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RErrifER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. October 22, 1970 My Search for Doctor McMurdo T CABt McDANIEL The first thing I want to aay about the seven days I hunted for Doctor McMurdo, U that I thank Cod for giving me the murAL's and endurance to fol low the dim and obliterated trail Sunday, Oct. 11, I left my camp early thinking that all I had to do uai to walk to the place where the body was lay. Ing. However, cattle had blotch ed out all of the tracks the Doc tor had left along the trails. The Senior Citizens Seek Croft Help . . i la tit vmIIa np r riA tun a silrtnir l,ft by the Doctor No man wuldihe -have done what I did without . . w,Ik,d HIS help. through It. He kept right on On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4, ROlng. and I would say to my- I received word that Doctor Mc- w.,f ..what , holding tnat man Murdo was lost on Saturday up?.. e had ,he en(jurance 0( while hunting. I Immediately . (.iin Th.n i w.a Dr.in went to where the searchers had nlon, and the're was hls nd their camp on Little Potamua Ja(.k(., , bmly wag ,n the irwK ana oin-reu my crwk with the head and should Tt'fl MCMUraO IOOK roe lO WHCnj r ntvmru,t iitgln.! a rvft- he had last seen the Doctor and Thp traoks that , fon0Wed he described the Kino, or. snoea were eight days old with rain the Doctor was wearing. This and snow on Rlnce tney wpre gave me some mnu oi lut-a m rnado j woud gay ,hat , ias, what kind of tracks I was look- act ,hat Doctor did. was to put inS ior. i iouiiu ""f"i his body in the open so It could near where the Doctor had left be follnd snow and raln the Jeep, that could have been h.,d caused ,he water t0 rise his. lea a iso tola me tne route , ,ho cr(,(k , was concem that the Doctor was planning nlore novv about gettlng the to go. up the draw. This was all bo(ly out , piannod to RCt a uie uuoi.iiai.un . nau. i m K.nik horse from Warren or El up the ridge to the top of the m(r an(, come ba(.k e ,. in ,he iiui oi me mam nuKc untrvniuK morning and carry it out. I knew for tracks. There were tracks jllst ,low t0 pack it with tush. everywhere, but not the ones I ions from . Pot in tho t.abi, was looking for. Knowing that aml bi,,nkets. i lor-d about the Doctor was right-handed, I th0 ,r.,j, it wasn., . ,.fr(H,. was sure he would turn more to way , tfM)k , bf)fl ou, of the right while travelling, so I lht, cr,ltk and took care ,he ust turned right into Gilbert Creek, j iiM, then headed for camp Man tracks were everywhere, Koing ,,own the trai, n mT ME but I did not find any of the , wtnt into shock- , was 5 t0 uoctors. nowever, jusi oeiore i 6 ,,our)J going out where j Kot to Gilbert Creek I saw one should have made it in an hour, lone track, the one I was look- wh,.n , got to my camp there Ing for! These tracks were one were ,wo men th,.re T askod just ahead of the other not over them lf ,hry wore huntjnK they 14 Inches apart, the toes turned sai(1 ..yes. 0ne feow asked ,f out Now if the Doctor had been i had boon nuntjnR, I replied, n avr.B i.au,., uuiu yes, for Doctor McMurdo". He have panicked and I could have saidi ..Wny in Holl don.t the caugni mm in an nour, out woe- Ret Carl McDaniel to hunt for ior wasn i an average person. that Doctor. If there Is a man He was a good woodsman; if he iivinR (hat can find him it is got urea ne wouia rest ana tane CarL ..Do you know Carl Mc. care of himself It was getting Daniei? i a.skod. "Yes", he ans- laie wnen i iraineu mm io me WPred, "He came over in the mourn oi uiioen creeK ana Pjlot Rock Mts and found fl man found where he had made a cir- that was g()ne a yoar cie Deiween ig roiamus ana ..j,e used to be a fire(igh,er unuwucrn. uum :wuiui.ih ln the Desolation country. One led down Big Potamus. I fol- of ,h fnrpst mpn tnnU mp .,th lowed these tracks down nearly him out t0 a fire in the Putney rura' oun..a.y, .M Mountain Country one time, and getting so dark that I was un- .,, wp ,, thrB rnr, M(.nan. able to track. I went on down lf.j was th,.re and nad the fire Senior citizens, both men and women, look forward to Thura day afternoon at the Neighbor hood Center. Simple crafts are made some Thursdays. Bingo Is played another Thursday. The Methodist women are serving as well as providing the refreshments for the Thursday parties dulrng the month of Oc tober. Mrs. Brlndle Is seeking a vol unteer group to serve the re freshments during the month of November. Any group wishing to do this Is asked to call the Center, 676-5873. The state funds have been curtailed that provided a party leader for the crafts for the Thursday parties. The Neighbor hood Center Is seeking a volun teer who might take the crafts for a definite Thursday of each month. Other items that the Center could use are: cottage cheese cartons, baby food jars, old jew rlry, odds and ends of lace, rick' rack, braid, velvet, silk and sat 'Show and Tell' At Rock Club to Little Potamus thinking I might see some hunters but saw none. I started