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Rancher Catches Coyote
Eating Cow & Half-Born Calf
Last week's Enterprise Chieftain tells of a rancher on Swamp
Creek, a few miles north of Enterprise, who has some
well -documented proof against coyotes.
The paper stated that it had been generally felt that coyotes were
not too damaging to the cattle herds of the county because cattle
are big enough to ward off their attackers if the occasion arose. But
cattle are not immune from coyote attacks.
Larry Morse was traveling around his ranch last week checking
on things. He came upon a small draw in a field where the stock had
been removed - all except one which had been missed. This cow
was down in a draw and a coyote was having a meal from her tail
end. Rancher Morse said that he had seen three coyotes m the
vicinity earlier but thought they had been chased off.
After running off the coyote that was chewing on his cow, he
investigated and found that at least this one coyote, and probably
the others he had seen earlier, had eaten the front half of a
half -born calf. When the second half of the calf did not come out of
the cow as was expected they began eating away at the birth canal
of the cow to get at the yet unborn half of the calf.
The cow was still alive but was down in a helpless condition and
could not ward off her attackers. Dr. Fred Bornstedt looked the cow
over and decided that she could be saved so she was loaded into a
truck and brought to the clinic in Enterprise where the remaining
portion of the calf was removed by cesanan section.
Tuesday last week must have been a good day for the coyotes and
a bad dav for the ranchers. On that day Norman Lovell of Imnaha
called the Enterprise paper stating that the coyotes had gotten into
his sheep on the Imnaha River. .
He said he had been with his band of sheep until nearly midnight
the evening before and they were in a pasture enclosed with a wire
mesh fence, between his house and the river. The next morning he
found that covotes had removed a pole he had placed across a small
opening under a portion of the fence. The canine teeth marks were
in the pole. Then they had gone in and picked out a choice lamb
very neatly slit its throat and dragged it over to the opening but
were unable to pull it through the fence before being frightened
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Mr 'Lovell said that he did not see the coyotes but the evidence
was incriminating due to the method of the kill, the teeth marks,
and the foot prints in the soft ground.
The Gazette-Times has been deluged for a couple of years with
pleas from folks who viewed with alarm the slaughter of coyotes
which thev seemed to think is something of an endangered species
We feel sure no one wants to wipe out an entire species but we feel
certain that ranchers losing stock would very much like to protect
their property and maintain a reasonable balance of nature. The
wilv covote has confounded lots of predictions and amazed lots of us
by managing to survive and even thrive in populous areas. We are
quite surprised at learning of a rather determined movement on to
outlaw all hunting, to say nothing of trapping. This writer no longer
hunts nor traps but these folks are stepping on a raw nerve of
bovhood memories.
in any event, we maintain a rancher has the right to protect his
livestock and his livelihood.
With Jack Sumner
REPORT FROM SALEM
The pulse of legislative action has quickened in the past week.
After an early period that saw some of the most thorough study
and toughest questioning of bills that many veteran observers can
recall the House has already passed more than 100 measures.
But just counting the number of bills we've voted up or down on
the floor of the House is meaningless. You wind up with a very
narrow view of the total picture.
It's not the number of bills that counts. It's the caliber of the bills
enacted into law that's really important. At this point I should
indicate that many of the bills are being acted on in committees.
About 70 bills have been tabled in committees ac"
increased quite rapidly this past week and I look for it to continue at
3 n&uldbe emphasized that in many cases the Legislation does
more of a service to the people of the state by not passing bills and
certainly not scrambling to see how many bills can be passed by
some early point in the session.
This was a game previous legislative leadership played in recent
sessions But if you were to go back and look at some of the
bills they passed through the House under the "numbers
game" you'd agree that volume is no measure of legislative
' achievement.
Much emphasis has been in the news media recently discrediting
the new majority party and it's "freshman class" as being the
factor contributing to a "slowsession". I would like to expose
another view on this subject.
The Legislature could be moving with even greater dispatch this
session if we weren't faced with a number of frivolous bills being
introduced by minority party members.
One Republican actually introduced a bill that names the rain
beetle as the "state bug." And as if that weren'tridiculous enough,
one of his colleagues suggested that the honey bee would be a better
state bug.
All this fuss over a beetle versus a bee may have been created for
comic relief, but the point is it still interferes with the serious work
of the Legislature. Coupled with other delaying tactics, it at least
has made many observers wonder how the minority party keeps a
straight face when it complains that things aren't moving fast
enough. ...
An excuse for this action could be that the minority party
members find themselves in a different role than from past
sessions. Apparently finding themselves with idle time and a
feeling of not being responsible for the actions of this Legislative
session they are working continually at embarrassing the new
majority party.
