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Volume 54, Number 14
"Hey, Skinny, Let's
Go Swimmin'," Not
Yet, But Soon
Ground Broken for
New Tank; 25 Loans
of $100 Each Made
Splash Splosh! "Whe-e-e!"
"Come on Skinny, let's try the
high one!"
It won't be long now til those
sounds will be heard again in Hepp
ner. Actual construction work on
the new swimming tank commenced
Monday evening as CCC boys began
clearing ground and rock was start
ed through the crusher. Inside the
month, it was estimated, the tank"
would be filled ready for the plunge
at the old power house site.
Twenty-five firms and individuals
made a loan of a hundred dollars
. each for materials to take advantage
of the offer of CCC and forest ser
vice to donate work and equipment
in the tank's construction. The mon
ey will be repaid to the lenders out
of city funds next year if the voters
uphold the item to be included in the
budget for the amount.
The city could give no definite as
surance of such repayment, but
councilmen who took the lead in
the financing campaign believed the
demand for the tank was so general
that the voters would appreciate the
sacrifice of those making its con
struction possible at this time.
In no other way, they argued, was
it possible to obtain a tank at so low
a cost. The city itself could not have
x taken advantage of the opportunity
as no funds were available from this
year's budget.
The tank will be 100 feet long by
45 feet wide, varying in depth from
two to nine feet, and holding 172,000
gallons of water. If the city were up
against financing the entire venture
the cost would run between $4000
and $5000. By accepting the assist
ance of the CCC and forest service
this cost is cut in two.
Plans include construction of a
concrete dressing and bath house
and enclosure of the tank with a
meshed wire fence. Plumbing will
be installed for the addition of a fil
tration plant at a future date.
Heppner has been without a swim
ming tank since April 29, 1934, when
the cloudburst of that date disman
tied the former American Legion
tank. Almost constantly since that
time the Lions club has been work
ing toward a new tank, and Dr. L.
D. Tibbies has headed both Lions
and council committees in bringing
the project to a head. He and D. A.
Wilson took the subscription list
around last week end.
Horses Injure Helper
At Auction Sale
Guy Money of Walla Walla, Bra
den Bell employee, was painfully in
jured when run over by two ob
streperous colts at the Charles Jones
auction sale yesterday afternoon,
One colt struck him, knocking him
down and the second one stepped on
him after he had fallen. He was
knocked unconscious and a slight
concussion was suffered.
On being rushed to Heppner hos
pital he was given emergency treat
ment and this morning a check-up
revealed two fractured ribs besides
severe bruises though the injuries
were not thought to be serious.
Money was assisting in bringing
the horses from the stable when the
accident happened.
G. O. P. LUNCHEON SET
Morrow county republican central
committee will have a luncheon at
the Lucas Place next Monday eve
ning at 7:30 when it is expected to
complete organization. A preliminary
meeting was held last Saturday af
ternoon at the courthouse, but a
larger attendance of members was
desired before filling all the various
offices in the organization.
Heppner,
Rooster Prodigy
Crows, Flaps Wings
At Delicate Age
The pridigious feats of preco
cious youth continually lend inter
est to the news. Then there's the
canary bird that recently gained
prominence by singing tunes
taught by its master. That's all well
enough, believes Andy Baldwin,
Heppner transfer man who' does
ranching on the side on his little
place just south of town, but he
has a new-born rooster whom he
believes worthy of attention.
This prodigy of Andy's was born
May 17, and now even before he
has acquired wing feathers, he
crows and flaps his wings just
like any adult chanticleer on the
place. Andy looks for his young
future flockmaster to attain a high
place for himself, possibly to be a
combined chicken Caruso and
Clark Gable.
FOREST CAMP SITE
BEING LAID OUT
Development of Recreational
Ground at Ditch Creek Under
Way; Crickets Face Annihilation
Junior Forester Bowes arrived
at Ditch creek yesterday to begin
work of laying out a recreational
area that is expected to find favor
with many Morrow county people,
said F. F. Wehmeyer, local ranger
who was out in the field yesterday.
One hundred percent destruction
of coulee crickets in the Rocky Flats
district is expected by Wehmeyer as
a result of the poisoning campaign
that has been under way for some
time. Remaining crickets are now
confined to a 40-acre area, and the
infestation of this area is much
thinner than on the hundred acres
inhabited by the pests before pois
oning work was started. ;
In regard to the. Ditch creek camp
site, Wehmeyer said piping of water,
installation of toilets and garbage
disposal facilities would probably
be done this year, and that the
amount of additional development
would depend largely upon the
amount of use and misuse which
county people make of the facilities.
Unless the site is largely patronized,
little more development may be ex
pected, or if the grounds are mis
treated the government will be dis
inclined to do much more, was his
belief.
Deeds were received by the for
est service this week from Kinzua
Pine Mills for two acres of ground
at Rancheria and one acre at Snow
board where future development of
protection facilities will be made,
said Wehmeyer.
Revaluation of City
Property Made
. E. S. Woodford from the state tax
commission's office was working at
the assessor's office this week on a
reclassification of city property
within the county. Property in
Heppner was the first to undergo
scrutiny and Mr. Woodford did not
know if his time now would permit
completing an analysis of all such
property within the county.
