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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
P U P. I C A '-' D I " - '
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Volume 52, Number 14.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 13, 1935
Subscription $2.00 a Year
CAPITOL FIRE WAS
DISGUISED
BLESSING
Treasurer Holman Gives
First Light to Fears
Before Held
BOARD PLANS TOLD
First-Hand Investigation of Con
ditions Being Made; Secretary
Honored at Arlington.
"Burning of the state capitol
building may have been a blessing
in disguise," asserted Rufus C. Hol
man, state treasurer, in his first
authorized public statement since
the disaster made in an Interview
given the Gazette Times when he
passed through the city Saturday
morning on the way to attend the
Eastern Oregon Stock show at Un
ion. "As unfortunate as it was for tax
payers, burning of the capitol pos
sibly averted a more direful catas
trophe," Mr. Holman observed.
"Should there again have been as
great a crowd present on upper
floors of the building as there was
the night of Governor Martin's in
augural, a collapse of the building
from overloading was amongst not
only the possibilities, but the proba
bilities. "It may not be generally known
that the old capitol was a wooden
structure with brick veneering. In
spection 10 or 12 years ago disclosed
dry rot in some of the timbers.
Though this was in part remedied,
the intervening time may have re
sulted in more deterioration.
"Many times I had noted that one
person running up the stairs caused
a vibration of the entire floor, and
I was extremely nervous the night
of the inaugural lest the upper
floors give way under the immense
amount of weight. People were
crowded in like sardines. The weight
approximated that of a pile of wheat
four feet deep covering the entire
floors.
"I later consulted an architect
concerning my fears of that night,
and he said they were well founded.
"The old building was also ex
pensive to operate .and inefficient
for carrying on state work. It was
extremely extravagant to heat and
ventilate. For Instance, the legisla
tive chambers were heated and ven
tilated 365 days out of the year
while they are presumably used
only 40 days every two years.
"The building was a poor work
shop, especially from the lighting
angle. Lighting from windows was
Insufficient, necessitating expensive
artificial lighting.
"About six weeks before the Are
I noted that every employee in my
office except one was wearing glass
es. The exception was a new clerk
who had been with us only a short
time, and he had asked for a leave
of absence to get his eyes tested. I
obtained the services of a lighting
expert to determine the trouble. He
ascertained that less than four can
dlepower feet of light was available
at each of the desks, saying that
twenty candlepower feet is the nor
mal requirement.
"I felt that the old vaults were
insecure, and because of that fact
had placed the bulk of state secur
ities in the vaults of the Ladd &
Bush bank. There were some $7,
000,000 of school loan securities in
the vaults of the State Land board,
and because I knew of these I per
sonally directed firemen to play the
water so as to protect this part of
the building. As a result not so
much as a postage stamp was lost.
Carpet and other office equipment
were saved and are being used in
the present offices. Aside from
slight water damage, our offices es
caped unscathed."
Mr. Holman was not prepared to
say what to do about replacing the
capitol, leaving it as a matter to be
determined by conference, study,
development and conclusion of the
entire board. He asserted' that the
capitol should be retained at Salem
on the present grounds. It is not
necessary for Oregon to have an
elaborate edifice such as those of
Washington and Pennsylvania, he
believed, saying that with the pres
ent modern facilities It seemed feas
ible to build the new capitol in units,
one unit to house the legislative
halls and other units to house the
executive and other offices. The
state has three workshops already,
and Mr. Holman said he believed in
utilizing what we have,
The state treasurer regretted the
unfortunate result from blasting the
capitol walls recently. It is inevi
table that window glasses are some
times broken by blasts, he said.
"In tearing down the walls, the
board did not take precipitate or
hurried action. The move was
authorized only after thorough in
vestigation by competent engineers
and architects who advised that
many of the bricks were not thor
oughly baked originally and that
many places were found where mor
tar had crumbled away between
them. The walls could not be sal
vaged and had to come down to
make room for development and to
protect life.
