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Volume 52, Number 17.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 4, 1935.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
RODEO FIELD SID
OY CITIZENS' ACTION
Specifications for CCC
Camp Cause Upset As
More Land Needed.
COFFERS TO RESCUE
Individual Contributions, City, Ro
deo and County Money Effect
Lease of McNamer Land.
There's going to be a Rodeo. And
the Rodeo grounds will be held In
tact for use as an athletic field.
That's the answer to the oft' re
peated questions which have been
asked since last Friday when ru
mors were circulated that the
grounds were being turned over to
the government for use in con
structing the CCC camp.
The rumor was not entirely un
founded, as the council did consider
this course when it was learned
from a camp Inspector, in the city
the day before, that ground origin
ally specified would not be ade
quate. The council had agreed to
furnish ground for the site, and
Captain Flagel who had inspected
it before, said the ground contem
plated, lying adjacent to the Rodeo
field, would be adequate. His de
cision was based on specifications
allowing 30 feet between buildings,
however, and the later inspector
announced that 50 feet must be
given to compensate for local fire
hazards.
When the original location was
made, C. W. McNamer agreed to let
the government have 100 feet off his
field lying just east of the city
ground. The later location, how
ever, moved the line over 300 feet
into his field, to which he objected.
It was then that the city dads con
sidered giving over the Rodeo field.
Citizens generally objected to
this procedure, and finally a lease
agreement was reached with Mr.
McNamer to procure the desired
land from his field. To meet the
terms of the lease, and to save the
Rodeo and athletic field, business
firms of the city contributed $150,
the city gave $150, the Rodeo asso
ciation $150 and the county gave
another $150.
Construction of the CCC camp
began in earnest Monday when a
large crew of carpenters, including
several from the outside, started
laying foundations for the build
ings. Tum-A-Lum Lumber com
pany is filling contracts for the lum
ber, and the camp is expected to
be ready for occupancy by the first
of August.
Local Teachers Leave
On Bus Education Tour
Miss Phyllis Jane Pollock, Miss
Mae Doherty and Miss Elta Dale,
members of the Heppner grade
school faculty, departed Monday to
join a party going east on a motor
bus education tour. They expect
ed to be gone until September 1.
Sponsored by a college at Wit
chita, Kansas, the tour takes them
to Denver, Colo., for the National
Education association meet, then to
points east including Muscle Shoals
and a visit to the national capital.
Many points of historic and geo
graphic interest are included in the
Itinerary.
LIONS OFFICERS INSTALLED.
Spencer Crawford installed the
new oillcers for the Lions at their
Monday noon luncheon, as follows:
Jasper Crawford, president; Ray P.
Klnne, first vice president; E. L.
Morton, second vice president; S.
E. Notson, third vice president; F.
W. Turner, secretary; Dr. A. D.
McMurdo, Lion tamer; John Tur
ner, talltwister; J. O. Turner and
H. C. Aiken, directors. C. J. D.
Bauman is the retiring president
S. E. Notson announced that plans
for celebrating completion of the
Heppner-Spray road would be
pushed Immediately after the fourth
of July.
TAX COLLECTIONS GOOD.
Tax collections of $206,852.07 are
reported by the sheriff's office for
the first six months of 1935. This
amount exceeds half the levy for
the year, Indicating considerable
payment of delinquent taxes and
Improvement In the financial con
dition of the county and the var
ious tax-levying districts. The
sheriff's office announces that copy
for the foreclosure notice covering
1930 and prior years will be ready
for the printer this week end.
JOHN FARLEY TO WED.
John Day Valley Ranger last
week conveys the news of the com
ing marriage of John Farley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Farley of
this city, and Miss Bessie Madden
of John Day. Mr. Farley Is man
ager of Wilson s store at John Day,
Miss Madden was queen of last
year's Grant county fair. The
ceremony will be an event of July
11. Many friends here extend well
wishes.
Chet Chrlstenson, Stephen Wey
meyer and Lamoyne Cox were re
cruited Into the CCC's this week
and departed Immediately for Van
couver. Joe Snyder Is absent from his
shoe repair business due to Illness.
I0NE
By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
James M. Hamblet, a brother-in-law
of M. R. Morgan and a former
resident of this section, passed
away at his home near Woodburn
on June 28. Mr. Hamblet was born
in Dale couny, Missouri, Dec 12,
1845. He enlisted in the Union
forces in the Eighth Missouri Cav
alry on July 4, 1862, and served un
til discharged at the close of the
war. On May 7, 1871, at Coff eyville,
Kansas, he was married to Mary E.
