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Copies 10 Cents
"Wild" Drivers
Due For Spedal
Police Mention
Extra Police to be Used to Control
Saturday Night "Squirreling" in Area
A concerted campaign by all
local police agencies started last
weekend to curb a rising wave
of reckless driving, "Squirreling" j
and other traffic offenses in the
Heppner, Lexington and lone
areas.
The "get tough" program came
about as a result of many com
plaints by local residents of
"squirreling", speeding and reck
less driving by numerous drivers
(not all young, according to po
lice) which has been occuring
particularly on Saturday nights
during and following fair and
rodeo dances which have been
held at the fair pavilion the last
three weeks. City and state po
lice and the sheriff's office are
cooperating to put a stop to such
action before any serious injur
ies or deaths occur.
Last Saturday night there were
two state patrolman, two city
police and sheriff C. J. D. Bau
man on traffic patrol which re
sulted in several arrests being
made.
Sheriff Bauman, Heppner po
lice chief Dean Gilman and state
police William Labhart empha
sized Wednesday that during the
past several weeks numerous
warnings have heen Issued be
cause of careless driving, particu
larly among the younger drivers,
but it has become apparent that
just warnings are not sufficient.
All officers stated that they have
,been aware of the driving habits
of many j... sons and have been
making an effort to stop the
recklessness, but it was decided
that extra police would be used
on Saturday nights to control the
traffic. Last Saturday both city
officers were on duty and an
extra state patrolman was work
ing this area.
Last weekend several arrests
were made and both city and
state officers said that there
were several Instances of cars
driving up to 70 and 75 miles an
hour on north Main street and of
others doing over 100 miles an
hour before reaching the city
limits. Both justice court and
municipal judges have indicated
that they don't plan to be len
ient with offenders.
State police reminded drivers
that radar is now being used by
the department to check driving
speeds throughout the state and
warned that a radar car could be
used in Heppner at any time.
Temperatures Drop to
Comfortable Range
Temperatures in the Heppner
area dropped into the more com
fortable 80's and low 90's during
most of the past week, giving
residents some respite from the
high 90's and 100 degree heat
that had seared the country all
the previous week.
Official temperature figures for
the past seven days were not
available, but most persons did
not need a thermometer to know
that things had cooled off con
siderably. Wednesday morning
even a few coats and jackets
were noticed around town as the
mercury dipped to well below 50.
Some cloudiness has been fore
cast for the next few days.
FLOOD CONTROL
Willow Creek Dam
If residents of this section of
Morrow county are interested in
the development of an Irrigation
and flood c6ntrol dam on Willow
creek, now is the time to start
planning such a project, J. O.
Turner, member of the Morrow
county water resources commit
tee, told the chamber of com
merce Monday noon.
Turner said the recent series
of flash floods In this section of
Oregon have pointed to the need
for flood control protection here
and also told the group that there
are a potential 6,000 acres of crop
land that could benefit mater
ially from irrigation which could
k nhtainert from such a dam.
Back in 1948 the United States
Armv Engineers surveyed tne
water resource needs of the
county and recommended in its
Casei to Be Listed
In cooperation with the police
drive to stop the "Saturday night
tire-burninz sDree", the Gazette
Times this week starts the publi
cation of all traffic and other
cases which are brought before
both Justice and Municipal
Courts in Heppner. It Is felt
by. police officers and the pub
lisher that such publication oi
names, offenses and fines, may
act as a deterrent to many driv
ers who are inclined to violate
traffic laws.
Cases which have been heard
during the past week in both
courts are not included in this
story but will be found, this week
and hereafter, under a "Justice
and Municipal Court" heading
elsewhere in the paper.
All Dolice officers concurred
with Heppner chief Gilman when
he said. "We have been trying to
reason with drivers in the past
to convince them of the danger of
this type of driving, but in the
future such driving Is going to
result In arrest.
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Ralph J. Craber
Found Dead From
Self-inflicted Shot
RalDh J. (Tim) Craber, 63, was
found dead earlv Saturday morn
ing in the back yard oi nis nome
in North HeDDner.the victim of a
self-inflicted gunshot wound In
the head.
