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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.
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