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eppner Gazette Times
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PORTLAND. ORE-
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Aug. 7, 1947
Volume 64, Number 20
Plans For Lighting
Rodeo Field Given
Impetus This Week
Backers Propose
To Illuminate All of
Playground Area
Machinery was set In motion
this week to secure funds for
lighting the Rodeo field for
night games. A committee from
the Junior chamher of com
merce canvassed part of the
business district and met with
encouragement on the project.
It is proposed to light the en
tire Rodeo field so that future
changes In the track or other
parts of the grounds will not
necessitate taking the lights
down or moving them. An ear
lier proposal was to light the
center of the field to cover foot
ball and baseball games.
Financing of the project will
he largely by popular subscrip
tion and it is estimated the total
cost will not exceed $2200. It is
figured that a percentage from
games can be applied to the
cost of fitting up the grounds
and that once the people become
accustomed to attending night
games and other types of field
entertainment income will be
materially increased.
It is understood the county
fair board has some plans that
may tie in with the night light
ing idea, although nothing def
inite has been worked out.
A proposal has been made
that the improvement be carried
farther to include sodding the
field. Backers of the lighting
project feel the lights should be
put in first and then take up
the matter of sodding. A real
job of sodding will cost a lot
of money, it Is said, and should
be given careful study.
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News From
C A. Office
The second arfnual meeting of
the Oregon Flying Farmers as
sociation will be held at Oregon I
State college, Corvallis, August
21, 25 and 26.
The program will include tour
of the experiment station, dis
cussion on the operation of air
craft by 0. F. Ruffner, professor
of aeronautical engineering,
. and a number of other Items of
particular Interest to farmers.
t
Russell Miller, Boardman has
set a new record in potato pro
duction for Morrow county. Mr.
Miller has just completed har
vest of 13 acres of White Rose
potatoes that averaged a yield
of 306 sacks of No. 1 potatoes.
An indication of the quality of
the potatoes was that only 24
sacks of No. 2's per acre were
harvested from the field.
The secrets of these high
yields by Mr. Miller is the use
of certified stock, a .carefully
planned fertilizer program with
irrigations at regular Intervals.
Rectigraph Makes
Short Wcrk of Big
Recording Jobs
County Clerk C. VV. Barlow is
a busy man these days operat
ing a new machine installed In
his office months ago but only
recently completely equipped. It
is a photostatic machine called
the Rectigraph and it is proving
to be a valuable aid in record
ing instruments.
Biggest task confronting the
clerk's office in recent years was
the recording a few days ago of
a mortgage and deed of trust
for the Pacific Power & Light
company a 306-page instru
ment which would have taken
days and days to record by the
copying method. With the Recti
graph the job was done in about
one and one-half days.
Aside from time-saving, the
machine makes errorless record
ings, if the copy is correct in
the first place.
Aside from features mention
ed, the county court is not con
vinced that the machine is a
great money saver, for there are
operating expenses that must be
met regularly. The court is con
vinced, however, that the Recti
graph is a, good investment and
there is no notion of discontin
uing its use.
C. of C. Abandons
Plans for Banquet
Meeting of Taxpayers Called To
Discuss Plans For Special Levy
Or Bond Issue for County Roads
Plans for a banquet honoring
Queen Merlyn and her court
have been abandoned by the
Heppner chamber of commerce.
Instead, the queen's party, In
cluding the chaperones, will be
special guests at the regular
Monday luncheon at the club
dining room in the Elkhorn res
taurant. Lack of accommodations for
a banquet such as had been
planned was the reason given
for passing up the affair.
Loyal R. Parker reported on
the results of a meeting with
the Junior chamber of commerce
relative to plans for the propos
ed civic center building and
park. He stated that the Jaycees
seemed to have well developed
ideas about the project but that
he and C. J. D. Bauman, other
member of the committee, were
not made fully aware of the as
sistance wanted from the senior
group.
