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97403 ;
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Price 10 Cents
GRAIN PRICES
(F.O.B. Lexington. does not In
clude warehouM chgi.)
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Grain Growers)
Bolt white wheat 1X6i
Hard rod winter wheat .. 1jS3s
Bailey 47.75
WEATHER
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EUGENE, ORE.
Hi Low Pre.
Wednesday 29 20
Thursday 47 25
Friday 50 34 tr.
Saturday 55 40
Sunday 49 29 .06
Monday 42 27 .11
Tuesday 35 21
Tr. snow.
2.4" snow
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GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 14, 1971
Number 47
the mm,
County Court
Makes 1971
Appointments
Commissioner Homer Hughes
and Judge Jones were sworn in f
for a new term of office on Jan.
The Morrow County Court
met on Jan. 6 for the purpose
of conducting business in reg
ular session, with D.A. Herman
Winter, Clerk Sadie Parrlsh,
Roadmaster 'Doc' Sherer, and
all members of the court in at
tendance. .
The Court approved a request
from the Forest Service to move
the pit toilets from Cutsforth
Park to the Penland Prairie
site.
, The following appointments
or reappointments were made to
fill terms of office on various
committees: i
BUDGET COMMITTEE - Mar
ion Green reappointed for a 3'
yr. term; -
FAIR BOARD Floyd Jones
and Paul Hisler reappointed for
3 yrs. i
HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Tib
bles reappointed for 2 yrs.
MUSEUM BOARD Mrs. Mar
ie McQuarrle appointed for 3'
yr. term.
PLANNING COMMISSION
Clarence Rosewall reappointed
for 4 yrs. as chairman; Marion
Green reappointed for 4 yrs.
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
Heppner Gazette-Times.
HOSPITAL BOARD John
Pfeiffer appointed for 5 yrs.
W Dave Hall
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ALAN H. ROBINSON
SWD Annual Meet
February 2
Ken Turner To Iks On
Nuclear Plant
Siting at Meeting
Power and agriculture should
cooperate in nuclear plant sit
j lng in the Mid-Columbia region
J-,of Oregon, according to the Ore
gon Soil and Water Conserve
tlon Commission.
At a meeting held in Port
land Friday, the Commission
heard reports regarding efforts
being made by the Columbia
Blue Mountain Resource Conser
vation and Development Project
to promote the region as a nu
clear park. Ken Turner, Hepp
j ner Soil and Water Conserva-
District cnairman ana
It has been announced that
the Heppner Soil and Water 1 .i
Conservation District's annual member of the Columbia-Blue
Arbuckle Ski Area
Gets Approval
Everything is "Go" for skiing
this weekend. With the inspec
tion of an engineer, the ski
sight has final approval of the
Forest Service for a renewal or
the special use permit for ski
ing. In company with Ed Dick,
Marvin Chitty and R. B. Cog
burn, the engineer from The
Dalles made the inspection last
weekend.
i The ski run will officially op
en this weekend with the tow
operating both Saturday and
Sunday. Busses will operate
from lone and Heppner. Those
wishing bus information for de
parture and pickup points, are
asked to call Dick McElligott or
Don Peterson at lone and Cur
tis Culp in Heppner.
Trial run skiing on Sunday
brought enthusiastic reports of
3 feet of snow and powder on
top.
meeting will be - held at 7:30
p.m., Feb. 2 at the Lexington
Grange Hall.
Featured speaker will be Alan
H. Robinson, associate profes
sor of the School of Engineer
ing at Oregon State University,
Dr. Robinson received his bach
elor of science degree in 1956
from Swarthmore College; his
master of science degree was
from Stanford University and
his Ph.D was from Stanford In
1965, both latter degrees in Nu
clear Engineering.
His fields of specialization
are in Nuclear Engineering; re
actor physics, neutron transport
theory, neutrol radiology and re
actor mathematics. Dr. Robin
son's talk will be very approp
riate for Morrow County, it was
reported, as nuclear power is of
great potential interest in this
part of Eastern Oregon.
