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Volume 54, Number 52
City Buys Pumping
Plant, Widens Ban
On Two Menaces
Faulty Chimneys,
Toilets Affected;
Fair Trade Asked
Purchase of pumping plant for the
city well, passing of two ordinances
, affecting public health and safety,
discussion of control of peddlers and
donation of $100 to the box factory
site fund were major items of bus
iness that kept the city council busy
for several hours at Monday eve
ning's regular meeting. Attendance
of citizens reflected increasing pub
lic interest in the affairs of city gov
ernment and caused the council to
sanction order for two dozen chairs
that : the public might be better
accommodated. Mayor Bleakman
made the suggestion.
Peerless Pump company of Los
Angeles, low bidders in the pump
ing plant, were awarded the contract
at $1780 which called for delivery on
the ground by May 1. A rotary pump,
water lubricated, of 720,000 gallons
every 24 hours capacity, driven by
diesel motor, was ordered. L. A.
Poole, company representative, at
tended and offered cooperation in
getting the plant on the ground at
the earliest possible date to meet
exigency of early construction of the
proposed box factory.
Forbidding construction or main
tenance of unsafe stoves and fire
places was provided in ordinance
277; and forbidding construction or
maintenance of toilets, privies or
urinals not connected with good and
suficient cesspools or septic tanks
was provided in ordinance 278, both
of which passed third reading and
went into full force and effect with
affixine of the mayor's signature,
Monday evening. Both ordinances
amend previous ordinances that were
made to apply only in restricted
areas, making their application ef
fective in all parts of the city.
Section 5 of ordinance 193 is
amended by ordinance 277, making
it read as follows:
"No person, firm or corporation
shall erect or maintain in any build
ing within the city of Heppner any
chimney, or flue, unless the same
shall be constructed as follows:
"If of brick or stone, the same
shall consist of a good quality of
brick or stone, the outer walls not
less than four inches thick, the in
ner walls well plastered, all joints
securely filled with a good quality
of lime or mortar, and all thimbles
used in such chimney or flues placed
at least six inches from the base
thereof and not less than eighteen
inches from the ceiling of any room,
unless the stove pipe enter the base
of the chimney or flue and in that
event, said pipe at the place where
it enters said chimney or flue shall
not be less than four inches from
any wood work, and if said pipe in
its course runs horizontally, the hor
izontal portion thereof shall not be
less than eighteen inches from the
ceiling of the room."
Ordinance 278 amends section 2
of ordinance 196, making it read as
follows:
"That all toilets, privies and ur
inals hereafter constructed or main
tained within the corporate limits
of the city of Heppner, Oregon,
shall be connected with a good and
sufficient cesspool and septic tank."
After passing the latter ordinance
council continued fur further in
vestigation application for permit to
construct a toilet where it seemed
doubtul that proper disposal facil
ities would be available.
When Lester . Doolittle, local
plumber, asked that the ordinance
be made to state that all plumbing
in connection with such installation
should comply with state plumbing
code, he was informed that inclusion
in the city ordinance would not give
any more force to the state code, to
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Heppner,
Community Auction
Has. Good Start
Hogs and beef cattle attracted es
pecially good prices at the opening
community auction at the Jack
Osier farm, reports Mr. Osier who
announces the second sale for next
Thursday, the 16th. A good attend
ance prevailed and bidding under
direction of V. R. Runnion, auction
eer, was brisk. Buyers were at
tracted from Kennewick, Wash., and
Grant county.
While Mr. Osier expressed satis
faction with results of the first sale,
he said that individual offerings by
people over the county were short
of what could be expected. He be
lieved that more people will avail
themselves of this market facility as
they come to realize its value. The
next sale will offer more livestock,
he said. The inclement weather pre
vailing before the last sale made it
impossible to get some Grant county
stock across the mountains that will
be placed in the ring next Thursday.
