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MBRAur V OF 0 E5EUE. ORE. 1 rl! IP Sri M FS BPPN Copies 10 Cents Damage Minor in Monday Blow; High Temperatures Hold The immediate Heppner area luckily was missed by most of the big windstorm which struck the state Monday night shortly after midnight with only minor damage being reported. Other sections of the state suffered fairly heavy damage and receiv ed considerably more rain than fell here. The only serious casualty of the blow was a small wooden equipment building located at the base of the Heppner TV an tenna tower on top of the hill west of town. It was blown com pletely off its foundations and badly broken up. It contained no equipment, however, but had the storm occurred a few weeks lat er it would have held a size able amount of costly equipment. The antenna tower itself was not damaged.. The weather during the past week continued to be as unreas onable as it has been for most of the winter. An unusual high of 71 degrees was recorded her Friday with Maximums during the rest of the week being most ly in the 60's. The coldest tem perature here was 36 degrees ear ly Wednesday morning. Another one-third of an inch of rain has fallen since last Thur sday bringing the month's total to 2.25 inches and keeping all streams running quite high and muddy. Most farmland in the higher elevations is completely saturated with some fields be- sinning to show some erosion. I The lighter sandy soils are still able to hold about all the mois- ture that falls. Heart Sunday Response Good On Heart Sunday, Feb 23 j Robert Abrams, present dis- volunteers throughout the county trict attorney, who will be up received a very fine response, ltor election this year, has also was reported this week by tne Rev Merlin Zier, county Heart drive chairman. Tho chairman pxnressed aDDre- ciation to the high school stud- ents and members of the Lexlng- ton American Legion auxiliary anH tho innp rhanter of EDsilon ... .. , S gma Alpha sorority wno were uie Mau.-mt.-m mai uC wuu.u i.ui ii " b,, in charge of Heart Sunday. Rev, be candidate for reelection and, ton, past district deputies. All Zier also expressed his apprec'so far as is known today, no one were accompanied by their wives. iation to themany people who has expressed any interest in The all day celebrat on feat- mailed in their Heart fund en- the position nor have their been,ured degree work by officers of velopes, showing tneir concern over the need for further researcn to combat heart disease. a complete tabuition of funds received during the drive was not yet available, but will be an nounced later. Local Stockmen Buy and Sell at Recent Bull Sale PENDLETON, Heppner cattle men figured prominently among buyers and sellers at the recent (Feb 19-20) "Blue Tag Range Bull Sale", here, sponsored by the Oregon Hereford Association. Kirk and Robinson, Heppner, sold a single bull to Dick Reed, Mikkalo, for $570. A July, 1956 bull, he was Larry A Mischief 15th by Larry Dom Again 334th. Among buyers were the follow inging Heppner cattlemen: Claude J White, E H Miller, Jr, William Smethurst Jr, John Grav es, and Don Greenup. Charles Chandler, Baker was named president of the Oregon Hereford Association during the group's annual business meeting. Norman Jacob, Merrill, is the new vice president; and Dick Richards, Warren, was re-elected secretary. Three year directors named are John Northam, Eu gene, and Robert Hopper, Adams; two year directors elected are Bill Duff, Adams and Jack Mc- Caffery, Powell Butte. Carryover directors are John Horton, Klam ath Falls; Frank Anderson, Hep pner; and Bill Wolfe, Wallowa. Hospital Auxiliary to Have First Meeting The newly formed Hospital Auxiliary will have their first meeting Monday evening, March 3 at 7:30 p m at the court house. Guest speaker will be Barbara Lynch of Hermiston, president of the Hermiston hospital auxiliary. Mrs Gar Swanson of lone is president of the Morrow county group. Mr and Mrs Alfred Mattoon were in Portland the first of the week. Red and Yellow Ribbons Work of Oil Survey Party Last week's request by this newspaper for information about the red and yellow rib bons to be found along most roads in the area brought the information that they are markings for a survey being made bY the Humbolt Oil Company. Complete details are not available, but it Is under stood that the company is making a geological survey of underground strata in the area. Whether any test drill ing may be done in the fut ure presumably will depend on the results of the study. County Office Filings Still Slow Coming In j I ! - ' snow surveys. With only slightly over a week j February usually shows an in until the deadline for filing for crease in the water content of county offices, county clerk Bruce Lindsay reported Wednesday mat dccreascd frrn 12.8 inches meas there have been only two petit-' ured the end of January. Unus- ions turned in to his office. There J?i! I are iour oiuees open. ; in considerable