Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 9, 1947
Volume 63, Number 42
Potent Mustangs
Still Undefeated
In Casaba Play
Arlington, Fossil
Latest Victims of
Patemen Speed
By Bob Mollahan
Heppner high school's potent
Mustangs were still undefeated
in uasneioan piay alter winning
meir mtn straight game last
Tuesday a 3717 victory over
the outclassed Fossil Falcons at
the IMS gym.
Coach Pate's quintet led all
the way Tuesday night, Jump
ing Into a 14-6 first period ad
vantage and holding a 20-9 half
time bulge. Expeditious Clar
ence Greenup and Jack Parrish
paced the Mustangs with 12 and
9 points respectively.
Heppner (37) (17) Fossil
Mollahan, 6 F 3, Leathers
Greenup, 12 F 2, Roark
Parrish, 9 G 8, Tripp
D. Rippoe, 4 G .0, Matthews
Padberg, 4 G 3, Adams
L. Rippee, 0 F 0, Simmons
Bennett, 2 .... F . 0, Greenfield
Schunk, 0 F 1, Ostrander
Hughes, 0 C
Peck, 0 G
Munkers, 0 G
The Heppner B team defeated
their opponents 30-20 in the op
ener. Heppner plays the strong lone
quintet on the local floor Fri
day night, January 10. From
all appearances this will be the
big game of the season. This
will be the first league game
for both clubs.
Heppner High basketball team
journeyed to Arlington last Fri
day night where they defeated
the Honkers 25-16. For three
quarters the game was nip and
tuck the lead changing several
times. The last quarter the lo
cals began to find themselves
and ran up a nine-point lead.
The Arlington B defeated the
Heppner B 14-12 in the opener.
Heppner fg ft tp
Mollahan, F 2 I 5
Greenup, F 2 0 4
Parrish,- C 5 0 10
Corwin, G 1 1 3
Padberg, C, 0 0 0
L. Rippee, F 0 0 0
D. Rippee, G 1 1 3
Arlington
Wheelhousc, F 0 0 0
West, F 1 0 2
Roberts, C 3 1 7
dough, G 2 15
Bailey, G 1 0 2
Shrine Officers
Installed Jan. 1
Installation of officers of Mor
row County Shrine club and aux
iliary was held at the Masonic
temple at 3 p.m. New Year's
day.
Presiding officer Garnet Bar
ratt, assisted by Noel Dobyns as
marshal, installed Harley An
derson, president; Blaine E. Is
om, vice president, and Marvin
Wightman, secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. John Wightman, with
Mrs. Claude Graham as marsh
al, installed Mrs. Harley Ander
son president of the auxiliary;
Mrs. L D. Tibbies, vice-president,
and Mrs. Floyd Worden, secretary-treasurer.
At this meeting a summary of
items sent the Shrine hospital
during the past year was read.
This Includes a dressed beef,
cases of canned foods, butter,
cereal, carton of Kleenex, toys
and Christmas gifts. Following
the installation a social evening
and banquet were enjoyed by
the members.
Willard Blnke has been ab
sent from Wilson's Men's Wear
this week due to an aggravat
ing cold.
I J1, I lf L
HAVE A GOOD TIME BUT DONT GET
HOT AND DIRTY- WE'RE SHORT OF SOAP.
ONE POUND OF USED FAT IS ENOUGH TO
MAKE 6 BARS OF TOILET SOAP.
News From
C. A. Office
Several orders have been plac
ed for dairy calves as a result
of the news Item which appear
ed In this column two weeks
ago. If you are thinking of or
dering some of 4he Guernsey
Jersey or Holstein heifer calves
available from the Tillamook
Dairy Herd Improvement asso
ciation you had better get your
order in soon. Late- orders are
apt to be unfilled as there is a
demand for good quality heifers
from many counties.
Don't forget that it is getting
close to grub control time. From
Indications it appears that the
first treatment will need to be
carried out around the 15th of
this month.
