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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 30, 1947
Volume 64, Number 32
Work Started On
Winterizing Fair
Pavilion Project
Meet Toughest
Competition Here
In Season's Play
Workmen went on the Job
Wednesday at the Fair pavilion
to make over the kitchen into a
club room In accordance with an
agreement reached between the
Heppner chamber of commerce
and the Junior chamber of com
merce at a meeting of the board
of directors of the older group
Wednesday evening of last week.
Under the terms of the agree
ment the two groups are financ
ing the work on a 50-50 basis.
It is expected that the room will
be ready for use in about two
weeks.
The room will be winterized to
make it available to various
groups throughout the year. Some
of the facilities for making a
kitchen are already installed in
the room which was originally
about 14 by 40 feet. The room
will be lengthened to the west
wall of the main building, mak
ing it 14 by 60 feet. This will
permit Its use as a club room or
a banquet hall, as occasion aris
es. Alterations are under the su
pervision of Frank Davis and his
building committee in charge of
the youth center project of the
Junior chamber of commerce.
Bouquet off Rotel
The Junior chamber of com
merce at its meeting Wednesday
evening voted the "bouquet of
roses" to Francis B. Nickerson
as the outstanding member of
the month for his efforts in pro
moting the creation of a youth
center for Heppner.
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William B. Tucker
Called By Death
Monday Morning
Funeral services were held at
2 o'clock p.m. Wednesday at the
Heppner Church of Christ for
William B. Tucker who died
Monday morning at the family
residence In Stanfield after an
extended Illness. Rev. Paul Mor
tlmore of Caldwell, Idaho, Mr.
Tucker's son-in-law, officiated
and arrangements were In charge
of the Phelps Funeral home. In
terment was in the Heppner Ma
sonic cemetery.
Born In Warsaw, Mo., Jan. 11,
1878, Mr. Tucker came to Mor
row county in 1900 and took up
farming in the Blackhorse sec-'
tlon where he remained until
1939 when he disposed of his in
terests here and moved to Stan
field. He married Mary Ann
Scott Nov. 22, 1900, in Missouri
and to this union were born nine
children, seven of whom, with the
mother, survive. These are Hul
da Mortimore, Caldwell, Ida.:
Wilbur Tucker, Pendleton; Irene
Atherton, Ontario; Edith Castle,
Hammonton, Cal.; Wilma Win
Ion, Lexington; Elsie and Wood-
row Tucker, Stanfield. There are
also 20 grandchildren. Those pre
ceding the father In death are
Beulah Nichols and Homer Tuck
er.
4-H ACHIEVEMENT TO BE
OBSERVED NOV. 1 TO 9
November 1 to 9 is the date
of National 4-H Achievement
week when all 4-H club mem
bers In Oregon, as well as other
states will be recognized for
their work done in raising and
conserving food, safeguarding
health and helping with farm
labor. Oregon's 24,000 club boys
and girls, of which Morrow coun
ty's 230 club members are a part,
ranks near the top, Its members
exceeding the total in any other
western state.
Total value of all the work
done by 4-H clubbers last year
in Oregon amounted to $701,769
38, it is reported by the state
ciub office. The total cost to
club members was $492,258.65,
leaving the labor value at $272,
010.73.
For 1947 total value of all
awards to 4-H members Is estl
mated at $15,500. Oregon club
leaders have always encourag
ed members to measure their
work by exhibiting In fairs. The
award, both in cash from sales
and in ribbons won, offer some
thing tangible to work for. Club
leaders emphasize, however, that
the chief value of club work Is
what it teaches concerning farm
mo and work habits.
In Morrow county, National
4-H Club week will be observed
by a concentrated effort to in
crease the 4-H club membership
reorganization meetings of sev
eral clubs, with efforts to add
new members will be held by
many of the clubs. Special win
dow displays are planned for
several local stores. The county
4-H club council is meeting this
week to make further plans for
observing tne week.
