r, r, r 'i ; ;.; f, 7
C " I w T Y
' 1 , IS v.
i- v r 1 1 a :. 1 7 : :
Volume 47, Number 15.
' HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 26, 1930.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Jtoper
teette
FIELD Oil EVENT
Y
Farmers and Merchants
Will View Crops on
Morrow Ranches.
STEPHENS TO SPEAK
Picnic Dinner Will be Held at Rugg
Farm on Rhea Creek as Event
Of Full Day's Program.
Morrow county farmers and
Heppner business men are joining
in the participation of a get-together
picnic and field day, Sunday, dur
ing which cooperative demonstra
tion plots established by C. W.
Smith, county agent, will be visited.
By making the trip and attending
the event, first-hand information
will be gained about new crop var
ieties, and practices leading to bet
ter crops. An excellent opportunity
will also be afforded all taking part
to become better acquainted with
each other. Everyone interested In
the field day is invited to take part,
even though he may not be either
farmer or business man.
The day's activity will begin when
those making the trip will leave by
automobile from the Morrow county
courthouse In Heppner at 9 o'clock
Sunday morning, for the John Bros
nan ranch on Butter creek, where
weed control plots are to be viewed.
Returning through Heppner, the
caravan will go to the C. B. Cox
farm. Here a crop of Arco wheat,
a new variety being developed be
cause of its earliness, is growlngl
and will be observed. On the Alva
Jones ranch on Heppner flat the
results of applying nitrate of soda
on fall sown wheat will be shown
and explained.
Group to Picnic.
For a picnic lunch the group will
gather at the Ed Rugg farm at
Rhea creek where a spacious lawn
will provide a fine spot for the mid
day program. Coffee, sugar and
cream will be provided by the Rhea
Creek grange, and Ice cream by the
Heppner Lions club. To provide the
other necessary features of the pic
nic, those attending are asked to
bring well-filled lunch baskets.
D. E. Stephens, superintendent of
the Moro experiment station, will
address the group on a topic in
keeping with the occasion. As part
of the picnic program, the Eight
Mile 4-H Sewing club, Miss Alena
Redding, leader, and the Eight Mile
4-H Poultry club, Mrs. Floyd Wor
den, leader, will give practical dem
onstrations. After lunch the party will cross
the road to the Clyde Wright place
where treating weeds with chemi
cals, sodium and calcium chlorate,
will be demonstrated. The fire haz
ard of using sodium chlorate will
also be pointed out. Here fields of
Mcloy barley, an early type, which
has been grown In Morrow county
four years, will be seen. This bar
ley is declared to be good for sow
nig In alfalfa to thicken the hay
stand.
New Varieties Grown.
A trip will be made through the
wheat country to Eight Mile, where
a grain nursery Is maintained, co
operatively by the Moro experiment
station and the Morrow county ag
ent At the nursery new varieties
of wheat In test plots will be seen.
Plots showing the result of apply
ing nitrate of soda on fall sown
wheat will be viewed on the Homer
Green farm. Furrow seeded plots
will be before the eyes of the group
on the Lawrence Redding farm
south of the Eight Mile store. A
jaunt will be made through the
Gooseberry section to the Carl Pet
erson farm, where a 15-acre plot of
crested wheat grass, now being de
veloped as a dry-land pasture grass,
will be seen. Also to be observed
are plots of Australian winter peas,
which appear to be an especially
winter-hardy variety, which may be
sown in the fall and give promise
of furnishing high protein hay for
dairy purposes on dry-land farms.
Normal School Draws
Students from County
A number of Morrow county folk
are among those enrolled at the
summer session of Eastern Oregon
Normal school, La Grande. Presi
dent H. E. Inlow, assisted by a corps
of capable instructors, provides for
the Instruction of the more than 200
students enrolled, according to Mrs.
Lillian Turner, who is there for
summer instruction.
Those attending from Morrow
county are Audrey Beymer, Margar-
ct Doherty, Nora McDaid, Mae Do-
hcrty, Martha Titus, Lillian Turner
and Ethel Ashbaugh. Miss Ash
baugh taught at Adams last year,
Miss Boymcr, yell leader for the
school, has been active in the affairs
of the Institution. She will be
awarded the college sweater pre
sented each year to the woman par
ticipant In athletics receiving the
most honor points, and will be grad
uated at the end of the six weeks'
summer session. Mrs. Ashbaugh
will be graduated at the end of the
twelve weeks' session.
