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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. Lanes Contract Construction to Wallace Green. Hermiston con tractor, said Tuesday that he naa signed a contract with Joy, mggins ana Henderson of Spo kane for construction of an 8 lane bowling alley building in neppner. Work will start this week-end on property purchased by the apokane firm from W. L. Kum merland. It Is located between the Heppner Hotel and Willow creek. Green said that it is planned to tear down old buildings now on the property beginning July 4, and it is hoped that some concrete will be poured on Mon day. Construction of the bowling lanes is expected to take about two months, and it should be in operation soon thereafter. Green said that he signed the contract with Hank Higgins of the Spokane firm. Higgins is the man who has been in Heppner off and on for the past two or three months planning for the lanes here. Mrs. Bob (Vesta) Kilkenny of Lexington, one of the leaders in the movement to obtain a bow ling alley in the area, said that about $9300 in advance ticket sales for play in the lanes hau been subscribed by local people. As soon as ground is broken on the building, it is planned to go ahead with a drive that would put the amount over $10,000. The Spokane firm had asked that local persons subscribe $10,000 in advance play tickets as an assurance that the lanes would be supported. Although the drive did not reach the full amount by the end of the period stipulated, i Higgins said that they were well satisfied with the community spirit and the recep tion received and would go ahead with plans for opening the lanes. Any money collected on the advance ticket sales is to be held in escrow until the lanes are in operation. Opening of the alley will culminate a long-felt need for the recreational outlet here. Many have pressed for a bowl ing lanes for sometime. A plan to construct a municipal build ing for this purpose, to be op erated by a private party, was No One Appears At City Budget Hearing Monday Heppner's city budget for 1963 64 was adopted by action of the city council Monday night after no one appeared to remonstrate against the budget nor to speak on its behalf at the hearing that had been set for 8 p.m. that night. It had been prepared by the city budget committee, com posed of both council and cit izen members, and was pub lished in the Gazette-Times recently. It was well within the 6 limitation and therefore re quires no vote by the public for adoption. Remainder of the regular council meeting was equally tranquil. Mayor Al Lamb mentioned, in reply to a query that he had received, that the city has no ordinance against negroes, as has been circulated in the form of a rumor. One version has it that there is an ordinance that nff negro can be in Heppner after dark, he said. "Such an ordinance would be illegal and unconstitutional," he said. After the meeting he also de clared that a report that Officer Floyd Hutchins had ordered a negro out of town was also false. The officer also denied in person that such an incident had ever occurred. The mayor, during the coun cil meeting, commended the press for handling of an inci dent of a racial nature that oc curred recently and threatened to be magnified out of proportion. Five building permits for al terations and repairs were ap proved, totalling $18,000. They were as follows: Leon ard L. Toll, 360 Aikens Street, add two bedrooms and base ment, $5000; W. L. Sowell, 464 Morgan Street, add two bed rooms and basement, $2500; Eddie Gunderson, 810 Heppner Highway, alterations and repairs, $5000; Harry O'Donnell, 335 Gil more, family room, bathroom, one bedroom and basement, $5000; C. J. D. Bauman, 535 South Court, repairs, $500. Girl Wearing Cast After Taking Fall Marguerite Moore, 13, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie (Tim) Moore, will be wearing a cast on her left arm for about four weeks as a result of a fall from a horse suffered Sunday even ing. She was riding bareback when she slipped and dislocated her left elbow. Marguerite was treated at Pioneer Memorial hos pital but was dismissed the fol lowing day. Her mother said Tuesday even ing that she is "coming along fine." This is the most recent in a series of falls from horses by youngsters in this area. thwarted when a League of Ore gon Cities attorney said that it would be illegal to construct a building from taxes that would be operated by a private individ ual. The bowling lanes building ?s to be of concrete block construc tion, and the promoters have said that it will be so construc ted that it will be a matter of rrrii i J tiTti -i -- r---n A SWARM OF BEES in June is Worth a Silver Spoon." runs the old rhyme, but even so, the big buzzing bunch of the little, stingers weren't welcome when they settled on the hood of the Wilbur Gourley auto In front of the First National Bank in downtown Heppner last Wednesday. Mrs. Avery Taylor was called upon to capture the swarm and she appeared with hood and long gloves to do the Job. She is shown in action above. She got them with 'nary a "bite." (G-T Photo) Pellet Machine Offers New Feed Service Inland Chemical-Service, after several months working with its new portable pellet machine, has pronounced that the "bugs" are now out of the machine, and it is ready to go into full scale production of the feed pellets as a new service to iarmers in the area. The machine forms the feed pellets from ground and mixed feeds and can be custom mixed to fit the requirements of the farmer's particular feeding prob lem. The pellets are made under pressure, heated and "cooked" by steam. Supplements, addi tives and antibiotics can be mixed in as desired