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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC A '.' 0 I T 0 It I " '.! PORTLAND. OIU. Heppner Gazette Times Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 1 1, 1947 Volume 64, Number 38 Condon Chosen As Meeting Place of Wheat League in '48 Heppner May Be In Line For Meet Following Year Delegates to the Eastern Ore gon Wheat League in session at Baker the past week end select ed Condon as the meeting place for the 1948 convention. Invita tions from Heppner and The Dal les were given consideration on the floor but after some delib eration, Condon won on the ba sis of not having entertained the league since 1939, while both Heppner and The Dalles have had that privilege in the mean time. Orville Cutsforth reported to the chamber of commerce on the wheat league convention, pro nouncing it a successful session. While numerous items were on the agenda, he feels that soil erosion and future markets for wheat were the two most impor tant items discussed. An attempt to pass a resolution against House Bill 99, passed in the re cent Oregon legislature paving the way for dam construction along the Snake river, was a draw, Cutsforth said. He also re ported that Morrow county's 14 representatives comprised the second largest delegation at the convention. J. J. O'Connor presented the matter of the outstanding citi zen award proposed by the Jun ior chamber of commerce to the senior group, explaining the ob ject of the award and the desire of the Jaycees to have a com mittee from the older group ap pointed to make the selection. President Tibbies responded by naming B. C. Pinckney, C. J. D. Bauman, Harold Becket, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and O. G. Craw ford. The award is to be early In January. There was some discussion of cooperation between the cham ber groups, on staging the annu al football banquet. This led to the suggestion that townspeople should give more attention to the doings of the grade school, particularly with reference to basketball. Last year's grade school team was tops In this re gion, yet no notice was given it outside of immediate school backing. The CC decided to do something about it and the chair appointed Harry Van Horn, Conley Lanham and Henry Tetz as a committee of action. Nominations for directors were I In order Monday and the names of Henry Tetz, J. J. O'Connor, Floyd Tolleson. L. D. Tibbies, O. G. Crawford, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and John Saager were presented. Election will be held later and further nominations are expect ed before the voting is done. Five directors are to be elected. Newbry Warns Of Holiday Traffic Oregonians will be facing the heaviest Christmas-time traffic volumes In history, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry has de clared in a special plea for safe walking and driving during the coming holidays. Car registrations and motor ve hicle fuel use figures are at all time highs, giving plenty of no tice of what to expect, Newbry said. Last December, traffic accidents took 56 lives to double the toll recorded In June of that year. "December is consistently the worst month In automobile-Inflicted deaths," motorists were reminded. "There will be too many cars on the streets and highways to permit even a mo mentary lapse of attention." December daytime Is shorten ed three hours from summer daytime, it was pointed out. Most of this extra darkness comes when motor and pedestrian traf fic is heaviest. With throngs of Christmas shoppers added to the usual congestion, all persons were ad vised to allow more time to per form errands, whether by car or afoot. OBTAIN LITTLE GIRL Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Dunham and Mrs. O. G. Crawford made a trip to Portland Tuesday and re turned with a little three-year- old miss who will make her home with the Dunhams. Her name Is Camela Margaret and she will assume the name of her foster parents as soon as all le gal formalities are attended to. The coming of Camela fills a long-felt want In the family, which Includes the Dunhams and the Crawfords and there Is great rejoicing hereabouts. SELL HOME Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Hayes are the latest residents to go In search for living quarters. They have sold their residence proper ty at the corner of Gale and Church streets to C. N. Jones. Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Hud dleslon and children left today for Tillamook to visit friends several days, Northwest Christmas Ship To Carry Gifts From Morrow Co. Morrow county will make a American agencies, such as the contribution toward raising 10,-1 000 tons of food for starving peo-1 pie of Europe in the stales of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana and the territory of Al aska. Initial steps were takei in Heppner Tuesday when May or Coniey Lanham named a com mittee headed by Mrs. Tom W son and including Rev. J. P. Sor-ilhe lien, Rev. Joe Jewett and Gordon Grady to organize a campaign for receiving and delivering do-'council of agencies, with first nations. I hand knowledge of where the re- Although the movement is a! lief is most needed, will, when little tardy in getting started, it j the ship arrives, choose the ex- is expected that by the end of this week the committee will be prepared to announce plans for the campaign in the county. The federal government has approved the plan, authorized over 10,000 tons of shipping space ' and will defray the chartering costs. The ship will be made up in Tacoma and stop at Seattle and Portland. Simultaneously in Oregon and Washington the idea developed, where during the Friendship1 Train campaign it was noted that with the fine port facilities of both Portland and Seattle, a sim- liar action could take place more conveniently without the long distance hauling. The ernors of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska were; contacted as soon as the Friend ship Train was dispatched. From their warm reception of the idea, was born the Northwest Christ mas ship. With the slogan "From Your, Heart Do Your Part" the food ga-' meats, canned fish, canned poul thering organization is under try, canned baked beans, canned way. In Oregon, Governor John 'chili, canned fats and shorten Hall, following the plan of theMng. Northwest states, appointed as Clothing, new or clean, is ac state coordinator the Rev. Gil-i ceptable. bert B. Christian, who is exeeu- With Municipal Terminal No. tive secretary of the Oregon , 4 at Portland designated as the Council of Churches and state, main warehouse and dockage for director of Church World Serv- the Christmas ship, committees Ice. Also appointed were Ray throughout the state are asked Smith, the executive secretary of! to direct all gifts to this point, the Eagles, as state chairman of Most motor freight trucking the Citizens Food committee, and i companies have agreed to pick Ray Carr as publicity chairman. I up cases free of charge, any The mayors of all the cities, en- where within their operating thusiastlc champions of the pro- areas. Carload lots will be trans ject from the start, will appoint ported by the following railroads local people and committees to cooperate in the state plan. Assurance is given that the food will reach the needy and not slip into black market chan nels or be used for propaganda purposes, as the American Coun cil for Voluntary Kelief will di rectly handle the distribution. The council Is composed of 34 Lexington Grange Bazaar Event of Saturday Evening Announcement is made this week of the annual dinner and bazaar given by the home econ omics club of the Lexington grange which has been set for! Saturday evening at the grange hall three miles north of Lex ington. Turkey dinner will be served from 6 to 7:30 p. m., followed by the sale of numerous articles wnicn tne lames nave preparea. There will be' games for every body including pinochle, "500," Hearts, bridge, Chinese checkers, bingo, flinch, anagrams, mono poly, and other forms of pastime. There will be supervised play for children, which just about re moves any reason for folks to stay away from the grange hall Saturday evening. Oregon Gasoline Consumption High Oregon gasoline use for the first 10 months of 1947 has soar ed to an all-time high, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry has an nounced. October sales reached 37 mil lion gallons to bring the total used so far this year to 361,828, 528, over 45 million gallons more than the amount consumed in the first 10 months of 1946. Although declining since the summer car travel peak of last August, monthly gasoline use is still running well ahead of last year's figures, officials pointed out. Actual vehicle travel on Oregon streets and highways Is estimated at four and a quarter billion miles since January 1. "It's certain that traffic vol umes around Christmas time will be the heaviest in history," New bry declared. "That means there is a grave danger of exceeding last year's December toll of 56 dead." Motorists and pedestrians were urged to double precautionary measures during the holiday sea son. HAS NARROW ESCAPE While taking a truck load of lumber from Heppner to Pasco the past week, Vic Johnson had a narrow escape from serious in Jury when a slide struck the rear of the truck, Johnson Is confi dent that had the front of the rig been hit he