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Council Schedules
Hearing on Zoning
Formal public hearing on the
proponed xonlriK ordinance for
the City of lleppner haft been
wl fur Tucstlay, September 20,
ul the city bull at B p.m. The
action wan taken bv tho coun
cil nt Hh September mwtlng
Tuesday night.
MUVOr W. C. ItlMM'WMll said
that all ixTHotm who ho desire
are Invited tu appear nt thu
hearing id speak either for ur
iiualtiNt thi ordinance.
Richard Ivry, consultant for
Cornell, llowliiml, Hayes and
Merryfleld, ciiKlnccrs who have
been working wllh (ho cllv on
zoning, will Ik at the meeting.
The zoning ordinance has
been In the proce.su of prepar
allon for the past two yearn
with financing being xhared by
the city, state, and federal gov
ernments. Oath Administered
Oath of office wax adminis
tered to Councilman Hill Cox
bv Attorney 1'. W. Mahoncy at
the tneetliu!. The new council
man attended tils first session
after being apHinted to fill the
vacancy created with the rcslg
nation of Haskell Sltarrard.
New Lights Approved
Harley Young, manager of
Columbia Hasln Klectrlc Coop
erative, proposed changing nine
Mreet lights In the city to new
Ivm mercury vapor Huh! and
adding two new Ntrcet light.
Kor a cost of $1760 tho cltv
could have K8.000 lumens of
illumination in the moderniza
tion step as compared with the
I.reiseiit 18,000 by the existing
Ili:ht.H, he said.
The council approved all but
two of thu chances. Most of the
new lights will be on Morgan
street and on Linden Way.
Chanties on the latter must be
made before contractor sturU
work on the new m retch of high
way lending from the city.
Alter Discussed
John F. Soward, contractor on
the proposed new post office
to be locuted at the corner of
Chase and Willow streets, up-M-areU
at the council to ask
what progress had been made
on the proposed alley to lc lo
cated behind the post office site.
Mayor Kosewall advised Mm
that the city had hired an en
gineer from 1'cnilleton to sur
vey the alley and thut he was
Stockmen Request
Disaster Rating
Also we story page 2, Sec. 2)
Morrow county Live t o c k
Growers: association has recom
mended that the county be de
clared a disaster nrcu because
of the critical situation on graz
I ni; and feed.
In doing so, the county Joins
with a number of other coun
ties In Kiistern Oregon seeking
U. S. Department of Apicul
ture program benefits available
to eligible stockmen.
Because of the dry spring,
some growers early this year
took their stock directly from
teedlots to mountains. Without
enrlv rains, pasture on lowland
ranches was grazed short and
hasn't had a chance to grow
back.
The problem Is heightened
because of a rather short hay
crop.
W. S. (Sam) Miller, ranger for
the lleppner ranger district,
I'matilla National Forest, said
that plans are underway to al
low permltees to graze their
stock on district grazing lands
until November 1.
While agreements with varl
ous permit holders vary, usual
tune of termlning the grazing
Is October 1. The extended per
iod will use up some of the
grazing reserve but will help
alleviate the 'situation for the
stockmen, Miller said. There are
20 permltees operating In the
lleppner district. Stockmen on
the Grant county side particu
larly face a critical situation
with very little grazing left on
the farmlands, he said.
Gridders
Heppnrv High's football team
will open the season Friday
night, September 9, at Pilot Hock
against the Rockets, starting at
K p.m. Forty Mustang candi
dates have been working hard
since August 22 with dally
doubles In practice as the rule.
The Henpner football staff Is
nil new this- year. Kd Hlemstra,
head conel., has as his assis
tants Adtlan Cook and Jack
Out.
Facing a nine-game varsity
schedule and a seven-game Jay
vee schedule, the total squad of
gridders now numbers 60 boys.
Several drew their equipment
after jchool started September 6.
Coach Hlemstra said that the
l!Xi6 edition of the Mustangs
will run from n basic I forma
tion nnd he plans to employ a
varied offense with a lot of
passing. Jim Doherty, last year's
quarterback, will be tho director
of this offense.
He has been looking very
good in pi net lcc and should
have a good year, the coach
said. Jim is also an excellent
klckcir and will handle the punt
ing chores.
Rounding out the backfleld
will be Mike Aisup, all-confer
one
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making a map of his proposal
for n 111 ft. alley except for one
"bottleneck" between tho rear
of Central Market and ihe tel
ephone building, where It nar
rows to 13 ft. 2 Inches.
