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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 21 , 1 949
Volume 66-Number 18
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Heppner Visited By
Future Warehouses
To Be of Concrete,
Council Decides
Ordinance Will
Prohibit Wood
Storage Units
In accordance with the recom
mendation of Fire Chief Charles
Ruggles, the city council on Tues
day night directed the city attor
ney to draw upan ordinance re
quiring that all warehouse and
grain or feed storage buildings
erected within the city limits of
Heppner be constructed of reon
forced concrete.
Huggles also asked the council
to authorize the ordering of an
auxiliary, self-contained pump
ing unit on a 30-day free trial
basis. The council granted this
authority, as well as permission
to order replacements for four
sections of fire hose and two
spanner wrenches that were lost
in the elevator fire on Monday.
The council also Instructed
Mayor Con ley Lanham to draw
warrants totaling $1,050 for
street repairs. The contract for
repair work has not yet been com
pleted, but the warrants are to
cover seven days of work by an
experienced crew.
After lengthy discussion, the
council directed the police com
mittee and the fire and water
committee to meet before the
next council meeting to select
candidates for Jobs in those de
partments. Committee recom
mendations will be considered by
the council before men are se
lected for the jobs.
BUILDING PERMITS
Permits to repair or remodel
have been issued to the following
persons or concerns by O. M.
Yeagor, city building inspector:
(;. N. Smith, home remodeling,
$100, corner of Jenkins and River
side avenue.
Morrow County creamery, re
wiring for new Ice machine, $100.
V. R. Runnion. home remodel
ing. $3,000, Gil more street.
I.O.O.F.. new roof on hall, $500.
Central Market, new roof, $91.20
Hraden Tractor and Equipment
company, new roof, $500.
Burned Safe Yields
Uncharred Currency
Cornell Green said yesterday
that he had recovered the valu
ables from the Interior Ware
house safe that had lain in the
fire since Monday. Heat had ru
ined a leather purse, but bonds
and paper money in the safe
were not damaged. A few of the
bills were slightly scorched.
Queen Shirley And
As the picture indicates, this
year's princesses of the Morrow
county fair and rodeo are as
lively and lovely a group of
young ladies as ever graced any
queen's court. In full riding re
galia, the princesses and Queen
Shirley will he the center of at
tention when they demonstrate
their abilities as riders at tne
coming September show.
Princess Faye Cutsforth, repre
senting Lexington grange, has
been riding since she was five
years old. She was an active 4-11
clubber tor seven years, and while
In school enjoyed playing volley
ball and baseball She was a
member of the school band, and
she sang in the glee club fur
three and a half years. She was
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Ingrid Hermann, Dorothy Wiglesworth. ShirUy Wilkinson, Betty
Golden Wedding
To Be Observed By
Lucas's Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs J. Fred Lucas will
be honored Tuesday evening, Ju
ly 2G, between the hours of 7 and
10, when they will be at home to
their many friends on the occasi
on of their fiftieth wedding anni
versary. Mr. and Mrs. Alva Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Thompson, Mi.
and Mrs. L. E. Bisbee, Mr. and
Mrs. F.arle Gilliam, Mrs. Sara Mc
Namer, Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, and
Mrs. Mary Stevens will be hosts
for the evening and they extend
a cordial invitation to all friends
of the goldenweds to call at the
Lucas home during the evening.
One Man Injured
In Monday's Blaze
Only one known casualty re
sulted Irom Monday's elevalor
fire. Bill Cunningham, driver of
a county grader, injured his bad:
when his grader overturned while
he was digging a fire guard on
the hill northeast of Hoppnel.
Although Cunningham has been
unable to work since Monday, X
rays have revealed no broken
bones.
