OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Volume 54, Number 29
Heppner Rejects,
Lexington Okehs
Water Bond Issues
PWA Approval of
Lex Project Given;
Vote Here Light
Heppner voters rejected the is
suance of $16,500 in bonds by the
light vote of 76 to 34 at a special
election Tuesday, when the prop
osition of voting bonds to receive
PWA assitance in improving the
water system was presented.
At the same time Lexington peo
ple voted 61 to 6 in favor of an issue
of $17,875 for a similar water im
provement project, which represents
55 per cent of a total project cost of
of $32,500, the balance of which will
be granted outright by PWA It is
expected to apply for a PWA loan
for the town's share of the cost.
Lexington's project has already
been definitely approved and signed
by the president, according to tele
graphic information received last
Friday. Under the terms of the PWA
ruling, actual construction work at
Lexington can be expected to be
under way by January 1.
In rejecting the bonds here, voters
made it impossible immediately to
proceed with all the improvements
contemplated, and many of which
are urgently needed. Mayor Jones
and councilmen who did not favor
the bonds, however, have expressed
the belief that a sufficient sum can
be included in next year's budget
to care for the most pressing needs,
including' replacement of some
mains and installation of adequate
pumping equipment at the wells.
F. F. A. Selects
Judging Team
W. S. Bennett, advisor for the
Heppner chapter of the Future Far
mers of America, has selected what
he believes to be one of the best
dairy judging teams yet produced
by this chapter. The boys selected
include Howard Patton, Dick Wil
kinson, Floyd Williams, Leland Ed
mondson and Arthur Vance.
The team will leave Friday for
Portland where it will judge at the
Pacific International Livestock ex
position Saturday morning. Compe
tition at this contest will consist of
F. F. A. chapters from all over the
Pacific coast. The high men from
Oregon will then be sent to Kansas
City to compete for the national title.
Biographies of Local
Citizens in Journal
Four biographies of local citizens
written by Fred Lockley, noted in
terviewer of pioneers, have appeared
in recent editions of the Oregon
Journal. Interviews from which the
stories were written were made by
Mr. Lockley on a recent visit here.
Mrs. Oscar Minor, Charles B. Cox,
Malcolm D. Clark and Dell M. Ward
are subjects of the four biographies,
the respective stories appearing in
the issues of Sept. 8, 16, 17 and 21.
MUSIC CLUB ORGANIZED
A group of Heppner ladies met at
the home of Mrs. Ture Peterson last
Thursday evening and organized a
music club. Mrs. Peterson was nam
ed president, Mrs. J. O. Turner, vice
president, and Rose Leibbrand, secretary-treasurer,
and Mrs. Russell
McNeill, program chairman. Rachel
Forsythe, Mrs. Raymond Ferguson
and Mrs. A. H. Blankenship were
also present. The first Tuesday in
each month has been selected for
regular meetings, and the next meet
ing was set for the home of Mrs.
Blankenship.
The social committee of Willows
grange announce a dance to be held
in the hall at Cecil Saturday night,
October 8th.
For sale, big wood heater. Call
722, city. 27tf.
Heppner,
20 Feet Too Close
To Meet Buck Face
To Face, Averred
It wasn't a case of needing
glasses, Orve Rasmus responded
to a kidding remark about his be
ing unable to shoot a buck at very
close range when hunting last
Sunday.
The buck, a big one, came at
him through an opening not twen
ty feet away, and gave him such
a start that he couldn't get his gun
up. "I guess it scared him about
as bad as it did me," Orve averred,
"for he quickly turned tail and
disappeared before I could do
anything about it."
Sprague, Holman to
Appear Here Oct. 19
Definite assurances of the appear
ance here on the evening of Wed
nesday, Oct. 19, of Charles A. Spra
gue and Rufus C. Holman, Republi
can nominees for governor and U.
S. Senator respectively, has been
received by the Morrow County Re
publican club.
