L 1 1RARY u or o EUGENE. ORE. Single Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, ThursdayAugust 14, 1952 " Volume 69, Number 22 Thunderstorms Bring Wheat and Soil Losses Thunderstorms which deeended on sections of Morrow county last Friday and Sunday dropped heavy rains and some hail on scattered areas but did not cause particularly heavy damage to the crops due. to the fact that har vesting is nearly completed in the county. Some wheat losses have been reported from the Hardman and the Eightmile areas due to the heavy downpour which dropped .91 inches of rain on the Eightmile area in lass than 30 minutes ac cording to a report from Leonard Carlson, weather observer. Carl son also reported the ground was white with hail in some sections, but that the fall was quite spotty. Had the storm struck over the county a couple of weeks earlier, Lightening Starts Several Forest And Range Fires The thunder starm which pas sed over the forest on Friday, August 8, sent more than a hun dred strikes to the ground in the Heppner district, and lookouts were forced to disconnect radio antenneas and throw telephone switches. Emergency " lookout were manned and the aerial pa trol by Kinzua Pine mills was in tensified.. One fire appeared on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Mon day as a result of this storm. Dozens of fires would probobly have been started had not a near cloud burst ccurrJd during the thunder storm. Numerous other fires were started outside of the National Forest boundary and were suppressed by the state fire organization or their cooperators. One of these fires was reported by John Pfieffer who was return ing to Heppner from Tupper Guard Station. The thunderstorm -which' oc curred Sunday evening, was be; lieved to have sent only one strike to ground in the forested area. This strike produced a fire in the head of Rhea creek near Martin Prairie on Monday. All fires on the National Forest were less than one-quarter acre in size. n the northern end of the county, lightning started a range fire Sunday afternoon on the A. C. Lindsey ranch in lower Sand Hollow. This blaze burned about 500 acres on the Lindsey ranch and approximately a section of range belonging to Pat Carty. . The blaze was controlled during the night. o Mrs. Victor Johnson has return- ed to her home in Portland after spending several days here with Mr. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pierson and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch and daughter, Kay, spent the weekend at the Bucknum cabin on Willow creek. Old Papers Turn Up Interesting Facts About Early Happenings Here While' doing some research into" the past, 0. M. Yeager, Heppner, came across several articles ap pearing in the Heppner Gazette, the Long Creek Eagle and the Lexington Weekly Budget of many years past. He copied off several of the choicest bits of news and adver tising thinking that present day readers might like to know some of the happenings in the area be fore the turn of the century. Excerpts from the "Long Creek Eagle", Grant County. Oregon, February 20, 1894. There are evidently some sneak thieves hanging around Heppner. One night this week Mrs. Wilkins had a lot of gentleman's under clothing stolen off the line on her premises, and C. E. Fell's hen roost has been visited until there now remains but three birds to roost there-in. Advertisement same paper HEPPNER-CANYON Stage-line J. C. Delvan, Prop. Stage leaves each place daily, except Sunday. This is the most direct route from the interior to Portland, and cheaper by several dollars than any other line. New stock and new vehicles. Excellent accommodations for commercial men. Coxey's army of tramps are still on the march for the nations capital. the wheat losses would have been considerable, according to re ports. Hardest hit by the hail were Everett Harshman, Hardman and Leonard Rill and the Mankin Bunch ranch both in the Eight mile section. No definite losses had yet been established in any of the cases. Greatest loss according to several observers who had covered the storm area, occurred in the heavy washing of summer fallow. There were many instances" of heavy ruts being washed in fields. The storm hit along a narrow strip from above the Con don highway to northwest of the Eightmile junction. The accumu lated water brought a torrent down Eightmile canyon washing out two or three small bridges cutting roadbeds and tangling fences. In some sections of the normally dry canyon the water flowed more than six feet deep. At numerous points along the mud covered sections of the road several hundred feet in length. The Sunday storm caused the heaviest damage in the Morrow county section, and it occurred at approximately the same time as did a similar one in the Yakima valley which cost at least three lives and did millions of dollars damage. Edward Alfred Kelly Services Held Tuesday Funeral services were held on Tuesday August 12 for Edward Alfred Kelly who died August 8 at the Pioneer Memorial hospital after a brief illness. The services were at the Methodist church with Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien officiating. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery. He was born in Edwall, Wash ington February 22, 1888 and was married to Lena Hughes In Pen dleton August 27, 1921. He had re sided in Heppner for 31 years and was a member of the Oddfellows lodge. Survivors include his wife Lena, two daughters Eileen Sal ing and Katherine Robinson both of Heppner, one son Robert of Kimberly; two brothers P. A. Kelly, LaGrande, and Harry Kelly of Wellington, Utah; two sisters, Mrs. Gaylord Nelson, Mason City, Wshington and Mrs. Dell Carey, Seattle and his step father Lor nee Ringle of Walla Walla. He also left eight grandchild ren. Heppner Boy Hit by Car, Injuries Slight Chris Labhart, small son of Mr. and Mrs. William Labhart, was injured Tuesday when he was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Ted Pierson. According to witnesses, the child, intent upon crossing Church street to play with the neighbor's children, darted in front of the Pierson car. He re ceived several lacerations on his head and a badly bruised back but his injuries were not consid ered to be serious. Taken from the Lexington Week ly Budget, Lexington, Thursday, Dec. 12, 1899 Advertisements LOST Several Chronic Croak ers who have been in the habit of constantly abusing this county as a farming district. Finder will please keep under lock and key. Wanted Practical men to inves tigate the advantages of Lexing ton as a location for a sorgum mill Personal To reach the best lo cality for business or farming take the Willow Creek branch at Arlington and buy your ticket to Lexington. Wanted Men of Life, Vim, and Energy to locate in Lexington and prevent moss from taking root. Settlers Any ONE KNOWING of a vacant government quarter and wanting a good neighbor thereon should inform the Budget office. The Goods Were Sold. The other day a traveling ped dler of notions, laces, etc, who had been making a tour of the county, found his stock was low, "Its a cold day when a Sheeny gets left", and as long as he could find buyers he was going to have something to sell. So he replenished his stock at the Lex ington Stores and then called at the residences selling the same goods to the ladies, including the wives of some of the merchants James Driscoll Named New Polio Chapter Chairman James Driscoll, Heppner post master, was elected new chair man of the Morrow county chap ter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis at a meeting of the organization held Monday evening at the court house. He succeeds Jack Edmondson who has served as head for the past year. Other officers chosen to serve for the coming year are Harry Duvall, vice chairman; Miss Col leen Connor, secretary and Robert Ferrell, treasurer. Present at the meeting was Gene Malecki, Oregon representa tive of the national organization, who announced that a state pre campaign meeting for the March of Dimes chairmen will be held in Portland on September 18. He also told the group that plans are progressing for hospitals in this area to become equipped to care for polio patients so that it will not be necessary to send them to Portland. St. Anthony s hospital in Pendleton is preparing for such care he said. Jack Edmondson reported on a recent meeting of the national as sociation at San Francisco where much was learned about accept ed methods of treatment and the methods of combatting polio. Martha Tapaninen, county health nurse reported there have been only two'eases of polio re ported from Morrow county so far this year, compared for three for each of the past two years. . The group also decided that the executive committee shall consist of the four officers and six other elected members. The additional members to be elected at the next regular meeting of the chapter to be called in October. Plans for the 1952-53 March of Dimes were discussed and ar rangements are" being made to carry on an even more active campaign next year, especially in the rural areas through the help of the granges. Chamber Sees Film On Road Improvement Chamber of commerce members Monday saw a special film on the need for