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I I BRARY u or o EUGENE t ORE. 97403 nrin an ft SKI ill sill GRAIN PRICES ( F.O.B. Lexington, do not in clude warehouse cbga.) (Court ey o( Morrow County Grain Growm) Soft whit wheat 1.87 Hard rd winter wheat .... l-67( Barley ....... .". .... 50.50 87th Year Price 10 Cents THE mw HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 11, 1971 ; Number 51 T7 TP ays Irvin fcati (Editorial) Among th6 many confusing things happening lately in con- noctton with the Boeing Space Age Park in our north end of Morrow County, are reports of "great scandals, possible losses to the State of Oregon". Last summer Rep. Irvin Mann, Sen. Ken Jernstedt and Rep. Stafford Harwell along with Judge Paul Jones interested the Boeing Company in the farming possibilities on the 60,000 acres of their leased land near Board man. Boeing explored the po tentials of developing the land for intensive agricultural devel opment. They have earmarked $250,000 to fully study the idea and expect to develop about 10,000 acres each year to row crops. It is our fond hope the devel opment can take place without much more unfavorable bally hoo by Portland columnists and opportunists who would jump on the bandwagon ' with wet blankets. Rep. Irvin Mann has informed Robert Woehler of the Tri-City Herald that the State of Oregon will not lose out in the development. Boeing, he says, in all their talks agrees any increase in property taxes through farming would be paid by Boeing or by a Boeing les see. ...... In the lease with Boeing, the company agreed to pay $60,000 a year rental fee. The taxes were Just about that much, too. There has been considerable ru mor to the effect that the tax es will soon be higher than Boe ing's rental payment and that the Dept. of Veterans Affairs will suffer a bad loss. Rep. Mann said their commit tee last July was informed that "Any move by Boeing to develop Irrigation which would enhance the value of the land should carry a guarantee if the value of the land increased that the lessor, or lessee would under take to pay any additional prop erty taxes." Rep. Mann stated that the Boeing Company would make a statement shortly on the prop erty tax question. Officers Installed At lone Lodge By EVA HAMLETT , IONE Bunchgrass Rebekah Lodge met at the home of Mrs. Edith Matthews on Thursday eevning, Feb. 4. Installation of officers was held with members of Holly Rebekah Lodge of Lex ington assisting. Installing of ficers were Mrs. Ruth Robinson, District Deputy President; Mrs. pimple Munkers, Installing Mar shal and Mrs. Gay Papineau, In stalling Chaplain. Officers in stalled were Mrs. Norma Rea, Noble Grand; Mrs. Berl Akers, RSNG; Mrs. Ruby Roberts, LSNG; Mrs. Ida Coleman, Vice Grand; Mrs. Vida Heliker, LSVG; Mrs. Mabel Crawford, RSVG; Mrs. Lucille Rietmann, Warden; Mrs. Helen Pettyjohn, Conduct or; Mrs. Delsie Chapel, Chap lain; Mrs. Edith Matthews, Sec retary; Mrs. Gladys Drake, Treasurer; Mrs. Mable Ring, In side Guardian; and Mrs. Eva Hamlett. Outside Guardian. Mrs. Gladys Drake was hostess for the evening. Announcement The City of lone requests that people burn their trash each day. They have had trouble with papers blowing all over the hillsides before it is burned at the dumps. In order to elimin ate this problem, it was decided that garbage cans filled with DaDer and burnable material will not be emptied for that week. If you have any ques tions on what to burn or not to burn, contact Eldon Tucker. Mrs. Linea Nottage left from Pendleton Friday by plane to join Mrs. Hildegarde Benson in San Francisco, where they lert Sunday for a month's trip on the "Carnival Caribbean Cruise". They will spend some time in Mexico, Panama Canal Zone, the Caribbean Islands and Curacao, South America. Jr. High BB The lone Jr. High , Basketball team defeated the Echo team Fph. 4 on a local court by a I played Umatilla at Umatilla again winning both games with main string score of 20-31 and the second string 35-18. Coming' Events Feb. 11 Jr. High Basketball, Riverside at lone, 2:00 p.m. Feb. 12 lone High School at Echo, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 Heppner Jr. High at lone, 2:00 p.m. Feb. 19 lone High School at Umapine. Feb. 20 Weston High School at lone, 6:30. The ladies of the St. William's Altar Society will meet next Monday night, Feb. 15 at the home of Mrs. Garland Swanson to set a permanent meeting date. V 11- 1 t f r-- HERE LIES 65 feet of truck and trailer with 15-20 ton of chips spewing out Tho Lumber Transport truck and trailer "hit the dust" opposite tho John Mollahan place early Saturday after noon. The trailer was totaled and the truck will require extens ive repairs. r Pictures Turn Well Inside Out! The Video Scanner was in Heppner Monday to take pic tures of the inside of Well No. 5 up Willow Creek. The opera tions were observed by two well drillers, Younger of Walla Wal la and Smith who has drilled the D. O. Nelson wells and City Council members and the