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Newspaper Page TextL I IPARY u or o cuccric, ORC 82nd Year 07403 Number 38 sum THE GAZETTE -TIMES Hcppncr, Oregon, Thursday, November 18, 1965 10 cents Comfioissioii to Mdie Impmmlment Barratt Foresees Good Beef Future; Honors Presented at Banquet Thimbu for i hi future arc 'fairly bright" for the beef In dustrv. Kill Harm It. asMnlanl to the president of the Federal In trrmcdlate Credit Hank of Sm kane. told the 12M irf-rsons at tending the annual Farm City banquet In Heppner High school Saturday evening. The talk, which lnterered humor with the serious, wan the principal address of the even Ing and followed presentation of Llvestockman of the Year and ConKt-rvatlon Man of the Year honor. Raymond French, chairman of the KupcrvliMini of the llepp ner Sill and Water I'onserva tlon district, presented Dave Baker as Conservation Man of the Yenr and Mm. Maker. He MaNiI that Baker's main conser vatlon problem wan wind eros Ion and described what the lone rancher had done about It. Lrrv Lindsay, vice prcldent of the Morrow County Livestock Crowcrs, presented Dirk Wil kinson tin ('Attlcman of the Year nnd Mm. Wtlklnion. saving, 'The Wilkinson ranc h U n shin ing example of livestock pro duct Ion." In turn. Wilkinson Introduced I it mother. Mr. Wavcl Wilkin son, iHilntlnjf out that much of the work on the ranch had N-en done hy hi parent before him. French nlso presented those f the bo.'ird of uicrvlsor of the conservation district nnd their wive who were present. In the group he announced were Mr. ami Mr. Clarence Rose wall. Mr. and Mr. Vernon Mtinker. Mr. and Mr. Roger Palmer nnd Mr. and Mrs. Ken Turner. One Winter 1 were t.-irv, nnd Mr. nnd Mr. Halph Richards were also introduced Klchnrd I work unit eon.scrva tlonlM. Plaque Prnttd Crald Rhea also presented a plnnue to the Bakers on behalf of II lh I and Machinery Co. of Condon as recognition for their work in conservation. Lindsay Introduced Larry Wll llama of the John Day River valley a new president of the Oregon (attlemans association nnd Ben Jones of Juntura, vice president of the association. In Introducing Wilkinson he also called attention to the fact that he U president of the Morrow County Livestock Grower, and Introduced the other officers, Call McCarty, secretary, and Mrs. McCarty, and Gerald Swng gart as treasurer and Mrs. Swaggart. Randall Peterson, president of the Hcppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, third sponsor of the banquet, extend ed congratulations to the Ba kers and Wilkinsons nnd greet ings to the croup. He Introduced Chamber officers who were pres ent and their wives. Harley Young Is first vice president, Herman Winter Is second vice president, Jerry Sweeney, secre tary, Jack Locke, treasurer, andj L. E, Dick, Ralph Richards, Mrs. Nona Sowell, Al Lamb, Ed Gon ty, Bob Henry, Wes Sherman, directors. Harlan McCurdy EmcM Harlan McCurdy, Jr., was the genial master of ceremonies. The banquet was prepared by the American Legion auxiliary and served by the Rainbow Girls. Music was furnished by Leonard Toll, Clayton Sweek and Don Hughes. McCurdy introduced Barratt, formor rancher here, as a man with a very busy schedule, pointing out that he was In Billings, Mont., the previous night in 15 inches of snow and was to be in Pocatello, Ida ho, Sunday. After some preliminary Josh ing and greetings to many friends here, Barratt, speaking on the "Economy of the Cow Business and Financing Live stock," said, "Back in the early 308 a person could buy 200 cows, a farm and all the equip ment for $10,000. Tills was the day of the pig, cow and chicken, with very lit tle mechanization. Today, the same operation would cost $150,000. We find we don't have enough farm-type people who can manage $150,000." In those days, said the per sonable speaker, the main source of credit was the "old country store." "If anyone wants to go back to the 'good old days,', he eith er is a darn fool or has a short memory." Declaring that the farmer al ways ha had credit problems. Ilarratt said, "III borrowing Is traditionally a fearful thing." Until l!t.H, the farmer's cred it experience km all bad. Out of this c-ame the farm credit system, he said. "For the welfare of us all, we must have reasonable mon ey for our farmers." Barratt !ecrlled how farm credit money Is transferred through Its system from the money renter of the country and moves to the farmer at the least possible cost. This Mill I only serve atout one fourth of the farmer In the United States, he said. Economy Bolstarod Through this system. S10.000,- IKK) ha been put Into Morrow County since lli.il. he said, and slm-e the turnover on the use of the money I seven