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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 17, 1948
Volume 65, Number 13
Battle For Clean
Streets Takes New
Turn This Week
Gutters and Drains
Will Help Carry
Off Excess Soil
Pat Mollahan, city superinten
dent of work, launched a new
drive this week in his battle to
clean Heppner's streets and help
Keep tnem clean from here on
out. Mud and debris washed on
to the streets during heavy rains
have caused no amount of trou
ble to the street department and
the superintendent decided
something different would have
to be done.
The work that is being done
this week is a little in advance of
plans of the city relative to es
tablishing curb lines but in order
to facilitate street cleaning work,
the superintendent was given
the go ahead on his plan, which
includes grading gutters on the
side stieets to help carry off ex
cess sidehill drainage and the in
stallation of drain pipes along
Main street crossings where none
exist.
Grading work was started Tu
esday on Gale street where mud
by the ton has been deposited
since early spring when snow
and rain started an ooze from
the hillside which has continued
with each heavy shower. Efforts
to haul it away proved futile.
Now, with' gutters established
and drains opened up it Is hoped
that much of the trouble will oe
avoided. The gutter work has
been extended up west- Center
and west Baltimore streets on the
west side of town and on Gilmore
street und part of north Court
street in an effort to reduce the
hazard' of flooding yards and
basements.
Johnny Mollahan and Gordon
Grady formed the grading crew,
Johnny driving the tractor and
Gordon manipulating the grader. ,
Mudholes on the side streets
which have never dried up since
winter are now beginning to dry.
Drain pipe will be run from
the Gilliam & Bisbec corner to
the Rosewall corner and from the
hotel to the Peterson building
corner, after which the paving
will be patched to cover up some
bad spots that have been in evi
dence since the water line was
relaid last full.
North Morrow Co.
Fair Board Buys
Site At Boardman
The North Morrow County Fair
board has purchased ten acres
from Mr. and Mrs. G. Gustin for
the fair grounds. This property
lies just' north of the Gustin home
and west of the Clyde Tannehill
property. It takes in what was
known as the Satn Boardman
grove. Purchase price was $3000.
Guests at (he home of Mr. and
Mrs. Adolh Skoubo Tuesday night
were Rev. and Mrs. Alfson and
two children of Palmer, Alaska.
Mr. Alfson Is the Presbyterian
minister at Palmer and knew the
three Skoubo girls, Asta, Erna
and Dagmar, which prompted
them to stop In Boardman. Mr.
Alfson is also a Dane and that
made the evening more enjoy-Continued-
on taK Four
Water, Water, Everywhere!
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When the oil companiel
erected these gasoline storage
tanks it was not expected that
"01' Man River" would tome
day expand hii limlti to in
clude them, but that li what
happened at Umatilla when
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Teacher Hiring Not So Tough
Now But More Teachers Need
Teacher hiring has not been
quite the problem this year that
it has for several seasons and
barring return of unsigned con
tracts the staff in the Heppner
schools is practically filled, ac
cording to Supt. Leonard Pate.
Some contracts are already in the
hands of the school board and
one or two more are out.
Strange to say high school ap
plicants have been more plenti
ful than grade school applicants.
In one case, that of coach, the
board received 50 applications.
After giving many of them care
ful study they selected Vernon
L. Bohles from Montana. Mr. Boh
les and family lost ' no time m
getting to Heppner following the
close of school in Montana and
have been here the past twe
weeks.
There were several bids for the
job of music supervisor and from
these the school officials chose
Robert Collins of Silverlon. Mr.
Collins has been band director
at Silverton the past two years
and prior to that had served in
that capacity at Ontario and oth
Heppner, Condon
Remain In League
Winning Column
Heppner and Condon remained
in the winning column as the re
sult of meetings with lone and
Arlington, respectively, Heppner
winning 10-6 and Condon tramp
ling Arlington, 27-4, in Sunday's
Wheat-Timber league play. Rain
prevented Wasco and Fossil from
settling their differences, and
Kinzua drew a bye.
Heppner and lone slugged it
out on the Lexington diamond.
It was Ione's time to entertain the
county seat gang but since the
grass is still too soft on the lone
field the game was transferred
to Lexington.
Condon seems to have had lit
tle trouble In disposing of Arling
ton, if the score tells the story.