Fair Board Thanks
Public For Support
Of 1947 Shows
At a meeting held Oct. 17 the
Morrow county fair board passed
a resolution thanking all per
sons who contributed to the pre
paration of both the shows held
In September, the Morrow coun
ty fair at Heppner and the North
Morrow county fair at Board-
man. Particular emphasis was
placed upon the voluntary as
sistance given by the farmers in
constructing the stock shed and
leveling of the grounds. The
thanks spread to all who parti
cipated in preparing and show
ing exhibits.
The board feels that with a
continuance of the kind of sup
port given In 1947 the fairs will
grow in importance and draw at
tention from the outside world
to the superiority of Morrow
county products.
Plans were discussed for im
provements to be made to build
ings and grounds before fair
time next year. It has not been
reported what will be done about
constructing a pavilion at Hepp
ner, although the board has such
a building in mind. The volume
of exhibits displayed last month
may be taken as a yardstick for
gauging next year's operations
which would mean an exhibit
pavilion and a much larger stock
shed.
It Tied In With The
Robbery Story . . .
Monday morning, when the
town was in a dither over the
Central Market robbery, Joe
Delameter's car came up miss
ing. Joe had parked the ma
chine on the street, leaving the
key in the Ignition lock. After
a bit he returned to the spot
where he had left the car and
It was not there. It was not
long before the news of the
missing car spread up and
down the avenue and the feel
ing prevailed that the thief or
thieves, as the case may be,
had gone a bit farther and
stolen a car to make a get
away. It soon developed that
Officer Pat Mollahan had mov
the car while cleaning the
street and in so doing had
ruined a good story. '
Girl Scout Founder
Honored By Troops
I, II of Heppner
This is National Girl Scout
week, and Girl Scouts all over
the United States remember and
honor their founder, Juliet Low,
Girl Scouts of Troop I began
this week by attending church
in a body with members of Troop
II. They were guests of the Me
thodist church.
On Monday they had a Hal
lowe'en party. They all contrl
buted pennies to the Juliet Low
World Fellowship fund. This
money goes to help carry on the
work of the Girl Scouts and Girl
Guides in foreign lands. Mrs. El
mcr Palmer and Mrs. Alena An
derson served refreshments.
The girls arranged a display
n the window of the Western
Auto Supply store. The theme of
this display is "International
Friendship."
On October 20 the troop had
Its "Fly-up" ceremony. Girls re
celvlng their Brownie wings and
Girl Scout pins and becoming
Tenderfoot Scouts were Adelia
Anderson, Nancy Ball, Jean Ma
rie Graham, Mary Ruth Green
Sally Palmer, Kay Valentine and
Margaret Wightman.
Special awards for outstand
ing work done last spring were
presentea to Aaena Anderson
Nancy Anderson, Jean Marie Gra
ham, Judy Thompson and San
dra Lanham.
Mrs. Clarence Mackey Is spend
lng this week in Portland.
GOSPEL ILLUSTRATOR
COMING TO METHODISTS
Ben Larsen of Portland, artist
as well as world traveler, is com
lng to the Methodist church for
10 days starting November
Services will be Monday through
Friday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov,
9, at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and
the following week Monday thru
Friday and again Sunday, Nov
16. The artist unfolds the gospel
truths in colorful pictures. Some
of his subjects are Ivory Palaces,
Odd Eggs, Other Gods, The El
eventh Commandment, The Pow
er of the Name, The public Is
invited to all of these services,
Plane Accident Leaves Oregon
Of Three Top-Ranking State
Confirmation Thursday morn
lng of the death of the four oc
cupants of Marshall Cornett's
plane which crashed Tuesday
night in the rough mountain
country about 30 miles southwest
of Lakeview came as a shock to
the people of the entire state.
