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EUGENE,
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Story Told of Man Who Lost Most Relatives in Flood
(UHtor Note: O M. Yea
err, now of lastle Hot h, Wn4
author of the etulng irtlcl,
hi lira, "As the fiJnd year U
about Iw-re since the great
IIimhI (if 1MW1 almost Hll
iHit our Inn Mff"v cntnty
city, thought you might Ilk
to read tii story as related
to me In May or liftl by Ihe
man Mho l the mot rela
Ilvrs In Urn biff flood. U1 Ash.
baugh was an old friend,
former Klght Mile farmer un
III he was elected county
c-ummluiloncr. I went down to
M-e him In Cortland a few
weeks before be died. He
helped ut the building if the
new courthoue over I.
TORT or
EDWARD ASHBAUCR
Who LmI I he Meat lUlattrea
la the flood.
Aa lold to O. M. Yrajf.-r, May,
I came t0 Morrow rounly lata
In the fall of iHHtf. I wii ami a 1 1 a
bachelor at lhal lime, I went
out to the Klght Mile country
and homenteaib-d on a quarter
ink Hon of farm land. At that
time I bought IfiO acres of rail
ruad land and XX) arrea from
(). U. Allison. Ttila made me a
full section of land.
On February K, 1H91, I mar
ried Cora May Stanton, a neigh
bor Rill. We had seven children
from Ihta union. i
On November 4, It), ! was
liiled county commlttloni-r.
The im-kI year, VJil. the county
court divided lo build a new
i-ourt Iiouim', at a cj of $i0,mo.
After He started building Ihe
court Iioumi, this )..b krot me
mi buv lhal we dm Med li move
lnl Ihe county neat. Jleppner.
So w moved Into town in Ihe
early spring of VMU. and were
llvlna: there at the time of Ihe
great flood of 111,1.
At Ihe lime of Ihe flood I waa
In fort land on county business.
When I heard of Ihe terrible
tllater made arrangement lo
go right hme. I could not find
out In Portland If my wife and
children were safe or not. I ar
rived home June 13, the day
after the flood. Then I found
that my wife and entire family
of aevvn rhlKlreit were all swept
away and drowned. Our home
and all the content wrre wah
ed away. My atater, May Jones,
and her huband, I'earl Jones,
and three of their children were
drowned. I ali lost an aunt,
Susan Lefflrr, and two oualna,
whone mmri f can't recall now,
I also , lust one second couMn
and one nephew, a tmall baby
belonging to my brother Mmm
Ashhaugh.
when I got home 1 tried lo
find some of their bodies. had
two graves opened up and Iden
tified two of rn v daughters.
At Ihe time of Ihe flood I
owned a temperance ptlme.
" " e-rvea no liquors or any
sinii escepi aort drinks. Mn. Al
Juatlcv cam Into Ihe pattlm
ana asm ir.t my wtre. Cora,
had been found. I went into ihe
morgue lo Identify her body,
but I could not be aure. I asked
Mrs. Justice to lake the ring off
ine ooay ana iei me see it, ana
Ihen I would be aure. The ring
had engraved n Ihe Inalde
"From EC. to CM." and It waa
she. I never found my son for
aure, but we burled a toov of
about the same age and put up
a lomMtone, but I waa never
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Plans Made
For Annual
Bazaar Mere
Thirty merchants and organl
ration have already algned to
take part In Ihe MM-ond annual
Sidewalk fUanr In llcppnrr, act
for Friday and Saturday, July
9 and Id, according lo Hob Ih-n.
ry end VU lenity, co-chairmen.
A Hide range of booth, ex
hibits and attraction on llcpp
m r'a Main Mreet aldcwalk will
bring novel offerings lo the pub
lic. It will alo serve as a kick
off lo Ihe rodeo lenwin and will
follow a western theme,
With this good atari. Indica
tion are that It will nurpan by
considerable the first annual
Sidewalk Bazaar held lt sum
mer. Some of those vho plan lo
take part have their location
cl i .. n snd thilr plans pn-tty
well definite. Others are yet In
complete details, Henry said.
