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1 1 a r a r y u or o EUGENE, ORE 07403 J .v, fTT" .r-iir 7 - . t 1 ft ... ... X v - u r. .. . , ! 1.1 , I Little League Stars At District Tourney Fourteen young men who mnke up the Willow Creek Little League All-Stars are In The Dalles today, where they are scheduled to play the Deschutes Little League All-Stars at 4 p.m. In the district tournament. Seven teams are In the tournament, Including two from The Dalles, one from Madras, Hood River and Mountain Home, Idaho, as well as Deschutes and the local team. If the local club wins today, they will play Fri day, athouRh the time and the opponent are yet to be determined. Should Willow Creek lose, the team would play Saturday. In either event, they will play at least two games. Included on the team, and pictured at left are (from left to right) Clayton Wilson, Jerry Gentry, Greg Chrlsiopherson. Dvrk Dunlap, Raymond OHarra, Mark Rietmann, Aaron Klintier. Joe Rletmann, Joel Peterson, Ray Curnutt, Charles McElliRott, Joe Kenny, Tom Wolff and John Kilkenny. Coach Lindsay Kincald, who as sists Coach Joe Yocom. is behind. Not pictured are Howard Green and Robert Eck man, both recular members of the team, Tom Hamlett and Jim Ployhar, alternates, and Yocom. Mike Orwlck was also named to the team, but withdrew because of a family trip. 86th Year Number 21 Remember Heppner's Sidewalk Bazaar July 18-19 THE f GAZ ETTE EDEPFWEE2 TIME WEATHER By DON GILLIAM For Week of July 9-15 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 17, 1969 HI Low Wednesday 93 53 Thursday 89 57 Friday 78 53 Saturday 74 52 Sunday 77 43 Monday 75 45 Tuesday 77 43 Prec. Price 10 Cents 7 : ;:, 1 Local Merchants Offer Bargains At Sixth Annual Sidewalk Bazaar V 1 Heppner merchants will take to the sidewalks in front of their stores Friday and Saturday dur ing their sixth annual Sidewalk Bazaar. Aside from the bargains the merchants offer, several organ izations will be on the side walks offering merchandise, food and entertainment during the two-day event. Among those groups are the Methodist Women's Society (WSCS), selling coffee and strawberry shortcake; the Mor row County Jaycees, selling "Jaycee Juice", offering a Pola roid color camera for a raffle and giving youngsters a chance to play box hockey, and provid ing music; the Lexington Three Links Club, selling food; Hepp ner High students, offering their composition book, 'Thoughts"; and the Heppner Mothers Club, selling Sno-Cones. Free parking will be offered to shoppers throughout the two days, according to Heppner merchants committee chairman Jerry Adamson. A special ."Heppner Shopper" edition of the Merchants Com mittee has been mailed to per sons in Condon, Fossil, Spray, Kinzua, Kimberly and Monu ment. Stores offside the actual downtown area in Heppner will not move onto their sidewalks, but will still offer plenty of bar gains during the two-day event Besides their special bargains, several stores will offer specials that have originated with the Bazaar, including free ice cream cones at one store and "grab bags at another. Shoppers from near and far are invited to Join in the spirit of the event, Adamson said. For those looking for added entertainment, a dance honor ing Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Princess Rhonda Bellin ger will be held Saturday night at the Fair Pavilion here, start ing at 9:30 p.m. V -1 PRINCESS RHONDA BELLINGER Saturday Night Dance Fetes Princess Rhonda Water Importance Told By Former County Head Princess Rhonda Jean Bellin ger represents North Morrow county on this year's Fair and Rodeo court, and will receive special honors at Saturday nights dance at the fair pavil ion. She is sponsored by the Board man Tillicum club. Music for the July 19 dance will be pro vided by the First National Band of Pendleton, from 9:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. The honor princess is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward N. Bellinger of Irrigon. The family operates a melon and cattle ranch between Irri gon and Boardman. Both of the parents are graduates of Her miston High school and have lived in the area all of their lives except for a short time when they lived south of Hood River. The grandparents still re side in Hermiston. Princess Rhonda will be a sen ior at Riverside High school the j coming year. She is active in the school's Girls' Athletic Asso ciation and in the Pep Club. Her future education is at the present time undecided, but she has particular interest and tal ents in the field of art, ar.d hopes to continue in college. During the summer months Rhonda is employed at the C & D Drive-in in Boardman. Hours outside of work, and helping her parents, are given to her favor ite sport, riding. She has ridden for pleasure since a small child, and owns her own horse, "Ma jor", half Arabian and half quarterhorse, which she uses this summer for court appearances. The stately, attractive princess was born in Pendleton and cele brated her 18th birthday on Ap ril 2. She has one older sister, Mrs. Graham (Deanna) Derby- S!iif'Jv,i? attt!ndi"g summer months .eastern Oregon college in i,a I Grande. The court of Queen Sheila Luciani, their mothers and Mrs. Dimple Munkers, chaperone, were entertained at a luncheon by the Boardman Tillicum club on Wednesday of this week. It was held at the home of Mrs. Rod Flug. They were also guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Healy and their daughter, Princess Patti. at a dinner party at the Healv home last week. Parents and rodeo board members were also invited guests. f Next week's dance will honor Princess Janet Palmateer, who is replacing Joyce Howton on the court, and will be sponsor ed by the lone Willows Grange. The impact of water on Ari zona's agricultural industry is tremendous, former Morrow county Judge J. Garnett Barratt told the Heppner-Morrow coun ty Chamber of Commerce Mon day. At the same time, Barratt said the Port of Morrow has the po tential for great agricultural growth. Barratt, now of Mesa, Ariz., is m Heppner for the summer. "It is with a great deal