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Monday's 103 Highest Temperature in 19 Tears
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"Please Don't
Wasle Any Wafer
Plea of City
Oiy tf Heppner water uer
jm-i an all time record during the
pact month In the amount l
water romumN, reported city
water superintendent Vie Gro
.hen. A Mai of over Sl.OlW.ftO
gallon of water ha been umh
In the city during the pant 30
day.
Croshen ald the city U very
lucky to have uffkicnt water
supply for auch demand, but
noted early thU week that rump
Ing from the clty'a upjef well
had to be reduced to keep the
water level from dropping. The
city la now pumping T00.0O0 gal
lona a day from Ita two well.
which Is a reduction from the
820.000 gallon a day that wa
being obtained before the one
well had to be klowed down.
The extremely hot weather of
the past week haa pushed water
use to Ita highest point In his
tory and the city water depart
ment this week asked all users
not to waste water. Groshcns
said that If everyone will coop
crate there should be no neces
slty for rationing. He pointed
out that sprinkling an dirrlgat
ion should be done In the early
morning or evening rather than
during the heat of the day when
evaporation makes such lrriga
tion almost useless.
So far there Is no necessity to
ration water, Groshens said, but
should the supply drop further,
it might be necessary later in
the summer.
2 Promoted In
Forest Service
Victor Kreimeycr, district for
est ranger, announces the pro
motion of Raymond Williamson
to the assistant position in the
Heooner district.
He fills the position vacated
when Fred Prussing was trans
ferred to retrlon 4. Also in line
for promotion was Sam Nigel
who was promoted from timber
sale officer to timber manage
ment assistant, the position
which Williamson held.
A replacement for the timber
sale officer has not been announ
ced. Number Listed For
Rural Fire Calls
Several residents living with
in the boundaries of the Heppner
rural fire district have asked re
cently how to report a fire or
call for help.
All fire calls should be made
directly to the Heppner Fire De
partment fire number which is
listed in the telephone book. It
is 6-9109. Calls will also be ta
ken by fire chief C A Ruggles
or assistant chief Robert Pen
land at the Gazette-Times, but
calling the fire department num
ber is the quickest and surest
method. In case additional equip
ment Is needed a call to the
county agent's office can pro
vide a list of additional volun
teer equipment in the area which
may be pressed into service If
needed.
The Heppner department can
answer" calls only within the
Heppner rural fire district, but
later, when county owned fire
equipment is operating it may
be possible to develop a mutual
aid agreement among the var
ious departments for the benefit
of all areas. Three pieces of
county-owned equipment are
now under construction.
Scottish Visitor
Leaves Thursday
Mr and Mrs Randall Martin
and Janice were in Arlington
Thursday morning to take Miss
Rhoda Campbell to catch a bus
for California. Miss Campbell is
the IFYE student who has been
visiting at the Martin ranch and
she is on her way to California
to visit relatives from her home
land, who live there.
While she was here the Mar
tins took her on a trip of the
Wallowa country and to Hat
Point to see Heus wnjuu. (
On Monday and Tuesday even-
ings of last week around w
u'b3 "l !
nn p called at ine aianiu iiuhic
TseV m Campbell's slides
? Scotland and to hear her tell
of her homeland. ,
of ner nomeianu.
mt rmk w Baker of Kenne-
Mr Frame w sajcer ""r"
wi"k was a guest recently of Mr
and Mrs Charles Vaughn. I
HEPPNErVz
10 Cents
Lexington
Dance Due
V , U;..-- ...I
PRINCESS CHARLENE JONES
Saturday night Princess Char-
lene Jones of Lexington will be
the guest of honor at her own
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Princess dance at the Heppner
fair pavilion.
Princess Charlene is a 5 foot,
inch tall brunette with brown
hair and blue eyes. She is the
rlauchter of Mr and Mrs Charles
C Jones and is being sponsored
by the Lexington Grange.
The nrincess was born in Yak
ima, Washington but moved to
Lexington when she was five
years old and has lived three
ince. She attended tne vexing-
ton schools lor 11 years, u dif
fering to the lone high school
last year to graduate with the
:lass of 1960.
