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TWO MEN IN A HOLE!! lioiMR reinforcement steel for
tlie footings on tlic new Chase St. bridge. The initial con.
struction of tin? two bridges over Shot on Main St. and
Chase St. pot underway last week.
Jack Sumner
In State Race
Jack Sumner, 3G year old
Eight Mile area farmer said
this week he will file by
deadline time for the office
of State Representative in
the Sfith Legislative District
on the democratic ticket. Thi
area is comprised of Morrow,
Gilliam, Sherman, mid Jeffer
son Counties, and parts of
Wasco, Clackamas, Marion
and Linn Counties.
Jack has served for six
years on the Morrow County
school board and was chair
man of that body for the last
Proudfoots Buy
One of the larger well knowr
wheat ranches and twosmall
er ranees in Morrow County,
near lone, of some2n00acres
has been sold for $305,500.00.
Sellers were Franklin Lind
strom & Sons, Inc. of lone,
Mrs. E. Helina of Seattle,
and Mrs. A. Crutcher of Palm
Springs Calif.
The buyers are Mr. and
Mrs. John Proudfoot, owners
of the well known "Proud
niere Angus Cattle 4 Wheat
Ranch" of lone.
All parties were represent
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Westhusin. He is sales mana
ger of Suburban Homes Co.,
Portland.
The Lindstroms plan to con
tinue operation of their 1500
acre ranch both irrigated and
dry farming on the original
homestead. Thev will also
continue a well known firm,
Lindstrom Bros. Ironworks,
a manufacturer ofhitchesand
many needed parts. They
lone Seniors Honored by Elks
PRINCIPAL DENNIS BRANDON presents the Elk's Student
of the Month awards to Ann McElligott and Rick Barnett,
both of lone High School.
Two lone seniors were nam
ed as January Elk Students of
the Month. They are Ann
McElligott and Rick Barnett.
Their hobbies as listed
show a wide range of in
terests. They both like the
outdoors, they like individual
sports, they like to do the
things that Morrow Countyof
fers. They both like to ski.
Ann likes to read, sew and
cook. She likes hiking and
most outdoor sports. Rick
likes hunting, fishing and
camping. Inside hobbies in
clude leather craft work and
writing poetry. He likes to
dance.
They have both attended all
12 years of school at lone.
Rick is student body presi
two years. He is active in
the Oddfellows Lodge, having
been a member of the Grand
Lodge of Oregon as well as
Noble Grand of the Willows
Lodge last year. He is an
active member of the National
Farmers Organization.
Jack, an Eastern Oregon
native, comes from a family
of native Oregonians.
He and his wife--the former
Rita Cox-- are parents of five
children: John 17, Charlie
1G, Sally 12, Jeffrey 7 and
Jaci 2.
Lindstrom Spread
built their own center pivot
sprinkler system, a large
scale project.
Red Cross Dinner
Tonight ot 6:30
Friends and workers of the
American Red Cross and
their families are cordially
invited to the potluck dinner
and meeting this evening
(Thursday) at 6:30 at the
American Legion Hall. Meat,
coffee and punch will be fur
nished. All of those families who
were helped following the
flood are specially invited.
Joe Pope of the Umatilla
County Red Cross will be
the guest speaker. There will
be reports on Military Aid
to Families, First Aid
courses and Disaster. Plans
will lie made for the Blood
Mobile visit here on April
4.
dent and served on the student
council other years. He was
a Boys State delegate, presi
dent of the 4-H Ski Club and
sang with the mixed chorus
for two years. He has let
tered in all tne major sports,
football, basketball, baseball
and track.
Ann likes to do thing too.
She is president of the Natio
nal Honor Society, vice presi
dent of the Student Body, and
editor of the school paper
and student council represen
tative for GAA. In county
wide activities, she has serv
ed as secretary of the Mor
row County Empire Builders
and secretary of the Morrow
County Youth Council.
89th Year
THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner, Oregon
County Offices
Filing Deadline
Next Tuesday
Candidate hopefuls have un
til next Tuesday to file for
county and precinct offices.
