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I I BRARY U OF 0 EUGENE, ORE. 97403 Price 10 Cents 86tK Year GRAIN PRICES (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Grower) (T.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warehouse chgs.) Soft white Wheat 1.44 Barley 40.50 Mustangs Ditch Prospectors In Weekend Play, 68-75 By KEVIN DICK Grant Union, one of Heppner High's major rivals, fought hard only to lose again to the Mus tangs, 68-75, in their year-old gym last Saturday. The Mustangs started into the game with two major objectives to out-hustle their opponents and to screen John Day's high scoring center, Dan Lissman, off the boards. They screened poorly and did little hustling in the first half, but to Coach Clough's surprise were still in the ballgame with a half time score of 33-33. Lissman scored at least eight points each quarter, ended with 37. points more than half of Grant Union's total. He sank 13 free throws In 14 chances. Grant Union led the Horse men all of the first quarter. With 6:10 left in the second per iod, John McCabe put Heppner up by two. The game was tied nine times and the lead chang ed hands seven times. Then, with only a minute gone in the last quarter, Heppner took the lead for the remainder of the game. ; Both teams shot 67 from the charity line but Heppner had more attempts. The Mustangs were fouled 23 times while be ine whistled for 20 violations. John Day also fell to defeat (84-57) by the Madras White Buffaloes the night before they were subdued by the Mustangs, Heppner and Madras have not yet played.. John Day beat Hepp ner here by one point, In this season's opening game. Heppner had four players in double, figures; La , Verne Van Marter 23, Lee Huson 21, Pat Kilkenny 18, McCabe 10, and Steve Kemp 3. Also seeing much action but failing to score were John Hall, Matt Murray, and Kevin Dick. Doug Burpee Gets Air Medal Marine First Lieutenant Doug las B. Burpee, husband of the former Miss Virginia L. Turner of Lexington, was awarded his first Air Medal during ceremo nies held at the Marine Corps Base at Chu Lai in Vietnam. He received the award for achievement in aerial flight while serving with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122. Bill Weatherford In the Orient Navy Boilerman Second Class William W. Weatherford III, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Weatherford of Knotted Rope Ranch, Route 2, Heppner, is serv ing aboard the destroyer USS O'Brien in the South China Sea. The ship recently arrived off the coast of Vietnam during a six month tour of Southeast Asian operations. The O'Brien is homeported in Long Beach, Calif. From the Forest Kinzua Corporation recently purchased two smaU private timber sales. One in Umatilla County, primarily virgin timber on 520 acres. The other was in Grant County, primarily second growth pine and fir on 280 ac res. On the 280 acres the com pany also acquired a long term timber management agree ment. The timber management agreement, as mentioned above, is not new here at Kinzua, but very few pepole are aware of its existence. The purpose of this ' agreement is to provide technological assistance to local small landowners in the devel opment of their forest lands and also to provide a guaranteed periodic income from his tree farm when the timber reaches merchantable size. Kinzua feels it very import ant that forest land, whomever j the owner, should be developed to their full capacity of grow ing timber so that the indus try wiU be assured of a future supply to meet needs from the forests. Heppner, Besides Lissman, Thunnell for the Prospectors scored 11 points and Mills 9. HEPPNER 75 Fg Ft Pf 3 3 4 4 4 0 1 0 Tp 21 10 0 18 23 3 0 0 Huson McCabe Murray Kilkenny Van Marter Kemp Dick Hall TOTALS 7 4 0 5 9 1 0 0 26 23 20 75 Mustangs Face Rockets In First League Battle By JOHN HARRIS Facing their first league en counter, the Heppner Mustangs travel to Pilot Rock Friday night, Jan. 16. Then to cap off a full weekend they face the DeSales Irish at Walla Walla Saturday evening in another non-counter. Mustang Coach Bob Clough says he has seen Pilot Rock once, In their Chirstmas tour nament. He says that in a game against Mapleton they "shot pretty good" but didnt show much speed. Cluogh says that big (6'5") Larry Brannon will probably pose a problem for the Mus tangs and that they would have to keep him off the boards. Al Committee Reviews School Budget For Coming Year Three areas of business were reviewed at the school advisory committee meeting held at the Heppner Elementary school on Monday, Jan. