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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 8, 1964
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Property tae ff all
iw-fl on the l'.i CD roll In Mor
row county ttal 1.274.XH)W.
according to figures released by
Awn Kol Thomson this ftk.
This It an Incrraw of 8KI over
the l'.3M roll of Il.i71j0-Ui.75.
he Mid.
Awwd value of the county
ctlmted to new high at
M.li;'M as compared with $16,
lOIJiA an Increase of H.'JtJ.'
XTJ. or 296. Principal rfwn
(r thta Increase n a II.MU.
( Increased valuation on farm
limU because of a 5uJ blanket
Increase. Thomson aald. Other
factor trulude JIM.OUJ valuation
placed on the iweing land lca
not before on the rolls; an In
create of Jo43.0" In public util
ities, because of the ratio t hang
from 19 to 2"t thta vcar; and
the Increase due to new con
strut lion.
Total true canh value of the
county Uet at pa.Sl I.T70 by
the aewior ai compared with
.7.4l7.4o( last year in-fore the
blankt-t Increase on farm prop
erty. Taxes for county purposes
how a pain of 3 00 , climbing
fnm .7'J,7X2 40 Ut car to
SJxm .220.70 for 1961 C5. or $a,-55-1
JO.
Taxra for county schools, how
ever, take G5.73 of the tax dol
lar for the coming year and
have cllmhed 7.40. going from
f77!.7W.6j to $x:r7.47ti 93, or an
Increase of 157.710.33.
Highest percentage gain on
taxes la that for the Blue Moun
tain Kducatlon district As a re
ault of the aerial levy approved
by votera for new buildings and
an Increased budget, the Increase
IS 113 1 17 over l kuiiik
to 1S.977.97 from J26.9tti.98. ThU
now takea 4 63 of the total
property tax In Morrow county.
As In other areaa. the Increase
In the tax load atcma from the
defeat laat fall of the atate tax
referendum, shifting aome state
baale school aupport back to the
county level; to Increased ex
emptions; and to Increased costs
of government.
Veterans and widows exemp
tlons this year climbed to $06,
&M from $60,730 last year. Sen
ior citteens exemptions, estab
lished for the first time for the
1964 65 fiscal year as a result
of action of the 1963 legtRlature,
are set at $23,715 In Morrow
county. There were none last
Because of the considerable
Increase In county valuation,
mlllagc levies In all code dis
tricts of the county are down
this year. However, the lower
levies In many cases will be ap
plied against higher property
valuations, and many taxpay
ers bills consqucntly will be
higher.
Highest mlllagc levy for tax
payers of any part of the county
Is that In Heppner at 72.5 al
though this Is down more than
10 mills from the 82.9 mills of
last year. The levy for city pur
poses alono In Heppner Is 13.8
as compared with 13.9 last year.
Lowest levy in any pan oi mc
county Is that In code district
10-2. outside lrrlgon, at 44.8.
Valuation of total personal
property In the county lor 1964
65 is placed at $2,676,245 as
compared with $2,691,990 In
1963-64. Of the total, merchan
dise and stock In trade (Inven
tory) Is set at $289,855, down
approximately $10,000 from last
year; furniture, fixtures and
equipment. $77,350 (up $1500);
farm machinery and equipment,
$1,054,320 (up $30,000); and
other machinery and equipment,
$385,985 (up $1600). Also includ
ed are horses and mules, $37,
110; cattle, $794,505; sheep and
goats, $30,875; swine. $8-40; poul
try, $2,875; and miscellaneous,
$2,530. All but swine and poul
try show an Increase In num
ber, cattle counted at 31,696 for
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM '
Weather report for the week
of October
1 through 7
is
follows:
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
HI
69
76
63
64
67
75
76
Low
37
32
30
34
37
40
47
Prec.
.10
Taxes
?ewmt
A3 as compared with 29.
Tti laat year, and horses and
mule going to 7V7 from 7Vt.
Value of the horses and mulrs
shows an Increase of over S-H.OHO
but despite the increase In num
ber, value of cattle shows a de
crease of ime m.OtW.
Thomnon Mates that tax
statements will be In the mall
on or tcfore October 15. Accom
par.ylng them will be complete
tax summaries which show
breakdowns of the taxes in all
areas.
Set
For New Bridge
Monday Morning
Dedication ceremony for the
new Main street bridge over
Willow (reek will be held at
the bridge Monday at 11 am.
with the lleppner-Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce spon
soring the event.
