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Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, September 16, 1948
Volume 65, Number 26
Death lakes Lee ,
Canfwell, 78, a!
Pendleton Hospital
58-Year Resident
Of Heppner To Be -Buried
Saturday
Following an Illness of several
years, during which time he suf
fered several strokes, M. E. L.
Cantwell, known to all as Lee,
passed away at 8:15 a. m. Wed
nesday, September 15, at the St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton
where he had been a patient
since August 29.
Chapel services will be held at
2 o'clock p. m Saturday at the
Phelps Funeral home, with the
Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Born October 24, 1870 in a rural
district known as Big Cabin
Switch in Washington county,
Arkansas, he went with his par
ents to Oklahoma, then Indiun
Territory, where they were am
ong the earlier ranchers. But the
call of the west was too insistent
and once more the elder Cant
well packed his belongings and
with his family started west in
1875 by ox team. They settled
for a time near Boise, Idaho, then
moved into Oregon and located
near Weston. En route to Weston
and while in the Blue mountains
hostile Indians passed them but
did not molest them.
In 1881, Lee went east with a
herd of horses. He remained in
and around Ft Smith, Ark., for
several years before returning to
Oregon. He attended school at
Boise for awhile and In 1890 came
to Heppner. He attended the
Armstrong Business colege in
Portland in the winters of 1890
and 1891. He freighted from Ar
lington Into Heppner In the early
nineties and later bought a dray
business In Heppner. On Decem
ber 23, 1896 he was married to
Frances Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C.owins, pio
neer residents of Heppner.
Mr Cantwell engaged In var
ious pursuits, carpentry, bicycle
shop, sawmil operation, engin
eer at the old Heppner Light &
Water company plant and, as age
overtook him and health no long
er permitted regular active life,
he became known as the "Christ,
mas Tree Man," supplying the
needs of the community each sea
son. Although Heppner was his
home from 1890. he spent a num
ber of years logging In the Wil
lamette valley and around Bak
er, returning here in 1933 to re
main. The family recalls that
when the 1903 flood struck the
town, he was forced to run to
higher ground where he stood
and watched the raging waters
sweep homes and residents to
destruction. After the flood he
engaged In carpentry work and
helped build many of the houses
of that era.
Surviving besides the widow
are a son, L. C. Cantwell of Echo;
a daughter, Mrs. C. J. D. Baumah,
Heppner; and several grandchil
dren, including Mrs. James Grove
of Pendleton, Jackson Holt and
Carl J. D. Bauman of Heppner.
There are also seven great grand
children. 1,000,000 Phones
Added Since V-J
Day by P.T. & J. Co.
In nn expansion unparalleled
In Its entire history, The Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany has added 1.000,000 tele
phones since V-J Day, It was an
nounced today by M. R. Sullivan,
the company's president, during
the course of his welcoming ad
dress lo the Telephone Pioneers
of America at their 1948 General
Assembly In San Francisco.
While Mr. Sullivan was talk
ing, a telephone on the speaker's
table rang and he was greeted
by the Installer of the millionth
telephone at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. James C. Stone In Sac
ramento. The ensuing conversa
tion during which Mr. Sullivan
spoke with Mrs. Stone, was "am
plified for the benefit of the
audience In San Francisco. Mr.
Stone a veteran, works for the
slate department of education In
Sacramento. The Stone family
Includes two small daughters.
According to D. A. Short, local
manager of the company, the pre
sent rale of telephone growth Is
three times as fast as before and
during Iho war, when It took the
company nine years to add the
preceding million telephones. In
the pnsl three years, the number
of telephones In service has been
brought to a present record total
of 3,631,917.
Graphically Indicative of the
way Hie west coast population
has moved around since the war,
the company has Installed more
than 3,000,000 telephones, and
taken out over 2,000,000, in
achieving a growth of a million.
Mr. Short said the eompUny es
timates the population gain in
the Pacific west, since V-J Day,
has been approximately 2,000,000
or 17 per cent, while In the same
period the million telephones rep
resents a growth of 38 per cent.
