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fr HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thundcrf. rabruary 20 1969, 1 L.,,1 fAA AffnnrJ MUUUI JUU HIICIIU MC6G Open House Washington's Largest HEREFORD BULL SALE 140 ReqUtersd Clear Pedigr HEREFORD BULLS 80 Halter Bulls 60 Yard Bulls From 26 herd in Calif.. Or- Idaho & Wah. FEBRUARY 24 11:30 A.M. ELLENSBURG, WASH. BOTTA PAVILION 4 mile East on old 10. Tho accent 1 on the cowman's kind. Big arowthr built. Conditioned for tprlnq rang uo. All will be production checked. WIN) FREE LAS VEGAS VACATION TRIP (or 2 Will be awarded at conclusion of sale to buyer present of lot drawn. HALTER BULLS SHOW. 6 p.m-. February 23 BUFFET FOLLOWING FREE DELIVERY on 10 Head or more to 1 location For Catalogs North Pacific Hereford Ann. Rt 1. Box 550. EUoiuburq. Wash. About 50 person attended tho Oiwn House at Morrow County Grain Grower In Lx Ineton Monday, according to Ev erett Brock. manager of tho ma chinery division. Some 0 pernon registered, hut children and other who came and went during the day would brine the total to nooui 500, he said. Nearly 100 lb. of link caus tn were served during the 1V, and many prizes and treaU were given. The event was Maged In co operation with international linrvi-Kier. and Dick Middle camp, ctstrlct representative for 1 II machinery, and John Hag bo. representative for I-H motor trucks, were present 10 assist. Harlan McCurdy. Jr.. general manager, and Brock both ex pressed appreciation for the re sponse from the public. Storms and Strike Worsen Shortage Of Railroad Cars We extend our heartiest thanks and appreciation to all good friends and neighbors who came to our Open House event Monday and helped make it such an outstanding success. More than 300 registered, and in all, probably more than 500 attended throughout the day. It was a great pleasure to have all of you here, and we want to say that you provided a most happy and enjoyable clay for us. Many came a long distance to be here. We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did. We look forward to serving you in any way possible with your farm, automotive and machinery needs, and invite all to come in any time that we can be of service. We also extend a warm welcome for you to return for dem onstrations of our fine lines of International-Harvester trucks and farm machinery. We're proud of what we have to offer in this line, and we know that you will be enthusiastic, too, when you try any equipment in this line that you may need. Thank you again for making our event such a wonderful success, and remember you're welcome here any time! FARMER OWNED AND CONTROLLED Lexington, Oregon jrissrL. The severe snow storm which hit the Kast Coast the first of last week will make even worse the current shortage 'f box cars, which is the most critical to hit the Western lumber Industry In years. The effect of the F.ast Coast storm was pointed out hv James G. Manning. tranMHirt'illon dir ector of Western Wood Products Association, who warned that adequate relief from the box car shortage does not appear to be In sight. Western Wood Product! Asso ciation Is the largest lumber trade association in the nation. Its members and grading serv ice subscribers last year pro duced some 40 percent of all the softwood lumber manufac tured In the United Slates. Manning was in Washington D. C. last week, discussing the seriousness of the car shortage with car service officials of the American Assoc ulion of Kali roads and the car service divis ion of the Interstate Commerce Commission as well as other representatives of the federal government. He said that even before tho East Coast storm, severe weath er conditions through the Mid west raised havoc wilh normal railroad operating schedules there, and that the severe rain and mud situation in Southern California made it practically Impossible for many railroads to maintain a normal flow of em pty cars from the Southwest. Strike Idles Cars Also adding to the picture Is the extended strike still under way at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. An estimated 25-30.000 cars will continue to he tied up at these ports until the strike Is settled. In California, the approaching date of the annual California inventory tax, March 3 this year, creates a situation where ma terial is being shipped out of the state as much as possible, and normal Inbound shipments are being delayed to avoid the March 3 date. "We have never before had so many adverse factors to cre ate such a critical shortage of box cars," Manning pointed out. "Although regulatory agencies will do as well as they can to relieve the shortage temporar ily, the only permanent relief is for the railroads to increase box car construction." -m Salem Scene by Irerert LCutter Command Center Ready For Precise Action Parents Say Thanks To 'Nice People' Set. and Mrs. Jerry A. Blanck- aert of Condon have written a note to The Gazette -Times to ex press their thanks to "all the nice people in Heppner" for the gifts and kindnesses shown at ter the birth of their son, Jerry Alan, Jr., who was Urst Baby of the New Year here. "We enjoyed the picture in the paper," they wrote. "Our baby's scrapbook will be full of so many nice memories. Jerry Alan. Jr., was born Feb ruary 2. He is their first child. Our families in Denver will be thrilled," the note said. The Blanckaerts are originally from Denver but he has been serving at the Condon Air Force Station for the past 29 months. Robert E. Allstott of Hermis- ton was a visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings on Monday. He reported that an other former resident of the Hardman area, Robert I. Burn- side, underwent leg amputation at St. Vincent hospital in Port land early last week and will reside there for an indefinite period. During their youth, the three men had attended the Hardman schools, but during recent years Allstott and Burn side, who are brothers-in-law, have made their homes in Herm-iston. fpfsMR. With Prospects For Good Moisture For The Crops, Things We Should Consider Available Nitrogen has been leached down into the second and third foot of soil. TOP DRESS WITH: O N-SOL-32 (CHEAPER THIS YEAR Or O AQUA AMMONIA Or O AQUA and SULPHUR Or O ANHYDROUS NH3 mtl WE HAVE ALL OF THEM AVAILABLE PLUS DRY FERTILIZERS Heppner Inland Chemical Service PH. HEPPNER 676-9103 Be Sure to Check our Prices We Are Competitive Several thousand sheep, deer. cows and other livestock ami wild critters are alive and well In