L SOCIETY fcette HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Aug. 20, 1936 Subscription $2.00 a Year Volume 52, Number 24, T ACQUIRES JOE HAYES RANCH Upper Butter Creek Prop erty Passes into Hands of Heppner Man. GAULT MAKES SALE Receiver for Farmers and Stock growers National Bank Awaits Comptroller's Approval One of the largest real estate deals of recent years was consum mated in Heppner this week when the Hayes ranch on Butter creek was purchased by J. G. Barratt, local sheepman. The deal was made through J. L. Gault, receiver for the Farmers and Stockgrowers Na tional bank. Mr. Gault declined to confirm the amount of the consid eration until the sale is approved by the comptroller at Washington, but it is curently reported to be around $25,000, making it one ot the largest real estate sales made for some time in Morrow county. The ranch in question is that owned and operated for many years by Joseph M. Hayes. It is located about 24 miles east of Heppner on upper Butter creek and consists of 4980 acres.. It is a well improved stock ranch with a good stand of alfalfa, some grain land, and excel lent foothill grazing land. Mr. Barratt states that while he has taken over the property in his name no immediate change in the plan of operations of W. B. Barratt & Son is contemplated. The opera tions will be extended to include this place, which, with the added feed volume will help solve some of the grazing problems with which they are now confronted. Sale of the Hayes ranch consti tutes the third important transac tion closed by Mr. Gault in the last 30 days, the other sales being those of the First National bank building to the First National Bank of Portland, and the Ford garage building to Ferguson Motor com pany. The consideration of the three deals is in excess of $40,000, All were properties of the Farm ers and Stockgrowers National bank except the bank building, which was part of the assets of the First National bank of Heppner, also being liquidated by Mr. Gault. John Hiatt Upsets Car On Heppner Hill Grade John Hiatt had a narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday eve ning when a car he was driving ran off the grade near the Art Gemmell place on Heppner hill and upset The car turned over at least three times and landed bottom side up. Hiatt was on his way to the Earl Hunt ranch where he is raising a band of turkeys. The car, a pickup, was loaded with turkey feed. The grade was a little heavy near the Gemmell house and Hiatt started to shift gears when he discovered a can rolling around in the bottom of the car near his feet. He stooped over to pick up the can and evi dently turned the steering wheel sufficiently to guide the car out of the road, as when he looked up he was headed for the fence on the downhill side. The driver was tossed free of the car in the first , revolution, it is thought, otherwise he would have been more seriously hurt. He land ed against a wire fence and his watch was thrown from his pocket The chain wrapped around a strand of the fence wire and Hiatt had some difficulty in extricating him self. Hiatt suffered some cracked ribs and bruises, none of which was thought to be of a serious nature and he will be in bed a few days resting up from the shock. The car was more or less of a wreck. James A. Knighten Dies Result of Heart Attack James A. Knighten passed away at his home near Hardman at 2:30 a. m., Saturday, August 15. Death was due to a heart attack. Mr. Knighten had been falling for some time but there was no intimation that he was in a serious condition. His brother, Louis Knighten, learn ing of his illness, had gone to see him and was with him when the final summons came. Funeral services were held at the Hardman community church at 2 p. m., Monday, Rev. R. C. Young of Heppner officiating. Burial was in the Hardman cemetery. James A. Knighten was born near Dayton, Wash., September 14, 1874, and died at his home near Hard man, August 15, 1936, aged 01 years, 11 months and 15 days. With his parents he moved to Oregon. 