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Valley View Estates draws council fire
A small group of citizens
present til the regular minting
of the Heppner conimon
council Mondny night to hour
answers concerning the con
struction of roads untl the
water line in Valley View
Kslalos subdivision was dis
npiiolnled when the architect,
Menard Unruh, and Hip con
tractor for the subdivision did
not appear.
Although the city recorder
had tried to contact them, he
was unable to do so unlit laic
Monday afternoon, which
would not have given them
time to attend the meeting.
However, they have notified
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Dorris Graves
I loi n s Graves, who recently
returned from Perth. Austra
lia, where site attended the
llth annual meeting of the
Associated Country Wopien of
the Work), was the guest
speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday.
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the city they w ill he present to
answer questions by a com
mittee of the council Wednes
day afternoon ( ycslcrdjiy I,
After questions regarding
the subdivision had heen
directed to the council regard
ing the change in the street
widths. Mayor Jerry Sweeney
explained the situation: "The
city has no specifications or
standards for a subdivision, so
how can we enforce the
laws'""
Itichardrnruh.ina letter to
the city, explained the reason
lor the change in the width of
the street from .'1(1 feet to 28
feet, by saying that the city
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produced icicles on this plant, forming a grotesque pattern.
reports on Australia
Mrs Craves told members
nl the beginning of the ACWW.
"Today . it's 8 nullum mem
bers in 2H:l dillei enl societies
romi' from W! different coun
tries." she said
Anns of the ACWW are to
promote international . good
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planning commission had
approved the change,
Sweeney noted that the City
Planning Commission in a
separate body and has the
authority to accept or modify
any street without the city
council's approval.
One of the reasons for the,
change in the street width,
according to Unruh's letter, is
due to the gradient of the
street; a narrow street has
been found to be more safe
than wide street.
City Engineer Steve Ander
son told the council that he had
ssiken to both Unruh and the
contractor, and in his opinion
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will, friendship and 'under
standing between the country
women and homemakers of
the world; to raise the
standard of living of rural
women all over the world, and
to lie a forum for country
women on international
affairs.
The first step in organizing
the ACWW began in Geneva in
IW7 when a resolution was
passed by the International
Council of Women "That a
committee be formed to
consider the conditions under
w hich women's rural organi
zations work."
Three years later, a further
step was taken when the same
International Council of Wo
men, at its conference in
Vienna, agreed on the forma
tion of a liaison committee of
rural women's and home
makers' organizations.
The ACWW meets every
three years and in 1971 the
meeting was held in Oslo,
Sweden.
Besides striving for improv
ed rural conditions and better
homes, the ACWW links coun
try women all over the world,
and keeps the country
women's point of view before
the United Nations on such
matters as food, nutrition,
education and culture, child
care, and economic and social
problems. The ACWW also
initiates projects as the
UNESCO Gift Coupon project
which equipped village train
ing centers in Ceylon and a
child care center in Colombia.
Following the ACWW meet
ing. Mrs. Graves told the
members of her trip north to
Darwin and then along the
eastern coast of Australia.
Most of the roads around the
outer area of Australia are
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it would be of benefit to the
council to meet with them and
discuss their problems Wed
nesday prior to making any
hasty decisions.
Councilman Jim Rogers
said, "We can live with the
street, let's go on to the
problems pother than this;
namely the water system."
Again Anderson answered
for the absent contractor
saying. "The water system
w as put in last summer, and at
that lime I notified the con
tractor that if the blocks under
the water pipe were not
removed and the method of
backfilling the pipe was not
THE
GAZETTE -
Vol. 91, No. 51
Morrow farms produced $50 million
Oregon
Sales of Oregon farm
products during 1974 went
over the one billion dollar
mark for the first time.
Thai's the good news. The
bad news Is that production
costs set record highs too.
These and other 1974 farm
sales estimates for Oregon
have been released by the
Oregon State University Ex
tension Service.
The 1974 record sales $1.1
billion is $125 million greater
than that recorded for 1973.
The increase is due to
greater income from sales of
crops especially grains,
truck crops, and specialty
field crops (like mint)." says
Stan Miles. OSU Extension
economist who worked with
county extension agents to
consolidate the estimates.
"Gross income from crops
was up nearly 27 per cent from
197:1." Miles says. "This
resulted primarily ; from
greater value of wheat sales."
4-H youth to observe government at work
A close look at state
government and a major
discussion on land use plan
ninu for environmental quali
ty and economic growth will
hmhlight the 1975 Oregon 4 H
Conference in Salem. Feb.
till, according to Birdine
Till I is. Morrow Extension Ser
vice. About 9n 4 11 members and
other youth from throughout
the stale are expected to par
ticiple in the program which
opens Sunday at Salem's Tiki
1-odge, Representing Morrow
County will be Glen Griffith,
lone Also attending and
assisting with the conference
is Anita Davidson, Lexington,
one of Oregon's four delegates
to the 1974 National 4H
Conference in Washington. D.