Ernost Lundell, accompanied by
his son Frank was In town from
lone Saturday looking after busi
ness Interests.
PLANNED
HARRY ROOD, 38,
DIES SUDDENLY
Operation Falls to Overcome Mal
ady Which Takes Young Man;
Many Attend Funeral.
Harry Rood, 38, a native of Mor
row county and farmer of the
Blackhorse section, died at 5:30 Fri
day morning at the Heppner hos
pital, the result of complications fol
lowing an operation for ruptured
appendix, which he underwent the
Saturday previous. It was thought
the operation had been successful
and his recovery was apparently
satisfactory until Thursday evening
when his condition became suddenly
critical, and thought everything
possible was done to overcome his
distress, it was to no avail. Dr. Hol
den of Portland, operating surgeon,
when notified of the crisis respond
ed immediately.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Elks temple at 2:30 Sunday
afternoon, with Heppner lodge No.
358 of which he was a member, in
charge. Rev. B. Stanley Moore,
missionary-ln-charge of All-Saints
Episcopal church, assisted. Inter
ment was in the family plot in Ma
sonic cemetery following the ser
vices at the hall. The funeral ser
vices were marked by a large at
tendance of relatives and friends
and a great many beautiful flowers.
Harry Rood was born in Heppner,
April 3, 1892, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Rood, pioneer resi
dents of the county. He died in
Heppner, June 20, 1930, being aged
38 years, 2 months and 17 days. His
entire life was spent in Morrow
county with the exception of a short
time following his graduation from
high school, when he attended a
jeweler's college in Portland. His
common school education was ob
tained in the Heppner grammar
school, and he was graduated from
Heppner high school with the class
of 1912. He spent much of the time
no the farm in his younger days,
and the virile physique thus gained
was unsuited to the indoor occupa
tion he chose to study, as he soon
learned. He returned to the county
to engage in farming on the farm
stead on Heppner fiat, bequeathed
by his father. Since that time he
had followed farming as a profes
sion, later moving to the farm in
Blackhorse which he was managing
when stricken with the fatal mal
ady.
On May 25, 1929, he took as his
wife, Miss Mary Geinger, a Morrow
county girl then living in Portland.
He is survived by his widow, also
one brother, Walter Rood of Her
miston, and one sister, Mrs. Millie
Doolittle of Heppner. His father
and mother both passed away be
fore him, as did two brothers, Frank
and Andrew, Jr.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to all those who gave assist
ance and extended their help and
sympathy at the time of our be
reavement. Especially do we thank
the Heppner Elks for their part in
lightening our burden of sorrow;
and those who gave the many beau
tiful flowers.
Mrs. Mary Rood.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rood.
Mary Notson Married
To Vernor M. Sackett
Miss Mary Elizabeth Notson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Not
son, became the bride of Vernor M.
Sackett, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Sackett of McMinnvllle In a wed
ding ceremony performed in Port
land Saturday at the home of Mrs.
Sackett's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Notson. Rev.
F. R. Spaulding of Hood River, for
mer pastor of the Heppner Method
ist church, officiated.
Members of the Immediate fam
ilies and a few friends were in at
tendance for the nuptials. Present
at the event from Heppner were
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson, Miss
Opal Briggs and Mrs. Ray Taylor.
Immediately after the wedding
the couple left on a honeymoon trip
with their destination undivulged at
the time of departure, although it
was understood that they would go
to British Columbia, Canada. Fol
lowing their wedding trip, they will
establish residence in Salem. Mr.
and Mrs. Sackett were school mates
at Willamette university. Mrs. Sack
ett is a graduate of Heppner high
school. Mr. Sackett is well known
here, having made visits to Heppner
on numerous occasions In connec
tion with his work as a salesman.
ROAD BEING OILED.
i
A state highway department oil
ing crew arrived in Heppner Thurs
day night and began oiling opera
tions on the Oregon-Washington
highway Just east of the city limits.
A stretch extending B1 miles to
ward Pendleton will be oiled, but It
is expected that the work will be
compleied soon,-for much modern
equipment to do the work was
brought here by the crew.
HELIKEIi GIVEN OFFICE.
Ernest Hellkor of lone has been
agreed upon by the Morrow county
court to fill the unexpired term of
the late L. P. Davidson, county com
missioner. Mr. Helikcr will serve
until a commissioner is selected by
the general election this fall.
