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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1934)
Volume 50, Number 45. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 1934 Subscription $2.00 a Year COUNTY BENEFITS BY CWA PROJECTS Road Work Leads in Im provement to Date; All Sections Helped. FEB. 15 IS DEADLINE New Alignment on Willow, Rhea Creek Routes Used; School .Projects to be Pushed. That Morrow county is obtain ing a large amount of improvement of a permanent character through the expenditure of CWA- locally matched funds is evidenced on a visit to the various projects now under way or which have been com pleted. All parts of the ocunty are receiving the benefit of the work, which largely to date has been in the nature of road improvement. Among the most noticeable im provements is the result of the project on the upper Willow creek road, one of the first projects to be started. The original project is now nearing completion. It called for widening and straightening of the road where needed over a distance of seven miles reaching down Wil low creek from the old McCullough sheep corrals a few miles above the foika of the creek. Beginning at the forks of the creek an entirely new alignment was made up the creek, putting the road down on the creek bottom and eliminating the long narrow grade formerly ex isting on the road at this place. At other points bad curves and nar row spots have been eliminated and widened and the grade bank built up in a substantial and permanent manner with hand work. This, as well as other road projects of the county, have been under the super vision of H. A. Tamblyn, county en gineer. The new construction on the upper end has all been done to date with county machinery. Route Change Made. On upper Rhea creek, beginning at the bridge at the Groshens place, another road project is under way, with a crew engaged so far in clear ing the right-of-way for a new alignment which will put the road entirely on the north side of the creek up to the forks of the creek. This change will eliminate many curves and jogs in the road and give a much straighter and evener grade. On lower Rhea creek the county has been busy for some time ex tending the surfacing on the for mer grade of the Jordan market road, ami in addition a CWA crew is busy farther up, a short way south of the Hoskins place, making im provements of the grade. At Lexington the project of im proving the cemetery hill road is nearing completion. The use of county machinery in making the grade was employed here with res idents of the section contributing the use of caterpillars to pull the grader. A wider, more gradual grade, with improved surface is the result here, giving Lexington a good all-year road to the top of the cem etery hill. Make Rock Fill. The Johnson hill road, which res idents say has not been touched for fifty years, is the project being car ried on at lone. Here elimination of the former steep narrow road going up the canyon just outof lone is being acomplished by dropping down more on the side of the hill, cutting through a sector of solid rock and throwing in a good sized fill to make a wider, more gradual grade with solid rock foundation. A large tonnage of wheat comes into lone over this road which will be transported much easier anoth er year. On down at Boardman the CWA crew has been busy cleaning up the right-of-ways of several of the Irrigation project roads. The im provement here is very noticeable. Before the crew started these right-of-ways were a mass of new growth trees on either side of the narrow roadway, starting from the roots of the large poplars along the fence rows. The grubbing work neces sary lended itself especially well to the hand work required by the CWA and good progress Is evidenced. Through CWA funds Irrigon is obtaining a good surfaced road to the river and the ferry crossing to Plymouth, Wash. Here wagons and teams of farmers have been largely used in transporting the gravel, and with the headway already made It was expected the work would be completed this week. City Hall Progresses. In Heppner two major projects have been under way for some time. One, reroofing of the school house, was completed the first of the week, and the other, renovating of the city hall, Is making good head way. Both are permanent, needed improvements of real value to the city. Several other minor projects have been completed or are under way, and all of the projects now going are expectetd to be finished by February 15, the first dead line set under the CWA setup. How far the CWA work will be extended depends upon action of congress at the present session. There is a large popular demand for the government to carry on this (Continued on Pftg Four) 'ROAD TO GLORY' TO BENEFIT BAND Date of Legion Auxiliary Home Talent Play Changed to 22nd; Seven Choruses Arranged. "The Road to Glory," musical comedy romance of Old Mexico, sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary, will benefit the Heppner school band as all the proceeds above expenses will be added to the