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Vol. 90, No. 52
Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 14, 1974
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Computerized irrigation
Sabre Farms' operation:
cattle and alfalfa
"We don't plan to get rich in
a year, nor is this a tax dodge
gimmick, " Charles Kyd, one
of 14 corporate members of
Sabre Farms, told Chamber of
Commerce members Monday.
"We are here to farm, not on
a speculative basis, but to
bring waier lo the area and
make way for future develop
ment," Kyd said.
At present Sabre Farms is
installing seven miles of
72-inch diameter pipe and
another seven miles of con
crete lined canals for irriga
tion purposes. The canals,
When completed, will be 32
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feet wide, seven feet deep and
seven miles long.
The water for irrigation will
come from the Columbia
Hiver. It will be a gravity flow
and pumps will be used in the
canal area to irrigate the
present circles.
The circles consist of large
rotating sprinklers capable of
watering from 135 to ItiO acres
at one lime. When the system
is completed 99 circles will be
under irrigation.
Sabre Farms plans to have
the entire system completely
automated and computerized,
with a computer located in a
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KYD
BEAl'TY IS WHERE YOU FIND IT. I could be in this lonely
stiimpage atop a windy hill, or a cirrus-streaked sky above it.
The Gazette-Times welcomes from our readers photographs
such as this, if they are good quality black and white prints.
central headquarters. The
computer will record the
amount of water required for
each circle as well as the
depth of water penetration.
Another feature of the
computer will be the notifi
cation of workman if a
sprinkler is not functioning
properly. There is always the
chance that a piece of tumble
- weed may fall into the canal
and clog one of the sprinklers,
said Kyd. Should this occur
the computer would auto
matically shut off the sprink
ler in question.
The canal will be fenced on
both sides to prevent persons
from wandering into the
water. Also provided will be
special steps for any animal,
especially deer, that become
trapped inside the fenced
area.
Although the circles provide
us with a method of watering
at present, they are not the
solution for much of the land
outside the circle can not be
watered, according to Kyd. At
School budget
up $200,000
The Morrow County School
District Board and Budget
Committee held their third
and final meeting at Heppner
High School, Feb. 5.
The receipts section of the
budget was increased by
$1,200 in anticipation of selling
the diesel activity bus.
Three hours were spent
discussing the section dealing
with site improvement, re
modeling and purchase of
equipment.
As a result of the discussion,
the following items were
removed from the budget:
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present Sabre Farms is in
vestigating the use of a new
type sprinkler that waters in a
square area. Some of these
are on order by Sabre Farms;
however, it will probably be
1975 before they are put into
use.
"We have had to make some
re-adjustments in the plan
ning of our irrigation system,"
he said, "but it was due to our
failure in not reading the
county ordinance."
As a result, one of the
contractors is presently mix
ing concrete on Sabre Farms
Land for the canal. No use
permit for it was secured from
the county for the operation.
As a result a special hearing
will be held in Irrigon Feb. 25
by the County Planning Com
mission to discuss the use
permit.
"This could be a costly
delay," Kyd said.
"Many people have offered
to purchase water from us. At
the present time we have had
to refuse them until we have
Athletic field expansion sur
vey at Heppner High School,
$500; concrete curb for track
at Riverside, $1,500; remodel
board meeting room at the
district office, $400; hinged
windows in lone gym, $300;
portable P.A. system at
Heppner High, $260; systems
80 teaching machine at lone,
$500; baseball backstop at
Heppner Elementary, $550.
The 1974-75 budget was
approved in the amount of
$1,926,297. which is an in
crease of $252,687 over the
current budget. This reflects a
15 per cent increase.
Anita Davidson top
Oregon 4-H member
Morrow County can claim
one of Oregon's top 4-H Club
members in Anita Davidson,
Lexington, who was one of
four Oregon 4-Hers selected to
attend National 4-H Club
Conference in Washington,
D.C., at the 4-H "Know Your
State Government Confer
ence" in Salem, last week.
The national conference will
be held April 20-25, providing
those attending the opportun
ity of seeing the nation's
government at work.
Anita's response to the
honor was one of surprise as
described by Morrow County
4-H Agent, Mike Howell, who
accompanied her to Salem.
Anita is the first Morrow
County 4-H member to have
won the trip in recent years.
She said she hoped that now
Morrow County 4-H members
will be encouraged to apply
for more awards and scholar
ships state-wide as they stand
as good a chance of winning as
anyone in the state.
In the 1950s Ron Baker and
Pat Wright won the honor as
Morrow County 4-H'ers.
Two boys and two girls from
each state are selected an
nually because of their out
standing record of achieve
ment and leadership in 4-H
and other activities. In Ore
gon, the selection is made
from those delegates attend
ing the two-day conference.
Each county sends its out
standing 4-H members to the
conference. Each participant
submits records which are
studied by a panel of judges.
checked all of the city, county
and state ordinances. Should
there be no objection from any
of these groups. Sabre Farms
may sell some of the tail
water. In any event many of
the existing wells will be
recharged by the amount of
water Sabre Farms plans to
use.
"We are cattlemen from
Montana, and are interested
in raising cattle and having
feed lots on the premises, so
we plan to raise alfalfa and
other grains needed for cattle.
