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Volume 57, Number 10
Rodeo Question
Left in Hands of
Business Houses
Commerce Group
Undertakes Job of
Obtaining Support
Shall Morrow county's annual
show, the Heppner Rodeo, be put
on this fall is a question that is
agitating the directors of the Ro
deo association and which was in
part answered Tuesday when direc
tors of the Heppner chamber of
commerce met with the Rodeo group
at a luncheon at the Lucas Place.
Obstacles in the way of conduct
ing the show on a profitable basis
were laid before the business men's
group and after some discussion it
was decided that the Rodeo direc
tors have their hands full putting
on the show and that if the Rodeo
is to continue it is up to the bus
iness men to assume the responsi
bility of conducting the business
affairs. In other words, it is up to
the business men to say yes or no.
A committee from the chamber of
commerce will canvass the business
houses and be ready to submit a
report at the regular board of di
rectors meeting next Wednesday
evening.
The question of guaranteeing the
show is the main business to be
placed in the hands of the chamber
of commerce committee. It was
pointed out that virtually every
show of this type works under a
guarantee of one kind or another
and that while the guarantors were
assessed $7.50 each to cover the defi
cit last fall it- was not due to the
show itself not paying out but rather
due to improvements which had to
be made to the grounds. These
improvements included erection of
bandstand, additional barns, re
building of some of the fences and
repairs to the grounds. The barns
and bandstand are permanent and
should require no expenditures for
several years but property such as
the Rodeo park is subject to rapid
deterioration and replacements are
necessary each season.
It is not the intention of the
chamber of commerce to take over
the business end of the Rodeo with
out first thoroughly canvassing the
business houses and citizens. This
was made clear to the Rodeo asso
ciation by B. C. Pinckney, president
of the chamber of commerce, al
though he gave assurance that the
club will make an earnest effort to
carry on for this year's show. Com
mittees are being named by the
president and when the go ahead
signal is given they will start to
work.
Remembering the parade of last
years show, those present decided
to make an effort to equal it this
year.. It is also desired to build up
a greater 4-H club fair. These two
features will be given a lot of
thought by the chamber of com
merce the next few weeks.
Tickets Not Needed
for Merchants' Show
There may have been a misun
derstanding about the Merchants'
Matinee last Saturday for the at
tendance was considerably less than
the April show,. The fact that the
merchants decided to dispense with
tickets and make the show free to
all comers was not advertised suf
ficiently and this probably kept
many people away.
The free shows will be continued
during the spring and summer
months at least. The date is the
first Saturday of each month and
there will be two showings of each
matinee, the first show starting at
1 o'clock p. m., and the second at
2:40 p. m.
Heppner,
Committee Favors
Raise for Cleric
Feeling that the work takes more
time than is being paid for, the
budget committee Tuesday evening
recommended that the salary of the
district clerk be increased by $50
a year, bringing the total to $250.
Mrs. Daisy Shively is clerk of school
district No. 1.,
The committee, M. L. Case, E. O.
Ferguson, R. C. McMurtry and B.
C. Pinckney, met with the school
board and planned the budget for
the ensuing year. A cut of $100 was
made in one place, permitting the
addition of $50 to Mrs. Shively's
salary and one other $50 addition.
The budget will be advertised the
weeks of May 23 and June 6 and
will be voted on at the annual
meeting, Monday, June 20.
M. L. Case was chosen chairman
of the budget committee and C. W.
Barlow acted as secretary. Barlow
and C. N. Jones are the present
members of the district board.
Council Advises
Basement Clean-up
This is clean up week in Heppner
and the city council urges that ev
ery place, residence and business
house alike, put all trash in mov
able containers and place them at
convenient spots for the city trucks
to pick up. No trash will be re
moved that is not "so placed, the
town fathers aver, and it will be
up to the property owners to pro
vide their own transportation.
Of vital importance at present,
the council points out, is the clean
ing of basements. This is particu
larly true in the business district.
A representative of the state fire
marshal's office is scheduled to visit
Heppner soon and one of the objects
of his visit will be to inspect base
ments and storage rooms. This
week, while the clean-up is going
on, is suggested as an advantageous
time to rid basements of all trash,
thus eliminating fire hazards and
giving the storage room a clean
bill of health.
Pendleton Awaits
State's Cattlemen
Pendleton is all ready to receive
the Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers
association when it assembles there
for the annual three-day convention
next week. Registration will begin
on Tuesday and the convention will
be officially opened at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. A dinner
dance will take place of the usual
banquet, but without speeches. This
opens at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday
evening and will be followed by
the night show at approximately
8:15 p. m.
Beginning at 6 a. m, Thursday the
cowboy breakfast will be served at
the Round-Up grounds, to be fol
lowed immediately by the feeders'
program in charge of Dick Richards
of Union. He will have all of the
steers and heifers from his feed lots,
some 84 head, in one of the ram
sale sheds at the Round-Up grounds.
