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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 2, 1944
Volume 61 , Number 32iJ 'i
Neivs From Grazing District
The Boys at Burn Seeded to
The Front Grass Past Week
Truck Wrecked on
Heppner Hill Grade
Despondent Man
Takes Own Life
Fred Lorenzen Jr. narrowly es
ranerl serious iniurv or Dossible
death Saturday afternoon when the
BILL BIDDLE Co-PILOT
ON LONG LIBERATOR FLIGHT
Headquarters 13th AAF, South
west Pacific Second Lieutenant
Bill Biddle was one of the co -pilots
fest Pacific Second Lieutenant Bill
Plane Employed in
Broadcasting Rye
And Other Crops
An important project was com-
Funeral services for Owen
French, 67, are being held at 2
uectui oaiuiudy oiwiuwu wucn w o ciocK today irrom me unurcn 01
lumber truck he was driving got Christ. Interment will be made in
out of control on the. Heppner hill the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Ar-
.xaiigciiiciiLO cu.c ill uiaigc ui
Phelps Funeral Home.
Despondent over the death of
his wife last Mbrch 28, Mr. French
took his life Sunday night, Oct. 29.
The body was found' hanging from
a rafter in his woodsned,
eradle south of town and wound up
a wreck. Lorenzen was bringing a
load of 5000 ifeet of bridge- pLank
to town from Reed's mill when the
accident happened.
The driver had shifted from com
pound low and while trying to ne-
wu-t Tji 1 1 swmnH I.iontcnnnt Kill An twTmrtenr rrmorn wac im -. f
' " . ". ... ffntiate the next eear the Drakes r , .- i
W. Biddle was one of the co-pilots pletled the past week-end in which rrhtM ihZ uu0e ioad and eceasea was fe
in the formation' of the 13th AAF all land coming under the Morrow T, rollh? Realizing ber of a fam?y t0 Htppnei
"Long Ranger." who struck at the county grazing district exclusive of Jg nSne f SLrS
vital aviation gas proaucuon. rai- me army oomDing range was reu- -. , , . t ti,
ter at Balikpapan, in efestern Bor- ed to grass with, the expectation & d to gafet
neo. that feeding conditions will be V ' shaken ud The
Tn the first davlieht strike AAF reestablished in the area where although somewhat shaken . up. ine
heavy .bomber XXXX "The Long grass fires burned so extensively
Rangers" Liberators carried on the past season,
their history of making the longest Under the supervision of S. R.
range flights against new Japanese Bennett, district grazier and Ar
Japanese targets. nold Ebert, Morrow county agent,
Recorded as the. longest flight j ;,b a:d 0f a stinson two-
ever made y Liberators in forma- i nlane rioted bv L. D. Shurt-
tion, thi crack outfit struck at Pan
daansari Refinery, containing the
greater portion of the Japanese avi
ation fuel production facilities in
that area, and at the paraffin refin
ing base nearby. The formation
knocked out the important power
leff of Baker, the job was accom
plished in a matter of days. Origi
nal plans contemplated use of some
army equipment, but when this
failed to show up it was decided to
employ a plane.
Approximately lO.UW acres were
rrnr& nif the truck aeainst tne
U.j.iuwt. v- -r
bank broke the binding chains and
lumber began to fly up the hill
side. When the vehicle came to a
full stop what vas left of the load
shifted ahead, pushing the rear of
the cab over the steering wheel..
Running gears were thrown badly
out of line and tires were broken.
The machine has been .brought to
from the insurance company rela
the Rosewall garage where word
tive to salvage is being awaited.
as nephews and nieces.
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Hyslop Memorial
Campaign Slated
kiiokcu uui iiiipui-- -- Approximately xu,uw auca
plant, started a huge fire with seeded to chemise, using one-half
smnltP rising! to, 6.000 feet in addi
tion to numerous smaller fires, and
planted two direct hits on a 1,000
tton cargo shilp at a pier nearby.
From 25 to 30 Zeros attacked the
Liberators in eager passes that went
straight through the lormation. vegetation
Ar,ti-nirrraft fire was the worst , .
t o Tu-mnfl af seed to the acre
Crested wheat was used on 3,000
acres, requiring two pounds to the
acre Common rye was used exten-
Condon Plays Here
Fridav Afternoon
,v or uie county uup wnoiowiB
Due to a change in schedule the John Cecil; Louis Ber-
Heppner Mustangs will play the Oeortre N. Peck. Lex-
The Morrow county committee in
charge of obtaining contributions
to the G. R. Hyslop Agricultural
Reearch memorial will sonn begin
an active campaign to obtain this
county's share in the proposed
$200,000 permanent endowment,
planned by the friends of the late
head of the plant industries depart
ment at Oregon State college, an
nounces Stephen Thompson, county
chairman.
