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Arlington Rancher
lo Run For Seat
In U S Congress
Marion T Weatherford, Arling
ton wheat and cattle rancher,
widely known throughout the Pa.
cifie Northwest, filed his candacy
for the republican nomination
for United States representative
from the second congressional
district of Oregon.
Weatherford has long been
active in Eastern Oregon farm
and community affairs. He has
been president of the Pacific
Northwest Grain and Grain pro
ducts association since 1948; and
is also secretary of the Port of
Arlington commission; secretary
of the Gilliam county planning
commission; president of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon; presi
dent of the Oregon State college
foundation; and vice president of
the Oregon 4-H clubs foundation.
He was president of the Oregon
Wheat League in 1946 and was
a member of the Oregon Wheat
Commission from 1947 to 1956
and chairman of this group from
1953 to 1956. Weatherford also
served on the Upper Columbia
River Basin Commission from
1951 to 1955 and was chairman
from 1953 to 1955. In 1956 he was
awarded the Gilliam County Con
servation Man of the year award.
M Weatherford said that he was
"encouraged and urged by a
great many friends in Eastern
Oregon, members of both polit
ical parties, to enter the Oregon
primary election as a candidate
for United States Representative
from the second congressional
district, on the Pepublican bal
lot. "I have told my friends many
times that I have no personal
political ambitions or aspirations.
On the other hand, I have never
refused a request from wheat
growers, cattle men, or others,
when they have felt there was
a task I could do for the good
of our area. If I should be elected
to this office I will give it the
same serjous study and effort my
other assignments have receiv
ed, because I consider it a great
honor to be able to serve my
state and my people in any ca
pacity. "I propose to wage an active
and vigorous campaign. Our
work will be confined to issues
and problems, not personalities.
My platform will be the needs,
the problems, and the welfare of
the people and businesses in this
district.
Al Ullman, Democrat of Baker
who now -holds the Congressional
seat, has already filed for reelection.
Big Crowd Enjoys
Benefit Shoot Sunday
The largest crowd in a long
time participated in the special
March of Dimes benefit shoot
held last Sunday at the Morrow
County Gun club. The shoot was
sponsored jointly by the club and
the Heppner Elks lodge.
Well over 100 shooters tried
for prizes which were donated
by the following local business
es: Hatfield's Grocery, Case Furn
iture, Phil's Pharmacy, Heppner
Red and White, Western Auto,
J C Penney, Thomson Grocery,
Heppner Flower Shop, Heppner
Hardware and Electric, Gilliam
& Bisbee, Wilson's Men's Wear,
Gonty's, Heppner Variety, Hum
phreys Drug Co, Cal's Tavern,
Bucknum's and Aiken's.
ANDERSON ATTENDS
WHEAT MEETINGS
Frank Anderson returned Wed
nesday from Portland and Cor
vallis where he attended meet
ings in connection with his of
fice as state chairman of the pro
duction and land use committee
of the Oregon Wheat Growers
League.
INTEREST IN "HAM" RADIO GROWING
IN AREA; 1 1 RIGS READY TO OPERATE
V'Hams", who are officially
known as radio amateurs, are
getting to be a common thing In
this section of Morrow county as
the result of a series of radio
classes started about four years
ago by one of the present group,
Ray Smith whose call is W7UZI
and whose regular occupation is
printer-pressman at the Gazette
Times.
The classes were started as a
sideline when several persons in
dicated their interest in radio
and have continued each winter
since. Prior to the start of the
free classes and the resulting
crop of seven fully licensed hams
and one novice ticket holder,
there was only one amateur in
the county. He was Glenn Way
of Heppner.
At the present time seven hold
regular licenses. They are Smith,
Will O'Harra, Way, Stanley Holm
Roger Palmer, Mickey Van Scho
lack and Clarence Baker. One
other member of the present
class, Earl Blake, recently re
ceived his novice license and was
assigned the call letters KN7CJC.
Three others of the present class
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MARION T WEATHERFORD. Ar
lington, late lust week filed for
ihe Republican nomination for
U S Representative from the
second congressional district.
Mountain Snow
Pack Triple Last
Year's Amount
Water content of the Arbuckle
mountain snow pack averages 68
percent above the year average
and more than 3 times greater
than last year at this time, ac
cording to measurements taken
Wednesday, Jan 29 an the Ar
buckle Mountain snow course.
Tom Wilson and Roy Tabor, Soil
Conservation Service, reported 43
inches of snow with a water con
tent of 12.8 inches.
