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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October 30, 1969
Number 36
Kinzua Announces Plans
To Erect Veneer Plant
A new green veneer plywood
plant will soon be added to pres
ent facilities of the Heppner
mill or Kinzua corporation, it
was announced by Allen Nistad,
general manager, at the Ilepp
ner-Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce meeting Monday
noon.
Land clearing and construe
tlon of the large building will
commence as soon as the nec
essary soil tests have been com
pleted, Nistad stated.
Over one-half million dollars
in plywood machinery are now
on order for the plant, to make
it one of the most automated
and up-to-date plants in Ore
gon. The new building, expected to
be 190,000 square feet, will be
erected at the vacant clearing
along the highway north of
town at the present mill site,
complete with its own rail and
loading facilities. It will also ac
commodate a good amount of
lumber storage, it is planned.
The total number of employ
ees has not been determined,
but Nistad expects it to exceed
30 people at the beginning, with
provisions included for a larger
operation. Local residents will
be given first consideration for
employment, Nistad promised.
Officials estimate that the
plant will be in operation by
summer of 1970, although no
definite start-up time has been
scheduled.
Purpose for the added facility
is to better utilize the second
growth timber that occurs on
the company's own 230,000 acre
tree farm.
"We are entering a new ex
citing era in Eastern Oregon re-
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BOB JEPSEN
National Chairman
Jepsen Directs
'Day of Bread'
Over the Nation
The International "Day of
Bread" was marked for a first
time in the United States, Tues
day, October 28, during Harvest
Festival Week, by Presidential
proclamation. The American ob
servance follows a European
tradition which has spread to
South America and Asia, pay
ing tribute to Man's dependence
upon agriculture and tne Doun
ty of nature.
Bob Jepsen, lone wheat ranch
er and former Oregon Wheat
Growers League president, has
been the National Chairman for
this event for the National As
sociation of Wheat Growers. He
presented loaves of bread to
Governor McCall preceding his
proclamation which was made
in Salem.
Originating in West Germany
in 1953, the Harvest Festival
and "Day of Bread" have spread
throughout the Continent. The
"Day of Bread" formalizes the
ritual of harvest celebrations in
many countries.
The wheat crop is the world's
largest. Forty-three countries
with 35.6 per cent of the pop
uiauon almost a billion peo
ple use wheat as a staple
iooa. Bread is even more im
portant economically, cultur
ally and as nourishment for
millions when one considers
those loaves made with proDor
tKins of cereals other than
wheat
"Bread gains greater meaning
every aay as governments con
cern themselves with the in
creasing problems of feeding
tne hungry and malnourished,
both domestically and abroad."
Promoting the "Day of Bread"
are all segments of the indus
try including producers, millers,
bakers. State Dept. of Agricul
ture, retailers, Oregon Wheat
Growers League and Oregon
Wheat Commission.
forestatlon," the manager in
formed his listeners, "and we
want to put into practice many
of the new methods of spacing
and reseeding."
For the present time, work of
the regular plant will not be
affected by construction or use
of the new facility. The pres
ent mill has returned to full
time production and the lumber
market is moving again. .
Nistad expressed appreciation
lor the interest and cooperation
or Heppner people in the ex
pansion, especially the local
planning commission and per
sonnel of Columbia Basin Elec
trie Cooperative for providing
neeaea services.
"We couldn't find a finer
place in Eastern Oregon to set
up shop," he concluded.
Accompanying him to the
meeting were three emrjlovees
oi Kinzua corporation, Mike
Oreskovic, Clarence Greenup
ana luck uranam.
Representing the "witch not"
club, Mayor Bill Collins pre
sented a special award to Dr.
Wallace Wolff for his success
in "witching" his own well at
their home. His own "scientific
device" proved successful in
producing a 6500 gallon a min
ute flow.
Concluding the program was
some home movies of 20 years
ago, made by Bill Collins, of
the big grain elevator fire here,
and of antiquated logging op
erations about 33 years ago in
the Saginaw timber near Cot
tage Grove.
