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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 2, 1949
EDITORIAL
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POLIS I
01' Hitchin' Post Returns
The modem version of the old hitching post is
being installed in Heppner this week, only in this
instance users of the posts will be required to
pay for the privilege. Parking meters, like all
other innovations of this day and age, are invad
ing the smaller cities and towns, for each year
brings an increasing number of automobiles with
corresponding parking difficulties, '
A certain amount of resentment exists relative
to the new parking system, a resentment not jus
tified inasmuch as up to this moment the meters
have not been used. In another week it may be
possible to get a line on the extent to which the
opposition may mount but it is safe to guess that
it will be punitive and confined to those who are
inclined to find fault with anything that smacks
of progress.
The city has been wrestling with the traffic
problem for a number of years and decided upon
the parking meters only after thoroughly investi
gating their value as a regulatory measure. It is
true that a reasonable amount of revenue will
accrue to the city's coffers in due time but at
present the principal thought in mind is the self
regulatory feature of the meters.
It must be remembered that the meters are on
only during business hours. They do not work on
Sundays and holidays. It is for the purpose of
giving people who have business to transact in
town a chance to park in the business district
that the meters are being installed. This will work
a hardship, or at least an inconvenience, on those
of us who are accustomed to driving up to our
places of business and leaving the old bus all day
long, but we'll get used to parking on a back
street or forking over the penny, nickel or dime
required to permit us to park in the metered area.
We drive to Hermiston, Pendleton, Walla Wal
la, The Dalles almost any place these days and
think nothing of dropping in a nickel. Why should
It be such an undesirable thing to have to do in
Heppner?
The Myth of Cheap Public Power
The May issue of Fortune contains a long art
icle on the nationalization of the electric indus
try, called "TV A Was Only the Beginning." One
Local News In Brief
By Ruth Payne
Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P. O.
Elks, will be represented by two
officers, Frank Connor, secretary
and Tom Wilson, esteemed lec
turing knight, at the state con
vention being held in Klamath
Falls this wek-end. It is also
planned to send a team to Kla
math Falls to participate in the
open trap shoot which is one of
the features of the convention.
Among those mentioned as being
eligible to make the trip were
Dr. A. D. McMurdo, Milton Mor
gan, Luke Bibby, Ralph Jackson,
Earl Warner, Joe Aiken and C. C.
Carmichael. However, final se
lection of the team had not been
made at this wTiting. P. W. Ma
honey is in charge of arrange
ments for the trap team.
On Saturday evening the lodge
was host for another of its popu
lar smorpasbords in the club
room. Assistant hosts and host
esses were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carl
son and Mr. and Mrs. Van Hub
bard of lone.
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy of the
Pine City district were shopping
in Heppner Tuesday.
Miss Carol Killer w ho attended
school in Pendleton the past year
was a week end visitor in Hepp
ner at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rippee of
Condon and son, Pfc. Lowell Rip
pee of Fort Lewis, Wash, were
week-end house guests at the
home of Mrs. Rippee's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Hiatt. Pfc. Rip
pee returned to his station Mon
day evening.
Mrs. William Luttrell of Her
miston was over to spend the
week-end holiday with her sons,
Albert and Frank Connor and
their families
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Batty
of Klmberley were shopping in
Heppner Tuesday.
Mrs. Maude Robinson motored
to Pendleton Saturday to attend ,
funeral services of her nephew,
the late Wesley Brookhouser. Mr.
Brookhouser who at one time liv-
ed in Heppner, lost his life in an
explosion at Hermiston Thursday
when the spark from a welder's
lorch set off a blast in an asphalt
tanker. Brookhouser, driver of the
vehicle, was standing a few feet
behind the truck and was killed
instantly. Mrs. Robinson was ta
ken t olVndlcton by Mr. and Mrs.
Conser Adkins.
Kenneth Batty of Hardman was
business visitor in town Satur
day. Mrs. Naomi Moyer and Mr. and
Mrs. Conser Adkins motored to
Portland Tuesday taking the Mo
5er't small daughter, Peggy Sue,
to thp city for a medical check
up at Poernliecher hospital. Betty
Lou and Nancy Kay Moyer re
mained here with their grand
mother, Mrs. W. S. Furlong. Dur-
lug their visit in Portland, they
will visit Mrs. Melvin Herring
ton who has boen seriously ill
for quite some time.