Preliminarv work has already
been completed with the setting up
sively, being broadcast in strips CondoI1 Blue Devils at the Kodeo Rietmanri) Ione. A1.
running north and south to provide field Friday, Nov. 3. Game time, L1!nn .Tr Lexington: O. W,
vegetation control over sand blows. 30 m . nrnnh Tvinrtton: Wm. J. Do-
Anti-aircratt tire was tne woii Rye also was Sown ln so id blocks This gamej originally scheduled Lexington- Henry Peterson,
many oi me by ranchers wno lurmsi iu uu to be played at Condon, win oe uie Frank 0 Heppner;
since uie eiiy uaj-o u, Qwn noping to ibb oniy elame Heppner ana wmuuu tj-.-'ii
fV-nm whence the Lons! Rangers . ;,, f the Kurned ,
from whence the "Long Rangers
made their first history in the Pa
cific warfare.
T.t. Riddle's
Brown, resides at Ione, Oregon.
increase the i Heppner and Condon ,TV winner- Howard
carrying capacity of the burned play this year, FoUowing this Con- c.velar Herlpner;! Fiarl iBlake,
over ranges. It is exacted the rye don fracaSj orly one game remains n ' d russcU Miller, Board-
wnrk in raising tne
11 i . i i -. Vi - oroh
. T , win reduce cneat gidos m on
momer, ivixb. xia , rprnovp much of the tire
hazard.
Some 80,000 acres in Morrow
county outside of the bombing
range were covered by fire. Some
fracas, only one game remains ' n a'nd Russcll mer Board
tV,e Mustanff slate: the annual . ,. , . :: th
u" . ., T- . man. veuve wuiji i"
grudge battle with the nermiston launched ast year was pur
Bulldogs on Nov. 11.
Anniversaries to
Be Observed Nov. 8
Mrs Tom Wells will now l open lance Morrow coun
house Wednesday, Nov, 8 fit her unTt range
home on Church street, on the oc- grazing unit range.
casion of the 50th wedding anni
versary of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. H. Shannon, and the 25th
anniversory of her brother -in law
and sister, Mr. and .Mrs. D. E.
Hudson. The hours will be from
3 to 5 in the afternoon and from
Purple Heart Award
posely delayed until after harvest
here and throughout the state.
Evangelistic Team
Coming Sunday
A series of evangelistic meetings
Committee Meets
An executive meeting of the
Heppner Parent Teacher associ
ation was held Thursday evening
were covered by tire, some . "T A
of this was grazing division land, Made POSthUmOUSiy r- l f
t-rvi T-Qlrnarl nnH nrivateiV OWTiea li .
Mr. and lvirs. umar meu"'"
have been notified by the war de
partment that their son Paul, killed
in action during the early days of
the French invasion, nas DeenB"". - Th
a posthumous award of the rurpie esident Attending were Mr.
Heart. i u o uu Hono
A series of evangelistic meeunf s Det-ls concerning the manner in ana ivirs. mbi . cuu. , - -will
open Sunday at tthe Church ' n mJ haye been Ferguson, Mrs Harvey Miller, Mrs.
r nulat nHnPterl hv Willie V. wh ch Plaui , w5? j Z n!o. Oscar Rinoee, Mrs. B. E. Isom, Mrs.
lacking ana mr ana ..u Tre MrP.lintock. and Georce Cor-
oe ioiu
win.
The group selected room repre
' sentatives for the year, took a sub
scription to the National Parent
Teacher magazine to be pDaccd in
the Heppner Public library, decided
for to publish a year book, and appro-
propnated Junds lor an advertise
ment backing the proposed consti
tutional amentment known as the
school bill.
The recreational committee an
nounced it was sponsoring a Hal
lowe'en frolic for high school stu
dents the evening of Oct. 31.v
nf Christ conducted bv Willie V
7 to 9 in the evening, imends are Wmtej evangelist, assisted by C1U- "hope the story will
cordially invited to call at either ford Snyder, singer and chalk talk medal- arrives,
time. specialist. White has been state wm-u .
