EGOU HISTORICAL SOCIETY
B L I C A 'J j I T 0 h I U H
PORTLAND. ORE.
Heppner Gazette Times
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 21, 1948
Volume 65, Number 31
PRESIDENTIAL
APPOINTMENTS
Oregon will be In a highly pre
ferred position for appointments
if and when Tom Dewey is pres
ident. (That "Tom" business Is
just being used these days for
party atmosphere out after Nov.
2.) In his last Oregon address
Governor Warren reiterated what
Dewey and Ed Jenckel, campaign
pundit, had said about Oregon
being the deciding factor at the
Philadelphia nominations.
Oregon has other formidable
contacts. Phil Metschan, maitre d'
Imperial, Portland, is credited
with having lined up mavericks
in the Oregon delegation and pre
sented a solid front for Dewey at
Philadelphia. Collector of cus.
toms would suit him. Highly ef
ficient Lamar Tooze nominated
Warren for vice-president and is
scheduled for solicitor general or
for a place on the federal bench.
U. S. Senator Wayne Morse, re
cently named by a national col
umnist as the most popular ora
tor In the republican campaign,
has had notable experience on
the national labor board and
might be tempted to head the de
partment of labor.
And this may not be as Juix
otic as it sounds (as it is "right
out of the horse's mouth"). Dave
Beck, dominating czar of the
teamsters union, is being consid
ered for secretary of labor.
TAX FREE PROPERTY
More than half a million dol
lars worth of Oregon property is
exempt from taxes on account of
its ownership or use.
The state tax commission re
ported this week that listings by
county assessors showed the fed
eral government had the largest
amount, $598,400,075, total in Ore
gon this year. The federal pro
perty in this state Is valued at
$339,487,987. The property of
school districts is valued atSSS,
611,416; municipalities at $44,
773,108; church and religious pro
perty at $25,516,000 and literary
and benevolent organizations at
$21,714,876.
STATE'S TITLE CLEARED
Oregon Is richer by several
hundred thousand dollars since
the state supreme court ruled this
week that the state has legal
title to the Mulkey building in
Portland.
The building was left by the
lute Frank M. Mulkey, Portland,
who died July 24. 1937. It is lo
cated at Southwest Morrison
street and 2nd avenue. The state
board of control thinking it might
want to use the property as a
sight for a new building, brought
suit against Mulkcy's heirs to
clarify his will. The heirs con
tended they deserved title to the
property, claiming the state did
not carry out the terms of the
will. The court, In an opinion by
Justice J. O. Bailey, also held that
the state could sell it or tear it
down if it wants to. The opinion
upheld Circuit Judge Walter L.
Tooze of Portland. ,
MAY BE FIREWORKS
The democratic national cam
paign in Oregon may look like
a dud so far, and again it may
blow up in the face of complacent
and overconfident republicans.
No more big-name speakers are
scheduled to campaign In Oregon
before the general election.
Scheduled or not there is a reech
oing rumor of a last hour demo
cratic whirlwind crusade in Ore
gon. Calvin Rawlings, Utah, na
tional committeeman and chair
man of the western regional com
mittee, knows what's cooking but
won't lift the lid. He has confer
red with top democrats this week
by local radio hookup (it Is that
secret). Democratic lieutenants
have shown a shot in the arm
confidence of late and are wear
ing "Just wait and see" smiles
that merit nothing less than ap
prehension. TAX LIMITATION
Thirty-two years ago sorely
burdened Oregon taxpayers got a
bright Idea. At the next election
they ratified a 6 per cent tax
limitation into the constitution.
It worked for four years.
On the fourth year, In 1920, the
same overburdened taxpayers
voted upon themselves taxes In
excess of their 6 per cent limita
tion to the tunc of $1,188,524.
Then it got worse. At the next el
ecton they voted upon themselves
nearly tlx times this amount In
excess taxes.
Since the enactment of the 6
per cent limitation law the tax
payers of Oregon have voted over
one hundred million dollars upon
themselves in excess taxes.
