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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1967)
LIBRARY i u or 0 EUGENE. ORE 97403 ly.T"" '""" " '"i'i"m. ii iim n i' iiiu.iii iiniimiiiimw miu i . n i i hihk iu . - i pm .mum i 1 - I . i . . .? t . . ... r ' - - :.:- A rltx ' ( "v VV THERE WAS standing room only at the Greenfield Grange hall Friday aUternoon for the Bureau of Land Management's auction of 26 tracts of public lands in the northern part of Morrow county. Many could not get Into the main hall at the start of the auction and listened In a side room. Despite the large crowd, estimated at more than 500. only 10 or 15 entered the bidding. Photo shows one portion of the crowd. In the inset. Irving W. Anderson (right), chief, division of lands and minerals, program management and land office. Portland, prepares to start the auction on one tract. G-T Photo). BLM LAND SALE rOfi Tracts Boug hit Polling Places Picked for December 8 Election (Editorial on pace 2) Polling places for the special election on an annual $150,000 county road serial levy for five years have been established at nine locations in the county, Mrs. Sadie I'arrlsh, county clerk, said Tuesday. The election Is lust eight days away, being scheduled for Fri day, December 8, with the polls to be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Most of tho polling places are the same as those for the last general election. Boardman, lone and Lexington voters will cast ballots in their respective city halls. Southeast lleppner and Southwest lleppner voters will go to the county courthouse. Northeast Heppner voters will ballot in the old city library next to the Heppner city hall on Wil low street, and Northwest Hepp ner voters will go to the va cant building, now owned by Randall Peterson, next door to Turner, Van Marter and Bryant Insurance in downtown Hepp-1 ner. Irrigon polling place will be in the A. C. Houghton school, and at llardman, voters will cast ballots at the llardman Commu nity hall. POLLING PLACES SPECIAL ELECTION ROAD SERIAL LEVY Friday, December 8, 1967 Southeast Heppner County Courthouse Southwest Heppner County Courthouse Northeast Heppner Old City Library (Next to City Hall) Northwest Heppner Vacant building next to Turner, Van Marter and Bryant In surance Agency Boardman City Hall lone City Hall Irriqon A. C Houghton School Lexington City Hall Hardman Community Hall It had been planned to con duct the llardman vote by mall, Ix'causo of the small registra tion, but some objection was voiced. Mrs. 1'arrlMi said, and It was decided to set up the poll ing place as in the past. The proposal on the ballot would continue the serial levy system of financing the road program that has been in oper ation In Morrow county since 1918. when a first 5-year levy was voted, empowering the court to levy a 10-mlll tax an nually for the purpose. Most re cent serial levy was voted ear ly In 15, when voters over whelmlngly approved a $125,000 annual levy for three years. This time, tho county court has decided to ask for $150,000 to take care of the needs of the road program. This will mean a slight Increase in taxes, the Increase amounts to 2Sc per $1000 of true cash value of prop erty. Supporting the proposal Is the recently-formed Morrow county Road Improvement Committee, headed by Norman Nelson, chairman, of Lexington. Organ izations and buslnseses have joined with tho committee In contributing to a campaign to inform the public about the election. It is planned to send letterj to voters throughout the coun ty by early next week to ex plain the measure and why It Is needed. An open meeting for the pub lic Interested In hearing of tho proposed lew will be held Mon day night, December 4. at 7:30 in the Lexington Grange hall under auspices of the road im provement assocl a 1 1 o n. Tho members of the county court will be there to explain the pro posal. Members of the county court state that they will be glud to answer any questions on the Drooosal and will arrange to speak at meetings on the sub ject between now and election time upon invitation. 