A letter from Sprague headquar
ters read at the club meeting Mon
day evening gave the information
that Mr. Sprague would be available
at that time, and a telephone call
from Mr. Holman yesterday assured
that he would be present to greet
Morrow county voters. The club is
completing local arrangements to
entertain the candidates at an eve
ning meeting that will be open to
everyone.
Lions Hear Bonds
Discussed at Meeting
Presentation of an impartial dis
cussion of the question of whether
Heppner should vote ' the' water
bonds Tuesday was given by P. W,
Mahoney before the Monday noon
Lions luncheon. Also appearing be
fore the club were U. S. Balentine
and Rex Ellis, nominees for U. S.
congressman and state senator re
spectively.
An appeal for town support of the
football team was made by Dick
Bogoger, player, which was given
sympathetic hearing by the service
club. The sense of members ex
pressed was sympathetic to busi
ness houses closing for games where
possible. Miss Leta Peterson enter
tained with violin solos, accompan
ied at the piano by Virginia Dix.
Barratt Gives Radio
Address on Labor BUI
J. G. Barratt, former state senator,
was impressed into service Tuesday
evening to present a radio address
in favor of the anti-labor racketeer
ing bill that was originally slated to
be given by Mac. Hoke. Hoke was
unable to give the address due to
other engagements.
The address was .given from radio
station KOIN, Portland, and was
listened to with interest by many
of Mr. Barratt s home-town friends.
This was slated 'as the first of a
series of talks to be given by repre
sentatives of various farm organi
zations sponsoring the bill.
FATHER CRITICALLY ILL
Joseph Burkenbine, father of A. E.
Burkenbine of this city, is critically
ill at St. Vincent's hospital in Port
land, where he was taken by his son
from his home at Hermiston the end
of the week. Going down the Bur
kenbine car collided with another
car and was badly damaged, and
Mr. Burkenbine, Sr., suffered shock
though no serious injury was re
ceived by any of the occupants. It
was necessary to give the elder
Burkenbine a blood transfusion on
arrival at the hospital.
Jackson Gilliam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Gilliam and freshman at
Whitman college, has been given a
position in the college symphony or
chestra, according to word received
by his parents. Jackson plays the
trombone and got his early train
ing in the Heppner school band.
Oregon, Thursday, September .29, 1938
Many Hunters Bag
Their Buck; Rain
Improves Forest "
224 Lb. Animal
Largest to Date;
Bird Season to Open
Light rain in the timber Friday
night and a heavier fall, last night
improved hunting cinditions while
lessening fire hazard, though the
forest service still considers an ex
treme fire hazard condition to ex
ist due to the large number of hunt
ers in the timber.
The influx of outside hunters since
the opening, combined with the ar
my of local hunters, has accounted
for bringing more than fifty deer
into Heppner since the season open
ing. With license sales at the clerk's
office slightly below those of the
corresponding period a year ago, in
dications are that the number of
hunters is about equal to last year,
and the "take" of deer average or
a little above.
The forest service reports 63 deer
checked in at district stations to
date, with 38 of these in Heppner.
This is estimated to account for
about fifty per cent of the deer
killed so far in the Heppner district.
The deer taken are reported as av
erage size, medium condition, with
few really fat ones.
William Davidson holds the rec
ord for the largest buck so far re
corded in the local big buck con
tests, weighing in a 229-pounder at
Green's hardware store.
" The largest" party of 100 Der cent
marksmen so far reported is a local
party of eight who returned the first
of the week from the Indian Rock
section on Desolation, each with a
buck. Included were D. A. Wilson,
Gene Ferguson, Ed Bennett, Glen
Hayes, Luke Bibby, L. E. Bisbee,
Chas. Cox and Fred Mankin. An
other party of five persons from
Portland, including George Myers,
also made a 100 per cent kill. Other
successful hunters reported at Hepp
ner since the season opened include
Corda Saling, Joe Holboke, Mrs.
Chas. McDaniel. Clarence Wise. Rnv
Quackenbush, Mike Saling, J. E.