would not have been able to make the report. The badly damaged vehicle was taken to Walla Walla for re pairs. It is presumed the slide occurred near the Oregon-Wash ington line where the hills are steep and covered with quantl ties of loose rock. Church World Service, American Friends committee, National Catholic Welfare, and Jewish Agency for Joint Distribution. They are our people, with our thoughts and ideals and will handle the situation accordingly. Government regulations for payment of transportation limits Northwest committee to four countries in Europe: Germany, Austria, Italy and Greece. The act areas. The shipment will reach Eu rope during the death months of January. February and March, a period so critical that competent relief authorities estimate that between two and ten millions of people will die in Germany alone unless considerable outside help is obtained For speed, loading convenien ce and for export, all shipments must be in case lots. A list of acceptable goods Is necessary because of spoilage, vital needs and to save space. Included in this list are: Wheat, flour (in 50 or 100 lb. sacks or barrels) dried or -dehydrated gov-'fruits or vegetables (including beans, peas or lentils 50,000 lb. sacks) sugar, spaghetti, macar- oni, noodles 10-2 lbs. (only or iginal packing cases, no cello phane wrapped), heavy cereals (such as cream of wheat, far ina, etc., not flake or fluffy types), canned milk, canned from any point of origin with out cost: Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, SP and S, Milwaukee, Northern Pacific, and Great Nor thern. It is evident if we in Oregon are to complete our collection by the scheduled January 1, there must be no time lost and action must start immediately. Incorrect Reading Cause of Drivers' License Troubles Some Oregonians have read in correctly their driver's license! renewal schedules and have paid fines as a result, Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry has de- clared. Fines for no driver's license have been levied because the drivers misinterpreted their re newal schedule, which lists the expiration date of all licenses by serial number. "All drivers are urged to check their renewal schedules careful ly," Newbry said. "It is partic ularly disheartening for a per son to obtain a schedule, read it, and then be penalized be cause he read it incorrectly." Oregon's new system for re newing driver's licenses, in ef fect since June 1, makes the printed expiration date on the face of the card invalid In most cases. Instead, licenses now ex pire according to the "5R" serial number. Licenses numbered from 5R198 001 to 511231-000 must be renew ed not later than December 31. Renewal time-tables, along with schedules of proper fees and applications for renewing li censes already due, may be ob tained from driver's license clerks or examiners. L. L. Hiatt Dies At Oregon City From the Oregon City Banner Courier it is learned that Levi L. Hiatt, 75, resident of the Pete's Mountain district on route 4, Or egon City, for the last eight months, died Friday at Oregon City convalescent home. He had resided in Oregon for 65 years, and came to Oregon City com munitv from Ilennner. He was bom September 30, 1872, in Des Moines, Iowa Surviving include the widow, Mrs. Iva Hiatt; three sons, Dar rell E., Roseburg; Ace, Forest Grove, and Carl, Heppner; two daughters, Mrs. James Stout and Mrs. Harold Batson, of route 4 Oregon City; a sister, Mrs. J. A Pearson, Hermlston, and eight grandchildren The funeral was at 2 p.m. Tu esday at Oregon City Funeral home, with Rev. W. C. Piper of the Church of Christ officiating, Burlnl was in Stafford cemetery Mr. Hiatt was an uncle of John W. Hiatt of Heppner. o A baby daughter arrlwd this afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs. Dick Ferguson at Cor vallis, according to word recev ed by the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, E. O. Ferguson of this city. Scouts Withdraw From Benefits of Community Chest After participating in the funds provided through the Commun ity Chest the past four years, the Boy Scouts of America have withdrawn from that support this year and will stage a cam paign of their own. Reason for withdrawal from the Community Chest was to en able other organizations, state wide and local, to achieve their quotas for 1948 to carry out their enlarged and important pro grams. With the Scouts out of the chest the county goal will be lower and easier to attain at this time. The Scouts will conduct their own educational finance cam paign in January which will give a full picture of the Boy Scout program to the public so the benefit of the movement and how it functions may be seen. I At present