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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 1 1, 1946
Volume 63, NumberlG
County, City Submit
Terms for Exchange of
Property Located Here
During the week the county
court and the city council have
submitted terms relative to ex.
change of properties affecting the
ttodeo grounds and CCC camp
owned by the city and the block
owned by the county known as the
fair grounds and machine sheds on
lower Main street in Heppner. Up
to the time of going to press noth
ing definite had been reported and
the last information obtainable was
to tlie effect that a matter of $1000
difference was holding up a deal.
The county court met with the
mayor and council Wednesday eve
ning and offered the Main street
property and $4500 cash for the
city's property including the Hodeo
grounds and the CCC camp. This
also takes yi the share of the camp
owned by Mrs. Sara McNamer. the
purchase of which is being nego
tiated by the city.
The city council authorized Ma
yor Turner to make a proposal
that the county take the machine
sheds and any other buildings that
can be moved successfully and pay
the city $5500 in cash. The mayor
was to have made this proposal this
afternoon.
According to opinions expressed
by members of the court, a move
should be made to use the fund ac
cruing from the pari mutuel races
They take the view that since the
fund has been accumulating here
and in other counties, larger inter
ests will seek a greater percentage
of the fund and will ask legislation
to make it possible for them to ac
quire it. The Morrow county court
has pledged 20 percent of the fund
to the North Morrow County fair
at Boardman. which is being re
vived this year, and there will be a
sufficient amount of the fund left
to start a building program at the
Rodeo grounds if the county ac
quires the property.
The court plans to erect a large
pavilion of substantial construction
and make it available for fair pur
poses and other community affairs.
It is the desire of the present court
to develop a place that will be use
able and available to the people of
the county.
Campbell Family
Holds Reunion
The approahing 60h wedding an
niversary of Mr. and Mrs- W. T.
Campbell was the occasion for
drawing together numerous rela
tives at their home on North Court
street last Sunday. Their children
were all present and include Mrs.
Arthur Keene of lone. Mrs. Effie
Crow of Osoyoos, B. C. Canada.
Roy Campbell of Lexington and
Arthur Campbell of Terre Haute,
Ind.
Besides these were Mr. Keene
and Mrs. Roy Campbell and the
following grandchildren: Ruth and
Lonnie McCabe, and Bryce and
Louise Keene of lone Bob, Don
and Marjorie Campbell of Lexing
ton. Great grandchildren were
Lola Ann. Alvin and Grace McCabe
and Loy Keene. Nieces end nephews
included Mary WoodelL Annie
Parks and husband, Dave Sander
son and Mr. and Mrs. Charles San
derson all of Summerville; Elber
Hopson and wife and five children
of Freewater. Friends attending
were Mrs. Maggie Hunt, Mrs.
Sara McNamer and Mrs- Agnes
Wilcox
V F W Dance to.
Feature Girl Band
Heppner post. Veterans of For
eign Wars announces a dance at
the fair pavillion in Heppner Sat
urday evening, July 13. There is
nothing uncommon about a dance
at the fair pavilion, only that the
vets have gone all out for this par
ticular event and hired a big-name
orchestra.
Enrly in the season, when the
VFW made arrangements to put
on a series of dances, the Hazel
Fisher All-Girl dance band was
contacted and arrangements made
to bring the group here for the
first dance. In the meantime a
dance band from Walla Walla was
billed to play in the county and
the vets decided it would be best
to cancel the girls band. The idea
of having the Portland musicians
come to Heppner was not aoanaon
ed and the local post is looking for
ward to giving the dancing public
some real music Saturday evening.
Dancing is scheduled to start at
10 p m.
Mr. awl Mrs. David Ellis and
son of A-in ';, Wash, have been vis
i ng n' !ij R. K. Drake home the
; I v.r.k.
Bob!.., ..Inhoney. son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Mahoney, underwent a
tosillcctomy in Pendleton Monday.
He returned home Tuesday. The
physician told him he could chew
gum by Tuesday but the young
man went him one better and
started chewing gum Monday. He
hasn't missed a meal, so it looks
like having a small boy's tonsils
out is just a slight break in his
play time.
Mrs. Ilenc Laughlin Is clerking
In Saagor's pharmacy.
The Misses Cecelia and Marie
Healy came from Portland to spend
the Fourth and the week-end.
