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GRAIN PRICES
(TOB Lexington doee net
elude war b out chg)
Courtesy MCCG
Soft whit wheat ... .... 1.4$bu.
(Pott strike settlement)
Red wheat , l.49 bu-
(Pott strike settlement)
Barley ...... 4S.M ton
88th Year '
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Price 10 Cents
GAZETTE-TIMES
six.ii.iiM frtm the (Knrf or Heppner, Uregon V o:Jo, I nursaay, January ivz.
Number 49
ALLEN R. NISTAD
Allen R. Nistad
Is Vice Chairman
anticipated change In the presj
em program wnins irum mm
ffl.
He mid thnt OKO may Ik?
limlnnted tv the revenue-t.hnr-
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1 lnj concept supported by Pres
.J I Uli-nt Nixon. The CAP tCommu-
r.ity Actum Program. n the
Neighborhood Center In llepp-
ner. will probably close. The
coordinators, a Pat Brlndle,'
may be assigned to the County
Courts and under their direction
carry on Human resource plan
Allen R. Nbdad, Klnzua Corp., j ning. This could be In the nr-
whs elected vice chairman of
the District 10 Board of Gover
nors of the Western Wood Prod
uct Association last week In
Sunrlver.
Lumbermen reviewed progress
during the p.-ist year anil chal
lenge facing the industry in
1972. Lumber production in the
West is cxiiectcd to Increase
Ulllon board feet to total 19
billion board feet in 1972. bas
ed on a revitalized and expand
ed lumber market.
WWPA provides forestry. In
spection, technical, transporta
tion, statistical and other serv
ices to lumbermen in the 12
western states. In 1971. its mem
hers produced 40 of the na
t ion's softwood lumber output.
Mothers March
Tonight
The Mothers who march for
funds to help combat Polio
and Birth Defects will have
auxiliary help this year. March
ing right after school on Thurs
day evening will be two 4-H
clubs, the Super Duper Sewers
4-H club led by Mrs. Bruce Grif
fith and the Stitchers A-Go-Go
4-H club led by Mrs. Bob Laugh
lin. In addition to these two
groups others who have volun
teered are Shelley, Kelley and
Tom Wolff, Cindy and Terry
Rogers and Candi Mansfield.
can ot Senior Utizens, outn
and or employment training
programs.
Judge Jones said the purpose
of this switch is to prepare lo
cal governments for these prob
lems when revenue sharing be
comes a law and "Revenue shar
ing a fact of life." The coordin
ator would become aware of the
needs of his county and develop
Information on all phases of hu
man needs.
Emergency Employment Act
Morrow County has received r
an additional $16,000 from thelVOlUe Of fUSMing
Emergency Employment Actryhe Positive DUttOn
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BIG FEET AND FAST. Cory Watklns and John Boyer. Mustang
forwards.
Picture Shows C of C
I'nder this act, three have been
added to the sheriffs office.
Judge Jones said Tuesday the
county was making plans to ap
ply for a county planner and
"Think the positive" was the
highlight of the film "There's
a Bit of Genius in All of Us"
shown by Dale Anderson, dis-
secretary. He said they felt this trict manager for Pacific North
would be helpful right now as. west Bell at the Heppner-Mor
the county is on the thresh- row County Chamber of Com
hold of approving a new zon- merce Monday.
ina ordinance. The balance
would go to the City of Hepp
ner for possibly another full
time police officer.
A Vietnam veteran receives
first consideration, then a vet
eran, unemployed and 4th un
deremployed under the Emer
gency Employment Act.
Road - Improvements :
Road improvements that are
Bob Richards, Olympic Pole
Vaulter, turned after-dinner
speaker is taped as he gives
a speech. In this highly moti
vating film, he says that 95
of the champions he has known
are "ordinary guys", 510" and
weigh 175 pounds. They pushed
"the positive button" to become
champions.