This work has been wanted by
Thos. J. Wells, assessor, ever since
he took over the office, and while
he anticipates that values in some
instances may be increased to the
displeasure of owners, he believes a
fairer adjustment will result all the
way around.
ATTEND GRAND LODGE
Mrs. Mary Guild, worthy matron
of Ruth chapter, Mrs. J. J. Wight-
man, grand representative for Rhode
Island, and Mrs. Chas. B. Cox were
in Portland this week to attend ses
sions of Oregon grand chapter, Order
of Eastern Star.
BABY DAUGHTER DIES
Laquita Joy Kirk, 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Kirk, died this morning from intes
tinal trouble. She was born in De
cember, 1936.
Oregon, Thursday, June
Rain, Price Jump
Hit Together to
Aid Wheat Prospect
Two-thirds of Crop
Believed in Shape
to be Benefitted
A double blessing warms the
hearts of Morrow county people to
day as news of six-bit wheat and
priceless rain are received together.
A light shower started at Heppner
shortly before 8 o'clock this morn
ing and the generally gray sky gave
the appearance of continuance, along
with the prospect that a wide sec
tion was getting wet. At Heppner it
appeared Old Jupe decided to lend a
hand to the street sweeper, for the
rain came just right to wash off the
remaining dust just after the sweep
er had completed.
But over the county Jupes re
membrance is no less opportune.
Wheat fields have been hurting fast
from drouth, and predictions were
heard yesterday that many fields
would not be harvested unless rain
came within a week or ten days. The
same predictions estimated that two
thirds of the fields were in condi
tion to be greatly benefitted by rain.
Greatly reduced estimates in the
amount of wheat to be produced in
the country this year, have caused
a much stronger market to prevail
for .several days, and cash white
wheat was quoted at 77 to 77 cents
at Portland this morning, having
jumped up from near 60 cents a few
days ago. A stronger market pre
vailed for a time yesterday at Chi
cago, this morning's Oregonian re
port stated, but profit taking wiped
out the gain over the previous day.
A big shrinkage in 1 the Oklahoma
and Kansas crops was predicted and
the winter wheat total for the coun
try was estimated at between 730,
000,000 to 750,000,000 bushels as
against the 843,000,000-bushel esti
mate made the last week in May.
A very small amount of last year's
crop remains in the hands of Mor
row county growers and so far con
tracting of the new crop has been
light.
Crop Insurance
Meet Set Monday
At a county wide meeting of
wheat growers scheduled for Lex
ington next Monday, June 20, at 1:30
p. m., Clyde Kiddle, state crop in
surance supervisor, and Willis C.
Boegli will be onhand to explain the
details of the new crop insurance
set-up. Under this new program pre
miums are designed to cover the
cost of the actual risk while all ex
penses of administering the program
are borne by the federal govern
ment. As explained at the recent Pen
dleton meeting by George E. Farrell
this new federal insurance covers
all types of risks from the time
whea.t is put into the ground until it
is harvested. It is expected that Mr.
Kiddle will be in a position to in
form Morrow county wheat farmers
of the county rate for this area so
that each farmer may determine ex
actly what his own farm rate will
be.
Driving School Draws
Well; Next Class Set
A fine interest was shown by stu
dents in the first beginning automo
bile drivers class conducted by E. L.
Van Blaricom under auspices of Sec
retary of State Snell at the council
chambers last Monday afternoon.
The next session will be held at
the Rodeo grounds beginning at 1:30
next Monday afternoon, and Van
Blaricom said all new entrants will
be welcome. County and city offi
cers are assisting with the school.
3 12-ft. Superior furrow drills for
sale. O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington.
14-15
16, 1938
Citizens Moan as
Dust Fogs, But
Swept Streets Liked
Heppner residents bemoaned for
a time yesterday having ever en
couraged the idea of last year's
street surfacing. Regret was caused
by the fog of dust which arose as
the contracting company's sweep
er cleared the loose gravel from
the surface in the check-up called
for under the contract.
Babler Bros, of Portland have
the contract. Under the year's
maintenance clause they are re
quired to have the streets in first
class condition a year after con
struction before being released
from their bond. The sweeping
work is being followed up by the
patching crew at this time.
And while the town received a
good dusting yesterday, citizens
found consolation in knowing it
would be the last dust to come
from the streets in a good long
time. The cleanly-swept streets
after the dust settled, too, gave a
pleasing appearance.
1 5 4-H CLUBBERS
AT CORVALLIS
County Agent Brings Report of
Activities of County Boys and
Girls Attending Summer School
The fifteen Morrow county club
members who are attending the 4-H
club summer school are not only
having a glorious time at Corvallis
but are finding out that the sum
mer school is much more than a va
cation. It is, in reality, exactly what
the name implies, a summer school,
according to Joe Belanger, county
agent, who was at Corvallis during
the first half of the two weeks ses
sion cooperating with the 4-H club
department in handling the 1800
Oregon boys and girls who are at
tending summer school this year.