84th Year Number 40 HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 30, 1967 10 Cents (Editorial on page 2) of Twenty-two of 26 Bureau Land Management tracts In the northern part of Morrow county were sold at auction friuay ai tprnoon in the Greenf i e 1 d Grange hall, Boardman. Total nairi for the 9.744.74' acres was $472,500, which was $40,600 above the BLM's appraised val iib nf $431,900. Average appraised value of the lands sold was $44.32 per acre and average price paid was $48.49 Der acre. The tracts ranged In size from 119.98 acres (tract 23) to 653.83 acres (tract 13). Left unsold are two 640-acre tracts, together with one of 520 acres, and one of 320 acres. The 640-acre tracts are No. 2, located 9 miles east of Boardman. and No. 25, 13 milps northeast of Boardman: the 520-acre tract is No. 14, ly- Inn 1 miles southeast of Board man: and the 320-acre tract is No. 3, located 9Y2 miles east of Boardman and ad.iacent to tne Ordnance Depot. Land Sale Tracts Printed on Map A map printed on page 3 of section 2 of this paper shows land sale tracts involved in the BLM sale at Boardman Friday. The map was prepar ed prior to the time it was learned that four additional tracts had been sold after most of the crowd had dis persed, and so only 18 of the 22 sales are marked on it. Details of the first 18 sales are also listed in connection with the map. After the map was prepared, it was learned that Tracts 1, 7, 19, and 21 were also sold. This leaves only four unsold1 2, 3, 14, and 25. Excitement High As expected, excitement was keen at the auction, and a crowd estimated at 500 persons attempted to jam into the Grange hall. However, some had to stay in a side room and lis tened to proceedings over a speaking system. But the standing room only crowd contained far more spec tators than bidders. Only some 10 or 15 took an active part in the bidding. Irvine Anderson, chief of the division of lands and minerals, 0f areas of state services. price per acre on this tract paid by the Petersons was $62.81, making it one of the highest in the sale. Top Price $72.50 Acre However, two other tracts brought higher average prices. Tract No. 16 of 160 acres, lying 3 miles southwest of Boardman, brought $72.50 per acre. It is listed as having fine loamy sand soil. Purchaser was Roy R. Smith of Brewster, Wash. Al so bringing close to $72.50 per acre was tract No. 23, 11 miles northeast of Boardman and one mile south of Irrigon where soil is listed as "sandy to loamy sands." This was sold to C. E. Newquist of Battleground, Wn.( for $8,700. The two major purchasers at the sale were Rex Ellis of Pen dleton, who bought six tracts at a total price of $93,000, and Joe Andrews of Echo, who bought three of the tracts for $83,000. Fourteen of the 22 tracts were sold on the first offering. An-, derson had explained that all tracts would be offered once, and he would go through the list again to offer unsold tracts a second time. The process would be repeated, he said, un til all bidders were satisfied. Purchasers on the first offer ing were: Tract 4, Clark E. and Irene H. Fee, Eugene, 200 ac res, $10,000; tract 10, Oscar Pe terson and Gerald Peterson, 640 acres, $40,200; tract 11, J. C. Sandlin, Zillah, Wash., 640 ac res $38,400; tract 12, Paul T. Jasa, Madras, 486.28 acres, $27, 500; tract 13, F. L. Goodwin, Gresham, 653.83 acres, $39,700; tract 15, Bilden, Inc., .Augusten Kittson, Kennewick, Wash., 280 acres, $14,500; tract 16, Roy R. Smith, Brewster, Wash., 160 ac res, $11,600; tract 17, Rex Ellis, (Continued on page 8) Fallout Survey Starts Here and Statewide .it" ' 1 ; Is- '.4 V r .. r i - i: 'rv-' a J ;r- - X -1 A. i . 7 Home fallout protection sur vey was officially kicked off in Oregon Tuesday by Governor Tom McCall, and it was sched- County to Lose Home Extension Agent January 1 Morrow countv will lose its home extension agent as of Jan uary 1, 1968. This was the information brought to the county Tuesday hv Jerrv Nibler and Murl Scales. both state extension agents of Corvallis. Thev met with Coun ty Judge Paul Jones and Gene Winters, county extension ag ent. The action is being taken be cause of cuts made recently on the state budget. Paring of the budget seemed necessary when the state's revenues appeared to be falling considerably short of that expected, and rather severe cuts were made in a number Portland office