Heppner has one. cub pack for boys 9-10-11 years old and a Scout troop for boys 12 and over. lone, Lexington and Boardman also have Scout troops. There are over 75 Cubs and Scouts in the county, 27 men and women assisting in this com plete scouting program. Plans are now underway to organize a new troop In Irrigon and Cubj packs in lone and Lexington in 1948. I Degree Of Honor Initiation, Elks' Night For Ladies Are High Spots In Social Week By Ruth Payne Initiation ceremonies wero presented at the Degree of Hon or lodge meeting Tuesday eve ning for the following candi dates: Mrs. Caimel Brondf'-ot and Miss Beverly Yocom. At the conclusion of the business ses sion, refreshments were served Another in the series of ladies' night entertainments was held Thursday by the B. P. O. Elks. Bridge and pinochle were the di version of the evening with high score in bridge being won by Mrs. James Driscoll, second by Mrs. Fred Lucas, and in pinochle, Mrs. Dale Brown received high score, and Mrs. Walter Becket, second. Mrs. Conley Lanham re Mrs. Joe Hughes left Tuesday for Portland to attend the fun eral service Wednesday for her nephews, Pfc Kenneth B. Wil liams, who was killed March 3, 1945 in Germany; and Pfc Ralph L. Williams, who was killed November 20, 1943, on the island of Tarawa. Graveside services were held at Lincoln Memorial park with the Colonial mortu ary of Holman & Lutz in charge of arrangements. During her stay in Portland, Mrs. Hughes was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Allen E. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Benge were in Pendleton Wednesday to attend the funeral services of Mr. Benge's nephew, the late Fred Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Orrin W. Fur long arrived Wednesday from Portland to visit briefly with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Furlong, and other relatives. Donald E. Warner of lone re ceived a badly lacerated right hand when the motor block with which he was working fell on the hand. Mr. Warner works at the Henderson garage in Lexing ton and was brought to Hepp ner to a physician. Mrs. Olin Applegate and son, Richard, returned to their home in Hood River Wednesday after a few days' visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Far ley. They accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nash, also of Hood River, and who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Nash during their stay in Heppner. According to word received in Heppner, Mary M. Wallace and Terrel L. Benge were married on Sunday afternoon in Portland with Mr. and Mrs. George Sni- Pledges 900,000 Elks to Aid Boy Scouts; 1475 Lodges Will Help Local Troops if A L Him i in' ii f HIT-" r mmtttmmmmmaJk ...u.4 Boyhood of America to benefit .P.O.E. and Dr. E. K, Fretwell, bead of Scouts, lay plaus. New Reservoir To Be Ready For Use In Short Time Heppner's new 840,000 gallon reservoir is undergoing a test this week and the water depart ment announced that it was fill ed for the first time this morn ing. It had been partially filled before for the purpose of testing tne tloor, as well as to help in cleaning it out. The present wa ter will be let our and upon the next filling the water will be chlorinated. It is hoped to put the big "tank" into regular use by January 1. Addition of the new reservoir will give Heppner close to 1, 200,000 gallons storage. The pre sent reservoir on the west side of town has a capacity of 350,000 gallons. Mayor Conley Lanham told your reporter that each inch of water in the new reservoir rep resents 5,000 gallons. The stor age depth is 14 feet, or 168 Inch es, and 168 times 5,000 adds up to 840,000. Mrs. J. O. Turner entertained the members of the Bookworms club at her home Tuesday eve ning. The book, "Miracles of The Bells," by Janny, was reviewed by Mrs J. G. Thomson. Eleven members were present. Refresh ments were served. der as witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Benge plan to return to Heppner early next week following a brief honeymoon trip which will include a visit in Medford with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Bengston. Word has been received of the birth of a daughter, December 8, to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Crump at the Mid-Columbia hospital in The Dalles. This is the Crump's second child. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Wightman have returned from Baker where they spent the week end attend ing the Eastern Oregon Wheat League sessions. Mr. and Mrs. Ray McQueen of Athena were week-end house guests of her sister, Mrs. Virgil Fisher and Mr. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Waggoner motored to Portland the last of the week to spend a few days on business and pleasure. Among those from Heppner shopping in Pendleton Thursday were Mrs. Burl Coxen, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fraters, Mrs. Ella Far rens, Joe Hughes Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Jones, Mrs. James Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. Cres ton Robinson. Mrs. Ida Grimes left the end of the week for Portland where she will spend a fortnight with her daughter, Mrs. Carl Leathers. Mrs. Grimes is expected to re turn to Heppner for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum arrived Thursday from Los An geles and will make their home in Heppner. "Hap" Woods of Portland was attending to business matters and visiting friends in Heppner during the week end. ceived the door prize. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith re turned Thursday from a week's business trip to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bucknum and Mrs. Fay Bucknum spent Sunday in Walla Walla. Glenn Coxen who is attending school in Portland was a week end visitor here with his parents. i Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen. j William Furlong received a broken toe while working at the j Heppner Lumber company, Fri- I day, when the loader which he was helping to operate slipped and fell on his foot. He was treated at the office of a local I physician, ' The annual Christmas party of 1 the American Legion auxiliary a L. A, Lewis (left), head ( Agricultural Planning Meet Not Crystal Gazing Session The agricultural planning con ference to be held in Morrow county on January 22 is no crys tal gazing sesssion, but it will bring out some of the factors af fecting the future of agriculture in this county. That was the comment of County Agent N. C. Anderson this week as he re viewed the work of the commit tees that are making prepara tions for the county-wide plan ning day. After record years of wartime production, the farms of Oregon are shifting to a peacetime ba sis, and farmers generally are wondering what changes should be made in their production plans. Basically, the situation still is the same as in the pre war years, the agent stated. Ore gon must market a large amount of its crops and livestock pro ducts outside the state. The do mestic market probably will be much more important than for eign outlets, and the volume of industrial employment and trade policies will have a great bear ing on the domestic market. The basic job, the agent stated, is to do the best job of farming we can on the individual farms and to channel our production along the lines that seem best able to meet competition from other re gions in out-of-state markets. The object of the farm confer ence is to analyze the situation Local Elks Attend The Dalles Lodge A group of Heppner lodge of ficials and brothers drove to Th? Dalles Monday to attend a meet ing of The Dalles lodge of Elks at which time the grand exalted ruler, Lafayette A. Lewis, paid his official visit to Oregon North east. Going from Heppner were Har vey White, exalted ruler; Terrel Benge, esteemed leading knight; J. J. O'Connor, esteemed lectur ing knight; J. Palmer Sorlien, as sistant chaplain; Frank W. Tur ner, past exalted ruler; and C. C. Carmichael, Henry Happold, W. B. Rice and George Snider. BASIC RULE VIOLATION BRINGS SALESMAN FINE Violation of the basic rule and having no operator's license cost Guy Delmas Hermann, Portland drug salesman a fine of $35 and $9 court costs when he appeared before J. O. Hager, Heppner jus tice of the peace. Officer Lobhart followed Her mann for some distance trying to decide what the salesman's hurry was and finally overhaul ed him on the basic count and upon investigation found Her mann was operating his car on a Missouri license after having resided in Oregon for more than six months. MARRIED IN PORTLAND Mrs. Mary Wallace and Terrel Benge were married Sunday In Portland and are enjoying a short wedding tour. Details of the ceremony were not available at the time of going to press. Mr. and Mrs. George Snider ac companied the bridal party to Portland and witnessed the cer emony. Mr. Benge recently bought the residence property of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge, at the corner of West Wil low and Gale streets where he and his bride will make their home as soon as the house can be vacated. Robert F. Pullen of Lonerock was a Heppner business visitor Tuesday. He reported some tough going in spots before reaching the highway at Eight Mile and expressed the hope that if and when Morrow county gets around to a road program once more there will be some consideration given the road at least as far as the