OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND, ORE..
Volume 53, Number 29
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1937
Subscription $2.00 a Year
TB Clinic, Hearing'
Tests Slated for
School Children
Health Nurse Tells
Lions of Work; Ex
tension Class Talked
Benefits being reflected over the
nation through a $3,700,000 federal
appropriation for public health were
outlined before the Lions Monday
luncheon by Miss Althea Stoneman,
public health nurse in the county
for two months assisting with the
work here.
Divisions of public health work in
which the money is being expended
outright include maternity care,
blind work, and work with under
privileged children, while coopera
tion is being given in general health
work such as is being done here,
said Miss Stoneman. She gave sta
tistics to show the betterment in
mortality rate of both mothers and
new born babes since the federal
government has engaged in this
work
She cited tuberculosis as the cause
for the second largest number of
deaths among children up to nine
years of age, with accidents first.
To assist in combatting this plague
she announced the scheduling of a
tuberculosis clinic at Heppner in
the near future for children of pre
school and early school ages, with
testing tentatively set to begin Oc
tober 5. A simple, harmless skin
test is first given the children which
determines positive reactors. If pos
itive reactors are found, arrange
ments are made for further floro
scopic and x-ray tests which may be
needed. An assessment of 15 cents
a child is being made to cover cost
of the initial test.
She also announced the coming of
an audiometer under supervision of
Dr. Thompson which will give tests
in the schools beginning Monday to
ascertain pupils, of faulty hearing.
This machine, she said, is absolutely
dependable and more sure than any
other means of testing hearing.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, was also pre
sent and outlined before the Lions
the tentative plan to have a univer
sity extension class in Heppner on
"Contemporary Social Movements,"
running over a 12-week period, if
sufficient demand is shown. Forty
persons are needed to sign for the
course before it can. be held, and
Mrs. Rodgers said promise of 30 had
already been received. The course
can be taken either for college
credit or for audit, but in either
event a $5 audit charge is made.
The course will include a compre'
hensive study of socialisVn, commun
ism, fascism and other social move
ments now in prominence in various
parts of the world, purely from an
academic standpoint. Dr. Martin,
extension professor from University
of Oregon, will be the instructor.
It is planned to start the class as
soon as possible, and anyone inter
ested should get in touch with Mrs.
Rodgers.
Lions were again privileged to
hear the fine baritone voice of
Richard Tullar, agronomist with the
soil conservation service, who sang
two songs accompanied by Mrs
Marvin Dixon.
Ray P. Kinne, secretary, announc
ed a joint meeting with The Dalles
Lions at Arlington on October 27
DAUGHTER ILL
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge left
Saturday morning for Medford, im
mediately on receipt of word of the
serious illness of their daughter.
Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston, formerly
Miss Luola Benge. Mrs. Bengston
is suffering an attack of pneumonia
Terrel Benge, brother, received word
Tuesday from Mr. and Mrs. Benge
that the crisis was past and that
Mrs. Bengston was expected to re
cover.
New Merrill's Cafe
Opening Today
The new Merrill's cafe in the new
Ed Dick building opened for busi
ness this morning, presenting a col
orful and attractive appearance. New
low-cut booths of maroon color set
against cream walls accentuate the
maroon and cream color scheme
used throughout. Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Merrill who have operated the lunch
counter in O'Donnell's for several
years, are in charge.
The new cafe is equipped to give
complete restaurant and fountain
service. Modern refrigeration and
cooking equipment in the kitchen,
operation of which may be viewed
by customers, and a lunch counter
are part of the facilities of the new
establishment
TONY VEY HEADS
COWBOY GROUP
Fair Dealing With Shows Said
Aim of New Organization; Will
Not Oppose Turtles, Said.
Tony Vey, director of the Hepp
ner Rodeo, heads a new organiza
tion of professional rodeo perform
ers having as its purpose square
dealing with local managements of
various western shows, according to
announcement from Pendleton where
the organization was effected fol
lowing the close of Round-Up last
week.
The new "union" is not opposed
to the Turtles, professional order
whose members were barred from
Round-Up performance, Vey has
announced, but it will assume differ
ent tactics in dealing with shows. It
will not attempt to interfere with se
lection of judges or arena men-
Initial membership of the new or
ganization-was given at 70, with
other members expected from over
the northwest. . With Vey as presi
dent, other officers are Herb Owens,
Kennewick, Wash-, vice-president,
and C C. Cole of Cooper, Wash-,
secretary-treasurer. i e I d men
named included Ben Boone, Seattle;
Bill Switzler, Umatilla; Jack French,
Long Creek; Pink Boylen, Pendle
ton; Fay LaGrow, Athena; Harry
Anderson, president of the Ellens
burg, Wash., rodeo; Johnny Sharpe,
Ellensburg; F. Woods, Yakima,
Wash.
Announcement of directors was
expected to be made later.
