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LIBRARY U OF 0 EUGENE ORE 97403 m See the ads, this issue Ideal Gifts Galore ... Wheat Production WW. Seminar YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THIS ONE!!, says Harold Kerr, Morrow County Exten sion Agent. The latest informa tion on weed control, new v varieties, wheat marketing outlook, seed treatment and new farm legislation will be dis cussed by a blue ribbon panel of Extension specialists from Oregon State University. The seminar will be held at the Willows Grange in lone, Feb. 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. Program chairman is Dr. Norm Goetze, Extension Agronomist. Norm will also discuss soil moisture conserva tion techniques and manage ment decision for 1973. Other speakers include Ronald Burr, Weed Specialist; Ernest Kirsch, County Agent; Paul Koepsell, Plant Patholo gist; Steve Marks, Ag Econo mist ;Gene Nelson, Farm Management Specialist; and Don Rydrych, Weed Resear cher from Pendleton Experi ment Station. A delicious lunch will be served by the Grange ladies for $1.75. The program will con clude at 4:00 p.m. Plan to attend! COth Year a t wd i t - fr;.i,T?.'i.i.!.li i 15 cents THE ETTE EHEPPBiisn TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 8, 1973 Number 51 Heppner Housing Meet Due Soon There has been much concern here this past year about suitable and sufficient housing in Heppner. The Kinzua Corpor ation has installed a veneer plant and has plans for a plywood mill. More people have been hired for the veneer plant and a considerable number in addition will come when the plywood mill is built. One of the principal concerns has been the difficulty in obtaining rental housing or purchase on suitable terms. Lack of a large enough trailer park here has also been a concern. A joint meeting is to be held this month with Mr. Nistad of the Kinzua Corp., the Morrow County Court and the Heppner City Council. Mayor Sweeney said this week he felt the County Court would be a big help in helping solve the problem. A start is being made in a modest way as one duplex is under construction and two more will be built soon. Another two duplexes are in the talking stage and one builder is thinking about a housing project involving five homes. Roads Dad! Last week County Commis sioners Homer Hughes and Walter Hayes and Judge Jones with County Road Superinten dent Doc Sherer rode over many of the county's 1140 miles of roads. Doc said that due to the double frost there are deeper boils this year. Different' roads have broken up this year than in other years. On the whole the damage is worse this year than usual. Moving Days at Lexington moved into the house that Phone Company Lists $105,000 Lex Projects Hospital Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Millie Evans, Heppner; Ola Ruggles, Hepp ner; Leila Palmer, Lexington: Louisa Fleming, Fossil; Ralph -t Graham, Heppner; Wallace Matthews, lone; Ben Cox, Heppner; Bert Corbln, Hepp ner; Juanita Cogburn, Lexing ton; Helen Keithley, Heppner and Cynthia Burwell, Heppner. Dismissed were Frank Woody, Condon; Mary Connor, Heppner; Ninon Rill, Heppner; Evelyn McCool, lone; Clayton Morgan, Condon ; Clarence Warren, Spray; Carl Spaulding, Heppner; and Ramona Marshall. Pacific Northwest Bell will have construction costs this year over $100 million, for the first time. They expect to add 50,000 new telephones to their network this year. Improvements this year will include a $105,000 project at Lexington, for exchange and long distance cable construc tion. General manager Don Gunderson put it this way: "To attract capital investment re quired to provide good tele phone service in Oregon, we must show investors a good rate of return on our operations," He added "In today's financial market, a 9.5 percent rate of return is needed. In 1972, PNB earned less than eight percent on the equipment and assets it has invested in Oregon tele phone facilities.." Final Budget Meeting in Heppner N At the second budget meeting the 400 Health Series at $5700., for Morrow County School the 500 Transportation Series at District at lone on Jan. 30, Mr. "28,447., the 600 Operation of Daniels presented figures of Plant series for $168,323. and the appraised valuations wunin me county following the reorgani zation in 1959, with the percent age of county valuation indicat ed for each district. Also shown was the share of net worth from each district on the valuation basis and the amount of taxes to be added to or subtracted from the county tax rolls annually for