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"I do something no other
man does," said Alexander
"Dutch" Urlioh, between
drinks of gin at Cal's Care &
Lounge, his "home away from
home" in summer from his
regular work on the Pete
Ompbell Ranch at Lonerock.
He pointed to his latest wood
carvinga boot carved from a
single piece of juniper wood
with no tools but a hammer,
chisel and an old file.
It was indeed a work of art.
There is something else
Dutch Urlich does that few, if
any, other men do. He refuses
to sell any of his creations,
which often take up to six
months to carve. He gives
them away.
"If I sold my carvings
people wouldn't appreciate
them," he explained. "But if I
give them away to the first
person I meet, my work is
appreciated. After all, he will
have the only piece of its kind
in the world."
He doesn't know how many
of these carvings he has made
and given away, but he recalls
several coffee tables, fruit
bowls and two boots.
Each of his carvings is
'made from a single, carefully
selected piece of wood. Juni
per is the only wood he uses,
mostly because he is attracted
to the various swirls and
patterns in the wood which
add beauty to the finished
work.
Once a piece of juniper has
been chosen, Dutch soaks it in
salt water to prevent the wood
from cracking and splitting.
The length of time required
for aging depends upon the
diameter of the log.
He works with his hammer,
chisel and file at odd times
while he is working on the
Campbell Ranch. When he
isn't attending to his duties as
a ranch hand-feeding cattle
and doing general ranch
work-he sits around the
house, watches television, '
does electrical and plumbing
Kfairs. And carves.
"I come to Heppner once a
year, not just to get drunk, but
to see my mother," Dutch
confided. "She is a good old
girl, and tougher than I am.
She speaks broken English
and is always telling me not to
get into any trouble."
Dutch hit town last week,
where he will remain for about
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Once a solid piece of juniper wood, now a carved
loggers boot. The boot measures 10 inches in height.
The ball carved within the four supports measures
one and one-half inches in diameter, and was carved
within the walls. It cannot be removed from within,
and is perfectly proportioned.
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town
six weeks, trying to create a
shortage of gin in the friendly
taverns along Main Street,
Once he gets enough of "town
life" and an acceptable level
of gin, he will head back to the
ranch for the fall and winter
work.
Alexander Urlich, known
locally as Dutch, was born in
Russell, Kant., Nov. 6, 1911.
His parents were born near
the Russian border and came
to United States in 1906.
"When the family came to
Oregon, none of us could speak
English," he said, "for all we
ever spoke at home was
German."
"They had tags around our
necks, like cattle, so in case
we got lost people would know
who we were."
His parents had a farm, and
Dutch had to help with the
chores. He attended school in
Heppner until he reached the
8th grade.
"I was hell on wheels in
school," he laughed. "I wasn't
cut out for school, and played
hookey whenever I got the
chance. Still, I think I have a
pretty good outlook on life."
He has a sense of humor,
that's certain!
Dutch shifted himself on the
barstool and told how he had
been sent to reform school as a
youth; later he was sent to
state prison for passing bad
checks. Asked if he learned to
carve his wood figures in '
prison, he snorted, "The only
thing I tried to carve in prison
was my way out!"
He couldn't have been too
much of a prison problem. He
won a parole.
"Hell," he continued, "I.
even got a medal when I was
in the Army." And he recount
ed his adventures with the 15th
Air Force in Italy where he
served for two years in World
War II. Dutch went in as a
private and was discharged as
a private. He did make the
rank of sergeant, but a funny
thing happened to him on the
way up the ladder of military
success, and he was "busted"
to private. He speaks some
Italian.
Dutch has never married. "I
don't want anybody telling me
what to do. Besides, wives lay
down the law, and I can get
along fine without that," he
grinned.
A rugged and fiercely inde
pendent individual, Dutch
takes life the way it comes.
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Thirty or forty years ago he
began carving in wood be
cause, he said, "I just like to
make things for people."
Once a year Dutch returns
to Heppner, where he devotes
best efforts toward getting
drunk and staying that way
until he, gets it out of his
system-or untill his money
runs out and he can't borrow
any more.
BILL SCHLICTING
HOME ON LEAVE
Bill Schlicting, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Schlicting,
Heppner, is home on a few
days leave from the United
States Navyi
Bill will leave Wednesday
for a tour of duty in the Pacific
aboard the aircraft carrier
John Hancock, at present
cruising near the Philippines.
Bill has been in the Navy for
the past two and one-half
years, stationed at Lemore
Naval Station, Ca.