One fact is clear already this session: the 1973 "freshman class
of legislators is one of the hardest working groups ever sent to
Salem. One veteran lawmaker, Rep. Howard Cherry, was
impressed enough to caution House freshmen in a floor speech not
to burn themselves out with their feverish pace. He told the young
legislators to think of his advice as a "father-doctor" speech. In
private life. Rep. Cherry is a well known physician.
If some bills appear to be moving more slowly this session,
another reason is. of course, that more people than ever are
takir.g advantage of the Legislature s open-door policy. Com
mittee chairmen have been encouraged by the new leader
ship to schedule hearings to attract greater citizen involve
ment This factor will figure in our "final score" at the end of the
session. And from the way things are shaping up, I'd say we're on
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March 12. 1173
our way to a record of real achievement
Anait. this u'k t hnvo onclnKtd to the editor a copy of action
that has been taken in various committees to his use as he see's fit.
If you would be interested in any of this info please contact him.
If I can be of any assistance do not hesitate to contact me. Rep.
Jack Sumner. 18 H State Capitol Bldg.. Salem. Oregon 97310.
Report from Ken Jernstedt
Probably the most interesting development in the Legislature
this week was the announcement by the Democratic leadership
that the Legislature will be called into a special session next year to
resolve the state's budget problems. They stated the reason as
being that it is very difficult to project the budgetary needs of the
state over the biennium and a yearly projection would be much
more satisfactory and probably would shorten the regular
sessions.
The move for annual sessions has been voted down by the people
twice in the last four years but annual sessions seems to be the
intent of the leadership at this point.
The action in the Senate this week included the passage of a bill
making a male subject to the laws against prostitution; a joint
Ways and Means Subcommittee recommended substantial
reductions in the state's out-of-state tourist advertising budget.
This budget has been under attack for the past four years by
legislators and the public. The money is used to purchase
advertising space in national magazines to attract visitors to
Oregon.
The Senate Revenue Committee is concluding its work on the
proposed tax revision and school finance plan this week. It is
scheduled to come before the Senate for a vote some time next
week. If passed by the Senate, it will go to a conference committee
to resolve the differences between the House and the Senate on the
proposal. It is scheduled to go before the people for a vote early in
. May. If you have any comments on this measure, please call or
write to" me here in Salem and I will take your views into
consideration when I vote.
The Senate Environment and Land Use Committee is still
considering Senate Bill 100, the state land use planning bill. It has
proven to be quite controversial and is now undergoing a
point-by-point review. One important facet of the bill that is being
studied is the question of compensating landowners for loss of lands
resulting from imposition of zoning or subdivision regulations.
The chairman of the Senate Education Committee has announced
that legislation dealing with the definition and goals of education is
dead in this session. The Education Committee has been hearing
testimony since the beginning of the session on Senate Bills 1 and 2
which define a basic education and set goals for elementary and
secondary schools and colleges and universities.
I am always grateful to have the views and opinions of my
constituents, so write me at any time about measures which
concern you.
REMEMBER THIS?
.... REMINISCE!
55 YEARS AGO 1918
The Heppner City Council has gone in for increased food
production and soon the old hog law will be amended and the people
of the city will be permitted to keep a pig in their back yard. Of
course it is the intention of the council to see that every pig and pen
is kept in a clean, sanitary condition. The Gazette-Times has
moved. We are now located in our new home on Willow Street, in
the Roberts building, next door to the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph office. Heretofore, the tables in the dining room at the
Palace Hotel carried bowls well filled with sugar, and the patrons
were not restricted in the use of sweetening. Now, however, in
carrying out the suggestions of the state food administrator,
Manager Wilkins has removed the sugar bowls and hereafter each
patron must be contented with two cubes of sugar for his coffee.
Andy Rood, Jr. has added to his extensive wheat holdings in the
Heppner Flat belt by purchasing 640 acres from John F. Vaughn,
who about 15 minutes before had bought the ranch from John T
and Dan McDevitt.
37 YEARS AGO 1936
Oiling of the Lexington-Jarmon and Butter Creek-Echo market
roads may be finished by wheat hauling time this fall. Considered
one of the most important links in the highway system of this
section, this route provides a tie-up with the Hermiston short cut
between the Wallula cutoff and the Heppner-Spray road, as well as
providing a better all-year road to Pendleton. E.G.Noble, maker of
the famous Heppner saddle, whose product has won renown among
cowhands everywhere, will observe his fiftieth anniversary of
saddle making April first. He entered the saddle shop of his father,
the late George Noble, April 1, 1886, and continuously since has
plied his craft in this city. A surprise party was given by the
neighbors for Mrs. James Lindsay at their ranch home in the lone
vicinity one evening this week. J.A.Sharp of Grass Valley has
purchased the Sanitary bakery from Cecil Wise and will take
possession Monday. The Wise family expects to leave soon for
Toppenish, Wash. Matt Kenny son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny,
departed Sunday for Portland to be enlisted in Uncle Sam's navy.