Chamber Sees
Power Movie
Washington Man
Heads National
Wheat- Growers
Gene Moose of Edwall, Wash
was elected president of the
National Association of Wheat
Growers at their national meet
ing last week in Portland
Ralph Crum, president of the
Morrow County Wheat Growers
took part in all the committees
working on- resolutions. He ap
predates the excellent attend'
ance of members from Morrow
County and for their activity on
the several committees.
Some of those attending were
Jack Sumner, Don Peterson, Bob
Jepsen, past president Oregon
Wheat Growers; Milton Morgan,
chairman Oregon Wheat Com
mission; Frank Anderson, Tad
Miller, Allen Hughes, Ron
Haguewood, Roy Martin, Lloyd
Morgan, Dave McLeod, Fred
Martin, Gene Logan, Louis Carl
son, Rudy Bergstrom and Ken
Turner.
Mr. Crum said that from the
meeting it appeared that "the
final decision for the allotted
acres in the wheat program
would not be completed until
President Gene Pierce an
nounced that the Board of Dir
ectors will meet Friday noon at
the Wagon Wheel.
Herman Winter reported the
Arbuckle Ski rurf facilities will
be open for use this weekend.
Monday's Chamber program
was provided by the Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op. It was a
movie on electric power plants
and Harold Kerr operated the
projector. Mr. Winter stated f
that he and Oscar Peterson had
been to a meeting in Portland
and heard Mr. Richmond
Bonneville Power state $700 mil
lion are needed annually to
keep up with the demand for
electric power.
Mr. Kerr stated that Dr. Alan
Robinson would be the princi
pal speaker at the Heppner Soil
& Water Conservation District
annual meeting at 7:30 p.m.,
Feb. 2 at Lexington Grange
Hall.
Mountain Nuclear Siting Com
mittee, stated that the Mid-Col
umbia region has both the wa
ter and the land to make such
a program practical. Support to
the effort was given by the
Commission.
State Department of Agricul
ture Development specialist Don
McKlnnis, also pointed out that
the State Nuclear Siting Task
Force is currently considering
the Mid-Columbia region, and
that four potential sites are be
ing studied. In response to a
question from Commission
Member Katheryn Heffernan of
Medford, he stated that financ
ing for such a plant would be
the function of the power com
panies concerned and the Port
Districts in which plants may
be located.
Commission Chairman Frank
Elliott of Creswell stated that
he believes that irrigation is a
logical way of utilizing heated
industrial water. Warm water
irrigation dissipates the heat
harmlessly into the soil and air
without becoming a problem in
increasing stream temperatures.
Longer growing seasons and
frost protection are among the
advantages to agriculture.
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HEPPNEB GRAD Dave Hall will be Oregon State's Student Presi
dent.
Boeing Tax Hearings
Postponed Until June
Morrow County Assessor Joyce
Ritch informed us Tuesday she
had just received a copy of a
letter from the Department of
Revenue to the Dept. of Veter
ans Affairs. This is in regard
to appeals of the Dept. of Vet
erans Affairs. Both hearings
have been postponed.
The first hearing had been
set for Feb. 16 in Morrow Coun
ty.. This was An. regard to a hear
ing on the Assessor's appraisal
Increasing valuation of the Boe
ing tract from $2,130,600 to
$3,392,800. Tract is owned by
about Feb. 1." He also said, death.
Services Held Jan. 8
For Carey Hastings
William Carey. Hastings died
Jan. 5 at the Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. Mr. Hastings was born
Oct. 24, 1899 on the ranch at
Hardman. He was the son of
Charles M. Hastings and Edit
Luelling and a lifetime resident
of the area.
On Oct. 4, 1922, he was mar
ried to Alice McDaniel in Hepp
ner. They moved to Heppner in
1942. Mr. Hastings had worked
as a logger and sheep shearer.
He had a host, of friends
throughout Eastern Oregon.
