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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, June 30, 1949
Volume 66, Number 15
Baseball Season
Ends Here With
Heppner Victory
Arlington Taken
By Surprise In
Sunday's Battle
In spile of a mix-up In scoring,
Heppner was the undisputed win
ner of its last game of the Wheat
Timber league baseball season,
when Manager Harlan McCurdy
led the Heppner nine to a 9-8 up
set over Arlington Sunday after
noon. Heppner gained Its second vic
tory of the season by defeating
Arlington. On May 15 Heppner
beat lone 7 to 4. Other games
with Arlington and lone resulted
in losses with scores of 17 to 8
and 11 to 3, respectively.
Trailing badly in Sunday's
game, Heppner broke loose in the
seventh inning to score six times
and even up the official count at
8 all. Two-base hits by Sanders
and Peterson helped bring in the
flurry of seventh-inning runs.
Sanders, Bergstrom, McCurdy,
Massey, Manners and Burnstad
scored in the seventh.
With two down, and the count
at two and two, Bergstrom singl
ed in the last of the ninth to
bring In McCurdy with Heppner's
winning run. Arlington did not
score after the sixth Inning.
In the ninth inning an argu
ment developed between the offi
cial scorekeepers as to whether
Arlington had scored seven times
tr eight. A 15-minute discussion
ended In agreement on the 8 to 8
score, and Heppner went to bat
to round out the inning and win
the game.
The lineup:
Arlington Heppner
Lucich P Drake
Miller C Peterson
West IB McCurdy
Hastings 2b Massey
Brady 3b Bergstrom
Munkers SS McGough
Romine LP Sanders
Vancll CF Manners
Wetherell RF Burnstad
Soroptimist Club
Installs Officers
At George Home
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar George were
hosts to the Soroplimlst club of
Heppner and their Soroptlmisters
at a supiK'r party Wednesday eve
ning In their spacious new home
at the edge of town. Thirty-six
members and guests enjoyed the
George hospitality. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Rugg of Lakeview were
in attendance.
Following the sumptuous pot
luck, the members related their
methods of raising the $5 assess
ment for the scholarship awarded
at commencement time. The
meeting was then turned over to
Mrs. Kugg, a past president of
the Soroptimist Club of Lakeview,
who graciously installed the of
ficers for the club year of '49'50,
using an impressive ceremony.
Mrs. Oscar George Is the newly
elected president; Mrs. Fay Buck
num, vice president; Mrs. John
Saager, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Grace Nickerson, recording
secretary, and Mrs. Francos Mit
chell, treasurer. Mrs. O. G. Craw
ford is the retiring president and
was presented with her past pres
ident's pin.
fXKS HOLD PICNIC
Over 200 persons attended the
Heppner Elks' annual picnic at
the Wlghtman mountain ranch
on Sunday afternoon. A potluck
lunch was served, and 10 gallons
of ice cream and 10 cases of pop
were consumed. The picnickers
played Softball and other games
until late into the evening.
Jimmie Smith and Mickle Lan
ham are enjoying a sojourn in
Eugene. They were granted a
scholarship to attend a three
weeks music course at the Uni
versity of Oregon where 100 high
school students from over the
state are taking an intensive
course of training in the various
branches of music. Mlcklc plays
trumpet and Jimmie's instrument
is the clarinet. Both boys flew
down to Eugene last Sunday.
Robert Collins, band Instructor
of the local school, Is also in
Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Murray of
Freewnter were house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Saager last
week-end. They all spent Sunday
in the mountains at the Mankin
camp. Other guests there Sunday
.were Mr. and Mrs. Conley Lan
ham of Heppner and Mr. and Mrs.
B. C. Plnckney of The Dalles.
Joe McLaughlin of Pendleton
was a business visitor In Hepp
ner Tuesday.
Mrs. Martin Anderson, aunt of
Ilarley Anderson, died at Provi
dence hospital in Forlland June
28 following a lingering illness.
Services were held from the Cha
pel of the Chimes today. Mr. and
Mrs. Anderson left for Portland
Wednesday to be In attendance,
Parking Meters, Popular Or
Not, Add To City's Receipts
Collections from Heppner's new
parking meters have totaled $355
to date. The first collection net
ted $117.50; the second brought
in $111, and the third, $126.50.
For the 100 melers In operation,
this is an average income of 74
cents per meter each week, or
about 12 cents per meter each
day.
