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Saturday to Mark
Official Opening of
Shrine Paper Drive
Boy Scouts Will
Pick Up Bundles
When Date Fixed
Saturday, July 21, will mark
the opening date of the Shrine
waste paper drive in Morrow coun
ty, announces Blaine E. Isom,
Actual date for picking up bundles
in Heppner and other towns of the
county can not be announced in
asmuch as an effort to fix a date
to coincide with the drive at Her
miston was unavailing up to press
time. It is planned to ship the local
salvage with the Umatilla consign
ment and Isom stated he would ad
vise the date in time to permit the
people here to get their bundles
ready.
Proceeds from the forthcoming
drive will be turned over to the
Shrifcie hospital in Portland. Jt
the expectation of those in charge
that results will be highly satis
factory, giving the hospital a gen
erous financial lift as well as gath
ering in much needed waste paper
for use in the war effort.
Efforts o the drive will be direct
ed largely to getting in bundles of
newspapers and magazines. Paper
cartons are not being called for at
this time due to lack of cargo
space. Papers and magazines should
be piled evenly and tied tightly.
The less bulge there is to the
bundles the less space they will
take. Tieing should be sufficiently
secured to permit handling of the
packages without loosening them.
When the bundles are ready, place
them in a convenient spot for the
Boy Scouts to pick up.
Farmers have been bringing in
bundles for several days, storing
them in the exhibit building at the
fair grounds. To those unfamiliar
with the location, be reminded
that the fair grounds are located
on North Main street in Heppner
and not at the Rodeo grounds.
Power Company
Announces Lower
Rate Schedule
Customer savings totaling $1,000,
000 a year will ( result from new
and sharply reduced electric rate
schedules filed by Pacific Power &
Light company with the Washing
ton department of public utilities
and the Oregon public utilities
commissioner, it was announced
here Wednesday by K. A. House,
P. P. & L local manager.
Biggest slash in the company's
35-year history, the rate cut is
slated to go into effect on Aug. 22,
subject to final review and appro
val by the state regulatory author
ities. It will be the fifth system-wide
reduction made by PP&L since
1936, and will bring savings from
these cuts up to a total of more
than $2,100,000 annually.. In addi
tion, a temporary ra'te reduction in
the form of two "rate dividends"
totaling approximately $600,000 was
paid to the company's customers
last year.
Residential and rural customers
year under the new rates, or an
will save an estimated $440,000 a
average about 14 percent. Savings
to most users in these classes here
will run about 15 and 20 percent.
Commercial and industrial users
will save an estimated $570,000 an
nually, or an avrage of about 15
percent. Commercial rates here will
be cut close to 30 percent for many
users.
In addition to slashing its rates
the company is moving toward few
er and simpler rate schedules.
The new residential rate here will
offer savings of between $6.00 to
$15.00 a year for monthly usages
ranging from 50 to 500 kilowatt
hours a month.
It also makes available to resi
dential users an "all-purpose"
block of 600 kilowatt-hours a month
at the very low rate of 0.6 cents
per kwh, regardless of whether or
not the customer has an automatic
electric water heater. This block is
available to all residential and farm
customers after the first 250 kwh
used in any month.
Heppner,
School Election
Set for July 27
Voters of school district No. 1
are reminded that the annual meet
ing to vote on the budget will be
held at 2 o'clock p. m. Friday, July
27, at the city hall in Heppner.
This is a postponed meeting due to
errors in publication of the bud
get and while a straw vote ws
taken on the budget at the June
meeting when a director was elect
ed it had no bearing on the pro
posal and it will be necessary to
vote in the regular manner.
It might be said that of the
straw vote taken only a few dis
senting votes were registered. If the
same people turn out and vote on
the 27 th that appeared at the June
election the budget should receive
the OK of the taxpayers.
