lunch at noon and continu
ing until about 3 p. m.
2-Price Wheat Plan
Hitchcock Choice
Phil Hitchcock, Republican can.
didate for the nomination for
U. S. Senator told a group in
Heppner last Saturday that he
favored the two-price domestic
party system for wheat which
would allow 100 percent subsidy
for wheat used for food with the
balance competing on the open
market. He expressed opposi
tion to rigid price supports.
Hitchcock spoke before about
50 persons Saturday morning in
the multipurpose room of the
Heppner grade school.
Speaking on power, he said he
would favor federal construction
of the John Day dam, but if
enough federal funds weren't al
lowed he would favor a combi
nation of public and private fi
nancing to do the job. He stres
sed the need to develop power
supply.
Hitchcock touched on his busi
ness and legislative qualifica
tions as a senator and on his
objective in
defeating senator
Wayne Morse.
Giant Sized
Ballots Await
County Voters
Oregon's "war of words" is
drawing to a close today and
voters will start trooping to the
pons tomorrow (Friday), May 18
to make their decisions. The Re-
publicans will have to choose
among 81 candidates and the
Democrats 52 for the various of
fices.
The ballots will be the larcest
the voters have had to wrestle
with since the general election
four years ago. The Republican
is largest, there being nearly 30
more aspirants for offices than on
the Democratic ticket.
The race which has caused
the most interest in the state is
for the Republican nomination
for United States senator. Seek
ing the chance to run against
Democrat Wayne Morse in the
fall are Doug McKay, former
governor and secretary of the
nterior; Phil Hitchcock, former
state senator; Elmer Deetz, the
tanny Milkman; and George Al
tvater of Multnomah county.
Deetz and Altvater aren't given
much chance by most experts
and the race is expected to be
largely between McKay and
Hitchcock.
Another tight contest is ex
pected between Mark Hatfield
and William E. Healy for Repub
lican nomination for secretary
of state, and Robert T. Mautz
and John Merrifield, both of
Multnomah county, are seeking
the post of Republican national
committeeman.
Governor Elmo Smith of John
Day is running against Earl L.
Dickson of Albany for the nomi
nation for governor. Smith is
expected to have an easy race.
Voters will have a long list
of candidates to choose from for
delegates to the Republican na
tional convention and electors.
Demo List Long, Too
The Democratic race which Is
expected to create the most inter
est will be a write-in vote for the
nomination for president of the
United States. Both Adlai Stev
enson and Estes Keefauver have
waged a strong campaign in the
state. Neither name will appear
on tne Democratic primary bal
lot and voters will have to write,
in their choice, being sure to
place an "X" before the name
written in.
Other Democratic contests are
between Wayne Morse and
Woody Smith of Hood River for
the nomination of U. S. senator;
Al Ullman is running against A.
E. Glldewell of Hermlston for
representative in congress from
the second district; Al M. Rich
ardson and Wiley W. Smith are
after the nomination for state
treasurer. There will also be a
long list for delegates to the
Democratic national convention
and electors of president and
vice-president. There is also a
Democratic contest for national
committeeman and committee-
woman.
Voters will also have to mark a
non-partisan judicial ballot.
There are no county or city
contests on either ballot.
Early Voting Urged
Election boards are hoplne
that as many voters as possible
will vote early in the day as the
length of the ballot will make
the counting boards' Jobs ex
tremely heavy. The new voting
laws may also slow down voting
somewhat as all voters must sign
tne pollbook twice. County poll
ing places are listed in an ad
joining story.
The county clerk announced
this week, in answer to inquiries,
that it is allowable for voters to
take a pre-marked ballot into the
voting booth with them to aid In
marking the official ballot. Sam
pies will be available at all vot
ing places.
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Pat Steagall Named
Lexington Princess
Miss Pat Steagall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall of
Lexington, this week was named
1956 Morrow county fair and
rodeo princess by the Lexington
Grange, her sponsors.
More information on Princess
Pat will be published later.
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Mercury Climbs to 83
Degrees Wednesday
Heppner enjoyed Its warmest
day of the year Wednesday when
the mercury climbed to 83 de
grees. The forecast called for con
tinued warm weather with even
slightly higher temperatures for
a couple of days.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney
returned Monday from Portland
where they spent the weekend.