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4-H Clubbers to
Hold Annual Fair
September I and 2
Date Set at' Picnic
Sunday at Former
W. H. French Ranch
Four-H clubbers of the county
have started grooming their fancy
livestock, canning vegetables and
fruits and preparing garments and
other fancy work for the annual
4-H club fair which has been
scheduled for Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 1 and 2, at the county fair
pavilion or some other buildings
suitable for exhibition purposes.
Date for the fair was selected
Sunday at the annual 4-H picnic
held at the Wightman mountain
ranch, known as the former W. H.
French place. A business session
following the picnic dinner was
called to discuss club affairs and
the matter of- holding the fair was
presented by C. D. Conrad, outgo
ing county agent and 4-H club
leader. Conrad explained that it
had been planned to stage the fair
in conjunction with the Heppner
Rodeo but since the rodeo has
been dropped for this year he
hoped the young people and their
parents and friends would carry on.
When asked for an expression on
the proposal the young people
were practically unanimous in their
approval, and their sentiments were
backed by the older people.
Since this was Mr. Conrad's
last meeting with the young folk
in his official capacity he took ad
vantage of the opportunity to tell
them how much he had enjoyed
working with "them and that al
though he would be leaving within
a few days to take up the work in
a new field, he would keep an eye
on what the Morrow county club-,
bers are doing and would "root"
for them so long as they were not
beating the Baker county 4-H
clubbers.
fair so far as attendance was con
Sunday's picnic was not a big af
cerned, but what was lacking in
attendance was made up in enthu
siasm and friendly cooperation for
a good time. Softball games were
organized in the morning and after
several innings were played the
call came for dinner. At least 75
people partook of the bountiful
spread, topped off with 10 gallons
of ice cream.
Conrad called' the business meet
ing during the rest hour after eat
ing. Present was Miss Narr from
the extension department of Ore
gon State college, who is a field
worker for the 4-H club division."
She admonished the young people
to stay with their 4-H work until
they attain college age as too many
are inclined to drop it during their
high school years. Mrs. Lucy Rod
gers foffowed somewhat the same
line of thought in urging the boys
and girls to keep up their work
now and to make ample prepara
tions for the forthcoming fair.
Following the talks a beautiful
picture was presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Conrad by Carolyn Berg
strom on behalf of- the 4-H clubs.
Upon dismissal from the business
meeting, baseball enthusiasts re
paired to the ball field where new
teams were chosen and the play
continued until many felt it was
time to go home. s
LT. BARRATT HOME
Lt. William B. Barratt and Mrs.
Barratt spent a few days here this
week visiting Barratt's mother, Mrs.
Cyrene Barratt. They came from
Belton, Tex., where Lt. Barratt has
been training with the army air
corps. Accompanied by Mrs. Bar
ratt, the young couple left this
morning for Portland where they
will spend several days with Mrs
William Barratfs parents at Oswego.
Heppner,
Exploding Motor
Starts Field Fire at
Kilkenny Place
Quick work on the part of two
boys and ready response by neigh
bors prevented what might have
been a serious field fire Tuesday at
the Mrs. Lottie Kilkenny ranch 10
miles east of Heppner. As it was
the two boys suffered minor burns
when the motor they were driving
exploded, scattering gasoline flames
for several feet around the machine.
Bobby Kilkenny and another boy
were operating a motorized buck
rake-stacker in the field just west
of the house when gasoline escap
ing from the feed line exploded.
Disitgarding the ring of fire about
the machine, the boys got busy
lighting the flames spreading thru
the dry hay. In the meantime, Mrs.
Kilkenny telephoned for help, some
of which arrived soon. A call to
town resulted in sounding an alarm
by the siren and started several
cais out Hinton creek.
There was little air stirring at the
time and the fire was eating its
way towards the house in one di
rection and towards the stackyard
in another direction, but was
brought under control before either
house or haystack was seriously
threatened.
Soldier Vote Plan
Explained by Clerk
Giving an account of the recent
county clerk-printer meeting with
the secretary of state at Salem,
County Clerk C. W. Barlow de
tailed the plan arrived at in the
meeting in a talk before the lunch
eon group of the chamber of com-Bier-cMonda
y . neettr His -talk "cov
ered more fully the events at the
meeting than the report given in
these columns last week, although
the eventual outcome was about
the same.
P. W. Mahoney discussed the
lumber situation as he and Orville
Smith found it in a recent visit to
Portland. Mahoney explained the
difficulty lumber operators are ex
periencing in meeting government
orders, particularly pine mills. So
much of this material is being used
tor crating and boxing for shipping
munitions, a large percentage of
which cannot be salvaged. Demand
for this material has increased since
opening of the western front in
Europe and speeding up of the
campaign in the Pacific and there
is no improvement in prospect so
long as the intensity of the war is
maintained.
Lee Howell told the group just
about how much lumber a civilian
can expect to buy under the cur
rent freezing order.
