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Volume 52, Number 25.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 1936
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SWIM TANK GETS
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Hoped for Support Not
Forthcoming From
Federal Agency.
PROJECT TOO SMALL
Administrator Suggests WFA Aid;
Lions Inclined to Finance and
Build Project Locally.
Hopes of Heppner Lions and oth
er Interested citizens received a
knockout blow this week when
word was received from the Public
Works administration office in Port
land that the proposed swimming
tank project here could not be in
cluded in the list of projects aided
by that federal agency. Contact
with the PWA administrator at
Portland was made at the sugges
tion of the local supervisor who as
sured the local committee that help
could be obtained through that
source.
This newa dampened the spirits
of the Lions a little but their de
termination to see the project thru
lent them encouragement to start
on another financing plan and the
committee will work out something
within the next few days. A stock
subscription plan is favored by a
good many and this may be the
plan adopted.
Figures on developing the prop
erty recently acquired through city
and county donations ran as high
as $21,000. That included a swim
ming tank, tennis courts, and a
small play park for the little tots.
It is estimated that the tank alone
can be built for about $4000 and
as it is felt this unit is the most
important part of the project, ef
forts will be directed toward getting
" work started on it this fall. Many
citizens have expressed a desire to
aid in this improvement and once
the town gets thoroughly aroused
there will be swimming facilities.
Lion . John Anglin gave an ac
count of his vacation trip, citing
Interesting things seen in Seattle, at
Bandon, and of the store conducted
in the trunk of a giant Redwood
tree in northern California. The
tree has a diameter of 32 feet at
the base and has been hollowed out
to accommodate the shelving and
other fixtures of a complete store.
Anglin advised his hearers to take
the trip some time, if they had not
already done so, but warned them
about the heat to be encountered
a few miles back from shore.
Lion Spencer Crawford was
called upon to give some highlights
of the trip he and his family re
cently took to Berkeley and envir
ons. He spoke of the enormity of
the great bridge across the bay.
Passing under the bridge on the
ferry, the speaker remarked that
he wondered why they were not
working on it He was told to look
again and sure enough there were
live objects moving around up
there, hundreds of them, and look
ing little larger than ants. The
speaker then dwelt upon a visit to
Lick observatory on Mt, Hamilton
where he and his family had the
privilege of looking through the
big telescope at Jupiter. A detailed
description of the manner in which
star gazers obtain information
about the planets proved enlighten
ing to the Lions and their guests.
A report was made on the Lions
float for the Rodeo parade Friday,
indicating that the decorating com
mittee will have something worth
while to display.
Frank Turner made a brief re
port of the Long Creek celebration
last Friday, expressing the regret
that Heppner did not have a speak
er on the program. From personal
contacts made, however, he believed
many Grant county people will be
guests of Heppner this week.
Beach Selected to Head
Caravan to State Picnic
Lawrence Beach of Lexington has
been named to lead a caravan of
Morrow county republicans to the
Landon-Knox picnic which will be
held at Jantzen Beach Park, Port
land, on September 13.
Plans for the picnic are being
shaped by an executive committee
headed by Mrs. Oeorg H. Root and
Mrs. John L. Karnopp, co-chairmen,
Every Republican unit in the
state is joining in supporting the
ovont which will start with a bas
ket dinner at noon and Include an
afternoon speaking program.
INFANT DIES.
A baby boy, born to Mr. and Mrs.
Cornelius McLaughlin of Lena on
Friday, August 21, died Sunday
morning and was burled in the
Masonic cemetery In Heppner, Mon
day. Twins were born to Mr. and
Mrs. McLaughlin, both boys, and
the other baby is a healthy, normal
child, according to Dr. A. D. Mo
Murdo, attending physician.
Elbert Cox drove to Pendleton
Tuesday, taking his son, Malbro, to
catch the train for Virginia where
he will attend school this winter
No Parking on Main
Street During Parade
Rodeo officials have requested
that there be no parking of ve
hicles along Main street from
9:00 o'clock Friday morning un
til after the parade.
