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Heppner Gazette Times
Volume 65, Number 37
Heppner, Oregon Thursday, December 2, 1948
Green Mustang 5
To Meet Teams Of
Big Wheat League
, Only Two.Lettermen
On Hand for Coach
To Build Team On
With only two returning" letter
men on hand, Coach Vernon
Bohles' young basketball squad
faces a very stiff series of forth
coming games. With only two
weeks of practice behind them
they open the season Friday,
Dec. 3 against the exceptionally
strong Heppner Townles. Many
of the local followers are saying
that the Townles should have
one of their best seasons this
year. However, the Mustangs
are primed to give them an all
out game.
The following Tuesday the
Mustangs entertain the strong
Echo Cougars at the high school
gym. These two teams broke
even In their series last year, each
winning one.
Heppner again Is entered in
the Big Wheat league. Along with
the Mustangs, Arlington, Condon
and Fossil, a new member has
been added, the Moro Huskies.
The Huskies, a team which
Vnocked over the Mustangs in
the district tournament last year,
are expected to turn out a well
balanced squad.
Waters and Sumner, the only
returning lettermen, are expected
to form the nucleus of Bohles'
squad. Other members are Or
wick, Gunderson, Bennett, Man
ners and Ruhl. Among the re
serves a stiff battle is raging for
positions. Some of the more out
standing ones include Smith,
Green, Piper, K. Connor, and G.
Connor.
Death Calls Mrs.
Nellie McFerrin at
6:00 This Morning
Funeral services for Mrs. Nel
lie Dent McFerrin will be held at
the Heppner Church of Christ at
2:30 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. McFer
rin's death occurred about 6 o'
clock this morning at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Ava Wright,
in the Reid apartments. She had
been an Invalid for approximate
ly 17 years. Several members of
her family were .with her when
the end came.
She was born March 19, 1872
at Eugene and was married in
1888 to William McFerrin. To thla
union nine children were born
and the husband and three of the
children preceded her In death.
Surviving are Alma (Mrs. John
W.) Hlatt, Mrs. Ava Wright and
Loy McFerrin, all of Heppner;
Eldon of Spokane, Evelyn John
son, Newport News, Va., and Zel
la (Mrs. Crocket) Sprouls of Oak
land, Calif.
Local News In Brief
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Parker j
of Pendleton were week-end
guests of friends in Heppner.
Mrs. Parker Is the former Adelle
Forster and worked in the tax
department at the court house
prior to her marriage. '
Miss Edna Hughes was up
from Portland to Spend Thanks
giving with her mother, Mrs.
Grace Hughes. She accompanied
W. O. DIx from The Dalles as he
returned from a county assessor's
meeting.
Jack Edmondson who Is attend
ing school In Portland spent the
Thanksgiving holidays at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Durward
Tash.
Coming from Corvallis to spend
the Thanksgiving holidays were
Mr. and Mrs. John Skuzeski, who
were guests at the home of Mrs.
Skuzeski's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry E. Peterson in Goseberry.
Jack Parrish came from Klam
ath Falls where he Is a student
at the Oregon Vocational school
to spend the Thanksgiving holi
days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Parrish.
Mrs. W. C. Williams of Walla
Walla was a week-end visitor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Vaughn. Mrs. Williams' maiden
name was Lalondc and she was
a member of a pioneer Heppner
family.
..L. E. Dick Sr. was a week-end
Visitor in Heppner, coming for
.Thanksgiving with his sons, L.
Jr. and Kemp Dick and fam
ilies. He was accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Rose Willson, and
they left Friday afternoon for
Portland for a short visit before
going to California where they
expect to spend several weeks.
Mr. Dick and his mother live at
Helena, Mont.
Steven Anderson Is the name
given their son born Monday
morning, November 29, by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Anderson. The
baby was born at the Good Sam
aritan hospital in Portland and
weighed seven pounds three oun
ces. Mr. Anderson and son Eric,
and Mrs. Hilma Anderson return
ed from Portland Wednesday
night.
