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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 11, 1948
Volume 64, Number 5 1
Services Held For
Charles A. Miller
Wednesday P.M.
Was Born in Linn
County, Oregon on
December 23, 1852
Death came Monday, March 8,
to Charles Angus Miller, 95, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. N.
Jones south of Heppner, with
whom he had made his home for
several years. Funeral services
were held at 2 o'clock p.m. Wed
nesday at the Church of Christ
in Heppner, the pastor, Joe Jew
ett, officiating. Interment was in
the Heppner Masonic cemetery.
In the passing of Mr. Miller,
one of the early Oregon pioneers
born within the boundaries of the
state has been taken. He was
born in Linn county, then in Ore
gon territory, December 23, lo2,
the son of Cieorge and Martha
Ann Miller, Oregon pioneers of
1850. Syracuse precinct was the
site of the Miller home in those
early days.
Mr. Miller's early years were
spent in the Willamette vallcv,
and his young manhood in south
ern Oregon on the cattle range.
Later he spent many years as
agent and telegrapher for the
Oregon Pacific railroad, forerun
ner of the Corvallis & Eastern,
having been located in Albany.
Corvallis and Yaqulna. He arriv
ed at Yaqulna via flat car and
wagon before the railroad w.is
completed, to take charge of the
company's business. At Alhanv
he was also agent for the O. R.
& N. company's river ow-1 "i -He
retired from the railroad In
1898 and entered the mercantile
business. For the last 40 years he
lived at Heppner. He was a mem- j
ber of the Christian church '
In March 1878 he was united In
marriage with Alice Farwen. io
this union one daughter was
born, Mrs. C. P. Huston of Silver
ton. Following the death of his
wife he was married In 1H82 to
Luella C. Farwell. Three daugh
ters were born to this marriage,
Mrs. C. R. Nokes, Albany; Airs.
C. N. Jones, Heppner, and Mrs. R.
E. Jones, deceased. Mrs. Miller
died in December 1912 and since
that time Mr. Miller had made
his home with his daughters and
granddaughter.
Survivors are Mrs. C. N. Jones,
Mrs. C. D. Huston, Mrs. C. R.
Nokes. daughters; 10 grandchil
dren, 19 great grandchildren, and
six great great grandchildren. A
granddaughter, a grandson and
a great' grandson also preceded
him in death.
Pallbearers were Paul, Marcel,
Floyd, Robert and Don Jones, all
grandsons, and J. E. Klsh.
BAND CONCERT POSTPONED
Due to the illness of Billy Coch
ell, director, the concert planned
by the Heppner school band on
March 19 has been postponed.
The plans will be taken up again
as soon as Mr. Cochell is able
to be on the Job, which will be a
week or more.
ELKS LADIES NIGHT
Thursday, March 18 will be
ladies night at Hepnper lodge
No. 358, B. P. O. E.
Elegant Baker Home Visited
By 91 People at Open House
Visitors to the number of 91
wrote their names on the guest
book at the E. Markham Baker
home Sunday afternoon on the
occasion of the open house held
by them to permit the public to
inspect what may be termed one
of the most elegant farm homes
in this or any other county.
Guests were welcomed at the
door, asked to sign the guest book
and then piloted to the kitchen
where refreshments of ice cream,
cookies and coffee were passed
out to be eaten at the dining
room table or in the spacious liv
ing room where card tables were
set up for that purpose.
Following the relreshmont per
iod, guests eagerly set about In
see the nine-room house and full
basement. - The best way to get
the proper picture of the house
is to visit the Bakers). Built-ins
are at hand on every turn, yet
in no instance has utility been
permitted to detract from beauty,
or vice versa. The idea, success-'
fully worked out, was to save I
steps and running up and down
stairs for this, that and the other
thing.
As a usual thing, a new home
carries out the feminine idea to
a largo extent and that has
been done In the Baker home.
There is one exception, and that
is a special dressing room with
toilet and shower Just inside the
rear entrance to the house. There,
workmen coming in from the
field may shed their soiled cloth
es, step under the shower and
emerging, slip Into clean cloth
ing before proceeding to the liv
ing room or their bedrooms. (An
arrangement of this kind was
suggested in the report of the
farm home and rural life com
mittee at the recent agricultural
nlnnnlnj? conference and proba
bly has been incorporated in oth
Gooseberry Rain
Man Reports 16.09
Inches of Moisture
Rainfall in the Gooseberry area
is already four inches above nor
mal since July 1, 19-17, according
to Leonard Carlson, observer. It
should be said that precipitation
is above normal, since snow has
figured prominently in the mois
ture since winter set in along in
November.
