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Hermiston Edges
Out One-point Win
In Armistice Fray
First Defeat of
Season Suffered
By Mustang Squad
By Bob Mollahan
Bob Jensen, Hermiston captain
and center, started the 1945 annual
Hermiston-Henpner Armistice game
Nov. 12, when he booted the ball
deep into Mustang territory on the
initial kick-off. Puissant Archie
Padberg caught the ball and
packed it back to the Mustang 31
yard line. In two vigorous drives
Heppner made a first down. The
Bulldog's line stiffened and because
of the Mustang's inability to ring
up another first down they lost the
ball on downs. Now the robust Her
miston lads took over but their at
tack bogged down at about the
Mustang 20 yard line. Heppner was
unable to click and was forced to
kick. Due to powerful wind which
he was punting against Skip Con
nor s punts often got carried back,
.Throughout the first quarter Hepp
ner had its back up against its own
goal line continually and the first
quarter ended with the Bulldogs
holding the pigskin on Heppner's
seven yard line.
The first pay-off went to Her
miston when Belt caught a pass for
the first, last and winning tally for
the Bulldogs. The unholy extra
point which is the deciding factor
in so many games, including this
one, was made. Following the kick
off Heppner smashed its way to the
Bulldog's 15 yard line and the half
ended.
Following the rest between halves
the Mustangs began -tonJuW.; Tb
Heppner boys started to give the
Hermiston lads and fans some
thing to tell their grandchildren
about. Near the middle of the
last quarter the Mustangs smashed
their way to the Hermiston four
yard line, but there again Hermis
ton held and Heppner gave up the
ball. From there the cogent Bull
dogs got to their own 23-yard line,
but fumbled and Heppner recover
ed. A short pass to Parrish netted
the Mustangs a five yard gain. This
was one of the outstanding points
of the game. Heppner had the ball
on the Bulldog 15 yard line and
fourth down. Then the break came
Buster Padberg, passing specialist
for the Mustangs, laced one to Jack
(No. 3) Parrish, who fell to the two
yard line. Then Archie Padberg,
sturdy Mustang fullback, smashed
through the line for the touch
down. The all-important conver
sion failed and so Heppner lost to
Hermiston 7 to 6.
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Auction Safe of Bins
Opens Tomorrow
Buyers who attend the AAA
auctions of portable wooden grain
bins in Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties during the next few days will
have a choice of three different
types of bins, all made of first-
grade lumber and well adapted to
many farm uses, according to Hen
ry Baker, chairman of the Morrow
County AAA committee.
A total of 93 Aladin bins will be
on sale at the six auctions. These
are constructed like a small house,
14 feet long and 24 feet wide with
10-foot walls and a 4V2 foot gable
roof. Their capacity is 2820 bushels.
All of the Aladdin bins are erected
and will be nld on that basis.
Purchasers of is erected type of
bins may have the use of the large
county trailer for moving them in
tact by paying rental to the county
of $10 per day if the trailer is not
being used by the county, according
to Judge Bert Johnson.
DRIVE TO ASIILALND
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Forsythe
took advantage of the wek-end
holiday to drive to their former
home town, Ashland. They left lone
Friday evening and returned Mon
day. Motoring is somewhat hazar
dous in northern Klamath county
at this time due to early snow, and
chains were in order over the Sun
mountain grade north of Fort
Klamath.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 15, 1945
SO Per Cent of Bond Quota May
Be Reached By End of This Week
Sales of all types bonds amounted
to $88,307.75 as of Wednesday, ac
cording to tabulations made by B.
C. Pinckney at the First National
bank of Portland, Heppner branch.
These figures were broken down to
show how the sales are going and
so far the E bond sales are lagging.
According to Pinckney's figures,
the Heppner postoffice has sold
$1,687.50, lone postoffice, 1,743.75
and the First National bank $33,
807.75 in E bonds.
Other bonds to date amount to
$51,500 and it is expected these is
sues will be taken in a short time.
