EGO N HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Volume 57, Number 18
1940 Rodeo To
Be Held August
16, 17 and 18 ' - -
Association Ready
to Stage Best Show
in Several Seasons
Declaring the prospect for the 1940
Heppner Rodeo to be the brightest
in several seasons, the officers and
directors of the association set the
wheels in motion Friday evening
to make that prospect a reality. Ac
ceptance of the Heppner chamber
of commerce committee appoint
ments was made and additional as
signments within the association
complete the organization work..
First order of business at Fri
day's meeting was the selection of
a date for the three -day show. A
study of the calendar of other ro
deos and fairs in territory which
might affect the local event appear
ed to leave August 16, 17 and 18 as
the only open days. It developed
that Sun Valley has selected the
same date for its rodeo, but itjwas
felt that the Idaho town is too far
removed from Heppner to exert
much influence on attendance here.
A discussion of the method of
election of queen and princesses, a
committee for which had been ap
pointed by the chamber of com
merce, resulted m dropping one
member of the committee and nam
ing of the masters of each of the
granges as members of the general
committee to act on selection of the
queen and attendants. This com
mittee is expected to function as
soon as all members have been no
tified. J. O. Turner is chairman of
the chamber of commerce commit'
tee, which now numbers three mem
, bers, and has already taken action to
get his group to functioning. Per
sonnel of the committee, minus two
grange masters whose names were
not known, includes J. O. Turner,
Mrs. Harold Cbhn and Mrs. H. D,
McCurdy of Heppner; C. J. D. Bau
man. master Lexington grange; E.
Markham 'Baker, Willows; O. E.
Wrieht. Rhea Creek, and Marion
Finch, Lena.
An effort will be made to interest
the Boardman and Irrigon granges
in participating in the queen and
attendants' selection.
A report on condition of the rodeo
grounds showed that a minimum of
work and expense will be required
to put them in shape for this year's
show. One item of labor and small
expense will be taken care of next
Sunday when a group of association
members will hie to the tall timber
and bring out poles and posts for
repairing corrals. Elaborate prepar
parations are under way to make
this a profitable day for the rodeo
and there is little doubt but that
Abe Lincoln's reputation as a rail
splitter will suffer stiff competition
from the local men.
Repairs to fences and track will
again be made by crews from Camp
Heppner, for which the boys will be
rewarded with admission to the
show.
Supplementing committees named
bv the chamber of commerce, the
following groups have been select
ed by the rodeo association to help
stage the show: Parade, Ralph Jack
son; H. D. McCurdy, Bert Mason, J,
Logie Richardson and P. A. Molla
han.
Arena: Lee Beckner.
Grounds: L. E. Bisbee. F. W. Tur
ner, Jim Kistner.
Dance: Dr. R. C. Lawrence.
Barns: Earle Bryant.
Mrs. H. A. Cohn and Mrs. H. D,
McCurdy will have charge of the
queen's attendants.
fore it has been the policy to get
Advertising will be prepared and
circulated at a later date. Hereto
placards and other advertising mat
ter out early but this has not brought
the best results, it is believed, and
Heppner,
SWIM LESSONS
START MONDAY
Red Cross and City Join
in Offering Free Courses
to All Interested Persons
All citizens of the county
have never learned to swim
who
and
wish to learn will be given an op
portunity when the swim campaign
sponsored by the American Red
Cross and the city of Hepner opens
at the Heppner tank Monday, July
8. Nothing will be asked from pu
pils except their time and the proper
interest. The course is free.
Lessons will start Monday and
continue for two weeks for each
group, announces Harold Buhman,
tank manager and instructor, who
urges all non-swimmers to become
interested. 1
Besides swim classes there will be
life saving lessons. Before entering
a life saving class, one must have
passed the swim test. Upon com
pletion of the life saving classes,
those passing may qualify for ad
vanced swimmers' certificates.
The following schedule has been
prepared for the swim campaign:
Swim classes Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. Children beginners, 9
a. m. to 10 a. m.; children's inter
mediate, 10 a. m. to 11 a. m.; youth
intermediate, 11 a. m. to 12 m.
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Ad
ult beginners, 9 a. m. to 10 a. m.;
adult intermediate, 10 a. m. to 11
m.: swimmers, 11 a. m. to 12 m.
There will be two Red Cross in
structors to handle classes and the
regular Red Cross certificates will
be issued to all passing the required
tests for each course.
Filer, Sawyer Come
From Minnesota
There may be an over supply of
common labor in the United States,
but when it comes to skilled labor
it is a different story. At least, that
has been the experience of Orville
Smith, manager of the Heppner
Lumber company sawmilL
As the time approaches for start
ing operations at the local plant,
Smith is busy rounding up a crew.
Common labor is available from the
ranks at home and there will be no
trouble in meeting the demand
There are two positions on a sawmill
crew that are hard to fill and Smith
has had his share of trouble in lo
cating qualified artisans. One of
these is the filer, the other the saw
yer. After telegraphing, telephoning
and writing to points all over the
northwest for two weeks or more,
he received application from two
Minnesota workers who have assured
him of their qualifications and eag
er desire to work in the far west.