S. E. Notson, district attorney, C.
J. D. Baumnn, sheriff, and S. P.
Devln, chief of police, attended the
Northwest Association of Sheriffs
and Police In Vancouver, B. C, the
first of the week.
S
L
,8-4
Teams Appear Equally
Matched in Pitching,
Hitting Strength.
ERRORS ARE COSTLY
Superb Mound-Work of Robertson
Puzzles Batsmen, as Well as
Heppner Nine's Catcher.
It took lone just eight and a half
innings to win the nod over Hepp
ner, 8-4, on their home diamond
Sunday. But when at home the
Egg City lads are conceded a de
cided advantage, they being more
used to the topsy-turvy topography
of their ball field. For instance,
there is a sizeable sink-hole at the
short position, and Peterson who
was acquired by the local club last
week forgot about having to throw
uphill. He made some nice stops,
the first two of which he pegged
low to first. Anyone would expect
that he would raise his sights the
next ' time, and he did high and
wide.
Two of his throws went for er
rors. Pete wasn't alone, however,
some of the other boys pegged wild,
too. It was errors which made the
score lopsided, Heppner chalking
up nine to Ione's two, and hence an
outstanding feature of the game.
Ione's 10 hits to Heppner's nine
showed there was no big edge in
the pitching and hitting depart
ments. Hank Robertson did the twirling
for the locals the first six Innings,
and showed plenty of stuff, enough,
in fact, to breeze eight of his oppo
nents and to allow but six hits; but
while his offerings were puzzling to
the batters they were equally so to
Moore, who had no little trouble re
ceiving them. In the second Inning
Moore received Aker's peg in the
back of the head while running to
first and was laid prone for a spell.
He toughed it out through the third
inning, but was replaced by Hake,
on the bench with a bum leg, in the
fourth. In the seventh Robertson
relieved Hake and Aune went into
the box.
Ione's scores came one each in
the first, second, fifth and seventh,
and two each in the third and sixth
innings; Heppner's,-one each in the
second, fifth, seventh and ninth.
Box score and summary:
HEPPNER BR HO A E
Sprouls, 2 4 113 0 0
Robertson, p, c 6 0 2 1 0 0
B. Turner, 1 4 0 16 11
Peter-son, s 4 0 0 0 1 2
D. Bleakman, 1 2 1110 0
L. Turner, m 4 0 0 2 1 0
Moore,. c 1 0 18 2 4
Hake, c 2 0 0 2 1 0
Aune. p 1 0 0 0 3 0
B. Bleakman, 3 3 1114 1
Ferguson, r 3 1 2 0 0 1
Totals 33 4 9 24 23 9
IONE BR HO A E
Rietmann, 3 5 3 3 1 4 0
R. Lundell. s 5 11110
Swanson. 1 3 0 1 12 1 0
L. Ritchie, p ....4 0 117 0
Akers, c 3 2 1 8 3 1
F. Lundell, 2 3 113 2 0
Engelman. 1 4 1 2 0 0 0
Shipley, m t 4 0 0 1 0 0
Everson, r 4 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 35 8 10 27 19 2
First base on balls oft Ritchie 4. off
Robertson 2; first base on errors. Hepp
ner 1, lone 3; two base hits, Robertson,
B. Bleakman, Ferguson. Rietmann, R.
Lundell: struck out by Ritchie 7. by
Robertson 8, by Aune 3; passed balls,
Moore 4; hit by pitcher, D. Bleakman,
Ferguson,- F. Lundell. Umpires, Bob
Drager, Carl Cason; scorer, J. Craw
ford. Swimming Pool Opening
Announced for July 1
Warm weather recreation will be
given an impetus July 1, for upon
that date the Heppner post, Ameri
can Legion, will open its swimming
pool to the public for the 1930 sea
son. Paul Lafferty, University of
Oregon student, has been engaged
as the instructor. Mr. Lafferty has
been active In swimming circles at
the university, and is highly recom
mended by the Institution's depart
ment of physical education. He Is
qualified to issue Red Cross life
saving certificates.
The pool is owned by the Ameri
can Legion post. The post and the
local chapter of the Red Cross co
operate In the supply of finances
necessary for the operation of the
pool. The city of Heppner cooper
ates by furnishing the necessary
water. Charges for use of the tank
are expected to be the same as last
year.