times preater, it Impact ha been UWMXKMNJO In the economy, he asserted. Contrasting the livestock in dustry here with that In Mon tana. Barratt said that his firm hud lust "looked at '.MM) loans i In Montana" and found 40 to i be on the "low grade side a I little shaky to say the least. "I did feel we were fortunate In this area." he added, Kilni ng out that the average calf crop Is about (rt and the con dition of the growers much bet tor than In Montana. Looking to the future, Barratt suggested that the outlook ap pear good. "By 1S17Q you people who pro- dure breeder stork will be In the driver' seat." and added "Population alone, we think. can get us out of this liecf thing We will need one-third more beef In the next 10 years." r i I . . i : I Brown Wins 4th In State Contest Mark Brown continued the en viable record set by Hcppncr High school students In the an nual State Soil and Water Con servation speech contest when he won fourth In the state fin als at Baker Friday. Heppner entries nave gone to the state contest In many re cent years, although they must first win three straight contests local, area and state semi finals to get there. Mark won these three this year to quail- Mark did an excellent Job In his final speech, according to Ralph Richards, wiwk unit con servationist of the Heppner dls- rlct. but Bill Williams of Jonn Day received the nod of the Judges for first place. Attending from here were Mr. and Mrs. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Munkers and Mark's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Paul Brown. The contest was held in con- unction with the state conven tion of conservation districts. Lions Club Sells -All of Brooms; Meet Place Changed Through the good reception accorded by residents of the lone and Heppner area, the lone Lions club sold all its brooms and whisk brooms, Jim Barnett of the club an nounces. Proceeds of the sale go to help the Oregon School for the Blind, which supplies the brooms, and 'the club's share will go to local community projects. "We received real good sup port from both Heppner and lone," he said. The supply was exhausted on the three-night sale before the Lions could solicit Lexington. Barnett ask ed that the club's thanks be extended to all who supported the project. Because of the closure of Yarnell's restaurant at lone, the Lions club will meet at the American Legion hall there with meals being cater ed at the semi-monthly meet ings, he said. Next meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday night, No vember 22, at the Legion Hall, and they will continue there until the restaurant is re opened. Facilities in the hall are adequate for the club's ac tivities and programs, Barnett said. MRS. DOUGLAS DRAKE, wheat utilization chairman for th Mor row County Wheat Ltagu. prepares a batch ot ber favorite sour cream drop cookies, using wneat germ in tne reap. ne wiu be one of nine hostesses lor a cooking sc&ooi eponsorea ry me Oregon Wheat Commission and the Oregon Dairy Products com mission In Pendleton December 3. (G-T Photo). Wheat Utilization Chairman Tells of Cooking School Wheat growers ar o b a b 1 y couldn't have a more sincere disciple of the nutritive value of wheat and its versatility in preparation of tasty dishes than Mrs. Dougles (Grace) Drake, Heppner wheat utilization chair man for the Morrow county Wheat Growers league. For Instance, she declares that any recipe that calls for rolled oats can achieve at least equal success wtien rolled wheat is substituted. "You cannot match the nutri tive value of wheat with many other foods which provide the same number of calories, she declares. "Wheat Is the best vit amln B source of all." Mrs. Drake will be one of nine hostesses at a cooking school, sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Commission and the Oregon Dairy Products Commission, In Pendleton at Vert Auditorium December 3, and she is issuing an invitation early to all house- Early Paper Due Thanksgiving Week Because of the Thanksgiv ing holiday, the Gazette Times will be published a day early next week, coming out on Wednesday. It will be In Heppner post office boxes on Wednesday. Since there will be no mall delivery on routes Thursday, rural subscribers and others outside of Heppner will not receive their papers until Fri day. All public offices and busi ness houses, except for some service establishments, will be closed on Thanksgiving day. The Gazette-Times office will be closed. Schools will be dismissed Wednesday af tern o o n and will resume the following Monday morning. wives of this area with the hope that a large number from Mor row county wilt take part. The cooking school will be held in connection