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"Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, August 19, 1948
Volume 65, Number 22
Council Moves To
Put Sewer Project
On November Ballot
Bonds in Sum pf
$200,000 Thought
Sufficient for Job
At the semi-monthly meeting
of the city council Monday eve
ning it was voted to submit to
the voters for their approval or
rejection at the general election
in November the voting on a
bond issue of $200,000 for the
construction of a sawr.pe dLpial
system in Heppner. While prev
ious figures for such construc
tion had been set at $227,000, it
was pointed out that the city
now has approximately $60,000
in the sinking fund which can
be applied on the job.
The proposed project Includes
construction of sewage lines and
a disposal plant. Estimated cost
of the disposal plant has been
placed at $75,000.
In making the move to submit
the project to a vote of the resi
dents of the town, the council is
desirous of bringing the proposal
before the public. The city auth
orities have studied sewage dis
posal and concluded that present
facilities ae inadequate, that the
methods employed by some of
the .business houses and residen
ces" is not in line with proper
disposal practices. It is further
pointed out that the emptying
of run-off from septic tanks into
Willow creek is not in the inter
est of sanitation.
Repayment of the bonds, which
will run for 20 years, will be on a
flat rate basis and collected con
currently with the water rents.
That means that each water user
will pay for sewer service instead
of the payments being assessed
against the property.
Sunday Was Visiting
Day at McMurdos
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
weren't exactly observing old
home week but the list of guests
in their home over the past week
end could be Interpreted to look
like something of that nature had
occurred.
Beginning with their son and
family, the Charles E. McMur
do's who spent the past week
here visiting them, they were the
hosts to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice E.
Smead of Portland, Mrs. D. J. Mc
Paul and Miss Kathleen McFall
of Anaheim, Calif., and Miss Ei
leen Bowling of Bakersfield, Cal.
Mrs. McFaul and daughter are
aunt and cousin, respectively, of
members of the Hager family re
siding here and were residents of
Heppner prior to 1902.
Mr. Smead is a native son of
Heppner and has a rendezvous
with Dr. McMurdo each year at
deer hunting time.
Fred G. Magill of Cecil was
attending to business matters in
Heppner Wednesday.
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Club
ews
The premium list for the 1948
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
is being received from the print
er's. A copy of It will be mailed
to each club member as soon as
it is completed.
Club members are urged to
check through the premium list,
noting rules and regulations, pre
miums and contests. There are
many special awards and con
tests this year for both agricul
tural and home economics mem
bers. Check these and be prepar
ed to participate when Fair time
rolls around September 2.
Members of the Junior and Sen
ior Livestock clubs as well as
dairy and sheep members from
North Morrow county participat
ed In dairy and crops Judging
and weed identification at Pen
dleton, Friday, August 13. These
4-H activities are held each year
the day before the Oregon Ham
sale.
The club members had the op
portunity of seeing the Sheep
Dog Trials held at the Round-Up
grounds. The day will be com
plete with a swim in the Round
Up pool at 4:00 p.m.
Ronald Baker and Peggy
Wight man, members of the Mor
row County 4-H Livestock club,
attended the Willamette Valley
Purebred Ram and Ewe sale held
In Albany, Saturday, August 7.
Tfggy purchased a registered
Hampshire ewe from the A. W.
Bagley flock. Ronald purchased
two Southdown ewes from the El
don Rlddell flock. Ronald also
purchased a Hampshire ewe from
the Gath Brothers flock for his
sister Mardene.
These ewes are except iona I ly
fine quality and are fine addi
tions to the breeding flocks that
are started by these 4-11 members.
New Vicar Named
For Local Church
Announcement of the selection
of Rev. Elvon L. Tull as the new
vicar of All Saints Episcopal
church was made here Monday
vening by Rev. Fred Wissenbach,
rector of St. Paul's church at
Klamath Falls Rev. Tull suc
ceeds Rev. Neville Blunt who has
been in charge of All Saints since
the spring of 1943 and who, with
Mrs. Blunt, will leave August 30
for Medford.
Rev. Wissenbach met with a
group of men of the local church
to apprise them of Bishop Lane
W. Bartwn's choice of a successor
to Mr. Blunt to give them an
idea of the type of man that is
coming. It was learned that Rev.
