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. Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, August 4, 1 949
Volume 66 Number 20
Local Feeders Buy
Wheat Salvaged at
Local Elevator
Buyers Come From
As Far As Montana
To Buy Salvage
Thousands of bushels of salv
aged wheat from the elevator fire
of two weeks ago are finding
their way into the feed bins of
local stockmen and nearby poul
try feeders since the sale of the
salvaged wheat began Monday
Just below the old elevator site.
Much grain has been contract
ed by and sold to large buyers
irom as far off as Montana with
other buyers showing from Yak
lma, Walla Walla and the John
Day area. Quantities of the salv
aged grain have been contracted
for by local feeders who will be
gin trucking it out as soon as the
harvest operation permits them
to use their trucks for salvage
hauling
One nearby buyer has taken
out by a constant string of trucks
close to 500 tons of grain.
So far the salvage has been
sold on an as-ls basis. It is anti
cipated that cleaning and car
loading equipment will arrive
Friday from Walla Walla and
will be in full operation Monday.
The cleaner will be set up on the
site of the old elevator's weighing
pit.
Many tons of salt were bought
by local stockmen when tests in
dicated that the fire did no dam.
age to the mineral content of the
blocks, and only about six tons
of white block salt remain to be
sold.
Art Goodwin, in charge of
sales, said that salvage sales
were going even better than he
had anticipated. Art, who former
ly lived in this area has been the
butt of some friendly chiding due
to a story in last week's Gazette
Times that stated he was renew
ing friendships made 53 years
ago. It seems that the figures
were reversed and that Goodwin
lived here until 35 years ago.
Only one accident has marred
the salvage proceedings and that
was of a minor nature. Don Wat
tenburger of Lakeport, Calif., a
descendant of a pioneer Morrow
county family, suffered an acci
dent Wednesday when the truck
he was driving, loaded with six
tons of grain, overturned' on the
outskirts of Lexington while on
the way to Hermiston. The truck
was only lightly damaged and
Wattenburger got out with noth
ing more that a red face and a
few hard hours of scooping to
"re-salvage" his completely spill
ed load.
Junior C. of C.
Prexy Announces
New Committeemen
At the monthly dinner Wednes
day night of the Junior chamber
of commerce, President E. E. Gon
ty announced the following com
mittee appointments:
Publicity, Ted Hart, chairman;
Bill Barratt and John Saager,
members. Program, Ed Dick,
chairman; Al Huit and Dave Mo
berly, members. Finance, Jack
O'Connor, chairman; Chas. Rug
gles and Tom Wilson, members.
Safety, Bill Labhart, chairman;
Dr. Clyde Dunham and Don Hell
ker, members. Building, Bill Far
ra, chairman; Ed Gonty and Jack
Est berg, members. Sports, Everett
Keithley, chairman; Carl Daniels
and Wayne Lindner, members.
Park, Kemp Dick, chairman; Con
ley Lanham and Jim Hager,
members.
The next Junior chamber meet
ing is to be postponed until Aug
ust 17, when the JayC-Ettes will
meet with the Jaycees at( a pot
luck dinner.
Fountain Arrives
For Easter's Grille
A truck load of stainless steel
fixtures arrived Saturday after
noon for the new grill that Man
uel Easter plans to open within
two weeks In the corner formerly
occupied by Scotty's Super Cream.
The latest shipment of equipment
included a bob-tail fountain, a
three-unit fountain sink, and a
new compressor for the fountain
und refrigeration unit.
Easter expects the grill to have
a seating capacity of at least 42
diners. He has built two large
horse-shoe type counters, and he
shortly will Install 18 counter
stools. At least five booths also
are to be installed. Easter said he
had planned the arrangement of
counters and serving equipment
so as to save both time and steps.
With the same view in mind, he
is now remodeling the kitchen,
which Is to be electrically equip
ped throughout.
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Mrs. Josle Jones and Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Khea of Portland de
parted Friday for Victoria B. C.
where they will spend a week
vacationing.
Miss Lcatha Smith motored to
Portland Tuesday where she at
tended a chief operators' conference.
