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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1960)
1 1 o r x n r 7 Combines Join To Htve$tNorth Ltxinfton Widow's Whtt Crop FIRES EVERYWHERE ELSE fUI Witort SffD Te m p p i rHi RA9f Hlc repotted hli metniog that Wednesday attvinooa's thutdr itotm Ml ! small luet la the tfutiict lb lul that ho bn started la this are, loth were in the vicinity of Tamarack Mountain oa In J oh a Day slope el In forest Both were quickly con trolled with the bIp ol Sta tus Corp crews. A small amount of lata 111 during lb storm, end additional lightning storms are forecast lor today and tomorrow. Forest fires ly the hundred still dot murh of the 1'matilla nd the Wallowa. Whitman Nat lunal fW!, but up till Wednes day afternoon the Heppner ran tiT district of the I'matUla Hill had btfn lucky enough to have tx-en bypassed by dry lightning storms that sot off the blazes mow than 10 days ago. More than two thirds of the entire 30 man crew of the Hop. pner rancor district, 22 men plus district ranger Vic Krelmeycr. Dance Slated For Princess Geraldine X " . ' v. ar . . . , , w ' p'Nv .. (.if ' 1', ' ' .wwtfV' ' PRINCESS GERALDINE SWAGGART The third in the series of Mor row County Fair and Rodeo dan ces will be held Saturday night at the fair pavilion honoring princess Geraldine Swaggart of the Lena Community. Princess Gerry, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald Swaggart, has lived all her 16 years on her parents' wheat and cattle ranch 19 miles northeast of Heppner in the Butter Creek area. Princess Geraldine is an out door girl who has taken an active part in work on the ranch. She has been riding since she was three years old and says she rode with someone holding her on before that. Her summers are spent on horseback for each year she helps with a roundup and cattle drive moving the family herd 30 miles into the moun tains. Besides her mother and father, a brother Paul 13, helps with the drive. Last year she spotted trucks on the ranch dur ing harvest and is driving a wheat truck from the ranch to the Morrow County Grain Grow ers elevator in Heppner. The petite 5 foot, 2 inch prin cess does farm chores the year around and takes care of her horses. Amder Doll, a thorough bred bay mare will be her of ficial horse in the fair and rodeo. She has trained the seven year old mare that was raised on the ranch. Fair time has always been an exciting time for Princess Geral !. inn iV.r4 to '! f dl trt.t in the f. rt b!p cvrn tiH U.tn.l t evresof limbrr and I .. i . . ... ..... ii. i ii.h b.t t laic that bave Maifcrn ' iXdiimt in the lule. I'ktah. i !. i.. and lnwr v. an jiiit:i..n t trl.i. (Hrr 4 mrnljf l- j.ncr. He was able to get aip uil fuiMmj: ihe Urget Ihe liffd, ihe Anthony trfk Maze wuuth tf Baker and La Grande and aul M are mot pins up ftrea In the I'matlll (ofrkta Tlie llrppner diiikt fire sup rifciin cri-ws were called out ,f this district Wednesday, July 20 and none if them have et rrturneil t llrppner. Wlvea of many of lh men Mill have no kn,.uI.xK-e aa lo the whereabout of thfir husbands and nut of tht-m irubublv have worked on eeral fre during the past week. A liirhtnlni! storm Tuesday evenlnc. which again fortunat ely missed Hie Heppner district. kidiiett another 50 new urea in the Umatilla forest, district clerk Oliver Creswlck reported wed n.Htd-iv mornliiu. About 7 Of I of those were In the Dale an - . . trlct, which along with Ukiah U'f 5 1 X 4 dine for her family has been ac tive in MoTvow County Fair and Rodeo activities as long as she can remember. Her father has been active in the rodeo for over 20 years and recently served on the fair board. Her older sister, Lauraine Swaggart Beardsley, now of Portland, was a princess in 1948 and another sister, Chris tine Swaggart Buschke, was queen in 1957. Princess Geral dine has ridden in competition and the parade since she was old enough to enter. She served as pennant bearer for the Wranglers in 1959 and she and her sister Christine each won a belt buckle from the Wranglers for earning the most points in her class in competit ion in the 1956 rodeo. She was chosen queen of the Ukiah rodeo in 1957 and was a princess in this year's Arlington rodeo. Though she loves the outdoors, the princess has found time to finish four years in a 4-H sewing club. She is active in sports at school, being a member of the Heppner high school volleyball team and the track team. She has served as cheer leader, is a member of the Pep club, chorus and