A 5 percent rotonone dust can
be used at the raie of 3 ounces
per cow per treatment or 7 12
lbs. per 100 gallons of water for
a spray using approximately 1
gallon of this per-cow. A second
treatment "must be carried nut
after an interval of approxim
ately 21 days for best results.
Contact this office for further
information.
Much interest is being shown
in acquiring county farm fire
fighting equipment which would
always be available for farm
fires, whether grass, grain or
buildings. There are several
types of equipment available,
of which the high pressure fog
machine is most popular.
Arrangements have been made
to hold a demonstration of the
fog type equipment in control
ling fires for all of our Morrow
county farm families. This dem
onstration will be in Heppner
on January 21st with a motion
picture of fighting farm fires to
be shown at the Heppner school
gymnasium at 10:30 a.m. Actual
demonstrations of the use of the
equipment will be given at 1:30
p.m. Don't forget this date and
be on hand to see ai;d discuss
the possibilities o.' a high pres
sure fog machine.
Some keen interest has devel
oped to organize more home ec
onomics 4-H clubs in the Hepp
ner community. The home dem
onstration agent will discuss
4-H club work and the organiz
ing of clubs to all girls of the
fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
gades and their mothers. This
meeting is scheduled for Satur
day, January 11, at 2:30 p.m.
in the music room of the Hepp
ner school. The door will be
unlocked on the south side en
trance of the building. This will
be a worthwhile meeting for the
girls and their mother. .
The first home extension unit
meeting for January was held
on Wednesday, January 8, at Ir-
rigon by Mrs. Erma Little, ex
tension specialist in family re
lationships of Oregon State col
lege. Katherine Monahan, home
demonstation agent, will meet
with the remaining home exten
sion units. All the units meet
ings in January will be sched
uled for 1:30 p.m.
The remaining units to meet
are:
January 10, Lexington, Ladies
Aid room.
Jan. 14, Boardman, Commun
ity church.
Jan. 15, Hardman, schoolhouse.
Jan. 16, Rhea Creek and Eight
mile, Rhea Creek Grange hall.
Jan. 17, Lena, Jerry Brosnan
home.
Jan. 21, lone and Cecil, lone
Congregational church rooms.
This will be a discussion meet
ing on family living.
The Oregon Woolgrowers as
sociation, traditionally an east
ern Oregon organization, is
breaking precedent this year to
hold Its fifty-first annual meet
ing In Eugene Januay 22-23-24
Vagrancy Charge
Draws 60-Day Term
Justice J. O. Hager meted out
two 60-day jail sentences and
a $150 fine to persons appearing
before him the first of the week.
Marie Anderson, haled before
the justice on a vagrancy count,
received a 60-day jail sentence
with a 30-day suspended sen
tence provided she can produce
a clean bill of health.
Marvin Virgil Casebeer was
given a fine of $150 and costs on
a charge of killing a deer dur
ing closed season, and James H.
Brannon drew a 60-day sentence
and a fine of $150 and costs on
a charge of operating a motor
vehicle while under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor. The
justice suspended the jail term
upon payment of the fine and
costs. Brannon's driver's license
Is automatically suspended for
a period of one year.
3-A Committeemen
Set Ud Practices
For Current Year
A joint meeting of commun
ity and county committeemen
was held Tuesday at the court
house in Heppner to compose
the 1947 county hand book. At
tending from the state office
were E. Harvey Miller, director
of the state production and mar
keting administration; Murl
Cummings, state director of the
federal crop insurance program;
Al Geiss, farmer triple A field
man for eastern Oregon, and
Fred Pratt, range management
supervisor with the triple A.
The one major point of dis
cussion was trashy summer
fallow practice. It was finally
decided not to approve any field
for trashy summerfallow v. here
any burning had been carried
out. All practices In the Oregon
handbook were discussed and
the practices that pertain to
Morrow county were approved
for this county's handbook A
supplemental practice is allow
ed for each county this year.
The committeemen suggested
the practice of burning weeds
along ditch banks to control the
spread of weeds as a practice
needed in the irrigated sections
of Boardman and Irrigon.