Iiiirloy Ruggi Named tm1y Livestock Grower
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DEVOTED TO HER PROFESSION of raising sheep, cattle and
Horses is Mrs. Shirley Rugg, this years Morrow County Live
stock Grower of the Year. Best known for her large sheep op-
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eration, her lamb and wool production have become recognized
as one of the largest in the state. Faithful companions are her
Australian Dingo ranch dogs. Babo or BelL (McCarty photo).
Speech Contest Won
By lone Senior Girl
Joy Beggs, lone high school
senior, was first place winner of
me I9b bpeech Contest, sponsor
ed by the Heppner Soil and
Water Conservation District. Stu
dents competed at Heppner High
scnooi last Wednesday aiternoon,
In close competition. Karla
Weatherford, Heppner High jun
ior, was second; Sandi Carlson,
lone High senior, third, and
Jeannie Daly, Heppner High
sophomore, fourth. Trophies were
presented to the first three olace
winners, provided by Morrow
County Grain Growers.
A large number of students
made up the audience, including
those in speech classes from lone
and Heppner. Judges were Mrs.
Verner Troedson, Rev. Mike
Luedde, both of lone, and Larry
Mills, Heppner.
Kenneth Turner served as
master of ceremonies, and Albert
Wright was contest chairman.
Ine girls spoke on the toDie.
'Range and Pasture Manage
ment in an Oregon Conservation
District."
Miss Beggs will present her
first-place speech on the Dropram
of the Morrow Countv Grain
Grower's annual meeting Mon
day night at the fair pavilion,
and will enter the area contest
in Hermiston.
Land Bank Men
Called to Attend
Spokane Meeting
Elmer Pahl, Pendleton: Mil
ton Morgan, lone; James Beam
er, Weston; Verne Dale, Helix;
Raymond Rugg, Pilot Rock; Har
old G. Campbell, Echo, and
Richard Wilkinson, Heppner,
who are directors or the Fen
dleton Federal Land Bank Asso
ciation, will attend a two-day
Federal Land Bank Representa
tive Conference in Spokane on
November 6 and 7.
Theme of the conference will
be "Seeking, Serving, Growing"
and the topics covered during
the two days will include a var
iety of financial problems as
they affect farmers and ranch
ers in the northwest states. Forty-eight
Federal Land Bank As
sociations of Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho and Montana will
be represented at the confer
ence.
A special panel of four district
Federal Land Bank presidents
from Berkeley, Calif., Wichita.
Kan., St. Paul, Minn., and
Omaha. Neb. will discuss future
long term credit needs of agri
culture and related subject. One
of the main features of the con
ference will be a tour of the
new Farm Credit Banks build
ing of Spokane. This $1.8 mil
lion structure will house the
three Farm Credit Banks includ
ing The Federal Land Bank,
The Federal Intermediate Cred
it Bank and the Spokane Bank
for Cooperatives.
Elk Season Opens;
Area Restrictions Set
It's the big one coming up for
Oregon hunters. November 1
marks the opening of the Rocky
Mountain elk season in eastern
Oregon which is scheduled to
extend " M h o u nirWqvtmbet 19.
West side hunters will have a
later season for Roosevelt elk,
Students to Canvass
For Childrens' Fund
Don't lock your doors to
night (Thursday): Trick or
Treaters for UNICEF will be
at your house, asking for do
nations. Heppner High school stu
dents will be the masked
bandits after your contribu
tions for the United Nations
Children Fund.
Students will start ringing
door bells around 8:00 p.m.
tonight.
Teacher-Parent
Conference Scheduled
There will be no school held
for grades 1 through 4 at
Heppner Elementary school
on Thursday, November 4.
