SOCIETY C R - ..,i-.i'i- Volume 50, Number 18. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 12, 1934 Subscription $200 a Year CJ. CITY'S FIRST Pioneer for Whom Rhea Creek Named, Dies at Home of Son. FUNERAL TOMORROW Native of Missouri Came to Oregon at Age of Seven; Settled in This County in 1864; Aged 89. The first man to build a home on Rhea creek, from whom it took its name, and founder of the First Na tional bank of Heppner, the city's first bank, Columbus A. Rhea, died at the home of his son, Curtis Rhea, near Stanfleld yesterday afternoon at the age of 89 years, 2 months and 3 days. Funeral services have been an nounced for 2 o'clock tomorrow af ternoon from the Masonic hall here, Joel R. Benton, Christian minister, officiating. Among the county's first citizens when Morrow county was in its in fancy, Mr. Rhea has been retired for many years, making his home part of the time at Heppner and part of the time with children else where, but the ruggedness of con stitution which once made him a leader among pioneers of the sec tion, sustained him well beyond the allotted three score and ten, and he enjoyed quite good health up to the last few years. The following sketch of the life history of Mr. Rhea is taken from a history of Morrow county writ ten by W. S. Shiach in 1902: " TIs a trait of human nature to admire one who has been found to possess within himself the force and spirit to conquer difficulties, overcome obstacles and achieve success in any defined line of en deavor despite every adverse cir cumstance. Possessed of our full share of this hero-worshipping spirit, we have always experienced a thrill of pleasure when It has fallen to our lot to chronicle the achievements of one who belongs to the conquering class, and such pleasure is ours in approaching the life history of him whose name ap pears above. Like most other men In this new west, Mr. Rhea has turned his mind to the pursuit of material success with the result that he Is now one of the richest men in eastern Oregon. "But to be more specific, our sub ject was born in Jackson county. Missouri, on the 8th day of May, 1845. Destiny seems to have in tended him for pioneership In the west, however, and when seven years of age he was brought by his parents to the vicinity of Eugene, in Lane county, Oregon, the jour ney being accomplished by the aid of the slow-moving, yet patient and faithful, ox-team. . The ensuing twelve years of Mr. Rhea's life were devoted mostly to obtaining Mr. Rhea's educational discipline, then, in 1864, he came to the territory now known as Morrow county and began the battle of life. His first home was on Rhea creek, so named in his honor, and the business which engaged his attention was the lu crative one of stock raising. At first he operated under the direc tion of his father, but when years of sulllcient maturity had been at tained and a knowledge of the bus iness acquired, he embarked therein on his own behalf. He is now the owner of over seven thousand acres of land, also of large herds of cat tle and sheep. These are now in the care of other men, and Mr. Rhea's time and talent are being devoted to the First National bank of Heppner, of which he is the founder and animating spirit. He enjoys the distinction of being the oldest resident of what now con stitutes Morrow county still living, and it is but fair to add that dur ing the many years of his residence here he has been an honored citi zen and a forceful factor in every progressive movement. "On January 22, 1868, in the Wil lamette Valley, Oregon, our sub ject married Miss Emmaline So- phronia Adklns, a native of Missou ri and a granddaughter of the man whose name is commemorated by the city of Kirksvilie. She died on May 12, 1900, leaving eight children namely: Lillle, now the wife of George Conser, of Heppner; Ella, wife of Wilson Brock, a druggist at Pendleton; E. W., a merchant in Heppner; Josie, wife of N. Jones, a resident of Idaho; Ada, wife of Charles Curtis, of Morrow county; Lena, Curtis and Carl. "Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Rhea is a prominent Royal Arch Mason. His parents died at the old home place on Rhea creek and their remains are buried in the Heppner cemetery. He was builder of the first house on Rhea creek and remained there during all the Indian troubles." Surviving members of Mr. Rhea's family are Mrs. Josie Jones of Heppner, Mrs. Ella Brock of Pen dleton, Waldon of Redmond, Cur tis of Stanfleld, and Carl of Port land. CATTLE SHIPPED. Eight carloads of beef cattle from the Interior were shipped from the local yards for Portland Saturday evening. Chance Wilson of Monu ment was with the cattle. IONE Ey MARGARET BLAKE A number of local baseball fans drove to Condon last Friday to see the baseball game between the Wheatland league and the House of David nine. Werner Rietmann, Norman Everson, Larry Ritchie