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b. r Ell G AXETTE-Tl I Copies 10 Cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 20, 1958 74th Year, Number 50 (LIBRARY u or o EUGENE. ORE PLANNERS RECOMMEND Port Commission, Road Levy, Better Crop Use Gets OK Literally hundreds of recom mendations were made Tuesday at the Morrow county Town and Country Planning Conference which, if followed during the next 10 years will have a great effect on the economy, the de velopment, education and gen eral welfare of the county. The conference was the cul mination of many weeks of work by members of six main com mittees and dozens of sub com mittees. The meeting was. held at the Lexington Grange hall and was attended by well over 100 residents of the area. Kenneth Peck of Lexington was general chairman. The studies and recommendat ions covered every phase of county life from crop and live stock problems, conservation and land use, government, taxes, schools, roads to industrial de velopment and problems arising from forseeabje increases in pop ulation during the next 10 years. Highlighting the well over 250 recommendations that were pre sented in the committge reports were suggestions that the for mation of the Morrow county port commission be investigated. Discussion brought out that many counties along the Colum bia river now have such com missions and that if this area is to get its share of industrial de velopment along the banks of the river, a port commission could be useful. Road Levy Approved It was recommended that the special 10-mill county road levy be continued for another five years to complete, the improve ment projects now under way. In connection with the formatnon of a port commission, it was also felt that it would be wise to es tablish a county planning com mission which might carry out many of the recommendations made at this conference. A modified form of sales tax was suggested which should be used exclusively for schools and would be set up as a direct in come tax offset. A driver training program in county schools was recommend ed, and it was also discussed from the floor that such a pro posal is being considered by the rural school board for the com- j ing yer. Further study school reorganization was asked and the state hiehwav depart-1 mcnt was urged to consider the' construction of a Morgan-Arung- ton cross-country highway to i f I replace tne wwei seiuuu ui uk Willow Creek road. Feedinn ProsDects Said Bright Considerable time was taken with the discussion of crop sur pluses and the presentation ot figures to show that a much greater percentage of the coun ty's production could be absorb ed by the development of more nattlp feedinir operations. The need for a greatly expanded hog raising program was pointed out with figures which showed that a great majority of the pork con sumed in the northwest and the' Pacific coast is imported. Less than 25 percent of the pork con sumed here is grown in the area. Youth and youth activities came in for discussion with sev eral recommendations made tor improvements in counseling and training, as did the results of a housing survey on living im provements made during the past 10 years. A report was given on the de velopment of forest products and how such products can affect the county's future. Heppner Forest Service Ranger Vic Krei mever and Cal Weisenfluh told of the future needs of the forest for access roads and how timber cutting concerns the county. The meeting opened at 10 o' clock and the reports were com pleted shortly before 5 p m. At noon a luncheon was served in the hall dining room by members of the Lexington HEC. The six main committees and their chairmen who made the reports were conservation and land use, Alvin Bunch, chairman; home and community living, Mrs Norman Nelon; public education, Gene Cuthforth; Livestock, Ger ald Swaggart; Farm crops, Tad Miller, who gave the report for Frank Anderson, chairman ; youth activities, Mrs E M Baker, chairman. Full Reports Coming! Because of the length of the several reports, it is impossible for the Gazette Times to run them in their entirety or at one time but they will be presented in a series during the coming weeks. The first complete report, that of the conservation and land use committee follows: RECOMMENDATIONS 1. We feel that there is a need for some research on the analysis of the ashy soils and high clay slick spots found in many of our fields. Such research could provide a means of treating these soils for high production through chemical and mechanical meth ods. 2. Further research is needed for the control of rabbit brush on ranee land through the use of selective sprays. Present rec ommendations are too detailed for the average rancher to use effectively. 3. We recommend that an ed ucational program be initiated, calling to the attention and ask ing farm operators for their co operation in preventing serious water erosion on long water sheds involving several owner ships. The problem is brought about on these long water sheds when one farmer does not carry out conservation practices to re duce run-off which consequently causes heavy losses on the land below. 4. Strip cropping is an import ant means of controlling wind and water erosion. It is a system of farming which makes con servation practices such as fall chiseling of stubble, stubble mulch and crop rotations much more effective. 5. We recommend that consid eration be given the maximum amount of ACP funds that can be earned in any one year for the strip cropping practice. This would encourage more strip cropping, a much needed con servation practice. 