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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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