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One of the lucky ones
Grain Growers to build $320,000
grain elevator in Heppner
The Morrow County Grain Grow
ers expect to ita rt construction soon
on a new 1330.000 grain elevator in
Heppner. replacing the one which
was destroy«] by a fire Oct 2. it was
announced Monday
The new elevator would have two
75,000 bushel storage tanks, a 10.000
bushel leg. and would be located on
W v a n M t street near the Shell bulk
oil plant at the Heppner city limits
Grain Growers General Manager
l-arry Mills says the new site will tie
better for unloading grain because
trucks will have less trouble getting
in and out. and the new larger lift
will allow the elevator to unload
grain (aster
Mills announced the new construe
lion project during the Grain Grow
ers annual meeting Monday night in
Heppner
He said the coup is in the process
o( taking bids on the new elevator
now. and that It is expected to be
completed by July of IMS in time (or
narvest
The co-op will be leasing the
property (rom the railroad, and
Milts said a decision hasn't been
reached on what to do with the
property at the site ol the old
elevator on landen Way. however,
he speculated it. along with tti.
equipment, would be sold
The old elevator, which was most
ly destroyed by a (ire Oct 2. had a
grain capacity ol Jon non b u s h e ls
however, there were problems with
trucks pulling on and o(( the adja
cent highway, and the old li(t equip
men! did not unload grain at a very
(ast rate, causing delays. Mills said
Also at the annual meeting plans
were announced to remodel the
Gram Growers elevator at lone
The remodeling would cost 1230.
ooo Mills said, and would include
putting in new unloading equipment
to speed up o((1oading there
"With these bigger trucks they re
using, we haven't been able to keep
F F A earns
money, awards
The Heppner Future Farmers o(
America Chapter held it's annual
slave sale on Thursday. Oct 25
Auctioneer Kenny Grieb and assist
ants Chris Kaueh. Jim Clymore and
John Knapp, sold 30 slaves
The
slave sale groused over 11.400
Funds earned (rom the slave sale
are used to help send delegates to
the National FFA Convention in
Kansas City and for other FFA
activities
up,” said Mills
They bring it in
(astrr than we can unload it
Mills said the contract (or that
project has already been let to
llaskin Co of Spokane which is
expected to start work on December
I. and be done in time (or the I9H5
harvest
It was also announced at the
meeting that the coop would be
opening a parts house in Wasco in
conjunction with the Sherman Coop
Gram Growers
The parts store would handle
International Harvester Calkins
Steiger and other parts
It will lie located in a portion o( a
new hardware and (arm supply
store being constructed by the Sher
man Co co-op on the Condon W asco
highway near downtown Wasco
Jake Grossmiller w ill lx- manager o(
the new parts outlet. Mills said
In other business co-op members
elected Gary Grieb John la-dbetter.
Mark Miller and I.vle Peck to thro«-
year terms as board ol directors
The hoard o( directors elected
Gene Majeske president. G ary
Grieb vice pr«-sid«-nt. Charles Ander
son secretary and Larry Mills trea
surer o( the board
.And the co-op membership voted a
by law amendment limiting mdivid
uals to serving on the board (or (our
consecutive thr«-e year terms
A financial report revealed that
the coop's gross income, and gross
profit, were up over last year
however, tie« ause of mcreax«-d oper
a'ing expenses and cost of sal«-* net
earnings was down 162 99] over I9R3
The gram department showed an
increase of about SI4 0U0 in net
savings the fertilizer department
was down slightly and the (arm
supply department show«-d a loss of
over Pit txsi attributed to the de
pressed market conditions (or the
sale of new and used (arm equip
ment
Sheriff’s office warns of
possible phone scam
The Morrow County Sheriff's lie
pur (merit has issued a warning to
area residents about a possible
phone scam in which pa-oplc are
(ricked into giving the caller their
credit card numlier
A sheriff's department spokes
woman said the scam has been
reported earlier mother areas ol the
Northw«-st. and a (ew reports have
come in during the past (ew days
from the lexingfon area She said
the caller's intent appears to tie to
get people to divulg«- their credit
card number to him
Although there is no evidence yet
that the caller intends to fraudulent
ly use the number.the spokeswoman
said no one shout«) give their cr«*dlt
card numlier out because it could be
usi-d illegitimately
The spokeswoman said the caller
