Heppner Gazette Times
Rodeo Season on Way
In; First Dance Slated
For Saturday, July 27
Cowboy and cowgirl regalia, fan
cy saddle stock and a certain
amount of whooppee will soon be
the order around these parts as
the time draws near for the annual
western classic the Heppner Ro
deo. Car signs have been in evi
dence since before the Fourth, and
some of the local horsemen have
been keeping their riding gear and
their ponies in condition for sev
eral weeks.
First intimation of the approach
of Rodeo Days is announcement of
the opening dance which will be
staged at the fair pavilion in Hep
pner on Saturday evening, July
27. For this event, the orchestra
which furnished the music for the
Rodeo dances last year has been
retained Jim's Cascadians of The
Dalles. This will be the kick-off
dance and will set the pace for
succeeding dances which will con.
tinue up to the Saturday night pre-
Granges of the county are sched
ceding the Rodeo.
uling dances for the selection of at
tendants. This schedule will lead
up to August 31, date of the
Queen's dance. Selection of queen
rests with the directors of the Ro
deo association and their decision
will be anrfbunced soon.
Harley Tucker's rodeo stock will
be used in the 1946 show. This as
sures plenty of action, as those who
saw the 1945 show can testify.
With the war out of the way there
should be more riders and other
performers.
Foster's United Shows will be
the carnival attraction. This is a
considerably bigger outfit than the
two carnivals which united here
last year.
, .
Heppner Winds Up
Season With Win
Just to remove the bad taste
from the mouths of fans, the Hepp
ner ball club wound up the 1946
season by trimming Arlington, 13-8,
at the Rodeo grouds Sunday after
noon. It was a good day for Jack
Miller, who not only pitched a
good game but had the support of
his teammates.
Arlington announced the game
would be protested inasmuch as
Hepper used a man who has been
playing with the lone team during
the season. Since there will be no
more games the decision will not
affect the standing of the local
club.
Miller stayed for the full nine
innings and pievenlcd Arlington
from bunching hits and runs. Hep
pner ran up eight tallies in the
first three innings and from tnen
on crowded a run in occasionally.
Kenny Hovt was behind the
plate for Heppner: Ray Masscy,
first base, Joe Aiken, second. Har
ry Van Horn, shortstop, Dub Aik.
en and Norman Bergstrom, third,
Jim Barratt, lelt field. Bob Pinck-
ney, center and Doug Drake right
field.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Fields were vis
iting relatives of Mrs. Fields here
last week-end from their home in
Yakima- Mrs- Fields was formerly
Mrs. Irene Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harshman
were in from their mountain
rach last Thursday reporting it is
the ideal liic out there these balmy
days.
Mr- and Mrs Burl Coxen drove
to Portland Sunday to spend a few
days. Claude Dcvine has been
helping out at the barber shop in
Mr. Coxen's absence.
Mrs. Dick Wells, Mrs. Louise
King and Mrs. C. P. Brown are at
tending tlie Legion auxiliary con
vention in Portliid this week as re
presentatives of the Heppner aux
iliary. Mrs. Hilma Anderson and
Mrs. Carl Allen accompanied Mrs-
King to the city.
Mr. and Mrs. J- G. Cowins are
spending tlie week in Portland.
r:ep that
CZ '..NMENT INSURANCE
FcL'A ! A WHALE OP A
POLICY FOR A MIGHTY
SMALL PRICE
News From
C. A. Office
At a meeting of the Morrow
county farm labor and wage com
mittees held last Thursday, Earl
Gardiner, wage stabilization offi
cer, reminded committeemen tnat
specific wage ceilings are still in
effect. Many farmers were of the
opinion that removal of OPA ceil
ings also removed wage ceilings,
While wage ceilings still are in
effect, Mr. Gardiner pointed to
special cases where farmers may
appeal to the Oregon Wage Board
for a change in the ceiling If hard
ships were being created. How
ever, it .appears as if Morrow coun.
ty farmers are getting along quite
well with the existing ceilings. For
hose farmers who are interested
maximum wage rates for non-irrigated
areas established by the
ceiling order are:
General farm labor, $8 00 per and
board, or $200 per month and
board. Most labor being sent out
from the Farm Labor office at $7
per day.
