Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, August 17, 1961, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Textn , - ; - - V".-; MEUNI CAZtTTC-TIMCS. Thurf- August IT. IWI fA J- P l Improved, Ready For Coming Event !n.i'r.rmrr.t made recrntly .. the lr.uk futllltini at the fair) n. i. !- cruunJ li v e brought li Into cnl shape fr the forth- r niins rvrnt. Gerald Swaggart. I'roufxN i hairmsn for three years. The fc"U cnriM-rv allot, office it tat the tfunfy rwiMrttl with Improvi mniK to th track, he alil, Th- rtniMTvatiort group Minryi-d n nd laid uut the track. and tha county hauled dirt rt1 (Uil oilier work on the track. Na-w corral fence has born bulit on Die eafct kide. an J new corral and holding pens for rows, calves and Hwn have been added. AIo new chutes have liivn provided for bucking horses. Swaggart Mid. Cooji-ratlon of the county, the ASC office, the Wranglers and other has saved considerable cost, he snld. It Is planned to make some Improvements to the grounds each year to add to the facilities. North County Fair Date It Changed The datri of the North Morrow Pair at fcuarJman have been chir.g xj t svpt ? 9. due to con fl'rt with other activities In the area. The fair was to hsvt been held AUff. 31 to Sept. 2. TREE TOPPLED la lb treat yard of the Billy Con borne on Chatt street at tbe height of the storm Monday. Photo was taken after work had started to clear access to the bouse. (G-T Pboto) 2 Storms Mover One-Tw Punches (Continued from psge 1) tins steer, which pasture In field near the Cox home, were swept prist the house In the flooded ditch and carried well over 100 yards before they were able to climb away from the tor rent, none the worse for the ex perlence. Mrs. Kenneth Turner reported on the Sand Hollow area 12 miles northeast of Ileppner: a flash flood came down the canyon, washed summer fallow fields at the top of the canyon free of top.Holl. At the Douglas Drake home further down, mud 6 Inches deep was washed onto the front porch and the yard gate was washed away. At the Don Evans ranch fields were covered with mud, and the pump was sub merged and fouled with mud. At the Turner home three large barrels belonging to neighbors runner up the canyon were washed Into the yard; fences were ripped out and the alfalfa was covered with mud. Below at the Ray Dolvln ranch, alfalfa which was cut was washed loose and mixed with the mud. The flood of water and dirt continued across the road and onto the al falfa field at the Kenneth and Fritz Cutsforth place. It is about miles from the top of the hollow to Cutsforth. The stream of mixed water and mud con tinued to flow around the bridge and over the road for about three hours. Cutsforth also reported gullying and erosion of the wheat fields. Those In Ileppner who rallied to battle fires suddenly turned their attention to thoughts of Hood. Balm Fork threatened, but the deluge stopped before It grew to damaging proportions there. However, Just north of town, water rolled down a canyon across from the Wishing Well drive-in, poured across the state highway and covered three fair ways of the Willow Creek Golf course wllh a heavy layer of mud, wood and debris. Some of the main streets of the city became virtual rivers for a few minutes and left layers of mud for city crews to clean up the next day. At the W. L. Cox residence, 175 S. Chase, a good-sized tree toppled in the front yard and narrowly missed the house. Four miles north, near the Ruggles place, water poured down a small canyon and In undated the highway. Harvey Warner, school director from Irrigon, on his way to a board meeting in his car went Into the ditch when he hit the spot but he and Bob Slcard of Board man, another director, were un hurt. Two old car bodies washed down to the golf course at the height of the storm. All was placid in Ileppner Tuesday evening when lone took the brunt of punishment. W. L. (Bill) Cox saw a waterspout near Rietmann canyon out of lone and gave warning. Sirens sounded at 5:43 and residents of the town quickly evacuated. The water rolled down the can yons in a rury, ripping roans, scAtterlne boulders, debris and another old car body on the high way. Water poured through Mel vin Mclena's Builders Supply and 100 pound cartons of tar floated over a wide area, water was more than two feet deep in his lumber shed and covered much of his high grade lumber. The flood poured through Ma son's and Hick's groceries leav ing a layer of mud and damag ing stocks on lower shelves. It hit Mayor Charles O'Connors Insurance office and flooded Stefanl's Fine Foods, causing heaw damage there. Brlstow's Market took a beating, the base ment filling and motors there being ruined. At city hall, the library side of the building took water to a depth of about six Inches and women gathered when the noon was over to clean up the mess while men got to work In the muck In the council room. Meanwhile, Just south of the city, debris backed up along the Union Pacific railroad dike and caused the Pacific Power and Light substation