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HeppFiaD Gazette Times, Thursday, December 13, 1956
Mustangs Open Hoop
With Win, Then
2 to St Joe, lone
Play
Drop
By Jim Morcii
PENDLETON
' Heppner high school's Mus
tang quintet scored its first win
of the 1956-57 basketball season
Friday, December 7 at the Pen
dleton armory as they rolled over
the Pendleton J. V.s by a count
of 40-32.
The Mustangs had trouble
getting their offense to roll in the
first half both teams had strong
defenses as they fought to a 15
14 half time score with the Mus
tangs on the bottom halt
In the third quarter the Mus
tangs completely dominated the
Baby Cues as they held them
scoreless and caught fire as they
themselves bucketed 13 points.
From here on they had little
trouble as they went on to an
eight point margin of victory.
High point collector for the
Mustangs was Ruhl with 19
points. High for Pendleton was
Nelson with 12.
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courtmeR traveled to Pendleton
again on December 8 but this
time they were not so successful
as they went down in defeat to a
St. Joseph squad by a score of
51 -40.
The Bluejays led by their center
Bill Carey, took an early lead as
they potted 14 points in the first
quarter to the 12 scored by the
Mustangs.
Then in the second stanza the
'Jays had their biggest bulge of
the evening as they connected
for another 14 counters while they
held the Horsemen to 8. At half
time they were the owners of a
28-20 edge over the Mustangs.
After the intermission the Mus
tangs came back strong and in
the last panel forged to a 1 point
lead, but this was soon erased
as the 'Jays stole a pass and
scored. After this the Mustangs
were never able to overtake the
St. Joe five, but they never ever
gave up trying. .
High point collector for Hepp
ner was Ruhl with 18. High for
St. Joseph and for the game was
Carey with 27.
IONE
Heppner high school's Mus
tangs dropped their second game
of the year Tuesday December 11
to a "red hot" lone five by a score
of 61-47. The Cardinals out
played the Mustangs in all four
stanzas as the Mustangs lacked
Farm Land Values
Hit High Records
Reasons Outlined
Farm land values, including
those in Oregon, have gone up in
most parts of the nation in spite
of lower farm incomes in recent
years.
Value of farm land in Oregon
reached the highest point on re
cord at mid -year, reports Mrs.
Elvera Horrell, extension agricul
tural economist at Oregon State
college. Farm lands in the state
averaged a 2 percent rise between
July 1955 and July 1956.
Nationally, farm land values
have averaged a 3 percent jump
during the same period. Only six
states, most of them in drouth
areas, did not show increases.
What's behind the rise in the
value of farm land?
Mrs. Horrell says people who
have analyzed the situation feel
the rising land values are a
result of a strong demand from
farmers themselves for more
land, the expansion of irrigation,
and the feeling of many people
that farm land may be a safe
long-term investment, the de
mand for part-time farms and
houses out in the country and
urban and industrial expansion
are also seen as factors support
ing the higher farm land prices.
The expansion of urban and
onlv the morale to make it work,
The Cardinals opened the game industrial developments out onto
by outscoring the Mustangs 16-, sooa iarm iana has sianea mov
City Families Spend
75 More For Food
Than Farm Families ..
City families spend 75 percent
more for food and alcoholic bev
erages than farm families, reports
Mrs. Elvera Horrell, extension
agricultural economist at Oregon
State college.
She says a 1955 survey by the
U. S. department of agriculture
showed rural- families spent an
average of $17 a week, compared
to $30 a week spent by city fam
ilies. Rural nonfarm families
were in between, spending an
average of $24 a week for food
and alcoholic beverages.
This doesn't mean farm famil
ies have smaller appetites, Mrs.
Horrell hastens to add. They pro
duce a part of their food on their
farms and in their gardens. And
farm families tend to buy fewer
services in the form of processed
foods and prepared meals.
Regardless of how much they
spend, there should be plenty of
food for both rural and city fam
ilies during the holiday season
ahead.
Even before this year's harvest
the nation's cupboards were far
from bare. And orf top of that,
Mrs. Horrell says farmers appear
to be on their way towards mak
ing their 1956 crop output one of
the largest on record in spite of
drought in some sections of the
nation.
11 in the first panel. The second
stanza proved to be no better for
the Mustangs as the Cards out
ing at a rate that alarms many
agricultural leaders, Mrs. Horrell
reports. The soil and water con-
scored them again 18-15. At the servation advisory committee of
tne u. s. department or agricul
ture has decided to ask the USDA
to take steps to help check this
rapid conversion of good agricul
tural land to non-farm uses.
The committee estimates that
about 17 million acres of good
tillable land have been taken
over for industrial and urban
housing use in the past 15 years.
And they point out that this rate
is being stepped up by the pre
sent emphasis on Industrial de
centralization and urban living,
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half the Redbirds sported a 34-26
lead.
In the third quadrant the
Horsemen came back fighting,
but the speed and accuracy'of the
lone quintet was too much for
the low moraled Mustangs to
overcome.- In the last period the
Mustangs tried a last resort, this
was the full-court press. The at
tempt proved to be futile as the
Cards went on to win.
High scorer for Heppner was
Ruhl with 23. High for lone was
Salters with 21.
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Oregon's Traffic
Death Record For
Year Looks Grim
Oregon is in danger of killing
more people in traffic accidents
this year than in any year since
An estimated 42 traffic deaths
in November shoved the state's
count for the year-to-date to 387.
If December deaths match those
of December last year the final
toll was 460.
