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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 16, 1959
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76th Year, Number 19
Bids Asked For
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NEW MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Pictured is the architects sketch
of the new Morrow county museum and Heppner library for
which construction bids are being called. It is to be located
on the Heppner city park and is to be built of concrete block,
steel frame with brick veneer outside walls. It will be con
WHOSEISIT?
Ownership of School
atBoardman in Doubt
A mighty weighty, and pos
sibly expensive Question came to
the forefront at Monday night's
county school board meeting
who owns the Boardman school:
Normally that question might
not be so important, but with
construction of the John Day dam
under way and the ultimate
drowning out of the town of
Boardman, the school board has
expected all along that the Corps
of Engineers would replace the
school as it will all other priv
ately owned property effected by
the backwater from the dam.
Here's the hitch. As far as can
be determined there is no record
of the school district ever pur
chasing the land on which the
school is located from Uncle
Sam's Bureau of Land Manage
ment. If the school can't event
ually prove ownership, it could
mean that the government will
say, "We're not going to buy
something we already own," so
the school will be forced to build
a new plant without any help
from the government '
This unpleasant circumstance
came into the open at the Mon
day night school board meet
ing and Robert Abrams, district
attorney and Heppner attorney
was instructed by the board to
take immediate steps to try to
determine title to the school and
its property.
The title search is complicated
by the fact that all school rec
ords were destroyed about six
years ago when the school was
burglarized and the safe and all
contents were destroyed. Board
man residents claim that the
school had title papers in the
safe, but as far as can be deter
mined no transfer of title has
ever been recorded.
Steps are now being taken to
determine just who does own
the plant and the help of rep
resentatives in Congress have
been sought in getting a special
bill through Congress clearing
the title.
In other business the new
board established school policy
and superintendent Robert Van
Houte stated that he personally
preferred sending students to the
schools where the parents want
ed them even though that might
not necessarily be the closest
one. It was pointed out that no
WEATHER
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Rainfall for the week, none;
for July .11; for the year 7.62
Inches.
student can be assigned to a
definite school . until a study
o transportation needs has been
made and available classroom.
space can be determined.
Two delegations were present at
the meeting. A group from Board
man Asked that the old school
curriculum be maintained there
and they offered a check for
$3500 from interested persons in
the community to keep the grade
school as it has been, rather
than transport 7th and 8th grade
students to Irrigon. The board
indicated that special money
could not be accepted and that
the establishing of such a prec
idence would be poor policy.
A group from Hardman told
that they would get their school
up to standard at the expense
of the community, but that they
wanted their school left there.
The board again stated that be
cause of the defeat of the sup
plemental levy, that it had no
choice but to make the closures
as had been planned. Had the
special levy passed, all grade
school operation in the county
would have been substantially
the same as during the past
Changes Due in
Rules For Fair,
Rodeo Horse Show
The annual Morrow county fair
and rodeo open class horse show
is scheduled for Friday, August
28 beginning at 9 a m with the
showing of halter classes, states
Fred Mankin, show superinten
dent. The performance class will
begin at 1:15 Friday.
This show is sponsored by the
Wranglers riding club and is
open to any horse that has been
owned by a Morrow county resi
dent for 30 days prior to the fair.
Entries for.the show close Wed
nesday, August 26 at 8 p m and
each horse must be entered be
fore he can be shown at the
fair. Committees and sub-committees
have been meeting for
the past months on the organ
ization of the show and the fair
and rodeo premium book will
give the details on the changes
in the show. Katherlne Hager
will be secretary and clerk for
the show.
Mrs Jerry Daggett and family
have been vacationing at Mc
Kenzie Bridge.
Dr and Mrs C M Wagner and
family were at Big Cultus Lake
for several days weekend before
last. While there they also saw
the Bend Water Pageant
Mrs Jennie Allgood returned
from a visit with her. son and
family in Bend via Portland
where she visited friends and
relatives.