Victor K. Wolfe. Salem, ad-
mlnUtratli-M auslstint to the
Oregon State Highway Commis
sion, and A. r . fanton. aivinon
engineer, of La Grande will be
irtnenL iwinry juugo uscar
demon made arrangements for
their attendance.
Randall Petcntnn. Chamber of
Commerce vice president. Is co
ordinating the program. He said
that Mayor Al Lamb and Judge
I'eterson will be called on for
remarks. A ribbon cutting cere
mony will be held, ana it is
hoped that the high school baud
will be present to play.
Mayor Charles O'Connor of
lone and Mayor Mervln Leonard
of Lexington will be given spec
ial Invitations to attend, as well
as councilmen of Heppner.
Wolfe and Parson will be
guests of the Chamber of Com
merce at the regular luncheon
meeting following the ceremony.
The bridge, completed about
two u;wk a en. and the reno
vated Hinton Creek bridge make
nuiiA an imnrovemeni ai inc
entrance to the city. They elim
inate a nazara mat naa ocvn
present for years.
Rep. AI Ullman
To Visit Heppner
On Tuesday Night
Congressman Al Ullman will
appear in Heppner for a pot
luck supper at the county fair
annex on Tuesday, October 13,
at 6;30 p.m. Following the meal,
the congressman will visit with
his many friends for a short
time, then close the meeting
with an address.
The subject of Cong. Ullman's
talk has not been announced,
but It Is assumed he will re
view some of the work of the
recent Congress and probably
give a general review or the ag
ricultural act and the progress
made towards authorization of
the proposed Willow Creek dam.
The second district Democrat
is a member of the Ways and
Means committee and as such
had much ot do with the passage
of the Import quotas on beef
recently enacted into law. Ull
man was one of the leaders of
i h rtmimn Hplpcatlon at the
Democratic National convention
In Atlantic City. AS sucn ne
played a malor part In getting
the convention to settle the
seating arrangement for the
Mississippi delegation, inciuauiK
the so-callea treeaom pany, m
a manner satisfactory to most
of the delegates and others In-
terested.
Th vnrrpssman Dians on a
hi.ntinir tnn in the HoDDner area
wth local friends immediately
following the Ian campaign.
Everybody Is welcome at the pot
luck meeting.
This Is a chance to get better
acquainted with your representa
tive In Concress and to make
your views known to him," says
Al Lamo, democratic central
committee chairman.
Dedication
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THIS LOOK of dsttrmlnatlon U what an opposla rod m.Lf!?
Homecoming Pits
Heppner vs. John Day
. t Picture Also onPage.4) , -Henpner
IIIh school's home
coming Friday has billed full
schedule of activities Including
i v.. fnafnrnH football cime with
(Jrant Union of John Day at 7:30
and a dance toiiowtng mc
game.
High School Parade,
Rally Cancelled
Heppner High school's pep
parade and rally, which had
been scheduled to be held Fri
day at 4:45 for homecoming,
have been cancelled in re
spect to the memoir of Diane
Warren, senior student ot the
school, who died in an acd
dent Wednesday night the
school announced at noon,
Thursday.
Other homecoming activities
will go on as planned with the
football game starting at 7:30,
halitlme activities and the
dance following the game.
Festivities will be held dur
ing halftlme of the Grant Union
game. Featured will be presen
tation of the court and announ
cement of the queen who will
reign over the dance after the
game. The queen will be chosen
from one of three seniors nom
inated by the H-club, including
Barbara Blake. Anna Marie
Brlndle and Jill Cline. Football
team will vote for the queen.
Princesses from the Junior class,
not eligible to be queen are
Joan Healy and Barbara Crib
ble, but they will be included
in the Homecoming court. The
high school band, directed by
Arnold Melby, will play at half
time, and the drill team, direc
ted bv Miss Virginia Buch, will
A top football game with a
near-capacity crowd is expected.
Grant Union has a 1-1 record
in league play, having defeated
Sherman county, 13 to 6, and
Ballots Printed
For November 3
DaiiAta vr tho Wnvpmhpr pen-
eral election have been printed
h., tv,a nn7ftt.Times and are
now in the hands of Mrs. Sadie
Parrlsh, county clerk, to be maoe
fnr HUtrlhntlon to the var
ious ' precincts in the county.
The Danois, rnucn simhh
thon thnca o tho nrimarv elec
tion, contain national, state and
pnuntv offices, as well as the
Judiciary ballot, state measures
and the one county measure,
that asking for a three-year road
serial levy.
Absentee ballots were prepar
ed and delivered early and have
been sent to some of those vot
ing by this method.
Sample ballots are available
at the county clerk's office 'in
the courthouse.