better highways through out the nation which has recently been released by General Motors corporation. The film, presented by Don Hoi brook, Chevrolet representative from Portland, and obtained through the efforts of Royce Ful leton, Heppner Chevrolet dealer, depicted the delays and addition al expenses created by poor roads and traffic tieups. o MOTHER PASSES Miss Martha Tapanainen, Mor row county health nurse, was called to Vancouver, Wash., Tues day evening by the sudden death of her mother, Mrs. Jacob Tapa nainen of that city. ! o Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Chapel and daughter, Ida Lee, were business visitors in Pendleton Saturday. from whom he had purchased them. Considerable amusement resulted when the facts came out, but the laugh was not on the peddler. Keep your eyse on Morrow County. Lexington is the coming town, and Morrow will be the next county to boom into prominence. Adv. Take your five-gallon oil cans to the City drug store and have them filled with coal oil for $1.65 each. To the Budget's knowledge four teen births occurred in Morrow County last month six girls and eight boys. Not bad for a dry season. Suppose the Hunt railroad should.strike out by way of Fos ter, across Morrow County, through Lexington and Fossil, and connect with the Oregon Pa cific. Why not? Keep both eyes on Lexington. Advertisement You will find GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS at the "Lexington Hotel" J. W. Red ford propr. Heppner Gazette Nov. 6, 1890 While climbing high up in a hen roost last Thursday night, Dr. Shipley fell, bruising himself some. Since writing the above, we deem it advisable to say that the doctor was in his own hen roost. Princess Rieta Lexington's Princess Fifth From Her Family To Be Named Royaty Rieta Graves, 5 foot 4 xk inch red haired, hazel eyed Fair and Rodeo princess in who's honor the Lex ington grange is sponsoring this Saturday's Princess Dance at the fair pavilion, comes from a long line of Morrow county fair royal ty. She is the fifth member of her family to be so honored. Princess Rieta: who graduated from Heppner high school this spring, was preceeded in her royal role by her mother, Mrs. Doris Wilcox Graves, two sisters who were also princesses, Betty Carlson and Jo Anne Pettyjohn and by an aunt, Eva Wilcox Bros ton, who reigned as queen in the years past. Princess Rieta was a logicai choice as a member of this year's royal court. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Graves, Sandhollow wheat and cattle rancher, Rieta, who is 17, is the decendent of a pioneer family of Morrow county. Her great grandfather Joe Eskelson, helped build the railroad to Hepp ner, and following its comple- Earl Evans Injured When Combine Tips Earl Evans was injured Tues day afternoon when the combine on which he was riding over turned, pinning him beneath. The machine, operated by Harvey Wright, turned over when the leveller inadvertently locked. Evans' legs were badly bruised and the ligaments torn, but X rays showed no broken bones. They were working in a field at the Kirk. and Robinson ranch in Blackhorse when the accident oc curred. State To Oil Road Near Boardman The state highway department will receive bids August 19 for grading, surfacing and oiling .62 of a mile of a connecting leg be tween the newly constructed Col umbia river highway and the Boardman-Stanfield highway about three miles east of Board man. The connection will have a 20 foot oiled surface with two foot shoulders and has been designed for convenience of traffic inter changing between the two high ways from the north and east, o BLAZE BURNS GRASS Heppner firemen, answering their first fire call in over a month, last Thursday evening controlled a small grass fire that burned a small area of the hill side at the west end of Center street near the David Wilson home. Though the fire burned up to several buildings no damage re sulted. o Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Pumphrey of Echo and her mother, Mrs Louise Ritchie of Pendleton visited friends In Heppner over the weekend. 4 Craves, Lexington tion took out a homestead in the Lexington district. Not content to rely on past his tory and family recognition, she made her own mark while a student at Heppner where she was secretary of the student body and the student council president of the Pep club and the Letter Ettes; a member of the Girls' League, FHA and drill team; manager of the school paper and class editor of the annual. In addition she was a cheerleader and played on the girls' volleyball and tennis teams and in the band. She is also a member of the Rainbow girls.