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Crop Prospects in
County Brightened
By Heavy Rainfall
Heppner Receives
15.64 Inches and
Gooseberry 14.95
Crop prospects in Morrow coun
ty, were heightened considerably by
favorable weather conditions in the
last months of 1945. Generous rains
in November and December just
about provided a guarantee for
1945 grain and grazing production.
Figures submitted by Len Gilliam,
Heppner and V. L. Carlson, Goose
berry show a decided improvement
over precipitation in 1944, when
the total recorded at both stations
was less than 10 inches.
In Heppner the guage registered
a total of 15.64 inches. There was
rainfall every month in 1945, the
chart showing the following figures:
January 1.63; February 1.72,; March
1.78; April .87; May 2.74; June .25;
July .12; August .08; September
126; October .51; November 2.55
and December 2.13.
Carlson's guage reveals a total
of 14.95 inches, divided over the
year as follows: January 125; Feb
ruary 1.63; March 1.96; April .77;
May3.13; June .16; July none; Aug
ust .39; September 1.09; October .58;
November 2.15; December 1.84. Pre
cipitation in Gooseberry was .02
more in 1944 than that recorded in
Heppner, the former totaling 9.58
and the latter 9.56. The difference
in Heppner's favor this year was
.69 of an inch.
Precipitation figures since 1939,
when moisture hit a low of 7.81
inches, give good evidenc for im
proved crop conditions. In 1940 the
local recording was 15.62; 1941 17.31
1942 19.23; 1945, 12.03; 1944, 9.56
(rather poor), and now another
good year in 1945 15.64.
Farmers reporting from differ
ent sections of the county feel sat
isfied with crop prospects at pres
ent. The recent cold snap scarcely
checked the growing fall grain and
since the break-up there has been
a noticeable growth.
JOEL JONES DROWNED
AT OREGON CITY
Joel, 10-year-old son of Mr. and
Robert Jones, was drowned Satur
day at Oregon City. He was play
ing with another boy and they were
engaged in throwing planks into a
little stream. One of the planks
apparently struck him on the head
and he was precipitated into the
water. The body was recovered
Tuesday but up to a late hour fu
neral arrangements had not been
completed.
, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones, great
uncle and aunt, and Mrs. Rose Ben
ton, grandmother of the little boy,
left for Oregon City immediately
upon receiving news of the little
fellow's death.
LIBRARY OPEN
Library service has been re-established
at the Heppner library
following a closed period due to
smoke damage. A story-telling
hour for children will be started at
10:30 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 12. Lois
key has charge of this. It will be
held at the library and all child
ren are invited to come.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Here to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Lena Petty j on Wednesday were
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Tucker of Stan
field; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Be 1 and
land and Mrs. C. H. Latourell of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell of Port
Cascade Locks.
Newt O'Harra reports that he has
just received a car of fine purebred
young cows which were1 shipped to
him from La Grande.
Bureau Schedules
Lexington Meeting
Regular monthly meeting of the
Morrow county farm bureau will
be held at 8 p. m. Monday, Jan. 7
at the Lexington grange hall.
Announcement is made that Ray
Kent of the Pendleton soil conser
vation office will be the speaker of
the evening, using some phase of
the work as practiced in this area
for the subject. Bureau officials
are hopeful that Lowell Steen, pre
sident of the state farm bureau
federation and Sam Hunter, organ
izer will be on hand to make a re
port on the recent national conven
tion held in Chicago.
Refreshments will be served fol
lowing the meeting.
Wool growers Aux
Cancels Meeting
A meeting of the Woolgrowers
auxiliary scheduled for Friday of
this week has been canceled, it was
announced Wednesday. Illness of
members was given as reason for
calling off the meeting.
Mrs. Stephen Thompson has been
named delegate and Mrs. B. C.
Pinckney alternate to the state
convention of the Oregon Wool
growers auxiliary to be held in
Pendleton Jan. 9, 10, 11. Several
growers and members of the auxi
liary are planning to attend.
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GAME COMMISSION HEARING
The annual hearing of the Ore
gon State Game commission with
reference to angling regulations
will be held at ten o'clock, Satur
day morning, Jan. 12, 1946, at its
offices in 616 Oregon Building,
Portand.
Consideration at that time will
be given to seasons, bag limits and
other regulations affecting the tak
ing of game fish for the ensuing
year.
The hearing is open to the
public.
SPECIAL IX)DGE MEETING
Members of Hepper lodge No. 69,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
will be interested to learn that a
special meeting of the lodge will be
held Saturday evening, Jan. 5 at
which time the traveling gavel will
be here. Loyal Parker, worshipful
master is urging the membership
to bear this in mind and be on
hand.
Shrine Club Elects
Officers for 1946
At its annual meeting, held in
the Masonic hall on New Year's
day, the Morrow County Shrine j
club re-elected Blaine Isom presi-l
dent for the ensuing year; put Dave
Lemon of Arlington in as vice
president and Harley Anderson, secretary-treasurer.
