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Volume 48, Number 12.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 4, 1931.
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FACTORY
HEPPNER
New Industry Soon to be
In Operation Say Bar
kers, Operators.
MILL ON CAPLINGER
Heppner Logging & Lumber Com
pany Starting Operations Today;
Payroll $8,000 Per Month.
Working quietly but Bteadily for
the past three months, G. R. and R.
F. Barker who are at the head of
the Heppner Logging and Lumber
company, with their associates have
their new saw mill on Caplinger
creek (where the old Slocum mill
once stood) completed, with all ma
chinery installed, and were ready to
begin manufacture of lumber today.
This mill now has a capacity of 30,
000 feet daily, and when they get
to resawing the output will be in
creased from 50,000 to 55,000 feet.
The mill is a modern manufactur
ing plant, and we are informed by
Mr. R. F. Barker that it will be kept
very busy now in cutting up pine
logs, the company owning a tract
of this timber sufficient to keep the
plant busy for the next twenty
years to come, if it Bhould be work
ed to capacity. He further states
that the demand for this lumber is
brisk at the present time and the
product will be shipped to the east
ern market.
The Messrs. Barker are exper
ienced saw mill operators and own
a large mill at Tillamook which
was used many years in the produc
tion of fir lumber. This part of the
trade has been on the decline to
such an extent the past year or so
that it was not profitable to keep
the mill in operation, so they closed
down and have now entered the
pine belt as the demand for this
lumber has not slackened. F. A.
Doty, experienced mill operator,
has taken a lease on the mountain
plant and will run it, the product
to be trucked to Heppner where it
will be run through the planer, be
graded, and then placed on board
cars for shipment east.
At Heppner the company is es
tablishing a planing plant and box
factory. Two planers will arrive
here this week and work of con
struction will begin the coming
week. The factory will occupy the
lot west of the railroad tracks and
beyond the depot where the dipping
vats once stood, Heppner Logging
and Lumber company having pur
chased this property just recently,
and they will conduct this end of
the business. The planers will be
of suflicient capacity to handle 36,
000 feet of lumber daily. Mr. Bar
ker further states that the company
will not engage in local retail busi
ness, but will handle the output of
the smaller mills in this section,
wherein their product comes up to
the requirements of the national
lumbermen's association. In all of
their operations, the company will
use local people as far as possible,
though they are compelled to bring
in a number of experienced lumber
men and timber workers. These will
mostly be accompanied by their
families, and a payroll of around
$8,000 per month will be required.
Another feature in connection
with the new mill on Caplinger is
the big dry kiln. This building is
32x120 feet and contains 9000 feet
of pipe and 16 60-inch circulating
fans. Lumber placed in this kiln
from the saws Is dried very rapidly
and It is built right at the mill in
order to reduce the weight of the
lumber to be transferred to the
planer at Heppner by trucks. Lum
ber In the green or wet state weighs
about 10 pounds to the foot, and
when It comes from the kiln this
weight is reduced by 7H pounds.
The kiln thus does away with haul
ing just that much water. This dry
kiln, Mr. Barker states, is the larg
est single unit kiln ever constructed
in the entire country, and was built
by the Moore Dry Kiln Co. of Port
land, Ore., and Jacksonville, Fla.
It is shortly to be visited by a large
delegalton of mill operators from
over the entire northwest who de
sire to witness It In operation.
Since beginning their construc
tion and logging operations In the
mountains this spring, the company
has constructed three miles of road
from the mill to the county road
leading down Rhea creek. They
are hoping to get some cooperation
from Morrow county and Heppner
In Improving the road down Rhea
creek to the mouth of Luntsford
canyon. If this Is done, they will
have an all-year road leading to
town, and operations will then be
kept up the entire twelve months.
This paper Is indeed glad to wel
come this new industry; It estab
lishes a payroll that means much
for this community and thus opens
up to market another of the re
sources of Morrow county.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING.
