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Volume 53, Number 20.
Willow Creek Flood
Control Rests on
House Calendar
Is Included in Omni
bus Bill; Pierce Be
lieves Chances Good
That the matter of flood control
on Willow creek is not dead was the
good news received this week by P.
W. Mahoney from Walter M. Pierce,
eastern Oregon congressman. In an
swer to Mr. Mahoney's query as to
the status of legislation asking for
an appropriation with which to make
a preliminary survey of the project,
Mr. Pierce wrote:
"Willow creek is included in the
omnibus bill for flood control which
has been reported out by the com
mittee and is now on the House cal
endar. I expect it will pass. It is my
bill, and naturally I am watching it
with a good deal of care."
The bill recommends an appro
priation of $5000 for the purpose of
making a detailed survey of Willow
and Rhea creeks with a view to fu
ture control of floods. It was drawn
after recommendation for such an
amount by the board of army en
gineers on a review of a preliminary
survey made under the direction of
the district army engineer. The re
view of the preliminary survey
found that measures of flood con
trol by construction of reservoirs
seemed feasible, and that there ap
peared possibility of utilizing stored
water for irrigation purposes.
One of the irrefutable arguments
for flood control measures on these
creeks is the recollection of the
Heppner flood of June 14, 1903,
which took a toll of 221 lives besides
thousands of dollars in property
damage, local people believe.
Mr. Mahoney has acted as chair
man of a local citizens' committee to
work in the interests of flood control
work, and assisted in lobbying for
a measure before the last legislature
which povides for voluntary organi
zation of flood control districts. Such
procedure may be taken if and when
the detailed survey is made, so that
the proper set-up will be had to pro
vide sites for and guarantee main
tenace of dams. The survey and dis
trict irganization should be com
pleted before the next session of
congress so that the way will be clear
to put through the appropriation for
actual construction of the dams.
Congressional authority already ex
ists for expending federal monies for
such purpose.
Lightning Sets Fires in
Forest; Danger Rises
Three lightning-set fires were re
ported in the local forest district last
week end in an electrical storm
which gave the forest regions of Or
egon and Washington their first
large bitter taste of the devil-ton-gued
demon this season. All fires in
the local district were put under
control quickly, and all conflagra
tions outside were reported under
control the first of the week.
Fire danger in the forest is in
creasing daily with present warm
weather, reports F. F. Wehmeyer,
ranger in charge of the local dis
trict. While the higher regions are
still quite green, too much precau
tion cannot be taken by those en
tering the forest and whole-hearted
public cooperation may result in
averting any major catastrophe.
In this issue appears a closing or
der from Governor Martin for some
districts included in the local forest
protective area, to which Mr. Weh
meyer directs special attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moore arrived
in Heppner yesterday from Montana
where Mr. Moore was with the Bub
Clark shearing outfit through the
shearing season. Winding up at Hel
ena, they took a motor trip through
Glacier national park before return
ing home.
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HEPPNER,
REMOTE CONTROL
FOR PHONES READY
Lexington Calls to be Cleared
I Through Heppner Exchange
Beginning Next Thursday
Installation of the new telephone
switchboard for Lexington telephone
customers will be completed within
the next few days, and will be placed
in service Thursday, July 29, ac
cording to J. R. Farrington, mana
ger of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company.
With the placing in service of the
new equipment, Lexington telephone
users will be given full-time, 24
hours a day, telephone service.
The new Lexington switchboard,
one of the few of its kind on the Pa
cific coast, is technically known as
an R. C. X. (remote control ex
change) and is connected with the
Heppner exhange.
Lexington city customers in mak
ing calls will hear the Heppner op
erator answer when they remove
their receivers, and will give the
telephone number desired to her,
and the operator will complete the
call to the called party. Lexington
farmer line customers will ring
twice to get the Heppner operator,
and then will place their calls with
her.
Mrs. Bertha Hunt, agency manager
at Lexington, will become payment
agent, and will handle collections of
bills as in the past. Lexington cus
tomers in wanting telephone instal
lations, or having business other
than payment of bills with the tele
phone company, will deal with the
Heppner office.