Third of Century
Brings Much Change
In City, Visitor Sees
After all, 33 years is quite a
span in a man's life almost one
half of the time allotted to the
average . person and . this fact
came home last week to Walter
Robinson of Westlake, Va., who
left Heppner August 15, 1915 to
seek his fortune elsewhere. Dur
ing the time he was in Heppner
he worked as night clerk at the
Palace hotel which for many
years adorned the corner now oc
cupied by the Rosewall Motor
company.
Robinson recalled that August
15, 1915 was Sunday. After a
lapse of 33 years he left his Vir
ginia home on August 15, Sun
day, to visit the little town where
he spent some of his younger
days.
About all Robinson could find
along Main street that looked
familiar were the Case and Hum
phreys corners. The court house
looked the same, as did the school
building, but aside from these
landmarks the rest of the town
bore no resemblance to the Hepp
ner of 1915.
Robinson went to Pendleton to
take in some of the Round-Up be
fore returning to Virginia.
Random Thoughts..
Apologies seem to be in order
this week and this column has
some to offer. In the first place,
due to a combination of circum
stances It was not possible to
make the mall last Thursday eve
ning and after arriving at the
conclusion (hat it would require
an all-night session to meet the
mailing deadline within the
county the mechanical force de
cided in favor of some sleep. It
was the first time In many mon
ths that actual printing of the
paper was deferred until Friday
and the printshop pride was
wounded to a degree.
What caused the delay, you
ask? We were short one working
day Monday being a holiday
and besides everybody was tired
from the strenuous days prior to
and Including the fair and rodeo.
Added to that was a general torn
up condition of the mechanical
department due to the Installa
tion of a new automatic job press,
so that all of the force was in
more or less of a dither. This
tangle is gradually straightening
out, the new press is working and
the force is beginning to have
visions of a return to normalcy.
Speaking of the new automatic
press, if you, gentle reader, have
not seen one in operation, drop
in some time and see the Kluge
do its stuff."
Now for more apologizing. Last
week some pf the winners at the
county fair were given. It was
announced that premium awards
in all divisions would come at a
later date. Both the county ag
ent's office and the Gazette
Times were behind in routine
work set aside to take care of
the fair and rodeo business. It
requires time and patience to set
down on paper the long list of
prizes and awards, and someone
is apt to be overlooked. But what
all this apologizing adds up t)
of the largest exhibitors were om
fact that in mentioning the win
ners in the cattle exhibits two
of the largest exhibiors were om
itted. Nto only did the parties
in question bring in their slock
but they worked to make the
livestock division one of the out
standing features of the fair. We
refer to the Kirk and Robinson
and the Frank Anderson exhibits
They will be given their rightful
recognition when the list of aw
ards Is ready for publication.
The old saying "can't see the
forest for the trees," might be
applied to changes that have tak
en place in the town over a period
of years. The visit last week of
a man who lived here prior to the
big fires which eradicated num
erous landmarks and failure on
his part to recognize buildings
along Main street, many of
which were here 33 years ago,
reminds us that changes have
been made and are still taking
place and that during the past
year or so the business district
has expanded to Include an extra
block. Those of us who see these
changes taking place accept
them as a matter of course, but
lo those who visit only occasion
ally these changes are burying
the past with which they were
familiar.
II should be a matter of grat
ification to residents of the town
that these changes are taking
place and that they enhance the
appearance of our little city. Lcl
the good work keep on until the
entire Main street has under
gone a face lifting.
o
Guesls of the Joe Hughes fam
ily the past week were Mr and
Mrs. G. W. Bassett and sons Al
bert and Ralph of Santa Ana, Cal.
