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Umatilla Rapids
Dam, The Dalles
Fete Attract
Nation's Attention
Focused on Region
as River Harnessed
By JOE D. THOMISON.
The eyes of the Atlantic seaboard
today are turned to the Pacific
Northwest because for the past five
years the reiteration of news stories
on the development of the Columbia
river has publicly spot-lighted the
region. Then as now, the actual
worth of the Old Oregon country
must hurdle the barrier reared by
ignorance.
The story of Bonneville and Grand
Coulee dams, and now the project at
Umatilla Rapids, which seems as
sured by announcement of presi
dential allocation, carried to mil
lions, not only by dispatches of na
tional news services but by the
century's miracle of communication,
the radio, is bringing a new cor
prehension to the national mind of
vastness of national resource of the
Columbia river and the land it pene
trates.
And all the nation will hear the
dramatic highlights of one of the
most important and dramatic chap
ters of Columbia river history on
July 9, when radio broadcasts will
be hooked to national networks.
The s. s. Charles L. Wheeler, on
July 9, will carry cargo and head an
argosy of ocean and river craft,
conveyed by U. S. army and navy
ships and boats. From the Pacific,
inbound, she will pass beyond the
Coast range of mountains. When she
whistles at the ship lock at Bonne
ville dam, the portals there will be
first opened to an ocean craft that
she may enter a seaway bored thru
a major mountain range, the Cas
cades. No other such ship channel
exists in the world.
Radio broadcasts, the definite time
of which will be announced next
week, will originate between 9 and
10 A. M. at Bonneville and between
3 and 4 P. M. at The Dalles. At the
latter city pageantry will inter
weave dramatic history of the ar
my's part in settlement of the In
land Empire with the advent of the
navy which now can send boats 200
miles inland to this point. And it
will be recalled that General Wheat
on, in the Bannock Indian war, com
mandeered the river boat Spokane,
O. S. N. Co., and using naval tactics
ended the last major Indian uprising
of the nation at Willow Springs
IONE NEWS
Many lone Folk
Attend Circus
By MARGARET BLAKE
The circus a Pendleton -Sunday
was the mecca for old and young
from this community. Among those
who went over to feed the elephants
peanuts were the E. W. Christoph
erson family, Mrs. Ethel Feller and
daughter Iva May, Dorothy Brady,
Mildred and Norton Lundell, Har
riet Heliker, Lloyd Morgan. Bob
Rietmann, Lowell Clark. Larry Rit
chie, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Riet
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith and
Philip, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Hague
wood and family and Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Cotter.
Marion Krebs returned Sunday
from Corvallis where he attended
the 4-H summer school.
The rain of Friday and Saturday
though too late for a small percent
age of the grain will help the fall
wheat to fill and will be a boon to
the spring grain. The Morgan weath
. er bureau station recorded .78 of an
inch while the Eightmile station
chalked up 1.07 inches.
Miss Harriet Heliker has returned
from Cecil where she has been em
ployed. Miss Katherine Scharf of Mon
mouth has been hired to teach the
first and second grade room next
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake and Mrs.
W. J. Blake visited relatives at Kin
zua the first of the week.
Miss Juanita Odom arrived last
Wednesday from her home in Salem
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
to visit at the home of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fos
ter Odom.
Harry Ruley of Walla Walla and
Mr. Aldrich of Waitsburg were vis
itors at the E. C. Heliker ranch on
Tuesday.
Mrs. Nellie HaVns of Pnneville
has returned to the George Krebs
farm to work during the summer.
Mrs. Harris was employed there last
year.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kincaid, ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. O. L.
Lundell, attended the state grange
meeting at Klamath Falls last week.
They returned home Sunday and
report a wonderful time.
Mr. and Mrs. Witter of Pendle
ton visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Heliker Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson
are the parents of a baby girl, Jean
Ann, born at their home on June 16.
. Denward Bergevin had the mis
fortune to cut the index finger of
his right hand badly while splitting
wood last Saturday afternoon. He
will have to have his hand in a cast
for several weeks.
Willows grange will have a pot
luck dinner at the hall in Cecil next
Sunday, June 25. Rev. Ralph Hin
kle will preach a father's day ser
mon at eleven o'clock and the grange
will hold its regular business meet
ing in the afternoon. Reports of the
state grange meeting and 4-H club
summer school at Corvallis will be
given by those members who attend
ed these events.
Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Brace and
family spent Sunday at The Dalles.
On their return home they were ac
companied by Mrs. Ora Bowden,
twin sister of Mr. Brace, who will
visit here a short time before re
turning to her home at Yakima.
The Swanson-Troedson clan held
its annual reunion at The Dalles last
Sunday. Members of the family who
attended were Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swan
son, Mr. and Mrs. Clel Rea and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell
and family, Mr. and Mrs. H. V.
Smouse and family, of lone; Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Troedson and Mr. and
Mrs. Foster Odom and daughter of
Morgan; Howard Nelson of Firth,
Idaho; Mrs. Earl Wilkinson and
daughter. Mrs. Sophia Troedson,
and Norman Swanson of Portland;
Mrs. Frank Tewes and daughter and
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Saters and
son of Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
McMillan and daughter and Eva
Swanson of Salem; Mr. and Mrs.
Orlo Martin and sons of Moro, and
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nichols of Sum
ner, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Baker went to
Walla Walla Sunday where they
met Mrs. Baker's family for a short
visit. On their return home they
were accompanied by her sister,
Miss Mildred Henderson who will
remain here for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Miller (Vir
ginia Griffith) are the parents of a
baby boy, born at Heppner Sunday,
June 19.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Nichols of
Sumner, Wash., visited the J. E. and
r W Swanson families Monday.
iThey returned home Tuesday accom
panied by Howard Nelson wno nas
been visiting relatives here the past
mwlf. He will return to his home at
Firth, Idaho, after a short visit at
the Nichols home.
At the annual school meeting on
Monday Mrs. Ruth Mason was re
elected director for three years ana
Ralph Harris was reelected clerk
for one year.
Mrs. Cleo Drake returned Home
frrvm Hetrner Sunday with her
baby. He has been named Ernest
Ellsworth.
Kenneth Smouse went to Corvallis
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ware of Olym
pia are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Noel Dobyns.
Mrs. J. H. Bryson received seri
ous injuries to her leg and hip Mon-
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GLOVES -That stand the gaff
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WORK SOX 15C, 7 pairs $1.00
WILSON'S
The Store of Personal Service
Thursday, June 23, 1938
day when a cellar step collapsed,
giving her a bad fall. Ligaments
were torn loose and she has suf
fered severe pain.
Carl Allyn has moved his pastime
and barber shop across the street in
to the building occupied by the
newspaper of several years ago.
Foster Odom is driving a new car.
Mrs. Delia Corson returned last
Wednesday from a week's visit in
Portland.
COOLIDGE A FORECASTER
They laughed at Coolidge for
pitching hay in a double-breasted
serge. They didn't know the time
would come when the farmer would
need an auditor and a natty busi
nes suit Detroit News.
3 12-ft. Superior furrow drills for
sale. O. W. Cutsforth, Lexington.
SESffiSS CAR MAKERS HAVE TESTED!
xcao rp AMn tirf FNGINEERS WORK TOGETHER DESIGNING
US. ROYAL TIRES FOR NEW MODEL CARS - DEVELOP THE TIRE
BifiHT ALONG WITH THE CAR -KOM BLUEPRINT TO PROVING
GROUND. NO WONDER YOU GET THE
SAFEST KIND OF TIRE
PERFORMANCE WHEN
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Heppner, Oregon
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