Repairing Begun On
City Streets By State
Highway Dept. Crew
Some sections of the city's
streets are being repaired this
week by a state highway depart
ment crew working under the di
rection of Foreman Frank David
son. City equipment is being used
where possible to help speed up
the work. The state crew is not
equipped to build roads, and no
thing but repairs will be attemp
ted. The work is being done at
cost to the state. Oil, rock and
equipment are being provided by
the crew.
At the council meeting of July
18, Mayr Conley Lanham was
authorized to draw warrants to
taling $1,050 for street repairs.
The warrants were to cover seven
days of work by an experienced
crew.
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Crop Loans Indicate
Extent of 1949 Yield j
R S. Thompson, chairman of
the Morrow county ACA, said
Wednesday that the loan price on
number one wheat has been fix
ed at $1.98 for the 1949 crop.
Loans from the Commodity Credit
corporation may be obtained
through January 1, 1950.
Basil Burnstadt, conservation
field man, said loan records in
dicate that wheat yields are run
ning higher than expected. He
said a majority of reported yields
have been between 18 and 20
bushels. Most of the wheat has
been number two grade, although
a great deal of number one grade
has also been reported. So far,
the county's wheat has been un
usually clean.
Approximately GO loans have
been made to date on about 245,
000 bushels of wheat. Last year
300 loans and 138 purchase agree
ments were made on about 2,225,-
000 bushels of wheat. Burnstadt
eslimated the harvest as being
about two-thirds completed.
Burnstadt said the protein con
tent of hard wheats has tested
reasonably high this year. The
highest test to date was 14 and
one-half per cent.
Random Uotl....
One of the pleasant events of
the week was the visit here of
Marcus Gunn and his sister, Mrs.
Mary Gunn Wunsch. The pleas
ure was shared by a comparative
ly few souls who knew these fine
people as children in that day
long past referred to in Heppner
history as "before the flood."
They were Just youngsters when
the greatest of northwest disas
ters swept down the Willow creek
valley and counted their parents,
Mr. and Mrs A. M. Gunn, among
its victims. The four children,
Marcus, Mary, Isabella, and Ger
trude, were taken to Detroit,
Mich, to live with their grand
parents Since that time Marcus
has made a few visits here but
his sisters have always looked
forward to the time when they
could return to the scenes of their
childhood and see what the years
had wrought in changes. So it
was that when Mrs. Wunsch came
west to visit her brother at Sac
ramento he fulfilled a promise
made years ago that he would
take her to Heppner.
While on the subject of visitors
we are pleased to mention the
visit here the last of the week of
other former Heppnerites. Creston
Maddock and his sister, Mrs. Gus
sie Wilklns. Mrs. Wilkins and her
late husband J. L. Wilkins "Joe"
to the public at large operated
years, losing their property in the
the Palace hotel for a number of
big fire of July 4, 1918. She makes
her home in Berkeley, where she
is a house mother for a student
house. She was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Bishee while here.
"Cres" was accompanied by his
son Bill.
Weather has been somewhat of
a topic for conservation ths week.
This is the second heat wave to
roll over eastern Oregon this
summer and the natives have
been hunting the shady nooks
with regularity. No records have
been broken ,or even established
for that matter, and when one
thinks back on the seemingly
unending winter the brief heat
wave is not so difficult to endure.
At least, Tommy Allen had cause
to complain about the weather
getting too hot and that might
be considered something for the
book after he thought it never
got warm in eastern Oregon. For
the uninformed, we'll stale that
Tom Is the chief printer in the
Gazette Times shop. He hails
from the south and has good rea
son for being annoyed by east
en Oregon winter weal her, but
when he says it's getting too
warm for comfort well, it's get
tng too warm, that's all
Miss Elmerjane Carlson who
has been a guest nt the home of
Mr. and Mrs Howard Gilliam the
past three weeks, left Sunday for
her home In Lebanon.
Mrs. Clay Clark of Hood River
and Mrs Frnnk Monahan of Con
don are spending the week in
Heppner with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Farley.
Wheat Men Urged
To Plant Within
1950 Allotments
Hold Production
To Requirement,
Is PMA Advice
Marketing quotas on future
wheat crops will largely be deter
mined by wheat growers, E.
