OREGON HISTORICAL SOC
PUBLIC AUDI T.O P. 1 'J
PORTLAND. ORE.
Volume 52, Number 21.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 30, 1936.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
COMMinEE TO ACT
ON FLOOD coin
P. W. Mahoney Outlines
Steps in Formation of
District Before Lions.
APPROVE TANK SITE
City, County Land Next to Cream
cry Preferred by Service Club;
Chance FWA Help Cited. ,
P. W. Mahoney made an analysis
of the flood control situation be
fore Tuesday's Lions luncheon, re
sulting in appointment of a com-,
mittee from the Lions club to work
with Mr. Mahoney and three out
side members to be appointed by
him in evolving a further plan of
procedure. Named from the Lions
were E. W. Gordon, J. L. Gault and
S. E. Notson. ,
Mr. Mahoney reported last Thurs
day's meeting attended by Engineer
C. F. Williams of the army depart
ment, State Engineer C. E. Strick
lin and Representative Walter M.
Pierce, and gave a resume of the
procedure in organizing a flood
control district, the next step to be
undertaken before a flood control
dam can be obtained,
The law governing flood control
districts was passed at the last leg
islative session and so far little use
has been made of it, said the speak
er. In proceeding, a petition sign
ed by ten residents of the proposed
district must be submitted to the
state engineer. If approved by his
office, the matter is then submitted
to the people of the proposed dis
trict at an election. If it is voted
upon favorably, a board of direc
tors Is appointed to serve until the
first regular election, and the ma
chinery is set up to purchase the
dam site or sites, or other proper
ties necessary, to assume liabilities
which may be incurred and to take
over the dam's, or dams', mainten
ance after construction. One con
dition of the district's formation is
that the assessed valuation be
,large enough to carry the proposed
burden of taxation which is within
the power of the board of directors
to levy.
Dr. R. C. Lawrence of the swim
ming tank committee reported con
tact this week with E. J. Griffith,
state PWA director, and from him
learned of the possibility of getting
the tank financed with PWA funds.
Mr. Griffith was reported as saying
chances were favorable for PWA
making an outright grant of 45
percent of the cost on such project
if site is provided and plans ap
proved, and that if the project
could be shown to be self-liquidating
it would loan the other 55 per
cent. One condition of the PWA
grant, however, was that the pro
ject be sponsored by the city,
county, or other qualified agency.
If the project is rushed It was be
lieved ground could be broken in
the spring and the tank obtained
for use early next summer.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies reported for the
commtitee on site, recomending the
city and county property adjacent
to Morrow County Creamery com
pany. The club endorsed this site
and authorized the committee to
proceed with preparation of plans,
obtaining site and sponsorship, and
other work necessary to keep the
project moving.
Besides room for tank, the pro
posed site was said to be large en
ough for tennis courts and other
The Rising Tide
Unsternmable, Says Speaker
Picturing the Chinese spirit as
one of placid stick-to-itiveness, Miss
Rose Liebbrand, who spent three
years In China, told the Lions club
Tuesday why she believed the Chi
nese nation would eventually be
the greatest nation on earth.
"It won't come to pass in my life
time or yours," Miss Llebbrand
said. "It may take a hundred, three
hundred, five hundred, or perhaps
a thousand years, but it Is inevit
able." Miss Liebbrand has been in Hepp
ner for two months with the Ore
gon writers' guild of WPA, looking
up historical data. Her views served
as a background which may give a
better understanding of what is now
taking place in the Orient with Ja
pan already having control of outer
Manchuria and rapidly taking over
inner Manchuria.
She answered the question of Ja
pan's gaining control of China with
the story of the Chinaman's re
mark on hearing that 100 Japanese
and 2000 Chinese had been killed In
one battle. The Chinaman com
mented: "That velly fine, we soon
get 'em." The fact that there were
.many more Chinese than Japanese
killed meant little to John China
man. His prediction was based on
the psychology of numbers of Chi
nese compared with Japanese. The
400 million Chinese are just too
many for any nation to overcome,
and Japan with 80 million, should
she continue her conquest, will
eventually be absorbed by the larger
nation, the speaker said.