Harold Sherer, county construc
tion foreman, righted Cunning
ham's grader yesterday. He said
that except for a smashed cab l ho
machine appeared to be undam
aged. lone Holds Lead
In Softball Play
The Softball season is still
in
full swing, and so far lone is
holding onto what looks like a
winning lead. The last schedul
ed game of the season is set loi
August 7, after which will com;?
a round-robin playoff The Rose
walls play the Elks tonight at
6:15 p.m. at the rodeo ground:.
Tomorrow night at 6:13 p.m. the
Legion plays the Rosewalls. Lea
gue stands to date are as follow.;:
Won Lost
lone
Legion
Rosewalls
Elks
Lexington
Other games to be played are:
6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Legion vs
Elks; 6:15 p.m. Friday, Elks vs.
Rosewalls; 3: p.m. Sunday, lone
vs. Legion and lone vs. Rosewalls
at lone. Lexington vs. Elks at
Lexington; August 2, Rosewalis
vs. Legion; August 7, Legion vs.
Lexington, Rosewalls vs. Lexing
ton, and lone vs. Elks at lone.
Fidelis Unrein returned yester
day morning fiom the veteran?
hospital In Portland. He had en
tered the hospital on July 4 to
undergo surgery.
Her Royal Attendants
'queen of the junior-senior prom I
in 19-r.i.
Princess Faye is 18 ,
years old.
Princess Betty Walker, repre
senting Rhea Creek grange, has
been riding as lone as she can
remember. She owns a golden !
palomino yearling which she
plans to break next spring and
it won't be the first colt she has
broken. She is a senior In high
school where she sings in the
glee club and is a majorette with
the band. Her hobby is rodeoj,
either seeing them or reading
about them. Princess Betty is If
years old.
Princess Ingrid Hermann, rep
resenting Willows grange, gained
her first experience as a rider in
1012. She came out West from
Chicago in that year, and has
Rates For Storage
Of Farm Wheat To
3c Same as 1948
Storage rates for farm stored
wheat will be continued for the
1919 crops on the same basis as
during the past year, R. S. Thomp-
son, chairman ot the Morrow
county ACA, said today.
This means that a storage al
lowance, based on 7 cents a bush
el for wheat stored on the farm
under the price support loan pro
gram will be made to the farmer
if and when the commodity is
turned over to the Commodity
Credit Corporation in satisfaction
of the lo;.n. The previously an
nounced rate of 10 cents per bush
el applies only to the 19-18 eroplof Eastern Oregon, will preside.
that was re-sealed for the 1919-50
period.
NOT RELATED
The young seaman named Un
rein who was found dead last
week in the engine storage room
of his liberty ship was not relat
ed to Fldelis Unrein of Heppner.
Mrs. Fidelis Unrein read of the
seaman's death and made an im
mediate inquiry, thinking that
some relationship might exist
She found that the seaman was
from an unrelated Portland fam
ily. ATrENTION WRANGLERS I
Due to harvest conditions, the
Wranglers picnic scheduled tor
Sunday July 21, has been post
poned until further notice.
1 FENCE POST TREATMENT.
I GOOD AND BAD, OUTLINED
IN NEW COLLEGE BULLETIN
Fence post treatments that
have no value as well as thoi-e
that have lengthened the life of
posts are summarzod in the latest
report on the T. J. Starker "post
farm" which has now been under
research observation for 22 years.
This latest report is issued by the
Oregon Forest Products Laboia
lory as progress report No. 2,
"Service Life of Treated and Un
treated Fence posts."
With Douglas Fir posts, three
treatments have been proved
worthless . . . application of as
phalt, charring, and cold soaking
'.n ZfiK" chloride. Port Ortord ce
dar was not benefited by a hot-and-cold
bath of Carbolineum B,
though Douglas fir posts were.
