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Fun and Games at Heppner's Sidewalk Bazaar
HOW MICH WATER TO STOKE
continued from pa:e I
The return on (he letters indicated 60 percent of the Urn)
owners were interested with 4.0 percent of the land.
Jud' Jones said he felt there were some points ttut were
not understood and another contact should tx nudi with each
farmer to answer any questions they might have. He said,
"1 (eel there is a need for more educational work. Farmers
are not conversant with all the details."
Another people-to-people contact Is planned.
Judge Jones said other lo
cal farmers have indicated an
interest in buying any extra
water Out might be availa
ble for their bench lands.
The Bureau representative
said that at this time there
was no dependable extra
water. Some years there
could be some and other years
there wuld be none.
If more people sign up there
can be a larger reservoir.
There have been no plans to
bruit; additional land under ir
rigation. Nearly all the direct flow
of Willow Creek have been
adjudicated.
The measure of water is at
the point of diversion and not
at the dam. The amount re
leased at the dam is enough
over to make allowance for
ditch loss.
'io creek is said to have
an abnormal loss but the re
turn w.iter and seeding into
the creek have to compensate
for the loss.
"Direct flow water rights
for 'hose who decide not to
Participate will be honored,
ruey would not be entitled
to receive any additional wa
ter from storage. Based on
study, the historic stream
How provides about 80 per
-ent of the water needed for
ptimum crop growth." the
Jureau savs. '
A holiday atmosphere will
invade the annual Sidewalk
iUiaar lo be held this year
in Neppm-r on July 21 and
22. Ho sid.s the giant dl
play of sale items on (lie
sidewalk like an oriental ba
zaar, (lie merchants are pro
viding other fun and games
for the children while their
mothers go shopping.
There will be a ureased
peeled pole with a $5 bill
on top.
The 12 foot pole will tie
erected in lite ihnstnus
Tree hole In front of the
Heppner Hotel. When one
lucky winner take fl 5 00
bill another bill will be put
In Its place.
The greased pole will be
one of the attractions for the
two days. The Heppm-Kla-
1972 Harvest is slightly early
Tad Miller watches the gulden grain flow into the grain
truck from the combine. The second combine in the back
ground is manned by his sou.
1972 Harvest IsSlighUy Early
Harvest got underway in
Morrow County last week.
Pete Klinger brought in the
first barley. Larry Mills,
manager of the Morrow
County Grain Growers said
quality is good and it's run
ning about 48 pounds to the
bushel. It came in earlier
than last year and tiie qual
ity is about the same.
Stan Kemp brought in the
first wheat to the North Lex
elevator. Quality is said to
be good but Larry said" we' re
not into harvest far enough
to say what the yield will
be". Red and white wheat
is being received at North
Lex. Lexington, lone and Mc
Nabb elevators. Manning the
North Lex elevator are Gary
Munkers and Terry Hughes.
George Stillman is at Lex
ington, Hugh Salter at lone
and Dennis Toney at McNabb.
Tad Miller said he thought
his wheat crop wouldn't be as
good as last year. "The
cold spring hurt us and those
few early hot days".
Perry Harrison and Lee
Robinson represented the Bu
reau of Reclamation. They
explained that the costs of
the water are determined by
the ability of the farmers to
pay. Ability to pay is bas
ed on a typical farm opera
tion with some contingencies
allowed.
In other areas fruit opera
tions charges per acre foot
may be as high as $8.00.
Charges on this project are
S3. 60. This includes all costs
of administration, mainte
nance and other costs.
Quentin Bowman of the Wa
ter Resource Board suggest
ed that the Bureau look into
the possibilities of using the
flow from Ditch Creek to an
advantage to regulate the str
eam flow into the reservoir.
Judge Jones reviewed the
county water rights on Ditch
Creek which has no irrigable
lands adjacent to it.
Mr. Bow man also suggested
the Bureaulookintoupstream
land owners who might be in
terested in exchanging sto
rage space in the reservoir
for stream flow.
The water rights along the
creek include winterand sum
mer rights as seperate
rights. Some have 6 or 7
different water rights. There
are 1-400 acres with winter
rights for the months of Dec,
Jan. and February. If at
any time the rancher feels
the water can't be put on
the land beneficially, the wa
ter could be stored.
The Corps of Engineers
was represented by Howard
Hogan and Gerald Rodiger.
The Bureau is to supply the
Corps with water rights and
locations and the amount of
water that is to be stored
behind the dam.
Other conditions of the dam
and reservoir were discuss
ed. Because it is partly a
flood control dam, the wa
ter level is dropped to hold
the spring run-off. The re
creational benefits of the
Prineville Reservoir were
discussed. Since that con
struction time a law has been
passed that recreational be
nefits are cost-shared by the
local sponsoring agency
which in this case would be
Morrow County. Because the
county doesn't have this kind
of money, the recreational
aspects will be built-in with
floor control and irrigation.