Frank Davis announced that
the Jaycees will start the project
immediately following the Ro
deo. He said his committee will
have enough funds on hand to
start the building
Not letting any grass grow
under their feet, farmers of the
west end of the county have ar
ranged for a meeting at the
courthouse in Heppner Saturday
evening, Aug. 9, to set the
wheels in motion for getting
road funds at the earliest pos
sible date. The meeting is set
for 8 o'clock p.m. and the spon
sors are hopeful that all dis
tricts of the county will be rep
resented. Three phases of the road sit
uation will be taken up, two of
them relating to the type ol fin
ancing and the third the mat
ter of dividing the county into
road districts for the distribu
tion of road funds.
It is likely that a bond issue
will be pushed at the Saturday
evening meeting. Under exist
ing conditions it is felt by some
that funds might be obtained a
little earlier by that method
than through a tax levy and
time is an important element
as far as the roads are concern
ed. It is also pointed out that
AN EXPLANATION
Due to a misunderstanding
in the mechanical department
the advertisement about Bed
Nichols and his orchestra,
scheduled to play at lone Le
gion hall Friday evening, Aug.
8, was omitted. Don't forget
the time, the place and the
girl and be on hand for some
of Red's hot trumpet and those
rhythmic tunes by his Five
Pennies
bonds carry a low rate of Inter-1 purposes and whether or not
est and this adds to the attrac- new bonds should be issued
tiveness of that type of financ- from year to year for three or
ing. four years or should one big is-
It has been the county court's sue be olfered. The court wiJl
contention that the road funds probably ask questions along
should be budgeted, but since
the taxpayers rejected the bud
get and realizing the dire need
for road funds, members of that
this line at Saturday's meeting
If there is nothing in the way
legally to prevent organization
of road districts within the
body stated Wednesday that County, the taxpayers may ask
they were open-minded and will
try to work out a road fund plan
agreeable to the taxpayers. Some
doubt exists in the minds of the
court that much time can be
saved in obtaining funds thru
a band issue, pointing out that
the election is two months away
and if a bond issue carried it
would still require some time to
negotiate a sale. That would de
lay work until winter time when
nothing more than temporary
repair work can be done. A pos
sible gain of two months is all
the court can see at this time.
Another angle on the financ
ing plan is how much money
should be raised for immediate
to have a vote on this question
at the fall election. If permiss
ible, road districts could be set
up on the plan of school dis
tricts, with a district board for
mulating a budget and fixing a
special levy. The legality of this
procedure will be looked into at
the forthcoming meeting.
Due to the shortage of road
funds, the county is virtually
without a road crew at the pre
sent time. Several members of
the crew have taken other em
ployment for the time being and
urgent road and bridge repairs
are having to be delayed until
such time as some of these men
will be available.
Mrs. Wright Was
Resident Here For
Sixty-eight Years
In the passing of Martha Cant
well Wright who died Satur
day, August 2nd, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. S. J. De-
vine, the county lost a resident
who had been here since 1879.
Born Jan. 9, 1864, in Texas, she
moved with her parents to Ar
kansas in 1867. In 1875 the fam
ily moved to Weston, Oregon.
nd was con- crossing the plains in a covered
News Items of Interest Around Town , . . .
Earl McKinney has just com
pleted harvest of a field of Flynn
barley on his Rhea creek farm,
which Is a source of seed for oth
er farmers. Flynn barley has
outyielded any other variety at
the Sherman branch station at
Moro and is recommended for
growing in ealern Oregon.
Experiments at this station
also show that barley has pro
duced somewhat over 300 pounds
feed per acre than winter or
spring wheat or oats.
Deputy brand inspectors for
this district under the new live
stock identification and theft
prevention act, now effective
have Just been announced. Dis
trict inspectors for the six dis
tricts into which the stale brand
inspection area has been divid
ed were appointed several weeks
ago.