Meier collections are made
each Monday by Day Policeman
Charles Gomilion. The coins are
turned over to La Verne Van Mar
ter, city treasurer, who counts
and wraps them for banking. Van
Marter explained that the even
dollar collections result from the
practice of leaving the odd cents
in the collection can from week
10 week.
About 60 parking tickets were
Issued by Gomilion during the
first three weeks of meter opera
tion. At least two out-of-town au
toists have failed to heed sum
Lack Of Moisture
Due to Be Felt in
Next Year's Crops
Precpitation in the Gooseberry
area, where Leonard Carlson
keeps the record, has returned to
a normal status, according 10
figures brought to this office
Tuesday. Carlson has just made
out a report for the 12-month per
iod from July 1, 1948 to June 28,
1949 and found that the total pre
cipitation was 12.70 inches. This
I is practically the average prior to
1942.
Rain would not be unwelcome
right now, although it would be
of little benefit to the crops.
Harvest is but a matter of days
removed at this time and the best
a rain could do would be to set
tle the dust.
Farmers are a bit apprehensive
about the situation in 1950 if the
present drouth condition prevails
throughout the year. The 1949
crops have come on largely be
cause of holdover moislure from
1913 but that moisture is being
used up this year and there will
have to be a new supply if next
year's crops are to come any
where near normal production.
Taken by months the report
shows the following results: July
1.5S; August. .76; September, 1.36;
October, .62; November, 1.08; De
cember, 1.99; January, .37; Feb
ruary. 1.76; March, 1.70; April,
.30; May, 1.14, and June, .04.
Rural School Board
Elects Directors
The rural school board met In
the courthouse June 27 and de
clared R. Vernon Jones of Irrigon
elected from Zone 1, which in
cludes the Boardman and Irrigon
districts. J. J. Nys was declared
elected from Zone 4 which in
cludes District No. 1.
Vernon Munkers of Lexington
was elected chairman oi ine
board for 1949-50 and Mrs. Mar
garet Cason of the Heppner rural
area and Hardman, was elected
vice chairman.
Willard Baker of Boardman, re
tiring member of the board, was
appointed a member of the bud
gel committee. E Markham Baker
of lone is the other member of
the board.
MITCHELL SHEEPMAN DIES
Sieve Connolly, well known
sheepman of the Mitchell section,
died Monday in Prineville. Fun
feral services were held today at
the Cathedral in Portland and
burial was in Mt Calvary ceme
tery. He was well known here
and was a cousin of Mrs. Mary
Glavey. Ho had been ailing for
some time and died in a hotel
In Prineville while enroule home
from a hospital.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rugg of
Lakeview were overnight visit
ors in Heppner, Wednesday. They
came to attend the installation
parly of the Soroplimlst Club of
Heppner, with Mrs. Rugg as in
stalling officer. Mr. Rugg is a
jeweler and they also own a large
orchard of wild plums in the
southern Oregon area.
Kemp Dick and family return
ed Tuesday morning from a two
weeks' vacation spent In Mon
tana. While away they visited
Mr. Dick's father, L. E. Dick, and
grandmother, Mrs. Rose Wilson.
Mrs Velmn Huehener returned
m Itetmner Tuesday following a
short visit In Montana where she
went with Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Rice last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis re
turned to their home In Minnea
polis Wednesday following a visit
with Mrs. Davis's sister and fam
ily, Mrs. Henry Schwarz.
Mrs. Marjorlo Ransom and two
sons of Los Anceles were guests
last week at the Harry Sherman jpacily refrigeration unit 10 re
home. Mrs. Ransom and Mrs. place a machine that has been In
Sherman are sisters.
monses, and may be traced even
tually by state police. Persons
who violate the parking orain
ance appear before Walter Bar
gcr, city recorder, to pay $1 fines.
The parking meters are being
purchased from the Miller Meter
company of Seattle. The company
will receive 50 per cent of all
meter collections until the pur
chase price of $75 per meter has
been paid. The city will be re
quired to make no payments
other than the percentage of in
come. Mayor Conley Lanham has cre
dited the meters with forcing a
general clean-up of the city busi
ness district. Areas that once
were fire hazards are now being
converted into parking spaces,
Lanham said. He also said that
income from the meters has made
it possible to hire a day police
man. Junior League To
End Season Soon
Heppner's junior league base
ball team lost to Arlington Sat
urday afternoon at the Rodeo
field in a game that started as a
battle royal but slowed after the
sixth inning. Arlington brought
in four runs in the sixth and 11
in the seventh. The score was 21
to 4.
