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UFO SIGHTED WEDNESDAY -
Forest Service Men
Two Heppner men Wednesday
noon got a brief but good look at
a fast moving object that Air
Force officials call "UFO", Un
identified Flying Object, but
what the men graphically de
scribed as a flying hat.
The two, Morgan Medlock and
Buddy Taylor, both of Heppner,
told the Gazette Times last night
by phone from their Forest Serv
ice post at Bull Prairie guard
station, that they sighted the ob
ject at 12:10 p. m. Wednesday
while they were piling brush
about one half mile east of Craw
,ss Near $25,000 in Hay
ire Monday Near
Neighbors Help
To Control Blaze;
Stubble Burns
Fire Monday afternoon com
pletely destroyed three big stacks
of baled hay on the Harold
Wright ranch at Ruggs with an
estimated loss of almost $25,000.
In the stacks were between 800
and 900 tons of new crop hay.
The flames started from a gas
oline motor on a hay stacker,
and it is surmised that some hay
fell onto the exhause from the
motor which flared quickly and
within minutes enveloped the
pile. Heat from the flames al
most immediately spread to the
other three stacks and within 20
minutes the entire area was a
mass of flames.
The fire jumped the Rhea
Creek road which runs just north
of the piles and burned to the
top of the ridge before being
brought under control through
the efforts of the Wright haying
crew and many neighboring
farmers who joined in the fight
as soon as the smoke was noticed.
Many passersby aided in fight
ing the fire and kept the flames
from running into fields along
(he road. A bulldozer was used
to help stop the spread of the
fire along the ridge to keep it out
of adjacent wheat fields and to
trail the hay piles. The stacks
burned for nearly 24 hours be
fore being consumed a n d a
sprinkler irrigation system was
laid out around the area to pre
vent further spread.
The fire started just as the
crew was finishing stacking the
last of the bales to be placed In
that area and Wright stated that
in another few minutes they
would have been through. He ex
pressed his appreciation to neigh
bors for their assistance in pre
venting further loss.
The loss was covered by insur
ance. The Wright fire was the first
big hay fire in this area since
a huge stack containing several
thousand tons was destroyed
two years ago on the Kilkenny
ranch on Butter creek.
Late Tuesday afternoon a
stubblcfield on the Cliff Dough
erty ranch near Lexington burn
ed "over but immediate efforts by
harvesting crews and neighbors
koDt the fire confined only to
stubble. This fire started appar
ently from a truck exhause and
the combine had just moved out
of the field before the flames be
gan. Most harvest crews in the
county are taking extra precau
tions against fires because of the
heavy growth and unusually tall
grain and grass.
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Morrow Student on
U of 0 Honor Roll
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
Eugene The university's honor
roll for spring term totals 311
students. Thirty-seven of these
have perfect grade scores of 4.00
or all A grades.
The roll includes all under
graduate students making grade
.oint averages of 3.50 or better,
based on not less than 12 term
hours. The grade point average
is figured with A equalling 4.00,
B is 3.00 and C is 2.00.
Among those on the roll is
Donald D. Casteel, freshman in
liberal arts, of Heppner.
ORE.
ford Spring, nine miles from
Bull Prairie. They estimated the
object to be about half the size
of a forest service Power Wagon
truck and said it was traveling
at terrific speed. They guessed it
to be about 3000 feet high, and
said they watched It for about
10 seconds before it disappeared
from view.
Medlock said the best descrip
tion of the object was that it
was round, shaped like a hat and
was brown in color, similar to
dried pine needles. It had no
visible means of propulsion, j'et
BLAZING AWAY A portion of two of the three big piles of baled
hay which went up in smoke Monday afternoon is shown in this
photo. The feed belonged to Harold Wright of Ruggs and in the
piles were over 80rj tons of bales. Heat from these stacks started
fires which burned over some surrounding grassland before being
controlled. (GT Photo)
LITTLE LEAGUE BALL TURNING IN
HIGH SCORES; DOUBLE HEADER SET
Heppner little League baseball
continued to provide ample fun
and interest among players and
spectators this week as two more
games wound up with scores
more closely resembling football
than baseball.
