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Volume 58, Number 6
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 10, 1941
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Community Unites
For Auction Benefit
To Uniform Band
'White Elephants'
To be Turned Into
Musicians7 Duds
A move to augment the school
band uniform fund, started at Lions
club luncheon Monday noon, quickly
gained momentum as B. C. Pinck
ney, chamber of commerce presi
dent pledged that organization's
aid in sponsorship and other organ
izations fell into line.
The plan is hold a community
"white elephant" aunction sale, pro
ceeds of which will go into the uni
form fund. Bob Runnion, auction
eer, who has been enlisted to assist
in managing the affair, believes that
with the enthusiasm so far met the
suggestion may result in providing
the remaining funds needed to buy
the new military type uniforms de-
The plan is to make lists of all
articles in the community that any
one might wish to turn toward the
Kpnefit articles that have no panic
ular value to those having them but
which might be of value to someone
else. These articles will be assem
bled and placed on the auction block
at the date to be announced, and
the money realized turned into the
uniform fund. A follow-up meeting
is scheduled for this evening, after
which it is expected full details may
be released to all organizations in
participating in the event.
Plfford Conrad. Lions president,
said that his home town of Imbler
nrontlv conducted such a commun
itv auction very successfully, and
everyone had a grand time. j
Introduced to the Lions was Ken
neth M. House, recently of White
Bluffs, Wash., P. P. & L. manager
succeeding Ray P. Kinne. He was
presented by Mr. Kinne, in the city
for the day from Pendleton where
he is now line supervisor in the
district office. Ivan Amend of Lex
ington presented the Lexington high
school boys quartet in two vocal
nmW Tad Miller and Albert
Bailey were present on behalf of
Rnv Scouts to express their
organization's appreciation of the
help the Lions have given to the
Boy Scouts.
Amateurs Rewarded
At Camp Fire Benefit
The amateur hour presented at
v,o chnol ffvm-auditorium last Fri-
Vvnefittine the Camp
utajr .t.i..0 ,
Fire Girls drew lively interest, and
resulted in a number of youths re
ceiving substantial cash prizes. P.
W. Mahoney was master of cere
mones and J. O. Turner conducted
the quiz contest between Boy Scouts
and Camp Fire Girls as the audience
was casting ballots to name winners
in the amateur events. Mrs. Edwin
L. Dick, Jr., directed work or the
presentation which netted the group
$70 toward its summer camp fund.
Winnincf nrizes were Walter Sku-
zeski, grand sweepstakes and first
in instrumental music division, with
Mary Lou Ferguson and Jean rur
ner second in the division; Shirley
Wilkinson and Loma Mae Vance,
first, and Harriet Ball and Edna
May Thorpe, second, and Jean Mar
ie Hisler in dancing division; Patri
cia Lawrence, first, and Earline
Thoen, second, in vocal music div
ision. MRS. YOUNG'S MOTHER PASSES
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers received
word this morning of the passing of
m- nimran Grav of Aloha, mother
of Mrs. R. C. Young, recently of this
city.
Ruth chapter 32, O. E. S., will hold
a Ruth night on Friday, April 11. at
the lodge hall. Refreshments will
be served following the meeting.
Enmeshed Antlers
Mute Evidence of
Elks' Tragic Battle
Mute evidence of a bull elks'
terrific struggle for life, a strug
gle that it finally lost after de
molishing 20 yards of woven wire
fence and twisting the strands
into a veritable cable about its
antlers, is displayed at the Gilliam
& Bisbee store one of a collec
tion of sporting trophies which
includes dozens of mounted deer
and elk antlers.
The enmeshed antlers with parts
of two fence posts attached, were
brought to the Gilliam & Bisbee
store last fall by E. R. Schaffer
who found the animal, some ten
days after it was caught in the
fence, at the Hynd ranch near
Ukiah.
City Grants Permit
For Building New
Richfield Station
Need for Trailer
House Parking Lot
Facilities Talked
REA Official Gives
Encouraging Report
That the proposed Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op to serve Morrow and
neighboring counties with REA ser
VIP has a frond chance of beme ap
proved in Washington, . C, where
the preliminary engineering report
is now under consideration, was the
word of . W. R. Moulton, regional
REA supervisor, who was in the
citv last week end from Spokane.
Mr. Moulton met with directors of
the district and informed them that
allotments to districts had been tem
porarily delayed due to stress of the
national defense program which had
crowded other appropriations into
the background and had caused un
certainty to exist as to the fate of
other appropriations. He believed,
however, that the REA program,
considered vital to national defense,
would be upheld in the near future,
at which time the local project stood
a good chance of being approved.
Tuberculin Testing
Slated April 28th
Tuberculin testing will be done
in this county Monday, April 28, by
a doctor from Eastern Oregon State
Tuberculosis hospital. There will be
no charge for this skin test, and any
one who has not been tested or who
had previous negative tests may
come to the schools to be checked.
Testing will be done at schools in
Heppner, lone, Hardman, Liberty,
Eight Mile, Twin Pine, and Matte-
son.
