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L I BR ART I i d or t 1 EUGENE. ORE 7403 Free Swim Set Sundavlrf2 An n For City Pool Opening - South Heppner will resound again with the shouts of child ren and the splash of the cool ins water in the municipal swimming pool bunday as it re opens for the summer with its annual free swim. Pool manager Bill McLeod who was lifeguard there Inst summer, will be assisted by Mrs, John (Jacklyn) Wagenblast, Clerks will be Lynda Orwlck and Marcia Young. The free swim on Sunday, June 8, will be from 1-5 D.m At this time, as throughout the swimming season, smaller children must be accompanied by a person capable of being responsible for their safety for the pool is large and, while closely supervised, the large numbers of swimmers in the pool are a big responsibility for the attendants. Starting Monday, June 9, sea son tickets will be available at the city hall at 1 p.m. Daily tickets should be purchased at the pool. Family season tickets are again $18; adult tickets are $9 and children and high school students may buy individual tickets for the season for $6. Daily tickets are 50c for adults and 25c for children. Hours listed in the summer schedule for the municipal pool, which was completely rebuilt last year and is now in its sec ond season with its improved facilities, are from 1 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fridays and from 2 to 7 p.m. on Satur days and Sundays. The pool will also be open from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays through Fri days. It is closed on Mondays for cleaning and to give the crew some free time. Swimming lessons will start later this month, with hours and other information to be re leased from the city hall short ly. Users of the popular pool are reminded that the lifeguard may refuse use of the pool to any one not obeying the rules. McLcod is finishing his first year at Eastern Oregon College in La Grande. He was an out standing athlete at Heppner High, where he was a footbal basketball, and track star. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Da vid McLeod. Mrs. Wagenblast, formerly Jacklyn Broun of Pendleton, is an excellent horsewoman. She was a Roundup princess in 1967 She is a student at Oregon State University. Lvnda Orwlck was graduated from Heppner High this spring Marcia Young will be a junior at Heppner High next year, Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gene Orwick of Lexington and Mr. and Mrs. Harley Young of Heppner. 86th Year Number 15 THE . : tlffpf ... ML 3PFBIEO ETTE-T ( Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 5, 1969 Price 10 Cents New City Budget Shows Some Drop In Planned Levy Annala Explains Tax Proposals George Annala, manager of Oregon Tax Research, oiscussed the state tax situation and pros' and cons or the "tax package ' on Monday, the day before the special state election, at the meeting of the Heppner-Morrow county Chamber of Commerce here. He took no position on the proposal but brought out inter esting points on the proposals and on pertinent siaengnts. Annala said that Portland and Riverdale, a small school dis trict, are the only school dist ricts in the state with realistic tax bases. He said it is gener ally agreed that the proposal to establish tax bases for school districts on the formula in the "tax package" would be good. The proposed tax base was to be compiled by combining four items the district's operating budget, the basic school allot ment, the county school fund levy, together with 5 of this total. It could be increased 5 per year without a vote of the people. Annala, former legislator from Hood River county, said that the state took a step towards real property tax relief when it took over the welfare program, elim inating the county's contribut ion. 1 The speaker was introluced by Gene Pierce, second vice president of the chamber, in the absence of Pres i d e n t Jerry Sweeney. Heppner's city budget for 1969 70, published for the first time on pages 4 and 5, section 2, of this paper, shows that tax levy for the coming year citv pur poses will De down siigntiy, ev en though total budget require ments will be up somewhat. The budget calls for a total levy of $41,159, of which $26,080 is inside the 6 limitation and $15,079 is not subject to the lim itation. Levy for 1968-69 was $44,134 of which $24,604 was in side the limitation and $19,530 was not sublect to it Total budget requirements for the ensuing year are placed at $2b5,077 as compared with $227.