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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dale Wilder of South St. Paul
Stock yards, is meeting friends
and shippers of that market.
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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.