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Volume 52, Number 27.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 1935
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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Annual Meeting Com
mends Showing; Of
ficers Reelected.
TONY VEY DIRECTOR
Veteran Performer to Have Charge
of Arena Next Year; Blackburn,
Ferguson Named to Board.
Attendants at the annual Rodeo
meeting Tuesday evening at the
Elks club expressed satisfaction
with the show just finished and
showed confidence in the guiding
heads by reelecting those who con
sented to serve for another year.
Those named as directors again
raised Henry C. Aiken to the pres
idency, Herb French to the vice
presidency, and Len L. Gilliam to
the secretary-treasurership.
Earl W. Gordon, Earl Eskelson
and Louis Bergevin of last year's
directors asked to be relieved from
serving another year, while Edwin
Hughes, the other member of the
board, was reelected. New faces
to appear this year are those of
Tony Vey, Walter Blackburn and
R. B. Ferguson.
Mr. Vey, a veteran Rodeo per
former as well as experienced show
manager, having staged several
rodeos of his own on the Butter
creek farm, was named arena di
rector for next year's show, while
Mr. Hughes was retained In his po
sition as livestock director. The
other new directors are each ex
perienced in the rodeo game, Mr.
Blackburn having been closely as
sociated with the Ukiah Cowboy
convention for many years, and Mr.
Ferguson having been parade di
rector of the local show for the
past two years and otherwise has
been helpful in its presentation in
past years.
While the cash balance shown in
the secretary's report Is practically
nil, and while It was found neces
sary to circulate a subscription list
to pay the band for Its services a
Job which Dr. R. C. Lawrence and
H. T. O'Donnell did nicely yester
day in reality this year's show
was more than self-sustaining,
counting the addition to capital as
sets and liabilities not accountable
against the show this year, it was
pointed out.
In a round table discussion, some
of the weak points of the show this
year were aired from which it Is ex
pected to take a lesson in putting on
next year's show. President Aiken
showed how some unexpected ex
pense arose which was hard to
avoid, but considering that the new
fence was bought and paid for,
three new saddles and some buck
ing stock acquired, as well as some
items paid which should have been
counted against last year's show,
all told the showing this year was
favorable.
The group voted amendment to
the by-laws authorizing establish
ment of the Heppner Improvement
association to receive any Rodeo
earnings and supervise their dis
bursement. Organization of this
association will be proceeded with
as soon as the amendment is ac
cepted by the corporation commis
sioner. Following is the financial state
ment of the secretary for this year's
show:
RECEIPTS
Balance from 1934 $ 327.33
Queen's Dance $ 95.45
Queen's Dunce .... 154.85
John Day Derby 110.00
Donations 71.00
Parade Donations 160.50
Gate. 1st Day 182.U0
Gate, 2nd Day .. 338.25
Gate, 3rd Day .. 1.184.75 1.705.00
Dance. 1st Nlfe'ht $ 89.00
Dance, 2nd Night 250.00
Dance. 3rd Night 282.20 621.20
Concessions 485.86
Entrance Fees 389.60
Lena Grange (boots) .... 9.85
Lex. Grange (boots) 9.85
Heppner Sheepskin
Scrip Donation 100.00 3,913.06
$4,240.39
DISBURSEMENTS
Prizes (including entrance fees) $1,571.50
Labor (stock) 297.00
Labor (grounds) 187.65
Hay and Grain 418.27
Livery Barn Expense 147.60
Trvouts 39.00
Fence 172.59
Parade Prizes 109.50
Rent of Calves 60.00
Carnival Exp. (ticket takers) 14.00
Reserve Ticket Expense (girl) 7.00
Merchandise - 35.80
Lumber 66.10
Hotel Rooms 48.60
Gas and Oil 38.30
Henry Aiken Exp. Account 24 50
Dance Music 126.00
Blacksmith Work 8.85
Numbers and Pins for Contest
ants 3.65
Rent for Lot (McNamee) 10.00
Printing (Tickets, List of
Events, etc.) 76.50
Printing (Tickets, etc. for
Queen's Dances) 19.75
Wiring for Loud Speaker 6.40
Rent of Loud Speaker 60.00
Freight on Saddles, etc, to Pen
dleton 1.13
Pasture for horses (1 year) 100.00
Insurance on Barn and Grand
stand 20.25
Horse Bought 26.00
Queen's Expense (Including
biMits to be paid by granges) 62.48
Saddles (three) 142.60
Rent on Dance Hall (paid to
County) 170.00
Donation to Uklah Show (out
of donations) 25.00
Filing Fees .. 18.00
Pistol Bought 4.00
Clown 75.00
$4,192.22
... 48.17
Balance on hand
Miss Lillian Peterson, high school
commercial teacher, is staying at
the Lucas Place.
