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0 OF 0 EUGENE , Or.E. Big Crew Said Comingl On Pipe Line Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 27, 196) G AZETTE-Tl M Vtrn Pipe Line Inc. head quarters were moved bark to Condon July 15, but John Kcene. purchasing agent for the com pany. announced from Condon (hat they win move back here fnm 10 days to two weeks. The move was mad following completion of the ditching op era t ion. The ditch digging crew was disbanded and many of the im-n Mcnt back and were added lo the pip laying crew. Kit ne aaid that between 250 and 400 men will be in the crew which will operate from here within the next two week. They are laying the pipe, welding it up. lowering in, tying In, and covering over, Keene aaid. A seeding crew will follow thta op eratlon. The big crew will be working in the lone district where In terested ajwtatora can view the progress of the big line within ID daya. Western Pipe Line, Inc. with Hi.' J. P. Nelll and Co., Inc. have the contract for laying the 36 Inch pipe from the California line to Rosalia, Wn., a 486.mll Installation. Both are Texaa firms. The pipe line will carry nat ural gas from Alberta, Canada, to California. When completed the line will be 1400 miles long, with termination at Antloch, Calif. Cost of the line has been si t at $310 million. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., builders, have announced that the natural gas supplied will Increase Its sup plv by more than 20 percent. raising the total to nearly 2V4 billion cubic feet per day. 10c Copy 78th Year, Number 21 ! Hmgoiiiieeirs Tell of Pregjiress on Prfeeffs Fund of $21,000 Reservoir Lagoon At Willow Mouth To Add Recreation Better Yield Seen In Late Harvest Harvesting in the upper ele vations Is now about at its peak, with an Improved picture of crop conditions emerging for those farmers now gathering the grain. "Apparently neither the strip ed leaf rust nor the heat took such a heavy toll here as it did In the rest of the county," Al Lamb, manager, Morrow County Grain Growers, reported. Lamb said the wheat yield in the later harvest is running on an average of 25 bushels to the acre or better. One or two have even reported 30 bushels. The aualltv of this wheat is also better than the county average, Wheat Is running an average test weight of 58 to 60 pounds lo the bushel. Barley In the upper country is running a light test weight of 41 to 42 pounds to the bushel, only a pound or two above the county average. All elevators are still in oper ation, although the North Lex Ineton elevator Is expected to close about the middle of next week. Remaining ones will be in operation for another two to three weeks, Lamb predicted. With the rising market, farm ers are not selling now. There is expected to be ample storage space in the MCGG elevators for this vears crop as the govern ment wheat is now being all shipped out with no carryover of previous crops left. Mrs. Robert Lowe Dies in Pendleton Services for Ethel Cordelia Lowe, 58, Heppner, were held at All Saints' Episcopal church at 10 a. m. Thursday (today) with the Rev. Bruce Spencer officiat ing. Requiem eucharist was set at 7:30 a. m. Mrs. Lowe died of a heart at tack July 24 at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton following surgery July 20. She was born February 19, 1903, in Heppner and had spent most of her life here. She was married to Robert Lowe In No vember, 1935, at Gaston. Mrs. Lowe was employed as a nurses' aid for many years at Pioneer Memorial hospital, but had not worked the past two years due to ill health. She was a member of All Saints' Epis copal church and active in church work. In lieu of flowers, friends are invited to make contributions to' the Heart Fund. Mrs. Lowe is survived by her husband, Robert, Heppner; one son, Patrick. San Diego, Calif; one sister, Mrs. Orrin E. (Pearl) Wright, Heppner; three brothers, Lewis F. LaTrace, Echo. William H. LaTrace, Tacoma, Wn., and J. Edward LaTrace, Heppner. Interment was in Heppner Ma sonic cemetery. A 5500 acre-foot lagoon of water extending two miles up Willow Creek from the confluence of the creek and the Columbia River was visualized by an Army Corps of Engineers speaker at the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday. Using a map in five colors, Willis Hartman. landscape archl tect of the Engineers, Walla Walla, showed the outlines