LI BRASY u or o EUGENE. ifeppeir ORE Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 31, 1952 Volume 69, Number 20 V Water Shortage Facing Restrictions Placed on New Well May Add To Supply, To Be Tested This Weekend Heppner city officials this week annonuced definitely restrictions on all city water users and asked for cooperation in saving water whereever possible during the next several weeks in an effort to deviate a serious potential water shortage. The city announced, effective immediately, that all irrigation is banned between the hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m. and stressed ' that residents violating the regu lations can lose all water privi lege's. Victor Groshens, water superin tendent, told the Gazette Times Wednesday that the city is pump ing all the water possible from the two wells, but that the water level in the wells is dropping and during the past few days there" has been a net loss of nearly 60,000 gallons a day in reservoir storage. In other words, resi dents are using 60,000 gallons of water a day more than the city is getting. Groshens pointed out it is ab solutely necessary to keep the reservoirs at least half full lor fire protection. Should the level fall below that point the danger of a serious shortage could exist should there be any type of major fire. Bright Spot One bright spot does exist, however, when Mayor J. O. Tur ner stated Wednesday that drill ing has been stopped on the new city well at around the 160 foot mark and A. A. Durand, drilling contractor assured the council he would have a pump here by Fri day or Saturday to give the well a volume test. Turner states that if the test showed any reasonable volume of water could be ob tained, and if subsequent purity testts proved th ewater satisfac HEPPNER YOUTHS TELL OF SUMMER TOUR OF EUROPEAN CONTINENT Word was received this week by parents of Jim Smith and Mickey Lanham, Heppner high school graduates who are spending the summer in Europe telling of some of their travels on the continent. Their recent letter told of their crossing the Alps and while in the famous mountains taking time out to hike part way up the Matterhorn. The two boys arrived in Europe June 13, landing at Rotterdam, Holland where they bought a motorcycle which they have used for transportation around the area. Their itinerary has taken them through Holland, where they reported the people were very friendly; Belgium, where they viewed the magnificant Peace Palace, The Hague, France spending nine days in Paris; and England where they saw the changing of the guards at Buck ingham Palace. They have also toured Italy and were fortunate to be in Vien na at the time of the biggest festival of the year. While there, they participated in a water car nival. While in Rome they re ported they tried underwater fishing. The two boys are now in Switzerland and plan to see Ger many, Denmark, Norway and , ;V Y 1 J ( c :u i ' ! V A I I - T r ' v . . 1 m fc - j - ' ' . . 4.- .-; , . s v 4 f , ...:.' ., ' ; v " . THE REMAINS of a Mercury sedan after it struck the bridge on north Main street in Heppner and careened on to break off a power pole and upset Driver of the car, Glenn Sulisky, 17, Pendleton, pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge following the accl. dent No one was Injured. (GT Photo) tory that it would be placed in operation and hooked into the system as quickly as possible, Officials were optimistic over the prospects of the well, as recent dip tests have shown there to be a considerable amount available Several water veins have been tapped at various levels in the well, but no actual gallon mea surements can be made until the test pump is installed. ' Several weeks ago the council asked residents to exercise care in the use of water, the recent hot spell with temperatures running well into the 90s for several days has shown the need for further ef fort to reduce water use. Turner stated there is the pos sibility that if residents don't ob serve the sprinkling regulations that either all irrigation might have to be stopped, or that the municipal swimming po61 would have to be closed due to lack of water to fill it. Care in the use of water, could however, probably mean the pool can be kept oper ating and there will still be am pie water for necessary irriga tin, Turner said. o Boardman Fields Produce Bumper Spuds Miller Brothers, Boardman po tato growers reported this week they finished digging Wednesday and obtained a bumper crop. Be tween 7,500 and 8,000 sacks were grown on 25 acres with most of the spuds grading No. Is. Russell Miller, said this years market is considerably up from last year with No. 1 potatoes bringing $4.60 in Portland. Ho said that the melon and corn crop will be late this year due to the cold nights in the area. Sweden before returning to this country. Jim is taking movies of their trip and has been invitad by J. L. Kraft, president of the Kraft Cheese company, to return home by way of Chicago to talk before a youth group in which Kraft is interested. The boys will sail for New York from Oslo, Norway on August 19, arriving in New York August 29. They will return to Heppner by automobile. The two boys are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Smith and Conley Lanham. o Jack Sumner Arrives