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LIBRARY U OF O EUGENE. ORE. I :y ;.-r ;$ . . : , Ml b 0 eppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 18, 1962 Gazette-Tim 5 10c Copy 78th Year, Number 46 i .' . ., J ... ,vtJ HAROLD WRIGHT of Ruggs wot honored by Morrow County Lin lock Groweri at Livestock Man of the Tear at their meeting last week, but the title U shared by members of his family, shown in their ranch home. With him are his wife. Mary, and, son. Kenneth. IS. who has 10 registered Herefords of his own. G-T Photo) Wright is Chosen Stockman of Year Chamber Hears Talk On School Needs, Plans (Also see story page 3. Sec. 2) Climaxing the annual meet ing of the Morrow County Live stock Growers here Friday and Saturday was the selection of Harold Wright of Ruggs as Live stock Man of the Year in Morrow county. The honor for Wright and his family was announced at the banquet Saturday night at the county lair pavilion, and pre sentation of the trophy was made by Floyd Jones, vice president of the Livestock Growers. This was the second major honor for the winner In the past six years. He was chosen county Grassman of the Year in 1955. Wright was finalist for the honor along with Roger and Elmer Palmer, a father and son oper atlon, and Dick Wilkinson, the choices having been narrowed to the three by a selection com mittee, which also determined the winner but kept It a secret until the announcement batur day. Ranch Said Ideal The Wright ranch is consld- ered by many as an ideal cattle setup. Contributing to good range management is the tact that the range is well watered. A number of springs have been developed and farm ponds help for good distribution of livestock. Seventeen ponds were Duut in one year with three more added in 1961. The ranch operation consists of 9,420 acres of land witn s.uuu in the Hardman ranch, 1,420 in the Rhea Creek ranch. Of this 150 acres is irrigated bottom land. The bottom land Is seeded to an alfalfa grass mixture which he likes for his feedlot as the grass eliminates bloat trouble. The first crop is used for this purpose. Irrigated bottoms are then used for the registered nerd as summer and fall pasture after range land begins to dry up. A fertilizing program is carried on on this irrigated bottom to get the most production per acre. Over 100 miles of fence is kept in good repair at all times. Registered cows are divided 25-30 head to a pasture for spring and early range at the Hardman ranch then these go to the irri gated bottom at the home ranch in mid-summer. A pasture of ap proximately 3,000 acres in the lower elevation on the Hardman ranch is used for early spring grazing. The cows then move to timbered pastures where they are kept until shortly before hunting season. They are then moved back to the lower pasture which has had a chance to be deferred during this time. A ro tation and deferred program is carried on. Perennial noxious weeds are sprayed. Started At 18 Wright was born on his father's ranch near Hardman which he now has as a part of his oper ation. He attended elementary school at Hardman and Rhea Creek and high school at Hepp ner, and has had full operation of the ranch since he was 18 years old which started with him having charge of four bands of sheep when his Dad became sick. His wife is the former Mary Jackson who grew up on a ranch in the Monument country in Grant county. Their son, Ken neth, 15, has a stake in the Wright livestock operation own ing 10 registered Herefords: the offspring from a cow now 10 years old which he started as a 4-H project. He is active in both 4-H and FFA. In addition to his registered Hereford herd he has a flock of 16 head of Suffolk ewes: starting with three ewes whic lambed out 3 sets of twins , which earned him Grant Cham pion Pen of 5 and Reserve Cham pion Single at the Oregon Wheat Growers League Fat Stock show, Calves Go to Feedlot The type of operation is cow calf with calves going into the leedlot calves are wintered In his own and a commercial feed lot near Hermiston. Generally steers are sold as long yearlings lor finishing with heiters bring ing a premium as replacement heifers. There are one hundred 1961 calves at the feedlot. one' half of his own raising and one half bought to finish out a pen There are 100 calves from the registered herd, the better bulls which are kept and sold as two year-olds with the heifers used as replacements lor the commer cial herd. Over three hundred commercial calves are raised each year. Calving