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Power Exchange
Hearings Arouse
Some Objections
Hearings held by the Oregon
Public Utility Commissioner at
Condon and Heppner this week
on the proposed exchange of
electric utilities between Col
umbia Basin Electric Co-op and
Pacific Power and Light Com
pany brought out six who pro
tested the change, all appear
ing at the Condon hearing.
Under the plan, electrical sys
tems at PP&L in Heppner, lone,
Lexington, Condon and Fossil
would be purchased by Columbia
Basin and the private utility
would be given exclusive terri
tory In the Boardman industrial
park.
At the Heppner hearing Wed
nesday, only P. W. Mahoney, at
torney, filed for an appearance
"as an interested party," other
than the three who testified for
Pacific Power and the five who
appeared on behalf of Columbia
Basin Electric.
Mahoney asked questions in
cross-examination of Columbia
Basin witnesses relative to taxes
which the cooperative has agreed
to pay the counties involved to
make up the difference between
those paid as ad valorem taxes
by Pacific Power and the lesser
sum paid as 2 of gross revenue
by the cooperative. The addit
ional, based on the 1963-64 tax
year, would be approximately
$13,500, spread over the three
counties, of which Morrow would
receive more than $5000.
Mahoney asked Harley Young,
Columbia Basin manager, if
there is a legal requirement that
that coopertaive pay the tax dif
ference. The reply was, "No."
The attorney asked President
Walter Jaeger of the cooperative
if the board's action to contrib
ute the difference in taxes to the
counties could not be rescinded
at any time by board action
within the two years that they
have agreed to pay the differ
ential. Jaeger replied that the
board could rescind the action.
The question was also asked
whether the board would vote
to continue to make up the differ
ence after the two-year period.
Jaeger went on record for him
self, stating that he would vote
to continue the plan, but said
that present directors felt that
they did not want to bind future
boards to the policy and there
fore, set the two-year period.
The Heppner hearing, which
started at 10 a.m. Wednesday,
lasted 2 hours, much shorter
than the 7-hour session in Con
don Tuesday. At the Condon
hearing, those who appeared as
protestants were M. Snell
Weatherford, Olex farmer; Bruce
Mercer, mayor of Condon; Leslie
J. Marks, Wheeler county exten
sion agent, and vice president
of the Fossil Community club;
William Steiwer, Fossil farmer;
and Roy Urie, Condon jeweler
and electric repairman. Most of
their objections centered on tax
questions.
Those who appeared for the
two concerns involved brought
out the same testimony at each
hearing. In several cases, some
of the testimony which had been
entered as a matter of record
at Condon was not repeated at
the Heppner hearing but written
copies of the testimony was
made available to any who
wished to review it.
Testimony brought out before
Robert Welch and Louis Green
berg, Public Utility Commission
examiners, was to the effect that
electric rates will remain the
same and present tax rates will
prevail for at least the two year
period if the proposed exchange
is effected.
President Jaeger of Columbia
Basin said, "PP&L customers
served by the cooperative will
continue paying the same rates
they paid to PP&L, and the co
op customers will continue pay
ing the same rates they do now."
It was brought out that the
cooperative will pay the addit
ional taxes to the counties as a
"tax displacement donation."
Testifying on behalf of Pa
cific Power at the hearings were
Albert Bauer, vice president and
general manager; Corbett Mc
Lean, supervisor of electrical en
gineering; and Bruce Pearson,
assistant treasurer. Legal coun
sel for PP&L was Robert F. Harr
ington. Representing Columbia Basin
Electric were President Jaeger;
Robert Welty, consulting engin
eer; Thomas B. Hayes of Cor
nell, Howland, Hayes and Merry
field, engineers; Manager Harley
Young and Secretary Jack Hynd.
Raymond M. Kell of Portland
acted as legal counsel for the
cooperative.
Donald Howe appeared as at
torney for the Public Utility
Commission.
Bauer said that the exchange
will mean that 2000 customers
of PP&L will be transferred to
Columbia Basin, and 60 of the
cooperative's customers will be
served by the private utility.
He said that there are no liens
on the PP&L system and said
that no employees would be dis
charged as a result of the ex
change. The Federal Power Com
mission has approved the ex
change as being in the public
interest. Bauer said that he felt
the step would be "towards max
imum utility of the electrical
facilities involved."
