Volume 56, Number 8
Favorable Action
Seen on $3000 Bond
Issue for Plunge
Petitions Get Good
Reception; Road
Change Expected
Probability was seen this morn
ing of a $3000 bond issue to be lev
ied against city property to com
plete the swimming tank.
City dads Monday evening de
cided to circulate petitions to feel
the sentiment of the people before
calling a special election to vote
bonds, and Dr. L. D. Tibbies re
ported this morning that it appeared
the 200 desired signatories had been
obtained. Ninety-six names were on
lists in his possession and seven
other lists were still out which were
known to have signatures sufficient
to pass the two hundred mark.
Depletion of all available funds,
and the necessity of expending
some $3000 more to get the tank in
shape for opening, led to the coun
cil's action. Though the tank itself
is in place, there remains installa
tion of dressing and shower rooms,
toilets and sewage disposal system
before the state board of health will
permit operation.
If the people seemed favorable to
the bond proposal, the city dads
expected to call the special election
as soon as possible so that work may
be completed in time to open the
tank when hot weather arrives.
Further discussion of the propos-
ed change in the outlet of the Wil
low creek road in the south end of
town was had, and it was decided
to proceed with the work as fast as
possible. It is contemplated to grade
and surface about a block's ex
tension of the new curve between
South Court and Racetrack streets,
to eliminate the Racetrack street
portion of the present outlet, mak
ing the new construction run at the
rear of the Dr. A. D. McMurdo pro
perty, now occupied by Mrs. Grace
Hughes and family. The new con
struction wil be oiled surface, ec
cording to plans.
Heppner Garden club appeared
before the council and asked the
city to assist in the purchase of a
lot at Chase and South Center
streets for improvement. The city
declined to comply with the request,
but proffered the old swimming
pool site in south Heppner for the
purpose.
Audit Report Gives
County Condition
Report of the recent audit of coun
ty books was received yesterday
from the audit department of the
secretary of state's office, showing
financial status of the different of'
fices and departments in detail.
Special attention was called to the
unremitted balances due cities and
towns from the market road funds,
and recommendation made for ap
praisal of all county-owned prop
erty and equipment. No discrepancy
in accounts was reported and offi
cers were commended for their co
operation with the auditors.
MAY CONTROL INSECTS
Cutworms and earwigs are caus
ing considerable damage to vegeta
ble and flower gardens in some lo
calities in Morrow county. Both of
these insects can be successfully
. controlled by poison bait if used in
time. Formulas for mixing these
baits can be secured at the county
agent's office and if requested, the
mixed bait can be secured.
ISSUED LICENSE
Report was given this week of the
issuance of a marriage license at
Walla Walla to Charlotte Dempsey
and LeRoy Gentry, young people of
this city. No report of the marriage
has been given.
Heppner,
FIGHT NOTABLES
ATTEND CARD HERE
Groth Drops Thornley, Cavalli
Wins Over Partlow in Hard
Matches; Tex Salkeld Present
Heppner gained new prominence
on the "fight" front with Saturday
evening's smoker when "Tex" Sal
keld, in the corner at several world
championship heavyweight bouts,
attended as manager of Kid Thorn
ley, and Vic Eads and Harold Ho
shino, reknowned fighters, appeared
as seconds to Thornley and Dean
Groth in the main event.
Salkeld's Thornley staved off an
inevitable defeat for three rounds,
as Groth appeared the better of the
two from the start, and went down
for the count in the fourth after
his left eye had been cut open and
closed by the Pendleton youth s con
sistent marksmanship.
Torpedo Cavalli of Walla Walla
proved too tough for Boardman's
favorite son, Stanley Partlow, in the
semi-final go, and Partlow took the
count in the third after a terrific
start in which both boys slung
rocking punches.
As a curtain raiser, four hign
school boys put on a mixed wrest
ling-boxing bout for two rounds,
both taken by Dean Gilman and
Howard Patton, wrestlers, against
Bob Applegate and Art Vance, box
ers. Jim Driscoll and Richard Hayes
sparred for two rounds in an exhi
bition that pleased the fans.
