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I t HZrthtK (ORE.). CAZETTET1MES. Thunday. Oct II. Wl A Dam Celebration As fold by Orville Cutsforth The dun was completed unci l tie nlw wns about to W floa id !i hack water up over IYn I. ir.il Praiiic, The wearisome red t !. the fneiiatioiis, the head- l.i v win- nil unilcr last i i.i:.- full r din. while the In Inlil iliilli.iMi.il of I 111' dam would he held until the S'U'-t: OimIIi- Cutsforth. the f..tl,ir f the profit had Mime- ilniii' to ctlilnate and (Hebraic lund and there nothing in th" l)U(lt,'(- to take up the op Hun. Orville called I he hank and did. "If I write a check for $l.5,oo what will you do?" The reply camr clear and find, "I'd ca-h it and cnd you a ride." So the check went lo the coun t and Orville Kilned the note. lie fictiicd it would wnik out ak a U to !Mi day loan hut he did eonsidcrahle thought about the $11 it (hiV iliti-lt'M it wa costing him. Finally the coun ly deeded hi in the meadow, Or ville didn't want the meadow and he wit still pnyine, that $11 a day Interest, lie net! Earl had a terminal kit knew, nd tried to finlhh the dam but died In December, 1970. Frank finished it rlnjj if 171 . A contractor la now building n road around behind to all the lots KT IhU he (felii lot No, 11, Ix-peridins on the water line, the ou have from K) to 1.15 feel of water frontage. They run narrow In the fiont and wide id the hack. Elsie McCarty 8org Buried at Heppner Graveeide rriir for Klle McCarty Br wne held at Heppner Masonic temetery tin Saturday afternoon. Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. with Rev. l-n Juhnon of Hepptst-r ( hriktian Church of ficiating. Memorial services wire held at Caldwell Funeral Sen ice In Portland Saturday The dam Is on Kun-sl S,.iii- stopped hy to lalk to t'oi j ilM, -( M.y KaV(. UM, ( r, (Jieen and Cornell waifni. ... f ,,,,,, T. l.ilklti' and lliinkHi' lit the same (.i,i r,.(i .,. n.,.,,,1. The flame (irnmisnn bought. al.out Ifwo f.-et of frontage for , morning. $l5.otK for public act-en. They' Mr, "org wan lirn on the will keep the lake dim ked with ;Snd Hollow ramh of her par- fish. Orville says (ilen ward '' l-oueiia Jane Turner and haw done more work up then ; William Granville McCarty on than anyone, tle'a woiked 7 ilnj July 1, 1K.S7. She pitted away a week and 12 11 hour a dav. ' KinanuH Ifoapltal, Poitland. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Archie It. NuhoU and Agnes NichoU to Fail Tapineau and Archie T. KMrb and . (harlene Papim-au. 30 ae in J. lo l r. and trad In M.AIIiXr Add, to I Blk 2 Ml. crin and le !..! II ua a beautiful dnv. """ . i "W '' "' County Han limit N l"'n IT. . . ..II around that meadow to finance new act eos road at the dam end pn mii.ent .n nn'aiX Tc ailed all he i',M l,,,,,K? " '"' h- " " i """ Dr on Oivilles ilg lalleil all the 2.V)0 and so wi Jia and Sieve! tr(.K ,-., u,.iiP ..arkinf ' in lli..ner ( wi.ers woklng on the r oti to U,. M ,.lU,. ... t,Mi" I , , ? , i ! . .! ' , , , ,,, , , , ,,r .- ., n , , . , "" v" " ,,,k ' ,n J area and hoot (lin king facilities, moved to ..;.... .i. ...i ... j ,,IV""' ""s v'' """"'l What Is Orville-s next project? 