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Horse Show Friday
Expected to Draw
Many Entries
One of the popular events of
the Morrow county fair and rodeo
win be the horse show on Friday,
August 31 sponsored again this
year by the Wranglers. A lull
morning and afternoon program
is again scheduled.
Show officials emphasized this
week that anyone who is a resi
dent of Morrow county is eligible
to enter any of the fair events,
but that horses must have been
owned and kept in the county at
least 30 days proir to the time
of entry.
Entries for the horse show must
be in by 8 p. rn. Wednesday, Aug
ust 2D and entry blanks are avail
able now at the office of Turner,
Van Marter and Bryant, Insur
ance. Fred Hill of Helix has. been
named judge for the show and
Joyce Buschke will act as secre
tary, it was announced. Howard
Bryant will be ring master. Hal
ter classes will be held in the
rodeo arena Friday morning and
working classes that afternon.
No admission will be charged to
either of these events.
The following people will be
in charge of the various classes
lor the horse show: F. R. Jones,
colts foaled in 1956; John New
man, yearlings foaled in 1955;
Bruce Lindsay, two year olds
foaled in 1954; Cornett Green,
stallions, 3 years and over; Mer
lyn Robinson, mares 3 years and
over; Ralph Beamer, geldings 3
years and over; Howard Bryant,
mare and produce; William Smet
hurst, mare and nursing colt;
Harry Dinges, Get of sire.
Bill Heaiy, stock horse with bit;
Bruce Lindsay, stock horse with
hackamore; Floyd Hutchins,
junior equitation class; Merlyn
Robinson, western pleasure horse
class; John Newman, gaited
pleasure horse class; R. R. Ful
leton, trail horse class; Howard
Bryant and Cornett Green, cow
cutting; Oscar George, junior
calf roping; Mrs. Martin Bauern
fiend, ponies on lead rope; John
riders, and other ponies under 14
hands.
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IONE POOL TO CLOSE
The lone swimming pool will
close for tile season Sunday, Aug
ust 26.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner left
Saturday for Portland and went
on- to the coast the first of the
week. Joe Hughes accompanied
them as far as Portland.
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PATB.ICA WRIGHT, Queen of the
ceived her white Stetson hat as
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rent of the chamber of commerce, at coronation ceremonies in
downtown Heppner Saturday night following the Dress-Up parade,
Shown are Princesses Pat Steagall, Sue Coleman. Queen Patsy,
princesses Janet Myers and Maxine Sicard. Mrs. William Smet
hurst, right, is chaperone for the court. Blakney is standing be
hind Queen Patsy. A sizeable crowd witnessed the parade and
cononation ceremonies which were followed by the Queen's dance
at the fair pavilion.
FLOODS NUMEROUS IN COUNTY'S HISTORY
Record of Floods Shows Need
(With the recent revived in
terest in the construction) of a
flood control and irrigation dam
on Willow reek, the Gazette
Times this week begins a series
of articles on flood history and
irrigation in the Willow creek val
ley. The information was assem
bled by Quentin Bowman, field
engineer for the state water re
sources board from government
agency sources. The informa
tion is also being used by the
county water resources planning
,mmittPo in its studv of the wa
ter and flood control needs of this
area.
Some of the information con
tained in the report is well known
to many residents, but it is pre
Alonio Edmondson
Injured When
Pinned by Tractor
Alonzo Edmondson, Balm Fork
rancher suffered a compound
fracture of his left leg and severe
lacerations of the right when he
was caught between a tractor and
a hay stacker while working
alone in a field near his home.
Edmondson was pinned be
tween the tractor and the stacker
when it in some way got in gear
and though pinned down he suc
ceeded In reaching over the spin
ning tracks to kill the motor. The
accident occurred at about 8:30
Wednesday morning and it was
11:30 before his wife noticed his
plight from the house through
field glasses.
