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Sargents buy
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plan spring move
The Gilliam-Bisbee Building
at Main and May Streets has
been purchased by Dick Sar
gent of Coast-to-Coast Store in
Heppner, it was learned this
week. Sargent said Coast-to-Coast
will move from its
present location this spring.
The building was purchased
from Eastland Company of
Portland for an undisclosed
amount.
Sargent said offices on the
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Elk's
plan 81st
annual
The Elks' Lodge, BPOE No.
358, of Heppner, will hold their
81st Annual Saturday, Feb. 26,
at the Elks' Lodge in Heppner.
Registration will begin at 10
a.m. with lodge activities be
ginning at 2 p.m., officials
said.
Ritual will be conducted by
the Condon Elks' officers. A
champagne tea, card and
bingo party for the ladies will
begin at 1:30 p.m. Dinner will
be served at the Lodge from 6
p.m. until 8 p.m.
Dancing will follow the
dinner from 9 p.m. until 1:30
upstairs.
Entertainers for the Annual
will be the Marty Davis Show,
Medford.
Officials of the Lodge said
the 81st Annual promises to be
the biggest Annual in the
history of the Heppner Lodge.
Dental
clinic
hearing
slated
A public hearing to consider
a conditional use permit
application for construction of
a dental clinic in Valley View
Estates has been scheduled
for Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m.
in the Heppner City Hall.
The hearing will be held
before the Heppner Planning
Commission. The conditional
use permit calls for a struc
ture to be used as a dental
clinic on Lot No. 2 of Block No.
2 of Valley View Estates. The
location is near the present
Heppner Medical Clinic.
The structure is planned to
accommodate the practice of
Dr. O. Lee Hazen, 35, of
Portland.
Hazen, based on construc
tion progress, now expects to
start his dental practice in
Heppner around May 1.
Hazen and his family were
in Heppner this week and were
introduced at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting Monday.
second floor of the building
will be retained as is for
present occupants. Offices on
the second floor are the Tri
County Health Services, Soil
Conservation Service, Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service, Morrow
County Extension Office, and
others.
In other Heppner business
activity this week, Miles Tires
was sold to Les Schwab of
Walla Walla. According to
Dexter Miles, the change in
operation will bring at least
one new family into Heppner.
Wayne Wilson of Wayne's
Diesel reports buying out his
business partner. Wilson said
he plans to install game tables
in the store front and cater to
persons under 18 years of age.
An announcement is expect
ed shortly on the sale of one of
the oldest businesses in the
community, the Becket Equip
ment Company of Heppner.
Mrs. Virginia Whitaker of
the Lebush Shoppe has com
pleted summer market buying
in Portland. Also back from a
Portland buying trip is Caro
lyn Cole of Cole's House of
Fashion. Still other Heppner
business people are at market
this week.
Lincoln
closures
Federal, State, Coun
ty, City offices and
schools in Morrow Coun
ty will close Monday,
Feb. 7, in observance of
Lincoln's Birthday.
Generally unaffected by
the holiday will be most
business concerns end
banks.
In Heppner, the down
town Merchants' As
sociation members will
remain open for busi
ness as usual, according
to Randall Peterson.
A similar situation
will be encountered
Feb. 21 when schools
and other government
agencies close in ob
servance of Washing
ton's Birthday.
Dr. and Mrs. Lee Hazen plan to
built near the medical clinic.
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1. Although the country has received little moisture from above, it doesn't mean winter's chill
hasn't invaded. Johnson Creek, about 25 miles southeast of Heppner, has a thick ice crust
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Thistles, branches and grasses are covered with icy frost throughout the day in the area.
Forecasts are for possibly a little moisture to be followed by more dry weather.
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Morrow County health officials
urge pre-school measles shots
Morrow County Health Of
ficer, Dr. L.D. Tibbies, is
recommending that all sus
ceptible children those who
have not had natural measles
or measles vaccine, should be
immunized as a preventive
measure. There has been
several small measle out
breaks in Oregon the past few
weeks and Vancouver, Wash.,
is experiencing a large scale
epidemic.