Machine mechanics, furnishing
their on tools, $2 00 per hour.
Wheat and pea harvest: Combine
operators, unskilled,, unable to re
pair harvesting machinery. $1500
per day and board- This seems to
be the going wage at present.
Skilled operator;!, who repair
machinery $2000 per day and
board. Many Morrow county farm-
rs are paying $17.50 for this type
of. labor.
Tractor drivers, crawler type.
$12 00 per day and board, $10.00
being offered by our farmers.
Sack sewers, $12.00 per day and
board.
Header tenders, sack jiggers and
all other wheat and dry pea har
vest labar. $10 00 per day and
board. Morrow county farmers are
paying $9.00 at present.
Tractor drivers doing summer
fallow work during wheat and dry
pea harvest season, $12 00 per day
and board.
Farmers in Boardman and Irri.
gon irrigation projects are covered
by an $85 an hour rate. Many
potato growers find that labor is
not available at that figure and
have made appeals for an increas
ed rate of from $1.00 to $1.25 per
'.our. In all cases these appeals
lave been granted by the Oregon
wage board. However, it should be
understood that farmers in irrigat-
;d sections must have a permit If
wages exceeding $.85 per hour are
paid.
Katherine Monahan has taken
over her duties as Morrow county
home demonstration agent and be
gan work July 15. Miss Monahan
is well qualified for her position in
leading home economics work as
she has had consderable experience
in this type of work. She has been
-ctiv in 4-H club work in Gilliam
county the past few years. Siie
cemes here from Corvallis where
she has been attending an exten
sion t: aining course the past sev
eral weeks.
Miss Monahan hopes to meet the
tnirn women of Morrow county
scon and is ready to assist in any
way possible.
0. W. . Cutsforlh reports very ef
fective results from a DDT spray
ing of his .beef herd for fly control.
Cutslorth sprayed his beef herd
with a 50 wettable DDT powder
using 4 pounds of powder to 100
gallons of water. This was applied
with a power sprayer which was
capable of producing 400 pounds
pressure, at a rate of approximately
ly one gallon per animal. The
spraying was made on June 13 and
was still elective in keeping flics
away alter four weeks when last
observations ere made.
Florence Bergstrom county ag
ent's secretary, returned last Frl.
day after attending a conference
for secretaries held at the Sacnja
wca hotel i La Grande. Secretaries
from 13 eastern Oregon counties
attended the conference where
training was given in office proce
dure, filing and various phases of
cxtention work. Clifford Smith,
assistant county agent leader, and
Miss Frances Clinton, assistant state
home demonstration leader, nsi .t-
1 with the meeting.
Mrs. Eller .Brock of Pendleton
was a guest of her sister, Mr,
lines the first of the week.
Josie
Mrs. Ruth Sl'nnc of Bingen,
Wash, was a Heppner visitor Tues-
Jfly. She Is a former Heppiic.ite
and wilt hit mmpmplwrflil Ba Ruth
Van Vactor. .1
. . .
Ellis and Earl Thomson were in
Heppner the sore part of the week
m a busiess mission.
Guests at the J J Nys home last
week were Mr. Nys' dnughter, Mrs.
Kathcryn Grecnberg, and her
friend, Miss Dorothy Rowell. both
of Portland,
One Parks on Side
Of Road in Iowa
Thunder Storm
When a thunderstorm blows up
in Iowa there is but one thing for
motorist to do and that is to
park on the side of the road. At
least that's what three Oregon wo
men concluded to do as they were
crossing the midwestern state and
one of the typical summer storms
struck.
