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$193,000 Estimated Cst of
Replacing City Water Line
A preliminary report on the during July and August runs as
improvement of the city of Hepp- high as 333 gallons per person,
ner's water supply compiled by Peak dally use by 1997 was esti
the city's engineers estimated the mated 420 gallons per person
cost of renewing over nine miles
of main water feeder line from
the upper wells on Willow creek
at $193,600.
The report was prepared by
Clark and Groff, Salem engineer
ing firm, and was presented to
the council at its Monday night
meeting. No action was taken,
but the report, which includes
suggested alternatives, will be
studied by the council.
Knowing the need for im
mediate planning for moderniz
ing the more than nine miles of
old concrete pipeline which has
been in use for more than 40
years, the council several months
ago ordered a survey of the line
with an eye toward replacing
it with heavy steel pipe. It
had been thought that possibly
a mile or so a year of the line
could be renewed, but further in
vestigation showed such a plan
to be impractical as the line now
follows a very irregular course
and should be rerouted to follow
a more level course along the
new Willow creek road. Rerout
ing would require doing the en
tire job at one time.
Report Complete
The report included figures on
present water use and what
could be expected in coming
years and were coupled with
population gain estimates which
set Heppner's population at
3,400 persons in 1997. Current
estimate is in excess of 1800. Pre
sent average year around water
use is 112 gallons per person per
day, but during peak periods
4-H Summer School
Delegates Chosen
The South IVfOrrow 4-H club
council last Thursday approved
selection of delegates for the an
nual 4-H summer school to be
held on the Oregon State col
lege campus June 11 through 21.
Earlier applications had been
acted upon by a summer school
selection committee.
Delegates selected were mem
bers who were enrolled in at least
a third year of club work who
had completed projects satisfac
torily last year and who were
at least 13 years of age by Jan.
1,1957. The quota for the county
is 32. Twenty-five were selected
with the remaining seven to
come from the Boardman-Irrlgon
area.
Chosen were Sheryl Harris,
Libby Van Schoiack, Jerry Ander.
son, Connie Anderson, Carole
Ann Anderson, Celia Boulden, and
Shirley Nash from Heppner, Lona
White, Jo Ann Turner, Linda Rae
Heimbigner, Jean Martin, Ken
neth Smouse, Marilyn Morgan,
Grace McCabe, Mardine Baker,
Karen Lundell, Brenda Kay Town
send and Linda Hams, lone. Tom
Martin, Kenneth Nelson, Dennis
Doherty, Roger Doherty, Joe Pal
mer, Carol Ann Palmer, and Rus
sell Dolven, Lexington.
No chaperone has yet been se
lected, but the group will again
go by Greyhound bus. Beverly
Bradshaw and N. C. Anderson,
county extension agents will as
sist with 4-H club activities at
the school during the two weeks.
Miss Bradshaw will help the
first week, and Anderson the second.
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VISITS NAMESAKE Darel Heppner, a resident of Norfolk, Neb
raska, stopped in Heppner last week to look over the town which
carries the same name as his. Earel was on his way to the Ore
gon coast when he stopped here, and also to visit Orville Cuts
forth, whom a relative of his had previously met in Mexico. His
great uncle is Henry Heppner, the man for whom the city of
Heppner was named. It was his first visit to this area (GT Photo)
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April
per day, and a new pipeline
should be planned to handle
such capacity
The report pointed out that at
present there is about three miles
of new steel pipe from the city
to the new well which is in good
condition, but that the remain
ing 51,600 feet of old concrete
pipe is in such poor repair that
leakage amounts to at least 50
percent of the water produced by
the upper wells. If all water pro
duced by all wells were reaching
the city, there would be ample
water for many years. Keeping
the old section of line in repair
has been a major problem of the
water department for many
years.
Mrs. MinnieSchwarr
Taken By Death
Mrs. Minnie W. Schwarz, 75,
passed away April 1 at Pioneer
Memorial hospital in Heppner
where she had been a patient
for several months.
Mrs. Schwarz was born Septem.
ber 12, 1881 at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota and was married to Heiry
bchwarz at Madison, S. D. in
1901. The family came to Ore
gon settling near Corvallis, then
moved to Heppner in 1912 where
she made her home until her
death. Her husband passed away
about a year ago.
Services were held Wednesday
at the Heppner Methodist church
with the Rev. Lester Boulden of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Leon
ard R. Schwarz of Heppner and
William II. Schwarz of The Dal
les; one sister, Mrs. Marie Mul-
vey of Sioux Falls, S. D., and
four grandchildren.