Approximately 97 per cent
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of Morrow County's grade
school age children have been
immunized. The age groups
Tibbies is concerned about are
the pre-schoolers and some of
the high school age students
who have not been immunized
or had the disease. Measles
vaccine is rarely indicated for
adults as nearly all are
immune by the age of 20.
Infants as young as 6 months
old can be vaccinated if there
is danger of exposure, but in
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such cases, they would need to
be revaccinated at an older
age.
Measles is often a severe
disease, frequently compli
cated by middle ear infection
and broncho-pneumonia.
Death from respiratory and
neurological causes is associ
ated with measles in one of
every 1,000 reported cases.
Tibbies said he would en
courage residents seeking im
Influenza
According to the latest Ore
gon Communicable Disease
Summary, Morrow County
had 10 reported cases of
influenza reported during the
first two weeks of January.
The Oregon State Health
Division said the Morrow
County cases were all re
ported in the second week of
lone schedules hearing on
sewer treatment system
A public hearing on a
proposed sewer collection sys
tem and treatment facilities
Former mayor honored
Former Mayor Chester Wil
son was honored with a re
tirement party Sunday at the
School Cafetorium."
About 90 people gathered to
express their appreciation for
his 14 years of service as
mayor and four years more as
a councilman.
Mayor Vernon Stewart pre
sented a plaque and a letter of
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1977
Drought
county wheat crop
Drought conditions contin
ued to threaten crops and
water supplies in Oregon this
week. The situation in Morrow
County was mixed, with
wheat, other grains and hay
yields threatened on one hand.
On the other hand, irrigated
lands, potato acreage and
civic water supplies appear
generally sound for the com
ing summer.
Harold Kerr, Morrow Coun
ty Extension agent, Tuesday
night completed a report on
drought damage in Morrow
County. The report indicates
that as much as 40 per cent of
the Morrow County dryland
wheat crop will be lost if'
moisture conditions do not
return to normal by the end of
this month.
Kerr said that a full harvest
of planted acres depends on
the return of normal moisture
patterns by Mar. 1 and the
continuation of normal rain
fall through to harvest.
To escape significant crop
loss, wheat growers must also
have moderate temperatures
. in June. A loss of any less than
40 per cent would also mean
considerable programs of re
seeding, Kerr said.
munizations to contact their
family physician or the Coun
ty Health Department.
Immunizations will be avail
able at the following loca
tions: County Health Department
at Lexington Every Friday
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (closed at
noon).
A.C. Houghton School at
Irrigon Feb. 8 at 9:30 a.m.
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cases reported here
January. On a state-wide
basis, there were 800 influenza
cases reported and 1,140 cases
for the first two weeks of
January.
The 1,140 influenza cases for
the first two weeks compare
with a 1,775 case average for
the first two weeks of January
in the previous four years.
for the city of lone has been
scheduled for Mar. 9 at 7:30
p.m. in the Council Chambers
appreciation to Wilson and to
retiring council members El
bert Eppenbach and Elva
Sanders. Each served two four
year terms. Also recognized
and given a plaque was
former city Marshal Perry
Pummel, who served the city
without pay for 19 years. He
received expenses only to
operate his car.
WEFFNER
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threatens
Last year there were 221,500
acres seeded to wheat with a
production of 7,175,000 bush
els. This year the acreage is
already down, with perhaps
10,000 acres now seeded to
barley instead of wheat, Kerr
said.
A loss of 40 per cent would
roughly mean a production of
15 bushels per acre compared
with a 22 or 23 bushel average
on dryland.
Wells and municipal water
supplies are not threatened at
the present time. Irrigated
wheat acreage is not included
in the 40 per cent loss
estimate.
Potato crops are not a
matter of concern at the
present time, but creek bot
tom hay land which depends
on spring runoff could easily
be off 50 per cent without more
snow, Kerr said.
