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L 1 BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, .ORE, 07403 Game, Forestry Officials View Reservoir Sites 84th Year Number 16 the mmw m GAZETTE-T EPPNE IMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 15, 1967 10 Cents tMV-.'1 6tM Classification Mop v S . '. i -..I . . v ., ' : SM - ' - gl5 ; inousrtuc tOMdNO j r . j ? ,MN - f : NGe '.'. j '-- J " -"..," :" , ru0MT i . IIOIMB j 1 " - Xy' J "0 PJBLIC SAL.C. , - J! BUREAU OP LAND MANAGEMENT hat recommended that em 12X00 acrvt el public land In North Morrow county b told under public al. BLM olllclaU rovoalod last wnIl Map abort thowi ara propoMd lor iaU (diagonal UnM). PropoMd lor Hearing Set For July 12 On Proposed Land Sale xchang with ttat lands or thes with horUontal lints. Othtr areas art designated on the map. The pumic tanas to do oner td lor salt art Interspersed with private lands (In white). ThP fhiifnu of Land MnrtBRO mpiit Is proiKwInc to classify lor (lisrxwnl nlMMit 18.000 aero ol public domnln Innd.i In north Morrow county, Chester Connrd, HI.M (llstrlct mnnntit-r, hns an nounced Irom his office In Ba ker. A public henrlnK on the pro posal tins been scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, nt the Morrow county courthouse in Heppner. At this hearing the public will be Invited to sub mit Its views orally and In writ- This action is beln taken un der the authority of the Classi fication and Multiple Use Act of September, liKl-t, Conard said. The act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to classify pub lic lands for retention or dis posal of approximately 12,000 acres In the HoHfdman area and has Reiterated a crent deal of Interest The area of ereatest concern centers on BUM lands located both north and south of High way SON between the town of Hoard man on the west and the Umatilla Ordnance depot on the en st. Conard said that a notice of the proposed classification has been sent to the Federal Regis ter for publication. It will pro vide for a GO-day period during which Interested parties may submit their written comments to the district manager at the Bureau of Land Management In Baker. The announcement means that the BLM Is recommending that the lands be sold rather than opened for desert entry. Many filings developed for des ert entry in 1 9(15 when the pos sibility of Irrigation on the lands created a wave of Inter est. The applications would have been under the Act of 1877. Since then, there has been considerable debate and delib eration whether the lands should bo sold or whether they should be opened for desert en try. The announcement last week ended the lengthy period of speculation on the matter. County Judge l'nul Jones said Tuesday that one of the purpos es of the hearing on July 12 will be to determine whether I he lands would be .sold under the old Act of 1874 or the Act of 1'IGI. Under the latter act, tracts could be sold in parcels up to 5,120 acres. Under the Act of 1874, they would be sold In small parcels, perhaps with a limit of 640 acres. Under the Act of 1874 a con tiguous land owner would have first right on purchase of ad Joining property. Interspersed (Continued on page 8) . 1 ' ! I r I -f I . . T Recreation Area Possible By Next Year Possibility that Morrow coun ty will have a sizeable fish im poundment constructed In 19fi8 and with legal size fish ready for the catching- by 1969 came a step closer Monday, At that time, Oregon State Game Commission officials, US. Forest Service officials, the Mor row county court and others toured possible sites for an Im poundment, and the report Tues day was encouraging although no definite action has ensued. The Impoundment, which might be located at any one of some eight sites under consid eration, probably would be de veloped as a fishing and rec reation area similar to the Bull Prairie reservoir In Grant coun t. and could be as large an undertaking. The party Monday was organ- bed by Glen Ward, state game agent. The officials who took the afternoon trip to the various sites were guests of the Cham ber of Commerce at a noon luncheon meeting where tiie sites and possibilities were dis cussed at an informal session. Those making the tour were Wright Mallory, Pendleton, sup ervisor, Umatilla National For est; Jimmy Wilkins, Pendleton, wildlife biologist, U. S. Forest Service; Ken Methvln, Heppner, district engineer, Forest Service; Avey Meyers, Portland, Game Commission lands agent; Dave Heckeroth, Pendleton, Game Commission fishery biologist1 George Kernan, Portland, Game Commission engineer; Richard Ivey, Portlad, consultant for Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merryfield, engineers; County Judge Paul Jones; County Com missioners Jack Van Winkle and Walter Hayes; W. C. Rosewall, cl awrman of the county planning commission; Orvllle Cutsforth, chairman of the county park commission; Jim Follensbee of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op; and Ward. Sites Listed Among the sites visited were the following: North Jones Prairie, which could accommo date a reservoir of some 30 acres; Kelly Prairie site; Herren Meadows site on Ditch Creek, which would require a dam some 1100 feet across and 40 feet high; Linger Longer, also on Ditch Creek, which would maKe an impoundment of 30 acres with a dam of some 300 feet across and 35 feet high- Swale Creek, all on U. S. Forest land and tentatively on their plan ning schedule for future devel opment; Parker's Mill site on F.ock Creek, which would be a reservoir of some 35 acres with a dam 30 to 40 feet high and 200 feet across; Hayden Mead- ows site; and Sperry Springs (Continued on page 8) 4 V 4 QUEEN ol the 1967 Shrine A-2 and B All-Star football game is Darlene Kuehn. 13. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehn. of Milton-Froewater. Coronation ceremonies were on April 24. Queen Darlene, who will reign over the game and pageantry in August in Pendleton, is an eighth grader at Milton-Freewater Junior High school. She is a gifted musician and plays four In struments the piano, accordion, guitar and clarinet. Queen Dor. lent is also an artist and several ol her paintings have been displayed locally. Her ambition is to become a commercial art 1st The queen's lather is a heary equipment operator lor the Mullin Construction Co- Milton-Freewater, and her mother is bookkeeper lor the Milton-Freewater office of Pendleton Grain Growers. She has one sister, Evelyn. Queen Darlene has been undergoing treatment at the Shrine Hospital. Portland, for cur vaturt of the spine. 3 Heppner Juniors Attending Boys' State HARLEY SAGER NORMAN SUPPLE Harley Sager Promoted; Burns Man Takes Post Here Norman Supple, installment loan officer of the Burns branch of First National Bank of Ore gon, has been named general loan officer at the Heppner branch to replace Harley Sager, who has been promoted to the position of commercial loan of ficer at the bank's office in Mer rill, near Klamath Falls. John Venard, manager of the Heppner branch, said Supple ar rived at the branch Monday and r 4 t s 1 Civ.' J'Kr Mi r " i i n i . J ,1 t ill Ii.hi m Mwaii inwiwhrf-iT i "l 'ii Tirffi i' i'':n ;' i ' ijiti '- fv --rV - x-..r,.h .- "LAST ONE IN IS A . . Despite rather cool weather for swimming, a good number of young sters was on hand Saturday at the opening of the Heppner municipal pool. This picture catch es some of them about to make the plunge. More were on hand Sunday, and It Is expected that the pool will bt a busy place throughout the summer months. Stuart Dick, lifeguard. Is taking training In Portland through the Red Cross this week to supplement previous training. This will bt tht last summer of operation for tht old pooL which will make way for an Im proved pool as a result oH tht recent city bond election. (G-T Photo), them in Merrill that Sager will leave for his new assignment to begin there Monday, June 19. Supple has been with the bank since I960. He started his career at the Lakeview branch, where he was promoted to pro assistant cashier in 1963. In June of the following year he was appointed to operations of ficer, and five months later he was promoted to assistant cash ier. Ho entered loan work in 1966 and began serving s an install ment loan officer at Burns in Mav. Sager has been at First Nat ional's Heppner branch since June, 1962, when he took over as operations officer. The next year he was appointed an in stallment loan officer, and in January, 1966, he was named generai loan officer. He Joined the First National system in Nyssa in March, 1956. In I960 he was promoted to pro assistant cashier and was nam ed operations officer at Nyssa, and in 1961 he was promoted to assistant cashier. During his years in Heppner, Sager has served as president of the Willow Creek Little League and the Morrow County Junior Chamber of Commerce. He served as chairman of the Morrow County Heart Fund for three years and was treasurer of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association. Sager has been treasurer of the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, and treasurer of the Morrow County Chapter of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inc. Mrs. Supple, whose first name is Donnie, is in Heppner this week with her husband looking for housing before the family moves here from Burns. The Supples have two children, a girl in the eighth grade and a boy in the fifth grade. The Sager family will remain at their residence In Lexington until ' he locates a house for WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Official weather report for the week of June 7-13 is as follows: Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Hi 76 74 76 73 72 70 77 Low 49 45 44' 45 48 42 44 Prec. .03 .03 Three Heppner High school students are attending the American Legion Beaver Boys' State Assembly at Oregon State University - In Corvallis this week. Chosen to represent Heppner for the 1967 session, Sunday through Saturday, were Russell Kilkenny, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kilkenny; Earl Ayres, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ayres, and John Rawlins, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Rawlins. The three boys have contrib uted impressively to student ac tivities at Heppner High during their three years in school. Earl has been active in ath letics, playing basketball and baseball and assisted the stu dent body sergeant-at-arms by serving on the school evalua tion committee during his jun ior year. John will be the 1967-68 stu dent body president and was