During her high school years
in Lexington she was secretary
of her class for three years, stu
dent body secretary for one year
and assistant editor of the school
New Government
Trapper Due Here
Carl McDaniel, government
trapper in the Heppner area, an
nounced this week that John
Wharton has been assigned as
trapper for Morrow and Umatilla
counties replacing Joe Baltrenas
who resigned in May.
Wharton comes here irom Mal
heur county where he has been
with the wildlife service. He will
split his time between the Butter
Creek area of Morrow county and
Umatilla county.
McDaniel recently attended a
meeting of government hunters
in Bend and won a first place
tie in a shooting match.
MONAHAN BOYS HOME
Mr and Mrs James Monahan
had their three sons home with
them last week for a visit Mike
Mnnahan was here from Port
land; Major James Monahan of I -Spokane
and Sp4 William Mon- RECEIVES SALES AWARD
ahan of Port Whittier Alaska. Heppner auto
William (Billy) is staying on to' 2cs y' d Jast
spend his 30 day leave with his tQ recejve the PontSac
parents.
Wt.ns TRj.p
tn.r.,n son of Mr
i !''"'- .
'and Mrs James Lovgren spent a
few days last week at Janteen
Beach as a guest oi tne t-ast
Qreponian of Pendleton. He won
the tnp by getting ni
, r - .ii.i,0
number of new subscriptions to
the paper. !
G AZET
Princess
Saturday
paper. She was active In sports,
being on the volleyball team,
a three year member of the GAA,
and a member of the Girls
League for one year. She was
also active in dramatics and
took first place in the student
body play as a sophomore. In
lone she served as feature editor
of the lone Cardinal. She is a
four year 4-H club member in a
cooking club, three years in a
sewing and one year in a knit
ting club.
Princess Charlene plans to
enter Western University of bus
iness in Portland following her
exciting summer as a princess.
She is a member of the Lexing
ton Christian church where she
teaches a primary Sunday school
class.
Sharing in her excitement is a
brother Kenneth, and Charlene
has an aunt Pat McMillan Saw
yer who was on the court in 1954.
A fairly new horsewoman,
Charlene will ride Little Red, a
registered quarterhorse belong
ing to William Smethurst. She
was a banner bearer In the 1959
rodeo.
Wes Tittle and his Tri-County
Boys from Redmond will pro
vide the music for Charlene's
dance which Is scheduled to
open at 10 p m.
Wheat Truck Starts
Thursday Blaze
A wheat truck belonging to
Mildred Bergstrom threw a con
necting rod just before noon to
day on the Condon highway near
the Eight Mile intersection and
set fire to surrounding grass and
a small amount of grain belong
ing to Fred Mankin.
Quick action on the part of
neighbors and the Morrow
County Grain Growers fire truck
prevented spread of the fire. The
truck was completely destroyed.
'Motor division Knudson trophy
ifor outstanding sales effort dur-
;in? Pontiac's 19G0 sales contest.
He has also received a
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truck division award for sales
.during the past model year.
Mr and Mrs E L Florence of
r.uSn.r ..
tth hia r,aront Mr and
end w
orman Florence.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 21, 1690
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PORT DISTRICT MAY PICK
UP LAND OPTIONS ON RIVER
Th P't of Mom'W at a meet
ing lt week tltaruhkrd the jwu.
Utility f taking up option tm a
MfatU pice of land In the
northeast corner of tit county
that wa originally Intended to
be att accewi one between the
Columbia River and the Board
man Bombing Range.
The land wa optioned by the
Mate department of planning
and development, but the de
partment waa unable to ottaln
a complete corridor, to moved
It operation to the west end of
the range where the needed land
was obtained. The stale game
commission I also Interested In
this land a a possible (oration
for a wildlife refuge.
Port commissioner Indicated
that financing probably could
be arranged for the purchase of
New Library
Hours Announced
At the quarterly meeting of
the Heppner city library board
on July 12 new library hour
were set, due to Increased cir
culation. The library will be open
one hour earlier in the after
noons beginning August 1, with
the hours being Mondays and
Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p m
and on Saturday 2 to 5 p m only.
