New councllmen take oath
More police, higher -wafer
rates under consideration
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MARK PIPER, '.exington. will noon be Heppner'
second Eagle Scout lit1 has passed all his
requirements and is aw ailing a dale for his Court of
Honor.
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GLADYS BKCKKT was last week's Who's Who
Mystery Person, Not a single person out of the more
ih. in 125 entrants Identified her. There were four clues:
wheal rancher, ret, (she still has interest in a wheat
ranch but does not work nt it ; l!on tthat is the year of
her birth); H G, iher initials, transposed i; babysitter
ishe is babysitter' for the Jim Holers children). This
week's jackpot goes to $15.
Get involved, speaker
Kai l Pryor. Condon, mem
ber of the Citizens Advisory
Committee of I, CDC. spoke to
members of the Chamber of
Commerce Monday.
lie gave a resume of the
louiiihng of the organization,
and called for strong local
citizen input into construction,
agriculture and forestry problems
Youth still unconscious
John F.ksirom, lfi. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Ekslrom
Jr., June, remains in critical
condition in a Portland hospi
tal following n single vehicle
accident early Sunday morn
ing on the llcppner-Lcxington
Highway.
Mark Pointer, a student at
Blue Mountain Community '
College, found young Ekstror.i
lying on the pavement, in the
right lane going toward Lex
ington, alxiijt 4:15 a.m. Ap
parently, the youth fell asleep,
swerved to the left lane and
may have over-corrected in
trying to get back into the
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The involvement of ciliens!
in both county and city
government, he pointed out, is
a "liist" in the State of
Oregon, This is the first time,
he said. Ilia! citizens have had
a chance to voice their
opinions as to w hat they really
. want. One of the problems
lacing local government is
that main citizens are reluct
right lane of traffic. His
pickup went into a barpit on
the right, throwing him out
onto the pavement. The pick
up came to rest against the
right-of-way fence, upside
down. 1
Pointer went to the Monte
Evans home and awakened
Evans, who rushed to the
scene while Mrs. Evans noti
fied Sheriff John Mollahan.
Ekstrom w as lying about 40 or
50 feet from the pickup.
The youth was taken by
ambulance to Pioneer Mem- ,
orial Hospital for emergency
treatment, then rushed to
Good Samaritan Hospital in
The oath of office admini
stered to four councilmen was
the first order of business for
the monthly meeting of the
Hepptier common council
Monday night:
Sworn into office were Jim
Itogers, Ierice Martin, Bob
Jones and Ernie Ceresa.
Following the ceremony.
Mayor Sweeney asked the
council to elect a council
chairman, in the absence of
the Mayor. Bob Jones was
unanimously elected to the
office.
Boh Iwe, engineer and
maintenance man for Pioneer
Memorial Hospital, appeared
to request a parking permit
enabling him to park free in
various locations within the
city when he is on hospital
business. "I would gladly pay
a permit fee of $5, $10 or $20,
per year to park my vehicle
when on hospital business
rather than have to have
pennies or nickels for the
meters in the city," he said.
1 lbs plea met with some
objections from the council as
it recently passed an ordin
ance revoking the use of
parking permits.
Burglaries
at lone,
Lexington
Mr and Mrs Kric Anderson
recently had their home and
their farm shop near lone
burglarized
Entry to the farm shop was
made by prying oen a door,
missing are some hand and
power tools. Kntry into the
house was -made through an
unlocked window. Camera
equipment and a clock were
taken.
' The Andersons, who had
Ix-en honey 'mooning in Hawaii
for the past three weeks,
estimated the loss at $470.
Aaron Klinger. 18. Lexing
ton, ami a 16-year-old juvenile
were arrested Thursday by
the Morrow County Sheriff's
Department in connection
with a burglary at the Chevron
Station, Lexington. Dec. 29.
Station Manager Paul Har
rah reported an estimated 150
gallons of gasoline .and some
automotive tools were taken
with an estimated loss of $112.
urges
ant to get involved and are
waiting for George to do the
work; however, many com
munities are running out of
Georges to do the work, he
said.
Pryor concluded by urging
each person to "be a concern
ed citizen and get involved in
your government."
Portland.
Preliminary reports indi
cate that Ekstrom is suffering
fron head injuries, and as of
Tuesday had not regained
consciousness.