Notice Is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of Morrow County Grain Growers,
Inc., will bo held at Lexington, Ore
gon, on Monday, June 8, 1931, at 10
o'clock a. m., for the election of of-
liners and the transaction of such
other business as may legally come
before the meeting.
R, B. RICE,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Heppner Stops to Honor
Decoration Day Fittingly
All business houses of Heppner
in honor of the nation's soldier
dead, and at 10 'clock the memorial
services were held at Star theater
where a patriotic program was giv
en. The services were conducted
under the auspices of Heppner post
No. 85, American Legion, and were
well attended by citizens of the
community.
In the absence of J. D. Cash, com
mander, Paul Marble presided, the
program opening with singing of
America by the audience and invo
cation by Joel R. Benton. Harvey
Miller sang, accompanied by Mrs.
J. O. Turner. C. C. Proebstel of
Pendleton, prosecuting attorney for
Umatilla county, delivered the ad
dress, which, though short, was fine
and full of appreciation for the ser
vices rendered the country by the
soldiers of past wars. Earl Thom
son recited "In Flanders Fields"
and Mrs. Chas. Latourell offered a
vocal solo with Miss Jeanette Tur
ner at the piano. The benediction
was by Mr. Benton. This was fol
lowed by the flag ceremony of the
Womans Relief corps, and the pro
gram ended at the theater by sing
ing of Star Spangled Banner by the
audience.
At the cemetery the American Le-'
gion post fired a salute, and the
graves of the soldier dead were dec
orated. In all of these ceremonies
the Heppner units of the American
Legion Auxiliary had a part
Business Women Discuss
Entrance to City Park
The Business and Professional
Womens' club held an interesting
meeting on Monday evening at the
Parish house, which was attended
by practically the entire member
ship. Mrs. Charlotte Gordon, who
recently attended the state meeting
in Salem, gave a report which
brught forth much favorable com
ment, and in which she outlined
work being done In various cities
over the state. Each particular
club represented at the state meet
ing brought samples of some par
ticular product of their section, and
all these assembled made a very
interesting, as well as educational
exhibit. Mrs. Gordon stated that
Heppner's contribution was a paste
baord lamb, emblematic of one of
the basic industries of this section.
The matter of an appropriate en
trance to the new park in southeast
Heppner received the attention of
the club and brought forth much
discussion, but no definite action
was taken.
Mrs. W. P. Mahoney gave a re
port of her recent trip to Ontario
and work accomplished In organiz
ing a unit of the wologrowers aux
iliary. Current topics were discuss
ed by Miss Lillian Allinger, Miss
Audrey Beymer and Mrs. Mahoney.
Miss Marjorie Clark conducted the
singing, with Miss Jeanette Turner
at the piano. Dinner was served at
6:30, and the attendance totalled 21.
Notson Named Director
For Free Chautauqua
S. E. Notson was named as direc
tor of the Morrow County Chautau
qua association which will stage its
third annual free Chautauqua here
June 20-23, by the board of direc
tors which met in the Hiatt & Dix
store yesterday evening. Mr. Not
son will succeed the late Karl L.
Beach of Lexington, whose untime
ly death created the vacant direc
torship.
Plans for successfully staging this
year's event were discussed and
among other details decided on is
holding a big dance at the fair pav
ilion immediately following the ope
ning performance Saturday night,
the 20th, for the purpose of defray
ing local expenses. Good music
will be obtained for the occasion
and all attending are promised a
good time. "The Big Push," a riot
ous comedy play, is the opening
attraction at Chautauqua and
should command a large audience.
The directors also prepared at the
meeting to notify all those who
signed last year as financial spon
sors of the chautauqua of the am
ount of their contributions, and to
ask them to make payment as soon
as possible that the directors may
be in position to care for their dut
ies properly. Payment may be made
either to J. W. Hiatt at Hiatt and
Dix store or to Gay M. Anderson
at the county clerk's office at the
court house.
Present at the meeting were Mr.
Hiatt, secretary; Mr. Anderson,
treasurer, and W. W. Smead and
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, directors. These
with Mr. Notson now constitute the
full board of directors.
