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Plea for Sunflower
Flat Road Made
By Monument Folk
Slocum Says Money
From Grant Avail
able if Morrow Acts
Monument people believe the time
is ripe to build an all-weather road
between that place and Heppner.
That is the report brought here
last week end by Lee Slocum who
made a business visit accompanied
by Mrs. Slocum. Mr. Slocum, former
Heppner resident, now lives near
Monument and is among those in
terested in having the so-called Sun
flower Flat road graveled.
He said that Grant county has
authorized issuance of bonds up to
$5000 to apply on this road, and that
interest on the part of Morrow coun
ty would be helpful in bringing
about a sale of them. Dempsey Boy
er and other residents of the little
Grant trading center were quoted as
saying that a mountain of natural
gravel is available and it was es
timated that the cost of putting it on
the road would not exceed $200 a
mile.
A iarge portion of the road is in
Grant county, Mr. Slocum admitted,
but he believed that county would
act if Morrow county would arrange
to take care of its part.
"Many Monument people have
long been in the habit of keeping
their banking and other business
connections at Heppner, and this
Htv is t.Vip natural nut.lit. fnr that
section. The Sunflower Flat road
shortens the distance to Heppner by
fifty miles as compared with the dis
tance over the Heppner-Spray road,
It is the logical way for us to come,
and we want to come this way," said
Mr. Slocum.
The people of Monument do not
expect a boulevard. They do not
care about a few steep grades and
sharp curves if the surface is grav
eled for all-year travel. As the road
now stands it is passable only a few
months out of the year, is the way
Mr. Slocum put it.
Hugh Smith Wool
Brings 23 Vz Cents
Lively activity in the wool mar
ket has taken place this week with
many sales of large clips reported at
the Portland terminal, as the price
went above 20 cents for the first time
since shearing.
The best price reported locally was
received, by Hugh Smith yesterday
when he sold his clip for 23Y2 cents.
HAVE PICTURES TAKEN
Mrs. Henry Aiken drove to Pen
dleton Tuesday, taking with her the
three Rodeo queen attendants so far
named, the Misses Joyce Carlson,
Evelyn Kirk and Florence Becket
who were photographed by a Pen
dleton photographer.
Princess Florence
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Miss Florence Becket, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becket of
Eight Mile, Rhea Creek grange
selection as attendant at court of
Rodeo.
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NEWS
o VIEWS
(As gleaned by Paul McCarty
at the Heppner Hotel desk)
A case of one sister looking out
for the safety of another . . . the
other day the two Hisler girls, ages
eight and six, were walking across
Main street and just started into the
opposite lane of traffic when an
automobile suddenly came in view
. . . the younger Hisler kept right
on going, but the older one, seeing
the possible danger, quickly jerked
her sister back out of the way, held
her until the car had passed, and
then the two walked arm in arm to
the other side ... no hits, no runs,
and one error . . . the latter was cor
rected. A new entrance system has been
installed to aid in keeping the Elks'
club an Eliks' club and not a hotel
for late hour rest-seekers . . . also,
when the club is closed for the night
it is advised that any and every one
keep metal objects away from the
lock . . . it's electrically charged.
The recent installation of a cooling
system and new dousers, the latter
by Buzz Furlong, chief projection
ist, brings to a finish the renovation
program sponsored by the local cin
ema house . , . other improvements
in the show, owned by Mrs. Sadie
Sigsbee and managed by Mrs. Elaine
Furlong, include Simplex projector,
arc lamps, chairs, two screens, sound
equipment, complete new lobby and
foyer and numerous others . . . the
total amount expended in modern
izing the Star theater reaches a fig
ure in excess of $10,000.
If his plans materialize, Jack Mer
rill, Heppner"s number one school
trumpeter, will organize an orches
tra this fall ... it will probably be
a nine- or ten-piece affair . . . not
since the Columbians of Irrigon
broke up has Heppner and the sur
rounding territory been blessed by
the offerings of an all-round popular
dance band . . . however, the snappy
Pendleton orchestra that has a mon
opoly on Rhea creek dances seems
to be gaining much popularity
should Merrill's embryonic idea be
come a reality, he can plan to be
busy for many Saturday nights dur
ing the winter.
Anyone wishing to vote for Ore
gon State's Joe Gray and Elmer Kol-
berg, the Northwest's outstanding
candidates in the Oregonian-Chicago
Tribune poll for the All-Star college
team that will play the champion
ship professional eleven, may do so
at the Heppner hotel desk.
