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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 22, 1968
Morse Pledges Support on Projects
Leaders Confer
On Dam Plan,
Kelly Prairie
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"DONT REMEMBER ME. DO YOU?" says Frank Turner (right) to Senator Wayne Morse here
Monday as County Judge Paul Jones enjoys U19 conversation and Wright Mallery, supervisor.
Umatilla National Forest watches. Frank, sometimes known as "Mr. Heppner." was teasing
the senator, who has the reputation for a remarkable memory, after having met him 12 or 15
years ago. The senator remembered Turner but couldn t recall his name. (G-T Photo)
No 'Divine' Instruction' 'From Heaven' -
Senator Decries 'Military Lifeline';
Hits 'Fund Impoundment' Practice
"Our nation cannot set up a
military lifeline around the
world and survive."
So said Senator Wayne Morse
in a talk before some 00 mem
bers and guests of the Heppner
Morrow county Chamber of
Commerce at a luncheon meet
ing here Monday.
Pressed to attend the meeting
of the Democratic Dlatform com
mittee prior to the national con
vention, he nevertheless kept his
appointment here and delayed
his flight to wasnmgton, u. u,
by a day.
In his flowing articulate man
ner, Senator Morse covered lo
cal proposed projects with some
thing of a progress report, talk
ed of domestic issues, and spur
red by questions, touched on
political and international mat
ters. His comment on the 'military
lifeline' came as a result of a
question.
"I opposed from the begin
ning the Dulles policy, based on
a military lifeline policy," he
said.
Continuing, the senior senator
declared, "We can't militarily
contain China without going to
war with China, and we would
be in that war 20 years.
Nuclear Course Denounced
"If we dropped nuclear bombs
on Peking today, we would be
dying by the thousands on the
west coast within 10 to 30 days,"
he said, in denouncing those
who take the "tough" attitude
of attacking such nations with
nuclear bombs. Prevailing winds
would bring the fallout over the
west coast here.
"We have to get it out of our
heads that we have some divine
instruction from heaven to fight
wherever communism rears its
ugly head."
As to the coming convention,
Senator Morse said that there
is no doubt that Eugene Mc
Carthy has more popular sup
port of the people not dele
gates than Humphrey.
"I shall support whoever the
party brings out," he said.
The senior senator said that
he doesn't believe McGovern
nac a chance.
He charged that the purpose
of the Paris peace talks, con
trary to administration public
ity, was not to stop the Viet
nam war but to work out pro
cedural conduct with Vietnam
while multi-lateral negotiations
took place.
Asked about his attitude on
gun control, the senator was ve
hement, pointing out that he
voted against gun control three
times.
"I will vote against the Dodd
bill and against the Tydings
bill," he declared.
Currently his mail is running
5 to 1 in favor 01 federal con
trol, but added, "I'm not going
to vote for control just for po
litical reasons."
The senator could give little
encouragement on a farm bill.
"I think what's left of it may
pass," he said, adding that
amendments will make it a
"watered down" version of the
original.
In discussing the Willow
Creek project here, he said, "We
battled a long time to get the
authorization bill through in
1965," and added that the im
portant thing is to "get that
tirst spadeful of dirt turned ov
er."
Once construction of a proj'
ect such as this is started, it
is always completed, Morse as
serted.
'Al Ullman and the whole
Oregon delegation deserve equal
credit" for work done to date
on the project in Washington,
the senator said.
Delegation United
"On the Oregon delegation
there are no Republicans and
no Democrats when it comes to
problems in the district," he de
clared. When some problem
comes up, the Oregon delega-
Jim Barneft Files
Sheriff Petitions
Jim Barnett, currently mayor
of lone, will be a candidate for
sheriff in the November gen
eral election, running as an in
dependent. This was assured last week
when he turned in petitions,
bearing some 300 names to Mrs.
Sadie Parrish, Morrow county
clerk. He needed the names of
cnly 105 registered voters to be
eligible for filing as an inde
pendent candidate.
'The response that I received
from the public on the petitions
was overwhelming," he said.
The candidate will be oppos
ed by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman,
incumbent and sheriff here for
many years, Republican; and
by John Mollahan, present
Heppner police officer, who won
the Democratic nomination in
the primary election. Sheriff
Bauman was unopposed on the
Republican ticket.