Eight treatments, including tne
"salt' treatment, that proved be-
neficial on fir and pine are given,
The new progress report is
somewhat detailed and technical J received this spring,
in nature and is designed to furn- He and Mrs. Gilliam have tak
ish accurate information to some j en up their residence at Hermis
16 commercial operators or olh- ton where he is vicar of the
ers interested in the year-to-year e piscopal mission.
progress of the post farm. An
extension bulletin on post treat
ment is available which gives
specific directions and recom
mendations for treating posts.
been riding ever since. She has
been active in the 4-H club, and
so far has shown 13 animals in
I shows and fairs throughout the
i state. She is a junior in high
school, and last year was the
president of her class. Princess
Ingrid Is 17 years old.
Princess Dorothy Wiglesworth.
representing Lena district, learn
ed to ride before she learned to
write. She has always loved
sports, and in her first year of
high school was the only fresh
man to win a tennis letter. She
is a majorette in the high school
band, and she has been a oil
leader and class secretary. She
owns a sorrel horse called "Roch
et." Princess Dorothy will be 16
years old next Sunday.
Walker, Faye Cutsforth.
Half Million
Ordination Rites
lo Induct Local
Man Into Ministry
Jackson Gilliam
To Realize Life
Long Ambition
All Saints Episcopal church
will be the scene, at 10:30 a in.
Wednesday, July 27, of ordinatior
services for the Rev. Jackson Gil
liam, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Gilliam of Heppner. The Righi
Reverend Lane W. Barton. Bishop
1 Particiuatine in the service will
be the Rev. Stanley Moore, wao
was formerly vicar of All Saints.
He will deliver the sermon. The
Rev. Ernest Taylor of The Dalles
will be the Litanist and the Rev
Elvon Tull will present the can
didate for ordination. The Bish
op of Eastern Oregon will be the
celebrant of the Holy Communi
on, with Bobbie Jones serving as
crucifer.
Several of the clergy of the
diocese will attend the service
and approximately 50 members
of the St. John's congregatoin
from Hermiston are expected to
be present.
Following tne ordination serv
ice the Rev. Gilliam will hold a
baptismal service for his little
niece, Mary Joanne, infant dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Howaid
Gilliam.
Lunch will be served in the
parish house at 1 p. m. by the
Woman's auxiliary to all visitors.
Jackson is a well known local
boy. From a very early age he
always wanted to be a preacher,
due perhaps to his great admiru
tion for the Rev. Mr. Moore who
was vicar of All Saints when the
lad was a little boy. He will
realize that life long ambition
next Wednesday. He has a fine,
scholastic record, is a graduate of
Whitman college, and served
three and one-half years in the
army, most of the time spent in
the South Pacific. He graduated
from the Virginia Theological
j Seminary last year and w as or
Idained as deacon at that time.
' His parents went east to witness
the service. The voung man de-
cided to continue on at the sem-
inary until he completed the it
jquirements for his master's de-
gree in sacred theology, which he
The seating capacity in the
church proper will be reserved for
members of the regular congrega
tion, members of the Hermistor
congregation and those having
formal invitations, an invitation
is extended to the public and
seating will be provided in that
part of the building between the
church and the parish house.
ACA Office Ready
With Information
On '50 Allotments
Farmers interested in knowing
their approximate acreage under
the allotment can secure that in
formation from the Morrow Coun
ty ACA office. The official allot
ment for the county has not been
received as yet but a preliminary
allotment has been determined
and from that an approximate
estimate can be determined for
each farm. In general, the re
duction is approximately 19 per
cent of the 1950 usual acreage.
The 1950 usual is what you would
normally have planted in 1950
corrected for what wheat history
is obtained
determine
int of seed
leeded, the
Chairman R. S. Thomson, went
on to announce that the govern
ment price support on the 1919
crop of wheat will be S1.9 a bush
el to farmers in Morrow county.
Loans will be available through
the commodity credit corporation
through January 1950 and will
mature on April 30. 1950 or earlier
i 'l (U-:nand. The Portland term
inal market rate is $2.16 per
bushel.
Thompson also advised that
farmers can still make applica
tions for assistance on ACP prac
tices throughout the year. Any
! farmers desiring aid should cail
at the local office for any assist
ance or Information they desire.
