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State to Call for Bids ffl w pr ffl
UDOOgJ Ten
Wnk rf rebuilding 34 mllrt
of the willow I rwk highway
from Heppner north la Miw-t
rl to Hart soon, ami lhi State
Highway Ivpartrncnt will rail
for Mda on the project on March
H. County Jutft I'aul Jonci told
the Heppner-Morrow Courtly
Chamber of Commerce Monday
In a rrnnrt on county bunlnesn.
Iln aald the mail will Ik
widened to 2M feet In the 3H
mile section with 4 ft. nhould-
rra on rarh side. Alignment will
te lmiroved and the road will
lx lralghtened. Itoad edges will
have a painted atr! In accord
ance with modern aafrly prac-
tier.
Judge Jones aald that In had
l--ii assured that the Willow
Creek highway to th Mehwav
w Junction will be atralghten
M In a 5 year project. Includ
ing Horchoe bend at Morgan.
However, work on IhU "grand
daddy of all curve" will not
tart earlier than thrco years
from now. The ktralghtenlng
project will le financed from
Mehwav maintenance fund.
Power Pola to Mora
President llaxley Voting also
announced that ( nlumhl.i Biiln
Electric CMip4ratlve will soon
Mart removing a roadalde power
line from Heppner to lone and
win ai! me line to me nign
lino above the highway by add
ing rrokaarma lower ikmn on
the mainline pole.
In some place the present
lower line U within a few feet
of the highway edge. Some ef
fort waa made a few year ago
to have the polca removed when
the line waa under Pacific Pow.
er Co. ownerhlp. but nothing
waa done.
The Chamber voted to auhmlt
a Inter to the Highway Com
mlNRlon asking for a frontage
road adarent to new construe
lion on highway 80 eat of the
bomb range road.
Judge Jones had told of the
rountv court' work to convince
the highway department and
Bureau of Public Itondt of the
need for the road, without which
the county would have no ac
ciiia to the freeway for a dl
lance of aome aeven mllea. Tlie
requet for the frontage road
also Included an Interchange at
the Patterson Kerry road.
loung pointed out that th.
county would only have three
polnta of acccM to the highway
without thla Interchange, one
being at the Boring alte en
trance, another at the new town
of Iloardman and the third at
the Interchange five miles east
of Rnnrdman I bomb range
road). The main tmi to the
county, however, la In Gilliam
county, being the Willow Creek
route.
Talks on 8LM Lands
The Judge reported on the
hearing of the state legislature's
interim committee on public
iana.1 in rcmiicton Friday and
Saturday. He pointed out that
Harney county U Ti under fed
eral ownership and 52 of the
lands In Marrow county are fed
eral or state lands,
lie aald trie rounly recom-
mrndi mat l'"" HLM lanl In
the north bo entered by desert
entry. Among filings rum on
reid are a number by local
loie, and some local iervn
are cross filing on thOM of the
so-railed "l"ortland group."
lie aald that the main pur-
Nte of the I day hearing In
lrndleiun was to determine
'whether anything crooked"
was done on giving advance In
formation on the rclea of the
public lands by the state.
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment mukt act to classify the
l.i ml Ix-fore any tie of drwl-
opment may proceed, he aald.
Judge Jones also touched on
the remit hearing In itoardman
on the proponed county zoning
trdlnance and announce I the
lublic meeting on the Willow
reek project for Tuesday at
I .HI p m. In the grade school,
mu!t!purMe room In Heppner.
School Issues
To Be Discussed
By Board Panel
Program for the February
meeting of the Heppner lllch
school ITA on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 9. will feature a panel
dlM-usslon by members of the
dlnlflrt school board. It Is an
nounced by Mrs. Marshall Lov-
gren. ogram chairman.
The panel will present "The
Voice of the School Board." dls
cussing Important Issues related
to the present school avstem
and presenting arr in which
there may be misunderstand
Ings relative to the coming
sciiool budget. It will provide
an opportunity for eommunlca
lion between members of the
school board, parents and teach
era on questions that have come
up during the year.
A good attendance is urged
in support of the ITA officer
and Its program committee. The
meeting will be held In the
high school multipurpose room.
Mothers' March
Sets New Mark
82nd Yeor
(GAZETTE
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TIMES
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 3, 1966
Number 49 nS;f !
