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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. August 1. 1963 Heppner Ranger District Areas Largest "Farm" (Continued from page 1) fire prevention cam p a 1 g n s, makes cooperative arrangements with representatives of local, State and other Federal agencies. He is safety officer and is build ing maintenance and property custodian. Engineering assistant, David Haddock, supervises and directs all engineering and related ac tivities, Including road location and design, construction staking and inspection, contract admin istration, road and trail main tenance and equipment manage ment. Business management' assis tant, Mrs. Herb (Betty) Hamil ton, actively directs the district business management activities, is responsible for financial rec ords, typing, clerical work, and business management aspects of resource management and office operations as they are involved in multiple use management activities. Subordinate to each assistant are several permanent employees and a number 6f temporary workers. Working under William son are R. W. (Bob) Booth, tim brr management assistant, and Emory L. Clapp, who works on range, recreation, land uses, wildlife and watershed manage ment. C. E. Rouse handles tim ber sale administration, M. A. flicks is project forester, and James Hildcrbrand, pre- sale work. Others in this section now on the staff are J. 1 Rogers, scaler; Gary Garretson, scaler; Ken Keeling, Paul Waggoner, Stuart Smith, John Kershevai, all forestry aides. Especially active at this time of the year are those in the fire control section, many of whom are on temporary summer duty. Bill Crooke is fireman at Tupper Guard Station, Kay Smith is brush crew foreman, and Jerry Reeves is acting foreman of the fire suppression crew while Foreman Robert Eggers is hos pitalized. R. Palzur is mainten ance carpenter with Jon Car others and Melvin Yakel assist ing this summer with develop ment at Bull Prairie. Lookouts are Kirby Schwinck of Pasadena, Calif., at Madison Butte, David Creswick of Heppner at Tam arack, and Robert Felsch of Lex ington at Wheeler Point. Fire man at Ditch Creek Guard Sta tion is Richard Strattion and at Bull Prairie Guard Station is Robert Cantonwine. Extra pro tection men are James Dunbar, Harvey Jim, Chris Burkenbine and Francis Morehouse, station ed at various points in the dis trict. Working under Reeves on the suppression crew are Ken neth Daggett, Roy Mesler, Nor man Meyers, James Peckham, and Robert Simons. Working un der Smith on the brush crew are Ralph Piper, Ronald Cres wick, Terrence Dolan, Donald Kenison, Victor Kucera, Bernard Livingston and David Fitzwater. Working with Haddock on en gineering are Marcus Luke, sur veying aide, and Charles Bevin, John Cason, Paul Wolff Jr. and Gail Heddle, temporary survey ing aides. Assisting Mrs. Hamilton is Mrs. Paul Jones, clerk, and Pat Malum, temporary clerk. And if the men quartered at Tupper Guard Station are con sulted about it, two of the most Important of all in the Forest Service personnel are the cooks there, Elsa Leathers and Dorothy Bromley, who are sisters. Chuck McLean took the editor on a "Show Me" trip through the forest district last Friday that was an eye opener. Travel ing some 200 miles we visited all tiuee lookout towers, checked methods that had been used In fighting a 3-acre fire at Lovlett Corral, watched demonstrations by the suppression crew, saw the brush criw in action, and enjoyed a steak dinner with the crews at the Tupper Guard Sta tion. "Instant Readiness" character izes the crews in the field at this time of year. While men are busy on various activities in the dis trict, all are subject to call in case of fire, and all are ready. The suppression and b r u s h crews are stationed at Tupper For Your Protection Turner, Van Martcr and Bryant Answers Your Insurance Questions QUESTION: The amount of fire insurance on our house hasn't been changed for a number of vrars although the value of the house has al most doubled. Is this Increase in value automatically taken care of by the policy or should we increase our In surance? ANSWER: Increase your in surance and don i wait even until tomorrow to do It. Your insurance protects vou only up to the face value of your policy. This public service is our way of advertising. Your insurance questions will be answered without charge or obligation if you'll send or bring them to Turner, Van Martcr and Bryant Heppner Ph. 676-9652 and the crews rotate their days off so that a good sized crew is on hand at all times. At the same time, none sit around waiting for a fire. They may be making Improvements to camp grounds, piling brush, working on roads, doing main tenance work, or practicing maning lire trails. But they are Dusy. ine suppression crew goes througn a period of daily phys ical training