1!'21 they I a V 3 I 111 He says he has a little silver have lived uuiii, uninc ., imliiun In Ivvn (1:ivt lle'il i. ... i. . in. The paunts ofjB(au, ,,,,, Mar U(U NK4!r; 'tt jn SWi4NK4 til Mis. K..,g weie s,.f. , T 3 M, 4, N'a Sec, 6'$' n Tu 2 4 S ir "L r?J, K" : ... I Oll"r wlck .ml Hester C. L'O lllllllU' me cnnnipagne una sue cut tne s,,, 17 S- last of the "red taiie" with over- .. 1 1, 1 1 ..1.1 fl.d scissors. .. ' V I ' . , ,1.., ,1. . .1 ."'ii 1 011 si 1 1 1 inn .-serv ie At that time theie were 31... ........ nil-, ni- -1 1 . i.ii;ijiii 1 11 a n tint s of water stored behind the i.'.iiii Mid it had about one fioie font iii raise to reach the level of the valve. How It Began Tin- pinjecl aci'nulinK hi Or-1 '.lie stalled when Paul Jones' v as 1un1.il, g f.r office, lie prom i:cd to develop a water 1m (oundiniiil in Morrow County iworiow louriiy doesn t have a I. Ke or a reseivoir. lie appointed Oivilli- (haiiinnii of (he Park Commission (l fin, 1 ,,. Kj,. for the pioposed body ,f water. Hie ((st site he says he found was ;t Ilayden Valley oil f!ay unguis land, hut he didn't waul It on Ins land. Swale Creek, fi cooperative movement of the Koresi Service and (Jaino Com mission has been abandoned k mpoi.uiiy. .North Jones Prairie now so he can go back to his gobl project in Alaska. Its' on the Kobiick River that flows In to Kolzchu. Kotebu has a pop ulation of l.ViO, mostly dogs and n n ation area. In land Hardy, ! kids. engineer at thai time at The ll:ill.s u:ilL.fl fir,M;d III., Ir,.l. ! ect and said, "Best I've seen in'4'H SEW1NG Oregon" and look a lot. . We attended our first 4-H 1 i"K i ss was siow ami men 1 sewing meeillig Willi our new there was personnel. a whole Malloiy rorest Sciviee transferred to Portland from Pendleton. I-eland Hardy transferred vvitli the Soil Conservation Service to Jeffer son and Ralph Richards retired. This delayed I he operation a bout a year. Soil samples were taken but the results were slow! cuange 01 i 11 leaner. nir new lender is with Die Ann Griffith. Our old leader was Liz Curtis. on Oil. 21. 1971. She attended m Iliads in lb ppner and Port land, and wan man led to Oscar iioig In 191(i. and plolKI and Mrs. Boig lived until 1921 when they Missoula. Mont. In movwl to Portland and there snut? that time. Survivor are the husband. Oscar, of Portland; a sister, Mur iel Runnlon of Heppner; nieces and nephews. La Verne Van Mar ter. Jr.. and Klaine George of llepimer. Paul McCarty of Port land, Frances McCarty of .Sun Francisco, and a niece and nephew of Dr. Borg. and tract in .McAlliMrr Add Lcnington. AvUj White to Gordit A White and Maravine S. White Lot- 78 Block 3 SpenyV Flit Addition to Town if lone. Max lleilbeig and Maiilvn llellberg. t-i-land llellberg and C.rolyn E. Hellbetg to lianscll Bn.. Inc. NK'i Sec. 1 Tp 3 NR 26 and N'a Sc C Tp 3 NR 27. Hansel) Bios.. Inc Im Arnold 'tlik 6 Wrt poardman. Helen Jne and Marvin 'nc and Shu MPnu-l "! "- McIJarurl to Anhle T. Ktrb and Verona J I'tew. Trail In U4 J Bl"k 2 Ml. Vernon 2nd Addition l City of Heppner, and Verona and in Lot . . - A t Blk 2 Ml. Vernon ami au i,i um in Citv of llt-ppncr, Muil K. Careiitcr to Uiul K- U-Ttace and Margaret A i-e-Ttace. S.-. 