He was brought to Pioneer Me
morial hospital by ambulance
where he is being treated by local
physicians. His condition is de
scribed as fair.
Mercury Climbs
During Week
Old Sol rolled up his sleeves
again this week and really bore
down "on Morrow county bringing
maximum temperatures Tuesday
and Wednesday nearly to the 100
mark.
The official high mark in Hepp
ner Tuesday was a hot 96 and
by 11 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing had reached 97. Unofficial
thermometers in downtown Hepp
ner recorded well over 100 on
both days.
Despite the continuing hot wea
ther, there have been no reports
of any serious fires either In the
forests or farm areas, but con
tinued caution is urged on every
one who uses the forests.
Official temperatures at the
Heppner weather station for the
past week were:
Max. Min.
Thursday 79 47
Friday 82 50
Saturday 86 54
Sunday 90 55
Monday 93 59
Tuesday 96 58
Wednesday 97
Rev. Alfred Shirley
To Leave lone Church
Rev. Alfred Shirley, pastor of
the lone Community church for
the past 10 years, has resigned
his pastorate and will move to
Portland. He plans to do interim
and free laice work there. He and
Mrs. Shirley plan to leave for
their new home early next week.
No new minister has been
named for the church.
Morrow county fair and rodeo, re
a crown from Phil Blakney, presi'
(Photo by Clem Stockard)
sented to give the overall picture
of the study that has been made.
Because of its length, the re
port will be presented in sections.)
Flood and Storm Characteristics
Discharges above normal occur
annually in the late winter and
early spring months from melt
ing snows in the headwaters re
gion. The stages in these snow
melt floods are very seldom high
enough to exceed channel capa
cities or cause notable damage.
Summer storms are sudden and
violent with intensly heavy rain
fall over the upper portion of the
basin. Most of these short dur
ation storms are of cloudburst
type that follow a comparatively
narrow band crossing the basin
Heppner,
To Play in Saturday Shrine Game
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ED BROSNAN, Heppner high school tackle, will see action next Satur
day night at Pendleton in the Shrine All-Star east-west football
game. Brosnan weighs 175 and is the lightest tackle on the east
team which is being coached by Jim Conroy, Malin, and John Co
misky, Union. The east squad is working out at La Grande. The
game and preceeding Shrine festivities and parade is expected to
draw a capacity crowd at Round-Up park.
(East Oregonian Photo)
AIR FORCE FLIES IN INCUBATOR
FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
Premature babies for a while
this week taxed the incubator
facilities at Pioneer Memorial
hospital . . but not for long,
thanks to the assistance of the
U. S. Army and the Air Force.
The hosDital had its one incu
bator occupied with a baby on
Tuesday when another, prema
ture birth required the use of the
hospital's airlock to keep the in
fant breathing. It appeared that
the newest baby might require
incubation for several days which
would tie up all of the hospital's
emereenev oxveen giving equip
ment and leave none in case an-
80 BUSHEL WHEAT STORY BRINGS
OTHER REPORTS OF HIGH YIELDS
Last week's story concerning
the harvesting of an 80 bushel
average wheat crop on a 177
acre field in the Sand Hollow
area this week brought addi
tional reports to the Gazette
Times of some exceptionally
high yields.
C. A. Tom informed this paper
early this week that one 80
acre field on the former Ed
wards place in Sand Hollow,
MORROW AMONG NATION'S TOP
COUNTIES IN BARLEY PRODUCTION
A bureau of census report re
leased this week shows Morrow
county to be among the top 100
counties in the United States in
the production of Barley. The fig
ures were for the year 1954. Three
other Oregon counties were listed
among the top 100.
Morrow county, with 44,045
acres of barley in 1954 ranked
71st in the acreage grown, but it
placed 64th in production with
a total of 1,281,722 bushels grown.
