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bonk will b constructtd In th planned aw buslnMa dUtxlct
btlng dTlopd to rplac eld downtown ofa. Tnnaon d At
ociaiM. Tb Pallet, did tn tn7lnrtng design.
Srnator VVayn .Mora and
Ma urine .NVulx-rirrf have akcJ
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ClMk r-Jrtl. thry flotlfl.-J
(;axi-ltr-Tlrrw by telegram
Turmlay,
Miould the (ilnnnlnK apjirjji
riatlwi airjved durlnu thl
wlon of (WiTi-. it wtuli
move the time iwhe.lule fr the
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It U cfniJerel very unusual to
gri authoruaiion through the
omnibu bill and a pre ronitrue-
ion jiianrnnjf aj'pfojirlaHun me
same year.
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r ation ard by the tww Ore
L'on ftcnator would be another
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GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 22, 1965
10 cents
ScSioo! ioord
Reject's Mwm Petifseiis
2nd Extra
Cash Award
Announced
& ricttirea Pace 4)
Worker In The Gnzrtte-Tlmt'S
HtiiiKcrlptton rampalun have
shown nuch Interest In the extra
cash prize offered last week,
mat a neconu rami award wan
Announced Wednesday by the
rnmlj;n mnnnner.
Tlil new J10 cath prize IH
pa id uio woiKif In either iJW
trlct who turna In the mont
point on auhncrlptlonn, either
new or renewal, from now un
til the campaign clone at 6 p.m
Saturdny, July 31.
.Subscriptions turned In for
thl Saturday will count seven
point per year, those turned In
for next Wednesday will count
six point per year, and order
turned In for the final report
will count five point per year.
Thl new prize Is In addition
to the bicycle and cash prizes
announced at the beginning of
the campaign,
IntereM In the campaign
mounted rapidly this week as
parent and friend of the var.
lous workers got behind their
favorite to help them win the
top prize and highest honors.
Increasing numbers of sub
scribers are calling at the office
and paying their subscriptions
to the credit of their favorite
worker. Youngsters receive full
orcdit for all subscriptions
brought In or mailed to cam.
palgn headquarters. Subscribers
should signify which of the
young workers they wish to
nave credit for their order.
Rep. Mann Reviews
Work of Legislature
CongrcHAional redlstrl c 1 1 n g.
accomplished In the special
session, was the "moM sM'cfac
ular' achievement of the legis
lature this year. Hep. Irln
Mann of Stanfie'd, representing
the 2Sih district, told the mem
birs of the lleppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
Monday.
He sai l he believes that the
addition of Lane and Marlon
counties to the 2nd Congression
al district ',ihe lesser of many
evils" adding "Uiifce two coun
ties are mote In sympathy with
our point of view."
It was Important that Ihe leg-
l-laturc acted as It did, he suld.
because the alternative would
be to submit the matter to fed-!
crat courts for decision.
Kevamplng of the Workmen's
Compensation law was cited a 1
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ment. Under its provisions em-1 -f
plovers may provide' their own g"""' I
accident Insurance, Insure with I I f
a private carrier, or Insure with, I
the state.
A lot or thought has con
Into this act, and it 1 Indeed
model net. Hep. Mann, said
Tax Relief Seed Sown
Fears of financial distress for
state funds failed to recognize
the vitality of Oregon and the
vast amount of construction un
derway, and It was found poss
Iblc to establish a real property
tax relief account, the Kepub
llcan representative said.
The legislature appropriated
S25,u()O,00u for property tax re
lief to be distributed to counties
for such relief on the basic of
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HERE ARE VOTE STANDINGS
In Gozcttc-Timcs Campaign
m Listed below, in alphabetical order by dis-
tricts are the boys and girls who are working in
the Gazette-Times subscription campaign, to
gether, with .vote, standings up to press time.
NOTE: These standings are comparative,
and while they do show the exact place the work
. er is in, do not reveal the actual vote count. This
is in fairness to the youngsters.
DISTRICT ONE (Heppner)
Larry Anderson, G7G-9228 27,000
Donald Cossitt, 67G-9228 29,000
Dyrk Dunlap, G7G-9240 31,000
Shannon Farley, 67G-5329 32,000
Janet Gentry, 07G-9296 44,000
Doug Gonty, G76-92G4 40,000
Kelly Green, G76-9228 45,000
Jeritha Keithley, G76-9702 25,000
Allen McCabe, 676-9934 39,000
Dave McLeod, 676-5573 41,000
Jim Myers, 676-5340 22,000
Tricia Prock, 676-9412 34,000
Mike Sweek, G76-9483 36,000
Jim Van Schoiack, 676-91G7 43,000
DISTRICT TWO (Outside Heppner)
Jerry Boyer, Monument WE 4-2295 33,000
Frank Halvorsen, lone 422-7107 46,000
Charlotte Hatter, Kinzua 768-2731 38,000
Duane Lamb, Irrigon 922-3396 42,000
Alvin Vinson, Lexington 9S9-8492 37,000
Matt Warren, Rt. 2, Heppner 676-9760 .. 35,000
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REP. IRV1N MANN
Register Now
For Fair Booths
Organizations or croups who
are planning to enter booths In
L m .
