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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday July 12, 1956
Livestock Prices
Holding Steady
IIERMISTON Fred Hoskins Jr.
of Heppner, earned $9 per head
for seven weaner pigs to place
among the tops at the Hermiston
Livestock Co. sale Friday.
Eighty-one consignors put 310
cattle, 85 hogs and 63 sheep on
the auction block In what mana
ger Delbert Anson described as a
snappy post-holiday sale.
The market held steady with
prices almost identical to those
posted at last week'c sale. More
grass fat heifers and fat hogs
will be needed for next Friday's
sale, Anson announced.
The market:
CATTLE: Baby calves, 8.50 to
21.00 per head; steer calves, 16.60
to 17.80 cwt.; heifer calves. 13.20
to 16.00 cwt.; veal, 15.60 to 17.90
cwt.; stocker steers, 14.40 to 15.
40 cwt; feeder steers, 15.40 to
17.20 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 14.20
to 16.00 cwt.; dairy cows, 101 to
116 per head; stocker cows, 110
to 125 per pair; commercial cows,
11.80 to 13.50 cwt.; utility cows,
10.40 to 11.70 cwt.; canners and
cutters, 7.40 to 9.20 cwt.; shells,
4.50 to 7.10 cwt.; and bulls, 13,70
to 15.40 cwt.
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 6.50 to 9
00 per head; feeder pigs, 13.75 to
15.10 cwt.; fat hogs, 16.90 to 17.-
90 cwt.; and sows, 11.50 to 14.20
cwt.
SHEEP: Fat lambs, 16.35 to 18.
10 cwt.; feeder lambs, 14.60 to
16.00 cwt; and ewes, 2.25 to 4.10
cwt.
Others earning tops at the
market included Don Webb,
Hermiston, 17.90 cwt. for two fat
hogs of 400 pounds; Ben Cochran,
Milton-Freewater, 15.10 cwt, for
two feeder pigs of 250 pounds;
Marvin King, Weston, 18.10 cwt.
for 16 fleshy lambs of 1580
pounds; Ted Lewis, Stanfleld,
160.0 cwt. for seven feeder lambs
of 580 pounds; Pete Celoria, of
Boardman, 9.20 cwt. for a 1085
pound Holstein cow; H. W. John
son, Hermiston, 16.00 . cwt. for
a 840-pound white face heifer;
and George Edwards, Milton
Freewater, 13.50 cwt for a 900
pound white face cow.
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Phone 6-9922
3,500 JOBS PROVIDED BY LUMBER
INDUSTRY IN NORTHEAST OREGON
Sawmills and other forest In
dustries of Northeast Oregon em
ploy more than 3,500 persons, and
their payrolls total more than
$16,000,000 a year.
In 1955, approximately 35
plants of Baker, Umatilla, Union,
Wallowa and Morrow counties
produced about 15,000 car9 of
lumber products, enough to build
close to 45,000 houses.
These and other economic
facts about the forest Industries
of Northeast Oregon were re
ported today by Paul Koenig,
manager of Heppner Pine Mills
from statistics compiled at Port
land by the Western Pine asso
ciation. Koenig said the mills shipped
an estimated 485,000,000 board
feet of lumber last year, twice as
much as was being produced in
the area 10 years ago. Much of
the output was marketed in other
states, bringing millions of dol
lars into this part of Oregon.
"Those log trucks rolling in
from the woods really mean
something In our economy," said
Koenig. ,
He pointed out latest complete
tabulations of the Oregon State
Unemployment Compensati o n
Commission show an average for
est industry employment in the
five counties of 3,564 persons.
This was for the 12-months per
iod ending September 30, 1955.
Records are kept on a quarterly
basis and were averaged for the
year.
In that same period total pay
rolls came to $16,663,730, or near
ly $1,400,000 a month, he report
ed. . ,
Taking the whole Western pine
region of Oregon, embracing 18
counties east of the Cascades
crpst, lumbering employed an
average of 13,513 persons during
this 12-monhs period, and the
total payroll was $65,738,269.
Included in the statistics are
all lumber and wood products in
dustries employing four or more.
Starting with 1956, forest Indus
tries employing two or more are
covered for unemployment com
pensation. This applies to log
ging operations, sawmills, plan
ing mills, box factories, furniture
At Heppner Market
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plants, veneer and cooperage
mills, millwork plants, lath mills
and other plants manufacturing
products of wood.
The timber crops, Koenig said,
bring much other employment
and value to communities and
state. The stumpage bill alone
(cash paid by sawmills for tim
ber purchased and harvested)
has been estimated at between
$5,000,000 and $10,000,000 a year
in the five counties.
The railroad freight bill on 15,
000 cars shipped, Is also a sub
stantial item. It costs about $750
to ship a car of lumber to the
Chicago area market, for in
stance. And for every car ship
ped there, Uncle Sam gets $22.50
in the form of a three-percent
tax on the freight bill.