So ward said that plana of tho
post office department allowed
only for a 13 ft. alley, and that
to make It wider would put
It I in "In the bite of tho lino"
with post office officials.
Councilman Dill Collins sug
gested that the post office de
partment submit Its plans and
blueprints to the council so that
the counellmen could Under
stand the proposal. Howard re
plied that blueprints are now
in the prrevss of being changed
attain and that he has two pri
or sets that will not be used.
"I lust do what I'm told to
do," be said, "but It puts me
In the bile of the line.'
Hi said thut Italph Robertson
of the post office department
was due In town today (Thurs
day) and the council agreed to
try to meet wllh him.
Final Letters Bent
A letter from the chief of)
police to a number of proerty
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Two Men Injured
In Auto Mishap
Joe Palmer, 21, of La Grande
and Lloyd Rlggs, 35, also of La
Grande, sustained serious Injur
ies Wednesday afternoon In a
one-car accident ubout seven
miles north of lleppner on high
way 71.
Uoth were taken to Tioneer
Memorial hospital where their
doctor said that Palmer la suf
fering from a cerebral concus
sion, multiple lacerations and
abrasions and Rlggs hus a cere
hral concussion. The doctor said
that he expected Riggs to be
hospitalized about three days
anil 1 'aimer to be confined there
for about a week.
Palmer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth rulmer, lone. He
Is a graduate of lone High
school with the class of 1962,
where he was a star player on
I he bail l)ii II team.
Although not confirmed, one
reHrt was to the effect that the
accident occurred when a tic
rod on the car broke and caus
ed It to go out of control. It
happened near the Ellis Petty
John place.
Watch Traffic Light,
Principal Advises
There Is only one three-way
traffic signal light In Morrow
county and that is the port
able un.t used lo regulate traf
fic at th crosswalk on the
street between lleppner Mo
mentary and lleppner Junior
High schools,
Apparently some motorists
aren't used to heeding the
green, 'ed and amber signals,
1'rincipai Alan Martin obser
ved after the first day of
school.
Although the signal is of a
smaller size than those In use
In cities, It carries as much
authority Violators are sub
ject to pt'llce citations.
More important however, Is
the fad that children at the
schools me taught to cross the
street when the green light
favors them. One is apt to
come darting across on the
green signal when an Impat
ient motorist, halted by the
red, Is prone to continue since
he has not observed any child
ren. Martin timed the light, and
although It sometimes seem
slow to motorists. Its Intervals
are 30 seconds, the same as
many lights in cities. This,
then, doesn't mean a long
wait and might prevent injury
to a chi'd crossing the street.
He requests public cooperat
ion in observing the signal.
Open at Pilot Rock
ence transfer from Sherman nt
wlngback; Jim Jacobs at full
back; nnd Dave Hall at tall
back. This unit will be backed
up by some very good boys, In
cluding Jell Turner, Roger Britt,
Randy Sliilman, Bill McLeod,
and Denn Kindle.
In the line, Al Drake will
anchur It at the center posit
ion with Terry Corbln and Rick
Johnston at the guard spots,
Coach Hlemstra announced. At
tackles will be Stan Rauch and
cither Frank Lovgren or Bob
Dobbs, tho latter a 230 pounder.
The light end will be Russell
Kilkenny, and Dennis O'Donnell
will be split end. Steve Petty
John will back up the ends on
offense and play defensive end.
Other linemen who are com
inn along and should see early
game action are John Rawlins,
guard; Steve Munkers, tackle;
and Nnlbro Cox, tackle.
Another prospect who will
play if his eligibility can bo es
tablished Is Jerry Stefanl at
guard.
Several good freshmen pros
pects are out and the coaches
are trying to line up a good
number of sophomores.
ounfy School Enrollment Shows Slight Decline
83rd Year
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September 8, 1966
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PACIFIC CAS TRANSMISSION CO.. which recently announced plana to build a compressor station
near lone, has released this photo showing the planned location of the station. It will be situa
ated beside the lone-Gooseberry road, l'j mile southwest of the edge of lone. The starred spot
(upper left) marks the location, and the dotted line shows route of the gas pipeline that was
installed In 1U61. The picture was taken during one cf the regular bi-weekly patrols of the line.