Tull and Mrs. Tull had visited
Heppner on their return from
summer school at Cove and that
they were both favorably im
pressed with the church property
and the community and express
ed a desire to come here.
The new vicar and his wife will
come to Heppner and take up the
work on October 15. They are
at present located at Alturas, Cal.
and he has been in charge of the
work at Langell Valley In Klanv
ath county as well as caring for
the church at Alturas.
Many lone Folks
Now On Vacation
Following Harvest
By Echo Palmateer
DATES TO REMEMBER
Aug. 20 HEC tol Willows
grange. '
Aug. 22 Grange picnic at
Grant Olden's. Other granges of
Morrow county are invited to at
tend. Aug. 27 Meeting of the Three
Links club.
Mrs. Anne Smouse left for the
Willamette valley last week. She
will spend a few weeks at the
coast.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer
and son Lee and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Pettyjohn and family and
Kay Sherer spent Saturday night
and Sunday at Bingham springs.
The 4-H club girls met at the
Victor Rletmann home Wednes
day of last week. They spent the
time in sewing and planning on
their exhibits for the fair.
Floyd Wiles entered the veter
ans hospital at Walla Walla Mon
day. He was accompanied to Wal
la Walla by S. L. Wiles and Cleo
Drake.
Art Stefani Sr. bought the
Rhea creek school bus.
Mrs. Franklin Lindstrom is
home from the St. Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton.
M. E. Cotter Is ill at his home.
Miss Eva Swanson, daughter of
Mrs. Mary Swanson, has pur
chased a house in San Jose, Cal.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lindstrom
and family were Pendleton vis
itors last week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Baker and
family left Monday for Los Gatos,
Calif., where they will visit her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hen
derson. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner of
Baker spent Saturday night with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Engelman.
Ralph Smith and James Barnel;
were recent visitors at Astoria
and Seaside.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed AUIrich and
family of Hermiston were lone
visitors Sunday. Their daughter
t-leanor underwent an appendec
tomy last week at Pendleton.
Ernie Drake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cleo Drake, Carl Troedson,
Billy Joe and Bobby Rietmann
left for Portland Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts
were Pendleton visitors Tuesday.
The Maranathas met at the
Congregational church parlors
Wednesday, Aug. 11. The Union
Ladies Aid also met there at the
same time The Maranattias
made plans for a bazaar and
dinner to be held some time this
fall. After the meeting refresh
ments were served by Mrs. Larry
Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson, Mrs.
Lana Padherg and Mrs. Dale Ray
spent Sunday at the G. H. Prewter
home at Boardman. They were
met there by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Roundy and children of Kenne.
wick, Wash. Little Julia Roundy
returned home with the Brysons.
Wayne, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Rietmann, is visiting his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Peterson, at The Dalles
Linda, small daughter rjfMr.
and Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen, fell
in the bath tub Wednesday eve
ning r last week and cut her
chin. Three stitches had to be
taken.
Miss Lois Howk returned to her
home in Troutdale after spend
ing two months here.
Arthur Turner of Tacnma, ne
phew of Mrs. Fannie Griffith at
Morgan, was a visitor here over
the week end.
Arthur, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Lindstrom, cut his foot
on some glass one day last week
and seve nstltches were required
to close the wound.
Mr. and Mrs. Elvln Ely and
family of Boardman spent Sun
day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Ely, at Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J, Fitzpatrlck
Queen Betty And
Princesses Guests
At C-C Luncheon
Chamber Sponsors
Royal Court Visits
To Other Events
Heppner chamber of commerce
was host Monday noon to Queen
Betty Smethurst and her four
princesses the royal court of the
1948 Morrow County Fair and Ro
deo and their chaperon, Mrs.
Raymond Ferguson, at the regu
lar weekly luncheon meeting at
the Elkhorn restaurant. The prin
cesses are Lillian Hubbard, Wil
lows grange, lone; Lorraince
Swaggart, Lena district, Hepp
ner; Constance Ruggles, Rhea
Creek grange, Heppner, and Ves
ta Cutsforth, Lexington grange.
Frank Turner introduced Queen
Betty, who in turn presented her
party.