The bodv was discovered by
BiH'Cunningham, who lives near
hv. about 8 a. m. and lnvesu
gating officers placed the time
nf his drath st betwestt 6 and 7
nvinrk that mornine. A 22
caliber revolver was found lleing
between his lees and a note
found in the house Indicated that
despondency was probably the
cause of his action. He had re
cently been hospitalized, but his
illness was not considered sen
ous.
Mr. Craber was born Septem
her 18. 1892 at Yancton, South Da
kota and had lived in this area
for 55 vears. He had done vari
ous types of work and was known
as a general handy man ana
mechanic. He was a veteran of
World War I.
Services were held Tuesday,
July 31 at the Heppner Christian
church with Rev. Charles V. Knox
officiating. Interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery with
Creswick Mortuary in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Craber is survived by three
brothers, J. E. Craber, Heppner;
J. O. Craber, Cottage Grove; David
Craber, Salem; two sisters, Mrs.
Ada Cannon, Heppner; and Mrs.
Bessie Cook of independence,
Ore.
Mrs. Eva Hill
Dies at Redmond
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. Eva Hill, a for
mer resident of " Heppner. She
passed away Tuesday at Red
mond while visiting a son.
Funeral servies are expected to
be held here late this week but
definite arrangements have not
been made.
AND IRRIGATION
famous 308 report that a 90 foot
dam be built on Willow creek
just above Heppner at the con
fluence of Willow creek and
Balm Forks. That report has
been approved by Congress, as
were many other projects in the
northwest, but lack of local in
terest has held back any further
planning of promotion of the
project.
Turner said that the state water
resources board Is very interested
in the flood control and water
needs of this area and has sug
gested that local interests make
an effort to develop a plan which
could be presented to the engi
neers for future consideration.
The state board suggested,
through its field engineer Quen
ton Bowman, that Morrow county
fanners and other interested
Heppner,
NEW POLIO CASES REPORTED IN STATE;
USE OF VACCINE URGED ALL ELIGIBLE
COUNTY HAS FIRST CASE
Morrow county's first polio case
of the year Was reported this
week when a 16 year old Irrlgon
girl was taken to Good Shepherd
hospital in Henniston Sunday
suffering from the disease.
Her case is reported to be non
paralytic.
Reports of five new cases of
nnlio In Oreeon last week brought
a warning from the state board
of health Wednesday that the
disease mav be starting its 1956
seasonal increase.
The department's communi
cable disease summary for the
Patricia Wright'
Featured on TV
Program Monday
Television viewers across the
nation watched Patricia Wright,
nueen of the 1956 Morrow county
fair and rodeo, and nation's top
4-H club girl, Monday nignt wnen
she appeared on the Voice of
Firestone television and radio
program from New York City. :
Miss Wrignt was cnosen to rep
resent nil the nation's 4-H eirls
while she was attending the na
tional 4-H camp at wasningion,
D. C. in June, sne appeared on
the program with Lisle Cook of
Providence, la., who was chosen
to represent 4-H boys.
She told of her life on a 7,000
acre ranch near Heppner oper
ated by her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Wright, and explained
that she has completed 20 pro
jects in her 10 years as as a i-a.
member, the chief being her
clothing Droiects. Cook also Is a
10-year 4-H member and lives on
a 230 acre ranch.
Patricia and her mother left
Portland by United Airlines
plane Saturday and returned
home early this week.
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Red Hat Chairman
Named For Ccirty i
Morrow county efforts to im
prove landowner-sportsmen rela
tions and to provide safer' fire
free hunting seasons will be co
ordinated by Ralph Taylor, Hepp
ner. whn has been aDDOinted by
Governor Elmo Smith as Morrow
county chairman for this years
Red Hat Days campaign.
More than a score of state
wide organizations again have
joined in sponsoring this educa
tional program wnicn was so
successfully launched last year.
Red Hat Days will start Septem
ber 21 and continue throughout
the hunting season.
Governor Smith said marked
improvement in hunter conduct
was observed In 1955. He noted
that there Were fewer reports of
vandalism, fewer hunter-caused
fires and fewer fatalities result
ing from careless use of firearms.
"Much progress remains to be
made," Governor Smith added. "I
am convinced that the Red Hat
Days program is a sound ap
proach to solving promems vre
ated bv a small percentage of
hunters. I urge all hunters to
remember their outdoor obliga
tions when they go afield this
fall."
