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Visitor Sees
Potential
In Heppner
Heppner has a "tremendous
potential," Charles Corder of G.
Charles Corder Associates, pub
lic relations, told members of
the Heppner-Morrow Co u n t y
Chamber of Commerce at their
regular luncheon meeting Mon
day.
"Your potential is about the
same as Bend," he declared,
pointing out that the town is
within 3 hours travel time
from Portland, is located at the
foot of the Blue Mountains and
therefore has good recreational
possibilities, and has a true
western flavor.
If business people cooperated
in working out plans and pro
jects business could be increased
by as much as that experienced
in other cities where promotion
plans have been undertaken.
They show gains as much as
38, he said.
Corder suggested that Hepp
ner make an effort to encourage
small conventions to meet here
and said that many organiza
tions are looking for places to
meet.
The speaker said that he was
born in Heppner and has a par
ticular interest in the town. He
has been engaged in public re
lations work for some 14 years.
Corder suggested that there is
a possibility of starting some
small manufacturing enterprises
here using waste wood products,
gathering evergreen cones for
seed and similar projects. He,
also urged that a sign be in
stalled on Highway 30 (Inter
state 80) directing traffic to
come to Heppner.
An attitude of pride In the
city will bring increased busi
ness, he said.
His talk evoked considerable
discussion among the members,
both at the meeting and afterwards.
Rodeo Parade Offers
Prizes Totaling $475
Prizes totaling $475 will be
offered to winners in 25 divisions
of the 1962 Rodeo Parade which
will be Saturday, September 1,
at 10 a.m. in downtown Heppner,
the Heppner-Morrow Cou n t y
Chamber of Commerce has an
nounced. Randall Peterson, chairman of
judging and prizes for the pa
rade, has released a complete
list and asks the public to plan
now for entries, as well as to
encourage entries from else
where. Largest prize offered is $50
sweepstakes for the best float
from three categories: juvenile
organization, adult organization,
and business floats (commerc
ial). New categories this year are
these: Best float from out of
county, boats, old cars, and sur
reys, all in adult division; and
bicycle and tricycle in the di
vision for juveniles.
Complete list of prizes fol
lows: Sweepstakes, $50 (best entry
of juvenile organization, adult
organization, and commercial
floats).
Juvenile organization, first
$25, second $15, third $10.
Adult organization, first $25,
second $15, third $10.
Business floats (commercial),
first $25, second $15, third $10.
Best float out of county, first,
$15, second $10.
Riding clubs, first $35, second
$20.
Bands, first $15, second $10.
Boats (new category this year),
$7.50 first, $5 second.
Old cars (new category), first
$10, second $7.50.
Surreys (new category), first
$7, second $3.50.
Individual awards Best fam
ily group mounted, $7.50; best
mounted cowgirl, $7.50; best
mounted cowboy, $7.50; oldest
cowboy, $5; oldest cowgirl, $5;
best comic, $10.
Total prizes in the adult di
vision are $388.
In the juvenile division are
the following:
Children's floats, first $7.50,
second $5, third $3.50.
Riding clubs, first $7, second
$3.
Bicycle division (new cat
egory), first $7.50, second $5.
Tricycle division (new cat
egory), first $5, second $3.50.
Pet entrv, first $750, second
$5, third $3.50.
Best juvenile cowboy costume,
first $5, second $3.50.
Best juvenile cowgirl costume,
first $5, second $3.50.
Youngest cowgirl, $3.50; young
est cowboy $3.50.
Total ririzes for children are
$87.
It was decided to discontinue
giving a silver dollar to eacn
rhilrl in the parade this year,
and to add that money to the
nri?P list in the hope of attract
tintr hpttpr entries. The rodeo
board approved giving $100 for
nr 7es. and tne remainder wui
he nald hv the Chamber of Com
merce, coming from a special
solicitation being conducted by
10 Cents
IVloirrow
Teachers, Nurses
Search for Houses
Need for houses to rent in
Heppner is acute at this time,
it is apparent from the number
of calls seeking places.
Will O'Harra, administrator of
the Pioneer Memorial hospital
said Thursday morning that two
nurses on his staff are in dire
need of houses to rent. Each has
a large family and at least one
of the houses should have three
or four bedrooms.
