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eppner Forest Ranger Tells Firefighting Problems IM fOf th Cttt H 1 lha tup. , Ran? Dutrirt Um- ! National rmC vh pnt in o o( fh pott vyt directing epttetiana M ! th major EaiUrn m and Washington for- Of. Sine witting thU m OturBd t th CM lrct mop-up epcralloa. Tl.rr wer tifjcfinn. plan (hungry ns" down In the ranyona1 turned out. I made, order Ll4rJ Iv men and, of OUl Of! fuiHV wnerr l"nr machine. All tiuhl thl for.tln- other aircraft or rrn pack an- usl. Ju.t before da light there imU cul4 fc-o nly wh rv s a X rr.:r.'u!r an-mj.i, t kWp'inrr.o difficulty. UtttnCU GAZCTTE-TIMCl, ThttiJaT. Aafu.l 4. 14 I moi (if whuh wa ient In Uerit twitrmpNtlon. planning nil prayer. lf cuur there waa th uul rirhane of creetinjja of ul4 Fvtm S-nloe friend not arm for many er; friend mad at other fire, training M-huuU tr ainltfnmfnu. but over lit all rod the feeling of anxiety. VICTOi L XICIMCTCI fit Hi Pt two week rtea.ll.iv, radio and TV ; tro,Jrata have been I Troy, Orejron. fire Saturday morning, the Win, it wai approximately GOOO acre. An accurate map waa Juat be, Im: made by the aeout. About 430 mm had been on the fir at one time. Six cata were busy building and atrengthcnlng the fire lines; two helicopter were in use shuttling food, men and auppllea. Fixed wing aircraft were used to drop borate, a fir retardant. on hot spota likely to get out of control before fire flhtera could get lines built and tomaiha knotted and appetite 'rrerk fire eept the hardiet veteran. By 5 a m Sunday morning. I id With reporti on the ' Ine '"meroy aimrip wan- Urge flrea In Montana. lnS 'r ncHeopier to tae me Eastern Washington and ,0 Wenatchee Guard Station t Mllllona of Americana ",au"""7 : hout the United Statea headquarter i tnC vvenaunee lern on international TV Creek fir. With me waa a plan trip the walla of racing ' n,r" h " w Prorr I .,in., ra nv mow no nau Tn ur mtt-h of flrea burning on the " n rir- wno na U'M " la and Wallowa Whitman Irom B,r; mon wno nau r- al ForeKta. laonai acqusinianre wnn coun- M In tlmler. rangeland. irr " v" ..... - lomea and other personal 'n flrP mKht change. are now valud In thel The 'copter, piloted by ea is of dollars, not to mrn-llamatta of Columbia Helicopter ie lo&s of lives and the! Son Ice. landed me within a few Of injury that will cause feet of the Wenatchee Creek ng to many people for Guard Station. To greet me as I and possibly years to I crawled out of the 'copter, was t my line boss. Bill Orr. a veteran M1 V J;" u "l . . I. . V " I,"";., one day last wtvk with a bridge W uan'ur' i imcs may line i .auonai riri-i jjiu.i an i i,..,i (onal no-ount of one of hacgard and tired group of fire najor fire fronts although fighter. Forest Service men and Servicii men of the Hen National Guardsmen, who had tanger district as well as fought this fire from the begin roods and mill crews have nlng but had lost tspatched to and may even land were forced to retreat, leav ) working on many differ-1 ing their tools and equipment tt throughout this area. behind on a ridge that was now Is a reoort of some of the surrounded by miles of biacK- rhts and incidents on the ened snags and white ashes, chee Creek fire. Many of Although I had not eaten since rwspapcr reports have re- about 5:30 p m the day before, to It by name along with I a steak hastily bolted down at ummings Creek, Crooked Tupper G S prior to catching the . T-.. MM a Dli, nsr rint ffWI ijiu i Ui.an:iuii Aiica un uic : mane i c j-,. was far from my thoughts. There ru","'; Ttiore re j-taaiUr atiow by the fire at ri;ht a heavily limbered canyon were roiuunv ed by fire In a matter of minute, and yet there waa ata thi hi'i-e by the firefighter To day's the day. If we can Jut hold It today, it will burn ltlf Ithai.ka from tho of ua te.pn out!" ThU waa the Wenatchee Uitle fr Ha control. Thee are iif.tjme C14 tlaier in ttte Vol ft Were fu iuanie n .-n"'', u-.uming nair ana ih Wenat. He Oeek fire when ).tie.l tempiea trll tf their I ic-f l.ut there were tmnwrinja )ri f Uf. rememtef the . ibi.hm irn lu.tini a heait 'ml l-S'e thuiie The llei-onet ! ' artartt. a f-r.