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GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November
Voters to
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.