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Chamber
To Request
Waysides
Possibility of establishing
highway waysides on the Wil
low Creek highway and the
Highway 207 to Horml.ston Is
being investigated by the Hepp-ner-Morrow
county Chamber of
Commerce as a result of work
done by Its parks and recrea
tion committee of which Orvllle
Cutsforth is chairman.
The Chamber Monday voted
unanimously to ask the high
way department to consider es
tablishing a wayside on each
route. The action came after
Cutsforth reported on a commit
tee meeting held last week. He
moved that the highway depart
ment be contacted.
Cutsforth said that there Is a
site near Cecil in a Juniper grove
that would make a good loca
tion for the rest area on the
Willow Creek highway, and said
that the one on the Hermlston
highway might be located two
or three miles this side of the
Umatilla county line.
He pointed but that travelers
crossing Morrow county have
some 50 miles to go without any
public rest stop available. He
proposed that state help be en
listed to set up the waysides
with rest rooms, picnic tables
and other facilities. The commit
tee chairman also pointed out
that hunters who use the areas
in the north have no place for
their campers and outfits.
Also in the report, Cutsforth
said that Morrow county has
only eight trailer camp spaces,
Sherman county has 22, Umatil
la county 122 and Wasco county
368.
"We have a long ways to go,"
he said.
Cutsforth said that the com
mittee felt the waysides should
now be No. 1 on their phase of
the development program. Work
is progressing through the
county on fish impoundments in
the mountains, and Cutsforth
said that "things are so fluid
on this right now" that nothing
was recommended. The Chamber
has long pressed for the estab
lishment of the reservoirs In the
mountains. - .
The chairman said that at the
committee meeting last week
virtually all members were pres
ent, and they had a lively dis
cussion about plans for the fu
ture. Serving with Cutsforth are
Jack VanWinkle, Glen Ward, L.
L). TiDDies, uene orwicK, L. k
Dick, and W. S. (Sam) Miller.
84th Year
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 1, 1968
10 Cents
At""
Christmas Seal
Campaign Lagging
Behind Last Year
The Eastern Oregon Region of
the Oregon Tuberculosis and
Health Association's 1968 Christ
mas Seal Campaign is running
slightly behind last . year s re
suits in returns so far, Mrs. Mar
eel Jones, president of the Mor
row County Council of the Ore
gon TB and Health Association.
states.
Receipts as of January 9, were
$20,061.70, she said, compared
with $20,389.77 at the same date
a year ago.
"The campaign still has a
way to go," Mrs. Jones said,
"and we earnestly hope that the
people of Morrow county, who
have supported our work so
loyally in the past, will Una
time in the next few days to an
swer their Christmas Seal ap
peals. With so much remaining
to be done in the struggle to
wipe out TB and to control otn-
er respiratory diseases, we feel
confident that every family will
want to renew its annual Christ
mas Seal contribution which
helps make this work possible."
The Morrow County Christmas
Seal Council president, Mrs.
Jones added, is looking forward
to an intensification of its work
in the field of prevention, de
tection and patient care in the
respiratory diseases, ranked by
the Public Health Service as
number one among disablers in
the United States.
"To make such a program
successful," she said, "the need
for funds is greater than ever
before."
Morrow county residents who
received Christmas Seals in 1967
are asked to send donations to
the OTHA, 830 Medical Arts
Building, . Portia n d, Oregon
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Judge Kaye Supports
Mental Health Clinics
DEWEY WEST. Boardman, of the Morrow county Port Commis
sion will appear with the panel of port commissioners at the
annual meeting of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation
district in the Lexington Grange Hall Tuesday night at 7:30.
They will discuss contemplated developments.
Port Panel to Appear
At Conservation Meet
Annual meeting of the Hepp
ner Soil and Water Conserva
tion district . will be Tuesday,
February 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Lexington Grange Hall, and pro
gram highlight of the evening
will be a presentation by the
five commissioners of the Mor
row County Port Commission.
Apperaing as . a panel, they
will discuss the possibilities of
a thermal nuclear plant, in com
bination with an irrigation pro
ect. Speculation about such a
plant, as a possibility for the
north end of the county has
been talked widely in recent
months. The plant would be
used for generation of power,
and water coming from the
plant In large quantities could
be used for irrigation, according
to those interested in the possi
bilities.
Participating on the panel
will be Dewey West of Board-
man, Gar Swanson of lone, Os
car Peterson of lone, Larry
Lindsay of Lexington and Dick
Krebs of Cecil, all commissioners.
