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I ORARY u or 0 EUGENE, ORE 07403 Judge Reports on Lands, Roads, Projects Concise "progrewi report" on development underway In Mor row county win presented to member of the I Icppnor-Morrow County ('number of Com merce Mond.'iy by Judge I'aul Jone. !!( discussed tho current statu of public land In the northern purl of the county, road, the Willow Creek project, Civil Defense and touched on Inxc and the budget, North End Land ClaviifU'iitlon of (he lil.M land In tho north pnrt of the county in "no nearer than when tho bureau pawed Out It quet Ion mi Irm," tin. judge mild. (How ever, Hhortly after he returned to hi office he received n call announcing that the Bureau of Kechiinattou would rcleuse It hold on the lands and Inter mid that he hope this will speed classification). Congressman Al llllinau ha advised the county court that there 1m every reason lo believe 83rd Year the m mwr GAZETTE-TIM Hcppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February JZT . vVJfy ' "V I If . If !'.". f ii Jk& r - -f 1 1 If. kwm . 'i ' s xf THESE THREE COUNTY OFFICIALS ihard happlneit upon receivinq a check for mora them $4800 cm a refund to the county wellfar commluion. Lowell Chally. welfare administrator, la at left Mrs. SyWIa McDaniel, treasurer, and County Judge Paul Jonet gladly accept the check. (G-T Photo). State Sends Check Of $4821 Back To County Welfare Morrow county Public Wel fare Commission accepted a pleasant surprise this month In from the state as a result of the form of a $1,821.44 refund saving from the last fiscal yenr'a budget, Lowell Chally, welfare administrator for Mor row, Gilliam and Wheeler coun. ties, announced. The money Is largely the re sult of a decreased expenditure In old age assistance and med ical care, Chally Bald. Also a contributing factor has been a larger participation In costs by tho federal government. In addition, although not re fleeted In this particular refund, it Is the feeling of the welfare commission that the consollda. tlon of welfare services since June, 1963, In Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler counties has had an Impact on expenditures. A good economy In the area has also prevailed, Chally pointed out. While Morrow county receiv ed a refund of $4,821.44, Gllll nm county received $65.06, and Wheeler county $1,673.43. Motorists Advised To Heed Red Light Probably the only red and green traffic light In Morrow county Is the self-contained portable unit located in the street at Ileppner Elementary school. But apparently a number of motorists do not heed even this one light. Principal Al Martin said (ludriR the week that he watched two or three cars in n row proceed through the red light. It. has been the school policy to turn on the red light only when it Is needed, and he Is afruid that n child will dart In front of the cars, un seen by the motorist. Children have been caution ed to stop and look before pro ceeding, but Principal Martin asks cooperation of the motor ing public in order that possi ble accidents may be avoided, that tho South Bank study by the Ilureau of Reclamation In volving land along the Colum bia Itlver In Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla counties will be Initiated later this year. Some JOO.ihm) to ;xm),(HM acres would l,e Included in the study, Fred Andrew ha a total of Nome lO.IXH) ncreK of land In al ternate Hcctioim among the some 10,000 acred of ltLM land, the Judge said. Andrew will xell Ills lands, and the county court Is hoeful that Ihe MM will sell Km land to muko a block or 20,000 acre that would l.e nvall:ille for sale. A development by May Dunn In thi! extreme northeast part of Morrow county and In tho extreme northwest part of Uma tilla county was discussed In the report. Dunn has 230 acres of private land In Morrow to t:u with .TOO acres In Umatilla and another 1280 acre that he expect to buy from the Ilureau 3 Find Forest Warden Badly Hurt by Mishap Three men who noticed a man feebly trying to signal them at the Chapln Creek guard station of the State Forestry De partment probably saved the life of Clarence Jacobsen, 55, the occupant of the station. Randy Lett, Don McEUIeott and Jack Barak were drlvltiR south on the highway about 9 a.m. Friday when McElllgott spotted the man clinging to a porch post of the building, which Is Just off the highway. The three proceeded by the station, and then decided that the man appeared to be in trouble. They backed up and went to check. They found that Jacobson, whom none of them knew, was in serious condition. His body was badly swollen, and he was barely able to talk. The cabin was without heat, and the three learned later that he had been unable to sit down or lip down for three days. It was last Wednesday when Jacobson tried to fix a flue in the cabin. In doing so he fell and landed across the stove bo low, breaking some ribs, One punctured his lung. Ills radio apparently was not In working order, arid he was unable to summon help. Jacob son stuck a red flag out lhs window, but none of those who traveled the highway recogniz ed it as a signal for help. The three who spotted him did not realize this was a signal until he asked them to bring It in. The three men summoned the ambulance from Pioneer Mem orial hospital by telephoning from the home of Tom Huston. Jacobson was taken to the hos pital immediately. His doctor said that he was in critical condition for two days. By Monday afternoon, however, his condition had Im proved considerable nad the doctor said that his condition was "fair." The swollen condition was due to complications from the punctured lung. This allowed of Land Management. Thla will give him aorno 1800 acre on which he expect to raise po tatoes The lil.M land In thla area In separate from that In the 10.