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Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 9, 1953
70th Year, Number 17
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Wheat Harvest Starts
In County, Little
Heat Damage Expected
The wheat harvest for 1953 has John and John Graves, as well as
officially begun in Morrow county Nelson, are beginning in Lexing
as of Monday, according to Al ton. Newt O'Harra is due to begin
Lamb, manager of the Morrow on Monday.
County Grain Growers. The first' Hot winds of the first part of
man to start harvesting was D. O. the week may cause some dam
Nelson of near Lexington, who age, according to Lamb, but it is
began cutting a field of volunteer still too early to tell. Unless the
wtieat. heat tapers off some before too
Harvest has begun in the .N. long there will undoubtedly be
Lexington-lone area but not on a
major scale as yet, according to I
Lamb. Van Hubbard of lone be
gan Wednesday while Ellis Petty-
Hermisfon Auction
Still Going Strong
HERMISTON Wilhelms Hod
ley of Boardman consigned 2 top
hogs at the Hermiston Livestock
Auction Friday, which weighed
205 pounds and brought $26.50
cwt., Delbert Anson, manager of
the sale, reports.
George Paulson of Hood River
topped the market with a white
face heifer weighing 680 pounds,
that brought $15.85. Jack Howen
stine of Stanfield topped the bull
market by consigning an animal
weighing 1735 pounds, for $15.80.
Topping the yearling heifer mar
ket was Harlow and Hanson of
Long Creek, who sonsigned 24
yearlings weighing 13,750 pounds,
for $13.40.
Generally lower cottle prices
at Portland and other markets
cut cattle volume sharply from
384 head consigned the previous
week to 188. Buyers were pre
sent In the usual goodly number
while most of the regular cattle
consignors started their July 4
holiday early and, as Is custo
mary in short sales, cattle qual
ity was down, with most cattle
grading utility, a very few com
mercial and no good or chop
grades consigned. Prices wer
down one dollar on most cattle, v
The heaviest consignment of
bulls this year, some thirty heavy
range bulls, was sold at 15-16c
per pound. A very few light bulls
were consigned.
Prices were steady on sheep,
pi
hops.
with 83 consigned compared
the previous week, and on hogs,
with 74 compared to 99.
Calves Baby calves down to
5.00; veal 15.00-17.50.
Steers Stocker steers (no good
grades) 13.50-15.50; feeder steers
steady, 13.50-15.50; fat heifers up
to 15.85.
Cows Few dairy cows, middle
milkers about $100.00. '
Slaughter cows Commercial, a
few, up to 11.35; utility 9.50-10.50;
canner-cutter 7.50-9.00; shells
5.00-7.00.
Bulls Mostly heavy range
bulls, 14.50-15.85.
Hogs Prices generally steady
to down 50c; weaner pigs 11.00
13.75; fat hogs 26.00-26.50; sows
scarce, 19.00-21.50.
Sheep Feeder lambs steady,
up to 15.50; ewes to 3.75; no bucks
consigned.
Special Election
Held In Boardman
A 3-mill tax levy for the ma'n
tenance of the Boardman River
view cemetery was passed 100
percent at the special election
held on Monday, July 6, in Board
man. The directors, Clyde Tannehill,
Bob Miller and Zearl Killespie
will now be looking for well drill
ers to drill for irrigation purposes.
This will be one of their first pro
jects. bib m v J
SALLY PALMER I. O. O. F United nations Pilgrimage winner from
Heppner, who left last Thursday for Spokane where she Joined
other winners from the northwest for the trip to New York by
special bus. The students will spend about a week in New York
City watching the United Nations at work, and will return home
in about four weeks. Miss Palmer's trip is sponsored by the Hepp
ner Oddfellows lodge.
trouble, he said,
Mr. Lamb declared that the
wheat harvest is still expected to
bring in 2,300,000 bushels of
wheat. "Nothing has happened
yet to cause a change," he said.
