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EUGENE. ORE. 97403
Morrow County
Fair to Make
Small Charge
Because of pressure from the
Oregon Fairs Commission, ap
pointed a year ago by the State
of Oregon, the Morrow County
Fair Board feels it must begin
charging a nominal fee to Fair
Goers for the first time In over
18 years, to maintain and in
crease our Fair rating. The Fair
Is run strictly on funds from
the Oregon Racing Commission
in the amount of $19,600.00 (no
taxpayer's money is Involved on
public funds). And this amount
is budget to cover all mainten
ance to grounds, caretakers wag
es, fair premiums (over $6,000
at 1970 Fair), etc. Each Decem
ber a check Is received by the
Fan depending on points receiv
ed after the Fair has been rated
by the Oregon Fairs Commis
sion ... we did not receive any
points for charging admittance
to the Fair, bo the Board hopes
to get a very good rating this
year with improvements to
grounds (new restoroms, inter
ior painting, etc.), and with the
small charge for buttons and
dally tickets.
Buttons will be sold for 50c,
allowing admittance to the Fair
all week Including every event
and activity on Fairgrounds, or
25c for a dally charge if you
only wish to attend one day.
The button does not admit to
rodeo. -
There Is absolutely no separ
ate charge for any activity on
fairgrounds' your button or 25c
dally ticket (25c each separate
day), will admit you all 4' days.
No charge will be made until
the Fair officially opens on
Tuesday, Aug. 24.
The Board regrets having to
charge even such a small a
mount, but in order to improve,
maintain and keep operating
the fair, It is necessary to do
so. Morrow County Fair is one
of the last ones in the state to
charge admittance.
It is hoped that all persons
and organizations will ''get be
hind the Fair Board and Fair
Committee to help make this
a very good fair ... and re
member, by exhibiting in the
many, many Divisions of the
Fair, you may actually get your
50q back easily!
All children 12 and under ad
mitted"" free! ",' " : , :
Interested persons attending
Monday night's Fair Board meet
ing j. were' from the Heppner
Chamber. . of Commerce, Fair
Committee, Rodeo Committee,
and Extension Office. Please
call any Fair Board member or
the Secretary if you have ques
tions they will be glad to
help. REMEMBER, THIS IS
YOUR FAIR Let's make it a
good one! '
Shobe Slope
Progress
Tom White who is working
on , the diversion ditches at the
head of Shobe Canyon has been
hrnVpn rinum far a tew riavs.
He had to have some tractor
parts rebuilt. He expects to be
back on the slope the last of
the week. '
,. He expects to finish the 13
ditches on the first slope inspite
of increasing dryness of the sou.
He will mark the ditches With
his grader that have been laid
out by the Soil Conservation Soil
engineers on the second slope.
This will make it easier for the
farmer to work around than try
ing to watch out for the stakes.
He'll then get back to work
on the project with the first
moisture.
Toys for Tots . . .
Christmas in July!
The Jaycees and their wives
are asking people to do their
toy giving away in July rather
than in December. They have
put boxes in the First National
Bank, Lyle's Barber Shop and
Evans Lumber Yard. They are
asking people to put repairable
toys in the boxes NOW. This will
give the Jaycees time to paint
and repair the toys and the Jay
cees to make doll dresses and
refurbish the toys.
They will include thenrin the
boxes they vwill distribute at
Christmas tune. c. "
Mr. Daniels
To Hare Surgery
. Supt Ron Daniels will enter
Good Shepherd Hospital next
week for major surgery. He will
be out of the office for a coup
le of weeks. '.
88th Year
THE
GAZETTE-TME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, July 22,
Judge Barratt
Reports Clue
Of Dr. Wagner
Judee and Mrs. Garnet Barratt
arrived from Mesa, Ariz., earlier
in July. While the Dean Nait-
zigers are at summer scnooi,
they have sub-rented their
apartment.
Word of Dr. Wagner
As the Barratts came north
they stopped at Goldfield, Nev.,
where they talked to Henry
Dahlstrom who has a private
airstrip there. He was probably
the last one to see the Dr. Wag
ner family. He said they took
off in a violent storm about 7
p.m. He tried to get them to stay
overnight Judge Barratt told
him that it had been reported
that Dr. Wagner had had con
tact with Stockton. Mr. Dahls
trom said in that case Dr. Wag
ner's plane would be found on
the west side of the mountains
and the storm would have drift
ed him to the north.
