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Surfacing Heppner-
Rhea Creek Road
This Year Possible
Court Restates Posi
tion Before Highway
Body at Portland
The Morrow county court, Judge
Bert Johnson and Commissioners
Geo. N. Peck and L. D. Neffl, ap
peared before the state highway
commission at its meeting in Port
land last Thursday and restated its
position for starting work of oiling
and, surfacing the Heppner-Rhea
Creek road this year.
Advice signed by Henry F. Ca
bell, chairman, and dated April 28,
had been received by the court noti
fying it of reallocation of federal aid
funds in Morrow county.
This advice included the informa
tion that all state funds for second
ary roads (such as Heppner-Rhea
Creek road) go for maintenance,
therefore all funds for construction
must come from federal monies.
Furthermore, secondary or feeder
road funds (from federal source)
can only be expended upon second
aries or such state highways as are
not part of primary federal aid sys
tem. (The only primary federal aid
road in Morrow county is Highway
No. 30, the Columbia River highway,
which obviously benefits the travel
ling public more than it does the
people of Morrow county. No other
road in Morrow county is eligible for
federal aid except state secondary
roads.)
The advice said further that the
1938 funds allocated to federal sec
ondary roads in Oregon amounted
to only $418,000, to be distributed
among 36 counties. Only a compara
tively small portion of this amount
has been placed, due partly to lack
of funds and partly to the fact that
the commission wished to have the
results of its planning survey made
available before making its final
selection of the two-year secondary
program.
It was said the highway commis
sion does not have sufficient funds
to match all the federal aid available
and still have enough money left
over to carry on the very necessary
work on the other roads in the state
system.
The 1939 budget on state highways
under the federal aid secondary
program, as shown in Mr. Cabell's
letter, included $25,000 for oiling
and surfacing five miles on the
Heppner-Rhea Creek road (not quite
half of the total distance from Hepp
ner to Rhea Creek).
Immediately upon receiving Mr.
Cabell's advice, the court met with
Mr. Aldrich, state highway commis
sioner, and Mr. Williams, district
engineer, at Pendleton, who gave
sympathetic ear and advised attend
ing last Thursday's commission
meeting in Portland.
On appearing before the commis
sion the court did not relinquish its
stand that the program be put on in
1938 instead of 1939. Keen disap
pointment of Morrow county people
was cited that the program was not
slated to start this year instead of
next because of the bad state of re
pair of this important road, a double
secondary as it is part of both the
Heppner-Spray and Heppner-Con
don roads, both of which are on the
secondary map, ' and carries more
traffic than some roads on the pri
mary system within the county.
It was shown that Morrow county
lost . its only primary federal aid
road, aside from Columbia river
highway, when the section of Oregon-Washington
highway from Nye
to Heppner Junction was taken off
the federal map a few years ago, and
for this reason Morrow county
should be placed in a preferred class
for maintenance of secondary fed
eral aid roads.
Justice of the court's argument
was admitted by the commission,
and if revenues are available it was
indicated work might be started this
Heppner
GRADE GRADUATES
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Barratt Urges Class to Further
Effort; Margaret Tamblyn, Claud
Snow Place High in Contests
Encouraged to strive to greater
educational heights in the com
mencement address by J. G. Barratt,
21 graduates of the Heppner grade
school received diplomas at exer
cises at the gym-auditorium last
evening. Alden H. Blankenship, su
perintendent, presented the diplomas.
Margaret Elizabeth Tamblyn and
Claud Snow received first place
awards for girls and boys respective
ly in the American Legion Axiliary
Americanism contests in which
ponts were given for scholarship,
honor, service, courage, leadership
and excelence of essay on American
ism for girls, and the same for boys
with the exception that they were
required to answer questions on the
flag code instead of writing an es
say. Violet Birdine Vance was
awarded second place for girls, and
Bob Pinckney and John Melvin Sku-
zeski, Jr., second for boys on iden
tical points. Mrs. Spencer Crawford
made the awards for the auxiliary.