Carlson, in town Tuesday, re
ported a total of four and one
half inches of snow in his sec
tion that morning. This was good
for .55 of an inch of moisture.
Since July 1, 1947, a total of 16.09
inches of precipitation has been
recorded up to March 10, or 4.09
inches above the yearly average
over a 10-year period and sev
eral months remain in the fiscal
year.
"No wonder new springs are
running," quoth the weather ob
server. '
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Stockman Presents
Bill to Prevent
Artificial Surplus
Congressman Lowell Stockman
(R) of Oregon has introduced a
bill to do away with the require
ment for a 150 million bushel car
ry-over of wheat as of July 1,
1918. By this bill he hopes to pre
vent the government from creat
ing an artificial wheat surplus in
this country.
He stated today that, "We are
growing approximately 2 bushels
of wheat for every bushel con
sumed in the United States, and
if by legislative act we build
up an artificial surplus in this
country, the surplus will be Just
that much greater when the gov
ernment 'stops buying for foreign
relief and the natural surplus oc
curs. '
When the Foreign Aid act of
1917 was passed, it contained a
provision that the president
should allow for a carry-over of
wheat in the United States as of
July 1, 1918, of not less than 150
million bushels. Congressman
Stockman said, "I feel that this
specified carry-over provision is
unnecessary, that a normal crop
can be expected in 1948, and if
the government continues in the
policy of creating an artificial
surplus, this will only add to the
natural surplus, and thus result
in undue hardship to the wheat
growers."
Congressman Stockman has
therefore today filed a bill to
amend the Foreign Aid Act of
1917 by striking out the provision
requiring a carry-over as of July
1, 1918 of 150 million bushels of
wheat.
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SHOWER FOR REA FAMILY
A miscellaneous shower for the
benefit of the Clell Rea family
will bo held at the lone Ameri
can Legion hall Sunday evening.
It will be a public affair and
sponsors are hoping that people
of the county will participate and
aid in refurnishing many items
lost when fire destroyed the Rea
home Monday.
The girls volleyball team of
Rufus high school, playing at
lone Tuesday night, defeated the
hostess team. Score unreported.
er new homes constructed here
abouts.) Continuing on down to
the basement there is a roomy
washroom, fruit storage room,
space for Installation of cold
storage lockers when rural elec
trification becomes an actuality,
the furnace, and finally one em
erges into the play room which
is the joy of the young people
and their elders as well. This
room has been the locale for sev
eral meetings of the 4-H beef
club, of which the Baker young
folks are eiitlnisiaetic members,
as well as other gatherings. A
fireplace adds to the hominess of
the room.
On the main floor are kitchen,
dining room, living room, one j
bedroom, bathroom and a sewing
room. The dining nook is in real
ity an extension of the main
building. In the living room, the
dimensions of which are about
10x24 feel, Is another fireplace.
The second floor has a double
size bedroom for the Baker sons,
Ronald and Duane, their daugh
ter, Mardlne's, room, a guest
room, bathroom, and Mr. Baker's
office.
A clothes chute leads from the
upper floor to the basement, and
there are closets and built -Ins for
every purpose.
This Is roughly a description of
the Baker home from the inside.
The outside is of brick finish.
The house is of a design that will
not soon be out of style. Mr. Ba
ker and his father-in-law did
most of the work up to the point
of finishing. Lee Howell did much
of the Interior carpentry and spe
cial workmen were imported from
Portland to do the brick work,
plastering, stippling, and so
forth. It is indeed an elegant
home, not only a comfort and
Joy to the builders but a matter
of pride to the entire county,
New Legion Hall
Io Be Dedicated
Saturday, April 3
Arrangements have been com
pleted by Heppner Post No. 87
American Legion, for the dedica
tion of the new hall recently com
pleted at the site of the old St
Patrick's church. The date chosen
for the event is Saturday, April
3, and the post is making some
what elaborate preparations for
the celebration.
Final touches have not been
given the exterior of the building
but the interior has been com
pleted and will hold a pleasant
surprise for those who have not
seen it. The former church build
ing has been expanded to make
a roomy hall, and a second floor
was built in to provide room for
club meetings and other func,;
tions not requiring as much space
as the lower floor.