Miss Betty Adams is here from
Yale for short vacation and vli
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section of it makes this observation: "Why should
the Federal government get into the power busi
ness anyway? The most popular and persuasive
answer is that it can provide power more cheaply
than can the utilities . . . Unfortunately, the vaun
ted 'cheapness' of public power is a myth,
"It is a myth because public power is not cheap
but subsidized....By what legerdemain does it be
come attainable at a reduced price just because
the government is making it? At best, all that
the government can do is to save the consumer
the difference between its own bond interest rate
and the six to seven per cent rate of return allow
ed private companies by the regulatory authori
ties. Any additional saving seemingly reflected in
lower public power rates is purely illusory."
The subsidies which are given the socialized
power systems take various forms. First of all,
much of the investment in power facilities is com
monly written off to flood control, land reclama
tion, river development, and other non-commercial
purposes, and so is made to seem much smaller
than it actually is. Second, the government sys
tems are wholly or largely free of taxes whereas
a typical private utility must pay more than 20
per cent of all its revenue to the tax collectors.
Finally, if a project can't make both ends meet,
Congress pulls it out of the financial fires with an
appropriations bill, and again all the taxpayers
must chip in to pay the cost.
The truth is that socialism is a mighty expens
ive business. It is officially estimated that the
proposed Columbia Valley Authority would cost
.52.300,000,000 and official estimates have a habit
of proving notoriously inadequate. CVA is but one
of the incredibly costly ventures into socialism
that are now being whooped up. What makes the
matter all the more serious, from a purely practi
cal point of view, is that the Federal government
will in all probability sustain a heavy deficit next
fiscal year yet we are being asked to spend un
told billions for
it with her mother, Mrs. Floyd N.
Adams. Miss Adams taught at
Vale this past shcool year.
Mr. and Hrs. Don Grady and
family returned Tuesday evening
from a weekend trip to Woodburn
and other valley points where
they visited relatives and friends.
A. A. Scouten returned Satur
day from a week's business trip
to Portland. Returning with him
was his nephew Bud Terry of
Beaverton who will spend the
summer here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gentry and
daughter Joyce of Portland were
week-end visitors in Heppner at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Al
lan Johnston and his aunt, Mrs.
Alice Gentry. On Monday, Mrs.
Gentry had as her guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Gentry and chil
dren, Phyllis and Gary, who were
enroute to their home in Bend
from a week-end trip to Elgin
where they visited with his mo
ther, Mrs. Ordrie Gentry and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Rood. In Athena
they were guests at the home of
Mrs. Gentry's mother, Mrs. Ray
McQueen and Mr. McQueen.
Mrs. G. W. Thompson of Mil-ton-Freewater
was a week-end
visitor in Heppner.
Adrian Bezona of Pendleton
was a business visitor in Heppner
Monday. The Bezonas have only
recently moved from Hermiston
to Pendleton where Mr. Bezona
has a job in the pea cannery.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sluyter
have moved to Condon for the
present during which time Mr.
pluyter is employed on the con
struction of the REA electrical
lines in that section.
A. C. L. Jetley arrived Monday
evening from Monument to spend
a week here in the SCS office.
He spent the holidays in Burns
with his family.
The Hynd family had as guests
over Memorial Day Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Scott of Top and their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Gus Peterson of John Day;
Charles and Jack Hynd and Miss
Doris Schaeffer of Pendleton; Mr.
and Mrs. Ewing Hynd and son of
L'kiah; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Hynd and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Shaffer Jack Hynd Jr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Krebs of Ce
icil and their house guest, T. H.
Lowe of Portland. Mr. Lowe who
had not been to Heppner since
the early '30's, remarked on the
changes in the city and the num
ber of new homes and businesses
that had been built up in the
years since his last visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrel Benge and
family moved their household ef
fects to their ranch on Rhea creek
Tuesday and Wednesday. The
farm is the former Grant Olden
place and for several weeks the
Benges have been working to get
it ready for their occupancy at
the close of school. Mrs Benge re
ports a complete redecoration job
on the entire house, an accomp
lishment achieved by herself.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hatfield mo
tored to Wallowa the last of the
fwpek to spend the holiday with
relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scrivner of
Portland spent the week-end In
Heppner with his parents, Mr.
and Mm. Lee Scrivner.
NATIONAl EDITORIAL
schemes which are not necessary,
and which would inevitably undermine the lib
erties of all the people.
If government is to provide our power, why
shouldn't it provide our food, clothes, newspapers
and everything else? No one has come up with a
satisfactory answer to that question, because the
electric power socialists, in and out of govern
Week-end house guests of Mr
and Mrs. Carey Hastings were
Mrs. Gladys Corrigal and daugh
ter Shirlee of Portland and Mr.
Mrs. H. E. DeBok of Willamette.
Mr. and Mrs. DeBok were also
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Johnson.