There's will power, brain pow
er and motivation power. While
Mothers who march during fPPt widp. Dillon Road to eon-
the evening have been assigned nect irrigon with the Ruffcorn
areas and will be calling at area and repair bridge on the
nomcs aner ainner. Any size, rinrkc Panvnn Road
now in progress and those to most of us had an abhorrence
be improved in the near future ior ine wen-Known Doxing
include: straightening 3 miles
of Emigrant Road between Ce
cil and Ella, improve the Pet-
tys Canyon Rd., widen the Riet
mann Rd. at the Jet. of 638
and 809 and where less than 20
contribution is greatly welcom
ed.
Only Incumbents
Have Filed to Date
No race seems to be shaping
up for any of the Morrow Coun
ty offices. To date three incum
bents have filed. The last one
to file was Walter Hayes, Mor
row County Commissioner for
the past nine years, filed for
re-election on the Republican
ticket. ,
Sheriff John Mollahan said
Wednesday he expected to file
that day for the office he now
holds. He is serving his first
form as sheriff of Morrow Coun
ty. He will file on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Others who have filed for re
election are Sadie Parrish, Coun
ty Clerk and Sylvia McDaniel,
treasurer.
Water Control Board
Elected on Tuesday
One hundred cast -their votes
ai the Water Control board
election during a snowy blus
tery Tuesday at the Heppner
City Hall. One ballot was ruin
ed for a total count of 99. Five
elected to the board and the
number of votes they received
were: E. O. Ferguson 72. Don
ald Bennett 70, Richard T. Wil
kinson 66, Charles M. Jones 6d,
Gene Pierce 64. Others on the
b-Uot were Jewel Hager, Fred
H -skins, Jr., and Larry Mills.
For the convenience of those
conducting business at the Court
House, the employees at the
Courthouse have begun parking
their cars on the northside
parking lot. This leaves the
parking lot in close proximity
to the Courthouse, witn open
parking.
Appointments
Roy W. Lindstrom and Fritz
Cutsforth have been reappoint
ed for four year terms to the
County Planning Commission.
Mrs. Gary Grieb was appointed
for a 4 -year term
Larry Lindsay was named to
a 3-year term to the Budget
Committee. Zearl Gillespie was
reappointed to a 3-year term on
the Fair Board. Named to the
Museum Board were Amanda
Duvall, Mrs. Ralph Thompson
and Herman Green. Arnold
Hoffman was appointed to the
Boardman Vector Control Dis
trict.
The Court has felt there was
an over-lapping of some of the
Federal and State Agencies.
They encouraged the agencies
to coordinate all agencies with
like responsibilities.
Standard Oil received the bid
to provide greases, oils and gas
oline for the county. They were
the only bidders. j
Dan Viera with the Oregon
Emergency Services is a fre
quent visitor in Mororw Coun
ty. The Court has asked him to
be watching for various pieces
of equipment and vehicles in
surplus government goods. These
include a 2'i ton truck for fire
fighting and snow plow, Fire
Truck, Jeep and Radio, gener
ators, portable radios.
Judge Jones said word had
just been received from Seattle
that the application has just
been granted for $951 for the
installation of the two flood
warning sirens. This is a match
ing program. The sirens are to
be installed in the area of the
Legion Hall and the REA build
ing. Warning devices have also
champion's way of saying "I'm
the greatest", Mr. Richards
prompted some thinking when
he said, "Where would he have
been if he'd said 'I'm second
best'?"
Announcements
Reminder for the election
Tuesday to elect the Water Con
trol District board members and
the budget message Tuesday
evening were made. Mayor Bill
Collins said the bridge bids
would be let at the City Coun
cil meeting on Feb. 7. Bids will
be let on the Main St. and
Chase St. bridges. Because of the
water hydraulic problem that
may be caused by the hoped
for construction of Willow Creek
dam the Kirk St. bridge bid will
not be let at this time. The
temporary Kirk St. bridge will
continue in use. The money
voted for the 3rd bridge will
be put on timed deposit until
the Willow Creek dam situation
is clarified and more concrete.
Randall Peterson won the pot.
