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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 2, 1950
Volume 67, Number 33
Stepper
3.64 Inches Rain
Heppner's Portion
Month of October
Precipitation Here
Almost Three Times
Normal Rainfall
A lot of rain fell in the month
of October just passed and with
it fell, with one exception, all
previous records for the past 15
years. The one exception was in
1947 when a total of 4 inches was
recorded in the Gooseberry sec
tion. The 3.64 inches recorded by
the guage over which Len Gilli
am presides is the heaviest re
corded in the county so far re
ported. The guage at the Leonard
Carlson farm in Gooseberry
showed a total of 3.22 inches for
the month.
In the15 years Mr. Carlson has
been observer at Gooseberry he
has charted the following rain
fall records: 1935, .89; 1936, .30;
1937, .87; 1938, 1.15; 1939, .28; 1940
1.69; 1941, 1.47; 1942, 1.20; 1943,
2.00; 1944, .98; 1945, .58; 1946,
1.70; 1947, 4.00; 1948, .62; 1949, .47
and 1950, 3.22.
The years 1940 1943 inclusive
show a more nearly even mois
ture condition, with an average
of 1.59 inches over the four-year
span. A notable fact about the
moisture conditions the past 10
years or so has been that if a
light precipitation year follows
a heavy rainfall year there has
been sufficient carry-over to aid
in crop production. This would
not be sufficient if timely spring
rains failed to come, but fortu
nately, the spring rains have
come in most instances and the
production average has been up
held. A report from the county ag
ent's office states that meteorolo
gists with the Water Resources
Development corporation say that
conditions have been favorable
for cloud seeding during the past
month and that operations were
carried on during all storms of
any consequence. Forecasts pre
dict that conditions will be favor,
able for adding more inches of
rain to normal with cloud seed
ing during November in the Tri
County Research area.
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WILKINSON-COCHELL RITES
SOLEMNIZED TUESDAY
At a simple wedding Tues
day morning at the Tom Wells
home, two of Heppner's favorite
young people were unite d in
marriage. Before a window bank
ed with chrysanthemums and
candles Virginia Dean Cochell
became the bride of Dick Wilkin
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wilkinson, with Rev. J. Palmer
Sorlien officiating using the
single ring ceremony while soft
instrumental music filled the
background.
The bride's two small daught
ers, Judith Ann and Pamela
Lynne, in aqua and pink were
her only attendants. They carried
nosegays of pink rosebuds and
bouvardia. She was gowned in
antique satin of ballerina length
and carried a nosegay of Carioca
roses.
Mrs. George Rugg, sister of the
groom, lighted the candles and
Mr. Rugg served his brother-in-law
as best man.
Following the ceremony a lun
cheon was served to the bridal
party and the few guests assem
bled. Coming for the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ball of
Ilermiston, grandfather of the
groom and Mrs. Emmett Kenney
of Pendleton.
A wedding trip to Wyoming
and California will keep the
young couple away for a few
weeks. For traveling the bride
wore a black Julliard crepe suit
with a corsage of roses. They
will be at home at the Wilkinson
ranch upon their return.
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Klamath Falls. Oct. 31 Arrow
points to attack area of porcu
pines which are girdling tops of
young ponderosa pines on weyer
haeuser tree farms causing death
or deformity ot tree.
25 Calves Rounded Up For
Fair Board's Debt-Funding
Auction Sale Here Saturday
With the auction hammer held ing the fair out of the red, it was
high waiting to hit the block, ' impossible to contact everyone.
Auctioneer Bob Runnion is await- "No one was intended to be
ing the coming of the Morrow slighted ," said Chairman Cuts
county fair board's sponsored forthi "so jf you have not been
calf auction announced last asked, just load up a calf and
week. With arrangements well bring in to the sale and no ques
under control, Chairman Orville tjons asked. If you don't have a
Cutsforth announces that 25 caif iet us know and we'll find
calves have been donated for the one for you t0 contribute."
sale, which is to be held on Sat- Those who haye contributed
urday, November 4. The place has calveg ag of Wednesday after
been changed from Main stree nQon are Harod Evans Lee fieck.
to the Heppner Sales yard, just nei. wightman and Graham, Dal
in case the wea her decides to as Craber, Henry Peterson, Mark
follow its natural course of the nam Bakeri FranR
past month. The time is 2:30 p. wikinsoni a w. cutsforth, Sam
m. Harold Erwin has promised Turner Ra Bea Marion
several buyers from out of town Palmer Earl BlaRe Bm Donert
will be present to assure the best Carl Troedson Mankin-Bunch,
price for the calves to be offered Eugene FergUSon Cliff Dough
for sale. ertVj john Graves, Lawrence Pal-
While many hours have been mer, Harry Duvall, Howard Cleve
spent by the chairman in solicit-j land, Claude White, and Earl
ing contributions to help in bail- jMcKinney.
