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Thursday, August 5, 1971 The Nyssa Oat« City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Secretary of Interior REPRESENTATIVE' Pago Sovon Somers Receives 25 Year Award DISTRICTS Idaho Power Company an nounced Wednesday that Donald A. Somers, residential market ing representative in the Nyssa district, has received an award for 25 years of service with the utility. Somers, joining the company in 1946, spent the early years of his career in the post-World War II construction program that saw Idaho Power build six new generating plants to boost its supply of electricity for area growth. He worked as a survey party chainman and concrete in spector during construction of the 70,000-kilowatt Lower Sal mon plant and then as a con crete inspector on the 80,000 kilowatt Bliss plant. Following the Bliss plant’s completion, Somers remained at the project for the next three years as an auxiliary equip ment operator and mechanic. He transferred to Idaho Po wer’s marketing department in 1952, working first as a resi dential marketing representa tive at Twin Falls and then at Buhl. Rogers To Visit Oregon Congressman Al Ullman said Friday he has invited Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton to go fishing with him on the Deschutes River when the Secretary visits Oregon in August. Morton said Wednesday he is taking a major fact-finding tour of the West including Oregon in August. “I invited the Secretary,” Ullman said, "because the fishing is famous and I think he will enjoy seeing one of the country's least touched 'wild' rivers”. The congressman said he has not yet received a reply from Morton. Ullman also said his inspect ion tour of the Hells Canyon area August 10 with Rep. Roy Taylor, D-N.C., chairman of the National Parks and Re creation Subcommittee, would include both viewing the canyon from the rim and an afternoon float down the Snake. Ullman said the inspection party, which will include Rep. USDA PROPOSES James McClure, R-Ida., and ONION REGULATIONS “*rs 1 of Taylor's com- ’ mittee, would leave Baker by Grade and size requirements helicopter at 8:30 in the morn for onions produced under the ing to inspect two rim sites Idaho-Malheur County, Oregon, on the Idaho side and Summer Federal marketing order have Point and Hat Point on the been proposed by the United Oregon rim. The party plans to have lunch States Department of Agricult ure. Imported onions are re at Hat Point and then helicop quired by the Agricultural Mar ter to Johnson Bar to begin keting Agreement Act to meet a float trip down the river to Lewiston, Idaho. ’ the same requirements. Accompanying Ullman and the Officials of USDA’s Consumer and Marketing Service said the committee will be Rexford A. proposed regulations are simi Resler, Northwest Regional lar to those of last fall and are Forester from Portland, and necessary to assist producers John Rogers, Wallowa-Whitman Forester from Baker. in orderly marketing. Ullman plans to return to Beginning Aug. 9, imports of yellow varieties would have to Portland that evening. August meet requirements for U.S. No.2 12 he has scheduled both on or better grade, and be a site and aerial inspection of minimim of 1 1/2 inches dia several dam sites in the Hepp meter; white varieties must be ner and La Grande areas. “I’m really excited at the U.S. No. 2 or better grade and be at least 1 inch in diameter. prospect of showing Oregon’s In addition, all onions imported beauty to Easterners,” Ullman would have to be at least said. Interior Secretary Rogers is from Maryland and Taylor "moderately cured.” As in recent years, an aver is from North Carolina. age decay tolerance of not more than 5 percent would be per HOMETOWN NEWS mitted for onions in transit 10 or more days from country Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Schire- of origin. man and sons of Medford ar The proposal is scheduled to rived Monday evening to spend be published in the July 31 several days’vacation with Mr. Federal Register. Interested and Mrs. William Schireman. persons may submit written comments in four copies until Aug. 5 to the Hearing Clerk, Mrs. Daniel Rodríguez and Room 112-A, U.S. Department family arrived home Tuesday of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. after spending several days vi 20250, where they will be siting relatives around Hazelton available for public inspection. and Twin Falls. Welcome, Rockhounds! Come In And See The Sculpture In Our Lobby Of The Story Of The Thunderegg United States National Bank of Oregon Member F.D.I.C. PHONE 372-2257 —JI Six years ago, Somers moved to his present position in the