(XX) acres, On a cooperative, agreement with Umatilla county, Morrow county ha built a road of dome 1000 feet along the extreme northeast county line to serve tin Dunn property, Judge Jones said. This extend north from Highway 730 across Maxwell Jones property and Involve a bridge over the West Extension Irrigation district canal. In the rerun time, the SPA IDA Distributing Co. ha announced plans to start a processing plant in the town of Umatilla. It wa hoped that Morrow county would get thi plant, but It did not, the Judge said, because It was desired to be on a rail road. This plant will process 400 tons of potatoes per day and 2, 1967- air to get Into the body tissues to create the swelling, the doc tor said. Jacobson Is employed by the State Forestry Depart ment through the summer and lives In the cabin throughout the year. Knox Pitkin of Fossil, unit forester for the State Forestry Department, said that Jacobson has worked for the department frr more than 20 years, his time going back to the "old association days" when logging companies pooled resources to combat forest fires. Jacobson served as warden at Chapin Creek through the summer, then helped at Fossil for a time and also helped work at a big forestry warehouse at John Day. While at the station this win ter, he checked in routinely by radio each . morning at 8:30. However. Mr. and Mrs. Pitkin were called to HUlsboro last week when her mother suffer ed a stroke. Another attendant heard the radio come on after Wednesday from Chapln Creek but no voice came over the air. Pitkin said that they went to check Friday, fearing that something might be wrong, but found Jacobson gone when they arrived. Then they learn ed of the accident. Pitkin said that the radio is bing checked to see whether it actually was out of order or whether Jacobson was too ser iously hurt to operate It. Exemption Deadline Near for Disabled Disabled war veterans and veterans' widows must apply for their Oregon property tax ex emptions by April 3 this year because the normal April 1 deadline falls on a Saturday. Application Is filed with the county assessor. The exemption amounts to $7500 of the true cash value of the property, according to the state DeDartmcnt of Veterans' Affairs. will place them In package of any size for which there I ae. It la expected to offer employ, ment for 45 men from June 1 to September 1 each year and will result In employment for another 40 men In the field. The plant will cost $80,000 to construct and will require another 110,000 to equip, SI'AIDA hag advised the coun ty. , Road . ! When, a year ago, the coun ty learned that construction of the new Highway Interstate 80 would not Include access to ad Joining land, the county court pressed the Highway Commis sion for access. Through long negotiations, the county' plea .for an overpass on the highway to Patterson Ferry has been granted and construction Is now underway, "We were told that this was (Continued on page 8i Number 49 SPPNER 110 Cents Annual Meeting On Conservation Slated Tuesday (See also pages 2, 3, section 2) Motion picture film on conser vation in Morrow 'county and a talk by Donel J. Lane, admin istrative officer of the state Water Resources Board, will l( Highlight the annual meeting or the Hcppnex Soil and Water Conservation district at the Lex ington Grange hall Tuesday night. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. The film was taken by a Port land television station late last year for showing as a documen tary over Its channel. However, many in the county have not sien the film. A number of county ranchers a? jmeiviewed in the pi lure. i Lane will speak on the sub ject of Columbia River water at the meeting. During the business session, the annual financial report will be givi.n and the annual report on activities and objectives will be presented. Report on work accomplished in the district, together with other features In connection with soil conservation here, is presented on pages 2 and 3 of section 2 in this paper In order that all in the county may be advised. This Is In lieu of mail ing duplicated reports to ranch ers in the district. Raymond French is chairman of the supervisors for the dis trict. Kenneth Turner is vice chairman and W. C. Rosewall Is treasurer. Other supervisors are Vernon