typically tells the p«-rson that he has
won one of six prizes which mcludc
such things as maj«ir appliances, a
boat nr a lavish vacation trip
In
some cases, she said, the caller says
the person must buy an order of
vitamins in order to tie eligible for
the prize and he then asks for the
person s cr«-dil card number to
charge the vitamins to
In other rases, the caller first asks
lor the prrxon s cr«-«lit card expira
Don date and says it matrhes the
prize numbers He then asks for the
first few card number* and says
they also match, then tells the
person the more numbers they can
match the more pru«-s they will win
The sheriff's spok«-swoman said
most people have refuse«! to give
lh«-ir numbers, but she said in cases
elsewhere where people have given
their numbers they have not receiv
ed anything
She concluded that persons with
information which might aid the
sheriff's office s investigation of the
allege«! team should report their
• by « ailing 676 MSI
Tom Ru-hl of Heppner was "fairly excited" when he droppe«! this
four point tiull at first light on opening day of elk season He says that
although he has hogged cow elk before, this is the first bull he s taken in 20
years of hunting in the Heppner area
A Marrou' County Centennial Feature
Blackhorse Canyon home built in 1895
Heppner Future Farmers o( Am
erica chapter placed second in the
Crops Contest and third in the Blue1
Mountain District Soils Contest held
in Condon, Oregon on Wednesday
October 24
Individuals placing in the Crops
Contest were Travis Harrison-third.
Noella Kill sixth. Kevin Hughes
eighth and Andrea Ball ninth
Noella Kill place«! ninth in the
Soils Contest and Andrea Ball placed
10th
Joe Taylor and Jason Palmer
were not in contention (or individual
honors but would have placed in the
top 10 in (he crops contest said
chapter advisor Roger Records
Also participating in the eont«*sts
were Sean Lawson, Bert Cason.
Scott Dougherty. Paula Hralherly,
Tray Hyatt. Kim Wright and Stacey
Kennedy
Riverside FFA won (he Soils
Conl«*st with Pendleton placing s«*c
ond and Heppner placing third
llermiston won the Crops Contest.
Heppner placed second and Pendle
ton placed third
Glen Ward of the Oregon D«-pt of
Fish and Wildlife rrports that 475
hunters have come through the
Heppner area with ataiut 10 percent
success during the first elk season
of those hunters who were success
ful. about 70 percent bagged y«-ar
ling bulls and fewer than 30 p»-rcent
of the animals taken were branch
antler bulls
Ward said that hunter conduct had
lieen good throughout the first elk
season although p>mr hunting condi
lions, and access problems from
downed trees had b«-«-n caused by the
high winds
"Outlook for the second season is
fair with an anticipated 10 percent
success." continued Ward "F.lk are
widely scattered so hunters will
have to dig them out of the brush
because right now they are wary of
hunters "
The small house on the Antony Doherty ranch in
Blackhorse Canyon built in IK9.i by Barney and James G
Doherty There were t very small tx-droomx down
stair* and two unfinished r«Mims upstair* There were 13
children in one family of Dohertys so the unfinish«-d
rooms w « t c us«*! exlensivelv
In 1940 all the neighbors, including Orel Scott and
Harry Duval. gather«-d to put siding on the house and
paint it for the first time
In the mid 4os one bedroom, was «-onvert«al to a
bathroom, which "put them up in society," with wat«*r
pipe«! in
Buy elk tags
before Nov. 10
The second Risky Mountain elk
hunt period begins November 10 It
is preceded by a November 9 tag
sale cut off Sale of tags for the first
Roosevelt elk season will also stop
Novemh«-r 9 reports the Department
of Fish and Wildlife
Children reaching the legal age to
hunt lug game animals and mem
tiers of the Arm«*! Forces returning
after tag sale deadline* will be
pcrmitt«-d to purchase a tag for
themselves at th«* Oregon Depart
ment of Fish and Wildlife Portland
and regional offices
There is a possibility that the
Morrow County Historical may be
able to order more copies of the
Morrow County History Book* pub
lish«-d last year Delpha Jon«-s of the
MCHS says that Taylor Publishing
Company of Portland will issue a
s«-cond printing of 2ti0copi«-s. but the
historical society must have orders
for these txaiks before Ih-cember 1
Jon«** says that anyone wishing a
copy of the hook should send a
re«|uest to Ruth McCabe lone or
Ih-lpha Jones la-xington
People
who have already call<-d to request
hook*, must make their request in
writing. s«i that tlH-re is a w o r d of
the order Kooks will cost 242 50. hut
We don't need the money now.
