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Gazette Times
Volume 65, Number 20
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Aug. 5, 1948
C.B.E. Cooperative,
tone's Apartment House
Fossil Clubbers Council Votes To
Hammer Out 8 To Purchase Garbage
Modern Hardware Store
Sum For Lines
5 Victory Sunday
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Construction Set
To Start Locally
In About 2 Weeks
Early construction of 412 miles
of rural distribution lines thru
out Morrow and Gilliam counties
was assured with the receipt
Monday of approval by the Rur
al Electrification administration
of an appllcaton of the Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
for an additional allotment of
$150,000. The REA also approved
the CBE's proposal to do the work
by force account.
Request for additional funds
was made after bids from con
tractors on two different occa
sions were found to be in excess
of estimated construction costs.
Following the second call for
bids, the board of directors and
Manager A. A. Scouten decided to
go ahead with the construction
by force account, providing addi
tional funds were granted and
the work met the approval of the
" REA.
Manager Scouten announced
Tuesday that It may be possible
to start construction within two
weeks, although it is not expect
ed that equipment will be avail
able for general work inside of
30 days. Local work will begin
at the Glavey ranch and a line
will be run from there to connect
with the high line at Jordan Sid
ing. On the Gilliam county side
work will start at Lone Rock and
extend to Thirty-mile creek. As
materials and equipment arrive
the work will be extended thru
out both counties until the 412
miles of service line are complet
ed. Three trucks have been acquir
ed and a fourth one equipped
with a hole digger will be deliv
ered here In a month or so, Scout
en said.
The manager plans to circular
ize the rural home owners ask
ing them to have their wiring in
stalled so that hookups may be
made without delay when the
distribution, lines are ready to
carry the current.
Joseph E. Supple
Dies In Portland
An Item in The Morning Ore
gonian of Wednesday told of the
death In Portland Tuesday of Jo.
seph E. Supple, 53. Chapel ser
vices were being held at 1 o'clock
p.m. today at the Lincoln Mem
orial Park.
Mr. Supple was the husband of
a former Heppner girl, Mary Cur
rln. who with a son, John J. Sup
ple, a daughter, .Mrs. Jo Ann
Mansfield, and granddaughter,
Merrily Mansfield of Newport
Beach, Cal., survive
County Agent News . .
Approval by the state board of
higher education for a program
of purchase of livestock for use
in teaching and research at Ore
gon State college, virtually com
pletes the "six-year" program for
animal husbandry recommended
by a group of livestock men who
studied the situation 10 years
ago, reports P. M. Brandt, head of
the animal husbandry division at
the college.
Appropriation of $12,641 for
purchases of high quality beef
cattle, sheep and swine of repre
sentative breeds follows provis
ion for adequate housing for the
college herds and the earlier ac
quisition of additional land near
Corvallis for research and main
tenance purposes, he said.
With the completion of farm
buildings now under construction
and the purchase of new stock,
Oregon State will be in position
to give Just as complete and high
quality instruction as that offer
ed anywhere in the country In
animal husbandry, Professor
Brandt emphasized.
While the herds will not ap
proximate In size those maintain
ed by some of the wealthier
states, Ihey will meet all practic
al requirements of both teaching
and research, he said.
Most of the money will be used
to expand the beef cattle and
sheep numbers under a plan
whereby replacements may be
bred at the college, thus main
taining adequate herds at min
imum cost. Swine herds are al
ready adequate for teaching but
some additions will be made for
research work.
A new beef barn of largely fire
proof construction and separate
from hay storage buldings has
been started to replace the one
destroyed by fire about a year
ago. It and related buildings will
be located on an extension of the
street running past the former
beef barn and horse barn but far
ther west across 35th street which
forms the western city limits of
Corvallis.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted
Tollce drill team will make Its
first appearance In the Untied
Slates since World War II when
It appears at the Pacific Inter
national Livestock exposition Oc
tober 1 to 1 In Portland.
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In years gone by this building was known as the Park Hotel
and provided comfort for the traveling public. A few years ago
it was purchased by Verner Troedson and made over into an
apartment house. The Park has provided housing for families
at a time when private home facilities are lacking and there
is always a waiting list for any vacancies that may occur.
Heppner Photo Studio.
Week's News In Brief Gathered From
Town and Surrounding Neihborhood
Heppner relatives have receiv
ed word of the birth of a seven
pound two ounce son to Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Schwarz, Sunday, Aug
ust 1, at The Dalles. The new
arrival has been named John. He
is the third son, the other boys
being named William and James,
respectively.
