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Volume 67, Number 32
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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, October 26, 1950
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Republicans Set
Meeting At lone
Monday Evening
Young Republicans
Leader Scheduled
To Deliver Speech
In what is deemed the final
rally of the current political cam
paign, the Republicans of the
county will gather at the Legion
hall in lone at o'clock Monday
evening. This meeting was de
cided upon at the last previous
meeting held at the Elkhorn cafe
in Heppner earlier in October and
Chairman George Ely issued an
invitation to all citizens of the
county interested in the election
of Governor Douglas McKay and
other members of the Republican
ticket.
Two speakers from the outside
have been secured for this occa
sion. Donald Walker, president
of the Young Republicans club
and P. J. Stadelman of The Dal
les, representative and party war
horse. An invitation has been' ex
tended to Congressman Lowell
Stockman but up to press time
it was not learned whether he
could accept.
Object of the meeting is to stir
interest in the election to draw
out a good vote and, of course,
create as many votes as possible
for the Republican ticket. The re
cently formed McKay for Gover
nor club is taking an active in
terest in getting out a. crowd and
it is hoped the big hall will be
filled.
Chairman Ely of the Republi
can county central committee has
promised that there will be a
lot of good sandwiches and coffee
following the meeting.
BILL RICHARDS' 214
POUND BUCK TOPS
LEGION CONTEST
A 214 pound buck deer may not
rate so big in other sections but
a buck of that weight was suf
ficient to capture top honors in
the contest conducted by the
Heppner post of the American
Legion during the recent open
season. William Richards brought
in the biggest buck and it weigh
ed 214 pounds.
The smallest buck was turned
in by Jim Lovgren. This one tip
ped the beam, at 70 pounds.
Gerald Swaggart's buck with
the three-inch spread of horns
captured the prize in that divi
sion. Bill Cox and one of his boys
brought in the first deer, early
on the opening day of the season.
Hunters seemed to forget the
prize offered for the widest horn
spread, as none of that category
were turned in, according to Bill
Blake who was in charge, of the
contest.
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Portland Hunters
Lose Rifles Here
Saturday Evening
A carload of Portland men ar
rived in Heppner around 9 p. m.
Saturday. . They were equipped
with camp outfit and rifles pre
pared to enjoy the last two days
of deer hunting in the Blue
mountains and going from this
section to Pendleton to Join
friends on an elk hunt. They
parked their car and trailer in
front of the Gazette Times prop
erty and went around the corner
to the Elkhorn cafe for a cup of
coffee. Gone but a short time
they were rounding the corner of
the Humphreys Drug company
when they saw a car take off
around the city building corner.
Arriving at their car they soon
found the reason for the hurried
get-away.
Thieves had looted their car
and removed their rifles and a
pint of whiskey which, in the
hurry to get away, was dropped
and broken. The loot was piled
Into the waiting car and the cul
prits dashed madly around the
corner to eet away from the
scene of their crime.
The hunters remained in Hep
pner until Monday but the offi
cials had not located the culprits.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman and Er
win Anderson loaned them rifles
to hunt with, and that took some
of the hurt out of losing their
own guns.
CONSOLIDATION VOTE
TIE IN SAND HOLLOW
Little interest was manifested
in the consolidation vote in Dis
trict No. 1 Monday afternoon,
there being but seven votes cast,
all in favor of taking in the Sand
Hollow district.
The tax payers and school pa
trons who had the last say in
the matter, the voters of the Sand
Hollow school district, were ev
enly divided. Thirteen were for
the proposal to consolidate with
District No. 1 while 13 others reg
istered a negative opinion.
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EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty at the city hall in
Heppner between the hours of 10
a. m. and 4 p. m. Tuesday, Octo
ber 31, according to annpunce
ment from the office of the sec
retary of state.
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Heppner Tackles
Grant Union at John
Day Friday P. M.