Another son, Glenn, has been
working in the forest during the
summer and the visitors went on
to Salem to pick him up and
take him to Berkeley, Cal., where
he Is a student at the University
of California, G. W. Bassett is
Mrs. Hughes' brother,
Methodist Church
Used For O'Harra
Darnielle Nuptials
The Methodist church in Hepp
ner was the scene of a beautiful
wedding Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Mary Patricia O Harra
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newt
O'Harra of Lexington became the
bride of Roy Glenn Darnielle,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dar
nielle of The Dalles. Baskets of
multi-colored gladioli and asters
and candelabra of white tapers
were used profusely. Rev. J. Pal
mer Sorlien performed the cere
mony using double rings.
Peyton Winn of Weston, accom
panied by Mrs. J. O. Turner, sang
D'Hardelot's "Because" and Mel
otte's "Lord's Prayer" before the
bridal party approached the al
tar. Mrs. Turner played Grieg's
Ich Liebe Dich before the wed
ding march. Marilyn Munkers
and Eugene (Skippy) Ruhl light
ed the candles.
Miss Harriet Danielson of Bend
was maid of honor. Misses Doris
Evans of Portland and Caroline
Eranthover of Astoria were brid
esmaids. All the girls were gown
ed in green taffeta gowns with
matching gloves and hair adorn
ments. They carried arm bou
quets of Picardi gladioli.'
The bride, upon the arm of her
father, was lovely in a white taf
feta made with square neck, long
puffed sleeves, and long train.
Her veil was held in place with
a braid of taffeta. She carred
large white chrysanthemums.
Robert Darnielle of Portland
served as best man and the ush
ers were Wilbur Hendricks of Du
fur and John Lane of Portland.
A reception followed in the
church parlors. Assisting about
the rooms were Mrs. L. L. Ruhl
and Mrs. Vernon Munkers. Mrs.
L. I. O'Harra of Weston cut the
three-tiered cake and Mrs. Clar
issa Price, also of Weston, and
Mrs. Robert Wheeler of Pendle
ton assisted with the serving.
For going away the bride chose
a gunmetal suit with which she
wore navy blue accessories and
a rosebud corsage.
Out-of-town guests included
Mr. and Mrs. L. I. O'Harra, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Winn, Peyton
Winn, Mrs. Clarissa Price and
Mr. and Mrs. Albert O'Harra of
Weston; Mr. and Mrs. George
Winn of Milton; Wilbur Hend
ricks, Dufur; Mr. and Mrs. Clay
ton Ward, Mrs. Alvin Wagenblast,
John Wagenblast, Mr. and Mrs.
B. Remington and Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Clausen, and Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Darnielle, The Dal
les; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Wheeler,
Mr. and Mrs. Lebert Wright, Pen
dleon; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt,
La Grande; Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Darnielle, Gresham; Miss Betty
lleidenstrom, Siiverton; Miss Har
riet Danielson, Bend; Miss Doris
Evans, Portland; Miss Caroline
Branthover. Portland, and John
O'Harra, Klamath Falls.
The newlyweds will make their
home at The Dalles.
The bride is a graduate nurse.
She graduated from Heppner
high school and attended the
University of Oregon for two
years before taking up the nurs
ing course. The groom was with
the U. S. Marines for two years
and saw service in the Pacific
area.
4-H Special Award Winners
Named at Recent fair-Rodeo
Winners of the several special '
awards made by Individuals and
organizations to 4-H club mem
bers participating in the 1948
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
are announced by the special
committees working on these,
says N. C. Anderson, Morrow
county agent.
Lola Ann McCabe, lone, was
winner of the Willows Grange
special, a boudoir lamp awarded
10 her as the outstanding senior
club member in the room im
provement project. Winner of the
Lexington Grange special, a
cooking set to the outstanding
junior club member in a cooking
I project was Diane Van Horn,
Heppner. The Little Buttercreek
Ladies special was awarded to
Shirley Meyers, Buttercreek, as
the outstanding member in the
Junior Sewing project. The award
was a complete sewing kit.