Kinzua and Fossil will renew
their fcudin' at Fossil Sunday.
Condon will meet lone on the
Lexington field, Arlington goes to
Wasco, while Heppner draws a
bye.
MISS EAST HONORED
WITH BRIDAL SHOWER
Miss Maxine East, whose mar
riage to Lester L. Cox will be an
event of Saturday evening, June
19, was honored with a bridal
shower Tuesday evening at the
Methodist church parlors. The
ladies of the church, assisted by
Mrs. Frances Mitchell and Mrs.
John Ledbetter, were the hostess
es and about 30 guests were pre
sent. Refreshments were served and
Mrs. Willard Warren favored the
gathering with two vocal solos
at the close of the shower.
NEW STAFF MEMBER
Miss Dorothy Cutsforlh has
joined the staff of the Gazette
Times for the summer. A grad
uate of the high school division
of Stephens college in Columbia,
Mo., the latter part of May, Dor
othy expects to matriculate In
Journalism at the college this
fall and hopes to acquire a little
firsthand knowledge from grass
roots sources.
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Gene Emppy who has been at
tending Oregon State college, has
returned to Heppner and will
spend the summer here with Mrs.
Ida Zinter.
caused the gasoline to rise to
the Columbia went on a ram
page. The dark tank at the
right sprang a leak and lost
approximately 100,000 gallons
of gasoline before engineer!
could get to the Job oi pump
ing water Into the tank, whth
er larger schools than Heppner
He was impressed with the com
munity support given the local
band and did not find it diffi
cult to make up his mind to come
to Hpppner.
A contract has been toward
ed to a Mrs. Bristol in Montana
for the position of principal of
the grade school. The board is
waiting for word from a commer
cial teacher whose decision seems
to hinge upon whether or not her
husband wishes to locate here.
He is an optician and is looking
for a location in the west. Their
home is in Kentucky.
The high school faculty at pre
sent, headed by Supt. Leonard
Pate, includes Mrs. Marie Clary,
Frances Cook, Miss Marylou
George, Miss Marie Haass, Robert
Collins and Vernon L. Bohles.
The grade school has Mrs. Roger
McCormick, Miss Marguerite Gla
vey, Mrs. Leonard Pate, Mrs.
Douglas Ogletree,' Mrs. Adrian
Bechdolt, Mrs. Lewis Cason and
Mrs. Edna Turner. The seventh
and eighth grade positions re
main unfilled.
Mrs. Jason Biddle
Dies At DeLake
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Tuesday at McMinnvlIle
for Nina Ethel Biddle of DeLake.
Reverend Osborne of the Chris
tian church of McMinnvlIle of
ficiated. Mrs. Biddle, the former Nina
Dorman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Dorman, was born Octo
ber 2, 1877, at Turner,, Oregon,
and spent her girlhood days in
Morrow county, coming here at
the age of 2 when this county
was part of Umatilla county.
She was married to Jason Bid
dle in Portland on June 29, 1912,
and in 1914 they moved to the
original Dorman farm on Rhea
preek where they engaged in
farming and livestock raising.
Having been forced to release
their holdings in Morrow coun
ty because of ill health, the Bid
dies moved to DeLake where they
resided until Mrs. Biddle's death
last Saturday.
She had been in ill health for
a number of years. '
Vault eatombment was at the
Riverview Abbey mausoleum at
Portland..
To mourn her passing, she
leaves her husband, three nieces,
and three nephews.
Outdoor Magazine
Publisher Visits
M. W. (Bill) Steele, publisher
of Western Outdoors, was a Hepp
ner visitor Tuesday morning in
the interest of his magazine. A
resident of Oswego, Steele is a
printer and publisher in his own
right, being familiar with both
front office procedure and back
shop production.
Western Outdoors is a distinct
ly western publication devoted
to depicting life in the 11 west
ern states and to the conserva
tion of the rich natural resources
of this vast region. As stated on
its masthead it is "published in
the interests of the conservation
of valuable assets of flora and
fauna."
Steele said interest in the mag
azine is growing and that Its in
fluence in conservation of forests
and game is being felt through
out the territory served.
Mrs. Blanche Patterson has re
turned to her home in Snohomish.
