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l i 3 r a r. y U OF 0 EUGENE , OaC. 9 7403 GRAIN PRICES (CourtesT of Morrow County Grain Crowtn) (f.O.B. Lexington, does not In dud warehouse chgs.) Soft whit wheat l-50Vt Barley HJ0O Rep. Hansell Plugs Scenic River Bill Rep. Stafford Hansell was the featured speaker at Monday Chamber of Commerce lunch con at the Wagon Wheel. The topic he spoke on was Measure No. 9, Scenic water ways Bill. It Is proposed by In Itlatlve petition. Purpose: To preserve natural beauty of cer tain rivirs. Designates as "scenic waterways" portions of Koirue. Illinois, Deschutes, Owyhee, John Day Rivers and all Mlnam River. Prohibits dams and reservoirs on these rivers. State Highway Commls sion given condemnation and rule-makinc powers: Landown ers within a quarter mile of such rivers must give Commis sion one year advance notice before mining, cutting trees or constructing any roads, build lngs or other structures. Gov ernor may designate addition' al "scenic waterways". He said It covered about 300 miles of rivers in the state and that about 60 of the land there was now publicly owned. He said opposition was com- Intr from Dresent owners of lands within the affected ar eas. Rep. Stafford approves the measure and said it was the only way he knew of to pre serve such fine scenic areas. Rep. Hansell also told of the work or a committee mat is In process of conferring with the Boeing Company in regard to the development of agricul tural lands in the Boeing Space Age property in the north end of the county. He and Judge Jones are members of the committee. He said the Boeing people are most coop erative in this matter.--As for the nuclear power de velopment In the north end and in Umatilla County, he feels the possibilities are very exeit lng. First plants, he says, will go to Hanford because of the political power . of Congress man Jackson and Magnuson. But he thinks Eastern Ore gon will not be too far behind. President Paul Jones report ed that the Boeing Company had 20 technicians now in the north end testing SST engines. The Merchants committee will meet Friday noon at the Wagon Wheel for an import ant conference, according to Sharon Gorman, chairman. Heppner JV's Win At Riverside Heppner High School junior varsity footballers got back on the winning track against the Riverside JV's with a 28-22 come-from-behind win at Board man Tuesday afternoon. . - The winning touchdown came as time ran out when Dale Hed man caught a 30-yard pass in the end zone from quarterback Allen McCabe. Heppner's JV's had earned a 20-8 halftime lead only to go stale in the second half and have the lead turn into a 22 20 deficit as time was running out. McCabe scored first for the winners on a 20-yard run around end. The PAT was good on a pass from McCabe to Lloyd Wilson. Hedman earned the sec ond TD on an 11 -yard effort and Mike Bergstrom made it 20-0. Wilson scored the final PAT. Riverside scored late in the first half and tallied twice af ter intermission. "We were great the lust hail and in the final drive", saio Coach Dale Conklin. "But, the swnnd half was a different story. Penalties hurt but it was letting down that nearly cost us the same. Heppner is now 2-1 for the season. Next Monday uie nepp ner junior varsity will host Con don at the rodeo grounds with game time slated for 6 p.m. SCORING: Wtmnnpr JV 14 6 0 8 28 Riverside 0 8 6 822 WEATHER By DON GILLIAM For week of Oct. Hi Low Thursday 79 46 Friday 80 45 Saturday 82 45 Sunday 84 30 Monday 69 46 Tuesday 4S 38 Prec. j02 .03 87th Year THE -mw liiifcififw GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, October Cmwdl Orders Stop Sign on TOM CUTSFORTH, one of the for several years, will open the game tonight (Thursday. Oct 8) at 8 p.m. in the game with Wasco County (Maupln). This year's team seems to play the best when the competit ion is the greatest. The boys underestimated Umatilla and what should have been a relatively easy game was a toughie. Coach Hiemstra keeps hammering on attitudes. "Any team can beat another team on any given night". "They got to learn that with the wrong attitude even when the chips aren't down, they could be had." Mustangs Add Huskies To Win List By KEVIN DICK Even with the loss of Mus tane quarterback. Dean Wright, due to a knee injury late in the second period, the Sherman County Huskies failed to use the advantage prontao ly. Wright, from the sidelines, watched his team scored on twice, totaling 14, to the vie torious Mustangs' 35. This, their fourth straight win reas sured Heppner of first place in their district. Ron Thompson, Husky end, slipped behind the Horsemen's secondary several times. As a result, Sherman played a pass ing game, going for eight ol their ten first downs with an aerial attack. The Mustangs came out ol the bus