of the future lake and told where highway 74 to Heppner and the Union Pacific railroad tracks would be located, Present railroad tracks and much of the highways will be under water when backwaters from the John Day dam rise in 1967. This Includes the clover leaf entrance from 74 to the present location of U. S. Highway 30, Highway 30, as part of the new U. S. highway system, will be re named U. S. Highway 80 North. It will cross the newiy-formed lagoon a short distance from the present route. The railroad bridge will be 200 feet further north than the highway bridge, both covering a water expanse of about 300 feet. This 200 by 300 foot pool will be available for boating and fishing and development for rec reatlonal purposes, H a rt man said. Three other areas were also suggested for recreation. One will He east of Willow creek along the Columbia and will be developed as a boat re fuge. Access here can be gained only by boat, with no roads to the area planned. Another recreation area planned at the north end (Continued on page 6) is of p. : j' .-, - - ' -; ' ..... yryrijA PRINCESS RONNIE BELSMA Grain Growers To Pay $100,000 Nearly $100,000 in outstand ing Series 8 Capital Reserve cer tificates will be paid by Morrow County Grain Growers, Al Lamb, manager, announces. The certificates were issued for the 1948 crop. They represent shares of the crop earnings for that year and are In addition to competitive cash returns re ceived in 1948. According to Lamb, stockhold ers have a choice of accepting cash or trading for Class A pre ferred stock bearing 5 percent interest. These can be issued in units of $50 up to the face amount of the Series 8 certifi cates. Morrow County Grain Growers is one ot the county s Diggesi business. In the past seven years over a million dollars was made in profits by the co-op. The co op Is in a strong fin ancial position with current as sets of $9 for each $1 in liabil ities, reported at Its last annual meeting. Da nee Saturday Night Scheduled in Honor Of Princess Ronnie District Orders Two School Buses Two new school buses were ordered Friday by Morrow coun ty school district board. The two 48-passenger vehicles will cost total of $11,5.79. Fulleton Chevrolet was award ed the contract on the low bid opened Friday night at a special school board meeting. The buses will be Chevrolet chassis with Pearly A. Thomas Co. Carwors, Inc., bodies. Delivery is expected shortly after the opening of the school year. Princess Ronnie Belsma will have her own dance at the fair pavilion Saturday night begin ning at 10 p. m. Music will be provided by the Rim Rock Sere na ders. Princess Ronnie, 17, Is an at tractive 5-foot 6-inch brunette. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon O'Brien, Heppner, and is sponsored by the Lena community. An all-around girl, Princess Ronnie is enthusiastic about many activities. Her interests in clude outside work and sports, as well as more feminine pur suits. She staited her riding career on a snow-white Shetland pony at the age of five. She still has the pony, named Snooks, but her favorite horse for riding now is an Appaloosa gelding. He will be her official horse during her fair and rodeo appearances. Ronnie helps out around the family wheat and cattle ranch 25 miles northeast of Heppner., She drives a wheat truck to town, takes part in cattle drives Area Playoffs Due On Diamond Here The Willow Creek Little League All -Stars will host the sudden death area playoff game in Heppner Saturday night at the rodeo field. Two teams vieing for the right to move into the state and helps with haying. She cooks, makes many of her own clothes, and her sewing has been entered in the state fair. She also is an accomplished artist, using pencil sketches and oils. She has won frlst place In art at the Morrow county fair. Princess Ronnie takes part in numerous school activities. As a Junior last year at Heppner high school she was business man ager of the school paper; was initiated into Quill and Scroll, the national Journalism honor society for high school newspaper students; is a member of Nat ional Honor Society; and is active in Future Homemakers of Amer ica, vice president of Future Business Leaders of America. She is a member of the Pep club, the drill team and Girl's League, and is consistently on the honor roll. In 4-H, she has been enrolled in sewing projects for two years, has been a member