OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Forest Fire Season
Overwork on Local
Camp Starts Oct. 15
Construction on
Ditch Creek Recrea
tion Ground Set
Rains of the last week eliminated
all fire hazards in the timbered area
and brought to a close a successful
fire season, reports F. F. Wehmeyer,
ranger in charge of the Heppner dis
trict. The entire fire protection per
sonnel was taken off Monday. Fifty
fires for the season were reported,
with the largest only 30 acres in ex
tent. "That the public has become more
fire conscious is indicated by rever
sal this year in the number of man
vs. natural causes," said Wehmeyer.
"Whereas the usual order is about
80 per cent man-caused and 20 per
cent lightning-caused fires, the
man-caused fires this year were but
20 per cent of the total and lightning
caused, 80 per cent."
A. conditional survey, of forest
roads is now being made by Henry
Frieze of Heppner and Max John
son of Pendleton looking to bringing
all roads up to normal standard, 11
feet in width and no grade of more
than 10 per cent.
The forest service deer checking
has caught probably 30 to 35 per
cent of the actual number, killed,
believes Wehmeyer, in comparing
notes with other agencies taking
count of the game. The kill has been
, fair considering the poor hunting
conditions and animals in average
shape.
Sheep are now moving from the
high mountains, and Wehmeyer
thought all sheep would be out of
this region by mid-month. Evidence
of the excellent range condition pre
vailing this season is the finest crop
of lambs ever taken from the re
gion. The average weight of lambs
taken off has been , considerably
higher than any previously recorded.
Work on the local forest head
quarters is expected to be resumed
by the 15th of the month, including
construction of machine shed, oil
house, fencing, retaining wall, drain
age and courts. Funds for office and
other buildings are not expected to
be available until next year.
Three road changes of about a
mile each are expected to be made
in the vicinity of Ellis ranger sta
tion to remove excess gradiant and
sharp curves.
The local ERA crew was sent to
Tollgate this week for a week's de
tail1 moving warming house for ski
run.
A replanning survey for fire de
tection facilities of the district was
completed this season by David Jud
kins and Vance Morrison.
Survey has been made of the rec
reation camp at Ditch creek and
work is expected to start this month.
The Ditch creek CCC side camp
completed development of four
springs and laid out a test plot for
reseeding experiments on the prai
rie. Their work will be finished for
the season by the 15th.
The service has carried on much
land examination work during the
summer, including timber cruising
on the head of Rhea creek. A land
exchange program for this area is
contemplated to protect the Rhea
creek watershed similar to the
protective work on Willow creek.
SMALL SON PASSES
Darrell Dean Matteson, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Matte
son passed away in this city Mon
day following an intestinal illness.
Funeral services were held from
Phelps Funeral home at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, Rev. Alvin
Kleinfeldt officiating, with inter
ment in Heppner cemetery. Darrell
Dean was born May 16. 1935, to Lor
en J. and Celia (Mahon) Matteson.
Besides the parents, he is survived
by two sisters, Cathleen and Dorothy.
Long Service With
Oregonian Ended
By B. R. Patterson
Recent illness of B. R. Patter
son, veteran druggist, enforced
his relinquishing the longest stand
ing country circulation agency of
the Portland Oregonian in this
state.
The long and pleasant relation
ship enjoyed by the Oregonian
with the Patterson & Son store
was acknowledged in a letter re
ceived this week by Mr. Patter
son from D. M. Sims, country cir
culation manager.
Mr. Sims expressed deep regret
that Mr. Patterson's illness neces
sitated his giving up the Oregonian
agency, paying tribute to the long
and faithful 30-odd year service,
the longest continuous service of
any of the newspaper's country
agencies.
HEPPNER DEFEATS
JOSEPH, 13 TO 6
A heavy, fast-charging Joseph
team forced the Heppner Mustangs
to the utmost before they finally
eked out a victory last Friday on
the local field, the score being 13-6.
Coxen received the kick-off on
his own ten-yard line and with some
very effective blocking, ran the ball
back to the Joseph forty-yard line.