Two factors enter into the trend
toward Chinese nationalism, the
largest factor in China's becoming
an outstanding empire. These, Miss
Liebbrand gave as the youth move-
Miss Hanna Maintains
Lead in Queen Voting
Betty Doherty, Lexington's entry
in the race for Heppner's 1936 Ro
deo queen, advanced 5100 votes In
the balloting at last Saturday
night's dance to take second place.
Miss Genevieve Hanna of Lena gar
nered 3300 votes to maintain her
lead; Harriet Heliker, Willows
grange candidate, netted 1900 votes
to take third place, and Frances
Rugg advanced her total by 1800
votes.
Standings of the candidates this
week as the second round of dances
starts at Rhea creek grange hall
Saturday evening find Miss Hanna
with 22,800; Miss Doherty, 18,400;
Miss Heliker, 17,800, and Miss Rugg,
16,500.
The Pendleton Indian orchestra,
so popular at the recent queen
dances, has been retained for the
Rhea creek party.
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs
Injured in Accident
L. W. Brggs, county treasurer,
and Mrs. Briggs, each received in
juries when the Briggs' car collided
with a street car in Portland Sun
day. Word received by relatives
here said Mr. Briggs was confined
to bed with several fractured ribs
while Mrs. Briggs received a cut
over the eye which required three
stitches to close. They expected
to be home today. The car was
said to have been badly wrecked.
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs had been in
Portland for a week, expecting to
take in the Gideon convention last
week end.
RETURNS FROM TRIP EAST.
The thermometer registered 114
degrees on the shady side of the
depot at Denver where he hoped
to find some relief, and the only
cool spot to be found on the return
journey from New York was in the
air-conditioned railroad cars, re
ported Chester Darbee, local O.-W.
R. &'N. agent, who arrived homo
Friday from a month's trip east.
Crop conditions were reported as
spotted In the eastern states. Thru
Indiana and Illinois there were
places where the corn appeared to
be gone, while there were other
spots where it was tall and green.
In northern Kentucky and southern
Indiana the grain crops had al
ready been harvested. Mr. Darbee
took with him his grand daughter
and grandson, Dorothy Ann and
Donald, children of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Rogers of Redmond, and- re
ports having as much fun as the
kids In visiting Coney island, Radio
City and Roxie theater having the
world's largest stage. The old
home in New York state was visit
ed, and they took in Washington,
D. C. A brother of Mr. Darbee was
also visited in the most westerly
town in West Virginia, the site of
a large pulp and paper mill, too
large, in fact, to keep it from pol
luting the river and killing off the
fine trout which once made the
river famous for its fishing. Bus
iness appeared to be moving along
at a good click in the sections vis
ited, Mr. Darbee said.
recreation facilities which might
be obtained later.
Miss Rose Leibbrand was intro
duced to the club by Mrs. Lucy E.
Rodgers, county school superinten
dent, and gave some views on
Chna based on three years resi
dence there as a missionary. A
more detailed report will be found
in another column.
Other guests included Rev. R. C.
Young, new Methodist minister;
Peyton Hawes of Portland, presi
dent McKesson-Robbins wholesale
drug firm; Mr. Downs, salesman for
the drug firm, and Ray Gwynn of
Pendleton.
of China
ment and development of a prac
tical national alphabet.
The youth movement, while inac
tive at present, has resulted in
breaking down the regime of fam
ily loyalty in China. Young China,
like young America, now prefers to
choose its own mate rather than
have the mate chosen by its par
ents. And with that new digression
from family dictatorship has come
the breaking down of other family
ties while fostering more the spirit
of nationalism.
Aiding and abetting the youth
movement has been the compara
tively late development of an al
phabet usable in writing and print
ing and generally understood. The
development of this alphabet has
resulted in introduction of linotype
and printing press and a new era
of reading throughout the Chinese
empire. Young China thirsts for
knowledge, the speaker said, and
everywhere is reading everything
it can lay Its hands on. This, she
gave as a tremendous vehicle for
unification of the nation, A na
tional written language was the
main advantage Japan before held
over China, she said.
Deficiency of calcium in the diet
for generations was given by Miss
Liebbrand as the reason for John
Chinaman lacking "pep." He does
not work fast, but he is a plugger
and eventually accomplishes as
much as his western neighbors. He
doesn't like to light, that's an old
adage and true. Hut his ability to
keep passively on about his task,
whatever It may be, In the face of
danger while having resulted In im
mense loss of life in flood and war,
Is a trait that carries him con
stantly on.