Number 32
10 cents
huHno Irwf In Wfthtonk. 13-7.
Heppner has a 10 mark In the
league to date with it 14 0 tri
umph over Wahtonka last Fri
day. For this game only the
starting time will be a half hour
earlier, at 7:30.
There will be hot coffee, pop
and other refreshments served
from the concessions stand dur
ing the game.
With the popular Jaguars. 5
piece orchestra of the Tri-Citles
furnishing the music, the home
coming dance will be In the high
school multipurpose room from
10 until midnight Friday. All
alumni are Invited, and there
is no charge. The dance is spon
sored by the H-club.
Alumni are invited to corre to
school Friday and see the dec
orations which have been set
up by the Junior class.
Chamber to Ask
Spray Road Work
HeppnerMorrow County
Chamber of Commerce is plan
ning to take steps to press for
continued improvement of the
highway to Spray and Monu
ment after the matter was
brought to its attention at the
Monday meeting.
Gene Pierce reported that
Spray residents had asked for
help In seeking further improve
ment to the highway. They had
tiooi-,4 that funrU to be used
for such purpose had been cur-'.
tailed.
Provimislv. ravlner has been
undertaken at the rate of about
three miles per year, but a con
ciHnmhia section remains un-
paved.
The matter was turned over
to the organization's develop
ment committee, headed by L.
R. (Bob) Henry, and he was
working on steps to pursue the
matter this week.
Washington, D. C.
Preaching School
Calls Fr. Spencer
Father C Bruce Spencer of
All Saints Episcopal church
is In Washington, D. C this
week, called there by the Epis
copal dean of the Washington
Cathedral. Fr. Spencer is one
of 15 advanced ministers to
be summoned for an advanc
ed school in the Cathedral
where he will preach three ser
mons. The Heppner clergyman left
by Jet airplane from Portland
Monday at 12:50 a.m. and was
due in Baltimore, Md., at 6 a.m.
He expected to be back Satur
day in time to be In his pulpit
here Sunday again.
Before departing, Father
Spencer said. "I'm grateful lor
the chance to go." He felt it
would be an enriching exper
ience. Half of the cost of the
trip is paid as a scholarship.
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Diane Warren
Final Services
Set Saturday
Diane Warren. 1. daufhter ff
Mr. ami Mrs C A. Warren of
ll'oprM-r, died as a result of a
ooe car aetldent about six miUm
llfn.ni-r on Ihe WUloW
i'frk highway about 7; 30 Wed-
ne.Uy rilcht.
The suio In which she wai
rifling was owned bv her par
ent and was driven bv hrr twin
brother. Dennis, with r-ui ?waf.
part. 1H. and Dan MrBride, 16.
other pa.engrrs in the car
State Polke Officer J.m Cor
don, who with Sheriff C. J D.
Bjuman and I. L. U. Tibbies
merllral examiner. Investigated
the accident, said that the ve
hicle apparently went out of
control on a curve as the young
iH-oole were going southeast
from town.
The officer, who studied tne
wene Thursday morning, said
that marks showed that the car
hit the gravel on the shoulder
and appeared to go into a skti
ih driver attemoted tj Dull
back on the highway. The rear
end went over the bank, and the
.tarloH rnlllnP. It traveled
down a 38 ft embankment and
came to rest near Willow Creek
some VX) feet from tne start oi
the skid.
Apparently all four
thrnun fmm the vehicle. Diane
was thrown some 50 feet from
the car and was found lace aon
In Willow Creek. Dr. Tibbies said
that she sustained a basal skull
fracture. The water was esti
mated to be only about iour
Inches deeD In the spot she was
found.
i, TiKKi. uia that the car
evidently rolled over Swaggart,
and Dennis was unaerneavn wie
.,i,.lo uhon It came to rest.
The auto had to be moved be
fore he could be xreea.
Tom Wilson, who lives near-
k.. kaar4 t ho rrach and W3S
first to reach the scene of the
accident. Officer Gordon saia.
rwk,,, rnslHonto nf the BTCS re-
UUU I ...v. vs
sponded quickly to give aid.
Diane, a iteppner ihk"
senior, was pronounced dead on
arrival at Pioneer Memorial hos-
pital where she was tanen in
the ambulance.
c....nr anri MrRride sus
tained only minor injuries and
were released irom. ui nwnii'
Thnrcriav mornln after an over-
nioht stav. mev naa some
Dennis - remained hospitalized
with an apparent back Injury.
a ratner severe oruiae "
right leg. and other injuries. Dr.
t-. kKl xoiH Thtintriav that X-
rays will be taken to determine
nature of the nacK injury.
rtfr CLnrrinn issued a Ci-
tation to the young driver Thurs
day morning, charging mm wjlu
reckless driving.
