Volume 56, Number 30
'Waterways Work
Vital to County:'
Judge Johnson
Meeting at Walla
Walla Cited; History
Shows Benefits
Lower transportation charges are
vital hormones needed in Morrow
county's economic blood stream, de
clares Judge Bert Johnson, hence
call of the district's leading physician
for providing this succor is of para
mount importance.
Inland Empire Waterways asso
ciation is the physician in case. It
has called the sixth annuel conven
tion to be held in Walla Walla,' Oc
tober 18, beginning at 10 a. m., in
the chamber of commerce rooms.
Everyone in Morrow county inter
ested in development of the Colum
bia river and its attending benefits
is urged by Judge Johnson to at
tend. Citing organization history as a
background for the coming meeting,
Judge Johnson says the association
is composed of representatives from
all farm, business, commercial club
and local government strata in the
northwest, working without profit.
Incorporated in the state of Wash'
ington in 1932, it has a voluntary
membership from 32 counties.
The association was organized to
advance interests of the Columbia
river watershed by development of
foreign and domestic commerce by
encouraging development of Colum
bia and Snake rivers for transpor
tation, and fostering measures that
will bring such actual use of these
rivers. To accomplish its objectives
much of the association's work has
necessarily been in presenting its
case before the governmental agen
cies who have the power to bring
about improvments. In its presenta
tions, the association has brought
not only the message of transporta
tion but that of all matters affect
ing the region's economic life.
Presentation of the association's
case at all times has respected qual
. ified governmental technical author
ity, not attempting to say what the
proper program of actual devel
opment shall be, but showing the
economic picture to help steer the
development's course.
Already Inland Waterways has
been instrumental in bringing larger
sealocks to Bonneville, and influenc
ed bringing the successful trip of
the Charles L. Wheeler, "first freight
vessel to navigate the locks inland
to The Dalles in July last year.
Continued on Page Eight
Elections Scheduled
in Triple-A Set-Up
Agricultural Conservation associa
tion elections will be held in each
of the communities of the county,
October 27, to elect the 1940 com
munity committeemen and to elect
delegates who will represent the
communities in the county agricul
tural conservation convention.
Final instructions for the elections
have not been received at the pre
sent time, according to C. D. Conrad,
secretary, but this information will
be forwarded to each tenant and
landlord in the county as soon as
final arrangements are made.
OLD HUNTER REPEATS
Heppner"s mayor, George Bleak-
man, is no novice at the hunting
game and rarely in the fifty-odd
years of his residence in Morrow
county has he missed getting his
deer meat. He repeated the end of
the week by bringing down a nice
190-pounder in the Fuller canyon
district south of Hardman where
he hunted in company with his son.
Rho Bleakman of Monument.
45 pigs, 2 and 3 mos. old, for sale
Mrs. Lana Padberg, lone. 30-31p
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITOR I 'J v
PORTLAND, o ;. r .
Heppner,
Mary Mc In tyre,
Clayton Wright
Honored Clubbers
Mary Mclntyre of Hardman and
Clayton Wright of Rhea creek were
selected last week as the 1939 Mor
row county 4-H club delegates to
the Pacific International Livestock
exposition.
This boy and girl will leave for
Portland next Tuesday with all ex
penses paid by the First National
Bank of Portland. They will have an
opportnuity of attending the live
stock show and all of the 4-H club
activities the latter part of the week.
Miss Mclntyre is 18 years of age
and has been a club member for six
years, carrying cooking and sewing
projects. Wright is 19 years of age,
has had four years of club work,
and is this year leading the Rhea
Creek Pig club.
The selection of the delegates was
made by a committee composed of
B. C. Pinckney, manager of the
Heppner branch bank; Mrs. Lucy
Rodgers, county school supermten
dent, and C. D. Conrad, county ag
ent.
This is the fourth year that the
First National bank has sponsored
such an activity for 4-H club work
in the state and through their co
operation they have made it possi
ble for 74 4-H club members, two
from each county in the state, and
two from the city of Portland to at
tend the Pacific International show
each of the four years.
Previous delegates from Morrow
county were Frances Wilkinson and
James Peck, in 1936; Awilda Bleak
ney and Ellwynn Peck, in 1937, and
Lucille Jones and Guy Moore, in
1938.
Race of Model T's
to be Sunday Thriller
Heppner's Rodeo track will be the
scene Sunday of a thrilling racing
classic the Model T derby, an
nounces Heppner post American
Legion, sponsors.
With 11 entries already signed up
and more promised, plenty of com
petition is in sight. All drivers in
the lists are seasoned racing boys.
One local product, Jim Shoun, has
tasted the dust of three tracks with
out a first place so far, but this time,
flying colors of Morrow County
Creamery company, he expects to
bring the bacon to Heppner.
Qualifying heats will start at 2
o'clock and at least four hours of
high excitement is promised spec
tators" for their admission payment
of. 50 cents for adults and 25 cents
for kids. .