Parade oflicials will announce
the prize winners as soon after
the parade as the judges can
make their decision. The an
nouncement will be made from
the radio car.
Good Talent Billed for
Boxing-Wrestling Cards
Visitors to the Rodeo who are
interested in the manly art of self
defense will find plenty to gratify
their tastes on Friday and Satur
day evenings.
An open air arena has been set
up on the McMurdo-Patterson lots
between Thomson Bros, and Dave
Wilson's where followers of wrest
ling and boxing will be given an
opportunity to witness some red
hot bouts.
Buck Lieuallen of Pendleton has
rounded up a bunch of bone crush
ers who hate one another like pois
on. The boys will be on hand
promptly at 7 p. m. Friday to en
tertain the cash customers. In this
gang will be found Floyd Smith,
Boise, va Barney Doll, Pendleton;
Fred Mitchell, Walla Walla, vs.
Caterpillar Bill, Pasco; these will
be three 10-minute bouts; Punch
Drunk Tuffy Ruff, Pendleton, vs.
Bucy Taylor, Spokane, in a one
hour bout, two best out of three or
decision. Farmer Harvey Bauman
will test his skill against Tamar
ack George Gillis in a fifteen min
ute continuous bout as a prelimin
ary feature.
With the assistance of Art
Hughes of Monument and Buck
Lieuallen of Pendleton the local
promoters have lined up a fight
card that gives assurance of plenty
of punches. In the 150 pound class,
Homer Williams will fight it out
with Bulldog Smith. Cyclone Cork,
a newcomer from Monument, pro
tege of Art Hughes, is scheduled to
take the measure of Theo. Legere,
CCC terrier. Dave Trip, Union,
and Wildcat Thompson, Enterprise,
have a grudge to settle. . Th.e main
event finds Ralph Depew of Pen
dleton and Rene Chaussee of the
Heppner CCC as opponents. Hepp
ner fans have seen Chaussee in
action and know that he is both a
clever boxer and a hard hitter. De
pew is rated a fast man around
Pendleton, where he has met some
of the best men in his weight, 150
pounds.
Harold Ochino, fighting Jap of
Pendleton, will be on hand to meet
any competitor up to 130 pounds.
Ochino weighs 122 and carries a
wallop worthy of a much heavier
man. At Long Creek last Friday
he put Kayo Jackson of Redmond
to sleep in the third round. Jack
son had a record of 23 knockouts,
but he couldn't land on the Jap
anese boy, t
The bouts are being sponsored by
the Heppner Boxing commission.
Frank Nickerson, Clarence Bau
man and Frank Turner are the pro
moters. PWA Refuses to Accept
City Pipe Laying Job
PWA this week refused to accept
the work of Pierce and Conner,
contractors, in laying the new Iron
pipe in the main supply line of the
city's water system. The city had
approved the work on recommenda
tion of PWA Engineer Griillth and
it9 own engineer, Harry Tamblyn,
subject to PWA approval.
A resolution of acceptance was
presented at the regular session of
the council, August 4. Reports of
the water committee and the water
superintendent led council members
to believe the job was not satisfac
tory and It was voted to lay the
resolution on the table until the re
port of PWA authorities was in.
Mayor Jones received a telegram
from the state PWA engineer ad
vising him to withhold further pay
ment until an inspecting engineer
from the department' had investi
gated the work. Monday, Inspector
Neale arrived in Heppner and in
company with J. O. Rasmus, water
superintendent, made 'a thorough
examination of the new line and
found it was not laid according to
specifications.
The contract called for a cover
ing of at least two feet. Inspection
revealed that In some places the
covering was not more than six
inches In depth.
The city has paid $5000 on Its 55
percent of the cost and the PWA
has paid nothing on its 45 percent.
Until further action by the PWA,
the city will take no action.
OBTAIN MARKIAGE LICENSE.
A marriage license was Issued at
the office of County Clerk Charles
Barlow, Monday, to Frank Mason
of lone and Miss Cecelia M. Leick
of Portland. Judge Campbell waiv
ed the three-day provision and Mr,
Mason hurried to Portland where
the couple were married Wednesday
morning.