Boys Meet Cougar; Springs
Fail Early,
By F. F. WEHMEYER.
The forest service is building a
10 by 10 foot cabin on the Snow
board lookout tower. This Is the
first and only cabin of this size put
on a high tower on the Umatilla
forest The lookout station is al
most in the center of the vast Kin
zua timber lands. The work is be
ing done by one of the ERA crews
assigned to the Heppner district
The two little boys of the Ed Med
lock family, who livej near Winlock,
met a fine sleek cougar while out.
in the timber a few days ago. The
packer for the sheep of W. S. Stei
wer, who uses that range, reports
having noted the remains of at
least 14 fawns that had been killed
in the past month. Evidently this
cougar is not on a diet Cougar
are on the increase and reports of
their being seen or tracks noted
come from practically every part
of the district. Some authorities
claim that a cougar will make a
fresh kill every day if possible. A
dozen cougar would take a heavy
tribute from any herd of deer In
a year's time. Reports from stock
men indicate that the coyote Is on
a steady increase in the mountains
and that we lost better than half
of our deer the past winter, from
starvation and predatory animals.
Springs and creeks are failing at
an earlier date this year than at
any time since I have been In this
part of the country. Thie general
water table is also dropping rapidly,
especially since hot weather start
ed. It is possible that the earth
quake turned off the tap here as I
see in the paper where the earth-
Heppner Youth Wins
in Rifle Competition
Donald E. Turner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Turner of Heppner, scor
ed 71 hits out of 75 shots in the rifle
competition at Camp Bonneville
last week, winning the commanding
general's trophy to basic In Com
pany B, C. M. T. C.
In a class of 25 shooting for the
trip to Camp Perry, Ohio, young
Turner placed eighth. His score was
70 out of 100. Writing of the com
petition, Don says, "We had to
shoot at 10 inch bulls' eyes offhand
and standing at 200 yards. We
then had to shoot at 20 Inch bulls'
eyes at 600 yards, prone, with the
use of a sling. We received 10
shots for each position. Bulls' eyes
counted 5 points; first circle, 4, sec
ond circle 3, outside circle 2. Every
basic got 15 shots for practice and
15 shots for records. I got second
highest in the battalion and highest
in our company with a record score
of 71. I am going to Camp Perry
next year, I hope."
GRANGE PROGRAM HELD.
The agricultural program of Wil
lows grange at Cecil last Sunday
was in charge of Mrs. Marie Led
better, chairman of the committee.
A fine program of songs, readings,
vocal solos and agricultural talks
was given. Joseph Belanger, coun
ty agent was the principal speaker.
O. L. Lundell gave a talk on his
gardening and farming in the
Boardman district Jimmy Cool
reported his trip to 4-H summer
school at Corvallis, and Mansel
Krebs told of his trip with the 4-H
stock judging team to Union and
Wallowa counties. Kenneth Lun
dell reported on legislative com
mittee work.
TAKE OVER BUILDING.
J. L. Gault, reciver for First Na
tional bank of Heppner, was notified
today by First National bank of
Portland that the latter would ex
ercise its option for the purchase
of the bank building now occupied
by the local branch of the Portland
bank. Possession will be given
as soon as the transaction is clear
ed through the comptroller's office
in Washington.
HOME FROM VACATION.
Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark re
turned Tuesday afternoon from Eu
gene where they spent the last
three weeks vacationing. While
most of the time was spent in Eu
gene, Mr. and Mrs. Clark enjoyed
a tour of the coast embracing most
of the new bridges. M. D. is looking
fine and reports he Is feeling the
same way. ,
19 CARS LAMBS LEAVE.
Tom Boylen of Echo shipped 19
carloads of lambs from the local
yards Monday, four destined for
southern California and the re
mainder to feed yards In Washing
ton and Illinois. The lambs were
purchased locally from John Bros
nan, Dillard French, Frank Wilkin
son and R. A. Thompson.
WHEAT TESTS HIGH.
A weight test of 62.2 pounds and
protein test of 16 percent is report
ed by Paul M. Gemmell, local grain
buyer, on one lot of dark rpH win.
ter wheat being harvested in the
Lexington section. This is the best
rest reported on any wheat so far
Wheat so far harvested la o-pner.
ally testing quite high, Mr. Gemmell
reported.