A final planning session hs
Ix-en ki'l for Thursday night
June 21. In Ihe old city library
snd representatives from each
builix-m or organization plan
nlng to take part are ankcd to
he present at the meeting
Tlie town will be In a feMlva
mood for the occasion, and un
riotiMcdly many novel Idea
will filling up on an Impromptu
basis, as participants and the
pi! Mlc swing into the spirit o
the orr4ilon.
Oreanlzntlons already signet
to take iart together with the!
locations and their type of par
tlclpatlon If announced, are as
follows: lone t.lnn club at First
National Dank; Morrow County
(cm and Mineral Society a
Gonty's. display of rocks and
gcm: LAttcr Day Saints church
at Thomson's Grocery, bake
sale; Mother's club at Turner,
Van Marler and Hryanta. lem
onade stand: Jaycii-s al former
location of Freds Cafe; KIks at
temple, pies and coffee; Lexlng
ton Women's Fellowship at
Lylc'a BarlM-r Shop; American
Legion Auxiliary at former
Hcppner Hardware, white ele-
phant sale.
Itchckahs at annex of Hum
phreys Drug, Pronto Pups; Car
nation club at Central Market;
Lexington Kchckuhs at Hcppner
Auto, Hawaiian punch; Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary at banquet
room of Wagon Wheel, bake
sale; Episcopal church men plan
a Ktenk dinner for the evening
of Friday. July 9, from 5 to 7:30
at the church for an added at
traction of the Bazaar
Among stores and businesses
which will participate are:
Hcppner Grill, sidewalk cafe;
Humphreys Kexall, merchan
dise; Phil's Pharmacy, merchan
dise; Klma's Apparel, merchan
dise; case furniture, mcrchan
disc
82nd Ycor Number 15
THE itfrr?
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GAZETTE'
Hcppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 10, 1965
Cotaoty Bydlget
Total $!
Undleir L
TIME
10 cents
ho a , ' ' X fill
Budget for Mornwe county.
published foe the first time In
the Gazette-Times this week. Is
114.011 below the 6 limitation
that could be levied without re
quiring a vot of th people.
The 15 Ofl budget calls for
total expenditures of 1519.3x3
as compared with I"11.'J71 In
Ihe li4 budget However, re
source for ihe coming year are
set at S2W.7KO as compared with
zaa&i lot the year ending.
Total taxes to be levied for
the ensuing year are f.tw.710
as compared with Slr3xr7 for
Ihe current year. The $125,000
for the road aerial levy Is In
cluded In the figure and is not
subject lo the 6 limitation.
Laid year the road aerial levy
was for tlli.UiO. Thus. If It were
not for roads, the budget levy
would be less than last year. The
road serial levy was approved
j ry a vote or the people at a ape
Iclal election following the win
ter floods.
Public hearing; on the budget
has been set for Thursday. June
21. at 10 a.m. at the courthouse.
At this time the public la invited
to discuss the budget or any
part of It, present remonstrances
or speak in favor of It.
County Judge Paul Jones is
chairman of the budget commit
tee. Commissioner Walter
nayes and lene rerguson axe
members of the committee by
virtue of their official capacities
on the county court, and citizen
members by appointment are
Marion Green, secretary. Jasper
Myers and Paul Slaughter.
The budget provides moderate
salary increases for elected of
ficials with most of them re
ceiving raises of $300 per year.
Others receive $100 per year, in
cluding the treasurer and jus
tices of the peace.
Provision is made for increases
for the Janitor and some of the
clerks, but a number of the dep.
uties and clerks remain on the
same scale as for the year end
in. Among Items listed for In
creases are: Judge's travel ex
pense, from $800 to $1400; a $500
provision for part-time janitor's
helper; jail expense from $1500
to $3000, occasioned by the sharp
increase in this department dur-
4,000
i mm it
Ing the current year; climb In
the welfare fund from $9.!w.J lo
$15.8-19: weed spraying em ploy re
from $1000 to $kJ; matching
money for state and Federal
trapper from $.1730 to $n.W7:
special attorney fund for circuit
court from $700 to $1200; pro
vision for courthouse and Jail
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II
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EUGENE WINTERS, now of
Med ford, expects to arrive la
Heppner about July 1 to be
gin work as county agent her,
succeeding Nels Anderson who
is going to Niger. Africa, as
extension advisor. Winter vis
ited in Heppner recently pro
paratory to assuming bis now
duties.
