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(K' if OKVILI.K Cutsforth tells chamber of southern trip Orville Cul.sforth was guest speaker at the OuimlHT of Commerce Monday. He presented slides of his recent trip to Ft Polk, l.a., where he and his wife attend ed the wedding of their daughter, JJsa to Staff Ser geant Hick Wiilscm Sergeanl Watson has Kenl three years in Germany and recently enlisted for another five years Me plans to make the service his career. Lisa is nlui ill lhi M-rvIrl' however she will lie discharged in the near future. The (ulsforths look the newly weds with them as they isited the Cahokia Mounds, 111 1 he Cahokia Mounds are the sites of Indian burial grounds and until recently the mounds were farmed by the nearby farmer. Recently many artifacts were found and excavations of the burial sites wh started. "1.500 ariowhcads. all perfect in shajie were found buried with one chief." said Culsforlh The mounds cover approxi mately 1,200 acres At present there is a museum near the site where one can view the excavated artifacts as well as maps shotting txilh the pre sent and promised excava tions They returned to Ft Folk, then continued on their jour ney to Texas. Culsforlh said, There never was a Texan with big hat. big boots and a big mouth who could lie big enough to describe Texas " Oming through the vasl-n'-ss of Texas. Culsforlh stopped and inquired alniul the price of some of the irrigated land in l.ubhock. Texas The irrigated land, he was told sells for $1,200 pi'r aire and up. however, they produce two crops per year. Wheal is planted in October and harvested the following M.iv and the yield is between WW Pur 51751 - Save W JOIN THE BEAT-TI IE-CRUNQ I BUNCII AT i ri CUTSFORTH 80 120 bushels per acre. After the wheat is harvested the fields are planted in maize and the average yield is 3 5 tons per acre The water used to irrigate the fields is very shallow and Cutsforth noticed there were no electric lines or tanks used to run the motors, He investi gated and found the motors are run from an abundance of gas escaping from the water. Driving on to Llttlefield, Texas, the Culsforlhs pulled their mobile home Into a park and noticed a sign which informed them there was no charge for staying at the mobile park The next morn ing they found four producing oil wells that pay all of the city taxes, "The city tried to drill a new water well and hit oil," said Culsforlh. so no one pays any taxes In l.ittlefield there is also the highest windmill in the world A windmill was placed atop a Mm foot tower that bad Ix-en used by the V S Air Force ' The ('ulsforths then visited New Mexico, went on to Arizona where they visited the Grand Canyon, proceeded on to Nevada sloped in Uike view liefore returning home. In other business lo come More the Chamber. Superin tendent of Schools Matt I)ohert announced the grad- . tuition schedule for the three high schools, lone High School will hold their commencement exercises tonight, at 8 pm Heppner High School will hold their graduation Friday night at 7 :to p.m.. and students at Riverside will hold their graduation at 8 p m . Saturday night In observance of Memorial Day, the chamber will not meet next Monday . On June 2. the guests will be the Morrow County Fair and Kodco Queen and her court in "SI-"o-J ax is vv"- . ...iirt. . 1 Lexington Joining Holly Rebekah Lodge No. 139 on Thursday night were the following candidates: Marie Struthers, Denise Sands, Debra Pettit and Valda Smith. Present to greet and wel come them into the degree were Kula Bloodsworth, grandmother of Denise; Ruth Kobinson and Donna Papi neau, grandmother and moth er of Debra: Florence McMil lan and Georgia (Jo) Irvin, grandmother and mother of Valda Smith. The initiatory work was done by ladies in pastel colored formals and the tableaus in white formals. During the regular meeting Leila Palmer was presented a 30 year jewel and Georgia Irvin a twenty-five year jewel by the Secretary Delpha Jones. A reception was held in the dining room. The sheet cake adorned the middle of the table, was decorated with a sheath of white lilies and a dove. The cake was cut and served by Mrs. Woods worth. Lexington Grange met Monday evening at the hall with Master Orville Cutsforth in the chair. This was the yearly visitation meeting with the following Granges present at roll call. Willows 2, Green field 14. Stanfield 2. Khea Creek 8 and Ixinglon 13. A potluck turkey dinner was served with 43 present. Joe DuPuis, Pomona Mas ter of Umatilla Co. was introduced and welcomed. Mr. and Mrs. DuPuis are mem bers of Stanfield Grange. He invited the Past Masters to the Past Masters visitation when a tax consultant will be the speaker, He also announced the Tri County picnic will be at Hat Kock Park. June 28 followed by Pomona at Green field U'xinglon Grange will have a pancake feed. June 1. 