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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 20, 1930
LIONS CELEBRATE
CHAnTER'S COMING
112 Persons Participate in
Jolly Party Saturday;
Stunts Feature.
JUNGLE MOTIF USED
OFFICE SEEKERS
MUST FILE SOON
BOYS MAY ENROLL
O. F. Tate and S. E. Notson Speak;
Visitors Come from Pendleton,
LaGriinde and Arlington.
The Episcopal church parish
house, made into a jungle den for
the occasion, was the set for the
reception of its charter by the
Heppner Lions club Saturday night
One hundred and twelve Lions and
ladles completely filled the chairs
at the "banquet table and engaged
in the festivities of the evening,
which included a riotous money
raising stunt program along with
-the banquet and jungle stampede.
On entering the jungle den, guests
made their way into a dark, fore
boding hole at one side of the main
structure, above which was the in
scription, "Heppner Lions Den," and
about which were strewn many weather-bleached
bones. A dark, wind
ing tunnel was then followed to a
rear entrance to the parish house to
bring them into the den proper.
Here robe-covered walls, stuffed ani
mals and birds, animal skins and
evergreens were used to carry out
the den motif. The room was in
directly lighted electrically to give
it a subdued tone, and to add to the
effect of the lighted candles on the
tables. The candles and seasonal
flowers were the table adornments.
Tate Presents Charter.
A number of visiting Lions were
present from Arlington, Pendleton
and LaGrande, to help the Heppner
club celebrate its official natal day.
O. F. Tate of Corvallis, district
secretary, presented the charter on
behalf of Lloyd Reynolds of Salem,
district governor, who was unable
to be present due to illness. He was
introduced by President C. L.
Sweek, roarmaster. S. E. Notson
received the charter for the club on
behalf of Mr. Sweek.
Mr. Tate congratulated the Hepp
ner club on Its fine growth from the
twenty members necessary to or
ganize, to 47 on the night its charter
was received. He reviewed briefly
the high aims and ideals of Lions
International, youngest of service
clubs, stressing especially the great
humanitarian work of local clubs.
On behalf of the Portland club of
which he Is a member, Mr. Tate al30
presented the club a silk American
flag, received in fitting manner by
President Sweek.
Address Interrupted.
In accepting the charter, Mr. Not
son cited the work so far accom
plished by the local club and pre
dicted further achievements that
would justifv the club's existence.
While Lions International Is a non
political and non-religious organiza
tion, he quoted from a recent slate'
ment of the president of the parent
orpranization in which the president
made a plea for more effective Lion-
ism through Individual members al
lying themselves with the better
things In their communities. Lions
were urged to take an interest In
politics looking to better govern
ment: to exercise their rrancnise
rights, and to aid the church as the
moral backbone of the nation
Roarmaster Sweek was scheduled
to make an address of welcome. He
did start, but was interrupted by a
group seated In a far corner who be
ean singing, "It's a horrible death
to die. It's a horrible death to die,
It's a horrible death to be talked
to death, It's a horrible death to
die." Whereupon the roarmaster
was unceremoniously fined a dollar
bv Talltwister Chas. Smith, for fail
ure to keep order. From then on
all Lions were subject to attack by
the talltwister, who, armed with a
revolver and cowbell, had little trou
hie extracting the money. The local
tailtwister was assisted by L. W.
Jauncey of Pendleton, who intro
duced a tortuous device that was to
be used at his club's charter night,
lnno- nnir of wood pincers. Not a
Lion in the don escaped being made
the "goat" of somo prank or joke
before the banquet was over.
Male Quartette Is "Hit"
Jack Farrla of LaGrande, termed
the eranddaddy of the Heppner club
because he fathered the LaGrande
club which In turn acted papa to the
local organization, made his grand
child a nresent in tne form 01
nrosldent's jewel, which he present
ed to the club through President
Sweek. In like manner Fred Hen
nig of the LaGrande delegation, pre
sented Earl D. Hallock, local secre
tarv. with a secretary's jewel. These
two LaGrande gentlemen earlier
nrnverl themselves entertainers of
no mean ability with a skit entitled,
"A Sons in G.
One of the biggest "hits" of the
evening was made by the Arllngto!