Miss Kingslcy Chapin of Port
land was a week-end visitor In
Heppner,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chaffee spent
the past week in Spokane visiting
relatives and friends. Sunday they
attended a reunion of relatives of
Mr. Chaffee, returning home Mon
day. Mrs. Ed Bucknum is in Portland
this week. She want down Tuesday.
News From
C A. Office
The farm labor office, with R, B.
Rice in charge, reports an over
supply of workers the fore part of
this week. All orders for harvest
and hay hands have been filled. If
you will need any labor for har
vest, get your order in now so that
Mr. Rice can fill it when needed.
The office is located in the Hepp
ner Hotel lobby and the phone is
263 if you wish to call. Twenty-two
farm laborers have been placed on
farms since the opening of the
office.
Have you too been puzzled over
which of the scores and scores of
DDT concoctions now on the mar
ket to buy for garden, household
or livestock use? The two experi
ment station circulars of informa
tion just issued by the Oregon State
college will help sraighten out the
matter. One is "DDT Products and
Precautions in their Use" while the
other is "Suggestions on the Use
of DDT for Garden Pest Control."
DDT products are sold as wet
table powders for sprays, dust,
DDT-in-oil products and DDT
aerasol bombs. All of these have
their special uses and some may
be used more or less interchange
ably while others cannot. These
DDT products are not in the cate
gory of deadly poisons, but simple
precautions must be taken when
they are used.
The circular. "Suggestions on the
Use of DDT for Vegetable Garden
Pest Control" lists all common gar
den vegetables with their principal
pests and tells whether DDT will
control them or not- Dusting pow
der of 3 percent strength is the
most useful in the garden but a 5
percent strength is used for squash
bugs and similar plant bugs.
With more than 150 different
brands of DDT on the Oregon mar
ket it is quite difficult for the av
erage person to select the proper
kind to be used for each individual
purpose. These two circulars, which
are available at the county agent's
office, will give the information
needed in most cases-
TKb fi-ct annual nll-rviiintv d-H
Atttk ninnin tn Ka Hal4 ino
war was held at Battle Mountain
park on Sunday. July 7. the at-
tonlnnrw was nuitA nnnr but those
present enjoyed a very good time
Highlights ot the day were rutten
ball games, musical numbers by
tliA r.-anaa ric.urs annmnnn ifH hv
other members of the Beef club,
and a discussion on the plans for
operating the 4-H club lunch stand
at the fair pavilion. Perhaps the
climax of the day was reacnea
iilwn - 4n annrnvimfltplv 45 in at-
icecream for an anticipated crowd
tendance were called upon to eat
of 240. The ioe cream eating pro
ject like all projects undertaken by
4-H club members, was very ably
completed before We eno or uie
day.
Word has just been received by
tU. M,mir AAA office relative to
the effect of AAA termination on
set-asides, substitutes and other
food orders. The following is a
summary electing morrow coumy
farmers.
Grain Provisions ot tne war
p i rwJni- -oniiirint? farmers to
fUUU Vlut. ...-n
sell half of wheat delivered to ele
vators is no longer in effect- Set
aside by elevators of 1946 wheat
reduced to zero. Commodity Credit
r.-n.,l!rn mill offer tO bUV
wheat at the market price, not to
exceed June 30 terminal mantei
ceiling price.
In connection with the emergen
cy wheat purchase program, if the
producer selects a market price
-4 knniie wllont after Julie
30. no market price payments will
be made until furtner nonce.
Livestock Set-asides on meat
and lard reduced to zero. Commod
ity Credit will offer to buy meat
and lard at a price not to exceed
June 30 ceiling price.
S aughter quotas are no longer m
effect- . ,
No subsidy payments will be
made on sheep and lambs sold af
ter midnight June 30- Continuation
of these programs depends on con
gressional action.
Dairy Set-aside on dairy prod
ucts continues at present- Conuno
dity credit is buying these products
at June 30 ceilings. Subsidy pay
ments to producers for production
after June 30 depend upon con
gressional action. Continue In ave
your cream stubs.
Miss Florence Bergstrom went to
La Grande today to attend a two
day conference of extension ser
vice secretaries.
VA fli-nnt'a onrvire station at
Lexington has been undergoing a
complete paint job this week. A
crew from the Standard Oil com
pany did the work and the plant
now has the color prevailing among
affiliated stations.
Mrs- Josephine Mnhoney Is hav
ing a small building on the east
side of her property converted into
a residence which she will occupy.