- fc30 for 1968-69. However, resour ces other trian taxes, show a sizeable climb in the forthcom ing budget going to $225,977 as compared with $184,030 for 1968- 69. Public hearing on the budget will be on Monday night, June 23, at 8 p.m. for hearing discus sion on the budget. Any person is invited to appear and present comments. The budget was pre pared by the budget committee, including councilmen and lay members, with Gene Pierce as chairman. The budget shows a slight de cline in the general government department, a slight increase (to $6000 from $5295) in Ki : . r J 1 '-y ) i l'J; l ,.. .tTT " .t SEATED IN HIS OFFICE in the new Columbia Basin Electric Co operative building, Harley Young, manager, extends an invi tation to all to attend dedication of the building on Tuesday, June 10. (G-T Photo). Fr Mew (See Section 2, Page 2 & 3) I I Slated- Crowds Due Saturday At Auction, Barbecue Zoom! Temperature shot up to a warm 91 Tuesday, making the swimming pool opening on Sun day sounding better all the time. The week earlier brought .16 inch of rain, raising the month's total for May to 1.32, lust short of the normal for the month of May of 1.34, accord ing to Don Gilliam, official weather observer. Complete re port for the week is as follows Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday department, the same budget in the sanitary department, a small decrease in the swimming pool department, and a $8,0000 in crease in the street department, principally because of an in crease in contractual services to $16,000 from $7,600. This budget lor tne iirst time establishes a reserve fund for the Willow Creek dam to cover the city's share of costs if and when the project receives appro priation by Congress and gets under construction. A total of $2000 is placed in the fund this year. There will be no vote on the city budget because the tax levy falls within the 6 levy or is not subject to the limitation. Vote is required only when the expenditures exceed the limitation. Dortlfntinn a nit nnn hnuse of the fire the newest and brightest build- Hi Low Prec. 75 37 76 50 T 70 51 .16 72 40 81 48 87 51 91 55 Former Resident Returns; Opens Grill The Heppner Hotel Grill is now open under the manage ment of Mrs. Catherine Carty, who lived here about 15 years ago and worked at O'Donnell's Cafe for six years. Mrs. Carty announces that she will employ a cook and a wait ress and the Grill will be open seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. As she was born in Condon and lived in Spray, Mrs. Carty will be remembered in this ar ea. She left Spray in 1942, when her father died. When she left Heppner she went to Portland. For the past three years she has woked in the records division of the city police force in Salem. ing in Heppner and one of the largest wil be Tuesday, June 10, when the Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative building makes its formal debut to the publci. Open house and dedication are scheduled from 10 a.m. un til 3 p.m. with a brief program planned for 10:30 a.m., Harley Youne. manager, states. Mayor Bill Collins will speak briefly and Jay seeteid or n.u gent, operations field represen tative for the Rural Electnfica tions Administration, is also scheduled for a short talk. Guided tours of the building are planned, and there will be free gifts for all who attend. A solid state portable stereo will be given at the end of the day as a door prize. Refreshments of coffee, pop, sandwiches and cookies will be served by the Methodist church Women's Society of Christian Service. All members of the coopera tive including electrical users in Wheeler, Gilliam and Mor row counties have a share in the building, and all, with their families, are invited to attend the dedication. Planned Two Years Completion of the concrete structure of more than 11,000 square feet concludes more than two vears of planning. A build ing committee of the board of directors was composed of Dick Wilkinson, Heppner; Ken Smouse, lone: and Jack Hynd, Jr., secretary of the cooperative, of Cecil. Others on the board of direct ors who had a hand in the plan ning and development of the building include Walt Jaeger, Montana Cowboys Win Rodeo Honors Montana cowboys walked off with a lion s share of the hon ors at the intercollegiate reg ional rodeo here Friday through Sunday with J. C. Bonine of Eastern Montana emerging all-around cowboy. Bonine won the saddle bronc competition and was second in calf roping to gain a total of 172.5 points. Montana State University led in team totals, followed by Eastern Montana, and the crowd favorite. Blue Mountain Commu nity College of Pendleton, made a good showing by coming in third in the field of 15 compet ing schools. Blue Mountain finished with a total of 2073 points. John Rhoden of Blue Mountain was second in bareback and Bill Mc Coin of Pendleton was second in saddle bronc riding, behind Bo nine. McCoin tallied a total of 169 points and successfully rode War Drums on the final day. Bonine gained 73 points with his ride on the famous Tijuana Dolly for a rodeo total of 195 in the bronc event. Paul Rice of BMCC was third in ribbon roping, an