and Joe Engleman were players from lone who took part in the game. Others from here who were spectators were Jack Farris, Ern est Christopherson, Burl Akers, John Louy, Oscar Cochran, Walter Eubanks, E. R. Lundell, Harvey Ring, Lon McCabe, Bert Mason, A. E. Johnson, Mrs. M. Johnson, Miss Olga Johnson and Mrs. Werner Rietmann. Ralph Jackson, warehouseman of Lexington, was in lone a short time on Tuesday. Mrs. R. W. Brown and Miss Zada Brown with Mrs. R. W; Lieuallen spent several days last week at the Lieuallen farm. Mrs. Lieuallen is recovering slowly from her serious illness of last week but finds it nec essary to remain near her physician in Portland until her recovery is more complete. On last Friday evening a large group of friends gathered at the Legion hall and surprised Mr. and Mrs. David Rietmann with a mis cellaneous shower. As the bride and groom entered the hall they were grabbed and made the princi pals of a clever mock wedding. A few stunts were then enjoyed after which the bride opened her gifts which were both useful and beau tiful. Mrs. Delia Corson gave a reading, "Teammates," then every one enjoyed dainty refreshments of punch and cookies. A few quad rilles were danced and the guests departed for their homes after wishing the guests of honor many years of happiness. Willows grange will hold their business meetings during the sum mer months on the fourth Sunday of each month instead of the fourth Saturday evening. The meetings will be called to order at 1:30 p. m. on the fourth Sundays until the Oc tober meeting or until further no tice of a change is given. Among those attending Pomona grange at Boardman last Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cool, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heliker and Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lundell of Willows grange. Mrs. Mattie Morgan has been ap pointed to gather sales slips from the grange members in and around lone for the Oregon Grange Bulle tin sales contest. It will be great ly appreciated if the members will cooperate by turning their slips over to Mrs. Morgan as soon as possible after the first of each month. Mrs. Elmer Griffith departed on last Wednesday night for Eugene where she will visit her brother, George Goodall and family for a short time. Delbert (Slim) Emert had the misfortune to have his combine and about five hundred acres of stand ing wheat destroyed by fire last Saturday morning. A strong wind was blowing which whipped straw and chaff near enough the exhaust of the combine motor to catch fire. The combine travelled some dis tance with bits of burning straw setting fires along the field before it was noticed. Fortunately the wind was In the right direction so the crew had time to unhitch the team before they became fright ened. The combine is considered ruined beyond repair. No Insurance was carried on either combine or standing grain. Miss Bernice Ring who has spent several weeks visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rowell, at Stanfleld returned home Sunday evening. Mrs. Louis Bergevin was pleas antly surprised last week by a short visit from her sister, Mrs. George Burr, and her niece, Miss Roberta Wright, both of Haines. Roland Bergstrom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Bergstrom, was op erated on for appendicitis at Hepp ner last Saturday. He is reported to be recovering nicely from the operation. W. F. and John Honey of Gresh am were in lone on business last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Martin (Helen Smouse) of Moro are the proud par ents of a seven-pound son, Robert LeRoy, born on July 5. On Satur day, Mrs. H. V. Smouse accompan ied by Kenneth and Shirley Smouse (Continued on Page Four) MAHRTS TO PENDLETON. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mahrt ate moving to Pendleton where Mr. Mahrt will have the Delco business in Umatilla as well as Morrow county. This comes as a promotion to Mr. Mahrt who has been an out standing salesman for the Delco company for several years. Mr. Mahrt will work with Smythe-Bar-thel company, distributors for all of eastern Oregon, and Mrs. Mahrt will assist In the display room where a complete line of plants, pumps, ra dios, appliances and all Delco pro ducts will be kept in stock. They will also continue the sale and ser vice of the Frlgldaire. Leah, who is spending the summer at Browns ville will join them for school. LAMB SHIPMENT MADE. Thirteen carloads of lambs were shipped from the local yards Mon day evening consigned to H. F. Pat terson, Billings, Mont. Frank Wil kinson, McNamer & Thompson, R. A. Thompson' and W. H. French were among the shippers. Some of the lambs were in prime condition, one lot belonging to R. A. Thomp son averaging 87 pounds. It was expected these would go straight on through to market at Fargo, S.D, Doctor and Son Welcomed Home From