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Pag 8 Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, February 21, 1957 Mustangs Split Wins, Losses in Week's Hoop Play By Jim Morels The Heppner Mustangs were on their home court again Frl day night where they encount ered the highly rated Cougars of Echo and came out on the short end of a 71-53 clawing. The Mustangs fought nip and tuck in the first stanza as the score stood at 16-12 in favor of the Cougars as the teams enter ed the second panel of play. In this period the scoring and play ing was again close as both teams put forth a bid for the lead. But the Mustangs were not very successful as they were trailing 35 .27 at intermission. After the half the Cougars be gan to roll as they outplayed the Mustangs and gained a 60-35 lead by the last period. In the last quadrant the Mustangs pull ed a full court press in a last minute effort but it proved futile as the Echo quint went on to vic tory. Scoring Heppner (53) Gro shens 9, AldermanS, Dougherty 7, Ruhl 4, Morris 13, Connor 6, Laughlin 6. Echo (71) Jackson 20, S. Ra mos6, M. Ramos 13, Smith 18, Jordan 6, Correa 5, Meyers, Camp, bell, O'Brien 1, Ress2. Win From Lexington Coach Larry Dowen's Mus tangs traveled to Lexington Fri day night where they rolled over the Jackrabbits by a 61-44 count. The Mustangs raced to a quick lead of 18-6 in the first stanza. The Lexington quint started to hit in the second panel as they ripped the cords for 10 points but this seemed to do them very little good as the Horsemen dunked 16 more and were lead ing by a comfortable 3416 mar gin at intermission time. After the half the Mustangs kept the pressure on the Lex five and by the end of the third quadrant they had built up a lead of 49-24. The Mustang se cond five took over halfway through the third period and they turned In a very fine per formance as they potted 18 of Heppner's total of 27 last half points. Scoring: Heppner (61) Groshens, 0; Alderman, 4; Ruhl, 15; Morris, 16; Dougherty, 10; Laughlin, 4; Huffman, 7; Flug, 0; Pettyjohn, 2; Connor 3. Lexington (44) Loyva, 0; Do herty, 6; Noland, 4; Herman, 11; Patrick, 0; Miles, 11; CornelisoTi, 6; Hunt, 3. )) lAJAUAD! ikA J?5 DAM SITE GRANT I "VAk KITTITAS I Til VA',) n mam "j pHANroCDWORk- topetoshS J V ' BENTON L ARROW POINTS to 9000 -acre tract being purchased by Pacific Power & Light company near Hanford Atomic Energy Works to have a site available for a future atomic power plant. Site is on tho Columbia river about 35 miles east of Yakima, Wash. PACIFIC POWER TELLS OF PLANS FOR FUTURE ATOMIC POWER PLANT IONE NEWS Mrs. Louis Carlson gave a party Friday, Feb. 15 In honor of her daughter, Sandra's fifth birthday. Overnight guests were Anita Crawford, Kristine Peter son, Debbie Warren and Linda Pettyjohn. Others were Susan Jane and Billy Jepson, Jodie and Jerry Snow, Darlene, David and Michael Warren, Cynthia Craw ford, Earl James, Jerry and Nancy Pettyjohn and Cheri Carlson. o Justice And Municipal Courts Donald E. Fldlcr, drunk and resisting arrest, forfeited $70 bail. LOSE UGLY FAT IN TEN DAYS OR MONEY BACK If you are overweight, here U th flrat really thrilling new to come along In yaura. A new & coiivanlant way to get rid of extra poumla easier than ever, o you can be aa allin and trim aa you want. Thla new product called DIA TKON curb both hunger & appetite. No drutfa. no dirt, no exercise. Abso lutely Imrmleaa. When you take DIA TKON. you atlll enjoy your meala. etill eat the looda you like but you almply don't have the utge for extra portlona and automatically your weight muat coma down, bocauae, aa your own dew tor will tell you. when you eat leaa, you weigh lesa. Kxceaa weight endangera your heart, kldneya. So no matter what you have tried before, get D1ATKON and prove to youraelf what It can do. MATKON la aold on thla GUARAN TEE: You must loae weight with the flrat package you ui or the packaxe coats you nothing. Juat return the bot tle to your druggut and get your money back. DIATHON coata sJ.UO and la aold with thla strict money back guarantee by: Hnmphreyi Draff Co. Happnar Mail Oruan rilled. YAKIMA, Wn., (Special) ac quisition by Pacific Power & Light company of about 14 square miles of land near the Hanford Atomic Eneregy Works reservation to have a site avail able for a future atomic power plant was announced Tuesday In Yakima by - Paul B. McKee, president of the utility firm. Part of the 9,000-acre tract has already been purchased and the Pacific company soon will exer cise the options it holds on the remainder of the land, he said. McKee reported that Pacifiic Power & Light, Washington Water Power, Portland General Electric and Montana Power companies have indicated by let ter to Admiral Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D. C, that the group is actively inter ested in atomic power possibilities. All or part of this group might be participants in the future con struction of an atomic plant on the site which Pacific now has available for such a purpose, Strauss was told. About 35 miles east of Yakima, the site adjoins the eastern boundary of the U. S. firing range military reservation and Is very close to the Hanford reservation's western boundary. Most of the land is now useful only for sea sonal grazing. The relatively isolated tract lies on the south bank