ENROLLMENT GOOD
AT SCHOOL START
Increase Shown in Grade Registra
tion; High School Normal;
All Teachers on Hand.
With registration of 204 in the
grades and 127 in the high school
the local schools got off to a good
start Monday, reports Edward F.
Bloom, superintendent, who says
several more students are expect
ed within the next week. School
opened with faculty meetings Mon
day morning, and registration in
the afternoon. A slight Increase
was shown in the grade enrollment
with the high school registration
about the same as last year.
Answering the call for football,
30 prospective players turned out
opening week who are showing
great enthusiasm and rivalry to fill
the berths left vacant by last year's
graduates. Ten lettermen gradu
ated last year, making early sea
son prospects not too favorable.
Alden Blankenship has the coach
ing job, being new to the system
this year, and expects to make a
good showing with the material
available.
Opening day saw the full corps of
teachers on hand, with Mr. Blan
kenship assisting Mr. Bloom as
high school principal and having
charge of physical education. Claude
Pevey again has science and math
ematics; Bert Eans, English and
public speaking; Miss Leone Rock-
hold, domestic science and art; Miss
Lillian Peterson, commerce and
music.
Grade school instructors are Miss
Ruby Case, primary; Mrs. W. O.
Dix, second; Miss Phyllis Pollock,
third; Miss Elta Dale, fourth; Miss
Mae Doherty, fifth; Miss Mary
White, sixth; Miss Juanita Leath
ers, seventh, and Harold Buhman,
eighth grade and grade school prin
cipal. 'Wimpy' Second Celebrity
To Visit Heppner In Week
Hoot Gibson was not the only
celebrity to visit Heppner this
week, and his call here probably
occasioned much less interest than
that of the second none other than
Wimpy, said to be the largest dog
on earth. Wimpy came to town
this morning with his master, Glen
Rice, of Beverly Hills, Cat, mana
ger of the Beverly Hillbillies whose
appearance he slated for the Star
theater here October 11 and who,
by the way, was sorry to have
missed seeing Gibson with whom
he is well acquainted.
Whether or not Wmpy is the
largest dog on earth, he could un
doubtedly make a good bid. Cuban
wolf hound by breed, a cross be
tween mastif and blood hound, he
weighs 212 pounds and measures
seven feet from tip to tip. He is
but three years old, and his master
expects his consumption of 10
pounds of beefsteak a day will
make a real dog of him by the time
full growth is realized.
Wimpy is a descendant of the
breed described In Harriet Beecher
Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and
his ancestors probably were among
the pack that chased Uncle Tom
end Little Eva across the Icy river.
His appearance, huge, mouthy,
powerful, gives the impression of
a vicious brute. But this is really
not the case. He is of gentle dis
position and an easily manageable
pet. His one weakness is Ice cream
which he will stand and eat by the
hour.
Wimpy's arrival in Heppner was
looked upon askance by the local
dog population, which gave him a
wide berth, sniffing his tracks after
departure to make sure that it was
safe to venture forth again.
Rice, who says Wimpy is not a
part of the show but just his per
sonal pet, originated the Beverly
Hillbillies, the first Hillbillies on
the air, and he was the brunt of
Will Rogers' sharp wit on occasion
when the Hillbillies typified Okla
homans as an ignorant, colloquial
folk. Rogers nicknamed Rice
"Highpockets."
Tht Hillbillies are ten in num
ber, traveling by 16-passenger
stage, and their appearance at the
Star will be in personi
Auxiliary Conducting
Free Knitting School
Morrow County Woolgrowers aux
iliary has Innovated a free knitting
school to familiarize women of the
community with the art of knitting
woolen goods, with the pleasure
which may be derived from the art
and with the satisfaction to be
gained from the appearance and
wearing quality of woolen knit
goods.
