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I 1 0 ft A R r 0 OF 0 EUGENE. ORE. J. 0. Turner Resigns Mayor's Job After Nine Years in Office Copies 10 cents Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 5, 1953 70th Year, Number 34 fee Many Expected For Taxpayer's Meet Governor to Open Tuesday Sessions at 10 a. m. Much interest lias been shown since last week's announcement of the first Morrow county tax payer's conference to be held next Tuesday at the high school auditorium in Heppner, county judge Garnet Barratt said this week. The meeting is sponsored by the county court. The day-long meeting, which will be opened at 10 a. m. with an address by Governor Paul Patterson, will cover all phases of city, county, and school taxes as well as many points on state tax problems and assessment policies in Morrow and other counties. The conference program will present one or more expert speakers on each phase of taxation which will be followed by a question and answer period to allow citizens to get the answers to problems not covered in the individual talks. The governor has con sented to open the meeting, inas much as he is to be in Heppner for a banquet the night before and will remain overnight here to address the morning meeting. Program Varied Several well-known outside tax experts will appear on the program Judge Barratt said Wed nesday, as he emphasized that there will be something on the program to interest every county taxpayer. In addition to Gov. Patterson, other speakers will be D. W. Davis, Umatilla county as sessor, Robert S. Oslund, assist ant chief appraisal engineer for the state tax commission; James B. Manning, chief valuation engi neer, utilities division of the state tax commission; Alex Cur rie, Gilliam county assessor; Mrs. Louise Humphreys, Portland, a member of the legislative interim committee on taxation; and Allen Tom, state representative from this district. Local persons who will discuss county, city and school taxes in clude Judge Barratt, county com missioners Russell I. Miller and Ralph Thompson; J. O. Turner, mayor of Heppner, and William Garner, the mayor of Boardman. Schools will be covered by Mil ton Morgan, county chairman of the Morroy county rural school board and Leslie Grant, county school superintendent. The tax payers themselves will be repre sented by Sam McMillan, a mem ber of the county equalization board. . The complete program for the day's events will be found in an advertisement elsewhere in to day's paper. Judge Barratt said that the meeting would open promptly at 10 a. m. as Gov. Patterson, who will give the opening remarks, must leave Heppner by 10:30 to meet an engagement in Condon at noon. He urged as many per sons as possible be present for the start of the meeting. o Heart Attack Takes George M. Cowan George Morton Cowan, 64, died suddenly last Monday morning of a heart attack at the William H. Zintner ranch near lone, where he had been making his heme. He was a brother of Mrs. Zinter. Funeral services are to be held in Spokane, Wash., Saturday, Nov. 7 under the direction of the Thornhill-Carey Funeral home with military services to be di rected by American Legion post No. 9 of Spokane. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery at Spo kane. Jack K. Estberg Dies at Los Angeles Jack K. Estberg, 41, passed away very suddenly at his home in Los Angeles on October 24, 1953. He was born September 25, 1912 at Oregon City. Rev. J. Palmer Sorlien conduct ed the services from Finley Fune ral Home in Portland and inter ment was at the Mt. View ceme tery at Oregon City. He is survived by his wife uottv twA children. Steven and U nj , " Peggy; his father, A. J. Estberg, Portland; two sisters, Ida of Port land and Mrs. A. R. Cason of T.nnerock. Mrs. Estberg has returned to Los Angeles where she will at tend college. The children arc stavinf? with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cason of H-epfmer. B r GOVERNOR Paul L. Patterson Gov. Patterson To Speak Here at Monday Banquet Governor Paul L. Patterson will speak Monday evening at a spe cial banquet in his honor given by the Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce. The din ner will be held at the American Legion hall and is open to the public. The Governor's talk will be non-political in nature, and though the exact subject is not known, it is expected that he will discuss important problems in the state government. The special dinner was ar ranged when it became known that Governor and Mrs. Patter son were planning a short trip into this section of the state. He