"Thev are fine nurses and I
don't want to lose them," he
said.
Plight is the same or worse in
the case of schools. Beverly
Gunderson, clerk of district R-l,
said that several inco m i n g
teachers are hard-pressed to find
places and that five houses will
be needed to accommodate them.
Other newcomers have been
seeking places with little suc
cess. Anyone with information on
houses available, or which may
be available in the next two
or three weeks is asked to call
O'Harra, Mrs. Gunderson, or
leave the information at the
Gazette-Times office.
Mrs. Elma Harshman, chairman
of the merchants committee, and
from Chamber funds.
Each child participant in the
parade will be given an ice
cream bar.
Orville Cutsforth will have
charge of lining up and direc
ting the parade, and Fred Gim-
bel will be in charge ot the
public address system.
There will be no theme for
the parade this year, and those
entering floats may use their
own discretion in plan n l n g
something appropriate for the
occasion.
Ralph Richards will be chair
man of the countywide picnic
to be held on the courthouse
lawn at noon on Saturday, Sep
tember 1. Visiting courts and
dignitaries will be guests. Others
on the committee are Nels An
derson, Hillard Brown and Oliver
Creswick.
Queen Coronation
Set for August 18
Coronation of her majesty
Queen Marlene I of the 1962
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
will be done with appropriate
ceremonies on Saturday even
ing, August 18, at the main
downtown corner in Heppner,
Bert Huff, chairman of the
coronation committee, announ
ces. Mayor Al Lamb will crown
the queen, and Don Turner
will be master of ceremonies.
Leonnig's orchestra will play,
and other entertainment will
be provided.
County Gets Extension on
Reappraisal of Morrow county
farm property should be com
pleted within the next three
years, according to a tentative
agreement reached bet w e e n
county officials and the State
Tax Commission at a meeting
in the county courthouse Wed
nesday afternoon.
This extended the deadline at
least two years from that which
had been set in a recent letter
from the commission that sta
ted the work must be completed
by the tax year 1963-64.
At the meeting Charles H.
Mack, chairman of the state
commission, said that the state
would share cost of the program
and expressed satisfaction with
the reappraisal program now
underway in the county on ur
ban property.
The meeting was arranged
when county officials were con
cerned about complying with the
order in view of the fact that
no funds for farm reappraisal
had been provided in the 1962
63 budget and the assessor's
office does not have the exist
ing manpower to do the job.
Notification had been received
after the county budget for theappraisal over a five or six year
GAZE
Wheat Harvest Wears Peak
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PRINCESS JACQUIE BRINDLE
Jacquie's Dance
Scheduled Next
Next to be honored at a dance
in the fair pavilion, Heppner,
is Princess Jacquie Brindle of
the 1962 Morrow county Fair and
Rodeo court. Her dance will be
Saturday night, starting at 10
p.m. with Leonnig's orchestra
furnishing the music.
Representing the Lena com
munity on the court, Princess
Jacquie is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Brindle, and the family
lives 14 miles trom Heppner on
Hinton creek. She is a senior at
Heppner High school.
An honor student in high
school, Princess Jacquie has a
wide range of interest and stu
dent activities. She is an ac
complished rider and rode to
school in Enterprise before the
family moved here seven years
ago. In the fair and rodeo events
she will ride her Appaloosa colt,
"Kitten."
In 4-H for five years, Princess
Jacquie has taken part in for
estry, livestock, sewing and rid
ing clubs and has held offices
year had been approved.
In going over the matter at
the meeting Wednesday, Com
missioner Mack allayed some of
this anxiety when he said, "The
commission is going to be reas
onable" and pointed out that it
is trying to assist counties in
understanding the total problem
and getting the work done.
Reviews of the county val
uations by the commission, act
ing in its capacity as a state
board of equalization, showed
that assessment ratios on farm
properties in five counties Gil
liam, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco
and Umatilla are too low,
Mack said, all well below 25.
In Morrow county the 19G2 ratio
on land outside corporate lim
its was figured at 20, bringing
the total county ratio down to
21.2, far below the posted ratio
of 25.
