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74th Year, Number 21
Cbpies 10 Cents
Heppner, Oregon, August 1, 1957
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County-Wide Polio
Vaccination Drive ;
Opens Thursday
An all out drive for the 100
percent polio vaccination of the
residents of Morrow county
through 40 years of age wil be
gin this Thursday, Aug. 1, and
run to February, 195?, it was an
nounced at a meeting of the Mor
row County Chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Pearalysis last Wednesday night
at the Pioneer Memorial hospit
al. With the cooperation of the
county chapters, county physi
cians will give the Salk polio
vaccine for a charge of $1.00 per
shot during that period. The vac
cine is being provided by the
county NFIP chapter through
March of Dimes funds.
Everyone is urged to have his
first injection as soon as possible
because of the approaching seas
on of high polio incidence, chap
ter officers said. Two injections
are given two to six weeks apart
and a third, or booster dose, Is
given seven months after the sec
ond injection.
It is strongly recommended
that all children, young adults,
parents of young children and all
expectant' mothers be vaccinated.
Vaccination of persons over the
age of 40 is desirable but less
important since paralytic type
polio seldom occurs In the older
age group Anyone, regardless of
age, may contract polio but It is
most common in children and
young adults. The percentage of
crippling or deaths is usually
higher in adults.
Public health and medical ex
perts believe that polio epidem
ics will 'no longer occur in Ore
gon if SO percent of the popula
tion receive the recommended
series of three shots. No vaccine
is completely effective but na
tional statistics already indicate
that at least eight of every ten
persons receive protection ag
ainst paralytic polio through
Salk vaccination. It is strongly
recommended that polio injec
tions be continued through the
polio season, it was pointed out.
Attending the meeting were
Floyd Sayers, chapter chairman;
Gordon Pratt, vice chairman;
Gerald O'Malley, treasurer; Ray
Myrick, secretary; Mrs. Gordon
' White, lone, women activities
chairman; Mrs. Jack Loyd, coun
ty campaign treasurer; Mrs. Joe
Hughes and Mrs. Velma Glass,
County Pioneer
Dies in Portland
Funeral services were held
July 23 in Portland for Mrs. Mary
Garfield, an old time resident of
Morrow county, who died July
20. Mrs. Garfield was the former
Mrs. Thomas J. Davidson and for
many years lived in the Dry Fork
region of south Morrow county.
Services were held in Porttland
July 23.
Surviving are daughters Gert
rude L. Winniford, Bessie F.
Lindseth, Violet McCaffery, and
a son, L. E. Davidson. She also
leaves two sisters, one brother, 16
grandchildren and 35 greatgrandchildren.
NEW HEPPNER BRANCH of the Bonk of Eastern Orsgon is shown in this architect's drawing oi the
new building. Construction is expected to start within about a month on the Main street site. The
area to the right of the building will be a customer parking lot. The architect is Thomas G. Vadnals
and the engineer. Vernon B. Tenneson.
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PRINCESS LORENA CODER
Boardman Princess
Dance Next Saturday
The second princess dance of
the Morrow county fair and rodeo
thiv Satvry nigh 'will honor
Princess Lorena Coder, 16, blue
eyed blond chosen by the Tillic
um club of Boardman. Dancing
will be from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. with
music by Joe Banana and his
Bunch of Pasco.
A trim five foot two, Princess
Lorena is the daughter of Mr.
Hot Weather Brings
Heavy Water Use
Somewhat cooler nights during
the past week has slowed up wat
er use in Heppner city superin
tendent Vic Goshens reported to
day, but the city is still pump
ing 376,000 gallons of water ev
ery 24 hours from its two wells.
Last Week Goshens said he
was having trouble keeping up
with the demand, but the slight
ly lower temperatures in recent
days has slowed down irrigation
so that no curtailing of the use
of water is expected.
The two miles of new steel
water main recently installed by
the city in its line to the upper
wells is now in use and has ma
terially increased the amount of
water which can be pumped to
the reservoirs in town.
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Mrs,, Kenneth Utter and three
children are spending some time
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray McDowell. Mr. Ut
ter comes up from Portland for
weekends.
and Mrs. Robert Coder, Board
man. A riding enthusiast and
ranch girl, she works in the
Boardman potato "fields, helps
with haying and housework. She
graduated this spring from the
Boardman high school.