Judge Barratt had lived neigh
bors to the Wagners when they
lived in Heppner. He says he
has seen Dr. - Wagner take-off
and land on that tiny airstrip
up by his house in unbeliev
able conditions. Dr. Wagner had
flown the Sierras many times,
But there was a bad storm up
on top that night with a heavy
snow fall.
The Barratts had stopped at
Goldfield at a special restaur
ant that serves good homemade
pie. It is run by a Mr. and Mrs
Clark.
Morrow County
Gets FopH Stamps
i Food Stamp will replace the
Abundant Food program in Aug
ust in Morrow County.
The new program requires
participants to buy a portion of
the Food Stamps they receive,
With the stamps, which are us
ed as money in grocery stores,
they can buy more food than
the same amount of cash would
provide. '"'"'",,
Most eligibility factors are the
same for Food Stamps as were
used for the Abundant Food
Program. All persons formerly
eligible for Abundant Foods will
be eligible for Food Stamps.
The amount of Food Stamps
peceived depends on the house
hold size. However, the amount
participants pay for the Stamps
depends on their income.
; Two person households will
receive $56 worth of stamps at
a maximum cost of $36. Four
person households will receive
$106 in stamps at a maximum
cost of $76, ...
Allowance is made for excep
tional shelter costs and expens
es for medical care, child care,
and necessary transportation, in
determining how much a fam
ily pays for stamps.
Indications are that it . will
take longer to determine eligi
bility of low income households
for Food Stamps than it did for
Abundant Foods because the in
dividual situation determines
how much a family must spend
on Food Stamps.
To help reduce delays, coun
ty administrators are asking
participants to apply on the
same days they were scneauied
to obtain Abundant Foods.
Persons receiving public as
sistance payments will receive
their certification for Food
Stamps in the mail.
In Morrow County the location
is 178 West Willow Street, Hepp
ner, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Aug. 12 and 26.
The schedule for the following
months will be announced at
the Food Stamp Store. -
Flood Slides
Wanted
Dept. of - emergency services
wishes to obtain slides of the
May 25 flood. Anyone with such
slides please contact Morrow
County Courthouse. Slides will
be used for educational purpos
es and reprints of such slides
are needed.
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Morrow Rodeo
Going RCA
Charlie Daly of the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Boara
told the diners at tne uiamoer
of Commerce Monday at the
Wagon Wheel, the rodeo this
year would be under sponsor
shin of the RCA. Rodeo livestock
will be provided by Ron Ray
mond of Prineville.
Budget for the big show is
about $7,000. Mr. Daly praised
all the volunteers whose donat
ed labor make the show possi
ble. He said If it was necessary
to pay all the volunteers who
put on the show, it would re
nuire a budget of about $25,000,
a virtual lmpossiDiniy now, ne
said.
The RCA, he added, provides
a great depth of membership
and he said they are hoping
some World's champion and top
contenders will be competing in
this year's rodeo here.
Announcer is Vic Carman of
Tucson. Ariz. Clown and bull
fighter is Duane Reichert of
South Dakota. Pickup men are
Jackie Wright and Les Samples.
Entries for riders will open at
8 a.m. on Aug. 27 and will close
promptly at 6 p.m. the same
day.
Some local events will remain
such as the amateur calf roping,
the popular Morrow County
team roping, and the novice
bronc riding (the latter open to
all youngsters).
Tom Currin said there have
been 128 RCA approved rodeos
since July 1.
Telle of Score Board "
Principal Jim Bier said his
committee had received an offer
from the Pepsi-Cola people of
Pendleton to provide $500 to
ward a scoreboard. The total
cost would be about $2200 for
the football scoreboard which
measures 18 feet long by 10
feet high. It is a numeral type
clock. The Chamber is to con
tinue investigating the possibil
ity of obtaining the scoreboard
which is said to be badly need
ed here. There will be one or
more college games here this
fall.
The Chamber will have a
booth at the County Fair to sell
the new history books.
