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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, Aug. 12, 1948
Volume 65, Number 21
EXPANDED STATE FAIR
The 1948 Oregon Slate Fair took
an early start at breaking records
when the last available space in
the two-city-block farm machin
ery department was taken this
week. This assures the big 7-day
agricultural show, which starts
Labor Day, Monday, September
6, of having the largest farm
equipment showing In the west.
Manager Leo Spitzbart says ev
erything is up but the price of
admission. Entries in all depart
ments are up. Premiums and
purses are up 25 per cent. The
spirit of state wide cooperation is
up.
Entries in the culinary, textiles,
art, and floral departments do
not close until September 4. Pre
mium lists for these four divi
sions may be had by writing the
Oregon State Fair in Salem.
Monday attendance has broken
records each year since Spitzbart
took over management of the fair
in 1935 when total receipts were
tiMi.uuu, last year they were
$350,000. Tuesday will be Farm
Organization Day; Wednesday,
Salem Day; Thursday, Mayor's
Day, and Saturday, Children's
Hav. Genrpp PMvinrHu P:i n Alio
Cal., will be presiding Judge, and
Roy H. Simmons, Salem, manager
of the horse show. The six-day
afternoon racing program will in
clude two sulkie races, trotters
and pacers, and eight running
races. This year's debutante
stakes for Oregon bred two-year-olds
will be run Tuesday while
three-year-olds will race Wed
nesday at the "Governor's Derby."
NATIONAL HOT POTATO
You wouldn't bet there are peo
ple who would toss a hot potato
to the American Legion some
members fought in two wars but
you'd lose.
What Is considered to be a mas
ter piece of "buck passing" was
practiced in the method of se
lecting the names of the selective
service draft boards.
The president asked the gover
nors of the various states to make
recommendations for members
of the local draft boards. Each
governor promptly turned the Job
over to his adjutant general. The
adjutant general in turn passed
It along to the county judge of
each county in the state. The
judges invariably stepped out of
political bounds and dropped the
hot potato in the lap of the local
American Legion with a request
that they put the finger on the
names to be selected.
FARM THEFT RING
The pack of heavy farm equip
ment thieves that started opera
tions in May in an area extend
ing from Dallas to Lakeview seem
to have been given the bum's
rush by slate police. A D-4 trac
tor, several trucks, a milking ma
chine, one automobile and a
washing machines have been
taken It is believed the gang
uses a large truck to haul equip
ment from farms after taking it
away a safe distance on a "bor
rowed" truck.
NEW LEGAL OPINIONS
The duty imposed on county
clerks and recorders to make
searches and furnish certificates
showing unreleased chattel mort.
gages, affecting personal prop
erty, Is mandatory.
Acts of proceedings of a rural
school board during the preced
Ing year are not invalidated by
reason of the disqualification of
a director.
Veteran's loan is not authoriz
ed to be secured by a first mort
gage on land to which the veter
an holds deed wilh forfeiture
clause upon a condition broken.
A principal of a high school
within a rural school district may
not serve as director of the rural
school board, since the duties of
principal or teacher and that of
rural school board dlreclor are
incompatible.
It is not necessary to have a
vote of approval of all the voters
of a municipal corporation from
which a portion of territory is
annexed by another municipal
corporation. The fundamental re
quirement is mat the authoriza
tion shall be made only by the
voters of the portion to be an
nexed and of the municipality
to which It is to be added,
STATE CAPITOL ECHOES
After September 1 it will be
legal to sell "Grade C" milk. It
will he sold to customers when
there Is not enough of the stand
ard A or B grade milk available.
...Pictures of Oregon's famed
scenic beauty was seen by 25,000
people at the Chicago railroad
fair recently.. ..Electric ranges
were instaled in 24 wards of the
stale hospital last week at a cost
of $4,300, ... Bids will be opened
August 20 on 8,190 lineal feet of
68-pound rails with flanges, etc.
...A. A. Rogers, state bank sup
erintendent, has approved the es
tabllshment of a state bank at
Woodburn,
Garbage Collection
Started By City
Garbage collection service on a
city-wide basis was started the
first of the week by the city. Ac
quisition of a dump'truck made
it possible to start earlier tnan
planned and business houses and
numerous individuals have al
ready availed themselves of the
service.
