LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE . ORE 07403 8th Gra Fv Ir51 Uue r SEE PAGE 3. SECTION 2 Morrow County extends a warm welcome to the Portland Kighth Grade Tour this weekend. This fourth annual tour brings 33 Portland eighth grad ers, two students from the Oregon School for the Blind, and their two chaperoncs. Twenty-eight Mor row County rural families will be their hosts. These 35 students were selected from some 2,000 fellow students for this trip. Gail McCarty, tour director, met with these stu dents and their parents at an orientation meeting in Portland, Monday, April 17. Information concern ing Morrow County and the tour itself were pre sented in a folder for each family to take home and study. All the details have been worked out, and these students seemed quite anxious for the final day to arrive. The Portland 8th Grade Tour program waa Initiated by Gil liam county In 1962 In an ef fort lo itiinlnt voting city jwo. pie with ii first hand look at the IniluMry furnishing their food and a Hulmtnntliil amount of the flhor needed In their clothing and shelter. Thin am restful program, encouraged by the Oregon Wheat Growers League and other, waa expand ed into the three countlea in l'.Hi-l. In an undertaking aurh aa this there In urgent need for tonor and aupprters. Spon soring this event in cooix-ratlon with the Portland city school fVHtem are the Morrow County Schools. Morrow County Wheat growers Association and the Morrow County Extension Serv. Ice. Couperatora ar tho Morrow County Grain Growers, Morrow Coll III V I.iveHtork r'.muiora Aan. elation, Heppner Soil and Water un.Herv-a 1 1 on uiamci, soutn Morrow 4 11 Leader's Council, Hrtmner-Morrnw rmtnfu f'hnm. ber of Commerce, First National tiaiiK pf Oregon, ileppn e r Branch, Morrow County Farm Bureau, Heppner Elka Lodge, Heppner GaxeiteTlmea, Jordan Elevator, and Morrow County Grange. Other croups and In- dividual Inrliiillnir lh hnt families will be called upon for support during litis tour period. An exciting program la plan ned for tho visitors when they arrive at Cecil Friday morning. They will be welcomed by AI Martin, chairman of tho Cham ber of Commerce youth activi ties committee. Then tho Port land Hth Rradera will meet Mor row County 8th graders with whom they will slay for tho next two days. Namo tags will be presented to tho visitors from Portland as well aa the students from Heppner, lone and A. C. Houghton grade schools. (Continued on page 8) Army Corps Offers School Contract Up to $1484,000 United States Corps of Army Engineers Tuesday offered Mor row county School District R-l a contract that would reimburse tho district up to $l,48-l,000 for replacement of Riverside Mich School, Mrs. Alice Vance, dis trict clerk, said Tuesday night. The contract was presented at a meeting of loenl school offic ials with the Corps at Walla Walla. Under this offer, tho govern ment would reimburse tho dis trict the amount of lis costs up to, but not exceeding, tho $1,484,000 for replacing tho old Riverside school. The district has not yet decid ed whether to accept tho offer. A speclul meeting of tho direct ors Is scheduled for Thursday, April 27, at 9 a.m. In tho dis trict office nt Lexington for of ficial consideration of the of fer. The offer was made after Federal officials had consider ed the matter In Washington, D. C. When tho Corps rejected all construction bids on the propos ed new high school construc tion Inst fall, It at first offered tho district $1,000,000 for a lump sum settlement, Tho district countered with an offer of some $1,600,000 A second offer by the Corps was set at $1,242,000, and this, too, was rejected by tho board on advice from Sen. Wayne Morse who stated that nothing less than $1,500,000 should be accepted by the dis trict. To be faced by the district Is the problem of maintaining school at Riverside In the face of the rising of the Umatilla reservoir from the John Day dam. Filling of the pool is scheduled to start In April, 19(18. All but one member of the board, together with Principal Ron Daniels of Riverside, Mrs. Vance, and Attorney Bob Ab rams attended the Tuesday meeting. d SB'S ji rooiay Lumber Workers On Strike Workers at both Heppner and Spray plants of tho Heppner Lumber Company went on mrtke Wednesday, citing "sub standard wage scale and bene fits" a tho reasons, picket lines were placed at each of the plants. However, Bruce Maleom, gen eral manager of the company, said that the planer waa oper ating In the Heppner plant, and that tho firm would continue to operate at least on a limited basis in the face of the strike. A statement by fWA local 3 312 said that the company and a negotiating committee came to a final disagreement on Mon day at 4 p.m. "The Heppner IWA local 3 312, who have a good contract with Klnzua Corporation, a neighboring plant, made our bargaining unit a part of IWA local 3 312 the statement said. "The low wage scale In the Industry la $2.64 per hour, we were offered a low of $2.28 1 ucr hour. ThA lumber