MRS. SARAH KINO BURIED.
Death came to Mrs. Sarah King
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Wm. Drlscoll In this city early Sun
day morning when she was stricken
with cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral
services were held at St. Patrick's
Catholic church at 10 o'clock Tues
day forenoon, with burial following
In Masonic cemetery. Mrs. King
was born at Gogllia, Wisconsin,
June 29, 1854, 'and at the time of
her death was aged 77 years, 11
months and 1 day. She had made
her home with her daughter In this
city for a period of seven years, and
was cared for In her last illness by
Mr. and Mrs, Drlscoll who did all
that was possible to alleviate her
suffering. Her maiden name was
Sarah Draper and she was the wid
ow of John King.
Harvest stock for hire. Troy Bo
gard, Heppner. ll-12p
NEW WATER RATES
NOT YET DECIDED
Council Gives Further Considera
tion ; Walk, Cemetery Fence
Given Attention.
. The regular meeting of the city
council Monday evening called forth
further discussion of the new meter
rates for raising revenue from the
water system, and developed the
fact that many features of the prob
lem were yet unsolved and the out
come of the debate on the subject
is still somewhat "up in the air." A
further report on the tentative
rates was presented by the oommit
tee,and this was the means of
bringing forth some points that had
not heretofore been fully consider
ed. One of these was that the coun
cil had not yet gathered sufficient
information from .the meter read
ings on which to base the minimum
charge, this being the basis upon
which the rates are established. The
council desires only to establish
such rates as will raise revenue
equal to that under the flat charge
heretofore maintained, and they
hope to arrive at this conclusion by
the mid-month meeting. One thing
is certain, and that is the water
users are now to be charged on the
basis of the meter readings, and
this will be the order from the
first of June on, all bills to be ad
justed in accordance with the rates
finally adopted.
The committee on streets and
public property made a report on
constructing curbing along the side
walk extending from the Pat Mol-
lahan corner north to the concrete
bridge over Willow creek, and re
commended that this be done. In
connection with this, proposals for
doing the work, presented by T. G.
Denisee were discussed, but no def
inite action was taken, as there is
no available fund for the project.
Earl Gordon, on behalf of the
Masonic Cemetery association, pre
sented the matter of fencing the
cemetery, asking that the city, who
own the "Potter's field" on the in
side of the enclosure, assume flnan
cal responsibility for their propor
tion of the work. The matter
brought forth some discussion as
to just what would be the city's
percentage of financial responsibil
ity, and the question was tabled for
future consideration, with the un
derstanding that the council would
take favorable action.
Ordinance vacating certain
streets in southeast Heppner, long
out of use, and based upon the peti
tion of American Legion post, C. J.
D. Bauman and Dr. A. D. McMurdo,
was read last time and passed by
unanimous vote.
J. A. Westhoff was granted priv
ilege to construct new sidewalk
along his property on Water street.
The usual monthly bills were al
lowed and ordered paid.
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge depart
ed by motor for Corvallis and Med
ford on Tuesday. At the former
place their son Terrill has been at
tending Oregon State college and
Miss Luola Benge has been teach
ing in the junior high school at
Medford for the past year. The
young folks will return home with
their parents this week end. Accom
panying Mr. and Mrs. Benge as far
as Portland was Mrs. Hanson Hugh
es who goes to the city to attend
the meeting of the grand chapter,
Order of Eastern Star, as a dele
gate from Ruth chapter of Hepp
ner. W. O. Dix, of the firm of Hiatt
and Dix, is at Ritter hot springs
where he went the past week end.
Mr. Dix expects to remain at the
resort for a couple of weeks or so,
hoping that the baths there will
prove beneficial to his health.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wilson arriv
ed at Heppner on Tuesday evening
from Oakland, Calif. From here
they went to Pendleton for a short
visit, expecting to return to their
California home after a few days
spent jn eastern Oregon.
Albert Adkins, manager of local
yards of Tum-A-Lum Lumber com
pany, has ben confined to his home
the most of the week by illness. He
is now able to be at his office again,
however.