Kistner, Violet Gourley, Roderick
French, John W. Graves. Earl C.
Fay, Ray Massev. Marvin Hushes.
Mrs. A. L. Casebeer, Evelyn War
ren, Kenneth McKenzie, John Kevs.
Earl Hunt, Percy Cox, A. W. Cha
pin, Evelyn Isom, L. H. Rill, Hazel
Mahoney, John Watkins, A. C. Bech
dolt, F. D. Cox, Myron Huston, Max
Schulz, George Bleakman. John
Brosnan,- Wilbur Gourley, Claude
Buschke, Wm. Smethurst, C. A. War
ren, Woodrow Tucker, Clyde Denny,
Darrel Farrens, of Morrow countv:
Pat Harron, Arby Johnson, Mill
City; Ray Yoder, Ed Lewis, R. J.
Koff, A. V. Harron, B. Schmidt, of
Portland; Crocket Sm-ouls. The Dal
les; Forest Campbell, Salem, Albert
Greener, Hillsboro.
Starting Saturday mornihff for 15
days, Chinese pheasants, Hungarian
partridge and quail will be free
game in Morrow countv. with has
limits as set by law. General posting
of creek lands against hunting is the
order and outside hunters may have
more difficulty than usual finding
nuntmg grounds.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. Alva Jones is rerjorted as
making good progress toward re
covery from a major operation which
she underwent on Wednesday last
week at Emanuel hospital in Port
land. Mr. Jones was wih her in the
city. He returned home Tuesdav
night.
CHANGE MEETING DATES
Starting with October 8. Willows
grange will hold meetings on the
2nd and 4th Saturday niehts of
each month and Sunday meetings
will be discontinued for the remain
der of the year.
Rhea Creek
Surfacing
Assured
That $62,000 is definitely approved
and set up in the state highway com
mission budget for 1939 for expen
diture on the Heppner-Rhea creek
road is given in telegraphic commu
nication this morning from George
N. Peck, Morrow county commis
sioner, to Judge Bert Johnson. A to
tal of $125,000 will be made avail
able in 1939 for the entire Heppner
Condon section, said Peck, who is in
Portland attending the state high
way commission meeting.
The night letter, dated last night,
reads: "Meet with highway commis
sion tonight. Definitely sixty two
thousand set up and approved in
1939 budget for Heppner-Rhea creek
road, grading and oiling contracts to
be let as money becomes available.
Approximately one hundred twenty
five thousand for 1939 Heppner
Condon section."
The $62,000 is estimated to be the
amount required to complete the
oiling and surfacing from Heppner
to Rhea creek.
Archdeacon Hinkle
Called to California
Archdeacon Ralph V. Hinkle yes
terday evening accepted a call to
the Church of the Holy Faith at In
glewood, Cal., a suburb of Los An
geles. Rev. Hinkle arrived here Sun
day morning from his home at Port
land and nightly this week is hold
ing discussion groups on "The Chris
tian Conception of God." He will
take up his new work November 1st.
Before coming to the local mission
field, Rev. Hinkle was rector of the
Church of the Redeemer at Pendle
ton for ten years, and before that
was canon in St. John's cathedral,
Denver, and dean of St. Mark's
Procathedral at Hastings, Neb. The
Inglewood church to which he has
been called is reputed to be one of
the most beautiful churches west of
the Mississippi. In answering the
call, Rev. Hinkle expressed regret
that he is leaving this field, saying
that he has become deeply attached
to the people of eastern Oregon.
However, he feels that the new po
sition affords a larger field of ser
vice which cannot be denied.
Joint Installation Set
lone, Heppner Posts
Joint installation of new officers
for lone and Heppner posts of the
American Legion and their auxil
iaries will be held at the Parish
house in Heppnernext Monday eve
mng at 8 o clock.
Mrs. Marie Todd of Hermiston, 6th
district president, and Marion Coy
ner of Pendleton, 6th district com
mander, will be installing officers.