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Rev. E. L. Tull.
Holy communion 8 a.m.
Church school 9:30 a.m.
Morning prayer 11 a.m.
Junior Y.P.F. 6:15 p.m.
Senior Y.P.F. 7:45 p.m.
Choir practice every Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock,
If At First You
Don't Succeed . . .
Heppner high school appears
finally to have obtained a com
mercial teacher. She is Mary Al
ice Hardesty and halls from the
state of Michigan.
Miss Hardesty is the seventh
commercial teacher to be elected
by the local board of education.
The first was forced to resign
because of family matters. The
second left because of housing
conditions after being In town
but a few hours. The third could
not stay because of a ruling of
the retirement board. The fourth
changed her mind, or as she put
it, allowed friends to persuade
her to remain in South Carolina.
The fifth, after wiring a contract,
decided to stay In Iowa, and the
time consumed then allowed
number six who had applied at
the same trme, to secure another
school.
Miss Hardesty took her school
ing in Michigan and her teaching
experience has been in Michigan
and Ohio.
Graves-Pettyjohn
Vows Exchanged
Sunday Afternoon
Miss JoAnne Graves, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Graves, became the bride of Mr.
Howard Pettyjohn, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Pettyjohn, Sunday
afternoon, October 17. The wed
ding was held at the Church of
Christ, with Shelby Graves, uncle
of the bride and pastor of the
Assembly of God church, officiat
ing. Miss Joy Gerharz played sev
eral piano numbers before the
ceremony and accompanied Leo
nard Munkers who sang Al
ways" and "Because."
The bride entered the church
on the arm of her father to the
strains of the wedding march.
She wore a gown of white satin
with full court train. The bodice
was made with net yoke and drop
shoulder with draped shawl col
lar. Her net veil which fell grace
fully from a coronet of net and
seed pearls was edged with lace
and was fingertip length. She
carried a white Bible and orchid.
Shirley Wilkinson, in apple
green taffeta, was maid of honor
and the bride's two sisters, Betty
in lavendar and Rieta in yellow,
were bridesmaids. All three car
ried old fashioned nosegays.
They followed little Rosemary
Ayers, flower girl, and Billy Ray
Irby, who was the bearer of rings.
The candles were lighted by
Patricia Wilcox and June Van
Winkle, cousins of the bride, each
In a pink gown. Used with the
candles were baskets of white
and pink gladioli, which formed
an attractive setting for the ex
changing of the vows.
Hervel Pettyjohn was best man
for his brother and the ushers
were George Peck Jr. and Robert
Van Schoiack.
A reception was held in the
church parlors. Assisting with
this were Mcsdames Leonard
Munkers, Orvllle Cutsforth, R. B.
Wilcox, Glen Irby, Shelby Graves,
Ray Ayers, William Smethurst,
Ray Dolven, Claud White, Nor
man Nelson, and the Misses Fay
and Vesta Cutsforth and Margery
Graves.
After a short honeymoon the
young couple will be at home in
Heppner.
Out-of-town guests attending
the wedding were the brides
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B.
Wilcox of Ashland; Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Wilcox of Ocala, Fla.; Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Wilcox, Port
land; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wil
cox, Hermlston; Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Webb, Walla Walla; Mr.
and Mrs. Archie Pettyjohn, and
Mr, and Mrs. Dan Dobbins, Na
ches, Wash.
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Lexington Home Ec
Club Meets 28th
The Lexington grange Home
Economics club met at the home
of Mrs. Lonnie Henderson last
Thursday with 19 members pre
sent. Mrs. Cecil Jones was co-
holess. Sewing was continued for
the bazaar to be held Nov. 13,
and the menu was planned for
the turkey dinner to be given on
the same evening.
On Thursday, Oct. 28, at 1:30 p.
m. the club will meet at the
home of Mrs. Alfred Troedson In
Heppner with Mrs. Anna Smouse
and Mrs. Troedson as hostessos.