A sad, sad story . . . once upon a
time, last week to be exact, a gentle
man was preparing to write a letter
to a lady friend ... the disappint
ing part was that he had been writ
ing to her, off and on, for the last
ten years and hadn't yet received an
answer.
Random rake-ups . . . Scott Mc
Murdo visited in Heppner last week
from his home in San Jose, Califor
nia .. . most people thought this
person still lived in Heppner ... he
does ... he was visiting his cousin,
our own Scott McMurdo. The Rodeo
queen, not yet named, and her at
tendants will be decked out in a
mode of dress somewhat different
and more fashionable from the garb
worn by the royal parties of pre
vious rodeos. :
Seen about town ... a u-turn
manipulated on Main street between
Wilson's and the hotel . . . outsiders
as well as others looking for harvest
jobs . . . while sprawled out on the
sidewalk in front of the lower pas
time where the a. m. atmosphere is
always cood, several of the boys dis
cussing the current hot weather.
An oddity in contrast . . . along
Heppner's Main street and its ad
jacent tributaries are approximate
ly 35 places of business in which two
or more people are employed ... at
the Monday meeting of the Lions,
local commercial club, 13 persons
were present
C. J. D. Bauman, chairman of the
Morrow county republican central
committee, was in Salem Monday for
the state republican organization
meeting.
City Dads Meet
Engineers; Consider
PWA Applications
Water, Sewerage Im
provements Talked;
Speed Said Essential
Additional information on possi
ble PWA. projects for the city was
being gathered by city dads this
morning, assisted by L. R. Stock
man, engineer from Baker. Stock
man, who yesterday visited Lexing
ton to assist in formulating that
town's water project for PWA pre
sentation, has formerly made water
and sewerage surveys here. These
are the type of work being consid
ered. Action of the city dads follows
the visit here yesterday evening of
Robert W. Neal, PWA engineer from
Portland, who urged that immediate
information on any proposed pro
jects be given the Portland office
to assist it in obtaining a fair share
of PWA funds for this state.
In addressing the meeting last
night, attended by Mayor Jeff Jones,
Councilmen L. D. Tibbies and R. C.
Phelps, Neal advised that detailed
applications need not be made im
mediately. Rough drafts only are
required at this time to give the state
office a basis for figuring the total
likely to be needed to cover worthy
projects.
Speed is the keynote sounded by
Neal and by C. C. Hockley, state
director, as the new PWA program
is designed to give work relief thru
needed public improvements. Un
der provisions of the 1938 PWA act,
applications must be filed not later
than midnight, September 30; work
on projects started before January
1 next, and substantial completion
reached by June 30, 1939.
In a press statement released yes
terday, Hockley said:
"The Public Works administration
is not 'selling" projects to localities,
Plans for construction projects must
be drafted by representatives of
public bodies in the various locali
ties and presented to the PWA reg
ional office in a formal application.
This application will then be for
warded to Washington for approval.
Progressive communities from which
applications are received immediate
ly are most likely to share in the
benefits of the new Public Works
program.
"The Public Works administration
is not offering 'something for noth
ing.' It is merely trying to anticipate
the construction needs of the North
west and other sections of the
country over a period of three to
five years by offering grants and
loans to enable responsible public
parties to undertake construction
projects now while employment is
at low ebb.
Applications for any type of per
manent construction that a public
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Princess Evelyn
Miss Evelyn Kirk, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Kirk of Lex
ington, selection of Lexington
grange as attendant at court of
Rodeo.
HEPPNER SWELTERS
ON HOTTEST DAY
A cool 102 degrees in the shade
was registerd on Len Gilliam's
official government thermometer
at 10 minutes til 2 this afternoon,
the hottest day recorded so far
this season. The temperature at
7 o'clock this morning was 85.
Up to today, last Friday was
hottest in the present heat wave.
The mercury rose to 98 that day.
The all-time high recorded tem
perature here was 108 in 1918.
Day before yesterday 88 was the
top mark, and yesterday the mer
cury rose to only 93.
Signs of thundercaps in the
south heavens at press time may
indicate relief in sight.
Fires Under Control;
Visibility Lower
One of two lightning fires in the
Heppner district of the Umatilla
National forest was still burning in
the Rancheria section in the Kinzua
vicinity, though it was under control,
the local office stated yesterday. It
was said to have covered nine acres
outside the merchantable timber
area. With lowered visibility to four
miles reported from Matteson, fire
hazard in the forest land was report
ed as increasing, however. The low
ered visibility was held due to the
large fire in the Olympia peninsula
section of Washington.
