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POPULATION:
1!0 crnu Ibled (he city of
Heppner population 1G61.
LOCATION:
Heppner, the county scat of
Morrow County, U located in the
south central part of the county
at the junction of highway 74
ani -trr. it na lung own an out
let for Inland farmer and ranch
ers, and erved a a mair staee-
ctiarh atop In the early day. The
city was Incorporated In l.W,
and later became the county!
seat
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SERVING ALL OF MORROW COUNTY
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IXEVATJON:
19T5 ftct above sea leveL
CLIMATE:
Temperatures are moderate
and the crowing season aver-
bjics 1G8 days. The averace tem
perature ranges from high In the
90's In the summer to around
zero In the winter. Rainfall av
erages 13.05 inches.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
HeDDner Is the Morrow county
seat and the county government I
was established In 1885. The
present picturesque native atone
court house was bunt in w.'.
CITY GOVERNMENT:
Incoroorated In 1887. Mayor.
servin? four-vear term: six coun
cil men serving four-year terms.
rOLICE DEPARTMENT:
Twcntv-four hour police pro-
tection; radio-equipped patrol
car, throe man police force.
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
Well-equipped, efficient volun
teer fire department.
ASSESSED VALUATION:
$1,297,927. assessed at 21 per
cent of true value. 1960-61 tax
roll. Millage for city purposes
is 26.8. Bonded aeDl currently,
$255 000, of which $126,000 Is THIS AERIAL view of the City of Heppner wa. 4aken in 1960 by Western Ways, ,
water Imnrovement and $129,000 Inc.. of Corvallis. U was odioumju iv.u4r .. -1 .-4.
Is "sewer system; Pacific Power and Light company, in. ew iooKs to xn wa u
to Lexington cuiung w .- - ' "
BUILDING PERMITS
Calendar year, 1960, $183,200.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
For calendar year 1960, $35,-
503.16.
BANK DEPOSITS:
First National Bank of Oregon,
Heppner branch, as of December
31, 1960, $5,202,072.99. Bank of
Eastern Oregon, branches at lone,
Arlington and Heppner, total de
posits as of December 31, 1960,
$4,222,202.88.
NEWSPAPER:
The Heppner Gazette-Times,
established in 1883, published
weekly Thursdays, paid circu
lation over 1,400.
LIBRARY-MUSEUM:
A new $80,000 building dedi
cated in 1960, one half used as
library and one half as museum.
Library is supported by city funds
and donations and operated by
a library board. Museum was a
gift to the county and is oper
ated by a museum board.
PUBLIC UTILITIES:
MiiniciDal water system sup
plies ample artesian water from
three city owned wells pumped
hv pleetricallv-drtven pumps
Municipal sewer system serves
the city. Power ana iignt iur
nished bv Pacific Power & Light
Co; telephone service by Pacific
Telephone Northwest.
TRANSPORTATION:
Union Pacific shipping point,
truck line to Pendleton.
SCHOOLS:
Heppner high school serves
Heppner and Lexington, Hard
man and Ruggs, employes 16
teachers. Elementary school, 14
teachers. New building being
completed, to be used at present
as grade school but will be nu
cleus for a new high school, 8
teachers this fall. Seventh-day
Adventist elementary', one teach
er. CHURCHES:
Nine demoni nations: All
Saints' Episcopal church. Church
of the Nazarene, St Patrick's
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trm,
Tlltfe MrlU Mlply the City
with watir. T are .-ir1 12
nll from the riiy near VU.
low cttH-k and one i-f lh-e we lit
w m an arti-ian well when f irt
drilhtl In irm The third U lo
r:d thrw rnth tnve town.
Tv fem-rvoli ar l"ied Just
atHe ti n and ! hiich rncuigh
to give 7rt lb. i-f Krtt' pit-vur
In the town urtim-r.
Tfie waii-r vs!fin cipatde
of uppl)lng fx'.) pali n In
21 hour ihhI.hI or V) cation
i-r minute. Canacttv f the re.
ervln Ik 1.110,() gallon Stand
by dies-! motor are up at
two well In r.iw' the eltTtrle
riouer (iuniilv hoult tie cut iff
for ar.v reason nnd render the
rlc trlc mot.-r liioxratlve. There
are approximately H water con
nections In the city.
Lat Improxement t the -
teni wa made In lrt when
six mile of the 12 mile line to
the rewrvolr were changed
fmnt concrete to 8-Inch uteel
liH.
The water I tested iften for
purity, but only on the tem
porary occasions when work was
hoine done on mains In the sys
tem was it necessary to chlori
nate for purity.
SuppIv of water has boon ade-
auate here, and through the past
several years there ha been very
little restrictions on u use tor
domestic purposes.
The sewer system was Install
ed in 19:2 and covers the entire
town. A disposal plant of the
digester type is located near Wil
low creek below town.
Laterals of the system are de
stined to handle a population
of more than twice the present
size, and the disposal piani
could provide for 25U0 persons.
If necessary an addition could
be built to the plant.
A $250,000 bond issue during
the term of Jess Turner as mayor
provided for construction of the
system. Remaining Indebtedness
on the system Is Just over
$100,000.
Cost of the sewage disposal
plant was $118,000 and original
cost of sewer lines was $132,000.
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HEAD of the county government
is Judge Oscar Peterson whose
current term of office runs un
til January, 1965.
Catholic Church, Assembly of
God Church, Christian Church,
Hope Lutheran Church, The
Methodist Church, Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints',
Seventh-Day Adventist.