Hon holds a meeting and one
is chosen to "run interference"
with whatever agency is involv
ed. The rest back him up, but
the spokesman speaks for the
entire delegation. -
This year the delegation ask
ed for $225,000 which the Army
Corps of Engineers requested for
the Willow Creek project.
"Most years we would have
gotten some of it," the senator
said. "This year no one got any.
There were no new starts this
year. Last year there were nine
new starts in the nation, and
Oregon got three of them."
Senator Morse said that Ore
gon Is third in the nation on
money spent on public works
projects on a per capita basis.
To Try Next Year
"We re lying in wait for the
first supplemental (budget) by
March or the last of February
and will recommend that Wil
low Creek be included that will
be our next crack at it," the
senator said, and again added,
I cannot stress too much the
lob that Al Ullman has been
doing on this."
As to the Kelly Prairie proj
ect, he said, "On my sworn oath,
I nave read every word 01 the
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Heppner Property
Reappraisal Set
Reappraisal of all assessable
real property within the City of
Heppner will begin Monday,
August 26, Bill Johnson, ap
praiser, announces. This work
is part of the continuing ap
praisal maintenance of whicn
each assessor in the state is re
quired to perform, Johnson said.
Under ORS 308.234, each par
cel of real property shall be
appraised at least once every
six years.
Morrow county has been div
ided into six appraisal main
tenance districts, of which the
City of Heppner is in district
No. 2. The reappraisal is esti
mated to take three to four
months to complete, with the
new values appearing on the
1968-70 assessment roll.
Johnson will make the aD-
praisals and field inspections.
At a meeting with county of
ficials, businessmen, represen
tatives of the State Came Com
mission, and of the Forest Serv
ice. Senator Wayne Morse Mon
day afternoon pledged to do
everything in his power in
Washington, D. C to expedite
proposed local protects that
mlfiht benefit the economy here,
The 14 hour meeting was
held in the county courtroom of
the courthouse with Judge Paul
Jones as chairman.
Several emphnsized to him
the need to bring to culmina
tion some of the projects now,
after the county has experienc
ed several bad crop years with
resultant damage to the busi
ness economy.
It was pointed out that many
projects that require federal aid
are under consideration or plan
ned but none has been com
pleted. Among them are the
W;ilow Creek project, the KeUy
Piairie fish impoundment, the
Columbia Southside project, a
proposed thermal nuclear plant,
and others.
Seeks Interpretation
As to the Kelly Prairie proj
ect, stymied bv a conflict of
law that prevents one federal
agency from obligating another,
the senator Issued this state
ment: - -
"As soon as I get ' back to
Washington, D. C, I will ask
Secretary Udall of the Interior
Department to come before the
Oregon delegation with the
head of the Bureau of Outdoor
Recreation and discuss the in
terpretation of the law. Then I
will talk to the Forest Service
people to be absolutely certain
that this is their final judg
ment. I will stress that they
owe it to the delegation and
you people to be absolutely cer
tain. Then I will ask if there
is any other basis on which
they can assist financially."
in his chamber talk at noon.
Senator Morse said that he felt
that the federal agencies' inter
pretation of the law seemed cor
rect, but emphasized the point
that he would make sure when
he returned east.
At stake is the possible an
propriation of some $180,000 in
Golden Eagle funds (Bureau of
Outdoor Recreation) that would
match money from the State
Game Commission for the pro!
ect. The game commission at
one time placed top priority on
the Kelly prairie site lor de
velopment until the ruling on
the law came that seemed to
eliminate the possibility of get
ting the matching money.
Wright Mallery, supervisor of
the Umatilla National Forest,
said that the Forest Service now
has plans for development of
the project on its own, but ex
pected that it could not be com
pleted until about 1974. It is
expected that the lake would
take two years to fill.
Plans Revised
The senator said that he un
derstood that revised plans call
fcr a dam 80 feet high and a
lake with some 200 to 250 sur
face acres, instead of the orig
inal plan for a 100 ft. dam and
480 surface acres.
The senator reiterated what
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Champion
In Top Field
On of the classiest fields of
renfrndvr in the history of the
Morrow county Rodeo Is due for
'The Fastest Show in the West"
here Saturday and Sunday, ac
cording to E. 11. (Tadi Miller,
Jr.. rodeo chairman.
Bob Wegner, Puyallup Wash.,
rx-world champion bull rider for
the KCA, is among the entries.
