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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 27, 1956
73rd Year, Number 29
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Democrats Gain
Vote Registration;
Deadline Near
The county clerk's office today
released the latest voter regis
tration figures for the county
which show a sizeable increase
since the May primaries, but still
well below the registration at the
time or the 1952 general election.
As of September 24 there were
2227 registered voters and the
Republicans still hold a comfort
able margin, but recent Democra
tic gains have cut the Republican
lead from 3 to 2 to less than 4 to
3.
At the present time there are
1267 Republicans and 935 Demo
crats registered, in addition to
25 who name either a third party
or none. For the May primary
election there were 1226 Republi
cans and 845 Democrats. At the
time of the 1952 general election
there were 1428 Republicans and
932 Democrat voters registered
here.
County clerk Bruce Lindsay em
phasized that the present figures
are still incomplete inasmuch as
there is still a little over a week
left before the October 6 regis
tration deadline. Residents may
register either at the clerk's office,
at the registrar's offices In Lex
ington, lone, Boardman and Irri
gon, or at Humphreys Drug Co. or
Phil's Pharmacy in Heppner. The
latter two stores have been es
tablished as special registration
points and for the convenience of
persons who are unable to get
to the clerk's office during regu
lar hours, these stores remain
open until 8 o'clock each evening.
A considerable increase in re
gistration is still expected, accord
ing to Lindsay, who said that he
expected to receive quite a num
ber of last minute registrations
from the out-of-Heppner regis
trars. Lindsay also reminded the
voters that under the new elec
tion laws, a voter must vote in
the precinct in which he lives, and
as a result must be registered
properly in that precinct. If a
person has moved recently to a
different precinct, he must re
register if he expects to vote in
November.
Republicans lead Democrats in
registration in all precincts in
the county except in the Irri
gon precinct where the Demo
crats have a 165 to 106 lead. Lar
gest precinct is North Heppner
with 319 Republicans and 222
Democrats. Largest majority for
the Republicans in any precinct
is at Hardman where they hold a
2 to 1 lead with 25 to the Demo
crats' 13 voters.
The clerk announces that in
asmuch as the last day to register,
October 6, falls on Saturday, the
office will be open the entire day
to accommodate late comers. The
office is normally closed on Sat
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Adult Education
Class on Alcohol
Control to be Offered
An adult education course in
Alcohol studies in the school
curriculum will be held in Hepp
ner on Tuesday evening begin
ning October 2 and running
through December 11, it was an
nounced this week.
The class which is open to all
persons will give three hours of
graduate and undergraduate
credit, will be under the direction
of Dr. W. Kenneth Ferrier of the
University of Oregon. The pur
pose of the course is to acquaint
teachers, social workers, counse
lors, school administrators etc.,
with the latest scientific informa
tion available which is related
to the problems of beverage alco
hol. Fee for the class is $24 and
it will be held from 7 to 9:45
p. m. at the Heppner high school.
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Cub Scout Den
Officers Chosen
Officers of Cub Scout den No.
1 elected at a meeting Wednes
day afternoon at the home of den
mother, Mrs. N. C. Anderson, in
clude David Anderson, denner;
Chris Brown, assistnt denner;
George Van Schoiack, keeper of
the buckskin and David Van
Schoiack, refreshment chairman.
Naturalist projects for the com
ing month were outlined.
Other members present were
Mark Brown, John Pfeiffer, Doug
las Anderson, Ronnie Jones,
Bruce Thomson and Kit Anderson,
mascot. Refreshments were ser
ved. Mr. and Mrs, P. W. Mahoney
and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fer
guson were in Portland over the
weekend to attend the pro-football
game.
A. A. McCabe, 80,
Taken by Death;
Services Held Monday
Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon at the Com
munity church for Alonzo Alvin
McCabe, 80, of lone, who passed
away September 20 at Adams,
Oregon. Rev. Alfred Shirley of
Portland officiated and interment
was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at
lone with Folsoms Funeral Chap
el of Pendleton in charge.