In four preliminiary matches, Jo
seph Tomlinson and George Merri-
thew. CCC's fought to a draw; taw
rence Lehman and Al Ralston, CCC,
made a nice go of it with Lehman
awarded technical KO decision in
the third; Howard Spang also won
via technical route in second round
over Chris O'Brien, and Williams,
high school youth, fought Milton
Rose, CCC, to a draw. Dr. L. D. Tib
bies was referee.
Paid customers packed the 300
bleacher seats at the city garage
ring, and made possible Heppner
firemen's $50 contribution toward
the trip of the school band to Port
land next week end.
District Ford Meet
Entertained Here
Ford service men of this district
met at Hotel Heppner Tuesday eve
ning for dinner and discussion of
problems under direction of How
ard Moreland, service supervisor for
the Seattle territory. Twenty-five
were in attendance. Entertainment
included piano solo by Miss Marjorie
Parker; quartet, J. O. Turner, F. W.
Turner, R. C. Lawrence and Blaine
Isom, and tap dance by Wanda
Howell, accompanied by Dorothy
Howell. '
Visitors included Emery Gentry
and Jack Hynd, Jr., Weston; Al Jen
son, Freewater; George Crawford,
Reed Cunningham, Robert Oylear,
Pendleton; Dewey Dennis, E. L.
Slater, Touchet, Wash.; A. A. Es-
tle, Leon Estle, Robert Woodard,
R. C. McReynolds, Geo. L. Searlett,
Hermiston; Clyde Juvensj, Walla
Walla. R. C. Rosewall, Ed Walker,
Pirl Howell and Blaine Isom were
present from Rosewall-Gentry Mo
tor company, local Ford dealers.
REUNION HELD
Carl Marquardt's of Portland cel
ebrated their 60th wedding anniver
sary in April surrounded by their
children. Thirty-two sat down to
dinner with rooms beautifully dec
orated with spring flowers. Many
presents were received. Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs,
Charles Marquardt and family, and
Emil Marquardt of Lexington, were
present, returning last Thursday and
Friday.
MEETING POSTPONED
Due to the Mothers-Daughters
banquet Monday evening, American
Legion auxiliary announces post
ponement of their meeting slated
for that evening to Wednesday eve
ning, the 10th, at the home of Mrs.
Chas. B. Cox, at 8 o'clock.
Oregon, Thursday, May
First Wool Moves
At Prices Ranging
From 18 1-2cto 22c
Activity Noted in
Feeder Lambs; Big
Montana Shipment
With shearing well over in the
lower country and crews generally
under way in the upper country,
first activity in the local wool mar
ket started last week. Growers gen
erally have been slow, to let go at
prices quoted but several clips
moved at prices ranging from 18
to 22 cents.
Among sales reported were clips
of Fred Hoskins, 18 c; Bill Kilken
ny, 18y2c; Mrs. McEntire, Hard-
man, 19y4c; Frank Chapman, Butter
creek, 22 cents. Buyers who have
taken part in the activity include
J. J. Kelly, Joe Wagner, Jack Stan
field and Tom Boylen.
Poor range conditions have made
prospects poor for fat lambs locally,
and considerable activity in feeder
lambs has taken place. O'Connell of
Kalispiel, Mont., shipped 9 carloads
of feeder stock purchased from Emil
Groshens, and Crow of Washington,
10 carloads taken from Harold Cohn.
These were shipped last Thursday,
destined for Sun Dance and Spot
ted Robe, Mont., respectively.
Feeder lamb prices have ranged
from $6 to $6.75.
Shipping to summer range at
Spotted Robe at the same time were
nine carloads of J. G. Barratt sheep,
the first in history to leave for the
Montana range before being shorn,
and ten carloads of Krebs Bros.'
sheep.'"' " ' V
Delay in Box Factory
Arrival Explained
The proposed Kraft Cheese box
factory will materialize here within
a short time, J. Logie Richardson
reported just after noon today on
return from Bridal Veil where he
interviewed H. A. Leash, factory
superintendent. Mr. Leash was
scheduled to visit here last week
end but was prevented by illness of
Mrs. Leash who was taken to a hos
pital in Portland.