The filer hails from Rainier, Minn.,
and the sawyer from International
Falls, same state.
Work at the mill has been mov
ing rapidly the last two weeks and
a tryout will be given this week
end, Smith says. John Zornes will
arrive Friday to put things in shape
for logging operations.
MATINEE SATURDAY
Citizens of the county are asked
to bear in mind that the merchant's
matinee will be run at the Star the
ater in Heppner Saturday afternoon,
July 6. It is free and all the mer
chants ask is that the people attend
Consult the theater calendar for the
program.
MAY RENT TANK
' Heppner' s municipal swimming
tank may be rented for special swim
parties, according to Harold Buh
man, tank manager. Those wishing
to avail themselves of this oppor
tunity may do so by making ar
rangements with the management.
There will be a celebration of
Holy Communion at 11 a. m. at All
Saints church next Sunday morning.
Archdeacon Eric O. Robathan will
officiate and preach.
a later, more intensified campaign
will be tried this year.
Oregon, Thursday, July
Existing Taxes
Increased to Meet
Preparedness Cost
Collector Explains
How Money to Come
Under New Schedule
Answering many questions rela
tive to the new federal tax schedule
that have come to his office, J. W.
Maloney, collector of internal rev
enue at Portland, this week releas-
an official in.teirpreta)tion of the
changes in various miscellaneous
taxes imposed by the Revenue Act
of 1940 which became effective on
July 1, 1940.
"No new taxes are levied by this
law, said Mr. Maloney, "but increas
ed collections of taxes for defense
purposes are to be met by increases
in existing taxes.
"The tax on admissions is chang
ed to make all admission of 21 cents
or more subject to tax. Up to this
time the tax began with the 41 cent
tickets.
"Manufacturers' sales taxes on au
tomobiles, motorcycles, trucks, and
auto parts and accessories are raised
Vz of one per cent. The actual in
crease in price due to tax increase
on an ordinary automobile costing
$1,000 in Portland would approxi
mate $3.50 or $4.00 per car.
"The tax on tires is increased
from 24 cents per pound to the new
rate of 21fe cents per pound; on inner
tubes the increase is from 4 cents
to the new rate or 42 cents per
pound
"The tax on radios and mechanical
refrigerators in increased from I
percent to 5V2 percent of the manu
facturer's selling price. The approx
imate increase that might be laid to
the increased tax on an ordinary
refrigerator retailing for $200 would
be about 60 cents.
"Various taxes paid by affixing
documentary stamps to instruments
such as issues of transfers of capital
stock, bonds, etc., have been increas
ed one cent on each $100 share; and
the tax on deeds is increased from
50 cents to 55 cents per $500 of the
consideration involved.
"All persons engaged in selling
distilled spirits, wines, or fermented
malt liquors in wholesale or retail
quantities are required to pay an
nual occupational taxes, and these
have all been increased a flat 10
percent. Distilled spirits is taxed
an additional 75 cents per gallon;
and the increase in tax on beer is
$1.00 per barrel. Taxes on wines
are increased in varying amounts.
"Floor taxes must be paid by all
wholesale and retail dealers in dis
tilled spirits on the stock of goods
they have on hand July 1, based on
the increase in tax, retailers being
allowed an exemption of 100 gal
lons. "Wholesale dealers in beer must
pay a floor tax of $1.00 per barrel
on their stocks as of July 1, but re
tail dealers do not need to pay this
floor tax except on the beer that
they may have stored off their pre
mises, for which they are paying
special tax. There is no floor tax on
wines.
"Cigarettes are the only tobacco
products on which the tax is in
creased. The increase on the ordin
ary cigarette is from $3.00 to $3.25
per 1000, which means a tax of
cent per pack of 20, or 5 cents per
carton. However, every person sell
ing cigarettes, no matter how small
a business they may have, is requir
ed by law to pay a floor stocks tax
on all cigarettes they have on hand
July 1. An inventory must be taken
on that date, and the Collector's of
fice notified at once, so that a form
may be mailed out to be used in
paying the tax due.
"An increase of 10 percent in the
present taxes is effective July 1, 1940,
on all taxes on club dues and initia
Contipued on Page Eight
4, 1940
CITY FIRE SIREN
HATH NO CHARM
Banker Says Alarm Device
Causes Loss of Appetite
Every Time it Whistles
The above heading has the sound
of a patent medicine testimonial,
but in reality it has to do with a
grass fire which brought the citizens
of Heppner to their feet last Sunday
and caused no small amount of ap
prehension to develop among resi
dents of the east side of the town.
At least one citizen has no yearn
ing to hear the fire siren blast its
raucous message of danger. B. C.
Pinckney, manager of the Heppner
branch of the First National Bank
of Portland, says it causes him to
lose his appetite, especially since
Sunday when he was burning weeds
and grass in his back yard and the
fire got beyond his control and
quickly spread to neighbors' yards.