will arrive in Heppner Monday afternoon, stay over here that night and speak to a general as sembly at the Heppner high school early Tuesday morning and llien open the county tax payers meeting at the high school auditorium at 10 o'clock that morning. He is scheduled to visit Condon for a 12:30 luncheon engagement and then travel to The Dalles that evening This will be Gov. Patterson's first trip into Morrow and Gilliam coun ties since taking over office as the state's head. Chamber president Robert Pen land said early this week that many visitors are expected here for the dinner and indicated that ticket sales were moving rapid ly. Only 200 tickets are avail able, the capacity of the hall, and he urged county citizens to pur chase theirs early to avoid dis appointment, 'they may be ob tained at Heppner Red and White store, Turner, Van Marter and Bryant and Mary Van's Flower Shop in Heppner and also in Lexington, lone and Boardman. The price is $2.00 a plate and the banquet is scheduled to start at 7 p. m. o 4-H Achievement Parties Planned for Coming Weekend Plans have all been completed for the annual 4-H Achievement Day parties which will be held this year on November 6 and 7. The 4-H club members in the lone, Lexington and Heppner communities will hold their party at the fair pavilion in Hepp ner, November 6, with the North Morrow 4-H Club members hold in theirs at the Irrigon school on the 7th. The Heppner Achievement party will begin at 6:30 p m. with a potluck supper, while the party at Irrigon will begin at 8 p. m. These parties are scheduled to ive recognition to 4-H club mem bers and leaders who have com pleted projects successfully dur ing the past club year. Everyone interested in this youth organi zation is welcome to attend these parties. During the evening pins, cards and certificates of recognition will be presented and a recre ation program has been planned j Wednesday, Nov. 11, as has been for all. Several films will be the practice during past years. hown during the evening, while! - " games and folk dancing will be i meeting POSTPONED under the supervision of the re-,MEET1NG POSTPONE creation committees. The regular meeting of the o board of school district No. 1 has GRADUATES FROM Ibeen postponed from Monday un JUMPING SCHOOL Cpl. Wayne R. Wilson, son ofjpk Mrs. Harold Caster of Heppner, graduated Sept. 26 from division Jumpmaster course at Ft. Bragg, X. C. His graduation came two year$ to the day from the time of his enlistment. He is sering with tfas &4 Airtwn Division. Local Residents Not Effected by Milk Price Raise Residents of Heppner, Lexing ton, lone and Arlington will con tinue to pay the present price of 24 cents per quart for milk from one dairy serving the area, it was announced Wednesday. An an nouncement from Pendleton last weekend had said that residents of Morrow and Umatilla counties would pay more for their milk as a result of a wage increase ob: tained for dairy employees by the Teamster's union. James Hager operator of Hager's dairy in Heppner, who serves as distributor of Damcus milk to Customers in Heppner, Lexington, lone and Arlington, said that they were pleased to announce that there would be no increase in the milk price in this area. North Morrow county, which is served by the Dairy Co-op in Her- miston, will feel the effects of the! increase. The local price of 24 cents peri quart is the minimum price set for this area by the Milk Market ing Administration for 3.8 per cent milk which is being sold by Hagers. Residents of Umatilla and North Morrow counties had been paying 23 cents before the increase and it is understood that this price has been for 3.5 per cent milk. Dairy Coop does now serve the Willow creek valley area. o Heppner Boy Hurt By Hit-Run Driver Hallowe'en Night Larry, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson of Heppner Is a little stiff and sore and has a couple of bg bumps on his head as the result of being struck down by a hit-and-run driver last Saturday night, but his parents feel he is a lucky boy to have no other injuries. Larry, his three-year old sister, and his dad were walking up Elder street near the school doing a little trick or-treating when a car drove up beside them and stopped. Anderson talked with the driver for a mement, jok ingly asking for a trick or a treat for the children. As the boy let go of his father's hand and ran in front of the car, the driver started up and ran the boy down. His slight injuries were credited to the fact that no wheels passed over his body. Anderson said the car con tained 5 