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Shuiwikinq V II UllfJ IIM'iy By Justine Weatherford A September trip tnrougn (our weMern state b three ....... r. ..r illiquid hiTS vias no plejmg and educa tional tH.it they are eager to recommend timilar tour for other who like travelmis off freeways and out of big city traffic Shunpikins" is a recently concocted word loing used for this type of travel which shuns any thine wider than o two-lane roadway Mrs lieorge I'urnn, Mrs Addle U Trace, and Mrs. Hill Weatherford headed south on highway 2i7 and connected with No 395 ul Mt Vernon A first educational stop was made at Canyon City at the Hernial) Oliver Memorial Museum and the early eastern Oregon log cabin home of "The American Byron" poet Joaquin Miller who practised law in Canyon City in 1HM and served as judge of Grant County from lKt to 1870 Both the excellent, large museum and the little, old log cabin should excite anyone inter ested in Oregon history. The trio drove on tr.rough Burns, through the Wagontire desert area, along Lake Ahert to a dinner-time stop at the exciting Indian Inn in Lake view where the fabulous Indian treasures collected hy its proprietor Mr. Ogle are so beautifully displayed Then continuing along 395. the travelers spent their first night at Alturas, Ca A GLANCE AT KENO Next morning after a pretty drive through Likely, across the Susanville cutoff, and along Honey Lake, they moved into Nevada and glanced quickly about Keno. They first strolled across thi Lniv of Nevada campus to the fine library building to view the spectacular John W Mackay family silver display. John W. Mackay. a born-in-Dublin Irishman acquired part of the famous Comstock lode and shipped more than half a ton of raw Nevada silver to Tiffany's in N Y. with orders for the finest silver service possible. For two vears 2)0 of Tiffany's expert silversmiths worked to create the collection of 1.350 pieces, completing it in 1878. Some of the great pieces were given to the Univ. of Nevada and create an elegant display. The main family collection is kept in bank vaults. Don't miss seeing the Mackay silver when you get to Reno. TheOregonians moved their car and U-Haul on downtown and had a quick look at several casinos Harold's Club. Harrahs. and The Silver Slipper. Journeying south through Carson City. Nevada's capital, into Gard nerville they collected some groceries which they took up into the Sweetwater Mts. of the Toyabe Nat. Forest and ate at a roadside picnic spot. That afternoon they drove through lovely pine forests, along the Walker River, beside beautiful lakes, through Bridgeport and over Conway Summit. 8138 feet high which afforded a spec tacular view of Mono Lake and a huge southern vista. They sooon lost elevation rapidly, proceeded through Lee Vining, passing numerous ski areas as they came into Bishop where they ate and slept and enjoyed looking about the attractive mountain town. TO SAN DIEGO Their third day on the road included several special stops. South of Bishop 395 follows the Owens River just east of the Sierra Nevada range. A stop at Lone Pine very near the eastern base of Mt. Whitney, which at 14.495 ft. is the 4 m. c;v iracrc TTpnnnpv I 1 if 10 years with Morrow County Grain Hvnwers Studied criminal law at Blue Mountain Community College Basic certificate, State of Oregon Board on Police Standards and Train ing, 1970 County resident since 1931 Active in community affairs Pd Pol Adv. Comm. to Elaet Bert Lormn. j Box 466, Heppner, Ore. Pol. Adv. Comm. .. . ... Through the Southwestern States liuvg imwrHimg uml exciting day. Mr , , . f .1 -V. , , 1 1 , Vf f A 1 i A II II it w I-; fy'JLrr"i m . i : , Helen Curnn and Sinpong Kuniphai of Bangkok in the desert near Tucson The Thai student stayed at Justine's home in Corvallis when he was a student at Oregon State. highest point in continental I S is a must for camera butts On Sept 7 there was a new snow on the tops of all the higher peaks. and Mt Whitney showed up nicely Just south of there a large deserted factory on the shore of white-ringed Owens Lake beckoned to us The factory once operated by the Pitts burgh Plate Glass Co must have used some ot the minerals or chemicals from this strange lake The abandoned offices are sur rounded with shiny white rocks and Adelle w as eager to take more of these to her daughter 's home As we poked around. Helen came across a very pretty aqua-colored chunk of crackled glass Soon the threesome left there with pounds of rocks and many of