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Electric Storm in
Mountains Starts
Four Small Fires
While crews are battling serious
fires in the timber of Tillamook and
other counties the situation in
this territory is reported satisfac
tory by forest officials. Realizing
that the situation could change
quickly, vigilance is not being re
laxed, but at the same time those
in charge of the forests are thank
ful for every day they escape fight
ing fire in the timber.
The only disturbance reported to
date was four small blazes started
last Friday night when an electri
cal storm passed over the eastern
portion of the Heppner district.
The Ellis ranger station was the
center of the storm and a crew of
fire fighters soon was on the job
and put the fires under control.
The storm was accompanied by
rain which aided the fir crew by
limiting the spread of the flames.
- The usual run of field fires has
been lacking up to this time and
this, too, is a welcome relief to far
mers who are carrying on harvest
ing operations shorthanded. -
ENSIGN HUGH CRAWFORD
TAKES BRIDE SATURDAY
Word received by relatives the
past week was to the effect that
Ensign Hugh Crawford has an 18-
I day shore leave and took unto him
self a bride at Los Angeles Satur
day, July 14. The Ensign and his
bride met when he was attending
the University of California at Los
Angeles. His mother, Mrs. Lera
Crawford, received a telephone
call from Hugh stating that he was
boarding a plane at Seattle for Los
Angeles to be married at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and for her to
be present. Aside from that bit of
information there is not much more
to be reported at this time for the
excited prospective mother-in-law
forgot to tell the Heppner folks her
propective daughter-in-law's name.
BISHOP PAYS TWO VISITS
Bishop William P. Remington
was called to Heppner twice the
past week-end, Friday to officiate
at memorial services for Mrs. Har
riet Mahoney and Saturday to serve
in the same capacity for Mrs. Mary
Thomson. Friday he was accom
panied by Mrs. Remington. Bishop
Remington has accepted the ap
pointment as suftragan bishop in
Philadelphia and he and Mrs. Rem
ington will leave for the Quakercity
in October.
Rodeo Adds Carnival
To List of Attractions
Addition of a carnival to the list
of attractions for the 1945 Heppner
Rodeo was announced this week by
Frank W. Turner, secretary. The
Miller shows of Washougal, Wash,
have contracted to bring four rides
and several other concessions here
for the three-day event to be stag
ed Sept. 7, 8 and 9, The concern
guarantees that there will be no
gambling devices in connection
with their shows.
Work of preparing for the annual
western exhibition, discontinued
the past three years on account of
the war, is going ahead. The track
and arena are practically ready,
barns, sheds and fences are under
going repairs and lumber is on
hand for making over the grand.
Oregon, Thursday, July
Hardware-Electric
Firm to Open for
Business Monday
Hill and Parker
To Offer Varied
Line to Public
Heppner's newest business
en.
terprise, the Heppner Hardware
and Electric store, will open its
doors to the public Monday. Julv
23, according to announcement by
the proprietors, Harold Hill and
Loyal R. Parker. The store is lo
oted in the Oddfellows build
ing in the room formerly occupied
by the Hughes grocery store.
Preparations for the new busi
ness have .been going on for sev
eral weeks. Old shelving was re
moved and new shelving put in.
Display counters have been built
along the modern pattern for hard
ware and electrical goods in the
main room and a complete work
shop and electrical parts rack set
up in the back room.
Harold Hill ' will continue his
electrical service, attending to re
pairs and outside work, while Par
ker will be in charge of the retail
business. The new firm has acquir
ed "representation for several stan
dard lines in both hardware and
electrical merchandise and will be
in position to give Heppner and
vicinity a varied service. Complete
stocking of the store will not be
accomplished at once, due U war
retrictions, but there will be an
ample stock in most lines U care
for the local trade.
Morgan Resident
Found Dead in Field
Funeral services were held un
der the auspices of the I. O. O. F.
lodge at Morgan Wednesday for Ed
Powell, 67, whose death occurred
Sunday evening. Powell had been
a resident of Morgan for the past
12 years and for a ifumber of years
operated a sales wagon throughout
the county.