begins around January 1 and weaning weights in 1961 were 480 pounds, down about 20 pounds because of the (Continued on Page 6) Board Schedules Special Meeting There will be a special meet ing of school district R-l board at the courthouse at 7:30 p. m., Monday. The meeting has been called to discuss plans for the high school building at Heppner. Ten tative plans were presented to the board at the regular board meeting, January 8 and have been studied by board members since that date. They were also gone over by members of the Heppner building committee in a meeting January 10. If the board decides to accept the plans, it is anticipated that a decision on financing may also be reached at the special meet ing. one Lions Give :unds to Clubs Donations totalling $175 have been eiven bv the lone Lions club to other clubs at lone for civic projects, the action being taken at the club's regular meet ing this month. One contribution was for $75 to the Topic club with the money to be used for the benefit of the library. Another donation was made to the lone Garden club for $100 to be used in the tree planting project now underway. Recently the club announced sponsorship of scholarships for lone and Heppner high school seniors to be awarded on the basis of citizenship as another of the number of worthwhile projects being undertaken by the club. Robert Van lloute, district school administrator, (.poke on school population and school building needs at HeppncrMor row County Chamber of Com mcrce Monday. He illustrated his talk with projection of tentative plans lor auditions to the new Heppner high school, now belnJ studied by the board of directors of the school district, together with graphs showing school population. Van Houte said the total num ber of children between the ages of four and 19 increased in the county from 1200 to 1600 in the decade between 1950 and 19o0. He stressed that this Increase occurred while the county pop ulation figure remained about the same. In 1952 there were 275 grade school students in Hepp-1 ner; in VMM, 450, and In 1961-62 there were 444. Heppner high school population figures shown were 130 In 1952: 115 in 1956: 210 in 1961-62. His forecast was that there will be 250 in high school in the community In 1964. An estimated enrollment In 1970, based on children now in first four grades in Heppner ele mentary school, shows high school figures tor 1S70 at 72 freshmen, 65 sophomores, 59 juniors and 54 seniors. "In 1961 there were 46 babies born to parents living in Hepp ner," Van Houte said. He noted this does not account for those babies born to Heppner residents at hospitals other than the local one. Planning Board Reviews Moving Plans at Council By MART LEE MARLOW A special meeting of the Boardman city council was held last week, at which time Mayor Joe Tatone and George Wlese, president of the city planning board, presented a report or the meeting held recently in Port land among themselves, city planning consultant Holly Cor nell and the Bureau of Munic ipal Research. They reported that members of the bureau sug gested changing the chosen townsite to one nearby that would be on higher ground, since the lake caused by the John Day dam near the present townsite could present a severe drainage problem. Wiese, who is assistant admin istrator of the city of Boardman to handle any problems arising from relocation of the city, stated i that "this Is nothing but con versation, and not official." He also stated that the site the bureau suggested has never been engineered, while there has been extensive engineering done on the present site. He further stated it is felt bv the engineers that there probably wouldn't be much more of a drainage problem than there is in the existing town of Boardman. Council members said there would be a terrific problem with blowing sand on the site suggested by the Bureau of Municipal Research. In view of the fact of Boeing's interest in the area, Tatone and Wiese wondered if they are plan ning on a large enough scope since the new townsite was planned before Boardman ever heard of the possibility or Boeing coming here. Tatone said "we have just about decided to build Boardman as Boardman is" and make plans for any large Influx of population. If there is a growth in pop ulation, there is room for growth behind the present planned townsite. After deciding the reasons given by the Bureau of Municipal Research for changing to a different site are not good sound reasons, the council voted unanimously