Concluding services under the
auspices of AF & AM No. 120 of
lone.
Mr. McCabe was born at Deer
Park, Maryland and he came to
Oregon In 1898 at the age of 22.
On May 31, 1905 he was married
to Lola Eleanor Olden, who pre
ceded him in death on May 14,
1945.
He is survived by three daugh
ters, Jessie Ingalls of Adams;
Annabelle Eubanks, Arlington
and Charlotte Lundell, lone; six
sons, Lonnie, Earl and Ernest of
lone; James, Heppner; Robert,
Forest Grove and Clifford, Brook
ings; three sisters, Miss Mabel
McCabe, Enterprise; Mrs. Stella
Phelps, Pasadena, California and
Mrs. Brooks Carmiehael, Washou-
gal, Washington and one bro
ther, Lorenzo McCabe of Pasa
dena. Besides these there are
20 grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren. He was a member of the lone
Masonic lodge AF & AM No. 120.
Active pallbearers were Ken
neth Smouse, Oscar Peterson, Roy
Lindstrom, Paul Pettyjohn, Omar
Rietmann and Henry Peterson.
Honorary pallbearers were
Fred Lunger, Forest Grove; Peter
Timrn. Pendleton; George Krebs
and Bert Johnson, Portland; John
Krebs and Alex Huber, Cecil; and
Roy Lieuallen and George Ely,
lone.
Student Guidance
Meetings Planned
The high school-college rela
tions committee of the Oregon
state system of higher education
will visit Heppner, and lone
schools October 1, it was an
nounced today by superinten
dents of the two schools.
The visitation team will con
sist of a representative from the
state institutions of higher edu
cation and a representative from
Oregon Technical Institute. Exe
cutive secretary of the commit
tee is Francis Nickerson, a for
mer resident of Heppner, who is
headquartered with the state
board of higher education in Eu
gene. The team will visit Heppner
high school at 9 a. m. and at
lone at 12:30 p. m. The princi
pal of Lexington high school has
arranged for students there to at
tend the lone session.
An assembly has been called
to explain general college prepa
ration and requirements. Later
sessions are held to discuss spej
cuic requirements oi me uuier
ent institutions. Parents are in
vited to attend the meetijig, and
at lone a. special meeting with
the committee has been arranged
for parents at 7:30 in the lone
school cafetorium.
The visitation is offered annu
ally as a regular part of the guid
ance program carried on in the
high schools to help students in
the area of college and other post
high school training.
Newspaper Week to
Be Observed by Elks
Heppner Lodge No. 358 will
observe National Newspaper
Week October 1-8 to demonstrate
the Elks' continuing support for
the nation's free press, Exalted
ruler La Verne Van Marter, Jr.,
announced today. He said that
Heppner Lady Elks will join
with the order's 1,766 lodges in
a country-wide tribute to the men
and women who staff America's
hometown newspapers.
National Newspaper Week is
sponsored annually by News
paper Association Managers, Inc.
The Order of Elks has partici
pated in the observance as a pat
riotic program each year since
1949. Fred L. Bohn, of Zanesville,
O., Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Elks and a former newspaper
editor, asked every Elks lodge to
observe National Newspaper
Week in order to show its "un
wavering support of the press in
its constant endeavor to main
tain our freedom, which has
brought us the abundance that
blesses our country an abund
ance that is spiritual as well as
material."
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Mrs. Mabel Chaffee and Mrs.
Ethel Zeimantz returned home
last Thursday after two weeks
spent in Seattle and Tacoma.
