Thursday, August 25, 1938 Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
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Mr. and Mrs. Merle Becket re
turned to their home at Wallowa
Saturday after a few days' visit with
relatives and friends. They brought
Mrs. Daisy Shively, mother of Mr.
Becket, home after an outing which
she enjoyed with them at Wallowa
lake while Mr. Becket was on vaca
tion from his position as manager
of the Wallowa banch, First National
Bank of Portland. While Mr. Becket
was on vacation he was relieved at
the bank by Alan Bean, assistant
cashier at the Enterprise branch.
Both Becket and Bean were pro
moted to their present positions from
the local branch.
Mrs. Lillian Cochran has returned
home from visiting the Simas, Wing
field and Stuart ranches at Kimber
ley, and reports that a large number
of people from that section will at
tend the Rodeo this week end. She
reported that Mrs. Leonard Wing
field and son, formerly of Kimberley
but now of Manhattan, Kans., ac
companied by Miss Margaret Tully
and brother Bob are visitors at the
ranch. Joe Simas was in town from
the Kimberley ranch on business
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Blankenship
and family who returned home Mon
day evening from Everett. Wash,
where they visited at the close of
University of Washington summer
school, have taken up their residence
for the winter in the former Lat
ourell house on Baltimore street. Mr.
Blankenship completed work for his
master's degree in education while
attending U. of W. summer school.
Frank Gabler, former Heppner
blacksmith, was seen at his shop in
Monument Saturday by a group of
Heppner men who took in the fights
at Long Creek Saturday night. He
reported that Mrs. Gabler was in
the hospital at The Dalles and that
he expected to drive out for her in
a few days as her condition had im
proved to the point where she could
return home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Currin and
baby daughter were visiting in town
Tuesday from the Butter creek farm.
Mr. Currin was carrying a bandaged
hand for an infection that had been
bothering him for some time, but
which was well on the road to being
healed, he believed.
Dick Brown, son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. David Brown, pioneer
Blackhorse residents, was a business
visitor in the city yesterday and call
ed on old-time friends. He is em
ployed with the Morrison-Knutsen
Construction company.
Gordon Bucknum is up from Mt.
Angel where he spent the summer
to remain until after Rodeo at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Bucknum. He expected to return
to St. Paul to teach again this school
year.
T. R. Murdock, Spray rancher and
professional guide, was a business
visitor in the city Saturday. Mur
dock has been piloting parties of
Portland deer hunters through the
woods for the last ten seasons.
John Maidment and son from Lone
Rock were business visitors here
Saturday on their way home from
the ram sale at Pendleton where they
acquired six new animals for their
sheep herds.
Geo. J. Currin, pioneer Morrow
county resident and one-time coun
ty commissioner, has been visiting
relatves here the past week from
his home at Gresham.
Dr. J. P. Stewart, Eye-Sight Spec
ialist of Pendleton, will be at the
HEPPNER "HOTEL on WEDNES
DAY, AUGUST 31st.
Billy Barratt left Caldwell, Idaho,
the first of the week with a ship
ment of lambs for Chicago as agent
for Harold Cohn.
The boy having cleaver found af
ter theft at slaughter house will
please return and receive reward.
Central Market.
Campfire Girls will have a cooked
food sale Saturday morning at 8
o'clock, Dix's store.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Egan have
returned to Heppner to make their
home in their residence on Balti
more street. They had been located
for some time at Condon from where
Mr. Egan worked the Condon branch
railroad run. He recently completed
his term of service with O.-W. R.
& N. company as engineer, having
passed the retirement age. The Egans
are welcomed among their many
old-time friends here.
Word comes from Pendleton that
Lee Mead is the newly appointed
Union Pacific agent at that place.
Mead worked in Heppner as teleg
rapher about twenty years ago, and
was for many years station agent at
Messner before going to Wallowa
where he was most recently' sta
tioned. News of his advancement is
welcomed by many Morrow county
friends.
Jesse Dobyns, with the Lexington
Oil Co-operative association, was a
business visitor in town Monday.
He expected that his company would
enter a float in Saturday's Rodeo
parade.
Ralph Butler, in the city Tuesday
from the Willows ranch, reported a
good season with more irrigation
water than usual.
Johan Troedson, veteran wheat
raiser of the north lone section, was
transacting business in town Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Algott Lundell were
trading in the city yesterday from
the Gooseberry farm home.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Peck at their home in this city Sun
day night, a 9-pound girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McMillan and
children were in town Monday from
the farm near Lexington.