The MCGG are shipping heav
ily, said Lamb. Sixty-two thous
and bushels are being shipped on
an order from the government on
carry-over wheat. This will be of
considerable assistance in open
ing up some of the needed space,
Lamb said. The order will wipe
out the Ruggs and Heppner carry
over. The wheat coming in is grad
ing very good and the moisture
content is low, Lamb said. The
price level is now 10 or 12c be
low the price, he added.
Kinzua Man Injured
In Powder Blast,
May Lose Eyesight
Joseph Helwig, Kinzua, powder
man for the Kinzua Pine Mills,
was brought to Pioneer Memorial
hospital Tuesday after he was
severely injured when some pow
der he was inserting in holes for
blasting blew up in his face.
Local physicians worked two
hours to remove gravel from his
face, eyes, hands and neck. He
was taken to Walla Walla Wed
nesdy morning to an eye special
ist for treatment, but hospital of
ficials said it was doubtful
wh'ther his eyes could be saved.
John Ernsdorff, hospital ad
ministrator, asked that anyone
knowing any of 'elwig's latives
to advise the hospital, as the hos
pital was unable to determine the
name or residence of any rela
tives. Cemetery Directors
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Election Tomorrow
The election of the directors for
the Heppner cemetery mainten
ance district will take place to
morrow from 2 to 7 at the council
chamber in the Heppner city hall.
The candidates appearing on
ballot will be Garnet Barratt,
Ora Evans and Paul W. Jones.
Each eligible voter will vote for
three.
The formation of the district
was authorized by the county
court after the petition had been
presented requesting the forma
tion. Following the election, the di
rectors will set up their plans for
the year and will call for an
other election to authorize a tax
levy to be used for building and
for maintenance. If the directors
act soon enough there is the pos
sibility that the levy can go on
this year's tax roll.
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Mr. and Mrs. Whitmer Wright
and Harvey and Colleen and
Charles Bailey of Heppner; and
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright of
Moses Lake, enjoyed the Fourth
at Lehman Springs and Battle
Mountain camp grounds. In the
evening part of the party attend
ed the stock car races in Pendle
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Large Delegation
Due For Highway
Commission Visit
Plans were being completed
this week by the Heppner-Morrow
county Chamber of Commerce
and the county court for the visit
of the state highway commission,
'uwy aim raii utiittaia auu umui .
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In a recent letter from the
commission received by county
illrlrJA Hflrnot Pnrratt thzs r,art;
consisting oi ai least is persons
will arrive in Heppner shortly
before noon Friday to be the
guests of the chamber of com
merce at a potluck picnic lunch
eon at the courthouse park. It
had been tentatively planned for
the group, accompanied by Hepp
ner, Pendleton and Pilot Rock
citizens, to drive back to the
Morrow-Umatilla county line
early in the afternoon for a dedi
cation ceremony of the newly
completed Heppner-Nye Junction
highway, but an attempt is now
being made to change the sche
dule for the tour and hold the
ceremony in the morning. It was
felt that the Umatilla delegation
and the group from Heppner
could meet the commission party
on their way in from John Day at
that point, hold the ceremony and
come in to Heppner for lunch,
saving considerable backtracking.
It is expected that quite a size
able delegation from both Pendle
ton and Pilot Rock, as well as a
group from Monument will be
present for the dedication.
Following is the list of persons
who will accompany the commis
sion on their inspection trip over
Eastern Oregon highways. Ben R.
Chandler, chairman, state high
way commission; Charles II. Rey
nolds and M. K. Mclver, commis
sioners; H. B. Glaisyer, commis
sion secretary; Senator Charles
W. Binger, La Grande; R. H.
Baldock, state highway engineer;
W. C. Williams and W. W. Stiffler,
assistant engineers; C. W. En-'
field, chief counsel; C. H. Arm-jone that Miss Dolj,( Jacobs will
strong, parks superintendent; W. bp SPen in w, no;i1,e beasts
L. Donald, ci.i.eer, U. S. -that each weigh over 3 "tons, the
est Service; A. F. Parsons, divi-1 li()l( f(,lows , comparison tip
sion engineer, La Grande; Ray,th( scalcs less than 350 ,s
Conway, Oregon state motor as-!and sland undcr 40 inches ,
suuiauun; naipn vvaison, puunc
relations consultant; a represen
tative of the Oregon Journal; Ber
nard Mainwaring, Capitol Jour
nal; Lester Farnam and Carl Reed'
highway employees and C. G.