Monday' night's game between
the Bluejays and the Clippers was
a free-for-all hitting fest that fin
ally wound up 17 to 17. The game
was finally called at the end of
five innings because' both sides
were wearing down their play-
Junior Legion Nine
Slates Pendleton
Sunday at lone Field
The Heppner-Ione Junior Le
gion baseball team will play
their fourth game of the season
Sunday at 2:30 at the lone field.
Their opponent will be the
Pendleton squad who rapped the
locals 26 to 2 in their last en
counter. The Heppner team has a rec
ord of three losses against no
wins but last Sunday played
their best game of the year ag
ainst Milton-Freewater finally
losing by one run in the 9th
inning 5 to 4. Tom Green pitch
ed the entire MF game and Berl
Akers of lone was behind the
plate.
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LOCAL ELKS HEAD AT
SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. William Labhart
left Wednesday for San Francisco
where hey will attend the na
tional convention of Grand Lodge
of Efks. Labhart is Exalted Ruler
of B.P.O.E. No. 358, Heppner.
While their parents are away,
Laurie and Mark will visit 'at
the home of their grandparents,
Mr. and "Mrs. Henry Tetz, in Mon
mouth. Chris will be at the home
of his uncle, Robert Labhart, in
Cor,vallis.
ACCIDENT BREAKS LEG
Lee "Red" Morgan suffered
a broken ankle shortly before
noon today in an accident while
working on the demolition of the
McClintock building in Heppner.
He was taken by ambulance to
Pioneer Memorial hospital for
treatment.
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Tress McClintock of Monmouth,
former Heppner resident, was in
Heppner on business this week.
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Heppner, Oregon, July 1 1f 1957
Watch "Flying Hat' Soar Over
the. men said it made a sound
similar to a jet plane only with
a very noticable whistle. It
traveled in level flight, not ro
tating or undulating such as
many reports in the past have
described "flying saucers" as do
ing. It lefttno vapor trail of any
kind and as it disappeared Ihe
men described its sound as a
sort of "Plup", similar to the
sound of a small bullet shot In
to the water. It was traveling in
a northwesterly direction.
Reported Immediately
Medlock and Taylor immedi
Ruggs
ers and, besides, it was getting
dark. Tuesday night the Clippers
nudged the Indians by a score of
19 to 13. Well over 60 youngsters
are members of the four teams.
A special double-header has
been scheduled for Saturday
night, it was announced today.
The local Indians team will
tangle with a Boardman squad in
a Little League fray set for 6 o'
clock and this game will be fol
lowed by a Babe Ruth League
game against Boardman at 8 p.
m. under the lights at the rodeo
field.
Standings in the Little League
show the Skippers on top of the
pile with a record of 3 wins and
no losses; the Bluejays and Dodg
ers are tied for second with a 1
win, 1 loss and 1 tie record, and
the Indians occupy the cellar
with a record of 3 losses and no
wins.
Better Farming
Tour Set July 13
In North County
The annual conservation and
better farming practices tour will
be. held in the Boardman and Ir
rigon communities on Saturday,
July 13. This tour will start at .
the Glen Aldrich farm in Irrigon
at 9:3o a.m.
During the day many practices
will be observed, among them
weed control in irrigation ditches,
new land leveling jobs done
with the Boardman Soil Conserv
ation heavy equipment, sand
blow control, crops on reclaimed
alkali land, pasture seedings and
other good farming practices.
A free fried chicken dinner
will be served at the Boardman
city park at noon. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Heppner Boy Now
In Shrine Hospital
David Lee Cox, four year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cox
of Heppner entered the Shrine
hospital in Portland June 29 and
underwent surgery July 1. His
treatment will require that he
stay in the hospital at least un
til September 1.
David likes to receive mail and
he may be sent cards, candy or
cookies, or anything that can
be shared with others In his
ward, his mother stated.
