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Volume 57, Number 22
Brahamas' Arrival,
Buttons Feature
Pre-Rodeo Activity
Final Queen's Dance
at Lena Saturday;
Junket Planned
Heppner took on a phase of in
tense pre-Rodeo activity Tuesday
with the arrival of the Clarence
Warren-Kenneth Depew string of
wild Brahma steers.
With the Warren-Depew herd of
Brahamas, natives of South Amer
ica, is "Sleepy," the steer that has
never been ridden ten seconds. To
any man who stays atop Sleepy for
that length of time the Rodeo asso
ciation will pay $50. Sleepy put
Clarence Warren over the fence at
the Rodeo grounds Sunday, as well
as several CCC boys who attempted
to conquer the South American
steer.
Co-chairman Logie Richardson
and Gene Ferguson of the junket
advertising trip said yesterday their
caravan, expected to include 25 cars,
will leave here early Tuesday morn
ing or a good will tour to Arlington,
will lunch at Condon with members
of that city's chamber of commerce,
travel on to Kinzua, Fossil, Canyon
City, and stay over Tuesday night at
John Day. Wednesday's itinerary
includes Long Creek, Ukiah, and ar
rival in Heppner early that after
noon. Co-chairman Richardson ex
pects to make additional plans for
the trip while in Portland this week
end. He said that buglers and drum
majorettes from the band would also
be among the group's personnel.
Buttons advertising the Rodeo are
on sale at local business houses for
25 cents. These buttons are number
ed from 1 to 2000, and the purchaser
may choose any number desired.
Five cents from each twenty-five
cent button bill be donated to the
band and a remaining portion will
be placed in a fund. All purchasers
are urged to help advertise the Ro
deo by wearing their buttons.
The usual numerous inquiries
have been coming in regarding dates
and prize lists of the Rodeo, ac
cording to Henry Aiken, president.
Aiken said he would appoint a hous
ing committee to handle Rodeo guest
accommodations. Hotels report a
rapidly enlarging reservation list.
Hay for Rodeo and buckaroo stock
has been placed at the corrals. Frank
Turner has been daily training his
thoroughbred, FJmega, for the top
money race, the Morrow county
derby.
The final in the series of four
grange dances will be held Saturday
at Lena. Playing for the dance will
be Spangle's orchestra of Pendleton.
Jack Merrill's band has been signed
for the final queen dance, Saturday,
August 10, at the Heppner fair pa
vilion. ECONOMIST TO SPEAK
By arrangement of the state AAA
committee, Dr. Robret H. Montgom
ery, professor of economics at Uni
versity of Texas, will give an ad
dress at Vert Memorial hall in Pen
dleton at 10:30 a. m., Tuesday, Aug
ust 6. Dr. Montgomery will discuss
the relationship of business and ag
riculture as viewed from the long
range. Farmers, business men and
the public generally is invited to
hear Dr. Montgomery, with promise
of a worthwhile message.
STOCK TO MARKET
Hyslop sheep company of Spokane
shipped five carloads of Frank Wil
kinson lambs from the local yards
Saturday evening, with various des
tinations. At the same time Dillard
French shipped two carloads of cat
tle to the Portland market. Harold
Cohn shipped one carload of lambs
to Raft Packing company Monday
night.
Heppner,
L. Edwin Beach !
Takes Bride in East
Many Morrow county friends are
interested in the news of the mar
riage of L. Edwin Beach, son of Mrs.
Elsie Beach of Lexington. Mr. Beach
took Miss Freda Louise Davis of
Longview, Wash., for his bride in
New York City on Sunday, July 7,
according to announcement received
by relatives and friends in this
county.
Miss Davis, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Davis of Longview, took
the vows with Mr. Beach at Sea Cliff
Methodist church, and Mr. and Mrs.
Beach will make their home in Sea
Cliff for the summer, moving to
New York City in the fall to make
their permanent residence.
The marriage was the culmination
of a romance started at Whitman
college when Mr. and Mrs. Beach
were both students. Mrs. Beach, an
accomplished musician, continued
her education at University of Wash
ington and had since lived in Seattle
where she taught music. Mr. Beach
was graduated from University of
Oregon and after teaching for a few
years followed his career as a sing
er to his present position with the
glee club of Fred Waring's Pennsyl-
vanians.
21 Fire Starts from
Storm New Record
A total of 21 fires, the largest of
which covered eight acres before
being subdued, were caused by the
lightning storm preceding rains of
last week end in the local forest
district, reports F. F. Wehmeyer,
local ranger. Wehmeyer believed
this set a new record for number
of starts from a single storm.
Spread of the fires was largely
prevented by the rains that followed
which momentarily relieved the fire
hazard. Wehmeyer commended the
attitude of residents adjacent to
the forest who stood by ready to
help combat the flames at a mo
ment's notice, if necessary.
The recent large Potamus fire re
sulted in small loss other than dam
age to watershed, Wehmeyer said.