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Jerry Sweeney took charge of the meeting in the absence of committee chairman, ' Herman Winter. On the agenda for the eve ning was the reviewing of con tracts of certificated staff mem bers and an overall review of budget requests in order to make recommendations to the county school board and the budget committee. Included in the recommendations was the request for school equipment, remodeling, building mainten- i ance and site improvements. Members of the Heppner budget committee 'who were present at the meeting upon re quest, toured the Junior High building and gym auditorium facilities to consider requests made by school administrators. Following the tour, recommen dations were made that some improvements be made in the boys' dressing room, in the gym and the stairs in the Junior High building be recovered and repaired. Upon reviewing the equipment requests it was de termined that equipment ex penses be kept to a minimum. A total of $6,000 was taken from the equipment request fund pri or to presentation to the County School Board. Superintendent of schools Ron Daniels said that the budg et message is scheduled for Jan. 27, at which time all school contracts will be reviewed. Gary Kemp Moved Gary Kemp was to have been moved this week from the hos pital in Portland to the Madi gan General Hospital at Taco ma. His brother reported this week that he is making good progress. Gary was involved in a hunt ing accident while he was home on leave following basic train ing in the army. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kemp at Lexington. Schedule Changed The Heppner Elementary bas ketball game at Umatilla will be played Jan J.6 at 1:30 p.m. GAZETTE-TIME Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, January 15, 1969 GRANT UNION 68 Fg Ft Pf Tp 11 37 0 6 9 2 0 2 1 Thunnell Lissman Hasher White Mills Denny Shanky Lenz Hancock TOTALS HEPPNER GRANT UNION 4 3 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 3 4 1 0 1 0 25 18 23 68 17 16 19 2375 19 14 17 18 8 so starting in the game against Mapleton were Wayne Cook, 6 0", who "played a good ball game"; Bill Quaempts, who "started last year as a sopho more"; and Jerry Pickard and Byron Porter. Clough further states that Pilot Rock rebound ed well although the team they played wasn't too strong. The DeSales game Saturday is a return match between the Irish and the Mustangs. On the local floor the score was Hepp ner 79, DeSales 50. Clough says that DeSales didn't show too much scoring punch here. Chris Waggoner with 10 points was the high point man for the Irish in their first bout with Heppner. Clough also says, "They didn't show too much size, but though they didn't show too strong early in the season, they may be ready for us now." He adds dryly that "we haven't beaten them in Walla Walla for a couple of years. Fitting lor the occasion, Pat Kilkenny says, "It s about time we beat them on their home floor." Both games are scheduled to start at 8 p.m., preceded by JV encounters at 6:30. New BMCC Course For Private Pilots A new adult education course has been scheduled to be taught in Heppner beginning Feb. 2. This course is a Private Pilot's Ground School and will be taught by an instructor from Blue Mountain College. The class will meet at Hepp ner High School on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30. Tuit ion is $25 and text $10. Those interested in taking the course should contact Alan Martin at Heppner Elementary School by calling 676-9128 to register. Classes will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 9:30 p.m. The class will be open to any high school student who wishes to take the course. Jack Sumner Shows Film to Grange Rhea Creek Grange met Fri day evening. Jack Sumner show ed colorful slides of his trip to the midwest and south when he visited a number of farms. The group draped the charter in memory of the late Mrs. Han nah Anderson. Mrs. Anderson was a past master of Rhea Creek Grange and had held a number of other posts in the Grange. Skiing This Weekend The plans of mice and men are often changed by the weath er. Last weekend was no skiing because of the weather. It was raining here Friday evening and snowing hard in the mountains so no attempt was made to get to the ski area Saturday. The county road grader work ed the roads and removed snow on Jan. 5 and 6. The snow la ter in the week filled it in again. On Tuesday of this week, two snow plows were out and clear ed the road to the ski lift and on the turn-around on Jones Prairie. So if there isn't a big fat snow storm between now and the weekend, the 4-H ski bus will pick up kids in lone and Hepp ner Saturday for the day of snow fun on Arbuckle Mount ain. It's covered with the dry powder that skiers dream of! Its Cattle Country- FLOYD JONES and crew, 500 head of cattle and Buddy went through Heppner Main St on Tuesday. They were driving the cattle from the Rhea Creek ranch to the Hinton ranch for the winter. In April they will take them back to the Rhea Creek ranch for a few weeks before they go up Rhea Creek to the mount ains for lummer range. The drive takes about College Rodeo Finals Billed The annual regional Intercol legiate Rodeo finals will again be held here in Heppner at the Morrow County Rodeo Grounds The big event will run three days, May 22-23-24. Last year crack teams from some 15 colleges competed in what was said