The deputy brand inspectors
for this district are: C. E. Miller,
Robinette; Art Schlaurbaum, PI-1
lot Rock; H. C. Mays, Joseph;
Mike McFetrldge, Joseph; Lewis
Laird, Halfway; T. M. Garrett,
Grass Valley; Noran Fields, Mo
ro; district inspector, Alvin W.
Abrams, Pendleton.
In announcing the deputies,
the state department of agricul
ture which administers the act,
called attention to several points
to clarify the law for ranchers
and farmers wllhln the brand
Inspection area. The law applies
to movement of cattle, horses
and mules.
Transport at ion certificates are
available at the sheriff s oft ice,
I he county agent's office or from
any brand inspector or deputy
brand inspector.
A transportation certificate
will cover the movement of live
slock within the brand inspec
tion area, brand Inspection must
be called for before loading.
If farmers 6r ranchers have
questions or problems on this
new net this office will bo glad
to assist you,
Mr, and Mrs. Blaine E. Isom
and daughter Harriet left Sun
day for the coast, going via Cra
ter Lake,
fident that as soon as work
started there 'would be contri
butions coming in regularly to
carry the first unit through to
completion. He invited, and
urged, the senior chamher to
join in putting the project over
and at the same time declared
hat 1he juniors will not be stop
ped, help or no help, until the
complete plans are carried out.
B. C. Pinckney was spokesman
for the club in presenting a gift
to Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, one
of the community's newest "pop
pas." The gift was a comforter
for the sheriff's son and heir,
born Friday, Aug. 1, at Pendle
ton. Cigars and candy were cir
cuited about the table by the
fond parent, who took an unus
ual amount of ribbing at the
hands of the diners.
Club
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411 club parents Mr. and Mrs.
Orvllle Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs,
John Graves and Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Palmer assisted by Coun
ty Agent and Mrs, Anderson was
the chosen group to oiorate the
4-H club hamburger stand on
Saturday night, August 2.
The stand, built several years
ago as a means of raising funds
to carry out the 411 program
in Morrow county is operated
during the Rodeo princess and
queen dances. Club parents are
in charge of the stand with all
laking turns operating it during
the six dances it will be open.
All club parents nrfl asked to
cooperate in assisting with the
stand when called upon, as the
funds raised will benefit all 4-H
club members.
Faye, Vesta, Kenneth and Pat
Cutsforth, Ronald and Duam
Baker, Joanne, Itieta, Betty and
Dean Graves were 4-11 club
members that assisted last Sat
urday in cleaning up the fair
grounds. All worked hard to
load and haul away ten truck
loads of rubbish from the
grounds.
All 411 club members, agri
cultural and homo economic, are
reminded that exhibiting at the
county fair Is a part of their
project requirements.
Classes are set up for all pro
ject phases, in addition, special
contests and demonstrations will
be held.
Slarl to get your projects rea
dy for exhibit now for the Mor
row County Fair to be held Sep
tember 5 and 6,
wagon drawn by oxen. The win
ter caught them and they spent
their first Oregon winter in the
Grande Konde valley, making It
over to Weston in the spring of
1876.. In 1879 the family moved
to Heppner and Mrs. Wright
spent the rest of her life in this
county.
On Feb. 27, 1884 she was uni
ted in marriage with Silas A.
Wright, for many years a lead
ing stockman of the Rhea creek
section, who preceded her in
death on Feb. 23, 1922. To this
union were born two daughters
and four sons. Of these, four
survive, Mrs. S. J. Devine, and
Orian, Deibert and Alonzo
Wright, all of Heppner. There
are also seven grandchildren,
eight great grandchildren and
many nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 2 o'
clock p.m. Monday from the
Heppner Church of Christ, the
pastor, Joe Jcwett, officiating,
and arrangements in charge of
Phelps Funeral home,
From Mr. Jewett's obituary it
Is learned that Mrs. Wright be
came a member of the local
church in 1908. She was an hon
orary member of the local
Rebekah lodge and also a mem
her of the Rhea Creek grange.