To Answer
Questions
(Also see page 61
Public Informational meeting
ID rntlon lh Willow Creek project U
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5gt. Larry Cook
Killed Tuesday
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Science Teachers
Attend Workshop
Of Phone Company
Workshop for science teach
ers of Junior and senior high
schools In Morrow county was
presented In Heppner Wedncs
day evening, January 2(5, by J
It Tompkins or Tactile North
west Bell Telephone Company.
He discussed and demon
strated crystallography, which
leads to an understanding of
the structure of materials; wave
behavior, the atudy of sound
waves and their Importance to
people: and solar energy and
Its work In the transmission of
sounds, as well as other types
or energy used for transistors,
solar cells, transformers and
capacitors.
Tompkins told of the prob
lems encountered In the trans
missions of sounds, discussed
the speech chain and the abil
lty to use computers to program
spcecn.
One of th most Interesting
features of the presentation was
the tape recorded production of
tne song, "Daisy," sung by a
computer, with another compu
ter producing the music. This
climaxed a film shown on the
voice and the problems of de
veloping mechanical talk.
Machine talking, Tompkins
said, Is an electronic production
of vowel sounds at various fre
quencies and volume to pro
duce almost human sounding
speech. '
The visitor told of his com
pany's desire to help the school
in the training of students in
the fields of science.
Those attending felt that the
presentation was worthwhile
and Informative In broadening
science understandings. Present
were Everett Holsteln, James
Marvin, Gene Dockter, all of
lone schools; Lester Leroux of
Riverside; Michael Tolar, A. C.
Houghton School; Clayton Nor
ton, Robert Haux, Kirk Horn, all
of Heppner High; Mrs. Inez
Meader and Jack Grossnickle of
Heppner Junior High.
Tompkins also appeared at
Heppner junior high the follow
ing morning to discuss science
projects with the seventh grade
students.
Women who participated In
the Mothers March for the Na
tional Foundation, which Is de-
voting attention to birth defects,
were thoroughly era t t ed w th
the response given by the pub
lic when they made contacts for
contributions Tuesday night.
The $o32.G4 raised throughout
the county was nearly three
times the amount received at
the last Mothers March In a
previous campaign. At the ear-
Her date, $223.19 was contribu
ted. Some $50 was raised at a card
party conducted at Cecil. Con
tributions made to the mothers
brought the following totals
from the respective communi
ties: lone, $168.11; Lexington
J4.4u; and Heppner. $30.13
Mrs. Dnrrel McLachlan. coun
tv chairman for the March, said
mat the public had read of the
march In the paper and the
women were met with a gencr
ous response wherever thev
.
went.
Mrs. McLachlan cxte n d o d
manks to the various commu
nlty chairmen, including Mrs
James Prock. Mrs. Marlon fireon
Mrs. italph Kincald, Mrs. Lynn
rearson and Mrs. 1 nr ev Snirer.
as well as to the other moth
ers who assisted. She said that
the chairmen had their work
very well organized and this
helped make the March a sue
cess.
The county chairman extend
ed special appreciation to the
Bank of Eastern Oregon for
sponsoring an advertisement
tnat gave the public advance
notice or the March.
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Mustangs Face Big Test
With Eagles Due Friday
By BILL SNTDER
Myers Improving
After Surgery
Jim Myers is making contin
ue Improvement following
urain surgery iMriormed Fr dav
nlRht at Good Samaritan hos
pital, Portland, according to a
report Wednesday. He came
through the delicate operation
lecly and responded well after
coming out of the anesthetic.
It is expected that he will re
main in the hospital another
two weeks.
His wife. Mary Ellen, went to
Portland to be with him at the
time of the operation and re-
turned here early this week to
devote attention to operating
their Phil's Pharmacy. She plans.
io go nacK 10 roruana tnis week-
end. Myers' parents, who live in
Idaho, are also staying near
him.
Myers became ill about two
weeks ag) and was hospitalized
here before It became apparent
that specialized treatment
would be necessary. Mrs. Myers
requests that no flowers be sent
to him because of an allergy
and visitors are not permitted,
but he would welcome hearing
from friends.