The west half of the property, with
the main residence was recently
purchased by Everett Keithlcy.
Mrs. Harlan MoCurdy Jr. and
little daughter Dianne are due
to arrive at Pasco tonight at mid
night. They have been visiting re
latives In Minnesota for several
weeks. Mr- McCurdy will meet his
family and bring them on to Heppner,
Courthouse "Gang"
Fetes L. W. Briggs
On 87th Birthday ,
'' Officials and office employes at
I the court house took a little extra
time on Wednesday noon to pay
their respects to the county's old
est official, L. W- Briggs. A picnic
lunch was spread on the lawn on
the east side of the court house
and the group gathered there to
honor their fellow worker on his
87th birthday.
When a representative of this
newspaper stepped into the treas
urer's oifice to felicitate him he
remarked that he didn't know why
the Lord has let him live so long
but he believed it was for some
good purpose and that he would
carry on as long as he is able to
get to and from his office.
It has been the belief of this
writer that Mr. Briggs is the oldest
elected officer in the state. He is
a candidate to suceed himself in
the forth coming state election.
New Demonstration
Agent Appointed
Miss Kathleen Monahan of Con
don has been appointed home dem
onstration agent or Morrow coun
ty as of July 1. Miss Monahan iS
the first full-time demonstration
agent to be named here as the of
fice was recently authorized by co
operation of the county ourt with
the extension division of Oregon
State college.
Home demonstration work was
set up here by Mrs- Cecelia Van-
Winkle under an emergency war
time program. She served several
months and was succeeded by Miss
Grace Gadeken who served the
past year and did much of the
a permanent program in the
ground work for establishment of
county.
Mrs- Mabel Mack of the exten
sion department will spend Mon
day and Tuesday here to help Miss
Monahan get started.
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Bobby Buschke
Wins Rifle in Crow
Magpie Contest
Babby Buschke is the. proud pos
sessor of tlie price of a brand new
.22 rifle, a check for $18.50 from
Blaine E. Isom, first prize in the
recent crow-magpie contest which
he reeived this week in lieu of a
rifle whih was not obtainable.
Young Buschke rolled up 752
points, being pressed closely for
top honors by Noel Rill with 736.
who claims the $5 00 offered by W.
Claude Cox for the most predator
bird eggs turned in.
Other contestants with points are
Freddie Lynch 552. Grace Hughes
214, Clyde Meek 150, Lance Tibbies
89. Allen Hughes 70. Dean Graves
20, Mary Jean Dvkstra 65, Neil
Boamer 39. Michael Wallace 35.
Francis Ross 15.
Contestants who have not re
ceived payment may get same by
seeing J. V. Crawford, secretary
Morroy County Hunters & Anglers
club, contest sponsors, at the coun
ty agent's office.
TRAVEL HEADS WEST
Mrs.- R B- Rice is again at home
after a month's visit with relatives
in Missouri. She reports a pleasant
time. The sleeper in which she rode
going east had only four reserva
tions taken, while on her return
trip every available seat was occu
pied. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Dunham will
make a hurried trip to southern
Oregon and coast points the fore
part of next week leaving Sunday
morning. On Thursday they will be
in Portland where Dr. Dunham will
attend the annual convention of
chiropractic physiians which will
be in session tlie rest of the week.
They will return Sunday. July 21.
Visitors at the James Driscoll
are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Driscoll. who came Tuesday
from their home at Corvallis
"Dad" was up town Wednesday
morning greeting friends. His ab
sece has cost him none of his wit
ad he was. "handing it out" as he
met his old associates along the
street. He and Mrs. Driscoll plan
to visit the A. R. Fortners at Board-
man before reurning home.
Mrs. G. M. Noble and son Jimmy
of Omaha, Neb. arrived Saturday
for a visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs- E. R Huston. Mrs. Noble is
Mrs Huston's niece.
ht.VSiWER EDITOR NAMED
TO HEAD 809,000 ELKS
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CHARLES E, BROUGIITON
Iheboygan, Wis., civic leader, new
uper editor and publisher Chart
1. Broughton hai bn elected
Irand Exalted Ruler of the 800,000
lember ot the Benevolent and
'rotectlve Order of Elk at th
2nd convention of th order held
i New York City and attended by
Imoet 20,000 delegate.