Trip by Lions Dr. A. D. McMurdo, retiring pres ident, and son Scott were welcomed home by the Lions at the club's Min cheon Monday, the doctor and son having arrived home on Friday from a month's trip to the east which took them to the doctor's old home near Charlottesville, Va. One of the main objectives of the trip was a reunion of the class of 1909, of which the doctor is a member, at the University of Virginia at Char lottesville. Both doctor and son reported an enjoyable trip, made most of the way by train, but which included an airplane ride from Chicago to Rochester, Minn., on the way home. The side trip was made for a visit to the famous Mayo brothers' clinic at Rochester, where they met Dr. Charles Mayo and enjoyed a visit with old-time friends of Dr. Mc Murdo's. Two days were spent in Chicago on the way home to take in the world's fair. The doctor reported the weather very hot much of the time, but one afternoon while in Chicago a northwest wind came up from over Lake Michigan causing the temperature to drop 30 degrees within an hour and giving delight ful relief from the heat The doctor reported many chan ges about his old home town with many changes and improvements about the university campus, and numerous new highways which gave a different appearance to the landscape. Changes withal were for the better and denoted much progress since he was last there some 21 years ago. More than 400 alumni were present at the univer sity festivities, and a goodly rep resentation of the doctor's old class mates who enjoyed a dinner at one of the leading clubs of the city. A stop was made in Washington, D. C, for a tour of the city which presented a bustle of activity with the new building programs under way. While there is still a large amount of unemployment in the east, the people with whom the doc tor came in contact were generally optimistic. A full report of the trip will be given the Lions at the next meeting by Scott, who had not had time to get his material in shape for pres entation Monday. Announcement was made of the standing committees for the year by C. J. D. Bauman, president F. D. Cox Attends Funeral Of Brother at Monmouth F. D. Cox of Hinton creek re turned Tuesday night from Inde pendence, Oregon, where he was called to attend the funeral of his brother, John Cox, who passed away at his home at Arlie, Oregon, on Thursday of last week. He was accompanied by Mrs. Cox and their daughter, Mrs. Gussie Mays of Lex ington. Services were held at the Keeney Funeral Home in Independence on Saturday at 11:00 a. m., Rev. Wil lard A. Elkins officiating. Inter ment was in the K. of P. cemetery at Monmouth. Mr. Cox furnished us with the following short obituary of his brother. John Cox was born in Silverton, Oregon, July 1, 1849, and it was there that he grew to manhood and on May 25, 1878, was united in mar riage to Mattie Beeman, and to this union four children were born, two of whom survive. One year after their marriage they moved to In dependence and Mrs. Cox was call ed to her reward in 1887. On De cember 10, 1900, Mr. Cox was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary A. Dod son and In 1909 they moved to the farm near Arlie where the remain der of his life was spent. He united with the Christian church more than fifty years ago and has lived a devout Christian life. He passed on July 5, 1934, at the age of 85 years and 3 days, leaving to mourn his going his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Mabel McSorley of Salem, and one son, Fred of Independence, also two step-daughters and two step sons, Mrs. Harriet E. Souer and Mrs. Marie Morgan of Portand, J. D, Dodson of Corvallis and C. E. Dodson of Monmouth; two broth ers, Sol of Independence and Frank lin D. of Heppner. There are also 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. J. O. Turner Named Head District Bar Association J. O. Turner, local attorney and state representative, was elected president of the Sixth District Bar association at a meeting of the as sociation in Pendleton Monday morning. Mr. Turner, S. E. Notson and Vawter Parker were in attend ance from here. Morrow county received Its full share of honors In election of offi cers for the ensuing year, with Mr. Notson chosen as one of the dele gates to the American Bar associa tion convention to be held at Mil waukie, and J. J. Nys named as member of the executive commit tee. Vawter Parker, who recently opened his law office here, was ad mitted to membership in the asso ciation. VACATION SCHOOL TO CLOSE. The vacation bible school which has been held for two weeks at the Episcopal church will close Friday. Wuly 13, with a program In the af ternoon at 3 o'clock. Parents of the children are cordially invited to attend this program which will be under the direction of Miss Mar tha Dabney Jones of Klamath Falls. Miss Catherine Peterson and Miss Jones