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Volume 52, Number 32.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 1935
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John Day "Litigation"
District Leaves Res
idue of Grief.
TO DO OR NOT TO DO?
Warrant Holders Have Mandamus,
Taxpayers Have Injunction, and
Jail Opening Gapes.
Faced by mandamus for payment
of warrants on the one side, and an
injunction against collection of
taxes with which to pay the war
rants on the other, the county court
la between the devil and the deep
blue sea In the matter of straighten
ing out the affairs of the defunct
John Day Irrigation district
Sandy River Investment company
has the writ of mandamus for levy
of tax to pay warrants held by them
while Northern Pacific Railway
company which has large holdings
or land in the district, has the in
junction against collection of taxes
already levied. The course seems
clear for levying a new tax, but the
court is hesitant in following such
a course lest much of the district
land not already held by the county
will revert to it.
Should taxpayers of the district
not see fit to pay the new tax, if It
is levied, and let their lands revert
to the county, then the question
arises whether the county, or
much of it as is Included within the
district, will be liable for payment
of the old warrants. In such even
tuality it would remain for those
who do pay Into the tax coffers to
stand the cost of the irrigation de
bade, and the county would stand
to lose other tax revenues off the
land until such time as it is again
taken Into private ownership.
This is one of the knotty prob
lems tnat will face the county but
get committee when It meets next
Wednesday to prepare the budget
ior tne coming year.
The John Day Irrigation dtetrict
was formed a number of years ago
for the purpose of throwing water
from the John Day river over the
desert lands of northern Gilliam,
Morrow and Umatilla counties, with
the idea of making the desert into
a garden. Folk in the district voted
themselves into it and tax assess
ments were made against the land
to have surveys made. "Irrigation1
turned Into "litigation," as engineer
and attorneys kept the district in
court almost from the time of in
ception, resulting in many thous
and dollars already expended and
other thousands still owing without
a cents worth of development.
Now the county court has the
choice of reaping the disfavor of
the gods by levying a tax or of go
ing to jail under contempt of court
by ignoring the writ of mandamus.
Mrs. Edward Rice Passes;
Funeral Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held from
St. Patrick's church at 11 o'clock
this morning for Mrs. Eklward Rice
who died at Heppner hospital Tu
esday following an operation for
stomach ulcers. Father P. J. Stack
officiated and the services were
largely attended by friends and rel
atives. Intel ment was In Heppnei'
cemetery.
The untimely passing of the
young mother who leaves a week
old baby daughter, Eleanor Lee, Is
mourned by the whole community.
Mary Teresa McCabe was born
In this county July 8, 1911, the
daughter of Frank and Elnora (Do
herty) McCabe, and died October
15, 1935, aged 24 years, 3 months
and 7 days. She was united In mar
riage to Edward Rice, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Rice of Lexington,
January 27, 1933, at Heppner. Be
sides the husband and infant
daughter she Is survived by the fa
ther, Frank McCabe of Lena, bro
ther Francis, and sister, Mrs. Rob
ert Miller of La Grande. The mo
ther and one sister were drowned
in a cloudburst In McDonald can
yon July 28, '1915.
KNITTING SCHOOL OFF.
The free knitting school being
conducted Monday afternoons at
the library by Morrow County Wool
Growers auxiliary will not be held
next Monday afternoon as ladles of
the auxiliary are being entertained
at Echo that day. The next school
will be held on the 28th, and the
public is again advised that the In
struction is free and everyone Is In
vited. COUNTY WELL WATEIt PUKE.
A report received this week from
the Btate board of health showed
water from the county well to test
"A" condition, potable and fit for
drinking. A former unfavorable
report was believed by the county
court to have been due to contam
ination from new pipe that had just
been Installed.
Mr. and Mrs. Laxton McMurray
of Jordan passed through the city
this' morning on their way to Rit
ter hot springs to spend some time
while Mr. McMurray takes treat
ment for his health.
, Mrs. Blaine E. Isom returned
home Saturday from a visit In
Portland at the home of Mr. Isom's
sister, Mrs. Ed O'Shea.
H. V. GATES LONG
PROMINENT HERE
President Old Heppner Light &
Water Co., State G. A. R. Head
Passes at Age of 89.