Besides his wife, Alice, sur
vivors include two daughters,
Yvonne Connor of Forest Grove
and Clarice Henry of San An
tonio, Texas; two brothers, Guy
Hastings, Hood River and El
wood (Red) Hastings, Heppner;
five grandchildren and one
ereat crrandchild. One brother
and two sisters preceded him in
of r v I I sC fK
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. GWEN DRAKE JOHN HALL
the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
and letter postponed the hear
ing until after June 1 to allow
the Dept. of Veterans Affairs an
opportunity to obtain appraisal
of the property. However, in the
interest of protecting the coun
ty revenue, "it will be neces
sary for you to waive Interest
for the period of the postpone
ment on any refund of taxes
paid which may be required of
the county."
The letter goes on "The hear
ing of the appeal concerning
the farm use Issue has been
postponed until such time as
the Oregon Supreme Court dis
poses of the same issue respect
ing the preceding year's assess
ment. A waiver of interet will
not be required concerning any
refunds arising out of this matter."
By KIT ANDERSON
CORVALLIS (Special) When
Dave Hall takes over as student
body president at Oregon State
University this month, he will
be bringing to the office plenty
of experience.
That's experience he gained
while a student at Heppner
High School. And it has been
valuable experience, says Hall.
"Being involved in numerous
activities in high school has giv
en me a better insight into
some of the things a student can
become involved with,'.' Hall
says.
He will move up from his po
sition as first vice-president of
the Associated Students of Ore
gon State University to that of
president.
The news was announced last
week here in Corvallis when it
was learned that Doug Sweet,
who had held the top spot since
April, would not return to
school this term. Sweet gave fi
nancial difficulties as his rea
son for not returning.
By ASOSU rules, Hall auto
matically becomes president
Second vice-president Ron Wil
kinson, Lebanon, will take Hall's ri"":
juu aa uisi viv.C'I'icbiuciHi
How soon Hall actually will
become president depends on
Sweet. Unless he submits . a
written resignation, Hall must
wait until Jan. 18, the final day
to register for classes, before the
switch becomes official.
Hall thinks his experience
while at HHS has . helped him
immensely in his political en
deavors at OSU.
He was president of the Hepp
ner chapter . of Future Farmers
of America, president of the
National Honor Society and was
a three-sport letterman.
After graduation in 1968 from
Heppner High, Hall ran for a
state office in FFA and was
I Ponders NRA or
Open Rodeo
Harry Noble of Boardman,
director of the Northwest Rodeo
Assn., met on Jan. 4 with the
Heppner Rodeo Board. He ex
plained the new rules and poli
cies of the NRA. There are no
major changes as far as the
Heppner rodeo Is concerned.
Also meeting with the board
were Jim Glbbs of Yelm, Wn.,
and the Flying Five Stock con
tractors from Davenport, Wn.
Both heard the stock require
ments for the Heppner rodeo.
They will later submit bids to
supply the stock for the 1971
rodeo. Howard Johnson of Con
don, who furnished the stock
last year will riot be furnish
ing rodeo stock this year.
The Rodeo board is discuss
ing the consideration of stay
ing NRA or having an Open Ro
deo. One of the requirements
NRA is asking, is that one of
their members be hired to b3
timers. Previously this Job has
been done by local stockmen or
members on a volunteer basis.
The board feels hiring more
help would place an additional
Services for
Larry Rietmann
Held in lone
Laurance O. Rietmann, 32,
died Jan. 5," 1971 at Good Shep
herd Hospital in Hermiston af
ter a short illness.
Mr. Rietmann was born Jan.
29, 1938 in Heppner and was
a lifetime resident of the lone
area.
Along with farming, he assist
ed his father In Rietmann's
Hardware. Mr. Rietmann was a
deacon and in the choir of the
lone. United Church of Christ, a
momhdr nf T.ripnl Nr RfiH Ampr.
successful. It was the start of i lean Federation of Musicians, a
his post-high school political I member of the American Bowl-
"The ASCS office will take an
active part with the USDA in
making the decision".
The new National president is
expected to go to France in a
short time to work on the new
World Grain agreement
Richard Wallace Soon
To Receive Discharge
Richard Wallace, son of Mrs.