Mrs Harry Dinges was elected
president of the board and other
officers named were Mrs Cornett
Green, vice president and Mrs
Sm Turner, secrf 'ory-treasurer.
Trustees are J O Turner, one
year; Mrs Ture Peterson, two
years and Mrs Alex Thompson,
three years.
On the book committee are Mrs
Ray Smith, Mrs Dinges, Mrs
Elmer Schmidt, Mrs P W Ma
honey, Mrs Peterson, Mrs Blanche
Brown and William Sowell.
Mrs Brown, librarian, announ
ced that for the fiscal year July
1. 1959 to July 1, 19C0 there were
3119 adult books checked out,
4595 for juveniles and 407 new
books were added to the library
with 251 new borrowers being
added.
Car Wreck, Fire,
Broken Leg Hit
Family in Minutes
Troubles came in bunches
Sunday morning for Mr and Mrs
Aurby Wlllard who live on the
E C Dougherty ranch near Sand
Hollow. But without Wlllard's
quick action there could have
been many more.
Mrs Willard and their small
child were coming to town in the
family car when the child
caused a distraction and the car
went over a bank. Willard who
was following in a pickup jump
ed from the road to see about
his family, who incidentally
were unhurt, and broke a bone
in his leg.
He loaded the family in the
pickup to go back to the ranch
to get a tractor to pull the car
back on the road only to see it
erupt in a cloud of smoke.
Willard got the tractor and
bulldozed dirt over the car to put
out the fire and kept it from
getting into an adjacent wheat
field where it could have destroy
ed hundreds of acres of grain.
Now Willard is driving truck
with a cast on his leg.
Al Ullman to Visit
In County Saturday
Congressman Al Ullman will
meet Morrow county citizens and
friends on the patio of the New't
O'Harra home in Lexington at 8
p m Saturday, July 23, according
to Al Lamb, county Democratic
chairman.
This will be an informal gath
ering and light refreshments will
be served. The public is invited
to get better acquainted with
the second district Congressman
who is on his way to Washing
ton, D C from the Democratic
National convention at Los An
geles where he served as a delegate.
Ft n es
'77th Year, Number 20
the pinpetty whUh county jude
tWar Vtern Mid ""lll
proe an extremely aluable a-M-t
for the port lr future in
duoirUl derl"pment. Much of
It lie along the Columbia.
The Port commlwdoner went
on record a favoring the con
tribution of to the budget
of the al -county planning com
mi&sion whUh U now being
form.il. The money I Included
In the port budget.
The Port of Morrow anion fol
lowed a request of the Mid Col
umbia regional planning com
mission that each port district
and county In the organization
put money Into the planning
group's budget on a voluntary
basis. Such money would make
possible the establishment of a
permanent office with a hired
planning consultant. The five
ports Involved are In Umatilla,
Morrow. Gilliam. Wasco and
Hood River counties. Sherman
county Is also a member, but It
has no port district.
The regional planning commis
sion Is to help plan for the com
ing Industrial development of
the mid-Columbia region which
Is expected to come from the de
velopment of the Boardman
Bombing Range into a space age
industrial park.
The Umatilla county court and
the Port of Umatilla both have
Indicated that they will each
put up $1500 for the commission
budcet. and Judge Peterson said
it is possible that the Morrow
county court will be able to pro
vide a like amount.
Graveside Rites to
Be Here Friday for
Spencer Akers, 87
Word has been received here
of the death Monday of Spencer
Akers, 87, at his home in Aums
vllle, Oregon. A heart attack was
reported to be the cause of death.
A daughter, Mrs Charles Barlow,
left Tuesday for Aumsville.
Graveside services will be held
Friday at 1:30 p m at the Hep
pner Masonic cemetery with Rev
Charles Knox officiating.
Mr Akers had been a resident
of Morrow county for many years
before moving to the Willamette
Valley several years ago.
A complete obituary win De
published next week.
School Employees
Urged to Get
Health Certificates
All employees of Morrow
county schools are reminded that
Oregon school law requires a
school health certificate regis
tered with the county school of
fice prior to Sept 8.
