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L I BRAKY u or o 97401 Hk 0 w SlrDb Highly Efficient Plant Coming i Kinzua Corporation Buying Veraeer Tools Allen Nistad. Kinzua Corp. of -1 addition they have received a ficlal told the Heppner Morrow I 'or W170 for planting 146 ui 1 i- wun liinc miiu in a County Chamber of Commerce 2,000 acre burn. This U to be Monday tnat the cooperative I continued each year on an ex friendliness of Heppner big factor in the company choice of Heppner for Its new veneer plant site. There will be eight key peo ple move here from Omak. Wash., for the new operation. Ten railroad cars a day will be shipped from here. He said a full plywood man ufacturing facility will be oper ated here when the economy perlmental basis. Thinning operations have quickly thown farmers the chance for much more forage rather than simply removing trees. The rapid growth of grass is a means for increased farm profit. Their road work, brush clear ing, tree planting and thinning wash., for the new operation tlons that are a first In the tim ber Industry. Considerable is done 88th Year THE Price 10 Cents HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES GRAIN PRICES (P.O.B. Lexington, does not is cluda warenouss chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain C rowan) White Wheat (July delivery) S1.51V Red Wheat (ordinary) .. $1.59i Barley (July delivery) $41.50 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 1, 1971 Number 19 In cooperation with the improves enough. Total cost of I State Forestry Dept. providing the Droiect would be $2,300,0001 considerably more employment .ku rn tha ntAonttmo thou I Mr. Nistad explained that . tartrt , putting in the plywood plant -.. -.-" r was designed to properly man .?.' rr.t : ;:, . age and utilize their tree farm Za T ruJn rJiv.lA i tM They had a potential of 100 not use women. In the next , ...m ,.. iil,M ,.,, ... I ticos they will have a minimum phase they will use women in I 0r i- SS. Thare 2 Vakfne '-xplatned St UTta plant They are now taking ap- y ..s,hiB .-nfini f no pucaiians iur nP.uni """' board feet per acre year. Machine and electrical con tractors and chews will be com ing soon after July 4 to make the major installations in the new plant. There will be a four-foot lathe II .1 J L 1 lnU.t . . n - r I i i auu an eiKiu ivu. lame rl0."1 mPif "ne. In addition, there will be a small stud mill which will men. Mr. Nistad emphasized that "this is a permanent outfit". The company has a tree farm of 227,000 acres located in Mor row, Grant, Umatilla and Wheeler Counties, now on farm forestry, and much unproved practices in the ;w " aTtt ltli of thinning, are proving profit able. The Kinzua Corp. Is prov ing' a leader in this way and Fifty-four ranchers use the tree farm lands, largely for graz- recently spent $3177 thinning Jp' .Cm iT;.m.h i im Inr This on a thinning should be a number 1 JlTJJC-tl III a 126 acre area. This was on reimbursable ASC program. In New Addition Building Starts i ' , ! k ...... . t !.v ' V'" '-, , " . k I ' ' ' - . " i ' ' ? ' - " ' . ' " ' 1 fi 11 nr -r- Hi i 1 1 r ' ' - ' HAM. 'I lW Council Okays Wafer District; Building Permits on Projects A LOGGING truck lost its tongue and trailer Wednesday about 2 o'clock. A 976 Lumber Jack Loader operated by Bob S tea gall came up irom Kinxua. The skill of righting the trailer and handling it to put it back on the tongue was an incredible sight. In a matter of minutes all was assembled and the truck was on its way. Employment Office Here The Labor Department is preparing to launcn a Droaa manpower program lor rural areas in five Oregon counties, Rep. Al Ullman said Thursday. Called "Operation Hitchhike", the program will include Job counselling and placement. Administration of the program, Ullman said, will be under the Oreeon Employment Division, The payroll here will grow from $600,000 to $1,300,000, plus cdst.of loggers. Bill for the first Lhi(.K stanjs to receive $116,979 year wil be $6 million. ,n federal funds. jur. xmaa saia nousing .s (RfiOJ111 there are no local greatly neeaea dui inai ne was confident the town would pro vide suitable housing. He added that one of the reasons they chose Heppner was that there had been no grievance meeting The Rasmussen-Lott Addition, will soon'ha've permfnent-type In f ive one will be I uiV.ui.iv in Oregon. Lowest basis wage will be $3.46, plus hospital, vacation and soon, dental benefits. The veneer mill is to start with 12 inch diameter logs. Thev. hope to go to ten Inch . homes. The first built by Clarence Rosewall, a spacious modular home. Lots are of various sizes and shapes ranging from 100 x 135 feet, some 110 x 220 feet and other sizes.' Development of the Because uieur oic employment offices in most of these areas," Ullman said, "the program will work through local County