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Volume 53, Number 26
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1937
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Tubbs' Mastery of
Wild Dillinger
Leads to Top Place
Good Rides, New
Records Thrill Large
Crowds at Rodeo
John Tubbs' mastery of Dillinger,
the outlaw hitherto unconquered
featured strongly in his winning the
bucking crown of the 16th Rodeo.
The Spokane tophand rode Dillinger
Thursday, conquered Walla Walla
Friday, tamed Bald Hornet in the
semi-finals, and did a nice job of
riding Jump-Off Joe in the finals.
Herb Owens of Kennewick placed
second with his ride on White Peli
can, while Kenneth Depew of Salem
and lene Pruett of Yakima, the
other finalists, split third money.
Depew rode Alcatraz and Pruett
rode Tollgate. All horses were from
the Rock Rihcmond string of fine
buckers which gave tophands plenty
of competiton.
The record crowds which sat in the
tranquil fall atmosphere warmed
by the bright sun each afternoon,
saw two Rodeo records fall. Lloyd
Depew cracked previous local bull
dogging times, Friday, when he
turned the trick .in 13 1-5 seconds.
Bill Taylor lowered the calf roping
time to 18 2-5 seconds the same day.
Kenneth Depew, ran brother Lloyd
a close second in the dogging when
he made the good time of 13 3-5
seconds.
A special attraction in the calf
roping Saturday was a contest be
tween Bill McFarlane and Tony Vey,
each of whom turned in time of :24
1-5 on Friday. Each man roped and
tied 6 calves, alternating each three
calves so that each roped the same
animals. McFarlane outdistanced
Vey, turning in :20 1-5 against Vey's
:24 for best time, and also making
the best average time. Each contest
ant evidenced the best of sports
manship.
Jack McMann copped the Morrow
County derby Saturday, and Joel
Barnes took Fridays special race,
the two featured race attractions,
while Kenneth Kennedy, riding the
Joel Barnes string, led in the relay
Thursday and Friday, but gave way
to Marvin Childers on Saturday.,
Flat race money was well split up
betwene the Frank and Gerald
Swaggart, Frank Turner, Joel Barnes
and Ted Borghden horses for the
three days. '
Probably the most appreciated
event of the entire show was the
Shetland pony race, staged by ani
mals from the Browning Amusement
company as a special attraction Sat
urday.. Midgets as compared to the
cow ponies, the Shetlands did every
thing in the book from dumping their
riders to balking, while surprising
spectators with their speed.
Extra attractions Saturday which
also got a big hand were exhibition
rides by Earle Bryant, Scott Fur
long and Alyce (Tex) Harvey, the
latter the only woman rider to ap
pear in the show. Furlong, Rodeo
director, rode in the bucking con
test at the first Rodeo and showed
he still knew his "onions."
A pretty event also was the sad
die pony judging in which Everett
Barlow, Evelyn Kirk and Darrold
Hams placed first, second and third
respectively with their ponies. John
Carter and Jack French were judges
for this event.
"Buck" Smith, the clown, got a
raise out of the crowd each day with
his egg stunt. The Heppner school
band kept the lulls well filled. Har
old Cohn, as announcer, kept all well
informed. John Carter timed events
which required timing, and Tom
Williams started the races. Rich
Thompson, Eddie Sheridan and Buz
Fisk were the arena judges.
There was no contest in the bare
back riding, but mounts were sup
plied freely which gave many addi
tional thrills. Not the least of these
was seen Friday when a beautiful
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THREE SCHOOLS
STARTED MONDAY
Pine City, McDonald, Upper
Rhea Creek Open; Large
Turn-Over in Teachers Seen
Pine City, McDonald canyon and
upper Rhea Creek schools were the
first to get under way in the county,
all opening last Monday. All other
schools will get under way either
Monday or Tuesday of next week,
reports Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, coun
ty superintendent. Mrs. Walter
Blackburn is, teaching the Rhea
creek school, Miss Freda Anderson
the McDonald canyon school, and
the staff at Pine City is the same as
last year, Mrs. Ray Pinson, princi
pal; Mrs. Joyce Smith, lower grades,
and Miss Dora Moore, high school
and upper grades.
