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Thursday, July 18, 1940 Page Four Heppner Gazette Times RODEO PRINCESS RODEO PRINCESS smoke while the steady drone of ceived diphtheria immunization. "cats" or tractors as they are more familiarly called, made known that the battle continued, night and day. Yes, the boys will have many mem ories to take back to distant states. Fourteen children were examined at Boardman, nine at Hardman and 19 at Heppner. This concludes the sum mer schedule of conferences. The work will be resumed in October, dates for which will be announced later. A son, weight 9 pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Monahan at the Aiken maternity home Satur day, July 13. THE HEPPNER GAZETTE. Established March 30, 1883; THE HEPPNER TIMES, Established November 18, 1897; CONSOLIDATED FEBRUARY 15, 1912 CHILDREN EXAMINED Child health conferences held at Boardman, Hardman and Heppner this week resulted in 42 children of infant and pre-school age receiving examinations. Of this number, four were given vaccinations and five re- Published every Thursday morning by CEAWFOED PUBLISHING COMPANY and entered at the Post Office at Hepp ner, Oregon, as second-class matter. JASPER V. CRAWFORD, Editor Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 Three Years 5.00 Six Months 1.00 Three Months .75 Single Copies .05 Official Paper for Morrow County James P. Rhea Was Pioneer of County James P. Rhea, 86, whose death occurred at Hillsboro Friday, July 12, was a Morrow county pioneer, coming here when both he and the country were young. With his bro thers, Thomas and C. A. Rhea, he settled on Rhea creek west of Hepp ner where he engaged in the stock business and general farming. He was also interested in the First Na tional bank. After disposing of his interests in Morrow county, Mr. Rhea moved to Washington county, which was his home at the time of passing. Surviving are three sons, Earl of Portland, Conser of Freewater and Clarond of Cummings, Cal. There are also eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Mon day at the chapel of Miller & Tracy in Portland. Interment followed in Riverview cemetery. jh - ' ' - ' Mongolians Freed on Creek Ranches . Two truckloads of Mongolian pheasants were unloaded in the county this week, the first consign ment of G67 birds being delivered here Tuesday, morning. The birds came from the state game farm at Pendleton. Assisted by J. Logie Richardson, president Morrow County Hunters and Anglers club, the farm repre sentative took the first load to the Kirk place on upper Rhea creek and the distribution was carried out to the confluence of Rhea and Willow creeks at Jordan siding. The birds are eight weeks old and just begin ning to show their coloring. Wednesday a second load of the birds was taken to the Glavey ranch on upper Rhea creek and scattered from there to the mouth of Willow creek. Today another load of the birds will be released on Butter creek. Spectators Hinder Work of Firemen Fire fiehters were called to the J I. Hanna ranch Sunday afternoon to help nut down a grass fire. An alarm was sounded in town and the fire truck started out before it was learned the fire was several miles from town. A pickup with a cargo of sacks was sent out to assist the Camp Heppner brigade. It is reported that the road lead ing to the scene of the fire was blocked with automobiles loaded with curious sightseers and that it was with some difficulty that the fighters trained access to the field. The firemen are wondering just why people are anxious to see a fire but have no intention of helping to put it down'. They would like to see some regulation requiring the cur ious to either stay home or be forced to get out and help fight the field fires. CALL FOR WARRANTS Outstanding warrants of Schoo District No. 1, Morrow County, Ore gon, up to and including Warrant No. 6127, will be paid upon present ation to the district clerk. Interest on said warrants not already called ceases July 19, 1940. ROBERT A. JONES, Clerk, School District No. 1, Morrow County, Oregon. BETTY LOU LINDSAY Willows Grange PATRICIA DALY Lena Grange Firefighters Have Their Jokes Despite Strain of Long Hours on Firing Line (Contributed) Manv tall tales of fires and fire fighting were circulated at Juniper camp during the lull of between shifts" when men were too tired to relax and fall asleep. In spite of the terrific strain of long hours on the line expending every ounce of en ergy contained in each individual body to fight a common enemy, there were times in the lineup for meals and at morning roll call, which incidentally was for 3 a. m., for some horse play, jokes and laughs. The men driving the heavy equip ment unit and the forest road bull dozer soon came to be known as the Gold Dust Twins and daily look ed the part. Another laugh was raised over the fact that there were upwards of 300 "Whispering Smiths' in camp. Only our "Smiths" were white on both ends, where perspiring feet and perhaps a splash of cold water to the face had removed some of the soot of charred logs and the grime-of honest toil. The Whisper ing Smith story came through an episode of the last war, when some soap box orator was preaching the downfall of the United States. A by-stander who was Smith, said, "I am half white and half black but I will be d if I stand by and hear some so-and-so talk that way about my country." Whereupon the mulat to whipped out a razor that looked like a folding cleaver and made for the aeitator who also made for the edce of town with Smith just one slash too far back to reach the rear of his trouser seat. Some incidents had a touch of pathos as the little fawn who tried to make friends with men too busy to trive it the attention it plead for. Daily its plaintive cries for a mother who had disappeared into the raging fire brought lumps to throats already parched, with heat and dust. The bob cat which came out to the line with hot, burning dogs or feet., and who vented his wretched ness by scaring the patrolman off his beat on the fire line, brought a kindred feeling of sympathy as most everyone in camp had hot, burning feet. Then there was the tired, weary crew of boys who had made it near ly to the top of the fireline, lifting with an effort each foot m turn, as they had spent many weary hours swinging "pulaski tools ' m the lace of the fire. They had lifted tired bodies up the almost perpendicular wall many hundreds of feet when thev met a bear going down. Any how the boys said they stopped run ning where they crossed Potamus creek. A staunch hearted youngster from an eastern state, probably from the "Sidewalks of New York," had quite an experience. He had been taught to face the fire without dread but when an irate pheasant hen at tacked him he turned tail and sped to the protection of his foreman, yelling for aid at the end of each and every jump while the hen fluf fed up to a ball of fury, tried to flog his flying heels. When he could get his breath, he said, "Good God, what was that?" Many deer and elk fleeing from certain death would come out of the raging furnace, ninning as fast as fleet feet would carry them. The shrill chattering of squirrels who cursed from the fancied security of tall trees and who refused to leave their hard earned caches of cones laid by for the winter Few of them will need the cones now. The broken cadence of "hoedogs" as thev due deep into the roots to try to form a trench from which to backfire. The sharp staccato of axes biting deep into the living tissue of trees, sacrificed in an endeavor to protect others of their kindred. Ach- ine backs, burning eyes, lungs con gested JbyOieheayypallofgaseous CRESTED WHEAT GRASS CLEANING Cleaning rate c per pound, including hammering out and cleaning the dou bles, purity and germination tests by the Federal Laboratory at Corval I is. This does not include special seed sacks. We will put the seed back in the original sacks unless instructed to do otherwise. 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