Tupper Station Field Center for District Work
(Third in a series of articles
on the Heppner Ranger dis
trict, Umatilla National Forest),
By WES SHERMAN
Tupper Guard station, located
near the geographic center of
the Heppner Ranger district, is
also the center of field operations
for the district. It is developing
into a little community within
itself and is scene of consider
able activity in the summer time.
Its principal building is a din-ing-recreation
hall with nice
quarters for the cooks, Mrs. Elsa
Leathers and Mrs. Dorothy Brom
ley, who live there. Electricity
provides them with the means
for refrigeration and freezing
units as well as other appliances
to serve the needs of their
hungry crews. They may prepare
an evening meal for 25-30 men
on a normal day, and two years
ago the place was hopping dur
ing the Ditch Creek fire, when
men ate in shifts, the hall being
filled almost constantly.
Another building does double
duty as an operations center and
winter-time bunkhouse; there is
a nniv chnwer house with modem
toilets; a garage-storehouse; and
large tents that house the sum
mer time crews.
The premises are kept as spic
nnH ennn na n npat home1 in
town with lawn mowed, weeds
kept down, ana concrete side
walks clean.
Young men in the brush and
eiinnrncvMnn rrews nuartered at
Tupper seem to enjoy their
wholesome lives in tne open air
allhmmh mmnvprl thronch the
week from city activity. They
come from as iar as ionaa, al
though most of them are from
tho nnrthwpst.
After they have, enjoyed one
of the big dinners prepared D.y
Mrs. Leathers (who makes
homemade rolls and breads near-
lu nvnrv Haul nnH Mrs. Rromlev.
one of two generally stay to
help clean up. no one asKS mem
tn- thpv Inst fin It.
A group will drift off to the
tent to play pinochle, anotner
bunch will pitcn norsesnoes, ana
a few others might embark on
a game of Monopoly.
They have the privilege of the
mess hall as a recreation center
until 9, and then are required to
clear out so that the cooks can
rest. Lights out in the tents is
at 10 p.m.
Eleven vehicles operate
through the Heppner Ranger dis
trict, including one 2-ton stake
truck, a 1-ton ll-passengci
"crummy," a Ms -ton 6-passenger
crummy, two Jeep Carryalls with
4-wheel drive (each 5-passen-ger),
and the rest pickups.
A visitor will notice that the
men drive these vehicles very
carefully, and for good reason.
Even the slightest scratch or
bump requires so much paper
work and so many reports that
the operator is unwilling to take
any risk.
An Interesting project in pro
gress in the district at this time
Is its new program of signing.
All the present painted signs
are coming down and new rout
ed wood signs, the rustic type,
are replacing them. The job will
soon be done throughout the dis
trict. An Interesting point Is that
these signs are also made by
Federal "employees" those be
ing inmates of McNeil Island
penitentiary in Washington. The
district reimburses the peniten
tiary in payment for the signs.
As with any public agency, the
district has a job against van
dalism, and these signs are of
ten victims of those who use
them for targets or rip them up
in some misguided prank. They
are valuable in directing those
using the forest, and the district
solicits the cooperation of all
to keep them unblemished.
While the ranger district is
under the constant surveillance
of the foresters who are em
ployed to manage it, they avoid
leaving the feeling with the pub
lic that they are policing the
forest users. They take the posit
ion that the national forest be
longs to the public to enjoy with
in the multiple use program and
seek only to see that necessary
regulations are observed.
Planning is the key to the
future of the district, and this
entails a tremendous amount of
paper work. District Ranger Sam
Miller is now making his plans
for the fiscal year 196-1-65, and
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CENTER of operations for the Heppner Ranger district in the field
shows the dining and recreation hall at Tupper.
most phases of the district are
set up on 5-year plans. This
district has tentative recreational
development plans that extend
to the year 2000.
Miller developed the district's
current multiple use plan In
1962, and it is rewritten and re
approved to fit the district's plan
ning. One deterrent to public recre
ational development is the fact
that private lands .are Inter
spersed in the national forest.
Development of a reservoir in
one area, for instance, might
Involve lands owned by private
Individuals.
Eventually the Heppner Ran
ger district will have summer
home sites in organized areas
available to the public. At the
present time their are only two
private summer homes in the
district, and they will not be
permitted to remain after their
leases expire in 1965 and 1970
respectively. Policy is now for
such summer homes to be lo
cated together at one organized
site and not to permit them to
be scattered through the nat
lonal forest area.
Boardman Area
Ripped by Winds
BOARDMAN Winds of cyclone
force tore through the west end
of the Boardman project about
7 p.m. Monday evening, uproot
ing some 50 trees and doing
other property damage.
At the Roy Partlow farm on
the canal road two picture win
dows were blown out of the
front of the house, roofs were
torn off out buildings, and sev
eral trees were downed. At the
Charles Dillon place further
north of the canal nearly 20 trees
were downed, and a small build
ing being used for sleeping
quarters near a trailer house,
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Dillon, was smashed flat. A car
nearby was also smashed by a
falling tree.
Had the storm happened a
few hours later, more tragic re
sults might have resulted as
teenage Jimmie Dillon would
have been sleeping in the small
building. Other farms had many
trees down. The east end had
very little wind, nor did the town
of Boardman. Rain accompanied
the storm, and lightning started
at least two fires on the bomb
ing range. These were exting
uished by rain and navy person
nel. Electric power was off on the
whole project and in the city,
too. The east end and town had
service restored by 9:35 p.m.,
but the west end did not get any
until 2 a.m. Umatilla Cooperative
crews from Hermiston worked to
restore service most of the night.
