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Petitioners Seek to Form North Irrigation District
TWntv two U'nrs 4 a -t
llloil IHlhlUlinl as a Irrtl no
tire on pae 4, i"iln 'i. of this
u f lit ;ette Tlii-s ak
Iho Mrw fxiunty Court to
ke te iiHrnry In rail an
lotion for (he formation of the
dHtrlrt.
Included In Hi fur are IU-x
Kill of ivn.lli ton and war Pe
terson of lne, who said nm
lime ago Dial they were taking
lci towards the formation of
kuiIi a tl i-tic-t and Mire hsv-
luif an engineering survey mado
in nrmnime me raioiiuy oi
their plan.
Peterson It trmporary chair
man of the nroup. (inly Ma
name l ublUhJ in the pub
lic rioilit n tt-mporary chair
man While there ae XI nimci
n tl Million. !'Hfron ld
that there would lx rnore be
f.re It Mill be iU'M'iitd to the
county court.
Judge 1'aul Jones aald Tue.
day that he had not Ix-rn sp-
pioarhcd and that no petition I
had lr-n rfrariil! to Ih court
firttmv an election may i call
ed, he said. It Mill lx fwrrary
to acit-rrriiiw thai i it petition
en represent a majority .( the
ln.m f.rr in Mm ciiMrK t dr.
enll In the jwiiilon and that
oim-r i-ifi ciuaiiiM-aiinria are
mil.
Names on Ihe ix-titlon ar IU
r-li and .Nona JJJU. Loth of
hfulJrton: Otf-nr Trti-rton of
lour: frank linlirrty and Mary
li.liirty ft rrtUnd: Uarml M.
Srii'ltr. Tm liallii; Mmwtll f.
Jon. liot-rt mlth. Mary lia-
t-ll Jonr. Jrrv mith ami Kth-
I M K-rt. all of Irrlon; trw.
y W. Wit. Jr . JoM-i'h M. Ta
torm, J, II Alcxamalr and Em
mrtl ( McKrnlc. all of Board
man; Jnu- (. Bturcu, Clark
Kry, frank Warren. Arnold
Kroat and C. W. Uuddrll. all of
li-rrnUton; ami Krn"i W. C.'hrla-
toplirraon and Henry liukrr.
N'tfi of linc.
Ttm l-etltion atatMi that each
of Mm mirn-r hold title to
andi In the area dewitx-d and
that Mm landt tut Mlthln tha
boundarU-s of Morrow rounty
and ar auart-ptihl to irrlga
lion from torninon aourre.
T)m prtitloruri atk that lh
toofi aiov a J.') Ixmd.
C-minr auth dUtUI." that the
iourt makr and rnti-r an crd-r
ftahlisiilng and dfinine the
hooruUrica of auch Irrigation
ditri(t, dt'tt-rrnln Mhethi-r the
n-jui!itf numtrr of owrwra of
jnd Mlthln uch proinmrt din-
Iritt have x-titiorted, and that
the rout ouriue to call an rle.
tin for tlm clitrlrt
MranMhlle Judge Jones aald
that he ha an appointment to
mt-t Mtth the attorney and rn-
ylrwr r-iriiu-ntina tho group
of portlandora and others Mho
have filed undnr the Ue-rt Kn
try act for aome 17 awiiona of
liLM land In north Morrow
county. The appoiritrnent was
tentatively wt for Friday, No
vrmfcrr 5. Tills rroup is entirely
Mpaate from tho? petitionintr
for the lrrlfratlon district, and
the Interests f th groups ap
pear ta be in conflict.
A mrt-tiikj; hAS alvo liern
achiluled with reprentative
of ih Oreimn l.rnploymrnt
Sirvli to ftrtermlne. for the
li-rtland group, how many
wukn.rn av j::.;t.:.' J a tl.w
area, the Jude kaid. This mt t
Inir Is art for 3 n m. Tuesday,
Novembrr 2. The Cortland Rroup
had announced plans to devel
op the 1U..M lamia for Ulrtiallon.
at well a to aciulre private
lands In tfm development, anl
to construct prmeing plants
for tHdators and alfalfa.
They wrt prevlouly quoted
as saylni; they would need at
leant 2ii workmen on their
project.
Ihe udk'0 alto aul that he U
tentatively achedulintf a tnit.
imr of the county planning com
milon. the I'ort of .Morrow
and tho county court for Wed
neday. .Novernlw r 3. at ft p m.
In an attempt to determine the
bet Interesta of the county In
connection with the use of tha
north Morrow lands.
