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i) o rn 5 T3 70 O r- :o H O tea Road Betterment Seen in Arrival Of Highway Crews Construction and Resurfacing Work Underway in County Improvement to highways of the county is seen in the arrival this week of state crews at Lexington and lone to begin work on the Lexington-Jarmon section and the Willow creek district. Patching is being done where that will suffice, but in the main a top coating will be put on both highways. The last work of a permanent nature done on the Willow creek highway was from a point south of Morgan to a point near Cecil. This consisted of a resurfacing job which has held up well despite heavier hauling during the war period. When the highway com mission visited here in 1944 (it may have been 1943), Engineer Bal- dock stated that resurfacing was contemplated from Morgan to Heppner when highway work could be resumed. The same order was announced for the Lexington Jarman and Jarman-Echo June tion sections, and crews are now so employed. Out west of Heppner, on the Heppner-Condon highway, a con tract crew is engaged in preparing 12 miles of grade for surfacing, Most of the stretch is nigh to inv passable at present, due to regrad- ing but from what can be seen there is some realigning going on as well as regrading. Some of the curves are being reduced, or less ened, in a program of removing as many bottlenecks as possible. At the rate, the work has been pro gressing, farmers of the district should be able to haul their grain to Heppner on an all-paved high way this season. The county is getting set to do some road improvement work. No announcement has been made rel ative to new roads but there is enough repairing to be done to Keep a months. sizeable crew busy for Current- Matters Occupy Time of Luncheon Group Matters of current interest were discussed at Monday's luncheon of the chamber of commerce. First and foremost was the most current topic the fire which only two hours before destroyed the hangar and one plane at the Lexington airport. Manager Jack Forsythe was present to give the hottest news of the day and to report on general conditions at the port, aside from the fire. Glen Jorgenson spoke briefly on food conservation measures spon sored by the government and urg ed participation by the chamber in getting the program before the people. B. C. Pinckney made a report on the cancer fund drive to date, re minding his hearers that there is considerable distance to go before the county quota is met. Mrs Edwin Dick stated that her!? 1941' the papers of the state committee on junior employment would meet Monday evening to for mulate a tentative set-up to sub mit to the high school. This was done and the results of the commit tees efforts will be announced next week. J. J. O'Connor made a report on the swim tank building which is to be repaired and equipped as a re creation building for the young people of the community. The pro ject Is being sponsored by the Woolgrowers auxiliary. Heppner, STORES TO REMAIN CLOSED FROM NOON UNTIL 3 P. M. FRIDAY Heppner- stores will remain closed from noon until 3 p. m. Friday in observance of Good Friday, it was announced today by J. J. O'Connor, chairman of the merchants' committee of the chamber of commerce. , Supt. George Corwin stated that the school will not close but that students wishing to attend Good Friday services will be per mitted to do so. Angling Restraint To Be Removed in Oregon Saturday Marked in red on the angler's calendar is April 20, opening day of the general trout season for Oregon in all counties but Lake and Harney. With a few excep tions, Lake county streams open on May 20 and those in Harney county on May 4. Weather and wa ter conditions will determine the prospects for opening day success, according to F. B. Wire, state game supervisor. The costal waters will probably be in the best shape as from present indications the De schutes and other central and eas tern Oregon waters are apt to be roily, the early part of the season. The Game Commission's heavy spring stocking program, started in February and to be completed by May, will go a long way toward helping fill the anglers' creels this season. More than a million legal sizeH trout held over the winter at the hatcheries are being released in streams and lakes from east to west and north to south. This, of course, is just a preliminary as the bulk of the liberations will be made during the summer and fall. The bag limit or trout six inches or more in length is 15 pounds and one fish in any one day and 30 fish but not to exceed 30 pounds and two fish in any seven consec utive days. Anglers are warned against the use of live minnows except in bass waters and against chumming, both of which are pro hibited by commission regulations. Uumerous lakes and streams have special seasons and regulations which are prohibited by Commis sion regulations. Numerous lakes and streams have special seasons and regulations which are listed in the official synopsis of angling reg ulations issued by the commission and available at all license agencies. m Governor Chooses Editors as K. O. G. Educational Group Further pointing to the need for a vigorous forest fire prevention campaign this summer, with fire hazard increased due to greatly stepped up tourist travel through Oregon, Governor Snell today ci ted Keep Oregon Green work as a vital public service for all- citi zens. Governor Snell called upon nine newspaper men, officers and direc tors of the Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers' Association, to act as a spearhead committee to carry the message of the statewide Keep Ore gon Green program into every city and town through the state's newspapers. "In the five years since the ! founding of Keep Oregon Green mve Kiven macnuicent sUDnnrt. tne Governor pointed Out. "and this constant attack by editors and reporters against mancaused fires has been so successful that nation