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"Guardians ot Victory" lour the Riviera
Thau taMiert in France art about la enjoy a trip that they formerly
rare content to view from a teat at ths local movio. Army Regulars ara
liven tha opportunity to travel whil they earn. Qualified civilians, 17
o 34 veara of ago, incluiiva, may join tho Regular Army.
Hardware-Electric
Moves Stock Today
Today is moving day for the
Heppner Hardware and Electric
company and stock is being trans
ferred from the former location in
the Oddfellows building to the new
building adjoining the Heppner
notel building.
Special lighting arrangement has
been installed, with numerous out
lets for displaying the several
household lines the firm carries.
Ample room has been retained for
the displays in the front of the
building, and convenient display
counters for regular stock are plac
ed toward the rear of the sales
room.
The all-over dimensions of the
building are 20 by 134 feet The
space has been divided to give a
spacious retail department, a good
sized work room and ample ware
house room for new stock.
Harold Hill and Loyal Parker
opened the Heppner Hardware and
Electric company store about a
year ago. Pending the erection of
a new building they took a lease
on the rocm in the Oddfellows
building formerly occupied by the
Hughes grocery store. The business
has grown steadily, fully justifying
the new quarters.
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VA REPRESENTATIVE
COMING EACH WEEK
Charles Cox, contact representa
tive of the Veterans Administraion,
wih oflices in Pendleton, announc
ed Tuesday that he will be at the
courthouse in Heppner between the
hours of 9 a m. and 4:30 p.m. each
Tuesday.
Veterans desiring the aid of the
administration should contact Mr.
Cox on his visis here as he is pre
pared to take their applications and
to offer assistance in services ask
ed for.
NEW WAREHOUSE MANAGER
Clifford Carlson has been named
manager of the Archer Daniels
at lone. He succeeds Gar Swanson,
Midland company storage interests
former owner who remained as
manager. Swanson iound his per
soal interests needed more of his
time and decided to turn the ware
housing job over to another. Carl
son, son of Mr- and Mrs. Leonard
Carlson of Gooseberry, is a form
er service man.
INSTRUCTOR AT AIRPORT
Jav Landis of Portland has been
employed as flight instructor at the
Lexington airport, assisting JacK
Forsythe, port manager. Much of
Forsvthe's time is taken up with
passenger flights and he also has
flight instruction classes at Arling
ton and Condon which take him
away from the local port two or
three days each week.
CAUFORNIANS HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Clint Gilliam ar
rived Tuesday from their home in
San Jose, Calif- to visit a few days
with relatives. They are guests at
the home of Mr. Gilliam's sister,
Mrs. Charles Vaughn. They will go
from here to Seattle to visit Mrs.
Gilliam's relatives-
Sixty Years of Wedded Life
to Be Observed By Heppner
Couple Sunday Afternoon
Sixty years ago the 13th of July
a young couple stood before a min
ister in Walla Walla and heard
pronounced the words making them
man and wife. How well the mean
ing of those words was taken is seen
in the planned observance of that
event at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T- Campbell this coming Sun
day. The actual anniversary will be
on Saturday but for reasons of
convenience the observance will be
held Sunday afternoon, at which
time there will be ojpen house
to relatives and friends extending
from 2 o'clock p.m. well into tlie
evening.
Natives of Ontario, Canada, the
young people decided they would
peek home and fortune in the
Slates. Mr. Campbell came to Ore
gon and obtained work.A little la
ter his bride-to-be followed and
the ceremony took place at Waila
Walla, as mentioned. They both
worked at the Hudson Bay ranch
west of Walla Walla for a year and
then came to Morrow county. Mr.
Campbell homesteaded 160 acres
on Social ridge. As conditions im
proved, more acres were added un.
til the Campbell farm became one
of the substantial places of that
section. They reared their family
of two daughters and two sons
there and in Inter years, when tlie
evening of life was just around the
corner they turned over th opera
New Type Wheat
To Be Tried Here
Promise of a smutless, pratically
drouth proof wheat is seen in a
new type developed by an Oaks
dale, Wash, farmer. Samples of the
grain have been received here and
it is creating interest among farm
ers who are seeking to stabilize
their yield on a higher yearly
average-
The new wheat is called "Vic
tory" and its developer claims that
no sign of smut has shown nn in
his test plots. He also states that
the taproots reach a depth of 26
inches.