The local track is somewhat short
er than any on which previous der
bies in this section have been run,
say the promoters, which will cause
extreme care on the part of drivers
to avert accidents.
Pine City 4-H'ers
To Show at P. I.
Morrow county's 4-H livestock
clubs will be represented at the
Pacific International Livestock ex
position judging contest next week
by Malcolm O'Brien, Guy Moore and
Bruce Lindsay of the Pine City sheep
club.
These club members will leave
for the International Sunday morn
ing, accompanied by C. D. Conrad,
county agent, and will be on hand
for the contest Monday morning.
The stock judging contest held at
Portland is one of the largest in
the northwest with teams competing
from the seven northwest states.
NAMED DEPUTY CLERK
Miss Harriet Pointer of Lexing
ton, daughter of Mrs. Maude Point'
er, has assumed the duties of deputy
county clerk, succeeding Mis Kath
ryn Parker who left Sunday for La
Grande to enter Eastern Oregon
College of Education. Miss Pointer
was chosen for the post by C. W,
Barlow, county clerk, with confir
mation by the county corut.
Jteppttgr (Baggtfr 1 toga
Oregon, Thursday, October
Mill Employees
Feted on Reaching
Production Mark
Heppner Lumber Co.
Decking Logs for
Prolonged Operation
Signifying arrival of Heppner
Lumber company at a high-produc
tion, smooth-operation basis that is
expected to continue until January
first, weather permitting, mill em
ployees enjoyed a party at company
expense the end of the week.
The party had been promised by
Orve Smith, personnel manager, as
soon as the "force" reached and was
able to maintain a 50,000-foot per
8-hour day output. Saturday, the
crew had maintained more than 50,
000 feet per 8 hours for nine days,
producing a total of a half million
feet in the nine days.
Preparations are now being made
to deck out two million feet of logs
at the mill to enable continued op
eration until the first of the year,
after the hauling season is over,
Smith reports.
To key up woods operations, the
Jack Myers crew with two tractors
was added to the J. W. Zornes log
ging crew this week. Zomes also
operates two tractors, and Joe Del-
ameter is taking his tractor out to
assist in the "snaking" operations.
Eleven trucks are now hauling in
to the mill.
Daily loading of lumber at the
mill's spur track has been under
way for some time, the lumber go
ing o Bridal Veil Box and Lumber
company.
State Supervisor
Nearly Breaks Own .
Law on Hunt Here
Morrow county had the distinc
tion of entertaining two members
of the state game commission for
the opening of the bird season.
Frank Wire, commission supervis
or, brought Mrs. Wire and his
three-year Oregon field cham
pion English setter, Queen, for the
hunt Sunday and Monday. Also
present was Charles Leach, com
mission member, who with Lotus
Langley, former Multnomah coun
ty district attorney, completed
the party from Portland that hunt
ed in company with Logie Rich
ardson, president Morrow County
Hunters and Anglers club.
The state game head left yes
terday afternoon in possession of
his full quota of birds.
"It was tough hunting," said
Richardson, "but Queen is the
most wonderful dog I ever hunted
over. She's all but human. She
held birds that we had to kick out
of the brush to get up, and we
never lost a cripple."
How close the state supervisor
came to looking through bars of
his own making was an interest
ing sidelight on the hunt. As one
bird broke out of the brush, Mr.
Wire banged away.
"Hey, Frank! What're you doing?
Thafs a hen!" yelled Charlie
Leach.
"Well, I guess I'm entitled to a
hen, am I not?" replied the chief.
Whereupon he was informed that
Morrow county was not among
counties listed for the taking of
a hen.
"By golly, I'm glad I missed it,"
responded the chief.
MOVE INTO NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Norton Lundell this
week moved into their new house
next to Mr. Lundell's service sta
tion on Chase street, recently com
pleted by N. D. Bailey, contractor,
An attractive, modern cottage, it is
nicely appointed to meet the needs
of a small family.
5, 1939
Mrs. Lillian Cochran
Once Famous Singer,
Dies at Home Here
Once Baroness Von Tilsie, noted
opera singer and vaudeville star,
Mrs. Lillian Cochran, 69, died at her
home in this city yesterday after
noon. Funeral rites have been announc
ed for tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'
clock from Masonic hall, under aus
pices of the Rebekah and Eastern
Star lodges, with Rev. R. C. Young
officiating.
Born Lillian Von Tilsie to a Ger
man nobleman, Baron Von Tilsie,
and a noted woman doctor and
physician, in St. Louis, Mo., March
4, 1870, Baroness Von Tilsie started
the stage career in. her early wo
manhood that took , her to most of
the large cities in the United States,
to Nome, Alaska, in 1900 in the gold
rush days, and to Victoria, B. C, as
a feted singed.
Married to Emmet Cochran, pio
neer eastern Oregon stockman in
1902, she came to Heppner in that
year when the family home was
first established here, later going to
the ranch near Monument for sev
eral years before the home was
again made here. Always a con
siderate neighbor and friend Mrs.