In summarizing testimony giv
en in Condon Tuesday, Attorney
Kell pointed out the present
PP&L customers would become
members of the cooperative with
the payment of their first bills
after the exchange. The cooper
ative has also agreed to add one
representative to the board of
directors from each of the cities
over 500 population to be served,
he said. This would include Fos-
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Roy Tabor Dies
From Leukemia
In Midwest City
Roy Tabor, 43, former resi
dent of Heppner, lost his battle
with leukemia and died Mon
day, January 20, in Spring Val
ley, Minn. He had taken treat
ment at a clinic near there.
Tabor left Heppner last year
after serving as engineering aide
(field engineer) for the Heppner
Soil Conservation district for
seven years. After leaving here
last July, he returned to nerm
iston, where he had first worked
with the soil conservation dis
trict from June 20, 1954, to
March 25, 1956.
It was while he was at Herm
iston late last year that he be
came ill and went east for 'treat
ment. Friends realized at the
end of the year that his condition
was grave.
Funeral services were today
(Thursday) at 2 p.m. at Jorris
Funeral Home, Spring Valleyi
His wife, Becky, and family,
Brenda, Roy Jr., Karen and Allen
were with him at the time of
his death.
Mr. Tabor was born Septem
ber 11, 1920, and had 22 years
of service with soil conservation
districts. He was reared on a
stock-grain ranch near Billings,
Mont, and was educated in Mon
tana schools. First work with the
conservation service was in
North Dakota. He took advanced
engineering courses given at San
Luis Obispo, Calif., for conser
vation technicians.
While in Heppner, Mr. Tabor
acted as Santa Claus at Christ
mas events and filled the role
well, giving considerable joy to
local children. He leaves many
friends here.
Mrs. Tabor, whose home was
in North Dakota in her youth,
may choose to remain there now.
Flood Survivor
Dies in Portland
Harry E. Warren, 95, a sur
vivor of the Heppner flood of
1903, died early Saturday, Jan
uary 18, in Emanuel hospital,
Portland. He had been ill for
only a short time.
Mr. Warren had lived with his
son, Harry C. Warren, in Lake
Grove and with a sister in Long
Beach, Calif., alternately for the
past 10 years.
An Oregon pioneer, he was
born near Jefferson December 22,
1868, and soon afterward moved
with his family to Heppner
where he became owner of a
drug store. His father, William
Warren, at one time operated a
livery stable here and was the
Heppner mortician.
His mother, the former Mary
Terhune, came to Oregon in a
covered wagon as a small girl.
Missionary Billed
For Youth Meeting
Dr. Clifford Weare of Burns,
formerly a medical missionary
to the Congo, will be principal
speaker at a community-wide
Youth Week proeram in he
Methodist church here on Sun
day, February 2, at 7 p.m.
Accompanying Dr. Weare will
be his high school age children.
They will show slides and tell
of their experiences in Africa.
The meeting is under the spon
sorship of the newly-formed
Christian Youth Council and all
young people of the area are
invited. Youth Week will be ob
served from January 26 through
February 2.
March of Dimes Benefit Events Billed
SOth Year
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 23, 1964
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ARLETA McCABE
DALE VAN BLOKLAND
Two Are Chosen
To Attend State
4-H Convention
Arleta McCabe, 17, lone, and
Dale Van Blokland, 16, Heppner,
were chosen as Morrow county's
delegates to the Oregon 4-H Con
ference (Know Your State Gov
ernment) in Salem on February
16-18 by the 4-H Awards Com
mittee when they met on Jan
uary 14. .
Each county is allowed to send
one outstanding boy and girl to
visit the state capitol each year
to see the government in action
and provide incentive for young
people to become more interested
and active in their state and
local governments. Their visit
is sponsored by Sears Roebuck
Foundation and the 4-H Club
Foundation, according to Esther
Kirmis, Morrow county exten
sion agent.
Delegates must be over 16
years of age, at least a junior
in high school and completed
at least three years of club work.
There were 21 eligible in the
county and five submitted their
applications for the conierence.
Arleta, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl McCabe. is in her
ninth year of 4-H work. She has
carried projects in iooag ana
clothing. Last year she was Mor
row county's delegate to the
State Fair Style Revue accord
ing to Miss kirmis.
Dale, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Van Blokland, is in his
eighth year of 4-H club work,
has carried many types of live
stock and has been in a health
and electricity club. He placed
reserve champion in The Dalles
Livestock Show in 1963 with his
beef, Miss Kirmis reports.
