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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February 1, 1951
Volume 67, Number 46
' Higway Accident
Brings Death To
John J. Lane, 27
Victim Alone in
Car As It Left .
Road Below lone
John J. Lane, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Lane of Heppner met
almost instant death early Sun
day morning when his car left
the road a short distance below
lone, rolled over several times
and came to a stop alongside the
railroad track, right side up and
turned directly around. The ma
chine was completely ruined.
Lane was thrown from the car
and when found was lying face
down 118 feet distant. Measure
ments taken by Sheriff C. J. D.
Bauman and Officer Bill Labhart
indicate that he was thrown oyer
the track and the inside fence' of
the railroad property. That he
was not killed outright is seen in
the fact that he had crawled a
distance of 29 feet from the spot
where he landed to the point
where the body was found. One
boot was found a distance of 46
feet from where he lay. The offi
cers also found that the car roll
ed a distance of 346 feet from the
point where it left the highway,
mowing down the line fence a
considerable distance before con
tacting the railroad track. Con
tents of the car were scattered
along the track and some, in
cluding the front seat cushion,
were hurtled a considerable dis
tance into the field.
Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Hart who had spent Satur
day evening at the Lane home in
Blackhorse, Johnnie drove to
lone after midnight, arriving at
the Willows grange hall just as
the last of the dance crowd was
leaving. He entered the hall to
visit a few minutes with some
one and the Harts got into an
other car to visit friends. Johnnie
learned that "Cot" Swanson's
car had been stolen and appar
i ently decided to give chase. He
took off down the road at a fast
clip. A little later Mr. and Mrs.
Don Heliker started for home
and returned shortly to report
seeing a wrecked car alongside
the railroad track but could not
locate the driver. A call was
made for the sheriff and Officer
Labhart. In the meantime flash
- lights were procured and the
Harts, Helikers and others went
to the scene of the wreck and af
ter a short search the body was
found. When Sheriff Bauman ar
rived it was decided to take Lane
to the hospital at Heppner. He
was placed in the Heliker car
and rushed here but it was too
late.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lane and
young son Robert were in Port
land. Mr. Lane returned to Hepp
ner at once, Mrs. Lane and Rob
ert coming Tuesday with her sis
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Emile Anderson of Oswego.
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. Wednesday from the All
Saints Episcopal church, with
the Rev. Elvon L. Tull officiating
and arrangements in charge of
the Phelps Funeral Home. The
church was crowded with sor
rowing friends of the family.
Mrs. Lucy Peterson was soloist,
with Mrs. Tull presiding at the
organ. Pallbearers were chosen
from the young men of Johnnie's
age and included Dee Jones,
Wade Bothwell, Robert Wagner
Lvle Cox, Gene Cutsforth and
Don Bennett.
John J. Lane was born Decern
ber 30, 1923 at Fargo, N. D. The
family came to Oregon and lo
cated at Milton in 1924, moved to
Adams in 1925 and remained
there until 1930, when they mov
ed to Morrow county and located
in the Blackhorse section. John
nie attended the Lexington grade
school and entered the Heppner
high school, graduating with the
class of 1912. He en listed in tne
army and was given a medical
discharge. He was married Sep
tember 11, 1948 to Marylou
Haguewood, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. O. G. Haguewood or Hepp
ner and to them was born a son
Michael Ray, aged 14 months.
Survivors include the wife and
son. his narents, Mr. and Mrs,
John Lane, and brother Robert
Leroy and numerous relatives
who live in different sections of
the country.
Mr. Lane was a member of All
Saints Episcopal church, Hepp
nor lodse No. 358, B. P. O. E. and
Heppner Post 87, American Le
gion.
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Wood Products Beat History
To America Wood was discov
ered as a tool for everyday living
in America long before the set
tiers got here. Objects made of
wood have been found, excel
lently preserved, among the an
cient relics of prehistoric mound
builders and cliff dwellers,
Arbuckle Mountain
Snow Course Has 30
Inches of Beautiful
Water content in the moun
tains is above normal for this
time of year according to snow
measurements taken last Tues
snow course by Tom Wilson of
day on the Arbuckle mountain
the Soil Conservation Service.