Samuel H. Shannon arid Margaret evangelist for the Ninety and Nine ii rnrifiGe
E Cooley were married Nov. 8, mt.n's brotherhood of the Churches barrel I UIOriTieS
1894 at the country home of the 0f Christ in Oregon. Snyder is as- PrnrticCS
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. sociate pastor of the Mallory Ave- VOSing rrOCTlCS
T.uficrne. Mo., with nue Christian church in Portland. -niotorerl vnters mav vote
many guests present. The follow- The team will conduct a booster candidates at the com
ing day the bride and groom jour- club with a meeting each afternoon,
neyed to Seymour, Iowa where a Tuesday through Friday, for chil- wag announc.
wedding reception, or "infare" din-, dren 0f school age. is absolutely secret, w
Ir was given at the country home Services will be conducted each ed today by Secretary of State Ro
of the groom's parents, and where .night except Monday, opening with bert S. Fairell as election officer,
the bride was introduced to the fiVe minutes of music at 7:40. Misinformation and misunder-
Shannon family and friends. 0 standings have caused some confu-
Tl, ean their housekeeping at CONCERT SERIES ASSURED siop in e minds of Oregon
Sevmour but later moved to Mis- Sa e o voters,
s , fnnfi diwi i.ne Tiisr. weuit cuiu. an
o,,,.! T.,hr.re thev made tneir nome .- . ., r. , .
u" ' . , nnnnmrrwr . uras made tne IirSt Oi ' . . . , ,
registered
Tax Expert Cons
Ballot Measures
At Farm Meeting
F. H. Young Urges
Study of Proposals
Before Voting
A substantial number of farm
folk and townspeople assembled at
the Oddfellows hall in Heppner
Monday evening to listen to a dis
cussion of the several measures on
the ballot by F. H. Young, manager
of Oregon Business and Tax Re
search. In addition to the Morrow
county people, a group wlas pres
ent from Umatilla county including
Austin Landreth, city superinten
dent of schools at Pendleton, W. E.
King,, county school superintendent,
Sam Hunter of Milton, C. L. Jam
ison and Mr. land Mrs. N. T, Coop
er of Pendleton.
Briefly, Young spoke in favor of
the bank bill; assumed a neutral
attitude on the county manager
bill and the proposed constitution
al amendment providing loans to
war veterans; spoke favorably of
the amendment to authorize legis
lative regulation . of voting privi
lege forfeiture; couldn't see how
the state could pay more than $4
000,000 for education of returned
veterans out of a fund of $210,000
provided in proposed two-tenths
of a null tax; spoke strongly
agpinst so-called Townsend sales
tax $60 at 60; favors a sales tax
for general purposes; favors Yes on
Burke bill, which he says is a mor
al issue, and puts thumbs down on
the constitutional amendment in
creasing state tax fund for public
school support.
Young devoted considerable time
in outlining the latter measure, as
suring his hearers that he is not
opposed to ' advancement in our
school system .but that after study
ing the mdasure from all angles he
thought there would be more new
taxes than offset and that it is up
to the people to decide whether or
not they want to assume more tax
burden.
Austin Landreth took a few min
utes to refute some of Young's ar
gument and made a strong plea for
the people to support the measure
and heli place Oregon in the top
flight of educational minded states.
C. L. Jamison announced the
forthcoming state convention of
the Farm Bureau to be held at the
Columbia Gorge hotel, Hood River,
Nov. 17 and 18.
and reared their family. They came
west in iao anu ... nrS(,nted
where they have made a home and e presented
a new circle of Inends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were mar
ried Nov. 8, 1919 in Mlercer, Mo.
and made their home at Ravenna,
Mo. until coming to' Oregon in
1928, where they too are happy in
the 'state of their adoption
Due to war"conditions the older
grandchildren
especially newly registered
Lwiumucu . V -y- . citizens. Farrell said
nouncement was maae uiq m&i. y-
ihat the artist, series will Anv
at
INSTALLS NEW RANGE
Harvey White, proprietor of the
Heppner Cafe, is as proud as a .boy
hi first, nair of red-topped
boots. Reason he is now doing his
voter, duly registered in
es wm .. .. . ,1:
... v . i Krt nmvirar rtr rfmni i-
Pendleton during vjregon, uc uc uunu. --i oouua. iwbmi nc m " - n -
the winter months. Enough iunds can. may vote lor canuiud cooking on a K 'vKC
ere raised to orovide lor six onnosite ticket, either individually the old coal stoker m use at the
appearances which include the Don or as a whole," he emphasized
PriKsapW rhorus. Pierre Luboshutz c:iu iiVet vnt.inr is nerfectlv pcr-
and Genia JNemenoir, duo pianisu.,
Louis Kaufman, violinist; Vivian
della Chiesa, dramatic soprano; jan absolute se-
Smeterlin, pianist, and Mario lie- - - ; - rppistrants
of Mr. and Mrs. rim, tenor, n. buwuu. - , , t .. back m the
gidnv.!.. v,ir. tirkels were sold in ikjuijiici. j-uc new i-o - -
cunnr, are far removed as is their "CKeis we w u whom f0
j"""."-- m ht-h tUir iirst concert wm do m uu tvn m.vx ui. v.v..
son-inlaw, xom wens, " . haye vQted
many friends will welcome the op- pARTY PROFITABLE
portunily to felicitate tne gome..- $5Q taken jn by
weds. Amovir-an Tcion auxililirv at a
missable in the election on Nov. 7."
