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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC A U D I TO R I U M PORTLAND. ORE. Volume 54, Number 20 Swimming Pool Plans Given Clean Bill by Health Board Forms for Tank Bot tom Started; Dips by Rodeo Time is Hope Heppner's swimming pool will be completed by Rodeo time and quite a few good swims may be enjoyed this season if calculations of Dr. L. D. Tibbies, head of the pool, prove correct. . One of the final hurdles in clear ing the way for the tank's construc tion was taken Tuesday when Carl Green, chief engineer with the state board of health, gave the plans and specifications a clean bill with a few minor alterations. One provision in the plans was made to include a six inch high con crete curbing all around between the walk and the pool to help pre vent rubbish and dirt from being thrown or washed into the pool. Dr. Green commended the general plan of operation which contemplates draining the pool after days of heav iest use. When a check up was made this week, it was found too much excava tion had taken place and it was necessary to fill in some of the dirt before proceeding with construction of forms for the bottom which was started yesterday. Construction of forms and pouring of concrete will be pushed as rapid ly as possible, Dr. Tibbies said. In the tank's construction pro vision is being made for installation of metal expansion joints at the cor oners, and also for plumbing that will be needed when and if a filtration plant is added. Dr. Green said the steam condensation basin of the old power plant was ideally located for installation of filtration plant. Pres ent plans, however, are to make this basin into a wading pool for the smaller children. The council committee having the tank project under wing envision the pool site attractively landscaped and made into an attractive park when finally completed, though im mediate plans are only for the con struction of pool and installation of shower and dressing rooms in the concrete building adjacent. Local Scouts Pay Money to Council Heppner's $75 affiiation fee with the Blue Mountain council, Boy Scouts of America, was paid this week by B. C. Pinckney, chairman of the local executive committee. Mr. Pinckney solicited the necessary funds from local business firms in a single-handed campaign, and found ready response. At their noon luncheon, Lions, Scout sponsors, authorized payment of $9.75 to the Ritter hotel to cover swims enjoyed by the scouts at sum mer camp there last week. A repre sentative of the Blue Mountain coun cil was with the boys at camp to direct their activities. Scouts who attended report an enjoyable and profitable four days at camp. AT CONFERENCE William Bennett, Smith-Hughes instructor, went to Baker the first of the week to spend four days while attending a conference of vocational agriculture instructors, beginning yesterday. Short conferences at va rious points over the state are being held this year in lieu of three weeks summer school work at O. S. C, the customary routine. Two professors from the college went over the lo cal project with Mr. Bennett Mon day. They were H. D. Scudder and H, Gibson, who were accompanied by Ralph Morgan and Earl R. Cooley from the state Smith-Hughes admin istrative office at Salem. What made the cat jump? See the famous Pain Killer scene in "Tom Sawyer" at the Star Theater, Wednesday-Thursday, August 3-4. Heppner, NEWSY o NEWS o VIEWS (As gleaned by Paul McCarty at the Heppner Hotel desk) Gus Williamson, who is going on his 12th year as sheepherder for Bob Thompson, has a hobby vastly different from anyone around this area . . . his spare time diversion is making radios, which vary in size and power . . . last winter he put to gether 12 of them . . . when the cold weather sets in this fall, Williamson plans to obtain his federal license and set up a radio-telegraph set here in Heppner. One of Lee Beckner's lone harvest hands, a college student in educa tion and an athlete par excellence by trade, plans to take the West Point civil service entrance examination which will be held at the post office on October 8 . . . from Oregon's sec ond congressional district two lads between the ages of 17 and 22 and possessing a minimum height of 5 feet 4 will be appinted cadets this fall . . . the examination for plebe ship at Annapolis will be given the same day, but the age limit hovers from 16 to 20. Scene of action in dances for the Rodeo queen's court shifts this week to Rhea creek and honors Princess Florence Becket, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becket . . . fur nishing the music will be the Estes orchestra, four-piece contingent of Pendleton that includes in its troupe the feminine accordion player who made history out there some time ago . . . but as far as print is con cerned, this much-talked-of event was necessarily censored. "Make me a saddle like the one you put out for Mr. So and So." This is often the theme of letters re ceived by Gene Noble, maker of the famous Heppner saddle ... in fact, saddles on the recommendation of others who have had them made is one of Noble's greatest order re sources ... at the present time he has thirteen saddles to make. Hardman seems to have a group of live-wire kids as inhabitants . . . earlier this summer a group of the younger Hardmanites went to the Episcopal Ascension school at Cove and proved - themselves worthy of recognition . . . now the news comes out that two of them have been picked as leads in a children's radio play over KEX, Portland. Clinker-chatter . . . Walter Pierce, Eastern Oregon's representative in congress, was in town Saturday af ternoon, took on a morsel of food, conferred briefly with local political allies, and