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Page 4 Boar dm an ) Beacon , is published every Thursday. Address: P. O. Box 295, Boardman. James C Havnaer and Myrl Havnaer, PublLshcrs; Jim Havnaer, Editor. Roardman is the most exciting area (or agriculture and industry in Oregon. Handreds . of millions of dollars are being committed to a brand new sty le of agribusiness that should prove a model for Oregon and the nation. BOARDMAN BEACON ewage disposal site not settled By MARY LEE MARLOW The city council and the Port of Morrow have not yet come to an agreement on a site for a new regional sewage disposal system. The port wants to go with its sewage system alone and the council favors a regional system. A Department of Environmental Quality offi cial said at a meeting last week that the agency favors the regional concept as a solution to the problem. The official. James Van Domelen of Pendleton, told the council and some housing developers at the meeting that more federal money is available than ever before for sewage grants like this one. He said prospects for the city's grant are excellent and that the need "at the moment is to get the engineering done and call for bids. , The council favors a site east of Boardman for the sewage system, and the port does not agree with this. In filing a letter of protest to the site, the port commission said that the port is afraid of pollution of its food processing and industrial water. The commission does not wish to have a large disposal lagoon or treatment complex inter mingled along the Union Pacific Railroad and Inter state 80 North, with industries and processors. The port feels that excellent disposal cap abilities are available Vj j miles south of Boardman in 1 agricultural lands that do not have rail and other industrial facilities to draw plan loca tions. ; A site west of Boardman was ruled out in the studies. The No. 1 site would take the sewage east out of Boardman across port land and beyond the food processing park to a ske owned by Burlington Northern Railroad. The ef fluent would be sprinkled out on land joining the lagoon. The site east of town would iost an estimated $381,000. ...u;ix tu eonnH phnipp smith ; wmic tut ovtwuu . of town would run up a cost of S1.M1.000. it was reported. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Seehafer two days last week were Mrs. Archie Ball and Mrs. Gene Hall of Heppner. Mrs. Eldon Padberg of Lexington and Mrs. Larry Fetsch and daugh ter Lori of lone. TILLICTM MOTOR INN 6TH STREET Umatilla, Oregon 97892 Phone 922-3236 VERLI.N & MARIE CLARK Managers RUFUS (Tavern) CAFE Bub and Lu Baunack Steaks-Sea-Food-Breakfast Family dining at its best. Home stvle cooking OOOOOOMUOaOOOOUUOOOfflOl CAROL'S CAROUSEL BEAUTY SHOP J &L Motel 567-2528 567-5583 HERMISTON juuBOOooaoonnooooooooc R-B's Firestone TIRES Farm Tir J, Sarvic Truck Tir$ & Srvrc Raumgar Tirei Ununited supply AUTO REPAIR f xoart Fmrt End lmt octcms Expart Braka Sanrca Camp lata Tn Up Canaar FREE Pickup at Celivery Ph. 547.4174 According to City Engineer Stan Wallulis of Pendleton the site south of town ran into too much ground water. He said it would stifle future growth of Boardman. The state engineer's office was called in for a study and favored the site east of town. Van Domelen said that the city would receive a letter from DEQ saying that the agency favors the city and state report on the No. 1 site east of town. Port wants The Port of Morrow wants the Umatilla toll bridge relo cated at a proposed crossing site four miles west of Boardman on the Boeing Tower Road in case it be comes surplus. The Port made a formal move last week toward lo cating the bridge about 23 miles downstream from its present location. In a letter written to the Yakima. Wash., County Court. Port Manager Rupert Ken nedy said the port is proposing to bond the cost of a bridge crossing the Columbia River on Crow Butte and rising north from the river up to Dead Creek. Kennedy said the port plans to use revenue bonds, such as the program Umatilla County used in financing the con struction of the Umatilla Toll Bridge. In his letter to the Yakima County Court Kennedy said. "We would be pleased to hav e your . court and Klickitat County consider the construc tion of a good