HOYS THANKED.
The countv chairman who hnti
charee of the drive to ohtnln vnt
for Johnny Oravec for a position
on tne All star rootball team de
sires to thank Joe Aiken, Jack
Vailirhn. nnrl nil fhp nthpr hnxra wn
assisted in boosting the vote from
this county.
Mrs. Charles Burchell and daugh
ter Hulda passed through Heppner
Monday on their way to Glacier
National park from their home at
Corvallis.
Seen in Forest
quake gave them artesian water
back in Montana.
Fires have taken a prominent
place in our activities the last week.
Had 15. Two were man caused and
13 came from one electric storm.
One man-caused fire grew to be a
hundred and ten acres before it
could be controlled. This was on
Butte creek about six miles out of
Fossil. The local CCC camp sent
two truck loads of men to this fire.
Of the lightning fires, only one got
to be of any size. It was close to
Top, and covered 116 acres before
it could be controlled. The local
CCC camp again gent 6 truck loads
of men with their foremen to aid
in the suppression. The fire was
fought all night and it took three
miles of line to encircle it The
fire situation is probably the most
critical in years due to the dense
growth of vegetation this year.
There is a better than fair crop
of huckleberries this year. They
are ripening fast and are of deli
cate flavor and fine aroma. Quite
a few pickers are bringing in the
ingredients for some fine juicy pies
the coming winter.
Three of the emergency points
were named the past week. Har
old Stevens took Anthill L. O., Ow
en Leathers the Potamus tower,
and J. W. Becket the Red Hill L. O.
Ethel Bleakman, telephone oper
ator at Tupper, is raising four or
phan pine squirrel babies. They
take their dinner from a medicine
dropper. Like most babies they are
becoming badly spoiled and if their
hot water bottle gets cold or their
dinner isn't exactly on time they all
cry in unison.
Minor Epidemic of
Poisoning Hits City
During the past week several
people have experienced a skin
poisoning, the origin or which has
not been determined. It is the be
lief of some that mosquito bites are
responsible, while others think it
may be a weed of some sort. What
ever the cause, the victims report It
an unpleasant experience.
Mrs. Henry Schwarz contacted a
poison weed or was bitten by an in
sect with the result that both of her
lower limbs were inflamed and
swollen. She Is in The Dalles at
present receiving medical attention.
Mrs. Carrie Vaughn is suffering
from a similar malady and was
quite ill for a few days. These are
two of the outstrrtHng cases re
ported, while numerous others have
complained about the effectiveness
of mosquito bites this season.
Republicans Invited to
Idaho State Meeting
S. E. Notson is in receipt of a
letter from Arthur Priaulx, repub
lican state chairman, stating that
Morrow county republican commit
teemen and other party supporters
are invited to attend a state-wide
republican meeting at Boise, Idaho,
August 6.
The meeting is occasioned by the
visit of John D. M. Hamilton, na
tional republican campaign mana
ger, who will address the assem
blage. The Idaho state chairman
is extending the invitation to east
ern Oregon counties, and although
Morrow county is a bit inland, it is
hoped a delegation will be In at
tendance from here.
G. A. Bleakman Seeks
Write-in Vote for Judge
G. A. Bleakman. defeated bv nine
votes by Bert Johnson of lone for
the republican nomination for coun
ty judge at the May primaries, an
nounces that he will seek election
to the office via the write-in route
at the November election.
He has given public notice that
he would appreciate having his
friends write in his name on the
November ballot.
Mrs. F. W. Turner and daughter
Jeanette, returned to Heppner Tu
esday from Portland where they
spent most of the past two months
doing summer school work. Mrs
Turner will teach at Lexington
again after an absence of a vear.
and Miss Turner Is returning to
Boardman for another year's work.
This paper humbly apologizes to
J. G. Barratt, Jr., for overlooking
mention of his accident last week.
It seems that Junior and his bicycle
had a little argument with a barbed
wire fence and the fence won out. It
required several stitches to repair
one of Junior's limbs and ho is
about as good as ever.
