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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 $2.00 a plate and the
banquet is scheduled to start at
7 p. m.
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4-H Achievement
Parties Planned for
Coming Weekend
Plans have all been completed
for the annual 4-H Achievement
Day parties which will be held
this year on November 6 and 7.
The 4-H club members in the
lone, Lexington and Heppner
communities will hold their
party at the fair pavilion in Hepp
ner, November 6, with the North
Morrow 4-H Club members hold
in theirs at the Irrigon school on
the 7th.
The Heppner Achievement
party will begin at 6:30 p m. with
a potluck supper, while the party
at Irrigon will begin at 8 p. m.
These parties are scheduled to
ive recognition to 4-H club mem
bers and leaders who have com
pleted projects successfully dur
ing the past club year. Everyone
interested in this youth organi
zation is welcome to attend these
parties.
During the evening pins, cards
and certificates of recognition
will be presented and a recre
ation program has been planned j Wednesday, Nov. 11, as has been
for all. Several films will be the practice during past years.
hown during the evening, while! - "
games and folk dancing will be i meeting POSTPONED
under the supervision of the re-,MEET1NG POSTPONE
creation committees. The regular meeting of the
o board of school district No. 1 has
GRADUATES FROM Ibeen postponed from Monday un
JUMPING SCHOOL
Cpl. Wayne R. Wilson, son ofjpk
Mrs. Harold Caster of Heppner,
graduated Sept. 26 from division
Jumpmaster course at Ft. Bragg,
X. C. His graduation came two
year$ 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.
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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.
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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'(?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.