Paul McCarty and Florence
Becket of Portland were week
end guests at the home of Miss
Becket's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Becket, in Eight Mile.
O. M. Veager, who has been
confined at home the past 10
days or so, is feeling improved.
While not able to leave the house,
he is able to visit and would ap
preciate calls from his friends.
Mrs. Fred Mankin went to
Portland today to attend the wed
ding of her niece, Patricia Gab
bert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes Gabbert of Portland. The
groom-to-be Is Robert Myers and
the ceremony vill be performed
at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the
Westminster Presbyterian church.
Guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. D.
McMurdo in Heppner Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. David Baum of
La Grande, the Misses Florence
and Marjorie Sims of Pendleton,
and David Allison of Corvallis.
The ladies of the Methdolst
church announce a food sale
starting at 10 o'clock a.m. Fri
day, August 13, at the office of
the Pacific Power & Light com
pany. Leslie Matlock is back in Ilepp.
ner after being hospitalized in
Portland for several weeks. He
returned Saturday and reports
that he is feeling better.
Week-end guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parrish were
Donna Jean Robitsch, Sauvies Is
land, Portland, Bon and Mike
Hamlen, Condon, and Billy Jean
Huddleston of Lonerock.
Lowell Rippee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Rippee, former Hepp
ner residents, left Wednesday for
Portland to take his physical ex
amination for entrance in the U.
S. Army air force.
Mrs. Harvey Bauman and chil
dren, Carolyn and Jimmy, are
guests at the Victor Johnson
home while on a visit to Heppner.
They came here from Lake Che
lan, Wash., where they visited
Mrs. Bauman's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Cool. The Baumans
make their home in Nampa, Ida.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Eberhart of
Plant City, FIa left early this
week for points in Idaho after
visiting two weeks here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eber
hart Sr. This was their first trip
west and they were highly pleas
ed with the friendly atmosphere
of western people. They also had
their first taste of mountain trout
while here. In Idaho they will
visit Mr. and Mrs. Dave Eberhart
at MeCall and Mrs. Gene Quinn
at Pinehurst.
Mr. ami Mrs. Tom Wilson have
as their guest for the summer
Mr. Wilson's sister, Jnhunne Wil
son from Hopewell, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sandstrom
have returned to their home In
Vancouver, Wash., after a visit at
the home of Mrs. Sandslrom's bro
ther, E. R. Settle.
Mrs. C. S. Wheeler and Mrs.
B. F. Swaggart were Heppner vis
itors Wednesday while looking
after business matters. Mrs.
Swaggart makes her home with
Mrs. Wheeler in Pendleton but
spends as much time at the big
ranch at Swaggart buttes as she
can.
Miss Kalherine Monahan, Urn
at i 1 la counly home demonstra
tion agent, is spending her vaca
tion in Heppner with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Monahan. -
Mrs. Marvin Wightman Is con
valescing at the homo of her sis
ter in Portland following n siege
in the Physicians & Surgeons hos
pital In where she recently un
derwent a surgical operation. She
will remain In the clly until the
Inst of August.
Visitors at the N. D. Bailey
home the past week were Mrs.
Bailey's twin sister, Mrs. Maggie
Reynolds, and Iwo son of New
berg. The hoys, Tom and Dick,
came in search of harvest work,
expecting to remain for the summer.
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Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Anderson several hours Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Marks
and children of Fossil. Mr. Marks
Is agricultural agent in Wheeler
county and was returning from
Wallowa county where he attend
ed the regional range tour con
ducted at the Hat Point and Cov
erdale stations.
Ross Findley of Beaverton was
a visitor in Heppner Monday af
ternoon. He is-compiling a his
tory of the Findley family, early
Oregon pioneers, and came here
with the hope of finding a diary
compiled by John Knox Dunlap,
grandfather of Mrs. F. S. Parker
and O. G. Crawford. Mr. Dunlap
was a member of the Oregon ex
pedition of 1816 and compiled
much valuable historic matter of
that day. The diary can not be
located. Mr. Findley is a native
of the Imnaha section of Wallowa
county but has resided in Beaver
ton for many years.
The Earl -Blake family drove to
Portland Saturday to spend a
week.
Miss Patricia Lawrence, daugh
ter of Mrs. Richard Lawrence of
Pendleton, has been a guest of
Rita Dell Johnson in Heppner the
past week.
Mrs. J. O. Turner, Mrs. Ethel
Adams and daughters, Betty and
Nancy, left Tuesday afternoon
for Klamath Falls where they
were to be met by Mr. and Mrs.