of BLM, acted as auctioneer. He took the tracts in numerical order and reached tract No. 10 before an oral Dia was given. Two sealed bids had been submitted in advance of the sale, and the first tract to be sold was No. 4, consisting of 200 acres lying nine miles east of Boardman, to Clark E. and Irene Fee of Eugene. Their sealed bid offered $10,000 for the tract which was appraised at $9,900. When tract No. 10, 640 acres six miles southeast of Board man, was offered, the tempo changed. Several bidders com peted for the tract, among them the Andrews interests of Echo and Oscar Peterson and his son, Gerald. Bidding advanced in multiples of $100 from the op ening at the appraised figure of $31,600. Four or five would be purchasers entered bids, but it eventually narrowed to And rews and Peterson. The price went to $40,200 before it was sold to the Petersons, who were the only purchasers who reside in Morrow county. Tract 10 lies in a good posit ion for irrigation and is close to both the bomb range road and Highway I-80N. Average Morrow countv is one of a number of counties in the state which will be affected by the budget reduction that hits ex tension services. Mrs. Marjorie Wilcoxen has been home extension agent since September, 1966, coming here from the Sacramento, Cal if., area. Her husband, Charles' Wilcoxen, is employed by Ful leton Chevrolet Co. here. Winters said Tuesday night that an effort will be made to keep the home extension pro gram going in Morrow county by keeping the units active. He said that the county may re ceive some help by being serv iced out of adjoining conties. Personnel from counties such as Umatilla and Sherman may be able to come here to conduct leadership training for volun teers, he said. Both Winters and Judge Jones expressed regret at the prospect of losing the home agent. It is reminiscent of a similar sit uation a few years ago when the state's voters failed to pass a taxing program and cuts were made. At that time, Morrow lost its home agent, but the posit ion was later restored when the! economy improved. ' uled to get underway in Mor row county, Ted Smith of Hepp ner, Civil Defense director, an nounced. While much of the state will handle the survey by mail, Smith said that he expected most of the work to be done here on a house-to-house basis. A meeting of workers was scheduled here early this week. Governor McCall said that as a result of his request to the President of the United States, the Department of Defense has contracted with the Bureau of the Census to survey every one-, two-, and three-family dwelling in Oregon. Information obtained on the structure of the homes will be fed Into a computer, and the amount of protection the house affords against radioactive fall out will be determined. Individ ual results will be mailed to the resident, and will be kept confidential between him and the Bureau of the Census. The Bureau of the Census is conduct ing the survey for the Office of Civil Defense. The governor said that so far only about 60 percent -of the DODUlation of Oregon could be sheltered with presently known facilities in the event radioact ive fallout should spread over the conty as a result of nuclear attack. Fourteen large metropolitan areas will have the survey con ducted by mail. In other areas questionnaires will be filled out by enumerators who visit homes. It is expected that the survey will be completed in about four months. Governor McCall said, "I am anxious for the people of Ore gon to participate in this pro gram. I feel it will add greatly to the defensive posture of the state and nation." . . i a ih. (iu tmrir Sntnrriov then he was whisked away FfLfE u3a to t him." Here he Is shown (circled) engulfed. by " " . mil. Li the children ana moiners oi iijwo wu (C-T Photo), Rep. Mann Slated For Report Here Rep. Irvin Mann of Stanfield is scheduled to be the speaker at the Monday meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce, Mrs. Avon Melby, program chairman, an nounces. He will discuss the special session of the legislature, which adjorned last week, and the tax problems facing the state. Rep. Mann represents the 28th dis trict in the legislature. First Snow Makes Highways Slick; Mercury Drops