Carl F. Bergstrom, wheat raiser of the Gooseberry community,
recalled St. Patrick's day as being the first anniversary of the
occupancy of his new farm home.
1 YEAR AGO 1972
The Morrow County Grain Growers team took the championship
of the Hermiston City League. They completed an undefeated
season of 23 games. A new Boardman Lions Club is to be chartered
April 29 at A.C.Houghton School with the Irrigon Lions as sponsors.
The City of Heppner has received a $12,500 grant from the Dept. of
the Interior to renovate the municiple swimming pool,
Congressman Al Ullman announced Thursday. Under the grant
program, the city must match the $12,500 with an equal amount in
local funds. 4-H and FFA members receiving PGG trophies for
showing grand champions at the Morrow County Fair were Bill
Acock, Dave Daly, Mark Sargent, Kitty Bellamy, Ted Bellamy and
Greg Greenup. Shelley Wolff named Heppner Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow for 1972. Boys State delegates from HHS
were Craig Munkers, Charlie Pointer, Tom Cutsforth, Steve Rhea
and John Sumner. Barbara Allstott and Dianne Mills represented
HHS at Girls' State.
LETTERS"
DOGS
To The Editor:
An open letter to the good
people of Heppner:
Of recent weeks we have read
of the dog problem in your little
town and of the attending
growing pressure to solve it.
Those of you who have and
enjoy the faithful companion
ship of your animal friends
please take note, before it is too
late, of what happened in this
small town of Pilot Rock.
Last November we were
slipped a ballot which, to our
astonishment, passed, whereas
all does were to be under
'"control," whatever the strict
legal interpretation this is to be.
Of course it turns out to be a
leash law and that very fine line
of freedom right next to it. This
of course has resulted in the
impoundment and killing of
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many beautiful dogs. (There is
no such thing to some people),
many eleven dollar fines, a very
disgusted police department
and an uproar in the true
Christian populace.
It will take a little time, the
usual leg work and diplomacy,
and probably a lot of money to
reverse this intolerable repres
sion and to offer a sensible,
reasonable, humane and Chris
tian solution instead, but we
who care have already com
mitted ourselves and set the
wheels in motion.
We would accept all pets
confined to large enclosures but
the number of owners who
would build a large yard fence
for that purpose alone could be
counted on the fingers of one
hand. Of course the rest are
shackled to the end of the
damned steel chain, and al-
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SEA ELEPHAST: A bull elephant aea! re
eorda hia opinion about being disturbed during his
iesta. Attaining weight of 5000 pounds and
lengths of sixteen feet, northern elephant aeals are
staging a alow comeback from the depredations of
early whalers. Strangely enough, these complacent
animals are troubled with a malady familiar to
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these rare creatures, Moodv Institute or Science
photographers traveled to
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Rhea Creek
"MS" esurS theGrVe
iSre" lCgCr -embers instead of the usual
Grange at their regular meeting w A Com.
this past week, led by Fre da f Mf8
S.ocum lecturer It was voted Jg"1,, ardman for
to send a resolution to local
organizations seeking support JJJJJ were Eva?vn Far
in asking the State Highway J'1", Wright. Martha
Dept. to do a better job .n y 'BKhdolt,
repairing the State Roads in this ggke. Marilyn Berg
area. It was felt patching was w M
not the answer to such. severe gNnoo Ril,Band Mary
breakup as there has been and "
that a complete cover was
needed.
The Executive Lommuiee is
investigating materials and
cost for re-roofing the Grange
Hall. Plans are unoerway w
start this job soon. The April
Pioneer
Ponderings
BY W.S. CAVERHILL
W ATCH EM WORK!
According to reports of news
men covering the present ses
sion of our state legislature, the
halls and rotunda of the Capitol
are filled with visitors watching
our lawmakers at work. Per
haps they need watching. With
the overload of . 2,000 bills
introduced for consideration,
the weary lawmakers may
overlook some worthy proposal
such as renaming all of Ore
gon's mountains, and designat
ing our rivers by numbers
instead of historical names, or
requiring the owner of common
stock to "churn" his portfolio
every six months in order to
keep the "market" active. A lot
of good ideas can be lost in a
smother of two thousand sheets
of paper.