A skirt marker, awarded by
Mrs. John Graves, to the out
standing member in the Sewing
11 project was awarded to Ingrlfl
Hermann, lone. Lola Ann Mc
Cabe, lone, was also winner of
a $5.00 award given by Pomona
grange to the outstanding exhi
bitor of the fair. Ingrid Hermann
ami Joan Coleman, lone, wiere
winners of the Mrs. L. A. McCabe
specials, which were scissors with
winners' names engraved on
(hem. These were awarded for
the best darn and best patch ex
sll sets, were awarded to Nancy
hlblted at the fair as a part of
the girls sewing requirements.
June Van Winkle, Lexington, was
the winner of the set of mixing
howls for the best bread exhibit,
also made by Mrs. L. A. McCabe.
The Foley Manufacturing Co.
specials which were kitchen uten
Ferguson and JoJean Dlx, Hepp
ner, as winners of the demon
stration contest. Ingrid Hermann
Have You Done
A Good Deed?
Hove you done a good deed
during the past month? Help
ed a neighbor or a friend or
performed some worthy act of
kindness?
If (0, Yeager's Store in Hepp
ner would like to hear about it
Write your story and mail or
take it in to the store and some
time during the month a nice
priie will be handed out or
mailed, to the person who in
the management's judgment
performed the most worthy
deed and makes the best story
of it
Stories will be published in
the Gazette Times.
"We are constantly hearing
about bad deeds committed and
seldom hear of the good
deeds," said O. M. Yeager, pro
prietor of the store. "We think
it will benefit the community,
and the county, to learn of the
good deeds and want to put the
emphasis on that side of life
and stand ready to award nice
prizes to those who will tell us
of their acts."
O.S.C Alumni On
Drive This Week
To Fill Up Ranks
Starting yesterday, the Oregon
State college alumni association
opened its annual membership
drive which will continue for a
month, September 15-October 15.
Effort will be put forth to enroll
every eligible former col'egian,
according to Mrs. Joe Hughes,
chairman for Morrow county.
To aid her in accomplishing
her objective, Mrs. Hughes has
named the following committee
members over the county: Lex
ington, Harry Dinges; lone, Mrs.
Omar Rietmann; Irrigon-Board-man,
William F. Barratt, and
Heppner, J. O. Turner, Marvin
Wightman and James J. Farley.
Barratt was asked to serve the
north end of the county not be
cause he resides there, for he
doesn't, but because he has voca
tional agriculture classes there
two or three days each week.
Each committee member has a
list of names of the former col
lege people to call on and Mrs.
Hughes is urging that contacts
be made before October 1 so a
complete report can be turned in
by October 15.
Mrs. Hughes received a mes
sage Wednesday from Warren A.
Reid, association president, re
minding her "Today begins the
1948 OSC alumni membership
drive. Let's get every county al
umnus on the Beaver bandwag
on. We re counting on you."
BOOKWORMS ELECT
Election of officers was- the or
der of business for the Book
worms when they met at the
home of Mrs. Cornctt Green Tu
esday evening. Election was not
all, ether, for it was the occasion
all, either, for it was the occasion
club and all members were pre
sent. Mrs. Alex Cline, sister of
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, was a guest.
Elected were Mrs. Fred Parrish,
president; Mrs. Floyd Jones, vice
president; Mrs. Frances Mitchell,
secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Ed
win Dick, assistant secretary
treasurer. and Joan Coleman, lone, the oth-
er set as the highest scoring home
economics Judges tying for sec
ond place.
In the agricultural awards,
Peggy Wightman was winner of
the Oregon Wool Growers auxil
iary special which is awarded to
the outstanding sheep club mem
ber. The award is $10.00. Second
award of $5.00 went to Sally Pal
mer. Betty Graves won the $10 cash
award with her grand champion
steer. Ronald Baker was winner
of the $15 award for the best
breeding project. Both of these
awards were given by Mr. and
Mrs. E. Baker, lone.
The Kirk-Robinson Hereford
ranch special award of $25 to the
outstanding Hereford exhibitor
was split between Allen Hughes
and Rieta Graves.
