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Heppner Woman
To Take Own Life
, Mrs. C. L. Hodge
Found Dead at
Home Saturday
Despondency over ill health ap
parently caused Mrs. C. L. Hodge
to take her own life here Saturday.
Death came shortly before noon
and was the result of taking an
overdose of sleeping tablets, ac
cording to the opinion of physicians
called to . the scene shortly after
the body was discovered.
Mrs. Hodge had been down town j
about 10 a. m. She telephoned
Iter husband at 11 o'clock and when
he arrived at the home shortly be
fore noon he found her lifeless
body. A physician was summoned
and at first glance was thought she
was in a drugged sleep but when
an effort was made to awaken her
it was quickly realized that life
life had departed.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, county cor
oner, was called and held -an in
quest. He also made a post mortem
examination, sending contents of
sis. Coroner and jury arrived aa
the stomach to Portland for analy
the conclusion that death was due
to an overdose of sleeping tablets.
Services were conducted at 10
o'clock a. m. Monday at the Masonic
hal, with the Hermiston chapter of
the Eastern Star in charge of the
ritualistic work and Rev. Fletcher
Forster reading the scripture. Fol
lowing the services the body was
taken to Pasco for interment.
Roberta Herman was a native of
"Walla Walla, where she was born
April 7, 1908. Sh'e married C. L.
Hodge August 23, 1939, and they
made their home in Hermiston un
til June 1944 when they came to
Heppner. Besides the husband, she
Is survived by a son and three step-
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Mrs. Robert Herman of Pasco,
Mrs. Hodge was a member of the
Eastern Star lodge at Hermiston
and the Episcopal church at Pasco.
New Secretary to
Speak to Bureau
H. I. Story, newly appointed se
cretary of the state farm bureau
federation, has been scheduled by
the Morrow county bureau as the
principal speaker at its next month
ly meeting Monday evening, April
1. Storey has just recently arrived
from Iowa and this will be One of
the first meetings he will attend in
the state.
, The usual discussion hour and
refreshments later in the evening
will be the order of the meeting
which will open at 8 p. m.
WHEAT ABOUT ALL MOVED
OUT OF BRANCH STORAGE
Rail shipments of wheat have
about ceased on the Heppner branch
after a period of several weeks
during which time an extra freight
was put on to keep the grain mov
ing steadily.
Trains have not been made up
entirely of wheat, however, for the
lumber has been rolling out in con
siderable volume of late. Agent
Floyd Tolleson stated Monday
that 84 cars of lumber left the lo
al station the past month.
NEW MANAGER HERE
Robert Forsythe arrived here
Monday from Goldendale and has
taken over management of the Hep
pner district of the Pacific Power
& Light company, succeeding K. A.
House who is moving to Dayton,
Wash. The new manager has been
getting around In company with
House, meeting his new customers
who will also be his. neighbors. He
will bring his family to Heppner as
soon as living quarters are avail
able.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March
Carbide Safer for
ighting Than for
Heating Purposes
Carbide as a lighting fluid is OK
but when it takes on heating pro
pensities it is entirely too profici
ent, according to Leonard Carlson,
Gooseberry farmer, who was in
town Monday. Carlson is nursing
some bad burns about the face and
arms folowing an experience the
previous Monday which he consid
ers sufficient for a lifetime.
The carbide supply in his lighting
plant running low, "Mr.. Carlson
went out about 7 p. m. to reload
the tank. He had done this repeat-:
edly since installing the system but
heretofore used a flashlight when
artificial light was necessary. Un
thinkingly he employed a lantern
and the sensitive material ignited
blowing up in his face with disas
trous results.
The unfortunate man at first
thought he had been blinded by the
explosion, inasmuch as he could
not see. When his glasses were re
moved it was found that they were
so smoked he could not see through
them and was he happily surpris
ed to find that out. The area pro
tected by Ws glasses was about the
only portion of his face which was
not burned.
Fire Lads Respond
To Morning Call
Fire starting from a defective
flue called the department to the
Leonard Lindbloom residence about
6:45 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
roof was .burned around the flue
and burning debris fell inside the
house causing some damage to fur
niture and carpet in the living
room.
A call was put in Sunday morn
ing when fire broke out in the As
sembly of God church but Pastor
Graves succeeded in extinguishing
it before the truck was removed
from its stall. No damage was done.
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FILLING OUT STATEMENTS
TAXPAYERS LAGGING IN
Taxpayers are showing indiffer
ence towards filling out and return
ing their statements to the assessor's
office, according to W. O. Dix, as
sessor. Many statements are over
due . and it has necessitated nu
merous field trips by the assessor.
Mr. Dix visited the north end of
the county Monday and again Wed
nesday in an effort to get the pa
pers in so that extensions may be
brought up to date. There is a pen
alty attached to overdue statements
which will make taxes consider
ably heavier if the assessor is com
pelled to enforce the measure.
O.S.T.A. MEETING DRAWS
TEACHERS FROM COUNTY !
Schools of the county have been
dismissed Thursday and Friday
many of the teachers are. in atten
dance at the state meeting of the
Oregon State Teachers' association
in Portland.
