OREGOM HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC AUDITORIUM PORTLAND. ORE Heppner Gazette Times Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 8, 1946 Volume 63, Number 20 Scarcity of Rooms Faces Association as Time For 1946 Rodeo Draws Near One of the major problems fac ing the Rodeo association at this time is the matter of housing for visitors at the 1946 show. This was brought out at the chamber of commerce Monday when Presi dent Frank Turner stated that a house to house canvass will be made if people with spare rooms don't start signing up with the housing committee right away. Indications point to a large at. tendance from outside points and some of these visitors will come distances too great to be covered both ways in a day. They want housing and already many more requests have been received than either the hotel or the committee has to offer. The hotel is holding rooms for people who will be con nected with the show and will not have many reservations to offer byeond that. Turner, housing committee chair man, urged those at the luncheon to offer rooms, and to talk it up with their neighbors and friends. The need is urgent be points out. H. A. Sanders, manager of the Hotel Heppner, read a letter from the state highway commission an nouncing that the commission and several others,, making a party of 17, would be in Heppner the eve ning of Sept 9. The party askeJ reservations of 17 rooms for the night This was the first intimation of the impending visit of the com mission as Heppner had not been included in published itineraries At the suggestion of Mayor J. O Turner, the chamber of commerce, city of Heppner and the county court will join in giving a dinner to the commission at the Lucas Place, at which time road matters of interest to the county will be presented- Jerry Acklen was a guest of the club and brought greetings from the Grants Pass chamber of com merce and the Lions club Mrs. Grace Nickerson was nam ed a committee of one to see that the Rodeo queen and princesses are invited to a chamber of com merce luncheon and to be their hostess on that occasion. Francis Nickerson explained an Idea he and Rev. Fletcher Forster have for developing the property on lower Main street in the event the city and county make a trade. His plan was outlined to the city council Monday evening at which time he pointed out that it made no difference who owned the pro perties in question, the people should be able to enjoy either or both of them. New Minister to Fill Pulpit Sunday The congregation of the Church of Christ is looking forward to the regular Sunday morning service when the new pastor, Joe Jewett will be in the pulpit. The minister and his family arrived in Heppner Wednesday evening and he will take up his work at once. Mr. Jewett had purchased a home in Milton which he sold upon being called to the Heppner church. Possession had to be given this week. The churches of the town have been invited to attend the services at the Church of Christ Sunday morning to welcome the new pas tor and to remain for the potluck which will be seized following the srvice It is announced that the Methodist church will omit morning service to join In service at the Church of Christ Johnny Farley and family of John Day are spending a few days In the city on business and visiting relatives. News From C. A. Office The 20th annual Pendleton ram sale sponsored by the Oregon Wool Growers association will be' held Friday. August 16. More than 300 rams have been consigned to the Pendleton sale by leading breeders east and west of the Cascades Bretds include Suffolk, Hampshire, Lincoln, Rambouillet and Suffolk Hampshire crossbreed. Vic John. ,son, Umatilla , county ag'ent. is manager of the sale. A strong booster of conservation farming is C. A- Nish of Mikkalo in Gilliam county. Three years ago he contour planted strips of crest ed wheat grass throughout 3S0 acres of steep-sloped wheat land to check water erosion. Now well es tablished, the contour stripcrop r.ing has saved him tons of topsoil. He now has 250 acres in the field for alternate fallow and wheat and 2':ts a seed crop or pasture for cattle from the 130 acres of grass strips. ' Morrow county farmers can do just as well in inaugurating such roil conservation practices on their farms. The Heppner Soil Conser vation district furnishes technical assistance to farmers in the dis trict in planning and engineering work. Practice payments under the AAA program help with the cost of establishing and maintaining the conservation work. Federal crop insurance on win ter wheat is now on sale at the I Morrow county AAA office an. nounces Henry Baker, chairman. Wider choice in the amount of insurance he buys is offered the winter wheat grower this year. The buyer can choose lrom among several different amounts of co verage, pay a c3rresponding pre mium, and collect a corresponding indemnity in case of loss. With this choice of insurance coverage offered there is no excuse for a farmer to take chances for