14 SW',NVt4. SW', SWSL4. Tp 4 NK 24. Mai el Ring to Bcrnlce L Fletthtr. W. H0 feet Block H, Willi Addition to City of lone. Also. E. 20 feet of W. 120 feet Blotk U Wilis Addition to City of lone. John 1. Vightmn to Anna i SUPER DDPER SEWERS at 19 Super Diijicr Sewers met t Will tariiiiina llnllv. I iff iva my Miiwarin oxne(l the Karen Winter broucht cookies. ..,....,.... 1.'.. ..I ..... . ! I iit-i-iinK. e ein ii-u on uers , Xcresa Peel nicy were: President, rattl Sil ling; vice president, Lisa Bulk enbine; secretary, Karen Win ter; reporter, Kathy Schwarzin; sergeant of arms. Debbie Hoi- was SIOI.IMK) 11 nd ih,. Corp., had about $.'i.r),i)00 to put on the dam after buying Hie 1 li acres from . . : 1 1 .. 1 1 .1 . . , looked rood I...I il - .'"V ,M- "rrr ""'V '''" s"" , f ..... ;:: .. v. : ." '';, 21 i-.ts . in.- j.n n riencii r.siato and was next to impossible to get I Mere W as a Mte on Hock rViu.Ir coming back. Spring of 1970. the hind. I he 19th of October will Lake Penland Corp. solicited h' ,,UI meeting. Karen Win- bids lo build the dam. The bidju'r wi" '"'"g refreshments. Our members from last year were Palli Saling. Kathy Marshall, Joan l'loyhar, Karen Winter. Debbie Holland, Carmen Clow. that they favoied but Shirley 'iurg pioposed giving Morrow ti'imty an option on Penland I'nilric instead. The option ma- HOSPITAL NEWS Patients (lismis.sed: Kva I)e Merritt, Kinztia; Kevin Cutler rez, lone; Jerilha Bolts, Li,!a orbin, Mike and Bruce Bergs from, nnd Dee Jones, all Hepp. ner. Still receiving treatment: Mike Doherty, Lloyd Wilson, Heppner. John Wightmnn is a new patient. lo have an average of 120 foot lake fronUige and no lake! To Alaska Baldwin Bros. (Frank and Fail I were in the construction business on Orville's mining op. erauons in Alaska. Frank and Orville went down in their plane in the Yukon .Thev came out and laler they drove in lo get the plane. He persuaded the boys to leave off the gold for awhile and build the dam. He guaranteed Fail waees and SoftX) profit if he would build the dam. Orville figures the 130 days he put in on the project just about saved the profit he'd guaranteed the contractor, k joined our sewlnu group, rattl Saling will bring rcircshmcntM Oct. 27. We picked partners in our study of basic grooming. The partners put make up on each other, and Ann helped us. Then we had refresh mcnls. Kathy Schwarzin. rejorter Kathy Schwarzin, Lisa Buikcn- bine. Becky Stillman is the on ly one that Isn't taking sewing who took it last year. Kathy Schwarzin, reporter Lu Kirby Services Funeral services were held Wednesday in The Dalles for Lu Kirby. The Kirby ranch is just across the county line in Gil liam County on lower Willow Creek. She died unexpectedly within two hours after she en tered the hospital. Wayne Schwarzin arrived home Tuesday from San Diego Naval Training Center. He will spend his Boot Camp leave here with his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Fete Schwarzin. C. Ervin Ai.dcison and Altna Andeison to Thoma D. Springer and Viola L, Springer. Ttact In Block 2 Looney's Addition to City of Heppner. I Lowc-U L. Cribble and Dolores L. Cribble to Samuel A. tr and Ruby Fay Steers. Tract In NE corner See. 34 Tp 2 SR 26, City of Heppner. James A. Phegley and Marly or Phegley to Robert Clyde Duncan and SueZanne Duncan. Fraction of Lot 1 Block 1 Qunid's Addit Crccwick to J. F. Sweeney and Olive V. Sweeney. Lots 8. 