Community committeemen In
attendance included Markham
Baker, D. S. Barlow, Adolf Skou-
bo, C. N. Jones, Burton Peck,
B. J. Doherty, William Smeth-
urst Jr., Harry Duvall, Sam Mc
Millan, Sam Turner, M. J. Fitz
patrick, Olney Saling, William
Doherty, Charles McElligott, Al
va Jones, Werner Rietmann, Carl
Knighten, Walt Wright, Floyd
Worden, Rayrtjond Lundell, Ar
nold Hoffman, and E. E. Rugg
and Ralph Beamer, alternates
for South Heppner. Tom Wilson
of the Soil Conservation service
and A. C. Houghton, watermas
ter from Irrigon, were present to
help with the discussion.
Several members of the Oregon
State college staff will take part
in the program, announces Wal
ter A. Holt, secretary.
Holt, former county agent at
Pendleton and manager of the
Pacific International Livestock
exposition, explains the western
Oregon meeting place in part as
follows:
"Just south of Eugene is Dou
glas county with the most sheep
of all counties in the state. The
Western Oregon Livestock asso
ciation has a large number of
sheep owners who will thus be
given an opportunity to know
more about the state and na
tional wool growers associations-
The Eugene chamber of com
merce has arranged a fine meet
ing place, and the state legisla
ture will be in session In Salem
only a few miles away."
Several nationally prominent
persons in the wool industry
have arranged to stop at Eugene
for the Oregon meeting enroute
to San Jrancisco for the nation
al convention to be held there
January 26-30, Holt announces.
William A. Schocnfcld, dean
and director of agriculture at
O. S. C, who returned recently
from official inspection of ag
riculture in Great Britain, and
Dr. J. N. Shaw, head of veterin
ary medicine, are listed as O. S.
C. speakers.
News Briefs
Charles Osmln is In the vet-,
erans hospital at Portland
where he was scheduled to un
dergo a surgical operation Wed
nesday. He has been In the hos
pital since December 31. Mrs.
Osmln went down Sunday to bo
with him.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. MeCurdy
Sr. left Monday for southern
California to spend several mon
ths. They spent Monday night
with Mrs. McCurdy's mother,
Mrs. Ella Davidson, at lone and
went on1 from there Tuesday
morning.
Mrs. II. D. McMCurdy Jr. and
bnby Karen Lee enme home
Sunday afternoon from Pendle
ton. The junior McCurdy's arc
Pomona Favorable
To Uniform Truck
Size in Oregon
By Mary Lundell
Morrow county Pomona grange
held the first meeting for 1947
last Saturday at the Lexington
hall where the generous hos
pitality of Lexington grange
was enjoyed.
Master S. J. Devine dropped
the gavel and presided in his
usual genial manner. The at
tendance was much the largest
in several years.
The lecturer's program, a
highlight of the meeting, com
prised several timely talks, led
off by Nelson Anderson, county
agent, in his initial appearance
at a Morrow county Pomona.
Mr. Anderson spoke on weed
and soil control and introduced
the thought of fire control equip
ment for rural Morrow county.
Equipment will be demonstrat
ed later In the month, place and
date to be announced through
the local paper.
Other speakers were Miss
Margaret Gillis, who talked on
"Control of Diseases in Schools,"
and Henry Peterson who men
tioned some of the questions to
come before the legislature soon
to convene in Salem.
Mrs. Kenneth Smouse, accom
panied by Mrs. Elsie Beach, sup
plied the music for the pro
gram, ' two beautiful selections
on her violin, "Mighty Lak A
Rose" and "Beautiful Dreamer."
During the day taxation and
type of taxes to be met were
discussed by George Peck, while
Henry Baker and Orville Cuts
forth told much concerning REA
progress.
The following resolutions
were Introduced and met the
approval of the voting body:
Uniform Truck Law Resolved
that the Oregon state legislature
make our present permit system
permanent on weights and leng
th of our trucks on state high
ways. State Grange Procedure Re
solved that the state grange pro
cedure be modernized, having
special reference to committee
reports being made- in person by
committee chairman and that
committee chairmen be requir
ed to consider all resolutions
presented.
