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Flood damn go f $- milion in Morrow county is the
estimate Ku!mitietl to (lovcrnor Mark Hat field and to
the U. S. Army Corps of Engineer ly officials who
compu ted a mirvey early this week.
Those participating in compiling the report were
County Agent NcIh Anderson, County Judge Oscar
Peterson, Judge-elect Paul Jones, Road Supervisor
Harold (Doc) Shcrcr, Dave Mciod in charge of the
ASC office, Ralph Richard of the Soil Conservation
Service, and Fritz Cutsforth and Glen Campbell, mem
bers of the county ASC committee.
While they found it extremely difficult to make an
accurate estimate of damage, the men made individ
ual surveys to different parts of the county and inter
viewed many who had suffered losses.
Breakdown Given
Rn-akdrwn of wrnic of the
frlncpal Items In the estimate
s At follow:
Kim?' ' county road and
bridge. IViMm
Llm.i to I arm bridges, cattle
curd and approaches, $100,000.
Louses In farm machinery, fen
res and buildings. $ofl.OiO. This
Includes damage to lone bus
Inesi buildings figured at J7-V))
by Major Charles O'Connor, and
to lone schools, figured also at
$7N) by Supt. David Potter.
Cleaning up bottom lands,, re
leveling and reseedlng to hay
an, I t.nvlnr tldrtiiS) Thl ltn
Includes Id t(, Irrigation sys
tems. Working up. reshaping fields
and reeedln of wheatlands,
$1V).(M).
sm4-s to livestock And miscel
laneous. S25.ISNI.
In wn.sldcrtnsr the loss to
wtu-alland. Amlemon said that
tt was figured that ! of top
noil averaged one tenth of an
Inch on 1M0.0OO acres of land In
crop this ear. Since one Inch of
topNoll fcr acre makes 100 tons
of Moll, the loss was floured at 1G
tons per acre or a total of 2.SN0,.
OX) tons washed away. Loss of
this topwoll will rut total yields
by ar. estimated $1 million. It is
figured. For every Inch of soil
. lost per acre, a bushel of if rain
yield U alho lost.
Highway Damage Extra
In considering the loss to the
county, the figure rlld not In
clude damage to state highways,
which Is covered In another sur
vey. Also pot Included Is damage
to the branch Union Pacific rail
road to Hcppner, since most of
the destruction done to It was
lr that purl located In Gilliam
county. The same Is true of los
ses to truller house- of construct
ion workers at tho mouth of Wil
low Creek.
Anderson spent most of Sat
urday reviewing the destruction
In the county, and he, McLeod
and Ctitsforth expected to go out
again Thursday In order to deter
mine the extent of conservation
practices that will be needed to
make restorations in the emer
gency. The county agent said that the
state Agricultural Conservation
and Stabilization office Is cur
rently working up an emergency
rtrnifrnm ulmllilp In thllt of the
Columbus Day storm for assis
tance for those needing land
leveling and restoration meas
ures following the flood. He said
that the ASC paid 80 of the
cost on damage from the Colum
bus Day storm but could not say
what proposal might bo made
on the current damage.
Judge Peterson said that he
had no definite Information at
this time on further plans for
assistance to those hit here.
Ho said the State Highway
Commission was meeting with
the Board of Control Wednesday
for assessment of damage around
the state and organizing plans
for repairs, District highway
meetings will follow and county
courts will be asked to be pre
sent to tell of damage to their
highways, the judge said.
Two Bridges Out
While many culverts were
washed out on county roads, and
flooding waters cut around abut
ments at the ends of a number
of bridges, the Judge knew of
only two bridges that were wash
ed awav. one being that over
Rock Creek on the Lone
rock road, and the other being
over Willow Creek near Morgan.
This was on a road that crossed
from the highway to the Ted
Palmateor place. The Palmateers
are able to get out by driving to
Willow Creek, fording there on
foot and then taking another rig
parked on the other side.
