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New Owners Take
Over Operation of
Local Restaurant.
Edw. Chinn Sells
Out After Years
In Businss Here
One of the most Important bus
iness changes of recent date In
Heppner was the sale last week of
the Elkhorn restaurant by Edward
Chinn to Portland parties, The
new Owners are Hans Huebner and
Ray Reynolds, experienced cater
ers who were both engaged in op
erating restaurants in Portland pri
orto the war. Huebner Operated the
restaurant at the Alderwood Coun
try club and Reynolds was at the
Glendovere club.
The new owners took possession
Friday and closed the restaurant
until Tuesday morning, -during
which time a crew worked day and
night redecorating the dining room
and cleaning the kitchen. More re
novating is to be done later and new
linoleum will be laid on the dining
room floor as soon as the material
is available.
Hans Huebener has had years of
experience as a chef. He has work
ed in Germany, Switzerland, and
other foreign countries and lor a
number of years cooked aboard
ship. He crossed the Atlantic 58
times and has been through the Pa
nama canal more than 100 times.
Incidentally, when he decided to
take up arms for Uncle Sam he was
put in the army.
Mrs. Huebener is no stranger to
Heppner, as, this is her native town.
She is the former Velma Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orve
Brown.
Eddie Chinn and his staff are
busy enjoying a long-looked-for-ward-to
rest. The grind of war days,
made more difficult by help short
age, has taken heavy toll of their
vitality and they are making the
most of their freedom. "Dad" and
Harry, the kitchen mechanics, are
somewhat lost, for they seldom
got outside of their little empire in
the rear of the restaurant, and it is
said the older man has gotten as
far up Main street as the First Na
tional bank building.
Mr. Chinn was the first occupant
of the building now housing the
Gazette Times family. His business
grew and he began looking around
for a new location. When Minor &
Co. decided to move out of the
Oddfellows building he acquired
the largest room and equipped it
to handle a big volume of business.
The Elkhorn was known far and
wide for its hospitable atmosphere
and people by the thousands know
the smiling, accommodating little
guy who was its proprietor for so
many years.
Eddie, as he is familiary known,
says he and Mrs. Chinn have no
plans for the immediate future
other than to take a good long
rest. After that they may acquire
a tract of land and settle down to
raise garden and flowers. But they
expect to remain in Heppner for
some time, he stated.
The new proprietors have been
too busy since taking over to an
nounce their policy other than to
state they will maintain a clean
place and serve the best the market
affords.
Fish Plantings,
Augur Well for
Sportsmen will have better hunt
ing and fishing this year, and the
youngsters can have more spend
ing money by helping provide it,
due to activity, of Morrow County
Hunters & Anglers club, said Bill
Isom, chairman, following the meet
ing at the Elks club Saturday eve
ning when membership figures
were swelled to the 150 mark.
Isom said 16,000 fingerling trout
have been planted in the county
since last fall, mostly in Butter
creek, and 400 nesting Mongolian
pheasants had been released to
augment sportsmen's game.
To protect the pheasant from
their natural enemies, the club
voted expenditure of membership
fee funds to youngsters presenting
Heppner,
J. G. Thomson, Jr. ;
Buys Interst of
Father in Store
Changes along the "main drag"
continue, old faces being replaced
by new, or older dealers giving way
to younger cnes, and now cc-mes
word that the old-established firm
of Thomson Bros., of whch J. G.
Thomson Sr. has been the guiding
spirit for many years, has disposed
of his Interests to his son, J. G.
Thomson Jr.
The new proprietor stated that
he has no interest in the dry goods
department but is taking over the
grocery end of the business. The
dry goods stock is all but sold out
and most of the firm's efforts the
past year or so have been devoted
to the grocery department.
Information relative to changes
or future operating policy of the
store was not advanced , by Mr.
Thomson.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomson Sr. left
the first of the week for Portland on
a vacation trip, the first they had
enjoyed in many years. Mr. Thom
son has been engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Heppner since back in
the '90's.