Measurements taken last year
at this time showed a snow depth
of only 16 inches with 3.4 inches
of water. Comparable measure
ments in 1956 were 46 inches of
snow with 11 inches of water
and in 1955, 24 inches of snow
with 6 inches of water.
A water content of 7.6 inches
is the 15 year average for this
time of year according to records
of federal and state cooperative
snow surveys. Soils are wet and
unfrozen beneath the snow pack
Wilson said- In addition to the
water stored in the snow pack,
considerable water has already
left the watershed during the
past two months.
Mother's Polio
March Tonight
" The vvindup of the 1958 March
of Dimes will be the Mother's
March on polio which will be
conducted in Heppner tonight
(Thursday) from 7 to 8 'o'clock
by the members of the Heppner
Civic League.
The group will cover the en
tire town during the hour and
residents who desire to donate
to the drive are asked to leave
their porch lights on during
that time.
It is understood that Lexing
ton and lone organizations will
conduct similar marches in those
towns tonight also.
New Electrical
Appliance Store
To Open Tuesday
Mr and Mrs Randy Lott of Lex
ington have announced the open
ing February 4 of a new elect
rical appliance business in Hep
pner to be known as Lott's Elect
ric. The store will be located on
North Main street in the building
formerly occupied by Terrell's
Saddlery which has been extens
ively redecorated.
The Lotts will handle Philco
Dendix and RCA-Whirlpool major
appliances and a full line of
small home appliances. Service
work will also be a specialty.
have taken examinations for no
vice licenses and are expecting
to be able to get on the air short.
iy.
In getting his license and get
ting on the air, Blake Is getting
back into a field that he was In
40 years ago for as a World War
I veteran he served as a navy
radio operator. He recently got
a transmitter on the air in a
short time has "worked" hams
in many sections of the country.
In all, more than 20 persons
have taken Federal Communi
cations Commission examinat
ions arid received licenses to op
erate as a direct result of the
classes. Most of the hams In the
area are members of a radio club,
the South Morrow Sparks, and
interest In amateur radio con
tinues to spread. When the three
latest novices to take their ex
ams, Michael Smith, Fred Gim
bel and Donald Hughes, receive
their licenses and calls,, there
will be 11 ham outfits ready to
go on the air In the Heppner
area either for the owners en
tertainment or for use In emerg
ency communications.
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DOARDMAN OR UMATILLA?
Counties Disagree on Southern Terminus
Of Proposed Ellensburg-Oregon Hiway
Final Rites Held
Wednesday Afternoon
For Vivian Kane
Funeral services were helt1
Wednesday afternoon at All
Saints' Episcopal church for Viv
ian Kane, 59, who passed away
January 27 at Pioneer Memorial
hospital after a short illness. At
the time of her death Mrs Kane
was assisted in the county asses
or's office.
Vivian Hallie Kane was born
Aug 28, 1898 at Sheridan, Ore
and she had lived in Heppner for
38 years. She was married to Bert
Kane here on Sept 16, 1923. She
was a member of the Episcopal
church and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband,
Bert; three sisiters, Vera Hap
pold, Heppner; Reta Oviatt and
Bessie M Church, both of Port
land; three brothers, Lawrence
Funk, Glascow, Ore; Richard Yo
com, Rufus; and Ercel Yocom of
Pendleton. She also leaves many
nieces and nephews.
Officiating at the final rites
were the Rev George R S Little,
rector of All Saints' church, and
the Rev John Evans of Pendle
ton. Burial was In the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery with Creswick
Mortuary in charge of arrange
ments. Heppner Junior
Class Slates Play
The junior class of Heppner
high school announced plans
this week to present their play,
"Come Rain or Shine" on Tues
day and Wednesday nights, Feb
11 and 12 at the multipurpose
room of grade school
The play is being given under
the direction of Gordon Pratt.
County Contest
Open On Porkys
Officers of the Morrow county
Hunters and Anglers club elect
ed at a meeting Monday night
at the courthouse are Ralph Tay
lor, president; Claude Cox, vice
president and Vic Kreimeyer,
secretary-treasurer.
The group voted to open a por
cupine contest immediately and
later may also conduct contests
for ravens, magpies and possibly
raccoons. Contest chairman and
committees will be named, rules
outlined and prizes set at a meet
ing the first part of March, it
was reported.
Glen Ward of the state game
commission reported that deer
herd composition studies com
pleted shortly after Jan 1 show
2o bucks per 100 does and 95
fawns per 100 does in herds In
this area.