road from Sunnyside south to the Co lumbia. Should this be attain Must have action It is most imperative that the Port of Morrow and the City of Boardman agree, and very soon, on site No. 1 located east of the Port of Morrow's Processing Park, for a joint regional sewer site. Stanley G. Wallulis. Boardman city engineer, says that this site is the only one that really makes sense. Jim VanDomelen. state hydrologist. said his office, the State Department of Environmental Quality, approves Site No. 1. We believe that it makes sense to heed the advice of authorities and experts in this field in assessing the suitability of locating one sew age disposal facility to serve as a regional treatment plant for both the City of Boardman and the port's processing park at Site No. 1. Go to the river A giant step was taken when the Oregon State Legislature passed the bill to permit port districts to irrigate farm lands and recharge existing water wells. The Harper Plan, authored by Tom Harper, city manager of Hermiston. opens up a vital new avenue of development for the Western Umatilla and Northern Morrow County areas. Harper and many others, along with Representative Stafford Hansell. R. of Hermiston. who introduced the bill, have continually stressed the need for more water to supply the increased needs for industrial, domestic and agricultural use. Umatilla County Extension Agent Carrel Maxwell, in stressing the importance of this legislation, says that the potential as the result of the passage of this bill may be more than 50.000 acres in the Hermiston, Boardman and Arlington districts. This new legislation would permit port districts such as Port of Umatilla and Port of Morrow to issue revenue bonds without any levy against the taxpayers, to establish districts to carry wter to the land. The Ramsey System picks up water from below the Columbra River bed via deep wells and laterals sunk next to the river shore. This system uses the sand and silt below the river as a natural filter. The water obtained through such a system, needs little more than chlonnation before being pumped into a giant reservoir. Water pumped from a site in the Umatilla area up to the bench land above Umatilla, not to be used for domestic purposes, would bypass the reservoir. Quality Mobile Homes from Oregon's oldest and most reliable dealer. See the beautiful Golden West double-wide homes. Regular house siding, roofs, gutters and down spouts. Built like homes should be. HAGGS' Mobile Housing HERMISTON-McNARY HWY. 922-3752 Mayor Dewey West Jr., who is also a port commissioner, said there is an open door policy for both the city and the port commission. Both have to work together closely and immediately. The port is seeking a $1 million loan from the Rural Development Act to develop its water and sewage facilities in the food process ing park. The city is seeking a grant from another federal agency, the Environmental Protection Agency. bridge relocated able our port and county would consider joining you by bonding a bridge." The Morrow County District 6 CWA meeting of Oregon State Grange was held Feb. 13 at the Greenfield Grange hall in Boardman. Mrs. Roy Ball, Moitow County chairman, was hostess. Mrs. Berl Akers. Willows Grange. lone, and district chairman, was in charge of the program, which included the year's program, and a resume of rules of all national sewing contests in the grange. The Women's Activity Com mittee of Greenfield Grange held its monthly meeting Wednesday following the dis trict meeting at the grange hall. The following card party hostesses were appointed: Feb. 26. Mrs. Joe Tatone; March 5, Mrs. Ronald Black; March 12. Mrs. Roy Ball; and March 19. Mrs. Frank Mar low. Donations were voted to CARE and to the Stale CWA Scholarship Fund. Conservation programs for farm, timber land Preliminary details for the 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program (RE CP) have been an nounced, according to David McLeod, executive director of Morrow ASCS Office. The program will offer assistance to farm and timber operators for performing conservation practices. Long term agreements to carry out permanent conservation practices, under an approved plan, plus a Forestry Incen tive Program (FIP) are features along with the