Registration of Lobbyists
Resolved that all lobbyists at
state legislature be required to
file a report of representation,
who they are, who they repre
sent and report made annually
to secretary of state, of salary
and expense account.
County Roads Resolved that
we are in favor of the Tax Study
commission's report on alloca
tion of state highway funds to
counties and cities.
Oregon Wheat Commission
We are resolved that an Oregon
wheat commission financed by
a 12-cent tax on all wheat en
tering commercial channels be
set up by the coming state leg
islature, as recommended at the
last meeting of the Eastern Ore
gon Wheat league
We believe that Federal Crop
Insurance should be broadened
to permit protection of the en
tire crop. Therefore, be it re
solved that we request the Ore
gon State Grange, at the Na
tional Grange, to work with oth
er farm organizations in order
to accomplisn this purpose.
Degree work was exemplified
by Rhea Creek grange, while
officers of Rhea Creek, Lexing
ton and Willows granges were
installed by a team from lone.
The next Pomona meeting will
be held Saturday, April 5 at
Rhea Creek.
ANGLING REGULATIONS
DUE FOR CONSIDERATION
The 1947 angling regulations
will come up for consideration
when the Oregon state game
commission holds its annual
hearing on Jan. 11 at its offices
at 1634 S. W. Alder street, Port
land.
Seasons, bag limits and reg
ulations affecting the methods
of taking game fish will be de
termined for the ensuing year.
Upon final adjournment of
the hearing, the regulations
adopted become effective and
cannot be changed until the
following year except in the
case of an extreme emergency.
Around Town
occupying the senior McCurdy
suite in the Matt apartments.
Mrs. William F. Barratt and
daughter Victoria Leo have re
turned from Pendleton where
the baby was born December
28.
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Runnlon
and Mrs. James Valentino left
Thursday evening for Rochester.
Minn., where the women are un
dergoing treatment nt the Mayo
clinic. The party drove to Spo
kano and took a plane from
there to Rochester.
Miss Betty Jean Robinson
came from Berkeley, Calif., the
last of the week for a visit with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs
s. H. Shannon, and other rela
tives,
Drive For Polio Funds
To Open January 15
A campaign to raise a sub
stantial sum In Morrow county
as a coniriDUtion to the nation
al infantile paralysis founda
tion will open Wednesday, Jan.
15, according to Francis Nick
erson, director of the drive in
this county.
Nickerson told the chamber of
commerce luncheon group Mon
day that due to the spread of
the disease within the past year
it will be necessary to raise a
much larger sum than has been
trie rule in recent years and
that all individuals and organ
izations will be waited upon for
contributions.
The chairman reported on a
meeting of polio chairmen of
the several counties of the state
Saturday in Portland which was
highlighted by a visit from Basil
Basketball Fans
Treated to Rare
Brand of Play
There was no thought on the
part of the fans or players that
the Heppner Townies could or
would win their game from the
Harlem Globetrotters. In that
no one was disappointed. The
question in the minds of all was
as to how much of a showing
the local squad could or would
make. To be truthful, the final
sore does net look too bad for
the Townies, but it doesn't tell
the story.
The record shows a score of
61-34 in favor of the colored boys.
it could have been almost any
thing the Harlemites wished to
make it had they really "gone
to town" in a big way. They
chose to make a good game of
it and have a lot of fun at the
same time, with the result that
the 500 or so cash customers
got the full value of their in
vestment The first quarter was fast and
furious. The visitors really
worked for afew minutes. The
Townies even got ahead once
in that period, 10-9. After that
tii GTs ran up a long margin
and then settled down to their
evening's fun. Fancy passing,
trick shots and clowning kept
the crowd in an uproar much of
the time. At one time "Pipei"
Davis (we think it was he)
playing near the south basket
all by himself, tossed one in for
the Townies. That broke up a
long scoreless spell for the local
boys and they perked up for a
while.
