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More Firemen Need
To Avoid Increase
In Insurance Rates
Rating Bureau Engi
neer Makes Recom
mendations to Dads
Increase in the volunteer fire
fighting force from ten to 16 mem
bers is essential if Heppner is to
escape a raise in insurance rates.
This is the word of W. F. White,
engineer with Oregon Insurance
Rating bureau, who appeared before
Monday evening's council meeting
to make recommendations.
Besides the increase in force, reg
ular drill periods should be adhered
to, the engineer said. The force
should not only be sufficient to man
the fire truck, but to man the hose
carts in case of emergency as well
While giving a clean bill of health
to the fire fighting equipment as a
whole, he reminded city dads that
a fire gets just as hot in a small
town as it does in a large city.
Copies of ordinances recommend
ed to the" city for passage look to
eliminating some common fire haz
ards. More particularly discussed
was one dealing with oil stoves.
Engineer White declared that all
types of gravity feed tanks of large
capacity are a severe fire menace,
and one ordinance recommended
makes burial underground of these
compulsory. The large gravity-feed
oil tanks, connected directly to
stoves, are equally hazardous whe
ther inside or outside of buildings,
he said.
The engineer also called atten
tion to advisability if having an ex
perienced fire chief with executive
ability. Such a man only can keep
things in hand in case of fire and
get best response from firemen at
all times, he asserted. Quick re
sponse to the fire alarm was de
clared essential, as the common say
ing is, "the first five minutes after
a fire starts are worth the next
five hours."
Passage to third reading was made
of the ordinance to refund $5000 of
the $10,000 water bonds due for re
demption this year. The ordinance
is slated to come up for third read
ing and final passage at the next
meeting, the first Monday in Octo
ber. Present at Monday evening's
meeting were Mayor Jeff Jones,
Ciuncilmen Ferguson, Phelps and
Tibbies, Recorder Huston, Treas
uer Dix and Chief Albert Schunk.
Local Squad Opens
Season With Fossil
Heppner opens its 1938 football
season tomorrow at Rodeo field at
3 o'clock. This year's Mustangs make
their first bid for glory against a
veteran Fossil team.
Fossil has already played one
game, defeating a strong Prairie City
team, 13-0. Heppner on paper has
one of the strongest teams in years,
having two squads with almost equal
power.
Last year Fossil fought Heppner
to a 6-6 tie at that city. This year
Fossil will fight to continue the win
ning streak started last week, while
Heppner will try to begin their sea
son with a win.
Following is the probable starting
line-up given by Coach Knox, sub
ject to minor changes: Left end,
Drake; left tackle, Applegate; left
guard, Patton; center, Crawford;
right guard, Armstrong; right tackle,
McAtee; right end, Vance; quarter,
Coxen; left half, Morgan; right half,
Gilman; fullback, Hayes. "
CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S CLINIC
The clinic for crippled children is
being held at Pendleton next Tues
day, and Miss Althea Stoneman,
county health nurse, advises that
anyone desiring to go who hasn't a
way should get in touch with Mrs.
Rodgers or Mrs. Beamer.
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If They Get Buck
They're Going to
Be Able to Chew It
It's not really because the fa
mous mule-tail deer of these Blue
mountains have a bad reputation
for toughness, gastronomically
speaking, that two elderly gentle
men going into the woods from
here the first of the week, took a
meat grinder with them.
The rather unusual piece of
camp equipment as most hunters
desire to keep their animals as
nearly intact as possible for dis
play purposes was seen in the
elderely gentlemen's car. Investi
gation by one inquisitive citizen
revealed that both gentfement
were minus their teeth.
Swim Tank, Forest
Work Progress Told
Favorable progress in construction
of the city's new swimming tank was
reported by Dr.- L. D. Tibbies, com
mittee chairman, at the Monday
Lions luncheon. With side walls
poured, he reported pouring of the
floor would be under way this week.
When the pool is finished, Dr. Tib
bies said he believed Heppner peo
ple would have a pool of which they
may well feel proud, and one that
should meet needs for a long time
to come.
Joseph Belanger, county agent,
reported success of the Morrow
County 4-H delegatoin at the state
fair, and F. F. Wehmeyer told of
progress being made in local district
forest work. With the large ware
house completed and painted as the
nucleus for the new forest camp in
the city, Mr. Wehmeyer said allot
ment of 15 CCC's had been made
to construct other buildings this
fall. He hoped that work would be
under way by the first of October.
Dr. Kenneth Miller, who is re
lieving his brother, Dr. Dwifeht
Miller at the dental office while the
latter is enjoying a deer hunt, and
Benjamin Applegate, druggist at
Patterson and Son store, were intro
duced as guests.
Rodeo Recognized
at Annual Round-Up
Morrow county people attended
Pendleton's Round Up in such num
bers last week end that it would
be next to impossible to report
everyone who was there. Heppner
was signally recognized by the
Round-Up association retaining the
school band for appearance on Sat
urday, and their efforts were re
warded by good response from the
crowd.
Indicating good neighborliness to
ward Morrow county's Rodeo, Hen
ry Aiken, president, and Princess
Evelyn Kirk, Queen Maxines rep
resentative, were introduced over
the amplifier as honored guests.