As to the time element, he
declared, "I feel that we can
justifiably ride along two or
three years as long as there
is movement." He said, how
ever, that he does not believe
the commission "would look
Kinaiy over extending tne re
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 2, 1962
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in each. In Future Homemakers
of America she has been degree
chairman for two years and was
treasurer of the Heppner High-
chapter last year. Princess Jac
quie also was a delegate to the
state FHA convention.
On the honor roll consistently
during her first three years of
high school, Jacquie is a mem
ber of the National Honor So
ciety. She is also a member of
the Girls' Athletic association
and of the Girls' league. She
has held offices as treasurer of
the freshman and junior classes
and has been active in Pep club.
Interested in church activities,
the princess is a singer in the
choir of St. Patrick's Catholic
church, Heppner.
This is the third of the prin
cess dances, the previous ones
honoring Princess Dianna Petty
john of lone and Princess Irene
Potts of Boardman. Kickoff dance
was held prior to the princess
dances, and all have been un
usually well attended.
period.
It was pointed out that Bill
Johnson, who is now working on
reappraisal of urban property in
the county, will be completed on
this phase by late spring of next
year, and he will then be ready
to go to work on farm property.
Estimates are that the total
farm reappraisal job, including
bringing maps up to date, com
piling summaries and doing the
field work, will take five "man
years." The tax commission
representatives said that they
would be able to furnish some
help to the county after work in
Umatilla county is completed
next spring.
The county and state officials
reached agreement that the
work will start on farm lands
here when Johnson is through
with valuations in towns and the
state can furnish help after the
Umatilla work is finished. This
will mean that the county will
not need to search for a source
of funds for the job during the
1962-63 fiscal year but must pro
vide for its share of the cost
in the next two or three years.
The county's share of the cost
is tentatively set at $20,000.
79th Year, Number 22
Average
Holds About
30 Bushels
Harvest in Morrow county
reached the peak period this
week on wheat, and the trend
seems to continue with the av
erage holding about 30 bushels,
although some growers are be
low that figure and some above.
It still appears that harvest will
bring an average of some 10
bushels better than last year
but acreage is down and the
total yield will be about the
same as last year.
Because of the diversion pay
ments, though, the income
should well exceed that of last
year.
ASC Office Issues
Notice to Growers
Growers who received ex
cess notices in the wheat and
feed grain diversion programs
and have not paid the $10
for another check to see if
they are in compliance must
do this immediately if they
are to qualify under the pro
grams, Dave McLeod of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation office said Thurs
day. All farms have been checked
once, and 127 notices in excess
on wheat have been sent out,
he said. Any grower who had
not destroyed enough wheat
to comply but intended to do
so, must pay the $10 for the
second visit, McLeod said. The
necessary amount of wheat
must have been destroyed by
the second visit. In some in
stances, the grower may be
only a few acres short of com
pliance. Work will be concluded on
the program by the first of
the week, and any who wish
to qualify must notify the
ASC office before that time.
Al Lamb, manager of Morrow
County Grain Growers, said that
all of the association's elevators
are operating and wheat is com
ing in at about the rate of
50,000 bushels per day. The
southern part of the county, al
ways later in getting started,
is now going in full swing and
the Rugg elevator is receiving
wheat.
Pinching has been noticed in
some areas and the effect is
apparent in grades. Test weight
on wheat is lighter than usual
and barley weight is down con
siderably, Lamb said. Hot and
dry weather in the late growing
season may have been the cause
with wheat, he theorized, but
barley may have been affected
by the thick growth.
Harvest will continue through
the next two weeks and maybe
even longer in the higher coun
try, Lamb said.
Assessor Creswick, who pre
sided at the meeting, said, "I
do not feel we are dragging our
heels so far as equalization is
concerned." He pointed out that
the county is doing the work
with limited funds and help.
Other tax commission repre
sentatives present to give tech
nical information and answer
questions were Commissioner
Paul Liniger, Robyn Godwin,
supervisor of appraisal; Harry
Loggan, director of the valuation
division; and Ted Cady, super
visor of ratios. They explained
a study of sales of property
which was used as a factor in
computing the assessment ra
tios and pointed out that sales
at Inflated prices were not in
cluded in the computations.