Alvin Kleinfeldt delivered invo
cation and benediction, Lucille Bar
low sang 'Til Be Loyal," and eighth
grade girls sang the class song,
"Memories." The class motto was
"Sail on tho' life's sea be rough,"
its colors lavendar and silver, and
its flower, lilac.
Graduates were Margaret Lucille
Barlow, Merle Edwin Burkenbine,
Calvin William Crawford, Jackson
Cantwell, Kay Ferguson, Richard
Eugene Ferguson, Everette D. Gree
ley, Jr., Elizabeth Ann Healy, Ellen
Anita Hughes, Constance Instone,
Charles Raymond Johnson, Kathryn
Frances Nys, William Padberg, Bob
Pinckney, Billy Scrivner, John Mel
vin Skuzeski, Jr., Claud Snow, Mar
garet Elizabeth Tamblyn, Ralph
Leon Taylor, Violet Birdine . Vance,
Donald D. Wehmeyer. '
Two Concerts Finish
School Band Season
Heppner school band will bring its
scessful year to a close this week
with two concerts. The first will be
held on Main street at 3 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, and the second will
be an evening concert in the open air
on the school lawn beginning at 8
o'clock next Wednesday.
The latter event will be the band's
annual appearance, announces Har
old W. Buhman, director. Some
chairs will be provided for spectators
but those who can are advised to
bring robes so they may sit on the
lawn. The ban's Main street appear
ance last Saturday afternoon was
greeted by an enthusiastic audience.
After the annual concert band mem
bers will have a chance to relax for
the first time since going into stren
uous training early in the season
and redoubling efforts for the state
contest in which they recently
emerged victors in class C division.
Youth Who Stole Car
Gets Year in Pen
The wheels of justice ground rap
idly in the case of Gordon Keith
Underwood who was sentenced yes
terday to one year in the state pen
itentiary, just one week after his
arrest near La Grande for theft of
the J. G. Barratt automobile.
Underwood waived grand jury in
vestigation and plead guilty to the
direct information filed by Frank C.
Alfred, district attorney. And again
waiving times in whch to plea and
to recieve sentence, and without pre
ferring counsel, he received the sen
tence pronounced by Judge C. L.
Sweek.
year. Money allocated for 1940 will
not be available sooner than July,
which would be too late to do the
work this year, so far as oiling is
concerned.
The court extended an invitation
to the commission to take a trip
over these roads and to learn first
hand the condition of the territory
these roads serve.
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Importance of New
Crop Insurance
Told Lions Club
Visit to Boulder
Dam Described
by Rev. Hinkle
Everyone in eastern Oregon,
whether engaged in wheat raising or
not, should be interested in the new
crop insurance program being in
stituted under AAA, said Willis Bog-
li before the Monday Lions lunch
eon. Mr. Bogli is assistant to George
E. Farrell, administrator of the
western wheat section, who spoke
before a large meeting at Pendle
ton Tuesday.
The new crop insurance will guar
antee the farmer a return of 75 per
cent of his normal yield, no matter
what the elements may do to his
crop, Mr. Bogli said. A premium will
be paid for this protection but the
government will provide the admin
istrative machinery. The stability
of production thus guaranteed should
give a similar stability to credit
and business generally, he said.
A further program feature was a
birdseye view of Boulder dam given
by Rev. Ralph V. Hinkle, club guest,
who recently returned from a visit
to the large Colorado river project
while attending an Episcopal synod
at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mr. Hinkle said he was not es
pecially thrilled at prospects of see
ing the dam and Lake Mead above
it, but his enthusiasm gained in pro
portions as he went over and through
the mammoth engineering project.
At first glance as he looked down
over the dam into the deep and nar
row canyon there was no special
feeling of awe until he noticed
crawling about at the bottom what
appeared to be ants and he realized
that they were human beings. Then
the 600-foot drop was properly im
pressed upon him. He cited the dam
as the largest piece of single mason
ry, up to the time of Grand Coulee,
ever attempted by man, larger still
than the great pyramid of Egypt
So large are the dynamos that
they must be constructed at the
dam. And another feature indicat
ing the immensity of the undertak
ing is the placing of a large cable
across the canyon which is used to
lower and lift loaded railway freight
cars to and from the bottom of the
dam. The speaker quoted the late
Will Rogers as saying this was the
only railroad where bums did not
steal a ride.