- Upon graduation she was awarded the Carl Raymond Guy 411 scholarship to attend the Ore gon State college this fall. In addition to her school activi ties she has been a 4-H club mem ber for nine years and has coun- ciled at 411 summer camp. Princess Rieta is a good horse woman and helps with cattle on the ranch. She also helps with the cooking during harvest and can drive wheat truck if called upon. She claims sewing her own clothes as a hobby. Last year during the Rodeo she was a pennant bearer, riding her favorite horse "Nig". Visitors this year will again see her op on him, as a princess. . Dancers who come to honor her Saturday night will enjoyt the music oi rne renaieton four ana Ray Whitman. Seventh Day Advents Have New Pastor Norvell Brown has arrived in Heppner from Ocean Side, Call fornia to assume his duties as pastor of the Seventh-Day Adven tist church here. He is a gradu ate of Walla Walla College at College Place, Washington and has just ' completed several months training at the seminary in Washington, D. C. Brown is married and has two children. R .Knauft, who has been the pastor here, will go to Colfax, Washington where he will be the district superintendent for the church. He has Just returned from eight weeks at the church youth camp at Mivoden, at Hay den Lake, Idaho. Wranglers Lay Plans For Horse Show Wranglers laid plans for the horse show to be held during the Rodeo at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening. How ard Bryant, presiding officer, ap pointed committees to carry out the various phases of the show, a regular event sponsored by the group. The evening's program includ ed pictures of the recent Winches ter overnight ride, and also mov ies of last year's rodeo. They were shown by Mr. and Mrs. William Collins. Refreshment committee for the evening was Mrs. Bill Smethurst, Mrs. Jim Lindsay and Mrs. Merle Kirk. . A J 1 ' I Additional Pumping Needed To Obtain Good Water Test Reports received this week on laboratory tests made on water samples from the new Heppner well, showed the water readily passable for hardness, but not quite up to par for purity. Council members didn't feel too concerned over the purity re port, however, as they pointed out the breakdown of the mineral and solid content of the water indi cated the test sample had been taken too early after pumping had started. They felt an addi tional period of pumping would be necessary to completely clean Names Still Needed For Hospital's File Of Blood Donors Last week's request from Pio neer Memorial hospital for the names of additional blood donors resulted in several persons sign ing up to offer their blood when needed, but Lee Gronemyer, hos pital administrator, said this week that more names are still needed. The hospital is unable to carry a stock of plasma and must rely on donors for whole blood when required. Gronemyer asked that anyone willing to offer his blood call the hospital for an appointment for typing. o lone Man Seriously Injured in Wreck William A. Rowel 1, 25, lone is in the Pioneer Memorial hospital following an auto accident Wed nesday morning a short distance East of lone In which his car left the road and overturned. By Wed nesday evening he had not re gained consciousness. According to an attending phy sician, Rowell suffered a concus sion and possibly a skujl fracture in addition to a fractured collar bone. His condition was listed as serious. Rowell had been working in lone for some time and is the son-in-law of Cleo Drake. Rowell was alone in the car at the time of the accident; Over 30 Blocks of Streets Resurfaced Leslie Harris, Pendleton paving contractor, early this week com pleted sealing of over 30 blocks of Heppner streets. The sealing is designed to prevent breakup of present pavement. Streets in nearly all sections of town received the new surfacing, the council selecting the ones in need of immediate care to prevent complete breaking up. The coun cil plans to continue the sealing program each year until all the streets have received the treat ment. o Jack Rabbit Paradise Removed By Blaze A controlled burn of about 350 acres of heavy sagebrush land be longing to A. C. Lindsey In Sand Hollow last Tuesday, not only cleared out lots of sagebrush but also brought on a mass movement of Jack rabbits from the section, according to N. C. Anderson, the county agent who assisted with the fire. The burn, intended to clear the land for seeding to crested wheat grass as part of a range im provement plan, drove out a cloud of "jacks" which would have made excellent shooting. Anderson said his only complaint