PARTY SPIRIT CAN WIN
Hold on to your hats. More big
winds are predicted scheduled
to subside, however, November 6
with the wind-up of the general
election political campaign.
Both big political parties have
signal advantages. The demo
crats, for the first time since reg
istration in Oregon began, have
the most potential voters, with
378,357 registrants to the repub-
lcans 361,158. They also have a
majority of registered voters in
three of Oregon's four congres
sional districts. Only in the first
district do the republicans top
the democrats with 111.6K) to 98,
073. In the second district the
democrats lead with 61,863 to 56,.
405, in the third with 137,159 to
113,241 and in the fourth with
81.180 to 79,975.
In years when a president is to
be elected a larger percentage of
registrants vote. In this state it
has been running about 76 per
cent on the presidential years and
60 percent on other election years.
David O'Hara, director of the state
department of elections, predicts
the vote this year will run a little
higher than usual, about 65 per
cent,
The political party that gets
the largest percentage of its reg
istered voters to the polls will
win. And that does not always
happen.
ERRORS AT THE POLLS
"A 'write-in' vote is valid and
should be counted whether or not
an 'X' has been marked preceding
the name," says Secretarv of
State Earl Newbry, in charge of
eiecuuns.
Ten years ago 5 per cent of the
naitots were disqualified because
of errors. This has been reduced
to 1 percent in recent elections
Clerks of election boards are not
making as many mistakes, altho
at the last election five locked a
ballot box then stuck the key in
tne oanot slot.
STATE LOSES REVENUE
State property taxes, something
uregon taxpayers have not had
to pay for 10 years, seem assured
if state revenue keeps shrinking
or vanishing and state expendi
tures Keep piling up.
I his week btate Tax Commis.
sioner Ray Smith, in charge of
tne income tax division
called
attention to increased federal ln.iCreswick will favor with several
come tax rates and their effect
011 State revenues.
Tn. fnjnt i . n i
iiiu it-uuidi law euiuws luuuiai
income taxes to be deducted in
the computation of net incomes
on state returns. If the federal
income tax reduction was not al
lowed on Oregtm state personal
income tax returns, Smith esti
mated that Oregon's total tax col
lect ions would be incresed by
more than $10,000,000.
MANGANESE MADE IN SALEM
The capital of Oregon got in
the industrial Kleig lights of the
world this week when the an
nouncement was made that man
ganese, an article at the top of
the government want list, is be
ing made in Salem, Oregon.
Officials of the Continental
Chemical company said a produc.
tion of 200 tons a month of man
ganese will be 'shipped from the
$4,000,000 plant built during the
second world war to produce
aluminum.
SEASONABLE SAFETY ADVICE
"Look out when it's dark out!"
This admonition was given by
Captain Walter Lansing of the
state traffic safety division this
week who warned of early dark
ness combined with heavy traf
fic. "The peak fatal accident
hours are from 5 to 7 p. m. but
the entire period of 4 to 10 p. ra
SCHOOL BILL PRESENTED
BY LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN
James Vanover, chairman of
the legislative committee of the
Morrow county unit of Oregon
Teacher association talked
briefly on the children's bill at
the meting of the chamber of
commerce Monday noon. He re
ferred to the rapid increase in
population and what the ex
pected school population will be
by 1964 and urged support of the
measure on the grounds of being
prepared to take care of the in
crease as well as meeting cur
rent school needs in the interim.
Henry Peterson explained the
daylight bill and answered ques
tions on other matters.
Further discussion of measures
will be allowed at next Monday's
meeting.
Paul McCoy turned over the
secretary job to Tom Wilson, in-
ismuch as Monday was his last
meeting with the club before
moving to Hermiston.
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Legionnaires Get
Set To Observe
Armistice Event
Heppner Post No. 87, American
Legion is "on the ball" this week
making preparations for the an
nual observance of Armistice
day which this year will be held
in Heppner with Hermiston Post
as guests. The program for the
day has been completed and will
include an informal get-to-gether
at the Legion hall as the guests
arrive.
Immediately following lunch
hour there will be the usual pa
rade of Legionnaires to Rodeo
field where the annual pigskin
contest between the teams of the
Hermiston and Heppner high
schools will offer the big diver
sion of the day.
At 6:30-p. m. the annual ban
quet for the Legionnaires and the
football teams will be served at
the hall. Dancing will round out
the evening, with music furnish
ed by the Serenaders.