and the high way to be flooded to a depth of some four feet, stopping traffic over two hours. Fred Gimbel said that he was afraid that the flood Golfers Schedule Work Day Sunday Gtdfrra of the Willow Creek club r akrd to roll up their sleeves and report to the course Sunday morning at 8 o'clock to take part In a work day rw-rrftkitata-d becauia of Mon day evening's flood littering the course with debris and mud. Any who ran get away Sat urday are also asked to corn on that day. The work day Saturday will be an organized event with lunch In the grove, Saturday's work will be strict ly an extra service, and any needing Information on what should be done are asked to contact Harry O'Donnell. Eddie Gundernm or Clint McQuarrlt, The cleanup will be directed to No. 1, 2. and 3 fairways and greens where moat damage was done. County Fair Gale To Open Tuesday At Grounds Here V? Horse Show Bills Full Day Program A full day of the popular Mor row County l-air and rtoaeo horse show will attract many persons to the arena Friday, Sept. 1 to watch the many special events and contests that are scheduled. Fred Mankln, show superin tendent announces that all en tries for the show will close on cumuutej when the winner was Clyde R. Cole Wins $50 Prize In Lucky Bucks Clyde R. Cole, Ileppner logger, was the lucky winner of 50 Lucky Bucks at the Saturday drawing. The $50 prize had ac Wednesday, August 30, at 8 p. m., that halter classes will be ludg ed beginning at 9 a. m., Friday, Sept. 1, and the working per formance classes will start at 1:15 In the afternoon. This show Is under the super vision of the Wranglers riding club and a divisions may premium list and tained from the Wrangler sec retary, Marie Stcagall. The Wranglers will again enter girls in the barrel racing con test at the Saturday night rodeo. Those taking part are Pat Dough erty, Sharon Bunch, Dlanna Full eton, Shanon Mahoncy, and Bev erly Stcagall. On Sunday morning, Sept. 3, the annual Cowboy Breakfast sponsored by the Wranglers will be served starting at 6:00 a. m at the Wrangler clubhouse. not In one of the 61 participa ting business houses to collect his prize of $25 two weeks ago. Money from the top prize is al ways held over and added to that of the following week. Winning a special prize of a a rm .i ai - A .... i l u ... . 4. i x.w, iiu nine iu vviit-vt wiar iv be found in the Lucky Buck' was W Ford' may be ob- others who won but did not coueci were nay Williamson, second prize of $10: John A Campbell, third prize of $5.00; Jean Schoolcraft, fourth prize of $5.00; Virginia Turner, fifth prize of $5.00; special prizes of $1.00 each were drawn by G. If. Leyva, James Lindsay, Edna Weaver and Roy Erlckson. Next Lucky Buck Day will be August 26. . WEATHER Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday TnesHa v would cause an outage at the Wednesday substation but It held through- out the storm. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, who had been alerted by two way radio from the Ileppner City Po lice station, was on his way to lone and stopped traffic near the flooded area. He and City Police Chief Dean Gilman were in con tact and called UP crews to the scene. The highway was blocked in several places by rocks and mud, but state highway crews and county workers responded im mediately to clear it away. At the same time, downpours hitting along Rhea creek caused to become a raging torrent and threaten farm homes along Its bank. A bridge was washed out at the Darrell Padberg place, and about 7 miles of county road damaged. lone residents were warned that it might bring more water into the already flooded town, but the force subsided In ow lying fields and spent Itself without adding to the flooded conditions in lone. The big 36-inch gas pipeline being laid by Western Pipe Line Inc. Just north of lone was in the path of the flood with the open Hi Low Prec. 89 54 92 59 94 69 97 60 98 64 .64 83 55 .05 83 49 'Rons Plowers mu I gift Shop Wll be open for business on SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 in the Case Apartment Bldg., Main Street ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS WE INVITE YOUR PATRONAGE FREE DELIVERY end near Rietmann canyon. Mon etary damage to the line may be extensive. The pipe was twisted out of its trench in one spot, buried in mud in others, with much debris going into the line. All of this must be cleaned out before the pipe can be welded together. Ileppner District of the Uma tilla National Forest also suffer ed damage from lightning strikes and fires in the two storms. Mon day's deluge did not come to the forests to quench the IS officially reported fires started by light ning. Ten men from other parts of the Umatilla Forest were call ed in early Tuesday, all of the local forestry men were In the woods on the fireline, and about 35 Kinzua Corp. employees, ap proximately 75 total on the bla ze. Borate was dropped from a plane on the largest, a 5-acre fire, Tuesday. Rain fell on the parched forest in the Tuesday night storm; but lightning