On his way to Union Mr. Holman
made stops to visit state institutions
at The Dalles and Pendleton. He
expected to be back in Salem Mon
day for a meeting of the board of
control, and It was expected the
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LAND BANK DROPS
LOAN INTEREST
Reduction to S'A Percent Until July
1, 1936, Walvure Principal
Payments Announced.
Morrow county farmers with a
total of more than a million dollars
in Federal Land bank loans will be
benefitted greatly by the Farm
Credit act of 1935, announces P. W.
Mahoney, secretary of the Hardman
National Farm Loan association.
The act provides for a reduction in
Interest rates to 3 percent until
July 1, 1936, on all land bank loans
made through farm loan associa
tions, both new and old. From July
1, 1936, until July 1, 1938, the in
terest rate will be 4 percent, and
thereafter the Interest rate set
forth on the face of each note will
prevail.
Loans now in effect call for in
terest payments of from iV to 6
percent, depending upon the time
of issuance.
In addition no payments on prin
cipal will be required until July 1,
1938. The act does not affect Land
Bank Commissioner loans in any
way. Estimating the average sav
ing of interest this year at 2 per
cent, Morrow county farmers will
be relieved of paying upwards of
$20,000 in interest, besides a large
amount in principal payments. In
view of extremely short crop pros
pects, the relief will be gladly re
ceived here.
Wm. T. McRoberts Dies;
Resident Here Since 1900
William T. MoRoberts, 55, resi
dent of Morrow county since 1900,
livery stable proprietor and stage
operator, died at Heppner hospital
late Thursday evening following a
brief illness. Funeral services were
held from the I. O. O. F. hall at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon in charge
of Phelps Funeral home, with Joel
R. Benton officiating. Willow lodge
66, of which he was a member, con
ducted the burial rites at Masonic
cemetery.
Mr. McRoberts was a native of
Missouri, being born at Hartsville,
November 5, 1879. Coming to this
county in 1900, he engaged In farm
ing for several years, later engag
ing in the livery stable business,
and for the last several years has
operated mail routes to various out
lying points. Always an Industri
ous worker, loyal husband and
father, Mr. McRoberts was a sub
stantial citizen, and the sympathy
of the community is extended the
bereft family.
Surviving are his wife, Stella; his
mother, Mrs. Caroline McRoberts,
Hartsville, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs.
Burl Corbin; five sons, William,
Ray, Lee, Ellis and Arlow; three
brothers, Marvin of Hartsville, Mo.,
Harve of Pine, Idaho, and Mick of
Boise, Idaho, and one sister, Mrs.
Joe Grimes of Hartsville, Mo.
SEE LOCUST MIGRATION.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford
and Mr. and Mrs. Hobart M. Lov
ett motored to Spokane and north
a few miles into Canada over the
week end. Going, a few miles north
of Pasco they saw a migrating Mor
mon locust horde. The insects were
thick on the highway and popped
like peanuts when run over. They
covered the sagebrush and jimhill
mustard and in a few moments af
ter they attacked a bush it was
stripped down to the hard stem.
Apparently they were cleaning the
landscape of verture as they went
The trip north was made by way the
the Grand Coulee and big dam. The
party enjoyed the mountain and
lake scenery north of Spokane, and
just as they reached Canada a
heavy rain and hail storm greeted
them. They returned home Sunday
evening by way of Lewiston, Idaho,
and the Lovett's departed this
morning for their home at Berkeley,
Calif.
SHOOTERS TO MEDFORD.
Heppner will be well represented
at Medford for the state P. I. T. A,
shoot, and shoot-off of the Oregon
Ian telegraphic tournament this
week end. Heppner-Pllot Rock
gunners placed first in the tele
graphic shoot which ended in April,
and will enter a five-man team to
compete for the trophy won by
Heppner the year of the tourna
ment's inception. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Latourell, Miss Alice Lat-
ourell and Mrs. Luke Blbby left
Monday to be -on hand for the event,
and Adam Knoblock, Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo, Dr. J. H McCrady, P. W.