Funeral services for Diane will
be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the
Methodist church. Heppner, with
Vort AurArd. nastor or
the Lexington Christian church.
officiating, miermeni wm ue "
a family plot in tne lone cem
etery. Sweeney Mortuary naa
(Continued on page 8)
Work is Underway
On New Ski Run
On Arbuckle Mt.
Work is underway at Arbuckle
Mountain on extending the ski
course with the goal to double
the length of the course by the
time the snow flies, according to
C K. (Ken) Peck, president of
the Arbuckle Mountain Corpor
ation. , t ' .
As the first phase of a project
started by the new ski corpor
ation, it is expected to lengthen
the course this year to 1200 feet
from its present 600 feet.
. nixir MoaHnr has been hired
to move dirt with his tractor at
the beginner area this week-end,
and a crew of men and boys
worked at the course over the
week-end clearing trees in an
area 300 -ft wide -and 100 ft.
long. Included in the group were
Peck, Bob iienry, Avery layiur,
Ron Reid, Jim Sherman, Kit An
derson, and Bruce Thomson.
Tho on rornoration was form
ed recently to enlarge and ex
pand the facilities at Arbuckle.
tinn turwrii have been
executed, and currently the con
cern is seemng to gei a use per
.v,! fmm th It S Forest Service.
The permit formerly was held
by the Arbuckle Mountain Ski
club. . .
While It had teen noped io
fact snmioh t have a
platter lift in operation for the
coming season, it is now ap
parent that this cannot be done
Kio voir Pa-1t said. However.
it is expected that the course
will be doubled from what It
was last year, reaching 1200
feet and a rope tow will be set
up.
Meanwhile, stock 13 being
nffarof fnr sale in the corpor
ation and at the present time
some $5000 in stcck has been
subscribed or paid. It Is expected
tv,at th Mmnalun tn sell stock
will be Intensified within the
next few weeks.
Meador, who will work in tne
oraa nKnnt five riavs. will cut
the grade at the beginner's area
from about A)7 siope to a iv
slope.
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AMONG HAFFICST hunters on opening drr of deer asoa was
Oaude Cok. 71. who bagged a nice 4 -point buck a lew hours
otter the teasoo elUctaUy opened. (G T Fhoto)
Deer Hunters Score
Very Good
Ir..1i-f lfin Iat uwk of a
good opening week-end for deer
season proved to be true with
a high percentage of success re
torted bv local hunters Satur
day and Sunday. Glen Ward.
Democrats Climb
In Registration
With 150 Majority
Democrats in Morrow county
cracked the nip and tuck race
for registration by the time ot
the deadline Saturday, pushing
into a majority oi iu in me
county.
Co-riDlete count shows a total
of 2331 registered. Just six be-
low the peak of the 1960 Fresl
.Wllnn r.f 9TV7 Mr,
Sadie Parrish. county clerk, re
ports.
Of the total. 1217 are Demo
anrt IfV. are RpDubllcans.
There are 49 registered as inde
pendents or in otner parues.
. The suge of. the , Democrats
gives them the most favorable
rmitinn thev have enloved in
the county. At the time of thedown a jeep to help him.
primary election the count how- ( He descended to a spot close to
1 - I . .n. Af1fTiTra i . . . . a I 1 V. . Irlll
ed ony a few votes difference
between the parties.
Oddlv enough, however, of the
county's nine precincts, only
three have Democratic majori
ties. Irrigon runs nearly 3-to-l
in its Democratic reistratlon
with 234 as compared with 93
Republicans, and eoarsunan
friva. tho rvmiu a 2.to-l mar
gin with ISO as compared with
99 Republicans. Lexington has
a smaller Democratic majority
with 150 as compared with 115
Republicans. Boardman and Lex
ington each nave n oi ouier
rptistration and Irrigon has
lone remains the county's Re
publican stronghold with 223 in
the G.O.P. as compared with 160
Democrats and 11 of other reg
utratinn Hardman has 24 Re
publicans and 15 Democrats with I
none in ouier yai uca.
All Heppner precincts have
small Republican edges, as fol
lows: Northeast Heppner, 121
Republicans. 115 Democrats, 1
other; Northwest Heppner. 156
Republican. 152 Democrats, -2
others: southeast Heppner, 100
Republicans. 81 Democrats, 3
others: southwest Heppner, 134
Republicans, 130 Democrats, 7
others.