J. 0. Kincaid was transacting bus
iness in the city Monday from the
farm in the lone section.
A. H. Nelson was a business vis
itor in' the city Tuesday from the
north Lexington farm.
Harold Anderson was transacting
business in town Tuesday from the
Gooseberry farm.
Vernor Troedson was transacting
business here Monday from the farm
north of lone.
Bil Doherty was trading in town
Tuesday from the farm in the Al
pine district.
Arthur Keen was doing business
in town Tuesday from the Rhea
creek farm'.
Myles Martin was in town Tues
day from the farm north of Lexing
ton. Readings at Mrs. Minnie Furlong
home. ' It
PROPOSES IMPROVEMENT
While a railroad crew is now busy
at Jordan working on the right of
way with view to providing drain
age for future cloudbursts such as
that of a few weeks ago, it appears
that the extent of the work will not
be satisfactory in case of such a
cloudburst recurrence, says Judge
Bert Johnson. He is proposing to the
state highway commission and the
railroad company that they get to
gether and dig a ditch under high
way and railroad tracks big enough
to take care of such flood waters, and
construct bridges where the highway
and railroad pass over. This ditch
would go directly to the creek at
the most logical location. It was his
opinion that Laxton McMurray,
through whose property the ditch
would pass, would grant right of
way freely as Mr. McMurray faces
construction of concrete retaining
wall to keep water away from his
house under present circumstances.
Sufficient provision for carrying off
flood waters at this point would
avert future highway tie-ups such
as occurred at the time of the last
spout, Judge Johnson believed.
It's different but delightful laugh
and daffy with a murder to keep
things popping FAST COMPANY
Star Theater Tuesday.
RAISES FINE FLOWERS
W. H. French brought in a sample
bouquet of the large sweetpeas
growing at his Blue Mountain farm
when he came to town yesterday
morning. The flowers have blossom
ed profusely in spite of going thru
three nights when the temperature
was six below freezing. Mr. French
had regained his health in good
shape, and to make it known that he
was fit as a fiddle reported having
made 1600 shakes in three days the
last week.
Canning peaches, 2c lb., at W. T.
Bray ranch, Umatilla, Ore. 21-25p
THE
STAR Reporter
FRIDAY
Miniature cowboy hats for every
youngster attending the show Friday
night while they last!
Fred MacMurray - Harriet Hilliard
Yacht Club Boys - Ben Blue - Rufe
Davis - tap-drumming little Billy
Lee plus
A set of tunes for anybody's hit pa
rade with Harry Owens and His
Royal Hawaiians to play then in
COCOANUT GROVE
Also: Love Goes West and My King
dom for a Horse
Shows at 7 and 9 p. m.
SATURDAY
GENE AUTRY
"Public Cowboy No. One"
in
GOLDMINE
IN THE SKY
with
Smiley Burnette - Carol Hughes
G. L. Frank's Golden West Cowboys
Songs: "There's a Goldmine in the
Sky" "Dude Ranch Cowhands"
"As Long as I Have My Horse"
Also: "Sons of the Plains" (in tech
nicolor) with the Mauch Twins.
Community Sing of Western Songs.
Shows continuous from 6 p. m.
SUNDAY-MONDAY
TROPIC HOLIDAY
with
Bob Burns - Martha Raye - Dorothy
Lamour - Ray Milland - Binnie
Barnes - Tito Guziar
Martha fights a bull and Bob throws
it Dorothy Lamour with her new
Latin songs and Tito Guizar and his
magic guitar make the most glor
ious Mexican music you've ever
heard a riot of fun and romance!
Movietone News
Popcye in Chief Ugh Amugh Ugh
Sunday shows continuous,
from 6 p. m.
TUESDAY
AIR DEVILS
They guarded Uncle Sam's Pacific
defenses but couldn't resist the "nat
ural" attractions
with
Larry Blake - Dick Purcell
plus
FAST COMPANY
Based on Marco Page's prize-winning
mystery novel with
Melvyn Douglas - Florence Rice
Claire Dodd - Nat Pendleton
Fast and romantic and the wise
cracks are well out-of-hand
WED.-THU., AUG. 31-SEPT. 1
HOLIDAY
with
Katharine Hepburn - Cary Grant
Lew Ayres - Doris Nolan - Edward
Everett Horton - Binnie Barnes
The heart-thrilling star of "Stage
Door" and the dashing hero of "The
Awful Truth" embark on a grand
and glorious holiday in this love-and-laugh
Hit .
