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Saturday Kickoff Dance
First of Fair Events
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DEL STENSON, featured vocalist
with Ken Knott's orchestra that
will plav Saturday night at the
morrow county lair and rodeo
Kickoil dance.
Polls Named For
Wheat Quota Vote
Voting plates in Morrow county
for the wheat marketing quota
referendum to be held July 20
were designated today by Nor
man Nelson, chairman of the
county Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation committee.
For the 'Alpine and Lexington
communities the polling place
will be the Lexington Grange
hall. For the Morgan and lone
and part of Eightmile, voting will
be at the lone Legion hall; and
for the North and South Heppner
and part of Eightmile districts
the polling place will be the
Heppner Legion hall. All will be
open from 8 a. m. to 9 p. m. on
July 20.
Growers eligible to vote in the
wheat quota referendum are all
those who will have more than
15 acres of wheat for harvest in
1957, and those farmers have
been notified of their wheat al
lotments. If quotas are approved by at
least two-thirds of the growers
voting in the referendum, the
quotas will remain in effect for
1157 and price support will be
available to farmers who have
complied with their wheat allot
ments at a level between 75 and
90 percent of pt, My. The farm
ers who exceed the larger of the
farm allotment or 15 acres will
bo subject to a penalty of 45 per
cent of the parity price for wheat
on the excess production.
If more than one-third of the
growers voting disapprove the
quotas, they will not be in ef
fect and price support will be cut
to 50 percent of parity.
Barbecue Planned
For Grange Meeting
The Lexington Grange will
meet Saturday evening with the
regular meeting to be preceeded
by a barbecue at the O. W. Cuts
forth ranch, it was announced to
day. The membership is asked
to bring salads and desserts and
the Cutsforths will provide the
rest of the meal.
The Grange meeting will start
at 8 p. m. with the program to
include a film and talk on farm
safety.
PAST MATRONS PICNIC
All Past Matrons and Patrons
of O.' E. S. and their families are
invited to attend a picnic Sunday
July 15, after church, at the
mountain place of Mr. and Mrs.
Loyal Parker.
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DONALD ROBINSON, who last week was named Msrrow county cattleman of the year, is shown with
one of his 100 registered Herefords. His development of an outstnding feeding, breeding, di
sease control and forage program won for him the 1956 title. The story on Robinson's accomp
lishments ran last week, but this cut failed to arrive in time to be run with the story.
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The annual Morrow county
Fair and Rodeo kickoff dance
which will be held Saturday night
at the fair pavilion will mark the
opening of a series of dances and
events leading up to the big
show August 29 through Septem
ber 2.
The dance will present to the
public for the first time Queen
Patsy Wright and her royal court
which includes princesses Janet
Myers, Lena community; Sue
Coleman, lone, who is sponsored
by Willows grange; Maxine Si
card, Boardman, sponsored by the
Greenfield grange; and Pat Stea-
gall of Lexington who is being
sponsored by the Lexington
grange.
Each princess will be honored
at her own dance which will fol
low the kickoff dance on con
secutive weekends. The queen's
dance will be the last and will be
held just prior to the opening of
the fair.
Ken Knott, well-known Port
land orchestra leader, will bring
his band to Heppner for the
dance which traditionally draws
one of the largest crowds of the
year. Knott has played in Hepp
ner on many previous occasions.
The dance is sponsored by the
Morrow county fair board with
jack van winkle serving as
chairman for the affair. Admis
sion price is $1.50 per person.
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Services Held Here
Thursday For
Marion F. Cork
Funeral services were held this
afternoon (Thursday) at Cres-
wick Mortuary chapel for Mar
ion F. Cork, 71, who passed away
July 9 at his home in Hardman.
He was found Tuesday morning
by residents of Hardman, and he
had apparently died Monday
night from natural causes.
Mr. Cork was born October 30,
1884 near Pendleton, the son of
Theodore and Melissa Cork, and
had lived his entire life in Mor
row county. He had made his
home at Hardman for several
years.
Services were conducted by
Rev. Charles V. Knox, pastor of
the Heppner Church of Christ and
burial was in the Lexington
cemetery with the I. O. O. F.
lodge in charge of graveside rites.
He was a member of the Hard
man Odd Fellows lodge.
Surviving are one brother, Bert
Cork of Heppner; three sisters,
Mrs. Wilbur Loban, Carlton, Ore.;
Mrs. Mabel Davis, Tumalo; and
Mrs. Etta Burns, Santa Barbara,
Calif., and several nieces and
nephews.
