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Plan
for Fair Funds
Hep. Frank WYathcrfurd. re
torting on his work at two legis
lative interim subcommittee
midlines In Salem recently, said
thut he Is planning to propose
legislation that will help some
counties, Including Morrow, re
lain revenue from parimutuel
betting funds that might other
wise be lost under another pro
losal now under consideration.
'The sub-committee on coun
ty fairs had the problem of mak
ing a study of the pari mutuel
money derived fiom racing and
its distribution according to taw,
the representative said. "Splinter
on.niw siii-h ns nutain snows
poultry shows and minor rodeo
groups have splintered off by
legislation some of the money
that was previously allocated out
of pari mutuel funds to the fairs
and 4-H clubs, thus greatly re
duiing the money available to
county fairs.
'There is a great likelihood
that in the next session ther
will be strong pressure exertti
to try to put all parimutuel
funds In the general fund and
have them disbursed by per
ratio of attendance," he con
tinued. "This would adversely ef
fect Morrow county In as much
as Multnomah and other larger
counties would take the ll-in's
share with much of the remain
der going to the state fair."
The representative from the
22nd district stated he had an
alternative proposal which he
felt would be a more fair dis
tribution. "I am proposing that a min
imum standard of money re
ceived from par'-mutuel funds
be established for each county
fair, and the county be reward
ed with additional funds for the
quality of its fair and the good
it does towards promoting agii
culture and 4-H In that partic
ular county," he declared. "I will
make this recommendation to the
lull interim committee on agri
culture to stabilize and equalize
the money and also I will rec
onimend to repeal all splinter
groups not originally mentioned
in creation of the distribution o!
pari-mutuel funds,"
Meat Inspection Explained
"Public misunderstan dings
regarding the state meat inspec
tion program were discussed by
Kep. Weatherford In his report
on the sub -committee meeting
on meat inspection. He said costs
were popularly believed to be
too high and unequal among
those being inspected. The truth
is according to the represen
tative, the cost is equitable de
pending on the ability of the
packer to handle his meat ex
pediently and to process it quick
ly. Chamber Elects
Five Directors
New directors were chosen
Monday at the annual election
meeting of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce.
Serving two year terms will
be Ed Gonty, James Myers, Gene
Pierce, Harry O'Donnell and
Gordon Pratt. Holdover directors
are Fred Gimbel, Al Lamb, Earl
Ayers, Robert Van Houte and
Dr. C. M. Wagner.
Officers for the chamber for
1962 will be appointed by the
board members at a meeting la
ter this month.
Morrow Merchants
Extend Greetings
Stores and other businesses
of Lexington. lone and Hepp
ner are extending greetings of
the season in this Christinas
Greeting edition of the Gazette
Times. Many of them are clus
tered in section 2. and others
may be found throughout the
paper.
Each carries the sincere sen
timent of the sponsor, and
each Gazette-Time reader is
invited to consider each greet
ing as a personal message to
him.
Post Office Holds
To 6 p. m. Schedule
Mail will be received and
distributed at the Heppner post
office through this week, in
cluding Saturday, until 6:00
p. m. However, there will be
complete closure of the o I lice
on Sunday. December 24. and
on Monday. December 25. ac
cording to James DriscoU, postmaster.
To the charge that small pack
i r ciinnnt minnlv state institu
it. .nu uith m.'iil. he said that
ih iniih is. mini boutht by
tl kIjiIa mimt Im Purchased by
hi, in hv KiMK-if Irnl ion. and be
federal crude."
lie explained a federal
irM,!..r must witness the meat
belnc packed and graded.
"Any packer may participate
In hi. Mm 17 and sellillir but
margin is generally so low and
deliveries so tntermmeni aurui
the month that the small pacK
i.rtt iiwtm llv do not bother bid
ding."
They also find It difficult to
make a profit and pay the lea
I rr.-i,lr tn he on hand for
packing and grading when they
cannot keep him empioyeu k
ularly. (Continued on Page 6)
Saturn Contracts
To Cause No Boom
On Boeing Site
Boeing will not use the prop
yl, it ia lencln? from the state
In Morrow county In filling its
contract to build the main part
of the Saturn rocket, company
officials have stated. They added,
however, that gaining the con
tract from the government last
week increased the company
need for the test site near Board-
man.
