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Volume 56, Number 18
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 13, 1939
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$100,000 Storm Rakes Wheat
OREGON HISTORICAL
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
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New City Plunge
Opens for Business
2 P. M., Saturday
Prices and Rules
Released; Buhman
Will be Supervisor
All swims at the new city pool
Saturday afternoon will be free,
the committee announced just be
fore press time.
The pool will be closed Sunday
morning, but will be opened again
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
After six years without a swim
ming pool, residents of the Heppner
section will again be able to find
relief from summer's heat when the
new 40 x 100 foot municipal plunge
opens at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon. With Old Sol bearing down
to warm the shade above the 90
mark this week, residents are in
deed looking askance at the creep
ing minute hand for the time's ar
rival. '
Workmen have been rushing con
struction of shower rooms, toilets
and dressing quarters this week,
and while all finishing work vill not
be completed by Saturday, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, chairman of the council
committee, assures that everyone
complying with the rults, and pay
ing the price of admission will be
entitled to a dip.
Harold Buhman, who returned
with family last week end from
Beaver lake near Portland where
he took a special course in life
saving, will be superintendent. He
will organize swimming classes in
the near future.
Swim prices have been set at 25
cents for adults and 15 cents for
children by the single swim. Season
tickets will be available at $3 for
single adults, $5 for two adults in
the same family, and $6 for three or
more people in the same family
Names of those eligible to admission
on any ticket will be written there
on and tickets will not be transfer
able. Dr. Tibbies has spoken for the
first $5 ticket.
Rules for tank operation were re
leased by Buhman this morning, as
follows:
1. All persons using the pool are
required to take a cleaning shower
using soap and water, and thorough
ly rinsing before entering pool en
closure. 2. A person leaving pool enclosure
for any reason must take a shower
before returning.
3. Any person having any skin
disease, sore or inflamed eyes, cold,
nasal or ear discharges, or any com
municable disease, will be excluded
from the pool.
4. Spitting, spurting water, blow
ing of nose, etc., in the pool is
strictly prohibited. Scum troughs
are provided for all expectorations.
5. Women are required to wear
swimming caps while swimming.
6. Swimming suits and trunks
cannot be left for storage at the pool.
7. Smoking is strictly prohibited
in pool enclosure.
8. Liquor of any kind is strictly
prohibited on the premises and will
be confiscated if found.
9. The management is not respon
sible for articles lost or stolen but
will endeavor to protect all property
properly checked in.
10. No boisterous or rough play,
running, etc., except supervised wa
ter sports, will be permitted in the
pool, on the runways, diving board,
platform, or in the dressing rooms,
shower rooms, etc
11. The pool and dressing rooms
are reserved for swimmers only, all
others must remain in spectators'
HOPS FOR QUEEN'S
COURT TO START
Saturday Event Here First of
Series; Queen to be Named
Next Week but Name Withheld
The dancing spotlight shifts this
Saturday to Heppner as the Rodeo
association sponsors a queen dance,
July 15, at the fair pavilion.
This is the first of the regularly
scheduled series in honor of the
Rodeo queen's court. ,
Jack Merrill's orchestra, a popu
lar unit of local musicians, is sched
uled to furnish music for the eve
ning's dancing.
Saturday's dance, sponsored by
the Rodeo association, will be high
lighted by the introduction at mid
night of the four grange-sponsored
attendants, princesses to the un
named queen.
The attendants introduced will be
Kathryn Thompson, Rhea Creek;
Constance Instone, Lena; Dorothy
Howell, Lexington; Dorothy Brady
lone.
Henry Aiken, Rodeo president,
announced yesterday that although
the queen would be selected next
week, announcement of her name
would be withheld until the final
queen dance in Heppner.
Court Advises Use of
Detour to Heppner
Flat for Month
Construction on the Heppner hill
portion of the Heppner-Rhea creek
road necessitating one-way traffic,
the public would be convenienced
and the road contractors be relieved
if traffic headed across Heppner
Flats would use the road coming in
at the F. S. Parker farm at the low
er end of town, advises Judge Bert
Johnson.
This road is about a mile longer
to the point where it connects with
the Rhea creek road, but' is in fair
condition, says the judge. The court
is having the worst of the rough
spots smoothed up with equipment
in charge of Frank Gentry, and the
judge believes better time can be
made over this route with less wear
and tear on tires. Many sharp rocks
are encountered on the hill road
while construction is in progress,
that may give difficulty until sur
facing is completed, which the judge
believes will be about a month dis
tant. Andy Baldwin Sells
Transfer Business
Disposal of his trucking business
was made by Andy Baldwin this
week when he sold to Don Jones,
a former employee of the business.
Baldwin had operated the business
for the last two years.