The speaker at the Jan. 31
Chamber meeting will be Mil
ton Morgan on his wheat trip
to India.
Board Meeting
Ed Dick, Chamber president
called for a board meeting fol
lowing the regular meeting. He
anticipates having a tentative
list of committees ready for the
next meeting. In addition to the
regular committees, a special
brochure committee will be
named.
Mustangs Meet
Maupin Here Friday
The Mustangs meet Maupin
here Friday. Coach Clough says
he hasn't seen them play but
has reports that they aren't
very tall, smaller than our team
and they run a lot. This could
be a good game. '
On Saturday the Mustangs go
over to Pilot Rock. Dale Conklin
scouted their last game. He says
theyre impressive. They were
quick and had good shooting.
Of the Mustangs, the coach
said "We're improving and I
think we'll give them a pretty
good game. '
Heppner - Frosh- Pilot Rock,
Feb. 1, at 6 p.m.
Heppner Grade at Stanfield,
Jan. 27, at 2 p.m.
lone Games
lone Varsity at Echo, Jan. 28.
lone Jr. High vs. Umatilla at
lone, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m.
Pomona at lone
Will Be Jan. 29
Morrow County Pomona
Grange will convene at 10:30
a.m., Saturday, Jan. 29 at Wil
lows Grange in lone. Luncheon
will be served.
At 2 p.m. the public is in
vited to hear Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Wyckoff of Elgin give a slide
show presentation of their trip
to Russia.
Family Life Series
Receives Funds
Grace Drake has applied for
and received juvenile court sub
sidy funds for underwriting the
"Family Life Education Series"
to be held in April and May.
The Juvenile Court Subsidy
Fund was set up by the Fam
ily Court act of 1969 by the
Oregon Legislature. Until the
last legislature, Morrow County
did not qualify because it was
under a county judge, but this
is now changed. Funds have to
be applied for and approved
through the Childrens Division
and are for direct services to
juveniles and families.
TOPS Plan Variety
Talent Show
Drama Club
Tryouts Tonight
Tryouts are tonight (Thurs
day at 7:30 p.m. at the high
.-choci cafetorium for a 3-act
drama. You are invited to come
on up and try your talents. The
play will be presented March 2
and 4 bv HeDPner Community
Drama Club, according to Jane: been requested for lone. Lex-j Tursday
Rawlins. 1 ington. Boardman and Irricron. ; tr. cf snow
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Wednesday 57 45
Thursday 55 48 tr.
Fridav 51 42 25
! Saturday 46 36 27
' Sunday 44 32 .08
Monday 42 30
Tursdav 39 17 .02
Family type entertainment is
in store for those attending the
TOPS Talent Show night this
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
at the Elementary Multi-purpose
room. Many young perrormers
attended the try-outs Monday
evening. The hour-long program
will include singing, family
croups, acronats, recitations oi
poetry and other numbers. Den
nis Cass, the emcee, will sing.
Proceeds will be used to send
delegates to the State TOPS con
vention. Any money in excess
will be sent in for obesity re
search. .
A coffee time will follow the
evening's program.
Time Change on
Friday's Game
Friday evening, Jan. 28, the
Heppner Mustangs will meet
Maupin cn our home court
Due to the long distance the
opposing team must travel, the
JV game will begin at 6:00 p.m.
instead of the usual 6:30 p.m.
Coach Clough makes no pre
diction on the outcome of the
game as Maupin is too far away
to scout. However, he reported
his boys are improving every
I day.
Many Shortages
Plague Hospital
The Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal Is experiencing a shortage
of ambulance drivers. After
years of taking ambulance calls
at night, Bob Lowe Is taking
days only which leaves Paul
Heinrichs for nights and week
ends. The main need is for
weekends and nights on a re
lief basis.
Anyone wishing to serve In
this capacity is asked to coll
Mrs. Wyman at the hospital
Men or women who sign up to
drive must hold a current Amer
ican Red Cross First Aid Card.
Stand-by pay as you stay at
home is $5.00 a day.
