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Kinzua Closes Woods
But Season
An estimated JuOjOM hunter.
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are in inr nunmi;
t4 t&e it at. according lo w
ShroeUr. deputy tate forter
Ho rrod hu txrn kept tf the
numbff gtdrif through Hefner
but GWn Ward, state game agent,
report mm deer have been
checked out of thl am than
ever before.
Dr are plentiful and In good
condition, according to Ward, but
the tire hazard it critical.
Tuevlay Maurice Brown, gen
eral ma na rer of Kinzua Corp
reported "25 fire et by. camp-era-
In the central Oregon fire
district and ald eight of them
were on Kinzua land. A a re
mit Kinzua requested Governor
Hatfield to clone all hunting east
of the Cascade. Cooperating in
this request lo the governor were
the Pilot Bock Lumber Co. at
pilot Rock, and Brooks Scanlon
at Uehd. All three mill closed
their lands to hunters, and Pilot
Kock and Kinzua closed their
operations to send men on to
fire lines.
' Fire conditions were better
Wednesday and Kinzua mill at
Heppner began operations again
but four men were pulled off
the planer Thursday (today) and
sent Into the woods to fight fire
again. Office personnel did not
know which location they had
been assigned. Logging operat
Ions at Kinzua are continuing
but mostly by extra loggers, with
most regular crews still fighting
fires. :
Biggest reported of the num
erous fires In the area was the
La Fever Prairie fire near Camp
5 at Kinzua. It was set by hunt
ers and Monday covered a re
ported 200 acres, according to
Brown, before being controlled
. When Kinzua ordered all hunt
ers out of its 156,000 acres. of
choice hunting lands, the com
Danv estimated 5,000 hunters
were affected.
"This Is the first time we have
had to close our tree farm,"
Brown said. He added the com
pany, had always had cooper
ation from hunters In the past
but this, year "scores of fires"
had been, found untended on
Kinzua holdings. 4 '
Reports of vandalism have
been received from other areas
but Brown stressed that there
had been none on Kinzua land
and said that "We have had full
cooperation from all those we
asked to leave." He said their
only reaction was that "the
woods should not have been
opened at all with the dry con
dition." Governor Hatfield decided Wed
nesday to take no immediate ac
tion in closing hunting season
east of the Cascades. This leaves
all state land and private lands
are eYto leve theever7l "
private mill-owned areas in the
state. Hunters were reminded to
ask permission to hunt on pri
vate land.
"The number of fires will de
termine whether or not the sea
son will be curtailed at an
early date," State Agent Ward
said Wednesday. He commended
the action of area hunters on the
lack of vandalism as reported
elsewhere but added they must
Van Houte To Speak
The Farmer's Union will hold
a meeting at the old city li
brary building at 8:00 p. m. Tues
day. Main speaker will be Robert
Van Houte, school district ad
ministrator, speaking on "Space
Age Education."
Addition Asks for Water;
Dump Gets
Several residents of the G. W.
Wells addition, located out of
the city limits along the Condon
highway, petitioned the city
council for city water at the
Monday night meeting.
Councilmen were advised by
Frank Payne, spokesman for the
group, that the petitioners would
pay costs of installing water
lines. The council deliberated on
whether the city could exceed
budgeted expenditures for such
a purpose even though the
money would be paid back by
the petitioners.
Finally, at the suggestion of
Councilman John Pfeiffer. they
advised Payne to suggest to the
residents that they form a water
district and Install the system at
the expense of the district In
such a case th city would fur
nish the water at the rates appli
cable to those Jiving outside, the
Still Open
U more '
1 the MPon would be ciom-o.
the eaon
Heppner district of the Umi
tllla .National Forest reported it
6th fire during hunting seamin
Wednesday. Ail were small and
Uklv controlled. Sam
Miller, ranger, said a fire pa
trl plane operating and the
fire situation en government
land was about at uual for the
time of year.
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Residents Report
Early Deer Kills
Mnv hunters bagged their
bucks soon after the opening
of deer season. Among the first
reported were the following
Eddie Gunderson, Dick Robin
son and Norman Templeton, each
with their deer by 6 a. m.. Sat
urday. They found the game
about 30 miles southeast of town.
Matt Hughe. Heppner. and
Albert Leonnlg. Tillamook, shot
two near Wall Creek Saturday
afternoon.