Proof that there are interested
Gonty Disposes of
Shoe Repair Shop
Edmond Gonty announces the
sale of his shoe repairing equip
ment the first of 'the week. Pur
chaser was J. W. Farra of Payette,
Ida., who expects to be ready to
receive customers by Nov. 28. Far
ra returned to Payette after mak
ing arrangements with M. L. Case
to occupy the corner room in the
Case apartment building, the for
mer Green Feed store.
Mr. Gonty will devote his en
tire time to conduct of the shoe
business and radio repair and sales.
Both of these lines have suffered
somewhat from neglect during the
busy war period when people
found it necessary to get all pos
sible wear out of their shoes. He
will make extensive alterations to
the store room in the near future
and replace the shoe repair equip
ment with radio stock.
The shoe man has been doing re
pair work for 15 years without a
"breakattd had worked at the trade
bif and on for severally ears prior.
The work has been exceptionally
heavy the past three or four years
and he feels he will enjoy devot
ing his time to sales work and radio
repair.
Founder of Cheese
Concern Visits Here
On a tour of western mill pro
perties operated by the great busi
ness enterprises bearing the family
name, J. L. and C. H. Kraft of
Chicago were visitors in Heppner
Monday. They came to take a look
at the new Hpppner Lumber com
pany plant which replaced the one
destroyed by fire more than two
years ago.
J. L. Kraft founded the Kraft
Cheese company and guided the
concern to a position of national
prominence. The company eventu
ally branched out in the lumber
industry, mainly to produce box
material but in late years has plac
ed part of its output on the open
market. Kraft plants in Oregon are
located at Pendleton, Heppner and
Bridal Veil. Mr. Kraft's son, Leo
nard, is general manager of the
Oregon plants.
The Chicago men were luncheon
guests at the Orville Smith home
Monday noon.
Having accepted a call to fill the
pulpit of the Assembly of God
church at Bay City, Ore., Mr. and
Mrs. John Fuiten and family expect
to leave Heppner Monday for their
new home on the coast. Mrs. Fui
ten is an ordained minister and
fill the charge while her usband
attends school to fit himself for the
ministry. Mrs. Hazel Benge has
purchased the Fuiten residence and
will occupy it after their depar
ture. Mrs. Willam Davis took her little
daughter, Nan, to the hospital in
Pendleton this week. Nan has been
quite ill the past few days with a
throat infection and it is hoped she
will soon be recovered and able to
pursue the normal activities of a
small girl.
CCS Reese Burkenbine arrived
home today after completing his
service in the Navy. He was met
in Pasco this morning by his bro
ther Lloyd. Reese is discharged
now, and will make his home in
Heppner again.
Another brother, Merle, is going
to be in Portland tonight and will
have about 24 days leave.
buyers of bonds is seen in the
statement that eight individual
purchasers have accounted for $57,
500 worth up to the present. These
same people have made regular
purchases throughout the time
bonds ' have been on sale, thus
pledging their faith in a substan
tial manner in the integrity and
stability of the government.
Bond financing officials are of
the opinion that a concerted drive
will have to be made if the E bond
quota is to be attained. The small
investor is less inclined to put his
money in government securities
and it may be necessary to resort
Hunters Should Equip
Cars With Ski is or
Plows or Sump'n
Hunting parties taking advantage
of the Sunday-Monday holiday
were all fouled up by the severe
mountain weather and some of
them are taking an enforced vaca
tion. The Leonard Schwarz and Albert
Schunk families drove to Potamus
creek Sunday morning for a two-
day outing and high hopes for
bringing home elk meat. After their
arrival the weather man decided to
play a little joke on them by cov
ering the ground with a nice 15
inch blanket of snow. Relatives and
friends not knowing about the
snow were worried because the
party did not return on schedule.
Leonard Schwarz finally made it
to a telephone Wednesday after
noon and called to Heppner for
help. He said they still had about
two days rations but were tired of
mimping out in the snow. A iourf
Wheel drive eep was to leave town
to the highway.
this morning to help the party out
If this brand of weather keeps up
elk hunters will have to equip their
cars with skiis or snowplows.
