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Heppner
Gazette Times
THE HEPPNER GAZETTE.
Established March 30. 1883;
THE HEPPNER TIMES.
Established November 18, 1897;
CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912
Published every Thursday morning by
CSAWTOBD PUBLISHING COMPANY
and entered at the Post Office at Hepp
ber, Oregon, as second-class matter.
' JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor
SPENCER CRAWFORD, Manager
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Brown Retains Title,
Proctor Sensation
At Firemen's Card
; "Referee Joe Marcus of Portland
gave "Buzz" Brown the decision for
retention of his northwest light
weight championship after ten
rounds of hard battle with dimin
utive Joe Mendiola of Manila, P. I.,
in the main event of a sensational
fight card here Saturday evening.
The open air ring at the Rodeo
grounds was surrounded by 500 cash
customers.
All the cash customers didn't
agree with Mr. Marcus' decision, as
the little brown bomber was plainly
in the best condition when the fight
ended. Brown carried the fight to
his opponent most of the way, and
a disputed low blow in the eighth
round which called for referee's
time-out, gave Brown that round.
The blow doubled Brown up and
took the buzz before shown out of
him.
'. It wasn't this clash, but Powder
Proctor, 17-year-old Portland col
ored boy, that really made the card
a sensation. Proctor put away two
opponents, Jack Curley of Salem
and Danny O'Brien of Klamath Falls,
in rapid order, as an extra-card
event. Curley was his regularly
slated opponent, but when Board
man's Stan Partlow failed to show
for his match with O'Brien, the col
ored boy offered to take him on im
mediately after the go with Curley.
Both opponents bit the dust in the
third round after Proctor's gruelling
left hooks had mowed them down.
Proctor was hailed as the class of
any fighters seen here in many a
long day.
, Harry Douthit, CCC, scored a KO
over Richard Hayes in the third
round of the heavyweight curtain
raiser, and Sammy McCracken, fa
vored Hermiston son, laid Alvin
Pettyjohn low in the third round of
the second match of the evening.
Mayor Bleakman appointed a new
boxing commission in time to ar
range for the card, with C. J. D.
Bauman, Dr. L. D. Tibbies and
Vawter Parker officiating. Plans are
being laid by the firemen for a series
'of smokers this fall and winter to
be -held in the swimming tank ad
ministration building where more
commodious quarters will be had
-than those in the city hall garage
used last winter.
RODEO CREW ON JOB
Eddie Chinn's Rodeo crew at the
Elkhorn restaurant arrived by car
Monday evening. Peter Lang, for
mer Elkhorn employee, brought with
him his recent bride, nee Marie
Tom, whom he married in Portland
on the 9th. They make their home
in Portland. Mrs. Sherrill of Clack
amas is back as cashier, and from
Portland come Soon Lee, Way Lee,
Jack Lee (chef), Walter Lee and
Frank Lee.
Lewis J Giles, who has been at
Bing Crosby's race track at Delmar,
in California and who has served as
racing secretary at Puyallup, will be
judge and racing secretary for the
'Oregon state fair racing meet in Sa
lem, opening Labor day. The fair
will run a full week, the racing meet
Tut the first six days.
Traffic fatalities during the sec
ond quarter of 1939 showed a drop
of 25 per cent from the total for the
corresponding period in 1938, Earl
Snell, secretary of state, revealed
today.
Heppner
SMOKY RANGELAND
Continued from First Page
rector, world-famous roper, Morrow
county rancher, president of North
west Cowboys association, and as
all 'round range hand and show per
former as any country ever boasted.
Bob Ingram is No. 2 and Bill Mc
Farland No. 3. These boys are dog
gers and ropers of top class.
It wasn't possible to corral all the
many cowpokes that have wandered
in. But Pat Fisk, former Rodeo
champ, is on deck, as is Kenny De
pew who will enter the lists as well
as direct the bucking horses. Johnny
Tubbs, Jim Irving and Ray Bart
ram are three other names that ap
pear as headliners at the larger
shows, while Ray Southard came
all the way from Casa Grande, Ariz.,
with a 15-second roping reputation,
and Ervan Carlson from Salmon,
Idaho, with plenty of buckaroo back
ground.
Rodeo is an open show for all
comers, asserts Henry Aiken, presi
dent, and all boys entering the lists
may be assured a square deal. Finis
Kirkpatrick, father of Round-Up's
Queen Barbara; Clay Porter, Long
Creek, and Eb Hughes of Lena will
be the judges to assure this.