of a 4-H riding club for three years, and is now president or Pine City Saddle club. She served as a camp counselor this summer. She is also a member of the Heppner Wranglers club. Ronnie has taken part in past rodeo parades. The ambition of this busy, at tractive girl, is to become a teacher majoring in counseling and guidance. She expects to fol low her ambition In college prep aration beginning on her grad uation from Heppner high school next spring. Queen Joan and her court will ride In the parade at Chief Jo seph Days at Joseph Saturday To Speed Survey On Willow Dam A $21,000 appropriation In the budget of the U. S, Army En gineers will mean reumptlon of a survey or willow treeK tor a multipurpose dam Just above Heppner. Glen II. Von Gunten. chief of planning branch, 11. S. Army Corj of Engineers. Walla Walla, said at Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday Work was actually resumed by the Corps in July, he said. The actual physical survey was done last year on an allocation ot $17,1X10 appropriated by Congress for the purpose. With the field work out of the way, the funds ran out and $21,000 has been In eluded in the public works bud get presented to Congress for the 11HJ1-62 year. Von Gunten said that although the budget has yet to be approved by Congress, there Is no opposition to the In elusion of funds to finish this project and the Corps is proceed ing on the supposition that the funds will be forthcoming. A dam 123 feet high at the upMT edge of town would pro vide a 3000-acre feet control, which would care for waters such as hit the area In the 1903 flood, Von Cunten said. A 1945 report by the Engineers which recommended the con struction of a flood control dam only, resulted ln no approp riations for construction of the earth-filled dam ever being made. The chief planner said Monday that a multipurpose dam appears more feasible at lone School Job Let; Start Slated Hl.l er crnmi for ruuMiuc lKn of the addttiun la lone hlfh t houl at Morrow County &chuo IlUM board mrt-tliif TUrsda n'ght. Fti rn IVegon ConMrue lion Co., IVndlfton, was awarded the contract with a low bid of $l04 2ul for the 13H by 67 foot tmlldlng The new building will adioi the prctt-nt rafrtorlum on the Muth tide. Made t-f frame con t ruction with brick wneer fin Wh. it will be similar to the new Inch athool building at Hepp ner. Included In the plans for the new butldtnn are a science room. a library, commercial room, three Report of Death Causes Alarm,- Proves In Error Twelve brothers and sisters be came alarmed when they heard a report Tuesday that Robert Me Laughlln, 31. Heppner rancher. had been killed in a four car collision near Jean, Nevada. McLaughlin was hale and hearty on his ranch here, won derlng what had happened to the man who stole his car and identification. None of the brothers and sis ters called the ranch from their homes ranging from Alaska to New York, but they did call Mrs. Don Pointer, Lexington, a sister, who knew about the theft and was able to Inform them that McLaughlin was not in Navada. On Monday, July 17, McLaugh lin and four other ranchers who had cattle summer grazing close to the Ditch Creek fire, went to the area to herd the 700 head out of the way of the blaze. By Wednesday they knew the cattle were safe so returned home where McLaughlin learned his hired man. Patrick O'Cannor, 37, "iad disappeared. O'Cannor had worked on the ranch for about one month. It was reported that he took most of his employer's clothes, a saddle, gun, billfold tlauiuint, rrt ruornt, m health fon and effu-e pce, Contructlon Is ep-icd td Mart on the new school building bv AUi'ut 1 with an mtlmsted l.'O to 173 d)s ncvetMiy o com plete the school, TtiU means that It will probably be In use before the end of next school year. Plans for the school had ear Her brrn approved by both the lone advisory committee and the on school building committee. Ct of the school waa kept lower by the fact that the prewnt beating plant In the tafrtorlum ran be uwd to heal the building. Connection will be made to the oil furnace in the older building. which will supply enough heat for both premises. The sjuar foot ctt la $1072 for the Ion building, while at Heppner the new structure will cost $11 C7 per square foot because of the heat pumps Included In the to tal cost. Sidewalk and paving contract at lone will be a separate Item. Seven contractors bid