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LIBRARY U OF 0 t u S e :j e r o r r . 0 7403 lTQ9iniDI0DDDilf? ft Chamber to Promote Morrow History At Monday's Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon Wheel, Herman Winter outlined the status of the new History of Morrow County, "The Heppner Hills". Publishers Binfords & Mort of Portland had suggested an 8'4x 11 format for the highly Illus trated book, suggested a retail price of $10 per book. Author Giles French Is to receive a roy. alty of 15 or agreed upon cash price. He has received some cash expenses so far and has put in about two years on the project. Mr. French has written several 88th Year Price 10 Cents TvW GAZETTE-TIME GRAIN PRICES (F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude wartnouM digs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White wheat IX6i Red wheat l&Pt Barley 5O00 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 18, 1971 Number 4 Power Heads Probe Solution to Garbage books. There have been a number of cash donations to the history project and a considerable num ber of folks have pledged $25 each and will have their names printed in the book. There Is about $2000 cash on hand in the book fund. Binfords and Mort would charge about $18,000 for printing the book and would retain a thousand copies of the printing to sell and to use for promo tional purposes. Mr. Winter moved that the Chamber conduct a presub scriptlon campaign and promo tlon supporting the project. The Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to do this. Heppner Foundation President Gene Pierce told of the proposed Heppner Founda tion which is a fund tailored af ter the Pendleton Foundation. This would be a fund managed by the Chamber for good pur poses in Morrow County. Mr. Pierce explained there have been several funds and resi dues of other funds which would go into the proposed Heppner Foundation. Honor St Patrick's Day President Pierce, in a fine "Irish" brogue, introduced the program of the day which hon ored St. Patrick's Day and the county pioneers of Irish descent. (President Pierce said later his Irish brogue was actually Nor wegian!) Phil Mahbney, gaily decked out with green shirt and tie told of the history of the Irish in Morrow County. He said he arrived in Morrow County in 1917 and his first day here was on St. Patrick's Day. He related that he followed a bunch of Irishmen out. to the Fairgrounds, watched them kick ing a ball around and ' joyfully kicking each other. They stop ped briefly to catch their breaths, have a little snort of spirits to clear the dust from their throats, went back to the field for more fun. .. Phil related that his pwn name in Ireland had the prefix " O", but like a number of others the O eventually was . dropped. Hia grandparents came from County Cork in Southern Ire land. ' - Phil said the Irish of the ear ly times were primarily . . en gaged in the sheep business. At one time there were 200,000 breeding ewes in Morrow Coun ty- He told of a brief sheepherd ers' strike on a Morrow County ranch. It was soon settled by the boss who used his fists. Phil relayed that the principal sheep ranching families of that time were William Hughes, Cunning hams, Johnsons, Kilkenny fam ily, the Kennys, Dohertys, Quaids and a number of others. Phil, with his charming brogue, told several wonderful Irish an ecdotes, greatly appreciated by his audience. Joe Doherty of Pilot Rock sang without accompaniment three delightful Irish songs. His skill was apparent with "Danny Bov". "Rose of Tralee" and "How Ireland Got Its Name". (We didn't see many dry eyes at this time. The fine program was arranged by Mrs. Arnold Melby). A common problem and hopes for solving it brought a repre sentatlve group of local govern ing bodies together for a grass roots session here Monday eve ning. Garbage disposal, a ser ious problem and one that con tinues to become more serious with the steady Increase in the amount to be disposed of. It was this problem, that brought together the mayors of Heppner, Lexington, lone and members of their councils. Coun ty Judge Paul Jones and the county commissioners, the Coun ty and City Planning Commis sion, and representatives from the Federal agencies of the For est Service and Soil Conserva tion Service. All agreed on the problem and that a cooperative venture of securing and maintaining a land fill could best solve the problem. Mayor Bill Collins opened the meeting by saying a land fill would be too big a Job for Hepp nor alone. He summed up the need of the three towns, the county has refuse for its parks, people outside the city use the garbage dump, the Forest Serv ice needs disposal facilities and the need for a place to dispose appliances, car bodies and equipment. Judge Jones said one problem would be in getting dumps in convenient places around coun ty roads but if "we don't do something the State will". He told about a bill in legislature that would permit cities and counties to condemmn property for landfills. He said, "The coun ty is very much interested in working out something". Red Leonard, Lexington may or, said "We're interested. The first thing Is to look for a pos sible site and what is required to get one." Bill Rietmann, Ione's mayor said they were greatly interest ed but would want to know the acquire the site but a contractor could go on from there. I am sure we would