event that was won by Jerry McCormick of Montana State. Montana State Girls Win Montana State scored 340 points to lead the girls' teams, with Lewis and Clark, Lewiston, Idaho, second with 315. Gail Noles, Lewis and Clark, was all- around cowgirl with 185 points and Mary Potter, Montana State, was second with 130. Miss Pot ter leads in the regional stand ings and won the goat tying and was third in breakaway roping. Miss Noles was second in barrel racing, an event that was won by Carol Daley of Mon tana State, and Gale Malcom of Heppner, representing Blue Mountain was third. Fine weather smiled on the rodeo through the three days. and the crowd, small at first swelled to fairly good size at the finals on Sunday. Many local persons helped in staging the rodeo with the Mor row county rodeo committee and volunteer workers lending a big hand. Judges were Les Kamm and Jim Bothum. Pickup men were Loren Wood, Bob Sparr and Bud King. Raymond French of Heppner was arena director and Charley Daly, Morrow county rodeo committee chairman, was chute boss. Bob Chambers was scheduled as announcer but was forced to quit when his voice failed, and Joe Daley, announcer for the Morrow county rodeo, filled the spot capably. Placing Given Among placings that were an nounced by the end of the ro deo were these: Bareback rid ingLee Eddins. EOC, first: John Rhoden, BMCC, second. Calf roping Leland Kelly, Wal la Walla Community Coleee. first; J. C. Bonine, Eastern Mon tana, second; and Larry Jord an, Eastern Montana, third. (Continued on page 8) Condon, president; J. R. (Dick) Krebs, Cecil, vice president; W, H. Steiwer, Fossil; Randall Pe terson, Heppner; Walter Wright, Heppner; Elmer Palmer, Hepp ner; Paul Jaeger, Condon; Floyd Anderson, Olex; and Raymond Lundell, who just resigned from the board because he and his family moved to Eugene from lone. Architect Wes Korman of Pen dleton designed the functional building, which is about half de voted to the warehouse and gar age area and half to office space. It Is designed to serve as headquarters for the coopera tive's office for years to come, and the extra space above that furnished by the old quarters on Main street will add to ef ficiency of the operation as well as providing complete housing for equipment and supplies. Growth Rapid Growth of the electrical load in the three-county area has been substantial in the past few years, particularly with the sharp development of irrigation, and the new structure is expect ed to provide for increasing growth as service headquarters for the foreseeable future. Eastern Oregon Construction Co. of Pendleton was general contractor and the cost of the building was about $213,000. Among sub-contractors were Zephyr Electric, Pendleton, who installed and lurnisned the electrical facilities in the all electric building; Thews Sheet Metal. Pendleton, sheet metal work and air conditioning; Wheeler Plumbing Co., Pendle ton, plumbing; Van Petten Lum (Continued on page 8) Seventh annual lone Commu nity Auction and Barbecue or Saturday, June 7, has several big attractions for individuals and families throughout the ar ea. The full day of activities begins at 10:30 a.m. when Don Wink of Hermiston, veteran auc tioneer, calls his iirst bid on the variety of new and used merchandise gathered for the occasion. Serving of the pit-cooked beef barbecue dinner, accompanied by varieties of salads, vegeta bles and desserts, will be at 12:30 in the Willows Grange hall dining room. Up for auction will be items of interest to both young and old. Children may well be in terested in a puppy, a Shetland ponv or a 4-months-old filly, all of which will be offered for sale. Mrs. Pete Cannon, an avid an tique collector, has collected and restored many valuable and interesting antiques. Among them are some apothecary jars, dating back to the 1880's. Also for sale are some old car parts, which will be of interest to old time auto buffs. One of the major items to be presented at the auction is a choice lot of almost one acre n the summer home develop ment of Earl Blake in the moun tains southeast of Heppner. This lot borders on the meadow and expected to attract keen in terest at the auction. A list of new and antique it ems offered at the auction ap pears in an advertisement by the Bank of Eastern Oregon on page 1 of section 2. Paintings by some talented local artists will be up for sale, among the many other items. Collectors will aso be interest ed in the commemorative plates which will be offered for sale again this year. The gold-fluted plates feature a picture and his tory of the lone United Church of Christ. A large country store will of fer selections of handmade clothing, fancy work, hand-craft ed items and homemade goodies throughout the day. The country store opens at 10 a.m. There will be free rides for all in the Model