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WINTER BEAUTY Though not very much of It wot found last
Sunday by the CT camera a upper Willow creek. This picture
was taken about 15 miles east of Heppner and there wai about
four lnchei of snow en the trees and ground. Mott resident
wish there were closer to four feet of the white stuff In the
mountains.
AREA WATER SUPPLY AHEAD OF LAST
YEAR, BUT FORECAST IS "POOR"
tk urQtm ciinniv nntinnk for
iiic nuvti ua t"J
watersheds of this area, although
better than at this time last I
year, is still much below average,
according to a report released
today by W T Frost, snow sur
vey supervisor for U S Depart
ment of Agriculture, Soil Con
servation Service, Oregon agri
culture experiment station and
state engineer, State of Oregon.
Streams with little or no carry
over storage will need a sig
nificant Increase in snow cover
to produce a good irrigation sea
son. Streams heading in low eleva
tions are likely to have a low
peak flow and a rapid decrease
in seasonal runoff.
Water content of the mountain
City Fire Loss
Drops During 1959
Loss from fire in Heppner dur
ing 1959 amounted to $10,860, it
was revealed today by fire chief
C A Ruggles. This was down a
bout $1500 from the previous
year.
The department answered a to
tal of 15 city calls during the
year and another six to the Hep
pner rural area. The Heppner
rural fire district was formed too
late in the year to get on the
tax rolls, so the city agreed to
provide what assistance it could
with available equipment.
A total of 2000 feet of 2Va inch
fire hose was laid during the
year and an additional 450 feet
of ltt inch hose. Eight fires were
controlled entirely with booster
lines on the trucks.
During the year the depart
ment added a 4 wheel drive Jeep
truck with a 150 gallon tank and
auxiliary motor and pump which
is used primarily for rural ser
vice, but also is valuable in con
trolling local grass fires.
At the present time there are
15 active members of the depart
ment and plans are currently be
ing made for the construction of
a new fire department building
to house the equipment
Of the total loss $7410 was to
, the trnino rr nroDertv ai
risk in all fires was $S3,343.
Former Lex Youth
Dies in Service
Portland early this week f or j
Mike Patrick, son of Mrs Gladys
Young, a former Hepprer resi
dent. Mike recently enlisted in
the Navy and died from pneu
monia at the San Diego Naval
Base. His mother had been call
ed to San Diego on Christmas.
The young Navy man was a
graduate of the Lexington high
school in the class of 1956.
Dougl
las uraKe
Injured in Fall
Douglas Drake suffered serious
hi., n.i Kirk- iniuries last week
. fppt from
wneri lie ivn nm.ui. -
ladder onto frozen grouna
while trimming a tree at
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his
He was broucht to Pioneer new officers will be elected ana
MemorliV hospital where it was a r.ew constitution for the church
Sund he su fered two breaks! drafted and adopted. The wor
of his pelvis and a fractured ship service is set for 9.15 with
and crushed spine. la petluck dinner at 12 noon.
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. snow-oaek. althouch better than
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double what it was at this time
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(1943-57) for January 1st
Usually by this time of the
year close to four-tenths of the
total "snow croD Is on trie
ground. This year less than half
of this amount had fallen at
the time of measurement. Al
though New Year's storms have
Improved this situation, un
usually heavv snowfall Is need
ed to bring the snow-pack up
to normal.
Soils on most of the lower
watersheds of this area contain
very little fall moisture. Precip
itation has been far below nor
mal at lower elevations of the
watersheds. Mountain soils at
higher elevations have had
enough precipitation to be par
tially primed but will still absorb
a noticeable amount or snow
water before runoff occurs.
McKav and Cold Springs res
ervoirs average 85 percent nor
mal storaee. with McKay being
onlv 6 tfercent and Cold Springs
135 percent of normal for Jan
uary 1st. This is 13 percent low
er than last year at this time.
Streamflow since October 1st
on the Umatilla river has aver
aged only 88 percent of normal.
The October and November flows
were much above average but
December dropped to 30 percent
of normal.
Statewide. "the outlook for Ore
gon's 1960 water supplies, as of
this early winter date, ranges
from only "fair" to "very poor."