A positive test does not mean
that you have tuberculosis. It mere
ly indicates that you have been
exposed to it.
The hour tests will be given in
each community will be published
later.
Prospects of more new building
I in Tlotimmi. mac inHientpH in rpnorts 1
given the city council at its monthly
meeting Monday evening. Richfield
Oil company applied for a permit to
construct a service station on the
comer of Main and Center streets,
which was granted, and the city was
asked to place, a price on property
it holds adjoining the corner lot
on Gale and Willow streets recently
acquired from the American Legion
by the Pentecostal church which
expressed intention of uilding a
church there.
The newly renovated council
chambers, not yet completed, served
as an inspiring setting for consider
ation of the city generally, and led
to another action which will place
a good covering of heavy linoleum
on the chambers' floor. Also ordered
was repainting of signs on windows
of both council chambers and library
with contract awarded to L. M. Ath-erton.
Application for parking a trailer
house on the city lot on Willow street
iust behind the Heppner hotel, while
denied due to expected use by thei
city for piling crushed rock, led to
considerable discussion of advisabil
ity of the city establising trailer
house parking facilities within the
city. Due to continued demand of
this nature some favorable expres
sion was eiven to the idea of equip
ping grounds with adequate sewage
disposal facilities to rent to itinerants
tn veling in trailer houses.
Official resignation of Homer Hay
es as police chief was read. Hayes
left recently to accept a position as
federal guard at the ordanace de
pot being constructed near Hermis-
ton.
Payment of current bills, and pas
sage to third reading of an ordin
ance to vacate certain unused streets
desired by Morrow County Grain
Growers, completed the councils
business for the evening.
Officers present included J. O.
Turner, mayor; councilmen P. W.
Mahoney, D. A. Wilson, L. E. Bisbee
and E. A. Bennett; J. J. Nys, attor
ney; E. R. Huston, recorder; W. O.
Dix, treasurer; J. O. Rasmus, water
master, and Albert Schunk and Pat
Mollahan, police.
Referendum Called
For May 10 To Vote
New Soil District
State Committee
Calls Election in
Conservation Move
A referendum on the creation of
braved the heavy breezes last the proposed Heppner Soil Conser
Easter Cross Gleams
Anew to Herald
Sunday Observance
The Easter cross placed atop
Morrow hill by Boy Scouts two
years ago, has shone with a bright
new silvery gleam for the last sev
eral days to herald observance of
the ascension services next Sun
day. F. F. Wehmeyer, who as a scout
executive committeeman, assisted
in putting the permanent cross in
place imbedded in concrete
Saturday morning to cover the
emblem with an aluminum paint.
All Groups Join in
Easter Sunrise Rites
Everyone in the community is in
vited to join in the Easter sunrise
service to be held at 5:15 a. m., Sun
day morning, at the cross on the top
of Morrow hill, announces Martin
Clark, Christian minister, who is as
sisting with the program.
Starting with two songs, the pro
gram will include a special poem
scripture, message and prayer.
All groups in the city are parti
cipating in sponsoring the service,
said Clark.
Dance Funds to Take
School Band to Contest
Mrmev raised from a benefit
dance to be held at the Elks hall
Saturday evening, the 19th, will be
used to pay transportation expenses
of the band to the district contest
to be held in La Grande next month,
it wsa voted by the band organiza
tion this week. Dr. R. C. Lawrence
is in charge of the ticket sale being
sponsored by the lodge
vation district will be held in Mor
row county May 10 between the
hours of 1 and 6 p. m., according to
the official notice published on an
other page in this paper.
With the addition of ten town
ships, which were added at the -hearing
held March 18, the proposed
district now comprises approximate
ly 691,000 acres of Morrow and
Umatilla counties, beginning on the
north at the base line and extending
south to the boundary of the nation
al forest and extending west to
within six miles, of the west side of
the county and extending east to
include one row of townships in
Umatilla county.
The farmers in this area in or-
irandzinu this dsitrict feel that they
will be in a better position by work
ing through the supervisors of the
district to obtain assistance from
the various governmental agencies
in soil conservation and erosion con
trol work.
According to the state law, before
the district can be created, at least
50 percent of the land owners and
70 percent of all the land within the
area must vote in favor of the cre
ation of the district. This in turn
means that anyone who fails to vote
at the referendum automiaticalljy
, j -n ' lWoiv, cirwt in i votes against the district; however,
Dana wiu uyjjai a,v.v.v . -
concert, and in the evening will play ! it is possible for anyone who can
rontest. numbers at the Elks hall, not go w tne poning pia w uu
WEIGHT LIFTERS BUSY
C. J. D. Bauman, Morrow county's
sheriff and gymnastic enthusiast,
has started a class in weight lifting
that meets each Monday, Wednes
day and Friday evening in the rear
of the Coxen barber shop. A large
number of young men are taking
a keen interest, and Bauman says
some of his proteges show promise
of doing some excellent work. In
fact, he says, several of the boys
are making him dig to keep up hi
the press lifts, and some are ahead
of him in the speed lifts which he
has not practiced upon much in the
past.