C. J. D. Baurhan will be master
of ceremonies at the banquet for
which several numbers have been
prepared. Rev. Elvon Tull, post
ichaplain, will say grace; Oliver
son as and Mrs. William Lahhart
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District No. 7 commander,
be the principal speaker.
will
is potentially dangerous, requir
ing extreme caution on the part
ot motorists and pedestrians.
Thirty-six percent of all fatal ac-
events occur during the 4 to 10 .p
m. period, Lansing warned, in
listing these tips to motorists,
1 Drivers must use regular
headlights, not parking lights,
when driving in early dusk hours
or in toggy weather,
2 Speeds should be cut down
on wet or slippery highways,
cs reaestnans should wear
something white or light colored
clothing when out at night.
4 Walkers should cross streets
only at intersections and should
make certain there is plenty of
time to cross.
HISTORIC TREE DOWN
One of the most interesting
trees in the west stood in the cap
itol grounds until last week when
a heavy wind blew it down. It
was a grandchild of the tree un
der which General George Wash,
ington stood when he took com
mand of the American Army at
Cambridge, Mass., July 3, 1775.
Death Ends Long
Active Career of
Heppner Merchant
M. L. Case Passes
Tuesday Morning
At Local Hospital
Memorial services were held
fvom the Methodist church at 2
o'clock p. m. today for Martin
Leroy Case, who departed this
life Tuesday morning at the Pio.
neer Memorial hospital where he
had been a patient for several
months. Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien
officiated and paid a high tribute
to the deceased who had been a
life-long member of the church
and a pillar of the local congre
gation for more than 40 years.
Mrs Lucy Peterson sang "Asleep
in Jesus" and "Safe in the Arms
of Jesus", Mrs. E. L. Tull accom
panying at the piano.
Honorary pallbearers were W.
O. Dix, W. C. Cox, Egbert Young,
J. A. Troedson, F. E. Tolleson,
and L. D. Neill. Active pallbear
ers, Roy Quackenbush, Howard
Bryant, Cornett Green, Walter
Barger, Tom Wells and Jerry
Daggett.
Interment was in the family
plot in Heppner Masonic ceme
tery. Mr. Case was born November
10, 1874 in Bonehomme county,
South Dakota. The family moved
to Oregon in 1888 and he com
pleted his education in the Ore.
gon schools. He was a student at
Pacific College, Newberg at the
time Herbert Hoover attended
there.
Enlisting in Co. I, Second Ore
gon Volunteers in 1898 he served
in the Philippine campaign. Af
ter mustering out he was engag-"
ed in the jewelry business at
Roseburg for a time and then
moved to Albany where, on Aug
ust 7, 1901 he was united in mar
riage to Winnifrel ti-.nces Staf.
ford. After two yeVris in Albany
Mr. and Mrs. Case moved to Ash.
land where he acquired a furni
ture business. They remained in
the southern city five years and
in 1908 came to Heppner where
in company with W. O. Dix they
purchased and operated a furni
ture business under the firm
name of Case & Dix. Mr. Case
added the undertaking feature to
the business and later acquired
his partner's interest and contin
ued as the Case Furniture com
pany. As the business grew and
expanded he planned a building
of his own. Acauirins the lot
where the business now stands
he put up the two-story structure
and moved his slock in. He later
acquired the Fair building and
converted it into apartments up.
stairs and business rooms on the
main floor. In the meantime, he
acquired the property on the
corner of Center and Gale streets
where the foundation of a build
ing had been started. Here he
erected one of the town's finest
structures, dedicating it to the
memory of his son Lawrence. For
a number of years it was known
as the Lawrence Case Mortuary
Retiring from the undertaking
business during the war years,
Mr. Case converted the building
into apartments and renamed it
'Arbor Vitae Lodge."
Mrs. Case passed away Aug
ust 12, 1945 and on November 10,
1946 at The Dalles he was mar
ried to Mrs. Maggie Doney who,
with his four children, Allen Case
of Heppner, Harold of Seaside,
Mrs. G. E. Nikander (Mary) of
bcottsourg and Mrs. Robert Ev
ans (Winnifred) of Gearhart
survive. Others include six grand
cnnaren and one great grand
child, a brother, George Case of
Portland and a sister Miss Har
riet Case of Gladstone. Two sons
preceded their father and mother
in death.
Here to attend the last rites
were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans,
Gearhart; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Ni.
kander and sons, Scottsburg; Mr,
and Mrs. Harold Case, Seaside;
Wash.; Miss Harriet Case, Glad.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Case, Olympia
stone and the several Hynd fa
milies of the district.
