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Lightning Sets Another Big
Wheat And Grass Fire Sunday
The second raging wheat, stub-
ble and grass fire to hit the An-.
derson Camp area between Hin-
ton and Little Butter creeks, !
northeast of Heppner, blackened
nearly another 2500 acres late
Sunday afternoon. About 400
acres of the loss was In standing
wheat.
The fire started about 5 o'clock
from a severe lightning storm
which passed over the area sett
ing several other small fires as
it traveled. The greatest loss was
suffered by Jim Valentine where
about 400 acres of wheat and
roughly 600 acres of grass and
stubble burned. Only four days
before Valentine lost nearly 100
acres of wheat In the same area
from a fire that blackened a con
siderable amount of his stubble
and continued on to destroy
about 2000 acres of grass on the
Hanna ranch.
Before the Sunday fire was
controlled, after nearly five hours
of hard work on the part of sev
eral hundred neighbors and vol
unteers, it burned close to 1000
acres of grass on the John Kenny
ranch, 200 acres of grass on the
Kirk and Robinson ranch and
30 to 50 acres of stubble on the
E C Dougherty ranch.
According to reports from sev
eral persons who witnessed the
storm, lightning struck at several
points in the same general area
at about the same time. Each
one started immediate fires
which finally merged into one
big blaze. The temperature Sun
day was 98 in Heppner, and
though the wind was fairly light,
the humidity was extremely low
causing the flames to travel
quickly. In some sections the fast
moving electrical storm dropped
heavy rain, but practically none
fell in the fire area to aid fire
fighters. A strong wind which
kicked up a huge cloud of dust
in Heppner followed the storm,
but lasted only a few minutes.
Starting in the wheat, the fire
sent up a huge cloud of black
smoke that could be seen for
miles and quickly attracted help
from all over this section of the
county. Several concerns sent
water tanks to the area includ
ing the City of Heppner which
dispatched it 1000 gallon street
flusher tank.
The Sunday fire, though not
as great in total area as several
others to occur in the county dur
ing the past several weeks, took
the greatest amount of standing
wheat of any to be reported this
summer. No equipment was lost,
but Valentine lost one truck In
Five Students to
Attend High School
Press Institute
Four lone high school students
and one from Heppner will be
on the University of Oregon cam
pus Aug 18 through 22 to at
tend the second annual Western
High School Press Institute.
Attending from lone high will
be Robert Akers, Linda Helm
bigner, Leann Padberg and Bren
da Townsend. Renn Harris will
attend from Heppner. All are
members of the school paper or
yearbook staffs.
The institute planned to give
the high school publications staff
members concentrated and com
prehensive instruction in all ma
jor phases of scholastic publicat
ions work; is drawing around 200
students from high schools of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Cal
ifornia and Nevada.
Featured as guest speaker at
the institute's annual banquet
will be Oregon's Senator Richard
Neuberger.
AFTER 7 YEARS-A
The cost of your Heppner
Gazette-Times holds a
unigue place in the econ
omy of your livingit is
one of the extremely few pro
ducts you can buy which
has not experienced a price
increase for almost seven
years.
Greatly Increased costs
over that period make it
necessary that subscription
prices be raised effective
September 1. Accordingly,
the rate for residents of Mor
row and Grant counties will
be $4.00 per year, and all
other subscriptions going to
residents outside those two
counties will be S4.50 per
Gazette
the fire the previous Wednesday,
The loss to farmers in banged
up and broken equipment,
though not estimated, has been
considerable as a result of the
two blazes.