Umatilla county was the top
barley producer in Oregon with
a total production of 2,125,475
bushels which ranked it 32nd in
near the timber line. The con
centrated rainfall precipitates a
great volume of water that sweeps
down the barren, steep sloped
gulches and rapidly descending
beds of intermittent stream cour
ses to the main channel. The
cloudbursts of greatest intensity
have generally occurred in June.
The destructive effect of these
cloudburst floods is due more to
the rugged character of the water
shed and almost total absence of
vegetation than to the unusual
amounts of rainfall. The precipi
tation during the 1903 storm per
iod was one and one-half inches
in 20 minutes. The steepness
and bareness of the watershed re
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other emergency arose.
Dr. Thomas of Condon Wednes
day morning contacted the Spo
kane, Washington Army hospital
and Wednesday afternoon Robert
Lowe of the hospital staff met an
air force plane at the Lexington
airport and received delivery of
another, 'ncubator, I ef( to Pio
neer Memorial hospital by the
Spokane hospital to tide it over
its emergency.
Only very few hours elapsed
between the time the emergency
arose and the equipment was
placed in operation at the hos
pital.
the yield was Gl and one-half
bushels. He also said that on
all his holdings in Morrow
county his average wa3 over 40
bushels and that one ranch at
Lexington came up with a 39
bushel average yield. This is
more than 25 percent better
than any previous year.
Several other reports have
been received of yields over 40
bushels and one of slightly
over 50 in smaller fields.
the nation In production. Klam
ath had a production 2,096,927
bushels and a rank of 34th. Mor
row county was tljird in Oregon,
followed closely by Sherman with
a production of 1,268,913 and a
rank of 65th among the, counties
of the nation.
The biggest producer was Fres
no county, California which grew
nearly J3 and one-half million
bushels on 234,672 acres.
Bill Walker of Eugene was
visiting with his grandmother,
Mrs. Charles Barlow, last week.
sulted in an immediate run-off of 1
approximately two-thirds of the
total rainfall.
History and Magnitude
The first white settlements in
the Willow creek basin were
started in the early 1870's. The
earliest major floods, according
to historical records, occurred in
1883. This flood destroyed a large
part of the early improvements
and drowned livestock, but did
not cause any konwn loss of hu
man life. The reported high
water marks of the 1883 flood ex
ceeded any other flood stages
known in the valley. Another
major flood occurred in 1888,
which caused the loss of live
State Planning
Rebuilding of
Heppner Bridges
Th chamber of commerer; re
oived word this week from the
state liiglnvay department that
two major bridge improvement
projects in Heppner will be in
imlcd in the department's 1957
construction program.
The two bridges which will be
widened are the ones across
Willow creek at the north end
of Main street and the May
street bridge directly west of the
ourt house. Both carry heavy
traffic and are only two lane
width.
The chamber of commerce and
the city council has tried tor
several years to get the highway
department to improve the Main
street bridge, and according to
reports, it has In'en submitted in
the department's plans by engi
neers but rejected by the com
mission in every instance.
The letter to the chamber of
commerce did not indicate whe
ther the bridges would be com
pletely rebuilt, or whether they
would be just widened by plac
ing the sidewalks outside the
present railings. State engineers
previously have said, however,
that the present bridge was not
constructed in such a manner as
to allow widening which would
make it appear that they will be
rebuilt.
The letter also said that the
commission was to consider at its
meeting last week, the construc
tion of a footpath on the north
side of the Heppner-Pilot Rock
highway between the school
buildings and the rodeo grounds.
No report has been received as
to the commission's action on this
project. It has been proposed that
a portion of the bank south of
the highway near the grand
stand be cut back to provide ad
ditional parking space near the
grounds, but engineers said that
it was not the policy of the high
way department to provide park
ing area in such locations.
There was no definite date set
ftr the bridge work except during
(he 1937 construction year.
School Sign-Up
Times Revealed
Heppner school officials again
reminded parents that they must
accompany first grade students
for registration which will be
held in the afternoons on Thurs-
lav.and Friday, August 30 and
31 and Tuesday, September 4.