II
ready the police department
here can relate instances of pity
and brutalness that you
wouldn't believe concerning
lack of food, water, shelter,
sanitation and exercise. But this
is only the beginning.
Consider the extremes to
come of summer's heat and
winter's cold. Some of the more
sensitive owners will suffer
along, too, for a while, and
finally, as the lesser of two
evils, amid their own quiet
grief, will have their little friend
put to sleep. Sounds better that
way than to say "killed" or
"death," though the end result
is equal. Easier to tell the
bewildered kids too. Of course
this final solution will likely
produce gloating and smug
smiles from some, too.
So, dear friends, don't delay.
Try to police your own ranks.
Try to eliminate the prime
cause, the irresponsible owner
so that he will no longer be an
owner. Give your pets adequate
food, water, shelter, and good
daily doses of love and affec
tion, then they will be no
problem to others. Draw up a
fair and workable ordinance to
present to your council. Head it
with a provision that no females
in heat will roam at large. Do
seek out other imaginative
conditions.
Support the bill in the
legislature which will compen
sate owners for having females
spayed. This bill could be a
sleeper solution statewide to
control strays and overpopula
tion. Simply call Salem, toll
free, 800-452-0290 about this or
any other bill.
So, friends, if you enjoy small
town living, don't let the selfish,
antiseptic big city ideas chip
away your freedoms. Keep your
kids and dogs together. Keep
your life worth sharing. Strive
for better Christian interpreta
tions and applications. Get
going,' and good luck!
Sincerely.
George Elliott
Box 670
Pilot Rock
Church Sunday
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Public Notices
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC HEARING
The MORROW COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION will
hold a public meeting at the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner, Oregon at 7:30 p.m.,
April 2, 1973, on the following
matter:
An application for a Change of
Zoning from F (Farm) to M
(industrial) by Eastern Oregon
Farming Company. The prop
erty involved is a portion of Tax
Lot 3400, consisting of approxi
mately 27 acres, in T 4 N, R 26
E, Section 16.
Any citizen is entitled to
appear at the said hearing and
voice his support for or opposi
tion to the above application.
-s-Dorris Graves, Chairman
MORROW COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
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To the Good People of Heppner:
Re their dog problem
Advice is cheap and plentiful.
One nice thing about it - when
you get too much, you can
always give some away. In this
spirit I would like to tell you
about how a town I once lived in
solved their dog problem effec
tively, efficiently, and economi
cally. Nome, Alaska, population
2,800 is situated on the Bering
Sea 40 miles from the Arctic
Circle. There, dogs are useful,
necessary and valuable as a
means of transportation and as
aids in hunting and making a
living
But the surrounding tundra is
the habitat of red foxes, many of
them rabid. For this reason a
stray dog is in danger for
himself and for people as well.
Hence these simple but strict
rules:
1. Periodically a team of vets
came in and give all dogs
shots against rabies.
2. Owners keep their animals
on their own premises and
under their control at all
times.
3. Any stray dog or dog "on the
loose" is shot on sight.
In the year I lived there I
never saw a stray dog. Dogs
that were needed and really
wanted were well cared for and
protected. The useless and
unwanted were disposed of
without fuss or bother.
One of the pleasant memories
of my stay in that Northland
was a bracing ride out over the
frozen Bering Sea in a dogsled
drawn by eight beautiful
Huskies. It was well worth the
price I paid. Dogs have a place,
but it takes sensible people to
keep them in it.
I highly recommend the
forthright common sense of the
Arctic to the people "outside"
as the Alaskans would say.
Believer in dog control
Muriel Crumrin
Pilot Rock
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Coming Soon
Kids crusade to be held at I
fUa 1.1 UMUV frW
Assembly of God Church. Kids 4
and up are inviiea to auenu.
There will be stories, prizes and
surprises. Each boy and girl
attending will receive a minia
ture boat and each night they
attend a new prize will be added
to the boat. The meetings will
start promptly at 7:00 p.m. and
will be over at approximately
8:15.
T. V. SERVICE
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VIDEO-TECH, INC.
4fil A E. Main St. Hamilton
Martha VanSchoick and
Velva Bechdolt will be hos
tesses for the April meeting of
the club at Martha's home.
After the meeting the ladies
made Easter Lilies of egg
cartons and made some beauti
ful arrangements. Cards were
sent to those unable to attend
due to illness.
SUPER STITCHERS
The Super Stitchers met
Monday March 19 at lone High
School, room 1. The meeting
started at 9:30 a.m. and went to
4:00 p.m. They went out for
lunch then continued sewing.