Near Wreck Close
Enough for Him
W O. Dix, county assessor,
doesn't place too much credence in
the time-worn saying that " a miss
is as -good as a mile." It may be
all right in some places but not
when your car barely misses an
other car that has been wrecked on
the highway. !
The genial assessor was escort
ing some teachers and students to
the spelling contest it Lexington
Wednesday afternoon. A short dis
tance south of Lexington a small
car of somewhat ancient design
passed him and when about 100
feet or so ahead began to act in a
strange manner darting here andiat Washington, for the distinctive
there over the highway and finally !
headed tor the ditch on Mr. Dix's
side of the road. But for the fact
that the Dix car was traveling at
a modest rate of speed it would
have been impossible to miss the
ditch. As it was there was not more
than two feet to spare.
This experience, coupled with a
vaccinated arm, left the assessor
somewhat shaken and he decided
that bed would be a good place
for him, even if he missed his
supper.
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Grammar Schools
Hold Spelling Bee
Grammar schools of the county
held a spelling contest at the Lex
ington school Wednesday afternoon
in which pupils of the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth grades partici
pated. Shirley Hunt of Lexington won
the fifth-sixth contest and John
Bristow of lone was the winner in
the seventh-eighth group. Honor
able mention was accorded Elise
Dix of Heppner, Margaret Hubbard
Bauernfeind of Morgan, JoJean
of lone, Eula Amis of Irrigon, Pat
ty Healy and Loren Pieper of Hep
pner and Lola Ann McCabe of lone.
Elsie Bauernfeind was the suc
cessful contestant in the spelldown
held for the fifth-sixth grouD.
while Vesta Ciitsfnrt.il waa tVm V,oct
speller in the seventh-eiehth crronn
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Bird Releases
Sportsmen in 46
predatory eggs and legs as troph
ies, starting now and ending June
10. , Two cents each will be
paid for rggs of crows, magpies,
ravens and hawks, and five cents
per pair for legs of the same birds.
In addition Isom is offering a
grand prize, a .22 rifle if obtain
able, or the equal thereof to the
youngster bringing in the largest
number of all trophies, and W. C.
Cox is offering $5 to the boy or
girl bringing in the largest num
ber of predator eggs.
Collection stations are announc
ed et Tress McClintock's shop in
Heppner; Ed Grant's service station
in Lexington, and Rodney Went -
worth's shop n lone.
Oregon, Thursday, April
Surprise Element
Contributed to Jap
Defeat in Okinawa
Lack of Japanese resistance dur
ing the opening days of the Oki
nawa campaign was a pleasant -surprise
to the fighting forces in Un
cle Sam who had every reason to.
believe that they would meet an
alert enemy such as defended Iwo
Jima, Dr. C. C. Dunham told mem
bers of Heppner chamber of com
merce at the Monday luncheon.
There were two reasons for this,
he explained. One was that the at
tack was launched earlier than the
Japs anticipated and the other was
that the attackers struck where the
enemy was little prepared. It was
not long until American forces met
up with the defenders and one of
the bloodiest battles of the war
followed. The mortarized LCI ship
on which he was pharmacists mate
lc was among the large fleet of
small vessels edging to within 5000
yards of shore to lay down a bar
rage. Crew members had been pre
pared or the supreme sacrifice but
the Japs threw nothing back at
them at that time. The chief con
cern was the kamikaze planes of
which the fleet destroyed a large
number.
At the request of Pres. Frank
Turner, Floyd Tolleson explained
the railroad's fight against the dif
ferential rate between rail and ri
ver haul. The roads are asking that
they be, given the right to haul
frieght at the same rate established
for boats, which at present is 20
percent below the rail rate.
