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Heppner Merchants Plan
For Christmas Shoppers
The Merchants Com mitt e e I guessing the closest to the
met Friday to make prellmi
nary plana fur the approaching
Chrislmafc shopping. The Hep
pner Christmas opening wa set
for Saturday, Nov. 27. Christ
ma stock will be out so that
shoppers will have the best ae
k-ctkn possible by thla date
Prises Color
To put some Christmas sparkle
In the shopping, each merchant
in aaked to participate in
Christmas guessing contest
Primarily each merchant will
have a big jar In the window
filled with everything from
beans to fish hooks. The person
Groin Growers
Open House
Next Week
Morrow County Grain Growers
will have a gnla open house
Nov. 20 to inaugurate its fine
new building in Lexington
Manager Larry Mills said there
would be some free gifts and
some good things to eat. He
Issued a cordial invitation for
everyone to plan to come.
Demurrer Filed in
Schlichting Case
A suit seeking $100,000 and
reinstatement to his former po
sition as appraiser was filed
Oct 29 in circuit court by Dick
Schlichting, former county ap
praiser against the Morrow
County assessor and members of
the Morrow County Court.
Mr. Schlichting's service as
appraiser was terminated Oct.
1.
Demurrer Filed
A demurrer was filed Nov. 5
on behalf of the Morrow Coun
ty Court to the complaint upon
grounds that it appears it does
not state facts sufficient to con
stitute a cause of action
against them.
number In the Jar will win a
PRIZE. The winners names will
be potited In the window at
o'clock that evening.
Santa Clau Too
That fun loving guy, Santa
Clatis will also be on Main St.
to thrill the email fry and hand
out candy to the older skeptics!
Heppner II Ths Hub
Heppner acta as the Hub
Shopping Center for the people
of the surrounding area as well
as for the people of the greater
Interior on roads leading Into
Heppner. Heppner merchnn t s
put forth a great deal of effort
to buy for this mass of people
and appreciate a chance to
serve them.
AOCtoMeef
At Indian Hills
Following the meeting of the
County Courts from five coun
ties Tuesday at Arlington, Judge
Paul Jones made a call to the
Gazette-Times. This was just at
the height of the fire in Hepp
ner.
Rather than going on to Sa
lem for a board meeting of the
Association of Oregon Counties,
he returned to the county seat.
The Salem meeting had been
called to consider a possible
change of the annual meeting
from Indian Hills Lodge in Pen
dleton that has been scheduled
for Nov. 171819. These dates
just happen to coincide with the
possible start of picketing of
the new business. It is known
that some County officials
would not consider crossing a
picket line to attend the meet
ing."
Judge Jones who Is currently
serving as vice chairman, said
Wednesday morning that the
board had approved to contin
ue with plans to hold the meet
ing at Indian Hills Lodge. It Is
anticipated that Morrow Coun
ty's Judge Jones will be elected
president of the Association for
the next year. '
GRAIN PRICES
(F.O.B. L sing ton. dots not la
dud warsnouse coo,)
(Court my of Morrow County
Grain Growers)
Soft whit wheat l iVi bu.
Rod wbKt - l.9Vl
Barley 44.2S ton
Price 10 Cents
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GAZETTE-TIMES
HEPPNER
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, November 1 1 , 1971
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Next Week Here
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EVANS LUMBER YARD was all but gon when this photo was
taken. The fire had already spread Into the upper part of th
Knox Building. Evans' entire roof had collapsed and shortly
a large part of the Knox roo! also collapsed. Lots of th two
buildings and contents will run about $ 150.00a (C-T Pho).
Fbmes Destroy Two t-Seppsieir Firms
Heppner Runners
In State Meet
Heppner's cross country team
got a taste of state competit
ion this past Saturday in Eu
gene. Coach Dean Naffziger is very
proud of his team. He said that
while the Mustangs did not fin
ish high in the standings they
did an outstanding job for a
group of young first year con
tenders. Out of 125 runners, the
Mustang's Luke Padberg was
Heppner's top runner finishing
55th. Considering that heppner's
four top runners are freshmen
and two sophomores, now with
one year's experience makes
them look much stronger for
next year.
Team members are Luke Pad
berg, Tom Wolff, Jim and Ron
Wilhelm, Jack Hiday and Del
bert Kerns.
Heppner Again
Votes the Bonds
I Heppner voters 192 of 'em
went to the polls again Mon
day and 161 said "yes" and 31
said "no" to the $94,000 bond
issue.
The bond Issue will mean
there will be a swimming pool
in operation next summer. It
means new bridges will be
built here. Relocating utilities
here cost $16,000 and allowed
the U. S. Corps of Engineers to
widen and deepen the Shobe
Creek channel and to do some
necessary diking and rip-rap
ping. Street repairs will be
made at the swimming pool and
motors and boilers repaired
there along with $1200 for
guard rail on Cannon Street
They will advertise to sell the
bonds and bankers tell us
that recently interest rates have
dropped on loans. City will al
so advertise for bids to get the
work done here.