are conducting the school FOREST DRYNESS INCREASES RISK 200-Acre Fire on Dry Creek Re ported; Extreme Care Urged; Emergency Crew Manned. Exceedingly low humidity and the dry condition of the forest have increased the fire hazard in the lo cal division of the Umatilla Nation al forest, reports F. F. Wehmeyer, ranger in charge, who urges all for est visitors to be extremely careful, and to thoroughly observe all fire regulations. Mr. Wehmeyer reported Tuesday that to date only four fires had oc curred in the reserve, with four other fires on state land outside the reserve. The largest of the reserve fires, covering 200 acres, happened last week on Dry creek. It proved especially stubborn due to numer ous fallen logs which made fighting difficult. The fire was started by lightning about two hours before dark. Because of the extreme hazard at this time, Mr. Wehmeyer is push ing the work of organizing emer gency fire crews In the various towns adjacent to the forest. Leslie Rasmussen has been put in charge of the crew at Heppner which will meet at Mr. Wehmeyer's office to morrow evening to receive instruc tion. Pomona Grange Meeting Saturday Well Attended By BEULAH B. NICHOLS Publicity Committee Chairman The Morrow County Pomona grange meeting which was held at Boardman Saturday was quite well attended. During the morning ses sion reports were read from all the Subordinate granges in the county except one, showing all to be In good condition. An open meeting was held in the afternoon at which time Senator Peter Zimmerman, independent candidate for governor, was the principal speaker, using as his sub ject, "Progressive Legislation Need ed in Oregon." Senator Zimmer man believes that the money ques tion is the cause of most of our troubles and he thinks that a state bank will go a long way toward solving our problems. In trying to show the need of a state banking system he stated that only recent ly one department of the state had to borrow money from a bank, pay ing a high rate of interest, because it was in need of fuids, while at the same time another--lTwirtment had large sums of money on deposit in the same bank, on which it was drawing a very small rate of In terest. A state bank would do away with this sort of thine We said that North Dakota has a state banking system and during the time it has been in existence It hna shown a profit every year, in fact it is sam to be the most profitable in stitution in the state. Mr. Zimmerman was in favor of the state income tax, without a property offset, and told of the fight he made in the senate to help de feat that offset He alsn fflvnra a graduated property tax. Hon. Walter M. Pierce, the other speaker of the afternoon interesting address entitled "As I see it. Mr. fierce said that he is the only man from the west on the agricutdral committee except a rep resentative of the fruit industry in California, most of the other mem bers being eastern business men. He explained the banking bill, which he said was only an emer gency measure. He reviewed the wheat production control man euro and thinks that it has improved things to some extent although he did not favor it at first He discussed the national budget and stated that it will be a problem to balance it, although he thinks it could be done this year by taking a billion dollars off inheritances and another billion from tax-exempt se curities. He said that the reason this is not done is because big busi ness in the east is still In control. He also touched lightly upon the unemployment situation. Before and between tho snonVoa several numbers were presented by the various subordinate granges, and Horace Addis gave an interest ing reading entitled, "The Young Man Who Waited," and another en titled "Ole Olsen's Verainn nf thn Courtship of Miles Standish." At the eveninc meetinp- n reanln- tion was read urging the home ec onomics committees to put on a program against the use of oleo margarine, to better the condition of the dairy industry. The resolu tion was aaoptea. CLINICS TO BE HELD LATER. Miss Margaret G-illis, public health worker with Oregon State Tuberculosis association, was in Heppner Monday helping to lay plans for a medical clinic for pre school children to be held before Lschool opens in the fall. While it was not possible to hold the clinic this month, Miss Gillis announced that both Dr. McMurdo and Dr. Gray, local physicians, offered their cooperation in staging the clinic, the exact time of which will be an nounced later. TURKEY TOUR SET. The Umatilla county agent's of fice has arranged for a turkey grow ers' tour at Hermiston on August 18. On the tour visits will be made to the farms of various turkeygrow- ers on the Hermiston project. In terested Morrow county growers are invited to join the tour. L. Van Marter Tops List At Merchandise Shoot L. Van Marter led all trap artists when he broke 94 