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The Kinzua Story - Section A, 20 pages
Safety winners, Page 4-A
Foreign & domestic markets, Page 19-A
Meet the management, Page 17-A
Wil Phinney on Gaelic Football, Page 6
Tom Franks on just about anything, Page 2
About that rat? Page 2
Cowbells anniversary plans, Page 3
Morrow County edition, March 17, 1977
Subscriptions to the Gazette-Times are $6.00 per year in Oregon and $7.00 per year
elsewhere, payable to Box 337, Heppner, Ore. 97836.
Irrigon Council reviews
police, water programs
The main topic at the Irri
gon March Council meeting
centered on police activities
and needs. Morrow County
Sheriff Larry Fetsch was
present with City Marshall
Eugene Cain, to explain co
operative options available to
the city in both police cover
age and handling of court
cases. The council delayed
action on the matter until the
city administrator arrives.
This is expected to be within a
month.
The multitude of dogs roam
ing city streets was discussed
and acknowledged to be a
major problem. It was also
pointed out that garbage has
accumulated on some proper
ties and that contractors and
others are again dumping re
fuse on O.P.I, land in the south
part of town. The marshal was
instructed to issue citations to
violators.
The council was informed
that a new police car had been
assigned to Marshal Cain
under the State program,
through which he is employed
by the city.
It was noted that a contract
with John L. Brown of Her
miston had been signed for
drilling the new well under the
works progress grant. Work
Grieb, Robinson win
first in FFA contest
Julie Grieb and Krynn Robinson scored wins last week in
the district FFA record book contest at Weston-McEwen in
Athena. Both girls will advance to state competition.
Grieb took a first with ber chapter treasurer's book and a
second place with her project record book. Robinson
garnered a first with her project record book and a second
with her chapter scrap book.
First place winners advance to state competition, this year
to be held in Pendleton. The two girls, part of a contingent of
Heppner chapter members who will represent this high
school during the state contest, will travel to the competition
Mar. 20 to 24.
Another highlight of the state contest will be the
presentation of State Farmer's Degrees to Krynn Robinson
and Ken Grieb. The Heppner High School students will be
honored on Wednesday night.
This Issue
on the well is expected to start
this week.
Four additional street lights
were authorized at the follow
ing locations: 3rd and N. Main
at the new county building, at
the city pumps and two east of
present lights on Highway 730.
An ordinance was read out
lining the duties of the city
administrator, but no action
Krebs buy $2,175
sired Florian bull
The Beef Improvement
Program of C & B Livestock,
Hermiston, attracted a crowd
of 800 cattlemen to their
Second Annual Beef Per
formance Sale on Tuesday,
Mar. 5. A Morrow County
cattleman took the second
highest selling two-year-old
bull and ranked with volume
bull buyers.
Dick Krebs of Krebs Broth
ers, Inc., Cecil, Ore., was a
repeat buyer, taking the
was taken. The administrator
will be shared with the city of
Echo under a C.E.T.A. pro
gram through East Central
Oregon Association of Coun
ties. A second meeting is
scheduled between the two
city councils to clarify policy.
Each city will contribute
$2,700 to supplement the program.
second highest selling two-year-old
home. Krebs bid
$2,175 for the Florian sired
Angus-Simmental.
Krebs Brothers and Tom
Kosmos of Hermiston were
among the volume bull buyers
in the sale, which had repre
sentatives from seven states
and two Canadian provinces.
A total of 93 bulls averaged
$1,216.45 with 50 mostly open
heifers averaging $732.70.
Average overall individual
sale price in the 143 lots was
$1,069.13.
WEATHER
High Low Precip.
Wed.,
Mar. 2 , 49 33 .14
Thurs.,
Mar. 3 48 32
Fri.,
Mar. 4 59 29
Sat.,
Mar. 5 52 31 .14
Sun.,
Mar. 6 44 28
Mon.,
Mar. 7 48 27
Tues.,
Mar. 8 53 31
Measurable precipitation
thus far in March measures
1.35 hundredths of an inch.
The total to date is .07
hundredths of an inch above
the March normal of 1.28
hundredths. The March rec
ord for Heppner, set in 1957, is
4.08 hundredths.
Heppner common council seeks
budget increase from voters
The Heppner Common City
Council Monday night approv
ed a budget which is $46,445 in
excess of the six per cent
limitation. The council will
ask voters to increase the levy
about 75 cents per $1,000 over
last year, a cash increase of
$14,307.
For weeks the budget com
mittee, under chairman Gene
Pierce, has been working to
slash the initial projected
budget. That budget was more
than $100,000 over the six per
cent limitation.
The first budget included,
VOL. 94. NO. 11
:: Even if we filled this entire
gpaper with tales about the
Irish families of this area we
.'ijwould undoubtedly still leave
Sstories untold. So we only offer
Syou a wee peek at a few of the
families who have given St.
Patrick's Parish a lovely
ijiigreen look with the assistance
giof some friends.
It is written that William
Hughes was the first son of
Ireland to settle here in 1870;
:by 1876 Charlie Cunningham,
:: founder of a great sheep
-company, had arrived; in the
:;:l880's came Felix Johnson,
xjeremiah Brosnan, Michael
i Kenny, and the Dohertys,
: Patrick, Bernard P. and
gJarr.ts G.
Within about ten years the
j-ifirst Kilkenny and Carty had
arrived. After some of these
i-i-earliest Irish lads had become
established and some of them
i-ihad married girls from home,
gthey encouraged goodly num
::;bers of their countrymen to
jij-join them In their prospering
enterprises. Almost all the
i-icounties of Ireland became
i-irepresented in the county.