Filing may be done up until
Mar. 14 at 5 p.m. at the
Morrow County clerk's of
fice. Three 18 year olds
have filed for precinct com
mittee positions, Kirk Robin
son, Tom Cutsforth and Eliz
abeth A bra ms. Filing to date
for precinct committee men
and women are: Republican
ticket: SW Heppner Avon
Melby; NW Heppner, Laurel
and LaVerne Van Marter;
NE Heppner, Bob Abrams,
Kirk Robinson, Lexington,
Lucille and Kenneth Peck and
Tom Cutsforth; lone, Oscar
Peterson, Ralph Crum and
Lou Crum; Boardman, I.M.
Docken and Emma Docken.
Democrat ticket: SW Hep
pner Harold and Edna Peck;
NW Heppner, Betty Brownand
Alvin Bunch; SE Heppner,
Elizabeth Abrams, Lyle A.
Peck; SE Heppner, Wilma and
Wesley Marlatt. Other pe
titions are out and are ex
pected in before the dead
line. Candidates who have filed
for county offices are: County
:lerk, Sadie Parrish, incum
bent and Alice Vance; Sher
iff, John Mollahan incumbent
and Carl Christiansen oflr
rigon; County commissioner,
Walter Hayes, incumbent;
Treasurer, Sylvia Mc Dan
iels, incumbent; three Port
commissioners whose term
expire are John Krebs, Dewey
West and Oscar Peterson.
William Nelson of Boardman
is the only one to have filed
to date.
Many Aspects
To Consider
In Change to
Wilderness Area
R.G. "Gib" Walker, Busi
ness Agent of the Lumber
Production & Industrial
Workers Union, reported a
joint meeting of labor and
lumber management people
concerning proposed un
developed areas.
According to Walker, Ed
Cliff - Chief of the U.S. For
est Service - requested all
Forest Service Regions to
delineate 5,000 acre and over
undeveloped areas for pos
sible study and inclusion in
the wilderness system. Hear
ings will be held on the 34
parcels of land selected with
in the Wallowa Whitman &
Umatilla National Forests
within the next few months.
The hearings will be held
in various towns surrounding
the two forests. The purpose
of the hearings is to deter
mine public opinion as to the
proper use of the undeveloped
areas.
Walker further stated that
if all proposed areas were to
be withdrawn from multiple
use management the industry
would lose 729 jobs. In ad
dition to the jobs lost the
annual economic impact in
Northeastern Oregon would
be $10,891,439 and tax
shift to remaining taxpayers
would amount to $3,215,520
per year according to Walker.
NOTICE!
An ad in the G-T last week
was headed: Men Needed To
Train as Livestock Buyers.
Anyone who answered this ad,
please contact the editor of
the Gazette-Times this week.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Lo Prec.
Wednesday 45 30 .09
Thursday 53 30 .21
Friday 43 31 .02
Saturday 47 33 .04
Sunday 70 35
Monday 60 .33 .02
Tuesday 51 25
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97836, Thursday, March 9, 1972
Glen Ward Gives Facts on Undeveloped
Areas at Chamber Meeting Monday
Glen Ward presented pre
and con Information on the
proposal of designating twe
areas in the Heppner Dis
trict of the Umatilla Natioral
Forest as Wilderness areas
at the Chamber ofCommerce
meeting Monday.
The issue which may be
come highly controversial
was handled factually and
without bias by Heppner's
game bioligist. He said he
didn t know whether the area
would qualify as a Wilder
ness area or not.
The public hearing on the
matter will be held at BMCC
ON April 1 at 1:30. Test!
mony maybe submitted orally
or written.
Glen showed maps and
charts . The two proposed
areas are in the vicinity of
Texas Butte and Kelly Prai
rie, said to be the last two
undeveloped areas in the Hep
pner Ranger District.
Kelly Prairie area has 9500
acrea of Federal Lands and
500 privately owned. The
Kelly Timber Sale Is sched
uled to be logged in 1976.