T and Model A Ford cars provided by Nor man Nelson and Lindsay Kin caid. Fun for the kids will be provided also at the Kiddie Kor ner and Fish Pond, sponsored by the 7th and 8th grade class es. Conservation Man Shows Practices To Tour Group Lunch was served by the Rudy F. Bergstroms and the E. W. (Bill) Bergstroms to 50 peo ple who assembled, at their ranch Monday, June 2, on the Heppner Soil and Water Conser vation Annual Tour. Morrow County Conservation Man of 'the Year is Rudy F. Bergstrom. On the bus which carried many ot those who made tne complete tour were between 20 and 25 people. They were join ed at 11 a.m. at the Bergstrom ranch by other interested farm- Package Gets Dad Defeat Across State Apparently there are few things in Morrow county as un popular as a sales tax if vote in Tuesday's special election on the "tax package" referendum is any Indication. County voters voted over whelmingly in the negative, the total count being 113 yes to 1230 no. Some 60 of the registered voters cast ballots with the turn out totaling 1343 from the reg istration of approximately 2000. The four Heppner precincts and Hardman voted in the court house as one combined polling place for the usual five pre cincts. They recorded a vote of 61 yes to 559 no. Irrigon gave the "package" the worst beating with only six voting yes and 190 casting no votes. But the rest of the county was almost as emphatic. Boardman cast 16 yes and 126 no; lone was 1J yes and 223 no; Lexington was 17 yes and 132 no. It was apparent when the first call came to The Gazette Times about 9 P.m. that the sales tax was a loser here. This was the Irrigon vote. Boardman quickly followed with the other three ensuing shortly after. Mrs. Sadie Parrish, county clerk, and her election crews had the total job done here by 10:30 p.m. Since it embraced five nor mal precincts, the Heppner- Hardman board was last to fin ish, but it was a quick wrap-up to the election. With the state also voting in the negative, it spelled doom again for the sales tax. While Morrow county was posting its negative vote at the rate of about 11 to 1, every oth- county was turning over whelmingly against the "tax package," too. With most of the vote complete, the margin state wide was about 8 to 1 against the referendum. Downtown . Sidewalks Off Limits' to Riders 100th Graduation At OSU Will Honor Eight from County Receiving degrees from Ore gon State University in its 100th commencement program Sun day, June 8, will be seven stu dents and one teacher from Morrow county. Heppner . High graduates who will receive bachelor's degrees include John Wagenblast, Wayne Evans, and Margaret Ann Marks, agricul ture; Lee Daggett, Business and Technology; Chris Brown, Hu manities and Social Science; and Karen McCurdy, Education. Richard Hynd of Cecil will receive his bachelor's degree in Education. A Master of Education degree will be conferred upon Mrs. L. E. (Rachel) Dick, Jr., for work completed last summer. Mrs. Dick teaches at Heppner High school. About 2500 bachelor's degrees and 800 advanced degrees will be conferred at the graduation program, scheduled in Gill Col iseum at 2 p.m. Television cov erage ol tne entire program will be provided for those able to watch channel 10, Portland, and channel 7, Corvallis. Employment Office Available for Help For Work Applicants The Heponer office of the Oregon Department of Employ ment, in the city hall, is seek ing employment for a number of student labor applicants who have applied to them for work for the summer. Anyone who has need for help by youth, ages 14 and over, in town or in the country, is invited to contact Mrs. Gayle Arbogast at 676-9954 or 676-5336, or stop in at the city hall office. The employment center also has listings from employers who want to hire trained help, such as knot bumper or limber for work on logging crew, day cook, cook's helper, waitress, or prop erty appraiser. It also has list ings for 30 truck drivers, 18 or over, needed out or tne area ior pea harveting. Under the direction of Mike Patrick, the survey for labor force and economic study of Morrow county is nearing com pletion. House to house inter views and in the business areas have been completed, and the office will soon have available a summarizing survey report. Bicycle and horse riders are reminded by Police Chief Glen Kolkhorst that there, is a city ordinance forbidding riding on downtown sidewalks by cyclists, ers and townspeople and friends and use of sidewalks by horses of the Bergstroms. Chairman of the tour, Bryce Keene, Introduced Harold Kerr, county extension agent; Al Os- min of the Soil Conservation Service; Ralph Richards, recent ly retired as work, unit conser vationist with the service; and Rudy Bergstrom, who in turn, Introduced his wife and parents. Rudy Bergstrom told the group of the ranching