David Springer Totals
Bronco to Avoid Deer
David Springer accompanied
by his nephew Robert Stone roll
ed his Bronco when he swerved
to. miss a deer Saturday night
about 8 miles out of Monument
The two men bad been fishing
up i on the North Fork of the
John Day with Tom Springer
and were enroute home. The
Bronco rolled and landed up
side down on Robert better
known as "Butch".
Shortly after the accident oc
curred, two young boys came a
long and helped lift the Bronco
off the young man. The ambu
lance came from John Day and
took both men into the hospi
tal. Butch who was thrown from
the car had a serious scalp
wound, face laceratons and
three chipped vertebrae. He was
later flown to Portlands St. Vin
cent Hospital.
Butch is just out of the hos
pital following surgery on his
arm and hadn't yet gone back
to work. Mrs. Stone accompan
ied by Mrs. David Springer went
to Portland Monday. Mr. Spring
er received several cuts on his
leg. He expected to go to work
Tuesday of this week.
Fire Destroys
Shed on Ranch
A fire broke out Friday on
the Oscar Peterson ranch. Work
was being done at the ranch
shop and grass was ignited
there. Oscar said it went fast
spreading up the hill. The fire
destroyed a storage shed which
contained some books and relics
of the Peterson family.
Oscar said the fire was stop
ped just at the edge of a wheat
field.
He said they were very grate
ful to all the neighbors - who
came to help. , '
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men MAN ON THE WHEEL is
Mn Street dnrina the Sidewalk Bazaar this Friday. At 7. 8
and 9 pjn. he will put on a IS minute exhibition at the inter
urHm of the HoteL Western Auto. Murray and the Wagon
WheeL Police Chief Kolkhorst
for this event . Mark will give volunteers a ride on his snouia
ers. Performing for TV. he has carried 200 pounders I
School Board Hustles
Through '71
Housekeeping chores, accept-
ing bids, offering new contracts
and swearing m a new Doara
member were the major items
on the . agenda tof Ihe . Morrow
County .School 'District board
meeting Monday eyening. The
session was nearly', two hours
late in' getting underway due to
DON STANGEL, Morrow Coun
ty's new Extension Agent
Introducing:,
Don Stangel
Don Stangel, our new Exten
sion Agent is now on duty in
the Morrow County Extension
office and is anxious to meet
all Morrow County residents.
Don's main responsibilities will
be livestock, wildlife, recreation,
and 4-H youth development. He
recently received his masters in
Animal Nutrition at OSU.
Don. was born at Oregon City
and grew up on a diversified
livestock operation with special
ization in purebred swine at
Wilsonville. He was an active
4-H and FFA member.
Don has an excellent back
ground that should prove of val
ue to both livestock men and
4-H'ers in the county.
Don's wife Karen and son Da
vid are presently at home in
the Murray apartment in lone.
Don's outside interests include
hunting and fishing. David, 18
months of age, and homemak
ing interests keep Karen busy.
National Guard annual field
training with his unit will re
quire. Don's attention during the
middle weeks of August but he
will be back in time to be at
county fair in charge of 4-H ac
tivities. Don invites all 4-H leaders
and other residents to come by
the office and get acquainted.
His plans also include calls at
4-H leaders homes as soon as
possible. .
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Mark NeaL He will perform on
has promised to stop the traffic
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a lack of a quorum. Two mem
bers were away on vacation and
three were harvesting. As soon
as two of the three arrived, the
meeting began . ;
Bids' . .-: ... ..
Standard Oil, Ed Dick distrib
utor, bid was accepted for the
gasoline bulk delivery at .2281
at lone and Heppner and .2241
at Irrigon and .2251 at Board
man. Other bidders were Union
Oil and Morrow County Grain
Growers, Inc.: ' --
Morrow County Grain Growers
bid of .15 per gallon won the
Diesel Fuel Oil bid. Standard
Oil was the other bidder.
Padberg Machinery bid 1.25
per gallon on the Anti-Freeze.
The district has been satisfied
with their Ranch Rite product.
Other bidders' were Cal's Arco,
Morrow County Grain Growers
and Ford's Tire Service.
Ford's Tire Service had the
same bid. The district spreads
its business around and does
quite a bit of tire business with
Ford's.