The pay-off .came when Fran
cis Nickerson, playing his lust
game of basketball, heaved one
in for 'he Townies. One of the
Harlem boys cleared the floor
and tola "Nick" to shoot, telling
him, j'ou're going to get a bas
ket if I have to throw it for
you." . . ,
While all of the Globetrotters
are outstanding players, the one
making the greatest impression
on the crowd was Boyd Buie,
one-armed guard. His precision
in throwing baskets is uncanny
ancj he is equally proficient in
receiving and passing.
Manager LaVerne Van Marter
is angling tor other games for
his Townie squad and may pos
sibly iind another big tune i t-
traction before the season ends.
Presses Were
Hartford and
Started at Burgh Hill, Ohio
Lack of press and other equip
ment did not deter A. Bennett
from launching a newspaper at
Burgh Hill, Ohio, in September.
1845. There was need for a
school publication and he set
about to perpare It "A Paper
Devoted to Education, General
Intelligence, Etc.," he wrote on
the masthead.
Some weeks back Walter Gay
brought a copy of the Hartford
and Vernon Times to this office.
There are eight pages of sheets
eight by twelve inches and the
copy Is all prepared in long
hand. There were no typewrit
ers in those days 102 years ago
and printing presses were not
available except in the larger
centers.
The masthead "Hartford and
Vernon Times" 13 cucfully hand
lettered and the rest is In long
hand.
In his opening paragraph, Ed
Itor Bennett announced: "The
Hartford and Vernon Times Is a
newspaper published at the
Burgh Hill Institute, Hartford
Trumbull County, Ohio. Being
supported as it is by the schol
ars of the Institution it can but
be Interesting. There will be
a plenty of vaiiety for all who
have a correct taste for reading
It has already a circulation of
two thousand and subset lpttons
O'Connor, head of the national
foundation and also chief of the
Red Cross. He brought a mes
sage from O'Connor urging the
people to be generou3.
Of great local interest is the
proposal of 4he state organiza
tion to send LaVerne Van Mar
ter on a trip to Portland an'! the
Willamette valley towns in the
Interest of the campaign. A
great many of the polio victims
are discouraged with their out
look on life and Van Marter was
selected as the man best fitted
to demonstrate to these unfor
tunate victims that their chance
for success has not been lost
Chairman liickerson is awaiting
word from the state director '.el
ative to Van Matter's itinerary.
Mrs. Van Marter wijl accompany
her husband on the trip.
Dance Fouled Up
With Men 'Beating
It Up' in Kitchen
Dancing without a masculine
partner is not the fondest thing
the girls is of. That's the im
pression gained from a state
ment of one of the gentler sex
at the old time dance staged
following the PTA meeting at
the school house Wednesday
evening. With the gents in the
kitchen preparing refreshments,
dancing partners of the opposite
sex were at a premium and ac
cording to one of the gals the
dance was "fouled up."
The evening opened' with a
short business session and was
followed by an illustrated talk
by Tom Wilson, his subject be
ing "Resources of Eastern Ore
gon." Wilson had numerous
pictures which were projected
on the screen to depict the type
of industries and resources
found in this region.
The fifth grade was awarded
the picture of the month, hav
ing 15 parents present at the
meeting.
Stephen Thompson was chair
man of the refreshment com
mittee which included Claude
Graham, Blaine Isom, Edmond
Gonty, Tress McClintock, Marvin
Wightman and Conley Lanham.
Febuary 12 will- be Founders'
day at which time a special pro
gram will be given.
AUGUST SCHUNK SERVICES
HELD HERE SATURDAY
Funeral services for August
Schunk who passed away late
Thursday evening, Jan. 2, were
held Saturday from the Phelps
Funeral Home chapel with Joe
Jewett, pastor of the' Church of
Christ, officiating. Mrs. C. C.
Dunham sang two numbers.
The body was taken to Ore
gon City where interment was
made Sunday.
