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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1965)
I HEWNER GAZETTE -TIX ES. Thursday. Aut I. IKS Nuisances Fill Agenda At Council Meeting Dam Could Start In Three Years, Engineer States (Continued from pai 1) 11 mlaht wrll have been call, ed "nuisance night" at the fity council meeting Monday even Inc. Doc. hue and an old build ing all came in ft aharca of the rtlM-uuiion. At the end of the meeting. It appeared that aome thine more than -Just talk" will he done about each. While the doc problem U a perennial one for ctty council everywhere, those city dads at the meeting Monday agreed that It U becoming serious In lleppner. Ctty Attorney Bub Ab ranu will be aked to prepare an ordinance whit-It may pave the way for better dog control. Chief of Police Oilman waa re quested to look into the matter of obtaining a pellet curt for catching the doe, and to de termine whether lr. Jim Norene, veterinarian, would hwuse and feed the animals for the re quired five day before they are disposed of. County Pound Inatfectiv . Chief Cllman said that It does no good to put dogy in the county pound. - i They take wire cutters and cut them out or spring the doors with tin? Irons." he said. When the matter came before the council aome two years ago, purchase of a pellet pun was considered. Oilman aald that pellet laden darts at trV docs. would cost about $123. The pel lets act as a sedative and make the docs easy to casrh, Dttad vantage Is. he said, that differ-' ent size dogs require different size pellets. !- Councilman Haskell Sharrard said that the doc nuisance is so bad In his neighborhood - that petting night's sleep as a prob lem. - - A leash law might not be the answer because dogs tied ac night may howl more than those running free, Ciiman said. While it may be a little in definite at this point what the decision will be, the mood of the council on the matter Is stern, and the citizenry can ex pect some action for better dog control Bugs or Bees? A tree that provides haven for Insects, variously called "bugs" and 'bees' by the council men, must be sprayed, the city fath ers agreed after a complaint was brought to their attention. The tree is located in front of a home on Green street, between the sidewalk and the street, and it 'boeH o "beeV are a nul sance in the neighborhood. It was pointed out. After aome dlcuslon. It was decided that the property own er I responsible for the tree, and the city will request that it be sprayed to Mil the Insects, whatever they may be. Shack to Co Frank S. Parker had aked the city at the July council meet- Inn to seek removal of an old shark near his residence. A com mittee was appointed to look Into the situation and reported Monday night that it concurred that It should be disposed of. To this end. the council agreed to ak the property owner to dtpoe of It with the sugges tion that the fire department might burn it tor training in the fall. T Fare Street Karl Avres aked tho council to pave Skyline Boulevard, the street to his home from Chase, with the total cost to be as sessed to Ayres. The council agreed, and City Superintendent Vic Groshens said that the pav Ing is Included In the current street repair program. Water is Pure Mayor Al Lamb read a card from the State Board of Health saying that six samples of city water comply with all U. S. Pub lie Health drinking water stand ards. The board extended con gratulations to the city and suggested that it continue these standards through the year, af ter which a certificate would be issued to the city. Bridge Work Set After two special council meetings during the part month on a bridge that leads to the Jim I lager property and is used by his dairy trucks, the council agreed to take responsibility for repairs to the bridge because it is located on a city street. It leads into Kirk street from Can non. There had been considerable discussion over whether Hager or the ctty was responsible for maintenance of the bridge, Groshens said that temporary shoring has been placed under the bridge to make it safe. Permits for alterations and re pairs were granted as follows: David McLeod. 535 N. Main. re finish basement, new roof, S2200; L. E. Dick. 2G0 N. Gil more, new roof and concrete work. $900; Fay Frock. 505 El der,' new roof on residence, $70. Illness Claims Life of Member: Of Wright Family. Funeral services for Joan (Wright) Zimmermari. . 41. were held Tuesday, August 3, at 10 a m. at the First Christian church, Heppner. Rev.. Al r Bos chee presided over the memorial service. Interment was Jn River view Cemetery, Portland, , with Burns Mortuary in charge of ar rangements. . , - . Mrs. Zimmerman died Sunday, August 1, In St. ' Anthony hos pital, Pendleton, after a.