He won the 1UC4 world's cham
pionship and was among tho
top five in national competit
ion from 1958 to 16. Wegner
also won bull riding at the Pen
(ticton Round-Up a number of
years ago.
Ho turned to the Northwest
Rotloo Association after 16
and currently is third In NRA
bull riding.
Gibb Gregg, Dayvllle, who has
been leading In saddle bronc
riding for the NRA this year and
Is a past winner of saddle bronc
riding in the Morrow Rodeo, Is
expected to be competing.
THIS IS THE SORT OF ACTION that will thrill crowds at the
Morrow county Rodeo here Saturday and Sunday. Rider pic
tured is Gibb Gregg, well known here as a Northwest Associa
tion cowboy, who was caught in action at the Spray rodec
earlier this year. Gregg, oi Dayville, Ore., was the 1966 NRA
champion saddle bronc rider and Ail-Around Cowboy.
Fait 'Booms' Tuesday;
Youth Severely Burned
lone Schools Set
For Opening Day
DETAILS ON
HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL
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lone schools are ready for
opening day on Tuesday, Sept
ember 3, according to Harold
Beggs, principal. There will be
no pre-registration lor any
grade, either elementary or high
school.
Fees will be as follows: In
surance (grades one through
eight), $1; insurance (grades
nine through 12), $3; towel fee
(grades 7 through- 10), $2;
school annual (optional), grades
7 through 12, $3.50; student
booy ticket (grades seven
through 12),- $6; textbooks
(grades nine through 12), $8.
First grade pupils will need
a birth certificate and health
certificate and students starting
the ninth grade will need
health certificates, the principal
said
Morrow county's 1968 fair
probably started "with a bang"
Tuesday morning, an right, but
it really " boomed later in the
afternoon.
But it wasn't funny to many.
It wasn't funny to Kirk
Robinson, 14, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Robinson, who is in
Pioneer Memorial hospital with
first and second degree burns.
It wasn't funny to those with
livestock in the covered arena
who were startled by a sudden
explosion and rushed to evac
uate the building.
It wasn't funny to firemen
'who were called to the scene.
It wasn't funny to officers
who contemplated what might
have happened.
The report from Sheriff C. J.
D. Bauman, who investigated,
is that probably three boys, in
cluding Robinson, pried open a
door on a small room attached
to the stock arena.
In this room, they were en
gaged in making "bombs" by
using a mixture of sodium
fli unde and sugar. Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, who treated Robinson,
said that the combination is
quite explosive and described
it as almost the same as the
material that the truck was
carrying which devastated
Roseburg a number of years
ago.
The beys wrapped paper
around the mixture and ap
plied fuses with which to ig
nite it.
Apparently one of them at
tempted to test a bomb while I
young Robinson was present.
He ignited it. It worked. It was
powerful enough to move one
of the walls of the structure six
inches on its concrete found
ation in one place. It caused a
thunderous boom. It burned a
large spot on the table where
it had been placed. It caused a
big flash that startled fair
goers. Dr. Tibbies said tnat Kirk
has second degree burns on the
back of his right hand and
lower back, where the explo
sion took off the outer skin,
and first degree burns to his
face and shoulder.
Sheriff Bauman said Tuesday
evening that he had been un
able to find two others believed
involved and was reluctant to
release the names of those sus
pected until they could be
questioned.
He was unsure as of Tuesday
evening what action would be
taken.
The sheriff said that the boys
may have thought they were
making smoke bombs to be
used in pranks at the fair
grounds. But others wondered
how they learned of the form
ula for the powerful mixture.
Itucks of the Heppner lire
department answered the late
afternoon call to the scene.
Chief Forrest Burkenbine call
ed Chief of Police Glen Kolk
horst when he realized the
cause of the alarm, and Kolk-
horst, in turn, called sheriff
Bauman because the site is out
of the city limits.
WEEK-END EVENTS
FRIDAY
9:00 A.M. MORROW COUNTY
OPEN HORSE SHOW
9:30 P.M. RODEO DANCE,
Music by The
Henchmen
SATURDAY
10:00 A.M. GRAND STREET
PARADE
1:15 P.M. RODEO
PERFORMANCE
5:00 to 8:00 P.M. PIT-COOK-ED
BEEF BARBE
CUE, Episcopal Parish
Hall
8:00 P.M. RODEO
PERFORMANCE
10.00 P.M. RODEO DANCE,
Music by The
Shamrock Trio
SUNDAY
7:00 to 11:00 A.M. COWBOY
BREAKFAST,
Fairgrounds
1:30 P.M. FINAL RODEO
PERFORMANCE
Big Parade Gains Entries;
Erwin Chosen Marshal
Additional entries to the Big
Rodeo parade have brought the
advance signup to normal or
above, and Saturday morning's
event will be as large or larger
than last year's parade.
