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Morrow County Fair to Open Hlere Tuesday
Supt. Mankin Expects
Many Horse Show Entries
An excellent turnout of cn-1 Knsln Electric Co op., $10; Van
tries Is expected tor the annual Winkle's Motel and Chevron
jworrow county Horse bhow on Service, $15.
Friday. August 23. acrordlngto Bln Fflr., of John Day wll
Ired Mankin. who la i In i his i 20 th be the Judge again this year,
ear as superintendent of the and Howard Bryant is listed for
now' ringmaster once more. Gene
Mankin predicts a record or Pierce will be announcer and
near-record number of entries Mrs Alice Vance will be seerc-
because of the Increasing Inter- tary.
horse breeding In the
85th Year
Number 25
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The show will start at 9 a.m.
at the rodeo grounds and con
tinue throughout the day with
coniormatlon and halter class
es In the morning and perform
a nee classes In the afternoon.
The various divisions are listed
in the Morrow county fair pre
mium book.
Sponsored by
club, the show
county horses only. In addition
to the premiums offered through
the fair, many prizes have been
donated for additional incentive
to the participating owners,
Supt. Mankin has donated
two sets of saddle bags and a
stable horse blanket for the
first three places In the barrel
race.
Murrays Rexall Drug has giv
en a grazing bit and Heppner
Lumber Company, by Mary
Aiaicom, two orioles.
Other prizes donated as of
Tuesday include many
awards and gift certificates,
among mem being tne follow.
ing: Turner, Van Marter and
Bryant, $10; Bank of Eastern
Oregon. $15; Elma's Apparel,
5o and $10 gift certificates;
ners Men s wear, $13 gitt cer
nrst National Bank, $15; Gard
tificate; Dr. Jim Norene, $10;
P. W. Mahoney, $25; Columbia
Hardman Rural
Postal Service
Ends This Month
Officers of the sponsoring
wranglers are BUI Mealy, pres
ident; Donald Hough, vice pres
ident; and Mrs. Hon Currin, sec
retary. Directors include Art
Vance, Norman Nelson, Rolce
Fulleton, Bob Bergstrom and
Mankin.
Entries for the show close at
8 p.m. on Wednesday, August
21. without except on. the suoer-
me wranglers mtendent states.
is lor Morrow
Principal Sets
New Student
Registration
It seems Impossible but sum
mer is rapidly nearine to a close
and registration of all first grade
casn students and students new to
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 15, 1968
10 Cents
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the school district will begin
August 28-29, according to an
nouncement by Alan Martin.
principal.
Registration hours at the Ele
mentary school will be from 9-
12 a.m., and 1-4' p.m., both days.
Registration fees are broken
down as follows: registration
for all grades, $1; insurance
fees, all grades. $1 : towel fees
for grades five through eight,
$1; and athletic fees for grades
five through eight, fifty cents.
Ail students entering lirst
grade will be required to pre
sent a birth certificate and all
lirst and ninth grade students
must present medical and den
tal examination forms.
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Five Combines Used
To Finish Harvest
For III Neighbor
Friends and neighbors used
five combines to finish the
Job of harvesting for Dean
Hunt of Lexington last week
when he was hospitalized be
cause of a blood clot in his
leg.
Among the volunteers were
Gene Majeski, Paul Brown,
Roger and Bob Campbell, Ken
Peck and Ed Hunt. They cov
ered about 900 acres to fin
ish tiic harvest Job and haul
ed the grain to the elevator.
Hunt had started the har
vest but became ill and had
to go to the hospital. The
neighbors rallied last Thurs
day with the harvest equip
ment and finished the Job for
him.
The stricken man returned
home Saturday but is expect
ed to be confined for some
time yet.
Through the kindness of his
neighbors, he is not worried
about getting his harvest
completed.
HotL "iVfc.!?o,fiL.',Ivf KoT MANY BUSINESSES support the Morrow county Fair and Rodeo in many ways, not the least of
dents insurance lees nave been Whi-h i innntinn hi. ni. n,-i.. . nw.
Hardman rural postal station
will be closed at the end of the
business day on Friday, August
23, 1968, according to James H.
Driscoll, Heppner postmaster
.Patrons or the station will be
paid by the . district, but due
to reduction in school budget
tunds this year, parents will
pay $1, and the district will
supply matching funds by pay
ing the additional si.