An effort is being made to
bring in the.state commander as
the featured speaker but up to
press time the committee had
had no word from him.
Mrs, Leon Curtiss
Buried Saturday
At The Dalles
Mrs. Leon W. Curtiss, 80, 411
Benton St., The Dalles, died short
ly before 9 a.m., March 4 in The
Dalles hospital after an illness of
two weeks. Her first break In
health was a stroke she suffered
on her 77th birthday as she was
sitting in the auditorium of The
Dalles high school waiting for
the graduation exercises to begin.
This caused her to be hospitaliz
ed. Mrs. Curtiss had been a res
ident of Granddalles for 60 years
but had resided in The Dalles for
a little more than eight months.
She was born Georgiana Fen-
ton at Amity, Oregon, on May 18,
1867. Mrs. Curtiss had been ac
tive in The Dalles, having served
as president of the Sorosis club,
and the Ladies Aid society of the
Congregational church. She had
also been worthy matron of the
Eastern Star.
She was united in marriage to
Leon W. Curtiss on January 12,
1888, and to this union were born
three children, all of whom sur
vive. Surv ivors are one son, Grov
er C. Curtiss, Cecil; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Josepha Curtiss Fulton,
The Dalles, and Verne E. Curtiss,
a teacher in Wapato, Wash. Four
grandchildren, Gard and Robert
Fulton, both of The Dalles and
Bobby and Leona Curtiss of Cecil,
and three great grandchildren,
Judy Fulton, Kit Fulton, and John
Fulton, all of The Dalles, alsc
survive.
Mrs. Curtiss also leaves thrpp
sisters, Mrs .Isabelle Cooley, The
Dalles; Mrs. Laura Menefee,
Portland, and Mrs. Gertrude Hall
of Oakland, Ore. She was preced
ed In death bv her three brothers
and by two sisters. Mr. Curtiss
died October 10, 1934. Immedi
ately after her marriage she and
her husband engaged in stock
raising and farming, retiring in
1910.
Funeral services were held
from the Spencer & Libbv ehanel
The Dalles at 2 p.m., March 6, the
Kev. Willard Hall officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. R. A. Hutchin
son, former Congregational min
ister of The Dalles. Interment
was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, The
Dalles, with the order of the Eas
ten Star conducting graveside
services.
Finals of Legion
Oratorical Contest
Set for Mairch 20
The finals of the district eon
test to determine the winner fo
the 11th annual American Legion
Oratorical contest is scheduled
at Eastern Oregon college Satur
day, March 20, at 2:30 p.m., ac
cording to an announcement by
Jesse Rosenbaum, division chair
man, district 4, American Legion
Oratorical contest for Oregon.
Included in district 4 under Mr.
Rosenbaum's direction are the
following counties: Harney,
Grant, Umatilla, Wallowa, Union.
Baker, Malheur, Crook, Morrow,
Deschutes, Jeferson Wasco, Sher
man, Gilliam and Wheeler.
It is expected that the winners
from a number of these counties
will participate In the regional
contest at La Grande. The county
contests are scheduled to be held
prior to March 13, and names of
winners should be forwarded to
Jesse Rosenbaum, La Grande.
Hay Williams Is chairman for
Union county in the American
Legion Oratorical contest, and re
ports the contest in La Grande
high school Is scheduled for Mon
day, March 8, In the high school
English classroom.
Winners of the district contest
will go to Portland for the state
finals during the week ending
March 27. The contestant scoring
highest in the National Final
contest will be awarded a schol
arship approximating $1000. The
runnerg-up in the final contest
will receive suitable prizes.
Conservation Of Soil Still Ho.
I Problem of County's Farms
Trashy tallow. Kewt C'llarra, Lexington farmer, is shown
with his modified moldboard plow which is Bucessfully used for
trashy fallow. The practice of using trash on the surface is be
coming very important to Morrow county farmers. Farmers in
the heavier rainfall area with steeper land have a problem of
water erosion where special efforts are being made by the Hepp
ner Soil Conservation district and Morrow County Agricultural
Consrevation committee to bring about practices to save this
soiL Modified moldboards are being tried by several farmers in
the county this year as one means of controlling water erosion.
Other types of equipment which will leave this trash on the sur
face are the Graham-Hoeme plow, the John Deere "CC" culti
vator. Calkins sweep plow, and similar sub-surface tillage im
plements. In lighter stubble ordinary rod weeders with shovel
attachments are being successfully used.
