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GRAIN PRICES
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain C rower)
(F.O.B. Lexington, don not in
clude warehouse chgs.)
Soft white wheat - .... M3
Barley 39.25
86th Year
Price 10 Cents
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Week of January 21-27
HI Low Tree.
Wednesday 55 30 .04
Thursday 59 43 .17
Friday 59 38 .73
Saturday 51 37 .36
Sunday 47 37 .18
Monday 48 37 .22
Tuesday 50 33 .09
Jan., 1970 prec. to date 4.03.
Breaks old record of 3.5G set
in 1892.
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FOUR PRINCESSES with Queen Sherri Lynn in the center from
left Vivian Phillips. Susan French, Jerri Krebs. Michelle Miller.
Princesses Chosen
At Sunday Tryouts
Jan. 25 was Princess Sunday
when four girls were chosen
from the ranks of nine to serve
with Queen Sherri Lynn as the
Morrow County Rodeo Court.
Chosen were Michelle Miller of
Lexington, Susan French of But
ter Creek, Jeri Krebs of lone
and Vivian Phillips of Board
man.
The nine contestants repre
sented the various areas of the
county. Each one was interview
ed and talked before the Rodeo
Board prior to the riding tryouts.
They each one told how they
learned to ride, what they'd
Race Develops
For County
Commissioner
It's still early, with March 17
as the deadline for filing for
county office, and four have
filed for the county commission
er position now held by Jack
VanWinkle. Mr. VanWinkle has
filed along with Joyce Ritch for
the office of assessor. Filing for
commissioner are C. J. D. Bau
man and Homer Hughes on the
Republican ticket and M. V. No
lan and Charles O'Connor on
the Democratic ticket.
Filing may be done by two
procedures: by paying a $20 fil
ing fee or by petition. The petit
ion requires 20 Republican sig
natures and 19 Democrat signa
tures representing .two precincts
in the county.
Judge Paul Jones is unoppos
ed for the office of County
Judge.
done on horses and their school
activities.
In the riding tryouts they rode
around the arena, executed fig
ure 8's, rode around the arena
waving to the crowd to bring
their horses to an abrupt stop.
Judges found the choice diffi
cult with excellent riders and
superior horses.
Girls riding were Patty Proc
tor, Vivian Phillips and Judy
Hinton from the Boardman ar
ea; Karla Weatherford, Susan
French and Debbie Bennett
from Butter Creek area; Jerri
Krebs and Jody Snow from lone
area and Michelle Miller from
Lexington,
Receipts Increase
Told in School
Budget Message
"The receipts section of the
budget has increased by $32,592
which is a result of underex
pending the 1968-69 budget"
was good news given by Supt.
Ron Daniels in his Budget Mess
age Tuesday evening.
He went on to say two con
ditions exist that could drastic
ally affect the receipts section
of the budget. One is the Farm
Deferral appeal on the Boeing
property which could result in a
loss of $24,000 or $48,000 over
a two year period. The other
item is the failure of the Health,
Education and Welfare budget
passed by Congress. This could
result in a loss of funds in the
amount of $13,000.
The increase in receipts will
result in a tax levy increase
of only $55,492 which is an in
crease of 4.8 percent.
The next general budget meet
ing will be held Feb. 3 at 7:30
p.m. at irrigon
Chamber Hears About
College Rodeo Coming
At Monday's Hoppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
luncheon at the Wagon Wheel
on Monday, BMCC president
Wally McCrae told of happenings
at the college. He was introduc
ed by Bob Abrams, chairman of
the board of directors of Blue
Mtn. Community College. Pres
ident McCrae told of the open
ing of the new building in Sept
ember. This houses the library
art department, agriculture de
partment, college union, a the
New Lumber
Yard Coming
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans
have purchased the Tryco Build
ing on Main Street from O. J.
Brogoitti of Pendleton.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, well
known here, he having worked
for the Tum-ALum Lumber
Dr. W. H. Wolff was elected I Company here for about three
chairman of the budget commit
tee and L. E. Dick, Jr. secretary.
Prior to the budget study, Den
nis McKay demonstrated the
use of the video tape unit (clos
ed circuit TV) in the classroom,
It is also used to record the ac
tion of the basketball games.
Mr. McKay was enthusiastic
about its use in his English
classes and hoped all schools
could have the benefit of a sim
ilar unit.
Wahtonka Eagles to Battle
Mustangs Here Friday
By JOHN HARRIS
Western Division
Greater Oregon League
Wahtonka 2 0
Madras 1 0
Heppner 1 0
Sherman 0 2
Pilot Rock 0 2
League Games:
Friday Wahtonka at Heppner
Saturday Pilot Rock at Mad
ras Heppner Mustang country is
to be invaded Friday night by
the Eagles of Wahtonka. The
Eagles are current leaders of
the league standings. They have
rolled over both Pilot Rock and
Grain Growers ys.
Condon AF Team
The Condon AFS basketball
team traveled to Heppner on the
23rd of January to fall into the
hands of the Pendleton 'Town
Team". The stubborn airmen
scored 76 points in the last half
in an attempt to catch the Pen
dleton team. The Pendleton
team proved too much for the
air base as the final score was
Pendleton 177 to Condon's 119.