Ktich first grader will be required
to have a birth certificate or
some other Wficial evidence of
birth and a health examination
certificate.
All ninth graders entering high
school and all students new to
Oregon schools also must have
a physical examination.
School will begin Wednesday
morning, Sept. 5 at 8:45 with
an assembly in the gymnasium
at which time all students who
pre-registered will have a chance
to change their registration to
correspond with the new sche
dule. New students will register
Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 4 and
also any students with special
registration problems.
! Cafeteria Not Finished
Superintendent Joe Stewart an
nounced this week that due to
the steel strike and other diffi
culties, the cafeteria will not be
completed when school starts so
it will be necessary for students
to carry sack lunches or make
other lunch arrangements for -a
while. The home economics de
partment will be finished, how
ever, it was announced.
for Willow Creek Dam
stock, bridges and other im
provements. Two lives were re
ported lost in this flood. The re
ports on high water marks are
conflicting, but generally the
flood of 1888 appears to have
been lower than the floods of
1883 and 1903.
The flood of June 11, 1903 was
the most destructive flood that
has occurred In the basin. This
storm centered in the headwaters
region of Balm Fork and Willow
creek above Heppner. It occur
red between 4 and 5 o'clock on
Sunday afternoon and was accom
panied by a cold wind and fall of
hail that caused most of the resi
dents to seek the shelter of their
Fair And
Program
Everything is in readiness for
the start of the Morrow county
fair and rodeo the middle of next
week, fair officials said today,
and indicated that they expect
more exhibits and interesting
events than at any recent fair.
One time change which fair
secretary Nels Anderson pointed
out to residents who plan open
class exhibits is that all such
exhibits must be entered by Wed
nesday noon, August 29 rather
than Thursday morning as has
been the case in past years. The
(arlier deadline has been set to
allow all judging to be done be
fore the actual opening of the fair
so that ribbons and awards will
be in place.
lone Schools
Plan Opening
Tuesday, Sept. 4
The new school year in lone
will get underway Tuesday, Sept.
4 at 8:00 a. m. All grade school
students will be greeted by their
teachers in their regular class
rooms for registration between
9:00 and 11:30. Busses will run
their regular routes in the morn
ing to arrive around 8:45 and will
be leaving for the return trip
promptly at 11:30. No lunch will
be served Tuesday.
High school students will
gather in the eafetorium at 9:00
lor a meeting with the new super
intendent. After a general ex
planation of procedures they will
then register and have an oppor
tunity to buy their books. The
afternoon will be given over to a
short faculty meeting at 1:00
o'clock and time for teachers to
prepare their classrooms and of
ficial registers and roll books for
the opening of regular classes.
Parents are 'reminded that all
first graders and ninth graders
and other students entering the
lone shools for, the first time
should bring a physical examina
tion form at the time of regis
tration. Athletes planning to
play football must have a special
physical examination. F'orms for
the regular physical or special
athletic examination are avail
able at the school office if any
one does not hcive the necessary
forms. First graders must also
bring a birth certificate with
them.
Starting Wednesday, September
5, the regular schedule will be
followed, school starting at 9:00
o'clock and dismissing at 3:25
each day.
New additions to the faculty
this year include the superinten
dent, Robert Woodroof, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Brostrom and Mrs.
Emma Dally. Faces which will
be missed are Phil Newitt, Wayne
Pierce, Mrs. Selma Johnson and
Mrs. Grace Schmidt.
Mr. Woodroof served as high
shool principal in Hereford, Ore
gon last year. Mr. Brostrom
taught in the. Pedee grade school,
Pedee, Oregon and will be serv
ing here' as 8th grade teacher,
grade school coach and assistant
high school coach. His wife has
not taught before, but has com
pleted all her training. She will
be teaching one high school art
course and working parttime in
the grade school. Mrs. Dally
comes from the Powers, Oregon
schools to take over English and
home economics departments ind
to serve as librarian.