Ekstrom had taken Mary
Ann Greenup home that even
ing. After visiting with her
mother, Mrs. Colleen Green
up, he left for home about 3:30
a.m. According to Mrs.
Greenup, she tried to per
suade Ekstrom to spend the
night with them. He declined,
she said, because he said he
did not want to wake his father
at that time of the morning.
Iwe contended that he not
only runs errands for the
hospital but also drives the
ambulance, and he has been
doing this for the good of the
hospital as well as the
community for the past 25
years. i
He receives $25 per month
from the county for the use of
his vehicle, and because he
drives an emergency vehicle
he should receive some con
sideration from the city for the
work he is doing, he told the
council.
I-nwe pointed out that both
County Judge Paul Jones and
Hospital Administrator Ilene -Wyman
had designated his
vehicle as an official hospital
vehicle.
The council granted Ime's
vehicle free parking for the
net 90 days w hen he is doing
business for Pioneer Memor
ial Hospital.
The council approved the
following building permits:
A permit for Pacific
Northwest Bell for the con
struction of a new dial office.
The cost of the construction is
estimated to be $45,000; the
builder is McCormick Con
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GAZETTE-TIMES
Vol. 91, No. 47
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Traffic citations have put a
23 year-old I'matilla man in
jail for six months -
Maynard Meyers Pourier,
I'matilla. was cited by Oregon
Slate Police Dec. 31 for
driving in Morrow County
under the influence of intoxi
cating liquors and for driving
with a suspended drivers
license
As the arresting officer
finished citing Pourier, the
man escued on foot through
nearby fields.
The following day Pourier
telephoned the state police
Winter wheat estimates off
Winter wheat production
estimates for Oregon for 1975
are down 10 per cent from
1974. reports Harold Kerr,
Morrow County Agent.
Acreage estimates for Ore
gon are up 3 per cent but yield
estimates are down due to
siotty stands and below
average fall and early winter
moisture. These estimates are
from the USDA, Kerr reports.
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struction Co., Pendleton.
Some discussion followed on
the permii when it was
learned that construction had
begun prior to the approval of
the permit. "This is in direct
violation of the city's ordin
ance." said Councilman War
ren Plocharsky. However, it
was pointed out that the
contractor had been advised
to halt construction on the
project until a permit was
applied for and approved and
the contractor had complied
with the order.
A permii for the remodel
ing of a garage located at 175
Baltimore St.. owned by Bob
Jones, was approved by the
council.
-Also approved was an
application for the construc
tion of a six plex at 515 North
Oliver St. The two-story build
ing will have 4.680 square feet
and will be built at an
estimated cost of $109.200..
Owners of the multiple dwell
ing are birry Prock. Mike
Sweeney and Dan Sweeney.
Plans for the new sixplex
had been approved by the
planning commisssion last
year and a building permit
Heppner, Ore.,
months for traffic
and asked alsmt "the serious
ness of his escape." Informed
ef severity of the crime, he
decided to give himself up to
the county court. He turned
himself into the State Police at
Hermiston who transported
him to the Morrow County
Justice Court. It was his 1 3th
citation since 1967. '
Pourier appeared in Justice
Court on Jan. 2 An examina
tion of his driving record
revealed that he had been
arrested 11 limes since 1967,.
with citations ranging from
Nationally, acreage esti
mates are up 6 per cent over
last year and yield prospects
are up 15 per cent . The leading
stale in increased acreage is
Texas with 16 per cent and
production estimate up 122 per
cent from 1974.
In the Pacific Northwest,
seeded acreage for 1975 is
4.900.000 acres, down 2 per
cent from 1974.
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had previously been issued by
the council. Construction had
not been started within the
45-day period, making appli
cation of the old permii void.
The building will be con
structed by Dykstra Con
struction Co.. and will be
inspected by FHA inspectors
at owners' cost. Permit was
approved.
Kasements for the installa
tion of w ater mains within the
Morrow County School Dis
trict and the Parker-Hosmit
Inc. property near the high
school were approved by the
council. The rights-of-way are
for installation of new mains
from the proposed new reser
voir site.
Chief of Police Dean Oilman
asked the council to consider
the hiring of another police
oHicer.