Insurance protection for the
mills is estimated to cost them
upwards of $100,000 a year In
premiums.
"Yes, it's quite an industry,"
remarked Koenig. "And based
as it is on a soil-grown crop, it's
an industry we can have always.
By growing and protecting new
timber crops all the time we
assure an abundance of timber for
future use at the same time we
harvest ripe trees for today's
operations."
YouFfaik
Heard At Pomona
Pomona grange was held Sat
urday. July 7 at Willows grange
with about 75 attending the din
ner at noon.
Henry Henrickson, Sherwood,
Oregon, state grange youth sup
erintendent, was the main speak
er of the day, speaking on youth.
Henry Baker gave a talk to the
group on the R. E. A., and Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Tannehlll gave a
report on the state grange ses
sions at Pendleton.
Other numbers on the program!
included round singing by all
present; a reading. What Is a
man, by Margaret Thorpe of
Greenfield grange; a piano solo,
Hungry, by Karen Lundell of
Willows grange; a piano solo,
Fairy Wedding, by Shirley Nash
of Rhea Creek grange; a poem,
Be A Pal To Your Son by Alice
Tatone, greenfield grange and
Pomona - lecturer who arranged
the program.
After supper in the evening Mr.
Henrickson showed pictures of
the grange tour of the Hawaiian
Islands and of the state grange
meeting.
A contest is being held to in
crease attendance at Pomona
meetings with a cake walk being
held each time and the proceeds
going into the purse to be award
ed the grange getting out the
most attendance by the time the
contest is closed in January.
A safety contest was held at
the meeting with the sides being
the men against the women. The
men won the contest.
The next Pomona meeting will
be September 29 at Lexington.
Delegates Leave For
New York To Attend
Soroptimist Meet
Miss . Leta Humphreys, Mrs.
Clara B. Gertson and Mrs. Pearl
Devine left Wednesday for New
York City where they will at
tend 11th biennial convention of
the American Federation of So
roptimist Clubs to be held July
29 through August 3, and the
fifth quadernnial convention of
Soroptimist International the fol
lowing week.
Representatives of 30,000 dis
tinguished business and profes
sional women from 27 countries
will attend the convention.
Mrs. Gertson expects to be away
about a month but Miss Humph
reys and Mrs. Devine will tour the
East and into Canada and will
be gone about two months.
HARVESTING?
Harvest time is again
' Drawing near!
In some places it is
Already here!
Regardless of which
Class you fit,
Hail & fire hazards
Worfy you a bit!
Why spend your time
To fret & stew?
Insure & let a company
Do that for you!
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For All Your Insurance Needs
C. A. RUGGLES
Heppner, Oregon
Phone 6-9625 Box 611
Fire Danger Brings
Urgent Request To
Keep Oregon Green
All the teaching, preaching,
and appealing to Keep Oregon
Green, that has been going on
during rainy weeks of winter and
spring, from now on will be test
ed. The sudden change of tern
peratures this week, going up to
over 100 degrees, also involved a
change in humidity,- From now
on there will be fire weather in
Oregon. If the forests do not
burn if Oregon's timber stays
green it will be because:
Every person who goes into
the forest as a camper, fisher
man, hiker and mountain clim
ber, pours water on every camp
fire until there isn't a tiny living
ember left to hiss.
Every motorist who travels a
forest-bordered highway considers
it a misdemeanor to throw from
the car a lighted match or burn
ing cigarette.
Every woodsworker sees to it
that no stray spark from his cig
arette or power saw gets a chance
to start a fire.
Every logger "shuts down" his
operation when the humidity
reading gets in the neighborhood
of 30.
Every forest officer and pub
lic official charged with direct
responsibility is on the job night
and day.
The general public now fully
understands and fully supports
forest fire prevention as one way
to maintain the principal payroll
and the greatest single economic
and creation resource of the Pa
cific Northwest.
Regardless of weather, man-
caused forest fires can be kept
to a minimum if everyone takes
care and cooperates. Remember,
the first test is in preventing
the second is quickly reporting
and extinguishing the forest
fire. Let's all Keep Oregon
Green.
AT CHURCH CAMP
Libby Van Schoiack and San
dra Campbell are attending the
Church of Christ girls camp at
Cove this week. Rev. Charles V.
Knox of Heppner is camp dean.
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HOSPITAL NEWS
Medical Arthur Weems, Spray,
dismissed; Sidney Wattenburg,
Fossil; Jessie Pattee, Condon;
Celia Bucknam, Heppner; Henry
Rauch, Sr., Heppner; Bertha Den
nison, Spray, dismissed; Ruth
Manners, Spray; Mary Cox, Hepp
ner. Minor Surgery Pauline Clai
borne, Condon, dismissed; Janice
Dowen, Heppner, dismissed;
Charlene Weatherford, Condon,
dismissed.
