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Directors Isocrease
Teachers' Salaries
Incrcaoes nil Hit leached sal
mry schedule In the Morrow
county school system were i
proved y the hoard of 11 r-t
of school district II 1 Tuesdu
night meeting in Irrlk'on.
In general, the new snhirii
will have a double Im-n incut
on the hanic schedule oti ve
bachelor decree, not to exceed
WOO. blades of teacher Marl
Ing In tho system with bnchi loi
decrees were raised $;ot f nun
HUM in Venn
In accepting the schcdul
which wii approved bv the dta
lilt I budget committee hid
Thursday night wllh recommen
datlon to the directors fur adoo
Ituii. lhi hoard did ao wllh tn
provision that salaries over $10.
("J iht year will foe scheduled
on an Individual basis meaning
IIIAI Ihey will ic subject to re-
lew by the board. At th
present time, some admlnlstra
lorn In the county are the only
oru a in thin brac ket. They
tain thli level because their co'?
tract are effective for 11
month active duty, aa a rule, as
compared with !U month per
)ear for moot of the tcactiM
and also because they receive
additional pay, via an index
figure, for their extra admlnls.
tratlve duties.
I.) approving the schedule lo
crepes, the hoard "froze" all
teachers on the step on whlcn
they are now situated In the cur
rent school year (19U linlSI for
the I'HiS (Ht year. Thla will mean
that, except In the lower Mcpa
lor teacher with less than a
II. A degree, none of the ralot
Mill exceed $100.
RoIm Bolow Reauaat
The lucre" e l Una than that
asked for by the county teach
ri' committee. Their basic re
ciuent was for a yn per year
Ircrcase, that would Include lh
I ornial increment i.
While entering teachers wiih
bachelor decree and no exper
lence will benefit by the ikhl
iMicnsc as starter In the sys
tem, they will be "frozen" at the
starting pay for the second's
jenr work In the county talso
iSnOi, getting no Increment un
til their third year.
5ujt. David Potter said that
tl hlhiT salaries for new
have the ninl r!inrlltif that he
would lie given a mihIIoii i.e-.
ond year If there Is an eiilnj:
Mid If lie Is hum isltil In hi.
lUillcs.
A notice of Intent to uk u
leaw if ahoence mind be given
I i I tie atipi rlntendent by Ap.il
1 according to the action 'a
ken ly the Ixi.ird.
The ImiamI also adi pled a pro-
vl-lon that one day sick leave
for null v aicuinulated over
(Continued on page 8)
8-Tr lick Convoy
Carries Peelers
To Coos Bay Plant
8 1 si Ycor
THE
Number 46
GAZETTE-TIME
Hcppncr, Oregon, Thursday, January 14, 1965
10 cents
M;u tiny teachers was approved
as an inducement to brliitf new
teachers to the county.
Teachers coming Into the din
rlct can receive six years full
nedil and an additional tix
cnrs at half credit for their ex
(M ilcnce elsewhere.
Regular Increments on the I
new ached ule will bo started'
lurin the 19(k t7 school yea
Loare Pol'cy Set
A teacher may apply for
leave of absence after four years
of mccesjtrul leaching in JVlor
row county. A leave of ah.scnc
will be granted for nchoolin
and may oe tr ran ted tor trave
at the discretion of the wliool
board. The tencher on leave
would retain his position ih
following year and would re
celve a normal Increment as
though he were leaching.
A new teacher hired to re
Kluht Klruu.i Corporation log
trucks, loaded with fir eeler
oj;s. left Heppner at 3 a m. Ftl-
day mor ninit in a convoy to Coo
Bay where the lot's are to Im
tested for peelers.
They arrived at (oos Bay Frl
day evening despite fcorne bad
road conditions in the last KO
miles and trucks and drivers
were home again about mid
night Saturday.
The company Is doing some
xperlnuntlng with the logs as
eelcrs and ttiok them to the
ix w Bay plant because of the
process it uses In making Ply
wood. This will determine wheth
er Ioks in Klnzua holdings will
be suitable for tweelcrs.
Driving trucks in the convoy
ere Meet t.reer. Jim Lynch.
Vernon ITock, Wayne Ifock. r.l-i
mer Steers. Cal Sumner, Carl I
Thorite and Joe Wright.
The convoy created specula
tion and excitement along the
route but little difficulty was ex
Iterlenced in making the long
journey except for a flat tire on
one truck going over and the
necessity of changing a wheel on
the return trip. Hill Scott. Jog.
glng foreman, accompanied the
convoy in a pickup truck.