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"I don't consider myself an
alcoholic because I don't
attend the meetings," he
laughed. "I guess I'm only a
drunk when I hit town "
Strangely, once he gets back
to the ranch he never drinks
until it's time to come to
Heppner the next summer.
Somebody ought to write a
story about Dutch.
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Calvin. Grandparents are Mr.
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Mr, and Mn. T.E. Messenger
Sr. and Mrs. Norma Mar
quardt. Mr. and Mrs. Mar
quardt, who make their home
in Pullman where they attend
school, are living In Lexington
for the summer months where
he it employed at the Mar
quardt Ranch.
Mr. and Mn. Henry Breed
ing and family of Gresham
were weekend callers at the
C.C. Jonea Ranch, enroute to
Wallowa Lake, where they
will enjoy tome fishing with
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ayres of
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrt. Jerry Messen
ger and family of Portland
visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrt. T.E. Messenger Sr., over
the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robin
son were Goldendale, Wn.,
visitors Sunday.
Those from Lexington at
tending the Albert Breeding
funeral services In Hermiston
Thursday were Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert Vinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Martin, Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Way, Mrs. Frank,
Robinson, Mrs. C.C. Jones and
Mrs. Florence McMillan. Mr.
and Mrs. Breeding were
former Lexington and Hepp
ner residents.
Mrs. Maxine Jenson of
Waitsburg, Wn., visited her
brother and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Way of Lexing
ton, last week. She also visited
a sister and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Dallas McDaniels and
Mrs. June Field of Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. William P.
Klinger and son have recently
visited his parents, Mr. and
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Mrt. Jeannie Johns of
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and Lexington. Mrt. Johns,
who makes her home in
Portland, wat met in Hermit
Ion by Mrt. Eleanor Hermann
who brought her to Heppner
for the visit. Mrt. Hermann
visited her sister, Mrt. Ottilia
Hunt, in Heppner.
Miss Misako Michatori of
Nagasaki, Japan, it the stu
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WASHINGTON. .D.C.-Citing
the soaring price of feed
grains resulting from last
week's suspension of price
ceilings on agricultural pro
ducts, U.S. Rep. Al Ullman,
D-Ore., recommended Wed
nesday that either export
controls be reinstated or price
ceilings on beef be lifted.
In a letter to Agriculture
Secretary Earl Butz, Ullman
warned that beef production
would dwindle to almost
nothing in the next two months
unless action is taken to
control feed grain prices or to
allow a pass-through of those
prices.
"The problem is in part of
the freeze on beef prices,"
Ullman told Butz, "but more
importantly, it is on the failure
to ensure an adequate supply
of feed grains at reasonable
prices."
Under the Phase IV eco
nomic policy announced last
week, the ceiling on beef
prices is to remain in effect
until Sept. 12. Feed grain .
prices and exports, except for
soybeans, are no longer con
trolled, however.
Ullman says beef producers
will not sell cattle for slaugh-
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Mrt. Bertie Barnett, Fret
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mother, Mrt. Alean Calvin,
and sister and family, Mr.
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Glenn Cochran of Echo and
Cliff Williamt of Lexington
have returned from a Canad
ian fishing trip. They limited
two days of their three-day
fishing license. They drove to
Nimpo Lake on Bella Coola
Highway, then flew into Moose
Lake. Here they caught their
12" to 18" rainbow. Driving
time back home from Nimpo
wat 21 hours.
ter until they can pass
through the extremely nigh
prices of feeding the cattle, or
until feed prices are con
trolled. "I urge your immediate
action on one of two alter
natives," Ullman wrote Butz.
-Either seek an immediate
export control program for
feed grains until Sept. 12 when
the price freeze is lifted, or
-Move immediately to end
the freeze on beef prices and
treat it as any other agricul
tural commodity.
"In my judgment, the situa
tion is grave," Ullman said,
"and we must move fast on
this."
Mrs. Millie Breeding was
called to Edmonds, Washing
ton, Thursday by the serious
illness of her aunt, Mrs.
Blanche Gearhart, who was a
former Heppner resident.
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There was an unusual bar
becue in the backyard of the
Steve and Karen Walker
residence recently.
The couple Invited several
friends over to witness the
burning of their Ouija board
and a book on witchcraft.
"We don't want anything to
do with satanic power through
witchcraft, and if there It any
other way in which Satan can
come into our lives we'll do
away with that also," Steve
Walker said.
The Walkers are members
of the Church of the Nazarene,
of which Rev. Forest Godin is
pastor.
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opened their home on Thurs
day night for Bible ttudy for
anyone who may be inter
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