Nurse Shortage
At the Hospital Board meet
ing Thursday, the board also
discussed the shortage of nurs
es. The housing shortage enters
the picture as an RN from out
of town would move to Heppner,
if housing could be found. Sev
eral RN's are working part time
to fill in until a full-time nurse
can be hired.
Mrs. Wyman noted that it had
been sometime since the hospi
tal personnel has had a cost-of-living
raise in salary. The board
asked her to investigate what
comparable hospitals were do
ing and report at the next meet
ing. Along with these salary in
creases she recommended the
cost of a room should be raised
from the present $47 to $50 per
day.
Doctor Shortage
In order to attract another doc
tor to Heppner, the board is con
sidering an additional wing to
the hospital to be used as a
clinic. The facility would bei
rented to the new doctor who
would have the use of the hos
pital equipment. This would re
duce the equipment investment
for the new doctor and would
also help the hospital.
Hill Burton funds would be
available for the down pay
ment for construction of the
wing and the doctor's rent would
be used to pay the balance. i
All information as to plans
and cost of construction would
be assembled and made avail
able to show as an incentive in
obtaining a doctor. Construction
would not be started until the
doctor had given a firm com
mitment on coming to Heppner.
The board is agreed that the
greatest need is for a surgeon.
The board voted to support the
County Court in making plans
for the addition.
Patient Shortage
The first 12 days in January,
the hospital had a good census
of 11. The average stay went
up as patients were older peo
ple with the flu. It has dropped
sharply. There was one minor
surgery.
For the first time in years
Mrs. Wvman noted that the
$1200 coal bill had been paid
the month following delivery,
She also has $2496 towards the
Feb. 6 payroll which is a good
start.
A bright spot in the picture
also was the announcement that
Sue Greenup plans to come to
Heppner in June as a full-time
RN.
Fine Outdoor Movie
To Be Shown Here
If you are an outdoorsman,
are interested in nature or just
like to view a good film, plan
to attend "Way of the Troul",
Wednesday night, Feb. 2, 7:30
p.m. at the courthouse. Adults
and children alike are encour
aged to attend.
No admission price will be
charged for the 35-minute movie
which has been heralded as the
best outdoor film of 1970. The
complete life cycle of a trout
from spawning on is studied
with the use of excellent under
water photography.
The showing, sponsored by the
Morrow County Rifle and Pistol
Club, is scheduled so that the
public may view the film with
out attending the regular meet
ing which follows. j
"Way of the Trout", distribut-i
ed by Trout Unlimited is sup-j
plied by the Game Commission.
Supf. Daniels
Delivers 1 972-73
Budget Message
At the Tuesday night budget
committee meet at the Lexlng
ton District office, Supt. Ron
Daniels presented the budget
message and document. He in
eluded a careful explanation of
th documnt and an outline of
financial policies for the ensu
ing year. The big document con
tains about 70 pages.
Election
Ed Dick was elected chairman
of the budget committee, Mrs.
Herman Winter secretary.
Tuesday night's meeting spot
lighted the Resource Section and
the Special Fund Section. Both
sections were approved. Resour
ces total $419,146.
Budget requirements total
$1,614,876. Taxes necessary to
balance are $1,195,730. Taxes to
be levied are $1,318,730.
The school budget as propos
ed shows an increase of $94,404,
an increase of 6.2.
It was Interesting to note that
Morrow County was the only
Oregon county to ehow In 1971
a decrease on true cash value
on property. This Is an import
ant point, Supt. Daniels said,
as any loss in true cash value
automatically Increases the tax
rate on the remaining property.
Even with a slight decrease In
true cash value , Morrow Coun
ty's tax levy for all taxing ar
eas was only 4.87 compared
to a statewide average Increase
of 7.50. The increased tax levy
of $82,073 would require an ad
ditional levy of 93c per $1,000
true cash value.