This is the area on the head-
Wranglers Date
Horse Event
The Wranglers had a fine
potluck dinner and meeting
Sunday night at the Fair
grounds Annex.
The thirteenth annual
Wranglers Spring Meet fea
turing cow cutting will be held
at the Fairgrounds April 15
- 16. Floyd Jones is chair
man of the event. Art Vance
is in charge of grounds
barns; Howard Bryant, Cor
nett Green and Ralph Beamer
are in charge of cattle; cat
tle are furnished by Dr. H.S.
superintendent and secretary-treasurer
with as
stance from Alice Vance and
Lorena Jones.
Last year the big event
had some 66 horses entered
from Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
At the meetingSunday even
ing it was voted to write
Congressman and ask that
Public Law 91540 -the Horse
Protection Law be changed
to its former reading. The
present law was described as
working a hardship on people
who show horses. The law
would affect play days and
related activites. The form
er law concerned only Ten
nessee Walking horses.
President Dick Schlichting
said Del Piper had requested
the club's support of a pro
posal for designating Forest
Service areas south of here as
wilderness. A rancher at the
meeting stated he was against
the proposal as it would pre
vent grazing, logging and
other multipurpose uses.
A discussion was held about
the need for a new horse show
Alice and Art Vance who have
been filling these offices said
they were unable to give the
required time.
A work day is to be held
Apr. 9 at the Wrangler's
grounds. Jack Healy, Bob
Steagall and Dick Schlichting
will check the grounds to see
what needs to be done.
A committee of Marlyn Ro
binson, Jack Wright and Jer
ry Dougherty is investigating
whether to have an overnight
trail ride or a day ride.
It was announced that Shir
ley Fugg is in charge of an
annual Appaloosa trail ride.
Dates for Play Days: Apr.
23, 30, May 7, 20.
Next Wranglers meeting is
Apr. 4.
In charge of the Sunday
potluck were these couples:
Jack Healy, Bill Collins, Jer
ry Dougherty, and Orval Mat
he ny.
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waters of Wilson Creek and
Potamus Creek to its con
fluence with Brush Creek.
Glen said there was no steel
head fishing but rainbow are
planted in these streams.
Wild turkeys are in this area
also. Commercially there's
85.5 million board feet of
lumber and two cattle allot
ments. At one time a reservoir
was proposed for Kelly Prai
rie but core tests proved the
land of such a porous nature
that water would not hold
so the reservoir was not feas
ible. Texas Butte area is larger
and had fewer roads. There's
11,300 acres of Federal lands
and 300 privately owned lands
for a total of 11,600 acres.
This area, Glen said, is pop
ular with deer and elk and
grouse. Water from here
drains into Rhea Creek which
is stocked.
There is a planning unit
study being made for the best
way to log this area.
He gave the economics of
the potential logging. Timber
types within the area are
City
Local
Council Raises
Dump Rates
At the meeting Mon. night,
Heppner City Council voted
to adopt an extended policy
for the City Dump. This
is to clarify present rules
for the dump which require
cutting up old refrigerators
and large objects to make
them more easily disposed of.
Charges shall be made to
commercial companies and
non-residents of $3 a pickup
load and $5 a truck load;
combustible material must be
seperated from non-combustible.
Cost of a city employee
managing the dump must be
added whim other than his
regular working day.
City Attorney Bob Abrams
advised Council agreements
of the City Planning Com
mission were binding on
Council. He recommended a
stringent subdivision ordin
ance which had been proposed
at one time. He suggested
Council and Commission hold
a joint meeting in order to
clarify an understanding on
what is needed. He feels the
present plat and ordinances
are not specific enough as to
standards for streets, sizes
of lots, utilities, etc.
Questions had arisen in
connection wU'i the Planning
for Lott's 2nd Addition here
Princess Cassy
Presented at
Spray Dance
More than 100 attended the
Spray Rodeo dance Saturday
night at Spray. The four
princesses were introduced.
Cass.y Chapel of lone is one
of them. She wore her pow
der blue levis and a dark
navy blue blouse with a red
and pink pin at the throat.