Fpr the Fuel Oil business, Al
btna Fuel Co. bid 5.96 per bar
rel and Western Fuel bid 5.98.
The board elected to stay with
Western Fuel although the cost
was about $40 more for the year.
The district has enjoyed the
good service provided by West
ern Fuel for the past two years.
They have helped the district on
several occasions with a quick
delivery. Their bid is firm for
the year that It won't go higher
and if their cost goes down they
will pass the savings on to the
district.
No one was acquainted with
the Albina Fuel Co. and plans
are to investigate the firm for
satisfied users. Other bidders
were W. I. & M. Co. and Cum-mings-Mayflower
Co.
Bus Service and Supply Bids:
Kuhn's '76 at Boardman, lone
Chevron Station at lone and
Lee's Texaco at Irrigon won bids
to supply oil, bus lube, panel
pickup lube, bus tire repair, pan-
(Continued on page 8)
New Morrow
History Here
"Homesteads & Heritages",
the new history of Morrow Coun
ty, has arrived here in Heppner.
If you have paid for your copy,
you may pick it up. at either of
the banks. Or you may buy one
there or at the Museum here.
It Is planned that the author,
Giles French, will be in Hepp
ner this Friday to autograph
books. Folks may take their
books to him for his signature.
He will spend time at both"
banks and at the Museum for
this purpose.
The books are available by
mail for $1050 each, including
postage. Simply send your name
and address to "Books", Hepp
ner, Ore. 97836.
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GRAIN PRICES
F.O.B. Lexington. ow not In
clude warehouse cngs.) '.
(Courtesy of Morrow County
Groin Growers)'
White 'J, $M7i
Bed .... -...14... 4B
Barley ...:................ $42J)0
Hormner's 8th Annual Side
walk Bazaar will be a weekend
event here on Friday. Many of
the bargain prices will hold ov
er until Saturday, some even
longer. However, main events
are planned for Friday. Ana an
air of carnival WW oe noiea
downtown here where many
clubs, churches and other organ
izations are cooperating to maxe
this a real gala event, complete
with home cooked food sales,
luncheons, etc. ,.
Keynote this weekend here in
Heppner is 'fCome meet your
friends and have lun in Hepp
ner."
While attending the Sidewalk
Bazaar for great buys from all
the local merchants, don't for
get to stop in and visit all of
the booths that will be set up
on main street by the different
organizations of our area. Clip
this article out and find your
favorite booth July 23.
The Lexington Rebekahs will
be sponsoring a bake, sale with
everything imaginable.
The Senior Citizens will nave
a booth full of novelties.
Don't miss the Gem Society's
rock display.
If you haven't as of yet com
pleted your gardening, the
Heppner Garden Club is spon
soring a booth to sell plants
and bulbs.
The Assembly of God' Church
will have a booth full of hot
corn on the cob and balloons.
If the thought of a real Mex
ican taco delights you; . be 'sure
and look up the Jaycees booth.
The cheer leaders- wllr have
a sno-cone machine' and "novel
ties for you convenience. k
Be sure and look for the booth
with all the homemade goodies
sponsored by the L.D.S. church.
. The Heppner. i Eainbow V girls
will be selling cotton candy- and
Pepsi-Cola to all - those' passing
their booth.
The Christian Church is spon
soring a booth stacked full of
sandwiches of every variety and
pie or every variety to match.
Team up your pie and sandwich
with some freshly perked coffee.
If you're Interested in antiq
uing don't miss Evans Lumber
Yard, they will demonstrate the
techniques of antiquing, while
you're watching the demonstra
tion, send the kids down to Ev
ans booth, the fish pond, (if
you're not afraid of starting up
an aquarium).
an aquarium. Children need on
ly come into the store and sign
up for free tickets to the fish
pond.
There will also be a booth
full of your favorite Shaklee
products.
Remember to support your fa
vorite organization by stopping
at their booth and purchasing
their Sidewalk Bazaar Special.
And check the ads in the G-T
this week many stores feature
some of their hottest prices of
the year.