Redrawing of plans for the plant
here is practically completed, but
delay was caused by inclusion of a
new processing machine which it is
expected will be used to protect the
cheese from any possibility of con
tamination from wood odors. Lab
oratory tests on this process are
under way and should be completed
soon, Mr. Richardson quoted Mr.
Leash as saying.
First Parity Payments
Received Here
Morrow county received its first
parity payment checks Tuesday, May
2, amounting to $10,500. This pay
ment is authorized in the price ad
justment act of 1938 and the main
requirement in order to qualify for
payment is to stay within the wheat
acreage allotment established for the
farm. This payment is expected to
total approximately $125,000.
ATTEND CHURCH CONCLAVE
Fourteen representatives of the
local Church of Christ were at Mil-ton-Freewater,
Tuesday and Wed
nesday to attend sessions of the east
ern Oregon convention of Christian
churches. Among guest speakers for
the occasion was Henry L. Van Win
kle, pastor of Central Christian
church of Spokane, Wash., a former
pastor here. Those attending includ
ed Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Clark,
Mrs. Carrie Vaughn, Mrs. W. L,
McCaleb, Mrs. C. W. Barlow, Miss
Lucille Barlow, Mrs. Cora Crawford,
Mrs. R. B. Ferguson, Mrs. Leonard
Schwarz, Miss Leta Hmphreys, Mrs,
E. R. Huston, Mrs. Lester Doolittle,
Mrs. John Hiatt, Mrs. F. S. Parker.
4, 1939
25 TO GRADUATE;
CLOSING SET 19TH
Junior-Senior Banquet Comes
Saturday; Baccalaureate 14th;
Dr. Dan V. Poling to Speak
Twenty -five probable graduates
will leave Heppner high school with
commencement, May 19, announces
Alden Blankenship, superintendent.
Dr. Dan V. Poling, contact man with
Oregon board of higher education, is
slated to give the commencement
address.
Closing" activities are marked this
week end by the junior-senior ban
quet to be held Saturday night at
Hotel Heppner, followed by the ju
nior prom at the gym-auditorium.
Baccalaureate service will be held
at the gym-auditorium Sunday eve
ning, the 14th, with Rev. R. C. Young
bringing the message. Invitation is
extended for all churches to join.
Graduates named are Joe Aiken,
Bill Barratt, Lloyd Burkenbine,
Emery Coxen, John Crawford, Le-
land Edmondson, Donald Frederick-
son, Thomas Gonty, Arthur McAtee,
Howard Patton, Robert Scrivner,
Dick Wilkinson, Lee Pettyjohn, Ru-
fus Hill. Flovd Williams. Bethal
Blake, Alvina Casebeer, Helen Egan,
Betty Happold, Sybil Howell, Edna
Hughes, Htlen Lundell, Frances Mc-
Carty, Betty Robinson, Joan Wright.
Mothers-Daughters
To be Feted Monday
All mothers and daughters of
Heppner are invjted to be guests of
Business and Professional Womens
club at their annual Mothers Day
banquet to be held next Monday
evening at 7 o'clock in the basement
of the Christian church. Tickets at
50 cents are available at Humph
reys Drug store. 1
Program for the evening with Mrs.
R. C. Young as toastmistress will
include reading of the club collect
by Miss Rachel Forsythe, with re
sponse prayer in concert by daugh
ters; group singing led by Miss For
sythe; violin solo, Rose Leibrand;
voal solos, Mrs. Ture Peterson and
Patricia Doolev: vocal trio, Kathryn
Parker, Marie and Luiclle Barlow;
toast to daughters, Mrs. Robert
Knox; response, Bethal Blake; "A
Mother's Most Embarrassing Mo
ments," Mrs. W. S. Bennett, Mrs.
Alden Blankenship, Mrs. Clifford
Conrad; "A Daughter's Most Em
barrassing Moments," Shirley Wil
son, Carolyn Vaughn, Margaret Doo
little; "Mother's Day Who's Who."
