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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
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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.
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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
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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.