band's fund for the purchase of new uniforms. The date of the produc tion has been changed from Janu ary 19 as announced last week, to the 22nd, next Monday. The comedy is one which has received much favorable comment throughout western states where It has been presented in the last few months, and the cast is all local. Ninety local people take part in the production, with seven choruses in cluded besides those cast in the play roles. The choruses are elaborately costumed and present many clever songs and dances. The plot is centered around sev eral young people from the United States who have gone to Old Mex ico for various reasons. There are many comic situations. Cast In the various roles are: Bob Jackson, in search of a bit of glory, Clarence Hayes; Joe Joyce, Bob's best friend, Claude Peevy; Margery Moore, Bob's fiance, Mrs. Fern Turner; Virginia Vamuus, the girl from Wyoming, Patricia Mona han; Pedro, bell hop and general nuisance, Francis Nickerson; Prof. Buggsby, who pursues the Stuff Stuff (when he has time), Crocket Sprouls; Carita, the local enchant ress, Josephine Mahoney; Simpson, an American with racketeering ideas, Paul Gemmell; Manuel, lead er of the Indians, Phillip Foord; Jones, Simpson's "yes" man, Hubert Gaily. The comedy is under the direc tion of Verne B. Reed of the Rocky Mountain Productions of Sheridan, Wyoming. Was Resident of Heppner For More Than 50 Years Nels Magnuson, a resident of this community since 1882, was called by death at Heppner hospital in this city on Sunday afternoon, being aged 90 years, 3 months and 7 days. It was last October 7th that Mr. Magnuson celebrated his 90th birth-1 day, and at this time he was con fined at the hospital where he was being cared for and treated for ser ious internal ailments, and death came to him as he slept peacefully. Funeral services wsre held at Case Memorial Mortuary on Tuesday af ternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with Rev. Joseph Pope, pastor of the Metho dist church, In charge, and inter ment in the Morrow plot at Ma sonic cemetery. Mr. Magnuson had no relatives in this immediate vi cinity, and It is not known whether any of his people reside in America. Nels Magnuson was a native of Sweden and came to America when a mere lad, residing for a number of years in Illinois, then later in Missouri, and coming to Heppner In 1882 from the latter state. Dur ing the greater portion of the time since arriving here, he resided in Heppner, working as a teamster and in the livery barn of Nels and James Jones. He also worked for a number of years for the late Wil liam Penland as camp tender. When the Heppner Gazette was establish ed, Nels brought in the plant from Alkali (now Arlington) and he was always proud of his part in getting the paper started. During the time J. W. Morrow was running the Pal ace hotel In Heppner, Mr. Magnu son worked for him, driving the bus and doing such other work as was required of him, and he con tinued in the employ of Mr. Morrow for many years, living in the Mor row place here and looking after it in the absence of the owner, even tually making purchase of the resi dence property in town and estab lishing his home there. Nels Magnuson was a mighty fine old gentleman, and his long resi dence in this community was re warded by the great number of fast friendships he made. His funeral on Tuesday was largely attended, and there were many expressions of sorrow at his passing. He had been a life-long member of the Lu theran church, consistent in his faith, and he passes to a well earned reward. AUXILIARY MEETS. The local unit of the American Legion auxiliary met Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Victor Peterson with Mrs. L, E. Dick as associate hostess. Four new mem bers were initiated. Plans for the play, "The Road to Glory," to be presented on the 22nd were dis cussed and It was decided to give the proceeds above expenses to the school band to add to its uniform fund. Also discussed were plans for entertaining the Hermiston unit, a duty devolved upon the local unit through losing in a recent membership contest between the two units. More details of the lat ter entertainment will appear later. LEGION TO MEET. A special meeting of Heppner post No, 87, American Legion, has been called by Commander Harry Tamblyn, for this (Thursday) eve ning, at the office of the county Judge in the courthouse. Import ant business makes the attendance of all members Imperative, says the post commander. MORROW COUNTY PRODUCTS ON DISPLAY "f-! Z ' fw ' 4.- fgi&Bd riSwtl -H i ltoaaw.-:'ig?i'rMi-- ffTuwrT ii inn n w n iTimttwiiw ii m&zmmmmsHmmii&S&ffimmmmmmmemgamsewnmKm This is the advertising display of Morrow county products pre sented in the windows of the Pa cific Power & Light company of fice in Portland that has been causing much favorable comment. Many people not acquainted with Morrow county are reported to be COUNTY COMMITTEE NAMED. A Farm Debt Adjustment com mtitee for Morrow county has been named by Governor Meier In ac cordance with a request by the gov ernor of the Farm Credit Adminis tration. The duties of the com mittee will Include arbitration of debt disputes and otherwise look ing after the interests of farm debt ors to avert unnecessary mortgage foreclosures, and so far as possible, THE BUILDING AND OF HEPPNER'S Former home of First National Bank of Heppner now occupied by the local branch of the First National Bank of Portland ImJi .' 