Morgan. They came to Oregon by
team and wagon in 1875. They lived
on what is now the Shaeffer place
farmed by Lee Beckner, for thirty
years. Mr. Hamblet was a charter
member of the I. O. O. F. lodge of
lone. The later years of his life
were spent in the Willamette val
ley. Interment was made in the
G. A. R. plot in the cemetery at
Newberg. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Hamblet; a sis
ter, Mrs. M. A. Douglas of Hood
River, and four foster children,
Oscar Williamson of Banks, Mrs. D.
V. Dickson of Hood River, Mrs. W.
H. McGuire of Woodburn, and U.
R. Hamblet of Aurora.
Twin sons, Alvin Arthur, seven
pounds, and Alton Roy, seven and
one-half pounds, were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Llndstrom Mon
day morning, July 1.
Ten members and eight visitors
attended Past Noble Grand club
meeting at the home of Mrs. Ver
nice Crawford last Friday. Miss
Margaret Crawford was hostess.
A social time was enjoyed and re
freshments served.
Arthur Ritchie went to Salem on
Monday.
Mrs. W. J. Blake went to Portland
last Saturday for a visit of ten
days. She made the trip with
Keithley Blake nad his mother,
Mrs. J. H. Blake of Kinzua.
More than fifty people attended
the Sunday school picnic of the
Gooseberry Lutheran church held
at French's ranch in the mountains
last week. A wonderful time is
reported.
Courtland Mathews, his mother,
Mrs. Madeline Mathews, and Miss
Eleanor Hansen of Portland, and
Waldo Bowers of the U. S. S. Lex
ington at Bremerton, Wash., were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Werner
Rietmann Sunday. Mr. Mathews is
the editor of "The Northwest Lit
erary Review," a new magazine
published in Portland.
Mrs. U. S. Burt of Corvallis with
her daughter Betty and her nephew
Bobby Sparks are guests of Mrs.
Henry Clark. They will visit here
for several weeks.
Rev. W. W. Head of Condon, for
mer pastor oi ine congregational
church, is visiting here for a short
time.
Mrs. Kenneth Blake spent Friday
at the home of Mrs. Albert Adkins
In Heppner renewing her acquaint
ance with Mrs. Adkins' guest, Mrs.
Springer, with whom she attended
school in Gresham a number of
years ago.
Miss Linea Troedson is attend
ing the fair in San Diego. She will
be away about three weeks.
The Social club of the O. E. S.
will meet at the home of Mrs. C. F.
Feldman on Tuesday, July 9.
Mrs. Jennie Rix of Los Angeles
is visiting her mother and brother,
Mrs. Catherine Kincaid and J. O.
Kincaid.
Dwight Misner of Thornton, Wn.,
came down the last of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin took him
home Sunday. Miss Betty Jean
Mankin who has been visiting the
Misners for several weeks returned
home with her parents Monday.
L. E. Londergan returned last
Wednesday from the Willamette
valley where he has spent several
months.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichoson, Mrs.
Millie Newton, Mrs. Frank Engel-
man and Mrs. C. W. Swanson spent
last Friday in Pendleton visiting
with Mrs. Carrie McNeil, an aunt
of the ladies.
Mrs. Dixon Smith gave a surprise
party in honor of Mrs. Elmer Grif
fith last Saturday afternoon. Guests
were Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. J.
W. Howk and Mrs. E. J. Blake.
M. R. Morgan and son Milton at
tended the funeral services of the
late J. M. Hamblet In Newberg on
Monday.
Joe Stefanl was taken to a Port
land hospital suffering possible
skull fracture and loss of blood
from head wounds following a col
lision with a car when his truck
skidded on slippery pavement in
the Mount Tabor section in Port
land on Sunday. The driver of the
other car was uninjured.
Norman Swanson has passed the
state examination which will entitle
him to work as a certified public
accountant in Oregon as soon as he
has filled time requirements at that
work.
Miss Mildred Finnel of Portland
is a guest of Miss Harriet Heliker.
Mrs. M. R. Morgan was remem
bered on her birthday anniversary
last Wednesday afternoon with a
party and . handkerchief shower,
Ice cream and cake were served,
the birthday cakes being made by
Mrs. Morgan's granddaughter, Ellen
Nelson, and her sister, Mrs. E. R.
