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MORBOW. COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established Mareh 30, 1883. The Heppner Tlmtg astablished
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 16, 1912
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT PENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rstes: Morrow and Grant Counties. $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 Cents.
TO THE
EDITOR ...
To The Editor:
Our little articles, recently
published In the Oregonian about
Owen Wlster and Col John
Watermelon Redington has
brought about many pleasant
repercussions. That letter to Ger
trude Parker from her brother,
Garfield Crawford, cert a I n 1 y
brought back many pleasant
memories of the early days In
Heppner. I knew Garfield from
the first day he landed In Hepp
ner, and I remember when he
used to be, a combination of
roust-a-bout, printers Devil and
reporter for the old Heppner Ga
zette. Then, there was the fine
letter I received from Portland
from two fine friends, the secre
tary and housekeeper for Fred
Lockley, old time feature writer
on the Sunday section of the
Portland Journal, but at the time
of the Heppner Flood of 1903,
part owner and reporter of the
Pendleton East Oregonian. Mr
Lockley has been a wonderful
friend of mine since the days
of the great flood, and has help
ed me In many ways in pre
paring and writing my Morrow
county history. - Mr Lockley Is
now past 90, totally blind, and
confined in the Good Samaritan
hospital In Portland from sick
ness from which he will never
recover. He was a life-long
friend of Col John W Redlngton.
Mr Lockley sent along his best
regards to the Gazette Times
publisher. Then last Thursday I
had a wonderful surprise. Ber
nice Redlngton, third daughter
of Col Redington, and her sister,
Mrs Donald J Stewart (Elizabeth
Redington) the youngest daugh
ter of the Col come to Castle
Rock and spent the afternoon
with us. The other two sisters,
Mable and Marian, live In Cali
fornia Elizabeth was only four
years old when the Redlngton
family left Heppner forever
sometime In the earl part of
1901. Bernice remembers Gar
field Crawford very well and saw
him around the Gazette office
frequently. Bernice is a retired
journalist, a long time writer for
the Seattle Times. She Is now on
her way to California to continue
her study of the raising of sheep.
She intends to go Into the sheep
raising business and asked me
If there were as many sheep
STAR
THEATER
Thurs., Fri., Sat., Aug. 28, 29,
30
Walt Disney's
Peter Pan
Plus
Yaqui Drums
With Rod Cameron
Sun., Mon., Aug. 21, Sept 1
Ten North Frederick
Gary Cooper, Diane Varsl,
Suzy Tarker
Tues WedU Sept 2, 3,
Toy Tiger
With Jeff Chandler, Lorain
Day, Tim Ilovey.
OUR GUARD RATES HIGH
This is the third consecutive
year our Oregon National Guard
has led In the eight western
states of the Sixth Army area
in "superior" ratings for annual
armory Inspections, according to
word received by MaJ Gen Thom
as E Rilea adjutant general,
from Lt Gen Charles D Parler,
Sixth Army commander.
General Rilea said, "We are
very proud of their enviable re
cord."
The Sixth Army tabulation of
the percentages of the overall
ratings awarded within each
state showed Oregon leading
with ratings with 21.8 percent.
Second was Washington with
18.2 percent.
The inspections were made by
the regular army inspector gen-
eral on training, administration,
supply and maintenance. i
O'CONNELL FILES
Kenneth J O'Connell filed in'
the state elections bureau Thurs-1
day for Justice of the Supreme
Court at the November general
election.
He was nominated for the of
fice at a convention held in Port
land. He was appointed a mem
ber of the Supreme Court to suc
ceed James T Brand, who resign
ed to teach in a Florida college.
VOTER PAMPHLETS EARLY
A timely approach was made
this week for one of the State
Printing Department's big jobs.
Freeman Holmer, election and
notarial division director said
Wednesday the press work on the
900,000 voter pamphlets will be
gin about Sept 8. The first see
ment of the job will be printed
In Salem and Portland.
PAPER HANGERS HARVEST
Many Oregon district attorneys
are advising merchants that this
is the "harvest season" for bad
check operators. Cashing bad pa
per Is easier for these swindlers
when a flood of checks is being
raised In Morrow county as there
were when she was a girl there.
She asked about many of our
old schoolmates of the Heppner
school, but most of the ones she
inquired about are now dead.