Both Arleta and Dale have
been to 4-H Summer School and
were camp counsellors at the
Morrow county 4-H camp, the
agent says.
Mrs. Walter Wright, Bernard
Doherty, Heppner; and Mrs. Max
Jones, Irrlgon, served on the 4-H
Awards Committee.
Judge Attends
Juvenile Meet
County Judge Oscar Peterson
was in Portland two days last
week attending a juvenile court
work conference, sponsored by
the Oregon Juvenile Court Judges
association and the National
Council of Juvenile Court Judges.
The meeting was at the Hilton
Hotel.
One of the principal speakers
was Judge Joseph Felton of Sa
lem, who is now president of the
National council. Morning sess
ion Thursday was devoted to ad
dresses on various phases of juv
enile work, and the afternoon
and Friday sessions were devo
ted to seminar meetings with
participation by all present.
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Sen. Musa
On Taxes
Cut in education funds that
followed the defeat of the state
tax program last October will be
felt in 1964-65 in local school
districts, Senator Ben Musa of
The Dalles, president of the state
senate, told an audience of about
40 persons who assembled at the
Lexington Grange hall Tuesday
night at a Morrow County Farm
Bureau meeting.
Sen. Musa was one of three
speakers on the program, the
other two being Lou Norris, Farm
Bureau tax and legislative af
fairs director, and Harold Beach,
Oregon Farm Bureau president.
Sen. Musa ' declared that
"fancy frills" must be cut out
of education. :
"We must cut the pattern to
fit the cloth, rather than to
stretch the cloth," he said.
He discussed types of taxes
that had been considered by the
last regular session the net re
ceipts tax that would be on (he
gross incomes of about 80 of
the people, but labor is against
this tax; the sales tax, which
found too many kinds suggested;
and the cigarette tax.
None of these were passed by
the legislature, but a tax bill
was approved and then was re
ferred by initiative petition. The
bill had three good parts, Sen.
Musa said: 1. It had a realistic
capital gains tax. 2. It provided
medical deductions for the aged.
3. It improved the position of
single persons with dependents
After it was voted down in
October, it was apparent that
there would "not be enough
money for the state's proposed
budget. The alternative was sim
pie, the senator suggested, "If
you don't have the money, you
Lamb, West File
For Commission
Al Lamb, Democ rat,
Dewey West, Republican,
and
have
filed their candidacy for the port
commission of Morrow county
Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk
said Thursday. Both men are in
cumbents and seek an addition
al term.
Petitions for two others for the
May primary elections are out
but have not been completed
as yet. They are both county
officials, Sylvia McDaniel, Re
publican, for treasurer, and
Walter Hayes, Republican, for
commissioner. Hayes was only
recently appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Milton Biegel
who resigned to move to Pen
dleton.
Other previous filings in the
county were those of Mrs. Par
rish, Democrat, as clerk, and C.
J. D. Bauman, Republican, for
sheriff. Both are incumbents in
office.
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President Lamb Announces
'64 Chamber Committees
Committees of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce were appointed re
cently by Al Lamb, president for
1964.
They are as follows:
Merchants Ed Dick, chair
man, Randall Peterson, Elma
Harshman, Jim Myers, Ed Gon
ty, Bob Henry, Clint McQuarrie.
Development Oliver Creswick,
chairman, Oscar Peterson, Al
Lamb, J. J. Farley, Harry O'Don
nell, Gene Pierce, Herb Hynd,
Elmer Schmidt, Kenneth Peck.
Awards Recognition Dr. C. M.
Wagner, chairman, Dr. Wallace
Wolff, Dr. Archie McMurdo.
Rodeos, parades Elmer
Schmidt, chairman, Fred Gimbel,
Orville Cutsforth, Bert Huff,
Jim Farley, Terry Thompson,
Randall Ptterson.
Legislative Herman Winter,
chairman, Bob Abrams, Paul
Jones, Wayne Brubacher, Oscar
Peterson.
Program Avon Melby, chair
man, Harley Young, Jack Bed
ford, Wes Sherman.
Christmas Lighting Avon
Melby, chairman, Orville Cuts
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at Meeting
don't spend it."
Legislative leaders and the
governor agreed that a special
session would have to cut all
parts of the budget equally to
be fair to all.