Forests Blaze Too
The Sunday electrical storm
set several other small fires as
it passed over this section of the
State. A lightning strike just
south of the Morrow County gun
club started a small stubble fire,
but the heavy rain that fell there
pb it 1
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HEPPNER'S PRINCESS JAN, with Pendleton Round-Up Queen Judy
Lozinka, center and other members of the Round-Up royal coust
have had a busy time this summer visiting Oregon and Wash
ington celebrations to tell them of the coming Round-Up on
Sept 10 to 13. Shown in this recent photo of the Round-Up
court are, left to right, Princesses Janet B earner, Heppner; Mar
cia Bull, Tigard; Queen Judy, Pendleton; Kay Smutz, LaGrande;
and Loretta Anderson, Prosser. All will ride in the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo parade here Saturday! August 30. ,
Sequef-
The Tail of the Cat
-It Is No More!
Two weeks ago this paper
carried a story about a Sia
mese cat which was the pet
of the Al Bunch family, gett
ing entangled with a power
transformer and suffering se
vere burns that nearly claim
ed all of its nine lives.
Now comes a subsequent
medical report:
The cat has been released
from the hospital and is un
der the care of its family.
It is beginning to eat bet
ter and its color is return
ing. The animal's tail (which
took the brunt of the 7200
volt shock) is no longer at
tachedit had to be ampu
tated. It is still sporting a badly
singed fanny.
But it is still alive and
will probably recover com
pletely, (except for its tail)
Accident Causes
Minor Hurts to Two
Two teen-agers suffered minor
injuries Tuesday night when the
car in which they were riding
left the Black Horse road a short
distance north of Lexington and
overturned.
Injured were Bob Bryant of
Heppner owner of the car who
received a cracked knee and
bruises, and Jeanette Allison of
Portland who sustained bruises.
Investigating state police re-
ported the car traveled over 500
feet after leaving the road be
fore it overturned.
SLIGHT ADVANCE
year. Until September 1 any
subscriber may renew his
subscription for one year,
regardless of when it expires,
at the present rate, however
after that date the new rates
will be in effect
During the past seven
years the Gazette-Times has
had to absorb sizeable in
creases in the cost of news
print and all materials and
supplies, labor costs have
risen and several postal in
creases have added to the
cost of publishing the paper.
To maintain the quality of
the Gazette-Times we have
no choice but to announce
this subscription increase.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 14, 1958
aided in controlling it before it
spread. Another big fire was re
ported on Butter Creek, and near
Condon as a result of the light
ning. The forst service at Heppner
had at least three fires from the
storm. Two started in Gilman
Flat in Wheeler county, bul were
quickly controlled, and another
near Swale Creek covered about
50 acres before it was surround
ed by forest service and Klnzua
Corporation crews.
Big Prize Money
Of Parade Divisions
The merchants committee of
the chamber of commerce this
week announced the prize list
for the fair and rodeo parade on
Saturday, August 30 and urged
all interested groups, business
and Individuals to make plans
for floats or other parade en
tries. Well over $500 In prize money
has been provided by the com
mittee, Phil Blakney, chairman
stated today. The prize money
is put up by merchants and in
dividuals in this area.
Heading the list is the $50
award for the grand sweepstakes
float winner which will be ta
ken from the first place winners
in the three in-county float di
visions: juvenile organization,
adult organization, and business.
Again this year there will be a
division for outofcounty floats
which will carry a prize of $25
but the winner of this division
will not be eligible for the grand
sweepstakes award.
As has been customary for
many years, each grade school
child who takes part in the pa
rade will receive a silver dollar.
The various divisions and the
prizes are listed below with the
amounts for first, second and
third places listed in that order.
Floats juvenile organization,
$25, $15, $5; adult organization,
$25, $15, $5; business $25, $15,
$5. Sweepstakes $50.
Best riding club $50, $25; best
family group $7.50; best mounted
cowboy and cowgirl, $7.50 each;
oldest cowboy and cowgirl, $5
each; youngest cowboy and cow
girl, $3.50 each.
In the juvenile division-child's
float, $7.50, $5, $3.50; best pet,
$7.50, $5, $3.50; best juvenile cow
boy and cowgirl each, $7.50, $5,
$3.50.