Andy J. Cook is reported to be
quite ill at his home in south Hepp
ner. Mr. Cook has been a sufferer
for several years with heart trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bechdolt were
down from Hard man on Tuesday,
visitors at the home of Mrs. Bech
dolt's mother, Mrs. N. S. Whetstone.
Philip Mahoney, attrney, and F.
B. Nlckerson, abstractor, motored
over to Desolation lake for a big
fish the end of the week.
The place of Mrs. John Haddox,
nee Miss Helen Bennett, at the store
of J. C. Penney Co., has been taken
by Mrs. Wm. Bucknum.
J. B. Huddleston, Lone Rock
flockmaster, was in the city for a
short time today on business.
ROAD WORK COMPLETED.
The county road crew operatinf
on the Arbuckle road finished its
work the first of the week and W.
L. McCaleb, roadmaster, reports the
road to be in good condition for
wood hauling. He calls attention
of farmers to the fact that wood
may be obtained from government
land without charge on the secur
ing of permits. Farmers Interested
have the opprotunlty of making
quite a saving on their fuel bill In
this manner, he believes, and urges
them to get In touch with the for
estry office at Pendleton.
IIS BEATEN;
101 WINS m
Locals Hit on Saturday
But Fail to Find Ritchie
In Sunday Fray.
GENTRY GETS HOMER
Youthful Heppner Pitcher Bags
Triple Also; Robertson's Three
Bager Nets Only Scores.
The Heppner baseball club saw
action twice last week end. On Sat
urday they trounced the Umatilla
Indians 21-9 at home, and on Sun
day they took a drubbing from lone
6-2 on the latter's field.
The locals took the heart out of
the redskins with a big lead early
in the game, and it was just a mat
ter of how big the score would be.
Roy Gentry was on the mound for
Heppner and allowed the visitors
but seven hits while giving out four
walks. These combined with three
errors by teammates accounted for
the Indian tallies. At the same time
the home boys had little trouble
with the deliveries of Oliver and R.
Elk whom they found for seventeen
hits, to which the Indians added 13
errors to allow the 21 tallies. Roy
Gentry was the idol of the fans
when he clouted a three-bagger in
the third inning and a home run in
the sixth, his next trip at bat. Roy's
homer bounced through the fence in
left field, one of the longest blows
seen here this season.
Heppner's batting strength did
not loom so strong Sunday when
Larry Ritchie doled out but two
safe hits, while his teammates and
himself gathered 10 off Wilcox. Few
of the lone hits would have been
costly, however, had it not been for
the 10 errros made by Wilcox's bud
dies. At that there were no bal
loon ascentions, and the Heppner
fielders came back strong to end
several lone rallies.
Heppner's scores came In the
fourth inning when Correll, making
first on a walk, scored on Robert
son's three-bagger and Robertson
himself scored when Catcher Ever
son overthrew third base in attemp
ting to hold Hank to the bag. Ione's
scores were made thrje each in the
first and third innings, hits by R.
Lundell, Everson and G. Swanson
featuring .the scoring.
Next Sunday Rufus-Blalock plays
at Heppner.
Ione-Heppner box score:
HEPPNER 2 AB R H O A E
Cason, 3 -.3 0 0 0 0 2
R. Gentry, 3 1 0 0 2 0 1
H. Gentry, s 3 0 0 3 3 1
Ferguson, 1 '4 0 1 2 0 1
Correll, c 3 1 0 8 2 1
Thomson, 1 3 0 0 5 1 0
Sherer, r 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes, r 3 0 0 0 0 1
Robertson, 2 4 112 0 2
Anderson, m 1 0 0 0 0 0
Turner, m 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wili'i.v n 0 0 2 9 1
Totals il 2 2 24 15 10
IONE 6
N. Swanson, 3 5 116 11
R. Lundell. s 5 2 2 0 3 1
Everson. c 5 2 2 0 3 2
G. Swanson, 1 4 1 1 11 0 1
F. Lundell, m 4 0 0 0 0 0
Ely, 1 4 0 2 0 0 0
Shipley, r ... 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mason. 2 4 0 1 0 2 0
Ritchie, p 4 0 112 0
Totals 39, 6 10 27 21 6
Earned runs. Hevroner 0. lone 3: three
base hit. Robertson : first base on balls
off Ritchie 4, off Wlicox 0; left on bases,
Heppner I, lone !); wild pitch, Wilcox
1: first base on errors. Herjnner 4. lone
6; two base hit, R. Lundell; struck out
by Ritchie 10. by Wilcox 7; hit by pit
cher, Thomson by Ritchie; umpires. W.