They told of needs in the way
of maps, photos and a soil sur
vey In conducting the farm re
appraisal program here.
Judge Oscar Peterson said that
he felt the need for stressing
the benefits of the reappraisal
program to the public, and Mack
replied that farmers would be
Invited to come in for consul
tatlon after reappraisal facts
were compiled to go over the
Form
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Total is $100,000
Less than (1961-62
Property tax millage In Mor
row county for 1962-63 will be
down on an average of approx
imately 10 percent around the
county and the total county
property tax bill for all pur
poses will be nearly $100,000
less than for 1961-62, according
to figures just released from the
office of Oliver Creswick, county
assessor. Total taxes for all pur
poses in 1961-62 were $1,262.
263.85, but for 1962-63 will be
$1,164,703.60.
Substantial drops In levies in
all of the county's 17 code areas
will be effected, ranging from a
minimum decrease of seven
mills to a maximum decrease
of 19.6. In Heppner, the millage
levy will be 81.4 as compared
with 90.0 last year, a drop of
8.6; in Irrigon it will be 64.7
as compared with 79.4 last year,
a drop of 14.7; in Lexington It
will be 70.4 as compared with
78.3, a drop of 7.9; in Boardman
it will be 75.1 as compared with
93.0, a drop of 17.9; and in lone
it will be 77.4 as compared with
85.0, a drop of 7.6.
Total assessed value of the
county for 1962-63 shows an in
crease of $865,321, climbing to
$17,400,042 as compared with
Council to Serve
Fair Meals Daily
South Morrow Countv 4-H
Club Council voted this year to
combine tneir etforts for one
money raising project of the
year by opening a 4-H Snack
Shack daily, Tuesday through
Thursday, August 21-23, at the
county fair. They will open each
morning for breakfast at 6:30
a. m. and have lunches and
snacks available during the day
and evening until all activity is
concluded.
A large 10X20 foot movable
structure was built to accom
modate the portable kitchen
which will include a refrigerator,
stove, deep freeze, and small
appliances, built by Eddie
Thorpe and Alex Ulrich.
The counril extends thanks
and appreciation to Case Furni
ture. Herman Stroeber, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Wright, rrank
Hamlin, Columbia Basin Electric
Coop, Pacific Power and Light
and Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Simmons,
Pendleton, for their help in the
building and furnishing of the
kitchen.
Interior Bill
Report Approved
The Senate today (Thursday)
approved a conference report on
the Interior appropriations bill,
Sen. Wayne Morse notified the
Gazette-Times by telegram.
This action is of particular
importance to Oregon because it
includes $2 million approved un
der the Morse amendment for re
habilitation of western range
lands, including the Vale project,
$2 million for forest access roads,
and $800,000 for forest manage
ment, the senator said.
Rodeo Queen Dance
Slated August 18
Dance for Rodeo Queen Mar
lene Fetsch will be Saturday
night, August 18, in the fair
pavilion, Heppner, a change
from the previously announ
ced date of August 25.
The week earlier date Is
set to avoid a conflict with
the Shrine football game in
Pendleton, billed for August
25. The dance date was orig
inally scheduled for August 25
after the committee had been
advised that the game would
be on August 18.
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figures and give their opinions.
Benefits cited by creswicK lor
the reappraisal program in
cluded: 1. Achieve greater equal
ity of values in the county and
iron out inequities. 2. Present
a truer picture to budgeting
bodies on values they have to
work with. 3. Increase the val
uation of the county. 4. Present
lower tax millage rate.
Mack said that the commission
needed assurance from the coun
ty court and budget committee
that the work would be under
taken by the county. At the con
clusion of the meeting It was
agreed by all parties that the
commission would set up pro
cedures for the reappraisal pro
gram to present to the county
and then the two bodies would
meet to work out plans, costs
and time schedule.
Others attending the meeting
were Koa inomson, deputy as
sessor; County Commissioner
Milton Biegel; Dewey West and
Henry Baker, members of the
county budget committee; and
Gene Pierce, member of the
county board of equalization;
Sadie Parrlsh, county clerk; and
Robert Abrams, district attorney.
