OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AU D I TOR 1 'J V.
PORTLAND. ORE
Volume 53, Number 25
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 1937
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Best Tophands in
Business Arrive
To Swell Lists
Riders, Ropers, Dog
gers Here; Three Re
lay Strings Slated
Competition among top-hands at
the show opening this afternoon is
headed by such names as Buck Tif
fin, winner at Butte this year, mnay
times runner-up at Pendleton and
winner of third place in the world's
bucking contest there last year;
Cody Dodson, Rodeo champ in 1933
who took third in the northwest
bucking at Pendleton last year, and
Paul Luffman, one of the outstand
ing bareback riders in the United
States.
Then theres Pat, Herb and Harry
Owens, Rock Richmond, Slim New
ton, "Two-Gun" Smith, Bill McFar
lane, Bill Taylor, Phil Armstrong,
Gene Pruitt son of the famous Red
Pruitt, old-time rider and many
times champion at various shows
Dick Rogers of Pullman who won
the Chicago stadium show this year,
Carl McCullough, and others whose
names have made rodeo history, to
ride, rope and dog. McCullough,
from Ritzville, Wash., is one of the
fastest ropers in the game.
At least three relay strings are as
sured for this ever popular feature.
Joe Burns has a string from Tou
chet, Wash., with Kenneth Kennedy
as rider. Ted Baidsmen has another
string from the Willamette valley,
with Bobby Houghton as rider. And
Frank Swaggart has the third string.
Bryce Baker and Harold Erwin are
pick-up men with the Richmond
horses.
The largest number of horses ever
coming to Rodeo has directors scur
rying busily this morning hunting
up additional barn space.
Judging Schedule
Given for Fair
One of the big Rodeo attractions
will be the Morrow County fair, in
cluding the 4-H club fair, woool and
grain show, and woolen goods ex
hibit of Morrow county unit, Oregon
Woolgrowers auxiliary. The 4-H club
exhibits, demonstrations and judging
will be centered at the county ex
hibit pavilion, where the wool and
grain show will also be staged. The
woolen goods exhibit will be in the
lobby of Heppner branch, First Na
tional Bank of Portland.
Seventy-five sheep will be shown
bv clubbers this year, largely out
distancing all previous showings. 0.
M. Nelson of 0. S. C. is judging the
sheeD beginning at 8:30 o'clock this
morning. The wheat is being judged
bv Robert Webb of the Moro experi
ment station, beginning at 10 this
morning. Roy Wright, Sherman
. county agent, will judge cattle to
morrow beginning at 9 a. m. Mrs
Marvin Wightman of Arlington is
judgnig the girls 4-H exhibits.
ROUND-UP LASSIES
AT QUEEN'S BALL
The court of Queen Betty of Rodeo
was honored by an official visit of
three Pendleton Round-Up prin
cesses at the ball in her honor last
Katurdav evening. The Round-Up
royal lassies were Princesses Betty
Jane Holt, Marion Hughes and Alta
Belle Troxell. Mr. and Mrs. Hill
Hughes, parents of Princess Marion,
accompanied the distinguished vis
itors.
Pioneers to get passes for the
Thursday show at picnic.
SHE RULES
QUEEN BETTY I
MISS BETTY BERGEVIN
Willows Grange
SCHOOL OFFICE
OPEN SEPT. 1-3
Superintendent to Aid ,
Students With Registration
Problems for Opening, Sept. 7
With back to school preparations
uppermost in the minds of parents
and children for the next two weeks,
all will welcome the news that Alden
Blankenship, superintendent, will be
in his office Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Sept. 1-3, to assist students,
new and old, with registration prob
lems.
School will open the 7th. Work of
getting the school plant in -condition
for the opening is going through the
final stages, and with the faculty
complete, all will be in readiness for
a good start, the superintendent an
nounces.
Mr. Blankenship has been attend
ing summer school at University of
Washington, and will not arrive un
til the first of the week as he is
making a short visit at the parental
home in Centralia, Wash., and re
maining over the end of the week
to see a brother who was expected
from California.
RODEO JUDGES,
OFFICIALS NAMED
Rodeo iudees. all set for the open
ing this afternoon, are Rich Thomp
son of Pendleton, Buzz Fisk of Wes
ton and Wavne Stewart of Davville.
John Carter will again be head tim
er, aad Tom Williams, race starter.
The latter men are from Long Creek
MISS BERNICE MARTIN
Lexington Grange
PRINCESS BERNICE
LV,
Simy
Stock, Performers
Come; Round-Up
Queen to Visit
Homecomers Meet This Morning; Show
Starts 1 :30; Grand Parade Saturday at 1 1 ;
Calm Wanes as Kick-Off Time Nears
Calm pervades the land of the purple sage this
morning. But with the kick-off gun of the 16th annual
Rodeo at 1 :30 this afternoon, excitement will reign.
Rock Richmond's wild mustangs are stamping in
their stalls. The cowboys are drifting in. Among them
former Rodeo champs and others who are "tops" at
the riding game. Some of the best racing stock ever
to appear at Rodeo will be among the ponies that will
dash by the stands this afternoon, tomorrow and Sat
urday.
In gala attire, Heppner waits expectantly, her
citizenry arrayed in garb of the Old West.