Ron Leonnlg. Heppner, got his
near Red Hill Sunday.
Rodney Ayers shot one on Rock
Creek Saturday afternoon.
Others reporting kills In the
first three days of the season
were Jack Bedford. Bert Huff.
James Norene. Mrs. Gerald Rood.
Mrs. Don Munkers, Glenn and
Mike Smith. Gregg Pierce, Vic
tor Lovgren, Joe Hartle, all of
Heppner: Kenneth Marshall,
Lexington; John Jackson, Sr., and
John Jr.. and Louis Carlson, all
of lone.
Willow Creek
Funds Approved
Funds to complete the re-survey
of Willow creek for a multi
purpose dam have been approp
riated bv Congress In the Public
Works bill, according to word
received recentiy by Morrow
County Judge Oscar- Peterson.
Amount appropriated was
000.
The U. S. Army Corps or tn
Plneers at Walla Walla com
pleted most of the physical part
of the survey last year. Remain
ing to be finished Is the reports
and paper work Involved In out
lining recommendations for Con
gress.
A public hearing will be held
to gain the opinions of local resi
dents before any recommenda
tions are forwarded to Washing
ton, the Corps of Engineers has
announced previously. This hear
ing is expected to be held some-
time in early winter.
School Program
Evaluated Here
An evaluation of the educa
tional program at Heppner and
Boardman schools was carried
out last week by Lyle Riggs
of the State Department of Edu
cation, Salem.
The evaluation Is made by the
State Department regularly at
about two year intervals.
Riggs arrived in the county
Sept. 26 and expected to com
plete his survey by Thursday
evening, Sept. 28.
A formal report on his find
ings will be sent to the district
school board later.
Low 'Grade'
city limits. Payne agreed to take
the suggestion to the petitioners.
Names on the petition were
Frank Payne, Jane E. Payne,
Marilyn E. Jones, D. H. Jones,
Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
Sherman.
The New Testament Baptist
church asked permission to use
the old city library for Sunday
services, morning and evening.
Councilmen decided that the
church should pay for costs and
fixed a fee of $2 for each meet
ing of the church, with the un
derstanding that this would not
te a permanent meeting place
but that the group seek more
suitable quarters elsewhere. The
same action Included the stipu
lation that no rental charge for
the building be assessed to any
"public body" seeking to use It.
The council discussed sewer
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Signs ill
10c Copy
Chief Warns Kids,
Parents to Take
Care of Bicycles
An Increasing careUnunen
In leaving bicycle and trl
cycle out at night on aide
walk and lawn ha been
noted by Chief of Police Dean
Oilman. He advle children
and parent alike to take care
In seeing that bike and trlke
are put away at night.
"I could pick up between 30
and 60 bike almost any night
around town." he ald.
While bicycle theft have
not been common here, there
have been some case reported,
the chief said. Those who value
their property should not run
the risk.
The chief Saturday picked
up bicycle of three boys who
had carelessly left them on the
Condon highway shoulder near
the city limit while they hik
ed over the hills out of sight.
The three later redeemed the
bike at the city hall, and the
chief explained to them he
wa afraid some transient
might stop and pick up the
bicycles that were left un
attended. Parents'" cooperation will be
appreciated, the chief said.
Morrow Pioneer
Will Celebrate
Century Birthday
An Oreeon centenarian and
former Morrow county resident,
Mrs. Emma A. Gemmell, will
celebrate her 100th birthday Oc
tober 15.
Mrs. Gemmell moved to Salem
In 1942, where she has made her
home with her youngest son,
Paul M. Gemmell. An open
house will be held in her honor
at the Gemmell home In Salem
Sunday afternoon, Oct. 15, and
friends over the state are ex
tended an invitation.
Mra Gemmell was born In
Iowa October 15, 18G1, and came
to Oregon In 1886 with her hus
band, Joseph H. Gemmell and
three oldest children. Five more
were born to them In Oregon.
Mr. Gemmell passed away In
1926.
She made her home through
pioneer day vicissitudes in Mor
row county and had many close
friends here at the time she
moved. She is undoubtedly one
of the oldest subscribers to the
Gazette-Times and would prob
ably hold a record in the long
time subscrpltlon department.