Invitations to the queen and
her court have been received from
the Umatilla county fair at Her
miston and from the Mustangers
of Pendleton for their final dress
up parade. Arrangements are be
ing made by the chamber to send
the group to the Umatilla fair
but inasmuch as the parade at
Pendleton comes on September 4
It will not likely be possible to
transport the girls and their hor
ses in time for the parade.
President Jack O'Connor told
the group about plans for a county-wide
park on property of the
Kinzua Pine Mills company
known as the French place and
under lease to Wightman Bros.
A tract including from one to
five acres will be set aside and
developed for picnic purposes if
the people of the county express
a desire to have that done. It will
be known as Wetmore Memorial
park in honor of the late Mr.
Wetmore, whose widow made
provisions in her will for financ
ing the project.
The lumber company is ready
to go ahead with the plans and
has chosen the site at the French
place.
FIND NICE WEATHER
ON NEBRASKA TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pate and
daughter Karen returned Monday
evening from a vacation of sev
eral weeks spent in Nebraska and
South Dakota where they visited
relatives and friends.
They report finding unusually
fine weather conditions in the
sections they visited, which made
the visit more pleasant. Mr. Pate
said he had never seen the coun
try side greener and although the
wheat crop was below par, the
rains had come at the right time
to make a bumper corn crop.
The trip was made east on
highway 30 but they chose a dif
ferent route on the way home,
seeing many points of interest
they had not previously enjoyed.
and Miss Margaret McDevitt are
vacationing at Ritter springs.
George Ely, A. A. McCabe and
sons, James and Lonnie, spent
a few days fishing in the moun
tains last week. They reported
a good catch.
Next Sunday, Aug. 22, during
the absence of the pastor, Rev. A
Shirley, r.ev. A. Thomas Apple
bee, pastor of the Condon Com
munity Congregational church,
will preach at the Cooperative
church. This arrangement is
made possible only by changing
the time of worship. The service
will be at 9 a.m. to allow Rev.
Applebee time to return to Con
don for service In his own pulpit.
It is hoped that congregation and
friends will show their apprecia
tion of Rev. Applebee's kindness
by being present at this earlier
hour. Sunday school will be at
10 as usual.
Rev. and Mrs. A. Shirley left
on a vacation trip Monday morn
ing. Oscar Peterson and son Gerald
left for Portland Monday where
Gerald will again enter the Good
Samaritan hospital for a surgical
operation on his right arm. Ger
ald has had only a limited use
of his arm since he was burned
a year ago. The Petersons' daugh
ter, Eunice, returned from the St.
Anthony's hospital Saturday and
Is much improved.
Jimmy and Bobby Torson, who
have been spending the summer
at the Oscar Peterson home, re
turned to their home in Portland.
Mr.and Mrs. Fred Ely are pick
Ing huckleberries at Mt. Adams
this week.
Gene Rietmann, Bobby and Bil
ly Joe JUetmann, Donald Peter
son, Paul Tews and Rollo Craw
ford spent Sunday at Langdon
lake near Tollgale.
A child clinic for pre-school
children was held at the school
house Aug. 11. Dr. Mariorlc
Smith of Longview, Wash., was
In charge. Miss Margaret Glllls.
county nurse, Mrs. Earl McCabe
and Mrs. Omar Rietmann helped.
Twenyt-one children went thru
the clinic.
Mrs. Omnr Rietmann states the
chest x-ray unit will be here
Nov. 8-9-10-12.
Mr .Skaggs at the Holmes Gab
bert place suffered a stroke last
week and Is In a critical condition,
Random Thoughts..
What a pity there was not a
photographer present last Friday
when that frog was released from
its 46-year imprisonment in the
wall of the Morrow county court
house! But it may not be too
late. Jarvis Chaffee thinks the
museum specimen may turn up
around the courthouse again,
that being a habit of prisoners.
For the benefit of those of our
readers who may not have read
of the unusual occurrence, we
hasten to report that a work
man digging a short trench at
the rear of the courthouse uncov
ered a frog that had been sealed
in the basement wall since the
time the building was construc
ted in 1902. Tossed up on the
bank it landed near the toe of
Chaffee's foot and out of idle
curiosity he shunted it around.
Shortly the "genus rana" opened
its eyes, began to test its limbs
and soon hopped off to see if any
of its kind were in the neighbor
hood. It has not been seen since
but Chaffee thinks it can't be far
away and that he will find it
one of these days.