to be .a highly enjoyable rodeo. . Princess Try-outs Here Next Sunday Try-out Day for the 1970 prin cesses for choosing members of the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court will be at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, according to Mrs. Joyce Ritch. The try-outs will be in the covered arena at the rodeo grounds. Girls competing for princess es are chosen by the Granges of Morrow County. The young ladies will demonstrate riding ability, show equipment and tell of their background. John Boyer Wins Free Throw Contest John Boyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Boyer of Lexington, won the Elks Free Throw Con test held this week. Winning this local contest entitles John to participate in the State Elks Free Throw contest which will be held January 31, at half time of the Portland University-Oregon State basketball game in Corvallis. John is in the eighth grade at Heppner Elementary School. The trip to Corvallis to enter the state contest is sponsored by the local Elks lodge No. 358. Chamber Sees Grid Movie The Chamber of Commerce at Monday's meeting saw a color ful pro football movie, last year's Super Bowl game of the Jets vs. the Colts. Operator was Jim Bier. The film was provided by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Lost Is Found George Steagall ,Jr. has had his Christmas watch returned. He lost it in the parking lot at the high schooL The finder returned the watch to him af ter reading the Lost Watch want ad in the G-T. Why don't you give it a try? Call 676-9228 to place a Want Ad ... to sell, trade, rent, give away or find something. New Hot Spot rate 4 times for the price of 3. Sledding Accident Jay Keithley, and his sled collided with a car during the snow last week. He was sled ding on Baltimore St The gash on his forehead required five stitches. He is the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Keithley. EfiEPFHEEJ u- L County Receives SCS Maps Of North End of County Looking to the future, the Morrow County Court is begin ning an exploratory study of the needs of the future of the coun ty in the disposal of solid wastes. This will be a continu ing study of the Court. They heard Harold Frederick- son from a California firm who is interested In engineering the irrigation project in the event of a nuclear plant at the Fort or Morrow. They received field sheets from the Soil Conservation Serv ice of photographic maps of the north end of the county, soil survey with interpretive analy sis and other valuable informa tion. These have been given to the Assessor's office for further study. This information will provide needed information for the development of the north end in the event irrigation wa ter is made available from a U. S. to Help Morrow Land Development Word has been received that Federal planning assistance has been granted for a proposed re source conservation and devel opment project involving 4 mil lion acres in Morrow, Gilliam and Umatilla Counties. Applica tion was first filed in 1963. Sponsors in Morrow County are the Morrow County Court, the Port of Morrow, the Heppner Soil Conservation District and the Boardman Soil Conservation District. Total cost of the big program is not known. Some $48,000 is available for planning, it is un derstood, and will be under dir ection of the Soil Conservation Service. Program would include irrigation, conversion of nearly 100,000 acres of dry crop land to irrigation for alfalfa, seed and row crops, corrective meas ures for erosion controls, im provement of rangeland, im provement of timberlands, de velopment of recreation resour ces. Dog Feared Poisoned Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Cook fear their brown and white Brittany Spaniel has been pois oned. When they returned home from Christmas vacation, the children's sand bucket was found near the dog's pan with what they have identified as D Con rat poisoning in it. Their neighbor who had been caring for the dog said the dog had been around until Monday night when he disappeared and had spent lots of the time at her home. Not only do the Cooks miss Rex, their treasured family pet and hunting dog but they are fearful that one of their child ren might be exposed accident ally to the poison. For Number 47 'i J 1 VliHlAl 1 6 hours and Is considered much easier on the cattle than trucking them. It would take about 30 truck loads to do the trick. Floyd Jones says Buddy, his 4 -year-old registered Border Collie is one of tb best dogs he's ever had. He'U stay right with the driver. Hell heel the cat tle and never bark. FJ is the Floyd Jones brand. nuclear plant as well as water pumped from the Columbia dir ect. The County Judge and Com missioners at their regular meet ing Wednesday of last week re ceived a report of the distribu tion of surplus foods to low In come families. Foods distributed in December were " valued at $1058.96. The county receives 70 re imbursement from the state on exDenses connected with the distribution of