Future Business Leaders of America. Following graduation in two years she plans to enter nurse's training. Music for her dance will be furr.hhed by the Leonnig Family of Heppner. A ,A V N I J v. had baiiird svriou lues in inri.t d. One tU bra irdthi twn if t'ktah Ut week lend 1rtrsl a large amount I .i ni I ii.l and timber if of lane land and timber f pr.rn' owned by W K Hughe oflhU tatile out of the path f the fjm-. but all traiIand wa I burned Klnrua Corpoiatlun crew from Itiil.fieri aWted other crew late last week III controlling an other blae wet of I'klah near Kinzua timber atanda. Timber rrewa fium bth the Heppner and Ktnzua ojH-ratlon are on a atandbv bala to assist the llenoner ranker district In case predicted atorma start fire In thu area. Only 8 men. Includ ing lookout, are left on duty In the Heppner dUtrlct of the ror est Service. Outlook Not Good The Forest Service weather forecast received here Wednes day morning called for lightning atorma aeain Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, and many person were concerned that one of the storms mlcht start things popping here like othera have done In nearly all other districts of the Umatilla forest A tornadlc-type circular wind storm struck the Willow creek vallev area about 6pm Tues day brineine a heavy dust storm. but In most sections there was little or no rain. Extreme caution has been urced on anyone using or trav eling In the forest areas of the Blue Mountains. The unusually dry conditions and very low hu midity (down to 10 percent at times) makes fire conditions the most hazardous seen in this sec- t ion of the state in many years. N ma lor eraln or field fires have been reported in tne soum- , . .., j... I Ing the past week, but an lire fighting equipment and farm fire su ppression rigs are being Kept " eady at all times. Local Hams Aid With Fire Fighting Two amateur radio Hams from Morrow county have, or still are, assisting with vital communi cations at the 25,000 acre An thony Lakes fire near Baker. They are Earl Blake, Heppner, K7CJC, and Gunnar Skoubo, Boardman whose call is K7DSW. The two were called to help another 20 hams who have been iDeratinc emergency radio sta tions at six locations around the big fire since the middle of last week. Both left here Monday morning and Blake, who Is Mor- J t row county emergency raaio corp coordinator, returned Wed nesday to be available here in case of need in this section of the forest. Skoubo is remaining 1 in Baker county to assist. Rlake was stationed at Tucker Flat between Anthony Lakes and Baker and Skoubo had been as- iirnpd to another station In the same area. The Ham communi cations network, which Is part nf thA Oreeon Emergency Net work of Hams, is handling a great amount of communicat ions for the Forest Service and other agencies fighting the fires in Eastern Oregon. Another group of Hams from the Enterprise area are assisting on the fires along the Snake River and Hell's Canyon. Several of the 20 Hams on the Anthony Lakes blaze live in the Willamette Valley. Commercial Teacher Hired for Heppner County school superintendent Robert Van Houte announced Wednesday that Norman Bonn of San Francisco has been hired to teach commercial and busi ness subjects next year at Hep pner high school. Bonn is a graduate of Stan ford University and has taught for 11 years at the Yuba City, Calif high school and Yuba City college. r-., r,ti.iir toarhinir nositlons I UUi uuivi . v i i .u .-.,,., cvifini still re- main to be filled. Van Houte said. Mrs Fredrick McClintock of Cecil recently returned from a trip east and California to visit relatives. Her daughter Suzanne, who accompanied her, remained in California for the rest of the v acation w ith her aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs Claire Thompson. THIS HARVESTING WAS DONE attack looK in in oi aiox Linaaay, oa wnow iarm id am noun Laxlngton area this picture was taken last wookond. end uat before harvest started, a eon Larry broke his lea. The combination of events pretty well stymied Mra Lindsay' harvest plans until her bicther. W I Doherty. and others moved in with this answer seven combines working at one time. Three of the machines be longed to the Lindsay ranch. Doherty brought thro of bis. and 10 Cents nformation on New :amilics Needed by School Officials Heppner and county school of .lata this week asked for in formation on new families who r . . iha iinnnpr nave inuvt-u nnv, ... school attendance area in re- months who will have