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Volume 56, Number 9
City Dads Vote
Special Election
For Tank Bonds
$3000 Issue to be
Decided; 200 Sign
Favoring Petitions
Taxpayers of Heppner will have
the opportunity to vote on a $3000
bond issue for completing the swim
ming tank. Resolution to the effect
was passed by the council with all
members present at a special meet
ing Tuesday evening. Date of the
election will not be set until after
approval of preliminary steps has
been given by the bond attorneys,
but is expected to be not later than
a month distant.
To issue the bonds it will be nec
essary to amend the city charter,
advised Jos. J. Nys, city attorney.
Therefore, the voters will ballot on
amending the charter and issuing
the bonds at the same time.
City dads are calling the election
on request of petitions bearing more
than 200 ssignatures that were pre
sented at the meeting. Discussion
revealed that while many people
were opposed to issuing any more
bonds, they were willing to stand
for this small issue as the only
means of completing the tank so
that it may be opened and realiza
tion had on the money already in
vested.
L. D. Tibbies, head of the city
committee on tank construction.
pointed out that first estimates went
wrong when donation labor with
which the tank was started fell
down on the job and it was neces
sary to pay for most of the labor.
Changes required by the state board
of health also added to the cost.
The contemplated issue, if voted,
may be linked into the present bond
retirement structure in any way
that may meet with approval of
buyers, as they will not come under
the law compelling retirement to
start in not more than five years
time, advised the attorney.
Ranges in Western
Oregon Investigated
Range conditions in Morrow coun
ty are becoming quite acute, accord
ing to a number of the livestock
men, and a serious situation may
develop if additional moisture does
not come soon.
A , number of sheep men have
been looking for range in other parts
of the state and according to word
received by C. D. Conrad, county
agent, there is range available in
Columbia and Clatsop counties of
western Oregon on cut-over lands
for 50,000 to 75,000 sheep this season.
According to word received from
H. A. Lindgren, extension animal
husbandman, the feed this year in
Columbia and Clatsop counties has
started very early and shows prom
ise of being the best that it has been
in years.
This range consists of browse and
weed growth, together with a con
siderable portion of pea vines and
wild vetch.
Lindgren states that sheep men in
the past have been able to produce
a very satisfactory feeder lamb on
this range and in most cases have
been able to market from 25 to 40
percent fat lambs during July and
August.
Lindgren also states that sheepmen
in need of range would do well to
personally investigate the areas in
Clatsop and Columbia counties and
see for themselves just what is
available. '' "
In investigating these counties it
would be well for the sheepmen to
contact the county agents at St.
Helens and Astoria for first hand
information regarding the grazing
fees and the location of the ranges.
Heppner,
4-H Picnic Slated
At Boardman, 21st
Everybody in Morrow county who
is interested in 4-H club work,
whether they have boys or girls in
club work or not, is invited to the
county-wide 4-H club picnic to be
held on the school lawn at Board-
man Sunday, May 21.
This invitation is extended by the
local club leaders of the county who
met at Boardman May 5th to draw
up plans for the picnic and discuss
other 4-H activities including the
1939 summer school to be held at
Corvallis, June 6 to 16th, the East
ern Oregon Livestock show to be
held at Union, June 1-2-3, and the
Morrow county fairs to be held in
August and September.
Everyone is asked to bring a bas
ket lunch and their own dinner ser
vice to the picnic. Ice cream and
punch will be served.
Lunch served cafeteria style will
begin promptly at 12 noon with
Mrs. A. F. Majeske, Mrs. Julian
Rauch, Miss Lilly Rauch, and Mrs.
Maude Kowbo in charge. A program
will follow the lunch in which all
clubs of the county will participate,
after which there will be games,
sports and contests for all ages and
sizes.
Special prizes will be awarded the
family which comes the greatest
distance and to the family which
has the largest number of club
members present.
A special invitation is extended to
everyone in the county by Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school su
perintendent, and C. D. Conrad,
county agent, who state that this is
an opportunity for both ends of the
county to get together for a good
old-fashioned visit and become bet
ter acquainted with the activities
of the 4-H clubs.
Prolonged Drouth
Telling on Wheat
Effects of unseasonable drouth on
Morrow county's wheat crop is be
ginning to tell, according to reports
from growers in all sections. Lighter
soils of the south slopes especially
show browning plants, and rain
generally is needed to bring plants
in the heavier soil that are now
rapidly heading out. Summer range
prospects in the county are the
shortest in years.
E. Harvey Miller, north Lexing
ton grower and head of the local
compliance board, believes a com
bination of drouth and recent severe
frosts are responsible for much of
the damage now indicated. As
weather observer in his district, he
reported .5 inch of moisture precipi
tation in April, the same as that re
ported for Heppner.
That the complant is general over
Oregon is revealed by report in the
morning's daily press. Portland Ore
gonian reports that Edward L. Wells,
government meteorologist, cites the
present drouth period, reaching its
58th day, as the longest dry spell of
record at the Portland office for the
time of year. Beginning March 15 to
date only .6 inch of moisture was
recorded at Portland.
