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Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, August II, 1960
Hardly more than a week after
member of the projd six
county planning rommlulon had
voted ia abandon further at-
tempt to organize, chairman 10 CcntS
Ota ft f fVf Mij m f , trr.iu ,uttu w- ,n.
Judge, called another meeting to J
get the organization back to'
work. j
Members from Umatilla. Mor-,
row. Gilliam. Waco and Hoodj
River counties are meeting hU
afternoon tThursday) at th
Umatilla county court house y i i .
along with representatives from IllA MflTP rflTPM
the various rwrt commission and Inu 1 ivMU lUllvJI
local planning croups. j r fi it
Judge Peterson said Wednes-1 KlrUPC hflW I IH
day that there Is n much Interest, -"UX.VJ JllUfl Up
as ever In the development of f iii
the area and In getting an area I JPT VJPPUODfl
Dlanninff mmmlulnn nrmnlinl Vlwl IIVWIIVIIU
The group last week had voted
to make no further attempts to
get started because of the wran
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Coronation Slated Saturday Night
Susan Partlow
Two more forest fires, prob
ably the result of last week'
gle between the state tax com- wlM f'ectrlc storm, showed up
mission and the Wasco county ln tr Heppner area of the Blue
board of equalization over the Mountains over me wecKcna. dui
evaluation of the Harvey Alum
Inum Company plant at The
Dalles. Members said at that
time that they felt the contro
versy indicated the state had an
unfavorable tax climate for new
industry so their efforts would
lie wasted.
Apparently an attempt will be
made to Iron out the difficulty
at today's meeting In Fendleton
for Robert Tarr of the state de
partment of planning and de
velopment, and Charles Mack, a
member of the state tax com
mission will be present.
Judge Peterson said something
definite must come out of to
were controlled before they
reached major proportions.
The first, and largest of the
blazes occurred late last week
near Tonto Springs, southeast of
Tupper. and burned over about
160 acres of grass and Juniper
before being corralled by the
state and forest service crews.
It was thought to have been
started by a former lightning
strike.
About 35 Kinzua Corporation
crew men, along with men from
the state forest fire suppression
crew and others, fought a fire
which broke out Sunday morn
ing on the ridge between Willow
day's meeting and that a pro- and Rhea creeks about three
gram will be set up. The group miles below Cutsforth Park. This
expects to make arrangements to fire covered between 40 ana 43
hire an experienced planner to acres of timber before being
come In and help get the work stopped. The ground firefighters
started. All Interested counties 'were aided on this blaze when
had previously indicated that two loads of borate were dropped
funds were available for the first by planes from La Grande. The
year's budget for the commls- j smoke from this fire was plainly t "Tj
sion, and after it is operating It visible from Heppner and it at- 'hiffi I
niiniKia tnr fWa1 rr-rrt manv nprsons who have I'k-fci
lau uuvuiih; ciibiutv w vu . .. - - - -j I
monies. cabins ln that vicinity.
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broke up, It was understood that came over the area Tuesday
the group could be recalled at naht. but there have been no
any time by the chairman and rcports of any strikes or new
Judge Peterson said then tnat ne fres
predicted theirs would not be! one more casualty of last
a permanent stand to drop the week's lightning storm came to
whole idea. - . lieht this week when Don Rob
Nine days later the group is jnson 0f the Kirk and Robinson
again at work to bring Industry ranch near Heppner, reported the
and development to the area ioss cf a $600 registered calf. The
along the Columbia river.
animal had been killed instantly
by a lightning bolt.
The weather throughout most
of Eastern Oregon has continued
, hot and dry during the past week
adding to the critical lire con
ditions that have been prevalent
during the whole summer.
RON PHAIR
Ron Phair Talks
Farm Problem at
Heppner Meeting
Rrn Phair. Klamath Falls
farmer and Republican candidate
for Congress from the 2nd dis
trict conducted a farm forum
here Tuesday night. Introduced
by attorney Bob Abrams, Phair
told Heppner farmers that he
would "never try to kid folks
into thinking there is any snap
answer to the farm problem." He
hit the Democratic leadership for
"peddling the old, false line that
you can spend your way to pros
perity." "Somebody pays for
everything," he said, adding that
it is "concern for t e future of
our children and their children
in this country which must be
first, always."