In Portland. thr convoy had an
escort by rcpicMn(ativca of a
trucking company there to lead
them through th city.
As or Tuesday the logs hadn t
5 !
HA RLCT 8ACER, amplorwl la
tha Keppnsr branch. First
National Bank, has bB nama-d
chairman of the Morrow coun
ty Hoart rund drive for 196S.
The drlTo will roach Its high
point durlnq Hoart Wook, Fob
ruary IS through 21.
(G-T Photo)
Census Bureau
Says Business Up
Big Games Billed;
Mustangs on Road
Cards Host Teams
A full week-end of basketball
Is scheduled by Heppner High
and Iono High hoop squads, after
which they will face each other
Tuesday night at a game In the
Heppner High gym.
The Mustancs take to the road
for a most Important pair of
games, tackling mgniy-ratea
Burns Friday night at Burns, and
then meeting Grant Union at
John Day Saturday night.
Meanwhile, lone will enter
tain Stanfleld Friday night and
face Helix Saturday night in
Umatilla-Morrow B league ac
tion, both games In the lone gym.
Both of the Morrow county
teams took their lumps over tho
past week-end with Heppner
getting defeated by Pilot Rock
and lone taking its first loss at
the hands of McEwcn of Athena.
Burns, which ranks fifth In
lMen run through the Coos Bayj"i; " " ,
plant as yet and so the outcome i,,1'' V,
of the test is yet to be known. ulous'in-
Red Cross Seeks
Flood Donations
American Red Cross, which
has used its entire disaster re
lief organization In action to
meet the needs of flood victims
of the West Coast, will accept
voluntary contributions for this
purpose, it Is announced bv Bill
Crooke chairman of the Morrow
county chapter.
Donations may be made here
at the First National Bank. Jack
Locke will receive them there
for the Red Cross.
The organization Is not seek.
Ing donations of any materials
because a sufficient suddIv is
on nana
More than 250 disaster relief
specialists from all parts of the
country have come to the West
coast to help local volunteers
and staff members. Reports show
that lfi.OOO families suffered loss
to their homes, farms or busines
ses.
During the Christmas holldav.
38 shelters in California and
Oregon provided a safe haven
for 3500 families.
The Red Cross spent some
$2,000,00 on the Alaska earth.
quake but reports indicate that
It will spend some $5,000,000 on
the recent flood disaster.
1 Morrow county's 80 retail es
tablishment had $7 million in
sales In liNtf. an Increase of 18
HTcent from 19T8. the U. S. Bu
reau of Census has Just reported.
Retail trade in the county
meant Jobs (exclusive of pro
prietors) for 182 men and women
and a yearly payroll of $539
thousand.
In volume of business tho
county's food stores had sale of
$1.4 'million, an Increase of 5S
IHTcent from 158. In other retail
business, the county's eating and
drinking places had sales of
$101) thousand, and gasoline ser-
ns had sales of $740
MonumcnrMan Takes
Bad Fall Removing
Tree Decorations
Maynard Hamilton. M, the
man who brinps brightness
to the Miument area by
decorating a large living tree
there at Christmas time, suf
fered a bad accident Tues
day when waa removing
lights from the tree.
The foot of his ladder slip-!-d.
and he plungel some
43 feet to the ground. His In
Juries are severe: deep scalp
lacerations broken collar
bone, broken shoulder blade,
three broken ribs, a broken
pelvis, a di-ep cut around
the ear. brulx-t and other lac
erations. Hamilton made the long
ride to Heppner In a station
wagon to receive treatment
at the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital. He was reported to be
in fair condition there as of
Wednesday night
Hamilton's tree and his
decorations have received
widespread j publicity as a
tradition in, Monument More
than 1000 lights are used In
Illuminating it. together
with other decorations.
For the state as a whole. th
bureau reported 17.27G retail es
tablishments with sales of S2.
679.3 million, up 25 percent from
Evening Classes
Planned in Area
Director of evening classes of
Blue mountain college will be at
the Morrow county courthouse
Tuesday, January 19. from 1 un
til 5 p.m. to discuss night classes
with Interested persons. An eve
nlng meeting is also planned at
7:JO In the Jury room.
The director. David Raynalds.
said that a brochure listing
course proposals has been print
ed and will be distributed
through local schools this week.
The brochure lists these pos
slble courses: Basic art design,
typing, farm law, small engines,
basic Bishop sewing and rural
leadership.