Wilson, accompanied by Phil
Smith, Heppner, skiied into the
snow course and reported 30
inches of snow with a water con
tent of approximately 9 inches.
Watershed soils are unfrozen and
well saturated with moisture.
Measurements taken on Jan
uary 31st on the course last year
showed a snow depth of 38 inch
es and a water content of 10.7
inches.
A water content of 7.3 inches
of water is the average for this
time of year according to records
taken for a period of 20 years by
federal and state cooperative
snow surveys.
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More Interest In
Defense Seen Here
Signs that more interest is be
ing shown in civilian defense
were seen in the increased at
tendance and interest manifest
ed at the meeting held at the
court house Wednesday evening.
Fifty or more people, doubling
the attendance at the last prev
ious meeting, displayed a keen
interest in all that has been done
and the program as outlined in
the state set-up.
Due to the number of new
faces in the crowd much of the
time was taken in explaining
the program. Some reports were
made by deputy directors but no
new slants have been received
relative to the test raids planned
in connection with the operation
of observation posts. A number
of volunteers have signed up
for duty in the various branches
or the program and the call is
still out for many more people
to line up.
Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman an
nounced that a class of 16 is be
ing instructed in the Red Cross
first aid course. John Ernsdorff,
superintendent at the Pioneer
Memorial hospital, urged the
people to have their blood typed,
stating that the hospital will
take care of this and a schedule
is being arranged whereby reg
ular days and hours will be set
aside for the purpose.
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PAUL EUGENE BASSETT
Paul Eugene, 7-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bassett,
died early this morning at the
family home in Heppner. Death
was attnouted to pneumonia,
although the child had not been
previously ill, and was entirely
unexpected. Services will be held
at 2 p. m. Saturday from the
Methodist chuTch in Arlington,
with the Phelps Funeral Home
in charge.
Mrs. Bassett is a sister of Mrs.
Otto Steinke, formerly of Hepp
ner. Besides the parents, Paul is
survived by two brothers and his
maternal grandparents.
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President Truman will greet
twelve outstanding Boy Scouts
in the White House at noon next
Tuesday, Feb. 6 and most gov
ernors will receive Scouts at
state capitals to mark Boy Scout
Week when more than 2,750,000
members will celebrate the org
anization's 41st birthday.
Observed in every city and
town and most villages and
hamlets by more than 75,000
units, Boy Scout Week, (Feb
to 12) is the largest single birth
dav observance by young Am
ericans.
On Thursday, Feb. 8, the day
that the Boy Scouts of America
was incorporated at Washington
D. C, the entire membership will
recommit themselves to the
Scout Oath or Promise at 8:15 p,
m., In the four time zones.
Feb.ll 612
Busy Man Chosen Junior First Citizen For
Each year the Junior chamber
of commerce selects a commit
tee outside of the organization to
name the junior citizen of the
year. After canvassing the field
of active young men throughout
the county, the committee singl
ed out a chap whose activities
have been such as to rate him an
outstanding citizen. You've gues.
sed it! Bill Davis William E. to
be more formal whose occu
pation for a livlihood is that of
saw filer at the Heppner Lum
ber company, just kept bobbing
up in the picture until the com
mittee made it unanimous.
Bill has long been interested
in boys, in helping therri to be
more useful citizens. He has
maintained a workshop at his
home where, when not occupied
with turning out something
special for the home or some
public building, he has had
classes of boys receiving in
structions in carpentering and
cabinet work. This led to his be
ing selected as Boy Scout lead
er and interest in scouting took a
direct upturn. A first in Heppner
scouting was the sending of two
boys to the National Boy Scout
Jamboree at Valley Forge, Pa., in
1950. More recently he was cho
sen director and organizer for
civilian defense in Morrow coun
ty and he has gone about this
task with characteristic energy
and practicality. He served with
the Marines in the Pacific area
during World War II.
Mr. Davis will be awarded the
Junior Citizen of the Year key at
the annual athletic banquet in
the spring.
