; Z Z T Y eppiter $3.00 Per Year; Single Copies 10c Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 29, 1949 Volume 66, Number 28 Six Young People Figure in Wrecks During Pas! Week Total of Nine Loca People Hospitalized In Past Two Weeks The Heppner contingent in the M. Anthony's hospital in Pendle ton was raised to nine over the past week end when six young people in two separate wrecks were rushed there for treatment. Friday evening, Donna Gay hart, driving a car borrowed from Gene Orwick, and accompanied by Eileen Ball, upset the vehicle between the Mankln ranch and Lexington. Both girls were se verely injured and the car was all but completely wrecked. The accident victims were rushed to Pendleton. Eileen was able to re. turn home Tuesday but Donna is still a patient and may have to remain several weeks, according to reports. Saturday evening, five out of six persons were seriously Injured when two cars collided almost head-on about seven miles west of Pendleton on highway 30. Jack Ployhar of Heppner was driving west in a 1919 Kurd. Swerving the car into the left lane of traffic he hit the left front of a pickup truck of Chester Davis and his wife, both 59, of Sunnyside, Wash. Both cars were demolished. In the car with Ployhar were Eileen Keenan, 18, sister Delores, 16, and Wayne Prock, 19. Eileen has a dislocated elbow; Delores suffered a broken collar bone and a broken leg; Prock is suf fering from shock and lacerations and Ployhar is suffering with in ternal injuries. Chester Davis had his throat cut and his skull frac tured, while his wife had both arms broken, body and face lac erations, and both knees cut deeply, according to an account of the accident in the East Ore gonian. VISUAL CRIME CURE Here Is an innovation in crimi nal juvenile jurisprudence that uses a standard lime-old and proven method viewing horrible examples, where they're always available at the penitentiary. Why didn't someone think of it before? Three alleged juvenile delin quents appeared this week before Judge Rex Kimmcl who took them over to Ihe Oregon penitentiary where they were taken on a per sonally conducted tour of "lifers' row." "Perhaps If it is forcibly and visually brot home to these lads to just what end criminal tend encies lead It may mean a turn ing point in their lives," said the Jurist. CONCRETE SUGGESTION Did the plaster cast in which Senator Wayne Morse was encas ed, after being thrown from a buggy while driving his prize stal lion, inspire the Oregon senator to denounce the CVA as an "admin istrative straight Jacket?" The Northwest Public Power Assn., which had previously in dorsed CVA "idea" only, last week in a Tcoma meeting voted unan imously for such legislation pro viding it includes definite guar antee to PUD'S and municipal systems like Tacoma, Salem, Mil ton, Eugene and McMinnville the right to own and develop their own facilities LIVING MEMORIALS Millions of trees are growing in Oregon, and will continue to grow for decades, that are monuments to the Inspired spirit of Nelson lingers, late stale forester. He "planted" more trees than any man that ever lived. He did it by his leadership in Inspiring confi dence in retorestation.Even the rash timber cullers were temper ed by his "timber religion." Before his last illness we talked with him about the deplorable condition of timber cutting con trol In Oregon. The only laws of this kind Oregon has were taken from the statutes of Ihe slate of Washington. And they were de clared unconstitutional years ago. PIONEER BOOK PLANNED A valuable historical record now being compiled by David Dunnl way, state archivist, will contain names of every family In Oregon in 1850. Most of Ihe population al that time was In the Willamette valley and on the coast and to taled 13,291. Approximately 2000 copies of Ihe book will be pub lished. Dunnlway said he laler would prepare a similar book based on the 1S90 census when Ihe stale's population was 317,740. POLITICAL ANGLERS The political capital of Oregon last week end was Waldport, the home of the king of salmon der bles. An Impromptu meeting of the board of - control narrowly ' Booster Breakfast Set For October 7 Friday, October 7, is the date of the first football game scheduled for the rodeo field in the current season. In accordance with es tablished custom, the morning of that day is the time for the boost er breakfast and Chairman Jack u Connor inlorms t Jits newspaper that the breakfast will be served although where is still a matter to be settled. Ticket purchasers will be informed when they get their tickets. Coach Vernon Bohles is spark ing his team for this game, which will not only be the fiist of ihe season on the home field but will be with Condon, and Heppner coaches never fool themselves about the Gilliam county boys. o County Council Of