They will also report on his
tory of the commission, its fi
nances and what is contemplat
ed for the future.
A film on Irrigation, from the
Union Pacific Railroad, will al
so be shown as a program highlight.
In the business session of the
24th annual meeting three su
pervisors will be elected. Terms
of Roger Palmer and Vernon
Munkers are expiring, and the
term of Dick McElligott also
comes up for election because
he was appointed recently to re
place W. C. Rosewall, who re
signed. As an appointee, McEl
ligott serves only until the next
election.
Financial report and annual
report will be given at the meet
ing. , . i
Raymond French, chairman of
the board of supervisors, will
preside at the meeting.
Refreshments will be served
at the conclusion with the com
pliments of the soil conservation
district.
Annual report of the district,
together with other features and
pictures, is printed on pages 2
and 3 of section 2 of this pa
per.
The district stresses that this
is a public meeting and the
public is not only invited to at
tend, but all those interested in
conservation and development
of the county are urged to be
present.
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JUDGE HENRY KATE
Skiing to Resume;
Foot of Snow Falls
Arbuckle Mountain ski
course will be operated both
Saturday and Sunday, it was
announced by the - directors
Wednesday morning.
Loren Lucore of the Forest
Service and Ed Dick reported
that 12 inches of new snow
have fallen at the course over
the solid pack beneath. The
course is getting in good ski
ing condition again.
It was closed last week-end
when warm weather had melt
ed some of the snow. The
course is open from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. with tow operating.
Circuit Judge Henry Kaye of
Pendleton, speaking before the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce at its Monday
luncheon meeting, stressed the
need for mental health clinics
In Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. He told of work being done
now bv a committee towards es
tablishing the clinics and said
that he hopes that the two
counties can work out a dual
arrangement for them, sharing
the cost on a formula basis.
Umatilla county, because of its
much greater population, would
carry the bulk or tne cost.
The community clinics, which
would be designed for outpa
tient care, would give Immed'
iate help and assistance when
needed. i
Thev would serve such pur
poses as: 1. Child guidance and
counselling. 2. Counselling
adults on marital ana domestic
problems 3. Working on prob
lems of alcoholics. 4. Work with
mentally retarded persons and
help the families from which
thev come. f
"They won't eliminate state
hospitals," Judge Kaye said.
"Unfortunately they can never
be eliminated."
He pointed out, however, that
areas which now have mental
health clinics have cut their
commitments to the state hospi
tal by as much as 50 of the
previous number of patients.
During 1967 there were 499
committed to the state hospital
in Pendleton by the courts. Pa
tients came from as far west
as Hood River and from as far
east as the Idaho line. Umatilla
county had 240 persons com
mitted, but Morrow county had
only six.
Judge Kaye pointed out the
stigma that unfortunately had
been associated with the old
state institutions.
. Until 1947, Rts.te-laws reierred
to the- procedure of committing
a person as that of committing
one "insane." In 1947, this was
changed to "mentally diseased."
In 1949, it was changed again,
and an individual to be commit
ted now is termed "mentally ill."
"At the state hospitals today,
one shocking thing is to see the
number of young people there,
Darticularlv Bins. 17 to Is, ana turns ho filed h Mmh 5 Hnw
23-24," the judge said. He felt ever, returns have been very
President's Budget
Includes $29,000
For Willow Project
If the decision comes down,
this will mean that every com
munitv must arrange to deal
with the problem, he said, lndl
catine that mental health clin
ics might provide part ot tne
answer.
Judce Kave. who served on
the district court bencn in fen
dleton since 1960. was appoint
ed circuit iudge in July, 1967,
bv Governor Tom McCall after
the legislature provided tor a
second circuit court Iudge in the
Morrow-Umatilla county district.
The appointment was only
until the next election, and
Judge Kaye is seeking election
to the position this year.
Personal Property
Filing Time Here
Personal property returns of
Morrow county taxpayers should
be filed as soon as possible, As
sessor Rod Thomson said Tuesday.
State law requires that the ro-
that early marriages may be a
factor causing mental break
downs in some of the girls, since
some become mothers of large
families in a few years before
they are ready for the load and
responsibilities.
Judge Kaye said that the com
mittee, on which Dr. Wallace
Wolff of Heppner and Ron Dan
iels, Morrow county school su
perintendent, also serve, plans
to approach the Umatilla county
budget committee tnis spring in
the hope of "getting something
started."
Some government matching
funds are available to help fi
nance the clinics.
Also in his talk, the judge
touched on the "serious situa
tion" developing with the in
creasing use of drugs among
young people.