I. Inns male quartette, Earl Snell
O. B. Spauldlng, Geo. Stephens and
Rollo Jackson. Miss Aagoat n-
gaard pleased with a vocal selection
Pat s SIX Aces 01 ine jjbii.-b piny
ml neve ral numbers while the ban
nuet was In progress, and their good
music made dancing lively during
the Jungle stampede which follow
ed. For this part of the program
the features committee had made
Four Men Announce Candidacy for
Morrow County Judge; Five
Out for Commissioner.
The period for candidates for
nomination for county, district and
precinct offices to file declarations
of candidacy and nominating peti
tions for the primary election, May
16, is drawing near an end, for
April 1 is the last day these mat
ters may be attended to.
Anticipating the coming election
In Morrow county, four men have
announced their candidacy for
county judge, Ave for county com
missioner, and one each for asses
sor, treasurer and justice of the
peace for the sixth district of Mor
row county. George Bleakman and
W. T. Campbell, republicans and
R. L. Benge and G. L. Bennett, dem
ocrats, are in the field for the judge
ship. Running for nomination for
commissioner are Joe Devine,
George Peck, Creed Owen and Geo.
W. Dykstra, republicans, and Sam
J. Turner, democrat. Unopposed at
present are Jesse J. Wells, demo
crat, for county assessor, Leon W,
Brlggs for county treasurer, and
E. R. Huston for justice of the
peace, sixth district.
April 15 is the latest date to reg
ister as a voter for the primary
election. No person shall be quali
fied to vote or be permitted to vote
at the primary election unless he
has registered. Electors cannot be
sworn in to vote on election day.
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INTEREST SHOWN
IN SPELLING BEE
Walter Moore Chairman
Morrow County Group
For Enrollments.
AGE LIMITS 17 TO 31
Four Heppner Boys Recommended
For Higher Training After
Attending 1929 Camp.
"Apple Blossom Time"
To be Staged April 2
Morrow county residents will
have another opportunity to enjoy
a home-talent stage production,
Wednesday, April 2, for the Chris
tian Endeavor society of the Hepp
ner Church of Christ is to stage a
three-act comedy, "Apple Blossom
Time," at the Heppner high school
auditorium on that date. It is pro
bable that both matinee and eve
ning performances will be staged.
The cast of 12 characters under
the direction of Miss Irene Riechel
is practicing nightly in order that
the prduction may be a finished one
when it appears before the public.
Many complications and peculiar
situations in tne tnreaa or tne story
assure a copious supply of laughs,
grins, chuckles and outbursts, to
those attending, say those who have
seen rehearsals.
The characters that weave the
story bringing about these laugh
able situations are Bob Mathews,
n unwilling visitor at the cross
roads; Charlie Lawrence, his go-
getter friend; Spud McClosky, di
rect from Sunshine Alley; Mickey
Maguire, also from Sunshine Alley;
Cal Pickens, the village constable;
Betty Ann Stewart, a human, little
whirlwind; Nancy Prescott, a pretty
neighbor; Loretta Harris, the pret
tiest girl in the village; Pony isia
dle, caretaker of Tad Forrest's
home; Malvina Kurtz, whose ambi
tion Is to have a beau; Mrs. For
rest, the naughty sister-in-law of
Tad Forrest and Annabel Sprig-
gins, the village old maid. Who
are taking these roles? Well, that's
secret until next Thursday.
,atourell Family Wins
In Birthday Trapshoot
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Latourel!
won honors at the H. R. (Hy) Ever-
dlne birthday shoot at the Portland
Gun club Sunday, whicn nonorea
the 57th anniversary of Mr. Everd-
ing, noe of Oregon's most famous
sportsmen and to whom credit Is
due for the establishing of trap
shooting in the Pacific northwest.
Mr. Latourell with a score of 4
won a $10 cash prize for breaking
the most blue rocks In class 4. The
first 50 birds fired at established the
class the competitors were to shoot
In. Mr. Latourell was troubled by
wind while shooting at the first 50,
and broke only 44. He was able to
walk off with the prize by breaking
every one of the last 50.
Mrs. Latourell, shooting at w
birds In a contest for women begins
ncrs, made high score and was
awarded a small silver loving cup
mounted on a black wood pvdestal.
Five women competed In this event.
