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LIBRARY U OF 0 E 'J G E N F , 80th Year Number 51 Directors Music TT rrn rrrv tt 1 14 II II I lJ II II IV ii 111 1 Award mit 'mQ oom Bid riMi Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 20, 1964 Appraisal Of Wheat Lands Eyed Reappraisal of wheat and range lands in Morrow county was discussed at a meeting in the courthouse last Thursday with Bill Johnson and Bob Fielder, Appraisers, in charge. Johnson opened the meeting and Fielder discussed various aspects of the subject. Seven members of the county's wheat-range committee were present, including Dick Krebs, Ken Smouse, D. O. Nelson, Paul Hisler, Dick Wilkinson, Frank Anderson and Paul Tews. O. W. Cutsforth, Jr., the eighth mem ber was absent. Others in attendance were Assessor Rod Thomson, Oliver Creswick, Ken Peck, N. C. An derson, Judge Oscar Peterson, O. W. Cutsforth, Sr., Paul Jones, Earl Sorensen, farm supervisor of the State Tax Commission, and Art Jenkins, State Tax Com mission, working in Gilliam county. Fielder explained the purpose of reappraisal: 1. to equalize value between like properties. 2. to equalize value between types of properties. 3. to equalize value between areas. He said that appraisal is made on market value according to law as ' the highest price in terms of money which a property bring if exposed for sale in the open market, allowing a reason able length of time to find a purchaser who buys with know ledge of all the uses to which it is adapted and for which it is capable of being used." The different value classes for different types of land were dis cussed. It was brought out that the market values on these class es is not definitely fixed, and another meeting with the com mittee will be held within the next two or three weeks to con sider the matter farther. Basic wheat land classes here will be those of Class III and IV, with values tentatively set at $125 and $80 per acre with plus and minus variations. Recent sales of land were also discussed at the meeting. Fielder also described the methods of appraisal (improve ments and land), and the need for a new appraisal. The meeting evoked consid erable discussion among those present and lasted for approxi mately four hours. It is expected that reappraisal of wheat and range lands will start right after the next meeting of the commit tee. Fielder will do most of this work. Now underway in the county is a reappraisal of farm lands in the northern part of the county. Committee Formed For College Support Formation of a Morrow Coun ty committee of Colleges for Ore gon's Future, a statewide organ ization for creating better under standing of the- significance of higher educaton to the future of Oregon and its citizens, was in itiated Tuesday at a meeting in the Gilliam and Bisbee building. George Diel, assistant direc tor of public services from the office of the Chancellor of the State System of Higher Educa tion, and Ralph Steetle, director divisional relations of the State System, were present to imple ment the organization and lell of its purposes. Mrs. Nels (Esther) Anderson was elected chairman of the Morrow county committee and Frank Anderson was chosen vice chairman. Others present at the organiza tion meeting were Bob Abrams, Esther Kirmis, Hillard Brown, Gordon Pratt, Mrs. Douglas (Grace) Drake, and Wes Sher man. The state College for Oregon's Future committee is headed by former governor Charles Sprague, who has outlined a 2-fold pur pose: 1. To serve as a continuing, active lay group to provide more comprehensive public under standing of the higher education requirements of Oregon youth, Speaker to Talk on Bad Checks Paul Jones, a deputy in the office of the Umatilla county sheriff, will speak at the reg ular meeting of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce in the Wagon Wheel Cafe Monday on the subject of bad checks. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said that Jones has specialized in criminal work on bad checks and has become an expert on the subject. He said this sub ject should be of particular in terest to local businesses be cause of the number of bad checks which have been passed here recently. Students Propose City Cleanup Day As Civic Project With the idea of "doing some thing for the community," Hepp- ner High school students have offered to stage a "cleanup" day in Heppner at a date to be cho sen. Lee Padberg, chairman of a committee from the student council, proposed the idea at the Monday Chamber of Commerce meeting, and it met wtih wel come and grateful response. In telling of the plan, Padberg said that any cleanup work felt needed around town could