heavy loss by drought, Hood hail insects or plant diseases. Application for insu: ance must be filed before plantii g but not later than Sept 28. Tie crop is protected against all unavoidable natural risks from j: hinting time through harvest Wheat farmers are ur;;ed to stop in at the AAA office if a crop in surance agent does nt call on them soon. One 4-H club has tuned in all their requirements of work for a one hundred percent completion. The club leader is Mrs- L. A. Mc Cabe of lone. This is the first club in Morrow county to reach this goal for 1940. This is a Cooking I club of eight members. The girls who have ac quired this splendid accomplish ment are Eileen Biddle, Joan Cole, man, Delores Drake, Patricia Drake. Lola Ann McCabe, Carletta Olden, Ruby Ann Rietmann, and Jane Sechafer, This one hun dred per cent completion entitles this club to a Certificate of Achievement. Mis. L. A. McCabe is also the leader of a Canni.ig I 4-H club which is progressing nkjly. Several other clubs have nearly completed their activities. More one hundred per cent completions are anticipated before the close of the club year. Who will be next! Allen Case and Gus Nikander are spending the week in San Francisco where they are attend, ig1 a furniture buyers' mart. 7, : I 'V V: Field -Fire Burns Over Large Area Fire fighters numbering more than 100 at one time fought a stubborn fit Id fire Monday after noon and eAning and brought it under control only after a wide area of range land had been burned. An unguarded fire at the city dump ground is said to have got ten out of bounds and set fire to' pasture land on the Charles Osmin place. A field of Osmin's hay was damaged but a grain iield on the same place was uninjured. The pasture land on the Charles Osmin, Alton Osmin and Hugh Smith ranches were consumed by the racing flames, finally being extin guished in Shobe canyon. Some pasture land to the west of the places mentioned also was dam aged, j The Heppner fire truck with several volunteer firemen rushed to the scene closely followed by a pickup with fire wardens and equipment. The city truck return, ed alter a short time but it was several hours before the other equipment was brought in. Morgan Rites To Be At 11 A. M. Friday Memorial services for the late Merselous Morgan, who passed owey Monday, Aug. 5, in Portland, will be held from the Phelps Fu neral Home chapel at 11 o'clock a m. Friday, Aug. 9, with inter ment to be made in the Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mr. Morgan's death resulted from a fractured neck sustained in a fall at the Barratt shearing shed on upper Butter creek. j Setli Marsclous Morgan was born December 24, 1872 on Rhea creek, this county, the son of Tho mas and Elizabeth Morgan, and was a resident of this section all his life. He engaged in farming and stockraising the greater part of his life, disposing of his hold ings a few years ago. He was mar. ried to Lutie Dinsmore on October G, 1910, at Pendleton. They lived at The Dalles for about a year where Mr. Morgan was employed, but later returned here to make t'leir home. Surviving him are the widow, two sisters, Mrs. Katie Slocum and Mrs. Clara Slocum, and nine nieces and nephews. Heppner Couple Married Monday A marriage ceremony performed in the Christian church at Walla Walla Monday afternoon united Mrs. Mattie Gentry and Walter Rood, both of Heppner. Rev. L. E. Cousins, assistant pastor of the church, officiated and the service was witnessed by Mrs. Cousins and Frank W. Turner. The couple returned to Heppner that evening and are at home to their friends at the former Mrs. Mary Thomson residence on west Baltimore street, which the then Mrs. Gentry pur chased several months ago. UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR DATES ANNOUNCED Premium lists went out this week to 2000 prospective exhibitors at the Umatilla county fair, sche duled to get under way Aug. 22 at Hermiston. The three-day event, first in five years, will feature two days of horse races, a style show, parade, carnival, and two nights of big dances at the county fair pavilion. Hermiston business men are pre paring to get thing's rolling with a gala parade on Friday morning, following entry day on Thursday, Aug 22. Races will occupy the spotlight on Friday and Saturday afternoons with pari-mutuel betting. Purses will total $1,200. Farm and 4-H exhibits, plus women's contests in the Civic Re some real competition for coveted creation center promise to provide blue ribbons. Tile celebration will wind up on Sunday with a spectacular Air Show to be staged at the Hermis ton Airport by the Skyroamers- MANY FRIENDS CALL AT IXXINGTON HOME Mrs. Tcmpa Johnson of Corvallis wns honored last Thursday at an informal open house at the George Peck home where she is a house guest for a few weeks. Fifty ladies called during the af ternoon to visit with Mrs. Johnson who lived for any years in Ijexing ton where she is pretty generally called Grandma. Several ladiet from ITeppner were present in clmlii'.g