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. tf V? 0 .. ' " The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon. Thursday. December 20. 197&-THIRTEEN jpv J flwHKlHll 'HUMIff fRtttMf Wheat growers say expanded trade will help economy 1 Jf,f k jj.i t I. Whc.it growers told US. Department of ; Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland th;it expanded trade and export prnnrams for wheat will help nil phases of the II. S., eco tiomv. K;irl Prvor. Condon farmer J " 1 t. j .. -..j ...... , mi jb a b 'J ' m ei.n .i' ; x r rr v y x , i v - I.- V JJv. jit S r i . - l. W . ..... ...,.,,.. - -.wMaH " - ...aA "... -- . , ft J ! CmmmJ xs.,- sKw. -iX". - ,i-:v: .v. y """" w ( wl ( Congressmen introduce bills to protect steelhead Offic er Chuck Holt waits outside Heppner City Hall with his radar gun in the new city police car. The car is a red. 1 979 Ford Fairmont purchased from Rohrman Motor Co. in Hermiston for SI.SOO and the old police car. Icy roads cause two accidents Cases from the Morrow County Sheriff's Office for the week ending Dec. 17 are: Ken Paul Champney, Rt. 2 Box 2511 Evergreen Apt. Sp. No. 5 in Heppner, was involved in a one-car, non-injury accident Dec. 15 when he was driving a 1968 Interna tional 13 miles north of Lexington on Highway 207 near the Sand Hollow Road. The car went off the icy road and rolled over. Damage has been estimated at $1,500. A Boardman juvenile was cited with attempting to elude an officer, driving without license plates and driving without a license. He was caught driving a motorcycle on Wilson Road. Four Boardman juveniles were cited with minors in possession of alcohol. That case has been referred to the juvenile department. Darcy Diane Rea, P.O. Box 413 in lone, was involved in another non-injury, one-car accident. She was driving a 1974 Mustang five miles south east of lone near Eight-mile Canyon when the car slid on ice and went off the road. Edwin Joseph Senkens, 5411 N.E. 26 Ave. in Portland, was arrested in Boardman for Births I Mr. and Mrs. Noel Harsh man had a baby boy Dec. 13 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. They named the baby Elijah Love and he weighed seven pounds, 12 and one half ounces. The Harshmans reside in Heppner. driving while under the influ ence of intoxicants and he is in custody at the jail in Hermis ton. Club meets The Gooseberry Livestock 4-H Club had its second meeting of the year Dec. 9. The group met at the Grange hall after the house hold party for, Rita Sumner. The club elected new officers. This year, Larry Palmer will be the president, Paula Palmer the vice president. Anne Van Schoiack the secre tary and Kathy McConnell the reporter. The group will be selling light bulbs with the money raised from this going to the family of Jeremy Maben to help to pay the doctor bills. . The next 4-H meeting will be Jan. 6. 1980. Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin and nine other mem bers of the Oregon and Washington delegations in Congress have introduced le-' gislation to make the steel head a federally protected game fish. t'lider the bill introduced by AuCoin and Congressmen Al Ullman. Jim Weaver and Bob Duncan of Oregon and Don Honker. Tom Foley. Mike MeConnaek. Norm Dicks. Al Swift and Joel Pritchard of Washington, steelhead could not he sold commercially. AuCoin noted that the steel head trout is already designa ted as a game fish under Oregon law, meaning that it cannot be caugflt commer-' cially in the state by non-Indian fisherman. However, recent court decisions have allowed Washington and Co lumbia River treaty tribes to net steelhead commercially. "Because of its beauty, its elusiveness and its great fighting ability, the steelhead is unquestionably the most prized catch of Northwest sports fishermen," AuCoin said. "The bill would apportion this limited resource more equitably. At the same time, it will help Northwest states manage this resource more effectively." Under the steelhead hill, treaty tribes could still catch steelhead. but only for sport or subsistence purposes, he bill also provides for compensation to treaty tribes for lost income as a result of the decommercializa tion of steelhead. a provision considered necessary on con stitutional grounds. Commercial catches of steelhead from the Columbia River by treaty tribes in Oregon and Washington to taled 20.3(H) last year. AuCoin said. This year's catch was about 9.600. "Last year was a good one for steelhead in Oregon." AuCoin said. "This year is not as good. This bill would distribute a declining resource more fairly. But the fact is. compared with 10 years ago. the number of steelhead has declined dramatically. Our highest priority must be this: to increase the number of steelhead and salmon." and president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, ap peared before Secretary Berg land at a national hearing on the structure of agriculture. Pryor slated that the wheat growers feel that trade is the basis of the U.S. free enter prise system. He commented that "trade can do more for agriculture and our nation than any farm program yet devised." Pryor noted that world wheat stocks are being re duced while grain imports by developing nations are im proving. He also noted that undercapitalization and low returns for farmers "combine to reduce agricultural produc tion." He did note, however, that these two problems are similar to all business. Pryor called for several remedies for business revitali zation. "Tax reform will control inflation along with enhancing capital formation." he said. "Government services take up to 60 percent of our economy and we must search and scrutinize government spending programs and. per haps, call for a constitutional convention to mandate econo mic principles for our govern ment ." He said that trade can be expanded through "review of anti-trust laws and proce dures" to enhance the role of farmer-owned cooperatives. He said present export agri cultural trade is dominated by multinational concerns and that farmer-owned coopera tives would be serving their farmer-owners. Other wheat growers ap pearing at the hearing inclu ded Don Thompson. Moro; Tom McCoy. Wasco: and Stan Timmermann. Pendleton. ECOAC opens new branch in Boardman to manage CETA The East Central Oregon Association of Counties has opened a branch office in Boardman to manage the CP:TA program in Morrow County and the Arlington area. The CETA program is federally funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act to put under skilled persons to work. The CETA coordinator for Morrow County and the Ar lington area is Barbara Cum mings. Her office is located in Room 15. Nelson Squre. Boardman, 97818. The tele phone number is 481-7162. The office will be open Monday through Friday. II-IOILiiDJW CGUPOMr 7 . rreny roocn uog brooming Ft $1Moff ... i gooa rnru Jan. ivrn :J 454-2971 J private residence 50 Ivy Arlinaton OP. Seasons Qteetogs ftom & 3& -bat. Ssfc 4 1 'HotUft 4 Sk. " IBfV W Pft'k lMIIbw an - F Wm$BB$ f j " h ... ' : t I V LJ O i rmSLjfl"H ' - - i Was r . Ww," rm,. am 1 & v . PMUMMMMMMHM .... ft I .'l ' A kMM Lu.. . . 1 :fiifT,'.ii i, mi tvi j v i u ;fsZ2 Judy Osmin holds up one of the "very detailed" toys at M.C.G.G. There's a wide selection of larger or miniature trucks. tractors, and all sorts of "real lite" replicas: 9 piece no. 3409 . 1horsn II 34 drive socket set Christmas Special $50 15 OFF AH CB's in stock and accessories ..Featuring M p i31iFiriot ' . ESI m A in7 ir?mrpr?n T.'-.,...UJ. 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