NEW GAS COMPRESSOR station, to be built near lone in 1967 by Pacific Gas Transmission Cc
will look somethlnq like this. The turbine-centrifugal station shown was built by United Gas
Pipeline Company at OUa. La late In 1964 or early 1965. The 6.700 horsepower turbine in the
Installation above Is essentially the same as the one to be in the lone station but certain re
finements at the lone station will upgrade it to 9,000 horsepower, a company spokseman said.
Grazing Assets
Go to Loan Fund
Remaining assets of the now
Inactive Morrow County Grazing
association have been assigned
to Blue Mountain Community
College for the purpose of set
ting up a revolving student loan
fund, President Wallace McCrae
of the college states.
The sum totals $1,332.90, and
it will be administered through
the Blue Mountain Scholarship
and Development association of
which Gene Pierce is area repre
sentative here.
President McCrae was notified
of the action bv Gene Winters,
secretary of the association.
Other members include John
Krebs, Jack Hvnd, Gaylord Mad
ison and Dick Wilkinson.
Defensively, the Musta n g s
will start off the I960 season
with the forward wall of Petty
John, Lovgren, Rauch, Corbin
and Kilkenny, with linebackers
being Johnston and Alsup. At
the cornerback spots will be
O'Donnell and Jacobs, and safe
ties will be Doherty and Hall.
"Right now the Mustangs are
not deep enough, but with new
personnel turning out this week,
it is hoped that by the first
league game, the Mustangs will
have four or five complete units
ready to go," Coach Hlemstra
said.
The coach, who has had little
chance to size up the Mustangs'
opponents this year, has not
had an opportunity to find out
about the Rockets strengths and
weaknesses for the Friday night
opener. However, the boys from
the neighboring town are al
ways formidable competition for
tho Heppner High team.
A large number of local fans
will undoubtedly make the trip
to Pilot Rock for the opener.
First home game will be against
Condon on the rodeo grounds
field at 8 p.m. Friday, Septem
ber 16.
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Plans Announced
For Gas Pumping
Station at lone
Additional details on plans
for construction of a $2,369,000
gas compressor station near
lone have been announced by
a spokesman for Pacific Gas
Transmission Company.
The compressor station will be
located l's miles southwest of
lone near the lone-Gooseberry
road.
Construction will be in the
coming year 1967 .is a part of
the company's project to speed
up gas delivery through the
pipeline that was constructed in
1961. The present 400 million
cubic feet capacity will be in
creased to 600 million cubic feet
through the 1400-mile pipeline.
The line taps gas fields in
Alberta. Canada, and delivers it
to California.
The company spokesman said
that the station here will be
similar in type to that built by
United Gas Pipeline Company
at Olla, La. Its General Elec
tric gas turbine will operate on
gas from the pipeline and is
rated at 9000 horsepower. He
said that the turbine can be
contained in a rather "small
package" because of advance
ments made in the field. This
helps cut construction costs.
It was announced last year
that only a small labor force
will be required to build the
compressor station, perhaps 15
men. However, the utility devel
opment is expected to help with
the property tax load in Morrow
county.
Power Service Here
To be Off Two Hours
Electric power service in
Heppner will be off for a per
iod of from one to two hours
starting at 6 aun. Saturday,
Harley Young, manager of the
system, announces.
The outage is necessary to
make changeovers on power
lines on the north side of
town because of contemplated
work on highway relocation
there.
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WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Official weather report for the
week of September 1-7 is as
follows:
Hi Low Prec.
Thursday 80 45
Friday 84 49
Saturday 89 49
Sunday 92 53
Monday 97 54
Tuesday 87 58
Wednesday 84 48
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'FROSTY," grand champion all-around performance horse at the open horse show August 26,
stands humbly by while owner Art Vance accepts the Jerry Daggett revolving trophy and grand
champion ribbon from Fred Mankin, superintendent of the show. "Frosty" took a first place in
the Western Pleasure class and in the reining class. (G-T Photo)
Number 28
HEPPNER
10 cents
j: Lightning Starts
Five Woods Fires;
Area Tinder Dry
A lightning storm that came
Labor Day night started five
fires on the Heppner Ranger
district of the Umatilla Nation
al Forest. W. S. (Sam) Miller,
ranger in charge, reported Wed
nesday. Two of the fires were located
that night and three showed up
later. Largest was 2'4 acres In
the Mallorv Creek area. Four of
! the fires were in this area, and
the fifth was a "loner" under
Tamarack lookout.
Crews of the district soon
contained the blazes.
