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AllKTt Wright. 1972 Cattle
man of the Year for Morrow
County, is the 4th generation of
Wrights to be on the land on
upper Rhea Creek.
The ranch remains as it
always has a family operation.
There have been changes and
most notable is the move to
cross breeding. A Hereford and
Charolais cross that produces a
meat type animal, lean and
longer. Albert has taken the
short course from American
Breeders in artificial insemina
tion. Using artificial insemina
tion has cut down on the number
of bulls
produces good
high qual
method of
about 50 cow
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For many
dry land farming done on the
ranch, but now they have about
700 acres of wheat and barley.
The 120 acres of alfalfa pro
duces enough hay for the 150
cow-calf operation. A deep well
is supplemental to creek irriga
tion. The hired man situation has
changed with the coming of the
machine age. Albert can
remember when his grand
father had 40 head of horses on
the ranch. They were used
mostly for riding, making hay
and riding with the sheep. They
had from 7 to 10 hired men the
year round, more during
haying.
His mother, Mrs. Pearl
Wright, remembers baking
bread twice a week, 5 loaves at
a baking. She baked lots of sour
dough biscuits and lots of pies,
all on a wood stove. Luckier
than some, she had a pitcher
pump in the kitchen as well as
one on the porch.
"There was a great change in
the old house when electricity
came in 19M. It changed the
world." Mrs. Wright recalls the
first things she got was an
electric fry pan, followed by a
washing machine, stove and hot
water heater.
They had a smoke house and
sawdust house on the ranch.
They cut alder from the ranch
up at Spring Hollow for smoking
their meats. They very seldom
cut ice in the winter time to
store in the sawdust house but
they kept their meat in there
barrels of brine
"When they remodeled
built the new house the
room and part of the hallway
was the smoke house.
Pearl Wright remembers the
Indians as they went back and
forth from the Columbia River
to the mountains by way of
Rhea Creek. They often camped
in the poplar trees down by the
creek. They picked wool from
the fences. She gave them salt
and sugar. "They were very
good and very honest".
The Wrights have a large
collection of Indian artifacts
that they have found on their
own land.
There have been changes in
the creek channel. They had a
bad flood in 1934 when a drift
formed against the poplars
and shoved the water over to the
house. When Pearl went there
as a bride in 1917, they didn't
need a bridge, they forded the
creek. Albert estimates the
channel is about 10 feet lower
now than when he could first
remember the creek.
100 Years Ago
. It was about 100 year ago
that the present Albert Wright's
great-grandfather, also Albert
Wright, came into the area.
They first settled at Oregon City
in 1853 after leaving Indiana.
Albert and Julia Wright had
three children when they start
ed west. Silas Albert was born
in Nebraska territory on the
way out. George, Anson and
Effie were born in Clackamas
County. The family came to
eastern Oregon and spent the
winter of 1872 where Anson
Wright Park is now. The next
year they moved to Rhea Creek.
Silas Albert was the grand-
tty Jl'STINK WKATHKRKORI)
Mrs. James Thomson select
ed TIIK ASSISTANT for her
bookreview at the November 14
meeting of the Bookworm Club.
Mrs. Ted Smith was hostess for
the meeting.
Pointing out Bernard Mala
mud's high ranking as a
contemporary American
writer, Mrs. Thomson enumer
ated his prizewining works:
THE NATURAL. THE MAGIC
BARREL. THE NEW LIFE,
IDIOTS FIRST. THE ASSIS
TANT. THE FIXER and most
recently THE TENANTS. She
stated that many critics hail
him as a great novelist and
admire his "alive and moving"
style. Mr. Malamud has' won
both the National Book Award
and the Pulitzer Prize for
literature with his remarkable
novels and short stories.
THE ASSISTANT is another
of his Jewish stories, and it is
written with genuine insight. Its
principal characters are a
discouraged grocer, Morris
Bober, his generous and attrac
tive daughter, Helen and a
young Gentile, Frank Alpine,
who after participating in a
robbery of the rundown little
family grocery, comes back to
the scene of his crime and
becomes intensly involved with
the grocer and his voluptuous
daughter.
Author Malamud's father
operated a grocery in New
York's Brooklyn Borough.
HEPPNKR (ORE.) GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday, December 14. 1972
Boardman
A voids Snow
By MARY LEE MARLOW
Boardman has so far escaped
the snow that other communi
ties have had, but the main
topic of conversation la cold and
more cold, and frozen water
pipes, not to mention one
flooded basement from a p'ne
that froze and burst. The coldest
below zero temperature regis
tered at city hall was 0 below
Sunday morning. It was 4 below
Monday morning, and maxi
mum Monday was 11 above.
The other below zero readings
were 9 below last Friday and S
below Saturday morning.
Bernard was graduated from
the public schools there and
from the College of the City of
New York. He gained an M A.
from Columbia University. He
taught at Oregon State for some
time and has since been on the
faculties of several Ivy League
schools.
THE ASSISTANT was pub
lished in 1957 by Farrar, Straus
and Gireaux, Inc. N.Y. Several
paperback editions have come
out in many printings.
"There is a binding theme
throughout the book, a search
for fundamental truths through
the study of ordinary people,
their everyday ups and downs,
their mundane pleasures and
pains. The vision, style and
world of Malamud are distinc
tively original" states the San
Francisco Chronicle's review.
The Associated Press declares,
"Malamud is a major talent and
a most exciting one, too, with
many facets. He knows the way
to the funny bone as well as to
the heart."
The Bookworm review was so
skillfully presented and so
interesting that Mrs. Thomson's
listeners are eager to read or
re-read the book. She stressed
the compelling qualities of the
novel, its honesty, its perception
of human frailties, its faithful
mirroring of life situations that
Bernard Malamud truly under
stands and is so able to picture
with simple yet dramatic intensity.