What may prove to be the
"battle of the century" as far as
this neck -o' -the -woods is con
cerned, will be the meeting at
John Day tomorrow (Friday) af
ternoon between the Prospectors
of Grant Union high and the
Mustangs of Heppner high. Ac
cording to the local point of view
it will be a grudge battle with
the Mustangs seeking to redeem
their football standing which has
suffered reverses the past two
years at the hands of the Pros
pectors. Spectators at Friday's game
with the Fossil Falcons noticed
a great improvement in Mustang
blocking and tackling and ex
pect the boys to give good ac
count of themselves at John Day.
Grant Union will have a decid
ed weight advantage but the
"will to win" that the Mustangs
now have is expected to turn the
tide.
A good many local fans are
planning to drive to John Day to
back up the Mustangs in their
bid for supremacy.
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Duvalls Return From
8,000-Mile Train Trip
Around Country
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duvall re
turned the first of the week from
a tour of the country by rail un
der the sponsorship of the Ore
gon Journal. "We left Portland
on September 25 aboard the Ore.
gon Journal special for a tour
which took us more than 8,000
miles," Mrs. Duvall reported to
the Gazette Times. "This did not
include the many sightseeing
trips at thevarious city stops.
"There were 172 of us making
the trip and we were cared for
by 14 railroad and transportation
companies, also 19 sightseeing
organizations. We traveled the
northern route through Spokane,
Fargo, N. D. and had our first
hotel stopover at Minneapolis
and St. Paul. Next was Chicago
for a two days stay. While there
we had a nice visit with Francis
Nickerson.
"Leaving Chicago we went
Northeast to Niagara Falls, Mon
treal and Quebec, Canada, then
back into the States to Portland,
Maine, Boston, New York, Phila
delphia, Washington D. C, Rich
mond, Va., and Lexington, Ky.,
making stops for a day or so at
each of these cities and taking
sightseeing tours to many impor.
tant and historical places.
"We stopped overnight at
Swampscott, Mass. and had a
call from S. E. Pattison who lived
in Heppner in the early '20's. His
father had a newspaper here at
that time. He lived near our ho
tel and we went with him to his
home to meet his wife and son.
He wished to be remembered to
his old friends here.
"Our last sightseeing stop was
Denver: We reached Portland Oc
tober 20, being on the tour 25
days."
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AD DISCONTINUED
Our readers may notice that
the advertisement from Station
KHQ, Spokane, has been discon
tinued. They may also know that
the reason is that the 826 foot
tower which was the subject of
the advertising was blown -over
during a heavy windstorm. The
advertising was not permanently
canceled, which would indicate
that the builders hope to restore
the lofty tower to its perpendicu
lar position,
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This picture taken by Louis Lyons two years ago shows the big planer and factory plant which
was destroyed by fire Wednesday night Since this view was taken, the Heppner Lumber company
has added a piling shed to the dry kiln and was completing a large addition to the planer-factory
building which went up in smoke. It is understood the company has a new planer which can be
set up in the dry kiln piling shed where some of the output can be taken care of pending erection
of a new factory building.
Services Held In
Gymnasium For
Harold W. Manners
Victim of Accident
Was Member of
HHS Class of 1950
Services were held at 2:30 o'
clock p. m. Sunday in the school
gymnasium for Harold Wilson
Manners, 19, whose death oc
curred Thursday night following
an accident on the Heppner-Con.
don highway about 28 miles
southwest of Heppner. Rev. J.
Palmer Sorlien officiated and
Mrs. Lucy Peterson, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Ethel Lyng-
holm, sang The Lord's Prayer
and Whispering Hope. Pallbear
ers were chums of Harold's and
included Carl Thorpe, James Or-
vvick, Robert Bergstrom, William
Bloodsworth, Glenn Walker, Le
wis Carlson, Bernard L. Cox and
Lionel Hustonr the latter two act
ing as ushers.
Interment was in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Young Manners, accompanied
by Bernice Huston, was return
ing from Condon at a late hour
Thursday and at a point approx.
imately 28 miles from Heppner
Overtook a truckload of cattle. In
passing the truck, Manners cut
in a little too close, sideswiping
the bigger vehicle and throwing
the car off balance. The car up
set and the driver was caught in
the wreckage. Wrhen found a
little later by Scott Neal and oth
er Masons returning to Condon
after attending a lodge meeting
in Heppner, Manners was still
alive but bleeding profusely
through the mouth, nose and
ears. His head, which was stick
ing through the glass of the door,
was badly crushed on one side.