Polk, district engineer, Bureau of
Public Roads.
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Kent Man Named
New Head of
Weather Group
George Wilson, Kent, was elect
ed president of Tri-County Wea
ther Research, Inc., at a meeting
of the board of directors in Moro,
Tuesday, July 7. Wilson has ser
ved as vice-president of the cor
poration since it was organized
three years ago.
David Childs, Arlington, was
elected vice-president and F. L.
Watkins, Wasco, was elected sec-
retary-treasurer. Sherman County ,Arm medlcai corps. in Pendleton.
Agent, Thomas Thompson will In a statemPnt ma(e Wednes- Coe suffered deep scalp lacer
serve as corresponding secretary day Dr. .Wolff said tnat it win he ations and a forehead cut, but
to replace Ernest Kirsch, who isnmss for nim (() (iiS(V,r,iinue never lost consciousness. He was
taking sabbatical leave to accept hls practice in Heppner on July.taken to Pendleton to the hos
a fellowship at Iowa State college. J 29 jn order ,Q reporl fuf du)y atipitai;
Acung on a oirecuve irom ine
members at the annual meeting,
tne directors voted tnat each
county should raise approximate -
ly $9,000 before negotiations are
completed on a cloud seeding'
contract for the coming year. Di-
rectors will meet again on Aug -
ust 2 at Condon to discuss the fi-
nancial situaton and consult fur-
ther with cloud seeding firms,
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Temperature Soars
Reaches 95 Tuesday
The temoerature took a sudden
turn upwards Monday as
moved up to 93 from Sunday's
mild 85, according to Len
weather recorder. (As if you
couldn't teli it got warmer.)
luescay it went up two morp
Of ronrsp said r.illiam the offi -
rial hPat i rPtrUtPFPH in thP,
shade so it's warmer in the di
rect sun.
tppH1pc fn mv tho tntal rain.
'fall for the week was .00. There'
was nn record of Wednesd.-iv's
tpmnpratnrp a vPt. hut it i5 pv -
pected to
cooler.
have been slightly
LEGION TO HAVE
CLEANUP DAY
Heppner American Legion Postj
No. 87 will have a cleanup day!
Sunday July 12 at 11:00 a. m. All ;
members are urged to be present,
notches and reached 95 on the1 The H(W10r American I,eionjHnd conviction for livestock theft
official thermometer r,f r.illiams !Junior baseball team will play a .The group also added a fifty dol
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SHRINE CIRCUS performer who
will appear in Pendleton on
July 10 and 11.
Big Shrine Circus
Due In Pendleton
On July 10 and 11
The Pendleton Shrine Club on
Friday, July 10, and Saturday,
July 11, will present the all new
1953 edition of the Gil G. Gray
big 3-ring Shrine circus at the
Pendleton Round-Up grounds.
'Performances are scheduled
afternoon and evening, rain or
shine, at 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. The
box offices and the gates to the
big show will open promptly at 1
and 7 p. m. to give everyone
ample time to secure good seats.
There will be 46 feature all star
acts; two herds of performing
elephants including the world's
only known twin bihy pachy
derms "Tillle and lillie" and
their midget cousin Baby Dum
bo", all being the s lallest ele
phants to ever be pro ented. They
l,nrfr,rm in an apt c:Viilnr iii 1t
heieht
There will be bare back riders,
acrobats, wire walkers, 15 funny
clowns, troupes of trained horses,
a troupe of educated Arkansas
Razorback pigs and the world's
only herd of trained Andes Moun
tain llamas and Arabian camels,
amongst the mighty constellation
of stupendous features, all of
which Gil G. Gray, "Mr. Show
Business" himself, has selected
personally from the major cir
cuses in all parts of the world.
