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Volume 56, Number 40
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Dec. 7, 1939
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Hunters, Anglers
Hear State Head
At Elk Dinner
Frank Wire Tells of
Game Work, Shows
Wild Life Pictures
A highly appreciated menu of both
food and speech was featured by
elk when more than one hundred and
fifty Morrow County Hunters and
Anglers club members and families
participated in the big dinner set at
Camp Heppner, CCC, Sunday eve
ning. Elk for eating was contributed by
Logie Richardson, club president;
Len Gilliam, Bert and Kenneth
Bleakman. It was prepared by camp
boys under direction of Lt. Marius
P. Hanford, commandant, along with
other items of the generous bill of
fare which was contributed by the
camp.
On the speaking menu, Frank
Wire, state game supervisor, who
was accompanied by Mrs. Wire, con
tributed a salubrious dish of elk in
formation; touched on deer and fish
management, and climaxed the eve
ning by showing reels of colored
wild life movies taken by himelf .
Mr. Richardson, a toastmaster of
the evening, presented various mem
bers of the attending group, includ
ing Jack Merrills orchestra who fur
ther enlivened the occasion with
popular tunes.
Game management, rather than
merely conservation, is the big prob
lem confronting the state game com
mission, Mr. Wire cited in asserting
that the elk population in eastern
Oregon is increasing out of propor
tion to the number taken by hunters
each year. This was recognized when
the commission opened the season on
cow elk this fall, he said, and in an
swering criticism of the manner in
which cow elk tags were distributed
he averred that a legislative act and
not commission ruling controlled
the manner of distribution. Just to
show that Portland sportsmen didn't
get all the tags, he quoted figures
which showed sportsmen of eastern
Oregon to have received more than
300 of the total of 500 issued. From
the 500 tags issued, final check re
vealed that only 379 cows had been
taken by hunters.
What is true of elk is also largely
true of deer, Mr. Wire said. Last
year a count in the Murderers creek
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W. K. Corson Rites
Being Held Today
Funeral rites are being held from
the Elks hall this afternoon for W
K. Corson, 75, 40-year resident of
the county, who died at the E. L.
Bucknum home Tuesday morning,
Heppner lodge 350, B. P. O. Elks, of
which the deceased had long been a
member, is officiating, assisted by
Rev. R. C. Young, with Phelps Fu
neral home in charge. Interment is
being made in Masonic cemetery.
Born at Springfield, HI., Oct. 13,
1864, to Horatio and Emma (Kirk-
patrick) Corson, William Kirkpat-
rick Corson came to Morrow county
as a young man and college tradu
ate to serve as bookkeeper for stores
in lone, and later was connected with
the old Burgoyne store at Lexing
ton. He married Miss Delia Reed at
Lone Rock, April 25, 1900. The wid
ow, who resides at lone, and one
son, Eldred William Corson of Chi
cago, survive, besides a sister, Mrs,
Hattie Chrissman, and a brother,
Charles Corson, both of The Dalles
For the last several years, Mr,
Corson had worked with sheep on
various ranches in the county and
had the reputation of being a reli
able and efficient worker. He was
always thoughtful of his friends,
Suffering blindness for many months
he was caused by this affliction to
retire more than a year ago.
Scout Honor Court
To Draw Executive
Robert H. Hayes, Boy Scout ex
ecutive representing Blue Mountain
council, will assist at a court of hon
or slated for Heppner and Lexing
ton troops at the local Church of
Chist the evening of Wednesday,
Dec. 13, beginning at 7:30.
Troop organization for the year is
about completed, announces Martin
B. Clark, local scoutmaster, with 18
boys already registered and six to
ten more expected by next meeting.
Installing of new members and ad
vancement of older members will
feature the honor court. Mr. Hayes
will install new scouts and bring an
inspiring message on scouting. Par
ents and citizens of Heppner are ex
pected to attend and lend encour
agement to the investiture service.
Come and show vour interest in
training these boys to be good Amer
ican citizens, urges Mr. Clark.
STAR TO ELECT
Election of officers and refresh'
ments served by brothers are on the
slate for the regular meeting of
Ruth chapter 32, Order of Eastern
Star, tomorrow (Friday) evening,
announces Mrs. Faye Ferguson,
worthy matron, who tells members
not to forget the penny drill.
BUYS RESIDENCE
Deed was recorded this week for
the sale of the small residence of
Mrs. Daisy Shively on Center street,
next to Case building, to Mrs. Josie
Jones.
Fairyland
for Santa's
Here on Saturday
Departed Brothers
Honored by Elks
Departed brothers of the last year
tit i 1 TT
were memorialized y neppner
Lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, with sor
row lodge services at the hall Sun
day afternoon? J. O. Turner brought
an inspiring message to the large
number of lodge members and
friends who assembled, and special
vocal music was sung by Mr. and
Mrs. Russell McNeill, Mrs. Raymond
Ferguson and Martin B. Clark, with
Mrs. J. O. Turner at the piano.