Mahoney and Luke Bibby are oth
ers leaving this evening to be on
deck. Marion Hansell, crack shoot
er of the Pilot Rock club, is expect
ed to be at least one member of the
hyphenate's team to compete in the
Oregonlan division of the shoot.
HOLDING WOOL MEETINGS.
J. G. Barratt' arrived horne Fri
day from Montana where he went
with his sheep last week, and early
Monday morning left to help con
duct a series of woolgrowers' meet
ings in his capacity as president Or
egon Woolgrowers association. P.
M. Brandt of O. S. C. and Fred
Marshall, secretary of National
Wool Growers, are assisting in the
meetings being held at Baker,
Burns, Lakevicw, Condon and Fos
sil this week.. Mr. Barratt expected
to be at Canyon City the end of
the week for the Whisky Gulch
celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Musgrave of
Hardman were transacting busi
ness in the city yesterday.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Emanuel Nordyke, pioneer resi
dent of this community, died early
Thursday morning at Heppner hos
pital. He had been bedfast for only
about ten days although he had been
in failing health since he was burn
ed in a gasoline explosion several
years ago.
Mr. Nordyke was. born October
30, 1851, in Iowa, and died June 7,
1935, at Heppner, Qregon, at the
age of 83 years, 7 months and 8
days. In 1876 he was married to
Miss Viola Cochran in this county.
To this union four children were
born, one daughter and three sons.
He is survived by the daughter,
Mrs. Belle Hampell of Seattle, two
sons, Guy Nordyke of Kent, Wash.,
and Roy Nordyke of Ketchikan,
Alaska.
As a baby, in 1852, Mr. Nordyke
was brought across the plains by his
family from Iowa to the Willamette
valley. Then as a young man, in
his late teens, Mr. Nordyke came to
what is now Morrow county. Here
the family, home was maintained
for more than a quarter of a cen
tury. After a period away from
Morrow county, he returned to the
home section about 26 years ago
and has ever since made his home
here. He farmed in this county for
many years, and for a number of
years before retiring was engaged
in the garage business here.
Someone has written, "He who
would have friends must show him
self friendly;" and therein was the
essence of this man's Ufa He was
a kindly father, a true and loyal
citizen, and a real friend and neigh
bor. A number of farmers in this com
munity have started cutting right-of-ways
around their fields in prep
aration for harvest The wheat is
quite short this year and it is ex
pected that the yield will be lighter
than last year which was under
..hat of the average year.
An all day meeting was held at
the Chistian church Sunday when
J. R. Benton of Fort Benton, Mont,
preached in the morning and again
in the afternoon. A basket dinner
was a feature of the noon hour.
Lexington grange met Saturday
evening and elected twelve people to
membership in the order. Five pro
posals for membership were re
ceived. The grange decided to co
operate with the Morrow County
Grain Growers in staging a Fourth
of July celebration at lone. Joseph
Belanger and Mrs. R. B. Rice will
have charge of arrangements for
the program.
A special meeting of the grange
was announced for June 29 for the
purpose of initiating the new mem
bers who have been admitted into
the grange recently. The degree
team headed by J. O. Turner will
have charge of the initiation.
The silver loving cup which was
previously offered by the grange to
the Boy Scout doing the most out
standing scout work during the year
was awarded to Ellwynne Peck and
Danny Dinges who tied for the
honor in the final tests.
Sunday, June 23, was selected as
the date for the annual grange pic
pic to be held this year at Brown's
prairie. General arrangements are
in the hands of J. O. Turner and
Clarence Bauman who were the
captains of the losing side In the re
cent membership contest. This
group is expected to furnish the en
tertainmehnt which will probably
consist of a baseball game between
the winning and losing teams, as
well as other sports. All grange
members and their familes are cor
dially invited to attend the picnic.
An Interesting program preceded
the business meeting of the grange.
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IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Henry Aiken, who was with Mr.
and Mrs. John Hamley when the
Hamley car was hit by another car
in Pendleton about 1 o'clock Sun
day morning, escaped with head
bruises and slight laceration of the
forehead. Chipman Connerly, pas
senger In the other automobile
driven by S. B. Meade of Stanfield,
was killed instantly, and Harry
Martin, a comrade, received serious
injuries. The accident happened at
the north end of Main street near
the library and Christian church.