Lundell. Those present were Mes-
dames Henry Clark, Lee Howell,
Minnie Forbes, Alfred Nelson, J. H.
Bryson, Ida Fletcher, T. E. Grabill
Cleo Drake, Smith and Misses Ellen
Nelson, Valjean Clark and Miriam
Hale. Others unable to attend who
sent remembrances were Mesdames
E. R. Lundell, Frank Engelman,
Delia Corson, Etta Shlppey, John
Osteen, Walter Roberts, Lester Ba
ker, David Rietmann and E. J.
Bristow and Misses Helen and Mil
dred Lundell. Many beautiful
flowers were presented to Mrs. Mor
gan also.
TO
lone, Rhea Creek, Ukiah,
Umatilla, Make Bids
for Attendance.
ATTRACTIONS MANY
Charles Cook Speaks at lone This
Morning; Open River Fete on;
Heppner Sponsors Race.
A general exodus of Heppner peo
ple is expected today to either par
ticipate in one of many scheduled
celebrations or to seek the moun
tain shade.
Celebrations in Morrow county
are set for lone and Rhea creek,
the latter at the Rugg place, while
outside celebrations which will at
tract some Heppner folks are those
at Umatilla, Ukiah, Fossil and Long
Creek. Others have announced
their intention of spending the day
at either Hidaway or Lehman
springs. Still others will picnic in
the mountains up Willow creek.
lone is expected to draw the larg
est number of county folks. There
the Morrow Grain Growers, base
ball club, American Legion and the
granges are sponsoring the day's
events. The granges are present
ing a program this morning, for
Which Charles Cook of Pendleton,
father of the Cook wheat export
plan, is the principal speaker. One
number is being given by the Hepp
ner Lions quartet, F. W. Turner,
Dr. R. C. Lawrence, Joseph Belan
ger and Blaine Isom. A commu
nity basket dinner Is being enjoyed
at noon, with Morrow Grain Grow
ers serving free coffee and cream.
The events this afternoon include
races of all kinds for young and old
and a ball game between a Morrow
county all-star team in charge of
Dutch Rietmann and the lone
town team. Dancing was enjoyed
last night, and will be enjoyed again '
Who Will Be
MAXINE McCURDY,
Rhea Creek Grange
CAMILLE STANLEY,
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One of these four charming young ladies will be
selected as queen, the others to be her attendants, at
the 1935 Heppner Rodeo, August 22-23-24. Voting will
take place at a series of six dances starting July 13
and ending August 17.
Each candidate is sponsored by the grange whose
name appears with her name in the picture caption.
Voting will be on a popularity basis, with one vote
ticket issued with each dance ticket at each of the
dances, which are scheduled as follows:
July 13, Heppner; July ,20, lone; July 27, Rhea
Creek; August 3, Lena; August 10, Lexington; Aug
ust 17, Heppner.
Morrow County Pomona
To Meet at Willows, 6th
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet with Willows grange at
Cecil, Saturday, July 6. A business
session will be called in the morn
ing, lunch will be served at noon,
and at 2 p. m. a program open to
the public will be given.
Mr. Hill, head of the Soil Con
servatlon service for Umatilla coun
ty, will be the principal speaker,
and numbers will be given by sub
ordinate granger of the county. A
ciosea meeting will be called in the
evening after supper has been
served and Willows grange will
confer the fifth or Pomona degree
on candidates.
LEGION OFFICERS ELECTED.
Milt Spurlock was elected com
mander of Heppner Post 87, Ameri
can Legion, at the regular post
meeting Monday evening. Other
officers elected were C. A. Mccom
ber, vice-commander and Paul M.
Gemmell, adjutant-finance officer.
Spurlock and .' Elbert Cox, post
commander the past year, were
chosen as delegates to the state con
vention to be held at The Dalles in
August.
tonight under auspices of the Le
gion. Umatilla is making a strong bid
for attendance of folks from over
this way because of common inter
est in Columbia river development,
the theme of their celebration. Col.
T. M. Robins, division engineer of
the Pacific northwest, who has di
rected surveys cn the river, will be
the principal speaker. A ball game
between Pendleton and Irrigation
league all-stars is being played this
afternoon, and wrestling card,
dance and fireworks on the river
are events for this evening.