Waterfowl on the John Day
river increased from about 7000
last year to 18,000 this year, ac
cording to a recent waterfowl
census, Ward said. The increase
is probably due to the impound
ment of The Dalles dam cover
ing feeding grounds on the Col
umbia river causing birds to
move up to the tributaries, he
said.
Harold Dobyns, lone, showed
films of river running on the
Salmon and Owyhee rivers and
the North Fork of the John Day.
Hunter damage was discussed
during the general meeting.
Memberships of $1.25 a year are
being accepted.
CONNOR NAMED
FRAT OFFICER
Keith Connor, son of Mr and
Mrs Albert R Connor, Heppner,
has been elected treasurer of
Alpha Zeta fraternity at Pacific
University.
Connor, a sophomore, is maj
oring in business administration.
He is a graduate of Heppner high
school.
WEATHER
The Heppner weather station
reports:
Hi Low Prec
Thursday 50 39 T
Friday ' 55 36
Saturday 56 36 , .05
Sunday 52 27
Monday 47 35
Tuesday 51 42 .10
Wednesday 58 41 .11
Rainfall for the week .26; for
January and for the year 1.44
inches.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January
Recreation Needs
And Plans Talked
By Committee
The need for additional out
door recreational areas in Mor
ow county, and what plans are
now under considertion, were
main points of interest discussed
at a Tuesday meeting of the
home and community living
committee of the Town and Coun.
try Planning conference.
It was emphasized that the
county has such a few recreat
ional areas and no state parks
that letters have been written to
the parks division of the State
Highway department asking for
a park at the junction of Rock
and Chapin creeks.
The group was also interested
in small picnic areas of one or
two tables in the mountains or
on private lands a person who
might be interested in giving the
use of an area for one or two
tables or donating tables is asked
to contact Mrs Cecil Thome, lone
or the county agent.
It was also emphasized that
shorter work weeks are bringing
an increasing demand for more
recreation areas. The committee
is also taking into consideration
the changes to come In the fol
lowing years.
Forest Help Fossible
Vic Kreimeyer, Heppner dist
rict Forest Service ranger, told
the group of the stepped up rec
reation program called Operat
ion Outdoors wherein the Forest
Service has received increased
appropriations from Congress for
rebuilding to acceptable stand
ards existing campground and
recreational facilities. When this
phase of the work Is completed
new recreational facilities will
be developed, he said.
Kreimeyer said at the present
time there is only one developed
campground in the Heppner ran
ger district. That is Fairview for
est camp on highway 207 15 mil
es from Spray. Though the camp
is not located in Morrow county,
funds have been allocated to ex
pand it. New picnic tables, fire
places and other improvements
will be installed, it was said.
Several other projects are in
the planning state, but their act
ual construction depends on ap
proval of plans and funds.
Kreimeyer said that mapping
was done last summer on a pic
nic and trailer camp just east
of Tupper guard station and if
approved this area will have sev
en family picnic units and fac
ilities to park six house trailers
with surfaced roads for access.
Artificial Lakes Planned
Probably of the greatest In
terest, especially to fishermen,
are plans for two artificial lakes
in this area Swale creek and
Bull Prairie. These projects would
be a cooperative venture by the
state game commission, U S fish
and wildlife service and the For
est Service. The Swale creek de
velopment has the top priority.
Tentative plans for these have
been submitted to the game com
mission by W H Brown, regional
supervisor for the commission,
and must be approved by them
prior to any additional work. If
early approval is given field sur
veys could be made this spring.
Upon completion of an artific
ial lake by the game commiss
ion and the fish and wildlife
service, it would be the respons
ibility of the Forest Service to
develop the recreation and camp
ground areas adjacent to the
lake. Kreimeyer said 20 to 30
family units could feasibly be
developed.
Death Claims
Peter Christensen
Hans Peter Christensen, 84
years of age, died January 24 at
Pioneer Memorial hospital where
he had been a patient for one
and one-half years. Services were
held Tuesday at Creswick Mort
uary chapel with the Rev Charles
Knox officiatiing.
Mr Christensen was born Dec
9, 1873 In Denmark and came to
the Heppner area about 14 years
ago. He was never married and
he leaves no survivors.
Burial was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
HEPPNER HIGH
CLASSES GO ALL
OUT FOR DRIVE
What may well be an all
time record was set during
the past several days by the
students of Heppner high
school. The four classes have
collected a total of $542.63
for the March of Dimes.
