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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!
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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
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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
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