County road crews under Doc
Sherer have been attempting to
get to the worst damaged areas
first. Among them are at Ely
Canyon, west of Morgan; the
road from the Franklin1 Lind
strom place to Charlie Dohertys,
due north of lone; Clarks Can
yon road where hauling was nec
essary to salvage grain from the
Al Bunch elevator that went
down in the flood; and others.
The county's big power shovel
was brought from the Boardman
area and is now In use loading
gravel to be hauled to fill the
worst gullies first
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Spray Mill Loss
May be $100,
Malcom Reports
Flood los at the Hcppner
Lumber Company sawmill at
Spray may exceed JlUO.Ono,
Harney Malcom, owner, said
Wednesday.
After lolne some two million
feet of logs, having some 15
tr 20 electric motors flooded,
and other damage done, Malco.n
still retained a sense of humor.
"Everything Is Marting to fall
Into place belter for me." he
said. At the Chamber orf Com
merce meeting Monday he said
with a wry laugh that the dam
age "at leant solved my income
tax problem."
Friends are now starting to
"kid"' him about sending him a
bill for Ions of the John Day
bridge, he said. Logs from the
Spray mill went Into the John
Day river, which flooded both
sides of the mill, and it carried
them to various and mlscellan
' coils ' pllns ' downstream. Some,
Indeed. mlftht have made It to
!h Columbia.
Malcom said he went down
the river to Service Creek and
spotted about two truckloads of
logs beached along tho now re
ceding river. However, they will
be expensive to retrieve Cost
mav be half the value of the
logs. Others have told him that
more logs are stopped at Twick
enham, he said.
Repairing the motors Is an ex
pensive process, too. They must
be baked and redlpped. Fortu
nately most of the bigger
motors were above the flood
crest, some staying dry by a
mere four Inches. Chip bunker
at the mill was damaged but
Is still usable. He feared that
ho ml.'ht liuu the burner at the
plant, but it remained intact.
Some rive million reci 01 logs
were cold decked at the plant
and nearly half of them were
enrrled awav bv the flood waters
which were running with force
around tne mm.
Malcom. who employs a total
of some 50 men In his plants at
Spray and Hcppner and provides
employment for another 50 who
work as contract carriers and
"gyppos," Is undaunted. He said
he hopes to be back In produc
tion by January 15.
School to Open
Monday Morning
Morrow county schools will
open following the holiday va
cation Monday morning, and all
buses will run on their normal
schedules, Supt. David Totter
announced Wednesday.
He said hat he had been In
conference with Harold (Doc)
Sherer, road supervisor, and to
gether they discussed all routes
that may prove difficult for
buses to negotiate.
Sherer said that it is expected
to have all the worst spots cot
reeled In time for the buses to
make the runs.
Past Month Breaks
Record as Wettest
Ti,. mnnih of neeemher ended
with an all-time record as being
the wettest montn in nisiory ior
the Hcppner area, according to
i nnnnri) r:iiilnm official weath-
er observer. A total of 4.40 inches
topped the old mark or 4.ux men
no recorded in March of 1937.
Snow and rain combined to set
the new mark, bringing tne total
HI Low Prec.
49 30 .60
55 30 M
43 42 .10
52 25 .09
44 25
40 26
38 31
39 22
Thusday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesdav
Thursday
County,
81st Year
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GAZETTE-TIME
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footings at rtqht end of the structure to cause the collapse.
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ONLY A HEAP of twisted wreewge remnBa o. .o.
cember 24. TBI. riew .rom
11,500 bushels ol grain, irucmi
Flood Collapses
Bunch Elevator;
Neighbors Help
Undermining flood waters
caused the Al Bunch grain ele
vator In Clarks canyon to col
lapse under the weight of 11,500
bushels of wheat and barley
about 4 a.m. last Thursday
morning.
