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Morrow County's Newspaper
Vol. 92, No. 52
Heppner, OR, Thursday, Feb. 12, 1976
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Police have
busy weekend
Meppiier
Heppner City Polic had a
busy weekend as did other law
officers in the county.
Arrested was Roger Louis
Civens, LaGrande and charg
ed with criminal activities in
drugs. He is presently free on
$5,005 bail, however, he is to
appear before the grand jury.
Gary Givens, Gregory Hovis
and Robert Stutevoss pled
guilty in Justice court to
charges of criminal activities
in drugs, smoking marijuana
with less than one ounce in
their possession. They were
each fined $100 and released to
the custody of their parents.
Four juveniles were arrest
ed by Heppner Police and
charged with minors in pos
session of alcoholic bever
ages. They are scheduled to
appear in juvenile court.
Arrested Sunday morning
was Robert Lee Schuman,
Heppner. He was charged
with harassment of a police
officer. He appeared in justice
court and was fined $250.
Later Justice of the Peace
Dee Gribble suspended $200 of
his fine with the stipulation he
attend sessions at the Mental
Health Clinic.
Delbert McLachlan, Hepp
ner was arrested and charged
with furnishing liquor to
minors. He pleaded guilty in
justice court and was fined
$100.
Marvin Felix Patrick, Pen
dleton, was arrested by City
Police and charged with hit
and run and driving under the
influence of intoxicating li
quor. He pleaded guilty in
justice court Tuesday and was
fined a total of $460. Justice of
the Peace Dee Gribble revok
ed his drivers license as he
refused to submit to a breath
olizer test. Judge Gribble
issued Patrick a temporary
license to drive his vehicle to
Pendleton.
Burt Jones and George Ar
nold Partick were arrested by
City Police and charged with
disorderly conduct. They both
pled guilty in justice court and
were each fined $27.
Rebecca Flowerdew, Echo,
was charged with tampering
with drug records. According
to reports she tried to have a
prescription filled containing
a high amount of morphine.
The druggist became suspici
ous and called the physician in
Pendleton for verification and
the doctor denied issuing the
prescription.
She appeared in justice
court and is free on her own
recognizance. She is schedul
ed to appear before the grand
jury.
critical oroos
psojocf to boQin soon
Dragon
Maggie Reynolds left and Mary Bailey, Oregon's oldest
twins? They celebrated their 88th birthday Feb. S.
's oldest Sivins
IVeaflierford files
for county judge
o 08 birffejejay
Oregon's oldest twins cele
brated their 88th birthday,
Feb. 5, Heppner. Mary Bailey
and her sister Maggie Rey
nolds were born Feb. S, 1888 in
Waushara County, WI.
In 1906 Maggie and Mary
along with their brothers, sis
ters and parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sherlock boarded the Great
Northern Railroad train for
the Silverton area.
Maggie married Tom Rey
nolds and settled in the Moll
o!a area. They raised five
sons, Herbert. Ephrata, WA;
Boh, Anderson, CA; Charles,
Oregon City, OR; Tom,
Grants Pass, OR; Dick, Seat
tle, WA; and three daughters,
Elsie Freil. Astoria, OR; Kate
Stenfors. Portland, OR; and
Margaret Raymond, Cham
poeg. Bob Reynolds carried on
the tradition of twins when his
wife gave birth to two sets of
twins in one year. The first set
of twins were born in January
and the second set were born
on Thanksgiving Day.
Maggie is now living with
her niece, Ethel Bowers,
Gleneden Beach, OR. She
suffered a stroke a few years
ago and is presently confined
to a wheel chair.
Mary, the youngest of the
twins (by 23 minutes), mar
ried N D. Bailey, who was a
carpenter by trade, working in
the Silverton area. They
raised II children, Arlo, Scap
poose; Harold, Kelso; Nelson,
West Linn; Francis, Tigard;
Earl, Ukiah, CA; Albert. Red
mond; Margaret Stott. O.'ym
pia. WA; Elizabeth Johnson,
Prlneville; Ethel Bowers,
Gleneden Beach; Dora Par
sons, King City; and Maude
Hughes.Heppner, OR.
In 1925 Mr. and Mrs. Bailey
were told Eastern Oregon
wheat farmers needed truck
ers to haul their sacked wheat .
N D. sold their car and pur
chased a truck to haul wheat
during the summer. One day
Fair theme chosen
The theme for this year's
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo was chosen by the Fair
Committee at their regular
meeting at Boardman, Feb. 4.
There were 23 entries submit
ted. The committee was very
happy to have so many parti
cipants. The winning entry "We've
Come a Long Way" was sub
mitted by Gladys Van Winkle,
Lexington. This theme will be
used throughout the fair,
rodeo, parade and decorations.
