SOCIETY
Volume 53, Number 18.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937.
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OREGON. H I 5 T 0 R I C A L
PUBLIC A U D I T 0 R I J '.:
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School Plant Being
Renovated; Supt.
Visits Saturday ; ,
;'Miss Doherty Re- 7.
.. signs; Physical Ed
Position Cleared
" Renovating operations at the
' school are being pushed rapidly to
get the plant in condition for open
ing, now just two months away. Al-
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arrived from Seattle where he is
attending summer school at the Uni-
xroTciTr f( . 1X73 cVii n rrrn nnc after"
noon Saturday, and with the board
inspected the work under way.
Renovating includes repainting of
classroom and assembly walls and
ceilings, and repainting of cornice
and woodwork on exterior of build
ing; re-wiring six classrooms and
assembly hall in main building, re
pairs to furnace, and sanding of
gymnasium floor, besides general
grooming operations by William
Driscoll, janitor.
i' Thornburg brothers of Lexington
have the painting contract; Harold
Hill, local electrician is doing the
wiring, and Jeff Jones has finished
the work of planing the gym floor.
When ' completed, present renova
tion is expected to put the plant in
the best shape it has been for sev
eral years.
While in session Saturday, the
; board accepted the resignation of
Miss Mae Doherty, teacher of the
fourth grade last year and reelected
to the same position for next year,
who resigned to accept a position in
the Everett, Wash., schools. No ac
tion was taken on Miss Doherty' s
successor.
Mr. Blankenship announced that
he had definite word from Robert
D. Knox that he would accept the
position of physical education di
rector in the local schools next year.
Confusion was caused here by a re
cent news item in a Portland paper
than Knox, who comes from Eugene,
had been elected to a position with
a school in Portland.
National Secretary to
Address Joint Meeting
F. R. Marshall, secretary of the
National Woolgrowers association,
will be one of the principal speakers
at a joint dinner meeting of Mor
row County Wool and Lamb club
and county Farm Bureau chapter at
Hotel Heppner next Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock. Ralph I. Thompson,
president of the lamb and wool
growers, will preside, and an invi
' tation is extended to anyone inter
ested to attend. 's
Marshall, who spends much of his
time in Washington, D. C, helping
steer legislation of interest to the
wool growers, will speak on a num
ber of major problems confronting
the industry. Dr. J. N. Shaw, veter
inarian from Oregon State college,
will discuss the study of livestock
diseases to be made in eastern Ore
gon as a result of the $15,000 appro
priation made by the last legislature.
Walter Holt, secretary of Oregon
Wool Growers association, will also
speak.
USE SERVICE STATION '
' ' Milsom-Banister Motor company
this week rented space for their parts
department in the Hayes service sta
tion. The parts will be handled at
the Hayes station until completion
of the new building being erected by
Ed Dick to be occupied by the Ford
garage.
EXAMINER HERE 10TH V
. C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs, will be at the
courthouse in Hpepner,' Saturday
the 10th between the hours of 10
a. m. and 4 p. m. All those wishing
permits or licenses to drive cars are
requested to get in touch with Mr.
Bentley at that time.1
Local Ball Tossers
Play Arlington Here
Arlington will play Fred Hoskins'
hustling youngsters at Rodeo field
next Sunday afternoon. "Bus" Sol-
vester is manager of the Arlington
outfit and his aggregation Includes
many of the river city lads who as
sisted Arlington in winning the
Wheatland league pennant for sev
eral seasons.
Fred promises all fans value re
ceived for the price of admission in
the chucking of Len Gilman alone.
Gilman pitched three-hit ball against
the Starbuck grangers at Stanfield
on the Fourth, and the Starbuck
boys were not set-ups. . .