Wash., after visiting for two
weeks at the home of her sister,
Mrs. J. O. Hager.
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the top and thus hold the loss
to a minimum. Acording to
Louis Lyons, who took the pic
ture, the house at the extreme
right it two stories, with only
the top story showing above
the water.
School Election
To Settle Several
Important Matters
Patrons of school district No.
1 will be called upon to decide
several matters at the annual
school election to be held at 2
o'clock pm., Monday, June 21, t
the Heppner city hall.
First is the matter of electing
a director. Harold Becket, outgo
ing chairman, is the most likely
candidate to succeed himself and
while he hasn't been passing out
campaign cigars u is generally j
conceaea mat ne is wining to
serve another three years. The
other members of the board are
Edwin Dick, and Mrs. Oscar
George.
Next on the agenda is the pro
posal to consolidate district No.
49 with district No. 1. District 49
is the Hale Ridge section and
children from there have been
attending school in Heppner sev
eral years.
Due to buildings improvement,
increase in salaries and other
items, the school board finds it
necessary to seek an increase in
the budget outside of the six per
cent limitation.. The sum asked
for is $10,500.
Week's Round
Presented In
By Ruth Payne
Mr. and Mrs. Nate McBride are
the parents of a son, born Fri
day, June 1, at St. Anthony's
hospital in Pendleton.
Mrs. Alex Thompson under
went a major operation at St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton
the last of the week and is re
portedly convalescing nicely at
this time.
Over-Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. William Furlong were her
niece and nephew, Ada and
James Adkins, of John Day.
According to word received by
Heppner relatives, Mrs. Irving
Mather is a patient at Cottage
hospital in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
following a major operation there
the last of the week.
Mrs. Jeanne Gaines returned
Tuesday evening from Portland
where she spent several days at
tending to business matters. She
was met in Arlington by Robert
Dobbs. '
Mrs. W. Scott Furlong motored
to Condon Sunday to attend the
rodeo.
Frank Davis returned Monday
from Freewater where for the
past five weeks he had been
managing the Tum-A-Lum Lum
ber company yard. Mrs. Davis
has been visiting relatives in the
John Day area during his ab
sence. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thomas are
on a several weeks' motor trip
through the southern and south
western states. They will visit
relatives in Texas before return
ing to Heppner in July.
Mr. and Mrs. Hap Woods of
Portland were transacting busi
ness and visiting friends in
Heppner Tuesday.
Bob Stephens spent the week
end in The Dalles with his fam
ily.
Mrs. Peggy Greenup, Mrs. Alta
Kenny and Mrs. Lucille Gunder-
son motored to Pendleton Tues
day to spend the day shopping.
Eric and Carl Bergstrom were
in town Monday from their farm i
in the Gooseberry section, look
ing after business matters.
Mrs. John Healy entered St. An
thony's hospital in Pendleton Tu
esday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Akers were
over from Hamilton Tuesday
transacting business and visiting
friends in Heppner.
Mrs. Harley Anderson and
daughter Marie, and niece, Eu
nice Kelthley, returned Wednes
day from Portland where they
spent several days shopping and
visiting friends.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies is attending
an osteopathic convention in Spo
kane this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case, Mrs.
Allen Case and Mr. and Mrs. R.
I. Thompson motored to Pendle
ton Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Case remained in Pendleton for
a brief visit with relatives while
the other members of the party
returned Tuesday evening.
Rev. and Mrs. Wendall Herbi
son visited friends in IIe;r:npr
over the week end. The Herbisons
have been located in New Lisbon.
Indiana, but will be in Prineville
where Mr. Herbison is starting a
new church. During his week-end
visit here, Rev. Herbison conduc
ted Sunday evening services at
the Church of Christ.
Mrs. Leonard Pate left Sunday
for LaGrande where she will at
tend the summer session of East
ern Oregon college. During her
absence, Karen is staying Willi
Mrs. Clive Huston.
Scott McMurdo and his niece.
Pi'ggy, motored up from Portland
Saturday for a brief visit with his
parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Mc
Murdo. Peggy will remain for a
time with her grandparents.