News Reporter,
Kristi Edmundson
American
Cancer Society
Fund Drive
The theme of the American
Cancer Society's April Crusade
is "We want to wipe out cancer
in your lifetime". These nine
words say very much. They tell
of a trend in the medical attack
on cancer which gives reason
for hope. In the late thirties,
fewer than one in five cancer
patients was being saved. The
following decade it was one in
four. Today one in three hit by
cancer is saved.
With knowledge now avail
able, medical and scientific
opinion says that one of two
cancer patients could be saved
providing diagnosis and treat
ment come in time. The last 20
years have seen important
advances in the treatment of
cancer resulting from research.
There have been improved
surgical techniques and radia
tion therapy. In some instances,
drugs have been effective
against certain types of cancer.
Indeed, many scientists say
that we have entered the era of
significant development of
techniques against cancer.
But there can be little
difference of opinion about what
is needed for the final conquest
of this ancient enemy of
mankind. The scientific efforts
have to be broadened all along
the line. This means more
major cancer centers, more
money for brainpower and
manpower, more money for
equipment, training and facili
ties. When an American Cancer
"Society volunteer comes to your
home in April, remember the
goal: "We want to wipe out
cancer in your lifetime." Please
give generously.
School Lunch Menus
Presented
Through Courtesy Of
Heppner Branch
I FIRST I
NATIONAL I
L BANK
Heppner Elementary
and
Heppner High School
Monday, March 26 - Ham
burgers with homemade buns,
pickles, potato chips, carrot
sticks, dessert.
Tuesday, March 27 - Chicken
& noodles, savory peas, pickled
beets, whole wheat rolls, pud
ding. Wednesday. March 28 -Mashed
potatoes with ground
beef gravy, cabbage salad,
fruit, oven baked maple bars.
Thursday, March 29 - Spa
ghetti with ground beef, celerjr
& cheese stix, chocolate cake,
applesauce, French bread.
Friday, March 30 - Fish
sticks, oven browned potatoes,
cold tomatoes, plum cobbler,
bread and butter sandwiches.
Milk served with all meals.
Dubuquet
Have Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Toussent
Dubuque entertained at dinner
on Sunday. Guests were Mr.
Dubuque's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Aldon
Naylor of Yakima. Wash. Mr.,
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy,
Jr., Tomeroy, Wash., Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Dubuque and Mr.
and Mrs. John Dubuque, all of
Pendleton.
TRAINED
TECHNICXAHS
567.383
Public Notice
Notlc of Bid
Morrow County will ac
cept bids for a 1973 model
automobile of not less than
109 inch wheelbase with the
following minimum specifi
cations power steering and
power brakes, V-8 motor, air
conditioning. automatic
transmission, tinted glass, 4
door sedan, foam seat cush
ions. Bids will be opened
Wednesday, April 4, 1973 at
10:30 a.m. at the office of
the Morrow County Court
at the Court House.
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FOUND -Mlchelin tire and
wheel on Juniper Canyon Rd.
Call 989-8474. cl2
Vie Groshens
Attends
Game School
Vic Groshens spent a week at
the Redmond Air Center to
attend a Game School. Forty
five OSP attended classes
related to law enforcement.
Had new game laws reviewed.
The impact of some of the
proposed game legislation was
explained.
Forced to
Move
TCOls
on xny 12
CENTBT.
x 64 t$.
I
Set up in Pendleton
CALL 276-3611
Dealer
I community!
I BILLBOARD 1
Mar. 24
Morrow County Gem & Min
eral Society, 7:30 p.m., First
National Bank Conference
room.
Mar. 25
Spring buffet dinner of Lex
ington Grange, serving 1-4 p.m.
Pinochle 2-5 p.m. Benefit Lex
ington Grange building fund.
Mar. 26
Adult GED class, Neighbor
hood Center, 9-11 a.m.
Mar. 27
Lions meeting, 7 p.m., Beech
er's Bistro (Thel's)' in lone.
Election of officers.
TOPS Club, Neighborhood
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Immunizations clinics at
Boardman, Irrigon and lone.
Music fundamentals class,
Heppner High School band
room, 7-10 p.m.
Mar. 28
Senior Citizens dinner, Grade
School, 4:30 pin.
Mar. 29
Adult GED class, Neighbor
hood Center, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Senior Citizens social, Neigh- y
borhood Center, 2:30 p.m.
Sponsored As A Public
Service By
RUGGLES
BOYCE Insurance Agency
228 Main
P.O. Box 217 676-9625
676-5384
Heppner