X-Ray Unit Takes
665 Pictures Here
About eight per cent more peo.
pie took advantage fo the free
x-ray service provided by the
Oregon Tuberculosis association,
with county participation, this
year than In 1947, according to
information received by the Mor
row County Public Health asso
ciation.
A total of 63 persons submitted
themselves for the miniature tu
berculosis pictures. Of these, 647
were negative lor pulmonary tu
berculosls; 13 were questionable
or positive and will require 14 x
17 inch plates; three showed pa
thology other than TB and two
were unsatisfactory lor reading.
The report showed that 92 more
people were x-rayed this year
than last
Christmas Seals .
Mailed This Week
- Opening of the 1948 Christmas
Seal sale is scheduled this week
with mailing out of the annual
Christmas letter and the sheet,
or sheets, of seals to the people
of the county. Fifteen hundred
letters will go Into the mall,
which should provide seals for
every family.
It is the desire of the public
health association that each fam
ily receiving the seals make use
of them, but not without remit
ting the proper amount represent
ing the number of seals enclosed.
If there la no intention to use the
seals or to pay for them, they
should be returned to the asso
ciation, the officials say.
For the convenience of Outly
ing districts, local chairmen have
been appointed to receive remit
tances for the seals, either by
cash or by check. At Heppner,
Mrs. Merle Becket; Lexington,
Mrs. Lonnie Henderson, and lone,
Mrs. Omar Rietmann will receive
the funds, announces Robert Ow
ens, president of the county
health association.
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Heavy Rain Visits
This Area Today
Coming In on the wings of a
high wind which swept up from
the south, a heavy rain has been
falling most of the time since ear
ly morning over Heppner and vi
cinity. The temperature is not
high but sufficiently so to keep
the showers from turning to snow.
This condition is somewhat in
contrast to reports in the morn
ing newspapers to the effect that
snow rovers most of eastern Ore
gon. There Is snow not many mil
es south of Heppner and a little
change In temperature could eas
ily turn the rain to snow here.
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LOWEH BOUSE CROUP
MEETS IN PORTLAND
Representative Henry E. Peter
son returned the first of the week
from Portland where on Saturday
he attended a meeting with a
group of members of the lower
house to talk over plans for the
1949 session of the legislature.
Frank Van Dyke of Ashland,
leading contender for the speak
ership, presided at the meeting.
The forthcoming session Is not
viewed with too much relish by
the legislators, according to Pet
erson, who reports that he with
the general run of representatives
feels that meeting the demands
of the people will be a tough Job.
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A seven and one half pound
girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Olson at the family residence
Monday, November 29. The child
has been named Marian Diane.
More Heppner of '86
From his father's priceless
collection el early-daf picture,
Stonier Minor resurrected this
view of one of Heppner's ear
lier hostelrlee the City Hotel
The place was operated by
Stanley's grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs, Ellis Minor, who, with
several mem ben of their fam
ily are seen In the picture, Mr.
Minor Is the gentleman seated
about the center of the group.
Mrs. Minor Is the lady In block,
flanked at her left by her
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Time Grows Short
For Contributions
To Christ mas Train
The Oregon CROP train will
join with trains from more than
twenty other states to form a Na
tional Christmas train, with ded
ications at shlpside in Portland
land nine other ports set for
cnristmas Day, according to
Miles G. Blickenstaff, state CROP
director.
Plans for the gigantic CROP
caravan were announced by John
D. Metzler, national chairman of
the Christian Rural Overseas pro
gram, and were revised from ear
lier CROP arrangements In order
to swell the American contribu
tion of foods to hungry nations
abroad. Pleas for help have been,
pouring in from church workers
in every European and several
Asiatic countries, and a mount
ing tide of reports show that
without help, millions must
starve during the late winter and
early spring.
Twenty cars of foodstuffs,
chiefly grain and dairy products,
have been pledged by Oregon
county CROP organizations, and
because of the extension of time,
contributions of Oregon farmers
are expected to go well above the
pledged goal by Christmas Day.
