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L ! BRAKY U OF 0 EUGENE. ORE 07403 86th Year Number 32 WEATHER Weekly Crop Report 1. Short 2. b. Fall seeding underway Most areas need rain for adequate moisture. Weed ing in summer fallow gen eral throughout county. e. Fall potato harvest progressing. Br DON GILLIAM 111 Low Prec. Wednesday 72 45 Thursduy 74 50 Friday 69 40 Saturday 76 44 Sunday 77 4'J Monday 76 51 .03 Tuesday 70 51 Total prec. for Sept. was .88; normal .76. THE dSte MEPFBIEH GAZEYTE-TME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 2, 1969 Price 10 Cents A Valuable Addition . 7 h i 1 9 ' r A, . r ONLY A SMALL PORTION of the big collection of mounted Ore gon Wildlife can be seen through the eyes of a camera. But these are representative of the 75 life-size mounts recently placed in the new addition of the Morrow County Museum by Mrs. Amanda Duvall. High on a perch may be seen a radiant ly plumed peacock, boasting a 9 ft. 6 in. spread, surrounded bv life-like mounted trophies of cougar, bear, coyote, fox, fcaag er. Bay and Canadian lynx, raccoons, bobcat and kittens, mink. beaver, eagles, owls, and yes, even the prickly porcupine. Tne museum is open each Saturday from 10 a-m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. (G-T Photo) Kelly Prairie Lake Gets Big Setback The outlook for construction for Kelly Prairie Impoundment, a proposed 500-acre lake, locat ed In the Heppner District of Eastern Oregon, toon a aouDt ful turn this week following completion of the first phase of core drilling at the proposed Game in Pilot Rock Flood One for Books Not Football By PAT KILKENNY A flash flood during a foot ball game? This was the story Monday, septemDer zv, at ruoi Rock. Despite the excitement and interruption, the Rocket Jayvees were the victors by a score of 18-6 over the Baby Mustangs. The game in fact, had many out-of -the-normal occurren c e s. The first and probably the most precarious was not only a hard down pour but water so abun dant that it rose over the banks of the Birch Creek water that a cow floated down, water that a group of Mustang gridders sat above on banks to watch it flow down. Water with the lights at the football stadium blacked out. As Jayvee Coach Dale Conk lin put it, "It was the most mis erable weather that I have ever experienced as a coach, it was just like walking out a door and having someone pour a continuous stream of water on your head!" The bad weather had a poor effect on the game, causing both squads to fumble and make oth er mistakes. The Mustangs' only score rame when defensive back Dal las Harsin recovered a fumbled ball and carried it in for a score. The PAT was converted on a pass from Allan McCabe to Dale Hedman. This was the onlv time that the Mustangs were able to hit coacn ionium navdirt but rnmmpnted that his team look ed 100 better on offense than is available, the Corps men have round Federal Cutback Hurts Reservoir Recreation Plans Plans for additional develop ments at recreational areas along the John Day Reservoir, from John Day to McNary Dams, are "on the boards", but is not known when they can be com pleted, speakers told the Hepp-ner-Morrow countv Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Soeakiner for the U. S. Corps of Engineers were heads of the reservoir planning section, B. C. Christensen of Walla Walla, Bud Ossey of Portland and Dave Larson, project engineer of ine Dalles. The main problem which confronts moving haead with further plans Is the lack of funds," Christensen pointed out. A cutback of 75 of Feder ally funded construction work is causing delays and postpone ment, he said. Very rigid criteria have been set to qualify lor needed funds, and recreation is not included as one of them. Much has been started in de veloping parks along the Ore gon side of the Columbia along Lake Umatilla, and on the John Day River "arm". Christensen pointed out on maps several park areas which now supply good recreation, and will be fur ther developed. Ossey showed colored slides of facilities at Sight "A" at the mouth of the John Day River and all that is offered there in boat landing docks, park facil ities, developed beaches, skiing and swimming. ' Four miles inland on the "arm" is Sight "C", an excel lent camping and recreation ar ea, which is reached only by boat. This can now accommo date 30 to 40 units of "tent" campers with excellent swim-i ming and beach use. No open fires are allowed, and adequate garbage taciiities create a Drob lem. More moorage space, as well as