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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."
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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.
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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.
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