Each of Oregon's 36 counties
has a Red Hat chairman. The
statewide educational campaign
is directed by the Governor's Red
Hat Days committee, composed
of seven representatives of spon
sor groups.
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Bradlev Fancher and P. W.
Mahoney spent five days in John
Day last week on business.
BENEFITS SEEN
residents, take steps to develop
a program for such a dam which
would show the Engineers that
the area was desirous of getting
help for a flood control and irri
gation project, and that they
were in agreement as to what
type of q plan they would prefer.
Surrey Suggested
Turner told the chamber that
original plans called for a 90
foot concrete dam to be located
just above Heppner which would
cost (estimated at that time) $3,
000,000. Revised thinking on
such a project has suggested an
earth fill dam, with ample spill
way facilities to handle flash-
flood water, located at the same
place which would back water
about a mile up both Willow
creek and Balm fork. Such a dam
would be cheaper to build and
Oregon, Thursday, August 2, 1956
i
week ended last Saturday, which
was published today, reported
new cases of polio in Baker, Uma
tilla Douglas and Washington
nntips and the city of Portland,
The new reports brought the to
tal for this year to 47 cases, 29
of which have been paralytic.
The new cases prompted state
board of health officials to re
peat their plea that all eligible
persons in Oregon obtain Salk
vaccine from their private phy
sicians "as soon as possible."
Everyone up to the age of 30
and all expectant mothers are
now eligible for commercial
shots.
Although the five cases are
well below weekly totals expect
ed during peak periods, the sum
mary credited the new reports as
"suggesting that the seasonal in
crease of this disease may be be
ginning". "In all four of the cases re
ported this week for which vacci
nation history is currently avail
able", the summary emphasized,
"the patient had not been vacci
nated". Information on the fifth
case was not available.
Dr. Samuel B. Osgood, state
epidemiologist, who prepares the
wpeklv reoort. said that two of
the cases were paralytic, one was
listed as non-paraiytic, and in
formation on the other two was
not complete.
He reported that umatuia
county, which has had seven
cases so far this year, is tne only
countv in Oregon to report un
usual numbers of polio. Four of
the Umatilla cases nave Deen
paralytic.
Dr. Osgood said tnat uregon s
polio total so far this year "Is
little more than half the number
rnorted at this time last year
and is about 30 percent below the
1949-1955 medium t number of
cases for the first 29 weeks of the
vpar". State board of health ex
perts have credited much of the
decrease to the success of the
new Salk vaccine.
VACCINE CAN BE GIVEN
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county
health officer, said today that
in the PBt when a, person had
been e:vf,a1'1 to ' ',- and lo
buli had been given it was
thought that vaccine could not be
administered for at least six
weeks.
It has not been determined, Dr.
McMurdo said, that in such cases
Salk vaccine can be given imme
diately but in a different arm.
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Wheat Harvesting
Still at Peak
Wheat' continued to pour into
grain elevators in the county at
the rate of close to 140,000 bus
hels a day as harvesting got
under way even in the higher
sections of the county.
Grain was still going on tne
ground at the North Lexington
elevator of the Morrow County
Grain Growers and at the pre
sent time there are about 150,
000 bushels in ground storage at
that facility. Al Lamb, MCGG
manager said Wednesday that
the co-op has received no freight
cars for the past two days and
that the shipping situation is still
unsatisfactory. He said that it
may be necessary to dump on the
ground at Lexington within a
couple of days.
Other elevators in the area re
port that cars have been hard to
get but that they have been able
to ship all that was necessary.
Hauling is beginning to slack
off in the north Lexington area
which is always the first to get
into production, but in other sec
tions, cutting is still at its peak.
Claimed
yet would provide the same pro
tection and irrigation benefits. If
siirh a nlan could be agreed up
on by local residents and appro
ved by the engineers, farmers on
approximately 6,000 acres of bot
tom land the length of Willow
creek would be in a position to
receive an ample supply of lrn
cation water the year around at a
reasonable cost.
Turner said the first step
would be to 'ask for a resurvey of
the entire plan by the engineers
with the idea that it would then
be possible to determine what
ranchers would have to pay for
the irrigation water and efforts
could be made to sign up water
contracts among the land owners
effected.