Fresh from conferences with
Vice President Nixon, Phair said
that he believed the Vice Presi
dent would institute a farm pro
gram which will "eliminate sur
plus grain within three to five
years," keeping enough surplus
for emergency needs.
Following the initial state
ment by Phair, a two-hour dis
cussion explored Morrow county
farm problems. Phair said that
his findings here would go
"direct to Nixon," for his atten
tion. He said "Mr Nixon will
annnnncp the new GOP farm
program in late August or early
September on a nation-wide
broadcast
Wool Payments
For '59 Completed
A total of $89,980.08 has been
paid to Morrow county wool
growers in the form of payments
earned in the national wool pro
gram for the 1959 marketing year,
according to David McLeod, of
fice manager of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
office.
The payments were earned on
marketings of wool and unshorn
lambs during the year from April
1, 1959, through March 31, 1960.
On the wool the rate of pay
ment is 43.2 percent of the grow
ers net proceeds from wool
marketings, or $43.20 per $100 re
ceived. For unshorn lambs, the
rate is 75 cents per hundred
weight for the live-weight of
lambs sold.
There is a deduction from each
growers payment to provide a
fund used In promoting the sale
of wool and lamb. This deduc
tion, authorized by growers ln a
referendum, amounts to one cent
a pound for shorn wool and 5
cents a hundredweight for un
shorn lambs.
The wool program, authorized
by the national wool act, Is de
signed to increase the annual
wool output of the united States
to a total of 3000,000,000 pounds,
This is done by means of in
centive payments which bring
the average price received by
growers for wool to 62 cents per
pound.
Payments made now are-for
applications received up to May
1960. The 1960 marketing year
will continue until March 31,
1961, and payments for market
ings during that period will be
made next summer.
QUEEN SUSAN PARTLOW
Queen Susan Due
For Honors at Dance
The queen of the I960 Morrow Euck.
Countv Fair and Rodeo. Miss The queen is a member of
Susan Partlow, will be honored Good Shepherd Lutheran church
at her Queen's Dance Saturday where she teaches a Sunday
night at the fair pavilion ln school class.
Heppner. Hers will be the final ' in school Susan was a very
dance before the opening of the active student having been a yell
annual show on August 23. (leader for four years, secretary
Oueen Susan, the daughter of of her senior class, vice presl-
Mrs LaVerne Partlow and John dent of the band in which she
Partlow of Boardman, Is 17 years played the drums, was a mem
old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall ber of the annual staff, the Pep
and has beautiful light brown ciub, GAA and was chairman
hair and dark eyes. She Is of the Dimes Drive for River-
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very lond or norses ana or s'ue iuBu t,nuui.
working with all kinds of an-1 After a busy and exciting sum
imals. She broke and trained her mer, she will go to St Louis,
first mare when she was only Mo where she will attend an
12 years old and as queen, will airlines school.
ride her own permanent regis-1 r,.,...' Sll5Bn was a Drincess
lercd four year old quarter horse, ast year ,n Queen Sharon Cuts-
iforth's court. She Is sponsored by
Jess Beardsley, 71,
Former Heppnerite,
Dies in Portland
the Boardman Tillicum club.
Music for Saturday's dance
will be provided by The Leon
nigs of Heppner.
To Receive Crown
During Program
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Queen Susan Partlow of Hoard
man will advance lo full regal
title Saturday evening when she
will receive her official crown.
her royal white Stetson, at
pocll coronation program to
bo held In downtown Heppner
in a departure from long
standing tradition, there will be
no dress up parade this year to
preoeed the coronall-in and the
Queen's dance whl 'h follows
later In the evening. The parade
has for many years been under
the direction of the Wranglers.
but president Jim Valentine said
his week that the earlier than-
usual date for the event, coupled
with late harvesting has made
it Impossible to gather enough
horses and riders to put on a
creditable parade.
In place of the parade, a pro
gram of popular music and street
dancing will follow the coro
nation ceremony which will start
at 8 p m on a stand In front
of the Heppner Hotel. Queen
Susan, and her court of prin
cesses, Charlene Jones of Lex
ington; Marjorle Peck of Rhea
Creek; Sharon Crabtree of lone
and Geraldlne Swaggart of Lena
will make their first public ap
pearance at that time. Each of
the girls has been the guest of
honor at her own princess dance
during recent weeks, and Queen
Susan will be feted at her
Queen's dance later Saturday
evening.