First snow of the season came to Morrow county Monday when a total of one inch was reported in Heppner by measurement of Don Gilliam, official weather observer. It accompanied a cold spell that ensued after the Thanks giving holiday. Temperature early Monday morning dropped to 17 degrees, lowest of the sea son and nearly as low as the thermometer reached all last winter, Gilliam surmised, al though he said he had not checked the records to determine this officially. The 1966-67 win ter was a mild one. Most noticeable result of the snow was the slippery highways. Mrs. Everett Harshman and Mrs. Jerry Daggett, returning to Hep pner from Portland after a busi ness trip for Elma's Apparel Monday, said that it took them 1 hours to travel to Heppner from the D. O. Nelson place on the bomb range road. The roads were icy all the way. State Patrolman Curtis Culp said that travel conditions were extremely hazardous on the slick highways Monday night and even early Tuesday and that cars were "all over the road." One collision was reported at Lexington involving a car of a Washington man and a local car. It was necessary to tow his Mus tang to a garage. No one was hurt in the accident. Snow falling Monday after noon had the appearance of set ting in for some time, but it de sisted in early evening and had n't started again by Tuesday night. Gilliam's weather report for the week is as follows: Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday (One inch of snow) Mob Greets St. Nick At Opening Event Hi Low Prec. 57 28 51 35 .03 55 38 41 32 43 24 32 17 .08 45 25 ' There was a demonstration in downtown Heppner baturaay ai ternoon. But, rather than being a pro test of some type, it was a dem onstration of affection for that rniv-nolv eentleman from the North Pole Santa Claus. And it was evident that he has lost none of his popularity with the younger set. When he arrived in town at 2 p.m. Saturday on a Heppner fire truck, he was greeted Dy a tumultuous crowd of about 450 kiddies (measured by the number of bags of candy given out). Many of them were little tots, carried by their motners. Santa was clad in a bright new red suit, and his flowing hpard seemed whiter and longer than ever. Some said that the twinkling eyes carried a resem blance to those of the Rev. AI Boschee, and others had simil ar comment about his frost-tip ped nose. Eyes and nose were nhnnt all nf Santa's face that was visible through his luxur iant beard. After he had passed out tne bags of candy, he toured the hospital to visit the ailing there, cheering them and giving bags of candy to those who could enloy it. Heppner's Main street was decorated with a new Christmas tree, brought in with the coop eration of Oris Crisp Logging, and with bright colored lights, installed by crews of Columbia Basin Electric. Meanwhile, hundreds of per sons leaning heavily to child renparticipated in the annual guessing contest sponsored by the merchants. Winners included these: Central Market, 12 lb. turkey, won by Brenda Carpenter; El ma's Apparel, $10 gift certifi cates, awarded two prizes, one to Mary Pierce and one to Judy Healy; Gardner's Men's Wear, shoe kit, to Mike Doherty, and set of trouser hangers, Shannon Farley; Gazette-Times, $10 cash, Mrs. Tom Huston, Hardman; Gonty's, tape recorder, Cyde Allstott; MiLadies Apparel, $10 in merchandise, Mrs. Bretta Howell McFadden; J. C. Penney Co., thermal blanket, Gary Hunt, Lexington; Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co., gallon of paint, Raymond French; Peterson's Jewelers, silver-plated fruit bowl, Jeannine Hunt; Van'3 Variety, horse racing set, Bruce Marauardt. Lexington; Western Auto. $10 in merchandise, Les lie Meador; Pettyjohn's Farm and Building Supply, electric drill, Gary Hunt, Lexington; Case Furniture Co., desk lamp, Barbara Peterson, lone; Mur rays, $10 gift certificate, Earl Papineau, Lexington. Many of the guesses were very close to the actual value or 'number. Brenda Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Carpenter, was within one pen ny of guessing the correct num ber of pennies in a Jar at Cen tral. She guessed 5000 and there were 5001. Bruce Marquardt guessed within one cent of the value of the items in the win dow at Van's