SHOOTERS GO STRAIGHT
Heppner Rod and Gun club regis
tered a perfect 75 score in Sunday's
round of the Oregonian telegraphic
trapshoot with A. D. McMurdo, P.
W. Mahoney and John Lane each
breaking all of their first string
of 25 birds for the day. Sunday's
shoot saw the largest turn-out of
shooters so far this season, drawn
by the balmy spring sunshine that
provided ideal shooting conditions
STORY HOUR POSTPONED
The usual story hour on-Saturday
at the library has been postponed
because of Easter parties being held
The story hour will continue at the
regular time next week.
Elks Install Barratt
New Exalted Ruler
J. G. Barratt, a past exalted ruler,
was returned to that office last
Thursday evening when Heppner
lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, installed
officers for the new year starting
April 1. Inducted into other offices
by Harry Tamblyn, installing otii
cer, and P. W. Mahoney, grand es
quire, were:
Earle Brvant. esteemed leading
knight; Eddie Kenny, esteemed loy
al knieht: Carlton Swanson, esteem-
ed lecturing knight; Norton Lun-
dell, secretary; Boyd Redding, trea
surer; Wm, C. Cox, tyler; E. O. Fer
guson, trustee; D. A. Wilson, alter
nate delegate to the grand lodge;
Ralph Beamer, esquire; Walter JJe
puy, inner guard, and J. J. Wight-
man, chaplain. j
INJURED IS ACCIDENT
Miss Pat Bleakman was receiving
treatment this week at the Saling
home in Heppner for injuries re
ceived Monday, when the Hirshel
Townsend car in which she was
riding overturned on Heppner hill.
At the time of the accident Miss
Bleakman was not aware of having
been injured, but her back started
hurting her shortly afterward and
has kept her confined to bed since.
The numbers are "The Crusaders"
by Forrest L. Buchtel, "Trapelo" by
James M. Fulton, and "Lights Out"
by E. E. McCoy, the warm-up march.
The Men About Town will play
for the dance.
Kenneth House is
Nsw P. P. 5" L. Agent
Appointment of Kenneth A. House
as local agent for Pacific Power &
Light company here was announced
last Saturday by Homer Beale, dis
trict manager for the power com
pany. He succeeds Ray P. Kinne,
who was transferred to the com
pany's Pendleton office as line su
perintendent.
House comes here from White
Bluffs, Wash., where he has been
local agent for Pacific company since
1931. He has been a member of the
oomnfinv organization since 1926.
Mrs. House and their three chil
dren accompany him to Heppner,
and they are making their residence
in the house on Main street former
ly occupied by the Kinnes.
tain an absentee ballot and in that
way be sure of voting.
Fred Mankin of lone was elected
polling superintendent to have
charge of the voting on May 10,
and additional information may be
obtained from him, the county ag
ent's office, or the soil conservation
service office.
BUDGET COMMITTEE NAMED
The oard of School District No. 1
named the citizen's budget commit
tee to assist in drawing up the bud
get for the new year at Monday
evening's meeting. Named were J.
G. Barratt, J. O. Turner, W. C. Rose
wall and M. D. Clark. The matter
of consideration of teachers for the
new year was left open until an
other meeting scheduled for next
Monday evening. At this week's
meeting Mrs. Evelyn Isom, recently
elected clerk, assumed her new du
ties.
SHEARING CREW TO START
Barring adverse weather condi
tions the Henry Happold crew will
start the shearing season at Lewis-
ton, Idaho, the first of next week,
Mr. Happold reports. He expects to
go through the seasons in Idaho, lo
cally and in Montana. Local mem
bers of the crew are Tommy Howell
and Carey Hastings, shearers, and
Johnny McNamee and Mike Saling,
tampers and tiers.
HealSii Association
Elects for New Year
Officers of Morrow County Pub
lic Health association for the new
year were elected last evening at a
meeting at the city hall.
Named were Mrs. J. O. Turner,
president; Mrs. Norton Lundell,
vice-president; Mrs. George Gert
son, secretary; Mrs. Lucy Rodgerst
treasurer.
The treasurer's report for the year
' was read. Miss Vale and Miss Ross
attended the meeting and Miss Vale,
the county nurse, gave her yearly
report of the work she has accom
plished in this county for the last
year and outlined the work she
hoped to occomplish this year.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner, Mrs.
George Gertson, Miss Vale and Miss
Ross reported on the annual meeting
and silver jubilee of the Oregon
Tuberculosis association, which they
attend in Portland, March 27 and
28. Those attending hope that more
people from this community will be
able to attend the next annual
meeting and hear the reports of the
good the associations are doing in
preventing and curing tuberculasis.
If tuberculosis is to be eradicated
from this country in the next two
decades and authorities tell us it
can be done we must all put our
shoulders to the wheel and help in
the fight against tuberculosis.
NO LADIES' NIGHT
Due to confusion resulting from
change in officers at the beginning
of the new year, arrangements were
not made for holding the ladies'
night, regularly held the second
meeting night each month, tonight,
announces Norton Lundell, secretary.