have to check with the State Sanitation peo ple. They are Interested in get ting the right place". Dale Boner, Soil Conservation Service said his office could pro vide the criteria and would pro vide soil scientists who can map the soil on any particular site being considered. Judge Jones said that some funds are available to towns 5000 population or less for stud ies and setting up land fills. A tax Is being considered of $5 or $10 on every auto sold with the money to go back to the cities for the disposal of used and abandoned autos. Herman Green, Heppner's Gar bage collector, and Clarence Rosewall told of their visit to the Baker landfill. The Outcome The Heppner City Recorder was asked to write for informa tion to the Oregon League of Cities and the State Sanitary Dept. The three mayors, County Judge, Marvin Chitty and Dale Boner were named to a commit tee to pursue every line of In formation that would help in the development of a coopera tive landfill in south Morrow county. City Council A special Heppner City Coun cil meeting followed. Council approved the unanimous recom mendation of the Park Commit tee for the city to accept the Jaycees offer to improve the City Park area but asked that no asphalt be put under the play equipment. City approved the request for guard rail installation on Green St. Councilman McLeod and City Supt. Vic Groshens will go over the walkway area along River- cost before "we can be 100 per cent interested." Marvin Chitty, Forest Service, reviewed the regulations the U. S. Forest Service had laid down for them "We have re ceived instructions to work with you people in anyway we can to solve this problem". He went on to say that he didn't think a Sanitary Landfill would be considered the final solution but possibly recycling would be the thing. If there is a large vol ume perhaps we could interest someone going Into the business. Chances are the public would Port of Morrow Budget Figured By MARY LEE MARLOW The Port of Morrow drew up their annual budget at the meeting at the city hall last week. Total of the budget will be $121,204'. Total taxes to be levied will be $29,750, which is less than the lew has been in possible flood control programs previous years. The budget for Shobe and Donaldson t-an- side Ave. They will report at the April meeting. It was felt: the city crew could do the work when they had time, 4 feet width would be sufficient, it would not be setting a prece dent as it is a safety measure due to heavy traffic on that par ticular street, the city was not justified in asking people tor build a concrete sidewalk at the rear of their homes. The need for more lights on Riverside and Morgan and a foot bridge at Morgan St. wasi discussed. At the request of the Chief of Police, the salaries of the two patrolmen were raised $30 a month to be In line with the wages paid the maintenance crew. The mayor reported, on the information secured regarding the Boardman and Irrigon con tracts with the operators of the Hermiston Sanitary Landfill. The council adopted a mini mum and maximum salary scale of the city employees. Gerry George of Resources, Conservation and Development gave a diagram explanation of School District Posts Up for Grabs . . . Deadline Zeroes in The deadline to have petitions filed in the School District clerks office, Lexington, for po sitions on the . Morrow County Board of Education Is fast ap preaching. April 2 is the dead line. There are two vacancies this year. The board has Indicat ed a strong interest in seeing another woman on the board, HenDner and area zone 6 which includes about 2 miles out from the city limits will need nominations for a one year term to complete the unexpired term of Beverly Gunderson, re signed. The petitions are avail able from the school principals and will require 25 signatures, The other vacancy on the board is at Irrigon from Zone 2 for a 5 year term. Max Jones who has been serving from Ir rigon does not seek reelection Advisory Board April 2 is also the filing dead line for the positions on the Ad visory boards. The terms of of fice are for 3 years. Ten signa tures are required on the petit ions. The term of three members on the Heppner-Lexington Ad visory Board expire. They are the terms of Harley Sager, Jerry Sweeney and Mary Ann Barclay, It was reported there was a petition out for Jerry Sweeney but Mrs. Barclay has indicated she does not wish to serve an other term. lone Advisory Board has two vacancies, those of Mrs. Henry Krebs and Gene Rietmann. Mrs. Krebs has indicated she will not run this term but it is believed that Mr. Rietmann will file. 31 I K'TU ;t7T1 ' l Am I' jr J I j 1 i .., i.n t - V - l mim Mr "TV ' ndMtSjj STEVE RHEA pours in two of his 14 points to spark the Mus tangs in tneir 74-39 walloping 01 the Riverside Pirates. Tbis first round game advanced the Mustangs to the Region 3 Semi Finals. Rivevrside's Rick Partlow (21) covers Rhea with Steve Kemp (44) and Kevin Dick (12) of Heppner looking on. Deadline For Adjustment Of Farm Base is April 9 A producer whose farm con serving base is a limiting fac- Boardman also has two va- tor in operating his farm in line cancies on the Advisory Board, with good management practic One for three-years which Is es may appeal for an adjust now held by Shirley Zielinskl ment of the base through the and for one-year, the term held end of farm program signup Ap by Kenneth Broadbent. He was ril 9. recently appointed to fill out Three important Provisions this year lor Kobert fcicara, re- wni be observed by the Agricul signed. rural Stabilization and Conser At Irrigon there is only one vation (ASC) Countv Commit vacancy on the Advisory Board tees in adjusting conserving and that one for three years bases for chances in farm ne od which is now filled by Wanda erations, according to Walter E, Witherspoon. Ericksen. Chairman of the Ore Anyone interested in any one e0n State ASC Committee. They or these positions is asnea to are: pick up a pennon, secure tne re- rw,,nrH ..mt nuueu iiun uci 01 Baiui a..u conserving base will be made have it filed by April 2. The m1v lmnn iprmnatinn that i.i ...in i, vniA ir... .