A buffet supper
was served in the lodge dining1
room for Shrine members and their
wives.
Wives of the members played
cards and Chinese checkers at the
Isom home. Prizes were awarded
to Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, Mrs. Rod
ney Wentworth and Mrs William
Barkla.
The women decided to organize
an auxiliary to the Shrine club
and elected Mrs. Isom president.
Mrs. Harley Anderson vice presi
dent and Mrs. Wilkinson secretary
treasurer. Meetings will be held on
the second Tuesday evening of
each month.
Out of town members and wives
attending included Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Lemon and Mr. and Mrs. Od
en Hawes, Arlington; Mr. ad Mrs.
William Seehafer Mr. and Mrs.
Rodney Wentworth and Mrs. Noel
Dobyns, lone.
GETS NEW FORD
It may be irrelevant to ask where
a dentist gets his pull, but Doc
Lawrence sure has one. "He's
sporting a new Ford car, the first
one we've seen around these dig
gin's, except Clarence Rosewall's
demonstrator.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 3, 1946
Director Election
Slated for Monday
By Heppner C. of C.
Election of directors to serve for
the next two years will be the or
der of business at the weekly lun
cheon meeting of the Heppner
chamber of commerce Monday noon
at the Lucas Place. Nominations
were made at last Monday's meet
ing and will be opened again prior
to taking of ballots Jan. 7. Placed
in nomination Moday were P. W.
Mahoney, Jack O'Connor, L. E.
Dick, B. C. Pinckney, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, Loyal Parker and C. W.
Barlow. Mr. Barlow declined.
Five directors will be elected to
serve with five holdovers whose
terms run for another year. Offic
ers are chosen from the list of di
rectors and this will be done at the
first meeting of the group after the
election.
B. C. Pinckney volunteered to act
as chairman for the forthcoming
clothing drive. This duty has fallen
on the shoulders of Mayor J. O.
Turner since the drives started and
Pinckney said he thought it about
time to relieve the mayor of this
thankless task.
Sheriff Proves to Be
Effective Witness;
Accused Collapses
It isn't often that anything tragic
or dramatic occurs in a justice of
the peace court and when it does
it's news. And that's why officials
and others attending a hearing in
Justice J. O. Hager's court Monday
morning are finding a bit of pleas
ure in ribbing Sheriff Pat Mollahan.
Pat was gving testimony at the
hearing of Delbert Raymond Cline
on a vagrancy charge and just as
tho genial sheriff . finished Cline
collapsed. That stopped the hearing
for the time being and the case
will be completed Friday. If Pat is
callled to the witness stand again
it is to be hoped the accused man
will bear up better. '
LENA MARGARET PETTYJOHN
Funeral services were held at 2
o'clock p. m. Wednesday at the
Heppner Church of Christ for Lena
Margaret Pettyjohn, 47 'ho passed
away Sunday eve-' Dec. 30,
1945, at Pendleton Wendell Her
bisbn, pastor officiated and ar
rangements were in charge of the
Phelps Funeral home. Mrs. Petty
john had gone to Pendleton to sub
mit to an operation and died sud
denly. Lena Margaret Bell was born
Jan. 26, 1898 at Troutdale Oregon
and came to ' Morrow county in
1922. She is survived by one son,
Arm in Wihlon of Lexington, three
stepsons, Avin Pettyjohn, U. S.
Navy; Alton Pettyjohn, Lodi Calif,
and Ray Pettyjohn of Portland;
her father, Ulysses G. Bell, National
City, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. C. H.
Latourell of Cascade Locks; six
brothers, Frank Bell, Corbett; By
ron, Walter and Charles of Port
land, Percy, San Francisco, and
Chester, San Jose, and three grand
children. BUYS IONE PROPERTY
Mrs. Cora Burroughs who re
cently sold her Rhea creek ranch
to Earl McKinney, has purchased the
Salter place in lone and will take
up residence there about the first
of February. She is remaining on
the ranch to dispose of personal
property advertisement of which
will be found on another page in
this issue of the Gazette Times.
REGULAR MEETING OF PTA
Heppner PTA will meet at 8 p.
m. Jan. 9 in the music room at the
school house. Mrs. Marie Clarey
is chairman of the . meeting. Judge
Bert Johnson will speak on citizen
ship and Mrs. Robert Walker will
be the soloist. Refreshments will be
served at the conclusion of the program.
Sale of Curran's
Store Pending
Sale of Curran's Ladies Ready-to
Wear store is expected to be com
pleted this week-end, according to
Mrs. Agnes Curran, owner, and
Mrs. Nellie Anderson, one of the
purchasers. Final details are being
worked out and the deal will be
closed in a day or two the women
stated.'
Mrs. Anderson's sister, Mrs. Ella
C. Wilson of Rapid City, South Da
kota, is joining her in the purchase
of the business and will come to
Heppner later to assist in managing
it.
A more complete report on the
transaction will be made next week.
Mrs. Anderson took over today but
Mrs. Curran will remain tempor
arily to straighten up her affairs.