82nd Year
Number 35
liritC Ar, SOME el lh Chamber of Commerce mrmbars who toured Xinsua Corporation's mill
bat Monday as a National Forest Products w ok h!ohli)ht From left are the Rev. Kenneth Rob'
tnaon. k. inter Schmidt (partially bidden). Davit Potter. Mrs. Avon Melby (with camera). Joe
Ball. Ken Marshal! (In saiety hat), tour aulle), LeRoy Gardner, Ed Dklc tho Ree. Al Boacb
r.m th m- n '"h rd Conty. Jack Locke, and Bh Hr The
group Is watching loading of chips Into railroad cars. (G-T PHOTO).
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GAZETTET1IME
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 28, 1965
10 cents
NERVE CENTER of a sawmill operation la the sawyer's cage. Things were humming at tho Kin
sua mill hero when this picturo of Glenn Smith, sawyer, was taken. Ho controls tho carriage, da
termlnes the cut from a log, and activates machinery to send logs to tho carriage and turn them
to desired position. Chamber of Commerce mombers viewed him at work Monday on their tour
of the plant (G-T Photo).
Chamber Members Impressed
With Efficiency of Kinzua Plant
Even those businessmen Mho kiln and fans are used to keep
have lived In Ileppner for years
hud their "eyes oxnvd when
the Chamber of Commerce tour
ed the Kinzua Corporation op
ration hero Monday In observ
ance of National Forest l'rou
nets week.
They were Impressed with Its
efficient automation and the
skill of the men who run It
Kven those who were fumlllur
with the plant but had not been
throuRh it for some time were
surprised at linpro v e m e n t s
made. These contribute to the
reputation that the operation
enjoy a as being one of the most
efiicient in the state
Some 25 of the Chamber made
, the tour with Ken Marshall as
guide. They were fascinated
with the speed with which Iors
were Bawn at the head rig, the
barked logs being loaded auto
matlcally to the networks on the
carriage which Is operated oy
a tshotgun feed. Nerve center of
this operation Is the sawyer who
Is responsible lor getting the
best cut out of a log and who,
from long training, acts with
spiit-secoiid timing to keep pro
duction at a fast pace. It la
said in the Industry with con
siderable truth that the sawyer
can "make or break" a sawmill.
On the Job at the time of tho
tour was Uienn Smith, day saw
yer. Eddie Gunderson takes the
second shift and Kay Papineau
Is relief sawyer.
Lumber Dried in Kiln
Whisked away from the car-
rlace on a system of live
rohers, most of the cants
go through an edger, where
again the operator must
set the saws in the machine In
stantaneously to get the best
cut. The rough lumber proceeds
down to the green chain where
men take It away and stack it,
to be hauled eventually to the
dry kiln.
Marshall explained that the
kiln, which is a building some
140 ft. by 80 ft., can accommo
date about 300,000 board feet
of lumber with more than 50,
000 feet in each of six cribs.
Temperatures can be varied
with the maximum used being
170 degrees. That In the proc
ess of drying Monday was heat
ed to 140 degrees and will stay
in the glln for 144 hours. Five
rows of steam lines cross the
the heated air circulating
One of the most absorbing
parts of the ilant to the vis
itors was the planing ojmratlon.
All of tho lumber processed at
this plant Is planed. Unlike the
sawmill proHT, the planer op
orates only one shift, while the
mill Is currently on two shifts.
doing Into the planer as
rough lumber, tho Klnr.ua rod-
Prcsidcnt Signs
Bill Including
Willow Creek Dam
President Lyndon Johnson
has slcned the public works
authorization bill which In
cludes the Willow Creek proj
ect, wire services reported
Wednesday
The bill authorizes a total
of $38 million In projects for
Oregon, and the Willow Creek
project Is listed for nearly $7
million.
Before any projects In the
bill can be planned or built,
funds must be appropriated
by other legislation. Total of
all projects authorized in the
bill comes to $2 billion.
Area Conservation
Contest Tonight
Area contest in the conserva
tion speech competition will be
held tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'
clock In the multipurpose room
of Ileppner High school, Ken
neth Turner, local chairman, re
minds the public.
Mark Brown will represent the
Ileppner Soil and Water Conser
vation district, having won the
local contest here last week
with his talk on Wildlife Man
agement In a Soil and Water
Conservation District.
Six different conservation dis
tricts In the area are eligible
to be represented tonight.
Trophies for the winners will
be given by Lexington Imple
ment Co. and Bi-County Chem
ical Company. The public is In
vited to attend.
uct comes out smooth and clean
It Is sorted and transferred
directly for loading to railroad
cars on a siding beside the big
planer shed, using a system of
automated cnains.
Chips Sold For Pulp
Also attracting considerable
attention Is the manner In
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Annual Meeting
Of Grain Growers
Due November 8
Annual meeting of Morrow
County Grain Growers, Inc., will
he Monday evening, November
8, in the county fair pavilion,
Ileppner, Paul Jones, president,
announces.