out of 100 clay targets in the merchandise shoot staged by Heppner Rod & Gun club Sunday. Van Marter's 94 was high over all scores in the 50-target 16 yard and 50-target handicap events. Twenty shooters participated in the two events, three of whom were from Pilot Rock. Van Marter was tied for high gun in the 16-yard event by Glen Hayes, each breaking 49, and he bowed to George Done of Pilot Rock in the handicap. Done broke 46 in this event for first while Van Marter dropped into a third-place tie at 45 with Dr. J. H. McCrady and Am brose Chapin. Second place went to Charles H. Latourell who for feited first place honors because he failed to finish the first string started, but who finished with a 47. Merchants and other business men of the city provided a large array of prizes, permitting all who participated to win something. Mr. Latourell, president, extends the warm appreciation of the club for the fine cooperation received in the giving of prizes. Winners in the class events were ; A Glen Hayes 49, L. Van Marter 49, Chas. Latourell 47, Dr. A. D. McMurdo 46, Adam Knoblock 44. B Earl Warner 47, Dr. J. H. Mc Crady 45, Luke Bibby 41, George Done 40, Ambrose Chapin 39. C Homer Hayes 42, Gene Fergu son 40, A. Gill 35, Richard Hayes 31, Ed Bennett 31. Handicap scores in order finished were George Done 46, Chas. Lat ourell 47, Dr. J. H. McCrady 45, L. Van Marter 45, Ambrose Chapin 45, Earl Warner 43, Dr. A. D. Mc Murdo 41, Glen Hayes 38, Jap Craw ford 37, Luke Bibby 37, Rod Thom son 35, A. Gill 33. P. Mahoney 33, Gene Ferguson 30, Riley 22. I. O. 0. F. Lodges Install At Lexington Meeting Lexington I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges were hosts last Saturday evening to Heppner and lone lodges for joint installation of officers of the three lodges. Special invitation had been extended for all Oddfellow lodges of the county to join, but Hardman and Morgan were unable to attend. A large attendance of members from the three towns was present. Following the installation supper was served and a social hour enjoyed. John J. Wightman, dis trict deputy grand master, and Mrs. R. C. Phelps, district deputy presi dent, were grand installing officers and Mrs. Kate Swendig of Heppner and Lee Howell of lone were in stalling officers. Following are the officers installed for the local lodges: Rebekahs: Ann Wightman, no ble grand; Nora Neill, vice grand; Lillian Turner, secretary; Sadie Sigsbee, treasurer; Ella Benge, warden; Clara Beamer, conductor; Charlotte Gordon, R. S. N. G.; Flor ence Paul, L. S. N. G.; Alice Gentry, R. S. V. G.; Hilma Anderson, L. S. V. G.; Millie Doolittle, inside guard; Opal Ayers, outside guard; Olive Frye, chaplain; Kate Swendig, mu sician. Oddfellows: Ralph Beamer, no ble grand; Oral Scott, vice grand; E. L. Ayers, secretary; J. L. Yeager, treasurer; Harold Ayers, warden; A. J. Chaffee, conductor; Jeff Jones, R. S. N. G.; Adam Knoblock, L. S. N. G.; M. L. Case, R. S. V. G.; Aus tin Devin, L. S. V. G.; Frank E. Parker, inside guard; Albert Ad kins, outside guard; R. C. Phelps, chaplain; Ernest Hunt, right scene supporter; George McDuffee, left scene supporter. Fellow Officers, Friends, Felicitate L. W. Briggs At the court house Tuesday af ternoon the office force helped Leon W. Briggs, county treasurer, cele brate his birthday. His daughter Miss Opal Briggs, brought in some ice cream and his brother officials were called in to Share it with him and tendered their congratulations. In the evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Briggs, members of the men's class of the Methodist Sunday school with their families and a few friends came together for a social time and to extend feli citations. The birthday cake which was served with apricot ice cream as part of the refreshments, was made by Ralph Taylor, grandson of Mr. Briggs, and was pronounced ex cellent; this was the lad s second attempt at cake baking and his work was highly complimented. Ap ricots flavoring the ice cream were from a tree on the Briggs home place. Mr. Briggs has a niece by marriage in Washington, D. C, Mrs. C. A. Briggs, who, he informs us, celebrates her birthday on the same day, July 10th. INVITATION EXTENDED. Morrow County Pomona grange extends an invitation to everyone in Morrow county to attend a fare well picnic in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Smith, to be held next Sunday, July 15, at the Harry Cool ranch near lone. It will also be a reception to the new county agent, Joe Ballenger, who Is ex pected to be in the county by that time. NEW BI S MAN HERE. John Conwell, with Inland Tran sit Lines, Inc., has taken over the operation of the Heppner-Pendle-ton-Arllngton run of the lines, suc ceeding Clair Cox who has been In charge of the run for more than a year. Cole Madsen, manager of the lines, was here last night from Wal lowa lake to complete negotiations. LEXINGTON