The requirements for a health
certificate include a negative
chest X-ray or a negative tuber
culin skin test. A tuberculin
Patch test is not acceptable.
Chest X-rays are available
without charge at Pioneer Mem
orial hospital on Wednesday,
August 3 from 7 to 8:30 p m and
on Wednesday, Sept 7 at the
same hours. If an appointment
is made with the technician at
some other time, a chest film is
available for $1.50. The cost of
this is assumed by the Morrow
County TB and Health assoc
iation. If chest X-rays are taken In
the offices of private physicians
they must be sent to a qualified
radiologist, appointed by the
state board of health, for in
terpretation. All certificates must
be countersigned by the Morrow
county health officer before they
can be registered.
Certificate forms for both chest
X-rays and skin tests are avail
able in the offices of private
physicians and at the county
health department In the court
house.
Mr and Mr Jo Stewart and
daughter Linda of Halfway were
in Heppner on Tuesday.
Mr and Mr Jim demerit, for
merly of Sigourney. Iowa now
of Long Beach, California, were
euests of Bess Huddleston this
week. 4 JJL A
Continuing
Brings Rash of Fires
Id'l irf h ie. Wt.def tM
K..lrt rftth-t i4 U-e aun.H.rr
duiing tbe 11 -en !4 and
M. hA, h-n t'-e ftuial
i,orri.m-nt thcimoiT.rtrf here
ft-ai lte l 103 d.'ttee. that iraUmg
wl a 13 )cf leixtd tt heat-
M.,n.jy inaiked the thud diy
in a rw tnai Hie wihui
iH-tituie in IUpcr went over
the 1 mark. It H'J on Jai
uidav and 103 Sunday. Tuesday a
maximum dropped t.i a met Vi
denrec. but many petiwn com-
l Uute.l more of the beat trial
iav lhan oreUoUjy OUC 10
- j - -
higher humidity.
Wvn with the Wal thermom
Hem redlnj: rll oer 100, Hep
pner w fl one of the coolest apt it
In thi part or lutein iregon.
Boardman recorded a 111 on Sun
day. 110 Monday ami lur iue
day. and llermlston outdid that
record Tuesday with an unomc
l.il IIS. Arlington. howeer. prob
ably laid claim to the dublou
honor of being the hottest upot
In the state Sunday wnen an
unofficial 123 degree wa chalk
ed up.
Should anyone doubt that the
entire month of July ha been
Heat Hurling
Some Grain Crops
Morrow county's 1900 wheat
and barley crop Is (touring Into
elevators at the rate of 10,000
to 100.000 bushels a day with a
considerable portion of the high
er elevation fields not yet har
vesting despite the fine ripen
ing weather of the past weeK.
Al Lamb, Morrow County
Grain Growers manager, saia
Wednesday that about 90,000
bushels a day are being deliv
ered to the co op's elevators with
Lexington and North Lexington
facilities handling the greatest
load. All elevators are now re
ceiving Borne grain, he said.
The extremely hot weather of
the past week undoubtedly hurt
some of the crops in the higher
elevations where it was still
quite green when the heat wave
started, but early crop lorecasis
for a good crop still hold. Barley
appears to be running lighter
than usual, but wheat is report
ed to be of good quality on the
average.
County Savings
Bond Sales Jumps
First Six Months
"More United States savings
bonds are held by American
people than ever before in the
19-vear history of the program",
state bond chairman Prldeaux
said today when announcing
state savings bond sales for the
month of June.
Morrow county sales for June
were $4,094 and for the first six
months of the year they amount
to $79,508," the state chairman
said.
June sales in Oregon jumped
substantially over those of a year
ago. They were $2,678,104 com
pared to $2,664,958 last June," he
continued. State sales for the
first-half of the year totaled
$18,270,195." In Morrow county
sales for the first half of 1960
were $12,306 over the same per
iod for 1959.
In commenting on the value
of savings bonds holding to the
community, he said that "more
than $72 billions of United States
savings bonds has been used In
the past 19 years to improve or
buy new homes, for education,
retirement, and other benefits for
the savers and their families."