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MRS. ROBERT LAUGHLIN Is
the new treasurer for the Mor
row County chapter of . the
American Red Cross.
Red Cross Slates
Fall Fund Drive
About 11:30 Tuesday morning,
a huge blaze broke out at Ev
ans Lumber Yard on Heppner's
Main Street. Ken Evans said
they had been waiting on cus
tomers and were quite busy as
the paint mixing machine hum
mod loudly. He spotted the
smoke from under the door from
the back part of the store and
immediately ordered his wife
and the lady customers to take
their childern and leave. Black
smoke billowed from the build
ing covering quite an area. This
smoke was soon cut . by great
fingers of flames that shot sky
ward. It was a fairly warm day
that was breezy and at times
a little gusty. This windy con
dition made fire fighting diffi
cult.
The Evans Lumber Yard was
quickly engulfed. Paint cans ex
ploded as did aerosol cans. One
of the latter shot across the
street into a parking lot and
another cracked a window at
Mahoney and Abrams' office.
Intense heat also cracked win
dows across the street at Maho
ney & Abrams' offices, Jeanne's
Beauty Shop, Central Market
and at Heppner Cleaners.
Besides the Heppner Volunteer
Fire Department, assistance
came from the lone Fire Depart
ment. Lexington's Department
stood by In case of a fire there
or in lone and some of their
firemen came up.
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op provided men and consider
able equipment, too,; as did Mor
row County Grain Growers. Fire
men and equipment came from
Ordnance and Navy firemen
from the Bombing ' Range and
from Hermiston. Some spray
firms around the county brought
equipment. A number of ranch
ers brought in spray rigs in
case the fire spread ''to homes
in the area. Men and equip
ment came from Kinzua Corp.,
and the Heppner Lumber Co.
Fire completely gutted the
Evans Lumber Yard. The fire
caught the roof and upper story
of the Knox Department Store
building. Part of the Knox roof
collapsed and much damage
was done in the other floors
from water and smoke. The
Bank of Eastern Oregon roof
looked like it might burst into
flame as it was literally "bath
ed" in flames blown over from
the lumber yard. However, a
drain on the flat roof was clog
ged and a layer of about four
inches of water stood on tbe
roof.
Fire broke out twice on the
roof of the Odd Fellows Build
ing before hoses and water were
brought up to the root. The Utd
Fellows Building houses Elma's
Apparel and Flower Shop and
Murray s Rexall Drugs.
The fires were fairly well un
der control by a little after 3
p.m. but fire smouldertj for
some time at Evans Lumber
Yard and firemen were on watch
all Tuesday night there and at
Knox Store.
The roof had caved In on Ev
ans Lumber Yard, destroying all
the merchandise Inside and the
roof also caved In on the upper
story of the Knox building and
there Is considerable smoke and
water damage to the ground
floor there, and much of the
merchandise there Is ruined or
damaged.
Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine
said the approximate value of
Evans Lumber Yard's building
and contents would run about
$00,000. Knox's Store suffered
close to $90,000 to the building
and contents.
The extremely thick wall of
the Odd Fellows building pre
vented spread of the fire to El
ma's. However, if the wind had
changed from the north and
flames had gained a too hold
on the roof, very likely Elma's
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Tax Info Available
Al Sheriff's Office
f hi riff J..1 n F. Mi.lluh.rn ..U1
Monday when roicrty t..y
MAtemcntK were mailed O t. 22,
1971, each contained a Iloir..--owner'
Tax He lief Application
ov'n thoupli not all are el.j;
ble for tax reduction under the
law passed by the 1971 liyis
liiture and effcetlvc bejjlniiii:.:
with the VjII 72 lax year.
Under the new law, the lv
partment of Revenue, State cf
Oregon, and county tax culle. I
ors are cooperatlnc in adns.n-
llstering the new concept 'f
Times would have ten
troyed. . S
Cene Tierce of the Rank of homeowners' property tax reluf,
Eastern Oregon said the clog
ged drain on the roof faved Ihc
building. The Bank has "but-i-ness
ns usual" and will have
the roof fixed and repairs to
wails, baseboard and floors
Much credit is given to the
lone and other fire departments
which came and helped magnif
leently.
Rachel Harnett, curator of the
Museum here and, one pf out
leading historians, says wind
has figured greatly In two oth
er big fires at Heppner.
