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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 23, 1958
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75th Year, Number 33
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Chamber Urges County
Court to Request Dam
Survey of Engineers
The Heppner-Morrow county
Chamber of Commerce Monday
took steps designed to speed up
development of the county's wa
ter resources, when it unani
mously approved a resolution
asking the court to request the
Corps of Engineers to make a
resurvey of the proposed Willow
creek dam.
In recent weeks efforts have
been made to create interest in
the dam development, and it was
pointed out recently at a water
resources meeting by represen
tatives of the Engineers that a
resurvey of the dam would be
made if there appeared to be
sufficient local interest In it and
a request for It was made to
the Corps.
A county water resources com
mittee could make the request
of the Engineers but confirm
ing efforts by county judge Oscar
Peterson to reactivate the group
has met with little success. In
its resolution the chamber ex
pressed the belief that the county
court itself could make the re
quest so that preliminary work
could be started by the Corps.
The chamber's resol u t i o n
stated: "The Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
commends the efforts of the Mor
row county court and county
judge Oscar Peterson for efforts
being made to establish an act
ive county water resources com
mittee which would have as one
of its purposes the construction
of a combination flood control,
irrigation and recreational dam
on Willow creek at its junction
with Balm Fork just east of
Heppner.
'.'The chamber of commerce,
feeling that it is logical and
proper, recommends that the
Morrow county court assume the
responsibility of making a for
mal request to the Corps of En
gineers for a re-survey of the
Willow creek dam project so that
Safe "Cracked
it
At lone Store
Bristow's Grocery- tr Tone was
the victim last Thursday night
of the first "professional" safe
punching job pulled in this sec
tion of Morrow county, the sher
iff and state police report. The
job netted the safecrackers about
$100.
Entry was gained to the build
ing by breaking the glass in a
door and opening the lock. The
burglars neatly knocked the com
bination off the safe and made
off with the cash contents.
It is thought that probably the
same burglars entered Melena's
Builders Supply building In lone
sometime during the same night
but went away empty handed.
They opened the file cabinet
without damaging it because the
owner had the foresight to place
on it a sign "Not Locked".
Police are continuing their investigation.
SO YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT TROUBLES-'
What Man (and Woman) Won't Go Through Just
The following letter was re
ceived last week by a Heppner
family from some friends from
the Willamette Valley who had
just enjoyed (?) a hunting trip
to the Heppner area. It goes to
prove that a true sportsman will
endure anything for "the love of
the sport"
The letter has not been edited
except to leave blank a few
names (for the sake of future
public relations). Also remain
ing anonymous are the writers
and the receivers of the epistle
(for the sake of everyone con
cerned.) We believe it to be one
of the best "sport" stories this
paper has ever had the privilege
of running.
October 15, 1958
Dear and :
Shall I tell you about the com
edy of errors that accompanied
us on our trip? The trip we took
for rest, relaxation, and recup
eration? When we left your place,
had a splitting headache, was
nauseous, and beset with chills,
so I drove while he took a little
nap. Right out of Heppner, I was
"tallgated" by a car with blind
funds for its construction may be
requested of Congress.
"The chamber of commerce of
fers whatever assistance it can
give to the county court to pro
mote this project which it is felt
would be of definite benefit to
the city of Heppner and Morrow
county."
Discussion on the proposal
centered on the belief that the
county court had as much au
thority to make such a request
as did a water committee, and
judge Peterson, who attended the
meeting said the possibility was
being investigated.
If a resurvey is made it would
be to determine just what type
of a dam would be most feasable,
its cost, and what additional
benefits could be gained from it,
in addition to flood control,
which would be its primary func
tion. Hermiston Man
Takes Own Life
A 50 year old Hermiston man,
Lowell Ellis Clark, was found
dead in his car Tuesday morn
ing in lower Sand Hollow. He
had taken his own life by attach
ing a hose to the car's exhaust
and running it into the car.
Clark was discovered by Alec
Lindsay and Forest Thornberg,
when Lindsay found a gate open
on his property and went to in
vestigate the car. He immediately
called the sheriff's office.