Postal Clerks Exams
To Be Given Here
The Heppner post office an
nounces that applications for
examinations for substitute pos
tal clerk are now being accept
ed. Although no positions are
available at the present time, the
examination is being given to
establish a register for future
appointments.
Any person living in the de
livery area of the local post office
wishing tq make application for
this "exam may contact the local
civil service representative for
further information.
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS
TO MEET
The Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers will meet Monday,
July 23 at the court house at 8:00
p. m.
There will be a discuussion of
the tentative hunting regulations. '
apper
Copies 10 Cents
Willow Creek Road
Oiling Will Be
Delayed One Year
that due to delays by state high
way engineers in prepairing
specifications, no oiling will be
done this year on the Willow
creek road east of Heppner, the
county will start immediately
completing the construction of
the remaining six miles of the
project and placing base rock
on the lower six miles, it was
announced this week by county
udge Garnet Braratt.
Barratt said that the court has
received many complaints about
the condition of the road, but
warned motorists that its condi
tion would get worse before it got
better. However, the county rock"
crusher will lie set up in the area
shortly and My fall the entire 12
miles of the road will get base
rock and a fine macadam sur
face. The state -is expected to
contract for the paving of the
entire 12 miles next year. It had
bene planned to oil the road in
two six-mile sections over a two
year period due to lack of funds.
The work is being done jointly
with federal, state and county
funds.
The lower six miles of the road
has been widened and straight
ened this year, and county erews
will start shortly on improving
the upper six miles. Barratt said
that though the delay in paving
will cause some inconvenience,
the road will be better inas
much as many fills have been
mad? and these will have a
chance to settle fully before the
surfacing is applied.
The new federal highway pro
gram recently passed by congress
will aid somewhat in financing
the overall project, it was also
announced. Because of the pas
sage of the hill, an additional 20
percent in federal funds, or
around $6,000, will be made avail
able for the paving contract.
Wranglers Set Sunday
Events a Dougherty
Sand Hollow Ranch
Another in a series of Wrang
ler riding and roping events,
Dougherty's Billy Duster, has
been set for Sunday, July 15 at
the E. C. Dougherty ranch in
Sand Hollow.
A potluck dinner at noon will
start the day, with the club fur
nishing coffee and ice cream, and
events will start at 1 pj m.
On the program are stake, bar
rel and pole bending races, musi
cal ropes, calf roping, wild cow
milking, cow riding and others.
A new arena has been built on
the Dougherty ranch and the pub
lic is invited to attend the meet.
Stock will be furnished by Cliff
and Jerry Dougherty and judges
will be Pat O'Brien and Jerry
Brosnan. Secretaries, Joyce Bus
chke and Barbara Jordan; an
nouncer Bruce Lindsay; field flag,
man, Al Fetsch; race starter Pat
O'Brien; calf chutes, Gerald
Swaggart; bucking chutes, Jack
Edmondson and Glenn Ward;
and arena directors will be Cor
nett Green and Oscar George.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith ore on
two weeks vacation. Harry Tamb
lyn is serving as city recorder
during Smith's absence.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 12,
Thunderstorms Put on Big Show
But Cause. Little Damage Here
Mercury Climbs
And Rain Falls
As Summer Hits
Genuine summer weather came
to Morrow countv last weekend
and early this week to send the
mercury climbing into the 100's
for the first time this year.
Heppner' highest official tem
perature was recorded Mondav
when the government thermome
ter hit 94. The same dav un
official thermomeiers in several
other locations in town climbed
to 99 and 100 degrees. Boardman
apparently was the hottest spot
in the countv with 103 beinor
recorded there on Monday.
Along with the heat came
thunderstorms which dumped
over one-half inch of moisture on
Heppner in two evenings, Mon
day and "Tuesday nights. The
Monday storm brought .10 Inch of
rain and a whooping .42 inch fell
Tuesday night during a spec
tacular storm. The two storms
brought to .54 the rainfall so far
n July which is already over the
40 year average for the month
of only .35 inch. June rainfall
nere was 1.02 inches.
The warm weather came Sun
day when the official mercury
n.t 90 and dropped to only 59
early Monday morning. Tues
day's high was 89 and low GO.
