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H3 ro n o r o ;.j O HO- f . : i O U " . l o o ;;1 ',J ;-, O , Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 8, 1942 Volume 59, Number 28 ALL-OUT SCRAP BUW TART c. : Branch Line Not To Be Removed, Officials State .' Committee Obtains Assurance at Meet ing Held in Portland There is no immediate danger of the Heppner branch of the Union Pacific railroad being discontinued, or even curtailed in service. That was the gist of a report made by President P. W. Mahoney to Hepp ner chamber of commerce at a meeting Tuesday evening. The re port put at rest a rumor that has been persisting since the order went out for remove! of the Shaniko line that the local branch would prob ably follow suit. Mahoney stated that the cham ber's committee, of which he was a member, met with "railroad officials in Portland to discuss the matter and was assured that the company contemplates no such move here. There is a condition tacked onto that statement to the effect that any contemplated move doubt less will be justified by wartime ne cessity, which at this time the offi cials do not feel will arise. ) It was pointed out that conditions on the Shaniko line are not com parable to those of the Heppner branch. Sherman county is largely a grain raising district, making bus iness for the railroad line seasonal, whereas the Heppner branch of fers a steady haul through its grain, livestock and lumber shipments. Furthermore, the Sherman county highway provides an avenue for ready truck transportation to the port facilities at The Dalles as well as main line warehouses. The crowning argument in favor of tear ing up the track is said to have been the urgent need for rail fa cilities in the Portland and Van couver shipbuilding yards. Perlperg Death Shocks Community Residents of, Heppner and vicinity were shocked Tuesday morning to learn of the death of Ervin Perl berg, 26-year-old garage mechanic, who apparently took his own life at his cabin on the Kummerland property a few miles west of Hepp ner. Perlberg had been employed as a mechanic in the Ferguson Motor company shop and when he left work Monday evening there was no evi dence that he was dissatisfied with life. Members of his family state that he acted in the usual manner upon arriving at home. He lived in a small house apart from his mother's house on her farm ad joining the William Kummerland ranch. Typical of his studious nature, he had acquired an ex tensive library and he spent long evenings poring over the subjects in which he was vitally interested. Ervin Rueben Perlberg was born at Heppner March 24, 1916. He at tended the schools here and upon completing the high school course entered the University of Oregon where he spent one year. Return ing to the county he worked sev eral years for E. C. Doherty near Lexington and three years ago took a job with Ferguson Motor company which he held up to the time of his death. He was a careful workman, an earnest student and acquired a host of friends who regret his un timely demise. Funeral services were held from the Phelps Funeral Home chapel Martin B. Clark officiating, inter ment was in Heppner Masonic cemetery. Three-Day Campaign for Cast Sron and Steel Expected to Bring Out Bulk of County's Supply A Ship Sinks... a Battle Is Lost v Somewhere a mother, a wife, a child weeps. A ship had gone down. ,-' Unprotected by convoy, the ship shuddered and sank quickly as the torpedo crashed into its side. Down in the engine rooms the son, the husband, the father didn't have a chance. Somewhere a man sobs. His little girl is dead. Bombers roared overhead and dropped thrir explosives. The man heard his daughter's screams when the heavy timber and mortar fell. Somewhere a soldier thinks. Of barbed wire and bayonets in his prison. , They had come suddenly in hordes little men whose leaders told them they were chosen of od. The soldier's bullets were gone when still more little men came. The soldier thinks and wonders. Today is scrap rally day in Morrow county. Alexander Wilson Passes Suddenly Following an illness of three weeks, Alexander Wilson passed on Monday morning, October 5, at his home in Heppner. His physician had not thought his condition a larming but recurrence of a heart ailment with which he had been troubled a number of years brought life to a sudden close. , Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, "Octo ber 7, from All Saints Episcopal church, Ven. Eric Robathan offici ating, Interment was made in Hepp ner Masonic cemetery. Alexander Wilson had been a Heppner and Morrow county resi dent for more than 38 years, coming to Heppner in the spring of 1904 with his brothers, Robert and James. He was one of the pioneers of the Boardman project, where he oper ated an alfalfa ranch for a number of years, and also engaged in the sheep business during his early years in this district. He came to Heppner a number of years ago and purchased the residence property which was his home and which he developed as a lodging and tourist Gopenhaver wrecked the fur camp business. niture in a room at the Heppner Wilson was first married to Kate Dobson, a native of Ireland. To this union was born one child, Rena, now Mrs. Floyd Jones. The mother died when Rena was a baby, and Mr. Wilson did not remarry until May 26, 1941, when he took Anna Gallaghe as his bride. Mr. Wilson was born at Corduff, Ireland; November 2, 1885. Besides the wife and daughter, he is survived by four brothers, Robert S. Wilson of Boardman; James H. Wilson of Oakland, Cali- fomia; William G. Wilson and David Wilson of Heppner, and three sisters, Mrs. Alva Jones of Heppner; Mrs. Jess Deos of Hood River and Mrs. William V. Crawford of Port land Members of the family coming to the funeral services included Jess Deos and W. M. Beeson of Hood River and Robert S. Wilson and family of Boardman. COMES FROM BERKELEY Miss Myra Wells was a guest from Sunday to Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wells. Miss Wells is a student at the Uni versity of California where she is taking advanced work in her pro fession of nursing. WORKING IN PENDLETON Miss Ruth Green spent the week end at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green. Ruth has a position in the office at the air base in Pendleton. IT CAN'T BE HELPED The Gazette Times dislikes apologies, but in view of the fact that the old family paper has been late twice in a row it seems proper to offer a reason for it. The force has been put ting in long hours to catch up with the rush of work and on top of this, there have been some difficulties with the me chanical equipment that have not made publishing any