Kraft Officials to
Return; Site Funds Up
Ground-breaking time for the
proposed Kraft Cheese box factory
is not definitely established, pend
ing return of Leonard Kraft, com
pany official, from Chicago, said J.
Logie Richardson, local agent, this
morning. In telephone communica
tion yesterday with H. E. Leash,
in charge of factory construction,
Richardson was told that Kraft
would arrive back from Chicago
Monday, and he and Leash were
expected to arrive here soon after
ward.
Plans for construction are defnv
itely progressing, Richardson said.
Local solicitation of funds to pro
vide site had reached $2195 in cash
and pledges, said B. C. Pinckney,
fund treasurer, this morning.
Turner Family Fetes
78th Birthday
The 78th birthday of R. W. Turner
was incentive for a family re-union
dinner at the Turner iiome Sunday.
Attending besides immediate mem
bers of the family in the city were
Mr. Turner's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. McCarty;
daughter, Mrs. Walter LaDusire of
La Grande; son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. John Turner of
Baker, and grandson, Robert V. Tur
ner of Portland.
While Mr. Turner's health ia not
of the best, the occasion was report
ed as enjoyable.
Legion to Observe
20th Anniversary
Twentieth anniversary of estab
lishment of the American Legion
will be observed with a party at
the Spencer Crawford home next
Wednesday evening when ladies of
the auxiliary will serve pot-luck
dinner at 7 o'clock.
Invitation has been extended to
all post and unit members with
wives, husbands or escorts.
ST. PATRICK'S AFFAIR SET
Ladies of St. Patrick's Catholic
church have set the annual St. Pat
rick's ball to be held at the Elks
hall Friday evening, the 17th. Al
ways one of the outstanding social
events of the year, the ball this year
is planned to live up to all past
presentations, the ladies say. Dixis
orchestra will play.
GRAND OFFICER COMING
Faye Ambrose of Portland, asso
ciate grand conductress, will make
an official visit to Heppner chapter
32, Order of Eastern Star, tomorrow
evening, announces Mrs. Faye Fer
guson, worthy matron. Attendance
of all officers and members is re
quested. Mrs. W. E. Sraight is ill in a Port
land hospital where she went for
an operation. Her daughter, Mrs.
Ralph Jones of Butter creek, re
turned the end of the week after
being with Mrs. Straight.
Oregon, Thursday, March
Ted Ferguson,
Buddy Blakely
Lead Amateurs
Large Audience
Attends BPW Swim
Teacher Benefit
Heppner amateur entertainers
pleased a large audience at the gym-
auditorium last evening with an hour
sponsored by Business and Profes
sional Womens club to help provide
swimming instruction at the city
tank next summer.
Introducing the hour and the va
rious numbers in professional an
nouncer style was Scott McMurdo,
who related Heppner history in lay
ing backgrond for the talents' ap
pearance. Presentations throughout
were liberally interspersed with hu
mor. When ballots of the audience were
counted, Ted Ferguson's tap-dancing
drew most favor in the junior di
vision, and Buddy Blakehs xylo
phone playing led in scoring of se
nior division preference. Mrs. Rob
ert Knox accompanied Teddy and
Jeanette Blakely accompanied her
brother. "Military Routine" was
Teddy's number and Buddy played
"Hungarian Dance No. 5."
Little Yvonne Bleakman, among
youngest of the performers, drew
second among juniors with her tap
dancing of "Dinah," also accompan
ied by Mrs. Knox, and Mary Lou
Ferguson and Jean Turner were
third with their piano duet, "Piff
Paff." Art McAfee's Blue Notes orches
tra, comedy presentation of old-time
and popular dance music, scored
second for seniors, whae Laura War
field's violin solo, and a girls' quar
tet, Helen Lundell, Carolyn Vaughn,
Jeanette Blakely and Dorothy How
ell, the other two senior entries,
tied for third place. Miss Warfield
played "My Reverie" and the quar
tet sang, "Whispering," both being
accompanied by Norbert E. Peavy.