HOSPITAL:
Pioneer Memorial hospital, 49
beds, new in 1950; operated by
the county; five doctors on the
staff.
CIVIC AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce maintains
a downtown' information cen
ter listing housing available
and other facts pertinent to new
comers. There is an active Elks
Lodge, Masonic Lodge, I OOF
lodge, and Soroptimist Club.
VETERAN'S ORGANIZATIONS:
American Legion post and
American Legion Auxiliary.
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NATIVE STONE, quarried in various locations of the county, provided materials for construction
ol the Morrow county courtnouse. wnicn wa ou iu uu. u in.tm ik w
ing is taken towards the east from a point on May street. A cool picnic park is located behind
the building. County seat of Morrow County was first established at Heppner by act of the legls
lature on February 16, 1885. and funds for the first courthouse, erected that year, wete raised by
popular subscription. (G-T Photo)
Morrow County Officials Listed
WELCOME
EDITION
ELECTED OFFICIALS:
County Judge: Oscar E. Peterson
Commissioners:
E. O. Ferguson, Heppner
Milton A. Biegel, Irrigon
County Clerk: Mrs. Sadie Parrish
County Sheriff: C. J. D. Bauman
County Assessor: Harry Dinges
Justice of the Peace: J. O. Hager,
Heppner; R. B. Rand, Board
man APPOINTED OFFICIALS:
Health Nurse: Velma Glass; as
sistant, Mrs. Herman Green.
Tax collection: Elvira Irby, Lil
lian Sweek
Deputy County Clerk: Mrs. Mary
Bryant
Deputy Assessor: Rod Thomson
Appraiser: William H. Johnson
Clerical, assessor's office: Lillian
Sweek
Custodian: Darrel Hudson
COMMITTEES. ELECTED:
Port Commission:
George Wiese, Boardman
Dewey West, Boardman
John R. Krebs, Cecil
Gar Swanson, lone
Al Lamb, Heppner
COMMITTEES. APPOINTED:
Hospital Board:
Jack Van Winkle, Heppner
W. C. Roj-ewall, Heppner
Gar Swanson, lone
Leta Humphreys, Heppner
Gena Leonard, Lexington
Fair Board:
O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington
Bernard Doherty, Heppner
Al Fetsch, Heppner
Planning Commission:
Dick Wilkinson, Heppner
Roy Lindstrom, lone
Milton Biegel, Irrigon
Art Allen, Boardman
W. C. Rosewall, Heppner
Rural Fire District:
Andy Van Schoiack, Heppner
Frank Anderson, Heppner
O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington
Ralph Crum. lone
Donald McElllgott lone
County Health Officer:
L. D. Tibbies, D.O., Heppner
AL LAMB heads Heppner city
government as mayor. He is
also treasurer of Morrow
County. Grain Growers.
Wranglers Active
As Riding Club;
Invite Members
The Morrow County Wranglers,
a riding club, sponsors four play
days, a trail ride and an over
night ride in the spring. Their
cow cutting contest, horse show
at the Morrow Count Rodeo and
cowboy breakfast at the rodeo
have become annual affairs.
Thev have a "Buck Burger"
feed in the fall and a Christmas
party.
The club has its own arena
ne.ir tlenoner which was improv
ed this summer by the addition
of a sprinkling system.
Membership is on an individ
ual or family basis; it is not
necessary to own a horse or even
to ride one new members are
cordially invited. At present there
are 60 family memberships
meetings are at 8 p. m. on the
first Tuesday of each month at
the club house. '
Hunters, Anglers
Find Good Sport
In Morrow County
There's plenty of action In
store for fishermen and hunters
In Morrow county, the nimrods
having available everything
from iackrabbits to elk and the
anglers everything from trout to
stuigeon.
Prime mule deer hunting Is
available all through the south
ern and eastern half of the coun
ty. Elk hunting is available in
the southern mountain areas.
Upland game birds are found
in good number, including ring
necked prea.sants, quail, Hun-
carlan nartridee and chukar
partridge. Good grouse shooting
can occupy the hunter in the
timbered regions. The entire
county is considered good up
land game bird country, accord-
ng to Milt Guymon, State Game
Commission.
Waterfowl gunning is also
available, especially around the
irricated areas and along the
Willow Crock drainage. Canada
goose hunting is popular adja
cent to the Columbia River sec
tion.
Although most creeks are
small, the commission stocks
Willow and Butter creeks with
trout, and occasionally Rhea
creek for early season angling.
Potamus, Mallory and Wall
creeks on the south side of the
Umatillas also provide some
early season angling. However,
most fish in these creeks have
migrated back in the Jonn uay
system by midsummer.
Prime fishine- exists alone the
Columbia, which includes Chin
ook salmon and steelhead fish
ing as these fish move through
the area on their upstream mi
gration and warm water game
fishing along the back waters of
the river. There is a good popu
lation of small mouth black bass
in many sections of the river all
the way along the Morrow coun
ty border. Some excellent areas
are found around Irrigon and
Boardman sections of the river.
Large mouth bass are also
available in this section of the
river.
A fine new trout fishing lake
of some 25 acres will soon be
ready when Bull Prairie Reser
voir Is finished. It is located in
the headwaters of Wilson Creek
in the Umatilla National Forest
about 40 miles south of Hepp
ner. towards Spray. Morrison
Knudsen has the construction
bid and is now at work on the
project.