After gaining a first down, Heppner
was finally forced to punt, the kick
going over the goal line
Joseph then took the ball on the
twenty yard line and with a series
of smashing plays ending with a 30-
yard vass, made a touchdown. The
conversion was missed, and the half
ended, 6 to 0, with no further threats
being made.
During the first half the Heppner
squad was baffled by a hard-banging
Joseph backfield and vicious line
play. At the begining of the sec
ond half Joseph received the kik-off
and immediately pulled the time
honored dead-man 'play, placing the
ball on the local's 30-yard line. The
Heppner team then got down to
work, held the Joseph team, ,and
took the ball over on downs. '
Just at the end of the third quar
ter Joseph, in trying a version of
the Statue o Liberty play, fumbled
the ball, and Crawford of Heppner
recovered on the Joseph 12-yard
line.
A series of line plays resulted in
Coxen taking the ball over for the
first Heppner touchdown, two min
utes after the fourth quarter started.
The point conversion failed, but the
score remaining tied. With four min
utes to play, Morgan in an off
tackle play broke away for 31 yards
and a touchdown. The extra point
was made by a pass from Morgan
to Gilman, and brought the score
up to 13-'. With but 30 seconds
remaining, a pass interception by
Pettyjohn resulted in a third touch
down drive for Heppner that was
cut shirt on the 20-yard line by the
whistle.
F. F. A. Judging Teams
Score Good at P. I.
The five boys that compose the
dairy judging team sponsored by
the Heppner chapter, Future Farm
ers of America, returned Saturday
from Portland where they were en
tered in the dairy judging contest
at the Pacific International Live
stock exposition. Their entry in this
contest was made wth 70 other F.
F. A. teams from all over the north
west. The Heppner. team placed
fourth for the state of Oregon, fourth
for the northwest in the Jersey class,
and thirteenth for total points in
the northwestern competition. The
three major places in the north
west were taken by Linden, Wash.,
Gresham, Ore., and Mt. Vernon,
Wash., respectively.
The Heppner team included How
ard Patton, Leland Edmondson and
Dick Wilkinson; alternates, Arthur
Vance and Floyd Williams. Dick
Wilkinson was high point man for
his team.
11th Annual Pioneer
Reunion to be Held
At Lex, October 22
Walter M. Pierce is
Speaker; Final Plans
To be Laid Tuesday
Morrow county pioneers will re
unite for their 11th annual meeting
at Lexington Saturday afternoon and
evening, October 22. Final plans
will be completed at Leach hall next
Tuesday, the 11th, beginning at 1:30
p. m., when all committee members
and others wishing to help are in
vited, anounces Mrs. Arthur Keene,
this year's chairman.
Walter M. Pierce, congressman,
who has addressed the assemblage
on many former occasions, is again
slated as orator of the day, with his
secretary, Bill Ashby, to give a hu
morous reading as highlights of the
program in the afternoon.
A community basket dinner, a
featured event of all former occa
sions, will again be held at the noon
hour, and everyone is invited to at
tend with well-filled baskets.
The usual fyee meal in the eve
ning this year will be supplanted
by hambuger sandwiches, dough
nuts and coffee dispensed at nomin
al charge by Lexington Oddfellows.
During the day hand-made articles
will be on sale by the Three Links
club, in lieu of the former cedar
chest sale.
Old-timie dancing is scheduled
from 8 to 9 p. m., followed by mod
ern dances.
Mustangs to Tackle
Arlington Tomorrow
The undefeated Heppner football
team will journey to Arlington to
morrow for one of its hardest games
of the year.
Arlington always puts up "a good
fight when on home grounds. The
fact that Fossil defeated the Honk
ers, 12-6, at Fossil and that Hepp
ner defeated Fossil, 32-0, doesn't
mean much when you consider the
fact that the game this Friday will
be at Arlington and that Arlington
is a passing team. There is a chance
that the rocks and sand at Arling
ton will bog down Heppner's power
plays, and it seems that Heppner is
rather weak against passes and trick
plays.