Rietmann, Howell; scorer, F. J. Doh
erty. Indians-Heppner box score:
HEPPNER 21 AB R H O A E
Cason. 3 6 4 3 2 2 1
H. Gentry, a 4 5 2 3 1 0
Crawford, 1 6 0 1 2 0 0
Correll, c 5 12 3 10
Thomson. 1 6 1 2 8 0 0
R. Gently, p 4 4 2 0 6 0
Hayes, r 5 2 110 0
Turner, m 5 1 2 5 0 0
Robertson. 2 6 3 2 3 0 2
Totals 47 21 17 27 10 3
INDIANS 9
Williams, s 5 12 2 14
Johnson. 1 5 0 0 2 0 0
U. Elk, 1 5 114 0 2
Narcisse. 3 5 0 0 3 2 2
Davis, r 5 2 12 11
Johnley, m 4 2 1 0 0 0
James, c 1 2 16 14
Shtppentower, 2 ...3 114 0 0
Oliver, p 4 0 0 2 7 0
Totals 37 9 7 24 12 13
Earned runs, Heppner 6. Indians 1;
three base hits. R. Gentry, Turner; first
base on balls off Indians 6, off Gentry
4: left on bases, Heppner 11, Indians 6;
first base on errors. Heppner 9. In
dians 2; two base bit. Turner; home
run. R. Gentry; struck out by Indians
5, by Gentry 3; hit by pitcher, H. Gen
try, Johnley; umpire, 13ud Boyd; scor
er, F. J. Doherty.
TAX MONEY Tl'HNED OVER.
Sheriff Bauman made a turnover
of taxes to Treasurer Briggs on
Monday of $121,491.25, being the
amount collected to date on the 1930
tax rolls, with some delinquent tax
es. Distribution of this money is
also being made to the, various
school district clerks and city trea
surers, thus relieving a situation of
financial stress that has existed for
some time among many of these
political subdivisions of the county.
A large delinquent list exists, how
ever, and this will not be relieved
until later in the year when some
returns have been made from the
growing crops.
NOTICE TO WATER USERS.
Beginning June 1 water will be
charged by meter readings. Rates
will be made soon after June 1 and
published in this paper.
Heppner Water Department,
By W. 15. Pruyn.
Will Rogers In IJC.HTNIN' at the
Star theater, Sunday and Monday.
OLDEN FARM IS
SCENE OF PICNIC
People Gather from All Over Coun
ty to Enjoy Occasion; Other
Events of lone Told.
JENNIE E. McMURRAY.
At the beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Grant Olden on Rhea creek
was held a big picnic on Sunday,
May 31. People from all over the
country gathered there and spent
the day on the lawn and under the
wide, spreading trees. A bounteous
picnic dinner was served at noon,
and generous helpings of Ice cream
were served to everyone in the af
ternoon. The young folks enjoyed
the croquet games and tennis, while
others played horseshoes. The
smaller children played in the
swings, and many of the boys put
in most of their time at the "old
swimming hole." Following is a
list of the people attending the pic
nic; From Lexington and Heppner,
Jack Quiring, Gene Gray and fam
ily, Otto Ruhl and family, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Duran, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Campbell, Mrs. Anna Heiny and
two grandsons, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. George Peck
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Keene and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Van Winkle and children, F. W.
Winnard, Miss Beulah Eskelson, W.
