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, 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,
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