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I X BP ARY U Of 0 CUQCMC . ORE 07 403 Willow Creek Dam Project Reviewed A; "la ! 1 msnt Mtende.1 a (ii t lie nutting Jan. Sin t the . i ;row County Court House. Ti.v mating had been culled r, th U. S. Army Corps of Kn .vm and htw-trd by the City li pjttr and Marrow County t.. riesv the Willow Creek dam I'he dam vn authorized In l:5 and planning lunds ut j;0(wO hie Iwen okayed Congress, Col. Richard Om ni 11, Walla Walla district en gn.ecr. said the first step In to Like a fresh look at the pro hit: review the cost, environ iv ntl Impact ami economy ot ih(- plan; the recreation, flood eoi.t.-ol and Irrigation aspects. v itw inrvuK'i " '"hi the design phase for the dam will run through 1973. Con struction wi'l n-qulre about 3 years and will start when Con HHis provides funds for the project. Howard Hoggan, Is the Corps 1 Engineers ppijcct coordina tor who offered a review of the 1W3 Willow Creek studies. Big gest thunderstorm lype Mood anil worst cloudburst disaster in the U. S. A. was the I'.Mtt Heppner flood. It discharged :, X cfs eub!c feet seconds! here. A similar flood at present costs would sie Hood damages of $6,600,000. 217 people lost their lives in this flood. Second largest known flood in the ha in occurred from ;i thunder storm above Heppner In May. 1131. Many smaller floods have al ixviirred wd il i - a definite nin-d for flood protcc tion. A lack oi Irrigation water is also a big problem. To partly offset the deficient water supply dining the summer months, farmers irrigate heavily during winter and early spring to try and build up soil moisture storage. But there is insuffi cient moisture supply to main tain the growing season for .. . t I - 1 rvT-l TWam I forage crops beyond midsiim-, mer. There are about 2750 acres of partly irrigated land In the valley below Heppner now and 3700 have water rights. Storage can partly solve the problem, he said. Other Needs i He said the only future addi-1 tional -munk'ipal--nd industrial; water supply of significance ( would be at Heppner. Water i supply now is from three wells j and ajnounts to about 510 acre feet annually. By the year 2010 j need will be about 900 acre feet. City's request for 100 feetl of storage for future industrial need has been incorporated in-1 to project planning. Multiple purpose uses include recrea-1 tion such as boating and fish ing. I A number of reservoir sizes ssvre analyzed and It was deter mined most favorable beneljit' cost ratio was from a reser-! voir of 11,500 acre-feet. Mr. Hoggan showed viewgra p h s giving allocations of space the storage reservoir for the various purposes. Channel improve ments through the town pro vide a channel capacity of 1500 cfs plus three feet of free board downstream for ab;iut one and a half miles. He told of: relocating Willow Creek county; road with 2 miles of new construction; 9 miles of Balm Creek . -counts' road with S mile of new; 1.75 miles of 8 inch water supply line with 2.1 miles of new lines; a 780,000 gallon water storage reservoir: 4 miles of telephone lines; and 2 miles of power lines. Dam will be a rock fill em bankment about 155 feet high, length of 1700 feet. Top width is 32 feet. Storage at minimum pool would be 1900 acre feet and surface area 76 acres. Max imum storage pool would be about 10,200 acre-feet with a surface of 224 acres. Reservoir would extend up Willow Creek 1.45 miles and up Balm Fork 1 mile. Developments include site for swimming, picnicking, boat ing, boat, launching, camping. Oregon State Game Commis sion would stock trout fishery and hunter access would be developed in conjunction with Corps of Engineers basic recrea tion facilities. He showed a viewgraph de picting 1500 cfs channel through Heppner. Imp rove ments include where necessary riprapping, two concrete retain ing walls on channel bends. Bottom width would vary from 25 to 40 feet. City will pay for costs of utility relocation for the flood control channel through town. Estimate is Slf50l. Government will be reimbursed by non-Federal agencies for project costs allocated to irri gation, water supply, recrea tion. Mayor Bill Collins thanked CoL Connell and Mr. Hoggan for their fine comprehensive GRAIN PRICES (TOi Lxlngtoa does net in dud warabxi ehgs) Court MY MCCO Soft whit wheat M9',i bu. WhiU club I-S0 bu lled wheat .... I-MVi bu. Bailey . 