At Ukiah the annual Cowboy
Convention is on under the man
agement of Mrs. Ruth (Huddleston)
Peterson, former Heppner girl. Al
ways a popular event with Heppner
folks, it has received special sup
port this year through Heppner
people contributing $25 for a Hepp
ner derby to be -un this afternoon.
Henry C. Aiken, president of Hepp
ner Rodeo, is presiding as one of
the judges.
Fossil and Long Creek have both
arranged attractive celebration pro
grams, also, and both Hidaway and
Lehman Springs have made special
bids for entertainment of folks from
over this way.
Rodeo uueen i
ILENE FARLEY ,
Willows Grange
ILENE KENNY,
Lexington Grange
ORDINANCE TABOOS
DRINKING TO EXCESS
New Law Replaces For
mer Control Measures
Which are Repealed.
BOXING BODY NAMED
L'se of Street Granted for 4-H Club
Fair; $150 Paid on Lease for
CCC Camp Ground.
It is no longer a crime to manu
facture, sell or consume intoxicating
liquor under the laws of the city of
Heppner, but it is a crime to be
found in a state of intoxication on
the streets, in the alleys, or in any
public place, or if creating a dis
turbance, on any private premises
within the city.
Action to this effect was taken
by the common council, with all
members present, Monday evening.
Emergency action of that body
wiped out all previous liquor reg
ulatory measures and substituted
in their stead the law conforming
to latest state regulations. The
manufacture and sale is now left
entirely to state and federal regu
lation, while consumption is placed
strictly upon indvidual responsi
bility. Under the new ordinance local po
lice are at liberty to pick up a
drunken person wherever found in
public, or on any private property,
even though it be the drunken per
son's own home, if that person be
creating a disturbance. And for
such arrests no complaint or war
rant is necessary.
The new law seta a penalty on
conviction of not less than $5 nor
more than $100 or 50 days in the
bastile. The new state law, which
recently went into effect, gives
state police and sheriffs the same
rights outside incorporated cities
and towns. In addition to other
penalties, a person found driving
while drunk is subject to revocation
of driver's license.
The council ordered payment of
interest on bonds, which interest
was defaulted at the last date of
payment, after hearing the quarter
ly report of the treasurer which
showed funds on hand to meet
same.
Appointment of a boxing and
wrestling commission was ordered
and Mayor Smead appointed C. J.
D. Bauman, J. O. Rasmus and Dr.
R. M. Rice to serve.
Joseph Belanger, county agent,
was granted use of the street be
tween the fair pavilion and Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company in staging
the 4-H club fair in connection with
the Rodeo, August 22-23-24.
Mayor Smead instructed the
street committee, Councilmen Mc
Namer, Jones and Ferguson, to in
vestigate the matter of improve
ment of the Heppner flat road com
ing in the lower end of town, and
to report at the next meeting steps
which they deem most advisable to
have the road in condition for use
by wheat hauling time.
The sum of $150 was voted by the
council in special session Friday to
match $150 from the county and
$150 in donation from Heppner
business houses to lease two acres
of land adjacent to the Rodeo
grounda from C. W. McNamer, the
land to be used in constructing the
CCC camp. The lease was granted
for a two year period, $300 a year,
with $600 payable in advance.
Other business of Monday's ses
sion included payment of current
expense bills. Officers present were
VV. W. Smead, mayor; Jeff Jones,
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Frank Shive
ly, C. W. McNamer, P. W. Mahoney,
councilmen; E. R. Huston, record
er; W. O. Dix, treasurer; J. J. Nys.
attorney; J. O. Rasmus, watermas
tei ; Homer Hayes, police chief.
COX-BtUKENBIXE.
Miss Nina Cox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Cox, became the
bride of Mr. Reese Burkenbine, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Burkenbine,
at the Burkenbine home in this city
Sunday afternoon, Judge W. T.
Campbell performing the ceremony
in the presence of the immediate
families. The young couple are at
home in the Case apartments. Both
young folks are popular among the
younger set and nave many well
wishes. Mr. Burkenbine is em
ployed a Patterson & Son drug
store.
GOOD RAIN COMES.
What promised to be the dryest
June of record in Heppner, turned
out to be one of the wettest in the
last 26 years with copious showers
which started Friday and lasted in
termittently into Sunday bringing
rainfall to a cfepth of 1.49 inches,
reports Len L. Gilliam, government
weather observer. The rain was
general over the county and was
expected to do considerable good
in spots where grain was still
green. It came too late to be of
much benefit to most of the north
end of the county, however.
PASTOR RETAINED.