H. V. Gates, 89, for years prom
inently Identified with the business
life of this city as president of
Heppner Light & Water company,
and state commander of the Grand
Army of the Republic, died in Port
land Saturday night. Funeral ser
vices were announced to be held at
Hillsboro at 1:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon from the Congregational
church. He had been a resident of
Hillsboro for the last several years.
Marry verner Gates was born at
Lowell, Massachusetts, July 30, 1847.
He married Helen M. Bacheller in
1870, and came to Oregon in 1881.
For many years he was chief en
gineer for the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, and while in
that position drew 'plans for the
first gas motor cars to be operated
in the company's passenger service.
He became identified with the light
and water company here in the late
'90's, serving as its president for
some twenty years.
Mr. Gates enlisted in the Union
army at 16 years of age, October
Zi, lSb2, and was assigned to Com
pany A, 6th Iowa volunteer infantry
as bugler and quartermaster clerk.
Later he saw service against the In
dians In Montana and the Dakotas.
He was elected commander of the
Oregon department of the G. A. R.
for the fourth term at the encamp
ment in Portland last June. His
first term was in 1895 when the de
partment had hundreds of veterans
on its roster. This year was his
third consecutive year at the head
of the state group of Civil war vet
erans.
He was a member of the Masons
and Eastern Star.
I0NE
By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lindstrom
were pleasantly surprised Monday
evning when a group of friends
dropped in on them for a pot luck
supper. The occasion was their
fifth wedding anniversary. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Lundell and daughter Mildred, Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Drake and children,
Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mr. and Mrs.
franklin Lindstrom and sons. Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Troedson and Fran
cis, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swan
son, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom
and Roy, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lun
dell and Kenneth. Mr. and Mrs. A
W. Lundell and Wallace. During
the evening Mr. and Mrs. Lind
strom were presented with an ap-
piupi-mie gut.
On Wednesday night the Masonic
and Eastern Star lodges gave a
farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Howk who will leave soon to
make their home In Condon. Tho
affair was a pot luck supper and a
social nour later. Mr. and Mrs.
Howk were presented with a gift
from the orders.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith wprp
Pendleton visitors Monday.
mrs. wrex Hickok of Portland
arrived on Friday morning's train
for a short visit with her parents,
mi. ami Mrs. a. n;. Moore. On Sat
urday evening she was loinpH hv
Mr. Hickok who motored up with
Clarence Krause of Oswego. The
party returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey Ring and daughter
Lois went to Hood River Saturdav
night. '
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake and F.nrl
Blake of Kinzua visited here Sat
urday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dennv have
returned from a week's visit In the
Willamette valley.
Miss Nellie McKinlev and Mrs
Elizabeth Tipton of Portland, both
officers of the O. E. S. grand chap
ter of Oregon, were guests of Mr3.
Bert Mason Sunday night. The
ladies were on their way home from
Pendleton where they had attended
a reception for Percv Folsom. wor
thy grand patron of the grand chap
ter oi uregon, u. UJ. s.
Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Pi ltman nf
Yamhill were week-end guests of
rnr. ana Mrs. E. C. Heliker. Mr.
Putman is a cousin of Mrs. Hel
iker. Door Mason has returned frnm
Kinzua.
The I. O. O. F. benefit nnrtv t
Morgan last Saturday night was
wen auenaed and a good time is
reported.
Ture Peterson went to PnrtlnnH
Thursday to attend the last few
days of the stock show.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lawrence nf
Sllverton have been visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lind
say and Mr. and Mrs. French Bur
roughs. Mrs. Lawrence Is the sister
of James Lindsay.
Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Morse of Tim
Dalles were overnight guests of Mr.
and Mrs. M. R. Morgan Saturday.
On Sunday they enjoyed a pheasant
hunt before returning home.
ur. Frea Clark of Portland was
registered at the Park hotel Wed
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Evans of
Portland enjoyed phearsant hunting
along the creek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feklman weii
called to Great Falls, Montana, on
luesaay ny the death of Mr. Feld
man's brother.
Wayne Allen, a nenhew of Rnlnh
Harris, visited with the Harris fam
ily Monday night. Mr. Allen lives
at Brogan, Ore., and was on his way
lo Portland.
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I
IT BITE
ON SUITE FOR M
Big Fun Frolic Draws
Aid of Organizations
for Library.