vice-president of the student body during his junior year. He has been a steady honor roll student and belongs to the pho tography club and the National Honor Society. Russell has been student body sergeant-at-arms, is an honor student, and has been outstand ing in athletics, playing basket ball, football, baseball and golf. Steve Pettyjohn and David Hall, who also received the hon or of being selected for the trip, were unable to leave summer work to attend the session. Delegate to Boys State must be junior boys between the ages of 15 and 18 years. Tuition of the Heppner delegates is paid this year by Heppner Elks Lodge, the Morrow County Grain Growers, the Heppner American Legion Post, and the Heppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. Boys' State is a week of study and practice in the field of government It is designed to make the participants more familiar with the workings of city, county and state level gov ernment in Oregon. Delegates are encouraged to run for of fices on all levels and the boys achieving the two highest of fices, governor and first citizen, become automatic representa tives to Boys' Nation which is held in Washington, D. C. Various classes are held to enhance the delegates' knowl edge of government on the three levels, with ample free time al lowed for recreational opportu nities on campus. Doug Drake Chosen Father of Year Morrow County Father of the Year for 1967 is Douglas Drake, Sandhollow rancher and father , r Ol lour ucuve juuiir pt-upje. t He receives the honor from e the Morrow County CowBelles as a result of enthusiastic nom inations from two young peo ples' groups: the Crispy Cookers 4-H club and the Methodist outh Fellowship. Along with the honor of being named the Father of the Year, Drake will compete with other county winners around the state for trie honor of being Oregon's Father of the Year. Proof of the father of the year's outstanding child-rearing talents is shown in the achieve ments of his four children. The oldest, Susan, has just completed her freshman year in pre-nursing at Oregon State University. She was active in 4-H and was church organist at the Methodist church for one year; president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship; assistant treasurer of high school student body; treasurer of student body, and led and worked on numer ous committees. Alfred, a senior next year at Heppner High school, has been prominent in both 4-H and FFA; recently won the championship in sheep judging at the Junior Livestock Show at The Dalles; was grand champion in show manship two years in a row at the Morrow County fair; was chapter representative to the na tional FFA convention in Kan sas City last year; is an active member of the Methodist church and the MYF, and play ed center on the Heppner High school football team as a jun ior. Gwen, who will be a fresh man next year at Heppner f ' -C - t- -' 1 DOUGLAS DRAKE blue ribbon winner in horse manship at last year's Morrow County fair and showed the grand champion steer at that fair. Gwen has played first clar inet with the 7th and 8th grade honor band for two years and is also in 4-H cooking. Rick, a seventh grader next year, is- making a good begin ning in 4-H work and carries beef and dairy projects; he showed the grand champion dairy animal at last year's fair, plays trombone in the band and plays Little League baseball during the summer. The Father of the Year has supported and encouraged the children in these activities and insists that the children finish whatever thev begin. He is on High school. has also the official board of the Hepp- been active in horse and live- ner Methodist church: will be stock 4-H projects. She was a superintendent of 4-H beef div- grounds. ision at the Morrow County fair this year and was for years a member of the permanent camp committee for the Herren Creek 4-H camp. He is a member of the Rhea Creek Grange and the American Legion. Doug Drake grew up in Mor row county. He is the son of Mrs. Emma Drake and the late Ray Drake who came here from Salem after their marriage in 1914. They farmed at Gooseber ry, Hail Ridge and Sandhollow. Doug was a star athlete at Heppner High school and at tended Pacific University one year on an athletic scholarship. During World War II he was with the Seventh Air Force sta tioned in Hawaii and Iwo Jima, and continued in athletics by playing on the Seventh Air Force football team. He met his wife, Grace, when she came to Morrow as a home extension agent. Following a serious back in jury in 1959, the Drake family lived through a difficult two years when their father strug gled with severe pain from pres sure on his spinal column, un derwent a laminectomy to re move the pressure and then gradually rebuilt his physical strength. His doctors were amaz ed by his stamina during these two years. According to Mrs. Drake, "Doug's sense of humor is the thing that gets us over the rough spots." He has always been most interested in his fam ily and in his farming and has concentrated his efforts there, but finds time to spend on his hobbies of hunting and fishing. The CowBelles will entertain in Doug Drake's honor at their annual Father of the Tear Bar becue to be held this year on the afternoon of Sunday. June 25, at the Morrow County Fait