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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 10, 1947
Volume 64, Number 16
HEPPNE
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Architect Alters
Hospital Plans To
Come Within Funds
One Wing Omitted
In Effort to Meet
Money Limitations
Morrow county will have a
hospital but on slightly modi
fied plans, it was decided Mon
day morning when the hospital
committee met with E. P. Har
rington, of the firm of Roald,
Schmeor and Harrington, Port
land, to study a rearrangement
of tentative plans presented by
the firm at an earlier 'late with
a view to making them come
within the limitation placed up
on construction costs when the
budget failed to pass.
Architect Harrington was in
structed to eliminate one wing,
the one housing the maternity
ward, and to incorporate the
ward in remaining space. If it
Is found that it is not necessary
to lop off more than one wing,
which is about 60 feet wide,
there will be more space avail
able for the maternity ward and
general wards. Should there still
not be enough funds there is
but one alternative and that is
to take off 100 feet from the to
tal length of the building, mak
ing the frontage toward the
town 172 feet instead of 212 feet.
The original plans called for a
frontage of 272 feet.
Architect Harrington is expec
ted to return with completed
plans in a few days and if ac
cepted he assured the commit
.tee that a contractor could be
on the job in about 00 days.
Harrington urged the county
court to use county equipment
as far as possible in excavating
and hauling in order to make
the funds go farther. Tile brick
will be used in the exterior con
struction and a study made of
interior finish to get the best
results for the money expended.
EQUIPMENT OFFER MADE
B. ('. Pincknoy, member of the
hospital building committee, is
in receipt of a letter from a for
mer Morrow county couple
which Is self-explanatory. Dated
July G, at Salem, the letter
reads as follows:
Mr. B. C. Pinckney,
Heppner, Oregon,
Dear Sir:
I have been reading in the
Gazette Times about the Mor
row county general hospital and
about the county being short of
funds to build and equip the
hospital. As you know, we have
always agitated building the
Morrow county hospital when we
were heavy taxpayers, but now
we are not taxpayers of the
county, but feel as our interests
are there Just the same, as it
was the only homo we ever had
and some day we might come
home again, and we would like
to have a little interest in the
hospital. If It will help any, my
wife and I will donate the fur
nishings for one room in the hos
pital complete with up-to-date
furniture, and we would only
ask for the privilege of asking
three of the hospital committee
to represent us in the purchase
of the furniture as we can not
be there, but we will pay the
bill. The only request that we
will make is that they choose a
hospital bed that is easy. I
think the kind that is best is
one that cranks up at the foot
like the old model Ford, as I do
not think they are making self
starters yet.
Now, if this offer is not satis
factory, just throw it in the
waste basket, it will be worth
something as waste paper and
every little tiling helps some
these days.
Laxton McMurray and
Jennie . McMurray.
Note: The McMurrays previ
ously offered to provide the hos
pital with nn iron lung but it
was found that operation of the
machine is not practical in small
hospitals. The hospital commit
tee and the citizens In general
will gladly accept this new offer
from Mr. and Mrs. McMurray,
MISS MONAHAN UMATILLA
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
Miss Kathryn Monahan, Mor
row county home demonstration
agent until July 1, has been ap
pointed home demonstration ag
ent in Umatilla county and Is
now In charge of the office in
Pendleton.
Miss Monahan Is a member of
the Oregon tSato College exten
slon service and ns such Is on a
regular salary from the college,
Money put up by counties main
taining homo demonstration ag
ents Is used for operating ex
penses and does not apply to
agents salaries.
Four-H club work carried on
by the home demonstration ap
ent here during the time the
office was in operation will be
carried on to a limited degree
by the county agent's office.
Mrs. Cyrene Rarralt came
from Corvallis to observe the 4th
at the home of her son Bill and
family. She will remain for scv
eral weeks.