Turner said he had been told
that It could be possible that such
PRINCESS MAXINE SICARD
Boardman Princess
Dance Saturday Night
A nonular member of this year's I
fair and rodeo royal court, Prln
pps Maxine Sicard of Boardman,
will be honoree at her own dance
Saturday night at the Heppner
fair pavilion, the dance is being
eiven bv her sponsors, tne eoara-
man Tillicum club.
The Boardman princess, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Sicard,
is the youngest of this year's
court but her school accomplish
ments and outside activities
make an impressive list. She is
16 years of age, five feet five
and one-half inches tall, has
hlue eves and natural curly hair.
Some of her various activities
in high school Include member
ship in the pep club, G. A. A., the
high school band, girls' chorus,
and the student council. She has
also served on the carnival com
mittee, as secretary-treasurer of
the junior class, news reporter for
the Cactus-Script, the high school
paper. Next year she will be on
the annual staff and has been
elected secretary-treasurer of the
student body. Even though she
has taken Dart in many organi
zations and activities, she stands
at the top of her class in grades.
Ae in thp future. Princess Max-
inp admits a little apprehension.
She would like to specialize in
some type of research work but
the field s sti1' somewhat un
certain. ,
Her hobbies include riding,
raising sheep, collecting stamps
and pictures and playing the
Legion Subscription
Drive Set Monday
Officers of the Heppner Ameri
can Legion post announced this
week that representatives of the
Crowell-Collier Publishing com
pany will start their annual Le
gion magazine subscription drive
Monday, Aug. 6. Every author
ized representative will carry a
letter of identification from the
local post, it was explained.
Money obtained from the drive
will be used for the purchase of
emergency equipment such as
hospital beds, wheel chairs, etc.,
which will be available for the
use of anyone In this area.
Area's
a program could be developed
which would require local resi
dents of the Willow creek area
to put up only a relatively few
thousand dollars in actual casn.
The cost of the remainder of the
nroiect would be paid out as irri
gation benefits accrue over the
years, as is done in other irri
gation areas such as Boardman,
Irrigon, West Umatilla and many
others.
Turner said the most important
thing at the present time Is that
a definite interest must be shown
by local residents In getting a
workable plan developed. He
continued that the county water
resources committee has placed
such a plan at the top of its list
of vital projects and urged that
the chamber take action to de
velop interest among the many
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piano. Her sheep raising, though
she says it Is a hobby, has proved
a profitable one for her for she
bought her horse, Sandy, and her
own piano with the money she
made from her sheep. She also
has hopes of adding flying to
her list of hobbies, saying she
has been up many times and
loves it.
Princess Maxine is a member
nf the Junior Cactus Riders and
is in her seventh year of 4-H club
work. Her club Droiects include
shppn. dairv. beef, cooking and
sewing. She has also helped
with other club work and in her
third year of junior leadership.
She has completed one year as
an assistant leader. She has
been in one cake-baking contest;
five county fair bread baking
contests where she won four
firsts, and won second in a simi
lar state fair contest.
The Boardman princess was
born in Portland but has lived In
Boardman for some time and ad
mits she likes her "adopted"
home the best. She has a bro
ther and a sister both older.
Her dance will start at 10 p. m.
and music will be furnished by
Joe Banana and the Bunch which
advertises music with "appeal."
Nine-Year-Old Boy
Kills Big Owl
Billy Bulger, 9 year old Cheha
lis. Washiniiton boy who is visit
ing his aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Gilman on the Hynd
Bros. Luckman ranch on Freeze-
out, proved himself a crack shot
with a B-B gun recently when he
killed a big owl that had been
killing chickens at the ranch.
The night before Billy found
the big bird, which had a 54
inch wingspread, it had killed
three chickens so he went hunt
ing in earnest. Two shots result
ed in shooting both the owl's
eyes out.
Saying of the Week
Classified ad seen in a small
town newspaper: "Second-hand
tombstone for sale. Wonderful
bargain for family named
Auchlnclosi."
Foremost Need
people in this area who would
be affected.
