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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.
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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.
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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
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the Aw 4fcint the
BUT o-fteti fall to lock
the door ajolnst the
Miscast that may kill.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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