Boeing's new $300 million con
tract is to develop and test 24
moln.ctnoa rnrkets for Saturn,
which is designed to launch a
manned U. s. space capsuie
a mission to the moon. The work
...in h ,inno 95 miles from New
Orleans with approximately 5000
highly skilled tecnmcians oi we
nnnnomr mnulnir there for the
project from the Seattle and the
Wichita piams.
In commenting on the contract,
a Boeing official said that al
though the Boardman property
may not be used in me aaium
program, the company's entry
intn the hooster field "reinforces
our need for the site."
The State of Oregon recently
TMi)ip:rri twn nieces of prop
erty totalling 12,250 acres to put
together the land package for
Boeing. Only two major pur
chases remain to be made. 19,9oo
acres from the Frank Wilkinson
estate and 960 acres from Ira
Barnett .
The original agreement be
tween the state and Boeing called
for the land to be put to use
"within five years of completion
of the lease."
State's New First Family of Higher Education
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t.TKhoArv after Dr. Ueuallen was named ChanceUor of the
fast week (Dec. 12). A native Oregonlan who gradual frwn.
ouen U the sixth chancellor to , head Oregon'.
aUen is the former Barbara Wale, of Klamath Falls. The children from left are: Douglas William.
Barbara Ennls, Margaret Amita. and Scott Elwayne.
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HEADING FOR winter quarter on the Hynd Bros, place at Cecil U
this herd of tome 650 Hereford which moTed through Heppner
Friday on the 55-mile drive from the Freeieout area. The drive
was making about 10 or 12 milee per day until ice slowed them
up and they didn't arrive at the destination at Cecil until Tuee-
Decoration Contest
Deadline Set Friday
There is still time to enter
Heppner's holiday decoration
contest. Original deadline, which
was December 18, has been ad
vanced to Friday, December 22,
at 5 p. m. and registrations will
until that time at
the Gazette-Times office.
The change was made Mon
day when members of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of
Commerce decided that they had
not given sufficient notice to the
public and voted to extend the
time of registration.
Three classes are open: 1. Out
door residential decorations. 2.
Indoor residential window dec
orations. 3. Indoor (window) bus
iness decorations. Outdoor resi
dential and indoor business
classes each offer prizes of $10
first, $7.50 second and $5 third.
Indoor residential has prizes of
$7.50 first, $5.00 second and $2.50
third. ,
Bill Collins, chairman of the
contest, said that the impartial
committee of judges will pick up
slips Friday at 5 p. m. at the
Gazette-Times office and will
make the rounds between 5 and
8 o'clock that evening to deter
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Prize money of $60 ia given
by an anonymous local donor.
Everyone is encouraged to en
ter, and by doing so, each will
not only have a chance to win
a prize but will also contribute
to the beauty of the community
during the holiday season.
Among those entered so far
are Opal and Larry Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Williamson, Case
Furniture, Lois Winchester, Farra
Shoe Shop, Minnie McFerrin,
Glen Ward, Alice Lettrell, and
Elma's Apparel.
For those who find it incon
venient to come to the newspaper
office, a telephone call (6-9228)
will suffice.
Schools to Dismiss
Morrow county schools will
be dismissed at 2 p. m Friday
for the Christmas and New
Year's vacation period, Supt.
Robert Van Houte said Wed
nesday. Vacation will extend through
January 1 and school will take
up again on the morning of
January 2.
h'Jber education, po fortW.
State System of Higher Educjrtton
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday,
day of this week. The picture shows the herd going past the
county fairgrounds as it enters Heppner. Among those working
on the drive were Mr. and Mrs. Cwing Hynd, Leo Ledgerwood and
Ralph Beamer. They spent the night at the Newt O'Harra place.