with the an nual meeting of the Oregon Wheat' Growers League In Pen dleton. It starts at 2 p.m. on the Friday and will consist of two hours of fun, pri.cs and food ideas. "Four Seasons of Fine Food" is the title of the Pendleton pro gram to be offered by Food Arts, a Northwesern food promotion Institute. Conducted by Betty G. Nelson and Helen E. Brady, Food Arts has presented many such shows throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Each show has a different theme, decorat ions and recipes. "Four Seasons of Fine Food' will contain manv new and Drac tical ideas to illustrate the joy at cooking, according to Mrs Drake. It will demonstrate cooking electrically for both parties and famly fare. Twenty recipes will be prepared during the two-hour program. Those attending win draw for the dishes as well as many other prizes to be given. . Mrs. Drake emphasized that the fast-moving show will con tain something of interest to all guests, from novice cooks to ex perienced homemakers. She said that each perrson attending will receive a booklet containing all recipes prepared during the program. The Wheat League hostess committee for the program will be headed by Mrs. Roya. Ray mond of Helix. She will be as sisted by Mrs. Drake of Hepp ner; Mrs. Jessie Pattee, Condon; Mrs. Beverly Forman, Antelope; Mrs. Annabelle Jaeger, Condon; Mrs. Helen Martin, Moro; Mrs. Jim McKinnls, Summerville; Mrs. Carol Wulff. Flora; and (Continued on page 8) Ditch Creek Site Draws Attention Oregon Slat Game Commls sion has agreed to make a pre liminary survey of a possible nsri impoundment site on Ditch Creek In the Herrln Meadows area. Glen Ward, state game arent. said Wednesday night. Ward said that he asked for the survey at the rejuest of Orville CuUforth. chairman of the county Parks Commission. In making the survey, the commission will determine what size structure would be needed to impound various amounts of water, take soil samples, and do other work to determine fea siblltty of a reservoir there. Ward said that it is possible that the survey will be made yet this year, weather permit-line. Should such a project prove feasible and eventually be un dertaken, it probably would be done on a matching basis with the county, state and federal government participating. Ward said. County Judge Paul Jones said that he has scheduled a meet ing with A. V. (Vic) Meyers of the State Game Commission on the matter on Wednesday, De cember 1, here. The county court will discuss the proposal with him at that time. CuLsforth has already made some overtures to private own ers of property in the area to see if the land might be pur- chased. Thinking behind this site for development is that it would not only afford a fish impoundment and recreational area, pernaps larger man tsun Prairie, but the dam might al so be used to divert Ditch Creek waters into Willow Creek to supplement the flow for irri gation. Ward expressed the opinion that it would take a "pretty good-sized structure" to accom push this but thought it could be done. While it might take consid erable time to bring such a project to reality, if it proves feasible, it is a similar start to that which resulted in the de velopment of Bull Prairie. This project, which has proved itself bevond expectations, was inlt lated by the same sort of sur ey planned for Hernn Mead ows, Ward said. Address by Uli man. Reports of Progress Heard at RE A Meet An address bv Congressman iect. told of their opposition to Al L Jlman of Oregon's second I a proposed rate Increase by Bon district and a presentation tolneville power Administration, Henry l Baker of !ne for 231 and called attention to the years' continuous service as a (year's operating revenue of director were program high- IimO.ww. with a net margin of lights of the annual meeting of SI16..M), Columbia Basin FJectrtc Cooper- willow Creek Line Built anve in me county lav pav. j,,, Wa,lrr Urf;et nmU Ion. Heppner. Wednesday after- ,hjlt ,he ,1 )f , yy,,. n'M'n- . , , . low Creek line was probably the rv .rv... , .tgn.m improvement Ernest Lear. Condon city direct-L. .v.. . ... ....,.. or; Virgil VI est. rural director m lo' cutiforth park and v.ne 1; waiter Jaeger, rural mMy tlloru, f4blnji nireciw n- ."-'V summer homes. Wright, rural director Zone 5. ,, ... . . , . .., ,.ih, .,. He told of the complete dldate on the ballot for each rhfK ot street lights In the bositlon business district at Fossil, com- In hi. annual reoort. Mini- pleted In August. 