This game will be another test
for the Heppner football machine.
Last week the Mustangs successfully
held their own against a fast, heavy
Joseph team, and Friday will tell
whether they can beat a fast, light,
tricky team.
Walter M. Pierce
Speaks Here Saturday
Walter M. Pierce, congressman
from this district, will be in Hepp
ner Saturday afternoon, October 8,
and will be glad to meet anyone hav
ing problems where he might be of
assistance, announces local demo
cratic headquarters.
At 8 o'clock he will hold a polit
ical meeting at the Elks club to dis
cuss problems of the day. Everyone
is extended an invitation to attend
this meeting as it will be the only
political meeting he will be able to
hold in Morrow county.
George Peck Gives
Radio Address Tonite
Georffe Peck, nresidpnt of Eastern
Oregon Wheat leaffue. is schedule
for a radio address at 8:45 this eve
ning from station KEX, Portland,
speaking in behalf of the bill to reg
ulate picketing and boycotting by
labor groups and organizations. .
Peck's is the second of a .wripa nf
addresses beinff eiven hv farm load
ers in behalf of the proposed legis
lation. The first was given by J. G.
Barratt of this city last Thursday
evening.
WALLACE SMEAD
WAS CIVIC LEADER
Former Postmaster, Mayor Who
Saw 50-Year Service Here, Pass
es Aged 80; Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services were held from
Case mortuary chapel at 1:30 Mon
day afternoon for W. W. Smead, 50
year business and political leader of
this city, who died in Portland Fri
day following a prolonged illness.
Rev. Ralph V. Hinkle officiated, and
honor was paid by old-time friends
and associates who also made a
beautiful floral tribute. Interment
was in Masonic cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were M. D.
Clark, C. J. D. 'Bauman, Spencer
Crawford, Alex Green, Dell Ward
and J. J. Nys active pallbearers,
F. W. Turner, L. E. Bisbee, Chas.
B. Cox, J. O. Rasmus, W. C. Mc
Carty, J. V. Crawford. A quartet,
J. O. Turner, F. W. Turner, Joseph
ine Mahoney and Mrs. J. F. Vaughn,
sang accompanied by Virginia Dix.
Outside relatives attending were
the son, Maurice E. Smead, wife and
daughter from Portland Mrs. Lena
White and daughter, Miss Frances
White, Caldwell, Idaho; Roy Glass
cock of Mt. Vernon, and Frank
Glasscock of La Grande.
A native of Missouri, Wallace W.
Smead, 80, came to Morrow county
as a young man and for more than
50 years was prominent in the bus
iness, political and social life of
Heppner. He early became identi
fied with the wool business as grad
er and buyer and was associated
with the old Morrow County Land
and Trust company for several
years.
As republican county central
committee chairman he had the dis
tinction of swinging Morrow county
to the party banner as the only
county in the state voting republi
can in the presidential election of
1912. He was prominent hi repub
lican councils throughout his resi
dence here. He twice served as
postmaster ot fhe city, being nam
ed first to succeed Dr. J. F. Vaughan
who lost his life in the catastrophe,
at the time of the Heppner flood in
1903, and the second time just pre
ceding his retirement from here
three years ago when he took up his
residence in the Pythian home at
Vancouver, Wash. The Smead home
and possessions were lost in the
historic flood.
Mr. Smead served several terms
as president of the Heppner Com
mercial club, was twice mayor, and
as chairman of the Morrow County
Fair board at one time prepared an
exhibit for the state fair which won
first place for Morrow county among
exhibits of all counties of the state.
His activity in fraternal circles
here included more than 25 years
membership in Knights of Pythias.
He was the second member of
Woodmen of the World in Oregon,
and was a former member o the
Elks.
He married Mattie Glasscock here
in 1888 and she was his constant
companion and help mate until her
death in 1935. Surviving besides the
son, Maurice E. Smead of Portland,
are three step-daughters and two
step-sons, Mrs. William F. Piper,
Marshfield; Mrs. C. M. White, Hepp
ner; Mrs. O. G. Boyd, Caldwell,
Idaho; Roy Glasscock, Mt. Vernon,
and Frank Glasscock, La Grande.