Towel tees lor grades five
vide admittance for the student
into all grade school home
games.
Lunch tickets may be purch
ased at the time of registration
and cost will be the same as
previous years, daily tickets,
twenty-nve cents or $5 per
montn.
serbyslr in
MMviLe, wium nas umi eAienu- iaundry fees and towel replace-
,(?L.l"eoA5mnunusl5" "cn on ment. Athletic fees are used in
".f"yJ:S lri T'" P"t of cost of supplying equip-
.. """ ment and uniforms tor Elemen-
on the existing route, or on the tary school sports and also pro-
Since September 1, 1957, Mrs.
Marie Lesley has operated the
postal unit at Hardman as a
contract rural station for the
Post Office Department. Prior to
that date, Mrs. Lesley held the
position of postmaster at Hard
man, having been appointed to
that position in April, 1946.
During both her tenure as
postmaster and contract station
operator, the Lesleys have pro
vided space for the postal unit in
their country store. Mrs. Lesley s
decision to retire as operator of
the contract station was personal,
in order to take advantage of
certain retirement benefits.
The post office department has
decided that the erection or re
modeling of other quarters is not
feasible, and that eiticient ser
vice will b 3 provided by the Star
Koute carrier, according to Fost
master Driscoll.
which is donating prizes and trophies. This group includes some of those who are giving prizes
to tne rodeo, as well as some of the fair and rodeo officials. Standina from left are Oris Pad-
berg, Padberg Machinery, Inc.) Herman Green j Harlan McCurdy. Jr., general manager. Morrow
County Grain Growers, Inc.; Terrel Benge, representing the Heppner Elks lodge; Jim Farley, Far
ley Motor Co.; p. W. Mahoney, Mahoney and Abrams, attorneys; Mrs. Nona SowelL Klnzua Cor
poration; and Earl Avres, HeDDner Auto Bales. Inc. In front are (from left) Archie Munkers of
the rodeo committee; Paul Hisler, chairman of the fair board; John Venaid, secretary, fair com
mittee; Charley Daly, vice chairman of the rodeo committee, who is in charge of troDhies and
prizes, and Rod Murray of Murrays Hcxall Drug. The saddles pictured are two of the major priz
es, one going to the all-aound cowboy and the Other to the winner of the Morrow county ama-
Sen. Wayne Morse
Expected Monday
Senator Wayne Morse is ex
pected to arrive in Heppner
some time before noon Monday
and to remain for a visit of
three or four hours. County
Judge Paul Jones states.
Event Offers
Premiums
Of $5,500
Morrow county's 1968 Fair will
swing Its doors open wide Tues
day to greet the public at the
start of its four day stand. It will
continue with a program full of
events thiough the Morrow coun
ty horse show on Friday, August
23.
Preparations are now under
way at the fairgrounds, and
community booths and exlbits
will be going up this weekend.
All must be ready by opening
time of 9 a. m. Tuesday.
Premiums totaling $5,500 may
be paid at this year's fair, Gail
Mccarty, county extension agent,
told the Chamber of Commerce in
a "fair preview" talk Monday.
Last year a total of $4,713.63 was
paid, but Indications this year
point to more entries. The larger
sum was budgeted for premiums
this year.
FAIH PROGRAM PRINTED
ON PAGE 1. SECTION 2
Complete program' for the
Morrow county Fair is printed
in the dislay advertisement on
page 1, section 2, of this pa
per, together with other in
formation. Other fair messages are al
so included in section 2.
teur calf roping.
(G-T Photo).
Dr. Jones Chosen
Hospital Staff Head
Dr. Gerald Jones was elected
president of the medical staff
of Pioneer Memorial hospital at
the regular monthly meeting of
the staff.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo was nom
inated for the position but de
clined in favor of Dr. Jones.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies was elected
vice president and Dr. H. S. Hu
bei was chosen secretary-treasurer.
National Forest
Lands Stay Open
Lands in the National Forest
remain open to the public des
pite closure of lands under state
protection recently, Loren Lu'
core, fire control officer of the
Heppner Ranger. district, Umatil
la National Forest, said Tues
day. Many of the lands under
state protection are privately
cwned, and when fire hazard
becomes serious, private own
ers often seek closure, Lucore
explained. Since national forests
are publicly owned, closure is
necessary only when conditions
become acute.