Roy Campbell. Lexington wheat
rancher, has bought 50 sacks of
VictorV Wheat fnr RPfHintf a trvr
on his place. He believes that a
wneat tree trom smut and practi
cally drouth proof as well will do
well in this virinirv wlipm thp
average rainfall is about 12 inches-
Newlyweds Guests
Of Local Relatives
Guests of relatives here over the
vin Crawford and John Crawford
week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Cal
of Eugene. This as John's first visit
to the old home town since bein"
released trom the navy and it was
the first time Mr. and Mrs Calvin
Crawford had been here since heir
wedding on June 9 at Salem.
The ceremony was performed at
4 o'clock pan. in St. Paul's Episco
pal church, the rector, Rev. George
Swiit. using the double ring cere
mony. Miss Shirley Parker of Sa
lem was maid of honor. Hugh
Crawford best man and James
Gammell and John Crawford were
ushers- Miss Grace Ashford sang
"because' and "Always .
A reception was held at the home
of the bride's parents for out of
town friends and relatives-
Tlie young couple are natives of
Heppner, the bride being the dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gam
mell and the groom the son of Mrs
Crawford. They plan to live in Eu
Spencer Crawford and the late Mr.
gene where Mr. Crawford will com
plete his education. If housing is
not available they will go to Ber
keley, Calif.
COMPANY MAKES PENICILLIN
Arthur Campbell, who left today
for Portland after spending the
past week or more at the home of
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Campbell, is employed by the
Commercial Solvents Corporation
at Terre Haute, Ind. This company
has one division which is engaged
in the production of penicillin and
recently has turned out another
promising drug streptomycin. This
latter is in the experimental stage
and as yet has not bene released
to the drug markets.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carmon DcAndrea
of Kellogg, Ida. spent a few hours
in Heppner Tuesday visiting at the
J J. O'Connor home. They were
returning from a vacation spent in
Portland. The O'Connors formerly
lived in Kellogg.
tion of the place to their son Roy
and in 1917 moved to Heppner to
make their home.
Mr. Campbell did not remain inactive-
In 19 1 9 he was elected to
the office of county judge- He was
interested in good roads and it was
during his term that the lounda
tion lor tlie county's road program
was laid. At the following election
he was again elected judge and still
has a warm, spot in his heart for
the people who expressed their
faith in him.
Judge Campbell had a prize gar
den for many years from which he
sold produce to local stores. He
took great pride in hiving out the
garden and produced fine quality
vegetables. About a year ago it be
came evident that the work was
too much for him and he gave
it up.
Throughout tlie years, Mrs.
Campbell has sustained tile role
of hoinemakiT and helpmeet in an
admirable manner Blessed with
good health, she carries on with
her housework as well as main
taining an active interest in church
aliairs..
Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell con
cede that GO vears is quite a long
time, but they have been enjoyable
vears and they arc locLuig forward
to the anniversary observance with
pleasant anticipation.
Services Held For
Milton R. Morgan,
Early lone Settler
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2:00 p.m. for M R. Morgan
Sr. at the Cooperative church with
Rev. R- L- Casselman officiating as
sisted by Rev. John F. Merrill. In
terment was in the Kings cemetery.
Milton Rilev Morgan was born
i Gentry county Mo. July 18, 1858
and died at his home in lone. July
4. 1946. being almost 88 years old.
He was the son of Thomas and
Elizabeth Morgan, natives respec
tively of Kentucky and Indiana.
When he was 12 years old the fam
ily moved to Kansas and resided
there until he was a young man.
They then came west by wagon
train by wav of Denver and the
Old Oregon Trail. They settled at
Helix for two years. In 1882 locat
ed in tlie Fairview district and he
and his parents took up home
steads, timber cultures and pre
emptions in that locality. In 1888
Mr- Morgan was united in marriage
to Elizabeth Christman and to this
u.iion were born three children,
Iia. deceased, Bertha, now Mrs.
Alfred H. Nelson of Lexington, and
one other daughter who died in
infancy. Mrs- Morgan died in 1892.
In 1898 Mr. Morgan married Dora
Baker and to them were born three
children, James Edison and Milton
Bartlemay of Salem. Mrs. Morgan
Riley Jr. of lone and Mrs. Dora lna
passed away July 31, 1945.
Mr. Morgan was a charter mem
ber of the I. O. O. F. lodge and
retained his membership more than
50 years. He was a member of the
Christian church of lone for many
years and helped to erect the build
ing. He leaves to mourn his passing
four children 10 grandchildren,
one great grandchild; also three
grandchildren and three greatgrand
children by adoption, being the
adopted children of the late Ira
Morgan, also many othsr relatives
and friends.
