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Perhaps the strains of "I
Arn A Happy Wanderer,"
could best describe the way of
life Donna Bird, Oliver, B C ,
Canada, is presently leading
A few years ago Donna grew
tired of working in an office
and retired from the paper
shuffling, the gossip and
decided to tour the United
Slates
"An automobile is too fast,
and the vehicles pollute the
air," she said So she chose
another mode of transporta
tion She purchased a donkey
and a small cart to carry the
necessities of her simple way
of life and set out to tour the
Slates "The donkey isn't fast,
bul then I am not in any hurry
as I have no pre-determined
destination, " she said "I
enjoy taking the back roads
and this gives me a chance to
slop and visit with people
along the way," said Donna
She carries all of her
belongings in the small cart
and as dusk approaches she
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selects a spot to make camp
for the night She usually will
make her camp in a field that
has some type of grass so her
donkey can graze during the
night Once the camp is
readied, she will clean an area
for a campfire for cooking.'
however, she is aware of the
dangers of fire and in some
cases will eat her meals cold
rather than build a camp fire
She seldom asks permission
to set up her nightly camp,
and will not camp in any
posted area "I don't try to
locate the owner of the
property for my campsite as
this would take too much time,
besides why should I need
permission to spend a few
hours at night." said Donna
Continuing she stated, "When
I lived in Canada, no one had
to ask permission to come on
my property to get a drink of
water, so unless the area is
posted I don't feel I should
have to ask permission to
spend the night "
She tries to avoid all of the
paved roads, as she feels the
pavement is detrimental to
the hoofs of her donkey,
appropriately named Jeanie
Silly-lips
She recently had the donkey
shod for her journey using
pony shoes
She uses maps of the various
counties and tries to stay on
level terrain "Why go up hill
and then down to reach a
destination if you tan traverse
the terrain on the level?" she
said
She had hojx-s of covering
about nine miles per day. but
only covers about six miles
She carries a small clock,
however, she never uses the
alarm "When morning comes
and I decide to break camp
and leave for the day I am not
concerned with the time of
day." said Donna. "I leave
when I feel like it " The
weather plays an important
part in her travels as she
doesn't travel when it is cold
or raining
She started out from Cres
lon. B C last summer and
spent most of the winter
months al Moses Like "When
asked how she managed to
survive the winter months,
she commented she does
welding and is quite proficient
at silver welding
Most of the people she has
encountered along the way
have offered her money or
food In some cases strangers
have returned to her route
with gifts of food
She has been traveling along
Butler Creek about a week ago
and left Lexington last Friday
on her way to Condon At
present her plans are to travel
to Condon. Fossil. Shaniko and
eventually into California, but
her plans may change along
the way
"So what", she contends.
"It has been an interesting
experience and I have met
many interesting people along
the way and it sure beats the
heck out of working in an
office "
GAZETTE-TIMES
Vol 92. No 20
Heppner.OK .July 3. 1975
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Grain loan programs
list producer options
WASHINGTON. June 17
I'pmIm er options for obtaining
anniversary loans under the
1975 Wheat and Feed drain
Program were rninotmrrd by
the V S I Apartment of Agri-
ulltire The Department said
on Nov 27. 1974 lh.il wheal and
lecd grain loans would no
longer have identical maturity
dates but will mature II
moulds following the end of
tlie month in which the loan is
made
Iji.iiis (or wheat, oats,
bailev and rye may !e
obtained Irom harvest
through March 31. 197(1. and
loans on corn and grain
sorghum from harvest
thioiigh May 31. 1970
As in Hie past, the producer
has the option ol storing his
gi ,iin iimler loan either on the
latin or in an upproved
w alehouse
To obtain a farm stored
loan, the producer needs to
icrlilv al Ins Agricultural
Stabilialion and ('oiiserva
lion Service (A.NCS county
oil ice the number ol bushels of
grain he lias in suitable
storage The loan amount will
(hen Ik' computed by multi
plying the eligible quantity of
grain in storage times the loan