E. W. Rhea, Last
Charter Elk, Dies;
Services Slated
E. W. (Waldon) Rhea, 92,
last surviving charter member
of the Heppner Elks lodge,
died in Spokane, Wn., Satur
day at the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Lou Shoemaker.
Mr. Rhea was the son of Mor
row county pioneers, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Rhea, first settlers
on Rhea creek, and he was
born on their place November
22, 1871. He later engaged in
livestock ranching there.
When the Heppner Elks were
chartered nearly 68 years ago,
Mr. Rhea was among the orig
inal members.
Funeral services will be Fri
day at 1:30 P.m. at the Burns
Mortuary, Hermiston, with the
Heppner Elks lodge partici
pating with a memorial ser
vice. .
Burial will be In the Echo
cemetery.
Surviving are two sons,
Hugh Rhea of Walla Walla.
Wn.. and Columbus Rhea of
Eugene; the daughter, Mrs.
Shoemaker of Spokane; a
brother, C C. Rhea of Phoenix,
Ariz.; and a sister, Mrs. Josle
Jones, Heppner.
Carl Rhea of Lexington Is a
nephew and Mrs. Leo Ash
beck is a niece. Several grand
children and other nieces and
nephews also survive.
After leaving this area, Mr.
Rhea lived in Canada for a
time before going to Spokane
to be with the daughter.
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state game agent, said that he
would estimate local hunters
scored 30 to X on kills.
As of Wednesday, local mar
kets and cold storage units were
pretty well swamped with deer.
Central Market reported 4i hav
ing been brought in as of Tues
day with "more waiting." Fxon
omv Market reported nearly 50
to date, and Court Street Market
had about 30 as of Wednesday.
Although a few local hunters
complained that they hadn't
even spotted a pair oi norns,
most of them came tack from
week-end Jaunts with tags fill
ed. An unusually high number
of young hunters In their teens
baeged bucks.
Veteran hunters like Carl Mc
Daniel had their bucks early
Saturday morning. Vern Nolan
checked in the first at Court
Street Market at 9 a.m. Saturday.
One of the happiest numcrs
was Claude Co who baEKpJ
' 4 point Saturday morning. Gene
ni . -J tu nna fit
Piorr turned out to be one of
the hardest working hunters. He
shot and wounded a big buck
from some 200 to 250 yards and
It bounded down into a doep
canyon. He could see it through
field glasses lying under a tiee.
Two of his children were with
him and he told them to wait
and try to get someone to come
tho Kiir-ir and finished the kill
and waited for help but none
came. So he climbed all the way
back up. got his own rig and
went down again. He was still
stiff and sore Monday.
One of the area's most enthus
iastic women hunters scored,
Mrs. Ed (Rachel) Dick got a
nice buck, and her husband, Ed,
was also successruL
One of the largest deers re
ported was a buck that dressed
out to 146 pounds, shot by Gary
Dick of Corvallis and formerly
of Heppner. Another by young
Sidney zinier oi ione was i
pounds.
An unfortunate few hunters.
either knowingly or unknowing
ly, shot the hornless kind does
and come into the hands of the
law. Economy Market reported
that game officers had brought
two does in during the young
season to date. The meat will go
to welfare.
Weather, though dry, favored
bruises and lacerations,
hunters better than last year. On
opening day In 1963 it was so
hot that hunters had to act
(Continued on page 8)
Punt, Pass, Kick
Contest Slated
At Rodeo Grounds
Sponsored by Heppner Auto
Sales, Inc., with Dave Barnett
in charge, the annual Ford Punt,
Pace and Kirk contest for bovs
8 through 13 will be on the rodeo
grounds, Heppner, Saturday,
starting at 2 p.m.
The boys will compete for
5rizes, including footb alls,
ackets and other football equip
ment Winners will be eligible
for consideration with other
winners around the state to ad
vance for regional and national
prizes.
Nearly 100 boys In all partici
pated in clinics held at Heppner
and lone two weeks ago to prac
tice for the coming event
Coaches at lone and Heppner as
sisted. , , .
The lone Lions club has -charge
of officiating at the Sat-,
urday event Barnett said.
There is still time for boys
ages 8 to 13 to enter and tiey
may sign up as late as Friday
at Heppner Ford or at . Jim s
Chevron Service in lone. .
Last year's winners were Dae
Hedman, in the 8-year-old brack
et; Tom Stockard, 9-year clds;
rtoan Wrtcrht 10-vear-olds: and
John McCabe, 11-year-olds, This
year two nigner age oracucia
have been added, for those 12
and 13.
Th nnhlie Is Invited to come
and watch the interesting event