SOC I ETY
Volume 53, Number 14.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937.
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OREGON HISTORICAL
PUBLIC A fJ D I T 0 R 1 L M
PORTLAND, OR E .
Merrill Carves
Crow for Losers,
Wire Eats Portion
Wind-Up Banquet of
Hunt Contest Draws
125; Pictures Seen.
After eating his portion of crow
at the wind-up banquet of the Mor
row County Hunters and Anglers
club crow-magpie contest at the
county pavilion last evening, Frank
T. Wire, state game supervisor, pro
nounced the bird a choice morsel, not
more than 25 years old. So success
ful had the competing teams been in
depopulating the county of the birds
that he bethought himself to intro
duce a bill placing crows in the game
bird class, now that they are so
scarce and he had discovered their
delicate flavor.
Wire addressed the 125 assembled
guests and showed moving pictures
of the state's wild life as the princi
pal entertainment feature. J. G. Bar
ratt as toastmaster kept the crow
callers well in hand. E. R. Fatland,
state representative from Condon,
nibbled a bit of crow and proposed
that Morrow and Gilliam Boy Scouts
get together on a summer camp. He
was accompanied by George W. Par
man, also of Condon.
Mark' Merrill, club president,
carved the crow as it befell the cap
tain of the losing side to do this
menial task, and before passing it
among his fellows did take for him
self a liberal portion. Then to show
that he would not retain aaginst his
opponent any of the ill feeling touted
so loudly in the time of battle, J.
Logie Richardson, captain of the
winners, did also eat a portion of
crow and did chew it mightily that
all present might see there was no
longer any ill will between these two
Richardson's team score of more
than 8000 exceeded Merrill's team
score by a thousand points, the tally
showed.
Two CCC boys presented a com
edy bone-crushing act in which Dr.
L. D. Tibbies, the referee, was prob
ably the more badly used, and Rene
Chaussee, the local camps scintil
lating glove artist, was assisted by
Kid Daniels, also from the camp, in
giving a snappy exhibition bout. The
Lions quartet, Dr. R. C. Lawrence,
F. W. Turner, Ray P. Kinne nad
Blaine Isom, sang a group of songs,
. Merrill directed preparation and
serving of the dinner.
In his address, Wire told some
thing of the work of the game com
mission, holding that Oregon's game
industry is the state's most valuable
industry. The work of administer
ing this 35 million-dollar industry
is all taken care of out of receipts
from hunting anf fishing licenses.
The commission attempts to coop
erate with all otheV agencies in han
dling the forests and fields for the
greatest benefit to all while conserve
ing and propagating the wild life to
the utmost, he said. Mrs. Wire ac
companied the game supervisor.
Showers God-Send
to Wilting Crops
Faces of Morrow county farmers
are shorter today than they have
been for sometime, as showers yes
tedav and last nieht had covered the
county generally and brought relief
to the wilting crops.
The storm at Heppner yesterday
afternoon was accompanied by thun
der and lightning, and the downpour
was extremely heavy for a while. A
gentler rain started in the night and
had continued steadily up tu noon.
ATTEND CONDON RODEO.
A number of Heppner people at
tended the Condon rodeo last week
end. Included were Henry iken
and Harlan McCurdy, directors of
the local show. Good reports were
brought back of the large crowd and
general excellence of the show.
MRS. C. A. MINOR
LAID TO REST HERE
Pioneer Wife and Mother Suc
cumbs to Spotted Fever Attack
at Home in Mt. Vernon.
Commitment services were con
ducted from Phelps Funeral home
here yesterday afternoon at 3:30 for
Mrs. C. A. Minor who died at her
home in Mt. Vernon, Sunday. Mrs.
Minor succumbed to an attack of
spotted fever of ten days duration,
which struck her just as she appear
ed to be well on the road to recovery
from a recent major operation.
A large number of old-time friends
paid respects at the last rites here
and the large floral tribute gave evi
dence of the esteem in which Mrs.