Three of the four passengers were
SECRETARY OF STATE
FARRELL
Mustangs Make It
Five In A Row By
Downing Honkers
Heppner high Mustangs won
their fifth in a row last Friday
on the local field by drubbing
Arlington, 13-0.
Arlington gave the locals by
far the most competition they
have had this season, in fact dur
ing the early part of the game
it was all Arlington.
Rippee kicked to the Honkers
and they were downed on their
own 10. On a series of end runs
by Bailey and Wheelhouse, be
hind excellent interference, Ar
lington carried the ball to the
Heppner nine before being held
for downs.
Heppner began to get in the
ball game the second quarter
although Arlington still domin
ated Uie play. Runs by Greenup
and a completed pass, Padberg
to Allstott, carried the ball to the
Arlington one as the half ended.
The second half the Mustangs
showed a complete reversal of
form, holding Arlington to few
gains while Greenup and Pad
berg toted the leather for consid
erable yardage. Padberg carried
the ball over in the third, but
fumbled, Arlington recovering.
Greenup went across in the early
part of the fourth, Padberg con
verting. Padberg went across for
another counter in this same
period.
Lineups:
Heppner Arlington
East LE West
Kilkenny LT Mackey
Ployhar LG Wickland
Sumner C Rucker
Gabler RG Lawrence
Keyes RT Strahm
Waters RE Sweet
Bennett Q Clough
Padberg HB Bailey
Rippee HB Curtis
Greenup FB . Wheelhouse
Substitutions for Heppner:
Ruhl, Bergstrom, Hammock, All
stott, Smith, Gammell, Connor,
Hill, Gunderson, Orwick.
Heppner and Grant Union of
John Day play at Heppner Fri
day, Oct. 31. This game decides
the title for district 7B. From all
indications this should be a bang
up ball game. The Golddiggers
have lost only to Halfway, 14-0,
while winning from Prairie City,
38-0; Richland, 25 0; Crane, 12-7;
Condon, 18-6, and Wheeler Co.
hleh school.
Heppner has to date defeated
Prairie City, 25-0; Wheeler co,
high, 34-6; Condon, 33-0; Stan
field 1-0 (forfeited), and Arling
ton, 13-0.
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Among those on elk hunting
trips are Norman Florence and
his guest, Harley Hall oi Port
land; Len and Earl Gilliam and
Ray and Douglas Drake.
COUNTY AGENT ATTENDS
FEEDER DEMONSTRATION
The county agent attended a
feeder steer grading demonstra
tion at the Union experiment
station last Friday where all
eastern Oregon county agents
eraded the 60 feeder steers be
lng put on feed to carry out the
wheat feeding experiment start
ed at the Union station four
years ago. All steers will be
graded by this group of agents
next spring to compare their
grades given now with actual
nualltv when fat. Grades will
he given the steers In fat condl
tlon next spring and these grad
es checked with actual carcass
graders when the steers are mar
keted and graded by packers.
Experience of this type is very
helpful to the county agent in
making selections of feeder cal
ves for 4-H members and farmers.
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topflight officials, headed by
Governor Earl Snell and includ
ing Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell Jr. and Marshall Cornett,
president of the Oregon senate
and first in line of succession as
governor in case of that official's
absence from the state, resigna
tion, or death. The fourth mem
ber of the party enroute from
Klamath Falls to Adel in Lake
county on a duck hunting trip,
was Cliff Hogue, veteran pilot
and operator of the Klamath
Flying service.
The plane left Klamath Falls
at 9 o'clock Tuesday evening
headed for the Oscar Kittridge
ranch in the Warner valley east
of Lakeview. A landing strip on
the 20,000 acre ranch was light
ed and Kittridge's son kept vigil
at the strip until about 10:30
when he concluded the flight had
been held up by bad weather.
The elder Kittridge waited until
morning and called the Klamath
airport to find out if the plane
left there as scheduled Learning
that it had, Kittridge asked the
aid of the Fremont forest ser
vice and a search was started
which ended at about 9 o'clock
this morning with definite news
that all four men were dead.