School Lunch Heads
Attend Conference
Mrs Andy Van Scholack and
Mrs Homer Hager returned to
Heppner last Thursday from Cor
vallis where they attended the
State School Lunch Conference
at Oregon State College. About
300 school lunch personnel were
in attendance.
Prior to the meeting, Mrs Ha
ger had been attending summer
school at Oregon State College.
Before going to Corvallis she at
tended the State Homemaklng
Teachers conference at the South
Salem high school.
Gene Ferguson was In Boisa,
Idaho the first of the week to get
an oiler for the county road crew.
Mr and Mrs Mike Whitesmith
and children were in Toppenish
this last weekend to attend a
wedding reception on Sunday.
hot bpell
hit. a thrck - rt!ur
ts sd hv that on rery d
t; !,.- July 1 tie ma urn trm
priatur in llrl-pner ha Nen l
drc tee or i.U'hrr. m-Mt!y i' 'e
hlH H) and W a. lb kct
maximum iw.rd4 thl nu-nth
wa a modetatrly c4 7tS on
July 1.
Iwt4 Broaaa
Heppner" on Monday wa
the loUet day tnf July 17.
t!ll. a thetk f Heppner
Weather Ktation record allowed
Titrt ail time hlh trmperture
lex-r.ted here wa ItH on July
; l'..X That wa the hottet
d.y In the W rr that weather
record have leen kept hefe.
HmI Bring TUa
The continuing hot pell ha
brought a rsh of fire throufih
out the county and the Umatilla
National Forest. The largest fire
occurred Saturday when park
fr.-m the Heppner city dump et
off a blare that burned between
Gut and 700 acre of grassland
belonging to Bert Kane, FJwyn
Hughe and llolce Fulleton. The
Heppner fire department, aided
by the Morrow County Grain
Grower truck, fought the fire
for over two hour.
Last Friday a small amount of
grassland on the Walter Ruggle
ranch east of Lexington wa
burned when a truck lost a act
of dual wheels letting the axle
drop on the pavement and show
ering the area with sparks. A
Heooner rural truck answerea
the call but neighbor had the
fire under control by the time
It arrived.
The Heppner department an
swered another call Monday Just
below Kinzua mill where a small
patch of grass had burned, ap
parently from a cigarette, mis
blaze also had been controlled
by passersby and neighbors.
The lone department has also
answered several calls In recent
days, but none of the fire were
serious.
Vic Krelmeyer, Heppner dis
trict ranger for the Umatilla Nat
ional Forest, reported Wednes
day that Tuesduy night's dry
electrical Uorm set at least 101
fires In the Umatilla forest, but
none of them in the Heppner
district. The largest blaze, about
100 acres, was In the I'omeroy,
Wash district, with Tendleton
and Walla Walla districts taking
the brunt of the storm. It was
also reported that many fires
were set by the same storm in
the Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest.
Krelmeyer said that seven men
from the Heppner district were
sent to other districts Wednes
day to help control the numer
ous blazes.
The Tuesday storm set two
fires in state controlled land in
the vicinity of Monument look
out and south of the John Day
river.
The Forest Service reported
that all mountain areas are ex
tremely dry bringing the fire
danger to its highest point in
years. The Forest Service weather
report Wednesday called for
possible additional dry electric
storms Wednesday nignt, ana
also said that no relief Is in
sight for Eastern Oregon.
Confusin' Aint It?
Several persons have noted
that G-T stories about tem
peratures or rainfall don't
jibe with the Heppner
weather report that appear
in the same paper. There is
a good reason.
In today's story on the
weather, we said it was 103
on Monday, yet the weather
report on the same page said
it was 103 on Tuesday.
Here's why.
Temperature reading are
taken every morning with
the result that the previous
24 hours' temperatures are
credited to the day on which
the reading is taken. As a
result, for example, Mon
day's 103 was recorded for
Tuesday.
It really didn't make much
difference, though. Both
days were hotter than IS-? I
WEATHER
Hi
92
91
96
101
102
103
97
Low
52
55
57
59
61
60
55
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
No rainfall for week or July.
8.33 inches for the year.