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Volume 56, Number 21
Hughes, Porter
Rodeo Judges; .
Interest Large
Drum Corps May
Show; Dress-Up Day
Coming Aug. 19
By paul Mccarty
Numerous inquiries and ques
tionnaires coming in indicate that
a decided interest is developing in
the Heppner Rodeo, August 24, 25
and 26, according to Henry Aiken,
president.
Recent developments of the com
ing Rodeo include the selection of
Eb Hughes, Heppner, and Clay Por
ter, Long Creek, as judges. A third
judge remains to be selected.
President Aiken reported yester
day that an effort was being made
to obtain the famous Sons of the
Legion drum and bugle corps of
Pendleton. This crack drill outfit,
which has won reknown in state
and northwest contests, is led by
Larry Moore, former Heppner boy
and son of Mr. and" Mrs. Walter E
Mdore. The Pendleton contingent
dressed in new uniforms and equip
ped with the best instruments, have
been widely acclaimed wherever they
have shown.
Plans for the largest parade in
history of the Rodeo are being com
pleted by the parade committee,
which yesterday started intensive
activities in regard to obtaining the
highest and most complete prize list
in the 18 years of the Rodeo's exist
ence. In its contacts with merchants
and business men of Heppner and
Morrow county .the committee re'
ported an unusually good and will
ing response and spirit of coopera'
tion. Word was received WedneS'
day that Echo was entering a float
in the parade, which includes pri
vate and business entries from Mor
row and neighboring counties.
Kenneth Depew, who is managing
the bucking string owned by him
and Clarence Warren, notified Hen
ry Aiken that he was making prep
arations to ship his outlaw horses
from Molalla, where they have been
pasturing
The arena, commonly called a cor
ral, in which the Rodeo is annually
held, is now one of the world's
largest as a six-foot fence that com
pletely encircles the arena was re
cently completed by Rodeo carpen
ters. This fence, a quarter of a mile
long and 250 yards wide, is wide
enough that the overflow from the
grandstands may be comfortably
seated.
The recently appointed committee
of Scott McMurdo, Howard Bryant,
Curt Thomson, and Howard "Spud"
Furlong, announced that they were
arranging for an unusual dress-up
day stunt. August 9 is the date set
for the wearing of Rodeo togs and
regalia.
Fight Card May
Show Titlists, 19th
Plans are in the making for a
big-time outdoor smoker in Hepp
ner on the evening of Rodeo Dress-
Up Day, August 19, Promoter Sheriff
Bauman said yesterday.
Sheriff Bauman's planned cham
pionship card would include a
northwest champion and a famous
up and coming challenger. However,
the local fight bill hinges on the out
come of a forthcoming match and
nothing definite can yet be an
nounced.
If arrangements for the title fight
cannot be completed, a smoker will
be held just the same, Bauman add
ed. PETnTONS OUT
Two petitions, not yet completed,
are soon to be presented to the
county boundary board for consoli
dation of school districts 2 and 48.
Heppner,
SCS DISTRICT
TALK SET AT IONE
Willows Grange Sets Discus
sion Meeting; Plans Laid
For Building New Hall
By MARY LUNDELL
Farmers of lower Willow creek
and lone communities will meet in
the I. O. O. F. hall in lone, Sunday,
August 6, to start the organization
of a soil conservation district. Supt.
Kistner of the CCC camp, County
Agent Conrad and District Super
visor Millard D. Rodman will be
present to explain fundamentals in
forming such a district.
Farmers from both the wheat and
irrigated sections will benefit and
are urged to attend the meeting in
lone.
To, secure the services of the CCC
boys it is necessary to organize a
district. The meeting is called for
2:30, Sunday, August 6, at I. O. O.
F. hall in lone.
A committee representing Wil
lows grange was in Heppner Tues
day conferring with the carpenter
regarding building plans for the new
hall. The hall will be started about
the middle of the month.
On August 13th members of Wil
lows grange will gather at the Lun
dell home for a pot-luck dinner to
be followed by grange meeting and
program.
Walter C. Cason
Was State Pioneer
Walter C. Cason well known pio
neer, passed away at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. H. J. Snively, at
Richland, Wash., on July 27, 1939.
He was born near Oregon City
August 7, 1863, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James P. Cason. In 1868 the
family moved to eastern Oregon and
settled at what is now known as
Cason canyon in the Rhea creek
country. Later they moved to a ranch
three miles below lone and a few
years later moved to Shuttler Flat
where they were among the first
to start plowing and the raising of
wheat.
Mr. Cason was of pioneer stock.
His father, James P. Cason, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carver Cason
who crossed the plains in 1843 and
settled on a donation claim near the
present townsite of Gladstone. His
mother crossed the plains with her
parents. When her mother died en-
route it was decided to spend the
winter at the Whitman Mission and
her father was killed in the Whitman
massacre. The eleven-year-old Mary
Elizabeth was held captive by the
Indians with fifty other widows and
orphans for about a month, when
they were rescued by Governor Og
den and his party. In the severe
winter weather they made the trip
to Oregon City in open boats cov
ered with canvas. Here she was
given a home with Mrs. A. L. Love
joy till her marriage to James P.