to form a complete feed, according to Low ell Gribble of Inland Chemical. The portable outfit, which to the average person looks like a real "Rube Goldberg" machine but actually is an ingenious and intricate machine, is the first portable pelleter in the county, and at present the only pellet maker in Morrow. At one time Bill Kilkenny had a stationary plant at the Butter Creek junc- Blue Mountain Sets Placement Exams Dr. Walter Palmberg, director of admissions at Blue Mountain Community College, calls to at tention of students that place ment examinations for Group I are scheduled for July 9 and 10. Examinations will start promptly at 7 p.m. in the tech nical and business education building at 700 Southeast Third Street. Any student who has submit ted an application for enrollment and has not received notification by mail as to his grouping should call the admissions office prior to July 8. Dr. Palmberg also stated that students who have not submitted applications for enrollment but are considering enrolling at Blue Mountain Com munity College and would like to be tested with this first group must contact his office prior to July 8. There is no fee connected with taking the placement tests. Afternoon Swim Only On Fourth of July Heppner swimming pool will be open only during afternoon hours, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Thurs day, July 4, according to Tom Hughes, pool supervisor. Registration was underway Tuesday for Red Cross swimming instruction in beginning, inter mediate and advanced classes for the next two weeks period. Others still interested are asked to contact Mr. Hughes at the pool. Shriners to Ride All Shriners are invited to ride in the July 4 parade (in cars not on horses!) in Condon with Queen Joan I of the Shrine East West football game, Larry Cook announces. They are invited to loin in breakfast at the park from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and then to participate in the parade which starts at 11 a.m. Each Shriner is asked to wear his fez. Let; Start pride to the community. Art Dyke of Chelan, Wash ington, will come here with his family to operate the lanes when it is ready to accommO' date the public. The building will be air con ditioned, will be equipped with acoustical tile and carpeted foyer. It will be about 50x140 ft. in dimension. tion. He operated it a year be fore it burned down, and lie never rebuilt it. Inland Chem 1 c a 1 ' s truck mounted rig was developed by Mill Process and Engineers of Portland and uses diesel for power. It has taken considerable work to iron out some of the "kinks" but Gribble and his crew have made adjustments so that it is now ready for contin uous and steady operation. They have done some big jobs of pelleting in the process. One of the particular advan tages of pellets, he states, is that the feed can be completely util ized. Any foxtail or cheatgrass in the hay, normally virtually in edible for stock because of its burrs, is ground up so that it becomes a part of the feed, and its food value is said to be good. Nels Anderson, county agent, points out several other advan tages of pelleted feed. Among them is the ease of handling the pellets, thereby cutting down la bor and expense. Pellets can be self-fed through a feeder, elim inating necessity of tossing out hay to the stock as they feed, he said. The pellets can be custom mixed for different purposes for particular feeding problems. "Research work that has been done has shown far more util ization of the feed," Anderson said. "Stock have shown greater gains with pellets. They seem to add something, and we just don't know exactly why." Some research has indicated that some change in enzymes takes place under the pressure of the steam to contribute to the value of the feed. Relatively new, pelleted feed has been gaining in popularity by leaps and bounds even though it is somewhat more ex pensive than other feed. A particular advantage of the portable outfit is that it goes right to the farmer's haystack or field and makes the pellets on the spot, thus saving truck ing and handling. Several farm ers in Morrow county already swear by it. Grinding and mixing of the hay is done by the company's Daffin Feedmobile, and the mixed feed is routed to the pelleter by flexible tubing. After being "cooked" with the steam and mixed with any ingredients desired, such as molasses, the pellets come off hot and go via means of a conveyor into a truck or bin, as is desired. The size of the pellets can be adjusted by dies, coming out Vi-inch, 38 inch, or -inch. The operation is intriguing to watch in the field, and it may well offer a new advance in feed ing that will be of great impor tance to stock growers. Picture and other information may be found in the company's announcement on page 3. WEATHER By Leonard Gilliam Weather report for the past week is as follows: Hi Low Prec. Friday 74 49 .02 Saturday 60 45 .03 Sunday 70 42 .01 Monday 73 42 Tuesday 82 46 Wednesday 81 46 Sieieig Signs wish State 80th Year THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 4, 1963 Hearing Cuts Extension Fund North Lex Gets First Beating the Fourth of July almost traditional as the start of harvest by three days, the first loads of wheat arrived at North Lexington elevator of the Morrow County Grain Growers on Monday. The requa wheat, a soft white variety, arrived from the ranch of D. O. Nelson where harvest had started on that day. It was said to be of good quality and production will run unusually high for the northern part of the county. Nelson's wheat is the first to be harvested in the county this season and is coming in ahead of the first barley. He expected to continue the harvest through out the week if the