Five young men is the tentative
quota of trainees to be allowed to
attend the Citizens' Military Train
ing camp at Vancouver Baracks,
Wash., June 20 to July 19, from
Morrow county, according to word
received by Walter E. Moore, coun
ty enrollment committee chairman,
from Captain H. W. Isbell, 7th In-
fantrv. C. M. T. C. officer. On this
basis a minimum of seven applica
tions is desired. Enrollment ' will
continue, however, until a stop or
der Is received from C. M. T. C
headquarters, as there is a possibil
ity of quotas being increased. The
camp will afford basic and infantry
training to approximately 600 Ore
gon and Washington youths.
Committee Selected.
Members of the Morrow county
enrollment committee are William
R. Poulson. Charles W. Smith, Spen
cer Crawford, B. Stanley Moore and
C. L. Sweek of Heppner; Karl L.
Beach, Elmer Hunt and R. H. Lane
of Lexington; E. J. Bristow, Bert
Mason, E. G. Sperry of lone; Henry
Krebs and Jack Hynd of Cecil, and
W. A. Price of Boardman. Dr. A. B.
Gray and Dr. A. D. McMurdo of
Heppner have agreed to Berve as
medical examiners and will make
the necessary preliminary physical
examinations of applicants.
Four Heppner boys attended the
camp at Vancouver in 1929. Harlan
J. Devin and Maurice Edmundson
were recommended for the blue
course and Clarence W. Hayes and
Earl W. Thomson were recommend
ed for the red course upon gradua
tion from their courses at camp last
season.
The object of the camps is to
bring together young men of high
type from all sections of the coun
try and thereby develop closer na
tional and social unity; to teach the
privileges, duties and responsibili
ties of American citizenship; to
stimulate patriotism; to interest
vounir men in the importance of
militarv training; to teach self-dis-
cinline and obedience, and to devel
op the physical standard of Ameri
can youth through participation in
militarv exercises, atnietic games
and sports, conducted under expert
directors.
Students Not Obligated.
No obiieation for future srevice
in anv component of the army of
the United States attaches to at
tendance at a C. M. T. camp. The
hnneflt3 to be derived from attend
a nee at these camps are secured
without expense to the students, as
the war department provides trans-
nortation to the camp and return
board, lodgings, expert medical at
tention, uniforms, equipment, arms
and laundry.
Age limits for the basic course
are 17 to 24; red course, it to to,
white course. 18 to 28; blue course,
19 to 31. Full details about the
camps can be had from any of the
members of the Morrow county
committee.
"I have had considerable exper
ience with these camps and the
voune men who attend them," said
General Paul A. Wolf, commandant
at Vancouver Barracks, "having
commanded two of them at Platts-
burg, N. Y., in 1917, comprising 9000
trainees and safeguarding of the
young men entrusted to my care as
being probably the greatest of my
responsibilities, and want to assur
every parent who may be consider
ine sending his or her son to camp
this year that all tne resources at
my command will be devoted to his
mental, moral and pliysical weuar
and development."
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Silver Loving Cup, Pennants to
Be Awarded Schools Having
Successful Spellers.
Much Interest Is being shown by
schools of Morrow county in the
county spelling contest to be stag
ed in Heppner on the morning of
Saturday, April 5, under the aus
pices of the Morrow County Dec
lamatory league, acocrding to Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school su
perintendent. The league is also
holding the county declamatory
contest in Heppner on the same
day. Entries from every school in
the county are expected In the spell
ing contest.
The contest will be a written one
of 1000 words, which will be given
In groups of 100. After each hun
dred have been pronounced, the pa
pers will be collected and graded by
the six judges In charge. The five
pupils making the highest grades,
or the entire number that submit
perfect papers, if that number is
more than five, will remain in the
contest to compete on the next hun
dred words. If the thousand word
list is insufficient to decide the win
ners, words will be taken from a
sealed supplemental list to decide
the championship.
A silver loving cup, provided by
the Heppner Lions club, will be pre
sented to the school entering the
best speller. Wining of the cup
three times will give a school per
manent possession of the trophy.
Pennants will be awarded the
schools taking second and third
places. These will immediately be
come permanent trophies to tne
successful schools.
Students of the sixth, seventh and
ighth grades are eligible to com
pete in the contest. The two best
spellers from each school may par
ticipate. These representatives will
be decided through school elimina
tions.
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Divisional Contests Will
Be Staged in Alpine,
Heppner and lone.
INTEREST GREATER
High Schools to Hold Divisional
Contests at Lexington and
Boardman March 29.
BUSINESS SCHOOL
TO CONVENE HERE
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kind deed3 and
actions during our recent Illness.
