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Volume 50, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 12, 1934
Subscription $200 a Year
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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
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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.