6 p.m. al the hall. This will be followed by a card party w ith the public invited A program was presented by Wilma Martin. Willows Grange Lecturer. Mary Lind say gave a reading: Mr. and Mrs Cutsforth showed slides on their trip to Lousi ana ....mmmmmmmnnniiiimtntmitnnii "WHO'S WHO Mhrre lo lmk for chirs: (lues may be hidden in any ad in this section of 30 Hierihanis whose ads are printed below'. When an addi tional ad from one of these sponsorinK merchants ap peals elsewhere in the paper, i hey ion may have clues hidden m them. 'lues will be scattered. There may be from tine to five in any ad --or none. Tins is a ctiniest of skill, and we intend lo do our best lo outwit you! We invite you lo do your best lo ouiwii us. KINZUA CORPORATION riiHKVT l'HlU T llMH (.ItoWIM. WIMtll A ilMMHIIMMIIIIHINIIIIIHUINnUIIHIIMininMIMINtnHHnlMNIHnNNHnnill ANK OF , 'Eastern Vtvgcn Vol It HOMETOWN HANK itl.lMMHMMIMIMMIIIMIIIMIMIMMIMHHMMW 1 iPzknon i 1 JEWELERS bukbittwd ua i; ItHIHIUIHHtlNMIIUIMUttHUHMIHUHUUNtM Miles Tire Service we d like lo know miu belter iW tm IIEI'I'NEK vNHIIMIMHWiaWIIMWWMimi (IKE. $ Cal's I Lounge 1 & I Cafe S t l'TUWS : EVTIMi. S DOWNTOWN Mrs. Robert Sproed and Mrs. David Jones were Baker callers last week. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Irvin and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cool and children of Pendleton visited Lexington Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Barn ett of llonalulu, Hawaii and daughter Mrs. Charles Wen dall of Canby, visited his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Klinger last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Whitney and Kimberlee of Portland were weekend visitors at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Jones. All had dinner at the Kenneth Jones home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mun kers were in Portland on Monday. Try a Gaiette-Tlmes Classified Ad 3D SffiJ lSu Fishing Supplies Poles reels line lures Camping Equipment Sleeping bags stoves lanterns Fishing hunting Anniversary sale COM. V TO I Tf'If If Heppner iiiitiBitiiiiiiiiiiiinitmimtirainitttimuiiitiimmtti Contest rules: 1. Tliis is a family fun contest. One entry per person ia family of four could submit four entries). Anyone may enter unless a member of your family is employed by the merchant whose ad is heavily bordered this week (this applies ONLY during the week this ad is bordered!. Em ployes of other sponsoring merchants are elinible. 2 Nothing to buy. Use any slipof paper for entry blank. It is not necessary In be present to win. It is nol necessary to be a sulscnber to the Gazelle Times lo enter. ( Oi l MKI BSI H HTItlt JtMil Set nig Morrow . W heeler and Gilliam Counties i. Ol Til MIN tun u qui mini Farley Motor Co. pel HE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE BETTER W LOOK u mmii) iiwHiminin iwtt Court Street Market We miiiIc lot! Try us. HEPPNER wmniiwmHinimimminn n"'4 Pettyjohn's ;rf E en thing rv" lof farm V nd home T.4 ' w Ml UiSD 1m HOME ON LEAVE Engineer Second Class Frank L. Lovgren is home on leave visiting his mother Mrs. Paul Hansen, and his father Mr. Jim Lovgren. He arrived in Heppner May 14, and will report back for duty June 2, at Port Hueneme, Ca. He will proceed to Fort Belvore, Va for two months of training in preparation for "Operation Deep Freeze." He will go to Port Mugu, Ca., then proceed to Christ Church, New Zealand for another two weeks of school ing. Upon completion of his special training he will be assigned to McMurdo Station, Antartica for the next 12-14 months. His assignment will be to assist and maintain life sup port systems for the National Science Foundation. U S Deot'im"' ot W InffKX dyuJtll UU now in progress Tl CHIT tTIIII itiHttiumi 2 H GORROW COUNTV'COWTEST tW,... H , Of M t-Wrpr.-, 3 The Mystery Person may be anyone in Morrow County. Clues for his or her identity will be hidden only in ads for sponsoring merchants. If by coincidence the name of the Mystery Person (or other facts about him or her) happens lo appear in news Items, editorial mailer or other places in this news paper, these will nol count as clues in this contest. 4. To enter, write down the name you think to be the Mystery Person. Add the total number of clues you can find in ALL the ads of sponsoring merchants in this issue. You WAGON WHEEL J , us. There iT real Irie-ndly WIIMIMIIIMIHIWtMMtWMWmOHIIIWtMIWmMII MARKET tf.