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Volume 48, Number 14.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 18, 1931
Subscription $2.00 a Year
BIG TENT'S COMING
WELCOMED BY BAIN
Opportunity Afforded All
To Enjoy Chautauqua
Starting Saturday.
FINE PROGRAM SEEN
"The Big Push" and "Kibitzer"
Headllner Flays; Speaking and
Musical Talent Give Variety.
Chautauqua days are here again.
For Chautauqua and rain have come
to be synonymous in Morrow coun
ty. "Can you remember a Chau
tauqua when it didn't rain?" asked
a prominent citizen. "That certain
ly makes chautauqua worth all it
costs."
And the rain has an added sig
nificance, he says. It gives people
an opportunity to attend chautau
qua while the rain is getting in Its
work, with the assurance that when
the rains pass and sunny days are
here again there will be plump
heads in the grain fields to harvest.
The big tent will be on the ground
tomorrow, and everything will be In
readiness for opening with "The
Big Push," an hilarious comedy
drama, Saturday evening. The tent
will be thrown wide open free of
charge to everybody for all per
formances which run on through
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, end
ing with the Tuesday evening pro
gram. Request Is Made.
A3 time for drawing the curtain
nears, the local committee has but
one final request They ask that out-of-town
sponsors of the chautauqua
make settlement of their financial
obligations by Saturday morning
that the business end may be taken
care of in accordance with the con
tract made with the Ellison-White
company. Checks may be mailed
to or left with John Hiatt, secretary
of the local chautauqua association,
at Hiatt & Dix store in Heppner.
Reserved seats for sponsors, one for
each $2.50 contributed, have been
available at Gordon's store since
Wednesday and the plat will remain
there until Saturday evening when
it will be removed to the tent
"The Big Push" which opens
chautauqua, is another one of thosa
rollicking comedy plays of family
life that have proved most popular
with local audiences under the big
tent In past years. A father, a spoil
ed daughter, a partially spoiled son,
a ward, a chauffeur and a police
man prove to be the six Interesting
characters during a two-hour riot of
fun in this late, nationally popular
stage production. With the cast
containing members of the same
troupe who have appeared here be
fore, there need be little apprehen
sion as to the quality of the acting.
"Lombards" Attractive.
Sunday afternoon "The Lom
bards," famous radio performers,
appear with one of the, most inter
esting platform attractions on the
stage today. Their program of mu
sic and fun, using a read radio mi
crophone and a variety of colorful
costumes, will charm you. In the
evening the bombards will again ap
pear In prelude to the popular and
appealnig address of John E. Au
brey, "Coming Across." Dr. Au
brey is a member of the academy of
letters In Italy, and one of the most
prominent educators of the day.
Jean Macdonald, termed the "Ma
rie Dressier of Canada," holds the
platform Monday afternoon with an
hour of nonsense to the delight of
everybody, and in the evening
comes the sceond big play of chau
tauqua, "Kibitzer." This play, deal
ing with stock market operations
and affairs of a Jewish family, Is a
late New York stage hit, full of
wholesome fun.
Wlhat Is said to be the only con
certina grand In existence will be
on the stage Tuesday afternoon
when the De Wlllo Concent com
pany appears in prelude to Morris
Anderson's address with a top-notch
musical program. The De Willos
and Mr. Anderson appear again in
the evening. In the afternoon Mr.
Anderson's rapid-fire talk Is "Gold
Bricks," and In the evening "Hit
That Line." Mayor of Mark Twain's
home town and a famous football
star, Mr. Anderson is a national
character who gives messages with
a punch that allow for not one dry
moment.
This Is the array of talent that
awaits you at chautauqua. Take
advantage of the rain and enjoy
every bit of It.
TOMONA MEETS AT LEX.
Morrow county Pomona grange
will meet with Lexington grange as
hosts on Saturday, June 27, for an
all-day meeting. A program will be
held In the afternoon to which the
public Is Invited. C. C. Hulet of
Medford, niHstcr of the state grange
will be headline speaker In the af
ternoon. It's good It's funny you'll enjoy
it PARLOR, BEDROOM AND
BATH with Buster Keaton Star
Theater, Sunday and Monday.
Ellis Thomson arrived home oa
Tuesday evening from Eugene
where he attended the University
of Oregon, majoring In art, the past
year. He will be at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thorn'
son, for the summer.