Following the coronation by
Heppner mayor William C Col
Iins and presentation of the girls
and fair and rodeo officials, the
Leonnlg family of Heppner will
play for a public street dance.
There will be both round and
square dancing and the public
is invited to participate.
The coronation ceremonies will
be under the direction of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce.
FAIR DAYS APPROACHING,
EXHIBITORS ARE REMINDED
With Its Murnm County In
Fair Trail Horse
Rules Announced
A change in the Morrow county
fair premium list under the
saddle horse division was an
nounced today by Fred Mankln,
division superintedent.
In the premium list the de
scription for section 3-B, trail
horse class under the perfor
mance division was incomplete,
School Band Practice
Funeral services were held
Tnpsriav In Portland for Jess
Beardsley, 71, who died Sunday q Mart AligUSt ID
at St Vincent's hospital ln Port-)
land. The instrumental music pro-
, . r, . i era m of the Heppner schools will
Mr Beardsley was born Feb 5"
20. 1889 at Arlington and had "uu.. Z.
i. ' -.-sj.- ,r l Arnold jweioy, instructor, ine
oeen a rewuw.1 ui ni.c i 10. , , fc , , fl
many years until moving to Port- ; p ..... a
and for the Information of Inter
ested persons should read as fol- h7enUre period S th.
and Kod oi ly Id Ij
(iim.il rhitHor i urged t
i-u ntui-tt ihoufchl In jUmsir.
I arU l'4t in thU rr I
.1Um N C AndctM'ii. county
rtirrMMuti i.U an t wnn-tsry
th Ulr etiromittcf, "TU fair U
(tanned tt anuiation I
everyone, fnm lb )our.fi-t t
the oldft All hould Un to
exhibit If our f4ir W la U the
t!;i:-t and bct -t. There are
tldM- for moot an thing that
n one can think of Included In
the premium lut. In addition to
the Kplrtt of competition and the
atl. faction uf earning tevog
nltlon for ihM? with quality r
hibltt, the premium can ro
vide ome extra jending money
for thee rxhlbiiorV. ayt An
dcrott.
Actually while the fair doen
not get underway officially until
August 23 It I predicted that
there will tie a lot of activity
between now and this opening
Reservations for booths, for In-
utance, have been the grrateiit
)ct. With tbe rnthunUsm that
has leen hown toward this
year's them "Fairy Tale Lane.'
many booths will start to be
Kb aped up next week. Several
organizations have met recently
to plan floats along this same
heme with many IntoreMlng
Idea reported. Hoth booths and
floats are bound to attract much
attention with old Mother Hub
bard. The Pled Piper. Little Boy
Blue. Little Miss Muffet, or scores
f other possible fairy tales de
cloixtl Into an attractive booth
or float. Booths will be ready for
udglng on August 24 with the
floats providing an attraction for
he big street parade at 10 a m,
Saturday, August 27.
Judges for the many various
divisions and classes are en
gaged and ready to judge the
exhibits In our ever expanding
fair. With the exception of a
peclal flower Judge, which was
eemed necessary this year be
cause of Increased exhibits In
that popular division, the fair
committee feels lucky to have the
top Judges that they have en-
aged especially In view of the
Ine other fairs being held In
Oregon during the same dates as
the Morrow county fair.
Judging 4-H home economics
exhibits this year will be Mrs
Kem Tel la f son, Hermlston and
Mrs Russell McKennon, Pendle
ton. These well qualified Judges
are repeats here having judged
for several years past. Both come
well qualified as well as do the
other home economics Judges
who will place open class ex
hibits. Mrs Vera Alexander, En
terprlse will be back again this
year after missing two years of
Judging here. She will Judge
clothing and needlework. Mrs L
Marks, Fossil will be back
again this year judging foods
and canning. Mrs Carl Kllgel,
Pendleton will Judge school ex
hibits, hobby, arts, photography
and ceramics. This will be Mrs
Kligel's first Judging assignment
at the Morrow county fair and
she comes highly recommended
and qualified for this Job. Negot
iations are now under way lor
a qualified flower Judge that will
relieve Mrs Kem Tellefson to
concentrate on 4-H home econ
omics exhibits.
