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.