Misses Marilyn and Verla Ma
thews of Emmett, Idaho are vis-
ting in Heppner this week and
are the guests of the Misses Jua
nita and Wanda Matteson.
Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Tolleson were Mrs. Tolle
son's cousin, Miss Irma Appleby,
who was en route to Mobile, Ala.
from Honolulu where she has
been visiting a sister, and Miss
Lela Tolleson of Walla Walla.
Miss Appleby departed today for
California.
Mrs. Carey Hastings motored to
Pendleton Saturday taking her
brother, Orrin McDaniel of Hard
man, there for medical attention.
Fred Bookher returned the last
of the week from Portland where
he has been receiving medical
attention at the veterans hospi
tal.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Green and
family returned to their home in
Pendleton Monday afternoon af
ter spending the holiday here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Green.
Mrs. Edna Hamlin has had as
her guest the past 10 days, Mrs.
Mary Hadd of South Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson
returned Monday from Baker
where they spent the week-end
with relatives and friends.
Dr. and Mrs. Ken Fisher and
sons of The Dalles were weekend
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Evans at their country home in
the Social Ridge district.
Mr .and Mrs .Harry Anderson
and family were here from Pay
ette, Idaho to spend the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. Ike Cole and
other friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doolittle re
turned to their home in Portland
Monday after spending the holi
day week-end here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doo
little. Mrs. Charles Long, nee Emma
Bergstrom, of Portland is visiting
relatives and friends in and about
Heppner.
Word has been received of the
birth of a daughter on May 30 to
Mr. and Mrs. Hilding Bengston
(Luola Benge) at Medford. This
is the Bengstons' third child. Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Benge of Heppner
are grandparents.
Mrs. Lutie Morgan arrived the
first of the week from San Fran
cisco and will remain here for a
month's visit at the home of her
sister, Mrs. L. E. Bisbee.
o
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
Mr. and Mrs. John Saager were
pleasantly surprised this noon
when John's aunt Mrs. Elizabeth
Colberg of Waterloo, Wis., his
mother, Mrs. Mary Saager, and
his brother Herman and wife, all
of Milton, dropped in for a brief
visit. This is Mrs. Colberg's first
visit to the west and the Milton
relatives are busy showing her
this part of the country and In
troducing her to her western
'infolk.
ment, dare not put their scheme up to the people
by its right name, "socialism".
It is gratifying to learn that the highway com
mission has included the Hardman-Chapin creek
section of the Heppner-Spray highway in the 1949
budget of improvements. Seven and a fraction
miles of surfacing will be done, presumably this
year. There is no indication what the commission
30 YEARS A3
Heppner Gazette Times,
June 5, 1919
Road bonds carried by an
85
per cent vote.
W. P. Mahoney, W. W. Smead,
W. B. Barratt and John Vaughn
attended the wool sales at Con
don Wednesday afternoon.
Work on Columbia River high
way through north end of Mor
row county is progressing well.
Camps at Boardman and Irrigon
are working day night shifts.
Frank Roberts has purchased
the property just west of the Ga
zette Times office and is prepar
ing to erect a new building 34x60
feet. When finished it will be oc
cupied by Ed Chinn's Elkhorn
restaurant.
Justice E. Jay Merrill was down
from Hardman Monday looking
after busness matters.
Pete Curran is off tothe moun
tains with two bands of sheep
this week.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Buschke Friday,
May 30.
OREGON'S RECOVERY
Oregon is making a rapid re
covery from its greatest experi
ence with mass unemployment.
Except for the one month of
February Oregon had a lower
jobless rate than the neighboring
states, and less than the national
average. There is too much pup
ulation for the present job-creating
industries on the Pacific
coast, says John Kelly, executive
director of the state post war re
adjustment and development
commission in his monthly report
to Governor Douglas McKay.
The horde of migrants moving
to the Far West connot be ab
sorbed with existing facilities.
Oregon is increasing in popula
tion at a more rapid rate than
are the opportunities for work.
There will be a repitition of un
employment next winter beyond
the normal seasonable slack, un
less Oregon acquires more instru
ments of employment creates
more jobs or the influx of peo
pie wanes.
Oregon has increased its man
ufacturing establishments at
about the same pace that popu
lation increased. In the past eight
years the increase in jobs was
approximately 45 per cent while
population increases were 49 per
cent.
NEW STATE JOB
It took Secretary of State Earl
Newbry weeks to find just the
right man for the new job of po
licing sellers of new and used
cars and making sure they are
conforming with Oregon laws
old and new. Just before depart
ing for Washington D. C, this
week on a state business trip
Newbry named Charles D. Whee
ler of Milton, a newspaperman
with state-wide popularity, who
has edited and published the
Milton Eagle for several years.
