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Thursday, Feb. 15, 1940
Court Proceedings
for January Term
BE IT REMEMBERED, That
County Court met in regular ses
sion at the Courthouse in Heppner,
Oregon, on Wednesday the 3rd day
of January, 1940, this being the reg
ular time for holding a term of said
Court, when were present: Bert
Johnson, judge; George N. Peck,
commissioner; L. D. Neill, commis
sioner; C. W. Barlow, clerk; C. J.
D. Bauman, sheriff; Frank C. Alfred,
district attorney, i
The minutes of the December,
1939, term were read and approved
In the Matter of Claims:
Now, at this time the various
claims against the County were
presented and the Court approved,
disapproved, or continued them and
ordered approved claims paid by
the proper warrants from the proper
funds.
In the Matter of the Official Paper:
At this time the Court selected
the Heppner Gazette Times as the
Official Paper for Morrow County
for the year 1940.
In the Matter of the Jury List:
The Court drew the following
names for a jury list for Morrow
County for 1940:
Acock, Chas. W., Irrigon, farmer;
Acton, E. R., Lena, farmer; Adams,
Floyd N., Hardman, farmer; Adams,
J. B., Hardman, farmer; Akers, Berl,
lone, farmer; Akers, Kenneth, Hepp
ner, clerk; Akers, Ralph, lone, far
mer; Aldrich, F. C, Irrigon, farmer;
Allstott, R. D., Jr., Heppner, farmer;
Anderson, Frank, Heppner, farmer;
Anderson, Harley, Eightmile, farm
er; Anderson, Harold, lone, farmer;
Anglin, J. A., Heppner, merchant;
Bailey, N. D., Heppner, carpenter;
Baker, E. Markham, lone, farmer;
Baker, J. Henry, lone, farmer; Ball,
A. C, Heppner, farmer; Ball, Will
iam Y., Heppner, clerk; , Barlow,
James E., Boardman, laborer; Bar
nett, Dona E., Lexington, merchant;
Batty, Jos. N., Hardman, farmer;
Batty, Lewis, Hardman, farmer;
Bauman, Bernice, Lexington, house
wife; Bauman, Harvey, Lexington,
farmer; Bechdolt, Archie S., Hard
man, farmer; Bechdolt, W. W.,
Boardman, farmer; Beckett, Chas!,
Eightmile, farmer; Beckett, Walter,
Eightmile, farmer; Beckner, Lee,
lone farmer; Benge, R. L., Heppner,
farmer; Benge, Terrel L., Heppner,
farmer; Bergevin, Edith, lone, house
wife; Bergstrom, E., lone, farmer;
Beymer, Thomas C, Heppner, far
mer; Bibby, Reita, Heppner, house
wife; Bisbee, Louis E., Heppner,
merchant; Blackburn, Walter, Hepp
ner, lumber; Blake, Earl, lone, far
mer; Blake, Margaret, lone, house
wife; Brace, Frank D., Irrigon, far
mer; Brenner, Clarence E., lone, la
borer; Breslin, Ed, Heppner, fuel
dealer; Bristow, E. J., lone, mer
chant; Bryson, J. H., lone, garage
man; Bundy, M. E., Heppner, farm
er; Buschke, Ed, lone, iarmer;
Caldwell, Tom, Irrigon, merchant;
Campbell, Roy A., Lexington, farm
er; Carlson, C. E., lone, farmer;
Carlson, Oscar B., lone, farmer;
Casebeer, Prudy, Heppner, house
wife; Chapin, A. B., Heppner, bar
ber; Chapin, Guy, Hardman, farm
er; Christopherson, E. W., lone, far
mer; Clark, H. E., lone, farmer;
Clark, John, lone, laborer; Corley,
Walter, lone, farmer; Cotter, Martin,
lone, farmer; Cox, Claude, Heppner,
creameryman; Craber, J. E., Hard
man, farmer; Crawford, J. V., Hepp
ner, printer; Crawford,Wate C, lone,
farmer; Cummings, Murl E., Hepp
ner, clerk; Currin, Helen, Lena,
housewife; Cutsforth, O. W., Lex