She will be especially re
memhered "by those who knew
her best as one who was al
ways ready to help others and to
give herSelf in their service. To
the very end she cherished the
time she could spend in reading
God's word and found guidance,
help and comfort from it," the
pastor concluded.
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Mrs. Ellis Hendricson is here
from California visiting at the
home of her mother, Mrs. Jeff
Jones.
By Ruth Payne
Local sheepmen are busy!
shipping lambs to market at the
present time. Lambs belonging
to Tom Harris were brought in
Sunday by truck from the range
at Hayden's mill on the Spray
highway, with Jack Estberg and
Jake Osten doing the hauling.
Louis Cason reports that his
lambs will be ready for ship
ment about August 20.
Misses Patricia Kenny and
Rosetta Healy are spending this
week in Seaside on vacation.
They went to the coast Sunday.
Bruce Gibb left the end of the
week for his home in Seattle.
Mrs. Gibb and the children re
mained for a longer stay with
her- father, J. G. Thomson Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Thomson
and children accompanied him
to Poulsho, Wash.
Jake Osten of Seattle is visit
ing at the home of his brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs
Louis Cason at their ranch on
Rock creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish and
Mrs. Raymond Huddleston and
daughters, Lorene and Alice,
motored to Lonerock Sunday to
spend the day with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete McMurtry
left Sunday by motor for a vaca
tion trip at the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Howell
and children and Mr. Howell's
mother, Mrs. Frank Howell, of
Monument, were visiting in
Heppner the first of the week.
While here they were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Carey Hastings.
Mrs. Ben Phillips of Portland
was a week end guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Claud Huston at their
country home in Eightmile.
Harry Tamblyn made a busi
ness trip to Portland Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. George
motored to Portland Monday to
spend a week vacationing and
looking after business matters
in the city. During their absence
Mrs. Maude Robinson is looking
after Kit and David.
Mrs. Scott Bryant and son
Gary of Maryland left Tuesday
morning after spending the
week end here at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Green and
visiting in Lexington with oth
er relatives. They plan to visit
relatives in Portland before go
ing on to Hollywood, Cal., to
visit Mrs. Bryant's son and
daughter who live there.
Miss Louise Green spent Mon
day and Tuesday in Freewater
Miss Green has been elected to
teach in the Freewater public
school this year.
Archdeacon and Mrs. Neville
C. Blunt are spending the month
of August vacationing in Vic
toria, B. C.
Mrs. Rachel Scherzinger II in
ett and son Melvin, and Miss
BarDara Binns ot Lebanon are
Final Rites For
A. W. Saling Held
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock p.m. Sunday at the
Methodist church for A. W. Sal
ing, 81, who passed away Fri
day, Aug. 1, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Gerald Booher, in
Boise, Idaho. Rev. J. Palmer Sor
lein officiated, and music was
provided by Mrs. Tom Wells and
William Cochell. Pallbearers
were William Greener, Carey
Hastings, Alonzo Wright, John
Keyes, Harold Becket and Scott
Furlong. Interment was in the
Peppner Masonic cemetery.
Allen Wright Saling was born
Jan. 24, 1866 at McMinnville and
came to Morrow county at the
age of 21. He setllled in the
Eight Mile section and on July
14, 1893 was united in marriage
with Corda Warren He farmed
in the Eight Mile area many
years and moved into Hardman
in later life, living there a num
ber of years before coming to
Heppner. He had been with his
daughter the past four years.
Seven children were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Saling, five of
whom, Ethel Booher, Boise; Vio
let McDonald, Pendleton; Mary
Scott, Redding, Cal.; Marion Sal
ing, Pendleton, and Earl Saling,
Salem, survive. He also raised
two grandchildren, Marie John
son and Ellis Saling, both of
Heppner. There are nine other
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. One brother,
Chester Saling of John Day, also
survives.
ROOMS WANTED FOR
RODEO VISITORS
' All householders having
rooms to spare are urged to
list them now with F. W.
