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Johnnie Hill Again
Denied 'Stock Permit
Johnnie Hill, accompanied by
his wife and two children, came
to the Heppner city council
meeting Monday night to pre
sent has case again for a per
mit to keep chickens and a cow
at his place within the city lim
its. But he met defeat again. The
council voted unanimously to
deny the permit, even though
he had reduced his "livestock"
to 15 hens and a cow. He had
applied twice before for the per
mit, once some two years ago
and again a month or two ago.
A council committee, after the
second application, went to the
place to view the situation and
reported that on the place were
rabbits, chickens, ducks, and
does.
The committee then recom
mended that the permit not be
granted, and It was denied.
Eighteen Heppner High school
students, who came from history
and social science classes to see
municipal government In action,
were interested speviaiwa iviun-
dav night.
Making the situation particu
larly difficult is the fact that
Councilman Carl Spaulding's
nrnnortv nrlinlns that of Hill.
and as a citizen, Spaulding has
complained oi me nursaiite.
When the matter came up
Monday night, Spaulding said
that he had sought to abstain
from discussion on the matter
because of his position on the
council. However, he had to
break his silence to reply to
Hill's questioning.
Hill said that he could not
understand why he wasn't al
lowed to keep one cow when
12 cattle, owned by another par
ty, were allowed to be pastur
ed lust across the creek from
Spaulding's house.
This moved Spaulding to re
ply, "Because your cow is Just
too close to my bedroom window-"
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At one time It appeared that
a compromise might be reach
ed by permitting Hill to keep
his hens and cow 30 or 40 yards
away at another part of his
property, but this broke down
when the argument warmed up.
The discussion was ended
when a councilman moved that
the permit be denied. The mo
tion was passed, and Mrs.
Elaine George was instructed to
notify Police Chief Glen Kolk
horst that Hill is In violation
of the ordinance.
The city ordinance on the
matter forbids a resident to
keep poultry and livestock with
in the city limits without a
permit. It has been the policy
to grant permits when there are
no complaints from neighbors
and to revoke them when there
are complaints. . , ,k
High School PTA
Plans Open House
For December 13
Parents of high school stu
dents and townspeople are In
vited to the Heppner High
school Open House, sponsored
by the PTA, at the school on
Wednesday, December 13, start
ing at 7:30 p.m.
This year five departments 01
the school will each present
one-half hour sessions for the
visitors, and those attending
may attend three of the ses
sions, since three periods will
be planned. Included will be
those for English, mathematics,
science, social science, and vo
cational. . .
The evening will start with a
short PTA meeting in the ; cafe
torium at 7:30 with Bill Weath
erford, president, in charge.
Refreshments will be served
at the conclusion of the even
ing program. .
This is designed as a 'get
acquainted" meeting for the
parents with their childrens
classes and teachers. Students
are invited to attend with their
' parents.
Postal Service Extends
Hours for Yule Season
Additional hours of postal
window service will be provided
on Saturdays, December 9 and
16, at the Heppner post office,
the Lexington rural station and
the Hardman rural station, ac
cording to James H. Driscoll,
postmaster.
On Saturday, December 9,
windows will be open from 8:30
a.m. until 1:00 p.m., and on
Saturday, December 16, from
8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Mail will be received for dis
tribution to lock boxes on Sun
days, December 10 and 17, at
Heppner, and patrons with box
service are urged to pick up
mail on those dates. There will
be no star route or general de
livery distribution on these
dates, however.
Beginning Monday, December
11, and extending through Fri
day, December 22, the parcel
post and stamp window will re
main open until 6:00 p.m., how
ever, the money order window
will close as usual at 5:00 p.m.
Postmaster Driscoll urges all
patrons to pack all parcels care
fully in strong containers, to ad
dress carefully, using appropri
ate zip code of destination and
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97403
Hill said that he plans to
write to Attorney-General KOD
ert Thornton on the matter.
Street Estimate Given
The matter of Improving Mor
gan Street extension to the high
school was opened again when
Supt. Vic Groshens submitted
estimates that the work could
be done by the city for $13,291.
This would include resurfacing
the street, adding curbs, instal
ling a 5 ft. sidewalk, putting in
culverts, doing iron work and
Installing a guard rail. Two
11 M ft. lanes would be provid
ed on the street, he said.
The $13,291 estimate Is less
than one-third the estimate of
the State Highway Department
which said the Job would cost
$15,000, although perhaps their
estimates included some im
provements that are not includ
ed in Groshens' report. The
Morrow county school board had
budgeted $8,000 for Its share of
the lob, and the city applied for
the state to do the balance of
the work under a statute that
permits the state to make im
provements on city streets
where greatly Increased use
causes a problem.