road facilities are In the planning stage. Additional units are planned tor wniow Park on Willow Creek, up 3-mile Canyon, but heavy silt fill-in and limited clearance under bridges are the current problems. Ossey touched briefly on Boardman, where wave action is undermining ramps and there is stronger need for breakwater. Well developed marinas at Uma tilla below McNary have made it one or the best used areas. Plans are ahead for enlarging Hat Rock marina, now under private operation. The park at Irrigon is awaiting further de velopment. Very little in added facilities will be available in these rec reation areas until more money dam site, according to announce ment Tuesday. George Kcrnan, chief engineer for the Game Commission, and Stan Thorn, U. S. orest Service engineer, disclosed in a progress report that core drilling at the dam site showed a deep layer of rubble and otner porous ma terials to depths of more than 70 feet below , the ground sur face. Kernan said that of three test holes sunk, , one continued through rubble at 70 feet, one hit a layer of clay at 33 feet, and the third hit ledge of sand stone at 18 feet. The entire dam site location showed extremely unstable and porous material on which to construct an impoundment. Northwest Testing Company, contractor, has now moved its equipment to alternate dam sites upstream from the origin al location, according to Kernan. Core drilling will continue at these sites, with the results ex pected in about two weeks. PP&K fo Draw Boys Age 8-13 Here Next Week in their last ball game. He had praise for Dallas Har sin who did a good job both ways, Beryl Stillman wno cua a commendable job running the hall, also for Dave Eckman for his offensive performance. The Baby Mustangs' next gridiron contest will be with Condon at Condon, Monday, October 6, at 4 p.m. "Recreation is the 3rd high est major industry in Oregon, and by 2000 it will be number 1," Ossey pointed out. With the shortage of law enforcement of ficers, they find patrolling and vandalism are major problems. They hope to encourage better control, and improve shallow ground areas for safety. Clinics, usually held the week preceding Punt. Pass and Kick competition for boys 8 through 13. have been cancelled, due to conflicts with the opening of hunting season Saturday, it is announced by Everett Keithley, chairman. Regular date of the PP&K con test will remain on Saturday, October 11. Boys of the lone, Heppner and nearby areas are invited to meet at the Heppner rodeo grounds -at "10:00 a.m. to compete. , Coseiies- will . try . to work during -the coming week with boys who are interested. Co-sponsoring the contest again this year will be the lone Lions club, under tne chairman ship of Gene Rietmann. Advance registration will not be required this year, Keithley stated, since registration forms have been late in reaching the sponsors. Boys may register up to and on tne aay or competit ion, he said. Bovs now seven years of age who will be eight before next January, are eligible. Those who will be 14 beiore January are not eligible, according to the rules. Many local awards are offer ed the winners, with advance ment to regional and national contests, and the big prizes. I Mustangs to Meet Rockets on Friday By PAT KILKENNY Greater Oregon Conference league play will open for the Heppner Mustangs when they meet the Pilot Rock Rockets Fri day night, on the Heppner turf. The Mustangs are 2-1 for the season, they defeated Elgin and London, then a loss to the en terprise Savages. Coach Hiemstra has made lit tle comment about the upcom ing clash with the Rockets, but he is optimistic about procuring a victory. Pilot Rock has dropped two preseason games, one to Grant Union by a nominal margin and one to Joseph in a tight game. Although the Rockets lost to Grant Union, they aren't alone. Last weekend Grant Union walloped Enterprise 56-6. The Rockets will probably be led by junior quarterback Bill Quaempts. One thing for sure is that it will be a good ball game, as it is the first league game ror both squads. Oregon Hunters Set For Season Opening Oregon big game hunters will be heading for all parts of the state to take part in the general buck deer season set to open Saturday, Ocober 4. The mass invasion will probably see the bulk of the state's 300, 000 deer hunters taking to the forests and rangelanda at dawn on that day. - The outlook looks good in the higher areas here, according to Glen Ward, district game agent, and fire clangers have been lessened with recent rains. The