Turner at the office of Tur
ner, Van Marter & Co. Volun
tary listing will save the
housing committee of the
Rodeo association many
hours of canvassing.
Inquiries are coming in
daily about rooms and those
listing their accommodations
early will be given prefer
ence rating. Many rooms will
be needed, the committee
reports, and it is hoped the
listing can be handled on a
voluntary basis.
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Pendleton Eagles
Softball learn lo
Play Here Sunday
A team picked from the sev
eral squads forming the Hepp
ner soflball league will be pitted
against the Pendleton Eagles,
one of the best outfits from the
Pendleton league, at the Rodeo
field in Heppner Sunday eve
ning The game is scheduled to
start at 5:30 p.m. and run thru
nine innings.
The Pendleton league has had
a season of hot competition this
year and the Eagles, rated one
of the best teams, will be prim
ed to give the Heppner "softies
run for the honors. The sea
son here has been of short dur
ation but it is reported that good
talent has been developed from
which a team will be selected
to try to humble the visitors.
Proceeds from the game will
be applied on the field lighting
project which is getting into
swing this week. This will be
the first time during the local
season that an admission has
been charged and the Softball
enthusiasts and all interested in
seeing the Rodeo field lighted
are hoping the seating capacity
will be taxed.
Work Starts On
Co. Fair Buildings
Lightning Starts
Several Fires In
Nearby Forests
With the city-county property,
trade on record at the court
house, the county court made it
known today that all of the pro
perty under consideration in the
trade will be placed at the dis
posal of the fair borad for de
velopment of the Morrow coun
ty fair grounds.
This assurance on the part of
the court has given the fair
board the green light on plans
that have been in the making
for several months but which be
cause of uncertainty of the pro
perty status were held back.
Actual construction on some
buildings is underway and will
be pushed to make them ready
for the 4-H club fair which will
be held Sept. 5 and 6. One of
these, the exhibits building, is a
former CCC barracks and is 20
feet wide by 135 feet in length.
It will house 10 community
booths, all 4-H and open class
home economics displays, and
crop exhibits. The interior is be
ing fir-texed -and new double
doors are being put in at each
end.
A livestock, shelter 96 by 28
feet is being built. It will not
be enclosed, except for roof, and
will provide space for 64 head
of livestock.
Another improvement taking
place at the grounds is the fill
ing in of the old Hinton creek
channel and the digging of a
new channel nearer the foot of
the hill on the north side of the
grounds. This will make more
building space available when
the permanent program gets
underway.
The fair board is urging the
people of the county to plan
now to make an exhibit at the
1947 fair. "The success of the
i fair depends entirely upon the
people and the exhibits they
make," said Nelson Anderson,
secretary.
In addition to the regular
items included in the 4-H club
fair, the board has put in a
class for saddle horses. It is the
desire of the fair officials to
cooperate with the Rodeo asso
ciation in bringing out the fin
est stock in the county and lib
eral premiums are being set up
to aid in attracting exhibitors.
Secretary Anderson is busy
preparing the premium list
which will be in the hands of
the printer in a few days. He has
found it no small task to make
up a new premium list but has
A severe lightning storm
which swept over the region Sat
urday evening started five fires
in the Heppner district of the
Umatilla National forest. Most
of the outbreaks were in the
Sunflower Flat area. One blaze
three on Happy Jack ridge and i I1 red' for aPPvaI by the fair
Contractor Puts
Crew To Work On
Pipeline Project
City Water System
Renovation Going
On Satisfactorily
A crew of the Nottingham
Construction company of Boise,
Idaho, moved into Heppner the
last of the week and Monday
morning set to work trenching
Chase street for relaying of the
pipeline.
Using a ditch digger, it was
but a matter of a few hours un
til most of the trenching was
done on the three blocks of
Chase street and Wednesday
morning the outfit moved onto
Main street.