John Roscoe of Reno, Nev. Nancy
Adams is going to Reno to visit
several weeks at the Roscoe
home. Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Adams
and Betty expected to make a
leisurely return trip, stopping at
Crater Lake and other points of
interest, returning home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Buck
num are enjoying a vacation trip
to Los Angeles, having left last
week. They planned to spend a
day or two at Reno en route and
then go on to Los Angeles to visit
Mr. Bucknum's brothers, Elmer
and Gordon. They will return
home this week end.
Mrs. J. W. Carmichael of Cor
vallis is visiting at the home of
her father, E. W, Moyer. She is
the youngest of the Moyer daugh
ters and will be remembered as
Miriam.
Mr. and Mrs. James Barratt re
turned Tuesday evening from
Corvallis and Portland. They took
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt to Corvallis
after a visit in Heppner and re
turning brought a new car from
Portland. Accompanying them as
far as Salem was Jack Minor, former-
employee of the First Na
tional bank here, who has just
completed a course in veterinary
science at the University of Col
orado at Fort Collins.
Mrs. Cella Bennett of Portland
is a guest at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Tress McClintock.
Dr. Jean Palmer and family
are enjoying a visit from his bro
ther, Russell Palmer, of Vancou
ver, Wash. Mr. Palmer, who is
spending a week here, is a stu
dent at Yale university where he
is working on his master's de
gree. Michael Turner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Turner of Portland,
is vsiting his grandfather, Frank
W. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Quackcn
bush had as their guests the past
week Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Quack,
enbush and daughter Ethel from
,Montreal, Can., and Mr. and Mrs.
William Palmer and grandson of
Portland.
Mr. nad Mrs. Frank S. Parker
are driving to Hood River Friday
to attend the music festival. Mrs.
Parker expects to be the family
representative at the festival
while her husband thinks maybe
he will perform the role of hiihv
sitter at the Vawler Parker home.
mr. and Mrs. Boyd Gullck and
daughter Marguerite have re
turned to their home in Seattle
after a two weeks' vacation spent
at the home of Mrs. Gullck's sis
ter, Mrs. Alva Casebeer.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Casebeer
returned Saturday from Sweet
Home and Roseburg where they
went to lake thler mothers, Mrs.
Isabel Casebeer and Mrs. Janie
Ilolcomb, to their respective
homs after visiting at the Case
beer home during July,
Townies Drop All
Chances For 1948
League Leadership
By Jm Barratt
The Heppner Townies baseball
club dropped all chances for a
league victory last Sunday as It
was clubbed to a 8 to 5 submis
sion by the visiting Fossil nine
in a fray played at the Rodeo
grounds. This Sunday the locals
close regular season play here
against the Kinzua nine with a
victory meaning a league second
spot, providing Condon loses Its
final game.
Fossil's offensive was as hot as
a two-dollar pistol Sunday as it
bunched seven hits and seven
runs the initial two innings off
the offerings of Heppner hurler
Harlan McCurdy. From that point
on the locals matched run-for-run
with the visitors but the mar
gin proved too great to overcome.
Breaks went against the locals
in their game bid for the game
supremacy. Examples: In the
eighth outfelder Ray Massey
socked out a home run, but alas!
No runners on bases ahead of
him. And again in the final frame
Heppner had two men on the
bags with the tying run at the ! quisition of a truck and arrang
plate, but Fossil retired the side ine for a man to onerate it
to cop the victory.
Poling out two hits apiece for
Heppner were Norm Bergstrom,
Ray Massey and Jimmie Boland
while Miller, Bird and Schomp
fattened their batting averages
for Fossil with three hits each in
the fray.
Summary:
Heppner 010 110 0115
Fossil 3 40 000 001-S
Umpires: Carmichael and Hoo
ver. Queen Betty And
Royal Court To Be
Guests At Dinner
Folowing the usual procedure
and giving further evidence that
the 1948 Rodeo season is on the
board of directors of the Heppner
Rodeo association will play host
to Queen Betty and her royal
court at a 2 o'clock dinner to be
served Sunday at the Elkhorn
restaurant. Included in the party
will be the members of the fair
board and the Rodeo chaperones.
The princesses are Vesta Cuts
forth, Lorraine Swaggart, Lillian
Hubbard and Constance Ruggles.
Chaperones are Mrs. Raymond
Ferguson and Mrs. Jack Loyd.
