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1 1 8RART u or o EUGENE . 83rd Year ORE Number 36 9 7 10 3 GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November Voters to i - . t ;j ,v- -il I ' ' . ' . i, 'J '. 1 i " t DEWEY WEST, JH., ol Boardman, president of Mid Columbia Planning Council, dlicusiet use ol the Columbia River wateriront with Governor Marie Katiiold following a meeting In Salem re cently. The qovernor called the council's plan ling program an "ouUtandinq example in reg ional cooperation." Governor Praises Council for Work On Regional Plans The lx counlle In the Mid Columbia Planning Council have provided nn outstanding example In regional cooperation fur the rest of the stale to fol low. Governor Mark Hatfield told members of the Counrll who met with the governor In Salem to discuss action to Im plement the Council's recently completed development plan for the Mid Columbia waterfront. "You have shown the rest of the slate how to do cooperative long -range planning for region al development and sound util ization of resources," the gover nor said. Governor Hatfield pledged slate cooperation In Implemen tation of the plan In ureas In volving state policy. He Is tran smitting copies of the develop ment plan report to appropri ate federal and state officials. The planning study report, prepared for the Council by the Division of Planning and Devel opment, Oregon Department of Commerce, contains recommen dations for specific use of the Mid-Columbia region's 163 miles of Columbia River waterfront. The land use allocution and de velopment plan covers the reg ional waterfront strip reaching from Wallula (Jap to the Mult nomah county line. Objectives Include allocation of land use to encouruge the expansion and diversification of the region's economic bases of j agriculture, Industry and recre atlon. Dewey West, Jr., president of Mid-Columbia, thanked the gov ernor for the state's Interest in the development of the region. The group meeting with the governor to discuss the report was headed by Dewey West, Boardman, Port of Morrow County representative and pres ident of the council. Others were Sam Cook, Umatilla county, vice prtsldcnl' Wilbur Kelly, The Dalles, secretary-treasurer; Earl Hoag, Port of Arlington; Ford Robertson, Port of Umatilla, Kord Rupert Kennedy, The Dalles, ex ecutive director. County to Receive Tax Relief Fund Morrow county will receive $126,845 before November 15 as Its share of the distribution of tax relief monies from the state under the 11)65 Property Tax Re lief Act, according to Informa tion from the office of Tom Mc Call, Secretary of State. Mlllnge relief this year is 5.3 mills for 34 of the state's coun ties and 6.4 mills and 6.1 mills, respectively, for Columbia ana Wasco counties. In all, the distribution will total $18,285,083. Each county assessor has been notified pre viously, and county levies have been reduced accordingly. Decide Wheat Growers Fall Meeting Due Tuesday "Vote eurlv and then come to the annual fall meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Growers." This Is the request of Louis Carlson, president 'of the asso ciation. In announcing the meet ing which will be on Tuesday. November 8. election dav. It will be In the Catholic Parish hall, Heppner. starting at a.m. Since election polls are open at 8 a.m., this provides ample time to vote prior to the meet ing, Carlson said. A number of special features are planned for the meeting. Principal speaker will be Jim Hill, manager of Pendleton Grain Growers, and vice presi dent of the Oregon Agrl-Busl-ness Council. Hill, a graduate of Whitman College, has a mas ter's degree from the Harvard graduate school of business ad ministration. He received a first rltlz.cn award In Pendleton in im;i. His talk will be given at the luncheon at noon which will be a beef dinner prepared and served bv women of the Lex ington Allur society. Business men and women of the county are to he special guests at the 'umheon, und an extra effort is being made to have them attend. Others expected for the fall meeting are Ralph McKwen, ad ministrator of the Oregon Wheat ( onimlsslon, and John Welbes, executive vice president of the Oregon Wheat League, both of ivmllcton Milton Morgan, former presi dent of the Oregon Wheat League will show slides on wheat and wheat foods founda tion at 1 p.m. The meeting will open with .1 general session at 9:30 with remarks by the president and awarding the first door prize. Standing committees will con vene at 10 a.m., and adjourn ment for the noon luncheon will be at 11:45, allowing mem bers an opportunity to pick up their business guests. Standing committees will re convene at 1:30 following Mor- Board Asks Bids On New School Sealed bids on construction of the new Riverside High school will be received at the office of David Potter, superintendent of Morrow county schools, Lex ington, until 2:30 p.m. Decem ber 6, according to an an nouncement of call for bids published for the first time In this week's Gazette-Times. The call for bids is printed on anoth er page. Specifications are on file at the office of the architect, How ard Leonard Glazer, In Portland, and copies ' may he obtained from the school office at Lex ington. Opening of the bids, will be at 3:30 p.m. on December 6 In Supt. Potter's office. 