The structure went down with
a resounding crash that left it
a pile of rubble and spilled the
grain on the wet ground. It
spoiled any Christmas plans of
the family who devoted all day
light hours to salvaging the
grain, and they were joined in
this Intensive effort by many
good neighbors and friends who
also gave up their Christmas
plans.
Despite the cold and rain,
with some snow, the volunteer
crew kept at he job, wih five
trucks going, until all but about
1500 bushels of wheat and 1700
bushels of barley were salvaged.
The wheat was taken to Morrow
County Grain Growers elevators
in Hcppner, but much of the
barley, which hit a water-filled
hole when the structure toppled,
was being salvaged for feed.
Bunch estimated loss of the
building at $10,000, with the
3200 bushels of grain additional.
Some of this either went down
the stream created by the flood
or was scattered around the
area.
The elevator was about 20
vnnrc nlii and enntalned wheat
and barley in about equal pro
portions.
AmnntT those helDlntr with the
salvage operations in addition to
the liunen lamuy were raui
Jones, Gary Jones, Marcel Jones,
Pnnl Rrown. Mark Brown. Chris
Brown, Walt Edger, Paul Hein-
rlchs, Pearl Heath, who lives
nearby and works for Bunch, the
full erew of Morrow CoUntV
Grain Growers, and "some boys
who I don t even Know. ,
Snm manned tractors. Some
drove truck, and some shoveled
grain all Christmas day.
The Clarks Canyon road was
In bad shape and tractors had to
be used to help pull trucks over
the bad spots until repairs
could be made.
City : Officers to Take Posts
groin .1 lo Prior to ,h.
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AL BUNCH Is shown scooping out wet barley from his grain ele
vator after it toppled last Thursday. A cable is attached to al
truck (out of the picture at the right) to pull soggy grain Ifrom
the elevator. The structure is on its side here, with openings
being the normal top of the elevator. (G-TPhoto).
Competition Due for
competition mav be keen for case of baby food, Central Mar- Gazette-Times; & in mercnan
Compeuuori may oc ivtcii w i,.w Mico M T.nri psr 5 in merchan-
the many prizes offered the first
baby to be oorn in rieppner m
t last rerjort there
vuara threo who were scheduled
to irrive about the time the New
Year begins.
Thirty-six prizes, given Dy nep
nnnr nnH lvinptoii merchants
and Pioneer Memorial hospital,
await Hie DaDV WHO arrives in-ai
after midnight tonight Thurs
nntnila are plven and con
test rules are printed on the full
page display on page live 01 xnis
paper.
Last year. Mark Edward Booth,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Booth,
arrived at e:iu a.m. on new
Vksk H.i v tn etalm trt( nrizes.
Tha Rnntha nnvv livo nt KstAPAria
where Mark will observe his first
birthday Kriflay.
Tha Inner list of nrlzoa Include
these from the following firms:
rive aoiiar savings account.
Bank of Eastern Oregon; $5 in
mercnanaise, case rurnnure u.;
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bill unr the weight of
ket: $5 off to parents an January
light bill, Loiunioia Basin ciec--tric;,case
of babv food, Del's
Market, Lexington; $5 in cash,
L. E. Dick; $5 worth of baby food,
Economy Market; $5 in baby
clothes, Elma's Apparel.
Surprise gift for dad. Fulleton
Chervolet; $5 savings account,
First National Bank; shirt for
dad. Gardner's Men's Wear; first
shoes, Gonty's; floral arrange
ment for toother, Helen Cox
Flowers: electric bottle warmer,
Heppner Auto Parts; $5 in clean
ing, Heppner Cleaners; case of
baby food. Red and White; $5
in merchandise, Humphrey's
Rexall Drug.
iriva riniinra worth of hair ser
vice for mother, Jeanne's Beauty
Shop; 10 gallons oi gasoline ior
the parents. Jack's Chevron; dia
per bag. Lairds'; $5 savings ac
count, Lett's Electric; $4.50 for
savings account, M R Com
pany; one-year subscription.