6. The Lexington Blow Con trol District was the second Soil Conservation District to be org anized in the United States. This district has done much in pre venting losses from wind eros ion. Farmers in the district are becoming more conscientious and are attempting to farm in a man ner to prevent wind erosion. In some cases soil blowing has been caused from careless road grad ing which causes a threat to the surrounding land. It is recom mended that the County Court be contacted relative to this mat ter, calling to their attention the necessity of careful planning In gra'ding roads in the blow dis trict at a season when blows are not apt to occur. 7. The burning of stubble is a practice which should be dis couraged. Heavy stubble should be reduced in the fall with im plements or other necessary equipment. More sod waterways are needed to carry the excess water run off safely from fields. 9. We recommend that winter irrigation be carried out on irri gated lands where practical. We realize that all creek bottoms cannot be Irrigated in the winter months but feel that those that can should be, 10. Diversion ditches have be come important in our county when used in conjunction with other conservation practices. 11. The spreading of chaff dumps after winter grazing of stock Is a problem. Unless spread dumps will hinder cultivation and tie ud nitrogen producing bacteria causes reduced yields. They can be spread with several different implements before in itial cultivation is started. The use of an additional application of nitrogen will eliminate re duction yield in these areas. 12. We recommend that dry lands of the north end of the county subject to wind erosion be farmed with soil conservation practices such as sub-surface tillage, wind strip-cropping, nit rogen fertilizers and grass ro tations. 13. We commend the many farm equipment companies which have provided newly adapted machinery for conservation farm ing. We encourage the contin- (Continued on Page 6) 7. CHAIRMEN of the Morrow county Town and Country Planning Conference and the committee heads were photographed Tueg day during the conference at the Lexington Grange hall. They are, left to right. Tad Miller, Mrs Norman Nelson, Gerald Swag gart, Kenneth Peck who served as general chairman, Alvin Bunch, Mrs E M Baker and Gene Cutsforth. I.' r t , ( ' i r s . H ' , ' , - ' ! M ;' -; t v i . .:. Ms ,: ' ; fs 1 Hip 4 ' i :. : V? : YOUTH COMMITTEE reports are given at the planning conference by these two high school students who were among nearly 15 who aided the committee with their study. They are Berl Akers, lone high school, left, and Ed Groshens, Heppner. They reported on the Oregon youth code, and made several recommendations of concern to the youth. QUALITY OF IONE LIBRARY WINS COMMENDATION OF STATE LIBRARY The lone library, through its librarian Mrs Echo Palmateer, kept at a high level. An attract n.mrvmhiiMt. ive children's corner is filled - -o ions for an excellent operation from-officials of the Oregon state library The word came in a note to Mrs Palmateer and said. "lone, a town of less than 300, has an exceptional library for, such a small community. The i library was visited December ll:and city hall." and Mrs Helen Proudfoot, chair man of the library board and president of the Topic club, which has for its aim the main tenance and betterment of the library, showed what had been accomplished to provide library service to the community. 'Although the membership of this club is only ID this year, the club is library-minded and Two File For P..i.. fit'. Lounty Unices Offices county office by Wednesday, but omer petitions are expeeieu wun - in the next few days, county! clerk Bruce Lindsay, reports One of those filing is Lind say who will run on the Demo cratic ballot in the primary. The nthpr to rnrrmlete his netition is Harry Dinges, Republican candi - aate ior county assessor, wno seeks to succeed himself in the position. Soveral ntlior nftitions have been issued, the clerk's office -held their regular monthly meet said, and mines can be madei'ng Wednesday evening. at any time prior to the dead line Friday, March 7 at 5 p m. FHA Girls Again Plan "Hobo Week" The Heppner chapter of the Future Homemakers of America plans to hold a Hobo week March 10 to 15 Inclusive, announces Connie Anderson, chapter report er. The purpose of the week is to raise funds for the chapter. The girls will do many diff erent types of jobs. They do not expect an hourly wage, but hope to get paid for what the job is worth. WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports; Hi Low Prec Thursday 57 39 .14 Friday 51 32 Saturday 47 37 .07 Sunday 53 38 .57 Monday 57 40 .04 Tuesday 64 ' 49 .13 Wednesday 66 44 Rainfall for the week .95; for February 1.93; for the year 3.49 inches. AMl 4- .liiiiifatuwir'fim the quality of the collection is ..... i ,i. i., , wun ung.ii, ..u.u.g eluding the Landmark books, a set of encyclopedia and a globe, ; while the adult collection has new reaaaDie dooks, doiii net- ion and non-fiction. The library is a peasant room in a building .shared with the fire department Former Morrow Man Dies in Seattle Robert Young, 66 died Feb ruary 13 at Seattle following lingering illness. He was raised in Morrow county and attended the Heppner schools, graduating in 1912. He had lived in this area until 15 years ago when he mov ed to Seattle to make his home. A sister, Mrs Give Huston of Heppner, left Monday for Seattle to attend funeral services which y. widow Estelle; two sons, Ed of PiirAvciHn Palif flnn Tamoe nf '. brotherSi. Ray jof Medford and Harvey of Eu- gene; two sisters, Faye George of Portland; and Eugenia Hus- ton