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L f I R A RT u or e EUGENE, ORE Nistad Says Allowable Cut Key to Industry Growth Allow uhl rut of federal tint lT controls potential growth of the wood product liuluslrv In Kiisli-rn Oreion, Allen Mstad, Cenerul maunder of Kinzua Cor iHiraiion, told members of the lleppner-Morrow count v Cham ber of Commerce Monday. Kul despite a shortage of Iok thnt has confronted the Industry, he raid Klnua Corporation "will remain here a a ermanent In dustry with a kern Interest in the welfare of our employee and the local communities In which we operate." Mstad, who tweame general manager of the Corporation July 1, l'.Hii upon the retirement of A. B. Coleman, told of wirns of the companv'a plana for the fu ture and discussed Its present oM-rationa In his talk. Because of the pertinence of his remarks, the entire talk is printed below: As our rural population shrinks In number, we are twin? asked by all of throe friends if e are ready to expand our op eration and provide new Indus try and new Jobs lor the people who prefer to live and work in Kustern OrCKon. Most of thee peoile ore aware of our depj-nd-em-e on Forest Service tlrntwr talcs and realize that in recent years our oM-ratlons have been curtailed to mwl the allowable cut of federal timber in the area. In 11 we shut down our night shift at Kinzua, and last year we reduced our day shift operation at Kinzua from 9 to H hours. Industry Etm Smaller Logs The poti-ntlal lor expansion Ilea In a projected review of the allowable federal timber sale volume for this area. It Is hard to believe there is a shortage of logs when you cast your eyes upon solid mountain range Mauds of timber lust east of lleppner. The problem has been that the allowable cut Is bused on old growth llmlier stands and does not include the heavy stands of reproduction. This was due to Industry's Inability to use the smaller material. Faced with this continued shortage of old growth limber, operator combined with manu facturers of logging and mill machinery equipment ' devel op new lighter machinery for logging second growth tlmlxr and prxvsslng It at their plants. Planning committees on the county level have conducted re search Into the prospects for commercial thinning. Our plant at lleppner has conducted care fully controlled runs of 12" to lb" diameter logs to determine the effect on lumber grades and mill production. While our pro- ductton dropped sharply and lumber grades were reduced to common grades Instead at shop and selects. It still appears that some Improvements can be made In our sawmill to accom modate this material, and we have asked the Forest Service to consider sales of this material on the lleppner Ranger District. Bv combining material ol this type with our own stands of old growth timber and the allow able cut of federally owned old growth timber In this area, we will be able to continue our sus tained yield program and as sure continued development of our mills at lleppner and Kin zua. The Grant County planning commission has published a re port showing that for every 17,500 acres thinned, an in- (Continued on pace 8) 85th Year Number 17 u v -, v. L f -) f-' I ?.' ! ' " lt,V-VT k V 1 BPPMEM GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 20, 1968 10 Cents fO,C" :"', ) I ft '-:" SOME 200 PERSONS gathered at the Louis Carlson ranch last Wednesday at the annual State Conservation Field Day sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the John Deere Co. Carlson, chosen State Conservation Man aifter winning the county title last year, is visible at the right of the trees as he addresses the crowd from the porch of his home. (Picture courtesy East Oregonian by Virgil Hupp). Conservation Day Proves to be Perfect From any angle, it was a per fect day. That's the report on the annu al state Conservation Man of the Year Field Day which was held at the Louis Carlson ranch, 17 miles from lone in the Valby district, last Wednesday. The Carlsons, winners of the state honor after their selection for the county conservation award last year, were "perfect" hosts; the weather was "per fect;" the food was served "per fectly" by the Willows Grange with Paul and Helen Pettyjohn of lone providing for the free lunch; and everyone having anything to do with the event did a "perfect" job. This is the evaluation of those who attended, and the 200 on hand were from a wide area. They registered in the guest book from the following cities, as well as those from Morrow county: Eugene, Portland, Mc Minnville, Bellingham, Prine ville, Madras, Pendleton, The Dalles, Albany, Salem, Wenat chee, Summerville, Elgin, Was co, Amity, Asnwooa, uuiur, ne lix, Fossil, and Pilot Rock. Rodeo Adds Event For Novice Riders Novice bronc riding has been added to the list of rodeo events for the evening program on Sat urday, August 24, the rodeo com mittee announces. This event is designed for young men just starting in the sport of rodeoing, including those going to college, as at Blue Mountain Community College. This event is sanctioned by the Northwest Rodeo Association, and will have a purse to be do nated by an interested sponsor. In addition, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman of the Heppner Gazette Times will give a silver trophy buckle to the winner. Charles Daly, vice chairman of the rodeo