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Death lakes Leslie fHaf loch,
One of City's Flood Heroes
Paul Revere"
Title Earned by
Famous lone Rider
Leslie L Matlock, one of Hep
ner's most famous citizens, died
here late Tuesday following an
illness of several months. He was
84 years of age.
Leslie Matlock because of his
often-recounted horseback ride
with Bruce Kelley to warn rest
. dents of Lexington and lone of
the coming of flood waters at
the time of the Heppner flood
of June 14, 1903 became one of
the most noted residents of Hcd-
pner. He lived here practically
an ui ins m years, spending hut
a few years in the early 1900's
in Portland as manager of the
oia Zemins hotel.
Mr Matlock was known to al
most every resident of this sect
ion of Morrow county and had
an extremely wide acquaintance
ship throughout the state. At the
time of the flood he and Kelley
we acwaimea as the Paul Re
veres of Heppner and the title
stayed with Matlock throughout
his life. Many news stories and
magazine articles ' have been
written about the tragedy, one
or tne latest appeared in Coronet
Magazine and was written by
Stewart Holbrook, and always he
and Kelley were acclaimed as
the heroes of the flood an ar-
claim which Matlock said many
times was exaggerated. In his
own story of the flood (which
was published in a special Com
memoration edition of the Ga
zette-limes and is republished
on page two of today's Daoer)
he made the statement that "we
did nothing that somebody else
wouian t nave done."
Mr Matlock was born Novem
ber 5, 1873 at Goshen, near Eu
gene. His family crossed the
plains to Oregon in 1853 to settle
at Pleasant Hill in the Eugene
area, in 1871 they moved to Mor
row county then returned t0 the
Willamette Valley for a short
nine aunng wnicn Leslie was
born. They returned to Heppner
witnin a few years to continue
sheep and stock operations here.
Matlock in his early years ran
a sizeable string of horses and
because of the many miles of
range he had ridden, he had a
full knowledge of the terrain ov
er which he and Kelley rode to
advise Lexington and lone resi
dents of the coming flood.
After disposing of his horses
shortly after the flood Matlock
spent the rest of his life ai a
speculator in stocks and mining.
He was a charter member of the
Heppner Elks lodge and his
death leaves only one other
charter member of the lodge. He
had never married.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at the Elks Temple Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock and
burial will be in the Heppner
Masonic cemetery.
Surviving are one sister, Min
nie B Vaughan of Portland; two
nieces, Edna and LaVelle Flor
ence, and one nephew, Edward
J Roberts, all of Portland.
Funeral arrangements are un
der the direction t of Creswick
Mortuary.
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PIONEER CITIZEN, Leslie L Matlock, whose famous ride during
the Heppner flood of 1903 has been recounted many timet, died
Tuesday following on illness of several months. He was 84.
(GT Photo)
School Board Accepts
Bid for Tile Work
The Heppner school board July
8 accepted a bid of the Johnson
Acoustical Title and Supply Com
pany for $916 for the tiling of
the ceiling of the lunchroom and
besement hall of the high school
building. The board is now call
ing for bids on tiling the floors
of the office, the old science
room and another classroom.
In other business an agree
ment was signed with Mrs Elaine
George for the use of her drive
way by the school, and a new
ruling was read that requires bus
drivers to secure bus drivers per
mits and health certificates. Ola
Jones has resigned as driver on
the upper Butter Creek run.
Superintendent Joe Stewart
will attend an administrators
meeting in Eugene July 24 and
25 and he and Mrs Stewart and
Linda will leave July 29 for Ohio
to take delivery on a new school
bus. -
Support Asked For
Water Resources
Committee Work
Heart Attack Claims
Jesse R Dains
WEATHER
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Rainfall
Hi
86
91
95
89
76
80
85
for the
Low
55
58
57
48
45
49
52
week,
Prec.
none;
for July .06; for the year 10.57
inches.
Funeral services were held to
day (Thursday) at 2 o'clock at
Creswick Mortuary for Jesse R
Dains, 48, who died suddenly
July 15 at his home from a heart
attack. The Rev Charles Knox
officiated.
Mr Dains was born January 10,
1910 in Council Grove, Kansas
and had lived in Heppner about
a year. He came here from For
est Grove to work as shop fore
man at Fulleton Chevrolet Com
pany. He was a World War II
veteran.