That is the expectation of
Randall Peterson, chairman of
the parade for the sponsoring
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce.
Harold Erwin, veteran rodeo
hand who for several years has
been announcer at the parade,
will be grand marshal this year,
Peterson announced early this
week.
Among late entries confirmed
for the parade, in addition to
those previously announced, are
the following:
All-Star Shrine football game
queen, the Hermiston Wranglers,
Umatilla Sage Riders, Cub Scouts
of Hermiston, Umatilla County
Fair court, the court of the Fos
sil Rodeo association, the lone
cees and the Pilot Rock Jaycees.
Peterson pointed out that more
than $400 in cash prizes will be
given to winners in the many
categories previously announced.
He urged all youngsters in the
area to rig up some floats to
compete in the many divisions
offered for them. Young or old,
however, there is a place for
everyone in the parade and for
most all kinds of entries march
ing groups, mounted groups,
glamour floats, humorous floats,
comic entries, old cars, surreys,
commercial entries, and others,
Theme of the parade is "Med
ley of Songs," and some of the
more lavish floats, now in the
process of preparation are fol
lowing the theme.
Al Fetsch will be announcer
this year, Peterson said. The pa
rade will form in the area
around the library-museum and
on side streets to the west.
Peterson and his assistants will
be on hand to direct entries to
4-H Trail Riders, Heppner Jay- their proper assembling spots,
Marvin Bothum of Sublimity,
second in bull riding in tho
NRA, Is another of the top
hands expected, and Russell Mc
C'all of Redmond, who has been
lending bareback riding in the
NRA, is also scheduled to pit
his skill against the field.
Miss NRA Coming
Pennv Lyons. Miss NRA, win
be entered in barrel racing, com
ing from her home at Antelope,
and it is hoped that Patti Pet
tyjohn, of lone, who won third
in barrel racing among colleg
iate women in the nation, will
also be entered.
As of Tuesday, Secretary John
Venard had already compiled 70
entries in the rodeo, and the
field is expected to swell to ap
proximately 200 contenders by
the entry deadline, 8 p.m. to
night (Thursday).
The bull riding event is al
ready filled with 27 entries.
Some six competitors had sign
ed by Tuesday for the new nov
ice bronc riding event This is
scheduled for Saturday evening
but if a large field enters, it
will also be presented in af
ternoon shows.
Sid Brltt, who was last year's
all-around cowboy, then from
Spray, will be back to compete,
having moved during the year
to Lexington.
Wayne Evans, Morrow county
all-around in 1967, Is expected
to try for the second leg on
tho Orville Cutsforth trophy,
which must be won three times
In succession for permanent po
ssession. Saddles Offered
Winner of the rodeo's all
around cowboy the open event
will receive a custom made
saddle as a gift from Morrow
County Grain Growers and Pad
berg Machinery, Inc.
Winner of the Morrow county
amateur calf roping will receive
a similar beautiful saddle from
Kinzua Corporation. Bob Fetsch
won this event in 1967.
Rodeo performances at 1:15
and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1:30
p.m. Sunday will highlight the
action-filled week-end.
One of the inviting features
of the rodeo this year is the
new all-steel grandstand which
will put the crowd right where
the action is and in comfort.
Setting the theme for the
week-end and bringing glamour
and color will be the Grand
Street Parade, which will be
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
in downtown Heppner with tha
Chamber of Commerce as spon
sor and Randall Peterson as
chairman.
Dance Slated
Dances will be Friday and
Saturday nights, with Heppner's
Henchmen playing for the first
dance and The Shamrock Trfo
of The Dalles, featuring Joe Mc
Connel, playing Saturday night.
Queen Berniece Matthews
and her princesses, Kathy Hin
ton of Boardman, Sheila Luciani
of Lexington, Sue Ellen Green
up of Lena and Marcia Jones
of Heppner, will reign through
out the week and will lead the
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