A large turn-over of school heads
is taking place in the county this
year, reports Mrs. Rodgers. Includ
ed in the newcomers are Errett
Hummell, principal at lone; George
A. Corwin, principal at Boardman,
and Ralph A. Jones, principal at
Irrigon. Mr. Jones was formerly in
the Ford garage at Heppner.
PHELPS' OBSERVE
50TH ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. A. M.- Phelps who
resided in this city for many, years
before moving to Bend, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
in that city last Wednesday at
their home, 820 Georgia avenue.
They were married in Marion, Iowa,
August 25, 1887.
Miss Elizabeth Phelps of Port
land, daughter, and Marshall Phelps,
son, and family of Bend were pres
ent. Two sisters of Mr. Phelps, Mrs.
E. W.'McConnell of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, and Mrs. Charles Basker-
ville of Jamestown, North Dakota,
left for their homes two days be
fore the anniversary after visiting
at the Phelps home. Mrs. McCon
nell was accompanied by her grand
daughter, Ann, and Mrs. Basker
ville by her daughter, Barbara, ac
cording to report in the Bend Bul
letin. Many Friends Attend
Notson Memorial
Congregations of the Methodist,
Christian and Episcopal churches
joined in a memorial service for the
late Samuel E. Notson at the Meth
odist church Sunday morning. Rev.
R. C. Young, pastor of the church
in which Mr. Notson was a leader
for more than thirty years, led the
service. Special musical numbers
were sung by the church choir.
In eulogistic tribute to the de
ceased, Rev. Young read some of
the many fine things that had been
written of Mr. Notson's active life,
while adding from a wealth of per
sonal information gained through
close acquaintance with him. Mrs.
Notson, son Lee, and son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernor Sac
kett, were present.
PENDLETONIANS PLEASED '
In typical western style, Mayor
"Buck" Lieuallen of Pendleton
writes as follows: "The Pendleton
gang have requested me, as mayor,
to convey their sincere appreciation
in return for the real "bang-up"
cowpoke hospitality which the peo
ple of Heppner extended to them at
your Rodeo. Talk is rampant that
next year they are coming for two
days instead of one."
EDITS DISTRICT PAPER
Wm. M. Nolan, editor of the Sage
brush Chronicle, Camp Heppner
CCC publication, left the first of the
week for Vancouver Barracks where
he was. called to edit an edition of
the district publication. This recog
nition is a tribute to the high qual
ity of the local publication under
Nolan s drection.
Mrs. Earl W. Gordon departed for
Portland the first, of the week, ex
pecting to go on to Salem to take in
the state fair and to visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. George Stephens
before returning home.
School Opening
Set for Tuesday;
Preparations On
Last Minute Teach
ing Vacancy to be
Filled This Evening
One hitch developed in the prep
aration for opening of the local
schools next Tuesday when the res
ignation of Miss Elta Dale, fifth
grade teacher, was received this
week. However, the board will meet
this evening to fill the vacancy as
well as transact other last minute
business, and all is expected to' be
in shipshape when opening time
arrives.
Alden Blankenship, superinten
dent, arrived the first of the week
and was in his office the first three
days to assist with registration prob
lems. Everything points to a larger
enrollment, he says.
Work of renovating the school
plant through the summer is receiv
ing finishing touches and with rooms
newly painted, improved indirect
lighting in part of the building the
board could not complete the work
this year with funds available and
other touching up of rough spots,
pupils will find the pleasantest sur
roundings that have prevailed for
many years.
Improvement of quarters in the
basement for the Smith-Hughes
work has been made. Quarters for
shop work have also been obtained
in the rear of the city building
downtown, assuring better facilities
than were available last year. W. S.
Bennett, the instructor, has been on
the job through the summer and has
his work well mappeoVout. . -
Robert Knox, the new athletic di
rector, is expected on the job this
week end. He completed work for
his master's degree at University
of Oregon last year following several
years' teaching experience in Eu
gene and post graduate work at Co
lumbia university, New York, and
at Stanford.