on the building, which was designed by Haysllp Tuft. Portland archi tects. Financing of the new building addition will be through the special aerial levy. Funds of $130,000 each year for four yeara are provided in this levy. When proposed It was the announced plan of the school district board to use these funds for the first unit of a new high school at Heppner the first year, and ad dition to the high school at lone the second year. The levy is now In it's second year and the build ing program as being carried out by the board is In accordance with these plans. Building at Irrlgon was sched uled for the third year funds, nd at Boardman for the fourth year "or whenever addition there are necessary.' The building schedule is not mandatory to the board, but has been observed to date. rews Continue Mopping Work aa well as a Ut. 4 I m a .am .14. nntK MA A Kill nine: iiuiu i cnuiui nuicicu i - . -K-bWl , h.m. ,,, ,;U.i M and . checkbook. nt iwrMfinn and Irrlunflnn h 1958 Chevrolet mentioned a possibility of mun-' issued a pickup for the Iclpal water needs being fulfill-f car- ed In connection with construe- The Monday night accident oc tlon of the dam. By Including such needs in the program, it might be found to be the cheap est source of additional water for the future, he said Fish and wildlife benefits were also stressed by the speaker, Von Gunten predicted that his department will be far enough along with their survey that public hearing will probably be held In the area shortly after the first of the year. "I believe we will be able to show a Justifiable project," he said. Even so, It will be a minimum of three years before construe I (Continued on page 6) City Water Use At Record High Residents of the city of Hepp ner used over 800 thousand gal lons of water per day in the per iod of June 20 to July 20. This comes out to about 24 million gallons for the city's 681 users. 'This is the biggest reading in my 11 years of work for the city," stated Victor Groshens, city superintendent. Groshens said there are no plans for restriction of water use but that residents are being asK ed to use water with care and not to waste it. How much water is in the city wells Is not known and the city council is now considering drill ing another well because of the increased usage. The city now nlavnffs at Alnenrose field In ' - ) i - - 1 1 H I IUMU uaaKC k lie v , j iw Portland next week are The morning. They will be guests of op?rates ,wo weU3( one miles Dalles Americans, central Ore-1 the Chief Joseph Days queen and J:Ilthpast of town on willow gon area winner, and the Pendle ton Nationals, Pendleton area winner. Free Clinic Scheduled Residents- of Morrow county are reminded of the free chest X-ray clinic to be held Wednes day, August 2, between the hours of 7:00 and 8:30 In the evening, at the Pioneer Memorial hos pital The clinic is sponsored each month by the Morrow county T. B. and Health association. Also on tap to start the even ing of Little League baseball, will be the preliminary game featuring the local Willow Creek All -Stars, second place winners at The Dalles, against the Pen dleton American team, third place winner In Pendleton. Both games should be exciting close battles and will be a good chance to see the local boys in action and see some good base ball, LaVerne Van Marter, Little League president, said. The doubleheader games will begin at 6:00 p. m.. Willow Creek and Pendleton American, followed at 8:00 with The Dalles American fighting It out with the Pendleton Nationals for that trip to Portland. her court at luncheon and will be introduced at the rodeo at 2 p. m. Family Hour Booked At Municipal Pool To encourage parents to 90 swimming with their young sters, a "Family Hour" has been scheduled at the Hepp ner municipal pool each Wed nesday night from 6:30 to 7:30. Tom Hughes, lifeguard, states. In order for children to be admitted to the pool ot that time and on that night they must be accompanied by their parent. In the ensuing half hour. 7:30 to 1:00. there will be swimming. All adults are invited to the "Family Hour." creek and another up Willow creek. three miles Four Merchants Will Observe Late Closing Four local business houses have announced they will re main open until 8:30 p. m. each Friday and Saturday nights un til Sept. 9 for the convenience of late shoppers. Wilson's .Men's Wear, J. C Penney. MiLadles Apparel and Elma's