The pipe has been laid and
welded on the Chase street line
while men are still leveling off
the bottom of the Main street
trench in preparation for the
laying of the new pipe. The old
line was broken in several places
Wednesday afternoon necessita
ting the shutting off of water
service for several hours. Harold
Becket moved in with his weld
ing outfit and late in the eve
ning serv ice was restored.
At the rate the work is pro
gressing it is expected that the
job will be completed in about
two weeks. New pipe will be laid
from the Gilliam & Bisbee corner
to the north city limits. Tran
site pipe, a composition mater
ial, is being used.
Up on the hill, in the Mona
han field south of town, work
is progressing on the new city
reservoir. Rock work has been
completed and forms are being
put in for pouring the concrete
lining. Completion of the reser
voir and the new pipe line will
give the town an adequate wa
ter supply for years to come.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendall Elliott
and daughter Marilyn of Valle
jo, Calif., are visiting In Hepp
ner at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. F. B. Nickerson.
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Mr. and Mrs. James II. Story
of Vancouver, B. C, arc spend
ing a month In Heppner visiting
his aunts, Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
and Miss Lulu Hager. While
here they are the guests of his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Osmln Hager. ,
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A TYPICAL EXAMPLE
Lexington, Or., 8-3-'47.
Gazette Times, Heppner:
Cents: Please kill my drill
ad as the drills are already
Bold thru the advertsiing in
your columns. B. H. Peck.
This is typical oi letters and
cards received from Satisfied
users of the want ad col
umn. Let these little busi
ness agents go to work ior
you. The cost Is insignifi
cant compared to the results
obtained.
Mesdames Lucy E. Rodgers,
Sara McNamer and Mabel Bur
kenbine have returned from
fortnight's vacation at the coast
Mrs. George Holden (Nancy
Jane Cox) left for New York
City the end of the week after
visiting here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Claude Cox
for the past few weeks,
Mr. and Mrs. Harley H. Hall
and two daughters, Diane and
Marilyn of Tort land were week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Florence at their ranch on
Willow creek.
George Hyatt returned to his
home in Pendleton Sunday af
ternoon afti r spending the week
end in Heppner with his son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. Mahoney. He was accom
panied to Pendleton by Mrs. Jo
sephine Mahoney who was a
passenger on Tuesday's plane
i for Portland where she appear-
one on Lovelett creek
The Grassy butte and Happy
Jack fires were put under con
trol by the forest service crews,
using several pieces of new
equipment. The Lovelett creek
blaze was getting out of hand
when a Heppner Lumber com
pany road crew appeared on the
scene with a big bulldozer and
ran a line around it. In addi
tion to the road crew, 30 men
from the Kinzua Pine Mills com
pany came to the assistance of
the foresters and all of the fires
were held in check.
Forest conditions are such
right now that the ranger and
his assistants are not sleeping
too well at night. Rains which
soaked up grain fields in the
open country failed to hit the
timbered area with much force
and it is extremely dry in the
mountains at this time, Ranger
Glenn Parsons reports,
board.
NEW COURTHOUSE JANITOR
Jams Chaffee is the new jan
itor at the courthouse, having
started work there the first of
the month. He succeeds Tilman
Hogue who resigned because of
ill health. Members of the court
house staff have carried on for
several weeks and were greatly
relieved to have Mr. Chaffee ac
cept the job.
PAYS S100 FINE
Lee Morgan was fined $100
and costs when he pled guilty
to a charge of illegal co-habitation
before Justice J. O. Hager
at 10 o'clock this morning.
spending this week in Heppner ed on the Northwest Neighbors
visiting Mrs. Hinett's mother, , program on KOIN Wednesday-
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown were
over from Hermiston Monday to
attend funeral services of his
aunt, the late Mrs. Martha
Wright.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engkraf
are leaving Heppner in the near
future to make their home in
Boise. They will leave as soon
as they have disposed of their
business and property interests
here. Mr. Kngkraf is making the
change because of ill health.
Mrs. Lottie Scherzinger.
Relatives from out of town
who came for the funeral ser
vices of the late A. W. Saling.