Army Takes Another
Heppner Doctor
Heppner will lose another phy
sician to the armed services early
next month, when Dr. Wallace II.
YVnlff u-ill rnnnrt 0,r rlntii uitli thn
fort Sam Houston, Texas on Aug-1
Ust 5. He will continue to see his.
patients until the time of his
1 departure, but time will not per-!
mit him to serve anv new Da-
tients after July 20, he said,
The Wolff's will retain their
(i,ome here and Mrs. Wolff will
teach in the Heppner schools this
fall rr Wolff exnecN to re
turn to Heppner after one and
one-half to two years of army ser
vice. He has been in Heppner
just about a year, coming here
from White Salmon, Wash.
took over the practice of Dr.
Richard J. O'Shea, who is now
itVrving in Korea.
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inome vaame junaay
' nornP game Sunday July 12 at
V- m- al ""' " 0 Ki"unus
against Baker. Baker won their
last encounter 9 to 5.
After this game, Heppner wi!i;cious destruction of property of
P1 on,y ne . T? ,aI h,'me
J "al Kame ,s 't'""''( ir nun
!c'av Ju'
and is with La
Grande.
I Heppner manager, Floyd Sayers
lis looking forward to a little sup
jport from the home town people
as the team goes after that all
1 important "first" win.
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Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Ogletree
spent Monday at Maupin, fishing
and visiting relatives,
New Police Chief
Fills Vacancy;
Due Here Sunday
The mayor of Heppner, J. O.
Turner, with the backing of the
city council appointed a new
chief of police Tuesday morning
to fill the vacancy left by the dis
missal of Charles Gomillion.
The new chief is Roseoe Kelly,
lately with the sheriff's office in
Pendleton. He comes to Heppner
highly recommended by the state
police and by the sheriff's asso
ciation. Another applicant for the va
cancy now filled, Jack Perry, has
been taken on by Kelly to be his
assistant. Perry was with the
state police in Eastern Oregon
and Washington and was a police
officer in Alaska. Lately he has
been the assistant to the Phychi
atrist at the Eastern Oregon
state hospital.
Kelly will arrive in Heppner
sometime Sunday and will be on
the job Monday morning. Perry
will not be available for two
weeks.
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Woman On Parole
Killed In Crash
Near Boardman
A woman on probation from
Walla Walla, supposedly heading
for California, was killed Tuesday
morning at 4:15 a. m. three miles
east of Boardman when the auto
in which she was riding plunged
off the highway, hit a sand bank
and careened back into the center
of the highway upside down.
The woman has been identified
Uis Mrs. Lillian Rose Fisher, age
33. However, papers on her per
son indicate she has used the
names of Blair, Nelson and Lei-
ncs. She was thrown out of the
car. The cause of death has been
determined as multiple skull
fractures, according to Oliver
Creswirk, county coroner
The victim, booked recently on
a charge of grand larceny in
Walla Walla, had been released
on three years probation with per
mission to leave the state. She
had been placed on a bus at
Walla Walla Monday night
bound for Portland to meet her
husband, according to Walla
Walla police. She was then ex
pected to go on to California,
The grand larceny charge was
filed by a firm at which she had
been bookkeeper. Presumably
she had managed to raise her
paychecks from $60 to $600, ac
cordng to information received
by C. J. D. Bauman, sheriff.
Driver of the car, James Arthur
Coe, of Milton-Freewater, said
the one-car crash was the re
sult of a tire blowout. He was
identified by Sgt. Curtis Bacon
of the Oregon state police at Ar
lington. Coe claimed he picked
Mrs. Fisher up in the Round-Up
room in Pendleton. He said he
was supposed to get her to Port
land by 7 a. m. There has been no
exnlanatinn for her annenranee
Mrs. r'lsner has a latner in
Oakland, Calif., a brother in
Portland, as well as her husband,
and an uncle in San Raphael
Calif. Her body is at Phelps
funeral home in Heppner, pend
ing disposition by the relatives.