VARIETY TO APPEAL
County's Best Talent Inducted for
Popular Affair; Public Expected
to Pack Auditorium.
Heppner's annual fun frolic, li
brary stunt night, has been set for
Monday, October 28. That's the
news given out from library head
quarters, and Mra Merle Becket,
general manager for the event, al
ready has the line-up of entertain
ment well in hand.
Serving as it does as an avenue
for presenting the best entertain
ment talent in the county, the an
nual stunt night provides a large
part of the revenue for maintaining
Heppner's fast-growing and popu
lar public library, and through its
joint appeal as an attractive enter
tainment feature and library bene
fit it claims the support of the en
tire county. This year as before,
organizations of the county have
expressed wholehearted support.
Admission prices again this year
have been set at 35 cents and 10
cents, and plans call for an inten
sive pre-sale of tickets.
In the roster of organizations re
sponding to the appeal for program
numbers, each of which will not
exceed ten minutes time, are lone,
Lexington and Hardman schools,
Lions, Boy Scouts, Episcopal, Chris
tian and Methodist churches, East
ern Star, school band, school fac
ulty, Business and Professional
Womens club, Bookworms, Degree
of Honor, American Legion, Amer
ican Legion auxiliary, Rebekahs,
Woolgrowers auxiliary, high school
student body, Elks.
The variety of entertainment will
include almost every kind of hu
man accomplishment. Musical,
reading, dramatic numbers, tab
leaux, acrobatics everything from
the aesthetic to the hilarious will
afford something to suit the tastes
of everyone, Is the promise. Facil
ities of the gym-auditorium assure
good seats for all who attend, and
a packed house should give impetus
to the evenings fun and another
year of progress for the library.
AAA Wheat Contracts
Simplified; Signup Near
Oregon farmers planning to sign
the new four-year wheat contract
will find the procedure much sim
plified as compared with that nec
essary with the first control pro
gram, according to state college ex
tension service officials who have
examined applications for contracts.
With the completion of a series
of district meetings for county ag
ents and allotment committeemen
the third week In October, county
and community meetings will be
held at once where growers will be
given detailed information about
the new contracts and an oppor
tunity to sign the applications.
Information required on the new
contracts .Is practically the same
as that furnished under the orig
inal plan, as the base years for
production and acreage remain the
same. Farmers who did not sign up
under the old plan are not barred
from signing the new four-year
control contracts. In some Instances
where the grower was unable to es
tablish a practical base under the
original rules, he may find It possi
ble to comply under the new pro
gram. Such new contract signers are
urged to attend the local meetings
and if possible to confer personally
with county or community commit
teemen. Although the new contract ex
tends for four years, any producer
who complies may terminate his
contract at the end of the 1937 crop
year if he so desires. On the other
hand, in case conditions would
make such a move necessary, the
secretary of agriculture may ter
minate the contracts, but in such
case growers are assured that they
will be compensated fully for all
compliance that has been made.
A flexible adjustment payment
plan has been- Included In the new
contracts by which the second In
stallment each year varies accord
ing to the market price of wheat
during that crop year. This plan
Is intended to make certain that
cooperating wheat farmers will re
ceive enough from the market value
and the benefit payments to give
them pre-war purchasing power on
their allotments. The first 1936 ad
justment payments will be payable
next summer after compliance with
the contract for that crop year has
been checked.
TO SHOW FHA NEWS.
An added attraction at the Star
theater October 27-28 will be a
Pathe short feature Better Hous
ing News Flashes. The flashes in
clude a number of interesting shots,
showing some of the activities of
FHA. Highlights are: Key West
Goes Modern, Attic Magic and The
Home of Tomorrow. The feature
was produced by Pathe and distrib
uted by FHA. It Is being shown In
32 Oregon theaters this month.
N0TS0NS IN FLIGHT
DOWN CHINA RIVER
Definite Word Received That Lo
cal Boy and Wife Among Party
of Chinese Missionaries.