Dinner Guests Learn of Bigness Of
Proposed Supersonic Laboratory
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This newspaper has challeng
ed oilier counties of the state to
come forth with an active coun
ty official as old or older than
Morrow county's treasurer. To
date the challenge has not been
accepted. The challenge still
stands and it will be more dif
ficult to meet as of today for
Leon W. Briggs, pictured above,
has added another milestone in
his trek toward the century
mark. Today is his 8Sth birth
day, and he is planning his cam
paign for another term as trea
surer. The Gazette Times joins his
many friends in felicitating him
upon his long, active carreer and
wish for him continued good
health and happiness.
Car Driver Should
Carry A License
Renewal Schedule
I.'very Oregon driver should
carry a license renewal schedule
v. illi his driving permit until his
old driver's license expires, it
has been stressed by Robert S.
Farrcll Jr., secretary of state.
"Most of the questions and
mistakes the license division
has encountered," he said,
"would have been avoided if the
people concerned had carefully
read and kept the renewal sched
ule. It was designed intention
ally to fold to the size of the
license card so the two could be
carried together." Schedules are
available free of charge from
any service station, police sta
tion, sheriff's office, or driver's
license clerk or examiner.
All Oregon driver's licenses
expire during the next two years
under a system adopted by the
10 17 legislature. The expiration
date of each license is determin
ed by its serial number, lowest
numbers first. Numbers 5R-33,-000
to riR-GO.OOO expire this
month. Numbers below 5R-33,-000
expired during June.
No individual notice is given
when licenses expire.
Application for renewal in
Heppner should be made at the
sheriff's office, court house, be
tween the liou,- of 8 a.m. and
i p.m. on Monday through Fri
day. No examination is neces
sary. Applications, however, will
not be accepted ahead of sched
ule. Vacationists with old licenses
who drive out-of-state risk ar
rest unless they carry Oregon
renewal schedules to prove their
permits are still valid.
Kate Dell Marden
Dies in Portland
Services were held in Portland
Monday morning for Kate Dell
Maiden, 6S, who passed away
liter a brief illness.
Mrs. JU.irden will be remem-
hered by older residents in
Heppner as Kate D. Sleeves. She
resided here several years and
taught the eighth grade In the
Heppner school. Several of her
former students still reside here
ind, like the writer, will cher
ish a fond memory of the bril
liant young woman who In later
years took up piano teaching as
:i profession and served a term
is president of the Oregon Fed
eration of Music clubs.
Leaving Heppner, she resided
in The Dalles a number of years,
meeting and later marrying Vic
tor M'lnlni of that cily.
Major Frank C. Alfred and
family were week-end visitors
in Heppner, coming to supervise
shipment of their household
goods to the eastern seacoast
country. Major Alfred, In the
army for good, will have head
quarters in Washington, I). C.
anil the family residence will be
In Alexandria, Va. They sold
their Heppner residence proper
ty to Mr. and Mrs. I'armel Broad
Toot who are preparing to move
In soon.
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Mrs. Clarence Howard of Kent,
Wash., and Mrs. K. Harvey Mill
er and daughter Marian are vis
iting relatives and friends In
and around Heppner this week.
The women are sisters of Mrs.
Sam Turner and Mrs. Gertrude
Applcgate.
Guests and members attend
ing the dinner sponsored by the
Hermiston chamber of commerce
Wednesday evening learned
things that have given them an
idea of the bigness of the pro
posed supersonic project for
which the federal government If
seeking a site. They heard John
F. Victory of Washington, D. C,
national advisory committee sec
retary, discuss a planned multi
million dollar supersonic labor
atory and other phases of avia
tion development which resi
dents alojig the Columbia river
are hoping will be located in
the area, possibly in the north
part of Morrow county.
Several people from Heppner
attended the dinner represent
ing the Heppner chamber of
commerce and they returned
home convinced that location of
the laboratory in this county
would be acceptable.
Mr. Victory described progress
in aviation and the necessity for
this country to take the lead and
maintain it in the field of avia
tion development. He has been
connected with this work for 32
years and while progress in that
time has been great there are
still worlds to conquer in avia
tion science and it will require
expenditure of vast sums of
money and employment of thou
sands of people.
He said the type of laboratory
for which the government is
seeking a suitable location
would cost from $600,000,000 to
$2,000,000,000 and would require
at least 15,000 workers. Such
projects are to be permanent.