Among lone shoppers In Hepp.
ner the first of the week were
Mrs. Lee Beckner, Mrs. Lake
Beckner, Mrs. Milton Morgan Jr.
and Mr, and Mrs, Raymond Lun
dell. Raymond Gnty cut ths index
JayC-ettes Told
Of New York City
Mrs. Gordon Ridings spoke be
fore the regular meeting of the
JayC-ettes at the civic center
building Wednesday evening,
telling the local young women's
group about New York City, its
environs and living conditions
in tlje nation's greatest city. Mrs.
Ridings and little daughter are
spending some time here with
her father. M. D. Clark, hefnre all
three go to Eugene for a visit at
xne iranK Kiggs home.
. The Jaycees and the JayC-ettes
discussed the flood relief drive
proposed by the Heppner cham
ber of commerce. They will place
milk bottles in business houses
with placards stating what the
Domes are lor, besides partici
pating In the drive for food and
clothing.
The next regular monthly
meeting of the JayC-ettes will be
in the nature of a njenic, more
about which will be said later.
- Following the business meet
ing, the social committpe sprvprt
strawberry shortcake and cream
10 ine jayc-enes ana Jaycees.
Mrs. Gordon Grady, Mrs. Bill Far
ra and Mrs. Tom Wilson com
prise the committee.
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E. Harvpv Miller was here from
Portland Friday looking after
business matters.
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Brief Form
finger of his left hand while
mowing grass with a scythe Sat
urday. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Jackson
are in Cheney, Wash. Mr. Jack
son expects to teach near there
the next school term.
Mrs. Harry Dinges and grand
daughter, Ruth Ann Acklen, were
up from Lexington Tuesday look
ing after business matters in
Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cherry of
Portland are vacationing in Mor
row county. The Cherrys lived in
Heppner prior to going to Port
land to make their home.
Mrs. Neal Knighten and daugh
ter, LaDelle, motored over from
Kennewick Friday to spend the
week end with her mother, Mrs.
L. D. Neill, and Mr. Neill. Mrs.
Knighten was 24 hours on the
road 11 hours of whech were
spent in waiting for the ferry at
Patterson. After negotiating the
crossing, they continued on to the
Butter creek highway and were
re-routed over the Boardman
Heppner Junction road where
she drove through water as high
as the running board of the car.
Mrs. Knighten returned to Ken
newick Sunday and on to Ellens
burg where she will attend sum
mer school at Washington State
normal. LaDelle will remain in
Heppner with Mrsr Neill.
Mrs. Charles Cleveland of Gre
sham is visiting at the country
home of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs Wendall H.
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs Merle Cummings
and two children were here from
Portland Wednesday looking af
ter busness matters and visiting
friends in Heppner.
Mr and Mrs. James Barratt
have returned from Corvallis and
are visiting in Heppner with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Barratt and Mr. and Mrs. David
A. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Palmer
of Lexington were shopping in
Heppner the first of the week.
Mrs. Joe Hughes Sr. returned
Sunday from Portland. She was
accomDanied by her daughter,
Mrs. Keith Marshall and daugh
ter, Julia Lee, and son, Keith
Lynn of McMinnville who will
spend a fortnight here during
which time Mr. Marshall is at
national guard encampment at
Fort Clatsop.
While shingling the roof, Dav
id Hynd ran a nail into his left
hand. He was treated at the of
fice of a local physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rasmussen
of Linden, Wash., visited last
week in Heppner with Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Thorpe and other rel
atives and friends.
Installation of officers was
held at the meeting of the Am
erican Legion auxiliary at the
Legion hall on Tuesday evening,
with the following being install
ed by Mrs. Richard Wells, Install
ing officer: Past president, Shir
ley Blake; president, Kingsley
Hodge; first vice-president, Lou
ise Farley; second vice-president.
Margaret Steinke; secretary-treasurer,
Helen O'Donnell; sgt.-at-irms,
Ruth Van Winkle; histor
ian, Bernice Healy; chaplain. Ju
lie Hasvold. Delegates chosen to
attend the state convention in
Astoria, September 15 through
IS are Kingsley Hodge, Alta
Brown and Helen O'Donnell with
alternates Shirley Blake, Ruth
Van Winkle and Bernice Healy. A
pot-luck dinner was enjoyed
prior to the installation ceremon
ies. FIRECRACKERS UNDER BAN
The public is reminded that
the city of Heppner has an ord
inance forbidding both the sale
and use of firecrackers within
the city limits. City Marshal
James Washburn has served no
tice that violations of the ordin
ance will be handled In accord
ance with the provisions thereof.