Buster Padberg, will receive his
discharge from the army ci
Jan. 29. He is based at Camp
Pendleton. Richard and his wife
and new baby daughter, Col
leen live at El Cajon. They ex
pect to remain in the area fol
lowing his discharge.
Funeral services were held
Jan. 8 at the Heppner United
Methodist Church with Rev. Ed
win Cutting officiating. Sacred
Selections were "How Great
Thou Art" and "Beyond the Sun
set" by Carl and Betty Mar
quardt, accompanied by Mrs.
Pauline Miller, Organist
Casket bearers were Howard
Pettyjohn, Delmer Buschke, Paul
Heinrichs, Robert Lovgren, Vic
tor Lovgren and Doyle Key.
Honorary bearers included Cal
Sumner, Glen Ward, Earl Ayres,
Bud Marshall, Lee Carrick and
Cecil Rill.
Concluding services were held
at the Heppner Masonic Ceme
tery with Sweeney Mortuary In
care of the arrangements.
Elks Leadership Award
Winners Announced
Gwen Drake and John Hall are , go to state and then national.
the winners of the Elks Lead
ership Scholarship according to
announcement Tuesday by Cal
Sherman, chairman of the com
mittee. .They will each receive
$100. Their brochures have been
entered in the district contest.
Winners of the district contest
Lost: One Rocket
Livestock Tax
Value Set
" The Eastern Oregon livestock
tax assessors meeting with rep
resentatives of the Oregon Cat
tlemens Association in Board
man recently reached an agree
ment and have approved the
following 1971 livestock tax ap
praisal figures. Representing ev
ery segment of the beef cattle
industry and also every section
of Eastern Oregon were more
than 20 OCA representatives at
tending the meeting.
Assessor Joyce Ritch said the
following are the approved as
sessors true casn values on
livestock for 1971: BEEF CAT
Each participant submitted aiTLE Calves under 6 months,
hrhnro dinner f thoi- loorW. $45; Calves 6 months to one
.. ... j . , year: Steers, $115; Heifers, $90
ship activities during four years Steers one year and over( $150
oi nign scnooi. inese were suo-
A little "Hot Pink" rocket was
lost over Heppner Sunday. Any
one finding it is asked to call
the High School or the Heppner
Gazette-Times. The foot-long
rocket has an orange parachute,
orange nose-cone and is made
of paper tubing and balsa wood.
The rocket was fired under the
sanction of the Heppner Fire
Department Morrow County
Court and the State Fire Mar
shal's office. Stan Addison and
Tom Shear of the Heppner High
School faculty fired the rocket
Sunday afternoon about 2 o'
clock behind Heppner High
School. They fired it west from
the high school but a gust of
wind blew it eastward back ov
er town. The men are offering
a reward for the recovery of the
rocket j
stantiated with newspaper clip
pings, statement from their par
ents and another adult refer
ence.
Others submitting brochures
included Marianne Pettyjohn,
Jane Krebs, Susan French, Ter
ry Pettyjohn, DeeAnn Petty
john, Diane Cutsforth and Bruce
Marquardt.
Gwen, daughter of Mrs. Doug
las Drake, plans to enter BMCC
this fall to pursue a major In
Art.
John, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Gene Hall, will enter Oregon
State and his interest is in en
gineering.
lone Gridders
Named to Big Sky
All-Conference Team
lone High School has receiv
ed word that two of their foot
ball players have been named
to the 1970-71 Big Sky All-Conference
Football team.
Honored from lone were
Clint Krebs and Ed Strahm.
Heifers one to two years, $130
Cows 2 years and over, $155
Bulls one year and over, $290.
Work horses and mules $100
Registered saddle horses $320.
Saddle horses $200. Shetland,
Welsh ponies $40.
Lambs and wethers $17. Ewes,
1 to 6 yrs., $18. Rams 1 to
yrs., $35. Ewes, rams, 6 yr. &
over $10. Swine, 3 mo. and un
der $28. 3 to 9 mo. (ave. wt.)