The first princess dance was
held Saturday evening at the Wil
lows grange hall in loner Prin
cess Lillian was the honoree and
the hall was packed to do her
honor. Next scheduled dance is
this Saturday when the Civic
Center in Heppner will be the
scene of the dance to do homage
to Princess Lorraine.
PEA CROP AT RICE
PLACE HARVESTED
When spring weather condi
tions made wheat seeding im
practical at his ranch, Edward
Kice decided to put the land to
something that would mature
early and he sowed it to peas.
During the past weeks trucks
from Pendleton hauled the fresh
ly threshed peas to a cannery.
For proper canning state the peas
must be n the cannery within
four to six hours from the time
they pass through the separator,
and the trucks were right on the
job to see that there was no delay.
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Mrs. Clive Huston left Sunday
for Cove where she is assisting
with the cooking at the Church
of Christ summer camp.
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Inaugurating the prncess dances of the 1948
Rodeo season. Willows Grange hall of tone was
opened to the public Saturday evening, July 31,
in honor of Princess Lillian. In real life, the
princess is Lillian Hubbard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Hubbard who operate the Charles
Andtnon ranch In the lower Gooseberry area.
! Business Houses,
v Residences To Be
Served by City
Decision to purchase a truck
and proceed with the proposed
garbage hauling project was
reached Monday evening by the
city council. The decision was
reached after Councilman Tibbies
made a report on the results of a
questionnaire submitted to the
householders several weeks ago
and it was found that a suffi
cient number desired the service
to warrant purchase of a truck
and employment of a driver.
Rates for various groups will
be worked out and collections will
be made by attaching the haul
ing bill to the regular water
statement each month. What the
council has in mind is to estab
lish a regular service with the
hope that better results will be
obtained In handling the gar
bage, not only in picking it up
and hauling it to the dump
ground but also in taking care
of it in a more satisfactory man
ner at the point of disposal.
A definite date was not set
for starting the service, that de-
J pending somewhat upon the ac
The council reached another
important decision Monday night
in tne matter ot acquiring a hea
vy duty tractor for use on the
city streets and such other duties
that may develop. Since the state
highway crew is unable to do the
street repairing and there is lit
tle likelihood that a contracting
firm will be available this year,
the city has made extensive study
of the possibility of purchasing a
machine that will meet the re
quirements. Information is be
ing sought relative to a tractor
equipped with bulldozer, scarifi
er, blade, and possibly a loader
and a street sweeper. Versatile
machines of this nature are be
ing put out by the big machin
ery companies and advertising
received by the city reveals that
the purchase price is within
rape of the average small city.
Thorough investigation will be
made of several machines before
the council moves toward acquir
ing one.
Definite need of equipment is
seen in the repair and practical
reconstruction of K street. The
paving is so badly broken that it
will be necessary to use a scari
fier to complete the break up and
permit reestablishing the grade.
With grading attachment on the
tractor the city proposes to buy
and other equipment already o
hand It will be possible to do the
repairing and a reasonable am
ount of construction work with
out employing outside concerns.
Police Chief Gordon Grady re
ported to the council that Sat
urday night policing is more than
a one-man job and requested an
assistant throughout the month
of August, as well as additional
police during the rodeo. He was
empowered to acquire the need
ed help.
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FORMER SUPT. HERE
George Corwin, for five years
superintendent of the Heppner
schools, was a brief visitor here
Fridav. He was accomDanied bv
Mr. McCarthv. head football
coach at the Oregon College of
Education at Monmouth, and the jC. L. Hodge took him to Pendle
men were here on a hurried trip ton
through eastern Oregon in search 0
of prospective footbal material Mr. and Mrs. John Karlik and
tor McCarthys 1948 squad. Cor-
win is now superintendent of ; guests at the home of Mr. and
schools at Independence and also ; Mrs. George eGrtson the past
does some instructing in the tea- ; week. Mrs. Karlik is Mr. Gert
cher training department at OCE. son's daughter.
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While browsing around lone one day recently. Photographer
Louis Lyons snapped this picture of Omar Rietmann's new hard
ware store building. Completed in 1947, this is one of the better
business buildings in the county and represents the results of
many years of successful operation by Mr. Rietmann. Door
settings are in glass brick, giving the front a neat and artractiTe
appearance.
Heppner Photo Studio.
Debris Daused by Unusually Heavy
Growth Creates Fire Hazards
One of the greatest worries for
est service officials have is the
dry season that period when
rank growth created by excep
tionally wet spring weather be
comes dry and highly inflamma
ble. Forest workers well know the
danger involved in a combination
of dry grass and timber slashings
and their nights are robbed of
restful sleep in anticipation of
what a careless smoker or a play
ful bolt of lightning may start.