Absent brothers failing to respond
to roll call were R. H. Lane, Royal
C. Phelps, Ernest E. Clark and John
Sheridan Kilkenny. E. Harvey Mil
ler presided as exalted ruler, and
Mr. Calrk pronounced invocation
and benediction.
Father Injured
As Stork Arrives
Tuesday a baby daughter, 8
pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Brosnan of Lena at the home
of Mrs. Lillie Aiken.
That evening Mr. Brosnan rushed
into the barn lot to come to town,
and unaware of the animal's pres
ence was met squarely on the fore
head by a horse's flying hoofs. He
was brought to Heppner hospital for
treatment where lacerations of the
scalp and skin over the cheek bone
below one eye were revealed. He
was not knocked unconscious and
barring complications should make
good progress, his physician report
ed. The mother and baby are report
ed to be doing nicely.
SCHOOL MEETING SET
The county school district reor
ganization committee announces the
fourth in its series of educational
meetings over the county to be held
at the Eight Mile schoolhouse at 2:30
p. m., Friday, Dec. 15. Leonard Carl
son will be chairman of the meeting
and as at former meetings explana
tion will be made of the new school
district reorganization law under
which the committee is proceeding.
Traffic Lanes
For Pedestrians
Ordered by Council
Revision of Laws
Slated for Inclusion
In New Code Book
Three pedestrian safety lanes will
shortly make their appearance in
Heppner. Foremost considered by the
city council at Monday evening's
meeting is one across Main street at
Baltimore to add to safety of school
children.' The other two lanes in
Heppner's traffic innovation, to test
their feasibility, are one between
the Heppner Hotel and Masonic
building on Main street, and across
Gale street at Baltimore.
City dads arrived at this decision
in discussing the new traffic ordin
ance, recommended by League of
Oregon Cities as corresponding with
state law and which is being largely
adopted as standard throughout the
state, which is being placed in the
new, codified ordinance book now
being prepared by the league for
the city. It is expected this ordin
ance, one affecting licensing of for
hire carriers within the city, and
several amendments to existing or
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Stage Set
Coming
Santa's arrival Saturday eve
ning for the big Christmas open
ing at Heppner stores was presag
ed this week by placement of the
large community Christmas tree
by the fire boys, rows of ever
greens in curbs on either side of
Main street, decoration of stores
and distribution of treasure hunt
tickets.
When the siren sounds at 7:15
Saturday evening to signal the time
for window unveiling, and Hepp
ner's school band strikes up Christ
mas music at the tree, Santa will
find Heppner's main thoroughfare
and shops a fairyland replete with
charm and cheer, and all who come
to greet him should have hearts
warmed. No Scrooges will be left
in Heppner after Saturday, the com
mittee avers.
It is the desire of the steering
committee that everyone within
Heppner's trading radius should
have a ticket to the treasure hunt.
to start promptly at 7:30. Anyone
who has not obtained a ticket so
far is asked to call for it at any of
the businesses whose names appear
in the ad announcing the event in
this issue.
Apples Go Crazy,
Appear Twice in Year,
As Weather Balmy
An apple tree on the L. D. Neill
Butter creek farm has gone as
balmy as the weather, reports this
county commissioner.
When Mr. Neill came to town
yesterday to attend the regular
court meeting, he brought a sack
of evidence. Displayed were a
bunch of scrawny apples, not very
luscious in appearance, but fully
formed just the same, put forth by
an early sweet apple tree, its sec
ond crop of the year.
CHRISTMAS TREES
We will have Christmas trees for
sale again this year. Come and pick
for yourself. We deliver. Green',
Feed Store.
CHRISTMAS SEALS
GET GOOD DEMAND
Sale Up With Year Ago,
But Additional Impetus
Needed for Extra Nurse Service
The annual Christmas seal sale is
progressing very satisfactorily, with
the purchase of seals through the
Morrow County Public Health as
sociation aggregating the same
amount as last year for the first
week of the drive, reports Miss Rose
Leibbrand, county chairman. It will
be necessary to register an even
greater sales result this year due to
the county budget allowing funds
for a six months' nursing service and
the' association's pledge to provide
$250 as their contribution to this
service.
The Christmas seal sale funds are
awarded to the individual counties
on a per capita basis. Last year, as
Morrow county sold more than six
seals per person the public health
association kept in the local treas
urv 65 per cent of all funds collect
ed. This year our goal is to sell a
minimum of 7 seals per person m
Morrow county, thus assuring our
local fund 70 per cent of all money
collected.
Expenses of administering the as
sociation's Christmas seal sale are
those of supplies only, no one of the
county committee or the local chair
men being paid for their time and
work. Last year, as it was impossible
for committee members of the asso
ciation to attend the state convention
of the public health service in Sa
lem, traveling expenses were saved.