buck season will extend through October 22 in eastern Oregon and through October 26 in west ern Oregon. Nimrods with unit permits will be eli gible to hunt deer of either sex within the unit for which the permits are issued from October 18 through the remainder of the season. National Honor Awarded Former Extension Agent Paper to Emphasize National 4-H Week Morrow county 4-H clubs will be recognized in next week's Is sue of the Gazette-Times, in ob servance of National 4-H Week, October 5-11. Mrs. Birdine Tullis and Gail McCarty, extension directors of 4-H clubs, and tne county 4-H council, are promoting annual recognition of the importance of 4-H education. Special articles and advertise ments will appear next week to give support and promote enthu siasm. All inose in tne county who wish to participate are ask ed to contact the county lead ers, or the Gazette-1 imes otiice. Date Corrected Correct date of the first series card party of Holly Re&eKan Lodge is Saturday, October 4', and not October 1, as appears in announcement on page a oi this paper. N. C. Anderson. Polk county extension agent, is one of two Oregon county agents to receive Distinguished Service Awards from the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The award was announced Tuesday (September 23) in At lantic City during the associa tion's national meeting. The other county agent to be so hon ored was Ray Petersen, Klam ath county. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson went east for the convention and to receive the award. Anderson's career with the Oregon State University Cooper ative Extension Service began in 1946 when he was named Morrow county agent. He start ed his extension career in North Dakota in 1942. In Morrow county for 19 years, Anderson developed educational programs in weed control, range land seeding, weed control and soil conservation. As secretary of the Morrow County Livestock association, he helped organize and complete a Brucellosis test program that re sulted in the county being one of the first range counties in the United States to achieve modified-free Brucellosis status. As a result of this program. over 90 per cent of all heifer calves were vaccinated at wean ing time. He also developed demonstra tion seedines of grazing alfal fas on rangeland which result ed in several thousand acres of land being seeded to grass and alfalfa both in Morrow county and the surrounding area. He did the first research on knapweed, a serious range weed endangering thousands of acres of grazing land and Initiated an aerial control program. He also developed a weed control pro gram in cooperation with coun ty and state highway officials and railroad owners. The Heppner Soil Conserva tion District, of which he was secretary for 19 years, was nam ed the outstanding district in Oregon three times and was not ed for having more contour and field strip cropping than all counties combined. In 1965, Anderson was grant ed a leave without pay from OSU to undertake a mission to Niger, Africa, where he helped organize an Extension Service there as well as directing a Young Farmers Training Cen ter. In Niger, he worked in de veloping a training program for undergraduates of Kolo Agricul- . NELS C. ANDERSON tural College who would be ex tension agents. The program utilized Peace Corps volunteers to direct practical training in the field. At the Young Farmes Center, he was charged with the pro gram to training 60 to 70 young men in modern agricultural techniques. Anderson returned to the OSU Extension Service In 1967 and was assigned to Linn county. In 1968. he was transferred to Wheeler county to help complete that county's long range plan ning conference and in Septem ber, 1968, was assigned to Polk county. As a Polk county extension agent. Anderson is responsible for developing educational pro grams In cereal and forage crops, farm forestry and weed control in the county. He also has area responsibility for beef cattle programs. Collision Claims Life of Navy Man Ronald Willa Steagall, U. S. Navy, 25 years of age, who was stationed at the Boardman Bombing Range Detachment, was killed Friday evening in an auto accident at the intersec tion of Wilson and Kincaid roads, one-half mile south of Boardman. Steagall's car collided with one driven by Mrs. John Phil lips of Boardman. Mrs. Phillips and two of her four daughters, who were In the car with her, were seriously injured and re main hospitalized. sailors remains And how does the season shape up? Good, says the Game