PLANNING GROUP NAMED
The buildings in the state cap
itol grqup as a group are a
mess.
A commission was created by
the recent legislature charged
with adopting a plan of develop
ment of the capital area in Salem
and the grounds adjacent, and to
recommend legislation necessary
to effectuate the plans. Governor
McKay has just named the fol
lowing as members of the com
mission:
Paul Wallace, Milton Meyers
and Elizabeth Lord of Salem;
Herman Brookman, Portland;
George W. Gleason, O S. C; Sid
ney W. Little, U. of O., and R. W.
Sawyer, Bend.
FARMERS
Combine Need Welding:
If the Job Won't Come Off
Let US Come to the Job
D. H. Jones & Son
Born Tuesday, June 3, a dau
ghter toMr. and Mrs. Bert Kramer
of this city.
Mrs. Julia Metzler came over
from La Grande FTiday and spent
Saturday in the city. She works
in the railroad offices at La
Grande.
Misses Elaine Sigsbee and
Mary Crawford spent the past
week-end at the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner where
they enjoyed themselves to the
limit.
Mrs. M. Belle Thompson is up
from Portland and is making a
visit at the home of her son, R. I.
Thompson.
Harrison Pearson and Miss Net
tie Baisley young people of But
ter Creek were united in mar
riage in Heppner Wednesday by
Judge Williams.
Twenty-three cars of sheep left
Heppner yards this morning.
B. P. O. E. No. 358 present their
"Days of '49" dance and carnival
at the Fair pavilion Saturday,
June 7 to raise the Morrow coun
ty fund for the Salvation Army.
DEMOCRATE TO UNITE
A united democratic party in
Oregon with a state headquarters
office in Portland, a $5,200-a-year
secretary and a bank account is
the program of the state central
committee, the Multnomah coun
ty central committee and national
committee members who met in
Portland last week.
The potential secretary, Jim
Goodsell, a Clatsop county news
paperman, will have the extra
job of raising the campaign
funds.
S102 TAXI RIDE
The first thing a 42-year-old
woman did after a four-year term
in the state penitentiary was to
indulge in a $102 taxi ride. Mrs.
Imogene Fisher, the woman, had
received a seven-year sentence
for manslaughter but credit for
good behavior brought her an
early parole. She thought it
would be easier to take a taxi
from Salem to Klamath Falls
than wrestling on a train or bus
with her banjo, her guitar, her
mandolin and an assortmkent of
paintings and silver objects made
during her stay at the institu
tion. NO WEEK END LOG HAULING
In an amended order made Fri
day, Public Utilities Commission
er George Flagg ruled that log
haulers may not operate on state
highways Saturday afternoons,
Sundays and holidays until Sep
tember 1. In his rescinded order,
issued only last week, the expir
ation date was September 15 and
did not include holidays.
AFTER GASOLINE COWBOYS
Elrod "Hot Rod Doc" Wright,
formerly with the state police
stationed at Newport, has joined
the state department of agricul
ture division of animal industry
as a livestock theft investigator.
He will work out of Salem head
quarters and also is to assist in
supervising the livestock brand
inspection program.
ANOTHER PHONE BOOST
This business of boosting phone
rates is getting to be an annual
affair with PuC George Flagg.
This week he gave the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph comp
any a $3,563,892 annual boost in
rates which took effect June 1.
Last year he gave them a $1,560,
000 annual boost. The June 1
boost will send Individual rates
up from $2.00 to $9.00 a year.
Mr. and Mrs. Earle Gilliam,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughn,
Miss Ona Gilliam and L. L. Gil
liam motored to Condon Wednes-
da yevening to visit Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Gilliam who departed for
Syracuse, N. Y. the following day.
They expect to be gone until the
middle of July.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Webb of
Walla Walla were weekend
guests of her mother, Mrs. So
phronia Thompson.
Rev. and Mrs. Eric O. Robathan
of Pendleton attended the com
mencement exercises in Heppner
Friday evening.
intends to do about the road situation beyond the
mouth of Chapin creek. Something will have to
be done if the volume of hauling now in effect
continues over a period of years. It would appear
that the funds required to put the Heppner-Spray
highway in first class condition if applied on con
struction of 26 miles of new road directiy into
Monument, would be a more practical solution of
the road problem as it exists between Heppner and
and the John Day valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers
and family of Arlington came up
Friday evening to attend the high
school commencement exercises.
They remained until Monday
with his father, Harry Munkers
and Mrs. Munkers.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Keithley
and children motored to Baker
Saturday evening to spend the
Memorial Day vacation with rel
atives and friends. They returned
to Heppner Monday
Mrs. Vivian Prock and daugh
ter Barbara of Baker were week
end visitors in Heppner.