The sisters brought me many
more letters, pictures and stories
of their famous father, Col John
Watermelon Redlngton, and they
would make Interesting reading
for old time residents of Heppner,
especially the letters written be
tween Mr Redington and Billy
Morrow, old time owner of the
old Palace Hotel. These letters
were about the ownership of 168
acres of land, including Mult
nomah Falls, which the Oregon
Railroad and Navagatlon Co had
Induced Mr Redington to pur
chase an option to buy the land
and the falls. The option was
given for $1.00 and the whole
price for the 168 acres and the
falls was $8,000. Years later the
city of Portland condemned the
site of the falls for a city park
and brought suit against Mr
Redlngton to quiet the title. I
have all the papers in connect
ion with this suit.
O M Yeager
Castle Rock, Wn
leashed by farm workers and
pickers.
The district attorneys advise
merchants and others to require
Identification and if not produc
ed, to turn down the check. An
other request they make is to
get a good description of the
person attempting to pass the
check. This will give authorities
a chance to apprehend guilty
persons.
NEW JUDGE GROUP
Associate Justice Tom Clark of
the U S Supreme Court has ap
pointed three judges from each
of the nine western states to set
up a structure for the proposed
association. Judge Val Sloper, of
Marlon County, one of the Ore
gon appointees left for a San
Francisco meeting of the group
Monday.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC DOWN
The State Highway Depart
ment's monthly count for July,
released Tuesday, was 1.1 per
cent below the previous year as
recorded at 48 rural locations.
Statewide rural decrease for
the month was recorded despite
a 4.5 per cent increase at five
locations reflecting urban traffic
trends.
In the first seven months of
1958 rural traffic was up three
tenths of one percent while ur
ban traffic was 2.4 percent high
er than a year ago.
Durfng the first six months of
the year 1 percent more gasoline
was consumed than in the same
period of 1957. However, gasoline
consumption was 1.5 percent be
low the 1956 travel peak.
OEC DEDICATION
The dedication of a new dor
mitory for women, a physical
education building and a central
heating - plant on the Eastern
Oregon college campus in La
Grande will be observed Sept 8
by the Board of Higher Educat
Ion which will be joined by gov
ernor Robert D Holmes.
OPINION BY THORNTON
A proposal to have their po
sitions put under Civil Service
is being discussed by the assis
tant attorney generals employ
ed in the State Department of
Justice.
The law boys In the Depart
ment of Justice want justice-as
like . . .
"It Is my opinion," averred At
torney General Robert Y Thorn
ton, "that the assistant attorney
generals are divided and that a
definite decision will not be an
nounced for sometime."
The attorney general said he
first proposed a discussion of en
tering Civil Service when he was
elected in 1953. "The salaries of
assistant attorney generals," said
Thornton, "have been Increased
the past few years and resig-
lipon several occasions during
nations are becoming fewer."
THIRTY YEARS AGO
From the files of the
Gazette Times
August 30, 1928
Phlllln Mahnnev. son of Mr and
Mrs W P Mahoney of this city,
has passed the Oregon state Dar
examination, according to notice
received this week.
John Kenny and family of
Sand Hollow arrived Tuesday
from a vacation trip that took
them as far east as Ontario,
where they have relatives resid
ing. All the former grade school fa
culty will be on hand this year,
with the exception of Miss Mar
tha Wilson, who has been in the
primary department for the last
two years. Miss Wilson's place
will be taken by Miss tsetn
Bleakman.
Miss Mildred Clowry and Miss
Dorothy Herren spent Tuesday
and Wednesday In Pendleton.
The family of Claude Cox re
turned from Newport, Oregon on
Sunday.
lone News
Jerry Bristow left this week
for Brookings where he will teach
in the schools.
A C Swanson returned home
from the Pioneer Memorial hos
pital last week. i
Mr and Mrs Rietmann are va
cationing at the coast.
Mr and Mrs John Eubanks and
daughter, Sandra and Mr and
Mrs Don Linnell and family at
tended the Wasco county fair and
rodeo at Tygh Valley Friday of
last week. Sandra entered the
races and Rodney Linnell won a
prize in the 4 H pole bending
contest which Is performed on
horses. ,
Mr and Mrs C E Brenner spent
the weekend in Portland. Mrs
Vela Eubanks and grandson,
Leonard Eubanks, of Portland,
came home with them.