Hearing Slated
On Co-op Filing
Public Utility Commissioner
Jonel C. Hill Tuesday announced
that Columbia Basin Electric Co
operative, Inc., Heppner, had
filed an application asking for
an exclusive allocation of about
a fourth of the territory it serves
in Morrow and Gilliam counties.
Hill said the application was
the first to reach this stage or
the processing provided for under
the terms of Senate Bill 487 pass
ed by the 1961 Legislature.
He said the hearing will be
held in the County Courthouse In
Heppner on October 9, and will
get under way at 9:30 a. m.
The area applied for contains
a large part of the Boardman In
dustrial site. Umatilla Cooper
ative, Inc., of Hermiston, serves
the remainder of the Boardman
site as well as a large area to the
west of that area applied for by
Columbia.
Heppner Sailor
Visiting Japan
John F. Kiggins, fireman, USN,
son of Mrs. Irma hL Jefcoat,
Heppner, is serving aboard the
Seventh Fleet attack alcraft
carrier USS Ranger which Is an
chored off Sasebo, Japan.
The carrier Is the largest op
erating in the Pacific, It began
its Far East cruise in early Sep
tember. Home port is Alameda,
Calif.
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GENE PIERCE bos been appoint
ed Morrow County chairman
for the Keep Oregon Greet
association. , (G-T Photo)
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Pierce is Chosen
To Head Morrow
Committee of KOG
Gene Pierce, manager of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon here,
has been appointed chairman of
the Morrow county committee of
Keep Oregon Green.
The new chairman will suc
ceed Garnett Barratt who head
ed the county organization for
12 years. Pierce was active in the
Keep Oregon Green Organization
In Umatilla county before com
ing to HeppneV
" rieree'ii appolndncnt was con
firmed In a letter from Governor
Mark O. Hatfield
"With your Interest in forest
fire prevention. I know Morrow
county will continue to have a
successful season with few man
caused fires. I greatly appreciate
your serving as chairman," he
wrote.
In his capacity as KOG chair
n nis capacity as tu-
n. Pierce will help organ ze
ma
volunteers to promote fire pre
ventlon within the county and
will seek cooperation of the pub
lic to this end.
PTA Plans to Talk
School Construction
The regular meeting of Hepp
ner Parent-Teacher association
scheduled for Oct. 11 has been
changed to Oct. 18 at the multi
purpose room of the Heppner
elementary school, beginning at
8:00 p. m.
A special program has been
arranged to present building
needs in the Heppner schools,
and members of the school dis
trict board will take part In the
panel discussion. Board members
will meet with Dr. Leon Minear,
superintendent of public instruc
tion, In Pendleton on the reg
ular meeting night.
Others appearing on the panel
will discuss how needed schools
in the city can be financed. A
Question and answer period1 will
be included. Eighth grade room
mothcrs will be hostesses.
Civi
Engineers will be In the Hepp
ner area to Inspect public build
ings to determine which could
best be made into public shel
ters within the next two months,
Tom Campbell, Civil Defense Di
rector for Umatilla county, told
those attending a meeting at the
courthouse Monday night.
"Still, every family should pro
vide Us own shelter," Sheriff C.
J. D. Bauman, Civil Defense Di
rector for Morrow county, stress
ed. No one knows for sure how
many people would have to use
shelters here. Present plans of
Civil Defense call for 3.000 from
the Portland area being evac
uated to Heppner.
"We might even have to send
some here from Pendleton if cer
tain events happened." Camp
bell added.
Food and shelter for the evac
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October. 5, 1961
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Sudden Death Calls
r Jesse O. Turner, 69
Jese Oeden Turner, 69. prom
nent Heppner attorney and
rancher, died suddenly at hi
j home Wednesday morning about
11:30.
Mr. Turner had been at hi
law office earlier in the morn
Ing but had gone home about
10 a. m. because he wa not
feeling well. He had appeared
In court Tuesday.
Active In community and state
affairs for many years. Turner
helped organize the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat League and was a
l:fe member of that organization.
He helped also In organization of
the Morrow County Grain Grow-
The Great Virgil
Slated Saturday
Acts of magic and mind read
ing will thrill audiences at the
Parent-Teacher association-sponsored
"evening of enchantment"
Saturday, when 'The Great Vir
gil" and Julie bring their show
to the Heppner high school.