At school Princess Lorena was
secretary-treasurer of her fresh
man and senior classes, vice
president of her sophomore class,
a member of the Pep club and
girls' athletic association.
She is a leader of a 4-H riding
club and has won prizes for rid
ing and crocheting at the north
Morrow county fair. Riding and
cooking are her favorite hobbies
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Local Crew Fighting
Washington Fire
A three-man crew from the
Heppner district of the Umatilla
National Forest was sent to
Pomeroy, Washington Wednesday
morning to aid in fighting a ma
jor forest fire in the Blue Mount
ains. The Heppner office of the for
est service reported that the fire
had covered 45 acres Tuesday,
but was located in a very inac
cessable area. Six smoke jumpers
were dropped in the area Tues
day, Going from here were Melvin
Olson, Buddy Taylor and Morg
an Medlock.
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Mrs Clinton McQuarrie was in
Pendleton Tuesday to get her
daughter, Susan, who has been
working there.
County Farmers
Get $581,914 in.
Soil Bank Payments
Payments to Morrow county I
farmers under the Soil Bank's j
1957 acreage reserve programs
will total $581,914.10 when all
payments are completed within
a few days, Paul Tews, office
manager for the County Agri
culture Stabilization and Cons
ervation committee said this
week.
Participation in the program In
Morrow county is the best acre
wise in Oregon, Tews said, with
108 active contracts being signed.
Payments under the "same pro
gram in Umatilla county am
ounted to only $156,310.
The payments were made for
reductions in acreage below tho
farm allotment for wheat. Farm
ers who took part in the acre
age reserve program are certifi
cates which may be redeemed
for cash, or the certificates may
be redeemed for CCC owned-grain
if they have been earned for
reducing grain acreage. The cert
ificates may be redeemed for
wheat at 100 percent of face
value after Sept. 15, Tews said.
Owners of certificates who plan
to redeem them for CCC wheat
must make application for it
through the local ASC office. The
value of the wheat is set at the
terminal loan rate, he said.
Tews reminded growers that
certificates earned for reducing
the acreage of a basic crop may
be exchanged for the same crop
or other non-basic grain in CCC
inventory, but not for the other
two basic crops. A wheat certifi
cate could be exchanegd for
wheat, barley, rye, oats or grain
sorghums, but not for corn or
rice. '
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Swimming Class
Attendance Up
Enrollment in the second series
of swimming class at the Hepp
ner pool has surpassed the first
series with a total of 55 begin
ners registered in three separate
classes and 24 intermediate pu
pils in one class, Larry Dowen
swimming instructor, has report'
ed.
Of 50 pupils in the beginners
classes during the first period of
lessons a total of 12 passed their
tests. From the first class of 20
intermediate swimmers, a total
of 15 passed the intermediate
tests, Dowen said. Renn Harris
assisted with instructions up to
this week.
Attendance at the pool dur
ing the afternoons runs about 85
to 90, it was reported. The pool
is open from 1 to 4 and from 6 to
8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
and from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sundays.
Swimming classes are held from
9 a.m. to noon Mondays through
Fridays,
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Two Staff Vacancies
In Heppner Schools;
MaintenanceWork On
James Kilgallen, hired as as
sistant football coach and to
teach an eighth grade home
room, resigned the position last
Friday, according to Joe H. Stew
art. Kilgallen was from the Col
lege of Idaho, Caldwell.
The resignation leaves two va
cancies on the teaching staff, the
second for a girls' pnysical edu
cation instructor, Stewart said.
School will open Sept. 3 and
teachers will begin on Aug. 29.
The summer maintenance pro
gram by scshool custodians now
underway includes reroofing the
high school building, revarnish
ing rooms, installing a canteen
in a section of the band storage
room and in the gym and laying
asphalt tile on two high school
classrooms. A stove and ice box
are being installed in the can
teen room.
Mrs. Marie Clary, librarian,
has been cataloging new books
for libraries in both schools.
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Jim Davis, of Lexington, died.ing a lot of resources and activ
about noon today (Thursday) j
from a heart attack. He was past
70 years of age and was the j
uncle of Mrs. L. E. Ruhl. i
Funeral arrangements have not!
been completed as yet. I
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THE REV. JACKSON GILLIAM
Former Heppner Man
To Be Guest Speaker
At Episcopal Church
Guest preacher at the 9:30
service Sunday, August 4 at All
Saints' Episcopal church will be
the Rev. Jackson E, Gilliam, rect
or of the Church of thte Incarna
tion at Great Falls, Montana.