Since the closure of state
lands, however, many have ask
ed whether they may pass
through state-protected lands to
reach the national forest areas.
Lucore said that this may be
done on county roads and main
traveled roads only, and then
for through travel only.
'Dry Storm' Sets
Fires in Forest
Three forest fires on the Hepp
ner Ranger district were started
in a "dry storm" early Tuesday
morning, Lren Lucore, lire con
trol officer reported.
The lightning started about 1
a. m., routing men to fires in the
Potamus creek area and the Lov
lett Corral area. Two were re
ported at the latter place.
The three fires were quickly
extinguished, all before reaching
one-tenth of an acre. Rain follow
ed, and "socked in" the area so
that planes could not be used to
attempt to locate more fires.
The rain brought .36 inch be
tween 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tues
day at Madison Butte, and .56
inch at Tamarack.
Businesses Give Awards,
Prizes for 1968 Rodeo
Man Hurt in Fall
David Hanna, employee of
Heppner Lumber Company, was
taken to Pioneer Memorial hos
pital Tuesday morning after he
fell from the barker at the mill.
He dropped about six feet in
the fall and struck his head on
a block of wood, according to
information from the company
management.
Hanna did not appear to be
seriously hurt, but he was
knocked unconscious and was
sent to the hospital for observation.
Trophies, prizes and awards
totaling an estimated $1300 will
be given to winners at the 1968
Morrow county rodeo, according
to Charley Daly, vice chairman
cf the rodeo, who is in charge
of trophies. Cash purses for
events in the rodeo total $1785
Heading the list of prizes
again are the two custom made
saddles. One is presented to the
champion all-around cowboy
and is donated jointly by Mor
row County Grain Growers and
Padberg Machinery, Inc., Lex
ington. The other is given by
Kinzua Corporation to the win
ner of Morrow county amateur
roninE'. Both of the beautiful
hand-tooled saddles were made
this year by Severe Bros. Sad
dlery, Pendleton.
The Morrow county all-around
cowboy will receive a leg on
the revolving three-year trophy
presented bv the Orvilie Cuts
forth family as well as a $50
cash award from the family. Sid
Britt was last year's winner of
this event.
A total of $100 in cash will
go to the winner of the Mor
row county derby, $50 of which
is donated by the Heppner Elks
lodge and $50 by P. W. Maho
ney, attorney.
Mosquitoes Wage Voracious Battle, But .
Cutsforth Brings Tot of Gold' Back from Alaska
Orvilie Cutsforth has return
ed to Heppner from a five weeks
trip in Alaska, bearing a small
"pot" of gold, but he didn't find
it at the end of a rainbow.
He got it the hard way by
painstakingly sluicing in Weise
creek after removing some four
feet of overburden with D-8 Cat
erpillars, at the same time
fighting "clouds" of hungry
mosquitoes and trying to get
around on tundra so deep and
soft that a man can't walk on
it.
The gold he brought back
some 26 ounces of it filled a
jar about the size of a jelly
g!ass. It was of high quality,
mostly small nuggets ranging
up to the size of the tip of a
man's little finger. He values
it at $2500.
He said that this type of gold
is in demand from jewelers who
will pay $100 an ounce for it,
considerably above the $32 per
ounce that one would get from
the government.
Cutsforth and two other men
ETd McCanse of La Grande and
Gary Dedest of Minneapolis,
formed a company that centers
its operations at Clary Creek
where a dredge is located. They
have taken leases on 700 acres
of land for the gold operation.
The community of Clary Creek
consists of a number of tar pa
per shacks around the dredge,
which was brought in during
the winter of 1941 when the
ground was frozen, eliminating
the problem of battling the soft
tundra. A man ran the dredge
for 16 years before giving up
the operation.
Weise creek is over the moun
tain from Clary Creek, perhaps
10 miles, and the only way they
made it there was by hooking
two D-8 Cats together and work
ing 16 hours to get there.
An airstrip was built with the
Cats on which to land their
light planes.
Cutsforth reported on his ven
ture at the Chamber of Com
merce meeting Monday. He said
that one day reached 104 de
grees and another was 98 de
grees. Mosquitoes Bad
"It would be a pretty terrible
country to be in alone," he
said. The mosquitoes are vor
acious and will cover a man's
arms while he is working. Re
pellent is essential.