The older generation r.ry not
approve of but can't condemn too
severely the practice some of the
younger generation of cutting
capers with cars up and down
the streets of the town. Brck in
the horse and buggy days some
of the more darng spirits used
to race their sadi le horses up
and down the sidewalks just to
show how tough they were (the
riders, not the walks), and for
the sake of seeing pedestrians
run to cover. It cost some of the
boys a few dollars to have their
fun and they usually paid with
out much complaint.
The fact that the cowboys were
having a little fun did not re
move the element of danger they
created for the hapless pedest
rians. These "young -fellers" who
cut didoes with their cars may
aiso tnink they are kidding the
local police force but they should
not overlook the fact that they
are jeopardizing the life and
lmib of the walking public. Since
parents permit their youngsters
to drive cars, provide them with
cars and gas money, there is a
parental responsibility to teach
their wards to osberve driving
courtesy and that doesn't in
clude plyaing with cars on the
streets and highways.
Miss Katie Minert handed us a
pert little paragraph which she
had picked out of another publi
cation and which seems to be a
proper definition. It reads: Day
light saving is founded on the
flld Indian custom of cutting off
one end of the blanket and sew
ing it on the other end to make
it longer.
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American Legion
Auxiliary Sponsors
IB X-Ray Exams
By Elsa M. Leathers
The Kinzua American Legion
auxiliary assisted with the tu
berculosis x-ray check made here
etween the hours of 4 and 8 p.m.
lst Friday. Only a small number
of our residents availed them
selves of this opportunity to learr
whether or not they are free of
tuberculosis symptoms through
the free service offered by the
Oregon State Board of Health.
A total of 123 persons above the
age of 15 years showed up for the
x-rays. Mrs, Jerry Rood was in
charge of all arrangements and
was assisted by Mrs. Sterling
Wham, Mrs. Ernest Wahl, Mrs.
Owen Leathers. Mrs. Ed Wham
and Mrs.Tyle O'Stander.
The Kinzua Pine Mills com
pany has posted speed signs
along the roads and streets of
Kinzua. The speed limits will be
enforced by the state police.
For a time this week traffic
was detoured over the Straw Fork
road to Kinzua, while the oiling
crew was surfacing the new high
way. By the end of the week
traffic was back to normal on the
highway although the road is not
completed.
A large number of Kinzuans.
baseball team and fans, attend
ed the Wasco-Fossil game at Fos
sil Sunday. Wasco shut the Fos
silites out, 6-0. Prindle opened
the game for Fossil but was re
placed by Gene Rourke in the
pcond inning.
Mrs. L. A. King and son Clyde
of Portland are spending the
week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. M. R. Wright. The women
are sisters-in-law. Before and af
ter the ball game the young lad
demonstrated a model plane he
built and flew In the model plane
contest at Jantzen Beach last
week. The little plane has a speed
of 70 miles per hour, while do
ing all sorts of stunts, and the
boy retained perfect control over
it by wires which he manipulat
ed from the ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Adams
and family left Friday afternoon
for Portland where they will
meet their son, S2c Perry Adams,
who is on board ship, "Bole," ami
will dock at Portland for the
week end. Don Bonner accom
panied them down.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Myers were
in Kinzua Friday evening from
Crew Putting Fair
Grounds In Shape
For Annua! Show
New Stock Pavilion
Up; Grandstand
Undergoes Repairs
All is activity at the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo grounds
these days and from the looks of
things the cash customers, as
well as exhibitors, will find ev
erything ready for the opening
of the 1948 show on Thursday,
September 2.
The new livestock pavilion is
up and workmen are putting in
the stalls and otherwise readying
it for receiving the fancy beef
from off the ranches of the coun
ty. Buildings and sheds used last
year are being renovated to house
dairy, -heep and hog exhibits.
Harold Erwin, general super
intendent of fair preparations, re
ports that the grandstand at the
rodeo grounds has undergone
considerable repairing and that
it will be in good condition. It
was found that some of the un
derpinning had rotted off near
the ground, and while nothing
had happened to cause alarm,
there was danger of a disaster
if the structure was not strength
ened. It is now as good as new,
and attendants at the rodeo may
rest assured that nothing will
happen.