The outstanding hit of the
game was a drive over center
field fence by Bailey of Arling
ton. Heppner has played Arlington
twice, and has one game to play
with Kinzua to finish the junior
league season. The Arlington
team leads the league and has
not been defeated.
Eberhardt-Rippee
Vows Spoken at
Church Ceremony
In a beautiful setting of white
flowers and white tapers in tall
candelabra, Miss Beverly Lou Eb
erhardt and Lowell Keith Rippee,
United States Army, were mar
ried Saturday evening in the
Heppner Church of Christ, with
Glenn Warner, minister, officiat
ing. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs.
E. L. Tull presided at the organ,
also accompanying Mrs. Don Peo
ples who sang Because and Al
ways.
Miss Eileen Ball and Miss Fay
Cutsforth, in yellow gowns, first
lighted the candles. Misses Bar
bara Slocum, Virginia Smith, Lil
lian Hubbard and Janet Sprouls,
in blue, were bridesmaids. Mrs.
Roger Connor, matron or honor,
wore pink and carried a minia
ture parasol of pink net. Alice
and Ruth Peterson captured the
hearts of the audience in their
long pink dresses and carrying
little baskets of petals.
The bride was given in marri
age by her father. She wore a
while satin gown made en train,
with fingertip veil held in place
with a halo of seed pearls. She
carried a bouquet of red roses.
The groom was attended by
Roger Connor as best man and
Ihe ushers were Ronald Peterson,
Richard Beardsley, Tom Hughes
and James Sumner.
A reception in the parlors fol
lowed the ceremony. The two
grandmothers of the groom, Mrs.
John Hiatt and Mrs. Tim Rippee,
presided at the tea table while
an aunt of the bride, Mrs. John
Rhodes, served the wedding cake.
The young couple will be at
home following a brief honey
moon at Olympia, Wash., where
the bridegroom is stationed.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eberhardt and
is a member of this year's grad
uating class of Heppner high
school. Pfc Rippee is also a grad
uate of Heppner high and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Rip
pee, former residents of Heppner
but now living at Condon. He is
the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
John Hiatt.
SCORE AN EAGLE
According to a clipping receiv
ed by the Sam Turners this week
their son-in-law, Bob Runnion,
, did right well for himself last
week on the golf course in t-u-gene.
"Bob Runnion, a University
of Oregon student, penned his
name in golfdom's hall of fame
at Lnurelwood Thursday by scor.
Ing an eagle on the 145-yard par
three 13th hole."
Creamery Installs
New Ice Machine
In these days of home freezers
It would seem that there would
be little call for block Ice, but
such Is not the case, at least here
In Heppner.
The Morrow County Creamery
has purchased a new five-ton ca
operation for more than 30 years.
OUR DEMOCRACY-
Spui oj J6 uai cut a4pUa&OH. (DcxLuj iliian
accompliitvtnenLffiow viiat aie tfU jieclami wfiicti
we soufir and wonii Btit appreciated rjyt&ose ujIuj
iiave cometom olfiei avdj to June tfiem.
County's Summer
School Students
Make Good Record
Twenty-five outstanding mem
bers of Morrow county's 4-H clubs
returned Friday night from a spe
cial 10-day school at Oregon State
college. Three members of the
delegation won honors in judging
contests that ended the school
session
Duane Baker, lone, placed in
the blue ribbon class and tied
for second place in livestock
judging; his score was 695 out of
a possible 700 points. Ronald Cur.
rin, Heppner, placed in the red
ribbon class with a score of 680.
Marilyn Barham, Boardman, plac
ed in the white ribbon class with
a score of 665. Ronald and Mari
lyn are both comparatively new
comers to 4-H work.
Other Morrow county boys and
girls who attended classes in Cor-
vallis were: From Heppner. Dean
Graves Reta Graves, Allen Hugh
es, Roger Palmer, Lorene Mitch
ell, JoJean Dix, Nancy Ferguson
and Eleanor Rice; from lone, Ro
nald Baker, Herbert Ekstrom, In-
grid Hermann, Mary Jepson, and
Jane Seehafer; from Lexington,
Yvonne Breeding, Shirley Hunt,
and Beverly Nolan; from Irrigon,
Ronald Berger and Helen Stea-
gall; from Boardman,. Marienc
Fisk, Wilma Hug, Grace Miller,
and Viola Worden. Miss Mabel
'Wilson, home demonstration ag
ent, and Mrs. Paul Slaughter, Ir
rigon, accompanied the young
people. Groups from Gilliam,
Umatilla and Wheeler counties
made the bus trip to Corvallis
with the local members. Eighteen
hundred Oregon boys and girls
were present for the summer
school.