1 '..kith E. L. MORTON, Manager Hiram Tash Passes at Home In Walla Walla According to word received here, Hiram Tash died at his home In Walla Walla on Tuesday, aged 90 years. He was living with his daughter, Mrs. Omar Stanton, and had made that city his home since 1919, going there from Heppner. Mr. Tash was a native of Indiana, and was an early settler In this county, having located on a farm near Hardman, where he resided for many years before retiring and removing to Heppner. He came west to California In 1859, the next year coming to Walla Walla. As a young man he followed mining for some years, and it was while pros pecting in the eastern Oregon coun try that he became Interested in this locality. He Is survived by two sons, John and Fred Tash, and the one daughter, Mrs. Stanton, with whom he made his home In his declining years. Isn't it better to have photographs taken than to wish you had? We have prices to suit all pocketbooka. The DeBunce Studio, Heppner, Ore. amazed at the variety and wealth of products the county produces. Material for the display was taken to Portland by Chas. W. Smith, county agent, the first of the month. It is one of a series of similar window displays shown for two-week intervals to publi- 1 to see that applications of farmers for loans from government credit associations obtain just considera tion. O. M. Plummer of Portland is state manager of the new setup. Appointed on the local board are John J. Wightman, Bert Johnson, Henry Smouse, Joe Devine and George Peck. It is expected a dis trict meeting will be held shortly for dissemination of more detailed information on the functioning of the new setup. PERSONNEL NEW BRANCH BANK MERLE BECRET, Asst. Mgr. MISS REITA NEEL, Bookkeeper iff JmM life if: firs Sillily till 311 ill ':!' :' lL...riL ' J i 1 1 M I cize products of the territory served by the Pacific Power and Light Co. The Morrow coun ty display was sponsored jointly by the power company and the Heppner Commercial club. The attractiveness speaks for itself in the picture. BIRTHDAY DANCE SLATED FOR 30TH Elks Sponsor Warm Springs Bene fit Event in Honor of Presi dent's 52nd Anniversary. Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, announces a public dance to be held at its hall the evening of Tuesday, January 30, in honor of the 52nd birthday anniversary of President Roosevelt, the proceeds above ex penses of which will go to the Warm Springs Foundation for the aid of infantile paralysis sufferers. The dance is given in accordance with the desire of the grand exalt ed ruler, Walter F. Meier. Tickets will be 50 cents. The foundation sponsored by President Roosevet is situated at Warm Springs, Ga., where the pres ident has his summer home, and where he received much benefit for the affliction which he hopes to help sufferers generally to combat The movement to endow the me morial through dances to be given on the president's birth anniversary is nation-wide in scope and is not cofined to the sponsorship of any particular fraternal organization, though it is receiving the coopera tion of many and different lodges and other organizations, while in places the dances are being staged as commuity enterprises under the sponsorship of the chambers of commerce or other civic organiza tions. Because of the humanitarian na ture of the undertaking, as well as the opportunity it affords to honor the nation's president, J. O. Tur ner, exalted ruler, believes the local public will welcome the opportunity afforded by the local lodge to join in the festivities of the day. ENJOYS STEELHEAD FISHING. Chas. H. Latourell, Heppner trap artist and all-round sportsman, re turned the end of the week from the vicinity of Tillamook where he spent the week with friends and en joyed the sport of catching steel heads, termed among others .by Rudyard Kipling to be the king of all fishing sports. The steelheads were running but for some unknown reason were not taking the bait readily, Charlie said. However, he landed six of the beauties and there was thrill aplenty in the doing. "When a steelhead hits the hook he takes off," Charlie depicted, "and eight pounds of dynamite such as is tied up in the shimmering bodies of the average of the catch, takes some expert manuevering to quiet and haul in without snapping the 30-pound tackle." The beauties He around in the deep, more quiet wa ter, and generally in their dash when hooked they can be turned to come in the direction of the angler, and so back and forth until the fish's strength is exhausted. But occasionally one takes off on a bee- line down stream and refuses to turn, and after all the line has been given out the battle becomes com plicated. One