Other junior numbers were, "Ba
by's Boat's a Silver Moon," sung by
Dorotha Wilson, accompanied by
Mrs. Ture Peterson; "I Haven't No
Use for Women," sung by Howard
Gilliam who made his own accom
panimeiit on home-made guitar;
"I-Tisket, A-Tasket," sung by Bev
erly and Shirley Yocom; "My Little
Grass Shack," sung by Leora Ew
ing; "Cathedral in the Pines," sung
by Gilbert Batty; "On the Good Ship
Lollypop," sung by Erline Thoen;
"My Mother Was a Lady," guitar
solo by Hubert Wilson; "My Wild
Irish Rose," vocal duet by Claudine
Drake and Patty O'Hara, accom
panied by Mrs. Alden Blankenship.
Civic Clubs Dinner
Tickets on Sale
Because of accommodations being
limited to seating 200 persons at the
CCC mess hall where civic organiza
tions of the city will be guests of
Camp Heppner the evening of March
20, tickets are being placed on sale
at Humphreys Drug company and
at F. W. Turner's office. It will be
"first come, first served" as only
200 tickets will be sold.
Morrow County Woolgrowers aux
iliary was this week invited by
Business and Professional Womens
club, sponsors, to join in the affair.
ELKHORN IMPROVES
Double seating capacity and en
tirely new appearance is the plan
of renovation now under way at
Elkhorn restaurant, announces Ed
Chinn, proprietor. Painting and re-
decoration of walls is being done by
Shorty Dufault and Les Brannon
and Frank Roberts is in charge of
carpenter work which includes
placing of two dozen modern low
booths of attractive design. The
booths will be finished in walnut,
stained and varnished, while walls
are being done in cream and ivory.
9, 1939
The Dalles Man
Asked to Civic Dinner
Heppner will be given opportun
ity to profit by experiences of The
Dalles in handling various com
munity matters, if Mr. Nelson, sec
retary of The Dalles chamber of
commerce, accepts the invitation to
addess the joint civic clubs dinner
at Camp Heppner, March 20. The
invitation is being extended through
D. M. Ward for the Lions as a re
sult of action taken at the Monday
luncheon.
Clifford Conrad, county agent,
was the principal luncheon speaker,
giving Lions insight into the work
of his office. He gave AAA and
weed control work as two major
activities of the office at present,
and told of work being done to or
ganize community days in various
sections of the county to make a
drive on rodents.
The club was favored by piano
duets played by Dorothy Howell
and Jeanette Blakely.
Club Sponsors Trees
For Church Grounds
Distribution of 250 evergreen and
hardwood trees to churches for
beautification of grounds was one
matter of business discussed by
Heppner Garden club which met at
the home of Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
Monday evening with Mrs. C. W.
McNamer, vice-president, presiding
in the absence of Mrs. Eppa Ward,
president. The trees were expected
to arrive this week.
Mrs. McNamer, Mrs. E. E. Gil
liam and Mrs. Charles Cox reported
having waited upon the county
court and securing favorable re
sponse to having tables, benches
and garbage cans placed in the
courthouse park for the use of pic
nickers. It was voted to seek per
mission from property owners near
the swimming tank to beautify the
grounds. The club will sell daffodils
March 20 and Easter.
Irrigating Water
Assured, Says French
With 31 inches of snow on the
ground and more falling at his place
yesteray evening, W. H. French of
Blue Mountan farm assured the
Gazette Times by telephone that
lower creek farmers would have
plenty of water for irrigation.
Mr. French said he wasn't afraid
of being snowed in as the highway
was being kept open.
LAD BREAKS LEG
Kenneth Schunk, 10, son of Po
lice Chief Albert Schunk, sustained
a clean fracture of the left leg
just above the ankle when a heavy
watering trough on which he and
some other boys were playing fell
over on the leg at the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company yards last Thurs
day evening. The fracture was re
duced and the boy is reported as
doing well.