Mrs. R. A. Thompson
and daughter.
thorough preparations, and the
guests, equipped with novelty Lions'
hats, lions' tails for the men, and
honking balloons for everybody,
made merry until near the midnight
hour.
Outside Lions Come.
The banquet was prepared and
served by the ladles of the Episco
pal church, the menu being: cock
tail preserved monkey glands In
eocoanut milk, salad curdled deer
blood with fresh elephant ears,
meat raw zebra breast with jungle
dust dressing. South African peas
minced giraffe brains, pie granula
ted gorilla hearts, hot elephant
blood.
Outside visitors were; from La
Grande, Sid Thompson, Max Roesch,
Fred Honnlg, Jack Farris and lad
les; from Arlington, Earl Snell, Rol
lo Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. George
Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pyle,
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Spauldlng, Wal
do Zcller, C. V. Starbuck, Miss Lu
clle Nichols; from Pendleton, L. W,
Jauncey and Dr. J. P. Stewart.
That Heppner is fortunate in
having the business men's confer
ence here this year, was the state
ment of Charles W. Smith, at the
Monday luncheon of the Heppner
Lions club. The conference which
will be held here August 6 and 7, is
two-day school cove. isj intensive
ly all phases of merchandising. It
is conducted by experts from Ore
gon State college and the Oregon
Retail Merchants association. Hepp
ner Is the smallest city in the state
to have the conference, declared Mr.
Smith. It was held here for the
first time last year. O. F. Tate of
Portland, secretary of the Oregon
Retail Merchants association, who
was here for the Lions charter night
program, stated that those in
charge were well satisfied with its
reception, though a greater Interest
s expected this year. Earl W. Gor
don, John Hiatt and Paul Gemmell
were appointed on a committee to
make arrangements for the event.
Mr. Smith reported that more
than 50 essays had been submitted
to the county school superintendent
n the butter essay contest, which
closed Saturday. Prizes will be
awarded after the merits of each
composition is passed on by the
judges. Heppner business houses
will furnish the prizes.
A St. Patrick's day motif was car
ried out in the luncheon. The menu
consisted of spinach greens and
boiled eggs, cheese sandwiches,
green-frosted shamrock cookies,
green ice cream, and coffee. The
meeting was marked by a large at
tendance. All members denoted
pleasure over the success of charter
night, which was reported to have
left the club in good condition fin
ancially.
Visitors at the meeting were Al
bert Adkins and J. A. Funk, city,
and O. B. Spaulding and C. V. Star-
buck of Arlington. Paul Gemmell
vice president was in the chair in
the absence of C. L. Sweek, presi
dent.
Play, "Cyclone Sally,"
Staged at Lexington
The play, "Cyclone Sally," was
presented by the Lexington grange,
Thursday, March 13, in tne Lexing
ton high school auditorium.
Mistaken identity gave rise to
some very humorous situations, and
the play, a three-act comedy, had
not a dull moment. Alice Mont
gomery, In her portrayal of Cyclone
Sally, was outstanding. Elmer Pal
mer played the part of Jack Web
ster, owner of the Webster estate.
Ellis Moyer, as Reggie Manners, a
young Englishman; and Russell
Wright as Willie Clump, the absent
minded, was exceptionally good.
Other characters in the cast were
Jim Gerklns, courted for twenty
years but not discouraged, Joe
Thornburg; Jennie Thachcr, forty
and the object of Jim's persistence,
Amanda Duvall; Ruth Thachcr, a
peach Reggie would like to pluck,
Ruth Dinges; Elllo Varden, a cute
little neighbor, Edith Miller; Viv
ian Vernon, the bello of Cedar
Point, Helen Falconer. All of the
characters enacted their parts ad
mlrnbly.
The play was so well received In
Lexington that the grange Is pre
senting it in lone tonight.
AMERICAN LEGION
POST REACHES 80
Wool Marketing Meet
Scheduled Wednesday
Ed Ludwig, assistant manager of
the Pacific Cooperative Wool grow
ers, northwest member of the Fed
eral Farm board's marketing or
ganization, will address a meeting
of wool growers at the American
Legion hall In Heppner next Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to
explain the board's methods in the
cooperative marketing of wool un
der the agricultural marketing act
and the operation of the National
Wool Marketing corporation and
the affiliation of local cooperatives
with the national organization.