Imlimtrv enjoys six paid holidays a year, we were offered onlv four paid holidays per year. The workers at Klnzua Corporation enjoy one week's vacation after one year's emitlovmenf twn uMwilrn nrtp three years and three weeks va cation arter 10 years of employ ment. We were offered one week after two venrs. Other nrinn(?H workers have a good health and weiiare plan, tne Heppner Lum ber Company refused to grant us a plan similar to other plans. The organized plants have a pension plan, the company re fused us any type of union plan." The company has offered nothing that would protect sen iority rights, the statement con tinues, nmi that "n mnnnnn. ment rights clause was present ed (by tho company) that If ac cepted would have cancelled (Continued on page 8) 'Double Feature School Vote Set There will be a 'double fea ture' school election In Morrow county Monday afternoon, but each end of the double bill will be a short program Voters will cast ballots for directors for two positions on the Morrow county school board and for advisory committee members In the precinct of the voter. The only name for direct or on the ballot is that of Jack Sumner, running unopposed for reelection from tho Heppner rural zone. Ono position for the zone within the Heppner city limits has no candidates and must bo filled by wrlteln. The Rev. Don Pederson, who last week announced that he would accept writein election, has withdrawn and asks the public not to vote for him. His letter of explanation is print ed on page 2. Second feature of the election Is the vote on the budget for Blue Mountain Community Col lege and Ihe position of one dir ector. The college election will be held concurrently with the county election and voters will be given a ballot for each at the polls. The college budget will require a tax levy of $555, 031, spread across Morrow and Umatilla counties, as compared with the levy of $155832 last year. Brent Horn of Hermlston Is a candidate for director on the college board and Is running unopposed. . . Polls will be open from 2 un til 8 p.m. Monday in the same six precincts as the recent Mor row county school budget election. Boeing 84tK Year GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, April 27, v ;. v (f - J&$$- fill, 7 ...' a t " . ''Z;zj?j2. -;- - ; v fey i n '.K . - --'" 'XK -"t't'-xz&r ii (ft hUlk f LOOIS CARLSON of lone, pictured la this unusual photo treat ment by Spike Pardee of the Gasette-Ttznea, has uit been named Morrow county's Conservation Mam ot( tbe Tear lot 1967. Carlson Named Conservation Man By GENE WINTERS Morrow County Extension Agent SM! pictures, page 1-2, Sec, 2) Louts Carlson of the Valby district has been selected Mor row County "Conservation Man of the Year" for 1967. it was announced Friday night at the Morrow County Wheat Growers Annual spring meeting. Carlson received this recognit ion, according to the selection committee, for the successful Wheat Growers HearTalks Taxes, Markets, Insurance Wide range of matters of con cern to wheat growers was pre sented to members of the Mor row County Wheat League at their mooting Friday night in the Lexington Grange hall with President Kenneth Turner In charge. Some 50 persons were present to hear George Dewey, legislat ive counsel of the Oregon Wheat league, discuss legislation and taxes; E. A. Redman of Pendle ton, sales representative of State Workmen's Compensation, out line tho plan for coverage on farm laborers beginning Janu ary 1, 1968; Bob Jepsen, state president, reporting on the in ternational wheat market; John Welbes, executive vice presi dent, urging more active partic ipation by members; Gene Pierce, asking cooperation on the auction and dinner for Ore gon Museum of Science and In dustry; Dick McElllgott outline plans for the Eighth Grade Tour; and Dcane Graves tell of the forthcoming Junior Live stock Show. A special feature of the even ing was the announcement of Louis Carlson as 1967 Morrow County Conservation Man of the Year by Paul Tews, who pre sented Mr. and Mrs. Carlson and told of reasons for the selection. Dewey told the growers that the state legislature is trying to devise a tax with an appeal to the voters of Oregon. He quoted me senaie lax committee chair man as saying, however, that there Is not enough votes in the senate nt tho nroennt timn tn pass the sales tax referral out Ho was referring to House Bill 1093, which has passed the House and is now in the Son ate. Most of the money from the tax would go back to schools. If a sales tax bill is approv ed by the legislature, it prob ably would be submitted to vot ers in November after they have received their property tax statements and would be more inclined to vote favorably on the sales tax, Dewey said. "These people (the legislat- Lands Appraised $2,200,79 use of adapted conservation practices and wise use of land for which It Is best suited on the 2760 acres under his man agement Conservation practices Include trashy fallow, diversion ditches seeded to grass, sod waterways, contour