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By Justine Weatherford
A September trip tnrougn
(our weMern state b three
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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
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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.
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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
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BERT CORBIN
Morrow County Sheriff
INDEPENDENT
Three years special
deputy
Cit.v nolice
to Elaet Bert Corbin.
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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
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I (K'ATION : i:i MILES SOl'THW EST OK HEPPNER
ON ( (IM)OMIVVY.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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