was that he forgot to take his gun along. The displaced jump bunnies also lost over 1000 acres of addi tional forage Sunday, when the lightning started a range fire In the same area. Heppner Serviceman Returning From Korea With the 45th Infantry Div- in Korea Cpl, Jack E. Barlow, of Heppner, Oregon recently left the 45th Infantry Division In Korea for return to the United States under an Army rotation program. His division, an Oklahoma Na tional Guard unit, was called to active duty In September 1950 and trained at Camp Polk, La., and on Hokkaido, Japan. The di vision arrived in Korea last De cember. Corporal Barlow served as a tractor mechanic in Battery C, 189t h Field Artillery Battalion. He has been awarded the Japan Oc cupation Medal, the Korean Ser vice Ribbon with one campaign tstar and the United Nations Service Ribbon. Barlow entered the Army In October 1950. the well, after which another test will be made. Mayor J. O. Turner stated the sample was taken after about four hours of pumping, and while the water appeared clear and clean, the hardness tests showed a considerable amount of drill ings and dirt still remained to be removed. The council plans to pull a pump from one of the two pre sent wells further up Willow creek and have it completely overhauled. It will then be in stalled in the new well and oper ated continuously or at least a week to give the well a thorough test and to remove all dirt and foreign matter. Another test sample will then be sent to the laboratory. Even with the short pumping given the well last week, the water only lacked passing the purity test by smll margin. After testing is complete and the water OK'd it will be connected into the city system. Its capacity is over 500,000 gallons per day, ample to supply all the city's needs. Mrs. Fred Lucas Services Held Here Last Monday Funeral services were held on Monday, August 11 at Heppner for Mrs. Frederick Lucas, who passed away, August 7 in Seattle. Clothild Love Lucas was born September 23, 1883, at Wasco, Oregon, and the early years of her life were spent on the nearby family farm. Her education was begun in the local public schools, and completed at St. Mary's Acad emy In The Dalles, Oregon. On July 26, 1899 she was mar ried to John Frederick Lucas. To this union four children were born, Franklin Ray, Frederick Jay, Thelma Love Fortner, and Lavelle L. Less. In 1903 Mr. and Mrs. .Lucas came to Heppner, where they re sided until 1951, when they moved to North Bend, Washington. Dur ing their long residence in Hepp ner, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas acquired a host of friends, and became widely known for their wonderful hospitality as proprietors of the "Lucas Place Hotel." "Clothild", to all who knew her, Mrs. Lucas was very active in the social and community life of Heppner, and Morrow County, down through the years. She was a member of All Saint's Epicsopal church, the Episcopal Women's Auxiliary, the Order of the East ern Star, and the Morrow County Republican Central Committee. Death came quietly, on August 7, 1952, after a brief illenss. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, seven grandchild ren, and eleven great grandchild ren. Burial was from All Saint's Episcopal Church, and interment at the Masonic Cemetery in Hepp ner, Oregon. September 30 Deadline For Federal Crop Insurance Signup The Morrow County PMA office would like to remind those far mers who have not yet applied for crop insurance that the dead line for signing up is September 30th. With farming expenses con tinuing at a high level and the causes of damage undiminished, crop insurance points a safe way out for wheat growers in Morrow County. Crop insurance essenti ally assures the farmer the re turn of his crop Investment from all hazards. It also fortifies c redit as policies are assignable for most credit needs. In 1952 the net acreage covered under crop insurance was 118,601 acres, with a total harvested coverage of 1,480,062 bushels, and an lnsurred value of $2,198,8-11.78. Morrow County also had a 30 county wide discount for all of the policyholders who had been In the program over one year as at the end of 1951 the county had met its minimum reserve. In 1952 growers were paid for claims for damage to their wheat crop. The causes were drought, hail, and hot winds, which were chiefly responslbile for most of the damage. hi. o PRACTICE SET Stephen Trukositz. new Hepp ner high school coach announced this week that football practice will start on Tuesday, August 26. He asks those Interested in turn ing out this year meet at the gym at 2 o'clock that day.