OREGON HISTORICAL
PUBLIC A'JD I TOR I U'
PORTLAND. C R ?. .
SOCIETY
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Gify Finances
Seen Encouraging
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C lea ted Vehicles
Kept from Streets;
Site Action Taken
Though the city of Heppner closed
the year with a depleted treasury
and a small amount still owing on
recent street improvements, city
dads felt encouraged over the gen
eral situation which confronted them
as the treasurer made his quarterly
and annual reports Monday evening.
Delinquent water accounts had
reached the lowest point in several
years, and there was probability that
turn-overs from last quarter tax
collections would more than offset
the amount owing on streets.
Fine collections were reported to
have been augmented by $60 as the
amount assessed against operators
of pin ball machines.
The council passed an ordinance
prohibiting the driving of cleated
trucks, tractors or other heavy ma
chinery that might do damage on
city streets, and authorized the mar
shal to enforce it strictly.
Passed to third reading, which may
be made at the mid-month meeting,
was an ordinance to vacate the west
120 feet of August street. This ac
tion was taken on petition of adjoin
ing property holders, and notifica
tion by the city attorney that due
notice had been given and no ob
jections offered. If' vacated the closed
portion will be included in the pro
posed forest camp site.
On opening bids for the purchase
of a new pick-up for use of the
watermaster's office, the several
bids were left in the hands of Coun
cilmen E. L. Morton and D. A. Wil
son for investigation and recom
mendation at the next meeting.
On application of William Bennett,
Smith-Hughes instructor, the coun
cil granted rental of part of the rear
of the city building for use of School
District No. 1 as a shop at rental of
$15 a month, the privilege to extend
until the end of the school year,
P. W. Mahoney served as chair
man of the council in the absence of
Mayor Jeff Jones who was unable to
be present though reported as im
proving at home following his recent
operation in Portland. All council
men and other city officers were
present at the year's first meeting.
Pomona Grange at
Cecil Next Saturday
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet with Willows grange at
Cecil next Saturday, with a business
meeting in the forenoon and program
in the afternoon to which the public
is invited. The afternoon program
is expected to begin about 1:30,
W. J. Wilcox, manager of the Ore
gdn Grange Wholesale, will be a
speaker as ' will Joseph Belanger,
county agent, who will talk on coun
ty-wide subjects. Various other
numbers are also scheduled. Supper
will be served in the evening. Offi
cers of Pomona and some of the sub
ordinate granges will be installed.
Fifth degree work will be conferred
in the evening.
IONE DEFEATS HEPPNER
Ione's flashy hoopsters beat a hol
iday pick-up team from Heppner
on the lone maple court Wednesday
evening last week, 39-49. Marvin
Ransier for lone and La Verne Van
Marter for Heppner each looped 20
markers. Playing with the locals
were Len Gilman and Harlan Mc
Curdy, Pacific U. athletes, and Don
Turner from U. of O. Spud and
Jimmy Furlong and Herman Green
also played with the locals. Jim
Webb flashed for the lone team, and
others on the squad were the three
Pettyjohns, Ellis, Earl and Lee, Fred
Hoskins, Jr., and Louis Halvorsen.
Two games were attempted, but the
second was called off as the boys
tired.
Juanita Leathers,
C. Carmichael Wed
Many Morrow county friends were
pleasantly surprised with the an
nouncement of the marriage of Miss
Juanita Leathers to Mr. Clarence
Carmichael at Vancouver, Wash.,
the evening of December 30. The
ceremony was quietly performed at
his residence by Rev. A. H. Kunz
man, in the presence of Mrs. Joy
Tower, sister of the bride, and Mr.
Herbert Lewis, who accompanied
them. Mrs. Carmichael, who is sev
enth grade teacher in the local
schools, wore navy blue frock with
matching accessories and corsage of
talisman roses.
At a wedding breakfast at the
home of the bride's mother in Port
land the next morning guests in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tower
of Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Leathers of Portland, and Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Marino of Seattle.
Mrs. Carmichael has taught in the
local schools for several years, hav
ing charge of the grade school music
in addition to her work in the sev
enth grade. Her girlhood days were
spent at Hardman.
