"0 0 O Q :go-i historical so- ppner Gazette Times RLIC A 'J 'J 1 TOi. i P o a 7 L A ?! r t C K E . Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 17, 1947 Volume 64, Number 17 Approach of Rodeo Season Heralded By Opening Dance Jaycees Sponsor First of Series at Pavilion July 19 Schedule of dances for the 1917 Rodeo season: July 19 "Frontier Frolics" at Heppner. Aug. 2 Lena Grange (at Heppner). Aug. 9 Lexington Grange. Aug. 16 lihea Creek Grange. Aug. 23 Willows Grange. Aug. 30 Queen's Dance (at (Heppner). Sept. 4-5 6 Rodeo dances. Queen Merlyn and attendants, Rodeo officers and directors will be introduced at the dance. Fourth of July is out of the way, we have had all the hail storms we cure to think about, and now comes the highlight of the year the Heppner Rodeo season. Announcement of the event which always heralds the Rodeo season is made this week by the Junior chamber of commerce which has arranged a big open ing dance under the pertinent title of "Frontier Frolics." The dance will be held Saturday eve ning at the Fair pavilion under Jaycoe sponsorship, with the "Melodians" of John Day all signed up to provide old-time and modern music. As the title suggests, this will be a dress-up affair. Stephen Thompson is in charge of this feature and he urges all who have cowboy or cowgirl regalia to "doll up" and make this one of the most colorful openings to a Rodeo season. Failure to do so may bring some surprises along with the valuable door prizes and prizes for best dressed cowboy and cowgirl. Details of what will happen are not forth coming at this time but what ever "Steve" and his committee have in mind is not designed to scare away any "dudes" who would help usher in the 1917 Rodeo. For the old-timers and those willing to learn there will be a sprinkling of old-time dances, with some of the outstanding "callers" of the country on hand. Claude Buschke is again dance director for the Rodeo and by special arrangement all Hepp ner dances will be sponsored by the Junior chamber of com merce, with any above average proceeds going into the memor ial recreation ctiler fund. Particulars about the dance will be found in the advertise ment on another page of this issue. Curb Filling Job To Start on Main Work started Tuesday morn ing at the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company retail store preparing the unfinished curb strip for paving. The lone tree standing in front of the office was re moved and the dirt removed in readiness for pouring concrete to continue the sidewalk to the curb. This job will complete more than one-half of the block, Inasmuch as the Richfield ser vice station corner will require but a few feet of the surfacing and the balance is Included in the Heppner Steam Laundry frontage. This will be only a start of the program outlined a year or so ago by the city council and while there will be no move made to force the other property owners whose walks remain un finished to go ahead with the work, it is hoped they W'ill follow suit. O. M. Yeager has charge of the Tum-A-Lum job atid he also expects to bring the walk up to level in front of his building across the street from the lum ber plant. DEADLINE NEAR FOR RENEWING INSURANCE As the August 1 deadline draws near for revival by vet erans of their lapsed G.I. insur ance without a physical exam ination, new thousands of Ore gon reinstatements are pouring into the Veterans Administra tion's Northwest insurance cen ter at Seattle, Charles M. Cox, VA representative for this area, reports. For the two-week period end ing June 25, 50H2 Oregon rein statements went on VA records. Mr. Cox said. Value of this In surance put back in force came to $37,331,500. Since the VA's Intensive infor mation program began five months ago, 8570 Oregon voter ans have reinstated $09,157,500 worth of national service life In surance. In the Northwest, more than 32,000 have revived their policies amounting to more than $225,000,000. Mrs. Mickey McGulto of Spo kane Is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Brosnan on Butter creek. WHO HAS A RUG TO CIVE AWAY? The swimming tank is in need of a piece of furnishing in the way of a rug or piece of carpet It doesn't need to be new, but it should be good enough to stand quite a bit of wear and tear. If you have an old rug or car pet that will serve this need you will be adding greatly to the comfort of swimming pool pa trons and officials by donating it for use In connection with the pool. Notify Stanley Minor and he will see that your gift is properly received. City's Paving Cart Damaged by Fire Excitement ran high for a few minutes about 10:30 Wed nesday forenoon when the city's tar