Loading the youth into his car,
Neal started for Heppner with
him but he had expired by the
time ihey arrived in town. Miss
Huston was knocked out in the
accident but aside from bruises
and shock appeared to have suf.
fered no serious injury. She was
brought, to town and taken to
the Memorial hospital.
Harold Wilson Manners was
born October 2, 1931, in the state
of Oklahoma and came to Hepp
ner in 1946 where he attended
high school and was graduated
with the class of 1950. He was
popular student, taking part in
numerous student activities. He
played on the athletic teams and
during the past summer was a
member of the Heppner club of
the Wheat-Timber baseball lea
gue. He was also a member of
the local chapter of De Molay.
Surviving are his mother and
step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Noble
Hampton, and his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lee who re
side in Oklahoma.
FAIR FOLK FIND FUNDS FAMISHED; SEEK
SOME SUCCOR THROUGH STOCK SALE
Meeting October 18, the Mor
row County Fair board consider
ed ways and means of taking
care of outstanding bills against
the extensive building and re
modeling projects carried out at
the fair grounds this year. Ap
proximately $2900 in arrears af
ter receiving the last payment of
the fair grounds this year. Ap
is beginning an intensive drive
to clear up debts so that the new
year can be started with a clean
slate. With improvements ana
buildings now at the grounds, it
is felt that the Fair can be sell-
supporting in years to come.
The board is receiving income
from the pavilion in the form of
rental for the roller skating ses
sions being held each week. This
income is being put to paying
off these debts as well as im
provement of the building for
community use.
With fall weather becoming
evident by chilly nights and see
ing the need for heat in the pa
vilion if its use was to be con
tinued, R. B. Ferguson,' Heppner
Mitchell Loses To
Boordman, 20 to 7
With both teams playing heads
up ball and Mitchell with a four
man line, the first quarter ended
in a scoreless tie at Boardman
Friday.
In the second quarter, Board-
man being forced to punt, Shat-
tuck kicked a very good kick and
on the next play, Palmer broke
through the Mitchell line to nail
the runner behind the goal line.
With a two point lead to their
credit, Boardman left the field at
the half feeling pretty good.
The first touchdown came in
the third quarter when Shattuck
made a 40 yard sprint to the
goal line. Shortly after that Rash
threw a pass to Shattuck tor
Boardman's second touchdown.
In the fourth quarter, Rash
again connected with a pass, this
time to Palmer for a touchdown.
With 45 seconds left to play,
Quant, Mitchell's quarterback,
connected with a long pass
to Bland for Mitchell's only score.
They made their extra point.
The game ended in Boardman's
favor, 20-7.
. Donald Gillespie, reporter.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwarz
enjoyed 'a brief visit with Mrs.
a.Schwarz's nephew and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Merritt, Wednes
day. They were enroute to their
home in Hawthorn, Calif, after a
visit with Mrs. Merritt's people
in Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gentry left
last Thursday for their home in
Halfway after a visit with rela
tives and friends in Heppner and
Lexington. They were residents
of Lexington for many years be
fore moving to Halfway and Mrs.
Gentry taught in the Lexington
school.
Night ....
donated $100 to build two chim
neys so that stoves could be in
stalled. These chimneys were
completed Sunday and stoves are
being put in and will be in use
for Friday night's roller sKating
One of the stoves was loaned by
Bill Barratt, Heppner.
Arrangements are well under
wav at this time for a can auc
tion sponsored by the fair board
and to be held on a Main street
intersection on Saturday after
noon. November 4. Calves for this
sale have been donated by John
Graves, Frank Wilkinson, Dallas
Craber, Ray Ferguson and Orville
Cutsforth, with the fair board
asking for further calves to make
the sale a success. More calves
are needed, states Cutsforth, fair
board chairman who asks that
everyone get behind this project.