Following Turner's talk, Orvllle
Cutsforth, Lexington rancher, told
how the water table In the en
tire county was dropping alarm
ingly because there is no large
body of water in the entire area
to replenish the underground
water supply. He said that a
sizeable pool of water in the
upper elevations of the county
could do much to deviate that
situation and cited several ex
amples of where such bodies of
water have raised the water table
in surrounding areas bringing dry
wells back into production.
It was also pointed out that the
recreational value of such a
reservoir would be immeasurable.
Turner prefaced his remarks
73rd Year, Number 21
About 600 Acres
Burned in Year's
First Range Fire
The first grass and range fire
of the year burned over 400 to 600
acres of grass on Balm Fork east
of Heppner Monday afternoon,
but the efforts of a sizeable crew
of firefighters succeeded in keep
ing the blaze away from build
ings. The fire started just at noon on
the Luke Blbby ranch and before
it had been controlled it burned
over parts of the Bibby, Ralph
Beanier, Howard Cleveland and
Wilbur Gourley ranches. It is not
known whether the fire started
from a truck exhaust or whether
a worker dropped a match. It
was noticed immediately but it
travelled too fast for the crew
to keep it from spreading.
Bibby reported that he lost a
binder in the fire, but continued
efforts prevented the loss of a
big stack of hay and a large barn.
The barn caught on fire several
times, but the men were success
ful in stonninc it while the blazes
were still small. Bibby also lost
a small amount of shocked gram.
Rihhv reDorted that the county
road crew, which was working
in the area, as well as many
neighbors and men from Hepp
ner Joined in the fight which
lasted for over four hours. The
blaze sent up a big cloud of
smoke which attracted consider
able attention.
Bibby extended his apprecia
tion to all who helped prevent
further spread of the flames.
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Hermiston Sale
Prices Climb
HERMISTON Prices bounced
upwards at the Hermiston Live
stock Commission Co. sale Friday
with most grades of cattle and
hogs beating last week's prices
by from $.50 to $1 per hundred
weight. Grass fat steers hit a high of
$19.70 cwt. to erase last week's
season high of $19.30 cwt. Other
good gainers were steer calves,
up $1 to $17.60 cwt.; veal up $.60
at $18.10 cwt.; feeder steers, up
$1.10 at $18.20 cwt.; grass fat
heifers, up $1 at $16.90 cwt.; and
commercial cows, up $.50 at $13.10 '
cwt.
While prices were climbing the
number of consignors fell off
to 52. But, hampered by the
three Hs of summer (heat, hay
ing and harvesting), they never
the less put 258 cattle, 41 sheep
and 87 hogs on the auction block
in a very fast sale, manager Del
bert Anson said. '
Feed lots are beginning to get
in replacements indicating a
need for more feeder cattle at
next Friday's sale, Anson an
nounced. Packers will need more
grass fat cows and steers.
The market:
CATTLE: Baby calves, 4.50 to
16.00 per head; steer calves, 16J0
to 17.60 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.10
to 15.90 cwt; veal, 16.10 to 18.10
cwt.; stocker steers, 15.50 to 17.10
cwt; grass fat steers, 18.50 to 19.
70 cwt.; grass fat heifers, 14.30 to
16.90 cwt.; dairy cows, 87.50 to
109.00 per head; stocker cows with
calves at side, 94.00 to 115 per
pair; commercial cows, 11.75 to
13.10 cwt.; canners and cutters,
7.75 to 9.20 cwt.; shells, 5.25 to
7.10 cwt.; bulls, 12.50 to 13.90
cwt.; and utility grades, 10.50 to
11.90 cwt.
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 7 to 10
per head; feeder pigs, 14.20 to
15.70 cwt.; fat hogs, 16.50 to 17.40
cwt.; boars, 3.50 to 8.00 cwt.; and
sows, 11.50 to 15.30 cwt.
Continued on Page 8
by saying that the first discus
sion and planning of Grand Cou
lee dam started in 1918, yet it
was 1933 before actual construc
tion was started. He emphasized
that water is this area's most
important problem and if a so-,
lution is to be found before many
residents suffer greatly from the
lack (or overabundance) of it, a
start must be made' now to find
the solution.
Newt O'Harra, chairman of the
county water resources planning
committee, said that a meeting
of that group would be held early
in September at which time state
water resources board engineers
would be present. He urged local
interested parties to be present
at the meeting, the exact date of
which will be announced later.