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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1935)
tHMlimilllllMHIIII VVOOLGROWERS SOUVENIR EDITION HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, MONDAV JANUARY 14, 1935 IIHMMIIIttMIMIIIIIIHIIIItMIMIIHIIIIIMMIIimiMIIMIIttHII IIIIIIIIIMIII1MIIIIIIIMIIIMIII IHtMinMIMIMMtll MltMHIIIMMItlllMIHlllHIMMItlMIIII Page Five IllltltllUltlllt .What's Wrong With This Picture? 7 wn vx rc.JVsJS: 7"?f re uas a fi'me, before the day of Oregon Woolgrowers Association, when a cattleman wouldn't have tolerated sheep in his barnyard Story Behind the Picture Maybe the picture of Heppner with sheep grazing in the fore ground, repeatedly confronting convention visitors, is not the best picture in the world, but it is a source of deep satisfaction to Gar net Barratt and Joe Belanger. The idea of taking the picture was conceived by Mr. Barratt last spring, and intentions were to get it at that time when the green sward would serve to better con trast the lightness of the sheep. One thing and another happened to prevent, and the sheep went off to summer range in Montana. Mr. Belanger had agreed to shoot the picture. And after the sheep returned this fall arrange ments were again made to obtain it. Joe got the camera from the state college, and instructed Gar net to have the sheep come around the hill at a time when he would be free to make the shot. The first day set upon was blus tery and cold, but both Joe and Garnet were determined. Joe got his camera set and awaited the sheep. They moved slowly into the teeth of the biting wind, and Joe had a long wait. Finally they came. But before they were in position, a heavy fog drifted down the canyons and en veloped the valley, cutting off view of the city entirely. The fog was followed by nothing less than a blizzard, as wind-driven snow began to descend in quanti ties. Garnet had joined Joe in the meantime, and together they braved the elements, await ing a respite whence a view might once more be had. It came not. The next day the elements were a bit kinder, and the shot was taken from which your conven tion picture was made. It was finally obtained just two weeks ago. Rodeo Held Each Fall Sheepmen as well as catltemen get a thrill out of Heppner Rodeo, now in its fourteenth year, held each fall. The Rodeo field, serving also as athletic field for school and city, was made available largely through the generosity of the late L. V. Gentry, a large sheep oper ator. C. W. McNamer who served actively as its head for eleven years, is also a sheep operator. Henry Aiken is now president of the association and Len L. Gilliam is secretary. Directors include Herb French, Louis Bergevin, Ed win Hughes, Earl Eskelson and Earl Gordon. WE FIRST CAME TO THIS SECTION IN 1884 and for 30 years have served in the mercantile business. Our relationships with the sheep in dustry in this time have been very enjoyable. GREETINGS TO OUR VISITORS Hughes p Hughes SAM and HANSON SHOE REPAIRING NEATLY DONE Gontys Shoe Store HEADQUARTERS FOR SHOES, HOSIERY AND ACCESSORIES FOR OVER 25 YEARS, WISHES THE Woolgrowers Welcome! B. P. W. Luncheon Set for Tomorrow Visiting ladies will be guests tomorrow noon of Heppner Busi ness and Professional Women's club for noon luncheon at Hotel Heppner. Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superintendent and past president of the club, will be the toastmistress. Special musical numbers will include piano solos by Mrs. J. 0. Turner and Mary Lou Ferguson, and vocal solo by Mrs. John Turner. One of thi finest belts of yel low pine tin er in the United States lies in the Blue mountains in the south nd of Morrow coun ,ty. Ripe and ready for cutting, it is now beinf: touched by only a few small mi Is. $- - Get-Acquatnted Dance Event Thi ; Evening Heppner k.lge 358, B. P. 0. Elks is host t! is evening at their hall to all woolgrowers and ladies for a get-acquainted dancing par ty. Old-time and modern tunes will be intermingled in an attempt ' to satisfy all tastes. The local public has been in vited to attend this event to give home folks and visitors a chance to know each other. s-s , Frank Turner, chairman of the housing committee spent his youth as a sheepshearer. . He says he had a different form in the good old days. S Dale Wilder of South St. Paul Stock yards, is meeting friends and shippers of that market. 4mm ni V JSIf f I I pi ; EL u lETr -telsizL , 1 77 i ' 'rp-K; v m, IU'.' iv!vw H v - - ' " " "N4-" --fH, , 1 - ,r . ' , - j LAURENCE CASE MORTUARY "The Service You Want When You Need It Most" Pendleton Woolen Mill Mills at: Pendleton, Washougal and Eureka Garment Factory and Executive Offices at Portland An industry built on confidence in the production of sheep in Oregon The first woolen mill in the West was erected at Salem, Oregon, in 1859, its primary purpose being to furnish a market for the wool that was produced in this territory. The Grandfather of the present owners of the Pendleton Woolen Mills was employed in the Salem mill as an expert manufacturer. The present organization had its beginning in Pendleton many years ago as a small scouring mill, conceived by its founders as a means to lessening the transpor tation cost on the raw wools to Eastern textile mills. At this time the Pendleton mill and its affiliates are consuming more than five million pounds each year of wools grown in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and the manufactured products of these mills are sold in all sections of the country. We are proud not only of our own achievement but of the achievement of Oregon's great sheep industry which has made our success possible. Greetings to Oregon Wool Growers 38th annual convention. PENDLETON WOOLEN MILLS, C. P. BISHOP, Pres.