of a curve In the Columbia river a few miles downstream from the Priest Rap ids dam site. The site also is near a key center of power transmission lines at Vernita, where both Pa cific Power & Light and the Bon neville power admisistration have substations. "Our company and the others of the group have for more than three years been studying the atomic power situation." McKee said, "and we have iield a num ber of serious discussions with the A EC. "As long as economic hydro electric developments can be carried on, it is obviously in the Interest of power consumers of the region that such develop ments go forward vigorously. We estimate that it will require about $150,000,000 a year from the four companies to carry on their part of the hydro program. "However, the time Is coming when the region will have to turn to thermal energy to keep up with its rapidly growing power requirements", he noted. "At present, atomic power is much more expensive than available hydro, but we look for great pro gress to be made in reducing atomic costs in the foreseeable future, and wd want to be ready to take action at the proper time." Lack of native oil and gas in the area and other natural fuel problems make the possibilities of nuclear energy of special in terest to the Pacific Northwest, McKee commented. Selection of tho chosen site followed a survey of possible lo cations for atomic power develop. ment, he stated. The Pacific Power & Light- Washington Water Power Mon tana Power Portland General Electric group in 1954 entered into an atomic power study con tract with the AEC and for two years had a study team ot Han ford. At the present time, Pacific Power and Washington Water Power are members of the Rocky Mountain nuclear power study group, which has a team of engi neers at Idaho Falls, Idaho, where the Arco facility of the AEC is located. In the Rocky Mountain group are six electric companies and four industrial and engi neering organizations. HOSPITAL NEWS New Arrivals To Mr. and Mrs. James Ware, Condon, a 6 lb. 1014 ozj girl born Feb. 10, named Re becca Lynn. To Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brock, Kinzua, a 7 lb. 5 oz. boy born Feb. 19, named Johnny. Medical George Petteys, lone; Mary Lundell, lone; Hanna An derson, Heppner; Connie Hoover, Fossil, dismissed; Pamela Brad shaw, Heppner, dismissed; Eva Penington, Condon; James Ben nett, Condon, dismissed. Major Surgery Delores Mun jar, Spray, dismissed; Thoral Broadus, Heppner; Joel Engle man, lone; Burton Moore, fossil; Nina Case, Heppner; Leta Smith, Condon; Kenneth Johnson, Con don. Minor Surgery Agnes Kienlen, Hermiston, dismissed; Janet and Ronnie Palmateer, lone, dismis sed; Larry Brinda, Heppner, dis missed; Dorothy Krebs, Cecil. mm CAY BLUE BIRDS The Gay Blue Birds met Feb. 19, at the Episcopal parish house. We had a business meeting and practiced our songs. Refresh ments were served by Judy and Nancy Ferrell. Teresa Monahan, scribe Monument L. J. Matteson and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Kingman of Alturas, Calif., were weekend guests here visiting their folks, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matteson and Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scott and son Robert Dale of Long Creek were here Sunday to join the family reunion of the Mattesons. Molvin Rounds took a load of fertilizer to Portland the first of the week and Monday morning he left with a load of scrap iron for Portland. Most of the snow Is gone in town. Printing Is Our Business; See Us For Your Next Printing Needsl OLYMPIA with pleasure e"tT The wate"Tmat makes it so aepreshingi 23 Pacific Telephone Invests Millions In New Facilities Pacific Telephone's annual re port, released today by President Mark R. Sullivan, shows the com pany set new records in every thing but earnings in 1956. This newspaper received an advance copy of the report from Heppner manager D. A. Short, who said copies will soon be available to the public at the business office. Almost $423 million, or $1.6 million for every working day, went into new telephone plant and additions. A record outlay of a single year, this figure top ped the 1955 construction program by more than $122 million. Better than 513,000 telephones, reported as the highest one-year gain ever made, were added in 19'6. The company's six-millionth telephone was installed last July. At year's end the company had over 6'4 million phones working in Oregon, Washington, Califor nia, the northern part of Idaho and Nevada. "Our rate of earnings in 1956 stayed just about where it was in 1955;" Sullivan said. "In fact as the year closed, it was trending downward sharply due to increased costs, particularly wage Increases granted in the last month or two of the year.". Earnings per share of common stock were listed at 9.57, com pared to $9.82 per share in 1955. In terms of return on average in vested capital, earnings amount ed to 6.46 per cent. Dividends paid out were $7 per common share or 73.1 per cent of earn ings. Revenues for the year topped 1955 by $76 million or 11 per cent. But expenses also in creased In just about the same proportions, Sullivan noted. In cluding taxes, expenses were $66 million more than in 1955. Wages were "by far the big gest single expense in our busi ness." Sullivan's report shows they