C.
March of Dimes
response 'good'
Thursday's Mothers March
of Dimes brought the 1975 goal
within reach as 35 mothers
went door-to-door in Heppner
with others marching in the
other Morrow County towns.
Volunteers in Heppner col
lected $396.25 Thursday even
ing; $43 was given by Heppner
school children.
Reports from the rest of the
county are not in yet, nor are
BENEFIT DANCE FOR
JOHN EKSTROM
The Heppner High ( School
student body is sponsoring a
benefit for one of their
classmates, John Ekstrom,
who is still critically ill in a
Portland hospital following a
traffic accident on Jan. 5.
The benefit is a dance to be
held at Heppner High School
Cafetorium, Saturday, 10 to 12
p.m., following the basketball
game with Wasco.
changed I would not accept
the water system." The con
tractor changed his methods,
and when the time came to
test the water pipe at one and
one-half times the operating
pressure, the line was tested
at three times the required
pressure, or 90 pounds per
square inch, and held. There
were no leaks in the line
during the testing although
jiomc damage had been done
to the line and repair clamps
put on the pipe line.
Olfering an explanation for
the repair clamps. Anderson
said as far as he knew there
are only nine clamps on the
farm products hit $1 billion in 74
Grains were the state's
leading farm commodity with
sales estimated at $274 mil
lion, followed by cattle sales of
$1. million and truck crops.
$103 9 million.
While some farmers were
reaping record prices for
crops, others were losing
ground because of the de
pressed livestock market.
Sales of livestock in 1974
amounted to $322 million,
down nearly 20 per cent.
"Dairy, sheep, and hog
prices remained fairly stable
relative to 1973," Miles in
dicates, "but prices of feeder
cattle and calves were down
' dramatically.-
"Cow -calf operations were
particularly hard hit. and this
will probably not improve
much in 1975." '
The economist says the
price of feed grains is the
problem. "Cattle feeders can't
bid up the price of feeder
cattle when they have to pay
the current high feed costs."
SMakers during the confer
ence will include Gov. Robert
Siraub. Kessler Cannon. De
partment of Environmental
(Juality . and a number of other
stale olticials. Delegates will
spend Monday in the capitol
discussing how laws are
made, attending committee
meetings and observing ses
sions of the House and Senate.
A picnic- supper at the Oregon
4 II Center and discussion of
Oregon and the energy crisis
will bo included in events, as
well as a morning session
devoted solely to the inter
relationship of land use.
environmental quality and
economic growth.
Participants are expected to
cover such subjects as the
purpose of planning, how the
I.CDC works, the operational
the business donations known
at this time. Anyone wishing
to contribute can still do so
through the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
Forty per cent of the funds
collected remain for use in the
county. Last year one of the
county recipients was Mikka
Evans, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ken Evans, Irrigon. She
was supplied the life-sustaining
machines necessary be
cause of a birth defect.
Another recipient of county
funds was Roberta Acock,'
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Acock, Irrigon, She was
awarded a nursing scholar
ship at Blue Mountain College.
Tuesday, Feb. 11, is the last
day for candidates to file for
school board and advisory
committee positions. Petitions
are available at the superin
tendent's office in Lexington.
existing line, and some of
these have been placed on the
line recently when a cluster of
valves was hit by a blade
operator. making repairs
necessary.
According to reports, the
contractor is willing to main
tain the water line for a
two-year period rather than a
one-year period if the city
desires: however, prior to
making any commitment the
contractor would like to make
his own determination of the
project with members of the
city council or a special
committee. The council
agreed to the recommenda
Heppner, Ore., Feb. 6, 1975
Miles reported another first
for Oregon two counties had
.estimated total farm sales of
more than $100 million. Uma
tilla came up w ith $116 million
and Marion $115 million.
Eighteen of Oregon's 36
counties experienced a decline
in total farm sales from 1973 to
1974 due to the drop in
livestock revenue. In only one
county was the drop attributed
to a decline in crop sales.
U.S. Department of Agri
culture estimates indicate a
lower net farm income for the
U. S. in 1974 than was shown
for 1973. Nationally, fertilizer
costs were up 60 per cent and
fuel 35 per cent. Miles say,
indications for 1975 show
production costs still climb
ing. Oregon farm sales esti
mates are made annually.