MORROW COUNTY'S 19S5 Fair and Rodeo court Is shown In the first picture taken in their brand
now oumti, purcnasea in Heppner. From left ar Princess Erna Lvnn Winchester, princes Vir
ginia Majesko, Queen Judy Shoror, Princess Karla Lucianl and Princes Susan McCoy. The court
will soon start visiting othsr rodeos and show prior to the lair and rodeo season in Morrow coun
ty. (Gazette-Times Photo).
Pirnir t Hnnnr
IUIII IV IIUIIUI
Anderson Family
Doors of the fuir pavilion
building will be oiHned to all
Morrow county resident Sunday
aticrnoon ror a picnic in fare-
'ell tribute to Morrow County
r.xtenNlon Afrent Nels Anderson
mi his family.
The county extension advisory
council is 8K)iisoring the county
wide picnic extending- a special
Dick's Barber Shop, shoe Invitation to all friends and 4 II
shine; variety Btorc, mcrchan
disc; Central Market, merchan
disc; Gonty's, merchandise; Gar
anors Men wear, merchan
mums m mo county. Famines
are ankeil to be at the pavil
Ion at 2:00 p.m., bring sand
wicnes, a not uisn anil own
dise; Western Auto, merchan- service. Coffee and punch
aise; jviiLaclles, merchandise. win ne lurnisneu.
ah otner stores ana organiza- Kepresontatives of the state
tlons Interested are Invited to extension department and other
vi iiipuit.-. mey are nsiica to agents from nearby counties art
comae, nenry or oonty. among those expected to attend.
Wagenblast Brothers
Sweep Show Awards
The; Wafjonblast brothers
John and Steve made a perfec
score with tholr four Hereford
steers at the Mid-Columbia Jun
lor Livestock show In The Dalles
Monday.
They took four steers and
swept an elite competitive field
to gain the four top places In
FFA beef Judging classes at the
snow.
Brother Steve won first In
class A and grand champion of
an ttA beer classes with his
steer, and brother John showed
the reserve grand champion In
tnis class and tooK second.
In class B, John turned the
tables and took first with his
steer while Steve was right be
hind him with a second.
Not content with walking off
with these tjp prizes at the shov
the brothers, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvln Wagenblast of Lex
ington, added their steers to the
one of Dick Flaiz of Hcppner foi
a herd of five and won the best
chapter herd award for Ilepp
ner's FFA chapter.
George Bain, Malheur county
extension agent, who was judge
In beef competition, commented
that the Wagenblast steers were
:he best of any that he had ever
had the pleasure of Judging.
"It was a once In a million
thrill," said the boys happy
father. He said that the boys had
worked diligently to get their
steers ready and got up every
day at 5 a.m. to care for them.
John graduated from Heppner i
High school with the class of
!)o5 and will enter Oregon State
University In the fall in animal
husbandry. He has achieved an
outstanding record in FFA and
has won many honors with Mr
work. Steve appears to be fol
lowing in his footsteps and will
-e a junior in high school next
year.
In wlnnlnc the honors thv
topped entries from some of the
lcsi nerds in the state.
Hut their achievements were
not all the honors taken by the
sizeable contingent of Morrow
county entries. Tony Dohcrtv
was fifth with his class A Here
ford, Dean Robinson sixth, and
Alfred Drake was seventh. All
are of Hcppner.
In class B, Dick Flaiz was
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Council Seeks Bids
On Street Repairs
Call for bids on a street re
pair program In Heppner was
approved by the city council at
its regular meetlnc Monday
night. Bids will be received un
til 8 p.m. July 6 at the ofHce of
the city recorder.
Included in the repair prourain
will be 7,400 square yards wiln
one lift, roiled and sealed; 10,-
000 yards with two lifts, rolld
and sealed; and I.0M) yards
with three lifts. The contractor
will grade, brush and prepaie
the surface, haul and place rock
and furnish a good grade of oil,
using 200-300 asphalt.