ine morrow county air are r . r r: y . " " , j
urged to have space reserved lio."'s ins'lF"." he said',
according
Contracts
Let on Buses
At July Meet
Petitions sponsored bv a croup
or irrigon residents asking for
the northern end of the county
io leave me Morrow adminis
trative school district and loin
with the northwestern portion of
umatuia connty were rejected
Tuesday night by the board of
directors of -the Morrow whool
district - ; ' .
DlrUr IJfney Warner xf Ir
rigon rttirne, a, strong appeal in
ravor el the petitions and moved
tnat they be accepted, but his
motion was voted down, 3 no
against his lone yes vote. A mo
tion by Kalph Skoubo of Board-
man then followed that the pet
ition be rejected, and It carried
by a vote of 3 to 2. Some mem
bers abstained In each vote.
In the rather lengthy discus
sion on the matter It was point
ed out that schedule calls for
the design memo on the new
Riverside High school, to be lo
cated at Boardman, to be in the
hands of the Army Corps of En
gineers by August 16 and con
tract with the Engineers rnust
be signed In December of this
year.
Supt. David Potter said that
the schedule with the Engin
eers Is now as "tight as it can
be."
"I sincerely Question if the
Corps would proceed If this ac
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now. according to Mrs. Lcnna
Smith, secretary.
Eighteen booth spaces are
available, with room to add
more if necessary. These will be
given out on a first come, first
served basis, and those who
might have preference in loca-
tion are urged to contact the
fair secretary at the county
agent's office and have the
booth space reserved.
Theme of this year's countv
fair Is "Harvest Time."
Attorney Bob Abrams, called
on for his legal opinion, said
that It would be necessary to
hold hearings in the affected
districts and also to find the an
swers to questions on the tax
bases in these districts.
He said that he questions the
legality of an agreement be
tween the districts that would
stipulate that neither would as
sume bonded indebtedness of
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Rain Temporarily Halts Harvest
urain Harvest came to an
abrupt halt in Morrow county
uus ween just as it was got
ting well underway. Rains came
Monday nignt and continued in
termittently through Wednesday,
moving harvesters out of the
fields. '
While the crop may not take
serious carnage u it does not
continue for a prolonged time,
me rain brought delay to a har
vest tnat started later than us
ual. July 4 is considered a nor
mal start of early harvest in the
northern part of the county, and
mucn ot tne crop across the
county is In storage by late July.
On the other hand, it is noth
ing unusual for rain to Interrupt
Harvest. It slowed proceedings
in late July last year, but har
vest was almost completed by
min-August. Early rain In July,
1963, delayed start that year but
harvest was virtually finished
by August 22.
In the 19C2 season, off and on
rains hampered harvest and the
crop was not all in until earlv
September.
Eugene Winters, countv ex
tension agent, said those in the
lone area were halted about
1:30 p.m. Tuesday, not havini?
received the earlier rain felt in
Heppner Monday night.
Ai Lamb, manager of Morrow
County Gain Growers, said that
the cooperative had received 7.
o87,(XX) pounds of wheat, or 123,-
000 bushel, by time of the gen
oral shutdown, and 8,23(5,000
pounds or barley, or 171,000
bushels, idnce the Grain Grow
ers receive an annual total of
some 2,000,000 bushels of wheat
and barley in a harvest season,
it is apparent that harvest was
Just underway.
Lamb said that he does not
believe any rancher was com
pletely through harvest when
the rain came. Elevators at
Heppner and Ruggs had not vet
started receiving.
He said he did not believe the
crop was mature enough to hurt
test weight substantially. If rain
ceases as of mid-week, harvest
should be well in swing again
by Monday, he said.
we ve never lost a crop vet
because of rain," Lamb declared.
But this doesn't keen anxious
farmers from "champing at the
bit" since there is alwavs the
possibility of hail or heavy
thunder showers to wreak dam
age to the crops.
indications are still that the
crop, while no in the bumper
category, will be a real good one
with both yield and quality
high and no rust or other mis
fortunes to mar it.
Deserving honor will come to
Erna Lynn Winchester, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lrnie Winches
ter, Heppner. in the second of
this year's series of princess
dances lor the Morrow County
Rodeo court Saturday evening,
July 24.
Continued good support Is ex
pected for the dance at the fair
pavilion, when the public is in
vited to come and enjoy a good
time and dance to the music of
The Western Gentlemen from
Condon.