Failure to get the racing pro
gram on the advertising does not
mean there will be no races at
the 1948 show. This part of the
rodeo program is in charge of
Harold Erwin and he hag worked
out a schedule to include three
races daily. Several strings have
been lined up and he expects
some fast contests. Entries for
the races close at midnight, Sep
tember 1.
Premium lists are being mailed
out from the county agent's of
fice today. They are a little late
and prospective exhibitors will
have to work fast, but the fair
board is counting on this kind of
cooperation from individuals and
groups.
HAS MAJOR SURGERY
Mrs. Henry Tetz was taken to
te St. Anthony's hospital in Pen
dleton Monday where she sub
mitted to a major surgical oper
ation. Her condition is reported
good as of today and she will re
main in the hospital about 10
days more, according to Mr. Tetz.
their ranch between Kinzua and
Fossil.
Mrs. Hugh Samples left the
first of this week for Bozeman,
N. D., where she will visit her
daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Hurd.
Mrs. Jerry Rood and Mrs. Bruce
Lindsey motored to Stanfield on
Saturday where Mrs. Rood will
visit Mrs. Guy Williams, Mr.
Rood's mothes. Mrs. Lindsey will
visit friends.
Mrs. Chas. Waters withdrew
from the union and quit working
for K. P. Mills Friday. She and
Mr. Waters plan to move to their
new home, recently purchased,
a store and service station near
Hillsboro. Mr. Waters has been
ill the past several months, anu
Is not able to do heavy work.
Dale Harrison has been home
the past week, suffering with an
abscess in the palm of his hand.
He works on the Lester Maley
ranch and will return to work
some time this week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Green vis
ited relatives over the week end
at Freewater.
Mr. and Mrs. Delvin McDaniel
visited in Heppner over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Davis
spent the week end at Lonerock
on their ranch.
Mrs. Francis Wood is conval
escing at her home here after an
appendectomy at The Dalles last
week. .
Mrs. Claud England is spend
ing a week at Wheeler, receiving
treatments from a doctor there.
Mary Williams, daughter of
Dell Williams, and James Wilson
were married here Saturday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva
Oliver.
Mrs. Marvin Jackson. Mrs. Au
bry Peyton were hostesses for a
stork shower in honor of Mrs.
Fred Shell, Friday evening. Many
friends were present and Mrs.
Shell was the recipient of many
nice presents.
Harry Johnson returned to the
states this week from a cruise to
the Hawaiian islands where he
spent the past month and also at
other Islands. Mr. Johnson is with
the navy and while on cruise,
he Is a safety supervisor instruc
tor. He came for Mrs. Johnson
and children and will return to
Vancouver, Wash., to their home
at McLaughlin Heights.
Lillian Searcy spent the week
end at Condon visiting her mo
ther, Mrs. Hattie High, and bro
thers. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Welbom re
turned to Kinzua from Dillon.
Mont., where they went to attend
Mr. Welborn's brother's funeral..
The body had been returned from
overseas. They also visited his
parents and friends while there.
Power Service Interruptions Give
Company, Users Some Bad Moments
A series of power line troubles,
Including a fire and two separate
line breaks, interrupted electric
service in parts of Sherman, Gil
liam and Morrow counties last
Thursday, jamming up busy
grain elevators, slowing down
other businesses and keeping Pa
cific Power & Light company re
pair crews on the jump making
emergency repairs to keep the
bumper wheat crop moving.
The succession of mishaps
started at 6:10 a.m. and ended
with last repairs at 6:05 p.m. The
power company put all crews in
the district on the job and called
in an airplane to help speed the
repairs.
The fire which started the ser
ies of troubles occurred at Olex,
a switch point between Arlington i
and Condon. The blaze burned a
pole top and a crossarm. It was
cleared up in about 19 minutes.
Cause could not be determined at
once.
Then just two hours later a sur
den "twister" of wind snapped
one of the main 22,000-volt pow
er conductors in rough country
about two miles east of the John
Day river. The power company
immediately started trouble
shooting crews for the general
vicinity and at the same time
sent Les Owen of The Dalles dis
trict office aloft in a plane to
spot the exact location from the
air and direct the ground crews :
to it. 1
Briefs of Community..