Morrow county farmers are re
minded this week that conserva
tion of their soil is still the num
ber one problem that all should
be interested in. With heavy rain
falls during the fall and winter
months continuing to wash away
thousands of tons of good Mor
row county soil it is important
that farmers begin now to plan
their conservation program to
save this soil, which is disappear
ing much too fast if a permanent
agriculture is to be maintained
here, says County Agent Nelson
Anderson.
This was the thinking of the
Morrow County Agricultural Con
servation committee when meet
ing recently to make final plans
for administering the 1948 con
servation program.
"Don t let erosion hog' all the
soil on your farm," is the watch
word for the Morrow county con
servation practice in the hand
book for 1948. A copy of this
handbook has recently been
mailed to all Morrow county far
mers and others interested in
conservation.
For 1948 the Morrow county
committee has taken what it
considers a forward step by en
couraging farmers to combine the
trashy fallow practice with con
tour farming. In order to qual
ify for trashy fallow payment in
Morrow county, all tillage opera
tions must be carried out on the
contour on an entire area. This
practice will qualify only on land
with at least an average slope
News of General Interest Marks
Community Life During Past Week
By Ruth Payne
The play, "A Hillbilly Court
Mrs. W. O. Bayless and Mrs.
Frank Wilkinson were hostesses
for the O. E. S. social club at the
Masonic hall Saturday after
noon. The St. Patrick's motif was
carried out in the decorations
and refreshments. Cards were the
diversion of the afternoon with
Mrs. Fred Lucas receiving high
score for bridge and Mrs. Floyd
Worden high for pinochle. Mrs.
Walter Becket received the door
prize.
Initiation ceremonies were pre
sented at the meeting of the De
gree of Honor lodge Tuesday eve
ning for the following members:
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Corbin, Mrs.
Merle Burkenbine, Mrs. Lloyd
Burkenbine, Garlene Turner, Col
leen, Conner, Mrs. Mildred Han-
na, Mrs. William Collins and
Mrs. James Brannon. Plan's are
being made by the lodge to at
tend the state convertion which
will be held in Portland on April
15 and 16. This lodge will pre
sent a tableau at that time. Hos
tesses for Tuesday's meeting were
Mesdames J. J. O'Connor, Gordon
Grady, M. V. Nolan and Edna
Bailey. Meetings are being held
in the American Legion hall.
Mrs. Harley Anderson was hos
tess for the O. E. S. Officers' club
at the Ruggle apartment in the
Gilman building Monday eve
ning. Present were Mrs. Frank
Conner, Mrs. Frank Wilkinson,
Mrs. Floyd Worden, Mrs. Oscar
Rippee, Mrs. Gordon Banker, Mrs.
Harold Becket, Mrs. Frank S. Par
ker and Mrs. Ruggles who was a
guest of the club. Refreshments
were served.
The Morrow County Shrine
club and auxiliary will hold a
meeting in the Masonic hall at
8 p.m., Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mary Edwards left Friday
morning for her home in Hills
boro after visiting in Heppner
several dnys last week. Preceding
her departure, Mr. and Mrs.
George Gertson entertained with
a pinochle party in her honor at
their home Thursday evening.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Turner, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. l'helan,
Mrs. Ethel Zeimantz, Mrs. John
Bergstrom, Mrs. Edna Turner, Mr.
and Mrs. A. 3. Chaffee, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Devine, and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Thomas. High score for
men was received by Mr. Phelan
and for the ladies by Mrs. Thorn-
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of 5 per cent, and on land which
the county committee considers
to be a water erosion hazard. This
practice is aimed at the higher
rainfall area in southern Morrow
county where water erosion has
taken much of the topsoil and ef
fective means of controlling this
erosion have not been adopted by
farmers in that area.
This practice is new and many
many questions are bound to
arise from farmers who can ef
fectively use the practice for con
trolling water erosion, Anderson
says. Specifications of this prac
tice, G-8, is given in the 1948
handbook. The committee points
out that at' least 500 pounds of
straw per acre must be left on the
surface with no burning in any
part of the field. Prior approval
from the county committee must
be obtained for this and all con
servation practices for which
conservation payments are made.
Other practices to be found in
the 1948 Morrow County Hand
book are green manure and cover
crops, contour farming, stnpcrop
ping, subsoiling with rotary and
chiseling implements, sod water
ways and waterspreading, ero
sion control dams, reorganization
of irrigation systems and drain
age development, range water de
velopment, deferred grazing and
fencing for better distribution of
livestock, and weed control.