-- trict-iiun win ajr u. farm oDerations have chaneed from conserving crops to noncon serving crops in recent years, or In the judgment of the County Committee, such a change will Armstrongs Take Over Hotel Heppner nr. no -v,.,b- a,,v,,. be made this year. have taken over management of acreage lemoveu uom u the Hotel Heppner. They are ln conserving base will be limited the process of an over-all clean- to that determined to be suit- i Th, nntinoto hrinri able for continuous cropping. life t the one-time show Downward adjustment will nlaro Thov will nut in OCrf7 , rfo mhin in tho farm's required set-aside acre fobbv and will offer free TV. a&e under the 1971 farm Pro" They will welcome guests on Little League to Have Important Meet , Willow Creek Little1 League wUl have its first meeting of the Mason on March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at First Nationals Conference Room. Pat Wonser win act as chairman. One or both parents of all the boys who will be playing Little League baseball, directors, coaches, officers and assistant coaches are asked to attend. i committee includes Howard Bry ant and Marion Green of Hepp ner, Roy Lindstrom of lone and Vernon Russell of Boardman. The Morrow Produce Compa ny told the port commissioners that it is withdrawing plans to construct a potato warehouse in the port's industrial park this year. The firm had previously requested that the port commis sion construct a facility and lease it to the firm. During the meeting the com missioners heard a report that the eight public information meetings in the county on sit ing of nuclear power plants in Morrow County had brought out encouraging attendance and in terest. The commission spons ored the meetings. Rupe Kennedy, commission coordinator, said the county res idents will be asked in three public hearings in April to of ficially sanction nuclear siting in the Boardman area.---- yons flowing into Heppner. Pro grams include channels, deten tion dams or land treatment. Jack Crum Gets Upped to Captain First Lieutenant Jack E. Crum of lone, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Crum has been promoted to the rank of Captain. He is in the First and Ninth Cavalry in the U. S. Army in Helicopter Maintenance near Saigon in Vietnam. Captain Crum has al so recently seen action in Cam bodia. He expects to be reas signed in the near future. He attended Northwest Naz- arene College in Nampa and Portland State University. He graduated from Officers Candi date School and a year ago from Helicopter SchooL Capt. Crum will be returning to the United States in August 24 hour basis. They expect to have the laun dromat open on a 24 hour bas is so that people may use the facilities at their convenience. Chuck plans to go back to school and will enroll at BMCC spring term to finish up his electronics course. He plans to open the Hotel Cafe in June when school is out. His empha sis will be in serving sandwich cs and sea foods. Mrs. Harold Conn Passes in Yakima Friends were saddened to hear of the passing of Mrs. Har old (Clara) Cohn Sunday in a Yakima hospital. She had suf fered from a long illness. Memorial services were held Tuesday with burial in Prosser. Mrs. Cohn had worked in a Yakima bank for many years prior to her marriage in Sept ember of 1963 to Harold Cohn of Heppner. They resided here in Heppner following their wed ding. Survivors are her husband, Harold Cohn; a daughter, Vir ginia Bauguess of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and four sis-J ters, a brother and two grand children. Basically, the rules on con serving bases are being updated in line with modern farming op erations," Mr. Ericksen said. He pointed out today's market-oriented farm policy requires that farmers have more freedom for decision-making about their farm operations. The Set-Aside farm programs of 1971 provide for this by getting away from the rigid crop limitations of pre vious programs. "As for conserving bases," he said, "although adjustments have been made over the years for tangible changes in farm op erations, In some instances con serving bases still tended to keep producers locked Into types of farming operations that were no longer in their best interests. "Or they may have had to choose between staying out of farm programs or continuing an uneconomic farm operation." Mr. Ericksen emphasized that adjustments cannot be made to accommodate set-aside acres, "By that, we mean producers cannot be given an adjustment in their conserving base simply to make up for the land they must set aside in order to par ticipate in the 1971 farm pro grams. The County Committee will review the entire