Morrow-Gilliam line. will be an event of December 16. Mrs. Chris Brown will be hostess for the affair at her home on North Court street. Herbert and Jack Hynd from Butterby Flats ranch near Cecil were transacting business in Heppner Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Eb Hughes of Lena were shopping in Heppner Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Quackenbush made a business trip to Pendle ton Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jones of Lexington and their house guests, Mrs. Charles H. Jones of Baker were shopping in Heppner Tu esday. Mrs. Carl Whillock and her mo ther, Mrs. Charles Breshears of Lexington, spent Saturday in Hermiston visiting friends. Orlin Huston ran a nail Into his foot while working at his home at the former CCC camp, Tuesday. Among those from lone shop ping In Heppner Tuesday were H. O. Ely. Mrs. James Lindsay, Mrs. Ray Lindquist, Mrs. Milton Morgan, Mrs. Donald Ball and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter. Mr. and Mrs. George Snider have returned from a tenlday va cation to Portland. Mrs. E. M. Hulden of Arling ton and her house guest, Mrs. Lynn Smith of Los Angeles, spent Wednesday In Heppner with Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo. Carl Troedson of lone was transacting business in Heppner Wednesday, and trends in each of the com modifies which the farmers of this area produce, and to rec ommend further developments where opportunities exist for im proving farm income. The ses sion will be particularly helpful to farmers who have come to the county during the wartime per iod and to veterans who have recently started farming, the ag ent observed. Similar planning sessions in earlier years have resulted in major developments in the ag riculture of the state. One ex ample is the production of grass and legume seed, which was sky rocketed from approximately 2, 500 acres in 1920 to more than 450,000 acres in recent years. Now there is intense interest in the peacetime market for these seeds, and also in the relative stability of these crops as com pared with forage acreage for livestock production. Also under consideration are livestock and dairy problems, farm management plans, soil conservation and the use of fer tilizers, and means for improv ing farm living conditions and the opportunities for rural youth. Committees that are drafting reports to be presented at the county session are working un der the leadership of Bill Bar ratt, chairman of the County Ag ricultural Planning committee. Heppner Women's Chorus To Present Vesper Service Following the custom estab lished four years ago, the Hepp ner Women's chorus is preparing a program to be presented in a special vesper service at 4 o' clock Sunday p.m. at the Meth odist church. Mrs. O. G. Crawford, choral di rector, has arranged the follow ing program: Hymn Holy, Holy Holy. Invocation Rev. J. Palmer Sor lien. Chorus Christmas Eve, by Swift, Chorus Cherubim Song, by Bortniansky. Scripture reading by Rev. Nev ille Blunt. , Chorus Listen, to the Lambs, by Dett Hymn It Came Upon a Mid night Clear. Chorus Hark, Hark My Soul, by Shelly. Hymn Silent Night. Benediction Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien. Response, by Lutkin. Mrs. J. O. Turner, accompan ist. There are 14 voices in the cho rus, including Mrs. Tom Wells, Mrs. William Warren, Mrs. Ad rian Bechdolt, Mrs. Douglas Og letree, Mrs. Clyde Dunham, and Miss Mary Lou George, sopran os; Mrs. J. Palmer Sorlien, Mrs. Orville Smith, Mrs. Raymond Ferguson and Mrs. C. C. Carmi chael, second sopranos, and Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, Mrs. Norman Nel son, Mrs. Charles Hodge and Mrs. E. O. Ferguson, altos. How Heppner Told By High Supt. Henry Tetz of the Hepp ner schools was rummaging in his office recently and came across an article written by Harold Becket, now chairman of the board of school district No. through old files and what not 1, and having to do with the uestion of how Heppner got its older residents but to the ma jority of people living here now name. That is not a secret to it will be of interest to know something about the early his tory of the town and how the name came to be changed from Stansbury Flats to Heppner. HENRY HEPPNER (1825-1905) By Harold Becket Senior in High School The word "frontier" In the vo cabulary of the United States may well become obsolete in the sense we think of it. 1 1 has serv ed its purpose; its usefulness is restricted to our histories and western stories. The western fron tier, with its untamed charac ters and thrilling action, exists now mostly in novels and in the minds of some of our imagina tive eastern neighbors. The "Wild West" was never