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Number 27
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3PPBIER
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
(Fcr week of August 19-26)
ETTE-TEME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, August 28, 1969
Price 10 Cents
HI Low Free
Tuesday 80 48
Wednesday 89 49
Thursday 87 54
Friday 88 53
Saturday 95 58
Sunday 82 55
Monday 78 45
Tuesday 81 46
On Visit Here
'Balanced Spending
Needed': Hatfield
Reclamation projects In Mor
row county and in Oregon are
suffering because of defense
spending, the state's senior Sen
ator said here Friday.
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, on a
statewide tour, was in Heppner
for lunch at the Morrow county
fair.
"Unless we can see spending
cuts in other parts of the budg
et, we'll be short of money for
reclamation projects, the sen
ator said.
But Hatfield called for a bal
ance in spending that would al
low defense money and money
for other projects as well.
He also voiced optimism that
a nuclear power plant would be
established in the North Morrow
county area.
The senator was a guest of
the Morrow county Republican
Central committee, and was ac
companied by his wife, Annette,
and children Mark and tliza
beth. " v
On defense spending, the sen
ator said he had been acting as
chairman of a group of legislat
ors trying to cut the defense
budget.
The group came up with a
proposal to cut defense spend
ing by $3.5 billion, and later
Sec. of Defense Melvin Laird pro
posed cuts of $3 billion.
Laird didn't touch some of the
area Hatfield's group had cover
ed, the senator said, and the sec
retary covered some areas the
senator's group hadn't looked
at.
"We could cut $7 to $10 bil
lion out of their funds without
hurting the national defense,"
Hatfield said.
He said he was bothered by
the military's lack of proving a
cost-benefit ratio when asking
for money.
"We have to prove the cost
benefit ratio for a reclamation
project," he said, "but if the
military underestimates costs,
they just keep plowing money
into it."
He said he has been working
for money for planning of the
Willow creek dam, but it is tied
up by defense.
"It has been 66 years since
that flood (of 1903), and we
still don't have any dam," Hat
field noted.
When asked about other can
yons flooding the town, the sen
ator said, "We'd better take a
look at those other canyons."
Should the U. S. Navy return
the Boardman Bombing Range
to the county tax rolls?
"I'm not in favor of kicking
the Navy out of there," the sen
ator answered, "but we should
be looking ahead for develop
ment." He noted the Navy now has
a payroll of about 25 at the
range, and that should not be
given up.
"I have been having talks
with the Navy asking them to
look ahead," Hatfield said. He
said a trade of Bombing Range
land for some land near Wag-
ontire in southeastern Oregon
might be suitable, although the
Navy claims the terrain at Wag-
ontire is less than suitable.
On the anti-ballistic missile
system, the senator feels the
system will not be deployed.
I supported further research.
Hatfield said, but he added.
'The military has goofed, and
now they'll be under careful
scrutiny."
The shutdown of the Kinzua
Corporation mill at Heppner to
a shorter work week was also
discussed by the senator.
"Last year we were over a mil
lion under the quota of hous
ing units needed in the nation,"
he said, "and we need lumber
to build them."
The poor lumber market goes
back to inflation, he said.
He said the whole problem
could be tied into military
spending.
"We have spent more than a
trillion dollars on defense since
the last world war, and yet our
feeling is not anymore secure,"
Hatfield said.
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Claim Rodeo Saddles
THAT'S A HEAVY WATERMELON, the look on Sen. Mark ut.
field: seems to say. The senator was in Heppner Friday for a
luiicn, ana was presented tne 4Z-pouna melon by Irrigon ranch
er oon Kenny. (G-T Photo).
County Schools Start Friday;
Enrollment I ncrease Expected
Car Accident
Breaks Pole
The second car accident in as
many weeks involving a power
pole sent a 24-year-old Heppner
man to Pioneer Memorial hos
pital early Saturday morning.
Harold Gray was treated for
severe lacerations of both knees
at the hospital and released
Sunday.
Morrow county sherff John
Mollahan said Gray's car shear
ed a power pole on Highway
207 near Sand Hollow, about 3
a.m. Saturday, moving the pow
er pole about 10 feet.