Work Is being done on the
premium books this month.
Most of the judges have been
selected.
Newly appointed Fair Board
members are Mrs. Sullivan,
Boardman and Phvllis Piper,
Lexington. On more new
member is yet to be appoint
ed. The Heppner-Morrow Cha
mber of Commerce appointed
Jim Wishart as the new
parade chairman.
he appeared at the warehouse
wearing overalls and was
asked if he knew anything
about construction, especially
building. His true trade was
soon discovered and he was
kept busy during the entire
season. The following year he
moved his family to Heppner.
After N.D.'s death about 10
years ago, Mary has managed
to keep busy with her church
work for the United Methodist
Church.
She has been installed as
Noble Grand in the San Souci
Lodge for the past two years.
During her spare time she
makes quilts. To date she has
made over 50 quilts, including
both crib and regular size.
Mary said. "I have over 100
living descendants." She has
28 grandchildren. 34 great
grandchildren and 7 great-great-grandchildren.
Oregon's oldest twins have
one living brother, Will Sher
lock. San Padlow, CA; and
three sisters. Fern Hodges,
Grants Pass; Vilva Husbands,
Portland, and Mabel Halver
on. Longview, WA. Mabel cel
ebrated her 92 birthday Feb. I.
Maude Hughes, Ethel Bow
ers, Margaret Scott and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Johnson were
at Mary's home to help with
the celebration. They also
received many phone calls
from well wishers and many
of the neighbors stopped in to
wish the twins many happy
returns of the day.
Monday. Feb. , WW.
"Bill" Weatherford, Heppiwr,
filed for the position of
Morrow County Judge. Like
the incumbent, he is a Demo
crat: He gave the Gazette
Times this statement:
"Although I was born in
Gilliam County, I have been
pleased to live in this county
for over 30 years. It has been
good to me and my family. I
am proud of the friends I have
here."
"My training includes care
ful family instruction in wheat
and livestock ranching. After
grade school in Arlington, I
went to high school in Marsh
field, WI, where my brother
Marion was teaching. I went
on to Oregon State where I
studied pre -law, but dropped
out during the great depres
sion. I also read law for some
time under Circuit Judge
Parker, but needed to be
earning, turned to construc
tion work and vocational
teaching until after World War
II, during which time I worked
and taught for the Kaiser
Shipbuilding Corp. Then I
settled in Morrow County.
Later I took several Tine short
courses at Washington State
University.
"I have run for the judge-
School Board
to meet
ship, chairman of the county
court before and came quit
close six years ago. I fed I
owe it to the people who
supported me then and to
myself to run now when I feel
certain that I can be of good
service to my county in this
period of development.
"President Harry Truman,
whom I admire, said, "The
buck stops here." I feel in the
county the buck stops at the
desk of the chairman of the
county court. I intend to see
that citizens questions are
answered and their wishes
carefully considered."
12 motor carriers
finod by PUC
Tweleve motor carriers
have been assessed penalties
totaling $1,575 by Oregon Pub
lic Commissioner Charles Da
vis, for operating in Oregon
without proper authority.
The fines announced by
Commissionor Davis are:
R. Sladcll and Sons, Inc.,
Silverton, $25 for one viola
tion; Big "K" Excavating,
Eastside, $100 for ten viola-1
lions; Deschutes Valley Far
ms, Inc., Culver, $100 for ten
violations; William E. Walsh,,
Portland, $400 for thirteen
violations; Ernest Jorgensen,
Irrtgnn, $50 for three viola
tions; Scharf Brothers, Amity,
$23 for two violations; Ronald
Oertwlch, Gresham, $100 for
ten violations; James M.
Hagar, Heppner, $23 for one
violation; Robert G. Blair,
Klamath Falls. $500 for 74
violations; Wesley John Cha
mberlain. Springfield, $100 for
right violations; Myrick, Inc.,
Estacada, $100 for fifteen
violations; and Go Lines Inc.,
Reno, NV, $50 for eight violations.
LOCAL Bt'DGET
WORKSHOP
An Oregon Department of
Revenue representative will
be in Heppner Thursday, Feb.
26 to assist local government
officials and members of the
public responsible for prepar
ing budgets for district opera
tions. Information about new legi
slation governing preparation
of these budgets as well as
suggestions to make the
budget preparation process
easier and the finished budget
more undcrstandible will be
on the agenda.
Dwight Butt of the revenue
department's local budget
staff will conduct the work
shop starting at JO a m. on
Thursday In the Courtroom,
Morrow County Courthouse In
Heppner.
The public is Invited.