operation and conservation practices. Enroute to the Bergstrom ranch the touring group on the bus, which left Heppner at 9:30 a.m., visited the proposed dam site on Rhea Creek and the ranches of Laurence Beckett, John Bergstrom, Wilbur Worden, and Leonard Rill. After lunch at the Bergstrom ranch, they toured the ranch by truck, go ing to Eightmile canyon to view the ponds and other conserva tion practices of the 1969 Con servation Man of the Year. After the delicious lunch, which was served as a courtesy of the hosts, the tour group ob served diversion ditches on low er Rhea Creek and stopped at the Bryce Keene ranch to see his irrigation system. Further stops were made at the Al Bunch and Paul Brown ranches northwest of Heppner where strip cropping was ob served. The tour was completed at 3:31 p.m. with the feeling by the leaders that it was highly successful, enjoyable and infor mative, i ' la llloorjll nnv n1nro In HVnnrur With the opening of the mu nicipal swimming pool many youngsters will ride their bikes to and from swims, generally down Main Street. Summer al so brings out the horseback rid ers, some of whom also forget the ordinance concerning riding on Main Street sidewalks. Although bike riders especial ly may prefer the walks to com peting with cars for space on the streets, pedestrians find bikes dangerous. They also dis like to 6hare sidewalks with horses for many reasons. Since some of the younger set may not be able to read the paper, parents should make sure that children know and follow the regulations when they ride. Not only the restriction from use of the sidewalks, but other traf fic regulations should be follow ed for the safety of the rider as well as others, reminds Chief Kolkhorst. Rep. Irvin Mann To Speak Monday Rep. Irvin Mann will be guest speaker Monday, June 9, at the regular meeting of the Heppner Morrow county Chamber of Com merce at noon in the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet room. County Judge Paul Jones will also report on his trip to Wash ington, D. C, where he appear ed before the Public Works sub committee Monday on behalf of the Willow Creek project. City Council Holds Firm Position On Contract With Weir Driller A broken casing in the new citv well has brought complica tions to Don Foreman of Esta- cada, well driller, but the city council Monday night held firm in its position that he must ful fill his contract by leaving a well with a clean hole. A 70-ft. section of the casing broke off at a welded joint when Foreman was engaged in pulling it out, and the long sec tion remains in the bottom of the hole with the top portion at about the 235 ft. level. Foreman, who was at the council meeting, said that it would be necessary to blast off a top five-foot section in order to get a "fishing" tool down to the casing with the hope of bringing it out. Even so, he said, there is no assurance that it can be removed. In doing the blasting, the present flow of water may be impaired or perhaps stopped, he said, declaring that he is bound by the contract not to affect the flew of the water. Foreman said that as it now stands, it is im possible for him to comply with the contract, since the blasting will affect the flow, and if the casing is left In, it will not pro vide a "clean" hole as required There was some sentiment on the council to place the pump just above the 235 ft. level and be content with the present flow, which Supt. Vic Groshens said Is 55 gallons per minute artesian or can be blown to 610 gallons per minute. More Water Sought Reason for sinking the cas ing deeper was to probe for more water, which was struck, without disturbing the artesian flow at the higher level. P. W. Mahoney, city attorney, told the council that it is in a position to require the "clean" hole in compliance with the contract. Leaving the casing in does not comply, he said. The thinking was expressed that if the pump were able to be placed at a deeper level, the city probably would obtain more water for its investment of some $6000. ' Mayor W. C. Collins said that he was in favor of compliance with the contract and called for any objections to his position. There were none except for the one expression that the blast ing would possibly shut off the flow entirely and that the pres ent flow of water would be bet ter than none. The matter was left at that' point with the understanding that Foreman is to blast in an attempt to remove the casing. The new well is being drilled to supplement the present city water supply. Jaycees Propose Projects Tom Wilson, speaking lor tne Jaycees, proposed several proj ects that his organization felt might be undertaken for city betterment. He proposed plant ing grass where the slides are at the city park, pointing out that rocks and stickers from puncture weed are hurting and iconunuea on page a
