LIBRARY
U OF 0
EU
r m r
OK
Big Prizes Offered in Paper's Subscription Campaign
A giant subscription cam
paign, sponsored by the Hepp
ner Gazette-Times will get un
derway this Saturday, July 27,
with a list of prizes to thrill
the hearts of the younger set
even those with a wish for cold,
hard cash, according to Burt
Denton, campaign manager.
Grand prize in the campaign
will be an $80.00 Schwinn Cor
vette bicycle plus $50 in cash,
or alternative of $120 in cash
if desired. Two district capital
prizes will be a $80.00 Corvette
bikes plus $20 in cash or $90
cash alternatives. These two
prizes will go to the worker in
each of the geographical dis
tricts (Heppner city or outlying
areas) after the grand prize has
been awarded to the highest
vote getter.
Two other bikes or $60 and
$50 cash awards will go to the
4th and 5th highest in either
district.
All workers who do not win
one of the five major awards
will receive cash commissions of
15 percent of all money they turn
in for subscriptions during the
week drive.
Purpose of the campaign is to
add subscribers to the already
large circulation enjoyed by the
Gazette-Times and to solicit re
ing the paper.
The Gazette-Times will sell for
$4.00 a year during the cam
paign, with special campaign
prices of 2 years for $7.50 and
3 years for $11.00. These prices
are for the trade area only and
the regular price of $4.50 per
year will be charged for sub
scriptions to persons at distant
points.
An added attraction for sub
scribers will be the free class
ified ad of 20 words (value 75c)
given with each subscription.
Possession of the subscription
receipt will be the only require
ment in placing the ad, which
must be used within three
months from date of subscrip
tion sale.
The Gazette-Times publishers
announced this week that due to
increased postal rates, with pos
tage now charged within the
county, the subscription price
will be raised locally to $4.50
per year on September 1, but
out of county subscriptions will
remain at $4.50. The campaign
at this time will give subscrib
ers an opportunity to help some
local youngsters win a valuable
prize and at the same time get
their subscription order in at the
old established rate before the
price raise goes into effect.
The campaign office at the
Gazette-Times will be open
Thursday and Friday of this
week until 8 p.m. for the con-
venionrp nf thnso vitelline tn
sign up late in the day, and
will be open until 6 p.m. Satur
day for issuing supplies and re
ceiving nrsi reports irom worK
ers.
Denton urged parents to call
at the office anv time this wppk.
end with their youngsters to
nave mm explain lull details
or ine campaign, inose unable
to get to the office may phone
the campaign manager at 676
9228 or write to Campaign Man
ager, Gazette-Times, Heppner,
Oregon. Cflmnnitrn nffifo io In.
cated at the Gazette-Times, 147
newals from those already tak
west willow, Heppner.
; "'t 1 1 I I III I Ulllll l.lll.. MMIMMIM
1 V , . v . f" ', . .
80th Year
Number 21
THlPjM HEPPNER
Welcome
GAZETr
n
-TIME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 25, 1963
10 Cents
Edition
Extension
Deadline
September 1
If some arrangement is not
made to supplement the county
extension service budget by Sep
tember 1, one of the three county
agents will be removed from the
Morrow county staff, W. G.
(Jerry) Nibler, state extension
agent, has notified County Judge
Oscar Peterson.
A letter from Nibler, dated
July 22, following two citizens'
protest meetings, one of which
was with the county court, said,
"This letter is to notify the Mor
row County Court that in view
of the $8,250 certification funds
for extension work, it will be nec
essary to reduce the staff by
one agent We will proceed im
mediately toward acc nnplishing
this adjustment."
However, Nibler, who attended
the two meetings that Drotested
the county budget committer's
cutting of $3400 from the ex
tension budget for 1963-64, said
that the state service was aware
of the "inquiry and activity"
directed towards icstoring tiie
$3400 reduction. In view of this,
the deadline of September 1 is
set in order that time may be
allowed for making an adjust
ment. Meanwhile, District Attorney
Herman Winter has written for
an attorney-general's r pinion as
to whether the funds may be
taken legally from the county's
emeigency fund, as requested by
those who attended the protest
meetings and submitted pettions
asking for this action,
The budget committee cut
$3400 from the once-accepted
county extension service budget
at the time of the June 28 hear
ing on the county budget when
five men appeared and requested
the action. One has sine? said
that he did not realize impli
cations of the action.