48.S0 ton Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, jogugrJj I972 CCtiainnifoer Ili-fore George Johnston spoke hi his work ax area extension Agent In charge of Employment WsU-e. several item of vital m.Tt-t.1 were discussed at the H. nnner-Morrow County Cham ber meeting Monday. Police Investigate Morrow Produce Theft The Sheriff's department re ported on three arrests this w-ck. Kenneth Ca'hey was taken from his home at 320 Gail Mon day evening on a charge of tak ing a vehicle without permis sion. He Is lodged In Umatilla County jail in lieu of S500 bail. He is also being held f r Fed .ml Biilhorities. Making the ar rest were Vic Groshens, OSP, Dean Gilman, city of Heppner and the Sheriffs department. Burglary at Morrow Produce A burglary was reported Mon day at Morrow County Produce. Taken from the premises were tools, welding equipment, office machines, eleo'ric heaters and a truck. The truck svas rei-over-ed a short distance from the scene. The theft was di.-covered by Gene Miller, plant manager. He is not at the plant on regular 1 asis but is there on-? or two days a week. He expec's to start getting ready f r r.ol year's operations soon. Police are investigating. Bad Check Writer The sheriff's office arrested F.ed E. MHler, formerly of Lex ington at 8212 East 8th, The Dalles, on three charges of drawing a check with insuffic ient funds in bank to pay same in full. He appeared before Justice Court Monday. He was lodged in Morrow County jail in lieu of $2115 bail. G-T Needs History The Gazette-Times expects to present a special edition this -..ar for Henoner's Centennial. We will need all the history pertaining to Heppner that we tan obtain. Old items, pictures and even things like family sayings are in-portant and can be used. We will do our best to return them after engraving. The process will not hurt them. Your name lniild be placed on the backs of the pictures. We will appreciate anything u ned in of an historical na ture. The histories of ranches and business - firms, pa.t and pres ent, will be of considerable in terest. Thank you. Hubbards Buy lone Business The T & C Storage at lone has been purchased from Rollo W. Crawford and Paul Tews by Van and Bob Hubbard. They report that the business will remain much the same, keeping the same firm name. They are dealers for steel prod ucts such as grain storage bins, machine sheds and augering equipment. Bank Promotes Chris Lovgren Former Lexington resident Chris Lovgren has teen named pro assistant cashier and pro moted to assistant operations of ficer at First National Bank of Oregon's administration head quarters. Mr. Lovgren joined First Na tional in March of this year in a management training ca pacity. He graduated from lone High School and from Blue Mountain Community College in Pendle ton. Prior to his employment with First National, he worked for the Jerry Dougherty ranch, Heppner. SSth Year THE GAZET Has flflulfi-Faceted President L. E. Dick said luen the Chamber and laM year would not be able to attend the; the Chamber bought two addtl Jan. 22 annual meeting of the ional tickets. Hermlston Chamber of Com- In a brief financial fctaicmenl. merce. Ho urged anyone able : Pat Wonser reported a cash hal lo go please let him knosv. Two anee on hand last year of SjvI.HO complimentary tickets were glv-'and a cash balance at the he- -. 0 - A JFm v. L i.. 'f. t e.T,'-- ; - . -rur , lTf v THIS LAEGE LOCUST tree fell between the Marshall Lovgrens and tho Lue Wilsons Tuesdcy morning about 9:30. Mrs. Lov gran was in the kitchen on the other side of the house, heard a slight noise and thought there was someone at the back door. When she went to tha door she could see the branches. Then when she went to the bedroom windows on that side of the house, she saw the big tree had gone down. She says they felt lucky as the tree did only slight damage to the roof and tore the fence down. Wind Gets On Nerves But No Great Damage V'rd came early Tuesday mor ;ncr from the Department of Emergency Services in Salem that this area could expect winds up . to 70-75 miles an hour. Sand drifted the Patterson Ferrv road