- linger ing illness which kept her hos pitalized the past three months- Born May 30, 1921. in Hepp ner, she was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orian Wright She attended schools here, and after graduation took business training In Portland, where she worked for a few years prior to her marriage. She had also been employed at the Hermtston Tele phone office. ' ' On March 9, 1941, she was married to Richard C. Zimmer man in Heppner, and have since made their home in Hermiston. Survivors - Include her " hus band, Dick, and two children, Eonnie Gene, 21, recently return ed from service abroad In the Peace Corps, and Clayton Lee, 22, now stationed with the Navy in Viet Nam; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orian Wright, Hepp ner; three brothers, W. Clayton Wright, Pendleton; Robert N Wright, Pilot Rock, and Albert Wright, Heppner, and several nieces and nephews. : ; He be IDnonnn PI 3 mac iwuniiy I juiiivJ Raze Buildings (Continued from page 1) a power winch and jointer, felt that the Jointer might repaired. No Insurance was carried on the leveled buildings and their contents but the adjacent hous es . were insured, he said. His loss was estimated at several thousand dollars. The Moores lost bicycles, gar den tools and other items which were stored in one of the build ings. riremen answered the alarm at 6:10 p.m. Joining the crew of eight volunteers were a number of former firemen and towns people. It was hot work because the flames, fed by the paint and other inflammable materia 1 s, quickly engulfed the building. The propane tank explosion caused some fear that more ex plosions might occur, but fire men realized the tank was there and figured it would explode. No one was injured because it burst in such a manner that no fragments were thrown for a long distance. Hoses were laid as far as Gale street, three blocks away. Cause of the fire had not been determined definitely by Wed nesday, but Keithley discounted any possibility of spontaneous combustion. He also said ne naa not been in the buildings for several days. Stan Phillips, of John Day, deputy state fire marshal, was here investigating the fire Tues day evening and late Wednes day afternoon. eov-ement um!ng alt cf the coM' the Irrigation feature would he partly reimbursable, equivalent to the users' ability to pay; water quality would he non reimbursable; muni c I pa I and Industrial uv would bo re imbursable; and that ortlon as signed to recreation would be partly reimbursable. A new law paed by Congress enters Into the recreation feature, he said. This requires a portion assigned to recreation to t repaid by Home local or state agency. Included would be the campground facilities, plant ing the reservoir with fish, and similar Item. The State Game Commivslon might take care tf the fish, he said. Step Outlined Meadowctvft outlined steps necessary before sin h a project could be in construction, two of which have already been attain ed by the Willow Creek projt-cl 1. Securing of a Congressional resolution of authorizing a study. 2. Securing funds to un dertake the study. (This study has been completed and has re ceived favorable reports from all agencies Involved)!. Next step is approval in nn Omnibus bill in Congress t where the Willow Project now stands the Senate has approv ed and the House has its Omni bus bill under consideration. Approval in the Omnibus bill means that the project is eligi ble for construction. "This dees not mean that con struction will start. Meadow- cioft emphasized, -but It Is a vt-ry important point. If it doesn't go through the Omnibus bill, the project terminates." Study Cost $500,000 Fourth step Is request for funds for an advanced engin eering study, whieh. if approved, would take about three years. Total estimated cost of a tie tailed study on this project is placed at about SjOO.tiOO. By comparison, the study which was previously completed is only a preliminary study, Mcadowcroft said. Included in this detailed study would be these: 1. Foun dation exploration and geologic studies, important to safe de sign. 2. Detailed hydrological and water supply studies, call ing on the best hydrologists the engineers could secure, and an alysis of long term water supply available. 3. Studies of the dam design. 4. Design of the chan nel through town with attention tc disturbing the community as little as possible. 5. Making a and-use management survey. 6. Develop sports fishery require ments in conjunction with State and Federal agencies, and de velop quality control with the State Board of Health. 7. De- elopment of water use criteria and water rights analyses. Local Steps Told rour important local steps would be: 1. Irrigation and land use aspects study by landhold- rs and water users. Z. contrac ting with city for repayment of costs for municipal water sup ply. 3. Arranging for repayment the share ol the recreation costs in addition to annual maintenance costs on recreation al facilities. 