Lexington, after leaving here. (G-T Photo)
Believe it or Not,
Grass Fire Calls Crew
Believe it or not:
A grass fire called out the
fire department at 2:25 Wed
nesday afternoon to the Steve
Thompson place about two
miles up Willow creek. Ap
proximately 40 acres of pas
ture land was burning when
Fire Chief C. A. Ruggles and
six men arrived.
Ruggles said the fire was on
too steep land to use wheeled
equipment and the flames had
to be extinguished with pack
sacks. The seven firemen were
occupied about one hour in
putting out the fire in the high
wind which was blowing at
the time.
No buildings were in the
area and the fire was reported
by neighbors. Origin of the
fire was not determined.
Chief Ruggles warned that
although the ground is wet,
cheat grass, foundi extensively
throughout the area, will burn
"after the wind blows on it
awhile" and that caution
should still be used with
matches and cigarettes
Employees Give $600
To Bereaved Family
TTollnw workmen of Robert F.
Campbell, 55, who died December
6 in a Richland, Wn hospital,
have given more than $600 in
a collection for the widow, Mrs.
Ellen Campbell of Heppner, ana
family.
Campbell, a resident of Hepp
ner for 24 years, was employed
by Kinzua t-orporaiion as a lug
ger. The contributions given in
his memory came from employ
ees of the company in the mill
and woods crews and from
friends.
Judge Discusses Road, Serial Levy
County Judge Oscar Peterson,
noting a recent proposal that the
county serial road levy be re
duced and that equivalent funds
be used for school construction
purposes, has written an article
discussing the background on
the road levy, how it has been
used, and what he believes wiU
be needed in the future.
In submitting the article, he
said that he is concerned about
roads In the county that are
unimproved.
The article follows:
In an article in last week's
Gazette-Times, headed "Board to
Check Cost of School Addition,"
it was stated someone had made
the suggestion that the county
might be persuaded to take off
a serial levy now used for roads
and use it for needed schools.
Also, "that right now it looks
like we can't operate without
the schools but we can without
the road tax" Further, that the
lrv nn marts had DfO-
duced more revenue than was in-
tended when it was initiated and
said that funds .from, other
said that funds from other
r.iirrfj would suffice for the
county for roads for a
number
December 21, 1961
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78th Year, Number 42
Freezeout
County Chairmen
Announce Reports
Of Sale Returns
Results of Christmas seal sales
are coming in slowly, according
io .Mrs. l. c. luck, iviorrow coun
ty chairman, with a total of
$938.20 rpnorted to date. Resi-
dents of the county are urged
to send in contributions for the
seals into the association by the
first of the year in order that
work can be continued in fight
ing TB and In carrying on the
county's health program. Many
do not realize that 74 of seal
contributions stays In this coun
ty for work which is done here,
as well as use In providing schol
arships for young people.
The Morrow County TB and
Health Association has bought
the X-ray equipment used in
making the monthly check X
rays at the hospital, which are
done free of charge to county
residents, but which cost the as
sociation $1.50 each, paid to the
hospital, plus a fee paid to the
technician who reads each film.
Several hundred X-rays are made
each year.
The association also furnishes
material for skin tests made In
the schools, for health education
materials, and for other county
health projects.
Heppner chairman, Mrs. Harry
O'Donnell, assisted by Mrs. Annie
Healy, report $513 received; Mrs.
Garry Tullis, lone chairman, re
ports $200; Mrs. Gene Orwick,
Lexington chairman, reports $80
(as of two weeks ago); Mrs. Ruth
Coy, assisted by student chair
man, Sandie Thorpe, Boardman,
report $76; and Mrs. Coy, assis
ted by student chairman, Susan
Coy, Irrigon, reports $69.20.
of years. Now before we go too
far in such assertions, let's
check what the serial levy ac
tually brings in and what road
funds from other sources are.
The serial levy, 10 mills, has
been for three five-year periods,
each time approved by the vote
of the people. It has been on an
approximate $13 million dollar
assessed valuation up until this
year, when it is on a valuation
of approximately $17 million
dollars. This change in valuation
is due to a change from a 21
ratio to a 25 ratio, as made
compulsory by state law. We
have one more year to go on
the third period and the 10 mills
will be for a second time on the
higher valuation, after which it
will be up to the vote of the
people again. Thus, for 13 years,
the levy of 10 mills has been on
a valuation of around $13 million
dollars while for the last two
years. It will be on the higher
valuation of, say $17 million dol
lars. It is easy to figure what
revenue this should bring in, but
it never bring3 exactly what the
miiisao mvs it should. And cert-
ainly not during this past year.