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FIRST STRING half back on Pacific University's grid squad is Duane
Baker, a former lone high school football star. Duane made the
starting squad last year at Pacific and director of athletics, Paul
Stagg, says he is going to be one of the best football players to
come out of the University. In addition to his football work,
Duane earned a straight "A" average last year and was awarded
a Standard Oil scholarship for this year. Two other lone boys
who are going out for football this year at Pacific are Ernie Drake,
a freshman and Don Eubanks, a sophomore who is out for this
first time this fall. (Grove Studio Photo-
"KNOW YOUR LI BRARY WEEK" PLANS
ANNOUNCED BY IONE TOPIC CLUB
The lone Topic club will again
sponsor their annual Know Your
Library Week from October 1 to
4 inclusive, ending with a Silver
Tea on Thursday, October 4 from
2 p. m. to 5 p. m. in the library
at the City Hall in lone.
Members of the club will visit
each grade in school on Monday
morning and tell the children
something about the library. Mrs.
Milton Morgan will visit the
first grade; Mrs. Charles O'Con
nor, second and third; Mrs. John
Proudfoot, fourth and fifth; Mrs.
Roy Lindstrom, sixth and seventh;
Mrs. Omar Rietmann, eighth and
Mrs. Noel Dobyns the high school.
Also during the week all school
children will have the opportun
ity to visit the library in groups
and refreshments will be served
them. Those acting as librarians
at this time will be Mrs. Echo
Palmateer, Mrs. John Proudfoot,
Mrs. Verner Troedson, Mrs. Char
les O'Connor, Mrs. Vic Rietmann
and Mrs. Fannie Griffith. Those
serving the punch and cookies
will be Mrs. Charles Carlson, Mrs.
Tudy Swanson, Mrs. Roy Lind
strom, Mrs. Herbert Ekstrorrt, Mrs.
William Rawlins, Mrs. Norman
Nelson, Mrs. Mabel Cotter, Mrs.
Dixon Smith, Mrs. Mary Swan
son and Mrs. Roland Bergstrom.
The committee in charge of the
Thursday afternoon tea is Mrs.
Vic Rietmann and Mrs. Verner
Troedson. Mrs. Wate Crawford,
Mrs. Ray Heimbigner Mrs. Mon
etta Aldrich. Mrs. Harvey Ring,
Mrs. Roger Kincaid, Mrs. Robert
Rietmann, Mrs. Denward Berge
vin, Mrs. Charles Wilkes and Mrs.
Robert Woodroof will pour during
the afternoon.
There are 3000 registered books
in the lone library, with 98 adult
borrowers and 71 juvenile bor
rowers. During the past year 3505
books have been loaned out, 2149
juveniles and 1356 adult bo3ks.
283 new books have been added
by purchase and gifts the last
Scout Troop Names
Patrol Leaders
Tom Glass, Ken Keeling and
Larry Angell were named patrol
leaders of Boy Scout troop 86 at
an organization meeting Monday
night at the Methodist church
with Kenneth Keeling as scout
master. Sixteen members were
present for a lesson in knot
tieing.
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Mrs. D. F. Kariher of West Palm
Beach, Florida and Mrs. C. C. Pat
terson of Snohomish, Washington
arrived Monday for a weeks visit
with their sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Hager.
Mrs. Earl Blake has been in
Portland, being called there by
the illness of her mother,
year. ;
The library board consists of
Mrs. Echo Palmateer, librarian;
Mrs. William Rawlins, chairman;
Mrs. John Proudfoot, vice chair
man; Mrs. Vic. Rietmann, secretary-treasurer
and Mrs. Verner
Troedson and Mrs. Fannie Grif
fith, members at large.
Publicity committee for the
library week is Mrs. Norman Nel
son and Mrs. Omar Rietmann.
Market Dips on
Fed Cattle
HERMSTON Prices on fed
cattle took a mild dip at the
Hermiston Livestock Commission
Co. sale Friday refJecfing simi
lar drops in other livestock mar
kets. Steer calves, veal, cows, hogs
and sheep stayed at last week's
level in a busy market that saw
115 consignors sell 662 cattle,
68 hogs and 321 sheep. Plenty
of buyers were on hand from
Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
Stocker steers slipped back to a
high of $15.10 cwt after chalk
ing up a $16.80 cwt top at the
previous sale. Feeder steers also
slumped with the best animals
going for $16.30 cwt compared
with $17.30 cwt last week.