50 years ago and spent most of this time in Morrow county. He leaves to mourn him two sis ters, Ella Bellenbrock of Courtrock, and' Alice Warren of Benton City, Wash.; four brothers, Fred C. of Vale. Charles W. and Louis E. of Hardman, and Edgar A. of Monu ment. RODEO CLOWN COMING. Steve Shannon, whose antics at the Rodeo last year afforded much amusement for the caah customers, has sent word that he will be on hand for this year's show. HOT QUEEN'S RACE CLOSES SATURDAY Dance at Heppner to See End of Spirited Contest; Miss Ilanna Still Holds Lead. Saturday night will see the close of the Rodeo queen contest which has held the attention of Rodeo enthusiasts for the last two months. The last of the queen dances will be held In Heppner, at which time the final voting and counting will take place. This will be the big dance of the series and for the occasion the man agement has retained Pritchau s orchestra of The Dalles, an organ ization of considerable reputation in the mid-Columbia area. It fur nishes the musical entertainment for patrons of Ye Olde Mill, popu lar resort just east of The Dalles, and its services are in demand throughout that section. Word has gone out that Rodeo regalia will be in order Saturday evening. It is hinted that over looking this important matter will mean a trip to the kangaroo court or some similar method of extract ing additional revenue from of fenders. Miss Genevieve Hanna, Lena's entry for 1936 queen of the Rodeo, maintained the lead in last Satur day's voting at the lone dance. Miss Hanna's total vote to date is 36, 400. Next in line is Miss Harriet Heliker, Willows grange candidate, with 25,600. Miss Heliken polled 4300 votes to leap from cellar posi tion to Becond place. Miss Hanna garnered 2100 votes, while Miss Frances Rugg of Rhea creek got 1700 and Miss Betty Doherty of Lexington a'dded 3100 to her count. The votes at present are as fol lows; Miss Hanna, 36,400; Miss Hel iker, 26,500; Miss Rugg, 24,500, and Miss Doherty, 24,000. Rodeo Admission Prices Lowered by Association Patrons of the 1936 Heppner Ro deo will pay less to see the show this year than formerly, according to a schedule of prices released by the ticket committee this week. Under the new schedule children will be admitted free on Thursday and adults will pay 75 cents for any seat On Friday, children will pay 50 cents and adults 75 cents general admission. Saturday, children 50 cents, adults 75 cents general ad mission, grandstand $1.00. It is expected that this schedule will increase the daily attendance, the average amounting to as much or more than the receipts under the former higher admission charges. McMINNVILLE EDITOR CALLS. This office acknowledges a pleas ant call from Lars Bladine, editor and publisher of the McMinnville Telephone Register, one of the larg er weeklies of the state. Mr. Bla dine was in the city as a member of the republican state central com mittee, of which he is secretary, and took time to run in and extend fra ternal greetings. Mr. Bladine has been a resident of Oregon about four years, coming from Iowa where he was a prominent newspaperman and a leader in republican party circles. He was collector of intern al revenue for Iowa from 1921 to 1932. At the republican luncheon Friday, Mr. Bladine paid a high tribute to the Gazette Times, refer ring to the regard In which the pa per is held by other newspapermen of the state and the recognition given It as Oregon's outstanding country newspaper in 1931. Mr. Bladine modestly referred to simil ar recognition given his paper at a recent meeting of the Oregon news- papermens association. D. A. Daughs of The Dalles is making his headquarters at Hotel Heppner while looking after mat ters in connection with the Western Pine Lumber company here. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hayes Wed nesday evening, August 19, and left an 8 1-2 pound son. Orchestra M ' I i P l " ,'. , m . w -,. ,w . . -jam - s SB . W' ' & "IS Jock Docker's orohtwti a. and group of entertainers of addition Mr. Docker carries ft group of six entertainers who this year. The Rodeo association considers it a stroke of Bond have ben retained by the Heppner Rodeo association enliven the dances with sonjrs and other features, making good fortune to be able to sign this high class organization to provide music and entertainment at the dances during a high class floor show. Decker and his troupe have been and promises Kodeo dance patrons entertainment extraor- the 1936 Rodeo. The orchestra consists of ten pieces and In engaged to play at the Washington state fair at Yakima dinary throughout the show. Circus Performer Hurt ! Doing Iron Jaw Act An unheralded thrill was given patrons of the Seal Bros, circus here Friday afternoon when the mouthpiece used in the "iron jaw" act broke and the performer, Mrs. Lillian Wilson, was