He called attention, too, to tne
fact that a Supreme Court de
cision is expected soon to pro
vide that an alcoholic cannot be
arrested and jailed but rather
that this condition be treated
as an illness.
slow coming in. and earlier fil
ing will expedite the work of
the assessor's office.
"It hampers our work when
they are slow," Thomson said.
"It throws us too far behind in
our work."
A penalty is provided for late
filing (after March 2), but
Thomson said that he is hoping
that all will be on time so it
will not be necessary to impose
the penalty.
Inventory owners (including
all those owning livestock) will
again be eligible for some re
duction of property tax this year
if the return is filed on time.
The law does not permit the
assessor to allow the reduction
in inventory value for tax re
lief under certain circumstances
when the personal property re
port is not accurately prepared
or is filed after March 2.
Any person who has not had
an opportunity to report by mail
or personal contact may obtain
the forms at the office of the
assessor.
President Lyndon Johnson's
proposed budget for 1968 lists
S29.00O for the Bureau of Kec
lnmatlon to use on investiga
tion and survey of the Willow
Creek prelect in Morrow county
and $11,300 for the Bureau for
surveying the Columbia South
Side project, it was learned
Tuesday after the budget was
released.
The $29,000 for the Willow
project is in addition to $51,000
appropriated last year.
This was confirmed bv Coun
tv Judge Paul Jones when he
called the office of Congressman
Al Ullman in Washington, D. C.
Tuesday morning after reading
an excerpt of the budget.
The ludge was unable to reach
Cong. Ullman but talked to his
adm nlstratlve assistant, Kon
Ahem, who assured him that
the $29,000 is in addition to the
$51,000 approved last year. The
Bureau of Reclamation is mvoiv.
el onlv in the irrigation fea
ture of the proposed Willow
Creek dam project, otner phas
es of its multipurpose use are
the responsibility of the Army
Corps of Engineers with some
help from local agencies.
Ahem told Judge Jones that
Morrow county need not be con
cer.:d, that the Willow Creek
project will eventually be a re
ality, since it has been author
ized by Congress. He said that
the Vietnam war is delaying
the appropriation for the proj
ect, as it is for many other proj
ects. The administrative assistant
said that there is considerably
more stress put on- the Vietnam
war in Washington, D. C, than
many people across the nation
realize.
Ahem suggested that he felt
something could be accomplish
ed towards the Willow Creek
project if the county sent a rep
resentative to appear at the Sen
ate and House in late April or
May of this year to point out
the need. He said that the Con
gressman's office would assist
in setting up the appearances
at committee hearings.
There has been some question
about how the $51,000 appropri
ated to the Bureau of Reclama
tion last year for the Willow
Creek project has been used.
Judge Jones said that he plans
Mothers' March
Across County
Nets mi Total
Mothers' March held Wednes
day, January 24, netted a total
of $722.10 to aid in combatting
birth defects through the Nat
ional Foundation. Mrs. Len Ray
Schwarz, county March of Dimes
chairman, announced Tuesday.
The amount received was
about the same as that netted
in last year's Mothers' March,
she said.
By towns, the breakdown on
the proceeds is as follows:
Heppner, $419.10; lone, $206;
Lexington, $25; and Irrigon and
Boardman, $72.
"The local chapter of the Nat
ional Foundation March of
Dimes would like to thank all
the mothers who took part in
the Mothers' March," Mrs.
Schwarz said.
She added that special thanks
should be extended to Mrs. Ann
Griffith, Mrs. Donna Bergstrom,
Mrs. Patty Kincaid and Mrs.
Cherry Hermann who did the
work of organizing the march.
Mrs. Schwarz also extended
special appreciation to the Riv
erside High school National
Honor Society for conducting
the march in Irrigon and Board-man.
to contact the bureau to see
what has been done,
Potential water users of the
Willow Creek project organized
a district some time ego as a
preliminary step towards culmi
nation of the project. They will
work through the Bureau of Rec
lamation on this feature ot the
multipurpose project
As to the $11,300 appropriat
ed for the Columbia South Sido
study, Ahem said that he felt
this was oiic of the "very sig
nificant items" In the budget
for the Northwest. It is concern
ed with the possibility of Bur
eau Irrigation projects along the
south side of the Columbia Riv
er, embracing several counties,
Including Morrow.
Bank of EO Notes
Gains in 1967;
Dividends Paid
Deposits of the Bank of East
ern Oregon Increased a half
million dollars during 1967 and
earning assets increased about
$400,000, Gene Pierce, president,
reported at the 23rd annual
meeting of the stockholders of
the bank in Arlington on Wed
nesday, January 17.