water leaving Lindsay himself has filed for , the watershed earlier than usual, the democratic nomination to Soils are wet and unfrozen be succeed himself as clerk, and ' neath the snow. Harry Dinges, assessor, has filed I for his present position. The oth-1 or nffipps which will be oDen are, county judge, and one county ' commissioner. Judge Oscar E Peterson has an- j nounced that he will file for election to the position to which he was recently appointed bv Governor Robert Holmes, but pre- sent commissioner Ralph I Thorn- pson, whose term expires at the 'vice president, Ontario, who end of the year, has announced . made his official visitation to that he will not be a candidatethe lodge; Bunk Moore, second Ud to. the present time, no one has rjubliclv announced that thev would seek the post and no fil- ings have been made. I The filing deadline is Friday, i March 7. I filed for nomination with his fil- ing being made through the sec Iretary of state's office. Another position of interest to residents of Morrow county is that 01 tne state representative , seat now neid by unaries Alien Tom of Rufus. Tom recently made . 1 4-1. t tu.t u- U ..y .u...B uy '' or uemueidib. Immunization Clinic Schedule Revealed The county school immunizat ion clinic schedule for the month of March was announced today by Mrs Velma Glass, county health nurse. It will be held at the schools on the following dates: Heppner, March 4 at 9 a m. Lexington, March 11 at 9 a m. lone, March 11, at 10 a m. Irrigon, March 13, at 9 a m. Boardman, March 13 at 11 a m. ATTENDS SEMINAR The Rev Lester Boulden, pastor of the Heppner Methodist church was in Corvallis three days last week to attend seminar on teaching intermediates. The sem inar was held at the first Metho dist church there and was con ducted by the church's board of education. it lew mm 4m "k .' mm., '"'".r 1 .1 w- I," -mimi'wi ma nmi i in mi ml -- ON ITS WAY TO ALASKA This Alaska Elks Cerebral Palsy emerg- presents the second in a series ency mobile unit stopped briefly in Heppner last Saturday on Its of articles covering those recom way to Alaska from Flint Michigan. The unit will be put In mendations. Because of their service by the Alaska Elks lodges and is being delivered across ; length, the reports will be briefed the country by the Exalted Rulers of over 50 Elks lodges across in these articles, but in the near the country each delivered the car to the next lodge on tha future, a complete report will be route. Shown here are left Heppner Exalted Ruler William Lab- hart and Pendleton Exalted Ruler William Brown who drove th car to Hermiston as the next display here during the Heppner Elks lodge's 61st anniversary party last Saturday. (GT Photo) Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February Mountain Water Supply Still Above Average Water content of the Arbuckle mountain snow pack averages 11 percent above the 15 year aver age according to snow measure ments taken Wednesday, Febru ary 26 on the Arbuckle snow course. Tom Wilson, Soil Conser vation Service, and Glen Ward, Oregon State Game Commission, reported 31 inches of snow with a water content of 12.4 inches. Measurements taken last year in February showed a snow depth of only 12 inches with 5.8 inches of water. In 1956 at the end of February, snow depth was 51 in ches with 15.2 inches of water and in 1955, measurements show ed 38 inches of snow with 10.1 inches of water. A water content of 11.2 inches is the 15 year average for this time of year according to records of federal and state cooperative the snow pack, but this year has uauy warm weather has resulted . . . . I ii UrA Fnr Elks Birthday Party Among the 600 persons who attended the 61st birthday eel- ebration of Heppner Elks lodge 358 Saturday were the following officers of the Oregon State Elks association: jacK juoson, iirsi B vice president, Pnneville; Stefani, fourth vice president, Oregon City and John Graham,1 assistant sergeant at arms, Sa- lem Other special guests were Val Bulger, past president of OSEA, 'Portland; Rex Cruse, chairman' of the Oregon Elks Hawaiian tour, Portland; A f vengeien, past exalted ruler of Portland lodge; Adrian Carmine, exalted ruler of Condon lodge; William R Brown, exalted ruler of Pend- leum iouSe mm ma uiii., w- vme jvines, pasi exaueu miur of Baker lodge; Frank Wells, tTiofnvi or, C U ITrllo Arlincr. , 7. ' '77: C; Lauujuaiuo Htie milium. Ill wn afternoon. Leadership awards for out standing high school students from lone, Lexington and Hep pner were presented to winners Phyllis Quackenbush and Eddie ' . . . ... Groshens, both of Heppner high school, during lodge. Both are ct.