ington, farmer;
Devine, S. J., Lexington, farmer;
Dinges, Harry, Lexington, ware
houseman; Dix, W. O., Heppner,
merchant; Doherty, Neill, Lexing
ton, farmer; Doherty, Wm. J., Lex
ington, farmer; Drake, Cleo, Hepp
ner, clerk; Dobyns, Walter, lone,
farmer; Duran, Moses E., Heppner,
farmer; Duvall, H. L., Heppner, real
estate;
Edmondson, Wm. F., Heppner,
farmer; Edwards, Mary, Lexington,
housewife; Edwards, E. E., Heppner,
farmer; Ely, Franklin, Cecil, farmer;
Ely, H. O., Morgan, farmer; Emert,
Delbert, lone, farmer; Eubanks, W,
M., lone, real estate; Evans, George,
Heppner, farmer; Faler, Ida, Board
man, housewife; Farley, Peter,
Boardman, farmer; Ferguson, Ray
mond, Heppner, merchant; Fitzpat
rick, M. J., lone, farmer; Finch, Faye,
Heppner
Echo, housewife; Florence, N. G.,
Heppner, farmer; Frederickson, F. C,
Irrigon., farmer; French, Owen,
Heppner, retired; French, W. H.
Hardman, farmer;
Gammell, Arthur W., Heppner;
farmer; Gentry, Harold, Heppner,
clerk; Gerard, W. T., Lexington, far
mer; Gillespie, Zearl, Boardman,
farmer; Gilliam, Earl E., Heppner,
merchant; Gilman, Walter L., Hepp
ner, laborer; Gonty, E. N., Heppner,
merchant; Gordon, Charlotte) Hepp
ner, merchant; Gorger, Henry, Lex
ington, farmer; Gorger, Leo, Lex
ington, farmer; Grabill, Robert,
Heppner, mechanic; Graham, Claud,
Heppner, dairyman; Graves, Henry
A., Boardman, farmer; Gray, Eu
gene, Lexington, farmer; Green,
Cornett, Heppner, warehouseman;
Green, Herman, Heppner, clerk;
Griffin, Mary, Heppner, housewife;
Griffith, Elmer, Morgan, wheatbuy-
er; Grim, Chauncey W., Irrigon,
farmer;
Hadley, Glen, Boardman, farmer;
Harris, Ralph, lone, hotelman; Har
rison, John, Pine City, fanner; Hay
den, George H., Hardman, farmer;
Healy, John, Pine City, sheepman;
Healy, Michael, Boardman, sheep
man; Heliker, Donald, lone, farmer;
Hiatt, J. W., Heppner, laborer; Hig
gins, Phil, Lena, farmer; Hill, H. H.,
Heppner, electrician; Hisler, Paul,
Lena, farmer; Haskins, Fred, lone,
farmer; Houghton, A. C, Irrigon,
clerk; Howard, George A., Heppner,
merchant; Howell, Etta, Heppner,
housewife; Howell, Lee, Heppner,
clerk; Howell, Rose, Heppner, house
wife; Howell, Vinton, Heppner, la
borer; Huber, Alex, lone, farmer;
Hughes, Edwin, Lena, farmer; Hu
ghes, Percy, Lena, farmer; Hunt, El
mer, Lexington, laborer; Hurst, Koy
E., Cecil, merchant; Hynd, C. H., Ce
cil, farmer; Hynd, Dave, Heppner,
farmer; Hynd, Herbert, Cecil, farm
er; Hynd, Will, Heppner, farmer;
Instone, Leona S., Lena, house
wife; Isom, Blaine E., Heppner,
salesman; Jones, Ola N., Lena, house
wife; Jones, Ralph I, Lena, farmer;
Jones, Robert A., Heppner, laborer;
Kelly, Bruce B., Heppner, farmer;
Kenny, John F., Heppner, farmer;
Kirk, M. N., Heppner, farmer;
Klinger, Charles, Lexington, farm
er; Knighten, Neal F., Hardman, far
mer; Krebs, John W., Cecil, farmer;
Kristensen, Nels H., Boardman, far
mer; Kruger, Fred, Hardman, farm
er; Lasich, John, Lexington, merch
ant; Leach, James, Lexington, clerk;
Leach, Margaret, Lexington, house
wife; Lewis, Ira, Lexington, laborer;
Lindstrom, Albert, lone, farmer;
Long, D. R., lone, farmer; Luckman,
W. W., Heppner, retired; Lundell, A,
W., lone, farmer; Lundell, E. R.,
lone, mechant; Lundell, Frank M.,
lone, laborer; Linsay, James, lone,