County Extension agents work
with Miles on contacting
producers, brokers, handlers,
processors, and others in the
food chain. Estimates are
cllecN-nn land use. authority.
opNirtunities for citizen parti
cipation, how decisions are
made, and the use of public
healings in the planning
Snowmobile
"Snowmobile for Cancer" is
being held Sunday. Feb. 23.
beginning at 10 a.m.
Tentative starting point will
be the turn off on Willow Creek
Road to Blake's Ranch. If the
snow holds most likely the ride
will be from Blake's to
Potomus Point. Approximate
ly 24 miles both ways will
complete the ride. Anyone
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tion of the city engineer.
Anderson was asked by
Sweeney to give the council a
report on his recent investi
gation of the Morgan Street
bridge.
"This is the worst bridge I
have ever seen. "Anderson
said. "The wooden trusses are
setting on stringers and the
trusses are rotted at the ends
and one of the cross members
of the bridge is broken in
half." He recommended to the
council that the bridge be
closed to any further school
bu traffic until repairs can be
made. The bridge w as design
ed with a safetv factor which
TIMES
made on more than 130 crop
categories. Figures on major
crops are compared with
those estimated for the state
by the USDA Statistical Re
porting Service.
Statewide income by com
modity groups for 1974 was as
follows: grains. $274 million:
cattle. $156 million: truck
crops. $103.9 million: dairy
products. $87.1 million: grass
and legume seeds. $78.1 mil
lion: potatoes. $68.5 million:
tree fruits and nuts. $58.4
million: specialty field crops.
$58 million: hay. $46 3 million:
specialty horticulture crops,
$417 million: chicken eggs.
$24. 9 million: farm and forest
products. $24 7 million: small
fruits and berries. $24.2 mil
lion: broilers. $12.9 million:
swine. $12.3 million: mis
cellaneous animals. $10.4 mil
linn: sheep and lambs. $9.8
million: turkeys. $81 million:
farm chickens $0.3 million.
Sales by counties were as
follows: Baker. $14.6 million:
proecss
A highlight of the confer
ence w ill be the announcement
ol two Oregon delegates to the
National 4-H Conference in
cancer benefit
interested should pick up their
sponsor sheets from Heppner
TV Inc. or contact Judie
Laughlin at 676-9781. All riders
are welcome.
Mariam Hess. Hermiston. is
chairman of this event spon
sored by the 4-Corners Snow
mobile Club and OSSA. A
committee is planning a chili
feed halfway through the ride.
BILL PHILLIPS and Bill Kletzer, broker-appraisers licensed
by the Oregon Real Estate Division, and also special
appraisers for the Department of Veterans Affairs, will be
appraising residential areas in Heppner. They will start their
work either today or Friday. They plan to appraise the area
in sections, and for the convenience of people who are
working during the day, a call to the county assessor's office
for an appointment will be appreciated.
allows twice the allowable
load limit to pass over the
structure.
The council voted to notify
school authorities and ask
them to re-route the buses
across the Riverside Street
bridge. This new route which
is presently a one-way street,
will have to serve traffic going
in both directions, and school
authorities should be allowed
time to notify students of the
existing hazard.
In other business, the coun
cil accepted a new structure
permit for the construction of
a modular home with the
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Benton. $28.1 million: Clack
amas. $59.7 million: Clatsop.
$22 million: Columbia. $6.8
million: Coos. $14.8 million;
Crook. $14.9 million: Curry,
$3.7 million: Deschutes. $10.8
million: Douglas. $15.4 mil
lion; and
Gilliam $20.8 million:
Grant. $7.4 million: Harney.
$9 2 million; Hood River. $21.0
million: Jackson. $24.8 mil
lion: Jefferson. $32.0 million:
Josephine. $7.5 million: Kla
math. $51.8 million: Lake. $9.7
million: Lane. $40.6 million:
Lincoln. $2.3 million; Linn.
$64 2 million: Malheur. $86.8
million: and
Marion. $115.0 million; ..
Morrow. $50.1 million: Mult
nomah. $19.1 million: Polk.
$168 million: Sherman. $24.0
million : Tillamook. $18.8 mil
lion: Umatilla. $116.2 million:
Union. $26.6 million: Wasco.
$30.4 million: Wallowa. $13.8
million: Washington. $49.3
million: Wheeler. $4.1 million:
Yamhill. $46.3 million.
Washington next spring. Dele
gates to the national con
ference are selected by inter
view and records at the
Oregon conference.
is Feb. 23
A small fee w ill be charged for
this. Coffee and cocoa will also
be on hand. Play rides and
relays are being planned
during this break.
Final plans will be com
pleted at the club meeting in
Hermiston at the Eagles
Lodge at 8 p.m.. Feb. 17. All
persons interested are invited
to attend.