--J Ql'AI.ITY FOODS IONE iiimMtinwnwmiiMMiiniimimiiiiiiiiiiii MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS IN rtlWII 0WNI0 NO CONTIOtklO I.EXINC.TON. ORKf.ON. Sen ing Morrow faanl) flmmtik wmmntmnmmiiiunmiimmiiui ELMA'S Apparel - Fashions for the Ladies Flower Shop niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMmiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iie 1 t ESI kt" e Page Grain grading One-day schools in grain sampling and grading will be conducted by the Oregon Department of Agriculture early in June in four grain producing regions of the state. Al Plummer, administrator of the department's Grain Division, said the school was requested by the various sectors of the grain industry. The curriculum will be pat terned after a northwest regional school, partially sponsored by the department in April. He said the schools will be conducted in coopera tion with the Grain Division of Tit3 LttUS tisuss for w Mike 1-ocln.nK. Njmpu. Mi's fantastic ... and the quality's belter than anything else around here. We'd never done any thing like this before, but we figured the more of the finishing work we did. the more money we'd save. Sure, we had some prob lems, but our Capp Representative came right over and worked it out. Now I've got a home worth ten thousand dollars more than we paid for it. And the reward of doing it myself. THE FINISH-IT-YOURSELF HOUSE: Today's solution to the high cost of housing t QUALITY CONSTRUCTION 79 MODELS YOU CAN MODIFY FINANCING ASSISTANCE LOW DOWN PAYMENT. Send for your free full Representative. KEN BAILEY 4707 SW Ooujlij Dove Pendleton. Oregon 97801 503276-6842 CRPPHOmSS All do not have lo list all these clues, just give the total number of them. Don't forget to add your name and address. Then drop your entry in the box located at the sponsoring merchant whose ad is border ed with a dark border in the ads listed below in this issue. 5. There is no other place where entries will be accept ed. Any member of the family may bring in all the entries for thai family. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult . 6 This week's contest starts when you receive this issue and closes al 5 p.m. Friday of Murray; & OS THE MAIN CORNER DRUGS ic VOIR lloIKTOWPIIKM U'Y nHiwiiiwMiiimimmmwtumnwiiiMWii HIPPNER AUTO PARTS t ihii Hiime-tiMiird ulo Pii ts x retired Heppner Nor-Gas ",nkl AppUaocet RV Eo-ipment nMiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii S (((MM iK Wkrre Servke It a Pletor VG TAVERN( iMnMl'AlHII" 7, THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner, OR.. Thursday. May 22, 1975 school planned wo"- the U.S. Department of Agri culture and Oregon State University Extension Service. Instruction, designed to help grain producers and grain elevator operators, will be conducted in four categories beginning with a general introduction and followed by "U.SD.A. Role in Supervi sion U.S.D.A. Grain Sampl ing". "Sampling and Grading Techniques", and "Applica tion of Standards for Grading Wheat and Barley". The schedule for this area is June 4. 9 a.m.. Willows Grange Hall. lone. BITilSlfy- SSiJ Into BB yV,"TTt' "vHWe rrr Idaho in color catalog or call your It l 1 qi SI D D l.u.j 1 104-PAGE FULL COLOR CATALOG WW this week. 7. At that time (5 p.m.. Friday) a drawing will be held at the store where entries have been received for this week's contest. The first entry drawn thai correctly identifies the Mystery Person will win $20 in cash. If thai entry also lists the correct number of clues hidden in all ads of sponsoring merchants, a bonus of $7.50 will be paid. Whenever this bonus is not won. it will be added to the following week's bonus, which will continue to grow until it is won. 8. Every precaution will be "Everything m Ladies Ready -to-Wear" The Lebush Shoppe Rietmann's HARDWARE AND IMPLEMENTS Yoor Family Hardware" IONE, OREGON I7SU jjSl turner ".dMAIIUI MMi INSUNC( MIDKhss Mil iiu till MY TXwy if ',H,,SJ; fl ii n m a EZ3 CZ3 13 dJ iiiwiiiiiimoioiitS) Cornett Green .Feed IIF.t'PNFR Feed Sall-(iardr and VftrrlniiM Soppli CAL'S ARC0 -v. Ml vears ago in Heppner The Moral Squad will hold a session soon and lake up the matter of getting a new sidewalk built leading lo the school. It seems as if the old wooden walk is in bad rondition. icinr it ciiii null KttXHXXXXXKXMKXXKXMKKI TM JIBS lar EQUAL HOUSING OPPOMUNIir Capp Sales -pp Home tp SW Barbtif Blvd OR-24 Portland, Oregon 97219 pi. Iu mh m wtur Sew HVm H.L iih no ii h oMigjiit ttiuinmnniniitiuiiiutiuinitiiiiiiiiimnnmnimnBni taken lo prevent typographi cal errors that might be mistaken for clues, but error less typography cannot be guaranteed by anybody. The publisher of the Gazette Times will be the judge in all questions and his decision is final. Family participation gives you a belter chance to win the jackpot. Your wife, husband or some bright -eyed youngster may spot a clue that you miss! Think you can outwit the contest? You can't win if you don't enter. I Mobil BOB'S Mobil Service Where smke is nA old-tashiiinrd GONTY'S MIOKSFOR M l." MobnJ RED .,w wing y llrppnrr Or r Kim iiMiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimm'""WH; HEADIN FOR KFECIIK The reason for coming to lone for dinner' the Highway OREGON litunnraMRiuuua:; OLDIES but C(K)DIES Come in and Brow se GARDNER'S MEN'S W EAR "The Store of Personal Service" IONE MMMMMMMfcurf DEAN'S ft 2ND Uff$ I HAND Wrfg (iat-Oil latricalioa Avtt Repair 1 Wkertlneadt weet PmI and vowr fivarMe drink. . ...... .... ADff S76ll Heppner ft IIFI'I'NFR IIEITNF.R i,r.Aiv'ii."nr" " " s '.v r-f ",imiWI"t',lliJ''iiinrJ-