Interest ln 4-H home economics
demonstrations are promising
that there will be" a ousy
schedule for the two 4-H judges
ir i tt.e and iMxfriitun will w
) Liven N th 4 11 ,(!. u!tu!i and
f...ii.e r.iiuiitili i lub exhibitor
IM )ear.
i 4 H hine economic
iiion.u an n aw aid will be
;t !-! r-y M' 'id Mr Walter
WngM, Hie ui exter.iilon unit.
Imie Garden flub. Heppner ex
lenkiuii unit, the M.urow County
Cow IVlle and Morrow County
Creamer)". I" addition to these
tet Ul lt- I award there are a
number tf medal and ci!h a
wrd rldcd hy arlou bul-
ne and organization fcuch a
Safeway Store. Oregon Hec
keeper Asxoclat Ion. Oregon
Wool Grower Auxiliary arm
Sprecklea Sugar Company. In
4 II acrlculture a tropby wll a-
gain be provided fr the bp ag
Icmuiiktratnr t'l' e naroui
neacli family. Ford Tire Service
will cin provide a trophy for
tbe champion uvcmock juute
while Jordan Klevator will pro-
Ide troi-hle to Junior champion
showman f each clas of live
stock with the Morrow County
:raln Grower providing trophies
or Intermediate snowmen nnu
Lexington Oil Co op for the sen-
or, with N C Anderson preen-
Ing a trophy for the grand
hamiion tdiowman. In the 411
horse division Taul Pettyjohn.
one will again provide a trophy
r the ail around champion
bowman while Central Market
nd Grocery will provide a tro-
hy to the senior and Junior
bowman: Turner, Van Marier
nd Bryant, Heppner to the in-
ermediate and small fry show-
men.
New ndditions to the fair this
ear will be 4-H woodworking,
wildlife, electricity and gun ex
hibits and a 4 II tractor operators
contest. Additional lots have
been added to the community
booth division In order to en
courage more exhibitors in that
division.
In the train division super
intendent Bill Rawlins will again
lean exhibits to add to the
rowth of exhibits in his divis
ion if grain is In at least one
ay prior to the close of entries.
A new addition this year is
the pet show. It Is open to child
ren five years to fourteen years
of age and will Include all pets
from frogs through bt Bernara
dogs. The show will take place
Thursday, August 25 from 10
A M to 4 P M. There will De
ribbons and fun for all.
A complete program ' of thfs
year's Fair and Rodeo will be
found in an ad ln this paper
this week, ln your premium list
or the flyers that are distributed
this week.
land about 10 years ago. He was
an employee of the Union Pac
out throughout the county and
is necessary in order that a
A,L..M4-a UtnVi r--li rv-i1 or ark.
ific railroad and worked on the wu"1' "A" " " . ,Z ZZ
nnn ar Tnu miiiih umitim iii r-a-iia
Heppner and Moro branches for K: . . " u j.
years.
Services were held at the Ed
ward Holman & Son Mortuary
dleton Aug 20, and that bands
may be ready for the fair and
rodeo parade.
HeDoner high school band
and burial was in the Lincoln members wm meet at 7:30, Aug
Memorial jrarK Mausoleum.
He is survived by his widow,
Edith, Portland; three sons,
Richard and Paul, Portland; and
Loren of Seattle; two daughters,
Mrs Wayne Vogel and Mrs
Charles Miner; two brothers
Chester and Arthur; two sisters
Mrs Hazel Babcock and Mrs Lulu
White; and eight grandchildren.
TEACHER HIRED
The county school office re
vealed this week that Dallas
Haverland has been hired to
teach mathematics and science
.k- mrt holism meet-i at Riverside high school in
ing Phair was guest of honor ; Boardman. He comes here from
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Former Pastor
To Fill in Here
The Rev and Mrs Merlin Zier
and family of Buckley, Wash
ington will arrive Saturday and
be guests at the home of Mr and
Mrs Orval Matheny, for a few
days.
The Rev Zier was the former
pastor of Hope Lutheran church
and is now acting chaplain sup
ervisor at Rainier State School.
He will conduct services Sunday
at the Hope Lutheran church ln
the absence of the Rev John Ryd-gren.
15 at the high school music
room. Grade school band mem
bers are to meet at the same
room at 10:00 a m, Aug 15.
lone high school band mem
bers will meet at the high school
in lone at 7:00 p m the 15th;
beginners will start the same
morning at 10:00 and intermed
iates will meet at 1:00 p m.