hurled 20 feet to the ground. The wo man was in the midst of the un winding part of the act and her body was revolving at a rapid rate when she fell. This motion added to the shock of the fall to cause a compound fracture of the right leg and other injuries that will doubtless keep her out of the show for many months. Examination was given by a local physician and an ambulance was called which took the Injured woman to a hospital at Pendle ton. Reports from there Indicate that Mrs. Wilson will recover. Funeral Services Held For Hardman Matron Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the community church in Hardman for Mrs. O. C. Stephens, whose death occurred Friday, August 14. The services were conducted by Rev. R. C. Young, pastor of the Hepp ner Methodist church, and inter ment was in the Hardman ceme tery. Death occurred in Heppner where she was brought for medical assistance, and followed an illness of six days. Ruth Cecil Rue was a native of the Willamette valley where she was born January 28, 1896, and at the time of her passing was 40 years, six months and 17 days of age. On June 10, 1917, she became the bride of Otha C. Stephens, the ceremony taking place in the home of her parents at Monument Three children, Joseph Clark, Edna Carol, and Lura Lyle, were born to this union and survive the mother. Other survivors include the fa ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jo seph Rue of Monument; two sisters, Mrs. Evalyn Gillenwater of Mit chell, and Cora Mae. Rue of Powell Butte; and a brother, Albert S. Rue of Prineville, besides several aunts and uncle3. Mrs. Stephens was a member of Rhea Creek grange, having been its secretary, and of the Baptist church. PREPARING TO MOVE, Work of removing shelving from the Heppner Variety store ha been under way this week. Mrs. Flora Dimick, proprietor, has rented a space in the new Peters building and will have the shelving put in place and ready. to receive the stocks as soon- as the room can be occupied, which will be shortly af ter the first of September. Tem porary tables were constructed to accommodate the stock until mov ing time. FORMER AGENT HERE. Charles W. Smith, for several years Morrow county agricultural agent, was visiting friends in Hepp ner Saturday while here on busi ness in connection wtih the office of state county agent leader. Mr. Smith resigned the office of county agent here two years ago to accept a state position with the federal ag riculture control agencies. CRUISING TIMBER. Walter Williams and P. M. King of Dallas are in the county this week on business in connection with a tract of timbr. They are cruising the Gainor tract in the vicinity of the old Voile mill ostensibly for the purpose of fixing a sale price on it. Mr. Williams is a brother of Ralph E. Williams, vice-chairman of the Republican national com mittee. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson receiv ed formal notification today of the birth of Samuel Edward Notson, previous announcement of which was received a few weeks ago by amateur radiogram. He is the son of Mr. and Mr3. Charles Notson, missionaries to China. Found Hawthorne bicycle. Ow ner may have same by calling at sheriff's office. and Entertainers Coming to Heppner Rodeo, August 27-8-9 G. 0. P. GETS SET FOR CAMPAIGN Tooze, Bladine Meet With Local Organization; Support for Mc Nary and Ritner Sought Interest in republican circles was given a boost last Friday when Walter L. Tooze, assistant state chairman, and Lars Bladine, sec retary of the state republican or ganization, visited Heppner. These men made a tour of eastern Ore gon countis the last week to effect a better understanding among the several groups working under the republican banner and to strength en local organizations. A brief meeting was held in the office of S. E. Notson, county cen tral committeeman, at which time the committee work of the county was outlined and suggestions for more complete organization were offered. Notson had previously sent out notices to precinct com mitteemen asking that they appoint five men and five women in each precinct for the purpose of getting out the vote, regardless of party affiliation. The state workers sug gested that there be a woman ap pointed as assistant to the com mitteemen in each precinct where women are not serving as commit tee heads. Due to short notice and to the fact that there were other attrac tions in town Friday, a small