Mr. Aiken attended the coroner's in
quest in Pendleton Monday evening,
which pronounced the accident un
avoidable. The evening of the ac
cident Mr. Aiken had gone to the
Hamley home for lunch after the
Elks circus, and it was on the re
turn to town that the collision hap
pened. ARRIVES IN HONOLULU.
Honolulu, Hawaii. Josephine Ma
honey, 7 West Center St., Heppner,
arrived here recently aboard the
SS Malolo to spend a short vacation
at Walklki beach. She arrived in
time to see the spectacular Memor
ial Day parade when thousands of
soldiers and sailors stationed in this
part of America participated. Mrs.
Mahoney expects to remain in Hon
olulu until June 8 when she will
sail for home aboard the SS Lur
line. During her stay here she saw
the combined fleet of the navy
emerge from Pearl Harbor, largest
naval station In the United States,
prior to Its departure for Pacific
coast ports.
RODKO-FAIR MEETING SET.
Henry Aiken, Rodeo president,
announces a meeting of the Rodeo
and 4-H club fair committees for
Saturday, June 22. All who have
been assigned work In connection
with the events are asked to report
at that time. The meeting will be
at the county agent's office at 7 o'clock.
FINISH SURFACING
SPRAY HIGHWAY
Last of the gravel to complete
surfacing of the Heppner-Spray
road wag put in place yesterday
on the Hardman-ChapLn creek
sector, winding up the contract of
Fisher Bros. Grade for this sec
tor was completed early in the
spring, and surfacing of the six
miles had been in progress for
several weeks. Completing of the
road spells success to years of
effort by folks of this section, es
pecially to the work of the late
Robert J. Carsner and George
Bleakman who developed the or
iginal idea. Plans are being laid
to celebrate the road's completion
sometime after the 4th of July.
1!
E. 11-3
College Reinforcements
Help; BobTurner Al
lows Five Blows.
BUCKNUM RUSTLER
Ritche Succumbs to . Slugfest In
, Second Inning; Strong Arms
Assist Scoring.
TEAM STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet.
Fossil 9 0 1.000
Arlington 6 8 .667
Condon 6 S .667
Heppner . 3 6 .888
lone 2 7 .222
BJalock . 1 8 .111
Laat Sunday's Results: lone 8 at Hepp
ner 11, Arlington 2 at Condon 11, Fossil
8 at Blalock 1.
Where the Teams Play Next Sunday;
Heppner at Arlington, Blalock at lone,
Fossil at Condon.
A rejuvenated Heppner ball club
took lone to the cleaners, 11-3, on
the local lot Sunday. The addition
of Gordon Bucknum and Curtis
Thomson, just home from college,
and of Bob Turner, home from
Portland on a visit, seemed to in
spire the whole gang and one of
the snappiest games of the season
resulted.
Bob Turner went the route on
the mound, letting the lone lads
down with five h ts and no earned
runs. He obtained only two strike
outs in the doing, with stellar field
ing, and a goodly part of that by
Bucknum and C. Thomson, helping
to keep down the attacking batters.
Bucknum handled every chance in
the short patch for a total of six as
sists and three putouts, taking the
tough ones out of the dirt and peg
ging like a professional. "Curt"
also made some hard ones look easy
by glomming all chances in right
field. He erred once by picking up
a ground ball and heaving it high
over third base in an attempt to
catch a runner, but the way he
picked the ball up and got rid of it
made the error pardonable even
though it did result in two lone
scores.
"Curt's" brother Roderick, a reg
ular, appeared to catch some of the
kid brother's fire as he snapped
around second base with new "wim
and wigor." taking part in a hot
double play between Bucknum and
Lowell Turner on first, and swing
ing the big stick for a recorded
three hits in four trips up. On an
unrecorded trip he walked, and he
scored thrice.