In entering the country, the
men are required to carry sur
vival kits and mosquito "dope".
If they had to make an emer
gency landing with their plane,
a person would live only three
or four days without the sur
vival kit, Cutsforth said.
An emergency radio is also
an essential item. He had one
that would send an SOS for 24
hours and carry for a distance
cf 200 miles.
Without the tundra,- the mos
quitoes and the heat they ex
perienced, the country is "oth
erwise pleasant and good," the
Heppner man said. He was im
pressed with "hundreds of mil
lions" of acres of grass stand
ing three feet high.
"There is a potential for
thousands millions of
steers," he said. Eighty percent
of the land is covered with
grass.
In flying back to Bettles from
Kiana, located in the north
western part of Alaska, Cuts
forth and his wife and daugh
ter, who had flown up to meet
him, covered 440 miles and
crossed about 50 forest fires.
Some 1200 men were said to
be fighting one of the fires
which was burning in spruce.
These trees average only about
five inches in diameter even
though the trees are about 200
vears old. Cutsforth wondered
why they are worth the effort
of saving.
'They are good only for log
cabins," he said. Hundreds of
unfought forest fires have oc-
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The "hard luck" cowboy again
will receive fine consolation in
the prizes given by Jack Saul
of the New York Store, Pendle
ton. A Bailey fur felt hat will
be given each day to the cow
boy who is judged to have been
victim of the poorest luck.
Second place finisher In the
Morrow county amateur roping
will receive a gift certificate for
a pair of handmade boots from
Heppner Lumber Company. For
a number of years this has
been donated by Del Brown of
Pendleton, but illness has pre
vented him from making the of
fer this year. Heppner Lumber
Co. kindly offered to give the
prize.
Third place finisher in the
amateur roping will receive a
gift certificate from Gardner's
Men's Wear, Heppner.
The Wagon Wheel, with Mr.
and Mrs. Ron Palmer as new
owners, will give a pair of spurs
for first place in bull riding.
Severe Bros, of Pendleton is giv
ing a set of bareback rigging
for first place in bareback riding.
First place bulldogger will re
ceive a silver buckle from Cor
nett Green Feed, and first place
winner in saddle bronc riding
will receive a pair of chaps
from Heppner Auto Sales, Inc.
Twenty-five dollars in cash
will go to the winner of the
girls' barrel racing from Mur
rays Rexall Drug, and Jim far-
lev of Farlev Motor Co. will
give a trophy to the winner of
the flag race.
Herman Green will present a
trophy buckle to the winner of
the Wranglers cow riding, and
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Sherman of
The Gazette-Times will give a
trophy buckle to the winner of
the novice bronc riding, new
event this year.
Most of the trophies are now
on display in the window of
Gardner's Men's Wear.
Purses for the rodeo, as an
nounced by John Venard, sec
retary, are as follows: Saddle
bronc riding, $250; calf roping,
S10O; bull riding, $175; cow
milking, $100; bulldogging,
$100; bareback riding, $175;
wild horse race, $100; OBRA
girls' barrel racing, $100; Mor
row county registered quarter!
horse race, $100; Morow county
dtby, 34 mile, $100; team rop
ing. $100: quarter-mile open
race, $t0; flag race, $100; other
races $235.
In addition, there will be a
$50 donated prize for novice
bronc riding.
NON-MEMBERS INVITED
WITH RESERVATIONS
Non-members of the Cham
ber of Commerce are invited on
a "dutch-treat" basis to the
luncheon Monday at which
Sen. Morse will speak as long
as space is available, Wes
Sherman, Chamber president
said.
Those non-members wishing
to attend must make reservat
ions by Friday at 6 p.m. by
calling Sherman at the Gazette-
Times. The meal will
cost $1.50 per plate. Since only
a limited number can be ac
commodated, those wishing to
hear the senator are urged to
make reservations immediate
ly. Chamber members do not
need to make reservations.
Announcement was made last
week of the forthcoming ap
pearance of Oregon's senior sen
ator, contingent on the possibil
ity that a change of plans may
be necessary because of the im
pending Democratic National
Conveniion in Chicago. However,
as of Tuesday no information
had been received cancelling
the visit, and so the senator is
still expected.