Taxpayers Tnust decide this
question, the senator said, "Are
we willing to tax ourselves and
our neighbors to get some of the
things we have been used to
having, or will we cut our
wants?"
In considering the sales tax
question, the senator said that
the Oregonian poll recently
showed that 6 out of 10 answer
ing favored a sales tax. This
tax would have to raise about
$70 million annually and would
probably be at least 3. It would
have to be applied in conjunc
tion with income tax, he said.
He suggested that it is nec
essary to realize that the home
owner and farmers are captives
of the property tax and cannot
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Farm Committee
Talks Reappraisal
Members of a north end farm
committee, appointed through
the county assessor's office to
become oriented with plans and
methods of the farm reappraisal
program, now underway, met
Wednesday morning at Board
man to discuss the program.
Meeting with the group were
Assessor Rod Thomson; Bob
Fielder, who is in charge of farm
reappraisal in the county; and
Bill Johnson, who is doing most
of its reappraisal work in the
northern part of the county.
Serving on the committee are
Don Kenny, Batie Rand and E.
F. McDole, all of Irrlgon, and
Arnold Hoffman, Henry Ganten
bein and Bob Sicard, all of
Boardman.
Also attending were Nels An
derson, county agent; Dave Mc
Leod of the ASCS office; and
Clarence Nelson, Boa rdman
farmer.
Assessor Thomson opened the
meeting and Fielder and John
son explained the methods of
arriving at present day market
values based on recent sales in
the area.
The group freely discussed the
program, both pro and con. Field
er pointed out that values that
are on the present tax roll are
based on 1954 values.
Thomson pointed out that the
reappraisal program is required
by state law, which calls for
such a program every six years.
The meeting lasted for about
three hours. Another committee
on wheat and range lands will
meet in the near future to con
sider the farm reappraisal pro
gram. forth.
Banquest, picnic Hillard
Brown, chairman, Ralph Rich
ards, Nels Anderson, Oscar Pet
erson. Civil Defense C. J. D. Bau
man, chairman, Rod Murrey, Ol
iver Creswick, Dr. L. D. Tibbies.
Youth Activities Gordon Pratt,
chairman, Nona Sowell, Rev. Ken
Robinson, Bob Abrams.
Community Affairs Bob Ab
rams, chairman, Orville Cuts
forth, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Art Dyck.
Street Decorations Harley
Young, chairman, Fred Gimbel.
Wildlife, Natural Resources,
and Recreation Orville Cuts
forth, chairman, Dr. L. D. Tib
bies, Glen Ward, and U. S. For
est Service representative.
Publicity Wes Sherman, chair
man, Avon Melby.
Membership Bert Huff, chair
man, Wes Sherman, Pete Mc
Murtry. Special events Gene Pierce,
chairman, Lowell Gribble, Clint
McQuarrie.
Taxation Jim Farley, chair
man, Ed Dick, Oliver Creswick,
Terry Thompson.
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HEPPNER
10 cents
CARL BAUMAN,
tang forward
steady Mus-
Heppner to Play
Pilot Rock Five
There Friday Eve
Hoppner's fifth ranked Mus
tang cagers hit the road for one
game this week-end as they
travel to Pilot Rock Friday . to
meet the Rockets in their final
game of the first round of play
in the Greater Oregon basket
ball loop.
The Rockets are currently in
third place in the league with
a record of 2 wins and 1 defeat
and could give the Heppner club
a run to the wire.
Pilot Rock is a tall and fast
moving team which displays a
well-balanced attack. Several of
the Rockets are capable of hit
ting in double figures.
In their last outing, the Uma
tilla county club defeated Grant
Union's Prospectors by a count
of 82-52 to serve notice to others
in the conference that they are
a team with which to be reck
oned. The Friday game will be the
first meeting between the two
teams this season and it shapes
up to be a real thriller.
Meanwhile, the Mustangs have
shown in their last few games
that they are a real offense-conscious
club as they have hit the
twine with abandon to keep their
season's record at 11-1.
A recent addition to the Mus
tang squad is Ken Smith. Smith
hasn't found the range yet, but
it is felt that when he does it
will just add to the Mustang
point output,
Another player who has come
on strong in the past games is
Doug Dubuque, Mustang center,
whose rebounding and point
making talents have hit full
stride. Dubuque was out of the
lineup during the early part
of the season due to an injury
to his knee. Dubuque made the
crowd sit up and take notice
last week-end as he contin
ually swept the boards clean and
scored well.