Chamber of Commerce Heads Drive For
Food, Clothing For
Relief of flood victims in the
northwest is the objective of the
Heppner chamber of commerce,
following a discussion oi the
needs as outlined by President
Jack O'Connor. It was voted that
the chamber should take the in
itiative in collection of clothing
and food for shipment to the
Salvation Army headquarters in
Portland and to accept cash do
nations for the same cause.
President O'Connor read a re
port from the Red Cross covering
the situation in Montana, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon This
showed fhat 32 counties in these
states are affected by the high
water, with approximately 15,000
people as victims and 5,000
homes destroyed or damaged.
Information in the hands of the
Red Cross as of June 10 was to
the effect that high water is apt
to remain for several weeks and
that the relief work may have to
continue indefinitely. . O'Connor
also stated that it had been in
dicated that the Salvation Army
is in need of assistance in car
rying out relief work in Portland
and that he believed each com
munity should put forth an effort
Rev. Neville Blunt
To Go To Medford
Rev. Neville Blunt, vicar of All
Saints Episcopal church the past
five years, announced to his con
gregation Sunday morning that
he has been offered and has ac
cepted pastorate work at Med
ford. He will close his work at
All Saints the latter part of Aug
ust. Rev. Blunt will be assistant to
the regular rector, Rev. Kenneth
Nelson, the Medford church be
ing one of the larger congrega
tions of the Oregon diocese.
Since coming to Heppner in
1943, Rev. Blunt has put the
church property in first class con
dition and added many members
to the congregation. While the
members of his congregation re
gret losing him and Mrs. Blunt,
they are happy that they Have
the good fortune to move to the
beautiful Rogue river valley and
to be associated with the Med
ford church.
Rosewall Motors
Takes Postponed
Game From BPOE
Flashing more class than has
been evident in the twilight lea
gue so far this season, the Rose
wall Motors team subdued the
Elks Tuesday evening in a post
poned contest. 17-12. Al Huit, sub
stituting for Everett Keithley in
the box for the Rosewalls, kept
the Elks guessing most of the
time. It was the first time the
Elks have had their team all to
gether this season.
Frank Davis did the hurling for
the Elks, with Archie Padberg
doing the receiving. Bill Barratt
was behind the bat for the Rose
walls. In Monday evening's meeting
between the Legion and Elks
teams, the Legion won 18-9. The
Elks took an eight point lead
early in the game but due to the
Flag Day exercises at the temple
several players had to leave and
the Legion boys began to "cook
with gas" or something equally
hot.
In a regularly scheduled game
Wednesday evening the Ameri
can Legion, defending champ
team, took the Rosewall Motors
crew, 15-3.
River Barge Well
The river channel has been
wherever you find it In the
Columbia the past two or three
weeks. Here is a barge that has
drifted into the new shore line
where, unless it hat been mov
ed, it will be high and dry
District Flood Victims
to provide its share of this relief.
Through the suggestion of
Mayor Conley Lanham it was de
tided to use the room at the
rear of the city water office to
receive boxes of clothing and
food. Cash donations may be left
with Merle Becket, chamber of
commerce treasurer and manag
er of the First Natonal Bank of
Portland, Heppner branch. Cloth
ing must be clean and should be
properly packaged for shipment,
Since food shipments might have
to withstand some rough treat
ment it may be advisable to
send cartons of packaged foods
or varieties put up in tins, or
make cash remittances for the
purchase of these foods at the
stores.
It is the desire of the chamber
of commerce to send a truckload
of supplies from the branch not
later than Monday, June 28. Oth
er communities are invited to
join in the relief program, estab
lishing their own centers for col
lection or individuals may bring
their offerings to Heppner. The
chamber of commerce will defray
the expense of shipping the col
lection to the Salvation Army
headquarters in Portland.
New Ford To Make
Bow To Public At -RosewalKs
Friday
A crew of men is working fev
erishly today to put the finish
ing touches to the Rosewall
building in preparation for the
showing of the new 1949 Ford at
8 o'clock a.m. Friday. Work of
moving the parts deparment in
to the room formerly occupied by
the Heppner cafe has been ac
complished and electricians, car
penters, painters and other work
men are working against time to
have the floor cleared for the
two new cars which will consti
tute the display.
