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Thursday, August 17, 1939 IONE NEWS Henry Gorger Home Destroyed by Fire By KATHARINE GRIFFITH About noon last Thursday the ranch house owned by Henry .Gor ger burned to the ground in a very few minutes. The fire started from sparks from the kitchen range where trash was burning and had made good headway before it was dis covered. Only a desk containing business papers, two suitcases of clothing not yet unpacked from a recent trip, and some beds on the porch were saved. Mr. Gorger put them on a truck standing in front of the house. About a hundred chickens burned to death by run' ning into the fire. None of the fam ily was injured. Miss Betty Lou Lindsay, a guest of the family at the time, lost some clothing, too. There was considerable insurance on the house and furnishings. The fam ily has rented an apartment in the Park hotel and will live there for the time being. Mrs. Ada Cannon of Hardman has rented the former Earl Blake house on Second street for the coming school term. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hedlund of Sherwood were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swanson Saturday night and Sunday. The two ladies are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. French Burroughs, L. B. Ledbetter, Barbara, John and Jimmie Ledbetter went to the coast Wednesday and returned Saturday. Mr. Burroughs remained at Wald port hoping the climate would prove beneficial to his health. The H. E. Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Ralph Ledbetter next Friday. The members are invited to come for the entire day if they care to, or for the meeting in the after noon. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Heliker, who have been at the E. C. Heliker home since April, left the first of the week for San Francisco. They planned to drive down through the Redwoods, meet their son Edward of Beverly Hills in San Francisco and attend the fair together. Afterwards they will visit in Beverly Hills and then drive to their home in Montgomery, Michigan. Carl Troedson and Harold Buchan an left Sunday morning for the fair. Miss Linea Troedson, Carl's sister, will go to San Francisco with them from Portland. They were accom panied as far as Portland by John Troedson. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith, Robert Smith and daughters, Bonita and Mrs. Dan O'Hara of Kinzua depart ed Sunday for San Francisco where they will attend the fair. Hugh Smiths were to leave their son Phil ip with an aunt in Medford. The party also plans to spend some time at the coast. Mrs. Bert Mason returned home Sunday from a visit with friends at Lyle, Wash. She was in company with Mrs. D. M. Ward of Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Odom and Carol spent the week in Salem vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Odom. Mrs. J. W. Howk and children of Condon were guests this week of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Linn. LeRoy Ellis was very badly injured early Thursday morning while he was on his way to work near Stan field. The car he was driving had a tire blowout causing him to lose con trol of the machine. One arm had a bad flesh wound. Edmund Bristow of Nampa, Idaho, left with his family who have been visitine here about a month, on Wednesday. They were accompan ied by Mrs. Bristows mother and brother, Mrs. Ida Grabill and Gene, Their son Donald who has spent several years here with his aunt, Mrs. David Rietmann, went back with them. I. R. Robison left Monday for a business trip to Portland. He was accompanied by his sister-in-law, Mrs. L. D. Hale, as far as The Dalles, There she met her husband and his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook. They were to re turn to their home in Albany by way of Prineville and the McKenzie pass. Friends here will be interested to know that Roy Pettyjohn of Hepp ner who underwent a major oper ation in a Pendleton hospital three Heppner weeks ago, is expected home Wed nesday. , Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Feldman de parted Tuesday morning for Sunny vale, Cal. They went by the inside route, planning to spend the first night at Lake Tahoe. At Sunnyvale they will be joined by Mrs. Feld- man's mother, who will accompany them to Flint, Mich., for a visit at the home of the Feldman's son-in law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Shuirman, and their two children. LEXINGTON NEWS Elmer Hunt Goes To Legion Conclave By MAHGARET SCOTT Elmer Hunt attended the Legion convention last week in Salem. He was accompanied home by his moth, er, Mrs. Etta Hunt of Portland. Herbert Lewis, former high school teacher here, was visiting friends in