Rev. Joseph Pope, pastor of the
Methodist church, was rcassslgned
to this field for another year at the
general conference held in Salem
last week end. Rev. W. Sydney
Hall, former pastor of the church
at Ashland, was named district su
perintendent to succeed Rev.
Thomas D. Yarnes who goes to the
Albany church.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Charles Wicklander, deputy state
grange master of La Grande, will
be present at the meeting of Lex
ington grange on July 13 and will
organize a iuvenile crrancre. Sixteen
people were initiated at the meet
ing of this grange Saturday night.
wora nas been received here of
the death of Roy Nordyke at Ket
chikan, Alaska. Mr. Nordyke was
a logger and trapper and was a son
oi me late jijnanual Nordyke of
this city.
The first car of new wheat to be
shipped from this community was
amppea out Tnursday by Orville
Cutsforth who started his wheat
harvest last Wednesday. He ist tret-
ting a yield of about 12 bushels to
me acre on ine new wnich he 1s
now harvesting and expects a better
yield on some of his fields. Most of
the farmers in this community ex
pect to begin harvesting shortly af
ter the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and
family left Thursday morning on a
three weeks' camDinc trin in the
.Willamette valley.
Four boys left Lexington Satur
day for Vancouver barracks where
they are entering CCC training.
Thev were Dale Yoknm Veatnr
Thornburg, Earl Bundy and Fred
Asninnusi. mey will be sent rrom
Vancouver to their various posts of
duty.
Mrs. Moses Duran, nee Fern Lut
trell. was honored with a missal-
la neous shower at the Rebekah hall
Friday afternoon. She received
many lovely and useful gifts and
at t.ne close of uie afternoon re
freshments ware served. About
forty guests were present
The Lexington Home Economics
club will meet Thursday aft prnnnn
July 11, with Miss Jessie McCabe
as nostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Josenh TDaWolann
have returned to their home at Sa
lem after a visit with relatives in
this community.
Harold Beach who is with the In
ternational Harvester rfimnnnu nt
Chicago, arrived in town Sunday
morning and is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Elsie M. Beach. He was met
in .Pendleton by Archie Munkers.
A Dartv was Eiven at the T.nHi
Aid room Wednesday afternoon,
nononng Mrs. Arthur Hunt. About
forty-five ladies were present and
refreshments were served late in
the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Rurphell nf
Sheridan are visiting relatives here
this week while Mr. Burchell is
looking after property interests in
cms community.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lasich, Jr.,
of Portland snent th wapIt nH
with Mrs. Lasich's parents, Mr. and
Airs. Harry Dinges.
Lawrence and Laurel Beach spent
a few days of this week in Port
land. Miss Veda Bundy of Portland was
a week-end enipst at th iinmo nf
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Monte
tsunay.
Mrs. Roy Johnson accompanied
Mrs. Chris Brown to Pendleton on
Wednesday.
Oral Scott was a business visitor
in Portland the last of the week.
Georee Graves came over frnm
his home at Boardman last week
and is working at the Orville Cuts
forth ranch.
Mrs. Carl Whilloek of Hennner
visited last week at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Breshears.
Gene, youngest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, received
cuts and bruises when some sacks
of wheat fell on him while he was
playing at the warehouse Tuesday
afternoon. He waq taken to Hmn.
ner to a physician who found that
he was not seriously hurt.
Ruth Cowins of Heppner spent
part of last week with her grand
mother, Mrs. George M. Allyn.
Heppner Defeats Morgan
In Lively Ball Game Here
"Deacon" Cummings' Morrow
county league team of this city
proved ungracious host3 to "Dutch"
Rietmann's Morgan ball tossers
Sunday afternoon, as they trimmed
the visitors 15-2 in a lively ball
game.
Features of the play were the
fourth double play of the season
turned in by Bill McRoberts and
Don Turner, short-second combin
ation of the local squad; four hits
out of five trips to bat by Jimmy
Farley, local third sacker, and five
runs In as many trips by Ed Bur
chell, first sacker. Lowell Turner,
chucker, kept visiting batsmen wel!
in hand.
BRING IN Bl'CK.
W. E. Francis, state policeman,
and C. J. D. Bauman, sheriff,
brought a large buck deer into town
Tuesday evening, and hope soon to
apprehend its killer. It was picked
up south of Hardman, soon after it
had been shot through the neck.