Baldwin has made no announce
ment of future plans, though he is
contemplating acquisition of a gro
cery business near Portland.
LEAVES FOR ST. LOUIS
E. Harvey Miller, exalted ruler of
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, left
last week end for St. Louis to at
tend the national convention of the
order as official delegate of the lo
cal lodge.
Roller Skating o lone
Every Saturday and Sunday night,
8 to 10 and 10 to 12. 15c-20c-25c.
18-19p-tf
quarters.
12. The right to use the pool may
be denied to any person, for any
period, the management may see fit.
Additional rules will be posted at
the pool, which everyone should
read.
The pool is maintained and oper
ated for the public pleasure and en
joyment. May we ask your coopera
tion in making it a success.
Lions See World
Fair Through Lens
Of Youth's Camera
Donald Jones, Alvin
Hendrickson Give
Enjoyable Show
A ring-side seat at the Golden
Gate International exposition was
given attendants at Monday's Lions
luncheon when Donald Jones pre
sented colored movies which he took
there and Alvin Hendrickson gave
a running description as the pictures
were presented.
Donald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva
Jones and accomplished amateur
photographer, spent some time at
the exposition, being accompanied
by his cousin Alvin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Hendrickson, who reside
at San Leandro in the San Fran
cisco bay region. Comparable to pro
fessional photography, the pictures
depicted many spots of interest.
First shots showed Treasure Island
as viewed from the big bay bridge,
and were taken while the automobile
was in progress as cars are not per
mitted to stop in crossing the bridge.
Depicted were the artistic exposi
tion entrance, the pay-stiles (ad
mission 50 cents for adults), Court
of Pacifica, Court of Seven Seas,
Court of the Moon, Court of Re
flections, and always prominent the
tall Tower of the- Sun. Most color
ful shot was that of the Magic Car
pet flower bed (a million flowers
were said to be included). Interior
shots were taken of the California
and federal buildings. Shots of the
Gay Way taken from the ground
and from a high crane in the
amusement park, with jerkiness in
pictures caused by wind jolting the
crane. Shots were taken both of and
from the elephant train that carries
visitors around the 400-acre island,
and in all film viewers were given
a comprehensive cyclorama of the
artistic appeal of the architecture,
lakes, fountains, flowers and lighting
of the world fair, as well as a prac
tical description of how and what
to see. As added measure, shots were
also included of the Golden Gate
bridge, of the bay, of San Francisco
skyline and of the water front with
its fish markets.
Installation of officers, scheduled
for Monday's meeting, was post
poned by Lions due to lack of time
and will be held at next Monday's
meeting. This meeting is scheduled
for 6:30 at Camp Heppner when
Lions will be guests of the camp
through invitation of Lt. Marius P.
Hanford, commandant.
Chickens Get Black
Eyes, Many Missing
Result of Cyclone
Feathered denizens of the barn
lot were probably the most help
less critters in path of Monday's
cyclonic storm that swept the
Gooseberry section, say reports.
At the Henry Peterson farm one
old hen was seen to go almost
straight into the air; has not since
been heard from. One report said
Mr. Peterson was missing 100
birds.
From the Leonard Carlson farm
comes report of many chickens
emerging with black eyes; a num
ber of fatalities in the farm flock.
Helplessness of poultry was indi
cated by the manner in which
wings were turned straight up by
the gale, and their rolling along
irresistibly before the blast. The
wonder is any of them survived,
say spectators.
INSURANCE TO
PAY SOME LOSSES
Total Crop Damage Indemnity
Will Reach 29,000 Bushels,
County AAA Office Says
At the beginning of the 1939 crop
year 42 Morrow county farmers saw
fit to take advantage of the Federal
Crop Insurance program, paying the
cash equivalent of 13,111 bushels as
premiums, according to C. D. Con
rad, county agent.
As the harvest season gets under
way it appears that they indeed
made a wise investment, as 31 farm
ers have notified the county office
of probable loss. Loss claims in
volving 16,581 bshels have already
been approved by the county office
and it is estimated that the total in
demnity paid in the county will
reach 29,000 bushels.
Much satisfaction in the crop in
surance program has been expressed
by farmers who are collecting on
their policies since indemnities paid
in case of crop failure guarantee
three-fourths of normal yield. A
typical example is a well known
farmer in the Dry Fork district who
last fall paid 950 bushels as his crop
insurance premium and due to
drouth and hail has suffered almost
a total loss. He now expects to col
lect abut 8,000 bushels of indemnity.
Mr. Conrad states that approxi
mately 700 Oregon fanners have
taken advantage of the Federal Crop
Insurance program.
