MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Timei established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912
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WATER BONDS ARE VITAL
Heppner residents are being asked to vote next
Tuesday on approval of a $160,000 bond issue to
provide money for the completion of the city's
main water feeder line from the Willow creek
wells to town. The project is important to every
one here, for nothing means as much as does
a pood water supply.
The city council hopes, and has many reasons
to believe, that it will be able to purchase and
lay the needed six or more miles of pipeline at
considerably less than the $160,000 that is being
requested for the bond issue, but it asked an
engineering firm to survey the project and give
an estimate. The $160,000 was the figure given
which took into consideration all possible con
tingencies. When professional advice Is requested
it should be followed.
The council, however, feels that by altering
slightly the pipe specifications, possibly using
the city water department crew for the laying
of the line rather than contracting the work,
and a little luck on Its pipe bids, that it may
be able to lower the overall cost by as much
as $30,000 or $10,000. If such proves to be true,
the actual cost of the project will be In the
vicinity of $120,000 instead of $160,000, and only
that amount of bonds will be sold regardless of
the amount the people might approve.
The pipeline is badly In need of replacing for
most of the present line is over 30 years old
and was constructed of old-style concrete pipe
which allows seepage and leakage. The present
old line (that which hasn't been renewed In
recent years) is in such poor condition that nearly
25 of the water that Is put Into it from the
city's wells leaks out before it gets to town, and
frankly, the city doesn't have that much water
From The
County Agent's Office
By NELS
By N C ANDERSON
vuue some interest is Deing
shown by Morrow county swine
breeders in the Washington
Swine Breeders Association spon
sored bred gilt sale which will
be held at the Whitman county
fair grounds west of Colfax on
Friday, February 6. The breeding
stock will be shown Friday morn
ing beginning at 9 a m with
an exhibition and cut out value
of barrow carcasses from this
barrow show to be held on the
5th. The breeding stock sale will
begin at 1:30 P M. Thirty two
bred gilts including Borkshlres,
Chester Whites, Duroc, Ilamp
shires, Palouse, Poland Chinas
and Yorkshires will be sold.
E M Baker and Son, lone and
liermiston have recently purch
ased two excellent type Short
horn bulls which should add to
the Improvement of our beef
STAR
THEATER
Thurs.. Fri.. Sat., Feb. 5, 6, !
Buchanan Rides
Alone
Randolph Scott, Craig Stev
ens, Jennifer Holden. PLUS
Campbell's
Kingdom
Adventure in Canada's mag
nificent Rockies
Sun., Mon.. Tues., Feb. 8. 9,
10
In Love And War
Robert Wagner, Dana Wyn-
ter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope,
Lange, Slieree North. Sunday
at 4, 6:05 and 8:10
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PRESSURE
ThrVt a lot of it In tht iniuronc builrwn, tipodatty from th
"out-of-town", "cut-rot" and "bifl-dlvldond" taltimtn. Many
timot th btntfitl or almoit Inviitbl.
Exprlncd Imuran hvyrt or rowly mliM. Tw oof of
thr ploc thtlr bui!rt with local, Indtptndtnt ogtntt whom
thy con dpnd upon not only bfor a Ui but afterward.
C. A. RUGGLES
INSURANCE AGENCY
For All Your Insurance Neods
PHONE 6-9625 HEPPNER,
ROBERT PEN LAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
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ANDERSON
, herds. The bulls were selected
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Odessa, Washington. Both bulls
are from the old Walter's herd
sire Imported from Scotland.
A few days ago this office
received a copy of the new Ore
gon Weed Control Handbook.
This handbook Is comparable to
th. mn.i t,.-! .
many of our people have been
using during the past two or
three years here. It is a ring
bound mimeograph prepared by
the weed control workers at Ore
gon State College. The handbook
contains Information on physical
properties of chemicals, selective
weed, control in field crops and
horticultural crops. Weed con
trol in turfs, aquatic weed con
trol chemicals chemical brush
control, common weeds, use of
soil sterllants, ground spray and
dusting equipment, some useful
tables and a glossary. The hand
books were prepared principally
as a quick reference for county
agents, but there are extra cop
ies for sale at the Coop Book
Store at Corvallis. These sell for
$2.50. This book has some spec
ial value for commercial appli
cators, retailers of herbicides,
field men and so forth.