The best bands entered in the
parade will receive $15 first place
and $10 second place.
Little League Meet
Called For Monday
A meeting of parents, officers
and persons interested in Little
League baseball has been set
j for next Monday, Aug 18 at 7:30
i at the high school cafeteria.
The purpose is to complete the
program for this year, start work
on next year's league and elect
officers for the coming year.
Fi n es
75th Year, Number 23
County Welfare
Costs Climb 13.3
In Past Year
The total expenditures of the
Morrow county Public Welfare
Commission for the fiscal year
1957-58 increased 13.3 percent
over the previous year to a total
expenditure of $91,338.51, the
commission's recently completed
fiscal statement shows.
Total assistance payments, ex
clusive of administration, a-
mounted to $81,55751 of which
$33,440.67 was met from feder
al matching money; $33,540.80
by state funds and $14,576.04 by
the county.
As in other years, old age as
sistance continued to require the
largest portion of the funds. Ex
penditures for this program, in
cluding medical, totaled $61,008.
89, an increase over last year of
nearly $3,000. Foster care requir
ed $1,463.89 compared to none
the previous year, Aid to de
pendent children was $7,337, an
increase of $4,211; aid to the
permanently and totally dis
abled was $9,971.45, an increase
of $2,351.90 over the preceeding
year. General assistance expen
ditures amounted to $1,776.28, an
increase of $238. Administrative
costs decreased $102.96 to $9,781.
The continued high level of ad
ministrative expense was attrib
uted to higher salaries paid to
all employees since July 1, 1957.
Included in the above figures
are total expenditures for year
program, including ' money pay
ments as well as medical costs.
Total medical expenditures a
mounted t0 $25,48Q.98, or 31.2
percent of the total assistance
granted. This was a decrease of
$4,649.95 from last year.
There has been an Increase In
the number of ca?es receiving
assistance to an average of 70
cases per month frvm the aver
age of 64 cases of fiscal 1956-57.
The average yearly cost per case,
exclusive of administrative ex
penses, increased $53.67 to a to
tal of $1158.70. One significant
increase in expenses by category
is In aid to the permanently and
totally disabled and aid to the
permanently and totaly disabled
medical, where the cost per case
per year rose $328.00. The other
significant change Is In foster
care where for the preceeding
three years, there have been no
expenditures. These figures rep
resent public assistance nece
ssary to supplement the recip
ient's own resources to a mini
mum standard of living, and
in many cases is not the only
income of the individual.
The average monthly caseload
of 70 Included 54 old age assis
tance cases; 6.1 aid to depen
dent children cases; 6.58 aid to
the permanently and totally dis
abled cases; 1.58 general assis
tance cases; and 1.75 foster care
cases. The average number of
persons receiving medical care
each month was 25. A total of
50 cases, including enna weuare,
selective service, interstate and
inte,r-county inquiries received
services but no financial assis
tance. A total of 960 interviews
were conducted with and In be
half of all cases during the year.
In analyzing this information
it would appear that the Increase
In average caseload of approxi
mately 6 cases would account
for more than $8000 of the total
increase of $10,777.67. The bal
ance of Increase in expenditures
can be attributed to the increas
ed cost of medical care in the
aid to the permanently and to
tally disabled program. There
has been very little change in
caseload In this program during
the past year, and these same
individuals continue to require
increasingly expensive treat
ment The increase in caseload
is concentrated in the aid to
dependent children and foster
care programs. This Is a trend
which has been noted in other
counties and is also affecting
Morrow county.
Lexington Woman
Wins Art Award
Mrs Fannie McMillan of Lex
ington received word this week
that an oil painting which she
had painted and had given to
a relative In the Willamette val
ley had won second prize in someone using a cigarette light
the Oregon State Fair art shower while attempting to steal gas-
held last week.
She did not know the painting
had been entered in the show
until she received word of her
award.