It is expected that he will
visit various persons prior to
luncheon Monday and at the
noon meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce will be speaker. For
about an hour after the lunch
eon he will visit with the coun
ty court and others about proj
ects planned in the area.
'There have been more pre-
registrations than ever," he said.
There is a 40 increase In comm
unity booths; there will be more
home economics demonstrations:
and more livestock is expected.
it isn t just farmers that ex
hibit now," McCarty said, point
ing out how the fair has expand
ed to include arts and crafts,
Children's Corner, Collector's
Corner, more interest for home-
makers, and features of interest
for young and old in all walks of
life.
New this year is the sponsor
ship of the canning contest by
tne Ball company with fruit jar
prizes offered. Back again after
a year's absence is the Thursday
evening dinner being sponsored
for the public by the Rhea Creek
Grange.
The 4-H Snack Shack will op
erate throughout the duration of
the fair, offering food and re
freshment for all.
Many annual popular features
are back the Style Revue, the
Pet Show, the Pig Scramble,
Livestock Auction, Cake Baking
Contest and others.
After the fair concludes on
Friday, August 23, the events of
the rodeo will swing into action,
starting with a dance Friday
night at 9:30 p. m. with music by
the Henchmen.
The Big Street Parade will take
place in downtown Heppner at 10
a. m. Saturday, August 24, and
the first rodeo performance will
be at 1:15 the same day. Evening
show will follow at 8 p. m. Sat
urday, and the Saturday night
dance will start at 10 p. m. with
music bv the Shamrock Trio of
The Dalles and featuring Joe Mc-Connel.
Wranglers Cowboy breakfast
will start the day right Sunday,
beginning at 7 a. m., ana tne
finals of the Rodeo will conclude
the weekend Sunday afternoon at
1:30.
'Happening '68'
Style Revue Theme
There's going to be a hap
pening at the Morrow County
fair this year its the Style Re
vue with the theme "Happen
ing '68".
Wednesday evening, August
21, at 8:00, the Style Revue stage
in the Little League field will
be filled with many lovely girls
showing the articles they have
made this year in 4-H. The nar
rator for the show is Jean
Stockard. Decorations for the
stage are being done by the
Empire Builders 4-H club.
Part of the entertainment pro
vided will feature Queen Ber
tiiece Matthews and her court,
consisting of Sue Ellen Green
up, Sheila Luciani, Marcia
Jones and Kathy Hinton.
With all the beautiful fash
ions and entertainment, too, the
Style Revue is an event at fair
that shouldn't be missed.
Ahf Raindrops!
The week brought .34 inch of
rain with .08 falling Saturday
evening and .26 Tuesday, Don
Gilliam, weather observer, re
ports. Temperature Tuesday was
the coolest for some time, drop
ping to a maximum of 71. Com
plete report for the week is as
follows:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Hi
86
98
91
92
91
86
71
Low
50
52
60
66
60
57
56
Prec.
.08
26
4-H Demonstrations
Tuesday, Thursday
An event especially attractive
to young 4-H members or pros
pective members at the Morrow
County Fair each year is tne
4-H demonstration contest.
In this contest, 4-H members
stand up before an audience
and show and tell the "how and
why" of a skill related to their
4-H project. Home economic
members might explain how to
make a cake, the use of honey
in meals, how to press clothes,
the making of flower arrange
ments, or many other topics.
Agricultural members might
demonstrate how to build a pig
feeder, how to fit a lamb for
show, how to saddle a horse,
how to feed a steer, or other re
lated subjects.
Any demonstration, regard
less of topic, provides the 4-H
demonstrator the experience of
sharing his knowledge with
others by preparing his talk,
using visual aides, and answer
ing questions from the audience.
The agricultural demonstra
tions begin at 3:30 p.m. Tues
day, August 20, on the west
end of the show barn.
The home economic demon
strations begin at 1:00 p.m.,
Thursday, August 22, in the fair
annex. The public is invited.
Oiling to Close
Bull Prairie Week
Bull Prairie Recreation Area
and Forest Road S-542 from
State Highway 207 to Bull
Prairie will be closed to all use
from 8:00 a.m. on Monday, Aug
ust 19, 1968, through 5.00 p.m.,
Friday, August 23, Wright T.
Mallery, forest supervisor, an
nounces. This closure will facil
itate road oiling operations de
signed to improve road surfaces
in the campground and access
road.