Sheriff C J D Bauman and cor
oner Oliver Creswick reported the
man had not been dead too long
when they arrived.
Investigation by police reveal
ed that Clark had tried twice
to take his own life, but that
his first attempt had been stop
ped by a state patrolman. Accord
ing to the report, the police dis
covered the man in his car Mon
day afternoon near Paterson fer
ry, already suffering the effects
of fcarbon monoxide, but not
dead. He was taken to Hermiston
and,' placed in jail, but later bail
ed himself out and apparently
set out again to finish what he
had started.
The body was brought to Hepp
ner, then transferred to Pendle
ton.
Little information is available
on Mr Clark other than that he
worked at Ordnance and is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs Harold
Martin of Hermiston, and his fa
ther, Henry E Clark.
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 72 40
Friday 70 39
Saturday 72 50 - .09
Sunday 76 47 .06
Monday 59 35
Tuesday 57 30
Wednesday 62 28
Rainfall for the week, .15; for
October, .22; for the year, 11.16
inches.
ing lights and I'm night blind,
anyway. Slowing down and mot
ioning him around me didn't .do
any good, and I couldn't out
run him (unfamiliar road at
night and all those curves) and
finally when I almost ran Into
the guard rail on a particularly
tight turn that did it. When we
came to a straight stretch of
road, I signalled a stop, turned
the car across the road, com
pletely blocking it, and pulled
on the emergency (almost throw
ing my husband through the
windshield. This is NOT recom
mended as a gentle approach on
how to wake one's husband). I
stalked back to the other car and
asked the gentleman if he had
ever heard of dimming his lights
when following another car? I
started out in a low voice, but
somehow it climbed into the up
per registers . . . well, anyway,
in less than 60 seconds, here I
am, standing on the highway,
beating on the door of this man's
car with my fist and screaming
"DIM YOUR LIGHTS! DIM YOUR
LIGHTS! DIM YOUR LIGHTS!
DIM YOUR LIGHTS ! ! " In
the meantime, my husband has
First Frost Nips
Local Gardens
Tuesday Morning
Heppner experienced Its first
general killing frost of the fall
Tuesday morning when the mer
cury dropped to 30 degrees at the
local weather station. Wednes
day morning's low was two de
grees under the Tuesday mini
mum. It was the latest general
frost date in several years.
Generally, the weather during
the past week was- a decided
change from the very balmy, dry
days that have prevailed during
practically all of September and
October. Saturday night and Sun
day strong winds swept over the
area bringing some rain and
snow to the mountains and blow
ing down many trees." In other
areas damage was much greater
with both Boardman and Pendle
ton reporting numerous trees and
power lines blown down. No gen
eral power outages were caused
here.
At Boardman, numerous trees
were blown down south of town
and in other sections of the state
several hunters were killed or
injured when trees fell across
camps or cars. Hunters and police
reported that many trees came
down in the mountains near
Heppner, but there have been no
reports of injuries or property
damage.
Nearly two weeks ago there
was some frost reported in iso
lated sections of town and in
the higher elevations, but gen
erally tender flowers and even
tomato plants were still holding
on until Tuesday morning.
A small amount of rain fell
Saturday and Sunday In the
Heppner, Lexington and lone
areas, but it did little more than
settle the dust. A general soak
ing rain would be welcomed by
nearly all farmers.
Draft Board Member
Named From Heppner
The tri-county Selective Ser
vice board at Condon this week
announced the appointment of
Charles Jones of Heppner as a
board member to replace Bill
Barratt of Heppner, who recently
resigned.
A change in the personnel of
the Condon office was also re
vealed with the appointment of
Mrs Peggy Dean Riney as clerk.
She replaces Mrs D June Kamer
er who has resigned.
General Election
Ballot Published
In compliance with the new
Oregon law that all primary and
general election shall be pub
lished in the county official
newspaper, the Morrow county
general election ballot appears
in today's paper on page 9.
The ballot is published in lieu
of many sample ballots and ap
pears as voters will receive it at
the polls on November 4.