Mrs- Lucy Rodgers was a mem.
ber of the group returning from
Bufjalo, N. Y. where they attend
ed a meeting of the Nationat Edu
cational association. The rain was
so heavy and the lightning so con
stant that driving was too great a
hazard, so the car was parked on
the side of the road. When the
storm cleared it was found that a
ditch ran alongside the highway
and to the rear of their car was a
gasoline tanker. The ladies were
convinced that "what you don't
know doesn't hurt you" had a defi
nite meaning in their case.
Teacher Institute
Set For October 3-4
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers spent Tues.
day in La Grande attending a
meeting called for the purpose of
choosing a meeting place and set
ting the date for the annual teach
ers' institute- The invitation of
Pendleton was accepted and Oct
3 and 4 was the date chosen.
Grant county withdrew from the
institute, leaving six counties to
participate. Those remaining in are
Malheur. Baker, Union Wallowa,
Umatilla and Morrow.
Good talent will be brought to
the institute, Mrs. Rodgers stated,
and a gaod attendance is anticipat
ed.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED ....
Mrs. Elizabeth Gadeken of Bush,
nell, Neb., has announced the en
gagement of her daughter, Grace
to Mr, Douglas Drake of Heppner.
The wedding will be an event of
September. The bride-to-be has
been a resident of Heppner the
past yiar. during which time she
served as emergency home demon
stration agent.
Mr. Drake is the son of Mr. and
Mrs R- K. Drake of Sand Hollow.
FORMER TEACHER VISITS
Mrs. Gertrude WTiities and son
Faul o. Prineville were Heppner
visitors a few hours Tuesday- They
came to see about a job for Paul
which did not materialize. Mrs.
Whiteis, a former resident of
Heppner where she taught in high
school for several years, was busy
looking up old friends, including
some of her former students. We
acknowledge a pleasant call, at the
G-T office.
Irrigon News Items
Mrs. J. A. Shoun
Mrs. Lena Wilson of Portland ar
rived Monday to visit her mother,
Mrs. Martha Ferrill and other re
latives. Marshall Markham of Spokane
spent the week-end with his fam
ily here going back Monday morn
ing. The Assembly of God church
members surprised Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Warner Monday night in
onor of their sixteenth wedding
inniversary.
The young people of the Bap-
tist Community church and Rev-
and Mrs. Winquist and son went
to Bingham Springs Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Abkken
went to Kcnnewick Saturday for
.he week-end
Mrs- Lee Smith and Mrs. Ida
Slaughter gave a bridal shower for
Mis. Ollis Lathrop at the Smith
home Friday afternoon. A social
hour was held with refreshments
served. Some lovely and useful
gifts were presented-
Mrs. W. L. Olmstead and child
:en went !o Fcndhton Monday.
Mr. and Mi's. Leroy Darling went
to Portland Saturday and arc
spending a few days there
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and
son Steven and brother John Smith
and Mrs. Tom Caldwell left for
Boise Saturday to visit relatives.
Miss Ella Mae Grim is working
at the Umatilla Cooperative cream
ery at llermiston-
The windows for tlie Assembly
of God church are here.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dexter and
family of Tacoma are visiting his
parents the V. B. Dexters, her sis
ter, Mrs. Calvin Allen and his sis
ter. Mrs. Dan Hill and families.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Evans are
living in n tent on the Oliver place
until they can get materials to
bum! a house.
Frl Reunrd let Saturday for
Roscburg where he has employ
hi"i
Mrs. Violet Amos and three cail-,ti-..n
lelt for Kelloior, Ida- after
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Flmer Riieker for several weeks.
Mrs. Ituckcr is mtuh improved in
! fren,
Mrs Evelyn Uitmop ot urunance
has returned home after visiting
I rch'l'ves in Irrigon,
Biiy Allen came home Smut-day
: fr,,. i,u.i Lewis where he got his
; Whiirtf from
the army, ne
1. n otntinnpd in
the Slates for
row tin-? but was in some of the
fiizhlnff at Okinawa.