$16,534,721 for the previous year.
A principal reason for the
gain in the valuation is the pub
lic utilities assessment, set by
the State Tax Commission. The
utilities assessment for 1962-63
is $2,760,457, nearly double the
$1,424,951 for 1961-62. Greatest
contribution to this gain was
the assessment of Pacific Gas
Transmission pipe line, com
pleted across the county last
year, placed on the roll at $1,
375,118. Last year, when the
pipeline had not been placed
on the roll as a completed pro
ject, it was listed as $55,840.
This will make Pacific Gas the
largest taxpayer in Morrow
county, replacing Klnzua Corp
oration and Union Pacific In first
and second places, respectively.
Real property assessment for
1962-63 shows a decrease of
$494,130, due to two factors: 1.
the loss of value of timber from
the county rolls in the amount
of $427,190 because of the law
taxing timber on a severance
basis. 2. acquisition of property
in the Boardman area by the
state and federal governments
with consequent removal from
the rolls.
Within cities, value of real
property shows a slight drop
$249. For 1962-63, the figure is
placed at $2,587,357 as compared
with $2,587,606 for 1961-62. Gain
in valuation within cities due
to the reappraisal of urban
properties is offset by loss of
the valuation due to the govern
ment purchases of Boardman
property.
Personal property shows an in
crease of $23,945, climbing from
$2,643,385 In 1961-62 to $2,667,
330 for the 1962-63 fiscal year.
A concentration of contractors'
road building equipment In the
northern part of the county, en
gaged In highway construction
as of January 1, was a factor in
the personal property increase.
Assessed value of property in
the Boardman area acquired by
the Army Corps of Engineers is
figured at $144,580, and sale
price of this property totaled
$972,400. However, part of Board-
man, still unsold, remains on
the rolls.
Contributing to the total tax
bill decrease of some $100,000
are several factors. Tax for coun
ty purposes alone is down $40,
719.44, from $319,120.11 to $278,
400.17. Millage for county purp
oses will be 16.0 for 1962-63 as
compared with 19.3 last year,
due mainly to the reduction in
the levy for road purposes.
The county taxpayers will al
so benefit from a drop In levy
because of the district R-l school
bond issue that absorbed the
previous 3-year levy. The bond
issue and Interest will require
4.6 mills for the current year as
compared with 7.9 required for
the serial levy last year. In Irri
gon, an old school bond issue
of $5,314 was retired, and in
Boardman, only some $4,000 re
mains of an old bond issue as
compared with the $13,417.86
paid on the Issue last year.
Creswick said that the work
on the tax roll will be completed
earlier than usual this year and
statements may be ready by the
middle of September. Summaries
to be distributed at that time
will give a complete analysis
of the roll and taxes for each
code area.
Another Teacher
Resigns Position
Fred Pullclcchlo of Minneap
olis, Minn., has resigned a pos
ition lor which he was hired
this summer by board of direc
tors of school district R-l, Bev
erly Gunderson, district clerk,
said Monday. He was to teach
mathematics In Heppner and
shop at lone.
As of Monday, the district had
three positions to fill, the one
left vacant by Pullclccho. a
girls' physical education position
in Heppner, and seventh grade
at lone.
Shucks! Taint Hot,
Hasn't Hit 100 Yet
If you're one of those who has
been complaining about the hot
weather, maybe the figures re
leased by Leonard L. Gilliam,
weather observer, and a remind
er of last year will cool you off.
Temperature at his weather
station hasn't yet hit 100 de
grees this summer, although it
came close on July 24 when it
registered 99 and has hit 98
twice within the past two weeks.
Through Wednesday maximum
temperature had topped 90 each
day for the past 13 days, rang
ing irom B2 to 99. in ail this
summer only 15 days have
reached or exceeded 90 degrees.
By contrast, in the summer of
1961, 24 days had gone above
90 by August 2 and temper
ature hit or exceeded 100 on
four days June 17 when It was
105, June 18 at 103, July 13
at 100, and July 14 at 102.
Complete report from Weather
Observer Gilliam is as follows:
HI
Low
Prec.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
97
92
98
96
96
96
92
64
59
57
57
56
54
59