POMONA TO MEET
Pomona Grange will meet Sat
urday, Oct 25 at the Boardman
Grange hall with the meeting
starting at 10 a m.
engaged the other passenger of
this car In a test of profanity
so the end was that the other
driver said he'd go on ahead,
and and I went back to our
car that Is, I swam, since my
knees tended to be a little watery
. . . Can't imagine what was my
trouble I just don't do things
like that. Now I can see Claire
doing It oh well, I'm learn
ing. By this time had recover
ed from his indisposition, and
the rest of our drive was spent
in comparative peace. We found
our camping spot, alright, on
Porter Creek, along with 6 or
7 other parties, and finally turn
ed in about 1:15 A M. We arose
at 4:00, and hunted all up and
down the canyon seeing noth
ing but elk, of course magnifi
cent bull elk! Returned to camp
about 10:30 A M for a bit of
sack time. HA! The party adja
cent to us had brought with them
6 little monsters and they were
whooping it up with the Lone
Ranger. . . but we finally man
aged to drop off to dreamland.
Only to come out of our sacks
and hover over them about 3 feet
In the air as a VOLLEY of 30-06's
Hospital To Start
Program of Nurses'
Aide Training
Pioneer Memorial hospital, de
siring to be of further service to
the community, is planning a
training program for nurses'
aides, it was announced this
week by Harry Bongers, admin
istrator.
A general discussion of the
program will be held in the rec
reation room of the hospital Mon
day afternoon. October 27 at 1
p m. Bongers expressed the hope
that an women oi tne commun
itv who are interested in nurses
aide work will attend the meet
ing.
No Contests Are
Due For City
Posts in Election
Heppner voters won't have to
worry about any contests for city
positions at the November 4 elec
tion, unless someone starts a
write-in campaign for an office
in the near future.
Six city positions will be fill
ed by the voters, and exactly
that number of office-seekers
filed for the positions. All are
seeking reelection.
William C Collins, Heppner's
mayor for the past two years, is
again seeking the post for an
other two year term. Three of
the six members of the council
are up for reelection, each for
a four-year term. They are Philip
R Blakney, Al Lamb and Lowell
Grlbble. Blakney and Lamb have
each served a full term, but
Gribble was appointed last year
to fill a vacancy on the council.
The other officers seeking re
election are Ted Smith, city re
corder, and La Verne Van Mar
ter, Jr, city treasurer.
Voters will receive separate
ballots for the city election at all
four Heppner precincts.
Demo Workers Plan
Campaign Strategy
A meeting of Democratic work
ers and candidates will be held
in the New't O'Hara home in
Lexington Monday evening, Oct
ober 27 beginning at 8 o'clock.
Final plans for conducting the
campaign will be gone over.
Congressman Al . Ullman and
Governor Holmes will have repre
sentatives there. Frank Weather
ford candidate for state repre
sentative, Batie Rand, running
for county assessor, Jasper My
ers for county commissioner, and
Bruce Lindsay for county clerk
will take part in the discussions.
Scout Executive to
Speak Here Sunday
Robert Lamott, head of the Boy
Scouts of America for this dis
trict, will be guest speaker at
the First Christian church in
Heppner Sunday morning.
The Heppner church is observ
ing National Laymen's Sunday
and members of the church will
also participate in leading the
worship service.
went off practically in our camp!
It was just the "boys" in that
same camp doing a little target
practice. . . After dropping off
twice more and being awakened
in the same manner, we gave
it up (I could have done a little
target practice, myself. . . )
For obvious reasons, we de
cided to move camp. (We had
seen but few tracks and fewer
sign when we hunted that morn
ing, too.) We got everything
packed into the car, turned the
key In the Ignition, and discov
ered no battery. )"::? ! ! Well,
with the aid of a battery from
another camp, and some jumper
wires, we were on our way! All
that day, the battery charged up
Just FINE! But we camped that
night very close to the road, Just
in case ... Oh yes it was
dark before we found Just the
right spot, and cleared It of logs,
rocks, etc. But we camped on
Wall Creek just below where Wil
son Creek comes into It The
next morning we hunted the.
mountain across from Eagle Rock
got up to about 4200 ft found
a lovely little spring where some
big bucks had been frequenting
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PAPER RECEIVES AWARD Receiving the Roseburg News-Review
in the duplicated newspaper division, is Mrs Margaret Kirk, advisor, and Miss Bernice Thomson,
one of the editors of the Heppner high school paper, the Hehisch. The award was presented to the
paper at the 32nd annual high school press conference which was held at the University of Ore
gon, October 10 and 11.