The government already has
three or four of these laborator
ies in different parts of the coun
try and a site is being sought in
the west.
The speaker also stated that
the government builds its own
towns for workers on projects of
th.s nature.
Inasmuch as the dinner was
sponsored to give the people of
this district an opportunity to
hear a man in high position,
there was no discussion about
the project from a local angle.
People of the north part of the
county are deeply interested in
having the laboratory establish
ed here and the movement is ex
pected to gain support from the
rest of the county as the enor
mity of the project becomes
known.'
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Wranglers Plan
Ride for Sunday
At the regular meeting Tues
day evening, the Wranglers laid
pirns for the July ride and play
day. They chose Sunday, July
13, as the day and the Barratt
pasture as the locale for the
ride.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar George will
be hosts to the club at luncheon
at their home on North Court
street at noon. Wranglers and
their families are included on
the guest list.
Those joining in the ride will
gather at the Rodeo grounds at
10 a.m. The ride will start at
10:30. After lunch the group will
again meet at the Rodeo grounds
where a program will be run
through, including stake races
and other games, and possibly
one horse race. Uniforms will be
decided upon at this time and
those wishing to order are urg
ed to be on hand.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Parker
enjoyed a visit with their chil
dren and grandchildren over the
week end. Mr. and Mrs. Vawter
Parker and children, Cecilia and
"Bucky" of Hood River, and Mr.
and Mrs. John Parker and chil
dren, Jay, Mary Ann, Tony and
Gregory of Pendleton, joined the
other members of the family
here, Mrs. Frances Mitchell and
daughter Lorene, and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hoskins Jr. and daugh
ter Gale in observance of the na
tional holiday.
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Miss Edna Hughes, former de
puty county clerk here, came
from Portland to spend the
three-day vacation. Returning
to her job in Portland she was
accompanied by her mother.
Mrs. Grace Hughes, who will vis-
It In the city. They rode to the
city with Cecil Warner who came
up to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Warner and her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Barlow. Mrs
Alma Gilliam, sister of Mrs. Bar
low, accompanied Warner on the
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C, Collins of
the Heppner Cleaners & Dyers
took advantage of the three-day
holiday period to drive to their
former home at Cottage Grove
to get some things left there
when they moved to Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs, Frank Maynard
spent the week-end holiday In
( le F.lum, Wash, with Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Davis and Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Maynard,
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E,
Davis the past week were Mr,
and Mrs. Ralph Burkhardt
Ontario.
Heppner Continues
Winning Streak
By Trimming Fossil
Condon Gains Top
Spot By Defeating
Wasco Last Sunday
Heppner continued the win
nlng streak of the past few
weeks Sunday by defeating Fos
sil 8 to 5. While the local lads
were going strong towards a tie
with Condon for first place, the
(.Uliam county lads forgot to let
Wasco win Sunday's game and
this leaves them undisputed
holders of first place in the
Wheat-Timber league.
Heppner has two more games
and must win both to hold sec
ond place.
McCurdy started in the box
for Heppner, hurling for one and
one-third inning. The Fossilites
grabbed five hits off of his offer
ings and he was replaced by
Broadfoot who finished the
game, allowing but two hits. Mc
Roberts and Singer were on the
beam at bat, the former lacing
out three hits out of five times
up and the latter three hits out
of four times at bat.
Manager Bill Blake did a little
figuring Wednesday and came
up with the season batting av
erages for his players. McCurdy
topped the list with .478. Grady
followed with a mark of .400; C.
Broadfoot .390, Al Massey .362,
Bergstrom .360, Miller, D. Broad
foot, Ray Massey .333 each, Sin
ger .308, Hoyt .263, McGough
.2")0, McRoberts .250, Van Horn
.250, Boland .208 and Sweek 200.
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Houghton Resigns
From Fair Board
At a meeting of the Morrow
county fair board Monday after
noon the resignation of A. C.