26 Graders Get
Diplomas Wednesday
Twenty-six eighth grade graduates
will receive diplomas at graduation
exercises set for the gym-auditorium
at 8 o'clock next Wednesday eve
ning. Martin B. Clark, Christian
minister, will deliver the address.
Harold Buhman, eighth grade in
structor and grade school principal,
announces those to be graduated as
follows:
Wilma Beymer, Nita Rae Bleak
man, Marjorie Cantwell, Kingsley
Chapin, Claudine Drake, Shirley
Hamrick, Colleen Kilkenny, Helen
Knowles, Patricia O'Hara, Eunice
Osmin, Dorotha Wilson, James G.
Barratt, Jr., Wade Bothwell, Billy
Bucknum, Alton Christenson, Philip
Cohn, Lyle Cox, Claude Drake, Dick
Edmondson, Glen Fell, Robert
Grockett, James Kenny, Leon Mc
Clintock, Albert Schunk, Billy Snow.
Oregon, Thursday, May
Seventeen Cars
Take Band to
Portland Tomorrow
Appearance in Re
gional Contest Set
Saturday Morning
Seventeen local cars will leave
tomorrow morning with the school
band, headed for Portland and the
regional band festival this week end.
As one of the class C bands eligible
for judging, the local band will ap
pear at the Washington school audi
torium at the session beginning at
8 a. m., Saturday.
Cars slated to make the trip in
clude those of Gene Ferguson, Ed
Dick, Lee Howell, Harry Tamblyn,
Henry Aiken, C. J. D. Bauman, D.
A. Wilson, Bert Johnson, Thomas
Wells, Spencer Crawford, Harold
Evans, Milton Morgan, Marguerite
Chapin, Cyrene Barratt, B. C. Pinck
ney, Harold Buhman and Alden
Blankenship. Fifty-three bandsters
besides the director, Harold Buh
man, and chaperones are scheduled
to make the trip.
Headquarters for contestants will
be at Benson Polytechnic high
school where all entrants must reg
ister. Housing headquarters is at
the Imperial hotel, while Heppner
headquarters is set at the Clyde
hotel.
The contest is specifically known
as "Region I National Competition
Festival," including states of Oregon
Washington, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming.
Events are slated all day Friday
and Saturday, including solo con
tests, both instrumental and vocal,
orchestras, choruses and bands. No
admission will be charged for solo
events, but Friday night's contests
will cost 35 cents, Saturday morning
contests, 25 cents; Saturday after
noon contests, 35 cents. Season
tickets admitting to all contests
will be 75 cents.
Top Wool Price, 22c,
In Sales of Week
Top price locally of 22 cents a
pound was received yesterday by
Sanford Farming company R. A.
Thompson and Cleve Van Schoiack
for their 1939 wool clip. Mr. Clan
cy, representing Draper & Co., was
the buyer. Clyde Wright and son
clip was taken Monday by W. L.
Blakely for Jack Stanfield, Inc., at
21 Vz cents, while the same buyer
took the Percy Hughes clip at 20
cents.
Activity in both wool and lambs
has been brisk since the first of last
week, with various other clips taken
at prices ranging from 18 to 22
cents, and a number of buyers ac
tive. Wool bringing the higher price
is especially clean and heavy, uni
form fleeces. Six and 6 3-4 cents
has been the going price for feeder
lambs.
RESIDENCE SOLD
Mr. and Mrs. T. Babb have con
tracted for the sale of their resi
dence on South Center street to
James Healy, possession to be given
the first of June. The house was re
cently completely renovated and
modernized, with ceilings lowered
inside and walls plastered, and ex
terior covered with new siding, roof
shingled, and painted cream with
red roof and trimmings.
DIMJCK-NYS
The marriage of Mrs. Flora Dimick
to Jos. J. Nys, both of this city, was
an event of last Thursday at Pasco,
Wash. Following the ceremony they
motored to Seattle and returned by
way of Spokane on Saturday. Mr.
Nys is a leading attorney and Mrs.
Dimick was engaged in the variety
store business for several years be
fore retirement recently.
11, 1939
June 1st Deadline
for Range Filing
Morrow county farmers were re
minded today by E, H. Miller, chair
man of the Morrow County Agricul
tural Conservation committee, that
June 1 s the final date for ranchers
to the requests for prior approval of
range-building practices offered un
der the 1939 range conservation pro
gram. He said that approximately 40
ranchers in this county will take
part in the 1939 range program, car
rying out practices designed to pro
mote conservation and continue
good range management. Among
popular practices in this county are
deferred grazing, spring and reser
voir development, drilling of wells
and reseeding.
All range-building practices must
be approved by the county agricul
tural conservation committee. Re
quests for prior approval of prac
tices should be made to the county
agent or secretary of the county
conservation association.
Approximately 1400 Oregon ran
chers, representing 6,000,000 acres of
range land, are taking part in this
year's range program, according to
word received by the county agent.