Ben F. Johnson, Held man of this
norhlwesC cooperative, will also be
heard by those attending the meet
ing, which is one of a series of 18
being held in various parts of Ore
gon. The Pacific cooperative does
not seek to interfere with locals be
ing formed, but is conducting the
meetings merely to acquaint wool
growers with the facts pertaining
to wool marketing as outlined by
the Federal Farm board.
ATHLETES TO PRACTICE.
Aspirants for places on the Hepp
ner high school baseball and track
teams will begin practice as soon
as the weather is warmer. A track
meet for schools in this section of
the state is planned at Condon
For Sale Beardless rye, Baxter &
Osborne, Spray, Ore. 52-3,
Toung aspirants in the field of
oratory will compete Saturday in
Heppner, lone and Alpine in divi
sional contests of the Morrow Coun
ty Declamatory league for grade
school pupils. Many schools or the
county have been active in practic
ing for and participating in school
eliminations to decide representa
tives to enter from the various
schools of the county. The con
tests in Heppner will be held in
the high school auditorium at
m.
Greater interest is being shown
in the contests than last year. It
is believed that the dividing of the
county into zones or divisions has
one much to stimulate participa
tion of a larger number of students
In the oratorical work. Last year
representatives from each school
came direct to the county contest
in Heppner, which, because of the
number of entrants, was long and
tiring to both speakers and their
auditors.
Contest Places Named.
Grade schools that are eligible to
have speakers at the divisional con
tests in Heppner are: Heppner, Wil
low Way, Golden West, Liberty,
Idea, Rocky Bluff, Willow Creek
and Hardman. Schools in the dis
trict to have its divisional contest
at lone are: lone, Lexington, Mor
gan, Lone Tree, Pleasant Vale,
Strawberry, Four Mile, Rhea Creek,
Gooseberry and Social Ridge. Those
expected to be heard at Alpine are:
Alpine, Boardman, Irrigon and Pine
City.
Grade pupils will give two classes
of declamations, humorous and non-
humorous. Pupils competing in
division 2, fifth to eighth grades in
clusive, will be limited to eight min
utes for their declamations. The
time limit for division 3, grades
first to fourth Inclusive, is six min
utes.
Divisional contests for high
schools will be heard in Lexington
and Boardman Saturday, March 29.
Those to compete at Lexington are:
Lexington, Heppner, Hardman and
lone. Those eligible to compete at
Boardman are: Boardman, Irrigon,
Alpine and Pine City high schools.
The high school orations fall in
three classes: oratorical, dramatic
and humorous. The time limit is
12 minutes.
Ribbons to be Awarded.
Blue, red and white ribbons will
be given respectively to first, sec
ond and third place winners in each
of the classes in the divisional con
tests. Those winning the first two
places will be allowed to compete
in the county contest Third place
winner will serve as an alternate,
who can compete in the county con
test should either first or second
place winner be unable to participate.
Winners in divisional contests in
both grade and high schools will
compete in the county finals in
Heppner, Saturday, April 5, at the
Hennner school auditorium. First
place winners in each clsas will re
ceive a gold medal and second place
winner, a silver medal.
County contest winners will com
pete against Umatilla and Gilliam
cnunties in an inter-county contest
in Heppner, Saturday, April 19.
Grant county was interested in en
tering the inter-county competition,
but the Grant county contest is not
to be held until after the inter-county
contest here, so that, to enter
this year was deemed impractical.
It Is probable that Grant county
winners will compete next year.
Medals will also be awarded to the
winners in each class of the inter-
county matches.
Admission prices at the divisional
contests will be 15 and 25 cents.
County contest prices will be 25 and
50 cents. The contests are being
conducted on a non-profit basis, the
receipts from admissions going to
defray the various expenses of the
contests.
All-Time Record of Membership
Eclipsed In 1930 by Work of
Officers and Men.
Through the efforts of Richard
Wells, chairman of the membership
committee, Charles W. Smith, com
mander, James Cash, adjutant, and
the cooperation of many of its mem
bers, Heppner Post No. 87, Ameri
can Legion, has been able to build
up the post membership for 1930
to 80, which is five more members
than the post has ever enrolled
previously in any one year.
Walter Moore reported plans for
renewing the lease of the Legion
quarters, at the meeting of the or
ganization Monday night. Mr.
Moore was instructed by the post
to draw up a new lease with Dr.