4. Furnishing rights of way on channel through town. P. W. Mahoney asked ques tions in regard to riparian water rights and said that landholders along the creek would insist that these be protected. Meadowcroft said that exist ing rights would be protected and those now irrigating who do not wish to participate in the storage water would still be per mitted to use to the limit of their piesent rights. He said that it is hoped that those along the creek would find it so much more advantageous to have the improvement in their water use pattern to have it available at the needed season of the year that this would make it desir able for them to participate. In answer to Mahoney s ques- lone Fire Truck Set for City Use on's newly purchased fife true, a is.j umi. nas placed In service after iurchai Hunt WcMern Mates fire Ap paratus Co.. Cornelius, tltrougr, ilrrrr.rr Auto Saics, Inc The Uv had Intended to pur cha-to a kt-atrraiv truck from Sunnyvale. Calif, but decide on the GMC at a better buy Major Charles O'Connor said. Il was bought at a cost f Sl'KiMt but It will bo necessary to ad equipment costing about $list Voter had approved purchase oi the truck In a recent seela election. It was formerly owned by a rural fire district 'in Wahlngtoi. county and has passed all Matt test lor a "M gallon per minute rating. The city faces a nw problem now that the truck Is In service and the old truck Is retired. It will not be available f'-r out-of-town calls because It is wholly a city-owned truck and paid for by taxes levied only to city prop crty owners. The former truck was partly paid by donations, among those some frm nearby farmers, and a now-dt.shandcd rural district j also hclivd, O'Connor said. Mayor O'Connor said that he feels keenly for those living mar town, since all are close friends anil neighbors to the townspeople, and he said that something should be done to plan for their fire protection. "Neighboring farmers should probably Investigate the hmm btllty of making an agreement for fire protection." he said. He said that he planned to talk with County Judge Paul Jnes to see If some plan might bo devlxed for utilizing the old rig for rural use. Crews Start Worlc On Courthouse HOSPITAL NEWS Patients who were admitted to lloneer Memorial Hospital dur ing the past week for medical care, and were dismissed. In elude the following: Nancy Fanger, Condon; Phyllis Cole, Lexington: William 11. Johnson. lleppner; Belinda Meadows, Kin zua. Burton Peck. Condon; Doug las Cribble. Heppner, and Jerry Davidson. Heppner. Admitted, and still receiving medical care. Is Mildred Hunt, Heppner. Rt. and Mrs. Robert Guthber let and daughter, Annette, who are on 3 three-month trip in the United States from their home' near Adelaid. So. Australia, were week-end guests of Rev. and Mrs. Melvin Dixon and family. Rev. Guthberlet, who is pastor of a church in Australia, was guest speaker at the Methodist church on Sunday. He was ac quainted with the Dixon family several years ago when they were ministers of churches in Southern Oregon. Mrs. Wared Wilkinson has re turned home from a "perfect" vacation trip into Canada and Alaska. She accompanied her brother-in-law and sister, Mr and Mrs. Ray Scherzinger of Riverside, Calif., traveling north by car, transferring to boat while the car was being shipped from Port Rupert to the Alaskan port, then touring much of Alas ka. They found about 13 of the roads still under construction, recovering from earthquake damages. You'd never get me up there!" said Sheriff C. J. l. Dau man. ThU was hU comment lit re tard to Cliff Aldrich of lone (Minting the little ball at the top of the rourthoum tower Wednesday, and the sentiment was shared by other .iu..kt-i. Hut Aldrlth'a wtik. cot of a hu h will be shared by the 'one l.loua club, typified the nirrent movement to give the Durthout a bright new look. It'a a stem to stent project and Mdrlch was working as far out in the "stem" as he could get. Meanwhile a crew of men Tom American Service of Wal- a Walla Is engaged in giving 'he courthouse Interior a thor ough cleaning, Including paint- Inu of many of its room. Karl lor this year the county court apiHUnted a "Renovation and Preservation Committee" for the courthouse act In an ad visory capacity, Mr. Max Bar clay was named chairman and memtwrs are Mr. Paul Bniwn. Mrs. Verner Troedson. Mrs. Roy Llndstrom. Mrs. Ralph Thomp son and Mrs. Harold Walker. They made recommendations: I. To thoroughly clean the en- tire building on the Inside, this work to be done bv professional lanittvial services on a bid twis ts. 2. Kntlre entrance renovated, including Immediate acmoval of all Janitor's supplies by the stairwell. Bulletin boards re moved, painted and made at- tractive. i 3. Immediate cleaning and de- , odorizlng of all ret rooms. i 4. Immediate repair to llnol- 1 rum on entrance to tax office and license division office floor. 