Hershal Townsend is in St Vincent
hospital in Portland following a si
nus operation.
Rev. and Mrs. Jje Stevens took
a truck load of people to Pendle
ton Friday night of last week to
see the film "Gods Creation" at
the Baptist church.
Zennett Logan of Arlington and
Etta Logan of Portland spent Sun-
tiw at (ho Rau Rarnpft hnmp. Thev
are uncle and aunt of Mrs. Barnett.
The showers Monday stopped
those who had planned on starting
harvesting this week.
Out of town relatives attending
Iho 1VT R Morffan funeral were
Mrs. Mntririo Downing and daueht-
er Iretta and Mr. and Mrs. James
Downing and children of Hood Ra
ver, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Downing
nf Hut Ririr' MV anH M- Tes
ter Baker and daughter Esther of
Walla Walla. Mrs. Octa Markham
of Freewater and Mrs. Perry Bar-
telmay of Salem-
The Troedson reunion was held
at the home of Mrs. Mary Swanson
Sunday with a picnic dinner on the
lawn at noon. Relatives present
v.ei Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson
of Heppner, Mrs. Anne Smouse and
daughter Shirley. Mr. and Mrs
Voi.noth Smmiw and son Kennv
Linn. Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swan
son ad family. A. C Swanson, Mrs.
iell Rea. Mrs. Mary Swanson and
laughter Eva- Friends present were
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom of
Morgan. Mrs. Minnie Forbes. Mrs.
Delia Corson and Rev. John F.
f-,.;ll A KiicmocQ meeting was
held in the afternoon and Garland
Swanson was elected president and
Mrs. J. A. Troedson secretary.
Mr. and Mrs Garland Swanson
left for The Dalles Monday.
W. G. Bell, insurance agent, left
on his vacation last week.
Bert Mason Jr. went to Portland
U,sl week and broURht back the
Dorr Mason children who are stay
ing with their grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Ely of Mor
gan and W. G. Palmateer left for
the Willamette valley Friday of
last week to attend the funeral of
an uncle. H. F- Gibson of Barton
Mrs. Val Jean Swales and Lowell
Clark spent the 4th with their par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Uark.
Mrs. Ada Cannon returned from
Portland last week with htr son
in law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hughes. The Hughes' left
Sunday after visiting relatives here
and in Heppner.
Everett and Robert Barlow ot
Portland were guests of Mr and
Mis Kenneth i.nouse last week.
Miss Jean Gaarslor.J arrived
home last Wednesday morning
from Minnesota. She was accom
panied by her uncle Joe Gaarsiatid
who will remain hi-re dunng me
harvest- ,
Mr. and Mrs- Charles Nord ot
Portland were guests at the Ray
Barnett home last week. Mrs. Nord
is Mr. Barnet's mother.
Mr. and Mis. Omar Kietmann
and son Larry spent the 4th at
Lehman Springs.
l'on.ona grange was acid ;;t the
Willows grange hall Saturday with
a ti .mess meeting in the morning
dinner at noon, a program coiisist--t
. ku Oi-ville Cutsiorth
and Francis Nickerson, a stv.e shjw
and singing alter wmcn me r..
na degree was given. Lunch was
served ill the evening
Mrs. Fred Ely of Morgan is vis
iting her sun and daughter-in-law
in Pendleton .
lone was well represented in
Lexington the 4th and all enjoyed
a gKiii time.
t i..- a.lult books have
been received for use this summer
U the library from the state Laoia
l the library from the state libra-
ivlr. and Mrs. Mark Woods of
Vancouver Wash, were over night
Wesls last Friday at the Omar
Kietmann home.
Mrs. Ella Davidson spent the 4tn
it tlie Alva Jones home in Hcpp-
The Maranatha society will meet
.it the home ol Mrs. Echo Palma
teer Saturday afternoon July 13. j
Mrs. C W. Swanson is in the
Coffee Memorial hospital in Port
Continued on lJg Tore
WU a U
In Some Sections; Yield
Appears Up to Average
Forest and
Range
The guard stations are all man
ned now on the Heppner district.