rale for the county in which
the grain is stored The
producer has the option of
taking a loan on a quantity of
grain less than the total
eligible and ol paying off all or
a part of the loan al any time
during the loan eriod A
requirement under the loan
agreement is that the produc
er maintain the quality of tde
loan collateral and thai he
notify his county oftice prior to
using or selling any ol the
grain pledged for loan
Warehouse stored loans will
lie disbursed on the basis of
Ihe full county loan rale which
means the producer will have
to prepay storage to the
maturity date of the loan
To U' eligible for a ware
house stored loan, the produc
er needs to store Ins gram m a
warehouse approved by Com
inodiiv Credit Corporation
under provisions of the Grain
Storage Agreement The pro
ducer must obtain a ware
house receipt which is used by
Ihe ASCS county office to
compute the loan based on Ihe
specific quantity and quality
shown on the receipt
Another requirement for
loan eligibility is thai Ihe
warehouse receipt show stor
age has la-en prepaid to the
last da of Ihe eleventh month
following Ihe mouth in which
the warehouse receipt was
issued, the loan will mature
on thai dale regardless of
when the loan is made
If the producer does not
wish to ol it a in a loan unlit
sometime after the warehouse
receipt is issued, he has two
options by which he may
obtain Ihe full I2 months)
loan period . 1 1 he may return
to the warehouse and pay the
additional storage required to
obtain the I:' mould loan: or
i2i he mav. al the tune of
deposit of his grain, prepay
storage charges tor 13 or more
mouths, depending on the dale
he intends to take out a loan
As with a farm stored loan,
a warehouse stored loan may
also he redeemed at any time
during the loan period by
paving the principal plus
interest for the tune Ihe loan
was outstanding Currently
the interest rate on loans is ti'.
per cent On (Klolxu" I. 1975.
Ihe loan interest rale wil! lie
rev lewed
Fair committee plans new events
to improve attendance at fair
The recently reorganized
Morrow County Fair Commit
le met last week at the home
ol Mr and Mrs Gerald Rea
Presiding over the meeting
was the chairman. Dclpha
Jones Mrs Alvin McCalie
was appointed at this time In
fill Ihe vacancy of secretary
The business of the evening
was-discussing the Fun Night
to be held at the fairgrounds
on Wednesday of Ihe fair The
Sweet Adel.tid'.. singing group
from Pendleton will be a part
of the featured program with
older music and entertain
menl lo interest all lor the
ev nimg
Senior citizen passes for
those over 62 w ill be given this
year These will Ik- made
available later in the month at
a centrally located place for
pick up 4 II and FFA passes
are being printed and will he
ready for distribution soon
Two charged
with burglary
Dallas Senn W, Irrigon and
Itonahl Hie 21), llermlston,
were arrest ed by Sheriff !
deputies and charged with
burglary In the first degree
They were arraigned in
Justice Courl Thursday and
bail was set at $15,005 each
They were taken to the
Cmalilla County Jail where
the two men are presently
awaiting trial
The two are accused of
breaking into a mobile home
in Irrigon, and taking oil
paintings, fishing pole, pro
pane pressure tanks and
various other Item on or
about June 18
After their arrest, the ma
jority of (he stolen Items were
recovered by the deputies
Plans aie made to obtain a
dilletcnl judge for Ihe school
essav and poem exhibits older
than the art judge
The lair buttons are ready
and will Ih- on sale at the
Sidewalk-Bazaar Buttons will
be on sale at the Cecil w agon
train festivities also if anyone
wishes to get them at that
lime
Several businesses have
been contacted for commer
cial booths and the report was
quite favorable
The premium hooks are in
the mail and now is Ihe time
for ev eryone to look these over
and plan what you arc taking
to the fair this year It is
through the efforts of our
Morrow County people that
the fair is a success and all are
urged to bring whatever you
have to exhibit Head the rules
ol each division on how lo
prepare and w hat time to have
the exhibit in place The Fair
Committee thanks you in
advance for this support
Those present were Mr and
Mrs Alvin McCabe, l-eann
Bea. Dick Sargeant, Mary Lou
Daltosj, Liz Curtis, Dclpha
Jones and the advisor, Floyd
Jones The next meeting will
In- ut the fairgrounds
With Interest
60 year old debt paid for 2( apple
Bank robber
lone resident
James W O'Rourke, special
agent in charge of the FBI.