Seventy-five CCC's at Heppner in
addition to mill crews at various
points in the forest are being held
subject to emergency fire service.
The local office is equipped with ra
dio receiving and broadcasting
equipment, as well as the various
forest stations to assist in control
work.
Exalted Ruler Home
From National Event
. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mahoney ar
rived home yesterday evening from
a three weeks trip which took them
to Atlantic City for the national
Elks convention which Mr. Mahon
ey, exalted ruler, attended as dele
gate from Heppner lodge.
They accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Raley Peterson of Pendleton on the
trip, driving east from Detroit and
return in a new car purchased at
the factory by Mr. Peterson. While
in the east they visited New York,
Washington, D. C, and other points
of interest.
W.W.Smeadlll
At Vancouver, Wash.
W. W. Smead, pioneer Heppner
resident and for many years post
master, is reported quite ill at the
Knights of Pythias home at Van
couver, Wash., where he has been
for two years.
This report was" brought from
Portland yesterday by F. W. Turner,
who saw ' Mrs. Lena White, Mr.
Smead's daughter, in the city. Mr.
Smead has been bedfast for some
time. The many friends here are
sorry to learn of his condition.
North Morrow Fair
Dates, September 9-10
Dates for the North Morrow
County fair have been announced by
board for Friday and Saturday, Sep
tember 9-10, with details for the
annual show now under way. This
year's show will be held at Board
man. E. Sullivan is president of this
year's show, Russell Miller, secre
tary; Leo Root, treasurer, and Mrs. A.
C. Houghton, Paul Smith, E. M. Sou
ders and Frank Brace, directors.
ATTEND PIONEER REUNION
Del Ward and Hanson Hushes at
tended the pioneers reunion at Ser
vice creek in Wheeler county last
Sunday, and report a large attend
ance and enjoyable time renewing
old-time friendships made when
both were Grant county residents.
Clint Haight, editor Blue Mountain
Eagle at Canyon City, was speaker
for the occasion.
Wheat Loan Rate
For This State
Pegs All Prices
Price Guarantee of
70c With Benefit
Payments Seen
A loan rate on wheat which is the
minimum allowed under the law, but
which with benefit payments will
guarantee Oregon growers around
70 cents a bushel, has been announ
ced by the agricultural adjustment
administration for the 1938 crop.
Announcement of the loan rate was
the final step in putting into effect
the ever-normal granary provisions
of the 1938 farm act.
Since the announcement the Ore
gon officials of the state AAA office
have met in Pendleton with officials
from other northwest states and
have completed detailed arrange
ments for handling actual placing of
the loans in the counties.
The loan rate schedule varies
throughout the country, according
to the type of wheat and the loca
tion of the various terminal markets.
For the Pacific northwest, both
Portland and Seattle were designa
ted as terminals with the base loan
rate at either Portland or Seattle
for No. 1 soft white wheat set at 47
cents a busheL
In figuring the loan rate at coun
try points, there must be deducted
from this basic figure the amount
of the local freight rate to Portland
and 4 cents a bushel to cover hand
ling charges. Before loans can ac
tually be made, the wheat must be
in storage at least 3 days and stor
age must be paid in advance. Where
farm granaries are used, the gov
ernment will compensate the grow-,
er for storage costs if the wheat is
later turned over in lieu of payment
of the loan.
The exact amunt of the loan at
country points will vary according
to the freight rate from there to
Portland and the grade of the wheat.
Farm leaders in Umatilla county
have figured, however, that with the
12 cents a bushel on farm allotments
for conservation compliance and
around 7 or 8 cents for parity pay
ments under the recent appropria
tion, the loan will be around 71 cents
for first grade wheat.
All growers who cooperated with
the 1938 agricultural program will
be eligible.
First Lamb Movement
Here Includes 14 Cars
First movement of the new lamb
crop at Heppner was reported Tues
day when Hislop Sheep company of
Spokane received 14 carloads. The
price was not reported.
George Hislop received the lambs
for his father's company. W. A. Mc
Guffie, representing Don Clay Com
mission Co., was in the. city the same
day from Yakima, interviewing local
growers.
Princess Joyce
Miss Joyce Carlson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson of
Gooseberry, Willows grange selec
tion as attendant at the court of
Rodeo.
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