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Tram work. Rich Schmidt stand on the shoulder of Mike
Lott as the two youth try to reach the top of the greased pole
for a 15 reward. They split the money.
Sarah Adkins enjoys a cup of coffee and piece of home
made pie at the Heppner Hotel. The Elk s sponsored the pie
sale.
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Steve Messick dmirr some of the merchandise during
HepfMtff's Sidewalk Sale Pays.
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Heppner merchants report
ed this week that the 10th
annual Sidewalk Bazaar held
last weekend was a good one,
with sales as good or better
than last year.
The cooked food attractions
was popular with shoppers.
Heppner High School cheer
leaders probably became the
envy of some businessmen.
Five girls set up shop on the
sidewalk and sold more than
Price freeze doesnt
affect VC insurance
Workmen's Compensation
insurance rales are covered
hv the current pike freeze,
but assessments are not.
This has resulted in con
siderable confusion among
Oregon employers, according
to Charles B. Gill. Jr.. general
maiager. State Accident In
surance Fund (SAIF).
The 1973 Oregon Legislature
authorized the Workmen's
Compensation Board to assess
employers three-cents-a-day
for each worker employed. In
addition, it increased the
employee's daily assessment
from two to five cents. Both
changes took effect July 1.
Gill said these assessments
are to be collected quarterly
by the insurance carriers, and
forwarded to the board. How
ever, since the legislation
establishing an assessment
against employers was no!
passed until the closing days
of the session, many firms are
not yet aware of it. Others, he
said, falsely believe the as
sessment does not take effect
until the price freeze is lifted.
' SAIF is now contacting its
40,000 policyholders.'" he
said, "to make sure they are
aware of the new five-cent-a-day
employee's contribution.
Instant market reports on new toll-free line
" " : s .i hO m ices by dialing 1-567-2583 in
Farmers and ranchers pro
ducing bee(, sheep and wool,
hay, eggs and other com
modities are using specialized
market reports tailored espe
cially for them to keep up on
current prices, according to
agricultural economist Step
hen C. Marks. Oregon State
University Extension Service.
"The producers are keeping
track of current markets
simply by calling pre
recorded market reports on
the telephone," Marks said.
"Frequently, a few minutes of
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60 high school booster jackets
and at least $50 worth of snow
cones.
The girls, Marjie Roberts,
Toni Toll. Mary and Judy
Healy and Donna Bellamy,
were raising money to help
pay their way to cheerleading
school in Seattle, July 15-19.
Randall Peterson is chair
man of the Heppner Mer
chants Committee, who spon
sor the annual event.
and are adequately reserving
for their own assessment of .
three-cents-a-day for each
employee."
Out of the total eight-cent-a-da
assessment, the Work
men's Compensation Board
will use six cents to bring
benefits paid io previously
injured workmen closer to
cm rent lev els. One cent will
go into the Second Injury Fund
to promote the hiring of
handicapped workers, and one
cent will be used to help
establish the board's new
rehabilitation facility at Wil-.
sonville.
Century-old (
farms honored
The Oregon Historical Society
and the State Department of
Agriculture have opened regis
tration for Century Farms in
1971.
The original idea was to honor
century farms every five years
but. due to 197:1 being the 100th
anniversary of the Oregon
Historical Society, plans were
changed to honor 100 year old
farms this year, reports Harold
E. Kerr, Morrow County Exten
sion Agent.
time on the telephone has
meant the difference between
making or losing hundreds of
dollars on a sale."
Oregon livestock producers
gel instant current price
information by dialing
1-289-7220. A two-minute re
cording summarizes local,
regional and national live
stock market trends and
prices. At the close of the
report, the caller has. 45
seconds to make comment or
ask a question relating to the
market report, Marks noted.
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Columbia Basin lets
engineering contract
A committee of the Co
lumbia Basin Board of Direct
ors approved an engineering
proposal on Julv 13 for the
lone-Olex 69KV line.
Some preliminary engineer
ing has been completed two
years ago by Co-op personnel
on selection of the route of 20.3
miles.
Dick Krebs. Randall Peter-
sot., Dick Wilkinson. David
Harrison, and Bill Gentry
heard proposals from three
firms. Proposals received
were $6,140 from Hittle and
Brown; $14, 788 from Robert
Welly; ai.d $16.4:58 from Ke
mal Satir. The work covers
rcstaking cetiterline, eleva
tion work, pole slaking, ease
ment niapF'ing. substation
design and line design. The
firm of Hittle and Brown was
selected for the project.