JOIN TELEGRAPHIC SHOOT
Heppner Rod and Gun club sign
ed this week to again participate in
the annual Oregonian telegraphic
trapshooting tournament, announces
Mrs. Vivian Kane, secretary. First
round of the shoot will be staged
March 19. Heppner has been a con
testant in the shoot ever since its
inception a decade ago.
CAR HITS TRAILER
When coming down Heppner hill
Saturday evening, Elby Fuller drove
his car into a trailer loaded with
wood that had been parked by James
Brannon. Considerable damage re
suited to the Fuller car, according
to report made at the sheriffs of
fice.
ELKS GIVING PARTY
Second ladies' night is being held
by the Elks lodge tonight with Louis
Bergevin and committee of lone
putting on the entertainment. La
dies will have entertainment in club
rooms while lodge is in session and
all will join in an hour of entertain
ment following lodge.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Oiling Rhea Creek
Road Contract Set
For Award April 6
Jarmon-Pine City
Oiling Expected,
Commissioner Says
That contract for oiling six miles
of the Heppner-Rhea creek road
will be let by the state highway com
mission at its meeting April 6 was
practically assured by Commissioner
E. B. Aldrich who with District En
gineer Williams- was in the county
yesterday viewing the road situa
tion with the county court and coun
ty engineer. Completion of the work
is expected by August 1.
Specifications for the improve
ment include bringing the road up
to Bureau of Public Roads stand
ards, making the improved portion
24 feet wide with heavier base and
heavier oil coating. Specifications
call for a better road than was
asked or, said Judge Bert Johnson.
The six miles will be on the Hepp
ner end, carrying the improved por
tion to the head of Clark's canyon.
Mr. Aldrich and Mr. Williams al
so viewed the Butter creek road with
the local officials. Members of the
county court hope to get the Jarmon-Pine
City portion of this road
oiled this summer, the work to be
done in cooperation with Umatilla
county, as a part of the route lies
within that county.
The party also viewed the Big But
ter creek road from Vinson to Pine
City, where new construction is
proposed under petition of local
residents. The Morrow and Uma
tilla county courts are jointly con
sidering this road, but financial sit
uation makes immediate construc
tion doubtful, Judge Johnson said.
Partlow KO's Local
CCC at Firemen's Card
Though Darrel Maynard, local
CCC, rocked Stanley Partlow, ris
ing young Boardman fighter, in the
first round of the main event on
the firemen's smoker card here Fri
day evening, Partlow retaliated by
flooring his opponent in the first
round, then half way in the second
sent Maynard down for the count
It is expected Partlow will be in
vited for the main event in the next
card, slated for March 25. In the
semi-final, Sammy McCracken of
Hermiston proved too tough for
Johnson, local CCC, with a knock
out in the second round.
Anohter local CCC boy had better
luck in the preliminaries. Darby,
who lost to Hermiston's Harris at
Boardman recently, avenged when
he out-decisioned the Hermiston
lad. Devine of the local camp failed
to follow up his openings in the
early rounds and lost a technical
decision to Cramer of Hermiston.
The lower country lads had the up
per hand for the evening, as Harold
Neill of Hermiston knocked out
Warden, CCC, half way in the first
round. Dr. L. D. Tibbies was referee.
HEADS TONASKET LIONS
Edward A. Notson, who spent his
boyhood in Heppner, is head of the
Tonasket, Wash., Lions club as well
as superintendent of the Tonasket,
schools. While Tonasket is about
half the size of Heppner, Mr. Not
son reports the Lions club, organized
last November, as doing nicely. The
school is a consolidation with total
enrollment of 475. He sends regards
to local Lions and old-time friends.
PRACTICES SET
"Purple owers" practice will be
held tomorrow evening, and an ex
tra practice is set for Sunday after
noon at 2:30 at the Elks hall, an
nounces Dr. R. C. Lawrence, chair
man of the presentation to be given
in April to benefit the school band's
appearance at the state contest. Full
turn-out of cast and chorus is re
quested by Dr. Lawrence, if possible.