Most of the recent Rodeo perform
ers were In the Round-Up lists and
gave good account of themselves.
COAST HUNTERS VISIT
Headed by Buck Besse, who re
sided here a few years ago and
knows the local woods, a party of
hunters from the Gold Beach dis
trict passed through town this morn
ing in quest of deer. With Besse
were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Golden
bee, Will Moore, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Nowlin and two children.
These people all reside at Ophir
near Gold Beach on farms. Mr.
Goldenbee is a linotype operator by
trade and spends the winter season
each year at Los Angeles where he
holds a position with the Examiner.
PLEDGED AT U.-O.
La Verne Van Marter, former
Heppner high athletic star and
freshman at University of Oregon,
was pledged to Beta Theta Pi fra
ternity this week, according to an
nouncement in the daily press.
GOES TO LAKEVIEW
Rev. R. C. Young left yesterday for
Lakeview to attend a conference of
Methodist churches. He expected to
return home tomorrow evening.
Heppner, Lexington
People to Vote on
Bond Issues Tuesday
Obligations Sought
to Obtain PWA Aid
for Water Systems
Voters of Heppner and Lexington
will go to the polls next Tuesday, in
each place to decide upon the issu
ance of bonds for PWA assistance
in improving water systems in the
respective towns.
At Heppner polls will be open be
tween the hours of 8 a. m. and 5
p. m., and at Lexington from 9 a, m.
to 5 p. m.
Voting here will be at the council
chambers in the city hall.
The Heppner issue to be voted
upon calls for bonding the city in
the amount of $16,500, or 55 percent
of the $30,000 total cost of project.
Included in proposed improvements
is installation of pumping plant at
the city wells and replacement of
mains and fire hydrants within the
city.
The Lexington issue calls for
bonding the town of Lexington for
$17,875, or 55 percent of the $32,500
total cost of project. Included in
porposed improvements is the pur
chase of the water system by the
town, development of additional
supply and replacement and exten
sion of mains.
FireDep't
anizes
Acting on the suggestion of W. F,
White, engineer with Oregon Insur
ance Rating bureau, made before
Monday evening's council meeting,
the council committee on fire and
water called a meeting last night
which resulted in reorganization of
the volunteer fire fighting depart
ment. Councilmen R. B. Ferguson
and R. C. Phelps, of the committee,
attended.
Ralph Beamer was elected fire
chief, Cornett Green first assistant
chief, and William Cox second as
sistant chief. Members in addition
to these are Herman Green, Curtis
Thomson, Kenneth Akers, Raymond
Ferguson, Vawter Parker, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, Carl Felker, J. A. Sharp,
Bill Isom, Howard Bryant, Fred
Parrish, Raleigh Woodfin, Ed Gon
ty, Jap Crawford and J. A. Anglin.
AUXILIARY ELECTS
American Legion auxiliary elect
ed officers for the ensuing year at
a special meeting Monday evening,
as follows: President, Mrs. Chas.
Cox; 1st vice pres., Mrs. Alva Stone;
2nd vice pres., Mrs. Ed Dick; his
torian, Mrs. Harry Tamblyn; sec
treas., Mrs. Dick Wells; executive
committee, Mrs. Alva Jones, Mrs.
Floyd Adams and Mrs. Spencer
Crawford. These officers will be in
stalled at the regular unit meeting,
Oct. 10, at the home of Mrs. Harold
Cohn. Mrs. James Todd of Her
miston, district president, will be
installing officer.
HOMECOMING SET
The annual homecoming meeting
of Ruth chapter, O. E. S., will be
held at Masonic hall tomorrow eve
ning, announces Mrs. Mary Guild,
worthy matron. Refreshments will
be served. A real get-together of
the membership is expected.
SCS MAKING SURVEY
A survey of the Lena district,
recently included within the boun
daries of the local Soil Conservation
service demonstration project, is
now under way.
APPLY FOR LICENSE
Application for license to wed
was made at the clerk's office this
week by Herman Bottger and Del
sie May Harshman, both of this
county.
Reorg
Clerk Finds Flood
Picture Reproduction
Interesting Hobby
Taking pictures of pictures is a
hobby of Charles Barlow, county
clerk, who evidences justifiable
pride in exhibiting reproductions
of views taken about Heppner
immediately following the disas
trous flood of June 14, 1903. His
postcard reproductions of the or
iginal larger views are faithful
reproductions in every detail of
the larger pictures and are find
ing a popular demand.
The original flood pictures have
been quite scarce and the ones
being reproduced by Mr. Barlow
belong to Stanley Minor.
Mr. Barlow says the kodak he
uses for the purpose is quite old,
but has an exceptionally good lens.
He recently resumed the hobby
after dropping it following high
school days some twenty-odd years
ago.