The 69,000 volt line did not
break, however.
Gray was alone in the car,
which was demolished.
Listen closely Friday morning.
You may hear school bells
ring.
Ready or not, school-age child
ren will be beckoned to fill up
halls as Morrow county schools
open with 1969-70 school year
with classes Friday morning.
While the day will count of
ficially as a full day of school
children will be happy to know
it will only last until 1 p.m.
The day will be used in most
schools as a registration day, as
there was no official pre-regis
tration at the schools.
Attendance figures are expect
ed to be slightly larger than
last year, with an anticipated
enrollment of 1101 students in
all county schools, compared to
1087 last year.
The district earlier decided to
Paper to Publish
Late Next Week
The Gazette-Times will be
published one day later than us
ual next week to allow employ
ees a Labor Day vacation. The
paper will be in the mail Thurs
day night and should be receiv
ed Friday.
Advertising and news copy
deadline will be one day later
for the issue. Most local bus
inesses will also observe the
holiday.
start classes at this early date
to avoid a conflict during Christ
mas vacation. Otherwise it would
be necessary to hold school for
one day during the vacation.
The first day, which will serve
as an organizational day, will
allow two weeks of vacation.
Classes are set to start at 8:45
Friday morning, and individual
schools have various plans. At
Heppner High school, a student
body assembly will be held
Students will attend all class
es the first day, but class time
will be abbreviated because of
the short day.
All first and ninth graders are
required to have a physical ex
amination before registering, ac
cording to administrators.
Students will be asked to pay
tees the tirst day. Lunches will
be sold at all cafeterias.
Part of the day at lone schools
will be spent registering, accord
ing to Principal Harold Beggs.
Students should bring money for
fees, Beggs said.
Class assignments and issu
ance of textbooks will be made
at Riverside High, said Princi
pal Dan Daltoso. The six-six
put which started at Riverside
will be continued, so students
from grades seven through
twelve will all report to River
side.
The children in grades one
through six will attend A. C.
Houghton school.
Students will actually get a
vacation immediately as there
is no school on Monday, Labor
Day. Classes will resume Tues
day with a full day of school.
Regular bus runs are planned
for Friday, with same schedules
as last year except the Pine City
run. That change is noted on
page two of the Gazette-Times.
Seventeen new teachers will
join the district this year, and
one new administrator. Jim Bier.
will be at Heppner High.
Jerry Dougherty's wife won
the cake baking contest at the
Morrow county Fair last week.
But her husband outdid her.
Finally.
Dougherty ended his quest for
the saddle that is given annu
ally to the winner of the Mor
row county amateur calf roping
event at the Morrow county Ro
deo, and he took home the Kin
zua Corporation-presented sad
die after 11 years of trying.
He was one of many winners
at the rodeo, which ended Sun
day after three performances
that saw the largest crowd ever
to attend the two-day event,
A Philomath cowbov. Steve
sennaoeje, took home the all-
around cowbov saddle, as he
finished in the money in three
events.
Morrow county all-around
cowboy was Sid Britt, Lexington,
who placed in two events for
the honor.
Dougherty headed into the
Sunday afternoon show in solid
first place, after roping his first
calf Saturday night in 22 sec
onds tlat.
Sunday afternoon, with 4G
seconds between him and Mark
Murray, Dougherty took it easv
and finished in :43.2 to win the
saddle.
Murray was second, and won
a pair of handmade boots from
Heppner Lumber Company for
his efforts. His total time for
two calves was :68.7.
Third in that event was Mon
te Evans, with a two-calf time
of 81.6 seconds. He received a
gift certificate from Gardner's
Men's Wear.
Schnabele won the saddle for
all-around, presented bv two
Lexington firms, Morrow County
Grain Growers and Padberg Ma
chinery Company, while placing
in bareback riding, saddle bronc
Record Entries
Make 1969 Fair
Among Finest
riding and team roping.
He tied with Bill McCoin, lone
cowboy, for first place on the
saddle broncs. Each had 110
points in two rides.
Schnabele's best ride was Sat
urday afternoon, when he rode
Howard Johnson's Crooked River
for a 58 score. McCoin came back
Sunday afternoon with a 57 on
Lewis River to tie things up.