It is understood the time will be
made up before the close of the
school year.
COLLEGE STUDENTS HOME
College students home for spring
vacation include Joe Hughes, Ted
Ferguson, Jean Turner, Virginia
McLaughlin, Betty Adams, Helen
Blake, Marjorie Simms and Mer
lyn Kirk from Oregon State college,
and Betty Marie Coxen and Louise
Green from Eastern Oregon College
of Education. Joe Hughes and Ted
Ferguson accompanied Bill Mar
quardt of Lexington. Bill will not
return to school for the spring term
as he is awaiting the draft. This
move left the two Heppner lads
afoot, as it were, and Ted has re
medied the situation by buying
Jack Pickens's "taxi" for service
between . Heppner and Corvallis.
Most of the college people from
the county are home for the week.
Glenn McMurtry has joined the
ranks of GI civilians, having been
discharged at the Bremerton sepa
ration center last week-end. He re
turned home Monday. Glenn's ship
was the Daniel A. Joy, the life
story of which was published in
these columns recently.
Mrs. Graham
Head Health Assn.
For Another Year
Work Started in
'45 To Be Carried '
Further in 1946
Mrs. Claude Graham was re
elected as president of the Morrow
County Public Health association
at the annual dinner meeting held
in the parish house Tuesday eve
ning, where 83 plates were served
to group workers and others inter
ested in the public health program.
Mrs. Graham won out over Dr.
Clyde Dunham who was the choice
of the nominating committee. Some
of the older workers in the associa
tion felt that Mrs. Graham had
done outstanding work in her year
as president and Mrs. Lucy Rod
gers made the plea that she be re
turned in nominating her for an
other term.
Mrs. Rodgers in turn, was elected
vice president after having served
for years as treasurer. Mrs. George
Gertson was reelected secretary and
Mrs. Harley Anderson is the new
treasurer.
The gathering was favored w';th
two vocal colos by" LeRoy Darling,
Irrigon school principal, as the
guests were seated. Following the
reading of the minutes by the sec
retary, Mrs. Rodgers gave the areas
urer's report showing a balance on
hand of $3,609.18. Mrs. K. A. House
made her seal sale report, supple
mented by the Heppner district re
port by Mrs. Oscar Rippee, and
Miss Margaret GUlis, county pub
lic health nurse, made her annual
report. Miss Crego-, Irrigon teacher,
gon social hygiene study class and
told of the formation of the Irri
Mrs. Tress McClintock reported on
progress in the formation of a
similar class in Heppner. Mrs. Rod
gers told of what the PHA is doing
in Morrow county, followed by Mrs.
Sadie Orr Dunbar, executive sec
retary, Mrs. Rodgers gave the treas
assOciation, speaker of the evening.
Mrs. Dunbar outlined the work
of the tuberculosis association and
the formation of the public health
units. She recalled that the first
seal sale in this county brought in
$98. whereas the recent drive
amounted to more than $1,200. Her
talk covered the x-ray service and
various other phases of public
health work.
HERMISTON STAR LODGE
VISITS RUTH CHAPTER
A large delegation of Eastern
Stars from the Hermiston chapter
visited Ruth chapter Friday eve
ning, fulfilling a long-felt desire on
the part of several of them to call
on the Heppner lodge. There was
initiatory work and a light lunch
following making a large evening
for the lodge folk.
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. House and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hulbert were
presented with going away gifts.
Tuesday night, March 19 Frank
Sloan, district deputy worthy grand
mastqr, headed a delegation of Ma
sons from Stanfield, Echo and Uma
tilla that visited Heppner lodge No.
69, A. F. & A. M.
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CUTS WRIST ON GLASS
Charles Vaughn suffered a badly
cut wrist Monday while removing
a broken headlight from a car. He
had to use some force to remove
the lens and the glass broke under
the pressure, slashing his wrist. His
left hand wil be incapacitated for
some time.
PRESENTED WITH GIFT
K. A. House, former manager of
the P. P. & L. company office here,
was presented with a fine fountain
pen at Monday's meeting of the
chamber of commerce. Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo made the r presentation,
House was president of the cham
ber lo 1945.
28, 1946
Engineers' Report
On Heppner Dam
In Chief's Hands
Construction of a concrete, dam
on Willow creek, above Heppner
for flood control and irrigation is
recommended in reports by the Pa
cific division and Portland district
army engineers sent to Washing
ton for consideration by the Board
of Engineers for Rivers and Har
bors and the chief of engineers, U.
S. army.
The- Willow creek dam would
have a reservoir with a capacity
of 5,000 . acre-feet, created by a
concrete barrier 1300 feet long and
100 feet high, with an improved
channel in Willow creek through
Heppner. The top 1300 acre-feet
of storage space would be used ex
clusively for the control of floods,
and the next 2100 acre-feet would
be used jointly for irrigation and
Hood control. The joint-use stor
age space would be controlled so as
to make a total of 3400 acre-feet
of space available for control of
floods during cloudburst season.