Many a glad handshake is the or-1
der this morning as the homecomers
greet- each other in the assembling
throng for the program in their hon
or beginning at 10:00 at the county
pavilion on north Main street. Fol
lowing a basket lunch at noon, all
pioneers 60 years - or. over will be
guests of the association at the af
ternoon show.
Soon the music of the Heppner
school band will mingle with the
carnival organs and caliopes to fill
the air with festival tunes.
Everyone will want to be in his
place early each afternoon to wit
ness the grand opening of stock and
performers.
Queen Cathryn of Round-Up and
her entire royal court, accompanied
by high Round-Up officials, will
visit the show Saturday, and will
participate in the morning parade,
adding to the number of distin
guished visitors coming from near
and far.
Saturday's grand parade is set for
11 o'clock in the morning. All auto
mobiles are to be off Main street by
10:30. The parade will form below
the Methodist church on Gale street,
and all entries are expected to be
on hand not later than 10:30.
Elmer Steele and His Swing band
of Pendleton will provide tunes at
the county pavilion each evening as
the throng dances each day to a joy
ful climax.
PRINCESS PEGGY
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MISS PEGGY KILKENNY
Lena Grange
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Off
HEADQUARTERS AT
PETERS BUILDING
The vacant store space in the
corner of the Peters building,
Main and Willow, was fitted up
.this week for Rodeo hendquar-j
ters. Lcn L. Gilliam, veteran sec
retary, is in charge of registra
tion there.
NEW SPRINKLER TO
ADD ZEST TO SHOW
Rodeo Director Frank Swaggart
took charge of rigging up a new
sprinkler to be used at the Rodeo
grounds during the show to assure
that spectators will suffer the least
possible discomfort from dust. The
track will be sprinkled between
races, and the sprinkler will be in
action almost constantly to assist in
allaying dust. Just to add a little
color it has been painted and let
tered "Heppner Rodeo."
LOUD-SPEAKER
WILL TELL EVENTS
The Parker announcing system
which broadcast at last year's show
will be on deck again this year to
tell of events at the grounds, to an
nounce the parade, and otherwise to
keep the crowd informed of every
thing going on.
PRINCESS MARJORIE
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MISS MARJORIE PARKER
Rhea Creek Grange
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Today
Buck Lieuallen
Will Preside
At Homecoming
Pendleton Mayor
Got Start in Hepp
ner; Oldsters Feted
Cecil L. (Buck) Lieuallen, Pendle
ton's colorful mayor, will lead the
homecoming of former Morrow
countians to Rodeo. He accepted
the invitation of Mrs. Alta Brown,
committee head, to deliver the
address at this morning's program,
after Mayor Joseph K. Carson of
Portland had wired regrets that
other business would prevent his at
tending.
The homecoming program is slated
to start at 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing in the park at the county grounds
on north Main street. Following the
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program, picnic luncn wui De en
joyed with tables provided in the
dancing pavilion.
Community singing of "Faith of
Our Fathers" will be followed by in
vocation pronounced by Alvin Klein-
feldt, Christian minister. Next will
be introductions by Judge Bert
Johnson, and numbers by the Lions
club quartet, F. W. Turner, Joe
Belanger, Dr. R. C. Lawrence and
Blaine E. Isom. They will sing
"When You and I Were Young,
Maggie" and "My Home Town."
Mayor Lieuallen of Pendleton will
then give the address pi the day, ana
the program will be concluded by a
girls' trio, Kathryn Parker, Lola Os
born and Marie Barlow, accompan
ied by Jeanette Turner, who will
sing "Put on Your Old Grey Bon
net" and "Silver Threads Among
the Gold."
The world learned of "Buck" Lieu
allen when he assisted in the cap
ture of Hickman, Los Angeles child
kidnap-murderer. But he belonged
to Heppner first. He moved with the
family to Morrow county when a
small boy, and it was on the farm
on Rhea creek that he builded brawn
and sinew for bronc-busting, bone
crushing, navy and state police ac
tivities. Buck left Heppner high school to
enlist in Uncle Sam's navy at war
time. He was an initial member of
the state police force, and it was
while serving in that capacity that
he assisted in Hickman's capture.
He rode at the Heppner Rodeo for
a couple of years, and he came near
meeting his Maker when one of the
show's toughest outlaws threw him
in 1923, breaking an arm and almost
dousing his daylights when it came
down on top of him, just missing his
temple with one front hoof and frac
turing the jaw bone.
Buck was smashed up, too, by mo
torcycles a couple of times and it was
while working for a local oil com
pany before joining the state police
that he was badly burned when
fumes from a tanktruck of gas he
was unloading on Main street be
came ignited. All of which sounds
like a hard-luck story, but only goes
to prove the metal of the visiting
Pendleton mayor, who still rides
(though not the wild ones) and does
occasional bone-crushing while pro
moting the wrestling sport for Pen
dleton's American Legion.
With Buck will be Mrs. Lieuallen,
formerly Miss Violet Hynd, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd of
Cecil, and their two children.
MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY
Memorial services in honor of the
late Samuel E. Notson will be held
at the Methodist church at 11:00;
o'clock Sunday morning.
Dancing free front 9 to 9:30.
each evening.