The Philomath cowboy trailed
Jackie Reagan, Salem, in the
bareback event. Reagan rode
Mountain Man to top Schnabele
on Casey Jones. Fred Leskinen,
Wenatchee, Wash, managed a
tic with Schnabele,
Schnabele's other place was a
tie for sixth in team roping. His
partner was Bui McCulloch.
Reagan's first place in bare
back earned him a bareback rig
ging from Severe Brothers, Pen
dleton.
In calf roping, Paul Dupont of
Canby nailed two calves in to
tal time of 29.8 seconds for first
place.
A Longcreek cowbov. John
Morris, rode the bull Apollo
Nine for a score of 60 and first
place Sunday afternoon. His ef
forts got him a new pair of
spurs from Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Palmer of the Wagon Wheel.
Norm Durfey of Condon re
peated in the novice bronc rid
ing, winning a trophy buckle
from the Gazette-Times for that
first place.
Two Adams cowboys teamed
up to take top honors in team
roping. Troy Perkins and Leland
Gibbs had a time of 7.5 seconds
in that event.
In cow milking. Gary Dale,
Graham, Wash., was first with
a time of 28.1 seconds.
First place in bulldogeine
went to Tom Kremling, Enurn-
claw, Wash., as he put together
times of 5.8 and 9.2 seconds for
a total time of :15.0. He added
a saddle blanket from Cornett
Green Feed to his earnings,
ardson, turned the barrels in
36.2 seconds over two go-rounds
for first place. She won a $25
cash waard from Murrays Drug,
Heppner.
The ever-popular Wranglers'
cow riding saw Paul Hisler, Jr.,
Heppner, take home a trophy
buckle from Herman Green, as
he scored a 57 on his cow for
first place.
Britt's Morrow county all
around title came as he finish
ed fifth in bareback riding and
fourth in wild cow milking. He
got a first leg on the rotating
trophy plus $50 from the O. W.
Cutsforth family.
Wayne Papineau was first in
the Morrow county Derby, and
won $50 from the Heppner Elks
and $100 from P. W. Mahoney.
Sandra Rodriquez, Patti Mc
Coin and Marianne Pettyjohn
rode to first place for the Hepp
ner Wranglers in the flag race.
and won a trophy from Farley
Motor Company for their effort.
Racing winners included Pen
ny Papineau, Lexington, in the
quarter-mile race and Ruby Ful
leton in the cowgirl race.
Pony race winners were Chris
Papineau, Stan Wilson and
Heidi Johnson, a double winner.
Gate receipts for the three
performances were up 15 per
cent, according to ticket chair
man Joe Balfe.
More than $4,000 was taken
in during the two days, compar
ed with $3,600 last year.
Biggest gain was made In the
Saturday night show, where re
ceipts improved 31 per cent. Sun
day receipts jumped 15 per cent,
while Saturday afternoon admis
sions were up 8 per cent.
Rodeo board chairman Charlie
Daly expressed pleasure with
the results of the shows, and
called the event "a great com
munity effort."
"I'd like to thank everyone
who helped make the shows a
success," Daly said. He said nu
merous people helped through-
An Albany cowgirl, Reba Rich-lout the performances.
Rodeo Accidents
Injure Riders
A Heppner girl remained in
Pioneer Memorial hospital Wed
nesday with injuries received in
an accident at the Morrow coun
ty Rodeo Sunday afternoon.
Another rodeo accident victim
was released Monday after be
ing treated.
Becky Fulleton, 16, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roice Fulleton.
was listed in good condition
with a broken collarbone, receiv
ed when her horse fell during
roaeo race.
Bill Schultz, a 16-vear-old
Mitchell cowboy, was released
after treatment for an injured
leg during the Sunday perform
ance. I
Number of entries in this
year's Morrow County Fair was
almost overwhelming, members
of the board and division super
intendents found by judging
time last week. A shortage of
blue, red and white ribbons
nearly brought catastrophe to
Mrs. Lenna Smith, fair secre
tary, before all classes could be
completed.