appli cation of practices performed Guests at the meeting in cluded Mrs. Berl Akers. Mary Lindsay, Mrs. Louis Halvor sen, Helen McCabe and Ida Coleman from Willows Grange. lone; Mildred Wright, Muriel Palmer, Dor ris Graves and Ruth Berg strom from Rhea Creel; Grange; and Mrs. Rollin Bishop. Mrs. Roy Ball was honored on her birthday on Valentine's Day with a dinner in Pendle ton at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderegg. Those attending included Mrs. Wal ter Wyss. Hazel Carpenter. Mrs. Leo Root. Mrs. Frank Marlow. Roy Ball and Mrs. Franklin Ball, the latter of Pendleton. Greenfield Grange met Sat urday afternoon at the grange hall at 4 p.m. Mrs. Dan Daltoso was initiated in the third and fourth degrees. Guests at the meeting in cluded Umatilla County Deputy and Mrs. Morton Wol verton from Columbia Grange, Hermiston, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe DuPuis, Stan field Grange. Wolverton acted as master during the initiation ceremony and DuPuis acted as Steward. Mrs. DuPuis acted as Flora. A group of grangers accom panied Mrs. Daltoso to the meeting of Stanfield Grange Feb 12 where she received the first and second degrees. In the group were Mrs. Roy Ball, Mrs. Tom Harrison. Mrs. Donald Baker. Hazel Carpen ter and Mrs. Frank Marlow. There were five tables of pinochle in play at the card party held Saturday night at the Greenfield Grange hall, sponsored by the Women's Activity Committee of the grange. Hostesses were Mrs. Charlie Vaughn and Mrs. Donald Baker. High prizes were won by Zearl Gillespie and Mrs. Verne Minnich and lows went to Mrs. Tom Harrison and Art White. Mrs. Nathan Thorpe and Mrs Art White received the traveling pinochle prize. There were four tables of pinochle in play at the party held Tuesday of last week at the grange hall. Hostess was Mrs. Ben Donovan. High prize was won by Mrs. Pete Peterson and low went to Mrs. Walter Hayes. Mrs Ed Kuhn and Mrs. Arthur Allen received the traveling pi nochle prizes. rKitNUSHIrMNN R1VERMEW MOTEL A Home awav from Home' P.O Box 25 Front & 1st S. on 1-80 N. Boardman. Oregon 97818 Area Cod 503-48! -2775 SAVE GAS Try this before taking off your pollution equipment. Increase Gas mileage and power to 30 per cent with the H.P. Air Injector only $14.95 Takes only 5 MINUTES to install! Send check or money order to DUANE BEASON P.O. Box 452 Hermiston, Ore. 97838 under the auunal cost -share program. Fourteen national practices are available for states and counties to build their pro grams on, as follows: estab lishing permanent vegetative cover, improvement perma nent vegetative cover, plant ing forest trees, improving stand of forest trees, water impoundment reservoirs, strip cropping, constructing terrace systems, diversions, streambanks stabilization, permanent wildlife habitat, sediment retention, erosion or water control structures, sediment, chemical or water runoff control measures, windbreaks or shelterbelts, reorganizing irrigation sys tems. County practices, specifi cations and cost-share limits will be determined by the County Development Group. Full details and signup dates will be announced later this spring. Practices begun or completed before approval of cost-shares will not be eligible (or assistance. McLeod said. Umatilla wants a law Since many Umatilla resi dents were concerned and up in arms over the showing of the movie. "Deep Throat," now being shown at the local theatre, the Umatilla City Council is asking for a ruling by the Oregon Attorney Gen eral if Umatilla can pass its own ami-obscenity ordinance rather than wait for a state wide referendum on porno graphy, said A.L. "Bud" Draper, mayor of Umatilla. Umatilla City Attorney Joseph Hershberger was asked to explore the possi bility of enacting an obscenity law to regulate reading ma terial and movies. Residents of such nearby communities of Irngon, Boardman and Hermiston are also concerned. Attendance at the showing of 'Deep Throat" has been good, according to the theatre management, with many customers coming from a cross the Columbia. UMATILLA GLASS AUTO HOME BUSINESS Wt Offer Old Fathtamd Sarvfca FREf CAR WASH with any Awta CUu Initillattan Nn-OIr THarmal Shawar Paan Tub Encloawraa Aiwtnmum WineW AH TypM af CIm liwta Rattan Phont 922-3021 1401 