November traffic this year
claimed 14 more lives than for the
same month last year, the Oregon
Traffic Safety Commission re
ported. Commission secretary, J. R.
Banks, said the state has Joined
a nation-wide campaign, "Back
the Attack on Traffic Accidents,"
which hopes to reduce the acci
dent, injury and death toll over
the holiday period and through
out 1957.
Boardman News
Guy Ferguson is ill at his home
with the mumps. Billie Bedord,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Be
dord also has the mumps.
Stanley Zunker, Kennewick,
Wash., and Harley Sweeny, Kiona,
Wash., were visitors Saturday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Ferguson. Sunday visitors were
their daughter, Mrs. Vern Moe
and children, Hermiston.
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CAMP FIRE GIRLS
HAPPY BLUE BIRDS
The Happy Blue Birds went to
the hospital and sang Christmas
carols to the patients. They took
boxes of candy and cookies made
by the Heppner Mother's club.
Joan Stockard, reporter
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Gazette Times Classifieds Pay I
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Dowen were his father,
John Dowen of Marysville, Wash
ington and Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Ryan, associated with the Stand
ard Oil Comany in Saudi Arabia,
who are in this country on vaca
tion. Mrs. Luther Tunnell of Ben
Wheeler, Texas, who has been
visiting for the past three weeks
with her niece, Mrs. Paul Jones,
left Wednesday for Vancouver,
to visit her sister, Mrs. Dena
Reese. Mr. and Mrs. Jones ac
companied her to Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs. Creston HoDin-
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son attended tne nereiuru uuu
sale in Pendleton Saturday.
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MRS. GREEN PLACES IN
WHEAT LEAGUE CONTEST
Mrs. Alex Green has returned
from Portland where she attended
the Wheat League meeting and
was in the bake off contest in
which she received honorable
mention. While there she visited
her two daughters Mrs. Wallace
Green and Mrs. Omar McCaleb.
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JOHN PFEIFFER, OWNER
SCHOOL ENDS DEC. 21
The Heppner school system will
dismiss pupils at 1:45 Friday af
ternoon, Dec. 21 for the Christ
mas holidays with buses sche
duled to leave the school at 1:55.
Classes will resume on Wednes
day, Jan. 2.
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Mrs. Robert Ferrell, Judy and
Nancy spent Monday in Pendle
ton, visiting at the home of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Hattenhauer.
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OREGON IDAHO UTAH NEVADA DIVISION
Watch For The Green and Black Handbills
With Accounts For Sale
Justice And
Municipal Courts
James Ulan Smith, truck speed
ing, fined $25.
Robert N. Leslie, overhelght
load, fined $10.
Leland A. Anderson, truck
speeding, $30 bail forfeited.
Walter H. Browning, drunken
driving, $150 fine and 60 days in
jail
Edward Elmer Adkins, charged
with drunken driving, pleaded
not guilty and 6-man justice
court jury found him not guilty.
Jim Richardson, violation of
basic rule, fined $10.
Denward Bergevin, drunk in
public place, fined $20.
Robert Laughlin, speeding $10
fine and after hours, $10 fine.
CIVIC LEAGUE DECEMBER
MEETING CANCELLED
The regular meeting of the
Heppner Civic League scheduled
for Dec. 17 has been cancelled,
it was announced today. The next
meting will be in January when
new officers will be elected.
Better
Check It
fcr Size
Is your present fire insurance coverage
geared to tlie current value of your rop
erly? If not, Letter take steps now to cor
rect a situation which cotiM result in serious
loss. Let us check it with you.
Turner, Van Martor Cr Bryant
Real Estate Insurance
Phone 6-9C52
Heppner
HOSPITAL NEWS
New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Justus, Fossil, a 7 lb. 2'4
oz. girl born Dec. 9, named Jean-
nie Rae.
Medical Philip Carlson, lone,
dismissed; Randy Morris, Hepp
ner, dismissed; Newton Matteson,
Heppner; Alice Galbraith, Con
don; Jim McNamee, Heppner;
Cora Wallace, Condon; Mary
Rigby, lone; Johnny Medlock,
Kinzua, dismissed; Jessie Morton,
Condon.
Minor Surgery Marsha Sow
ell, Heppner, dismissed; Ramona
Marshall, Heppner, dismissed.
Major Surgery Richard Ek
strom, lone, dismissed; ' Verna
Tate, Condon, dismissed; Paul
Still, Fossil; Linda Bird, Kinzua;
Harvey Harshman, Heppner; Leta
Smith, Condon.
Water Sources Needed
As Winter Fire Guard
Good outside sources of water
for protection against home fires
are lacking in many Oregon
homes during the winter months,
reports M. G. Huber, Oregon State
college agricultural engineer.
The specialist lists the follow
ing safeguards for water resour
ces: See that the water pump is on a
separate circuit.
Protect outdoor water pumps
from freezing by installing a
small electric heater, heat lamp,
or plain light bulbs in the pump
house. Insulation will keep the
pumphouse warmer and cut heat
ing costs.
Water taps and other outdoor
hydrants need protection from
freezing.
It may be necessary, Huber
points out, to have frost-free fire
extinguishers installed in some
outbuildings.
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O-KI-ZU CAMPFIRE GIRLS
The meeting was opened in
regular form. The group was
invited to go caroling with the
Boy Scouts on Dec. 21.
Our president told us that Mrs.
Duvall had graciously given us
and all the other Campfire and
Boy Scout groups five dollars.
The meeting was adjourned and
we made angels for table decora
tions. Shlrlee Gaines, reporter.
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