Harvey Miller, chairman of the
Oregon state PMA committee,
said today,
"If growers this year plan to
stay within their wheat acreage
allotments, they will produce in
accordance with expected require
ments and we won't be saddled
with more wheat than we can
sell. In this way, it wuldn't be
necessary next year to consider
using quotas, which provide mar.
keting controls through penalties
on excess marketings." Miller
pointed out that quotas must be
approved by two-thirds of the
growers voting in a referendum
before they may be used.
Quotas will not be used in mar
keting the 1950 wheat crop, ac
cording to a recent announce
ment by the secretary of agricul
ture, because the total Indicated
wheat supply is below the level
at which the law says quotas
must be proclaimed. At the same
time, the secretary announced a
1950 national wheat acreage al
lotment of Just under 69 million
acres. This would be a reduction
of 14 million acres, or almost 17
percent, below the wheat acreage
seeded for harvest this year.
The cut in acreage is necessary
this year, Miller explained, be
cause the U. S. has reached the
point where there simply is not
a demand for all the wheat our
farmers can produce. Even tho
exports may total several times
the pre-war level, adjustments
are still needed in the amount of
wheat produced. During each of
the past six years wheat produc
tion has exceeded a billion bush
els. Until 1944 the U. S. produced
a billion bushel crop in only one
year, 1915.
Farmers will be notified of
their individual farm wheat al
lotments In the near future. Mill,
er said that an important point to
remember i that only those
growers who cooperate with their
allotments will be entitled to
government price supports on
their 1950 wheat crop.
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Orve Brown Observes
77th Anniversary
Orve Brown has been in the
Elkhorn banquet room more
times than anyone cares to count
but it wll be a long time till he
forgets entering the room Tues
day evening for dinner
Orve had a birthday Tuesday.
To him, the arrival of the day
simply meant that it had been
another year longer since the day
he was born in Nebraska back in
1872. But to Orve's friends, and to
his daughter, Mrs. Velma Hueb
ener, it was a time that called
for celebration. Presents, food,
and friends were waiting when
he walked in, and, according to
the friends, Orve really was a
"surprised party."
Present at the celebration were
Mrs. Clara Huston, Russell A.
Wright, Mr and Mrs. Edward
Rice, Clarence Hesseltine, R. B.
Rice, Martha Shannon, Marvin
Brown, Bertha Bloom, Frank Ro
berts, Blanche Brown, Stanley
Minor, Grace Field, G. W. Cole,
Thos. W. Allen and Mrs. Huebe
ner. Mr. Brown came to Heppner at
the age of 15 years, having been
a resident of the county for 62
years. Marvin Brown and Mrs.
Huebener are two of his three
children He also has four grand
children. o
Citizens Accept Bid
From Mayor to
Address Council
A steady flow of townspeople
passed through the council cham
bers Monday night, and a dozen
or so of them accepted the may
or's invitation to address the
council.
Attorneys J. O. Turner and P.
W. Mahoney represented clients
before the council, and both also
spoke ns citizens of Heppner.
John Hiatt, Mrs. Lyle Matteson,
Mrs. Fay Bueknum, Victor Gro
shens, Cornott Green, Pete Lon
mm and Marion Olson are citi
zens who presented opinions or
matters of business to the
council.
Marion Olson, who represented
residents on Shobe street, said
ho believed the street had be
come a health menace since the
elevator fire. Olson said dust in
the street was ankle deep be
cause of the heavy volume of
traffic there In recent weeks.
Pete Lennon asked the council
to remedy conditions at tho city
trash dump. He said burning de
bris from the dump endangered
adjoining property. He also ask
ed that persons who haul refuse
to the dump bo prevented from
scattering trash along the road.
The mayor assured Lennon that
Rhea Creek Princess
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The picture does not do justice
to the young lady, but people of
the county undoubtedly have re.
cognized Miss Betty Walker, Rhea
Creek's choice for princess of the
1949 Morrow Count Fair and Ro-
deo Blonde and 5-foot-five, she truck or a tractor, Betty admits is now a senior in Heppner high
is the 17-year old daughter of Mr. that she enjoys many tasks more school
and Mrs. Eslie M. Walker. than the chore of milking. She Betty has no definite plans for
Betty will be the honoree of the was active in 4-H work for five the future, but whether or not
Rhea Creek Princess dance, which years, during which time she took her ambitions are realized she
is to be given Saturday night at camping, cooking and sewing. In still will dream of one day own
Heppner civic center. school, she has been on the an- ing a ranch and lots and lots of
For as long as she can recall, nual staff and the Mustang staff, stock.