Classes will be held each Monday
afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock at the
library and all interested persons
are invited.
SHOWERS GIVEN PARKERS.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parker were
recipients of a large number of
gifts to aid them through their fire
loss at showers tendered them by
Lexington and Heppner friends on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker lost all their personal
belongings when their farm homo
at the head of Dutton canyon
burned to the ground last Thurs
day morning.
Strayed or Stolen One pinto,
1200 lbs., branded JPL connected on
left hip; blaze-face sorrel gelding
branded bar-C on right shoulder,
1000 lbs., from artesian well. Finder
notify Reese Burkenblne, city. 28
CITY VOTES F
ALL BOND
Favorable Market, Low
Interest, Water Emer
gency Factors.
WANT KELLY SPRING
Order Offer for Purchase to Aug
ment Wells; Condemn Old Side
walk; Order Pole Removed.
A decision to refund the entire
$10,000 bond payment due October
15 instead of only $5000 as ordered
the week previous was made by the
city council meeting In special aes
sion last night. The decision was
based on the strong condition of
the bond market at present, the
availability of a low rate of inter
est, and the emergency still faced
in the water supply.
The refunding bonds were order
ed payable $5000 each year in 1943
and 1944, making the payments
come after retirement date of out
standing bonds final payment on
which is due in 1942. Retirement
schedule of present Issue calls for
a $10,000 payment each year until
1942 and a $15,000 payment in that
year.
While it was said that the big
reservoir has been kept full since
Installation of the pump in the low
er well last week, uncertainty still
prevails as to how long the supply
from this source will hold up, and
the council ordered the water com
mittee to make an offer for the
purchase of Kelly spring, about a
mile above the wells, to augment
Uie supply.
On request for use of city water
by residents of Donaldson canyon
just outside the south city limits
whose wells have been drying up,
the council voted to supply such
water at regular rates if residents
of the district would install the
pipe necessary to deliver it. The
city did not feel justified in build
ing water line into the district with
no certainty that those to be served
would not go back to their wells
when water again becomes avail
able from that source.
Condemnation of the board side
walk on south Main street above
the power house was ordered, as
the poor condition of the walk was
considered a menace to public
health and safety. Under city ord
inance it becomes necessary for
property owners adjacent to re
move the old walk and replace it
with concrete walk, or if they fail
to do so the city has the right to
do the work and charge the cost
against the property.
Order was entered that Pacific
Power & Light company be requir
ed to change the location of a light
pole at the corner of K and El
der streets, the present position of
.which was considered a menace to
public safety.
An order was entered for re
printing the city charter, as only
one copy of the last issue was
known to exist, and the order for
same placed with Gazette Times.
Announcement was made of
PWA's rejection of the street im
provement application, and a let
ter read from C. C. Hockley, acting
state director, asking for addition
al data on the water improvement
project and requesting a copy of
tne city charter.
Mayor Smead presided over last
evening's meeting, and present
were Councilmen Jeff Jones, Dr.
A. D. McMurdo, C. W. McNamer,
Frank Shively and R. B. Ferguson,
Recorder E. R. Huston, and City
Attorney J. J. Nys.
Townsend Club Officers
Named at Meeting Here
Permanent organization of the
Morrow County Townsend club was
effected at a meeting at the court
house in Heppner Saturday evening
with a hundred memberships. Rev.
Joseph Popeof Heppner was elect
ed president, W. W. Smead, Hepp
ner, vice president; Mrs. Chris
Brown, Heppner, secretary; Chas. '
Breshears, Lexington, treasurer;
executive committee, Mrs. Maggie
Hunt, Heppner; Mrs. Ed McMillan,
Lexington; Mrs. Casha Shaw, Lex
ington, and Mrs. J. H. Padberg, Lex
ington. The total membership of the club
yesterday was reported as 115 by
Mr. Pope, who said that additional
impetus had been given the Town
send movement in Oregon through
endorsement this week by Senator
C. K. Spaulding, Salem. Marlon
county state senator, substantial
business man and a leading citizen
of the capital city.
NEW POLICEMAN HERE.