Houghton was accepted and the
name of Ralph Skoubo of Board
man was submitted for approv
al. Mr. Skoubo has been notified
of his appointment and the
board and county court were
awaiting his acceptance Wed
nesday. The fair board has set up ten
tative plans for a small fair,
mostly 4-H club, this fall, prob
ably in conjunction with the ro
deo. The county has upwards of
three acres of land at the east
end of the CCC camp which the
fair beflrd plans to utilize for
his year's show. Future devel
opment will depend upon ar
rangements with the county rel
ative to the land figuring in the
county-city trade.
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Gee Wah Woo, 89,
Dies Wednesday
Death came Wednesday to Gee
Wah Woo, 89, at the home of
Mrs. Mynn Albert following a
brief illness. Arrangements are
being made to ship the body to
his native China, his family re
siding in the vicinity of Canton.
Gee Wah Woo, or "Dad," as he
was familiarly known about the
own, was a resident of Heppner
a good many years, coming here
first to work for Edward Chinn
when he operated a restaurant
n the Roberts building, now
part of the Gazette Times pro-
erty. About 16 years ago he re
umed to his native China to
visit his family and coming back
to this country a year later he
returned to Heppner and again
entered Mr. Chinn's employ and
remained with him until the
Elkhorn restaurant was sold in
11116. He planned to return to
china to spend the rest of his
life with his family but the tir
ed old body gave out before
transportation could be secured.
His wife survives him, as well
as several children and grand
children.
RAKE TEAM RUNS AWAY,
YOUTHFUL DRIVER HURT
Albert Burkenbine. young son
of Mrs. Mable Burkenbine of
Heppner, is nursing an injured
head and back as the result of
an accident which happened Tu
esday at the Fort nor ranch near
Boardman.
The boy was driving rake in
the hay field when the team
scared at something and ran
away. Albert was thrown from
the rake and he doesn't know
whether he was under the ma
chine or not but it was neces
sary to take several stitches to
close the cut on his head. He
also suffered scratches and brui
ses, lint you can't keep a good
man down and Albert is back
home helping the family with
chores around the Heppner mar
ket. Henry Chinn of New York City
Is in Heppner visiting his uncle,
Edward Chinn. Henry is quite
well known here, having spent
some of his boyhood days with
his uncle.
Billy Pettyjohn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Pettyjohn, is about
back to normal again after hav-
of lug his tonsils removed last
week.
MORROW 4-H DELEGATES ATTEND
SUMMER SCHOOL AT CORVALLIS
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This picture was taken at Corvallis during the recent 4-H
summer school at Oregon State college. Miss aKthryn Monahan.
former home demonstration agent in Morrow county, stated on
returning to Heppner that it was a fine clafs and rated high
among the county groOps represented. Reading from left to
right, rear row: Mrs. Ad Moore, chaperone; Jo Anne Graves,
Heppner; Patricia Drake, lone; Carlotta Olden, lone; Lorene Mit
chelL Heppner, and Miss Monahan. Front row: Lola Ann Mc
Cabe, lone; June Van Winkle, Lexington; Betty Graves, Heppner;
Ruby Ann Rietmann, lone; Faye Cutsforth, Lexington, and Ora
Ely, Boardman.
Council Passes Motion To Have
City-County Trade Concluded
Deciding that the city-county
property trade should be settled
one way or the other, members
of the council in session Monday
evening voted to authorize the
mayor to instruct the city attor
ney to meet with the county at
torney and complete negotia
tions on the terms already ac
cepted by both the city council
and the county court.
In the absence of Mayor Con-
ley Lanham, Councilman L. E.
Bisbee presided as acting may
or. Councilman present were
Sickerson, Dunham and Yeager;
absent, Wilson and Tibbies.
After it was proposed that the
question be voted upon, the;
board of directors of the Hepp-1
ner Rodeo association was invit-
ed in to give views on the pro-
posed trade"but nothing definite
reseulted from the discussion
News Items of interest Around Town , . . .
By Ruth Payne J Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Brown
Week-end guests at the home and daughters of Portland spent
of Mr. and Mrs. James Cowins
were their daughter. Mrs. Ruth
McNeil, and Bob Najarian of
Pendleton.
Albert Allyn and daughter,
Mrs. Fred Allyn of Anderson,
Cal., are visiting his brother,
George Allyn of Lexington and
nher relatives in this vicinity.