Drought effects can already
be seen on an estimated 15,000
acres of barley and about 4,000
to 5,000 acres of hay. The al
falfa growers who are affected
are those who depend on
spring runoff for irrigation.
Through Jan. 1, the Soil
Conservation Service reported
record low snowfall in much of
(Tuesday).
Riverside School at Board
man Feb. 8 at 11:00 a.m.
(Tuesday).
lone Grade School at lone
Feb. 9 at 9:30 a.m. (Wed
nesday). Heppner Grade School at
Heppner Feb. 17 at 9:30 a.m.
(Thursday).
Vaccine should not be given
to children allergic to eggs,
neomycin or ill with a fever.
Neighboring Wheeler, Gil
liam and Grant counties had
no reported influenza cases
and like Morrow County had
no other reports of communi
cable disease. Nearby Uma-.
tilla County reported 56 in
fluenza cases through Jan. 15
and three cases of venereal
disease.
of City Hall.
The hearing will include the
presentation of alternative
proposals for providing sani
tary sewer service and treat
ment facilities for lone, city
officials said.
Topics to be considered will
be potential environmental
impacts, monetary costs,
feasibility, resource and ener
gy use, and reliability.
The public hearing will
allow expression of the views
of all persons concerned with
the project. Detailed informa
tion on the project is open to
public inspection at the lone
City Hall.
the west including Oregon.
Little change has been report
ed since Jan. 1. A new report
on what little snow pack there
is will be issued in the next few
days.
Looking at poor moisture
conditions, Morrow County
farmers are reportedly hold
ing off on farm related pur
chases which are not im
mediately necessary.
Larry Mills, general man
ager, Morrow County Grain
Growers, Lexington, noted
that rainfall in the area has
measured only 1.6 hundredths
inches from Sept. 1. "This is
normally our heavy rainfall
period," Mills said.
He went on to report that
late seeded wheat is not up or
has sprouted in some sections
of the county. "Some of the
irrigated wheat in the north
end doesn't look good," he
added. Mills said the cycle of
freeze and dry weather has
put stress on irrigated wheat.
"Further south in the Eight
mile area wheat still looks
reasonably good, but moisture
is critical," Mills said. "I
would say that an average
crop is a long shot," he
concluded.
Mayor Jerry Sweeney re
ported the water supply of the
City of Heppner in good
condition. Supply from under
ground sources is stable and
Heppner apparently faces no
critical water problem for
human consumption. There
may be regulated watering
this summer, Sweeney noted.
Likewise, most farm wells
in Morrow County are not
dependent on winter snow
pack for recharging. As a
result, the supply of water for
human and livestock con
sumption may be stable in
Morrow County in comparison
to other areas of the west.
Forage for livestock, how
ever, is continuing to worsen
as drought conditions con
tinue. The report on the effects of
drought in Morrow County will
be channeled through T.H.
Sidor at the Extension Office
in Corvallis for immediate
submission to Gov. Bob
Straub.
Straub reportedly had no
plans as cf Feb. 1 to tour
eastern Oregon farming areas
"where farmers are worried,
but whose crops are not yet to
the point of suffering," ac
cording to an Associated
Press story.
Both Kerr and Mills were in
agreement that the crops in
Morrow County are suffering
and will experience heavy
damage unless normal rain
fall begins soon and continues
through June.
WEATHER
Wed., Jan. 26 35 26;
Thurs., Jan. 27 39 19
Fri.,Jan.28 . 30 17
Sat., Jan. 29 ' 29 22 ,
Sun., Jan. 30 26 22
Mon.,Jan.31 35 21,
Tues.,Feb. 1 34 26.
.02 precipitation
Total precipitation for Jan-
uary was .36 hundredths
against a norm of 1.29 inches.
The total in January 1976 was
1.83. This January is the
second dryest on record. The
first was in 1914 when the.
monthly total was .31 hundredths.