FOREST CAMP SITE
PROPOSED FOR CITY
4 Wehmeyer Tells Lions of Possi
bility of Development at Ditch
Creek; Committee Named
Suggesting a 40-acre tract in the
Ditch creek vicinity as an attractive
site, F. F. Wehmeyer, local forest
ranger, told the Lions club Tues
day that he believed there is possi
bility of obtaining a mountain sum
mer camp for Heppner people. The
forest service establishes such camps
where potential use justifies, with
provision for ' water supply and
camping facilities, and cooperatio11
of the citizens in making recreation
facilities, he believed, would make
such a camp site highly desirable
through the hot summer months.
Discussion by -club members read
ily favored Mr. Wehmeyer's sugges
tion and Joseph Belanger and Mil
lard "Rodman were appointed as a
cooperating committee from the club
to" feel the sentiment of the people
and assist in any way to make the
camp; site a reality.- f . ' '
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, first vice presi
dent, presided and announced club
committee appointments for the en
suing year.' ' " .
TO CANADIAN ROCKIES '
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney and
Mrs. Henry Happold left the end of
the week on a motor trip, expecting
to go as far as Banff and famous
Lake Louise, Canada, going north by
way of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, boy
hood home of Mr. Mahoney, they ex
pected to go on through Glacier na
tional park to Browning, Mont.,
where they were to be joined by Mr.
Happold before proceeding north.
Mr. Happold is just finishing his
shearing season in the Browning
section. Their ten-day trip was also
expected to take in a visit to Cal
gary, home of the famous Canadian
wild west show.
POMONA MEETS SUNDAY
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet at Irrigon Sunday, July 11,
with a business meeting at 10 a. m.
and picnic in the afternoon. Picnic
dinner will be enjoyed at noon. The
fifth degree will be exemplified in
the evening by Greenfield grange,
and Irrigon grange will furnish the
tableaux.
AUDITING SCHOOL BOOKS
C. R. Ham of Pullman, Wash., has
been at the county school superin
tendent's office for the last week
auditing books of that office as well
as books of the various districts.
Mr. Ham has been doing this work
here for several years. ' j
DEATH RIDES HIGH
A 26 percent nation-wide increase
in traffic deaths the first three
months of this year is the dolesome
report of the Oregon State Motor
association.
Mrs. Truman Babb was called to
Portland this morning by word that
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Rhea Luper,
had been taken to the hospital to un
dergo a serious operation.
, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sharp, Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Oviatt and Jimmy
Healy attended the air circus in
Pendleton yesterday.
Sidney Zinter was a business visit
or , in tiie city yesterday from the
Gooseberry section. . '
Rodeo's Approach
Foreshadowed by
Kennewick Show
Performers Tell Aik
en They're Coming;
Bucking S toe k Good
Some foreshadowings of what will
happen in the big arena at Hepp
ner, August 26-27-28, were gleaned
by Henry Aiken, member of the lo
cal rodeo executive committee, when
he attended the Kennewick show
with his family over the Fourth.
For one thing nearly all the con
testants at Kennewick declared in
tentions of entering the lists at
Heppner. And for another thing,
Rock Richmond's bucking horses
that performed at Kennewick and
which are coming to Heppner, are
just about the toughest in the busi
ness. Richmond has enough confi
dence in the ability of two of his
outlaws to wager $25 that either will
throw his rider anytime he is drawn.
Dillinger, whose fame as an outlaw
is already established locally, was in
top form at Kennewick, Aiken said.
Heppner's own arena director and
veteran Round-Up performer, Tony
Vey, walked off with first place in
the calf roping, and Joe Pedro, an
other product of the Echo section
well known here, placed second at
Kennewick. C. C. Coe, an Idaho
school , teacher, copped first place
in the bronc riding, with Herb Owen,
performer at many local rodeos, sec
ond. Pat Owens and Bryce Baker,
both known here, placed first and
second in the wild cow roping.
Aiken said that Harold Erwin will
make a homecoming at the forth
coming' show' in the role Tf pick-up
man. Erwin, who now lives near
Dayton, has helped with the show
many times in the past.
The guns are now being cocked
for the kick-off in the series of
queen's dances, set for Lena on the
17th. Full announcement of contest
ants will appear next week.