totaled $112 million, of $42 million above 1955. Addition of 4,877 new employees brought the number on the payroll to 90, 773. Practically all employees received pay increases, Sullivan said. Sullivan noted a marked trend toward the "better telephoned home" in his company's territory. "Ten years ago", he said, "only one out of 35 homes had more than one telephone; now one out of eight has." Colored telephones, too, ap peared popular with the public. Last year, Pacific installed a third of a million colored sets. One major project completed in 1956 was a microwave system between Oakland and Portland that closed the last link in a radio-relay chain stretching from San Diego to Seattle and Spo kane. Another was a new coax ial cable between Los Angeles and Oakland. Looking ahead, Sullivan fore cast continued growth for the Pacific West. "By 1966," he pre dicted, "we should be serving at least 11 million telephones in stead of 6 million. We should have something like $4 to $5 billion worth of plant instead of $2 bilion." "In short," Sullivan concluded "if we are to keep pace with the growing West, it appears we will be called on in the next ten years to just about double the number of telephones we have in service, and double our dollar investment in plant' iWLB I J I I I I UU u im IONE LIVESTOCK CLUB The lone 4-H Livestock club meeting was held at Kenneth Nelson's home Sunday afternoon February 10. The roll call was answered by giving a report on our 4-H pro ject. Kenneth Smouse, Jr. was absent because of illness. Mr. Nelson showed us how to cut off the teeth of baby pigs. Mr. Smouse showed a film on judging sheep. Most of the members bought a new 4-H club notebook. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Fred Nelson at the close of the meeting. William Akers, reporter STITCH AND CHAT CLUB The Stitch and Chat 4-H sew ing group met February 19. j We had a short business meet ing and refreshments. After the meeting we played a game and worked on our projects. One girl has finished ner pro ject. Libby Van Schoiack, reporter RHEA CREEK LIVESTOCK CLUB The meeting was called to or der by president Kenny Wright. We had our 4-H pledge. Roll call was to tell your birthdate. We bought 4-H notebooks. We discussed rings and coats. Our next meeting will be March 17 at the Rhea Creek grange hall. Mr. N. C. Anderson will show slides. We made halters for our calves. Refreshments were served. William Rill, reporter u Soil Bank Reserve Sign-Up Extended Sign-up date for the 1957 con servation reserve program of the Soil Bank has been extended from March 15 to April 15, reports Robert T. Lister, Prineville, the chairman of the Oregon state agricultural stabilization and conservation (ASC) committee. This means farmers have an extra month to plan and sign up for conservation projects un der the program, Lister said. But he urged farmers to contact their county ASC office soon, because applications for projects under the conservation reserve are be ing accepted on a "first come first served" basis. The conservation reserve is a national farm program aimed at cutting the acreage of soil-depleting crops and reducing the flow of surplus farm products into government warehouses. Under the program, however, farmers have an opportunity to receive substantial government assistance often up to 80 per cent of the actual cost as they shift their crop land into soil and water conserving uses. Annual "rental" payments are then made to farmers to help them main tain their incomes while their land is being conserved and im proved until needed in the future. More information about the conservation reserve and help in signing up under the program is available from county ASC of fices and county extension offices. Local News In Brief Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson attended the Wheat Commission meeting in Portland this week. Ray Ainsworth arrived Sunday from Sun Valley to visit his cou sin, Mrs. Delbert Wright. Don Poison cf the First Na tional Bank, Portland, is at the Heppner Branch, temporarily replacing R. E. Ferrell, who is moving to Moro. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner re turned Sunday after three days in Portland visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fastebend and children of Kennewick, were , weekend guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George Bradley, William Collins, Floyd Sayers and Marion Huggett were in Salem over the weekend for a bowling tournament. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Padberg had as their guests over the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Padberg of Pendleton. My Neighbors vtia "Why, Flabby! What great I big beautiful pop eyes you I have!" LIVESTOCK MARKET Cattle Hogs Sheep SALE EVERY TUESDAY 12 Noon On U. S. Hiway No. 30 NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO. JO 7-6655 Hermiston, Oregon Frank Wink & Sons, Owners Don Wink Mgr. Res. Hermiston JO 7-3111 Tne new kind of Ford fbr'7 brings yonder ujd cose ft AC -s:siMm I Km rfif7 rr"- --v-m I HfjLs- vs0 f - . j LONG, LEAN AND PACKED WITH PUNCH Ford goes big, Ford goes low, Ford goes lively, in 2 big new sizes, all with the Mark of Tomorrow Here is die longest, lowest, heaviest, biggest low-priced Ford ever. 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