group gathered at Hotel Heppner at the noon hour for luncheon with the state committeemen. Mr. Tooze addressed the gather ing and pointed out the things that must be done if the republican party is to attain success this fall. He stated that Mr. Farley official ly buried the republican party some months ago only to find that he had interred a very live corpse. He also pointed to some of the reasons why republicans should rally to the standard of Senator Charles Mc Nary and to put forth every effort to replace Congressman Walter M. Pierce. "If we are to have a re publican president, and we will, ivhy send democrats to congress to hinder his work?" asked Mr. Tooze. It is the object of the state cen tral committee to mold all the or ganizationsthe Young Republic ans, Pro America, Oregon Repub lican club into on active group and as soon as this is completed the way will be cleared for opening the campaign in earnest. Mr. Bladine spoke briefly as did Dave Hoss, son of the late Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, who is active in the Young Republicans organization. '" Immediately after the luncheon the visitors left for Pendleton where similar meetings were held. Mr. Tooze told of a meeting to be held at Bend, Saturday, August 22, to which leaders of Morrow county and all loyal republicans are invited. Paul R. Kelty, editor of The Oregonian, will deliver the keynote address. This meeting which has for its primary purpose the launching of a systematic campaign to elect Roy W. Ritner of Pendleton to congress from this district has been called by Arthur W. Priaulx, state chair man, Geo. N. Ely, congressional com mitteeman for this district, will had the local delegation attending the session. Special Train Takes 16 Cars of Sheep Monday Sixteen cars of sheep left the Heppner yard3 Monday by special train. Thirteen cars were consigned to Washington, Illinois, and three cars were destined for California points. T. F. Boylen was the buyer and shipper. He bought from R. A. Thompson, Harold Cohn, Emil Gro shens and Frank Wilkinson. Saturday's train carried seven cars of cattle, mostly steers, for the North Portland yards. Chance Wil son of Monument was the shipper. Harry Dinges and son were up from Lexington today. J' " U Xf: , ; f i . TO -ft Seeing Mt. Hood From Air is Real Thrill Ten Morrow county people got a new thrill Wednesday after noon when they took a Mount Hood loop trip by air. The plane of the Kammer Airplane Service took off from the temporary land ing field on the Hughes place north of Heppner bout 4:15, flew over the hills of Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco counties, cir cled the peak and returned to the local landing field by 6:45 a two and one-half hour trip of unal loyed joy, according to those in the party. "Everyone should take this trip if he feels he can afford it for it presents an entirely different picture of eastern Oregon scenes and the mountain itself," said Dr. A. D. McMurdo, one of the enthu siastic passengers. "I was sur prised to see so little snow on the mountain, but that fact detracted little from the beauty of the peak and surrounding mountains. The sailing was smooth and all the passengers had to do was sit and look at the scenery. It's a glor ious sight and one not soon to be forgotten." Nine Heppner people and one from Lexington comprised the party and included Mrs. Lonnie Henderson of Lexington, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Ma honey, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ward, and Emil Groshens of Heppner. William Henry Ayers Answers Death's Call William H. Ayers, for many years a resdient of Morrow county, died Monday, August 17, at Morrow Gen eral hospital in Heppner, following an illness of three months. Funeral services were held from the Hardman community church, Wednesday at 2 p. m., Rev. R. C. Young of Heppner officiating. In terment was in the Hardman I. O. 0. F. cemetery. William Henry Ayers was born in Galesburg, Illinois, February 3, 1864. On May 6, 1887, at Galesburg, he married Ida Jane Riggs. A bar ber by trade, he followed that pur suit many years at Hardman and had worked in Heppner, where he was a resident for eight years be fore leaving here a few years ago. He was in Baker when he became ill about three months ago and was brought here for treatment. Mr. Ayers is survived by a daugh ter, Pearl McConkie of Olex, and a son, Emmit Ayers