This will be one of the highlights
of the convention and will be open
to all persons interested in cattle
feeding. Four-H club members and
Future Farmers will be given an
opportunity to visit the exhibit the
afternoon of May 16.
ZORNES PAYS VISIT
John Zornes, logging contractor
who delivered logs to the Heppner
Lumber company during its opera
tion last year, was in Heppner the
first of the week on business in
connection with the new mill He
has .entered into a contract with the
new company, according to Orville
Smith, manager, and will be on
hand with a crew as soon as the
mill is ready to receive loge. Zornes
lives in Spokane and also has head
quarters at Naches, Wash.
Oregon, Thursday, May
Tour of County
Grain Fields to be
Made Tomorrow
Group of Washing
ton Farmers to View
Practices Here
A tour of Morrow county grain
fields in which more than 20 farm
ers from the Waterville, Wash., dis
trict will participate, has been called
by County Agent C. D. Conrad. The
tour will take place tomorrow with
the group assembling on Main street
in Heppner at 8 o'clock a. m. It
will extend through the south Hepp
ner, Eightmile, lone and Lexington
communities.
Lunch will be served to the group
at Willows grange hall in lone, fol
lowing which time will be taken for
a discussion of erosion practices
with the Washington farmers, who,
possibly, have more experience with
this work than any other like group
of farmers in the United States.
Conrad says that conditions at Wat
erville are similar to those found
here and while wind erosion prob
ably causes as much or more loss
than water erosion that there is
also much loss from washing and
time will be devoted to both.
Erosion control practices, trashy
fallow implements and methods of
weed control will be the main topics
of conversation and observation. Ac
cording to Conrad, trashy fallow
and related control methods were
first put into practice by farmers of
the Waterville section and the forth
coming junket received its incentive
from three trips made by Morrow
farmers to Waterville ' in "Tormer
years.
A special feature of the tour will
be inspection of the contour farm
ing on the Sanford Farming com
pany land in Sanford canyon. This
is a recent innovation among new
farming practices in the county.
It is desired that local farmers
provide transportation in order that
the visitors may be accompanied by
those informed in the work here.
HAVE YOU BEEN COUNTED?
In taking the census, as in any
thing else, there is a possibility that
the job will not be completed 100
percent. That appears to have been
the case in the count made in Hepp
ner recently. There were a few cit
izens overlooked by the enumerator
and these people made the oversight
known to the district supervisor,
with the result that they were duly
enumerated.
Figures as compiled by the district
office will be released in a few days.
Just what Heppner's official count
will be is known only to those hav
ing charge of the enumeration. There
is reason to believe that the town
population has increased during the
last 10 years, but it is necessary to
have every individual enrolled.
If you have not been enumerated,
or if you know of one who has not,
you will be doing the community a
service by reporting the case to
the district supervisor immediate
ly. A few blanks are on hand at
the office of the chamber of com
merce for the convenience of Hepp
ner people. Get one today, fill it
out and mail it at once to the dis
trict supervisor.
Parker Shows Stamp
Collection to Lions
Edgar Parker was the principal
speaker at the Lions club luncheon
Monday at Hotel Heppner. He
spoke on his hobby, stamp collect
ing, and had on display many speci
mens that held the interest of the
Lions for an overtime session. He
not only displayed stamps but had
envelopes addressed to him from
foreign lands, a collection he prizes
highly.
9, 1940.
Street Paving Projects
Swings Into Motion
Oil has been fairly flying in
Heppner this week with the Rus
sell Olson crew laying paving on
upwards of two miles of city streets
and a short stretch of city and
county work in the railway yard
district. Preliminary work had been
done, including grading and gravel
ing, and the oiling has been going
on at a rapid rate.
A large part of the first coat of
oil was laid Tuesday and by Wed
nesday afternoon a start was made
on the second coat. It is expected
that the city's contract will be fin
ished this evening or early Friday.
Completion of this job will give ev
ery section of town paved streets
and will leave very few blocks with
dirt roads.
L. E. Dick took advantage of the
presence of the paving concern and
had the entrance to the Rosewall
Gentry garage paved.
Ticks Plentiful in
Mountain District
Ticks are plentiful in the moun
tain district south of Heppner, ac
cording to Fred Wehmeyer, local
ranger, who issues a warning that
people using the timbered area at
this time should exercise caution. In
the opinion of the ranger, the pesky
bugs are thicker this season than
at any time since he has been on
the local reserve.
Wehmeyer related that one day
recently Kenneth Bleakman came
in from a trapping expedition and
removed 37 ticks from his clothing.
