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Summaries Show
Valuation Gain
Morrow county's assessed val
uation for 1962 shows a gain of
$1,263,161 over that of 1961, tax
summaries published by the of
fice of Oliver Creswick, county
assessor, to accompany 1962-63
property tax statements show.
The total valuation of the
county this year is $17,797,882 as
compared with the $16,534,721
total taxable value for the year
1961- 62. However, included in
this year's valuation is $397,840
for timber which does not show
on the tax summary for the first
time this year because timber is
no longer sublect to property tax
through the assessor's office. A
timber severance tax was started
this year statewide to replace
the timber assessment made
through the counties.
Thus, the total taxable value
figure shows on the summary for
1962- 63 at $17,400,042. A realistic
figure of the county's valuation,
however, must include its timber
resources, and the $397,840 is
considered a very conservative
appraisal. The state will be un
dertaking a reappraisal of the
timber here soon as a cooper
ative project with the county and
state sharinc the expense.
Mrs. Alvira Irby of the tax
collector's office said that she
and her staff are working on
preparation of tax statements
now for mailing to property tax
payers. Thev will be ready for
mailing soon, perhaps by the
end of next week. This will be
well in advance of the deadline
date of October 15, and taxpay
ers have until November 15 to
pay taxes in order to take ad
vantage of rebates allowed by
law.
Complicating the job of mail
ing the statements is inclusion
of rebate checks to taxpayers
for overpayment of taxes last
year because of the millage as
sessed on the serial road levy.
The levy exceeded the legal limit
and amount of overtax must be
refunded to taxpayers. Checks
have been written for the re
bates but because of their num
ber it is a considerable job to
handle the mechanics of prepar
ing them for mailing.
Reductions in millage levies
throughout most of the 20 code
areas of the county will be no
ticed by taxpayers" 'when-they
receive their statements.
Amounts of these reductions were
reported in this paper earlier
in the summer, but the overage
reduction in taxes around the
county will be about 10 per cent.
One factor involved is the high
assessment for utilities this year,
climbing to $2,760,457, from only
$1,424,951 last year. The gas
transmission line across the
county accounts for much of the
increased assessment.
Total millage levy in Heppner
this year is 80.7 as compared with
90.0 last year; in lone it is 76.7
as compared with 85.0 last year;
in Irrigon it is 64.0 as compared
with 79.4 last year; in Boardman
it is 74.4 as compared with 93.0
last year; and in Lexington it
is 69.5 as compared with 78.3
last year.
Other code areas show sim
ilar reductions, varyir.g up or
clown.
Total taxes to be collected in
clude the following: For county
purposes, $276,660.67; for cities.
$34,370.72; miscellaneous district
taxes, $62,973.13; special assess
ments, $42,239.42; school district
special taxes, $30,559.25; school
district R-l bonds and interest,
$80,040.19; Morrow county
schools, $667,473.46.
Valuation of Morrow's towns,
millages and taxes to be collec
ted for city purposes are as fol
lows for i962-63: Heppner, val
uation $1,651,633; 14.3 mills;
$23,618.35 tax. lone, valuation
$377,335; 15.1 mills; $5,697.76 tax;
Lexington, valuation $267,904;
5.5 mills; $1,473.47 tax. Irrigcn,
valuation $139,295 ; 7.8 mills;
School Building
Job is Underway
Start of construction on the
Heppner-Lexington high school
building was underway Thurs
day with a crew on hand staking
out the building and using a
transit prior to excavation, Dar
rel Reisch, director of special
services for the school district,
reported.
The men on hand are employ
ed by The Timber Co. of Herm
iston, low bidder on the con
struction job. Two caterpillar
tractors and a carryall are on
hand ready to start the ground
work.
Judge Attends BPA
Advisory Meeting
County Judge Oscar Peterson
attended a meeting of the Bonn
eville Power Administration ad
visory council, of which he is a
member, in Spokane, Wn., Mon
day. Principal addresses were given
by Charles F. Luce, by Glen C.
Lee on "The Hanford Struggle,'
and by C. C. Dill on "Develop
ment of the Power Potential of
the Columbia River."
$1,086.50 tax; Boardman, valua
tion $151,190; 16.5 mills; $2,494.64
tax.
Valuation of total real prop
erty in the county Is set at
$12,027,415 as compared with
$12,512,770. However, the last
year's figure includes timber and
the 1962-63 figure does not. Pers
onal property for 1962-63 is $2,
668,045 as compared with $2,
644,270 last year.
There is a decline in the num
ber of all livestock, ranging from
a slight decrease in the case of
horses to a sharp decrease wilh
sheep and goats.