went on his way to Bend. Faulty lighting should be no worry to Curt Thompson, whose snappy looking '38 Chev. sedan is adorned with eleven lights, all operated from a single switchboard. A retraction . . . contrary to an item in last week's column, the lock on the Elks' club door is not electrically charged, says Loyal Parker, managing mogul of the south Main street organization. Jack Healy, Heppner '38, goes to work soon at M. D. Clark's general merchandise temple. Sport short . . . quoting from Dick Jones' column in Pendleton East Oregonian, "What Umatilla county high school basketball and baseball star who one of the state institutions of higher learning thinks is sewed up to enter it this fall is actually going to go to Pacific university?" We'll make a quick guess that it's Gerald Keller of Hermiston. Seen about town . . . numerous beer jugs being ambled to the pur chasing place for refund . . . the washing machine automobiles getting a good run. Farm notes . . . Heavy shipments of wheat are moving along the branch line, with 15 to 18 cars be ing shipped every night The current price of wool really isn't anything to deplore . . . according to Wed nesday's Journal, 35 years ago Hepp ner handled 3,330,000 pounds of wool that brought an average price of l2Vz cents a pound .'. . the moons have been many, however, since our metropolis claimed to have been the center for the abve-named amount of wool. Oregon, Thursday, July Wheat Loans and Less Acreage on '39 AAA Program Reduction in Seeded Land Necessary to Keep Stocks Down With wheat loan rates announced almost simultaneously with wheat acreage allotments for 1939, the Tri ple A has laid the ground work for the wheat program for the coming year, which it is hoped will mater ially reduce the present surplus, says N. C. Donaldson, secretary of the state AAA committee. Farmers desirous of obtaining wheat loans are advised to contact their county committees, as clear ance from the committee to show that the applicant is a cooperator under the 1938 program is the first essential in obtaining a loan. Any grower is considered a cooperator whose soil depleting acreage for 1929 does not exceed 105 per cent of the soil depleting acreage allotment for his farm. Oregon growers may store wheat on which loans are to be made either in commercial warehouses or in ap proved farm granaries. The county committee has charge of inspecting farm granaries to see that they are suitable. Wheat must be actually placed in a farm granary 30 days before a loan may be made on it. A grower may find out how much he is eligible to borrow by sub stracting the freight rate to Port land, plus 4 cents for handling charges, from the base rate of 67 cents for No. 1 wheat at Portland. No 2 wheat takes a loan rate of 2 cents less and No. 3 wheat 5 cents less than No. 1 wheat. The loans bear interest at 4 per cent and become due May 31, 1939 in the case of farm stored wheat, and seven months from date of note in case of wheat stored in public warehouses. The new wheat acreage allotments, which aim at a national acreage of only 55 million acres next year, al low Oregon 768,303 acres, as com pared with a seeded acreage this year of 1,013,000. "The acreage allotments are es' pecially important to the success of the farm program in view of the loan features of the new farm act," says H. R. Tolley, AAA administrator. "Loans can help temporarily, but unless supplies are kept in line with needs, eventually farm prices would sink under the weight of huge sur pluses." 38-Bushel Yield Tops Reports So Far A 640-acre field farmed by Ern est Christopherson in the Dry Fork section which averaged 38 bushels to the acre is the top wheat yield so far reported this season, though other good reports are made. One field belonging to Fred Man- kin north of lone is reported to have yielded a 36-bushel average. Lee Beckner, in the city yesterday from the west lone section said that his harvest had averaged about 30 bushels to date, with two weeks yet to go. Mr. Beckner's Turkey Red wheat weighed in at 62 pounds to the bushel, testing grade A, while his Rex weighed in at 60 pounds, indi cating quality better than the aver age so far reported. The exceptionally high yielding field of Mr. Christopherson is said to have been specially favored. Mr. Christopherson seeded it just fol lowing a cloudburst early last fall, and everything happened just right to bring it along nicely. BUILDING STOREHOUSE Construction of a corrugated iron covered store house at the rear of Pacific Power & Light company is under way this week. Materials be ing used were taken from the build ing at the old power house site. The building is 13 by 28 feet. 28, 1938 BOBBY BALL DIES FROM ILLNESS Family and Friends Pay Tribute at Final Rites; Is 14-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ball Robert Jay Ball, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie C. Ball, died at the Portland Medical hospital last Saturday night after waging a losing battle of three weeks duration against the ravages of inflammatory rheumatism and pneumonia. He was taken to Portland a week ago for emergency treatment for the rheu matism and had apparently made good progress when the attack of pneumonia complicated his condi tion beyond his power to withstand. Funeral services were held from All Saints Episcopal church here Tuesday, with Rev. Ralph V. Hinkle, archdeacon, officiating, and inter ment followed in Masonic cemetery. Relatives and friends, including many of his school mates, joined in paying tribute to the popular young boy whose life of promise was so prematurely ended. Robert Jay, known to family and and friends as "Bobby," was born in this city June 30, 1924, to Archie C. and Doris (Mahoney) Ball. He was a