Dallas Craber Buys
Instone Holdings
Purchase of the W. H Tntnrm
ranch in Jones canvnn wac mAa
this week by Dallas Craber of
naraman. ihe transaction was
closed Tuesdav and CmVior i,aB
started moving his equipment and
otner materials to his new pos
session.
The Instone ranch, known to
oiatimers as the Kilcup place, com
prises 3,080 acres. It lies about 14
miles east of Heppner on the Hep-
pner-rencueton highway. It has
been a sheeD ranch sincp th earlv
days but it is understood that Cra-
oer will operate it as a cattle
ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Instone plan to re
main at the ranch this winter and
will make over the hunk niise fnr
their living quarters. It is their
hope to make a trip to England in
1946. They are planning a public
sale of equipment not turned in on
sale of the ranch.
BAZAAR TIME APPRflArilTlvrri
Comes November and thoughts
turn to turkey, pumpkin pie and
bazaars. The .women of All Saints
Enisconal churpVi havp nnnnnncprl
Dec. 1 as the date of their annual
bazaar at 2 p. m. at the parish
house. There will be tea towels,
pillow , cases, rag rugs, wool quilt
and cotton quilt and aprons galore
Also manv miscellaneous art.irlps
Cooked foods will be available and
tea will be served durine the af
ternoon. A fine opportunity to
solve some of your Chrismas prob
lomR.
Mrs. J. F. Davis has asked that
all ladies makint? anrnns have thpm
at her house by the end of next
week that they may be priced in
advance of the sale.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bucknum
went to Portland Monday to attend
the funeral of Mr. Bucknum s for
mer business associate, D. A. Mc-
Atee, who died Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Saager spent
the past week-end in Portland
where they were transacting business.
to a house-to-house canvass to
bring this revenue into the open.
Young women of the county con
tinue to shy away from the bond
queen contest. So far, only one ap
picant has been turned in. Miss
Helen Healy has the field to her
self and will be an easy winner un
less other aspirants enter the race.
It is not too late to get in and
there should be five or six more
entries. Being of pure Irish descent,
it is reasonable, to believe that Miss
Healy would rather win with com
petition than without.
Death Claims One
Of Oldest Residents
Private funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon in the
chapel of McGinnis & Wilhelm,
Morticians, Portland, for David Ar
thur McAtee, 80, whose death oc
curred at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Robert Kremers, Portland, fol
lowing an illness of about three
months. Mr. McAtee left Heppner
recently to make his home with his
daughter.
- The passing of Mr. McAtee re
moves one of the oldest residents
of this section. His residence here
started in 1880, when there was no
Morrow county, and continued un
til a few weeks ago, covering a
span of 65 years. He was born in
Shelbina county, Mo., Jan. 14, 1865,
lacking about two months of attain
ing the age of 81 years.
Surviving besides Mrs. Kremers
are six grandsons. Three other
children Arthur, and twin daugh
ters, Mary and Ida, preceded him
in death.- " ...
Union Pacific's Net
Tax Check Received
Sheriff P. A. Mollahan was
handed the Union Pacific railroad
company's check Thursday, for
$67,726.63 by the company's agent,
F. C. Tolleson, in full payment of
the Union Pacific's net tax in Mor
row county.
The Union Pacific paid its annual
taxes in other Oregon counties on
the same date, a total tax assess
ment in the state of $1,028,064.30.
Of this amount approximately 50
percent goes toward the support of
schools and for general educational
purposes.
As one of Morrow county's larg
est taxpayers, the Union Pacific
pays approximately 22 percent of
the property tax levied throughout
the county.
HUNTING PARTY OF TEN
BAGS NINE ELK NEAR UKIAH
Culminating a most successful
hunting trip of about ten days Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Ferguson and party
returned to Heppner Wednesday
evening, bringing in nine elk. The
hunters were encamped on Moon
Meadow out from Ukiah. There was
about 10 inches of snow but the
weather was not as cold as the
snow might indicate.
The group included Ollie Fergu
son, Archie Kreber, Sam Reynolds,
Al Wilson, Earl Johnson, of Gold
Beach; Lt. Com and Mrs. William
Wymer and son. Bill of Seattle and
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson.