Number in each category for
1962-63 is as follows with the
number for 1961-62 in paren
thesis: Horses and mules 786
(790); cattle 26,318 (28,353);
sheep and goats 19,761 (27,662);
swine 620 (947); and poultry
13,199 (14,521).
New this year on the tax sum
maries, which were printed by
the Gazette-Times, is a diagram
showing how 1962-63 tax dollars
will be spent. Schools will re
ceive 69.25 of the tax dollar;
general county, 11.44; countv
roads, 9.8; cities, 2.96; Port
of Morrow, 2.69; hospital, 1.8;
Blue Mountain Education dis
trict, 1.64; rural fire districts,
.68; and cemetery districts,
.39.
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ANN JONES
Ann Jones Places
In Semifinals
On National Test
Ann Jones, Heppner High
school senior, has been named
a Semifinalist in the 1962-63
Merit Scholarship competition,
according to a release received
today by Principal Gordon Pratt.
Ann, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. H. Jones, Heppner, qual
ified by her outstanding per
fnrmnnnp on the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test, a
tpst of priurAtional develonment.
given students here and in more
than 16,000 other high schools
last March. The bemifinalisl
prnun is romDosed of the highest
scoring students in each state
and in United States territories.
Only two other students in this
arpa nunlifipri. These were Garv
Langenwalter of Hermiston High
school and Terence J. Hammons
of Pendleton High school.
Jnhn M. Stalnaker. Dresident
of the nonprofit National Merit
Scholarship Corp., described the
Seminnalists as "representative
of the best of a new generation
nf vminp neoDle who are in
creasingly conscious of the im
portance of intellectual achieve
ment. Their qualities and aspir
ntinno tvnifv the abilities and
goals of the country's most able
youth.
Tn inrreasp their ODDOrtunitieS
to obtain financial assistance if
they need it, the Merit Corp.
sends the names of Semifinalists
to all accredited colleges and
universities and to other schol
nrchin.ffrnntinp agencies and
financial aid sources. Studies
show that about 50 oi tne
Semifinalists obtain financial
aid from sources other than the
Merit program.
Semifinalists wm tane anomer
rigorous examination, the three
hmir Scholastic ADtitude Test
of the College Entrance Exam
ination Board at testing centers
on December 1, 1962. Those who
qualify will then become Fin
alists, receive a Certificate of
Merit and be eligible for awards
sponsored by business corpor
ations, foundations, unions, pro
fessional associations, individ
uals and the Merit Corporation.
In 1962 the corporation and
sponsors together awarded 1,050
Merit Scholarships, a four-year
award covering undergraduate
college years.
Not only has Miss Jones been
an outstanding scholastic stu
dent, but this year holds the
office of state president of the
Oregon Future Homemakers as
sociation. She has been a leader
in her class, in student body ac
tivities and school organizations.
Her desire is to have a future
in the medical profession.
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 27,
Winter Appointed
District Attorney
Herman W. Winter, who
plans to move to Heppner this
week-end, was appointed Wed
nesday by Governor Mark Hat
field as Morrow county dis
trict attorney, effective Oc
tober 1, the governor's office
notified the Gazette-Times in
a telephone call Wednesday.
Robert B. Abrams had ten
dered his resignation from the
post to the governor recently,
the resignation to be effec
tive as of October 1. He had
announced plans prior to the
primary election to leave the
position and was not a candi
date at that time but was ob
liged to serve until a successor
could be found.
Winter, a graduate of Wil
lamette University Lav;
School, passed his bar exam
ination during the summer. He
will also enter private law
practice here and will share
office space with Jos. J. Nys.
With his family, Winter will
occupy the Bert Corbin place
on Winter street. The Corbins
have purchased the Herb Case
home and have already moved.
Heppner Hardware
Quitting Business
Mrs. Etta Parker, owner of
Heppner Hardware and Electric,
announced this week that she
plans to quit business and is
starting a closeout sale of all
merchandise at reduced prices.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyal Parker
started in the hardware business
here in July, 1945, first locating
in the Odd Fellows building
where Mr. and Mrs. Quacken
bush's Red and White store is
now located.
In 1946 they built the present
building, and H. H. Hill was a
partner, working as electrical
contractor from the store. The
hardware business has continued
since that time, but Mr. Parker
died last year and Mrs. Parker
has operated the firm alone
since that time.
Mrs. Parker, who is a native
of Morrow county, said that she
has no definite plans for the
future other than that she plans
to remain here. Mr. Parker came
to the county when he was about
five years old, living first at
Lexington.