LOCAL NIMRODS
WIN TRAP HONORS
Latourell, McMurdo Bring Home
Trophies From State Shoot;
Team Ties for 2nd Place.
Charles H. Latourell is the proud
possessor of an electric clock, and
A. D. McMurdo a diamond medal,
trophies won at the state trap-
shooting tournament which ended
In Portland Sunday, the Heppner
Pllot Rock aggregation, of which
th'ese men were members, tied with
Bend and Coquille for second place
in the shoot-off of the Oregonian
telegraphic tournament in which
Portland club was high, run In con
nection with the state shoot Ad
am Knoblock of Heppner, S. G.
Mendenhall and Vic Bracher of Pi
lot Rock were the other members
of the five-man team representing
Heppner-Pilot Rock.
Mendenhall held high gun In the
shoot-off for the Lamb trophy and
Latourell was runner-up for which
he received his trophy. McMurdo's
medal was won in the handicap
shoot Sunday afternoon, in which
he defeated one of Portland's ace
shots In a tie shoot-off.
The Heppner-Pilot Rock team
was among the favored for winning
the shoot-off In the telegraphic tour
nament, as the fame of local gun
ners had gone before them through
having competed in every shoot-off
since the Inception of the tourna
ment and having won first place in
the initial shoot-off five years ago.
In the first 100-bird round Saturday
morning the local aggregation tied
with Portland, but fell behind in the
100-blrd round Sunday morning.
Exceptional shooting was evi
denced with Latourell, Mendenhall
and Frank Troeh all turning In per
fect 100 scores the first day, while a
number of 99's were recorded,
among them Knoblock of this city.
Frank Troeh, whose fame In trap
shooting circles stands without a
peer, alone bested Latourell for
high gun In the state event. Troeh
has many times held high gun for
the entire United States.
NEW DIRECTORS
CHOSEN MONDAY
Claude Cox and Garnet Barratt
Named Board Members by School
District Number One.
There are times when the annual
school meeting stirs interest and
brings a goodly vote, and Monday
was such an occasion. Two direc
tors were to be elected one for
the three-year term and one to fill
out the unexpired term of C. L.
Sweek, resigned, a one-year term
hence the Interest manifested.
When the polls opened at 2:30 there
was not room for more than about
50 per cent of the voters gathered
to get inside the city council cham
bers, so the remaining number gath
ered on the sidewalk.
The report of Vawter Crawford,
clerk, was read and accepted, sub
ject to audit by the district boun
dary board, and then Dr. A. D. Mc
Murdo, chairman of the meeting,
and chairman of the school board
the past year, announced that nom
inations were in order for director
for the short term, the long term
and for district clerk. The names
of Garnet Barratt and Joseph J.
Nys were presented for the one
year term, and Dr. McMurdo,
Claude Cox and John J. Wightman
were nominated for the three-year
term. Vawter Crawford was nom
inated for clerk and was unopposed.
The balloting then began and a
total of 117 votes were cast, result
ing in the election of Mr. Barratt
for the short term and Mr. Cox for
the long term, the successful can
didates In each case winning by
close margins.
REGATTA DANCE SATURDAY.
The third annual American Le
gion Regatta dance will this year
form a major part of the celebra
tion to be held In Pendleton this
week end by Post No. 23 of the vet
erans' organization, according to
R. C. Olsen, In charge of the af
fair, who says that the dance will
climax two days of speed events
at McKay dam.
Happy Canyon will be the scene
of the dance, the time to be Satur
day evening at 9:00 o'clock, June
20th. The Admirals, a ten piece
special orchestra obtained for the
regatta dance, will provide snappy
music, and the Happy Canyon floor
has Just been gone over and Is In
excellent condition, Olsen says.
The state convention of Eagles
held In Pendleton this week will
patronize the dance nl a body, In
suring a crowd of at least 400 per
sons, and with the Legionnaires,
their friends and the general public
that will attend, the dance is sure
to be one of the largest affairs of
Its kind to take place In Pendleton
during the year, Olsen believes.
Special features will be Included
on the program and all other pro
visions made to Insure everyone
who attends an enjoyable time.
TO INSPECT FIELDS.
G. R. Hyslop, farm crops special
ist of Oregon State college, will ar
rive In the county June 21 for an In
spection tour of Morrow county
grain fields for the purpose of cer
tifying grain for seed, reports C. W.