farmer;
Mahoney, Josephine, Heppner, re
porter; Mankin, Fred, lone, farmer;
Marquardt, Louis A., Lexington, far
mer; Martin, Myles E., Lexington,
farmer; Mason, Bert, lone, merch
ant; Messenger, E. T., Boardman,
farmer; Miller, Geo. E., Cecil, farm
er; Moore, Clarence, Heppner, la
borer; Morgan, J. E., lone, laborer;
Morgan, J. T., Heppner, farmer;
Morgan, Milton R., Jr., lone, farmer;
Morgan, S. M., Heppner, farmer;
Myers, Jasper, Echo, farmer; Mc
Cabe, Lonnie, lone, farmer; McCabe,
Alonzo A., lone, farmer; McClin
tock, W. A., Gooseberry, farmer;
McCurdy, Harlan, Heppner, clerk;
McDaniel, Kihard, Heppner, farm
er; McElligott, Chas., lone, farmer;
McFarland,' A. E., Boardman, farm
er; McMillan, John F., Lexington,
farmer; McMurray, Laxton, lone,
farmer; McMurtry, R. G., Heppner,
mechanic; McNamer, C. W., Hepp
ner, stockman; McNamer, Sara E.,
Heppner, housewife;
Neill, Ollie, Heppner, housewife;
Nelson, Norman, Lexington, farmer;
Nichoson, Fred J., lone, laborer;
Nikander, Gustaf E., Heppner, un
dertaker; Olden, Grant, Heppner,
farmer; O'Meara, Paul, lone, black
smith; Padberg, John H., Lexington,
farmer; Padberg, Lewis J., lone, far
mer; Padberg, W. H., Lexington,
farmer; Palmateer, Albert F., Mor
gan, farmer; Palmateer, W. G., Mor
gan, farmer; Palmer, Elmer, Lexing
ton, farmer; Palmer, L. A., Lexing
ton, farmer; Parker, Etta, Heppner,
housewife; Parker, Frank E., Hepp
ner, farmer; Parker, Frank S., Hepp
ner farmer; Parker, Loyal, Hepp
ner, laborer; Peck, Burton H., Lex
ington, farmer; Peterson, Elmer,
lone, farmer; Peterson, P. C, lone,
Gazette Times, Heppner,
farmer; Peterson, Ture, Heppner,
butcher; Pettyjohn, Noah, Cecil,
farmer; Pruter, John H., Boardman,
farmer; Peterson, Else M. K., lone,
farmer; Ransier, D. F., Boardman,
ditchrider ; Redding, Lawrence,
Eightmile, farmer; Renoe, Virgil,
lone, farmer; Rietmann, David, lone,
farmer; Rietmann, Werner, lone,
farmer; Ring, Harvey D., lone, far
mer; Robison, I. R., lone, mechanic;
Robison, Tyndall S., Hardman, far
mer; Rugg, E. E., Heppner, merch
ant; Ruhl, Otto, Lexington, farmer;
Rumble, Frank, Heppner, laborer;
Rutledge, H. D., Irrigon, farmer;
Saling, Frank, Lexington, farmer;
Scott, Oral, Lexington, farmer;
Shaffer, E. R., Heppner, sheepman;
Smith, Paul, Boardman, farmer;
Smouse, Henry V., lone, farmer;
Souders, Ed M., Boardman, farmer;
Sparks, Lee C, lone, farmer; Swan
son, C. W., lone, merchant; Sud
darth, W. L., Irrigon, farmer; Thom
pson, Ralph I., Heppner, sheepman;
Tannehill, Clyde R., Boardman, far
mer; Thompson, R.- A., Heppner,
farmer; Thomson, Jas. G., Sr., Hepp
ner, merchant; Thomson, Jas. G.,
Jr., Heppner, clerk; Thorne, Cecil
H., lone, farmer; Troedson, Carl W.,
lone, farmer; Troedson, Johan, lone,
farmer; Turner, F. W., Heppner,
real estate; Turner, Sam J., Hepp
ner, farmer;
Valentine, James, Lexington, far
mer; Van Schoiack, Cleve, Heppner,
farmer; Vinson, E. H., Lena, farmer;
Vinson, G. M., Lena, farmer; Voile,
John R., Irrigon, farmer; Wells,
Dick, Heppner, farmer; White, John
S., Irrigon, farmer; Wightman, R. C,
Heppner, dairyman; Wilson, D. A.,
Heppner, merchant; Worden, Floyd,
Eightmile, farmer; Wren, James,
Lexington, laborer; Wright, Ray
mond, Hardman, fanmer; Yarnell, H.