County organizations will receive
contributions up until December
5, and cash gifts which can be
converted into food at central
depots will be accepted until De
cember 12.
Goal of the Morrow county
CROP committee has been one
car of wheat, and la already well
on its way to being realized, an
nounces the county chairman,
Rev. J. P. Sorllen. Originally the
drive was scheduled to end by
Thanksgiving day, and the addi
tional time will give volunteer
workers a chance to visit many
more farmers In the county. All
those wishing to give to CROP,
who have not been visited by
CROP representatives may mall
contributions to the county treas
urer, Nelson Anderson, county
agent, at Heppner.
'The name, Christmas Trains,
will appeal to millions of Amer
ican farm folk," Blickenstaff de
clared. "Few of the gifts we
make will give us so much satis
faction as one to CROP, which is
In the true Christmas spirit, and
none will be so much appreciated
as the necessities of life by those
In very real distress."
COURTHOUSE "GANG"
FETES MB3. RODGERS
Upon the eve of her departure
from the courthouse, where she
has been a continuous official
resident for the past 20 years,
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers was honored
at a party given by fellow offi
cials, more commonly referred to
as the "courthouse gang," at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon In Coun
ty Judge Bert Johnson's office.
Refreshments of ice cream, cake,
coffee and chocolate were served
and Mrs. Rodgers was presented
with a Scotch plaid car robe.
The former county school su
perintendent entered upon her
new duties as teacher of the sixth
grade in the Heppner school on
Monday morning.
ANNUAL BAZAAR FRIDAY
The Womans Auxilary of All
Saints Episcopal church will hold
a bazaar and tea at the parish
house from 2 to 3 p.m. tomorrow
(Friday). Fancy work, aprons,
cooked food and candy will be
on sale. Tea will be served from
2 to 5.
daughter Ada (Mrs. W. R. Ir
win), and at her right by an
other daughter, Nlra (Mr. W.
B. Potter), holding the young
est daughter. Will a. On the
balcony are two ether dough- .
ten, Delia (Mrs. Kalleck) and
Etta. (Mrs. Roberta), and Mrs.
W. O. Minor. Stanley! mother.
While the City Hotel woe one
ei the pteaeet building ( the
It stood mm ike
Random Thoughts.;:
This writer admits to being one
of the world's worst or should
we say best forgettera, particu
larly with, relation to getting
Items' in the paper, matters of
current interest, that is, but It
has always been a matter of
pride on being able to remember
events of the past with unques
tionable accuracy. Thus it wis
that pride was humbled when
Judge Hager called us on the car
pet for making a misstatement of
fact relative to the Main street
picture published in the GT two
weeks ago. If you have your copy
of that issue handy you will note
part of the front of the building
at the extreme left; It was men
tioned that that might have been
the building occupied by Bode the
Tailor. The Judge says we were
in error. Bode occupied a build
ing in the corner of the Natter
yard. The building in question
was at one time used as the law
office of Judge W. R. Ellis and
G. W. Phelps. Judge Ellis served
two separate terms as congress-'1!
man from the Second Oregon dis
trict Mr. Phelps was elected as
district attorney from Umatilla
and Morrow counties, moving
from Heppner to Pendleton. After
a term or two in that capacity he
was elected district judge, But
at the time the picture was taken,
the building under discussion
was occupied by a land concern,
the name of which Judge Hager,
who has had a few more years in
this land of milk and honey than
yours truly, could not recall. ' ;
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It Is comforting to know that
the old town is waking up once
more and preparing- to. observe
the Christmas season In. a man
ner reminiscent of pre-World War
II days. A committee from' the
chamber of commerce has wprked
out a decorating scheme and the
merchants' committee Is charged
with the duty of working out
program to be followed between
now and Christmas eve. From the
start the committees have made
something worthwhile will result.