The building, one of the most
modern fronts on Main street,
has been listed for sale, Mrs.
Parker said. An advertisement,
elsewhere in this paper, gives
details of the merchandise for
sale.
Social Security
Man Lists Dates
Representative of the Depart
ment of Health Education and
Welfare, Social Security Admin
istration, has set dates for visits
in Heppner for the next three
months.
He will be at the Heppner city
hall from 9 a.m. until 12 (noon)
on Wednesday, October 17; Wed
nesday, November 21; and Wed
nesday, December 19. Any wish
ing to apply for social security
cards or any who wish infor
mation on social security prob
lems may contact him at thos?
times.
Hunter Army Ready for Opening;
Woods Stays Dry Despite Rain
Light rain which fell Wed
nesday night brought some en
couragement to hunters for pros
pects on the buck deer season,
which opens Saturday, but the
report from the U. S. Forest Ser
vice is that the rain was not
enough to alleviate hazardous
conditions in the woods.
Chuck McLean, fire control of
ficer in the Heppner district, said
that .25 inch of rain fell on the
district Wednesday night.
"This is just enough to make
people think that things are safe
when they are not," he said. The
moisture, however, would help
check a fire until suppression
crews have time to arrive, he
speculated.
Kinzua Corporation reported
that its lands are open to hunt
ing this year with two excep
tions the two high hazard areas
that were closed by the state on
July 19 and remain closed. One
is known as the "Rancherie
Pine Creek" area on the south
side of highway 19, and the
other larger area starts at Le
Fevre Prairie and goes to Wil
low Creek, an area north of the
National Forest boundary.
District Ranger Sam Miller of
the Forest Service said that five
mobile fire patrols would be in
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GAZETTE-TIME
Bob Chandler Pays Visit Here;
Cong.; Ullman Due Wednesday
CONG. AL ULLMAN
Wheat Talk
Scheduled
Congressman Al Ullman, rep
resenting Oregon's second dis
trict, will visit in Morrow county
next Wednesday, making his
first appearance here sincj last
fall, and will be greeted by
friends at the Heppner fair
grounds. A potluck supper is set
for 6:30 p.m. on that date, and
all are invited to come.
Al Lamb, campaign manager
for Cong. Ullmar. and county
Democratic chairman, said that
the representative plans to talk
on the wheat program on his
visit here.
In a recent talk in Pendleton,
Cong. Ullman said that farm
legislation passed last week in
Congress was "a far reaching
break-through in national policy
on wheat.
"The certificate wheat pro
gram as adopted to commence
in 1964 involves a new concept
in national marketing that has
been the goal of Oregon wheat
leaders for the past 30 years,"
Ullman said.
The 2nd District Democrat pre
dicted "more freedom of action
for both the market and the
farmers." Ullman said the pro
gram will save the taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars
and will not increase the price
of wheat products to the con
sumer. The visit here Wednesday will
be his first to the county since
Ullman was in the automobile
accident last December that cost
him a leg. Ullman, who serves
on the Ways and Means com
mittee in Congress, has been as
suming his full duties since
March, serving on crutches until
April when he was fitted with
an artificial limb. Mrs. Ullinan
did not accompany the congiess
man on this trip but he reported
her full recovery from the back
injury she suffered in the acci
dent. He said she would join
him later in the campaign.
RED HAT DAYS
Hunt Safely . .
Respect Property
operation at the opening of sea
son, and these started Thursday.
They will be radio-equipped and
will be prepared for fire sup
pression. A man will be at Tupper
Guard Station and at Bull
Prairie and lookouts will be on
their posts at Madison Butte
and Tamarack. Air patrols will
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1962 79th Year
lone to Nominate
City Officers
Nominations for six city of
ficers at lone will be made Tues
day night, October 2, at a meet
ing of the council in the city
hall at 8 p.m., Mayor Charles
O'Connor announces. The meet
ing is open to the public and
nominations are invited from the
floor.
To be placed before Ihe council
will be nominations for the of
fices of mayor, city recorder,
treasurer and three councilmen.
Terms for councilmen are for
four years, and those for the
oilier offices are two years each.
Those completing cu r r e n t
forms are Mayor O'Connor, who
is finishing his second term as
mayor after 10 years on the
council; Mrs. June Crowcll, re
corder; Mrs. Gladys Drake, treas
urer; and Mrs. Aloha DeSpain,
James Barnett and Bill Riet
mann, councilmen. Holdover
councilmen are Omar Rietmann,
Fred Martin and Roy Lindstrom.