In the interest of travel sav
ngs and availability of Instruc
tors, farm law and rural leader
ship classes would meet Mon
days; art design and sewing
would meet Wednesdays. Most
classes can be started in Feb
ruary. Tuition fees range from
$8.50 to $15. based on the num
ber of hours of Instruction, Ray
nalds said.
Mann Appointed
To Tax Committee
Representative Irvln Mann. Jr..
Stanfield. representing the 2th
legislative district In the 19H5
legislature at Salem, was ap
pointed to three major commit
tees bv the new Republican
Speaker, F. F. Montgomery. Mann
was named to the Taxation. Ag
riculture and Fish and Game
Committees.
"The most important work that
might be done by the Taxation
committee would be to eliminate
the Inventory tax. replace it with
a net business tax, and carry
out the Interim tax committee's
recommendation for the forma
tion of a continuing tax study
committee to arrive at a gener
ally acceptable base broadening
tax for Oregon, Mann said.
As the new session of the lecis
lature got underway, Mann said
he thought Governor Hatfield's
message to the legislature was
"both comprehensive and con
structive."
One of the several "firsts" of
the house under Republican lead
ership for the fTrst time In 10
years was the adoption of a rule
requiring the registration of
lobbyists.
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MR. AND MRS. ROGER AS HER
are shown with their baby son.
Todd James Aiher, who was
bom on Now Tears day as the
first baby In Morrow county
for 1965. Tho baby won many
prises offered In ths annual
competJtiou by Heppner mer
chants. On of tho previous
winners in the First Baby con
test Dai Lens Edwards (right),
of Fossil is shown as she
appears today. 10 years after
sua was Morrow county's first
Deny ei 1355.
PTA Chili Feed
Set for Tuesday
Chili and chicken and noodi
surper will be served by the
Heppner PTA Tuesday nigl r,
January 19, prior to the Hepp-nei-Ione
game. It will be in the
Heppner High cafetorium from
5:30 until 7 with the ways and
means committee of the organi
zation in charge.
Tickets are on sale by grado
school students, or they may be
purchased at the cafeteria on
the night of the supper.
Thf feed was postponed from
an earlier date wnen pre-
Chr'stmas storms hit. Tickets
boucht previously, however, will
be good for the supper Tuesday
night.
Sawmill Resumes
On 9-Hour Shift
With trains coming up the
Union Pacific branch line again
after repairs were made to the
flood-damaged railroad, the Kln
zua Corporation sawmill at Hep.
pner resumed operations Monday
following a storm-extended shut-
down over the Christmas-New
Year period.
ine plant opened with its
shift extended one hour, to nine
hours per day, with a big back
log or orders to nil.
How long it will be necessary
io remain on ine longer shift is
not certain at this lima
1
lis
not certain at this time
Things are looking a lot nicer
now," Nono Sowell. local office
manager ior Klnzua said Tues
day. Speculation had been Dre.
yalent following the storm that
it might take weeks before the
railroad could operate a?ain. hut
a train arrived with cars Monday.
Last word was that the reoairs
to the company's railroad at Kin
zua had not been completed for
rail service there, and it was un
determined when the wnrk
would be finished.
Trains Running Again; Bob Lowe Recalls History
First Baby, 1955,
Now Fourth Grader
I some interesting historv from
some state A-2 pons, nas a z-o resident nob Lowe who wrote
(Eil. Note: After tracks were
wasnea out on the Heppner
Drancn une in me Dec., 2 flood
ine union raciflc Railroad has
tened to make repairs. Bv Mon-
day morning came the good news
that the trains were running
again, ine incident broueht
interesting history
record in Greater Oregon play
having defeated Sherman, 51-37,
in its last encounter, although
Sherman was ahead at the hall,
John Dav has defeated Sher.
man county, 3!-32, and lost to
Wahtanka. 72-50. The rrospec
tors have also split with Vale.
Heppner after being undefeat
ed in its pre-season games, got
off to a bad start in conference
play by losing to Pilot Rock and
now is 0-1 in the league.
Ione's Cardinals, who dumped
Weston a league favorite, in an
earlier game, were dropped by
McEwen Saturday night after
defeating Riverside, and hope to
get back on the winning trail
again in the upcoming games.
The Tuesday night contest pit
ting Heppner against lone was
postponed from an earlier sched
uled date because of the storm.
of the railroad for the
Times in order that all may en
Joy it).