The 16th annual trl-county
Hereford Association will be held
at the Union county fairgrounds
at 1 P M, Tuesday, February 10.
Fifty horned and polled Here
fords will be offered for sale.
On Tuesday of this week the
county agent accompanied by
Herbert Ekstrom, lone Hereford
breeder attended a meeting of
livestock operators at Redmond
for the purpose of discussing beef
cattle performance testing. Six
teen central and eastern Oregon
counties were represented with
over 35 purebred and commercial
cattlemen present. The value of
beef cattle performance testing
and experiences of several state
testing groups as well as the
OREGON BOX 611 $
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
AScjwTlgjN
to waste. It costs money to pump It from the
wells, and It doesn't do anybody any good if It
runs back Into Willow creek before It gets to
Heppner.
The new line will give the city a completely
modern, sanitary water feeder system with ample
capacity to serve this area for many years to
come, barring some entirely unforseeable popu
lation boom. If the replacement had been done
10 years ago, it would have cost probably 25
less than today. But by the same token, if we
wait another five or 10 years it could well cost
an additional 25 or more than it will now
and in the meantime, we could badly need the
water we are not able to get.
The bond issue will be paid off by means
of a combination of taxes and increased water
rates, and will be retired in about 15 years.
This. newspaper strongly recommends that the
bond issue be given approval by the voters.
It is a major project which must be faced by
the city. It would be a major tragedy if we were
to run out of water one of these summers. The
adequate water supply can hardly
in dollars and cents.
THINK
Labor columnist Victor Riesel writes: "I have
I have the word of Russian spec
ialists who are constantly talking to those from
behind the Bolshol border that Comrade Prime
Minister Khrushchev has run the Soviets Into
desperate trouble. There are eyewitness accounts
of terrific industrial disruption, new forced labor
battalions and the simple breakdown of vast
quantities of intricate electronic equipment with
modern state can compete with us."
National Performance Registry
Association was discussed. As a
result of the day's meeting a
committee composed of Scot
Warren, Klamath county Angus
breeder; Larry Williams, Grant
cnnntv nurelirprl ITfrphrpr1 hropH.
er; Pridy Holmes, purebred and
commercial Hereiora breeder op
erating in three central Oregon
counties; Claude Williams, Lake
C0Untv purebred Hereford breed
er and Phil Kuhl, Grant county
Shorthorn breeder were appoint
ed to investigate the opportuni
ties and possibilities for an Ore
gon Association and to report
u " ia"u" "u o
ack at a general meeting to be
held in early June.
Livestock operators interested
in beef performance testing are
urged to contact this office or
Herb Ekstrom, lone for further
particulars.
An interesting project Is under
way as a part of the Centennial
program for Oregon as the ex
tension service probes farm
lands with soil augers of those
farms that have been farmed for
100 years or longer. County ex
tension agents in the 15 counties
where century farms were rec
Ognized last year are gathering
soil samples which will be test-
ed in the state soil testing lab-!of
oratory at Corvallis. It is hoped
that through this soil testing pro
gram of these older farms that
(1) useful and constructive his
torical facts pertaining to agri
culture and land use and (2)
basic facts about Oregon soils
that may need further study will
be revealed. The soil testing
started early in January and will
be continued through mid-February.
Results of the survey will
be available early in May and
will be announced during Ore
gon's annual Conservation Week.
The Northwest Plant Food As
sociation aided by the National
Plant Food Institute will pay
for the chemical work at the
soil testing laboratory. Counties
with 1958 century farms are Ben
ton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Coos,
Douglas, Jackson, Josep h 1 n e,
Lane, Linn, Marlon, Multnomah,
Polk, Wasco, Yamhill and Wash
ington. USE GAZETTE TIMES
CLASSIFIED ADS
From where I
They're already pouring
foundations for Smiley Roberts'
new (tore, now that the old
house on the place has bern
torn down in record time.