O. G. Crawford told of attending
an admanagers' conference in Port
land at which time Giles French
of Moro was cited by Herbert Buer
mann, advertising section, savings
bond division of the U. S. treasury
service rendered the war effort
through the sale of E bonds., in
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Early Building of
Hospital Sought
In Tax Measure
With the hope of securing early
construction of the Morrow county
hospital, the county court has pre
pared a measure to be voted upon
at the forth coming primary elec
tion asking the voters to approve
the payment of an eight mill tax
during the next fiscal year which
will raise a sufficient amount of
money to carry the project to com
pletion. The ballot will carry two meas
ures, one seeking approval of the
eight mill tax and the second one
seeking repeal of the measure
which authorized the court to levy
a two mill tax for a period not to
exceed five years beginning with
the fiscal year July 1, 1945 and end
ing June 30, 1950.
(A discussion of the 'measures
will be published in these columns
soon. It will be the purpose of the
county court to clarify them so
the voters will not be confused.)
The court took this action in re
sponse to an appeal, and in many
cases a demand, that the hospital
i be built at the earliest possible
j, . ,
uai. tivery poss'Die avenue i-t
raising the funds ahead of the spe
cified time was explored and the
only logical conclusion arrived at
was to ask for a change in the man
ner of taxing by doing the job up
in one final payment. Study was
given the tax set-up, how it would
affect both large and small proper
ty owners, and the results seem to
justify taking the step to collect
the remaining four years in one
ump sum.
BACKWARD WEATHER,
Spring has been late arriving in
the Monument section, according
to G. A. Bleakman who was in
Heppner today. Low temperatures
i and frequent snow squalls have re
tarded crops and range, he stated.
Girl Scout troop II has issued in
vitations for a birthday party and
court of awards which will be
held at 3 p. m. Saturday, April 13,
1 in the basement of the Methodist
church.
11, 1946
Old Home Town
Ain't What She
Used to Be-in '91
A. L. Troedson is convinced tha,t
"time marches on" and that we
have been marching much faster
that he realized. Not that Al hasn't
kept abreast of the times, but be
cause for the past half century he
has minded his knitting pretty well
down on the farm and has been
concerned more about crop condi
tions and markets than he has
about population expansion.
The past week Mr. Troedson ac
companied Kenneth Smouse on a
trip to California The trip was
made' by truck to deliver some fur
niture to Paul SmOuse in San Fran
cisco. The Heppner man visited San
Jose, his old home town and con
cluded that while it was still San
Jose on the map it bore little re
semblance to the city he last visit
ed 49 years before. Growth of pop
ulation had succeeded in erasing
familiar landmarks and time had
removed familiar faces.
Tlie trip down was made by
highway 97 and the return by the
coast highway, 101. The men were
gone eight days.
Charles Luckman
Called by Death
Death came to Charles Henry
Luckman, 62, this morning at the
ranch home in the Lena district.
Immedate cause was ascribed to
pleurisy with which he had been
ill about a week. Funeral arrange
ments had not been made up to
press time.
Mr. Luckman, who has been a
resident of Morrow county since
1905, was a native of England. He
was born in Mancester on Jan. 2,
1884. He came to this country to
engage in the stock business with
hs brother Walter, the brothers
taking over the ranch property of
their uncle the late Joseph Luck
man, pioneer sheepman of the
Little Butter creek section. A few
years ago the Luckman brothers
disposed of their interests and
moved into Heppner to reside, but
reverses suffered by their successor
made it necessary for them to re
turn to the ranch.
Surviving are two brothers, Wal
ter of Heppner and George of Man
chester, a sister, Jessie, and a
niece and nephew, all of Manchester.