E., lone, farmer; Young, E. L. Eight
mile, farmer.
In the Matter of Election Judges
and Clerks:
At this time the Court selected the
Judges and Clerks of Election for
the years 1940-1941:
Alpine precinct; judges, C. Mel
ville, Dan Lindsay; clerks, Russell
Moore, Ed Ditty, Frank Saling.
Boardman precinct; judges, Grace
Macomber, Seth C. Russell; clerks,
Roy Ball, Flossie Coats, Sophia Bar
low. Cecil precinct; judges, R. L. Ekle
berry, J. A. Troedson; clerks, John
Krebs, Fannie G. Griffith, Herbert
Hynd.
Eightmile precinct; judges, Walter
Becket, F. M. Akers; clerks, Mrs.
Floyd Worden, John Bergstrom, L.
Redding.
Gooseberry precinct; judges, Chas.
T. McElligott, A. W. Lundell; clerks,
Jesse Warfield, Irene Zinter, C. F.
Bergstrom.
Hardman precinct; judges, J. B.
Adams, Neal F. Knighten; clerks,
Floyd N. Aams, Edith N. Batty,
Frances Leathers.
lone precinct, first board; judges,
H. E. Clark, M. E. Cotter; clerks,
Frank Lundell, W. M. Eubanks, Fred
Mankin; 2nd board, judges, R. M.
Akers, E. R. Lundell; clerks, P. J.
Linn, Harvey Ring, Juanita Riet
mann. Irrigon precinct; judges, H. W.
Grim, Geo. P. Rand; clerks, Harvey
Warner, M. F. Caldwell, F. C. Fred
erickson. Lena precinct; judges, Phil Hig
gins, Frank Swaggart; clerks, Leona
Instone, Kathleen Hisler, Annie
Shaffer.
Lexington precinct, 1st board;
judges, E. J. Evans, B. H. Peck;
clerks, Maude H. Pointer, H. O.
Bauman, Helen Breshears; 2nd
board, judgeSj H. L. Duvall, L. A
Palmer; clerks, Margaret Leach,
Vester Lane, Cora Warner.
North Heppner precinct, 1st board;
judges, A. W. Jones, J. L. Yeager;
clerks, R. A. Jones, J. W. Hiatt, R.
A. Campbell; 2nd board, judges,
Vivian Kane, Ealor B. Huston
clerks, Winifred C. Bibby, Margaret
McNeill, Kathleen Gentry.
Pine City precinct; judges, Chas.
Bartholomew, R. L. Baldridge; clerks,
Clayton Ayers, Marion Finch, Faye
Finch.
South Heppner precinct, 1st
board; judges, F. E. Parker, H. A.
Duncan; clerks, Terrel L. Benge, E,
L. Ayers, Josephine Mahoney; 2nd
board, judges, C. N. Jones, Etta
Howell; clerks, Grace Nickerson,
Sara McNamer, Ruth Tamblyn.