Alan Martin, principal an
nounces. Teacher-parent con
ference will be held at this
time. Grades 5 through 8 will
continue to meet on this day,
1969 Heppner High Homecoming Court
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HOMECOMING COURT for this year's celebration at Heppner High school was selected by the
lettennen's H-Club. One will be honored as qieen at intermission oi tne Homecoming game
Friday night. At top are two Juniors, Julie Ay.es and Susie French; below them are Mollf
Becket. Debbie Warren and Jody Bugg, all seniors. Thursday activities Include a float parade
after school and bonfire at 7:00 pan. All alumni and visiting Madras students are invited to
the Homecoming dance Friday at the school a. 10:30, with music by the Cobwebs and Strange,
a Pilot Rock combo. (Jim Schaffitz photo).
with this season scheduled from
November 15 through 23.
The Game Commission re
minded hunters that they are
restricted to huntlna in one ar
ea or the other and must have
the proper elk tag for that area.
In other words, hunters after
Rocky Mountain elk in eastern
Oregon and the Mount Hood
area must have the Rocky
Mountain elk tag; those after
Roosevelt elk in the Cascades
and Coast ranges must have the
Roosevelt elk tag.
Bag limit is one bull elk with
antlers longer than the ears.
Exception to this rule is in the
Southeastern Elk Units where
hunters may take either sex an
imals from November 1 through
14 and bull elk only for the
remainder of the eastern Ore
gon season.
Regulations provide that hunt
ers killing an animal must re
tain in their possession the ant
lers with scalp and eyes at
tached while the carcass is in
the field or forests or in tran
sit. Firearms regulations for
elk hunting restrict the hunter
to rifles of at least .25 inch cal
iber and developing 1220 foot
pounds of energy at 100 yards.
Rifles which do not meet both
of these requirements are not
legal for elk hunting.
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Mustangs Meet
Buffaloes Here
For Homecoming
Western Division Standings
, Greater Oregon League
GRAIN GROWER PRESIDENT
Barton Clark will preside over
the important annual meeting
of MCGG at the Fair Pavil
ion Monday evening.
Grain Growers'
Annual Meeting
Slated Monday
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Sherman County
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Pilot Rock
(Sub-district champion)
Finale to the 1969 HHS grid
season will be the Homecom
ing game, a conference clash,
here between the Heppner Mus
tangs and the Madras High
White Buffaloes. The game will
be Friday, October 31, at 8 p.m.
The teams are now tied for sec
ond, so the game determines the
runner-up in tne western div
ision of the league.
Head Coach Ed Hiemstra says,
Madras gets tougher every
game. The uunaioes are aoing
well with their new offense."
Sherman will play Grant Un
ion Friday night at John Day
for the division title. Scheduled
for a non-league clash at that
time, the two would have play
ed again November 7 for the
championship, so it was decid
ed to make Friday's game the
counter.
Despite the 24-20 loss last
week to the Sherman Huskies,
the Mustangs are ready for the
Madras Buffaloes and the 1969
Homecoming.
For nine of the boys, the
game will close out high school
football play. Seniors on the
squad are David Wright, John
McCabe, Bill Greenup. Rick Mar
auardt, Lee Huson, Matt Mur
ray, Mike Hedman. Hal Bergs-
trom and Rob Abrams.
There is a full program plan
ned for the annual meeting of
the Morrow County Grain Grow
ers. Inc.. on Monday, November
3, at the Heppner Fair pavilion,
and all members of the organ
ization are urged to attend.
The dinner will be served
promptly at 6:30 p.m. by mem
bers of the Willows Grange. As
usual, champion 4-H beef will
be featured as the main course
of the menu. A number of door
prizes will be drawn through
out the course of the evening,
consisting mostly of champion
beef.
Karl Bauer of Portland will
be guest speaker. His talk is
expected to present potentials
and discuss some of the prob
lems expected in developing a
new irrigation area, such as is
now being experienced in North
Morrow county.
His wide background has in
cluded 15 years in experiment
al work while on the staff of
Washington State University
He is currently an agronomic
consultant for Pacific Supply
Company, and director of re
search development, and has
done an extensive amount of
experimental research work in
fertilizer and irrigation agricul
ture.
Joy Beggs of lone will de
liver her conservation speech,
judged first place winner in the
annual speech contest sponsor
ed last week by the Heppner
Soil and Water Conservation
District.