fired up and didn't let off until the end of the 4th quarter. They began their scoring streak eight plays aftei receiving the kickoff. With the powerful end running of Dean Wright, and . key blocks by John Hall, Gary Watkins, and Tom Cutsforth, the Horsemen broke the tape across the goal line. The Mustangs went foi two points on their PAT with La Verne Van Marter making a nice catch which was threaded to his hands by Wright. When it came time to score again, Hiemstra called on Wright: result 30 yards foi six points. On the attempted PAT Wright tried to find the path but was stopped short of the goal line. The score at this time read Heppner, 14 Sher man, 0. Early in the second period the Mustangs were on their own 30 yard line. Wright fad- ed back right and reached long where Van Marter was waiting. He made a beautiful catch and carried the ball to Sherman's 10 yard line where he stepped out of bounds. Pen alties brought the Horsemen a fourth and goal to go on the Husky 22 yard line. Mustang Bruce Marquardt got the call to attempt a field goal he made it and added three points to the scoreboard. Wright was injured a few plays after .the kickoff. , - ' .' Neither the Huskies or the Mustangs could move the ball too well until late in the sec ond period when the Horsemen were pushing for another touchdown. The Mustangs couldn't seem to make it in side the Husky 15 yard line. Wright, nursing a sore knee, went in with a play from Coach Hiemstra. Gary Watkins. who was replacing Wright as quarterback, moved to the flanker position and out across -. I best centers to play in this league on the middle with Wright hit ting him for 6 on a 16 yard pass play. The same comDina tion lead to the two point con version. On the last play of the first half, Sherman quarterback, Bill Nisbet, passed long to Ron Thompson, Who strode Into end zone after making a nice catch. The attempted PAT was unsuccessful. This left a half time score of a controlling 25 6 Mustang lead. Husky hopes after halftime were dim. The growling Hus kies fought to the Heppner one yard line where Nisbet ran it in for six. Nisbet threw to his favorite end, Thompson, for (Continued on page 8) McMurdo Morrow County's beloved pio neer physician, Dr. Archie Mc Murdo, is missing from a deer hunt. He and son, Ted, a Port land chemist, were hunting Sat urday afternoon about a half mile from the McMurdo cabin in the Little Potamis Creek ar ea. This area ' is largely very heavily forested places having many pole thickets of close growing timber and much un derbrush and down timber. Some areas are very steep and south of the cabin is the breaks of the Big Potamus Creek area leading to the John Day coun try in Grant County, very rug ged and cut with big canyons and rimrock areas, some of which is almost impassable. Late Saturday afternoon Ted contacted the Sheriffs Depart ment and a massive search started. About a hundred men combed the country for about It ' t Dr. A. D. Friday 8, 1970 3,000-acre Fire Blazes Out of Butter Creek A fire apparently starting from a hunters pickup swept ov er 3000 acres of range grass Sunday about noon before it was brought to a standstill about dark. The fire started in Butter Creek on the line between George Currin and Tony Vey ranches. A ',wind and lack of fire fighters seriously hampered fire fighting. Many otherwise available people had joined the search party looking for Dr. Mc Murdo. i The fire burned over land be longing to jTo.ny Vey, George Currin, Allen Hughes, Gerald Swaggart and Joe Doherty. Most of the damage was on the Tony Vev ranch. Fighters who start ed with sacks and buckets of water were later joined by bull dozers, Tony Vey's road grader Meador and Hughes equipment and Judge Jones sent out the county water truck. It took a bout 2 hours for the grader to be brought up to the fire. As people drove by, they stopped to help so (hat eventally there were close to 50 battling tne blaze. The youngest fire fighters were Ronnie, 10, and Tony, a, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Cur rin and Eddie Schwarzin, grand son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Vin son. Tony Vey who has recent ly been discharged from tne j hospital came up to watch the operations. . -. No wheat, or buildings were burned buj, much- good forage and fenceff'were destroyed. Due to the loss sustained by the rstachers, there , has been some talk among them of closing on the area to hunters. Speaker on Nuclear Plant Scheduled The problems related to lo cation of nuclear power plants will be the topic at the next Chamber of Commerce meet ing. Don McKlnnis, Develop ment Specialist with the State Department of Agriculture will be the guest speaker at the Heppner-Morrow County Cham, ber of Commeerce meeting Monday noon, Oct. 12 at the Wagon Wheel. Still Listed six miles the next several days. On Tuesday well over a hund red scoured the country, many volunteers from every walk of life coming to help. Sheriff Moi lahan has been personally dir ectlng the hunt since the very start. An abundance of food is be ing provided the searchers by the American Red Cross, plus help from a number of individ uals. Mel Boyer flew his planes as did others when weather per mitted. Some expert trackers have fol lowed difficult trails through a great deal of the rugged area and even bloodhounds have had no luck. Friends tell us a world of interesting stories about Dr. McMurdo who is a legend In these parts. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Uni versity of Virginia on June 14, McMurdo Price 10 Cents HEPPNER Number 33 Wafer Si Two Council Seats Yet Unfilled The anticipated problem of speed down Water street from the extension of the street re cently built by Lott & Rasmus- sen was discussed at great length at the Heppner City Council meeting Monday night. Due to the steep grade, it was feared that students coming off the hill would come down so fast as to endanger children playing In the street The street has been a dead end street un til recently. In order to slow down traffic, council voted to install a Stop sign where the pavement for merly ended. As a further pre caution, a stop sign will be in stalled where Jones enters Wa ter St. To prevent congestion on Water St., council voted to re quire parallel parking the length of Water St. In his statement on Applica tion for State Aid on Church and Gale St., Vic Groshens spec ified that the city preferred the penetration type of oil applica tion. Council approved the idea of having engineers draw a plan for the Sewage Plant Improve ments so that the city can ap ply for a grant. The Council also approved Vic's request to demolish the Alpha Wilson house recently purchased by the city. He plans to salvage all possible wood and windows. . He has plans to put the siding on the pump house at the forks of Willow Creek also to repair building at garbage dump. He will store windows, doors, presswood for future use. The unusables will be burned. Two estimates for a snow plow were read. The higher bid was not FOB Heppner and was billy 9 foot. Council approved the order for 10 foot plow at $1202 FOB Heppner. Building Permit Approved Approval was given to Leon ard Toll to build the first floor of a residence at 385 East Aik en St. The second floor will be added later. The City election will coin cide with the general election on Nov. 3. Council voted to charge a (Continued on page 8) As Missing 1909. He had served in the U.S. Army, and had received many commendations. The soft spok en gentleman has always had a great love for the outdoors The doctor was wearing Spanish American War type khaki uniform with a warm col ored jacket. Judge Paul Jones stated that nearly 50 members or a searcn and Rescue club had arrived early yesterday morning. These are young experiencea mount ain climbers, ski patrol mem bers and Eagle Scouts. Grant County's Sheriff's posse planned to send , 15 men ana horses early yesterday and more men and horses later. A Hermiston 4-wheel drive club planned to send men and vehicles as did a penaieton ETOUP. As of Tuesday night some 5,000 acres had been searched. In a number of cases some ar eas had been gone over several times as timbered and heavily brushy places are not easy to check as visabillty is very lim ited, distance-wise. The McMur do cabin is about 35 miles south and east of Heppner. In May of 1957, hundreds of friends and admirers honored the doctor as Oregon's first Doc tor of the Year in a special cel ebration downtown here. He ar rived at the speakers' platform in a chariot driven by Floyd Hutchins. This brought back the days when the doctor went by horse and buggy or saddle horse to serve his patients. The doctor came here in 1912 and has practiced ever since. Six of the Heppner school's cooks and a retired cook donat ed five hours of their time to prepare food for the searchers last night Proclamation Morrow county 4-H clubs and their leaders are join ing thousands of other clubs throughout the nation this week in observing National 4-H club week. County Judge Paul Jones has proclaimed the week and paid tribute to work of the organization for its con tribution to youth and the future of the county and na tion. His declaration follows: "I would like to take thia opportunity during Nation al 4-H Week to emphasize the important role 4-H plays In the overall development of youth in Morrow county. "I recognize the Important role volunteer leaders fill in the 4-H program and commend them for their dedica tion to this vital program. "4-H is an out-of-school activity which develops lead ership and provides healthful and educational