Creswick Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Date of IFYE Benefit
Fun Night Changed
To April 13
Plans were made recently to
change the earlier announced
date for the International Farm
Youth Exchange benefit party to
April 13. It will be held at the
lone Legion hall.
The date originally had been
set for April 20, but due to the
closeness to Easter it was felt
that the earlier date would be
better.
The annual affair will again
feature fun for the whole family.
There will be square dances, cake
walks, checkers and many other
games, and refreshments will be
served during the evening. A 30
minute colored film, "Grass
Roots Ambassadors," which show
the IFYE program and the life
of exchange delegates on vari
ous farms will be shown during
the evening.
A committee composed of jun
ior leaders Carol Ann Anderson,
Dennis Doherty, Mardine Baker
and Carlene Rhea are in charge
of the event.
There will be no admission but
voluntary donations will be ac
cepted with the entire proceeds
to go to the benefit of the IFYE
program which is financed by
contributions throughout the
United States.
Alternative Suggested
The report concluded with a
suggested alternative. It said,
"Inview of the high cost of the
long supply line , and the addi
tional cost of operation at the
remote location, it is recommend,
ed that as an alternate to a new
supply line consideration be
given to developing a well source
closer to the city. If this plan is
to be followed, a geological study
of the area shoultl be made for
possible well locations and if
indications are favorable a com
petent well driller should be en
gaged to drill test holes.
'Test hole digging should cost
. . . approximately $3,000 per hole.
"At the prospect of a large
saving on the supply line, a small
investment in test holes would
appear advisable."
In line with the final recom
mendation, the council several
years ago drilled the present
well about three miles above
Heppner which, when needed,
produces over 300 gallons per
minute. This well is used during
summer months but the main
source of supply comes from the
two wells at the forks of Willow
creek. The water there is slight
ly softer than from the lower
well, but as the report showed,
the cost of getting it to the city
for many more years will be high.
The council members made no
comment on the report, but it
will come up for discussion at the
May meeting.
Cattle Prices
Remain High
HERMISTON Cattle prices
were once again booming at the
Hermiston Livestock Commission
Co. sale Friday where 77 con
signors placed i)6 cattle, 1,15
hogs and 93 sheep on the auction
block.
Steer calves were in big de
mand with top animals going at
$22.80 cwt. Other outstanding
highs included fed steers, $21.50
cwt; fat heifers, $19.20 cwt.;
feeder steers, $21.20 cwt.; and
veal, $26.75 cwt.
Despite fairly good weather
volume was down, especially on
cattle where demand greatly ex
ceeded supply. Needed for next
Friday's sale are more fed cat
tle, steer calves, and stock steers.
The market:
CATTLE Baby calves, 6.50 to
22 per head; steer calves, 19.20
to 22.80 cwt.; heifer calves, 15.70
tol7.40 cwt with few light calves
to 19.10 cwt.; veal, 21.50 to 26.75
cwt.; stocker steers, 16.50 to 18.70
cwt.; feeder steers. 18.70 to 21.20
cwt.; fat heifers, 17.70 to 19.20
cwt.; fed steers, 19.35 to 2150
cwt.; dairy cows, 105 to 147.50
per head; stock cows, 122.50 to
153 per pair; utility and commer
cial cows, 12.90 to 14.60 cwt.;
canner-cutter cows, 8.50 to 12.10
cwt.; Shells, 6.50 to 8.10 cwt.; and
bulls, 14.30 to 15.50 cwt.
HOGS Weaner pigs, 10.50 to
13.50 cwt.; feeder pigs, 19.10 to
20.80 cwt.; fat hogs, 18.30 to 19.20
cwt.; and sows, 14.25 to 15.80 cwt.
SHEEP Fat lambs, 18.20 to
20.10 cwt.; feeder lambs, 14.60 to
16.20 cwt.
Annual Care Payments
Due on Cemetery Lots
Anyone desiring annual care
for their lots at the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery should send in
their payments immediately, it
was asked this week.
Conditions will permit the
work to be started soon and the
board prefers to have the ceme
tery completely cleaned up by
Memorial day. The cost of an
nual care is $10 per lot which
should be sent to Elaine S. George
secretary of the Heppner Ceme
tery Maintenance district. Pay
ments must be received in ad
vance each year or the work will
not be done, the board announ
ced.. Permanent care may also be
purchased- and copies of rules
and regulations governing this
will be sent upon request.
RAY JOHNSON GIVEN
GIFT ON RETIREMENT
The Heppner Pine Mills man
agement and planer crew hon
ored Ray Johnson, Lexington, on
his retirement last Friday, March
30 with a party at the mill.