Mr. Carmichael, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Carmichael, Lex
ington pioneers, has been a lifelong
resident of that place where he is
now employed with Jackson Imple
ment company. Both young people
have a host of friends over the coun
ty who felicitate their marriage.
Their home is being made at Hepp
ner until the end of the school year
when they expect to move their res
idence to Lexington.
G. A. Bleakman First
Candidate in Field
First rumblings of the coming pri
maries were heard this week when
G. A. Bleakman announced his can
didacy.for county.ppmmissiQner as
a republican. The candidacy of Mr,
Bleakman, former county commis
sioner, is accompanied by the state
ment that he yielded to the urging
of friends in the Hardman commu
nity where he resided many years
and which he serves as stage opera
tor.
Mr. Bleakman, in his announce
ment, asks the support of republi
can voters, asserting, ". . . my former
experience in the office will enable
me to give you the very best of ser
vice." The term of George N. Peck,
now serving as senior commissioner,
is due to expire with the coming
elections. Mr. Peck has made no
statement as to future intentions.
MAYOR COMES HOME
Mayor Jeff Jones and Mrs. Jones
arrived home last Friday from Port
land, coming up. with their son, Alva,
who drove down for them. While
in the city Mr. Jones underwent an
operation and his condition is re
ported to be improving though he
has not resumed the activity shown
before the illness which took him to
the city. Alvin Hendrickson, Mayor
and Mrs. Jones' grandson who had
spent two weeks here, accimpanied
his uncle to Portland and from there
went on with his mother, Mrs. Ellis
Hendrickson, to their home at San
Leandro, Cal.
GETS POSTOFFICE POST
James Driscoll, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Driscoll, was named
this week as clerk in the local post
office, succeeding Kenneth Oviatt.
James had been clerking for some
time at the W. O. Dix grocery and
his place there is being filled by
Richard Hamrick. .
ENROLLING CCC'S
Mrs.- Clara Beamer, county relief
manager, announces that enrollment
of CCC applicants is being taken at
her office. Any young man aged 17
to 23 years inclusive who is out of
employment is eligible to apply.
TO MEET CONDON
An FFA smoker between Condon
and Heppner will be held at Con
don, Wednesday, the 18th. This will
be the first smoker with Condon
this year, though three have been
held before.
Heppner, Oregon, January 6,
Last Quarter 1937
Wettest of Record;
YearsTotal 15.74
Gooseberry, Local
Figures Given Since
1910; 1912 is High
The last quarter of 1937 is the
wettest last quarter year ever known
in Morrow county. G. A. Bleakman
made that assertion after a residence
of more than 50 years, and V. L.
Carlson, government weather ob
server in Gooseberry, verified it
from his experience.
Though Mr. Carlson has been keep
ing official records for his district
the last seven years only, his per
sonal observation and checking of
figures with those of Len L. Gilliam,
observer at Heppner, are given for
verification. Total precipitation,
Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1937, was given at
5.22 inches.
Mr. .Carlson combined his figures
with those of Mr. Gilliam to give a
complete record by years and ten
and 20-year averages since 1910.
Checking his figures with those of
Mr. Gilliam in the time both men
have been keeping official records
shows precipitation at Gooseberry
and Heppner to be nearly the same.
In, the figures given, 1912 had the
most moisture, 18.64 inches. Next
was 1916 with 17.40 inches. Third
was 1920 with 16.62, and fourth was
1922 with 15.86, closely followed by
1937 with 15.74. The ten-year aver
age, 1910-1919, was 14 inches; ten
year average, 1920-1929, 12.19; 20-
year average, 1910-1929, 13 inches.
8-year average, 1930-1937, 11.21 in,
Precipitation by years is given as
follows.:,
'1910, 8.74; 1911, 12.16; 1912, 18.64;
1913, 15.29; 1914, 10.77; 1915, 14.25;
1916, 17.40; 1917, 14.62; 1918, 15.22;
1919, 12.78. Ten-year av. 14
1920, 16.62; 1921, 12.63; 1922, 10.65;
1923, 15.86; 1924, 10.33; 1925, 11.56;
1926, 12.84; 1927, 13.11; 1928, 8.20;
1929, 11.11. Ten-year av. 12.19. 20-
year av., 13.
