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KirrXEX CAXlTtTK TlMtS. Thn4r. March X IU4 iles foemh Describes illtarrow forty as Having 4Sff Landscape' tF.dl'or's Note: Tho follow. Ing I written by Giles French, whu for years was owner of the Sherman County Journal. a description of Morrow county, French, author cf th Unk, 'futile Country of Peter French." nd other works U considering writing t history of Morrow county, lie U con sldererd n authority on east ern Oregon. Still a resident of Muro, Fiench served for many years as a representative In the sUte legislature. Last year, he won the Oregon Newspaper Publishcis' Amos Voorhlet award foi his "outstanding contribution to Journalism" In this state). MORROW COUNTY. OREGON Br GILES FRENCH Morrow county I the 2059 square miles (1,317.760 acres) In northeastern Oreeon lying between Township 23 east of the Willamette Meridian for the must part, and extending to Township 29 FAVM except In the northern prt wntcn joins umi til a eountv midway in lown ship 77 KW.M. reaches from the Columbia River on the north of the Bane Line which cross ca the county near lone ana tlx townships south. 66 miles In all. The average width U 40 miles. Morrow county probably has the softest landscape of any eastern Oregon county. There are few of the tall, precipitous basaltic clitls that distinguish the terrain of Sherman and Gil liam counties. Immediately west of Morrow. And the Blue Moun tains in the southern part of the county are not so steep as In I'matilla and Grant counties. More canvons have grassy hill sides than rock cliffs. Willow Creek runs to the Col. umbU diagonally across the eountv from the Blue Mountains near B'.ack Butte but Its border Ing rimrock Is seldom very kharp or high. Butter Creek starts In the southeastern part of the county and cuts a deep gash until it reaches the level land at the L'maulla county bor der, then runs through the flat country before Joining tne cma tills River some ten miles south of the Columbia. Kxrertt In a few places the hillsides are grass covered with lew outcropping of shale, a ills tinsuUMrii fatur U iwaily eery other county In eastern Oregon. Morrow county gives elierwe of being a part of an older geological formation, a more eroded, smoother forma tion. The layer of volcanic rock Is thinner, probably older. Madison Butte is probably the highest peak In the county and trure Is a road running clear up to the lookout at its top, liight on that point cmpptng of rock resembling dc composed granite as If the rains and snow had worn the peak down to expose the solid gran ite framework of the earth. It t possible that Waek Butte, or even Arbuckle. farther cast, are as high as Madison, but they would have to be above 5711 feet and that is doubtful. The county may be roughly divided Into three parts by ge ology, geography and also by UH HEPPN SCRIP 5S1 bThis Script i .ieCWff 1 -hqQNE DOLLAR WMSfitK Fi i rt, 11 r ., i i t f. 1 In- f -y- 3 ONE DOLLAR HEPPNER SHEEPSKIN SCRIP p N? D 0695 Issued by the Business Men of Heppner, Oregon ONE DOLLAR i i N m STTfrlt!fOT Entries Invited For Music and Art Contests Saturday The Seventh District, Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, contests for the Virginia Brown Music Scholarship and Hall mark and Penny Art Scholar ships will be held jointly Sat urday, March 5 at 10 a.m. in the Vert Clubroom, Pendleton. Several entries are expected in each field. Music contestants will perform at 10 a.m. after which the art entries will be judged. All persons interested in art and music are invited to at tend this affair and to stay for the coffee hour which will fol low the judging. Further information may be obtained by contacting Mrs. Melvin Bates, Pendleton; Mrs. Ben Flippin, Roosevelt, Wn., or the president of any club af filiated with the Oregon Feder ation of Women's Clubs. Son Joins Family Of Darrel Ployhars Mrs. Lucy Peterson returned Sunday evening from a week's visit in Spokane, Wn., with her Eon-in-law and daughter, Sgt. and Mrs. Darrel Ployhar, and be came acquainted with her new grandson. Little Jop Patrick was born to Sst. a,id Mrs. Ployhar on Thurs day, Kt bruary 17, at a hospital rt Fainh Id, Vn., weighing 8 lbs. Ht jo-.ns two sisters at home, Si:san a.ul Marti. Mrs. Peterson is the baby's mater:i?l grandmother, and pa ternal grat dparents are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moe, all of Heppner. Rhea Grange Changes Meeting to March 13 Date of the March meeting for Rhea Creek Grange has been an nounced for Sunday, March 13. The change will make possible the attendance of members at the Flack-Bergstrom wedding at Valby Lutheran church the evening of the regular meeting date, March 11. A potluck dinner will be served at 1:30, with 4-H clubs in charge of the afternoon pro gram. Highland Machinery New Toyota Dealer Toyota Motor Company an nounces that Highland Machin ery Co. of Condon is now deal er for its line of Land Cruisers in this area. The company will carry a full line of the 4-wheel drive Land Cruisers, which come in five models, and cars, as well as a full line of parts. Trained mechanics