started four more fires. Thursday morning, (today) Sam Miller, ranger reported all were mopped up and that the fire fighters called in had been re leased. HOSPITAL NEWS Mary Healy, Boardman; Ann McDonald, lone, dismissed; Lisa Griffith, Kinzua, dismissed; Pat Brindle, Heppner, dismissed; Rose Hams, Hardman, dismissed; W. D. Scott, Condon, dismissed; George Kruger, Heppner; Thorn- (Coatlauad tram poa I) Also at f 00 Thurulay morning 4 II home economics demonntra- ( l lions will he held In the fair K pavilion. At 10:00 the pat show L will get underway. Pets will he , paraded In the arena about 11:50. following the all around champion livestock showman ship contest on Thursday after noon the 4 If agricultural dem onstrations will be held In the Judging arena. Four II boys and girls will demonstrate various agricultural practices. The 4 II pig scramble and live stock auction tale, two of the biggest events of the entire fair will be held at 7:30 Thursday evening. The pig scramble will be at the sales arena Immed iately before the fat auction sale this year. All boys and girls who meet the qualifications will be eligible for the scramble. Qual ifications listed re: must be 913 years of age and have con sent of their parents; must be able to aupply suitable feed and facilities for pigs caught In the scramble; must feed out In a 4-11 project the pig caught and exhibit It or one of its litter at the 1962 fair; must not have caught a pig In the last pi scramble; must have a signed statement from their parents granting permission and releas ing the show management in case of Injury. Pigs for this scramble are be ing donated by local organiza tions, breeders, service clubs, and 4-H members who have caught pigs in the I960 scramble. Boys and girls Interested In entering the pig scramble should make application with Alfred Nelson, pig scramble chairman, at the fairgrounds sometime during the day on Tuesday or Wednesday. The 4 II livestock auction sale Is an event which many 4-H live stock members work toward all year. They try to produce the best market animals possible for this sale. Everyone Interested in supporting the 4-H program should plan to attend this sale. It Is an Ideal way to purchase the best piece of meat for the home locker or freezer. The sale will start Immediately follow-, Ing the pig scramble. I Four-H saddle horse club members will perform in show manship and horsemanship classes at the rodeo grounds Fri day morning beginning at 9:00. Many 4-H horse club members and parents will be glad to see that the horse show is scheduled during the day instead of at night. This change in scheduling is expected to make the horse show considerably better than it has been In past years. Fairgoers are reminded that noon lunch will be served on A 1 .A. 1- ? ;. t "LETS TRY THE SASH THIS WAY," soys Arleta McCabe. lone, as nil of her 4-H club read over that requirements of thtlr Tun and Sun" 4-H project from the premium book of tbe Morrow County Fair scheduled lor Augutt 22 through 25. From left to right arei Deloies Emroert Arista McCobo. Karen Hams, Cheryl Cot lev. and Elaine Cortland all members of the Slngin Swlngla' Neodlettoa 4-H club led by Mrs. L. A. McCaba. Mr. and Mrs. Caorgo Teague Ing up with them was the Mun and Lester Teague, Warrenton, kers son Steve, who has been spent three days last week with visiting his grandparents for the the Don Munkers family. Com- past month. School Days ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER IF YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO LOOK TRIM AND IF YOU COLLEGE STUDENTS WANT TO HIT THE as Erhardt, Monument, dismiss ed; Mary Dyer, Spray, dismissed; I the fairgrounds each day. The 4 Bill Brehaut, Condon; Katherlne Knudson, Fossil, dismissed; Sue Valentine, Heppner; Tana Jo Rauch, Lexington, dismissed. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nagel, Heppner, a 9 pound 5 ounce boy, Kurt William, born Aug. 12. To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Vaugh- an, Fox, a 7 pound girl, Anna Lora, born Aug. 16. H Milk Bar will be open through out the fair serving soft drinks, milk, and sandwiches. Wednes day lunch will be served by the Rhea Creek Grange; Thursday lunch by the 4-H Council and Friday lunch by the Three Links Lodge of Lexington. The complete fair program is on a different page in this paper. ,.i - .-"-"- v J AND NEAT, CAMPUS WITH A WELL-GROOMED APPEARANCE, -AGET YOUR CLOTHES CLEANED AT NOW Heppner Cleaners 288 N. Main FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY PH. 6-9441 Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Jones and Mrs. Maude Fisher visited Sun day with their sister, Mrs. D. II Jones, Sr., and nephew and fam lly, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones, Jr. .i-.i Watch For The OREGON DOLLAR MAN at your grocery store atn yon buy Wht $( v4 ihimm I SIX FOR FOUR II J miDlkl2 iiAklTU riC AllafZIICT I - I iWIlllJ ITIWI1 I II W I - V W I a II I I aw. .aa. vO'5f".-.x. twrgrarsFtw.. 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