TWO The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 20, 1979
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The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
' County of Morrow
The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow Const j's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Published every Thursday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office
at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3. 1879 Second-class postage paid at
Hrppner. Orrgon
Office at 147 West Willow Street Telephone. (5031 676 -922H.
Address rnmmunii-ations fo the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337, Heppner,
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Jerome F. Sheldon, Publisher
Steven A. Powell. News Editor
There Is a Bright Side
People in Heppner seem to be in shock
over the news of the Kinzua Corporation's
closure of its plywood mill and the company's
merger with the Georgia-Pacific Corp. About
half of Kinzua's labor force is to be laid off at
the close of this week.
With about 150 people facing the loss of
their jobs, the effects seemed rather
immediate in the Heppner business commu
nity. Some retail merchants probably
anticipated a drop in pre-Christmas sales.
Some houses were put on the market and
families may have made plans to leave the
community and seek employement else
where. To put it mildly, the news from Kinzua
put a pall on the community during the time
of year that should be the most joyous.
However the lives of 150 mill workers and
their families may be affected, Heppner itself
will continue it has been here for over 100
years, the trading center for an agricultural,
lumbering and mining area whose fortunes
have ebbed and flowed with regional or
national economic dips and turns. Heppner
will survive, however hard it is for those
immediately concerned.
Let's look at the bright side! Georgia
Pacific isn't buying the mill to lose money.
They must have seen a great potential here or
they would not have made the purchase.
Nobody buys a loser!
Looking ahead to 1980, Morrow County
may anticipate such spurts in the local
economy as the probable start of construction
of the Willow Creek dam and the firing up of
Portland General Electric's generating plant
near Boardman.
Editor's Notebook
The Gazelle-Times owners
formerly lived in an Alaskan
city similar in size lo Heppner
where they published a news
paper. Palmer. Alaska, in the
Malanuska-Susilna Valley,
was even (hen recovering
from the closure of the coal
mines a few miles away, even
though that event had occur
red several years before.
The mines at Sutton and
Ohickaloon had supplied fuel
for heating and power genera
tion in Anchorage. Before the
Alaska Railroad converted its
locomotives to diesel power, it
too had used coal from the
mines to run its trains.
Aii i-nit-rprisiiig city mana
ger brought Palmer out of its
economic doldrums by esta
blishing a city-owned indus
tiral park and luring light
industry to establish plants
there. The biggest was a
mobile home factory that
moved to Alaska from Boise,
Idaho.
With the construction of the
trans-Alaska pipeline, there
was an economic boom that
was felt even in the Matanuska-Susitna
Valley. The
trailer factory built modular
units that were to be shipped
to pipeline construction
camps. The original manage
ment went bankrupt, more
from poor management than
lack of a market. A successor
management took over the
factory. The industrial park
also drew an oxygen plant, a
culvert factory, a lumber yard
and miscellaneous ware
houses They helped provide
an additional tax base for
Palmer, as well as employ
ment. The only reason to mention
ti' i. cuts in far
away Alaska is that if Hepp
ner experienced an economic
setback with the closure of the
Kinzua plywood mill, there
aresteps that could be taken
to make up the loss. We hope
someone has the spirit to do
so.
Congressman Al Ullman,
who represents eastern Ore
gon in the U.S. House of
Representataives, gets a plug
of sorts in the latest New
Yorker magazine.
The mention is in one of
those space fillers that feature
typographical errors in news
papers. It's from a story that
appeared in the Newark, N.J.,
Star-Ledger, and identifies
Ullman as chairman of the
"Ways and Oceans Commit
tee." Of course, he's chairman
of the Ways and Means
Committee, but New Yorker's
quip is : "Make that 'Waves nd
Oceans Committee.'" '
Ullman may be -making
waves on the Columbia over
his proposed value added tax,
which was the subject of the
storv.
The Oregon State Health
Division writes about a nit
picking problem in a recent
bulletin. This can be taken
literally, for the subject of the
bulletin is the head louse.
Apparently this fall there has
been a greater infestation of
head lice among elementary
school pupils than ever before.
Head lice emerge from eggs
that are called nits. These are
laid by the female louse close
to the scalp. Lice are spread
from person to person through
shared combs, hats, coats,
bedding and so forth. The life
cycle of the louse is about 30
days, but during that lifetime
they can cause people to be
true nit-pickers.