Balentine to Address
Local Meet Monday
U. S. Balentine, republican nom
inee for congress, who visited Hepp
ner yesterday in company with Ma
yor "Buck" Lieuallen of Pendleton
in the interest of his candidacy, was
slated by Morrow county repub
1 i 4 4
ucan organizations to . address a
meeting at the Elks hall next Mon
day evening at 7:45 o'clock. Balen
tine, whose home is in' Klamath
county and who is a member of the
state legislature from that district,
is little known in this county and
many people will welcome this op
portunity to become better ac
quainted. A further organization of the
Morrow County Republican club will
take place in conection with , Mr.
Balentine's appearance, and Frank
C. Alfred, president, urges attend
ance of all interested in the party's
success at the polls in November.
Band to John Day;
Caravan is Planned
Again responding to popular de
mand for their services, Heppner's
school band and leader, Harold Buh
man, will head the large Morrow
county delegation expected to at
tend the annual Grant County fair
at John Day this week end.
The band will appear there Sat
urday while a caravan is expected
to take in Sunday's show. This car
avan is being sponsored by Henry
Aiken, Rodeo president, who asks
that all those going to John Day
on Sunday plan to stop at Mt. Ver
non and proceed on from there in
a body.
THE SHOT THAT COUNTED
An ill fate guided the hunting
destiny of Mrs. Hubert Gaily, who
with her husband and brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Rippee, went in quest of deer on
opening day, Tuesday. Before go
ing into the woods, and after Mr.
Rippee had presumably filled her
rifle with cartridges, she took a
couple of shots at a target just to
see if her rifle were properly sight
ed. A short time later, in the woods
with her sister, she came upon a
buck standing quartered and look
ing in the opposite direction. She
fired twice and missed. The buck,
not sensing the direction from
which the bullets came, then turned
broadside, looking up the mountain
in another direction. Drawing a
fine bead, Mrs. Gaily was sure she
couldn't miss this shot. So, pressing
the trigger, she heard the hammer
make a sickening click the gun
was empty. Had it been fully load
ed with the six cartridges in the
magazine, Mrs. Gaily was sure she
would have had her buck, the first
of her hunting career. As it was the
other cartridges she carried were
deep in a pocket under her hand
kerchief and cosmetics and by the
time she got to them the buck had
disappeared. She could but wish
for her brother-in-law that she
might wring his neck.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Two Men Die as
Hunting Season
Opens; Car Wrecks
Earl Hunt Back With
First Trophy. at 8
in the Morning
Tragedy marked opening of the
deer hunting season in this district
as John Holliday, 44, and Earl O.
Thomas, 54, both of Portland, met
death Tuesday when their car fail
ed to negotiate a curve on the
Heppner-Ritter road grade about 15
miles from Ritter and plunged 160
feet with its occupants. A party of
Eugene hunters were the first to
discover the accident three hours
later. Thomas is presumed to have
died instantly, and Holliday, still
alive when found, died on the way
to the Dud Flynn ranch where he
was taken.
Holliday and Thomas were two of
the smaller than usual number of
outside hunters coming for the sea
son opening. The extremely dry
condition of the forest is believed to
have caused many hunters to delay
their entry.
Back to town with the season's
first trophy at 8 o'clock Tuesday
moning was Earl Hunt, Sanford
canyon farmer and veteran deer
hunter. His bag was a 150-pounder
killed at the edge of the timber
just above Mrs. O'Conner's farm
in Rhea creek.
Mrs. Blaine E. Isom is the first
woman so far reported to have land
ed her game. She came in early
this morning from the hunt with
Mr. Isom who was not so fortunate.
Second successful amazon is Mrs.
P, W. Mhoney who bagged a 125
pound three-pointer yesterday while
hunting with her husband and Logie
Richardsin.
Many Heppner people celebrated
opening day in the woods and others
getting their buck the first day were
John Keys, Ambrose Chapin, Elwyn
Hughes and Marion Saling.
For keeping check on the forest
game population, the forest service
is requesting all hunters making
their kill to report it to some ranger
station in the woods or at the Hepp
ner office. Cooperation in this re
spect would be greatly appreciated.
Warning that constant vigilance
against fire is extremely necessary
due to the tinder-like condition of
the forest, is also given by the ser
vice. J. he service regulations gov
erning handling of fire should be
closely complied with at all times.
Checks Arrive for
Final Bank Dividend
J. L. Gault, Receiver of the First
National Bank of Heppner, expects
checks covering the final dividend
to arrive from Washington so that
delivery can be commenced tomor
row, September 23rd. As only three
weeks are permitted for their dis
tribution, depositors are urged to
call promptly at the receivers office
in the Heppner Hotel with their
Receiver's Certificates as all unde
liverable checks will be returned to
Washington at the end of that period
when the trust is closed.
TUBERCULIN TESTS SLATED
Tuberculin tests will be held "in
the schools at lone and Lexington
next Thursday morning and at
Heppner in the afternoon of the
same day. Dr. Odell of The Dalles
who will do the testing is able to
spend but ont day in the countv at
this time.
HUNTERS' COOPERATION ASKED
The forest service announces that
it would appreciate hunters regis
tering deer killed at either the Ellis,
Ditch Creek, Tupper, Bull Prairie
ranger stations or at Heppner. In
formation pertaining to game re
sources is desired by the service.
For sale, big wood heater. Call
722, city. 27tf.