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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928.
BEACONS FOR NIGHT FLYERS
BOARDMAN
Mrs. J. F. Barlow's committee
will entertain at the next silver tea
on April 4. The tea will be held at
the home of Mrs. W. H. Mefford.
Aid met last Wednesday at the
church. The missionary meeting
was in charge of Mrs. Jess Allen.
Some business was transacted and
the matter of staining the wood
work and kalsomining the church
was again discussed but no definite
action was taken.
Mrs. J. H. Itnus and daughter Es
ther came home Thursday from
Spokane. Esther has been away
since last summer.
James Howell spent the spring
vacation with his parents, leaving
Sunday evening to resume his
school work at O. S. C
Mrs. Nate Macomber and daugh
ter, Sybil Grace, and Wallace Mat
thews spent the week-end at Pilot
Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barlow visited
relatives here last week. Mr. Bar
low Is contemplating the acceptance
of handling the Fuller Brush line
with headquarters at Condon.
Miss Beougher and Miss Henry
spent the week-end at Pendleton
and Walla Walla.
Mrs. Claude Coates, Mr. and Mrs.
Z. J. Gillespie motored to Portland
Friday. They met Mrs. Cox at Ru
fus who accompanied them.
Lester White of t). A. C. visited
- at the Ballengers on his way home
to Lexington. Miss Leathers went
home to Lexington over the weekend.
Abe Hanson, the well driller, has
completed the well on the Bates
ranch, reaching artesian water at
a depth of 88 feet There is a good
flow of water. He has moved his
rig to the cemetery and is drilling
there.
Arthur Porter, Jr., of Portland is
spending some time with. his par
ents on the ranch.
Boardman people had two motor
accidents to discuss this week. Both
were fortunate accidents. On Wed
nesday night as Carol Kennedy and
Helen Chaffee were motoring to Ar
lington, Helen, who was driving, ap
plied the brakes causing the car to
skid. It turned over and was badly
wrecked but the occupants were un
injured. On Friday night Ralph
Davis who was driving Bobby
Smith 8 car at Umatilla, was blind
ed by the lights of an approaching
car and crashed head-on into an old
car belonging to W. H. Woodard
When the excitement was over it
was found that Miss Mabel Chap
man, the fifth and sixth grade teach
er, was badly cut on the head when
she went through the windshield.
She was taken to Hermiston and
later to Hood River where several
stitches were required to close the
wound. Bobby's car was almost a
complete wreck. Others In the par
ty were Mrs. Bobby Smith, Mrs.
Davis and Arthur Porter.
Earl Ivy and Elida Olson spent
the week-end in Condon visiting at
the Pat Pattee home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Spagle en
tertained at a lovely dinner on Fri
day evening with Mr. and Mrs. A.
T. Hereim and sons as guests. Five
hundred was enjoyed later in the
evening.
The DeMoss concert was enjoyed
by a small handful on Saturday
night at the auditorium, but those
who went felt fully repaid if they
were lovers of good music. The
program was varied enough to suit
the most cynical from the opening
number by the ensemble, Listz's
Hungarian Rhapsody, flute solo, pi
ano solo, readings, pianologue, vio
lin solo, banjo selection and the
novelty numbers on the chimes and
sleigh bells. Mrs. DeMoss suffered
a painful accident just before the
concert when she mashed a finger
in the car door, but she "carried
on" regardless of the intense pain.
While here the members of the De
Moss family were entertained at
the Gorham, Marschat, Johnson and
Messenger homes.
Aid met last Wednesday at the
church. Routine business was trans
acted and the perennial matter of
having the church kalsomined and
stained was again discussed.
There has been quite a little ill
ness again on the project Paul M.
Smith, Ed Kunze and the Ransiers
have all been on the sick list
Miss Irma Broyles is spending a
week at Hermiston taking chiro
practic treatments from Dr. Rowe.
Neal Bleakney who was seriously
Injured In January when struck on
the shoulder by the fly wheel of a
gas engine, is convalescing at the
hospital in Walla Walla. He had a
serious operation about two weeks
ago. It seems that the bone in the
ball and socket joint was fractured
and this had to be removed and set
and then replaced. Mr. Bleakney
is a Bon-ln-law of Mrs. H. H. Wes
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Root and
Mrs. W. H Mefford motored to Her
miston Sunday and visited Ruel
Know! ton at the hospital. The lat
ter is recovering well from a recent
paralytic stroke and expects to re
turn home the last of the week.