Duane Baker, high scoring in
dividual of the livestock judging
contest won the $15 special
award given by the Morrow Coun
ty Fair board.
WORD OF APRECIATION
I want my friends and neigh
bors to know how much your vis
its, and the cards and flowers
sent me during my stay at the
hospital In Pendleton were appre
ciated. These attentions shorten
ed the time and brought me much
happiness.
Mrs Phil Griffin.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thank
ing our neighbors and friends for
their expressions of sympathy in
our bereavement and for the
beautiful floral tributes to the
memory of our beloved wife and
mother.
Frank Fraters and family.
New County Home
Demonstration
Agent Due Today
Work so rudely interrupted
more than a year ago when the
county court felt obliged to cur
tail "extra-curricular" activities
will be renewed as of today, an
nounces Nelson Anderson, county
agricultural agent, who reported
that Miss Mabel Wilson has ar
rived to again establish home
demonstration work in the coun
ty.
Miss Wilson accompanied Clif
ford Smith, state county agent
leader, and Miss Frances Clinton,
assistant state home demonstra
tion agent leader, who are help
ing her to set up the program in
Morrow county.
According to advance informa
tion, Miss Wilson is a talented
young woman. She completed
special graduaie work at Iowa
State college in August and ar
rived at Salem in time to assist
the home economics girls from
this county with their exhibits at
the state fair. She has been at
CqrvalHs since November 1947.
Her activities include eight years
of 4-H club work, followed by a
period as 4-H club leader; active
in Girl Scouts and church groups;
church camp counsellor and
church organist.
While the guidance of a home
demonstration agent has been
lacking since Miss Kathryn Mon-
ahan left, the county agent's of
fice has endeavored to keep some
of the activities of the agent in
operation with the hope that
county affairs would get in shape
to permit reestablishment of the
work. However, County Agent
Anderson modestly confesses that
he lacks the feminine touch nec
essary to make a success of home
demonstration work and he is
happy to have one possessing the
necessary qualifications take it
off his hands
Mrs. Frank Fraters
Stricken at The
Dalles Thursday
Death came Thursday. Septem
ber 9 at a hospital in The Dalles
to Mrs. Frank Fraters, long time
resident of the Eight Mile sec
tion. Heart failure was ascribed
s the cause and she had been
riHonly a short time.
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p.m. Monday from the chapel of
the Phelps Funeral home, with
Rev. Francis McCormck officiat
ing. Interment was in the Hepp
ner Masonic cemetery. A large
number of the Eight Mile and
Gooseberry neighbors who had
enjoyed her friendship over a
long period of years attended the
final rites.
Amelia Sawyer was a native of
California in which state she was
born September 8 1871. When a
young girl her family moved to
Walla Walla, Wash. After resid
ing there about one year a sec
ond move was made this time
to Butter creek. It was there in
190J that she was married to
Frank Fraters and they went to
Eight Mile to make their home.
Following the burning of their
residence a few years ago they
spent their winters in California
and the summers in Morrow
county.
Surviving besides the husband
are four children, two sons, Char
ley of Enterprise and Tom of
Heppner, and two daughters, Cel
ia Needham of Philo, Cal., and
Irene Marciel, San Leandro, Cal.,
and seven grandchildren.
Traffic Deaths in
August Drop Below
Previous 3 Months
Oregon traffic deaths for Au
gust have been tentatively set at
27 to mark a sharp drop from the
10 or more charged to each of the
three previous months, Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry has re
ported. The decline, in the face of what
officials estimated to be the hea
viest traffic in the state's history,
established a record low death
rate of approximately 4.5 fatali
ties for each hundred million
miles of travel. Average death
rate for the nation is 8.4.
Rural areas claimed 21 of the
August deaths, with the remain
ing six taking place in cities anS
towns. Newbry said 50 persons
were killed in traffic last Aug
ust, 4S of them in rural areas.