Applications for prior approval
for establishing conservation
practices are now being taken by
the committee at the AAA -office.
as who also received the door
prize.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Lovgren
motored to Ashland Saturday,
taking her father, Ed McDaniel,
who will remain in that city for
a time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Barratt and
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Allstott spent
the week end in Portland attend
ing to business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Anderson
Sr. left Sunday for their home in
Lisbon, N. D., after spending two
weeks in Heppner visijing their
son, Nelson Anderson, and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Craber of
Hardman were transacting busi
ness in Heppner Monday. Mr.
Craber reports that he has re
cently sold his farm near Hard-
man to the Bechdolt brothers and
will be vacating in the near fu
ture. Jess Walton of Fossil is spend
ing some time in Heppner re
ceiving medical attention.
At the Elks' ladies night card
party Thursday evening, first
prize for pinochle was received
by Mrs. George Snyder and first
in bridge by Mrs. B. C. Pinckney.
Mrs. Clifford Dougherty received
the door prize. Hostesses for the
evening were Mrs. Gordon White,
Mrs. Johnny Eubanks and Mrs.
Charles Carlson of lone.
L. E. Dick and his mother, Mrs.
Rose Willson left Friday for their
home in Helena, Mont., after
spending a few days in Heppner
visiting with his sons, Kemp and
Edwin, and their families.
Vince Stingle is a patient at a
hospital in The Dalles, having
been taken there by ambulance
early last week.
Mrs. R. B. Rice returned from
Spokane where she spent several
days last week visiting with rel
atives. Mrs. O. G. Hagucwood enter
tained at dinner Sunday evening
complimenting her daughter,
Mary Lou, on the occasion of her
sixteenth birthday. Others pre
sent were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Es
teb, John Lane and Mr. Hague
wood. Mr. and Mrs. James McCoy of
Hood River were week-end house
guests at the home of her broth
er, Joe Delameter.
Mrs. Harry O'Donnell Sr. is
spending a few weeks in Oakland
and Vallejo, Calif.
Con timed on page 6
Annex Added Io
Service Station
By James Farley
Construction of an addition to
the Shell service station at the
corner of May and Chase streets
is being completed this week by
James J. Farley, owner. Built for
the purpose of providing Pontiac
service to the people of the com
munity, the station will hence
forth be known as the Farley
Pontiac company.
The addition is approximate
ly the same size as the original
station and will provide space
for repair work and the servicing
of cars. Farley has engaged the
services of L. H. "Line" Nash,
former Braden Tractor & Equip
ment employee but for the past
years employed in the Pontiac
garage at Hood River, one year
as foreman, to operate the sta
tion. Hunters, Anglers
Elect Joe Aiken
President for '48
Sportsmen of the county, in a
meeting Wednesday evening,
March 3, concluded they would
rather see the Hunters and Ang
lers club carry on in the future
than to be buried at this time
and they set the wheels in mo
tion for more activity in the
months to come. They elected
Joe Aiken president for the ensu
ing year as the first move In re
viving the club. On the board
with Aik en will be Dr. L. D. Tib
bies, vice president, and Willard
Blake, secretary-treasurer.
Members of the Oregon State
Game commission will be invited
to attend the next meeting of the
local club and work plans will be
delayed until a reply from the
commission.
Approximately 40 sportsmen
were present at the meeting.
City Officials Get
Bid to League of
Oregon Cities Meet
City officials and civic leaders
of Heppner have received invita
tions from Mayor R. L. Elfstrom
of Salem, president of the League
of Oregon Cities and Mayor Hugh
Bowman of Pendleton to attend
a regional meeting to discuss
current municipal problems at
Pendleton on Tuesday evening,
March 16. The meeting will be
conducted on an informal basis
according to an announcement of
Mayor Elfstrom. Topics that have
been suggested for discussion in
clude the preparation of next
year's city budgets the financing
of city facilities, building regula
tions, and city planning.
League representatives will
make a report on the work of the
legislative interim committee for
the study of highway, road and
street needs, revenue and taxa
tion and will work with city offi
cials on a plan for coordinating
their presentation at the hearings
of the interim committee to be
held in eastern Oregon during the
following week.