With Roland Farrens on Wheeler
Point lookout, acting in the capa
city of a lookout-fireman; Bert
Bleakman's suppression crew is at
Bull Prairie. Mrs. Bleakman is the
cook and the crew consists of Lau
ren Corwin and Bob Scott. They
will dispose of slash suppress fires,
etc. over the district Leonard Pate
is on Tamarack lookout; Bill Ward
on Madison Butte lookout; Orville
Corley at Ditch Creek guard sta
tion, acting as a guard there but
actualy is a part of Bleakman i
suppression crew; Harold Sanders
at Arbuckle lookout; and Beatrice
Keeling at Tupper operating the
telephone switch there for the' dis
trict- Kenneth Keeling and Bert
Mason Jr- our cruisers are now at
Fairview camp, cruising in that
area at present.
Vernon Church and Boyd Ras
mussen were here on the District
from Portland and Pendleton, re.
spectively. They accompanied Ran
ger Jorgensen in surveying and ex
amining Kinzua's road building pro.
gram. Kinzua plans to build a road
down Wilson creek as far as Hell
Hole this season. Then if they can
get contractors they plan to build
a road from the French Pass to
Tupper.
Chuck Waldron was through here
last week to set up study exclosures
for game and sheep. These exclos
ures are used for the primary pur
pose of determining how the range
or forage is used by deer, elk and
sheep. The elk plot excludes those
animals and the sheep plot the
sheep, but allowing the elk on the
sheep plot and the sheep on the
elk plot In this manner it is de
termined which uses the range the
most "and in what way.
Several false smokes were seen
last week and one real one which
happened to be off the national
forest, however, being over on the
east side of the John Day river
which is under state protection.
Post and pole permits the last
week were issued to George Capon,
Kimberly, Harvey White, lone and
Barnett Bros.. Condon.
Mrs. Vernon Cecil was a visitor
in this office this week. Mrs. Cecil
was a lookout on Tamarack moun
tain two years ago-
We had J.6 ot an inch of rain
fall in the mountains this last
Monday- I
Anderson-Van Horn
Vows Spoken Today
The O- M. Yeager home was the
scene of a wedding ceremony at
11 o'clock a m. today when their
daughter Mrs. Grace Anderson and
Mr- Carl Van Horn were married.
Rev. Fletcher Forster officiated
using the double ring ceremony.
Following a dinner for the im
mediate relatives of the bride and
groom, the couple left for Yakima
for a few days. Upon their return
they will live at the Scritsmeier
mill where Mr. Van Horn will be
employed as cook.
Mr Van Horn is a veteran of
many months service in the South
Pacific, where he was a mess ser
geant. He has a meritorious award
for saving the lives of four men
when a gas stove exploded in a
cook tent. He also was awarded a
purple heart because of wounds
inflicted at that time.
Infont-Prc-School
Conference Slated
Miss Margaret Gillis, Morrow
county public health nurse, an
nounces that arrangements have
been completed for an infant and
pre-school well-child conference
at tlie Heppner school between the
hours of 9 a.m. and noon and 1 to
3 p.m., Friday July 9.
Through Dr. Harold M. Erickson.
state health officer, the services of
Dr. Marjorie Smith, pediatrician ol
Washington. D. C. have been secur
ed fur a series of conferences in
Oregon. She will do about four ex.
animations and parent conferences
each hour and children will be ad
mitted at hour appointment is
made for, states Miss Gillis.
CLAUMNE DRAKE MARRIED
AT BOISE JULY 6
Mr. and Mrs. R- K- Drake an.
nounce tlie marriage of their dau
ghter Claudine to Mr. Eugene Car
ver of Salem. They were married
July 6 in Boise. Idaho, at the Me
thodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Don
ald Drake of Boise attended the
couple.
The young couple will make
their home in Salem.
HERE FROM OKLAHOMA
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tollcson
are enjoying a visit with their ne.
phew, Billy Long, of Tulsa, Okla
With Mrs. Tollcson. he went to
Walla Walla Tuesday to visit Miss
Lela Tollcson who went to work at
tlie Veterans hospital about a week
ago. Billy was recently discharged
at Shoemaker, Calif. He was in
camp at tlie same time Calvin
Cravtfuid was stationed there and
missed seeing him when Calvin
was in Heppner the past week-end.
Billy saw service in the Pacific
area.
Rita Dell Johnson went to Boise,
Ida. Tuesday of last week to visit
at tlie home of her aunt. Mrs. Ger
ald Uooher. She also will visit at
the Harvey Baunuin home in Nam
pa during her month' stay In
Idaho,
While cutting has not gotten un
der way to any extent,, several
machines have been put to work
during the past week and it can be
said the 1946 wheat harvest has
begun. Such cutting as has been
done is in the territory north of
Lexington and lone- Crops out that
way generally are from one to two
weeks ahead of other sections in
the county.