It matters not whether the wea
ther be open and the landscape a
dull winter - gray or if Mother
Earth be wrapped In a blanket
of sonw, greenery lends warmth
and color and its use at Christ
mas time creates an air of festive
galty. As one who has at times
needled -the chamber or com
merce a little on Its austerity,
the writer wishes to commend
the "old boys" on their sudden
display of civic interest
Life is Just one continuous
round of sports. Scarcely do the
echoes from the football grand
stands die down before basket
ball takes the center of the stage.
And so It goes throughout the
year. Track events follow closely
upon the heels of basketball, and
then comes baseball- It all takes
for mealtime conversation each
Monday at the chamber of com
merce luncheon.
At this writing it is not known
what Coach Vemon Bohles has in
the way of basketball material,
but if the boys turn out and take
to his basketball coaching the
way they did to his football men
toring the fans will have little
to worry about and nothing to be
ashamed of.
If you are thinking about in
stalling a furnace and want some
advice on what not to do perhaps
the Gazette Times family could
be. of a little assistance. Since
business and residence are hous
ed In adjoining buildings It was
thought desirable to heat both
places with one unit, A well .rec
ommended furnce was installed
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buildings between the Masonic
and Thomson, buildings up to a
com par ati rely few years age.
With the building ef the Pal
ace hotel In IBM, the City ho-
' tel was converted to a rental
building and housed three bus
inesses m the ground floor,
with the upstairs being divided
up Into apartsaents. The wind
sail! woe abaadened In the ear-
4y Ws dMra U. V. Qatos i-
ctty
REA To Call For
Bids on Warehouse
To Be Built Here
Work progressing
On Lines Through
County Rural Area
Plana have been completed for
the construction of a warehouse
for the Columbia Basin Electric
project and bids will be called
for within a few days. The build
ing will be put up in Heppner on
an as yet undetermined site, but
It erection Is assured, according
to A. A. Scouten, general mana
ger for the. concern.
While work so far on the three
county project has been confined
to pole setting, It will be only a
matter of weeks until other ma
terials will he arriving and the
Co-op la without warehousing fa
cilities. Not alone will materials
be housed in the new building
but there will also be space for
trucks, Scouten says.
Work of erecting the poles for
the new rural service is progress
ing and up to this time approx
imately 70 miles of the timbers
have been set up in the southern
and western part of Morrow coun
ty. No small amount of difficul
ty la encountered In penetrating
rock and this has slowed the op
eration. A patent post-hole dig
ger brought in for the work is
more or less nullified due to the
rocky condition of the terrain cov
ered, but the machine is a big
help where the soil is deep en
ough to use it to good advantage.
Where the soil Is deep enough
the poles are set in six-foot holes;
where it is rocky, four foot holes
are deemed sufficient. A crew of
30 or so men is employed in the
line work.
At present the construction
crew is headed towards Hardman
and with weather permitting this
stretch will be finished by mid-
December. The crew will then be
shifted to the north side of the
county, working down Willow
creek and across the North lone
and North Lexington sections. It
has been the desire of the man
agement and officials to com
plete each section before moving
to-another district - -
The first carload of wire will be
here about the first of April, Scou
ten reports. After that the pole
setting and wire stringing can be
coordinated where necessary and
the work rushed.- It is expected
that the Morrow county end of
the district will be finished up
during the winter and the work
in Gilliam and Wheeler counties-
can be started by early spring.
September 1 is the date set for
turning on the "juice" and Scou
ten feels quite certain about be
ing able to meet that schedule.
Miss Leta Humphreys was a
business visitor In Portland over'
the week end.
in the early fall and the furnace
"did its stuff until some of those
frosty nights In October when the
thermometers could be raised to
about 64 degrees mornings and
evenings. This condition went on
until Wednesday morning of this
week when, with winter temper
ature prevailing and signs of
more winter weather In the offing
the heating situation became des
perate, the house Installing the
furnace was prevailed upon to do
something about it.