The temperature had been as
high as 102 degrees during the
day in town.
BACK-TO-SCHOOL
BELL RINGERS
BOYS' JEANS -
Lee's, Wranglers and Levis - $3.98 up
BOYS' SWEATERS and SHIRTS
Jantzen, $2.98 up
BOYS' BRIEFS and T-SHIRTS
Carter's, 89c and $1.00
GIRLS' CORDUROY COATS
$12.95 and $14.95
JANTZEN SKIRTS and SWEATERS
$7.98 up
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RIGID PHYSICAL training is a part of the life of members of the
U. S. Forest Service fire suppression crew. Here thev do some
"back busters" at Tupper Guard Station. At left is Roy Mesler and
at right is Kenneth Daggett, the latter of Heppner. In back
ground is Jerry Reeves, acting crew foreman. (G-T Photo)
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PROBABLY THE most comfortable of the three lookouts in the
Heppner district of the Umatilla National Forest is the Wheeler
Point lookout, which overlooks the John Day basin to the south.
It was built in 1960, stands 67 feet high and has spacious 15x15
ft. quarters at the top. (G-T Photo)
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is Tupper Guard station. This
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HOSPITAL
Tatients admitted to Pioneer
Memorial hospital for medical
care during the past week are
the following: Harry Coghill,
Condon; Mary Lindsay, lone;
Raymond Medlock, Hardman;
Sarah Strait, Heppner; Charles
Moore, Mayville, and Mildred
Winters, Heppner.
Those dismissed during this
same period are: Clara Gertson,
Heppner; Clarence Buchanan,
Heppner, transferred to Pendle
ton; Morris McCarl, Lexington;
Robert DeSpain. Arlington, and
Patricia Van Sehoiack, Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. James Montgom
ery of Condon are parents of a
6 lb., 12 oz. daughter, born Fri
day. August 9. The little girl
has been named Debara Lea.
An 8 lb., G oz. daughter was
born Monday August 12, to Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Bare of Con
don. She has been given the
name Teresa Marie.
Mr. and Mrs. Dun Failoni ol
Condon, are parents of an 8 lb.,
6 oz. daughter, Angela Kamilf.
She was born Thursday morn
ing, August 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Heliker,
lone, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Craves, Hardman, left today
(Thursday) for a month's va
cation trip uu the Alcan high
way, expecting to travel as far,
I north as Fairbanks, Alaska. i
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Parade to Offer
m in Prizes
Again This Year
(Continued lrom page 1)
sis, according to Randall Peter
son, who is in charge of the
judging: Theme, 30; design,
40; quality, 20; originality,
10.
Prizes for floats will be offer
ed in three divisions: juvenile
organizations, adult organiza
tions, and businesses, each re
ceiving prizes of $25, $15 and
$10 for first second and third.
In addition, the three first place
winners will compete for the
grand sweepstakes of $50.
The best float out of the coun
ty will receive a $15 first prize,
and the second best will receive
a $10 second prize.
Other prizes offered in the pa
rade are as follows: Best riding
club $35, first, $20, second; best
family group (mounted), $7.50;
best mounted cowgirl, $7.50; best
mounted cowboy, $7.50; oldest
cowboy, $5; oldest cowgirl, $5;
best comic, $10.
Bands, $15, first, $10 second;
boats, $7.50, first $5, second; cars
(oldest and best shape), $10, first,
$7.50, second; surreys, $7.00 first,
$3.50 second.
It is not necessary to submit
entry in advance of the parade
to compete for a prize, but it
may be helpful to call Peterson
and inform him of entries to help
in planning for the parade.
County's Harvest
75 Per Cent Done;
Total Near Record
Grain harvest in Morrow coun
ty was estimated by Al Lamb,
manager of Morrow County
Grain Growers, to be 75 per cent
completed by early this week.
"It is one of our better years,
he said. "The total will be a
near record."
In the northern part of the
county the harvest is virtually
complete, and the North Lex
ington and McNab elevators
have been closed. All the rest
of the MCGG elevators, however,
are still in operation.
Some growers in the southern
nnrt- nf tho rnimtv were- iust
starting last week but probably
most oi tne laie ones are wen
along by now.
Onnlitu nf thp train anDears
good on the average, Lamb said.
No figures are available yet
on the total yield but they will
hp rnmnilpri within A few weeks.
and it is expected that they will
show that the county is close to
a record harvest. i
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HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES,
Coach Sutherland
To Issue Suits
August 23 and 24
"nach Jim Sutherland, Hepp
ner High football mentor, has
sounded the first call for prac
tice and announces that he will
issue suits to aspirants on Fri
day and Saturday, August 23 and
24, from 2 until 4 p.m.
Lettermen are to report on
August 23 for their gear and
non-lettermen are asked to be
on hand during the afternoon of
August 24.
The coach will start practice
on Monday, August 26, at 10
a.m.
Thirteen lettermen are expec
ted back, and the coach looks
for as good a year as the Mus
tangs had last year. A good
carryover from the strong jay
vees of last year is expected to
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Thursday. August 15, 1963
bring the turnout for the season
to about 50 candidates.
First game of the season will
be Enterprise again, this time
there on September 13, a non
conference fray.
First home game will be on
Friday, September 27, with Uma
tilla as the opposition.
First full-game scrimmage un
der the lights will be Saturday,
September 7.
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