"Those wreckers sure did a
fast Job," Smiley explained
with a chuckle. "Of course, I
helped speed things up myself.
"Someone found a letter be
hind a rafter. Gave me an klui.
I put $30 in an envelope, hid it,
then 'discovered' it right under
their noses. After that, the boys
worked so fast I gave them that
thirty dollars as a bonus!"
Copyright, l'h9,
From the files of the
Gazette-Times
February 7, 1929
(Editor's note The 30 years
ago column has been missing
for a month because the 1929
files was missing it has shown
up so we can continue the col
umn.) The total snow fall at Heppner
since the storm began is report
ed as 42 inches by Frank Gil
liam, local weather man.
The junior class of Heppner
high school will present "The
Charm School", a three-act co
medy at the high school audi
torium, Tuesday, February 12.
Hugh and Harvey Smith, far
mers of the lone section, were
attending to business affairs In
Heppner yesterday.
George McDuffee arrived home
from Portland on Tuesday, driv
nig in from The Dalles, where
he had left his car. He found the
highway in pretty good shape
between that city and Heppner,
He states that the Columbia
River highway is open on into
Portland, but it is pretty icy and
traveling none too safe.
Heppner town team edged out
their opponents from lone in the
last quarter of a fast game Tues
day night. Playing for Heppner
were Doherty and Thorn, for
wards; Beighle, center; Poulson
and Ferguson, guards.
Boardman Girl
Wins School Award
By MARY LEE MARLOW
Barbara Anderegg, high school
senior, has been chosen the 1959
Betty Crocker Homemaker of To
morrow from Boardman school.
She received the highest score
in a 50-minute written examina
tion on homemaking knowledge
and attitudes taken by senior
girls. She received a homema
king pin manufactured by Jos-
ten's, which represents the slo
gan, "Home is Where the Heart
Is." Her paper will be entered
in competition with those of
other school winners in the state
to name the state Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow. The
test Is designed and judged by
Science Research Associates.
Each state Homemaker of To
morrow will receive a $1,500
scholarship from General Mills,
an educational trip April 410
with her school advisor to Washi
ngton, D C colonial Williams
burg, Va, New York City and
Minneapolis and she will be a
candidate for the title of All
American Homemaker of Tomor
row. The school of each state
winner will receive a set of the
Encyclopedia Britannica. Gen
eral Mills award a $500 scholar
ship to each state runner-up.
Winners are being chosen for
12,260 schools in the nation
which enrolled 349,150 senior
Virls. the largest nnmher nf nnr.
jticipants in the five-year history
the scholarship program,
The im9 Ail-American Home-
maker of Tomorrow will be an
nounced in Minneapolis, April
10 at the American Table Din
ner in the Leamington Hotel's
"Hall of States."
The scholarship of the All
American Homemaker will be in
creased to $5,000. The national
runner-up will receive a $4,000
grant, third place winner a
$3,000 award, and fourth place
winner a $2,000 scholarship.
Monument News
Mr and Mrs Boyd Hlnton spent
the weekend in The Dalles at
the home of Mrs Dorothy Shanks.
Their daughter Sharon of Port
land met them there for a visit.
Mrs Hlnton and Mrs Shanks are
sisters.
The M M M club will hold a
cooked food sale February 14 at
the Buyer Store.
Stella MeCarty and Nestle Da
vis drove to Pendleton Monday
on business.
sit ..Jy Joe Marsh
Smiley Tries
a "Treasure Hunt"
From where I sit, some things
like being a good neighbor
shouldn't require "special in
ducements." That's something
we should all want to be just
automatically. When you visit
my home, for example, I try to
be a good neighbor by serving
you your favorite beverage
be it coffee, tea or a glass of
beer. Fxtend the same courtesy
to me, and I'd call that a "bo
nus" of good neighborliness.