Cason in 1851.
Walter Cason married Sarah Hale
November 26, 1890, at Condon, Ore
gon. There were five children born
to them and the family lived at lone
and Heppner for many years. Mr.
Cason was city marshal at both
places. Mrs. Cason died at lone in
September, 1925, and since then Mr,
Cason has lived with his daughter,
Mrs. Snively.
Surviving him are four children,
Mrs. Pearl Snively of Richland, Wn.,
Mrs. Muriel Vaughn of Bend, Guy
Cason of The Dalles, Mrs. Sybil Ir
win of Ukiah, and one sister, Mrs,
Ada Templeton of Spray. Graveside
services were held at lone on Sat'
urday afternoon, July 29, and in
terment was in the I. O. O. F. cem
etery.
MEASLES AT MONUMENT
An epidemic of measles at Monu
ment that has caused the CCC camp
to be quarantined is reported by
Mrs. Bonnie Cochran, who has word
that Joana and Junior, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Simas, and
many other children near by are
among victims of the disease.
Oregon, Thursday, August
Schools Continue
To Lower Debt
For Fourth Year
Mrs. Rodgers Tells
Lions Status, Dis
cusses New Law
Financial status of Morrow coun
ty schools for the year just ended
continued to improve for the fourth
consecutive year, Mrs. Lucy E. Rod
gers, county school superintendent,
reported before the Lions noon
luncheon in the' course of discuss
ing the new county school re-dis
tricting law.
Net improvement in the amount of
bonds and warrants outstanding was
$7,239.45, as quoted from the report
of C. R. Ham, Pullman, Wash., who
just completed an audit of all dis
trict reports. Bond reduction of
$18,500 for the year was partially
offset by increase in warrant in
debtedness of $4,508.06 and reduction
in cash carry-over from the year
before of $6,652.49.
Over the four-year period a total
reduction in bond and warrant in
debtedness is shown of $65,372.17,
reduction in each of the three pre
ceding years being: 1935-36, $37,
814.60; 1936-37, $11,732.73; 1937-38,
$8,585.39.
No new bonds were issued for
school purposes in the county last
year, and total of outstanding bonds
was $90,500. Warrants outstanding
totalled $31,457.53, for a total debt
carryover of $121,957.53. With cash
carryover of $28,233.56, the total
net indebtedness of all schools of
the county at the close of'theyear
was $93,723.97.
Mrs. Rodgers related facts con
cerning the new re-districting law,
and steps of county organization as
given in these columns last week,
exhibiting a map of the county on
which was shown in various colors
each area from which children are
drawn into the principal points of
education at the present time. The
map was indicative of the need for
but four or five school districts to
handle the business now being trans
acted by 41 operating districts. Work
of the majority of boards of the 41
districts at present is mainly the
settling of problems of transporta
tion and tuition, taking the nature
of inter-district transactions that
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County Contingent
Goes to Boys' Camp
Morrow county's contingent of
boys named to attend American
Legion's Beaver Boy State camp are
encamped this week with other boys
from over the state at Hill Military
academy in Portland. Spencer Craw
ford took five of them down Sunday.
All are expected home next Sunday.
Those attending include Paul
Rietmann and Raymond Turner, rep
resenting lone post American Le
gion; Ted Peterson, sent by his fath
er, Henry Peterson, commander of
Heppner post; Hugh Crawford, rep
resenting Heppner post; John Sku
zeski, representing the Elks, and
Billy Scrivner, representing the
Lions club.
The state camp is organized along
state, county and city governmental
lines to give the boys training in
self-government and educate them
in the principles of democratic gov
ernment under which the various
governmental divisions are run.
Names of boys representing the va
rious organizations were drawn by
lot.
LEX RECEIVING WHEAT
The Farmers warehouse at Lex
ington had received 40,000 sacks of
new crop wheat up to Tuesday, re
ported George Peck, a director. De
livery has been slow, but quality of
wheat is generally high.
3, 1939
130 SIGN UP IN
SWIM CAMPAIGN
Red Cross Classes Start for
Swimmers and Non-Swimmers;
Registration Remains Open
Swimmers and non-swimmers
made lively response this week at
the start of American Red Cross's
swim campaign, object of which is
to teach non-swimmers to swim,
and swimmers to swim better. Class
es began Tuesday with enrollment
as follows:
Children under 12, beginners 30,
swimmers 20.
Adults, 18 and over, beginners 25,
swimmers 16.
Youths, 12 to 18, beginners 14,
swimmers 25.
The total of 130 students are re
ceiving instruction from Harold
Buhman, tank manager, qualified
Red Cross instructor. Registrations
for the free instruction course are
still open with groups meeting as
follows:
Children, beginners on Mondeys,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30;
swimmers on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, 9:30.
