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HtPPWCH CAItTTt TIMIX ntMlT. April tl lS
Chamber Opposes Wildlife Refuge
Planned On Columbia River Front
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M prh -. i. !. r-ir jf ir-f-r. We fi 1 U.a )..,UI(1
t i.m panv lth an In llu taijrtt I rrjuirtt lo furnish an
i .iiiiuii i imunivg tome j S'Mitionm arte fr the
u arres irorn i-rivaie m n-r- j.-f n pay Wil.tiife MiMnrmrni
rn I'D
tilu on the OdumMa Itiver
waterfront In Morrow ruunly for
a wildlife r-fufc hii vutir.1 ty
Omir IVW'iiMm. former county
JinU'c, al a hearing on the tie.
vi-lopmrrit a fu mami'enx-nt f
the Jhn Day rM-rvuir Thurs
day (today). The lt-artn wa
rondu1-d by lite Army Cr( of
y.riKMuTt.
I ttfMn aweared on U half , ( rnmrw rit
of I Ik I li-pner Morrow County ! where the
( liattilx r of I'limiw icr aa chair,
man of H dv'luj'mi nl commit-
lir Oiher who w-r- retted
t make tatfm'nU from the
county at the hmrinu Included
fluM-itce ftewall, chairman of
Ihe county t'lanninif rornmii-
Hon; Mavor Al Lamb of lli j.p.
nr. who U alo a nwmlur of the
county iort commission; anl
County Judk'f I'aul Jonc.
Vtcron' frparrd ttatemcnt
explains thi jkiMUo.; of the
Chamber of Commerce and other
local group :
"I want to particularly refer
to the 12 miles of waterfront
and aome Otu) acri- of land he.
tween the State .Spare Are In-
duntrlal Park and mlon. These
landa Include aome of Oregon's
finest industrial aitcs. We of the
Ileppner-Morrow county Cham
her of Commerce lecoKnlze the
acveral uvi aa tentatively vet
up by the torpa, but with ui a
few (jucKtlona come up:
"la It In the public Interest
to remove aome Gooo acrea of
private land, aome of It good
agricultural land, and place It
under federal owncrkhlp aa part
of a waterfowl area? Can the
State of Oregon and It citizens
afford to aee thU much addit
ional land go under Federal con
trol when the state already has
over 50 of its lands owned by
the Federal government? Do the
actual benefits from hunting
Justify the expenditure of the
fcize being proposed and partic
ularly in tucn a vulnerable
area?
"Some grbupa In Morrow
county, dedicated to the In
dustrial growth of the region,
question full Federal control or
ownership and management of
the vital region. The lands In
clude some of Oregon's finest,
most usable, proven industrial
sites on a navigable river and
will accommodate a large pop
ulation In a semi desert area.
JOHN VENARD (right), manager of the Iteppuer branch. Hrst Notional Bank, presents a repro
duction o4 a painting by Loronio ChigUart to Al Lamb, manager of Morrow County Grain Growers,
as an erpieuton from the bank la observance of Its 100th anniversary. The bank commUaionod
Cbigllerl lo paint 11 scenes typical of the state's economic growth and development Tha picture
gleeo to tha Grain Growers shows Eastern Oregon wheat fields and a combine operating in
berrvest with China Pheasants rUIng tn flight la tha foreground.
THiirnr years ago
April II JS
Henry C flay. 8H, pioneer
stockman and legislator who In
trxxluced the bill for incorpora
lion of the city of Iteppner, died
at Ma home here TUeixlay after
noon, lie came to Morrow county
wnn his brother. Arthur. landing
at Jleipner June 12, 1H7M. and
settled on Ithea Creek where he
was engaged in wool gnmlng.
J. (J. liarratt received the
unanlmuoa ballot of Union,
Umatilla and Morrow county
courts as stat senator to ue
cted Jack K. Allen.
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COLE electric
Motor Rewinding
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL
FAUM AND HOME
S. W. 23rd , I'endleton
Ileppner High sthool band.
under the direction of Harold
liuhinan. returned Sunday from
the atate hand content in Ku
gene, where they gave an out
standing pel forma nee.
Ml Anna Wlghtman and
Claud K. (Irahain were lucd
marriage lleenne at the office of
Chaa. W. Itorlow last Tut'sday
TWENTY YEARS AGO
April 19. IMS
UK U. Kill liiddle U siN-ndlng
a well earned iurlough at the
home of his mother, Mrs Ver
non Brown, after serving In the
Asiatic-lliclflc theatre as a pliot
of a B 21 Utwrator.