Surviving are three sons and
two daughters, William Schunk
of West Linn, Heman Schunk of
Oregon City, Albert Schunk of
Heppner, Emma Miller of Ore
gon City, Maida Britt of Hepp
ner; 21 grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren, and three
great-great -grandchildren.
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MAY EAT AT CAFETERIA
Arrangements are being made
to serve the Monday luncheons
of the chamber of commerce at
the school cafeteria.
Scarce When
Vernon Times
.ut- uauy increasing, it is a
large and extensive sheet of the
finest paper. It cannot fail to
give satisfaction. Terms, five
dollars a year in advance."
(That last sentence is of Dar
ticular interest to publishers of
tins era who mail out their is
sues each week at subscriptions
averaging about $2.50 per an
num.)
Experience gained while strue
gling along with a hand-written
paper must have placed Editor
Bennett in position to enjoy the
luxury ot a printing press if
that privilege were accorded
him. The original copy contain
ed contributions by others, such
as "Early Remembrances" by A
M. Read, the text of which leads
one to believe that the writer
was a teacher; an article on
"Neglect" by M. Moses; "The
Two Travellers"; a lengthy dis
cussion ot Mesmerism, and an
article on the Burgh Hill Lyce
um. But no athletics. The rule
in those days was "readln', writ
In' and 'rithmetic."
Despite the fact that the pa
per was prepared more than
century ago It Is In a good state
of preservation. Mr. Gay did not
know how his family came to
be in possession of it but think
It might have been the property
of his grandfather who passed
It on to the late Henry Gay.
Deposits Approach
Five Million Mark
Bank deposits in the Heppner
branch of the First National
Bank of Portland as of Decern
ber 31 1946 were $4,851,803.37.
Loans at the same time were
$558,808.01.
This statement was released
this week by E. B. McNaughton,
president of the First National
Bank of Portland. He stated
that the figures were released
in response to requests from
many editors and chambers of
commerce that deposits and
loans originating in their com
munities was desirable and pro
per information. The bank au
thorities, concurring in the be
lief that such figures are the
best indices of a community's
prosperity and enterprise, will
follow the practice of releasing
these items on call dates hence
forth.
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1. 0. 0. F.-Rebekah
Installation Held
Wednesday Evening
Joint installation of officers
was the program carried out by
the Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Wednesday at the Oddfellows
hall. The evening opened with
a sumptuous feast followed by
the installation ceremonies.
Mrs. John Bergstrom was in
stalled as noble grand of the
Rebekahs; Mrs. Elwyn Hughes,
vice grand; Mrs. Ralph Benge,
secretary; Mrs. N. D. Bailey,
treasurer; Mrs. Roy Quacken
bush, warden; Mrs. Harold Hill,
conductress;- Mrs. LaVerne Van
Marter, inner guard; Mrs. Frank
Davidson,-outer guard; Mrs. Le
tha Archer, RSNG; Mrs. Alice
Gentry, LSNG; Mrs. Gordon
Banker, chaplain; Mrs. William
French, musician; Mrs. Cornetti
Green, RSVG; Mrs. Roy Thom
as, LSVG; Merlyn Kirk, color
bearer, and Mrs. Lee Howell,
past noble grand.
Elective officers installed by
the Oddfellows were Ralph Bea
mer, noble grand; Ernest Hunt,
vice grand; Lee Howell, secre
tary, and C. W. Barlow, treasur
er. Mayor Lanham
Asks Liberal Aid
For Dimes March
Whereas, the nation has just
emerged from the greatest epi
demic of infantile paralysis
since the great scourge of 1916,
and,
Whereas, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
which is supported by the March
of Dimes and by the March of
Dimes only, has been called up
on as never before in its history
to spend millions to bring the
best available care to those
stricken, regardless of age,
creed, color or race, and,
Whereas, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis
will be called upon as never be
fore to provide continuing care
for the thousands stricken until
maximum recovery is assured in
every case, thereby fulfilling its
expressed pledge to the Ameri
can people, and,
Whereas, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis
has. in addition to these huge
sums spent millions and will
continue to spend millions in
research seeking the cause of
and possible cure for this great
crippler, and proposes so to do
until polio is rendered harmless,
and,
Whereas, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
supported as it is solely by the
March of Dimes, will need mil
lions of additional dimes this
year in its widespread educa
tional program designed to
strike against polio's two great
est allies fear and ignorance,
and,
Whereas, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis,
spearhead of the ceaseless war
against polio will, for the rea
sons set forth above, need funds
to carry on its work in 1947 as
never before in its history,
lnerefore be it resolved, that
the sixteen days January 15-30
be officially set aside in Hepp
ner as the 1947 March of Dimes
in Heppner, during which time
all citizens are urged to fam
iliarize themselves thoroughly
with the good works of the
March of Dimes and to support
tne national Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis to their utmost
with their dimes.