Summer Session Starts
With Big Registration
One part of the summer session
at O. S. C. started last week and
another ended when students from
all parts of the United States began
the six weeks "vacation" term and
the 847 4-H club youngsters com
pleted their two weeks of Intensive
instruction.
Adult registration Is higher than
lust year with students present from
21 states and three foreign coun
tries. One student registered from
South Africa and others from the
Atlantic coast. The summer coach
ing school conducted by Paul J.
Schlssler has twice the attendance
It had a year ago.
Women's Missionary society of
the Church of Christ will hold a
social meeting at the home of Mrs.
Gertrude Parker, July 1 at 2:30. All
women of the church are Invited.
E
SQUAD
DCALS
uiMtMiiimiMMiiiiMiiiiMiitittiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimitiniiih
Coming Events
: SCHEDDXED DO IK OS OP THB
WEEK IN HOUOW COUNTY
tlllMlltllllllllMHIIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIItllimilllllttlllllllllllli;
Tonight Elks.
Friday Eastern Star.
Saturday Eastern Star Social
Club, i
Sunday Farmers'-business men's
field day; Baseball, Wasco at Hepp
ner. Tuesday Knights of Pythias;
Women's Missionary Society.
Wednesday Odd Fellows; County
Court
Thursday Royal Arch Masons.
TIGER INHABITED
COAST LONG AGO
Specimen of "Old Saber Tooth"
Reconstructed by Student at
University of Oregon.
University of Oregon, Eugene,
June 23. "What pretty tusks you
have, Grandma," may have made
Mother Saber Tooth Tiger swell
with pride, but all this time her
poor stomach was shrinking for
lack of food, it has been revealed
by geologists at the University of
Oregon, who now have a complete,
mounted specimen of this denizen
of the jungle of 500,000 years ago.
The saber tooth tiger roamed the
Pacific coast, feared by all, but
down through the ages its huge
tusks kept on getting longer with
each generation, until finally they
were so cumbersome that the last
of the animals actually starved to
death, it has been established.
The specimen recently mounted at
the university is the work of Sam
Itzikowitz, pre-medics major from
Portland, who put together several
hundred bones found in the asphalt
deposit at Rancho Le Brea, near
Los Angeles. They were in a per
fect state of preservation, and the
entire skeleton, from the ferocious
tusks down to the tip of the tail, has
been reconstructed. It Is about six
feet long and three feet high.
The pool of asphaltum has been
the source of many prehistoric ani
mals now extinct The old-t'me
horse, wolves, camels and many spe
cies of birds have been found there.
Dr. John F. Bovard, now dean of
the school of physical education at
the university here,'' was a student
in California when the pool was
discovered in 1902, and he coined
the name, "smilodon Californiacus,"
by which this species is known.
Although no true saber tooth
tigers have been dug up in Oregon
an ancestral form once roamed the
wilds of eastern Oregon. The tiger
had not yet developed the fatal
tusks, however.
The specimen mounted here by
Itzikowitz is his first work but it Is
unusually well done, said Dr. Earl
Packard, professor of geology.
TURKEY GROWERS
WILL USE CO-OPS
Federation of State Pools Arranged
At Big Regional Meeting
In Salt Lake.
Turkey growers of Oregon are
likely to have available for the com
ing season a cooperative marketing
organization linked up with the
marketing system set up by the fed
eral farm board, reports F. L. Bal
lard of O. S. C. With Herbert By
ers of Roseburg, Mr. Ballard rep
resented this state at the regional
meeting at Salt Lake City where
a plan was agreed .upon to unite
some 60 cooperative pools In 10
states into one federated marketing
organization.
The plan as finally agreed upon
by state representatives and W. F.
Schilling of the federal farm board
will permit each local cooperative
to continue satisfactory trade con
nections established on the coapt
but will provide for all eastern ship
ments to be cleared through one
central sales agency in Salt Lake
City.
Oregon Is allowed two represent
atives on the central board of di
rectors, one from western Oregon
and one from east of the mountains
if that territory decides to form Its
own cooperative organization. At
present most of the turkeys there
are marketed through an Idaho co
operative. The new plan is a big step toward
orderly marketing, believes Mr. Bal
lard, as it will eliminate the present
jockeying of one cooperative against
another by the buyers.