OF A SETS RETAIL PRICE
ON WATERMELONS
Watermelons have been put on
the same basis as other fresh fruits
and vegetables, according to infor
mation received at the local ration
office this week.
Under the new regulation the re
tailer is permitted to add one and
one-half cent per pound to the cost
of watermelons laid down here.
Growers in the district, and pre
sumably that includes any within
the county or an equal distance
from outside points, are granted a
ton rate for hauling their products,
which is added to the cost of mel
ons or other fresh or perishable
produce. To this is added the re
tailer's one and one-half cents,
which is the local market price.
ON VACATION
Dr. A. D. McMurdo is vacation
ing this week. With the Earl Hunt
family of Lexington he left the
first of the week for Strawberry
creek where the shade is plentiful
and the fishing is said to be super
dujper. (That's where Art and Stan
ley Minor do their fancy casting.)
The doctor expected to be gone a
week but may decide to stay longer.
Oregon, Thursday, July
Emert Residence
Razed by Flames
Sunday Morning
Occupants Save
Clothing; House,
Furnishings Lost
The ranch home of Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert Emert of lone was com
pletely destroyed by fire about
seven o'clock Sunday morning. The
fire seemed to have originated in
the attic or upper part of the house
and was first discovered by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles O'Connor, who
were the Emerts' guests. The family
saved all their clothing, but most
of the furniture, including a babv
grand piano was lost. Fire fighters
from town kept the other ranch
buildings from burning with the
exception of a small woodshed near
the house, and put out numerous
grass fires set by flying shingles.
It is not known what caused the
ifire. The house and furnishings
were insured. Mrs. Walter Corley
who is employed by the Emerts,
lost a considerable amount of
clothing and some cash.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Rowell of
Hood River left on Monday's stage
after a week-end visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Harvey Ring.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Bristow
and family and Guy and Wendell
Wright of Baker arrived on Sat
urday night (for a visit at the
homes of Mrs. Etta Bristow and
Mrs. Ida Grabill.
Mrs. J. Crabtree eft for her home
in Salem on Monday after an ex
..tended 1 visit - ith-vther daughters,
Mrs. Louis Halvorsen of lone and
Mrs. Archie Munkers of Lexington.
Friends here have received an
announcement of the birth of a
daughter, Dorinda Kaye, to Mr.
and Mrs. Darrel ,Farrens of Hard
man. The young ladv, weighing six
pounds, 12 ounces, arrived July 15.
Mrs. Farrens was formerly Oleta
Raimey, who taught school at Mor
gan for two years,
lone friends were pleased to see a
picture of Lt. Bill Biddle, army air
force, in last Sunday's Oregonian.
He was co-pilot of a plane which
returned to its base on three en
gines after flak had shot up the
motors. One motor was repaired in
ilight. It was one of the longest
three-engine flights in the 13th air
force. Lt. Biddle's mother is Mrs.
Vernon Brown and his grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Salter of
lone.
Rev. and Mrs. Howard Waddell
and two children, Willard and
Charlotte, returned Friday from a
trip to Wheatland, Wvo. Rev. Wad
rell was to perform the marriage
ceremony of his son, but due to car
trouble arrived there too late.
Mrs. Frank Helina and two sons
of Renton, Wash, left Monday
morning after a two wees visit at
Contiiiucii on I'uge Five
ENSIGN NORMAN BERG STROM
TAKES SOUTHERN BRIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Bcrgstrom
of Eight Mile have received word
of the marriage of their son, En
sign Norman Bergstrom, to Miss
Melba Simmons. The marriage took
place Wednesday, July 12 at New
Orleans', La. The bride is a mem
ber of a southern aristocratic fam
ily, the happy bridegroom writes
his parents. Norman recently re
turned irom a shakedown cruise,
wliich means that he soon will be
sailing as a full-fledged U. S. Navy
man.
VISIT MRS. TURNER
Frank W. Turner and daughter,
Mrs. Fred Allison, drove to Port
land Friday to visit Mrs. Turner,
a patient at St. Vincent's hospital.
They found her considerably im
proved and beginning to think
about comg home, which she may
do in about two weeks.
20, 1944
Tire Retreading
Plant Scheduled
To Locate Here
Opening of a tire retreading
plant in Heppner is the announced
purpose x of Frank Engkraf of Fos
sil, according to Mrs. Engkraf who
was in town Friday looking after
some of the details relative to a
building for the business as well
as living quarters for their family.
It is understood that the Lundell
service station building on the cor
ner of May and Chase streets has
been secured for the new enter
prise. Engkraf has secured a franchise
from the O-K Tire Service, a na
tional concern, to lease equipment
and install it at Heppner. His fa
ther has been operating one of the
plants in Fossil the. past three years
with good results. The younger man
has taken a thorough course in
operation of the equipment and will
come here prepared to take care
of all passenger and truck tire
service in this vicinity. Tire re
capping and repairing through an
electrical welding process has giv
en general satisfaction wherever
these plants are in use, it is stated.