It was decided that Groshens'
estimates would be submitted to
the school board for considera
tion with the thought that a
cooperative plan might be work
ed out to get the Job done.
Permit Granted
Building permit for repairs
was granted to Matt Hughes,
$4000, 460 Morgan Street, to re
move back porch and remodel
kitchen.
(Continued on page 8)
Elementary School
Program Monday
To Feature Music
Annual Christmas program of
Heppner Elementary school will
be presented Monday, December
11, at 8 p.m. in the multipurpose
room, and all parents are in
vited. Principal Alan Martin an
nounces. The program will be staged
in the multipurpose room in
stead of the gymnasium for
many reasons, all of which con
tribute to a better presentation
and comfort of the audience, the
principal said. Since seating ca
pacity is limited, parents are
asked not to bring their child
ren. A special program for pu
pils and pre-school children will
be on Friday, December 8, at
9 a.rru. and high school students
will attend the program on
Monday morning.
Vnr-ai musip will comprise the
first part of the program with
Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens in
charge, and band numbers will
furnish the second half of the
program with Arnie Hedman,
director, conducting this por
tion.
First vocal presentation win
be a group of numbers concern
in? Christmas in songs from
several countries, including
Germany, Spain, tngia n a.
France. Huron Indians and
America. :
Other numbers will illustrate
the spirit of Christmas in five
groups, including "Christmas is
Bells," "Christmas is Snow,
"Christmas is reparation,
"rViriotTViao is ("living." and
"Christmas is the Look of Won
H or rn a rhilri's Face as He
Hears His First Story of the Sa
vior's Birth." .
In the band presentation, the
horvnofc:' hailH ( fifth Grade)
ULlllllv.' J n -
will present the first group of
three numDers. ine uueimeui-
on fnivlh Ofrarlpl will IllaV B.
crrnnn of five numbers, and the
advanced band (seventh and
eighth) will complete tne pro
gram with four selections.
The program is designed to
be only about an hour in
length, the principal states.
"It is our aim to have a beau
tif.,i fVirictmns nropram one
ViiUl i.a..j.... . i-i
that vou will eniov seeing and
hearing," he said.
to mail as early as possible. It
is suggested that a slip of pa
per with address of addressee
and list of contents be placed
inside each parcel, in case the
outside label should become
damaged in transit and is nec
essary to examine or repack
contents.
Unsealed Christmas cards
may be mailed to any point , in
the' U. S. with 4c postage, with
5c carrying them first class. To
expedite delivery, first class
mail is given priority in all dis
tribution processes. It is recom
mended that valuable articles
be insured. Before shipping per
ishable articles, it is advised to
consult the postmaster or win
dow clerk in regard to feasibil
ity. To expedite delivery of any
class of mail, it is recommend
ed to send it "special delivery."
In the Northwest Region of the
post office, all mail is now be
ing handled through sectional
centers for relay distribution, as
the use of railway mail cars
has been discontinued. Trains
continue to handle some of the
bulk mails, but this does not
provide for distribution en route,
it is pointed out.
Voters to
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LOUIS CARLSON, shown .tor..
Chosen Oregon conservation man m " ' r. V -':A
at the meeting of the Oregon Wheat League in Portland Friday
night This picture was taken ert the time of his selection as
Morrow county Conservation Man of theYear. ,
Louis Carlson Chosen
For State Honor;
ue Meet Lauded
Leag
Called "one of the most suc
cessful conventions in years ,
the Oregon Wheat League's an
nual meeting ended at noon Sat
urday, December 2, at the Sher
aton Hotel in Portland.
It was an especially fine con
vention for Morrow county be
cause Bob Jepsen of lone, was
in charge of the meeting as
president; Louis Carlson, also of
lone, was chosen Oregon Con
servation Man of the Year; and
more than 40 Morrow county
ranchers attended the conven
tion. Carlson was presented as state
conservation man at the ban
quet Friday night. He will re
ceive a large plaque for the hon
or, and he will host the annu
al state conservation tour next
June.
Mrs. Al Fetsch of Lexington,
Lighting Contest
Entries Invited
Entries are invited for
1QK7 rhristmas lishting
the
and
decoration contest in Heppner,
Al Rncfhop. ohairman of the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce committee, an
nounces. Serving with him on the com
mittee are Mrs. Avon Melby, Or
ville Cutsforth and Harley
Young.
Again this year, $60 has been
donated by an unidentified giv
er for prize money in the con
test, to be distributed in two
categories.
Prizes will be as follows: Out
door residential $15 first; $10,
second; $5 third. Residential
window or interior $15 first;
$10, second; $5 third.