In the Matter of Sale of County
Property acquired at tax sales by
foreclosure:
Oregon
Northwest Quarter of Northeast
Quarter, Northwest Quarter and
North Half of Southwest Quarter of
Section 21; North Half, North Half of
South Half of Section 20; East Half,
East Half of Southwest Quarter,
Southwest Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 19; Northwest
Quarter of Northwest Quarter of
Section 30; all in Township Four
South of Range 24, East of the Wil
lamette Meridian in Morrow County,
State of Oregon, containing 1240 ac
res more or less at a minimum price
of $1.00 per acre. Terms 20 percent
down and balance on contract.
Southwest Quarter of Northeast
Quarter, West half of Southwest
Quarter of Section 4, Township 5
South of Range 27, East of the Wil
lamette Meridian for the minimum
price of $1.00 per acre. Terms cash
or contract.
The East 83 feet of the South 24
feet of Lot six (6) and the East 82
feet of lot seven (7) all in Block
two (2) of Johnson's Addition to the
City of Heppner, Oregon, for the
minimum price of $300.00 cash.
The Southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section 24, the
northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter and the north, half of the
northwest quarter of Section 25, in
Township five (5), South, Range 26
East of Willamette Meridian the
northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter and the southeast quarter
of the northwest quarter of Section
36 in Township six (6) South, Range
26 East of Willamette Meridian, and
the north half of the southwest
quarter of Section 4, and all of Sec
tion 16 in Township six (6) South,
Range 27 East of Willamette Mer
idian for the minimum price of $2,
750.00 cash.
The West Half of Section 29,
Township 2 North of Range 27 East
of the Willamette Meridian in Mor
row County, Oregon, for the min
imum price of $1.00 per acre, cash
or contract.
The Southwest Quarter of Section
28, West Half and Southeast Quar
ter of Section 33, in Township 4
North of Range 23, East ' of the
Willamette Meridian for the mini
mum price of $640.00. $200.00 cash,
balance in five annual payments at
6 pet. interest on deferred payments.
An Agreement of Sale was made
between the County of Morrow,
State of Oregon and Frank Wilkin
son covering the following describ
ed real property:
Northwest Quarter and the- South
Half of Section 7; North Half of
Northwest Quarter, Southeast Quar
ter of the Northwest and the South
west of Section 18, Township 2
North, Range 27 East of Willamette
Meridian, containing 838.83 acres
for the sum of Eight hunred thirty
eight and 83-100 Dollars of which
sum one-hundred sixty-seven and
77-100 was paid in cash, being 20
percent of the purchase price.
An Agreement of Sale was made
Lbetween the County of Morrow,
State of Oregon, and A. C. Lindsay
covering the following described
real property:
East Half of Section 36 in Town
ship 2 North, Range 26 East of Wil
lamette Meridian, for the sum of
Eight Hundred Sixteen and No-100
Dollars of which sum $163.20 was
paid in cash, being 20 pet. of the
purchase price.
At this time the Court provided
the sum of Two thousand three hun
dred and no-100 Dollars ($2300.00)
as appropriated in the 1940 budget
for use in and about agricultural or
farm demonstration and field work
in said Morrow County, State of
Oregon, during the year 1940.
In the Matter of Dog Licenses for
the year 1940:
It is Ordered, Adjudged and De
creed that the owners of dogs be
given until March 1, 1940, to procure
dog licenses at the rate of $1.00 for
males, or spayed females, and $2.00
for females, but after that date, li
cense fees will be $2.00 for males or
spayed females and $4.00 for females.