There will bo much Important
business to come before the club
at this time and all members are
urged to attend.
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IT'S ALWAYS SOI
People will read the paper
week in and week out and if
there are no errors there will be
no comment. But let an error
creep in and the editor hears
plenty of comment. And so it was
when we reported a stork shower
last week that wasn't such a
shower. Our informant forgot to
state definitely what kind of a
shower and following the trend
of the tmes hereabouts we Inad
vertently or otherwise Inserted
the word stork where It hadn't
orter been.
Mustangs Smother
Papooses Friday
With 44-0 Score
Passes, Reverses,
Straight Football
Bewilder Visitors
Coach Vernon Bohles' Mus
tangs had a field day Friday,
Oct. 15, at the expense of The
Dalles Papooses. The final score
was Heppner 44, The Dalles 0.
The Mustangs unleashed a ser
ies of passes, reverses, and
straight football that had their
opponents bewildered.
Ruhl and Bergstrom were the
main cogs In the ball carrying
department while Waters was on
the receiving end of most of the
passes thrown by Piper and Kee
nan. The Heppner line allowed
the Papooses but a few gains.
Ruhl scored first on a fake re
verse. The second touchdown re
sulted on a pass from Piper to
Waters. Ruhl ran end for a third
marker, making the quarter score
20-0. Another Piper to Waters
pass scored in the second period.
Ruhl rammed the line for the
fifth and sixth touchdowns of the
day.
Heppner plays at Arlington
Oct 22 and at John Day on Oct.
29.
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Random Thoughts..
Work of removing the one-time
exhibit pavilion at the former
county fairgrounds is progressing
and ere long the ground It has
covered, for some 30 years will be
exposed to view. And the ground
will not be all that Is exposed
the old dance pavilion will be out
in full view, and its unkempt ap
pearance may be more shocking
to our civic senses than we will
care to admit.
The logical thing to do would
be for the city to sell the second
building and have It removed.
That would leave the way open
to choose a site for a new civic
building and develop the park
around it. So long as the unsight
ly, and not too usable structure
stands, there will be little Incen
tive for seeding lawns, planting
trees and shrubbery, and other
wise developing a civic center.
One has to pay a visit to Rich
land, Wash., to learn to what ex
tent our living conditions are be
ing regimented. Richland is the
nearest example of an extensive
housing project, but there are
other places where regimentation
is in evidence. Over there the
picture is striking from the fact
that from a small community of
a few hundred souls a city of up
wards of 17,000 people has been
built almost in a matter of
months.
Good engineering has been us
ed in laying out the town, and
miles of paved streets have been
put down. New schools and other
public buildings have been built
and on every hand is activity to
complete the formation of a mod
ern city. There is just one thing
that is apparent to the casual
visitor and that is the sameness
in architecture. But after all that
matters little so long as people
have jobs and comfortable hous
ing. Do you remember the incon
venience the public ' suffered
when the city relaid the water
mains in 1947? You wondered if
Main street would ever look the
same again? Well it does look
about the same, only better, since
the state paving crew completed
the Job of relaying the pavement
over the water line. Not alone has
Main street been improved but
some of the Side streets have had
the bumps Ironed out and the
chuckholcs filled,' all of which
makes for more comfortable mo
toring.
Latest returns show that the
Community Chest fund has been
approximately 50 percent sub
scribed. With less than two weeks
remaining of the time set to com
plete the drive there will have
to be a more liberal aspect taken
by the people of a county that
has always prided Itself upon its
ability to meet quotas, if the Job
is to be reported finished by No
vember 1. ferhaps the days of
big donations are past, days
when a few generous souls un
derwrote any fund campaign that
came along, with a liberal sprink
ling of small donations to make
the quota go over in a big way.
That was heart-warming and en
couraging to those in charge of
the drives, but the really encour
aging condition is where every
one; man, woman and child-
does his bit. A 50-cent donation
on that basis would meet the
Community Chest quota and a
per capita of one dollar would
make it go over In a big way.