The work will be done after
the start of the 1965-66 fiscal
year and funds are provided in
the new city budget. Legal no
tice is elsewhere in this paper.
Pump to be Repaired
Repairs to the pump and water
stem at the city well at the
llklnson place were authorized
by the council in order to in
crease pumping capacity and
water supply.
City Superintendent Vic Gro
hens said that about l'i days
work would be required to do
the job, which would boost the
pumping capacity to about 700
gallons per minute from the
present 600 gallons on the water
system. The 000 appears to be
adequate but the increased ca
pacity would assure that there
would bo no water shortage, he
said.
Ilarley Young, manager of Col
umbia Basin Electric Co-op, who
was present at the meeting, of
fered use of the co-op's boom
truck in making the repairs il
It is needed.
Vv-i
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of June 4-11 is as follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Friday 81 47
Saturday 82 46
Sunday 86 49
Monday 83 42
Tuesday 79 44
Wednesday 82 44
Thursday 85 44
Groshens furnished the coun
cil with a list of some 20 prop
erty owners whose sidewalks
are in need of repairs. These
must be repaired at the expense
of the property owners.
The council directed Mrs.
Elaine George, recorder, to not
ify them of the need and to re
quest that corrections be made.
Census Turned Down
Mayor Al Lamb reported to
the council that the state would
arrange for a city census to be
taken at cost. The council, how
ever, agreed to dispense with
the count at this time on the
theory that the city has not ex
perienced any material growth
In population.
Vocations Adjusted
The council agreed to adjust
vacation time of city employees
to conform to a schedule propos
ed by Groshens. Employees arc
now allowed 10 working days
vacation. Under the new pro-1
posal, they will be allowed an
additional one day's vacation for
each year of service above 10
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5 Have Rough Trip
But 'Lots of Fun'
On John Day Run
Five hardy souls who ran
the John Day from Camas
Creek to Monument on balsom
wood rafts Sunday and Mon
day reported a rough trip when
they came home tired and
weary but said that they
wouldn't have missed it for
anything.
The group Included Don
Greenup, who said he'd al
ways wanted to try it, Len
Ray Schwarz, Pat Cutsforth,
Dick Robinson and Bob Laugh
lin The men, none experi
enced in this type of venture,
had talked of it every hunt
ing season and finally made
the big decision to try it
They left Sunday morning
and it wasn't long; until they
last one sleeping bag com
pletely, had others soaked and
were well drenched them
selves. ' ,
It was about a 30 mile trip,
but the river was low and the
rocks were many. They camp
ed on the edge of the river,
worried about rattlesnakes
which are supposed to be
abundant in that area, and
about "froze to death" with,
their sleeping bags wet.
They made it to Monument
about 12:30 Monday. Despite
their woes they came through
without casualties. Greenup,
who wore tennis shoes after
being accustomed to cowboy
boots, said that the backs of
his legs hurt so badly he could
hardly move them.
lone fo Decide
On Fire Truck
Voters within the city limits
of lone will decide at a special
election Monday, June 14, wheth
er they wish to purchase a fire
truck at a cost of $12,000.
The vote will be on a 5-year
serial levy that calls for $2400
per year, together with interest
on the unpaid balance on the
truck.
Proposed by the city council
is the purchase of a Seagraves
pumper, which previously was
in service at Sunnyvale. Calif,
Although 15 years old, the truck
Is oifered with a new truck guar
antee.
Its rated capacity is 750 cal
kins per minute, but Mayor
cnanes uuonnor said that it
will pump at the rate of 1200
gallons per minute.
Polling place will be at the
lone city hall and balloting will
De rrom 2 until 8 p.m.
Scouts Invite Public
To Saturday Feed
Members of Boy Scout Troon
661 will serve a public pancake
dinner Saturday evening, June
12. at St. Patrick's parish haW.
Proceeds of the dinner, which
will be served between 4 and
8 p.m., will help send local
scouts to summer camp at Wal
lowa Lake in July, and will helD
buy needed camping equipment
for the troop.