Cochran carried her humanitarian
activities into community life. She
served as county chairman of Am
erican Red Cross right after the
World war, leaving this post to be
come matron of the girls' training
school at Salem! She also worked
with the Louise home in Portland
and assisted the Portland commun
ity chest drive while residing there.
Returning to Heppner a few years
ago, she was restricted by ill health
from former active interest in com
munity affairs, but her kindness
was reflected in her acts of help
fulness toward neighbors and
friends. Several months ago it be
came necessary for her to undergo
a major operation in Portland, since
which time she had been almost
constantly confined at home.
Mrs. Cochran was a member of
both Sans Souci lodge 33, Rebekahs,
and Ruth chapter 32, Order of East'
ern Star, in which she was an active
worker so long as health permitted.
Postoffice Opens
Saturday Afternoons
Beginning next Saturday the
Heppner postoffice will remain open
until 6 o'clock in the evening, the
same as on week days, announces
Chas. B. Cox, postmaster.
This change from the Saturday
noon closing that has been in vogue
for some time, is made in the public
interest with the belief that the
extra accommodation will be ap
preciated by many patrons, Mr. Cox
said.
Rodeo Meeting Set
To Plan Next Show
Election of officers and report of
the show just past are two headline
features of the annual Rodeo busi
ness meeting called by President
Henry Aiken for the Elks club next
Monday evening beginning at 8:00
o'clock.
Everyone interested in the Rodeo
is urged to attend and express his
views, said Aiken. Association mem
bership includes every resident of
the county who cares to participate,
Grazing District to
Elect Officers
A meeting of the Morrow Grazing
association, including those persons
who are qualified to receive regu
lar free use or non-use licenses or
permits, will be held "in the county
court room at 1 o'clock, Wednesday,
October 18, for the purpose of elect
ing an advisroy board of stockmen
for the ensuing year.
Nominations will open at the poll
ing place at 1 o'clock p. m., and
the voting polls will remain open
between two and five o'clock.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Court to Continue
Effort to Extend
Road Improvement
Judge, Commission
er, Tell Lions Plans;
Hill Work Praised
Continued effort will be made for
extension of improvements on the
Heppner hill road to include oil
surfacing on to Rhea creek, for im
provement of the Hardman hill and
the connecting link on the Rhea
creek-Gilliam county line sector of
the Heppner-Wasco secondary high
way. That is the assertion of Judge
Bert Johnson and George Peck,
county commissioner, who addressed
the Lions club Monday.
The meeting, arranged by W. C.
Rosewall, club roads committee
chairman, took the nature of a cele
bration in recognition of the re
cently completed surfacing on the
Heppner hill road.
Mr. Peck recalled that he had at
tended Lions club meeting ten years
before when improvement of sev
eral roads was proposed, including
finishing of the Heppner-Spray
road, the Lexington-Jarmon road,
oiling on Oregon-Washington high
way toward Pilot Rock and other
items. All proposals then made have
since been realized, and more, he
said.
Judge Johnson told how consist
ent pounding of the court resulted
last year in the visit of the state
highway commission which culmin
ated in the work now completed.
While the six-mile stretch of road
was estimated to cost $67,000, he gave
it as the word of State Engineer
Baldock that the type of construc
tion was the same as was used in
the heaviest traveled highways.
Maintenance was built into the road,
he said, which means a good road
over a long period without much
cost of upkeep.
Judge Johnson and Harry Tam-
blyn, county engineer, cited that the
state road is heavier and wider than
roads built by the county to suit
local needs which cost some $4000
a mile.
The county court would like to
build all the roads which it is called
upon to constructadvised the judge,
but those asking for roads should
also point out, ways of financing.
The court is allowed $55,000 a year
to maintain all the county roads and
construct such new ones as are most
pressing. Almost as much money is
budgeted each year for interest on
and retirement of outstanding road
bonds, he said, which if the court
had it to spend, as it might on a
pay-as-you-go basis without in
creasing taxes, a much better job
could be done. He commended the
county engineer's office as having
saved more than its cost to the coun
ty in economies effected in road
construction.
Peck cited that Morrow county is
handicapped through lack of roads
designated for federal aid, in se
curing state and federal assistance.
The only federal-aid road in the
county is the Columbia river high
way passing through the north end.
A few years ago, the county lost the
Oregon - Washington highway be
tween Nye Junction and Heppner
Junction when this stretch was tak
en off the federal map and the
mileage given to another road.
He considered it important that
the state improve the Oregon
Washington highway, a primary road,
at least as far as Lena, to accom
modate the heay traffic that cornea
in to Heppner from that section.
CONSTRUCTING RESIDENCE
T. Babb, contractor, recently
started construction of a new resi
dence for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benge
on their property in the north end
of town, Plans call for a nicely ar
ranged, modern five-room residence.