Mrs. R. B. Rice, Mrs. Vincc E tannic, Mrs. Katie Slocum, Mrs F. M. Parker, Mrs. Alvin Cnscbeer. Mrs. Put Hly, Mrs. Mary Hair and daughter. Other friends came for a short visit Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Peck was assisted by Mrs Ola Redding and Mrs. Harry Du vull. Cuke, cookies and iced grape, juice were served. Bill Kilkenny wns in town Wed nesday from the Butter creek lunch. He was currying one arm in a sling', Buttering torn ligaments in his shoulder when a horse he was riding fell with him, She'll Queen Darlene i (Darlene Biddle) -is an expert horsewoman, as tl'.e picture indicates. Darlone hales from lone, where he attended high school, and has other accomplishments as well as horse manship. Her popularity will increase as "First Lady" of the Heppner Rodeo, Sept. 6-7-8. Marshal Sounds Warning to Canine Owners of Town If you love the little old family pooch, see that he is kept at home and off the streets particularly Main street If you fail to take this warning immediately, you may lose your dog and here's why. There is an ordinance against dogs running at large and pro vision is made for their disposal. The authorities have been lenient and the dogs are becoming a nui sance about town. Consequently, Chief of Police Dean Gilman has been instructed to clear the streets of unleashed dogs or those unac companied by someone responsible for them. The "law" has not want ed to get tough, but the condition is becoming too bad to tolerate longer. If you want to keep your pet, keep him under control. . v TO OPEN DISPLAY ROOM IN FARRA BUILDING L. E. Dick has rented the north room of the Farra building at Main and Baltimore and will use the space lor cuspiay oi gas ana ou equipment. J. W. Farra, owner of the build ing, which is still under construc tion, is preparing to stucco the front and side walls. HERE ON BUSINESS Cachot Therkelson, owner of Ho tel Heppner,. was a business vis itor here the fore part of the week. He was accompanied by his fi ance, Miss Wilma Wagner of Port land. The marriage of Mr. lherkel son and Miss Wagner will be an event of Monday morning, August 12 and the ceremony will be per formed at St' Mark's Episcopal church in Portland BREAKS LEG AT MILL Simpson Halley is in the hospi tal at Pendleton suffering from a broken leg sustained at the pond of the Heppner Lumber company Tuesday. While unloading his truck two logs rolled the wrong way and fell on him. He suffered bad bruises as well as a fractured leg- TO GIVE PROGRAM The union daily vacation Bible school will give a demonstration program t 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug ust 11 at the Methodist church. All parents and friends of the children have been extended an invitation to attend this service. LOCATE AT NO. BONNEVILLE ... A card from Mrs- G. A. Sanders this week asks that the Gazette Times be mailed to them at North Bonneville, Wash- Mr. Sanders was in Heppner Friday attending to business matters and arranging for shipment of household effects. He stated they were buying a tav ern at North Bonneville. YOU CAN TAKE CORRESPONDENCE COURSES UNOERTHE GI BILL. GET DETAILS FBOM "OUR NEAREST V.A. OFFICE. 18 Rule 1946 Heppner '-Qh '.- " -yw ' . -' " x - ' i . V A '"i ' Elmer Griffith In Portland Hospital With Broken Neck i Morgan Resident's Condition Serious, . Physician Reports Information received by Dr. A. D. McMurdo this afternoon is to the effect that Elmer Griffith of Morgan, who is in the Emanuel hospital in Porland, is suffering from a broken neck. Technically, it is a dislocated fifth cervical ver tebra, which the doctor says is a broken neck. According to the Port land physician who reported to Dr. McMurdo, it is doubtful if Mr Morgan will be able to walk again. No authentic account has been available to date as to the exact cause of Griffith's injury. It is stated that since Griffith's son went into the service, W. G. See-1 naler naa been larming some ot in Ionej th uprer third in Eght the Griifith land. The son having Mic. Alpine v-as put in xing. returned, Griffith had asked that ton Frecinc, ar,d Lena was divided he be permited to take over theji South Heccner and Pine farm work and had gone to the field to see why that could not be done. Walter Corley was work, ing in the field for Scehafer and is reported to have referred Griffith to him- No statement has been put on record as to what transpir ed between Griifith and Corley. Dr. McMurdo received a call late in the afternoon and went to the j field where he found Griffith in a I serious codition. He prepared him to be taken to Portland at once, believing he naa suiierea a necu fracture. Concerned only with the welfare of the patient the doctor did not inquire into the circum stances governing the accident. Frozen Food "Box" Added at Market Central Market and Grocery has extended its food service by the addition of a frozen food locker which was installed during the week. It is a cabinet similar to the type used as ice cream packers and aside frem being an adorn ment to the store is a most ser viceable piece of furniture. Instead of being closed tightly, the lid of the cabinet remains raised, and it is said the temper ature does not vary five degrees throughout the day. A wide assortment of fresh vege tables and fruits, as well as ready to serve fish products, is kept in the locker, making it possible for patrons to enjoy fresh foods at all times. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hill are the parents of an eig'U pound sen, Larry, born in Pendleton, Aug'- a. Rev. John MernTl, pastor of the Co--Operative church of lone and Rev. J. R. L. Haslam, evangelist who has been holding meetings at the Baptist chuch in lone, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tioed son Saturday. Mrs- Will Morgan and Mrs. Milton Morgan and little son Tony of Monument are spemiing' a lew days in Heppner, leaving ranch aifaiis in the hands of the men folks. Mrs. Sara McNamor, proprietor of Central Market and Gn-oen, is enjoying a vacation of two wec-ks ut Nelscott on the Oregon const. Harry Dinges of Lexington and his son-in-law, Jerry Acklon, made a business trip to Portland Tuesday, returning that evening. Dan Dinges, who underwent an operation on his elbow two weeks ago, returned to Lexington with them. Dan plans to leave this eve ning for Spokane where he will usher nt the wedding of a fruter. nity brother Saturday, Rodeo -' -fit- -r' -nn-rm Voters Urged to Get Straight on Precinct Location Not a little confusio'i still exists in the m'nds of voters in those precincts that were discontinued by the county court last spring as to where they actually belong and do their voting. Since the primary vote was light it is likely that a iood many voters passed up an opportunity to get themselves pro perlv located at that tims The season has arrived when precinct organization should be ?et up by political parties and in order to do this definite informa tion relative to precinct status is necessary. Party leaders are urging regis tered voters to ascertain their pre cinct status and those who are not registered to do so and remove the doubt about their voting places. It will be recalled that four pre- cmcts were eliminated and the vo ters placed in other precincts. Ce- cil, Alpine, Gooseberry and Lena were discontinued. Cecil was com-1 bined with lone; the north two - thirds of Gooseberry was placed City precincts. TO DEMONSTRATE NEW MOTORIZED CULTIVATOR Frank Engkraf, proprietor of Heppner Motors, will give a pub lic demonstration Sunday afternoon of a new type motorized cultiva tor and all round handy farm' gadget, he ha: the Rototillcr, for which tile sales agency in tliis territory. The demonstration will be held at the James Hager place on Chase street at 2 p m- The Hager lawn will be plowed up and smoothed over to show what the little ma chine will do. There are numerous attachments lor doing about ev erything ncessary in garden and landscaping work. I'RLTARINU PROGRAM E- C. Mitchell of Portland is in Heppner this week selling adver tising for tile official Kodeo pro- gi am- Mitchell follows this work ail the tune and makes most of the rodeos and buckeroos over the state. The Gazette Times wiil print U'e program which will be in the nature of a souvenir this year. Fidel is Unrein is home from the Veterans hospital in Portland and will remain here about 15 days. He Iims to return to the hospital for further treatment. Radeo Directors f7) J -' A 'i Hi 1 ho uiivct.M's niul sulT the mid grain raisers Their tireless of f eiueitainnicut. Heading from left to right: Har lun McCurdy, ce lieckner, president, Jim Valentine, Eb Hugh. es. and Harry City Preparing to Build 5faw Reservoir; Awaits Drilling of New Well Forest and Rang6;t A" fire located Monday of this week by Madison and Wheeler lookouts turned out to be a total loss of cabin and car belonging to Dick Rodgcrs of Hardman. Rodgers had gone into camp which is locat ed near the HeppnerSpray high way on Chapin creek and gotten his lunch then went back to his sheep. Some time later he noticed smoke up that way and hurried back. He found Charlie McDaniel, state fire guard, there controlling the blaze. His car and cabin had already burned. Kinzua logging company is building a road down Wilson creek just below Wilson prairie. Mr. Dunbar is contracting the main road and has it roughed out with in two miles of Opal guard station. Bert Bleakman and his crew have completed stock water de velopments at Hayworth and Hell Hole springs. The boys are now building a cattle guard at the junc tion of the Tamarack road and the highway. There has been frost this week in the mountains and ice at Par kers mill several mornings. Paul Logan and Dick Wilson are on the district looking over cruis ing work being done. Mr- Frost department engineer and Mr. Bennett of Pendleton were on the district this past week ex amining a location for a cabin to be used in connection with snow pole and wood permits have been issued -to Elmer Knigh ten of Olexj Louis BergevinK lone; Gene Stone, O. G. Haguewood