SMUT RELIEF FOR WHEAT
GROWERS PROMISED IN 1951
Seed of the new smut resistant
wheat variety, Elmar, which is
expected to take the place of El
gin throughout the Columbia Ba,
sin will be in fairly abundant
supply for fall planting in 1951
predicts H. E. Finnell, Oregon
State College extension certifica
tion specialist.
A white club wheat similar to
Elgin, the new variety success
fully met certification standards
this year on 51.1 acres. The seed
is already planted for Increase,
Heppner s Ground
Attack Shatters John
Day Victory Hopes
Mustangs Defeat -Prospectors
14-6
In Friday's Game
Bearing the advantage of play
ing the underdog role, the Hep.
pner high school Mustangs Fri
day surprised the John Day Pros
pectors and cash customers by
romping home with a 14-6 victory
over the Grant county team.
Weather conditions halted the
Heppner passing attack but did
not deter the Mustangs, for they
shifted from the air to the ground
with telling results.
Peck set up the first Heppner
tally with two end runs netting
35 yards. Piper then crashed over
rom the two-yard line to score
standing up. Peck ran the con
version over.
Fullback Jack Sumner was the
main offense show, tearing
the Prospectors' line to ribbon
and accounting for the second
tally. Piper kicked the conver
sion. Heppner's defense was much
stronger. The tackling was sharp
and crisp, with the tackles
spread.
Heppner travels to Moro this
Friday for a crucial district No. 6
encounter which may well decide
the championship and chance as
district representative in the state
play-offs.
Moro runs from the T forma
tion with the offense centered
around Norval Lane who is a fast
broken-field runner. Heppner has
defeated Moro the last two years
and with four straight victories
under their belts the Mustangs
will be pitching in to make it
five straight before facing the
strong Hermiston "A" team here
November 11.-
Two Businesses Of
Town Change Hands
During Past Week
New faces are greeting custo
mers in two places tonowing
transactions completed within
the past two weeks. Taking over
at the Heppner Bakery Wednes
day morning was John Schoema
ker, recently of Portland where
he was connected with the Meier
& Frank baking department, as
well as operating his own bakery
for a time. He bought out Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Aalberg who left
Tuesday evening for Portland to
again take up their residence af
ter spending two years here.
Schoemaker, an ex-GI, is a na
tive of Wyoming and says he
likes the country town life in
preference to the city.
Although Mr. and Mrs. William
G. Kenagy have been here about
two weeks, they were not sure
they were going to remain. They
bid in the Marshall-Wells Store
stock and came to Heppner and
took possession of the business.
Another party wanted the busi
ness and they waited until the
middle of last week to give him
an opportunity to buy. The deal
did not materialize and the Ke-
nagys are staying. They recently
disposed of farm property near
Hubbard and decided to try life
in eastern Oregon for a change.
They are busy stocking up the
shelves and getting acquainted
with their new public.
if IjWu
Jiminie is fitted for leg brace at Red Feather baby home medical cot
for special surgery are large part of cost of care for dependent children cared
for thru your gifts to the Community Chest. I
Without the help of your donation to the Community Chott this littla
fellow would not be able to receive necessary care being given him now.
HE NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Hunters, Anglers
To View Picture
The Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers have scheduled their
fall meeting for Nevember 7 8
p. m. at the court house. As an
added attraction, color motion
pictures will be shown by the
Standard Oil company of Cali
fornia. The club has been anxi
ously waiting for these pictures
since early last summer. There is
great demand for them and they
will be well worth the trip to the
court house Tuesday evening.
Cards are in the mail remind
ing members, and all interested
persons are cordially invited to
attend.
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Death Claims Mrs.
Elza Vinson, 72,
Native of Heppner
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Monday irom tne pneips
Funeral Home chapel for Mrs.
Elza Vinson of Little Butter
creek who passed away at the
family residence Friday, October
27. Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien offi
ciated and. interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery. Mrs.
Vinson suffered a severe stroke
October 23 from which she failed
to rally. All members of her fam
ily were with her in her last
hours. "
Emma Alice. Ferguson was
born Ju'v 10, 1878 in Heppner.
Her parent, Mr. and Mrs. James
Ferguson were among the earlier
settlers of the town, Mrs. Fergu.
son having the distinction of be
ing the first white woman set
tler here. The father died when
Emma was three years old and
her mother later married Hiram
Clark, original owner of the
Clark farm now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Wilson.
Emma Ferguson and Elza Vin
son were married September 25
189o, in Heppner. They home
steaded in Clark's canyon and
later moved to Ukiah. In 1902
they moved to Monument where
several of their children were
born and where they resided un
til 1928 when they moved to the
old Vinson farm on Little Butter
creek.