Kinzua Pushes Work
on Huge Mill Pond
Kinzua Pine Mills is pushing work
on the big mill pond at Wineland
lake on the west end of Heppner
forest district, reports F. F. Weh
meyer, local ranger. When com
pleted the pond will accommodate
25 million feet of logs.
From this concentration point of
logging activities the logs will be
trucked to the mill over the new
road, grade for which has been
completed and which is now being
gravelled. The road contractors
camp is established at Long prairie,
Wehmeyer reports.
HAVE ENJOYABLE TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee, daugh
ter Katherine of Oregon City and
son Orrin of San Francisco, com
pleted an enjoyable ten-day vacation
motor trip with arrival home last
Thursday. Orrin accompanied his
parents to Heppner and departed
for San Francisco on Saturday,
Driving north through Seattle, they
took the boat to Vancouver, visiting
there and at Victoria, then driving
to Banff and Lake Louise before re
turn south by way of Nelson and
Spokane. Mr. Bisbee was high in
praise of the beauties of Victoria,
Kicking Horse river, Yoho park
(where four bull moose were seen
at a distance of some 100 feet), and
enchanting Lake Louise. Canadian
money was purchased at ten per cent
discount and reasonable rates were
found along the way.
BUILDING DRIFT FENCE
A crew of 22 CCC boy! are en
gaged in building 25 miles of drift
fence on the Five Mile Cattle and
Horse allotment in the local dist
rict, reports F. F. Wehmeyer, ran
ger in charge. The association is
cooperating in the work.
Oregon, Thursday, August
Improved Exhibits
Promise of 4-H
Club Showing
All Communities to
be Represented; Spe
cial Awards Listed
An increased number of exhibits
with a decide improvement in qual
ity will be the case at the 4-H Club
fair and at the Morrow County Wool
and Grain shows this year, accord
ing to C D. Conrad, who has recent
ly made a survey of the 4-H club
projects in the county.
All communities in the county
will be represented at the fair with
a large exhibit of dairy cattle com
ing from Irrigon.
Many special awards are being
given this year for championships
and these awards will be on exhibit
in one of the local store windows
sometime soon.
The fair this year will be Friday
and Saturday, August 16 and 17, in
conjunction with the Roeo.
The first preparations for the fair
will get under way August 9 when
the 4-H club boys will get together
to build the lunch stand which they
operate at the dance each year to
obtain money to send their exhibits
to the state fair and Pacific Inter
national. August 15, the boys and
their parents will congregate to
build stalls and pens for their stock
in the livestock pavilion and erect
seats and shade for the show ring
Every effort is being made, accord
ing to Conrad, this year to provide
seating room and shade for specta
tors to watch the livestock judging
and demonstrations.
Wheat Insurance
Closing Date Near
Oregon wheat growers were re
minded this week by the state AAA
office in Corvallis that August 31
or seeding time, whichever is earlier,
will be the closing date for taking
out federal crop insurance on winter
wheat. Applications are being ac
cepted at county AAA offices.
Approximately 2000 Oregon farm
era protected their wheat crop this
year with crop insurance, and a few
of these farmers are now filing,
claims for losses, according to Clyde
Kiddle, supervisor of the program.
Unless unforseen crop hazards ap
pear before harvest is completed, it
is not expected that the percent of
loss will be as high as in 1939 when
662 Oregon farmers had insurance
and 188 experienced crop losses.
Kiddle said.
J; aimers who receive wheat m
payment of insured losses may take
out a commodity loan on this wheat
any time between now and January
1, 1941, it was pointed out.
Signup Reduces
Benefit Rates
Because of the unexpectedly large
participation of the nation's farmers
in the 1940 agricultural and range
conservation programs, federal pay
ments will be 10 percent lower than
the tentative rates announced last
November, N. Donaldson, in chargi
of the state AAA office in Corvallis,
has been informed.
This downward adjustment is
necessary in order that payments will
not ( exceed funds appropriated by
congress, says Donaldson.
This means that checks issued to
Oregon farmers for participation in
all phases of the 1940 AAA program.
with the exception of the price ad
justment program and sugar beet
program, will be 90 percent of the
tentative schedule announced previ
ously.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lucas left this
morning for Portland on a business
trip.
1, 1940
Samoan School Head
Shows Movies
Three thousand miles beyond
Honolulu lies American Samoa, land
of copra and bananas, where 300
inches of rain fall in a year and
life moves in the slow tempo of the
semi-tropics, according to the story
of Murray Heminger told in con
nection with several reels of moving
pictures of the region shown to a
group of local people at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Ferguson last
Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs.
Heminger and Mr. Heminger's mo
ther, Mrs. G. W. Merrill were guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Bennett while in the states on sum
mer vacation. They arrived Friday
morning and departed Sunday morn
ing for Seattle.
From airplane, boat and land Mr.
Heminger had taken the movies to
encompass the islands where he
both American and British Samoa,
showing topography of the country,
the surrounding seas, verdant, palm-
covered landscapes; the picturesque
natives, their customs, manner of
dress, abodes and implements, in
cluding the various styles of boats in
which, by adept manipulation, they
travel among isles of the archipelago.