Why not take this into consider
ation: consider yourself a mem
ber of the community In which
you live and take an active In
terest in what is going on about
you. It is much easier to give to
things in which you are interest
ed. Doing a good turn being the
giver is more satisfying than be
ing on the receiving end. There
Briefs of Community . .
Mrs. Floyd Adams and daugh
ter Nancy and Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Turner made a trip to Vale Sun
day returning Monday. They
drove over to take Miss Betty
Adams back to her school after
a week end spent at Hermiston
and at home. Betty attended a
conference of home economics
teachers of the district at Her
miston. Mrs. Ralph Davis spent the
past week in Portland with her
husband who has been a patient
In the Veterans hospital for sev
eral weeks. Mr. Davis underwent
an operation October 11 and was
able to be up and around the
hospital in about a week. He will
return home soon for a few weeks
and go back to the hospital for
a second operation.
Miss Letha Smith, manager of
the Heppner office of the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company,
is on her vacation which will
terminate the end of the month.
She attended a conference of tel
ephone office managers at the
Multnomah hotel in Portland last
week end and went from there
to Bend to visit relatives and
friends. During Miss Smith's ab
sence, Mrs. Frank Gentry is in
charge of the office.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson are
enjoying a visit from Mr. Wil
son's father Harry L. Wilson of
Hopewell, N. J., who came the
past week and plans to spend
several weeks here.
Visitors at the John Runyan
home over the week end were
Sans Souci Lodge
Host to Rebekahs
Of District No. 20
More than 80 members of the
order were present Friday when
Sans Souci Rebekah lodge No. 33
of Heppner played host to the
lodges of District No. 20 in an
nual convention. Members pre
sent included five from Mistletoe
No. 25, Hardman; eight from
Bunchgrass No. 19, lone; 18 from
Holly No. 139 Lexington, and 42
from Sans Souci No. 33, and 10
visitors from neighboring dis
tricts and other jurisdictions.
Honor guest was the president
Christeen Smith.
The convention opened with a
banquet in the dining room at
6:30 p.m. following which lodge
opened. Each lodge presented
helpful ideas and demonstrated
various parts of lodge work.
Highlight of the evening was
the exemplification of the degree
work by Sans Souci lodge when
four candidates were initiated
from that lodge. Following the
work a talk was given by the
president
Officers chosen include chair
man, Leta Messenger; vice-chairman,
Mildred Wright, and secretary-treasurer,
La Verne Hender
son. They and the appointive of
ficers were seated by Bunchgrass
lodge with an impressive drill.
The convention accepted the
invitation of Holly lodge of Lex
ington to meet there in 1949.
Interest Grows In
Lecture Series
On Contract Bridge
Much interest is being report
ed in the coming series of con
tract bridge lectures and super
vised play by Sam Gordon, The
Kibitzer, who will be here on
Oct. 28-29-30, sponsored by Hepp
ner Jay-Cee-ettes in the Ameri
can Legion hall.
The trouble with most players,
he says, is that they try to learn
and play the game the hard way.
They end by knowing too many
things that are not so. All they
are expected to do is to tell each
other what their hands contains
in the simplest possible manner.
As an advocate of extreme sim
pliclty, he shows players how to
play the game understandably
with a minimum of effort in the
natural manner which experts
employ in a game, which is not
the way they describe it in books.
Top Officers Of
Shrine Pay Visit
Top ranking officers of El Kad-
er temple, Nobles of Shrine, paid
visit to the Morrow County
Shrine club in Heppner Wednes
day evening. The officers are on
a tour of the Shrine clubs of the
Jurisdiction. The visitors Includ
ed Frank Maguire, potentate;
Earl Riley, Chief Rabban, and
Luther R. Duckworth, recorder.
The local club and auxiliary
served a banquet in the dining
hall of the Masonic building,
which was followed by a pro
gram consisting of musical num
bers by Mrs. Charles Ruggles and
Mrs. Wlllard Warren, and speech
es by the visitors. J. G. Barratt
was master of ceremonies.