exercises, pattern ed after those of the Montana smoke jumpers, although there are no smoke lumpers here be cause the district is fairly easily accessible by jeep and pickup, At foreman Reeves whistle, his crew, with fire-resistant shirts and bright fluorescent hard hats, formed into line and trotted out to a spot to give a demonstration of building fire trail. The crew works as a coordin ated team, and making fire trail is back-breaking exhausting work. They can build about 100 ft. of trail per man per hour, 30 inches wide, and this is the most effective way of stopping forest fire in this country where water is scarce. In the six man crew, four take pulaskis (a hoe blade on one side and axe on the other), a fifth takes a shovel and brings up the rear, while the foreman al ternates In supervision and help ing out. Spread some six or eight feet apart, they dig and move swiftly, each succeeding man helping to finish what the man ahead has left undone. The man with the shovel finishes the job, so that not a twig is left to carry the lire across the trail. If a buried log or big root is in the path, it must be cut away or trail dug around It. The crew moves in precision. At a command of "Move Up!" they move forward and the shovel man takes the lead pos ition in a rotation movement so that all share equally in the work load. At a command, "Re verse!" they start working back ward to do a better job when the trail doesn't meet the stan dards of the foreman's critical eye. The foreman may grab a shovel whose edges is honed as sharp as a knife to take the lead position and use it to slash and clear the small vegetation. In some 10 minutes the six man crew made about 100 feet of finished trail. It looked neat and clean but the foreman point ed out a corner that he felt was not up to standard. Twigs and debris left might allow the fire to jump, he said. Later at Lovlett Corral, Mc Lean pointed out what had been I none lo quen a ngnuung-sei lire a few days earlier. Trails wove around the boundary of the fire where men had worked fever ishly through the night and fol lowing day to control it. A scrub pine bore the scars of a light ning strike that was responsible for the blaze. Its bark was torn from top to bottom. The "scratch" trail that had been hasitly dug was there, but another finished trail suround ed it all. Crews in this national forest cannot depend on water, and fighting fire without it is the hard way. Once the fire Is brought under control, at least one man is assigned to "cold trail" the fire. He must go on hands and knees around the fire line lo feel and make sure that there are no sparks, no roots burning underground that might carry the blaze across and ignite another that could develop into a fire like the Ditch Creek blaze of two years ago. (To be continued) Pomona Approves Joseph Whitaker Dies in Idaho By MARTHA MATTESON MONUMENT Word was re- reived Monday night that Joseph S. Whitaker had passed away that evening in Burley, Ida. He had gone there recently to visit some of his children. 1L was the father of Mrs. June Hutchison and had made his home here with her for the past few years. He was 70 years of age. Services were held Saturday at Elba, Idaho. At Saturday Meet Morrow county Pomona Grange passed three resolutions at its meeting in the Rhea Creek Grange hall Saturday. One fav ored restoration of the county extension budget to $11,650; a second asked that urban property be assessed at the approximate level of utility and rural prop erties for the fiscal year 1963- 64; and the third opposed a move to tax the general public for going Into forest lands for rec reational purposes. The vote on the extension bud get resolution came after con siderable debate. The count was 24 in favor of the resolution, three against, and several ab staining. The resolution pointed out the "changing technology of farming in respect to crop var ieties, alternate crops, cultiva tion methods, livestock produc tion, feeding methods, breed im provement and disease control:" need for technical direction in weed control; importance of the 4-H program and the home ec onomist on the extension staff. The resolution asked that "all efforts be made to retain three extension agents." The resolution on taxes is as follows: "Whereas rural property for fiscal year 1963-64 will be assessed at 17-18 of true value; and whereas utility property will De assessed at l97o ot true value and urban property near 25; therefore be it resolved by Mor row County Pomona Grange this 27th day of July, 1963, that urban property be assessed at the ap proximate level of utility and rural properties for the fiscal year iabj-b4. Be it iurther re solved that a copy of this res olution be sent to Morrow County Court and the State Tax Com mission." Resolution on the forest taxes was directed to the attention of the