He is survived by his wife,
Ida; two sons, Jesse R Jr, and
Andy Jim Perkins of Heppner;
his mother and father, Mr and
Mrs Balchor Dains of Santa Ro
sa, California; five brothers, Bal
chor Jr, San Francisco; Albert
Freshwater, Calif; Chester, Santa
Rosa,; Jerry of Nevada; a half
brother, Jack Bellas, Albuquer
que, New Mexico; and one sis
ter, Ruby Bacon of Santa Rosa.
Burial will be in Willamette
National cemetery in Portland
with Creswick Mortuary in
charge.
William W Weatherford, newly
appointed chairman of the Mor
row county basin water reserves
committee, told the Heppner-
Morrow County Chamber of Com
merce Monday of the great a-
mount of work that is needed
in water resources development
and the advantages that can be
gained from such work.
Weatherford said that greater
public support is needed for the
committee to be able to do a
satisfactory job. He recounted
how surveys had been made in
the past for a flood control and
irrigation dam on Willow Creek,
but apparent lack of local inter
est stopped any further develop
ment of the plans. He pointed
out the great recreation advan
tages from such a reservoir, in
addition to other values.
Other functions of the commit
tee will be to study the under
ground water supply and related
problems, flood control, polutlon
abatement in county streams
and development of water sup
plies. Weatherford said the coun
ty has the power, transportation
lacumes ana water which are
the necessities to attract indus
tries. The committee's function
will be to develop all phases of
the water problem.
Weatherford also asked for
names of persons who would
serve on the various sub com
mittees, stating that he plans
to appoint residents from all
communities on the comittees. ,
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS
TO HOLD MEETING
The Morrow County Hunters
and Anglers will meet Friday
at 8 pm at the court house. Pri
mary purpose of the meeting will
be to discuss tentative hunting
regulations, said Ralph Taylor,
president.
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Extension Unit
Planners to Meet
Plans for the new club year
will be set up when two mem
bers from each of the extension
units in Morrow county will
meet at Lexington Grange hall
at 10:30 am on Wednesday, July
23. ,
On hand to assist with the
planning will be Miss Betty Jane
Sedgwick, state extension agent
from Oregon State college; Nels
Anderson, county exte n s i o n
agent, and Miss Esther Kirmis,
newly appointed Morrow county
home extension agent.
County committee members
will also be on hand to assist
Each woman will bring her
own sack lunch. Coffee will be
furnished.
An officer's training meeting
will be held sometime in Aug.
ust.
Two in Hospital
From Additional
One-Car Accidents
Two more one-car accidents
over the weekend put two per
sons In Pioneer Memorial hosplt
al and slightly Injured a third
mosi seriously injured were
Mrs Pat Doherty and her four
and one-half year old daughter,
Shannon Mane when Mrs Do-
herty's car went off the Hermis
lon-iexingxon nignway near
Sand Hollow early Monday morn
lng and overturned. Mrs Doherty
suffered an acromio-elavicula
separation of the right shoulder,
and multiple bruises. Her daugh
ter is recovering from a skull
fracture, fracture of the lower
jaw and lacerations of the chin.
Mrs Doherty and two children
Shannon and Barry were return
ing from Hermiston about 2:30
Monday morning and apparently
sne went to sleep while driving.
The little boy was asleep in the
back seat and escaped injury.
me family remained in the bad
ly wrecked car until nearly 4:30
beiore being found by a passing
truck driver and given help. Both
are still in the hospital but are
recovering satisfactorily.
In an unusual accident early
Saturday evening about three
miles east of Heppner on the
Willow creek road, Dale William
Grey of Heppner suffered only
minor injuries when the driver's
door of his car came open and
he fell out onto the highway.
The car continued on down the
road for several hundred feet be
fore rolling over. Grey suffered
a bruised ankle which was run
over by the rear wheel of the
car, and bruises and scratches.
His 1953 Oldsmobile was near
ly a total wreck.
The addition M the two latest
accidents brings to four the num
ber of single-ca( accidents to oc
cur near Heppner In less than
a month and nearly all have
caused serious injuries to occu
pants.
Mrs Ted Smith Is
Elected President
Of Library Board
Mrs Ted Smith was elected
president of the Heppner library
board at a meeting Tuesday ev
enlng at the library.