Railroad Rushing
Clean-Up Work
At Elevator Site
The Union Pacific railroad be
gan a clean-up operation at the
elevator site this week and if the
work continues at its present
pace the burned boxcars may be
rpmnvpn hv tho pnn nf thp ipplr
removed by the end of the week,
a four-man crew is cutting the
cars into sections that can be
loaded into gondolas for ship
ment to the Pocatello shops.
Loading was scheduled to begin
this morning.
An lone section gang has
straightened some of the old
track for temporary use, and a
temporary track called a "sboo
fly", has been extended into "the
area to accommodate a crane
and onnHnlnc RnaHmactpr C Vt
Connors of Arlington is in charge,
of the track-laying crew.
Rex Miles, traveling relief ag
ent for the Oregon division of the
Union Pacific railroad, said Wed
nesday that track will be replac
ed according to the desires of the Cv H-n-a--elevator
owners. The Union Oil ! '"ren,e dryness
company spur will be re-laid as
soon as the area is sufficiently
cleared.
Eight boxcars were rendered
completely useless by the eleva
tor fire of July 18. The railroad
valued the cars at approximately
$32,000. Miles said the cost of
clearing the wreckage and re-
laying several nuncireo ieet oi
track will be "terrific."
Classes Are Open
In Kindergarten
For Five-Year-Olds
Parents who have not yet en
rolled their five-vear-old children
in the Heppner kindergarten may
do so by calling Mrs Jack Est-ilor
berg. The kindergarten is spon-
sored by the JayC-Ettes. Mrs.
Dick Meador will instruct the
school, which will be held five
afternoons a week and will open
when public school begins.
Major expenses of the school
will be financed by the fee charg
ed for each child. Additional
expenses will be met by the Jay-j
C-Ettes. The organization is ask -
ing donations or loans of suitable
equipment in good condition,
Items such as books, dolls, balls.
puzzles, phonograph records and
portable play equipment will be
needed to conduct the school.
Mrs. Edwin Dick mav be contact-!
ed to arrange for the collection of will remain closed until Decern
such contributions. ber 31.
Tired of Farming:
Tired of farming? Want to get
rid of your land? Here's the re-
cipe: Cut one medium sized larm ,
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into irregular pieces. Add several
successive cash crops to remove
the humus. Stir the thin layer of
topsoil frequently until the soil
particles are ready to be carried
off by the next hard rain, or wind
Carefully work the land up and
down the slope so that tho fur
rows will form waterways for
rapid disposal of excess water
and soil. Keen doing this until
the hnrdpun shows through or.
the hilltops and slopes. Then cut
into deep, irregular gullies and
leave out in the sun to bake.
When done, season with an tin-
painled house, broken down fen
ces, some old worn-out machin
ery, a rickety barn, a good sprink
ling of unpaid bills, with a pinch
he and the council were much
concerned about conditions nt the
dump, but that no suitable solu -
tion had yet been found to the
problems Involved
Betty Walker
Betty has been riding and caring
for horses One of her ambitions
is to learn trick riding; another
is to study veterinary medicine.
Although she enjoys work, and
likes to cook and sew or drive a
FAMOUS FARMER BUYS
SALVAGE GRAIN
John J. Burns the former Walla
Walla shoe clerk who won the
first drawing in the government's
recent homesteading project at
Roza in the Yakima, was among
the buyers served this week at
the sale of salvage grain. Burns,
his wife and two children spent
; Monday morning sackng up a
,ruck ioad of grain for their.
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poultry flock.
Burns was featured in a recent
picture story in LIFE magazine
when his name was drawn giving
him a homestead site in the Roza
project for veterans. This was the
last property in the United States
opened for homesteading.
Burns' young blond daughter
spent more time telling people
aout ,heir "lovely new house"
j recently completed and how last
year they had "lived in a hot old
tent."
