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Volume 68, Number 1 1
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Sheep Loaded Out
Of Heppner Yards
For Summer Range
21 Cars Bound For
North Fork and
Montana Pastures
Twenty-one carloads of sheep
were loaded out of the Heppner
yards Wednesday evening when
the Krebs Bros, and Fred Hoskins
bands were started on their way
to summer pasture. Thirteen cars
were required for the Krebs ship
ment and eight cars for Hoskins.
The Krebs brothers range their
sheep in Montana and their train
was destined for Spotted Robe, in
the Glacier National Park area.
Summer headquarters will be at
Browning where the Krebs' have
retained range for many years.
The Hoskins summer range is
on the North Fork of the Umatilla
river above Duncan station, the
unloading point.
While distance makes it neces
sary for the Krebs Bros, to ship
by rail, Hoskins has followed the
practice of trailing his sheep to
summer pasture. As the country
has become more settled up and
traffic along the routes more dif
ficult, it is less expensive to ship
by rail. The sheep are brought to
the railhead one day and are
ready to go onto the summer pas
ture the next day. That goes for
Hoskins but not for the other op
erators. Their shipment goes Un
ion Pacific to Spokane and then
is shunted over to the Great Nor
thern for the Montana run.
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INDUCTION SCHEDULED
Delbert Ball of Boardman is
scheduled to be inducted into
the armed forces on June 6. Jack
Williams, Seattle and Gaylord
Salter, lone, were inducted May
9. All are from the Gilliam-Morrow-Wheeler
board No. 31 juris
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BLAKE-STURM
Keithley Blake of Heppner and
Lydia Anna Sturm of Hillsboro
were married in Trinity Lutheran
church, Hillsboro, Staurday, May
26, the pastor, G. Reule, officiat
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GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE
J. C. Stephens, 3406 Vincent,
Brownwood, Texas, was one of
the 117 1951 senior graduates of
Howard Payne college. Stephens,
son of O. C. Stephens, Heppner,
received a B. A. degree with a
major in Bible and a minor in
Greek at the Howard Payne com
mencement Friday evening, May
25. He was a member of Alpha
Chi while in college.
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Mrs. Delia Woods of Hermiston
spent Monday in Heppner on
business.
OUR DEMOCRACY-
aaa an American
I AM HEIR. TO THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF LBE&TVt
THE R.I6HT TO FREEDOM OP SPEECH AND OF REL.IOION-
THE FIGHT TO EQUAL OPPOKTUNITY WITH MY FELLOWS
THE RIGHT TO WORK AND PLAY AND 60 WHERE I WILL."
But with those rights goes the puTy to maintain and
rXTEND them ev discharging the obligation to My
COUNTRY OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP, AND TO MY FAMILY Of
PROVIDING FOR. THEIR. CURRENT AND rUTURE NEEDS.
If I DO My INDIVIDUAL BEST TO PERFOR.M THAT DUTy, I CAN
SAV-WITH PERSONAL. PRIDE AS WELL AS PR.IDE IN My
COUNTRY- AM AN AMERJCAN. "
Does Heppner Need
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A few weeks ago the Gazette
Times ran a picture of an open
sewer under the heading "Does
Heppner Need a Sewer System?"
The idea caught on and pictures
are beginning to come in. There
is no doubt about the need -of
Veterans In Danger
Of Being Without
Federal Insurance
Lapsing of National Service
life insurance policies will cost
many veterans of World War I
and II that kind of coverage in
the future if they did not rein
state prior to April 25, 1951, an
nounces David Conner, field rep
resentative for the Oregon De
partment of Veterans Affairs,
who was in Heppner Friday. Pas
sage of Public Law 23 by the 82nd
Congress, "Servicemen's indem
nity and insurance acts of 1951,'
put the date at April 25, conse
quently those who have not re
instated have forever lost the op
portunity to do so, Conner says,
The act cut off the issuance of
any more NSLI or USGLI policies,
which means that veterans no
longer have the privilege of pur
chasing new government life in
surance if they permitted their
term policies to lapse beyond the
expiration of thefive-year (or
eight-year) term.
Veterans desiring more infor
mation relative to their lapsed
policies should write Mr. Conner
at P. O. Box 407, La Grande.
L. E. Bisbee is at home again
following surgery in Portland
recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Conley Lanham
have gone to Astoria where he
1 is attending the Elks convention.
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a Sewer System?