There were 58 persons present,
including members from Wheel
er, Gilliam, Umatilla and Mor
row. The Umatilla members wore
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Isom.
are many less fortunate souls
around you, in the county, in the
state, whose lot in life can be
made a little brighter, a bit more
secure by what you can make
available to them through the
medium of the Communty Chest.
Sam Runyan and his youngest
daughter from Camas, Wash.
Sam Runyan is personnel mana
ger at the Crown-Zellerbach pa
per plant at Camas. His brother
John reports that he spent a doz
en years or so working in the
plant before taking up the min
istry. Ted McMurdo and family came
up Thursday from Portland to
spend a few days with his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo.
They returned home Sunday.
Scott McMurdo was also home
for the week end.
Mrs. J. J. Nys and Mrs. W. H.
Cleveland drove to Portland Tu
esday to spend a few days.
Dr. and Mrs. C. C." Dunham and
Cammie spent the week end in
Bend where the doctor attended
an executive board meeting of
the Oregon Association of Chiro
practic Physicians held at the Pi
lot Butte Inn.
Miss Leta Humphreys spent a
couple of days the first of the
week in Portland. While in the
city she attended a banquet for
women pharmacists and a lun
cheon meeting of the Soroptimist
club of Portland. Miss Humph
reys returned Wednesday morn
ing, leaving Portland at an early
hour and driving through heavy
fog most of the way to Crown
Point '
Paul McCoy, pharmacist at
Humphreys Drug company, has
moved his family into the for
mer Oral Wright home on Church
street. '
Damaged By Fire
Fire was discovered in the kit
chen of the -Masonic building
shortly after 9 o'clock this morn
ing. Quick response by the fire
department confined the blaze to
a small space, holding the dam
age to the minimum. The dish
cupboard suffered the most, with
many of the monogrammed dish
es being broken. Water damage
will necessitate considerable re
pairing to kitchen, hallway and
stairway.
Cause of the fire was unknown
at press time. C. R. McAllister,
building custodian, and Mrs. Har
ley Anderson had been in the
kitchen not long before smoke
was seen and both say there was
no evidence of fire.
Services for Mrs.
Keith McMurdo At
Vale on Tuesday
Funeral services were held Tu
esday at the Holy Trinity Epis
copal church in Vale for Mrs.
Keith McMurdo whose death oc
curred Friday, October 15. The
Rev. C. L. Callahan officiated.
The body was shipped to Poca-
tello Idaho for interment.
Mrs. McMurdo wasa resident
of Heppner from 1926 to 1939
when she and her husband were
engaged in farming in the Rhea
creek section. They moved to
Vale from here.
She was born in Albermarle
county, Virginia, August 27, 1869
and was past 79 years of age.
Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo
drove to Vale to attend the ser
vices, returning home Wednes
day. Keith McMurdo is an older
brother of the local physician.
Early Day Forester
Dies in California
From Miss Bess Huddleston of
Condon, the Gazette Times learns
that Hugh B. Rankin who was
one of the earlier rangers of the
Heppner office of the Umatilla
National forest, died Saturday,
October 16 at his home in Santa
Clara, Calif.
He is survived by his wife, a
son Earl, and two daughters, Mrs.
James Yeager and Mrs. Louis
Wheeler, all residing in Califor
nia. Both daughters graduated
from Heppner high school.
VETS NOT FINISHING
SCHOOL MUST REFUND
ADVANCED TUITION
Veterans who drop out of school
before the end of a term for
which the Veterans Administra
tion has paid their tuition are le
gally bound to refund the unuse.l
portion or sacrifice that amount
of G. I. training entitlement.
This ruling, explained today by
Charles M. Cox, VA representa
tive for this area, applies to stu
dents enrolled under the G.I.
Bill at schools that: 1) Collect
tuition and fees in advance, and
2) limit refunds to students who
discontinue their course before
the end of the term.