SPEAKER COMING.
Sam F. Smith of Gresham will
speak in Heppner Saturday even
ning on the Townsend plan. An
nouncement will be made later of
the place in which the meeting will
be held.
Queen Genevieve and Royal Escort
Queen Genevieve is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Hanna who
reside on one of Morrow county's
good ranches, the former T. J. Mat
lock place nine miles east of Hepp
ner on Hinton creek. She is at
home in the saddle, has her full
share of feminine charm and is
withal a real 'Rodeo queen.
PRINCESS HARRIET
The little lady above hails from
lone and was the candidate of
Willows grange. In every day life
she is Miss Harriet Heiiker, but
since last Saturday night she has
became Princess Harriet to you.
Harriet is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Heiiker, substan
tial citizens of the lone section.
New Electric Rates
Put Into Effect Here
Effective October 1, new electric
rates will benefit many customers
of Pacific Power & Light company
in Morrow county. Announcement
of the new rates was made this
week by Public Utilities Commis
sioner Frank C. McColloch and de
tailed information about the reduc
tions has just been received here
from G. L. Corey, district manager
for the power company, by Ray P.
Kinne, commercial agent at Hepp
ner. The new rates were filed volun
tarily by the Pacific company as
the result of a rate study made In
cooperation with members of Com
missioner McColloch's staff. Main
purpose of the adjustments Is to
make the company's rates simpler
and more promotional in charac
ter, it was stated.
Residence rates will drop to a
new low step of 2 cents a kilowatt
hour as compared with the present
low step of 3 cents. Two-cent elec
tricity will be available ini this dis
trict for all residence use in excess
of 130 kilowatt hours a month.
The new residence rate in Hepp
ner, Lexington and lone will be
$1.25 for the first 13 KWH used
per month; 9 1-2 cents per KWH
for the next 17 KWH; 3 cents per
KWH for the next 100 KWH; and
2 cents per KWH for all use In ex
cess of 130 KWH per month. The
present rate is 10 cents per KWH
for the first 30 KWH used per
month and 3 cents per KWH for
all excess. Minimum monthly charge
remains at $1.25.
Rural customers in Morrow coun
ty will receive 26 KWH for the
monthly minimum charge of $2.50
and will get the next 4 KWH used
per month at 9 1-2 cents per KWH,
with additional use at the same
rate as in the towns.
New rates for commercial lighting
in Heppner, Lexington and lone
will be $1.25 for the first 13 KWH
used per month; 9 1-2 cents per
KWH for the next 87 KWH; 6 1-2
cents for the next 100 KWH; 5
cents per KWH for the next 400
KWH; 4 cents per KWH for the
next 400 KWH; 3 cents per KWH
for the next 1000 KWH; and 2 cents
per KWH for all excess. In rural
territory in the county the new
commercial lighting rate will start
at $2.50 for the first 26 KWH per
month and 9 1-2 cents per KWH
for the next 74 KWH, with addi
tional use at the town rate.
The present rate for water heat
ing will be discontinued for new
Installations and an off-peak meter
ed service at the low rate of 8 mills
will be substituted. Existing water
heating subscribers using service
on October 1, 1936, will have the
option to continue on the existing
flat rate,
SUPERINTENDENT COMES.
Alden Blankenshlp, newly elect
ed superintendent of the Heppner
schools, arrived in Heppner Tues
day and is busy getting affairs In
shape for the opening of school on
September 7. Mrs. Blankenship
and little daughter will come in a
few days.
Neva Nelll of Pine City has been
elected to teach the primary grade.
The question of hiring a coach to
succeed Mr. Blankenshlp has not
been settled. Several applications
are in the hands of the board and
care will be exerclsod to acquire an
efficient man for the position.
QUEEN GENEVIEVE
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PRINCESS BETTY
WITH the final count of votes
last Saturday night it was
found that Genevieve Hanna,
candidate of Lena grange, had
been elected queen of Heppner's
1936 Rodeo. Miss Hanna had held
the lead throughout most of the
campaign, although the success
ful candidate is never determined
until the final vote is counted.