Smith, county agent
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Crawford
and the boys arrived home Wednes
day from a visit of three weeks at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Githens, parents of Mrs. Crawford
at Berkeley, California. They re
turned by way of the Redwood
highway and McKenzie pass, had
rain all the way more or less and
this with highway construction
made traveling a little slow. The
visit with relatives in California
was very pleasant, weather condi
tions being fine while there.
Emery Moore, Heppner boy and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ad Moore, was
united in marriage at Dayton, Wn.,
on Sunday to Miss Edna Kirk of
Waitsburg. Mr. Moore has been liv
ing in the Waitsburg vicinity for
the past year or so. Mr. and Mrs.
Moore are now in Heppner and ex
pect to make their home here.
Miss Anne Norvall and Arthur
Schoenl who were teachers at Med
ford the past year, drove Miss
Gladys Benge home from that city
and visited in Heppner for a few
days the past week, later going on
to Spokane, the home of Miss Nor
vall. Frank Nickerson and family are
on their way to California where
they will spend their summer vaca
tioning around the Bay section,
where Mr. Nickerson grew up. They
expect to be absent for several
weeks.
Mesdames C. W. McNamer, Rus
sell Pratt and Hanson Hughes, who
attended the meeting of the grand
chapter of Order of Eastern Star in
Portland during the past week, re
turned home on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Reavis re
turned the end of the week from
their vacation which took them in
to northern Washington and points
across the line in British Columbia.
F. E. Mason, lower Rhea creek
ranchman, visited Heppner Monday
and reports a lot of rain out his
way, some of it getting the cut hay
pretty well wet up.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Instone came
to town on Tuesday from the ranch
In Jones canyon, and Mr. Instone
entered Heppner hospital for med
ical treatment
Attorney Jos. J. Nys has been
confined to his home several days
this week because of illness. He is
suffering an attack of "summer"
flu.
Earl W. Gordon took in Buyers
Week at Portland, returning home
on Sunday. He also enjoyed the
Rose show while in the city.
Bishop McGrath of the Eastern
Oregon diocese at Baker, was in
Heppner Sunday, confirming a class
of 20 at St. Patrick's church.
Cuthbert raspberries, good fresh
fruit, cash with order, $2.25 crate
postpaid. O. P. Califf, Estacada,
Oregon, R. 1. 14-16.
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American Legion Auxiliary will
hold a food sale at Frank Turner's
office Saturday morning, June 20,
at 10 o'clock.
BOB POLLARD
RETURNING
Popular Leading Man Coming On
Chautauqua.
Hundreds of thousands of thea
tergoers throughout the Western
and Central States look forward to
the annual visits of Bob Pollard.
He Is coming this year as the
leading man in "The Big Push," a
popular comedy built to order for
his qualities as an actor.
For the last ten years Mr. Pollard
has been touring the Western half
of the United States and has be-
conio almost a fixed institution on
the Ellison-White Chautauqua cir
cuit This year he plays the part
of a leading man in "The Big
Push," a character of chauffeur
who Is employed by a wealthy busi
ness man and told to do everything
that the business man's daughter
commands.
As a result of a peeve at her fath
er, who has disapproved her mar
rlage to one of her admirers, she
Instructs the chauffeur to marry
her, which he does. From there on
the action starts. Ultimately the
chauffeur tnkes charge of his fath
er-ln-law, his wife, his former ri
vals, to the utter delight of the au
dlence.
The part Is one In which Mr. Pol
lard's multitudinous admirers will
eo him at his best
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Game Taken From Locals
17-3, Makes River Boys
Look Like Champs.
SEASON UP SUNDAY
Clow's Slow Ball, Bud Fisk's Homer
Feature Visitors' Attack; Fray
At Fossil Heppner's Last
Heppner treated Arlington to a
ball game Sunday for the firs sev
en innings of the last Wheatland
league game to be played on the
Heppner field this season. But Ar
lington, who at the time held the
lead in the 5-3 score, from then on
had things all their own way, glom-
ming seven tallies in the eighth and
five in the ninth Inning which ran
their total up to 17 while Heppner's
stayed at three.