so wild on the Pacific coast as it was farther inland, a little east of us. The explanation to this the most logical one. it seems to me may be summed up in a few words. The cry of the public was "go West!" When people went West they went until they could go no further. The frontier moved quickly over the plains and roll ing hills to the mountains and coast., A few people dropped out in the trip to the West, but the main body went on. When the last stand was established, and getting crowded, there was a nat ural back-flow toward the plains and grassy hills that were left. It is not surprising that those places were still uncivilized a Jaycees Charter Night Dinner Set For December 13 Event Expected To Draw Delegations From Other Towns Climaxing a year of strenuous activity, the Junior chamber of commerce will hold a banquet Saturday evening at which time a representative of the national Junior chamber of commerce will present the group with a national charter. The banquet will be held at 7 p.m. in the I.O.O.F. dining hall, with the Elkhorn restaurant do ing the catering. There will be musical numbers by local talent and speeches by visiting and lo cal Jaycees. Attendance at the banquet is limited to paid up members of the local unit, their wives, and visiting Jaycees. Delegations from Walla Walla, La Grande and other points where active chapters are in force have given assurance of repre sentative delegations and it is hoped the Oregon Jaycees presi dent will be able to attend. The Heppner unit was organ ized April 1, 1947 and has been an active force in civic affairs since the start. The first project undertaken was the county-city trade which finally culminated in the city taking possession of the fair pavilion and other pro perty on north Main street where the Jaycees have made a good start toward establishing a civ ic center They plan ultimate re moval of the present buildings and the erection of a civic buil ding. This will be accompanied by the development of adjacent land into a city park, ail of which is to serve as a memorial to the men of World War II, living and dead. Officers elected at the organ ization meeting were Bill Bar ratt, president; Glenn Parsons, vice president; Walt Barger, sec retary, and Frank E. Davis, trea surer. A. A. Scouten was nam ed publicity director. The board of directors includes Stephen Thompson, Gerald Swaggart, Tom Loyd, James Healy, Frank Anderson and Nels Anderson. ... , a I i Sniffer Placed In E. O. State Hospital For Medical Care Elmer Shiffer, held on a charge of sodomy, was ordered placed in the Eastern Oregon state hospital at Pendleton by Judge Homer I. Watts when the case came up for hearing in cir cuit court here Monday. Judge Watts took the action after be ing petitioned by members of of Shiffer's family who came here from Idaho to give the ac cused man a chance for medical care rather than impose a pris on sentence. Melvin Mover, held in the county jail on a charge of non support, was released on proba tion. Got Its Name School Senior kind of frontier even though civ ilization had long since passed through and on to the western coast. This back-flow swept through the eastern part of the state and over the mountains toward the plains. Here it met the Influx from the East, and that was the end of our frontiers. The ener getic, but somewhat wasteful methods of the red-blooded Am ericans soon covered the entire country. I na few years the timber-lands started on a downhill gallop, and of late years the gras sy grazing lands of the western range have become a thing of the past. Something in the tem perament of the American caus ed the settlers to rush back and forth over the country like a flood getting all off it they could before they touched the soil. Some of ther settled down, and the final settlement came when the plow was put to the sod. The back flow brought with It many strange characters. Among all the rest, from California It brought Henry Heppner. Born in Prussia of Jewish par ents, with relatives in Poland, he came as a young man to the gold fields of California. Although he himself did not know the ex act date of his birth. It is be lieved to have been 1K25. The young mans progressive char acter shows, when, at the age ol twenty-four or twenty-five, he left his home in Europe and took a long ocean voyage to a big and strange country. At athat time there was no Panama canal and one might take his choice of go ing by boat around the southern end of the lower continent or crossing the Isthmus by the Am erican trade route which was es tablished by agreement In 116. Young Heppner chose the latter, and, taking another boat, from the western side of the Isthmus, CoaUJllM4 a S1M