Aside from a firm friendship
Committees Chosen To Plan
Conference on Agriculture
Following the wishes express-, Fredrickson, Carl Haddox, Wil
ed by the citizens of the county
attending a meeting at the court
house In Heppner on Oct 22, the
committee chosen at that time
met at a later date and selected
committee chairmen and mem
bers to serve in preparing plans
for the county agricultural con
ference to be held late in Janu
ary 1948. As stated last week,
the conference is felt essential
because of greatly changed con
ditions in agriculture since the
previous conference was held in
1936.
Six divisions have been set up,
including farm, home and rural
life, public education, livestock,
conservation, land use and econ
omics, and farm crops. Sub-committee
chairmen and their mem
bers are as follows:
FARM, ROME AND RURAL LIFE
Mrs. Norman Nelson, Chmn.;
Mrs. Ethel Adams, Mrs. Mark
hma Baker, Mrs. Laurence Beck
et, Mrs. Walter Becket. Mrs. Jer
ry Brosnan, Mrs. Francis Cook,
Mrs. Chas. Carlson, Mrs. Orville
Cutsforth, Mrs. Douglas Drake,
Mrs. Noel Dobyns, Mrs. Ray Dol
ven, Mrs. Harold Erwin, Mrs. Al
Fetch, Mrs. John Graves, Mrs.
Claude Coats, Ida Slaughter,
John Graves, Mrs. Lewis Halvor
sen, Mrs. Ernest Heliker, Mrs.
Don Heliker, Mrs. Fred Hoskins,
Mrs. Fred Herman. Mrs. Fred
Hoskins Jr., Mrs. Eb Hughes,
Mrs. James Lindsay, Mrs. Lon
nie McCabe, Mrs. Mike Mathews,
Mrs. Russell Moore, Mrs. Vernon
Munkers, Mrs. Lillian Rutledge,
Mrs. Elmer Palmer, Elmer Pal
mer, Mrs. Marion Palmer, Mrs.
Kenneth Peck, Mrs. Victor Riet
mann, Mrs. Ralph Thompson,
Mrs. Steve Thompson, Mrs. Frank
Wilkinson, Mrs. Harold Wright,
Mrs. Walter Wright, Mrs. Chas.
Anderegg, Mr. Gerard Fahey,
Mrs. Nathan Thorpe, Mrs. Ron
ald Black, Mrs. Ruth Russell.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Henry Tetz, chairman; Garnet
Barratt, E. Markham Baker,
Charles Bloodsworth, Jack Bai
ley, O. G. Crawford, Margaret
Cason, James Farley, Mrs. B. C,
Forsythe, Paul Hisler, Elmer
Hunt, Bert Johnson, C. N. Jones,
Vernon Munkers, Roy Neill, Mil
lard Nolan, Henry Peterson, Os
car Peterson, Lucy Rodgers, Bert
Scouten, Gar Swartson, Ralph
Thompson, Wlllard Baker, Ralph
Earwood, Elvin Ely, Clyde Tan
nehill, D. J. Kenney, Paul Slaugh
ter Robert Smith.
LIVESTOCK
Harold Cohn. chairman; Lee
Beckner, Vernon Brown, Chas.
Bartholomew, Claude Buschke,
Howard Cleveland, Ray Dolven,
Harold Erwin, Raymond Fergu
son, John Fisk, Claude Graham,
Eb Hughes, Ernest Heliker, Fred
Hoskins Jr., George Daniels, Fred
Hoskins, Van Hubbard, Fred
Herman, Herbert Hynd, John
Krebs, Alec Llndsey, Norman
Nelson, Newt O'Harra, Kenneth
Peck, Roy Robinson, Harry Sher
man Gerald Swaggart, Cleve Van
Scholack, Jim Valentine, Harold
Wright, Floyd Worden, Ray
Wright, John Wightman, Frank
Wilkinson, W. C, Crowder, Roy
Partlow, Batle Rand, Clarence
Mr. and Mrs. J. Osmin Hager
have as their guests thetr son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Clayton Shaw and son, of
Lawton, Okla., a nephew and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. James Storey
of Pasco; a niece, Mrs. LeGrand
Guild, of Snohomish, Wash., and
Bob Shaw of Coos Bay and Wes
ley Shaw of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hughes
and Miss Edna Hughes of Port
land were week-end visitors at
the home of their mother, Mrs.