Cnl. tonald Kotjlnnon Is home
on JO day furlough from MtCiiw
hospital to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Hoy Koblnson of Hard-
man, and S. Sgt Clair II. Cox ar
rived to spend a few days with
hi parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
ox alter being stationed sev
eral months In Florida.
A ouota of 20.000 lbs. of cloth
ing has been set for Morrow
county In its drive during the
next two days for everseas re
lief for people In the liberated
countries of l.'uroie. Mayor J. O.
Turner Is fmula(lng plans for
gathering, packing and mailing
lo the Portland terminal.
A county npcech fentival will
be held at the Lexington school
April 27. The question adopted
for high schools Is "What shad
be the post-war attitude of Ore
gon toward Japanese-Americans?"
TEN TEARS AGO
April 21. 19SS
Involved In automobile avl-
dents the past week were Mt
Maxine Sarns. ia Thoroe, Ralph
Marlatt, Clarence Buchanan of
lone. Rukm-11 O'Donnell, Earl
Warner, and Mr. and Mrs. Stan
ley Doe, all of Ileppner.
runeral service were held
April 20 for Mrs. O G. (Viola!
Crawford In Seaside, who died
suddenly April 17 at the Seanlde
hpltal. She was associated
with her husband In publishing
the liazette-Tlmes from 112 un
til 1951.
Carol Ann Wlglesworth. dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.
Wlglesworth of Butter Creek, has
w"cn chosen queen of the 1153
fair and rodeo.
lone hl'h school named Its
two top honor students this
week. Ilicy are Dennis Swan
son, valedictorian, and Law
rence Jones, salutatorlan.
Sm of the ( hamlrr of ( om-
mere wvuld like to ga along
with the recommendations of
uie .Morrow County Manning
ihi zoning tommiMinn. as lol
lm;
-It would be highly advisable
lor Ihe Corps of ru'lrterr and
the h and Wildlife people to
oiiriry m-ir jocati-ma for
management areas
lands are riot em-
lally ln-tutrlsl in character and
on a navigable stream. We
would reorr.mrid that the area
near the mouth of the Denchutes
iiiver and Millers Kland te re-
ctAered. Hundreds of thounds
of ducks and geese Uftetf this
area in the past.
"It would seem advisable for
too responsible for such facil
Hies to review other areas on
public lands away from the
future press of development and
navigable waters, where grow
ing conditions are good and
water Impoundable for perma
nent Fish and Wildlife manage
ment. We are concerned about
the practicability and compat
ibility of permanent FUh and
wildlife management with that
of industrial development, mis
sile and rocket testing, navy and
other supersonic aircraft aciiv.
Hies. The raising and lowering
of the pools, the ever -Increased
barge traffic, and the wake of
the water vehicles disturbing
wildlife cannot be altogether
compatible. The ever-Increasing
future press of development Is
on a river that Colonel Clark
of the Corps of Engineers said
would be lined with Industry at
suitable locations, which are
very limited on the 3J0 miles
of the Columbia River.
"We of Morrow county feel
that we have furnished our
share of non taxable facilities,
are willing to host a fair and
reasonable portion of wildlife
facilities but would be extreme-
ly pleased to share this much
needed activity with other areas.
We feel that 12 miles of our very
important waterfront Is too
much. Morrow county Is now
furnishing 50.000 acres for a
United States Navy bombing
range. 8.600 acres for an armv
ordnance depot, and 140.000
acres of forest land, bcinz tax
free, and 100.000 acres for the
state-owned Space Age Indust-
...-t Mt) woj1 t- las free
and then )-.parluf M mllea of
estrrtnely mirtant watrr fron
tage.
The State of Oregon vrM
control. oVvelopmrnt and oi-r
atlon of lu watrrfront lands f.r
commercial and iruiuntrial per
wi in our I'ort Corr.mUion.
e are concerned ahout their
ri'M to retain ownerthlp of
atefrort land. The planning
rommltkion. parks rotnmiioii
and county court nse twrni
mended that Ihe waterfront
park for our area on the Colum
bia filter be Pirated In the dunes
area eait of Doardman. In the
center of the county. The terrain.
t.md dunes, hlak water, arersul
billty for iHi.le. lack of Inter
ference with future Industrial
site developments are most prac
tkal tn this area.
It 1 often said that Deople
are the most important resource
of any community. This nan
much truth. .Net development of
a community is often governed
by the physical environment. In
cluding both natural and man-
made facilities.