Spedal Program Slated for
Saturday Dress-Up Parade
Saturday evening at 7 o'clock .
sharp will mark the opening of
a two-weeks period of Dress-Up
activities in Heppner which will
culminate with the annual Mor
row County Fair and Rodeo Aug
ust 26 to 31.
The Saturday night affair pro
mises to be one of the best Dress
Up parades and programs to be
held here in many years, Phil
Blakney, chairman of the cham
ber of commerce merchants com
mittee which has charge of the
program, said today.
The big event of the evening
will, of course be the coronation
of fair and rodeo queen Pat Stea
gall and the official presentation
of the members of her royal court
princesses Ann Belle Coleman of
lone; Karen Valentine, Rhea
Creek; and Joann Brosnan of
Lena. These festivities will be
held immediately following the
dress-up parade, in which the
court will ride, on a platform In
front of the Heppner Hotel.
The evenings program is
scheduled to start with a tug-of-war
between Heppner business
men at 7 o'clock at the corner
of Main and Willow streets. The
two teams will be composed of
about 10 men each from the east
and west sides of Main street
and will be captained by Keith
Imus and Dan Wagner. Just to
keep the boys honest, the fire
department will use a stream of
water from a fire hose for the
center line of the rope battle,
so there is a slight possibility
that the losers might get wet.
Water will also play another
part in the evening's festivities,
for the merchant's committee has
announced that a dunk tank will
be in operation starting that
night, and unless local inhabi
tants are properly adorned in
western attire and the of
ficial "Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Western Ties" (which, in
cidentally are being sold by the
chamber and will be available
to anyone that night for $1) they
may find themselves taking an
unwanted swim in the tank.
Members of the committee said
this week that they are hoping
to revive the old requirement
that from the night of the Dress
Up parade, until the fair and ro
deo are over, local residents must
appear in public in western wear,
either a cowboy shirt, Jeans, wes
tern hat or one of the special
ties. A special vigilance commit
tee has stated that it will be
checking on downtown business
men particularly, to see the
dress-up rule is obeyed.
Coronation Slated
The Dress-Up parade itself is
under the direction of the Wrang
lers riding club and officers to
day asked all members to ga
ther Saturday evening by 6:45 by
School Opening
Delayed One Week
Classes will take up In all
county schools one week later
than usual, on September 8, It
was announced this week by
Jack C Flug, county school super
intendent. The difficulty In try
ing to prepare for the starting
of school and work with the fair
antj r0(jeo prompted the one-
week delay, It was stated
The 1958-59 schedule In Mor
row county covers an actual 177
davs in the classroom, three holi
days and one institute day for
a total of 181 days.
Following is the school calendar
for the full year: school begins
Monday, Sept 8; October 6, teach -
ers institute; Nov 11, Veterans
dav holiday; Nov mn, i nanus-
giving holiday; Nov 28, holiday; body and as class secretary.
Dec 19, last day of school be-
fore Christmas holiday; Dec 29, ' -school
begins; Jan 1 and 2, New Parents May iee
Years day holiday; March 19-20, proQf- ftf Children's
spring vacation; May 29, school "J00" V-niiaren S
ends.
Heppner Youth
Charged With Arson
Clarence LIppert, 19, Heppner
was taken to Pendleton Tuesday
by state police where he was
charged with third degree arson.
It is alleged that he was respon
sible for a fire July 27 that caus
ed $11,000 damage to ranch prop
erty near Helix.
Lippert was arraigned Tuesday
and released by district Judge
Paul Thalhofer and then released
on his own recognizance until
after the funeral of the boy's
father who died here Tuesday
night
Oregon state police who lnves
tieated said the blaze was
thought to have started by
oline the night of July 27.
Mr and Mrs Bud Feck and lam
llv were nicking huckleberries
at Mt Adams over the weekend
the city park on north Main
street. The parade will start at
Following the parade up Main
street, Queen Pat and her court
will be presented at the plat
form and she will be crowned
with her official white Stetson
by Heppner mayor William C
Collins.