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proper sewage facilities and it is
largely up to the property owners
to push the project.
Rain or sunshine, war or peace,
prosperity or famine, we need a
sewer system. Give the council
your opinion and backing.
ANNUAL LIVESTOCK TOUR
SET FOR FRIDAY. JUNE 8
The annual tour of western
livestockmen sponsored by the
Western Livestock Journal, is
scheduled to open this week-end
in southern Oregon and will reach
north central Oregon toward the
end of the week.
The caravan will hit Morrow
county Friday, June 8 when a vis
it will be paid to the Floyd Wor
den ranch in Eightmile. Sched
uled hour is 2 p. m. and anyone
interested is privileged and will
be welcome to attend this inspec
tion and those at the Frank An
derson ranch at 3 p. m. and the
Sandhollow Hereford ranch of
Kirk and Robinson at 4:30 p. m.
FOSSIL DIDNT SHOW UP
Due to a rodeo the Fossil town
baseball team failed to show up
in Heppner Sunday for the reg
ular league game. Not to go with
out a game the Heppner lads ar
ranged for a contest with lone on
the turf field. In the course of the
game, Francis Cook, who was
working behind the bat for Hepp
ner, was spiked on the head by
an lone runner. One of Cook's
ears was badly torn in the acci
dent, but it is rapidly pulling
back into shape.
HONOR ROLL
High school students listed in
the order of their standings mak
ing the honor roll for the sixth
six weeks period were Marion
Green, Mary Gunderson, Sally
Cohn. Eleanor Rice, Jim Smith,
Jack Sumner, Roland Taylor, Ad-
elia Anderson, Ronald Currin,
Loree Stager, Terry Thompson,
Diane Van Horn and Lynn
Wright.
Scholastic standings for the
year were as follows: 12th grade
(listed first and second) Marion
Green, Mary Gunderson. 11th
grade, Sally Cohn, Eleanor Rice.
10th grade, Jack Sumner, Roger
Palmer. 9th grade, Ronald Currin
and Terry Thompson.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Rill are the
parents of an 8 pound two and
one-half ounce boy born May 26
at the Pioneer Memorial hospital.
Born Sunday, May 27, to Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Howell of Mon
ument, a. boy.
Mrs. Michael Toney of Spray
was released frorn the hospital
May 30.
Ray Jones, three-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones, was
released from the hospital May
30.
Mrs. Alice Gentry of Heppner
is a patient in the hospital where
she is receiving medical treat
ment. 0
Coach Hal Whitbeck is one of
the high school staff of teachers
who is remaining in Heppner for
the summer. He has taken a job
with the telephone construction
crew and will be available to
play with the Twnies baseball
team until the end of the season.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and Mrs.
Sara McNamcr left Wednesday
to spend Memorial day with their
aunt in Prescott, Wash.
Miss Leta Humphreys departe
Tuesday for Portland. She was ac
companied by Mrs, L. A. Hum
' phreys who will visit for a few
I weeks.
45 Farmers Inspect
Conservation And
Farming Practices
Trip Reveals New
Methods Taking
Hold Over County
Forty-five farmers and soil
conservation workers participat
ed in the annual field day tour
conducted under the auspices of
the county agent's office and the
Heppner Soil Conservation dis
trict Monday. The schedule out
lined by the sponsors was closely
followed and the projects of the
several participants given careful
study and consideration.
One of the projects eliciting
special interest was at the Nel
son brothers field where a dem
onstrative application of anhy
drous ammonia, the "wonder
gas" fertilizer, was made. This
process is being applied to sever
al small acreages in the county
and is being watched with much
interest.
Another practice followed by a
few farmers Is that of seeding
sweet clover for green manure.
Approximately 600 acres have
been seeded for this purpose.
Land leveling and seeding op
erations at the Laurence and Ken
Palmer ranches and seedings of
crested wheatgrass and alfalfa
and yellow-blossom sweet clover
were viewed at the Bernard Doh
erty place in Blackhorse. Dryland
grass seedings with Dempster
drill were observed at the Newt
O'Harra place as the caravan was
enroute to the Mankin-Bunch
ranch where wheatgrass sod wa
terways were seen. Rotated graz
ing of alfalfa and grass is feat
ured at the Archie Munkers place.
At the Paul Brown ranch a seed
production project is in progress.