of Heppner. Band Parents Club jMoke Plans For i I " I nnnugi vuiiiiyui The Heppner Band Parents Plans were discussed for the fourth annual carnival sponsor ed by the club with LeRoy Gard ner and Marcel Jones acting as chairman. Again this year, the American Legion and the combined student bodies of the school will join the Band Parents in the big show, with games of chance, fun games the dunk tank and many others which will be of general Inter est to the public. The plans call for the cafeteria to be open ear ly. Since the school is limited in the amount of support it can give the band, the Band Parents have aimed to be prepared to meet such emergencies as may arise. The carnival is now the sole fund raising project of the club and has been expanded to include the student body. The next regular meeting will be held Monday, March 10. GOC GROUP TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the Heppner Ground Observ er Corps will be held Monday, Feb 24 at 2 p m at the home of Mrs Gene Ferguson. Anonymous Money For Whirlwind Drive Slated For "Heart Sunday" Letters went in the mail this week heralding the start jf lit1 jack Flug, county school super Morrow county Heart Fjnd drive intendent, asked the group for which will be conducted entire- its opinion because the rural ly in one day as a test campaign 'school board is considering the for the state of Oregon. budgeting of $8,000 for next year The one day drive will be held for such a program, on Heart Sunday, February 23 1 a training car would be pro and drive chairman, Rev Merlin vided through a county automo Zier, has received the cooperat-'bile dealer and part of the cost ion of the county's high school ;0f the training would come from students and others in conduct- the state. The last legislature ing the whirlwind campaign, added $1.00 to the cost of drivers Sunday afternoon the volunteer .licenses with the additional mon workers, which will Include the ey to go toward paying part of students as well as other work- the cost of the training in high ers in several communities, will schools contact all residents to pick up A, , " B h chairmal, of the the gift envelopes from those and use commiUce of tho count who wish to contribute to the ui.J fund. Those desiring, or who may be missed in the drive, may make their contribution by mail. Zier reiterated that the drive is aimed at distributing the in formation on the need for con tinued research on heart diseases which are the greatest killers of known diseases in this country. The contributions received will go to aid research In the field. Stockmen Plan Work For Year Meeting last Wednesday ev ening at the courtroom, members of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association planned their program for the year. Thirty one of the present 75 members attended this first meeting of TQ'iH Rill Karrntr npwlv f pptnn "V - president, presided. Committee appointments which had been made earlier in the momn were oiscussca arm an- nounced. Those committee which will be active in carrying through the needs, programs of the assoc lation are membership and fi nance, Raymond French, Hepp ner, chairman; legislation and taxation, Barton Clark, Heppner, chairman; insect, predator and roneni comroi, uoo van m numi-K, Heppner, chairman; livestock di sease control, Konaia eurnn, Heppner, chairman; livestock corrals, Floyd Jones, Heppner, chairman; marketing and trans portation, Howard Cleveland, Heppner, chairman; theft and brand, Gordon O'Brien, Heppner, chairman range and pasture im provement, Don Greenup, Hepp ner, chairman; bull sale, Don Robinson, Heppner, chairman; an nual meeting, George Rugg, Hep pner, chairman; resolutions, O W Cutsforth, Lexington, chairman; not nrimiz-m Vnf nfimm cc . lon an, publicity, W W Weath erford, Heppner, chairman Each committee has three members in addition to the chair- man which will meet together during the year. Newly appoint- ed this year were two members to represent the livestock assoc Heppner Chamber of Commerce. . iThey were Harry O'Donnell and N C Anderson. Business transacted during the evening included plans for a meeting of the Insect, predator and rodent control committee with members of the sheep sub committee of the livestock plan ning committee in a joint meet ing with representatives of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Poss ibilities for an accelerated coyote control program were to be plan ned. Members of the livestock di sease control committee indicat ed that they would meet soon to plan a program for Brucellosis testing of herds which are nec essary to be tested this year to keep the county as modified cer tified Brucellosis free area. A resolution going on record favoring a beef commission as a group was passed. W W Weather ford, chairman of the beef com mission committee asked that everyone who is eligible to vote do so and pointed out that the last day for casting votes is Feb ruary 24. Considerable discussion result ed from a report of the theft and brand committee giving de tails of action taken in bringing about recommendations on the dog shooting case which occurr ed on the Wilkinson and Rugg range in North Morrow county. (Continued on Page 6) Donor County Chamber Approves School Proposal For Driver Training The chamber of commerce Monday unanimously recom mended the inclusion of a driv er's training course in all county high school curriculums The approval was eivon after ly on his committee's report and the Rev Merlin Zier showed a short film on the coming Heart Fund drive. Ernest Hunt Dies February 13; Had Lived Here 75 Years Ernest Hunt, 81 years of age, died February 