Between 5000 and 6000 people saw
the Kennewick show, Aiken said.
Locals Beat Starbuck
At Stanfield, Fourth
Fred Hoskins' pick-up aggrega
tion of ball players who journeyed
to Stanfield to play Starbuck grange
the Fourth, came out victorious, 14
2. Most of the local runs came in the
first two innings, after which Star
buck stuck a new chucker in the
box and it was reported to have been
a real ball game from there on out.
Len Gilman held down the mound
nicely for the locals, and others
from here playing were Earl Pet
tyjohn, catcher; Jimmy Farley, third
base; Randall Grimes, right field;
Harlan McCurdy, Jr., second base;
Riley Munkers, shortstop. Three
Echo players completed the line-up.
Fire Siren Recalls
Fourth of 1918;
Gives Folks Thrill
Shades of 1918!
So thought the Fourth of July
stay-at-homes when the fire siren
sounded Sunday afternoon. Fear,
which gripped hearts as imme
diately recalled was the devastat
ing blaze on the nation's birthday
in 1918, was relieved when a small
grass fire on the east hillside tow
ard the south end of town was
found to be the cause of alarm.
One of the major scars of the
1918 fire, the spot where the old
ing erased with construction start
ing erased with constructiin start
ing the first of the week on the
new Ed Dick garage and service
station building.
Paul Webb was transacting busi
ness in town yesterday while in the
county from Walla Walla looking af
ter ranch interests near Hardman.
Pea Men Coming to
Make Inspection
Judge W. T. Campbell announces
that two experts in pea raising 'will
be in Heppner at 8 o'clock in the
morning to start a tour of test plots
in this county to assist in determin
ing the feasibility of raising the le
gume crop on a commercial basis.
Mr. Campbell made arrangements
for the visit while in Pendleton yes
terday, and said that Mr. Mitchell,
one of the men coming, had several
years' experience in Utah pea fields.
The other man has been connected
with pea raising since its inception
in Umatilla county.
Mr. Campbell was encouraged in
talks with the men to believe that
possibilities of a pea industry in this
county are bright.
RELICS AT CAMAS
MAY BE INSPECTED
Dr. Cressman, U. of O. Anthro
. pologist, Expresses Interest
in Letter to Mrs. Rodgers.
Indications of prehistoric civiliza
tion in the Camas prairie district
south of Hardman may be inspected
by Dr. L. S. Cressman, head of the
department of anthropology at the
University of Oregon, according to a
letter recently received by Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers, county school superin
tendent, from Dr. Cressman.
Mrs. Rodgers wrote Dr. Cressman
following a recent visit with Mr. and
Mrs. . F. F. Wehmeyer to the "Pat
Shea" mine, relics of old rock forts,
and other evidences of an early civ
ilization about Camas prairie, be
lieving they would bear investigation
by someone learned in the subject.
Dr. Cressman wrote that he had
before learned of things of interest
in this section, and believed there
might -be possibility of making a
field trip" to the section ither later
this year or next, though no definite
promise could be made. He is now
heading a field trip out south of
Bur ns in the vicinity of Blitzen and
it was expected this . work would
continue for some time.
Dr. Cressman expressed the de
sire that such evidences as have been
uncovered be left as undisturbed as
possible until such time as they may
be inspected.
PROMOTE QUEEN DANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard French were
in town Tuesday evening from the
Gurdane farm, reminding their many
friends of the first Rodeo queen's
dance to be held at Lena Saturday
evening, the 17th. Lena grange hall
will be in first class shape for the
occasion. The dance floor is being
sanded and lots of parking space lev
eled off for all cars that come, they
said.
ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Norbert E. Peavy an
nounce the arrival of Elaine Louise,
weight 6 pounds, 8 ounces, at Cor
vallis at 12:50 a. m., Friday, June 30.
Mr. Peavy, English and music in
structor in the high school last year,
has accepted the position again the
coming school year.