Sifting through the TIMESjfl
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Fifty years ago $75,000 was
appropriated for the Heppner
to Spray road thanks to the
work of the Lions Club of
Heppner. The members pre
sented the needs of the
community to theHighway
Commission in Portland.The
total cost had been estimated
al $300,000 for the entire road
and the money appropriated
would complete about one
quarter of the proposed pro
ject .
Schools were closed in the
area because of a power
shut -off. The schools could not
use the heating system with-
I. H.trr a , ; i.' i n, " .f ;
nut electricity.
About 70 persons gathered
at the Elks Temple to hear the
American Legion State Com
mander Sidney George give
an inspiring speech about the
patriotic veterans of World
War I.
The lone men's town basket-ball
team beat the high school
squad 39-13. The town's wo
men's team also beat the girls
high school team 12-10.
The American Legion was
decorating the town with
small trees along Main Street
and one large tree at the
intersection of Main and
Willow. The boys at Heppner
High School were helping to
bring the small trees into town
and put them in (he sockets
along the streets that are used
for flags on patriotic occa
sions. The Church of Christ was
putting on a Christmas show
entitled. "Follow the Star."
Roxing fans were getting set
for the local bout between Ray
Wise of Heppner and Harold
Ahalt of lone fighting at the
145 pound class and the match
between Red Shipley of lone
and Russ Wright of Lexington
in the 145 pound bout. Billy
Logan of lone and Gerald
Swaggart of Heppner were
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Karlv-rtav view of the Morrow County Courthouse.
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Historical courthouse, predating 1903
flood, built of Oregon-quarried rock
(John F. Kilkemiey. one
time Pendleton attorney mid
now a member of U.S. inlh
Circuit Court of Appeals. h;is
written the "cover story" for
the December issue of the
Oregon State l?ar Bulletin,
which features a picture of the
.Morrow County Court house.
(The Bar Bulletin has been
presenting various historic
Oregon court houses in its
annual holiday issues. Kilken
ny, whose office is in Portland,
sunuestcd thai the courthouse
in Heppner he featured this
year.)
By John F. Kilkenny
The Morrow County Court
house was authorized by a
resolution introduced and pas
sed at a regular session of the
County Court on Jan. 11, 1902.
Present at the meeting were
AG. Bartholomew, county
judge: E.C. Ashbaugh. com
missioner: J.L. Howard, com
missioners: R.T. Hynd. secre
tary: and George Conger,
chairman of the Construction
Committee. Nine days later
the site was selected and on
I'Vb 20. 1902. Portland archi
tect and contractor Edgar M.
I.acrus was awarded a con
tract for the project. In May
Frank DtiPrat contracted to
tin the masonry work. The
oilier walls of the building are
of native blue rock, trimmed
in Kk'in sandstone, appar
ently f married near Elgin in
1'nion County. The tower clock
and $:.ri(iii Inward the cost of
((instruction were presented
In Ihe county by the citizens of
Heppner.
Laurence and Louis Monter
aslelli, well-known stone ma
sons in 'eastern Oregon, cut
and trimmed the stone for the
entire building. The brothers,
who were born in Lotta.
Fiinann. Modena. Italy., were
masons for the Christian and
Catholic churches in Pendle
ton. SI . Elizabeth's Hospital in
Baker, and a number of other
public and private buildings in
eastern Oreenn. tocether with
hundreds of headstones in
cemeteries thrmmhoul Mor
row and Umatilla counties.
The courthouse, constructed
on Ihe sile of a previous
wooden structure. was comple
ted in March 1903. It has been
in continuous use ever since
that lime and is one of the few
rem;iinini courthouses in Ore
con constructed at the turn of
the conitirv The circuit judge
at the time of completion was
W l). Ellis.
In 15103. only three months
al'er Ihe completion of the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner. a flash flood devas
laled the town, killing one
fourlh of the population. The
lower clock, which had been
donated by the citizens,
chimed out 24 times and
stopped short.
Folklore? Maybe. Rut the
people of Heppner. which
boasts one of the most
gracious courthouses in Ore
gon, retell the story proudly.
scheduled to fight in the
preliminary bout at 130
pounds and at 150 pounds.
Quell Ray of lone was going
against Bily Smith of The
Dalles.
A snow storm in Heppner
caused a tremendous amount
of damage to electricity and
phone lines causing disruption
to the businesses and homes in
Ihe community. Crews were
working long hours to fix the
problem. It snowed six inches.