CIVIC LEAGUE RUMMAGE SALE TO
OFFER WIDE CHOICE OF GOODS
This Friday and Saturday, Oct
ober 24 and 25, the Civic League's
fall rummage sale will be held in
the - Empire Machinery Com
pany's showroom in Heppner.
The sale opens at 8 o'clock on
a first-come, first-serve basis,
with every donated item priced
and displayed. Starting Satur
day at 1 o'clock everything un
sold may be bid in at the buy
er's price.
The largest assortment of fall
and winter clothing ever donated
for a sale has been sorted and
where necessary, cleaned by the
Heppner Cleaners for the sale.
Civic League members have also
pressed and In some cases wash
ed and Ironed stored items to
ensure their freshness.
Buyers will also find a bath
tub and several doors with hard
ware, as well as furniture, nur
sery furniture, books, records,
toys, and other odds and ends
that have to be seen to be be
lieved. Exceptional response from the
many friends of the kindergarten,
which is financed by the sale,
is reported by co-chairmen, Mrs
Bill Glonnie and Mrs Kemp Dick.
Gratifying cooperation from
both Civic League members and
mothers of the 43 kiddles attend
ing the kindergarten this fall has
enabled the chairmen to prepare
for the store efficiently.
Among the committees work
ing are pickup, Gwen Healy and
Mia Bongers In Heppner and
Lucia Cutsforth in Lexington;
sorting," Joan Hughes, Verle
Green, Dolores McLachlan, Elea
nor Herschel and Darlene Rob
bins; cleaning and pressing,
Katherine Collins, Joan Hughes,
Donna Barbur, and Marge Eck
man; washing and ironing, Mar
lene Bergstrom and Donna Mc
Curdy; arranging and pricing,
Betty Gimbel and June Blakney;
clerks, June Blakney, Katherine
Collins, Claire O'Donnell, and
S. 2 Glennie; clean-up, Dorothea
themselves of late and saw a
Spike across the canyon from me
about 5:20 that afternoon (the
iron sights on my .30-30 covered
him. . . ) So we stumbled back
to camp, and decided we'd move
a little lower, since the deer
seemed to be not so high. Had
planned to leave around 5:00.
No battery.
Well, by noon a pickup came
along, and I made another pot of
coffee and we all had a cup
along with our lunch and finally
got the old Dodge on Its way.
That afternoon we scouted the
lowlands; Monument, Kimberly,
etc, and even took a drive up
John Weatherford's place, but de
cided it was much too heavily
timbered, and anyway we had
to get our ailing transportation
into civilization. Which we did
about 9:00 P M Monday night.
At which time, as you probably
full well know, Heppner has gone
to bed. Even its Service Station
attendants, too! And DIRTY?
I'm not sure just when I've been
so dirty. I wouldn't have walked
into my OWN house like that,
much less yours, . So we
stayed at Motel, clogging
Merryman and Beverly Sherman;
publicity, Rachel Dick, JoAnn
Hughes, Ramona Marshall, Mary
Ann Powers, Carma Koenig, Mar
ian Abrams, and Beverly Gun
derson. County Receives
Big Tax Payment
The Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc handed sheriff C J
D Bauman a check October 17
amounting to $18,281.22 in ' pay-ment-of
real and personal pro
torty taxes. The MCGG is the
third largest taxpayer in Morrow
county being exceeded only by
the Union Pacific Railroad and
the Wheeler Timber Company.
The local cooperative operates
10 grain elevators in the county
including the county's only port
facility at the old Paterson Ferry
site. The company has or will
handle 3,600,000 bushels of grain
in 1958 of which about 2,000,000
bushels will be shipped by water
through the Paterson facilities.