wagon caught fire at the corner of Main and. Baltimore streets. City Supervisor J. O. Rasmus was trailing the paving unit behind a pickupand was just turning Off of Main street into Baltimore when the "plant" burst into flames. Rasmus park ed the outfit alongside the Far ra building and attempted to uncouple the trailer but flames were shooting from all around and he could not work between the two rigs. The fire department was call ed and in the meantime Dick McAllister and a helper arrived from the Standard Stations with a fire extinguisher and had the blaze under control when the de partment arrived. Rasmus had moved the equipmentaway from the Farra building for fear the fuel lank might ignite and cause the fire to spread to the building. Tar was boiling out of the ma chine as it came down the street and the whole thing burst into flame just as Baltimore street was entered. Aside from burning the paint off and de struction of one tire, the equip ment is still serviceable. HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO HEAR DR. SHERER Mrs. Francis Nickerson, pres ident of the Morrow County Health association, announces that the association has secured Dr. F. G. Sherer, social hygiene director of the Oregon Tubercu losis and Health association, as speaker at a special meeting to be held Wednesday evening, July 30th. In addition to his talk he will show a film titled "In the Beginning." The asso ciation hopes that a large crowd will attend to hear Dr. Sherer. Those who have heard him speak here before know that he will have something of interest to offer. The association will announce the place of meeting later. ATTEND 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PICNIC Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCurdy Sr. of Heppner and Mrs. Ella Davidson of lone spent the week end at Orofino, Idaho, where they went to attend the Golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. I'ropst. Sunday afternoon over 200 relatives and friends gathered at the Propst mountain home for a picnic and program and to wish the golden weds many more anniversaries. Mrs. Propst is a sister of the late L. P. Davidson and she and Mr. Propst were married July 11, ISili, in Condon. EOY'S HEAD BURNED Ward Warren, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse War ren, was seriously burned about the head and body Tuesday when he emptied the contents of a carbolic acid bottle with which he was playing, over his head. The child had accompnied his mother to the basement of the house at the Cleveland ranch and as she went about her work, he discovered the old, neglected bottle of acid, long since for gotten by the other members of the household. He was treated at the office of a local physician Mr. and Mrs. Barney Doherty of Butter creek and Mrs. E. liar vey Miller of Portland were. in Heppner Tuesday to attend the funeral services of Francis Mc Cabe. Ed Bergstrom sprained his right arm rather severely Tt's day while attempting to crank a combine motor at the farm in Eight Mile. Mr. Bergstrom came to Heppner Wednesday to con sult a physician about his in Jury. Mrs. Jack Griffin was up from lone Wednesday looking after business matters in Heppner. Word has been received in Heppner of the death of Glenn Kopp at Arlington Tuesday. Fu neral services will be held Fri day afternoon at Arlington with commitment services in Hepp ner. Mr. Kopp resided In Hepp ner several years ago. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Chapln have returned to their home in Portland after spending ten days liro and at Lehman Springs They were accompanied to the city by their daughter, Mrs. C, L. Hodge Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Case motored to Portland Sunday to spend a few days looking after business mailers. They return ed to Heppner Tuesday. Crops Suffer Severe Storms Sweep Over P P & L And REA Officials Discuss Power Situation Mutual Interests Subject of Talks Here Wednesday Matters of mutual interest were discussed here Wednesday by officials of the Pacific Power & Light company and the Col umbia Basin Electric coopera tive. Representing the company were Charles M. Sanford, assist ant general manager; Homer Beale, district manager, and J. n. Huffman, local manager. A. A. Scouten, manager, was spok esman for the cooperative. Transmission of power over the company's line from Pendle ton to Hermiston where it will be carried to Jordan by a new line to be constructed by the co operative was one of the mat ters taken up. This was a pre liminary conference and will be followed by more general dis cussions in the near future. Manager Scouten reports that most of the materials for con