Other officers elected were Mrs
Cornett Green, vice president
Harry Tamblyn, secretary-treas
urer; Mrs Blanche Brown, librar
ian and trustees, J O Turner, i
year term; Mrs Harry Dinges, J
year term and Mrs Harold Beck-
et 1 year term.
Mrs Brown, librarian, reported
that for the year ending July
1, 1958 there had been a total
of 3572 adult books and 3668
juvenile books checked out of
the library. For the year 1956-57
there was a total of 5793 books
in circulation and for the year
1957-58 a total of 7240 which
shows a total increased circulat
ion of 1447 books for this year.
Also reported was a total of
225 new books added to the li
brary during the year ending
July 1.
Sudden Attack
Claims Henry Rauch
County Bonds Sales
Register Big Drop
State savings bonds sales for
the first six months of, 1958 to
taled $18,627,368 as. compared
with $18,686,104 for the same per
iod a year ago, county chairman
Jack Bedford has announced.
Sales in Morrow county, how
ever, have taken a big drop dur
ing tne same period with $11,
590 sold this year as compared
with $159,523 a year ago. Dur
ing June county sales amounted
to only $4,200 against $15,000 last
year.
COUNTY PICNIC SET
The annual Morrow county
picnic will be held at Laurel
hurst park Northeast 39th and
Ankeny, Portland on Sunday,
August 3.
EXAMINER COMING
A drivers license examiner will
be on duty in Heppner Tuesday,
July 29 at the court house from
9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Henry Rauch, 66, well known
Heppner resident, died suddenly
Wednesday afternoon from a
heart attack. He was playing
cards in Bucknum's Tavern when
stricken and though a physician
was summoned immediately, the
doctor was unable to aid him.
Mr Rauch was born March 9,
1892 in Germany and came to
America when he was 16 years
of age. He had been a resident
of this area for 39 years. He was
member of Hope Lutheran
church, the Heppner Elks lodge
and American Legion post 87. He
was a World War I veteran.
Surviving are his wife Natalie
of Heppner; one son Henry Jr
of Lexington; three dauehters.
tana Fetsch and Ma Haitman,
both of Heppner; and Faye
inornburg of Lexington; three
brothers, Fred of Lexington, Jul
ian of Hermiston, and Adolph,
West Germany; four sisters,
Adelgunde Hennig and Erwine
Altonburg, both of Germany; Eli
nor Hermann, lone; and Ottilia
Hunt, Heppner. He also leaves 12
grandchildren and many nieces
and nephews.
Services will be held Saturday,
July 19 at 2 o'clock at Hope Lu
theran church with the Rev John
Rydgren officiating. Interment
will be In the Heppner Masonic
cemetery. I
Creswick Mortuary is in charge
or arrangements.
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PRINCESS JOANN BROSNAN
Saturday Dance To
Honor Prineess Joann
ATTEND WATER MEET
County judge Oscar Peterson
and Mr and Mrs Garnet Barratt
were in Gearhart early this week
to attend a directors meeting of
the Inland Empire Waterways
association.
Mr and Mrs Harry O'Donnell,
Jr are vacationing in San Fran
cisco and Oakland, California.
Mr and Mrs Allen Case re
turned Wednesday from Seattle
where they had been to attend
the furniture market.
CREDIT FOR DIVERTED ACRES DUE
WITH ALLOTMENT COMPLIANCE
Farmers who comply with their
1959 farm wheat acreage allot
ments will receive credit for the
acreage diverted from wheat pro
duction this year in establishing
future wheat allotments, B J Do
herty, chairman of the county
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee, pointed
out this week.
He explained that legislation
enacted in recent years provides
that a farm's "base acreage
shall be used as the wheat acre
age history for 1959 and future
years if the farmer complies with
k.. I base acreage is the farm allot
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Mrs Tom Hughes, instr, mem Plus lne acreage consider-
The classes will last for three
weeks and will be held each
Adults Due For
Swimming Instruction
Adult intermediate swimming
classes will start Monday even" I ?r . .p
ing at 6 o'clock at the Heppner ! is wheat fe Uotment The
pool, It was announced today by
night Monday through Friday,
Registration for the series Is to
be made at the pool Saturday or
Sunday.
Following completion of the
adult interemdiate classes, an
other adult beginners class will
be given, it was announced.