With two exceptions all recorded
errors on either side were the re
sult of wild throwing. It was such
an lone spree in the first inning that
let Heppner off with a three-run
lead, and all the lone scores, one In
the second and two in the sixth
were accounted for largely by too
strong Heppner arms.
Five successive bingles by the
home lads in the second trip up, and
as many tallies by the time nine
batsmen had faced Larry Ritchie,
spelled that veteran's undoing. He
gave up the job In the third to
George Tucker who kept the locals
better in hand, allowing them but
one score each in the third, fifth and
seventh innings.
Sunday's games were the seml
windup of the Wheatland league
play, and next Sunday Heppner
goes to Arlington for the finale.
With Fossil securely in the lead
with a record of no defeats, main
interest lies in the race between
Arlington and Condon for second
place honors. They are now tied,
but Heppner must defeat Arlington
and Condon must tip over the
league leaders, if the latter are to
gain undisputed possession of the
berth.
Box score and summary:
HKPPNER AB R H O A E
R. MusHoy, 1 5 8 8 -2 0 0
Hucknum, s 4 1 2 8 6 0
R. Thomson, 2 4 8 8 2 8 1
I,. Turner, 1 6 1 2 9 0 0
Hiiyes, m 6 0 1 2 0 0
Ferguson, 8 6 0 110 1
C. Thomson, r 5 0 0 4 0 1
B. Massey, c 4 12 8 12
R. Turner, p 8 2 114 0
Totals 40 11 16 27 14 6
IONE
Tucker, 1-p 8 0 0 1 5 1
Akers, 2 4 112 0 1
Kngolman, m 4 1 2 8 0 0
F. Lundell, 8 0 12 10
Rietmann, 8 4 1 0 0 3 0
Swnnson, 1 3 0 1 9 0 0
N. Lundell, r 8 0 0 1 0 0
Morgan, c 8 0 0 6 0 2
Ritchie, p-1 8 0 0 0 8 1
Totals 30 8 5 24 12 5
Earned runs, lone 0, Heppner 6 : first
base on balls, off Turner 4, off Ritchie 1,
off Tucker 1 ; struck out by Turner 2, by
Ritchie 8, by Tucker 8 ; sacrifice bunt,
Bucknum ; two base hit, R. Thomson ;
double play, Bucknum to Thomson to L.
Turner. Umpires John Miller and Judge
Cnrmichael. ' Scorer, Jap Cawford.
I
IONE
By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
Miss Mary Janet Carlson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carlson,
became the bride of Mr. Thomas
Glenn Schoolcraft son of Mrs. Dora
Schoolcraft of Dilly, Ore., at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Hol
lingworth in Portland last Wednes
day evening, June 5. Rev. W. S.
Gordon read the service in the pres
ence of the immediate relatives and
a few close friends of the young
couple. Mr. and Mrs. Schoolcraft
both attended O. S. C. Mrs. School
craft graduated with the class of
1932. They departed on Thursday
for Casper, Wyoming, where they
will make their home.
Mrs. Victor Rietmann, Mrs. Ken
neth Blake and Mrs. George Tucker
were hostesses at a bridge luncheon
given in the social room of the Le
gion hall last Thursday. Six tables
were at play. Prizes were won by
Mrs. Clel Rea and Mrs. Omar Riet
mann. Miss Dorothy Arant of Portland,
graduate of Pacific university, has
signed a contract to teach in the
high school next year. Miss Bon
nie Ruth Thomson of Echo, grad
uate of E. O. N. S., will teach the
fifth and sixth grades and Miss
Loraine Reed of Mitchell will have
the primary grades.
Victor Rietmann will transport
the pupils on the Mankin-Smouse
route and all other routes will be
served by the same busses as last
year.
Mr. Trixie Lang and son of
Haines are visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Salter.
Dr. C. C. Chick of Hood River was
in town a short time on Friday. He
came up to bring Mrs. M. Jordan
home. She has been keeping house
for him during the vacation of Miss
Blanche Bristow who has been visit
ing relatives in British Columbia.