Prior to any federal expenditure
local interests would be required to
assume the cost of reconstructing
bridges over the improved channel
in Heppner, provide rights-of-way
necessary for channel improvements
and agree to maintain and operate
the channel in accordance with re
gulations to be prescribed by the
secretary of war. Water users would
be required to reimburse the fed
eral government by paying irriga
tion's share of the cost of operation
and maintenance of the dam and
reservoir.
Lawrence Slocum's
Condition Grave
Word received from Mrs. Law
rence Slocum Wednesday morning
stated that her husband s condition
is grave following a brain operation
in Portland last Thursday. He is in
the Good Samaritan hospital.
Mr. Slocum became seriously ill
early last week and was taken to
The Dalles where examination re
vealed that the services of a brain
specialist were needed and he was
taken to Portland.
PRESSURE COOKER GUAGES
TESTED DURING APRIL ONLY
Safe canning of meats fish and
non-add vegetables requires
pressure cooker with an accurate
pressure guage. If your guage has
not bee tested for two years or
more, says Grace Gadeken, emer
gency assistant in the county agent's
office, send or bring it to the office
by April 25, Oregon State college
test your guage during the month
of April only. The charge is 50c
which includes return postage
Send guages with money order to
your home demonstration agent or
to E. H. Wiegant, Food Technology
department, Oregon State college.
Corvallis, Oregon.
The guage is breakable ana
should be well padded and wrapped
in a tin can or cardboard box, and
name and address attached directly
to the back of the guage with taps,
not mucilage. Detach guage from
cooker with flat wrench. Pliers
mav damage metal.
Guaees sent in after Apru 60
will not be tested.
HONORS DEPARTING MEMBER
Honoring Mrs. Kenneth House,
who is moving to Dayton, Wash.,
immediately, the officers club of
Ruth Chapter of the Eastern Star
served a surprise dinner at the
Lome of Mrs. F. S. Parker Wed
nesday evening. Mrs. House was
completely surprised when the din
ing ro Jm do ra were opened and
standing then were 14 of her fel
low officers. Credit for the surprise
element goes to the able planning
and maneuvering of Mrs. William
Barkla and Mrs. Parker, who had
tempted Mrs. House with a freshly
baked cake Mrs. Parker had sup
posedly baked.
Mrs. House is filling the office of
Conductress this year and is going
to be greatly missed.
Henry Gorger was In town to
day from Pendeton to look after
business interests in the county.
Volume 63, Number 1
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Accidents Figure
Largely in News
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Of Current Week
Several Injuries
Result From Car
Crashes and Upsets
Accidents loom large in the news
this week following a series of car
crashes, upsets and spills . which
have laid several people up for re
pairs. Although none have proved
fatal, some of the victims have suf
fered considerable pain and will be
"on the shelf for some time.
A near disastrous accident hap
pened to Dennis McNamee about
8 o'clock Friday evening. Mr. Mc
Namee was on his way to the Ca
tholic church and at the Richfield.
station corner stepped off the curb
just as a car driven by Edwin Tuc
ker was passing. He was sideswiped
by the car and the impact knocked
Um down and caused him to roll
over several times. He received se
rious injuries to his head and was
considerably bruised and battered.
The elderly man was taken to the
doctor's office and then on to his
home where he has been quite ill.
Friday afternoon Ture Peterson
figured in a crash at Hermiston
which netted him four broken ribs
and a bad shaking up. The Peter
son car was rammed by a truck-
trailer outfit as he was turning
from tile east-west highway into
Main street. The injured man was
brought home by ambulance and
closely watched for several hours
to determine if he had suffered
possible internal injury. By Sun
day morning hi8 chief concern was
something to eat, a sign that he fi
gures' on living a normal span.
Irving Greener and Wayne Rey
nolds figured in a spill when the
motorcycle upon which fhey were
riding collided with a pig on . the
highway near the gate to the Joe
Delameter place. Greener appar
ently escaped injury but Reynolds,
driver of the "bike", did not fare
so well. He suffered a broken
Continued oa fage Eight
Red Cross Quota
94 Per Cent Today .
With three days to run, Morrow
county's quota in the current Red
Cross fund campaign to date has
been a l'ttle over 94 per cent sub
scribed. That was the statement of
Chairman Jack O"Conn0r shortly
after noon when he had finished
tabulating returns from several
districts in the county.
At Monday's luncheon of the
chamber of commerce, O'Connor
released figures showing that 51
percent of the fund had been sub
scribed. Since that date several un
reported districts made their re
turns and sweled the total to 94
percent.
The chairman is hopeful that re
turns will be in by April 1 and
that they will take the county Over
the top. In the meantime he is
urging those who have not contri
buted to do so today and be count
ed in the final returns.
STANDARD PUTTING IN
OIL TANK AT AIRPORT
Standard Oil company workmen
are engaged in installing a gasoline
tank and service pumps at the Lex
ington airport this week. This will
facilitate the servicing of the planes
stationed at the port as well as of
fer visiting planes the advantage
of refueling there.
Manager Jack Forsythe states
that air transportation is increas
ing as the longer days advance and
that flying people to Portland and
elsewhere on business missions is
becoming the order of the day.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nys went to
Portland Saturday to be gone for
several days.
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