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Earlier Than
Scheduled
StudtuU oX lone Wtfh chool
Mill move into their bisnd new
lUO.uuU liUin school buildiruj
rriday Juuuoon. but they wW
have little chance to enjoy iu
Ijcluues until Janury 1 when
they return to school tujr
station period.
Moving Uuw U scheduled tot
10 . nu t ruiey. t'rlncipal Duxrcl
Ufikch Mid. A school party ik1
Kill exchange will follow, Jd
wen. tho student will be du-iui.vM.-d
tor tho hulldaja.
The new structure, which U
separated from the imsscnl gym
by a corridor, U computed ol
tour classroom, library, science
room, ulUco and let room. U
ms built by au-ru Oregon
toiu.truciion Company and wee
linuthed somewhat ahead of
schedule. Original completion
date was set at December i&.
Last work to be done thl week
was installation of glass in doors
and oilier places about the build
ing. The move will mean that high
school and grade school students,
who formerly occupied the same
building will be separated lor
the lust time, except that' they
will ahare Uie lunch room, ou
the opposite end of the gymnas
ium Irom the new building, and
the music room.
While the high school student
are moving to the new building,
the grude school students will
move up from the basement ol
the old building Into the rooms
formerly occupied by the high
schooL Don Clark la principal
of the grade acliooL
Modern In every respect, the
npw Ktmctura incorporates the
latest in lighting and other fa
cilities. Dedication program at
the school Is set for o p. nx
Monday, January 15.
Ullman Will Run
Despite Injuries
Rep. Al Ullman announced
Tuesday he will run for re-election
to Congress next year, de
spite the fact that he lost hla
left leg lust below the knee in
an accident December 9. The
accident will not interfere with
his congressional responsibllitiea
nor with his intent to run, he
said.
The congressman is recuper
ating in Betliaeda Naval hos
pital in Washington, D. C With
in two or three weeks he expects
to be released from the hospital
walking on crutches, and will
later be fitted with an artificial
limb.
For the past several years Rep.
Ullman has managed to be in
this area hunting with local per
snni nart of each elk season. He
does not expect his Injury to
curtail mat activity, accoruing
to his statement in Washington
Tuesday.
"My hunting and fishing days
aren't over," he said.
His condition is good enough
that ho 111 able to work on DaDers
delivered from his office while
he is In the hospital.
Mrs. Ullman was expected to
ha rolflflanri frnm Winchester Va..
hospital Wednesday to return to
the couples Arlington, va. nome.
She suffered a fractured verte
bra in the accident and has been
in a body cast
WEATHER
Hi Low Prec.
25 19 .04
39 23 .06
46 33 .07
43 33
51 37 32
54 39 .06
58 35 .20
.55 of an inch of
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
A total i
rain fell this week.
We again expect to ask for the
special levy, dui noi xo iuu
Possibly something in the neigh
borhood of from 5 to 8 mills.
Here, as said, it will be up to
the vote of the people In the next
general election.
Now what other funds are
there, or other sources, as it was
put? For the year 1960-1961, this
was It: Forest rental, $21,295.28,
sales and rentals, $2,990.53, gas
refund, $3,329.58, sale of public
ior,H nfil id liistlrp court fines.
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$129.00, in lieu of taxes, $53.54,
trailer license, 4.o, moior li
cense fund, $44,554.11. Total,
$98,902.42. t
Some of these fluctuate and
must say the forest rental fund
$21,295.28 is the largest we have
ever had. Will not reach that
this year. Also the sale of pub
lic lands will be less. We might
add here that 50 of funds re
ceived from the special road
levy, levied within incorporated
cities, is spent within the cities.
How justifiable Is all this road
expense? No one can say that
we have gotten 100 of value
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