At this time the Court ordered
a dance license, issued to Lena
Grange No. 813. '
ADD COURT PROCEEDINGS
Warrants Drawn on General Fund
Pac. Sta. & Pr. Co., Supt. $ 4.30
Gertrude Applegate, tax ex. 17.00
C. J. D. Bauman, sheriff mil. 23.25
Vivian Kane, bonds 25.00
W. M. Eubanks, bonds 45.00
F. W. Turner & Co., insur. 70.20
National Surety Corp., bonds 175.00
Central Market, jail 50
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Case Furniture Co., jail 4.20
P. W. Mahoney, bonds 50.00
State Ind. Acc. Com., Sher.
sal. $0.31; Dep. sal. $0.62;
Sher. Inc. $4.53 5.46
Bert Johnson, judge, general
assistance 191.54
Chas. B. Cox, postmaster,
general expense 61.52
Bert Johnson, judge, old age
assistance 461.73
Bert Johnson, judge, aid to
dependent children 5120
Bert Johnson, judge, blind
assistance . 17.80
P. A. Molahan, sheriff 3.79
Ore. St. Agr. College, county
agent 1,150.00
Claims Paid on General Road Fund
Chas. Marshall $47.94, Robert S.
Wilson $30.06, Roy Ball $2.24, Elmer
Rucker $15.96, Wes. Haney $15.96,
Paul Slaughter $15.96, Henry J.
Phelps $1.12, Edith K. Hendricks
$4.58, Union Oil Company $40.74,
Shell Oil Company $330.00, Frank
Nixon $29.85, Harold Becket $5.75,
L. H. Harlow $2.25, Heppner Garage
$48.70, C. A. Kane $62.25, Lexington
Oil Cooperative $4.81, Crystal Bar
low $7.02, City of Heppner, water,
$1.65, Ferguson Motor Co. $305.66,
Penland Bros. Trans. Co. $5.68,
Frank Gentry $4.24, H. S. Taylor
$6.73, M., V. Nolan $5.98, P. A. Mol
lahan $1.50, Howard Cooper Corpr
$50.38, Feenaughty Machinery Co.
$75,32, F. W. Turner & Co. $26.00,
H. Tamblyn $34.28, State Ind. Acci
dent Comm. $45.97, Case Furniture
Co. $.30, Homer Tucker $3.75.
Market Road Fund
State Industrial Accident Comm.
$23.20.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR, General Land
Office at The Dalles, Oregon, De
cember 28, 1939.
NOTICE is hereby given that Roy
E. Chapman, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, who, on May 22, 1931, made
Additional Homestead Entry, Act.
12-29-16, No. 027659, for SEy4NEy4
Sec. 12; NEy4SWy4, SWy4SWy4 Sec
13; SEV4SEy4 Sec. 14; NEy4NEy4
Sec. 23; and Ny2NWy4, SEy4NWy4,
Ey2SWy4, Section 24, Township 2 S.
Range 29 Willamette Meridian,
has filed notice of intention to make
final Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, testimony of
claimant before V. N. Eltinge, No
tary Public, at 4701 Santa Monica
Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., and tes
timony of witnesses before B. Du
val Isaminger, U. S. Commissioner,
at Pendleton, Oregon, on the 21st
day of February, 1940.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ethel Badoux, of Pendleton, Oregon;
Mrs. A. B. Chapman, of Pendleton,
Oregon; Frank V. Chapman, of Pilot
Rock, Oregon; Mrs. J. H. Leezer,
of Pendleton, Oregon.
W. F. JACKSON, Register.
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY
PROPERTY
By virtue of an ORDER OF THE
COUNTY COURT, dated the 4th
day of January, 1940, at Heppner,
Oregon, I am authorized and direct
ed to advertise and sell at public
auction, at not less than the mini
mum price herein set forth after
each parcel:
The West Half of Section 29,
Township 2 North, Range 27
East of the Willamette Meridian
in Morrow County, Oregon, for
the minimum price of $1.00 per
acre, cash or contract.
THEREFORE, I will on the 10th
day of February, 1940 at the hour
of 2:00 P. M., at the front door of
the Court House in Heppner, Ore
gon, sell said property to the high
est and best bidder.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff,
Morrow County, Oregon.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County admin
istrator of the estate of Kattie Buck
num, deceased, and all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased are hereby required to
present the same with proper vou
chers to the undersigned at the law
office of Jos. J. Nys, at Heppner,
Oregon, within six months from the
date hereof.
Dated and first published this 4th
day of January, 1940.
E. L. BUCKNUM,
Administrator.