,. Dnimlns went to
n picnic at
Mm. Irwin Pici siin a id
Vmlirrnnt snrlngs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Browning was
In Pendleton Monday.
nnd Mrs. Adren Allen and
two children of Redmond came to
visit the C- W. Acock ana 11. w.
Grim families Monday.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 18, 1946
Large Fund Needed To
Develop Modern Airport
Airports do not just grow. Nei
ther are they built on well-wish,
ing. It requires money, and plenty
of it, to develop a modern landing
field and its accompaniments; that
is, if you are living up to the re
quirements "of the federal govern
ment with the expectation of get
ing a little of that easy jack all of
us provide the boys in Washing
ton with to hand out at their dis
cretion. The Lexington airport has been
in operation about a year and in
that time, from appropriations, do
nations, and funds acquired from
dances, more than $8,000 has been
accumulated. Most of this has been
spent in acquiring the land, mak
ing runways, and erecting build
ings and installing such equipment
as is essential for operating an air
port. Those in charge of the air
port have made the funds ' stretch
just as far as possible and have
Flower Shop To
Re-open August 1
Mrs. Edwin Dick Jr. has com.
pleted arrangements for the sale of
her floral business to Mrs. Ed
Bucknum. Negotiations have been
under way for some time and only
this week announcement was made
that the deal has been completed
and that Mrs. Buekum will take
over on August 1. In the mean
time, Mrs. Dick has been carrying
on the business at her residence
and will continue to fill orders
there until Mrs. Bucknum opens
the store.
Mrs- Bucknum has secured space
in tl'e Oddfellows building from
the REA management. The room
lias just been vacated by the Hep
pner Hardware Si Electric company
and will make a good location for
the flo: al business. Furnishings for
the flower shop will be installed
as soon as the room is entirely
cleared.
The concern will be called The
Flower Shop and the proprietor
will use her own name, Faye
Bucknum. in all business trans
actions.
Mrs. Bucknum returned the first
ot the v.ci-k from Portland where
she spent several days establishing
connections with floral houses and
brushing up on the fine points of
the business.
EXTENSION LEADERS HERE
C. W. Smith, extension director,
L. J. Allen, assistant club leader,
and Mrs. Mabel Mack, home man
agement specialist, conferred here
Wednesday with Miss Kathryn
Monahan, newly, appointed home
demonstration agent and Nelson
Anderson, couiuy agent. Object
ot the visit was to help the new
agents launch their programs in
the county.
"CANYON PASSAGE" PREMIERE
OUTSTANDING SUCCESS
It was the good iortune of the
Gazette Times publishers to attend
the premiere of "Canyon Passage'
in Portland last Saturday. One of
the big features of the program
was the parade in which towns
outside of Portland participated.
To the backwoods people it was
a treat to see some of the favorite
movie stars and other big lights of
the cinima capital. Elsa Maxwell
emceed Saturday evening when
numerous prominent personages
were introduced.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Steers and
granddaughter, Elvira Duke were
visiting relatives in tlie county the
past week from their home at Kla
mah Falls. The Steers leit Morrow
county some 20 years ago and
have not been here for five years.
Uhey report enjoying meeting old
time friends.
VA LAWYER "WOMAN OF THE YEAR
, Col. Mary Ajnei Brown, who recently I
rejoined the Veterani Adminiitration'i
f V1 legal Half after a wartime leave oil
afS abnce, K01 been voted Wasninston'i S
-WomonoftheYeaf-bytheSoropti-l
T mrt Oub, a buiincit and profetsiona! r
$ women's orsanization. Colonel Brown, 1
I iliawn holding a medal that wai part
"J? ""f of iKt award, served on General Moc-1
; jr IWs'!v'5J Arthur ' ttaff durinj the Philippine cam-1
' $ parsn at officer-in-charge of all WAG
- v-"J!l- in that theater. r
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accomplished a lot. Now they are
confronted with the necessity of
of making more improvements be
fore tlie port can be used as a
training base for veterans under a
GI set-up. Part of the improve
ments are being met, including
completion of the main structure
of the quonsett hut. End walls and
sliding doors have been obtained
for the hut but the funds are lack
ing for laying a concrete floor, and
the installation of water and rest
roms.