Judges will use a point sys-
fom ao frtllrrtxc 4A nninta for
carrying out a theme; 20 points
for simplicity; 20 points for or
iginality; points ior general
appeal. Out-of-town judges will
hi uspd. and the iudeing will
be done between 5 and 7 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 19.
inose wisning lo compete aie
Times by 4 p.m. Tuesday, De-
cember 19. This may De aone
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hv teleDhone
entrant
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wishes.
Lagnts are xo oe Kepi uii eauii
evening through Christmas Day. I
Lights are to be kept on each
Decide on Road Levy at Election Friday
stte-tim:
wlth his we. Betty, has been
county cake baking winner,
competed in the state cake bak
ing contest. Mrs. Lois Kennedy
of Wasco county was declared
the winner; second went to Mrs.
Carol Wulff of Wallowa coun
ty; and third to Mrs. Clara Pic
anso of Umatilla county. .
President Jepsen said all of
the cakes this year were of un
usually high quality, and ad
mitted to a bit of prejudice in
saying he would have judged
Mrs. Fetscn s cane a winner.
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Jepsen continues as president
Jl Tor.iiarir hilt Rill Hlllsp Of
until January, but Bill Hulse of
Dufur was elected at the meet
ing as president for 1968. Oth
er officers chosen are Tom
Vaughan, Jr., Pendleton, first
vice-president; Dick Skiles,
Wasco, second vice president;
and John Welbes, Pendleton, ex
ecutive vice-president. Tommy
Thompson, county extension
agent in The Dalles, will serve
as assistant to the president.
Sherman county was official
host to this 40th annual conven
tion. Some of the many out
standing speakers included Sen
ator Milton Young of North Da
kota who discussed "What's
Ahead for Wheat?"; Floyd Cor
bin of Los Angeles, "Are You
a Winner or a Whiner?"; Jim
Dyess, chief, wheat subsidy and
marketing branch of ASCS,
Washington, D. C, "Subsidies
and How They Function"; Sec
retary of State Clay Myers, "Roll
of Agriculture in Oregon's Fu
ture"; Don McKinnis, develop
ment specialist, State Dept. of
Agriculture, Salem, "Irrigation
and Total Development"; R. K.
Baum, executive vice president,
Portland, who gave the West
ern Wheat Association report;
Dr. Joellene Vannoy, Wheat As
sociates Asian home economist,
"Nutritional Problems in South
east Asia"; Glen Hofer, execu
tive vice president, Washington,
D. C, "National Association Re-Port"-
. , . .
Committee meetings started
Friday and reports were Satur
day morning at the annual bus
iness meeting. Welbes gave his
report as executive vice-president
at the meeting.
One of the interesting resolu-
; ,ckH uraa that In inves-
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tigate the sponsorship of a ro
tating tropny ro De given i"
winner of the annual Oregon
winner ui me annum .w..
ball game. It was recommended
by tne punnc reiauuns i-uuiuui-
, U - 4.un laairiia nffpr Rllph
tee that the league offer such
a tropny. ,
jviany umei icwim..u
passed by the wheat growers
Many other resolutions were
mm1
7, 1967
Mustangs Open Here
Against Grant Union
iinnnnor Mich's basketball
team will open its season here
Friday night against tne urani
Union Prospectors, rated as one
4hA A. 9 tpamq in Enst-
em Oregon. This will be the
first of two weeK-ena games,
second of which takes the Mus-
tanrra tn RlimS SatllfdaV nlht
for a battle with the Hilanders.
TTniiUa loot venr. however.
neither of these games will be
Innmia unrnuntprs. since both
Burns and John Day are now
in the eastern division oi me
Prnotn. Orotrnn T PH Pllf HOWeV-
er, it will be an early test of
strength for the participating
clubs.
Tunlni. vnrciitv camps will
ctart at fi-3(1 with varsitv con
tests to follow. A near full house
is exoected for the triday nignt
opener here.
led bv
Chris Labhart, 6AM tall fir of
the quintet. Coach HanK laius
has three other veterans, in
cluding Ken Stevens, 6-1; Bob
Gienger, 5-10; and Bill Diest,
who is nearly as tall as Lab-
hart at 6-4.
rnnnh Pnh Plniiph Ot the MUS-
tangs has five veterans for his
varsity club, but some oi inose
up from last year's Jayvees are
.-, t-bam fnr starting 11 n-
sitions. The vets are Dave Hall,
5-10V4, guard; Bin MCL,eoa, a-u,
guard; Randy Stillman, 5-10,
..a. cim,a Pottvinhn. fi-1.
forward; and Russell Kilkenny,
6-4, center. All are seniors.
