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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
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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
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trt.t in the f. rt b!p cvrn
tiH U.tn.l t evresof limbrr and
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b.t t laic that bave Maifcrn
' iXdiimt in the lule. I'ktah.
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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
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trlct, which along with Ukiah
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.