The fair board believes that the
facilities at the fair grounds ere
the best in eastern Oregon to say
the least and that interest in the
fair will make it one of the best
in the state. Help with a calf, be
it knock kneed, blind or other
wise. Union Pacifif Ag Train
To Show in Heppner
November 28 and 29
Nine north-central and north
eastern Oregon communities will
be visited in November and De
cember by Union Pacific rail
road's agricultural improvement
car, now on its fourth annual
tour of 10 western states served
by the company.
As in the past, the car will
serve at each city visited as a
meeting place for farmers and
experienced agricultural speak
ers to discuss farm problems and
view motion pictures.
George L. Penrose, agricultural
agent for the railroad in Oregon
and Washington, who will be in
charge of the car, today announc
ed the following itinerary:
Athena. Nov. 20; Pendleton,
Nov. 21; The Dalles, Nov. 22; Mo-
ro Nov. 27; Heppner, afternoon
of Nov. 28 and morning of Nov.
29; Condon, Nov. 30; Elgin, after
noon of Dec. 1 and morning of
Dec. 2;; Wallowa Dec. 4; Haines
Dec. 5, .
Two meetings will be held at
each community with starting
time of 9:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m.
Featured speakers will be R.
O. Fletcher, secretary of Pacific
Northwest Crop Improvement as
sociation, who will discuss the
economics of grain sanitation;
Robert Avery, entomologist of
Oregon State college, whose sub
ject is fumigating and disinfec
ting and rodent control, and Rex
Warren, agronomist of Oregon
State college, who will talk on
field crops and their production.
County agents will cover new
crops anl local problems.
The car's film library will in
clude both agricultural and sce
nic pictures.
Mustangs Trounce
Falcons 37 to 0 in .
Friday's Contest
Fossil Unable to
Stem Attack By
- HHS Ball Toters
With three victories and one
ner high school Mustang loot-
ball team was determined to
make it three straight since the
disastrous meeting with Echo
and that determination spelled
a bad time for the visiting Fos
sil Falcons here Friday after
noon. It was Heppner all the
way and the final count was 37-0.
Heppner meant business right
from the start. Kicking off to
Fossil, Peck, right halfback, re
covered the Falcon's safety fum
ble, setting up a touchdown by
Piper on the first play. From
then on it was a field day for
the Mustangs.
Piper and Sumner were cred
ited with 12 points each; Peck
made seven and Connor six.
linemen Bell and Wagner
sparked the defense by making
the majority of the tackles. The
Heppner gridders held up much
better in the second half than
has been their habit in previous
games and the only time Fossil
threatened was in the third
quarter. The Mustangs have im
proved their tackling and block
ing over the previous Friday's
noticeable mistakes.
U. N. Effective In
Most of Program,
Student Declares
Efforts of the United Nations
to maintain peace have been sue
cessful in the main, according to
Sally Cohn, Heppner high school
student, who talked on the sub;
ject in observance of United Na
tions week before the chamber of
commerce luncheon group Mon
day noon. Miss Cohn offered sev
eral instances in support of her
claim that the organization is
working effectively toward a
general peace.
Differeces of opinion which led
to' bloodshed, such as the India
Pakistan trouble, the war be
tween Arabs and Jews in Pales
tine, the Berlin blocade, and the
firm stand taken in the Korean
incident all prove that the UJf is
on the right track, the speaker
contended. Other factors leading
to a better understanding have
been promoted by the UN, such
as the Havana Charter, equality
for all women, and the Universal
Charter of Human Rights.
Asked if she thought the UN a
success, Miss Cohn replied that
she thinks it is, at least it is do
ing a good job and will continue
to grow in "strength and influ
ence. President Henry Tetz announc
ed that next Monday's meeting
will be devoted to a discussion of
the several measures on the
ballot.
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LOCAL LEGISLATOR GUEST
AT SOROPTTMIST MEETING
Representative Henry E. Peter
son addressed the Soroptimist
Club of Heppner this noon, ex
plaining measures on the ballot
for the forthcoming election. The
club members attended with the
voters' pamphlets in hand while
Mr. Peterson presented the argu
ments pro and con on each
measure in turn.