That Mr. and Mrs. Charles Not
son are among a party of mission
aries taking flight by goatskin raft
aown the Yellow river from a Chi
nese Red invasion of the Hochow
mission district was definitely
learned this week when their names
appeared in the daily press among
the list of refugees. No direct word
had been received here, however, by
Mr. Notson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. E. Notson, though before leav
ing a conference at Titao Charles
had written that they had been or
dered to evacuate the district and
expected it would be necessary to
make the perilous 600-mile raft trip
from Lanchow to Paotow from
where the train would be taken to
Peiping.
Folk here will anxiously await
word of the Notson's safe arrival
at Paotow, as bandit attacks are
ever imminent on the river besides
the danger of a freeze-up at this
time of year. The Notsons entered
the Chinese mission field near the
border of Tibet but a few months
ago and had just got well started
in their work. Last word received
from Charles stated that he did rot
believe the impending Red invasion
would materialize as both the Mo
hammedan Chinese and the nation
alist government were apparently
preparing to repulse it. He wrote
from Titao that if they were not
permitted to return to Hochow it
would be necessary for them to
abandon their personal belongings
wnicn naa been left there.
CCC COMPANY TO
ARRIVE MONDAY
Rodman, Conservationist Head, is
Notified; GuUy Control Comes
First on Program.
The long expected comnanv of
men for the CCC camp is due to
arrive at Heppner Monday, accord
ing to a wire received yesterday
by Millard Rodman, conservation
ist chairman.
The full program of work for the
camp has not yet been completed,
but the first undertaking will prob
ably be gully control work on Wil
low and Hinton creeks. On the
Hanna ranch on Hinton creek and
on the Frank S. Parker and Wight
man Brothers farms on Willow
creek plans are already made for
a series of check dams.
These dams are designed to raise
the water table only and not to
impound any body of water. The
method to be used, according to
Charles E. Stricklin, state engineer,
is wen caicuiatea to prolong the
flow of water down the creeks and
will not Infringe on anyone's water
rights.
Heppner Legion Post
Will Install '36 Officers
Milton Spurlock will be installed
as commander of Heppner post 87,
American Legion, at ceremonies to
be held next Monday evening at the
4-H club room in the county pavil
ion. Jas. D. Todd of Hermiston,
6th district commander, will be In
stalling officer. Other post officials
to be inducted are C. A. Macomber,
vice commander, P. M. Gemmell,
adjutant-finance officer; C. J. D.
Bauman, sergeanf-at-arms, and E.
E. Gilliam, chaplain. Following
the installation a big venison feed
will be served. All ex-service men
in the Heppner territory are urged
to attend, and Commander Elbert
L. Cox promises a big time for all.
WILLIS BI SH PASSES.
Willis Bush, 79, died at Morrow
General hospital in this city last
Thursday, and funeral services were
conducted from the Phelps chapel
at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Rev. Joseph Pope officiating, with
Interment in Masonic cemetery. Mr.
Bush was born in Jackson county
Oregon, Sept. 12, 1856, to William
and Elizabeth (Myers) Bush. He
came to Umatilla county in 1873 and
followed farming, marrying Miss
Olive Duggar at Athena In 1886. To
this union were born two daughters
both of whom died In youth. Mrs.
Bush passed away In the late '90's.
Mr. Bush came to Morrow county
In 1925, making his home with his
sister, Mrs. B. F. Swaggart, on the
farm north of Lexington. Besides
Mrs. Swaggart, he is survived by a
brother, Milton Bush of Pendleton,
and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Stamp
er of Portland.
HAVE SUCCESSFUL HUNT.
Mark Merrill, Gay M. Anderson
and W. Y. Ball returned home Mon
day from a deer hunt near Indian
Rock in the Greenhorns, each with
his prize. Merrill and Anderson
each landed a two-pointer while
Ball's buck weighed 200 pounds.
Snow was descending in the high
mountains as they pulled out and
the temperature had plenty of the
feel of winter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pruyn de
parted Monday for Portland, ex
pecting to go on to Hillsboro In
time to attend the funeral yester
day of their late friend, H. V. Gates.
Mrs. Charles Thomson accompani
ed them to the city for a visit with
her son, Earl Thomson, who Is em
ployed there.
MEETING
SET AT WALLA WALLA
Leaders of Northwest to
Attend Inland Water
ways Conclave.
SHIPPING IS THEME
Lions Committee Feels Sentiment
on Levy for Association; Not
son Announces Meetings.