struction of the CBE lines are on hand and that as soon as wire can be obtained work of erect ing the new service will get un derway. A 20-year contract for delivery of Bonneville power was signed June 28 by CBE officials and Bonneville Administrator Paul J. Raver at the annual meeting of the local cooperative. Power will be delivered over a 60,000 volt transmission line from Her miston to lone. The new line, to be constructed by the coopera tive, will be leased by the BPA with option to purchase. A 3,- 000-kva substation at Jordan siding will be constructed by the administration. Approval May 25 of a $200,000 loan by the rural electrification administra tion opened the way for start of construction which the coopera tive has planned since its form ation in 1940. Officers and directors of the CBE elected June 28 include Henry Baker, president; Ralph Potter, vice president; E.E.Rugg, secretary-treasurer, and John Krebs, Victor Rietmann, Stephen Thompson, Orva Dyer, Will Har dy and John Hanna, directors. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Nikander and sons and Bill Matson return ed to Scottsburg Wednesday morning after spending a few days here on business. Gus came to dispose of his interest in the Marshall-Wells store, the final transaction to be made in a few days. Mayor Conlcy Lanham and family returned Monday from Havre, Mont., where they spent a short vacation. They were ac companied home by Mrs. Lewis Card and son Philip of White- fish, who are their guests here for a week. Mrs. R. H. Davis returned Fri day from a visit in North Car olina. She spent about a month visiting relatives and friends in her former home in that state. Mrs. Raymond Huddleston and daughters are visiting friends in Levviston and other points in Idaho. They motored over Sunday. Ft, ft i. ' '-. . v" ' . P7T : tx:- riik -Vj-'-MmW. i-T-.- , .. Storms such as have not been seen in this area in years visited the county the past week, leav ing extensive crop damage in their wake. Wind and hail, fol lowed by heavy showers of rain shattered wheat over an area reaching from Rock creek to the Columbia river. The first storm hit this sec tion mid-afternoon July 10. A heavy cloud of dust passed over Heppner, followed shortly by a downpour of rain. In the higher hills toward the southwest sec tion of the county hail struck with some violence, practically wiping out the Lee Scrivner crop and heavily damaging several other fields in that vicinity. Al most before the damage of the first storm could be estimated, a second and more ferocious storm hit the west end, this time car rying its destructive force across the wheat belt of Dry Fork, Gooseberry and lone areas, over the sand belt to Boardman where many of the fruit and vegetable crops suffered heavy damage. This was the Monday storm which struck hard at Was co, Sherman and Gilliam coun ties on its way to Morrow county- A corps of insurance adjusters were out in the grain belt Wed nesday and were continuing their work today so that any thing like accurate figures on the losses sustained have not been made available. First re ports on Monday's storm made the picture rather black, and many fields were severely dam aged, but more conservative es timates have developed as time for studying the conditious has' been lengthened. Gerald Peterson Severely Burned By Exploding Gas Gerald Peterson, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar E. Peterson, was severely burned about 7 o'clock Saturday evening when a gaso line drum exploded at the ranch home south of lone. The boy was attempting to re move the top of the drum which he planned to convert into a shower tank, using an acetylene torch. When the flame cut thru the metal, gas fumes were igni ted. The force of the explosion blew both ends of the drum out, the upper portion, where the torch was being applied, striking him in the face and knocking him to the ground. His clothing was on fire when his brother Donald reached him. and the flame from the explosion had burned him about the neck and face. When a physician arrived it was decided to place the boy in a hospital. The ambulance was called from Heppner and he was rushed to Pendleton. Latest re port from the hospital was that Gerald was improving. Commenting on the accident, Dr. A. D. McMurdo said that one should always remember to fill an empty oil drum with water before applying heat. Mr. and Mrs. John Pfeiffer and children, Julie Ann and John, of Seattle will return to their home in Seattle Friday after visiting several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith. Mr. Pfeiffor is Mrs. Smith's brother. Damage Farms of Many of the crops affected were