to continue with the present plans unless they are proven unfeasible. "We always find about 25 wr cent more students registering for the lirst grace man our cen sus Indicates, he added. For 250 high school students, G1.3O0 square feet of schoo building Is necessury to meet the Indicated stanrturds set up by tne Mate Department or r.iluea turn, he said. Unit A supplies only ywwi square icet. Plans for the new units were shown and explained by the ad ministrator. unn-B nas two ad ditlonal classrooms ami office space, taking about 5S00 square feet. It would oe an extension of Unit-A on the west end. Unit C Is the gymnasium, MOO square feet, with music rooms on the bottom level, dressing rooms on gvm level and deck above, ac counting for an additional 12,000 square feet. "This building would be con structed on the hill with the north end only having three levels." Van Houte explained The gym section would serve as the base or the U-shaped structure. Unlt-D would include the multipurpose room which would serve also as cafeteria, with kitchen adjoining on the east. The opposite side of the center hall would be taken up with chemistry lab, biology lab. and home economics classrooms. Unit-D has about 13,000 square i reet. Unit-E would be a separate building for agriculture and electric shop courses. It contains an arts and crafts room, an agri culture shop, an electric shop, and agriculture classroom. This adds 5000 square feet. The total structure would cost between $12.50 and $13 per square foot, Van Houte said. Dr. C. M. Wagner, first vice president, presided in the ab sence of President Fred Gimbel. He reported to the members on the construction of a new ski area at Arbuckle mountain and said it was a needed Improve ment in recreational facilities of the area. A letter was rebd bv Secretary Wes Sherman from the City of Pendleton regarding a meeting there of the Mate Board of Aer onautics requesting that any in terested persons in the area at tend. Orville Cutsforth said he would go to the meeting. r JS r s. J K r e V , VS.. J:) RETURN of Dr. R. E. Lleuallen. chancellor of the State System of mgner caucaiion, to lone I or dedication of the new high school there, was a happy homecoming for him, and he was greeted by many old friends. Dr. Lleuallen graduated lrom lone High school a is j j ana was Taieaiciorian oi nis class. Shown Tisiting with him after the ceremonies Monday night are Delwtn O. Nelson (right), chairman of Morrow county school district R-I and a friend of many years standing, and Don McEUlgott (left), chair man of the lone advisory and building committees. (G-T Photo) Chancellor's Add Features Dedication Dedication of the new lone local governments. 4. Conviction High school building, featuring an address by Dr. Roy E. Lleu allen, chancellor of the State System of Higher Education- and a graduate of lone High in 1933, brought out a crowd of some 300 persons Monday night. Principal Darrel Reisch accep ted a "key" to the building from that the appropriate agency Is the public school. Mayor Charles O'Connor ex tended greetings at the start of the program and said that a great deal of good planning and good workmanship went into the new building. "The best students In the WEATHER (Leonard Gilliam, observer) Hi Low Prec. Thursday 30 17 .03 Friday 39 21 .12 Saturday 23 20 Sunday 42 30 Monday 39 29 Tuesday 42 28 .01 Wednesday 34 20 .05 Thursday, .03 snow; Friday, .12 snow. Delwln O. Nelson, school district I world will be going through R-l chairman, in the dedication I these doors for some years to ceremony, and the chairman I come," he declared. K'lrUe.9 Vl th,at lPe le,!ers Robert Van Houte, admlnlstra- . "' t?' tor of the county school system, in portant to the new school. In the principal address. Dr. Lleuallen spoke briefly of the state system of higher education but stressed what he termed as a "lesson In the principles of education," as basic convicitions fundamental to the education system in this country Four points were Included in the "lesson": 1. The convicitlon that universal. comDulsorv free education is essential to our way or lire. I. Conviction that the responsibility of education of all children is the responsibility of all the people. 