A. D. McMurdo, owner of the build
ing occupied by the post.
A letter from the Hermiston Am
erican Legion post was read, asking
the local post to consider having
the Hermiston post's minstrel
troupe stage a performance in
Heppner. The matter will be inves
tigated, and the show staged here
if the interest is found sufficient
and a good date on the social cal
endar of the city is available. The
matter was put in the hands of
Spencer Crawford. If the show is
staged here it will be sponsored by
the local post and probably will be
shown in the high school auditorium.
BUSHELS
OF WHEAT
0
More Than 100 Assemble
To Sign Agreements
For Wheat Sale.
MORE GRAIN IN SIGHT
Gun Club Breaks Even
In Telegraphic Shoot
Heppner Rod and Gun club broke
even in the Sunday competition of
the Oregonitn telegraphic trapshoot
making a score of 72 to win from
Toledo Rod and Gun club, with 69,
and American Legion of Cottage
Grove, 62; and losing to Klamath
and Eugene Gun clubs, with scores
of 73 and 75. The latter two clubs
have set a fast pace in breaking the
blue rocks and have won from near
ly all the teams they have competed
against this season. Individual
scores for the Heppner team were
Albert Bowker 25, Harry Duncan
24 and Dr. A. D. McMurdo 23.
The matches that have been shot
to date have included some of the
best teams in the state and Charles
Latourell, president, believes that
the local club will continue to ad
vance in the percentage column as
the qualifying events progress. Op
ponents for next Sunday's shoot are
Salem, Douglas county, The Dalles
W7asco and Harrisburg.
Local Boy to Compete
In Oratorical Contest
Fletcher Walker, student in Hepp
ner high school, who submitted a
manuscript, "Our Constitution," In
the national oratorical contest on
the constitution of the United
States, sponsored by the Oregonian,
has been selected as one of tne six
speakers who will represent district
6 of Oregon, comprising Morrow.
Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gil
liam, Wheeler and Umatilla coun
ties. Those who will compete
aeainst him On April 11 are Manch
Gadwa, Pendleton; John Kirk, Ath
ena; Rose Knotts, The Dalles, Mor
ris Pierson, Hermiston, and Helen
Sutton, Parkdale. The place of the
state district finals has not been set,
but it is believed that it will be
either Pendleton or The Dalles.
Fletcher's oration takes up the
history and development of the con
stitution and its historical back
ground. Its value in past years,
and its expected values in the fu
ture to this and other countries is
discussed.
He is being coached for the con
test by C. L. Sweek. local attorney
and chairman of the contest for
Morrow county. It is probable that
he will also be assisted by William
Poulson, superintendent of Hepp
ner schools, after his return from
the Willamette valley.
More Than 300 Present
At St. Patrick's Dance
The St. Patrick's day dance given
Monday evening at the Elks temple
by the Ladies' society of S. Patrick's
church was declared by tnose in
charge to have been a social and
financial success. More than 300
persons were in attendance, the
dance continuing until 2 o'clock in
the morning.
The hall was decorated with Irish
flags. Mrs. Henry Cohn and Mrs.
William Bucknum, serving on the
dance committee, were assisted by
Joe Kenny, William Bucknum and
John Farley.
LODGE MEETS Tl'ESDAY.
Kate J. Young lodge No. 29, De
gree of Honor, will meet at 7:30
o'clock Tuesday night in the Odd
Fellows hall. Refreshments are to
be served following the lodge session.
Hynd Ranch Lamb Born
With Eight Legs, Dies
Untimely death of a young lamb
robbed the Hynd brothers of an
opportunity to provide a circus with
an unusual freak. It seems that
sheep are trying to keep pace with
the automobile. In the earlier days
of the automobile, the four was pop
ular, then the six came into favor,
and now the eight is rapidly com
ing into a majority. A four-legged
sheep has been usual even from
biblical days. Several years ago the
Hynd brothers had a G-legged lamb,
born in the Ukiah country, which
lived for several years, and then
was lost in moving the band to a
different section of the country. An
eight-legged lamb was born on the
Hynd brothers Cecil ranch Monday,
but lived only a short time.
This lamb, In form, was two lambs
except for the head, of which there
Incorporating Directors Start To
wards Establishment of Per
manent Association.