First reported cutting was on the
Bill Doberty place on lower Sand
Hollow. Doherty started on July 3
and has been working between
showers. No report has been re
ceived regarding the yield but the
roadside picture looked to be one
of average stand.
Unless showers cause delay, nu
merous machines will be at work
by July 17. and others before that
time. Some of the hill fields are
ready with the exception of gullies
or minor depressions where tlie
grain is a little slower in ripening.
Before the days of bulk handling
the farmers started their cutting
when the main part of the field
was ripe. The gallon or so of un
ripened grain would ripen in the
sack. In these days of bulk hand
ling it is a different story. Unrip
ened grain will not ripen n the
elevator or bin and is lead will
spoil. This necessitates waiting for
the entire field to ripen before
putting the combine to work.
Esimates on the county wide
yield are difficult to make this
year and grain men are not risk
ing their reputations on predictios.
Some state that they have as good
stands this year as they have ever
had, while others report that weeds
and other factors will cut their
yields. There is not the solid aver
age yield over the grain belt that
characterized the production here
for three or four years, but those
were looked upon as unusual sea
sons and not to be considered in a
normal summing up of production
It appears that if the farmers are
to be permitted to harvest the en
tire crop this county will make a
generous contribution toward this
country s program to feed a hungry
world.
Warehouses and elevators along
the branch are practically empty
due to the heavy export of wheat
during the past few months. This
will make the handling of the crop
less of a problem than has been
the rule since 1942.
Lex Celebration
Financial Success
The Fourth of July celebration
and air show at Lexington not
only provided people of the county
with some mid-summer relaxa
tion, it paid out well to the airport
fund as well. The dances were well
attended, the baseball game on the
Fourth drew a large crowd, and
the air show the afternoon of the
Fourth was patronized by more
than 700 people.
One of the disappointing factors
of the celebration was the absence
of the carnival. Up to Tuesday no
word had been received from the
outfit and there is no explanation
to offer why they did not put in
an appearance- The celebration
sponsors were told that the carni
val would be in town and ready to
go by Wednesday alternoon.
There were many entries in the
parade worthy of comment, but
one of the most interesting was the
old Michigan car driven by Mayor
Alonzo Henderson. The car, a 1913
model, was the first purchased by
the late W. F. Barnett. and his dau
ghter, Mrs. Trina Parker, rode in
the front seat with the driver garb
ed in the outfit her mother wore
in those earlier days when motor
ing was an event Henderson stat
ed that he believed the battery in
the car was the last one used by
Mr- Barnett before setting tlie old,
car aside for a later model
As stated in last week's issue,
Echo ran over Condon in the base- '
ball geme on July 3. No one seems
to remember what the score was.
lone handed Heppner another de
feat on the 4th, 9-4.
Ralph Ledbetter
Weds at Vancouver
Ralph Ledbetter of Lexington
was married July 3 to Juanita At.
kins ol Portland. The wedding took
place at 4 o'clock pm. at the home
of Rev. Roy in Vancouver, Wah..
and the couple left for a short wed
ding trip to the beach.
Mrs- Ledbetter has been employ
ed in a government otiice in
Seattle. Her parents reside in Port
land. The newlyweds will make their
home in Lexurgton where Mr. Led
better is employed by tlie Morrow
County Grain Growers, Inc.
COURTHOUSE BOOKS ItKI.Nt,
AUDITED THIS WEEK
Auditors from the oifice of the
secretary of suite are checking
over the rvcurds of Morrow oounty
at tlie court house tins week.
Comprising the gioup are 11 C.
Davis, James JcUerson. Leonard
Stalk and Kermit Person.
Kemivth and Marcclla Juckson
are home now, huvuig ujrivcd
irum Eugene where Uiey aiu stu
dents ul Uie University of Uteguii.
Mr. and Mis. Wilbur Su-uuail und
lanuly spent last week vuiung a
broUivr ui luigie Creek, Cola.
Mr and Mrs. Carl Whilhn k and
family are spending their Vmutioii
in souther Oregon
Alice and Frances Giiffin of Suc
ramento, Cuhf aie H''"iing a
month at the home of their aunt,
Mr. A. M. Edward.