the discarded glass pieces whit ch they found in plentiful supplv AT JOIIANNESBL'HGH. CA. This very old little town is surrounded by many mines with mounds of various colors of earth that have been worked We stopped because Adelle and Justine knew there was a "bottle garden" there that oflered a big selection of old bottles and other "junque." We found the town was practically deserted as water was very scarce and carefully rationed As we moved on through the western part of the Mojave Desert we were very thankful for an air-conditioned ear. That noon we reached The Jade Lion at Riverside where we enjoyed delicious Chinese food. Hwy. 395 soon coincided with Hwy. 15 and continuing south we came into San Diego just two short blocks from the large home of Teresa and Bill Weatherford on Edgeware Rd. just past the junction of 395 and Hwv No. 8. ADELLE SEES MUCH Teresa came home from her work at the Navy Base, prepared a tasty chicken dinner, and we four caught up on chatter. Bill and Teresa had had several 'phone visits between his duty in the West Pacific and San Diego. His ship the S.S. Robison has seen much action and was per forming well. Teresa has been working diligently and was ready to start a short vacation a feature of which would be showing the visitors about--especially her mother. Early the next morning Helen and Justine started the trailor-pulling car east on No. 8 toward Tucson. During the four days they were off to Arizona. Teresa and Adelle really got around in the young Weatherford's zippy green Datsun. They traveled to Chula Vista. Imperial Beach. Coronado, Del Mar, and Mission Bay and many other points of interest. They took in I ELECT BERT CORBIN Morrow County Sheriff INDEPENDENT Three years special deputy Cit.v nolice to Elaet Bert Corbin. . l.. 111 i:s v..-. ! ' d , I :o "ry, Sea World and Oldtown They did some interesting shopping and ate at several special places. The Pink Pearl, a Chinese night club, was one of Adclle's favorites GOING EAST ON 8 On this rainy Friday Helen and Justine stopied at Alpine, Ca on the western fringe of the Cleveland National Forest for breakfast Then as they continued east very near the Mexican Ixirder. they saw rugged mountains of rocks, beautiful irrigated plots, citrus groves, and much sand and cactus They traveled through El Centre. Yuma. Gila Bend and Floy, and after the morning ram vanished and the Arizona sun began to beam, they again blessed the car's air-conditioning. Most of the day they were on two-lane highway, and even after they joined Hwy. No. 10 just below Casa Grande, they didn't contend with much traffic. They arrived at Ann and Ray Chenhall's home on Almartin St. in north-east Tucson about the time Ann i Justine's daughter! returned from her day s work down town at the Pioneer Title and Trus I Ray and his buddy. Da vi Hayden. unloaded the l -Haul and helped return it to a dealer. After another good chicken supper, the Chenhalls and Morrow visitors drove out to the Larry Haden home where Ann and Ray were married last March to visit. Tl'CSON TREATS Helen and Justine enjoyed looking about the Univ. of Arizona, visiting the Arizona State Museum, going through the outstanding outdoor Desert Museum and Old and joining the Tucson Pioneer Title & Trust Co. employees at their annual picnic featuring huge steaks) at the Marana Airbase. When the foursome returned to Tucson Sat. evening after the picnic they found the city streets were rivers of water over a foot deep in places because a sudden lightning and rain storm had struck briefly. Sunday, after attendance at a very lively worship service at the First Methodist Church, sightseeing became the order of the day. Wonderful Mexican food at the colorful Karichi maka restaurant, a tour of the great San Xavier Mission which has ministered to the Papago Indians since 1700, a look about the exciting new- Tucson Community Center with its eorseous buildings and fountains were highspots. Ray chauffered us through Sunday-quiet downtown Tucson before he had to get home to his studies. Ann took over as driver and we went into the mountains to the N.E. and gathered dried Cholla cactus stalks, and drove through lovely Sabino Canyon. COTTON, CALEXICO MEXICALI By 7:30 Monday we had breakfasted, bid the Chenhallt farewell, and were headed larewuu, onu . - north and west for a most Selling at the 2 Performance and carcass information available Frank Anderson I (K'ATION : i:i MILES SOl'THW EST OK HEPPNER ON ( (IM)OMIVVY. PROVE: B7li-.:tll Our first (illingstation mop brought the information that the green fields we were puiled alxml held cotton and that some wells in the area went as deep as H.ono ft Near Gila Bend we decided to learn alxuit cotton culture and turned north to the plantation of Mr Ed Sisson who greeted us so cordially and told us he had Im'cii ginning for 4t yrs His fields, irrigated from wells Buo to I.ooo ft deep, were having an early picking After taking us into the closest field, he conducted us through his gin which processes a great amount of cotton which leaves there in 5tHi lb bales Six men operate the gin As we approaced Yuma we switched to the old route through miles of citrus groves where we coud see "limes" hanging on the trees. We slopped and Helen tried to communicate with a Spanish speaking picker who must have liked her Iweaiiso he decided to dump part of the bag of f ii i t he had picked into our car The fruit was not limes but green lemons w hich smelled so clean and cool and fresh At Yuma we picked up some empty cartons and packed our green lemons and learned that there had been no measureable rain there for over two years We trembled as we entered the California check iii-station hut they let us keep our lemons We soon turned south on roadway 98 to Culexico which took us beside the All American Canal At Calexico we tin parked the car very near liorder gateway and walked into Mexican. We looked into six or seven shops on the main tourist lane, each bought a few souveniors, had a small problem when we tried to deal m Mexican coinage, took a couple of snapshots, and returned to the U.S.A. about an hour and a half later. On west Route 98 took us near several teedlots. and we noted that it was necessary for the operators to provide shade for the cattle We picked some stalks of maize along the roadside before we rejoined Hwy. 8 and continued to San Diego SAN DIEGO SIGHTS Teresa and Adelle had a swiss steak dinner waiting We all visited vigorously about the sights we had been seeing. Next day Teresa was a wonderful guide and chauf feur for her visitors. We did a little shopping in the lovely stores Valley, in nearby Mission went out to Pt. Loma to the wonderful Cabrillo National Monument, loved the old San Diego lighthouse. We then spent several hours at the great San Diego world-famous zoo. We rode the tour bus and walked miles. What a spot that is! By then we older gals were ready to fold up-und were happy to return to the Weatherford home to nap. Refreshed and ready to go again, we four females had a wonderful evening. First we headed for the waterfront and toured the 3-masted schooner Star of India. Then we enjoyec wonderful seafood out over the inner harbor at Anthony's Fish Grotto. Next Teresa whizzed us through the Navy base, out along Interstate 5 through Imperial Beach to Coronado and back across tht beautiful new Coronado bridge into brilliantly lighted San Diego and home to bed. HEADING HOME Before Teresa arose next dav, wp started north on good 395. We stopped at Temecula for hrpakfast. bought some fruit near San Bernardino, got through the Mojave, back to our bottle garden at Jo hannesburg, stopped again at Owen's Lake, and reached Bishop finding U-Haul in mid-afternoon, traveling without the smoother and faster. There we decided to veer east and take in more of Nevada. We made jt to Hawthornf Hereford YEAR OLD BULLS More daylight faded This 6.IKH) ft mountain tow n besule Walker Uike in advertised us the sight of the world s largest ammunition depot -a U.S. Navy institution. An interesl ing evening unfolded including a chicken dumpling dinner for we three for which Helen paid Thursday. Sept 14. we enjoyed breakfast at Fallon,' drove through the Walker River Indian Reservation at Shun il'iulei and spent several pleasant hours in the glorious just right sunshine at Winnemucca a town that pleased us verv much From there we could have counted the cars on one hand as we hurried on to Oregon A most interesting stop was at Crane w here we took a quick look at the town s famous Isiarding school A super supcr at Burns helped us decide to go on to John I lay for the night's rest. HOME TERRITORY Friday morning after visits to the Thomas Orchards at Kimberly, Helen's first look at Bull Prairie Park, and a one -minute visit at Ruggs, we were back in lleppner just ten days to the hour after we started P.S It wasn't until three weeks after our return that a hitchhiker showed up in the Weatherford home Seems that a black spider must have snuggled in