A meeting of the airport com
mission was held in Lexington
Monday eveninb when It was deter
mined that regardless of financial
difficulties the program of devel
opment will be carried on with the
expectation that when require
ments of the federal aeronautics
commission are met there will be
a fair chance of obtaining suffici
ent federal funds to really put the
Lexington airport on the map.
HONORED AT BIRTHDAY
PARTY FRIDAY EVENING
Mrs. Norman Nelson, Mrs. Al
fred Nelson Jr. and Miss Ellen
Nelson were hostesses for a birth,
day party given in honor of Mrs.
A. H. Nelson at the Nelson farm
home Friday evening. Guests were
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Batty, Mr
and Mrs. Myles Martin,-Mrs. Mabel
Morgan, Mis. Maude Pointer, Mrs.
Anne Smouse, Mrs. Minnie Forbes,
Mr. and Mrs. Keneth Smouse, Miss
Shirley Smouse, A. H., Norman
and Alfred Nelson Jr.
Monument Young
People Wed Here
The apartment home of Mr. and
Mrs- Ray Massey was the scene of
a wedding ceremony Thursday
evening. July 11, when Mrs. Mas
rey's brother. Ned D. Sweek
claimed Miss Lillian Rose Simas as
his bride. Rev. Fletcher Forster of
ficiated using the single ring cere
mony. A few guests were in after
the wedding for refreshmets.
The newlyweds are from Monu
ment and plan to make their home
in Heppner. Mrs. Sweek is at pre
sent employed as cashier account
ant at Walla Walla airbase where
she will remain until August 23
training another to take her place.
FOSMER RESIDENTS VISIT -
Mrs. Richard Lee of Portland
and Miss Florence Ralston of Cas
per, Wyo. were Heppner visitors the
fore part of the week. Mrs. Lee is
the former Norma Fredricks and.
vt;. ri,.,.- -
n j v r i . u
rfirlhnod nnrp Mice Hplcton has
been on vacation in California. She
stopped in Portland to spend some
tim-e with Mrs- Lee and they de
cided to run up to Heppner and
look up old friends. They left Wed
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rodgers and
son from Lcnerock are visiting
relatives and friends here.
Mr, and Mrs. Vern Dalzell were
attending to matters of business
here from the Condon farm Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Alderman
and small son Duane left July 3
for a month's vacation and visit
with Archie's patents and other re
latives in various parts of the state
of Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs- Jim Burnside have
taken a job with the state fire
guard on Chapen creek south of
Hardman for tlie fire season.
Mrs. Irene Marciel, Mrs. Celia
Burnside of Oakland Calif, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Fraters of Portland are ! last week.
assisting their paints, Mr. andi Mrs. Frank Engelman attended
Mrs. Frank Fraters' with the har- I the CampbelL wddmg Wiu
vest work at the Eightmile ranch.' Z2Fjgi
-Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams were in j the home of Mrs- Echo ' Pd
town Saturday. Mrs. Hams is re- Saturday. July 13 member.
cuperating nicely from a
major operation.
Stores Announce
Longer Hours During
Harvest Season
A much mooted question was
settled here early this week when
Heppner stores decided to keep
open longer hours during the har
vest season. This applies mostly to
grocery stores and markets and
hardware stores.
Under the summer schedule,
which closes Sept. 1. the stores will
open at 8 a- m- and close at 6 pm.
except on Saturday when some of
them will remain open until 8 p m.