Mrs. Hazel Russell and son Rich
ard departed Saturday for a visit
in Portland and at San Jose, Cal.,
enroute to their home in Los An
geles. George Frank, city marshal, is
quite ill at the home of Mr: and
Mrs. Hobart Helms. Henry Clark
will assume his duties until he re
covers.
Mrs. Inez Freeland has gone to
Redmond to visit her daughter, Mrs.
t,lise Merntt
Norman Everson has gone to
Doris, Calif., where he will be em
ployed in a mill during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. McCurdy went
to Ritter last Friday, returning
home Saturday.
Mrs. Sarah Piggott and grand
daughter, Joan Sipes, have gone to
Sandpoint, Idaho, where they will
spend the summer with Mrs. Pig-
gott's daughter, Mrs. R. H,. Hoss.
Ernest Newton died at his home
in South Bend, Wash., last Tues
day. He was buried in a family
cemetery near Corvallis. Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mrs. Fred
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ELKS INSTALL TONIGHT.
Officers for the new year will be
installed at the regular meeting of
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks
this evening. C. J. D. Bauman, P.
E. R., will be installing officer. Of
ficers to be installed are Harry
Tamblyn, exalted ruler; Jasper
Crawford, esteemed leading knight;
Merle Becket, esteemed loyal
knight; Bert Mason, esteemed lec
turing knight; Clinton Rohrer, sec
retary; Harold Gentry, tyler; F. W.
Turner, treasurer, and D. A. Wil
son, trustee.
THREE PLEAD GUILTY.
Elvis D. Huff pleaded guilty to a
charge of killing deer out of season,
and Elick Huff and Edgar Clemens
pleaded guilty to charges of posses
sion of illegal meat in the court of
Bert Johnson, justice of the peace
for the third district, at lone Tues
day evening. Each was sentenced to
six months in the county jail and
paroled. Charges were preferred by
W. K. Francis, state policeman, C.
J. D. Bauman, sheriff, and C. L.
Jamison from the state veterinar
ian's office.
HEAR FROM SON.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson receiv
ed word this week from their son
Charles and wife that they had
left Lanchow on May 13th and were
leaving May 15 for Hochow by
mule- and horse-back on their way
to the mission field at Indo-China.
They will stay at Hochow for some
time studying the language.
WAR PICTURES TONIGHT.
"War, the World Wrecker," a lec
ture illustrated with colored lantern
slides, will be given at the Methodist
church this evening at 8 o'clock by
Rev. Rodney D. Snyder assisted by
Mrs. Snyder. No admission charge
will be made, but an offering will
be taken for expenses. The public
is Invited.
AUXILIARY MEET SET.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will meet Tuesday, June 18, at the
home of Mrs. Lucy Rodgers. All
members are urged to be present
as officers are to be elected, also a
delegate to the department conven
tion. ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL.
Portland, June 12. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Mcnegat announce the arrival
of an eight pound daughter, Judith
Rae on June 12 at St Vincent's
hospital in Portland. This is their
second daughter. ,
DIVORCE GRANTED.
Lydia Martin was granted decree
of divorce from Zenas F. Martin in
an order signed by Judge Sweek,
June 3.
PIONEER TEACHER
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mrs. W. E. Kahler Taught Here In
Early Days; Was First Tu
tor of District Attorney.
Mrs. Josephine Kahler, who pass
ed away Friday at her home, 7150
Southeast Twenty-seventh avenue,
Portland, taught school In Heppner
in the early days and was also the
first tutor of S. E. Notson, district
attorney. It was while teaching
her first school in Decatur county,
Iowa, as a girl of sixteen years of
age that the then Miss Josephine
Miles was the teacher of young
Samuel, then five years old. Miss
Miles boarded at the Notson home,
and Mr. Notson remembers her as
an outstanding personage in his
life, for whom he has always held
the deepest respect.