City officials of Umatilla and
Morrow counties will attend the
Pendleton meeting, and the lea
gue will be represented by May
or George W. Peavy of Corvallis,
league vice-president, Mr. Ed
Ford of La Grande, league direc
tor, and members of the league
staff in addition to Mayor Elf
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LEXINGTON HOME EC
CLUB SETS MEETING
Regular meeting of the Lexing
ton grange home economics club
will be held Thursday, March 1S:
beginning at 1 p.m. Mrs. Chris
Brown will be hostess at her
home in Heppner.
The project for the afternoon
will be making articles from old
reclaimed felt. All, members are
urged to attend, bring their felt
and exchange ideas on both use
ful and decorative items. The
chairman will have some pat
terns which may be used along
with any suggestions from the
members.
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IONE FOLKS SERENADE
NEWLYWEDS AT PARTY
Residents of lone assembled at
the American Legion hall in the
"Egg City Wednesday evening
in what may be termed a seren
ade party honoring Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Farriss, whose marriage
was a recent event.
Mrs. Farriss is the former Jo
Anne Martin of Pendleton.
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chlnn
went to The Dalles Tuesday to
receive the body of Mr. Chinn's
nephew, David Chinn, who died
Sunday at the Eastern Oregon
tuberculosis hospital, and take
it to Tort land for burial. David
Chinn lived several years in
Heppner where he worked as a
cook In the Elkhorn restaurant
when his uncle operated the
place. He left here for Portland
about five years ago and shortly
afterward entered the hospital at
The Dalles.
Fire Destroys One
Of County's Oldest
Landmarks Monday
One of the county's oldest resi
dences passed out of existence
Monday when fire destroyed the
Petteys house a short distance
east of the Jordan elevator. It
was occupied by the Clell Rea
family, none of whom were at
home at the time. Mr. Rea was
working on a farm near Morgan
and Mrs. Rea and the younger
children had driven down there
to take his lunch to him.
With the exception of house'
hold goods removed from the low
er floor by neighbors and pass
ersby, house and everything were
consumed by the flames. Millard
Nolan and some freight truck
drivers discovered the flames as
they were driving past the place
and got word to lone at once.
It is said that A. C. Petteys,
builder of the house, hauled the
lumber from Goldendale, Wash.,
about 75 years ago. That was be
fore the advent of lone and when
the house was completed it was
not only the Petteys residence but
served as a postoffice, under the
name of Petteysville, for the set
tlers of that area.
Mrs. Frank Engelman, Mrs. C.
W. Swanson, Mrs. Fred Nichoson,
and G. A. Petteys of lone, chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Petteys,
were born in the house.
Hospital Financing
Main Issue Before
Luncheon Group
How to raise $20,000 additional
funds for the Pioneer Memorial
hospital was the main issue be
fore the luncheon group of the
chamber of commerce at Mon
day's meeting. Discussion brot
out the fact that something will
have to be done real soon If the
county is to share in the federal
aid money allotted for this year
to Oregon.
To get action on the project it
was agreed that the board of di
rectors should meet Wednesday
evening with representatives
from other organizations and any
interested persons to map out a
campaign for raising the needed
funds. The meeting was held last
night and methods of raising the
money discussed but it was de
cided an experienced fund cam
paigner should be named chair
man, selection of which was ex
pected to be made today, and un
til the selection is made there
will be no further action for a day
or so.
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Halbert Krog Dies v
After Brief Illness
Halbert Krog, about 60, died
about midnight Monday follow
ing a short illness. Death was at
tributed to heart failure follow
ing an inquest by a coroner's
jury.
Krog, a lumber grader at the
Heppner Lumber company, had
made his home in one of John
Halton's apartments until about
four days prior to his death, when
he moved to the Hotel Heppner.
He had been around town a lit
tle while Monday evening and
on the advice of his physician re
turned to his room in the hotel.
When found about 10 a.m. Tues
day by hotel employees he was
lying on the bed fully dressed,
in about the same position the
physician left him Monday eve
ning. - It was estimated he had
been dead about 12 hours when
found.
It is understood the body is be
ing shipped to Klamath Falls for
burial beside his wife who died
several years ago. A son came
from there to make the arrange
ments. o
HAD FINE PARTY
An old-time dance with music
furnished by members of the
club was enjoyed at the Lexing
ton grange hall Saturday eve
ning by the Wranglers, Morrow
county riding organization. A
large crowd turned out for the
affair and a fine time was had
by all.
The first ride of the season has
been scheduled for Sunday, Mar.