Each princess was given
500 tickets to sell on the
roping saddle. The Princess
selling the most tickets will
be named Queen.
HEPPNER
Douulas nr. PonderosaPme,
Lodge Pole Pine and Western
Larch. Ills chart showed the
potential that would probably
come to the Kinzua Mill at
Kinzua and Heppner. Pri
vately owned acres totaled
519,590 acres and Federally
owned totaled 224,000, a total
of 743,590 acres.
The areas in the undevel
oped areas of Texas Butte
and Kelly Prairie total 21,
600 acres or about 3 percent
of the total potential.
The potential acres of 743,
580 multiplied by the average
production of 155 board feet
per acre yields a total po
tential 115,256,450 board
feet.
Glen said " There's no rea
son to make the areas to
tally Wilderness." Logging
could be done if done right."
The Forest Service is looking
for direction." The unmain
tained roads could be grassed
over to provide grazing for
wild life as well aslivestock.
In a true wilderness area no
mechanized equipment would
be allowed, no vehicles, no
snowmobiles, no chain saws,
no water developments, no
which was tabled by Coun
cil. Council approved a request
for a liquor license for Wil
liam R. Scott and Kathleen
May Lynch at 176 Main St.
former Cal's Cafe and
Lounge.
Council allowed vacation oi
Cannon St. on request of Ho
ward Bryant and Roy Quack
enbush. Merchants committee had
been invited by a high scho
ol student committee to have
trees in planters in front of
businesses down town. It
had been suggested the trees
would be placed in tubs con
structed of oil d-uns. The
Mayor said he would invite
the students to make a fur
ther explanation of their eco
logical plans yesterday. This
is part of plans to improve
the enviroment by the High
School students.
City Attorney reported on
talking to IRS about a pos
sible raise for City employ
ees. He was seeking guide
lines. If they don't exceed
5.5 per cent there are no
restrictions. If over that up
to 7 per cent there must be
a binding contract before
Apr. 1st.
There is a need for the Ma
yor and County Judge to ne
gotiate for a new landfill gar
bage dump. Council wishes
them to deal with lone, Lex
ington and the County Court
and possible site owners and
report their findings back
to Council for action.
Representing the Council on
the Heppner Centennial Com
mittee will be Mayor Collins
and Robert Jones.
Vic reported bids will be
let May 25 on curbs &
paving for Gale St.
A resolution was passed for
the swimming pool committee
be given authority to pro
ceed on details for rehabili
tation of the pool. Prices on
various work and materials
and services and finding a
contractor to over-see the
work will be taken care of as
soon as possible. No funds
can be expended until the
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
grant is received.
Counc'l has been studying
recently need for increased
sewer and water hookup
charges as City loses money
on a number of these. Or
dinance No. 381 raising sewer
hook up from $50 to $135
was passed to second read
ing as was water hook up or
dinance increased to $150.
Meeting adjourned about
11:30 p.m.
Price 10 Cents
Number 3
fences so there could be no
cattle grazing."
Glen presented a chart
showing 388 miles of useable
roads maintained by the
Forest Service and alxiut 1000
miles of jeep unmaintalned
roads in the 194,000 acres
By 1983. there will be 1000
miles of usable roads.
Forest Service representa
tives present thought the fi
gures looked high.
Glen is very conscious ol
the harassment to the wild
game by people who drive
vehicles on the roads.
The increase in hunters
in the area since 1948 was
staggering information to
those present.
The 1971 figures are not
yet available. For 1970 Mule
Deer season there were
10,250 hunters, 53,210 man
days spent in the area, $29,81
cost per day and value to
the state of Oregon was
$1,586,190.
Rocky Mt. Elk season there
were 2800 hunters, spent
10,560 hunter days in the
area; at a cost of 21.77 per
day and value to the state
of Oregon was $444,821. To
tal value to the state of Ore
gon in equipment etc totals
$2,031,011.
In 1970 deer harvested num
bered 4100 and elk harvest
ed was 470.
In 1948 there were 1742
deer hunters with a harvest
of 392 deer and 630 elk hun
ters with a harvest of 91
elk.