The house occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Oren Freeman on
Wilson Road was gutted by fire
last Thursday Just before noon.
The fire was started when
Freeman was thawing frozen
water pipes. The Freemans
saved some of their belongings,
but many things were water
soaked that were saved. A
shower was to be held for them
Monday night at the Greenfield
grange hall.
The Boardman Garden Gub
will meet Monday, Dec. 18, at
the home of Mrs. Rollin Bishop
at 1:30 p.m. An exchange of
gifts will be held at a Christmas
party.
father of this year's Cattleman
of the Y'ear.
Silas Albert Wrights had
Alonzo, Guy, Nancy Pearl,
Moses Albert, Sydna Del, Orien
Elmer and Silas Delbert.
Orian E. married Pearl
La Trace They had four
A VIEW OF THE CR RANCH FROM THE ROAD.
children. Clayton Wright at
Hermiston, Joan, deceased,
Bob at Umatilla and Orian
ALBERT who is on the home
ranch.
Sheep were run on the ranch
until 1948-49. They bought cattle
and the CR brand at that time.
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In the summer they ran their
cattle in the foothills near
Camas Prairie on what was
formerly the George Wright
homestead.
Albert married the former
Beverly Marie Maness. They
have three children, David
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Albert Wright with Mrs. Wright on the right and his daughter
Diane Currin and the family dog with part of the herd in the
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stationed at Wichita, Kansas;
Dean employeed at Kinzua and
Diana now Mrs. John Currin.
The Currins live in Pendleton
where John is attending BMCC.
They have a daughter, Angela
Marie.
Everybody helps when it's
time to move cattle and make
hay. Beverly and Albert pretty
much handle affairs during the
winter feeding and calving.
They keep the heifers close to
. the house where they watch
them carefully.
Believe in Vo Ed
Albert, through necessity is
pretty much his own mechanic
and handy man. He received
basic welding, plumbing and
electrical training in the Ag
shop at Heppner High. Although
he hadn't quite finished high
school when he left for the
Navy, he completed his high
school training while in the
service;
While serving on the Advisory
committee and Budget Com
mittee for the School District,
he always supported proposals
for a new Ag shop and
Industrial Art Shop for the High
School. He has also served as a
supervisor for the Soil Conser
vation District.
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Mail Call, The Wrights and Dudley stop for the mail.
serial levy guarantees:
He follows soil conservation
guide lines on the ranch. He's
done some land leveling, seeded
steep ground to grass, put in
diversion ditches, stock ponds
and has cross fencing for
rotation of pastures.
His hobby when he has time,
is wood working. Remodeling
on the house has been a family
project. Beverly likes to sew
when ranch duties permit.
Since Albert's heart attack
last Friday at the Farm -City
banquet, Dean Wright has gone
to the ranch to help and their
son-in-law, John Currin is
helping weekends and during
vacation from BMCC.
You'd Be Surprised What
The Heart Does!
Do you feel tired? If so, it's not
because you worked your
normal eight hours, or enter
tained out-of-town folks over the
weekend.
You're tired because if you
are an adult of average height
this is what you accomplish
every 24 hours:
Your heart beats 103,689
times.
You breathe 23,040 times.
You eat 3Vi pounds of food
Your hair grows .01714 inches.
Your blood travels 168,000,000
miles.
You inhale 438 cubic feet of
air.
You drink 2 quarts of liquid.
You speak 4,800 words.
Your nails grow .00046 inches -and
break off at .5 inches.
You exercise 7,000,000 brain
cells.
Whew! You probably never
realized how much you exert
make that 5Vi pounds of special each day. No wonder you are so
holidays. tired at the end of the day.
2nd Year .... t New Classrooms at A.C. Houghton
The youngest addition to the Wright family, granddaughter,
Angela Currin.
All Merchandise
Ordered By Sat.
Dec. 16 Will Be
Delivered Before
Christmas
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SEAR'S CATALOG STORE
Increased activity in sprink
ler irrigation in North Morrow
County has resulted in a
considerable growth in student
enrollment. A.C.Houghton
Elementary has increased in
enrollment by over 30 students
in less than one year. This
growth has resulted in classes
in excess of thirty students in
some classrooms.
Present facilities at A.C.
Houghton consist of an old
building constructed in 1921 and
a new building, part of which
was built in 1952, with a new
addition in 1963.
The state fire marshall closed
all the upstairs part of the old
building several years ago. We
have, however, been permitted
to use two large classrooms on
the ground level floor and the
gym facility. Use of these
facilities has been permitted for
an indefinite period of time.
Indications from recent fire
marshall reports are that we
will either be faced with
vacating this building in the
near future or required to make
extensive changes to improve
the fire hazard in this facility.
We are currently using this
building for music, art, physical
education, special education
and Kindergarten.
The new building contains
eight classrooms, a cafeteria
and a library.
All eight classrooms are
currently in use by grades 1 to 6.
Several of the classrooms with
one teacher. As a matter of fact,
this years first grade has
twenty seven students housed in
one classroom with one teacher.
All indications are that addi
tional land will come under
sprinkler irrigation in the next
few years and the enrollment
will continue to increase.
A very slight increase in
enrollment will necessitate
splitting all grades into two
sections. This will require
twelve classrooms or an addi
tional four classrooms.
The intent of this proposed
program is to provide the four
classrooms that are needed
now. Replacement of the facili-
ties being used in the old
building is contained in the
second phase of. the long range
plan.
Vote on the proposed 3-year
serial levy in the amount of
$150,000 each year will be next
Tuesday, Dec. 19.
Heppner
JACK VAN WINKLE
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The architect's drawing of floor plans for the four class rooms at
A.C. Houghton School, Irrigon.