be done on the day set aside with out charge. He stressed that this is not a "money raising" plan, and the students are volunteer ing their services as an express ion of appreciation to the com munity. President Al Lamb said the Chamber of Commerce welcomed the idea and would be happy to cooperate with the students. In the past, the Chamber of Commerce has staged a spring cleanup day and has offered prizes for the most improvement shown. President Lamb turned the matter over to the merchants' committee, which previously has had charge of the spring clean up, to coordinate plans and work out a date with the students. Padberg was introduced by Principal Gordon Pratt. Hillard Brown told the mem bers that 35 school pupils from Portland will visit here on April 25 under a plan -sponsored by the Morrow County Wheat growers' association. The pupils all eighth graders, will visit farms as guests of local farm families. Brown asked the Chamber to provide someone to welcome them here and tell them some thing about Heppner, Morrow county and the surrounding area. President Lamb asked Pratt, the responsibilities, challenges and needs of higher education thereof to the future of the State of Oregon aid its citizens. 2. In keeping with the intent of the CFOF state committee, the immediate concern of the county committee is directly re lated to the bond measure which will be voted on at the May election. The measure will ask for a bond issue' of $30,000,000 of which $25,000,000 would be for higher education projects and $5,000,000 for community college projects. The measure was auth orized by the 1963 legislature and will be on the ballot at the time of the primary election, May 15. Leaders of CFOF point out that although some informational as sistance can be provided by high er education, the role of advo cate in issues which are related to the education of our youth and benefits thereof to the state can best be, and should be, per formed by dedicated lay citizens who are well informed. The small group assembled Tuesday discussed some of the increasing enrollments in state problems facing higher educa tion and considered the rapidly institutions of higher education. It was decided to proceed with the committee organization, and Mrs. Anderson was chosen to (Continued; on page 8) JUL JJ Merchants To Stage Geo. Washington Sale My as youth activities chairman, to be responsible for this duty. At the meeting, Orville Cuts forth asked the Chamber to sup port a request to the county court that the road to the Ar buckle Ski area be cleared. He said that he had attempted to clear it with his own rig Sunday, but it broke down. Cutsforth said that if it were cleared of snow once, it probably would hold for the rest of the season. Many are using the ski area on the week-ends, he said. The Chamber approved a mo tion to send a delegation to the county court meeting Wednes day and ask for the road to be cleared. Columbia Basin Loan Approved The Rural Electrification Ad ministration has approved a loan to Columbia Basin Electric Co-op of Heppner in the amount of $976,000, according to a telegram from Senators Wayne Morsa, Maurine Neuberger and Rep. Al Ullman to the Gazette-Times. The loan is to finance the con struction of 127 miles of distri bution line to serve 98 new con sumers, six miles of high line to make extensive improvements, and acquisitions from Pacific Power and Light Company of 90 miles of distribution line and related facilities serving 831 Pa cific Power and Light consumers. This loan expedites the ex change of power facilities be tween Columbia Basin and Pa cific Power and Light. Hearings on the proposed exchange were held in Heppner and Condon re cently and decision is now pend ing by the State Public Utility Commission. Episcopal Bishop Coming Sunday Rt. Rev. Lane W. Barton, Bend, bishop of Eastern Oregon and diocesan of the Missionary dis trict of the Episcopal church, will make his annual visit to All Saints' Episcopal church Sun day, February 23, for confirma tion services at 10:00 a.m. Father C. Bruce Spencer will present a large class of children and adults for the Sacrament of Holy Communion and Laying of Hands, with Bishop's blessing. Confirmation in the church is the act of confirming baptismal vows after instruction, and made in the presence of the Bishop and the congregation. The congrega tion is urged to be present for the services. WEATHER By LEONARD GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. 