Grace Hughes.
for Governor Snell, Morrow coun
ty feels a definite personal loss
in his passing. With his part
ner, Dave Lemon of Arlington,
he was interested in large land
holdings in the Cecil area. He
was a member of Heppner lodge
No. 358, B. P. O. E., and of the
Royal Arch chapter of the Ma
sonic order. He was probably the
best known state official as well
as one of the best governors Or
egon has had.
Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell Jr. entered politics in
1935 when he was elected to the
house of representatives from
Multnomah county. He served as
speaker of the house in 1941. In
1942 he was elected secretary of
state and was reelected in 1946
by a landslide vote. Like Gov
ernor Snell, he was a native Ore
gonian, affable and a maker of
friends.
Marshall Cornett, although not
so well known in this section of
the state, had a strong follow
ing in his district. As president
of the senate, he served a short
time as governor in the absence
of Governor Snell and displayed
capabilities which caused the
politically-minded to consider
him for something bigger than
the state senatorship.
lard Jones.
CONSERVATION
John Proudfoot, chairman;
Frank Anderson, Ralph Beamer,
John Bergstrom, Adrian Bech
dolt, Henry Baker, Elsie Beach,
Chas. Carlson, Ralph Crum, Wate
Crawford, Herbert Ekstrom, Lew
is Halvorsen, Art Hunt, John
Hanna, Alva Jones, James Lind
say, Roy Lindstrom, Archie Mun
kers, Lloyd Morgan, Marion Pal
mer, Burt Peck, Victor Rietmann,
John Ransier, Julian Rauch, Ed
Rugg, William Weatherford, Tom
Wilson, Adolf Skoubo, I. Skoubo,
Jack Mulligan, Chas. Dillon,
Harry Smith, G. O. Swearingen,
John Voile, Bill Voile.
LAND USE & ECONOMICS
-Miuvin Wightman, chairman;
Dona Barnett, Carl Bergstrom,
Denward Bergevin, Earl Blake,
Paul Brown, Alvin Bunch, Barton
Clark, Orville Cutsforth, Leon
ard Carlson, Don Campbell, Phil
Emert, Fred Houghton, Emil
Groshens, Donald Heliker, Robert
Hoskins, Ray Heimbigner, Harry
Joslin, Franklin Lindstrom, Rich
ard Lundell, Carl Marquardt, Don
McElligott, Russell Moore, Fred
Mankin, R. V. Jones, Gordon Mc
Gough, Eugene Normoyle, B. C.
Pinckney, Werner Rietmann,
Kenneth Smouse, Steve Thomp
son, Frank Turner, Ralph Skou
bo, John Partlow, A .R. Fortner,
Harold Baker.
FARM CROPS
Bill Doherty, chairman; B. E.
Akers, Harley Anderson, Laur
ence Becket, Chas. Becket, Oren
Brace, Dave Baker, Ed Buschke,
Louis Bergevin, Roy Campbell,
Art Crawford, Henry Zivney, El
mer Rucker, Noel Dobyns, John
Eubanks, Harry Dinges, Harry
Duvall, M J. Fitzpatrick, Claud
Huston, Clarence Holtz, Lloyd
Howton, Ray Lundell, John Lane
C. E. Aldrich, Jim McCabe, Mike
Mathews, Sam McMillan, Fred
Nelson, Harold Peck, Darrel Pad
berg, Ted Palmateer, David Riet
mann, Lloyd Rice, Chauncey
Grim, Bill Seehafer, Bill Smeth
urst, Lee Scrivner, Sam Turner,
Bill Van Winkle, Dick Wilkin
son, Oren Wright, Robt. Miller,
A. Hug, Chas. Anderegg, Carl
Knlghten.