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ately reported the object to the j nine cross the sky while they
. j. n l.irn.it hoh in were repairing telephone lines on
Madison Butte lookout high in I KlatBThose were do
the Blue mountains southeast of scribed as being extremely large
Heppner, and their description an(j shaped like inverted dinner
and information was relayed by
radio to the Pendleton office of
the Umatilla National Forest.
From there the Portland office of
the service was advised of the
sighting.
The last time Hying saucers, or
unidentified objects, have been
reported in this area was May 6, near Winlock in the Spray area.
1954 when three local men, Al He said he distinctly remembers
Lovgren, Robert Minck and Elm- the occasion, but cannot now de
er Palmer watched a group of I scribe the object.
Cutsforth Named
Youth Range Camp
County Chairman
Orville Cutsforth of Lexington,
has been appointed county chair
man of this year's Youth Range
Camp committee, according to an
announcement from the Pacific
Northwest section of the Ameri
can Society of Range Manage
ment. Cutsforth will head up the loc
al committee which will ar
range sponsors and help select
boys to attend this year's camp.
The camp will be held July 29
through August 3 in the Umatilla
National Forest near Heppner.
Four boys, 14 through 18 years
of age, will be chosen to go to
the camp from Morrow county.
Cutsforth says the boys will be
selected through plant identifi
cation contests, or on the basis
of leadership, citizenship, and
love of the outdoors.
Each boy chosen to attend the
camp will receive a $25 scholar
ship to cover transportation and
camp costs. Local organizations
and individuals in the county are
now being solicited by the com
mittee to provide these scholar
ships. The camp gives boys a chance
to live out of doors for a week
and learn more about plant and
animal life, according to John
Clouston, U. S. Forest service,
Portland, and chairman of the
society's youth committee. This
year's camp will stress range
judging and management, pred
ator control, forestry, and how to
live in the great outdoors.
Each Eastern Oregon county
and Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jack'
son and Josephine counties, are
eligible to send boys to this
yearS's camp.
Local Bank Deposits
And Loans Show
Increase on June 30
A slight drop in deposits and
loans were reported Wednesday
by the First National bank of
Portland when the statewide
bank "released its June 29 quart
erly statement of condition.
Total deposits of $759,105,488
and loans amounting to $419,
261,810 were revealed by the 74
offices of the bank on the last
business day of June. A year ago
the bank reported deposits of
$774,376,788 and loans totaled
$426,600,519, C. B. Stephenson,
bank president, said.
Figures released by the Hepp
ner branch of First National
show that on June 29, 1957, de
posits at the branch were $5,819,
109 and loans were $3,728,582, ac
cording to J. H. Bedford, manager.
Released at the same time were
comparable totals for the branch
for June 30 1956. On that date,
deposits were $5,357,376 and
loans totaled $3,411,103.
Historically, deposit totals are
at their low point each June,
but the present two per cent de
cline reflects a combination of
heavy consumer buying, the
slowdown in Oregon's forest
products industries and large
corporate tax payments to the
government, the bank president
said.
Closure of
Heppner post master James
Driscoll received word today
that the Hardman post office
will be closed on August 31.
but will be made a rural station
to handle the sale of stamps
and money orders.
A story out of Washington, D.
C. last week announced that the
Hardman postoffice would be
among six small offices In Ore
gon to be closed In the near fu
ture. Heppner postmaster James
Driscoll, said this week that he
had understood a closure was
slated, but has not yet received
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74th Year, Number 18
plates or saucers a description
not too dissimilar from Medlock's
and Taylor's flying hat.
Medlock said that this is the
second time in his life he has
seen such an unidentified ob
ject. The first time was when he
was a small boy at his home
Heavy Crop Seen
From Reports on
Early Harvesting
Wheat and barley in ever
increasing quantities continued
to roll into elevators this week
as harvesting was well under
way in all sections of the county.
Heaviest hauling currently is
to the North Lexington elevator
of the Morrow County Grain
Growers where about 30,000 bu
shels of wheat and barley a day
is now being received. The Ltx
ington elevator of the co-op is
now handling about 15,000 bu
shels per day with the other sta
tions getting smaller amounts.