the maize or Cholla stalks that came back to Lexington, and it finally decided to crawl up the dinmgroom wall. It was given to the fifth-grade teacher Frances Williams and has been amusing and educating the students and its captor and Frances. II is a hunter spider and loves to devour grass hoppers which Frances gathers for it. WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Delegates of some 80 Nations will gather in the General San Martin Conlerencc Centre of Buenos Aires as guests of the Argentina Government. Oct. 4 18, for the Seventh World Forestry Congress. This is the first world forestry congress to be held in Latin America. Approxi mately 2.000 foresters and friends of forestry the world over are expected to attend, according to Dr. R. Keith Arnold, Chairman of the United States Committee. Dr. Arnold is a Deputy Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. The United Stales delega tion is headed by John R. McGuire, Chief of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It includes re presentatives from public forestry agencies, profes sional forestry associations, forestry schools, and the forest products industries. Delegates to the Congress will make an analysis of trends in the world situation as they have affected forestry since the last Congress was held six years ago in Madrid, Spain, they will compare notes on forestry contributions to the social and economic develpment of the world, particularly to the improve ment of the human environ ment and to the attack on under development. Special interest commissions will offer presentations on forest silviculture, industry re- ttfWWWWWWWWM Ranch 9 . i urn, ; ! lH i T V. service by ( I (jualilied RCA J I trained technicians! ( I I ini:o i i;t ti. i( . 1 j .);iAlvMainSt. ' ! Hermislon 507-3882 LsD im m isi:n Social security moves Pendleton office On Nov I a new branch office of the Social Security Adnunstration will open at 715 SE Court, Pendleton Don Madson who has Hi years experience with the Soc. Sec. Administration will Ik in charge. Mr. Madsen comes from the Portland office where he was oKration supervisor for lt months; before Portland he had served in Eugene for 10 years. John Pasek who regularly services the Heppner community on the 2nd Friday ot each month brought his new boss around to meet folks here last Friday. The new Pendleton office will supervise Umatilla and Morrow Counties. Further changes in Social Security are presently pending in Congress and may be completed before adjournient, these gentlemen state. search, administration ant conser vat ion educa t ion . ln a major address at the Congress, U.S. Forest Service Chief McGuire will discuss forestry as an integral part of national development and the progress and challenges of forestry to provide for grow ing demands of people the world over. Pre-Congress and post Congress study tours of forest resource areas in Argentina and neighboring countries of Brazil and Chile have been planned for the participants. A film festival will feature showings of selected forestry and conservation films offered by the agencies and organiza tions of various countries. Mrs. Irene Samples was the hostess for Friendship Club Wednesday evening at the First Grade Room. Jo Madden won high and pinochle and Sue Mattison son second high and pinochle.Others playing for he evening were Melba Mitchell, Evy Luper, Lauri Hire, Rose mprrv Nelson. Bonnie Camp- bell, Pat McMmn, ttutn Carey, Roberta Coulee, and Cindy Weaser. Eactly what will Dick (Oram do for you as your new Slate Senator? Let's talk property taxes. 1. They're way too high. Dick Coram will help get more state general fund money put into the basic school support funds ; the money used to offset, and lower.your property taxes. 2. Dick Coram will go after that additional state income by adjusting the graduated income tax -the most equitable form of taxation yet devised by man, plus plugging loopholes which today make tax-exempt about $4 billion worth of property! 3. But Dick Coram would like to do more than lower property taxes. He'd also like to give homeowners a further break-an income tax deduction for improvements they make on their houses. Today, you paint, add something here, build an addition there, and you get hit with higher property taxes. Dick Coram wants homeowners to get a tax deduction based on every dollar they invest in their homes. 