Reservoired water supplies are
mnstlv far below normal, water
shed soils are drier than normal
and the mountain snow-pack is
near record low in many portions
of the state.
ThP first snow survey by the
Hennner Soil Conservation Ser
vice will not be made until late
in January.
Valby Lutheran fo
Dedicate Remodeling
At Annual Meeting
Thp dedication of a completely
remodeled parish hall at Valby
I nthprnn rhureh will be held
meeting Sunday, Jan 9. The ser
,-ice is set for 1:00 p m.
More than $1,000 worth of ma
terial and at least an equal value
n man hours of labor has trans-
fnrmed the building into a mod
ern unit Hositrnpd trt handle the
marlir 1 fVl nPTTpnt CTOWth CX-
pcrienced by the Sunday school.
New kitchen fixtures have been
installed and the auditorium can
now be divided into three large
rooms with adequate lighting for
all areas. New flooring and cell
ing tile has been installed
Henry Baker is chalrrvn of
the building committe'V accord
ing to the pastor, F-'V John Ryd
gren, and thos' who donated
Time and wco. include Raymond
Lundell, rrald Bergstrom, Ger
ald PeVson, Bob Peterson, Rol
and ; bergstrom, Bill Bergstrom,
Louis Carlson. John Bergstrom,
Ann. Ruth and Marilyn Berg
strom. Herb Peterson, Don Peter
son. Cecil Lutkins, Alice Baker
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gettv Carlson ana tsarDara ana
Donna Peterson
At the congregational meeting
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NUMBER OF COUNTY BUSINESS
FIRMS HOLDS STEADY IN TtAK
There are total of 100 busl
nesses In Morro county, accord
int. I, statistics released by .
Harry White, district manager of
the Portland oince oi vun
Rrjidstrcet. Inc. This total
hnsod on a nhvslcal count of the
January. 1900 edition of the Dun
1 Bradstreet Reference book.
ThA Dun & Bradstreet Refer
Rrni lists all manufactur
.r u-hnWalera and retailers
mho seek or grant commercial
credit. It does not Include some
of the service and professional
hiiKinp: such as beauty ana
horhor KhoDs. security dealers
and real estate brokers. There
fore, the figure for businesses
in Morrow county would actually
be higher than the number quo
ted above.
Uslnff the Dun A Bradstreet
Rpforpnce Book listings as a
guide, it Is interesting to note
the number of business firms In
th nrlneiral communities of
Morrow county: Heppner 61, lone
14, Boardman 8.
A one nhase In revising credit
reports and keeping them up-to-date,
Dun & Bradstreet. Inc.
Plans Progress for
Livestock Meet
Plans for the program activ
ity which will make up the
eleventh annual meeting of the
Morrow County Livestock Grow
ers are shaping up well. Nine
teen bulls have Deen consigneu
tcr th annual Bull Trading Day
which will be held at the live
stock corrals at the Morrow
county fairgrounds Friday morn-
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ing, January is. iraaing wm
durine the morning
with an auction sale at 1 P M.
Committees will meet during me
afternoon.
Reports will be made by Kent
lMocrrurior riatskanie. president,
Oregon Cattlemen's Association,
on their activities; a memun ui
the Oregon Beef Council will ex
plain the methods and aims of
the newlv formed council; E B
Jackman, veteran range crops
specialist, from OSC will discuss
range improvement, and negot
iations are now unaer way iui
9 nrom inent sDeclalist In live
stock feeding to appear on the
program.
TiokPts for the annual ban
quet, an event of Saturday night,
Janv.ary 16 are on saie ai me
Bank of Eastern Oregon and
First National Bank.
County SOS, Inc
Unit Formed at
Boardman; Meet Set
State headquarters of Serve
Our State, Inc, (SOS, Inc) has
announced that it has received
its corporation certificates as a
non-profit corporation. This new
corporation was organized iu
study problems in the education
al field and other matters of
public interest. It is supported
by contributions and member
ships and has established a post
office address at P O box 6695,
Portland 66, Oregon.