student in the Heppner schools and and had it not been for the fatal ill ness would have completed his grade schooling the coming year. He was a good students, popular among his fel low students, and always bright and cheerful. Besides his parents, he is survived by five sisters, Laurel, Harriet, Ei leen, Elizabeth and Nancy Lou; grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Mahoney, and a number of aunts and uncles. False Rumor Spiked On New Wheat Loan . Rumors have been persistently circulated around the county during the past two weeks that there is a limit on the proportion of a man's wheat which is eligible for a loan under the AAA crop loan' program. No information to this effect has ever come to the county agent's of fice and in order to check on this (rumor, Joseph Belanger, county agent, talked to N. C. Donaldson, executive secretary of the Agricul tural Adjustment administration at Corvallis, this morning. Following the conversation, Mr. Belanger states it may be safely said that there is no limit on a propoor tion of a man's wheat which is eligi ble for a loan. On farm stored wheat there is a small limit of five per cent allowed for shrinkage, making it possible to borrow on 95 per cent of the grain so stored. On grain stored in an eligible warehouse, however, an eligible borrower can borrow on 100 per cent of his 1938 wheat. Harry Tamblyn, Jr., Attacked by Beat-Up Artist; Thought CCC Harry Tamblyn, Jr., was ambling amiably toward home shortly af ter dark Tuesday evening, having watched the tennis game at Dr. McMurdo's court, when he was set upon by an unknown beat-up ar tist on upper Chase street. Harry didn't have warning of the attack. But as he approached three lads whom he believed to be CCC's one of them pounced upon him and started beating him while the other two looked on. What the purpose of the attack was he had no idea, for he had had no diffi culty with any members of the lo cal camp, or anyone else to his knowledge. There seemed no rea son except a case of mistaken identity. The unexpectedness of the attack and the more mature development of his assailant left Harry at a loss to defend himself. A check-up by authorities yes terday failed to reveal who the as sailant might have been, but camp authorities are cooperating in fur nishing a soluton to Harry's mys teriously received black eye and other evidences of the attack. Subscription $2.00 a Year Voters May Soon Decide Upon Sewer, Water Issues Engineer Stockman Makes Survey; Will Present Estimates Heppner taxpayers may soon have the opportunity to vote on whether they favor issuance of bonds for two major items of city improvement, to be acquired through cooperation with PWA. Though official action has not yet been taken, being held up awaiting report of L. R. Stock man, Baker engineer, city dads are generally of the opinion that this will be the case. The two projects, one for im provement of. the water system and the other for a sewer system, will be drawn up and presented to the voters sepaartely is the opinion of several councilmen. This plan of procedure is contemplated to afford voters an opportunity to accept or reject one or both projects as they see fit. Engineer Stockman was in the city for several days this week and went over the water system with the city water-master, J. O. Rasmus, and some members of the council. A number of suggestions for improvement were tentatively made though decision of the council as to what will be final ly, included has been deferred until the regular meeting next Monday, providing the engineer has esti mates ready for presentation at that time. Stockman prepared specifi cations and estimates for a sewer system a few years ago, and is re vising these for re-presentation. A suggestion anent the water de velopment made by -one-, citizen found favor among others in dis cussions this week Sponsor of the idea believes that drilling of another artesian well should be thoroughly considered before more extensive plans for pumping out of the present well are decided upon. A stronger vein of water his been "witched" on the right fork of the creek than the one before tapped on the left fork with good assurance that a heavier flowing well may be found, he says. About seventy-five percent of the water coming from the well now be ing pumped is gravity flow, and if another good flowing well were brought in, he believes the necessity for pumping and the resultant ex pense might be entirely obviated. Another citizen came forward with the suggestion this week that the sewer system is probably the citys greatest need. He said sewerage dis posal in the city at present is in such condition that state health officials might at any time condemn it and" compel the installation of an ade quate disposal system. Wisdom, he says, calls for taking advantage of the PWA money at this time, other wise the city might be compelled to stand the entire cost at a time when it might ill afford to do so. Representative Pierce Makes Short Visit Representative Walter M. Pierce, accompanied by Don Weed, former ly of Condon, stopped in Heppner long enough Saturday afternoon to take lunch on their way to central Oregon where Mr. Pierce expected to attend a pioneer reunion at Bend. While Mr. Pierce was greeted by a number of local friends, time was not sufficient to contact him on the flood cnotrol dams and other local problems. He announced to D. M. Ward, chairman of the county dem cratic central committee, and Chas. B. Cox, postmaster, that he would be in Heppner again in the near future and would then go into such govern mental matters as might be of local interest. See the Big Apple (and Red) in the great bribery scene in "Tom Sawyer" at the Star Theater, Wed nesday Thursday, August 3-4.