E. Crosby, Archie and Vernon Mun
kers; from the lone community
were Mr. and Mrs. Noel Dobyns,
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Howell and daughters,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoskins and
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lieuallen
and two sons, Junior Mason, Mr.
and Mrs. George Snyder and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Barlow and son,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heliker, Donald
and Harriet, A. M. Zink, Frank
Mason, Mrs. Ida Hutt, Henry Thom
as, Miss Minnie Normoyle, Miss
Geneva Pettyjohn, the Misses Jen
nie, Murial and Alice Patterson,
Lonnie, Jim and Earl McCabe. Also
present were C. X. Armigo and Milo
Strandness of Payete, Idaho, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Dobyns and Mr.
and Mrs. Linus Anderson and fam
ily from Weston.
Miss Mable McCabe of Yakima,
Wash., is visiting at the home of
her brother, A. A. McCabe in lone.
She is accompanied by her niece,
Miss Louise Carmichael, also of
Yajdma.
Mr. and Mrs. Linus Anderson and
children of Weston spent the week
end visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Lieuallen. Mrs. Anderson
and Mrs. Lieuallen were school
mates. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lovell and
three sons of Estacada visited from
Thursday until Monday with rela
tives in and near lone. They made
the trip by truck and on their re
turn took a load of the Ted Troge
household goods.
The Willows grange calendar for
June is as follows: June 6th, Satur
day evening, an old time fiddlers'
contest will be held at Cecil hall, to
which the public is invited. Old tim
ers are asked to come and bring
their fiddles, and the ladies are re
quested to bring lunch for two.
There will be no charge for those
attending the contest, but a small
charge will be made for the supper
and dance which follows. The mon
ey raised in this way will be used
in the fight against crows and mag
pies. June 13 is the regular meeting
night of the grange with a splen
did program arranged "Milk and
Its Use." Holstein Highball will be
served during lunch.
On Saturday night, June 20, the
"Sweet Family" will entertain at
the grange hall. Ma Sweet and her
seven attractive daughters are
worth meeting. A small admission
fee will be charged.
Pomona grange will meet at Lex
ington on June 27 with State Master
C. C. Hulet present.
On June 7th the 4-H clubs will
meet at the H. E. Cool home below
town. Parents and friends are In
vited. A picnic lunch will be serv
ed at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dick and two
sons, former residents of lone now
residing at Pomeroy, Wash., were
Saturday and Sunday guests in the
Bert Mason home.
Richard McElligott of Portland is
here looking after his farming In
terests in this district
Mrs. Elmo McMillan and Bever
ly who have been guests for some
time at the home of Mrs. McMil
lan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Swanson, left Friday for their home
in Salem.
Mrs. Jane Collins and Bert Botts
arrived in lone on Wednesday of
last week and are at the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Botts. They came by auto, making
the drive from Seminole, Oklahoma
in six days. The distance is over
2200 miles.
Memorial day exercises under the
direction of the American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary were held Sat
urday afternoon in Legion hall. The
program given was exceptionally
good and the hall was filled with an
appreciative audience. Many beau
tiful flowers were used in the decor
ations. Following the program
these were taken to the cemetery.
Early in the day the legion .boys
had placed the flags on the soldier
grave3.
Wednesday evening of last week
a farewell party was given for Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Troge and daughter
Marguerite by the Odd Fellow and
Rebeknh lodges. The evening was
spent in games and dancing. Re
freshments were served and the
(Continued on Page Six.)
Four Routes Proposed
For Gap in Ritter Road
W. L. McCaleb, county roadmas
ter, returned from Ritter the first
of the week where he worked with
Engineer Lucas of Grant county In
laying out four proposed routes for
the Grant section of the Heppner
Ritter road. He reported that
Grant county now has $5000 to ap
ply on the road and it was expected
that the county court there would
sanction one of the routes at their
next meeting. George McDuffee
accompanied Mr. McCaleb to Ritter
and was of much assistance to the
road men, having spent many years
in the Ritter country and being
very familiar with it-
Mr. McCaleb said that some dif
ference of opinion existed as to the
practicability of the various routes
and that he had prepared a state
ment for the Grant county court
setting forth his views.