Livestock Association
Posts $1,000 Reward
To Prevent Thefts
Meeting last week, the Morrow
HeiCounty Livestockgrowers Asso
ciation made plans for an active
livestock theft prevention pro
gram. Attended by representative
membership throughout the
county, the Association voted to
post a one thousand dollar reward
for information leading to arrest
lar reward for information lead-
ing to arrest and conviction for
trespass cases where gates are
left open, wires cut or other mall-
members is committed.
The reward program will be
financed by a ten cent per head
voluntary contribution of live
stockmen. Over two hundred and
fifty dollars reward money was
contributed by four livestock
operators present at the meeting,
reports N. C. Anderson, secretary.
George Wicks is visiting with
Harley Anderson while on fur
lough from Fort Ord, California.
Community Asked
To Conserve Water
The city does have plenty of
water. However, the main pipe
line did not appear to be large
enough to carry the water to the
city as fast as it was used on
Monday, July 6th. The city used
more than 500,000 gallons of
water on that hot day.
Use all the water actually need
ed, Mayor J. O. Turner said, but
it has been asked of the com
munity that they do not sprinkle
between 10:00 In the morning and
5:00 n the evening; in order that
the reservoirs may be built up for
the evening's use.
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Morrow Youths
Represent Scouts
At Bia Jamboree
Five Heppner Boy Scouts and
another from Lexington will
leave Monday. July 13, at 1:00 a.
m. for the National Scout Jam
boree near Puerto, Calif. Their
trip will start from Hinkle and
ast 15 days.
The Heppner scouts are Jay
Sumner, Len Ray Schwarz, Jesse
Smallwood, Dick Applegate and
Bob Laughlin. Hugo Leyva will
go from Lexington. The boys will
represent the Covered Wagon dis
trict (Morrow, Gilliam and Whee
ler counties) of the Blue Moun
tain council of the Boy Scouts.
The scouts will travel from Hin
kle to Bonneville, from which
they go by barge to Portland.
They will then go on to San Fran
cisco, from there to San Fernando
and then to Puerto, from which
they will go by bus to the Irvine
Ranch, site of the National Jam
boree. They are due to reach
there on July 15.
After remaining at the Jam
boree for 11 days, with an expect
ed 50.00Q other scouts, they will
leave from East Los Angeles on
the 26th of July and travel from
there to Salt Lake City, then to
Boise and from there back to
Hinkle, arriving at 10:00 p. m
on Tuesday, July 28.
The scouts will be conducted on
all-day tours in San Francisco
and Salt Lake City
Several organizations helped to
defray, the expenses of the trip.
They were: Elks, Odd Fellows,
Heppner Lumber Co., Masons and
the Community Chest. These or
ganizations, in the name of the
community, matched half of the
expense money needed. The total1"',; ' . "
cost, including $25 spending.h,Rh schoc1
money, was $250 for each scout.
The other half of the expense
money was earned by the scouts
while working for their parents.
The scouts will travel all
decked out in their best Boy
Scout uniforms, suitably deco
rated with their individual hon
ors.
The Heppner Boy Scout troop Is
sponsored by American Legion
Post 87.
Final Services Held
For Dennis McNomee,
Longtime Resident
Funeral services for Dfnnls Mc
Namee, Heppner resident for over
50 years, was held Saturday July
4 at the St. Patrick's church. He
died on July 1 at the age of 93.
Rev. Francis McCormack offici
ated. McNamee was born in Ireland
and worked in England as a coal
miner before coming to this coun
try. He lived in Providence,
Rhode Island, before coming to
Morrow county in 1897.
McNamee served four years as
a Master Sergeant in the home
guard during the Spanish Ameri
can War and held several differ
ent occupations during his life
time. He was known to be a very
versatile man.