of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Jared C. Aiken ar rived Tuesday night from their home in Los Angeles for a visit with Heppner relatives and friends. They expect to take in the Rodeo before returning to the southern metropolis where Mr. Aiken is city manager for Rathbone, King and Seeley, insurance brokers. Heppner Has Chance to Play 'Best Man9 at Several cars of Heppner people will attend the highway celebration at Long Creek tomorrow, according to a brief survey made this morn ing. The celebration is being staged to mark the completion of the Pen-dleton-John Day highway and is expected to draw people from sev eral counties. Pendleton has an nounced a large delegation and it is reported that a general holiday will prevail in Grant county. A statement in the East Oregon Ian of Monday attributed to C. C. Clarkson, chairman of the Pendle ton chamber of commerce highway committee, was to the effect that "the meeting of Pendleton and Grant county business men will be sort of a marriage at Long Creek, it seems to me. Grant county bus iness which has long gone to Baker absolutely should come to Pendle ton from now on. But it won't come here unless business men of this city make a real effort to get it and show Grant county people that they are very interested." v, ' -i .".', f l V i -O . ' . i ' !NL .U- H Ii ' : 1 ' , 1 , t ! , V' i - , . it', - I s S -vSpBW 111' WOMEN PLAN FOR '36 WOOL EXHIBIT Showing of New and Old Articles Will be Held During Rodeo At Bank Building. Plans for a wool show to be held during the Heppner Rodeo were formulated by the Morrow County Woolgrowers auxiliary at a lunch eon held at the Lucas Place last Friday. The show will be held in the First National bank building and a judge will be brought in from the outside to pass on the merits of the exhibits. Woolen articles old and new will be accepted for judging. It is urged that people having old articles will send in as many as possible. Any one in the county is eligible to enter anything woolen, it being pre scribed that there be three articles in each class to qualify for judging. In the older article class it is sug gested that written descriptions will be appreciated, although this will in no wise affect the judging of the articles. The newer articles must have been made since June, 1935. Articles may be checked in at the Gordon Drug store. Mrs. Earl Gordon is in charge of this work. All articles will be numbered and checked by Mrs. Gordon and re checked at the bank building. This safeguard was used last year and out of 80 entries made nothing was lost Information on entries may be obtained from Mrs. Frank Wilkin son. The auxiliary will call for exhib its if exhibitors will notify Mrs. Earl Gordon. Plans for a float to represent the auxiliary in the Rodeo parade on Friday, August 28, were also made at this meeting. Mrs. Ralph Thompson, president of the auxiliary, presided, and oth ers attending the luncheon meeting were Mrs. W. H. Cleveland, Mrs. Joe Belanger, Mrs. Harold Cohn, Mrs. L. D. Tibbies, Mrs. W. O. Bay less, Mrs. Walter Beckett, Mrs. Marvin Wightman, Mrs. Mario Lauer, Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mrs. Blanche Moore and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson. Morrow County Folks Enjoying Plane Rides Morrow county folks are taking to the air this week. The Mamer Airplane Service of Wenatchee landed a big tri-motored Stinson plane here Tuesday and is giving the local people an opportunity to see the hills and .valleys from the air. In lieu of a landing field, the plane is using the Joe Hughes field as a port. The Stinson is a nine passenger cabin type and is said to have cost $49,000. Long Creek Fete Since Heppner has long been a trading point for John Day people and a spirit of friendship prevails between the two sections, local bus. iness men feel that, although they have not been invited to officiate in any such manner, this city should tender its services as "best man" at the "wedding." Long Creek has invited Heppner to participate in the festivities and while no effort has been made to organize a caravan from here, delegation from here is assured. Long Creek has arranged a pro gram of entertainment to keep the crowd in good humor. E. B. Aldrich of the state highway commission will make a short talk, and Pendle ton will take her 36-plece band as a contribution to the program. A free buckaroo supper will be served at 5 p. m. The afternoon program will