The Morrow county roadmaster
was summoned to the adjoining
county by residents there through
an agreement made some ten years
ago when he attended a meeting in
behalf of the route held at Ritter.
At that time several factions that
had been holding out for different
routes were brought together and
agreed to support the route that
appeared the more feasible. Mr.
McCaleb offered his assistance at
no expense to them to help lay out
such a route. Up until the present
time no money had been available
and nothing more had been done
about the route. Morrow county's
portion of the road Is already con
structed. Lower Light Rates
Granted by P. P. & L.
Pacific Power and Light company
has anounced a new schedule of
rates in residential and commer
cial lighting for Heppner, accord
ing to announcement of Paul Mar
ble, local manager. Residential
lighting rates under the new sched
ule are first 30 k.w.h. 10c per k.w.h.;
all year, 3c per k.wJi. The old
schedule was first 15 k.w.h., 15c per
k.w.h; next 15 k.w.h., 10c, and all
over, ' 3c. This means that under
the new rates a customer using 15
kilowatt hours per month will pay
$1.50 as against $2.25 under old
rates, a saving of 75 cents, or a 30
per cent reduction. Five years ago
for this same service the customer
paid $3.48.
In commercial lighting the new
rates are first 100 k.w.h., 10c per
k.w.h; next 100 k.wJi., 7c; next 800,
5c; next 1600, 3c, and all over at 2c
per k.w.h. The old rates were
scheduled at first 30 k.wh., 15c; next
30 at 10c, next 140 at 8c, next 400 at
6c, next 400 at 5cr next 1000 at 5c
and all over at 3c per k.w.h. The
minimum charge is the same as
heretofore, $1.50 within the corpor
ate limits and $2.50 in all other ter
ritory. District Committee Head
Visits Local Auxiliary
Mrs. Catherine Belcher of The
Dalles, committee woman for dis
trict No. 2, American Legion Auxil
iary, was guest on Tuesday evening
at the regular meeting of Heppner
unit, and gave a most interesting
and instructive talk on Auxiliary
work, telling of the recent visit of
the national president to Portland,
and also of the Child Welfare con
ference of the western area which
was held in Portland In April. The
members attending the meeting felt
that it was well worth while to hear
Mrs. Belcher, and enjoyed meeting
her. She has been on a visit to all
of the units In her district, of which
Heppner is the last in her itinerary.
In the absence of the officers, Mrs.
Harriet Gemmell presdied and Mrs
Sylva Wells acted as secretary. The
poppy chariman, Mrs. Wells, re
ported 715 poppies sold, and wishes
to thank all who helped with the
sale. The entire proceeds will be
sent at once to the department hos
pital fund. The unit is very grate
ful to Mr. Sigsbee for his help this
year, as in past years, for running
of our poppy film, and permitting
us to sell poppies at the theater,
The work of the poppy sale was
well managed by Mrs. Wells, and
she has the appreciation of the unit
for her efforts.
The hostesses were Cyrene Bar-
ratt and Helen Cash, who served
sandwiches and coffee during the
social hour.
At the next regular meeting there
will be the annual election of offi
cers and delegates to the depart
ment convention. Each committee
chairman will please bring a com
plete written report of her year's
work. We hope to have a good at
tendance. Reporter.
INSTALLS NEW DESK.
Adding to the convenience of his
ofllce, Clerk Anderson installed a
handsome new typewriting desk
this week something that had long
been needed. It is very convenient
ly constructed for caring for the
recording machine, and Deputy
Kane feels very proud of this equip
ment ATTEND K. P. MEETING.
Chas. Thomson, W. W. Smead and
Henry Schwarz motored to Condon
on Tuesday evening where they at
tended a meeting of the Knights of
Pythias, called for the purpose of
reviving the lodge In that city.
There were outside speakers of
note present, and the Heppner men
report a fine time.