"The addition of another
police officer will no! curb all
the crime in the City, but will
tend to halt some of the
criminal mischief now taking
place." Oilman said. "In the
good old days three to four
crimes reported w ithin a year,
with a few more during
huni inn season, was usual! v
Jan. 9, 1975
driving without an operators
license to attempting to elude
police to driving while under
'the influence of intoxicating
liquor.
Pourier pled guilty to all
three charges. Justice of the
Peace Charles O'Connor sen
tenced him to six months in
the county jail for drunk
driving. 90 days for driving
with a suspended license and
90 days for attempting to
esc,iH'. It is expected that the
sentences will run concur
rently and Pourier will serve
only six months in jail.
Acreage in Oregon for 1975
is projected to be 1,150,000
acres. In 1974 Oregon's total
wheat crops was 52,770.000
bushels, up 46 per cent from
1973. and the first time in
history that Oregon exceeded
50 million bushels.
Oregon produces about 2 per
cent of the nation's winter
wheat. Kansas is the largest
winter wheat producing state.
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par. There have been four
crimes committed within the
past five days." he added.
Too. as of Jan. 15 taverns will
remain open until 2:30 a.m..
and this means more people
on the streets then at the
present time. There has also
been an increase in the
number of criminal mischief
cases.
Mayor Sweeney re
commended that the police
committee study the facts
with the chief of police and
with the city recorder to
determine the amount of
money needed for an extra
police officer and the added
cost of the patrol car. The
committee will meet and
report back to the council
within the next 10-15 days,
when a special meeting is
planned to review Phase 3 of
the city's water program.
Sweeney suggested to the
council that the budget will be
coming up for review within a
lew months and' one of the
city's primary source of
income is derived from the
sale of water. "Water rates
have not been raised in
Heppner since 1959." he said,
violations
The maximum sentence he
could have received for the
throe charges is a fine of $5,000
and three years in jail.
In other police action, a
mink coal valued at $2,700 was
stolen from the Elks Club
early Wednesday morning. It
was found later in the waters
of Willow Creek. The coat
belonged to Mrs. Rose Mae
Hardwick. Camp 5. Kinzua,
and was recovered by city
police and sheriff's deputies.
Arrested was Charles Sher
man Oilman, Heppner. who
was charged with theft in the
with Oklahoma. Texas, Neb
raska and Montana in that
order, making up the top five.
All five are Hard Red produc
ing states.
Washington, with 2,760.000
acres ranks 6th nationally;
Oregon with 1.150.000 acres is
8th and Idaho with 990.000
acres is 9th. Washington is 3rd
in production due to Higher
yields per acre. In 1974
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ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TRY AGAIN! This is the 1939 picture
we should have run in this space last week. Some editorial,
knucklehead grabbed the wrong photo, as more than 100
readers called to our attention. The Gazette-Times will still
offer a year's subscription to any person who can identify
those in this picture and why.
"and perhaps the council
should study the water rates of
other locales with approxi
mately the same population.
as a comparison."
Most cities comparable in
size to Heppner have water
rates of $5-$6 per month, w hile
the rate in Heppner is only
$2 50. The city of Elgin
recently revised and raised its
rates, but placed in its
ordinance a stipulation that
anyone on a limited income,
over the age of 65, need" only
pay one-half the rate.
"With over 600 hookups in
thecily. if the water rate were
increased a dollar a month the
added revenue would amount
to approximately' $40,000 per
year. "Sweeney stated, "and
any city would benefit from
that additional income."
At Boarclman, three city
councilmen were sworn in
Tuesday Ronald Black.
Jerry Peck and Joe Tatone
were given the oath of office
by Mayor Dewey West Jr. The
council is still one member
short due to the resignation of
William Nelson in December.
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first degree. Arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Charles
O'Connor Thursday, he was
released on $2,505 bail to
consult an attorney. No trial
date has been set.
Luke Padberg. formerly of
Heppner and now serving in
the l". S. Navy, was arrested
by city police Dec. 31 on
charges of driving while under
the influence and for having
an alcohol blood content of .15
or more.
He appeared before O'Con
nor and was fined $'(05.
Oregon's average yield per
acre was 42.9 bushels per
acre, compared to 26 5 for the
nation.
In Morrow County for 1974.
the average yield was esti
mated at 29.0 bushels per acre
on 170.000 acres. Indications
are that seeded acres for 1975
will be slightly under 1974 in
Morrow Countv.
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