Grange here from the Union County Pomona Grange, It is as follows; Whereas there is a move be ing made by the State and Fed eral forest services to put a tax on the general public for going Into the forest land for recrea tion purposes; now, therefore, be it resolved by the Union County Pomona Grange this 22nd day of June, 1963, that we go on record as being strongly opposed to a tax or charge of this kind, and be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the forest services and to the Pomona Granges of the Eastern counties." In the approval of the measure here, the Morrow county Grange added that copies of the resolu tion be sent to the State Grange with a recommendation that it be forwarded to the national Congress. Alvin Wagrnblast, master, pre sided at the all-day session. Committee reports were given in the morning and the Rhea Creek Grange was host at the potluck luncheon at noon. A program feature was the showing of colored slides on the Holy Land by Henry Baker. County Extension Work Covers Wide Range (Editor's Note: In view of re cent attention focusing on the office of Morrow county exten sion service, the following Is printed as a resume of work done through the office during the last report year, ended Sep tember 30, 1962). Annual report of the Morrow county extension service for the year ended September 30, 1962, is a volume of some 200 type written pages together with clip pings, pictures, charts and graphs that show an extensive program covering a wide range of activities. It shows that work is divided among the three county agents as follows: Esther Kirmis, home extension agent Adult home ec onomics, 4-H home economics, Great Decisions program, civil defense in the home, safety in the home, staff relations with Soroptimists club, Chamber of Commerce, county exten s I o n committee, CowBelles, domestic wheat utilization committee of the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers' association. N. C. Anderson, county exten sion agent, agriculture All ag ricultural adult programs in dry land crops, range livestock and weed control with the exception of North end office management, including public relations, pers onnel, finance and programs co ordination, soils and irrigation (South end), staff relationship with Farmers Union, Pomona Grange, Farm Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, secretary of Mor row county Livestockgrowers as sociation, Morrow County Wheat growers association, Heppner Soil Conservation district, Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation committee. Joe Hay, county extension agent, 4-H and agriculture 4-H program leadership, entire coun ty; agricultural and associated 4-H projects (entire county), as sist with weed control program (entire county), assist with pub lic relations (Chamber of Com merce and Pomona Grange), adult agricultural prog rams (North Morrow), public relations (North Morrow), including Greenfield Grange, West Exten sion Irrigation district, secretary of Boardman Soil Conservation district, other civic groups. Office hours include one day per week in North Morrow county. Days worked by the agents during the year include adult work, 512, and 4-H club work, 343, for a total of 855 days work ed. A summary of general exten sion service activities for the past For One-Stop Service Take Your Car To Wayne's Chevron Service At Heppner Ford 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. week days 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays year follows: Farm and Home visits Visits made by the two agricultural agents totaled 704, thirty-eight more than the previous year; for the home agent, 349, an increase of 145. Total farm and home visits were 1053. Office callsoffice calls re ceived by the home agent were 364, by the agent doing pri marily 4-H club work, 307; by the agent doing primarily agri cultural work, 1,127. Total office calls were 1,798, a total of 208 more than 1961. Telephone Calls the home agent received 955 telephone calls; the agent doing primarily youth work, 611; the agent doing primarily agricultural work, ior a total of 2,899. News articles The home agent prepared 123 news articles; the agent doing primarily 4-H club work, 20; and the agent doing primarily agricultural work, 313. These include weekly news column of the agricultural agent and home agent. Total news articles published were 456. Bulletins distributed Free bulletins covering many subjects in the field of agriculture, home economics and 4-H are in supply at the county office. A total of 9,625 were distributed during the year. Circular or commodities letters Three hundred ninety-eight different circular or commodity letters were written during the year, almost evenly divided among the three agents. Meetings held and attended in addition to individual con tacts, the agents participate