Cost-wise, Morrow County will
be slightly below state average
In both teachers and classified
employees. While salary increas
os account for about 65 of the
budget increase, the teacher sal
ary increases averaged only
about 3 while classified em
ployees averaged 7 to bring
them up to a level of other sal
aries in the county. The budget
also contains funds for maint
enance and remodeling to sus
tain the program of continued
upkeep on all buildings. The
Superintendent believes the pro
gram will result in longer life
for each building and prevent
a major and expensive remod
eling program in any one budg
et year.
A general budget meeting will
be at 7:30 p.m., next Tuesday,
Feb. 1- at lone High. This will
be followed by another general
budget meeting Feb. 8 at A. C.
Houghton Elementary, and on
Feb. 15 the final budget meet
ing will be at Heppner High.
Boeing Lands
To Have
Farm Deferral
The decision of the Supreme
Court was called to the Gazette
Times Wednesday morning from
Sulem. A decision that has been
pending for some months went
against the Oregon Tax Court
and the Morrow County Asses
sor's office.
The decision as It was read
from Salem follows.
'The Supreme Court reversed
an Oregon Tax Court decree
which denied a special farm
use classification for ad valor
em tax purposes for 1969 for
land owned by the Department
of Veteran's Affairs. The land
in question was leased to Boe
ing Co. which in turn subleased
most of it to farmers.
The tax court decided that a
special farm use assessment
was not warranted, on the
ground that the lease to Boeing
required the property to be used
for industrial or developmental
purposes.
The Supreme Court, however.
concluded that the lease did
not prohibit use of parts of the
property for agricultural purpos
es, and further held that the
assessment was not inapprop
riate merely because the farm
ers were lessees and not out
right owners of the farmed
land.
The Supreme Court thus re-
manded the case to the tax
Court with instructions to enter
an appropriate decree."
County May or
May Not Get
New Gas Line
In January last year, Pacific
Gas Transmission Co. announc
ed a plan to parallel its big
36-inch gas line through Mor
row County. This good news
was happily received in the
county as It would add the
big figure of $6,192,000 true
cash value to the county's valu
ation. However, before the plan
could be carried out, Canada
squelched the project before it
could get going.
The Canadians are afraid of
running short of natural gas
and do not want to increase
exports. So the new gas line
has been temporarily stalled.
However, officials of the compa
ny say they hope Canada may
have a change of heart and per
mit more exports, in which case
the 25.4-mile long line will be
built adjacent to the present
line. Roger Thompson of tho Pa
cific Gas Transmission Co. told
the G-T yesterday they had op
plied to Morrow County Court
for permission to obtain some
rights-of-way and permits to
cross some roads in case they
can build the new line.
Every day slogan: Everybody
pick up one piece of litter every
day.
Annual Conservation Program Slated
Chuck Liles. Field Represen- irW
tative of the State Soil & Water I
Conservation Commission, will
headline the Heppner SWCD's
Annual meeting. Morrow Coun
ty's challenging growth and
serious conservation needs will
be the thesis of his talk.
Liles, a native Oregonian, is
a graduate of Crow High School
and Oregon State University,
majoring in Dairy Production.
He has lived on the family
farm near Eugene, moving to
Salem only recently.
He spent three years In the
U. S. Army during World War
II, serving in the European
Theatre of Operations.
His diversified farm operation
has included dairy, poultry, beef,
fnttli hav nasi ore oneration
while he was employed off the
farm.
Mr. Liles helped organize the
Mid Lane SWCD and served asi
chairman of the board for 8
years.
Darrell Learn, Head of Water
shed Planning Division, State
Engineers Office will present
the Progress Report for the Rhea
Creek Watershed Development.
Farmer-Irrigators on Rhea Creek
will want to be present to hear
the latest on this well regarded
project.
A slide presentation on the
Columbia - Snake - Palouse Con
servation Program will be
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CHUCK LILES
shown at the start of the r-ect-Ing.
The public, along with co
operators are cordially invited
according to Ken Turner, hair
man of the Heppner SWCD. The
program starts promptly a' 7:30
p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, at the
Lexington Grange Hall, refresh
ments will bo served.