S This county's outstanding
i-i'Irish historian, John F. Kil
kenny, in his fine book SHAM
ROCKS AND SHEPHERDS,
jijsays, "Many of the young
:lrishmen who spent their
i-j-lonely nights and busy days on
ffthe ranches and in the moun-j-itains,
made sufficient money
ijijto purchase a small plot in
:$ Ireland and to return to their
THE
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among other items, a 10 per
cent salary increase for city
employees, nearly $3,000 for
dog control and other in
creases for materials and ser
vices. Most people working on the
initial budget proposal ex
pressed the opinion that the
public would not vote such an
increase. Several said they
would not vote for such an
increase themselves.
In later meetings, the bud
get was brought closer to the
ZEUTE-TEME
HEPPNER, OREGON
Sons of Ireland abound
in Morrow County
native land to find girls of
their choice. The Irish influx
to this part of the West was
approximately 85 per cent
boys and 15 per cent girls. As a
result, most of the men lived
very monastic lives and a
tragically large percentage of
those who remained in Amer
ica, lived and died bachelors."
Judge Kilkenny writes that
the controlling Irish influence
in this area in years past was
"emphasized by the now for
gotten fact that the Heppner
High School athletic teams,
for over a quarter ot a cen
tury, were known as the
'Irish.'"
For years, the Ancient
Order of Hibernians was a
very important group of men
here; a large picture of the
men of this order who held a
state meeting in Heppner in
February, 1914, lists about 80
whose pictures are identified,
many of whom have descend
ants living here today. The
Heppner lodge was the second
$50,000 mark by offering a six
per cent increase to city
employees, along with other
major cuts.
Pressured by increased
costs in fixed expenses, the
city reduced its proposed
$5,000 payment to the Morrow
County Sheriff's Department,
for police dispatch and tele
type services, and moved still
other line items to dependency
on revenue sharing and other
income not guaranteed by
local taxes.
The budget, which will go to
voters on Tuesday, Apr. 5, will
THURSDAY,
largest Hibernian Lodge in the
state.
Kilkenny writes with first
hand knowledge, skill and a
great deal of pride about his
own and other Irish families.
"Under their ownership, man
agement and control were
literally hundreds of thou
sands of sheep, thousands of
cattle and horses, and later,
thousands upon thousands of
acres of farm land. The
Oregon Trail, dramatically
carved by countless thousands
of hoofs and wheels, actually
severed the ranch lands of the
Cartys, the Dohertys, the
Farleys, the Flanagans, the
Kilkennys, the McDaids, the
McEntires and the Sheridans.
"All men of energy, dedi
cation and resolution, they
handled their assignments
with a consummate skill
which led to results that were
both dramatic and convincing.
The profound influence of
music, song, laughter and, at
times, downright hilarity, left
include $71,136 for personal
services and $84,878 for mater
ials and services. Total capital
outlay is $1,200 for a street
sander with a total of $5,000 for
all other requirements.
Total budget requirements
including transfers is $162,214.
Total resources from excise
tax to be levied is $85,082.
Ad valorem tax levy is pegged
at $77,132 with estimated tax
not to be received (slow, late
or discounts for early pay
ment) at $10,798 for a total
ad valorem tax to be levied of
$87,930.
The result is a levy of $41,485
HEPPNEE
MARCH 17, 1977 TWO SECTIO.VS 30 PAGES
a lifelong mark which re
flected itself in the grand
emphasis placed by their off
spring on these priceless arts
of living."
Although most of the Irish
were Catholic in religion, a
substantial number were not.
Kilkenny declares, "Religious
intolerance was nonexistent.
At least three Irish Protes
tants, Henry Dennis, Pat Hart
and Harry Mullican, worked
on the Kilkenny Ranches at
the same time.
"The first Catholic church
was constructed in the area at
Vinson, some 30 miles east of
Heppner. This was a small,
rough slab wood building,
built entirely by the Irish
families of the neighborhood.
"Both Catholics and non
Catholics alike contributed the
labor, materials and money
for the construction, in 1887, of
the first Catholic church in
Heppner. The building com
within the limitation and
$46,445 outside the six per cent
limitation. This compares
with $32,138 outside the limita
tion last year or an increase in
levy over last year of $14,307.
The increase would figure
about 75 cents per $1,000 more
than last year. Last year the
levy over the limitation was
$2.77 per $1,000. The levy this
year would amount to $3.52
per $1,000.
The vote on the budget will
be held from 8 a.m. until 8
p.m. at the old city library
next door to City Hall on
Tuesday, Apr. 5.
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mittee included William :
Hughes, James Hager and :
William MacAtee, all non- j
Catholics. Naturally, the
church was dedicated to and ;
named for St. Patrick. Sub-:
stantial contributors included :
Henry Heppner, the Jewish
merchant after whom the city j
was named, and Phil Cohn, a :
pioneer Jewish businessman, i
Heppner's nephew. :
The first recorded marriage :
in the church was that of;
Judge Kilkenny's parents,
John S. Kilkenny and Rose:
Ann Curran Farley Kilkenny. :
The first child baptised in that :
church was Zetta Hager Bros-
nan (Mrs. John Brosnan, whoi;
now lives on upper Little:;
Butter Creek). i
The early St. Patrick's on j:
the hill was enlarged and re
modeled and is now the Legion 5
Hall. Rancher Larry Lindsay :
has written a history of the ;
growth and development of St. :
Patrick's Church, which :
brings the church up to the :
time of the dedication of its :
fine new building on Gale
Street in 1971.
The church parish hall faces
North Jones Street and the two
buildings are surrounded with :
paved parking area. The
mortgage on the new church
was burned during the 1976
parish Christmas Potluck din-
ner and program.