boys and he guessed the age of the driver at abou,t 19 years. He said he did not get the license number of the car as he was too interested in the child. He did give the police a good de scription of the car and the driver. He also said he was cer tain the passengers in the car knew of the accident, as he re membered seeing one or more of them in the back seat turn around and watch him go to the boy. Legion to Observe Armistice Day The Heppner post of the Ameri can Legion will hold its annual Armistice Day celebration next Wednesday afternoon and even ing, post officers announced this week. The post will hold open house from 5 to 7 in the afternoon and 8 to 10 p. m. There will also be a potluck banquet at 7 o'clock and dancing from 10 until 2 a. m. Music will be furnished by Gene Rietmann's orchestra from lone. The celebration will be held at the Legion hall. STORES TO CLOSE FOR ARMISTICE DAY The merchants committee of the chamber of commerce said Wednesday that it is recommend ing that all Heppner stores close for the Armistice Day holiday, til next luesaay evening, super intendent H. C. Reed said this The change was made to avoid conflict with the dinner for ;qov Patterson Mrs. Charles Becket, Mrs. Rob ert Anderson and Mrs. H. W. Elgin were visiting in Pendleton last week. WE'RE ON THE "BUCKW AGON" TOO DON'T MISS THE FUN! JOIN IN THE GAZETTE TIMES $$$ GIVEAWAY The first of the week, as most of our readers know, a certain metropolitan daily paper started trying to give away money for dollar bills. Also, as is well known too, that paper's contemporary publication in the same town, climbed on a bandwagon the next day by . publishing the numbers of the lucky bucks just for the benefit of its readers, though it wasn't sup plying any of the dough. Not to be outdone by any Edward E. Rugg, j Former Local Rancher' Dies at Portland ! Funeral services for Edward E. Rugg, 73, for many years a far mer in the Rhea Creek area, and the man for whom Ruggs com munity was named, will be held Friday, Nov. 6 at the Ross Holly wood Chapel in Portland He pas sed away Nov. 3 at Providence hospital in Portland. Mr. Rugg was born Jan. 5, 1880 in Mason City, Iowa and later moved to this area. He farmed in Morrow county until! about six years ago when hei moved to Oregon City. Surviving are his wife, Maud; two sons, Anson of Walla Walla and Alfred of Portland; one daughter, Mrs. Frances Brown, Hermiston; five grandchildren and two brothers. Interment will lie at the Canby city cemetery. o Ecuador IFYE Student Tells C of C of Life In Home Country Chamber of commerce mem bers Monday heard Renan Arte aga, International Farm Youth Exchange delegate from Ecuador who is currently staying on the Markham Baker ranch near lone, tell how he was surprised at the many things the average Ameri can family has as compared to families in Ecuador. Arteaga, who has previously spent some time in Mississippi attending school, referred to the conveniences in the American homes. He also said that his country hasn't yet been de veloped to any degree even close to the way America has. He added that few farmers in Ecua dor have tractors or power equip ment, that nearly all farm work there is hand labor. Arteaga, who will remain on the Baker farm for another two weeks is the fourth IFYE dele gate to visit this area within the past several weeks. MISSIONARY MEETING The Union Missionary Society will meet at the Methodist church Saturday at 2 p. m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Randall Crawford, returned Chilean missionary. 'Save the Kids'(? m u Financial Help From Public Do you want to help make Heppner's streets safer for school children? Your dimes and dollars can play a big part. Here's how. . . For the past several weeks the Heppner-Morrow county chamber of commerce, the Soroptimist club and other organiza tions and individuals have been trying to work out a plan to purchase school crosswalk warning blinker signs or overhead blinker lights to install above or on some of the most danger ous school crossings in the city. Money for this worthwhile pro ject was not available from the treasuries of these organiza tions, so it was decided to ask the help of the general public in raising the necessary money. Last Monday, at the c of C meeting the ball started rolling when Orville Smith told that group that the Heppner Lumber Company would donate one complete blinker sign, or light, of whatever type a committee might select as most deslreable. One light is a big start, and it will be placed at the crosswalk near the Tum-A-Lum Lumber company on