He was presented a glass fish
ing rod by the management and
cake and coffee were served.
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DR. ARCHIE D. McMURDO has been named Doctor of the Year for
Morrow and Umatilla counties (GT Photo)
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Honored As
Doctor of Year
Dr. Archie D. McMurdo, Hepp
ner physician who has practiced
medicine for 47 years, 45 of them
in Morrow county, last week was
selected Doctor of the Year for
Morrow and Umatilla counties.
The selection was made by a
committeee for the Umatilla
county medical society, of which
Dr. McMurdo is a member.
Dr. McMurdo was born in
Shadwell, Virginia and got his
first schooling in that state. He
joined the army hospital corps in
1901 and served three years in
the army. After his release from
the service he entered the Uni-
versify of Virginia medical
scnooi, tooK internship at Char
lottesville and Philadelphia and
came to Portland to practice in
1911. Getting tired of the rain,
the doctor moved to HeDDner in
October 1912 and has been here
since.
During his many years in Mor
row county Dr. McMurdo has
had many experiences and in the
old days of horse and buggy
travel spent a good share of his
time , on what then, passed for
roads tending to the medical
needs of residents of a wide
area. He owned one of the first
cars in Heppner and states that
the Ford was a ereat boon to the
medical practice but since the
advent of the self starter, "broken
wrists dropped off 90 percent."
tor many years he oDerated his
own hospital with the help of
Miss Mildred Clowrv. who was
nurse and manager as well as
cook ana general helper.
Among Dr. McMurdo's civic ac
tivities have been two terms on
the city council from 1933 to 1937,
the school board from 1926 to 30
and 1934 to 38. He is senior
warden of All Saints' Episcopal
church and recently received his
40 year pin from the Elks lodt?e.
He is a member of the Masonic
Lodge and Royal Arch Masons.
Dr. McMurdo has been countv
health officer for 44 years, having
been appointed first in 1913. he
served as coroner from 1933 to
1953 and was president of the
staff of Pioneer Memorial hos
pital from 1950 to 54.
He is a member of the Eastern
Oregon district medical society
and was president in 1931, is a
member of the Oregon State
medical society, the Umatilla
medical society of which he was
president in 1948, the American
Medical Association, the Ameri
can Academy of General Prac
tice, the Association of American
Physicians and Surgeons, the
Western Association, and the
American Association of Rail
road Surgeons. He was district
surgeon for the Union Pacific
Railroad for 31 years. He also
served on the medical examin
ing board during both World
Wars.
Christian Church
Convention Set Here
The Heppner Christian church
will be host church for the East
ern Oregon Christian church con
vention next Monday through
Thursday. The convention theme
will be "Benevolence, When Did
We See Thee, Lord?"
The Rev. Harry Baird, pastor of
the Central Christian church of
Walla Walla, will be the guest
speaker and Mrs. Edna Whipple
Gish, missionary to Thailand,
will be the convention mission
ary speaker.
Other speakers on the program
will be C. Paul Moore, Sr. of
Athena, president of the conven
tion; Norman Northrup, Lexing
ton; James Sinclaire, Wallowa;
James Pfouts, Hermiston and
Harold Johnson, Ontario.
74th Year, Number 4
Services Held Today
At Pendleton For
Marie A. Greener
Services for Marie A. Greener,
60, who passed away March 31
at a Pullman, Washington hos
pital, were held Thursday at
2:30 at Burns Mortuary chapel
in Pendleton.
Mrs. Greener was born at Rlt
ter, Oregon and was married to
William Greener in 1919. They
made their home near Heppner
until 1946 when they moved to
Walla Walla. Mr. Greener pas
sed away May 11, 1947 and for
the past five years Mrs. Greener
was employed at the Marcus
Whitman hotel in Walla Walla.
Surviving arp her mother.
Amelia Hector, Pullman; a son
Irvin H. Greener, Walla Walla;
two grandsons and two nephews.
She also leaves one brother Ar
min Hector of Pullman.
The Rev. C. H. Eller. Dastor of
Peace Lutheran church officiated
at the service. Burial was in the
Olney cemetery at Pendleton.
Band Carnival
Coming Saturday
The third annual band benefit
carnival, sponsored by the Hepp
ner Band Parents club, the Ameri.
can Legion and the high school
student body will be held Satur
day evening at the fair pavilion.
Plans call for a full evening
of entertainment including a wide
variety of booths including a
dunk tank, country store, family
booth and many more. Doors
will open at 5:30 and dinner will
be served starting at that time.