Mr and Mrs Don Scheelar and
children of Salem were recent
visitors at the home of his sis
ter and. family, Mr and Mrs Leo
Crabtree.
Mrs Arvllla Swanson returned
home Saturday from Milwaukle
where she visited relatives for
five weeks. Her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr and Mrs Frank
Lundell returned home with her
and left Sunday.
Several from here attended the
East-West Shrine football game
in Pendleton Saturday evening.
Mr and Mrs Noel Dobyns spent
the weekend here. They return
ed to Portland Monday where Mrs
Dobyns will take medical treat
ments.
Robert Akers, Linda Heimbig
ner and Leann Padberg attend
ed the west high school press
institute at the school of journal
ism at the University of Ore
gon last week.
Mr and Mrs Garry Tullis and
sons recently returned from a
trip to Tennessee where they vis
ited relatives. They visited In
Knoxville and Chatanooga. They
went by way of Salt Lake, Den
ver and stopped at Yellowstone
park.
The Tullis' returned home Sun
day from a trip to Brookings
Arlington Man
Named District Head
Of Business Group
Announcement of the appoint
ment of L C Buchner of the Bank
of Eastern Oregon at Arlington
as chairman of the Morrow ana
Gilliam county chapter of the
National Federation of Indepen
dent Business, was made today
by E L Stanley, district manager
of the federation in this area.
Each business member of this
organization maintains a voting
membership and Is polled by bal
lot each month on the bills and
issues that effect business enter
prises in the nation.
In an effort to do everything
I possible to maintain the Ameri
can way of life and keep the
free competitive system of busi
ness, the businessmen express
their own personal opinion on
the ballots each month and turn
them over to Buchner who makes
a tabulation of the vote.
This tabulation is sent, with
the signed ballots, directly to
Congressman Al Ullman in
Washington. This action takes
place before members of Con
press vote on debatable issues
and the ballots give the mem
bers an Indication of the person
al opinions of his independent
business constituents.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thundery, August 28,
Monument News
where they visited her brother
and famllv. Mr and Mrs Art
Vance and-at Grants Pass they
visited his brother and lamuy,
Mr and Mrs John Tullis.
Milton Morean and Roy Lind-
strom returned home Sunday
from a weeks fishing nip to
Astoria and the coast. They had
fair luck getting fish.
USE GAZETTE TIMES
CLASSIFIED ADS
Brenda Asher spent a few days
visiting Laura Lee Shank. Her
home is In Kimbeny.
J Mrs Ella Kenton of Portland
.visited her brother Boyd Hinton
and others during the past week.
She returned home Saturday.
Hugh Johnson Is now staying
at the rest home In Vale, Ore
gon. Laura Lee Shank, Nancy Hell
ly, Hank and Jerry Cupper and
Harold Reynolds were In John
Day Saturday evening to the
show "Old Yeller."
Mr and Mrs Henry Cupper
went to LaGrande for the week
end to visit their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Joe Bat-1
ty.
Mr and Mrs Ned Sweek and
family of Heppner were visiting
here Saturday with his sister and
brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs
George Capon.
Darrell Farrens was here Sat
urday from his camp at Happy
Jack to visit with his iamny.
Ivan Gienger of Washington
visited at the Fred Shank home
Sunday.
LEXINGTON
Mrs Eldon Padberg was called
to Portland last week by the
death of an aunt in that city.
Al Frost was called to La
Grande on Monday evening by
the serious illness of his father
who is a patient in a hospital
there.
Mr and Mrs Harold Beach and
children and Mr and Mrs Jack
Barak have returned from a vis
it to Western Washington and
the coast.
BOARDMAN
Mr and Mrs Jim Harding of
Sacramento Calif are visiting
Mrs Harding's mother, Mrs Eff
Miller and her brothers and sis
ters-in-law, Mr and Mrs Russen"
Miller and Mr and Mrs Bob Mil
ler. Over the weekend the Hard
ing's went to Corbett to visit at
the home of Mr and Mrs Rabh
Baker, and the Bob Millers went
to Gresham to visit Mrs Miller's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr and
Mrs Carl Gaede.
Mr and Mrs A R Cooley of
Fresno, Calif are visiting at the
home of Mrs Coofey's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr and Mrs Clvde
Tannehill. "
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