A local cooperative wheat mar
keting organization to be known as
the "Morrow County Grain Grow
ers, Incorporated," which will affil
iate with the North Pacific Grain
growers, under the plan sponsored
by the Federal Farm board, was
organized at lone In the high school
gymnasium Tuesday night Produc
ers at the meeting signed marketing
agreements with the local to the
extent of 183,000 bushels.
At the meeting in Lexington, Sat
urday, March 8, wheat raisers sign
ed to market 250,000 bushels with
the association, if sufficient bushel
age was signed for the satisfactory
operation of a local. A number of
these signers had not signed 'the
marketing agreement Tuesday
night, but it i3 believed by good
authority that farmers representing
at least 70,000 bushels, who have
signed the original list but not the
marketing agreements, will come
Into the organization. It is not be
lieved that the growers who pledg
ed to come In the association, but
who have not signed contracts, are
trying to evade that responsibility,
the belief being that they were un
able to attend the lone meeting be
cause of sickness, press of activities
on their ranches or other legitimate
reasons.
Roy Ritner Speaks.
Roy Ritner of Pendleton, direc
tor in the regional. North Pacifio
Grain growers, briefly outlined fea
tures of the marketing agreement
for the benefit of producers who
had not heard it previously discuss
ed. Bert Johnson of lone presided
at the meeting and Kenneth Ackley
of Heppner was temporary secre
tary. Mr. Ritner also pointed out
the need of getting the local asso
ciation organized promptly bo that
representation might be had at the
regional meeting in Spokane, Wash.,
April 8, when permanent directors
of that organization are to be elec
ted by representatives from each of
the locals.
The matter of the number of In
corporating directors that the local
should have was passed upon, and it
was decided to have seven, and that
each should represent some partic
ular section of the country, because
of his familiarity with conditions
peculiar to that section. Those elec
ted to this board of directors were
R. W. Turner of Heppner, Clark
Stephens of Hardman, Henry
Smouse of lone, Noah Clark of
Eight Mile, R. B. Rice and George
Peck of Lexington and C. C. Hutch
croft of Morgan.
Committee to Continue.
The three committees represent
ing Lexington, lone and Heppner,
which were appointed at the Lex
ington meeting to work toward the
signing of sufficient bushelage for
the formation of a local will con
tinue in their activities along that
line. In this capacity, they will in
terview those that signed the orig
inal list of intention, as well as
others who have not been given an
opportunity to come into the organ
ization. After the close of the members'
meeting, the Incorporating direct
ors met and effected an organiza
tion. Henry Smouse was named
chairman, George Peck vice-chairman
and R. W. Turner secretary
treasurer. This group will go ahead
with organization of the local, draw
ing up constitution and by-laws and
preparing papers of incorporation.
The directors will meet at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon in the county
agent's office in Heppner to con
tinue with their work. These direc
tors will continue with their activ
ities until permanent directors are
elected at a meeting of members
scheduled for March 31. The place
at which this meeting is to be held
has not been selected.
Heppner Elks Select
Officers at Meeting
LaVerne Van Marter will be In
charge of the destinies of Heppner
B. P. O. Elks lodge No. 358, having
been elected to the oilice of exalted
ruler at the regular meeting of the
lodge last Thursday evening. Others
elected were Paul Gemmell, esteem-
was but one. The imperfect slam- eii leading knight; Garnet Barratt,
ese twin was joined together at the
breast. The specimen has been
shipped to a Portland taxidermist
for mounting.
CONSIDERS IU 1LDING.
M. L. Case is considering the
building of a modern mortuary
building above the old hospital
foundation across the street from
the Church of Christ. Workmen
have been busy during the week
removing part of the old founda
tion. Mr. Case is expected back
from Portland today, and It is be
lieved that he will bring with him
definite information about the pro
posed structure.
esteemed loyal knight; David A.
Wilson, esteemed lecturing knight;
Walter E. Moore, treasurer; Dean
T. Goodman, secretary; Crocket
Sprouls, tyler; C. L. Sweek, trustee;
Earl Gordon, delegate to grand
lodge session. Atlantic City, N. J.j
Harry Duncan, alternate delegate.
These otlicers and those In ap
pointive positions to be named by
Exalted Ruler Van Marter will be
installed at the regular meeting of
the lodge, Thursday, April 10.
One candidate became a member
of the lodge through Initiation. Po
tato salad, cold ham sandwiches,
pickles and coffee were served by
the refreshment committee.