-t ffi;D j mh,o ! fBnnL,in, nnriia vnu was presented bond. a $25 savings WEATHER The Heppner weather station reports: Hi Low Thursday 60 44 .16 Friday 62 42 Saturday 71 40 Sunday 59 40 .05 Monday 65 47 Tuesday 60 '42 .11 Wednesday 53 36 Rainfall for the week .32; for February 2.25; for the year 3.81 inches. step on its route. The car was on It's Been So Wet In Eastern That Even The Lambs Wear WHAT THE WELL DRESSED LAMB WILL WEAR is demonstrated by these three lambs, who are re cent arrivals to the big family of sheep owned by the Wilkinson ranches of Heppner. The small plastic raincoats were tried out this year for the first time at the Wilkinson lambing operation at Six-Mile canyon near Boardman and proved highly efficient according to George Ruggv one of the ranch operators. The raincoats give the new-born extra protection against the weather and Rugg reports losses would undoubtedly be cut greatly during cold or wet lambing seasons. The coats are put 'on the lambs shortly after birth and are held on by a light elastic band which goes i... Kohinrt ho front iAa. After a counle of weeks as the lamb grows and no longer needs the protection, the light plastic will break and the coat will drop off. Only a limited number of the raincoats have been used this year, Rugg said, because the weather has been very mild, though wet In cold weather they help Annual Red Cross Fund Drive to Start March 1 The annual Morrow county Red Cross drive will get under way Mapnh , at,vo rha. mn phnrt Ahrnmc nnnnnnron tod with plans cornpieted for a 'personal contact drive in near personal ly all sections of the county. ADrdll Abrams said that Mrs Williams i ahhart will serve as resident- Labhart Z HepPnev Znh 'ah.cnBaa" bus" Phil JH SdeMOi ox forth. Lexington; Mrs Verner forth, Lexington; Mrs , . - nwlm-n luue, aiiu iiiciiiutia vt the Tillicum club In Boardman. The need for generous donat ions to the annual campaign was pointed out by president Eisen- hwer J" a r?cen statement, "TVio nnct vnar hno hfpn a cnstlv The past year has been a costly one for the Red Cross. Disaster reserves have been exhausted and funds available for national Jrae f7 "e In March, therefore, when the Red Cross makes its annual ap peal for funds, it must receive an unusually generous response. Red Cross officials have also pointed out that the past year Precjwas one of the most expensive In!fcet scheduled for sale. the history of the organization TVin rrtanxi Hicnctorc thrnll (rhnilt the country completely drained Pnrf cmct furwia fnr that tvno nf a The Morrow county quota for 1958 is slightly over $1850 and Abrams expressed the hope that,'" a "P'V'ts Ba"-- """-" "" the nnnta con d be exceeded bv a sizeable amount. PARTY CANCELLED The Elks teenage party which had been scheduled for Friday night has been cancelled, it was announced Wednesday, because of the Heppner-lrrigon basket- ball game which will be played that evening at Umatilla. ' Education, Last week's town and country planning conference was the cul mination of many weeks of in tensive study of the countys pro blems by a great many inter ested residents and several hun dred recommendations were made by the several committees taking part. This week the Gazette Times published and will be available to help guide the county's future. This week the report of the public education committee, headed by Gene Cutsforth, is given. It deals 27, 1958 - til furx the lamb retain body warmth. it-J 'f& 'fa 'GIT ALONG LITTLE LAMB" Mother ewe didn't particularly rel ish the Idea of a photographer pointing a camera at her off spring and here nudges one of the "coated" lambs out of danger, At the Wilkinson ranch the crew is about half way through lamb i 4i nn chPAn with an unusually high percentage of Iambs be- incr born. The first 1300 ewes to hwo Keen nearlv 20 sets 01 tnpieis. V Nearly 30 Million Feet of Timber Planned for Sale The planned timber sales pro gram for the Umatilla National Forest for 1958, as announced by ; supervisor Charles M Rector, lists tracts totaling 181 million board In the Heppner ranger district 'a total of 29.7 million feet will be put up for sale in the follow- ling areas: Black Mountain, 10 million teet to go on saie in un spring; Wall Creek, 15 million minion iu ub uiu una nun. mer, with an additional 700,000 feet to be sold in various small sales- in uie uiuci iau6i.i .lunu, of the forest 12.6 million feet of timber will be sold in the Dale 1 district; 15.1 million in Pomeroy;- 25.9 million in Ukiah; and 44 million in the Walla Walla dis- thict. Roads, Government Get Study with school reorganization, col - lege entrance exams and quail- fications, the county road pro- gram, future needs of education, 'ommending a junior college and 2. The county court keep a cur taxes and farmer-city public re- a trade school In this area of .rent map of school bus and mail lations. Following are the main Oregon. recommendations: 6. The rural school board work EDUCATION j out a driver training program for 1. That the people of this area 'schools In this county which is acquaint themselves with every ' financed by $1 extra on driver phase of the school reorganizat-' licenses. ion program. i ROADS 2. Study be given to the need j 1. The continued ten mill spec for basic education needs and 1 ial road levy for five years, with special education needs with