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and low temperatures for the Thurs., Sept. 20 87 52
past week, starting Tuesday, Fri.,Sept.21 80 48
Sept. 18. There was no Sat., Sept. 22 76 44
measurable rainfall for the Sun., Sept. 23 79 43
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VOL. 97 NO. 39
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1979
HEPPNER, OREGON
The hunters are coming!
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The hunters are coming!
About 9,000 to 10,000 hunters
are expected to invade the
Heppner area for the begin
ning of the deer hunting
season Sept. 29.
Glen Ward of the Fish and
Wildlife Department, said that
is the number predicted to
hunt in the Heppner unit which
includes parts of Morrow,
Grant and Umatilla counties.
The Heppner unit takes up
950,000 acres.
Another 600 hunters are
expeced to hunt in the
Columbia Basin unit which
includes the northern half of
Morrow County.
Ward said the deer crop is
down 15 per cent this year
from last year and the buck
production is down because of
the lower fawn production.
He predicted about 20 per
cent of the hunters will be
successful in the hunting
season.
"The hunters will probably
harvest about 2,500 bucks in
the Heppner unit," Ward said.
"In the Columbia Basin unit,
about 150 bucks will be taken.
The Columbia Basin unit is
mostly on private land so it is
hunted mostly by families and
friends."
The season is short in both
units. It lasts only until Oct.
10. Hungarian and chukar
partridges hunting season also
starts Sept. 29 but that season
does not end until Jan. 13.
"The crop for those birds is
excellent this year and the
limit is eight per day," Ward
said.
Today is the last day for
hunting grouse, the hag limit
is three, and Sunday is the last
day to hunt dove, with the bag
limit for those birds being 10.
Bow hunting season ended
yesterday. East Oregon phea
sant and quail season opens
Oct. 13 and lasts until Nov. 18.
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lags for the season is tomor
row night at midnight. The
deadline to buy Rocky Moun
tain Elk tags is Oct. 26 and the
last day to buy tags to hunt
Roosevelt Elk is Nov. 9.
"The hunting conditions are
dry and stalking will be
difficult," Ward said. "Be
cause of the low buck produc
tion, spike hunting is illegal.
We want to protect the spikes
and there will be a fine from
the justice of the peace if
anyone is caught with a spike.
Only two-point or better for
ked horn bucks can be taken."
Ward said most of the
hunters will probably be in the
foothills but more deer are in
the higher elevations this year
and the bigger bucks are up in
the heavy timber.
"A word of caution to
hunters is a new law which
states that anyone trespassing
on private land with a gun
can be fined up to $500 and lose
his hunting license for up to
three years," Ward said. "The
hunter must obtain permis
sion from the private land
owner before hunting on his
property. About half of the
Heppner unit hunting area is
on private land and almost all
of the land on the Columbia
Basin unit is on private
property."
Ward said the reason the
hunting season is so short is
because all the bucks are
being killed off. He said there
are more hunters all the time
and that a ratio of 10 bucks to
100 doe should be maintained
for proper breeding so the
season is shorter to lessen the
take.
"There will be no late bull
hunting season in December,"
Ward said. "The season is
longer on the west side of the
Cascades because we are
trying to keep people over
there."
Ward said hunters should
check wherever they hunt to
be sure they are not in a safety
zone. Some roads are also
closed to hunters but they can
still hike in to hunt.
Ward said the upland bird
hunting should be excellent
this year. He said there was a
lot of concern that the baby
fowls would not survive be
cause there would not be
enought grasshoppers for
them to eat because of the
grasshoppers being sprayed.
There was a lot of food left for
the young birds, apparently,
because the production and
survival of the birds is the best
its been in years.
Although most indications
are that more hunters are
going out all the time, two
area stores that sell hunting
equipment may not agree.
Jo Pettyjohn, of Pettyjohn's
Farm and Builder's Supply,
said sales at that store seem
down this year.
"We probably will have
guns left over," she said. "We
are down in gun sales, hunting
licenses and all supplies but
that may be misleading be
cause the people may be going
somewhere else. .We usually
have a lot of last minute
business but we still will be
down."