covered with hail or other crop insurance and this will minimize the financial loss to some extent. It is reported that tome of the larger grainraisers were without hail insurance anJ their losses will be heavy. Some c.f the farmers coming to town to interview their insurance ag ents Tuesday morning stated they had nothing left to cut. Others had gotten a good stait cn their cutting and the Monday storm ended their harvest activ iiies. A list of farmers turning in c laims to local insurance agen cies included John Bergstrom, Floyd Worden, Clarence Warren, Carl F. Bergstrom, Vic Lovgren, A. A. McCabe. McCahp Hms Holmes Gabbert, Al Bergstrom, Vv. W. Weatherford, Algott Lun deli, Dan Barlow, Clyde Davis, Mrs. W. A. McClintock. W r Crawford, Phil Griffin, Carl Troedson, Lee Beckner, A. E. Ste fan!, Charles McEllipntr rwn Brace, Clive Huston, Harley An derson, Lee Scrivner, Ben Ander son, Burl Akers, Henry Baker, Claud Huston, R. D. Allstott. Louis Bergevin, one of the hardest hit, is reported to have been without insurance. Art Stefani's fields both south and north of lone suffered heavy damage. Clarence Warren re ported heavy damage to 1200 ac res and Charles McElligott's 1700 acres were listed as practically a total loss. Clyde Davis lost two fields and had between 25 and 50 acres of a third field un touched. (Some of these reports may be changed one way or the other when the adjusters turn in their estimates.) Golf Enthusiasts Planning Course A few golf enthusiasts, yearn ing for a good old round of "Pas ture pool," have been investigat ing the possibility of building a course in the mountains about 20 miles from Heppner. The spot unde. consideration is the Mc Caleb meadow in holdings of the Heppner Lumber company. The course, if built, will pos sibly not contain more than sev en holes. The meadow is about a 35 minute drive from Hepp. ner. FORMER RESIDENT VISITS Making his first visit to Hepp ner in 37 years, Abe Blackman of San Francisco was a guest of the Harold Cohn family Friday. Blackman is a son of pioneer Heppner parents, the late Mr and Mrs. Henry Blackman. and a nephew of Henry Heppner for whom the town was named. He had been on a fishing trip in the vicinity of Redmond and was accompanied here by Mrs. Ted Shank, his cousin and sister of Mr. Cohn, who resides in Med ford. SHRINE FICNIC SUNDAY A picnic has been scheduled by the Morrow County Shrine ciub to be held Sunday, July 20, at the Wightman ranch (the French place) in the Blue moun tains. All Shrine members and their families and all Comman dery memoers who plan to be come Shriucrs at Baker in Octo her and their families have been issued an invitation to attend. Cups, plates, silverware, coffee, cream and sugar will be furnish ed. Where Heppner Youth v -Y M . - f In lieu of an eyewitness account of the accident which cost the life of Gladwin Hudson last Thursday, members of the forest service reconstructed the story and took pictures to show how it happened. It is believed that the motor stalled as the car was rounding a steep grade near the summit of Ant Hill and that Gladwin wan hackinq the car. Intent upon what he was doing he was unaware of the danger of a falling tree. The tree, a Douglas fir, was 84 feet In length, 18 inches In diameter at the butt and tapered down to about three Inches at the point which struck the youth. The fact that the car door was open and no serious dam age was done to the car indicates that the youth was leaning out to see the road as he backed the car down the grade. The blow from the limb struck the back of his head on the left side. As Hail County Closing Game of W-T League To Be Played Sunday Heppner Will. Try To Humble League- Leading Condon All efforts of the Heppner Wheat-limber league baseball team will be directed towards humbling Condon when the two teams meet on the Rodeo grounds at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the final home game of the sea son. Condon's perch on the top round of the ladder will not be affected, win or lose, and the Heppner lads would like to win this game just to say they beat the champs. Heppner took a high scoring contest from Hermiston there last Sunday, winning 15-7. Mc Curdy pitched seven innings of good ball, allowing four hits and striking out 11 batters. Broad foot finished the game, allow ing three hits and striking out two men. With a record of 18 hits, the Heppner lads were really "on the ball" Sunday. Hoyt made it four out of six; Boland three out of four, one his second home run of the season; Singer got three out of five, Broadfoot two out of four. The other hits were scattered among the rest of the players. Hermiston's hitters for the day were