an 1 possible change in levy at that outlook for a broader curriculum; 'time. Reasons felt it should be 3. That parents accompany j continued are that there would students when they register and be only $56,500.00 available for that registration be held In spring rather than fall. 4. That state laws pertaining Oregon Raincoats (GT Photo) lamb produced 140 percent. There Mustangs Play Off District Tie With Irrigon Friday ' 1 , ' . ,1 tangs wound up their regular ( basketball season Tuesday night hy (icieating irrigon oi to 43 on the local floor and thereby ear nod themselves a chance to ag- juiudin, lulnln nlav Irriuon Frldav nicht to gee which of the tWQ toams wlll iRQ ,nt0 the district playoffs In Pendleton early In March By virtus of their win over Irrl,on the Mustangs ended the l . 4i ,th r for i third place in the western div- i.sion oi uisinui i-a. me iwu win meet on a neutral floor (Uma tilla) Friday night to settle the argument. The top three teams in each division will enter the ( district tournament for a chance to go to the state tournament. 1 to truancy be more rigidly en forced. 5. Study be made towards rec road budget whicn wouiu De tot ally Inadequate to maintain roads at present standards with- 74th Year, Number 51 Opposition to Highway Route Seen Easing Up By MARY LEE MARLOW BOARDMAN Dewey West was installed as the new president of Boardman Chamber of Commerce at the meeting Wednesday of last week at the Saddle Room of the Hitchin' Post cafe. Arthur Allen, the retiring president, was pre sented with a trophy. The most important topic of discussion at the meeting was the proposed Ellensburg-Board-man federal highway. It was brought out that the objections that have been raised by the groups and individuals from Um atilla county are gradually eas ing up, and that it is fairly ap parent at this time that the orig inal plan of building the road from Ellensburg to a new bridge across the Columbia river at Boardman will be carried out. The present plan is for rep resentatives from the city of Boardman, the Boardman Cham ber of Commerce, the Boardman Planning Commission, the Ilepp-nor-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce, the Morrow county court, and the engineering firm of Cornell-Howland-Hayes and Merryfield, attend a hiwhway commission meeting In Portland Feb 28 in support of the Board man crossing of the Ellensburg highway. This will be a final fol low up to an original proposal of this route by a Boardman group and the Morrow county court some months ago. Another topic of discussion at the meeting was the new Board- man ferry which E W Peck plans to put In operation in the near future. A ferry and barge have been leased and the Morrow county court has agreed to ac quire necessary rights of way and construct the road to the ferry landing, which will be a- bout three-quarters of a mile west of Boardman. Negotiations are now being carried out with Benton county officials for the same program on the Washington side of the river. Property owners on both sides of the river are being contacted for right of ac cess and for ferry landing privi leges. Out of town guests at the meet ing were members of the Morrow county court, Judge Oscar Pet erson of lone, Commissioners Ralph Thompson of Heppner, and Russell Miller of Boardman. Oth ers were Jack Lloyd, president of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce, and Bruce Lindsay, vice president of the Ileppner-Morrow county chamb er of Commerce, both of Heppner. Dinner was served to 27 people. Lenten Series Starts At Hope Lutheran In keeping with the Lenten season held sacred throughout the Christian church, Tuesday ev ening services will be held at 7:30 at the Hope Lutheran church. The main part of the service will be devoted to a pictorial re v iew of the last weeks of Christ's life upon earth. Using visual aids recently released by Cathedral Films, in which careful research hM provlded accurate costuming and background information, the following subjects will be re- viewed on consecutive Tuesday evenings. Triumphlal entry and cleansing of the temple, the pass over supper and betrayal, the trial, the crucifixion, the Ressur rection and the Upper Room. The public is invited to the services. X-RAY DATE MARCH 5 The next free chest X-ray date at Pioneer Memorial hospital will be Wednesray, March 5 from 7 to 8:30 p m. The service is provided by the Morrow county TB and Health association. - 1 out any improving. Also would probably lose match money oi - federal and state government. routes and that special attent ion be given these roads in keep ing them passable at all times. 3. Property owners adjoining county roads take an interest in control of weeds and prevention of fire hazards by farming as close possible to the road and seeding right-of-ways down to grass. COUNTY GOVERNMENT 1. We believe that unwarranted rumors have a deteriorating ef fect on the morale of those people dedicating their time, money and (Continued on Page 6)