farming, and rotation deferred grazing, water develop ments and fencing for better range management. Approximately 1628 acres of owned and leased land Is in ors) admit time after time there is a big problem with farmers (Continued on page 5) Autopsy Reveals Rancher's Death Of Natural Cause Body of Lloyd Orvllle Rice, 58, badly burned from his chest down to his waist, was found about 9 p.m. last Thursday night, April 20, about a mile from his ranch home In the Eightmile Canyon area, some eight miles to the west of lone. Neighbors went to look for him after he had failed to re turn for supper after going out to work on a fence. Ray Heim bigner and Clarence Holtz found the body near the fence with tools used in the fence work still in his hands. Circumstances of his death, with the cause of the burns un known, mystified both friends and authorities. However, an autopsy conducted Friday at Sweeney Mortuary here by a registered pathologist from Pen dleton revealed that death was from a coronary occlusion and apparently was instantaneous. It was theorized that the fire came about when Rice, strick en by the heart attack, fell in- meiTue aut hJS , f rom a .tlre maF nad Peen Set in burning weeds In the fence row. His denim jacket had some diesel oil on it from work that he had done around farm ma chinery, Until the autopsy was per formed, it was speculated that a bolt of lightning may have struck the fence while Rice was engaged in his work. Funeral services were at The Dalles Monday, and the chapel was filled to capacity with rel atives and friends. Complete obituary is on page 1, section 2. 1967 Carlson, in pensire' mood, U ging wagon on the Carlson vausy Lutnexan chmxeh. crop land- Each year about 750 acres are seeded to wheat and barley. The tillage equipment used on this farm for stubble mulch fallow preparation de pends upon the soil conditions. Both sweeps and points are used. The second operation In preparing the seed bed may in clude the use of a cultivator. A lot of straw mixed with the surface soil for a seedbed ly ing between diversion ditches Is insuring in reducing at least Trucker Pinned, Escapes Uninjured In Friday Mishap Charles Cline, son-in-law of Oris Crisp, was pinned 40 minutes in the cab of a wrecked log truck that he had been driving early Friday morning, but almost Incred ibly escaped with only minor aches and bruises. Cline was driving a 1953 Kenworthy, bringing a load of logs to Heppner from the Crisp logging operations. Af ter he had traveled about a mile on the surfaced portion of the Willow Creek road, some 20 miles from Heppner, a stake broke on the bunker of his trailer, allowing the rear end of his load of logs to slip to the highway. Cline unaware that the logs had slipped, had first knowl edge of the trouble when the truck failed to turn as he at tempted to round a corner. It plunged over an embankment of some 10 feet and tipped to Its side. The driver's left leg was pinned between the seat and the door of the cab which was lying on the ground. He knew that Crisp was due out of the woods within a short time, and some 40 min utes later the father-in-law arrived to help extricate him from the cab. Cline said that he remain ed very quiet for the first two or three minutes after the accident to listen for any sounds of fire breaking out Fortunately, no fire occurred. Then he tried, without suc cess, to free himself. The truck driver said that he had stopped just about a mile up the road to check his cables and binders and no ticed nothing wrong at that time. The truck, covered by In surance, was heavily damag ed. It was brought to the Crisp shops here. Cline showed only a few scratches and had a grateful smile after the accident He said that he felt "kind of stiff," but otherwise was "okay." Number 9 10 Cents framed by the old weathered loa ranch which Is located neaz the (G-T Photo by Pardee). of the Year half the erosion losses, Carlson stated. The flood of 1964 emphasized the need for additional meas ures to control erosion. The 1967 Conservation winner says the Job Is only half done. But this amount of conservation work, he estimates, would have saved 80 of the soil lost in the De cember 1964 flood. A tally of practices adopted show nearly eight miles of grass seeded diversion ditches, three acres of sod waterways, and 84 acres of grass seeded. Carlson reports excellent results with Topar Pubescent wheat grass and Nomad alfalfa as a soil stabilizing planting and as pas tures for his 30 Hereford and Shorthorn cows and their calves. Carlson has been a cooperator with the Heppner Soil and Wa- (Continued on page 8) WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of April 19 25 is as follows: Hi Low Prec. 51 29 49 37 48 32 .07 55 27 56 33 56 37 .33 54 38 .26 Wednesday Thuxsday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Blood Bank Due Monday; Students Give Big Assist Because of the advance con tact work of students of Hepp ner High school, outlook is promising for meeting the 90 pint quota of the Red