closed before 10 o' clock Tuesday morning.. ' Jon Hedman At St Anthony's Tnn Hedman. senior at Hepp ner High, re-broke his leg last Friday while he was helping Greg Greenup feed' the cattle out at the ranch. His parents took him to St. Anthony's Hos pital in Pendleton. On Monday Jon had surgery on his leg. Mr. and Mrs. Arnie Hedman were with mm. iney say Jon is coming along pretty wfil now. but will probably be kept in the hospital in Pendle ton for two or three more aay. Wheat and Feed Grain Signup Signup period for the 1972 Wheat air! Feed Grain Pro grams will begin on Feb. 3, and end on March 10. All eligible producers wishing to participate in the Wheat Cer tificate or the Feed Grain Pro gram must sign intentions to do so between Feb. 3 and March 10. ProgTam participation is a re quirement for Commodity Cred it Corporation price support loans on either commodity. For full detaiLs, concerning program requirements, a visit to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) office should be made. .fv HEPPNER TE-TIMES H1 a s... t - " J j In Heppner the wind howled all night and saw minor dam ages. A big locust went down between the Marshall Lovgren home and the Lue Wilsons on South Court. Branches grazed Lovgren's house but caused no great damage. Two smaller size Junipers went down on the Courthouse lawn. The awning on Knox's went down as did the Pepsi -Cola sign at Central Market. An extra hefty gust of wind blew out the big plate glass window on the west side of the Case Furniture store. The same window was broken earlier this spring. Jack Sumner's wooden granary lost half the roof. A metal chimney blew down in heavy gusts at the rear of Murray's Drugs here. At lone When the BIG BLOW hit lone about 11 o'clock Tuesday morn ing, the asphalt roofing from the lone School cafeteria went with the wind as did the roof ing from the shop. Without power, the Ione School is without heat as well as no way of cooking hot lunch es. When the power went off the second time about 10:30, it was decided to dismiss school for the day. Homes of students from grades 1 to 6 were call ed to alert parents the children would be returning home. The children had all gone from the building when the roof went off. Trees Down A big locust went down tak ing the electrical connections to Doris Gollyhorn's house with it A tree split and went down a cross the street from Clarence Mcintosh's home. At Lex A big tree by the Lexington IOOF Hall fell during the storm. Price 10 Cents Number 47 ffleelig Binning it this year of iS.75. Saving account of $tli20 with n deposit of $10 plus In leiest leave it at US.. kxpemlitures lot lulled nearly IVO spent for new Christmas lights this ear. Gene Piersv pasMnl around col .ir. d pictures taken by Boh Hen derson ,ii the annual Town ami Country banquet Anyone wish ing to order them at Sop for pic tures or Hlldes may do so at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Gene also called attention to ih.e OtliX) post cards of the Court house mid aerial view of Hepp ner rii as' available tlmmgh the Chamber. The nielun-s were tak en last summer by Rachel Dick "Proceed from tin cards will; le used for a Centennial float, he said. Scoreboard Fund The score! oard at the foot hall field was purchased at a cost of $15H.0I. A total of SiMifi.lO has been collected for the Ixmrd which leaves a bal anee of $til7.9ti. Anyone wishing to make a donation to this fund may send his check or leave H wiili Pat Wonser. treasurer, at First National. Cigarette Tax Supt. Ron Daniels explained th Cigarette tax this way. The 1!)71 Legislature enacted a 5c per pack increase in the Cigarette Tax. This Increase was referred by petition for a sole of tin' people. This referral along with changes in Federal Income Tax isss resulted in a slate budg- it deficit of $-12,000,1100. As a result of these two items a spe cial session of the legislature was held in which state budg ets were reduced by 11.7 mil lion dollars. The special session also passed bills -freezing -slate Income tax deductions and es tablished a special election on i he cigarette tax increase for Jan. 1, 1972. The legislature also passed a hill authorizing a general 2 cut in oil sections of (he state general fund budget, in the .