be taken up with speeches and band music. The evening's program lists a smoker and an all-night dance. The celebration is sponsored by the Long Creek chamber of commerce. TO HONOR FOBMJIJFFICIM. Association Designates Last Day of Show as 'Herb French Day.' PARADE IS OUTLINED Prize Cover Wide Variety of En tries; Numerous Groups to Make Bid for Many Class Awards. Honoring a man who gave unsel fishly of his time and means to pro mote the Heppner show, and whose efforts contributed more, perhaps, than any individual in making the Rodeo an outstanding exhibition of its class, the associaton has desig nated Saturday, August 29, as "Herb French Day." French, who died last February, was a prominent figure in Rodeo circles from the time the local as sociation was formed. He was vice- president at the time of his death and had been arena director sinca the beginning of the annual show. His brother, Jack, has been named assistant arena director under Tony Vey, who was selected to take the place left vacant by Herbert. As the time draws near for the Rodeo it becomes more evident that the parade will eclipse former ef forts. Putting this feature on Fri day this year clears the way to give more time to it without interfering with the final events of the Rodeo. Consequently, the parade commit tee has arranged a schedule of at tractive prizes and the response thus far has been gratifying. Har lan McCurdy is the association member on this committee and he is being ably assisted by Dr. R. C. Lawrence. Cash and merchandise prizes for the several classifications are listed as follows: Grand Sweepstakes $25.00, Mor row county. Floats 1st, $30.00; second, $20.00; 3rd, $10.00, Rodeo association. Best Costumed Lady Riding Side Saddle First, $7.50, Frank W. Tur ner and O'Donnell's pastime; sec ond, $2.00 in merchandise, Huston's (Continued on Page Six) Fines Feature Lions Club Meeting Tuesday Noon Fines were the order of the day at the weekly luncheon of the Heppner Lions club. The tail twist er was ready to pass the collection plate on the slightest infringement of Lion ethics and the result was a sizeable collection for the flower fund or whatever it is such money is used for. Some of the Lions were sans Ro deo regalia, namely a tie specified to be worn by all Lions until the big show is over. Warning was given in a previous meeting so Tail Twister Joe Belanger collected. Randall Grimes, Smith-Hughes instructor, was introduced to the Lions and explained briefly the purpose of the course. Mr. Grimes is engaged in installing the equip ment for the new department In the Heppner schools. The club's Rodeo float commit tee reported progress, indicating that something novel is in state of preparation. The swimming tank committee had no progress to report this week. The question of how best to finance the project is under con sideration and until that is settled there is little to report Pioneer Sheepman Dies At Pendleton Tuesday Joseph Vey, aged 95, died Tuesday " morning at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton, after an illness of nine months. Mr. Vey was a native of Portugal where he was born October 5, 1842. He came to the United States at the age of 29 and for a time resided in New York. He later came to California with his brother, the late John Vey, and from California to Oregon in 1869. He was first em ployed in mining, but later, near Echo, engaged in the cattle busi ness. After this venture he sold the cattle and went into the sheep bus iness. He had lived in Pendleton for 30 years. Mr. Vey is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Joseph Mon ese, Mrs. Elizabeth Underhill and Mrs. Mary January of Pendleton, and a half-brother, Antone Vey, of Pendleton. TOWNSEND MEETING. A meeting of Heppner Townsend club has been called for next Tues day evening at the court house. The time is 8:00 o'clock. Mrs. Chris Brown, Morrow county Townsend representative to the national con vention, will make a report on the convention. An invitaton has been extended to local candidates to tell how they stand on the Townsend plan. DIVORCE COMPLAINT FILED. During the last week two suits for divorce were filed in the office of the Morrow county clerk. Joseph W. Sibiey, through his attorney, J. J. Nys, is seeking legal separation from Jannie Sibley, and Lawrence Compton of Boardman is suing for a divorce from Sophronla Compton. Peterson and Peterson of Pendle ton are representing Compton.