By BEULAH B. NICHOLS. Quite a number of grange mem bers from this end of the county at tended the meeting of Morrow County Pomona grange at Board- man Saturday. The cars started out the road from lone but after going about sixteen miles they encountered such a severe sand storm that it was impossible to see the road so were forced to return to lone and go by way of Heppner Junction. One car attempted to go on through but got off the road and became stuck In the sand and had a very difficult time getting out, so we are told. The regular monthly meeting of Lexington grange will be held Sat urday evening, July 14. Preceding the business meeting there will be an interesting program given under the direction of Miss Frances Troedson. The public is Invited to the program. Mrs. Roy Johnson is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. C. P. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke Jackson and Mrs. Dorothy Wilbur of Salem were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jack son last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Henderson returned Monday evening from a week's vacation spent at Mossy Rock, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allyn of lone were calling on Lexington friends Sunday. W. J. Hoffer of Arlington, H. Boyd of The Dalles and W. Karen of Portland, all with the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph company, were business visitors in this city Tues day. About seventy-five officers were installed at a joint meeting of the I. O. O. F. and Rebekah lodges of Heppner, Lexington, lone and Mor gan at Lexington Saturday night Ray McAlister is the new noble grand of the Lexington I. O. O. F. lodge and Mary McMurtry is the noble grand of the Lexington Re bekahs. Mrs. J. G. Johnson and Mrs. R. B. Rice were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Harry Duvall. Miss Irene Tucker is spending the week with her cousin, Miss Alena Redding, at her Eight Mile home. Miss Edna Rauch has returned from Echo where she attended a school in preparation for confirma tion. Miss Vera Breshears came home Saturday from a visit with friends at Spray. George Tucker came up from Oregon City and spent the Fourth of July with relatives. When he re turned home Friday he was accom panied by Mrs. Tucker and their baby daughter who have been visit ing here for the past three weeks. Mrs. Wilbur Steagall has return ed to her home here after spending a week at Ditch creek ranger sta tion with Mr. Steagall. Orville Cutsforth is drilling a well at his elevator below the depot. Alma Van Winkle and Delpha Merritt returned from Portland Saturday. They were met at Ar lington by Alma's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Van Winkle. Alma has been working in Portland since the close of school last spring and Del pha Merritt has been visiting rela tives in the city for several weeks. Mrs. J. G. Cowins and daughters, Ruth and Rae, of Heppner were guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Al lyn last week. Mrs. Lucy Pointer of Reno, Nev., and Mrs. Gladystine Mikesell of Toppenish, Wash., are visiting with their mother, Mrs. Nettie Davis, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and family spent Sunday pic nicking at Lehman springs. Alex and Arthur Hunt made a business trip to Echo Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harbke of Portland were looking after busi ness interests here last week. NO DANGER FROM CHLORINE. W. E. Pruyn, watermaster, re ceived a letter this week from Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, in regard to use of chlorine in water. Dr. Strieker said, "You can assure the water users that there is no danger to animal or plant life due to use of chlorine in water in the ordinary doses used. It has been used in the fish hatcheries without any danger to fish life which is probably the most sensitive form of life we have in the water. Chlorinated water is used by mil lions of people throughout the coun try and up to the present time no harmful effects have been pro duced." OFFICE OPEN HOCR ONLY. While Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school superintendent, is absent at Salem and Portland to attend meet ings of school heads at these places, as reported last week, the office here will be open from 1:00 to 2:30 each afternoon instead of from 11:30 to 2:30 as reported, with Mrs. Frances Case in charge. The first of ttw meetings to be attended by Mrs. Rodgers, that of county school superintendents of the state, open ed at Salem today. OFFICE OPEN SUNDAY. R. B. Rice, chairman of the allot ment committee for Morrow Coun ty Wheat Production Control asso- ciation, will be at the county agent's omce Sunday between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. to accommodate those contracting farmers who have not signed tholr compliance papers. All such farmers