Fort-eight met death in August,
1946.
The secretary said the contrast,
ing records for the traditionally
dangerous month proved that
high risk need not mean a high
death toll if drivers meet the
challenge.
Fatalities for the first eight
months of the year now total
254, under the same period last
year by 41. This represents a 14
percent decrease despite a 10 per
cent gain in travel, Newbry
pointed out.
"It's possible to drive without
killing," he repeated. 'The ABC
of safe driving is 'Always be
careful,' with emphasis on the
Always,"
Working Plans of Forest Service
Shown Businessmen's Group
Injury Insurance
For Children Plan
Of School Board
A new type of insurance, the
Student Mutual Benefit plan, has
been set up by the Oregon School
Activities association, according
to Leonard Pate, superintendent
of the Heppner schools. It is de
signed to give coverage for ac
cidents in which children going
to and from school may receive
injuries that may result in con
siderable expense to parents. Any
accidents on the school grounds,
in school buildings or in physi
cal education classes or traveling
to or from authorized school ac
tivities under direct supervision
of the school is covered. Sickness
or disease are not covered, only
injuries resulting from accidents,
Pate said.
The mutual benefit plan will
pay doctor or hospital benefits up
to $300. Maximum dental injury
is $40, maximum hospital benefit
is $75, The cost of this $1 per
year per student. The school dis
trict will pay one-half of this
cost Parents wishing this pro
tection for their children are ask
ed to send 50c per child to his
teacher, or, if it is desirable to
assume the entire charge, send
$1.
Walla Walla Church
Scene of Heppner
Couple's Wedding
Marylou Haguewood, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Haguewood
of Heppner and John Lane, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Lane, also
of Heppner, were married at noon
Saturday, September 11. The wed
ding took place at the Presbyter
ian church in Walla Walla in the
presence of a small group of rel
atives and friends.
The bride, given In marriage
by her father, wore a green suit
with bronze accessories and wore
an orchid corsage.
Miss Merlene Miller was brid
esmaid and Jackson Holt was
best man.
The bridesmaid wore a wine
red suit with black accessories
and wore a gardenia corsage.
Following the wedding a recep
tion was held in the Georgian
room at the Marcus Whitman ho
tel. Later the young couple de
parted on a short wedding jour
ney, after which they will be at
home in Heppner.
Those attending from Heppner
were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case, Mr. and
Mrs O. G. Haguewood, Mr. and
Mrs. John Lane Sr. and son Rob
ert. Other guests were present
from lone and Walla Walla.
Thinks Sister's
Home In Path of
Bad Forest Fire
When P. W. Ma honey heard
over the radio Monday morning
that a forest fire in the vicinity
of Ojai, Cal., had gotten out of
control and was sweeping into
the town, he immediately called
his sister, Mrs. I. A. Mather to
learn if their home was in dan
ger. When he finally got Mrs.
Mather on the other end of the
line she and the children had
been movd to the seashore and
she had not learned about the
status of their home.
Women and children of the
town were vacated and the men
folks remained in town to battle
the flames.
Mahcney says the fire entered
the town on the side in which
the Mathers lived and unless it
was checked he fears they were
burned out.
4-H Club News . . .
Morrow county 4-H clubbers of
which there was a good repre
sentation, did alright by them
selves at the Oregon State Fair
at Salem last week.
Ingrid Hermann, a staunch 4-H-'er
of lone, was rated "cham
pion" of the room furnishing div
ision. She also brought home a
blue award in Clothing III, which
consists of a cotton school dress,
blouse and skirt.
In the agricultural division,
Ronald and Duane Baker of lone,
placed first in a grub control
demonstration.
In the judging contest on Mon
day, Ronald and Duane as a
team, look second place, while
Rieta Graves was second high
scoring individual and Duane
Baker tied for third.
Yes, Morrow county can well
be proud of their 4-H clubbers!
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
left Tuesday for Medford to at
tend the 71th annual session of
the Oregon State Medical society.