Home Saturday Eve Jack Sumner, member of the IOOF pilgrimage to the United Nations, arrived home Saturday evening. The trip home from New York City took them to Gettysburg, Washington, D. C. where they viewed the congressional build ings and many shrines, Mt. Ver non, Arlington, and home through Yellowstone National Park where they stayed one night. Jack has taken movies of many of the interesting things they saw on the pilgrimage. Help Asked to Find Trace of Family This week's Gazette Times classified columns carries an ad vertisement from Violet R. Cook of Gold Hill, Oregon requesting any information concerning the location of any living relatives or the tnnial place of her mother or grandmother. Mrs. Cook's letter gave the fol lowing information about the family: "Am looking for infor mation onjthe whereabouts of any ot the children of Fannie Boberts, probobly dead now, last known to live at Ukiah, Oregon with a son Wilbur and a daughter Leila A son Melvin, discharged soldier of World War I was supposed to be in a TB sanitarium about 2G years ago. The last heard of any of them was at that time. "I am Violet, the daughter of Pearl Roberts Casebolt, who was a daughter of Fannie Roberts. My mother died when I was about seven or eight months old. Mrs. Cook asks that anyone knowing where or when her mother was born, or where she is buried please contact her. She also stated the family supposedly moved to Heppner at one time. - o Irrigon Accident Kills 2, Injures 5 Mrs. Kathleen N. Curryer, 30, Spokane, was killed instantly late Saturday afternoon hi a head on collision on highway 730 three miles west of Irrigon and her five year old son, David died of injur ies before reaching the hospital. The father, Harold B. Curryer, is In a critical condition at St. Anthony's hospital in Pendleton. A small daughter, Roxanne, a passenger in the car, escaped without serious injury. Also injured were the passen gers in the other car, Ray Conyers 49 and his wife Rhoda May, 47, of Boardman. They were also taken to a Pendleton hospital where Conyers was found to be suffering from chest and leg in juries. Dr. A. D. McMurdo and Oliver Creswick were called from Hepp ner to the scene of the accident. o Mr. and Mrs. David A. Wilson have received word that his sis ter, Mrs. Jesse Deos, Hood River, is a patient at The Dalles hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a recent motor accident. Mrs. Deos is well-known locally. GAME COMMISSION REGULATIONS FOR Oregon's final 1952 hunting regulations set by the game com mission following a second pub lie hearing establish an October 1 deer season opening, but changes over the tentative regu lations announced two weeks ago are few. Buck deer season was set back four days and will be Wednesday October 1. As proposed in the tentative regulations, there will be a three-day either sex deer sea son in agricultural areas and on problem deer ranges for hunters with unused deer tags. The either-sex deer hunt will follow buck deer season which ends October 17. Agricultural lands in Hood River county were added to the open area. Several minor changes were made on the three-day either-sex deer areas in eastern Oregon. A complete accounting of the final hunting regulations will ap pear in the August issue of the game commission bulletin, and copies of the 1952 hunting rules will be available after September 1. With the exception of a bull elk boundary change in Union and Baker counties to Wolf Creek road and the new highway 30 from North Powder to La Grande, the general elk season remains the same with dates November 1 to 20 throughout Oregon. There were no changes in the six proposed archery areas. Only changes in upland game bird rules were the closing of Hood River county to quail hunt ing; opening of Morrow county to Hungarian partridge hunting; making western Oregon grouse season dates coincide with those for eastern Oregon, August 30 through September 7; and up ping the season limit for blue grouse from 6 to 9. The pheasant season remains October 24 thru November 2 in western Oregon i City; Use New Physician To Locate Here Dr. Wallace H. Wolff, physician and surgeon, will open his office in Heppner about the middle of August, according to word re ceived this week from the phy sician. Dr. Wolff received his M. D. de gree from the University of Wis consin medical school and also holds an M. A. degree in the study of granular functions from the same university. After serving his internship in Philadelphia, he completed two additional years of graduate training in diagnosis and medical treatment in Seattle hospitals. For the past two years he has been in general practice in White Salmon, Washington. Dr. Wolff is interested in gen eral medical practice, especially in the fields of maternal and child care. Coming with him to live in Hepp ner are his wife Rita and their eight-months old son, Billy. His office and home will be in the building formerly occupied by Dr. Richard J. O'Shen who has transferred his medical records to Dr. Wolff for reference and treat ment of patients. Office hours will be announced after his arrival here. o North Morrow Fair Dates Announced Dates were announced this week for the North Morrow county fair which will be held in Board man on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 