Even the Ruggs elevator is start
ing to get its first barley and
wheat will start coming in there
within a short time.
Al Lamb, Grain Growers man
ager, said Wednesday that test
weight of both barley and wheat
is good, but that none of the
present crop has yet been graded
under the new grading regula
tions which are more severe than
in past years.
Barley yield appears to be run
ning about a ton to the acre on
the average and the early wheat
is showing at least a 30 busTiel
average giving indications that
the county is now harvesting one
of its biggest crops in some years.
The average is expected to
climb as fields in the higher ele
vations which normally are heav
ier producers, begin to come in.
Some pinching has been report
ed from spotty sections in the
north end of the county's wheat
growing area, but the increased
number of grains per head is
said to be more than offsetting
any loss due to damage.
The Morrow County Grain
Growers said Wednesday that it
is storing most of the barley and
shipping a great quantity of
wheat for terminal storage. At
the present time the co-op is
running five trucks during the
day and six at night hauling to
the Hogue-Warner docks at Pat
erson Ferry, and it is planned to
add two more trucks next week
to handle the incoming crop.
In addition to the quantity of
grain that is going out by truck
anu water, a considerable am
ount
is also being shipped by
rail, and it is expected that daily
train service will be needed in
about a week.
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Hunters and Anglers
To Meet July 15
The Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers will hold a meeting
Monday, July 15, at 8 p.m. at the
court house, it was announced
today by officers. The purpose of
the meeting will be to discuss
tentative hunting regulations for
the coming season.
A wildlife movie is scheduled
fallowing the business.
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Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Robbing and
family left Tuesday for some
fishing in Canada after spending
a few days in Ontario, Oregon.
Hardman Post Office Due Soon
any official word.
When the office is closed Hard
man area residents will be serv
ed by star route from Heppner,
Driscoll said.
The Hardman office is one of
the oldest in Morrow county, hav
ing been established in 1881 with
Dave Hardman as the first post
master, according to a compila
tion of post offices in Morrow and
Grant counties made in 1954 by
William H. McNeal of The Dalles.
The office has operated continu
ously since that time with the
exception of a short period be
tween September 1943 to April
New Bank to Open Soon
In Temporary Quarters
Work started Wednesday on the ner early this week to oversee
demolition of the McClintock , the operations, announced that
building on Main street to make
way lor the construction ot a
new buildingg to house the
Heppner branch of the Bank of
Eastern Oregon. Cimmiyotti and
Sons of Arlington is tearing down
the old structure.
At the same time E. R. Morton,
manager for the recently chart
ered bank, who arrived in Hepp-
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HERE TODAY. GONE TOMOR
ROW 108 foot red and white
steel tower near Eightmile
which is being used by tele
phone company engineers for
experimental purposes. It will
be dismantled within a few
days. See story. (GT Photo)
Area Towers Used
For Experiments
Microwave relay towers which
have been erected during the
past week in two locations near
Heppner by Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph engineering crews has
caused much comment and specu
lation among local residents, but
they won't have to worry about
them for long, Telephone officials
said this week.
The towers are being used for
testing experimental locations
for long distance phone service
between Portland and Pendleton
and will probably be dismantled
and moved to other spots with
in a couple of weeks.
The tallest tower, 150 feet, Is
located north of Heppner atop
a high point at the upper end of
Blackhorse canyon. The other is
on top of a ridge southeast of
Eightmile and is 108 feet high.
County Budget
Gets Court OK
The county court Monday ac
cepted the budget for the county
for the coming fiscal year follow
ing the public hearing at which
there was no objection filed.
Only two minor changes were
made by the court in the budget
published last month. The gen
eral road fund was increased
$10,000 to $203,000 because of ad
ditional anticipated receipts dur
ing the year which were not
known at the time the budget
committee prepared the figures.
Also the Bangs disease control
fund was reduced by $800 due to
additional responsibility being
taken over by the state.