Parents-Teachers Organized Monday A meeting was called Monday by Mrs. Omar Kietmann, pros! dent of the lone Parent -Teacher association, for the purpose of forming a county council of Ore gon Congress of Parents and Tea chers. The meeting was held at Lexington and was well attended, with representatives there from Irrigon. Boardman, lone, Lexing ton and Heppner. Officers wor the county unit are as follows: Mrs. B. C. For sythe, lone, president; Mrs. Floyd Hobbs, Irrigon, vice president, and D. E. Baker, Lexington, secretary-treasurer. Bo-irdman will be the scene of the next meeting, on October 19, with the PTA groups of Irrigon and Boardman hosts for luncheon. Mrs. J. W. Staggs of Milton, a state vice president, was present to assist with the organizational work. missed being called. At the Sat urday night banquet opening the derby Governor Douglas McKay and State Treasurer Walter Pear son sat at the head table with other state officials including Tax Commissioner Robert D. McLean. Game Commissioner Duiiald Mit. chell, State Senators Austin Fie gel end Rex Ellis, and Represent ative Jerry Wade, and Frank E. Gilkey, county judge of Lincoln countv. NIMRODS, RELAX I Governor Dot'glas McKay learn ed this week ti at Oregon's driest summer in years will probably not necessitate postponement of the scheduled opening of the deer season on October 1. The good word came out during the second quarterly meeting of the governor's natuial resources advisory committee. Heavy dews following showers dampened the forest floor, said George Spaur, acting state forester, and forest fire l.'Pgenls have been lowered to a minimum. However. Gover nor McKay is keeping his eye on the hot davs. OREGON INSURANCE CONSCIOUS The amount of insurance held by Oregonians was estimated at an average of $1000 for every per. son man, woman and child in Oregon. The total figure of $1,507 021.125 was 10 per cent higher than last year. Oregonians paid $31,350,915 in insurance premiums last year and received $10.5(',fi.625 for fire losses. State Insurance Commis sioner Robert Taylor revealed this week. RHEA CREEK GRANGE TO HOLD BOOSTER NIGHT Rhea Creek grange has issued invitations to interested persons ind to the memberships of other granges in the county to attend the booster night party at the hall at Ruggs Friday evening, Oc tober 7. A varied program Is being pre pared and festivities will open with a potluck supper at 6:30 p. m. State's Population Than Growers Produce Meat, Milk Oregon's output of meat and milk scarcely equals stale needs now that the population has in creased one-half since prewar. That is a general conclusion to1 be drawn from facts and figures in the latest farm outlook circu lar issued by the extension ser vice al Oregon State college, now available from county extension agents. The purpose of the report Is to lid producers in planning their production and marketing oper ations. There are sections on the feed supnlv siUeitlon. dairy pro duels, beef cattle, hogs, and sheep. Several charts and tables of data are included lo show trends In prices, production and consumer demand Meat animals (cattle, hogs and sheep) and dairy production ac count for about two-fifths of Or egon's cash receipts from farm marketings. Currently, the state is close to a balance on milk and beef with a heavy deficit in hogs but still has some seasonal sur plus of lambs. The three Pacific coast slates together are shorl on dairy pro duction, beef and hogs, with n it much if any surplus of iambs. The seven far western states pro duce large surplus of the lambs, Deer Season Open Saturday A. M. As Scheduled Oregon's red hat brigade 1 moving up to the front and by Saturday morning the opeing bombardment will strike up as the 1919 deer hunting season gets underway. Up to press time only a sprink ling of outside hunters had come to town but it is expected that by Friday evening a full comple ment of trigger-happy hunters will be on hand Expected news from the office of Governor Douglas McKay that the opening would be postponed until rains come had not been re ccived and there seems nothing in the way of the season opening October 1. C. A. Lockwood, game director, estimates there will be close to 200,000 hunters afield. He has made a special plea for all to ex ercise the strictest caution while hunting and a full compliance with the game laws. He also puts fires in the forests that the habi- it up to the hunters to preventl tat of the wld game may be pre served. County Receives $79,307.01 From Basic School Fund This year Morrow county will receive 5 1 9,807.01 from the basic school support fund. Half of this amount was received last week and distributed to the school dis- rids in the county from the rural school district office according to Henry E. Tetz, superintendent. The basic school fund is a state fund raised by income tax am ounting to S.)0 per census child and apportioned to the school dis- rict on the basis of pupil mem bership, number of teachers and ransportation. Of the $39,903.47 received from he fund, the distribution was nade- as follcws: School district No. 1. Heppner. $11,037.51; school district No. 2. Lena. $136.03; school district No. 3, Willow Way, $710. 