Arlington, defeated but once, ap
pears certain to win the league pen
nant, with their remaining game
to be played at Rufus-Blalock
against the cellar team of the hy
phenated aggregation. Condon is in
second place with two defeats and
is Arlington's only threat with the
remainder of the teams out of the
running. Heppner winds up the sea
son next Sunday at Fossil and Con
don and lone mix it at lone.
Kewple Clow's slow ball was the
nemesis of Heppner batsmen Sun
day, who found the Arlington vet
eran for only eight hits, while tak
ing the strikeout count 10 times.
Charlie Wilcox pitched a nice game
for Heppner, too, keeping well out
of trouble in the first five innings,
and the trouble he faced in the last
two innings was not all his own
making as his teammates failed to
give him the support he had en
joyed up to that time.
Arlington led the scoring with one
run in the first inning and two in
the second. Turner and Robertson
crossed the plate for Heppner in
the third and the score stood 3-2.
Hits by Clow antf-Pete Fisk follow
ed by Bud's Fisk's double bagger
in the fifth inning netted the visit
ors two more, and the only other
scoring threat of th locals came in
the seventh on a scratch hit by
Crawford who scored on Earl
Thomson's infield fly bobbled by
Robinson. Six hits, featured by
Bud Fisk's homer, a brace of walks
and a number of errors accounted
for Arlington's 12 runs in the last
two innings.
Box score and summary.
HEPPNER AB R H O A E
H. Gentry, s 5 0 10 12
Crawford, 1 5 113 0 0
E. Tnomson, 1 5 0 2 12 1 1
Correll. c 3 0 0 5 0 0
R. Thomson, r 6 0 0 0 0 0
Turner, m 4 11111
Robertson. 2-c 3 112 0 1
Bucknum. 3 3 0 0 2 0 1
Wilcox, p 4 0 1 0 13 0
R. Gentry, 2 2 0 1112
3a 3 8 27 18 a
ARLINGTON
Stephenson. 1 6 2 0 6 0 0
Robinson. 3 5 3 2 2 0 2
Solvester, s 6 112 0 2
Clow, p 6 1 1 1 12 0
f. isK. c 4 3 3 9 2 0
B. Fisk. 2 B 12 3 10
Ogilvy. 1 5 1110 0
Parrish, m 5 3 2 1 0 0
McDonald, r 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bailey, r 1 2 12 0 0
45 17 13 27 15 4
Umpires. Van Marter and Smith:
scorer, V. Howell; first base on balls
off Wilcox 4. oft Clow 2; wild pitch,
Wilcox; first base on errors. Arlington
4, Heppner 4; three base hit, Robinson;
two base hits. Earl Thomson, Bud Fisk ;
struck out by Wilrox 7, by Clow 10;
nu oy pucner. correu.
Neighbors of Woodcraft
Enjoy Mountain Picnic
A membership drive was a recent
event In Maple circle, Neighbors of
Woodcraft, the membership being
divided into two teams. Claude Hill
was the leader of one "faction" and
John Hiatt the other, and the Hill
boosters won by quite a large ma
jority, turning in a fine number of
new members. It was up to the los
ers to treat, so they planned a pic
nic for Sunday. About 100 circle
members and members of their
families motored to the mountains,
choosing Ditch Creek prairie as the
scene of the frolic, and they report
a genuine good time. While the
day was cloudy, it waa warm and
there was no rain to dampen the
ardor of the picnickers, though the
heavy clouds caused them to leave
earlier than had been contemplated,
and by so doing they were caught
in a thunder storm farther down
the mountain. A stop was made at
the artesian well, and here more
games were enjoyed. All partici
pants joined in furnishing the big
basket dinner for the occasion.
AUTOMOBILE DESTROYED.
The automobile of R. B. Rice was
destroyed by fire at the farm home
on Saturday afternoon. His son
had driven the machine up to the
gas tank and filled It, when, in
starting, the Ignition evidently be
came shorted and the car was al
most instantly all in a blaze. The
machine had to be abandoned to
Its fate and all hands turned In to
keep the fire from reaching the
wheat field nonr by. Some dry
grass was burned and the fire was
stopped In the edge of the wheat.
Mr. Roce states that he carried no
Insurance on the ear.
Don't fall to see Buster Kenton in
his latest and best at the Star Thea
ter Sunday and Monday.
P i
I0NE
JENNIE E. McMURRAT.