18, h and 20. . The new fair building has been completed and exhibits will be housed in it this year. More com plete information t-.i the program will be announced later. Theresa Connell Dies At Heppner Hospital Mrs. Theresa Connell, 59. Board man, died Sunday morning at Pioneer Memorial hospital fol lowing a long illness. Survivors include five sons Marvel of Board- man; Earl of La Grande; Norman of Hermiston; Frank of Ukiah; and Mitt of Umatilla; and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in Irrigon the last of the week pending word from distant relatives. RELEASES FINAL OREGON HUNTERS and October 24 through Novem ber 9 In eastern Oregon. The closure of a large portion of the Mount Hood area to hunt ing during August and September remains, but pigeon and grouse shooting during the regular sea son will be allowed. The closure is designed to protect the huckle berry pickers from rifle hunters seeking black bear. The only major change on, re fuge areas was the opening Of that portion of the Columbia River game refuge east of Castle Rock in Morrow county to all hunting. There were no changes in ffie three area antelope hunts, or the Walla Walla and Troy special elk hunts. The special 300 permit deer season in the Newbridge area of Baker county was set back two weeks to December 1 and ends December 31. Applications for the antelope hunts are now available, and In terested hunters are urged to ap ply now as the deadline for area 1 applications is 10:00 a. m., Aug ust 8. Closing dates for areas 2 and 3 is August 14. Four hundred permits will be issued for each of the three antelope areas. Public drawings for antelope tags will be held August 11 and 14 and the licenses mailed shortly after wards. Under the special season law invoked by the last State legis lature a hunter who obtained any special season tag last year Is barred from entering this year's drawing. Objective of the law Is to give more people a chance to participate in an antelope hunt or to take extra deer. or elk when special season tags of a limited number are issued. Arr affidavit on the application certifying that the applicant and members of his party did not hunt in a special season the year pre vious la required. Fair and Rodeo Plans Heard by Local Chamber Chamber of commerce commit tees this week started action to provide Heppner visitors with an other first class Rodeo and Fair parade. Though the parade is under the direction of the Fair board, the chamber has taken over the job of providing funds for prizes and obtaining the services of judges for the entries. Stephen Thompson, a member of the fair board, told the group of plans for this year's program which includes a three day fair, September 4, 5 and (i, and a two ilay rodeo, September ( and 7. In past years the nx'eo has been a three-day event, but this year the first day of the rodeo, will be replaced by a horse show winch is being sponsored by the Wrang lers. Thompson stated the grounds and buildings are in excellent condition and that much of the dust will he eliminated with the seeding of the grounds areas to grass during the past year. The chamber also agreed to as sist in the sale of fair buttons which will allow wearers access to the fair grounds as many times as they wish during the three Cays. They are expected to be put on sale within about two weeks. Rodeo plans are also shaping up and within a short time a com plete program of events probably will be announced. o Bert Bleakman Retires From Forest Service Bert Bleakman, Forest Service Employee on the- Heppner Dis trict since 1929, retires on July 31, it was announced today by forest Supervisor C. M. Rector BieaKman, beginning nis long period of service in 1929 as a fire guard, has served in many ca pacilies as CCC foreman, fire guard, fire crew foreman, and construction 'and maintenance foreman on the Umatilla National Forest. He has seen the Heppner District change from one where horses were the primary mode of travel to the present day jeeps and cars with two-way short wave radio. Bleakman played an important part in the development of the Heppner District. His thorough knowledge of the country has en abled him to be of great assist ance to the four District Rangers under whom he served. o Building Activities High in Heppner Much activity is being evi denced on the building front locally. A one-story, cement block structure is being built for W. C. Collins on the lot between the Heppner Cleaners and Dobbs buildings on N. Main street. When completed this will house two local business firms. Carl Thorpe has started construction on a dwelling house at the west end of Hager street. Everett Keithley is modernizing his residence on W. Center street. Ervin Anderson is building a dwelling house on the lot adjacent to his business pro perty on N. Gale street, o Two Cases of Polio Reported This Week Mrs. Barton Clark, Rhea Creek, was taken to a Walla Walla hos pital Wednesday night suffering from Polio. She was taken ill Wednesday. Her physician re ported Thursday slie is partially paralyzed. Dr. A. D. McMurdo. county health officer said Wednesday the illness of Jean Marie Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graham, Heppner, had been diag nosed as Polio by the board of health. She was