Omar Rietmann has had some
30 years in city service, includ
ing terms as mayor and long
tenure on the council.
Mayor O'Connor urged that the
public turn out and participate
in the nominating session by
presenting names and taking
part in discussions.
Petitions Due Soon
For Heppner Offices
Nominating petitions for six
city offices in Heppner are due
by' Saturday, October 6, residents
are reminded. None have been
filed with City Recorder Ted
Smith to this time.
Up for election are the posts
of mayor, recorder, treasurer, all
2-year terms, and four council
positions, three for four years
and one for two years.
Terms expiring include those
of Mayor Al Lamb, Recorder
Ted Smith, Treasurer LaVerne
Van Marter, and Councilmen Le
Roy Gardner, Carl Spaulding,
Earl Ayres and Conley Lanham.
Holdover councilmen are John
Pfeiffer and Ed Gonty.
At the city council meeting
Monday night petitions will be
available to those officers who
wish to file for another term.
It is believed that most of the
incumbents will be willing to
accept nomination. Election is
at the time of the general elec
tion, November 6.
WEATHER
(Leonard Gilliam,
observer )
III Lo
Thursday 79 50
Friday 84 50
Saturday 81 44
Sunday 78 46
Monday 81 47
Tuesday 83 50
Wednesday 84 47
I'rcc.
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bo maintained Saturday and
Sunday, and Miller said that he
plans to fly over the area on this
air patrol himself. Kinzua Corp.,
too, will have a plane In the
air.
Forecast Wednesday of "dry
lightning and very little rain"
was ominous, and one fire was
reported in the Dale district,
south of Ukiah. However, the
report Thursday was that this
had been checked at of an
acre. Cause was listed as a
"sleeper" from lightning. Smoke
lumDers had been called to the
scene and a helicopter also was
used.
Most of the staff personnel
from the Heppner district office
w ill be on Datrol, McLean said
Weather reDort lust before press
time Thursday looked a little
more encouraeing. "cloudy, scat
tnred showers. 50 chance of
liehtning."
Foresters and private operators
ureed hunters to take every pre
caution against fire. Wright T.
Mallory, forest supervisor of the
Umatilla National Forest, issued
a news release extending a wel
come to all hunters and said
that the enjoyment of hunting
and the harvesting of big game
Continued on page 6)
HEPPNER
Number 30
BOB CHANDLER
Opponent's
Record Hit
Bob Chandler, candidate for
Congress from Oregon's spraw
ling Second District, spent Mon
day in Morrow county. Chand
ler toured the Kinzua Corp. mill
at Heppner, attended a Chamber
of Commerce luncheon, and vis
ited friends and voters in Hepp
ner and Lexington.
Chandler, winner of the Re
publican nomination in the May
primary, faces Rep. Al Ullman in
the November election. Chandler
is a Bend newspaper editor, This
is his first venture into active
politics.
"The Second District needs bet
ter representation than it has
been getting," Chandler told a
group of supporters in Heppner.
"The incumbent Congressman
has been crying loudly about
the needs of Eastern Oregon
each election year. In off years,
when he shouid be familiarizing
himself with the needs of his
district, he takes a European va
cation at the expense of the tax
payers. "Eastern Oregon has been rep
resented by a man who is a reck
less spendthrift, who believes in
more and bigger government,
who feels an ever-mounting nat
ional debt is a healthy sign, and
who votes the ultra-liberal line
laid down by the ADA and the
AFL-CIO.
"He maintains a full-time elec
tion organization of paid people,
paid by the taxpayers, to grease
his way into otnee each two
years. Chandler sam.
"In six years the Congressman
has never voted against a
spending measure. He has been
dilatory in pushing the interests
of his constituents, ana nas Bro
ken promises to groups of local
citizens all over tne district,
Chandler concluded.
Warren Sentenced
On Auto Theft Count
Wilbur Wade Warren of Hepp
ner appeared before Judge Wil
liam W. Wells in Morrow county
circuit court Wednesday on the
charge of larceny of an automo
bile. He changed his plea of not
guilty to guilty and was senten
ced to the Oregon State Correct
ional Institution for a term not
to exceed three years. Sheriff
C. J. D. Bauman took him to
Salem today (Thursday). War
ren stole a car from Heppner
Auto Sales lot in early July.
In other circuit court proceed
ings the case of State vs. W.
B. Marshall, Idaho, was dismiss
ed. Marshall had been charged
with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The Morrow county grand jury
returned one true bill Wednes
day, State vs. Frank Russell
Wood, on a charge of sodomy.