Variety, guessing $109.94, and it was $109.93. Les lie Meador was within 20c at Western Auto, and Mrs. Tom Huston hit it on the button at the Gazette -Times when she guessed the number of linotype slugs on display at 375. Bretta Howell McFadden won MiLadies prize this year, dup licating her feat of last year when she also won the guess ing contest there. McDonald Completes Service in Vietnam; Home for Holidays Sgt. Sherrill McDonald arrived home three days oeiore inanKs giving to enjoy the holiday and a month's leave witn nis par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mc Donald. McDonald had complet ed one year in service in Viet nam, where he had served with the 9th Division of the U.S. Army He came by plane to Pendleton, by way of Oakland and Portland, arriving home last Monday, Nov ember 20. At the completion of his leave, he will report for further service at Ft. Bragg, N. C, with his two-year period of service term inating in March. He joired his family and other relatives here on Thanks giving Day at a reunion dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brannon. Spending the week-end here from their home in Ontario were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cunning ham and family. Fiddlers Contest Scores Big Hit; Winners Named Heppner residents who were In attendance at the Old Time Fiddlers contest were well en tertained both Friday and Sat urday nights at the Junior High gym by fiddlers who came from Oregon, Washington, and Idaho to participate in the competit ion. The contest, sponsored by the Morrow County Jaycees In con junction with the Eastern Ore gon Old Time Fiddlers Associ ation, was the first of its kind to be held in Heppner. Jaycese were pleased with the public response shown; - report ing an estimated attendance of about 700 persons for the two nights. Serving as master of ceremo nies for the two nights of mu sical competition was Gary Van Blokland, whose lively commen tary kept the program moving. Friday night's contest heard the intermediate division play ing, with first place of $25 and a trophy going to Barney Swan of Mt. Vernon. Ivan McDaniel of Long Creek won second place of $15 and a trophy In this div ision, and third place of $10 and a trophy went to Doug Jenkins, 16, of Nampa, Idaho, Bob Stev ens of Hardman and Mike Med lock of Fossil took fourth and fifth places respectively and were awarded plaques for their efforts. The seven county contest In cluded entrants from Morrow, Wheeler, Grant, Malheur, Baker, Union, and Umatilla counties. Those placing in this division were Pete Haynes of Baker, who won first place of $i!5 and a trophy. Second place of $15 and a trorjhv was awarded to Jim my Baker of Seneca, and Ivan McDaniel of Long Creek won third place of $10 and a tro phy. Barney Swan of Mt. Ver non and Emll Domas of Ritter won plaques for placing fourth and fifth. Saturday night's contest saw the Old timers of 65 and over in comDetition for trophies, with first place going to Gladys Fra zler of Weiser. Idaho. Cliff Bu- ker of Waldport placed second and Charles Willis of Hermlston took third. In the men's and women's regional open competition, Bill Yohey of McMinnville fiddled his way into first place, win ning $75 and a trophy. Second place winner was Rusty Mod rell of Terrebonne, winning $50 and a trophy, and Pete Haynes of Baker took third place, win ning $25 and a trophy. Jim Mill ler of Hillsboro won fourth place in this division for $15 and a trophy and Edna Jenkins of Nampa, Idaho, took fifth, win ning $10 and a trophy. One of the contestants in the Old Timers division, Cliff Bu ker, holds the title of National Seniors champion, and Don Gish of Yakima, who was another contestant, is president of the Washington Fiddlers Associa tion. Some of the fiddlers provided music for a dance at the fair pavilion following the compe tition. Judges for the two nights of lively entertainment were Mary Bryant of Heppner, Vernon Leathers of Lexington; and Gene Vaughn of Fox. Additional musical entertain ment was provided during the oionincr hv a familv of four gen erations, Gladys Frazler of Weis er, Idaho, her daughter, Mrs. Myrna Richards, of Spray, her son, Leonard Toll, of Heppner, and his daughter, Tonl Lee.