3, 1966 n Choices W1 1 JIM HILL gan's presentation. Committees will report at 2:45, and election of officers will ensue at 3:15. Door prizes will also be giv en at the luncheon and at the time of adjournment. Wives are Invited, Carlson said. They will be interested In the committee dealing with cake baking and" domestic use of wheat. Door prizes will be donated by Padberg Machinery Co., Mur rays Drug Store and Columbia Basin Electric Coop. Committees of the association are: Domestic wheat utilization, Federal agricultural programs, finance and membership, mar keting, production and land use, public relations, taxation and legislation, transportation, and youth activities. L.. i O - Ullman Predicts Willow Representative Al Ull man, fresh from the 89th Congress and taking to the election campaign trail at the eleventh hour, gave a report on Federal legislation and plans for the future in a brief stop here Monday. He spoke at noon to friends and constituents at a luncheon in the Wagon Wheel banquet room with Mayor W. C. Rosewail presiding after speaking at Hep pner High school Monday morn ing. Expectation that appropriation for the Willow Creek project will be forthcoming from next year's session of Congress was given by the congressman. "I am pleased to come back with the Willow Creek dam au thorized," he said. "This is the big hurdle. You had some lo cal problems, but I commend you for getting your shoulders to the wheel. It Is on schedule. We tried to get the project ahead of schedule by shooting for money this year. We expect to get the appropriation in the next session of Congress." Seven projects were obtained 10 cents Tuesday Polls Open From 8 to 8 For Election Oregon's long general election campaign, covering the time from the May primary to No vember, will come to an end Tuesday, November 8, when vot ers will make their decisions on candidates ranging from na tional to city oifices. Morrow county voters will go to the polls in nine precincts and may cast votes any time from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. While the percentage of vot ing Is ordinarly down in an off presidential year, some of the contests will stimulate balloting this year, and it is hard to pre dict what the turnout will be. It Is uite certain, however, that the percentage will not be as high throughout Oregon as It would have been If the 1 property tax limitation had not been ruled off the ballot. Probably the principal contest that will bring a large turnout yf voters Is the U. S. Senate race between Governor Mark Hatfield, Republican, and Con gressman Robert Duncan. This has been predicted as a very cose contest, and the campaign of the two has been exciting considerable interest. The race between Tom Mc Call, Republican, present Secre tary of State, and Bob Straub, Democrat, present State Treas urer, will also cause many to tro to the polls. Mann, Buchanan Vie More on the local scene, there Is top Interest In the contest between Rep. Irvin Mann, Re publican incumbent, and Mar tin Buchanan, Democrat, for rep resentative in the state legis lature for the 28th district. The district embrace 'five counties. of which Morrow Is one. Manit of Stanfield, and Buchanan, of Milton-Freewater, have a "re match" In this race, having competed In the 1964 election, which Mann won by a small margin. At the county level, there are two contests. Rod Thomson, Re publican Incumbent, has com petition for the assessor posit ion from Robert Laughlin. Dem ocrat. Thomson has held the of fice four years with five pre vious years' service as deputy, and cites the importance of ex perience In conducting the of fice. Laughlin's supporters say (Continued on page 8i Riverside to Vie In District Game League champion Riverside High school of Boardman will play Prairie Citv for the district 3-B-8 football championship at Boardman on Saturday, Novem ber 5, at 1:30 p.m., Ron Dan iels, Riverside principal, an nounces. Riverside went through its Morrow-Umatilla 8-man league undefeated to capture the cham pionship and earn the right to play for the district title. The Panthers of Prairie City come with a good record for the sea son and an excellent game is expected. Winner of the game will play Burnt River of Unity in the state semi-finals on November 19 at a place and time to be announced. for the 2nd Congressional dis- trict, he said, ana three more were authorized, including Wil low Creek, Grande Ronde and Catherine Creek, Seven other studies underway. One of the major new stud ies expected is the South Bank project that encompasses 200, 000 acres of Columbia River wa terfront in Umatilla, Morrow and Gilliam counties, which Ull man said that he had initiated. 