Bail was set at $1,000 by Judge
Wells. Wood will be arraigned
October 3.
Attends Conference
The Rev. Ken Robinson, pas
tor of Hope and Valby Lutheran
churches, was in Pasco, Wn.,
Monday through Wednesday for
the fall pastoral conference of
the North Pacific district, Amer
lean Lutheran church. Among
highlights of the meeting were
four lectures by Olaf Hanson of
St. Paul, Minn., on contemporary
theology and a visit through the
atomic energy plant at Haniord
Some 180 pastors were at the
conference.
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10 Cents
Harvest Up
Almost Vz
Over 1961
Clrnca Inrma frnm tho 1Qf9
wheat and barley harvest in
Morrow county is estimated at
$7,943,800, topping the 1961 har
vest estimate by $2,613,675, ac
cording to N. C. Anderson, coun
ty agent. Last years wneai anu
barley income was figured at
a total of $5,330,125.
In addition, it is estimated
that 8R8fi.nnn will hp rerpivpd bv
growers as direct government
navments for cnirmlianoe under
the farm program.
The 1962 harvest figure is
based on an estimate of 3,325,000
bushels of wheat from 104,000
acres at $z per Dusnei. inree
per cent of the figure is deduc-
tarl tt mi iha trttnl inrnma nf
$6,456,300 on the assumption that
approximately r0 win De soia,
Anderson said.
Barley yield for the year was
ant at 1 804 000 hushola from
44 000 nnrps nnrl thp total in
come estimated at $1,487,500 on
the 85 to be sold, using a fig-
. nM . i r. AKnt
ure oi ac per ousnet. some xj-o
of the crop may be used for
fnprl nnrt sport and mav not be
sold, the county agent said.
In compiling the figures, An-
rlnrcrm llanfl on nuprntrp whpat
yield of 32 bushels per acre. Al
Lamb, manager oi Morrow
County Grain Growers, said that
the 1,400,000 bushels of wheat
brought to MCGG elevators also
averaged ii bushels to tne acre.
His figures tied in closely wun
th,cn ct thn rnuntv nppnt. and
he estimated that' total wheat
yield in the county tor law was
well above 3,000.000 bushels.
Barley yield was estimated at
41 bushels per acre, and Lamb
mnnrtort flint RfSO.000 hushels
iimra hrnlltrht tfl MC.CiCi elevators.
Thus, wheat and barley handled
by the Grain growers totaiea
2,250,000 bushels. A little more
difficult to estimate is the
amount placed in farm storage
and at other elevators aroumi
the county.
The gains this year were
achieved in the face of the fact
that acreage in production was
nnnulilarohl V hplnW last
year. In 1961 a total of 117,500
acres of wheat was narvesteu as
compared with 104,000 this year.
'a 1QK1 fifrtirp for the
wheat income totaled $4,130,125
as compared witn tne ngure oi
$6,456,300 this year. Last years
barley was placed at $1,200,000
as compared with $1,487,500 this
year.
Although yield was high in
the recent harvest, quality of
wheat and barley was not as
good as last year. At 32 bushels
per acre on wheat, though, the
yield average places it among
the better crop years. In 1959,
the average yield was figured
Continued on page 6)
PTA To Sponsor
Parent Shoptalk
A Darent education program,
"More Power to Parents," will be
sponsored by the local PTA or
ganization ii interest is snown,
according to Mrs. Ray Smith,
chairman. Designed to be of
timely interest to today's par
ents, the program would cover
courses in preschool, school-age,
and adolescent promems.
The meetings, planned for the
last Wednesday of each month,
would be In the form of parental
discussion groups covering a
wide variety of topics relative to
different age groups. For the pre
school parent, such topics as
"Trends in Basic Training,"
"Should Parents Teach Read
ing?" and "First Grade and Mrsc
Worries" are among many sug
gested. In the early school-age
division, suggested discussions
would be on "Parents and the
Veto Power," "Math Takes a New
Path" and "Make Way for Creati
vity," among the many. An ado
lescent course might include
"Adolescent Apathy," "When
Junior Gets a Job," "Young Mod
erns' Marriage Dreams," "Par
ents' Place at Parties," and
others.
Further discussion on the pro
gram will be held at the regular
PTA meeting Wednesday, Octo
ber 10, in the Multipurpose
Room. The courses can only be
conducted if enough response 13
shown. Those interested are ask
ed to call and leave their name
with one of the following: Mrs.
Ray Smith, 676-9725; Mrs. Clyde
Allstott, 676-5509 or Mrs. Elmer
Berry, 676-5566.