Veterans who drop out before
the VA is obligated to pay full
tuition will have their G.I. en
titlement reduced only for the
actual time tuition was paid by
theVA. ,
To conserve their educational
time and also to help prevent
overpayments of subsistence stu
dent veterans are urged to notify
the.VA if they decide to drop
from school or a Job-training program,
Death lakes Young
Heppner Matron at
Pendleton Saturday
Mrs. Robt. Warfield
Succumbs After
Birth of Baby
Chapel services were held at 2
o'clock p.m. Monday at the
Phelps Funeral home for Mrs.
Robert Warfield who passed
away Saturday, October 16, at St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
Rev. E. L. Tull of All Saints Ep
iscopal church officiated. Mrs.
Ture Peterson sang the hymns,
accompanied by Mrs. William
Davis at the piano. Pallbearers
were Russell O'Donnell, Loyd
Burkenbine, Merle Burkenbine,
Billy Bucknum, Eugene Herman
and Charles Hasvold. Interment
was in the Heppner Masonic cem
etery.
Mrs. Warfield's death came as
a shock to family and friends.
She had been in the hospital for
several days prior to the birth of
her baby and it was thought her
condition was enough improved
that she would pass through the
ordeal safely. Death came short-
ly following delivery of the child.
Lucile Rae Cowins was born
February 1, 1925 in Heppner. She
attended school here, at Lexing
ton and at St. Joseph s academy
in Pendleton where she gradua
ted May 25. 1944. She married
Robert Warfeld March 4, 1945. To
this union three children were
born, James Ellis, Phyllis Jean
and Rae Lucile. Se is survived by
the husband and children, her
Parents, James and Elsie Cowins,
and a sister, Ruth McNeill of Pen
dleton, besides the grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cowins of
Hepnper and Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Allyn of Lexington, and other rel
atives. Coming from a distance to at
tend the funeral were Mr. and
Msr. Carl Allyn and family of
Portland; Glenn Warfield, Tole
do; Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Ray and
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Ball, Sal
em, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Herman of Pendleton,
P-TA Hears Talk
By State Board of
Health Field Man
Several speakers were heard on
the prgoram of the Heppner Parent-Teacher
association at the
regular monthly meeting Wed
nesday evening, October 13, prin
cipal of which was Mr. Piper from
the state board of health, who,
with the help of a film showed
how our progress is dependent
upon the advancement of others.
Dr. J. A. Woodhall gave a talk
on the care and preservation of
teeth.
Henry Tetz took time to explain
two of the bills to be voted on
at the general election Novem
ber 2, the constitutional six per
cent tax limitation amendment
and the constitutional amend
ment fixing qualification of vot
ers in school elections. The P-TA
went on record as favoring the
passage of both measures.
The second Wednesday of each
month is the meeting date of the
P-TA. The hour is 8 o'clock p.m.
and the place is at the school
house. Mrs. Louis Cason is chair
man for the next meeting, on
November 10, when the subject
will be "Can education help us
to become world-minded?"
MRS. LILLIVAND PASSES
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. D. N. Lillivand,
39. at her home in Alameda. Cal.,
Friday, Oct. 15. She is the former
Mary Ann (Mae) Kilkenny and
was born and raised in this coun
ty. She is survived by her hus
band, two children, David and
Peter, of Alameda; three broth
ers, John Kilkenny of Pendleton,
and William P. and Robert Kil
kenny of Heppner, and four sis
ters, Rose Chadbourne of Seattle,
Zara Cohn of Pendleton Ileno
Wyman and Colleen Greenup of
Heppner, and stepmother, Mrs.
Lottie Kilkenny of Heppner.
ATTEND BANK MEETINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Becket
drove to The Dalles Monday eve
ning to attend a meeting of the
Mid-Columbia Bankers associa
tion of which Becket was the sec
retary during his residence at
Moro.
Tuesday evening they drove to
Pendleton where the Umatilla
Morrow county association was
reactivated. Both meetings were
attended by Harry Claterbos.
president, and Elwaln Green
wood, secretary, of the Oregon
Bankers association.