Paul Doolittle
Sustains Hip Fracture
Paul Doolittle, high school junior
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doo
little, received a fracture of the hip
bone Saturday afternoon when he
fell from the top of a 16-foot step
ladder while assisting in decorating
the gym-auditorium for the prom
that evening. Doolittle was working
at the top of the ladder, and Harold
Armstrong and Bob Pinckney were
on it below him, handing up balloons,
when the ladder collapsed. In the
fall Doolittle struck on his hip.
Assisted by Wm. Driscoll, janitor,
and Kenneth McKenzie, grade school
teacher, the youth was rushed to
the hospital where the fracture was
determined not to be badly offset
The fracture was reduced and the
injured leg put in a cast. It was ex
pected the cast would need to be in
place some eight weeks.
Wool Auxiliary Gives
Band $25; Aids Rodeo
Morrow County Wool Growers
auxiliary came to the front at the
meeting at the Lucas Place Friday
with a $25 donation to assist the
school band's trip to the regional
contest at Portland this week end.
The sixteen members present vot
ed to stage a woolen exhibit at the
local branch, First National Bank of
Portland, at Rodeo time, with pre
miums, the list to be announced lat
er. It was also voted to enter a float
in the Rodeo parade.
Mothers-Daughters
Dinner Attracts Many
Mothers and daughters number
ing 123 attended the Mothers day
dinner sponsored by Business and
Professional Womens club in the
Church of Christ basement Monday
evening. Mrs. R. C. Young was
toastmistress for a full program.
Willing Workers club of the
church prepared and served the din
ner. INJURED IN ACCIDENT
James and Howard Furlong each
sustained painful Injuries Saturday
night in an automobile wreck when
returning from a trip to Condon.
They came on to Heponer and
James was treated for a scalp lacer
ation, while Howard was treated for
bruises and lacerations that have
kept him away from his work at
Wilson's store since.
TO BUILD RESIDENCE
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Lundell ex
pect to start a new residence shortly
on Chase street on the lot adiacent
to the service station operated by
Mr. Lundell. The contract has been
awarded to N. D. Bailey, carpenter.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Community Mourns
Tragic Death of
Harry Tamblyn, Jr.
High School Youth
Dies from Injuries
In Auto Accident
School and business of Heppner
ceased yesterday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock in memory of Harry Tam
blyn, Jr., who was accidentally
killed in an automobile accident
Sunday evening. The school gym
auditorium was filled with mourn
ers as the recent scene of the youth's
activities for the first time became
the scene of funeral rites. Only the
Friday evening before the young
man had been in his place with the
band when it played for the last
school program of the year.
Like a bolt from the blue, death
took young Tamblyn at 8:15 Sunday
evening. Full of life and vitality, he
was mortally injured when his "bug"
overturned at the courthouse cor
ner. His friend, Howard Wray, whom
he was teaching to drive, was at the
wheel. But a few moments before
the boys had called on Paul Doolit
tle, bedfast from a broken leg re
ceived when he was decorating for
the junior prom the day before, and
had left him books. The front wheels
of the bug "jack-knifed" as the turn
was made at the corner, causing ,
the machine to turn completely
over. Young Wray was thrown in
the clear and slightly injured, but .
Harry was caught. He was uncon
scious when occupants of the car of
Herman Green, following closely
behind, reached him and he was
rushed to the hospital in the Green
car. Harry's watch had stopped at
7:25 and he passed away at 8:15
without regaining consciousness.
A coroner's investigation report
ed death from unavoidable, acci
dental causes. A fracture at the base
of the brain was believed to be the
immediate cause. '
The youth's passing brought a
promising career to a tragic end.
Active in all school activities and a
good student, Harry had found in
the bug which caused his death the
inspiration for following an engin
eering caretr. He had been a mem
ber of the school band from its in
ception, playing. trumpet. He lacked
but a few minutes of earning his
letter in football last fall, had been
football manager, and had promin
ent places in other class and student
body activites. He had been selected
as representative of the American
Legion at Beaver Boy State camp
this summer, having attended last
year sponsored by Heppner lodge
of Elks and having gained much in
spiration for larger things as re
flected in the reports he gave to
the lodge.
Born at Vale, Ore., Feb. 17, 1922,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tam
blyn, he came here January 1, 1929,
when his father assumed the posi
tion of county engineer which he
has since held. Harry was then half
way through his first year of school.
He completed his grade school work
here and had reached his junior
year in high school when the trag
edy overtook him at the age of 17
years, 2 months and 20 days.
Surviving are the parents and sis
ter, Margaret, also a high school
student and band member.
Attendance of the high school stu
dents in a body and of the large
concourse of friends and neighbors
from over the county attested the
sympathy of the grief-stricken com
munity, further reflected in the
bower of flowers that covered the
large auditorium stage. The school
band gave tribute to its departed
member and friend with an appro
priate number. Rev. R. C. Young,
Methodist minister, eulogized the
promising young life and brought a
beautiful message of solace to the
stricken family. A quartet, Mrs. Ture
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