Oregon, thanks lurgely to ac tlvatlon of the Governor's Com mand Center here during last months heavy snows. During times of crisis state resources are mobilized nere turninc half the Caollol Build ing basement into a virtual command post. Through a com plex communications now link ing all areas of the state, gov ernment and military leaders coordinate disaster recovery. n charge of such operations Is Capt. Farley Mogan. director of the State Department of Emergency Services. He Is "loan ed" to the department from the State Police, where he used to head the highway patrol. The department functions dir ectly under the Office of the Governor and is half supported bv federal funds. Its name was changed two years ago from "Civil Defense." to emphasize readiness for natural disasters. Capt. Mogan, surrounded by giant wall maps and interrupt ed frequently by his telephone, explains that the limited nat ural disaster of three weeks ago called for only "incomplete ac- tivaton of the command center. Full activation could come with a more severe emergency. When an alert is received here, activation begins with mil itary precision.. A "fanout pro gram for chain telephoning pro ceeds, as described in a stand-ard-operating-procedure manual of about 100 Daecs. Top department heads or their uepuues are expecieu 10 repcii i immediately in person. First ex ecutives, then special staff, are called to assemble; some then may be excused if a situation does not involve their depart ment. Each has a pre-determin ed mission and assessment of capabilities, spelled out in the manual. Primary staff consists of Mai. Gen. Donald N. Anderson, state adjutant general (who serves as chief of staff), Capt. Mogan (op erations officer), staff members of the military department, state police, finance, agricul ture, general services, and the state highway engineer, fire marshall, forester, public utili ties commissoner, health offi cer, public welfare administra tor, employment commissioner, state engineer, sanitary engin eer, Board of Control secretary, aeronautics director, marine board director and, possibly, dir ector of the Oregon Nuclear Emergency Organization. Considering the problem, po tential and real, created by our unusual snowfall, it is obvious that many of these teammates were deeply involved in settling the state back to normal. Main problems then wen? clearing highways, reaching some isolated farms, helping to set up shelter centers, and feed ing livestock and wild animals. County Humane Societies help ed perform tremendous services. More than 3,300 head of sheep, stranded in snowy fields, were saved in Coos and Curry Coun ties alone by helicopter-dropped feed. When activated, the command center looks impressively mili tary. Focal point of action is a large room, set up according to plan with tables forming a hol low square. Gov. Tom McCall and his im mediate staff, when present, sit at a head table on a raised platform. Also up front, below, are the chief of staff, Gen. An derson, and the operations offi cer, Capt. Mogan. A veteran of nearly 30 years' work with state agencies, Capt. Mogan receives and assigns all situations to proper personnel. Forty telephones with unlist ed numbers, 100-foot cords and lights instead of bells ("they'd drive us crazy") are used by team workers to contact troub le spots. At the other end of the lines are often the readi ness teams maintained in each county, consisting of ranking members of the State Welfare Department, National Guard, Highway Department and State Police. Each state agency with com munications responsibilities has its radios and teletype duplicat ed in the center. Message logs are maintained, television re ports monitorized. National Guardsmen run wall-sized sit uation and operations maps, us ing color-coded markers to pin point trouble and relief spots. Experience has shown a need to verify rumors or reports from the public, in order to eliminate unnecessary action, so Capt. Mo gan's own office becomes an in telligence section. Here five de- nartments with priority recovery and control responsibilities emergency ervlee. police, mil itary, hiehwav. hea It hi run duwn verifications with their renresentuiives throughout the stale. And this Is how the hellcop ters are dispatched, the serum is flown In. the stranded motor 1st Is rescued, or the sandbags are piled. It all ends when the governor declares an official end to the emergency. Disasters can be overcome but unfortunately seldom offer a chance for prevention. Readi ness is the next best defense, and it is stressed In everyday operations of Capt. Mogan's de partment. Much literature is available. and seminars are frequent, such as the Industrial disaster readi ness series now being conduct ed in several communities Readiness is the key. whether Oregon faces flood or fire, lo custs or enemy attack. "We're ust ke the f re de partment," Capt. Mogan says of the state's disaster readiness or ganization. "When the bell rings we all go." Prindle Assists At Log Conclave Milo rrlndle of Heppner is serving on the program commit tee of the Oregon Logging Con ference which opens today (Thursduv) In Eugene for a three-day session. Prindle repre sents the Eastern Oregon Log ging Co. at the conference. This 31st annual session of the conference Is expected to be the largest In history with reg istration expected to exceed 1600. Governor Tom MiCall will be one of the principal speakers with the theme of the conven tion to be "Confusion In the Wood Pile." Panel discussions will be on "Log Measurement. " "Logging Roads," "New Ideas In Lodging" and "Legislative and Tax Report." More than $7,000,000 of new. lv developed types of logging machinery Is on display, which will be open to tin public on Saturday, February 22. Ralph Horn of Menasha Corp.. North Bend, Is program chair man and Prindle Is a member of his nine-man committee. Clifford Brvden, Roseburg Lum ber Co.. Roseburg, Is president of the conference. PENDLETON HMMUIM'umHHIIMWW Ml When you can't locate it or get it done in Hepp ner, these Pendleton Business and Professional Firms will be happy to serve you. Appliances Furniture , , BRANDL'S FURNITURE Ed and Clays and appliance APPLIANCE George and Jean Brandl. Owners CENTER Everything in Used Furniture and , . . Appliances nt the Lowest Prices in Sales and Service i.r. r Eastern Oregon. Ph 27(5.1170 207 S. E. Court Ave. Pendleton . 301p S. W. Mth Ed Sailing Clayton Baker k G.E. 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