In addition to the fifth place
rating in the Journal poll, the
Mustangs earned a sixth place
nod from the Oregonian poll
sters.
Many are just now looking in
the direction of the state tourney
for the Mustang cagers. The suc
cess thus far this season is rem
iniscent of the 53-55 basketball
years at Heppner High when the
Mustangs enjoyed the success oi
going to the state B tourney for
three years in a row.
Democrats Slate
February 5 Meet
Delegates from Morrow coun
ty to the state pre-primary Dem
ocratic convention in Corvallis
will be chosen at a meeting of
the Democratic party at the old
library building in the city hall
on Thursday, January 30, at 8
p.m., Al Lamb, central commit
tee chairman, announces.
At the same time the group
will discuss candidates for the
forthcoming primary election.
The public Is invited to the
meeting.
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Hoop Game
Pits College
Vs. MCGG
Baketball stars of present and
past will strut their stuff for the
benefit of the March of Dimes
here in a game to be played
Thursday night, January 30, at
7 p.m. in the new Heppner High
school gymnasium.
The contest will pit the Blue
Mountain Community college
team against the Morrow Coun
ty Grain Growers, an outfit com
posed of former college and high
school basketball stars, Pete
Glennie, drive chairman for the
March of Dimes, states,
The game will be one of sev
eral events supporting the cam
paign. On Tuesday night, Jan
uary 28, through arrangement
with Glen Ward and Shorty Hud
son a skating party will be held
in the Morrow County Roller
Rink with all proceeds going to
the March of Dimes. The two
men have donated use of the rink
for that night and high school
classes are in competition to see
who can get the most out for
the cause. Regular skating ad
mission prices will prevail.
The 7 p.m. time is set for the
Thursday night basketball game
in order that those with lodge
commitments and other con
flicts may attend.
The Blue Mountain college
team coached by Jerry Mosby
has been compiling a good rec
ord this year and includes two
former lone High school stars,
Wayne Hams and Tom Pointer.
Richard Watts, formerly of Riv
erside, Is also on the team. Since
the college Is young, all mem
bers of the basketball team are
sophomores or freshmen. Others
on the team are Larry Hodgon,
Tom Erickson, Ted Forsi and
Chuck Blackley, all of Pendleton;
Don Bloon, Jerry Voss and Kern
ble Tellefson, all of Hermiston;
Lynn Smith, Weston; Kip Clark,
Stanfield; and Jerry Huff, Echo.
Tallest man on the squad is
Erickson at 6-4, followed by
Tellefson at 6-3. Pointer and
Blackley are 6-2.
The game will be a case of
the oldsters versus the young
sters since , most of the MCGG
squad Is composed of veterans
of days gone by.
Ted Shadewltz, 6-2, present
Condon High coach and former
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Students Compete
In Dimes March;
Dance Scheduled
Competition is keen among
the four classes at Heppner High
these days as the students cam
paign to raise money for the
March of Dimes.
Each class nominated candi
dates to run for King and Queen
of a dance to be held at the
close of the present competition.
This dance will be held Friday
night, January 31, after the
Heppner Wahtonka basketball
game.
The class which raises the
most money during the three
week campaign will have the
pleasure of seeing its candi
dates crowned rulers of the
dance.
Last year, the students at the
high school raised $700 for the
March of Dimes and are out to
top that amount this year, ac
cording to Pete Glennie, county
March of Dimes chairman.
In order to promote their can
didates by raising money, the
members of the various classes
resort to many means. Such pro
jects as washing windows, wash
ing cars and holding cake auc
tions at basketball games and
other functions are undertaken
by the students with fervent ded
ication. This year a skating party Is
planned by one of the classes
as a means to make money for
this worthy cause.
Those candidates for this
year's edition of king and queen
in the present scramble are:
Seniors, Doug Dubuque and
Ginny Moore; juniors, Doug An
derson and Vicky Barratt; soph
omores, Mark Brown and Sandy
McDonald; and freshmen, Tony
Schiller and Verina French.
So if you go out into your
yard and find your son or daugh
ter auctioning off your auto, re
lax, It's all for a good cause.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 48 35 .04
Friday 45 32 .07
Saturday 44 29
Sunday 53 32 .07
Monday 42 26
Tuesday 44 27
Wednesday 44 25