A schedule of prices is being
worked out, as well as collection
periods and these will be pub
lished at an early date. Daily ser
vice will be provided If neces
sary. The city truck will also
haul rubbish, grass trimmings
and other discarded material that
is placed in containers that may
be readily loaded. Loose material
will not be touched, according to
Mayor Conley Lanham.
Grain Fire Strikes
Phil Griffin Field
A grain fire that might have
wrought heavy loss was stopped
after burning one and three quar
ters acres at the Phil Griffin
ranch south of lone Wednesday
afternoon. Quick response by
neighbors was responsible for
holding the fire to the small loss.
According to Frank Turner who
was called to the ranch to survey
the damage, the grain was run
ning 38 bushels per acre. The loss
was covered by insurance.
Local News In Brief
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Parker re
turned from Hood River Monday
after attending the music festi
val and visiting several days at
the home t( their son, Vawter
Parker, and family. They were
accompanied home by their
granddaughter, Cecelia Parker,
and little friend, Nancy Dobson,
who will spend several days vis
iting at the Parker ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVcrne Van Mar
ter are on vacation, having left
Saturday for Reno and points in
southern California. Returning
they will be in Portland August
19 to witness the Shrine benefit
football game in Portland. They
will return home August 23.
Beverly Yocom celebrated her
birthday Sunday by motoring to
Rufus to spend the day with her
father, J. K. Yocum, sister Shir
ley and brother Joe. She wns ac
companied by Corabelle Nutting.
Mr. and Mrs. John Snager drove
to Portland Sunday to attend the
Shrine benefit football game.
Charles Cox, who was spending
several days here visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Claude
t'ox, also attended the game.
Attending buyers week in Port
land this week are Mrs. Allen
Case, Mrs. Ralph Thompson and
Mrs. Alex Thompson who are
representing the Case Furniture
company.
Mrs. Edward Green of Portland
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Agnes
Curran, for a couple of weeKs.
Crocket Sprouls and family of
Oakland, Cal., are spending 8 few
days in Heppner visiting rela
tives. Crocket reports that he is
engaged in the business of lay
ing floors, a job he likes very
much, and that he and his fam
ily are happily located at Oak
land.
Mrs. Bert,. Kane, Mrs. Henry
Happold, Mrs. Agnes Curran and
Mrs. Edward Green motored to
Kilter Sunday to spend the day.
Robert Walker is taking the
week off and is spending the
'ime visiting his parents in Gold
endale, Wash. Mrs. Walker did
not accompany him. Ambrose
Chapin is taking care of the bar
ber shop in Walker's absence.
Mrs. Cyrene Barratt returned
from Corvallis Monday and will
remain here for the week taking
care of the William F. Barraft
children while Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ratt are attending a summer
school for vocational education
instructors at the Oregon Voca
tional school at Klamath Falls.
Mr. Barratt is specializing in ag
riculture and Mrs. Barratt in
home economics.
Applications For
Special Hunting
Seasons Available
Applications for sneci.il season
tags can now be procured at all
Came commission license nirpnts
or at the office of the Oregon
state tiame commission in Port
land.
This year for the first time par
ties of not more than four ner.
sons may apply as a unit. To ap
ply as a group each member of
ine party must sign the applica
tion and members nf the mnv
cannot submit individual appli
cations. A number will be is
sued to the group as a whole and
in case it is necessarv to ImM n
drawing and this number is suc
cessful, each person in the group
will receive a notification to son,.
the required fee, personal descrip-
non and type and number of his
1948 hunting license. Tim maUa.
up of membership of the party
cannot be changed after the ap
plication nas oeen filed.
At their last mectlntr the n.
gon State Game commission went
on record that they would issue
permits for the tak ine of rnrnmn
where damage Is being done.
These permits will be issued
without charge lo the person ap
plying. Before that time raccoon
could only be taken on a trap
per's license.
Hardman Teacher
Employed For 1st,
2nd Kinzua Grades
By Elsa M. Leathers
Mrs. Stanley Robinson of Hard
man was hired this week to teach
the 1st and 2nd grades to take
Mrs. Art Watson's place, who re
signed. Mrs. Robinson makes the
second teacher from Morrow
county since Mrs. Delvin McDan
iel was hired early in the spring.
Mrs. Robinson has taught at
Hardman for a number of years
and has also taught in Gilliam
county. She comes here well rec
ommended. Her husband has se
cured employment here, and
their daughter Doris will also be
here.