3. Conviction that legal responsibility tor educa tion rests with the state govern ment and not with federal nor David Gunderson, 8, Tangles With Fence Eight-year-old David Gun derson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, is a brave little boy. He proved it Tues day when he ran into a barbed wire fence on his way home from Cub Scout meeting, slash ed his right cheek open, then walked seven blocks home without crying. He was taken to a doctor bv his alarmed mother. Three stitches were necessary to close the wound. David admits it hurt, but "Just didn't cry," Mike Smith to Lead Student Dimes Drive Mike Smith, Heppner high school junior, has been named head of the March of Dimes for students of county schools. Present plans are to invite the students of Pilot Rock, Con don and lone to enter a con test to see which school can raise the most money for the March of Dimes on a percen tage basis. Contest winners will be honored at a school dance sponsored by the Hepp ner student body, with a king and queen for the dance chosen from the student body of the winning school. No date has been set for the contest as yet. Julie Pfeiffer was named chairman of the Heppner schools of the Dimes effort. Other chairmen will be chosen for schools of the district and announced soon. m," w wij iwi.li Ml mmmmmmmmmm f fftf ' t " . ttwtn ' ' ' V - N H if , . J 1" y ' . DAVID MARICK, whose twelfth birthday is coming up soon, visits with LaVerne Van Marter, chairman of the 1962 March of Dimes drive in Morrow county about the current campaign. David, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Marick of lone, underwent an operation to his leg last year as a result of a polio attack, and the local chapter of the polio foundation contributed towards payment of costs. He is now able to walk very well by using a brace. (G-T Photo) Dimes Drive Underway More than 1500 letters asking for contributions to the 1962 March of Dimes went into the mail this week with LaVerne Van Marter of Heppner, county campaign cnairman, in charge of the work. The mail appeal will be only a part of the effort by the local chapter for the National Foun dation to raise iunds to combat arthritis, birth defects and polio myelitis. Schools are planning a contest, ana coin containers have been placed in various business establishments and other locations. No particular goal has been set for the drive, but some $2000 is raised annually in the county, half of which stays with the local chapter to provide for de serving cases here and half of which goes to the national foun dation for research and other national work. Special contributions from var ious firms and organizations sup plement the drive. Chairman Van Marter urged everyone to respond to the an nual appeal with generous do nations. Official ending date of the drive is January 31. but it may be carried on longer here if necessary. County, City Offices Up For Election In litis election year several Morrow county oflicvs and number of city office wLU come up lor vote, lounty office seek ers will fav their first test In the primary election In May and sucvfftsful candidates Uien will run In the General Election In November. City candidates will not run In the primary, since they are not doMiniated by party affil iation on the ballot. They will run only In the Jsovember e lection. On the county level the ooslt. Ions of assessor, justice of the peace, one commiaaioner position and one precinct committeeman nd committee woman for each party lor each precinct will be open. In the city, the Position of mayor and four councilmen will be up for election. Al Lamb has served as mayor since the last election, chosen for a two-year term. Councilmen whose term expire this year are Conlee Laa ham and Carl Spauldtng. LeKoy Gardner and Earl Ayres. boili serving by appointment to fill unexpired terms, must also face election to continue on the coun cil. Regular term of councilmen is four years. County Assessor Oliver Crea wick has served in that capacity by appointment of the county court since July L J, O. Hager has been Justice of the peace here for a number of years. Com missioner whose term expires this year la Gene Ferguson. As yet. none of those whose office come up for election has filed for reelection, and none has stated his Intention. Dead line for filing Is March 3. and the date of the primary election Is May 13. Council Work Program Approved At Planning Meet BOARDMAN Mld-Columbla Planning Council met at the Hitchln' Post Cafe to review the council work program, to ap prove contracts and to hire a consultant for an economic sur vey of the six counties. Ebasco Services, -Inc., San Francisco, Calif., was hired by a vote of the council. ' Larry J. Aubrecht, director of Western Region, and C R. Cav anaugh were here