As one of the first acts in her
official capacity as queen of the
Rodeo, Queen Genevieve extend
ed invitations to Queen Mary of
the Pendleton Round-Up and
Queen Phyllis of the John Day
Rodeo to attend the Heppner
show as her guests. She also
Invited Miss Shirley Trowbridge
of John Day to be an honor at
tendant. Miss Trowbridge Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Trowbridge, regular visitors In
Heppner during Rodeo week.
Truck Upsets; Man's
Ear Badly Lacerated
William Newport suffered a bad
ly lacerated ear when a truck driv
en by Hiram Johnson upset Satur
day evening near the Joe Hughes
place, four miles north of Heppner.
Newport was brought to town
where the injury was dressed and
was around about his duties as us
ual Sunday.
Neither Johnson nor Newport
had a definite idea about how the
accident happened. They were re
turning from Lexington where they
had delivered a load of wood when
suddenly the truck began to wobble
and headed toward the bank on the
left side of the road. Johnson was
uninjured but Newport and the
truck didn't fare so well.
OSCAR EDWARD COCHRAN.
Funeral services were held at
lone, Tuesday, for Oscar Edward
Cochran, native of the Willamette
valley and long time resident of
Morrow county. Mr. Cochran
passed away at the Morrow General
hospital in Heppner Sunday, Aug
ust 23, at the age of 65 years, nine
months and 29 days.
Oscar Cochran was a son of
Charles B. and Amanda Redford
Cochran, pioneers of this section.
He had resided in the lone section
for 60 years. On March 19, 1892, he
was married to Alice Ritchie, who,
with three sons, Walter, Elmer and
George, and two daughters, Mrs.
Eunice Jenkins of Hermiston and
Mrs. Venice Ahalt, survive him.
There are also four grandchildren.
Services were under direction of
Phelps Funeral home of Heppner,
Rev. E. D, Greeley of the Pente
costal Mission of Heppner officiat
ing. Interment was in lone I. O.
O. F. cemetery.
Howard Swick of Monument
passed through Heppner Wednes
day on his way home from a trip
to Yakima.
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Below we find the girl with the
winsome smile who makes her home
on Rhea creek. In the ordinary
walks of life she is Miss Frances
Rugg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. E. Rugg. For the duration of
the Heppner Rodeo she is Princess
Frances, royal escort to Her High
ness, Queen Genevieve.
PRINCESS FRANCES
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"When Irish Eyes are smilin' "
you fill out the rest of it The Irish
eyes to the left belong to Miss Betty
Doherty, Lexington's bid for honors
at the 1936 Rodeo. Princess Betty
is the daughter of Mrs. James Do
herty and she learned her cowgirl
ethics on a ranch in the Black
horse district.
Vocational Agricultural
Course Starts in School
This year Heppner high school
is adding a new course called voca
tional agricultural education, which
operates under the Smith-Hughes
law. The purpose of the course is
to give systematic, technical and
practical instruction in agriculture
to persons in the community who
are farming or preparing to farm.
The Smith-Hughes law, under
which vocational education oper
ates, was passed by congress in
1917. This law appropriated money
to provide vocational training n
agriculture, home economics, and
trades and industry.
The course will be set up in such
a way that the freshman and soph
omore boys and the junior and sen
ior boys will make up two classes.
The phases of the work commonly
covered in the vocational agricul
ture classes are classroom work,
supervised farm practice work,
farm mechanics, and extra curricu
lar activities.
The classroom work includes In
struction, field trips, and laboratory
work in such things as animal hus
bandry, field crops, poultry hus
bandry, farm economics, farm man
agement, soils, etc.
The supervised farm practice
work is carried on by the boy at
home under the supervision of the
instructor. It usually consists of
a project as the raising of a few
chickens, turkeys, sheep, hogs, cat
tle, or the growing of a few acres
of wheat, alfalfa, etc. Problems
arising from the projects which the
boys have, furnish material to be
used in classroom instruction. Ac
curate and complete farm records
on the cost of production are re
quired by each boy conducting a
supervised practice program.