Dick Sargent of the Coast to
Coast store, said he feels sales
at that store are about the
same but they have been more
spread out than in the past
because of the separate bow
and gun seasons.
"There were more bow
hunters, by far, this year," he
said. "We may have less gun
hunters because you can only
hunt with a bow or a gun and
not both. Sales today and
tomorrow should pick up
because we get a lot of people
from Portland coming in "
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Hunters donate
animal hides
Umatilla administrator
accepts hospital post
From London to Heppner
The local Elks Lodge, is
sponsoring a program for
hunters who want to donate
the hides of the animals they
kill.
Barrels will be set up in
towns in the area for hunters
to put the hides in.
The Elks will then turn in
the hides to the tannery in
Sherwood. The tannery will
process the hides and keep one
and donate one to the Veter
an's Hospital Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy Center.
Last year, the program
collected 350 hides in the
donation effort.
A 1952-vintage red double-decker bus that once rolled
through the steets of London stopped in Heppner last week in
its present role as a bookstore on wheels, an unusual sight for
Main Street.
Democratic committee looks for new judge
Legion serves
hunter's breakfast
The Morrow County Demo
cratic Central Committee is
frantically looking for a candi
date to replace Judge D.O.
Nelson, who announced his
resignation rather suddenly
last week.
But Paul Jones, chairman of
the Morrow County Demo
crats, is not worried about
coming up with a replace
ment. "We have a lot of
possibilities already," Jones
.said.
Jones said the committee
Nelson announced his resigna
tion, which becmes effective
Oct. 15, to discuss names of
those who possibly could take
over the position.
"We (the committee) re
quest that anyone interested
in the position of Morrow
County Court judge come to
the courthouse Oct. 4 with a
resume," Jones said. "We
would prefer that a sponsor
introduce the candidate. All
candidates should be regis
tered Democrats for a reason
able length of time.
Jones said the Democratic
Central Committee will make
its recommendation for the
new judge to Gov. Vic Atiyeh
Oct. 5. Atiyeh has the option of
appointing the candidate of
the committee, choosing one
of the other applicants or even
making his own choice on who
should fill the position.
"We will try to pick the best
person, and I emphasize
person, for the job," Jones
said. "I know some women
who would make excellent
judges."
The Heppner American Le
gion Post No. 87 and Auxiliary
are again serving their annual
Hunter's Breakfast in the old
Ford Garage building across
Main Street from the First
National Bank.
The public is invited to come
and enjoy hotcakes, ham and
eggs, milk or coffee, all for
$2.50.
The breakfast will be served
all night tomorrow from 4
p.m. Friday until 6 Saturday
morning.
A.K. Felt, from Umatilla,
has accepted the job as
administrator of Pioneer Me
morial Hospital.
Felt was offered the job last
week and he accepted it the
next day.
Felt has been the adminis
trator at the Umatilla Hospital
and will soon be moving to
Heppner and will officially
begin his new job Nov. 1.
Felt first came to the
Umatilla Hospital four years
ago when the hospital there
was financially troubled. He
has brought new doctors into
the area and has made the
hospital very successful.
Morrow County Hospital
Board chairman Fred Martin
is hoping Felt can be just as
successful in Heppner. The
Pioneer Hospital has had
trouble in the past financially
with the passing of bonds.
Ullman visits
east Oregon
next week
Congressman Al Ullman,
D-Ore., will be visiting in
eastern Oregon next week,
with dates in Ontario, Baker,
La Grande and Pendleton.
He will be in the college
theater of Blue Mountain
Community College at 5 p.m.
Oct. 5. and attend a Democra
tic coffee hour in Pendleton
the same day at 7 p.m.
About 70 residents attend Oregon Forum Workshop
Gayla Dahlke injured
in gun accident
Gayla Dahlke, 13, went back
to school in Heppner Tuesday
after going through a trauma
tic experience Sunday.
She was accidentally shot
when a gun went off while she
was next to a truck and the
blast shattered the metal of
the truck and particles lodged
into her left shoulder. She was
taken to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital and treated by Dr.
Joseph Gifford.
Dr. Gifford decided not to
try to take the particles out
because there are too many
and some of them are very
small. Hopefully, they will
work out by themselves over a
period of time. Gayla is taking
anti biotics to control infection
in the area.