Clarence Briggs, Central Ore
gon District countil, business ag
ent of the A. F. & L. union of
Bend, and Jack Cove, field rep
resentative of national relation
board of Portland, held open
meeting and voting for or against
"closed shop" in the local work
ing agreement on Wednesday
from 3 to 7 p.m. One hundred
eighty-eight votes were cast for
closed shop" while three voted
no."
Kinzua baseball team and fans
motored to Heppner Sunday
where Heppner won 6-1. The
game was tied, 1-1, until the
last of the 7th when Heppner
took the lead. Kinzua plays ihe
final game of the season Sunday
at Fossil.
Mr .and Mrs. W." R. Wright left
here Saturday and visited at the
Blue Mountain ranch of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wightman before driv
ing on to Heppner where they
stayed for the game Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Boyer and
daughter came up to Kinzua
from Beaverton to spend a week
visting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harve Boyer and other relatives,
also to get their son Mike who
has been visiting here the past
month. The Vernon Boyers, Mr.
and Mrs. Harve Boyer, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Owens and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harlan Schroder and
Becky," Mrs. Harry Johnson and
children, Mary Kincaid and Le-
trice Rae Collins all had a picnic
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Day river where they enjoyed a
swim. The Vernon Boyers are
visiting at La Grande and Baker.
Mr. Boyer is a state policeman
at Beaverton.
Mr and Mrs. Tom Vandergraft
and family left Monday for Den
ver, Col., where they have their
home. They have been in Kinzua
the past year. Mr. Vandergraft
has an interest in a painting ma
chine that has been busy at Kin
zua, Condon, Fossil and The Dal
les the past year. .
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dean
Harrison is visiting his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Harrison, from
Astoria for two weeks.
Mrs. Bill Wright and Mrs. Fred
Beard were hostesses at a stork
shower Saturday night in honor
of Mrs. Zolan Tripp. About 25
tnends were present and that
many gifts were sent from ladies
who couldn't attend
Mrs. Mary Graham of The Dal
les is visiting her son and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Graham, this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Otto and
children visited at Chapin creek
guard station Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Denton. They
went to Heppner for the ball
game in the afternoon. Mr. Otto
was base umpire.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Leathers
Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Ad
ams and son Norvin were visiting
in Heppner Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel
Sr. at the Carl McDaniel home,
and also seeing the ball game.
Those visiting here from Wet
more over the week end at dif
ferent times were Mr. and Mrs.
Finley Keely, Mr. and Mr:!. James
Glealon, Larry Cool; and Mr. and
Mrs. George Leaks (Saturday),
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shannon, Mr.
and Mrs. Don St. John, Bill Hess
and son Junior, and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Jones, who visited Mr. and
Mrs. Claud England.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Fine took
their small daughter to Camas,
Kash., from Wetmoro where she
is receiving treatment for a throat
infection.
Mrs. Kathleen Stanley has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Riley, here from Portland
the past week. She will take her
son Norman who has spent the
past year here, home with her.
He will attend school in Portland
(his year.
Daloris and Valoris, twin
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Vem
Perry, are spending the week at
Wetmore visiting at the Don St.
John home.
WILLING WORKERS MEET
The Willing Workers of the
Church of Christ met in the base
ment of the church Wednesday
for an all-day session, with pot
luck dinner at noon followed by
a business meeting and sewing.
The twelve members present laid
plans for the missionary meeting
to be held at the parsonage next
Wednesday afternoon at which
time the hostesses will be Mrs.
John D. Runyan and Mrs. Archie
Padberg.
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Mrs. Tress McCllntock is spend
ing the week in Portland,
Band Preparing To
Provide Fair Music
With the arrival of the new
band director the past week the
school band is being pulled to
gether in preparation for furnish
ing music for the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo on September 2,
3 and 4. Robert Collins, succes
sor to Billy Cochell, arrived Wed
nesday of last week and imme
diately set about to get the band
members together.
A meeting was held at the
school gymnasium Tuesday eve
ning at which time 20 members
of the band turned out to meet
the new director and to learn not
only about the fair playing but
to hear what his plans for the
year's work will include. Regular
rehearsals will be called during
the rest of this month and the
cooperation of members and par
ents is urged in making the
band's initial appearance on a
plane indicative of its usual high
standard.
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Sheep Sheds And
Baled Hay Burn
Fire of undisclosed origin de
stroyed the sheep sheds at the
Otto Kuhl ranch on Rhea creek
Friday. The sheds were filled
with baled hay, which also went
up In the flames.