The best marks for hogs were
just under last week's top bid
ding with fat hogs hitting' a high
of $17.60 cwt compared with $17.
70 cwt at the previous sale.
Friday's volume was just about
double that" of a week ago when
the Round-Up was in full swing.
Needed for next week will be
plenty of fat cows and heifers for
packer buyers, Delbert Anson,
sale manager, announced.
CATTLE: Baby calves, 1 to 14
per head; steer calves, 16.90 to
18.00 cwt.; heifer calves, 14.30 to
15.60 cwt.; veal, 17.10 to T8.40
cwt.; Stocker steers, 14.10 to 15.40
cwt.; fat slaughter steers, com
mercial grade only, 15.60 to 17.20
cwt.; grass heifers, 14.10 to 15.40
cwt.; feeder steers, 15.40 to 16.30
cwt; dairy cows, 89.00 to 132.50
per head; commercial cows, 11.30
to 12.60 cwt.; utility cows, 10.10
to 1110 cwt.; canners and cutters,
6.50 to 9.30 cwt.; with fed Hoi
steins to 10.00; shells, 3.50 to 7.10
cwt.; and utility bulls, 11.70 to
14.20 cwt.
HOGS: Weaner pigs, 7.75 to 12.25
per head; feeder pigs, 15.20 to 16.
60 cwt.; fat hogs, 16.75 to 17.60
cwt.; sows, 11.30 to 12.90 cwt.;
boars, 1.70 to 5.20 cwt.
SHEEP: Ewes, 1.75 to 12.25 a
head; feeder lambs, 14.10 to 16.75
cwt.; and bucks, 1 to 2.00 cwt:
with few bucks going for 12 per
jhead.
1956-5? Taxes
Jo be Lower Than
Current Year
Total taxes to be collected in
Morrow county for the 1956-57 fis
cal year will reflect a reduction
of approximately $54,000 under
this year's figure, it was revealed
this week by the assessor's of
fice. The annual statement of
taxes is being printed and will
shortly be sent out with your next
year's tax statement
The greatest reduction in taxes
will he found in the overall rural
school district levy which is $71,
000 below'the current year's fi
gure. This is partly offset by an
increase in special school levies
in various districts which show a
jump of $37,000 over last year.
The total tax to be collected
for the coming year is $890,870.16.
Last year it amounted to $9(34,
774.06. The new rural school levy
is $129,011.67, clown from last
year's $500,452.35. The special
school levies for 1956-57 will be
$114,879.65 which is up from last
year when the figure was $77,-
169.46. The reason for the in
crease in this catagory is be
cause the rural school board this
year rejected all capital outlay
figures in the individual district
budgets and most districts asked
the voters of their districts for a
special levy to cover this need.
Total assessed valuation In the
county was also recorded a drop
to $11,033,925 which is $345,000
less than the current valuation.
Two thirds of this loss, $240,000
came from a reduction of valua
tion of public utilities in the
county. Last year's valuation
within the county was $14,378,-
681.
The valuation of real property
in the county shows a slight in
crease from this year, the new
figure being $10,275,725, up $81,
000. Personal property however,
is down $132,000 from last year's
$2,190,155.
Taxes to be collected for cities
and towns will remain approxi
mately the same as" last year,
the only major change being at
Lexington where the new total is
only $2,618.46 compared with $4,
62474 for the past year. Heppner's
figure also shows a very slight
reduction. The taxes to be col
lected for towns is Heppner, $27,
253.95; lone, $4,667.51; Lexing
ton, $2,618.46; Boardman. $1,864.
15. The city millage varies from
a high of 31.6 at Boardman to a
low of 12.7 for Lexington. Hepp
ner's millage is 21.4 and Ione's
15.9.