Arriving at the Rhea Creek
grange hall, the caravan found
members of the Heppner cham
ber of commerce waiting to serve
a bountiful luncheon of sand
wiches, baked beans, potato sal
ad, cherry pie and ice cream,
with plenty of coffee to wash ev
erything down. The CC commit
tee had made generous prepara
tions and it was well they did
for after facing a chill wind out
in the fields all morning the far
mers had appetites worthy of the
occasion.
There was no program at the
luncheon but a little time was
taken to introduce special guests
from outside points. These In
cluded Wallace May, chairman
of the Sherman county conserva
tion district; Vernon Miller, vice
chairman; George Mitchell, sup
erintendent of the Moro branch
experiment station, and Larry
Warren of the Sherman county
soil conservation district; Louis
Gilliam, Gilliam county conser
vation district supervisor; Tom
Halseth, district conservationist
for seven eastern Oregon count
ies, Pendleton; Art King, soils
specialist, Oregon State college;
Russell McKennon, manager feed
and seed department, Pendleton
Grain Growers; Ron Hudson, in
charge of anhydrous ammonia
fertilizer, PGG; Charles Carlson,
chairman Heppner soil conserva
tion district; Tom Wilson of the
soil conservation service; N. C.
Anderson, county agent, and
Howard Cushman, Corvallis, ex
ecutive secretary state soil con
servation committee. Sixty-two
persons signed the guest book at
the luncheon, 45 caravaners and
17 from the chamber of com
merce. Following the luncheon the
group drove to Hardman to get a
look at the practives in vogue on
the Bechdolt ranch. The caravan
then headed for the Eighmile
area where several projects were
inspected.
County Agent Nels Anderson
reports that there is a noticeable
increase in conservation prac
tices and that it is reasonable to
look forward to a much bigger
expansion of the program as the
non-practicing farmers realize
merits of those now being tried
and proved by a few of the far
mers.
Mrs. Harry Van Horn and Mrs,
Carl McDaniel will be hostesses
to the Womans Society of Chris
tion Service of the Methodist
church at the Van Horn home at
8 p. m. Wednesday, June 6. All
members and friends have been
extended an invitation to attend
Mr. and Mrs. Gene D. Orwick
are the parents of a 6 pound 14
ounce girl, Linda Kay, born May
19 at the St. Anthony's hospital
in Pendleton.
GOVERNOR WHAMS VETO AXE
Two bills passed at the recent
legislative session were vetoed
this week by Governor Douglas
McKay.
One of the measures, known as
the tithing act, would increase
the amount of money which self-
sustaining state departments
must turn over to the general
fund. It would allow the state
budget director to decide how
much money should be so paid
'This bill," said the governor,
"delegates power vested in the
legislature and for that reason
is of questionable legality."
The other bill provided chang
es in the procedure for filing affi
davits of prejudice against circuit
judges. The governor said a large
number of judges throughout the
state had protested this legisla
tion. CIGARET REFERENDUM FILED
If the Portland central labor
council obtains 16,000 signatures
to petitions attacking the 3-cent
a pack cigaret tax it will not be
come operative as scheduled Oc
tober 1, 1951. The tax law was
passed by the legislature in April
and signed by Governor Douglas
McKay. If opponents to the law
are successful it will be stymied
until the people can vote on it at
the 1952 general election. 1
It was estimated by the legis
lature that this tax would raise
about $5,000,000 annually. The
lawmakers reckoned the estim
ated $10,000,000 per biennium
would put the budget in "near
balance."
WIN LIBERTY BELL AWARD
Oregon was accorded national
top' honors for payroll bond -deductions
Monday by Secretary of
the Treasury John Snyder, dur
ing ceremonies signalizing the
close of extensive observance of
Armed Forces week.
Secretary Snyder, Mrs. Snyder
and aides arrived at the airport
by Bpecial plane at 11:30 in the
morning where they were met by
Governor Douglas McKay and
other high state officials. Mem
bers of the party were guests of
the Salem chamber of commerce
where they had lunch and Secre
tary Snyder presented a bond
flag to Salem's Mayor Al Loucks.
At 2 p. m. on the statehouse
grounds, E. C. Sammons of Port
land, state bond drive chairman,
introduced Secretary Snyder who
dedicated the Liberty Bell sent
the State of Oregon by France
last year.
Salem won the defense bond
flag by having employees of more
than 80 per cent of the city's
workers sign up the payroll-deduction
plan.