This is the first time in thirty
years the brothers have seen
each other.
Mrs. Newt O'Harra and son
Jack were up from Lexington on
Monday looking after business
matters.
Mrs. Lee Beckner of lone was
a business visitor in Heppner
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bucknum
returned Monday from Boise and
Mountain Home, Idaho, where
they spent the week end holiday
wit h friends.
J. C. Owens returned the end
of the week from Portland and
Vancouver where he spent the
past month with his daughters,
Mrs. Melvin Herrington and Mrs.
Conser Adkins. Mr. Owens will
leave Monday for Hay, Wash.,
where he will spend a few
weeks with another daughter,
Mrs. Fred Stark, and family.
Evelyn Humphreys came from
San Francisco the end of the
week to spend a few days here
with her father, T. J. Humph
reys, and sister, Miss Leta Hum
phreys. She returned to Cali
fornia Sunday by plane.
Mrs. Jack Carmichael of Cor
vallis is visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Moyer. Mrs.
Carmichael -is the former Miriam
Moyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomp
son and daughter are vacation
ing in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown and
their guests. Mr. and Mrs. Doc
Rice and Mr. and Mrs. William
Gross, spent the week end at
Lehman springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chnpin
if Portland arc spending this
.vcek in Heppner with their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hodge Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Saarjor
spent the holiday week end at
Bingham springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Kmmctt Kenny
of Pendleton were week-end
guests of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Kenny.
Mrs. W. E. Mikesell returned
Monday evening from Portland
where she spent the week end
visiting at the home of her son
and daughter-in-law. Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Mikesell. While there,
Mrs. Mikesell made the acquain
tance of her new grandchild.
John Krebs of Cecil was n
business visitor in Heppner on
Monday.
Charles M. Cox was over from
Pendleton Sunday to spend the
day wtih his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Cox.
other than that the association
objects to the boundary includ
ing a shed heretofore used dur
ing rodeo season which will pass
into control of the county. Oth
ers felt some agreement might
be reached between the interest
ed parties.
J. G. Barratt, speaking unof
ficially, recited some of the
things the fair board would like
to do if assured a fair site lo
cation. He said the thought had
often occurred to him that if the
fair board had jurisdiction over
all the property that in the
years to come a real county fair
set-up could be built. Most of
those present concurred in this
belief.
It is not known whether the
' court is anv longer interested In
the trade, but to end controver-
sy the council decided to take
the last step in its jurisdiction.
the week end in Heppner with
their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Orve
Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Johnston.
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings
returned Sunday evening from
Baker where they attended the
Oregon Trail Days celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Harvey Miller
of Portland were in Heppner the
first of the week attending to
business matters and visiting
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hayes spent
the week end at Lehman
springs.
Recent guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chaffee were
his brother and sister-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Chaffee and
his sister. Mrs. H. S. DeChenne
of Spokane, and his niece, Mrs.
Harry Cobain and three children
of Wilbur. Wash. They arrived
July 4 and returned home Sun
day. Mr. Chaffee is convalesc
ing from his recent accident and
is much improved at this time.
Tom Beymer was over from
his farm near Stanfield Tuesday
transacting business in Hepp
ner.
Mr. and Mrs. George N. Perry
of Pendleton spent Tuesday in
Heppner with Mrs. Perry's son,
Jesse C. Payne.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gilliam,
Mrs. jEarle Gilliam and Miss
Ona Gilliam motored to Pendle
ton Monday to spend the day
shopping and attending to bus
iness matters.
Mrs. Harvey Ayers and baby
left Tuesday for their home in
Portland after having spent
three weeks here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Far
reus. Mr. Ayers has been work
ing near Weston during the past
few weeks.
Lawrence Perry stopped brief
ly in Heppner Tuesday en route
to Lone Rock where he will vis
it relatives and friends. Mr. Per
rv, who has been residing at
Kittitas. Wn., for the past few
years, moved recently to Thorpe,
Wn.. where he and his brother
Leo, are co-owners of a mink
farm on the Yakima river.