For the pleasure of her small
daughter Ruth, Mrs. Ed Kunze en
tertained on Thursday afternoon,
March 22, honoring Ruth's fourth
birthday. The small guests were
Margaret Myers, Robert Smith,
Ralph Skobo, Mary and Ruth
Kunze who enjoyed the birthday
cake and the delicious viands that
accompanied It Mothers present
were Mesdames Skobo, Paul Smith
and Myers.
A number of local men have been
hauling hay for Ballenger at Cecil.
Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Flicklnger re
turned home Saturday from Uma
tilla where the former has been em
ployed for the past several weeks.
Ralph Davis was pleased to have
his father, L. W. Davis, of Lakeland,
Florida, here for a visit He will
go on to Portland for a visit with
another son.
W. H. Mefford makes a weekly
trip to Portland, going down each
Wednesday with a load of produce.
His daughter, Mrs. Ed Barlow, ac
companied him last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Houghton of Uma
tilla spent Monday at the Ransler
home.
Mr, Darr was pleased to have
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HAUL STUPIOS
As an aid to aviation and the de
velopment of night flying, the
Standard Oil Company of California
Is building what will be the two
highest powered incandescent elec
tric beacons In the country one to
be placed on the summit of Mt. Di
ablo near San Francisco Bay and
the other in the Merced Hills, Los
Angeles. These beacons will de
velop ten million candlepower and
the flashing beams from them will
be visible to aviators for between
100 and 150 miles. The company
has taken this action at the sug
gestion of the United States De
partment of Commerce, the Airways
Division of which is now engaged
in installing lights to mark the air
ways from Los Angeles to San
Francisco and from Los Angeles to
Salt Lake City. The Department of
Commerce is also projecting a ae
ries of lights northward and east
ward from San Francisco, as In
dicated in the chart above. These
official airway lights are set at
frequent intervals and are of three
million candlepower each.
The government will give the
light on Mt. Diablo the official des
ignation of "SD," standing for
"Standard-Diablo," and "SL," sig
nifying "Standard-Los Angeles," for
the light in the Merced Hills.
The light for this type of beacon,
built by the Sperry Gyroscope Co.,
is furnished by large 1500-watt in-
IN OVAL. ASSEMBLING STANDARD OIL
AVIATION BEACON , WORKMAN IS HOLD
INS (SOO WATT LAMP WHICH DEVELOPS
TeN MILLION CANDLE POWER. 36 -INCH
REFLECTOR AT LEFT AND 36-INCH LENS
AT RIGHT
candescent lamps especially manu
factured for the purpose. The re
flector and lens of the beacon are
36 inches In diameter. The light is
equipped with an ingenious device
holding two of the incandescent
lamps one directly in front of the
focal point of the reflector. In the
event of this lamp burning out the
second lamp is automatically
thrown over to take the place of
the one that has gone out. This is
done almost instantly so that there
is no interruption In the operation
of the beacon. The beacon Itself
makes six complete revolutions per
minute. An automatic astronomical
clock turns ttfe beacon on at sun
set and off at sunrise. This clock
automatically compensates for the
constantly changing hours of sun
set and sunrise.
The beacons will be mounted on
75-foot steel towers. The symbols
SD and SL will be hung on the side
of the towers as a mark cf Identi
fication in letters twelve feet high
outlined in neon lights.
These lights complement the ex
isting system of daylight airway
signs which the Standard Oil Com
pany maintains at some 500 points
on the Pacific Coast. These signs
are painted on the roofs of Its ware
houses and give the name of the
town in which located. They can be
read by aviators at a height of sev
eral thousand feet
three of his sisters and his brother-
in-law visit him over Sunday.
Robert and Paul Partlow return
ed Sunday from Salem.
Mrs. Dick Kintzley and son Roy
of Arlington visited Sunday at the
Robert Wilson home. Mrs. Kintz
ley and Mrs. Wilson are old school
friends.
Mrs. L. E. Marschat substituted
for Miss Chapman while she was in
Hood River recovering from injur
ies sustained in the automobile ac
cident on Friday.