45 22 52 30 .05 45 32 .04 45 37 48 36 55 27 48 23 Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday George Washington's birthday is Saturday, February 22, and marking this event will be Hepp ner's annual George Washing ton Birthday Sale. Special bargains and hot buys are offered by many merchants, and a wide variety of them are listed in advertisements in this paper. Page five is devoted to these specials, and other ads list bargains throughout this issue. Ed Dick, chairman of the mer chants committee of the Cham ber of Commerce, says that park ing meters will be hooded Sat urday, eliminating charge for parking for those who come to shop. Copies of this paper are being sent to the Kinzua, Spray and Monument areas as samples to invite folks in those areas who are interested to come and shop for the day. . The merchants committee met Wednesday and laid plans for other promotional events through the year, including Spring Open ing on March 20-21 with Chair man Dick in charge of the event; Spring Festival to be in April with Randall Peterson in charge; a Mothers Day promotion in May with Jim Myers in charge; Fath er's Day promotion in June; an other special event to be de termined in July; Back to School promotion in August; Hunting Season event In September; an other special event in October and Christmas Opening in late November. Bob Henry, Clint McQuarrie and Ed Gonty were designated as a committee to check on the poss ibility of holding a Sidewalk Sale here sometime in the summer. Dick Enters Plea In Circuit Court Kemp Dick of Heppner plead ed innocent to a charge of tak ing an auto without authority when he appeared in Morrow County Circuit court Friday. He had been indicted secretly by the county grand jury earlier the same day. Dick is accused of taking an auto belonging to Vaughn Waite on November 12, 1963. He posted $1000 bail in circuit court with Judge William W. Wells. Date of trial has not been set. Mustangs Face Crucial Game In Final League Title Chase It should be an interesting week-end, win or lose, for the Heppner High basketball squad as it entertains the Pilot Rock Rockets in its final leauge game of the season. The Mustangs defeated the Rockets in an earlier encounter this year and will try to turn the trick again Friday nignt when the two teams face off on the Heppner court. The Rockets are still smarting from the pasting they took fr-n the Grant Union and Burns lives on their last outings and will be in an ugly mood this Friday. The game is a must for the Horsemen. They must win the scrap in able to claim at least a share of the western division Greater Oregon loop crown. Should they lose the encounter, the Mustangs stand a chance of finishing as low as third in the league As of this writing, the Mus tangs are deadlocked atop the league with the Sherman Hus kies. Both teams sport identical 7-2 records in league play. The Huskies will play the Rockets Saturday evening and they too must win in order to stay In contention for the title. There are many Interesting possibilities that depend on the outcome of this final week of regular action. Here are some of the possibil ities. Should Pilot Rock defeat Heppner and Sherman in succes sion and if Burns should topple Grant Union in their Friday game, the league will be in a three-way tie for the champion ship with Heppner, Sherman and Burns sharing the honors. Should Heppner and Burns both win and Sherman lose, then 10c copy Candidates Enter Race For Justice Three candidates have filed for the non-partisan office of justice of the peace, Heppner dis trict, according to information from the office of Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk. They are Mrs. Arnold (Avon) Melby, who filed on February 13, William James (Jim) Devine, who filed on February 17; and the Rev. Earl Soward, who filed Wednesday, February 19. Each of the three seeks the position now held by Oliver Creswick, who was appointed by Governor Mark Hatfield to fill the vacancy left by the death of J. O. Hager. The candidates will run on the nonpartisan ballot and election will be at the time of the pri mary, May 15, since no runoff between parties is necessary. All three candidates are well known here. Mrs. Melby is wife of the Heppner Hieh school band director and instrumental music instructor and works pait time for the East Oregonian and other daily papers. The Rev. Soward has lived in Heppner for 13 years and is form er pastor of the Heppner Christ ian church. He is now supply pastor of the Lexington Christ ian church. Devine lives on a small place south of Heppner on the Condon highway and is employed by Lexington Implement Company. He formerly was employed by Tri-County Equipment Co. Two other recent filings were Dick Krebs, Republican, and Joe Tatone, Democrat, for port com mission. Other earlier filings for the commission