21. The group will leave the Ro
deo grounds and ride to the Jim
Valentine ranch in Sand Hollow,
where Mr. Valentine has guaran
teed a good lunch. A few hours
will be spent at the ranch before
the return ride to town.
ANGLING REGULATION
READY FOR MAILING
Ready earlier than usual, cop
ies of the 1948 official synopsis of
angling regulations are now av
ailable for distribution at all li
cense agencies as well as at the
office of the game commission in
Portland, announces C. A. Lock
wood, state game supervisor.
Attention is called to a typo
graphical error listing the non
resident luinting license fee as
$13 instead of $25, to which am
ount this license was Increased
by the last legislative session.
MOTHER DIES IN PORTLAND
Harold Scritsmier was called to
Portland Friday by the death of
his mother, Mrs, F. S. Scritsmier.
Funeral services were held Tues
day. Survivors are the husband,
Harold and his three children.
Tetz Chosen Supt.
Of Rural School
District of County
New Post Carries
Salary of $5,000 '
Starting July 1
At a meeting of the rural school
board Thursday evening, March
4, Henry Tetz, superintendent of
the Heppner schools, was chosen
as superintendent of the newly
created rural school district. His
duties will begin July 1, at which
time he will take over the affairs
of the present county superin
tendent, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, and
incorporate them into the new ru
ral school district set-up.
The rural school board has set
up an attractive salary for the
new office, which will handle
most of the affairs of the board
in an executive capacity, paying
$3,000 per year.
Tetz is now in the closing
months of his year as supedin
tendent of School District No. 1,
coming here from Pendleton
where he served one year as prin
cipal of the high school. Prior to
that he served as high school
principal at Grants Pass for sev
eral years. Having taught in the
Heppner school some ten years
ago he returned here no stranger
to the school situation in the
county.
Budgets for most of the school
districts, with the exception of
amounts included for special im
provements, were approved by
the rural board Thursday eve
ning. The lone, Boardman and
Heppner budgets were approved
but the board still has the Lex
ington budget under considera
tion. Provision is made in the rural
school set-up to care for incum
bent county superintendents until
the expiration of the term for
which they were elected. They
may stay and assist the new rur
al district superintendents, which
it is expected most of them will
do for a few months at least, or
may retire July 1. The. term of
Mrs. Rodgers expires January 1,
1950.
The school board of district No.
1 is scratching its collective head
over the problem of hiring a su
perintendent to succeed Mr. Tetz.
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Stanford Graduate
New Dean School
Of Journalism at U
An outstanding young educator
in journalism, Clifford Francis
Weigle, was named Wednesday
to the deanship of the University
of Oregon's school of Journalism.
He will replace Dean George S,
Turnbull, who retires June 30, af
ter more than 30 years continu
ous service in the school.
Mr. Weigle, whose appointment .
as professor and dean of the
school of journalism remains to
be confirmed by the state board
of higher education, is at pre
sent on leave from Stanford uni
versity where he is an associate
professor in the department ,of
journalism. He is now at the Uni
versity of Minnesota studying
toward his doctoral degree.
A graduate of Stanford univer
sity, where he received his bac
calaureate degree in 1929 major
ing in social sciences and jour
nalism, and his master's degree
in 1936 with history and journal
ism as his major fields of inter
est, Mr. Weigle has also done ad
vanced graduate work at Stan
ford and at the University of Cal
ifornia. His work toward the doc
tor's degree has been centered In
the fields of history and Journal
ism. The new dean visited on the
University of Oregon campus in
February, attending meetings of
the Oregon Press conference and
speaking briefly at a Joint faculty-conference
luncheon. He will
return to the campus July 1, when
his assignment becomes active.
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VOROPTIMIST CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEETING
The newly formed Soroptlmlst
club held its first meeting today,
a luncheon affair in the club din
ing room at the Elkhorn restau
rant. Twenty ladies were pre
sent, comprising the charter list
to date.
The charter is still open and
will remain so until early in Ap
ril. It is hoped the charter list
will grow to at least 30 members
by the time the chapter Is formal
ly instituted.
Soroptlmlst is a business wo
men's organization, open to own
ers, co-owners or department
heads. Membership selection is
made by classification among
women coming under these
groupings, taking one from each
business.
HOME EC MEETING 18TH
An all-day meeting of Rhea
Creek gange home economic
club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Harold Wright beginning
at 10 a m., Thursday, March IX.
A quilt will be tied and a dlnh
towel shower for the grange had
wjll be held. All member are
urged to be present,