Sunday, Included Earl Saling of
Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Booher, Boise; Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Scott, Redding, Cal.; Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Saling and Mrs. Vi
olet McDonald, Pendleton; Ches
ter G. Saling, Dayville; Archie
Saling, John Day, and Marvin
Brannon, Mt. Vernon.
Roy Gentry came over from
Ordnance Sunday to spend I lu
day with his aunt, Mrs. Alice
Gentry.
Fred Ross and family, accom
panied by Mrs. Louise Ritchie
were In Heppner the first of the
week visiting with relatives and
friends.
Mr, and Mrs. Jos. J. Nys re
turned from Portland the end of
the week after spending a few
days in the city visiting rela
tives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. William Francis
Furlong motored to The Dalles
Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs
Clyde Austin,
night. The program, sponsored
by the Pacific Power & Light
company, included a dramatiza
tion of the kidnaping case which
came to a climax with capture
of three young bandits and free
ing of a woman hostage here
last fall. Mrs. Mahoney covered
the story for the Associated
Press, giving a personal inter
view with the unwilling femin
ine companion of the bandit
trio.
On March 1G, IP M. Pat Molla-
han was a guest on the same
program at which tune he was
interviewed by Art Kirkham
about the Irish settlers in Mor
row county and the manner in
which they had adapted them
selves to life in this country. Mr
Mollahan also related some an
ecdotes in connection with his
duties as a law enforcement of
fleer in the county; being at
that time sheriff during the ab
sence of C. J. D. Bauman, who
was in the navy.
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Woodhall
have moved into the Bruce Lind
say house on Church street.
MRS. BURNSIDE PASSES
Shortly before going to press
this evening it was learned that
Mrs. L. J. Burnside passed away.
She had been ill many months
and death was not unexpected.
o
Jack Burns arrived fiom Med
ford Saturday evening and Sun
day morning loaded up the fam
ily household goods In a truck
for shipment to the southern
Oregon city. Mr. Burns purchas
ed a new home in Medford af
ter returning there. The proper
ty is in the northern part of the
city along the Crater Lake highway.
Council Appoints
Barger as Recorder
At the regular meeting of the
city council Monday evening,
Walter Barger was appointed
city recorder and police judge
pro tern to fill out the unexpired
term of E. R. Huston, whose
health has not permitted to at
tend to the duties of the office
regularly for much of the cur
rent year.
Another new face around the
city hall and on the streets is
that of James Morgan, appoint
ed police chief by the council
late last month. Morgan, who
ha-ils from Iowa, got special
training in police work while in
the service, doing MP for a num
ber of months. He succeeds Dean
Gilman who resigned early in
July. Pat Mollahan served as
police officer until Morgan took
; over.
Mrs. Earl Evans and Mrs. C.
P. Brown were hostesses Sunday made the arrest
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the Brown home in honor of
Mrs. Frank Evans of Redlands,
Calif., who is a visitor here.
KINZUA MAN FINED
FOR GAME VIOLATION
James R. Johnson, employee
of the Kinzua Pine Mills com
pany, was assessed a fine of
SlOO" and costs of $4.50 in Jus
tice J. O. Hager's court Friday
when he pled guilty to a charge
of hunting deer out of season.
Johnson is a logger.
State Officer Edgar Albert
Patricia Brown who lias been
WOMAN HIDING OUT
Lila Viola Young, arrested
July ;.l on a charge of operat
ing a motor vehicle while under
the influence of liquor, pled
visiting here for a month with guilty before Justice J. O. Hager
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 'and was fined $150 and costs ot
Orve Brown, returned to her $4,511. Released for a few hours
home in Portland Sunday. Her! to raise the amount of the fine,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin: Mrs. Young failed to again put
Brown, motored up after her and I in an appearace and the sheriff
spent the week end in Heppner. lis trying to locate her.
1 SHARP TOOLS NTg
CUT FIRE LOSSES S'iJUf
CARE WITH FIRE WILL Ud2SSL.