FATHER PASSES
Mrs. J. G. Thomson, Jr., received
word of the death of her father, E.
G. Coppock, at Inglewood, Cal., last
Thursday, and she and Mr. Thomson
went to Salem the first of the week
for funeral rites that were conduct
ed there yesterday. Mrs. Thomson
first received word that her father
was ill and was taken immediately
to Arlington by Mr. Thomson, ex
pecting to go to, Inglewood. On his
return to Heppner Mr. Thomson
got the later word that Mr. Cop
pock had died, so immediately got
in touch with Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Cox who were in Portland, and
had them meet Mrs. Thomson's stage
there to notify her. As arrange
ments were made to hold the fu
neral at Salem, she returned to
Heppner. News of her father's pass
ing was quite unexpected, as no pre
ious word of his illness had been re
ceived. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Cox and
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lucas arrived
home Monday night from Newberg,
Mrs. Cox accompanying the other
members of the party after con
valescing at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Morton in Newberg fol
lowing surgical treatment in Port
land. With the Mortons, all enjoyed
a trip to the coast last week end.
Mrs. Cox is reported to. be recov
ering her health rapidly.
Morrow County Wool Growers
auxiliary will hold is regular meet
ing at the Lucas Place tomorrow.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Wray Sawmill Being
Finished; Will Toot
Whistle in Ten Days
Former Naches Mill
Operator Joins in
Venture; Logs Roll
A new factory whistle will toot
in Heppner within ten days. Thuogh
not the previously heralded box fac
tory whistle, it will represent a new
industry to use logs from Heppner's
timber belt.
The toot will be that of the H. O.
Wray sawmill, under construction
for two years, that is now being
rushed to completion with a crew of
ten men.
Orville L. Smith, recently , of
Naches, Wash., an experienced saw
mill operator, has joined forces with
Mr. Wray in the venture, and logs
for cutting are now being dumped
in the mill pond.
An experienced crew of 25 men,
already contacted, will be employed
when the mill gets under full steam.
It is not expected that a large cut
will be made to start with, though a
capacity of 50,000 feet a shift will be
possible.
Mr. Smith recently disposed of a
sawmill which he operated at Naches
for several years to Cascade Lum
ber company. He and Mr. Wray both
had a number of years milling ex
perience in the Yakima territory and
are fully acquainted with the game.
It was expected Mr. Smith would
move his home here shortly. Mra
Smith and father and mother were
visitors here Sunday. v
An experienced mechanic and
millwright, Mr. Wray has superin
teded construction of the mill and
has accomplished most of it almost
single-handed. One helper only was
used much of the time as his former
Yakima mill was reassembled and
put in first class running condition.
A large brick furnace, three steam
engines, immense driving mechan
ism, large saws and 30-ton gang saw
are all in place and ready to start,
and testify to the considerable labor
expended.
The gang saw is a piece of equip
ment of which Mr. Wray is espec
ially proud, as few mills boast one.
Operating on the jigsaw principle,
it slashes as many as 24 boards from
a single timber in one operation.
Steam-driven throughout, special
automatic equipment is being in
stalled to feed sawdust into the fur
naces.
Band Funds Short
for Portland Trip
Net proceeds of $110 from the
benefit dance at the pavilion Sat
urday night, and a $50 donation
from the firemen as a result of the
smoker the same evening was not
sufficient to fully guarantee all ex
penses of the school band's trip to
the regional contest at Portland the
end of next week, reports J. Logie
Richardson for the Lions committee.
Mr. Richardson said anyone wish
ing to contribute toward the trip
may leave donation at his office.
It was estimated that $350 was the
minimum for which the trip might
be made.
FIREMEN HAVE DINNER
Heppner firemen dined Monday
evening at the Lucas Place, enter
taining as guests the local boys who
appeared on Saturday evening's fight
card. It was reported that $50 had
been contributed to the school band
trip to the regional contest from the
funds.
LEE FRENCH PASSES .
Owen French received word Mon
day of the death of his brother, Lee
French, at Riverton, Wyo. Mr.
French was found dead at his home.
No further particulars had been received.