The Great Virgil Is listed as
one of the greatest illusionists
In the world today. He has visit
ed five continents with his show
and has met with enthusiastic
approval of peoples of all ages.
In preparation for his program
he has studied magic In Orien
tal countries and has contended
with Fakirs of India In perfec
ting his acts.
Julie does mind reading billed
as baffling the audience.
The show is a family type en
tertainment which will keep both
young and old on the edge of
their seats as The Great Virgil
performs his magic.
Interest in the program la be
ing promoted by PTA member
In covering the town with a
sound truck carrying local "ma
elelans." The group was out
uesdav evening and can be
1" tL hLs of 4
and 5 p. m. Friday and again
Saturday morning.
A special one hour children's
show will be held at the high
school auditorium at 2:00 p. m.
Saturday afternoon. The main
two hour show will start at 8:00
i). m. Saturday night. Tickets for
the afternoon show will be 35c;
the evening show Is 75c for stu
dents through high school and
$1.50 for adults. Proceeds from
the show will be used to finance
PTA projects.
Substation Repairs
To Shut Off Power
Repairs to be made to the
Bonneville substation by the Col
umbia Basin Electric Co-op will
mean a power outage on lines
of the cooperative north of lone
between 12:01 and 3:00 a. m.
Thursday, October 12, Harley
Young, manager said. The same
Rhea Creek and lower Willow
creek areas were out of service
for about two hours early Thurs
day morning while repairs were
in progress, he said.
Defense Meet Eyes
uees would be under the County
Welfare with Lowell Challey in
charge.
All supplies of food and gas
oline would be frozen Immed
iately and would be rationed.
'Jadle Parrish, county clerk, has
been appointed In charge of the
rationing board with her present
e'ection board members serving
on the boards In each commun
ity. Other volunteer already ap
pointed to serve in emergency
in the county were Introduced
to the 70-some present by Sher
iff Bauman. All fire equipment
would be pooled under the di
rection of Charles Ruggles, Hepp
ntr. Communication would be
by "Ham" radio with Ralph Tay
lor, Heppner, In charge. Sheriff
Bauman suggested that any In
terested per0"8 Jln the Pre6"1
classes of Instruction in "ham"
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78th Year, Number 31
it and the Lexington Oil Co
ojerative.
He wa a state representative
la the 1933 and 1935 legislative
session and wa mayor of Hepp
ner from 1935 until 1947. Ha wa
active In farming and his law
practice until his death. As a
lifelong Republican he was ac
live In party affair both In the
county and on a state level.
Born In Heppner May 7, 1892,
be wa the fourth son of R. W.
and May Shepherd Turner. He
attended Heppner schools and
rraduated from Oregon State
college In 1916, majoring in ag
riculture. After college, he re
turned to Morrow county and
operated a wheat ranch. He mar
ried Virginia Crawford May 6.
1917. at Heppner. Their only
child, Donald, was born in 1919,
and In 1931 Turner graduated
from Willamette University law
school, beginning practice of
law In Heppner at that time.
He was a member of the First
Christian Church of Heppner;
past exalted ruler of BPOE No.
358, Heppner; past master, Hepp
ner Lodge No. 69. AF4AM; past
natron of Ruth Chapter No. 32.
Order of Eastern Star; past high
priest of Heppner chapter No.
6. Royal Arch Masons; a mem
ber of Al Kader Temple, Order
of the Shrine; of Multnomah Ath
letic club, Portland; Oregon State
Bar; Umatilla Council No. 6,
Royal and Select Masters; and
the Pendleton Commandry No.
7, Knights Templar.
He Is survived by his widow,
Virginia, Heppner; one son, Don
ald E., Lexington; three brothers,
Frank W., Heppner; John,
Baker; Loy M., Long Beach, Cal;
and a sister, Anita LaDuslre,
Eugene.
Services will be held at 2 p. m.
Saturday at the First Christian
church in Heppner, with the Rev.
Charles Knox officiating. Inter
ment will be in Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Mustangs to Face
Tough White Buffs
Heppner's Mustangs, fresh
from their first high school foot
ball victory of the season,, face
the tough White Buffaloes of
Madras on the Buffs' gridiron
under the lights Friday night at
8 p. m.
Because of Heppner's victory
over Grant Union of John Day,
its first league opponent, the
Mustangs are tied with Madras
for leadership of the Greater
Oregon league, each with 1-0
records. Heppner's losses to En
terprise, Umatilla and Pilot Rock
all were non-league frays.