9 10, Block 7 Ayer'i 4th Addition to Town of Heppner. Vernon D. Dillon nd Dorothy (Jean Dillon to Carl W. Christ iansen and Joan A. Christiansen and Charle G. Christiansen and Betty L. Christiansen. Tract in NWUSF'4 See. 24 Tp 5 NK SR 24. Alfred 11. NrUon It. and Ik), rn E, Nebcin to Norman Nelson and Jean E, Nelson. Tract in NE Corner See, 3 Tp 1 SR 2S. Alfred II. Nelson Jr. and lb-1 en F. N'elon to Norman Ne Mm and Jean E. Nelson. ' ni in NE Sec. 4 Tp 1 SR 23. Al so. Govt. Lot 112 Sec, 4 Tp I Ml Qt. CI, Deed. Berth Viol Nelson to Norman Nelson and Jean E. NeUon. NE'i See. 4 Tp 1 SR 23- IVr. Rep. Deed. Helen Petty John, Rep. Ernest R. Lundell es tate to Robert C. Drake. Lot 2 Block 1 Cluff'K 2nd Addition to Town of lone. Qt. CI. Deed. Full Gos Chunh of lirigon to Asscmblu of God. Oregon District. Lots 16, 17, 18 in Block 26. Towns it of Irrigon. Ruth II. McMurdo to Kate Young, Lodge of Degree of Hon lor Protective Assn. South 24.1 feet of Lots 5 & 6 in Block 3. Ion to City of Heppner North of.,, . ... . , ,, .. rtH 0 ..., I ' LeJtn 1 UUVI 'V . i . n, ( ir.., ' of Heppner. n'.. ' w , r.. .. Ada Jane Pir to Frank W Mimiim- i.-ii. ... vi , , n Dl. .... . ... ,, ... 1 111 111 r. lll 7 OlOl'K 47 ol. l'll Addition to Heppner. Lots 11 & 2 Block 10 Stuns bury's Addition to Heppner. Georgia Blew ter and Margar et B. Troedson to Robert Y. Perry and Phyllis R. Perry'- Lot 1 Block 1 Cluffs Addition to City of lone. William E. Nelson and Elaine M. Nelson to John I. Bozarth and LaVerne N. Bozarth. Lot C Too Late to Classify MISC. FOR SALE One Oriental rug 8i x 12 feet real good condition, $50. After 5:00 phone 676 5394. 43 -46c Thomas Barnhart and Reglna Barnhart to Stanley G. Henkle and Barbara J. Henkle. W'i of tract in SW'iNWU Sec. 18 Tp 4 NR 25. Norman Nelson and Jean E. Nelson to Alfred H. Nelson Jr. and Helen E. N'elson. E'i See. 32; SW'4 Lot 32; SE'i Sec. 29; W'2 of Sec. 33; Tp 1 NR 23. Alfred H. Nelson Jr. and Hel en E. Nelson to Norman Nelson and Jean E. Nelson. All Sec. 16: W'i Sec. 9; SE'i. Sec. 8; E'i SE'i, Sec. 5; SWi Sec. 4; all NEU Sec. 8 of REA power line comprising 1127 acres in Tp 1 Mr. ond Mr. Ray Gonry o4 Seattle were overnight visitor with Ray's folks Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gonty and his brothers Doug and Tom. The Ray Gontys were on the way home after a trip to Las Vegas. Ray is now em ployed In the administration un it of the police force, lie ha been with the force In Seattle several years. We Have the Fflexoass CKYSTAl Clf Alt CUr, TACK, SfWef SfAl HUNDMDS OF USCS INDOORS A OUIOOOKS 36 tin. I.. M lS IBM. Coast-to-Coast Heppner Mr. and Mrs. Burke Gentry have purchased the Stan Cox house on Aiken St. ATTEMTfl Ml UN WE HAVE A NEW PHONE NUMBER 1 ONE PHONE NUMBER WILL REACH ANY DEPARTMENT IN OUR BUSINESS, INCLUDING: OFFICES PETROLEUM MACHINERY BE SURE TO COME IN AND VISIT OUR NEW BUILDING. rain wowjqwSihc Your Friendly Local Cooperative Lexington LrW. Lisa Ward at the Columbia Basin Electric ANNUAL MEETING FAIR PAVILION, HEPPNER FRIDAY, NOV. 19 SCHEDULE; Registration 10:30 a.m. 4 Lunch 12:30 p.m. ' Regular Meeting 1:15 p.m. mm BE SURE TO COME AND EKjoY AN INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING DAY WITH US Columbia Sasin Electric Co-op "Serving t0rr0Wf Wheeler 'ana Gilfiom Counties" " Telephone 76-9l4