Extension Agents and their offices." Headquarters will be in the Extension Office in the Gilliam-Bisbee Building. upper lots will be on culdesac ,og wJtive inch tops. They to obtain several i x 4 s Dlan to obtain several Z x out of each core and will use all kinds of species of timber. With the coming of the new plant, logging will double. He sugrgested the City of Heppner be thinking of a truck route streets. Homes there will be in the $18,000 to $25,000 price range. Development company paid for all road building, surveys, sew ers there. There may be under ground utilities. It was reported that this was I through Heppner. Heppner's first addition since One trucking firm, he said, the development of the Barratt was in need of land here to Addition here. build a truck shop. Leland Lee Myers of Sumpter Kinzua plans to work with a was the licensed surveyor and number of small operators in the licensed engineer on the sewer woods working with rubber evetpm waa KiMf Mnrinnniioh of tired eauiDment. Company Is Eugene. aiming to neip improve operat ors' profit picture, too. A lo yard will be built at Spray - Heppner - Kinzua road junction. Company is trying its best to be a leader in forest manage ment and environmental prac tices. " Mr. Nistad said the company planned to have an official op ening and an open house this fall. Mayor Tells Progress Mayor Bill Collins said Don delivered two of the first Swan- i)hockman "ad provided a pump son Reels to be installed, and for the swimming pool clean- ready for harvest. ing. The Mayor said the Federal Environmental Committee would . . . . ... hold up Shobe Creek decision on New Principal Here fund approval for about 90 days or so because of a law on flow Don Cole has signed a con- inp water. tract lor the position of princi- The City is asking for a $7500 1 pai at xne Heppner tiementary grant to match its funds for a School. He is well known here $15,000 project to move sewers having taught 7th & 8th grade and water lines at Shobe Creek, science here 1961-64'. From Work of widening and deepen- Hcppner ne went to Milwaukle . ins cannot be done . until the He noted that one of the coun tics Included in the program, Morrow, has already been de clared an area of substantial unemployment. Other counties under the program are Wallowa, Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler. "It is my hope that this pro gram will help stage some of the rural development we are seeing for these areas," Ullman said. V - "J... ... ... AAAAAAAAAAAA No Chamber of Com merce meeting July 5 because of holiday. Applications for new struc turcs were made and approved at the special City Council meeting Tuesday night. First project was one by Gar ence Rosewall for a home 24 by 52 feet on a lot measuring 110 x 110 feet. Cost $19,000. It is to be at 495 Water St., In Rasmussen-Lott Addition. Ray Ayers applications were approved for remodeling a building into a house for $5,000 at 455 West Water St Also a $150, metal frame tool shed there. The Water Resource steering committee was present. The Council voted to support the proposed Water Control District The Mayor explained that to secure the Corps of Engineers emergency work, it was neces sary to sign a sponsorship. This was agreed to and the Mayor said the City would secure right-of-way to make the proj ect possible. It would be neces sary to post a notice of the work for 90 days before it could start. This project will mean a 30 foot width on Cannon Street by 10 feet deep. This would carry 3000 cubic feet per minute as a tem porary measure by the Corps. When and if the channel is con creted and this is the even tual plan this width and depth would more than handle floods of the May 25 capacity of about 6500 cu. ft. per minute. Moving the sewer and water lines will cost , about $15,000, City has applied for an FHA grant of $7500 to pay half. City has a reserve fund to pay their share, to be authorized by supplemental budget. The sewers to be moved will be six feet from property lines, A Gay Mood is Set For 10th Reunion First Swanson Reels Delivered Gar Swanson and Bill Weath erford, and their crew of Jim Swanson, Neal Christopherson, and Richard Hamlett drove to Bickleton, Wash., where they for 4 or 5 years and comes back to Heppner from the Three Lynx Elementary School at Es- tacada. He Is in the administrat ive program at Portland State this summer. He and his wife, Carolyn, both from Baker, have three sons. Randy, 5th grade, Ricky, 3rd grade and Rodney, 1st grade. Mr. Cole was In Heppner over the weekend. He reviewed the school program with Mr. Martin and looked for housing. They are desperately looking for a house. They would like to have a 4-bedroom home but wil set tle for a smaller one. pipe moving has been done. In regard to the swimming pool repair, the Mayor said it did not look like they