September 15 to 18. They wfll
also visit friends at Medford as
well as their sons Scott and Ted
and family in Portland, return
ing to Heppner the first of the
week.
Barratt Building
Opens New Block To
Business District
Handsome Sales
Room Feature of
Garage Structure
A building venture designed
to bring north Main street into
more prominence as a business
district is now being carried out
with the construction of a new
automotive home for Heppner
Motors, which will replace the
outgrown structure now occupied
by the firm.
Under the supervision of How
ard Keithley, building contractor,
the new garage is being built of
concrete arid glass, covering over
3100 square feet. A rounding
glass two-car showroom of mod
ernistic trim facing Main street
will be completed first to coin
cide with the initial showing of
the new 1949 Kaiser and Frazer
automobiles for which the com
pany has the local agency, ac
cording to J. G. Barratt, owner.
The new structure will be L-
shaped, with one-half of the
building completed first, and fol
lowing the complete removal of
the old Heppner Motors building
off the lot to a new foundation,
the second half of the new build
ing will be completed.
Plans call for a spacious show
room, offices, rest rooms, parts
department, shop and tire space,
lubrication rack and a combina
tion wash and paint rack.
Considerable investment is be
ing put into the project to enable
Heppner Motors to give service
to all makes and models of cars
and trucks.
Personnel now employed by
the firm and who will take over
the new building include R. D.
Allstott, tires and lubrication; El
bie Akers, mechanic; Clarence
Baker, mechanic, body and paint
work, and Marion Murchison,
bookkeeper. Jim Barratt was
manager during the summer
months and made numerous sales
of new and used cars. He has
returned to Oregon State college
at Corvallis to complete his
course.
Fire Department
Answers Three Calls
Heppner's volunteer fire department,-
grown almost rusty
from lack of business the past
several months, suddenly sprang
into action Friday when a grass
fire along the creek below the W.
C. Rosewall residence got out of
control. The equipment was rush
ed to the scene and the danger
to adjacent property was quickly
removed. In a short time there
was a second cal but this, too,
was quickly brought under con
trol. Saturday afternoon a shed on
the Hugh Currin property on Wa
ter street caught fire and men
aced a shed on the Howard Kei
thley property. The fire depart
ment responded promptly and
with the aid of neighbors suc
ceeded in preventing damage to
the Keithley shed. The Currins
were not in town at the time.
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NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNERS AND MEMBERS
OF ALL BUILDING TRADES
It is the purpose of the Heppner
City Council to enforce all build
ing code laws and the undersign
ed has been designated Building
Inspector. Anyone contemplating
any repairs such as carpenter
work, plumbing and electrical
work must apply for a permit be
fore job begins, and each job
must be inspected as work pro
gresses. Any change in electrical
wiring or plumbing even a
small job calls for a permit. All
work over $50 requires permit.
By order of the City Council,
2G-29 O. M. Yeager,
Building Inspector.
BRINGS IN NEW WELL
G. M. Jannsen, well driller, has
completed a well at the Leonard
Carlson place in
Gooseberry,
bringing in an abundant flow
of water at 172 feet. The drill
has been moved to the Sam Tur
ner ranch In Sand Hollow. This
is the second well on the Carl
son place, both of them good
producers.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cox enjoy
ed a visit the first of the week
with an old acquaintance from
Galax, Va., Malin Collins, prom
inent man of that part of the
state. Mr. Collins was accompan
ied by his son, Pierce, and a ne
phew, Elmer R. Bedsaul. They are
making a tour of the country
and left here Tuesday for Pen
dloton where they had reserva
tions to see the Round-Up. They
will tour California and part of
Mexico before starting the home,
ward trek and will take In as
many points oi imprest as their
schedule will permit. The young
men saw service during World I
War I
Monday's chamber of commerce
luncheon was turned over to rep
resentatives of the United States
Forest service, with Ranger Glenn
Parsons making a plea for strict
est observance of fire regulations
by persons using the timbered
areas at this time of the year.