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Morgan and
son Milton, Norton Lundell and
Dorr Mason motored to Portland
on Thursday of last week to attend
the Rose festival and to visit rela
tives. While In the city they were
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Williamson. They also visit
ed briefly with Daisy Williamson
and with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wil
liamson and Oscar Williamson who
now reside in St. Johns. The Mor
gans returned driving a new car
Dorr Mason remained for the Citi
zen's Military training In Vancou
ver. This Is Dorr's second year at
the training camp.
E. J. Bristow and F. H. Robinson
returned Sunday from an enjoy
able fishing trip to Oak Springs on
the Deschutes.
Mrs. Ruth B. Mason returned
Sunday from Portland where she
had been in attendance at the grand
chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star. Mrs. Mason received the ap
pointment of Grand Ruth.
While Charley O'Connor Jr. and
Francis Ely were driving down the
highway one day last week, Charley
had a little dispute with his Ford,
with the result that he is carrying
his right arm in a sling. Both
bones just above the wrist were
broken. The young man was tak
en to Heppner where a physician
reduced the fracture.
Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Gabbert
and two children arrived in lone
last Friday. The Gabberts are just
returning from an extended auto
trip through the eastern part of the
United States and while here are
guests at the home of Mrs. Gab
bert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwlght
Misner. Their home is in Portland.
Ray Juday returned to lone last
week after an absence of three
years. He is here for harvest
Emmet Corley of Pendleton was
transacting business in lone June
11. While here he called at the
home of his nephew, Walter Corley.
The stockholders of the Jordan
Elevator company held their an
nual meeting at Rhea creek school
house Saturday afternoon. The fol
lowing directors were elected: Lax-
ton McMurray, Henry Smouse,
French Burroughs, A. A. McCabe
and Oscar Peterson.
Last week the Farmers Elevator
company of lone held election. Eric
Bergstrom was re-elected to serve
as director for a term of three
years and Leonard Carlson to serve
for a term of two years.
Mrs. Harvey Ring and two
daughters left last Friday for a
week's stay at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Glover Peck, at Stanfleld.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grimes went
to Waldport on a little fishing trip
last week. Mrs. Grimes' son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Pyle, were also camping at Wald
port. Mr. Pyle has been In poor
health for some time, but is now
much improved.
A large crowd greeted the Holly
wood Entertainers Thursday night,
June 11, at Legion hall. The musio
and vaudeville numbers were good,
and all present enjoyed the danc
ing. Mrs. Allan Learned of Darring-
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A DAY
ON MAIN
By OLDTIMER
Gone are the gilded palaces of
crystal glasses and white-aproned
gents . . . Guess I'll take a lime
rickey . . . Ol Justus talkiwg grazing
conditions . . . Spitting rain and
Chautauqua pennants drooping
sad . . . Josephine Mahoney, note
book and pencil, jotting down
neighborhood items , . . Wallace
Smead hurrying along the street
nervously jingling keys in his trous
er pockets . . . Harold Cohn dashing
for the telephone ... A flock of
young ladies ambling along Main. . .
Who are they? . . . Don't ask me.
Frank Roberts decorating the
Council Chambers . . . Uz French
resting on his "hunkers" In front
of Noble's and Gene Noble cutting
a whang strap at the bench where
he has worked for 52 years . . .
There comes the stage and unloads
a couple of guests at the Hotel
Heppner . . . Orve Rasmus comes
hobbling across the street and there
dashes Frank Farnsworth at his
daily stint . . . Sam Notson stand
ing on the corner discussing Chau
tauqua problems with a nice look
ing young thing . . . Ralph Benge
pushing open the door at the Peo
ples and Lew Bisbee comes jogging
down the main drag . . . Harry Dun
can ambles across to the hotel . . .
Bundle carriers climbing into park
ed cars . . . It's 6 o'clock . . . Guess
I'll go eat, too.
The Misses Gladys and Luola
Benge were nt the commencement
exercises of Whitman college, Wal
la Walla, going over to witness the
graduation of Anita Hughes, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hughes,
formerly of this city, now of Uma
pinc. The Misses Benge returned
home Wednesday and were accom
panied by Mrs. Ruth Barnett, their
aunt, who Is vsliting at the homes
of Mr. and Mrs. Eph Eskelson and
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge.
Miss Gladys Benge, teacher the
past year in the schools at Medford,
returned home the end of the week
and will be with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Eph Eskelson, for the
summer.