On the business agenda Is the
election of directors and reports
from the president and Al Lamb,
manager. General discuss 1 o n
will aiso be held on association
policies and plans for the fu
ture. Rhea Creek Grange will serve
the dinner In banquet style at
6:30, the beef course being from
the grand champion 4-H steer
at the county fair this year.
Valuable door prizes will be
given, consisting of packages of
another prize steer.
No outside speaker is plann-1
ed for this meeting in order to
reduce the time of the program.
Town to Go Crazy
For Promotional
Event Next Week
Crazy Days will ome to Ilepp
ner on Friday and Saturday,
November 5 and 6. according to
Bob Henry, chairman of the
merchants committee of the
Hcppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce.
Businessmen and their clerks
will compete for a $3 prize to
he given to the one judged to
be wearing the funniest cos
tume. "Pddikulus" bargains will
be offered bv many stores, and
a number will have free prizes
ror the shopping public, accord
ini to present plans.
Parking meters will be hood
ed on Saturday, November 6, so
that all may shop without wor
rying about being parked over
time.
Henry said that most stores iru
Ileppner will be taking part in
I the event. "They're going era
1 zy!" he declared.
it is noix'd mat everyone will
nave such a good time and en
Joy the bargains offered so much
that, from this start, the mer
chants will present Crazy Days
as an annual feature, just as
Sidewalk Days during the sum
mer is developing into an an
nual event after two successful
stagings.
Merchants who plan to adver
tise in the Gazette-Times for
Crazy Days are asked to have
material ready early to cooper
ate with the staff in giving it
proper publicity and advertis
ing. Copies of the papers will be
sent to all boxholders In the
Spray, Monument and Kinzua i
areas.
Goblins Advised
To Do Haunting
On Sunday Evening
Trick or treaters who make
the rounds Saturday night,
figuring that they will make
two nights of Halloween this
year, should change their
plans they might get tricked
instead of treated.
Mayor Al Lamb, following
the recommendation of Gov.
Mark Hatfield, said that the
youngsters should hold their
Halloween fun to one night
and it officially falls on Sun
day night. October 31.
Mayor Charles O'Connor of
lone coucurs In the matter.
A number of residents have
asked whether Halloween
would be observed on Satur
day or Sunday night. This Is
the word from Mie officials,
and residents are advised that
if youngsters are abroad Sat
urday night, they should not
be given treats.
One church group of young
sters Is making plans to seek
donations of food for the
needy instead of treats for
themselves.
'Beat Sherman!'
Cry
Mustangs1
At Homecoming
WEATHER
Br LEONARD GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of October 21-27 is as follows:
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Thursday
r riday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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"Beat Sherman!
This will te the chant of the
Ileppner High school cheerlead
ers and students as they lead
the Homecoming buildup for
the big game with Sherman
County here Friday night at the
rodeo grounds.
Game time is 8 p.m. but af
ternoon homecoming activities
will start at 4:15 at the grounds
when students and alumni as
semble there prior to their bon
fire and rally.
Carrying the momentum of a
surprise rout of Burns last Fri
;day, 26 to 6. the Mustangs hope
, to continue to blaze a trail
among Uie league's formidable
Hi Low
76 37
72 36
69 42
76 40
69 35
69 38
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fsasaavai iav avmms, ? ivtiutuav
opponents when they meet Sher
man.
The Moro team currently has
a record of 3-1 In league play,
losing only to Wahtonka. If the
Mustangs could upset them,
and If, at the same time, Mad
ras could upset Wahtonka, the
western division could end in
a 4-way or 5-way tie for first,
depending upon the outcome of
the Burns-Grant Union tut, also.
Coach Bob Hastings' squad of
Huskies has had a fine season
with just the one loss to Wah
tonka. 6 to 0, and they certain
ly will demand an outstand
ing effort before yielding here,
but Coach Jim Potter says his
boys are ready and would love
to end the league season with
this victory.
Leading the Sherman attack
are two excellent backs In Ken
Smithee and Kent Thomas. They
will be pitted against such
ileppner standouts o-Tlm Dris
coll, Jim Doherty and Ken Mor
gan. Heppner's line has done a
fine job this season, with Mick
ey Kindle, Mark Murray, Dave
Gray and others sparking on
tackling and defensive maneu
vers. Sherman has the reputa
tion of having the most speed
in the league.
Competing for queen of the
Homecoming f estiv i 1 1 e s are
three seniors and two juniors.
Seniors are Tricia Farley, Jean
Healy and Barbara Grlbble.
Juniors are Pam McCabe and
Verina French. Selection of the
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Al Oilman Plans
or Heppner Visit
Congressman Al Ullman has
announced plans for an appear
ance in Heppner on Sunday
evening, November 14, accord
ing to Al Lamb, Morrow county
Democratic committee chairman.
