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-3 O o r o H (5 .'. r ; c: a o w . - ) .A O O o r-1 :" ;rj O xmm Rail Shipments Slightly Below Last Year's Mark Shortage of Cars Given as Reason For Less Traffic Rail shipments on the Heppner branch are slightly less than in 1944 according to C. F. Tolleson, Heppner agent for the Union Paci fic system. Main contributing fac tor, Tollson states, is the shortage of cars but for which shipments -would be up to par on the 1944 basis. Grain shipments have been ham pered to some extent because of fewer cars, although in recent "weeks wheat has been moving at a fairly good rate. Lumber shipments have kept up to a good level, and cattle are beginning to move to market. Sheep, too, are starting to move to eastern markets. These are the commodities that comprise the bulk of branch line rail shipments. A shrinkage in the sheep popula tion of the county may have some bearing on the year's average ship ping by rail but not having checked up on records, Tolleson could not state that such is the case. Wednesday morning's freight took out one car of cattle for Luke Bib. by and one for Ray Wright. Har old Cohn started three double deck carloads of sheep for an eastern dstination. Cohn has engaged 12 cars for another sheep shipment Aug. 10. Culp and Sons will ship three carloads of sheep by the same train. Only comparable figures avail, able without taking too much of iht busy agent's time were those for June 1944 and June 1945. In June 1944 total shipment was 172 cars while June 1945 total was 165. Much of'fhe 1944 grain crop re mains to be shipped and if cars were available the 1944 figures would be surpassed. Range and Flower Dealers to Open In Peters Building L. E. Dick, Standard Oil distri butor for the Heppner district. an. nounced Tuesday that he and, Mrs. Edwin Dick have rented the Pet ers corner and will soon occupy the room with their respective lines. Mr. Dick is distributor for the Wedgewood gas range in his terri tory, while his daughter.in-law has been engaged in the floral busi ness the past several months. Announcement was made the first of the week that Wedgewood gas ranges may be purchased with out priority and that themanufac. turing company is working under full steam to put its products out to the distributors. Realizing the lack of proper display facilities at the plant, Mr. Dick decided to find space up town. Mrs. Dick, operating as Rachel Dick, has not announced her plans in full, but. is taking space in the room for cusaylng plants and taking or'' " for flowers. She ac companied Mr. Dick to Portland Wednesday vhcru they will make arrangements fuT shipments of their respetive lines. . HERE FROM THE DALLES In town for a few hours Tuesday were Mi;, and Mrs. Willis McCarty and daughter Frances, and Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Anderson of Seattle who are visiting the McCartys. Frances McCarty is home on vacation from San Francisco where ' she is em ployed. Mrs. McCarty and Mrs. Anderson plan to return to Hcpp-j ner Sunday to attend the wedding of Miss Harriet Hager and Major1 Clayton Shdw. Heppner, Granges, Rodeo Assn. Fix Dance Schedule Opening the rodeo season Satur day night, the dance given by the rodeo association was a huge sue. cess and fully justified Bob Run nion's faith in human nature. Tick ets went like cigarettes on special sale, with something like 40 left unsold out of 500 printed especially for the dance, and Messrs Cox and Bisbee, rodeo dance ticket sellers extrawdinary, were on the jump at the ticket window until near mid night.. Runnion is new at the busi ness of managing dances but he is learning rapidly and wiill be a vet eran before the rodeo season closes. He is deeply appreciative for all assistance given and for the big crowd that turned out for his initial effort. The schedule for the next five Saturday nights has been com pleted. Lexington grange will give a queen's attendant dance Aug. 4 at the I. O. O. F. hall in Lexington. Members of the Rebekah lodge will serve refreshments. Farrell's orch estra of Long Creek has been re tained for this event. On Aug. 11, Willows grange will give an attendant's dance at the grange hall in lone. FarrelU's or About Eight Tons Paper Salvaged At least eight tons of waste pa per was gathered up here Wednes day by Blaine Isom and his crew of Boy Scouts. Paper gathered in Heppner mcluded contribution? from surrounding territory, but an unusually good collection was made here in town, Isom stated. A report on Lexington and lone was not available at press time al though it was understood that the tonnage would be increased from those towns. When the paper is assembled in Portland bids are made on it by the various paper mills, the highest bidder being the winner. Funds ob. tained through sale of the salvage will be presented to the Shrine hos pital in Portland. HEARING SET FOR MONDAY Hearing of an assault and bat. tery charge against Golda Wilson is scheduled for Monday before Heppner Coal Deposit May Hold Possibility For Industrial Development in This Section Oregon