The Condon team will be de
parting their station and head
for an Air Defense Command
Tournament held in Klamath
Falls. Prior to departing to
Klamath Falls, the Air Base will
play the Morrow County Grain
Growers in the Heppner High
School gym tonight (Thursday).
Game time is 7:00 p.m.
Bull Prairie Ice
Is Unsafe
Jack Melland reported this
week that the ice on Bull Prair
ie was unsafe for fishing. The
ice will no longer support a per
son's weight. Fishing through
the ice at Bull Prairie has been
very popular this winter. The
road into the lake is down to
the pavement
He reports the John Day is
high and muddy and steelhead
fishing is poor.
Enterprise Dumped
By Mustangs
By PAT KILKENNY
Hot shooting and a staunch
Mustane defense prevailed in
the Enterprise road trip. Hepp
ner came out on top 71-55 over
pre -season favorites, Enterprise
As head Mustang mentor Bob
Clough put it, "The team play
ed good defense, in fact the best
they have played all season."
Statistically speaking, Hepp
ner led in all categories. In the
field goal department, the
Horsemen zeroed in 26 in 64
tries to the host Savages' 20-69.
From the charity stripe, Enter
prise canned 15 in 24 free ones,
with the visitors getting 34 shots
and cashing in on 18. Carom-
wise the Mustangs grabbed 49 to
the Tribesmen's 34.
Heppner took command from
the opening tip and at times In
the third quarter held almost a
30-point advantage. The Mus
tangs led at all stops with their
most nominal margin coming at
the end of the third paneL The
number 13-rated statewide Mus
tangs then led 56-31.
-Blue and Gold floor general
John McCabe cast off 22 times,
connecting on 10. From the foul
stripe McCabe netted 3 of 4,-for
23 total points.
Eleven of the visitors from
Morrow County scored and 11
hauled in at least one carom.
Dave Storm was high for the
Savages cause, tallying 18;
teammate Jim Pace was close
behind with five fielders and
two free shots.
Sherman in their previous out
ings. The Mustangs sporting a
1-0 league record, have beaten
Pilot Rock in their one league
encounter.
The last time Heppner and
Wahtonka met, the Mustangs
needed the touch of skill and
three overtimes to down the
high-flying Eagles. In this
match the Wahtonka bunch was
led by big (67") Butch Schmidt
who poured in 20 points. Their
cause was also aided by Lynn
Fulps with 12 points and Carl
Settler who poured in 11.
The score lied; though the
Mustangs pulled away from the
lagging Eagles in the third over
time, it had been close before
that.
Heppner travels to Walla Wal
la for a rescheduled game with
DeSales Saturday night. The
last outing of these teams saw
the Mustangs come out victors.
Both games start at 8:00 p.m.
with preliminary JV games to
start at 6:30 p.m.
years. Since moving to Pendle
ton, he has worked for Tum-A
Lum over there.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans plan to
open an independent lumber
yard and expect to decide on a
name for the firm soon. Mr. Ev
ans expects to do some remodel
ing work on the building and
plans to open the business
sometime during the coming
spring.
Mrs. Evans will be associated
in the. operation of the business.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans are parents
or a son, Gib, age 9 months.
Rain Washes Fields
And Roads; Creeks
Stay in Banks
The beautiful sunshine Wed
nesday was a welcome sight to
rain weary Morrow County.
With a few more days of Jan
uary to go, the rainfall record
for January has already been
broken. January precipitation is
4.03 and the old record set in
1892 was 3.56.
Run off has been harmful but
the creeks have not flooded over
their banks. Most serious dam
age has been sustained to the
roads and grain fields.
The high school exit road has
been closed and Morgan St. hill
is carrying two-way traffic.
The Valby road was closed but
the culvert was replaced and
the road was expected to be
opened to traffic Wednesday.
Several side roads are still clos
ed.
atre and administration offices.
He feels that the growth in en
rollment reflects the better fa
cilities. The college now has
complete accreditation.
Vocational and technical pro
grams are being expanded.
With the 900 students, the col
lege is pretty tight. The college
opened in 1962 with 230 stu
dents. Last fall there were 962
and now there are 900. This is
18 higher than during the 1969
winter term. 360 are second year
students.
The technical ag program has
41 students. Flight and air con
trol program is growing. Radio
broadcast program is training
men and women to operate the
entire station.
Increased second year offer
ings. The college now has lab
facilities for junior standing.
The evening division is rapid
ly expanding with 131 courses
in Umatilla and Morrow Coun
ties. A big problem at school Is
car parking of commuters.
He introduced Riley Freeman,
rodeo director who told of plans
for the NW Intercollegiate reg
ional finals here in Heppner
May 22-23-24". He is very en
thusiastic about the potential
growth of the show. He gave
great appreciation to the local
people who help with the show.
He said it is a great learning
experience for the students in
presenting the show.
President Paul Jones express
ed appreciation to Joe Balfe for
his help to the County Court.
the Chamber of Commerce and
to the community. Mr. Balfe
leaves this week for Juneau,
Alaska, where he will be as
sistant district attorney.
resident Jonea introduced
Giles French, well known col
umnist and former publisher of
the Sherman County Journal.