Following installation ceremonies
refreshments will be served. All ex
service men and ladies and all mem
bers of the auxiliary and their es
corts are urged to attend.
GILMAN IS PACIFIC STAR
Leonard Gilman, former H. H. S.
football star and leading scorer for
Pacific university last year, resumed
his role of star performer for the
Bulldogs at Multnomah stadium Sat
urday evening, when he heaved a
50-yard touchdown pass for the lone
Pacific score against Portland uni
versity. Though extra manpower of
the Portland team resulted in their
winning, 26-6. Pacific with Oilman
leading the attack, had complete con
trol of things for the first qaurter.
Gilman's line-plunging, running back
or punts and defensive work was
equal to that of any man on the
field, and his accural passing was
equal to that of Mahoney and Ens
ley, Portland stars. Another Mor
row county boy, Elwayne Lieuallen,
who has been forced to take it easy
because of a knee injury received
last year, also saw action in the
game.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
John Day District
Soon to be Extinct,
Promises Court
Final Liquidaion
Assured with Money
on Hand to Pay Off..
The John Day Irrigation district
will soon be as dead as the proverb
ial dodo, and a paper paradise that
never received a drop of water will
be counted only as a fanciful dream,
conceived in emotion and nurtured
in litigation.
Final steps toward complete li
quidation of the defunct enterprise
were brought to a head at 11 o'clock
this morning, with the county court
giving assurance that money is in
the bank to meet all outstanding in
debtedness. The court, district attorney and
representatives of Morrow County
Grazing District No. 7 paved the
way for dissolution, expected short
ly, when they prevailed upon Sandy
Investment company, holders of a
large block of preferred warrants, to
accept a cut in interest from 6 to 4
per cent, and made arrangements for
the purchase of other outstanding
warrants at 50 cents on the dollar.
In making the agreement with
Sandy, they got Northern Pacific
Railway company to agree to settle
back taxes, and this holder of thou
sands of acres of north Morrow
county land will again be a steady
taxpayer into the county coffers.
Land owners within the district
have put up the money to purchase
the discounted warrants. Holders of
these warrants have evidenced pub
lic spirit in being willing to swallow
their loss that the twenty-year old
sore may be erased from the map of
the county.
No flaw in title on any lands with
in the district will result as an af
termath of of the final liquidation,
asserts Judge Bert Johnson.
BPW Stage Costume
Party at Studio
Miss Rose Leibbrand, president,
was hostess to Business and Profes
siinal Womens club at her studio for
the annual "jamboee" of the club
on Monday evening. The event was
a costume party. Chinese, Scandi
navians, Gypsies, Colonial Belles,
Pirates, a bride and groom of the
"Gay Nineties'' and even old father
time himself were in attendance in
full costume.
Members present were Maude
King, Rachel Forsythe, Ealor Hus
ton, Clara Beamer, Kathryn Par
ker, Lorena Wilson, Alma Van Win
kle, Florence Bergstrom, Shirlee
Smith, Neva Neill, Rose Leibbrand,
Leta Humphreys, Mary Lou White,
Cecelia Nordstrom, Marjorie Parker,
Elizabeth Dix and Lucy Rodgers.
After an evening of games of Var
ious sorts planned and supervised
by Elizabeth Dix, chess piea and
punch were served by the hostess.
School Band Praised
By Grant People
Heppner's school band was intro
duced at the Grant County fair last
week end not as champions of their
class in Oregon but as champions of
the world. That is the report brought
home by members of the large del
egation, headed by Henry Aiken,
Rodeo president, that accompanied
the band to John Day. The band
appeared Saturday and Sunday.
Report is given of the fine hos
pitality accorded by the Grant coun
ty people, and the excellent fair
and rodeo.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Potter and
Mrs. Frank Roberts of Portland are
visiting here today with Mr. Roberts.
All are old-time residents of this
section, Mr. and Mrs. Potter hav
ing resided for many years on a
large ranch at Spray.