Mrs. L. C. Cooney and baby
daughter came home last Friday
irom Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Porter, Mr,
and Mrs. Everett Duggan and sons
Kenneth and Wayne were Pilot
Rock visitors Sunday.
HlfiKETTH
fO. A. C. Extension Service.)
GRAIN Wheat and rye markets
closed firm last week, with advances
in Europe and on high protein hard
wheat and soft red winter in domes
tic markets. A choice car of No. 1
soft red winter sold as high as $1.80
in St Louis during the week. Sup
plies of this wheat are reported
quite limited and much damage has
been done to the new crop. The
supply of rye Is reported lower than
at any time in five years. Pacific
Coast markets continued very firm.
Demand for feed grains was less
active and the market weakened
generally although barley held firm
with prices in eastern markets
showing some further advance.
HAT and FEED Alfalfa markets
continue firm with prices at impor
tant markets $1.50 above a month
ago and the highest in four years
at this date. Other hay markets
are steady but quiet Feeds are
firm with a tendency for prices to
advance.
POTATOES Potato shipments
continue heavy. During the week
ending March 17, 1304 more cars
were moved than for the same week
a year ago. Shipments from the
Pacific Northwest totaled 1708 cars
against only 785 the same week last
year.
LIVESTOCK Cattle markets
were somewhat unsettled, hogs not
much changed but lambs sharply
higher last week. The Chicago top
of $17.65 stood as the new high
since June 11, 1927. This was paid
for a double deck of Colorado 84
pound choice lambs.
WOOL Wool markets continue
firm In this country and abroad.
BUTTER There was little net
change in butter markets last week,
but the supply of lower grades Was
short enough to cause a narrowing
of the pirce differential between the
lower and higher grades of butter.
or 4
Willy thought it would be nice for
him to run his dad's machine.
He got the car one day last spring.
His grave's the cutest little thing.
"That puts another face on the
mater," shouted the mischievous
youngster as he threw acid on his
mother's face.
"Business is fine," said the scis
sors grinder. "I've never seen things
so dull."
Screams came from beneath the
trolley car. "Another case of the
woman at the bottom of it," re
marked the confirmed cynic.
Freshman Debater: "Was my ar
gument sound?"
Candid Critic:" "Yes largely."
"How late did you sit in that pok
er game?"
" 'Till about $12.30."
"This is the last time I get
stewed," muttered Freddy the souse
as the cannibal chief dropped him
into the kettle.
"He's a hard-hearted brute."
"How come?"
"His wife said she was going
home to mother and he laughed out
loud."
"Why?"
"He knew
gone home
night before.'
"What's so artistic about that old
pipe of yours?"
"It draws well."
Dumb: "Don't the football play
ers ever have their suits washed?"
Dora: "Sure; what do you think
the scrub team is meant for?"
SaD: "Look at Freshie. He's
wrapped In thought"
Nap: "He must be chilly so
thinly clad."
Breathes there a stew with soul so
dead
Who never to himself has said,
As early chimed the morning bell,
Words that rhymed with ham and
dell.
The little moths are never gay,
They don't dance at all.
I wonder what they do when they
Attend a camphor ball-
MR. MATTESON MAKES
PROMISE.
To the Editor of Gazette Times:
In your last Issue, under date of
Thursday, March 22nd, Mr. Milton
W. Bower, our local Christian min
ister, asks for a statement from the
candidates for sheriff of this coun
ty, and their promise on law en
forcement Being a candidate for
sheriff of this county, will say In re
gard to enforcement of all laws:
If elected sheriff I will enforce the
laws on all and treat every one the
same; will show no partiality and
have no pets. I will also enforce
the prohibition law , on all to the
best of my ability. Having had
about ten years experience as a dep
uty sheriff of this county, being
born and raised here, and serving
nine months in the U. S. army, vot
ers of Morrow county I will greatly
appreciate your support.
WALTER L. MATTESON.
that her mother had
to grandmother the
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from the site work on the new $414,-
uou men's dormitory Is being rushed
with nil nnaulKla unaarl Ru urnrfrtna,
double shifts Contractor L. N. Tra
ver will be able, he says, to complete
the huge structure In record time
and have It ready for occupancy at
the opening of college next fceptom
ber. A decision by the supreme
court cleared the last legal tangle
in the way of financing the building
from dormitory income. The struc
ture will house 344 students in the
most modern and convenient man
ner and at reasonable cost
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