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Heppner, Ore., Gazette t " J ); Youth work hard at Tupper camp Much has been gained by the location of a summer youth camp at Tupper Guard Station this year. The south county area has been improved through the youths' work under U.S. Forest Service guidance. The young people have learned through experience about ap proved methods of utilization of forest lands. They have spent time and muscle power cleaning up burnable mat erials and slash; cleaned out spring boxes and cleared culverts long buried in mud; strung fences; improved re creational trails; and cleared and thinned forest areas. They have also assisted in mopping up after several fires which relieved forest service manpower. They cleaned the Tupper heliport. At Bull Prairie Lake they removed cattails which interfered with access to the lake. They have repaired and repainted brid ges and buildings. They are working on Wilson Creek, deepening it to attract steel head and to improve the spawning grounds. Each of the 24 campers and their counselors has put in 40 work hours a week. Recrea tional times have been care fully planned. Each Thursday, except July 4, they have come to Heppner where they enjoy ed swimming and visiting the museum and library. Each weekend they have visited places of interest. Last weekend they all work ed on Saturday to allow themselves an extra recrea tion day on Aug. 2. On Sunday they took a one-day trip to Camp Hancock to study wild- KATHV WOLFF ON STORY HOUR Kathy Wolff will be the next story teller for the AAUW sponsored children's story hour at the library. Kathy, who is popular with young children, can be expect ed to liven up the performance for the 4 through 8 year olds who will be attending the 10 a.m. story hour. Attendance had been doubl ed at this year's story hours as compared to last year. There is still room for more children. The program will continue every Monday morning at the library throughout August. Specialty Distributors Phone 395-2553 Box 305 Manpin, Oregon 97037 ENERGY CONSERVATION FUEL PO'.'sivAS 1 J,.-t -i -it f'C: panies all agree that a clean :'TZ---3t heating system will ENERGY. FUEL In Heppner July 29-Aug. 9 Pringles Power-VAC pol Furnace Cleaning 278-2297 - Times, Thursday, July 25, 1974 Ben Cox, left, one of the few remaining pioneers of Morrow County, talks to Buzz Lynch about the good old days at the 2nd annual picnic at Anson Wright Park two Sundays ago. Ren recently celebrated his 83rd birthday, and is looking for ward to next year's picnic. Nearly 350 persons attended the picnic hosted by Lynch and Bill Scott, owners of Cal' Cafe and Lounge. The w hole town had been invited to the day-long festival of food and entertainment. life and vegetation and to dig fossils. Next weekend some may go to their homes, and those who do not will have an opportunity to backpack in the Wallowa Mountains. A final outing, Aug. 2-4, will send them into the Cascades around Bend where they will study geology, ride horseback and have an old-fashioned hayride party. Health clinic dates The Morrow County Exten sion Service, County Health Department, and State Health Department are combining efforts to present a free health screening, with dates of the clinics set for Aug. 26-27. The service will be provided in Irrigon for residents of North Morrow on Aug. 26 and in Heppner, Aug. 27. Pre-school and pre-high school children will receive their pre-school physicals, and health cards required for school entry will be completed at the clinics. Immunizations required will also be given at the clinics. To provide the free health service to residents of the county, a large number of volunteer workers will be needed, according to Birdine Tullis. Anyone wishing to devote a day or part of a day to assist with the clinics is asked to call Mrs. Tullis as soon as pos sible. A qualified doctor and some technicians will be provided by the State Health Department, but clerks and assistants are needed. Appointments are needed by those wishing to take advan tage of the service. North Morrow residents may make appointments by calling Mirk Tolar at A. C. Houghton School, Irrigon Heppner, lone, Lexington residents call Tiny Sweeney. 676-9911, or Birdine Tullis, 676-9642. Kesidents are given early notice of the event in order that they may make plans to take advantage of the free health screening. ANNUAL METHODIST PICNIC ON SUNDAY ' Sunday, Aug. 27, families of the Heppner Methodist Chur ch will gather in the Court house Park for their annual picnic. Rev. Edwin Cutting has announced that assemb ling should begin at 12:30 p.m. This event is one of long-standing with the church group. SAVINGS Natural gas companies, fuel oil dealers and electric com- SAVE and MONEY Howell heads agency Mike Howell, Morrow County 4-H and Livestock Extension Agent, has been elected chairman of the county Interagency Commit tee replacing Del Smith, chairman. Smith resigned the position he had held since the forma tion of the committee this past winter, as he will be moving from the community soon. He formerly served as planning director, and has assumed a new position as farm man ager. Other business at the July meeting of the committee included discussion of efforts to attract doctors to the area, report of a slide-tape present ation presently in preparation which will be available for use to interested groups, depicting life in Morrow County, its growth and opportunities. The Interagency Committee meets monthly, with the next , meeting set for Aug. 13, Beecher's, lone. Purpose of the Interagency Committee is communication and coordin ation of effort between agen cies, organized groups and clubs within the county. Youths work on church Fifty-five young adults were in Heppner Saturday to help "raise" the Mormon chapel which was begun in 1970. The young people came from Oregon and Washington cities. By mid-afternoon Sat urday they had the rafters in place. Most of the heavy work was completed by this task force, which expressed the hope that it won't be long before the chapel is com pleted. Joyce Carr of Beaverton, daughter of Jim Carr, Hepp ner, had heard of the need for volunteers lor the work pro ject here, and passed the word among her friends. The result was Saturday's gathering. Following their day's work they were able to use the facilities at Heppner High School to shower and change from work to dress clothing. Later they attended a barbe cue at Anson Wright Park and , the dance at the