5. (Relative to moving of school office, which has been accomplished). I 6. It is apparent that In the tax office crowded conditions are a hindrance to efficient op. j eratlon. 7. m me license division we noted the sagging floor and would advise that the basement be given a thorough Inspection to see If the structural condit ion can be remedied from there. Work on most of these rec ommendations is now In prog ress, and the venerable court house should emerge sole and span with the most thorough housecleaning that it has en countered In Its 63-year history. American Services has re celved the contract ft the fol lowing: Stripping, sealing and double waxing all floors on the main floor; cleaning all Venet ian blinds (about 40); cleaning all windows, Inside and out; cleaning all light fixtures and rclamping all fixtures with new or used tubes: washing asses sor's office walls; washing walls In the main floor hall from front entrance to rear entrance. These are being done at a cost of $71. In addition, iht Walla Walla firm I painting the two former s lum older, one of which la to be used by Jutic of th lvae l.'arl .Howard and the oth er as a toom for use by juve nile rounoelltira. They we paint loif () jury room, the healih oil ice, the photo copying ftrnm, and the vault room. The same general color Mheri will he- uei throughout the building In accord a wv with the advsKy committee's rec ommendation. Judge Paul Jones said. Complete remodeling and modernizing of the front en trance lit accordance with a idan outlined by Stan PavUh of American Services Is being con sidered. The back entrant will also m altered. "We'll at leat change the door to oen to the ouuide, In stead of the Inside, to make It leeal." the Judge said. Pav Mi also recommended that the court room benches tie clean ed and wad. of thoroughly cleaned, sanded and arnUhd This Item la under advisement. PavUh recommended that all window IIU I icvarnlshed af ter old vantUh U removed. He aid the t.iitl.llorf custodian need a storage area on the main fl.mr for his equipment and advised obtaining a larger and more efficient floor acrub blng machine. Other recommendations also have been made for considera tion. Work of ad. ling a new face to one side of the cltak I going reward this week whlla the tower and cupola from the main roof up Is being painted by Aid-tlch. Mr and Mrs. Clyde Pttyoha and family are now making their home In Condon, where they moved about three weeka ago, IvttvMtn Is employed at the Highland Machinery Co. Going On Vacation? ' W ' M 1 1 If you want to hove a carcfreo time when you travel, take ou Trip Insuranco FOR ONLY PENNIES A DAY t m COME IN TODAY AND SEE US FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE on BOATS, TRAILERS, CARS, AND LIFE A SMALL INVESTMENT MAY SAVE YOU THOUSANDS OP DOLLARS. TURNER, VAN MARTER and BRYANT INS. 183 W. Main Ph. I7C MS2 ' M IBM ) (n " W tlon about drouth years, in which he pointed out that the creek was virtually dry three years in a row in the 30 s, Mead owcroft said that surveys show that the reservoir will "fill and spill" in about one-half of the years. Thus, in these years the supply would be more than nec essary to fill it to capacity. The engineer termed this a "worthy project" and pointed out that it has been In develop ment lor more than 20 years. He reviewed statistics on the dam, which would be approxi mately 160 feet high with a ca pacity of 11,500 acre feet. Res ervoir would extend about l'i miles up the Willow Creek chan nel and about one mile up Balm Fork. see the man who sells the World's Dura bility Champ. He's got a set of keys he'd like you to use. 15 minutes behind the wheel of a Daytona-bred Comet says more than 10,000 words spoken over a desk. You'll come back hardly believing a car like this could cost like this-which is half the price of a lot of those medium-priced jobs. :xr. mow is the time to make an appointment to have your oil furnaces and pres sure burners checked for trouble free winter usage. R CO. The 10th of the Month is The Business-Professional Man's PAY-DAY Always po-y your bills by the 10th of the month. Remember, the way you pay today, u the way you ax building tout credit record for th next RED BOOK Credit Bureau of Umatilla County SLOW AND PAST DUE ACCOUNTS ARE COLLECTED BT THE ADJUSTMENT DEPARTMENT. PAY YOUR SLOW ACCOUNTS NOW AND AVOID HAVING THE ACCOUNT TURNED IN FOB COLLECTION BEST ALL-AROUND CAR FOR GETTING AROUND THE WEST. mmm auto sales, inc. MATT Ph. 676-9418 RAY HEPPNER, OREGON