weather con tinued warm. Harvest of Omar wheat will come later. It, too, promises a good yield. Harvest in the northern end of the county generally begins earliest because it matures more quickly there than in the higher altitudes. Al Lamb, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers, said that he expects others to be in har vest by the first of next week, and all elevators of the cooper ative will be in operation there after. Weather at this time looks good for the harvest season, and the late rain proved beneficial. To this time no hot weather has come to hinder the grain's late development, but should it come within the next couple of weeks it could -do considerable harm to later grain. Nelson said that he had ex perienced some rust in his crop, but the damage does not seem to be appreciable. He said that he expects to be in harvest for about 20 days. Lamb said that indications Quiet Fourth Set For Heppner Area Those who remain at home in the Heppner area are virt ually assured a "safe and sane" Fourth of July since no celebrations are planned here and prospects predict a quiet day at home. All stores will be closed, as will the post office, city hall, banks and courthouse. The Gazette-Times office, too, will be closed. Some residents will travel to Condon for the Fourth of July celebration there, details of which were announced in last week's Gazette-Times. Ione's annual fireworks dis play, sponsored by the Amer ican Legion, will be tonight (Wednesday) at 9:30 on the lone Memorial field. It will be followed by a dance in the Legion hall. Another attraction that is due to draw interest is the Jaycee talent show in Herm iston, at the Umatilla county fairgrounds, Thursday night. The Umatilla county fair queen and her court will make an appearance at that time. - 1!', yVt :ri ' vr'- J:. U fJj.L' J U . It RECEIVING LIFE MEMBERSHIP into the Heppner chapter of the Soroptimist International Association from Mrs. Jim Hager, pres ident, are Mrs. Grace Nickerson and Mrs. Etta Parker. Recog nition was given these charter members Saturday evening at the annual installation dinner at the Hager home. (Story on paqe 4). (G-T Photo) Elevator Wheat are that the harvest season will extend over quite a long period this year, although it is hoped that it will not be interrupted by heavy rains as it was last year when those in the southern portion of the county had some trouble getting the crop in. At this time there is nothing to indicate that the county as a whole will not have an ex cellent crop this year. 4 Is 3 1 'Si''-, 4 '" UMATILLA COUNTY Fair Queen Gloria Last is one of five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. James Last of Pilot Rock. The 16-Year-old beauty dances the hula like a native Hawaiian, according to publicity reports from the Umatilla County or ganization. She likes riding and volleyball as hobbies, as well as cheer leading. Umatilla Court Sets First Appearance The Jaycee talent show on the evening of the Fourth of July at the Umatilla county fair grounds, Hermiston, will be the first time the Umatilla county fair queen and court will have appeared in public. Last Satur day evening, Mrs. Ferdie Hude mann, chaperone entertained them with a get-acquainted din ner at her Stanfield home. Their gala season continues with a dinner at the home of Representative Stafford Hansell, Ordnance, Saturday. The girls' travel outfits, con sisting of turquoise denim blous es, shorts and wrap-around skirts, were finished Monday at their dressmaker's. Now on or der are their official fair cos tumes which include sleeveless flowered dresses with bell-shaped skirts for Princesses Carol Hol den, Pattl Hudemann and Eileen Bott, and a white sleeveless summer cotton dress, also with bell-shaped skirt for Queen Gloria Last. All will have white mohair sweaters for evening wear. J MV-- - " - vri - i I Number 18 HEPPNER 10 Cents Loss of $3400 May Eliminate 1 County Agent A sum of $3400 was deleted from the Morrow county budget for the county extension service at the hearing on the 1903-64 budget in the courthouse Friday. The cut was made out of the published budget which was well within the 6 limitation. It came about as a result of a delegation of five men appear ing at the hearing, including Orville Cutsforth, Gene Majeski, Alvin Wagenblast, O. E. Wright and Ken Batty. County Agent Nels Anderson, who has been gone on a Dow Study Tour through five south western states with other county agents of the west, said that the action came as a surprise to him. He said that the curtailed bud get will mean "that one of our three county agents will have to go," and added. "I have made up my mind that if one goes, it will be me." Anderson has been in the county for 17 years. He adver tised his home for sale this week. However, a meeting of the county extension advisory com mittee has been called for Wed nesday night at 8 p.m. in the fair annex to consider the mat ter. Anderson said that the exten sion service had asked for a $250 increase in the budget. This was not granted. The budcet committee had approved and published a budget of $11,650 for the extension office, the same as last year, but the surprise cut was made at the hearing Friday. The extension agent said that he was unaware that any such action would be taken and con sequently no one was here to speak on behalf of the program. Besides Anderson, extension agents on the staff are Joe Hay, who is in charge of the 4-H program and has been here three years prior to the current year, and Esther Kirmis, home demonstration agent. Both have done excellent work, Anderson said, and he said that the 4-H program had made good gains since Hay was added to the staff. "The cut will really