Voter of recent issut has a comment upon coal deposits in Coos county which brings to mind that coal was once mined in Mor row county. Coal from the old Hep pner Railroad & Coal company's mines up Willow creek was used locally for several years and after vainly struggling for a bigger mar ket the company folded up and it has been many years since the mines produced. It is interesting to know that the Coos county deposits have been the subject of a fairly exhaustive report just published by the State Department of Geology and Miner al industries. Quoting the Voter: "At one time Coos county coal was mined and shipped to San Francis, co at the rate of about 100,000 tons a year. Advent of fuel oil in Cali fornia spoiled this business. Devel opment of the present war strin gencies made it a matter of wis. dom to map the coal resources. The State of Oregon by 1943 legis lative action appropriated $20,000 for this work and that amount was matched by Coos county. The ex perts definitely mapped 541,000 tons of coal, found indications of 800.000 more tons and have reason to believe there is a grand total of 3,200,000 tons." Oregon, Thursday, August 2, 1945 chestra will be featured at this dance, according to Carl Troedson who introduced the Long Creek musicians to this section a few weeks ago when he celebrated the completion of a large granary on his farm with a dancing party. Chairman Runnion has scheduled the Lena dance for the fair pavili on in Heppner the night of Aug. 18. while Rhea Creek grange will hold an attendant's dance at the grange hall Aug. 25. The pre-rodeo season will wind up with the queen's dance at the fair pavilion the night of Sept. 1. Following these dances, the granges will resume their rotational sche. dule at the regular price. The pre rodeo dances have been upped a little, with gents tickets selling for a dollar and ladies tickets 50 cents, including tax. Accompanied by Mrs. Clyde Nutting, Mrs. Lee Beckner took Queen Colleen and attendants to Pendleton this morning for photo graphs. Mrs. Beckner has been ex periencing difficulty in acquiring costumes for the royal group but hopes to have them decked out in regal rodeo splendor. Justice J. O. Hager. Mrs. Wilson is charged with having struck Mrs. Esther Burnside in the course of a heated discussion. She also charged Mrs. Burnside with assault and battery but Judge Hager says one hearing at, a time is all he can take care of. School Election Polls Good Vote School patrons were not disturb ed by the long delay in voting on the annual budget and when the votes were counted Friday after noon it was found that 44 persons had turned ,out to express their wishes. Of the 44 votes, 43 were in favor of the proposals, while one local Hiram Johnson voted no. SLIGHT RAINFALL IN JULY Two showers visited this vicinity in July, one bringing .01 of an inch, the other .10 of an inch. The month was otherwise noted for a heat wave and occasional strong winds. It was around the turn of the cen tury that coal croppings were dis. covered on upper Willow creek. Tests showed the coal to be of good quality, a high grade bitu minous. When a local company was organized and mining operations got under way, six-horse teams hooked to trail wagons brought the product into Heppner. The newly formed Heppner Railroad & Coal company endavored to interest the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company in using the local coal and got as far as furnish, ing the O-W with enough of the product for a test run between The Dalles and Portland. The test was favorable to the local product in competition with that in regular use by the railroad but nothing came of the trial. With the market limited to what could be hauled from the mines by horse and wa gon, the company soon gave up and the mines were closed. Hepp ner's dream of a big industry and a railroad running from town to the mines also faded out and as the years rolled on the mines were forgotten, except in the memory of those who saw them in operation. Geoloogists examiniing the Hep. pner coal mine properties reported Clarence Harris Killed on Okinawa Tuesday's Morning Oregonian had the following account of the death of Clarence Harris: Pfc Clarence Thompson Harris of lone was killed in action on Okinawa on May 23, 1945. the war department has notified his wid ow, Mrs Bernice Harris of lone. This was believed to be his first combat action, as he had been over, seas only a short time. Pfc Harris was born Sept. 11, 1918 at Diamond Springs, Calif, and at tended California grade and high schools. He was married to Bernice L, Ring on Oct. 21. 1940, and in ducted into the army on Sept 15, 1944. Following training at Camp Roberts, Calif., he was assigned overseas duty on Feb. 20. 