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THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesdav. August 10th. 1020
THE HEPPNER HERALD
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
S. A. PATTISON". Kditor an! I'uUi.-hcr
Entered at the Heppner, Oregon, p.wtoifice as second-class Matter
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FIRE PROTECTION FOR HEPPNER
Oldlimcrs tell us that in the good, old days, in the
years gone by, Ileppner had the best (ire-fighting organiza"
lion of any town of its size in the Inland Empire and if any
fellow from some other town asserted otherwise he had to
prove it, get out of town, or take a licking. That was the
jleppncr spirit of the long ago.
It's different today.
A little more than two years ago Ileppner had two
years ago 1 leppner had two fires which, combined, cost the
town around a quarter of a million dollars.
When the first lire broke out, early in June, the fire
fighting apparatus was in lamentable condition. There
was no organization worthy of the name. The hose was
rotten and the hose carts were wobbly. I'.ven the hydrant
wrenches were not in place and when the big operahouse
hurst into flame it was only by a scratch that two or more
lives were not sacrificed. There was considerable talk for
a day or two and that was all. The town dropped b:ick in
to its old rut and nothing was done to mend the deplorable
condition.
On July 4th, only a month after the opera house lire
Jhe big lire broke loose and when citizens essayed to get
the hose in pince atnl the water turned on they found the
same conditions that hindered them at the previous fire.
Nothing was in order. The hose supply' was short, due iu
bursting of roViCn sections at the opera house fire as well
as the d.v-lruction of several letights on that occasion be
cause of lack of organization and efficient management.
On July 51I1, the day after the big fire, the Herald,
in its little (abb-id, al'ur-the -lire edition published an edi
tonal 0.1 the lire Mlualion f which the It '.lowing is an ex
cerpt :
"Willi a record of two .!;.-.-; ,t tons and cn-llv lire.-
within a lew weeks either one of which could have bet n
prevented had the town possos.sed an .semblance of
modern lire apparatus and any sort of an organization
to u e it, it begins to look as though this town should
begin to wake up and get some sort of a hump on itself.
Mo( any intelligent person, accustomed to the habits
and methods of thinking in vogue among the people of
other lie western towns would hae been positive that
the experience of a lew weeks ago would have been all
1h.it was necessary to arouse Ileppner to the need for
immediate action in the way of getting some sort of lire
protection, but as a matter of fad the rc-nlt of a Sj.ixki
fire ua just about the same as would have been ihe re
sult of some citizen stepping to the middle of the street,
striking a match on his trousers and ihen carefully
blowing it out. Of course everybody knows who was
to Maine for both our fires and most private citizens are
not slow to say so privately: Ot course the water com
pany was n Maine, ami the mayor and the inar.shal :ind
the cil recorder and all of the councilinen were to
blame, -ass Mr. Private Citizen, and there he stops,
shakes his head ominously, ami goes back to his busi
ness, wotk or loafing, is the case may be."
hollowing the big lire there was mhiic response. The
ma or and city council became aw ake to the fact that some
thing mm! be done. The local demand was urgent. Per
haps the aigunfcnt from outside companies who had tire'
citizens or from the community as a whole dur
ing the last two years to take a real, live interest in organiz
ing a real, live lire company, of making that articular
1 unng a icai pau 01 tneir weekly work, ol Holding regular
j practice. i keeping the lire true'; and the ho:..e and the
I h drams in perlect condition and of getting to the center
wiien a lire ureaks out on tneir iocs to save some oilier
lellow s property and keep their town from being complel"
ely wiped out?
W hat does a fire mean to the average unpaid, volun
teer fireman?
It means a lot of hard work, riming his SSo suit, h's
Si 5 hat, his S12 shoes, to say nothing of risking his life
or in the winter season taking a long chance with pneu
ni'onia or flu.
At a meeting. of the commercial club a month or so
ago a plan was suggested by a member who has had con
siderable experience as a fireman in larger towns than
Ileppner, along the line that some plan should be worked
out by which members of the Ileppner Volunteer Tire
Department should receive some compensation for their
work. In brief the plan outlined provided that the com
pany should hold a practice meet two or mjore times each
month and that each member who is in town and without
a perfectly reasonable excuse should be subjected to a
small fine for non-attendance. That in case of a fire each
member should receive a fee of one dollar for the call and
additional compensation for each hour or fraction of an
hour he works after the first hour.
The plan sounded good to the club members and a
committee was appointed to confer with the city author
ities with a view to working some such plan out. So far
as the Herald is able to learn there has been no action.
Such a plan would cost the city a few' hundred dollars
a year. Wouldn't it he worth the money if the result was a
really effective fire company?
The boys who are expected to fight fire and protect
property not their own should be recompensed at least
enough to pay for damage to their clothing. It isn't fair
too ask otherwise.
Insurance men tell us that an effective fire company in
Ileppner will mean a substantial reduction in insurance
xates.
Isn't that worth trying for?
Can Ileppner afford to lag along as she has been do
ing and take any more chances on having the rest of thc
town wiped out?
How would we all feel if a fire should break out on
the lower Main street one of these dry, hot, windy davs
and clean out that part of town including the new hotel
bt. hire it is even opened or paid for?
Let 5 act,
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GOOD
READING.
The record made on the pages of a Savings
Account book is interesting to the owner. It
shows his advance toward success, month by
month.
Every six months is a mile stone, marked
by the addition of the interest on the dollars
saved, which make the going faster as you keep
Have a little history of your finances record
ed in a Savings Account book.
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Tin- A. such it' ll C'!l Company ''
;m i:m-;l io(l:y th;:t il I, as ol'lfi. a!