87; school district No. 5J. Morgan, S315.K9; school district No. 10, Ir rigon, St 9H6.65; school district No 12, Lexington, S3.173.41; school district No. 19. Rood Canyon, $270.33; school district No. 23, De. vine, $387.10; school district No. 21. Willow, $200.04; school dist. No. 25. Boardman, $5,031.92; dis trict No. 27, consolidated with Echo, $373.21; school district No. 35J, lone. Stt.fll0.98; school district No. 40, Hartlman, $501.75; school district No. 41, Sand Hollow, I $G41. -79; school district No 42, Balm Fork, $182.10; Union High district No. 1, Hardman, $85.03; Non-High district. $1,628.89. The second half of the basic school fund apportionment will be made in March. An interested visitor in Hepp ner for several davs the past week was Mrs. J. B. Cooley of ! Brownsville who visited her nie ces and families, Mrs. J. O. Tur ner, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson and Mrs. Leonard Schwarz She was pleased with the growth and improve ments in Heppner since her last visit a number of years ago. She went from here to Stanfield to visit her brother, John M. Spencer. o Charley Hodge has a power shovel crew busy leveling off his used car lot this week. Hereto fore drainage has been a problem on the lot, water running off of it into the garage building. The new level will be slightly below the building level. Grows Faster however. While lambs move eastward to market, some beef, much pork, and considerable dairy products reach Pacific coast markets from beyond Ihe Idaho Utah-Nevada-Arizona area. The seven-stale to tal output of lambs in 1918 was almost one fourth of the national Intnl. nut of beer it was 10.1 per rent, of pork only 2.1 percent, and of milk 9.8 percent, against 11.1 percent of the U. S. population. Feed Is the basic in the long- term outlook, the report points out. Nationally, feed supplies are of record proportion for the 1949. 50 feeding season in relation to animal numbers. Huge supplies of corn and other feeds are avail able In the corn-belt states. Thus, despite Ihe great Increase in Pacific coast market demands, competition from midwest pro ducers is a factor in the outlook. In addition to the abundance and cost of feeds, transportation rates and other marketing charges en ter in. The report raises Ihe question: With what products can Oregon producers compete best against mldwestem meat and milk pro ducts In Pacific coast markets over the years ahead? "Freedom Goes Where The Newspaper Goes" A Guest Editorial by Governor Douglas McKay You would have to hunt a long time and range far afield to find a more appropriate slogan than that adopted for the tenth National Newspaper Week, October 1 to 8: "Freedom Goes Where the Newspaper Goes". Those six words testify to the impact of an unfettered press with a force of clarity no flow of prose or oratory could match. They say, in effect, that newspapers which speak honestly without fear of censorship, and people who have earned the same liberty of expression are invariably found together. Where you have one, you automatically have the other. One brings the other about and demands its perpet uation with no strings attached. Any man in the public eye should welcome the justified criticism of the press. It stands for reassurance that the pro cesses by which he attained official stature are safeguarded by enlightened public opinion that is constantly refreshed by the vigilant reporter and editorial writer. Hence, the dailies and weeklies of Oregon and the other 47 states are really crusading for better government as they discharge their obligation to inform and educate their readers. Certain unfortunate countries deny their newspapers and their citizens the right to give and receive this vital service. I, personally, would want no part of the lite of those countries. Many Heppner Lawrence-Kilkenny Wedding By RUTH. F. PAYNE Mrs. Isabella "Betty' Lawrence of Pendleton, formerly of Hepp ner, became the bride of William P. Kilkenny of Butter Creek at a nuptial mass Saturday morning at St. Mary s Roman Catholic church in Pendleton. Rev. P. J. O'Huira read the service. The bride, attended by her sister, Mrs. John Martin of Klamath Falls, wore a tailored suit of avocado green, with gray accessories and a corsage of green orchids. John Kilkenny of Pendleton, brother of the groom, was best man. Follow ing the ceremony a reception was held at the Pendleton Country club where Mrs. Henry Colin. Mrs. ! John Klkenny, Mrs. P. W. Mahon ey ar.d Mrs. Emil Grohens poured, and Mrs. James Farley, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. Ed ward Rice and Mrs. Les Wyman assisted about the rooms. Among guests from Heppner were Mr. and I.Irs. P. V. Mahoney, Mr. and Mrs. James Farley, Mr. and Mrs. Henry llappold, Mrs. Bert Kane, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Haguewood, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Groshens. Mr. and Mrs. Les Wyman. Mrs. Lottie Kilkenny, Mr. and Mrs. Don Gree nup. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Don nell Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ed- Harold ' ward Rice, Mr. and Mis. Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carm chael, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lindsey, Mrs. Josie Jones, Mrs. Sadie Sgis bce, and Leslie L. Matlock. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davidson returned Sunday from a week's motor trip which took them as far south as Crescent City, Calif. Enroute they visited Crater Lake, Oregon Caves and Klamath Falls, Thev returned via the Oregon coast highway and Portland. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell who remained at Depoe Bay for a longer visit at the coast. The Howells expect to return to Heppner in time for the hunting season Mr. and Mrs. Don DuBois, Mrs. Edna Hamlin and daughter Mar lone spent the week-end in Port land. On Sunday morning they attended services at All Saints Episcopal church where Rev. Nev ille Blunt was priest in charge. Mr. Blunt was formerly vicar of All Saints Episcopal church in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. K. G. McMurtrey entertained Friday evening at their home on Church street with home movies of their recent trips and picnics during the summer. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCoy and children Miss Leta Humphreys, Mrs. Alma Morgan, Mrs. Josephine Mahoney and Frank W. Baker. Refreshments were served. Nine tables of pinochle and three tables of bridge were in play at the annual benefit card party Friday evening at St. Pat rick's parish hall. This is spon sored by the Altar Guild. Hign in pinochle was received by Mrs. Willard Blake and low by Sam Turner. In bridge. Loyal Parker received high score and Conley Lanham, low. Mrs. Ida Farra re ceived Ihe door prize. Mrs. Wil liam Richards, Mrs. Charles O'Donnell and Mrs. J. D. Palmer were'in charge of arrangements. John and Bub Wightman of the Blue Mountain ranch south of Hardman were transacting busi ness in town Monday. They w ill remain in the mountains until snow flies at which time they will bring the cattle in to the Al falfa Lawn ranch below town. Mr. and Mrs. George McDon ald and son Neal and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bruckert of Moro were week end guests of their uncle, George McDonald. Mrs. Josephine Mahoney and Frank V. Baker spent Saturday morning shopping in Pendleton Mrs. R. B. Rice left Saturday for a month's visit In Missouri Dr. and Mrs. A. D. McMurdo relumed Monday from Sun Val ley, Ida. where Dr. McMurdo at- (ended a medical convention the lust of the week, During their People Attend stay they saw C. V. Bracher, for merly of Pilot Rock but now of Salt Lake City. Mr. Bracher was a member of the Pilot Rock trap team of which Dr. McMurdo was a member. Dr. and Mrs. Joe Rob erts of Portland were also present for the convention. William Hess, logger who in jured his hand in an accident at ( amp 5 last week, was taken to Portland Monday and will remain with relatives until he recovers. He was helping unload a truck and caught his hand in a pulley, tearing the fingers quite badly. Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Hicks of Lone Rock were business vis itors in Heppner Saturday. They were enroute to La Grande taking their son there for his senior year at Eastern Oregoti college. Mr. and Mrs. Alson Dix of Port land visited Friday with Mr. and Mis. W. O. Dix. they are on a motor trip to Denver and the Grard Canyon and will return to their home via the southern route through California. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Drake are the parents of an 8 oound son, Douglas Alfred, born Saturday at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendle ton. Their daughter, Susan, is staving with Mr. and Mrs. dive Huston during her mother's ab- I senee. Frank Turner returned Sunday from a week-end business trip to Portland. He was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson and Mrs. Frank E. Parker who have been in the city for some time where the ladies have been re ceiving medical treatment. Kemper Snow has returned 'from Walla Walla where he spent several days last weeK. Mr. and Mrs. John Hiatt and Crockett Sprouls spent the week end at the Hiatt cabin on Cald well Grade. Conditions in that part of the woods are very dry and rain is much needed, ac cording to Sprouls. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Yeager marie a business trip to Pendle ton the last of the week. Duane Gentry left Monday for Washougal, Wash, to continue his work with a construction com- pany after spending the week-end j here with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gentry. Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Connor j spent several days in Portland the first of the week. During their absence, Mrs. Jack Bailey looked after the children. Miss Viola Fisher left Saturday for her home in Post Falls, Ida., after spending a week here with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 1. Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake are in Redmond this week visit nrg his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blake. Mrs. Lowell Rippee has return ed I mm Tacoma, wasn. nm she has been living during the time Pfc Rippee was stationed al Camp Lewis. He expects to be sent overseas in the near future recording to reports. Mrs. Fay Bueknum and Miss Patricia Pierson spent the weeK- nil al the Bueknum cabin on Willow creek. Crockett Sprouls motored to Ar lington Tuesday morning to meet his daughter and Misses Leatha Smith and Viola Macomber who were returning irom a imi m Prineville at Miss Smiths home. Mrs. Martha Peterson, nee Wil son, of Los Angeles spent Mon day in Heppner visiting friends. Mrs. Peterson was a teacher in Ihe Heppner schools some 20 years ago. having had the first grade for two years at that time. With Mr. Peterson she is on a motor tour of the Pacific north west and stopped off in Heppner to renew acquaintances. Mrs. Milton Morgan of Monu ment Is a guest al the home of Mrs. Juanita Masscy. Mrs. Alma Morgan and Mrs. Juanita Masscy motored to N ach es, Wash, where they spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Mar vin Morgan, Mustangs Recover From Echo Defeat lo Beat Stanfield The Heppner Mustangs, after taking a 13-ii loss from Echo, came back to defeat a weak Stan, field team last Friday, 34-0. After a series of long runs and first downs, Melvin Piper went (hrough to score the first Hepp ner tally. Bergstrom then made the extra point. The second quarter had scarce ly gotten underway when Berg strom went across for the second HeppnT touchdown. The conver sion was made by Gary Connor, right end. The half ended with Heppner but two yards from mak ing another touchdown, with Stanfield making a definite stand. The third quarter started off with a bang, the Mustangs driv ing straight down the field and Ruhl going over for the third score Bergstrom plunged through the line for the conversion. Gary Connor ran back a punt 35 yards, setting the s:;j;e for Ruhl to go the rest of the way for the Mus tangs' fourth tally. Gary Connor again went for the converson. Bergstrom made the final tally for Heppner in the third quarter. Try for point failed. Coach Bohles sent in the re serves alter Bergstrom s last touchdown, and they played the rest of the third and almost all of the fourth quarter. Almost ev ery boy from the Mustang squad saw action. Starting lineup for Heppner: Left end, Jack Sumner; left tackle, Jim Orwick; left guard, Vern Bell; center, Keith Connor; right guard, Lyle Peck; right tackle, Phil Smith; right end, Ga ry Connor; quarterback, Marion Green; left half, Norm Ruhl; right half, Melvin Piper, and fullback Bob Bergstrom. Hardman School To 5e Scene Of NsxtO E A Meeting Teachers of t!ie county will as s mbl Thursday evening, Oct ober 6 at Hardman for a meet ing of the Oregon Education as sociation, Morrow county unit. The Hardman school, Mrs. Bon nie McClintock teacher, will be host, assisted by the ladies of the community who will serve dinner at the Rebekah hall at 6:30. The visitors have been asked to dismiss school early enough to enable them to arrive at Hard man by 5 p. m. A short trip into the timber south of Hardman has been planned as part of the entertainment. Mrs. Bessie Hayes is president, John S. Feathers, vice president Mrs. LaVerne Partlow, secretary, and Miss Mary Brackett, treas urer. ACTIVE TB PATIENT PAYS HEPPNER VISIT Chester O. Terrill was picked up Wednesday evening by Offi cer Gomillioii in answer to a phone call from Miss Leila Mc Lachlaa that a strange-acting man had called at the McLach lan home. The officer found the man a short time later in a box car where he had bedded down for the night. Terrill, an e service man, was found lo have taken "absence without leave" from the tubercu losis hospital at Boise. Ida., his papers showing that he was an "active" patient. o Among local students who have left for college are Faye Cutsforth, Joan Hisler, Betty Smethurst. Lil lian Hubbard. James and Billy Kenny and Mat and John Doher ty who are at Eastern