About two-fifths of the school
year is devoted to the farm mech
anics or farm shop phase of the
work. This work includes training
in rope work, harness repairing,
repair of farm machinery, wood
work, metalwork, surveying, etc.
Tlie boys are encouraged to do only
those worthwhile jobs which can
be used on the farm.
The extra curricular activities
consist of contests, such as live
stock judging, public speaking, par
liamentary procedure; father and
son banquets, home beautiflcation,
and many others.
It is necessary that all those
planning to take the work and
those who would like to find out
more about the program should
get in touch with the vocational
agricultural Instructor at the high
school before school starts.
Braden-Bell Company
Seeks Location Here
Braden-Bell Tractor and Equip
ment company, operating in Walla
Walla, Pendleton and Arlington, is
seeking a location in Heppner to
open a branch store. Officials of
the company were here the first of
the week looking over available
buildings and as soon as a suitable
location is found a stock will be
moved in.
V. R. Runnion of Pendleton will
be in charge of the new store. He
Is displaying a deisel tractor here
this week, while looking for a bus
iness location and living quarters.
Heppner Ready fro
Entertain Throng
In Festive Manner
Rodeo Events, Carnival, Dances, Boxing and Wrest
ling Offer Variety of Amusement and Entertain
ment in Colorful Pageant of the Old West.
Heppner is all dressed up and ready to go to the
Fifteenth Annual Rodeo. For the next three days
this little city, around which so much of wild west
history was built in the days before rodeos were heard
of, will be the wild west capital of eastern Oregon.
Here in town all is hustle and bustle in preparation
for entertaining the throngs of visitors, a large por-
Champion Riders Arrive
For Bucking Contests
PROSPECTS for a lively con
test in the bucking events
grow brighter hourly as rid
ers from the different round-ups
and rodeos arrive for the Hepp
ner Rodeo.
Heading the list already on hand
is Tommy Healy, 1935 champion.
Grant county is sending some of
her best in the persons of Kenneth
and Lloyd Depew, Galena cowpun
chers, and Ben Carter of Long
Creek.
From Kennewick comes the hard
riding Rock Richmond, while Wal
lowa county will have two stars in
the arena, Buck Davis, winner of
first place at the Wallowa county
fair, and Cody Dodson, Joseph
buckaroo and one-time winner of
the championship here.
Bud Morrison, winner of the
Fourth of July rodeo in Portland
this year will try his luck on Hepp
ner stock, as will Eldon Michel,
All of these riders are well known
performers at the Heppner show.
Their names on the program of any
rodeo assures spectators of a high
class performance.
Long Creek Entertains
Big Road Celebration
Long Creek was the hub of the
universe for a day when citizens
of at least four counties gathered
at the little mountain town to cel
ebrate the completion of the Pen-dleton-John
Day link of the Three
Flags highway. The celebration
wa3 held last Friday.
A large delegation of Pendleton
and Umatilla county people made
the trek over the new road, to be
joined by smaller delegations from
Morrow and Harney counties in
extending to the people of the Long
Creek section felicitations upon
their liberation from the isolation
that has shut them off from the
outside world since the earliest set
tlement of that region. They are
now on Federal 395, the Three Flags
route, extending from Canada
across Washington, Oregon and
California to Mexico.
Besides the delegations from
neighboring counties, the several
communities of Grant county were
well represented and in all a crowd
of between 500 and 600 persons en
joyed the program arranged by the
Long Creek chamber of commerce.
This program consisted of an after
noon meeting in the new commun
ity hall, recently completed public
works project, a barbecue dinner
at 5:30, a smoker at 8, and closed
with a big dance at the community
hall.