And what do you think was
wrong? After checking the fur
nace Itself for possible mistakes
in putting it together, running
over the heat distributing system,
and the automatic wiring, the
checker arrived at the conclusion
that about the only thing which
could be wrong would be the fan.
it was largely a guess, ne aamu-
ted, but a possibility not to be
overlooked. And the hunch paid
off. The fan motor had been wir
ed up In reverse, so that what lit
tle current it whipped up served
to hold the heat In the furnace.
When the motor had been revers
ed and the electricity was turned
on the heating plant almost leapt
from the floor and did the heat
ever rush out through the ducts
like it was Intended to do!
It has been nearly seven years
since the subscription price of
the Gazette Times was raised
from $2 per year to $2.50 per
year. In the time that has elap
sed everything pertaining to hu
man existence, with the possible
exception of electric rates, has
gone sky-high. Advertising rates
were raised once, and even that
raise has not kept pace with the
constantly rising costs of paper
and other materials entering into
the production of the newspaper
and the operation of the printing
plant. Now, with the promise of
a raise In the postage rates, and
no promise of a reduction in
printing materials, the manage
ment of the Gazette Times feels
compelled to raise the subscrip
tion price. This will be done as
of January 1, 1949, when the rate
will be J3 per year. It may be
come necessary to raise the rate
even higher to out-of-state sub
scribers, but the common rate
will be observed until further no
Yule Season to be fittingly Greeted
By Heppner Business Houses
J? 'SHOPPING
WfEKS LEFT
Vie.
Mail Early, Says
P. 0. Department
Due to the unprecedented load
of parcel post mail now being
handled by the post office de
partment and rail lines, all pa
trons are urged to place their
Christmas parcels in the mail on
schedule arranged by the mail
service, states James H. Driscoll,
Heppner postmaster.
For Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, all parcels should be in
the mail not later than December
17. For Montana, California,
Utah, Nevada and Arizona the
date Is not later than December
13, and for all other states, not
later than December 6.
Assurance can not be given,
Driscoll says, that delivery will
be effected if mailing is done
later than these dates, due to
congestion at all terminals.
There has been no change in
rates since last year. Unsealed
Christmas cards, out of city lim
its, 1 12 cents each. Sealed
Christmas cards, out of city lim
its, three cents each ounce. Sealed
Christmas cards, in city limits, 1
cent per ounce.
Library To Offer
Kiddie Story Hour
Renewing a service in years
past, the Heppner Library asso
ciation will provide a story hour
for pre-school children. The ser
vice will start this Saturday and
continue indefinitely, oras long
as the Interest warrants. The hour
set Is from 3 to 3:30 p.m. This
time will be extended if there is
demand for It A group of high
school girls has volunteered to
do the reading.
Mothers wishing to have their
little tots, those old enough to
appreciate the stories, cared for
during a brief shopping period
will find this a convenience, the
library folks believe, and they
are urged to avail themselves of
this opportunity to do their
Christmas shopping during the
next few weeks.
W.W. II Veterans
Have Priority on
Minindoka Project
Priority will go to World War
II veterans on 46 homestead farm
units covering 3,618 acres of ir
rigabje land to be opened soon on
the Gooding division of the Min
idoka project near Twin Falls,
Idaho, the Oregon departmnt of
veterans affairs said today.
Applications must be filed by
December 30 with the project land
use specialist, bureau of recla
mation, route 3, Jerome, Idaho,
to be included in the drawing.
Interested veterans are urged to
write to the Jerome agency im
mediately for application blanks,
to assure proper study of the in
structions before filing.
Although the land being offer:
ed "will have to be cleared and
prepared for irrigation," the bu
reau's announcement describes it
as "very productive," offering
such staple crops as alfalfa,
wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas,
potatoes and sugar beets. In ad
dition, "cattle raising and dairy
ing are important industries, and
hogs and poultry do well."
: Applicants must have $3000 in
capital or assets, two years of
farm experience, five references,
and must intend to farm as an
occupation.
Each successful applicant will
be given two barrack-type frame
buildings and war surplus items
including small tools, toilet fix
tures, tables, chairs and army
blankets.
