HEFPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1937.
PAGE FIVE
George Howard went to Walla
Walla Sunday to attend a meeting
of J. C. Penney store managers there
Monday. He found the roads heavy
with snow drifts, and was stalled for
some time on attempting to return
Monday evening, and was forced to
return to Walla Walla. He finally
made it through Tuesday, arriving
home Tuesday evening.
Leo Gorger spent the week end in
Heppner from the farm north of
lone. Mr. Gorger said the snow had
drifted badly in his section, but esti
mated about seven inches on the
level. He welcomed the covering of
his large wheat fields, being one of
the larger tractor operators in the
county.
Leslie L. Matlock was sufficiently
recovered from his recent attack of
pneumonia to leave Monday for
Portland where he will convalesce
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Bertha
Richardson, who accompanied him
on the trip. They were taken as far
as Arlington by Luke Bibby in his
ar.
The city force had more than its
share of sickness this week. Orve
Rasmus, watermaster, and Homer
Hayes, chief of police, were both
confined at home, while Mark Mer
rill, fire chief, had work at the res
taurant complicated by Mrs. Merrill
and Jackie being cn the sick list.
Joel R. Benton is up from his
siege of illness, and with Mrs. Ben
ton expects to leave tomorrow for
their home at Fort Benton, Wash.
They have been at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Robert Jones since
the holidays.
Bill Doherty braved the heavy
roads from Alpine to transact busi
ness in the city Tuesday morning.
Farmers in his section are jubilant
over heightened prospects which the
snow brings for the new wheat crop.
Vawter Parker went to Spokane
the first of the week to spend a week
studying his new duties as secretary
for Hardman National Farm Loan
association. He accompanied George
Howard as far as Walla Walla.
Claude Derrick, horse and mule
buyer who has been active in this
vicinity, experienced difficulty get
ting stock into Heppner this week
because of roads being blocked by
snow drifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gourley of
Skinner creek and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hoskins of Butter creek were
visitors in the city Saturday. Mrs.
Gourley and Mrs. Hoskins are sis
ters. Dale Bleakman was reported ill at
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. A. Bleakman, this week.
The younger Mr. and Mrs. Bleakman
arrived from Portland Saturday.
L. D. Neill, county commissioner,
came in from the Butter creek farm
the first of the week to assist with
emergency work confronting the
court due to storms.
Charles Bartholomew was a busi
ness visitor in town Tuesday morn
ing from the Pine City ranch. Snow
is welcomed out his way with stock
being fed in corrals.
Joe Snyder returned to his work
at the Noble shoe repair shop Tues
day morning after being confined to
his home for a couple of days with
a sore throat.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gorger
of lone at the maternity home of
Mrs. P. A. Mollahan in this city Sun
day evening, a Vz pound son, Don
ald Edward.
J. B. Huddleston took time off to
say hello to old-time friends and
transact some business in the city
Saturday, coming over from the Lone
Rock ranch.
Roy Stamp reported the first of the
week that when he left his wood
camp on upper Rhea creek last week
the snow measured three feet.
Wright Saling was able to be about
town the first of the week following
his recent operation for mastoiditis.
Neil Doherty was in the city yes
terday from his ranch in the sands,
being interested in the new grazing
district in his territory. Mr. Doher
ty first came to the county in 1900,
taking up a homestead on the place
where he still resides, having lived
there continuously for 36 years. The
snow plow had been through ahead
of him and he experienced no dif
ficulty making the trip to town.
Snowfall to the north of his place
has been very light so far, he said.
Mrs. E. Harvey Miller was in the
city Saturday from the north Lex
ington farm. She reported Mr. Mil
ler confined at home .by an attack of
flu. A circuitous route through
fields was required to get to the
highway as the main traveled road
was blocked by drifted snow.
Al Macomber, state highway main
tenance man, is confined at his home
by flu and threatened with pneu
monia. He has been going almost
night and day during recent storms,
keeping the roads clear.
Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Sackett left
this morning by car for their home
in Salem after spending several
weeks visiting at the home of Mrs.
Sackett's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E.
Notson.
James Monahan was a business
visitor in town yesterday from the
Rhea creek ranch. He reported
travelling bad with drifted snow in
roads.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec
ialist of Pendleton, will be at the
HEPPNER HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, February 3rd.
Henry Rauch, Jr., has been quite
ill with pneumonia at the farm north
of Lexington. He is reported as
improving.
Mrs. Vawter Parker is confined at
her home with flu, being cared for
by her mother-in-law, Mrs. F. S.
Parker.
Lawrence Palmer transacted bus
iness in the city a few hours Satur
day, coming up from the Lexington
farm.
Frank C. Alfred was able to-be at
the office Monday for the first time
after a week's siege of flu.
E. L. Berry was taken to the hos
pital yesterday, suffering a severe
attack of flu.
Lawrence Slocum was transacting
business in the city today from
Lexington.
John Holton is up following his
recent operation at Heppner hos
pital. Logie Richardson was in Portland
on business the end of the week.
R. C. Phelps was confined to his
home yesterday by illness.
from Douglas county in Washington.
A tractor school, introducing the
new McCormick-Deering TD-35 Die
sel Trac-Tractor, will be held in
Lexington Saturday. This school is
being sponsored by Jackson Imple
ment company and will feature mov
ing pictures and lectures showing
the latest developments in the man
ufacture of up-to-date farm machin
ery. The Lexington board of education
is attempting to effect a consolida
tion with the seven outlying dis
tricts which transport pupils to this
district. If this can be accomplished
it may then be possible to establish
a Smith-Hughes project in the local
school.
The farm people of this commu
nity are more or less marooned at
their homes since the snow has drift
ed to such an extent as to render
the country roads inpassable. No
school was held at the local school
Tuesday as only one bus managed
to get to town. The Lexington-Echo
market road was closed for a time
this week on account of the drifted
snow.
John Lasich spent a few days of
last week in Portland.
Mrs. William Kletzer, state presi
dent of the P. T. A., spoke before a
meeting of the local association last
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Myles Martin is in a hospital
in The Dalles where she underwent
an operation for appendicitis Friday
afternoon.
The Lexington high school bas
ketball team were losers in the game
which they played with lone on the
home floor last Tuesday evening.
The Archie Padberg family have
been ill with influenza for several
days.
Wm. D. Campbell and Herbert
Lewis attended a .meeting of the
Schoolmasters club which was held
at Fossil Monday evening.
Henry Rauch is confined to his
home with an attack of influenza
this week.
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PRESIDENT PASSES.
J. O. Turner, local agent, this week
received word of the death of Wil
liam C. Haggerty, president Oregon
Mutual Fire Insurance company, at
his home in McMinnville. Funeral
services were held at McMinnville
yesterday.
Eighty percent of the Pacific
Northwest's population is concen
trated in only eight percent of the
region's vast area.
Ontario has set the 1937 Owyhee
stampede for September 4, 5 and 6
and let the rodeo contract to a Black
foot, Idaho, firm.
With less than three percent of
the nation's population, Pacific
Northwest residents use six percent
of the nation's annual output of electricity.
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