a period of 15 years. The budget committee ap proved the 100 Administration series in the amount of $45,940., Snow Cover Very Poor Dale Boner, Al Osmin and Rudy Bergstrom made a snow survey Jan. 31. Arbuckle Snow Course showed a snow depth of 15.9 inches with water content of 3.4 in. Last year there were 49.2 inches of snow with water content of 17.1 inches. The 1953 -1967 average water content is 7.2 inches. There was no measurable snow there in 1934. , The Lucky Strike Snow Course had 18.6 inches snow with water content of 5 inches. Average snow depth at this time of year from 1953 - 1967 has been 8 inches. Last year there were 58.9 inches of snow with a water content of 18.6 inches. Lexington has lost one of its fine artists as Mr. and Mrs. Merle Carlson and their two children have moved to the northern county area. Mary Lou was a well-known ceramic artist. Beside teaching classes and demonstrating her skills and techniques at last year's fair, she contributed consider ably to her church when she did a beautiful restoration of the stations of the cross placques at St. Patrick's. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker, formerly of Heppner, have the $60,000 ttulti d up lex's Co filing At Monday 'i City Council meeting, the Council granted a building permit to Randy Lott for two duplex homes to be built in the Lott-Rasmussen Addition. Each of the two units will cost $30,000. Each will measure 30 x 80 ft. A variance was granted Bud Peck to place a 10 x 55 ft. Great Lakes mobile home on a tract on East Linden Way. Approval is subject to no objections by adjacent residents. A resolution was passed to apply for State Highway funds for Gale Street completion, from the Christian Church to First National Bank and Main Street. Also, expect the previous project on Gale Street to get final asphalt coat. Application is for the 1974 the Oral Wright apartments. County to Have Immunization Clinics I The first of the Morrow County Health Department immunization Clinics is sched uled at Heppner Grade School on Tuesday, February 13 at 8:45 a.m. with a clinic immediately following at Heppner High School. !The clinic will be under the direction of Morrow County Health Officer, Dr. L.D.Tibbies, assisted by Mrs. Jerry Swee ney, R.N., and volunteers. i Parents of the secpnd session Heppner Kindergarten children who wish their children immun ized are asked tq come at 9:00 Annual Cattle Show And Sale JUDGE PALL JONES will speak on the proposed Road serial levy at next Monday's Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. 700 Maintenance of Plant Series for $45,866. The 800 Fixed Charges Series of $186,012 carried with 9 in favor and 1 opposed. ' Action on the 200 Instruction Series was postponed until the final meeting which will be held at Heppner High School on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Plans are to spend the Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 meetings reviewing the 900,1000,1200 and 1461.1 series of the requirements section. The annual Columbia Empire Polled Hereford Association Show & Sale was held at Spokane, Washington on Feb. 3rd. Sixty head of performance tested bulls were sold for an average of $1240., an average of $400. more than last year. Consignors were from Oregon, Washington, tana. Local breeders, Idaho and Mon- Kirk & Robinson, were awarded the champion bull honors with the Ireland Hereford Ranch"" of Ontario as the reserve champ ion. Barratt Ranches of Hepp ner were among the sale buyers. Meet Planned on Tussock Moth Carlsons had occupied. The George Herman house projects. has been purchased by Mr. and Council approved Pacific Northwest Bell's request for crossing Mrs. Harry Noble. The Nobles N. Chase, Center, Gale and West Riverside; and also, along and and their children have replac- across Birch, Sperry, Morgan and alley, all with buried cable. City ed the John Messick family is now asking anyone breaking asphalt or other streets to maintain there, and the Messicks have the breaks for a considerable time because of serious settling which moved to Heppner into the old causes dangerous holes. Currin home on Water Street Approved purchase of chlorine from regular supplier, Pennwalt which they purchased from Ray Corp. Ayers. Jerry Hollomon read letter from Columbia Basin about street The Frank Robinson family lights. It was voted to accept their offer to install all new mercury from Heppner and the Doug vapor lights. Present rental and power cost was $471.40. New cost Jones family from the Willam- will run $478. and