News of the Day Cartoon
Surf Heroes heave-ho on the laff
lines as Pete Smith rescues the life
guards . . . proving that those
bronzed demi-gods are useful as
well as ornamental.
StarTheater
HEPPNEB, ORE.
PAYROLL INCREASE
IN COUNTY IN 1937
Unemployment Compensation
Commission Shows Larger Cov
erage; Umatilla Claims Down
Salem, Aug. 24 (Special) Analy
sis of payroll and industrial data
connected with administration of the
state unemployment compensation
law reveals that payrolls in covered
occupations in Morrow county in
creased 91 per cent in 1137 over 1936
figures, a survey by the commis
sion's research and statistical section
discloses.
Total payrolls upon which employ
ers contributed to the unemployment
compensation fund last year were
$22,427, while the 1936 total was $11,
714. September was Morrow county's
busiest month in 1937, the survey
shows, but in 1936 July was tops.
February, 1936, was the low point
in the two-year period.
Morrow county is served through
the Pendleton employment office,
which also serves Umatilla county.
Original claims for the two counties
dropped from an average of 37 a
week to six, with continuing claims
averaging 85 per week.
... Contract construction workers re
ceived the biggest share of benefits,
22.7 ' per cent. Interstate railroads
were next with 21.6 per cent. Lum
ber and timber products workers
got 11.8 per cent; wholesale and re
tail trade, 8.3 per cent; and textile
mill workers, 7.6 per cent.
The industrial classification break
down of reconciled checks shows the
following participation in benefits
from the law by Umatilla and Mor
row county unemployed workers:
Mining and quarrying, $363; con
tract construction, $9,323; food man
ufacturing, $4,593; textile mill prod
ucts, $3,111; lumber and timber
products, $4,854; printing, publishing
and allied industries, $254; miscel
laneous manufacturing, $254; inter
state railroads, $8,850; transporta
tion other than water, $2,287; water
transportation and allied services,
$64; telephone, telegraph, radio,
$146; utilities, $931; wholesale and
retail trade, $3,406; automobile sales
and service, $12.69; insurance car
riers, agents, brokers, $62; real es-
Phone ATwater 3003
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tate and allied business, $61; hotels,
eating places, $10.32; personal ser
vices, $404; business services, $44;
amusement and recreation, $365; and
miscellaneous services and enter
prises, $60.
POULTRY BLOOD TESTING
COURSE OFFERED AT OSC
A two-day course of instruction
on blood testing poultry for pullorum
disease, emphasizing the whole
blood-stained antigen method, is an
nounced by the veterinary depart
ment at Oregon State college, to be
held on the campus September 12
and 13.
Those wishing to do their own
blood testing, or any who may be
having trouble with this program,
are invited to enroll in the course,
which requires a registration fee of
$2.50. Enrollment will be limited to
30 persons, but if more care to take
the course, a second period may be
arranged later, says E. M. Dickinson,
poultry pathologist at the college.
CALL FOR WARRANTS
Outstanding warrants of School
District No. 1, Morrow County, Ore
gon, numbered 4726 to 4811 inclu
sive, will be paid on presentation to
the district clerk. Interest on said
warrants ceases August 26, 1938.
MURIEL F. VAUGHN,
District Clerk,
Heppner, Oregon.
O Ten Years Ago
(Gazette Times, Aug. 30, 1928)
Adam Knoblock, trapper, catches
two bear cubs in traps.
Jimmie Farley breaks leg in fall
from horse at ranch of grandfather,
Mike Kenny.
Born yesterday, to Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Lovgren of Eight Mile, a 7
pound boy.
Emery J. Leezer, former Heppner
resident, dies at Portland.
Philip W. Mahoney notified of
passing Oregon state bar examina
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Nys an
nounce arrival of daughter, Mar
garet, August 28.
State fire officers expected Mon
day to check city fire hazards.
James M. Burgess, superintendent,
announces all in readiness for open
ing of school Monday.
C. F. Feldman, lone wheatraiser,
reports 35-bushel average of Hybrid
128 wheat.
Phelps Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Trained Lady Assistant
Phone 1332 Heppner, Ore.
SHIP BY TRUCK
The Dalles Freight Line, Inc.
Daily Service Between
PORTLAND : THE DALLES : HEPPNER
and Way Points
Warehouse: KANE'S GARAGE Carl D. Spickcrman, Agent
"PREVENT FOREST FIRES IT PAYS"
Morrow County
Grain Growers
G. J. RYAN, Manager
DAILY MARKET SERVICE
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Kerr-Gifford & Co.
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