Portland, announced the ar
rest ot Paul William Ashurst.
19. lone, by FBI agents in
Burbank. Ca . on June 26
. Ashurst has been charged
with the armed robbery of the
First National Bank of Ore
gon. Sherman County Branch,
at Moro. on June 111. 1975 A
Inleral warrant was Issued by
t' S Magistrate. Ceorge Juba.
June 2t Ashurst was schedul
ed lo apx-ar before a V S
Magistrate in Cahlorma. June
27
Ashurst is charged with Ihe
armed robbery, of Ihe bank
June Hi at which lime appro
ximately $2I.Hoo was taken by
a man armed with a pistol who
escaied into the empty coun
try around the small central
Oregon town
School board
to study
growth
The Morrow County School
District hoard will hold a
special meeting at 9 p m , July
T. 975 al Ihe district office in
L'Mnglon
The meeting has been called
to discuss Ihe needs of the
school district in terms of the
increased demands on school
facilities resulting from in
creased population and new
curriculum requirements
Student population at the
close of Ihe 1973 74 school year
awas ltr2 students The stu
dent population at the1 close of
the I97f "5 school year was
1321 or an increase of 159
students
With work soon to begin on
the Portland General Electric
coal fired plant at the Carty
site, the forecast is for nearly
doubling of the present enrol
lment A study done for PGE
by Skidmore, Owings and
Merrill, a Portland firm,
predicts the additional of 1122
students to the school popula
tion by the year 1977
An executive session is also
planned in accordance with
Ihe provisions of OKS 192 600
Section 2 a lo discuss negotia
tions for the purchase of
additional land for school
sites
The following letter was
simply addressed: To the
Kditor, Heppner Newspaper,
lieppner. Oregon. L'SA
(enclosed with the letter was
a Canadian $2 bill which is
explained in the text of the
letter
You hear of old debts being
, faiui alter many years have
gone by. but seldom for such a
small debt as this Some
people still do have a con
science In I was born on a farm
in the Kightmile-Gooseberry
Sivlion of your county
In 1913 my father purchased
a Model T car from Albert
Bauker. Ihe Ford dealer in
Heppner Prior lo the advent
ol Ihe Ford a trip to Heppner
was a twn-day affair, which
required Ihe housing of the
horses in a In cry stable, also a
night in Ihe Palace Hotel
The Ford made it possible to
make the trip in one day and
lor me lo go along
My lather used to exchange
eggs and biiiler lor groceries
al a local store On my first
trip lo town he entered Ihe
grocery store and picked up
an apple and proceeded to
order groceries Apparently it
was the custom al that time
lor the merchant to expect the .