Cross Bloodmobile, due here at the Elks Lodge hall on . Monday, May 1, from 2 to 6 pm., Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, blood program chairman for the county chap ter, announces. "We are very happy for the work done so far by the high school classes, under the gen eral direction of Student Body President Jim Jacobs, and for the help which they will give Monday," Mrs. Cutsforth said. Except for the nurses and doctors, the blood drawing will be completely staffed by high school students, from the regis tration through the canteen. Do nor recruitment is on a compet itive basis between the classes. The class which gets the most donors out for the drawing will be awarded a free afternoon away from school. The chairman asks that all those who have made appoint ments with the students are en couraged to appear at the des ignated time. There will be transportation provided for any one needing it, either to or Eaualization Board Accepts JohnsonReport Morrow county's board of equalization Tuesday formally adopted the appraisal figure of 11,200,790 as the value of 96. 266.04 acres of land leased to the Boeing Company by the Slate of Oregon In the north end of the county. In dolrg so, the board accep ted apprr.isal figures compiled by Bill Johnson, county apprais er who works for the state of Oregon through the office of Rod Thomson, Morrow county asses sor. Johnson's thorough apprais al was one of two made at the direction of the county to estab lish market value of the lands. The other appraisal was made by Glenn A. Gilbert. Pendleton, an independent appraiser, who fixed the value of the Boeing lands at $2,623,170. The lands currently are on the rolls at $1,111,080. Thus, the new value u almost double the cur rent valuation. The Department of Veterans' Affairs of the State of Oregon paid the taxes on the land last year under the terms of the state lease at $12,696.92. The new assessment will not necessarily mean that taxes for tne I9b7--b8 fiscal vear will bo druble those paid last year. Ad ditional assessed valuation in the county would tend to de crease the taxes on the proper ty, dui increased budgets bv some of the county's various taxing bodies would increase the taxes. Net effect cannot be determined until the assessor's office compiles the county val ue non ligures and reauirements of the local taxing agencies are Known. Grass Covet Exempted Johnsons appraisal figure al lows for a $4 per acre grass ex emption on 94.207.74 acres of the Boeing tract. Under Oregon law lORS 307320) the state provides this exemption for the erasa cover. The exemption, which to tals J7b,830, applies to all but 2,058.30 acres in the Boeing tract The latter Is classified as sand blow land with no grass cover. , Johnston's total figure for the area was $2,577,619, rounded to $277,500. The grass exemption was deducted from this total to get the true cash value. Gilbert's appraisal was round-' ed at $3,000,000. With the grass exemption of $376330 deducted, his appraisal as to true cash value was $2,623,170. The independent apprais a 1 was contracted by the county as a double check on the county's appraisal. Earlier this year the county was criticized by some members of the legislature who said that Morrow county was "gouging" the state on taxes on the Boeing lands. County Judge Paul Jones and the county com missioners maintained that the county was only trying to keep Its land values at true cash (Continued on page 8) Daylight Saving To Start Sunday It seems hardly possible, but it's that time of the year again. Daylight saving time will start throughout Oregon on Sunday, April 30. The official change takes place at 2 ajn. Sunday, but most residents will want to set their clocks ahead one ' hour before retir ing Saturday night The "lost" hour will be re gained at the end of Octo ber when the time reverts to standard. Days will suddenly get longer, starting Sunday, but it will be a little darker when one gets up in the morning. from the bloodmobile, by call ing Mrs. Cutsforth at 676-9436, the high school at 676-9138, or the Elks Lodge, 676-8993, after 12:00 p.m Any housewife who would need a babysitter so she may be a donor is also asked to call, and girls will be avail able to help. Increasing need and demand for blood for men in service, for the sick and injured, vic tims of major disasters and oth ers, brings a larger than ever need for whole blood and blood products. Both male and female donors are needed, and ages may range from 18 to 59 years in clusive. Single minors, 18 to 2L must have written consent of parent or guardian. Those who would' donate should eat and drink as usual before donating; must not have had surgery in the past six months; one year after pregnancy, full term or miscarriage, and two weeks af ter common cold, flu, sore throat or fever. It is emphasized that appoint ments made in advance are helpful but are not essential. Donors will be accepted at any time, between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00 p.m.