Each of these committees will
meet several times prior to the
county conference to consider all
local problems relating to its
subject and to draft a report that
will be presented at the county
wide meeting. Reports adopted
at the countv conference will
probably be published in the1
form of a booklet that will serve
as a valuable guide for farmers
generally, and for banks, mach
inery dealers, prospective new
settlers, and others interested in
agriculture, the county agent
said.
Thirty Oregon counties have
held similar planning confer
ences during the last two win
ters and reports from those
counties indicate that the ses
sions were valuable in concen
trating attention on local farm
problems and things that could
be done to solve them, the agent
added.
Vernon Knowles who is teach
ing in Umatilla this year was a
week-end visitor in Heppner. He
was accompanied by his father,
Claude Knowles, who had been
spending some time in Umatilla
Mr, and Mrs. John Brosnan of
Lena were business visitors in
Heppner Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell
motored to Pendleton Sunday
after their son Russell who had
been in St. Anthony's hospital
following an operation earlier in
the week.
Bereft
Officials
Oregon's new governor will be
John H. Hall, speaker of the
house in the 1947 legislature.
Hall is a Portland attorney with
considerable legislative expert
ence and, according to Rep. Hen
ry Peterson, made a good rec
ord as speaker.
Masons Of District
To Convene Here
Monday Evening
Heppner lodge No. 69, A. F. &
A. M. will play host Monday
evening to the other lodges of
the district on the occasion of the
visit of the grand master and the
grand secretary. Walter M. Ran
som of Eugeries the grand mas
ter and H. D. Proudfoot of Port
land is the grand secretary. They
will be accompanied to Heppner
by Lloyd McRae of Pendleton,
past worthy grand master of the
Order of the Eastern Star and a
prominent Mason.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a dinner at 6:15 p.m.
to be served by the home econ
omics department of the high
school. The music room at the
school will be utilized for this
purpose, assuring room for all
the guests. Miss Mary Lou
George, home economics instruc
tor, is in charge of the dinner
preparations.
A short program will precede
the opening of the lodge, and
there will be a meeting of the
grand lodge officers with the of
ficers of the local lodge at 4 p.
m.
The visiting officers and Mr.
McRae will be accompanied by
their wives, as indicated in res
ervations made several days ago
at the Hotel Heppner.
Good Flow Struck
At H. Baker Ranch
Drilling at the Henry Baker
ranch in Gooseberry the past
week, G. M. Jannsen of Aloha
struck a heavy flow of water at
75 feet. Harry Yarnell of lone
located the site for the well, a
previous location proving unsat
isfactory.
Jannsen has moved his outfit
to the Leonard Carlson place
where he Is now sinking a well
GOVERNOR SNELL
News Items of Interest Around Town , . . .
In observance of National Girl
Scout week, the Heppner troop
has an Interesting display in the
window of the Western Auto
store on Main street, depicting
international friendship. Around
a large globe of the world there
is an arrangement of small dolls
in the native costumes of the
different nations with miniature
flags of the various countries us
ed as a border for the display.
Mrs. N. H. Fehmerllng of Port
land entertained with a turkey
dinner honoring her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Buschke on the
occasion of their 61st wedding
anniversary. The party was held
at the moutain home of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude Buschke on the
Spray highway south of Hard
man. Guests other than the
members of the Buschke fam
ily included Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Riles of Portland and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Becket of Heppner
Mrs. William B. Barratt of
Salem is visiting at the home
of her son and daughter-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Garnet Barratt,
at their farm on Butter creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Britt made
a business trip to The Dalles the
end of the week.