Use of the Australian ballot me-
cafe for many years. The new range
was installed the first of the week
and Harvey had the old range put
out in front thinking perhaps the
Hallowe'en pranksters might cart
it off, but no dice. More than like
ly had they done anything wun it
PEAVYS LEAVING ... Mnndnw eveninu. Prizes in pinochle
Norbert Peavy has been elected by Roy 0rwick and Mrs,
to teach in the Washington high Edna Turncri High scores in bridge
school in Portland and will move wQn fey Mrs Coney Lanham
his familv to tne cny auuu- xwv. . , M Harriet Mahonev. Decor-
ms lamuy iu u" TV and Mrs. Harriet lvianoney. umui-
Mrs. Pcavy has tendered her resig- ationg ernblematic of the navy were
nation to the Heppner school board loyed commemorating the navy
to take eC'fectt by that time. They mQnth 0ctober
WOOLGROWERS AUXILIARY
ah U tViA WnnlcrvftWPl'S
i-liiici.iv.oii - vii IIieiULtt-lO Ui liic "uu'b'-"
card party held in the Legion hail auxiijary are urged to attend the
regular meeting ai uie nuoa j.
which will open with a no-host
luncheon at 1:15. p. m. Friday, Nov.
3. An interesting program has
been arranged, announces Mrs. L.
D. NeDl, president.
MISSIONARY TO, SPEAK
Miss Thelma Engleman, returned
missionary from Africa, will be the
of the mis-
School Carnival Grea
Financial Success
Proof that the people are hungry
for entertainment is found in the
report of the Lexington school
carnival held at the I. O. 0. F.
hall in Lexington Saturday night,
A total of $505 and some cents was
taken in at the affair, with a net
profit of more than $400.
a r,r r-rwiko nnd servers were
busy in the kitchen and dining
room during the evening and the
i 1 V.rVifi noar 1 ,1111-
have purcnaseu "U1"V . TvwTs,.
iu,. nrV and are offering their rruTVT-TT. TvtrFTivr. Fi?irAY
ItUlUXSk - VVyJ1J it- .v. .7
..A rroIfl . ... . 1 I
Heppner property mi Regular monthly meeting o: tne speaKer at a meeung oi u - "r npv" lacking
Blue Mountain Camp and riospitai sionary society or v aioy , " " The teachers in
S1LVERTON DOCTOR HERE council will be held in PendletQn church which will be held Sunday for customers The teachers m
Dr and Mrs. A. J. McCannel of Friday, morning and afternoon, afternoon, Nov. 12 at the Herbert charge and the young OT'S
SiSerton are temporary Heppner Several veterans, from McCaw Ekstrom home south of lone (on sisting kept the affair well in hand
resident whUe the doctor fa assist- General at Walla Walla. will be on the Lee Beckner place.) Tea wil be all ototiy
w rr A D McMurdo through a the program in the afternoon, to served and friends of the society a good time. The evening
to period which the public is invited. are invited to attend. with dancing.
Grazing Area Fire
Control Considered
A group of grazing officials, re
presentatives of the highway de
partment land railroad company,
and stockmen of Umatilla, Morrow,
Gilliam and Sherman counties met
at the court house in Heppner Fri
day to devise plans for combatting
grass fires which have become a
menace to grazing conditions on
light soil areas of the district.
The highway commisison will
be asked if it is not possible to seed
crested wheat strips along the high
way right of way to form a fire
break and provide more protection
against highway started fires. It
was revealed that the division of
grazing will send heavy equipment
early in the spring to put in some
main roads and btcral fire breaks,
army has irvfomed the division of
grazing that fire guards will be put
in around the bombing range, leav
ing a 1000-foot strip around the
area to provide fire protection.
E. B. Aldrich of Pendleton rep
resented the highway commission,
Mr. Pratt of the Union Pacific rail
road, division of grazing, Cal Mon
roe, Gilliam county agent, Frank
TTarlcler. assistant acent of Umatil
la county and Arnold Ebert of Mor
row county were officials at the
meeting.
. C-C SCHEDULES TALKS
At Monday's luncheon of the
chamber of commerce President B.
C. Pinckney announced that he
had arranged with Jos. J. Nys and
Mayor J. O. Turner to discuss the
measures to be voted upon at Tues
day's election.
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