are urged to get their papers signed as soon as pos sible. Paul Webb who has extensive land holdings In this county, has been here tor a few days this week from his Walla Walla home. illTI DICE OPENS RODEO TIME New Floor, Peppy Music Slated to Start Off Race for. Queen. PLANS WELL IN HAND Carnival, Band Signed; Parade to be Good Feature; Arena Events Added; Good Purges Offered. Plans for a bigger and better Heppner Rodeo, Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1, are beginning to take defin ite form, with all committees ap pointed early last month getting their work well in hand. Officially opening the Rodeo sea- . son will be the queen nominating dance at the open air pavilion here Saturday night The nominating dance will be followed by a series of dances, the schedule and all de tails of which will be worked out at a meeting of the local committee with representatives of the commu nities sponsoring queen candidates. This meeting will be held at 8 o' clock Saturday evening at the Elks hall. Granges of the Lena, Lexington, lone and Rhea Creek communities are sponsoring candidates for queen who will be introduced Saturday evening. As last year, the candidate receiving the most votes in the popular voting will be queen, the other candidates to be her attend ants during the show. For Saturday's nominating dance Chief White and his popular Indian dance band of Lewiston, Idaho, will play. This dance will christen the fine new floor in the open air pa vilion, now undergoing finishing touches. A brand new fir floor has been laid in the pavilion since the May 29 flood. It is being sanded, varnished and waxed, making one of the best dancing floors in the county. In addition to the new floor, other finishing touches have been given the pavilion, making it bright and clean throughout. The event promises to be a gala affair, a fitting opening for the improved pavilion, and a royal send-off for the bevy of popular young ladies In their good will race for the throne of Rodeodom. Much stress is being placed again this year on the Parade of the Old West for Saturday. C. W. Smith, parade committee chairman, an nounces prizes of $30, $20 and $10 for the first, second and third best organization floats, with many mer chandise prizes for various other types of entries. The parade pre mium list will be out soon. The last two years Saturday's parade has been one of the most enjoyable features of the Rodeo, and the same spirit of cooperation added to ex perience gained in the past should make it better still this year. Already arrangements have been made to provide rides for the kid dies, with the Schmidt Amusement company of Portland signed up to bring a merry-go-round, ferris wheel and an additional ride. They will also have shows and other car nival concessions. The Heppner school band will provide music at all times. The list of events for the show it self has been prepared and will be off the press in a few days. Besides the $1500 to be given as cash prizes all entrance fees in the various events will be added to the purses, making an attractive offer to the best of rodeo talent The local show has gained a reputation for fairness in past years, and this year with' dates set not to conflict with other shows in this section of the coun try there is certain to be plenty of competition in all events. Especial ly attractive are the $100, $60 and $40 purses offered for the first three places in the bucking contest, which. with the $2.50 entrance fee added for day money will make a nice bit of pocket change for this event. Bareback riding is put in a reg ular event to be run as a contest; this year, and another new event, an amateur calf roping contest, has been added to give more of the boys a chance to get into the money. All of the race events of last year have been retained, of which the Morrow County derby, a three-quarter-mile race on Saturday, will again be the big finale. Purses for this event will be $60. $40 and $20 in addition to the $7.50 entrance fee. General rules governing the show have been adopted as follows: 1. The management reserves the right to make any changes neces sary for the benefit of either the contestants or of the management. 2. The management will select competent judges and their decision will be final. 3. Contestants or others will be ejected from the grounds and be barred from all events for any of the following offenses: being un der the influence of Intoxicants, rowdyism, quarrelling with the judges or officials, or for any other reason deemed sufficient by those in authority. 4. The management will not tol erate cruel or Inhuman treatment of stock by contestants or helpers. 5. Contestants and participants assume all risk to person or stock while upon Rodeo grounds. The management extends an Invitation to all, but only on conditions stated. Still fireworks left. Harry Wells.