Tax statements and the sepa
rate "statement of taxes' sheets
will be mailed to all taxpayers
by the assessor and the sheriff
within a few weeks. This state
ment gives a complete break
down of the valuations, taxes
and millage,
Little Change Seen
In Grain Prices
ORFGON STATE COLLEGE
Grain prices in 1957 will be about
the same as those or tne last
two years, forecasts Ray Teal,
seed and grain marketing spec
ialist at Oregon State college. ,
Writing in the latest issue ot
the OSC Farm and market Out
look circular, Teal says grain
price changes in 1957 are likely
to be minor, even though con
siderable grain land is placed in
the soil bank program. While
wheat acreage may be reduced
as much as a fourth under the
new program, Teal thinks it
doubtful that the national de
crease in grain supplies will be
sufficient to boost prices at har
vest time next fall much above
those of the last two years.
Copies of the circular are avail
able through local county agent
offices.
Youth Group Colls
First Fall Meeting
The senior high C. E. group of
the Christian church will hold
their first meeting this Sunday
evening from 7:30 to 9:30. A
full program of games, refresh
ments and devotions has been
planned. During a short busi
ness meeting plans for the next
two months will be presented.
New officers for the group are
Marv Jo Stewart, president;
Mickey Van Schoiack, secretary-
treasurer; Gary Huu, recreation
chairman; Ida Sue Stratton, hos
pitality chairman; Gary Jones
lookout chairman; Alice Faye
Stewart, devotional chairman.
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Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Van
Marter spent the weekend In John
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Barratt
left Saturday for a visit from
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Ferguson, Oswego.
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GOVERNOR ELMO SMITH
Governor Elmo Smith
To Make Brief Stop
In Heppner Monday
Governor Elmo Smith who is
campaigning for election to the
post he now holds by succession,
will make a brief stop in Hepp
ner next Monday morning, it was
revealed today.
Governor Smith will be hon
ored at a brief coffee hour at
O'Donnell's Cafe at 9:30 a. m.
and will spend a short time visit
ing friends and constituents in
Heppner. He will be in Heppner
about one hour and will go on
to Pendleton where he has a
luncheon engagement.
The coffee hour is open to the
public, local Republican officials
stated, and all residents are in
vited to meet Governor Smith.
Sneaky Loggers
Build Own Pond at
Heppner Pine Mill
Heppner Pine Mills doesn't
normally object when it gets a
little help with its logging oper
ations, but the management
still likes to have a little say
as to where it takes place.
This week some logging got
under way right on the mill
grounds but manager Paul Koe
nig didn't think too much of
the way the loggers, one or
more beavers, were .doing the
job and took steps to shut the
operation down. .
So far the beavers have been
cutting and falling trees into
Willow creek, apparently with
the idea of creating their own
mill pond. They have worked
on filling the stream with
limbs and rubbish which does
not conform to the mill's plans
and probably with the aid of
some traps the furry loggers
will soon be transplanted to
more wide open spaces.
Deer Hunters Urged
To Keep Lookout
For Porcupines
Valuable prizes being awarded
by the Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers club by their porcu
pine contest are still far from
being in the bag, it was re
vealed this wee.k A check of the
various business houses collect
ing noses indicate that Monu
ment contenders are now in the
lead.
Noses turned In this year are
falling short of expected num
bers, and behind last year's aver
age. This may indicate that por
cupine population has reached its
peak and are now tapering off,
which would be good, or that the
shooting eye of hunters is grow
ing dim, which would he bad,
particularly with hunting season
near.
With the great influx of deer
hunters getting ready to invade
the woods, all are urged to par
ticipate in the efforts toward por
cupine control. The contest does
not end until December 31. Noses
can be turned in at Gilliam and
Bisbee Hardware, Western Auto,
and Anderson's Builders Supply
in Heppner; Settle and Son in
Monument and Williams Gene
ral store in Spray.
All noses besides counting for
the valuable prizes are redeem
able in sporting goods at the rate
of seventy cents per nose.
Prizes are now ,on display in
the Heppner Auto Parts window.