experiences that prepare our youth to be useful, contributing adults. "4-H Is Important to the people of Morrow county, and deserves your support." Judge Paul Jones Special emphasis is made in the second section of this week's Gazette-Times. Information on the various local clubs, their leaders, number enrolled, years of lead ership, are included. Merchants and businesses supporting the organization also have their messages in the section. Gail McCarty and Mrs. Birdine Tullis are Morrow county extension agents in charge of 4-H work. ' 1 1 i " i( 1 THREE AMERICAN Legion Commanders. Cliff Aldrich. lone post; Dean Severens, District No. $ and Jim Driscoll, Heppner. loneland Heppner Legions Host District Officers Following 'a delicious - potluck dinner Monday night at the American Legion - Hall here, Commander Jim Driscoll, master of ceremonies introduced guests. Dean Severns, .La Grande, com mander of District 6 and Mrs Severns, president of District 6 American Legion Auxiliary were present. Mr. Driscoll also presented to the group lone Legion Post of ficials: Commander uint Aia rich, Adjutant Charles Doherty Vice Commanders Herman met ell and John Jepsen, and wives, Outgoing Commander Clayton Sweek assisted In the lntroduc tlons. President Mrs. Riley Munkers of the Heppner American Leg ion Auxiliary Introduced lone Auxiliary President, Mrs. John Eubanks who introduced her or- ficers: Mrs. John Jepsen, 1st vice pres.; Mrs. Willard French 2nd vice.; Mrs. Charles Doherty, sec.-treas. Girl Staters Valerie Boyer and Gwen Drake told about their attend ance in Salem at Girls' State, They told what the experience PP & K Winners The annual Punt, Pass and Kick Contest sponsored by Heppner Ford Sales here and the lone Lions Club was held Fri day afternoon at the Fair grounds field. Winners of the first three places in each age division are: Eight year olds: 1st, Dennis Stefani. 2nd, Ralph Morter. 3rd, Tim Hedman. Nine year olds: 1st, Richard Schmidt. 2nd, John Clow. 3rd, Steve Marlatt. Ten year olds: 1st, Daniel Mc Elligott. 2nd, Johnson Linds trom. 3rd, Craig Robinson. Eleven year olds: 1st, Keven Haguewood. 2nd, Jerry Cuts forth. 3rd, Kerry Harsin. Twelve year olds: 1st, Kim Gutierrez. 2nd, John fckstrom. 3rd, Mike Smith. Thirteen year olds: 1st, Kel- wayne Haguewood. 2nd, Charlie McElligott. 3rd, Jerry Gentry. First place winners in eacn age group compete in the Zone competition,, according to Ever ett Keithley, chairman. Thieves Loot Grain Growers Some time over the weekend thieves entered the Morrow County Grain Growers Petrol eum store at Lexington. En trance was made by taking out a window pane in the rear. They stole some 5400 worth of merchandise which included tires, ammunition and several 22 rifles. :'l meant to them, the closeness ot the girls, the cooperation. Their interest in hearing many speak ers and their busy days and nights in elections and the oth er many facets of Girls' State. Girl Staters are sponsored by the Heppner Unit of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary and the Soroptimist Club. Boy Staters . Boys' State delegates are sponsored by American Legion Post 87, by the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce, BPOE Lodge 358 and the Mor row County Grain Growers. Delegates this year were Dan Sweeney, Steven Kemp, John Hall and David Gunderson. The boys spoke of their im pressions of attending Boys' State which is operated as if it (Continued on page 5) lone Bows Out Twice The Culver Bulldogs defeated the lone Cardinals Oct. 2 by a score of 64-30 on the Culver field. In the first quarter, lone started the scoring when Clint Krebs recovered a fumble in the end zone. Culver came back with a 4- yard touchdown run by Mark Hagman. Gary Lytle made the conversion. Culver took over the 2nd quarter when they scored 16 points. The Bulldogs scored 28 points in the 3rd quarter. In the last quarter the Card inals began to move and scor ed on a pass from Mike Collins to Richard Hamlett for a 75- yard run. Ed Strahm made the conversion. Hamlett ran again on a 90-yard kickoff return for the next score. The final touch down was made by a 64-yard pass from Collins to Nick Mar- Ick. Herb Ekstrom made the conversion. Culver will travel to Fossil Oct. 10 and lone will host Du- fur this Saturday at 2 p.m. Culver 14 16 6 2864 lone 6 0 0 2430 Well, it looked like a buck . . . A man from Beaverton and his two happy teen age sons were surprised Saturday at An son Wright Park. The Morrow County Sheriffs Department is sued him a citation for killing a spike elk out of season. This was the man's first "buck" and he had cut it in two and load ed It atop his car to take back home, all properly tagged. Frank Forbes was fined $100, his gun confiscated and lost his license, tag and the animal. (An elk is "kinda dear".)