Up from the Jayvees are
some strong candidates, includ
ing Calvin Ashbeck, 6-2, junior;
Gary Kemp, 6-1, Junior; Jon
O'D'onnell, 5-11, junior; Jerry
Healy, 6-0, junior; and Larry
Pettyjohn, 5-7, junior.
Also on the varsity is Bob
Dobbs, senior, whose height
matches Kilkenny at 6-4. Dobbs
has jayvee experience but did
not play last year. John Mc
Cabe, who played as a fresh
man last year, rounds out the
varsity squad. He is 5-9.
At Burns, the Mustangs will
Car Shears Pole;
Driver Fined $150
A car driven by Rex Boggs,
40, formerly of Portland and
now living in Heppner, went off
the Heppner-Lexington highway
and sheared a telephone pole
near the Mollahan place about
three miles north of Heppner
Saturday afternoon about 5 p.m.
i ij-he driver apparently susiaui-
ed oniV mjnor injuries, but he
I I tnn luctipo rnlirt
was rited into lustice court
Monday where he was fined
$150, received a 90 day suspend
ed jail sentence, and his driv
er's' license was suspended. He
was charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor. , ,
The car was extensively dam
Rep. Mann Says P2
Could Result in State Paralysis
Rep. Irvin Mann, discussing
the "What now?" possibilities
after the special session of the
legislature failed to solve the
state's property tax dilemma,
made it clear to the Heppner-
Morrow county Chamber oi
Commerce Monday tnat ne
doesn't favor the "meat ax ap
proach" of the proposed 1 per
cent property tax limitation.
The proposal, which is now
being circulated for signatures
in the form of an initiative pet
ition, is almost certain to be
on the ballot, Kep. Mann sam
in a talk before the organiza
tion. "We should bear in mind that
it may very well pass," he add
ed. "jt thta nrrtnprtv tn v limita
tion should pass, it might very
well paralyze tne siaie.
And he currently is attempt
inr to enlist aid of his fellow
legislators to be prepared to
meet the proDiem u ana wnen
it comes.
Tr wiA that hp la writin?
others in the legislature to sug
gest tnat steps De taKeii iu yie
sent a constitutional amend-
tha Nnvpmhpr. 1968.
ballot to empower the legisla
ture to proviae ior some lyye ui
Number 41
HEPPNER
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see some familiar faces among
the veterans back. Lynn Losee,
6-3 senior, and Mel Barnes, also
6-3, a junior, are the tall men
on the' squad. Jack Smith. 6-2,
senior; Doug Stott. 6-1, Junior;
Bob Cole, 6-1. Junior; Scott
Miles, 6-0, senior; and Benny
Cordova. 6-0, senior, are other
spires on the squad. Thus,
Coach Don Persinger has seven
men who are six feet and over.
Mike Revak, 5-10, senior, and
Miles are co-captains of this
year's Kilander quintet.
Rounding out the traveling
squad are Gary Shelton, 5-9,
Junior; Gary Peterson, 5-9, Jun
ior; Tom Howard, 5-10, senior;
and Martin McManus, 5-6, sen
ior. Cards, Mustangs
To Play at lone
Heppner and lone High
school basketball teams will
play the first games of their
1967-68 series at lone High's
gym Tuesday night, Decem
ber 12. Heppner's freshmen
will play the lone Jayvees in
the opener at 6:30 after which
varsity teams will play.
The Cards are fresh from
two good wins, over Arlington
and Wishram, Wash. Last
year's sophomore team is an
other year advanced this year
and looms as a very strong
quintet.
The Mustangs are yet to
face their first, "baptism of
fire" against Grant Union and
Burns this weekend, and it is
'yet to be determined whether
the team, with five veterans,
will jell into the high-powered
quintet which appears pos
sible. A good close game Is ex
pected in this first meeting
of the two squads, and the
gym is sure to be crowded
with interested spectators.
Car Fire Reported
Heppner firemen were alerted
Monday evening at 9:05 p.m.
whpn thpv ware called' to the
Jim Lovgren residence where a
car was reporiea to ue on
Two trucks and about 14 men
answered the call to extinguish
the fire which started in the wir
ing in the car belonging to
Frank Lovgren. Loss on the 1960
Corvair was covered by insur
ance, according to Forrest Burk
enbine., fire chief.