M. R. Morgan and son, Milton, Jr.,
were in the city yesterday from the
lone home. Mr. Morgan reported
grain fields in the lone section now
rapidly showing . signs of ripening,
without hurting. While the days
have been warm, the nights have
been cool and no hot east winds
have been felt.
Ted McMurdo has recovered suf
ficiently from his recent severe ill
ness to be about again, and is receiv
ing expressions of thanksgiving from
friends for his speedy recovery.
John Anelin was in Yalcimn nvpr
the Fourth holidays visiting Mrs.
Anglin and daughter Rachel. The
family joined friends for a picnic at
a iaKe m tne vicinity.
Ray P. Kinne, P. P. & L. manager,
motored to Yakima last Fridav to
join his family in a week's vacation.
He expected to return home tomor
row.
Taxpayers to Vote
on Street Bonds
Next Wednesday ;
$7000 Issue Asked
to Complete Surfac
ing Work This Year
Taxpayers of Heppner will go to
the polls at the council chambers
next Wednesday to decide upon the
issuance of $7000 in bonds for street
surfacing. Polls will be open from
8 o'clock in the morning until 5
o'clock in the evening, but may be
closed for an hour from 1 to 2
o'clock, according to the official el
ection notice appearing in another
column. . ,
The matter of issuing the bonds
is being presented to the qualified
voters by the council with the opin
ion that issuance of the bonds is
justified in order to augment funds
allotted in this year's budget so that
contract for all streets may be let
at one time.
,: The contemplated improvement
would surface with oiled macadam
all the principal streets not already
surfaced, except that streets going
up hills and Riverside way would
be surfaced with crushed rock only
Specifications have already been
drawn up by Frank Hayes, Pendle
ton engineer, and a favorable opin
ion on the bonds has been given by
a recognized firm of bond attorneys
in Portland.
Only persons who can qualify as
taxpayers on property within the
city limits may vote at the election.
An attorney general's opinion has
said that members of fraternal or
ders which pay taxes and who are
legai residents of the city in which
such election is being held are qual
ified to vote at such election.
W. O. Bayless will act as chairman
of the election board, with Alva W.
Jones and J. L. Yeagef, judges, and
Reta Oviatt . and Muriel Vaughn,
clerks. .
Sara E. White Rites at
Lexington Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held from
the Lexington Christian church at
2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for
Mrs. Sara E. White, resident of that
vicinity since 1901, who died in Port
land Tuesday following an illness of
several months. Rev. R. C. Young,
Methodist minister of this city, will
officiate and Phelps Funeral home
is in charge of arrangements. Inter
ment will be in Lexington I. O. O. F.
cemetery.
Sara Elizabeth White was born in
Arkansas January 31, 1884. The fam
ily moved to Missouri in 1888, and
came to Lexington in 1901. She was
married to Claud J. White at Lex
ington, October 9, 1906, and to this
union was born one daughter, La
Verne Claudia. Mrs. White was aged
53 years, 5 months and 6 days.
Surviving besides Mr. White and
daughter, Mrs. Lonnie Henderson of
Lexington, are brothers John of
Portland, Lee of Ukiah; sisters, Janie
Sibley and Ada Estes, both of Port
land, and two brothers in Missouri.
WEDS IN PENNSYLVANIA '
Local friends have received an
nouncement from Mrs. Hattie S.
Pattison of the marriage of her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Pattison, to
Mr. William L. Murphy, on Satur
day, July 3, at Pittsburgh, Penn. The
Pattison family resided in Heppner
for several years while the late S.
A. Pattison was editor of the former
Heppner Herald. The family moved
to Pennsylvania on leaving Heppner
several years ago.
BOY BREAKS LEG
Willie Stone, catcher on the high
school baseball team last season, ,
broke a leg yesterday evening when
he jumped from a horse he was rid
ing and hit against a tree. He was
taken to Heppner hospital where the
fracture was reduced.