Nyssa district. service anniversary qualifies him for membership in the Idaho Power Pioneers, composed of active and retired employes with 25yearsor more with the company. The utility veteran has been active in community affairs, in cluding the Grange, BoyScouts, 4-H and the Chamber of Com merce. U.S. Bancorp Ups Dividend A planet’s distance from the sun determines the length of its year. Mercury, closest to the sun, has a year only 88 days An increase to 40 cents from chea In that northwest aectfop of the county would be In Dlitrict the present quarterly dividend M and the reat of the county in dlatrict 37 with Lake and Harney rate of 35 cents per share was counties. voted Friday by Directors of MALHEUR COUNTk would be divided for ropreMutatioa ia tke Oregou House If Secretary of State Clay Myers plan for reap portionment is adopted. Vale and Brogan with farms and ran- ®sss®s®aas®sss®s®H®® A Salem Scene KINGMAN KOLONY NEWS O^-BY DALE WITTPHONE 372-2183 • ~ — The Un-Conference - that unstructured statewide “rap session” between the young and the established is on again. And those attending can leave their sleeping bags and insect repellent at home. Un-Conference 71 will be a little more on the sophisticated side than the first such gathering at Canby Grove Camp last September. This year’s idea and opinion exchange be tween students, faculty, govern ment, business and the profes sions is scheduled Aug. 13-15 at Lewis & Clark College. The 120-acre wooded campus less than a half-dozen miles Southwest of downtown Portland on Palatine Hill Road includes what once was the country estate of merchant Lloyd Frank. Heralded in the early Thirties as one of the 15 most splendid estates in the West, only a few remnants remain to remind visitors of the opulence of an other era. Estimated to have cost $1.3 million to create, the grounds were tended by 32 gar deners. The manor house, now serving as Lewis & Clark’s Ad- minstration Building, was a 35- room Tudor-style dwelling with 13 bedrooms, seven fireplaces and included a 20 - car garage. Successors to Lewis & Clark’s Presbyterian founders obtained the estate in 1942 for a gift price of $46,000. Ex tensively developed and ex panded during intervening years, the campus now is re cognized as one of the nation’s most beautiful. When it comes to comparing Un-Conferences, there’s a world of difference between rustic Canby Grove cabins and the comfortable dormitories of Lewis & Clark. Food also will be served in more-than ade quate college facilities. Aside from the obvious physical differences, Un-Con ference 71 will proceed in much the same manner established last fall when the gathering was billed as "something more than Earth Day.” by by Jack Jack Zimmerrnat Zimmerman Un-Conferences are the pro duct of the Institute of Public Affairs Research, Inc., a non profit, non-partisan education organization active in Oregon high schools and colleges. The first was a follow-up to Earth Day and dwelt exclusively with discussions of the environment and its many facets. Un-Conference 71 was ex panded to embrace five major discussion topics; Drugs in America, Justice in America, Protecting the Consumer in Mo dern Society, Education in Crisis and Environmental Prio rities. Expected to attend and mull these topics are some 250 high school seniors and college students, 50 faculty and school administration representatives of business, labor and the pro fessions. Un-Conference is so-named because of its loosely structu red format, devoid of lectures and formal presentations, in the words of this year’s coordi nator, Stan Biles. Biles, a 19-vear-old Portland State University sophomore ma joring in political science, re ports a tentative "unstructured” agenda: Registrants will converge on Lewis & Clark between noon and 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Follow ing dinner, topic groups will discuss their subjects and on Sunday each complete group will meet together to air various solutions. "Un-Conference as a whole will not ‘adopt’ any policy or position on any topic,” said Biles, "but individual partici pants, in any combination, may.” Conceived to establish lines of communication between the young and the rest of society and to seek solutions to mutual problems, the long-range re sults of Un-Conference already have been determined. Many of the 450 persons who attended the first Un-Con- ference a year ago returned to their homes throughout the state better equipped to work toward solutions of problems Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long of Adrian were Saturday evening guests of Mr. and Mrs. Al Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Stevens