Mr. French said he expected to
complete his history of Morrow
County this year.
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AMOS L. OLESON
State Resources Conservationist
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For Annual Meeting
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Elementary PTA
Schedules Meeting
The Heppner Elementary PTA
will meet in the multipurpose
room of the grade school on
Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Included in the schedule for the
evening will be a musical pro
gram geared to entertain every
one from all ages. An Important
business meeting will be con
ducted with a discussion on the
role that a PTA should play in
the community. Included on the
program will be the showing of
colored slides. Refreshments will
be provided during the evening.
This is considered to be an
important meeting and an ur
gent call is made for all par
ents interested in the future of
the organization to be in attendance.
Amos L. Oleson, State Re
source Conservationist with the
Soil Conservation Service in
Portland will . be the featured
speaker with a big message for
ranchers and others at the an
nual Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation District meeting.
This big event will be at 7:30
p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 3 at
Lexington Grange Hall.
Mr. Oleson, A Westerner
Mr. Oleson was born and rear
ed on an irrigated Wyoming
farm. A graduate of the Uni
versity of Wyoming, his major
was agronomy.
He has been employed since
1948 by the Soil Conservation
Service and served as a Work
Unit and Area Conservationist
for some years back in his home
state, Wyoming. Since transter
ring to Portland In 1966, Mr.
Oleson is now State Resource
Conservationist. His duties in
clude providing technical lead
ershlp in programming and co
ordinating activities dealing
OOPS! Where's the road go? Major erosion on the county road
between Al Bunch's and Judge Paul Jones' ranches left this gul
ley, big enough to swallow Joe Wilhelm's Jeep, last Sunday.
Jan. 25. This is Kevin Dick's first photo and is the winner of
five bucks for this week's Picture of the Week.
Annual Meeting
Slates Engineers
Rupert Spearman and other
engineers from the Bureau of
Reclamation will be in Heppner
next week to attend the annu
al meeting of the Willow Creek
Improvement District.
The meeting is scheduled for
Feb. 2 at 7:30 at the courthouse,
according to Herman Winter.
The engineers will be prepar
ed to discuss the actual charges
for stored water from the dam
and it is hoped as many Wil
low Creek Irrigators as possible
will attend. Other business will
be the election of officers.
Bank Robber
Escapes Jail
Four-H Agent
To Offer Training
Naomi Davis, 4-H agent, will
give training for 4-H clothing
leaders with beginning mem
bers, and new 4-H clothing
leaders Monday, Feb. 9, at the
Conference room across from
County Extension office in
Heppner. Leaders are asked to
mark this special training ses
sion on their calendars and plan
to attend.
Clarence William Byrd, 48, one
of the robbers of the Bank of
Eastern Oregon at lone, escap
ed Sunday from Rocky Butte
Jail at Portland. An intensive
man hunt early in the week had
not found the escapee. He was
to be transferred to MceNil Is
land Federal pen and was "in
advertently released", according
to a jail spokesman.
According to the Oregon Jour
naly, he escaped while other
prisoners were being booked in
to jail and wasn't missed until
three hours later. He had been
sentenced to three 15-year con
secutive terms for bank robber
ies at lone, Nebraska and South
Dakota.
The Oregon Journal reported
yesterday that the body of Byrd
was found Tuesday afternoon in
a culvert near a railroad track
below Crown Point. Identifica
tion was tentative and an au
topsy is scheduled.
with ranch planning and tech
nical phases of agronomy,
range, forestry, biology, plant
materials and resource area
planning and development.
His appropriate topic for this
meeting will be "Resource Con
servation and Development In
Morrow County." '
(See pages 4 and 5)
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Register Now
April 25 is the deadline for
registering to vote in the May
primary. Persons may register at
Heppner at the Courthouse, in
lone with Charles O'Connor, in
Lexington with Phyllis Piper, in
Boardman with Shirley Zielinski
and the Irrigon registrant is yet
to be appointed.
DR. MARVIN SHEARER, Exten
slon Irrigation Specialist from
OSTJ will be the speaker at
the third session on forage
production, Feb. S at the Hepp
ner Fair Pavilion.
Sprinkler Designs at
Third Farm Sessbn
The third session on forage
production will be held next
Thursday, Feb. 5, beginning at
10:00 a.m. at the Heppner Fair
Pavilion, announced Harold
Kerr, Morrow County Extension
Agent. The principal speaker
will be Dr. Marvin Shearer, Ex
tension Irrigation Specialist
from Oregon State University.
He will discuss sprinkler de
signs and equlpemnt, as well as
sprinkler management. The
properly designed system for
the particular field or crop plan
ned by the grower will also be
discussed. Shearer will stress im
portance of nozzle size and
spacing, pipe size, length, and
types of systems design. These
are all Important considerations
when designing a sprinkler sys
tem. Marvin Shearer has an excel
lent background in this field
and will be able to answer your
questions. This is the third and
final session on forage produc
tion to be held this winter in
Morrow County.