We plan to plant some
potatoes, but only lightly this
year."
Sabre Farms plans to take
whatever methods are needed
to prevent any further soil
erosion in the immediate area.
Much of the land will be
seeded as soon as possible to
prevent any further erosion,
Kyd promised.
"This is a large venture for
us boys from Montana, and
the results should prove very
interesting," Kyd concluded.
The tax levy necessary to
balance the budget will be
$1,486,057, which is an in
crease of $202,103 over the 1973
levy. It will require an
additional $2.02 per $1,000 of
true cash value to raise this
amount.
A public hearing on the
proposed budget will be held
at the School District Office in
Lexington at 7:30 p.m., March
4, 1974. The public is encour
aged to attend this hearing,
Supt. Ron Daniels said.
The budget election will be
held on March 26, 1974.
These same judges then
interview each contestant.
Anita described the interview
experience as being very
complete. She said she had
never been interviewed and
didn't think she stood much of
a chance to win.
Sixteen-year-old Anita is the
youngest of six children. Her
father, Robert Davidson,
works for Inland Chemical.
Her mother, Mildred, has
been a 4-H leader for 19 years.
Anita is presently a junior
leader for her mother's tole
painting club.
She has achieved a high
degree of perfection in her 4-H
projects, clothing, food prep
aration, knitting, tole paint
ing, junior leadership and
empire builders. She has won
numerous top prizes at the
county and state fair. In 1971
her tole painting demonstra
tion won the championship at .
state fair.
She says of 4-H that the
program has given her an
opportunity to do things and
go places she never would
have been afforded. Last
summer a Japanese girl,
Anita's age, stayed three
weeks in the Davidson home
as a part of the 4-H Labo
exchange program.
Her activities are not con
fined to 4-H. She is an honor
student at Heppner High
School. Presently she is as
sistant student body treasurer
and next year will move to the
position of treasurer. This
past weekend she returned to
Lions Club
to organize
A Lions Club is being
planned for Heppner.
An organizational meeting
will be held Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.,
at the Wagon Wheel Restau
rant, to which all interested
men are invited to attend.
The Heppner meeting is
being sponsored by the lone
Lions Club. Attending will be
Paul H. Sanstrum, district
governor, Hood River, and
Harvey Calame, state secre
tary of the Lions Clubs,
Eugene.
Special notices have been
mailed to more than 100 men
in the Heppner area inviting
them to the meeting, but lone
Lions admit they couldn't
contact everybody and "hope
anyone interested will show
up."
Lions International is the
world's largest service club
organization, with more than
a million members in 26,400
clubs in 149 countries.
Twenty members are re
quired before a charter is
granted.
Salem as one of four repre
sentatives of the Oregon
Association of Student Coun
cils to observe the State Board
of High Education meeting.
Last spring she was presented
the John Phillip Sousa award
for her outstanding partici
pation in the school's pep
band. She belongs to Thes
pians (a drama organization),
pep club and is orr the journal
ism and yearbook staffs. She
finds time to work after school
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ANITA
March of Dimes
response good
This year's March of Dimes
campaign in Morrow County
was a success, according to
Pauline Bier, county publicity
chairman.
Collections from flyers,
mailers, coin cans and the
Mothers March totaled $1,587.
With mailers still comingnrrr
Mrs. Bier hopes Morrow
County will reach its projected
goal of $1,600 for 1974.
The county-wide Mothers
March drive total was $805.80,
which far exceeds past year's
effort.
Donna Bergstrom, Morrow
County March of Dimes chair
man, said, "This is the most
we've ever collected and I
can't praise the volunteers
enough for their hard work.
Special credit goes to Carolyn
Cole, Leice Martin, Marie
Struthers, Diana Hams and
Mary Lou Daltoso who or
ganized the drive so well."
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The first new birds of spring. All these local residents
made their first solo airplane flight last Saturday.
They had been taking instruction through last month,
and with warm weather last week they were "pushed
out of the nest" to flutter their own wings. From the
left, Gerald Bunch. Gary Graham, instructor, Steie
Peck and Al Bunch. --Photo by Mel Boyer
and on Saturdays for Heppner
Auto Parts.
Birdine Tullis, Morrow
County Extension Aid, in
commenting on Anita's a
chievments, summed it all up
by saying, "Anita is very
much an individual. She
knows what she wants and has
the drive to achieve it. We're
very proud of her and the fact
that a Morrow County 4-H
Club member has won this
honor."
DAVIDSON
The precentage of , funds
collected, which will remain in
the county chapter, will be
reported when the figure is
determined.
Funds received from the
Trannie B. Parker estate have
been put into savings ac
countsT $4,000 in a time
savings account for four years
and $3,500 in regular savings
for county emergencies. The
interest from these accounts
will be used for scholarships.
Any senior in high school in
Morrow County who plans to
enter any field of medicine is
eligible to apply through his or
her high school counselor. The
scholarships go toward books
and tuition.
Two Morrow County re
cipients for spring term are
Jeanne and Patti Daly, Hepp
ner, who are taking medical
training at Blue Mountain
Community College.