Some interesting information
and figures released this past
week regarding Oregon farm pro
duction may be of some interest
to our farmers.
Oregon ranks first in the pro
duction of winter pears, filberts,
loganberries, youngberrles, boy
senberrles, black raspberries and
gooseberries, and takes second
place with strawberries, red rasp
berries, walnuts, prunes and
sweet cherries.
Desperate Coyote
Traps Trapper In
Fight For Freedom
Carl McDaniel is thankful that
it was his thumb Instead of his
throat that a desperate coyote
set his teeth into last Thursday
otherwise there would have been
a different story.
McDaniel came upon a coyote
on a trap line in the Sam Turner
place in Sand Hollow. He did not
realize that he had used more
chain than usual in setting the
trap and when he approached his
quarry to make the kill the ani
mal lunged at him. The trap
per's thumb being the nearest
thing in its reach, the coyote
seized it in its mouth and clamp,
ed down with a vise-like grip.
Then started a contest to decide
which it would be man or coy
ote. It was McDaniel's right thumb
that was in the vise. His knife
was in his trousers pocket on the
right side. To get the knife out of
his pocket and complete the job
of killing the animal before he
fainted from excruciating pain
was the thing uppermost in Mc
Daniel's mind, for he knew well
if he keeled over the brute would
be at his throat with those vi
cious teeth. But he finally extri
cated the knife and did some
throat slashing in self defense.
McDaniel says the coyote was
an exceptionally large one. He
had not wanted to injure the hide
more than necessary and had
planned to kill it with a club,
hence he had not expected to use
his knife and had not been ready
with it As it is, he is nursing a
mighty sore thumb.
Luncheon Group
Discusses Measures
At Next Meeting
Following a custom of several
years, the Heppner chamber of
commerce at its next meeting
will discuss the various measures
on the ballot to be voted upon at
the general election on Novem
ber 2. Some of the members are
informing themselves and will be
ready to give proper explanations
(they hope) during the luncheon
hour Monday noon at the Elk
horn restaurant. Since there are
11 measures to be voted on, it is
doubtful if all of them will re
ceive the attention which is their
due.
Garnet Barratt confirmed the
report that the hospital fund had
been approved. He had talked
with the firm of Roald, Schmeer
& Harrington, who informed him
that there is nothing in the way
of building, except that it proba
bly would not be advisable to
start this late in the season. It
was Barratt's opinion that con
struction will start as early in the
spring as weather conditions will
permit.
Harry Joslin was a guest at the
luncheon. He reported everything
in good shape in the "banana
belt" and said he would like to
be a member of the chamber of
commerce if Alpine were a little
closer to town. He was assured
that he can be an associate
member and participate in club
activities whenever he is in town.
Local Board No. 31
Selects Four Men
Four men were selected by the
tri-county draft board to go to
Boise Oct. 26 for pre-induction
physical examination. Two men
are from Gilliam county and two
from Wheeler county.
This is the first call from the
Gilllam-Morrow-Wheeler board
and those accepted for general
military service will probably be
inducted in the army in Novem
ber and December. The men were
selected from the single, non-veteran
now deferred group after a
preliminary screening by the lo
cal board, the oldest first.
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POTLUCK DINNER AT LEGION
HALL ATTRACTS 60 DINERS
Sixty plates were served to
members of the American Legion
and the Legion auxiliary at a
potluck dinner in the Legion hall
Tuesday evening. The dinner and
meeting were in the nature of a
kickoff for the season's activities
and the large turnout made it
possible to lay plans for some
of the events on the winter sched
ule. Aside from a dance to be given
Saturday evening, October 30, the
main Item of business taken up
was that of preparing for the an
nual buckburger feed on Armis
tice Day. It is the Heppner post's
turn to provide the feed in which
the Hermiston post participates.
It will follow the annual football
game between the Hermiston and
Heppner high schools.