Saturday Last Day
For Registration
Registration books for the Novem
ber 8 general election will close Sat
urday evening, and that day will be
the last opportunity for those not
having their registration in proper
order to make themselves eligible to
vote on election day.
Anyone who has reached the age
of 21 since the last election, and
complies with the necessary citizen
ship requirements is eligible to reg
ister. Married women whose names
have changed since last voting,
should correct their registration, and
any voter who has moved into a
different precinct from that where
he or she last voted, also should cor
rect registration.
Budgeteers Named
By Council; Laws
Codifying Favored
$5000 Bond Refund
ing Passed; Finance
Problems Faced
Preparation for a new year's fiscal
operation of the city's business was
made at Monday evening's council
meeting with appointment of W. C.
Cox, E, G. Noble, C. W. McNamer,
J. G. Thomson. L. E. Bisbee and
Hanson Hughes as the citizens' bud
get committee to act with the coun
cil in drafting the financial guide to
be presented to the voters in No
vember. The meeting to draft the
budget will be held October 17.
The budgeteers will have the task
of finding ways and means for meet
ing immediate needed improvements
in the water system, including re
placement of worn out mains and in
stallation of adequate pumping
equipment at the wells or develop
ment of additional water supply, as
a result of voters rejecting the re
cent proposed bond issue for this
purpose. Also up for consideration
will be the matter of financing the
swimming pool construction.
Monday evening's meeting also
considered favorably the matter of
budgeting an item for codifying the
city ordinances to take advantage
of assistance proffered by League of
Oregon Cities and WPA. The league
and WPA are making the codifying
service available to Oregon cities
with cities defraying only the cost
of materials and legal services re
quired, WPA paying the labor cost,
and councilmen and mayor be
lieved this much needed work could
thus be obtained at nominal cost
The city laws for years have been
written in one large book, one after
the other as they were passed, with
no thought of classification and lit
tle care taken to erase obsolete stat
utes or to eliminate conflicts of old
with new laws. The work contem
plated would eliminate obsolete
statutes and such conflicts as may
exist, classify ordinances and index
them properly so that they could be
referred to with little trouble.
Passed on third reading was the
ordinance to refinance $5000 water
bonds which came due for payment
this year, and advertisement for sale
was ordered.
Present were Mayor Jeff Jones,
Councilmen L. D. Tibbies, R. B. Fer
guson and R. C. Phelps, Recorder
E. R. Huston, Treasurer W. O. Dix
and City Attorney J. J. Nys.
OPERETTA CHOSEN
The boys' and girls' combined cho
ruses, under the direction of Mr.
Peavy, will present "Ask the Pro
fessor," as the operetta of the year.
December 16 will be the date of
presentation. This operetta, in two
acts, is more of the humorous type,
centering around the trials of col
lege life. Many laughs are furnished
by lommy Freshman as well as by
the characters. The cast supported
by the choruses is as folows: Mary
ida O'Neal, the laundress daughter,
attending night school. Francis Wil
kinson; Emily Lee, friend of Mary-
iaa UJNeal, Helen Lundell; Prof.
Breakeasy, English instructor.' ntn
McCaleb; John Ainsworthy, weal-'
my young college senior, Jack Mer
rill; June Ainsworthv. his sister.
who attends girls' school, Pat Doo
ley; Polly, also attending girls'
school, Juanita Phelns: Red O'Moal
Maryida's brother and room mate of
John at college, Dick Bogoger; Tom
my Freshman, an irresponsible col
lege mate of John and Red, Don
Bennett.
TIBBLES HAVE SON
Warren Lance, weighing 73i lbs..
arrived at Hennner hosnital last
Thursday night to bless the home of
ur. and Mrs. L. D. Tibbies. The
baby is their first child.
B. R. Patterson is now able to be
about, after his severe illness.