Cardinals Wrest
Easy Victory From
Irrigon At lone
The lone Cardinals defeated
Irrigon in a Little Wheat League
basketball game here Friday
night. The score was 57 to 19.
Gene Doherty led the Cardinal
scorers by pouring 24 points
through the hoop in less than 3
Quarters of clay. Herbert Peter
son and Roger Kincaid each add-,
ed 8 counters to the lone cause.
B. Kenney led an out-manned
Irrigon team with 7.
Tone John Bristow 6: Gene
Doherty 24; R. Baker 1; D. Baker
6; H. Peterson 8; Irrigon B. Ken
ney 7; J. Kenney 4; J. Ross 1; J.
Smith 2; B. Kelly 5.
Subs:
Tone: Morean 2, Kincaid 8,
Brenner 1, Rea, Jerry Bristow 1.
Irrigon: T. Edwards, Cunning
ham, Berger.
Officials: Leisigang and Berg-
Strom.
In the preliminary game the
lone grade school ran roughshod
over the Irrigon entry Dy a score
of 33 to 17.
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NO DAMAGE DONE
Fear that the oil stove which
she had just lighted might ex
plode caused Mrs. Alice Mahan
to call the fire department Mon
day. The department responded
and stod by until it was certain
there would be no further diffil
culty.
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Located in the southeast cor
ner of the rodeo-county fair
county property, the new Morrow
county machine shop is the lat
est addition to the building pro
gram on the one-time Civilian
Conservation Corps camp site.
The new shop is substantial thru
out. Its over-all dimensions are
50x80 feet; has truss type roof,
reinforced six-inch concrete floor
laid on heavy rock base; large
reinforced factory type windows
and upswinging doors.
The first four feet of the walls
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ATTENDED HYND FUNERAL
Relatives here for the final
rites for Miss Annie Hynd in
cluded her brothers and their
wives, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hynd
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hynd,
Pendleton; nephews, nieces and
their families included Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Hynd, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hynd Jr. and son Dick, and
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Schaffer and
children, Jack and Doris, and
Mrs. Henry Krebs, Cecil; Mrs.
C. L .Lieuallen and daughter
Suzanne, Pendleton, came from
Salem. Two nephews, Robert and
William Lowe, reside here.
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DIMES CONTRIBUTIONS
STILL ACCCEPTABLE
Funds for the March of Dimes
campaign are still coming in, an
nounces Mrs. Joe Hughes, cam
drive officiall closed Wednes
paign director. Although the
day, contributions are still ac
ceptable, Mrs. Hughes says, and
she hopes the quota of double
last year will be accomplished.
A report on the' 1951 drive will
be forthcoming soon. The March
stores were to be opened this
of Dimes boxes placed in the
week. Several substantial checks
have been received under the
special gift provision.
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X-Ray Now Probes the Woods
The X-ray can now be used to
find defects in logs and heavy
timbers which are hidden from
the naked eye by the bark and
outer wood. Once the defects
are located, the sawmill operat
or can thus use the log to best
advantage.
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blocks running the rest of the
way to the roof. The roof cover-
ing is aluminum which has been
covered with weather proof paint.
The outside walls were given
tne,
same treatment in a light tan
color.
Installations include a mod
ern hoist, compressors, a furn
ace that really pours out the
heat, modem plumbing and a
shower. The truss roof makes all
floor space available clear from
posts.
The construction was done un
der contract by E. A. Oman &
Year 1950
Band Will Appear
In Better Weather
Inclement weather and athlet
ic activities combined to pre
vent the band's concert Satur
day afternoon. Until the mercury
rises to a more comiortable de
gree, street playing will be post
poned.
The band Is preparing a pro
gram of novelty entertainment
to be held in conjunction with
the basketball game scheduled
soon. The thing Come and see
what's at the end of the string!
The Thing! What is The Thing?
Your guess is as good as ours.
Where is The Thing? The
Thing will be revealed to the
public February 9 at the Lexington-Helix,
doubleheader, vs.
Heppner game. At the conclusion
of their numbers, Mr. Collins
and the band will have the ans
wer ready.