Transportation will be the theme
song of the third annual meeting
oi tne miana Waterways associa
tion to be held at Walla Walla, Sat
urday, October 26, announced S. E
Notson at the Lions Monday noon
luncheon. An official call just re
ceived from H. G. West, secretary,
announced an all-day meeting be
ginning at 10 o'clock a. m., with
many prominent men in attendance,
Important topics will be discussed
bearing vitally on the future econ
omic stability of the interior Pacific
Northwest by such outstanding
leaaers as w. u. B. Dodson, execu
tive vice-president, Portland Cham
ber of Commerce; Marshal N. Da
na, chairman district No. 1, Nation
al Resources board; Colonel T. M.
Robins, division engineer in charge
or me iNortn facitlc division: Col,
C. F. Williams, district engineer in
charge of construction work on the
Columbia and Snake rivers, and
many others too numerous to men
tion, the call said. Practically all
our senators and congressmen from
Idaho, Washington and Oregon will
be in attendance, and the govern
ors or the three states have sign!
fled their intention to attend, it add
ed.
"We have been repeatedly told by
engineers m mgn authority that we.
living east of the Cascades, must
use facilities as already afforded if
we expect to get further develop
ment on the upper Columbia and
bnake rivers. In view of this,
transportation is the most vital sub
ject for this association to discuss.
It is expected that represents
tives of the two river transporta
tion lines will be present. A defin
ite plan must be formulated to af
ford these people full cooperation,1
said the announcement.
Mr. Notson also read another
communication from Mr. West in
wnich the plan of financing the as
sociation through direct levy from
the counties the coming year was
explained, and the Lions amiointed
C. J. D. Bauman, J. J. Wightman
and L. E. Dick as a committee to
feel the sentiment of the people on
the subject and report to the bud
get committee when it meets next
Wednesday.
Announcement was also made by
Mr. Notson of the chamber of com
merce meeting held at Hermiston
Tuesday evening for the purpose
of formulating a plan for oiling the
Lexington-Jarmon, Butter creek
and Hermiston diagonal north road.
Lumber Truck Hits Sheep,
Wrecks on' Spray Road
E. J. Drake escaped with lacera
tions of the face when the large
lumber truck he was driving hit a
band of sheep on the fill south of
Hardman on the Heppner-Spray
road yesterday afternoon and rolled
over five times. Four sheep were
killed and the truck was badly dam
aged. Drake has been hauling lum
ber from Reed's mill. The truck
was empty when the accident hap
pened. The same truck driven by another
driver recently hit a band of Har
old Cohn sheep at another point on
the road, killing sixty head.
VETERINARIAN HERE.
In connection with the federal
program for the elimination of
dairy cows reacting to Bang's dis
ease, Dr. L. L. Taylor, federal vet
erinarian now in Morrow county,
will be working around Heppner
next week. There is no charge for
this testing and cows shown to be
reactors under the test are eligible
for a $25.00 payment over and
above the net price received for
them as beef. Everyone owning
one or more cows close to Heppner
should leave their name at the of
fice of the county agent on Thurs
day, Friday or Saturday of this
week.
RODMAN TO LEGISLATURE.
Millard Rodman, chief of the lo
cal soil conservation service, will
leave tomorrow evening for Port
land preliminary to being on hand
for the opening of the special leg
islative session at Salem Monday.
As youngest member of the house
of representatives he will have a
hand in deciding the issues to come
before the session. He received
word today that Henry Semon of
Klamath county appeared to be the
strong candidate for speaker of the
house.
B.VRRATTS LEAVE SATURDAY.
Senator and Mrs. J. G. Barratt
will leave Saturday evening for
Portland and Salem to be on hand
for opening of the special legisla
tive session Monday. Senator Bar
ratt, appointed to fill the unexpired
term of Senator Jack Allen, resign
ed, will cut his eye teeth as a law
maker at this session. He has been
In close contact with state affairs,
however, and is well prepared to
represent his constituency.
PIONEER MOTHER
OF I0NE PASSES
.ura. Missouri Jordan came to
County in 1872; Made Trip Across
Plains by Ox Team at 7.