WEATHER
.r nnv fiTTJJAM
Official weather report for the
week of Nov. 29-uec. o is as iui-
lows; '
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 49 32 .08
Thursday 43 29
Friday 45 30
Saturday 53 33
Sunday 54 38 .07
Monday 53 22 .03
Tuesday 46 31 -04
to-- that would earrv the state
over during a period of adjust
ment if services are greatly cur
tailed by passage of such a
limitation. At this time, he
could not say just what type of
ax might be enacted, indicat
ing that it would be a matter
that would have to be explor
ed. The 28th district representa
tive said that property taxes in
Morrow county "aren't the
crushing problem they are in
much of the rest of the state."
Millage for all purposes in the
highest code area in Morrow
county, he said, Is not as high
as those for schools alone in
some parts of the state.
However, this county's levy
went up an average of seven
mills In its code areas, he point
ed out, and added the predic
tion that property taxes here
will increase 10 annually.
Mann said the property tax
situation is hurting the econ
omy and "hurting the state as
a place for investment."
He took issue with those who
criticized the governor for call
ing a special session.
"The governor acted responsi
bly, I think, in calling the spe
cial session," he said.
He took issue with the daily
County Asks
To Continue
Serial Plan
Polls will open at nine poll
in nlafws in th muntv at S
a.m. Friday for the special elec
tion on a roaa serial levy ior
the county. Registered voters
may cast ballots at any time
until 8 p.m.
A list of the polling places
la contained in the display ad
vertisement on page 4 of this
nrnwr Th list was also Dub-
lished In last week s paper.
At the election the voters will
decide on a levy of $150,000 an
nually for five years to con
struct, improve, maintain and
repair Morrow county roads.
This is a continuation of the
serial levy plan that has been
in-effect in -the county since
1948.
The $150,000 annual levy
would be an increase of $25,000
per year above the $125,000 lev
led for each of the past three
years. Voters approved the last
serial levy for a three year
period in the early part of 1965.
Morrow county's road . Im
provement committee points out
that this is not a new tax nor
an additional tax but contin
ues a plan used here for some
19 years. The amount needed to
Ann.atA 4Via rntiii cvtttpm pannnt
be Included in the regular coun
ty budget because it wouia
bring it over the 6 limitation.
In 1962. the county sought to
place before the voters the
proposition of broadening the
tax base to provide funds for
road dveelopment and mainten
ance without the necessity of
holding a periodic vote, but it
was declared illegal prior to the
time of election by the attorney
general. Thus, the county re
turned to the serial levy meth
od of sustaining the road pro
gram.
The increase asked in the
levy, amounting to $25,000 per
taav urniilri nmmint tn 29c Der
$1000 of true cash value of prop
erty owned. The total tax levy
to raise the stau.uuu annuauy
would amount to $1.57 per $1000
nr trna nach vnltip as enmnared
with the present $1.28 per $1000
to raise tne $iza,uuu.
The road improvement associ
ation points out that the serial
levy Is vital to the county's
road program and that future
development hinges on passage
of the levy.
Through ' several successive
county administrations, Morrow
county roads have been improv
ed to the point where they rank
high among eastern Oregon
counties. One goal Is to place
virtually every farm on a hard
surfaced road within the next
10-12 years.
Road improvements in the
north end of the county are
nlannaii onii nnnstriprahle DrOB
ress is being made in improv
ing roads to recreational areas
as well as to farms. A portion
of the tax collected is apport
ioned to cities for their use. AH
county taxpayers share in tha
cost of the levy. -
Highline Trouble '.1
Results in Outage
A pole fire on a transmission
line near Kennewick resulted in
a general power outage that hit
the area early Sunday after
noon, Harley Young, manager of
Columbia Basin Electric co-op,
said.
Morrow county was without
electrical service for about 45
minutes. Also affected by the
outage were Hermiston, Stan
field, Irrigon and the north end
of Gilliam county.
Limit
press which said the governor
t" in hanrilinff tha
session and failed to "put the
force of his office" behind it.
"The governor did a beautiful
and forceful job in handling the
legislature," Mann said. "He
said that he would stump the
state to assure passage of a
program the legislature passed.
On the accomplishment side,
the representative said the leg
islature passed a farm tax bill
that prohibits using speculative
land sales, or sales with urban
influences, in fixing the values
of farm lands. - -
He said the session was pro
ductive in air and water pollu
tion control, aiding community
colleges and making budget
cuts judiciously without serious
ly impairing state services.
The legislature was cautioned
not to "raid" the Veterans' fund
he said, but the $15,000,000 tak
en does not affect the ability to
loan to veterans and does not
impair the cash position of tha
program, he declared.
Mann said that $800,000,000
can be loaned in the next 10
years from the fund, and com
pared this to $551,000,000 that
has been loaned by the fund In
the nearly 20 years that it has
been operating.