13 at Pioneer Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for about two and one-half years. Mr Hunt was horn January 19, 1877 in Jewel City, Kansas and had spent about 75 years of his life in Morrow county. He was a member of the Christian church and the Odd Fellows. Services were held Sunday at Creswick Mortuary chapel with the Rev Charles Knox, pastor of the Heppner Christian church, officiating. Interment was in the Lexington cemetery. nephews and six neices. Local Delegates to Attend FHA Meeting ORFT.ON RTATP. PDT.T .TTIF. rha Fl,fllr(, iinmomakers nf Am. ,ca cnapter at Heppner high school vvin bo one ()f 109 0re gon chapters participating in the annual state meeting March 7 at Oregon State college. FHA Is composed of high school girls taking home economics classes. The state membership now totals 4,291 girls. The local chapter has 45 girls enrolled. Joann Brosnan is chap ter president and Mrs Katherine Hager Is chapter advisor. Joanne Kemble of Ontario high school is state president this year. Theme tor this year s tnirteentn annual meeting will be "Now is the Time to earn." One of the awarding of state homemaker de - grees, the state's top award for high school home economists, to j qualify, girls must complete special work in school, honre, and, NAVY . . . TAKE NOTE! lone Boys Launching A four foot rocket was fired by three members of the lone Rock et club Sunday, Feb 16 at 4:55 PST from a tower at the Kenneth Smouse ranch near lone. . . and the firing was successful in fact, so successful that the missile hasn't been seen since. It was called the Feuerschwanz (German for "Tail of Fire) T ZN S-l, and it was powered by fuel made from a mixture of zinc and sulphur. The first attempt to launch the rocket was made about 3pm but was unsuccessful. It was left to cool for a half an hour before being approached, then it was disassembled. The trouble was found to be in the ignition system and a new one was installed. The second try at 4:55 p m was different. A six-volt battery was used to ignite the fuel and when the switch was closed, at first nothing happened. . . then P-H O-O-M. . . away it disap peared In a cloud of smoke and fire. And, disappear it did, for it hasn't been found yet. Orange Offers Museum About $50,000 Would Guarantee Memorial Building The chances that Morrow county may have a county mu seum appeared much brighter this week with the announce ment at Tuesday's Town and Country Planning conference by Robert Abrams that an unident ified donor has offered to put up sufficient money for the con struction of a suitable building for the proposed museum. In making the announcement, Abrams said that the law firm of Mahoney and Abrams had been asked to investigate the possibility of the county, or a special museum committee, as cepting such a donation. Abrams made the announcement follow ing a planning committee report which recommended that efforts be made to develop a museum. Though no definite amount was stated in the offer to the att orneys, the donor, who wished to remain anonymous at the pre sent time, indicated that he, or she would be willing to offer In the vicinity of $50,000 for the con struction of an adequate museum building to house historical rel ics of Morrow county. The only requirement, Abrams said, was that the museum must be located in Heppner. Along with the offer came a recommendation that the building be constructed out of appropriate materials, possibly such as native stone. Several weeks ago, while the home and community living com mittee of the conference was starting Its study for the con ference, the suggestion was made that there is a need for a county museum with the result that a sub committee was appointed to Investigate such a museum, as well as the formation of Morrow county historical society. Mrs Ralph Thompson and Mrs Omar Since publicity was given the original Idea, two offers have been received by the committee prior to the latest one. Two hous es, one In Lexington and one In lone have been offered as poss ible sites. The Tuesday planning confer ence adopted the recommendat ions that a historical society and the construction of a museum be investigated further. The format ion of the historical society could logically be the first step in developing the program-. Lex Department Controls Home Fire The Lexington fire department answered an alarm at 10:05 Mon day morning to the Dale Gard iner home where the upstairs of the house was found in flames. The department quickly controll ed the blaze but not until con siderable damage was done to 1 the building and contents. It was thought that the fire si arteu euner irom a aeiecuve flu or defecing wiring. Damage was estimated at about $1,000. Rochet Successful flames shot three feet behind it as It zoomed about 200 feet Into the air. The boys were greatly elated at their success and have an nounced plans to fire another in about two months. The three members of the club who launch ed the Feuerschwanz were Phil Emert, Bob Rice and Kenneth Smouse. Other members not pres ent were David Hatfield, Skip Pettyjohn and Harry Swart. In terested observers at the success ful launching were Grant Rlgby, Kenneth E Nelson, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Rice, Mrs Ella Burgoyne, Mr and Mrs Kenneth J Smouse and children. The basic plans for the rocket were taken from a scientific American magazine and two of the most important parts, the nozzle and the nose cone were machined by Ervin Anderson of Heppner. The boys definitely have the honor of having gotten Morrow county's first rocket off the ground and are, at least, the first Jin Oregon to claim success.