The Past Matrons club of
Ruth chapter No. 32, O. E. S. met
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. W. O. Dix. Election of offi
cers found Mrs. Tom Wells going
in as president, Mrs. Frank Wil
kinson, vice president, and Mrs.
Harley Anderson, secretary
treasurer. Mrs. La Verne Van Marter re
turned Friday evening from
Portland where she spent two
weeks with her aunt, Miss Vera
Mahoney. Miss Mahoney is now
visiting in Heppner at the home
of her brother, P. W. Mahoney
and family. She is recuperating
from a recent surgical operation.
Sons, Hermiston and Judge J. u.
Barratt reports that the cost of
building and installations was
nnnrnYimatplv $iG.000.
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Heavy broken rock has been
laid on the ground around the
building and this will be surf
aced over with crushed rock in
the spring. When all setting up
around the grounds is completed
the tract will be fenced off from
the county fair tract, except the
stock shed which the county will
use to house trucks when not
needed for sheltering stock.
Four Minus Lowest
Temperature Here
Sunday night proved to be the
coldest in the current "spell" of
weather, according to Len Gill
iam's official thermometer. This
was followed by one below Mon
day night and zero Tuesday
night.
There was a slight modera
tion Wednesday, with the mer
cury hovering near the 20 above
marker throughout the sunshine
period. This break in the weath
er was forecast by weather sta
tions up and down the coast but
there was no indication that
there would be a general break
up in the frigid temperatures
just a moderation.
Some freezing of water pipes
has been experienced, although
the situation in that respect has
not been too disturbing. Stock
feeds and fuel oil have been dis
appearing at a more rapid rate.
Perhaps the most disappointing
feature has been the absence of
snow in sufficient quantity to
make the winter more realistic.
Miss Annie Hynd
Answers Summons
Of Death Monday
Services were held at 2 o'clock
p. m. today from the All Saints
Episcopal church for Miss Annie
Hynd whose death occurred
about 8 a. m. Monday at the
Pioneer Memorial hospital. Rev.
Elvon L. Tull read the prayer
book service and Mrs. Lucy Pet
erson was soloist with Mrs. Tull
accompanying at the organ.
Arrangements were in charge of
the Phelps Funeral Home. Hon
orary pallbearers were W. O. Dix,
R. L. Benge, Sam Turner, John
Wightman, L. E. Bisbee, and W.
J. Bucknum. Active pallbearers,
C. L. Hodge, John Graves, Russell
O'Donnell, W. C. Rosewall, Mar
vin Wightman and Orville Cuts
forth. Interment was in the
Heppner Masonic cemetery.
Miss Hynd was a resident of
Morrow county lor 53 years, re
siding for approximately 47 years
on the Hynd Brothers Co. ranch
in Sand Hollow with her broth
ers William and David, and the
past six years in Heppner. She
was a native of Low Butterby,
Durham County, Durham, Eng
land, where she was born Aug
ust 3, 1870, the daughter of Wil
liam and Annie Cook Hynd. The
family moved to Canada, resid
ing there until 1898 when all ex
cept the oldest son, Thomas, be
came residents of Morrow coun
ty. Two of the boys, William and
Jack, had previously located
ly, passed on in the early part of
here. The parents, already elder
the century. With her brothers,
William and David, Miss Hynd
lived on at the ranch where she
presided over the housework and
dispensed hospitality in the gra
cious manner of the gentle wom
an that she was. Her health had
been failing for some time when
the ranch was sold and the fam
ily moved into Heppner. As long
as she could get around she took
walks and maintained an inter
est in what was going on around
home and in the community.
She was a devoted church wom
an, a lifelong member of the
Episcopal church.
Surviving are five brothers,
Thomas Cook Hynd of Canada,
William and David Hynd, Hepp
ner, and Jack and Charles Hynd,
Pendleton, and two sisters, Jane
(Mrs. T. H. Lowe) Portland, and
Maggie Hynd Case, Heppner.
Two of the family of 10 children
born to Mr. and Mrs. William
Hynd Sr., John Robert and Menie
Hynd, preceded Miss Annie in
death.
WHAT HOI HAVE CHINESE
REDS TAKEN OVER?
