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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1960)
L I D1URY U or 0 c u z t r . ORE PONT RUSH BOYS . . . BUT There's Gold in Them A coupl of week ago this pajHr carried a story about "urow your own fish how fast fish had grown In private pond i ing the pond, if necessary developed at the Don Greenup I After the discovery waa made ranch. This week the G T can report that those ponds, or at least one of them la literally "A pot of gold." The discovery came about this wav Last Sunday four local boys Jerry Anderson. Billy Monagle, Robert Nic hols and Jerry Green up, were diCL'tne fish worms round one of the ponds when 'one apnea to tne they uncovered four genuine! known: $5.00 cold pieces. After the dls- The property originally be covery. it U neeilless to report J longed to the Thompson ranch, that great and Immediate plans. and Press Thompson, one of the ik ' V I j ' . i ' v -v TOM DRISCOLL v i . m. f' i .;s - v - . .. - t . .Vi "T' " 4 f, DENNIS DOHERTY Elks to Gather For "Annual" Several hundred members of the Heppner Elks lodge, state Elks officers and visiting Elks, will gather in Heppner Saturday for the 63rd annual celebration of the lodge. Registration will start at 11 a m followed by lodge session at 2 p m. At the same time a ladies card party will be held at the new Catholic parish hall. Dinner will be served from 6:30 to 8:30 at the fair pavilion and two floor shows are scheduled at the Star Theater at 8 and 9 o'clock. Dancing will complete the day's activities. Del Jordan is exalted Ruler of the Heppner lodge and numerous co.nrnittees have been working on the annual event. Fire Destroys Highway Bridge Near Lexington Heppner's rural fire Jeep made a 15 mile courtesy run last Sat urday afternoon in an effort to aid in putting out a fire that was burning a highway bridge eight miles north of Lexington, but the effort came xo a sorry . en(j. ladies of Pine City. The brid-e was too far gone; to save by the time the truck pesf Control got to the scone and on the re-jR ke Reveaed turn tr d a rod went out oi tne; motor, ruining it. Th hridce. a brand new one! that the highway aepanmem ; had replaced only last fall, was ' burning from one end to the other by the time the truck ar- j rived and me uanuus i creosote was too much for the hoe Iipp. It ay11" "rebuilt early this week by the hi-hwav department. T-e r-e carted from weed T, e '',,' r-v Pn- Mar- burr.ir.r boi. Co tin on wr.ox.- stood. vnrmon Critfin is in the Vet eran's h;-:ta! in Fortlar.d where he i:i be cor.f;r.ei fc-r at least were made by the four for ' very extensive exploration of the area, even to the point or screen- known. It also came to light that about week before, an other person had found one $5 gold piece In the same area, so altogether $23 has been dug up ! around the pond. Since the find has become known, several stories concern ing the source of the gold have also come to light, and this Two From Heppner Picked for Shrine All-Star Team Two Heppner high school sen lors, Tom Drlscoll and Dennis Doherty have been named to the Shrine East-West All-Star foot ball team that will play next August in Pendleton. Drlscoll was chosen on the regular East squad and Doherty was named as an alternate. Both were first string members of the Mustang grid squad. Drlscoll. who Is the son of Mr and Mrs James Drlscoll of Hep pner, was the leading ground gainer and point maker on the 1959 Mustang team and was voted a place on the all-con ference team for the past two years. He played halfback most of this year, and in the quarter back spot during most of his previous seasons. Dennis is the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Doherty, and he was selected as an alternate on the Shrine squad. He played quarter back last fall for Heppner. This was Dennis's first year in 11 man football, but he played three years of six man ball for Lexington and was a member of the team that got Into the state semi-finals two years ago. The Shrine game will be play ed August 20 In the Round-Up stadium. Hearing Held On Pine City Area School Problems Residents of the Pine City area met with members of the Mor row county school board at the Pine City school house Tuesday evening. The meeting, arranged by D O Nelson, was Informal and a general discussion of sug gestions and ideas pertinent to the education of the students in that community. Speakers dwelt primarily on the feasibility of returning to school in Morrow county those children for whom tuition is paid to Echo, with the attendant prob lems of costs, transportation, tra vel time, facilities and program. It was the desire of the board to obtain the opinions and de sires of the parents in the area. Representing the Pine City parents were Mr and Mrs Bill Healy, Glenn Campbell, Mr and Mrs William French, Mr and Mrs Jerry Myers, Mr and Mrs Charles Myers, Mr and Mrs George Lu ciano, Mr and Mrs Carl Rhea. Mr and Mrs Charles Daly, Mr and Mrs Weldon Witherrlte, Mr and Mrs Jim Stockard, Mr and Mrs Al Young, Mr and Mrs Leo Ashbeck, Mr and Mrs Robert Hale, K Bonnifer. All members of the school board were present including Fredrick Martin, lone; D O Nel- son. Lexington; Harvey 'Warner, Irrigon; Henry Gantenbeln, P.nardman: L E Dick Jr., Al Bunch, Elaine George, Heppner,' Buncn, tiaine ueorge, ne, and Robert Van Houte, county school superintendent At the close of the meeting, reiresnmenis were wucu wc - . . . . A Urn VlA Local exterminators this week urged residents to use care In ' making contracis wun uincum pest control operators for the "de - bugging" of their property, Operators have reported that m..CI,i .