Mr. and Mrs.
leave Sunday for
on the first lap of
cation which will
north as Canada,
ucatlonal adviser
M. E. Dixon will
Wallowa county
a two weeks va
take them as far
Mr. Dixon, ed
for the Heppner
on some fishing
CCC camp, plans
in the Wallowa
oglon. They will
return via Yakim
Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Leach were
brief callers in Heppner last Thurs
day while returning from a vaca
tion trip. They had been to Cor
vallis and other western Oregon
centers and on their return to east
ern Oregon spent a few days at the
summer home of Alva Leach on
the Metollus river.
V. H. Hougen of Spokane was
registered at Hotel Heppner Wed
nesday. He is in the soil conserva
tion service and came to Heppner
to attend the grazing meeting at
the county agent's office.
E
Flood Control Dam Infor
mation Given ; Must Or
ganize District.
IRRIGATION WANTED
Local Demand Evidenced for Stor
age to Water Crops; Willow and
Rhea Creek Sites Talked.
A strong sentiment in favor of
including irrigation as a feature of
the proposed flood control project
was expressed at a hearing before
C. F. Williams, army engineer; Mr.
Hostetter, assistant; C. E. Stricklin,
state engineer, and Walter M.
Pierce, representative in congress,
at the courthouse last Thursday af
ternoon. The irrigationists, however, were
discouraged by Mr. Williams' state
ment that his department was auth
orized to consider only the flood
control feature, and by Mr. Pierce's
assertion that no federal funds were
available for irrigation. Mr. Pierce,
however, believed no objection
would be found to building a dam
or dams to include the irrigation
feature if the additional money nec
essary to finance it could be raised
from some other source. The land
to be irrigated would not enter into
competition with lands raising sur
plus crops in the east. The water
would be used to irrigate forage
crops to be fed to livestock within
the county, to which he saw no ob
jection.
Two dam sites were considered.
One just below the mouth of Balm
fork on Willow creek and the other
just below the mouth of Sanford
canyon on Rhea creek at what is
known as the Scherzinger place.
Mr. Williams described the pro
posed flood control dams as of dirt
and rock construction to be left
open and to retain water only at
flood seasons. He believed a good
case for the dams could be prepar
ed, for which much data had al
ready been obtained. However, to
incorporate irrigation in the pro
gram would necessitate an expendi
ture at least double in amount as
aams suitable to retain irrigation
water would have to be constructed
with concrete core and concrete
facing.
He informed the meeting that be
fore further steps could be taken,
it would be necessary to organize
a flood control district upon which
would devolve the expense and obli
gation of providing a site or sites,
assume any damage liability and
cost of maintenance. If this is done
and the project is approved in
Washington the actual expense of
construction will be assumed by the
federl government he said.
Engineer Stricklin offered the co
operation of his office in any way
that might be needed.
Among local people in attendance
were Judge W. T. Campbell and
Commissioner Frank S. Parker of
the county court; Laxton McMur
ray, Bert Johnson, R. A. Thompson,
Frank Wilkinson, John Hanna,
John Wightman, Mayor Jeff Jones,
Dr. A. D. McMurdo and P. W. Ma
honey, councilmen; Orain Wright,
Raymond Wright, Fred Hoskins, J.
L. Gault, S. E. Notson and F. W.
Turner.
COMPANY HEAD HERE.
Peyton Hawes of Portland, pres
ident of McKesson-Robbins Paci
fic, wholesale drug firm, was a bus
iness visitor in Heppner Tuesday
on his first trip to this city. He
attended the Tuesday Lions lunch
eon as a guest of Earl W. Gordon,
local McKesson druggist, and after
listening to the discussions of flood
control and swimming tank said,
"Those two projects are worth go
ing after. I don't see how people
live In this country in the summer
time without a place to swim."
RETURN FROM VACATION.
Dave Wilson and family returned
Wednesday evening from the coast
where they spent four weeks vaca
tioning. Most of the time was spent
at Taft, Cutler City and Depoe Bay.
At Cutler City, Dave put in some
time fishing with Charles Latourell.
The Wilsons returned home via the
coast route, going as far south as
Coquille. Two days were spent on
the Rogue river before driving to
Crater lake and home.
BOOSTING CENTENNIAL.
John Odell, representing Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company of Walla
Walla, is making a regular call on
the Heppner plant of the company
today and while here Is handing out
literature and advertising for the
Whitman centennial. Great prep
arations are being made for the
event.. Mr. Odell stjitea And It. U
! pxnerted thnt nnttl-prpHpntprl prnwHa
will witness the spectacle.