1930, 10.54; 1931, 11.49; 1932, 9.92;
1933, 12.65; 1934, 10.73; 1935, 9.04;
1936, 9.58; 1937, 15.74. 8-year av
11.21.
Mrs. Quaid Buys
Monahan Ranches
Mrs. Pauline Quaid of Portland
this week purchased the Frank Mon
ahan ranch just southwest of Hepp'
ner on Willow creek and the place
belonging to him on Rhea creek that
was operated by his son James Mon
ahan. After the purchase Mrs. Quaid
granted Mr. Monahan a lease on the
Willow creek farm, and the other
place was rented to T. W. Rippee.
While in the city the first of the
week, Mrs. Quaid also announced
renting the old Shobe place south
of town to Dr. A. D. McMurdo and
Kenneth Blake.
CARS IN ACCIDENTS
Jack Glavey and Walter Eubanks
were victims of car accidents this
week. Each driving alone had the
experience of the car turning over
with him, and each escaped injury
though the cars were damaged and
required towing in. Glavey was com
ing toward Heppner from the Rhea
creek farm Tuesday night when his
car overturned on the curve where
the stock pass intersects the high
way. Eubanks' car skidded and over
turned on the slippery pavement at
the H. O. Bauman farm this morn
ing, while on his way to Heppner
from the lone home. Deputy Sheriff
Elbert Cox, driving by the Eubanks'
wreck this morning became so en
grossed in it that he drove into the
ditch before getting his pick-up
stopped, and assistance was required
to get his car on the road again.
Food sale by Woolgrowers auxil
iary will be held at the P. P. & L.
store beginning at 11 o'clock Satur
day morning.
1938
Case-Evans Rites
Held at Church
The Methodist Episcopal church
in this city was the scene of a charm
ing wedding ceremony at high noon
Sunday when the pastor, Rev. R. C.
Young, united in marriage Miss Win
ifred Helen Case and Robert Dean
Evans of Weiser, Idaho. The bride is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Case of this city, and teaches at An
nex, across the Snake river from
Weiser.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a frock of wine col
ored, satin back, pebbly crepe, hat
to match with overhanging veil,
brown accessories, and corsage of
talisman rosebuds. Mrs. Gustaf Ni
kander, her ssiter, as matron of hon
or, wore rust colored frock with
black accessories and corsage of
American beauty rosebuds.
Gustaf Nikander was best man,
and Mrs. Neva Cochell played the
wedding march. Organ music pre
ceding the march was played by
Mrs. W. O. Dix while little Patsy
O'Hara lighted the candles.
Blue and grey crepe paper adorned
the pulpit, small scintillating stars
gleamed from the ceiling and gold
lace draped the altar. The ceremony
was read before an arch in match
ing blue and grey hung with silver
bells. White and gold giant chrysan
themums in profusion graced many
well placed baskets, and scores of
white and gold tapers were set on
the pulpit railing and organ.
A wedding dinner at the home of
the bride's parents following the
ceremony was attended by the bride
and bridegroom, the parents of the
bride, Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Young,
Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Nikander and
Mrs. Neva Cochell.
The young couple left immediately
for Weiser to make their home, Mr.
Evans being interested in a hard
ware store there. Mrs. Evans expect
ed to teach for the remainder of the
school year. ' V ; ," '.. ' '"
County Operates
Within Year's Budget
The county court started its New
Year's meeting yesterday with pay
ment of bills and had not yet got
around to appointments and other
first of the year business. However,
before it was a neatly typewritten
balance sheet showing them that in
1937 they had operated comfortably
within budgetary requirements.
Of budget items under direct con
trol of the court totalling $93,651
warrants had been issued to the sum
of $89,665.73, leaving a balance of
$3,985.27, Items not appropriated by
the court, but expenditure of which
is under its jurisdiction totalled $13,
012.69, against which warrants to
talling $3,064.40 were issued, leaving
a balance of $9,042.29. This amount
includes the special levy for rodent
bounty voted by the people with a
balance of $5,786.72.