will provide much brighter light, ette Valley are new residents of Rita Hedman and Elaine George told of $10,000 life insurance policies for firemen, police and city employees and will ask for an actuarial study for a pension plan for city employees. Clyde Allstott reported that he felt an engineer should study the water system. An 8 inch line for one area would cost $17,000. At the same time, Bud Springer had given Clyde an estimate of cost of a 250,000 gallon reservoir to be about $16,000. above the Lott-Rasmussen Addition. This is a bare minimum figure and did not include cost of site, a roof and fittings. The Council feels they must set up a long range maintenance program for the water system. Present investigation is for the high school and Lott-Rasmussen Addition water supply. Elaine George reported on a meeting at Indian Hills attended by her, Mayor Sweeney and Councilman Allstott. It was about bills in the legislature that would affect cities. Among other things, there is a proposed increase in the gas tax. Acting supt. Bud Springer told of a trip to Brookings to inspect and probably buy a tank truck for the sewer sludge hauling. When he arrived there, they had sold the truck, failing to inform us here in Heppner. It was mentioned that the State Health Dept. wants a roll bar and canopy on the back hoe. This, along with mechanical repairs, was said to be getting expensive. The back hoe cost $11,000 about ten years ago. Price now is about $16,000. Personnel committee is searching for a person to fill the City Superintendent position. A man from Huntington will be interviewed on Friday. Mayor Sweeney told of a legislative bill that would allocate some money from dog licenses to take care of sick dogs. He also read an item on City responsibility for efforts to obtain good housing for everyone. A stop sign is to be installed on Cannon and Gilmore Sts. for safety. At the March meeting there will be a discussion of parallel parking at Fulleton's and the. First National Bank as diagonal ,; parking there causes traffic problems. - They will study parallel parking on Chase Street from Farley's car lot to the bridge. The right hand side of South Chase Street up to the cemetery may be no parking on that side. Chief Kolkhorst reported no fights worth mentioning in January. There was 1 moving violation and two warnings, Meter collections totaled $332.56. Property Tax Relief Assistance TED SMITH was brought home by Mrs. Smith Friday from St. .Mary's Hospital in Walla Walla. He had major surgery while he was there. MRS. OLA RUGGLES was taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital last Thursday. She became dizzy in the night and fell. HELEN ACOCK will chair man the Fair Committee meet ing that will be held Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. at Riverside School. MRS. EVELYN McCOOK of lone entered the Pioneer Me morial Hospital Friday. Her grand daughter, Mrs. Gordon Meyers, said she expected to take her home on Tuesday of this week. 4-H LEADERS please RSVP your Empire Builders invitation to the Leaders Recognition banquet to be held Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The Empire Builders with leaders Steve and Nancy Brownfield prepare and serve the meal financed by Columbia Basin. They want to know how many to prepare for. VIETNAM MILITARY MAIL The Department of Defense has requested that postmasters publicize the following policies which apply to personal mail addressed for delivery through, military post offices in Viet nam. Note these are policies of nam. Note that these are policies of the Department of Defense and they apply to personal mail to Vietnam mili tary post offices only. Cat Ballou, the classic com edy will be shown Sunday, Feb. 11 at the grade school multi purpose room. GVmnc'Fiim" The Willow Creek Country Club will have its annual business meeting Feb. 13 at 8 p.m. in the conference room of the Columbia Basin Electric Coop building. Anyone interest ed at all in golf is invited to attend. Those who are already members, bring a guest! There will be the election of officers, committee reports and awards given for golfing achievements. For entertainment, there will be a color film of the 1971 Masters Golf Tournament. Refresh ments will be served. Sheriff John Mollahan an nounced this week a schedule of dates when representative from the Sheriff's Department would be in the various towns of the county to answer questions pertaining to the new Property Tax relief. Persons seeking help should have with them information on their income, social security number and property tax statement. Hours at each town are the same, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boardman City Hall Feb. 14 and 28; Irrigon A.C.Houghton School Feb. 16, March 2; Lexington School Feb. 21 ; lone City Hall Feb. 23. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM High Low Prec. Thurs 47 26 Fri 52 28 Sat. 53 34 Sun. 48 33 .06 Mon. 41 32 .09 Tues 36 28 Total Prec. Jan. .74 Normal Jan. 1.25 Total Jan.'72 129 The Tussock Moth outbreak in the Blue Mountains will be the central theme of a meeting planned next Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the La Grande Armory. Moderator will be Ben Robin son, chairman of the Northeast Ore. Resource Council. The problem, an introduction and overview will be presented by Jim Krygier of OSU. Also from OSU will be Jim Witt and Larry Streeby who will discuss Values at Risk: Biological and Economic and Social. Potential Control Measures, the advantages and disadvant ages, will be discussed by Hank Thompson and Dave Graham of the U.S.Forest Service who will talk on the biological and chemical viewpoint. Al Larsen of the Oregon State Dept. of Forestry will talk on "Where We Are Going, Decision Points". Matt Hughes had a painful injury recently when he slipped and fell from his loading dock at the M & R and landed on his pickup. He apparently chipped and cracked several ribs. Carl Christman beats own record Carl Christman shot 32 out of 50 at the semi-finals of the Elks Free Throw Contest last Satur day at Corvallis. Thus he beat his Morrow County record of 31 our of 50. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Christman of Hardman took him down to Corvallis. They left before the contest was finished. The four finalists will return this week end for the final contest. GOOD FOOD COMING! lone PTA Traveling Food Sale will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10. Members please bring j Mrs Richard (Shirley) Sister visits Anne C. Smouse, mother of Kenneth Smouse of lone has been moved from Portland to the Good Samaritan Center at Eugene since she has broken her hip. She is up and walking about. She is comfortable as long as she is sitting. She has a plastic hip socket. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Smouse and Carl went down to see her. They stopped at Corvallis to see their daughter Cherilyn who accompanied them to Eugene. They say the Center is a lovely place. While they were in Corvallis, Mr. Smouse went by to see his food at 1:30 to school cafeteria. a m. on the morning of the clinic at Heppner Grade School.. Other immunization clinics to be held in the county are scheduled as follows: Riverside School at Boardman February 20 at 9:00 a.m. A. ('.Houghton School at Irrigon ....February 20 at 10:15 a.m. lone Grade and High Schools at lone February 27 at 9:00 a.m. Immunizations to be offered include D.P.T., D.T., Measles, Rubella vaccines and Trivalent Oral Polio vaccine. Preschool children are wel come at the clinics. Many hands to do the harvest Although his name wasn't on the marquee, members of the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce declar ed the rancher eating the cracker and cheese sandwich at the beginning of the film, "It Takes Hands to Harvest" was Bob Jepsen. This prefaced the movie that showed all the kinds of harvests that take place in Oregon from the diversification of the irri gated lands of Treasure Valley at Ontario across the state to the milk and cheese produced on the coast. Excerpts : Oregon is 3rd in the nation in the production of green peas, year around pas ture for beef in the Medford Ashland area, Willamette Valley has the greatest amount of diversification, prime grass seed and sugar beet seed produced in the Willamette Valley and high production of filberts and walnuts. Unbelieveable how cherries, raspberries and prunes are picked by mechanical means. A giant arm reaches out from the tractor grasps the trunk of the tree and gives a series of mighty shakes and down tum bles the prunes to the ground. The movie which showed some beautiful shots all over Oregon was prepared about five years ago, Harold Kerr said, by the Employment Service to recruit harvest hands. President LeRoy Gardner announced committee appoint ments. Roy W. Lindstrom won the pot. Harold Kerr announced the Wheat Seminar to be held at lone on Feb. 9. He considers it one of the better programs on varieties, weed control, seed treatment, marketing, etc. it chum on State Committee David Mitchum, director of Morrow County Mental