tanners to have an apple or a
banana on the house
As my father was leaving
the store with the groceries. I
Prize winners
at opening
Over 500 people attended the
grand opening of Gardner's
Men's Store, last Friday and
Saturday The store was
recently remodeled and ex
panded to double its original
size
New lighting highlighted the
store with cedar paneling and
shingles lending a western
motif
Large archways were cut
into the existing building,
decorated with cedar paneling
applied at an angle
Refreshments were served
during the two day "Open
House" and prizes were
awarded to lucky winners
Winners are as follows:
Lancer Shirt, Jim Hayes;
Arrow shirt, Roy Quacken
bush; velour robe, Bill Wea
therford; one dozen socks,
Dick Sherer; one dozen socks,
Ken Rogers; one pair shoes,
Ted Toll; saddle blanket, Vel
Mc Bride; boys western shirt,
Virginia Hoffman; boys Jeans,
Billie Coppock, mens Jeans,
Shirley Thompson; leisure
suit, Alex Lindsay; western
fell hat, ft ft Sievers; western
bools, Iva McDaniel
alvi picked up an apple He
went across Ihe street to a
saloon while I wailed in the
car I ate Ihe apple
When returned to the farm I
told my mother about picking
up Ihe apple As a result I
received a stern lecture in
forming me lhal it w as w rong
to have grabbed an apple on
the way out .Her admonish
ment conveyed a message I
have never forgotten
The store in question was on
the west side of Main Street
and in the middle of the block
I believe the name of the store
10 Ih- Thompson's Grocery or
11 could have been Thomas
Grocery
Tde store has undoubtedly
gone out ol business, since this
is tin years ago II the store is
still in business, please convey
the attached $2 bill to them for
the apple
I believe Ihe apple was
worth oIkhiI 2 cents at thai
time and it the interest on the 2
cents were lo be compounded
lor a period of w years the
amount would total approxi
mately $2
In the event Ihe store has
long ceased to exist convey the
$2 to a local museum or
library
An apple became a curse on
Ihe human race, because Kve
templed Adam with an apple
I was also templed by an
apple
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THOMSON
Tupper youth camp
plans busy schedule
A most interesting and
helpful summer is in store for
Ihe 2t Oregon youth who are
enrolled in Ihe Tupper Forest
Camp this year Their sched
ule between the June 22
opening and the August 9
closing is well filled according
lo information from Dave
Oleott. director
Seven of the enrollees are
from Portland: Dobra Brown.
Dave Camp. Ruth Curtis.
Dotti Kernells. Kelly Konze,
Kim McKenzie and Randy
Smgerhouse Those from near
Portland are: Craig r'ortin
and Susan Yitelli, Hillsboro;
Kathleen Huntington. Lake
Oswego; Steven Knudson,
Gresham, and Bob Schwarz
hoff, Beaverton Others from
western Oregon include: Kent
Harrison, Sieve Sjostrand and
Gretchen Sutton, Kugene.
Clarissa Atay, Collon; Tami
Hudson. St Helens; Wall)
Kingry, Roseburg; Al Skee
sick, Salem; and Donna Rob
ertson. Albany From central
and eastern Oregon have
come Kelx-i ca Cotiraud, Kin
ua: Guv Garretson. Elgin:
Oiimcy Holloicr. Baker. Ran
dy Knight. The Dalles. James
Mamtione. Pendleton and
Becky Sti nkier. LaGrande
During their first week they
had ortent.vjion groups and
signed up for interest study
sessions They learned about
the use of needed tools, and
got to work on several Forest
Service projects Thursday
night they had a picnic in
Heppner and enjoved a recre
ation break Many of them
toured the museum and
checked the public library
Friday evening after work
they prepared for the week
end's work and for raft trips
on the John Day River Part of
Ihe camp was on the river
Saturday and Ihe rest made
the trip on Sunday
This week after more edu
cational opportunities, includ
ing a lour of Ihe Kinzua Mill,
and another Thursday ev ening
in Heppner, they will spend a
long weekend holiday In the
Alvord iH-seit where they will
learn of many things They
had planned to get into the
Siccus Mountains, but had to
alter plans as there is loo
much snow there and the
roads are in poor shape
Friday night they will be at
the Malheur (Environmental
Field Station. Saturday at
Page Springs Campground.
Sunday at Fish Iike. and
Monday on their way h.uk to
further work at Tupper Camp
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The Heppner Merchants
Association will hold their
regular monthly meeting
Thursday, today at the
Wagon Wheel Cale
Friday is the normal meet
ing day bul due lo the Fourth
of July holiday Ihe meeting
has been advanced to today
Plans for the Sidewalk Bazaar
will be finalized al this
session
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