This move was made to accom
modate farmers who may find it
difficult to get to town before 6
o'clock Saturday evening and for
those who may want to make pur
chases at an earlier hour.
Week's News From
lone and Vicinity
Mrs- Echo Palmateer
Miss Delight Biddle is visiting
at the home of her brother Bille
at Mikalo.
Mrs- Franklin Lindstrom was
hostess at a bridal shower given
m honor of Mrs. George Gordon
formerly Luella Armstrong, of Ar
lington last Friday.
Leon Ball, son of Elmer Ball, ar
rived home last week after receiv
ing his honorable discharge from
the U. S. navy.
Matthew Doherty of the U. S.
army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil
Doherty arrived home Friday from
Texas for a 23 day furlough. He
will then go on to Camp Stone
Calif.
A bridal shower was given in
honor of Mrs. Clifford Carlson at
the Lutheran parish house in
Gooseberry Sunday.
Guests at the Ella Davidson
home Sunday of last week were
Mrs. David Wilson. Mrs. Willard
Blake and daughter, Mrs. Alva
.iones, Mrs. H. D. McCurdy and
Harlan McCurdy Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Myrle Barkhurst
visited at the Roy Lindstroms last
week. They are on their vacation.
Mr. Barkhurst is a traffic director
ior the Pan-American Clipper.
The Birthday club met at the
Congregational church parlors July
9 with Mrs. Ida Coleman and Mrs.
Darrell Padberg as hostesses. The
party honored Mrs. Sam Esteb and
Mrs. Echo Palmateer who received
lovely gifts. Birthday cake, ice
cream and coffee were served by
the hostesses.
Mis. Kate Snuff in of Estacada
and Mrs. Rena Duncan of Portland
are guests at the H- O. Ely home
at Morgan. Mrs. Snuffin i3 a. cou
sin and Mrs. Duncan an aunt of
Mrs- Ely.
Mr. and Mrs. O- W. Probst and
granddaughter of Lamonia Iowa
were guests of Mrs. 1.11a Davidson
for a couple of days last week. The
Probsts are on a vacation trip and
stopped on their wav uirougn here-
y . - . . . .
M:s. Ida Coleman is cocking for
hariesters at the Foster Odom
ranch.
Word has been reeeh-d that
Lonnie Ritchie is able to leave the
hospital at Pendleton.
Hev- John F. Menil! left Wed
r :'sday for Camp Adam- near Moll
hla to attend a Congregational ju
nior camp. Those gou.g with him
are Delores Drake, L:'c Linn Ro
land Baker and Johnny Bristow.
Thev will be gone a wee.
T':ere will be no morning service
at the Cooperative church Sunday-
Mit of the farmers in this com
mnniiv started combinning this
week.
The HE.C. of Willows grange
will meet at the home of Mrs. Os
car Lundell Friday. July 19 for an
all-day meeting with a pot luck
dinner at noon.
Miss Virginia McClain of Seattle
is srendinp a month with her sister
Mrs. Herbert Ekstrom. Week-end
vsitors at the Ekstrom home were
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Inlis and child
ren of Portland.
Rev- Paul Davics of Portland
was an lone visitor Thursday oi
. ana one nuesi
1 ice cream, cookies and coffee was
I cprved.
I Mr. and Mrs- Garland Swanson
j and children left for Salem Mon
i i.i viol relatives.
Paul OMcara was taken DacK iu
The Dalles hospital last week. Mrs.
o'M,,.,-. ic with him.
Lindsay returned
1 (,., TWiland Saturday
Mr and Mrs- Raymond Lundell
entertained several young people
of t'e community at dinner bun-
Kenneth Lundell. son of Mr. and
Mrs O- L Lundell is leaving tor
n.,i'l.t Calii. Tuesday. A party
.. .... i....n in his honor Monday
win h.
r,ttl,. Tommv Harris, son ot Mrs
11 ic
lighter
ft., ,1 raw dav insi w
was lUMieu i' , ,
, ... .. ;ll .,ff.-is developed.