in or hold meetings that pertain to the extension program, as well as a wide variety of community affairs. Many contacts are made this way, rendering services and serving dev eloped projects. Training meetings held for local leaders in adult work were 24, with 260 in attendance. For youth, 18 were held, with 169 attending. Other meetings at which agents presented educa tional Information (when coun ted) totaled 196 meetings for adults with 4790 in attendance. Local leaders in adult work held 60 meetings, attended by 852 persons, while in 4-H work. 213 of these meetings were held with 2,129 attending (not necessarily attended by any of the three agents). Seventy-eight different men and 58 different women acted as adult leaders In carrying out the county extension work. There were seven home economics ex tension units, with 175 members. In 4-H club work, 327 boys and girls were enrolled, and 317 com pleted projects for a 96 com pletion. One hundred fifty-one days were spent on extension organi zation and program planning in order to carry out a balanced program. A total of 140 days was devoted to miscellaneous, which included largely administration, with insects, fire control, range management, rodents, weather, news and rural defense enter ing into this total. One hundred three days were spent in in- The largest number of days spent on any one commodity was the production and marketing of livestock which amounted to 92 days. Eight-eight days were spent on projects and programs in community develop m e n t, while 85 days were spent in pro duction and marketing of field crops. There were 28 days spent In child development and human relations; twenty-nine in soil management, fertility, erosion; 24 in food preparation and se lection; 25 in clothing selection and care; 23 in planning and management of the farm busi ness; 11 in home grounds im provement; 6 each in home furn ishings, forestry, and irrigation; 5 in planning and management in the home, and miscellaneous activities took up the remainder of the time. HOSPITAL Patients admitted to Pioneer Memorial hospital for medical care during the past week are the following: Judy Buschke, Heppner; Charles McLean, Hepp ner; Leta Ledbetter, Heppner; Don Oster, Heppner; Hazel Marie Schulz, Olex, and J. B. Malcolm, Heppner. Those dismissed during this same period are: Larry Fraley, The Dalles; Christopher Johnson, Heppner; Laura Lee Oster, Hepp ner; Paul J. Doherty, Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Jensen, Heppner, are parents of a son, born Monday, July 29. He weigh ed 8 lbs., 12 oz., and has been named Michel Nathan. Matt and Merilee Murray, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod Murray, are vacationing in Newberg at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gwinn, and at the beach. SEE OUR SELECTION OF MOHAWK, WUNDA WEAVE, AND MONARCH RUGS PROMPT SERVICE INSTALLATION GUARANTEED NEW SOFAS AND CHAIRS CASE FURNITURE CO. 249 N. Main Heppner Ph. 676-9432 Mrs. Jim Croker took Dianne, Forrest and Sheldon Hutchison to Pendleton last Wednesday to visit their mother, Mrs. June Hutchison, who is a surgery pat ient there in the St. Anthony hospital. Mrs. Janet Ltwis and (laugh ter Karlcna drove to John Day luesday on business. Mr, and Mrs. Ernie Johnson, Mrs. F. Noland and two sons spent Friday on business in rnnevllle. Owen Smith and Harold Reyn olds spent the past week out of town on duty for the Colum bia Power Co-op. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mattcson and children of Alturas, Calif., are lure for their two weeks vacation visiting relatives in Fox and in Monument. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lippert and three sons spent the week end in town from their fence building camp in the mountains. Karl Rldgeway of Redmond and now employed at the mill in Long Creek stopped in to visit timer Matteson Sunday even ing. They had known each other must of their lives, both being raised in the Heppner area.. Rev. Gary tdson and the Lyle girls returned Sunday after spending the past week at the summer church camp. P ENNEY'S FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE PENNEY'S WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 8:00 P.M. EVERY FRIDAY EVENING Friday Evening SPECIALS F,NESTF00arANOSWMN6S FRESH Misses Jamaica Sets $J66 Blouses and Jamaica Shorts Sizes 10 to 18 All Cotton Misses Jamaica Shorts 99' Closeout Sizes 10 to 16 All Cotton TOMATOES lb. 17c RED POTATOES 10 Lb-Ba9 45c FRESH CORN ON THE COB 6 F" 39c 46 OZ. HI-C Fruit Drinks 3 for 85c DUNDEE 2i2 PORK AND BEANS FOLGER'S COFFEE 9 Lb. 59c Wff2Lb.$1.17 CHIFFON FACIAL TISSUE 4 Pk9S- 85c OREGON CHIEF SMOKED BONELESS COTTAGE ROLLS Lb. 65e LARGE BOLOGNA lb. 45c Oregon Chief WIENERS Lb. 49 Prices Good Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3 111 N. Court Heppner Ph. 676-9643