Minor was held by the old neighbors
and friends of thirty years residence
here.
Funeral services were held in the
Mt. Vernon community church at
10 o'clock yesterday morning, and
there, too, the many friends assem
bled in large numbers to pay their
respects. Rev. J. W. Voorhies of
Portland conducted the services,
Mrs. Mark Miller sang, and pall
bearers were Joe Norton, Guy Boy
er, Fred Woods, Noel Emmons, John
Damon and George Yocom, all
friends and business associates of
the family.
Carrie May Scott was born in 111
inois to William and Celestine Scott,
May 29, 1871. She died at Mt. Ver
non, Oregon, June 6, 1937, aged 66
years and 7 days. With other mem
bers of the family she came to Mor
row county when 13 years of age,
and attended the public schools in
this city. She was married to C. A.
Minor in this city, on Christmas day,
1889. M. D. Clark, local mechant,
and long-time friend of the family,
was best man at the wedding. The
family home was made here contin
uously until seven years ago, when
Mr. and Mrs. Minor removed to Mt.
Vernon. The family home in this
city was made for many years in the
large white house in south Heppner,
catty-cornered to the Phelps Funeral
home. Here the two children, Ellis
R. and Blanche, were reared through
childhood.
A little romance in the history
of Mrs. Minor's life lies in how the
family came to Oregon. William
Rush, her step-father, came to Ore
gon from Illinois alone, expecting to
get located and send for his family
later. In making the trip he packed
from Boise to Umatilla landing on
the Columbia. In that day, a letter
was a full year in going or coming
to or from the east. Though both
Mr. and Mrs. Rush wrote to each
other, their letters failed of their
destination for twelve years. Final
ly, believing Mr. Rush dead, Mrs.
Rush married William Scott, Mrs.
Minor's father. Later, when Mr.
Rush learned of the marriage, he
refused to make any trouble, and
was helpful to the family.
Mrs. Minor was always a close
companion to Mr. Minor in his ex
tensive livestock operations, at one
time the largest in the county. She
was ever a faithful wife and mother,
and held the esteem of all who knew
her. At Mt. Vernon she assisted Mr.
Minor in the store which they ran
until a short time ago.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by the son, Ellis R. Minor of
Hollister, Mo.; daughter, Mrs. Phil
Brady of Mitchell, and four grand
children. She was the last member
of her immediate family, a sister and
the mother and father having pre
ceded her in death.
SHERD7F SEES TRAGEDY.
The tragic automobile accident
which took the lives of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Dexter and two children
on the highway going into Umatilla
last Saturday was witnessed by
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. The car
left the highway and turned over,
and was in flames before anyone
could help the occupants, all of
whom were killed, Sheriff Bauman
said. The Dexter family were resi
dents of the northeast corner of
Morrow county.
Special Election on
City Bonds up to
Hold-Over Meeting
Water Shortage '
Told; Council Rents
Space to Garage.
Monday evening's council meeting
was continued until a date this week
end awaiting the opinion of a Port
land firm of attorneys on the pro
posed bond issue for street surfac
ing, at which time it was expected
the date for the special election
would be set. City Attorney Nys
said that the special election could
be held after ten days notice had
been given.
J. O. Rasmus, watermaster, told
the council that an emergency ex
isted in the city water supply and
he received authoization to proceed
immediately with the installation of
a pump at the wells. Since this was
done, however, Jupiter Pluvius took
a hand in alleviating the situation
by turning his sprinkler upside down
on the city yesterday and last night,
lessening the demand for irrigation.
Milsom-Banister Motor company
was given a 90-day lease on the
southwest corner of the city building
in which to operate their repair
shop until the new building is com
pleted, after citing inability to find
other quarters. The lease was con
tingent upon the lessors standing
any increase in insurance costs, and
the rental price was set at $25 a
month.