Mrs. J. C. Ball Called
By Death Yesterday
Mrs. J. C. Ball, 86, pioneer resi
dent of this city, was summoned by
death at 5:30 o'clock, at her home
in this city yesterday afternoon. She
had been failing for several years,
and was unable to withstand the
paralytic stroke from which she
failed to revive.
Definite funeral arrangements
have not been completed pending
word from a daughter in California.
A son, Maurice E. Ball and family
have arrived from their home at
Indian Valley, Idaho.
This paper hopes to have a full
obituary account next week. Phelps
Funeral home is In charge of fun
eral arrangements.
NOTSOW SELECTED
Tl
E
State Committee to Name
Successor Replacing
Late Geo. Joseph.
FAVOR RIVER ROUTE
Bleakman Nominated Commissioner
For Unexpired Term by County
Central Committee.
S. E. Notson was named the re
publican state central committee
man for Morrow county at a meet
ing of the republican county central
committee in Heppner Saturday. He
will, with the 35 other committee
men of the state, select the succes
sor of the late George W. Joseph,
as republican nominee for governor.
That the office is of considerable im
portance can be readily seen, when
it is understood that the committee
men from the sparsely settled coun
ties of eastern Oregon have a vot
ing power equal to that of Multno
mah county's committeeman, rep
resenting the largest populated
county in the state.
C. L. Sweek was elected chairman
of the Morrow county republican
central committee, P. M. Gemmell,
secretary, and C. L. Sweek, congres
sional committeeman.
Several resolutions were passed at
the session. One suggested that the
republican central committeemen of
eastern Oregon counties withhold
committing themselves to any can
didate until the republican central
committeemen meet, and in the
meantime that the committeemen
from eastern Oregon should meet
and confer with each other before
the state central committee meets.
Another resolution favors the im
provement of the Columbia river
for navigation and power develop
ment, and that Oregon's senators
and representatives in congress be
commended for their efforts to se
cure the improvement of the Uma
tilla rapids as the first step in the
improvement of the Columbia river.
George Bleakman was nominated
by the group as the republican can
didate to fill the unexpired term of
the late L. P. Davidson, county com
missioner. New Mortuary Rising
Center, Gale Streets
Construction of a two story brick
veneer building of colonial type, to
be used as a mortuary by M. L.
Case Is now in progress. The struc
ture with interior furnishings is es
timated to cost in the neighborhood
of $10,000. The building will be lo
cated at the northwest corner of
Gale and Center streets, being op
posite the Church of Christ.
The main floor will be devoted to
a chapel, family rooms, parlor, choir
room, preparation rooms and an of
fice. The second floor will be used
for residential purposes. The base
ment will house the heating plant,
work room and display room.
Mr. Case is in charge of the foun
dation work, having employed four
local men to carry out the work.
The contract for erection of the
structure on the foundation has
been let to R. R. Koontz of Port
land, who will employ his own fore
man and bricklayer, but who will in
addition probably employ three
workmen from this community.
Koontz Is expected to begin his end
of the work within a few days. The
contract calls for the completion of
the work by September 1.
Hoss Warns No Change
Motor Car Speed Limit
Salem, Ore., June 25. Recent
news stories purporting to quote
Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss as
having issued rulings affecting the
state speed law of 35 miles an hour,
have been emphatically denied by
Hoss, who said in a recent state
ment:
"Oregon's speed limits are fixed
by the state legislature, and there
has been no change from the 35
mile limit. Reports recently circu
lated would lead one to believe that
I had encouraged fast travel on
Oregon highways, but the story was
unfounded. What I have in mind
is a recommendation to the legisla
ture next January that they fix a
speed regulation In conformity to
the National code being adopted
uniformly throughout all the states,
which has as its basic principle the
substitution of recklessness where
speed in excess of the limitations is
charged. This is strictly a matter
for the state legislature, and I am
not usurping their prerogatives.
"And In the meantime, the Oregon
speed laws are just as effective as
they ever were, and I have advised
the state traffic division that any
one caught speeding should be
shown absolutely no consideration
because he thought the limits had
been raised."
SOCIAL CLUB GATHERS.
Members of Eastern Star Social
club were entertained Saturday af
ternoon at the Masonic temple by
Mrs. Earl E. Gilliam and Mrs. Chas,
Vaughn, hostesses. Refreshments
of salad, wafers and coffee were
served. Mrs. Carl Brown and Mrs.
Bert Mason took the honors of the
day.