Never before has so large a num
ber of 4-H club members attended
the summer session. Dormitories are
completely filled and sororities and
fraternities have been pressed into
service to take care of the overflow.
Classes taught by regular members
of the college faculty are held from
eight o'clock in the morning until
noon. The general assembly from
1:30 to 2:30 is followed by organized
athletics which keep the boys and
girls occupied until about half an
hour before supper time. A varied
program of activities is arranged for
each evening. The facilities of the
college health service with its new
up-to-date hospital are available to
the club members and every case of
stomach ache is attended to prompt
ly. Each afternoon assembly is broad
cast over KOAC and sometime dur
ing the two weeks session each coun
ty club puts on a radio program.
Due to the large attendance this
year it was impossible for each club
member to speak. Ralph Neill, Echo;
Joy Mtirkham, Irrigon, and Alex
Thompson, Heppner, were selected
from the Morrow county club mem
bers by the KOAC staff to repre
sent the Morrow county delegation.
These three club members talked
over the radio last Friday evening.
Of the seven Morrow county girls
attending summer school Lucille
Jones won the scholarship awarded
by the Irrigon grange and Claudine
Drake, Margaret Tamblyn, Betty
Finch, Joy Markham, Marjorie Wil
liams and Eleanor Skoubo attended
on scholarships won at the Mor
row county fair and the North Mor
row county fair last fall.
Of the eight Morrow county boys
Irvin Rauch attended on a scholar
ship by the Lexington grange; Mar
ion Krebs' scholarship was spon
sored by Willows grange; Eugene
Majeske, Heppner branch of the
First National Bank of Portland;
Alex Thompson, Morrow County
Woolgrowers auxiliary; Pat O'Brien,
Morrow County Wool Growers aux
iliary; Dick Edmondson, B. P. O. E.
No. 358. Guy Moore attended on a
scholarship won at the state fair last
year. Ralph Neill, Echo, also attend
ed on a scholarship.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Rhea Creek Oiling
Given Attention of
State Commission
Prospect of Work
Heightened by Visit,
Court Believes
While no definite promises of as
sistance were made, Oregon's state
highway commission was definitely
impressed with the importance of
the Heppner-Rhea creek road and
the necessity for oiled surfacing, af
ter viewing it Tuesday in company
with the Morrow county court.
The court met the commission's
party at Condon Tuesday morning
and accompanied it over the Hepp-ner-Condon
road, which joins the
Heppner-Spray road at Rhea creek
and coincides with that road on into
Heppner. Emphasized by the court
was the fact that the Heppner-Rhea
creek sector is, really, a trunk line
for four important feeder roads as
it also connects with the upper and
lower Rhea creek roads.
Eastern Oregon's commissioner, E.
B. Aldrich, said an allotment of $25,
000 had been made on the stretch
with contract to be let this falL
which was estimated to build five
miles of the 11-mile sector.
The court is seeking an additonal
allotment from the 1940 distribution
of federal aid funds sufficient to
complete the project, and further
asking that the grade work be done
this fall to make possible completion
of the oiling next year. Distributor
of the 1940 federal aid monies is ex
pected in July.
The commission's party made the
trip into here Tuesday from Klamath
Falls and left for Portland after a.
6hort business session at Heppner
hotel.
Included in the party were Henry
F. Cabell, commission chairman; E.
B. Aldrich and F. L. Tou Velle, com
missioners; R. H. Baldock, state
highway engineer; J. M. Devers,
commission attorney; H. B. Glaisyer,
secretary; H. G." Smith, construction
engineer; J. N. Bishop, maintenance
engineer; W. C. Williams, division
engineer, and C. H. Armstrong, dis
trict maintenance superintendent
Mr. Cabell released no statement
in regard to the commission's visit,
but Judge Johnson who rode over
the road with him felt encouraged
to believe the commission chairman
would give favorable consideration
within the bounds of the restricted
funds with which the commission
has to work this year.
Two Directors to be
Named at School Meet
Election of two directors, a clerk,
and voting on acceptance or rejec
tion of the ensuing years' budget
will be the business before the an
nual meeting of School District No. 1
at the council chambers beginning
at 2 o'clock next Monday afternoon.
Election of the second director was
made necessary by the reent resig
nation of John J. Wightman due to
removal of his home outside the dis
trict. The director whose term reg
ularly expires at this time is Spen
cer Crawford, who served as chair
man of the board last year.' Mrs.
Muriel Vaughn is the present clerk.
Little interest in the meeting has so
far been evidenced, but the board
urges a large turn-out of school pa
trons to assist in filling the offices
and to discuss the budget thorough
ly so that the will of the majority
may be expressed.
DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
Organization of the county dem
ocratic central committee was ef
fected at a meeting at Heppner hotel
Monday afternoon. Officers named
are Dell M. Ward, county chairman;
Myrtle Aiken, vice-chairman; Harry
Duvall, congressional committee
man; Jack Gorham, Boardman, sttae
committeeman; Maude Pointer, Lex
ington, secretary; Ruth Tamblyn,
treasurer.