Among the 89 who attended
the first protest meeting after
the budget hearing and the 70
who attended the second were
some who said that they were
resolved that the county will not
lose any of its extension agents.
They emphasized that some
method must be found of re
taining the entire staff on the
grounds that the majority of the
residents of the county do not
lavor the cut.
i' ' ' ;".- t i
- ' rvrtftA "V r ' ' &
ft TV:'' h --X-jL-K 'to
vii . fir (a'-
i -.' ' i . "- -, - rVv-'jJ
h - v I J :
3m UJTvJ - - , I
LEONARD L. GILLIAM, weather observer In Heppner who has performed the volunteer service
faithfully for 30 years, receives a 30-year pin from Sid Howick, Portland, field aide in hydrology
and climatology for the U. S. Weather Bureau. Presentation was made here last Thursday.
(G-T Photo)
Len Gilliam Gets 30-Year
Pin As Weather Observer
Jos. Nys Better
Jos. J. Nys, who has been con
fined to his home since mid
May, is showing improvement
and is up and around in the
house, Mrs. Nys said Thursday.
He has not been able to be in
his attorney's office and has not
been out since his illness started,
but he is feeling better and is
hopeful that he may be out
again soon.
Leonard L. (Len) Gilliam was
just getting ready to go to the
hospital to see his son, Lou, last
Thursday when Sid Howick,
neia aiae 01 tne u. s. Weather
Bureau, arrived at his home.
The visitor had a pin to pre
sent to Gilliam to mark the com
pletion of 30 years as volunteer
weather observer here. Len was
still buttoning his shirt when
it came time to have his picture
taken and mildly protested that
he had already received several
other pins, but he held still
while Howick commended him
for his good work and gave him
the pin which is inscribed, "30
years Government Service."
Heppner's weather observer
has indeed received a pin every
five years since his 15th year
of service, so this makes his
fourth.
His service isn't the longest of
any observer in the state, being
topped by Phil Brogan's approx
imatley 40 years in Bend, but it
is among the longest.
Len has been taking daily
readings of the weather since
March, 1923, and his father,
Frank Gilliam, handled the duty
for 22 years, from September,
1911, to March, 1923.
Eight before Frank Gilliam
were weather observers in Hepp
ner since the service started in
Free Parking Set
Here on Saturday
Visitors to Heppner and local
residents alike will have free
parking all day Saturday, Ran
dall Peterson, chairman of the
merchants committee of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce, announces.
Parking meters will be hood
ed during the day as a ges
ture in connection with the
local "Welcome to Morrow
County" observance.
Extra copies of the Gazette
Times, carrying the Welcome
to Morrow supplement (section
2), are being sent to towns just
south of Morrow county as a
gesture of goodwill.
1889. Some stuck at it only a
few months.
J. M. Kernan was weather ob
server starting in January, 1901,
but his service terminated abrup
tly in June, 1903. At this time
the weather equipment was lost
in the great flood, and the Ker
nan family perished, Howick
said as he checked his official
records.
First observer in Heppner was
Arthur Smith who started in May,
1889, and continued until Sep
tember, 1895. H. T. Bagley then
took over for two months, follow
ed by R. E. Smith for one month.
Arthur Smith returned to duty
on July 1, 1897, and continued
until March 31, 1900. After a
lapse of nine months, Kernan
took the volunteer position until
he perished through the disas
trous freak of weather, the flood.
The weather reporting service
was not resumed until November,
1903, when J. H. Huddleston took
the job, and he continued until
March, 1904. Oscar Borg succeed
ed him, working from June, 1904,
until December of the same year.
Another lapse occurred until
George Whiteis started in May,
1905, and continued until No
vember, 1909. Raloh Kenton fol
lowed from January, 1910, until vators at lone and the one at
August, 1911. McNab.
Hugh Salter Hurt
In Elevator Fall
Hugh Salter of lone suffered
a broken shoulder blade when
he fell through a trap door at
the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers elevator at lone Monday.