Mrs. Lottie Kilkenny has been
in St. Anthoyn's hospital at Pen
dleton since Friday for a medi
cal checkup and observation.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Turner and
daughter Ginny Lou are spend
ing a few days in Heppner at the
home of Mr. Turner's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. O. Turner. Don thot
he would put in a few days in
the wheat field at the Turner
ranch, if the weather permitted.
Mr. and Mrs. Cachot Therkel
son came up from Portland Tues
day to spend a few days at the
Hotel Heppner. They will return
to the city the last of the week
and be back in Heppner in time
for the Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith and
children, Jimmy and Carolyn, re
turned the first of the week from
the Puget Sound country where
they spent a pleasant two weeks
vacation. They spent the time at
an Orcas Island resort, indulged
in some salmon fishing (with
good results) and had an all
round good itme.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stout and
family and Mr. and Mrs. Ike Cole
will spend the week end at Wal
lowa lake where they hope to in
duce some of the finny tribe to
take their bait.
A baby girl was born Saturday
morning at St. Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton to Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Grady. The little
lady and her mother are doing
nicely. She is their second daugh
ter. Miss Jackie Tetz was guest
luncheon at the Elkhorn this
speaker at the Soroptimist club
noon. She spoke of her experi
ence in water work and the ac
tivities of the local pool. Several
new members were present at
the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hagerman
of La Grande were Sunday guests
lit the home of Mrs. Hagerman's
parents. Mr. and Mrs Alex Green.
Mrs. Guy Huston left Saturday
Princess Vesta
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Princess Vesta (Cutsforth) is
the last of the 1948 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo prin
cesses to be honored with a
dance and the devotees of the
light fantastic will assemble
ner Civic Center pavilion for
Saturday evening at the Hepp
that purpose. Daughter of O.
W. Cutsforth, prominent Lex
ington wheat rancher and
stockman. Vesta is not unused
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Crews were able to make their
way to the scene of the break
and repair the line by 1:23 p.m.
Arlington, Condon and Fossil
were affected, along with Hepp
ner, by both of these service in
terruptions. Barely a half hour after full
service was restored, another
conductor on the transmission
line snapped, this time in the
rugged area just west of the Des
chutes rives. This interrupted
full service to Moro, Wasco, Grass
Valley and Kent as well as the
other areas affected earlier.
Jhe broken line, which com
pany officials surmised also may
have been caused by a local
"twister," fell into a barbed wire
fence, burning some fence posts
and setting a small blaze which
was put out with no damage to
wheat or range land.
While loaded wheat trucks pil
ed up around the stalled eleva
tors. P. P. & L. again sent its air
and ground team into action to
locate and repair the trouble.
Weighted messages dropped from
the plane directed the repair
crews to the trouble spot. Com
plete service was restored at 6:05
p.m.
J. R. Huffman, local manager
for the power company, said use
of the plane to check the difficult
and roadless parts of the area
crossed by the transmission line,
undoubtedly saved a number of
hours in overcoming the unusual
series of mishaps.
for her former home at Yaeolt,
Wash., to pack her household
goods for shipment to Heppner.
She was accompanied by her sis
ter, Mrs. Katie Slocum.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Winchester
are the parents of a baby girl,
born Tuesday, August 17 at St
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
A baby girl was born early
Wednesday morning, August 18,
to Mr. and Mrs. James Farlev of
Heppner.
William and David Hynd were
in Pendleton Friday to attend the
sheep dog trials put on in con
nection with the ram sale. They
returned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barkla re
turned Tuesday evening from a
trip through Yellowstone park
and to old home towns in Mon
tana. While they report an enjoy
able trip, they found no accom
modations in the park and offer
the advice to others contemplat
ing a visit there to take along
their camping equipment.
Mrs. John Saager and Mrs.
Frank Holub flew to Seattle Fri
day where Mrs. Saager attended
a Christmas buyers market and
Mrs. Holub visited with her par
ents. After two days spent on
Vashon Island the ladies were
to continue to Portland by air
where Mrs. Saager was to attend
a special cosmetics school.
B LAKE-GILLIAM NUPTIALS
SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 29
Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Blake of
Heppner announce the forthcom
ing marriage of their daughter
Helen to Mr. Howard E. Gilliam,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Earle E. Gil
liam. The ceremony will be perform
ed at 3 o'clock Sunday, Aug. 29.
at All Saints Episcopal church.