Business session of the meet
ing will be conducted by Pres
ident Barton Clark and Larry
Mills, manager.
In addition to the election of
four new directors and five as
sociate directors, the reports
from the officers, members will
be asked to consider the adop
tion of Restated Articles of In
corporation and Amended By
laws for the organization.
Advance letters have been
mailed to all members giving
information on the changes, and
pointing out the need to con
form with current codes.
Stockmen Break
Tradition; Name
Voman for Honors
"She can hardly be called
Cattleman of the Year", so this
years honors will go to one
who we will call 'Livestock
Grower of the year'." This was
the introduction given to the
cattlemen's choice for 1969
Mrs. Shirley Rugg.
Yes, Morrow county women
should be especially proud of
this year's selection, proving
that, after all. women are not,
necessarily, the weaker sex. And
the honored one- is not primar
ily known for her cattle but
for an over-all interest in livestock.
Mrs. Rugg. has become one
of the state's most widely
known sheep producers and op
erators.
She was presented an a-
ward for this accomplishment
Wednesday evening at the an
nual Farm-City banouet. spon
sored jointly by the Morrow
County Livestock Growers asso
ciation, the . Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce
and the Heppner Soil and Wa
ter Conservation district, in the
multipurpose room of Heppner
High school.
As a descendant of the Frank
Wilkinson family, she is proud
of her heritage and the oppor
tunity to carry on in family tra
dition.
Family honors in livestock
and agriculture date back to
1957. In June of that year her
lather, Frank Wilkinson, was
selected Morrow County Grass
man of the Year, but his death
came prior to the presentation
ot this plaque . at the Farm
City banquet that year in No
vember. Her mother, Wave!
Wilkinson, has been a main
stay in much of the operations
since that time.
Also, in family tradition, her
brother, Dick Wilkinson, con
tinued and developed improved
cattle operations. In 1965 he was
recognized as that year's Cat
tleman of the Year, and shar
ed by his wife, Virginia.
Very much involved and inter
ested in the sheep, livestock and
Appatoosa norses on tne large
Rugg ranch are Mrs. Rugg's
teenage daughters, Jody, a sen
ior at Heppner High school, and
Jill, an active sophomore. Most
of their spare time, away from
a busv school schedule, is spent
on horseback, or with their live
stock prolects, on sheep and
cattle drives, or with the lamb
ing duties. .
A television documentary of
the sheep operation was filmed
by Oregon State University, cov
ering a full year's cycle. It was
shown for the first time in May,
1968, and repeated in May of
this year in this area. It was
a feature of the series "Ore
gon At Work," and is expected
to be released by the college for
educational showing throughout
the state.
Operations are Extensive
Livestock on the Rugg oper
ations Include some 5,400 ewes,
300 cows, and 12 mares raising
Appaloosa colts.
Eight Basque men from Spain
handle the sheep and one full
time man and two part-time-men
handle the rest of the jobs.
The Basque herders are employ
ed under a three-year contract
through the Western Range As
sociation. In 1962, the ranch started
fencing all the sheen range
with a 48-inch woven wire fence
and went to a semiherdless sys
tem. This means that the ewes
are herded while nursing lamb?,
and the first 21 days of the
breeding season. The remainder
of the time, they are turned
loose in fenced pastures.
To date, the Rugg operation
has constructed some 150 miles
of fence and developed over
stock water ponds, mostly in
cooperation with the U. S. For
est Service.
A Year's Sheep Cycle
To follow a full year wiih
the sheep, one might start with
the breeding season. The ewes '
are gathered from summer rang
es in September and are f"J
cubes the first 21 days of ths
breeding season. This helps to
increase the number of twins
born, giving the ranch the'r
140 lambing average.
Breeding dates are staggered
with new bucks being added
every 10 days so that the lamb
ing facilities will not be over
crowded. After the 21-day breed
ing period, the sheep are turn
ed loose again until the end
of November when they are
gathered and moved to the foot
hills around Rhea Creek.
They are gathered again about
Christmas and trailed to the do .-
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