Death apparently was due to a
heart attack and the body was
found in a field just above Morgan
by two young boys, Gene Ransier
and a friend. Powell had been vis
iting at the Martin Bauemfeind
home and left in his pickup along
in the evening. When found he
had a rope and a jug of water hav
ing gone into the field to look at
some horses. The body was not
hidden from the highway but was
in such a position as to resemble a
tree stump and consequntly lay
discovered by the boys.
Sunday night and Monday until
He is survived by a wife and two
sons, residents of Soap Lake, Wash.
BEAN PRICES REVOKED
Price control on green and wax
ed snap beans has been removed,
according to lnlormation coming
from the regional office of OPA at
San Francisco. Retailers are being
notified through press releases
that bean prices appearing on com
munity ceiling price lists are here
by revoked, and that they are un
controlled.
stand. "
It is not known whether the as
sociation will , be able to advertise
a band for the show. Bands capable
of playing this type of engagement
are not very plentiful these days.
Bob Runnion has been working on
this angle, hoping to acquire a
group of 15 or 16 pieces from which
an orchestra can be formed. Mem
bers of a well known organization
have indicated a desire to come
to the Rodeo but one of the main
drawbacks is housing and they in
sist on that even above the finan
cial consideration. Runnion has
been using his best sales line and
won't give up until he finds a suit
able combination.
19, 1945
j Attention, Service
Men's Families!
A change has been made in reg
lations governing sending the home
town newspaper to - overseas ser
vice people. You can readily ap
preciate the handicap under which
the postal service is operating in
the Pacific area with the shift of
our forces from Europe to the Far
East. It calls for close cooperation
between the newspaper and its
subscribers.
If your soldier, sailor, marine
merchant marine, WAC or WAVE
now taking the Gazette Times
wants to continue getting it, bring
their correct address to this office.
We receive notification almost dai
ly of numerous papers that must
have a new overseas address. Also,
it is essential that we have a writ.
ten request from the service man
for a renewal or new subscription.
All subscriptions must be paid in
advance as the publisher must
submit the subscription list to the
local postmaster each month. All
subscriptions found not in confor
mity will have to be taken off the
overseas list. Anyone wishing to do
so may pay for the paper, but the
boy or girl will have to express a
wish for it. .
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Game Commission
Fixes Regulations
For 1945 Season
The 1945 hunting regulations ten
tatively were set by the Oregon
State Game commission when it
held its annual hearing in Portland
on July 14. The hearing was ad
journed until July 28 at which
time the final regulations will be
passed.
There will be no special cow elk
tags issued this year although the
same area in southeastern Oregon
will be open to the hunting of elk
of either sex on the regular elk tag.
I he elk season will be from Nov
3 to 25 inclusive, but that part of
the state west of the Cascade range
will be closed to hunting with the
exception of the eastern half of
Lane county.
Deer season will be open from
Sept. 29 to Oct. 28 for buck deer
having not less than forked horns.
There will be no special doe deer
tags issued except 800 tags for a
post-season shoot to be held in the
Fort Rock-Silver Lake area from
Dec. 1 to 5, inclusive The fees for
these tags are $3.50 for residents
and $5.00 for nonresidents, in ad
dition to the regular hunting li
cense fees.
There also will be issued 800
tags for the taking of antelope with
ear-length horns. The season will
be from Sept 22 to 30, inclusive.
Fees for antelope tags are $2.50 for
residents and $5 for nonresidents
Drawings for .both the doe deer
and antelope tags will be held at
dates to be published later if the
number of applicaions exceed the
number of tags authorized.
SERVICES SUNDAY
Regular services will be resum
ed Sunday morning at the Metho
dist church. The new pastor, Rev.
Fletcher Forrester, sent a message
from Montana stating he is enroute
and expects to be here in time to
take up his duties Sunday morning.
Rev. Forrester comes from North
Dakota.