The county operated throughout
the year on a cash basis, meeting all
bond and interest payments, and a
cash balance in the hands of the
treasurer made prospects bright for
1938.
ARE OSTA DELEGATES
Harold Buhman of Heppner, Wm.
D. Campbell of Lexington and Geo.
A. Corwin of Boardman were official
Morrow county delegates who at
tended sessions of the Oregon State
Teachers association annual meet
ing in Portland last week. Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers, county school superin
tendent, completed her year as as
sociation president by presiding over
the sessions.
FIRE SALE CONTINUES All
winter apparel 1-3 off, some below
cost. Curran's Ready-to -Wear.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baldwin this
week moved their home from Salem
to Heppner,
GAME CHANGED
The Arlington-Heppner high bas
ketball game announced elsewhere
in this issue for the local court Sat
urday night will be played at Ar
lington instead by last minute ar
rangement just before going to press.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Mrs. Rodgers Tells
OSTA Convention
Highlights to Lions
3500 Attendants
Put Her at Ease
n Presiding Chair
How it feels to preside over an
assemblage of 3500 persons was told
by Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, before the
Lions Monday luncheon. She had the
experience in Portland last week end
as president of Oregon State Teach
ers association at its annual meeting.
The assemblage took place in the
Lincoln high school auditorium.
"I was pretty scared the first day,"
Mrs. Rodgers said, "but the sympa
thetic attitude of the assemblage
made the task really a pleasure. I
feel that I have been privileged as
a person may expect only once in a
lifetime, and am deeply grateful to
those, who made it possible for me
to fill the position."
The moment of greatest joy came
when she was presented a basket of
flowers on the stage by Harold Buh
man in behalf of Morrow county
teachers.
"It was the most beautiful bas
ket of flowers I ever saw, and my
heart beat with pride for Mr. Buh
man who made the presentation so
beautifully."
Mrs. Rodgers took pride in the
fact that Oregon State Teachers as
sociation is recognized nationally as
a leading social organization. This
year's annual meeting attracted sev
eral speakers of nationally recog
nized authority, among whom she
found Miss Florence Hale, editor of
"The Grade Teacher" and speaker
in every itate of the union, to be a
very friendly and neighborly person,
whose first impression eased all
qualms of awe and misgiving suf
fered before meeting her.
Another little human interest story
was brought from the convention.
It touched Robin Maaske. Dr. Harl
R. Douglas, program speaker, was
to take Mr. Maaske back to South
Carolina with him, each to accept a
new position in that state. Maaske,
Mrs. Rodgers recalled, first came to
Oregon from Nebraska as a chautau
qua program director. He was so
taken with Oregon that he imme
diately applied for a teaching posi
tion here through a teachers' agency.
The position he obtained was at Ir
rigon. He started the school band
there, composed entirely of 4-H club
members, which was, Mrs. Rodgers
believed, the first 4-H club band in
the United States.
The general theme of the conven
tion was "Democracy in Education,"
and its interpretation was given in
the opening address by Dr. Freder
ick M. Hunter, chancellor of higher
education in Oregon. Dr. Hunter
stressed the need for curriculum
changes aimed to better adapt each
individual student to take his place
in the world.
That a real spirit of democracy
really exists in the field of American
education is evidenced by teachers
taking the lead in working for such
curriculum changes. Dr. Douglas
spoke on this subject and a special
committee of the association made
a comprehensive report on it that
will serve as a worthwhile guide
to all school administrators, she be
lieved.
Changes in curriculum was one of
three major reports of special com
mittees. Another touched teacher
tenure and teacher retirement. A
new bill looking to the elevation of
the social and professional standards
of the profession through these chan
nels will be introduced before the
next session of the legislature and
should be studied with sympathetic
interest by all who have the welfare
of the school at heart, Mrs. Rodgers
said.
The third important report was on
school finances. It was made in three
parts, one of which was the contri-
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