"The Columbia River Valley
was an historic travel route for
doneers Journeying towards the
i'acific Coast Today the valley
retains Its importance as an east
west route for shipments by
road and rail, and the Colum
bia River will develop greater
Importance In the very near fu
ture when completion of the
John Day Dam brings the ad
vantage of alack water naviga
tion on a year-around basis.
"No one can deny that pub
lic accesses to the pools or pres-1
ent ann expanded future use
should be purchased at reason
able Intervals along the pools,
but full control of ownership
and management are question
able. "To sum up our conclusions,
we want to be able to compete
with areas on the Columbia for
Jobs for our young people of
Oregon. In these, some of Ore
gon's finest sites, we can do It"
Water Outlook
Excellent Despile
Post-Flood Drouth
(Continued from pace It
d arpe into Ihe reervutr U !
X maird la te 3" acre feet or
l' ,r'ert average.
Butter (Vrrk t fofecSnt t
fW 10Jts a re feet or KO per
cent average for the prr.od
April through July.
Statewide, Oregon water users
will have average to e-eiU-itt
water supplies in I'M, Apr.l
through September, despite
t. early two months of averago
rlrouyht preceded by two reco.d
b faking early-winter Moans.
Mountain snow parks are highly
variable In water content but
they all lie on watershed aotl,
that are very nearly saturaud
Stored water suppliea are up to
a hlfh of 32 percent of capac
ity. All forecasts are made on the
assumption that average condit
Ions of temperature and rainfall
will prevail during the runoff
searor..
The next evaluation of war
supply conditions will be mad?
about May 7. from snow survevs
and other data.
EDUCATION PAYS
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monthly includes all books.
Instructions, diploma, etc.
Send for free lesson and de
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AIRPLANE SPRAYING CO.
OWNED AND OPERATED BY
PAUL N. HANSEN
Now spraying grain for weeds and applying liquid
fertiliser, using new high density spray system
and concentrate 2-4-D for mora uniform coverage
and better control of hard to kill woods.
John Lane's Apt. No. 5
PH. Hoppner 676-9286 or 676-4294
Sudden Illness Takes
Mrs. Clinton Martin
Funeral services were held in
Portland last Wednesday for
Mrs. Clinton Martin, mother-in-law
of Mrs. Adella Martin, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin An
derson, according to word re
ceived last week by the Ander
sons. Her death came suddenly
in a Portland hospital following
a very brief illness.
Mm. Martin had visited In
Ileppner at various times, and
was the grandmother of little
Suzanne Martin, who has been
here often with her other grand
parents, the Andersons, and with
whom she was staying at the
time of the fire that took their
home.
BOWLING BITS
PIN SPINNERS
Team
Peterson's Jewelry
Bank of FX)
Del s Market
Central Market
Jack's Chevron
Klma's Apparel
Ileppner Elk's
PMH Angels
High Ind. Game Marlys
Phegicy, 180: High Ind- Scries
Grace Josi, 4G5- High Team
Game Peterson's Jewelry. 917;
High Team SeriesBank of EO,
2301.
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38 30
36 32
33 35
31 37
27 41
20 48
FIESTA WOMEN'S MAJOR
Turner. Van Marter,
Bryant 414 22 H
Padberj? Machinery 40 24
Lotts Electric 38 26
M.C Grain Growers 374 26'
Lairds Variety 364 274
Kinzua Corp. 25 39
Lexington Oil Co-op 24 40
Brlstow's Market 134 504
High Ind. GameVesta Kil
kenny, 208; High Ind. Series-
Vesta Kilkenny, 560: Hltrh Team
Game Kinzua Com.. 956: Hieh
Team Series, Padberg Machin
ery, 2652.
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Team
C. Ed Cole
First National
Bank
L. E. Dick
C. A. Ruggles
Ml Ladies
Humphreys
.Wishing Well
Phil's Pharmacy
High Ind. Game Ellen Camp
bell, 178; High ind. Series, Car
olyn Bergstrom, 475; High Team
Game Humphreys, 915; High
Series C. Ed Cole, 2618.
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Insurance Agency
Heppner
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Willow Creek Country
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Bank of EO
First National Bank
St. Patrick's
Hoppner Studs
A.L. Daggett, Dist.
Gardner's Men's Wear
I.O.O.F.
High Ind. Game
Hughes, 234: High Ind. Series-
Tom Hughes, 5i3; High Team
Game St. Patrick's 988; High
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