-sent that the cigarette tax in crease was defeated. In addition if the freeze on income tax deductions is refer red to the people for a vote and is defeated there would be an additional cut of 2 in all gen eral fund budgets. Each 2 de duction would amount to ap proximately $8.50 per student in basic school support money. A T.'u decrease in basic school sup port money would result in a loss of $9480 in Morrow County School District." Mr. Dick questioned the Chambers position on the pro posed highway from Washing ton. It was agreed to align the chamber's position with the po sition favored by the cities along the Columbia, Boardman, Irrlgon and the Greater Herm iston Chamber of Commerce. Herman Winter won the pot. George Johnston Working under the Depart ment of Labor, George Johnston, told the Chamber that he had been given a sub contract to open Employment offices in the four counties where there were no services. He was to build up traffic for job placements. He has had a5 new people register for employment. He has been able to place 9 in permanent jobs and 15 in part time tem porary jobs in connection with Knox's Fire Sale. Recently an employment coun selor was added to the staff. He will give tests to determine the ones who might profit from more training. He" has placed one veteran in job-training. He anticipates meeting each employer in the four counties to seek out more vocational openings. He is exploring the apprent iceship program. He hopes to develop 100 cooperation with in all Man Power Agencies in the area. He is promoting with BMCC an electrical course In January in the Boardman area on Cen ter Pivot Irrigation systems. Those who are in the business now will be given first chance and other slots will be filled with unemployed and those on welfare. Programs Harold Kerr will speak on Jan. 17 on land use and the proposed county zoning ordin ance. On Jan. 31 Milton Morgan will talk on his recent trip to India. Trees and Poles Down Cause Power Outage The iwer wa off fr alHit 6 hour on Tuesday which Uw-t-d bustne during the Mind Morm, Winds lilt tily 70 mil. an hour in alxiut Ihrev areis ot the coui.iy. Winds wen- up id 1M miles per hour near l'ci, Imattll.t County wind guM were up to Hit miles an hour liill Gentry of Columbia B.v kin nald Wednesday morning thai the first two times the power was off earlier was due to the wind blowing their con duclois together. Then serious damage was suffered on the TP and L lines In the Umatilla area with trees and poles down. It Is these lines that feed Col umbla Basin. With no phone service. Bill said they couldn't get through so he finally sent a man up there to watch the switches. Power outage continued In the Gurdane area. Columbia Ba sin had a crew on It Wednes day morning. KIM GUTIERREZ Is Morrow County Elkt Fre Throw Champ. Kim Gutierrez is Free Throw Champ Kim Gutierrez of lone won the F.Iks annual Free Throw Contest this year. This weekend he will go to Corvallis for the Elks State Free Throw Contest. Accompa nied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gutierrez, he will be guest at a banquet and at tend the Oregon State basket ball came. The stale winner will be (he highest number of free throws out of 75. There were 50 Junior High boys in the local competition from lone and Heppner. Kim was successful in making 40 out of 50 free throws to become the champion. All of Morrow County wishes him "Good Luck". Clint Agee of Heppner and Jerry Martin of lone co-chair-maned the contest. Kinzua Corp. Buys The JAMES B. MALCOM COM PANY, a corporation doing bus iness in Oregon as the HEPPNER LUMBER COMPANY, INC., today announces that the Bank of ralifomia. As Trustee for the James B. Malcom Trust and the Mary Malcom Trust, who con trol over 95 of the stock In Highway Dept. and Contractor Ask for Caution by Drivers L. C. Johnson, Pendleton, who is with the Oregon State High way Department's Hermlston of fice, urges drivers to slow down between Heppner and Lexing ton. He says many are disre garding the 35 mile construction speed signs a safety measure. Mr. Johnson says he and L. W. Vail, the contractor are concern ed that so many people seem to hold high speeds as they drive around the equipment and pipes being used on the