Forest Fire Burns
In Kinzua Timber
A large timber fire near Winlock
in an area logged over by Kinzua
Pine Mills broke loose Sunday after
apparently having been put under
control Saturday, and members of
the local CCC camp were called out
to help fight it.
A. T. King, here Sunday from
Kinzua, said all available hands from
the mill town had been called out
Saturday. The exact area covered
had not been determined. The dis
trict is under supervision of the
local forest office, and F. F. Weh
meyer, ranger, went immediately to
the scene of the fire.
Red and White Men
At Conference Here
A district conference of Red and
White grocerymen met around the
dinner table at Hotel Heppner Mon
day evening. Logan Finnerty, gen
eral manager of the co-operative
buying group, from Portland, head
ed the discussion group, assisted by
Mr. Barnes, representative of Wad
hams & Kerr, wholesalers. The com
pany's ten-point credit policy was
the main subject for discussion.
In attendance were M. D. Clark,
W. O. Dix and W. Y. Ball, local
Red and White dealers; Joe Norton
of Mt. Vernon, Dempsey Boyer of
Monument, Mr. and Mrs. Potter of
Condon, and Bert Mason of lone.
WILLETTA PLEISS NELSON
Funeral services were, held from
Case mortuary chapel in this city
Tuesday for Willetta Pleiss Nelson,
20, daughter of Mrs. Robert Owens,
who died Saturday at The Dalles.
Her father was Henry Pleiss who
died here a number of years ago.
Martin B. Clark officiated at the
funeral rites and interment was in
Masonic cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation to the kind
neighbors and friends who assisted
us at the time our house burned.
Especially do we wish to thank Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom and
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann for
their special help.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gorger.
CORRECTION
This paper erred last week in re
porting the Griffin-Wray car acci
dent. According to Mr. Griffin, he
was driving on to the highway and
Mr. Wray was driving along the
highway at the time of collision. The
report last week gave a reversed
position of the cars.
Racing fans who patronize the
pari-mutuels at the Oregon state
fair racing meet, which opens Labor
day, will be afforded the last word
in absolutely fair races for the see-ing-eye
or photo flash finish will
be employed on the race track this
year for the first time. The meet at
the fair tracks in Salem will last
six days, none being held the clos
ing Sunday of the state fair.
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CHURCHES
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Martin B. Clark, Pastor
9::45 Bible School
11:00 Communion and Preaching
7:00 Christian Endeavor
8:00 Evening Church Service
7:30 P. M. Wednesday
Choir Practice
7:3:0 P. M. Thursday .. .
Prayer Meeting
METHODIST CHURCH
REV. R. C. YOUNG. Pastor
Sunday: Bible School 9:45 A. M.
Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Epworth League 7 :00 P. M.
Evening Worship 8:00 P. M
Tuesday: Boys' Club 7:00 P. M.
2nd Tuesday, Missionary Meet
ing 2:80 P. M.
Wednesday: Choir Practice 7:30 P. M.
1st Wednesday, Ladies Aid Business
and Social Meeting 2 :30 P. M.
All other Wednesdays: Sewing Group
meets.
Thursday: Prayer Meeting 7:30 P. M.
Sweet Clover Gaining
Popularity as Pasture
Sweet clover is a comparatively
new pasture crop in Oregon which
has taken rapid strides since 1926,
when there were only 583 acres in
the state. Last year, 1938, the acre
age exceeded 10,000 acres. This pas
ture crop. The acreage is increasing
ance to alkaline lands and has proved
successful in Baker and Klamath
county alkali districts.
The O. S. C. experiment station
has produced. a strain of sweet clo
ver which is stem rot resistant and
can be profitably grown in western
Oregon as a soil building and pas
ture crop The acreage is increasing
slowly in the Willamette valley as
farmers become aware of the fact
that it is a profitable crop for such
purposes as dry land pasture.
STATE
CAPITAL
NEWS
o Veterans Employed
Every male employee of the World
War Veterans State Aid commission
and the Vocational Education de
partment is a world war veteran,
according to a survey made by Gov
ernor Sprague. The adjutant gen
eral's department reported that 90
per cent of its employees were vet
erans while three other departments
the state engineer, banking de
partment and pilot commission re
ported that war veterans constituted
more than 50 per cent of their em
ployed personnel. The survey was
made at the request of J. Richard
Smurthwaite, veteran placement of
ficer with the federal employment
service.