going up Little Potamus trying to make It back to the camp in the dark. I was five hours going one half mile up. At 1 a.m. I found a bare place by a big rock and stayed there out of the wind until mor ning. It had rained at 2 a.m and blotched out all of the tracks. I arrived at the camp the next morning, Monday, Oct. 5. Fred die Nelson gave me a cup of hot tea; this made a new man of me! I then went back to Big Potamus with Barton and Ned Clark. The three of us hunted down Big Potamus Creek. This was where we made some signs with arrows pointing down that were mistaken by others hunting In this area, for signs made by the Doctor. One sign read: NED, the N and E were close together and was thought to be an M. Orvllle Cutsforth picked us up. I checked hunt ers' shoes and footprints around their camps. When we got back to the main camp, we found that the bloodhound had not found anything. On Tuesday, Oct. 6. it was snowing. I rode with Officer Patrick and we checked a fire. No guns had been found. We de cided there was not enough fire in one place to burn a body. Wednesday, Oct. 7, I went out to Gilbert Creek Ridge with Harry O'Donnell and Dean Gil man. Dean and I then hunted Gilbert Creek and Big Potamus We found one heel print in all day searching. This fit into the picture later. Harry picked us up at Little Potamus. Harry told us that the Boy Scouts had found a hat of the Doctor's. Sev eral people have asked me how Doctor lost his hat. I'd say "When he walked up the hill from Little Potamus, he was hot and sweaty, he took off his wool Red Hat and rolled it up and put It in his hip pocket and It either worked out or caught on a bush and pulled out Thursday, Oct. 8, it was foggy and raining. I met the Grant County mounted posse, Reese Humphrey, L. D. Vinson. Don Boyer, Warren Constant, Elmer Kelby, Merle Swaggart and oth ers, the best mountain men the West ever produced. We search ed Little Potamus no trace of the Doctor. Friday, Oct. 9, 1 searched the rims of Gilbert Creek and found nothing. I went back to my cab in at Parkers Mill and got my grub box and sleeping bag. Saturday, Oct. 10, I set up camp at a cabin on the River at the mouth of Big Potamus. I hunted Big Potamus Creek and I found three foot prints, the right, the left and the right. The last right was placed directly in front of the left with the toe turning Just a little to the left. He was turning up country. This was the clue that led me to the body of the Doctor. OUT"! I tried to put a name to this "map of Ireland" but was unable to! I also did not know the official search had been called off. Nor did I know that someone had discovered Doc tor's body before I did. I didn't know there was a reward offer ed. I would not accept a reward. The story like this one is my luwaiu. Doctor McMurdo was a great Doctor and a kind man. To him I will say "Hasta Luego". Carl McDaniel Form Tax Course The Blue Mountain Communi ty College evening school will offer a special five week sem inar for farmers entitled SPE CIAL TAX PROBLEMS OF THE FARMER. The course will In clude discussions of the follow ing topics: purchase and sale of farm property, incorporation pro and con, methods of ac counting, depreciation and cost basis, farm cooperatives, irrlea tion expenses, soil and water conservation expenses, social security, capital gains breed ing stock, record keeping re quirements. The firm of Green and Green will make the presentations with the class beginning at BMCC on Monday, Nov. 9 and will con tinue each Monday evening for five weeks. The cost of the course will be $15 and interest ed persons may pre-register by calling Blue Mountain Commu nity College at 276 1260. Soroptimists Hear Measure Reviews District Attorney Herman Win ter reviewed the 11 measures on the General Election ballot at the Soroptimist meeting Thurs day noon at the Wagon Wheel He gave what a yes vote and a no vote would mean. On some he gave his recommendations. Mrs. Glenn Smith announced the board meeting would be held Oct. 29 at First National Bank conference room. Members are aked to brine a bit of lunch. Pendleton Community Television System Channel 9 Monday, Oct. 26, 1970 7:30 P.M. Cassius Clay Jerry Quarry Heavy-weight Fight Telvrisfrd Dirtct from Atlanta Not Carried ia Rppr Morrow County Gem and Mineral Society meeting will be Oct. 24. 