The total budget was well
within the six percent limitation.
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Morrow County Picnic
Slated at Portland
The annual Morrow county pic
nic will be held in Portland's
Laurelhurst park, N. E. 39th and
Ankeny, on Sunday, July 28, It
was announced this week. Coffee
will be provided for all visitors.
1946.
Though the Hardman post of
fice Is one of the oldest in the
county, there are several which
were in existance prior to its
opening In 1881. The first office
was at Cecils (not Cecil) and was
established in 1867. It was locat
ed on the stage stop between
The Dalles and Salt Lake and
James Rast was its first post
rrlaster. The office had a short
life, being closed in 1870.
The Heppner office was opened
as Heppner in 1873 with Henry
Heppner as first postmaster. One
year earlier a post office was
space has been obtained in Em-
pire Machinery Co., immediafely
south of the new building sTte,
and that the bank will open
temporary quarters there within
30 to 45 days to offer its services
to residents of this area.
Officials of the bank, which
has its main office at Arlington
and now operates under the name
of Gilliam County Bank, recent
ly announced that they hope to
have the new building complet
ed and open for business some
time in September. The building
will be of modern design, With
dimensions of 30 by 60 feet and
will include a large customer
parking area alongside.
At the time the new bank re
ceived state and federal approv
al, it was revealed that capital
would be increased to $120,000,
with $80,000 surplus and $40,000
undivided profits. Approval for
the sale of the additional stock"
was recently granted and it is
now being subscribed, it was
said. At the present time there
are five directors on the bank
board, but four additional dir
ectors will be named from stock
holders in Morrow county.
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Morrow Sends Two
Delegates on
UN Pilgrimage
Miss Joann Brosnan, Heppner
high school junior and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Brosnan,
land on the first leg of her trip
land on the first legt of her trip
to New York as a delegate on
the United Nations Youth Pil
grimage sponsored by the Odd
bellows lodges.
Morrow county this year was
the home of two of the 16 dele
gates chosen to make the annual
tour. The Other contest winner
who will make the trip Is War
ren Inskeep of Irrigon.
Miss Brosnan and Inskeep, al
ong with the other Oregon dele
gates, met Wednesday night In
Portland for a banquet and to
receive their Instructions, and
left this morning (Thursday) for
Spokane where they will join oth
er delegates from Washington
and British Columbia. The group
will make the trip across the
continent by chartered bus.
The pilgrimage, now In Its
eighth year, will take the young
men and women to New York
City where they will spend
nearly a week observing the op
erations of the United Nations.
Their trip both ways is planned
to give them opportunity to view
many of the country's most hist
oric and scenic spots.
Miss Brosnan, who won her
chance to make the trip by com
peting against other students in
this district, has been very active
in school and other activities.
She was a delegate to Girls'
State and was elected to the of
fice of state librarian; she was
student body treasurer, president
of the Heppner chapter of Future
Homemakers of America, and
the National Honor Society; she
i3 a member of the Future Busi
ness Leaders of America, the Pep
club and the Girls Athletic as
sociation; she was football home
coming princess and junior class
secretary, in addition to receiv
ing several other school honors.
Miss Brosnan will return to
Heppner early in August and will
tell local groups and organiza
tions of her experiences.
WEATHER
The Heppner weather station
reports:
Hi Low Free.
Thursday 77 45 .
Friday 87 55 .
Saturday 92 51 .
Sunday 76 43 .
Monday 74 45 .
Tuesday 87 49
Wednesday 81 51 .
No rainfall during week nor so
far for July; 10.01 inches for the
year.
opened here under the name But
ter Creek with George Stansbury
as the postmaster, but the name
was changed in 1873. Other old
timers In the county Included
lone, 1884; and Salineville, which
was the predecessor to Lexing
ton, opened in the same year,
and Lena which was established
in 1873.
In all, there have been 35 post
offices in Morrow county at one
time or another, though that
figure has dwindled to seven,
still counting Hardman. The last
to be closed was the Morgan of
fice over two years ago.