Number 44
2PPNEI2
10 cents
jiKinzua Extends
Plant Shutdown
For Rail Repairs
i tTinrua Corporation's blant In
Henpner will be closed a week
beyond the planned holiday
shutdown because of damage
done to railroads. It was announ
ced Tuesday. It had been plan
ned to resume operations on
Monday, January 4, but because
of the flood damage, the mill
will not go Into operation until
Monday, January 11.
Logging operation, however,
will ktart again on January 4.
Some five miles of track
along lower Willow Creek were
washed out and displaced by
the flood. In places the track
and ties are hanging in air over
deep and wide washouts.
Similar conditions on spur
lines feeding the plant at Kinzua
have stopped shipping there, ac
cording to Allen N ist ad of the
company. Worst damage suffer
ed by the corporation In the
storm was loss of 17 bridges on
its own railroad tracks. Some
minor flooding was experienced
hv he mill hut nothing serious
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""' i' Damage to the company rail
i road was estimated somewhere
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IThe truck roads of the company
came through the storm in good
f shape, Mstad said.
IThe company and other ship,
pers were working early this
, week to seek early repairs on the
branch Union Pacific lines. Al
Lamb called Union Pacific head
quarters and was advised that
repairs would start Wednesday
hut tuct uhvn tha wrlr enuld
be completed was not known.
Mvct rJ th rlamaoa on the Heo.
of the line below CeciL
A team from Union Pacific
flew over the area by iielicopter
early this week.
Board Schedules
Salary Meeting
At a special meeting; Monday
night, directors of Morrow coun
ty school district R-l will hear
of proposals of the teachers sal
ary committee with members of
the com mi tee. The session will
be in the countv courthouse at
7:30.
At approximately 8:30, an en
suing session to discuss the pro
posals will be open to the pub
lic, Supt. David Potter announ
ces. Major proposal being made
by the teachers is that salaries
of all teachers in the county be
increased by $500 per year for
the next school year, the raise
however, to include the incre
ments that they would normally
receive on the salary schedule.
Another special meeting of the
board will be held Wednesday,
January 6, starting at 1:30 p.m.,
at which time architects will be
interviewed prepara t o r y to
choosing a firm to draw plans
and specifications for north end
schools. The last interview . is
scheduled for 9 p.m. following
dinner at 6 p.m. The evening in
terviews will start at 7:30.
Five firms have been Invited
to be represented for interviews,
Supi. Potter's office announced.
A first meeting of budget com
mittee members with the board
will be at an informal meeting
on Thursday night, January 7.
Baby Prizes
dise for mother and dad, Petty
john's Farm and Builders Sup
ply; one dozen diapers, J. C.
Penney Co.; sterling silver baby
cup, Peterson's Jewelers; 25 off
on hospital expense, Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
Case of baby food, Thomson's
Grocery; quart of Plasolux col
ors for baby's crib, Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co.; $5 in cash. Turner,
Van Barter and Bryant; $5 in
cash. Wagon Wheel Cafe; 10 gal
lons of gasoline, Wes' Richfield;
pnntainni' n nrl rilaner nail. Wis-
tern Auto; bottle sterilizer, Phil's
Pharmacy; and nairao ior mom
er, Lois' Beauty Shop.
Parents of Miss or Mr. 19C5
will be given a letter by the Gaz
ette-limes tnat win serve 10 in
troduce them to the merchants
to claim the prizes offered, and
announcement of the winner will
be made in the paper in the issue
following the birth of the baby.
fcAy
Paul Jones
To De Given
Judge Oath
Incoming officii of Morrow"
v.,mtts mwA th f'irv ttt ll.nf,rff
will tke office on Monday, Mart
in their terms with the advent
of the new year.
County Jude O ar Petemon
will turn over ht duties to Judre-
J.im-a ami th tuith
of office will be administered by
Mr, aie rrrin. nmnij onu.
The Itev. Karl Jwwsrd. who has
been serving as Justice of the
peace In Hcppner on a pro tern
.! uilt tart hl official term.