easier. It is hepad these difficulties will be overcome shortly and then it will be less difficult to come out on schedule. In the meantime, indulgence of the subscribers is begged, for as we all know, these are strenuous times and manr schedules are being broken. Boyd Copen haver Taken to Hospital Boyd Copenhaver was taken to the Eastern Oregon hospital Wed nesday evening after physicians ex amining him determined that he was uPset mentally and should un- derg a f treatment. hotel and repeated the performance at the county jail Tuesday night. At the hotel he broke up most of the furniture in the room he was occupying, throwing some of it out of the window. It was stated that he either fell or jumped from the window, landing on the roof of the hotel kitchen. He was taken to the Heppner hospital for treatment and. later placed in. charge of the sher iffs office. The following night he broke the water pipe in the county jail and further gave vent to his destructive passion by tearing the toilet bowl loose. Court Favorable To Irrigon Road A delegation of 40 Irrigon citizens waited upon the county court in session Wednesday at the court house to present a request for a better road fromi Irrigon to the mu nitions dump. The present road connecting the two points follows an indirect route and the delega tion suggested a shorter and more direct road. The court took a view in agree ment with the proposed route and assured the citizens from the north end that something will be done about it in the near future. The ordinance department has "estab- , lished a new gate to the govern - ment property making it possible for a more direct entrance from Irrigon. Scrap is rolling in, truckloads of it, to the loading depots of the county, indicating that Morrow county citizens have heeded the call for more metal with which to make implements and munitions of war. From every direction cast off steel and iron is pouring in to help meet Mrrrow county's quota and to swell thr c-'and total of the country in th people's drive to meet and van qu'sh the foes of democracy. Here at Heppner facilities for lot ding were acquired by making use. of the log-loading derrick just sov.th of the Union Pacific depot. Scales of the Morrow County Grain Growers association are being used for weighing in the scrap from where it is taken to the loading der rick where the railroad company has spotted cars. This is only the first day of the tlr.ee -day drive and it is expected that when the last weighing and hading is accomplished Saturday evening, the bulk of the scrap iron and steel from the farms, back yards, automobile "bone-yards" and all other places where such mater - ial accumulates will be ready to roll on to beattle where a steel plant will convert it into usable metal once more. For the benefit of those who have scrap to turn in, C. D. Conrad, chairman of the county scrap drive, repeats, " certain conditions that should be adhered to. First, he urg es that all scrap, or as much as is posrible, be brought in during the grain rubber. But powerful ii. ' three-day period in order to lessen ests are back of the oil proposal handling of the material. Cars have and the best chance the grain in been spotted at Heppner, Lexington terests have is to go to the people and lone. Second, scrap should be with something that can be proved weighed at one or the Morrow County Grain Growers warehouses and then unloaded in a freight car. Third, weight receipts should be ob tained as payment will be made on tne weight oi the iron as soon it is shipped. Fourth, cast iron should be weighed separate from steel. All scrap steel should be loaded on cars and cast iron thrown off on a pile on the ground. Reason for this last suggestion is seen in the fact that approximate prices run $8 per ton for scrap steel while scrap iron brings $15 per ton. MORTGAGE BURNED SUNDAY LJAPPINESS and good cheer prevailed Sunday at the Church of Chrto 1 in Heppner when at a dinner spread for the occasion, Mrs. Cora D. Crawford, oldest member in point of service, lighted a match and ap plied it, to the mortgage that has represented a building dlebt of 20 years' standing. Rev. Martin B. Clark, whose energies have br j directed towards clearing the congregation of debt, presided and p sented in turn, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Spencer Akers of Portland and 1 mer active member of the church, T. J. Humphreys, treasurer, E ' Bennie Howe of the Methodist church, Frank W. Turner, who hcli raise funds, and Willie White, "9!)" state evangelist. Rev. Clark a.. read the formal program of services when the church was dedicated recalling names of many prominent members who since have moved away or answered the final summons. Grain Alcohol Plant Assured At Arlington Grain Growers, Inc. Push Plans to Move Plant from Carver Manufacture of grain alcohol at Arlington will soon be a reality, ac cording to word brought to Hepp ner Tuesday evening by Ben F. Wall ins and Frank L. Waller who besn assisting the Grain Gro' Inc. in obtaining a plant and in ganization work. The visitors re sented the Arlington group at . Heppner chamber of commerce meeting when Waller spoke at length on the growth of the move- ment to convert surplus wheat into indusrial alcohol ' for war uses and for eventual manufacture of rubber. Grain Growers, Inc. has purchas ed an alcohol plant which has been in service a number of years at Car ver. Equipment of the plant will be moved to Arlington and set up for production of industrial alcohol, having a capacity between 2,000 and 2,500 gatllons daily. ! Waller recalled the fight that has been waging between the oil inter ests and the proponents of use of surplus grain. He pointed out that production of rubber from indus trial alcohol is far more economical than thei crude oil formula. A bush el of wheat will produce from two ancj onehalf to three gallons of al- cohol, which in turn will produce between seven tmd eight pounds of rubber at a cost of five cents ! a pound. And rubber made from al cohol is practically indestructible, he stated. On the other hand, ber made from oil costs from 22 cents per pound and so fai nor developed the efficiency o superior. A bill will be presented to the Oregon legislature calling for in clusion of 10 per cent of industrial alcohol in gasoline in this state. It as was stated that similar action ' is being contemplated at Washington. Waller believes that in due time there will be thousands of indus trial alcohol plants all over the wheat raising areas of the country. There are 36.000 such plants in Germany and thev are counted by the thousands in Russia and some South American countries, r W o o n