cripple our program," Anderson said. "There is a story out that there is a $2000 discrepancy in our funds, but there is no way in the whole world that any money could be gone unaccounted for." Two of the three citizen mem bers of the budget committee, Paul Slaughter and Henry Baker, and the two county commission ers, Milton Biegel and Gene Ferguson, were present at the hearing. All four voted for the cut. Absent were Judge Peter son and Gene Pierce, the latter a citizen member of the com mittee. Except for the cut in the ex tension budget, the county bud get was approved as published. Anderson Back From Study Tour County Agent Nels Anderson returned Saturday night from a Dow Study Tour through five southwestern states in company with other county agents of the west. He was chosen to go on the tour as a scholarship grant, and his annual vacation time was used as part of the time. On his return, he said the trip was excellent and that he was enthused with the type of agri culture he saw on the trip. Ths sponsors kept the county agents very busy, getting them up at 5 a.m. each day. They were well photographed by newspaper ed itors and virtually every city In which they stopped had some special program and dinner for them. Surplus Food Store Announces Schedule Morrow county welfare's food store, located at 117 W. Center Street, Heppner, will be closed Thursday, July 4, but will be onen Thursday, July 11, and Thursday, July 18, from 1 to 5 p.m., Mrs. Melvin Dixon, store manager, states. Beginning with the month of ugust, the store will be open the first two Thursdays of each month, also from 1 to 5 p.m. un til further notice, she said. I Company Gets Immediate Right of Entry Lease on the Boardman nrnlpct was signed Wednesday morning Dy ine Boeing company and the State of Oregon, culminating two years of negotiations in the de velopment of the industrial park in nortnern Morrow county, Sam Mallicoat, director of the State DeDartment of Plnnninu nnrl Do. velopment, told the Gazette Times by telephone Wednesday anernoon. Boeing has immediate right of entry to the property, Mallicoat said. However, he could not say what the company's plans for use of the property will be in the near future. Signing of the lease does mean, though, that the area will be included in the company's plans for the future, eliminating some rumored conjecture that it was no longer interested in Boardman. Mallicoat said that the lease agreement calls for further ac complete an agreement with the Corps of Engineers on use of tion on the part of the state to Columbia River waterfront. He said that the state has reached agreement with the Corps and with the Navy but some for malities need to be taken care of before the agreement can be executed. Otherwise, there are no other "loose ends' to be com pleted In the long negotiations between Boeing and the state. The state planning director said, "This is just one of the major hurdles in a continuing series of challenges offered bv the Boardman project." He said that the stale would continue its efforts for development of ihe area in addition to the Boeing project. Mallicoat said that delays of the past two years have been discouraging but added, "Boe ing showed as much patience as anyone. We have never given up the idea that it would reach a successful conclusion." Mallicoat said that the De partment of Planning and De velopment may have been a "little too optimistic" at the in ception of the Boardman pro ject in hoping for a speedy con clusion to the lease with Boeing. Unforeseen delays were occas ioned in dealing with the various agencies of the Federal govern ment involved and others, he said. Two Girls Chosen For FTA Conclave Gail Hoskins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr., and Mary Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, have been chosen by the Heppner Lexington unit of the Oregon Education association to go to the youth conference of the Future Teachers of America in Monmouth from July 7 through 12. The conference will be on the campus of Oregon College of Ed ucation. Both of the girls will be seniors In Heppner High school next year and they plan to pursue teaching as a career. Oregon Education association s Teacher's Educational Profess ional Standards comml s s I o n sponsors the conference, and the local OEA unit pays expenses ot $35 for each girl. A full schedule is planned for each day of the conference. Parents will arrange for their transportation. Nazarenes Await Pastor's Coming Rev. J. G. Weller, Bethany, Okla., Is expected to arrive next week to fill the position as pas tor of the Church of the Naz arene, vacant since the resig nation of Rev. M. Carlton Sober in May. His first service here will be Sunday, July 14. The church meets regularly in the Seventh-Day Adventist church, with Sunday School classes at 10 a.m., and morning worship service at 11 a.m. The family consists of Mrs. Weller and two daughters, ages 7 and 9. Kinzua Lumber Co. Down for Vacation Kinzua Corporation's sawmill In Heppner is shut down this week for annual vacations and operation is scheduled to resume Monday, July 8, on the regular schedule. Logging operations continued through the period, however, and some road work is in progress. Only minor overhauls and re pairs are being made at the mill during the vacation time. Courthouse Display Shows Collections A display case in the county courthouse has been set up to show exhibits from the Morrow County Gem and Mineral Soc iety with members rotating on the displays from their collec tions. Currently on display are semi precious stones from the collec tion of L. R. Babb. Each dis play will be on view for a month or six weeks before another member takes a turn.