Death called Mrs. Missouri Jor
dan, beloved Morrow county pio
neer, at her home in lone last Mon
day, and funeral services were held
from the Christian church in that
city yesterday afternoon with a
large concourse of relatives and
friends paying tribute to the love
and esteem in which she was held
by the entire community. Alvin
Kleinfeldt, Christian minister of
Heppner officiated, and interment
was in lone cemetery. In her many
years of residence in the lone com
munity, Mrs. Jordan was always
among tne nrst to minister to the
sick and distressed. She had tho
stamina, grit and true neighborly
opini oi me pioneer mother.
Missouri Haney was born in Chil
licothe Missouri, Sept. 15, 1854, the
daughfcr of J. C. and Martha Jane
lurown) Haney. With her parents
she crossed the plains by ox team
at the ,age of 7 years. The family
lived at Brownsville until she was
17 then came to eastern Oregon and
settled in the lone district. Here
she was married to John Jordan,
April 4, 1872. To this union were
born five children.
They lived in Arlington about 10
years, then in Monmuth about five
years, returning to lone where Mrs.
Jordan had since resided for 41
years. Her husband preceded her
in death, May 14, 1901. She was
long a member of the Christian
church, uniting with the church in
1911. Departing this life October
14, 1935, she was a.zed 81 vears and
29 days.
She is survived bv two child ran
Mrs. Lena Rhea of. lone, and Lu
ther Jordan of Roseburcr: a foster
child, Jesse Daily of Portland; three
grandchildren, two great grandchil
dren, besides a host of friends.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Mr. and Mrs. John Piper were
pleasantly surprised Sunday, which
was ineir forty-fifth wedding an
niversary. A chicken dinner was
given in their honor at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper. Mrs
Arnold Piper assisted Mrs. Rufus
Piper in preparing and servlne the
dinner. The honor couple were the
recipients of some lovely gifts as
wen as many congratulations and
best wishes. Those nrasont nt tho
dinner were J. H. Piper and Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Tone and family
ui miiLon; Mr. ana Mrs. E. M. Lut
ton of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs.
John Piper, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Piper and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Piper of Lexington. There
were several invited guests who
were unable to be present because
of illness of members-of their fam
ilies. Mr. and Mrs. Piper were
married at Lexington on Octnher
9, 1890, and have made their home
here since.
The regular business meeting of
the Lexington grange was held in
tne hall Saturday evening with a
good attendance.
The Lexington Home Economics
club met at the home of Mrs. Laura
Scott Thursday afternoon. About
fifteen members were present. At
the close of the meeting refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
assisted by Mrs. Nancy McWaters.
J. he Lexington grange will eive a
dance at the grange hall Saturday
night, October 19. Music will be
furnished by Branstetter's orchestra
or ijcho.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Burchell of
Sheridan were week-end euesta nf
Mr. and Mrs. Galey Johnson. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Johnson who will visit at the home
of Mrs. Mae Burchell.
Ira Lewis and Lester Cox attend
ed the stock show in Portland last
week. Before returning they visit
ed Edwin Beach who is instructor
in the high school at Gresham. Mrs.
Roy Johnson was in charge of the
store during Mr. Lewis' absence.
the Lexington grange is eivini? .a
card party in their hall Friday eve
ning, uciooer is. Both bridge and
five hundred will be played.
wooarow and Wilma Tucker
spent the week end In Portland and
Salem. When thev returned
they were accompanied hv Mr anH
Mrs. W. B. Tucker who have been
in Portland for the past six weeks.
A. ri. .Nelson and O. W. Cutsfortn
were business visitors In Portland
over the week end.
James Devine of Seattle was here
last week to attend the funeral of
his nephew, Paul Devine.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hunt, nf
Heppner spent Sunday with Mrs.
Hunt's mother, Mrs. Emma Ashin
hust Among the men of this commu
nity who went hunting during the
week were Orville Cutsforth, Nor
man Nelson, Paul Smouse, Vernon
Scott, Sam McMillan and Henry
Smouse.
Lexington School News
At the regular meeting of the
student body held on Thursday,
October 3, Bernice Martin was elect
ed as yell leader to replace Lee
Shaw who resigned from that office.
Alma, Bill, Jack and Laurene
Van Winkle were absent from
school last week. However they
are back at school this week.
A lovely birthday party was given
Friday evening at the C. N. Biddle
home, honoring Miss Joyce Biddle.