How hard the kids worked
at the job is better told in
their own words and the
complete story can be found
in the Heppner high school
Scosp column found else
where In today's paper.
It can well be a record that
no other school of 130-odd
students will equal.
Post Office Receipts
Show Gain Over 1956
Postal receipts of the Heppner
post office show an increase of
1.6 percent in 1957 over the prev
ious year for a volume surpass
ing any previous year, James H
Driscoll, postmaster, reports.
Receipts for 1957 were $24,083.
67 compared to $23,710.93 for 19
56. For the first six months of
1956 receipts were $10,612.81 and
for 1957 they were $10,559.93.
This slight dip was more than
made up by an upswing in re
ceipts the last three months of
the year when receipts for the
Christmas period were $4,922.33.
This was an Increase of 4.4 per
cent over the 1956 Christmas per
iod of $4,715.45.
According to the automatic
counting device on the electric
cancelling machine 74,000 let
ters were cancelled between Dec
3 and 23 in 1957 as compared to
71,700 for. the same period in
1956.
Of particular interest to the
office personell is the fact that
much of the "rush" was taken
out of the Christmas period by
the fine cooperation of the pat
rons, especially in mailing earl
ier, thus spreading the work
over a longer period of time. In
addition, presenting bundles of
mail segregated to "out of town"
and "city" made for quicker
handling in the post office, Dris
coll said.
Phone Installations
Point Up Growth
Of Heppner Area
Pacific Telephone was provid
ing service to a total of 750 tele
phone in Heppner at the start of
1958, manager Dallas Short said
today. ,
Recently compiled figures
show there was an increase of
23 telephones in service here dur
ing the past year.
In August of last year, the com
pany passed the 500,000 mark in
the number of telephones it was
.serving in Oregon. On January
1, 1958, that total had increased
to 508,089, for a gain of 14,548
over the 12-month period.
"To meet the statewide de
mand for more and better types
of service," Short added, "the
company spent $27,000,000 in
Oregon during 1957 and is plan
ning construction amounting to
$21,000,000 throughout the state
in 1958.
TV Program To Show
Heppner Golf Course
Movies of the Heppner golf
course showing how a small
town can get together and "make
something from nothing" were
taken by Bob Hope of the OaR
way Golf Course in Eugene Tues
day. They will be shown on TV
channel 13 in about three weeks,
Hope said.
Starring in the TV release will
bo Lowell Gribble and Clint Mc
Quarrie who acted as golfing
subjects. Hope congratulated the
Heppner club members for their
enthusiasm, interest and efforts
in overcoming problems and
complimented Jackie Labhart
for her golfing column which
runs in this paper during the
season.
Mr and Mrs Hope, son-in-law
and daughter of Mr and Mrs
Leonard Carlson, extended an in
vitation to all Heppner golfers
to visit the Oakway course,
which they own In Eugene.
U hi
30, 1958
Regular Shifts
To Start Monday
At Heppner Pine
Between 65 and 70 men will
go back to their jobs at Heppner
Pine Mills Monday when the
.)iant resumes full operation fol
lowing a regular winter shut
down of about five weeks. The
sawmill will operate two shifts
and the planer one shift, on a
five-day week as in the past.
During the shutdown period,
logging operations have contin
ued practically uninterrupted
and at the present time close to
5,000,000 feet of logs are cold
decked at the mill. Manager Paul
Koenig said Wednesday that log
ging will continue as long as
weather permits, though it is nor
mally expected that during at
least a short period in the spring
when the frost is coming out of
the ground, trucking must be
halted. The unusually warm, op
en winter has hardly hampered
logging operations during Dec
ember and January though at
the present time there is be
tween two and three feet of snow
in the mountains.
Hospital Group
Organized Here
Mrs Gar Swanson of lone was
elected president of the newly
formed auxiliary of Pioneer
Memorial hospital at an organ
izational meeting Monday even
ing at the courthouse.
Other officers named were Mrs
Paul Koenig, vice president and
Mrs James Hager, secretary-trea
surer.
Mrs Velma Glass was tempor
ary chairman of the meeting,
which was attended by about 30
women of the area. It was stress
ed that all interested women In
the area served by the hospit
al are eligible for membership
in the group.
The purpose of the auxiliary
is to help make patients more
comfortable in anyway possible,
outside of actual nursing. Sug
gestions were reading to them,
writing letters for them, serving
coffee to those having long watts
In the waiting room, many other
services.
Mrs Jean Mallory and Mrs C
E McQuarrie assisted Mrs Glass
in serving coffee.