Survivors include: two sons,
James of Heppner and John of
Pueblo, Colorado; one daughter,
Anne McNamee of Seattle, and a
brother, James, who lives in Ire
land.
Relatives coming for the fune
ral were Mr. and Mrs. Dan Buf
fington, Portland; Mrs. Michael
lllealy, Boardman; Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Rand, Boardman; Mrs. Ray
'mond Gronquist, and Miss Anne
McNamee, Seattle.
McNamee was retired and had
I been in the hospital for three
! years. Rosary was read Friday
evening, July 3. Burial was at
the Heppner Masonic cemetery.
, The Phelps funeral home was in
charge.
GRASS BLAZES
The first grass fire of the sum
mer called Heppner firemen to
cemetery hill Tuesday afternoon
to control a blaze burning in dry
grass at the rear of the former
Tress McClintock home on Chase
street. There was no damage,
New School Board
Meets, Temporary
Housing Studied
Gym Wing Planned
For First Grades
Nearly an entirely new slate
of officials took over the helm of
Heppner's school system Monday
at the first meeting of the newly
elected board of directors. The
only holdover director is Mrs.
Stephen Thompson, board chair
man. Sworn in were L. E. Dick Jr. and
Barton Clark, both whom had
previously served as directors.
They met for the first time with
Howard C. Reed, recently appoint
ed superintendent and early in
the meeting appointed Mrs. Nona
Sowell as clerk of the district.
The most urgent business con
sidered by the group was some
means of housing two additional
first grade rooms this fall. It was
decided to request the architects
to start immediately on plans for
the construction of an addition to
the south side of the present gym
nasium which will eventually be
used for a band room, but which
will be divided by a temporary
partition to provide the needed
two rooms. It was pointed out
that the time element was the
most urgent factor as there is less
than two months before the
building must be completed and
ready to handle the incoming
students. Though no estimate of
the cost of the addition was
available, until the architects can
get plans prepared, it is thought
by the board that there is suffi
cient money available in the cur
rent budget to build it.
The board also OK'd the pur
chase of new modern toilets for
the rest rooms to replace the
ancient pull-chain models which'
have been in use probably since
the present building was built.
They will be installed during the
summer.
The board stressed during the
discussion of the new addition,
that it was purely a temporary
measure as far as the elementary
grades are concerned, but that it
would provide the necessary
classroom space while plans are
being made for an entirely new
grade school which must be built
as soon as all the details can be
completed. The addition can
then be used for a band room,
which also is badly needed in the
Sewers Discussed
By City Council
The sewer construction is near
ing completion it was reported
Monday evening at the monthly
meeting of the Heppner city coun
cil. The disposal plant Is almost
95 completed and pipelines
nearly 85 said Vic Groshens,
water superintendent.
It was decided that the city
council will be able to ask for
85 of the system to be put into
operation in about a month and
permits could then be Issued to
allow connection to the pipes.
The street repair will take
slightly longer than the actual
sewer construction, according to
Groshens. They have only two
street crossings to do, plus some
of the tributary pipeline, before
the sewer is complete, but the
street repair may be slow.
Groshens, speaking of the city
water supply, went on to report
that the people of the community
are using the water up at a much
more rapid rate than it flows in
through the pipes. A total of 300
gallons per minute flows In while
the people are averaging about
500 gallons per minute.
This does not mean that there
Isn't plenty of water, said Gros
hens, but it does mean that the
reservoirs have to be filled during
the night. They run dry on us
even then, he added.
Dr. L. D. Tibbies reported on
the Heppner swimming pool and
advised the council that every
thing was functioning smoothly.
The council decided to make a
small charge for the use of the
pool by Condon children when
they come here for swimming
lessons during the summer. The
charge will be $1.00 for the use of
the pool during the two weeks
course.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grabill, Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Barratt and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Whiteman of Pen
dleton were guests at the Mervin
Leonard home in Lexington on
the Fourth of July.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wright
spent from July 3 to July 8 here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Whitmer Wright,