The deer slayer is reported to have
made fast tracks and the officers
were not able to catch up with him
at the time. The buck was a large
animal with a nice set of horns,
just in the velvet.
MARRIED AT OLYMPIA.
Miss June Allstott, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R, A. Allstott of this
city, was married on June 30 at
Olympia, Wash., to Mr. Glen Meek.
They will make their home In
Olympia.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Morrow County Woolgrowers
auxiliary meeting has been post
poned to Friday, July 12, to be held
at the Lucas Place, announces the
secretary.
ENGINEERS TAKE
DATA
PROJECT
$200,000 Expenditure for
Flood Control Given
As Just Estimate.
PROPOSE FOUR DAMS
Adequate Protection Could be Giv
en; Reclamation Feature Not
Encouraging, Said. '
Indications are that the ball ia
rolling on Morrow county's flood
control project since application
was made last week.
Engineer Darr, in charge of the
second Oregon rivers and harbors
district, and Engineer Hostetter,
his assistant, were In the county
last week end investigating the
project and obtaining additional
data that the matter might be prop
erly presented before the army
board of engineers in Washington,
P. C.
While not in position to make
any definite statements or prom
ises, the engineers said that on. the
showing of property losses alone
experienced from past floods, the
expenditure of $200,000 for a con
trol project seemed feasible. They
also believed that four dams prop
erly located would take the crest
off any future flood of proportion
equal to the largest experienced in
the past, and give adequate pro
tection to property in the Willow
creek and Rhea creek valleys. ,
The project calls for construction
of dams from the standpoint of
flood control alone. From all avail
able information the construction
of dams to conserve water for ir
rigation is deemed impractical due
to excessive declevity. The slope
of the bottom land along the
creeks is so pronounced, that to
obtain a basin of sufficient propor
tions to give an adequate supply of
water for irrigation dams would
have to be erected to an untenable
height There is also doubt that
sufficient water Is obtainable to fill
a basin of required size, should the
cost of dam construction be low
enough to keep the cost of water
rights within reason.
Under the flood control plan, nor
mal creek flows would pass through
the dams unmolested, and only in
case of excessively heavy flows
would the dams be used for holding
back the water.
Opinion of those who have been
working on the matter locally is
that chances of putting through
the flood control project are good.
They believe the showing on losses
of property and life by past floods
is irrefutable and that possible re
currence of such disasters is ever
imminent In addition, application
for the project is the first of its
kind since recent establishment of
the second district of which this
county is a part.
Not only is interest being shown
by the district engineer's office, but
Congressman Pierce is working on
the matter in Washington. There
is hope that the project will be
marked for "special handling."
Alex Gibb Injured
When Sledge Slips
Alex Gibb, local plumber, was
painfully Injured last Friday after
noon when a 16-pound sledge ham
mer slipped from the hands of
Russell Wright, fellow workman,
and struck him in the side just be
low the ribs. The men were at work
laying pipe under the concrete side
walk around the school grounds,
Gibb kneeling just across the walk
from Wright who was driving a
ditch-digging device.
Gibb was rushed to the hospital
and internal injuries were revealed
which will necessitate his being
confined for some time. Though
he was free from pain at last re
ports, there is still chance for com
plications. It was not found neces
sary to operate.
LEAVE FOR CCC WORK.
The Morrow county contingent of
CCC recruits left Heppner Satur
day evening for Vancouver, Wash.,
headquarters from which they will
be sent into the field. Included
were Martin Stewart, Mike Shields,
Marion Oviatt, Irvin Perlberg, Paul
Phelan. Wrex Langdon, Tom Hott
man, Thornton Dunn, Heppner;
Kenneth Burnside, Arlton Stevens,
Hardman; Earl Bundy, Fred Ash
inhust, Vester Thornburg, Dale
Yokum, Lexington.
HCCKLEBERRIES HELPED.
A bumper crop of huckleberries
In the mountains should be the re
sult of the large precipitation of
moisture last week end, according
to reports. Bushes generally were
well filled with green berries, and
it was expected the moisture would
benefit them materially unless the
weather proved too cold. Precipi
tation in the mountains came in
the form of snow, hall and rain, all
in generous portions.
SHOW IMPROVEMENTS MADE.
Addition of two Baldor rectifiers
at the Star theater is announced
by Mrs. Elaine Furlong, manager,
which add greatly to both sight and
sound reproduction. One of the
rectifiers eliminates the hum from
the sound recording, while the oth
er eliminates flicker from the pictures.