The Hcppnor Mustangs will
face the Dace-setting Wahtonka
Eagles at Heppner Friday night
at 8 o'clock In a Greater Ore
gon league basketball game.
the Kagles have a league roc
ord of 4-0 while the Mustangs
are rlcht behind with 3 wins
and 1 loss. This means with a
win over the visitors, the Mus
angs would move Into a tie for
tlrst place. If they lose, they
possibly would drop into a tie
with Grant Union.
The two schools have olaved
he same competition, wiih the
dirrerence In standing resulting
irom neppners loss to Grant
Union whom Wahtonka defeat
ed.
The starting five for the Wah
tonka hall club is composed of
all seniors. Thev are Bill Ham
mel. 6'2 ". Terry Way. 5'11", Jer
ry Harmon. 61", Lucky Proctor,
5". and Gary Rlcketts, 510".
The game between the Mus
tangs and the Eagles will be
a battle of the guns. The game
should be one of good defense
and hard running, with the
hottest- handed team emerging
on top.
The Mustangs will have to
play a d'tlerent brand of ball
Workers Named
For Heart Fund
against Wahtonka than they did
rriday. or they will come out
In the second best position, in
stead of on top as they did
against Sherman. They will not
be able to have as many turn
overs a in the Husky game be
cause the Eagles will take ad
vantage of this kind of a break
and shut the Mustangs off short
Greater Oregon League stand
Ings as of last week-end show
Wahtonka and Heppner first
and second, with John Day
third at 2 and 1. Sherman
fourth with 1 win and 2 loss
es, and Madras and Burns trail
Ing with 3 defeats each.
Harlcy Sagor, Morrow countv
Heart Fund campaign chairman,
announced cany tnis week the
names of those donating their
services as campaign heads
throughout the county durins
me montn or Kebruarv for the
Oregon Heart Association.
February 1 through 11 is the
period set aside for a personal
appeal to all businessmen in
the communities to help in the
fight against diseases of the
heart and blood vessels, bv
making a contribution to the
Heart Fund. Mrsr Frank Hamlin
is in charge of solicitations in
the Heppner business district
The door-to-door residential
campaign in Heppner will bo
nanaiea dv members of Ruth
Assembly No. 50, Order of Rain-
dow lor Girls, under the dkrec.
tlon of their mother advisor,
Mrs. Tom Hushes.
Other campaign chairmen fo
the county are Mrs. John Led-
better, Lexington; Mrs. Wayne
Ball and Miss Rita Kerr, co
chairmen for the lone area;
Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt, Hardman;
Mrs. Ewald Ritzer, Irrigon, and
Mrs. John M. Phillips, Board
man. Especially from the rural
areas contributions may be
mailed, payable to the Oregon
Heart association, to Harley Sa
ger, in care of the First Nation
al Bank of Oregon, Heppner.
Snow Reported
Just Over Average
Snowfall at trie Arouckle
Mountain course this year is
Just slightly over the 13-year
average, Ralph Richards said
Wednesday in making his re
port. The snow depth was measured
at 27.5 inches as compared with
the 26.5 average. High was in
1956 when it was 45.8 inches
and low was in 19G3 at 8.2
inches. In 11X15 it was 33.8 inch-
s and in 1964. 34.3 inches.
Water content Is figured this
ear at 7.8 Inches as compared
with the average of 6.2 Inches.
High was 12.8 Inches In 1958
and low, 1.2 inches in 1963. In
1965 it was 10.0 Inches and in
1964. 8.4 inches.
Density is placed at 28.2,
as compared with the 25.6 ave
rage. High was 31 in 1959 and
low was 14 in 1963. The year
1965 showed density at 29.5
and in 1964 it was 24.7.
the Heppner Uementary multi
purpose room. All tho Inter-
eid In getting more Inform,
tlon about the project and hav
ing questions answered
urged to be present. County
Judge raul Jones states.
To be present at the meeting
are crucial who will be pre
pared to answer Questions on
any phase of the project. Among
mem w 11 be Joel (;r rr th. How.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cook. Sr.. lard Hoean and Howard Preston
or Heppner lert early Wednes-lof th U. S. Army Corps of En-
oay morning ror Albuquerque, glneers; Carl Hutsh of the Bur-
r. arter learning of the eau or fu-ciamation; Uuentln
death or their son. MSgL Larry Bowman of the State Water Re-
A. Cook. Jr. in an auto acci- sources Board: and Jerry Haines.
neni j-uesrtav near tie fcJum. district watermaster.