Causes Foresters
To Close Three Areas
Ranger Glen Parsons described
the national forest as a "tinder
j hn- Mnnriav and sairi that he.
jcause of the extreme fire hazard
at tMis time, a number of sections
will be closed to all public entry
except under permit from the for
est service. A map showing the
closed areas has been placed on
display at the Heppner postoffice.
The Western Route road and
the Little Wall Creek road will
remain open for use without a
permit; however, Parsons said,
any attempts to use the roadsides
picnicking or camping will
require permiis. permits may ne
obtained at the Heppner lorest
olfice, Opal guard station, Bull
Prairie guard station,. and Tupper
guard station.
The closed areas are located
approximately as described: the
area adjacent to Wilson Prairie
Harrington creek, Wildcat creek,
and Big Rock flat, south of Opal
guard stalon; the area between
Tupper corral and Nine Top
springs.
rarsons saia tne closure oraer
1 is in accordance with Governor
McKay's proclamation of July 17.
: Unless the governor revokes the
order at an earlier date the areas
of despair. Garnish with weeds, cent heavier than pumce, are re
Serve with a tax sale and move commended for "below ground"
Ull.
Building blocks, widely used in
all types of construction, are ec-
onomical, durable, fire resistant
and able to carry heavy loads.
Copies of a new 15 page mime. ,
ograph entitled, "Building with
Blocks" is now available through
.ni tif r ovlnnuinn rf f irna fir hv
writing direct to Oregon State
II, r ti, nrrtlljni, ie rflll!l,., !
illustrated with drawings show
ing building layout, leveling
foundations, window and door
framing and re-inforcing, among
other problems to be encountered
in block construction.
The specialist points out that
pumice blocks have better insula
Ion properties than concrete
properties
blocks. He recommends use of
pumice for construction of one-
1 story houses, or buildings where
j livestock are to be quartered,
I Concrete blocks, about 35 per
Last year she played in every
vniwhaii m
ed a volleyball letter She also
earned a letter as a majorette in
the band. She is a member of the
rW ninh aH f th r u a cu
Council Approves
Ordinance No. 323
In One Session
Declaring that an emergency
existed, the city council Monday
night passed Ordinance No. 323,
which prohibits all persons, firms
or corporations from constructing
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any building within the corpor
ate limits of the city of Heppner
in which grain or other agricul
tural commodities are received
from the public, unless such
building has exterior walls of
fire-resistant material and meets
certain other specifications as set
down by the council.
Cornett Green, manager of the
Interior Warehouse who accepted
the mayor's invitation to address
the council, said he believed the
ordinance to be detrimental to
the city's interests. He said the
measure might drive business
out of the city, causing a loss of
trade and of taxable property.
Green said he spoke only as a
citizen familiar with the grain
industry. He said Balfour Guthrie
Company, Limited, owner of the
Interior Warehouse, so far had
not indicated whether or not it
would rebuild the warehouse lost
in the July 18 fire
Real Estate Sales
Continue Locally
Bob Runnion, Morrow county
real estate agent, said Wednes
day that real estate is still mov
ing in Morrow county. He said H.
S. Murray of Freewater purchas
ed the E. I. Gerrard ranch north
east of Lexington, on Saturday,
and now wishes to re-sell the
property.
Gerrard in turn bought a 200
acre alfalfa ranch near Benton
City, Wash, and will move to the
property within the next two or
three weeks.
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EOARDMAN PEOPLE IN
AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION
The unanimous election of Cur
tis & Irie Neal, Boardman, to
membership in the Ayrshire
Breeders' association has been
announced by National Secretary
C. T Conklin of Brandon, Vt. The
ancestors of the herd of dairy
cows owned by Neal trace back
to the heather-covered hHls of
County Ayr, Scotland, from which
the breed derives its name. There
are now more than 20,000 herds
of Ayrshires in the United States.
constructions such as founda
tions, basement walls and where
strength is vital or for buildings
where living temperatures are
unimportant
Concrete blocks are normally
slightly cheaper than pumice.