DINNER HONORS BIRTHDAY
Members of his family honored
John H. Padberg with a dinner
commemorating his 71st birthday
anniversary. Invited guests includ
ed his brother, Lewis Padberg of
lone, Mr. and Mrs. Orris Padberg
and son Charles of Lexington, and
the Archie Padberg family of Hep
pner. Guests calling during the af
ternoon were Mr. and Mis. J. H.
Bryson and Mrs. Les Roundy and
children of lone. Mrs. Archie Pad
berg had the honor of baking the
birthday cake. It was a bright day
for Mr. Padberg, who has been
confined closely at home for the
past year or so. He is much better
since he and Mrs. Padberg have
been living in the former Mollahan
house on Main street for he can
get out of doors and do a little
yard work.
Volume 62, Number 34
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Heppner Office of I
OPA to Be Closed
11th of Decembei
Local Business to
Be Handled Thru
Pendleton Office
A wartime agencv that affected
the lives of nearly every individual
in more ways than anv other agen
cy during the same period, is on
the road to eventual extinction and
soon will be but a memory. Of par
ticular local interest is the an
nouncement that the HeDDner of
fice of the OPA will be closed Dec,
11 and thereafter the people of
Morrow county will be served by
the Pendleton office as long as it
is maintained.
Removal of numerous items for
merly controlled by OPA has made
it advisable to reduce the number
of offices. Principal items now ra
tioned are tires and sugar and it
may be necessary to continue con
trol over them for several months.
Local board members may be
called to Pendleton occasionally,
states P. A. Mollahan, chairman,
who received the notification
Wednesday regarding closing the
local office.
First curtailment in the Hepp
ner office - personnel took place
when Mrs. Joe Hughes' wdrk was
absorbed by the chief clerk, Mrs.
Harry Tamblyn. The latter and Mrs.
Misener were continued on the job
to wind up the affairs of the office.
Appropriations for continuance of
OPA was made to keep the agency
in operation until June 30, 1946.
With V-E day already accomplish
ed Congress could not forsee the
end of the Japanese struggle, hence
the. life of OPA was extended for
one year.
Arthur Bergstrom
Now Lt. Commander
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergstrom
have received word from their son,
Lt. Arthur Bergstrom, that he has
been promoted to Lt. Commander.
Ha is waiting at Leyte to return
to the United States after seeing
service in Chinese waters. Lt. Com.
Bergstrom reported that his ship
ran into nine floating mines, one of
which was close enough that they
could have scraped the rust off and
repainted it.
Ensign Norman Bergstrom re
cently arrived by plane at San
Francisco from Okinawa. Enroute
the plane was caught in a typoon.
Norman has been hospitalized due
to a very bad cold but states that
he is improving and expects a dis
charge soon.
The Bergstrom's youngest son,
F2c Roland Bergstrom, is in Port
land awaiting assignment. He hopes
to get home for a few days.
MAN GATHERS SMALL FUND
THROUGH SPURIOUS CHECKS
Sheriff Pat Mollahan is on the
lookout for a man Riving the name
of A. O. Sather. The reason is that
said party issued checks to several
business houses of Heppner which
were heavily loaded with rubber.
At least they bounced back with
the familiar notation NSF.
Sather's policy seems to have
been to issue numerous small
checks instead of trying to raise e
lot of money on one piece of paper.
Sheriff Mollahan learned that the
man was in need of an operatior
and that he apparently left the
county headed for a hospital. The
sheriff thinks he has a novel meth
od "borrowing" funds to pay hk
hospital bill.
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BOND GOSSIP
Let's beat Umatilla county to the
goal- ,
Did anyone hear n GI say 'Let:
quit"?
Uncle Sain never beat a bill.
T. J. Humphreys is again busy
in the dru3 store after spendin;
several weeks in San Francisco witl
his younger daughter Evelyn. H
had a good vacation but is con
vinced that the nicest part of be
ing away is the getting home.
James Driscoll and family arc
enjoying a few days visiting rela
tives and friends.