Major Surgery Nettie Nichols,
Heppner.
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RHEA CREEK GRANGE
AND H. E. C.
The Rhea Creek grange will
meet Friday July 13 starting at
6.00 p, m. with a potluck dinner.
The Rhea Creek grange H. E.
C. will meet Thursday July 19 at
the county home ot Mrs. John
Bergstrom starting at 2:00 p. m.
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DEGREE OF HONOR TO PICNIC
The Degree of Honor will hold
their annual picnic Sunday July
15 at the ranch home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Bergstrom. It will be
a potluck picnic and Ice cream
and beverage will be furnished
by the lodge. All members, fam
ilies and friends are invited.
SCHOOL OF MISSIONS
TO BE CONDUCED HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Clark are
conducting a two day school
of missions Thursday and Friday
from 2 to 4 p. m. at the Heppner
Church of Christ. Each evening
there will be a preaching service
at 8 p. m. with Mr. Clark as the
guest speaker.
Following the services there
will be an informal fellowship
hour in the dining room. The
public is invited to all services.
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ON VACATION
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Blakney left
last weekend for a week's vaca
tion on the Oregon coast. Frank
Merwyn of Walla Walla, a regis
tered pharmacist, is working in
Phil's Pharmacy during their ab
sence. Mrs. Patrick Mullin of ..San
Francisco is in Heppner for an
extended visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case.
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Local News In Brief
The Rev. and Mrs. L. D. Boul-
den will leave Saturday for a
week at the Methodist church
junior camp at Suttle Lake. Miss
Nancy Anderson will accompany
them and will act as counselor at
the camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Omer McCaleb
and daughters Mary, Barbara and
Beverly of Portland are visiting
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Alex Green.
Mrs. Karl Baker and children
Charles and Wilson of Bothell,
Washington are visiting for a
week at the home of her mother,
Mrs. W. A. French.
Mrs. William Labhart and Mrs.
James Norene returned Monday
from Monmouth where they at
tended the wedding of Miss Vio
let McFarland and Conley Lan
ham. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberg
and daughter Mary Evelyn have
returned home from a 10 day
vacation part of which was spent
in Yellowstone park.
Mr. and Mrs. John Foon and
daughters of Portland were week
end visitors at the homes of Her
man Green and Marcel Jones.
Erma Boyd and Mrs. Ralph
Scott returned from Portland
Monday evening where Erma has
been hospitalized for two months.
She is making satisfactory re
covery, and will enjoy seeing her
friends.
Mrs. E. O. Williams and her
daughter-in-law and children
Phillip, Jill and Jane of Pendle
ton spent the Fourth of July at
the home of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John
Williams. Mrs. Williams and
Phillip stayed in Heppner for the
remainder of the week.
Mrs. Mervin Leonard. Morrow
County Board member of the Ore
gon Tuberculosis and Health As
sociation, Mrs. Herman Green,
President of the Morrow county
T. B. and Health Ass'n., and Mrs.
Lowell Gribble, vice president of
the Morrow county group, left
Monday for Eugene where they
will spend the week attending
the summer institute of the O. T.
H. A.
Mrs. W. O. George and sons Kit
and David left Tuesday for Leh--man
Springs where they will va
cation until Friday.
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Radar Speed Checks
Get Motorist OK
Oregon motorists, as represent
ed by a large segment of AAA
members polled by the Oregon
State Motor Association, favored
the use of radar in speed detec
tion by the ratio of three to one,
the Motor Association reports.
In the recent poll, 77 per cent
of the members replied in the
affirmative to the question, "Are
you in favor of the use of radar
in the apprehension of violators
of speed limits?"
Oregon now has 43 radar sets
licensed to five cities and the
state for use in speed detection,
the Motor Association reported.
In the nation as a whole, 1,398
sets have been licensed by the
federal government for this use.
In Oregon, cities using radar are
Portland, Oregon City, Salem, Eu
gene and The Dalles.
While figures on radar arrests
from all cities using the electro
nic devices are not available,
state police reports that during
the first three months of 1956,
they made 548 passenger car ar
rasts for basic rule violation as a
result of the use of radar. For the .
same period, arrests for the same 1
offense without radar totaled
2,750. Truck-bus arrests by radar
for the same period totaled 15
compared to 956 non-radar ar
rests. THUNDERSTORMS
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and rocks and there were re
ports of a bridge being washed
out on the Service Creek road to
Mitchell.
...Lt. Col and Mrs. C. A. Shaw
and sons Rob and Steve of Ft.
Leavensworth, Kansas are guests
at the home of her parents for a
few days before continuing to
Chicago, where Col. Shaw is to be
stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wilkinson
have as their guests, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herman- Dean and
daughters Diane and Debbie of
Port St. Joe, Florida.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Williams of
Bend were guests over the week
end at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Turner, her sister and
brother-in-law.
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