wide attention has been attracted to our work. By cutting forest and range fires to an all time low, our natural resources have been saved; jobs have been protected, and con tinuing payrolls have been in sured." Named to the Keep Oregon Green newspaper committee are: Tom B. tttrtlauM m might Oregon, Thursday, April Easter To Be Ushered in With Sunrise Service at Site of Cross Heppner churches will follow the established custom of observing the dawning of Easter day with a sunrise service at the site of the cross on the summit of Morrow butte. Three of the town's churches will combine in this annual pil grimage, the Church of Christ, Methodist, and Assembly ,of God, and the invitation is extended to all persons who wish to join in the service. Overcast skies this Thursday morning may foretell a change in plans for the fitting observance of Easter, although programs arrang ed for services in the churches will not be affected. The principal wor ry will be to those who have plan ned to blossom forth in their new spring ensembles, and great will be the disappointment if Jupe gets ov- jer-generous with his sprinkling. I Church urograms will feature OUR NUMBER ach nif.t ue lock the Aw 4fcint the BUT o-fteti fall to lock the door ajolnst the Miscast that may kill. ..,YrM is cancer because! too few of us recognize the danger signals of cancer and fail to seek early medical treatment. Cancer of the breast and uterus can be cured in 75 of the cases if treated early, and yet more than 33,000 woman die annually in the United States from cancer of these sites. Your gift to fight cancer may protect your home or tfe home next door from this terrible malady. Give to Cancer Drive and mail or de liver to B. C. Pinckney, local chairman, or to Heppner Branch, First National Bank of Portland. 18, 1946 the children in exercises of one kind and another. At All Saints Episcopal church the church school will make the annual presentation of 'the children's ofiering, when they turn in their mite boxes. There will also be a presentation of at tendance awards. This service will be held in the church. There will be special music at the Holy Com munion service at 11 o'clock. At the Methodidt church there will be a special children's pro gram under the direction of Mrs. Fletcher Forster. At the morning worship hour there will be spec ial music at which time the Ma sonic lodge will attend in a body. The Church of Christ will have a program by the Sunday school and a special Easter sermon by Glen Wamer, visiting speaker. ONE ENEMY j m . ... 1m PERIODIC CANCER EXAMINATION ihjuej foHhe American Sneer Society 1 1 jjmA' ' & srlil : :.i i Volume 63, Number 4 . Plane and Hangar! Lost When Blaze Hits Lex Airport Citizens Ready to Aid in Financing Replacements Fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the hangar at Lexington airport Monday morning, defying all efforts of volunteer fire fight ers to save it. With the hangar Jack Forsythe's new Aeronca plane, his office equipment and some merchandise. Both building and plane were partially insured. Manager Forsythe states that he went to the airport as usual Mon day morning and after starting a fire in the oil stove in his office, went to town to get his mail. He was down about one-half hour when it was discovered that the hangar was On fire. Limited fire fighting equipment was rushed to the port and a pump was put into action at the town reservoir, which is just at the edge of the port and shortly removed from the hangar. The battle with the flames was futile and in a comparatively short time the hangar collapsed. Added to the loss mentioned was a pile of fence posts at the west side of the building. The gasoline pump recently installed by the Standard Oil company was scdrched but not materially injured. The charred remains of the han gar were still smouldering when Lexington citizens got together and underwrote a new building for the port and a new plane for Forsythe, pending settlement of in surance claims. This was done to facilitate early rebuilding plans and to make it possible for the mana ger to carry on his training and flight program fust as soon as ma terials can be obtained. Forsythe's second plane was moored outside the hangar and was not damaged. He and Mrs. Forsythe drove to Portland Wednesday to see if a new plane can be obtained at an early date. It is understood an effort will be made to obtain funds by popular subscription to complete payment on property purchased for use by the airport. The Town of Lexing ton paid for the original tract and later contracted for another strip of land which has not been paid for entirely. Heppner citizens have expressed a willingness to help fi nance this fund, as well as aiding in further improvements to the airport. Manager Forsythe says that about his worst loss is his records. Fortu nately he had just run over his books and remembers quite well how most of the accounts stand. Garfield Crawford Accepts Job as City's "Ambassador " In a letter to Mayor J. O. Tur ner the. first of the week, Garfield Crawford gave notice of accept ance cf the portfolio as Heppner's "ambassador" to Washington to re present the town in its bid for a flood control dam. He stated that lie had already contact?:! F.cp. Lo well Stockman and that a meeting had been arranged for Mr! Stock man, Senator Guy Cordon and him self to meet with the chief engineer to see what could be done about making the Heppner project a "must" on the rivets and harbors program. The only remuneration the "am bassador" asks is the privilege of telling the engineers his story about the flood and how badly he knows the town needs the protec tion of a flood dam. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Thomson have announced the arrival on April 15 of a baby girl, Carol Sue, who weighed seven pounds when born.. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson are residents of Poulsbo, Wash, ci H O o CO o o n H o :3 ?j