'Vineyard Country "This indeed is vinevard coun try," he said. Soil, climate and water form a combination to make it so, Ullman added, say ing, "This project will become a reality." Water diversion is a real prob lem, the congressman said, de claring that he was the first con gressman to come out against the Central Arizona project. "Diversion, if it ever comes and I doubt If it will can come about only following a nation wide study. "When we go back in Con gress in January, we are going to have to fight the battle ustanos Fr District Crown :': - N. - - J ' f '-- I .' " : ' 'if' . . v - - .. ,. - . .,. t : ,. y a1 f ' -- ..t'-"1"-,1..-m ' - -- - - f - , r . . '- . " . JIM DOHERTT. backfield ace for the Heppner High Mustang football team, has been chosen to the All-Star first team for the western division of the Greater Oregon League. The ver satile back, a triple-threater, is caught here in the act of punt ing. (G-T Photo) Jim Doherty Chosen West Division All-Star Jim Doherty, a star athlete of Heppner High school, has been selected to the all-conference first team of the western div ision of the Greater Oregon League, according to announce ment by Dick Carpenter, Hepp ner High principal, and Bob dough, athletic director. , " The all-star team was chosen at a meeting of the Greater Ore gon league at John Day Tues day night. Surprisingly, Doherty, a sen ior who played quarterback last year but was converted by Coach Ed Hiemstra to a half back position this year, was the only Heppner High player to rate the first team selections, although Heppner emerged as winner of the division. However, six of the Mustangs were given honorable mention. Two of them were chosen for both of fensive and defensive units. They are Mike Alsup, who was an all-conference first team choice last year when he was enrolled at Sherman High, and David Hall, quarterback on of fense and halfback on defense. Hall, a junior, took over the signal calling position for the Mustangs early this year when Doherty was shifted to halfback. Alsup, a senior, was named to an end position on offense and linebacker of defense. Others getting honorable men tion on offense were Dennis O' Donnell, senior, at guard; Jim Jacobs, senior, at fullback; and Dean Kindle, a sophomore, half back. Getting honorable mention on defense was Rick Johnston, a senior, at guard. Many local fans will be sur prised that only one Mustang was chosen for the first team, which was selected by coaches in the division. Factors that may have influenced the vot ing were the rather slow start ot the Mustangs who develop ed late in the season to become champions when they had not seriously been considered as Project Funds Next Year again." Ullman pointed to the possi bility of conversion of saline waters to solve the water prob lems of the Southwest "We are on the verge of tech nological breakthroughs. Saline water is feasible on a massive scale." The congressman said that he felt saline water conversion was only a few years away closer than the time it would take to divert water from the Northwest. He said he felt the conversion method would be better and more efficient than diversion. Fights Economical Battle Turning to interest rates, Ull man traced back his activity on that score to the Eisenhower ad ministration, saying that trie Republican president failed to take the needed leadership on the economic matter. When the problem arose this year, Ullman said he carried the fight on the floor of Congress and introduc ed a major tax bill in July, calling for the suspension of tax credits. Six years ago, when President i .It' contenders and the fact that they did not play Enterprise. All games were considered In the voting. A poor showing against Madras before the peak of the season lost some votes for the Mustangs, and since En terprise never saw the team in action, coaches there had no basis for voting for the HeDD- rner gridders. - Doherty has sparkled through the season both in running and passing, and his ability was best demonstrated in the Wah tonka game here Friday. His "long bomb" passes directly in to the arms of receivers were particularly impressive. He also played well on defense although he received no rating around the conference for his perfor mance in that respect Alsup was considered a de fensive standout through the season, and the other honorable mention choices all performed with thi ability of all-stars in at least several of the games they played. Going to Big Game? Remember Time Zone If you are one of the many football fans of this area who intend to go to Vale to see the district playoff game between the Heppner Mus tangs and Vale Vikings Sat urday, be sure to remember the time differential. Vale is on Mountain Stand ard time and Heppner is on Pacific Standard time. The game Is set for 1:30 p.m. (MST), which is 12:30 p.m. in Heppner. While you lose an hour going over, don't worry. You gain it coming home. Admission to the game will be $1.50 for adults, 75c for students. Tickets are avail able for purchase here at Pe terson's Jewelers, Principal Dick Carpenter said. Kennedy was in office, the ad ministration said, "We must get America