One of the dynamos generates
enough electricity to supply a city
the size of Denver. Four are now in
operation, and there are places for
the installation of 16 all told. Most
of the "juice" is now taken into Los
Angeles where a large new indus
trial development has been brought
about through the dam's construc
tion. Mr. Hinkle enjoyed a launch trip
far Up Lake Mead, which follows the
deep narrow gorge of the Grand
Canyon some 115 miles above the
dam, going thirty miles up to the
mouth of Boulder canyon where the
damsite was first located but later
abandoned because of the greater
distance to solid bedrock, then up
Boulder a considerable distance. Be
cause of the necessity of letting wa
ter through to satisfy irrigation
rights, it is expected to be some six
years before the water behind the
dam is backed up to the highest
point. When this occurs Lake Mead
will be 150 miles in length, he said.
While the speaker was impressed
by this note of progress by man in
the Nevada region, he professed be
ing saddened by apparent retrogres
sion in another phase of existence
as evidenced by the wide-open gam
bling houses in which, he opined,
any player who stayed with it is
bound to lose, as the "percentage"
is all in favor of the house.
'Mrs. Velma Cole is confined at
home with a bad cold.
H. S. SENIORS MAKE
BOW TOMORROW
Professor Thompson to Address
27 Graduates Honor Plaque,
Norton Winnard Cup to be Given
Today Heppner school students
are enjoying pincics, and tomorrow
the curtain will officially fall on all
activities of the school year with
graduaton of high school seniors to
morrow evening at the gym-auditor
ium beginning at 8 o clock.
Prof. R. Franklin Thompson of
Willamette university will deliver
the commencement address to the
27 members of the graduating class,
Garnet Barratt, representative of
the class of '18, will award the Nor
ton Winnard cup, recipient of which
is not announced until the evening
of presentation, and Robert Knox
will present the honor plaque.
Prelude, "Thine Own," by Lange,
and the processional, "Coronation
March" by Meyerbeer, followed by
invocation, Rev. R. C. Young, will
open the exercises. Musical num
bers will include vocal duet, "By the
Waters of Minnetonka, Lieurance)
Harriet Hager and Jack Merrill, and
qartet, "Sylvia," (Oley Speaks) Jack
Merrill, Donald Bennett, La Verne
Van Marter, Jackson Gilliam. A. H.
Blankenship, superintendent, will
present the class, and Spencer Craw
ford, school board chairman, will
present the diplomas.
The class motto is, "To that far
land where earth attains the skys,
adventure on, there waits your en
terprise; class colors, .green and yel
low, and class flower, jonquil.
The class roll is:
Hazel Adkins Jack Healy
Bertha Akers James Healy
Florence Becket Emmett Kenny
Bill Browning Evelyn Kirk
Margaret Browning Vernon Knowles
Marvin Casebeer Paul McCarty
Gladys Casebeer Maxine McCurdy
Daniel Chinn Norma McFerrin
Rose Cunningham Irena McFerrin
Robert Davidson Scott McMurdo
Jackson Gilliam Arlene Morton
Ruth Green LaVerne Van Marter
Harriet Hager Clayton Wright
John Hays
False Representation
Leads to Indictment
The grand jury for the Jvme term
of circuit court yesterday indicted
Fred Gallagher for receiving prop
erty under false pretenses and ir
verting it to his own use, and he is
being retained in custody of the
sheriff. A second true bill was re
turned with secret indictment. Minor
repairs to the jail and poor house
were also recommended in the jury's
report to Judge C. L. Sweek who,
on receiving it, dismissed the jury.