MRS IDA CAVE
Services were held from the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel at
10:30 a. m. Tuesday for Mrs. Ida
Cave, who passed away in Hepp
ner Saturday, April 6. O. Wendell
Herbison was in charge and inter
ment was made in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Mrs. Cave, who was Ida McFer
rin, was born May 14, 1881, in
Heppner and but for about 15 years
.residence in Portland, spent her life
in Morrow county, having returned
here some 15 years ago. She is sur
vived by a brother, John McFerrin
of Portland, two sisters, Mrs. Grace
Hughes and Mrs. Minnie Gaunt, of
Heppner, and several nieces and
nephews.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Huddleston
of Portland, parents of Mrs. Roy
Orwick, are visiting at the Orwick
home.
Food Conservation Urged in Campai3n
To Aid Famine Relief in Europe and Asia
Housewives of Morrow county
today were given nine ways in
which they can help to conserve
food to save starving Europeans
by Henry Baker, county Food for
Famine Relief chairman.
In suggesting concrete ways in
which each household may assist
in accumulating the huge food
supplies needed in the current des
perate famine emergency, Baker
made it clear that the over-all
needs of the war-torn world for
food are so great there is no limit
to the American food that can be
used to save human life.
Main emphasis falls on the con
servation of wheat, fats and oils.
These basic commodities are ti'e
most essential to a healthful mini
mum diet and represent the abso
lute minimum needs,
mendations to housewives: Cut
Volume 63. NumbeP3
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Lot Purchase Mays
Mean New Garage
Building in Town
Pendleton Parties'
Purchase Tracts
On Center Street
Possibility of the erection of a
new business building was seen
early this week with the purchase
from the city of Heppner of lots
on Center street by the automobile
firm of Olson & King of Pendleton.
The property acquired lies west of
the Morrow County Creamery
company plant and is that sought
in the fall by investors from Port
land who stated they would erect
a garage building.
It is understood Olson & King
first purchased the lot at Main and
Center belonging to Algott Lundell
and finding this too small and un
able to acquire adjoining frontage,
decided to buy the city's lots.
According to announced plans it
is the intention of the buyers to
erect a garage building and estab
lish a Dodge-Plymouth agency in
Morrow county. It is proposed to
start erection of the building as
soon as materials are available.
The purchasers had hoped to ac
quire Main street frontage but
deemed the price too high for the
property sought. The city's price
which they paid without hesitation ,
was the same as that asked of the
Portland parties and those in charge
of the city government feel they
were justified in holding for a
price commensurate with that ask
ed for privately Owned lots. It
also is felt that the purchasers mean
business and will go through with
their plans for a substantial addi
tion to ti'e business district.
Production Line
Rolling Out Cars
Although all is not well with the
industrial world, and General Mo
tors in particular, cars are rolling
off the assembly line and both
builders and dealers are looking to
the immediate . future . with more
confidence than has been experi
enced s'nee world peace was re
stored. C. F. Hodge, local dealer, states
that the first four -door Chevrolet
sedan rolled off the production
line March 29 and that General
Motors expects to meet, 1946 pro
duction estimates.
REGISTER NOW IF
YUO WANT TO VOTE
IN THE PRIMARY
Many voters are neglecting to
register and will find themselves
"included out" on election day it
they desire to cast a ballot. Coun
ty Clerk C. W. Barlow Is urging
all unregistered voters to attend
to this important matter at once.
Returned service men are re
minded o this duty cspccialy.
The county hospital measures
should be suffcient reason for
registering if there were no other
reasons.
down on the wastage of bread in
every way possible. It is estimated
that 5 percent or one slice out of
every loaf of bread baked every
day goes in the garbage can. Re
duce the amount of bread used at
! each meal through substitutes such
as potatoes and oat cereals. Use
fruits instead of cakes and pastries
for dessert. By the use of alternate
foods, use less wheat cereals for
breakfast. Save cooking oils by
making more extensive use of
meat drippings for 'cooking and
seasoning foods. Hold down the
number of fried foods served. Save
and re-use fats and oils. Save ba
con grease for cooking and render
excess fats on meats. All fats that
cannot be re-used should be sal
vaged and turned in to the butcher.
Take it easy on oils in salad
dressings.
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