Commission. Deer are available in good numbers with popula tions up in some areas, on a par in others, and down in still ot hers. In the north Coast Range buck hunters will find the going a bit tougher than past years, the result of higher than normal winter mortality. Buck hunting will also be difficult on the west slopes of the Cascades south through the McKenzie country. Best buck hunting In 1 the northwest will undoubtedly be in the southern portions from the Polk unit south through the Siuslaw and Smith River drain ages. Hunters will do well to look over the many spur ridges ex tending out into agricultural lands as well as the brushy foothill country. Blacktails like to live around these brushy ridges where they have ready access to fields and : meadows below. Good populations of "black -tails are reported all through southwestern Oregon. In most areas populations show an up swine except portions of the Cascade slopes. Some top buck hunting is expected In the Six es, Rogue, Evans Creek, Cheteo, and Aoolegate units. Blacktails are down in the Keno country, but populations are on a par in most other units of the area. In the southwest region hunt ers will do well to check out the brushy bottom lands and spur ridges. Some cagey old bucks will be found in the dense brush patches adjacent to agri cultural lands. The Klamath country of cent- ral Oregon is expected only fair as the hard winter cut into mule deer herds auite severely. The interstate herds were also hit bv the hard winter. Farther north, buck hunters are expect ed to find good hunting through the Grizzly, Maury, and Ochoco areas. The Deschutes and Paul ina units will be fair to good and the Metollus only fair. Blacktail herds on the north and east slopes of Mt. Hood were hard hit by the winter, but mule deer herds in wasco and Sherman units came through in fine shape. Buck hunters all through northeastern Oregon are expect- ed to enjoy excellent success. Mule deer herds in this coun try are in excellent shape and in some areas snow increases. The Sled Springs. Chesnlmnus, Imnaha. and Snake River units should all be good. Heating, Ba ker, and Catherine Creek units should also produce high yields of deer. Hunters will find excellent populations of mules in the Ukiah, Heppner, Wheeler, North- side, Murderers Creeic, ana look- The voun? were rorwardea Monaay oy out Mountain areas. The Min- Sweeney Mortuary to Gilmer,! Texas, for service and interment. (Continued on page 8) It's an old iron handle, that's what it is. Anybody who ever heated up a flat-iron and used the hand le to lift it would recognize it immediately. But to most of today's youngsters, many of whom hare only seen modern steam irons, it was unidentifiable. Mrs. Inez Meador, seventh and eighth grade teacher at Hepp ner Elementary school, asked her students in the two classes to examine the object and guess about its use. She got some good answers. "A car door handle," one student said. "I think it is a nail puller." another surmised. Some of the 31 students asked correctly identified it, but most had other ideas. One not-so-young person, Heppner Elementary principal Al Martin, even took a guess at the use of the handle. His answer: "A tool for the hand used to throw hay bales onto a wagon." Herewith are some of the other responses: "A door handle and latch." "It is a handle that you lift something." "It is a leveL It is used for leveling wood or ivory." "It looks like a handle to a shop or bam." It looks like a handle to a butter churn. Or it might be used The 'Thing' Stymies Students for a handle to get up on a tractor. Or it might be a starter for something." "It looks liks a protractor that you measure things with or else a handle and you could clip something to it." "It is iron and it can be used to open a door. -It is a handle off a gander used to smooth wood." "It is some kind of clamp which is used to hold a small chain together." "A carpenter's tool." "I think ifg a door handle." "It looks like a protractor because its shape is rounded." "It looks like an old door handle." "Maybe a handle to a barn door and the little knob is to unlock the door." "I think it is a compass used on boats." "An old leather punch." "It is a protractor." "I think it is a suitcase handle." "I think it is an old-fashioned door handle. "It is the top of an old iron." "You could use it for a door handle." At least one person was sure: "iron handle off an iron used in the olden days." tsmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsmmmmm 'ft ,v it. 1