Neighbors and passersby on
the highway rushed in to render
a ;.' Glance and succeeded in con
fining the damage to the sheep
sheds. Biyce Keene took his trac
tor and plow and hastily ran a
fire guard around the wheat
field.
Pomona To Foster
County's Granges
Willows gtrnpa vr hrst to
t he Pomona prrn."e S'lurriav in
an all-day meeting at the hall in
lone, at which time matters per
taining to future policy and the
I county I ur were discussed. The
group enjoyed n fine dinner at
noon one of the outstanding
features of rrange meetings.
Xne Pomona ided to try to
stimulate more v sit ng between
granger, and will present a trav
cling prize to the grange having
'he most members visiting other
granges in the county starting
January 1, 1949. Mrs. Norman
Nelson will be in charge of this
activity.
Another Pomona project this
year will be the presentation of
door prizes at both the Morrow
County Fair & Rodeo and the
North Morrow County fair to the
most outstanding individual in a
4-H club showing at either fair.
For the afternoon program
there was group singing; a violin
solo by Mrs. Tom Wilson, accom
panied by Mrs Charles Ruggles
at the piano; a motion picture
on family problems, presented
by Francis Cook and followed by
discussion by the group led by
Mrs. Norman Nelson, lecturer;
and a portrayal of meaning of
he graces, Flora, Ceres and Po
mona, by Mrs Hershal Townsend.
'In?. Louis Halvorsen and Mrs.
Jack Bailey.
Vasco County Fair
Set For Sept. 4-5-6
Top riders of the Heppner area
are expected to compete in the
three-day rodeo scheduled foi
September 4, 5 and 6 during the
Wasco county fair at W. E Hunt
park at Tygh Valley. Purses are
large and the bucking string of
Sonn Bain, Antelope, will provide
a real chalenge to the skill of the
bronebusters.
This year's fair promises to sur
pass previous events in every way
from the exhibits of fat stock,
textiles, and land products to the
outstanding Indian pageantry
and the exhibition horses show
: riding clubs of several coun
ties. Indians from the Warm Springs
reservation and the Simnasho
tribe will present their colorful
Hiawatha pageant which has
been hailed as stirring and spec
tacular by those who have view
ed it in other parts of the north
west. By pantomime and sym
bolic dance, the Indians portray
the coming of the white man to
their tribal lands, and the ensu
ing tragedies that came with the
building of the western empire.
Facilities for picnicking, park
ing and camping are being im
proved now to accommodate the
expected ten thousand visitors.
Riders are urged to send in
(heir entries early by contacting
Mrs. Pat Fisk, Antelope.
FAREWELL DINNER PLANNED
The Women's Auxiliary of All
Saints Episcopal church is plan
ning an all-parish supper at 6:30
p. m. Tuesday, August 24, in the
parish house, honoring Rev. and
Mrs. Neville Blunt who will leave
to take u ptheir residence in Med
ford the first of September. Cler
gymen from several other par
ishes will be present. The Blunts
will return from their vacation
In British Columbia the latter
part of next week. Rev. Blunt
will occupy the pulpit August 22
and 29 and on the loiiowini! M
day he and Mrs. Blunt will de
part for Medford.
Heppner Winds Up
Baseball Season
In Second Place
McCurdy Limits
Hits to Kinzuans
In 6-1 Contest
By Jim Barratt
The Heppner Townies baseball
nine terminated a rags-to-riches
diamond season Sunday bv
trouncing the visiting Kinzua
nine 6 to 1 on the Rodeo field.
The win boosts Heppner to a
second place position in the lea
gue, behind banner-winners Was
co. Heppner hurler Harlan McCur
dy limited the visitors to but a
minimum of hits, giving up no
extra base hits in the nine In
nings of play. Bespectacled Doug
Drake. Heppner infielder, nabbed
tne only two-bagger of the game.
Backing up McCurdy in fine
style were the work of the in
field and outfield of the locals,
with the gardenmen playing
flawless ball . . . just the oppo
site of the erratic Kinzua out;
fielders.
Dead Ashes Create
Live Fire Monday.
Dead ashes deposited in a stub
ble field proved to be not so dead
Monday when fire broke out in
the rear of .Mrs. Sadie Sigsbee's
place on K street Mrs. Sigsbee
examined the ashes before de
positing them and felt quite as
sured that they were safe. She
went on about her housework
and when she started hanging
out the washing she discovered
the stubble was on fire.