Main Street, which is classified as the most dangerous. To do the job right, others are needed though, at the court house corner and other dan gerous intersections. Other donations have been offered too, but the organiza tions indicated that the help of the general public Is needed complete the child-saving installations. Your donations will be accepted at either Turner, Van Mar ter and Bryant Insurance office or at the Gazette Times. A dime, or a dollar, it will all help to save a child's life. of the slightly larger sheets, the Gazette Times this week is starting its own give-away. Here's how it works: Got a buck? Look at the number I If it is J 94399714 Vi F Bring it to the Gazette Times office before 5:00 p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. We will give you four bits in cold hard cash for it. That's all the darn thing is worth anyway. Farm Leader to Speak at Grain Growers Meeting II. D. Rolph, Vice-president of the National Farmers Union, will be one of the speakers at the annual meeting of the Morrow County Grain Growers in lone on November 9th. Mr. Rolph comes from Portland, but for a number of years was an extensive wheat grower in Mon tana, his native state. Before be coming an official of the Nation al Farmers Union, Rolph served ten terms in trie Montana house of representatives and was speaker of the house during his last term. The farm organization official has made a special study of farm problems for a great many years, and will, no doubt, have some thing of vital interest on current farm outlooks to pass on to his audience, as well as words of ad vice on cooperative marketing methods. The Grain Growers meeting will begin at 10:00 a. m. in the lone Grange hall, with a discus sion of the annual report and the election of directors for the com ing year one of the main events of the meeting. Lunch will be ser ved free at noon. TRICK OR TREAT PLAN STILL WORKING Campfire Girls expressed thanks to the many persons who helped them gather quilting sup plies, yarn, etc., last Hallowe'en night in their novel trick-or-treat plan, but this week asked that anyone whpm they missed, and who has a donation for them, to call 6-9906. The girls made a very sizeable collection, but have heard num erous reports that there were others who wished them to come and pick up donations. FORMER HEPPNER DENTIST PASSES Word was received in Heppner Wednesday evening that Dr. Eu gene Allen Vaughan had passed away that day in Portland. He was at one time a dentist prac ticing here. As m m 0 - CY- TO GIVE UP DUTIES Mayor J. O. Turner, photographed while he recently signed a proclamation, turned In his resignation as city head at last Monday's council meeting. Though the Heppner city coun cil finished up u big job Monday night by OKing the final pay ments for its recently completed quarter million dollar sewer sys tem and disposal plant, its mem bers ran into another problem when it received the resignation of mayor J. O. Turner. Turner, in a prepared statement which he read to the council, stated that he felt he had served the city as mayor for as long as any one man should, and now that the sewer construction prob lems were behind the council, along with many others handled by the group during the past years, including streets, water supply, police etc., he wished to be relieved of his duties. He asked that his resignation take effect not later than January 1, 1954. He also said that he had indicated last fall, when he agreed to run for another term, that if reelected he probably would hold the office only until Line Break Brings Cold Breakfasts A broken power line near the Columbia Basin Electric substa tion at Butter Creek junction early Wednesday morning dark ened most of Morrow county, all of Gilliam and parts of Wheeler counties for periods up to 4 hours and 35 minutes. Both REA and Pacific Power and Light company customers were effected. The break, called a freak by power officials, occurred shortly after 1 a. m., but did not kick out relays as it should, merely single-phasing the entire distri bution system, lowering voltage and cycles. The line was isolated and power cut off at 3:45 a. m. until 8:20 to allow repairs. AH subscribers to REA lines were without power for the en tire period, Columbia Basin of ficials said, and all PP&L cus tomers in Heppner, Lexington, lone, Arlington, Condon and Fos sil were out for part of the time. Pacific Power was able to pick up part of the Gilliam and Wheeler county load through another feeder line after a short period, but was unable to get local users back on