President Roosevelt may visit Ore
gon's new capitol when he comes to
the Pacific coast in October, accord
ing to Frederick A. Delano of Wash
ington, D. C, uncle of the president,
who called on Governor Sprague
this week. Delano was in Oregon as
chairman of the national resources
committee planning board.
Petitions signed by 5800 persons
requesting the organization of a
Peoples Utility District in Miultno
mah county were filed with the
Oregon Hydroelectric commission
Saturday by Harry M. Kenin. Should
the district be formed it is pro
posed to acquire the properties of
both the Portland General Electric
company and the Northwestern Elec
tric company, Kenin said.
California, which has abandoned
its border stations for the registra
tion of automobiles has written Sec
retary of State Snell suggesting that
Oregon take similar action. Snell,
who calls attention to the fact that
this is a matter requiring legislative
action, points out that he called the
situation to the attention of the last
legislature but nothing was done
about it. Snell questions the value of
automobile registrations which now
cost this state approximately $10,000
a year.
When it was first suggested dur
ing the recent legislative session
that the House and Senate chambers
of the new capitol be placed at the
disposal of the American Legion for
their convention sessions, the pro
Oregon
posal met with much opposition. It
was feared the war veterans might
wreck the building. Now, however,
that the Legion convention has come
and gone it can be said that these
fears were groundless. The capitol
does not appear to be any the worse
for its three days entertainment of
the Legionnaires and their ladies.
In fact, observers are inclined to
agree that the war veterans were
more considerate of its marble halls,
oak furniture and fine carpets than
are the legislators.
Calling attention to the fact that
of the 3218 grade crossings in Ore
gon only 221 are equipped with au
tomatic protection, Public Utilities
Commissioner O. R. Bean is asking
the cooperation of the motoring pub
lic in reducing crossing accidents.
Last year there were 152 grade
crossing accidents in Oregon, 46 of
these at crossing with automotic sig
nals, Bean points out.
In the past three years, or since
federal funds became available for
this purpose, 40 grade crossings have
been eliminated in Oregon at a cost
of approximately $4,000,000.
With 96 persons enrolled the open
ing night, the traffic safety driving
school sponsored in Salem by Earl
Snell, secretary of state, was the
largest single driving school in the
history of the movement in Ore
gon, it was announced today. Safe
driving is emphasized throughout
the work in the schools.
DOMINO BRED
HEREFORD CATTLE
We have both the Polled
RICHLY BRED DOMINO CATTLE.
WE NOW HAVE FOR SALE A FEW YEARLING BULLS AND
A FEW JANUARY BULL CALVES; ABOUT 15 BRED TWO-YEAR-OLD
HEIFERS, AND 15 YEARLING HEIFERS.
When in need of good heavy range bulls or foundation female stock,
look us up.
ROY ROBINSON, Hardman, Ore.
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Thursday, August 24, 1939
As a special tribute to the Oregon
poultry industry and to the honors
it brought to the state at the re
cent world's poultry congress in
Ohio, the Oregon state fair officials
have designated Friday of the fair
as Oregon Poultry day as well as
farm organizations day. The fair will
be held at Salem September 4-10.
The Oregon exhibit at the Ohio con
gress will be on display, as will Ore
gon turkeys and poultry which won
national acclaim for this state.
Of approximately 112,500,000 bush
els of United States wheat and flour
exported between July 1, 1938, and
May 31, 1939, there were 88,000,000
bushels sold under the federal ex
port program.
Natural and artificial reseeding of
range land was carried out on 15,
000,000 acres by western fanners
who participated in the 1937 range
program.
Drivers in the 25-39 age group
were more often involved in traffic
accidents than any other age group,
Earl Snell, secretary of state, said
today. There were 10,123 accident
drivers in this age group during the
first six months of 1939. This was 32
percent of all the drivers reporting
accidents in Oregon during that per
iod. Lost Axe, saw and shovel be
tween Heppner and Arbuckle. Find
er return to N. D. Bailey.
Our cattle are the large type of
Herefords. They have heavy bone,
straight legs, good heads and a coat
of dark red curly hair. I believe we
have the largest type of Hereford
cattle in the state. They are smooth,
very easy keepers and will get fat
at any age on any good range.
Some of our cows will weigh 1600
lbs. and many of them 1400 and 1500
lbs. Our herd bulls weigh over a
ton at four years old.
and horned types. Both kinds are