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Wayne Morse and
Al Oilman Honored
At Reception Here
Senator and Mrs. Wayne Morse
and Mr. and Mrs. Al Ullman met
with about 40 persons at a tea
given by Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Rosewall at their home Monday
afternoon. Assisting with re
freshments were Mrs. Lloyd How
ton, lone and Mrs. Paul Brown.
During the afternoon two pho
tographers from the New York
Times took pictures of the event.
Hunters Head for
Woods; Extra Fire
Caution Urged
Saturday, September 29 marks
the day when more than 250,
000 hunters will take to the
woods for the opening of Oregon's
general deer season. From all
indications hunters should have
another banner year as census
figures compiled by the state
game commission show the deer
population equal to or greater
than last year throughout most
of the big game ranges. Last
year a record 131,000 animals
were killed.
Rainfall will be the key to a
successful hunt, and the lack of
any precipitation in this area has
brought warnings from forest
rangers that hunters must take
every precaution because of the
extremely dry conditions in the
woods. Many hunters have been
wondering if opening of the sea
son might not be delayed be
cause of the dry weather, but at
press-time today there has been
no change in plans announced by
the game commission.
Tlie Eastern Oregon area is the
driest, but the west side of the
Cascades and the coast range has
received sufficient rain recent
ly to forstall any general closure,
it was thought.
Heppner forest ranger Vic Krel-
myer said today that all avail
able forest personel will be pa
troling the woods during the in
flux of hunters, and urged every
one using the forests to exer
cise extreme caution with fire.
L. C. Binford, chairman of the
governor's Red Hat Days com
mittee also urged care with fire
and reminded all hunters of the
Red Hat pledge to prevent hunter
deaths, use care with fire and
respect property rights.
The first 14 days of the season,
Sept. 29 through Oct. 12, will be
for buck deer with visible antlers,
east of the Cascade mountains
and with at least two points or
better on the west side.
The buck season will be fol
lowed by a nine-day either sex
season in most parts of the
state beginning Oct. 13 and ex
tending through Oct. 21. The
Deschutes national forest will
have a four-day closure follow-
ing the general buck season and
then will be open for either sex
deer beginning Oct. 17 through
the 21st. All of Eastern Oregon
will be open for deer either sex
except Sherman county.
Fire Caution Urged
In stressing the need for care
with fire, the Red Hat chairman
said that careless smokers are
the worst offenders, with warm
up fires a close second, followed
by campfires.
Hunters began to come through
Heppner on their way to the
mountains early this week and
by today (Thursday) there was
a steady stream of jeeps, pick
ups etc., heading for camp
grounds. Evangelistic Series
Slated by Church
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Carty
of Enid, Oklahoma will hold
evangelistic meetings October 28
through November 11 at the
Heppner Christian church, it was
announced this week.
During the services they will
show colored slides which they
have taken in Egypt, Central and
East Africa, the Holy Lands,
Turkey, India, Thailand, Hong
Kong, Japan and the Hawaiian
Islands, Mrs. Carty recently re
turned from a world tour during
which she visited several mis
sion projects including three be
longing to the Disciples of Christ
in Belgian Congo, Thailand and
Japan.
The Cartys have conducted
tours to Europe, Egypt and the
Holy Lands at Christmas for Red
dy Travel of Kansas City, Mo.
They have over 2,000 colored
slides as well as costumes and
souvenirs which they use to help
adults and young people to
understand not only the Bible,
but also the other peoples of the
world.
RHEA CREEK H. E. C.
The Rhea Creek H. E. C. will
hold their first fall meetirfg on
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.
m. at the home of Mrs. Walter
Wright. The project will be Fish
in Meals with Mrs. Walter Wright
and Mrs. John Bergstrom as the
leaders.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Fuller and
daughter Shirley Ann of Orch
ards, Wash, and Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Fuller of Vancouver, Wash,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
James Thomson over the week
end. Mrs. Dale Fuller and Mrs.
Thomson are sisters.