until 8:20 The company normally can pick up the entire load in such cases with its feeder line from Dufur, Heppner man ager J. H. Huffman said, but one big transformer in the Dufur sub station blew up a few days ago and the remaining transformers could not carry the load of the entire district. Restaurants with gas cooking facilities did a landoffice busi ness with cold and hungry cus tomers waiting in line for break fast service. o Progress Noted on Robbery Solution Local police said this week that while they have as yet made no arrests in the Humphreys Drug company robbery case, they have uncovered several clues which they hope will soon lead to the aprehension of the person or persons involved. Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman said tha several items from the store, thought to contain clues, are now i being examined by the crime laboratory in Portland. o School Site Appraisal Received From State The report from the state board of education on the evalu ation of the several available sites for the proposed new Hepp ner grade school was received by school officials this morning. Time did not permit, the study of the recommendations by the board' prior to press time, but it is expected that the report will be discussed at length at the next board meeting next Tuesday night and then be given out to the public. the sewer system was completed and in operation. Turner will have held the mayor's job for nine years at the end of this year, having been elected in 1910 and acting as city head until 1916. He was elected again in 1950 and reelected for another two-year term in 1952. Conley Lanham served in the in erim four-year period. Members of the council ex pressed regret at Turner's action, but were expected to face the task of appointing someone to fill the unexpired term. The posi tion can be filled either by an appointment by the council of a member from its own group and another appointment to fill the vacant council spot, or it may ap point some non-council member to the position. The group at its Monday night meeting made arrangements for final payments to contractors and engineers for the sewer system and disposal plant, which is now completed and in operation. A recent examination of the pro ject disclosed that final cleanup work had been completed by the contractors and satisfaction was expressed with the job. Culvert Pla Eyed The council heard a request from James Lynch that he be al lowed to culvert a section of Hin ton creek which flows through his property on Elder street and that the culvert and creek chan nel then be covered over to pro tect adjacent buildings and land from erosion. The request sug gested that a 6 foot tile be used. The council discussed the re quest at length as to whether a culvert could handle the creek water in case of flood or heavy runoff before it was turned over to the committee for investiga tion. The council also approved the license renewal requests for a beer license by Bucknuin's Tav ern, and a liquor-by-the-drink license for Cal's Tavern. Location Changed for Jay Cee-ette Benefit Rummage Sale The Jay Cee-ette rummage sale will be held this Friday and Sat urday, but at Rosewall Motor company rather than at the lo cation previously announced be cause that building is being re modeled for a new tenant. Hours are from 9.to 6 each day. Committee members state that the largest and most worthwhile Rosy Says . . . But Not Quick Enough Jay Cee-ette members said Wednesday the change in location of their rummage sale to Rosewall Motor com pany will make it easier for . Mrs. Rosewall to be first in line to buy back the trousers she donated to the sale be fore she learned that her hus band wasn't yet ready to quit wearing them. In their previous sales the Jay Cee-ettes have had seve ral such experiences, though none to quite compare with a Portland organization which sold a diamond ring to a man at one sale, only to have him return to the next sale in quest of a wedding ring. assortment of clothing ever as sembled for one of their sales has been cleaned by the Heppner Cleaners. Included are a num ber of maternity clothes, coats, men's suits, women's and child rens' clothing of all types. Shoes, hats, purses, lampshades, bed spreads, bicycle, a small mimeo graph machine and" books are among other articles to be sold. Proceeds help finance the Jay Cee-ette Kindergarten. Unsold clothing is held over until the next sale in some cases and the balance is donated to a church group for missionary use. Cotton and wool rags are available at low prices, it was said.