first . studntg , 8chooi here this fall. I Th information is needed to determine the mr.Tibe: or nrei erade rooms and teachers that will be needed nere mis iu. oonciw was taken early this year, but new residents who have moved here since then have not been recorded. . Anvnno knowing of such fam ilies are asked to call either the county superintendent s otlice or the Heppner grade school, phone 6-9130 or 6-9248. Clock Donated to Heppner Swim Pool; Lessons To Start A large clock was installed this week at the Heppner swim ming pool which should greatly help youngsters get home on time from their daily swim. The ww the E-ift of Gene Pierce, fmanager of the Heppner branch of the Bank of Eastern uregon. Lifeguard and instructor lorn umctVioo announced this week that the last session of swim ming lessons will start Aug J. hoainners. intermediate and junior lifesaving students. Adult lessons will start tne evening of August 2. Hughes also asked any grade school boys or girls who are in terested in ranes for water ballet to contact him during the first two weeks In August. Hiahliahts of Demo Convention Related By Rep. Al Ullman Rep Al Ullman met with about an Morrow county citizens at the Newt O'Harra home in Lex ington the evening of July 23. Accompanying Mr Ullman was pnn Ahprn of Baker, Ullman's executive assistant. The second district congressman described highlights of the Democratic Nat ional convention in Los Angeles and spoke highly of the inde pendence and decisiveness of senator John Kennedy, the party's presidential nominee. State Kepreseniauve rrann. Weatherford spoke briefly out lining the value of legislative experience in a legislator. Prir.r to tne meeting uie ... rnnnrpssman and Ron Aner vis ited and had dinner at the Al Lamb home in Heppner. They nd the Morrow county Democrat ic chairman discussed campaign strategy and various Issues as they effect the people of this county. - - Jean and Sne Scrltsmeler of Portland are guests of the Jimmy Prock family. IN A HURRY Just recently a heart G AZETTE Average Size Farm In County Larger, Census Shows The 1959 Census of Agriculture, conducted In Morrow county last fall, counted 386 farms, accord ing to a preliminary report just Issued by the Bureau ol the Len sus. U S Department of Com merce. Total land in farms was 1,109,903 acres. The average size of farm was 2,875.4 acres. The average value of farms (land and buildings) in the county was $110,8-12. Five years ago tne average size farm in the county was only slightly over 2200 acres and the value of $74,862. Of Ihe county's farm operators, 175 owned their farms, 137 owned part of the land and rented ad ditional acreage, and 69 were tenant farmers. The average age of farm oper ators in the county was 50.1 years. There were 56 farm oper ators 65 or more years of age. Of the 386 farms In the county, 292 were commercial farms. Detailed statistics on crops, livestock, equipment, etc, are nrosfntpd in the nreliminary re port, with comparable statistics for 1954. Copies of the county reoort mav bo obtained for 10 cents each from the Bureau of the Census, Washington, D C. Chamber Hears of ASC Office Duties The oneration of many of the Federal agricultural programs In Morrow county was explained to the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday noon by Dave McLeod, manager of the county ASC office, Hep pner. McT-eod exdained that in ad dition to administering the var ious phases of the wheat pro gram, the office is concerned with land leveling, construction of ponds, strip cropping, weed control and others. He said that the county office . a tn on oao in urhnitt Inane in had $3,190,000 in wheat loans in IlC DaiU liiai. n - the county in 1959 and that there were 47 conservation reserve con tracts now in effect with nine full farms in reserve. He also ex plained that 13,907 acres of farm land have been put into the soil bank for which owners receive a total of $163,000 a year. He explained how the government assists with land leveling work and said that in the county 362 acres of farm land were leveled during 1959. Mr and Mrs Frank Turner and Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson went to Kimberly for a picnic Sunday. Mr and Mrs W C Rosewall spent Monday In Walla Walla and Weston checking on the grain harvest b-v.,. unrhiii.if Camnanv 1 .