Left in the hands of the committee
on streets and public property was
the matter of providing a site for
the location of a forest camp within
the city, after failure was reported
in striking an agreement with the
county court on the first proposi
tion offered. Further investigation
was expected to be made to ascer
tain the feasibility of other sugges
tions. Dust Storm Seen
From Jordan Butte
Resembles Cyclone
"I'd never seen a cyclone, but I
thought sure one was coming my
way Monday evening," says Har
old Becket. .
Harold was out at the Stefani
iarm on Jordan Butte, when Mon
day evening's dust storm struck.
"As it neared the Stefani farm,
it was inky black and frothing on
top," he said. "I was scared, for
I thought sure it was a cyclone.
When it struck, we were almost in
darkness and the heavy dust was
almost suffocating."
Mr. and Mrs. Stefani are just
finishing up the new house to re
place the one recently lost by fire.
Mrs. Stefani had just hung her new
curtains. The living room had but
recently been freshly painted.
When the storm abated there was
a good quarter inch of dust over
everything, Harold said. From the
appearance he thought much of the
dust must have come from the
Horse Heaven country across the
river. It came directly out of the
north, carried by a heavy wind.
Water Supply Short;
Cautious Use Asked
Everyone in the city should use
water as sparingly as possible due
to the decline in supply, announces
J. O. Rasmus, watermaster. The wa
ter department is using every possi
ble effort to augment the supply
from the wells, but in spite of its
best efforts the supply in the reser
voir is constantly dropping. Cooper
ation of everyone in attempting to
prevent waste will assist in keeping
up the reserve against fire and pos
sibly avert a more dire contingency
G. T. Want Ads bring results.
QUEEN DANCES
TO START JULY 17
Lena Draws Opener; Rock
Richmond Stock Signed for
Rodeo, August 2G-27-28.
Plans were completed this week for
the series of dances at which voting
will take place to elect the queen of
Heppner's 1937 Rodeo, August 26-27-28.
As has been the custom in the
past, each grange in the county will
sponsor the candidates, and an
nouncement of these will be made
next week.
The series will be opened at Lena
grange hall July 17, with a dance
each succeeding Saturday night un
til August 14 when the final voting
and announcement of results will be
made at a dance in Heppner. The
full tchedule is, Lena, July 17; Lex
ington, July 24; Rhea Creek, July
31; Willows, August 7, and Heppner,
August 14.
Invitations have already been ex
tended for the royal court of the
local Rodeo to attend the shows at
Kennewick and Molalla. As here
tofore, the candidate receiving the
most votes will be queen, and the
others will be her attendants.
Plans for staging the rodeo also
progressed further this week with
announcement that the Rock Rich
mond bucking stock and steers from
Kennewick have been retained for
showing here.
Notson to Head Lions
For Coming Year
S. E. Notson, pioneer community
service worker who is reported to
be making good progress toward re
covery from his recent operation in
Portland, was honored by his fellow
members of the Lions club Monday
with election to the presidency of
the organization. Mr. Notson had
served as vice-president of the or
ganization for several years. For
mer mayor, councilman, commercial
club president and otherwise active
in all movements for community
betterment, he was accorded the
highest esteem of the service club
members. Other officers named
were:
L. D. Tibbies, first vice-president;
C. W. Barlow, second vice-president,'
Capt. W. R. Reynolds, third vice
president; Joe Belanger, lion tamer;
Millard Rodman, tailtwister; Ray P,
KinneJ secretary; M. L. Case and A,
D. McMurdo, directors.
VISITS FROM MISSOURI.
Ellis R. Minor was in the city to
attend funeral rites for his mother,
the late Mrs. C. A. Minor, coming
from his home near Hollister, Mo
Mr. and Mrs. Minor (Grace Van Vac-
tor) operate Table Rock inn about
two miles from Hollister, in the
Ozark mountains where Harold Bell
Wright took his setting for "Shep
herd of the Hills." The section is a
popular resort for Kansas City peo
ple, and many famous people from
all over the world are attracted by
the slumbering quietness and beauty
of the region, Mr. Minor said. The
inn is part of a boy's school, operated
on a communal plan with donations
from all over the country. Grace
O'Neill, noted artist, who has a castle
in Italy on Lake Capri, was a recent
visitor at the inn. A son of Musso
lini recently tried to purchase the
castle from Mrs. O'Neill. Both Lou-
isev and Arthur, daughter and son
of Mr. and Mrs. Minor, are attend
ing college.