Congressman Ullman plans to
hunt for elk in the Heppner
area Saturday, November 14, af
ter arriving Friday, November
13. He will be a guest in the
Amanda Duvall home through
Sunday.
He will speak at a potluck
dinner at the county fair pavil
ion on Sunday evening with the
dinner beginning at 8 p.m. A re
port on the session of Congress
just closed and an explanation
of some of the accomplishments
as they effect the area will be
given In the talk.
Congressman Ullman is also
scheduled to speak at the an
nual meeting of Columbia Bas
in Electric Cooperative later the
same week.
Mrs. R..B. Rice Feels Like f Queen for Day'
At Reception Sunday on 90th Birthday
Rummage Sale Doors
Open Friday Morning
Doors of the former Tryco
building will be opened to the
public Friday morning, October
29, for the first day of the semi
annual Civic League Rummage
Sale. It will continue through
Saturday.
Sorting and pricing of the
large assortment of articles will
be completed by committees by
sale time. The public Is urged to
take advantage of many good
bargains. Proceeds are used to
help supply materials and
equipment for use in the local
kindergarten, sponsored bv tho
Civic League women.
Daylight Savings
Time Ends Sunday
Remember that hour of
sleep you lost when you set
your clocks ahead an hour
last April?
You can get it back this
week-end when daylight sav
ings time goes off in Oregon.
The 1963 legislature estab
lished the last Sunday in Oc
tober as the time to revert to
Pacific standard time. Thus,
when residents go to bed Sat
urday night they may set
their clocks and watches back
an hour.
Ministers might advise their
congregation to leave them as
they are. Thus, when church
members get up for morning
service, they would arrive in
time for Sunday School in
many of the denominations!
Official time of the change
is 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
By HELEN SHERMAN
A memorable afternoon was
experienced by Mrs. R. B. (Laura
Lee) Rice on Sunday when she
greeted her many guests who
called at the Episcopal parish
hall to congratulate her on her
90th birthday.
Arrangements for the recep
tion had been planned by a
group of her close friends and
neighbors and she graciously
welcomed each of the 98 per
sons who came and signed her
guest book. Two close friends in
Pendleton could not attend, but
remembered her with phone
calls
She expressed the feeling sev
eral times dunne the happy af
ternoon that she felf like a
"queen for the day." At the
shoulder of her pink print af
ternoon dress she proudly wore
a white orchid corsage, a gift
of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward
Rice, and 6-year-old granddau
ghter, Roberta Lee. who came
from their home in Seattle for
the day. Another granddaugh
ter, Mrs. Richard (Eleanor) Ob
enaus of San Francisco, Calif.,
was unable to be present.
Actual birthdate of Laura Lee
Cobb was October 23, 1875. She
was born in Columbus, Mo., the
daughter of E. W. and Helen B.
Cobb. Of the family of three
sisters and one brother, only her
brother, Edward Cobb of Kan
sas City, Mo., is still living.
She came to Oregon in 1907
and on June 24 of that year
was married to Robert B. Rice,
who died April 15 of this year
at age 92. They came to Mor
row county to homestead near
Lexington, moving later to
another ranch south of Lexing
ton, and then into Heppner at
the time of his retirement. Both
were active in church and civ
ic work. Mrs. Rice had taught
school in Missouri and Nebras
ka for 10 years before coming
west, and then was called to do
substitute teaching In the Lex
ington and Heppner schools.
She has always had a love for
music, and even now is instruct-
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS were extended Mrs. R. B. (Laura Lee)
Rice at a reception Sunday honoring her on her 90th birthday.
ing three beginning piano stu- Farrens and Mrs. Betty Hamll-
dents, "to give me something
to do," she explained. She is a
past member of the Eastern
Star and of the Lexington
Granee. but still keeps an ac
tive membership in the Episco
pal church.
A large pink and white cake.
topped with a smaller one in
heart shape, centered the recep
tion table. Decorations included
tiered floral arrangement of
pink and white rosebuds in sil
ver container and encircled
with pink tapers. Cutting and
serving cake were Mrs. Evelyn
ton, with Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
and, at a later hour, Mrs. Far
rens pouring tea and coffee. Pre
siding at the guest book was
Mrs. Amanda DuvalL
Mrs. Robert Benson served as
general chairman, with Mrs.
Bob Abrams, Mrs. John Pfelffer,
Mrs. Jack Loyd, Mrs. Farrt
Mrs. McMurdo, Mrs. Harail
and Mrs. Duvall as hostess
She was visited by trie
from lone, Lexington and He
ner and coming from Herr
ton were Mr. and Mrs. Ju
Rauch.