She is survived by her hus
band and 10 children, all of
whom with one exception live in
this vicinity. They are Iva, (Mrs
Dan Way), Lexington; Bennie
Vinson, Heppner; Flossie Breed
ing, Lexington; Hiram Vinson,
Heppner; Emma, (Mrs. Claude
White), Heppner; Elba Breeding,
Lexington; Dee Vinson, Auburn,
Wash.; L. D. Vinson, Kimberley,
and Darrell and Delbert Vinson,
Heppner. Ed Clark of Hermiston
is a half brother and there are
two half-sisters.
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ELK HUNTER LOST IN
POTAMUS COUNTRY
A hunter, name not disclosed,
was reported lost the first of the
week in the Potamus area south
east of Heppner. Searching par
ties have been out for three days
and up to press time no trace
of him had been found.
He is said to have been an ex
perienced woodsman and hope
prevails that unless an accident
has befallen him he will show up
at one of the settlements in that
direction.
(At a later hour we learn that
the man in question has been
found and is apparently none the
worse for his experience.)
Heavy Vote Looked
For In Tuesday's
General Election
Both Measures And
Candidates Offer
Lure To Voters
A vote considerably in excess
of the average polled for several
years is anticipated in Tuesday's
election. This Is based on the as.
sumption that voter interest in
both the candidates and the
measures will cause many more
people to go to the polls. Both
major political parties are look
ing forward to this condition to
improve the chances of their re.
spective candidates.
Winding up the campaign as
far as group meetings enter into
the picture, Republicans of the
county gathered at the Legion
hall in lone Monday evening to
hear discussions of candidates
and measures. Present for the dis.
cussions were George Stadelman
of The Dalles and Representative
Giles French of Moro. Stadelman
treated on the candidates while
French spoke in 'behalf of one or
two candidates and then went
through the nine measures.
According to Stadelman, Ore
gon will still be Republican af
ter Tuesday, November 7. There
will be some changes here and
there but in the main he expects
the state to remain GOP as far
as the positions of governor and
congressmen are concerned. He
pointed out that in the influx of
new people many are from south
ern states where it Is considered
sacrilege to register as anything
but a Democrat, but when these
people get acquainted with the
political set-up in Oregon they
are more apt to vote their convic.
tions than to vote straight party
lines. He also inferred that many
of these newcomers have shifted
from county to county and that it
has been found that some of
them are registered in as many
as six counties. The Democratic
high command have seized upon
this condition to make a good
case of out-registering the Re
publicans.
French took time to put in
plugs for the top candidates and
then launched into an explana
tion of the nine measures. With
out discussion of the measures
his conclusions were as follows:
Legislators pay yes. State cred
it for funding school building
programs not in favor. Aug
menting Oregon war veterans
fund yes. School support (quo
ted from Dr .Holy's report: should
reorganize school system, not
ask for more money.) Old age
pension 'Eminently fair bill
Yes. Daylight bill yes. Soldiers
bonus no. Balanced Plan for
Reapportionment yes. Liquor
advertising bill no.
Supt. Henry Tetz fired some
questions at French relative to
the school bill and the ensuing
discussion both men brought out
some points of interest to the
voters.
Following the meeting the Re.
publican central committee serv.
ed doughnuts and coffee to the
crowd of 61 persons. Several car
loads were in attendance from
Heppner and Boardman.
George N. Ely, chairman of the
central committee; Mrs. Bradley
Fancher, vice chairman; Mrs.
Omar Rietmann, secretary; Omar
Rietmann, treasurer and Rep.
Henry Peterson occupied chairs
around the speakers' table.
Faye Cutsforth On
Queen's Court In
OSC Rodeo Feature
Faye Cutsforth of Lexington, a
sophomore at Oregon State col
lege, was one of the four princes
ses selected to reign with Queen
Marlene Lieuallen of Adams over
the first annual OSC national in
tercollegiate rodeo November 4
and 5 at the state fairgrounds in
Salem.
Governor Douglas McKay will
crown Queen Marlene Saturday
night at 7 p. m. to start the ro
deo. The governor will also pre
sent bouquets of flowers and a
huge cake to the queen and her
court.
Five fast moving events have
been scheduled for the tWree
hour show each day. These In
clude saddle bronc riding, bare
back bronc riding,, calf roping,
bull riding and ribbon tying.
The other rodeo princesses are
Jean Lazinka, Pendleton; Joan
Winterbotham, Pala Alto, Cali
fornia; and Carolyn Sparks, Free-water.