7:30 p.m. in the Mc Murtry building next to the Wacon Wheel Lounge and Cafe. Mrs. George Miller, program chairman has slides to be shown. They are the Stone Age Artifacts on the Columbia. Mrs. Walter Edger, president of the Rock Club says the theme for the evening is "Show and Tell." Mr. Edger asks that the members or non-members bring any artifacts they may have. Refreshments and coffee will be served at the close of the program. ins. For anticipated Christmas aneels. tha Center could use odds and ends of burlap and trims. During the Magic S.Jtf plan ned by the merchants, the Sen ior Citizens will have a "Magic Sale" table In Case Furniture, Alaskan Still Hunts At Lonerock Toby Adams and a party of hunters are staying at his Hunt Ing Lodge at Lonerock. Toby rc cently moved to Alaska where he purchased a Night Club but he still enjoys hunting In Ore gon the best. Hunters still flood the Lone rock area. Mr. and Mrs. E. Da vis and Carroll had the follow Ing guests over the weekend: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Heaton and daughter and Mrs. Marie Pheg ley, from Portland. A number of ceoDle will be leaving Lonerock to snend the winter elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Christensen have rented the Ed Morgan home In Condon and will spend the winter there. Mrs. Hattie Lee will spend the winter with friends in Walla Walla. Mrs. Edith Perrv will soon leave for Wlnlock, Wash., wnere she will snend a feu- months with Mr. and Mrs. Char lie Maidment and the Fred Bennetts at Centralia. 1970 District Fires Most Since 1954 The Heppner Banger District has a new record lor me num ber of lightning fires In this dls triet durlnn the past fire sea aon. They had 58 lightning flre which Is the highest numoer re ported sine records were first kept in 195 The largest fire reported was 3 acres for a total of 17 acres. The lookouts and aerial de tection following every lightning storm afford early detection of fires. The district has planes un der contract that are flown by District personnel. There were 12 man-caused fires In the district. The largest of which was contained In 3 acres for a total burn of 1 acres. The fire season was lifted on Oct. 21. All districts of the Uma-tilla-Natlonal Forest except HeoDner had lifted the closure earlier. It was felt enough rain had fallen to ease the fire dan cer. Unattended fires are un lawful. No permit will be re quired to build a fire but rang ers urge caution and suggest campers and hunters to contin ue carrying a shovel, bucket and axe. HAPPENING THIS WEEK OCTOBEJU 22 The Boardman Extension unit will meet at tho home of Mrs. Al Warnock, at 12:00 noon. Lesson to be present ed la Seafood Cookery. Call Mrs. Mel Allyn for more In formation. All women In the community are welcome to the extension unit meeting. 22 Women's Fellowship at lone at the Fred Nelson home at 2:00 p.m. 23 Homecoming! 24 TOPS Area Recognition Day at Condon 24 North Morrow 4-H Council members will spend tha day at the 4 II building making needed repairs and cleaning the building. All Interested people in . the Boardman community are invited to come Join the "clean ud crew"! 26 Chamber of Commerce meeting. 26 lone Lions Club meets. 27 "Heppner Minimize" TOPS club meets at Neighborhood center at 8:00 p.m. MOORE Pocket Reenters. Moo-e register forms, duplicate and triplicate, and register car bons, available at the Gazette- Did You? If you voted for Al Ullman, learn how you voted for the seizure of your gun and ammunit ion and exempted convicted criminals. Send 50c to Congressional Facts Chairman George Rachau, Box 235, Elgin, Oregon 97827. (Pd. adv. by Carl Marquardt, Ralph Crum) DEADLINE ANNOUNCED FOR FEDERAL CROP INS. October 31 is the last day to apply for All-Risk" Federal Crop Insurance, accord ing to the local agent Mary K. McLeod, on the 1971 crop. Anyone having Federal Crop Insurance on their 1970 crop need not apply because Federal Crop is continuous until canceled. Insurance is available in Morrow County on Wheat and Barley at established rates. For full details call at the Federal Crop Insurance office located in the Gilliam Gr Bisbee Building, Heppner, before October 31. You helped make all this possible by voting for Tom McCall four years ago. Here are just a few of the things Governor Tom mciii ana his administration have accom plished over the past four years: x made Oregon's air quality program the tough est in the country. established administrative districts to bring state government closer to the people and to pre local governments a stronger voice. fought the nerve gas shipments coming into uregon until tne snipments were stopped. obtained research funds to eliminate by 1972 all polluting agricultural field burning and to provide alternatives to agricultural disease control and disposition of waste material created the Office of Consumer Protection to keep the people of Oregon from being . cheated. secured passage of legislation which pre serves Oregon's beaches for all Oregoiuaus forever. stood up to the federal government on its new welfare bill, preventing economic disaster for Oregon. fought water pollution until Oregon had tha cleanest water in the country. led a foreign trade mission to promote Ore gon's agri-products which has resulted in the expansion of commerce with the Orient created a Nuclear Development Coordinating Committee to protect environmental quality. obtained millions of dollars of federal funds to reduce the crime rate in Oregon. campaigned to encourage the federal govern ment to take over 100 percent of welfare costs. worked toward improving day-care facilitiea so that mothers who are welfare recipients can be