3rd St. Umatilla PEARSON MOTORS Your Dodge Dealer In Hermiston rrigon news AREA HMC MEET AT HERMISTON The Women's Missionary Council of Assembly of God Churches of this area gath ered for a rally at the Hermiston church, Feb. 19, with both a morning and afternoon service. A potluck dinner was served at noon. The Blue Mountain Section al float was on display, which was made by Margaret Thomas, section representa tive. The float will be taken to the Oregon District meeting in Salem on March 12-14. The WMCs of the Blue Mountain Section have collected more than $1,000 which will be contributed to the Rose Room at Brooks, Ore. This building will be a storehouse where provisions will be kept for distribution for the mission aries from the Oregon district. The Rev. Robert Schmoll. Irrigon, was guest speaker and showed colored slides of home mission works in the Southwest. Margaret Thomas honored a number of women by presenting them with a satin rose, among them Ada Mon tague, 82. Irrigon, who was the oldest WMC women present. Several churches made satin roses which were sold to raise funds for the Rose Room. Mrs. John Horner was hospitalized at Good Shepherd Hospital Thursday as the result of an accident just east of Hermiston. Her car was completely demolished Mrs. Horner was on her way to Pendleton to visit her husband, who is convalescing from surgery. The Homers" grandaughters. Tammy and Rise, who live with their grandparents, are also in the Good Shepherd Hospital with bronchitis. Mrs. Ruth McCoy gave a birthday dinner for her broth er, Dave Graybeal. on his Wth birthday, Feb. 14. His resi dence is now the Golden Manor in Hermiston and he was also honored there on his birthday. His niece, Frances McCoy, provided the birthday cake. Other dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Warren McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Ben C and I Furniture ANTIQUES COLLECTIBLES WE BUY WE SELL WE TRADE PHONE 276-0655 424S.MALN PENDLETON 1 Ranchers and Farmers Special j f Corral lumber I J f 2X4s SlUHperm. I 'J ' j 2X6's $108 perm. fjij I X ID'S $180 perm. tY ; 2X12'srough $.'50 perm. f HI , Cut-Rate Lumber Co. i f l'i miles N. of Hermiston on Uormfctotl , ... ,f x McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Stewart and Ellen Reeder. Word was received by friends in Irrigon of the death of Lois Williams, 70, who died in Portland, Feb. 6. Her husband Roscoe Williams, lives in Portland. At one time they lived in Irrigon and ran the Tum-a-Lum Lumber Yard. It has since been lorn down. They Rezoning plans are stalemate Monday night's meeting of the Morrow County Planning Commission ended in a stale mate in Irrigon when 70 people came up with a split decision concerning a re-zoning change. The hearing was held in an effort to rezone 1.500 acres of land from farm to farm residential. This change would reduce the present lot size from five to one-acre parcels, and would provide a minimum of 150 feel frontage per lot. The land in question borders on the Umatilla County Line on the east to Patterson Ferry nn)u)UUMWW....aaaaiw Tie up at For ! Boardman, ore. J j Fine food - Cocktails - Dancing j ! Branding Iron Wall j 1 ! Cowboy Round Table j ! 1 WHEAT i "The time will come when gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat" 1. Better Nutrition 2. Usable Food Storage 3. Financial Savings Mill STONE FLOUR AND CEREAL GRINDER PATRICIA A. MOORE 449-3361 P. O. BOX 1067 Stanfield, Ore. moved to Umatilla in the early '40s and operated the lumber company there for several years before old Umatilla was re-located. Many of the old timers of both communities will remember the family. Dan Creamer has returned home from Kadlec Hospital, Richland, after surgery on his knee that was injured in a train accident at Ordnance. Road on the west and from the Columbia River on the north to the West Extension Irriga tion Canal on the south. Citizens at the meeting represented less than half the landowners who will be di rectly affected by the change. After discussion, the plan ning commission decided to mail out ballots to each land owner in the area and await their decision In-fore taking any further action The commission hopes to have the results of the ballots by its April meeting the original Man