More space was in use than
for a number of years for fan-
cywork, clothing, crafts, child
ren's corner, collector's corner,
and a good harvest season pro
duced excellent entries in fruits
and vegetables, flowers and
grain.
Communities of the county
joined in one common goal dur
ing the past week, and that was
to share and show the best they
had to offer in 4-H, FFA and
open class agricultural and
home economics exhibits, dem
onstrations, home and farm pro
jects, horses and livestock.
(More Fair Results on' Page 8)
Jaycees Capture Sweepstakes Award In Big Parade
By HELEN SHERMAN
For the third successive year,
a float entered by the Morrow
County Jaycees won grand
sweepstakes in the Saturday
Grand Parade. A good amount
of work of the Jaycee Wives
was also represented in its con
struction and in costuming of
those appearing on the float.
The two-section entry, whicn
also took first in the adult div
ision, was In keeping with the
historical theme, "Yesteryears of
Morrow", when half of it recall
ed the old-time school rooms in
Gooseberry, Lena and Rocky
Bluff communities, and anoth
er the variety of exhibits at the
first county fair in 1921.
Randall Peterson was again
chairman of the parade for the
Heppner-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce, and with his
crew, started the line of march
"at the stroke of the clock", at
11 a.m.
It was a beautful, bright sun
ny day, perfect in every way for
marching bands, beautiful floats, j
lots of horses, returning queens,
and those cheery greetings to
visitors.
Looking very "natural in the
paddle" was Frank Turner, this
year's grand marshal, one of the
community's most staunch sup
porters for over a half-century.
Greeting all of the participants
as they made their way along
the parade route was Gene
Pierce, announcer. Many nearby
communities were represented
by queens and courts, by floats
or riding groups.
Jaycees were awarded $50 for
sweepstakes and $25 for first in
adult organizations.
Second place in adult organi
zations, with an award of $15,
went to the Soroptimist club for
its entry, "Back in the Saddle ,
Featured in the outdoor setting
were four former queens, Eva
(Padberg) Griffith, 1923; Gene
vieve (Hanna) Corbin, 1936; Mer
lyn (Kirk) Robinson, 1937; and
Joan (Moe) Hudson, 1961 queen.
Ruth Assembly No. 50, Hepp
ner Rainbow Girls, captured the
$2o first prize money for juven
ile organizations. Places of hon
or went to worthy advisors of
former years, Ginger (Andresen)
Keithley, Jan (Martin) Wheel
house, (Barbara (Warren) De
vine, Linda Heath, Teresa Harsh
man, and the present worthy ad
visor Cindy Harsin, and Teresa
Wright, associate worthy advis
or. The brilliant float of the Her
miston Chamber of Commerce,
"Let Freedom Ring", took first
place for out-of -county entries,
winning $15, and hearty ap
plause from the large and ap
preciative audience.
In the commercial division, a
Model A Ford, carrying mounts
ed displays of "Pages From the
Past" won first place $25 award
for its sponsor, the Heppner Ga
zette-Times.
The uniformed Salem Riding
Club was judged best riding
club and won $25 for the first
place, with the Umatilla Sage
riders, second, with $15.
The lone School Band again
won $15 as the first place band
with the Heppner High band
placing second, and a $10 award.
Special recognition was given
former queens of the rodeo, dat
ing back to 1923. Riding, with
grace and skill in the parade
were Inez (Hayes) Gentry; Dim
ple (Crabtree) Munkers; Shirley
(Wilkinson) Rugg; Pat (Stea
gall) Dougherty; Sharon (Cuts
forth) Gorman; Susan (Partlow)
Kress; Marlene (Fetsch) Long
good; Sandra (Eubanks) Rodri-
quez; Shannon (Mahoney)
Smith; Judy (Sherer) Ripka;
Verina French, Erna Lvnn Win
chester and Berniece Matthews.
A good variety of novel en
tries were in the parade, dozens
of horses, steam engines, cos
tumed kids, and several family
groups participated.
A near-casualty brought ex
citement to the crowd when a
horse, keyed to racing, and rid
den by Tony Currin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ron Currin, broke loose
and began racing past the pa
rade route. Other horses closed
in and brought it to a halt be
fore anyone was hurt.
