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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.
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SB'S
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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.
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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.