from Kbasco to explain the contract between the county has gained de spite the fact that the total county population has not gained I the consulting firm and the State materially in the past 10 years. I Dept. of Planning and Develop cost oi tne new lone school I ment. This contract was approv represents an investment of an-led bv vote of the council proximately $125,000 when fullvl The meeting started at 10 a completed, and the school was I m. with Morrow County Judge built on a pay-as-you-go basis. I Oscar Peterson presiding as Architect btewart Tun, repre-1 council chairman. senting the firm of Hayslip and I The contract between the Dept. Tuft, spoke briefly and told of I of Planning and Development his pleasure with working with land the Mid-Columbia Planning the school board and other of-1 Council was discussed and ap- ficials in developing the new I proved by vote. Lloyd Anderson, structure. Portland, who is deputy airec Principal Reisch presided at tor of the State Dept. of Plan the program and introduced di-1 ning and Development, led in rectors of the district, the lone I discussion. Anderson has been in advisory committee, the lone I charge of the arrangements of building committee, some former I the contracts. Main discussion teachers, and other guests. Rev. I was on scope of services, corn- Rod MacKenzIe delivered the in-1 pensation and method or pay vocation. Student Body president. I ment. Wavne Hams led in the flag! After a no-host luncheon at salute, and the lone High school band, conducted by Arnie lied man, director, played two numbers. Dan Macomber of the Eastern Oregon Construction company, noon, the arternoon session was devoted to the discussion of the works of area re-development administration and to the rural area development program In Oreeon. Speakers were Jean huilrlnra nf rht now nehool. was I Seheel. assistant director of ex to be on the urogram but sent I tension services of OSU, Lloyd his regrets when he found it im-1 Anderson, John Norton, Salem, possible to be present. I district supervisor of Oregon Reeause nf tho fart that Dr. I State EmDlovment Service, and Lieuallen spent his boyhood in A. V. Smith, Portland, manager the area, the program proved to of Pacuic Nortnwest Ben leie hn a riplirihtful hnmprnmlni? I nhnne svstem. Hood River County event. Informality marked many Judge Harris Higgins Introduced f the remarks, and in lntroduc- the speaners. ne him. Chairman Nelson told Oliver Creswlck spoke on tax nf inriHpnta that hannenpd when I income in Morrow COUmy. ' . . . I , 1 A, e and Dr. Lleuallen worked I The council approvea tne ouer n harvest some 25 years ago. I of Norton and Anderson to work Dr. Lleuallen responded in togetner to interview applicants ind and extended greetings to for the position of an executive he many friends or years stand- secretary ior tne council. ng that he knew in the audience. He spoke briefly of his new work as chancellor, pointing out that ine institutions of higher edu cation come under the State Sys tem, including University of Ore gon, Oregon State University, Portland state, eastern uregon College, Oregon Technical Insti- Judge to Appear At National Meet n MXA&K' win leave b7 airplane, Wednes- ical School, the Dental School, " i ' f ' Phoenix Oregon College, and Southern jg JwC"reyhe wil? take pa?t Oregon College, as well as the AIV wn"! "l,w'il e rl extension division. rLLnmont Wnrkhnna facilities of the new building! n .n at open house following the pro- f Thury, januar? 25. Kiaiii, auu uic cj.yvu I thrnilfrh Snturda m . i a I 1 tVcaTX Members of8the "XSJftSSSS chairman, in charge of arrange through Saturday, January 27, ments, served coffee, punch and cookies. ce Causes Accident A car driven by James M. Machinery Workshop, designed for counties and officials who are looking for industrial plan ning ideas. Judge Peterson will present "Six-County 'Space Age' Indus trial Park a Case History." This is in relation to the Mid-Colum- Healy 18, Heppner, skidded on bla Planning Council, embrac- now and ice at iatur- mg six counties, oi wnicn ne is av nicht and the car hit a I chairman. Four others, from fence and plowed into a bank, I Nevada, California and Montana, reord ne to a report rrom the l will be on this panel ana juage Sheriff's off ice. The accident was I Rex Hartley of Marion county, six miles south of Lexington on Oreeon. will be moderator. county highway Lexington Rhea Judge Peterson will be gone Creek. No one was reportea nun. througn tne Daiance oi tne ween.