will assure customers of service. Highland Machinery invites customers to come in and look over the new units. Those inter ested afe also invited to test drive the Toyota. Mrs. Warren III Relatives received word here early this week that Mrs. Wil lard (Betty) Warren is very ser iously ill in Rupert Hospital at Rupert, Idaho. The Warrens re sided in Heppner for several years until about 11 years ago when they moved to Paul, Ida ho, and just recently to Rupert. He was employed here as a car penter. Mrs. Warren is a sister-in-law to Paul Warren. HERE IS A FACSIMILE of Hepp ner Sheepskin Scrip used as a medium of exchange in Hepp ner in 1933 when $5000 worth was Issued in Ycnrious denom inations. This is printed from plates still in the possession of the Gazette-Times. Back of th scrip is at tha top and front is at the bottom. The sheep's head seal at left was overprinted on the front I the scrip. (See Chaff and Chatter column, page 2). Heimbigner Wins On Trampoline Competing against 10 college teams in the Pacific Northwest gymnastics championships held at McArthur court in Eugene Saturday, February 26, Tom Heimbigner of lone won the third place bronze medal in trampoline competition. Coach Dick Smith of the Uni versity of Oregon said after the meet that performance of his trampoline team of four in this championship event was their best to date. Individually they won a first place, a third, a fourth and a tie for fifth. Coach Smith predicts contin ued improvement from his young sophomore from lone and still grins when he tells of Tom's background which in volves a homemade trampoline buried in a hole in the ground and a book for a coach. Tom is now qualified to com pete in the Pacific Coach champ ionships to be held in Berkley, Calif., on the week-end of March 17. State Tax Help Offered March 8 Assistance in preparing Ore gon state income tax returns will be given by State Tax Com mission personnel at the Mor row County Courthouse in Hepp ner on Tuesday, March 8, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Taxpayers wishing help in filing thei returns are asked to bring earnings slips and other informaton needed to determine the correct tax, including, if possible, a copy of their federal return files for the year 1965. The Tax Commission point; out thtt in order to be eligible for a refund a taxpayer must file a return. Refunds are issued on a "fust come, first served' basis. It is also emphasized that if a joint return is filed, both spouses must sign it. Deadline for filing is April 15 c GILES TRENCH The southern iart U Mck country and forest. It Is the lo Club Schedules April Card Party Br VIRGINIA KELSO K1NZUA The Klnrua Wom en club had Its regular meet ing last Thursday at the kitch en with Margie Ball and Lu rllle Keavls a hostess. During the business meetintf the ladles made plans for a card partv to be held Saturday. April 9, at the grade school. Both bridge and pinochle will be plavcd. An advance ticket sale will be held. After the minting closed the rest of the afternoon was sent quilting. The regular meeting of the Friendship club was held last Wednesday at the Camp 5 com munity hall with Barbara Mr timore as hostess to the group, llich was won by Naomi Rice, low bv Dinah Jackson, and trav eling bv Rosle Graham and Carol Norris. Others playing were Judv Norrts. Betty Mur dork. Doris Stubbleflcld. Patsy McMinn. Rita Conlee. Sue Mat tison and Mavis Ovler. A show er of miscellaneous gifts was given to Judy Norm as a going away present, after which Hun garian goulash was served by the hostess. Mrs. Frank Ferrel. Mrs. Slim Rhoton and Mr. and Mrs. Her schel Murdock were business visitors to Pendleton Thursday. The F L Club was entertain ed Friday evening with Hazel Hulett as hostess to the group. High for pinochle was won by Betty Murdock, low by Lois Walker, and traveling by Carol Norris and Barbara Mortimore. High for brldee for the evening and the three months series went to Pat Hyatt. Orand high for pinochle went to Betty Mur dock and second grand high to Marilyn Thomas. Others play ing were Marge Asher. Ann Asher. Jean Medlock. Gail Put nam. Pattt Bell, and VI Slink ard. The community card party held at the Camp 5 Community hall Saturday night was well attended with eight tables of pinochle In play. Highs were won by Dick and Rosle Graham, lows by Delbert Barzee and Jean Medlock. and traveling by Dick Graham and Golda Barzee. The door prize was won by Richard Mortimore. After the cards, a chili feed was served by the hostesses, Betty Murdock and Nancy Hawk. Mr. and Mrs. James Foycn be came the parents of a daugh ter Saturday, February 19 at the Heppner hospital. She weighed 7 lb.. 2 oz.. and was named Verlinda Jean. She joins a bro ther Jimmie. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Britt of Spray and Mr. and Mrs. James Foyen of Baker. This last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Foyen and their two children moved to Baker where Mr. Foyen will be employed. Lyle Muzzy and Marvin Row land left Saturday by plane from Portland for Ketchikan, Alaska, and on to Thome Bay where they will be employed. They were taken to Portland by Paul Muzzy and Elva Davis. Mr,, and Mrs. Hugh Brace of Bend spent the week-end here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Vin cent Allen and family. Mr. and Mrs. Arne Slinkard of Klamath Falls spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Slinkard and son Mike- , Mrs. Bert Hoover and Mrs. Robert Kelso went to John Day Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller of Fossil where they at tended a retirement dinner par ty for Mrs. Rose Beam of Uni ty, Mrs. Cella Norton of Mitch ell, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hoover of Fossil. These people all recently retired from the Postal Service. : Mrs. Bill McMinn, Mrs. Steve Conlee, and Mrs. Ray Rector were business visitors to Hepp ner Wednesday. Mrs. Joe Browning and Mrs. Bob Reavis went to Pendleton Friday to bring home Miss Joan Browning for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Doyal Hubbell went to Portland Thursday to visit an uncle of Mr. Hubbells who is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sitton went to Lexington Sunday to visit with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Steagall and other relatives. Mrs. Olin Weems was home V ration 'f the 3iis acre. ! fwet land of which nearly ail, .X'rtH acres, are In the I'ma tilla National Forest. Much of 'It drains Into the north fork of the John iav Ktver on iremie Kle. The streams are small and numerous, the sll Huht eravellv one that produces a stand of nutritious gra. tall pines and patches of beautiful Mild flower. The central part of the coun ty, the wheat belt. Is typical of raxtern Oreeon wheat land, probably volcanic In oricin, which the southern part surely 1 not. It ha low bills for the nuwt part although some fields are steep. There are numerous dry creeks caused bv spring and ummcr runoffs that have gash ed the country In the rush of waler ! find Its level. Most of the county's 372..inti acres of tilled land U In this belt. The northern part of Morrow county lies low along the Col umbia River, a larne part of It sandy without rropplngs of rink. Much of It l calb-d desert, and It Qualifies. Recently, since inc average rainfall has Increased, are no basaltic cliffs bordering the liver here. The land slop's part of It has been successfully sown to wheat, fsclrnllMs say thai one upon a time In the distant geolok'lcal ast. huce lake In nortlirastern Washing ton broke Its boundaries and overflowed down the Columbia River, bringing tons of sand to cjver this land which wa about the first place such a flol could sptead out. A newer theory has It that the deposit of sand was caused by natural dam In the Hit liver that back ed water un to cover the noitli end of Mornw county, and thereby deptmll sand. Whatever the cause, this sec tion has not ttccn productive of crops for man eserpl under Ir rigation which has been Intens ive near the I'matilla Itlver Several townships of It have lieen leased to the State of Ore gon and turned over to the Boe ing company for missile test Ing. The Columbia gorge Is not a gorge In Morrow county; there i.i the river, wiuow Creek comes to the Gilliam county nrder lefore It meets the liver and lluller Creek at Its terminus Is In I'matilla coun ty, tut the hotuyn lands of ImiIM aie Irrigated and productive of a hcallhv livestock Industry while going through Morrow county. When high plied snow on the southern hill melts nuhklv or when a cloudburst lilts acroaa a rldtie sending water down two creeks at once, floods inxmr In Morrow county. Winds are some limes strong along the Colum bia In the spring, the season of the hln..k. il.uk In the tlm hcred hllU wind is not common. There are example of very high and very low temperature. 20 below and ! degree above rero and once In eight or ten years such may happen. In or dinary summers the mercury climb Into the nineties and na tives exH-ct some rero nights in winter. Rainfall U light. Kti Inches In the north. 1.1 tn the wheat clt and nearly In the range aiea. T In 2il Irrigon Women Plan Workshop In Reupholstery FARTLOW Be LaVELLE IKRIGON Morrow County Kxlenslon Agent IH.nna George of Heppner was In irrigon last Thurs4i.iv evening to conduct a preliminary meeting for the re upholstery workshop which will begin April 1. The workshop will lu under the auspice of Ladle Home Fxtenslon ami will consist of approximately five or l class es. Leaders for the project are Mrs. IVan Acock and Mrs. Louis Shade. These two ladles will take their training In Boardman vtartlni' the 7th of Marcn, ami will then Instruct the group. cream; rrhlay-remed tuna on hot rolls, green bean, fruit cobbler. All meals are atsrved with bread, butter and milk. Founders Day was observed at P.T.A. Monday evening at the A. C. Houghton Cafetorlum. with president. Mr. Ronald Blak presiding. The A. C. Houghton faculty members ex plained procedure In new math, with audience p.irtlcipa tion. Following the new math Instruction, the Founders Pay cake was served with coffee and punch. Mrs. Joan Adams. Mr. Vera local Cooiey and Mrs. Mavko Buchan an wi-re hostesses lor a uruiai Miss George displayed fabric ; shower samples and Instructed in the nec-ss;irv supplies and materi als the ladles would need. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F.arly hosted a "welcome-home" din ner party at their home Satur day evening, honoring Steve Smith, recently home on leave from Vict Nam. Later In the evening, other friends dropjH-d in for dessert and coffee. Mayor Chester Wilson rciiorts that street work I progressing on North Main, 5th and ftih streets, with the streets being graded and widened. Evergreen trees have been planted on North Main as a part of a city beautificatlon program, and these will later be interspersed with shaped locust. John H. Califf. SKSN. who was stationed on the V.SS. Canapos out of Charleston. S. C, Is home on a 25 day leave with his wife and family, and also his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Klmer Zehner. Ca lifts next duty station will be Rota. Spain. The Irrigon City Council will meet at the upstairs room of the old school building on Tues day. March 8. 7:30 p.m.. for Its regular March meeting, with the Bov Scouts participating. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stewart, Sharon and Tom drove to La Grande Sunday and visited his folks. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stew art, her mother, Mrs. Floyd Rcedcr, and her sister, Mrs. Dor is Courtney and family. Mrs. Krnest Stephens arrived home Thursday after a 2-week trip to California, where she visited several relatives, and with others enroute home. Several ladies of the Auxil iary of Veterans of World War I participated in a work day at the old Irrigon school, tying af ghans and working on other projects. Menus at A. C. Houghton school for the week of March 7-11 are as follow: Monday--spaghetti, tomatoes, f r e n c h bread, applesauce and cookies; Tuesday vegetable beef stew, pear and cheese salad, pineap ple pudding; Wednesday ham burgers, buttered corn, potato chips, peaches; Thursday fried chicken, mashed potatoes, mix ed vegetables, gingerbread and over the week-end from Coos Bay where she has business in terests. ,, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Jellick were business visitors to The Dalles Saturday. We Will Deliver Your Processed Meot Free Of Charga To Heppner, Ion, Lexington WHOLESALE MEATS CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING SCHEDULE: Hogs Tu?day Cattle Wed., Thurs Sheep Any Day Follett Meat Co. Ph. 567-6651 Hermiston, Oregon On Hermtston-McNary Highway honoring Mr. la-on Hodges, nee Willalne rcecrt. l the home of Mrs. Ion Aiiam last Thursday evening. The hostesses served cake, sherbcrt. coffee and punch to the guests. A group of wives of Lions Club mcmltcrsi met at the home of Mrs. Bob Stewart to plan a raffle of a complete ham din ner and a large stuffed easter bunny. Proceeds will go toward the Lion Club's building fund. Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCoy and Terry, accompanied bv Cecil Williams of Ordnance, drove to the Portland airport Sunday, where McCoy and Williams. Umatilla Army Depot Employ ees left for Washington. D. C. to attend a Commanders Con ference. Mrs. McCoy and Terry stopped In Rufus on their way home and visited her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Beers and family. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Snyder and Frances McDonald visited at the home of Vivian Templeton In Dale, Oregon Sunday. Miss Tem pleton has received a career conditional appointment work ing at the Dale Ranger Station as a clerk-typist. The A. C. Houghton Bobcats, coached by Dean Swcnson. won a double victory from Echo Fri day, defeating Echo's A team by a score of 46-34 and the B team by a score of 19-16. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Pummel and iMnna Kav and Vicky Hbbs drove to Portland Tues day and attended an Athletic AsMHiatlon banquet at the Crys tal Room of the llenn Hotel The banquet honored athletes placing In the National Jr. Olympic final, ami Donna Kav was among those so honored, having placed fth nationally In the ! yard dash. While In Port land. Pummel also visited his mother. Mrs. Beulah Pummel. Pvt. Kathleen KMc. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ftcs. ha completed baste training at Ft. McLcllan. Ala. and is being transferred to Ft. Bennlng, Ga. at the Martin Field Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. ivrrv Pummel and Phil Goodall attended a Policeman' Banquet and meet ing at the Chinese Gardens cafe In Pasco Thursday evening. Ladles Home Extension will meet at the old Irrigon School Thursday. March 10. at 10:30 a m. IroJct leaders Alda Gray heal. Marge Shale and Frances McCoy will present the topic. M.igic with Meringues". There will be a small luncheon charge, and ladles are asked to donate linens to fill a clothes hamcr to be auctioned at a later date. DANCE To Live Music Saturday Night Wagon Wheel HEPPNER Phone 676-8997 Everything For Spring JUST IN- NEW I NEW Coats NEW Jackets NEW Shirts NEW Shoes o NEW Windbreakers I Come In And Let Us Show Them to You AndYou'll FeelSpringy, Too! GARDNER'S MEN'S WEAR HEPPNER PH. 676-9218
