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
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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
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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.
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