of satisfaction that I see the ef forts of the Port of Morrow," the former judge said. "The Port has been lying there like a diamond in the rough." Telling of the success water development has had in the Southwest, he noted the slogan there is "Arizona grows where water flows." Agriculture is the second larg est industry in the state, he said, trailing manufacturing but leading tourism. He noted, however, that tourism is in creasing steadily during the Some 275,000 acres are irri gated by the Salt River project in Arizona, Barratt noted. The project is a large water distrib uting cooperative, with some electricity being generated, as well. The major dam in the project is the Roosevelt Dam, which was the first and is still one of the largest masonry dams in the U. S. It holds one million acre-feet of water, he said. There are at least five other dams in the project, he said. "The diversification of crops is tremendous," Barratt told the members. He said the year around growing season allows six crops of hay and cattle pas ture as well. Some 375,000 head of cattle are fed in feedlots every year, he said. Barratt told of seeing 7,500 acres of roses in bloom in the area. "The potential is so great for growing various crops, and wa ter is the reason for it," the for mer judge said. The price of land in the Salt River project has increased rap idly because of the available waiter, Barratt noted. As for Morrow county, Bar ratt told the Chamber, "The wa ter's there; it is a matter of money and interest." The biggest problem today is getting capital interested in the area, he said. When asked if there was water shortage in Arizona, he said, "It is my own firm belief that it is politics." He said the water is often fought over be cause of its value. A new project known as the Central Arizona project will bring 2.8 million acre feet of new water, but will not put any new land into production. Concluding on the water shortage question, he noted there was enough water in the project to irrigate all the land in the project for live years, even without a drop ot new water. if ;v.- n ... V .?-; f v" . 4 1. 3Y I It i. l: f Hi ,n m, , , rJiiat i i Two Local Girls Awarded Scholarships By County March of Dimes Chapter announced March of as recipients of Dimes Foundation (Emergency Money Aids Road Funds Morrow county is to be award ed $150,000 to repair roads and streets damaged by snow last winter. This is part of a $1 mil lion emergency fund created by the 1969 legislature. Cities and counties were able to receive advance payments for repairs upon application. Each advance is to te repaid within five years. Two Heppner girls have been scholarships, given through the sponsorship of the Morrow Coun ty Chapter. The announcement was made last week by Mrs. Len Ray Schwarz, committee chairman of the local chapter. Sheryl Britt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Britt, and Sue Ellen Greenup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, will div ide a $300 cash scholarship for use in college studies in their chosen fields of nursing. Both plan to attend the Emanuel School of Nursing in Portland, and were graduates with the class of '69 from Heppner High school. A share of money received through campaign drives of the March of Dimes remains in the county for local needs, and some is sent to stare and national headquarters. Since there have been no birth defects or polio cases within the county the past year, money was voted to be put into use through the scholarships. Serving with Mrs. Schwarz on the committee have been Mrs. Ralph Kincaid, lone, and Mrs. Mary Bryant, Heppner. WHILE OTHER Morrow county farmers worry about their wheat and barley harvests. North Morrow rancher D. O. Nelson con templates his potato crop, due to be harvested August 1. One hill produced 13 potatoes when Nelson dug it up Monday, and there are 110 acres of those hills, which figutds to be a lot of potatoes. Another field contains 127 acres of Russett potatoes, which will be ready for harvest around October 1, according to Nelson. (G-T Photo). County Grain Harvest Continues, But Slowly MISS SHEBTL BRITT ( Jj I" Z-2- I " I it M-,r, ! ,,-, J ELLEN GREENUP Cold wet nights, leaving damD field conditions, are keeping Morrow county's grain harvest from reaching any proportions, Farmers in lower elevatons in the county continue to harvest. but very little grain has been received either in Heppner or lone, according to Morrow Coun ty Grain Growers grain division head Riley Munkers. Some red wheat has been de livered to lone, and a little bar ley to Heppner, Munkers said. Wheat yields around North Lexington have ranged from 16 to 24 bushels per acre, Munk es noted, but some irrigated wheat has gone as high as 75 Rodeo Board Hires Clowns MISS SUE Two clowns who will make their first appearance here have been hired by the Morrow Coun ty Rodeo Board. Bruce Bergevin and Steve Johnson, both of Canby, will ap pear during the Heppner Rodeo August 23 and 24. The Dair is headed by Berge vin, with Johnson as his assistant. bushels per acre. This is not as good as was anticipated, according to Munk ers. Barley near Ruggs is produc ing well, the MCGG man said, with early barley testing at 48 to 50 pounds. Two men are working at the co-op's North Lex elevator, and large trucks are hauling barley to the Lexington elevator and to the elevator at the Columbia River. Delivering trucks have been backed up at the North Lex ele vator, although lines are not as sizeable as in the past. The Morrow county trend to ward smaller yields is in line with statewide trends for win ter wheat according to releases from the U. S. Department of Agriculture's statistical report ing service. Forecasts from July 1, based on grower reports on acreage, crop conditions and expected yields, showed six per cent less winter wheat than the 1968 crop. Statewide, the yield would be expected to reach 37.0 bushels per acre. Spring wheat, on the other hand, is expected to increase by 10 percent over last year. Barlev is predicted at a 52 per cent increase over the 1969 yield, according to the report.