1945. Surviving in addition to the wid. ow are a daughter, Bernita C. and a son, Clarence Jr. 18 months; his mother, Mrs. H. Hancock; three sisters and two brothers, all in California. Foresters Control 15-Acre Blaze in Ukiah District A 15.acre burn in the Ukiah ranger district Sunday evening was brought completely under control by Monday morning according to Ellis Carlson and George Corwin who reported at the office of Ran ger Glen Jorgenson Tuesday. The fire started on Wilkins creek where the Brown & Hoxie logging crew operates. It was discovered by truck drivers who had left the area for Ukiah with their loads. They no tified the forest officials and re turned td the "scene after unload, ing. Carlson stated that the cushions and wiring of a ""bulldozer were burned off while oil in the machine was undisturbed. Also two barrels of oil at the side of the road were untouched although the fire burned all around them. Lookouts are on the alert at all times regardless of the compara tively fire-free season so far. Tim bered areas are dry, with the rainy season (if there is to be one) sev. eral weeks off. Sgt Darold Hams is spending a 49-days furlough helping with work on the family farm near Hardman. Darold saw service in Persia and in China. that there might be a considerable field in the Blue mountains. As far as the Heppner mines were concerned, it developed that size able veins existed but these appar ently had been broken by volcanic action and methods of removing the coal at that time were too ex pensive to make operations sue. cessful this coupled with the fact that the railroads were more in terested in the longer haul from the continental divide. Population increase in Oregon and the northwest should provide a wider market for the coal, or industrial dvelopment might be an outlet for by-products. If it could be definitely established that a sufficient tonnage exists, steps could be taken to bring the possi bilities to the attention of capital for development. The State Depart, ment of Geology and Mineral Ind ustries would be the proper agency to investigate the Blue mountain coal deposits. Its work would be unbiased and strictly non-promo, tional. There may be lack of funds for a general survey of this field but it would be worth a few thous and dollars to learn whether or not coal exists in sufficient quantity in the Willow creek basin to warrant development Vol ume 62, Number 19 Points Needed i Local Restaurants To Remain Open Operators Feel Pinch of Shortage In Rationed Foods Heppner restaurant operators are faced with a serious problem m keeping their places open for bus ness and unless the OPA recognizes their dilemma and gives down with more meat points some of the eat ing houses may have to take an en forced1 vacation. Most of them are running on a curtailed schdule. serving shorter hours or closing at least one day in the week, and if the pinch becomss more pronoun ced further restrictions will be necessary. The eating houses have been pro vided with enough points to carry on on a more or less normal scale. During the summer time they are confronted with the necessiy of feeding many extra mouths and this is where the hardship comes in. There are many transients here now, men engaged in special road construction for the Heppner Lum ber company. There are harvest ers and other laborers who must get their daily rations at the pub lic eating houses men in vital pro duction work which the higher-ups in the OPA fail to recognize even when advised by ther local office. One cafe has used up its red points and has taken an enforced vacation. -Another one is threaten ing to close up until after the ro deo. A third one opens daily and serves as long as the food lasts and then puts out the "no menls" sign. This works no special . hard ship on those who can eat else whereat home, for instance but the people who are dependent on the restaurants are just plain out of luck. Governor's Job Not . Light Task Says Luncheon Speaker A governor's iob is no rht tnclr and he must have an fffWfivo office organization to carry on the duties of his office SUOfV Refill 1v Mrs. R. B. McKeown told the cham ber of commerce lunchoon err mm Monday. Mrs. McKeown was in Heppner visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joe Hughes, and was invited to be the luncheon. It was her privilege to serve an clerk and stenographer in the of fice of Governor Warren of Califor. nia for several months and she gained an insight to the inner work ings of state politics and manage, ment not accorded to the lay per son who has an occasional oppor tunity to visit the capitol. Much oi ine .business and political mat ters pass through the hands nf th governor's departmental appointees. rinai word or action of course rests with him, but it would be im possible for one man to wrife with all the details and meet tfie many people who think the; hjve most urgent matters to preu-v. to the governor. It was Mrs. McKeown's prm lege to be introduced to Lord and Lady Plalifax on the occasion of their visit to the state house in Sacramento. CPO Charles Hodge Jr. was in troduced by Secretary Van Marter and expressed his pleasure at meet ing with the group and for the most cordial reception given him on the occasion of his first visit to Heppner. Andy Van Schoiack and Patrick Eugene Doherty are among the Morrow county service men visit ing the home folks this week. to i"1 2 ! m