In the Buffaloes, though, the
Mustangs meet a formidable op
ponent that has carved a niche
for itself in state rankings. It
Is one of the top-rated teams in
the state in A-2 ranks.
"We know that we will be in
for a tough night, but maybe
we can get a few breaks and
give them a game," Coach Jim
Sutherland said.
radio use which will be given
at Heppner high school science
room. The evening classes are
open to all In the county. Has
kell Sharrard, Heppner, Is In
charge.
Robert Van Houte, county
school administrator, Is In charge
of pupil protection. He outlined
a plan already made which
would send children home via
their regular routes If enough
time were allowed, would keep
them in school gyms to provide
maximum protection, or would
assign them to buildings with
cafeterias if it looked like a
long enough siege that food
would be needed. He stressed
that parents should not come
to school to pick up their child
ren unless they normally do be
cause the additional traffic
would Interfere with bus run.
All children In the county could
Exchange
State to Buy
32,000 A.
For Project
rrrsldent John F. Kennedy ha
alined the bill providing for a
land exchange under which Ore
gon will acquire a part of the
Navy's Boardman bombing range
for um a an industrial site, Sen.
Wayne MorM reported Wedne.
day.
The State Department of Plan
ning and Development ha been
obtaining options on land ad
jacent to the bombing range for
the past (teveral month to put
together a package of land about
KiO.OOO acre In alze to lease to
tte Boeing Company to bo used
a a pace age park.
The Oregon Stale Land Board
announced Wednesday It 1 pre
paring to pay $74S.200 for 32.429
acres of privately held land In
the county to fill out the park
requirements, about $23 per acre.
The bill signed by President
Kennedy make it possible for
the state to acquire the west
half of the range, leaving the
east half for use by the Navy.
The additional 32.429 acres lie
mostly to the west of the present
range.
The Land Board staff ha re
leased the names of property
owners Involved In the trans
action and the amount they are
scheduled to receive.
raul and Kathryn Webb $325.-
000. and Buslck estate 585,000
for 17,987 acres near Heppner to
be given for the Frank Wilkin-
son estate iana wesi oi me
range; Hynd Brother $22980 for
11.430 acres; Ira Barnett $64,920
for 960 acres; Frederick Martin,
$60,000 for 800 acres; George E.
Miller, 480 acres to be traded to
Martin plus $16,000 difference.
The last four pieces or iana
are adjacent to the bombing
range.
Funds for the trade were pro
vided by the last legislative ses
sion giving the department of
planning and development auth
ority to cooperate with the State
Land Board in purchasing land
to lease to Boeing.
The Boeing Company has not
announced Intentions for use of
the land, other than the contract
calls for them to be making use
of it "within a year." Paul S.
Ford, Boeing assistant controller,
said last week that development
of the missile-testing range will
be swift if the company get
the Saturn rocket contract. Ford
spoke before the Richland, Wn,
Klwanls club. He said if his
company does not get at least
a substantial portion of the gov
ernment's contract, development
will take a number of years.
Ford, explaining his company
took the site to be on even terms
with other missile manufactur
ers, stressed the company pres
ently has no specific plans for
Boardman.
"However, if the government
gives us the Saturn, we will get
under way In a short time," he
said.
Without the Saturn, a million
pound thrust, solid-fuel rocket
designed to boost a space plat
form Into orbit, the assumption
is that Boardman would prob
ably be used on a limited basis
until the firm's $100 million
Dyna-Soar program Is, ready for
testing about 1963.
WEATHER
LEONARD GILLIAM, Obwrver
HI Low Prec.
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78 41
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sundya
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Shelters
reach their homes in less than
two hours, he said.
Morrow and Umatilla counties
are strategically placed where
they are considered as safe as
any areas, Campbell said. In ad
dition there would be a time In
terval of from five to eight hours
before fallout from bombs In the
Portland area would reach here.
He said that In the last test
alert this was extended to 12
hours, and this was with a 30
mile an hour wind.
Fallout Injures only living ma
terial, and only as long as It Is
alive, he said in explaining that
cattle could be slaughtered dur
ing this waiting interval and
would be safe to eat following
passing of the fallout
Because radiation fallout U
accumulative there is a definite
time the people can be exposed
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