Jesse Allen, republican nominee
for county judge, was chairman of
the day and extended greetings for
Long Creek and Grant county. An
extensive program of music and
talks had been arranged which in
eluded a number of people prom
inent in public and civic activities
in eastern Oregon. Prominent
among these were Congressman
Walter M. Pierce of La Grande,
Roy Ritner, republican nominee for
representative from the second dis
trict; R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer; E. B. Aldrich, member
of the state highway commission
Division Engineer Williams of La
Grande; President Powers of the
Pendleton chamber of commerce
Jack Allen of Pendleton, Robert
Duncan and Archie McGowan of
Burns, Miss Stella Carter, superin
tendent of schools of Grant countv:
and several other Grant county
citizens, and the queens of the
Pendleton Round-Up and the Grant
county fair, Mi's Mary Robinson
of Athena and Miss Phyllis Bayles
or John Day.
Roy Ritner spoke of having serv
ed in the legislative session which
created the initial highway mea
sure. That was in 1917. Ritnr said
the legislators of that day were an
optimistic lot for they appropriated
56,000,000 with which to build a
system of highways throughout the
state. That was sufficient for a
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tion of whom have come to look
upon the Heppner show as an oc
casion for paying an annual visit
here. The streets and business
buildings are decorated in Rodeo
holiday attire. Business men and
citizens alike are extending the
hand of greeting and hospitality
and withal it augurs well for a big
week end.
Aside from the Rodeo program,
which offers a variety of thrills and
spills, there will be an abundance
of entertainment In the evening.
The Browning Carnival company
is providing amusement for young
and old with its merry-go-round,
ferris wheel, novelty stands and
other features. Down at the dance
pavilion you will find one of east
ern Oregon's best dance bands
ready to play syncopating melodies
that will make a bowlegged cow
poke dance like a ballroom gigolo.
The dance committee says you'll
have to come early and stay late to
get the benefit of Jack Becker's
orchestra and entertainers. There
is something going on every minute.
For those who take keen satis
faction in seeing some guy get a
poke on the beezer, schnozzle ,or
what have you, there will be ample,
opportunity afforded in the open air
smokers to be held Friday and
Saturday evenings. The arena Is
located on the vacant lot between
the Masonic and Thomson Bros,
buildings. A high board fence will
prohibit free rubbernecking to a
large extent and the promoters
have arranged such hot bouts that
no one with the sporting instinct
will be kept out for the want of
the price of admission. On Fri
day evening a wrestling card will
be offered. Some tough bone crush
ers from Walla Walla, Pendleton
and other eastern Oregon points
have been assembled for this card
and the word is out that if you miss
it you will hate yourself cordially.
On Saturday evening there will
be a fight card that will be worth
twice the price of admission. At
least three counties are contribut
ing talent to this feature. The boys
are primed to fight it out toe to
toe, giving the cash customers just
what they ask for. Two prelimin
aries and four matched bouts are
on the books for the fight card.
At the arena each afternoon will
be the Heppner School band. This
organization of young musicians
has been drilling faithfully the past
few weeks and with the return of
the leader, Harold Buhman, la3t
Saturday, an intensive drilling on
marching was put into motion and
the youngsters are ready for any
emergency.
Parade Entries Indicate
Renewed Rodeo Interest
Renewed Interest in the Rodeo is
indicated by the number of entries
in the parade, which this year is
being held on the second day of
the show, Friday, August 28.
Dr. R. C. Lawrence, who is in
charge of the listing, reports that
sufficient floats and other features
have been entered to make this
year's parade one of the best in
the history of the Rodeo. The
granges of the county, Red Cross
chapter, Townsend club, Lions club,
fraternal orders and many indi
viduals will have floats and other
entries. Competition for the at
tractive prizes will be keen.
Those participating in the event
should remember that the parade
forms on Gale street, north of
Church at 10:00 o'clock. The pro
cession starts promptly at 10:30.
KENNETH MERRITT PASSES.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwarz left
Friday for Wapato, Wash., in re
sponse to a message stating that
Kenneth Merritt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Merritt, had passed
away. Death was ascribed to heart
disease. Kenneth attended school
in Heppner where he graduated
from high school. He was promin
ent in high school athletics and
was popular with the students.
FILES DIVORCE SUIT.
Mary Smith, through her attor
ney, J. J. Nys, Tuesday filed a suit
for divorce from Ernest Smith.