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Wheeler County
Agent Chosen to
Succeed Conrad
A. C. Ebert Has
Been at Fossil
Past Eight Years
A. C. Ebert, for eight years agent
in Wheeler county, was this week
chosen to succeed C. D. Conrad as
Marrow county agricultural agent
according to announcement by
Charles Smith of Corvallis who was
here Wednesday conferring with
the county court over the vacancy
created by Conrad's resignation.
Ebert will take over- August 1. He
will spend a few days here with
Conrad next week familiarizing
himself with the office and field.
The new agent is thoroughly fa
miliar with conditions in this sec
tion, having been reared at Echo. He
attended Oregon State college,
graduating from the school of ag
liculture. He is married and has
one child.
The outgoing agent is busy wind
ing up reports of his office and
the numerous activities in which
he was engaged. His leaving will
necetsitate appointtment of a new
county salvage chairman, a duty
which may be wished onto Mr.
Ebert if he is susceptible to such
jobs. Conrad also has been one of
the most active workers in the
Grain Products, Inc., serving as
secretary-treasurer of the organi
zation. Faith in the ultimate realiz
ation of the company's plans caused
him to hesitate about accepting the
Baker agency.
The matter of living quarters for
Mr. Ebert and his family had not
been settled up to press time. In
view of the numerous changes tak
ing place in town it is more than
likely that he will have to buy a
home. In this connection it may be
stated that Don Strait, . Heppner
Smith-Hughes agriculture teacher,
has purchased the Conrad resi
dence and is this week offering his
present property (for sale. ,
One-Time Resident
Dies in Portland
Mrs. Nellie (Anderson return 1
Friday evening from Portland
where she spent several feks w;th
her father, Charles Sorber, in his
last illness. Mr. Sorber passed
away July 2 and was buried the
afternoon of July 3 at Vancouver.
He was a native of Pennsylvania,
where he was born 87 years 8to,
and came west in 1888, living in
eastern Oregon and Portland most
of the time.
Mr. Sorber was a caipenter and
built many homes in lone and the
schoolhouse at Morgan.
Surviving are his wife, six dau
ghters, six grandchildren and one
great grandchild, Mrs. Anderson's
granddaughter.
WOUNDED MAN ENJOYING
GOOD CARE AND FOOD
Life on a hospital ship provides
more comforts than a foxhole, ac
cording to S. Sgt John McRoberts,
son of Harvey McRoberts of Hepp
ner, who was one of the casualties
Biak Island campaign. McRoberts
suffered flesh wounds in the right
hip and hand from a Jap machine
gun.
He is enjoying the good care,
food and other comforts of the
ship despite the discomfort of his
wounds. "Sure beats foxhole and
sea rations," he writes.
ON VACATION
Miss Edna Hughes and Miss
Charlotte Cannon left Sunday af
ternoon for the seashore to tak?
their vacations. They accompanied
County Clerk C. W. Barlow as far
as Portland. Another passenger in
the Barlow car was Mary Mollahan
who went to Portland to remain a
few weeks.
Heppner,
Morrow Third County to Over
Subscribe 5th E Bond Quota
County Provides
Ample Funds for
Hospital Program
People of Morrow county have a
way of expressing their apprecia
tion for the manner in which af
fairs of the Blue Mountain Camp
and Hospital council are conduct
ed. Evidence of this is seen in the
gsnerous subscriptions mnde to ihs
1045 -fund which was recently com
pleted and results of which have
been compiled by tilt?- Morrow
county -chairman, Mrs. Ralph
Thompson.
A grand total of $2,389.87 has
been mada available to the com
mittee to carry on the good work
fo ocapably organized and execut
ed the past year. Mrs. Thompson
has submitted her report by dis
tricts as follows:
Cecil 50.00
Cecil Friendly Club 10.00
lone and vicinity 751.50
lone Past Noble Grand club .... 5.00
Lexington and vicinity 393.50
Sand Hollow 40.00
Butter and Hinton Creeks 118.50"
Rhea Creek and Eightmile ... 377.00
Balm Fork-Upper Willow .... 111.50
Heppner 532.87
TOTAL 2,389.87
It is interesting to note that last
year the committee felt if $250 were
in the drive for funds that would
be doing well. At the end of the
fiscal year tho report showed a to
tal of $1,872.51 had been received,
of which all .but 193.55 had been
spent on camp and hospital work.
This year volunteer solicitors went
out and boosted the receipts as
mentioned above.
"We are truly grateful to the
people of Morrow county for their
generous response. This shows that
the work done by the council is
approved of and that the people re
alize this is the only way the situ
ation can be handled. We are deep
ly appreciative of the splendid work
done by the solicitors, fully realiz
ing that without their help it would
not have been possible to raise this
sum which will enable our organi
zation to carry on its program of
bringing comfort and cheer to our
hospitalized veterans," Mrs. Thomp
sos stated Tuesday.