Other forest workers have had sim
ilar experiences. Foliage, which is
thicker than common, seems to be
literally alive with ticks and Weh
meyer advises that serum injections
be used and that clothing be search
ed carefully after a trip into the
forested area.
Irrigon Children
Take Track Honors
Irrigon grade school children cap
tured first place in the track meet
held in connection with the annual
school music festival in Heppner
last Friday. Heppner placed second
and Boardmah came out third. Some
of the other schools participating
furnished stiff competition for the
winners but could not muster up
enough points to place.
An estimated 700 people visited
Heppner for the day and a large
number of this crowd joined in the
community basket lunch at the
county fair pavilion. The Heppner
chamber of commerce and the Lions
club provided coffee and Green Spot
and it might be said that the kids
captured first honors in a drinking
marathon for 25 gallons of Green
Spot were consumed during the
noon hour.
A Maypole dance on the school
lawn opened the afternoon program.
This was followed by the music fes
tival in the gym-auditorium, Ob
servers express the opinion that a
notable improvement was shown in
singing over that heard here four
years ago when the music festival
was new. While the festival events
are non-competitive, the rivalry be
tween the schools has resulted in
greater interest in music and this is
revealed in the annual program.
RYAN RESIGNS
G. J. Ryan, in town on business
Monday, informed the Gazette
Times that he had resigned from
the position as manager of Mor
row County Grain Growers. Inc.
Ryan did not give his future plans
further than to say he quit the
local job to take a better position.
He has been with the grain concern
for three years and was largely,
instrumental in bringing about the
expansion which was consummated
the first of April.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Closing Exercises
Of High School
Set for May 18
Dean Victor P. Mor
ris to Address Class
of Outgoing Seniors ,
One more week of school work
faces teachers and students of Hepp
ner high and grade schools and al
ready thoughts are turning to va
cation time with its multiplicity of
activites trips to mountain and sea
shore, fishing, and, for a majority
of those whose good fortune it is
to remain in Heppner, daily visits
to the municipal swimming tank. All
work ceases next Thursday, moved
up one day because of the primary
election.
Commencement exercises origin
ally scheduled for Thursday eve
ning have been set for 8:30 o'clock
p. m., Saturday, May 18, at the
gym-auditorium. This was made
necessary by inability of the chosen
speaker to appear here before Sat
urday. Dean Victor P. Morris of the
school of business administration at
University of Oregon is the speaker
and from reports received from
Paul McCarty and others who are
familiar with the dean's platform
ability the school feels justified in
changing the date to insure his ap- .
pearing here.
A tentative list of 33 seniors will
receive diplomas, according to Al
den Blankenship, superintendent.
This is the largest class to graduate
from the local school in the five
years Mr. Blankenship has headed
the school and may exceed classes
for a longer number of years. The
class roll includes Clara Adams,
Harold Armstrong, Willard Allen
Blake, Jeanette Blakely, Mary Daly,
Patty Daly, Margaret Doolittle, Paul
Doolittle, Clifford Fay, Richard Hay
es, Cecilia Healy, Dorothy Howell
Huit, Don Jones, Lois Jones, Bruce
Lindsay, Mildred McClintock, Jack
Merrill, James Moyer, Guy Moore,
Gordon O'Brien, Juanita Phelps,
Norma Prock, Cora Scott, Edna Ste
phens, Wilfred Stone, Arthur Vance,
Shirley Wilson, Wilbur Worden,
Howard Kemp Dick and three mid
year graduates, Milton Morgan, Om
er McCaleb and Dean Sprinkel.
Final examinations are being tak
en this week. This may affect the
personnel of the senior class but will
have no bearing on the scholarship
and other awards which are a part
of the graduation exercises.
Boy Scout Camp
Week May 20-26
Arrangements have been conclud
ed for Boy Scout camp week, May
20-26, announces Martin Clark,
leader. Camp will be established
on Herrin creek near the old Herrin
mill site, where the boys will go
in for intensive camp and outdoor
life. Plenty of activities have been
outlned, the leader states, and it is
hoped every member of the Morrow
county troops will be able to attend.
Friday night, May 24, there will
be. a court of honor. O. E. Hoover,
Blue Mountain scout executive, will
be present and townspeople are
urged to avail themselves of this
opportunity to see the boys in action.
Sunday, May 26, at 1 o'clock p. m.,
there will be a potluck dinner to
which the townspeople have an ur
gent invitation.
Cost per boy for the week has
been placed at $5. This is no more
than enough to pay for the meals,
backers of the project assert.
For Distinctive markers or monu
ments of quality granite and marbles
see Clare Ashbaugh, 204 Gale St.,
Heppner, Ore., local representative
for The Dalles Marble & Granite
Works. Lonnie Carmine, 7022-61,
The Dalles, Ore. 711 J.