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ton dui n " ; 1
Mr and Mrs- venum "
ibildron of Nvsa spent the week
end v it'u Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Den
ncv and Mrs. Agnes Wilcox.
Uobbv Evcrson returned home
... ..1..:. ,,., two weeks visit
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Spokane
tl mis oroinei-"-""
Mr. and' Mrs. James
and sister
Ynn-bliKul.
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by
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The following books were donat-
1... ,k..i M,iran. "Skip to my
l,nr" C:.mp: "Three O'clock Din
ner. Pim-kney; naio
I Spring; "Those Other People by
I O'Denmll and "Earth and Hig"
Heaven". Graham.
Those going to Ritter springs
I Tuesday were Rev- and Mrs. Joe
Stevens and son Jimmy, Mrs. miuy
Kincaid and sons and Mrs. Ralph
Labor Plentiful Here
As Harvest Gets Into
Motion; Wages High
Forest and
Range
The first fire of the year was
found last week at the head of
Jones canyon. It started from a
lightning strike and covered about
one-fourth acre before it was ex
tinguished.
Fire weather the past week has
been cool and favorable from a
forester's standpoint The relative
humidity has been high for this
time of the year, and the tempera
tures are cool-
Weather stations are maintained.
during the fire season at Heppner,1
Madison Butte, Tamarack Mountain
and Camp Five. Records are main
tained on the temperature, relative
humidity, . percent of moisture in
ground fuels, wind velocity and di
rection, character of the clouds,
amount of precipitation, and the
character and movement of thun
der storms. Every evening the wea
ther data is assembled at Tupper
for the Heppner, Ukiah and Dale
ranger districts- The data is put in
code form and sent direct to the
weaher bureau in Portland by tele
gram. The weather bureau receives
reports from all over the state. This
information is assembled and is the
basis for forecasts that are broad
cast at 8:00 p.m. over short wave
radio on 3235 K.C.
A fire board is maintained in the
Heppner office showing the aver
age weather conditions on the dis
trict. The variations in the burning
severity are classed from 1 to 10.
A class 4 day is the average dur-
ig the summer months on the Hep
pner district This past week we
have had only class one and jtwo
days.
Henry Cupper from Monument
was an office caller this week. Mr.
Cupper is the secretary of the Tamarack-Monument
Cattle associa
tion. He states that the range grass
in the Monument vicinity looks bet
ter than it has for several years.
BUI Howell has resigned from
his salting job at Happy Jack. At
the present the association hasn't
found anyone to replace him.
Lyle Van Dusen from Monument
was in town Monday transacting
business with the Heppner Lumber
company. Van Dusen owns a size
able chunk of timber in the Wall
creek area.
Harry Tamblyn has been survey,
ing some property lines in the vi
cinity of Groshen cabin this past
week.
Many Visitors Call
At Campbell Home
Sundry was a memorable occas
ion for Mr- and Mrs. W. T. Camp
bell, for on that day they observ.
d the 'JO anniversary of their wed
ding, July 13, 1886. Mr. and Mrs.
tmpbell were "at home" to their
liiends during the afternoon and
evening and in the several hours
from 2 o clock p.m. until the' day
was concluded, 65 guests wrote
.heir names on the register book.
Mrs. Arthur Keene and Mrs. Will
rov;e, daughters of the honored
couple, received the guests. Mrs.
Roy Campbell, daughter-in-law
and Mrs- Don Campbell, erand-
daurjhter-in-law, served ice cream
.ookies and wedding cake-
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell received
many ilowers, cards and gifts from
friends who called to wish them
many more years of happiness.
Aldrich and Charles. They will stay
until Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Misitch of
Portland were guests at the Lana
Padberg' home over the week-end-Mr.
and Mrs. John Bryson spent
tlie week-end at the home of their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Huston Bryson of Hermiston.