Lcs Wvman received a broken
right arm Sunday when the
horse he was riding fell and
threw him. The accident occur
red at the Wranglers outing at
the Winchester cabin on Willow
creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson
and family returned Friday eve
ning from a vacation trip to
North Dakota.
Robert Turner left Monday via
United Airlines for Detroit where
he will spend the next week or
ten days on business tor the
sawmill firm with which he Is
connected. He was accompanied
to Pendleton by Mrs. Turner and
their son Michael who were re
turning to their home In Port
land after having spent Sunday
Rodeo Association
Contracts Carnival
For 1947 Show
Assurance of a carnival for
the three-day rodeo in early
September was given this week
when the directors of the asso
ciation met in Heppner Monday
evening and decided to sign up
for the appearance of the Meek
er's Shows of Tacoma.
This is one of the larger car
nivals operating In the north
west and it will require consid
erable space to accommodate it.
Equipment includes a big top,
seven rides, 10 sideshows and
from 25 to 30 concessions. An
effort is being made to secure
a tract of land near the depot
as there is no space in town for
this type of carnival.
Sumner-Lovgren
Wedding Event of
Thursday, July 3
Miss Jeanne Sumner became
the bride of James Lovgren on
Thursday afternoon, July 3, in a
ceremony performed under a
large weeping willow tree at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cal Sumner. Rev. J.
Palmer Sorlein of the Methodist
church officiated. The bride,
given in marriage by her fath
er, wore a white suit with black
and white accessories and car
ried a white prayer book with
a single orchid. Mrs. Archie Al
derman, sister of the groom, was
the bride's attendant and wore
a brown afternoon dress with
brown accessories and a corsage
of yellow carnations. Mrs. Sum
ner wore an aqua dress and a
white rosebud corsage. Archie
Alderman was best man.
The ceremony was performed
in the presence of relatives of
the contracting parties and a
few friends. Music consisted of
two songs, "I Love You Truly,"
and "A Dream of Love," by recordings.-
Following the ceremony a re
ception was held in the garden,
with the bride and groom cut
ting the first piece of the wed
ding cake. They left for John
Day to attend the celebration at
Joaquin Miller resort. Mr. Lov
gren is employed with the Gay
hart Logging company and Mrs.
Lovgren is bookkeeper at the J.
C. Penney company store.
SUFFERS ARM INJURY
Ed Wilcox was brought to
town Tuesday for medical as
sistance. He was working with
the crew engaged in building a
road for the Heppner Lumber
company over in the direction of
Monument and was a bit too
close to a blast that was set off.
His forearm received the force of
the charge and fine gravel was
imbedded in the member from
elbow to wrist
LODGE POSTPONED
A meeting of Kate Young
lodge, Degree of Honor, schedul
ed for July 15, has been post
poned to July 22 due to harvest
and vacation. There will be but
one lodge meeting this year.
and Monday in Heppner. Mrs.
Raymond Huddleston drove
them to Pendleton.
Mrs. Elsie Leathers, Owen
Leathers Jr., Mrs. Harlan Adams
and Ramona McDaniel were
over from Kinzua Wednesday
attending to business matters
in Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. John McRoberts
returned to Portland Sunday af
ter spending a few days here
with relatives. Mrs. Ida Grimes,
who has been visiting here at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Allen Case, accompanied them
to the city.
Mrs. William Richards of
Portland is a guest at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Kenny.
Misses Marie and Cecelia
Healy of Portland were week
end visitors in Heppner at the
home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Healy.
Dr. L. L. Taylor, veterinarian
of The Dalles, was attending to
business matters in Heppner
Wednesday.
Mrs. Florinda Beymer of San
Francisco Is a guest at the home
of her sister, Mrs. L. E. Bisbee
Floyd Tolleson has returned to
his office at the depot after an
absence of some weeks due to
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Loyd are
the parents of a 6 12 pound
daughter born Saturday at St
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton
Miss Mildred Clary has gone
to San Francisco where she has
a position.
Miss Annie Hvnd, Nellie Do
ney, David Hynd'and Will Hynd
motored to Pendleton Thursday
to spend the day shopping.