More Residences
Sold During Week
Residence buying continues ra
ther brisk in Heppner, with three
deals closed this week. Gus Wil
liamson sold his residence property
on the corner of Willow and Chase
streets to Harvey Harshman. The
property has been occupied for sev
eral years by Mr. and Mrs. Scott
Furlong. The Furlongs recently
rented another house and William
son decided to relieve himslf of one
worry by selling. He owns the ad
jacnt residence which he plans to
keep, expecting to return here at
some future day to make his home.
I. C. Bennett, burned out of house
.and home two weeks ago, yester
day dosed a deal for the residence
property of Marius Nash. This
place adjoins the former Bennett
home..
Nash immediately made a deal
for the former Martin Reed pro
perty in North Heppner adjoining
the Ad Moore residence. This place
was bought a few weeks ago by
Mrs. Dick Steers who did not oc
cupy it.
IN POIITLAND
Mrs. Anna Bayless and Mrs.
Frank Wilkinson drove to Portland
Monday to zee Mrs. Bayless's sis
ter Mrs. Frank Turner, who is a
patient at St. Vincent's hospital.
They returned Wednesday.
Oregon, Thursday, July
Total Al! Sales
Exceeds Quota by
More Than $38,000
Morrow county has gone over the
top in the Fifth War Loan cam
paign, exceeding the $356,000 quota
by $38,412.50, according to figures
submitted by the war finance com
mittee this week. Not only has the
quota been surpassed but Morrow
is the thiid in the state reporting
oversubscribing the E bond quo' a.
TM::- quota was $167,000 and ovrr
; :op!e have purchased a total of
i?U;y,500 worth of the series to date.
Corporation purchases turned in
the last few days of the campaign
boosted the total over the top, once
more placing the county in the
win column. These purchases
amounted to $89,328 and were
placed by the following concerns:
Morrow county, $10,000; Pacific
Power & Light company, $6,000; J.
C. Penny comjpany, $2,000; Stand
aid Oil company, $8,000; Tum-A-Lum
Lumber company, $1,000; Un
ion Oil company 700; Pendileton
Production Credit association, $2,
500; Federal Land Bank, $11,000;
Shell Oil company, $8,000; Union
State Bond committee, $14,628, and
Pacific Railroad company, $9,500;
other purchases $16,000. (Names of
other purchasers not reported by
the state committee.)
.'The figure of $167,500 reported
by the state committee as Morrow
county's E bond purchases was the
figure given on an earlier tabula
tion. Latest figures show purchases
amounting to $189,802.50 or $22,
892.50 over the top. Individual sales
including E bonds amounted to
$305,084,50 which with the $89,328
in corporation sales makes a grand
total of $394,412.50:
Some disappointment is felt in
the fact that only 625 purchasers
bought E bonds in the fifth drive
compared with 1118 in the fourth
campaign. It is pointed out that the
school children played a big role
in selling E bonds in the fourth
drive and there was no personal so
licitation this time.
Donald Robinson
Wounded in Battle
Cpl Donald Robinson of Hard
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ro
binson, was seriously injured June
13 in France, according to informa
tion received this week. The war
department telegraphed Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson of Donald's injuries
and the date it happened but gave
no detailed information. However
the message did state that a lettetr
would follow.
Early this week a letter came
from Donald who is a paratrooper
and holds the rank of corporal, and
he gave more specific information.
He received shrapnel wounds in
his left leg and foot which he
states were not too serious , but ap
parently enough to put him out of
action for some time. He stated he
feels fortunate that he's alive after
the places he's been since the in
vasion started.
DOC IN NEW ROLE
For years Dr. A. D. McMurdo
has been helping other folks to be
come grandparents with never a
thought that it might happen to
him some time. Sunday the stork
turned the tables on him and now
he and Mrs. McMurdo are grampaw
and grammaw.. the wily old bird
delivered a gentle little bundle of
fenuninity at the home of .Lt. and
Mrs. Charles E. McMurdo in
Lynchville, Va. The father was un
able to be present, due to train
ing activities at Yale where he is
taking a special course.
The little miss has been named
Margaret Hager McMurdo.
13, 1944
Governor Will Not
Call Legislators
In Special Session
Governor Snell will not call the
legislature into special session to
consider a change in the election
laws. This decision was reached in a
meeting Monday called by Sec
retary oJ State Farrell when county
clciks ar d printers from the several
counties gave assurance that full
cooperation will, be given in pre
paring and printing the ballots
for the November election in time
to distribute absentee ballots to
service people and obtain their re
turn for counting along with the
civilian ballots.
It had been proposed to call the
legislature in special session and
pass an amentment to the certifica
tion law extending the period from
45 days to 60 days. Beiore arrang
ing to call the legislators together,
Mr. Snell and Mr. Farrell decided
to find out if it were possible to
obtain the desired results without
changing the law at this time and
they found the clerics and printers
ready to cooperate to the fullest
extent.