EFFECTIVE DATE POSTPONED
A price panel release to the local
OPA office contained the follow
ing information: "The effective
date of Supplementary Service Reg
ulation No. 49 under RMPR No. 165
has been postponed from July 14
to Sept. 1, to permit further analy
sis of data and consultation."
TAKES HARVEST JOB
Iee Howell, for many years con
nected with the Tum-A-Lum com
pany as manager of stores at lone
and Heppner, has taken a three
months leave from the Heppner of
fice. At present he is helping in
the wheat harvest.
ATTEND THOMSON FUNERAL
Here to attend the funeral of
their lifelong friend, Mrs. Mary
Thomson, were Mrs. Cora Phelps of
Pendleton and her sisters, Mrs. Ju
lia Metzler and Mrs. Vira Rechlin of
La Grande, all former residents of
Heppner.
Volume 62, Number 17
T (
1945 Wheat Yield l
Reported Spotty in
Volume, Quality
Around 20 Bushel
Count Average Is
Present Indication
Harvesting of Morrow's 1945
wheat crop is becoming quite gen
eral and early returns indicate
that the county's average will be
around 20 bushels per acre. This is
the opinion of conservative obser
vers and it is based on returns from
fields already quite well threshed.
One indication that yields are well
above the previous 10-year average
is that since actual cutting has
got under way there is less .bearish
talk than two weeks ago when one
might have gained the impression
that there would be very little
cutting this season.
As related to this newspaper by
a competent authority, fall sown
grain is holding up well while
spring sown grain suffered severe
ly from the antics of the weather "
earlier in the season. This may not
be the universal condition but it
holds quite generally over the
county. To attain a 20-bushel av
erage the fall grain will have to
turn out at least a 25.bushel yield
and it is reported that not a few
fields will go much heavier than
25 buhels. Uniformity so prevalent
during the past four years is not so
apparent this season and this fac
tor makes the job of forecasting a
bit difficult.
Charles McElligott in town to
day from his lower Gooseberry
farm, stated that his crop is runn
ing about one-half of the 1944 av
erage. This conclusion is arrived at
on a loading basis, McElligott stat
ing that it requires about twice the
distance to load a bulk truck as it
did last year.
No report has come in from the
upper Gooseerry district where
excellent prospects were reported
a few weeks ago. Fall sown grain
in that neighborhood, f not affect
ed too much by weather, indicated
a repetition of previous big year
Cutting has started in that vicinity
and' results should be available in
a few days.
R. B. Rice, in charge of the local
office of the U. S. employment ser
vice stated this morning that labor
for threshing is plentiful but that
he is experiencing difficulty in ob
taining enough help for hay har
harvest. Proposal Made to
Name Outstanding
Citizen of 1945
Would you like to be named your
community's first citizen for the
year 1945? To acquire that title,
would you be willing to devote
your spare time to some civic ac
tivity or the development of an en
terprise that would be of special
benefit to your community, accom
plishment of which would make
you outstanding?
The board of directors of the
Heppner chamber of commerce
have under consideration a propo
sal to name an outstanding citizen
each year. The proposal was made
by Harry Nelson, comparative new
comer here who has seen the plan
carried out in other places and is
of the opinion that it would be a
good thing for this community, as
well as give the chamber of com
merce a worthwhile activity Nel
son merely placed the proposal in
the hands of the directors, leaving
it to them to work out a method
for handling it.
BOY SCOUTS PREPARING
FOR SUMMER CAMP
Nine boys from the local troop
of Boy Scouts are preparing to go
to summer camp at Wallowa lake
next week. Merle Blake will take
the group to the camp which is
becoming one of the most popular
Scout retreats in the northwest.
Before embarking for the camp
the boys will attend Scout troop
61's Court of Honor at 8:30 Monday
evening at the Union Labor hall.
Parents and friends are invited to
atend the 'ceremony and presenta
tion of awards..