The final event of the evening
GUEEN PATRICIA STEAGALL
Queen Patricia Due
For Honors At Dance
Miss Patricia Stea gall, queen
of the 1958 Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo will be honored at
her own Queen's dance Satur
day night at the fair pavilion
following her coronation during
the Dress-Up parade In down
town Heppner earlier in the ev
ening. Queen Pat, 19, the daughter of
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Steagall of
Lexington, graduated In June
from Lexington high school. She
has dark hair and brown eyes,
stands a slight five-feet two In
ches tall weighs just 100 pounds.
She was active in nearly all
school sports and won several
times in-the Junior Olympics.
Riding almost comes natural for
the 1958 queen for she has been
on horses since she was six years
old and haB distinguished her
self on numerous occasions by
1 her performances at Wranglers
events. Her favorite hobby is
horseback riding, followed clos
ly by all sports and just plain
, "working."
other activities in which she
1 nas taen part include 4-H club
W0Iu serving as secretary of the
Texin2ton nieh school student
rnoros Yveanesaay
The photographers who recent
ly took pictures of many Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone young
sters will return with proofs for
parents' selection next Wednes
day, Aug 20 from 9 am to 6 pm.
They will be at the Heppner Ho
tel. After parents select the photo
graph they desire and prints and
cuts can be made, each child's
picture will be published In the
Gazette-Times.
The proofs will be available
only the one day,
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 94 57
Friday 88 56
Saturday 88 55
Sunday 91 59
Monday 98 63 .01
Tuesday 91 53
Wednesday 88 52
Rainfall for the week .01; for
August .01, for the year 10.58
Inches.
will be the Queen's dance which
will start at 10 o'clock at the
fair pavilion. Queen Pat and her
court will again be presented
there.
The annual Dress-Up parade
usually draws a good crowd and
with the added festivities this
year, the sponsoring organizat
ions are expecting an even great
er number of people.
i ' )
Being a queen or a member of
a royal court Is nothing new to
the Steagall family which in
cludes four girls and three boys.
An older sister Deanna was a
member of the Fair and Rodeo
court In 1954 and last year an
other sister Barbara was a prin
cess. Queen Pat will appear In Sat
urday night's Dress-Up parade,
and In subsequent rodeo perfor
mances on her own registered
thorobred, Justice K Kratzer.
Johnny K's orchestra from Pas
co will provide the music for
the Queen s dance which will
start at 10 o'clock. Admission will
be $1.50 per person.
Leo L Lippert Dies
From Monday Attack;
Services Today
Leo L Lippert, 50 died sudden
ly Monday evening In downtown
Heppner from a heart attack. He
was talking to two friends .on
the street near the Case apart
ments when stricken and though
a physician was summoned Im
mediately he was pronounced
dead within minutes.
Mr Lippert was born August
7, 1908 in Lyons, Colorado. He
had lived In this section of Ore
gon for a good many years,
though he had moved to Heppner
from Stanfleld Just 14 days be.
fore his death.
Services were held today
(Thursday) at 2 o'clock at the
Heppner Methodist church with
the Rev Lester Boulden officiat
ing. Interment was in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery.
Surviving are his wife Ellen;
one son Clarence, Heppner;
three daughters, Mrs Marie
Fore, and Mrs Clara Zlmmer,
both of Heppner; and Helen
Welch, Washington. He also
leaves two brothers, Eugene and
Arthur, both of Rltter, Oregon,
and three grandchildren.
Creswlck Mortuary was In
charge of arrangements.
HEPPNERITE GETS DEGREE
Kathryn Parker Hoskins of
Heppner will receive the Bache
lor of Science degree in Educat
ion at Eastern Oregon College
Friday, August 15, according to
Dr Lyle H Johnson, registrar.
She Is among the 75 students
scheduled to receive degrees at
the summer commencement.