No change is being made in the
personnel of the Heppner telephone
office, nor will there be any change
in the telephone service of Heppner
customers.
County Agent Asks
Farmer Cooperation
The county agent's office is equip
ped to give farm operators service
in supplying employment neejds,
said Joseph Belanger this morning,
but to make the service effective
better cooperation is needed.
He advises farm operators to let
the office know of employment
needs as far ahead of time is fliled
sible, and when a position is filled
to notify the office so that it may;
be taken off the active list. The
office so far has placed all appli
cants, but there appear to be more
applicants than jobs to date, he' said.
NOTICE
Change of Time
Bible School 9 A. M.
Morning Worship 10 a. m.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Contestants
Miss Betty Bergevin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ber
gevin, Willows grange nominee.
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OREGON, THURSDAY, July 22, 1937.
Kinzua Signed
To Play Heppner
At Rodeo Time
Condon Beaten, 13
5; Has-Beens to Play
Kids Next Sunday
Another Rodeo feature was placed
on the calendar this week when
arrangements were made for Hepp
ner and Kinzua to play ball one
morning of the three days, August
26-27-28, probably on Saturday, the
28th.
Fred Hoskin's boys added to their
formidable record for the fray, Sun
day, when they defeated Condon on
the Rhea creek grounds, 13-5. Len
Gilman pitched invincible ball for
the locals, and to give the batters
a little better break, Harlan Mc
Curdy, Jr., was sent to the mound
in Len's stead. He, too, was "hot,"
and kept the visiting batsmen well
in hand.
Kinzua has been hanging up plen
ty of scalps on its own account, how
ever, and the mlil hands will give
lots of competition in the Rodeo
game, Fred promises.
The local manager has slated games
with Blalock and Condon, the first
to be played at Arlington, August 4,
and the other at Condon on the 11th.
Just for fun, Fred has asked all
old-timers to turn out at Rhea creek
next Sunday and attempt to give
the kids a trouncing. There's a
dandy, shady picnic ground close at
hand, with plenty of good water,
affording everybody an opportunity
to make a day of it. All old-timers,
himself included, will be given op
portunity to show, Fred said, arid all
who get there will have a lot of fun.
VISITS BOYHOOD FRIENDS
Mr. and Mrs. Leander Pavid and
son Michel, and Mrs. Pavid's father,
N. D. Couberly, all of Sacramento,
Cal., are visiting in the county at the
home of Mr. Pavid's cousin, Mrs.
Omar Rietmann, near lone, and Mr.
Pavid was in Heppner this morning
calling on old-time friends. He Ivied
in Heppner as a boy and was grad
uated from Heppner high school in
1911, leaving here that summer. He
is now professor of French at Sac
ramento Junior college, which posi
tion he has held for ten years. Com
ing north they stopped at Redmond
to visit another cousin of Mr. Pav
id's, Elise Freeland Maris, and chil
dren, and while there Mr. Pavid ran
across an old Heppner schoolmate,
Ray Rogers, with whom he enjoyed
a chat on old times. On their return
they will visit relatives of Mrs. Pav
id's at Twin Falls, Idaho, returning
home through Nevada.
for Queen of
Msis Peggy Kilkenny, daughter
of Mrs. Frank Kilkenny of But
ter creek, Lena grange nominee.
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PEGGY KILKENNY
LEADS QUEEN RACE
Lena Contestant Backed Heavily
at Home Dance, First of Series
to Name Rodeo Ruler
Miss Peggy Kilkenny, attractive
Irish colleen, took a substantial lead
in voting for queen of the 1937
Heppner Rodeo, at the kick-off
dance in the hall of her grange
sponsor at Lena Saturday night. The
vote:
Miss Peggy Kilkenny, Lena, 6200.
Miss Betty Bergevin, lone, 3000.
Miss Marjorie Parker, Rhea Creek,
1500.