Apparel will observe the new hours. Other stores may make such announcement later. In an unofficial poll of local stores taken this week about half the merchants said they would be In favor of the late closing on a community-wide basis. curred when a car bearing the Oregon license plate drove down the wrong side of a one way highway, crashing headon Into another car. The two occupants of both cars were killed. Two other cars hit the wreck but occupants were not Injured ser lously. The bodies were so badly burned that Identification of the driver of the Oregon car has still not been completed. Though the car stolen here was a Chevrolet, the one Involved in the accident was a DeSoto, O'Cannor Is known to have had relatives In the Bronx, and In Los Angeles. Finger print lden tlflcatlon is being attempted In both New York and California. Buck Winners Fail To Collect Prizes Only $1.00 was collected out of a total of $55.00 in winnings an nounced at Saturdays Lucky Buck drawing. Bob Cossitt re ceived the only lucky bucks. First prize money of $25 will be added to the top prize In the next drawing, August 12. Residents who missed their winnings by not being In the business house of one of the 61 participating merchants Satur day were Bob Stevens, first prize $25; Betty Brown, second prize. $10; Harry Smith, Cara B. Allyn and Neva Matteson, $5.00 each; Geneva Palmer, Dorothy Stefanl, Lucille Wilson, Joe J. Wilson, $1.00 each. Final Session Set For Swim Lessons The final session of swimming lessons will start at the Heppner municipal pool on Tuesday, Aug ust 1, at 9 a. m., Tom Hughes, lifeguard, announces. Included will be Instruction for beginners. Intermediates and for Junior llfesavlng. To qualify for Junior lifesaving the student must be in the 7th to 10th grades, inclusive, or from 12 to 15 years of age, inclusive. Classes will continue dally for two weeks on the days that the pool is open. Those taking les sons in previous sessions have made good progress. Hughes said. Because of the sustained good weather, this has been the best summer In recent years at the pool, he said. Mopping up process Is still un derway in the 7.480 acre Ditch Creek fire In the Heppner Dis trict of the Umatilla National Forest this week with about 40 men left on the scene. Sam Miller, Heppner Ranger, reports that damage to timber was only about 50 percent of the trees Involved. The fast moving blaze covered a lot of open grass land. Some whole canyons in the rugged terrain were Just burned In spots, leaving both trees and grass undamaged. Plans are underway for a sale of damaged trees in the near future. As soon as the area has been cooled enough a timber cruise will be made by the dis trict and the damaged trees will be put up for sale and removal from the forest. One helicopter is still in use by the district. It is carrying men to locations of smouldering stumps as they are found. The stumps are then dug out of the ground enough to enable the men to extinguish the blaze. The "chopper" Is also used to bring men to town when necessary and to ferry in supplies. Miller said plans are going ahead for planting the area to grass and that the helicopter would be used in this process. Eighty men were on the fire until Wednesday afternoon when another bus load was released. Only forty remain, but the 'area will be patrolled until the rains come," Miller said. A new storm Wednesday night brought rain and lightning to the lower Ditch Creek fire area, in state-protected land, but neither lightning nor rain hit the Hepp ner district area. No strikes in the Heppner Dls trict were reported this morning from the Wednesday night storm. Bicycling Boy Gets Chin Gash in Spill Bicycles and stitches seem to go together this summer. Latest victim is little 5-year-old John Healy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Healy, Heppner. John inherited his older bro ther's 20-Inch bicycle when the brother got a new one recently. The small boy was doing fine learning to manage the steering but admits he had trouble get ting started. Monday morning he found that even steering becomes impossible In deep gravel. He fell, cutting his chin to the ex- tent that it took a trip to the doctor and three stitches to close the wound. His mother reports that stitches are not new to John, who earlier had almost the identical spot sewn from falling while hanging by his knees from a tree limb.