-l.eri bak. ?nk due In.ttUt anil bear the maik i4 ta bufnel f.t. untr'ke, a col-jtfn iriil Still t-Id.7 r.wrx re-Ij,-J lung and numerou rut t-t tf early l'o when fire and bmlw. jbuntl Uiumtrlied until fall There were many le wno,' - Monument News . .. ..i - fin, -14 -. L - hel,Hsl fitfhl and control thl nre ' who will neer receive any. a itewer geiu ratii-n. A jear that S'. ur-.ei t f.-ret! leport f ihe r;-mh f Jul. ?l Itghtnin rl 4t.-t.fl buriilis fi!e. me t.fe U aruund 1VW great for tut lire in pne mHiu!t-iy wi.w u grw .L M i i ' . IIV... .1 .t. .. I, er an ine nuHi.rn nteinou or located In Washing-jraru her, their wives ana child-(" i,n ,,n ih IS.m.Tr.v llwlrli-r a ron uhn unknown to U. Were 11 few mile down.tream from, on the acen befire the crfanUed 1.',!'in mk Jum- When I left the fir-fii'hten arrived. T1ey foucht , l". um ftanem Lexington News Br DELPHA JONES Mr Eldon Tadbcrg entertalnel paity honoring Mrs Lois Hunt on her birthday. Those present were Inez Huffman, May Gil llnm of Heppner, Juanlta Car ' htt," mlchael. Gena Leonard. Gladys their battle ...... . uk. Van iiiivjc, lam i-lie u-uururi and the hostess and honoree, Mrs Hunt and Mrs Padberg. Birth I day cake was served. Mr and Mrs George Hermann, Mr and Mrs Johnnie Ledbetter, and Mr and Mrs Dean Hunt were Hat Rock visitors Sunday. Mr and Mrs O W Cutsforth Were visitors at tne river on 3a National Forest, superiors selected me to boss of this 6000 acre er. The fire had most of iwth by the time I arrived; gh now controlled It Is tpable of destruction If not stely extinguished. first orders were received lay, July 23rd. At the time jssage came through, I was dison Butte lookout obser the tremendous smoke created by the Anthony fire on the Wallowa -Whit National Forest, then i acre fire but destined to to more than 20,000 acres i next few days. My orders from the Forest Supervisor, lector, to report to Pomeroy, ngton. My job was to take ne of the project fires on imeroy district the Wen Creek fire. This was about m Saturday. A small plane ne at Big Rock Flat near Guard Station and be 1:00 that evening I was in oy reporting to fire head rs. At this headquarters wrdination was to be done attempt to man, tool, feed irovide for more than 2000 hters working on a half project fires that had al burned over thousands of - of forest land plus the s of small fires that threat to bring the large fires in e uncontrollable giant. f. rlnn limVAH DnH fr , . , . . . . . i 1113 i.uua uuni. m. . was an orgamzauon . jo u wmam c VanWinkle were Ten- ana men oc dleton vlsltors one day last weck . rTM Mr and Mrs Steve Sawyer and ainy. u.e.... family of Hobart. Ind were week and burning out a fire line in I . .'.u r f an attempt to stop the spread ?llndnv thev of the fire. In addition to scout-1 . o . rt,CTn(, X. ' . .1.- Ml I 9 mnn I - .... - ing me lire, nunuirus ui Iio1lnfrtn onH fr mrl Xfro . . . I Ul a I. IIU11.1UII aaav began to roil into our Dase camp. ,., A iha These men had to be organized f h caIn , th mountalns. Into divisions sectors and crews Q a Men to old for the rugged job . .,,,. trnrn Prt,nnH of building fire line down over - K. e(ivpra, -ava rock and rims had to be shuffled . Bnn into jobs they could handle. Men J" ... , . Tapb. n.aprfl with oxfords or with hangovers - o-Hrra returned home turned to teadline,'e his grandparents for a few bulk of these men were not Donnlemeler i fiinm thai " r wwwbinen uut ...... and Mrs Virginia Miller of Port breadlines in Portland. Seattle . and spoKane, GRAINpFIRE INSURANCE IT COSTS VERY LITTLE DONT TAKE CHANCES INSURE TODAY! land were visitors at the home p . T a . n .Mmflj of Miss Dona Barnett and Mrs The next four days all seemed week to blend into one. uay crews --- . . o . came in as night crew, went Jt ch lTft. For fire JJ1 city on Sunday where they were at 4:00 a m and quit at 11.00 J ' o ' p m. Sporadic radio messages and telephone calls came the do s Bob Davidson and children night through. Only such high- lights as another canyon lost to " r the fire, a'heart attack, an eyac 2'" Z p uation of a man who fell from 1' 7 k" InV f. m VIM L a UOUKIUtl anu J - a Vf -r. XTm-M fl all on1 infant IJ t U. tro rrVlfl AV0P. "IU tlll , aa adv S wmipte; pliois daughter, ret Louise. - i Thou I Airs U W -UIS.iuiiii anu uau8n- were Me rtiigca u. i..c.v-j- j p0ltnn vloltnra airlifted the emergency cases to " r the hospital. They ferried food on l-naay or last