THE IRON HORSE RIDES AGAIN
By BOB LOWE
In 1888 the Oreuon Railroad
and Navigation Company built
a ranroao up willow Creek in
Morrow county from the mail
line on the Columbia River to
Heppner. Previous to this tlm
wneat and wool had to be hauled
Dy team and livestock driven to
Arlington. Castle Rock or Uma.
tilla for transportation to sea
ports or larger cities.
When the railroad terminated
at Heppner, a golden spike was
driven to designate the com
pletion of the line. Several old
timers living in Heppner today
remember the occasion.
John Patterson was the engine
er who brought the first train in
to Heppner on December 7. 1889.
He later gave up his profession
to open the Patterson Drug Store
on Main Mreet.
In June, 1903, a cloudburst or
water spout struck Heppner and
over iflX) people lost their lives,
Railroad bridges were washed
out. but the O. R. R. & N. ran
the train from Heppner Junction
to within two miles of Heppner
so merciianuise could be trans
ferred from train to horse drawn
wagons to supplv the flood-torn
city with their necessities.
After the tracks were repaired
the old fashioned steam loco
motive In the years that followed
made the dailv trlD to Hepnner.
bringing mail, passengers and
freight. The conductor was glad
to stop his train to Pick vou ud
or let you off at any of the farms
along his 47-mile run from Hep
pner to Heppner Junction. The
train was called "The GalloD.
ing Goose," or "Sage Brush An
nie, but we all loved to hear
her coming up the branch.
Years passed by with nothing
very eventful happening until
1916 or 1917 when a flash flood
in early summer washed out some
of the piling of the railroad
bridge at the horseshoe bend near
Morgan.
At this time the section men
lived in outfit or work cars which
were moved from station to sta
tlon. The foreman's name was
Frank Haybelt. a Hungarian. He
was a friend of every family on
his entire 4T miles of track.
He often said in his broken
English, "My job is to keep de
train on de treck.
On a particular morning Frank
was going to Cecil to attend a
funeral of an old pioneer being
buried at Morgan. Being a main-
tenanee-of-way employee, he
took the opportunity of riding
the locomotive. No. 1716, from
Heppner to Cecil to show the en
gineer the weak spots of the
track.
Willow Creek was holding the
flood waters nicely, and no great
damage was in view, so there
was no cause for alarm. But un
known and unseen to the train
crew, the oridge near Morgan
was weakened by debris lodging
against the pilings. As the loco
motive's weight reached the
center of the bridge, the decking
collapsed, dropping the engine
into Willow Creek below and
drowning the engineer and the
section ioreman.
The fireman lumped into the
muddy water and survived. It
was several days later before the
bodies of the other two were
found, one a mile below the
Dridge.
Rail service to Heppner was
delayed only a short time, as an
extra train working out of Hep
pner was between the damaged
bridge and Heppner.
Retired conductor E. V. Stlnele.
now living in Heppner, was work
ing on the extra train.
Engine 1716 was rebuilt and
put back in service. Several years
later the same engine was badly
burned in a roundhouse fire at
Shaniko. Again she was rebuilt
and put back to work. She was
what is known to railroad men
as a "ten wheeler."
Once more the series of events
was as usual until 1934. An
other flash flood washed out
two railroad bridges on the U.
P. Railroad (renamed from O. R.
R. & N. to O. W. R. R. and N. Co.
(Continued on page 8)
When Dai Lene Edwards, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ed
wards was born In the Pioneer
Memorial hospital on January 4.
1955, she weighed only 4 pounds
and 13 ounces.
However, she was the first
baby in Morrow county of that
year and won the many prizes
offered by Heppner merchants.
Today Dai Lene, 10 years old.
is a blue-eyed blond who Is in
the fourth grade in the Fossil
elementary school.
When Todd James Asher was
born as First Baby of 1965, Dai
Lene's parents thought those
who gave prizes in 1955 might
be interested in seeing how she
looks today and so her picture ts
printed in this paper.
"We were very pleased with
the many gifts we received from
Heppner merchants, ' Mrs. Ed
wards writes. "I work in the Fos
sil Journal and enjoy reading
your paper. In reading the list of
prizes they are giving this year,
I thought you might be Interest
ed about Dai Lene.
"Dai has really grown from
being a premature baby. Her
hair is past her waist. She has a
brother, Nolan, 8, and two sisters,
Cydney. 7, and ICdean, 4'. Her
father does custom farming.