The group is extremely active
in opposing the present school
reorganization law, contending
that it is slanted toward cen
tralized education and removes
local control from both parents
and school boards. Affiliated
chapters of the SOS group can
be formed in interested com
munities or counties in the state.
Boardman has organized an
affiliated chapter with Dewey
West as chairman; Roy Partlow,
vice chairman; Myra Skoubo,
secretary-treasurer.
There will be an area meeting
in Boardman January 26 and at
that time there will be a dis
cussion of SOS and school re
organization. R K Landgraver,
vice chairman of the state SOS
will he one of the cuest speakers
and local state representatives
and representatives from other
counties will be present.
HOSPITAL STAFF
ELECTS OFFICERS
Dr L D Tibbies was elected
president of the staff of PioneeT
Memorial hosoital at a meeting
of the crouD December 29. Vice
'president is Dr David Baylink
I and Dr H S Huber is secretary
treasurer.
T:tU Vflr Mtimhpr 44
through Its national network of
,.m,ww. uHti everv vear to all
K.,uincAs In the Reference Book
rooumrt their financial state
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ments. This year, inese request
r holm? sent to approximately
three million businesses to cor
ner grocery store i worth a lew
thniKtunri dollars as wen a iu
the businesses worth millions.
vvhn tho owner or officer of
iiiinPK enternri.se. or his ac
countant. fills out and malls his
financial statement to Dun ft
Bradstreet, It becomes a part of
the credit report on his business
mi factor In determining the
credit rating of his business. It
is not necessary for tne Dusiness
man tn watt for the Dun ft Brad
street reporter's call to hand him
his statement wnen tne iun &
Rmristreet reDorter receives a
businessman's financial state
ment In advance of his periodic
rati h ran make a more de
tailed analysis of the financial
condition of the business and
discuss its operation more In
telligently. Tho Dun ft Bradstreet credit
rating consists of two symbols.
The first, a letter of the alph
ahPt. indicates financial strength
or the tangible net worth cf the
business. The second symbol is
a number which reflects a com
posite appraisal of the back
operations, financial sta
bility and payment record of the
business.
whit rredit reDorts are Drl-
mariiv nspd hv businessmen who
mnnt to evaluate the credit risk
of a business before shipping or
selling, insurance underwriters
also use credit reports to review
risks, rates, and coverage for
fire and other types of Insur
ance. nun & Bradstreet Inc has been
reporting on American business
since 1841 without cost of any
kind to the business it reports
on or lists in its Reference Book.
The suppliers who grant credit
pay all costs through an annual
subscription to the agency's ser
vice. P A Mollahan to
Head Heart Fund
Pat A Mollahan of Heppner
has accepted appointment as
Morrow county chairman for the
iqfin Hpart Fund camDalEn of the
Oregon Heart Association, accor
ding to Eddie Mays and Kooert
L Burke, state co-chairmen for
the campaign.
The campaign will be held
during the month of February,
and will be climaxed on Feb
ruary 28 when thousands of vol
unteers stage a door-to-door
Heart Sunday campaign.
Mollahan and other county
chairmen from throughout the
state will attend a pre-campaign
meeting January 9 at the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School,
where they will learn iirst-nano
how Heart Fund money Is spent
for research and education.
"We are gratified that Mr Mol
lahan has aereed to direct the
Hpart Fund camDaien in Morrow
county," Mays and Burke said,"
and are confident the people of
Morrow county will give the
campaign their full support."
Physical Fitness
Study to Start
The first meeting of the phys
ical fitness study group, spon
sored by the P-TA, will be held
Monday, January 11 at 8:00 in
the high school gym. vi Kooen
Pfeiffer who will instruct tnis
stoud announces that there will
be no charge for the course.
Other study groups pianrww
for the near future will bt a
beginners typing course, theater
and public speaKing eruuy, nu
possibly volleyball. Meeting
times for these groups will be
announced at a later date.
Anyone interester in any of
tha nfnrpmpntioned etouds and
who has not previously signed
up at a P-TA meeting piease
contact Mrs William Labhart or
Mrs Creston Robinson.