Museum
structed on a concrete slab with cork floors and completely air
conditioned. The building will be a gift to the City of Heppner
and Morrow county from Mrs Amanda Duvall as a memorial
to her late husband, Harry DuvalL (See adjoining story)
Watch Those Orange
Envelopes, Or You
May Get Stuck $1
The Chamber of Commerce,
sponsors and financers of Hepp
ner's popular "give back a nick
el" parking ticket issued a warn
ing this week to motorists that
unless they heed the request
printed on the bright orange en
velopes to put in a nickel and
leave it at a store, the project
may be dropped.
The special parking fund was
started nearly three years ago
by the chamber and for some
time was self supporting. Re
cently however, too many motor
ists have Ignored the envei
and failing to leave the envel
ope and a nickel or two at a
store with the result that the
fund is now nearly defunct.
The plan will be continued, it
was stated, but if returns aren't
better in the immediate future,
it may be dropped and instead
of drivers getting by with just
a live cent aonauon, iney may
find themselves faced with a
$1.00 parking ticket
Two From District
Make UN Pilgrimage
Ted Thonstad, Umatilla, this
year's winner of the United Na
tions Pilgrimage contest spon
sored by the Rebekah and Odd
fellow lodges of many nations,
and Miss Leslie Keller, Hermis
ton, alternate winner, left this
week on the pilgrimage to the
United Nations.
Miss Keller, who has been a
runner up in the contest for two
years, was given the priviledge
of attending this year because
Willows lodge no 66, Heppner en
listed the help of Eureka lodge
no 32, Pendleton to start a fund
to enable her to go. Mr Elling
ston, principal of Hermiston high
school and the Hermiston Ro
tary club aided with the project
Mrs M N Kirk of Hermiston
is chairman of the United Na
tions Pilgrimage for Youth In
Morrow and Umatilla counties
and R G McMurtry, Heppner Is
secretary-treasurer.
Competing in the finals of the
contest from Morrow county were
Miss Sandra Jones, Heppner;
Miss Charlene Jones, Lexington
and Miss Paula Barak, lone.
Lost or Strayed
Three Fire Pumps
Lost three back-pack fire
pumps. Will the persons who
have them please return
them to the Heppner Fire
Department!
Sometime during a recent
grass fire the fire depart
ment wound up short three
of these vital grass fire fight
ers. The're probably In the
possession of someone who
doesn't realize where they
belong, but the department
would appreciate their re
turn, immediately I
- Library
Voters Reject
Supplemental
School Budget Levy
County voter? Saturday turned
thumbs down on a special sup
plemental school levy of $24,950
by a vote of 310 no to 215 yes
which will probably mean that
planned closure of the Hardman
grade school, and certain classes
in the Lexington and Boardman
grade schools will be carried out.
The supplemental levy election
was the third vote held this
spring and summer on the coun
ty school budget.
The county-wide vote on the
$24,950 item was small and opin
ion varied widely In various com
munities. The greatest majority
in favor was cast at Boardman
109 to 3, but this was more
than offset in the neighboring
town of Irrigon where the ma
jority against the levy was 154
to 4. The vote by communities
was:
Yes No
lone 14 28
Boardman 109 3
Lexington 42 38
Hardman 18 7
Irrigon 4 154
Heppner 28 80
Total 215 310
At a regular school board
meeting Monday night at the
court house delegations from
Boardman and Hardman offered
money or manpower to keep
their schools operating as dur
ing the past year, but the board
explained that it had no choice
but to carry out the closures or
consolidations as planned, now
that the supplemental levy had
been rejected by the voters.
The schools effected are Hard
man, where the grade school will
be closed and the students trans
ported to Heppner; closure of
the 5th through 8th grades at
Lexington and the transportation
of students to either Heppner or
lone; and the consolidation of
the Boardman and Irrigon 7th
and 8th grades at the Irrigon
grade school.
Pheasants Released
Here This Week
Glen Ward, state game com
mission representative, announ
ced this week that 400 pheasants
had been released In Morrow
county. Also that 500 had been
released in Gilliam county and
300 in Wheeler county.
He wanted to remind hunters
that for special antelope and
unit deer tags they must apply
by July 27 and fop controlled
deer and elk permits by August
17.
Mr and Mrs Harry ODonnell
and Mr and Mrs Ted Palmateer
and children were in Bend over
the July 4th weekend. While
there they saw Mr and Mrs Brad
Fancher.