A neighbor ran in with a rake
and beat the fire down, diverting
It from the direction of the house.
Mrs. Sigebee called the fire de
partment and when the blaze was
extinguished it had done noth
ing more than burn the stubble.
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Local News In Brief
Members of the Soroptimist
club presented Mrs. Robert Dobbs
with gifts of linen at their week
ly-luncheon today at the Elkhorn
restaurant. Mrs. Dobbs was the
former Jeanne Gaines and was
marred last Friday.
Mrs. Clayton Shaw and little
son are spending a month here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. Hager. Major Shaw accom
panied them here and returned
to Fort Lawton, Okla. to pack up
their household effects. He has
been transferred to Camp Hood,
Texas.
Mrs. Victor Johnson is spend
ing the week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Jenkins in Van
couver. Wash. Mr. Johnson will
drive down Saturday to bring her
nome.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bowlin
of Richfield, Idaho, who spent
several days here visiting her
mother, Mrs. O. H. Devin, and
(wo ssters. Mrs. Alice Prock and
Mrs. Thornton Dunn, left Wed
nesday for their home. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Bowlin's
twin brothers, Ellis and Arlo Mc
Roberts, who will visit at Rich
field until school time.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Merrill of
Klcr-tcth Falls visited a few days
here with her parents, Mr and
Mrs. E. R. Prock. They left Tues
day for a trip to Canada, being
joined there by his mother. Mrs.
Keith Beard, and they plan to
spend two months in the neigh
bor country to the north. The
Beards and Merrills have been
operating a restaurant in Klam
ath Falls which they recently
sold. They plan to return to that
city from their vacation trip and
will make their home there lor
the time being. Mrs. Prock is
taking care of the Merrill's son
until they return from Canada.
Tom Michos, proprietor of the
Jolly Joan cafe in Portland and
a Morrow county taxpayer, was
transacting business in Heppner
Tuesday. Michos owns the form
er Joe Delameter ranch about
four miles north of Heppner.
Marian Miller is here from
Portland to remain until school
opens at Oregon Slate college, to
which she plans to return this
fall. She will work at the Fred
Mankin ranch.
Marvin Wightman left Mon
day for Klamath Falls to attend
the summer training school for
agricultural and home economics
instructors at the Oregon Voca
tional Training school. He re
turned Sunday night from at
tending the Willamette Valley
Ram and Ewe sale at Albany
with Nelson Anderson, county
agent.
Vernon Padberg of the U. S.
navy Is spending a short leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Padberg. Vernon is sta
tioned at San Diego where he is
finishing his high school course.
He has been home since last
Thursday and will return to San
Diego Friday or Saturday
Mrs. Harvey Bauman and chll.
dren, Jimmy and Carolyn of
mpa, icta., Airs. R. t. Allstott
Sr., and Mrs. Otis Alls'tott and
sons. Jimmy and Jerry Ron of
Hermlston visited Mr. and Mrs.
Archie Padberg Friday night.
4-H Livestock Sale To Be
Feature of Fair on Sept. 3
Plans are being worked out by
ne xair Doaro to nom a 4-n club
Iivfctniv Cf) o at tho f rt hpommn
fair in September. The plaM
have gone far enough that the
date has been set anu prospective
contributors to the sale are being
contacted, according to Nelson
Anderson, board secretary.
The evening of Sepiember 3
has been chosen for the event.
It is planned to open the auction
at 7 p.m. with the expectation
that it will be over by the time
darkness sets in, but in the event
it should last longer than anti
cipated, lights will be put in the
livestock arena.
Sales of this nature have been
held at the Gilliam county fair
in recent years and prices brot
to the young people have been
better than those received at The
Dalles and the Pacific Interna-
tional, except for the outstanding
bids.
Random Thoughts . . .
About one year ago this news-,
paper urged that a member of
the high school faculty be sent
to Portland to attend the teacher
training course in driving offer
ed under the auspices of the
Oregon State System of Higher
Education. There was no one
available at the time and School
District No. l's chances for ob
taining free dual-control driver
training cars were nullified.