Pierce reported the gains when
he presented the report of the
bank s directors.
A total of $15,000 was distrib
uted to the stockholders on De
cember 15 in the form of a div
idend of $10 per share declared
to stockholders of record on De
cember 1. In addition to the div
idends declared, about $50,000
was added to the bank's reserves
and undivided profit.
Of the 1500 shares of stock
outstanding, 1017 were repre
sented by proxy or shares own
ed by the 35 stockholders pres
ent at the meeting.
The present directors, John W.
Krebs, D. L. Lemon, Karl P. Hoag
and Dave Childs, ail oi Arling
ton; Arthur A. Allen of Board
man; Gar Swanson of lone; R.
B. Ferguson, Howard Bryant and
Gene Pierce, all oi Heppner,
were reelected for the coming
vear.
Childs was elected chairman
of the board and Hoag was
elected vice chairman. Pierce
was reelected president and Bill
Siewert was reelected vice-president
and cashier.
James F. Green was reappoint
ed assistant cashier and mana
ger of the Arlington office and
Veldon Robinson was reappoint
ed assistant cashier of that of
fice. Marion C, Green and Larry
F. Prock were reappointed as
sistant cashiers of the Heppner
and lone offices.
Chamber Committees Aim at Development
Candidates File
or Local Offices
CHILLY WEEK
Weather report for the week
of January 24 to 30 as compiled
by Don Gilliam, official observ
er, is as follows
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday
Hi Low Prec.
61 32
41 25
36 26
26 12
27 14
28 14 .
45 19 tr.
See Section 2
Pages 2 and 3
For
ANNUAL
CONSERVATION
REPORT
Ernest Jorgensen, Irrigon, jus
tice of the peace for the sixth
district in Morrow county, has
filed for reelection, according to
Sadie Parrish, Morrow county
clerk.
John R. (Dick) Krebs of Cecil
also filed for reelection as port
commissioner. Both will be on
the nonpartisan ballot in the
primary since the port commis
sioners were changed this year
to nonpartisan offices.
Previous filings include Wal
ter Hayes, Boardman, for reelec
tion as county commissioner;
Sadie Parrish, for reelection as
county clerk; Sylvia McDaniel,
for reelection as county treas
urer; Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman,
also for reelection; John Molla-
han. Democratic candidate for
sheriff; and Lowell Gribble, for
election as justice of the peace,
6th district, a position in which
he is now serving by appointment.
Deadline for candidates' filing
for the primary election Is not
until March 19. The election will
be May 28.
With the many projects in the
county underway for progress
and development, committee as
signments in the Heppner-Mor
row county Chamber of Com
merce for 1968 have been made
with a view towards helping
promote these projects, Wes
Sherman, president, announces.
The development committee
has been broken into five sep
arate committees, each with
specific areas for consideration.
Herman Winter, immediate past
president, is general chairman
of the development committee
and will coordinate the activi
ties of the five.
The countywide development
committee, with County Judge
Paul Jones as chairman. Is con
cerned with impending develop
ments jn the north end of the
county, planning to offer assist
ance with projects of the Port
Commission, and it will be con
cerned with contemplated de
velopment of irrigation projects
tnrougnout the county, with
roads and highways and schools
included m its scope. On this
committee with Judge Jones are
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., Gene Win
ters, Ron Daniels, Harry O'Don
neU, Dewey West. Gar Swanson.
Maxwell Jones and OrviUe Cutsforth.
A second committee will work
in the area of parks, recreation.
wildlife, and fish impound
ments with OrvUle Cutsforth as
chairman. Of immediate interest
is the culmination of the project
for development of fish im
poundments at Kelly and Pen
land Prairies. Arbuckle Mount
ain ski area, county parks, pro
motion of Willow Creek golf
course, and other recreational
developments are within the
scope of this committee. Serving
with Cutsforth are Jack Van
Winkle, Glen Ward, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, Gene Orwick, L. E.
Dick and W. S. (Sam) Miller.
A third development commit
tee points towards industrial de
velopment and is aimed at help
in a attract industry, promotion
of existing industry and dealing
with industrial relations. On
this committee are Harley
Youne. chairman: Bruce Mai-
com. Nona Sowell. John Venard,
Kon BisnoD. ris wrisu, onu
Dale Slusher of Pendleton.