CONLEY LANHAM, Mayor
LANDS AT SOUTHAMPTON
David Hynd is In receipt of a
note from Walter Luckman who
is visiting in his native land
England. Written aboard the
Queen Elizabeth as the great
ship was pulling Into the har
bur at Southampton, Luckman
said he had had a pleasant
Journey. Word received on ship
board was that the weather was
cold In England, but he would
be willing to take it to get his
feet on land once more.
Change in Town's
Water and Police
Setup Proposed
Superintendent of
Both Departments
Gets Consideration
A proposal to place responsi
bility for both water and police
departments on one man met
with approval of Mayor Lanham
and the city cou.'cil when the
plan was submitted Tuesday
evening at a called meeting.
The plan was evolved to relieve
councilmen from hiving to take
time from their rspeotiv busi
nesses to lay out and o'esee pro
jects and otherwise oversee af
fairs of the city
The plan as first presented
did not meet with the approv
al of J. O. Rasmus, city water
supervisor, who contended that
the job of water mastef and po
licing are separate jobs and
should be kept that way. Ras
mus forthwith handed in his
keys and tendered his resigna
tion, leaving the meeting while
the matter was still under dis
cussion.
The mayor and council are In
accord on the proposal to create
a job of city superintendent who
will be in charge of both water
and police departments. The
plan includes an assistant to
the superintendent whose duties
will be mostly in the water de
partment, and a police chief.
If the proposal is correctly un
derstood, all three will be sub
ject to police duty if occasion
arises, but police work in the
main will devolve upon the man
retained for that purpose.
A meeting has been called for
Friday evening to make final
arrangements for putting the
plan into operation and to con
sider applications for the posi
tion. The town is temporarily
without a watermaster.
The new councilmen entered
upon their duties with a zest
and had plenty of business to
thresh out. Councilman Dun
ham proposed that the city make
an effort to collect revenues on
punchboards as provided by a
city statute. Some change in the
ordinance may be necessary to
make collecting practicaL
R. B. Rands of JJoardman was
present and submitted a propos
al for installing five or six slot
machines in Heppner. Rands
has machines in opeation at Ir
rigon, Boardman, lone and Lex
ington. Luke Bibby also was
present and his offer on operat
ing the machines on a percent
age basis appeared to give the
city a better break. The coun
cil favored Bibby if permission
is granted to operate them.
Bennett Family in
Reunion Sunday
Sunday was a red letter day
in the history of the I. C. Ben
nett family, for all members of
the family were together in the
first reunion in 25 years.
Main inspiration for the re
union was the arrival here Sat
urday of Alva Bennett of St.
Regis, Mont., who had been
away for 25 years and missed
such other ingatherings of the
family as may have occurred
in that time. He had gone to
Portland to visit his sister, Mrs.
Ellis Irwin. Mrs. Irwin accom
panied him here, and at The
Dalles they were joined by Nor
ma Scrivner. Don Bennett, em
ployed as telegrapher at The
Dalles, drove up Sunday morn
ing and took the party back that
far on their way to Portland.
A turkey dinner helped round
out a day of visiting.
GOES TO SALEM
In town the first of the week,
Rep. Henry Peterson said he ex
pected to leave Thursday for
Salem to get set for the legisla
tive session. He is looking for
ward to a long and busy term.
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