Adults, beginners on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:15;
swimmers, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 10:15.
Youths, beginners on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:15;
swimmers, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 11:15.
ACTION URGED TO
AVERT 25c WHEAT
Reverberations were heard in
Heppner this morning from the' ac
tion of congress lower house in
knocking out the $119,000,000 appro
priation for farm commodity loans.
Roy W. Ritner and other farm lead
ers at Pendleton by telephone urged
immediate remonstrance and a recall
vote on the measure.
Ritner said Representative Angell
had been contacted by telephone
and would vote for passage if bill is
reconsidered. He voted against it
originally without thorough under
standing of consequences, Ritner
said. Representative Mott had been
recorded in opposition to the meas
ure, it was said.
By telephone Ritner reiterated
the statement of Secretary Wallace
quoted in the morning press that
knocking out the loan appropriation
would mean immediate return to
25-cent wheat.
Contact was not possible with
Senators McNary and Holman who
were on their way home from the
capitol, said Ritner.
Local farm leaders were of the
opinion that loss of the appropria
tion would mean discontinuance of
the wheat loan program just now
getting under way.
LOCAL BOY TO ST. LOUIS
Stephen Wehmeyer has been trans
ferred from Fort Lewis to East St.
Louis in line of duty with Uncle
Sam's army, according to word re
ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. F. Wehmeyer. At his new location
he will receive special training as
airplane armament technician. He
was to report there tomorrow. The
course covers four months of train
ing, being completed at Denver.
ATTENDS CONFERENCE
W. S. Bennett returned home Sun
day from Halfway where he spent
the week attending the annual con
ference of Smith-Hughes instruct
ors of the state. He reports an in
formative session with national lead
ers participating. Heat marred en
joyability of the visit some as the
mercury reached 110.
FAIR ALLOTMENT MADE
Allotment of $500 for North Mor
row County fair prize money was
made by the county court yesterday
when Elmer Sullivan, fair board
chariman, and W. A. Baker brought
the matter before the court.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Wheat Loan
Program Starts
At Local Office
All Warehouses
Get Storage Okeh;
Action Speedy
The 1939 wheat loan season got
under way in Morrow county last
Saturday, according to E. H. Miller,
chairman of the local association.
To L. A. Palmer of Lexington goe9
the distinction of receiving the first
loan. Mr. Palmer made application
at the local office at 9:30 a. m., and
all details were completed and the
loan agreement was in the hands of
the Heppner branch of the First Na
tional bank at 11:00 a. m.
It was pointed out by Mr. Miller
that all loans excepting those in
which an estate appears will be han
dled thru the local bank. This will
greatly expedite the loans. Every ef
fort will be made to complete the
loan on the same day the applica
tion is made. Of course, in some
cases it will be necessary to obtain
landlord's waivers and this will
cause some delay.
Since Mr. Palmer's application
several more applications have been
received, and it is expected that,some
three or four hundred loans will be
handled through the local office.
All public grain warehouses in the
county have been approved for stor
age of loan wheat.
Vivian Lewis Band
To Return for Rodeo
Vivian Lewis and her all-girl or
chestra that made such a hit last
year with Rodeo dancing patrons
have been signed for a return en
gagement for the 1939 Heppner Ro
deo on the evenings of August 24,
25 and 26, Dr. Richard Lawrence,
Rodeo dance chairman, announced
yesterday.
The Lewis band returned only
three days ago from a ten-monthsf
tour of the Hawaiian islands. This
orchestra proved so popular last
year with its peppy, rhythmic style
of music that the girls practically
assured themselves of a return date.
Dancers last Rodeo often stopped
dancing and gathered around the
orchestra to watch the girls put on
novelty singing and orchestral ar
rangements. Prior to its trip to the Hawaiian
islands the orchestra played one
night and all-summer stands at
beach resorts up and down the Pa
cific coast and for several years was
featured at the Portland breakfast
club.
THURSDAY HOTTEST
Last Thursday was recorded offi
cially as the hottest day of the sea
son when the mercury registered
107, reports Len L. Gilliam, govern
ment observer. The day before, 103
was recorded as the hottest day
since 1928. Several warm days were
experienced since Thursday with
mercury hovering several times
around the 100 mark. Slight over
cast skies and a cool breeze this
morning evidenced momentary re
lief. CROP DAMAGED THIRD
Henry Peterson lost a third of his
new crop by the recent cyclone, he
estimated when in town yesterday,
having just completed harvest. Main
force of the storm missed his place
and first appearances were that lit
tle damage had been done. The har
vest revealed the mistaken estimate.
He was not complaining, however,
considering himself much more for
tunate than neighbors who had no
harvest.
Mrs. Pearl Marquardt was shop
ping in the city Tuesday. She re
ported wheat turning out better than
expected at the north Lexington
wheat farm as harvest progresses.