HEPPNER LIBRARY
OPENED TUESDAY
New Quarters, Attractively Finished
Visited by Many Borrowers
On Opening Day.
The Heppner library opened tis
doors to the public Tuesday after
noon at 3 o'clock, with Mrs. Arthur
McAtee serving as librarian. Here
after the library will be open for
the borrowing of books and as a
reading room from 3 to 5 o'clock
Tuesday and Saturday afternoons
and from 7 to 9 o'clock Thursday
evenings.
That there is considerable Inter
est In the library was indicated by
the number that called to borrow
books on opening day. Mrs. O. T.
Ferguson and Mrs. Charles Vaughn
assisted in putting date slips and
card envelopes in books recently do
nated to the library.
The library is located over Hum
phreys drug store, entrance being
from Willow street The room
housing the library has sufficient
number of windows to make it light
and attractive. A large reading
table, a smaller table for the librar
ian and shelves have been put in
place and varnished. Drapes have
been hung in the windows. Enough
chairs have been placed along the
reading table to supply present
needs.
The book committee has solicited
the donations of books from people
of the community and a number
have given volumes or pledges to
have some ready within a short
time.
It is probable that a supply of
books will be received shortly from
the state library at Salem. Purchase
of a number of new books, both
fiction and non-fiction is contem
plated soon. With the books the li
brary now has and the three sources
of additional books it Is expected
that the library will prove an at
tractive feature to young and old.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, president of
the library association, has called
a meeting of members of all com
mittees for 7:30 o'clock, Saturday
evening In the library. The meet
ing will be made as brief as possi
ble, but all are urged to attend so
that important matters may be tak
en care of.
Hollis Bull Purchases
Marriage Certificate
Though Hollis M. Bull may have
believed that he kept his Morrow
county friends in the dark relative
to his activities of last week end,
quite the contrary is true, for the
following was read In the Spokane,
Wash., Press, under the heading
"marriage licenses": "Hollis M. Bull,
Spokane, 24, Esther F. Blomquist,
24, Spokane."
The purpose for which marriage
licenses are used is quite generally
known, and no doubt Hollis pur
chased his for the regular use. We
have no definite proof of his mar
riage, but all information available
points toward a probable marriage
in the Washington city.
Mr. Bull is employed by Kerr,
Gifford and company of Portland as
a grain buyer. He maintains an of
fice at Lexington, and is well known
in Heppner. He is a graduate of
Oregon State college and a member
of the Heppner Lions club.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Rev. B. Stanley Moore, Mlssion-
ary-in-Charge. Holy communion at
8 a. m. Church school at 9:45.
Morning prayer and sermon at 11.
Young People's Fellowship at 6 at
the rectory. "Let us not love In
word, neither In tongue: but in deed
and in truth." I John, 3:17.
Rev. Stanley Moore and the six
young people who went over to Cove
to attend the Episcopal church sum
mer school, returned to Heppner
last Friday. Mrs. F. B. Nickerson
and Mrs. Osmin Hager accompan
ied by their daughters drove to Cove
to bring back the boys and their
luggage. A fine supper was served
that evening to those passing from
Cove to their homes in different
parts of eastern Oregon by the
ladies of the Episcopal church in
Pendleton.
All those attending the school had
a wonderful time. The Heppner
delegation acquitted themselves no
bly, being second In line In their
efforts to win the Bishop's Banner.
While at Cove two of the group,
Alva McDuffee and Mary E. In
skeep, were baptised, and four were
confirmed, Theodore Thomson, Je
anne Huston, Mary E. Inskeep and
Alva McDuffee. The other two boys
who attended the school were Fran
cis Nickerson and Ted McMurdo.
One afternoon at the swimming
pool, Theodore Thomson and Fran
cis Nickerson saved Mrs. Tennyson,
the wife of the rector at La Grande,
from drowning. We are both, thank
ful and proud of our boys. Four
Hcppnerites were among those who
scaled the heights of Mt. Fanny,
Ted McMurdo, Theodore Thomson,
Francis Nickerson and Mr. Moore
The spirit of the school was won
derful and all who attended are
eager to return next year to enjoy
the classes, fellowship and fun.
Clearance Sale Beginning tomor
row, our advanced July Clearance
Sale of summer dresses and hats,
with two for the price of one, will
open. Summer coats also reduced
25 per cent Curran's Millinery
Shop. 15.
Residents of Heppner are request
ed not to build open fires In the city
because of the extreme dryness and
consequent fire hazard.
