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
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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
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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.
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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.
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