vveeK. V. :r'- ,. tMrc, Hugo Leyva motored to Port evening with Butch Eatch. Both boys left on Tuesday for an ex tended trip to Mexico and way points. Alice and Judy Wihlon visited their father Armin Wihlon over the weekend from their home in Pasco. Guests at the Cecil Jones home on Monday night were, Mr and Mrs Steve Sawyer and children Mike and John from Hobart, Indiana, Mr and Mrs Butch Saw yer and children of Pendleton, Mr and Mrs W E McMillan and John Spence and Mr and Mrs O W Cutsforth and daughters. Mr and Mrs Oscar Meracle and family have moved into the Jack Griffin home. Mike Griffith spent the week end in Pendleton where he vis ited with Mike Graves. Robert Parson In the U S Air Force is visiting his sister, Mrs George Steagall from St Charles, Va. He has been stationed In Texas but is enroute to Alaska where he will be stationed. Mr and Mrs Serge Covall of Gearhart, Oregon are the proud parents of a son, Thomas Serge, born July 29. LET ME TELL YOU . . . PLAY SAFE WITH INNHinHlimiMNMIHIM 15 Dividend ON PREMIUM TURNER, VAN MARTER & BRYANT INSURANCE AGENCY N. MAIN H0E 6 9652 Sranfield Meat Co. Hugh Smith, Owner & Mgr. Sta&fleld. Ore. CUSTOM CUTTING-CUTTING CUBING Wholesale & Retail LOCKER MEAT Call GI 9-3633 WE DEXJVEB the fire by hand or with farm machinery. They patrolled fir line at night and carried water in bucket to help put out mt fire that lumped the fire line Some spent anlHia hour a the fire advanced toward their houM and farm building. At let one family will return to find their home burned to the ground. These folk deserve your thank and your sympathy. Fortunately, conditions favor able for auih a catastrophe exhtts only a few time In a normal bulldoer land heluvptcr. Thl I only the middle tf the 'MA fire aeaaon. The Heppner Kanger D:trld ran rpvt thl extremely hazardous condition to exNt until the middle of Sep tember or the flrt of October. We can't prevent the electrical trm that triggered the Wen atchee Crvek. Cummlngs Creek or Crooked River flrea. but we can certainly prevent flrea that may be caused by our rarele ne with cigarette, campfire. faulty apark arrentora etc. We n be ?e att-d t meet enu-r tefu ie at we er.)y our Surd .hue in the w. ty rr iiti a luirl ami ae, Ttiu!y pre pared, if we w-e a small fire burning al.ti'.g the rad we have a i ham of eintr!ling it Im Into another Wenati-hee Creek. ShouKl thi letter l-e read by ihe who helped on the Wen atehee Creek fire or by someone who may know one who fought thU fire, extend to them my many thnnka for their f-ier siltiii and valiant effort. Aa for the folk who live ad Jicent to the Heppner Hanger PUtrli-t. whether It tie In Hep pner. Spray, Monument or Kin- zua. I am confident that If the chip are down, you too will give all your nupport to prevent or help uppre a pom-lble "Wen atchee Creek" here In our local forested area. a. in -; e .V ir, t.i.o waa ;: &iU 4-.d t! e irt were from rl ta 3 i !.- in :je. Ti e utile fte tr w 1 1 Monu!u !it wihe to It..-.W 4! who . willir.gty t-ipt I'., v,- (..- A! I ( the etgi.ij-it-.i I I :.. !t W 4 ki ba.J!y ne4-1 al I!..' liine. Tte !ate f.re rfW lu-ie ha h4 to Week ml or i!.t 1 1 f.4 t. iit nor.th and a half t-vau of tire Ttie iertime put tn atxe ih.ir isoifiil working d.) for July wa J.Mt ln ur. by a aen man new. S.iir.t Klmo Uwi p.tM-d away July at the John Day htital, He wa born November lYi. Final rltea weie Monday, Aug 1 at 2 l nt at the Community huuh with liev PhUHp Ityan of hn Day iflul.it inc. ftrganUt wa Jani.-e iVik. mulc ty the Cummunity choir. Pallin-arer were IHid Kngle. Archie Glenger, lar-nce Holme. Verne MOrty. Krel Shank and Owen Smith. Interment wa In the Monument ivmeten . Frank ChtKtenaon wa up from San J.we, California to visit I mother, Mr Helen Brown. The cwen Smith and N orr la tuhblefield jH-nt Sunday at pray. CENTRAL MARKET'S WEEKEND f J : y-n MIX-OR-MATCH SPECIAL DUNDEE, 303 CANS WHOLE KERNEL CORN CREAM STYLE CORN GREEN PEAS GREEN BEANS AND CAMPBELL'S PORK AND BEANS cans oo BEST FOODS Bread & Butter PICKLES 2 JARS 45 CAMPBELL'S Beans & Franks 2 CANS 69c CAMPBELL'S 21 OZ. PORK & BEANS FOR ncc 95' STANDBY 46 OZ. Pineapple-Gp'fruit DRINK 3 CANS 89c v sifc. ar m m .bbf r m m m Mm Jmmtees lbs. H COUH 4 ears SEEDLESS GRAPES 2 LBS. 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