employed, established an Institute of Aging at Portland State University to provide services to senior citizens. secured a student loan program that now pro vides assistance to over 1 8,000 students seek ing a higher education. established the Management 70s Task Force which when implemented will cut state ex penditures $20 million a year. cut budgets of state agencies to meet the rising cost of welfare resulting from federal regula tions. Introduced the Methadone program for treat ment of drug addicts which has become a na tional model. initiated a proposal to join with the State of Washington in the development of mutual guidelines for the preservation of the Colum bia Gorge. curtailed activities on the Oregoa coast which threatened the aa rural ecology of the coast j Thank you. launched a campaign to outlaw non-returnable bottles. established strict time tables to phase out open and wigwam waste burners. established a new state program to aid Oregon students attending private higher educational institutions. channeled an additional 133 million state dollars back into local governments for schools, roads and property tax relief. helped start a work release program which is reducing government costs by improving re habilitation. encouraged the State Board of Higher Educa tion to control campus disorders and to enforce faculty-student discipline codes. created a stronger narcotics treatment pro gram by obtaining federal funds for a model training-treatment project. launched a program to make state officials available to answer local inquiries and solve local problems. provided over 1 ,000 senior citizens with trans portation to doctors, clinics, markets, and stores. supported a fair distribution of state con struction funds by initiating projects in all regions of the state. . held the line against the federal government's proposal to terminate federal construction programs. created a Governor's Commission on Youth to improve youth job opportunities. organized a separate Department of Voca tional Rehabilitation. initiated special treatment programs for the mentally ilL helped Portland State University obtain doc toral programs in urban studies, environ mental science and systems science. secured an additional $1.6 million in federal funds for the Willamette Greenway. established the Department of Transportation so that Oregon would avoid the mistakes of other states in relying too heavily on highways as the only form of land transportation. created a state park reservation system so Ore gonians can now reserve camping sites. placed 3,000 hard-core unemployed in jobs. obtained tax incentives for factories to restrict air pollution. promoted new foreign markets for forest products. continued to work on the Nixon Administra tion to shift national policies that are detri mental to Oregon's economy. assisted in securing an investment of over $84 muuon to improve and expand port and har bor facilities. obtained $150 million ia bonds for sewage - punu urcgoo communities. Keep Tom McCali. Pd. Pol. Adv. KEEP TOM McCALL COMMITTEEnSS S W. MORRISON STREET.'POBTuNn rmna..,Tc, - tv ttcmyc: c4-)tMJHOBERT H. NOYESj JR., ( established a drug education program within the schools. helped Oregon State University become one of the three sea-grant colleges in the United States. backed legislation which relieves Oregon counties from financing welfare. created the Office of Ombudsman to represent the people. increased the number of sheltered workshops so that hundreds of mentally retarded are now earning enough money to help support them selves. secured university status for Portland State University. helped provide for additional financing of classrooms and special school building projects! jf- straightened out the maze of overlapping state districts which has served as a model system for working with local governments. encouraged existing industries to invest $250 million in plant expansions which has created 7,500 new manufacturing jobs for Oregonians. supported a $750,000 program which im proves undergraduate instruction in public " schools. assisted in securing $600,000 for improved Juvenile Court services. worked against freight and tax rate structures tnat are discriminatory to the forest products industry.: attracted new industries into Oregon which have created 8,000 new jobs. supported legislation to ease the tax burdeaT on the elderly. created a full-time Parole Board. placed 433 senior citizens in jobs to supple- ment their fixed retirement incomes. improved part-time youth job opportunities and established a job bank for youths. helped expand local community mental health clinics. developed policies on state-owned lands that allowed for better cutting practices and faster rotation of the forest, while protecting tha environment. established employment program in North Portland to deal directly with the disadvan taged and hard-core unemployed. established a drug education unit within tha Mental Health Division. Keep Oregon, Oregon. , CHAIRMAN