Announcing that one man
made fire had been discovered, a
small blaze on Harrington creek
just off of Sunflower flat, Par
sons called attention to the ex
treme dryness of grass and
ground debris which is a con
stant threat to the safety of the
timber and grazing regions. With
the forest service crews reduced
to the regular employees, due to
the exodus of college men em
ployed during the summer, he
was apprehensve of what might
happen If a fire got out of con
trol. Guests at the luncheon were
Glenn Jorgenson, timber staff
man and Al Warren, timber sales
manager, both from the Pendle
ton office, who are on a routine
mission here this week. The three
forest officials extended an invi
tation to the business men of
Heppner to go on a tour of the
Heppner ranger district Tuesday
and the bid was accepted by six
men including Len Gilliam,
Frank Turner, J. Palmer Sorlien,
Louis Lyons, Henry TeU and D.
A. Wilson.
Leaving Heppner at 8 a.m. the
party drove south on the Hepp-
ner-Spray highway to the point
where the Kinzua road takes off
to the French place, and on to
Wilson prairie. This was taken
m order to give the visitors a
picture of the logging industry
as carried out by the Kinzua
Pine Mills company. Methods of
cutting and loading were observ
ed, showing the big mobile load
ing machine in operation. This
was followed by a visit to a brush
piling area to show methods of
fire protection.
Logging operations naturally
are hard on the terrain. The big
timbers plow up the soil in the
course of being cut down and
loaded, and the job isn't as neat
as that done with a plow on a
Morrow county wheat field. To
remedy this situation and to help
hold the sou in place on tempor
ary roads the forest service plants
grass seed. This practice is prov
ing beneficial inasmuch as mois
ture is conserved and the ten
dency toward erosion is checked.
To prove that another practice
of the service, that of pruning
forest trees, is highly practical
and desirable, the party was
taken through an area where
quite a bit of this work has been
done during the past season.
Trees of a certain age are strip
ped of their limbs to a height of
20 feet above the ground. It costs
an average of 20 cents per tree to
do the pruning and by the time
the timber is ready for cutting
the value of that first cut the
best part of the tree has been
increased by $15.
At noon the group enjoyed
sandwiches and coffee served by
the forest service, after which
more inspection was made. The
visitors were taken to the head
of the grade being made by the
Heppner Lumber company to
haul into Monument. They were
all impressed by the system of
permanent roads already built
and in the course of construction.
It was a revealing lesson in for
estry as planned and carried out
by the United States Forest ser
vice Heppner To Play
Prairie Here 24th
First test of the 1948 Heppner
high school football squad will
be made on the home gridiron
Friday, September 24 w hen Coach
Vernon Bohles will send his boys
on to the field against the Prai
rie City high squad.
Since this will be the initial
competition for the Bohles hope-
tuts little is known of their abil
ity, but with several holdovers
from last year's fast squad it is
likely that he may spring a sur
prise. No word has come from
Prairie City relative to the merits
of the visitors but it is thought
this will be the first engagement
for them also.
MISS KIRK'S WEDDING
SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY
1 AFTERNOON, SEPT. 26
Mr. and Mrs. Merle N. Kirk an
nounce the forthcoming marriage
of their daughter, Merlyn, to Mr.
Donald O. Robinson. Miss Kirk
has chosen Sunday, September 2U
as the date and the hour will be
2 o'clock p m. The ceremony
will be performed at the Hepp
ner Church of Christ. A recep
tion will follow immediately in
the church parlors.
Relatives and friends of the
couple have been extended an
Invitation to attend.
BISHOP BARTON HERE
Bishop Lane VV. Barton and
family were Heppner visitors
Sunday, the Bishop having just
returned from Europe. He plan
ned to return to Heppner to hold
services at All Sulnts church this
coming Sunday but alter reach-
Ing Bend found he could not
make It. While here, the Bartons
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. M.
R. Wightman.