38 Enrollees Off
For Massachusetts
Thirty-eight enrollees left Hepp
ner yesterday to return to the first
corps area. They will remain on
duty at Fort Devon until the end of
the month at which time they will
be discharged and sent to their
respective homes-
Eleven of the men were warded
soil conservation certificates before
they left. Six of them completed
introductory courses and five re
ceived their certificates for complet
ing a course in soils.
Pioneers Reunion
at Lex, October 23
The annual pioneers reunion for
Morrow county will be held at Lex
ington, October 23, announced Mrs.
Ola Ward, chairman of the event,
when in the city yesterday.
Details of the day's program are
not ready for release, but Mrs.
Ward asked that everyone plan to
attend with well-filled basket as the
big basket lunch at noon will again
be an enjoyable feature of the oc
casion.
INVITED TO PENDLETON
Members of Heppner Post 87,
American Legion, and Auxiliary
have been invited to attend instal
lation ceremonies and dance of Pen
dleton post and unit next Monday
evening, Sept. 27. The affair will
be held at Vert Memorial hall and
will start at 8 o'clock. It is expected
the local organizations will be rep
resented by several members-
Red Shirts Arrive
With Many Trophies
Of the Deer Hunt
Oscar Rippee Bags
Bear; Woman, Boy
Among Lucky Ones
It's the black shirts and brown
shirts in Italy and Germany. But
in Morrow county it's the red shirts
that have the center of the stage.
Many trophies of the hunt have, al
ready been brought to town, though
the annual siege of this district's
famed muletail deer has not drawn
as many recruits to the ranks of the
besiegers as in the past few years,
say local service station operators
and ammunition dealers.
While the muletails furnish the
main incentive for invasion of the
timbered hinterlands since the sea
son's opening last Monday, this is
not the most talked about trophy so
far brought to town. It's a 200
pound brown bear killed by Oscar
Rippee that claims number one
honors.
First to get into town with his
buck, from all reports, is Harold
Hill, who was back in town before
noon Monday with a nice specimen.
Reported as the first woman to
bag her game is Lois Turner, beauty
shop operator, who brought in a
dandy 100-pounder.
Youngest successful hunter honors
so far go to Don Wehmeyer. He
shot a 175 -pounder twenty minutes
after the season opened, hunting
the upper Rhea creek region in com
pany with Alvin Kleinfeldt and E
R. Greeley, two of the town's min
isters. Don, son of F. F. Wehmeyer,
local forest ranger, is 14, and he
proudly exhibited the result of his
first kill.
Earl C Fay, with the soil conser
vation service, was back in town
Monday afternoon with a 174-pound
buck killed in the Ukiah area. The
animal was badly infested with ticks,
said to be common in the region
where the buck was killed.
The season continues to and in
cluding October 25, and many local
nimrods who have not been out so
far are planning hunts before the
season ends.
Dr. J. H. McCrady
In Second Accident
111 fate continued to dog Dr. J. H.
McCrady, who two months ago was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident near Pendleton, when he
received further injuries in an ac
cident Tuesday.
With Harley Wright as driver he
left Heppner in his car about 10
o'clock that morning on a business
trip to Long Creek. About eight
miles short of that place on the John
Day north and south highway, a
model T Ford pick-up driven by A
C. Arbogast hit the front end of the
McCrady car, throwing Dr. McCrady
against the windshield and bruising
his face and. also further injuring
his right leg, left stiff by the pre
vious accident. Wright was unin
jured. Harold Case, former Hepp
ner bay now living at Weiser, Ida
ho, assisted the men on to Long
Creek where Dr. McCrady was giv
en medical attention. Case then
brought them back to Heppner and
took Dr. McCrady on to the home
of his parents at Cle Elum, Wash-'
The car, not badly damaged, was left
at Long Creek. Dr. McCrady laid
no blame on Wright for the acci
dent as Wright had brought the car
almost to a complete stop on the
right side of the road when the oth
er car struck.
ON RELIEF COMMITTEE
W. O. Bayless was named this
week to membership on the Morrow
county relief committee to succeed
John Louy of lone, resigned, ac
cording to announcement from Salem.
BPW Has Kick-Off
Meeting for Season
"Our Town's Business" was the
theme of Business and Professional
Womens club at its kick-off meeting
for the fall season at Hotel Heppner
Monday evening. Miss Leta Hum
phreys led the program with 14
members in attendance
Joseph Belanger, county agent, as
guest speaker told of "Our Basic In
dustries." He stressed the wheat and
sheep industries and told of the ben
efits being derived through soil con
servation work in preventing ero
sion and overstocking of ranges.
Clara Beamer spoke on "Employ
ment" and Anna Q. Thomson dis
cussed "Outlook for Our Local Bus
iness." The district BPW conven
tion was announced to be held at
Heppner, Nov. 14, beginning with a
council breakfast at 7:15 a. m.