Oregon college at La Grande; Mary Mol lahan, Bob Jones and Roy Carter are at the University of Oregon, and Don Gilliam and Barbara Slocum are at Oregon State college. American Way Of Life Threatened By Passage of Senate Bill 1645 Our American way of life is at slake in the proposed Columbia Valley Administration as written in Senate bill 16-15. in the opin ion of Stanley R. Church, repre senting the Pacific Northwest Development association. Church and Charles M. Sanford met with the Heppner chamber of com merce Monday at which time certain features of the measure were discussed and analyzed. A copy of the bill in chart form was placed where all could see it and Mr. Church discussed the most salient features, particular ly bringing out the parts that ap pear harmless to the casual read. er but really mean placing su preme authority in the hands of ihe Ihree-man board if permitted to remain in the bill. Certain functions are stipulated and these, while perhaps not too dis agreeable to the taste of the av erage apostle of freedom, could Soroptimist Clubs All Over World Honor Week of Founding Soroptimist clubs all over the world will join in the celebration of Founders' Week, Sept. 28 Oct. 5, with special programs to com memorate the anniversary of the founding of the first Soroptimist Club in Oakland, California on October 3, 1921. This was "sack lunch" day (fifth Thursday of the month) for the Soroptimist Club of Hepp ner. They met at the home of their president, Mrs W. O. George at noon. The growth of Soropti mism was .traced by Mrs. O. G. Crawford ffom the institution of the first club with its member ship of 80 in 1921 to the present. There are over 20,000 Soropti- mists in clubs scattered through out the world. More than 400 active clubs are listed in the ros ter of the American Federation. There are 67 clubs In the North western region which covers the states of Washington, Oregon, northern part of Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The American Feder ation, composed of business ex ecutive women, extends from Fairbanks Alaska to Rio de Ja neiro, from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine, from Honolulu Hawaii to Halafax Nova Scotia. There are active clubs in 27 for eign countries. Each member will pay one cent for each year of Soroptimism, 28 cents, this time, which is an annual Founders' Week observance. One of the most enjoyable ex periences of the Soroptimist club of Heppner is correspon dence with individual members of the Soroptimist Club of Tarn- worth, England. The Soroptimist program is one of service;in the welfare and op portunities for young girls, par ticularly through education and recreation; economic advance ment of women; long range pro grams of fellowships and study grants; legislation and citizen ship; better international under standing through friendships with Soroptimists abroad and improvement of localandfscy"o local civic projects. Several of the local club mem bers expect to leave next Thurs day night for the Regional con ference at Bellingham Washing ton October 7, 8 and 9. Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Dunham ac companied Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ruggles and their daughter Con nie on a hunting trip to the Blue Mountains area reserved for ar chery devotees . The men did much hunting and the entire party had a fine time but the deer population was not dimin ished by their little week-end jaunt Mrs. C. H. Perrott of Portland has been visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Doolittle, the past 10 days. Mrs. Doolittle has been suffering with arthritis for some time and is a little better. Paul Doolittle brot his sister up from the city and her husband will arrive this week end to take her home. Mr. and Mrs. C. Q. Routh of Pasco were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Chaffee. Mr. Routh is Mrs. Chaffee's twin brother. Mrs. C. A. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Jones of Pasco spent several hours in Heppner Tues day, the elder Mrs. Jones and her son coming for physical check ups. They reported that through traffic in Pasco came almost to a halt during the time following the bridge fire until the pontoon bridge was installed and that cars are breezing through their town once more. EXAMINER COMING A drivers license examiner will be on duty in Heppner Tuesday. October 4 at the City Hall be tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. Persons wishing licenses or permits to drive are asked to get in touch with the examiner well ahead of the scheduled clos ing hour in order to assure com pletion of their applications with a minimum of delay. be accepted but they are followed by the all-embracing phrase "and other duties." or "and other con- ideralions." etc. which place no limit on the