Absentee ballots are not much of
a problem to the lighter populated
counties but mean much extra work
to clerks' offices in the larger
counties. Plans for handling the
extra work were discussed at the
meeting and each county group will
operate as in the past.
The meeting wound up with a
luncheon in the capitol cafe.
Attending from Morrow county
were County Clerk C. W. Barlow
and O. G. Crawford of the Gazette
Times.
L. W. Briggs and
Conrads Honored
Members of the Methodist church
gathered in the dining room of the
church after the morning services
Sunday to "do honor to some of
their flock for different reasons.
One reason was the 85th birthday
anniversary of L. W. Briggs, the
other as an expression of good will
to Mr. and Mlrs. C. D. Conrad who
will leave Heppner in a few days
to take up residence at Baker where
Conrad has accepted the post of
county agent.
Mr. Briggs is one of the town's
oldest residents and perhaps is one
of the oldest members of the
church. He first came to Heppner
in 1872. His parents were moving
to eastern Oregon, but his father
didn't like it here very well and
went on to Umatilla county and
settled on Weston mountain. Ten
years later L. W. Briggs returned
to Heppner to make his home and
has lived here continuously. In
1923 he was elected county treas
urer, succeeding T. J. Humphreys,
and is now serving his sixth term.
It is doubtful if there is another
county treasurer in the state who
can boast of 85 birthdays.
On Tuesday noon, Mr. Briggs
was honored by his fellow work
ers at the court house with a lun
cheon at which time he was pre
sented with a gift.
DRIVING TO PORTLAND
W. O. Dix will spend the week
end in Portland with his family and
all will return to Heppner in
a few days. Mrs. Dix and Jo Jean
have .been in the city for some
time.
DEPUTY CLERK FOR A DAY
Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. was in
charge of the clerk's office at the
court house Monday in the ab
sence of County Clerk C. W. Bar
low who was on a business mission
to Salem.
Volume 61, Number 16
Shortage of Fuel
Oil Is Certainty,
OPA Warns Users
War Necessity to
Curtail Supplies
For Civilian Use
A definite fuel oil shortage with
in the next few months is the pros
pect facing users of the commod
ity who are advised by the Office
of Price administration to do some
thing about it if they want to
avoid heating difficulties next
winter. According to officials of
the OPA this is no scare talk but a
warning that must be regarded or
there may be intense suffering be
fore the winter is over.
Conditions arising from the sum
mer campaign in Europe are direct
factors in the announced scarcity.
Whether the European conflict
ceases by January or February or
not, war needs will drain produc
tion resources and civilian supplies
will be cut. Should the war in Eu
rope come to a close around the
first of the year it is said that
heavy withdrawals of fuel oil will
be made in order to fuel the At
lantic fleet for transfer to the Pa
cific zone.
The OPA adyises that people de
pending upon this type of fuel not
delay in using up their surplus cou
pons from last year as well as go
ing into first period coupons of the
new issue and buy all the oil they
can store on their premises. The
word sent out is to do this prior
to August 30 as after that date
there may be curtailments which
will cut many users short of their
allotments.
Misunderstandings frequently oc
cur over the issuance of gasoline
coupons to farmers, local officials
state. Coupons are issued on a ba
sis of 60 percent of the amount
asked for. When the 60 percent is
nearly used up, the farmer may
get in touch with the local office
by telephone or by writitng and
explain his situtation and the ra
tioning board will forward the other
coupons for the remaining 40 per
cent. This is being done, it is ex
plained, to save the farmer extra
trips to town, especially during the
harvest period, and the board is
asking that all affected by the rul
ing make an eflfort to comply so
that valuable farm time may be
conserved.
Heppner's History
Traced by Mayor
Heppner's history from 1869 when
George W. Stansbury bought the
claim of a man by the name of
Estes and lived in a crude cabin on
property later known as the T. W.
Ayers place, corner May and Chase
streets, up to the present was trac
ed by Mayor J. O. Turner who was
forum of the chamber of commerce
the guest speaker at the luncheon
Monday. The place was originally
known as Stansbury's Flats. There
was a spring about where the First
National bank building now stands.
It was about 1871 before any sem
blance of a town began to Appear
and it was then that J. L. Morrow
and Henry Heppner set up the
first mercantile establishment here,
Heppner giving his name to the
town and later, when the county
was formed, Morrow was ho.iored
by it bearing his name.
MUSIC ON HAND
Perhaps members of the Hepp
ner Women's chorus will be inter
ested to know that several different
copies of new music are available
and will be looked over next Mon
day evening, weather permitting.
VISITORS AT LEXINGTON
Sgt. James Peck and wife ar
rived this week from Wichita Falls,
Tex., to spend part of his furlough
visiting at the home of his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Burton H. Peck.
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