moving again," Ull man reported. The Ways and Means committee, of which the Oregon congressman is a mem ber, then initiated the invest ment tax credit, revision of de preciation schedules, reduction of excise taxes, and reduction of income taxes. This led to an 8 growth, which 10 years ago, was con sidered out of the question, Ull man said, because of automa tion and other factors. But the private sector of economy was over-stimulated, partly because of the war effort and partly because of overexpansion of in industry. One of the easiest curbs on the expanding economy is to curtail federal spending, he said, "But out of the $100 bil lion budget, there is $75 bil lion you can't get to." The speaker said that the na tion has the responsibility of facing such problems as water pollution and big city ghettos. (Continued on page 8) (Also See Sports, Page 4, Section 2) By MAC HOSKINS Fresh from their 41-0 pasting of Wahtonka fcr the Greater Oregon League western division football title, the Heppner Mus tangs travel to Vale to settle the district 7-A-2 championsh.a Saturday. Winner ol thh contest will then proceed to the quarterfin als of the sta'e championship eliminations against Central of Monmouth - Independe nee at Monmouth next week. But that lies in the future. While Heppner was trouncing the Eagles here Friday, Enter prise defeated Burns, 24 to 20, and that killed the Hilanders' hopes for the district playoff. Heppner had prevloulsy thump ed Burns, 31-13, to give the Mus tangs the top claim for the right to compete for the district crown, even though each team had one league loss until Fri day. To overhaul the vaunted Vale Vikings in the i:ZQ game Sat urday will be quite a task. Cur rently the Malheur county team is rated eighth in the Oregon Journal and ninth in the Ore gonian, while Heppner's best placing was 14th in the Jour nal. The Mustangs are unrank ed by the Oregonian. But polls are often mislead ing. Heppner has shown vast improvement since its last loss, which was against Madras. Things appear to really be click ing for Coach Ed Hiemstra's crew and if they should con tinue their steady betterment, they could well take the air out of the high-flying Vale Express. However, Vale will cerainly be no pushover. The Vikings have traditionally been one of the state's A-2 powerhouses and may have a psychological edge because of it On the other hand, Heppner has never been in an A-2 state playoff and should have the underdog's fight in them. Mustang athletic director Bob Clough and assistant football coach Adrian Cook scouted Vale last week-end. The Viking elev en once again showed its pig skin prowess by trouncing the Payette, Idaho, gridders, 47 0. This brought their season's rec ord to six wins and two losses. Many of these victories came against A-l competition In Ida ho's Snake ' River League, of which Vale is a member. In deed, as there is only one oth er team in the Greater Oregon League's Eastern Division, Vale copped the title by virtue of a 44-14 clubbing of Nyssa. Clough and Cook were duly impressed by the powerful Vik ing grid machine. They have a good deal of offensive punch with such men as tailback Rick Johnson (among the state's scoring leaders), fullback Dean Steinke, and wingback Gary Johnson. Rick Johnson is also a top-flight passer. As for line weight, the two elevens should be somewhat even, with Vale holding a slight edge in beef. Meanwhile, Mustang mentor Ed Hiemstra has several tricks up his sleeve which are expect ed to surprise the opposing pow erhouse. Heppner will leave tomorrow (Friday) at 9 o'clock a.m. for Baker, where they will hold their final workout before the fray. Then it's on to Ontario where the Horsemen stay over night. Next morning they leave for Vale, with a large number of local fans expected to be on hand for the all-important en counter. Nonda Clark Wins In Speech Contest Nonda Clark, Heppner High school senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barton Clark, won the right to enter the semi finals of the state Soil Conser vation speech contest Monday when she tied for first in the area contest at Athena. She will speak in the semi finals at Arlington at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. Nonda won the local contest at Heppner High school recent ly to enter the area speakoff. At Athena, she comp e t e d against entrants from Helix, McEwen High of Athena and Riverside High school. She and a girl from Helix were tied for first when judges tabulated their scores, and so both will compete at Arlington. State finals will be at Sea side later next week. Conservation Film Slated for Showing Television showing of a con servation film taken in Mor row county by the staff of KATU-TV, Portland, recently, will be Friday morning, Novem ber 4, over KATU on channel 2, Ralph Richards, conservation ist with the Heppner Soil on servation district, announces. The film includes interviews with Morrow county ranchers. A prior showing, or a portion of the same film, was shown this morning (Thursday) at 6:30 d.m. over KATU.