,
I. Horn fl cs are abundant this
tunc ui jccti hiiu unifM luiutf
"T6, Iyod there will be a lot oT
discomfort as well as loss of
chlor will give good horn fly con
trol on dairy cattle; DDT is re
commended for use on beef cat
tle. Tho formulas: Methoxychlor;
eight pounds of 50 percent wet-
table in 100 gallons of water, or
1 1 4 ounces to one gallon of wa-
ter. DDT: ten to 12 bounds of 50
witt:ihii nnwHer ner inn paiinna
of water. It will provide about six
weeks of protection from horn
flies. It will take about two
'quarts of liquid per animal
Lumber Company
Sends Men to Stop
Persistent Blaze
The Heppner Lumber company
turned out crews of men twice on
Friday and again Saturday after
noon to fight fire in the field
adjoining the company's mill
dump. The city fire department
joined the fight both times on
Friday. A number of dilapidated
sheds and chicken coops In an
8-acre field owned by Ed Clark
of Hermiston were burned. Nel
son Anderson, who had rented the
property from Clark, said he did
not know whether the buildings
were of any value.
When the fire was first sight
ed, at about 10:15 a. m. a general
alarm was sounded.
tearing the mill itself was
ablaze, between 90 and 100 men
assembled at the burning area
within 15 minutes of the alarm
The fire was quickly brought un
der control, and was confined to
the old chicken ranch between
the mill dump and the highway.
The city fire department assisted
the lumber company's planing
mill crew in again bringing the
fire under control when it broke
out again at about 10:30 p. m.
Friday. Company men stopped
the fire for a third time on Sat
urday afternoon. Fields to the
east and west of the old chicken
ranch were burned by the second
and third fires.
Phone Office Scene
Of Farewell Party
By Ruth F. Payne
A farewell party was held Mon-
day evening at the local tele
phone office complimenting Mrs.
Marie Johnson who is leaving
Saturday for Portland to make
her home. Present were Gertrude
Applegate, Mr. and Mrs. Max
Buschke, Iris Campbell, Jessie
Estes, Lena Gentry, Viola Ma
comber, Janet Sprouls, Crockett
Sprouls, Doris Wilson, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Hart and Bill Gillen
water and Tom Saunders of The
Dalles who are here to do some
repair work for the company.
Mrs. Johnson will be on furlough
until October 1 at which time her
transfer will be effective and she
expects to work in the Portland
office.
Mrs Mary Gunn Wunsch of
Cambridge, Mass. and Washing
ton, D. C. and her brother, Mar
cus Gunn of Sacramento but for
merly of San Francisco, spent
several days in Heppner the first
of the week renewing acquaint
ances and visiting friends. This
is Mrs Wunsch's first visit to
Heppner since leaving here in
1903 immediately following the
disastrous flood in which her par
ents were drowned. At that time,
the Gunns lived in a house sit
uated on the corner of Main and
Church streets where the Jesse
Beardsley house stands. The four
children, these two and sisters
Bella and Gertrude, survived the
flood and went to Detroit, Mich,
where they lived with their
grandparents. Mrs. Wunsch men
tioned the great change in the
city but recalled that she well
remembered the I.O.O.F. build
ing, especially the laying of the
cornerstone, the Fair building
(Case Apartments), Humphreys
Drug store and part of Thomson's
store. Many residences were viv
idly remembered with the onlyi
dfference being a "piazza added
here and there," Mrs Wunsch re
marked that the surrounding
hills have been constantly in her
thoughts during her absence and
that they remain just as she re
membered them. Mr. Gunn has
been a Heppner visitor several
times during the intervening
years. They departed for Portland
Tuesday afternoon and will visit
there briefly before continuing
on to Sacramento.
Interment services for the late
Bertha Matlock Richardson were
held at 11:30 o'clock a. m Tues
day at Phelps Funeral Home with
the Rev. Elvon Tull of All Saints
Episcopal church officiating. Fu
neral services were held Monday
in Portland. Out of town rela
tives here for the service were
Mrs. E. A. (Minnie) Vaughan,
Mrs. Otto Metschan, Juanita Mat
lock and Edna Florence of Port
land and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Ro
berts of Eugene and Leslie L.
Matlock who has been in Port
land for the past four months to
be near his sister. During their
visit here, they were houseguests
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aiken.