Kicking off the evening pro
fram will be a concert by the
high school band from 6:30 to 7,
it has been announced. There
will also be a King and Queen
contest later in the evening.
All proceeds from the carnival
will go into the band fund which
in recent years has provided uni
forms for members of both the
high and grade school musical
organizations. Additional equip
ment for the units is still plan
ned. Heppner High Honor
Students Listed
Students who won places on the
third nine-weeks honor roll at
Heppner high school are:
Seniors, high honor roll Mary
Stewart, Jay Sumner, Janet
Wright, Meredith Thomson, Shir
ley Kononen, Alice Stewart,
Francine Francis, Laurel Allstott.
Low honor roll Bill Brinda, Dean
Connor, Vic Groshens, Mona How
ard, Alice Peterson, Marilyn
Pettyjohn, Francis Slocum.
Juniors, high Joann Brosnan.
Low Peggy Applegate, Janice
Beamer, Judy Collins, Tom Cur
rin, Helen Graham, Carole Gros
hens, Eddie Groshens, Jim Mor
ris, Phyllis Quackenbush, Len
Ray Schwarz, Judie Spaulding.
Sopromores, high Janice Mar
tin, Renn Harris. Low Gayle
Cox, Stevan Flug, Bob Huffman,
Kay Keithley, Susan McQuarrie,
Dick Ruhl.
Freshmen, high Carol K. An
derson, Tom Driscoll, Mickey Van
Schoiack. Low Roseann Ayers,
Wilma Bothwell, Jean Collins,
Clifford Green, Shirley Nash.
CANCER MEETING SET
BY LEGION AUXILIARY
The Heppner Legion Auxiliary
will sponsor a meeting for women
on cancer Tuesday, evening, April
9 at 8 p. m. at the Legion hall.
Two films will be shown and
Leo Green, field representative
for the American Cancer Society
will speak. There will be no
charge.
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Dr. and Mrs. Dwight Miller
were guests Saturday afternoon
and evening at the home of her
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Smith.
March is Wettest of
Any Month in History
Of Weather Station
March 1957 was the wettest
single month in the more than
46 year history of the Heppner
weather station. The first quar
ter of the year was also the
wettest since records have been
kept from 1910.
Heppner received a whooping
total of 4.U8 inches of rain during
the month, but even with that it
must take a back seat to the
Gooseberry area where Leonard
Carlson, observer, reported 4.59
inches. Several other sections of
the county have reported rain
fall varying from 3.90 to well
over four inches.
A check of weather records here
kept by Leonard Gilliam reveal
ed that the second wettest month
ever recorded was October, 1950
when 3.64 inches fell. This March
was tiie first month to ever see
four inches of rain fall in any
30 day period.
In setting a record for the first
quarter of a year, 1957 received
6.20 inches during January, Feb
ruary and March to edge out the
first quarter of 1916 when 6.04
was recorded. Snow depth here
this year was not extreme, either,
us it was in 1916 when 65'j
inches was recorded during the
winter giving that year the" all
time record for snow depth.
10 Year Average Low
The 4.08 inches nearly quad-
City Adopts New
Ordinance On
Gasoline Dumping
The Heppner city council Mon
day night approved an ordinance
which will prohibit the dumping
of gasoline or other similar com
bustible petroleum products with,
in the city limits from tanks or
groups of tank trucks and trailers
with a capacity of more than 1200
gallons
The ordinance was patterned
after similar restrictive meas
ures taken by many other cities
in the state to prevent major dis
aster in case one of the vehicles
should catch fire. Exempted in
the local ordinance were present
ly used bulk gasoline storage
plants within the city limits
whicfi normally receive their
gasoline by tankers carrying up
to 6,000 gallons.
In other business the council
ordered that condemnation pro
ceedings be started against the
owner of an old building on Wa
ter street known as the Moyer
property. It was classified as a
fire and health hazard.
The group discussed at length
the problem of supplying sewer
and water to residents in the re
cently annexed area south of
Heppner and agreed to investi
gate means of providing better
pressure in the area.
Bids were ordered called for
the purchase of 2000 feet of water
pipe and building permits were
issued to Ernie Winchester for the
construction of an additional
room to cost $800 and to the"
Morrow County Creamery for an
addition to cost $300.
Budget Committee Named
Named as new members of the
citizens budget committee were
Albert Connor and C. E. McQuar
rie for three year terms, and
W. C. Rosewall for a one-year
term. Holdover members are
Roy Quackenbush, Dr. E. K.
Schaffitz and Mrs. G. C M. Smith.
The committee will be called
within a few weeks.