would be able to open the pool this year. He said moving "the pool lo cation would probably cost nearly $600,000. They still owe nearly $100,000 on the present pool. When Soil Conservation work is done and channel im provements done on Shobe, pres ent pool wiU be safe. He men tioned again the fact that the pool personnel had always sent the swimmers home at the first sign of a storm. " J Fun and laughter was the mood for the 1961 class of Hepp ner High School's 10th reunion Saturday nieht at tne .iks. Many gathered in the dining mrm saruraav aiiemuuii i reminisce as last minute decor ations were added to the tables and around the room. All kinds of trophies, gradu atine pictures, newspaper clip- I pings of weddings, football stor ies, and arrivals or cnuaren were on bulletin boards about the room and on tables. A foot ball hero and yell leader were on the stage. The model was wearing Marlene Griffin Gray's yell leading outfit. The committee had many bou quets from the flower gardens in Heppner on tne v-snapea ta bles and the head table. The planning for the reunion was done by Fern Albert Heaiy of Roseburg, Doris Morris Bros- nan of Newport and Shirley Van Winkle George and Marlene Griffin Gray, both of Heppner. Of the 48 graduates, 31 of them were back for the reun ion. At the banquet, Charles Smallwood had come the farth est. He and his wife and Z year old Trudi Ann live in Hawaii where Charles is an electrician. Tim Yackley was voted to have changed the most. He and his wife, Judith, live in Hills boro but Tim works in Portland as machinist with Columbia Steel Casting. Barney Neistadt was voted the one to have changed the least. After attending EOC and Columbia Basin College for total of 3 years he returned to Heppner where he is employed at Heppner Lumber Co. He mar ried Annamarie Brindle and they have a six month old son, Cor ey. Having the most children was Kathy Spencer married to Ned Clark. They live on a ranch out side of Ruggs. They have four children, Patrick 8'4, Matthew 7.1 Kathleen 4 and James 22 months. Kathy is active at All Saints' Episcopal Church as well as being president of Morrow County Cow Belles. - Neal Penland was emcee for the evening. He Is married to the former Diana Schaffitz. Since college he has been in radio in Klamath Falls, Wash ington, D. C, Pendleton and now Portland. Speaker for the evening was Gordon Pratt who was princi pal of Heppner High School In 1961. His talk followed the class motto, "Life Belongs to the Liv ing and he who lives must be prepared for changes". He told the group that being principal was lots easier 10 years ago than it is now but that he felt they were doing a better Job today. Problems have multiplied since 1961. Mr. Pratt is now prin cipal at Central High School at Monmouth. Other teachers at tending the reunion were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mallon of Hood River and Mr. and Mrs. Clint Agee and Mr. and Mrs. Conley Lanham, all of Heppner. The American Legion Auxil iary served the banquet. Picnic Sunday A family picnic was enjoyed the next day at Cutsforth Park. f, l , r j A five foot drop on the sides of the channel will make width 40 ft. at the top. Mr. Baxter of the FHA will be here soon to assist in completing the application for the grant Plan Is to remove all private lines from the ditch, moving across to the other side with one breakaway line. If a log should strike this line, it breaks and the ends seal themselves. Steering committee members present at the meeting stated they were .concerned about the length of time it took for ap proval of the emergency work. At the Mayor's suggestion, they decided to write their Congress men. . . To avoid legal suits, the Fed eral Environment Committee will hold up approval of the Shobe channel work for 90 days or more. Steering committee planned to have a meeting June 29 in the Forest Service conference room. Judge Jones had set a meet ing last night at the Wagon Wheel. This was to be a no-host dinner of the District 12 Coun cil of Governments, which con sists of The County of Morrow, the Cities of lone, Boardman, Lexington, Heppner and Irrigon. Discussion was to be on the $10 City-County vehicle license In crease as proposed by the 1971 Oregon Legislature. " Mayor Collins reported on the police communications radio system. Word came from R, Shannon of the District 12 Law Enforcement Council telling of providing one mobile unit and 1 remote unit. Cost of City's share is $575, much less than original estimate. The engineers will be here shortly In cooper atlon with Morrow County. Pur pose is to provide crystal clear radio communications through out eastern Oregon. This is for police and safety communica tions. Soil Conservation practices arc to be followed on work that has been started this week on Upper Shobe Creek. Plans have been made for