POMONA PICNIC SUNDAY
AT CLAUDE WHITE RANCH
The Claude White ranch in the
Blue mountains south of Hard-
man will be the locale for the
Pomona picnic which will be held
Sunday, August 7. The picnic is
taking the place of the regular
romona meeting in August
Ice cream and coffee for the
potluck lunch at noon will be
provided by the entertainment
committee but grangers are re
minded to bring along their food
and utensils. They are also asked
to take play equipment for base
ball, horseshoes, and the like.
Grangers, their families and
friends hnvp an nrcrnnt ln.-lttl..
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Council Employs
Charles Gomilion
To Police City
Night Police Job
Ended By Vote On
Economy Measure
In the presence of 25 interested
citizens, the city council voted
Monday night to employ Charles
Gomilion to police the city from
9 o'clock in the morning to mid
night, at a salary of $300 per
month. Gomilion is to provide his
own car and gasoline. Two coun
cilmen abstained from voting on
the issue.
A later vote automatically ab
olished the night policeman's po
sition held by P. A. Mollahan.
This vote was in unanimous ap
proval of Mayor Conley Lanham's
recommendation that 1) George
Morgan be employed for general
work at a salary of $300 per
month, 2) that Jack Elliott be
employed at a salary of $260 per
month to handle the city garbage
route, 3) that no one be employ
ed as city superintendent until
such time as the council sees fit
to select a man for the position,
and 4) that, except for Gomillon's
salary, all other budget funds al
lotted to labor and police be held
for special jobs as need arises.
The council's action followed
two sessions at which the em
ployment Issue was debated in
decisively. As the result of budget
trimming, $16,800 remained of
funds budgeted to labor and po
lice. Of this, $7,800 has been al
lotted to police and a city super
intendent, $5,000 had been allot
ted to the water department, and
$4,000 had been allotted to gar
bage disposal the latter figure
to include truck maintenance.
Mayor Lanham insisted at each
session that employment of two
policemen would require more
money than the council could af
ford to spend. He said that vaca
tions, extra police on special oc
casons and unexpected needs
would demand more money than
would remain after paying two
policemen. As decided by the
council Monday night, a total of
$11,280 will be paid out in fixed
salaries, approximately $1000 will
be paid for special police, and
about $4,000 will remain for the
employment of men as needed
and, or, to employ a city super
intendent At the council meeting of July
18, the police committee and the
fire and water commttee were in
structed to meet for the purpose
of selecting candidates for jobs
in those departments. Monday
lght the fire and water commit
tee, composed of Gonty, Rosewall
and Yeager, reported that it had
not met and, therefore, had no
recommendations to make to the
council. The police committee.
composed of Dunham, Gonty and
Cox, reported that it had met
and wished to recommend that
P. A Mollahan be retained as
night polceman, and that he be
requested to enforce existing laws
more rigidly.
At this point, Councilman Case
stated that he had received com
plaints from all over the city
about drunken hilarity that dis
graced both the city and the coun
cil. He said he believed it would
be a mistake not to re-employ
Charles Gomilion. Councilman
Yeager quoted a state policeman
as saying he would back Gomil
ion 100 per cent, and that "no
law" existed in Heppner. In an
swer to Yeager's statement that
Mollahan should be moved to the
water master's position, Council
man Rosewall said he believed
the city should show appreciaton
to Mollahan for faithful service
by retaining him In the Job of
Mollahan's choice. The mavor
again stated that the budget
would not permit employment of
two policemen, and that employ
ment or another man would mean
dismissal for the night police
man.
After hearing the opinions of
three citizens, the council still
had not arrived at a decision, and
the mayor suggested that other
business be considered. Council
man Dunham asked that the is
sue be settled wthout further de
lay. Here, Councilman Cox quot
ed Gomilion as saying that he
would police the city from 9 a.
m. to midnight, that he would be
on call at all times, and that he
would provide his own car and
gasoline for a salary of $300 per
month. The council then voted
on Yeager's motion that Gomilion
be appointed.
Inspector Grants
Building Permits
The following permits to build,
repair, or remodel have been Is
sued by the city building Inspec
tor: Henry Tetz, home remodeling,
$700.
Episcopal church, new roof,
$KX).
Fred W. Harrison, woodshed
$150.
VV r ("nlllno KmII.IIm,, Main
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sireei oeiween standard uu ma-
tior) Hnd Heppner Cleanert. $tKI0.