S. P. DEVIN, Fire Chief.
GALA EVENT SET
ON m FOURTH
Heppner's Artesian Well
Dedication Will Be
Afternoon Event.
CLUB BAND ENGAGED
Cash and Merchandise Prizes to
Be Awarded Winners Events
In Competitive Sports.
Working to make Heppner's
Fourth of July celebration an event
to long be remembered, the various
committees have been active during
the past week attending to the nu
merous details attendant with stag
ing the event The afternoon pro
gram will be devoted to the dedica
tion of the city's new artesian well
and the staging of competitive
sports for children and adults. A
free fireworks display and a dance
on a new open-air pavilion are listed
for the evening. The Irrigon 4-H
club band of 30 pieces will play dur
ing the day's festivities.
The program, which will be held
at the site of the artesian well, 12
miles southeast of Heppner at the
forks of Willow creek, will open at
1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, with
S. E. Notson acting in the role of
master of ceremonies. The audience
will join in the singing of America,
Rev. W. W. Head of lone will give
the invocation. Ellis Thomson will
sing a solo. The well dedication
address is to be given by Dr. E. T.
Allen of Whitman college. Walla
Walla, Wash. Harvey Miller will
be heard in solo. The audience will
sing the "Star Spangled Banner" as
a concluding number to the well
dedication.
Prizes for Winners.
In the competitive events for chil
dren cash prizes are to be awarded
the funds being provided by the
general celebration committee. In
two of the children's events, potato
race for the girls under 16, and the
pie-eating contest, for boys under
15, the prizes will be $5 savings
accounts donated by the First Na
tional bank and Farmers and Stock
growers National bank of Heppner.
For the adult sports events, mer
chandise prizes have been donated
by Heppner businessmen.
The children's sports include foot
race (50 yard dash), and potato race
for boys under 8 years; foot race
(100 yard dash), and pack race for
boys under 15 years; foot race (100
yard dash), three-legged race, and
leap frog race for boys under 21
years; relay race (teams of four),
foot race (50 yards) for girls under
8 years; foot race (75 yards), and
potato race for girls under 16 years.
Men's Events Listed.
The men's events include: fat
man's race, three-legged race, 100
yard dash, sack race, horseshoe pit
ching contest and cracker eating
contest.
For women's participation are
listed: egg race, baseball throwing
contest, balloon race, nail driving
contest and flat tire contest Special
events are a tug of war for boys and
men over 15 years and a pie-eating
contest for boys under 15 years.
The prize awards for the various
events are listed in the program
which appears on page four of this
issue of the Gazette Times. Busi
ness houses donating prizes are Wil
son s, J. C. Penney Co., Ferguson
Motor Co., Elkhorn Restaurant
Morrow County Creamery Co., John
Skuzeski, J. S. Baldwin, Heppner
Gazette Times, Curran's Millinery
shop, First National bank, Farmers
& Stockgrowers National bank, M.
D. Clark, Hughes & Hughes, Case
Furniture Co., Pacific Power and
Light Co., Patterson & Son, Central
Market, Hiatt & Dix, P. M. Gem
mell, Peterson's, Heppner Garage,
Thomson Brothers, Gilliam & Bis-
bee and Peoples Hardware Co.
. Fireworks Received.
A large supply of fireworks has
been received for the fireworks dis
play that will be free to the publlo
in the evening. Committee members
have generously donated their time
during the week to build the frame
work for the pavilion floor where
the dance is to be held in the eve
ning. The floor will not be laid un
til just a few days before the
Fourth. The delay is made to avoid
danger of the floor warping.
To provide for the transportation
of those desiring to attend the pic
nic who have no other means of
conveyance, the celebration commit
tee has made arrangements for the
operation of a bus between Heppner
and the celebration site. Informa
tion as to cost of the trip and times
of departure can be obtained by In
quiring at the Ferguson Motor com
pany. A number of concessions are to
be operated on the grounds, lunch
counter, soft drink stand, fireworks
and several games. Other conces
sions are still open. Arrangements
for them can be made with Charles
W. Smith, chairman of the conces
sions committee.
PICNIC AT IHUDMAN.
The members of the Hardman
Sunday scool with their parents and
friends will have their annual plcnlo
this Saturday, 28th. The cars will
leave Hardman at 10 o'clock. Pack
your picnic dinner and come join
us in the fun.