the food which Includes rent, freight s on food, salaries. The food is distributed on the 2nd Thursday of each month. On the same day, food is taken by truck to Irrigon where it is distributed from the Fire Station to the north end recipients. For the 2nd time the 4-H del. egatlon appeared to the Court They are asking that a fireplace be built at the -H cabin at Cutsforth Park. Ownership' of the property will be established before the Court will take any action. Frosh Game Reset For BMCC Prelim The basketball game schedul ed for tonight between the Heppner High School freshman team and Grant Union has been cancelled because of semester exams, according to Bob Clough, HHS athletic director. The game has been resched uled to be played at 6:30, Jan. 20, (Tuesday) as the prelimin ary game before the varsity and Blue Mountain JV's play. Assembly Plans Training Course Assembly of God are plann ing a Worker's Training Course. This 10 weeks' series of week ly sessions will be held every Wednesday from 7:30 until 8:30 at the church. The first session was Jan. 15. Those interested may Join the group for any and all sessions. The study will be "The Life and Time of Jesus". Frosh Split Two Games By PAT KILKENNY "We played real good ball," commented Frosh coach Dale Holland after the Rooks split with Riverside and Pilot Rock. The games were played last week. The Jan. 7 victory over Riv erside at Boardman, was by a final mark of 46-31. It took a double overtime here Jan. 9 for the visiting Rockets to corral the Baby Mustangs, 38-34'. Alan McCabe led the frosh, canning 29 points in the two affairs. Dave Eckman, Dale Hedman, Bill Jepsen and Jon Simkins rounded out the Baby Mustang attack. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Week of Jan. 7 Jan. 13 Hi Low Wednesday 24 7 Thursday 29 15 Friday 45 22 Saturday 40 24 Sunday 45 22 Monday 47 25 Tuesdya 55 33 Prec. .21 .31 .17 State Tax Hearing Meld Here Can Boeing Space Age Park land in North Morrow County get farm deferral tax treatment? This was the subject of a State Tax hearing at Morrow County Courthouse last Thursday morn ing. Hearings Officer Fred Pres ton of the State Dept. of Reve nue said the tapes he made of the hearing will be studied by the department and final decis ion on the matter will be made by Dept. Director Charles Mack. The State of Oregon receives rental fees from the Boeing Company of $60,000 each year. The Boeing Company rents 960 acres for cropping and other tracts for grazing and the com pany receives over $20,000 In rental fees. Morrow County's district at torney, Herman Winter, contend ed agriculture was not the pri mary use of the tract In support of this he presented seven wit nesses. Rep. Irvln Mann said he had worked on the farm tax defer ral law and believed the intent of the law was to benefit bona fide farmers. Sen. Kenneth Jernstedt of Hood River, as a witness, also believes intent of the law is to favor bonaflde farmers. Orville Cutsforth and Bill Weatherford, Morrow County ranchers, testified they had at tempted to rent large tracts from Boeing Company and were refused as the area was vital to Boeing's purposes as a "buffer zone".- Mr. Cutsforth had sought a 25-year lease. ; ' . Boeing officials had told Rep. Mann that "noise suppression" was a primary use. They told him' they could not allow a con centrated irrigation develop ment. Judge Paul Jones said he had conducted an independent inves tigation of the tract and had gone to Seattle to talk with Boeing officials. The Boeiner Deo- pie had indicated that agricul ture was strictly a by-product of their total ODeration. Some seven farmers had tried to rent some of the tract for farming. mere is a Navy corridor' over the land, according to Judge Jones, which makes the land un. attractive for farming purposes as they might need the area on extremely short notice. Special Assessor Mrs. Jovce Ritch testified that she had de- nied the petition for farm tax deferral, State Appraiser William John. son said the Boeing lease is dif ferent from most leases in that it can be cancelled at any time Dy Boeing, on 30 days notice. The lease is not required to be filed at the County Courthouse. District Attornev Herman Win. ter brought out that industrial use was the principal use in tended by the Boeing Company. It was shown bv several wit. nesses that the Boeing Compa ny brochure Droved th trart was 100 industrial over the long pull. Mineral and oil rights are still retained by some of the previous owners. Mr. Pesola was the attorney for the state. He contended the tract that had long been used for agriculture was all that had been in the farm tax deferral application. It k not known when the State Dept. will render a final decis ion. Year-end Weather Summary Normal 1968 1969 Jan. 1.29 1.31 2.80 Feb. 1.16 1.17 .75 March 1J28 .41 .91 April 1.27 .23 1.67 May 1.42 1.16 1.32 June 1.30 .98 2.59 July .40 .33 .13 Aug. .49 1.86 Sept. .76 .80 .88 Oct 1.27 1.19 1.13 Nov. 1.55 2.54" .48 Dec. 147 223 1 S3 13.66 14.21 1454