The information against Gallagher
alleged that he falsely represented
himself as agent for Bend Hide, Wool
& Fur Co., wool buyer, and in such
assumed character, with intent to
defraud, did receive and convert to
his own use 775 pounds of wool,
more or less, valued at more than
$35, the property of D. S. Flynn,
which property he brought into
Morrow county.
Serving on the jury were David
Hynd, chairman; Marion Finch, Roy
Quackenbush, C. R. McAlister, W.
E. Pruyn, George Rand, Alex Green.
French Leave Attempt
Lands 20 Boys in Jail
Twenty CCC boys from Squaw
creek were lodged in the county
jail here Saturday evening, and af
ter questioning Monday were re
leased to their home company cap
tain yesterday for punishment. The
boys took "French leave" with three
forest service trucks here Saturday
evening to go to Squaw creek, hav
ing been stationed here to assist in
work of constructing the local forest
camp.
Herbert Sauter, state policeman,
and C. J. D. Bauman, sheriff, stopped
the boys at Lexington and arrested
them. They were New York boys.
On being released to their captain,
seven- of the boys who were deter
mined to be the ring leaders were
given dishonorable discharges and
started on their way back home.
Chas. Hynd from Uklah was a vis
itor in the city Saturday.
Governor's Race
Leads Interest in
Voting Tomorrow
Two Local Contests
Appear; Important
Offices Slated
With only two local contests to
interest the electirate, neither of
which has drawn undue interest, it
remains to be seen whether the fire
from the more hotly contested gu
bernatorial melee will warm voters
of the 13 Morrow county precincts
suficiently to bring a large turn-out
at the primary nominating election
polls tomorrow.
Voters will be given the oppor
tunity to show their party prefer
ence on candidates for county com
missioner, assessor and treasurer;
for governor, secretary of state, la
bor commisisoner, one short-term
and aone long-term U. S. senator,
representative in congress, two sttae
representatives, and one joint state
senator, besides precinct commit
teemen And committeewomen, jus
tices of the peace and constables in
the party voting. Besides they will
receive the non-partisan judiciary
ballot to make selection for three
positions on the supreme court
bench. Because he is unopposed the
name of Judge C. L. Sweek for cir
cuit judge of the sixth district will
not appear on the ballot.
Customary voting places will be
used in all precincts, with North
Heppner precinct voters voting at
the Peters building, and those of
the South Heppner precinct at the
courthouse as usual
, The two contested races for coun
ty offices are those of commissioner
and assesor. The former is contest
ed only on the republican ballot,
with George N. Peck, incumbent, and
George Bleakman as opponents. The
assesor's race appears only on the
democratic ballot where Thomas J.
Wells, filling the office through ap
pointment for the unexpired term of
his father, the late J. J. Wells, is op
posed by Edw. D. Clark.
The campaign emitting the great
est show of fire to date has been that
for governor in the democratic ranks,
with Hess of La Grande making a
strong bid to dethrone Governor
Martin. Sprague has been the most
heard name of the eight candidates
whose names appear on the repub
lican ballot.
Compared to the governor's race
all other contests have evinced only
cursory interest of the local elec
torate, but the many important of
fices to be filled should cause lively
activity at the polls tomorrow.
Rifle Expert, Wild
Life Pictures Coming
Claude Parmalee, rifle expert
from the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co., will appear at the Elks hall in
Heppner Monday evening, June 13,
under joint sponsorship of Morrow
County Hunters and Anglers club,
Heppner Rod and Gun club and Gil
liam & Bisbee, local Winchester
dealers. In addition to demonstrating
his expert marksmanship, Parmalee
will show big game pictures taken
by himself in the Canadian wilder
ness. Parmalee is an expert big game
hunter and is one of the fastest and
most accurate shooters with a high
power rifle in the country. During
the evening he will give many dem
onstrations of correct rifle uses. The
program is one that is both enter
taining and instructive. The many
sportsmen in Morrow county will
not want to miss this occasion.
RODEO MEETING CALLED
All officers of the granges are in-
ited to meet with officers of Hepp
ner Rodeo association at the city
hall on June 17th.
HENRY AIKEN, Pres.
LEN L. GILLIAM, See.