From the Oregon State Motor
association it is learned that high
schools which have not instituted
driver training programs may yet
qualify for the training cars by
sending one or more instructors
to the teacher training course to
be held in Portland August 23
27, under auspices of the state
education system. Instruction is
furnished by the national AAA
through the Oregon Motor asso
ciation. To quote E. B. McDaniel, pres
ident of the Oregon AAA club:
"Every high school in Oregon
ought to offer modern driver
training programs and the first
requisite is a specially trained
teacher. We hope high school of
ficials who do not yet have driv
er training instructors will take
advantage of this course to en
able them to institute this valu
able course. A total of 430,000
drivers lost their licenses through
suspension and revocation pro
ceedings in the United States in
1947. This is an increase of 35
percent over the 318,000 license
suspensions in 1946," Dr. McDan
iel concluded.
The time to inculcate proper
driving principles is when the pu
pil is learning, and a majority
of the beginners are of high
school age.
It still looks like a good op- !
portunity for the officials of
School District No. 1 to obtain t
a training car for driving instruc-
tion. j
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According to the Condon Globe- i
Times, the Union Pacific System
has reinstated daily train service
on the Condon and Heppner
branches on a permanent basis.
At present the trains up the
branches are operating from Ar
lington rather than from the ter
minals, as always in the past.
Whether or not this will be the
permanent arrangement remains
to be seen, but for the handling
of the immense 1948 wheat crop
it appears to be the best arrange
ment from the railroad's point of
view.
One of the best examples of
several communities working to
gether for a common cause was
seen in the first annual music
festival held at Hood River the
Rhea Creek Grange's Princess
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When Rhea Creek grange was
called upon to choose a prin
cess for the 1948 Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo, the choice
fell on this winsome little
Heppner lass, Constance Rug
gles. Princess "Connie" at the
age oi IS years is an accom
plished musician, playing the
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I In arranging the sale, the fair
board has in mind the encour.
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agement of younger 4-H beef club
j memoers wno are nui yei in po
sition to exhibit their stock at
the larger shows. That is not to
say that high class stock will not
be offered and the board is anx
ious that local people bid gener-
; ously on the offerings to encour
age the youngsters in their pro
jects. Some of the older beef
club members may have stock to
sell but most of them will be
taking their show stuff to the big
shows to compete with the state
and northwest exhibits.
Another feature to be intro
duced this year will be a calf
j scramble. This will take place
I during the rodeo at the period
I usually alotted to the wild bull
I fight which has been omitted
I this year.
past week-end. While advertised
as a Hood River affair, the citi
zens of that enterprising com
munity want it understood that
without the cooperation of other
Columbia gorge communities the
festival could not have been stag
ed on such an ambitious scale.
The Dalles, on the Oregon side,
and Bingen, White Salmon and
other Washington communities in
the area contributed talent and
financial support in making this
first annual festival a grand suc
cess. Music lovers were present
from many points of Oregon and
the northwest and hundreds of
citizens who perhaps heard heavy
classical music for the first time,
at least directly from the per
formers, turned out to help make
this the beginning of what is
hoped will be an annual event
from here on out.
From the standpoint of artistry,
the symphony orchestra, the cho
ruses, both adult and children's,
and the soloists were on a plane
with the best radio programs. The
setting for the festival was su
perb the high school athletic
field being utilized fos that pur
posewith the matchless Colum
bia gorge in the foreground and
Mt. Adams occasionally emerging
from the mass of clouds that ob
scure its lofty sumrhit with regu
larity, and the beautiful Hood
River Valley capped by lovely
Mt. Hood forming the backdrop
there was little left to be desired
by lovers of music and scenery.
Government red tape is a won
derful thing (or is it?). Informa
tion has been released in con
nection with the county hospital
financing which shows how eas
ily government processes may be
upset. When the application was
made by the county court for fed-
eral assistance certain forms had
to be filled out For 1A or Id, or
whatever the numbers were. Then
it was found that a little more
money was needed and a person-
al subscription campaign was
conducted in which an addition-
al S20.000 was sought. The $20,
000 was counted in with the other
funds and Form 2A or D was
filed out Then it was found that
instead of $20,000 the sum should
have been S26.000, for that was
the amount turned over to the
county treasurer by Frank Tur
ner, chairman of the fund committee-.
With everything about in
readiness to permit the calling
for bids it has been necessary to
await the untangling of this lat
est piece of government red tape.