(Hh.-'r .ffuiT In the count v are
contlnulm In office following re-
election. They include wrm. rar-
rlvh fl.-rk !vlvta M Daniel.
trea.urer; C. J. I). Bauman. sher
iff; and Walter II. Hayes, com
missioner. Starting new terms on the port
commission are Joseph Tatone of
Boardman. 2 year term; John R.
Krebs. Cecil. Al Lamb. Heppner,
and Dewey West, Jr., Boardman,
all 4 year terms.
At the city level, the new coun
cil will convene for the first time
Monday mgni- ai umo win con
tlnue as mayor, but several new
members will be on the council.
Including David McLeod. Has
kell Sharrard. and Bill Collins,
the latter being a veteran return
Ine to civic duty. W. C Rose
wall Is back by reelection and
Carl Spauldlng and LeRoy Card
ner continue as holdover mem
bers of the council.
Ted Smith will leave the of
fice of recorder and Mrs. Elaine
ill lutim th rxviitlon.
LaVerne Van Marter will retire
as treasurer and Mrs. trnesi
McCabe will begin her duties in
that capacity.
County Awaits
Rose Bowl Action;
Several Go South
With Co-Captain Dick Ruhl of
Oregon State University play
ing in the Rose Bowl on New
Years Day. the viewer rating of
the telecast in Morrow county
should be about 995.. '' v
i Virtually everyone will be
watchirr the game nere wim
the exception of the fortunate
few who have been able to make
the trip for the Tournament of
Roses in Pasadena and the Bowl
game. ,
ini.irtort in the contingent that
left early this week for the south-
land were Air. and wrs. u. r
P.ihl nnrnnto of the famOUS
Beaver linebacker, and Mr. and
r- v riinn MeOuarrie
and "daughter. Mrs. Dick (Susie)
Rnhl and son Dan. Wife Of the
Beaver co-captain and small
daughter Dana Marie, had been
visiting her parents here for the
nonoays.
Others going were Dr. A. D.
McMurdo, who will be Joined by
his son. Scott McMurdo, of Cor.
vallis and other relatives en
route; Mr. and Mrs. Buster Pad
berg who won a trip through an
Elks lodge drawing; and Mr.
and Mrs. Elden Padberg of Lex
ington. Ruhl has been frequently
seen on pre-game telecasts in re
cent days, making appearances
in interviews by sportscasters
and in practice sessions. He has
also been pictured in newspapers
as the Beavers prepare for the
big contest with the Big Ten's
Michigan.
Tho Hennner.Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce sent Ruhl
and the Beavers a telegram,
Wednesday, wishing them the
best of luck against the Big Ten
eleven and advising the Orange
and Black that they will be root
ing for them.
Car Hits Youth;
Injuries Minor
Anthony Crooke, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Crooke, was hit
by an auto driven by Sheridan
Wyman, daughter of Mrs. Ilene
Wyman, Saturday night on Chase
street, near the May street in
tersection.
Crooke, high school age
youth, escaped . serious injury.
He was taken to Pioneer Mem
nrial hocnital hv Loren Bade and
Arnold Raymond, both of whom
witnessed tne accident, dui ne
was dismissed in a short time
following medical treatment.
Miss Wyman, Heppner high
student, was driving south on
Phnoo and annarentlv did not
see Crooke in the darkness. He
was walking south in the street.
Bade and Raymond had just
turned on Chase from May and
Bade blinked his lights when he
noticed the oncoming car pro
naoAina without its lichts on.
The accident occurred almost
immediately thereafter. The im
pact tossed Crooke on to the
hnnri of tho ear and apninst the
windshield with enough force to
shatter the glass. Miss Wyman
stopped immediately, Raymond
caid Rha annarpntlv had 1USt
started the car a short distance
away and had momentarily neg
lected to turn on the lights.
Crooke suffered bruises, par.
ticularly to his right ankle.