As Mr. Notson recalls, it was
through the then circuit judge of
this district, W. R. Ellis, former at
torney in Decatur county and close
friend of his father, that connections
were made which brought Miss
Miles to Heppner, and she is re
membered by many of the earlier
residents, some of whom attended
school to her here. She later made
entry for a homestead in the Hard
man district, where she also taught
and where she met W. E. Kahler
whom she married in 1891, Mr. Not
son believes at The Dalles. She was
also located at The Dalles, Sump
ter and Central Point for a time.
Funeral services were held from
Finley's chapel in Portland at 4:00
o'clock Monday afternoon, with in
terment in the Jacksonville, Ore.,
pioneer cemetery at 11 o'clock Tues
day morning.
According to an account in Mon
day's Oregonian, Mrs. Kahler was
born in Princeton, Mo., in August,
1855, coming to Oregon with her
sister in 1886. During the many
years she resided in Oregon she
took an active part in the work of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
For the past 12 years she was
closely identified with the work of
the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Portland. She was par
ticularly interested in the problem
and training of adolescent girls.
Planning Celebration
For lone on Fourth
Morrow County Grain Growers,
lone ball club, Lexington and Wil
lows granges, and the lone Legion
post are sponsoring a celebration at
lone for the Fourth of July, an
nounced Bert Johnson when in town
yesterday.
Events include a program at 10:30
in the morning sponsored by the
granges, community lunch at noon,
races and baseball tournament in
the afternoon, and dances each eve
ning of the third and fourth. For
the lunch folks are asked to bring
their own baskets and cups for cof
fee. Free coffee, milk and sugar
will be provided. There will be
races of all kinds for young and old.
Each team in the Morrow county
league will appear in a series of
three-Inning games, the winner to
play another three-inning game
with the lone Wheatland league
team. Good music is promised for
the dances. Admission of 25 cents
for the ball game and 50 cents for
the dances will be charged.
MRS. W. II. AYRES.
Mr. and Mrs. D. S Barlow and
other members of their family re
turned home Friday from Auburn,
Cal., where they went to attend fu
neral services for their daughter.
Mrs. W. H. Ayres, nee Virginia Bar
low, who died at Berkeley, CaX, at
5 o'clock Saturday morning, June 1.
Virginia Alice was born in Eight
Mile, May 20, 1901. She attended
high school in Heppner for a time,
and was employed in the local post
office. She was married to William
H. Ayres on November 2, 1927, and
to this union one son, Bennie, was
born. Besides her husband and
son, she is survived by the parents
and the following brother and sis
ters: Frank Barlow, Baxter, Cal.;
Alvln Barlow, lone; Everett Bar
low, Heppner; Mrs. Cecil Lutkins,
Hardman; Mrs. Albert Schunk,
Heppner, and Mrs. R. D. Allstott,
lone. Her parents had just returned
from a visit at the home of Mrs.
Ayres when they received word of
her death. The bereft family has
the sympathy of a host of friends
both here and in Placer county, Cal
ifornia. PIPE LAYING PROGRESSES.
Work of replacing VA mile of the
wooden pipe in the city line down
Willow creek was started this week,
with good progress reported. Yes
terday the old line had been uncov
ered from just above the Frank
Monahan field to Balm fork. One
carload of iron pipe which will sup
plant the old wood pipe has arrived.
In the distance the line was uncov
ered, it was shown to be leaky and
undoubtedly responsible for consid
erable loss of water. Mayor Smead
went to Portland the first of the
week to see about obtaining SERA
help In laying the pipe.
PUTTING ON NEW FRONTS.
Remodeling the front of Hughes
& Hughes grocery was started yes
terday by Carpenter Babb. The
Hughes' front will be constructed
similar to the front of Gordon's
pharmacy next door, now in course
of completion by Babb. Much at
tractiveness will be given the store
fronts by the new construction, re
flecting credit to the I. O. O. F.,
owners of the building.
SOIL EROS Olv CAMP
COMES TO HEPPNER
200 CCC Workers Will be
Located Here; To Start
By July 15th.
SET-UP TO COST $17,000
Surveyors Inspect Sites, Tell of
Work Contemplated; 20 Build
ings to be Erected.