The time of the year is at hand
when this uneasiness is fully
warranted. It is more justified
this year than in other years due
to the unusually rank growth in
the forests. To forestall as much
danger of fire as possible, both
state and national forest officials
have acted to curtail use of the
forests, withdrawing certain ar
eas from unregulated public use.
All Umatilla National Forest
lands within the following nam
ed areas described in the procla
mation issued July 28 by Gover
nor John H. Hall are designated
as areas of fire hazard. These
include Wilson creek area; Deso
lation creek area; Johnson creek
area; Big Rock Flat area, and Red
MRS. COX GIVEN FAREWELL
BY COURTHOUSE EMPLOYEES
Employees at the county court
house took a little time off Fri
day afternoon to bid goodbye to
Mrs. Lester Cox, nee Maxine East,
who was leaving the county
clerk's office after being employ
ed there the past year. A wat
ermelon feast was enjoyed in
honor of the occasion.
Mrs. Cox was succeeded by
Mrs. Fred Parrish who began her
duties Monday morning.
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TRACTOR UPSETS ON DRIVER
Fred W. Lenz is in the hospital
at Pendleton folowing an acci
dent this morning at the J. B.
Snyder place. Mr. Snyder had
given him some wood and Mr.
Lenz had taken his little tractor
and trailer to pick it up. In back
ing around to put the trailer in
position for loading he ran over
an embankment and upset the
tractor. He was given an examin
ation here and it was found that
a rib was fractured. Fearing that
i he might have suffered other in-
juries, his phsician
thought it
! best to send him to the hospital
, daughters trom Portland were
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When the dancing public gathers at the Civic
Center pavilion in Heppner Saturday evening it
will be to pay homage to Princess Lorraine, rep
resentative of the Lena district and sponsored
by the Heppner Rodeo association. Princess Lor
raine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Swaggart. She U 15 years of age and is a soph
omore in Heppner high school.
Hill area.
According to information re
leased from the local ranger's
office, going or being upon the
said lands on and after August
1, 1948, until futher notice, is pro
hibited except with written per
mit issued by the local forest of
ficer No permit shall be required
of any actual settler going to or
from his home. These permits
may be obtained at Heppner
Ranger station, Opal Guard sta
tion, Tupper and Bull Prairie
guard stations.
Roads passing through these
areas, Western Route road, be
tween Bull Prairie and Tupper,
Red Hill road and the Morphine
Ranch road, have been declared
open areas for the convenience of
the traveling public, according
to Glenn B. Parsons, ranger in
charge of the Heppner district.
Recurring thunder storms are
not bringng cheer to those whose
duty it is to protect the forests or
those who depend upon the tim
ber for a livelihood. Fortunately,
so far this year there have been
few forest fires, and so long as
the storms are accompanied by
rain the danger is lessened.
What's a Day or
So in the Life of a
Busy County Agent?
Some of us who think we are
busy and haven't time to do this
or that should take a leaf from
the book of a typical county ag
ent. He's a guy who not only has
a multiplicity of duties but one
who gets things done. At least
that has been the rule with the
agents with whom the writer has
had contact over the years.
Take Nels Anderson, for in
stance. There's enough work right
in his office to keep him busy
but being of an accommodating
nature he finds it difficult to use
a little word of two letters that
would give him a little more lei
sure time and the first thing he
knows his calendar is full to
overflowing.
Right at present Anderson is
in the process of preparing copy
for the 1948 Morrow County Fair
& Rodeo premium book. This in
addition to the many calls on the
phone and visitors in his office.
There are myriad details relative
to preparations for the fair which
he as secretary of the fair board
is called upon to attend to. While
in the midst of all these activ
ities, he finds it necessary to
dash over to Hermiston on Wed
nesday atternoon to attend a
field day at the Umatilla branch
experiment station. He will leave
Friday afternoon for Albany to
attend the Willamette Valley
Lwe and Ram sale. Dick Wight
man and Ronald Baker are ex
pected to accompany him on this
trip to pick out some ewe lambs
for local 4-H club projects.