WARNING OF ILLEGAL
FIRREWORKS
Out-of-state fireworks dealers
who are attempting to sell their
goods by express in Oregon are
liable to do a reverse English
business and persons in Oregon
who order from these advertising
dealers will be subject to the pe
nalties provided in the law which
prohibits the selling, keeping, us
ing or exploding of fireworks, in
cluding firecrackers in Oregon
except at properly superivsed
public displays after a permit has
been secured from the state fire
marshal.
Violators of the act are subject
to arrest and fine not to exceed
$500 and six. months jail sentence
It is the duty of all police officers,
state, county and municipal, to
enforce the provisions of the act.
DRUNKEN DRIVING PENALTIES
There were more arrests made
by Oregon state police for drunk
en driving during the past 30
days than during the previous
month.
Although there were more ar
rests made the fines and sentenc.
es totaled less than in the pre
vious month.
In the 91 arrests made last
month jail sentences totaled 1555
days and fines totaled $9,554.
During the previous 30 days sen
tences total 1605 days in jail and
fines totaled $12,083 for the 79
arrests made.
During the past month fines
for drunken driving averaged
$105 and jail sentences averaged
a little over 17 days. In the pre
vious month fines averaged ap
proximately $153 and sentences
20 days.
YOUNG SMOKERS SUBSIDE
Salem is one of the few muni
cipalities in the state that has an
ordinance prohibiting persons
under 21 from smoking in public.
Law enforcement officials, legis
lators and council members in
Lutheran Minister
Killed By Dynamite
Blast Near Colton
Rev. Ernst Julius Sakrison,
pastor of the Lutheran church at
Colton, was killed May 24 when
he walked into a dynamite blast
on the Lutheran camp grounds
near the town. Workmen were
blasting stumps and were un
aware of the pastor's presence
until it was too late. He was 66
years of age and is survived by
his wife and son Earl Sakrison, of
Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Sakrison was well known
to the people of the Gooseberry
section as he had held services
for them at the Valby church on
numerous occasions. He was sche
duled to hold services there on
May 27.
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Wranglers Obliged
To Postpone Hey-Day
Due to improvement work un
derway at the Rodeo field, the
annual Hey-Day advertised for
June 3 by the Morrow County
Wranglers has been postponed
until later in the month.
The new date will be advertised
as soon as it is certain the field
will be available.
The county fair board decided
the corral fences should be re
built and started the work too
late to get it finished before the
originally scheduled Hey-Day.
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Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Tolleson
are enjoying a visit with two of
Mr. Tolleson's cousins this week,
One of them, Miss Gladys McMa
hon, is a teacher at the Chemawa
Indian school near Salem and ar.
rived the first of the week. Her
sister, Miss Myrtis McMahon, ar
rived Wednesday evening from
Sitka, Alaska.wher e she is girls'
adviser in an Indian school.
M. D. Clark is in town on his
annual visit. With his daughter,
Mrs. Frank Riggs, he came from
Eugene to be on hand for Deco
ration day and as usual will stay
for awhile to visit old cronies
and goie vx tne Heppner mils
which have been familiar to him
for so many, many years. Mrs.
P.iggs will return to Eugene to be
on hand for junior high school
graduation exercises this week
end. "Mac", as he is familiarly
known, has quite fully recovered
from a serious illness earlier in
the year and appears to be his
usual self.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Henderson
of Lexington are rejoicing over
the birth of a baby girl at St.
Anthony's hospital in Pendleton.
Tuesday morning, May 29. The
little miss weighed six and one
half pounds and has been named
Betty Ann. This is the Hender
sons' third child, the othertwo
being boys.
Several Morrow county stock
men and wives attended the an
nual convention of the Oregon
Cattle & Horseraisers association
in Ontario last week. Among
those mentioned were Mr. and
Mrs. Newt O'Harra of Lexington,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude White, Eb
Hughes and Frank Anderson.
other Oregon cities are interested
in how the law is working out.
Two Salem high school boys
caught smoking for the second
time were cited to appear in mu
nicipal court this week.
The boys, aged 17 and 16, were
among 23 students warned by
police last month for smoking
near the schoolgrounds.
Salem peace officers are of the
opinion that the new law is work
able and will aid in abating
juvenile delinquency.
A legislative bill patterned af
ter the Salem ordinance was
drafted but never presented at
the 1951 legislature. The interest
ed legislators decided to await a
trial of the Salem law.
