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Big Crew
Said Comingl
On Pipe Line
Heppner, Oregon, Thursdoy, July 27, 196)
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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.
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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
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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
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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.