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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
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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
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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... ... ...
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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.
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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.
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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
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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