of Blackfoot, Idaho were Thurs day afternoon visitors in the Al Thompson home and Mr. and Mrs. John Zittercob were Fri day evening callers. July 26 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Piercy and family brought a in their own communities. Whatever the outcome — and regardless of the difficulty of its measurement, many people on both sides of all issues support the concept. A tip-off to this fact is apparent in the staggered registration fees for types of participants. And considering the fee includes nine meals and two nights’ lodging — regis tration is a bargain for every one. Students pay only $10 and some will attend on "scholar ships.” Civic and government people pay $30 andbusiness re presentatives will ante up $60 to register. Deadline for advance regis tration is Aug. 1. Information can be obtained by contacting Stan Biles, P.O. Box 4384, Port land 97208, phone 222-4421 The attraction of Un Conference participation for students is obvious. How often do high school and college stu dents have an opportunity for one-on-one discussion with Oregon’s most knowledgeable experts in the problem fields to be discussed? The experts value the exchange also. Seldom are they permitted to sample opinions of the young on such an intimate basis. And many agree youth often comes up with refreshingly meaningful solutions to knotty problems. Somehow -- in an age when youth tends to scorn ostentation in favor of good works for fellow man, the one-time country estate Lewis & Clark campus location is particularly apt. Anyway, the Un-Converence is "on.” And from the excite ment it’s generating, it's also "in.” It’s a Pleasure to have all you out-of-town visitors with us! If you desire a change from your home cooking... cake to the Monty Spellman home to celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Piercy, Steve and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Tallman took home-made ice cream Wednesday night to Mr. and Mrs. Ross Corn. Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan and family of North Bend spent July 24 and 25 with his mother Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ervin. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Phifer returned Saturday evening from an eight day trip to Nebraska. They visited Jim’sbrother, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Phifer and family at Mason City, aunts and uncles in the surrounding area. Mr. and Mrs. .Jim Phifer and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lee Hill and family went to the Owyhee Dam Sunday afternoon and did some water skiing and had a pic nic supper. Mark Osborn returned from his FSA camp pack-in Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wyane Robb and family, Gabriel Astoreca and family, Ron Miller and Jack Wilson went to Wallowa Lake Wednesday, returning on Friday. Hudd Robb and Swede Lintz of Palm Springs visited in the Wayne Robb home Sunday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Klass Laan visited Mr. and Mrs. Verl Bis hop in Big Bend Saturday even ing. Sherri Correa visited Mrs. Ed Nedrow Wednesday. Jimmie Nedrow left Monday to spend a week at Bible Camp in McCall. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nedrow and Jimmie visited in UnityJuly24, Jimmie stayed to visit the Harry Buker family until he returned August 1. MEN NEEDED In this area to train as LIVESTOCK BUYERS U.S. Bancorp in the declaration of the dividend to be paid Octo ber 1 to stockholders of record September 10. On an annuali zed basis the higher divident rate works out to $1.60 per share, for an increase of more than 14% over the previous $1.40 rate. LeRoy B. Staver, Chairman of Bancorp, noted that, taking into account the effect of stock dividends, the present action will continue the sequence of an annual increase in the cash dividend return to stockholders of U.S. Bancorp and its pre decessor, United States National Bank; for a period of more than ten years. He added that management is gratified that the growth and earnings of the cor poration have confirmed the long. Venus, between Mercury and Earth, has a 224-day year. On the other side of Earth, Mars has a year that is nearly twice as long as ours. A year on Pluto, the most distant planet, takes 248 earth years! The sun,-earth-"«nd all the planets are hurtling towards the constellation Hercules at a speed of 43,000 miles per hour. There is little danger of a collision! _____ confidence Of investors in its stock and have made this re cord possible. U.S. Bancorp has more than 10,000 shareholders, of whom approximately 80% live in Ore gon. 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