The woods remained tinder
dry following the storm, and
Miller said that the fire haz
ard Is still considered critical.
He is keeping an anxious eye
on the opening date of deer sea
son on October 1 while hoping
for a break in the weather that
will bring rain and end the
drouth.
Public cooperation in the dis
trict has made it possible to
compile an exceptionally good
record during a very hazardous
season. Ranger Miller expressed
grateful appreciation tot this
exceptional cooperat 1 o n, and
said that the public is to be
highly commended for its care
of the forests.
Vigilance on the part of dis
trict personnel continues. Look
outs continue to be manned, al
though one post at Madison
Butte will be reassigned be
cause the lookout there went
oack to college.
Burning Index remains
in the woods. Miller said,
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lone Grid Team
To Open at Home
lone High's Cardinals will
open their 1966 football season
at home Friday afternoon, Sep
tember 9, against Dufur, the
game starting at 2:30 p.m.
Gordon Meyers is again coach
ing the 8-man team for the
Cardinals and has 17 boys out
for the sport. Roster of the play
ers and rundown of prospects
for the year was not available
by press time.
Following the Dufur game, the
Cardinals will be host to Arling
ton on Friday, . September 16,
this game also tentatively being
set to start at 2:30.
The Cards this year have four
games at home and three away.
Remainder of the schedule Is
is as follows: Sept 23r-Ione at
Mt. Vernon: Sept. 30 lone at
Rvierside; Oct. 7 Echo at lone;
Oct. 14 lone at Weston; Oct.
21 Umapine at lone.
Administrators
Report Good
Opening Day
Enrollment In Morrow county
schools Tuesday was 43 less
than last year on opening day,
compilation of figures around
the county shows.
Last year's opening day total
was 1173, and this year's total
is 1130. In 1964, 1210 were reg
istered on the first day.
Two schools showed enroll
ment gains, the most substan
tial being that at Heppner Ele
mentary school where this
year's total was 460 as com
pared to 437 last year. River
side High school registered 88
on opening day this year as
compared with 86 last year.
lone High school had an iden
tical enrollment to last year 58
students. Four other schools
were down. Heppner High de
creased to 184 from last year's
first day total of 1; A. C.
Houghton Elementary, Irrigon,
started with 161 this year as
compared with 185 last year;
lone Elementary showed a first
day total of 125 Tuesday as com
pared with 144 last year; and
Boardman Primary dropped to
54 from last year's 67.
All administrators reported a
good opening day, but a
"mighty busy" one. Richard
Carpenter, Heppner High prin
cipal, said that only trouble en
countered at the school was a
difficulty with the bell system
that had some classes of the
day getting out 10 minutes
ahead oi schedule.
Alan Martin, Heppner Ele
mentary principal, said that sev
eral adjustments in registration
were necessary in order to place
all pupils satisfactorily, but all
went well on the busy first day.
Throughout the system, pupils
had a full day of classes and
plunged right Into their aca
demic work.
Number of first graders in the
county system is down from
last year, dropping to 95 from
last year's 113.
Number of high school sen
iors in the system showed a
drop, going down to 80 from
last year's 85. lone High's grad
uating class is double the size
of last year's opening class, 16
this year as compared with
eight last year. Riverside High's
seniors this year number 17 as
compared with 21 last year.
Heppners Class of 196T is list
ed at 47 as compared with 56
in the senior class on the first
day last year.
Total enrollment in the two
Heppner schools this year on
the first day was 644 as com
pared with 633 last year. It was
675 in 1964.
By schools, registration Tues
day was as follows:
Heppner Elementary grade
one, 59; two, 65; three, 53; four,
54; five, 53; six, 61; seven, 54;
and eight, 61. Total 460..
Heppner High School Fresh
men, 45; sophomores, 48; Juni
ors, 44; seniors, 47. Total 184.
lone Elementary School
grade one, 14; two, 11; three,
20; four, 20; five, 20; six, 13;
seven. 14; eight, 13. Total, 125.
lone High School freshmen,
16; sophomores, 17; juniors, 11;
seniors, 12. Total, 58.
Riverside High School fresh
men, 25; sophomores, 18; jun
iors, 28; seniors, 17. Total, 88.
A. C Houghton Elementary
grade one, 12; two, 16; three,
12; four, 12; five, 28: six, 35;
seven, 24; eight, 22. Total, 161.
Boardman Primary grade
one, 10; two, 13; three, 15; four,
16. Total, 54.