Mrs. O. W. Cutsforth
Named New Chairman
Of County Red Cross
Mrs. Orville CuMorth of Lex
ington' was named iiew chairman
of the Morrow county Red Cross
chapter at a meeting of about 15
interested persons held Monday
evening at the Turner Van Mar
ter and Bryant office In Hepp
ner. Other officers named by the
group were Mrs. Verner Troedson,
lone, secretary-treasurer; Paul
Koenig, Mrs. Roice Fulleton and
Richard Bruhner, trustees. Mrs.
Cutsforth will replace Jack Bailey
who has headed the chapter for
the past several years.
Several appointive Red Cross
officers will be named later by
the new chairman.
The chapter approved the con
tinued participation in the dis
trict Red Cross blood program
and sent a check for $528 as its
share of the district cost of the
blood program carried on by the
national organization.
The chapter will continue its
activities in the blood program
and arrangements are being made
to have the bloodmobile brought
to Heppner again this year. A
chairman for the blood drawing
will be announced later, and
the chapter will make a strong
drive to get public support when
the bloodmobile is again brought
here.
Soil Bank Program,
Price Support Costs
Explained to Chamber
The. new federal soil bank
program and how it will effect
local farmers was explained by
Paul Tews, manager of the Mor
iow county ASC office, at the
Monday meeting of the chamber
of commerce.
Tews told how the program
was set up and how farmers
could put part of their diverted
acres into acreage or conserva
tion reserve. Payment schedules
ire now being set up, but much
more information will be ob
tained before next year. He
pointed out how the new program
is tied in with present supports
for grains, etc.
Tews also told the group that
the cost of price supports for
wheat during the years from 1933
to 1955 amounted to only a small
part of the total cost of operating
the Commodity Credit Corporation
The total cost for wheat support
has been 331 million dollars.
During the same period dairy
products supports has cost 844
million, corn 2R9 million, pota
toes 478 million and peanuts 118
million dollars. The total cost to
the taxpayers of all price support
losses during the 22 year period
has been $2,636,995,937, Tews
reported.
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Lightning Strike Destroys
Heppner Junction Depot
ALL THAT REMAINED of Union Pacific's Heppner Junction depot
Tuesday morning was this pile of rubble after fire completely
destroyed the building Monday evening. Workmen are replacing
badly burned telephone poles.
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LIGHTNING is thought to have caused the Monday night fire which
destroyed the Heppner . Junction railroad depot The building
stood between the first two poles shown in this photograph. The
water tower, which stood at the left just below the windmill was
also burned in the blaze. (GT Photos)
The Union Tacific depot at
Heppner Junction, 16 miles west
of Boardman was completely de
stroyed by fire Monday night
after the building was struck by
lightning during a heavy thun
derstorm. The fire was reported
at 7:10 p. m.
David Bashaw, night operator,
was in the depot at the time. He
reported that lightning struck the
First National Loans
Show Big Increase
Over Year Ago
Deposit totals of $774,376,788
were reported by First National
bank of Portland in response to
the call of he comptroller of the
currency for statements of condi
tion as of June 30. The total
shows a deposit decrease over a
year ago of $2,652,689, or one
third of one per cent, according
to C. B. Stephenson, president of
the statewide bank.
Figures released by the Flepp
ner branch of First National
show that on June 30, 1956, de
posits at the branch were $5,
357,376 and loans were $3,441,10.3,
according to manager J. H. Bed
ford. Released at the same time were
comparable totals for the branvh
for june 30, 1955. On that date,
deposits wer3 $0,060,609 and
loans totaled 1,999,208.
Historically, deposit totals are
at' their low point in June of each
year, but the present deposit de
cline reflects the acceleration of
corporate tax payments to the
government plus the impact of
the increase In the state income
and excise tax rat:'s, the bank
president said.
The use of funds for the expan
sion of business in Oregon has
also accounted for a share of the
reduced deposits, and that Is fur
ther evidenced by the heavy
use of credit, which has brought
First National's loan totals to
$126,600,519 on June 30 the high
est on record.
The Federal Reserve board's
anti-inflationary 'measures have
affected bank deposit totals,
Stephenson said, but he added he
is thoroughly In favor of the FRB
program as being in the best in
terest of the national economy.
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building and went through the
wiring to the switch board which
threw sparks and fire all through
the room. Bashaw went out
through a window.
Robert Myrick, section foreman
at Wilows Station, about a mile
west of the junction reported
the fire to Arlington, who in turn
called Boardman to see if they
could send fire equipment, but
one of Boardman's trucks was
broken down and the other could
not be sent out of town.
Both section crews of Willows
and Castle stations, which is 10
miles east of the junction were
called out to fight the fire. They
remained on the job all night.