Weeds were high and dry back
of the Pinckney place and fearing to
let them go unattended to until the
fire department could get around
to the job, Pinckney undertook to
remove them. He was getting along
all right until suddenly the water
pressure dropped and he could no
longer cover the outlying wave of
fire. Aided by a north wind, the
fire spread quickly to the rear yard
of the W. E. Pruyn place and from
there to the McCaleb house. From
there it started up the hill and and
once in the Barratt pasture made
rapid headway toward the summit
of Morrow hill. The alarm was giv
en as soon as the fire got out of
Pinckney's control and while the
department was getting into action,
residents of that part of town were
making a desperate effort to check
the spread ot the names. It was
a great relief to the volunteers
when the truck arrived with the
pump tank.
Unused to such strenuous exercise,
Pinckney and some of the other men
who followed the course of the fire
up the hill gave out after a short
time and had to retire from the bat
tie.
Approximately 50 acres of the
Barratt pasture was burned over
before the fire was put out.
Wheat Loan Meeting
at Arlington Monday
A district wheat loan meeting will
be held at Arlington, Monday, July
8, according to Merle Cummings,
assistant secretary of the Morrow
County Agricultural Conservation
committee. The 1940 wheat loan
schedule will be fixed at this meet
ing.
This year's schedule is not expect
ed to vary much from the 1939 pro
gram, according to information in
the hands of the various commit
tees of the district. I 1939 wheat of
any class grading No. 3 or better or
wheat grading No. 4 or No. 5 and
based solely on the factor of test
weight, will be eligible for loan.
Returns from the harvest which
is now quite generally under way
in the lower sections of the county
indicate that the yield is about av
erage. E. C. Daugherty, first oper
ator to deliver grain at Lexington
this season, reports an average of
15 bushels from his crop on the
Ernest Smith place. Bert Bowker
in town Tuesday, said that cutting
on his field so far indicates an ev
erage of 20 bushels per acre.
Earl Merritt and Mrs. Leonard
Barr drove in this morning from
Pasco, where Mrs. Barr has been
visiting at the Merritt home. She
is enroute to her home at John Day.
Her visit to Pasco was prompted by
the arrival of a daughter at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Merritt (nee
Edna Vaughn) June 14, whom fa
ther and grandmother pronounce the
finest baby in the world.
Be Wise, Clean-Up With a Dona
Ray Facial at Myrtle's Beauty
Salon.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Drouth Creates
Fire Hazard in
Timbered Areas
Forest Service Asks
Serious Cooperation
From Picnic Parties
Warning of extreme fire hazard
in the lower portions of the Uma
tilla National forest have been issued
by the forest service. The present
season is one of the driest in years,
rangers point out, and persons con
templating using the forest over the
4th of July holiday period are urged
to use every precaution against fire.
To eliminate the fire danger as
much as possible, the forest service
is recommending that vacationers
and picnickers seek recreation spots
in the higher reaches where grass
is still green, shade is abundant and
cold springs are available. Ditch
creek offers all facilities for campers
and picnickers, says Fred Wehmeyer,
local ranger, who is of the opinion
that people wishing to use the forest
over the 4th will find it much more
agreeable on top of the mountains
than along the creeks.
In preparation for the holiday
period and subsequent use of the
forest, the service has moved in
emergency lookout men during the
week. Owen Leathers and family
have been stationed at Red HilL
Ant Hill and Potamus stations will
be manned within the week. Seven
fires have been put down already
this season, all of them small and
inflicting minor damage. One of
these, on Deerhorn, proved a bit
stubborn and Darrell Hudson was .
sent in there Tuesday to mop it up.
A new fire truck is expected this
week end fromTortland. Charles
Wilcox, who went o Kettle Falls to
deliver a piece of machinery, will
continue on to Portland to bring the
new rig. This is a combination trail
builder and fire fighter which is ex
pected to facilitate the work of the
forest service in putting down fires.
Prospect of a good huckleberry
crop in the mountains south of
Heppner is reported by Wehmeyer.
Several of the big patches are load
ed with the young berries at this
time and unless frost or some other
weather condition interferes there
will be plenty of the luscious fruit
for everybody, the ranger thinks.
Youth Injures Head
in Bicycle Accident
Kenneth Orwik, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Orwik, new arrivals in
Heppner from Lone Rock, suffered
serious injuries to his head Monday
noon when thrown from a bicycle
into a pile of rocks just north of the
W. T. Campbell residence on north
Court street. He sustained several
gashes in his scalp and it required
six stitches to close the wounds.
The boy had been up near the
Barratt pasture fence, scene of Sun
day's f ire, ( and returning to Court
street lost control of the bicycle. He
was taken to the B. C. Pinckney
home where first aid was adminis
tered and was later removed to the
office of a physician. W. C. Rose
wall went in search of the boys'
parents and found that Mr. Orwik
was the new man who had just gone
to work in the Rosewall-Gentry.
garage that morning.
m
Miss Lucille Vale, county health
nurse for Morrow and Sherman
counties, returned to Heppner Sun
day evening after spending the last
six weeks at Moro. She came from
Portland where she spent the week
end on a brief vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case of Med
ford arrived in Heppner early Sat-'
urday morning to visit at the home
of Mr. Case's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Case.