LIONS CLUB OFF
FOR A NEW YEAR
C. W. Smith Named Frseident; El
ection Held; S. E. Notson Reports
State Chamber Meeting.
Officers who will have charge of
the destinies of the Heppner Lions
club for the ensuing year were elec
ted at the noon luncheon meeting
Monday. Chas. W. Smith was nam
ed president, J. D. Cash, first vice
president; S. E. Notson, second vice
president; Jasper Crawford, secre
tary; J. J. Nys, lion tamer; Spencer
Crawford, tailtwister, and Chas.
Thomson, P. W. Mahoney and Wal
ter Moore, members of the execu
tive committee.
In accepting the presidency Mr.
Smith paid high tribute to his pre
decessors in office, James Burgess
and Calvin L. Sweek, under whose
leadership the club, in its short ex
istence, had made a fine record of
accomplishment "Many of the rip
er projects for community better
ment have already been fulfilled,"
Mr. Smith said, "and prospects for
the future do not appear so glow
ing." However, there is still a large
field of service for the Lions club
in Heppner and in Morrow county,
and he hoped that through the con
tinued efforts of a united member
ship the club might still record
worthwhile achievements at the end
of the year just starting.
S. E. Notson, president of the
Heppner Commercial club, in a
short report of the meeting of the
Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce held in Portland last week
end, expressed the hope that Hepp
ner might tie up more closely with
the work of the state chamber the
coming year, which, he said, is be
ing organized more comprehensive
ly than ever before. This year the
work will be under 36 directors
with each county of the state allot
ted one dircetor. Land settlement
will be further stressed through
subdivision of the work into an ag
ricultural division, an agricultural
industrial division and the "On-o-
Oregon" publicity work. A closer
tie-up with the counties is contem
plated that more intelligent work
may be done, he said.
BOYS AND GIRLS
RETURN FROM 0SC
Seventeenth Annual 4-H Summer
Session Was Largest Ever Held
In Oregon, Records Show.
More than 700 club boys and girls
will be returning to cities and com
munities in 31 counties of Oregon
this week end, bringing with them
new ideas and new methods in ag
ricultural and home making prac
tices gained during the seventeenth
annual 4-H club summer school end
ing June 20 at Oregon State college.
In spite of the economic depression,
the total enrollment for the two
weeks session this year showed an
increase of approximately 50 club
members more than any previous
year, according to records of the
state club office.
The girls outnumbered the boys
at the summer session this year
nearly two to one. Of the total num
ber, nearly half were holders of
scholarships won as a reward for
outstanding work in their club pro
jects last year. Approximately 120
of these were state fair scholarships
awarded to first place winners at
the state fair last year. The ma
jority of the other club members en
rolled were either delegates of their
respective clubs which had earned
the money to send them, or boys
and girls who had earned the mon
ey to pay their own way.
Each morning during the session
was given over to class work, in
cluding, for the boys, all phases of
agriculture, and for the girls var
ious branches of home economics
work. In addition, both boys and
girls were given instruction in club
news writing, first aid, health, and
photography. Regular assemblies
occupied from one to two hours
each afternoon, with prominent
men of the state as speakers.
Supervised classes in tumbling,
basketball, quoits, tennis, dancing,
volleyball, swimming and similar
sports provided exercise for the
girls, while classes and tournaments
were scheduled for the boys in base
ball, tennis, volleyball and other
games. Entertainment consisting of
smokeless smokers, pajama parties,
educational movies and exhibitions
of local talent occupied the eve
nings. EARLY SPUDS GROWN.
Al Bolstad, who farms the Alex
Wilson farm near Boardman, has
just finished digging his 15-acre
patch of Irish Cobbler potatoes
which were sold to the Pacific Fruit
and Produce company. These po
tatoes are ten days earlier than any
other crop grown In this section in
cluding Yakima and Kennewlck,
reports C. W. Smith, county agent
When inspected and graded by
Mr. Smith tho last of the week
these potatoes were found to be
number one grade. Mr. Bolstad al
so has a seven-acre field of sweet
corn now forming ears, which
should go on the market in advance
of any other coin grown In the re
gion, the county agent says.
NOTICE Order your berries by
July 4 from the Reagan Berry
Farm. Dewberries and blackberries
$1.50 per crate f. o. b. Estacada, Or.