GRANT ASSESSOR HERE.
George Gilbert, assessor of Grant
county, and daughter, Miss Cleta,
were Heppner visitors Monday. Mr,
Glbert Is taking a cattle census for
Grant, Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow
and Umatilla counties.
Captain and Mrs. W. R. Rey
nolds and their daughter, Patricia
Ann, motored last week end to Spo
kane where they visited Captain
and Mrs. C. W. Meldrum and to
Pullman where they were guests of
Captain and Mrs. W. J. Boland.
WILLIAMS
MOVE STARTS FOR
GRAZING DISTRICT
Representative Stockmen Meet to
See About Putting 240,000 Acres
In North End Under Pact
Machinery was put In motion yes
terday for the establishment of a
grazing district in northern Mor
row county when a group of stock
men, grazing officials, state college
and county representatives met at
the county agent's office in Hepp
ner. About ten representative stock
men from the nronnqpd erar.ina
district were present and all signed
a petition to nave the matter
brought before the proper authori
ties under the Tavlor o-rniln oM
The attitude of the Northern Pa
cific Railway company, which owns
a large acreage in the north part of
the county, is awaited as the com
pany had no representative at the
meeting.
It is proposed to set aside 240.nno
acres in a grazing district to be un
j ii.. . . ... ...
uer uie supervision or the division
of grazing. Some of this land is
owned bv stockmpn. anmo Kv fv,a
Northern Pacific, and the county
uas w,uw acres, under the present
system of grazing the land there is
no specific management and the
grass is being exhausted rapidly.
To save what is left of the pastur
age and aid In the rphnhilitotinn
of much of it is the object of in
terested parties, and it is felt the
Taylor grazing act is the logical
puncy to aaopL
Marvin Klemme of Burns, wes
tern division sunervisnr of tho
grazing control, and W. H. Gait of
the same department attended the
meeting and offered the advice of
their office in organizing and con
ducting erazine- distHcta aw
attendance were V. H Hougen of
me sou conservation division with
office at Spokane, P. M. Brandt of
Oregon State college, and Frank
S. Parker, representing Morrow
county.
An effort will be made to ascer
tain the sentiment of the Northern
Pacific Railway company before
proceeding with the proposed or
ganization. Branch Train Running
Through to The Dalles
Yesterday the local branch train
started runnine thrniip-Vi in Tho
Dalles under an arrangement which
is expected to Detter the freight and
passenger service. In making the
change, O.-W. R. & N. added an ex
tra crew. No change in schedule is
made.
One crew leaves Hennnpr nt tho
regular time in the evening, taking
tne train straight through to The
Dalles, while the other crew leaves
The Dalles in the evening tn nrrlvo
in Heppner at the regular time in
tne morning. The new arrange
ment has onened thp. lnrnl hrnntiii
job to bid, but what change in per
sonnel, lr any, that will result is
not known.
GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford
and. three sons left early this morn
ing on a vacation trip that will take
them to the San Francisco bay area.
They went via Portland to the
coast, and will follow the coast
route from DeLake to ther destin
ation. Following a visit with rela
tives in San Francisco and vicinity,
the party will return to Roseburg
to attend the state American Le
gion convention, returning home
about the middle of August.
Heppner Man Inspired Name
for Klamath River Postoffice
Add to Heppner's "hall of fame"
the name of W. O. Dix. He is not
an inventor and neither does he lay
claim to any prowess as a politician.
Nevertheless he is entitled to be
entered in the list of Heppner's
great citizens.
It has been said that "some people
are born great, others acquire great
ness, and still others have greatness
thrust upon them." Dix may class
ify in all three but the text of this
story would appear to place him in
the category of those who have
greatness thrust upon them.
When the present century was in
the fledgling stage, Dix was living
in Ashland. He held numerous jobs
in a few months' time and became
convinced that his future in the
Lithia city was none too bright.
Then came an offer to go to a little
lumbering town near the Klamath
Jackson boundary, Pokegama. (It
Is pronounced Poh-keg-uh-muh,
not Pokey-gamma.) Lumbering
was on the upgrade at that time
and Pokegama was a place of some
importance on the old stage line
between Ashland and Klamath
Falls (then Linkville). Dix was
sort of camp manager, the "big
shot," In modern parlance.