I'oni'aliy Id iti,. Navy Ih j.aitnii III to
f'irixsh what -. r ii'ay ! It eq.iit
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price v.'Mch r.H other con.--.uvn T have ,
paid, of:'" tr:.' I'.nuvR below the i.sar-1
feet uricc an 1 leaving t'i :!ti' fu'oroj
any ouosiien of :: j u.-l '" t . To pre,-'
UtI ils- rl'iims fur the i'i;:'l.-i-t price!
the As.-eei.il .'.! Oil Co:t-; nv lias !
coinkti '1 the : Mini!!;- ill. t-:st! of 1 '
onli'.i;iiy pitn i..i:-e r- fb.-ilions of i
the Navy lor oil, r "-.tili in in t'ie :-o-
:'."t!i "I t'ie i'rei.-eiit pipe tine HT'iiin;;! ' called s i si : . , v.-hi ch in' Sf!ui--:
ni-rUel i:;v' of f2.ll per harv. l. only in a ti'ihnical sein-e, us the faci-
.'1 c iu:'," y :inii'ii!in'i il 1 1 a ; tvijlitie-, of t;i" oil conilit'iiv hrve 1
l ie ! v. h.o e v..- in i xces;- of its coin- a:t fre, ly iini' us fully nl th
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.;! j :'. U .'-l:urtase in oiskui mi'l'ly, to-
( ':!!.': v. i'h th" i : .-er.eil prove;'. ;.n :e; , N'otiee is herby j;ive'i that I, the
n j in v hich to itriU, Iilvp result' il in a i;i;.ic;,;r net!, vin-.lei- i he lav.s of lite
lein.iii'l ir-i'KTial Hlowini? iu in dv-loimn-i:' , Sla'c of Olefin, have la'ien up thfl
iiuti ial cusionierH' r.ecils tntil lulofth
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(Iiav, lie- Neaviiy on Its r serve fttocKA, I leu
lllll H' Vel-i hi less I'OCOI'IMM-K l lie CH-
iteniial in eils of tlic Navy ami in wil
ling lo take its Hhare of the loml. The
following slalonient v,;ih Im-uiiI by llic
t xi-ciitivp coiiinilttee:
"In view of the widely piitdlxhed
and conllli'iliii; Hiatementn lilioiit the
Ho-called "Heiiuie" of nil tiy (Iip Navy
Ihe i xecullve roiiiniitlep of Ihe Ann
fluted Oil Coinpnny authorized the
following mateiiient:
KliHtThe Aswidfttcd Oil Com
pny hn nt ull time recopnireil th
Siivy'i vKKeniliil need for oil and at
all times la wllllnn nit a palrlollo ob
limitmn, anlde from any other inollve.
to Hiipply the Navy with the allot
ment falllnc to the AxHorlaled Oil
Navy In making the oil detiver
lliey i're for any other cust
omer.
Third All questions of past prices
of oil deliveries to Ihe Navy up to
June 30th recently have been ad
justed with Adinlial Coontz in Waah
Innlon. The pregent tiuestion In
wht'lhiT or not the current market
price or the ofler of the Navy of
$1.72 at Sun FranclKCo pay points
shall govern. We anticipate this
will be amicably adjuwted. The A
sociuted Oil Company is willing to ac
cept for the three months ending
September 30th a price of 12.00 per
barret for ils shnre or the obligation
to furnish the Navy fuet oil at Its
pipe line terminals on San Kranrlsco
bay. At I.os Angeles and Sun Picgo
work. The nix hundred product!!!: i animal hereinafter described vhiie
oil companies in this state should ho running at large on my premises in
encouragedjjj eveiy way possible to
proceed with their work of develop
ment and erploratlon."
COJ.I.IVS ( ilOSliX PKK-
SIKIiNT OK llOl'MM l'
H. W. Collins, prominent grain
dealer of Pendleton, has been chosen
t'p Association successor to the late
as presidf-nt of 'he Ptndleton Round
Tllinon Taylor.
Mr. Collins has been a member of
the Ilound-l'p board for nine years
and he makes the announcement that
plans are being; perfected to make
the Round-l'p this year the best ever.
Hood River, Ore., Aux. 9. Stven
thousand feet of iron pipe, tempora
rily uS'-d in building Ihe grade of the
Company, as determined by Ils re- no aikag or pipe line laoin
lative capacity lo fuinlsh fuel oil, ties.
Second - Independent, hnweter, of "In this connection atlentlon Is dl
any question of allotment, the Asso- reeled to the urgent need for the con- Columbia river highway, will find a
elated (Ml Company has never failed servailon of fuel oil by all consume! j permanent use in irrigation works
to iioei any demand of ihe Navy for and the encouragement In ivery pic- ,,,ro
ell. liming the p.iM thiee Ve ils ihe ner wuv of greater production. The I
lltll! ( ijUlplllcllt to M'll W.lN 1'iltlalU At aiU I alC -lV has de. lnn-,1 l.i pay the tii.ii k i t deinund Is fjr outiunning the supply.
Morrow county, near Castle Rock,
Oregon, to-vll:
1 black Kelding weight about 500
pounds, branded T over O connected
on left shoulder.
That I will, on Saturday, August
2Rih, 1D20, ut the hour of 10:00 o'
clock In the forenoon of said day,
unless the same shall have been re
deemed, at my ranch In Juniper can
yon, about 15 miles norlh of Lexing
ton, Oregon, In said county, sell said
animal to the highest and best bid
der for cash in hand for the purpose
of paying the costs of taking up, hold
Ing und selling said animal together
with reasonable damages for the In
Jury caused by said animal running
at large on said premises.
James Cany.
Dated and first published this 10 day
of August, 1920, .
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