were Al Lamb, Democrat, Dewey West, Repub lican, and Ron Turner, Repub lican. Tatone is the lone candidate for a 2-year term. There are three 4-year positions open. Thus, if no more file on the Republi can ticket, all three Republi cans will be nominated, and if no more than three file for 4 year terms on the Democratic ticket, all present candidates will be nominated. The winners, then, would be decided at the Novem ber election. If Tatone is the lone candidate for the 2-year term, he will be elected. Burns and Sherman will meet in a playoff to determine the sec ond and third place teams. If Sherman and Burns win their games and Heppner should lose its game then the Mustangs and inlanders would have to play the Burns club to deter mine the second and third place winners In the league. If Heppner and Burns lose while Sherman is winning, then the Huskies will finish in the first position, the Mustangs in second and the inlanders In third. If Heppner should win while Burns and Sherman are losing, then the Mustangs will Heppner will be the champ and I Players Dropped From Heppner High's hopes for league and district basketball championships took a severe blow Wednesday when six players were suspended from the squad for the rest of the year in action by Principal Gordon Pratt with concurrence by the school's entire coach ing staff. The six include four of five starters In recent games. In the group are Lee Padberg, Ken Wright, David Anderson, Dave George, Stuart Dick and Doug Dubuque. The players were dropped for an infraction of training rules that occurred on last week-end's trip to John Day and Burns. All six admitted being involved in drinking beer at a motel following the game with Grant Union, which they won. According to a report by Coach Bob Cantonwine, the in cident happened after 2:30 The Timber Company of Herm iston, low bidder, was awarded contract for completion of music rooms in the new Heppner High school building at a special meeting of the board of direc tors of District R-l Tuesday night. The low bid was $18,469. Two Irvin Mann Files For 28th District Legislative Post Irvin Mann, Jr., 45, Stanfield rancher, filed in Salem today (Thursday) for the Republican nomination as representat i v e from the 28th Legislative Dis trict which consists of Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler, Sherman and Umatilla counties. Mann, a former Port of Uma tilla Commissioner, past presi dent of the Oregon Cattleman's association and pioneer cattle feeder, had announced his in tenlion to file last month. "Re-arrangement of Oregon's fiscal structure will be an essen tial task of the next legislature. With eastern Oregon's repre sentation decimate by re-apportionment, it will be a challeng ing task requiring all the fore bearance and wisdom we can muster for eastern Oregon leg islators to see that as the tax base is broadened, our area is treated fairly," Mann said. "Bo cause property is bearing too great a share of the burden, I am sure we are generally agreed in eastern Oregon that new bases of taxation must be found." "I am acutely aware that I am asking to be elected to serve five counties and not just one," he continued. "I see no conflict of interest between the five coun ties. I do know, however, that each of the counties has prob lems peculiar to itself. As presi dent of the Oregon Cattleman's Association, I covered this area intensively and am well aware of many of these local prob lems." Mann was born in Pendleton, received his . grade and high school education In Adams, and attended the University of Ore gon's schools of journalism and law from 1936 to 1942. He is a non-practicing member of the Oregon Bar Association. Mann and his wife, the former Peggy Lee Reavls, have five children. His father, Irvin Mann of Adams, represented Umatilla county in the 1954 session of the legislature until his death in 1957. Irvin Mann, Sr. was one of the original members of the Umatilla Port Commission who served on the commission from the time of its inception until 1954'. finish in first and the Huskies in second. Another interesting possibility is that if Heppner and Sherman both win, they will have to play off for the championship of the league. That would be the fourth meeting between the. two teams this season. If the teams come to a show down for the league title, they will both go to the district play off in La Grande, March 6 and 7. If this is the case, it Is poss ible that they could meet again in the championship or consol ation round of the district meet. Almost any way you look at it, it appears that Heppner hasn't seen the last of the Huskies yet. Mustang Squad a.m., long