Miss Bernice Martin, Lexington,
1200.
More than 200 couples attended
the opening dance, evidencing the
popular enthusiasm for one of the
highlights of the county's social cal
endar of the entire year.
Pictures of the charming candi
dates appear on this page. The one
having the highest number of votes
at the close of voting with the final
dance of the series at Heppner, Aug
use 14, will be queen, and the others
will be her attendants at the Rodeo,
August 26-27-28.
A home dance for each contestant
under direction of the sponsoring
grange is included in the series. The
second dance will be held at Lex
ington next Saturday night. The
Rhea Creek dance will follow on
Saturday, July 31, with the Willows
dance on Saturday, August 7, and
the finale dance at Heppner, Satur
day, August 14.
Voting is by tickets, good for 100
votes each, one of which is issued
with each admission at each dance.
North End Power
District Gets Funds
Umatilla Electric Cooperative as
sociation of Hermiston has been al
lotted and made loan contract for
$129,000 by the Rural Electrification
administration. The operation con
templates building 120 miles of dis
tribution lines with 492 customers
in the north end of Morrow and west
Umatilla counties, according to a
progress bulletin received this week.
REA has aprpoved the First Na
tional Bank of Hermiston as de
pository for the funds which will be
made available to the project spon
sors. Plans and specifications should
be submitted to REA in the imme
diate future. When they are ap
proved, the project can be released
for bids. Adherence to the REA nor
mal progress schedule will enable
those farmers in the district to be
gin using electricity before the end
of the year, the report states.
C. A. Minor of Mt. Vernon and
daughter, Mrs. Phil Brady of Mit
chell, were business visitors in the
city for a few hours Tuesday.
the 1937 Heppner Rodeo
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Miss Bernice Martin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Myles Martin
of Lexington, Lexington grange
nominee.
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Subscription $2.00 a Year
Bids for Street
Surfacing Will be
Opened August 9
Reservoir Repair,
Fixing Lot for Park
ing Before Council
Bids for Heppner's street sur
facing project will be opened August
9, according to advertisement ap
pearing in another column. Author
ization for the advertisement was
given by the council Monday eve
ning after a final review of the
plans and specifications with Frank
Hayes, Pendleton engineer.
At Monday evening's session, also,
it was decided to try out a weed
burning machine for clearing streets
and vacant lots of the annual weed
fire menace; to advertise for bids
for repairing the old reservoir on
the hill above the reservoir now in
use, and to investigate the matter of
fixing up the vacant lot next to the
Masonic building on Main street for
car parking, with consent of the
owners.
The street surfacing specifications
call for commencement of work
within fifteen days after signing of
contract, and it is expected to have
the work pushed as fast as possible.
It is estimated that six weeks should
be sufficient time to complete the
work.
Specifications call for laying bitu
minous oil and rock surfacing. The
existing base will be rolled and lev
eled, and covered with two applica
tions of rock and oil, with seal coat
ing on each application. The com
pleted oil and rock mat will be 1 1-8
and 5-8 inches thick. Coarse gravel
will be used in each first applica
tion, rolled, covered With oil and
finer rock top dressing, then rolled
again.
The width of the surfacing will
vary with width of streets, being as
wide as thirty feet on the wider
streets. The unoiled portion of streets
will be evened and brought to grade
with the oiled surfacing and cov
ered with unoiled macadam. Oiled
surfacing will be placed only to
bottom of hill on cross streets lead
ing up hills, with hill portion of
streets rock macadamized only. Riv
erside Ave. will also be covered
with rock macadam to stock yards.
Streets to be oil surfaced are: May
from Gale to Main, all of Gale, Wil
low from Gale to Main and from
Main to Chase, Center from foot of
hill to Main and Main to Chase,.
Baltimore from foot of hill to Main,,
all of Church, all of Jones, Water
from foot of hill to Gale, all of K,
Elder from K to D, D from Elder to.
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Miss Marjorie Parker, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Parker
of Heppner Flat, Rhea Creek
grange nominee.
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