A 200-man CCC soil erosion con
trol camp will be established in
Heppner by July 15 if a suitable
site is available, G. B. Swier, in
.charge of survey, and A. Yesland,
engineer, told members of the coun
ty court in an interview yesterday
afternoon. A survey of three pro
posed sites was made, one of which
Will be recommended for the oamp
location, and it was expected the in
spector on approval would be here
within the next few days.
Building of the camp will entail
an expenditure of $17,000 and the
erection of 20 buildings, Swier said.
Specifications call for a minimum
space of 4 acres with suitable
drainage, and close access to water.
telephone and electric service. The
city or county was asked to provide
the site without charge. The camp
payroll will amount to $20,000 mon
thly, and the camp's establishment
has been approved for a two-year
period.
Members of the county court ex
pressed their willingness to cooper
ate in locating the camp, as did
Mayor Smead and the councilmen
contacted.
Heppner was chosen as the site
because it lies near the center of
the proposed work, Swier said. The
work to be carried on Includes pre
venting of gully washes on both
farm and range land; advice on
practices of cultivation to prevent
blows; eradication of rabbits, squir
rels, rats, gophers and other rodent
pests; clearing of pole patches;
planting grass on range land, and -such
other practices as are approv
ed by the soil erosion control ser
vice. In the range land work it is hoped
to reestablish the sod to prevent
rapid erosion such as has been tak
ing place in years past
Cooperation of farm and range
land operators will be asked in car
rying on the work, and work will
not be done on lands if operator's
consent has not been given, Swier
said. The service will include labor
only, and such materials as are
needed must be provided by land
operators or other agencies. Rodent
poisons are available from the U. S.
Biological survey. It is not expect
ed that a thorough coverage of the.
area can be effected in the two
years, but that a demonstration can
be made which will show the advis
ability of the practices recommend
ed. The county agent's office will
cooperate in carrying on the work,
and a part of the program calls for
the establishment of a soil erosion
control district comprising the area
to be covered, which land owners
will be given opportunity to join.
The soil erosion suveyors hit the
county at an opportune time. On
their trip up Willow creek yester
day they encountered a squall of
rain, estimated at a half to an inch.
Yesland, the engineer, measured the
water flowing down a gully off a
steep hillside and ascertained it to
be flowing at the rate of 90 cubic
feet a second. In the short interval
the rain lasted, rocks were washed
into the road, and the creek was
muddied by the silt carried into it
Thomas Acquitted in Only
Trial Case Before Court
Paul Thomas of Salem, charged
with larceny, was acquitted after
a few moments of jury deliberation
in the only criminal case appearing
before the 'June term of court
Judge C. L. Sweek convened court
Monday morning and adjourned it
Tuesday evening after hearing a
report of the new grand jury. This
body returned one true bill, a se
cret indictment
New grand jurymen are Antone
Vey, Jr., H. E. Cole, Fred Casteel,
Ralph Jackson, Clyde Denny, Frank
Shively and John Bergstrom. At
torney J. J. Nys represented Thom
as in the trial case Tuesday. A
number of motions were disposed
of in civil cases.
ADDRESSES LIONS.
Joel R. Benton, of Fort Benton,
Mont, talked on "Montana" before
the Monday Lions luncheon. Jo
seph Belanger and Dr. A. D. Mc
Muvdo made reports on the state
convention at The Dalles, and S. E.
Notson announced the celebration
at Umatilla, July 4, with the pro
posed dam as the theme. Judge
C. L. Sweek, second president of
the club, and H. L. Clatterbos were
gucst9. Ray P. Ki-ne, second vice
president, presided in the absence
of C. J. D. Bauman, president Dr.
McMurdo's report was a graphic
description of a convention visit to
the Jim Hill castle and Stonehenge
on the north bank of the Columbia.
GET JUNIOR R. C. CARDS,
Junior Red Cross first aid certi
ficates were Issued this week to Col
leen, Jack and Hannah Mahon, Ho
mer, Edmond, Betty Hughes, and
Alberta Smith of the Matteson
school.