Mr. Woodroof is In his office
daily if there are any questions
he can help with.
homes. Doors and windows were
closed when the wave of water
struck so that it could not pass
through the dwellings, and the
houses were lifted off their foun
dations and floated away. The
height of the wave flattened to
about 5 feet as it entered the
town, but its high velocity soon
drove the houses against trees,
bridges anJ other objects; crush
ing them to pieces. In the swift
current and among masses of
timber, those who could get free
found it almost impossible to
swim to safety. This flood caused
the loss of 247 lives from drown
ing and exposure and property
damages of about $350,000, of
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Rodeo
Complete
All 4-H entries must be in by
9 a. m. Wednesday and several
of the 4-H contests will be held
during the day Wednesday.
Home economics and other ex
hibits and entries will also be
judged that day.
Both open class and 4-H live
stock and agricultural exhibits
will be judged Thursday morning
and early afternoon and one of
the top events of the fair, the
annual 4-H style revue will again
be held at 8 p. m. Thursday even
ing. Judging of 4-H dresses for
the revue will be held at 9 a. m.
Thursday, it was announced. The
style revue will be held In the
fair pavilion.
The fair will officially close at
4 p. m. Saturday.
Other high points In the week's
events Include the 4-H pig scram
ble and fat auction sale Friday
evening; the horse show Friday
morning and afternoon; the two
rodeo shows Saturday and Sun
day and the special Saturday
night show which will feature
this year, for the first time, a
Morrow county chariot race, and
numerous other events.
The complete program of fair
and rodeo events during the five
days can be found in the fair
board advertisement elsewhere
In today's paper.
Nearly $600 in
Prizes Await
Parade Winners
The merchants committee of
the chamber of commerce this
week announced the prize list
for the fair and rodeo parade on
Saturday, Sept. 1 and urged all
interested groups, businesses and
individuals to plan now for floats
and parade entries.
A total of nearly $600 has been
provided for prizes, Dick Brunner,
merchants committee chairman
revealed Wednesday. The prize
monev Is Dut un by merchants
and individuals of the area.
Topping the prize list is the
$5f award for the grand sweep
stakes float winner which will be
taken from the first place winners
in the three float divisions, juve
nile organization, adult organi
zation and business. As has been
the practice for many years, each
grade school child wno tanes pan
In the parade will receive a silver
dollar.
The various divisions and the
prizes are listed below with the
amounts for first, second and
third places are listed in that
order.
Floats juvenile organization,
$25, $15, $5; adult organization,
S25. $15. $5: business, $25, $15,
$5. Grand sweepstakes, $50.
Best riding club $; Desr
ic. $10-. hst family group.
$7.50; best mounted cowboy and
cowgirl, each $7.50; oldest cow
boy, $5; oldest cowgirl$5; young
est cowboy and cowgirl, $3.50
each.
In the Juvenile division
child's float, $7.50; $5, $3.50; best
pet, $7.50, $5, $3.50; best juvenile
cowboy, $7.50, $5, $3.50; best juve
nile cowgirl, $7.50, $5, $3.50.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
August 28 at the court house from
9:30 a. m. to 3.30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Laird and
family and Miss Shirley Kononen
were visiting In Salem over the
weekend.
which $250,000 was estimated for
Heppner.
Two cloudburst floods of major
proportions occurred in 1905 and
1934. In the flood of 1905, five
lives were lost and considerable
property was damaged. No esti
mate of property damage is avail
able -for the 1905 flood, but the
damages reported to have been
heavier on Rhea creek than in the
Willow creek valley. No lives were
iost in the 1934 flood. Local in
terests estimated the damages at
$125,000 in 193-4 to property and
livestock, and the Red Cross spent
about $2,500 for relief.
(Next Magnitude of area's
floods).