city crew. It was on Mr. Younger's rec ommendation that the Video Scanner was brought in. The pictures were transmitted back on a TV screen and still ones were also taken. The City has a set. Part of the pictures were tak en under water. Pictures showed about 1 to 2 feet ahead of the scanner. The pictures show ed water coming up from the 420 foot depth through the 6" casing, Chip Truck Mishap Ties Up Traffic Traffic on the highway north of Heppner was slowed to one way travel for about five hours last Saturday evening, as a re sult of a chip truck accident - The truck was leaving Hepp ner, lost control near the Mol lahan Ranch and went off the right side of the highway. The contents spilled onto the road as the truck tipped over on its right side. The driver was un injured. Clean up took about five hours as the Highway Depart ment put up signs and directed traffic as they cleared the road Yellow Stripes Come To County Five county roads will receive that very welcome "yellow stripe" following action taken by the Morrow County Court last Wednesday. The safety stripe will be added to the fol lowing roads: up Willow Creek to the end of the pavement, Baseline Rd., Sand Hollow to Pine City, Bombing Range road and Rhea Creek road from Jor dan to Ruggs. Standard Oil got the bid to supply the county with gas and diesel and Shell Oil for the lu bricating oils. Bids are on file at the Courthouse. Bob Wheeler of The Dalles met with the members of the County Court to review avail able radio equipment and rec ommended adding some new equipment as well as proposing a maintenance contract lor the system. Among the additions needed is a base station at Irri gon. No action was taken. Sheriff Mollahan was given permission to act as radio com munications co-ordinator within the county. This is a short wave radio frequency operating on "local government". He says Winds Cause Power Outage Gusty winds blew wires to gether yesterday on "the 69 lino", the main transmission line of 69,000 volts from the PP&-L substation at Hermiston. This caused a number of power outages jit yi0ous times., in the area. A pole blew down fcnd wires were down due to high winds at Jordan and in the Rock Creek areas. Columbia Ba sin Electric linemen promptly responded to the emergencies. A gust of wind broke a'dis play window at Case Furniture. New Forester Coming Dennis Martin of Baker will be in the Heppner Ranger Dis trict Feb. 22 taking Frank Ras- mussen's place. He has been in Baker for about 4 years. Before that he was up cn Vancouver Island. Graduate of Oregon State, his home is La Grande. He is married to the former Larice Taylor of Union. They have one son, Samuel, who is IV2 years old. They are both skiers and are looking forward to next season on Arbuckle. Mr. Martin was in Heppner oMnday looking for housing. It was recommended that. a!?'8 equipment worth $25,000 score of 62-22. This team has been improving with each game olaved. .Individual scorers of the game were Charlie McElli gott, 18; Paul Peterson, 15; Tom Gates, 13; Mike Warren, 5; Tome Hamlett, 5; Joel Peterson, 4; and Glenn Griffith, 2. The lone second string won bby a score of 44 to 14. In the event one may Je keeping a scrap book, the previous two games were not in the paper. On Jan. 23, they played at Stan field and lone won both of those games. The main string score was 22-14 and the second string I was 29 21. On Jan. 30 they1 test pump be put into the well for 24 hours to test the capac ity of the well. The Council will hear the detailed report at their g-ott-Mareh L The city has been somewhat frustrated with the well driller who started the welL They are most anxious to bring the well into production by the 1971 summer season. in the county. Coordinating their use can be beneficial to the road depart ment, fire department, police department and emergency ser- vices for every community in the county. Mr. So word Home From Hospital The Rev. Earl Soward of Lex ington who recently underwent major surgery in Pendleton re turned to his home in Lexing ton on Sunday afternoon. While he isn't making as fast a come back as he would like, he is doing well. While he was ill, the Sow ards had considerable out-of-town company. Their son, Wayne Soward came from Boise, Mrs. Soward's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elva Ferebee of Prineville were here and Mr. Soward's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Soward flew up from Los Al tos, Calif. Mrs. Soward's broth er, Andrew Ingalls, of ..Kent, Nuclear Meet Due Next Week Darrell Maxwell, county agent at Hermiston called to tell us about a 2-day meeting next week. This' Is a conference on nuclear development for North east Oregon, with emphasis on Morrow, Umatilla and Gilliam Counties. The Hermiston program is to be on Tuesday, Feb. 16 starting at 9 at the Junior High audi torium. Keynote speaker will be L. B. Day, chairman of the joint Federal-State Nuclear Siting Task Force. There will be present a group of scientists