Will of the late Samuel E. Notson
was filed for probate in county
court Monday. Mary Ann Notson
was named executrix, Frank C. Al
fred, attorney, and J. L. Gault, J. J.
Nys and P. W. Mahoney, appraisers.
COLORFUL PARADE
WILLOWS GRANGE
Royal courts of Rodeo and Round
Up in smart cowgirl attire, all on
prancing steeds; blue, gold and
white clad bandsters; colorfully be
decked cowboys on roans, . sorrels,
blacks, whites, pintos and bays;
floats, a galaxy of hues throned by
seraphs in misty white; banners,
streamers. Through throng-lined
Main street passed the grand pa
rade of the 1937 Rodeo Saturday
morning.
In the lead rode C. W. McNamer,
Rodeo's first president, and escort.
Came Queen Betty and Princesses
Peggy. Marjorie and Bernice, also
honor Princess Miss Jane Boyer;
Heppner's championship school band,
headed by Miss Jeanette Blakely,
drum majorette, and director Harold
Buhman; Henry Aiken, chairman of
Rodeo's executive board, with other
members of the board; Queen Cath
ryn of Round-Up and princesses;
Round-Up officials and prominent
Pendletonlans, including Mayor
"Buck" Lieuallen; Rodeo stock and
performers, floats, pets, and other
entries, comic and sublime.
And again Willows grange, several-times
claimant, was chosen as
grand sweepstakes winner with
their beautiful "Fruits of Labor"
entry. The Lions club took second
for floats, featuring tots Patsy Healy
and Marion Green in their "Drive
Carefully" entry. Third choice was
the Morrow County Woolgrowers
entry, a garden scene with occu-'
pants clad in varied array of woolen
attire. t
HEALTH NURSE
HERE TWO MONTHS
Court Retains Worker to Assist
in Schools and With General
Community Work
Miss Stoneman, health nurse from
the Oregon State Board of Health,
arrived in the city Tuesday, to start
work for two months in the county
as the result of action recently taken
by the county court. Miss Whitiock,
head of the board's nursing staff,
accompanied her.
The health nurse will work thru
the schools and community gener
ally, assisting in every way possible
in bettering health conditions. Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school su
perintendent, and Mrs. Clara Bea
mer, relief office manager, will as
sist in lining up the work.
Two projects contemplated are the
staging of a tuberculosis clinic for
the south end of the county, and
immunization against diphtheria. A
more detailed program will be given
later.
Lions Fete Captain,
Ask Continued Rodeo
Capt. W. R. Reynolds, retiring
commandant of Camp Heppner,
CCC, who left yesterday for Mopo
to assume a like position with the
CCC camp there, was given a fare
well ovation by his fellow members
at the Lions club luncheon Monday.
Success of the club's Rodeo parade
float in winning second place was
announced, and Marvin Dixon and
F. W. Turner, the committee in
charge, were accorded a vote of
thanks.
The club gave a vote of thanks to
the Rodeo committee for staging
the successful show last week end
and extended its services toward its
continuance. An extremely appre
ciated entertainment feature was the
singing of two numbers by Richard
Tullar, agronomist with the soil
conservation service, accompanied
by Miss Jeanette Turner. Lee Not
son, son of the club's late president,
was a guest.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies, president, an
nounces that the next meeting will
be held Tuesday noon, as Monday is
Labor day.
Lost Lady's genuine tiger-eye
cameo ring on carnival grounds Sat
urday eve. Valued as keepsake. Re
ward. Return to this office.
FEATURES RODEO;
WINS SWEEPSTAKES
Queen Genevieve of the 1936 Ro
deo rode at the head of the banner
bearers, who included Misss Har
riet Heliker, Kathryn Parker, Flor
ence Becket, Maxine McCurdy and
Mrs. Roberta Bryant.