On the campus at Corvallis the
club members attended classes
each morning and an assembly
program each afternoon. Speak
ers at the assemblies included
Gov. Douglas McKay, Pres. A. L.
Strand, OSC, Dean W. A. Schoen-
feld, Rex Putnam, H. C. Seymour
and Albert Welsendanger. Class been 18 years since Mr. Crawford
subjects ran the gamut from pho- ( visited the old home town and it
tography and meat culling too i is Mrs. Crawford's first visit here,
modeling and jelly making. j She is standing the ordeal of
Helen Steagall, Ronald Berger. I meeting so many of her bus
Miss Wilson and Mrs. Slaughter hands' relatives quite nicely, pro
participated in an eight-miiiule I bably because she has heard so
Interview program on college sta- much about them for the past 35
tion KOAC, the station over
which all of the assembly pro
grams were broadcast. Helen also
tap-danced at a party for the
older boys and girls on Thursday
evening. Ronald Baker directed
the assembly in singing at the
program on Wednesday after
noon. A preview of the motion pic
ture, "The Green Promise," a
story of 4-H and county agent
work, was shown to the young
visitors at Corvallis.
Miss Wilson, who taught folk
dancing and a class, "Saving
Steps in the Kitchen," was award
cd a nylon table runner as a to
ken of appreciation for her ef
forts at the school session. Miss
Wilson was enthusiastic in tell
ing of how well behaved her
group was while on the OSC cam
pus. "We had no sickness, no
homesickness, and no discipline
problems," she said.
The Morrow county boys and
girls who attended the 4-H school
were chosen from 235 members.
Age, activities, attitude and club 'given a $23 scholarship which
work completed were the basis '(covered most of the expenses in
used by the 4-H council in se-1 volved.
LyiV.ttt
To Observe 90th
Birthday In July
p am-
'You are just as old as you
feel" has long been the motto
followed by Leon W. Briggs, one
of Morrow county's oldest citi
zens, and he has been feeling
young for a long time. He will
soon celebrate his 90th birthday
anniversary and he is still active
Not only is he one of the county's
oldest citizens, but this newspap-
er has for several years issued a
challenge to other counties of
the state to produce a county of
ficial older than Mr. Briggs and
so far there has been no response.
Not only is Mr. Briggs active as
an official but he still drives his
car about town and is a regular
attendant at church where he
has established a record for long
and faithful service.
In honor of his 90th birthday
Ihe membership of the Methodist
church will pay him special hon
or on Sunday, July 10. The public
has been extended an invitation
to participate in the service.
TEXANS ON VISIT
Mr. an'd Mrs. Garfield Crawford
of Arlington, Texas, are visiting
relatives in Heppner, arriving in
town Monday from Hood River
where they spent a week with
the Vawter Parker family. It has
or 40 years that they are not real
ly strangers. The four remaining
members of the older Crawford
generation gathered around the
festive board at the Frank S.
Parker home Monday evening,
along with other members of the
kinfolk.
The visitors are making a leis
urely tour of the northwest and
expect to see many points of in
terest before returning to the
south.
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ON FOUR-H TOUR
A lour of the Columbia basin
was begun Thursday morning by
a group of -4-H club members
from Morrow and seven sur
rounding counties. Accompanied
by Miss Mabel Wilson, home de
monstration agent, the young
people left prepared to camp out
for two nights. They will return
Saturday night through The
Dalles.
lectlng those who made the trip.
Kach of the chosen members was
'lei -91
Hospital Construction May
Be Delayed By Mill Strikes
Constructon on the Morrow! ment could also be converted so
county hospital has progressed
satisfactorily up to this point, al
though some delay may result
from mill strikes in the Willam
ette valley, J. G. Barratt, county
judge, said Wednesday morning.