Heppner has had several big
fires in its past, she Gaid and
brought in some greatly de
tailed accounts. On May 28,
191S fire broke out in the opera
house, t.rking portions of four
blocks, doing $25,000 worth of
damage. A north wind spread
burning1 debris. Then on July
1918 fire destroyed the hand
some Palace Hotel and burned
four and a half blocks and left
25 families homeless. .The
Gazette-Times was among the
victims that time. Total loss
from fire within a month was
about $200,000 according to a
report by the lone Independent.
The City Library burned that
a
Probable Cause
C? Fire Determined
Following Investigations Fire
Chief Burkenbine said Wednes
day. "Th most probable cans
of the fire at Evans Lnmber
was malfunction of the furnace
which ignited combustibles.
Fh-e Chief Burkenbine was as
sisted is the investigations by
Dick Smalt Deputy State Fire
ManhaL
Mrs. Robert Laughlin has ac
cepted the job as treasurer for
the Morrow County American
Red Cross. This she says, "Is
little enough to do in appreci
ation for all the help that the
Red Cross did for Heppner af
ter the May flood."
She replaces Mrs. Claude
Buschke who has served as
treasurer the past 10 years and
as Fund Drive chairman before
that. Mrs. Buschke has a rec
ord of 20 years of Red Cross
work in Union county before
coming here..
Because of exceptional de
mands on the local treasury,
the Red Cross board has made
plans for a change In the Fund
drive date for Heppner. The
Fund drive will be conducted
this fall rather than next
March.
Volunteers have been assign
ed very small areas of town to
cover before Thanksgiving.
Helpers accepting this responsi
bility to date are: Mrs. Jim
Monahan, Mrs. Felix Schwarzln,
Mrs. Curtis Culp, Mrs. William
Rickert, Mrs. Janie McRoberts,
Mrs. Robert Laughlin, Mrs. Bill
Scott, Milly Evans, Mrs. Bill
Lowe, Mrs. Sarah Adkins, Mrs.
Fred Harrison, Mrs. Charles
Heard, Mrs. Paul Helnrichs.
Mayor Calls
Special Meet
Mayor Bill Collins has called
a special meeting today, Thurs
day, at 5 p.m. at City Hall. A
quorum could not be present
yesterday so the meeting was
called today.
Purpose is to canvass votes
Of the bond issue election held
this past Monday; to set wage
rates for clerks and judges of
the election; to approve bills
received after the regular Coun
cil meeting.
New 'Rock' Display
At Courthouse
Mrs. Paul Miller is responsi
ble for the mineral display that
you see to the right of the stairs
at the Morrow County Court
house. She and her husband
share a keen interest in rocks
and are active members of the
Morrow County Gem and Miner
al Society.
This week she changed the
display. Note her showing of fos
sils. You will see horn coral
and trioblte (bug) from Utah.
tartilla (snail shell) and fossil
fish from Wyoming, sea urchin
from Denmark. The latter fossil
they traded.
LDS Church Buys
Camp Space Near
Lake Penland i
Annoucement was made this
week that the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints had
purchased 20 acres of land on
the west side of Lake Penland
fronting the Forest Camp from
Orville Cutsforth. The site will
be available for use by the 12
wards and branches of the
Richland Stake. It will be used
for scouting, youth camps and
other church gatherings. The
Youth Committee is checking it
over for long range plans with
preliminary work to start in the
spring.
Murray's Drugs and the Gazette-May and burned flgftJn Jn ater
years.
Bill Siewert Heads
Library Board
At a meeting called Monday
evening by Councilman Jerry
Sweeney as councilman in
charge of City Services which
includes the library, Bill Siew
ert was elected .Chairman of the
Library board. Randall Peter
son, the new appointee to the
board, was elected vice chair
man and Mrs. Gene Ferguson,
secretary -treasurer.
It was agreed that the money
for books allowed in the city
budget and the Memorial Fund
set up at the Library would be
kept separate. Those present at
the meeting were besides Mr.
Sweeney, Mayor Bill Collins,
Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. Peterson
Lucy Peterson and Blanche
Brown, the librarian. Pauline
Winter and Mr. Siewert were not
in attendance.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
HI Low Prec.
Wednesday 67 47
Thursday 57 32 .09
Friday 46 20
Saturday 45 19
Sunday 54 Z3 .01
Monday 55 27
Tuesday 67 32
Burwell Baby Comes
Early Sunday
Alicia Yvonne Burwell arrived
at the Pendleton Community
Hospital at 4:00 am. Sunday
morning, just 4 minutes after
her parents checked into the
hospital.
Alicia Yvonne weighed in at
8 11., 14V4 oz. She has a broth
er Tony, one year old and a
sister Cindy who is three. Her
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Burwell, Long Beach, Ca.,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ham
ilton, Ashland. She is also wel
comed by great-grandparents
Hamilton in Mississippi.
The parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Donald D. BurwelL were prob-
ably grateful that they had no
tire or car problem on their
way to Pendleton.