Judge Johnson
Asks Cyclone Aid
Averring that "charity begins at
home," Judge Bert oJhnson has
issued an appeal to friends and
neighbors to give relief to those
afflicted in Monday's storm.
"The tragic storm of last Monday
ruined thousands of acres of good
wheat ready for harvest and brought
heart-lelt gner to many or our
friends and neighbors," Judge
Johnson said. "They have no seed
or feed for the coming year due to
the fact that their sources of rev
enue for living expenses was drown
ed out in the storm.
"Like many others in this county
I have experienced similar tragedies
in raising wheat, and needed help.
I am suggesting that all farmers who
were not affected directly by the
storm give a portion of their crop,
however small, to those in need in
the afflicted area to the end that
seed' be supplied without calling for
state or national aid. Those receiv
ing seed to return same in wheat
next harvest.
"I believe that charity begins at
home. Think this over, and then
help your neighbor."
RETURN FROM EAST
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green, son Joe
and daughters Ruth and Louise re
turned home Tuesday from an 8200
mile trip that took them to the old
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Green in
Virginia and other points on the
east coast. On the way home they
took in the world fair at San Fran
cisco. NAT HEAD VISITS
Frank Whetstone, former Hepp
nerite now in charge of the Pen
dleton natatorium, visited in the city
Monday and looked over the new
tank here. He anounced it to be
exceptionally fine and found that
its water capacity exceeded that of
the Pendleton tank.
BAND PRACTICE SLATED
Harold Buhman, director, has
called the first band practice in
preparation for the Rodeo appear
ance, to be held at the school to
morrow (Friday) evening, at 7:30.
Old members of the band as well
as outsiders are invited to attend.
Cyclonic Wind,
Hail Sweep Dry
Fork, Gooseberry
Many Fields Total
Loss as 9000 Acres
New Grain Laid Low
Wind of cyclonic proportions swept
over a 20-mHe long course about 10
miles wide and prematurely harvest
ed 9000 acres of some of Morrow
county's best wheat, in less time than
it takes to tell about it, shortly af
ter 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Having already devastated fields in
Gilliam county, the storm swept from
southwest across Dry Fork and
Gooseberry before its terrific force
spent itself as it reached Rhea creek
where it forks with Willow creek
at the Laxton McMurray farm.
Ramifications of the storm were
felt on Willow creek above lone
where hay stacks were blown over;
at Lexington where one tree, two
feet in diameter, was felled, and at
Heppner where a heavy dust cloud
followed by an electrical storm came
over.
A conservative estimate would
place the loss of grain at 9000 acres
and the cash loss would exceed $100,
000, with only slight insurance cov
erage. Almost total loss of the new crop
was sustained on the Eric and Carl
Bergstrom, Florence Dalzell, Clar
ence Warren, Emil and Leonard
Carlson Ervin and Harold Ander
son, Oscar Peterson, Lonnie Mc
Cabe, Milton Morgan, Ed Rietmann,
Ivar Nelson, and August Anderson
farms.
Lee Beckner estimated a 1000-acre
loss with a reduction in yield of
some 8000 sacks. E. W. Chistopherson
estimated a loss of 240 acres. Phil
Griffin estimated a 50 per cent re
duction in yield on 600 acres. Lax
ton McMurray expected his total
crop would be affected a fifth or
more.
The storm's fury appeared at its
worst at the Carl Bergstrom "farm in
Gooseberry where a promising 360
acre field was cleaned with hardly
a straw sticking up, by the wind
driven hail. Mr. Bergstrom had just
cut right-of-ways in preparation for
harvest and seven or eight header
box loads of hay thus obtained will
be his only salvage. Here the hail
stones struck with such force that
his shaked house appeared to have
been peppered with shot from a b-b
gun.
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nimusi as cieaniy swept was a
field on the Eric Bergstrom farm ad
jacent, at the edge of which an old
machine shed, well constructed, was
laid low by the wind. A few swathes
had been harvested at the edge of
this field from which estimates of
an 18 -bushel yield were obtained.
Mrs. Richard Robinson was at the
Clarence Warren farm when the
storm struck. Going out into the
field after the storm she met a chick
en returning home that had been
blown a quarter of a mile. Tin cans
were found that had been blown a
like distance. Between 700 and $00
acres of the Warren crop, mostly on
M. E. Cotter land, was estimated to
have been destroyed.
At the Ed Rietmann farm on Dry
Fork, the storm relieved Mr. Riet
man of harvesting 500 acres of quite
promising grain. He was just getting
ready to start harvest.
Harold and Ervin Anderson were
harvesting at the time of the storm.
They had banked out 535 sacks of
wheat, and expected some fifty acres
would conclude the balance of their
cutting, due to the storm's toll.
Ivar Nelson expected to salvage
seed and feed from 200 acres. He and
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