Easement work is the first
phase of activity to require
attention. On the recent Ruggs
9 KV line, the project was
completed at $16,000 under the
Deposits, loans up
at First National Bank
First National Bank of
Oregon reported sharp in
creases in deposits, loans and
earnings for the first half of
1973 compared with 1972's first
six months. ' '
The Heppner Branch re
ported deposits of $8,568,896
ai d loans of $8,040,190 as of
Jure 30.
Comparable totals for the
branch a year ago were
$6,945,897 in deposits and
$6,625,297 in' loans.
Statewide deposits increas
ed 11 percent to $2,106,061,575
on June 30, compared with
$1 891,354,822 recorded at the
end of the first half of 1972.
Loans at First National's 134
statewide offices rose to
Questions will be answered by
a return telephone call or Dy
letter, provided the caller
leaves his telephone number
and mailing address.
Sheep and wool producers
gel current market informa:
tion on lamb and wool prices
by dialing the toll-free num
ber, 1-800-525-3566, This ser
vice, in Denver, Colo., is
provided by the American
Sheep Producers Council.
Oregon hay growers and
users alike get information on
hay market conditions and
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The forms are up and concrete is about to be poured for the
foundation of the nw solarium at Pioneer Hospital. Heppner.
The contractor performing the work is Mcformack
C onstrue tion. Pendleton. Ore. When completed the new
addition will allow e Iderlv patients to sit in the glass enclosed
area on the first floor. hill the second floor will b reserved
for regular hospital patients.
budget estimate.
The primary purpose of the
new lone-Olex 69 KV of 20.3
miles was to serve projected
irrigation load in the Shuttler
Flat area and as a result of the
fuiure Rock Creek project. In
addition, much old former
P.P. & L. Co. 22 KV transmis
sion line will be replaced--it is
47 years old. Belter service to
existing members in that area
is also a desirable part of the
project. The Olex substation
and 69 KV line is budgeted at
$41X1,607.
Manager Dave Harrison
reported that he had worked
with the REA field engineer to
fully explore the various
fuiure possible methods of
serving that area as well as
talks with B.P.A. No workable
alternatives .were apparently
possible.
The lone-Olex 69 KV has
, been proposed for some time,
and was the major item in the
last REA loan application.
$1,381,556,538, up 14 percent
from the $1,216,840,538 report
ed for the first six months of
1972. Resources were
$2,456,339,855, " ' up""" from
$2,245,072,205 last year.
Income before securities
transactions for the first six
months amounted- to
$8,403,051, or $1.58 per share,
up 25 percent from $6,732,211
or $1.27 per share, compared
with 1972. Net income was
$8,403,030, or $1.58 per share.
First National Chairman
Ralph J. Voss attributed part
of the strong increase in
earnings to the present heavy
loan volume--up over
$150,000,000 since last June 30.
prices by dialing 1-567-2583 in
Hermiston. There is a toll for
such calls.
In addition to telephone hay
market reports, updated as
significant changes occur, the
association also publishes a
weekly printed hay market,
A unique feature of these
telephone market information
services is that the numbers
may be dialed day or night,
seven days a week. Only the
800 number is toll free, Marks
noted.
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Rod Murray looks over the shoulder of Ed Gonty as Ed
checks the price of some item.
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Ottilie Hunt shops for shoes during the two day sale in
Heppner.
Negotiating check
charges against two
Kenneth Dale Cutsforth, 38,
Heppner, was arrested July 14
for negotiating a bad check.
Cutsforth posted $500 bail and
was released.
James Clarence Hedgecock,
45, 7720 S.W. Miner, Portland,
was arrested in Portland for
negotiating a bad check.
Hedgecock was arrested on a
Morrow County warrant. He
went to trial before Justice of
the Peace O'Connor July 17,
was fined $105, given a 30-day
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suspended sentence with the
stipulation that restitution be
made. He was released Wed
nesday after posting $505 bail.
Linda Orr Kay Shuman, 19,
280 South Gilmore, Heppner,
was apprehended by the
Heppner City Police for care
less driving, July 17. She was
scheduled to appear in Hepp
ner Municipal Court, July 18,
10 a.m. Bail has been set a.
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