The esthetic values are con
sidered and dead pool space
is allowed to gt away from
having mud flats. Silt space
is also allowed in the dead
storage space, all of which
ill be constant for recrea
tion. Less drop down is better
for recreation.
Judge Jones noted that in
a conversation with Washing
ton $440,000 is still in the
budget for the dam. This
will complete the studies th
rough 1973 to start construc
tion in 1974 if further money
is approved.
In the light of recent flo
odings, the representatives
from the Corp said they will
be asked "How quickly can
you evacuate the reservoir?"
The possible raise of inter
est rates was alsodiscussed.
The engineers said. "For the
time being we're ok."
MR. AND MRS. HARLEY
SAGER and family were re
cently in Fruitland, Idaho
when Mrs. Sager's mother,
Mrs. Frank Hughey had major
surgery. She is recovering
nicely.
Ag Board supports cattlemen
Oregon's Board of Agricul
ture at its quarterly meet
ing in Ontario, June 26, voic
ed vigorous support of state
ments made by leaders of
state and national cattlemen's
associations in opposition to
the lifting of import quotas
on beef for the remainder of
the year by President Nixon.
"The Oregon Board of Ag
riculture joins with Charles
Otley, president of theOregon
Cattlemen's Association, in
expressing its dismay and
disappointment over the Pre-
"My parents consider me
impossible ... and that's
the way I want to keep it!"
sident's action," said James
Doty, chairman.
"We agree with Mr. Otley
that the action will afford
consumers little relief at the
retail level- and that the cat
tleman is the one who will
suffer," Doty said.
The Board of Agriculture
also seconded John Trotman,
president of the American Na
tional Cattlemen's Associa
tion, who, along with Otley,
is in Denver at a meeting of
that association's board of di
rectors. Trotman said that
President Nixon's action sets
a dangerous precedent.
He said that unlimited for
eign beef in the United
States might result in an
oversupply of beef for years
to come and that the financial
loss to United States cattle
men could cause many indi
vidual operators to go out of
business.
Doty said the board agreed
with Trotman that if U.S.
cattlemen were to gear their
profit motive to the same
cost-plus methods used by ot
her business and industry, the
cost of beef todav would be
out of the reach of the con
sumer.
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first $3.00.
Orvilte Cutsforth Is bring
tnti the k4e from tin' moun
tains. The iioy Scouts till
peel tin tx4..
Kor tho little iuin 10 ami
umter, there U1 be a stra
Scramlde. A mii of tra
ill have coins thrown Into
it periodically ifurlnc the to
days. Coins for the scram
ble are being provided by
Llmas, Murray Druh's, Ml
Ladies and C.ontvs. kinzua
is providing the lumber for
the stra pun.
The luiaar sale items U1
be on display on the side
walks on Friday and . Ill con
tinue to be on sale on Sat
urday. On Saturday, they
may be left Inside the store
but ill still be on sale.
A iiman t'iil into mail pot uffic and tsked for
dollar's or Ih uf siami.
"Vttial d.-noiiiiiutioii','" askrd the clerk,
" Wnli." came the reply, "I didn't know It mould ever come
to thik. but If the iiuKy government peo4e have tu know, I'm
a lUptibt."
OLD GRIST WHEEL FOUND
Ho long has the old grist
mill wheel been laying on the
bank of Willow Creek? Was
It deposited there In plain
light following the May 1971
flood?
Anyway Orvllle Cutsforth
spotted it and It Ik now on
Its way to become a seat In
in the Park)
At the turn of the century,
the flume still visible slung
the bluff behind the Phil Ma
honeys carried water to the
Mill. The stones for the
the wheel according to Or
vlllear Vermont stone. The
16 pieces were fitted toget
her and held In place by an
Iron band,
"mortar"
When moved the
that had held the
stones together dlstntegra-
Kinzua News
MR. I MHS KONALD HAN
Dfclii'ON became the parents
uf their first child, a son,
born on July 4th at The Dal
les General Hospital. He
weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and has
been named Konald James,
Jr. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Madden of
Kinzua and Mr. and Mrs.
David Mansfield of Forks,
Wa.
ted. The KEA boys, Hud
Marshall and Dan James, car
rled the 60 to 80 pound sto
nes across the creek. Or
vllle had numbered them so
they can be reassembled In
lh same pattern as they were,
originally.
Working wlthVlcCroshens,
they plan to Install It In the
park as a circular bench.
The other wheel has not been
found. The grain was gro
und between the wheels as
the wheel turned.
Down by the old Mill Stream the old grist mill wheel
as it lay on the bank of Willow Creek. Not too far from the
site of the old mill. Kesearch for the Centennial issue of
the Gazette-Times may produce a story on the old mill.
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