Mr and Mrs Del Jordan, and
two children left for Pendleton
Sunday where they will be mak
ing their home.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Lindsay of
Hermiston were visiting at the
James Driscoll home Sunday.
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First 1960 Baby
Gifts Go to lone
Mr and Mrs Louis Carlson of
lone became the proud parents
f a 7 nound 14 ounce son at
6:25 a m January 3 and as a
result, the new baby boy, wno
has been named Clinton Robert,
won for his parents and him
self a whole load or guts irom
Heppner businesses. He was the
first baby born in 1960 at Pioneer
memorial hospital.
The many worthwhile gifts
are presented to the contest win
ner each year In the annual
First Baby contest.
riinton Robert Joins another
brother Philip John, 3 and one-
half years old, and two sisters,
CnnHra Iiu. 7: and Cherl Ann
6 so he Is assured of plenty
of attention when he gets home
and starts to get acquainted with
his family.
Grandparents, too, are expec
ted to help keep him entertained,
and thev are Mr and Mrs John
Graves of Hardman, Mr and Mrs
Leonard Carlson of Portland, ana
great-grandparents, Mr and Mrs
R B Wilcox of Portland.
His Mom and Dad may col
lect their gifts at the stores listed
in last week's Gazette-Times up
on presentation of a letter of
proof issued by me nospum.
Panel Discussion
Slated at P-TA
Meeting January 13
Tnontinrc and narents will ap
pear in a panel discussion at
nf Hemmer P-TA
Jan 13 at the Multipurpose room
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: the eiemenxary schuui m o.w
m.
trwM. Vrptmpver will be mod
erator. Teacher representatives
...in k Tah :tmiuart assistant
Will uc uvc
superintendent; Robert Van
Houte, county buiiuihbhwi
r-n "Pratr hph school Drlll-
UUIUUll
cipal; Hillard Brown, elementary
principal; and Mrs Harold Laird,
second grade teacher. Parents
will be represented Dy i;i--is. Wil
kinson, rancher; Mrs Nels An
derson, housewife; Phil Blakney,
pharmacist; William Labhart,
State Police; Mrs Marlon Hug
gett, P-TA president and house
wife, and Dr Wallace Wolff.
t-)c nt (Hspussinn will cover
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.,r.otinn from various stand-
points, announces Dr Robert
Pfeiffer. program chairman.
School curriculum, goals of the
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schools, teacner qudmitauui,
(..nitioo Vipalth and delin
quency will all be subjects gone
into by tne panei, nema "am.
(to nupstinns from
ii ijiuc ijtini.w
the audience will be answered
by members or tne panei.
This should be a very inter
esting meeting and an inform
ative one, Dr Pftiffer said. "Any
questions one has should be gone
into by those panel members.
We are attempting to get P-TA
back to real pareni-ieaunei oa-
sociatlon wnn tnis meeuui-
He added that "all members
of the panel have promised to
rhpek their weapons at the door
Iwhen they come in."
WEATHER
HI Low Prec.
34 24 -07
38 24 .03
25 17 .03
30 15
26 14
34 17
40 24
52 36
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday-
Rainfall for the week .O; for
December .60; for 1959 10.90 In
ches; for January' -03-
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Heppner Man Joins
In "Round-Table"
Telephone Gathering
Andrew (Tom) Harris of Hep
pner Joined with a brother Ro
bert Harris of Pendleton, and a
sister Mrs Abrams (Lydia) De
Leeuw of Glencoe, Minn, In pro
viding an unu"'ial Christmas
present for another brother Otto
W Harris of Ortonville, Minn. On
Christmas eve all Joined on one
telephone line for a genuine
family get-together.
Otto Harris, who has spent 37
vears of his life in the service
of the Northwest Bell Telephone
Company as manager at Faynes
ville. Granite Falls and Orton
ville, Minn was given the treat
as a gift of the telephone com
pany. All got on the line at the
same time and at one call.
This type of call is known as
a conference call and Is the first
such call originating In Orton
ville exchange. All could be
heard distinctly.
County Court Fills
Board Vacancies
The Morrow county court Wed
nesday made four appointments
to fill expiring terms 01 various
county committees and boards.