Munkers and Roger Palmer. Gene Winters is secre tary and Ralph Richards Is work unit conservationist Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the meet ing with the compliments of Central Market and Lexington implement Co. The public is welcome at the meeting, and attendance or all Interested Is encouraged. Pettyjohn's Move Into New Building Pettyjohn's Farm and Home Builders Supply has moved Into the new building Just north of the former location, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, owners announce. While the new building is not fully completed, business will be conducted from the larger and mare convenient quarters while finishing work Is beim; done. Hours will be 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Fri day and from 8 a.m. until p.m. on Saturday. Hardware lines, particularly, are being ex panded wtih the move. In connection with the move, Pettyjohn's Is holding a sale on some discounted items, includ ing paint and floor adhesive. Welfare Office Moved To Hotel Building Offices of the Morrow County Public Wxlrare commission and Surplus Commodities were mov ed on Tuesday from the Case building to its new location In the office space of Hotel Hepp ner, formerly occupied by Win ter and Balfe, according to an nouncemest by Lowell Chally, administrator. Mrs. Lewis (Betty) McDon ald will continue to serve as of fice secretary, with office hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and closed Sat urday except for emergency. i awl j7 , . w llfif''- GILES FRENCH of Moro (right) looks over an old historical brochure with Oscar Peterson (lett). chairman of the county committee that is spear heading plans for publication of a Morrow county history. The plan calls for French to write the hi story. He is former publisher of the Sherman Coun ty Journal, author of several books, and has won many honors for his editorial writings. (G-T Photo) Shrove Tuesday Luncheon Slated Women of - the Episcopal Church Invite the public to at tend their annual Shrove Tues day pancake luncheon in the parish hall at All Saints' church Tuesday, February 7, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Mrs. Eddie Gunderson, presi dent of the ECW. is in charge of arrangements. Pancakes, ham, fruit, milk and coffee will be served. Admission Is $1.25 for adults, 75c for high school children and 50c for children of grade school age and under. BILL HUST. formerly of Tha Dalles, began Monday as new manager of the J. C Penney Company store here, succeed ing Bob Henry, who has start ed in his new position as man ager of the J. C Penney store in Burns. (G-T Photo). Penney Manager Starts Work Here Bill Hust, formerly of The Dalles, began work Monday as manager of the J. C. Penney store in Heppner, succeeding Bob Henry who has been trans ferred to Burns where he will" manage the Penney store. Hen ry remained here Monday and started at Burns Tuesday. Hust, whose family includes his wife, Joan, and three dau ghters, Julie, 12, Janie 10, and Janette 8, will move to Hepp ner when the Henrys move from their home on Gale street The Husts will move into the house which has become sort of a "Penney parsonage." The new manager has been with the Penney company for 104 years. He was with the store in Yreka. Calif., for four years after starting In Med ford. He has been in The Dal les 2 Mi years. This is his first managership. Hust was Jaycee president in Yreka but now has passed the age of Jaycee membership. He Is interested in hunting and fishing. Mrs. Hust formerly had a radio program in Yreka and wrote btoiies for children that she used on the program. She also worked in the library there. Henry plans to be home from Burns this week-end. When the family moves from here and when the Husts move in de pends on the "chain reaction" of managers in the multiple move. The Henrys plan to move into the house in Burns now occupied by the family of the Penney manager there. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of January 25-31 is as follows: HI Low Free. 45 27 .06 50 30 .08 53 44 .18 59 45 .07 61 40 47 29 46 28 21 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Snow Total precipitation for month of January was 1.30", a little below the normal of 1.33". fin , ; f ,, . V 40 t i V i. ; il - History Book Committee Seeks Public's Help If there is to be a book pub lished on Morrow county his tory, financial support must come, from interested residents in , the county, ex-residents and friends of the county willing to contribute. . , This was the consensus of those mteting at the counfy courthouse last Thursday night to discuss the matter. Giles French of Moro, author ot a Sherman county history ani two othr books, was present to alflrm his interest in working with the county committee to write and edit the book and to give an estimate of probable costs. A history of perhaps 300 pages miyht con $5000 from the pub- Snowpack Below That, of Last Year Snowpack at the Arbuckle Mountain station, two miles be yond the ski course. Is below that of last year, Ralph Rich ards, conservationist