from Oregon State University, the State Board of Health, the U. S. Bureau of Rec lamation. Dr. Chih Wang, director of the Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering will be present as will Dr. Alan Robinson, well known OSU instructor who re- centy spoke to the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation annual meeting. Of great interest should be "Release of Radioactive Sub stances and Their Environment al Effects" will be presented by Peter Mellinger of the Dept. of General Science of OSU. "Use of Coolant Water for Ir rigation" will be given by John JVfangan, area engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Salem. On Tuesday evening at 7:30 will again meet at the Junior High to hear proposals of the Port of Morrow, the Port of Uma tilla and other areas that may have proposals for nuclear pow er plant sites. On Wednesday morning (Feb, 17) there will be an air tour from the Hermiston airport to tour the proposed nuclear sites, This will be followed by lunch at Dodge City Cafe in Board man. During the afternoon there, agricultural development po tentials will be discussed. Oth er subjects being air and water quality standards and object ives; water rights and supply problems; Columbia River water management as related to pro posals, by the U. S. Corps of Engineers. There will be a dis cussion of obtaining permits for nuclear power plants on govern ment land. Of interest, also, will be dis cussions on fish and wildlife and on wildlife refuges in Bargains Offered Saturday, Feb. 13 George Washington's Birthday Sale will be noted here with great big bargain all over Heppner on this Saturday, Feb. 13. You'll see folks wearing trl cornes, the little 3-cornered hats popular in George Washington's day. Free parking, too. The merchants of Heppner have planned for some months to make this annual event a real big day for everyone bent on saving money. Reading through the ads this week you will note some big cuts in prices. In a number of cases merchants must present bargains in order to move the merchandise to make room for new merchandise that's coming in. It's fun to fchop in friendly Heppner. If you already have plenty of everything come on in to town anyhow and visit your friends. tHappv shopping to all.) the area. Olson's New Arrival On Feb. 3, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Olson, of Condon became the parents of a baby girl at Pio neer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. The baby weighed 7 lb., 8 '4 oz and was named Katrina Nadine. She joins a 2 year old sister, Virginia at home. School Courses Are Subject at Chamber The Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce program for Monday, Feb. 15 will fea ture the personnel from the Heppner Elementary School. The first grade reading program and the elective courses in the seventh and eighth grade will be explained and discussed. I OOF Gives Piano To Pioneer Home The Heppner Odd Fellows Lodge No. 66 has given their piano to the residents of the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nurs ing Home. Mrs. Ilene Wyman, hospital supervisor, extends a cordial in vitation to any pianist to please come up and play for the resi dents who enjoy music. She says this is a very highly appreciat ed gift Free Throw Champs Convene at OSU It was 42 hours of Foul Shots last weekend at the State Elks Free Throw Contest in Corvallis. Heppner's winner, Aaron Klinger of Lexington, shot 25 out of 50. The winner, a boy from McMinnville, shot 66 out of 75 and the Condon boy, who was the state winner last year, shot 62 out of 75. Accompanied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Klinger, the three were among the guests at the banquet Saturday noon at the Elks Club. Then the contest started. The 55 boys shot for 4 hours before a crowd of 250 people. Aaron said, me crowd didn't bother me b College Rodeo Here in May The College Rodeo will be an event at the Morrow County Fairgrounds area May 21, 22 and 23. Riley Freeman, advisor of the Blue Mountain College rodeo team and some team members from the college met with the Morrow County Rodeo Committee to discuss plans recently. The first performance will start at 4:30 Friday afternoon, with performances Saturday and Sunday afternoons starting at 1:30. There will be gala dances held Friday and Saturday nights. So far no rodeo stock con tractor has been chosen but will be announced at a later date. FFA Chapters Set Banquet Dates Coast-fo-Coasf To Open Here the glass backboards did". They were allowed 6 seconds before each shot. The boys met the uregon state basketball coach and Jim Barratt, Oregon State Athletic Director, formerly of Heppner. The Klingers watched the Oregon State-Oregon game. Dur ing the half time, the top four boys of the contest shot 25 foul shots. They each received a watch. This is the last year Aaron will be eligible to enter the con test BUT he plans to go out for basketball next year. Members of the Heppner and