Guests at the F. S. Parker home
this week are MaryAnn and Tony
Parker, children of Mr. and Mrs.
r-.hn (1. !Vrl;er of Pendleton. O.J
Gyp. the family pony, is being
given a workout by the hill,
visitors and it is a safe guess th.i'
Granddad Parker is getting a
little extra exercise himsell.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Chaffee have
relumed from Wallowa Lakt
where they spent a brief vaca
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As is usual when somethng out
of the ordinary is going on, Piio-
tographer Louis Lyons was right
on the job. Arriving shortly af -
ter the fire siren blew the first
call, he was able to catch this
Full Time Crew
Readies Grounds
For Fair, Rodeo
A second full-time man ha.--been
employed to help ready the
fair and rodeo grounds for the
coming September show. The
grounds are now in an advanced
state of preparation as compared
to the same time last year. Con
tractor Dick Meador has leveled
and graded the rodeo field so lh;.t
it will drain into a sump hole
near the bandstand. Several
trees have been removed from
Hinton creek channel, and a great
deal of digging has been done to
prevent a re-occurrence of the
damage done by floods last
spring.
The old bucking and saddle
horse barns that had stood lor
over 20 years were torn down
several months ago. A new fence
has been put in between the
bandstand and the bucking
horse chutes, and four new-
chutes are to be constructed wilh- !
in the next few weeks.
The Wranglers' club has re
moved partitions from the old
shop on the CCC grounds and 16
j single stalls and 5 double box
stalls are being put in. The!
stalls will be used by the Wrang
lers and will also serve as an
exhibition barn for the saddle
horse class.
Harold Erwin, rodeo committee
man, said yesterday that a num
ber of larmers have promised tc
help picpare the grouiu's when
the harvest is finished. Their
help, he said, would make it po.
sihle lo complete the work in
short cider.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Lnpham
of Chk'o. Calif., were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs Clive Hus
I ion. The Laphams are en route
1 to Cnr,:ula on a fishing trip. Mrs,
iLapham is the former Alver-.ia
' Winnard.
' Mr W. V.. Pavis and young s.!i
Bill returned home from Portland
( Friday night where they had gone
expecting to n:vo to under.?,
surgery for the little boy. Upon
careful examination it was found
to he unnecessary so they re
turned home amid much rejoic
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Lamer Sayrs of
Moid were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ruggles. The
iwo families enjoyed a picnic in
the mountains Sunday afternoon
and h". the visitors returne '
home they were accompanied by
Constance Ruggles who will p.s.
sist Mrs. Sayrs with the cooking
Vrim; harvest.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Case motor
ed to Seattle Sunday where they
will spend the week nt buyers'
market.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Easter
and family have returned from a
month's vist to Virginia,
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sidelong view of the big Morrow
County Grain Growers plant. He
stood by and caught numerous
! other pictures as the fire spread
the full length of the MCGG pro-
perty. the Interior Warehouse
Random Uoil....
Well, Heppner's S600.000 fire
(our guess is as good as other
newsmen, we opine) might be
termed a six-alarm affair. The
siren was turned on six times be
fore the general public became
aroused to the fact that some
thing serious was happening. In
the course of about eight hours
Monday evening to Tuesday mor-
ning the siren blew eight times,
which is just about a record for
this bustling little city. Let us
hope nothing of this kind will
happen again soon at least un
til the blisters on the telephone
girls' fingers heal up.
And speaking of the telephone
girls, they don't recognize time
when their services are needed at
the switchboard. An extra shift
i ennsiHernH n nrivi Ipcre in lilni-
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who ooerate the HeDDner ex-
change are no exception to the the damage is in the neighbor
rule. Monday evening when all; hood of S560.000 which in itself
the rest of the community was in
the lower end of town watching
the biggest fire in these parts in
many a day, the entire staff of
the telephone office remained at
the switchboard straight through
for 12 hours; the next day they
were on the job 10 hours, none of
them taking their day off, which
is part of the regular working
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to taking this picture shortly be
fore the whole side of the plam
Fire Monday
plant and enveloped eight freight
:i 'jars of the Union Pacific System
which had been spotted just a
short time before the fire broke
out.