The accident occurred Sun
day at 9:45 a.m. when Gayla's
brother, Timothy, was show
ing his hunting rifle, a .308
Winchester, to a friend. He put
the gun in the gunrack behind
the back window of the truck
and a bullet discharged from
the gun and it exploded into
the back of the cab.
The explosion sent metal
flying everywhere and appro
ximately 20 small fragments
hit Gayla, who was next to the
truck, in the left shoulder.
Close to 70 local residents
gathered together last Satur
day for a forestry workshop on
"Elk Management in Timber
Country."
The workshop was spon
sored by the Oregon Forum
and funded, by the National
Science Foundation.
The purpose of the workshop
was to get public input on the
problems which confront pro
fessional foresters and wild
life personnel who manage the
public lands in the Blue
Mountain Region. The profes
sional people feel they alone
cannot make the decisions but
,the people of Oregon, who use
and benefit from the resour
ces, should have a say in
determining policy regula
tions. Loggers, mill workers,
ranchers, hunters, hikers,
teachers and wilderness advo
cates went to the Oregon
Forum workshop. The topics
discussed concerned this wide
variety of people and they
tried to work out the best
possible compromise for all
the people.
Of course, no one idea was
decided on but many ideas
were brought out.
Some of the questions men
tioned were: Should Oregon's
forests be managed inten
sively for timber production,
left in a totally natural
wilderness or somewhere be
tween the two extremes? If
some of each, how much and
by what means? How much
timber should be cut and left
in which areas? How many
roads should be opened in a
certain area? How many
domestic animals should he
allowed to graze in these
areas?
These questions are valid
and decisions must be made or
we may not have any trees or
wildlife anymore or maybe
soil erosions and flooding will
be the major problem.
Michael J. Sweeney, chair
man of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce Watershed Com
mittee, welcomed everyone to
the Heppner High School
cafetorium to open the work
shop. William Hunter, direc
tor of Oregon Forum, ex
plained the workshop proce
dures and introduced the main
speakers.
Warren W. Aney, regional
supervisor of the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife Region IV, (North
east Oregon) was the first
speaker. He talked about
"Managing Elk in Northeast
Oregon."
Dr. Jack Ward Thomas,
chief research biologist of the
United States Forest Service,
Range and Wildlife Habitat
Laboratory in La Grande,
Ore., spoke on the "Manage
ment of elk in the managed
forest."
James O'Donnell, executive
vice-president of the North
eastern Oregon.
Next came Beryl Stillman, a
freelance wildlife ecologist
and president of the Elk
Foundation. His topic was elk
in the unmanaged forest.
Raymond French, first vice
president of the Oregon Cattle
mens' Association, discussed
the relationship between elk
populations and the ranch
lands and hunter-rancher re
lations. After a short break, the
Forum resumed as the partici
pants were broken up into 10
groups. The groups talked
about "timber supply, elk
population, rangeland and
roadless areas" and what
would happen to the other
areas if the land management
people decided to maximize
the land use for one particular
area.
An example would be what
would happen to the elk if the
timber supply was maximized
to its fullest? They would
probably be killed off or
migrate to another area.
The group discussions led to
more questions and Hunter
conducted a panel discussion
with the groups asking ques
tions of the main speakers.
One question was "How can
we improve the quality of
hunting?"
Dr. Thomas said, "We
would have to have fewer
hunters so we could say a
hunter could hunt only every
three years. There is no way to
have fewer hunters unless we
have fewer hunters."
Aney added "Can we conti
nue to let there be unlimited
hunters? We can do it two
ways. We can either impose
government regulations on the
number of hunters or we can
let it get so crowded that the
hunters won't like it and they
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people just want the chance to
go hunting."
Orville Cutsforth brought
out a concern he had about
only two bull elk in a herd of
about 130 elk on his land.
"Will there be a breeding
problem?" he asked.
"There is no ratio known on
that but they do seem to get
the job done," Dr. Thomas
said.
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The speakers at the Oregon Forum were (l-r): Warren W. Aney, James O'Donnell, Dr.
Jack Ward Thomas, Raymond French and Beryl Stillman. Orville Cutsforth is in the
foreground.
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