Wn. MSgt. Cook and his fam- The Judge emphasized that
lly made their home In Albu- this will not be a formal hear-
querque. ling but an Informational meet-
or the past two years the in? only.
son. who had been in army W hlle recent Interest has fo-
service for aome 18 years, wai cused rvv on the irrigation
stationed at Fairchlld Air Force aspectj of the project, those In
Base near Yakima. He was an terested in any phase of the
instructor in demolition and matter are asked to come and
electronics and only had about pose their questions.
14 more years to serve before It Is planned to have ensu-
retiremenL Ing meetings on the Irrigation
He served In the navy prior feature alone in order to work
to his army enlistment MSet out details Dreparatorv to form-
cook nad never lived in Hepp- ing an organization ror imple-
ner put witn Ms wire and dau- rnenting this part or the proj-
gnier. catnv. visited his oarents ect.
here occasionally. Over a period of several
0 details of the accident I months. Jud?e Jones com Dl led
were learned. The parents were questions that had been asked
notiiled of his death by tele- him by the public. He has sub-
gram and Immediately prepared I mined these quetlons to the
to go to Albuquerque to assist public agencies involved for
with funeral arrangements. No their answers, and the replies
imormation has been received have been compiled for the ben-
as to the time and place of the efit of the public. In order that
tnese may be disseminated as
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I widely as possible they are
printed In this issue of the Ga
zette-Times on page six.
Congressman Al Ullman re
cently explained the necessity
I of moving, fast In formlnz the
irrigation plan for the Willow
Project, which has been author
ized by Coneress. It will be
Contracts for the 19G6 Morrow Important to have the oreaniza-
Appearing for the first time rodeo were awarded at a meet- tlon for irrigation arranged to
in tneir new ouuas. tne hhs mg or tne roaeo committee Wed- iraciiitate construction a Doroori-
rep ciud memDers cneerea tneinesaay nignt in me irst rua-iation.
Mustangs on to victory last Fti- tional Bank. John Venard. sec-1 Proponents hope that informa-
dav night retary. said. tlon that potential irrigators
The attractive uniforms con- Stock contract was given to will receive from the comlnsr
sist or Diue A line SKirts top- tiowara jonnson or Condon, who meeting and others planned
ped on with couariess blazers, iurnisned tne stocK ror the 1965 will expedite this organization.
White "nothing" blouses com- rodeo. Joe Dalev of Pendleton The ludse states that from
plete the outfits. Emblems for will be announcer again and interest apparent to him In the
the blazers will be ordered la- Wayne Lund of Rose City Sound, time prior to the Tuesday meet-
Portland., will rurnish the sound ing a near-capacity crowd Is ex-
system on contract pected In the multipurpose
Daley was announcer for the room.
1965 event, and Rose City Sound
has supplied the sound system
tor a number or years.
HeoDner Pen Club Rodeo Committee
ri - r . I a i n
Gets New Outfits Faras Lontracts
ter.
The members of Pep club
are required to wear their unl
forms to school on the day of
games as well as to the games.
Pat Sweeney Wins
Free Throw Contest,
Advances to State
Pat Sweeney, Heppner eighth
grader, and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Sweeney, has been an
nounced the winner or this
year's Elks' free throw contest.
Pat's winning score was 38 of
50 free throws.
Second high in the contest
was LaVern VanMarter III, son
of Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Van
Marter. Jr., Heppner, and a 7th
grader. He hit 35 out of the 50.
Clint Agee was in charge of
the contest, which also includ
ed grade school students in
lone. It Is sponsored locally by
Elks Lodge 358.
Pat will represent this district
at the state contest on Saturday,
February 12, at Gill Coliseum
in Corvallis, sponsored by the
Oregon State Elks Asosciation.
It will be an expense-paid trip
for him and his parents. They
will be guests at a noon lunch
eon and at the Oregon State
Stanford game that evening.
The four finalists from the af
ternoon contest will compete at
half-time of the game for the
state championship.