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Twenty-five years ago Jack
Bedford was named the new
Chamber of Commerce presi
dent. Bedford was the First
National Bank manager.
Livestock prices continued
to climb as Albert Osmin of
Heppner topped the market at
the flermiston livestock auc
tion seljing 10 hogs weighing
2.200 pounds for $19.95 cwt.
Top quality veal rose $1.95 in
one week from $21.25 to $23.10
cwt .
The Heppner- Civic Center
building was going to be torn
down because the "voters gave
their support to remove all the
old buildings on the. north
Main Street property"-, and
make it into a public park. The
vote was close with 63 for antT
55 against. The voters agreed
on a one mtfl special levy tax
to renovate the site.
Lexington re-elected its en
tire slate of public officials to
another term in office at the
first regularly scheduled elec
tion in five years.
More than 500 children
came to Heppner to visit with
Santa Clans.
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The Morrow County School
Board adopted a school work
experience program to set up
in the schools. They had
previous programs but this
one had specific goals and a
qualified instructor.
Seven Union Pacific Rail
road freight cars and a
caboose derailed north of
Heppner.
The Irrigon City Council
expressed concern about
crime in the area and was
hoping to have increased
police protection. The council
decided, to look for ways to
increase funding so additional
deputies could be hired.
A Umatilla women, Judy
Noble, was crowned Miss
Northwest Rodeo.
The Heppner Hotel had new
owners. Jack and Betty Al
bert, and they were planning
to restore the building. They
bought the hotel for $75,000.
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Hospitality for Hostages Backing for Carter
Here's a Christmas idea that's spreading and is
worthwhile.
Send a Christmas card to a hostage.
The idea started with a telephone call to a radio talk show
and has since been picked up by President Carter with his
encouragement.
If you were being held hostage over the Christmas
holidays by hostile Iranians, what would be more
encouraging than 50-million Christmas cards from home?
The cost of postage will be 31 cents if the Christmas card
doesn't weigh over l !j ounce. It will cost 31 cents per ' ounce
up to two ounces. The average letter, spokesmen say, will
weigh in at an ounce and the average Christmas card' should
get through at a half ounce. So. if you are going to mail one,
make sure you get the proper postage on it or the post office
may end up holding your Christmas card hostage.
All you have to do is mail your card to:
HOSTAGES
United States Embassy
200 Takhte Jamshid Ave.
Tehran, Iran
We wouldn't advise sending presents or gifts. You have
to consider that any religious leader creepy enough to
exectue political opponents and hold innocent Americans
hostage wouldn't be above petty theft.
On the other hand, several million Christmas cards to the
hostages should cheer (hem up a bit if they think someone
cares.
It also wouldn't hurt any for us to let the Iranians know
that several million Americans are taking this whole thing
personally.
The Americans being held hostage by the Iranians won't
have much of a Christmas and all they've got to look forward
to is trial by the Iranian revoluntionary government.
About all we can send them is a Christmas card and a
prayer.
Central Oregonian,
Prineville
President Carter must feel pretty good about the backing
he's getting during the present crisis in Iran. That sense of
national drift he identified earlier this year is all but gone.
It's the kind of rally and spirit we've not seen in recent times.
Mr. Carter's swift and decisive move to freeze Iranian
assets in this country has been greeted with wide approval.
Even some of his most vocal critics, such as Republican
Ronald Reagan, have applauded this action without
reservation.
This is the kind of non-partisan backing our President
needs in dealing with the Iranian crisis.
But the nation has been providing some clear signals to
the White House that would be difficult to misunderstand.
The public expressed almost instant disapproval of
Iranian student demonstrations. What followed was a
presidential order for all Iranian guests in this country to
report to the immigration service within thirty days or face
deportation.
The day KATU released its survey of Oregonians who
approved cutting this country loose from Iranian oil supplies
was the day the White House announced it would no longer
buy oil from Iran.
Another signal is going up. This time longshoremen of
the ILWU are voting up and down the Pacific Coast. At issue
is whether they will follow the lead of Portland longshoremen
and refuse to load cargo onto Iranian vessels or ships bound
for Iran no matter what their registry. A spokesman here in
Portland thinks Local 8 will unanimously support the Iranian
boycott, despite the loss in pay.
As long as Americans are held hostage, we should
consider a total embargo of all commerce with Iran.
TV editorial,
KATU, Channel 2
"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody
may be looking." Mencken
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