His infectious smile, good nature
and willingness to serve soon won
for him the good will of the camp.
And ere long he became Pokega
ma's "first citizen." The camp was
growing and the need for a post
office became apparent Pokegama
had been served by route distribu
tion from Ashland but it was be
coming town minded and felt the
need of more direct postal service.
Wanting to honor their fellow citi
zen "Dixie," the good citizens pe
titioned for a postolllce to be des
ignated as Dixie, located on tho
high bank of the Klamath river.
The development In the timber
I
GITrSHEWPIPE
Pump Installed at Well to
Augment Supply Prov
ing Satisfactory.
ASK CONSERVATION
Users Asked to Restrict Irrigation
Until Reserve Built Up; Coop
eration Will Better Service.
Water started flowing through
the new section of pipe line carry
ing the city's supply from the wells
at the forks of Willow creek when
a crew of men completed the con
nections this morning. With the
completion of approximately a mile
and three quarters of new pipe line
this year, there is now three miles
of the new line. It is expected that
this improvement will be reflected
in a more abundant water supply
in town, although to check the loss
of pressure more completely will
necessitate reconstruction of the
line all the way.
During the past few days a new
pump has been installed at the wells
and so far its work has been satis
factory. The pump was set in a
six-foot pit and has been doing all
that was claimed for it This aug
mented supply in addition to the
new pipe line should guarantee a
more ample supply of water to us
ers in the city, in the opinion of
Watermaster 3. O. Rasmus and
members of the water committee
of the city council.
It is suggested by the watermas
ter that users go easy on irrigation
for a few days, or until the pres
sure regains a normal status. Warn
ing cards were put out Tuesday
evening, but this method failed to
check the flow sufficiently. Rasmus
put two boys on the job this morn
ing making house to house calls to
urge curtailing of water until fur
ther notice. He states that the
proper cooperation now will result
in better service for alL
Missionary Society Hears
Discussion About China
Relating some' of her personal
experiences in China where she
was a missionary for three years.
Miss Rose Leibbrand addressed the
Union, Missionary society at the
Methodist church last Friday af
ternoon.
The program opened with a piano
duet by Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and
daughter, Marylou. Mrs. Frank
S. Parker conducted the devotions,
assisted by Mrs. L. E. Bisbee, pro
gram leader. A paper on the life
of the negro In Africa was read by
Mrs. Spencer Crawford, followed
by a treatise on the Oxford move
ment and its accomplsihments by
Mrs. R. C. Young.
Mrs. Albert Adkins read a letter
from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Notson,
missionaries in China. The program
closed with a piano solo by Juanita
Phelps and a vocal solo by Winifred
Case, accompanied by Lucille Moy
er. Refreshments were served by
the hostesses, Mrs. J. J. Wightman,
Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, and Mrs.
John Osteen.
Jack Hynd, Cecil sheepman, was
transacting business in Heppner
Wednesday.
industry In that Immediate vicinity
progressed for a few years and then
died out In later years, a new road
was built over the mountains from
Ashland to Klamath Falls and the
old river road was abandoned. The
camp died down and there was no
longer need for a post office to serve
the scattered settlers of the region
and the post office was closed. How
ever, Dix can point with pardonable
pride to the fact that he was prom
inent enough at one time to have a
post office named for him.
There Is another angle to this
story which we almost overlooked.
There was a Mrs. Dix at that time,
the same Mrs. Dix of today. And
she was a teacher at that time, too.
When her husband arrived at Po
kegama he learned that there had
been great difficulty in getting
teachers to stay there and tho
school board had decided if they
could gel someone who lived there,
more particularly a married wo
man, their problem would be solved.
Hearing a group discussing the
problem shortly after his arrival
there, Dix Inquired about the con
ditions and Informed them their
troubles were over he had just the
teacher they were looking for. So,
while Dix was busy running the af
fairs of the mill company, Mrs. Dix
taught the young Idea how to shoot.
Pokegama is nothing more than
a memory now. Some of the build
ings that once housed the inhabi
tants still stand but are in a state
of decay. New developments on
the Klamath side claimed the atten
tion of timbermcn and when the
state and forest service deckled to
build a highway from the Rogue
river valley to the Klamath coun
try the old river road was aban
doned for a route higher on the
mountain. Pokegama Is still
marked on an occasional map, but
Dixie has faded from memory.