Games were played and then re
freshments were served. Dancing
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Morrow, Umatilla Courts
Meet Road Users, Give
Support at Hermiston
TO PREPARE BRIEF
Committee Named from Various
Districts to Gather Data for
Presentation to Commission.
Immediate oiling of the Lexing
ton-Jarmon, Butter creek and diag
onal road north of Hermiston to
the Wallula cut-off was sanctioned
by members of both the Morrod
and Umatilla county courts, farmers
residing on the route and other in
terested persons from Heppner,
Lexington, Hermiston and Colum
bia at a meeting at Hermiston
Tuesday evening sponsored by the
chamber of commerce of that city.
Fifty men were in attendance.
Unanimous expression declared
that the road was In bad repair, al
most impossible to maintain with
out oil; that its roughness is costing
the farmers large sums annually in
wear and tear on trucks and auto
mobiles; that its importance as a
thoroughfare for through traffic as
well as farm to market road is con
stantly increasing, and that the
only solution to the problem is oil.
That the true picture of the sit
uation may be presented to the state
highway commission delegations
from each of the districts repre
sented named one committeeman
to a group who will meet again at
Hermiston next Tuesday evening to
incorporate the facts in a brief.
Named on the committee were L.
E. Dick, Heppner; Frank Saline.
Lexington; Ralph Saylor, Butter
creek; E. P. Dodd, Hermiston, and
R. M. Sommerer. Columbia.
Professor McAtee, president of
the Hermiston chamber, presided
at Tuesday evening's meeting, and
stated its purpose as bringing to
gether courts of the two counties
with users of the road to determine
what steps might be taken to get
tne route onea. Members of the
courts present were, Morrow coun
ty, Judge W. T. Campbell and Com
missioners Frank S. Parker and
George N. Peck; Umatilla county,
Judge G. F. Hodges and Commis
sioners J. O. Hales and W. R. Mein
ers. S. E. Notson and Jap Craw
ford were also present from Hepp
ner, and among those attending
from Lexington were W. F. Barnett,
R. H. Lane, H. E. Warner, Ray
McAlister, Wm. Doherty, Alex Lind
sey and Frank Saling.
Report was given that both the
highway engineers and the state
highway commission favor oiling
the road, but assert that no funds
are available for oiling secondary
highways. Concensus of opinion
had it that the money might be
found if enough pressure is brought
to bear, or that designation of the
road might be changed to make it
eligible for such money.
The suggestion of S. E. Notson
that this route linked with the
Heppner-Spray road joins up with
other routes to make an inter-state
highway and is thus eligible for
recognition as a federal aid high
way met with favor, and consider
able discussion was had of taking
steps toward having it recognized
as such. This course was general
ly preferred to attempting to have
the route recognized as a primary
highway, for the latter course
would open the way for objection
of the commission on grounds that
a hundred and one other secondary
routes would be entitled to the same
recognition.
Mr. Notson also stressed the im
portance of this route as a river
outlet for much upper county wheat
when and if river transportation Is
realized.
Frank H. Miller Dies
Suddenly at Boardman
While working with broom corn
at his home on the Boardman pro
ject yesterday afternoon, Frank H.
Miller dropped dead apparently
from a stroke of apoplexy. The
body was brought to the Phelps
Funeral home last evening.
Mrs. Miller was working with her
husband and had no indication of
anything being wrong until a mo
ment before when Mr. Miller told
her everything was turning dark
on him. She told him not to fall,
and he leaned against the fence
to support himself, a minute later
slumping to the ground, dead. He
was said to have suffered from high
blood pressure.
The Millers have lived at Board
man for several years. A son, Rus
sell, formerly resided at lone.
TOWNS.ENDITKS ACTIVE.
A large picnic at the fair pavil
ion Saturday with basket dinner
at noon and address In the after
noon by Clint P. Halght, state rep
resentative and editor of Canyon
City Blue Mountain Eagle was at
tended by 150 Townsendites to fos
ter the old age pension plan In this
county. Mrs. Chris Brown was re
cently named delegate from the lo
cal club to attend the national con
vention of Townsendites in Chicago.
Construction started this week on
the 16x60 foot concrete building of
Mrs. Llllle Aiken on Muln street
next to Curran Hat shop.
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