Basement walls of the hospital
are now complete, and most of
the floor joists are in place. Ex
cavation is almost complete, and
most of the floor sheathing has
been laid. Cement slabs for the
first floor will be completed
shortly. Dick Maude, construc
tion superintendent, has estim
ated that 10 days will be requir
ed to do the masonry work, al
though lack of door and window
facings, because of the mill
strikes, may cause some delay.
Judge Barratt said he expected
the hospital to be completed and
in use by the end of the year. I
As originally planned, the hos
pital would house 14 beds plus
required beds in an isolation
ward. Three rooms in the base-
Services For Mrs.
Eunice Keithley
Held Tuesday P.M.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at the
Phelps Funeral Home chapel for
Mrs. Eunice Keithley, who passed
away in Pendleton Friday eve
ning, June 24 after a long illness.
Eunice Ethel Esteb was born
August 28, 1880 in Airlie, Polk
county, Oregon, the daughter of
I. R. and Sarah Alice Rice Esteb.
When she was three years old
the family moved to Morrow
county, settling in Gooseberry.
She married Oscar Keithley De
cember 22. 1902 and the young
couple made their home at Eight
Mile where they lived until 1933
when they moved into lone Mrs.
Keithley died in 1939.
Four children were born to this
union, all of whom survive. They
are Mrs. Harley Anderson, How
ard and Everett Keithley and Mrs.
Fred Warmuth, all of Heppner.
She is survived by nine grand
children, two brothers, Sam Esteb
of lone and Fred of Tacoma, and
many nephews and nieces.
Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien conduct,
ed the funeral service and burial
took place in the I.O.O.F. ceme
tery at Hardman where the hus
band is buried.
Out-of-town relatives attend
ing included Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Esteb (brother), Tacoma; Archie
Esteb (nephew) Goldendale; Mrs.
Torrey Nelson and son Bob, Mrs.
Lucy Swanson, Floyd Williams,
and Lawrence Williams, Kimber-
ley.
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NOTICE
The annual meeting of the
Heppner Public Library associa
tion will be held Friday evening
at 8 p. m. in the library. Election
of officers for the ensuing year
will be held. All members are
urged to attend.
Keep America Green Program
Important To U.S. Forest Future
This nation s Sund.y pu-v.li in its!
never ending batcW agsinsc forest fires
i the three-word slogan, Keep America
Green.
In less than a decide the Keep Green
idea has spread across the continent
capturing said challenging the imagi
nation of citizens everywhere. The
phrsse Keep America Greets has be
aoma a symbol for millions of alert
eitixent who undentand th very real
role green and growing forests play in
the eeooomic ife pf the United States.
It was bunched in a Tester", state
eljht yiars go Vy a grout f conser
vation minded mm representing the
forest indftrit, government agencies
and the gsneral public. These men
knew that 0 per cent of the fires that
each yesj destroy U. S. timber capable
f producing a billion dollars worth of
products were man-caused end pre-
to hold six additional beds. When
the idea for a hospital was first
conceived, a 30-bed unit was
was planned. However, rising
building costs forced adoption of
plans for the smaller hospital.
Judge Barratt said the county
court is now working on a plan
which he hopes will provide 13
more beds for the hospital. The
physical plant of the new struc
ture will accommodate a 30-bed
unit, which would permit expan
sion if it were desired eventually.
About $30,000 has been spent
on the building to date; this fig
ure includes the cost of materials
that are now on the building site
but not yet used. When complet
ed and furnished In every respect,
the hospital will have cost $211,.
794. The federal government will
pay one third of the bill, and the
remainder will be paid out of
county taxes that have already
been collected.
County Land Sale
Nets Good Prices
Twelve hundred and seventy
acres of tax delinquent land were
sold at public auction in the Mor
row county courthouse Saturday
morning. Bidding was brisk on
some of the acreage. One 160
acre plot sold for $8 per acre.
The lowest buying bid was $1.75
per acre for a 640-acre plot. Land
sales totaled $4,171.13.
Little tax delinquent land re
mains to be sold in Morrow coun
ty. All of that sold on Saturday
lies in the northern end of the
county.
Mayor R. B. Rands of Board
man and Mr. and Mrs. Elmo
Hinkley of Irrigon were among
the out-of-town persons who at
tended the land auction.
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ATTEND ARABIAN HORSE SHOW
Mrs. Merle Kirk and Mrs. Don
ald Robinson motored to Portland
to attend the third annual All-
Arabian horse show, June 25-26,
at the Pacific International pavil.
ion. Exhibitors from all over the
west were present, making the
largest number of entries ever
recorded in this show. Breeding
and performance classes were in
cluded in this two-day meet
which is sponsored by the Arab
ian Horse Society of Oregon of
which Mrs. Robinson is an active
member.