Princess Erna can rightfully
be called a true "daughter of
the saddle," with a fine family
history of riding, and a lifelong
member of the Wranglers, her
sponsoring organization.
Brow n-e y e d, titian-haired
Erna has lived all of her 16
years with her family in the
house on the corner of Church
and Main streets. Her mother,
Lois, who has operated a beau
ty shop at that location since
1"27, also has spent her entire
life there.
The pioneering great-grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Reid, occupied quarters In the
old Heppner Hotel, which was
located on the same corner, in
tne year 1901. The hotel was
washed away in the 1903 flood
and the Reids built the house
in which the family stiU lives.
and behind it the grandfather
operated a lumber yard.
txnie vvincnester. iatner or
the princess, came to Heppner
from Massachusetts, where he
has worked as a contract car
penter and painter.
The princess has come to be
as much at home on a horse as
she has in her native commun
ity, where her gay spirit and
vivacious personality has made
her many friends. She appeared
in her first rodeo parade at the
age of one year, sitting on a
pillow in front of her mother's
saddle, then riding alone when
she was two, and each yeat
thereafter.
She has missed riding in only
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rluilfd In Omnibus Klvrr and
lUrbor Authorization Bill, re
ported to Senate on July 19, we
re asking Senai Appropriat
ion committee tj give rrtou
onlderatln to approval of
JloO.W for fla V.Ai for pre
construction planning on Wil
low Creek prot-l. We hope to
receive encouraging news on
our mjuefct ttfuny favorable
action would aii't-lcmte event
fal beginning of cnnMructiwn on
project,"
Normally, authorization In an
omnlbut bill cornea In one x-.
Urn of Congress and an approp
riation U sought at the next
M-wion.
WiSlard Sively. who. at chief
of th floods control aeitlon vt
the U. S. Army Corp of Engin
eers' district In WalU Walla,
active In working on the
Willow Creek project two years
go, gave Information on what
In Included In "pre-construrtion
punning" when he wai contac
ted by telephone Wednesday.
It would Include many de
tail on the project that mut
tie accomplished before general
construction could be underta
ken, rte aid, suh as wonting
out plans for the Irrigation feat
ure and Identifying water user,
drilling of the darn site, work
ing out details of the spillway,
i r -- a a. r u j mill-
out actually taking property on
me proposed rights-of-wav de-
scribing areas needed for the
dam and reservoir, and similar
matters. Next step would be to
draw up contract plans and
specification
The appropiiittin for the pre
construction planning must pre-
cvde the appropriation for ccr.
struction of the project.
Sively said that the Engin
eers, having completed tneir
survey for the project, whic h has
been approved by all agencies.
can do nothing more until a pre
construction planning approprla
ion is forthcoming.
He said he has known pro
jects that awaited appropriat
ions for years following author
ization and said that if a plan
ning appropriation were obtain
ed thU year, it would speed up
the project's timetable a "min-
Imum of a year."
The senators' telegram, fol
lowing closely the announce
ment that the project is Includ
ed In the Omnibus bill, brought
! additional Joy to local leaaers
who have been working for the
projecL
Mayor A! Lamb said that
Cong. AI Ullman had expressed
hope that the appropriation
might be expedited in the same
year as the omnibus bill, but
the news from Senators Morse
and Neuberger came as a con
siderable surprise here, even
though supporters full well re
alize that the fact that the ap-
proprialon is asked for does not
mean that it will be approved.
Ascar Peterson, chairman of
the Chamber of Commerce de
velopment committee, said that
he has written letters of apprec
iation to the senators and to
Congressman Ullman. Other
supporters of the project ex
pressed similar appreciation and
peculated that swiftly develop
ing events may be partially
due to local interest demon
strated in the project and the
need for the multiple uses of the
dam.
WEATHER
week of July 15-21 is as follows:
Hi Low free.
Thursday 92 55
Friday 94 55
Saturday 93 50 ,
Sunday 81 52
Monday 82 52 .10
Tuesday 68 52 .02
Wednesday 68 43 .07
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THESE WILLOW CREEK all-stars will open play in the area Little League tournament at The
Dalies against tne Deschutes county all-stars Friday evening at 6 o clock. Bottom row (Irom lett)
are David Cunderson. Kenny Baker, Joe McEU gott, Dallas Harsin, Terry Cannon. Rorv Srillmcny
Gary Watkins, Tom Hughes. Back row (from left) Bruce Marquardt who will not see action be
cause of a broken leg. Keith Curnutt. John Ha L Greg Greenup. Stan Kemp, Terry Hughes, Bob
in Duffy, Gene CroweU and Coach Lindsay Kin laid. Gary Huber and Manager Warn Harsin are
not pictured. The team will play again Saturday night whether they win or lose in the first
game. (G-T Photo).