Riverside Chapters are aware of the need to get "Involved in America's Future". They join FFA members everywhere to celebrate National FFA Week coming Feb. 20-27. John Currin, ' Heppner FFA president and chairman of this year's FFA week committee says, "We want our community and the nation to know that, as FFA members, we are concerned with the challenging problems we will face in our lifetime." Advisor Hal Whitaker says, If this nation is to continue to satisfy demands for low-cost, high quality agriculture prod ucts, we must continue to train responsible men and women to fill the thousands of lobs both on and off the farm." According to Ron Black, Riv erside FFA advisor "This year's theme 'Involved in - America's Future'," . portrays FFA activi ties designed to involve mem bers in constructive action. FFA members throughout the nation are involved in agriculture, in volved in community action, in volved in leadership develop ment and involved in working cooperatively to achieve goals." Each year FFA week is ob served during the week of George Washington's Birthday. Although Washington is usual ly recognized as a Revolutionary War General and our first pres ident, it is not generally known that his first love was the farm nd he was an ardent foil con servationist. The Heppner FFA chapter has 43 members. Officers are John Currin, president; Kirk Robin son, vice president; Terry Hughes, secretary; Mark Hop kins, treasurer; Carl King, re porter and Mark Miller, sentinel Their FFA banquet is Feb. 23, Riverside FFA chapter presi dent is Clarence Proctor; Jon Starke, vice president; Bill A cock, gcereafv; Rick Partlow, treasurer; Doug Prichard, report er and Wayne Downey, sentinel. Their banquet is Feb. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sargent, Rhonda and Mark have moved from Kinzua to the Vesta Kil kenny house. The Sargents will open the Coast-to-Coast Store in the former Penney Building in mid-March. For the past four years, Dick has been Personnel manager for Kinzua Corp. He likes people and has always wanted to own his own business. For several years Coast to Coast has eyed Heppner as a good location for one of their stores. When the Pcnneys Store was vacated, the space for a store was made available. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent were chosen to operate under the Coast to Coast franchise. Extensive remodeling, redecor ating, new lighting, wall-to-wall carpeting and a new store front is being done by Heppner In vestment Corp., owners of the building. Coast-to-Coast men conferred with them in planning the changes. The Sargents have enjoyed 4-H work as a family. Rhonda and Mark have had sheep, swine and rabbit projects. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent were leaders of a Livestock 4-H Club and Mrs. Sargent led a Cooking Club. They were also active in the Community Church at Kin zua. Mrs. Sargent was cnurcn treasurer and sang in the choir. Dick is a member of the BPOE at Bend but expects to transfer here. He was serving this year as chairman of the Fossil School Board and was a director of the Wheeler County Development Corp. Like most men in Eastern Oregon Dick likes to hunt and he also follows a photography hobby. Mrs. Sargent paints with tri-chem and is interested in ceramics. The children would be interested in continuing their lessons on the guitar. Safe Boating Course Begins February 16 "Safe Boating Laws are here to stay! Are YOU? Plan to oe around a while, at tend Boating Safety Classes of fered by Flotilla 94, U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary at the Hermis ton Junior High School, Hermis ton, starting Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. These classes are open to ev ery one, men, women and child ren from 10 years of age up. Classes will be on Tuesday eve nings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for 5 weeks, Feb. 16 through March 16. Instruction will cover safety factors which cannot be built into your boat, they MUST be learned by the operator. There is no charge for the classes except for the textbook which is $2.00. It won't be long now let's all be prepared for a safe, happy summer on the water." WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 43 25 Thursday 46 31 Friday 42 21 Saturday 40 18 Sunday 44 19 Monday 44 19 Tuesday 54 23 .01 Morrow County High On KAO Coupons As of Jan. 31, Morrow Coun ty had sent in 46,200 Betty Crock er coupons to the Kidney Assn. of Oregon. Mrs. Joe Engleman, county chairman- says -they go towards the kidney machine purchase until May 31. After that time until the end of the year they will be uused for pur chase of office machines. During January, Mrs. kngle- man sent vomi coupons. v,uu contributions are aiso welcomed they may be sent to KAO, Box 335, lone. Morrow County with the nign- est percentage of voting voters in the state can aiso be proud of the number of coupons col lected. Umatilla County has sent in 9,000 according to the last report.