Family tickets may be pur
chased for $3; adults, $1, and
children, 50c, either at the door
or from some of the scouts.
Annual Auction
And Barbecue
Af lone Saturday
Would vou like to take a 30-
minute plane ride? Do you need
a wood cook stove for your
mountain cabin? Looking for a
curtain stretcher? Want to get
some power tools for dad for
Father's day? Have you always
wanted a big church bell all
your own?
Maybe you'd like a new bird
cage for Tweety-Pie'? Or may
be you'd like to have an air
rifle to satisfy a fiendish urge
to plink that bird?
Whatever you're looking for,
chances are you can find it at
the lone Community auction,
sponsored by the lone United
Church of Christ. The third an
nual auction and pit-cooked bar
becue will be Saturday at the
Willows Grange halL
Yes, they have all the things
listed above and many, many
more.
The auction will start at 10:30
a.m. with Don Wink crying the
sale.
Everything will come to a halt
at 12:30 when the real pit-cook
ed barbecue beef dinner starts,
and folks from miles around are
expected to come and enjoy this
meal. Admission is $1.75 for
adults, $1 for children, and pre
school children are free.
After dinner the auction will
continue until all the merchan
dise and novel items are sold.
There will be a snack bar open
throughout the day with candy
and pop available.
Don Bristow of the committee
also states, "Don't miss the si
lent auction in the hall."
Those who have merchandise
to donate to the auction are
asked to bring it or contact
Lindsay Kincaid.
Iones swimming pool will be
open for those of the family who
want to take time out for a
swim.
Wheat Growers Cover Wide Range at Spring Meet
By N. C. ANDERSON
tven tnougn tne hour was
late for adjournment, interest
continued through the program
of the annual spring meeting of
the Morrow County Wheatgrow-
crs Association last Thursday
nieht at the Lexington Grange
hall.
Chairmaned by Bob Jepsen,
president of the county associa
tion, the agenda contained noth
ing but items of timely interest
to all wheat growers. Attend
ance was not what it should
have been for such an import
ant meeting. However, those
who were present appeared to
be deeply interested in all parts
of the program. Chairman of
the various standing committees
gave brief reports of items of
importance at this time of the
year.
Special parts of the program
included the Introduction ot the
1965 "Conservation Man of the
Year:" narrated slides of mar
keting activities for soft white
wheat in the Orient, Far East
and the Philippines; a progress
report of the road program as
it has been carried out since
the disastrous flood damage in
late December, and of plans for
the future.
David Baker, lone, was named
1965 Conservation Man of the
Year by a committee appointed
by the county wheatgrowers as
sociation. Louis Carlson, chair
man, reported that conservation
practices which included almost
2003 acres of wind strip crop
ping, grass seedings on borders
of much of the farm land, wild
life plantings and a bird guz
zler, a siltation dam, and farm
stead windbreak earned Baker
this title. Colored slides of
some of these important prac
iices were shown.
Lindsay Kincaid, reporting fo
the public relations committee
showed a series of 40 colorec
slides taken during the second
annual Portland 8th grade tour
This event was declared a suc
cess from the standpoint of
those 35 Portland 8th graders,
as well as the host families and
ranches visited during the two-
day tour.
Lounty Judge Paul Jones, re
porting on the county road pro
gram, said that of the 1250
miles of county road system in
Morrow county there was but
little that was not affected by
the December and January run
off and floods. The road pro
gram, since January, has been
aimed particularly at the repair
of these roads with the excep-1
tlon of some projects obligated
belore the estimated $300,000
damage.
Projects on Sunflower Flat and
an access road from an overpass
in Boardman are being com
pleted and the 14-man county
road crew has worked long
hours in making roads passable
as quickly as possible. He re
ported $188,000 of the emergen
cy flood funds from Federal
source has been spent and ad
ditional funds are being spent
on replacing bridges lost In
these two floods . During th
five-month period since January
1, the county, with regular
flood funds and those emergen
cy appropriations, has spent
well over the amount budgeted
for one year's budget.
Judge Jones reported that FAS
roads, which include several
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