4. The final decision on how much a home is worth, for tax purposes, is usually made by a county Board of Equalization...a board which comprises citizens appointed to do this all-important job. -so that you will officials value on your home, hence determine how much you'll have to pay in property taxes. Electing Dick Coram will mean action. ..for us for a change. ELECT A NEW SENATOR FOR OUR NEW DISTRICT: DICK CORAM. HE UNDERSTANDS (Paid for by Citizens for Coram: Malcolm O'Brien, Campaign Manager, 216 W. 8th Street, The Dalles, Oregon. 97058 Cooperative forestry director named Chief of In Forwt Service John McGuirf today n unouncrd appointment of J S. McKnight an Director of CooM'rative Forestry In Washington, DC. Mr. Mc Knight mieceedK to the posi tion formerly head by KoImtI I. Itaiseh who recently trans ferred to Upper Darby, Pa . I head up the Forest Service Northeastern Area Office. Mr. McKnight is a native of Colorado who K'"'lu,",'d ln 1H4I from Coloratki Sale University and holds a master's degree from Yale University. He U-gan his Forest Service career at the Southern Forest Experiment Station where, after a number of years of work in forest management research, be was named Research Center Under at the Southern Hard woods laboratory in Stone villi. Missisippi Research on management of Native hard wood Howies, develoed at this latmrtnry. has liecome an iniMirtant step in assisting the rural economy of the South. Two years ago, Mr. Mc Knight was promoted to head cooperative forestry pro grams for the Forest Service's Southeastern Area State and FIRST CHILD FOR FOSSIL COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. David Hunt ol Fossil became the parents of their first child, Octolier 12th. at the Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston The baby, a Isiy. has lieen named Stacy Charles, weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz.. and is 20 inches long. Grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Denzil White of Kinziia and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Hunt of Fossil. Maternal great grand parents are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hartz of Santa Cruz. Calif. FROM CANARY ISLANDS Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Burch and daughters Belinda and Jennifer of Las Palmas, Canary Islands arrived Tues day to spend several weeks visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelso and Mr, and Mrs. Dan Bell and family. Mrs. Lavelle Cecil took Teresa Hyatt. Becky Courad, Pam Nickelsen. and Leory Winter to Heppner Wednesday to get annual ads. Si M linger moved a new trailer into Kinzua Friday and parked it where Mr. and Mrs. Tony Neumeyer had theirs. c L0SEP For Vacation Charlie Walker's Body Shop October 2-20 "See you the 23rd" Dick Coram wants these have a voice in choosing the people who can set an ultimate IVivale Forestry. wher h served as Assistant Director In charge of Resource Use and Management until his recent transfer to Forest Service headquarters at Washington. DC. Mr. McKnight Is a member of the Society of American Foresters, served four yean as National Councilman of the Society and was, In 1971, Heeled a Fellow. He is a memlNT of the Ecological Society of America and helped organize and was an early" officer of both Hie South Hardwood Forestry Group and of the Poplar Council of America He is author of some Bfi scientific papers, mostly dealing with management of southern hardwoods. During World War II. Mr. McKnight served as naval aviator in the Pacific. The McKnights have three daughters -two married and one still at college-and three grandchildren. Hillcrest School Thanks Bookworms Nine books for the school library were purchased with monev donated to Hillcrest School of the Oregon Depart ment of Human Resources by the Hookworms Club of Heppner. Miss Mary Boshart, school librarian and Charles W. Pleiffer, the superintendent, listed the following titles of IsMiks purchased in the thank you letter they sent to the club. Hobby Scale's "Seize The Time"; I'iri Thomas' "Down These Mean Streets"; Gayle Saver' "I Am Third"; William Brandon's "American Heritage Book of Indians"; Richard D'Ambrosio's "No Language But A Cry"; John Howard Griffin's "Black Like Me"; Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"; Diane Divoky's "How Old Will You He in 1984v"; and Ralph Fried man's "Tales Out Of Oregon." The Hookworms have been contributing. In the Hillcrest School for Girls library for many years. They feel satisfaction in being able to help provide books for these girls in need of rehabilitation. 1 1 I I 8 Boaras maue-up u, n