Francis Troedson is visiting his
parents Mr. and Mrs. Johan Troed
son. Little Jimmy Sisco cut his leg
on a piece of glass Monday and it
wns necessary for a physician to
take six stitches.
Mrs. Mabel Morgan left for her
home in Seattle Tuesday.
Mr- and Mrs. Alfred Nelson left
Monday for their home at Oak
Grove.
Mrs. Imogene Mooney is visiting
relatives in Walla Walla. j
Rullo Crawford. Melvin Brady,;
Gene Rietmann and Ted Pamateer
were The Dalles visitors Sunday
Married at Yakima July 8th
were Delsie May Bolteger and Ro
bert Wagner. Mrs. Wagner is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Harvey
Harshman of this city and Mr.
Wagner with Ray Warfield oper
ates a service station here. He has
been released from service after 31
months with the Marines. The
young couple make their home at
the MacNaniee apartmtnU.
Volume 63, Number 17
Wheat harvest is quite penerally
underway this week and bulk
trucks are becoming quite common
on the roads and highways leading
from fields to elevators and bins.
Activity is mostly in the lower
country but by the first of the
week the combines will start to
work in fields of the higher levels.
Contrasted with the war years,
during which time some of the
greatest crops ever raised here
were harvested, labor is plentiful
this year, according to R. B. Rice,
at the farm labor employment of
fice at Hotel Heppner. There is a
small surplus at present but he
looks for most of it to be absorbed
as harvest gets rolling. Mechanized
equipment is making it possible for
grain raisers to keep the harvest
ing operations almost within the
family but those lacking familes
are obliged to employ outside help.
The labor situation here is some
what different to that reported at
Pendleton and Walla Walla. In
those towns there are long lines of
laborers at the employment Offices.
Prevailing wages in the harvest
fields are high but are being paid
without complaint by Morrow
county farmers- The wage ceiling
is still in effect and the only var
ience is when employers appeal to
the Oregon wage board if the ceil
ing creates a hardship.
(A list of farm wages may be
found in the county agent's column
elsewhere on this page.)
Experienced grain raisers state
that the southern part of the coun
ty grav belt will cut a better than
average crop. One man stated that
it is his belief that the area south
and west of Heppner will turn out
one of the best yields in years.
While that is true of the southern
half of the county, the northern
portion has fallen down consider
ably and this will pull the county
average down.
Bill Doherty got an average of
16 bushels to the acre from a 500
acre field which he started cutting
July 3. What was Jacking in yield
was made up in price, as it is
stated he received $1.94 net for the
lot of 8,000 bushels.
Women Report Their
Activities at C. of C.
Luncheon Meeting
Capt. Rose Liebbrand was the
principal speaker at the chamber
of commerce luncheon Monday
noon, telling of her activities as a
Wao in the army service. She has
been engaged in photography much
of the time, doing not a little of it
from the air. A prior knowledge
of photographic work put her in
position to be called for that line
of service. '
Capt. Liebbrand stated she may
be called for an 18-months period
of foreign service, but while wait
ing for the call she is going ahead
with her plans to enter the Uni
versity of Missouri college of law
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers made a brief
report on her trip to Buffalo. She
has promised to give a more de
tailed account at a future meeting
and will also give some of the
highlights of the trip and the meet
ing she attended through the col
umns of this newspaper.
DFX1VERS POP BY AIR
The Forsythe Flying Service in
augurated a new service Wednes
day. Cases of "pop" were picked
up at Lexington and flown to ad
jacent harvest fields where thirsty
crews quickly depleted the stock.
Forsythe was demonstrating that
planes can land in the fields and
take off as forerunner to a new
service he is instituting. He is ad
vertising a flying schedule to larg
er centers to pick up and deliver
machinery parts right to the ma
chine in the field.
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