Named to a three year term
on the hospital board was W C
Rosewall who will replace P W
Mahoney. Mahoney has served
on the board since it was form
ed.
Orville W Cutsforth of Lex
ington was named a member of
the county fair board for a three
ear term and he replaces Gerald
Swaggart whose term ended Dec
ember 31.
Dewev West Jr of Boardman
was appointed to a three year
term on the budget committee
replacing Don Kenney of Irrigon.
The fourth appointment was
to the land classification board
where Dick Graham will fill a
three year term replacing Ken
neth Keeling who is moving from
the county.
BAND PARENTS TO MEET
Heppner Band Parents will
meet Monday evening, Jan 11 at
7:30 p m in the band room.
All parents having any ques
tions are urged to attend.
FARMERS UNION TO MEET
A Morrow county Farmers
Union meeting will be held Tues
day, Jan 12 at 8 p m at the
Al Bunch ranch home.
Mr and Mrs Russell Pratt nd
Mr and Mrs Frank Showacy of
Portland were Christmas visitors
at the home of their daoghter
and son, Mr and Mrs Gordon
Pratt
CONDON SET TO "INVESTIGATE"
HEPPNER ELKS HIDE-GETTING PLAN
The Heppner Elks lodge
won for its members a free
clam feed from the Condon
lodge because they have
more "hide" than do their
Condon brothers.
The free feed will come
about in March because the
Heppner lodge gathered 1085
deer, elk and other hides to
Condon's 601 in their annual
fall scrap to see who can
gather more of the skins for
the lodge's reteran's rehabil
itation work in Oregon hos
pitals. According to rumors trick
ling over from Gilliam coun
ty last week, officers of the
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Heppner Building
Permits in 1959
Hit 4-Year High
Building permits during 1959
by the City of Heppner totaled
$238,337 and reflected a alight
Increase over the 1958 figure.
Building has Increased each
year in the city for the past
three years, the figures revealed.
1959 permits included $125,750
for new commercial buildings;
$69,000 for new residences; $20,
550 for commercial repairs and
alterations; $19,237 for residence
repairs and alterations; and $3,
800 for new residential garage
construction.
The city council Monday night
approved permits totaling $11,300
which were credited against
1959 as all had been tentatively
approved prior to January 1.
These were to C E McQuarrie,
$10,000 for the remodeling of
Central Market; $1500 to Fred
Parrish, for remodeling a build
ing at 200 N Chase street for an
auto repair shop; and to James
Angell, $800 for a new garage
and storage building.
The largest permits issued last
year were for the $65,000 mus
onm nnd lihrarv building, and
the $55,000 St Patrick's church
parish house.
Tho 1958 construction total
was $233,510, far ahead of 1957s
$145,700. The highest year in re
cent history was 1955 when per
mits hit $344,725, well over half
of which Included the Heppner
grade school.
1960 Chamber
Officers Installed
New chamber of commerce of
ficers were Installed Monday In
appropriate ceremonies by Frank
W Turner, long time member of
the organization.
Heading the chamber for the
coming year is Elmer Schmidt,
who will be assisted by Mike
Whitesmith, first vice president;
and John Hartman, second vice
president. New members of the
board of directors who assumed
office were Oscar Peterson, Or
ville Cutsforth, Whitesmith,
James J Farley and R G Mc
Murtry. Two appointive officers, Don
Pyle, treasurer; and Gene Pierce,
secretary, were also Installed.
The program Included a film
on the March of Dimes.
Mr and Ms Paul McNXece of
Portland were here for New
Years to visit tkelr daughter and
son-in-law, Dr ani Mrs David
Baylink.
Condon lodge plan to carry
out a high-level investiga
tion of the methods used at
Heppner to get that many
hides. Inasmuch as the Hep
pner members complained
all fall that hunting had
been "lousy" in this area.
There is also a story mak
ing the rounds that the two
lodges may take to counting
the clam "hides" after the
feed to see which group's
members can out-eat the
other side. One local report
states that a couple of Con
don Elks have already start
ed "training for this latter
affair.
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