committee, states that some of the easier bucking horses will be selected from the rodeo stock for this event. Probably a number of other towns were also represented by those who neglected to sign the book. Rain which fell the day before nicely settled the dust, and a nice bright day, with little wind, smiled on the crowd. They as sembled around the Carlsons' home about 10:30 for the open ing remarks with Bob Rietmann, president of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League, as mas ter of ceremonies. Carlson, Welbes Speak Louis Carlson gave a short ad dress of welcome and John Welbes, executive vice president of the Oregon Wheat League spoke on behalf of the Conser vation Man selection committee on behalf of Charles Forman, winner of the state award the previous year, who was unable to attend because of illness. Ralph Richards represented the Heppner Soil and Water Con servation district in a talk, and Don Robinson, representing the .Tnhn Dpprp Co.. also spoke. Bill Hulse of Dufur, pres ident ot the uregon wneai t oamio nlcn pvtpndpH his con gratulations to the Carlsons and spoke briefly. At lunch time, the buffet was spread on two tables with two lines forming, and all were (Continued on page 4) Reitan Serves Lutheran Church Mark Reitan of Richland, Wn., arrived in Heppner last week to assume pastoral duties at the Hope and Valby Luther an churches during the summer months. Reitan attended school at Cal ifornia Lutheran college in Thousand Oaks, Cal., and more recently Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., where he has completed one year of studies. He will remain in Heppner throughout the summer and is replacing the Rev. Donald Pe derson who recently moved with his family to Minnesota. Mrs. Erwin Enjoys First Part of 21 -Day Vacation in Europe "Flying is all right, but that landing sure gets me", writes Mrs. Harold (Inez) Erwin to her husband, Harold, of her flight to Frankfurt, Germany, to visit her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Clark, who are stationed there in the serv ice, i Mrs. Erwin and her 16-year-old niece, Mary Lou Erwin of Prescott, Wn., left Sunday, June 9, for a 21-day tour of Europe. The travelers left Portland Sun day morning by plane with brief stops in Seattle, New York, Newfoundland, St. Johns, across to Cork, Ireland, then over Lon don to Paris and on to Zurich, Switzerland. Mrs. Erwin writes of the smooth flight over, and she notes that the Alps are beautiful as is all of the coun try, and that Switzerland is very beautiful and very clean. Mrs. Erwin writes that Shirley and Dick are both fine. Clark has recently been promoted to Spec. 5 and the couple is mak ing plans to move to larger quarters on the base. He com pleted two years service duty last September. Parents Decide To Expand PTA, Include Students On May 27, 1968, a group of parents met in the high school cafetorium to discuss school is sues and possible methods of imnmtMntT rmr cchnol nropram. The problem of communication between parents, students, and teachers was viewed with the idea that "Communication Takes Three" parents, students, and teachers. . , A suggestion was maae to me nn-mtc tha nrnspnt PTA be expanded to the PTSA (Parents, Teacher. Student, Association) and that this organization de vote its meetings to iranK ana open discussions about prob lems of concerns, such as aca demic pressures, draft, college admissions, drinking, drugs, grading systems, popularity, sex, cars, school programs, and policies effecting student con duct. . , Eight parents agreed to serve a nrm m it tf TO npcMn Dre- liminary steps to form such an organization. On the committee are Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth, Earl Ayres, Mrs. Ernest McCabe, Mrs. Bob Jepsen, Mrs. Garry Tullis, Mrs. Bud Marshall, W. W. Wea therford and Mrs. Bud Peck. This committee ifelt that a meeting should be scheduled this summer for all parents to discuss the formation of a PTSA. In addition to this organization al meeting, the committee has prepared a questionnaire for parents and students about the revision of the student hand book. This questionnaire will be distributed at this meeting and discussions will be present ed about the present handbook and areas of revision. This meeting has been sched uled for June 26, 1968, at 8:00 p.m. in the high school cafe torium. Getting Warmer Temperature reached a new high for the season this week as the mercury hit 93 degrees on Sunday and on Tuesday with an 86 on Monday sandwiched between. Rain didn't make an appearance this week. Don Gil liam, official observer, reported that one night the temperature dropped to 38 degrees, that last wnrfnodav Official report for p rrti .erg 4 4 to ' , .A WAVING A GREETING to herald the coming of Fair and Rodeo season are- the queen and prtn cesies cf the 1S68 oyal court in Morrow county in their first group photo. In the cent" Queen Berniece Matthews ol lone. From leit are Princesses Kathy Hinton. Boardman; Marcia Jones. Heppner; Sue Greenup, Lena; and Sheila Ludani. Lexington. Nico backgrounds for photos ot the court were found at the Orville CuU'iorth and Ed LaTrace places. (G-T Photo). Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday as follows: Hi Low 72 38 70 43 74 45 82 46 93 55 86 55 93 54 Prec. Barbara Gribble Leaves by Airplane To Wed in Greece Barbara Gribble, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Grib ble, whose scheduled depart ure was somewhat delayed Monday morning, finally got off the ground on the first leg of her journey to the beau tiful capital city of Greece Athens. Barbara, whose marriage to Airman First Class Larry Mi chael Derrick of Baker was to be performed this week in the Air Force Base Chapel in Ath ens, left Pendleton at 7:30 a.m., Monday. Her original flight scheduled to leave at 6:15 a.m., developed a leak In the oil line, and a Spokane flight was re-routed to pick up Pendleton passengers bound for Portland. The late start from Pendle ton gave her approximately five minutes to disembark from one plane in Portland, collect her baggage and catch her jet flight to New York, where she had a five hour lay over. Her parents expected that she would be met in New York by Teresa Monahan who is currently there visiting rela tives. She was scheduled to arrive at her destination about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday after brief stops in Paris and Rome to take on passengers. Barbara's mother explained that baggage was not really a problem on the trip as she was allowed only a mere 33 pounds of baggage, which meant that she took few per sonal possessions. The newly married couple will remain in Greece to live for the next two years while Derrick completes his term of military duty with the secur ity police of the U. S. Air Force. At first they had plan ned to be married in July but later decided on the earlier date. , , ,, Airman Derrick attended the University of Oregon prior to entering service. He spent two years with the Air Force in Korea before being assigned to Greece. 2 New R-l Directors To Take Office July I When July 1 comes there will be two new members on the board of directors of the Mor row county school district. Dr. Wallace Wolff who was elected a director in the May 6 election will succeed Dr. L. D. Tibbies, representing the HepP; nor zone VII and Jerry recic oi Boardman will become director from zone I. Ralph Skoubo, director from Boardman for several years, ten dered his resignation at the reg- Engineer, Court On Chamber Agenda Dave Hall from the office of the State Engineer, Salem, will be the speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce Monday in the Wagon Wheel Cafe. He will speak on the pro posed Rhea Creek water proj ect. On the ensuing Monday, July 1, Queen Berniece Matthews and princesses of the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo court will be guests of the chamber with Mrs. Archie (Dimple) Munkers, chap erone, also a guest. Forest Service Sets Fire School At Tupper Center Annual fire school for the southern half of the Umatilla National Forest will be at the Tupper Work Center on the Hep pner Ranger District Monday through Thursday, June 24-27, W. S. (Sam) Miller, Heppner district ranger, announces. Some 100 men from the Dale, Ukiah and Heppner districts will take the training. These men comprise the personnel who will be working as lookouts, wardens, and other crew members for the Forest Service this summer. V. J. Hughes of Pendleton, who heads the fire Stan, win on in charge of the training and Ranger Miller and Loren Lucore, fire control officer here, are making arrangements. The Heppner district is host for the guard school and instructors come from all the districts in volved. In the past, state police have also participated in the train ing, and they have been invited to take part again, Miller said. Mrs. Elsa Leathers will once more serve as head cook for the men- . . Most of the personnel for the summer has been hired, Miller said. Majority of the men are local but some come from more distant points. Lookouts haven't taken their staions as yet, but will go on duty after the fire school. Condition of the woods is dry ing again after the recent rains dampened the forests. Miller said that lack of heavy snows during the winter kept logs and other matter from getting soaked through, so that it will not take as long to bring on hazardous fire conditions when hot weather hits full force. County Budget Aims at Economy; Some Costs Up ...... . !1 L J Although the Morrow county budget committee stressed econ omy in preparation of the 1968 69 county budget and the em phasis was to keep all non-essentials out, some costs will be up. The total tax levy will be increased by about $28,000, go ing from $318,014 to $346,137. County Judge Paul Jones said Tuesday that while the budget is within the 6 limitation and will not require a vote of the people, it is close to the 6 limit. "All offices were told to hold their requests to a minimum," the judge said. The fact that budget resour ces, other than taxes, are down by about $50,000, is a big fac tor in the increase in the tax levy. Resources for 1967-68, other than taxes, were $434,114. Those estimated for the coming year are placed at $384,682. Actually, total budget require ments and general fund require ments for the coming year are both figured at less than those for the current year. Total of all funds for 1967-68 is $723,915 as compared with $706,529 for the coming year. The general fund is down by just about $300, going to $245,514 for the coming year as against $245,831 for the current year. Highlights Given While it is difficult to write in detail of all the county