-" -r.:c,-Mf-t tn npnaltv proached by outsiders and told subject to penalty. til .IT tr.eir r.o-ire t-ir with termites or other pests, but a check of the premises by lo- cal exterminators showed there was r.o need for such work, At Ieast local concerns op- era'? in Morrcw county. Francis Nickerson of Eugene 3 here Tuesday visiting with his met her. ora.e .icKer- son. Thar Hills, ..,. .artiest settlers was sup posed to always carry a sizeable ' - ... . . i . kin In amount oi money wmi mm the form of gold pieces. nrn Mr Thompson died, many years ago. no great amount of money was ever found and the story made the rounds of the sneep men in the area that he must hv burled It somewhere a- round the cabin that used to Hand about where the present pond is now located Over the years, shcepherders uhn uen the cabin as their headquarters used to spent their spare time digging up that sec tion of the canyon In search of the burled treasure, but to the best of anyone's knowledge. none ever found It. Whether the boys actually found a part of Press Thomp son's buried treasure is any hodv's cuess. but it offers as good an explanation as any why there was $25 In gold pieces Heine around loose In the can von. ir tne oia siury is uc . . . i- . i 'artificial pond the money was disturbed and subsequently got Stered around. The four bovs are mightily in- terested in getting back to their dliglng, and the Greenups are Just as interested In seeing that the story doesn t start a goia rush though it might be an easy way to get their farm land dug up for spring planting. Anyway, we don't recommend a rush for Hlnton creek ... the claims are already staked! County Demos Open Campaign The Democrats of Morrow county opened the 1960 political campaign with a dinner meeting at the Wagon Wheel Cafe in Heppner Monday evening. Ap proximately Persons J J!!!!!!,?I discussed and to plan voter reg istration and vote-getting drives. Al Lamb, county Democratic chairman, pointed out that the two parties are almost equal in strength in the county and urged action and work to mane tne two rartv system a. service to Morrow county through a tnor- ough presentation of issues and full slates of candidates. He urg ed strong candidates to run for county offices, pointing out that the next few years may see changes so great that only the most qualified could hope to fill the positions satisfactorily. Judge Joe A Jaross or huis- boro, a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for state treas urer, gave a talk on the need for a two party state board of control. A candidate for the Dem ocratic nomination for state rep resentative Frank Weatherford, discussed taxes, iow cost power and related state subjects. Ron Ahem of Baker represented Congressman Al Ullman, who has Just filed as a candidate to succeed himself. Mr Ahem ex plained the farm bill recently Introduced by the second ais- trict Congressman. Mrs taaie Parrish, Democratic candidate for county clerk, gave a short talk. A number of local Democrats reported they have filed to be come candates for precinct com mitteemen and women, and it now appears that each precinct will have at least one committee man and woman candidate and that there will be contests in a few precincts. J O Burns of Condon attended the meeting and announced he has filed to become a candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention in Los An geles. He is Senator Kennedy's ma ,n GnUam It MUSt Be spring Here's more proof that spring is Just around the comer I Early this week Mrs Floyd Hutchlns of Heppner found primroses in bloom in her yard. PROPERTY TAX FILING DEADLINE NEAR March 2 is the final day for filing personal property tax statements with the county as sessor's office. Late filings are TWO CARS COLLIDE Two cars driven by Judith Co rhpll and Mrs Ralph Richmond rn'iMorf rparlv headon Fridav ' night near the corner of May j and Main streets in Heppner j . - . M .1 . causing total aamage vi iiwui There were no injuries other ! than minor cuts and bruises to drivers and passengers. i EPPNtrV r r fj V.CntS 4 . 