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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.