Hager's Dairy, assisted by
Jaycees, generously passed out
ice cream bars to all participants
at tne close of the parade.
Complete parade results:
Organization Floats
Juvenile organization: Ruth
Assembly, Rainbow Girls, Hepp
ner, $25.
Adult Organization: First,
Morrow County Jaycees, $25;
second, boroptimist Club, $15.
Grand sweepstakes: Morrow
County Jaycees, $50.
Out-of-Counrv Floats
First, Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce, $2o; second, Umatil
la Ordnance Depot, $20.
Mounted Entries
Best riding club: First, Salem
Riding Club, $25; second, Uma
tilla Sageriders, $15.
Best mounted family group.
Robert Hoskins family, $7.50.
Best mounted cowgirl, Becky
Fulieton, $7.50.
Best mounted cowbov. Art
Vance, $7.50.
Best comic, Susan and Nancy
Allstott, Windy Arbogast. $10.
Oldest cowgirl, Inez Gentry.
So.
Oldest cowboy. Jack Hughes.
$5.
Bands, Cars, Surreys
Bands: First, lone School band,
directed by Darrell James, $15;
second, Heppner High school
band, directed by Arnie Hod
man, $10.
Cars: First, Mr. and Mrs. Rog
er Palmer, $10; second, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Harrison, $7.50.
Surreys: First, Floyd Hutchens
$7.
Juvenile Division
Children's Floats: First, Lisa
Burkenbine, $7.50; second, Janet
Gentry and Ronald Young, $5.
Riding Clubs: 4-H Two-Trackers,
$7.
Pet Entry: Gary Luper, $7.50.
Youngest Cowgirl: Andrea
Ball, $3.50.
Youngest Cowboy: Cliff Dough
erty, $3.50.
Bicycles: first, Ronnie Sch
wartz, $7.50; second, Todd Har
bison, $5.
Tricycles: first, Jackie Ander
son, $5; second, Karmin Bran
non, $3.50.
Best juvenile cowbov costume:
first, Larry Pal.v:sr, $5; second,
Russell Brannon, $3.50.
Best juvenile cowgirl costume:
first, Tammv Tucker, $5; sec
ond. Paula Palmer, $3.50.
Visiting courts were entertan-
ed at a noon luncheon at the
Elks Club, prior to grand en
tries at the afternoon rodeo
show.
New Industrial Park Plant
To Produce Alfalfa Cubes
I. M. Docken, president of the
I. M. Docken Corporation, Board
man, and J. F. Davaly, chair
man of the Board of Directors
of Alfalfa International Corpor
ation, Portland, have announced
the recent signing of a contract
between the two firms, giving
exclusive rights of sale of the
I. M. Docken feed cubes for all
foreign export to Alfalfa Inter
national Export Corporation (III
S. W. Harrison, G. A. No. 12,
Portland, Oregon).
The I. M. Docken (IMD) feed
cubes will be produced at the
yite of the new Docken Corpora
tion alfalfa cubing plant in the
Industrial Park beng developed
by the Port of Morrow at Board -man.
The plant is the first of its
kind in the Northwest. Construc
tion is in the final stages, and
actual production of the feed
cubes is scheduled to get un
derway around September 15.
General contractors for the pro
ject are Shockman Brothers of
Hermiston. Project superintend
ent is Jay C. Hicks, also of Her
miston. The Docken Corporation an
nounced in addition that it had
entered into an agreement with
Hawaii Livestock Feeds Compa
ny of Honolulu for the exclus
ive sale of the IMD feed cubes
for the State of Hawaii.
J. F. Davaly of the Alfalfa
International Corporation and
John Glatt, of the Oregon De
partment of Agriculture, an
nounced that there is a great
Interest being shown by Jap
anese dairy owners for the pur
chase of the IMD alfalfa hay
cubes, and that numerous re
quests have been received for
purchase of the product upon
completion of the plant.
ONE WAT TO WATCH A PARADE and stay out of the sun was
discovered by young Herman Winter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Her
man Winter, Heppner. He found this big sign at Gal's Richfield
and crawled under to watch the parade (when he wasn't being
bothered by cameramen). (G-T Photo).