says Jones "If we don't get enough
«irders to pay for printing 200 books,
we won t b«- able to order any "
Tickets are still on sale for the
prinls of th«- Mary I xhj Carlson
painting which is being raffled for
the Morrow County Centennial
Proc«-<-«i* from the ticket sales will
I k - used by the historical society to
tmy frarn«-* (or the print which is
lieing raffle«! and for the one which
has b«*en donuti-d to the Courthouse
Money from the sale of the prints
themselves will benefit the Board
man City Library
AAl \\ members to ‘get
acquainted' at Nov. 1*5 meeting
T
Who * Who in AAl W will tie the
topic of the Heppner-lone American
Association of L'nivrrsity Women
meeting Thursday evening Nov 15
"This will give members a chance
to know each other belter, said
Comm,
to meet Fues.
The new d«vck at Terminal 3, will
be completed sometime in mid Nov
ember, according to Bob Miller,
acting manager of the Port of
Morrow
The 2900.000 project tiegan con
struction in June It ha* been funded
by a combination of bonding by the
Waterfowl have start«-«! moving
into the mirth entl of the county in
flight from Canada which. Ward
continues, should improve area wa
terfowl hunting
M C H S needs book orders
New dock nears completion at Port of Morrow
-
Flk hunters have 10% success
port an F.DA trdcral grant and
private fun«!* from the Portland
firm who will operate the terminal
Port Van Inc has leas«*«! the termin
al for 10 years They will use the
facility as a distributionpoinl for the
Inlanr! Fmpire
Although it was
origin ally thought the term inal
would lie more to ship Inland Km
pire products to other markets,
there have b«-en inquiries made
about imp««rts as well The termin
al because of its distribution status,
will handle a lot of empty containers
saw Miller
Miller went on to say that Port
Van. Inc had experience in both
refrigerat«*«! and general container
handling
Some Boardman firms
may use the terminal to ship fresh or
froten food* to market
The Heppner City Planning Com
mission will hold a regular m<-eting
on Tuesday Nov 13 I9t«4at8pm at
Heppner City Hall according to
chairman l-arry Bowman
The
move from Monday to Tuesday this
month due to Veteran's Day holiday
B«ib Harris, a member of the
Senior* Building Committee, will be
present to discuss building projec
lions
City Council representative for
Novemlw-r is Bob Ploy ha r
AAl W m em bership chairperson
April Hilt«>n Sykes
Anyone who
has thought about joining AAUW or
is just curious about the group is
warmly invited to attend
"Some of us have been to coll«-ge.
a lot of us haven t but everyone has
an interesting story to tell about
herself ." Hilton Sykes continued
"And that's what we re focusing on
at this m«-eting."
How do«-s a homemaker, nurse,
working mother, artist, law yer.cler
gy person. or teacher cope, how did
they get where they are today and
what are they working towards, are
snme of the things we’ll be talking
about," she added
The mt-eting will begin at 7 30
p m at the Sykes' home at 300 Green
SI in Heppner For more informa
lion or ride*, call l.aura Bro<lerick.
422 7524 or Hilton Sykes. 676 9939
Hostesses for the evening are Nancy
McConnell and Joan Records