this locality this week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Campbell were in town Saturday to move their household goods to Wallowa where Mr. Campbell has charge of the school for the coming year. Mrs. Tempa Johnson returned home Friday from Astoria where she visited relatives. Mrs. Alta Cutsforth of Heppner is a guest at the home of Mrs. Maude Pointer. A. H. Nelson of Canby was a vis itor here over the week end. He was accompanied to Portland by Jack Miller who will visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. George Peck and family and Mr. and Mrs. John Mil ler and family enjoyed a picnic din ner at the Peck home Sunday. Mrs. Grover Cannon and daugh ter Jean of Davenport, Wash., were visiting relatives in this vicinity this week. Mrs. Cannon is a cousin of Roy Campbell and Annie Keene. Pendleton visitors from here last week were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Din- ges, Ellwynne Peck, Margaret Leach, Mary Hunt and children and Cecille Jackson and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swift and son and guests of Kellogg spent the week end at the Thornburg home. Frank Munkers has purchased a new Ford V8. Stephen Thompson of Pendleton was a visitor in town Friday. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Cutsforth and family spent last week in Portland. Bernard Olson of Arlington and Grant Henderson of Stanfield spent Sunday here. Merlene and Gene Miller are vis iting relatives in Pilot Rock. Lorraine Kramer and children nave returned to their home in Ritzville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch and family were dinner guests at the Ted McMillan home Sunday. Letha Buschke of Pendleton and daughter, Anna Sletcher, visited the Archie Padberg home Sunday. Sheriff Bauman of Heppner was transacting business here Monday. Jerrine Edwards has returned home after a week's stay in a sum mer camp near Lostine. Ed Cummings has returned home from Pendleton where he received medical treatment. Laurel Ruhl and family were din ner guests at the Art Hunt home Sunday. Ralph Jackson returned home Sunday from a Portland business trip. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Al Fetch Sunday evening were Erma and Doris Scott, Thelma and Kenneth Sticknev. Lester Cox and Vester Thornburg. Anabelle McCabe is assisting in Hunt's- grocery store and lunch counter. Those enjoying huckleberrying trios from here were Alex Hunt and family, Adolph Majeske and family and Reta Cutler and daugh ter. Mr. and Mrs. timer Hunt were dinner euests at the C. C. Car- michael home Monday evening. The sister of Mrs. Ralph Ledbet ter departed for her home in the east Monday after visiting here for several weeks. John McMillan and family left for a week's visit in Portland with relatives. They were accompanied by Emma Ashinhurst "of Heppner. Let G. T. Want Ads help you dis pose of surplus stock. Gazette Times, Heppner, BOARDMAN NEWS Ralph Skoubo Has j Leading FFA Project By MRS. CLAUD COATS Ralph Skoubo's F. F. A. project has just been chosen as one of the twenty best in the state. The selec tion of the best twenty projects among 2,200 Future Farmers en rolled in Smith-Hughes agricultural courses in fifty high schools was made after agricultural representa tives from Oregon State college vis ited the homes of the boys having the best supervised practice pro gram in each department. Booth ex hibits of these projects will be made at the state fair where the final selection will be made. The selec tion was based on the following points: Adaptability of project to home farm, boy's home opportunit ies, improved farm practices adapt ed, evidence that the boy has prof ited from vocational agricultural in struction, completeness, accuracy and neatness of records, boy's knowledge of agricultural principles, and merit of state fair exhibit. Ralph's main project is hogs, on which he has al ready won a scholarship to Oregon State college. Mr. Walpole, minister of Mon tana, preached a trial sermon in the community church Sunday, Aug. 13. He is thinking of settling with his family in Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Whitmire and son Earl arrived in Boardman Sun day from Bremerton, Wash. Mrs. Whitmire is Mrs. Olive Atteberry's daughter and Mr. Whitmire is sailor who has been in school in Bremerton for the past two months, They went on Monday, taking Mrs. Atteberry with them to Eugene where she will visit her son, Chat, who has recently been transferred there from Marshfield. Mrs. Eva Warner accompanied them to Silver Falls where she will visit her daugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goodwin. Miss Elizabeth Slanger who is in training at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton, arrived here Monday Aug. 7, for a few days' visit. She re turned to Pendleton Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bates, former residents of Boardman, were on the project Sunday. They visited Mrs. Gorham who is in the hospital at Hermiston. Mrs. Collosso and son Orlando, were Boardman visitors Friday. Mrs. W. A. Baker left Monday for Longview, Wash., where she attend ed the funeral of Mrs. Jim Hoosier, an old friend. She returned to Boardman Thursday. Fred and Dean Griffith, nephews of Russell Miller, are spending the week here visiting. The boys have previously attended the Boardman schools. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tannehill and son Keith left Wednesday for Los Angeles where they will visit friends and relatives for a few weeks. Mrs, Bill Lilly accompanied them to Shaniko. She is spending the week end with Mr. Lilly who is working there. Mr. and Mrs. Lay left Wednesday for a trip to the San Francisco fair. They drove to Molalla where they left the children with Mr. Lay's sis ter. From there they are going by train. Mrs. Arthur Allen and sons Clay ton and Gene, left with Mrs. Allen's mother, Mrs. Grey, for the letter's home in Los Angeles Sunday. Mrs. Allen and the boys plan to return the first of September. Miss Naomi Black who has been visiting on the project for the past two weeks is now employed in Uma tilla. She is working for Mrs. Jer vais, who owns the Columbia cafe. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harwood re turned from their vacation Satur day. They were fishing near East lake, about thirty miles from Bend and reported a good catch of about two hundred and fifty fish in the two weeks. Mrs. Jenkins accompan ied them. Mrs. Hazel Stutte, daughter of Mr'. and Mrs. Faler, arrived here Satur day for a few days' visit She and her daughter, Phyllis, returned to their home in Portland Thursday, Phyllis has been visiting her grand parents for several weeks. For only $2 a year you may get all the news of Morrow county. Oregon Kenneth B. Piatt Chief at Squaw Butte Kenneth B. Piatt,-formerly of the Uiuversity of Idaho, has been named j the first resident superintendent of the big 16,000-acre Squaw Butte re gional range experiment station near Burns. He will serve jointly as an ap pointee of the division of grazing, United States department of the in terior, and the agricultural experi ment station at Oregon State col lege, which cooperates in the oper ation of the station. Heretofore, the work at Squaw Butte has been un der the part-time direction of R. G. Johnson, professor of animal hus bandry at the college. Piatt was born on an Idaho ranch and assisted his father and uncle in the operation of stock ranches until he entered the University of Idaho, from which he was graduated in 1930. After obtaining his degree in agriculture there, he obtained a teaching fellowship at the Univer sity of Minnesota, where he ob tained his master's degree in animal husbandry and agricultural econ omics. Piatt returned to the University of Idaho in 1931 and worked in the animal husbanrdy department for two years, during which he prepared research data and manuscripts for publication on steer and lamb feed ing. He was later put in charge of preparing radio and news material on agricultural subjects at the uni versity, which position he filled un til he entered the division or grazing as a junior range examiner in 1936, When appointed to the Squaw Butte position he was serving as range examiner in charge of Region 5, and was directing field surveys and property inventories in that area. Oregon's motor vehicle death rate per lUU.UW.UW vehicle miles was 10.7 for the first six months of 1939, Earl Snell, secretary of state, re vealed today. This was a continua tion of the downward trend noted last year when the rate for the first six months was 10.8. A tail light which is not function ing properly may cause a serious accident, Earl Snell. secretary of state, warns. Three cars involved in fatal accidents during the first six months of 1939 were found to have faulty tail lights. Thirty-seven per cent of the fatal accidents reported in Oregon during the first six months of 1939 occurred on heavily traveled highways, sta tistics gathered by Earl Snell, sec retary of state, revealed today. Want Ads Large gentle Jersey bull for sale, F. Burroughs, lone. 23-24p Any size roll developed, 2 print: each good negative 25c. Reprints 2c each. No order less than 25c. P. O Box 949, Portland, Oregon. 23-24p PEACHES 40 lb. box $1.00. Bring boxes. Crawfords, Muirs, Elbertas, ripe. Edmonds Orchards, Umatilla. 