Verne Hill, state policeman, was
in Heppner Monday making ac
quaintance of local people whom
he will serve, having been recently
assigned to this district with head
quarters at Arlington. F. A. Mc
Mahon, who has paroled the branch
line In the past, still makes his
headquarters at Arlington, shar
ing the territory with Hill.
O. E. S. TO MEET.
Ruth Chapter No. 32, Order of
Eastern Star, will hold Its first
meeting of the fall season at Ma
sonic hall tomorrow (Friday) eve
ning. All members are urged to
attent.
PAYMENT
State Paints Safety Line
Thru City, Down Branch
Those who mistake the painted
strip down Heppner's main street
for a "yellow streak" are advised
that the strip in reality is a safety
feature placed there this week by
a state highway crew as an aid to
motorists. Not only through Hepp
ner, but on the entire branch line
of the Oregon-Washington high
way to Heppner Junction is the
line being painted In accordance
with the state highway policy of so
marking all blacktop highways in
the state system.
The yellow line has proved to be
a great aid to motorists, especially
in foggy or rainy weather when
visibility is poor and passing cars
is hazardous.
While the marking crew was at
work here much interest was taken
in the method and machinery used.
A cord was first placed as a guide
to be followed by the painting ma
chine, a small iron-framed vehicle
with pneumatic tires and seat for
the operator, from which a disc,
with rim on either side the width
of the painted strip, was dropped
against the pavement and the paint
sprayed through this by air pres
sure. The operator gauged the
position of the painted strip by
keeping the cord in the center of
an indicator.
Wilson Bayless told a good story
on himself in connection with the
work. He had come down town
early Monday morning, and just in
front of Gilliam & Bisbee's store
saw a buch of cord in the middle
of the street Thinking it had
been lost by some farmer he pro
ceeded to stop the car, pick up the
cord, cut off the distended portion
and throw the bunch over against
the curb where he thought the
owner would find it. He was not
aware of the painting operations
as none of the crew was in sight.
Rounding, the corner, however, he
saw what was going on and re
ported his mistake to the crew
foreman.
Hoot Gibson Spends Nite
Here Going to Round-Up
Hoot Gibson, he of wild west
movie fame, honored the Heppner
hotel by being Its guest Tuesday
night. He registered "Hoot Gib
son, Hollywood, Cal." His coming,
as did his going, came unheralded.
He just slipped in quietly, spent
the night, and pulled out the next
morning, saying only that he ex
pected to visit the Swaggart ranch
then go on to Pendleton to take In
the Round-UfcJ
Grover Swaggart, in from the
ranch yesterday, verified Gibson's
call there, saying that the movie
star is just a plain cowboy though
a mighty pleasant one. Gibson
looked over the Swaggart horses,
probably with an eye to obtaining
a second Palomina, a Swaggartt
creamoline which he featured in'
many cinema features, now gone
to the Happy Hunting Ground.
Just now the western movie favor
ite is on vacation bent, though he
Is in the middle of making two
new pictures.
Street Improvement Out;
Water Project Considered
That Heppner's application for
$41,000 of PWA money for paving
25 blocks of city streets had been
rejected was the word received by
Mayor Smead this week from C. C.
Hockley, acting state director.
Hockley said endorsement could not
be given because Issuance of the
amount of bonds would cause the
city to exceed the five per cent lim
itation on indebtedness.
No statement was made on the
possibility of getting through the
$12,000 project for Improvement of
the water system, but Hockley
wrote to the city attorney for a
copy of the city charter, said neces
sary for further consideration of
the project.
MRS. SHURTE INTERVIEWED.
Mrs. Lena Snell Shurte, former
Morrow county school superinten
dent and pioneer resident of Gil
liam county, was the subject of an
nterview by Fred Lockley, pub
lished In Sunday's Oregon Journal.
Mrs. Shurte was quoted as an au
thority on Gilliam county history,
some highlights of which were giv
en in the article along with much
of Mrs. Shurte's family history.
Among the earlier residents of Gil
liam county, Mrs. Shurte named
James Bennett, father of E. A. Ben
nett of this city. Mrs. Shurte Is
now teaching in Arlington and
tending the public library. She is
the aunt of Earl W. Snell, secretary
of state.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tagg of Se
attle are visiting with Mr. Tagg's
step-father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Swaggart, at the
Swaggart farm north of Lexington,
and Mr. Tagg accompanied Mr.