Al Lamb, manager of the
Grain Growers, said that Salter
fell probably 15 feet into the
concrete basement of the eleva
tor. However, he lost little time
from the job. Salter was treated
for the injury and returned to
work in a supervisory capacity.
He is in charge of the two ele
Free Brochures
Offered Public
To Invite Friends
Some 3000 brochures, de-
signed to extend an invitation
to visitors to come to Morrow
county, will be available to the
public next week through a
Welcome to Morrow promotion
sponsored by merchants and
organizations in the county.
This promotion was initiated
by the county Welcome to Ore
gon committee, of which Fred
Gimbel is chairman. It was
accomplished with the cooper
ation of the Gazette-Times
which includes a special Wel
come supplement this week
The brochures will be printed
from pages 2 and 3 of the
supplement.
A quantity of the brochures
will be given to each of the
70 sponsors, and others will
be available from Gimbel.
They will tell of industries in
the county, recreational spots,
scenic attractions, cities and
other highlights that may in
terest visitors.
The brochures will be de
signed so that they need only
be folded once, secured with a
staple or cellulose tape, ad
dressed and Stamped for mail
ing. A 4c postage stamp will
be required for mailing, Post
master Jim Driscoll states.
Printing of the brochures
will follow publication of this
week's paper.
Court to Ride
At Joseph Rodeo
Morrow County Fair and Ro
deo court will leave Friday to
participate this week-end in fes
tivities at Chief Joseph Days Ro
deo. They will ride in the pa
rade Saturday morning and will
be guests at a special luncheon
for courts Saturday noon, return
ing home for the dance honoring
Princess Shannon in the evening.
PRINCESS SHANNON MAHONEY
Dance Saturday
Honors Shannon
Princess Shannon Mahoney,
representing the Wranglers club
on the Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo court, will be honored at
the second of the princesses'
dances Saturday night in the
fair pavilion, starting at 10 p.m.
The 18-year-old Heppner High
school graduate gained her
place on the court in compe
tition conducted by the Wrang
lers. The skill she showed in
horsemanship is backed with
many other qualifications which
make her a fine representative
of young womanhood In Morrow
county.
Princess Shannon's favorite
horse is a black mare, "June
Bug," which she pot when she
was in the fourth grade and
broke when it was a colt. With
"June Bug" she placed two years
in the Morrow county horse
show, won a blanket in Wrang-
R-1 Board Sets
Special Meeting
A special meeting of the di
rectors of Morrow county school
district R-1 will be tonight
(Thursday) in the county court
house, starting at 8:30, Mrs. Bev
erly Gunderson, clerk of the dis
trict, said.
It is expected that the new
county administrator, Wayne
Brubacher, will be present at
the meeting. Necessary matters
of business will be considered
at the session.
ler competition, and won a tro
phy for horse showmanship in
the 4-H horse show.
With "June Bug" Shannon has
participated in play days and
overnight rides. But now the
black mare has a colt and the
Wrangler princess is using a
half quarterhorse and half thor
oughbred mare, "Princess," a
sorrel with a blazed face to ride
as she performs her duties as
fair and rodeo royalty. "Princess"
matches' the markings of other
horses ridden by the court.
Shannon, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, is an active
cowgirl together with all her
other activities. She is a member
of the Wranglers and works with
cattle on the Spring Hollow and
Clarks Canyon ranches of the
Mahoneys and assists on cattle
drives for the Terry Thompsons.
Her high school activities and
honors comprise a long list and
a wide variety. She helped or
ganize the high school drill team
in her sophomore year and serv
ed as drill leader.
She was president of the Girls'
League in her senior year. A
member of Future Homcmakers
of America, she held the office
of parliamentarian as a soph
omore and vice president In her
junior year. She was a member
of the Future Business Leaders
of America and served as treas
urer of that organization as a
junior.
Princess Shannon was a mem
ber of the PeD club and was nn
the tumbling, team. As a senior
she served on the high school
annual staff and on the staff of
the school paper, the Hehlsch.