The last chart listed the
wild life value on maintain
ing undeveloped areas.
1. No human harassment.
2. Quality hunting.
3. Biological study areas.
4. Protection of uncommon
species that leave when
there's people activity.
5. Aesthetic values
6. Tranquilly.
7. Water quality.
8. Who knows values 100
years from now?
President Ed Dick turned
the proposal over to the Parks
and Recreation committee to
make a thorough study and
make a recommendation to
the Chamber. He said"Ifs
not a simple problem and
there's not a. simple solu
tion." Herman Winter won the Pot.
CENTENIAL COMMITTEE
will meet March 17 at noon
at the Wagon Wheel, Gene
Pierce is chairman.
Oscar Peterson said "we
can be optimistic about the
removal of the Bombing
range ' in regard to the ob
jections of the possible nuc
lear plant near the Navy
Bombing range.
Judge Jones announced that
Bob Packwood had called to
say that Morrow County had
been declared a Title I Coun
ty which would entitle
the county to qualify for more
loans and grants under the
Economic Development Act of
1965.
JOHN
debut
JAY STEAGALL, the
at the Sunday meeting
per
and the meeting. He
week.
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&ild Friday N hai ask.d
Secretary of Dtfenst Melvln
Laird to set aaldt special
funds to move the Navy
bombing rang away fromth
!tiardman area in Morrow
County,
I II nun laid he asked the
Navy more titan two ean
a (jo lo study alternate sites
fur the bombing range, and
that the Navy lias now finish
ed the study.
"It was evident In the late
1950s when the Navy took
over the Boardman range that
the area a economic value
would some day rise consid
erably," L'llamn said.
At that time, he explained,
the Navy promised it would
consider moving the range
if the area did begin to show
obvious economic potential.
"The completlonof the John
Cay dam las had a major
impact on economic devel
opment In the area," Lllman
told Laird.
He said the Boeing Co.
plans a major agricultural
project at Boardman; Port
land General Electric Co.
has filed for permission to
construct a nuclear plant
there and the Bureau of Re
clamation is expected to com
plete Its feasibility study of
a major reclamation project
in the area.
"The Navy estimates it will
require more tlian two years
and cost about $8.5 million
to move the facility," Ullman
said.
He said if the bombing range
is not moved on schedule
there is a possibility both the
state of Oregon and the
Atomic Energy Commission
would have to turn down the
request for a nuclear plant.
WORLD OF WORK
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
The World of Work Career
exploration workshop for high
school students, March 4,
BMCC, was proclaimed an
overwhelming success by re
source persons, students and
sponsoring extension study
group women. "Something
needed for years", "reward
ing", "really learned alot"
were typical reactions ex
pressed. Approximately 44 5 students
pre-registered for the ses
sions. An untimely basket
ball game for Pilot Rock
students eliminated at
tendance of some students
from Pilot Rock, but 377
students were on hand, eager
and enthusiastic for the day.
Over 100 business and pro
fessional people from the two
county area donated a day to
help students gain a real
istic insight on 30 fields of
interest that covered approx
imately 185 specific vo
cations or professions. Gene
Pierce, Heppner, Pres. Bank
of Eastern Oregon, gave the
session on business manage
ment; Bob Jepsen, lone, serv
ed as resource person on ag
riculture; and Charlie Walk
er, Heppner, Instructed stu
dents on apprenticeship pro
grams. Extension study group wo
men on hand to assist with
the day were Evelyn Black,
Mabel Allen, Boardman; Bar
bara Witherrlte, Nellie Ma
dison, Pine City; Ginger
Keithley, Barb Jessmef,
Monica Jones, Heppner; Judy
Wright, Kathy Clark, Rhea
Creek; Jean Nelson, Dorris
Graves, lone. Also assist
ing were Birdine Tullis and
Don
Stangel from the Mor-
row
County Extension Ser-
vice.
youngest Wrangler, made nis
by sleeping through the sup-
Congressman Al lllman
was 2 weeks old Tuesday of this