Oldest Morrow county pioneers
riding in the paarde were Mr. and
Mrs. F. D. Cox. Claiming prize mon
ey with entries also were:
Kenneth Depew, best costumed
cowboy; Colleen Kilkenny, best cos
tumed cowgirl; Joan Hisler, best cos
tumed juvenile cowgirl; Barbara
Owens, 2nd best costumed juvenile
cowgirl; Ray Ayers, best float by a
juvenile, best clown with animal and
equipment, best representation of
historical character, most typical
covered wagon; Raymond Parrish,
second best float by juvenile; Ju
nior Barratt, 2nd best juvenile cow
boy under 12; Merlyn Kirk, 3rd best
costumed juvenile cowgirl under 12;
Bobby Kilkenny, best costumed ju
venile boy under 12; John Lawrence,
3rd best costumed cowboy under 12;
Ed Sheridan, best equipped saddle
horse; Lloyd Depew, 2nd best
equipped saddle horse; C. J. D.
Bauman, 1st pets (with deer); Don
ald Campbell, 1st best paraded calf;
Jack Edmondson, 2ndbest paraded
calf; Irvin Rauch, 3rd best paraded
calf; August Reiner, best buggy
team.
Three winners' names had not been
learned, but prizes await these en
tries as follows: 1st, ugliest pet, dog
pulling cart, $2.50; 2nd ugliest pet,
goat, $1.50; 2nd most original pets,
goats, $3.
Street Surfacing
To Start Within
Next Two Weeks
Babler Bros, of Port
land Get Contract
With Bid of $16,920
Surfacing of Heppner streets will
start within the next two weeks and
will be completed by October 1,
barring unforseen eventualities.
Babler Bros., Portland contract
ors, were awarded the contract at
the bid opening Monday evening,
and their representative gave as
surance that no delay would be suf
fered in getting the work started.
Their bid was $16,920.
Arrangements for grading the
streets in preparation for surfacing
are being made by Mayor Jeff Jones
with the county court today. By ac
complishing this part of the work, a
considerable saving is anticipated
over the amount included for it in
the first rejected bids. The court
had before quoted Mayor Jones a
rate for use of its equipment by the
day sufficient to cover the overhead
cost.
The contractors have made .ar
rangements to set up their rock
quarry at the Monahan place south
east of town, just above the site of
a quarry formerly used by the
county.
While the bid slightly exceeded the
amount provided for by the bond
issue and the budgetary allowance,
sufficient unused balances in other
budget items are available to more
than make up the difference, Mayor
Jones said.
It was expected that the bonds au
thorized in the recent special elec
tion would be offered for sale im
mediately. Round-Up Sends
Group to Rodeo
Heppner and Morrow county will
not, forget the Pendleton Round-Up
Sept. 16-17-18, for Queen Cathryn
Collins, Mayor "Buck" Lieuallen and
their contingent of Round-Up boost
ers left an indelible imprint the last
day of Rodeo.
Accompanying them to participate
in Saturday's grand parade were
George Strand, Round-Up parade
director; Carl Segar, president Pen
dleton chamber of commerce; Bill
Till, Bill Morrison, Judge Carl
Chambers, F. W. Savage, all of the
chamber's contact committee; Jim
Sturgis, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Shafer,
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Banister, Mr. and
Mrs. Rich Thompson, Leonard Lor
enson, Fred Pigg, Charles Reynolds,
Carl Schiffer, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell
Ganger, Walter Holt, Jr., F. H.
Hughes and J. V. Bell, besides the
Round-Up princesses, Misses Alta
Bell Troxel, Betty Jane Holt, Mar
ion Hughes, Irene Banister, Helen
Shafer and Barbara Kirkpatrick.
OLD-TIMERS VISIT
Frank Jones and Henry Cannon,
both of whom rode the range in
Morrow county in the early days,
enjoyed this year's Rodeo from their
homes at Tonasket, Wash. It was the
first visit of both men to the Rodeo
and they enjoyed it immensely,
while renewing old-time friendships
and acquaintances. Mr. Jones is a
member of a family of former buck
aroos, a brother of Gene and Newt
Jones. This paper mistakenly re
ported in a Rodeo edition that it
was Gene instead of Frank who was
attending the show.
LEAVES HOSPITAL
M. D. Clark was able to leave the
Emanuel hospital in Portland Tues
day following several weeks' con
finement in which he underwent
two operations. It is expected he may
be able to return home in a few
days.
Mrs. Frank C. Alfred was in the
city for the last day of Rodeo, com
ing up from Portland.
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