1,1 ; h " .' f I THE HOLE-h U on of several holes which hae been dug during tne pai iw wKM m . ' . .T products which have been tunning Into basement of Stefanl's restaurant in lone. When this picture was taken, hole was about 12 feet deep and bottom was saturated wim gasoline, iut rnoioj 1. r : v - OF DIRT was moved In this roped off area around Standard -staJlant right but source of th. petroleum still is a mystery. Friday after nearly two weeRs snuiaown. v REOPENINGS SEEN FRIDAY FOR lONE'S "GAS-CLOSED" BUSINESSES " Though the "eonree "of Ione's now-famous "gasoline well" still remains a mystery, It appears today that both Stefanl's Fine Food restaurant, and the Stan dard OH Company bulk plant will be back in operation again Friday. That Is unless something else happens. The two businesses were order ed closed nearly two weeks ago by the state fire marshall's of- Heppner Market Sold To Thomas Howell; Name Change Due Thomas S Howell, owner and operator of Central Meat Market In Central Market for several years, today announced his pur chase of the Heppner Market from Mr and Mrs Loyd Burken bine. Howell will take over his new store next Monday and the name will be changed to Economy Market and Lockers, and he an nounced that all present locker customers would be moved to the new location by March 1. Burkenbines have owned Hep farii-t fnr slv vpars and the stor has been in the family for over 30 years. They have announced no plans for the im- mediate future. Wool Marketing Deadline Approaching Chairman Paul W Jones of the Morrow County Agricultural Sta bilization and Conservation com mittee this week reminded wool growers that the marketing year for the purposes of the 1959 wool program will end March 31. The wool program is conducted under the national wool act of 1954. and payments under the 1959 program will be made this summer when payment rates are determined on the national av erage price received by produ cers for shorn wool during the 1959 marketing year. For completed sale, title must have passed to the buyer, the wool must have been delivered to the buyer (either physically or on paper), and the last of the factors 'price per pound, weight, vield etc) needed to determine the total purchase price must be cerninEr the sale is not tt pd by March 31. the sale will not be con.-idered as complete. It was . . . . A siairu Application for payment under the 1959 program must be filed with the county AsC otnee noi later than April 30. 1960. GAZ " f.7 - M.N- . Both businesses expect to re-open fiee wh'en petroleum products a gain started running into Stef anl's basement. A couple of weeks earlier the restaurant was closed for a short time for the same reason, but a sump had been dug along side the build ing and pumping finally failed to show traces of gasoline. The latest closure was ordered when the petroleum product again showed up In even greater a mounts. During the past two weeks at least half of the oil company's lot has been dug up in an eirorx to locate the source of the sup ply, but whether it can be blam ed on a Standard Oil tank leak is still questionable. Two deputy state fire marshals, Joe Gault and George Kincaid have been overseeing the digging. Jim Barnett's Chevron Station was closed for about two days last week, but was allowed to reopen late last Thursday when it was determined the station's operation could not endanger the area. A total of about 40,000 gallons of gasoline and other petroleum products are stored in under ground tanks in the block, but according to reports tests of the , tanks snowed no iea3. j 'ii. r nignway tmpiujtsj Receive Awaras ror Uriving itecora One thousand fifty-one state highway department vehicle and enuinment operators, including nine in Morrow county, have been presented with safe driver awards for accident-free driving in 1959, according to W C Wil liams, state highway engineer. Of those honored, 160 received 10 year awards for perfect driv ing records. .'n Morrow county awards went to Edwin C Wilson, 10 years; John Nielson, 10 year; Dallas Mc Daniel, 5 year; Harry B Moses, 4 year and Frank L Mooney, 4 year, all of the Heppner district. In the Boardman district they were given to Nathan Thorpe, 10 vears; Charles L Potts. 10 years, klvin Ely. 9 years, and Irwin W Lewis, 4 years. 'The 1159 vehicle and equip ment safety record was the best . ... Williams s.aiu. uv '"-" - miles were travelled by hlgnwav i artmont vehicles and equip- ...;.h r,n!v 2R.1 accidents, dec merit with only 2H3 accidents. This record shows a definite im provement since the present safety program was Initiated by the department 10 years ago." Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, Fcbruory 18, 1960 ETTc John L Hughes, 92, Dies February 11; Rites Held Monday John Lee Hughes. lone, died February 11 at Tioneer Memor ial hospital. He was 92 years of age and had lived in the lone area for 7o years. Mr Hughes was born February 21. 