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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 20, 1958
74th Year, Number 50
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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.liiiiifatuwir'fim
the quality of the collection is
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, 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
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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
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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.
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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.