The MCGG Is presently the sec
ond largest grain elevator and
grain dealer in Oregon.
The Association will hold its
annual meeting In Heppner at
the fairgrounds on November 17
starting at 6 pm. The grand
champion 4-H steer, purchased
at auction at the Morrow county
fair for $1.05 per pound will be
barbequed by Orville Cutsforth
and served to an expected 250
members and guests.
Other big taxpayers in the
county who either have or soon
will make big payments to the
.sheriff are Union racific $68,800.
67; Wheeler Timber Co $35,484.
27; Heppner Pine Mills $17,103.09;
Pacific Telephone $17,871.71; and
Pacific Power and Light $14,817.
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For A Venison Steak
his drains with the accumulation.
I wasn't going to wash my hair,
but when accidentally brushed
the towel against It, and the
towel came out black. . . I wash
ed it. Using hand soap and Hepp
ner water on hair is a good com
bination guaranteed to leave
deposits on your dandruff!
We had decided that if the
car would start In the morning
we would go back into the moun
tains and try to get permission
from some rancher to hunt on
his property. If it didn't we were
at least headed down and Into
town! It started, and innocent as
we were, we went back Just out
of Monument on Mr Van Dusen's
place. He Was very cordial, and
told us how to cross his place
and get to a nice spot on Little
Wall Creek. It wasn't his fault
that we took the wrong road. . .
After coming to the Dead End,
we started back to traverse a
VERY bad spot in the road a
sort of Bentonite wash? And it
was so dry so DRY that we got
stuck in the dust. LITERALLY,
I'll tell you. Well, we worked a
little over 2 hours; Jacking the
car up, digging out, Jacking the
awoid for feature page excellence
Hayride And
Parties Slated
For Halloween
Heppner youngsters will be in
for another night of entertain
ment on Hallowe'en, Friday, Oct
ober 31 as arrangements are now
being completed for a variety of
parties designed to provide fun
and keep them out of mischief.
Heppner youngsters who are
In the age group between the
7th grade and high school sen
iors will be guests of the Hepp
ner Soroptlmist club for Its an
nual Hallowe'en hayride which
will take thorn by truck to the
Haidman IOOF hall where they
will be provided with plenty of
food and entertainment. Trucks
will leave from the high school
at 5:30 that evening and it Is
planned to have all students
back in town between 10 and
10:30.
Another Hallowe'en party for
! all younger children In the com
jrnunity is being sponsored by
five Heppner churches. It will be
held in the grade school multi
purpose room and will begin at
7:30. Prizes will be awarded for
the best and most original cos
tumes and movie cartoons will
be shown. Refreshments are also
planned for all comers.
All children in the first six
grades of school are Invited.
Another Work Day
Set At Cemetery
The second in a series of seven
work days will be held Sunday
at the Hardman IOOF cemetery,
it was announced this week. Per
sons interested are urged to come
early with their own tools to help
get the cemetery in good con
dition before bad weather sets in.
A potluck dinner is planned at
noon.
About 50 persons gathered last
Sunday to assist.
car up, pushing it over onto solid
ground, etc. By now, the proper
ties of this particular dust which
Is so like flour, had permeated
us to the skin and beyond. WE
MADE another road around that
wash-out, and by 1:15 P M, were
where Van Dusen had meant for
us to go. It was a lovely place,
and we had our brunch there,
rested awhile from our arduous
labors, and then hunted that can
yon until dusk. Kicked out 2
but we decided it was truly a
spot to come back to.
I forgot to mention that all
the time we've been out.BOTH
Spike and Pixie have been 6lck.
Anyway, we started out, came
to a fork in the road which said
Spray-Heppner Hiway miles,
but when didn't take that
road, and I asked him why, he
said he was taking the shortest
route to Monument. . . FAMOUS
LAST WORDS "shortest
route to ... " We came to a
road where a tree had fallen
across (and I thought of your
story about your Dad, ) but
does that stop us? Oh no we
figure it has come to be there
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