BAUMAN LEAVING NAVY;
HOME IN FEW DAYS
C. J, D. Bauman, CSPS, of the
United States navy, has notified his
wife that he is about to close his
contract with Uncle Sam and that
he is now in San Francisco enroute
home. He has received his dis
charge, or will receive it within
the week and will meet Mrs. Bau
man in Portland in a few days.
This news comes as a surprise to
family and friends. Early in the
fall Bauman signed up for a two
year hitch in Japan and sailed for
the land of cherry blossoms and
geisha girls to do his part in keep
ing order. Although his period of
service abroad has been brief, it
doubtless has served to satisfy his
ambition to be a water sailor as
well as one of the dry land variety
RETURN FROM KANSAS
The Lloyd Burkenbine family re
turned to Heppner Sunday eve
ning after an extended visit in
Palco, Kan. with Mrs. Burkenbine's
people. They chose the southern
route for the return trip crossing
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and
parts of Nevada and California.
Lloyd has returned to his former
job with the Rosewall Motor com
pany which he left during the war
to help his mother run the Hepp
ner Market.
TIMBER CRUISERS HERE
Glen Parsons, forest service crui
ser, is working in the local office
of the USFS completing maps of
surveys made the past few months.
An area of approximately 125,000
acres of timber land has been cruis
ed and the work of tracing all this
onto maps will involve many days
of patient effort.
VISIT PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Turner
and Mrs. Fred Allison of Portland
spent the week-end at the home
of Mr. Turner's and Mrs. Allison's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.
Turner.
No Slowdown in
Fight Against Polio
Truman Declares
"There can be no slow down in
the fight against disease," President
Truman has declared, as hn nWlir-
ed his cooperation in th3 annual
March of Dimes campari for funds
to combat infantile ps.'V.ilysis, now
under way throughout thj country.
"Our victories abroad must be
followed by a victory on t'v home
iront against tins common enemy
ot an mankind," the president con
tinued. "I am certain that no Amer
ican can fail to respond to such a
challenge.
"For years I have followed with
sympathetic interest the important
work of the National Foundatii
for Infantile Paralvsis
it has given new honn to ronntlocc
sufferers from poliomyelitis and
that it has restored thousands of
men, women and children to active
lives in the community."
Volume 63, Number 41
Brief Wild Ride
In 'Borrowed' Car
Results in Wreck
Billy French In
Hospital and Auto
Badly Damaged
Billy French, Heppner youth is in
a Pendleton hospital with a frac
tured leg and other injuries-and the
Pontiac car belonging to Mr. and
Mrs. Don Heliker of lone is in a
sad state following a brief ride
French took in the car New Year's
eve.
The Helikers were attending the
New Year party at the Eks hall
and had left their car parked on
the street near the building. French
decided to take a ride and appro
priated the Helker car. He started
out the Heppner-Pendleton high
way and evidently was running at
high rate of speed, for when he
hit the "deadman" curve shortly
west of the Sand Hollow road the
car left the road, upended once and
apparently turned over two or
three times, finally landing on Its
left side just off the highway after
tearing down a section of fence.
The right door of the car was hurl
ed approximately 100 feet over into
the Cohn alfalfa field; the gas tank
was torn loose and other, parts
were scattered about but not one
tire was materially injured.
French was brought to town
where physicians cleaned him up
and made him ready for trip by
ambulance to the hospital at Pen
dleton. He stated that when the
car came to a stop he climbed out'
but fainted when he reached the
ground. Some young men coming
to town picked him up and brought
him in.
The youth gave no motive other
than he decided to take a ride.
Although he suffered a badly
fractured leg, it is stated that in
jury to one of his hands may be
permanent inasmuch as efforts to
tie severed ligaments have proved
unavailing. ,
Forest Service Trying
Experiment to Prove
Range Over-grazed
For some time the forest service
has contended that winter pasture
for the wildlife, namely deer and
elk, has been overstocked, but say
so has not convinced the Oregon
State Game Commission that such
is the case. To prove the correct
ness of their contention, members
of the Heppner district of the for
est service are conducting an ex
periment which they think will car
ry some weight with the game
commission.
At one point two acres have been
fenced in with an eight-foot fence
composed of poles three to five
inches thick. This tract will not be
grazed by animals. At another point
six acres have been enclosed with
a three-foot fence, sufficient to
keep sheep out but permit deei
and elk to enter. By this means it
is hoped to determine how closelj
the vegetation is cropped by the
wildlife and it is expected to beai
out the contention that there is in
sufficient pasturage for the num
ber of animals grazing the area.
For several years the forest ser
vice has observed death from star
vation among the deer and elk ir
the area. The animals do fairlj
well throughout summer on the
higher hills but when they move
to the southern slopes in the fal
there is not enough growth for them
to exist through a long winter
with the result that a great man-'
perish. It is to prevent this los'
that the service is trying to get
some assistance in shifting the an
imals to different areas and take
some of the load off of the district
most affected.
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