-. . , , sold all of the machines) added one more to the collection. Tn combination of combines cut a swath well over 100 feet wide at every pass around a fteid and harvested about 3 SO acres a day. This is thought to be on ol th few. If not th only time, that eeven combines of the nm make ever worked a Morrow county ranch at one time. The sight may not be duplicated in many years. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 28, 1960 Fall From Horse Kills Lyle Van Duscn, Monument Rancher Lvle Van Dusen, 45 of Mon ument, died Tuesday morning at Pioneer Memorial hospital from Inlurles received Monday after noon when he apparently fell or was thrown from his horse near his ranch at Monument. According to available infor mation. Van Dusen saw a stray horse go by his ranch about 5 p m Monday so he saddled up his own horse and went after it. A short time later he was found lvinc unconscious in the road alongside his horse and it was surmised that he either got tangled in a rope or that his saddle slipped throwing him in to some rocks. He never regain ed consciousness and death was caused by a skull fracture. Lvle Evans Van Dusen was born March 22. 1915 at Modesto, Calif and he had lived in the Monument area for several years. He was a member of the Baptist church and the Monument Grange. He is survived by his wife Maxine and four children, Kath leen. John. Fred and Ralph, and his parents, Mr and Mrs John Van Dusen, all of Monument. Services will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Monument Com munity church with Dr Thomas officiating. Interment will be in the Monument cemetery, cres- wick Mortuary Is in charge of arrangements. Kinzua Corporation Wins Timber Bid The Kinzua Corporation, Kin zua, was . the successful bidder on 4 million board feet of nat ional forest timber on the Assoc iated No 5 sale, forest super visor C M Rector announced to day. The sale is located 38 miles south of Heppner. The sale was appraised at $14.05 for Douglas fir, $16.10 for western larch and $5.35 for white fir. The sale was sold at the appraised price. There was only one bidder present. Mr and Mrs James Drlscoll spent last weekend in Portland. Mr and Mrs Harlev Young and , - children were in The Dalles Fri day visiting Mr and Mrs James Peterson. BOY! WHAT A COULD TURN Attention is called to an important event to take place Friday at 6 p m at the Little League ball field in Heppner. Special preparations for the event include the solic iting of such experts as "Heavy" McCurdy. "Shorty" Munkers. "Skinny" Gimbel and that man-about-town. "Curly" Connor. These ex perts and others have chal lenged a group of "Hectic HousewlveV to a battle of of Lexington (who incidentally 77th Year, Number 21 Hof Weather Still Holding; Effect Seen on Crop Yi The weather continued to hold third straight week as temper atures during the past seven davs stayed in the high SO's and 90's throughout practically all of Eastern Oregon. Heppner's official readings didn't get quite as high this week as thev did the week be- forp. but thev were hot enough for most people. The highest reading here was 5)9 on lues- dav. which was only four de grees under last week's high of m.l. On four of the last seven days Heppner had readings in the 90's, and the lowest maxi mum came on Saturday when it got only to 85 degrees. Res dents here experienced tne warmest night of the summer Tuesday when the minimum was a warm 62 degrees. Hard on Crops The continuing hot spell, which hasn't seen a single ma jor break in the heat since July 1, Is showing up In the gram harvest. Al Lamb, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, said Wednesday. He reported the co-op now looks for not over a 25 bushel per acre county wheat average compared with over 33 last year; and that bar- lev will run only about tnree- quarters of a ton to the acre compared with wen over a ton last year. The au'alitv of wheat is run ning about up to average, Lamb said, except for certain rye in fested fields, but barley quality is not up to normal. Harvestlne Is completed in many fields in the north Lexing ton area, but Is in full swing in most of the rest of the county. WEATHER Hi Low Thursday 95 55 Friday 95 55 Saturday 88 46 Sunday 85 46 Monday 87 52 Tuesday 92 59 Wednesday 99 62 No rainfall for week or July, 8.33 inches for the year. GAME THIS OUT TO BE the softball in a benefit game to help raise money for lights for the Little League field. Going for the "Hectic Housewives" will be "Lanky" Labhart "Cripple" Robinson, and that slugger "Wiggles" Agee with help from many unknown housewives. The game is a cinch to be one of the funniest ever seen here, and the cause is mighty worthy.