Swaggart to town yesterday. Mr.
Tagg is employed with Pacific Tel
ephone and Telegraph company In
Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner of
Democrat Gulch have taken apart
ments in the Case apartment house
where Mrs. Scrivner will stay this
winter while sending the children I
to school.
Mrs. W. V. Crawford, Nan and
Joanne, departed Friday evening
for their homo at Sausalito, Cal.,
after visiting for several weeks
with Heppner relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. George Howard are
moving their residence from the
former Cash residence on Center
street to the Jones apartments.
Lexington Grange Officers
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Front row, left to right: Frances
Troedson, Ceres; Laura Rice, Lec
turer; Clara Nelson, Flora; Alda
Troedson, Chaplain; Ellen Nelson,
Pomona; Lena Kelly, Secretary;
Beulah Nichols, Lady Assistant
Steward.
Michael C. Sepanek Dies
From Accident Injuries
Coming as a shock and a Bur
prise to relatives and friends was
the death of Michael C. Sepanek,
former resident of Morrow county,
and for the past six years resident
of San Joaquin county, California.
He was injured in an automobile
accident on the afternoon of Sep
tember 4, and died the same night.
Mr. Sepanek is survived by his
wife, Bertha C. Sepanek, of Stock
ton, Calif., two sons, Oscar F. of
Detroit, Mich., and Arthur H. of
San Francisco; twin daughters,
Betty C. and Bernice E. of Stock
ton, and other relatives.
Funeral services were held in
Stockton at the Wallace Funeral
Home on Saturday, September 7,
at 4:30 p. m. Interment was made
in ML Hope cemetery, Lansing,
Mich. The remains were accom
panied east by Oscar Sepanek, son
of the deceased, who came to Stock
ton from Detroit by plane.
Dry Fork Community
Seeks Road to River
A road directly down the ridge
fom the Dry Fork community to
Shutler flats, connecting on a direct
line Into Arlington, has been pro
posed before the Morrow and Gil
liam county courts to serve as an
outlet for wheat and other pro
ducts of the Dry Fork and neigh
boring communities. Such a road,
its advocates say, would provide
a much shorter road to market and
cut transportation costs nearly in
half.
N. M. Johnson, E. W. Christoph-
erson and Bert Johnson are among
the advocates recently appearing
before the Morrow county court in
the road's behalf, and Harlan Mc
Curdy, manager of the large Dav
idson ranch tributary to it, while
in town yesterday said that the
road would be of much benefit. Mr.
McCurdy believed tonnage figures
can be shown to justify the road's
construction, though such figures
had not been computed. He said
the ridge road into Arlington would
be worth "a dollar to the Dry Fork
district where the road across to
Condon would be worth ten cents."
CARD OF THANKS.
We feel deeply indebted to our
many friends for the kindness and
favors received since the loss of
our home. It is a great pleasure to
be remembered thus by our friends.
We thank you gratefully.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parker.
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SMITH-HUGHES WORK STARTED
AT BOARDMAN FIRST IN COUNTY
Morrow county is receiving its
first introduction to Smith-Hughes
work, government-aided instruc
tion in vocational agriculture, thru
inauguration of the course at
Boardman this year, and progress
of the work will be watched with
interest by other schools of the
county. Edwin T. Ingles, superin
tendent, arranged for the course,
and Roy G. Murry, the instructor,
has been conducting the work for
more than a month. It was started
several weeks before the regular
opening of the Boardman schools
on September 2.
Mr. Ingles, in Heppner Saturday,
announced the Boardman schools
off to a good start with instruction
al staff as follows: High school,
Edwin Ingles, superintendent; Clara
Ruff, science and girls' athletics;
Jeanette Turner, English and Home
Economics; Roy Murry, director
vocational agriculture; elementary,
Thcron Anderson, principal, 7th
and eighth; Lovedy Burkholder, 5th
and 6th; Vivian Johnston, 3rd and
4th; Mary Harney, 1st and 2nd.