de partment's expenditures, follow ing are some of the principal changes in the coming year's budget: It provides for a county water master, adding $5000 to the budget. This was approved af ter the request was made by farmers for the service. Salaries of county officials were raised on the average of 4 ,4 to 5. Several will receive raises of $300 per year, including the sheriff, from $6900 to $7200; the clerk, from $6900 to $7200; the roadmaster, $6900 to $7200; and the judge, $7800 to $8100. The county treasurer's salary has been increased to $5100 from $4500 Joyce Ritch, who has been named special assessor, will re ceive $5250 from her former sal ary as clerk of $4500. The dep uty sheriff will receive $6500, a raise of $200; and the office dep uty will receive a $100 raise, from $5000 to $5100. In addition, provision is made for a part time deputy in the north end of the county of $3000 per year. With the rising of Umatilia Lake, the county has to assume the responsibility for patrol of the lake. This re sponsibility is incurred as it re ceives a share of the state's boat licensing fund. One of the du ties of the deputy sheriff in the north end will be to help pa trol the lake. Boat Provided To prepare for this job, the county also budgeted for a boat, including $1500 in addition to S2000 that will come from the state marine fund, for a total of $3500. Patrol will not be on a full time hasU hut it is exnected that the boat will be stationed at the Boardman-Irrigon area and will be made available on short notice for emergency and rescue work. County road employees will receive a 15c per hour increase for the coming year. Custodian D. E. (Shorty) Hud son will go on semi-retirement this year but will work part time as custodian, doing sign painting for the road depart ment and other work at $2700 per year. He has been receiving $5100. Mrs. Rita Thorpe will be hired for part time work as cus todian at $2590 per year. The road department budget shows an increase of about $40,000. Some $20,000 of this is attributed to construction of the Frontage road near Highway I 80Ii" in the north end of the county, with the state reimburs ing the county $20,000 by agree ment. The road serial levy voted late last year was increased by (Continued on page 8) ular meeting in Lexington Mon- A a i nlcrht in nrripr to htt con sldfred for a custodian-bus dri ver position at Riverside. His resignation is to be effective June 30. Later at the meeting he was hired for the new po sition upon recommendation of the advisory committee, begin ning in the new budget year. Peck operates the Richfield service station at Boardman. He was recommended for the posit ion by the advisory committee in the north end of the county, and the board appointed him with the term to start July 1. In reorganizing the board for the coming year, Don McElli gott was reelected chairman, serving his second year, and Maxwell Jones was elected vice chairman. Announcement was made of the resignation of two teachers from the school system. Arnim Free man, counselor and special edu cation teacher at Heppner Ele mentary school, resigned to ac cept a position elsewhere, and Taul Herbst, coach at Riverside, resigned to take a position as counselor and head . basketball coach at Elmira. Three Vacancies Remain Supt. Ron Daniels said that only two social studies positions anA una first crrnde teaphincr DO- sition remained to be filled in Vn luinnfv Tho two In social studies are at Heppner High and Riverside, ana applications nave hsun ropplved for these positions. The first grade position is at 'ri'nipia also said that 13 ap plications have been received for the position of district clerk, from which Mrs. Alice Vance has resigned. On arrangement with the dir- . ectors, Daniels will screen the applicants to three, after which the board will choose the clerk. Considerable discussion cen tered on the street between the junior high and elementary buildings at Heppner which pos es a hazard to children crossing it. Daniels said that he had discussed the matter with May or W. C. Rosewall, who pointed (Continued on page 8) Survey Underway On Rhea Project A crew of four men started work Monday on a preliminary survey of the proposed Rhea Creek water project. Dave Hall from the State Engineer's office, Salem, has been in Heppner working on arrangements prior to the survey. The survey is funded through the Small Watersheds Act and it will seek to estimate water and sediment yield, do geological study work and check on possi ble sites tor a aam. It was expected that the crew iimniH ho hero nhnnt a week for the first part of the survey and then will return on ana on ui later periods. Sites will be checked from Sanford Canyon on up Rhea Creek, Hall said. Request lor tne study was made by interested ranchers in 1965. The Rhea Creek project is pro posed as multipurpose with irri gation, flood control, recreation anA rttV,n- Honofitc Tf SllrVPVS should determine it feasible, a water control district would even tually be formed under the brnau Watersheds Act. The government would pay all the cost for the flood control feature ano about half of that for irrigation and recreation, Hall said. Hall is scheduled to speak on the project at the luncheon meeting of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday, June 24, in tne wagon Wheel Cafe.