The Morrow County School
Board will hold ita regular
February board meeting
Monday, Feb. IS, 7:30 p.m., at
Heppner Elementary School.
The districts architect, Mr.
Bob Smith, will be present to
discuss the building program
of the district.
The board is expected to
consider calling for bids for
the construction of classrooms
and shops and Improvements
which were provided for in the
September bond Issue.
In other matters, the board
will consider changes in the
free and reduced price lunch
schedule of the district, addi
tional fire protection for
school buildings and a plan for
the rental of school district
owned musical Instruments.
A request for purchase of
district owned property will
also be discussed.
Following the business ses
sion, an executive session will
be held for the purpose of
reviewing contracts for certi
ficated personnel.
Co-op cuts
line loss
In the past three years the
Columbia Basin Electric Coop
has cut the system losses for
delivery of service along the
lines from 13 5 to 8 4 per cent.
Thus, the local utility hat
saved approximately 9.271.000
Kwhs in 1973 compared to the
1972 loss rate.
Some of the losses are
concerned with meter testing
programs. Other factors were
new distribution line improve
ments, additional capacitors,
larger transformer capaci
ties, large substation capaci
ties, additional substation lo
cations, load balancing and
other factors.
The standard system loss
for rural electric systems at
the 1972 usage level was 1.73
per cent and it was 8 5 per cent
for the usage of 1973. The
Columbia Basin Electric line
loss percentage rate waa
nearly 25 per cent less than the
national norm.
Babe Ruth
Bob Adelman, Soil Conser
vation Service was the guest
speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce, Monday.
Adelman spoke of the Hepp
ner Critical Area Treatment
Project which provides for
land stabilization and sedi
ment control for the local
areas. The entire project
covers 106 square miles and
includes major drainage of
Willow, Hinton and Balm Fork
Creeks. The project is divided
into five phases with the first
phase of the project expected
to start this spring. The first
four phases of the project
consist of diversion ditches
and silt dams with the final
phase of the project aimed at
the stabilization of the chan
nels. The initial phase of the
project consists of 324,000
square feet of diversion ditch
es and 89 erosion control
dams. It covers an area of 36
square miles and includes 16
landowners.
Cost sharing assistance is
provided at the rate of 73 per
cent by the Columbia Blue
Mountain RC & D Project, 10
per cent by the Heppner Water
Control District and the land
owners paying the remaining
IS per cent.
Prior to his speech Adelman
showed the members slides of
the major changes now taking
place within the state to
prevent soil erosion.
All life depends on free
flowing water combined with
the proper treatment of todays
water sheds as an insurance of
the future. The water cycle
has no beginning or end as the
rain and snow are evaporated
to fall again. The amount of
snow helps the farmer and
cattleman and during the
runoff the remaining water
finds its way into creeks,
streams and rivers.
With the constant building
there is more need for
controlled planning and eval
uation as the land needs
protection from erosion and
floods. Presently the range
land and the forests are
needed to produce materials
for the expansion program.
Although water seems over
abundant, it is not. A cloud
burst in Central Oregon re
leased one and one-half inches
of rain within a 10 minute
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period. This amount of water
carried great amounts of soil
to the various creeks robbing
the land of the precious soil.
In the Shobe Canyon area,
farmers have been working
endlessly toward alleviating
this problem.
In some portions of Eastern
Oregon the range land was in
bad shape and the farmers
working with the Bureau of
Land Management revegetat
ed the land. This work was
started in 1962 and is still
continuing today.
While Oregon produces en
ough timber to build thou
sands of homes annually the
logging methods used are of
vital concern to the govern
ment. In some cases horse
logging is required to protect
the soil and reduce logging
erosion. A federal law states
that once timber is removed
from the forests, reforestation
must be initiated within three
years. Genetics is also being"
studied in an effort to produce
faster growing trees.
Any soil loss is detrimental
to the farmers, however, now
a new burden may soon be
facing the farmers in the way
of federal and state regula
tions affecting sedimentation.
The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act has given the
Environmental Protection
Agency the responsibility of
providing guidance to states
for sedimentation control and
meeting water quality control
standards. If this happens the
Morrow Soil and Water Con
servation District could play
an important role between
state and local agencies.
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team
A meeting to discuss the ,
formation of a Babe Ruth
team will be held at Beecher's
Cafe, lone, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Parents of Interested
youngsters wishing to play oa i
the team are asked to attend
the meeting. A representative j
from llermiston will be pre- 1
sent to answer question j
regarding the rules and regit- '
latkma and membership. '
Any person wishing to
coach, manage or sponsor the
team Is also asked to attend.
Broken 'enc along Butter Creek.