(Continued on page 8)
Erstwhile 'Huck Finns' Forget 'Welcome' Job
By WES SHERMAN
When Fred Gimbel, chairman
of Morrow county's Welcome to
Oregon committee, proposed that
we join him on a trip around
the county Saturday to check on
suggested tours for visitors, we
accepted eagerly. The idea was
to plan tours that newcomers
might enjoy when they come to
Morrow and include descriptions
of these routes in the Welcome
to Morrow County supplement in
this week's paper.
But like two youngsters of the
Huckleberry Finn variety we be
came almost too engrossed in
our "work" so much so that
we plumb forgot about figuring
out routes for tourists as the day
progressed.
Leaving Heppner about 1:30
p.m. Saturday, we arrived home
long after the wives had cleaned
up remnants of supper. At around
9:30 p.m. the writer "enjoyed"
a repast of shriveled baked po
tato, a la lukewarm, and Fred
reported later that he cautiously
fried himself a couple of eggs.
FRED GIMBEL
County Chairman, Welcome to
Oregon and Misguided Guide.
Each of us was quite careful not
to criticize our fare, for this was
to have been a trip of "just a
couple of hours."
But it was all the fault of this
wonderful county in which we
live.
We started out in the direc
tion of Pilot Rock and wound
up about 8:30 p.m. at Bull
Prairie, going via roads that
ranged from pavement to mere
cow trails. Fred's late model
Ford Galaxie made it all the
way in comfort without suffer
ing any major catastrophe, al
though he gingerly eased it over
some of the half-hidden "pan
busters" in those mountain
roads.
Going up the Hinton Creek
highway to Lena, we diverted
to the Lena cemetery to ch ok
the history revealed on the head
stones there. En route, a covey
of chukars at the roadside scold
ed us loudlv for encroaching.
On the way back from the c m
etery, we stopped in an effn-t
to take some pictures of the
birds with the striped heads,
but, bold as they appeared to
be, they wouldn't hold still for
it.
They scooted up the steep hill
side like road runners, giving
out a raucous clucKing as they
went. This we interpreted as
their taunting horse laugh.
On up little Butter Creek, we
stirred up quail with their
quaint topknots and other birds
as we went. Past Paul Hisler's
place with its fine Hereford
herd, we headed into Johnson
creek country.
Spotting two big eagles at the
top of a rocky promentory, we
had to take five minutes observ
ing them through Fred's fit-Id
glasses. They took off in flight
with their big wings quickly
lofting them high into the air,
then they lazily drifted and sail
ed with the air currents.
Taking a right turn in the
d'rect'on of the old Arbuckle cor
ral, which was a spot of real
it. tenet in romantic days of yore.
we reached a vantage point that
gave an unparalleled view of I
(Continued on page 8
- , " ,' , 1" - i . ;', y.i
' ' '"'' :s y ''., ' ' ' " ' I '
4 irk"'' ' .1
V. ; ,:,; : I
: 1 "" r v - u
.J- XX-.'- iii V '
FOURTEEN TRUCKS loaded with newly-harvested grain were lined up around the North Lexing.
ton elevator of Morrow County Grain Growers last Tuesday night when this photo was taken.
Some are not visible in the picture. Since then harvest has tapered off in that area. Although the
north end of the county was pretty well along when damp days came this week, the "un
usual weather has slowed operations all over the county. (G-T Photo)
Cool, Moist Weather Delays Harvest Again
Harvest work this week took
another setback when rain fell
Wednesday and cool days slowed
the ripening process. Weather
Obseryer Leonard L. Gilliam said
that .in inch of rain fell In
Heppner Wednesday.
Because of the moisture, many
ranchers earlier in the week
were unable to get at harvest
until about 11 a.m. County
Agent Nels Anderson said that
the dampness Is cutting down
test weight of both wheat and
barley.
By Thursday, harvest seemed
to be picking up again. Manager
Al Lamb of the Morrow County
Grain Growers said that North
Lexington elevator is still aver
aging about 40,000 bushels pei
day, although the peak is passed
at this northern point.
If warmer weather continues
other elevators In the county
should be In full swing by Mon
day, Lamb said.
Complete weather report from
Leonard L. Gilliam, observer, is
as follows:
HI Low Prec.
84
90
82
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
85
73
79
72
Low
49
50
47
53
40
48
44
.07