The plant is on the way, accord
ing to Mrs. Engkraf, who stated
that it is their purpose to get set
m as fast as possible. "We have
been watching Heppner for some
time and have decided it is a good
center for our business. The log
ging activity and extensive farm
trucking together with the pas
senger car tires should provide
plenty for a plant of this type. We
are anxious to get set up so we can
show what we can do," she con
cluded. County Purchases .
Of Bonds $379,770
Final tabulation by series has
been received from state head
quarters of bond purchases in Mor
row county during the Fifth War
Loan campaign. Total purchases
during the campaign were $379,770,
or an oversubscription of $23,770.
Broken down in series the pur
chases were as follows: E, $194,464;
F, $15,078; G, $61,800; C, 27,900; 2
percent, $3,500; 2 percent, $28,978;
VA percent, $9,150, and percent
$38,900.
Bond purchases have discontinu
ed since July 8, according to P. W.
Mahoney, ' county war finance
chairman. Mahoney doesn't look for
much active buying until harvest
is over.
STORM LIGHTS SMALL FIRE
NEAR PARKER'S MILL
Aa elecrical storm which visited
the south end of the county Wed
nesday started a small lire in the
vicinity of Parker's mil. Lightning
grass. About one-fourth of an acre
ignited a tree and ths spread to
was burned over before the blaze
was extinguished.
Ranger Fred Wehmeyer has been
out the past day or two inspecting
aire lines and observation equip
ment. These are days when the
ranger sleeps rather lightly.
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MARKET FRONT HAS
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK
Taking advantage of the two-day
closing over the Fourth of July,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Burkenbine set
about to renovate the Heppner
market. They worked like trojans
to get the interior redecorated and
since then have worked spare time
to complete the job.
Newly painted inside and out.
with neatly worked out panel de
sign on the interior walls, the shop
reflects the energy and hustle of
these forward - looking young
people.
AT NATIONAL CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken are in
Chicago this week attending the
Democratic national convention to
which Aiken was elected a delegate
in the May primary.
Volume 61, Number 17
1944 Wheat Crop
Turning Out Good
First Cutting Shows
Better Than Aver
age Yield Reported
In Early Returns
Reports of good yields are com
ing in as the Morrow county wheat
harvest gets under way. Yields of
better than 30 bushels per acre
may not be the rule but some of
the earlier cuttings have gone 30 or
better. Grain is of good quality,
although not quite up to the stan
dard of 1943 when the county's
greatest crop was produced.
Some cf the yield reports run
ning 30 bushels or better include
Lee Beckner and Clyde Denney of '
lone. Their crops are expected to
run in the neighborhood of 35 bu
shels to the acre. Orville Cutsforth
reports one of his fields as running
close to 40 bushels but expects that
other fields will pull the average
down.
Harvesting is quite general thru
out the lone and Lexington areas
and it is expected that by Monday
several outfits will enter the
fields in the Eigh Mile section. Ex
cept for the fore part of this week,
harvesting conditions hafe been
excellent and with a clearing of
skies after a rainstorm Wednesday
evening which visited the western
part of the county, the cutting
should move along at a steady pace.
The labor situation is quite sat
isfactory, according to R. B. Rice
who states that he has been able to
fill most demands. Hay hands are
a little ' scarce due to the fact that
most of the transient labor is look
ing for combine jobs and is not
interested in the smaller wages paid
for putting up hay. Motorized hay
ing equipment is making it possible
for the ranchers to get along
short handed.
FLYER HAD DISTINGUISHED
RECORD FLEW 54 MISSIONS
Since reporting the death of
SSgt Monroe Long, more informa
tion relative to his career as a
flier has been received. Monroe lost
his life while pilotting a B-26 me
dium bomber over France June 6.
He had flown 54 missions and held
not only the Distinguished Flying
Cross, but the Air Medal and Seven
Oak Leaf Clusters.
Monroe's home town, Winston
Salem, N. C. was proud of him and
the day before news came of his
death, a local paper carried a pic
ture and write-up of him and his
exploits.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Long of Winston-Salem.
PHONE CALL CHEERS FAMILY
Cpl Donald Robinson, son of Mr.
arid Mrs. Roy Robinson of Hard
man, telephoned his parents from
New York this morning. He reports
that he is getting along nicely af
ter being wounded in action over
France and is hoping to be transfer
red soon to a west coast hospital.
LEAVING TOMORROW
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Conrad and
children will leave tomorrow for
Baker, their new home. Conrad's
successor, Arnold Ebert, has been
here the past three days familiar
izing himself with the of. ice and
field work.
GUESTS OF SISTER .
Mrs. J. T. Knappenburg of Port
land is a guest this week of her
sister, Mrs. D. M. Ward. Mrs. Knap
penburg has recently returned
from Chicago. She and Mrs. Ward
spent two days with Mrs. Bert Ma
son at lone. Mrs. Ward's brother
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Cliance Wil
son of Monument, also were her
guests over the week-end, they
having brought out cattle for ship
ment to Portland
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