Job. He points out that several tempor ary detours are being used now and that others will be used as the work progresses. This job will not be completed until dur ing next summer. Miss or Master 1972 The thrilling year of 1971 has come to a close and 1972 has put in its appearance and has started inaugurating its own events. Among them will be the first baby to be born in the new year at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The merchants have made elaborate plans to welcome the little miss or mister. A multi tude of gifts have been set a side for either a new cheerlead er or football player. What will be the date of ar rival this year? The parents or the doctor of the hospital should notify the Gazette-Times as soon as the event takes place. m Assessors Sel 1972 Cattle Prices Joc Bergtim. M irros County AM'r was cI-mI.1 MH-retsry treasurer f th K-t ern Oregon Ae"rV Aclatiil at their meeting lal wivk la Baker. Mrs. Bergsirwm ercd 44 president In 1970. Mirk Saunders, Cnx.k C.niniy U the new prcnldcnt and M i" Wood of Wasco Cminly U th new vice president. Cattls rrtca Sel The Assessors set caul- anl machinery prices, Thre set f figures were studied. Price, were computed by the Depart -men! of Internal Revenue, the Cattlemen'! Association and the Assessors. The throe groups came up within a few doll.it of each other. The Assessor adopted an average of the three. The figures sent In by the Morrow County Livestock Grow ers on sheep were the only ones presented. These figures wer adopted and will be used by tlw state this year. Horses Registered saddle horses, $.V1. Boot Cottls Calves under 6 months. $51. Calves 6 months to 1 year: heifer $100. Steers $125. Steers, 1 year and over, $165. Heifers 1-2 years. $141. Cows: 2 years and over $UW. Bulls, 1 year and over, $117. Dairy Cattle Calves under 6 months: Light breeds $25. Heavy Breeds $50. ( iilves 6 months-1 year: Light breeds $iii). Heavy breeds $105. Steers 1 year and over: Light Im-eds $110. Heavy breeds $165. Heifers 12 years: Light $110. Heavy, $210. Cows 2 years and over: Light breeds $185. Heavy breeds $325. Bulls 1 year and over $320. Each year the state Is phas ing out Inventory and livestock at 5 each year. This year 20 Is allowed off. Lions Aid Blind, Help Community Momlav nieht's house-to-house sale of brooms and light bulbs by the lone Lions club brougnt in $290. These brooms were made by blind workers, and a per cent of this money will go to the Lions' Aid to The Blind project. This is the sixth year the lone men have had this sale, and this year's result compares fav orably with other years. They canvassed in lone and Lexing ton. Some of the money gained will be used for various com munity projects. The men In tend to offer brooms and light bulbs in Heppner at the Crazy Days and Moonlight Sales. In the mean time, anyone who is eager for a broom can call Ray Boyce at Ruggles-Boyce Agency. Heppner Mill the said company, has disposed rt tho Trusts' Interest In all stock to the Kinzua Corporation, and the other minority stocs holders have also disposed of their stock to Kinzua Corpora tion. The Heppner Lumber Compa ny has been operating In Hepp ner, as well as in Spray, since 1959, when it was founded by the late J. B. Malcom, who was the chief stockholder and pres ident and general manager of the company. Since his death, Bruce A. Malcom has been vice ceneral manager of the company, which has op erated mills at spray ana new ner. Heppner Lumber Company, Inc., will continue business as usual with no change In oper ating procedures or employees, according to Allen Nlstad, gen eral manager of Kinzua Corp. Don Evans Heads Junior Rodeo The Morrow County Junior Rodeo Assn. met June 6. Darrell Dooney who was president of the Association during Its first year, resigned and will remain as director. Don Evans who has been ac tive in the Association was elected president Bernice Struck -meier is the new secretary treasurer. The next meeting will be at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 10, at the Rodeo Grounds. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM . Hi Low Prec. 43 33 55 35 50 32 -09 44 28 44 32 41 32 50 38 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday (Continued on paee 8 1