The Smith-Hughes department
has been installed in the basement
of the gymnasium, with students
supervising preparation of quar
ters under an allotment of a sum
of money per day from the board.
Included are a classroom and shop.
This w.ork has been completed and
the department is well equipped to
function.
The boys organized temporarily
in August and held four evening
meetings, when much business was
disposed of, and participated in
five trips. Stanley Partlow, Swan
Lubes and Teddy Wilson were
elected to visit Pendleton on Aug
r t p si t
Back row, left to right: Norman
Nelson, Overseer; Foster Odom,
Gate Keeper; Merle Millere, Assist
ant Steward; Kenneth Smouse,
Steward; Orville Cutsforth, Master.
Note State Master Ray W. Gill at
the right of Master Cutsforth.
Courtesy State Grange Bulletin
George Broadley Dies
Suddenly at Lexington
George Broadley, a resident of the
Lexington community for the last
32 years, died suddenly from a heart
attack at his home there at 4:301
o'clock yesterday morning while in
bed. Though his health had not
been of the best for some time, he
had not been bedfast, and his pass
ing was unexpected, coming as a
shock to relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held from
the Christian church in Lexington
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
with Phelps Funeral home in charge
of arrangements, and Interment In
Lexington I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Mr. Broadley was born at Gaston,
Oregon, Nov. 19, 1880, being aged
54 years, 9 months and 22 days. He
married Miss Lou McMillan of Lex
ington, and for 32 years followed
farming and trucking in the Lex
ington community. Besides the
widow, he is survived by two broth
ers, William of San Fernando, Cal.,
and Frank of Dallas, Ore., and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Chas. Porter of
Odessa, Wash., and Mrs. Robert
Haines of Riverside, Cal.
KIND ROAD IN GOOD SHAPE.
Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell,
Mr. Campbell's cousin from Edmon
ton, Canada, James Hunter Brown,
and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keene of
lone enjoyed a motor trip to Ritter
hot springs Sunday. They made the
trip over by way of Ditch creek,
taking a chance without having a
previous report, and found the road
to be in good condition except for
the numerous gates to be opened on
the Grant county end. The trip was
enjoyable withal except for car
trouble on the return, when the vac
uum tank on the car acted up and
it was necessary to battle their way
through slowly for some time before
reaching Ukiah where the trouble
was overcome.
CHANNEL WORK STARTED.
Work on the $400,000 channel de
velopment work of the Columbia
river between Celilo and Umatilla
will probably start within the next
few days, said E. M. Hulden, river
advocate of Arlington and former
Morrow county resident, when in
the city yesterday. He gained tne
information in a recent interview
with Colonel Robbins, army en
gineer in charge. Hulden said the
time is opportune to work for con
struction of the Umatilla Rapids
dam and that folk of this section
should start working harder instead
of slackening their efforts toward
its realization.
ust 8, when they visited the school
shop and department of agriculture
there, as well as the hospital farm
accompanied by Mr. Dewey, director
of vocational agriculture at Pen
dleton. On the 22nd the stock judg
ing team visited the 4-H club fair
at Heppner.
The next day, Charles Smith,
Stanley Partlow and Pat Healy vis
ited the ram sale at Pendleton. On
the 24th Swan Lubes and John
Partlow went to Portland for the
selection of shop equipment, and
on the 31st Stanley Partlow, Pat
Healy, Charles Smith and Peter
Farley took in the field day at the
Hermiston branch experiment sta
tion. Organization of a chapter of Fu
ture Farmers of America was def
initely decided at the last meeting
August 28. The department expects
to have a judging team at the Pa
cific International Livestock expo
sition as one of its future activities.
Work of the department will con
sist largely of experimenting in ag
ricultural work with a view to de
veloping the best paying farm prac
tices on the Boardman project.
Students registered in the depart
ment include Swan Lubes, Rollo
Moore, Donald Tannehill, Allan
Chaffee and Dean Byram, seniors;
Charlie Smith, Lawrence Smith,
Edward Skoubo. Pat Healy and
John Chaffee, juniors; Kenneth
Ransier, Maurice Hunt, Kenneth
Harford, Peter Farley, Teddy Wil
son, John McEntire, Stanley Part-
low, sophomores; Lylo Tannehill,
freshman. Many graduates are in
terested in taking a part-time
course which will be offered later
in the year. The work Is progress
ing nicely.