Health Department, is delighted tp accept an appointment to a committee in the Mental Health Division in Salem. He feels this is the best way he can take the problems of Eastern Oregon to Salem. This committee has been asked to set up guide lines for the establishment of Day Treatment programs. They will approach the legislators of the program for 100 percent financ ing by the state on the basis Day Treatment Centers are the alternate to hospitalization. Judge Jones Stops Out of Juvenilo Case A motion of prejudice was filed against Judge Paul Jones by the defense attorney in the trial of the 14 year old boy charged with killing a Riverside High School teacher. The mo tion was made on the basis that Judge Jones could not render a fair and impartial decision due to the basis of his previous knowledge of the boys back ground and juvenile history. Judge Jones granted the motion and submitted the order. to Chief Justice Kenneth O'Connell of the Oregon Supreme Court for his decision. He immediately appointed Judge Harlow Lenon of Mult nomah County as trial judge. The trial will be held in Morrow County Circuit Court room. "The trial date has been set for March 1. Judge Lenon said that the trial would not be open to the public except at the request of the defense attorney. Imperial Electric expand! Baker. MRS. CRIST CALLED TO BOISE Mrs. Winn Crist has returned from Boise where she wase . f". . J called by the illness and death ODUKnC III I CCQ of her wood. brother. Ted N. Gate- Sid Plans- Riding School Sid Britt plans another riding school this spring. The bare back riding school is planned for their arena at Echo March 22 thru March 25th. Sid was four times NRA Champion bareback rider. Also, five times runner-up and Ail Around Cowboy in 1969. On the last day of the school there will be a jackpot for the students with a $100 buckle awarded to the winner. In 1972 15 student attended the successful achool. The Publications Department of Heppner High School is sponsoring a Spaghetti Feed preceding the basktball game with Umatilla Saturday even ing. Serving will be from 5 until 7 o'clock. The menu includes the spa ghetti with Italian sauce, green salad, French bread, dessert and beverage- Dennis Toney is general chairman assisted by members of the department, proceeds will go to finance a trip to the High School Press Conference in Portland April 67. C-T Want Ads l'ay Big ' Coordinators from eastern Oregon area for the Japanese Youth Exchange sample typical foods at the recent orientation in Corvallis. Left to right: Lois Hunt, Fossil, Mildred Davidson, Lexington; and Louise Piper, Milton-Freewater. Host families for the young people will receive a similar orientation prior to arrival of the Japanese students. Grange Plans Annual Smorgasbord Lexington Grange has scheduled the annual smorgas bord for this Sunday at the Grange Hall. The delicious menu is planned to many tastes. They will have fried chicken, meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, a dozen kinds of salads, pies and cakes. The men of the Grange will do the serving. Mrs. Wilbur Stea gall is general chairman and will be assisted by women of the Grange. Proceeds will be used to paint the outside of the building. The Grange recently applied a new coat of paint on the dining room floor. Ear) Trudeau of Boardman was in Heppner Monday and Tuesday of this week. He has been in the electrical business in Boardman for about a year. George Bender has been added to his staff at Imperial Electric. Mr. Bender will handle the refrigeration service for Im perial Electric. Trouble starts when the New Year's resolutions collide with the old year's habits. SISTERS VISIT Karen Smith of Portland was visiting with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.a nd Mrs. Marvin Padberg last Friday overnight. Sunday dinner guests were another sister, Kim Valentine and her fiance Calvin Ashbeck. Kim will be moving to Pendle ton the last of the month where she will be x-ray technician at St. Anthony's Hospital. Attention, Taxpayers! Rep. Jack Sumner says that Gov. McCall's school tax reform and distribution bill will be voted on next week in the Oregon Legislature. Jack wants to get opinions here on this program. Please mark the appropriate square and mail to him as soon as possible. Are you in favor of Gov. McCall's School tax reform and dis- i i ... L-J . tribution program. Are you against it?.. What most kids object to about school is the principal of the thing. Mail to: Rep. Jack Sumner Room I8K Capitol Rldg. Salem, Oregon SHll i