The partition between the main
building and the cafe room has
been removed, a new concrete
floor laid to bring the smaller
room to the level of the rest of
the building, new lights put in,
the entire show room redecorated
in fact, the Rosewall corner is a
beehive of activity, but it is ex
pected that everything will be
in readiness by morning.
Two sedans, a four-door and
a two-door, will be on display.
There will be someone on hand
all the time to show the fine ,
points of the new cars and to
answer questions by interested
spectators. Ample space will be
cleared to make viewing the cars
a pleasure and the more people
the merrier, Mr. Rosewall de
clares. BUYS OILMAN BUILDING
John Lane, Blackhorse wheat
rancher, has purchased the Gil
man, or McCaleb, building from
Elmer Hunt who purchased the
property from William McCaleb
a few weeks ago. The Lanes have
maintained an apartment in the
building for several years, and
are thoroughly familiar with the
upkeep requirements. Mr. Hunt
decided to dispose of the pro
perty when he found it would
require too much of his time for
maintenance in accordance with
the demands of the tenants.
MEETING POSTPONED
The Lexington grange Homo
Fc meeting scheduled for Jun"
17 has been postponed until
June 24. The meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. John Graves
and will be an all-day affair,
with potluck lunch at noon.
Inland
when the river recedes to the
normal shore line, which is at
the end of the loading chute.
The day the picture was taken,
a crew of men was working fev
erishly to build a dike Just
beyond the trees. At that time
the river was still rising and
Cooler Weather
Puts Damper On
Violent Storms
Highway and Rail
Schedules Still
Off But Improving
Cooler weather has served to
put a damper on the electric
storms and flash floods that have
kept a large sector of eastern
Oregon and eastern Washington
unsettled the past two or three
weeks. So far this week there has
been but one reported in the
county and that occurred Tues
day evening on upper Rhea creek.
No particular damage resulted
from the storm, so far as report
ed, it having struck in the moun-
tains.
To date, the greatest damage
reported is that which occurred
at Kinzua and which our corres
pondent describes in another col
umn. The John Day highway
near Fossil was washed out and
the town was practically isolated
for a few days. The storm that
struck that area and Kinzua re
sulted In the loss of two lives.
Repairs have been made to
most of the roads, although up
until Wednesday trucks and bus
ses from the main lines were be
ing routed over the Heppner-Pen-dteton
highway and some were
still going over the Heppner-Con-
don highway to reach western
destinations.
Lexington has about dug out of
the mud deposited in the town
when the flash flood raging down
Blackhorse canyon broke the dike
near the Lexington Oil Co-operative
plant and raced through
town. Ed Grant, tired of having
to clean out his garage and ser
vice station every time a little
high water comes along, borrow
ed Orville Cutsforth's bulldozer
the first of the week and made a
channel sufficient to carry off
surplus mud and water due to
flash storms. At least, it will
have to back upstream if it gets
into his place next time he
hopes.
Los Angeles Auto
Figures In Crash -
On Highway 30
A Los Angeles family, Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Meyers and two chil
dren, were brought to Heppner
early Monday morning following
an automobile accident on the
Columbia River highway seven
teen miles west of Arlington at
about 2:30 a.m. The Meyers were
en route to Walla Walla to visit
relatives when, according to re
ports, a freight truck and trailer
unit, traveling at an excessive
speed, attempted to pass the
Meyers car. Failing in this, the
trailer hit the Meyers car, turn
ed over and sandwiched the au
tomobile between it and the
truck, completely demolishing
the car. The Meyers' daughter,
aged 7, received facial lacera
tions and one ear was almost
severed from her head. The son,
aged 1, received many serious
cuts across his face. Mr. Meyers
suffered facial cuts and an in
jured hand and Mrs. Meyers, mi
nor bruises and shock Following
treatment at the office of a local
physician, they continued on to
Walla Walla with relatives who
came to Heppner after them.
efforts were being made to hild
the water back from the town
of Umatlla. Property lines and
fences were disregarded as
bulldozers and trucks cut thru
fences, back yards and front
yards in their rush to beat the
oncoming flood.
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