BRINGS LIBEL SUIT
Mrs. V. L. Van Duren now liv
ing in Oregon has filed a $575,000
damage suit against Fawcet Pub
lications, Inc. Mrs. Van Duren has
heen recognized by Alaska "sour
doughs" around Oregon as "Klon
dike Kate."
The suit is based on an article
that it is alleged fixed the name
"Klondike Kate" on another wo
man, a woman who supposedly
was murdered in 1921.
The article is listed as "Fifty
Feet of Rope," by Allyn Hynd, in
the March number of Daring
Detectives.
CAMP SITF. AT SILVER FALLS
An overnight camping area is
in the making for Silver Falls
State Fark, one of t he most pop
ular of Northwest parks. The
state highway department has
called for bids, May 24-25 for a
half mile of roadway, nine trailer
parking areas, four campsites,
rest rooms and utilities.
Two Outstanding
Students Receive
Most of Awards
Marion Green and
Mary Gunderson
Capture Five Each
When it came to presentation
of awards Friday evening at the
41st annual commencement of
Heppner high school, it looked
for a time as though two gradu
ates were going to get all of the
honors. As it was, these outstand
ing students captured 10 of the
12 awards, which was not a bad
evening's work.
And this is the way Supt. Leon
ard Pate read the names of the
winners: Leadership, Marion
Green; valedictorian, Mary Gun
derson; salutatorian, Marion
Green; citizenship, Patricia Hea
ly; activities, Marion Green;
band, Mary Gunderson; athletics,
Melvin Piper; P.-T. A. scholar
ship, Mary Gunderson; honor
plaque, Marion Green; Soropti
mist Club of Heppner scholar
ship, Mary Gunderson; Oregon
State college scholarship, Marion
Green, and University of Oregon
scholarship, Mary Gunderson.
Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cor
nett Green, has signified his in
tention of taking up the Oregon
State scholarship, with an en
gineering course as his objective.
Mirs Guruerson, daughter of Ed
die Gunderson cf Heppner and
Mrs. Francis Troedson of Hermis
ton, plans to so to college but is
not sure which school it will bo.
She plans to become a teacher.
Dr. Vergil S. Fogdall of Lewis
and Clark college, Portland, urg
ed the graduates to make the
most of the knowledge acquired
in prep school and to go on to
greater accomplishments. The
trend of his tall; was toward a
practical application of the know
ledge acquired in school and to
those who go on to college to
choose courses they will be in
terested in and most likely to
bring them success. He used sev
eral personal examples to illus
trate his points and his humor
ous stories were not lacking in
value in relation to his theme,
"Keep Your Lantern Lit."
Troedsons Attend
Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson re
turned the first of the week from
Portland where they attended
two events the past week-end.
First, they witnessed the gradua
tion of their granddaughter, Car
ol Putnam, in exercises for the
eighth grade at Clackamas.
On Sunday they attended the
Marvel reunion at Montavilla, at
the home of Mrs. Harry Wade,
the former Velma Atkinson, at
which were gathered 70 people
including the Marvel family and
several friends and neighbors.
The original Marvel family were
all present including Mrs. Molly
Atkinson of Portland, now in her
81th year, Arthur Marvel of Du-
fur, Frank Marvel of Roosevelt,
Wash., Charley Marvel and Nellie
Chapman of Portland, Ruth
Greenlee of Odell, Charlotte Ad
kinson of The Dalles and Ray
Marvel of Friend.
All of the Atkinsons and their
families, George, Earl, Hattie and
Velma of Portland and Lucille of
Astoria; Arthur Marvel's three
boys, Ted, Archie and Lester,
were in the party,-as well as oth
er children and grandchildren
whose names the Troedsons were
unable to recall.
A sumptuous iinner, for which
the Marvel faraily is renowned,
was served in the spacious yard,
and although rain threatened it
held off until the guests were
loving for their homes.
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Mrs. John Sanger is recovering
nicely frm major surgery f
which she? ''i-.'-iitted MonJay at
Good Samar'Mi hospital in Port
land. Mr. Saager accompanied
her to the city and returned homo
Wednesday.
Among former residents return
ing here for Decoration day were
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Boyer of John
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Coxen were
business visitor? in Heppner
Morny from their home in Tbp
Dalles. They own the building
vacated by the Heppner Appli
ance Co. and came to see about
renting to a new tenant.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Thompson
of Milton-Freewater were among
former residents coming back for
Decoration day. Their son-in-I iw
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Queen, brought them over.
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