Mrs. Alta Kenny has returned
from Missouri where she spent
the past three weeks visiting re
latives. Mr. and Mrs. Don Grant were
up from Lexington Wednesday.
Mr. Grant injured his hand on
the ferris wheel during the re
cent celebration at Lexington
and was consulting a physician
about it.
Clair Cox of Portland spent
the week end in Heppner with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
,Cox.
Boise Firm Given
Contract lo Lay
New Wafer
Contractor Says
Work Will Start
Inside Two Weeks
Eids were opened Monday eve
ning by the city council on the
Job of laying new water mains
in the cty of Heppner. The Not
tingham Construction Co. of
Boise, Idaho, was awarded the
contract for a figure of $9,021.60.
This figure covers the cost of
laying some 6,000 feet of tran
site pipe which the city purch
ased about two years ago.
The contract calls for the lay
ing of 2,000 feet of main from
the Gilliam & Bisbee corner
north on Main street to the high
way bridge and continuing on
from there with four-inch main
to the north city limits opposite
the Union Pacific depot. Begin
ning at Cannon street, four-inch
main will be laid north the
length of Chase street, turning
on Center and running one block
to connect with the Main street
line.
Jerry Nottingham, head of the
construction company, assured
the council that he would have
his machinery and crew here in
two weeks, or about July 21, to
start the work. The concern has
a contract at McNary dam where
a new crew is being broken in
and Nottingham says the men
will be ready to handle the
Heppner Job in good shape.
Two other firms submitted
bids, the George Abrams Co. and
the Hanshaw Bros., both of Port
land. The Abrams bid was for
$12,515 and the Hanshaw figure
was 5a,777.
In making a survey of the
pipeline it was found that at
least 10 hydrants will have to
be replaced. Nottingham ex
pressed the belief that some of
the hydrants can be repaired,
which his firm will do if the
city wishes. He was instructed
to locate hydrants while on a
visit to Portland and Puget
Sound points this week.
With work progressing on the
new reservoir in the Monahan
field, east of the- cemetery,
things are shaping up to give
the city a more dependable wa
ter supply.
lone Loses Both
Lexington Games
Fourth of July celebrations
must be a bad time for the lone
baseball club. At least this
year's celebration at Lexington
was not so good for the boys
from' the Egg City for they lost
both games. The American Le
gion Indians from Pendleton won
the game on the 4th and Ar
lington was successful on the
5th.
The game on the Fourth was
a smooth running contest, with
the legionnaires cashing in on
their bunched hits while lone
was less fortunate. In Saturday's
game, lone used their young pit
cher, Doherty, who, while a Ut
ile wild at times, played a good
game at fielding his position
and at bat. An outstanding play
was made by Crawford of lone
when he made a one-handed
catch of a long, high fly that
looked out of reach, Doherty got
out of several pinches but in
the first of the ninth the Arling
ton heavy artillery got the range
and Manager Morgan replaced
him with Heath.
THESE ENCHANTED HILLS
A person who has no longing
to see his native land might be
placed under the heading of
queer, for it is perfectly natural
to harbor a desire to return to
familiar scenes. In this respect
the Nelson Anderson family is
no different from the regular
run of folks and when they
planned their recent vacation
trip to their former home In
North Dakota it was with a
yearning to be out in the wide
open spaces where they could
see long distances, with no hills
to obstruct the view. But the
enchantment of hills they have
been so closely associated with
the past year had woven its
spell over them and they had
not been long on the North Da
kota prairie land before they
fwere longing for "the hills of
home." "We enjoyed the visit
home an J the trip each way but
these old hills sure looked good
to us," the genial county agent
said.
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HELD UP BY FLOOD
Mrs. J. I.. Hamlin and child
ren, Donald and Marlene Du
B.ils. returi cd , 'rk from a
trip to North Dakota where they
visited several weer. i. 'J ivellng
by rail, they were "Iran. led two
days In Omaha due lo Hie high
water in that region which crip
pled railroad service Not anti
cipating a delay, Mr. Hamlin
had not made hotel reservation
and the time was spent In th
L'nion depot, along with many
other pa.v-i'gerf wi.lint until
their trains could take tha road
once mor.