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Several Morrow county Farm
Bureau members have made res
ervations to attend the 17th an
nual Farm Bureau convention to
be held at Bend, November 9 to
12 Inclusive. The program for the
meeting looks interesting with
committees set up to discuss ev
ery farm commodity grown in the
state.
Wheat Commission
Seeks Settlement
Of Costly Strike
Markets May Be
Lost if Grain Is
Not Moved Soon
Unless the maritime strike
now locking Pacific Coast ports
ends quickly, the Pacific North
west wheat industry may suffer
a severe setback.
That's what the Oregon Wheat
commission told representatives
of the striking unions and water
front employers in Portland last
week end.
The wheat commission's bold
attempt to show ship owners and
unions the economic chaos a pro
longed strike will bring to north
west farmers was the concluding
and most important action taken
at the quarterly meeting.
In prepared statements read at
different meetings to manage
ment and labor officials the
wheat commission said "it was
not interested in arguing the con
troversy," but asked both employ
er and unions to consider "what
must happen to the entire econ
omy of the Pacific Northwest if
the backbone of our agriculture
is broken."
Jens Terjeson, chairman of the
wheat commission, outlined the
two major headaches faced by
northwest growers:
Northwest storage depots may
be choked with a 100,000.000 bu
shel surplus when 1949 wheat
crops are harvested. Every four
days of the strike means that
there will be another million bu
shel surplus in July.
Foreign markets may be lost
Though the loss seems to be tem
porary now, it may prove per
manent if regular customers seek
their wheat elsewhere. Last week
the Indian government, a regu
lar customer, paid $11,000,000
cash for Canadian wheat
Special Program
To Dedicate New
Eastern Star Altar
Friday evening will be a spe
cial date on the calendar of Ruth
chapter No. 32, Order of the Eas
tern Star, for while that is the
regular meeting time of the lodge
it also has been selected as the
time for dedicating the new altar
purchased during the past year.
It has also been chosen as the
time for honoring the past ma
trons and past patrons, a func
tion which usually attracts a
large turnout of the membership.
Locsut" chapter of lone has
been invited to visit Ruth chap
ter on this occasion.
Ralph Currin In
Race For Attorney
The question of fijling the of
fice of district attorney was set
tled this week when Ralph Cur
rin decided to enter the race on a
write-in basis. It took a little
persuasion from P. W. Mahoney,
who, although having resigned is
still serving, and having decided
to run, Currin is asking the vot
ers to write in his name on Nov.
2.
Ralph is a graduate of the law
school of the University of Ore
gon and passed the state bar
examination in August.
MINISTER ADDRESSES
SOROPTIMIST ON U. N.
At the regular meeting of the
Soroptimist club of Heppner at
noon today, Rev. J. Palmer Sor
lien addressed the group on Uni
ted Nations, in observance of
United Nations week. Nineteen
members and three guests were
present.
Mrs. Fay Bucknum gave an
account of the lighter side of the
meeting in Spokane of the Sorop
timist clubs of the Northwestern
region. Mrs. W. O. George report
ed the workings of the confer
ence at last week's luncheon.
Heppner Soroptimists are spon
soring a hayride and bonfire for
the high school Sunday evening,
(October 31. About 100 have sig
nified their intention of partici
pating. 4-H CLUB NEWS...
Arrangements are well under
way for the annual 4-H achieve
ment party which will be held at
the Lexington grange hall on Fri
day evening. October 29. Potluck
supper will be served at 6 p.m.
lo all club members, prospective
club membmers, their parent,
and everyone interested in Hie
4-H club program in Morrow
county. L. J. "Doe" Allen, state
4-H club leader, Oregon State col
lege, has been invited to lie with
us for the evening.
The Grofast 4- HSIieep club of
Boardman, with Nathan Thorpe
as leader, is the first agricultural
club to be completed this year.
This Is a club with 100 per cent
completion, with this year being
the first as local leader for Mi
Thorpe.
Members enrolled in the club
are William and Larry Thorpe,
Wanda and Wllmu Hug, Marlil
Potts and William Coder.