stricken over a week ago, but it was not thought to be polio. She is re covering and has suffered no pa ralysis. o Judge and Mrs. Garnet Barratt will leave Monday by plane for Detroit Michigan, where they will take delivery of a new car and make a return vacation trip through the northern United States. They will spend some time in Montana. They expect to be gone about two weeks. John Parker of Pendleton was a visitor in Heppner on Wednes day., Mr. and Mrs. W. Quartaroli of Oakland, California are guests this week of Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Grant and family left Wednesday for a few days visit at McC'ord Field at Ta coma, Washington. First Princess Dance to Honor Boardman Royalty ' ' 1 ' t ' ' v :w V - ' ' 1 Princess Grace Miller o( Boardman Pretty 16 year old Grace Miller, i she drives truck ami her father, Boardman, will be the guest of Morrow county commissioner, honor at the first of the series of j says she is his fastest potato cut Fair and Rodeo Princess dances to ter and sorter, bo held Saturday night, August1 Because of her cookine ability 2 at the Heppner fair pavilion. Princess Grace, five foot, 4 inch brunette Boardman high school senior, Is the dangler of Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Miller. She has taken a very active part in school ! American nauuje ureu sorrei, jane Jll't il'fttfXz himr uiirwt u ru rif tlm'Anne. student body, president of the Pep club, and secretary of the G. A. A. She has also been aclive in the high school hand and plays on the girls .volleyball team in addition to being a member of the school newspaper staff. Outside activities include young peoples church work. Princess Grace has completed five years in 4 11 club work and is now a leader of a boys' 4-H camp cookery club. Her main hobby is cooking and reports tell of her prowess in culinary art. She enjoys experimenting with new recipes. During potato harvest time on her father's farm at Boardman Services Held Sunday For L.J. Burnside Funeral services were held Sun day, July 27 for Leonard J. Burn side who passed away July 23 at Heppner. He was bom September 20, 1879 in Iowa and had been a resident of this area for many years. His wife and son preceeded him in death, lie is survived by two brothers, George, Castro Valley, Calif., and Emery, Lexington; one sister, Laura Ashbaugh, Tacoma and three granddaughters, Bev- erly, Loretta and Sara Mae Burn side of Heppner. Services were held at Phelps Funeral home chapel with Rev. Earl Soward officiating. Burial was in the I. O. O, F. cemetery at Hardnian. Fire Danger High, Many Acres Already Blackened The hot weather of the past week has materially increased the fire dange both In the timber ed areas and the farm and range land of Morrow county and East ern Oregon, according to the for est service. The forest service in Heppner reported Wednesday afternoon that they have had no fires re ported in any timber land, but that low humidities and high temperatures have classified sev eral recent days as dangerous fire weather. All forest service guard stations and lookouts are fully manned. Several serious grain and range fires have occured in the north west end of the county during the past week with the section around Arlington suffering the worst from the blazes. Practically all of X she assists in the culinary de partment of the North Morrow county Fair. Princess Grace will be seen in Fair parades riding' her own The dance in her honor is being presented by the Tilllcum Junior Women's club of Boardman, who sponsored her for a Fair and Rodeo Princess. The Columbians, The Dalles orchestra, will provide Saturday night's music. ' o Work Starts on Telephone Building Officials of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company Wednesday obtained a building permit for the construction of a new fireproof block construction building to house Heppner's new dial telephone system. The 25 by 30 foot buliding will be located on Cha.se street behind the Morrow county creamery building. Mid-state Construction company, I he Dalles, has the building contract. It is to cost ap proximately $10,000. Several months ago Telephone company officials made the an nouncement that theulial system would be pul in operation before the middle of next year. GRANGE PICNIC SUNDAY Members of Rhea Creek Grange and families will hold their an nual picnic Sunday, August 3, at the mountain ranch of Mr. and Mrs. Claude White, according to an announcement by Mrs. John Bergstrom, committee chairman. This will be a potluck dinner and will be served at about three o'clock In the afternoon. the range land between Heppner Junction and Arlington has now been burned off in two separate fires. One blaze ran from Arling ton clear to Willow creek below Cecil. Last week one serious fire blackened over 10,000 acres of range and wheat belonging to E. M. Hulden Arlington. This fire was west of that town. Another large fire last Friday had covered many thousands of acres of range across the Columbia from Arling ton. Only serious blaze reported fur ther up Willow creek burned about 30 acres of wheat and 300 acres of stubble last Monday af ternoon on the M. V. Nolan ranch near Jordan. Most of the fires occurring along the Columbia are thought to have started from smoker's carelessness.