CLEAR PARKING LOT
The Elks club has cleared the
area behind the temple facing
Chase street and formerly occu
pied by the Harold Becket weld
ing shop with a view to making
it into a parking lot. The spot as ;
yet unpaved, has already been
put to use by members of the
club.
The sewing machine clinic,
previously announced for the last
week of June and the first week
of July, will not be held, Mabel
Wilson, county home demonstra-
tion agent, announced Monday
'morning.
ventable, Tha solution to the whole
forest fire problem, they reasoned, was
education. -
The problem required more thin I
"Don't do that" approach. It requires
endless education on a personal level to
effectively show the ordinary men and
women of America what forest fires
mean in terms of taxes, wages, profits,
recrestion and living standards. Pre
sented in this practical, pocketbook
phraseology, forest fire prevention
makes sense and gets results. States
that have had Keep Green programs
longest have reduced forest fire losses
materially.
The Keep America Green movement
is sponsored nationally by American
Forest Products Industries, Inc., of
Waihington, D. C, an organization
supported by the wood-using industries
of the United States. The program is
Smouse Re-elected
President of CBEC
Saturday Morning
Progress Reports
Indicate Service
By Early Winter
Kenneth Smouse, lone, was re
elected president of the Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative at the
annual meeting Saturday morn
ing. Ralph Potter, Condon, was
re-elected to the vice presidency,
and Oscar Peterson, lone, was
elected secretary-treasurer. Re
tiring directors were Victor Rlet-
mann, lone; E. E. Rugg, Heppner,
and C. K. Barker, Condon.
Members of the newly elected
nine-man board of directors are
Henry Baker, lone; Orva Dyer.
Mayville; John Hanna, Heppner;
E. M. Hulden, Blalock; John
Krebs, Cecil; Norman Nelson,
Lexington; Oscar Peterson, lone;
Ralph Potter, Condon, and Ken
neth Smouse, lone.
The CBEC meeting began at
10:30 a. m. Kenneth Smouse read
a general progress report to at
tending members. Construction
Superintendent Matt Wilson read
a progress report, and Manager
Harold Kenney read the annual
financial report. New officers
were elected at a meeting of the
new board of directors in the af
ternoon. The greater part of the 412
of CBEC line will probably be
energized at the end of this year,
according to Harold Kenney, act
ing manager of the cooperative.
At the annual meeting of mem
bers in the courthouse Saturday
morning, Matt Wilson, construc
tion superintendent, read a pro
gress report which stated that 251
miles of poles had been com
pletely set, and 23 miles of con
ductor had been strung as of
June 17.
Crews now working in the Con
don and Lone Rock areas are ex
pected to complete that part of
the project by September 1. The
crews will then return to the
Heppner-Rhea Creek area to com
plete the stringing of conductors.
The completion date for work in
the Heppner-Rhea Creek area is
still indefinite, Kenney said.
About one home will be served
by each mile of line.
BOYS COMPLETE ROGUEING
Gerald Bergstrom and Norman
Ruhl completed final rogueing of
their Elgin wheat in preparation
for certification inspection. Nor
man finished his 4 acres, his vo
cational agriculture project, June
15 and Gerald his 25 acre project
June 23. Varieties of wheat other
than Elgin rye, and other unde
sirable plants were removed. This
wheat will be offered for sale as
seed wheat after being harvested
and certified.
ODDFELLOWS TO PICINC
Willow Lodge No. 66, I.O. O. F.
has scheduled a potluck dinner
picnic for 1 p. m. July 10 at the
Wightman ranch in the Blue
mountains. All Oddfellows are
inviteH
to attend. Coffee, ice
cream, and cold drinks will be
urnvirioH hv th wi7,
operatinaj successfully under the Indi
vidual banners of at least two dozen
major wood producing states. Results
art uniformly encouraging.
Like contagious diseases, man-caused
forest fires may be controlled or pre
vented. Intensive Keep Green pro
grams, carried out in the 41 states,
promise to do to man-caused forest
fires what vaccination has alreaJy dona
to smallpox.
States participating in the "Keep
America Green" movement includei
Arkansas, California, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louis
iana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minresota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, Vest Virr.inis.