instance of this was cited by Charlie. One of his friends hooked such a fish, and was forced to take in after him on a dead run, He was permitted free going over a sandy beach for some fifty yards, when a jut in the river bank con fronted him. Charlie thought his friend would be forced to give up here. But his friend never hesitat ed. Out he went into the river, and was in the water waist deep when he disappeared around the point. It was about 20 minutes before he returned, bearing a beautiful fish and a broad smile. "That's one of the things that make steelhead fish ing worth going a few hundred miles for," Charlie averred. Bert Bleakman had to see the doctor Tuesday evening. He got a briar scratch in the left eye from working In the brush along Willow creek road with the CWA crew. Whilo the Injury was not serious, it was painful. NEW FARM CREDIT SET-UP IS SLATED Organization Meeting Called for Pendleton on Feb. 24 to Start Local Association. Steps toward organizing an ag ricultural production credit asso ciation for Morrow, Umatilla, Wal lowa and the section of Union coun ty north of La Grande will be taken at a meeting in Pendleton on Feb ruary 24. called by Irvie Williams, president of the Production Credit corporation, according to announce ment by Chas. W. Smith, county agent. The hope is expressed that all interested farmers of this coun ty will attend the meeting, as 30 incorporators will be chosen from among those present, and from the 30 a board of directors will be named. The matter of location of the va rious local production credit asso ciations has been gone into thor oughly in the last few months be cause of protests made against the designation of some already es tablished, and there will be no changes from the designations as announced, it was said. The production credit associations are set up for the purpose of mak ing loans for general agricultural purposes including the producing and harvesting of crops; breeding, raising, and fattening of livestock; production of poultry and livestock products. To obtain loans borrowers offer aceptable security to, buy voting stock in, and become members of, a local production credit associa tion. Each borrower must own stock In the association of a value equal to about 5 percent of the money borrowed. The association is chartered under the Farm Cred it Act of 1933 by the Governor of the Farm Credit Administration. The association is supervised and regulated by the production credit corporation of the district A loan to any tme farmer may not exceed 20 percent of the combined capital and guaranty fund of the association unless the collateral Is approved by the production credit corporation. With such approval of the collateral, a loan may be made in an amount not exceeding 50 percent of the combined capital and guaranty fund of the associa tion. No loans for less than $50 can be made. Almost all loans are made with maturities not exceeding one year. The maturity of a loan will approx imate the marketing period of the crop or livestock financed by the loan. Primary security must be a first mortgage lien on personal proper ty, such as livestock, implements and crops. Real estate liens are ac ceptable only as secondary secur ity. Interest rates on loans cannot ex ceed by more than 3 percent the discount rate of the federal inter mediate credit bank of the district. At the present time the discount rate varies from 3 to 3 percent, making the interest charged the farmer vary from 6 to 6 percent Borrower pays reasonable inspec tion charge and all fees for title search and recording. LIBRARY PREPARES FOR NEW LOCATION Meeting Announced; Book Mending Progresses; Rented Tomes May Returned Free of Fines. The annual meeting of the Hepp ner Library association will be held Saturday, January 20, at 3 o'clock in the office of the president, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, at the court house. All members of the library board, its committtees and the library staff are expected to be present. Any persons interested in the li brary are also urged to attend, whether or not they are connected with it In an official capacity. The work of mending and check ing the library's books is going for ward under CWA auspices, but due to the nature of the work the staff finds it impossible to keep the li brary open for circulation during the repairing work. Since the li brary will be moved to its new quarters in the city hall as soon as they are ready, circulation will not begin again until the move has been made. In an effort to round up all Its books, a few of which are still out, the library board will accept any library book, no matter how long past due, without charging fines. This offer will be good only until the library is reopened. Books may be left at the library or the CWA office near by. DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS. Ed Shea, governor of Lions In ternational for the Oregon district, was a Heppner visitor Monday. He was pleased to note the progressive and optimistic spirit displayed here in the celebration of