ASSISTANT TO AID
COMPLIANCE WORK
Airplane Survey Pictures Ex
pected Soon; Farmers Urged
to Send Word of Non-Compliance
Fall check-up for compliance for
the 1937 agriculutral conservation
program will begin with the next
week or two. Jack Parsons has been
employed by the directors of the
Morrow County Agricultural Con
servation association to work out of
the county agent's office as assistant
secretary. Mr. Parsons has been ac
tive in Union county in the agricul
tural conservation program and has
been working during the summer
with the forest service in the exam
ination of range lands
It is expected this fall that meas
urement will be facilitated by the
recent airplane survey- This survey
was completed several weks ago and
pictures should arrive at the county
agent's office in the very near fu
ture.
"Fall compliance work," Mr. Par
sons says, "will be both quicker and
cheaper if farmers will cooperate by
notifying the county agent's office in
case they do not intend to comply
with the program this year. A letter
recently sent to all work sheet sign
ers enclosed a form which can be
conveniently used for this purpose."
Heppner to. Open
Season Saturday
By paul Mccarty
The first football game of the
year, scheduled for Sept. 25 with
Condon, brings together on the local
field two teams whose ranks were
considerably depleted by that sinis
ter figure commonly known as grad
uation. With a team weakened by the loss
of seven lettermen, Robert Knox,
new coach and physical education
instructor in the Heppner school,
has as his main task the developing
of an efficient backfield and finding
two capable candidates for the end
positions. In the ball-carrying de
partment, the fullback position is
the only place bolstered by an ex
perienced player. With the excep
tion of the two wingman, Coach
Knox has several linemen with
whom he may form the nucleus of a
strong forward wall.
Spectators who have watched the
Condon squad in practice, predict a
better team this season than for sev
eral years, and the Blue Devils are
confident of winning their share of
the games. An addition to Condon's
squad is Donald Jones, a transfer
letterman from Grant Union High
at John Day.
The opening kick-off in this game
featuring these traditional rivals is
scheduled for this coming Saturday
at 2:30 p. m., on the Mustang's home
field, the Rodeo grounds.
HOLDS COURT SESSION
Judge C- L. Sweek was in the
city yesterday conducting a session
of circuit court. A trial was held
in the divorce proceedings of Hazel
vs. Marvin Brown, without findings
in behalf of either contestant
Street Surfacing
Pushed Rapidly;
Oiler on Job
Tennis Courts at
School to be Made;
Bond Sale Slated
Almost before you can say "Jack
Robinson" now, surfacing will be
in place on Heppner streets.
Zooming gravel trucks started
laying the first coat of aggregate on
K and Elder streets yesterday morn
ing and as. soon as it was laid the
oiler was on the job. This morning,
aggregate and oil and the second
coating of rock had been laid on
K, Elder, Court, Chase and several
short streets in the south end of
town.
With almost rock enough in piles
on South Court street to complete
the job. it was expected the crusher
would finish its work tomorrow or
Saturday. It was also expected that
the county grader, operated by Levi
Morgan, would complete its work by
this evening, with the grading of
all streets finished ready for the
rock and oil.
Two tennis courts at the school
will also be surfaced while the
street surfacing equipment is avail
able, it was decided by the board
last night when it was voted to pay
the price quoted by Babler Bros.,
street contractors. The board has
announced that regular playing
schedules for people of the town
can be obtained by contributing to
the cost.
Harry Babler, senior member of
the contracting firm, arrived Mon
day, and" Richard Babler" arrived
Tuesday to supervise laying of the
surfacing. An engineer and a check
er representing Frank Hayes, con
tract engineer of Pendleton, are also
on the job. Fisher Bros-, who held
a contract on part of the Heppner
Spray road, are in charge of the
crushing and rock hauling.
The financial end of the surfacing
program was pushed at council
meeting Monday evening when the
ordinance was passed providing for
issuance of the $7000 street improve
ment bonds, recently voted by the
city electorate. Sale of the bonds
is set for October 9.
Progress was reported in another
step of city improvement at Mon
day's council meeting when it was
announced that arrangements were
being made by the owner of the
recently condemned Slocum build
ings, corner Main and Center, to
have them removed.
Noxious Weed Meet
Coming Next Monday
E. R. Jackman, specialist in farm
crops with the extension service, will
be in Heppner Monday to assist the
county court and all interested per
sons in mapping out a program for
control of noxious weeds.
In announcing the meeting, Judge
Bert Johnson asks that everyone
having ideas on the subject attend
the meeting if possible. Opportunity
will be given for expression of all
opinions from which a course of ac
tion will be decided upon- The court
would much prefer having opinions
liberally expressed at the meeting
rather than on street corners after
action is taken, the judge said-
RESIGNS DEPUTYSHIP
Miss Mary Chaffee resigned her
position as deputy clerk last week
and on Friday departed for Eugene
to enter the University of Oregon.
A successor will be named some
time within the next two months,
and Miss Marie Barlow is doing the
deputy work temporarily.
Charles W. Smith, assistant state
county agent leader, was in the city
Saturday from Corvallis, completing
the sale of his wheat farm in Black-horse.