Riverside high school band
members will meet at the high
school gym in Boardman at 7:30
p m the 15th. Beginners there
will be notified later of time
to start classes.
Democratic Women
Called To Meeting
lows
Trail horse class open to
children up to and Including 14
years of age. Any type of equip
ment may be used. Performance
to be over and through obstacles
simulating trail hazards. To be
Judged on manner, performance
and substance. Two tries will be
given for each obstacle. A pen
alty of 10 seconds will be assess
ed for failure on second try. This
will be a timed event. Elimina
tion If necessary.
Liquor Sale Brings
Fine and Jail Term
Thelmer O Hall, a bartender
at Spray, Tuesday pleaded guilty
in justice court at Fossil to a
charge of selling liquor to six
juveniles from Morrow county
and the Willamette Valley. Ac
cording to reports he was sen
tenced to 30 days In Jail and
fined $250.
The state liquor commission
is investigating and will hold a
hearing regarding possible In
volvement of the licensed premises.
WEATHER
Thursday
Friday
Mrs Paul Brown, secretary of
the Democratic Central Commit-1 Saturday
tee, requests that all registered i Sunday
women Democratic voters Inter- j Monday
ested In organizing a women's j Tuesday
Democratic club, meet at the Wednesday
Clarence Rosewall home Tues-1 Rainfall for the week, none;
day afternoon. August 16 at 2:00 for August 51; for the year
p m. 8.84 Inches.
Hi Low
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fair.
Gray Thompson, Umatilla
county extension agent and L J
Marks, Wheeler county agent
will Judge 4-H and open class
exhibits in the livestock, hay,
crops, and saddle horses, both
4-H and open class. Ron Currin,
Heppner will place saddle horse
classes for the 4-H horse Judging
contest on Tuesday afternoon.
To make the spirit of com
petition even keener quite a
number of special awards and
recognitions are being presented
again this year by various organi
zations and Individuals. As a
part of the fair the top exhibitor
in the open class beef cattle div
ision will again be presented
with the premier award trophy
presented annually by the Mor
row County Livestock Growers
Association. This trophy has
been passed around from breeder
to breeder throughout the coun
ty, being won last year by Bar
nett Hereford Ranch, Boardman.
The Morrow County Grain Grow
ers will present again this year
a sweepstake wheat award to
the outstanding exhibitor.
Continuing again this year the
Oregon Wheat Growers League
will give premiums on their
special cake baking contest. In
addition to these local premiums
the first place winner will be
eligible to enter the state bake
off at the annual convention of
the Oregon Wheat Growers
League, Portland. December 1,
2 and 3. $100 will be paid t0 the
top cake baker at this bake-off.
A large variety of special tro-
Heppner Man Takes
Part in U of Cal.
Farm Business Meet
William F Barratt of Heppner,
a member of the board of dir
ectors of Farm Credit Banks of
Spokane, took a prominent part
n the 32nd annual summer ses
sion of the American Institute
of Cooperation at the University
of California, Berkeley, Aug 7 to
10, according to J K Stern, A I C
president.
The institute, wnicn is cnar-
tered as a university in the Dis-
rict of Columbia, and Is the
educational and research agency
for farmer cooperative business,
expected an attendance of some
3,000 farm credit, agricultural
extension and government lead
ers, including some 1,000 young
farmers and rural youth from all
parts of the United States and
several foreign countries.
Mr Barratt took part ln a penel
discussion on the farm credit
session.
Sena Miller, 86,
Taken by Death
Funeral services for Sena
Miller. 86. of Cecil were held
Wednesday afternoon at the lone
Community church witn tne itev
Rod MacKenzie officiating.
Mrs Miller was born ln Omaha,
Nebraska, Dec 14, 1873 and pass
ed away Sunday at the Pendle
ton Convalescent Home where
she had been a patient for a
year.
She came to Oregon in 1877
with her family, settling In the
Willamette Valley. In 1893 she
married George A Miller and
came to Cecil where they home
steaded a large wheat and cattle
ranch which is still the home of
her only survivor, George, and a
grandson Paul.
Interment was In the lone
cemetery with Creswlck Mort
uary in charge.
DEGREE OF HONOR
TO PICNIC
A no host barbecue will be
held on the lawn of the Degree
of Honor lodge hall, August 16
at 6:30 p m. It is for all mem
bers and families. The lodge will
furnish Ice cream, coffee and
punch.