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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
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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-
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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.
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TE-TIMES
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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.
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