"Dai Lene's hobby is horses,
and two years ago she won a belt
buckle as high point winner in
the peewee division of the Bit
and Spur Riding club."
'Stockholders Day'
Slated at Arbuckle
Sunday will be "Stockholders
Day" at the Arbuckle Mountain
ski course. Ken Peck president of
Arbuckle Mountain Corporation,
announces. All those who have
paid funds for stock in the cor
poration are invited to come ud
"to the hill" and view the opera
tion as it is at present. Others
interested are also invited.
At last report there was some
five feet of snow on the moun
tain and the skiing Is good.
About 40 skiiers were there en
joying the run last Sunday.
rracific bas
MsforFPC
Hearing
Application to build a &2..V!..
WW pipeline compressor station
near lone was filed with tho
Federal lwer Commission Wed-
n-dv by Pacific Cas Transmis
sion lorn ny.
CO. .. . U . 1 1
J i miles southwest of lone on land
I j already acquired by the com
'.pany. A mainline valve is now
located on this spot.
I Time of construction of th
: station. If the application Is p-
provea is uncertain, it could not
I be before late l'.i5. a eomoanv
spokesman said, and probably
would be done In a summer sea
son. Hearing must be conducted by
the Federal Power Commission
before the application Is approv
ed and it is posMble that there
could be some opposition to it.
The lone project is a part of a
program that will see Pacific Gas
Transmission Company spend an
additional $9 million on stations
elsewhere in the Northwest
Small Fore Sauird
It Is expected that the con
struction will require a relallv
ely small force of manpower,
but it would have some eco
nomic Impact on the community
of lone, according to Roger C.
Thompson. Spokane, public In
formation representative for the
company.
It will have little impact on
schools and other public facili
ties because It will require a
rather short time to construct,
but It will add subsequently to
the county's assessed valuation
as a public utility.
Compressor stations help push
natural gas through the 1400
mile Alberta-California pipeline
by increasing the pressure. The
line through Morrow county was
constructed in 1961. In addition
to the lone station, PGT plans
to build new compressor stations
near Madras and in southern
Spokane county, Wn., near the
town of Rosalia.
Wcdlula to Maintain
The company plans to operate
the lone station automatically
by remote control in Spokane.
Maintenance of the station, ac
cording to present plans, will be
handled by an existing crew
based at Wallula, Wn., accord
ing to C. W. (Chet) Bond, cent
ral area superintendent for the
company.
There had been some specu
lation that lone might be the lo
cation of a maintenance crew
for the company, but the plan
to handle maintenance from
Wallula would seem to discount
this.
The proposed construction at
lone is part of a $30 million ex
pansion of the 36-inch-diameter
"Big Yard" pipeline system in
tne united Mates and Canada.
Ralph S. Nabors. PGT oper
ations manager, said in Soo-
kane that the company will add
44,000 horsepower in compression
to increase tne velocity ox gas
moving southward through the
line, which was placed in ser
vice in December, 1961.
Deliveries To Expand
The new lone compressor sta
tion, with others in Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon will enable
PGT to raise deliveries of Can
adian gas to northern and cent
ral California by about 50 per
cent, Nabors said.
Design of the lone station is
not yet final, but it will likely
consist of two 5,000- horsepower
turbine-driven centrifugal units,
Bond said. A turbine operates
much like an aircraft jet en
gine, using natural gas from the
pipeline mixed with air as fuel
to spin a compressor pump. The
gas is compressed as it whirls
at speeds up to 6,000 revolut
ions per minute.
Erection of the station will be
done under contrct, Thompson
said. It is probable that one con
tractor will be engaged to erect
all the stations in the North
west. Pacific Gas Transmission Com
pany delivers Alberta gas to
northern Idaho and eastern
Washington, and to Madras,
Redmond, Bend Gilchrist and
Klamath Falls in Oregon on be
half of El Paso Natural Gas
Company, as well as sending gas
to California.
No new deliveries to the North
west are included in PGTs pres
ent application, Nabors said.
An existing compressor sta
tion near Sandpoint, Idaho, will
be enlarged, a PGT measurement
station at the Oregon -California
border will be enlarged and min
or modifications will be made
to existing compressor stations
at Wallula, and Diamond Junc
tion (just east of Crater Lake).
The lone station is scheduled
to go into service late in 1967.
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of January 7-14 is as follows:
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Hi Low Prec.
37 28 .01
35 23
44 28 .10
Snow
31 25 .27
Snow
41 21
44 24
50 30