The Youth committee reported
that plans are now completed for
the Hallowe'en party which the
Soroptimist Club of Heppner
sponsors annually for the junior
and senior high school students.
The party Tuesday evening is be.
ing held at the Winchesters' low
er cabin, and from remarks gath.
ered from the committee in
charge, point to a very exciting
time. The group will leave from
the high school at 6:30 p. m.
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Business visitors in Heppner
the last of the week were Mrs.
Esta Powell and a friend, Mrs.
Harold E. Smith, both of Port
land. Mrs. Powell is the owner
of the former Clive Huston ranch
in Eight Mile which is being op
erated by her son. The ladies are
both former residents of Sherman
county and are both quite taken
with Morrow county,
Heppner Planer
Factory Reduced lo
Ashes Last Night
Heppner suffered the second
disastrous fire in 15 months
when the planing mill and fac
tory of the Heppner Lumber com
pany was destroyed Wednesday
night. The huge building, with
machinery and approximately
500,000 feet of lumber, was con
sumed by flames which for an
hour or more threatened other
buildings and which but for the
fact that there was no wind astir
at the time could well have con.
sumed the entire plant.
The night crew was at worn
in the planer and factory and
about 9 o'clock realized there
was smoke coming through the
floor, about where the , planer
crew was working. A hasty in
vestigation brought the discov
ery that a full scale fire was rag
ing under the building and
spreading rapidly. The workmen
were warned to "abandon ship"
and an alarm was sent to the
Heppner fire department It re
quired several minutes to assem
ble members of the department
but by the time the truck was
ready to leave cars were stream-
ing down Main street in the di
rection of the mill.
Fire fighting equipment of the
mill and the city's equipment
were not adequate to save the
burning structure and all effort
was concentrated on saving sur
rounding buildings. A small of
fice building at the east end of
the planer was saved with only
minor damage; the business of
fice, nearby lumber piles,, the
sawmill, and the dry kiln plant
were undamaged.
One plant worker, Harold Ellis,
received a bad gash on the back
of his hed when caught under a
section of wall that fell away
from the burning structure. Al
though caught under the flying
debris, he was quickly rescued.
Extent of the damage had not
been fully covered early today.
When questioned about it, Man.
ager Orville Smith said his guess
at the time would be at least
$250,000. That is the damage suf
fered by the mill company. The
Union Pacific railroad lost four
box cars that were on the siding
along side the factory. The cars
were loaded witn selects" ana
"jambs". Smith said the planer
factory was partially insured.
Asked relative to rebuilding
plans, Smith said he would have
to defer a statement at this time.
It will require several days to
get the report from the insurance
adjusters and advice from the
plant owners, the Kraft Cheese
company. Pending these matters
the plant will be down. The day
crew at the factory and planer
was engaged in clearing away
some of the debris this morning.
Heavy timbers were- still burn
ing and much of the debris was
smoldering.
nememDenng me campaign ne
put on in 1943 to assemble a
sawmill plant, Manager Smith
was not looking upon the re
building with much enthusiasm.
At the same time he realizes that
there Is no profit in maintaining
an idle plant and this will no
doubt spur him on to rounding
up a new plant.
Not alone will the local em
ployes be affected by the en
forced shut-down, but the log
gers, truckers and the plant and
workmen of the Big 4 Lumber
company at Monument will like
wise suffer. The output of the
Monument mill has been taken
by the Heppner Lumber compa
ny, hauled in by truck to the lo
cal plant where it is put through
the dry kiln and processed in
the planer and factory. The Hep
pner plant has also handled the
output of other small Interior
mills, the extent of its operations
providing employment for two
shifts.
Thirty-five employes in the
factory and planer are affected
by the shutdown. Altogether,
more than 50 workers will be
temporarily laid off at the local
plant, and to this number must
be added the loggers and truck
ers. Total number affected, in
cluding the Monument opera
tions, will exceed 200, Smith said.
The planer shed, part of the or
iginal plant, was 155 x 120 feet.
In 1947 the company completed
an addition to the planer shed,
adding 165 x 120 feet for an over
all working space under one roof
of 320 x 120 feet. Work was near
ing completion on another unit,
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