Stephen Thompson has return
ed from a tour sponsored by a
meat packing company which
included visits to New York City,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, D. C, and Chicago. Twen
ty persons were chosen to make
the trip, the purpose of which
was to show how markets are
made and the manner in which
prices are determined.
Portland Hunter
Victim of Heart
Attack Near Here
Victim of a heart attack, Lloyd
Shafer, 59, died early Thursday
evening while being driven to
wards Heppner from a hunting
expedition south of town. He was
seized with the attack about five
miles from town, according to
the man who was driving Sha
fers car, and apparently death
came at once.
Shafer and companions came
from Portland for the opening of
the pheasant season. As dark
ness closed in they started back
to town and had gone a short
distance when he complained of
being very ill. He became silent
and the men did not realize he
had passed away until so In
formed by a local physician.
October '47 Bids
Fair To Equaling
1913 Rain Record
Showers during the week have
added materially to the precipi
tation for the month of October
and should rain continue falling
until Friday evening there is a
possibility that the record of 2.75
inches recorded in 1913 may be
equalled in this year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
forty-seven. It is only a possi
bility, however, as the usual cus
tom for the weather man at this
particular time is to sweep aside
the clouds and make the air
chill with frost on Hallowe'en.
With trie local observer out in
the woods trying to reduce the
elk population there are no fig
ures to go by, regardless of con
clusive evidence that this is the
wettest October on record, tillers
of the soil do not hesitate to say
that they can t recall a better
season than the current fall.
There are a few past Octobers
that offer marks to shoot at
which the present month may
not make. For instance, in 1913
the rain gauge reached a mark
of 1.75 inches. Ten years later
it was 2.72. Coming down to
1942, the record was 1.64; 1943,
2.18; 1944, .78; 1945, .51, and in
1946 it bounced back up to 2.36.
November 1942 was the wettest
month recorded on Len Gilliam's
chart a total of 3.24 inches.
Leonard Carlson reported Tu
esday, the day be was in town.
Total for the month may reach
2.50 in that section.
Stores To Close
Heppner business houses will
close at 2 o'clock pan. Friday
and remain closed until after
the football game between the
Heppner Mustangs and the
Grant Union Golddiggers at
Rodeo field.
Band Committee
To Hold Food Sale
Announcement has been made
this week by the band finance
committee of the Parent-Teach
er association that a food sale is
being sponsored Nov. 8 for the
purpose of raising funds with
which to help pay for uniforms
for the Heppner school band. The
committee states that contribu
tions of food and money will
be gratefully accepted.
According to a report from the
committee, several uniforms re
main unpaid for and an effort
will be made to clean up this
obligation at an early date.
Recent guests at the home of
Mrs. Mary Wallace were her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E
Smith of Portland.
Gene Ferguson, Terrel Benge
and their guests, Al Wilson, Len
Kerber and Sam Reynolds of
Gold Beach left Friday for an elk
hunting trip to Moon meadows
in the Granite section.
Mr. and Mrs. John McRoberts
.i. van ouiri 3 anu rf,
E. Grimes of Portland were week
end guests of Mr and Mrs. Allen
Case and Mr. and Mrs. Farris
Prock. Mrs. Case accompanied
them to Portland Sunday and
will spend several days In the
city attending to business mat
ters. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fraters de
parted Tuesday for Fallow, Cal.,
where they will spend the win
ter with their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Morrow
Needham. During their absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fraters will be
in charge of the farm in the
Eightmlle section.
Mrs. O. M. Yeager and Mrs.
George Hatton motored to Pen
dleton Thursday to spend the
day visiting Mrs. Yeager's daugh
ter, Mrs. Grace Van Horn and
family.
Mrs. Louise Ritchie of The
Dalles is spending this week In
Heppner visiting with relatives
and friends. During her sfay she
Is the house guest of Mrs. Ora
K. wyland.
Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Thompson,
Mrs. W. H. Cleveland and Mrs.