.Rev. Gilliam will be speaking
at his home church for the first
time in several years. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilli
am of Heppner.
Rev. Gilliam is a graduate of
Whitman college and the Virg
inia Theological Seminary. He
was priest in charge of St. John's
church in Hermiston from 1949
to 1953, then St. Mark's Cath
edral in Minneapolis, Minn He
is now at Great Falls, Montana.
Following the service there
will be a coffeq, hour in the par
ish house
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60 State Boys
Studying Range
And Forest Use
Sixty boys set up camp at Tup
per ranger station Monday after
noon to begin a weeks' study of
range and forest use, plant id
entification and other outdoor
activities to open the Oregon an
nual youth range camp spons
ored by the Pacific northwest sec
tion of the American Society of
Range Management.
Jack Ross, Oregon State col
lege extension service, .is in
charge of the program and Bill
Currier, forest service, Portland
is camp boss or range foreman
Youth committee chairman for the
camp is John Clouston, U. S. F. S.,
Portland.
Representing 16 counties in
eastern and southwestern Ore
gon, the boys, ages 14-18, were
selected on the basis of leader
ship, citizenship and love of out
doors. They were divided into six
groups with each to select a
wrangler as leader for each divl
sion. A top hand will be elected
to represent the entire group. The
boys are quartered in tents and
eat in the forest service mess
hall.
Opening the Monday evening
program, Herb Hynd, Cecil, gave
a review of catttle and sheep op
erations and a brief history of
the Hynd Bros, company. A well
balanced livestock operation in
cludes hay production, pasture,
grazing and forest reserve, he
said.
Charles Rector, forest supervis
or of the Umatilla national for
est with headquarters at Pendle
ton, illustrated a talk on forest
use and management with col
ored slides taken in the forest.
"If we don't double our timber
growth by the year 2000 the sup
ply will not keep up with the de
mand," Rector said. "One-fourth
of the timber cut today is wast
ed". The aim of the forest service
is to manage our forests for the
greatest number in the long run,
Rector said. A total of 149 na
tona, forests covering from one
tQ one.and.one.haif minion acres
are located in the United States,
I Alaska and Puerto Rico compris
ies-
Rector stressed the need for
killing porcupines which do
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of damage each year, The
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Lexington Youth Hurt
In One of Five Blazes
During Past
Tho nast seven days has been .
the worst fire period experienced
n Morrow county in many years
with five separate tarm Diazes
destroying one ranch home and
upwards of 2500 acres of wheat.
barley and grass land, une Lex
ington youth suffered serious
burns while trying to control one
of the fires.
Monday and Tuesday brought
three major blazes in widely sep
arated sections of the county and
caused damage of many thous
ands of dollars
Shortlv before noon Monday
stubble caught fire from a truck
exhaust on the Otto Ruhl farm
southeast of lone and before be-
intr brought under control de
stroyed about 50 acres of stand
ing wheat, 200 acres oi siuouie,
a pickup truck, trap wagon and
tank of diesel luei. wnue nam
ing this fire, Dick Ruhl, 16 son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ruhl of
Lexington, was seriously burned
about the head and upper pan
of his body. Ruhl was attempt
ing to move a pickup from the
path of the fire wnen a gasonne
drum near the truck exploded
spraying him with flaming gas.
He was brought to Pioneer Me
morial hospital where he was
treated for second degree burns
on a larce part of his upper body,
The fire started about a mue
from ranch buildings and was
stopped just before it reached
them. Many persons aided
fighting the fire as did the lone
fire department and a spray
plane operated by Gar Leyva.
House Destroyed
Shortly after 5 p.m. Monday a
big seven-loom ranch house at
the junction of Sanford Canyon
and Rhea creek burned to the
ground and flames claimed sev
eral acres of adjacent grassland
on the Floyd Jones ranch.
The fire apparently started in
the upper part of the two-story
home owned by Mrs. Charlotte
Scherzinger of Heppner and oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Vader and their 19 months old
daughter. A passerby noticed the
fire and told Mrs. Vader who es
caped with her daughter. The
house burned to the ground and
destroyed with it were practically
all of the Vader's belongings and
their car. Vader had been em
ployed at the Harold Peck ranch.
There was some insurance on the
house but none on the furnish
ings, it was reported.
Neighbors and townspeople
from Heppner aided in stopping
the blaze as did Gar Leyva with
his spray plane.