1S67 at Selo, Oregon and moved to Morrow county when he was 22 years old. He never married. Funeral services were held Monday at the lone Community church with Rev Rod MacKenzic officiating. Burial was in the lone I OOF cemetery. Survivors Include two brothers. Jack of Heppner: and Richard of Tetaluma. Calif. He also leaves several nieces and nephews. Red Cross Drive Start Nears; Volunteers Needed The Rev H A Wolflngton. pas tor of the Heppner Assembly of God church has been named to head the Morrow county Red Cross fund drive which will start here March 1. He has announced a goal of $16G0 for the compalgn. Rev Wolflngton spoke at Mon day's chamber of commerce meeting and told of the wide spread activities of the Red Cross, stating that the organization touches on the lives of more people than does any other or ganization. He told of the many functions Including the blood bank which serves Pioneer Mem orial hospital, the water safety and first aid classes, and the service men's work that is a part of the Red Cross function. The chairman today sent out an urgent call for volunteer workers, especially in the Hep pner area and asked that any one interested in aiding in the drive contact him. Winter Sports Club Organized A winter sports club was or ganized Sunday at Cutsforth ca bin In the mountains. About 15 interested persons attended. Kenneth Peck of Lexington was named president of the group, with Dr Robert Pfciffer, Heppner, vice president; and Mrs O W Cutsforth, Lexington, sec retary. A commltte was appointed to prepare by laws and rules for the club and It will obtain in formation from other clubs be fore writing them. The commit tee is Don Peterson, lone, chair man; Bob Jepsen, lone; Bob Rict mann, lone; Kenneth Turner, and Dr L D Tibbies, Heppner. The group voted to hoi the charter open until April 1 for charter members, and all Inter ested persons are asked to con tact Mrs Cutsforth or Mr Peck. There will be a contest to choose a name for the club. Members are to submit names which will be voted on. The win ner will receive one year's free membership. ' Another meeting has been set for Sunday, Feb 28 at Cutsforth cabin beginning with a potluck. IF YE Student to Tell of Japan Visit Impressions of Japan will be presented in Morrow county this weekend by Miss Myra Jean Mc Bride. Miss McBrlde, a Linn county IFYE (International I Farm Youth Exchange) student will speak and snow coiorea slides on her visit to Japan this past year. Miss McBrlde, a young grad uate of Oregon State College, will be here for two days to speak on her travels and ex plain how the IFYE progrim works to bring about better jn derstanding among people ol the world and to build a lasting peace. Her schedule will be as fol lows: Sunday afternoon. Willows Grange, lone; Sunday, 8 pm, Hope Lutheran church. Heppner to which all church groups have been Invited. Monday morning, 9 am. lone high school; Mon day noon, Heppner Chamber of Commerce; Monday afternoon, Heppner high school at 2 p m. mTI M ES 76th Year, Number 50 Bishop Liepzig To Dedicate New Parish Hall Si Tatrlck's new parish hall will be dedicated by the Most Rev Francis P Llepzlg. Bishop of Baker, next Sunday, Feb 21 at 1 p m. A potluck dinner for the parishioners and their guests will follow Immediately after the blesslnjr of the new building. Two well known former pastors of the parish, Father Francis McCormack, now at Ontario, and Father Tatrlck Galre, now work ing In Baker, will be present for the ceremonies. Construction of the new hall cot underway late last August with Rlverman and Sons, Port land holding the construction contract. The completed build ing without furnishings will cost the parish about $53,000. This figure does not include a great amount of volunteer help from many parishioners. The main function of the new building, which is located on Jones street, Immediately behind the church, will be for the teach ing of religion to the children of the parish. Its facilities will also be used for the various activities of the parish. WEATHER Tree. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday .01 .03 Tr. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Rainfall for the week .04, for February .68; for the year 2.10 Inches. PAULEN KASEBERG Sherman Farmer Files For District GOP Nomination Paulen Kaseberg, Sherman county farmer, has filed for the Republican nomination for state Representative from the 22nd legislative district. The district is composed of Gilliam, Sher man, Morrow and Wheeler coun ties. Kaseberg was born in Sherman county, near Wasco. He has been a life-time resident there, farm ing the land homsteaded by his grandfather. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon, re ceiving his degree in business administration. The candidate was president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League in 1949 and has served on the Oregon Wheat Commis sion since 1949. He has served on the board of directors of the Sherman Cooperative Grain Growers and is at present a member of the board of trustees of the new The Dalles General hospital. In announcing his candidacy, Kaseberg said: "I believe that: with the resources of low-cost power, transcontinental rail " vice, low-cost water transporta tion, water and land availability, the district is on the threshhold of a new era in its develop ment. Therefore, I will aggres sively work toward the full de velopment and ultimate poten tial of the area. Mr Kaseberg Is married to the former Margilee M"rse of Eu gene, and has a son, Lee, at the University of Oregon and a son, Terry, and daughter, Alice, at tending Sherman county high school. Hi Low 49 34 51 39 59 30 47 31 49 35 47 2S 49 23 (' :-l I: . ( h tw o weeks.