Shots of distinguished visitors, na
tive ceremonials, life in the Hem
inger home, of fishing and boating
trips strengthened the human in
terest throughout the showing.
The Hemingers and Mrs. Merrill
were former residents of Seattle,
and Mrs. Merrill has resided in
Honolulu for the last 38 years.
Inch Rainfall Marked
Here in 24 Hours
An even one inch of rain fell in
Heppner within 24 hours last Thurs
day night and Friday afternoon, ac
cording to the markings of Len L.
Gilliam, official observer.
Heaviest of the rain fell Friday af
ternoon, when the downpour gave
citizens view of one of the heaviest
rains of modern history. At that
time .91 inch fell mostly inside an
hour. The previous night .09 inch
was recorded.
Heppner appeared to be on the
edge of the main storm which cen
tered about three miles below town
and washed debris into the highway
at the Wightman place, calling for
emergency road clearing beiore
traffic could pass.
Rains were general over the coun
ty at the same time and chief loss
was in laying off harvest crews and
washing of sumer fallow fields. The
ripened grain was not greatly dam
aged, general reports say.
Heppner Chosen for
Sectional FFA Meet
The mid-Columbia section of
Future Farmers of America have
selected Heppner for their annual
meet next March 21, announces W.
S. Bennett, local Smith-Hughes in
structor and FFA leader.
Schools to be represented include
Redmopd, Dufur, The Dalles, Ar
lington, Condon, Boardman, Pendle
ton, Helix, and Heppner.
The program includes shop skill
contests, seed and potato judging,
parliamentary procedure contest and
public speaking. Winners of public
speaking and parliamentary proced
ure then compete for state title with
winners from five other districts.
RANGE SURVEY ON
Oz Beedon from the regional for
est office and a crew of men were
in the district last week in connce-
tion with a complete range survey
being made in the local district,
reports F. F. Wehmeyer, local ran
ger. Charles Rector from the district
office, and Bert Reed from the reg'
ional office are in charge of the
survey, locally.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kinne expected
to leave this morning for The Dal
les and Portland on a week's vaca
tion, visiting Mr. Kinne's folks at
Portland.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Oiling to Eight -Mile
Postoffice
Set Says Baldock
Work on Condon
and O.-W. Roads
Learned by Court t
Completion of oiled surfacing on
the Heppner-Condon highway from
the end of the present surfacing at
the F. E. Parker place to the Eight
Mile postoffice has been definitely
set up by the state highway com
mission, and additional work on the
Oregon-Washington and Heppner
Condon highways is projected that
will give Morrow country a good
break in its better roads program.
This report was brought to the
Monday Lions luncheon at Camp
Heppner by Judge Bert Johnson,
who with Commissioners Geo. Peck
and L. D. Neill, other county court
members, conferred with State En
gineer R. H. Baldock in Salem last
week end.
Contract for the oiled surfacing
from Parker's to the Rugg place on
Rhea creek will be let by the com
mission August 22, Baldock told the
court, with construction to start in
September. Oiling on this stretch
will be done next summer. This has
been definitely passed by the com
mission. An additional $12,000 has been
earmarked to oil the Condon road
on from Ruggs' to the Eight Mile
postoffice, and is expected to be
definitely okehed by the commission
shortly, said Judge Johnson. This
surfacing will be lighter than that
being put on as far as Ruggs, which
is the same type as is used on pri
mary highways.
Construction of the Condon road
on from the Eight Mile postoffice
to the Burton Wilson grade on Rock
creek has already been taken care
of in the amount of $70,000 set up
in the commission's 1942 budget, and
available in July, 1941. The item as
set up calls for construction and
surfacing over the new route, sur
vey of which has been completed.
This amount is to come from federal
funds, whereas the other funds be
ing expended on this road are state
funds, and the reason it was not
set up in the 1941 budget is that
the stress of the national defense
program has prevented congress
from acting upon such appropria
tions.
Surfacing on the Oretron-Wash
ington hiway from the Hanna farm
to Lena has also been projected by
the state engineer's office and may
be started this winter if the commis
sion approves. Judge Johnson said
the matter of approval would prob
ably come before the commission's
October session.
If plans of the state highway com
mission materialize the members
will visit eastern Oregon next month,
and their tentative itinerary calls
for a stop in Heppner the evening
of September 2. It is expected a pub
lic audience will be given at that
time, said the judge.
RAINS LIVEN SPRINGS
Rains of last week end were most
welcome in the local forest district,
reports F. F. Wehmeyer, local ranger.
Besides abating the fire hazard for
the moment they livened springs
materially and gave promise that,
the range water situation, which,
had become serious would probably
be relieved for the remainder of the
grazing season.
LAMBS LEAVE FOREST
Eighty to ninety percent of the
new lamb crop has left the local
forest district for market, estimates
F. F. Wehmeyer, local ranger. The
lambs have been removed almost
entirely by truck this season, aiding
their reaching market in best pos
sible condition.