1A and said n.,i- vun that the City of tondon has al- damage done by winter floods, f? d1H everal new street called attention to the rate re- " " "K system. riurtlon to farm consumers bv I rormcr .oumy 4uuge icar t the elimination of the J3.50 P?"0".. m'T ,,he P"n,1l" amort It at Inn f-harpe. noted a " K'" cr on wmil Ol heavy construction schedule ac complished during the year, out lined a long range planning pro gram, stated the directors sup port of water resource promo tlon and the Willow Creek proj Bloodmobile Due On November 29; Need Said Great lub to Sponsor Holiday Dance For the enjoyment of youth and adults in this area during the Thanksgiving holidays, a public dance will be held at the county fair pavilion Satur day evening, November 27, un der the sponsorship of the Sor optimist club. Music for the evening will be furnished by Dick Desler's "Dar tell Five" of Pendleton, who be came well known here when playing for some of the fair and rodeo dances. Dancing will be from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Ad mission is $1.50 per person and concessions will be served by the club members. the cooperative, using the quo tation, "The world steps aside for a man who knows where he Is going." in describing the work of Baker. Peterson pointed out that Ba ker was on the hoard of direct ors when the cooperative was formed September 20. 1940. and worked with It when It seemed scarcely possible that electric service could ever be provided to farms In this "sparsely set tled area." The war Interrupted progress, and it wasn't until October 14, 1949, that a line was completed in the Condon area and the first family was served. "AH the conveniences that With the toll of wounded they had in the cities, we all mounting In Viet Nam. need for have in the country now" p... blood donations is urgent. Mrs. terson said. Service of such m-n Orville Cutsforth. county blood as Baker has made this possl- chairman for the American Red ble. he added. Cross, said in announcing the In a brief resrxn.se. Baker km coming visit of the Bloodmobile that it has been a pleasure for 10 neppner. mm to see tne organization ad- The unit will be here Monday, vance. He remains active as a November 29, for a blood draw- director in the cooperative. ing. It will be at the Elks temp- Oilman Tells of Projects le from 3 to 6 p.m, and she Importance of the develnn. urged all eligible donors to ment of irrigation, power and make a point of setting aside other public works protects was some time that day to contrib- stressed by Congressman Cli me a pint or Diooa. man in his talk. He told of the Quota for the visit here, the Hell's Canvon develoomont anH first since March. Is 90 pints, discussed in some detail recent Local need for the blood is projects undertaken in the se. also great, she said. On pre- ond Congressional district, vious visits of the unit some A dam project at Prineville gave in the name of Mrs. Stan- "more than paid for itself In ley (Shirley) Cox who was to the flood of last year," he said, have major heart surgery. The He told also of Droiects in Ba- operation was performed recent- ker county, of a Hood River ly. and Mrs. Cox is now recov- valley watershed Droiect. and ering nicely. The surgery re- others. quired 27 pints of blood, Mrs. Tm Droud of the effnrt wui. Cutsforth said. (folks have made on tho wii. Those who wish to make ap- low Creek Droiect." he M and nointments for the afternoon of I also stated his satisfaction of November 29 may call the Cuts- its beinz authorized - hv nnn. forth residence (676-9436) or the gress. Elks lodge (676-8993), she said. "I hope farmers will proceed The blood program chairman with as much haste a said that she hoped to enlist to make some suitable arrange- me ncip vi vuiuiuccis iu mu i mem or aisiriDution of water local residents to urge their co- he said, referring to th lrrirn. operation in blood giving, there- tion feature of the project. He Dy assuring uiai ine quota win i saia mat an eiiort would be be reached. made to secure a Dre-construc. tion aDDTODriation fnr tho nml. 50 In Math ClaSS; fct Prior to the formation of an ew Location 5et would be difficult to obtain un til the plan lor distribution of Mrs. Inez Meador's class In the water is determined. modern math for adults brought Congressman Ullman said out a bumper crop of "students" that Tuesday night he met with at its first meeting Tuesday constituents in a "new Dart of night in the grade school. More mv district" in Linn countv than 50 attended, making it where thev were Dlannlnsr for necessary for the teacher to run a water project, pointing out off more mimeographed mater- that the "green Willamette Val- ials at the last moment Popu- ley" does not have adequate larity of the class considerably distribution of water either. exceeded expectations . Pleased With Farm Program Change in meeting place ror The congressman exni-Msort the class is announced for the his satisfaction at being able next session. It will be held to secure s loneer (4. veari farm next Tuesday night, November program. 