Those withholding statement
blanks with Chinese characters
reported in the metroplitan
press earlier in the week evident
ly got well circulated over the
country before coming to the at
tention of the government. One
of the oddities, at least, got into
the hands of a Heppner citizen,
Bill Davis.
In an effort to find what the
was shown to Mr. and Mrs. Ed-
characters alluded to, the blank
die Chinn. They could not inter
pret it as they found some of the
characters were Chinese and
some Japanese.
Is this some new propaganda
of the Reds in their effort to take
over the management of the
world?
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James Whitmer Wright, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer Wright of
Heppner, was a member of
class of 233 students graduating
from Washington State college
at Pullman today. These grad
uates will be listed in the June
3 commencement exercises, since
the college has but one gradua
tion program in each calendar
year. Wright will receive a B. S.
In agriculture.
What's Doing
In The
Legislature
By REP. GILES FRENCH
At the end of the third week
economy is beginning to feel the
blows of the spenders. Valiants
who spoke resolutely against a
dollar over a strictly skeleton
budget are less vociferous and
those with money measures are.
picking up hope. It Is the usual
performance.
Failure of economy is almost
entirely attributable to the peo
pe themselves. They have no or
ganizations to obtain govern
mental economy while there are
alumni associations, game
groups, prison and public insti
tution aides whose mission in
life outside of working hours is
to get money from the public
purse. Yet the people can have
economy if they will write legis
lators for it.
The senate voted for unburn-
ed fingers and seeing eyes when
it passed the firecracker bill,
which makes it illegal to sell
firecrackers except to organiza
tions putting on displays of fire
works. They are pretty much ob
solete nowdays anyway. Thus
youth will be better able to re
tain its fingers unless it catches
them in machinery or gets them
frozen off in Korea.
The hearing on the milk bill
was like most public hearings.
Those who came as witnesses
seldom had any new informa
tion. Often the hearings come
from a desire .'for publicity on
the part of the sponsors of the
bill, although occasionally there
is enough public demand to
make a hearing mandatory. The
old charge of bribery made in
the milk hearing, got more pub
licity than did the hearing and
maybe it was intended that way
by some. The story is old, so old,
in fact, that no legal action could
be taken and it was probably
unproveable at the time.
Joe Harvey, Portland represen
tative with reforming tendencies,
again failed to get positive ac
tion on a bill to outlaw parimu
tuel betting. The adverse report
of the house judiciary committee
came early in the session and
with no campaign having been
made for the bill. It is probable
that if pari-mutuel betting went
to the people of Oregon they
would repeal it despite the ar
gument that it supports county
fairs and 4-H club work prem
iums. Oregonians have usually voted
a pretty moral ticket and it
seems likely that a majority take
no pride in the fact that their
county fairs and farm children
activity is sponsored with money
taken from the weak. Harvey,
who sponsors many reform bills,
plays a lone hand and makes no
effort to enlist others in his sup
port. The house had a little fun this
last week when Russel Hudson,
young representative from The
Dalles, moved to restrict the
temperature to a maximum of
70 degrees after reading a heat
history which showed that it
had been as warm as 80 degrees
In the house. A few days later
secretaries responded with a
message calling for higher temp
eratures. The old battle between
wool clad men somewhat tense
and heated by nerves, and wom
en in thin blouses who do not
like to wear coats. Who will win?
You already know.
A change in procedure could
make it possible to remove sec
retaries from all sessions such as
was tried In the senate. Sena
tors are being called old and un
chivalrous. As long as it is pos
sible to bring a bill before the
assembly on a mere motion the
aid of secretaries serves a pur
pose for they are usually the
only ones who can find anything
in the dinky little desks. With
out their aid members mieht
never find their material on a
new subject. Also there is no
place for secretaries to work out
side the house and senate cham
bers. If there was a room for
secretaries or offices for mem
bers or if it was impossible to
change the agenda so easily they
could be taken from the floor
during actual sessions. Without
these changes it is not advis
able. H-A CLUB MONDAY
The Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers club will meet at 8
p. m. Monday, February 5 at the
court house. Aside from the reg
ular business to be transacted
there will be wildlife films.