A reception will be held at the
Blake ranch west of Heppner fol
lowing the ceremony.
An invitation has been extend
ed the public to attend.
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to ranch life. She has been a
4-H club worker, being a mem
ber of the 4-H bee fclub and
of the sewing and camp cook
ery clubs. She has attended the
summer school at Oregon State
college two terms. A member
of the Pep club and drummer
in the school band at Heppner.
she has been an active student.
Princess Vesta will ride her fa
ther's saddle horse. Lady, dur
ing the rodeo season.
Officers Find No
Clues To Slayer
Of Wilkinson Cow
Killings Reported
At Lone Rock And
North County Area
No clues have developed to
date relative to the cow killer,
or killers, who shot and partly
butchered a fine Hereford cow
belonging to Frank Wilkinson
late Saturday night or early Sun
day morning. This was the re
port from the office of Sheriff C.
J. D. Bauman this morning after
several days of working on the
case.
The cow was shot on the Wil
kinson summer range about 13
miles south of Heppner on the
main fork of Willow creek. The
carcass was found about 50 feet
from the Willow creek road on
the hillside. It was in plain sight
of people driving towards town
and Mrs. Lennie Loudon, Mrs.
Sophrona Thompson and Mrs.
Madge Bryant saw it Sunday af
ternoon as they were returning
from the mountains and reported
to the sheriff's office.
An examination of the carcass
revealed a rather crude job of
slitting the throat and prepara
tion for removal of the entrails.
The right hind leg had been cut
around in the proper manner for
removal but evidently the steyer
was frightened away by an ap
proaching vehicle and no attempt
was made to break the hip joint
Mr. Wilkinson has posted a
$500 reward for evidence leading
to apprehension and conviction of
the killer, or killers.
Sheriff Bauman reported that
there has been some cattle slay
ing around Lone Rock and in the
Boardman area. At Boardman a
cow and calf were killed, but
this, like the Wilkinson case, has
not led to clues the officers can
pin anything on.
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Band Leader Urges
Bigger Attendance
With opening of the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo just two
weeks away, Robert Collins,
Heppner school band dircctar, is
putting forth every effort to put
his- young musicians in shape to
do an acceptable job of playing
for the three-day show. He has
set up a schedule calling for
nightly rehearsals at 7:30 o'clock
Monday through Thursday, and
for drill practice at 2 p.m. on
Sunday. A special rehearsal for
the clarinet section is being held
at 1 o'clock each afternoon.
Due to harvest operations and
the employment of most of the
boy members of the band, the at
tendance has not been too en
couraging and Mr. Collins would
like to have the cooperation of
parents in getting them to prac
tice the remainder of the time
before fair-rodeo opening date.
News From
C. A. Office
Word has been received at this
office that the brand inspection
program is being continued. The
program was dropped several
weeks ago due to insufficient
funds to operate. Livestock men
and the emergency board are re
sponsible for obtaining an emer
gency appropriation to carry the
program until the next session of
the legislature.
Brand inspectors are being re
employed by the state depart
ment of agriculture as rapidly as
possible. Brand inspection ser
vice will be furnished carrying
out all the provisions of the law
including slaughterhouse inspec
tion. August 19 is the date for the
sagebrush removal demonstration
being held at the Elders Bro
thers' ranch near Valley Falls,
Lake county. The all-day demon
stration will start promptly at
10 o'clock in the morning.
Scheduled among the sage re
moval implements and methods
include a new type brush land
plow, flame throwers, one-way
plowls, offset disks and rail har.
rows. Reseeding fundamentals
will also be discussed.
SQUARE DANCE CONTEST
TO BE HELD AT FAIR
Hermiston Old-time square
dance contests will be featured
as part of the evening program
of the Umatilla County fair, ac
cording to Chairman Cliff Norns,
Hermiston, of the dance commit
tee. Equal numbers of sets will
compete at the fair grounds at
Hermiston Thursday and Friday
nights, August 2ti and 27, In pre
paration for the finals Saturday,
August 28. Fifty dollars in prizes
will be awarded to winning nets.
Nine familiar patterns will be
called, with each competing sot
demonstrating a pattern, accord
ing to Norris. Awards will be
based on costumes, attention to
caller and rythmn of execution.