22-24 1938 International pick-up, low mileage, exceptional bargain. Mor row County Grain Growers, Lexing' ton. 22tf Who will drive car east, expenses paid? Man or woman. Bring refer ences to Alex Wilson, city. 22tf, Good piano for sale. L. L. Gilliam, Team of , mares, weighing about 2500, bred to good jack, to trade for cattle. W. H. French, Hardman. 21tf Spinet type piano. Beautiful case, Demonstrator; bargain. Terms if de sired. Pendleton Music House. 20-22 A good five-room house, close in. full plumbing, with Flamo stove, re frigerator and water heater, $1050 cash. See J. O. Turner. 19tf 1931 Chev. coupe; good tires and runs good. $125.00, terms. Ralph Jackson, Lexington. 15tf 4 used new style McCormick Deering Rod Weeders with trans ports, 33 off; good as new. Jack son Implement Co., Lexington. 15tf Page Seven Indicating the necessity of an in tensive campaign for the safety of elderly pedestrians, Earl Snell, sec retary of state, today declared that 80 per cent of the pedestrians killed Portland during the first six months of 1939 were over 55 years age. Forty-five per cent were over 65 years of age. PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS, the unregulated use of certain forest areas is, in the judgment of the State Forester, a menace to life and prop erty due to conditions tending to cause or allow the rapid spread of fires which might occur or because of the inaccessible character of such areas due to the lack of suitable roads, and WHEREAS, upon' the showing of the State Forester it ap pears to me to be necessary to close to unregulated use the following area designated as: Area No. R-l: All National Forests in Oregon, ex cept the Siuslaw National Forest, and adjacent areas protected by the U. S. Forest Service as follows: T. 1 N., Rs. 35 and 36 E.; T. 3 N., Rs. 36 and 37 E.; T. 4 N., R. 37 E.; T. 5 N., R. 37 E.; except Sections 4 to 9 and 16 to 21; T. 5 N., R. 38 E.; EMj T. 6 N., R. 37 E.; T. 6 N., R. 38 E.; T. 1 S., Rs. 34, 35, 36, and 37 E.; SEy4 T. 2 S., R. 32 E.; SMi T. 2 S., R. 33 E.; T. 2 S., R. 34 & N R. 35 E.; SEy4 T. 3 S., R. 30 E.; S T. 3 S., R. 30 E.; S and NEV4 T. 3 S., R. 31 E.; T. 3 S., R. 32 E.; Wk T. 4 S., R. 27 E.; T. 4 S., Rs. 28 to 32 E.; Sft T, 5 S., R. 25 E.; SMi and NEy4 T. 5 S., R. 26 E.; T. 5 S., Rs. 27 & 30 to 33 E.; SVz T. 6 S., 22 E.; T. 6 S., Rs. 23 to 31 and 33 E.; E T. 7 S., R. 21 E.; T. 7 S., Rs. 22 to 28 E.; all of T. 7 S., R. 29 E. north of John Day River; NEA T. 8 S., R. 21 E.; T. 8 S., R. 22 E.; N T. 8 S., Rs. 23 to 25 E.; T. 8 S., R. 27 E.; Ny2 T. 8 S., R. 28 E. NOW, THEREFORE, I. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Governor of the State of Oregon, by virtue of the author ity vested in me under the provis ions of Section 42-409a, Oregon Code 1935 Supplement, do hereby pro claim the unregulated use of the above described areas to be unlaw ful and do hereby close said areas and the same shall be subject to use only upon condition that entrants shall comply with all of the follow ing requirements or conditions: 1. To refrain from smoking while trav eling in such areas, except on paved or surfaced highways. 2. To secure a permit issued by the forester or a fire warden before building a camp fire other than at improved, desig nated and posted camp grounds on such area. 3. To have as a part of his or her equipment when using camp fires, except when traveling as a pedestrian, andor camping at improved, designated and posted camp grounds, tools as specified by the forester suitable for extinguish ing fires. This proclamation shall be effective from and after the 26 day of July, 1939 and shall remain in full force and effect until and including the 31st day of December, 1939. Done at the Capitol in Salem, Oregon, this 26 day of July, 1939. Signed, CHARLES A, SPRAGUE, Governor. ATTEST: EARL SNELL. Secretary of State. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the second Monday in August (Monday, August 14th, 1939) the board of equalization of Morrow County, Oregon, will attend, at the Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon, and publicly examine the assessment rolls of said County for the year 1940, and will correct errors in val uation, description or quality of land, lots or other property, assessed by the Assessor of Morrow County, Oregon, as of March 1, 1939. All persons interested or having any complaints against their assess ments for the year 1940, should ap pear at that time. Petitions for the reduction in assessment must be in writing, verified by oath of appli cant or his attorney and must be filed with the board the first 15 days it is in session. Any petition or ap plication not so made, verified and filed shall not be considered or act ed upon by the board. Dated at Heppner, Oregon, July 25 1939. THOMAS J. WELLS, Assessor, Morrow County, Oregon. 20-22