Assistance in laying out fields
and Irrigation systems, clearing
and leveling land, developing
domestic water systems, crop
and livestock production- and
farm building construction will
be offered by local, state and fed
eral farm agencies.
Personal inquiries regarding
the land opening may be made
at the Project Land Use and Set
tlement office, Bureau of Recla
mation, Hunt, Idaho.
MISSIONARY MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson
will be hosts Sunday afternoon
to the missionary society of Val
by church at their home In Goose
berry. The meeting will open at 2
o'clock and friends of the church
have been extended an Invitation
to attend.
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Livestockmen Of
County Resolve to
End Cattle Ihefts
Committee Working
To Effect Change
In Brand Law
Morrow county livestock men
meeting late In November as a
group of the stockgrowers asso
ciation, recently organized, re
solved to take one further step in
an attempt to reduce ivestock
theft loss here at home. Past ac
tion has been directed toward
attempts to change the present
brand law. The present law is de
signed to make it easy for live
stockmen moving cattle across
state and county lines for pas
ture and range. No protection Is
given them when cattle are mov
ed from the county. With a brand
law committee composed of Luke
Bibby, Eb Hughes, Orville CuU-
forth and Ivan Cox, the Wheeler-
Gilliam Stockgrowers association
and State Farm Bureau conven
tion have heard from Morrow
county with reasons for the need
of a change in the brand law.
However, while proceedings are
underway by this committee,
Chairman Harold Erwin has ap
pointed another committee on the
education of the state regulatory
law which requires that all car
casses being transported must
carry a sheriffs tag or slaughter
house stamp. The law, which
most people do not know exists,
provdes a means of having a
record of all people who have
transported meat within the
county. Lockers accepting meat
for cold storage, butchers or otht
ers purchasing carcasses would
require that the meat be proper
ly tagged before it be accepted.
Other business of the meeting
was the adoption of a constitu
tion and by-laws for the associa
tion which was drafted by Frank
Anderson and Bill Barratt. ... -. .
Public Invited To
Lodge of Sorrow
Sunday Afternoon
Heppner lodge No. 358, Benev
olent and Protective Order of
Elks, will conduct a lodge of sor
row at 2 o'clock p.m. Sunday, De
cember 5, at the lodge hall. This
service is open to the public and
the lodge has extended a cordial
invitation to members And non-
members alike to attend.
The Women's Chorus under the
direction of Mrs. O. G. Crawford
will sing several numbers, with
Mrs. J. O. Turner presiding at the
piano. Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien will
deliver the address.
The following program has
been arranged:
Funeral March, Mrs. Turner.
Opening Ceremonies of the
Lodge.
Invocation F. W. Turner.
A New, World Soreno. Wo
men's Chorus.
Rollcall of Departed Brothers.
Prayer Perfect Speaks. Wo
men's Chorus.
Ceremonies of Lodge.
Address Rev. J. Palmer Sor
lien.
Dear Land of Home Sibelius.
Women's Chorus.
Auld Lang Syne. Lodge and
audience.
Closing Ceremonies.
Benediction.
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CHESS. CHCEKER CLUB ELECTS
L. Van Marter was elected pres
ident and J. R. Huffman, secretary-treasurer,
of the newly-organized
Heppner Chess and
Checker club Monday evening at
Hotel Heppner. C. J. D. Bauman
and Harry Tamblyn were ap
pointed by the chair to draw up
rules and regulations to be pre
sented to the group for adoption.
The next meeting will be Wed
nesday evening at the same
place.
WEDDING TO BE PUBLIC
The contracting parties of the
forthcoming Mary Kelley. Russell
O'Donnell wedding on December
12 wish it to be known that the
affair will be open to the public.
The ceremony will be performed
at 10:30 a.m. in the St. Patrick's
Catholic church in Heppner. A re
ception will be held immediately
following the ceremony in the
church parlors.
Fred Lenz, who has made his
home in Heppner the past two
years, will leave the first of the
week for Hermlston to spend a
few weeks before moving to Bak
er to make his home wtlh his
youngest son and family. Neigh
bors and friends of this kindly
old gentleman, who suffered the
loss of his wife recently, regret
to see him leave.