All monies collected in Morrow
county which are kept in the local
fund are expended for supplies, baby
clinics, tuberculin tests, flouroscope
tests, diphtheria mnoculations,
smallpox vaccinations, and a regular
pledge to pay about one-third of
the county nurses salary.
When you buy Christmas - seals
for your letters and cards you are
purchasing protection against dis
ease, preventing epidemics and
making your county a safe place in
which to live.
Lions' Objectives
Told at Luncheon
Citing from its ten years of con
tinuous service to Heppner, Spen
cer Crawford related before the
Monday Lions luncheon how the
club had largely attained the ob
jectives as set out in the constitu
tion of the international organization.
In one instance, "bringing together
a group of men representative of the
business interests of the community,"
he believed it had fallen short, but
from standpoints of furthering a bet
ter understanding among its mem
bers, of fostering a spirit of health
ful competition, of cooperating with
other groups in attaining community
improvements, and of assisting un
fortunate children to better sight, he
believed the club record would
show other objectives to have been
attained.
Eddie Kenny, Morrow county's
silver voiced Irish tenor deputy as
sessor, added enjoyment to the oc
casion by singing two popular balads
of Old Erin. He was accompanied by
Miss Marjorie Parker.
Firemen Slate Treat
For Kiddies on 16th
A second appearance of Santa
Claus at Heppner's big Christmas
tree will be sponsored by Heppner
firemen at 7:30 Saturday evening,
the 16th, as a prelude to their annual
ball to be held at the Elks hall.
Santa will have a treat for all the
kiddies, promises Ralph Beamer,
fire chief, who extends invitation for
all to greet the jolly old fellow on
this second appearance as well as the
first time he calls next Saturday eve
ning in connection with Christmas
opening at the stores.
Poinsettias for Christmas. Bril
liant, long-lasting. Phone 1332, city,
39-40
The Dalles Man
Urges Cooperation
In Empire Building
Impetus Given
Commercial Club
Move at Meeting
Painting a graphic word picture
of the "Parade of Progress" in de
velopment of the vast empire be
tween the Rockies and Cascades, W.
S. Nelson, for 16 years secretary of
The Dalles chamber of commerce,
brought to Heppner a stirring ap
peal for community cooperation
throughout the region to bring about
the larger industrial development
bound to result from recent "ener
gizing." He spoke before a repre
sentative group of Heppner business
men at a dinner meeting at Hotel
Heppner Tuesday evening. The
meeting was called in course of a
movement launched recently to re
establish a commercial club here.
The energizing to which the speak
er referred was completion and
near-completion of Bonneville and
Grand Coulee dams with their pow
er plants.
P. W. Mahoney was chairman of
the meeting an dintroduced, along
with Mr. Nelson, two other active
members at The Dalles, Ward R.
Weber, past president, and J. R.
Farrington, district manager Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company.
Mrs. O. G. Crawford sang two
solos with Mrs. J. O. Turner at the
piano.
D. M. Ward told of the objective
of the local move to obtain thirty
sponsors who would agree to con
tribute $2.50 a month toward sup
port of the club, which he believed
would assure successful operation
Continued on Page Eight
Mrs. L. W. Briggs Rites
Set for Tomorrow
One of the last members of a pio
neer family, Mrs. L. W. Briggs, 77,
will be honored at funeral rites at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
Methodist church, Rev. R. C. Young
officiating. Interment will be in
Masonic cemetery, and Case mortu
ary is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. L. W. Briggs passed away at
the family home on Center street
yesterday evening following a ling
ering illness that had kept her bed
fast .for several weeks. Surviving
are the husband, L. W. Briggs, coun
ty treasurer; daughters, Miss Opal
Briggs and Mrs. Ray Taylor; one
brother, Millard P. French, all of
this city, besides five grandsons, sev
eral nieces and nephews, including
Berl Gurdane of Umatilla, also a
host of friends from a lifetime of
Christian living.
Hannah French was born October
18, 1862, near Brookston, Indiana,
the daughter of Asa D. and Ruth E.
French. The family came to Oregon
in the fall of 1880, landing by boat
at Umatilla landing the day Presi
dent Garfield was elected. Locating
first on Willow creek above Hepp
ner, they later moved to Hinton
creek where Miss French's home
was made until her marriage, Feb.
10, 1886, to Leon W. Briggs, with
whom she lived until her death,
December 6, 1939.
In early girlhood she united with
the Baptist church, later, with her
husband, uniting with the Method
ist church of Heppner, of which she
was a faithful and devoted member
until the time of her death, and was
treasurer of the Womans Foreign
Missionary society from its organi
zation until she passed away, and
she was active in other activities of
the church.
To her and her husband were
born four children, Eunice Ruth,
who passed away in the Heppner
flood of 1903, and Opal D. and Loa
E. (Taylor), who are yet living and
reside in Heppner, and Julius French
Briggs who died in 1922.