Heppner's municipal and bus
iness development committee, of
which Gene Pierce is chairman,
has as its aim to bring more
retail businesses to the city, to
fill vacant commercial spaces,
to encourage expansion and de
velopment of existing business
es, and to work as a liaison with
the city council on municipal
improvements. Committee mem
bers are W. C. Rosewall, Jerry
Sweeney, Clint McQuarrie, Jim
Farlev. Rod Murray. R. G. Mc-
Murtry, and Lowell Gribble.
Fifth development committee
is a special one concerned with
the proposed Willow Creek dam
project. This committee will
seek to continue pressing for
the culmination of the project,
which has been authorized by
Congress but is awaiting appro
priation of funds. Judge Jones
is chairman of this committee
and members are W. C. Rose
wall, Herb Hynd and L. E. Dick
Several other new committees
have been added this year. An
inter-community relations com
mittee will be concerned with
broadening the scope of the
Chamber's activities to work
with Chambers of Commerce in
other cities and to promote co
operation with other organiza
tions in the countv in support
of their projects which benetit
Morrow county s development.
Chairman of this committee is
Judge Oscar Peterson, and mem
bers are R. G. (Pete) McMurtry,
Ron Daniels, Ron Bishop, Sher
iff C. J. D. Bauman and Gene
Pierce.
A special events committee
will seek to promote small con
ventions, meetings and activi
ties which bring visitors here.
It will seek ways of welcoming
these Deople to the community.
LeRoy Gardner is chairman of
this committee, and members
are Bill Hust, Jim Driscoll, Lynn
Pearson, Frank Turner, Bud
Peck and Bruce Malcom.
Appointments to regu lar
standing committees are as fol
lows: YOUTH ACTIVITIES Rev.
Dirk Rinehart, chairman; Dick
Carpenter, Dr. L. D. Tibbies, Rob
ert Abrams, Rev. Melvin Dixon,
Gail McCarty, LaVerne Van
Marter.
PROGRAM Avon Melby,
chairman; Al Martin, Dale
Slusher, Gene Winters.
AWARDS-RECOGNITION
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., chairman;
Dr. Wallace Wolff, Jerry Swee
ney, Ed Gonty, Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo.
MERCHANTS Bill Hust,
chairman; Ed Gonty, Kod Mur
ray, Elma Harshman, Clint Mc
Quarrie, LeRoy Gardner, Ran-
dall Peterson, Earl Ayres, Jack
VanWinkle, L. E. Dick, Mary
Van Blokland, Grace Buschke,
Alice Hastings, Rita Hedman, Jo
Pettyjohn.
AGRICULTURE Larry Lind
say, chairman; Harlan McCurdy,
Jr., Jim Farley, John Venard,
Frank Anderson, Oscar Peterson,
Dick Wilkinson, Jack Hynd.
MEMBERSHIP-ATTENDANCE
im Follensbee, chairman;
Frank Turner, Herman Winter,
Jerry Sweeney, Norman Supple,
Elma Harshman.
TAXATION-LEGISLATION
Judge Paul Jones, chairman;
Ron Daniels, Herman Winter,
Robert Abrams, Robert Jepsen,
i
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Burglars Get $80
At Heppner High;
Safe Holds Firmly
Burglars who entered Hepp
ner High school either late
Thursday night or early Friday
morning of last week tailed in
an attempt to break into the
safe, but they took some $80
from the office.
They also took some money
from the pop machine, having
found the key in ransacking the
office.
An attempt had been made to
drill the safe with no success,
State Police Officer Curtis Culp
and City Officer Bert Corbin
said. They also attempted to en
ter the safe by chiseling through
the side. They made a hole in
the plaster but gave up when
they hit the concrete wall.
The prowlers jimmied several
doors in the school, and they
went through the gymnasium
and dressing rooms, the otticers
said. . However, no malicious
vandalism' was noticed other
than the damage done in forc
ing the doors and the attempt
to enter the safe.
The $80 consisted of money
collected for various student and
faculty funds.
Investigation on the entry
was being continued this week
by local officers and school authorities.
Auditorium Closed
At Elementary School
Auditorium section of the
Heppner elementary gym will
be closed from now until the
end of the school year for spec
tator events. Alan Martin, prin
cipal of the school, has an
nounced. All plaster was remov
ed from the ceiling early this
month after large portions had
fallen endangering children in
the school.
The gymnasium' part may
still be rented, but the specta
tor section is "off limits" for
the rest of the year.
Repair work on the ceiling;
may be done during the sum
mer if funds are made avail
able, but plans now are uncer
tain, according to Martin.