MCGG News Lines
Tell Market News
In the July 21 issue of MCGG
News Lines, published by the
Morrow County Grain Growers,
Larry Mills tells of adequate
wheat storage in their ware
houses and elevators. Only pos
sible flies in the ointment could
be the Longshoremen's Strike
coupled with the U. P. Railroad
strike that might give them a
few problems. However, the firm
feels sure Ihey can take care of
everyone.
A number of farmers are writ
ing their Congressmen in an ef
fort to get some Federal inter
vention. Potato digging will
start shortly and growers must
have adequate rail transporta
tion to move spuds into the fresh
market.
Quality of this' year's crop of
grain looks excellent, he reports,
with barley testing weights run
ning as high as 52 lh., and red
wheat testing up to $4 lb. He
says it's too early to tell about
yields but early returns Indicate
the crop could possibly beat last
year overall.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 89 52
Thursday 92 57
Friday 96 60
Saturday 95 58
Sunday 95 9
Monday 95 63
Tuesday 100 68
NASA to Look !
At Boardman
For Space Base
A site inspection team from
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration and the
U. A. Air Force will he in ure
gon next Wednesday to look at
possible sites for a space, shut
tle base. The space shuttle pro
gram involves a fully reusable
space vehicle which would shut
tle men and equipment between
an earth station and an orbit
ing satellite. It would land on
a Jet-sized 10,000 foot airstrip.
The site team has been look
ing at some 70 possible sites.
They indicate an interest in two
Oregon sites, the one at me
Boardman Boeing site and one
below Jordan Valley in Malheur
County.
Some 3100 people would be
employed on the 60,000 acres
needod for the space shuttle
base.
Governor McCall has stated he
felt the space shuttle station
would be compatible with the
big agricultural nuclear - indus
trial development being planned
by the Boeing Company at their
tract in North Morrow County.
McElligott Pair Says
Girls State is
'Good Show'
Two McElligott cousins, Ann,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
McElligott and Mary, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Don McElligott
were this year's Girls' State del
egates from lone.
One of the standouts for them
was George Saunders from KWJJ
radio station in Portland, He
has . been a favorite for the 15
years that he has been brought
back to Girls' State by popular
demand. This year he encour
aged the girls to ask him ques
tions. He answered questions on
scholarships,- religion, war, l
year old vote and the 18 year
old ; thinking, law.
-: The- girls were impressed with
Judge Jean Lewis who spoke on
"Women in Politics", ui uay
Meyers they said, "his talfi
sounded like he was saying the
kind of things he thought we'd
want him to say."
Elected ';' i
Due to their grandmother's
funeral, they were a day late in
their arrival at Girls' State, In
spite of this late arrival, the
two girls were elected represen
tatives of their counties to , the
state legislature They agreed
that they wanted to know how
the legislature worked but they
wanted most to sit at onejof
the Congressman's desk. They
selected their own secretarys.
Ann cnose rsaroara aiisiuii irum
Hpnnner and Marv chose Ronda
McDonald from Antelope.
The two McElligotts with Con
nie Kasari of Stanfield wrote
and introduced a bill banning
all cigarette machines from pub
lic places except at taverns and
lounges. This was rejected and
sent to committee. The second
time it was introduced the bill
passed.
The song session in the Ro
tunda and the last night candle
light service in the sunken gar
den on the Willamette Campus,
they liked.
Girls Meet
When asked what they team
ed at Girls' State they agreed
that they had learned to get
along with GIRLS. "If we go
off to college, it will really
help." They thought the girls
from Eastern Oregon "hit it off
real good". The girls from the
bigger schools in the valley
were more sophisticated and
sure of themselves.
When asked if they thought
Boys' State and Girls' State
could be held at the same t.mc
on the Willamette Campus, one
of them said, "Wouldn't you
know we'd miss it" and in the
same breath, "I don't think it
would work"!
They didn't enter the talent
show. They enjoyed the county
parties. Food was good. "Did
you go to the Governor's Man
sion for tea". "Oh yes, we went
and our 'little white gloves'!"
"The : cookies were good. They
had fudgies". One remembered
the big chandelier in the din
ing room and the other a huge
fondue pot.
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They feel that the Girls' State
delegates need to be better in
formed before they go. Delegates
should talk to the girls of the
Junior class. There should be
more competition to get to go
more . incentive to going and
with Interviews and speeches.