Although getting started a lit
tle late, the business houses of
Heppner, at the instigation of the
chamber of commerce are busy
laying plans to greet the Yuletide
season in a fitting manner.
Deciding it was too late for a
Christmas opening, due to the
fact that most of the stores had
already put their Christmas
stocks on display, the luncheon
group at Mondays meeting voted
to organize for a return of the
type of observance engaged in
prior to the war days, when the
firemen raised a fund to provide
the children of the community
with gifts of candies and fruits
and nuts, and when the merch
ants awarded prizes.
The first move made by the
chamber of commerce was to
name a committee to decorate the
streets with holiday greenery.
Glenn Parsons was made chair
man and he announced that he
would take a truck to the moun
tains and gather up the greenery
and that he would be willing to
make a second trip to select trees
if he could have some assistance.
When the committee met Mon
day evening plans' were adopted
for carrying out the decorating
scheme which will be put Into ef
fect this week end.
Allen Case, chairman of the
merchants committee, and Rob
ert Owens, member, called on
several merchants today and
found them willing to cooperate
in offering prizes or some form
of Inducement to attract people
to town in the weeks between
now and Christmas. In all proba
bility, a certificate in a certain
amount will be posted instead of
putting up actual prizes. The cer
tificate will grant the bearer per
mission to apply the amount
upon a purchase if it is not de
sired to use it as a gift.
Numbered tickets will be print
ed, as well as the certificates, and
each merchant will draw for a
number that will be entitled to
go in and claim the certificate
or take a gift in the amount rep
resented on the certificate.
Other details remain to be
worked out, but this is the set-up
as reported by the committees to
date.
The chamber of commerce dis
cussed, the matter of. residence
lighting but felt the time was
too short to work out a proper
plan.
Review Report On
Columbia Project
Readied for Public
Copies of the Columbia River
report (308 report), recently re
leased by the Corps of Engineers,
are now available for inspection
by interested parties in the Walla
Walla district, according to an
nouncement by Col. William
Whipple, district engineer.
Certain field offices and local
offices have been furnished with
a copy of the main report and
available appendixes to provide
interested parties an opportunity '
of obtaining additional informa
tion which may be desired for
the purpose of presenting their
views to the Board of Engineers
for Rivers and Harbors. In the
Walla Walla office of the district
engineer a copy is available in
the technical information branch,
19 E. Poplar street.
Other locations where a copy of
the report may be inspected are:
Spokane, Frank J. Glover, county
auditor, Spokane county court
house; Boise, resident engineer,
Corps of Engineers, Boise bar
racks or Mark R. Kulp, state rec
lamation engineer, state capitol
building; Pocatello, W. J. Jensen,
county commissioner, Bannock
county courthouse; Lewiston,
Wayne S. Talbott, chairman,
board of county commissioners,
Nez Perce county courthouse;
Umatilla, resident engineer,
Corps of Engineers. McNary Dam;
Cheyenne, L. C. Bishop, state en
gineer, state engineers office.
Copies of the report cannot at
this time be furnished or loaned
for use outside of the offices des
ignated, but interested persons,
including the press, will be per
mitted to make such notes of the
contents as they desire.
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ERROR IN DANCE AD
On another page in this issue
of the Gazette Jimes will be
found an advertisement for a
dance in lone, with music to be
provided by Jimmip Whet more
and his orchestra. The date is
given wrong. It should be Decem
ber 25 instead of December 21.
(For once this Is not the prin
ter's error. The party turning In
the notice acknowledges it as
his mistake.)
SADDLE SHOP COMPLETED
Joe Snyder has completed a
building on the north side of hi
residence property on North
Court street and has moved Ills
stock and equipment to the new
location. The new building Is a
substantial brick structure and
provides a comfortable workshop
and ample display .space for the
lines he will carry. He has had
his shop In the basement of the
Stanley Minor residence the past
several years.