activities of the board of the extent of authority nvolved, the speaker contended. All paragraphs, sentences, or phrases containing the threat of ibsolutism are heavily under scored on the chart, which is an 'xact duplication of the original bill "blown up" to about the size it the average large size wall calendar. Church explained that the Pa- .mc Northwest Development as ocmtlon was formed several vears ago f r the purpose of de veloping this great region thro ugh the facilities at hand pri vate enterprise, the army engl neers and the reclamation bu reau. The visitors went to Tendleton from here. Commission Ups Funds For Extra Road Construction Boa rdman-Wi I low Creek Section Gets $90,000 Additional The state highway commission climaxed its three day Septem ber meeting in Portland by allo cating $3,034,000 for the con struction of 24 additional projects in the 1950-51 construction pro gram. These are distributed over 19 of the counties of the state and are in addition to prior al lotments made for the next two- year construction program, a re port from the commission states. While no announcement has been made as to definite plans, the sum allocated to the Willow- Creek-Boardman section of the Columbia river highway indica tes that a general rebuilding will take place in the next bi-ennium. Contemplated dam construction along the river necessitates re locating the highway in some sections and since the route be tween Willow Creek and Board- man is in line for improvement it is thought the commission contemplates relocation of the route between those points. An original S575.000 allocated for this section has been upped $90,000 to a total of $665,000. In In the report this is given as in Morrow county which leads to the conclusion that some heavy construction will be done. Contracts on some of the pro jects have already been award ed especially in the construction of highway buildings and some smaller bridges. o Escaped Convict Hiding in Timber In Kinzua Vicinity Gilbert Williams, escaped from Gilbert Willaims, escaped from the Oregon State prison, is being hunted for in the mountains sur rounding Kinzua, according to Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman who, with Officer Bill Labhart spent Wednesday in that vicinity as sisting officers of the district in the search. Williams, committed from Un ion county, left the prison at Sa lem on September 22. A few days later he stole a 1949 Lincoln coupe at Gresham and headed foo eastern Oregon. About one and one-half miles after leaving the John Day highway enroute to Kinzua the car ran out of gas. Taking the kejs-and a 38 auto matic army type revolver he found in the glove compartment he set out on foot. At Kinzua store he was recognized by Jim mie Walker, storekeeper, who re ported to the officers at once. Sergeant Olson and other offi cers at Arlington had been called to The Dalles to help maintain peace at the dock where the "hot cargo" of pineapple is being un loaded but other officers of the district, including state police, sheriffs and city police were on the job in quick order. Road blocks were set up and other squads set out to search the woods, but when the local of ficers returned home last night no trace of the convict had been found. It is believed he picked out a hiding spot to catch up on sleep and that when hunger be comes acute he will show up some place. o Game Commission Taking Fish Eggs Mr. C. A. Lockwood. State Game Director, today dispatch a crew of fishery biologists and aids to be gin clean-up activities at the out let end of Paulina Lake. Starting around the last of September, the men will remove all weeds, brush, drift wood, and accumula ted debris that will in anv wav interfere with the forthcoming egg-taking operations. Resident biologists will deter- termine the proper time, usually in late October or earlv Novem ber, when the fish are ready to spawn. At this time, the fish are netted, the eggs are stripped, for tilized, and the fish returned un harmed to the lake again. Eggs thus obtained are placed in hatch cries where they develop Into fin - gerlmgs or legal sized trout and are then available for distribution to lakes and streams throught the state This egg-taking and artificial spawning operation is necessary to comivnsate for the inability of the rainbow trout to reproduce successfully in this lake. Persons using the Paluina Lake area are cautioned to refrain from placing any camping refuse, particularly tin cans, in the lake. Such material not only ollutes the water but definitely ham pers the seining activities. Dave Fortmiller, formerly of Ashland, is a visitor at the Ralph Jackson ranch in the Spray ne. ghborhood. belnir the guest of Kenneth Jackson. The young men were pals at the t.'iil verslty of Oregon. He will be heru through the hunting season.