T. J. Reagan,
JUNIOR BASEBALL
BOYS GET IPJ ACTION
Prospects Bright With
Two Contestants for
Every Berth.
TO PLAY PENDLETON
Three-Game Series With Umatilla
City Likely; Squad to be Cut
to It by June 30th.
Organization of the Morrow
County American Legion Junior
baseball team, under the sponsor
ship of Heppner and lone posts, was
started at the Lexington field last
Friday afternoon and has been rap
idly developing under the direction
of Neil Shuirman, coach, with two
or more applicants for each team
position. Practices are being con
ducted on the Lexington school field
and the squad will be cut to the al
lotted fourteen members and the
names turned in to state headquar
ters by June 30.
Order of Play Given.
In the district play-off games re
sults of which must be turned in at
state headquarters by July 12, the
Morrow county team will play Pen
dleton, at present the only other
competing team in the district It
is expected at least three games will
be played to decide the champion
ship of this, the sixth district one
at Pendleton, one at Heppner and
one on a neutral field. The winner
in this series will be pitted against
the winners of the seventh district
comprising the La Grande-Bake,r
territory, the results of which must
be given state headquarters by July
19. Semi-finals will be played before
July 26 and the teams picked to
play in the state championship
games at Corvallis during the state
American Legion convention, Aug
ust 6, 7 and 8. The team winning at
Corvallis will represent Oregon in
the regional combats, and should it
come out victorious it will be enti
tled to battle for the national cham
pionship to be played during the na
tional Legion convention.
Likely prospects are held for a
good team to represent Morrow
county, Shuirman reports, with
much good material from which to
pick a team enthusiastically work
ing for team places. The largest
number of applicants comes from
Heppner, among them being Louis
Sperry, Roy Gentry, Curtis Thom
son, Tommy Hottman, Rex Lang
don, Billy Schwarz, Louis Gilliam,
Floyd Jones, William McRoberts,
Ray McRoberts, William Mitchell,
Billy Cochell and Jimmy Furlong.
Lexington has furnished some like
ly prospects in Dale Lane, Joe
Thornburg, LaVerne Wright and
Keith Gentry, and lone with Fran
cis Ely, Joe Engelman,- E. Lundell,
Johnny Farris and Burl Akers.
Position Possibilities Given.
Working for the pitching position
are Roy Gentry and Francis Ely,
both of whom will undoubtedly be
used, Shuirman says. For catcher
Johnny Farris and Louis Sperry are
making a strong bid. Vieing for
other positions are: Joe Thornburg
and E. Lundell, first base; Burl
Akers and Joe Engelman, second
base; Curtis Thomson and Rex
Langdon, third base; Tommy Hott
man and Dale Lane, short stop,
with the remainder of the boys af
ter fielding positions. It is expected
some shifting of positions will need
to be made to strengthen the line
up, Shuirman says, but Just who has
the best chance for first string
berths Is not possible to say yet
bo far shuirman has been giving
the boys fundamentals of the game
only, but in the practices to follow
expects to cover all the fine points
such as base running and sidling.
All the boys are working enthusias
tically and good reports may be ex
pected of the team when it is final
ly-chosen, the coach declares.
O. S. C. Summer School
Has Large Registration
Each year more teachers and ad
vance students from other parts of
the country are attracted to Ore
gon as a place to combine study
and vacation recreation. And this
year is to be no exception, accord
ing to Dean M. Elwood Smith, di
rector of the summer session at Or
egon State college, who reports
more pre-registration inquiries than
for any previous year.
In addition to 72 members of the
resident faculty who will take part
in wie instructional program at the
college during the six-weeks ses
sion beginning June 22, will be 16
visiting staff specialists. Most of
the latter will be In the field of
home economics. Twelve members
of the agricultural staff will also
assist in a special short course In
vocational agriculture, held primar
ily lor Smith-Hughes teachers.
Work will be offered in home ec
onomics, vocational education, com
merce, industrial arts, agricultural
engineering, landscape architecture,
agriculture, health and Dhvslrnl i.
ucation, industrial journalism, hy
giene, religion, basic arts and sci
ences, and music.
For Sule-15-foot Holt steel Com
bine; has cut about 10OO
condition and a bargain. Se Frank
aniveiy. 10-1od.