1 r.itcJ Suites Brewers Foundation
REPRESENTATIVE
WEATHERFORD
REPORTS
To the Editor and Friends back
jHome:
J One of the most notable things,
'in my opinion, in legislation and
'the work pertaining to it by a
! legislator, is the fact that some-
where between the framing of
I the constitution and this Fif
tieth Legislative Session, bias
jand self-interests have led to
a condition of legislating to cor
rect effects rather than going
back to the cause. This, you can
see represented in every one of
the 1500 bills introduced, but
there seems little hope that any
change can be made without an
entire revision of the past, but,
however, our work now seems
to consist mostly in the amend
ing, and the construction, of very
few laws.
Daily observers of the legisla
tive Scene cannot help but be
impressed with the wide variety
of subjects which are brought
to the attention of the legislature
for consideration and rejection or
approval, and the fact that these
measures will in some way touch
the lives of every citizen of Ore
gon. For instance, a typical day in
the legislature brought measures
on the following subjects. Pro
posing an annual meeting of the
legislature not to exceed sixty
days in duration; several meas
ures dealing with courts and
court procedure; relating to sa
vings and loan associations; set
ting procedure for the election
and inauguration of the Gover
nor; liability insurance for pub
lic officers and employees; a
measure pertaining to the affairs
of domestic insurance companies;
providing for the procedure of
exchanging state-owned land by
FAIR
WEED
Monday, February
Program Will Include
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND
WEED DISTRICT ENFORCEMENT
FEATURING
DEAN SWAN b REX WARREN
O.S.C. WEED SPECIALISTS
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, February S, 1959
the Board of Forestry; relating
to affairs of the state fair; some
amendments to the provisions of
the law relating to commodity
commission; some new provis
ions of the act relating to the
Rnpue River Coordination Board.
The same day there were mat
ters relating to tisn, education,
teachers, motor vehicles, collec
tive bargaining, migrant work
ers, corporate excise taxes, la
beling of fryers, public welfare,
the crigie of arson, public roads,
and public records. We were
pleased to note the revision as
asked for relating to the com
modity commission as this par
ticular legislation will take two
weeks out the Ways and Means
Committee biennially, and in no
way affects the structure of the
Commission itself.
On Wednesday of this week
the appropriation bill was re
ported favorably by the joint
Ways and Means committee In
the amount of $1,790,000. On
Thursday both the House and
Senate passed the measure with
out dissenting votes. This is par
ticularly significant as it dis
plays a lack of partisan political
feeling as regards the Centennial
and expresses graphically the
aDDroval of the representatives
of all the people of Oregon that
the Centennial shall be a suc
cess. Governor Hatfield will pro
bably have signed the appropria
tion bill by the time you are
reading this report.
The bulk of the funds approp
riated will go for the main ex
position at the Pacific-International
grounds in Portland. How
ever, it should be pointed out
that $35,000 of the budget is to
be allocated to the various coun
ties to aid them in promoting lo
cal events to celebrate the 100th
Morrow County
MEETING
PAVILION ANNEX
HEPPNER
10:00 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M.
DOOR PRIZES
SPONSORED BY
Morrow County Farm Bureau
Cr County Extension Service
birthday party. The legislature
also placed the budget under
strict control of the Department
of Finance and Administration
to assure proper disbursement of
allocated funds.
Signs of the Oregon Centennial
are everywhere in Salem. A dis
play in the Capitol rotunda re
minds us of this anniversary
event as we enter the Capitol
building each day. Beards are
sprouting on the chins of various
members of the Legislative as
sembly until I have begun to
look for Joe Meeks, or Jim Sublet,
to rise in debate over fish and
game bills and others in the
main assembly.
This illustrates by way of a
typical day the great variety of
interests expressed in various
measures and subjects for con
sideration of the legislature.
While one must be alert to the
needs and economy of his own
area, he quickly comes to the
realization that he must be at
tentive to the broad interests of
the State of Oregon and the
welfare of every section. While
wheat is all important to the
people of the Columbia River
counties; the fish in that river
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