23. at 8 p.m. in room 10A of the "it was the best possible pro high school (lower level). m-am we could out together in The Class is Of tWO hours dur- view of th eomnlpvitv of tha ation with a coffee break pro- nmhlem " he said vided. Mrs. Meador is contrib- He reviewed what Contm la uting her time in order to acq-1 uaint parents with this method of teaching mathematics, and an $11 billion income tax cut the course will continue weekly and a $5H billion excise tax as long as parents interest is cut, and said "Profits today are maintained, she said. ever WEATHER Bv LEONARD GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of November 11-17 is as follows: Hi Low ,Prec. Thursday 50 38 .12 Friday 43 36 .08 Saturday 44 37 .21 Sunday 52 38 .01 Monday 64 37 Tuesday 54 40 .15 Wednesday 49 40 .09 Ski Stockholders Meeting Called ers of the Arbuckle Mountain D .?i?f if 5. higher than they have been in our history." Part of the administration's philosophy is the availability of money a steady flow of mon ey to broaden the economic Don't let anyone kid you that Corporation will be held Tues day JSSPK"r. S"y,i!V JLLf he' Sed president of the board of direct ors of the corporation. 'This meeting may well de November 2t nt 7-V) nm we CO"""1 1 gO into a recess iNoyemoer j, at .ju p.m. , lnj.v ..u u emphasized that broadening the economy was a safeguard against this. He told of the administra- termine the future course of 1 tion's work In meeting the chal- skiing in our community," he said. He asked that all stock holders be present at the meet ing. Ullman Discusses Willow Project at Meet Here Construction funds for proj ects authorized this year by Congress, including the Willow Creek dam, will be appropriated beginning In January, 1966, Congressman Al Ullman told an audience of some 80 persons at a meeting in the fair pavilion annex here Sunday night. Before pre-construction funds are authorized for the Willow Creek project, however, an irri gation distict must be formed. he said. The Bureau of Recla mation does not organize such districts, but. rather, this Is the responsibility of local persons involved. If the farmers along Willow Creek are organized Into a dis trict prior to April, 1966, the funds to get the dam under con struction could probably be ob tained by May. Any later date will delay such funds until a new budget Is made up. Con struction will begin fairly soon after the funds become avail able, he said. Congressman Ullman talked on some of the highlights of the past session of Congress and mentioned his gratification for the authorization of contruction of the Willow Creek dam. He denied charges that the Congress was subject to undue pressures on legislation from the executive branch of the gov ernment Congressman Ullman said there were no threats nor reprisals to his knowledge. He said that he had never experi enced such pressure but said that the President and his aides do present every argument to get legislation enacted which they favor. This, he said, is their right and duty. The second district congress man repeated his support of the nation's actions in Viet Nam, saying that it is only fulfilling committments made by three presidents. His address followed a pot luck dinner. Accompanied by lenges of the race problem. problems of youth, pollution and others. Making available financial help to communities who seek to solve their prob lems and face their needs was another point in his address. Package of Growth' Congresman Ullman summar ized by saying that Congress is Drovldin? a "Dackape of ptowtK Mrs. uiiman ana nis legislative tor America and providing for assistant Ron Ahern. Congress- a better America. man ITllmnti nrrivoH In Honnnor I Manager YOUng Said In his "TV T Z " ; , report "A great deal of cred- iriaay ana were nouseguests ot s . k h t Mrs Amanda Duvall. He spent in that the day before part of the week-end elk hunt- christmas as well as Christmas ing south of Heppner but fail- Eve they worked practically l k around the clock in order to The congressman left early restore service disruoted bv ivionaay ior an engagemenx in floods. Corvallis but was to return here "At the height of the flood Wednesday to be principal our crews and equipment were speaker at the annual meeting comDletelv isolated." he said. of Columbia Basin Electric Co- "We could not move a man or op. Mrs. Ullman remained as n niece of equipment between a guesi oi xvirs. uuvau ana Mr. i Gilliam ana Morrow or w neei- ana Airs, ai Lamb and visitea with other friends here. (Continued on page 8)