It has been suggested that the
S20.000 should have been includ
ed and that the additional $6,000
should have been placed in a can
and buried until such time as the
hospital is ready for some fur
nishings. : -,r
piano, singing, and this year
she will take up clainet in the
Heppner school band. Domestic
by nature she likes to cook and
sew. She has always loved hor
ses and is no novice at riding.
The dancing public will assem
ble at the Civic Center pavilion
in Heppner Saturday evening
to do her homage.
4
Crops Of County
Pose Problem For
Railroad Company
Wheat, Stock and
Lumber Make Up
Heavy Shipments
With harvest in full force and
the golden grain rolling in to the
elevators faster than the storage
facilities can handle it an un
usually heavy burden is being
placed on the railroad to relieve
tHt congestion at the several sta
tions along the line between
Heppner and the main line at
Heppner Junction. In addition to
wheat, there is the daily'ship
ment of lumber from Heppner,
and-for the past week there have
been sheep shipments to add to
the cargo handld by the local
freight.
Saturday's incomng freight
brought 51 cars for distribution
along the line. There were three
loads and 48 empties, making one
of the longest trains coming up
the branch in many a day. Each
station received its quota, with
approximately one hall of the
cars being spotted at Heppner.
When the freight left Heppner
Tuesday evening it contained 26
cars, 13 of which were wheat,
eight of sheep and the balance
lumber.While the local freight of
fice was without figures on the
balance of the branch, it was es
timated that at least 25 cars of
wheat were picked up between
Heppner and the junction.
Although sheep shipments do
not rate high here these davs.
Harold Cohn has been billing out
small lots the past week, with 14
cars going to Ogden, Utah, and
two to Stockton. Calif.
Up to Tuesday evening, 35 cars
of wheat had been shipped from
tne Heppner elevators but this is
only partial relief. "We could use
15 cars a day," said Floyd Tolle-
son, local UP agent. As it is, the
Kerr, uifford & Co. elevator is
runnng the overflow on to the
ground.
The north elevator of the Mor
row County Grain Growers, Inc.
at Lexington has been overflow
ing for several days, as has the
Archer-Daniels Midland elevator
at lone.
Harvesting in the lower wheat
areas has reached the mopping
up stage and the scene of heav
iest activity has shifted to the
higher hill districts. Good yields
are reported from all sections.
o-
Heppner Couple
Married at Pasco
Jeanne Gaines and Robert W.
Dobbs, both of Heppner, were
married at 3 p. m. Friday after
noon in the Christian church at
Pasco, Wash., in the presence of
Mrs. Herman Parker and Mrs.
ban Merntt, cousins of the
bride. The week end was spent
in Pendleton and Ukiah and the
lewlyweds returned to Heppner
Sunday evening where they are
making their home in the Case
p.irtments.
The bride is the elder daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Huston
of Gooseberry and is co-owner of
the Jeanne & Alice Beatity shop.
The groom is a mail carrier and
works out of lone. He is a veter
an of the naval air corps and has
resided in Heppner since finish
ing his service.
TAKING FE WDAYS OFF TO
CATCH VP ON FISHING
Affairs of the Union Pacific in
heppner will be in the hands of
Richard Spadey of Portland while
Agent Floyd Tolleson takes a
few days off to catch up on his
fishing. In reality, Tolleson is
going as a kind of guide for rel
atives of Mrs. Tolleson's from
Oklahoma, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Eden and son of Tulsa, who are
anxious to enjoy some Oregon
riffle fishing.
The party plans to go to the
McKenzie river and mav also try
some angling in the Deschutes
before heading back to Heppner.
The itinerary may include a
drive over the Cascades into the
Willamette valley, up to Port
land and return through the Co
lumbia gorge.
LIGHTNING STARTS FIRES
Lightning caused at least five
Tires in timber on the north side
of the Heppner district of the Um
atilla National forest, the local
ranger office reports. Tre blazes
were soon checked but the look
outs are on the alert for any new
outbreaks. Most of the fires were
in the vicinity of the Tamarack
station.
HOME EC MEETING
The Home Economics club of
the Rhea Creek grange will hold
an all-day meeting at the hmm.
of Mrs. Emm.i D-al: on Aueiut
19. Plans for the club's booth at
the 1948 Morrow county fair will
be made at this time. There will
be a potluck dinner al noon
Mrs. Clyde Nulling and (laugh
ter Corabelle went to Pendleton
last week to arrange fur (I)r.
belle to enter the St. Anthony's
training school for nurses. Com
belle expects lo take uu tho
course In September.