farm op eration on the basis of intended j Horsemen Compete Tonight Opening the first day play la Pilot Rock vs. Wallowa at 1:30 and Concordia vs. Siletz at 3 p.m. The evening games: Heppner vs. Gilchrist at 7:30 and Enter prise vs. Knnppa at 9 p.m. Friday The winner of the Pilot Rock Wallowa game will play the winner of the Concordia- Siletz game on Friday at 3 p.m. and the losers will play at 1:30 p.m. The winner of the Heppner Gilchrist game will play the winner of the Enterpirse-Knap-pa game -on March 19 at 9 p.m. with the losers playing at 7:30 p.m. The consolation game will be played Saturday at 1:30 p.m., runners-up will play at 7:30 and the championship game is at 9 p.m. Pendleton will host the Class "A" State Basketball Tourna ment March 18-20. Pilot Rock, Wallowa, Concordia, Siletz, Gil christ, Heppner, Enterprise and Knappa will be In contention for the first place trophy. Little is known about Gilcrist, who meet the Mustangs at 7:30 p.m. the first night, due to the distance from Heppner. They haven't appeared on the front page of the sports section in the Oregonian, either. A 6'4" for ward leads the Grizzly re bounders while a 6'5" forward sees little action. Their two leading scorers are 6'1" and 5' 11" so they shouldn't be too hard to stop. Gilchrist uses a zone 2-3, 1-3-1, 2-1-2, 1-2-2 and also a man-to-man. They aren't known to press. Coach Clough stated, "They do everything but they aren't good at it." Pilot Rock has got to be one of the favorites along with the winner of the Enterprise -Knappa game." However, don't count the Mustangs out. Horsemen guards John Boyer, Kevin Dick and Sam Bellamy will try to hold down Grizzly scorers in the guard position. If Steve Kemp, Steve Rhea, La Verne Van Marter and .Gary Watkins will work at screening the boards and then get the re bounds, it will be a decisive fac tor. This will enable us to take advantage of our fast break: cropping." He also emphasized that con serving acreage which is recom mended only for conserving us es, such as grass cover, must re main the conserving base. "No authority is given for making an adjustment that will result In a conserving base of less than the acreage recommended for conserving uses," he said. "Naturally, we don't know how many adjustments will be requested and granted locally, nor for how much acreage," the ASC Committee Chairman said, "But U. S. Department of Agri- Congratuations are in order to culture officials feel that con-1 the Heppner High School Drill HHS Drill Team To Compete In Pendleton national scale will not be of major consequence. For individ ual farmers involved, of course, it could be quite important." John Sumner Wins United Nations Trip Like father, like son ... John Sumner was the district winner at the District United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth speak-off Sunday in Pendleton. The topic of his talk was "The Strengths and Weaknesses of the United Nations after 25 Years". The Wallowa contestant was named alternate. John will leave in July for the bus trip with the other dis trict winners of the Northwest to go to Washington, D. C, and New York. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sumner. Jack was the first one from this district to go on the IOOF sponsored pilgrimage. Mr. Sumner had been in Port land Saturday for the state IOOF Convention. He became ill with food poisoning in the night and had to be rushed to the hospital. He slept a few hours upon his return to his friend's home and then drove to Pendleton for the contest. John was the third speaker and his dad arrived as the second speaker was giving his talk! Carol Wiley of Irrigon, dau ghter of the Tom Sweeneys, was winner of fourth place this year. , WEATHER By DON GILLIAM I Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 53 38 .06 Thursday 51 34 .02 Friday 52 35 .33 Saturday 48 32 .12 Sunday 52 29 .02 Monday 48 31 .03 Tuesday 41 25 formance at the Regional Tour nament in The Dalles. With a spirited, synchronized routine to the Jazz song, "Barefootin," the girls tied for championship with Pilot Rock. Each girl smiled wide and stepped high as they marched in perfect time during the halftime of the second game on Thursday. Lib Daggett, Drill Team super visor said she is "proud of the girls as they looked really good and were in rough competition." Eight teams competed and this is the first time in the history of The Dalles tournament that there has been a tie for . first. The Display Case at HHS will have a new trophy for the girls' efforts. A major factor In the Drill Team's success was the lively tempo provided by the pep band under the direction of Mr. Hed man, HHS band director. They provided the inspiration for the girls' spirit and timing. The Drill Team will now go to Pendleton to compete In the State Tournament's new feature. For the first time in the State A meet drill and dance teams will perform for honors. HHS Drill Team will march at either the 7:30 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. game on Friday, March 19. Royal Arch Masons Present 50-year Pins At their meeting Feb. 24, two distinguished Masons, C. J. D. Bauman and John Wightman were presented 50 year pins by the Grand High Priest of Ore gon, George W. Driskell. After the presentation, the' two companions reminisced for a few moments at their -many years in Masonry much to the enjoyment of those in attendance.