with the Hcppner Soil and Water Conser vation district, reported Tues day after taking the survey on Monday, January 30. . Snow was measured Monday at 19.6 inches as compared with 27.58 inches at the same time in 1966 and 33.8 inches In 1965. Average snow depth this year was 28 inches. Water content Monday was measured at six inches, as com pared with 7.8 inches in 1966 and 10 inches in 1965. Average water content this winter was 7.41 inches. The survey indicates that wa ter for irrigation purposes wlil be down considerably for the coming summer. Gribble Chosen Justice of Peace Governor Tom McCall has appointed Lowell L. Gribble of Heppner as justice of the peace tor the Sixth district in Mor row county, Rep. Irvln Mann, Jr., of Stanfield announced to dav. Gribble will succeed Earl L. Soward who resigned effective February 1. The new justice of the peace is manager of Inland Chemical Service and has been a resident of Heppner for 15 years. Lott's Electric Wins Hawaii Trip; Passes Ticket to Employee Mrs. Millie Evans, an em ployee f r five years of Lett's Electric, Heppner, is happily packing and preparing to leave February 19 with her sister Mrs. Anna Fehmerling, on an all-expense-paid trip to the Hawa iian Islands. The trip is a sales award from tha RCA Corporation to Lott's Electric and Randy Lott, owner, assigned it to Mrs. Ev ans. . Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Fehmer ling will travel from Portland on a daylight jet flight and will stay at the Hilton Hawaiian Village during the week they are in Hawaii. They will take part in a planned itinerary in cluding tours, dinners and eve ning programs and return Feb ruary 26, also by jet. Trie two sisters will spend their spare time getting in touch with friends and acquain tances living in the Islands and expect to . have a wonderful time. "We're going to make the most of It," Mrs. Evans said. Ushers at this time, In addition to expenses incurred in doing research through records, both within ana without of the coun ty, and in writing the book, he said. French said tnat he would be willing to undertake the Job for expenses plus a share of the sale of the book, but he had no way of estimating exactly what the expenses would be. He would need food, lodging and travel expenses In researching records in daily newspaper files, state archives, historical society, county courthouse and other places. The task possibly would t?ke two years to complete. . Some of the steering commit tee felt that it would take a minimum of $7500 to obtain a finished book of good qaulity with pictures that would be a credit to" the county. Others ex pressed the thinking that it might run higher. Oscar Peterson, chairman, pre sided at the meeting.. Others present were County Judge Paul Jones. Orville Cutsforth, repres enting tox- Chamber of Comm erce; Mrs. Rachel Harnett, cur ator of the museum here; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thompson; Ori an Wright, representing the Grange; Jim Barnett for the lone Lions club; and Wes Sher man, publisher of the Gazette, Times. It was decided to insert a coupon in the Gazette-Times to determine if a substantial num- oer of persons would be willing to invest $25 or more each for me purpose of financing th book. Two hundred such dona tions could get the Drolect started, but more financing would be needed to finish tha Job. Smaller amounts will be acceptable but it is necessary to keep the donations at the higher figures if the job is to get done. Gene Pierce, president of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, has agreed to act as treasurer and donations should be made to him in person or by mail Checks may be made to the Morrow Countv Historical Assn. elation. The possibility of asking or ganizations to help with cona tions was also discussed, as well as the possibility of get- (Continued on page 8) Bureau to Release Hold on North Lands Bureau of Reclamation has decided to release its hold on Bureau of Land Management lands in the north end of Mor row county, Rupert Spearman of the Bureau of Reclamation in Spokane advised County Judge Paul Jones by telephone Monday afternoon. The hold on the lands had been placed with the thought that the reclamation bureau might develop a project there. However, Spearman advised Judge Jones that it will be re leased because the bureau is not interested in such a pro ject due to the "isolated na ture" of the lands. A letter to that effect wiU go to the BLM the last of this week or the first of next week, Spearman said. The judge also received a call from Leo Simmons of the Baker office of BLM stating that his bureau desires more answers on local questions in connection with the lands. Simmons will be in Heppner Thursday afternoon to meet with county officials on the matter. , The judge said that he is hopeful that release of the hold by the Bureau of Recla mation will speed up classifi cation of the lands by the BLM so that it may be determ ined whether they will be placed on public sale or whether they will be open to desert entry.