The building, a wooded struc
ture which was built in 1875,
burned completely down, as did
a wooden water tower about 75
feet away from the depot and a
fruit cellar built of ties.
Lawrence Compton is the regu
lar telegraph operator at the sta
tion and he and Mrs. Compton,
whose living quarters were In the
building, were away on a vaca
tion trip to Montana. None of
their furniture or clothing was
saved. Compton has been agent
at the junction for many years
and is eligible for retirement
in about two years.
A strong wind was blowing
which made the fire spread
rapidly but it did not spread far
from the depot grounds.
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New Dentist To Open
Office Here Soon
Dr. L. J. Whalon of Pilot Rock
is presently remodeling office
space in the Hotel Heppner where
he expects, in the near future, to
open an office for the practice of
dentistry.
He has moved his family, who
have been in Baker, to the Law
rence Brent homo at Lexington.
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DIES AT BEND
Word has been received here
of the death of Ray Shurte,
husband of Violet Merritt Shurte,
last Tuesday at Bend. He was on
his way home to Englewood, Cal.
Mrs. Shurte Is a niece of Mrs.
Henry Schwarz and a cousin of
Leonard Schwarz and is well
known In Heppner.
73rd Year, Number 18
Forest Crews Kept
Busy, Seven Fires
Started in Woods
A third thunderstorm rolled In
over Heppner and this section of
Morrow county Wednesday night
drepping a fairly heavy rain and
a smell amount of htil here, but
as far as can be determined at
prisstime there was no hail dam
age to crops.
The forest service reported this
morning that the storm started
one fire in he Wall creek area,
but it was thought to be small.
Continuing reports received
here today of the Tuesday night
storm in the John tuy area, tell
of even greater damage than was
originally reported. Complete de
tails are not available, however.
Thursday weather forecasts
call for more lightning storms
and showers today and tonight
A series of thunderstorms which
hit Morrow county Monday and
Tuesday nights put on quite a
lively show, brought considerable
rain and wind, and gave forest
service crews a workout, but act
ually caused very little damage
to farm or timber crops.
Both storms brought a brilliant
display of lightning to the Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone areas,
but the brunt of the two were
felt in other areas. Pilot Rock
and Pendleton got the worst of
Monday night's storm which
started several grain fires, and
the John Day River country
around Mt. Vernon fell heir to the
Tuesday night blow. The heaviest
loss locally was the loss of the
Union Pacific depot at Heppner
Junction which was destroyed, by
fire Monday night after being
hit by lightning.
Forest Gets Hits
The Heppner ranger district of
the national forest reported that
its lookouts reported in over 100
lightning strikes in the forest
area Monday night and at least
another 50 during Tuesday's dis
play. As far as was known late
Wednesday only seven fires were
started by the strikes.
The largest of the fires, about
two acres in area, was reoorted
on Wall Creek Tuesday and later
that day two smoke Jumpers from
the Wenatchee National Forest in
Washington were flown In and
dropped. They were being aided
by nine men from Klnzua Pine
Mills and at least two local For
est Service fire control men.
There was very little rain with
the Monday storm, but the Tues
day storm brought extremely
heavy rains, particularly In the
eastern end of the district, which
probably drowned out many
blazes before they got started.
Rainfall Heavy Here
The Heppner weather station
recorded .42 inch of rain Tuesday
night and .10 inch Monday, but
as far as could be determined
very little damage was done to
grain in the area. There were a
few scattered reports of wheat
being blown down bv the strong
winds, but there have been no
major losses reported. Neither
have there been any grain or
field fires started by the lightn
ing strikes.
Both the Pacific Power and
Light Company and the Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op reported
numerous fuses were blown on
power lines in this area, but
no major damage or outrages re
sulted. There was one report of
an lone woman being knocked
down when lightning struck near
her house Monday night, but
further details are not known.
Harvest Is Slowed
Al Lamb, Mprrow County Grain
Growers manager reported Wed
nesday that the rains had slowed
harvesting considerably and that
he now expects it to be early next
week before cutting gets In full
swing. The top day so far at the
North Lexington elevator of the
co op has brought in only about
15,000 bushels of Wheat and only
2,000 to 3,000 a day are coming
in to Lexington at present.
The Condon-Fossil area and
the western end of the John Day
around Spray and Service Creek
apparently felt the Tuesday night
storm, according to reports re
ceived here late Wednesday. They
told of the Condon-Fossil highway
being closed for a time by mud
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