The funniest picture vou ever saw
W ill Rogers in LlBhtnin', at the
(Ktar htMiter, Sunday-Monday.
FOSTER TALKS GAS
TO
Development Would Mean
Bringing of Factories,
Engineer Says.
REQUISITES CITED
Water, Transportation Had Now;
Cheap Fuel Essential; Indepen
dents Must do Developing.
Stressing the wonderful natural
resources of Oregon and Washing
ton and what the development of
these might mean to the two states,
Sara Foster, veteran driller and con
sultation engineer for the wells
Springs Oil and Gas company,
spoke before the Heppner Lions
club Monday. He asserted that de
velopment of many of these re
sourc had been retarded by selfish
interests which have made a profit
by bringing their products into the
state in preference to encouraging
production of them within the state.
More than $60,000,000 a year goes
out of the state of Oregon for pet
roleum products, he declared while
Inviting investigation of his figures.
That these products could be pro
duced at home, he firmly believed
through his drilling experiences in
both states, which, he averred, com
pletely refute the statements he had
heard from a geologist of one of
Oregon's institutions of higher edu
cation, "that the earth strata of
Oregon and Washington are stand
ing on edge making it impossible
for oil to be obtained.
System Seen In Nature.
Repeating some of his talk made
before officers of the Wells Springs
company and reported in these col
umns last week, Foster told the
Lions that his experience gained
from drilling into Mother Earth 137
times had taught him to believe
that the Creator used just as much
system in making the earth's inter
ior as is evident that he put Into all
external things. Just as man's an
atomy is the same anywhere In the
world, so Foster believes Mother
Earth's anatomy is systematized
and that the Creator did not stand
the strata of the northwest on end
while allowing it to lie flat as he
had found it in drliling, all the way
from South America to Canada.
He declared that the Creator has
stored wealth inside the earth for
man's use just the same as wealth
has been placed on top, and that
this same Creator has his way of
revealing this stored wealth to man.
A seepage of oil led to uncovery of
the first big oil field. Who can deny
that there is gas when it is found
seeping from the ground, as in the
case at Wells Springs?
In making reference to the local
gas project, Foster disclaimed any
selfish interest in the development
other than a natural interest In
gas or oil wherever it is found and
the retainer fee paid him to run a
test of the well.
Gas Only Need.
To show what bringing in of gas
fields in Oregon and Washington
means to these two states, the
speaker quoted an advertisement
in the leading oil and gas journal
of the country in which an associa
tion of manufacturers said, "If you
have water, transportation and fuel,
let us know." These three resources,
at present in abundance in only
three regions in the United States,
are essential to manufacturing.
Natural gas is the cheapest of fu
els. Oregon and Washington have
an abundance of fresh water, in
land waterways, highways and rail
roads; with bringing in of natural
gas their industrial development
would be rapid.
Big monied interests do not bring
about this development he declared.
The big oil companies stopped wild
catting long ago. They now let the
little fellow bring in the fields and
then absorb them. It remains for
those Interested in the development
of their own community to do their
bit in investigating what they have.
If they can show that they really
have something worth while, then
and then only can they interest big
capital, Foster said.
Lloyd Estes and J. L. Richardson
of Portland and H. L. Duvall of
Lexington, all interested in the
Wells Springs project, were guests
of the club also, and these gentle
men in company with Mr. Foster
left immediately after the meeting
to start the test of the well.
GRADE TO BE COMPLETED.
It is the intention of the county
to complete the grade up McKinney
creek from the steel bridge on Rhea
creek to the Hardman grade this
season, reports W. L. McCaleb,
roadmaster. Complete right-of-way
has been secured and the work is
progressing nicely. This is the only
piece of road work being done by
the county at present.
BABY CLINICS HELD.
Under direction of Miss Edith
Stallard, county nurse, and in coop
eration with the physicians of the
city, baby clinics were held Wed
nesday and today at the offices of
Dr. A. D. McMurdo and Dr. A. B.
Gray. The clinics create a lot of In
terest among parents, and were well
attended.
LIS
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