Lost Elk Hunter
Shows Up
Dennis Hammel, 20, of Eu
gene had been hunting in the
north part of Camas Prairie, lo
cated in the southwest corner
of the county on Tuesday. He
was last seen by members of
his party at 2:30 p.m. The Sher
iff's Department made a pre
liminary search with assistance
from the State Game Commis
sion and the Oregon State Po
lice. About 11 a.m. yesterday Mr.
Hammel called Sheriff Molla
han's office from the Bob Van
Sehoiack ranch on Rock Creek.
He was about 10 miles from his
hunting area. He was in good
condition. The Sheriffs Depart-,
ment picked him up and deliv
ered him to his hunting camp
at Anson Wright Park.
Gene Pierce told of a number
of instances Tuesday of help
fulness and cooperation hcje.
Fclks are grateful to all the
volunteer firemen, from here
aid many other places, and to
all the individuals and groups
who gave of their time and ef
forts to help.
There is some insurance on
the destroyed property here but
it only partially covers the
losses. A State Fire Marshal
has been trying to determine
cause of the terrible eonflagra
uon.
For safety, electric Dower was
disconnected from the fire ar
ea for about two hours. It was
restored in the lower end of
town in about 25 minutes.
All records were lost at Evans
Lumber Yard. A considerable
amount of checks and currenev
was ready for deposit but they
were so busy they had not been
a me to get to the bank.
The Knox Variety moved in-
to their building here In 1969.
Evans Lumber Yard ODened
their new business here in
March last year.
bparks from the big fire blew
onto the roof of All Saints' Epis
copal rectory and burned a
place on the roof, which was
seen by Mrs. Dan Thnmnmn
Thanks to the Conley Lanhams
for their ladder and putting out
the fire.
Cal Sherman took a ladder
over to Dan James' where a
spot fire flamed on roof shing
les, ana lore tne shingles off.
With all the fire hoses con
nected, It was a big Job get
ting all the pressure needed.
Tone's fire truck and firemen
were a welcome sight as they
hooked onto the line, water
pressure picked up substantial
ly, it was reported.
We heard ot no serious in
juries. ' '
which Is based on "househnM
Income" rather than the age f
tho resident as the primary b.t
sis for granting relief on
er-occupied homesteads,
There are two pages of 'in
structions accompanying the ap
plication. Filing mut be ilmu"
after Dec. 31, 1971 and not la
ter than April 15, 1972. Rlif
cannot be granted for the yt..r
if the application is filed af
ter April 15, 1972, and no ex
tension of time to file can ho
granted, Sheriff Mollahan nv
phaslzes.
Discount
"Taxpayers may receive their
3 percent discount by paying in
ful before Nov. 15. 1971, f.i I
Mill apply for and receive v
lief after Jan. 1, 1972," Sl.trilt
Mollahan said. Those not pay
ing in advance but expecting U
qualify or persons needing as
sistance or additional informa
tion after reading the Instruc
tions accompanying the appli
cation form are advised to con
tact the county tax collector's
office in the courthouse in
Heppner after Doc. 31, 1971.
Heppner High
Band Enjoyed
The Heppner High School
Band was presented here In.
concert Tuesday night with
Dave Mann, conductor.
The audience was enthusiast
ic and applauded joyfully for
the rousing and mostly con
temporary musical numbers.
Mr. Mann explained that the
band Is raising money whKh
they will use for a band trip.
They will have a presentation
of trophies and awards later in
the year.
The audience also enjoyed
delicious pie, cake and cookies.
Members of the band are:
Flutes, Mary Abrams, Kerry
Coppock, ' Lisa Collins; clarinets,
Charma T'.irquardt, Deana
Struthers, Juanita Wilson; saxo
phones, Dianne Mills, Dana
Sweek, John Luclani, Anita Da
vidson, Scott McDaniel; trum
pets, Rick Pettyjohn, Mark
Schlichting, Mike Sweek, Chris
DeSpain, Dave McLeod, Chris
Evans; trombones, Richard
Wadholm, ; Jack Unrein; bari
tones, Don Paplneau, fhana
Kelly; tubas, John Hedman,
Jim Marquardt; percussion, Dale
Hedman, Cyde Allstott, Jim
Spear, Chris Papineau and Deb-
by Papineau.
Equalization Board
Studies Ratios
The Equalization Board r,.-et
for - organization and study of
ratios cn Tuesday. Judge Paul
Jones was named ch;ti.;ran.
Other members of the board are
William Nelson of Eoardrr.an
and Harry O'Donnell of H pp
ner. They made a study of the
ratios. The ratio fchouki be
10O. Certain code areas were
not up to 100. These were
mostly vacant tracts. The as
nessor was instructed to bring
them up to full 100.