Alex Thompson motored to Wal
la Walla Tuesday,
Central Market &
Grocery Loses $500
In Monday Robbery
Robbers Pass Up
Endorsed Checks
In Money Search
Gaining entrance to the build
ing through the roof, burglars
forced open the door to the sate
and removed some $500 In cash
at the Central Market A Grocery
at an early hour Monday. Exit
was made through a rear door.
In the safe with the cash were
numerous checks, endorsed and
ready for deposit as soon as the
bank opened. These were not
disturbed by the thieves, who
left little in the way of clues for
officers to work on and who pro
bably did not want to lay them
selves open by cashing checks.
Before finding the spot to
make an entrance, the culprits
explored the roof. A section of
skylight was broken out In the
area over the spot where the
safe stood and an effort appar
ently was made to put a heavy
ladder down through the steel
frame which was too narrow and
which could not be spread. There
is evidence that an effort was
made to enter through the sky
light over the rear of the locker
room, but this, too, seems to
have baffled the intruders. A
section of glass was removed
from a skylight over the stock
room in the rear of the main
building where entrance was
made.
Once inside the robbers pulled
the safe out from the wall and,
set to work removing the dial,
then by inserting a common
screwdriver through a hole to the
left of the dial unlocked . the
safe.
Efforts to obtain fingerprint
photos were made by police of
ficials but it looks like the rob
bers used gloves or otherwise
blurred the prints and to date
nothing has been brought to
light to give the officers a lead.
Reason for believing that more
than one person was involved in
the robbery comes from the fact
that the ladder found on the
roof was too heavy for one man
to handle in that particular po
sition. Mrs. Sara McNamer, owner
and operator of the grocery store.
immediately replaced the small
safe with a larger and more bur
glar-proof safe, which is located
in full view from the front of
the building. The old safe was
behind a display counter com
pletely hiding it from view. This
made it easy for the safe-crackers
to work unobserved even if
there had been people passing
by the front of the store.
Only evidence of disturbing
anything besides the safe was
an empty beer bottle. One of
the party got thirsty and helped
himself to some of Tommy How
ell's private stock.
Business Holds Up
Well In Local Courts
Police officers have not dim
inished their vigil since last
week's record in Justice J. O.
Hager's court and several more
offenders were cited to appear
in Justice and city courts early
this week.
Three motor vehicle operators
paid the usual $10 fine and $4.
50 costs for lack of proper li
censes or equipment. Henry Peck
of Hermiston was found with no
clearance lights; Walter H.
Schmidt, also of Hermiston, and
Gordon O'Brien, Heppner had
neglected to attend to their op
erators licenses.
Drunkenness counts were fil
ed against Herman Happold and
Delbert R. Cline. Happold was
fined $25 with an alternate of
25 davs in jail. He is still In
Jail. Cline paid his SAO fine.
A charge of lewd conduct was
placed against Robert Blackwel!
after being taken into custody
by sheriff c j D Baumi,n ear
ly this week. Local authorities
were negotiating with the state
hospital to place the man under
observation and treatment there
for 90 days, disposal of his case
to await conclusion of hospital
physicians.
Mr. and Mrs. William Richards
(Ilene Kenny) have returned to
Heppner to make their home,
Mr. Richards having accepted a
position with Morrow County
Grain Growers. They will live In
the Case apartment recently va
cated by Mr. and Mrs. J. Orve
Rasmus.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Becket
are the parents of a son, Walter
Ronald, born October 25 at St.
Anthony's hospital In Pendleton.
Thomas J. Mahoncy of Port
land was a week-end hunting
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Mahoney.
Ted Plerson, who recently re
signed as manager of Flatt s
transfer company, has accepted
a position In the Heppner bak
ery. The Plersons are moving
Into the Anna Q. Thomson house
on Baltimore street. Glenn Mac
Lachlin Is operating the transfer
company.