2000 Acres Burn Tuesday
The laregst fire of the year
started about 1:30 Tuesday after
noon on the Cliff Dougherty
ranch in the Sand Hollow area
and burned over about 50 acres
of wheat and In the vicinity of
2000 acres of range land all on
the adjoining Healy ranch op
erated by Tom and Bill Healy. .
According to reports this fire
started from a combine belong
ing to Dougherty and the strong
winds soon spread the fire over
hundreds of acres Several miles
of fence was destroyed on the
Healy ranch, but no buildinsg
were burned. It was nearly four
hours before the fire was trailed
through the efforts of neighbors
who were attracted by the huge
clouds of smoke.
There was no estimate of the
loss, but it was known to be ex
tensive, lone Has Calls
Last Thursday the lone fire
department answered two calls
to areas outside of town. Early
in the afternoon a run was made
to a field about one mile bow
Morgan where a small grass fire
was controlled with only minor
damage.
In the evening of the same day
the department answered a call
to the Bill McClintock farm south
of lone where about 180 acres
of wheat was lost. In addition
several acres of barley stubble
on the adjoining Clarence War
ren farm was burned.
Season Loss Climbing
The past week's fires bring to
seven the number of major blazes
In this area within the past
month and though no estimate
of loss is available, damage un-
Week
doubtedly will run around $100
000. Last week eight farm build
ings burned on the William H.
Padborg ranch near Lexington
and the week before $25,000 worth
of baled hay went up in flames
on the Harold Wright ranch at
at Ruggs.
In most cases the field and
range fires were caused from
trucks running in the extremely
tall and heavy stubble.
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COUNTY AGENT
URGES EXTRA FIRE
PRECAUTIONS
By N. C. Anderson
MORROW COUNTY AGENT
A couple of weeks ago this
column commented on the numb
er of farm fires which were oc-
curing and outlined a few sug
gestions for preventing so many
and some simple equipment to
have around in order to control
accidental harvest fires quickly.
A number of farmers commented
on these reminders but with the
number of fires which have oc
cured with as many as two in
one day I have been asked to
outline further reminders for fire
prevention and control. A number
of farmers who have spent time
fighting these fires have com
mented on the lack of organiza
tion and the absence of fire fight
ing equipment on the farms
where the fires occur and being
brought by those who come to
fight the fire. It appears that
anyone who has come to fight
fires has not brought "along ev
en a shovel. , ;
Everyone knows that fires and
accidents occur even with the
best of plans and precautions.
Far be it from any of us to criti
cize the occurrence of a fire or
accident at some one's farm or
home for tomorrow might be our
day. A few reminders are in ord
er, however, in hopes that pre
cautions might be taken to pre
vent loss and suffering.
Making farm visits during the
past couple of weeks while harv
est operations were well under
way I have been surprised to see
the number of farms where there
have been no or very little prepa
ration for fire prevention. On
many occasions livestock or weed
sprayers were setting back in the
corner and were not being
brought in to protect the invest
ment that a farmer had worked
hard for all year. The lack of wet
sacks or spray or back pump cans
around the buildings or in the
field was evident.
Earlier we suggested a 3 or 5
gallon back pump filled with
waler on every combine and ac
cessible to trucks in the harvest
field. A shovel on each piece of
equipment is a must. Many farm
ers have reported putting out
small fires which could have
been extremely destructive had
not a shovel been handy at the
start of the fire. We have noticed
where a few farmers have cut
out old 2,4-D barrels filling them
full of .water and have soaked
old sacks in them. A number of
these are setting at vital spots
around the buildings, at the trap
wagon in the field where they
will be handy in case of a fire.
Others have taken their pressure
sprayers to the field filled with
water ready to go hooked to a
wheel tractor or a pickup so that
no time will be lost In getting,
them on the job.
An increasing number of farm
ers this year we have noted, have
after cutting right-of-ways disced
or bladed a fire guard around
their fields. A few have burned
heavy growths of cheat grass al
ong roadsides early before the
grain has matured enough to
cause a fire hazard. Others have
burned cheat grass and other
weeds around the farmspread,
and used a blade to throw up a
fire guard around the farm build
ings. A number of farmers dur
ing the past few years have gone
further than this in making
permanent guards by seeding
crested wheat grass or other gras
ses that stay green during most
of the year around the farmstead.
These are especially helpTul
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