Building
Multiple-Use
Structure is
Gift of Resident
Bids are being asked this week
for the construction of a Morrow
county museum and Heppner li
brary building which will be the
gift of Mrs Amanda Duvall as
a memorial to her late husband
Harry Duvall. It will be located
on the south end of the the Hepp
ner city park and is expected to
cost in the vicinity of $65,000.
The 64 by 72 foot building will
be built of concrete block with
a brick veneer finish. The north
half of the building will be oc
cupied by the Heppner library
and the south half will house
a county museum. Though Mrs
Duvall is donating the money for
the construction of the building,
it will be operated jointly by the
City of Heppner and Morrow
county by a Morrow County Mu
seum Commission.
The commission was formed
late last year to accept Mrs Du-
vall's donation and since that
time the seven members have
been working on plans for the
new structure. It was originally
planned to locate it on the cor
ner of May and Court streets,
but the property proved too small
and the city offered to donate
sufficient land in Its park for
the building which has been des
igned by W H Gllmore, Port
land architect.
Construction bids will be open
ed August 5 and it is expected
to have the building ready for
occupancy by next spring.
Members of the museum com
mission are Mrs Duvall, chair
man; O W Cutsforth, vice chair
man; Mrs Ralph Thompson, sec
retary; J O Turner, treasurer;
and members Herb Hynd, Mrs
Omar Rietmann and Mrs Ted
Smith.
Harvest Now In
Full Swing,- Crop
Average Going Up
Wheat and barley Is rolling
into Morrow County Grain Grow
ers elevators at the rate of a-
bout 100,000 bushels a day,
MCGG manager Al Lamb said
Wednesday and with every new
field that goes under the com
bine, crop prospects look better.
In the spring chances for a
good crop were thought to be
pretty dim, but now Lams said
the county wheat average will
probably run between 30 and 35
bushels to the acre and barley
will run from a ton and one-half
per acre. Grain is coming into
all the co-op's elevators but at
Ruggs with North Lexington and
Lexington still receiving the
greatest amount.
The Hogue -Warner elevator
and dock at Paterson Ferry is
operating 24 hours a day seven
days a week and is shipping an
average of one barge load a day.
Trucking Is also going on around
the clock.
The hot weather of the past
week has caused some pinching
of wheat in the higher elevations,
but on the whole the county crop
Is expected to be excellent. Daily
train service will be started Mon
day by Union Pacific it was an
nounced. Grain prices currently are re
ported good, according to Lamb,
who said that No 1 wheat is
running from 4 to 6 cents above
loan price and No 2, 45 lb test
barley is now $4 to $6 a ton
above loan.
The Department of Agriculture
Wednesday announced that next
year's wheat price, if the July
23 referendum is approved, will
be a national average of $1.7'i
a bushel.
Richard and Don Clark Jr. and
Bill Wagner left Sunday for Hay
den Lake, Idaho to attend sum
mer camp.
Mr and Mrs P W Mahoney left
for Portland Monday on a busi
ness trip and returned on Tues
day. Mr and Mrs Howard Fox of
Portland were guests last week
for a few days at the home of
her brother and family, Mr and
Mrs Paul Koenlg.
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PRINCESS SUSAN PARTLOW
The first member of the Mor-1
row County Fair and Rodeo roy
al court, Princess Susan Part
low of Boardman, will be pre
sented at her own Princess dance
Saturday night at the fair pa
vilion in Heppner.
Pretty 16 year old Princess
Susan, Is five six inches
tall and weighs a trim 130
pounds. She has light brown
hair and dark brown eyes.
She enjoys working with all
kinds of stock and helps her
father with his band of ewes.
She likes horses the best and
broke her first mare when she
was 12 years old. She has rid
den every year in the North Mor
row County Fair and when she
was 14 she won a Navajo blan
ket presented by former county
judge and Mrs Garnet Barratt
at this fair. She Is now training
a registered quarterhorse which
she won at the Arlington rodeo
two years ago.
TRANSFORMER
CITY INTO WATER SHORTAGE
Heppner yards, flowers and
gardens went dry for two days
early this week when the city
was forced to telephone all resi
dents and restrict them from any
irrigation between Monday and
Wednesday night.