a considerable number of diver sion ditches that cause more or derly drainage in case of heavy downpours, thus slowing up water flows In cases like our May 25 flood. Distance apart of the diversion ditches Is determ ined by the steepness of the pitch of the hill. On Tuesday the 5th diversion ditch was laid out with a hand level and survey rod. Officials here have stated they were encouraged to see the work going forward here In spite of some of the red tape which has not been finalized. Engineers have told us that the work now going on in Upp er Shobe Creek will cut the flood from about 50 to per haps us much as 80. Engineers Scan Shobe Creek The Corps of Engineers had two men in Heppner Tuesday. Jim Perry and Dean Hilliard of the Corps accompanied by May or Bill Collins and Judge Paul Jones came down stream from Van Winkle bridge to visit with each family on the creek. The engineers explained to each family the plans for channel improvement. There would be clearing and snagging, widen ing and smoothing out the sides. They will be asked to sign an easement agreement. Mayor Collins said "We met with real favorable cooperation." The project comes under Sec tion 208 of the Flood Control Act through the Federal Envir onmental committee which re quires a period of 60 to 90 days before work can be started. This will enable the city to get its utility lines moved and Columbia Basin to move the power poles. The city has ap plied for a 50 grant from the FHA. New Extension Agent Arrives Don Stangel Is Morrow Coun ty s new Extension Agent in 4-H and Livestock. Mr. Stangel, with his family, was in Hepp ner the first or the week look ing for a place to live. Thev nave one son David, 17 months old. Mr. Stangel will assume his now position on July 15. He Is a 1971 graduate of Oregon State. NED ond KATHY CLARK who with four children took the prize for the most children at the 1961 class reunion. a '-' 1 - NT 2 ' f CHARLES SMALLWOOD who come the farthest Tim Tackley who changed the tnoet and Barney Neistadt who had changed the least of the 1961 graduates who were here last weekend for the 1961 class reunion. Old Grocery Houses Food Stamp Program Food Stamps will be dispensed irom olilces in the old Burken bine Grocery in the Lane Build ing. The building will be remod eled to fit the needs of the pro gram which will begin in Mor row County the first week of August. The Food Stamps will be stored in a vault at the Courthouse. The County Court has completed arrangements for the change-over from the Abun dant Food program to the Food Stamp program. Road Improvement The County has completed ar rangements to have 3.5 miles of the Juniper Rd. resurfaced and 2.75 miles of the Base Line Rd. un Wednesday Randy Lott filed with the County Clerk the Rasmussen Lott Addition. The County Court has accepted a Boardman Plat. Following a hearing on the closure of the lone-Gooseberry Rd., the County Court voted to i keep the road open. Dr. Wagner Still Missing i Dr. Clifford Wagner, 53, a Yuba City, Calif., physician who at one time practiced In Hepp ner, is still missing. A phone call was made Tuesday by the G-T here and there is no fur ther word than was published In last week's Gazette-Times. Dr. Wagner, his wife Pat. a 13 year old daughter Laura and a 21 month old son, Curtis, are missing on a May 31 flight from Goldfield, Nev., to Yuba City. There had recently been re ports that people had heard a radio broadcast stating that the plane had been found. The phone call by the Gazette- Times Tuesday disproves this. Intensive searches are still con tinuing. Two old crashes were found but these turned out not to be Dr. Wagner's plane. In higher elevations in what was believed to be their flight path there was a storm that left 12 Inches of new snow the next morning after the flight Fireworks in lone Saturday There will be FIRE WORKS In lone Saturday night on July 3. The American Legion expects it to be dark enough to start the display about 9:30 p.m. at the lone Memorial Field. There will be 50 to 60 one-two-three bursts with colors. The fireworks should last about half hour. Donations will be accep ted to pay for the fireworks. The American Legion Auxil iary will have a concession stand to sell snack foods and sparklers. Car Wash Merchants Meet Here Friday The Merchants Committee will meet for luncheon tomor row noon at the Wagon Wheel. Meeting will finalize plans for the annual Sidewalk Bazaar, an event planned for Friday, July 23 here, according to chairman, Sharon Gorman. Assembly of God Youth will have a Car Wash Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Arco Richfield. The proceeds will be used to help pay off the bus. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM HI Low Prec. Wednesday 75 56 Thursday 78 41 Friday 68 48 21 Saturday 68 40 Sunday 64 51 Monday 65 41 Tuesday 77 37