$50. Chickens are 70c, turkeys
$3, (Beltsville $2). Ducks 50c
and geese 1.50. Light milk cows
2 yrs. and over, $140, heavy
$J0. Bulls 1 yr. and over $290.
Calling
Mothers Marchers
All women interested in go
ing on the Mothers March are
asked to meet Jan. 18 at 8 p.m.
at All Saints' Episcopal Church.
Instructions and literature and
area assignments will be made
at that time. The Mothers
March will be held Jan. 28. !
career.
Because of his FFA office, Hall
could not attend the university
until spring term of 1969.
But right then, he began lay
ing groundwork for his political
ambitions.
He joined Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, a house known at
OSU for campus activities of its
members. And although it was
here that he began working out
definite plans for a campaign
for freshman class president, he
had made the decision already.
Freshman class officers are
elected fall term at OSU. Hall
came armed with posters and
flyers he had had printed in
Heppner during the summer.
"I got plenty of help on the
campaign from people in Hepp
ner," Hall says.
From his work in FFA and
while a 10-year 4-H member,
Hall knew enough people to
have quite a force of volunteers
at OSU. They became his cam
paign managers for the presi
dential race.
He swept the race, and was
successful in his first ambition
at the university.
He planned then to run for
agricultural senator in his soph
omore year, then for student
body vice president a year la
ter.
If things went according to
plan, Hall wanted to seek the
presidency in his senior year.
Then he discovered he would
have to student teach to fulfill
requirements for his agricultral
education degree. That meant
he would have to skip the sen
ator role, and seek the vice
presidency in the spring of 1970.
He was successful again, run
ning the same type of campaign
that had landed him in the class
presidency role.
This fall, he was keeping an
eye on next year.
But now, he doesn't have to
wait any longer. Two years ear
lier than planned, Hall will get
the top spot.
And when he does take over,
he will be the first sophomore
in at least 33 years and prob
ably in the university's history
to become student body pres
ident.
There is quite a difference be
tween HaU and his predecessor.
Sweet is a senior in English,
and sports long hair and a mus
tache. He didn't like to attend
meetings while in office, and
shunned correspondence.
He didn t want to be Involv
ed with anything structured,"
Hall says of Sweet
(Continued on page 10)
ing Congress and a city coun
cilman.
In 1955, he graduated from
lone High School and attended
Oregon State College, EOC and
the University of Oregon.
He was a member of the Del
ta Chi Fraternity. From 1960 un
til 1962, he served in the Med
ical Corps of the U. S. Army.
He is survived by his father,
Omar Rietmann, and one broth
er, Gene Rietmann, both of
lone.
Funeral services were held
Jan. 9 at the United Church of
Christ in lone. Officiating were
Rev. William G. Arthur and
Rev. Dan Thompson. "The
Lord's My Shepherd" and "How
Great Thou Art" by Darrell and
Anna Lee James accompanied
by Mrs. Paul Tews, organist,
were the sacred selections.
Casket bearers were Gordon
Meyers, Donald Bristow, Sam
Barnett, Robert Hubbard, Den
nis Swason and Lindsay Kin
caid. Concluding services were at
High View Cemetery in lone
with Sweeney Mortuary in care
of the arrangements.
Mustangs Face
Tough Weekend
By DALLAS HARSIN
"This will be a tough week
end to start league play," says
Varsity Coach Bob Clough. The
Heppner Mustangs host the
Blue Devils from Condon Friday
night and then Saturday will
travel to Umatilla to meet the
Vikings.
Coach Clough said "Umatilla
is just basically a regular ball
team, because they run, shoot,
and press all of the time." Riv
erside only beat them by 2
points, 90-92.
The ball team from Condon is
basically the same as Umatilla
in that they play about the
same game. (Run). This will be
the second time Heppner and
Condon will meet. The first time
was in the championship game
of the Christmas Tournament, in
which Heppner came out on
top.
"Condon is a lot better team
than the team that Heppner
beat," Rays Coach Clough.
Keith Morgan is what you
would call Condon's spark plug
as he is a good hustler and is
also a good shooter. Last time
Heppner played Condon, Mor
gan led the scoring with 16
points.