The water shortage was the re
sult of a transformer blowup
Sunday night at the Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op substation
at Heppner which qaused a pow
er outage over a wide area of
Willow, Hinton ' and Butter
creeks.
The big 500KVA transformer
let go about 11 p m Sunday
and necessitated the shutdown
of pumps at both city wells for
State GOP Head
Cites Need For
Party Reorganization
The Republican party is to
be completely reorganized with
the aim to get 10,000 new work
ers, Peter M Gunnar, Republi
can chairman said last Thurs
day night at a meeting of coun
ty party members at Stefanis
In lone.
Gunnar presented a five point
program of recruiting, training,
defining policy and platform at
tracting candidates of the high
est caliber and financing.
Gunnar lit Into Congressman
Al Ullman's record in his talk
by saying that "Ullman's pro
longed Washington vacation at
taxpayers expense" should be
ended, and called for his defeat
at next year's election. He par
ticularly criticised Ull m a n ' s
stand on unions.
Hardman Man Wins
In National Contest
Bob Stevens of Hardman re
cently received word that he
placed 13th In a national con
test to guess the average speed
of the winning car In the Indian
apolis Memorial day auto race.
Stevens guessed within. .040
mile per hour of the actual speed.
The contest is sponsored by
Herbrand Tools and Stevens en
tered through Heppner Auto
Parts.
His prize was a seven piece
set of gold plated wrenches.
Allen Case and Alex Thomp
son left early Monday morning
for Seattle where they will at
tend the furniture market. They
plan to return Wednesday evening.
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She helps her father with his
sheep, drives truck and helps dig
and sort potatoes he raises.
Sunday morning finds Prin
cess Susan teaching a primary
Sunday school class at Good
Shepherd Lutheran church. Her
school activities include three
years as high school cheer lead
er, serving as assistant editor of
the school paper, secretary of the
junior class, thre years in the
band and a member of the Pep
club.
Recently while representing
the Morrow County Fair she won
the cow milking contest at the
Umatilla Sage Riders rodeo and
was presented with a belt buckle.
Susan is sponsored by the
Boardman Tillicum club, a jun
ior . federated women s club.
Music for Princess Susan's
dance will be furnished by Rod
Esselstyn and his orchestra with
dancing scheduled from 9 until
1.
BLOW UP PUTS
some time. Power was restored
to the upper well Monday but
that well alone Is presently cap
able of supplying only about 200
gallons of water a minute while
the city requires at least 500
gallons to operate at this time
of year. The shutdown of pumps
came at a time when heavy use
of water caught the city with
one reservoir completely empty
and the other only partly full
The curtailing of all irrigation
was ordered to conserve water
for drinking purposes and fire
protection.
All pumps were back in oper
ation by Tuesday and the irri
gation ban was lifted Wednesday
night.
Columbia Basin restored power
to most areas within a few hours,
but time was required to get
all three-phase lines back in op
eration. Babe Ruth Nine
Earns Impressive
Win Over Kinzua
The Heppner Babe Ruth ball
team scored their first win In a
hard fought game by defeating
Kinzua 4 to 1 on Saturday, July
11.
Both teams exhibited fine ball
playing with Kinzua allowing
two errors and three hits and
Heppner allowing no hits and no
errors.
Blank scored the only run for
Kinzua after being walked In the
first inning.
Shan Applegate and Ladd
Dick tallied two each for Hepp
ner and Rod Ayers brought
Applegate and Dick In on a deep
single In the 2nd Inning.
The next game will be at Con
don on Saturday, July 18.
Wheat Referendum
Vote Set July 23
County wheat growers are re
minded again this week by the
county ASC office of the nation
al 1900 wheat marketing quota
referendum which will be held
next Thursday, July 23. Three
polling places have been set up
in the county and they will be
open from 8 a m to 7 p m.
Growers In the Morgan, lone
and Eightmile area nearest lone
will vote at the lone Legion hall;
Alpine and Lexington commun
ities at the Lexington Grange;
and South Heppner, North Hepp
ner and Eightmile areas near
est Heppner at the Heppner Leg
ion halL