after coaches had believed they were asleep for the night. The matter did not come to the attention of school authorities until this week, and after the boys admitted their implication in the affair, Prin cipal Pratt suspended them with the concurrence of Coach es Cantonwine, Jim Suther land, Pete Glennie and Don McClure. The team lost its game with Burns Saturday night follow ing the incident. Principal Pratt said that the school is investigating the possibility of filing a com plaint against an adult alleg edly involved in giving the beer to the players. Heppner High had been rated high in A-2' polls all through the season, and until this in cident occurred had shown the best possibility of becoming a state tournament team In recent years. other bids were submitted with the high being $19,088. The Tim ber Company is the firm that constructed me nign school building. . It is expected that work will start soon, and it is figured that it 'will take about two months to' complete. Included will be a larce band room, a room fnr storage of instruments, two sep arate practice rooms, and office that can also be used as a prac tice room, and a hallway to the rest of the school building. Bids on the iob were releoted at an earlier call, but revisions of the heating system made It possible for the lower bids. Runt. Wayne Brubacher said. Also discussed at the special meeting were pros and cons nn the high school vocational shop. rreseiu to discuss advantages and disadvantages of placing me snop unaer the school gym nasium, where a large space s available, were Leonard Kunz- man, state supervisor of aeri. cultural education, State Depart ment or Education, and Leno Chrlstensen. teacher-trainer, ntr. ricultural mechanics, Ore g o n State University. The board made au decision on me matter. A letter was read from Ar. buckle Ski club, pointing out mat me ciud nad decided that it could not accept the house for razing because of lack of iinances. The board wont on record no allotting a maximum of $2000 towards getting water through from the city mains through a pump and to the practice play ing neiu ior a sprinkling sys tem witn me stipulation that it will later decide on an approp riate sprinkling system. Howard Cleveland, chairman of a sub. committee, was given authority to proceed with plans towards development of the system to me maximum approved. One-Act Drama Awards Given At Heppner High "Drag Race," a drama of teen agers in court, won the best play award as one of three one-act plays presented by the drama department of Honnncr hlrrh school In the multi-mirnose room Thursday night. About 200 persons turned out to view the three plays. "Bevond tho Dnnr " a mystery; "Why I am a Bach elor," a comedy; and "Drag Race," a drama. The winnlnc olav will ho nrp. sented at the One. Art Plnv Poo. tival at Pacific University in Fnr. est Grove on March 7. Students in the play will make the trip to Forest Grove along with Mrs. Janet Groves, drama and English Instructor at Heppner High. High schools from all over the state will enter the competit ion at the festival. Some of the original cast mem bers of the play will be unable to make the trip to the festival because of the district basket ball tournament in La Grande and college entrance exams In Pendleton on the same week-end. Others have been chosen to take their parts in the play. Those who will make the trip are Doug Anderson, Marcia Rand, Nancy Cleveland, Daryl Dick, Larry Muessig, Tana Val entine, Bill Sherman and Vickl Barratt. Those in the original cast who have other commit ments and are unable to make the trip are Leo Padberg, Mary Johnson, Dean Robinson and Karen McCurdy. Also the winners of the in dividual prizes for performan ces during the evening have been announced. There were ties for both the title of best actor and best actress. Larry Muessig and David Clark finished in a deadlock for the title of best actor. Clark won support for his performance In "Drag Race," while Muessig was acclaimed for his role of Alger non in the "Why I am a Bach elor." Nancy Cleveland and Marcia Rand tied for the best actress award. Miss Cleveland portrayed the part of a crazed lady in "Beyond the Door." Miss Rand was outstanding as Henrietta in "Why I am a Bachelor." Karen McCurdy, who was out standing as Mrs. Rush in "Drag Race," was chosen as the best supporting actress. Doug Anderson played the part of a lecturer in "Why I Am a Bachelor" and was awarded the title of best supporting actor for his fine individual effort. Mrs. Groves stated this week that the students are continuing to work on the play to polish it for the presentation at the contest next month.