Flatt's Transfer
and Storage
Heppner Ph. 1 12
The Dalles Phone 263S
114 E. 2nd St
Insured Canter
OREGON WASHINGTON
FURNITURE MOVING
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Carbon trouble? .Corro
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RPM ia specially com
pounded ... to stick to
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ordinary oils leave bare,
to fight oxidation and I no
less important) to rust
proof internal engine
parts as it lubricates!
L. E. DICK
Heppner
GORDON WHITE
lone
this way
with
Jo and Jan Allison, two grand
daughters of Frank W. Turner,
are here from Portland to visit
for a time. They returned from
the city with Mr. Turner the last
of the week.
The BEST
and MOST
FOOD
For the Price
Where you
Meet to Eat
v
Victory Cafe
lone, Oregon
Roy & Betty Lleuallen
Special
Sunday
Dinners
15 to 25 percent
On Car Insurance
Special New Low
Rotes for Farmers
Come in and see us
about it.
TURNER,
VAN MARTER
Cr COMPANY
RATES
REDUCED
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
JOS. J. NYS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Peters Bldg., Willow Street
Heppner, Oregon
J. O. TURNER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Phone 173
Hotel Heppner Building
Heppner, Oregon
. W. MAHONEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Insurance
Heppner Hotel Building
Willow Street Entrance
Jack A. Woodhall
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Office First Floor Bank Bldg.
Phone 2342 Heppner
Dr. L. D. Tibbies
OSTEOPATHIC
Physician & Surgeon
First National Bank Building
Res. Ph. 1162 Office Ph. 492
A. D.McMurdo, M.D.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Trained Nurse Assistant
Office In Masonic Building
Heppner, Oregon
Dr. C. C. Dunham
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No, 4 Center St
House Cals Made
Home Phone 2583 Office 2572
C. A. RUGGLES Representing
Blaine E. Isom
Insurance Agency
Phone 723 Heppner, Ore.
Dr. J. D. Palmer
DENTIST
Office upstairs Rooms 11-12
First National Bank Bldg.
Phones: Office 783, Home 932
Heppner, Oregon
N. D. BAILEY
Cabinet Shop
Lawn Mowers Sharpened
Sewing Machines Repaired
Phone 1485 for appointment
or call at shop.
Walter B. Hinkle
REAL ESTATE
Farms, Buslnes, Income Prop
erty. Trades for Valley & Coast.
Incomt Tax Return!
Arlington, Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stark and
daughters of Hay, Wash, and Mr.
and Mrs. Conser Adkins of Colfax
Wash, spent the week-end here
the ladies' father, J. C. Owens.
During their visit they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Furlong.
Storm Warning
HAIL Weather
it here - - -
You may not get hall often, but
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(hi year!
You will loie the money you
have inverted in production
com. And you will low your
expected incomt.
Piny year. Buy Hail
Insurance. See Of call ul now.
No obligation. .
TURNER, VAN MARTER
& COMPANY
Phone 152
Heppner
Oregon
3
Transferring fir
Heavy Hauling
Padded Moving
Vans
Storage
Warehouse
U.PandN.P.
Penland Bros.
Transfer Co.
39 SW Dorion Avenue
Phone 338
Pendleton, Ore.
J. 0. PETERSON
Latest Jewelry & Gift Goods
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds
Expert Watch & Jewelry
Repairing
Heppner, Oregon
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays
at 8:00 p.m. In Legion Hall
Saw Filing &
Picture Framing
O. M. YEAGER'S
SERVICE STORE
Turner, Van Marter
and Company
GENERAL
INSURANCE
Phelps Funeral
Home
Licensed Funeral Directors
Phone 1332 Heppner, Oregon
Heppner City
C niinril Meete Flrit Monday
V.OUnCII Each Month
Citizens having matters for
discussion, please bring them
before the Council. Phone 2572
Morrow County
Abstract & Title Co.
ISO.
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE
TITLE INSURANCE
Offioe In Peter. Building
Call Settles Electric
at HEPPNER APPLIANCE
for all kinds of electrical work.
New and repair,
Phone 2542 or 1423
RALPH E.CURRIN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
First National Bank Bldg.
Phone 2632
Morrow County
Cmirt Meeti IMrat Wednoeday
MUr I . f Eaoh Mnth
Oonnty Jndffe Office Honrm
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m.
Tnenday, Thnnday, Saturday Pore,
non only
Carpentry and
Cement Work
By Day or Contract
Bruce Bothwell
Phone (45
4X