In the meantime, if some ran
cher's cow doesn't get alfalfa
bloat, or the Mormon crickets fail
in their frontal attack on Willow
creek alfalfa fields, Anderson
hopes to get his household goods
moved trom the Millard Nolan
house in town to the Ed Clark
place just below town. And that's
just the history of one week's ac
tivities in the Morrow county ag
ricultural agent's busy life. '
SMALL STREAM BIG FISH
Claude Cox was proudlv exhib-
iting a rainbow trout to friends
this morning, not because bigger
fish are not caught elsewhere
but because this particular beau
ty was caught in Willow creek.
But Cox did not do the angling.
His son Charles was the fisher
man and the catch was made at
the Wightman place. The rain
bow measured 19 inches and tip
ped the beam at three pounds.
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Members of tlv Royal Canad
ian Mounted Folice drill team to
appear In the Pacific Internal ion.
al Livestock exposition are also
active Mounhes" and some of
'hem patrol the regions hevond
the Arctic Circle.
Electric Storms
Cause Damage lo
Timber and Crops
Umatilla County
Grain Loss Set at
100,000 Bushels
Electric storms throughout the
area the first of the week are
reported to have caused exten
sive damage to crops in Umatilla
county and to have started fires
in timber in the Umatilla Na
tional forest.
First intimation of crop dam
age was brought to Heppner on
Wednesday by Murl Cummings,
Oegon and Washington director
for federal crop insurance, and
Ross Dimock, administrative of
ficer for the FCI, Washington. D.
C, who were en route to Uma
tilla county to investigate the
report that approximately 100,-
000 bushels of wheat had been
destroyed by Tuesday night's
storm. The officials were with
out definite information and ex
pressed the hope that the loss
was not as heavy as the reports
indicated.
No reports had reached the fed
eral officials about losses in Mor
row county and they were of the
opinion that this section had not
been damaged.
At least one fire was started in
the Heppner district of the Uma
tilla National forest by one or the
other of the Tuesday storms. This
was in the Tamarack station area
and up to Wednesday afternoon
the local ranger office had no in
formation relative to the extent
of damage done. The storm in
the early morning hours Tuesday
was of the dry variety, a lot of
lightning and thunder. The orfe
Tuesday evening was accompan
ied by a heavy shower and may
have aided in putting out timber
and grass fires started in the
morning.
High winds the fore part of the
week interfered some with grain
cutting. One blow Sunday after
noon sent clouds of sand up from
the north end of the county but
it broke the heat wave that had
sent the mercury soaring towards
the 100 level.
Lightning caused cfamage to
the Pacific Power & Light com
pany high line at DeMoss Springs
in Sherman county, causing a
power interruption of several
hours.
(A story of Umatilla county
storm in today's dailies places
damages from hail and other
causes at $750,000.)
Combine Upsets
In Sand Hollow Field
Harvesting operations at the
Ferguson ranch in Sand Hollow
were delayed Tuesday when the
combine upset The machine was
working a steep hillside and was
on the downgrade, cutting thru
some fallen grain. When the low-
erpart of the field was reached
the slope was too steep and the
separator turned over, landing on '
the header.
Members of the crew, Harry
Sherman and Ted Ferguson, were
uninjured but the machine was
considerably damaged. Gene Fer
guson was running the tractor.
PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
PROTECT GRAIN PRICES
Farmers in Morrow countv can
protect the Drice of their prain
crops this year through two me
moes, Henry Baker, chairman of
the county agricultural conserva
tion committee, points out.
Purchase agreements as well
as commodity loans will be of
fered to farmers as a means of
price support on 1948 crops of
wheat, oats, barley, and rye, Mr.
Baker said. Terms will be prac
tically the same as on the 1947
crops.
Under purchase agreements,
the producer states the maximum
quantity of the commodity upon
which he wished an option to de
liver to the Commodity Credit
corporation. The producer may
then sell his grain on the market
at the market price, or he may
deliver to CCC any amount of his
grain crop up to the stated max
imum at the price-support figure.
CCC will accept the grain under
purchase agreements during the
30 days following the maturity
date of the 1948 loans, which Is
April 30, 1949, or earlier on de
mand. Both loans and purchase agree
ments may be obtained at the
County Agricult Ural Cnn;rv:it(Mrt
office.
Priee-surjDort rates r.r
on 194 grain crops in Morrow
county are: Wheat, $2.02; barlev
$1.26.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty at the Heppner city
hall between the hours of 10 a.
m. and 4 p. m. Tuesday, August
10, according to announcement
from the office of Earl T. New
bry, secretary of state. Persons
wishing licenses or permits to
drive are asked to get In tu. h
with the examiner well ahead of
the scheduled closing hour in or.
der to assure completion of their
applications with a minimum of
delay,