BDWWEVILLE POWER
ON FARMS UNLIKELY
Colonel Robbins Gives
Government Angle on
Juice Distribution.
DISTANCE UPS COST
Distribution Expense Unfavorable
to Sections Remote from Dam,
Says Engineer at The Dalles.
That extensive farm electrifica
tion in eastern Oregon is definitely
out of the picture as a result of the
Bonneville dam construction was
the opinion of Colonel E. C. Rob
bins, government engineer in
charge, who addressed a large as
semblage of grange, commercial
club and other organization repre
sentatives from over eastern Ore
gon in the circuit court room at
the courthouse in The Dalles Fri
day evening.
The meeting ostensibly was called
to gain an expression from the peo
ple as to their desires for the use
of Bonneville power when it is
ready for distribution. Colonel Rob
bins citing that no enabling act for
the fixing of rates and building of
transmission lines now exists. A
bill for this purpose introduced at
the last congress by Senators Mc
Nary and Steiwer failed of passage.
But while the meeting was os
tensibly to feel the pulse of the peo
ple, Colonel Robbins outlined the
government policy which will prob
ably preclude electrical energy be
ing placed at every farm doorstep
In the territory, and his message
assumed the nature of a plea for
potential users of the "juice" to
make their wants known as soon
as possible.
Present orders call for construc
tion of but two of the ten 4300 kilo
watt units provided for in the dam's
power house specifications, and
Colpnel Robbins gave as a liberal
estimate that it will take 15 years'
time for absorption of this amount
of power. The entire consumption
of eastern Oregon and eastern
Washington at present is but 5500
kilowats, slightly more than the ca
pocity of one of the power house
units, he said,- However, If need
can be shown for greater power
output the government would be
glad to know it before the dam Is
completed, as additional units can
be installed at much less expense
before the water is turned in. He
estimated the date of completion as
July, 1937, as the work is about six
months ahead of schedule.
Colonel Robbins asserted that
plenty of power will be available
for everyone who can pay for it,
and declared there is no danger of
any industrial concern gobbling up
the entire output. Such an even
tuality has been safeguarded by
regulations already adopted giving
municipalities, local power districts,
and other public functionaries pri
ority claim to the power.
The government policy which
Colonel Robbins expected will gov
ern the sale and distribution of
Bonneville power, and which would
preclude extensive use of it for
farm electrification, was outlined
as a strictly business policy. He
pictured Uncle Sam in the role of
wholesaler, holding a large amount
of electrical energy which he was
ready to sell to any and all comers.
The Uncle has a large sum of bor
rowed money invested in this pow
er, and it is his desire to sell the
power at a rate whereby he can pay
interest on the borrowed money,
pay operating costs and liquidate
the indebtedness in not more than
fifty years' time.
He gave three basic factors which
contribute to the cost of power to
the consumer, namely, generating,
transmitting, and distributing and
service. Generating covers the cost
of power to the switchboard at the
power house; transmitting covers
the cost of distribution lines to the
centers of consumption, and dis
tributing and service takes in the
cost of substations, transmission
lines to individual consumers,
transformers and local mainten
ance. Of these the generating cost
is a small percentage of the cost
to be paid by the Individual con
sumer. Building of transmission
lines is a major cost factor, and
hence the farther the "juice" is de
livered from the dam the greater
must be the consumer cost.
In disposing of the power, the
Colonel emphasized, the govern
ment must take into consideration
the density of population and "load"
factors of the communities to be
served, for where large blocks of
power can be disposed of the coat
of distribution is spread over more
units thus lowering the cost per
unit When the power is carried
over long distances into sparsely
settled communities with light de
mand, the cost of building trans
mission lines increases the per unit
cost to a point where electrical en
ergy can be produced at less cost
with diesel or steam plants.
He quoted a tentative rate sched
ule based on the best information
available at the present time, show
ing what relative costs of Bonne
ville power would be at different
points. Under the schedule, point
close to the dam would benefit by
very low rates, while as the distance
from the dam Increased the rate
became relatively larger depending
(Continued on Pugo Eight.)