Hardman Opry House. : EXPO 747 ! , If you plan to attend Expo '74, or just ! ; take a vacation in the near future, see us first for your tire needs. Later may J ! be too late! MILES Tire Service : $76-9481 !; Farm assessments found accurate Morrow County farmers have been accurately assess ed for the year 1973, according to William H. Scharn, indep endent appraiser retained by the Morrow County Board of Equalization to check wheat yields and market prices for that year. Scharn's findings were de livered to the board of equal ization, July 16. He was retained by the board as a result of 58 farm appeals from tax notices received for the 1973 crop year, some of which were 60 per cent higher that previous years because of unexpected high prices paid farmers for wheat. Those who filed ap peals will be notified by mail of Sham's findings. According to County As sessor Joyce Bergstrom, Umatilla County may also employ an independent ap praiser to check assessment practices there. Farmland in Umatilla County is generally assessed at a lower rate than land in Morrow County. As a result, Morrow County resid ents pay comparatively high er taxes to support Blue Mountain Community College than those in Umatilla County. A check of wheat yields and market prices in Umatilla may result in equalized sup port of the community college ' district, and a break for Morrow taxpayers, Mrs. Bergstrom said. Mrs. Bergstrom told the Gazette-Times yesterday that the problem of disproportion ate land values remain. Mor row and the other five counties in this district use two years' farm yield base while Umatil la County uses five years' net income before taxes. This has made a difference in the end result of arriving at a value of tillable farm land. Since each county has the responsibility for funding the community college budget, based on "supposedly proportionate values," a different method of computing values in the two counties results in this county paying a disproportionate share of the budget. Mrs. Bergstrom pointed out that the Umatilla county assessor was called to Salem July 19 to confer with the Department of Revenue con cerning the methods used in arriving at farm use value. "What has or will come of the meeting I don't knew," she said. "I would hope they make an effort to correct this problem for the 1974-75 tax year or come up with a formula to be used in ap portioning the levy (com munity college) between counties." The Morrow County as sessor said she is circulating a petition to the Department of Revenue asking that such an equalizing of levy be effected. Such a petition was signed earlier this, year, mainly by farmers. But the assessor said every county taxpayer is affected, and urged every taxpayer to sign her petition. Copies of the petition can be signed in the assessor's office and at other points in the county. She said the Assessors Association and the State of HALF A HOG IS IP FOR GRABS The Hoof and Horn 4-H Livestock Club will hold a donation drawing with the winner receiving one-half a hog, cut and wrapped, ready for the freezer. Monies received will go toward purchase of a portable speaker system for 4-H use. The drawing will be held Aug. 22 during the Morrow County Fair auction. Oregon strive for uniformity in such matters throughout the state. "If I had known we weren't all striving for this uniformity, and the choice was Russian roulette, we could have used 10 years net income before taxes as a base for determining land taxes in Morrow County," she said. "I urge the taxpayers of Morrow County to demand a uniform method of computing farm deferral values by sign ing the petition and by writing to John Lobdell, Director, Department of Revenue. Stat1 of Oregon, Salem, Ore. 97310.' FIRE THREATENS WHEAT FIELDS A grass fire, whipped by strong winds, burned ap proximately five acres on the Don Evans Ranch Monday afternoon. Fast acting by Evans and the Heppner Fire Department contained the blaze before it reached 500 acres of wheat ready for harvest. Rodeo Princess Michele Evans did her part by joining the men in beating out the flames. CENTRAL MARKET USDA Choice Pot 5)(S blade cut lb. muni 7 Western Family Sliced i-ib.$T19 Bacon pkB- U Nabisco Snack Crackers 59$ 9 oz. Triscuit or 16 oz. Ritz Nalley's RELISH Hamburger, Sweet Sun Ripe Mandarin Oranges PACIFIC SHRIMP 79t SEAPAKT OYSTERS Prices effective July Court is first at Elgin The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court did it again. They won first place for rodeo courts at the Elgin Stampede Sunday. The girls were in a day-long competition with 80 girls from various courts. They were judged in the parade on their appearance and the grooming of their horses. At the Queen's Luncheon the girls were again judged. Queen Sherry was reported to have done an outstanding job of introducing her court and inviting every one to attend the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. The girls were also judged during the rodeo for horsemanship and riding ability. Chaperone Suzzane Jepsen said everyone knew where Morrow County people were sitting when the Morrow County Court was announced as first place winner at the rodeo. Suzzane has the ribbon, won by the girls, on display at Gardner's Mens Wear along with the third place ribbon won at the Crooked River Roundup in Prineville the previous weekend. Queen Sherry and her court have made every effort to advertise the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo when they have visited other rodeos. These Prices Good Roasts ni9 arm cut J lb. sunny sinme? savings on nsr:r3 hot iveatkzi foods 39( Banquet, Hot Dog lloz. tins 3 for $1 8 oz. can 59t 26-27 MARKET They take plenty of posters with them. In Elgin and Prineville they and Mrs. Jepsen went up and down the main streets handing out pamphlets on the events. Boys Back-to-School Pants ;j sizes 4-16 550 In blue, green, to brown, cranberry 9.25 Matching Shirts 5.25 to 6.75 I ! USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN El ma's Apparel Shop ij Friday, Saturday Fresh Beef liver Regular flavored im rice nix 43 6 oz. DEUCIOUSLY FRESH No. 1 PoMoes RADISHES GREEN onions bun Cucumbers "19t ON THE COB Corn Phones: (Groc.) 676 - Page 3 Ail Morrow Countians and their friends are invited to a pot luck picnic at Laurelhurst Park, Portland, Sunday. Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. Coffee will be served. io ., 79 1 3 -29$ 9614, (Meat) 676-9288 y a It's nice to save twice . low prices and S&H Green Stamps