BROTHER DIES IN IDAHO.
Maurice Ball, brother of W. Y.
Ball of this city, died at his home in
Council, Idaho, May 26, with inter
ment at that place. Mr. Ball was a
native of Illinois, and had resided
with his family at Council and vi
cinity for the last 15 years. Besides
the brother here, he is survived by
a sister, Mrs. J. W. Fletcher of Port
land. He was the eldest son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ball, pioneer
residents of this city, the father be
ing "a veteran of the Blue in the
Civil war.
Hard Wind Storm
Takes Toll of
Farm House by ire
Hall Home on Bar
ratt Farm Burns;
Heavy Dust Carried.
One of the heaviest windstorms in
years passed over Morrow county
Monday evening, leaving in its wake
a burned farm dwelling, collapsed
sheds, broken tree branches, and
generally swept appearance of the
terrain, while it carried a cloud of
dust that turned the early evening
daylight into deep twilight.
The storm struck Heppner shortly
before 6 o'clock and continued, with
abated force, for more than two
hours. Just a few drops of the hoped
for rain accompanied it.
The wind came directly out of the
north, apparently gathering its main
load of dust from the Horseheaven
country across the river in Wash
ington, according to reports from the
north end of the county. It was
county-wide and swept the length
of the county, reports indicate.
Mrs. Jess Hall had just placed a
fire in the cookstove to prepare the
evening meal at the J. G. Barratt
Sand Hollow farm, when the storm
struck there. The wind swept sparks
from the chimney across the. roof
and caught the house on fire. A
few moments before the fire was
discovered by Mrs. Hall, she had
sent Jack Slocum, employed at the
ranch, into the field for Mr. Hall,
believing the approaching cloud to
represent a hail storm. She had
gone outside to attend to some chores
and the fire was well under way
when she discovered it. 15he phoned
an emergency call to the Hynd bro
thers ranch, which was immediately
relayed to neighbors and into town,
but help arrived too late to be of as
sistance. The house and all con
tents, including most of the personal
belongings of Mr. and Mrs. Hall,
were destroyed. Mrs. Hall succeed
ed in dragging their new washing
machine to safety off the back porch.
Mr. Barratt had just returned from
taking his sheep to Montana and was
in town when the news came. He
drove to the scene as rapidly as pos
sible against the storm which was
difficult to drive against.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall have resided at
the Barratt Sand Hollow farm for
several years. The house was the
old headquarters home of the W. B.
Barratt family, and had stood for
more than 30 years. It was unin
sured. Mr. Barratt plans to remodel
the bunk house immediately to pro
vide living quarters for the Halls
who are temporarily residing in town
while driving back and forth to work
on the farm.
Charles McMurdo
Makes High Grades
Charles McMurdo, son of Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo, was one of five
or six students out of 4000 making
the selected honor roll at the end of
the spring term at Oregon State col
lege. McMurdo made straight A's in
all his subjects while completing his
course' for graduation, with a total
of 16 hours for the term. He was
graduated as a major in chemistry
with B.S. degree.
This fall McMurdo will enter Uni
versity of Virginia, alma mater of his
father, on a scholarship, expecting
to complete work for higher degrees.
REPORT CONVENTION.
Mrs. Emmet Ayers and Mrs. Clara
Beamer reported the recent grand
lodge session as a feature of Degree
of Honor meeting Friday evening,
and served strawberry shortcake to
those assembled in appreciation of
being sent as delegates. The con
vention held in Portland drew 5000
registered delegates. Pendleton was
selected as the convention city for
next year.