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I schedule They would have been
: there hours longer had it been
! necessary. The Heppner office is
proud of the fact that a long dis
: tance circuit was reestablished by
8:57 p. m. Monday evening. AH
outside communication by tele
phone was completely shut off by
the fire but the local repairman
did his job well and a partial out
side service was set up in short
order,
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Outside newspapers are not to
be checked upon their first state
ments relative to fire damage
here Monday evening Many lo
cal people thought the damage
ould reach from three quarters
of a million dollars to a million
:or more. It it only natural that
under the excitement of one of
the biggest fires in these pans
for many a day one would gain
the impression that heavier dam-
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is no mean item. The daily pap-
ers, anxious to get a scoop on the
story, could not wait for the fire
to die down and give the inter
ested parties an opportunity to do
some figuring. To restore the
buildings and contents at current
prcies no doubt would require the
800,000 or so dollars quoted in the
news dispatches.
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bo seen that the "Red Demon
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Elevator
Properties
Destroyed
Damage .by the fire that wiped
out Heppner's grain elevators
Monday evening is now estimat
ed to be more than $560,000, most
or ail ol wnich was covered oy
insurance. All grain in the buil
dings of each company was fully
insured, and no farmer will suf
fer any loss. No essential rec
ords were destroyed.
Ted Smith, manager of tne
Heppner branch of the Morrow
Count Grain Growers cooperat
ive, said Wednesday that tne di
rectors of the cooperative have
decided to rebuild, but that the
type of structure and its location
have not yet been determined.
Cornett Green, manager of Inter
ior Warehouse, has not learned
whether the owners of Interior
will rebuild. He said Wednesday
that he doubted that construction
would begin in the near future
even if Balfour-Guthrie Company
Limited, the parent concern, does
decide to replace the warehouse.
Both concerns have made ar
rangements to handle grain that
is now pouring in from fields in
the Heppner area. Daily tram
service has been arranged. Inter
ior will ship from its remaining
Heppner warehouse, which has a
capacity of 50,000 bushels and
has not yet been filled. Cornett
Green said he believed sufficient
box cars are available to take
care of Interior's needs. He al3u
said there is ample storage space
in Portland to handle any over
flow. Farmers hauling to cooper
ative bins will truck their grain
to the Lexington elevator, which
is now operating day and night.
The cooperative has set up
temporary headquarters in the
Farra building, and may be con
tacted by calling the old phone
number, 302. The old box factory
has been converted to temporary
use as a feed store, and the coop
erative expected to be able to
take care of normal demand be
ginning this morning. Interior is
now selling feed from the old
warehouse. Both Green and
Smith said they would do their
utmost to take care of all of the
area s needs.
No unemployment is expected
to result from the fire. At Inter
ior, Marshall Beamer and the
bookkeeper will continue as as
sistants to Cornett Green. At the
cooperative, Les Wyman, who
was in charge of the elevatorj.
Jack Healy, bookkeeper, Jim Sum.
ner, and Hugh McLaughlin will
be part of the day-and-night crew
that operate the Lexington eleva
tor.
Every building in the Heppner
branch of the Morrow County
Grain Growers cooperative was
destroyed by the blaze. The walls
of one gutted concrete building
-stand alone at the east end of
the cooperative's burned-out ar
ea. Total loss for the cooperai
ive is estimated at $350,000.
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bushels of wheat, the plant, and
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processed feeds, salt, and the
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Interior Warehouse lost every
building that adjoined the coop
erative. Interior's old warehouse,
which lies beside the highway
near the Union Pacific depot, was
not touched by the fire. The
estimated total loss for Interior is
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