of Heppner. Free use permits to Sl'inley Robinson, E:n Stanford of Hardman .and Loren -Matteson of Heppner, . Elmer Knighten was a caller in this office this week enroute to the mountains to .visit his brother i Wilbur Knighten, Salter for the ; Hardman cattle association, Ther weather -has been very ' chang'able this .week. It went from a class 4 day up'to a 6 day Monday and back to a 4 Wednes day. ; We know fires can still burn from the way the one went Mon. day in the wheat south of town. Forsythe Returns With New Stinson Jack Forsythe returned Saturday afternoon in a new Stinson Voy ager upon which he took delivery at Wayne, just ouside of Detroit. Mich. Forsythe was accompanied by Gar Swanson of lone, who made the trip east with him, and Sephen Thompson, who was pick ed up at Waterloo, Iowa, where h had g'ane with a shipment of lambs The trip from Waterloo was made in 27 hours flying time, with stops along the way. It required five and one-half hours to make the last lap of the. journey, from West Yellowstone to the Lexington air port Upon arriving home Swanson found that his family was at Mc- Minnville so he employed Forsythe I to fly him there. Jack's father, B, C. Forsythe, made the flight with, : them. Miss Adelle Forster returned home Sunday from southern Cali fornia where she had a pleasant two weeks vacation. She was ac-v. copanied by her sister, Miss Irene Forster, who has been employed as a surgical nurse in one of the large hospitals at Glendale. and Staff Members All Good Horsemen "7 f.- Heppner Rodeo As sociation are efforts have brou glit the Heppner :"!U;' Ut 7 .!' -.., - : ,., ..... .; ' A f i Yt w - Keppner's town fathers had busy session Monday evening at which time matters of importance to the growth and welfare of the town were disposed of. Of first importance was the de cision to start preliminary work towards construction of a new re servoir to augment the distribu tion of water and provide addi tional fire protection. Plans call for a storage capacity of 500,000 gal lons on a site to be left largely to the consulting engineer that will be employed to put the job through. Concurrent with the decision to build a reservoir. Mayor Turner stated that all that stands between the city and a new well is the fact that Contractor A. M. Edwards has not completed the well at Echo. As" soon as he is through there he will set up at the site selected and start drilling for a new supply of water for Heppner. Discussion of the reservoir brought forth comment on the water used- This was prompted by a query from Councilman Tibbies relative to refilling the swimming tank- The tank has been out of service the past week due to a wa ter' shortage and while the season is little more than half gone it was debatable whether it should be closed for the rest of the sea son and season ticket holders re funded for the unused portion. J. O. Rasmus, water commissioner, reported that the pump at the city well is operating at the highest notch yet attained and that ap proximately 310,000 gallons of wa ter is being pumped daily. This has not been suffiicient to permit an appreciable increase of storage water and that unless rain came, or cooler weather, it didn't appear possible to fill the tank soon. Af ter considerable discussion it was decided to let the tank matter stand as is and if the supply in creases the tank will be refilled. A request from the school board for a hearing was granted and Ed win Dick presented a request for aid from the city in policing the school grounds at night in an ef fort to break up the vandalism which has caused the district no small amount of worry and much expense. Harold Becket spoke on the in adequate lighting system both on the school property and leading to it Miss Leta Humphreys, chairman of the board, asked for coopera tion between school and city in the matter of hiring a full-time physical education teacher and re creation director. The policing request has been met in part by the hiring of an ad ditional marshal. Mayor Turner read an application from Charles Gomilion which was acted upon at once. Gomilion was employed Tuesday. He will use his car for pa trol duty about town, with peri odical trips around the school pro perty. Council also decided that more light .is needed but felt the city's obligation ceased at the dis trict's property line. If additional lights are not put in an effort to strengthen those in service,will be made Mayor Turner offered the sug gestion that the city employ the services of a bulldozer in having the Willow creek channel cleared under the Main street bridge, add ing that it might be a good thing to clear the creek channel from the Main street bridge to and in cluding the Gale street bridge- The proposal was accepted by the council with the recommendation that the channel be cleaned from the Gale street bridge to the south Continued on t,;tge Four V i fi all men of the mJJIc st:n.kin-n Kodeo to the front in this field Cliff DauRhcrty, Claude Huidika, Dinges, setretaiy. C) .Cr.;