Cellers, who clouted a home run; Schoonover, two out of four, and Michidis two out of four. Heppner batters took a heavy tell of hits on Cellers, garnering 14 in eight innings. The Her miston moundsman struck out none. This was Heppner's sixth vic tory in a row. The boys are hoping to keep up the winning streak Sunday. o Francis P. McCabe Services Held at Catholic Church Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday from the St. Patrick's Catholic church for Francis Patrick McCabe, 36, whose death occurred at the state tuberculosis hospital at Sa lem on July 11. Rev. Francis Mc Cormack officiated, and pall bearers were Joe Brosnan, Fran cis Doherty, James Higgins, Hugh McLaughlin, Don Pointer and Bernard Doherty. Francis was born May 2, 1910 at Pendleton. He grew to man hood in this county, attending school at Lena, Pine City and Baker. When called up for ser vice in 1942 the physical exam ination revealed a tubercular condition and he was placed in the state tuberculosis hospital. Surviving are the father. Frank McCabe of Heppner, and a sister. Mrs. Robert Miller, of La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf returned last week from Nampa. Idaho, where they went to spend the Fourth and to get their daughter, Nadine Clark. They were guests of the H. O. Bauman family and with the Baumans spent the national holiday at Payette lake. 3! Met Death July 10 HE'S A FARMER, ALL RICHTI OH. TEH? N. D. Bailey was telling ye scribe that he'd bought himself a ranch over about Stanfield. We looked a bit skeptical. "Oh, I'm a farmer, all right. We still looked skeptical. "You don't believe me, do you? Well, to tell the truth, I don't know the first thing about farm ing." So we say, as a farmer. Bailey is a first class carpenter. Mrs. Wilson Brock Dies at Pendleton Several Heppner people drove to Pendleton Saturday to attend funeral services for Mrs. Wilson E. Brock, 77, who succumbed to a heart attack Thursday, being stricken while at the Taylor Hardware Co. of which she and her son, Harold R. Brock, are owners. The services were held at 2 p.m. from the Church of the Redeemer, with Rev. Neville Blunt of All Saints Episcopal church of Heppner, officiating A member of a pioneer Mor row county family, Mrs. Brock had been a resident of Pendle ton since 1900. She was a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Columbus A. Rhea who were among the ear lier settlers of this county, liv ing on the creek to which Mr. Rhea gave his name. She and Mr. Brock we're married in Oc tober 1893 and lived for a short time in Hillsboro where he was engaged in the drug business with his brother-in-law, the late George W. Conser, under the name of Conser & Brock. Mr. Brock was engaged in the drug business in Pendleton from 1900 to 1905, when he entered the hardware business. After his passing March 28, 1937, Mrs. Brock and son Harold continued the business. Mrs. Brock is survived by her son; one, sister, Mrs. Josephine Jones of Heppner; three broth ers, Carl Rhea of Portland; Cur tis P. Rhea of Forest Grove, and Waldon Rhea of Victoria, B. C, and a granddaughter, Mary Es ther Brock. Among those going from Heppner to the funeral services were Mrs. Josephine Jones, Mrs. Venice Stiles and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner. I.A.C. Conducting First Aid Classes Logging camps in the vicinity of Heppner are being provided with first aid instruction by the accident prevention division of the State Industrial Accident commission. Camps participating in the classes are thje Afton Gayhart Logging company, 30 miles southwest of Heppner; the C. E. Lynch camp, 30 miles southeast of Heppner, and the Scritsmier mill, 20 miles south of Heppner. Robert Lafky of the accident prevention division is the in structor and he visits the camps in the order named above each Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day evening. BUY FARM AT GRESHAM A letter from Mrs. Roy Lieual len this week asked that the Gazette Times be mailed to Gre sham hereafter. The Lieuallens have purchased a farm near Gresham and like that section of the state very much. They would be pleased to see any of their Morrow county friends who happen around that way. IONE STUDENT AWARDED TUITION SCHOLARSHIP Robert Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo L. Drake of lone, was awarded an all tuition scholar ship for the year 1917-48 at East ern Oregon college. This scholarship was award ed by the membership of the La Grande Rotary club. News About Town By Ruth Payne Mrs. R. D. Allstott Jr. and Mrs. A. H. Thompson entertained Tu esday afternoon at the Allstott apartment in the Gilman build ing with a stork shower honor ing Mrs. Bob Wright. Twenty guests were present. Mr. and Mrs. William Buck num motored to Portland Sun day to attend the Elks conven tion this week. They will spend some time at the coast before returning to Heppner. Mrs. Har ry O'Donnell Sr. accompanied them to the city where she will spend a few days looking after business matters. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Parker returned to their home in Pasco Tuesday after spending the week end here at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clive Huston. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Kenny were over from Pendleton to spend the week end with rela tives. Merle Cummlngs of Portland was transacting business In Heppner the end of the week In connection with his position as state director of Federal crop in surance, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross and family and Mrs. Ross' mother, Mrs. Louise Ritchie motored up from The Dalles Sunday to at tend the funeral services of the late Gladwin Hudson. Continued on P Biz Violent Storm In Mountains Causes Local Boy's Death Gladwin E. Hudson Dies After Being Struck by Tree A vind-torm which swept over a large pari of this area Thurs day afternoon, July 10, obscur ing the sun with dust followed by rain and hail, brought death to Gladwin Earl Hudson, 17, a native Heppner boy and an em nloye of tiie forest service in the Heppner district of the Umatilla national forest The wind, esti mated to have reached a veloc ity of 60 miles an hour, uproot ed a douglas fir tree which fell across the front of young Hud son's car. the top striking the youth after being broken from the main trunk. The timber hit the victim on the back of the the head, severely fracturing the skull. The accident happen ed about 3 o'clock p.m. and Gladwin passed away at 7:30 p.m. before a doctor and ambu lance arrived. Scene of the accident was about 200 yards from 'the Ant Hill emergency lookout station, which is approximately 30 miles southeast of Hardman and nine miles by road from the Tamar ack lookout station. Gladwin was enroute to the emergency station to take some on-the-job lookout training and was riding alone in his car. Louis Gilliam, district fire guard, and Leonard Pate, lookout, were following him and were about one-half mile distant when the storm broke. When they arrived at the scene, Gladwin was stretch ed out on the ground, his head crushed. The men administered first aid and then moved the in jured boy to Happy Jack camp where they did what they could to make him comfortable. Gil liam tried to reach Dr. A. D. Mc Murdo by telephone but the storm had disrupted the service and the forester had to drive to Hardman oefore the doctor could be contacted. The doctor and the ambulance did not arrive at the camp untii 8 p.m. Funeial services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday al the Meth odist church, the pastor, Rev. J. Palmer Sorlein officiating. Mrs. Joe Gjertsen presided at the pi ano, accompanying a male quartet, James Kstes. Robert Walker, William Cochell and Joe Gjcrtson, in the singing of two of Gladwin's favorite hymns, "I Would Be True." and "Now the Day Is Over." Pallbearers were chosen from the personnel of the foicst service and includ ed Leonard Pate, Louis Gilliam, Glenn Parsons, Roland Farrens, Lowell Rippee and Lauren Cor win. Due to the late arrival of friends from the e;ist, commit ment services were deferred un til 9 a. m. Monday. Gladwin Farl Hudson was born March 20, 1930 in Heppner, son of Darl E. and Eva Shannon Hudson, and departed this life July 10, 1947 at the age of 17 years, three months and 20 days. He was the third child of the family and besides the parents is survived by a brother, Hu bert; two sisters, Wilma Unrein and Donna Hudson, and a youn ger brother, Jay Dee, besides four grandparents and other rel atives. Gladwin learned to know peo ple at an eaily age. He began working as a delivery boy at the age of 12, assisting the Wight man Bros, with their milk route, continuing on this Job until the dairy was sold a year or so ago. He did not neglect his school work, for he was active In high school affairs. lie was an honor student during his three years and completed the Junior year with the highest grades of his class. He was Junior class pies ident and assistant editor of the Mustang, high school annual. When the Order of DeMolay was formed, his was the first name entered on the charter member list. He became a member of the Methodist church In 1911 and was a faithful attendant at church services. Trustworthy and upright, "Gladdy" I. -l won to himself a host of frlT W who are shocked and grieved at his untimely passing. ' , 1