Relative Goes Down
With Fishing Boat
A fishing boat accident has
taken the life of the husband
of a niece of Mrs. Archie Pad
berg. Bud Short and his father,
Hilward Short of Coos Bay, were
aboard the fishing boat Sea Fox
which sank off the Umpqua
River last Friday, and have not
yet been recovered, according to
word received by Mrs. Padberg
Mrs. Bud snort is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Alfred Caldera, ol
Coos Bay, sister to Mrs. Pad
berg.
Efforts of the Coast Guard
boats and helicopter have failed
to locate the bodies of either of
the two men.
Primary Filing
Deadline Set
WEATHER
By LEONARD GILLIAM
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Hi
48
56
51
50
48
41
43
Low
35
32
28
25
20
28
27
Prec.
Total precipitation for the
month of January was 1.43".
Conservation Speaker Boosts
Columbia Plateau Council Plan
Br GENE WINTERS
Morrow County Extension Agent
"Critical problems in develop
ment, use, management, and
conservation of land and water
In the Columbia Plateau must
be solved soon," said Paulen
Kaseberg at the Heppner Soil
and Water Conservation District
annual meeting Tuesday even
ing in the Lexington Grange
hall.
Kaseberg, Sherman coun t y
wheat farmer and conservation
district supervisor, pointed out
the causes of soil and water
problems In the plateau to 60
farmers and persons interested
In conservation. The cause of
depletion is both natural and
manmade with climate and soil
conditions different from other
parts of the country.
Solutions when known have
been hampered by lack of long
range planning, and conflict of
purpose in farm programs.
Kaseberg proposed that con
sideration be given to the for
mation of a Columbia Plateau
Resource Council. This group
would plan and conduct long
range programs of land and
water conservation and use for
all purposes including agricul
ture, industry, transportation,
domestic, wildlife and recrea
tion. All lands regardless of
ownership would receive consid
eration. Council management would
be kept in the hands of citizens
of the area. An advisory group
would be available to the coun
cil from government agencies.
The results of such a council
could be a Columbia Plateau
program along the lines of the
Great Plains program, he said, j
Kaseberg suggested a number
of Morrow county residents, in
eluding farm and civic organ!
zatlons' members, officials and
others, attend the council orga
nization meeting in Spokane
February 25 and 26.
Also on the program were
Gordon White and Clarence
Rosewall. White described the
extensive conservation practices
underway in Kansas.
District Supervisor Rosewall
reviewed the flood damage of
1964-65 and reported on the
progress this year by local farm
ers in adopting conservation
practices to protect against fu
ture flooding conditions.
Supervisors Ken Turner and
Raymond French were elected to
succeed themselves. Other mem
bers of the district board of su-
perviors are Vernon Munkers,
Roger Palmer and Clarence
Rosewall.
March 15 is the deadline for
filing candidacy for the primary
election, Mrs. Sadie Parrish,
county clerk, reminds possible
office-seekers. The election will
be held the fourth Tuesday in
May this year. May 24.
Previously the primary elec
tion has been held on the third
Friday In May every even-numbered
year, but the legislature
at its last session changed it to
the Tuesday date. Filing for
county positions is done at the
office of the county clerk.
Indications are that it will be
a quiet election year here. Up
for election are the positions of
county assessor, one countv
commissioner and two port com
missioners. Rod Thomson will
conclude his first term as as
sessor at the end of the current
calendar year, and the position
now held by Gene Ferguson Is
the commissioner post to be on
the ballot.
Term of District Attorney Her
man Winter also expires this
year. This is considered a state
position, and flung is done for
it in Salem.
The two port commissioner
terms that will conclude at the
end of the year are those of
Garland Swanson of lone and
Joe Tatone of Boardman. Swan
son is completing a 4-year term
and Tatone Is finishing a two-
year term, having been elected
n 1964 alter George Wlese for
mer commissioner, moved from
the county.
Al Lamb Showing
Some Improvement
Mayor Al Lamb is "a little
better," hli son, Wayne, said
Wednesday. However, he Is not
able to speak at the present and
has lost the use of his right arm
and leg temporarily. He suffer
ed what now has been diagnos
ed as a stroke wmie he was re
turning to Heppner from Port
land some 10 days ago following
a trip to Washington, D. C.
ine son said that the doctor
has prescribed a course of exer
cise ror regaining use of his arm
and leg, and he may be taken
to Portland for physical therapy
to help speed his recovery.
Lamb has not been hospital
ized and is recovering at home.