the bank open ing, and commended the spirit warmly. Mr. Shea was in the city in the morning, leaving for Pendle ton shortly after noon, and he ex pressed regret at not being able to meet with the local club, though he conferred with President McMurdo and other officers and commended the club on its good progress. Con ditions generally over his district are on the upgrade as reflected in the work of the service organiza tion, Mr. Shea said. BANK'S OPEIC feted ey corny $76,000 in Deposits Re ceived First Day; En tertainment Given. BANQUET DRAWS 200 Band Concert, Matinee, Dance At tract, While Many Shop; Good Will, Optimism Expressed. Morrow county welcomed the 17th office of the First National Bank of Portland with open arms when it opened its doors for business here Monday. Not alone with flowers and banquet did her people show appreciation, but with deposits to taling $76,000 at the close of the day's business the bank was In fact accorded a royal welcome. E. L. Morton, manager, Merle Becket, assistant manager, and Miss Reita Neel, bookkeeper of the local bank were assisted in trans acting the opening day's business by outside members of the bank's firm including Dave Bauman, as sistant auditor, Guy N. Hickok and Grant Hemphill of the new busi ness department, all of Portland. Mr. Hickok and Mr. Hemphill re mained over for a few days to help in setting up the new business. E. B. MacNaughton, president, and J. H. Mackie, vice-president of the mother bank, arrived for the banquet in the evening, and C. C. Colt, vice-president arrived earlier in the day, greeting some of the bank's patrons during the day and was present also for the banquet In the evening. Members of the staff of the Pendleton and The Dalles branches were also present for the opening and attended the banquet Included were C. C. Clarkson, man ager; Will F. Glass and H. L. Clat tebos, assistant managers, and R. F. Mollner, Ray Hester, Joe Light Oscar Schultz, Floyd Wilshire and Gerald Wade, all of Pendleton; and Eugene Courtney, manager, and Mrs. Courtney, of The Dalles. Flowers Profuse. The day was marked throughout by the more than usual trading ac tivity stimulated by special, offer ings of local stores in honor of the occasion. A profusion of beautiful flowers, token of good wishes from business interests of the county, adorned the bank lobby and gave charm to the banquet tables when the outstanding event of the day, presided over by Judge C. L. Sweek as toastmaster, engendered more good feeling among the 200 folks seated at the tables in the base ment of the Christian church. A much appreciated feature of the day was the concert given in front of the bank at 1:30 by the Heppner school band under the di rection of Harold Buhman. The band gave an enjoyable half-hour concert in spite of the chilly atmos phere and attracted a large crowd. Their participation brought words of pride and commendation on ev ery hand. At 3 o'clock many folks took advantage of the matinee showing of Mauice Chevalier in "The Way to Love," at the Star theater, and a public dance at the Elks hall, which attracted a capac ity crowd, wound up the day's ac tivities. Confidence Expressed. In addressing the folks at the banquet, President MacNaughton expressed appreciation of the good reception given the local branch and reiterated comments made on announcing the proposed opening, at which time he said, "The First National Bank of Portland has long wished to make its services state wide. The branch banking legisla tion of last spring made it possible for us to extend our banking facil ities into communities over the state where the services of this institu tion are most needed. We are par ticularly glad to add our ninth out-of-town branch in a district where a convenient bank has been so much needed. Establishment of this branch demonstrates our con fidence in the future of the wheat, cattle and sheep industries on which Heppner depends and our belief in returning prosperity for farmers and ranchers of eastern Oregon." Mr. MacNaughton's talk was giv en in response to the address of welcome by Gay M. Anderson, may or of Heppner, in which Mr. Ander son expressed appreciation of the bank's coming and what it signifies toward better times for the com munity, bespeaking also success for the new bank. The program opened with invocation and closed with benediction by Joel R. Benton, min ister of the Church of Christ Oth er speakers included Mr. Colt and Mr. Morton on behalf of the bank, and S. E. Notson t'i J. G. Barratt, Heppner; H. E. Peterson, Eight Mile; Miss Dona Barnett, Lexing ton; Mrs. Bert Mason and A. E. Johnson, lone, and R. A. Thompson, Heppner, all of whom expressed ap preciation of their respective com munities on having banking facil ities again conveniently located within the county. Other visiting bankers were introduced by the toastmaster. Miss Lucy Spittle, lone, and Laurel Beach, Lexington, were well received In vocal solos which added much pleasure to tho entertainment Miss Eula McMll lan was accompanist. The ladles of (Continued on Fig Four)