County Tops 1956
In Sayings Bonds
Sales During Year
"People of Morrow county are
continuing to build their savings
bonds holdings for the future,"
county chairman Jack Bedford
said here today when reporting
December sales in the county to
talled $23,578.
State sales for the Christmas
month amounted to $2,647,187,
up 14.47o over 1956, he contin
ued, and said that many bonds
purchased during December were
given as gifts.
County sales for 1957 came to
$276,759 and state sales for the
12-month period were $36,903,540
the county chairman said.
Seven counties Clatsop, Col
umbia, Gilliam, Lake, Morrow,
Wallowa, and Wasco exceeded
their 1957 sales quota. These
counties had higher sales than in
1956. Morrow sales in 1956 were
$263,534.
Heppner Students On
OSC Fall Honor Roll
Adelia Ann Anderson and Ger
aid Calvi nSumner of Heppner
are listed on the fall term scho
lastic honor roll released by
Oregon State college.
To be eligible for honor roll
listing, students must make at
least a B plus average for the
term.
Miss Anderson is a senior In
elementary education. A 1954
graduate of Heppner high school
she is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs Erwin Anderson of Heppner.
Sumner is a 1957 graduate of
Heppner high school. A fresh
man majoring in engineering, he
Is the son of Mr and Mrs James
C Sumner of 107 Gilmore street,
I M ES
74th Year, Number 47
Morrow
Asks For
Boardman
Morrow county's new judge
Oscar E Peterson late last week
joined with other county officials
and Boardman city officers in
recommending approval of the
proposed Ellensburg-Pendleton
interstate highway route which
would bring the southern termin
us of the road link into Oregon
at a Point just east of Boardman.
The proposal is being fought
strongly by Umatilla county
As now planned by federal of
ficials, and approved by the
Washington highway commiss
on, the proposed road would co
nnect US 10 at Ellensblrg and
US 30 at Boardman by proceed
nnect US 10 at Ellensburg and
Yakima Indian reservation to a
point near Satus which is close
to Toppenish. From there it
would go southeasterly to the Co-
lumbia river near a point known
as Sage then cross the river on
a new bridge at Blalock Island
to connect with US highways 30
and 730 just east of Boardman
junction.
Umatilla county groups want
the road to swing farther to the
east from Toppenish, come down
through Prosser and then cross
the Columbia over the present
Umatilla bridge.
Morrow county Interests claim
that the route suggested by the
federal and Washington state
planners is more direct, would
be less expensive to build, even
including a new bridge across
the Columbia, and would elimi
nate many bottlenecks to be
found In the Umatilla county
proposal. They also claim the
Umatilla county is fighting the
original proposal to protect Its
multi-million dollar investment
in the Umatilla bridge which
still has nearly $5,000,000 In out
standing bonds against it.
Hearing Slated
Morrow and Boardman offic
ials have requested a hearing be
fore the state highway commiss
ion and the US bureau of public
roads when the two groups meet
to lay out the Oregon section of
the proposed addition to the In
terstate highway commission,
and an announcement was made
early this week that the state
highway commission would con
sider the matter at- a meeting
late in February.
It has also been proposed lo
cally that the planned road be
named the Ellensburg-Boardman
Military freeway.
Judge Peterson said Friday, "I
am convinced that the route
through Boardman is the most
economical and direct route for
the proposed military freeway."
Morrow county was deprived of
Its only Columbia river crossing
nearly two years ago when the
Umatilla Bridge company purch
ased the Paterson Ferry, between
Boardman and Irrigon, and dis
continued its operation. It was
claimed at that time that the
Umatilla bridge was forced to
make the purchase and stop the
ferry operation in order to get
sufficient traffic over the bridge
to meet its obligations. The ferry
was located about 20 miles down
stream from the bridge at the
southern terminus of a direct
highway from the Yakima valley
from Prosser.
Just prior to the time the ferry
was purchased by the Umatilla
bridge, Morrow county had held
an option to buy the ferry op
eration, but was unable to find
sufficient budgeted money to
complete the deal.
Regardless of where the route
is finally located, best estimates
place its final construction and
opening date at least lo years
in the future.
Sunday guests at the Both
well home were Mr and Mrs O D
Bothwell, Mr and Mrs Wayne
Bothwell and children Judy and
Kathy of Maupln.
Mrs Rachel McNabb and three
children of San Antonio, Texas,
left last Sunday for her home,
after a weeks visit with her sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mr and
Mrs Dick Borman, and her father
Ben Cox.