RECEIVES SPECIAL AWARD P W Mahoney, Heppner attorney,
left is shown receiving a special award of appreciation for
y.u3 touuuuouy lor io years as government appeal agent Mr and Mrs Richard Barnes
ioi me aeietuve serwee Doara. ne accepted the position In 1943 ' and son and daughter of Ho
and has served continuously. The award was presented at Mon-' quiam, Washington visited over
day's chamber of commerce meeting by Heppner mayor W C night Sunday with Mr and Mrs
Collins, right (GT Photo) C A Ruggles.
(ed diverted from wheat for the
year.
On the other hand, the chair
man declared, farmers who ex
ceed their farm's wheat acreage
allotment in 1959 will be credited
only with the allotment In the
determination of future allot
ments. If such a farmer arranged to
store the excess wheat or deliver
it to the secretary of agriculture,
however, his farm would be cred
ited with its base wheat acreage
for the year in determining fu
ture allotments. But if he later
used or marketed any of the ex
cess wheat and a marketing quo
ta penalty became due, his farm
would be considered "not in com
pliance" for 1959 in determining
future wheat acreage allotments.
Morrow county fair and rodeo
princess Joann Brosnan will be
the first member of the 1958
royal court to be honored at a
princess danec to be held Satur
day at the fair pavilion in Hep'
pner.
The dark haired princess is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry
Brosnan of Lena and was a June
graduate of Heppner high school
where she was chosen valedict
orian of her class. She was very
active in school functions having
served as president of the Future
Homemakers of America; pres
ident of the National Honor So
ciety; treasurer of the student
body; president of the Girls' Ath
letic Association; was a member
of the Future Business Leaders
of America and the pep club.
Princess Joann was a district
winner of the IOOF sponsored
United Nations Youth Pilgrim
age; winner of a $200 Elks most
valuable student scholarship,
and was named the Betty Crock
er Homemaker of Tomorrow for
Heppner high school. She is an
eight-year 411 club member
specializing in sewing and cook
ing. The 5 foot, 4 inch princess, who
weighs a slight 110 pounds, is a
member of the Wranglers rid
ing club and she lists horseback
riding, sewing, cooking and
swimming as her favorite hob
bies. Her plans for the future
call for enrollment this fall at
Oregon State college where she
will major in business.
The princess was born in Hep-
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pner and has lived all her life
on the family ranch on Butter
creek. She has three brothers,
John 21, Eddie 20, and Dan 14.
The petite princess's dance is
being sponsored by the rodeo
dance committee. Music will be
provided by Johnny K's orches
tra, popular dance band from
Pasco.
Sputnik's Flight
Watched by Many
The nose cone that helped fire
Russia's Sputnik III into its or
bit around the earth put on a
good display for a great many
local residents Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings and at
tracted many persons to points
of vantage on nearby hilltops.
The swiftly-moving flashing
light appeared in the Western
sky between 8:30 and 9 o'clock
and was clearly visible as it rol
led in the sky and flashed at
three-to-four second Intervals as
the sun reflected from its sur
face.
It may again be visible Thurs
day night, but it will be very
close to the horizon and will be
traveling from southwest to
north.
SPECIAL FAIR AND RODEO TIES are now on sale at many Hepp
ner stores and are being used by the merchants committee of
the chamber of commerce to advertise the annual event Here two
members of the committee, Keith Imus, left and Phil Blakney,
pass a dollar bill for one of the necessary pieces of western
decoration that will be used as the official insignia of the
properly dressed resident Profits from the sale will go into the
special field lighting fund. (GT Photo)
PP&L Crews Receive
Safety Recognition
Employees of Pacific Power &
Light Company have achieved a
safety-at-work record during the
first six months of 1958 which
further reduces an injury fre
quency rate that recently won
national recognition, it was re
ported Wednesday by the com
pany's district manager.
The company-wide record for
the past year was awarded an
"Injury Frequency Reduction
Award" by the Edison Electric
Institute, a national trade assoc
iation of the electric service in
dustry. The citation noted a re
duction of time-loss injuries to
a low of 2.27 for each million
man-hours of time worked, the
manager reported, a drop of 84.6
percent below the average for
the preceding three-year period.
PP&L's local employees have
been notified by Fons J Hughes,
safety director of the company,
that their continued safety ef
forts have helped reduce the system-wide
rate during the six
months ending June 30 to only
1.56 injuries per million man
hours worked.
Mr and Mrs Nels Anderson and
family left Monday for a vaca
tion at the coast.