COMICS GET
BOGGED DOWN
It was a sad day Sunday
around Heppner. No Sunday
Oregonians arrived to keep
residents appraised of the hap
penings of the world . . . and
comic strip characters.
The cause was a deep mud
hole Just west of town into
which Jack Boyer, Oregonian
carrier who was bringing the
papers from Arlington, drove
and remained. It was in front
cf a customer's paper box.
Despite the efforts oi a
wrecker, it was impossible to
get the pickup truck extricated
before the entire load of papers
were soaked passed usability
by a heavy downpour.
Irrigon Man Named
To Fair Board
The county court this week an
nounced the appointment of Max
C. McCoy of Irrigon as a mem
ber of the Morrow county fair
board. He will fill the unexpired
term of Willard Jones of Irrigon
which runs until Janury 1, 1959.
Other members of the board
are Charles Carlson of lone and
R. B. Ferguson of Heppner.
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Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Wolff
spent the weekend in Portland.
rupled the 10-year rainfall aver
age for March which is only
1.12 inches. The 40-year average
for the same month is just 1.10
inches. Rain fell here on two
thirds of the 31 days of the
month.
By way of comparison, there
was only .78 inch of rain here in
March 1956.
Generally, the rain was wel
comeed by most residents, es
pecially farmers and cattlemen,
though some residents were be
ginning to wonder if maybe the
area hadn't gotten slightly mis
placed on the state map. In some
areas, particularly in the high
er, elevations, there was slight
washing of summer fallow fields,
and in those areas farmers have
been forced to stay off fields
which they usually would be
cultivating early in the month.
But, in lower sections of the
county the moisture has soaked
into the dry soils and has been
genuinely welcomed. The mois
ture has materially aided the
growth of range grass in all sec
tions. '
'Another story in today's paper
tells of somewhat short irriga
tion water supplies in this sec
tion of the state, but this is
due to the fact that most of last
month's moisture fell in the form
of rain, even in the mountains.
Streams here have been fairly
high during the past weeks, but
far below flood staee. Most of
the rains came gently in sepa
rate storms and practically all of
the moisture soaked into the
ground, causing little runoff.
temperature and rainfall fie-
ures at Heppner for the past week
are:
Hi Low Rain
Friday 57 40 .28
Saturday 57 36 .54
Sunday 58 42. .34
Monday 54 34 .
Tuesday 55. 36 .
Wednesday 57 34 .
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Local PP&L Men Get
Service Awards,
Safety Citation
Pacific Tower & Light is build
ing $56,000,000 of new power fa
cilities this year and will double
its present power generating ca
pacity within the next two years,
George T. Bragg, PP&L vice presi
dent and general manager, told
members of the company organi
zation from Heppner who attend
ed a Northeastern Oregon em
ployee meeting at Pendleton
Tusday night.
Bragg pointed out, however,
that it takes several years to plan
and build a major power plant
and that more of this construction
must be started to meet the
growing demand for electricity
in this region.
Included in the power develop-
ment program which PP&L now
has under way is the Swift hydro.
electric project, which will be the
worlds highest earth-fill dam.
The company also is actively
engaged In nuclear research and
has acquired 9,000 acres of land
near Hanford for th site of a fu
ture atomic power plant.
Among those who ' received
special recognition at the meet
ing were J. R. Huffman, who
was presented an award for 25
years of service with the com
pany, and Fredrick L. Gimbel,
who received a five-year servicee
award.
Bragg presented the company's
employees at Heppner with a
safety citation and complimented
workers here in helping the com
pany achieve one million man
hours of work without a lost-
time accident.
Those attending the meeting
from Heppner were Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John
Brown, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Ribail, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L.
Gimbel, and Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Huffman.
Local FBLA Members
To Attend Meeting
OREGON STATE COLLEGE
Business students from Heppner
high school will take part April
12 and 13 in state Future Busi
ness Leaders of America meet
ings at Oregon State collegp.
Thirty-four Oregon high schools
now have FBLA chapters and all
are expected to be represented
at the state conference. Governor
Robert Holmes has proclaimed
the week of April 8-13 as "Fu
ture Business Leaders of America
Week" in Oregon,
Highlights of this year's meet
ing will be selection of the
state's outstanding high school
business boy and girl, reports
on new developments in busi
ness fields and a "spelling bee."
A $100 college scholarship also
will be presented to a top senior.
Mark Hatfield, secretary of
state, and Carl Salser Jr., editor-in-chief
of Allied Publishers Inc.,
Portland, will be main speakers.
Miss Margaret Kirk, is Hepp
ner chapter adviser.
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