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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THUR SPAY, JULY 2, 1931. BOARDMAN MRS. A. T. HEREIM. Correspondent The community Fourth of July picnic will be held in town in the shady lane in front of the homes of the Kennedys and Cramers Sat urday. The children's parade will be at 11 o'clock and the program will follow the parade. A ball game will be played in the afternoon at the Boardman ball diamond. Ev eryone is invited to come and bring a well filled basket Mrs. Tom Hendricks, Mrs. Rob ert Wilson and Dallas Wilson mo tored to La Grande Saturday to see are air derby. Eldon Wilson re turned home with them Saturday evening and then went back to La Grande Monday. Robert Harwood and Mr. Wilson drove to Jess Deos's ranch on Wil low creek Sunday after a load of lumber. Deibert Johnson spent the week end at home. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Lewis mo tored to Troutdale Friday evening. Dave Johnson who has been working for the past year in Board man left last week for his home in Glendale, Calif. Robert Harwood left Monday for Stevens, Wash., Where he will work for a lumber company, Mrs. Beard who is working on the Bolsted place, received word Sunday of the death of her sister, Mrs. Jack O'Keif of Yakima. Mrs. Beard motored to Yakima to attend the funeral and brought home her sister's tiny baby and little girl, who will live here with Mr. and Mrs. Beard. Nate Macmober drove to Pilot Rock Saturday evening. Mrs. Ma comber and daughter Sybil Grace, who have been visiting there, re turned home with him Sunday. Mrs. S. C. Russell returned home Saturday from a week's visit in Prineville. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Olson are now living in Boardman. Mr. Ol son is working with the highway patching crew. Tom Brew who is working on the Bell company ranch had his hand badly cut in the mower sickle Sun day morning. Mr. Brew had stop ped his team for noon and was get ting off the mower when he became over-balanced and fell with his hand on the sickle. The noise frightened the team and they start ed to go, the sickle severely cutting his hand, one finger wes severed and his three other fingers were nearly cut off, and the rest of his hand was badly mangled. Men were working close and they took him to the house, then he was immediately taken to the Hermiston hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Barlow and Chloe and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bar low returned home Sunday from their motor trip. While away they visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barlow at Corvallis and at the Jay Cox home at Government Camp. Dale Cox came home with them for a visit in Boardman. LaVerne Baker came home last Monday from Corvallis where she attended the 4-H summer school. She stopped over in Portland for a few days before coming home. The highway patching crew is working on the highway near Boardman. There are about 15 men working. Many of them have their families with them, camping in the camp grounds. Mr. Messenger's crew is tearing up about 7 miles of highway between here and Irrigon, getting it ready to be oiled. Junior Davis of Portland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis, came Sunday for a week's stay at the Chaffee home. Mrs. Rands' sister, Mrs. W. M. Ingles and husband of Salt Lake, Utah, are guests this week at the Rand3 home. Leo and Joe Gorger were Board man visitors Sunday. Carrol Kennedy and John Chaf fee motored to Heppner Tuesday. John Chaffee is trying out for the Junior baseball team. The latest report about Robert Smith was that he is not improving as rapidly as was expected. He is still in the St. Vincent's hosiptal In Portland. Mr. Smith was injured several weeks ago in an automo bile accident. Mrs. Smith is in Port land. Their daughter Mary Is stay ing there with her grandfather Smith. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Rands and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ingles vis ited relatives in Echo. The Boardman baseball team played the highway men here Sun dav afternoon, winning by a score of 13-0. On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Dillabough entertained at a lovely lawn dinner party at their home. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mead, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Rands. Mr. and Mrs. Ingles, Mr. snd Mrs. Chas. Wicklander, Mrs. George Wicklander and C. H. Dilla bough. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Lewis will move to Troutdale this week to make their home there. Mr. Lewis, who has been employed her for a number of years as signal main tainer for the O.-W. R. & N. will be maintainer at Troutdale. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Cooney at their home on June 25th. Helen Mead took her two cous ins, the Kortge children, home to The Dalles Tuesday. They have been visiting at the Mead home for a couple of weeks. The Greenfield grange was well represented at Pomona, held at Lex ington last Saturday. About twen ty members were there for the count at noon, and many more were present for the evening meet ing. Ray Brown is working during harvest at the Christopherson ranch at lone. Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Spagle and son and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pack ard were dinner guests at the Had ley home Sunday. Howard Packard left Monday for Blalock where he will work with the welding gang on the railroad. Merwyn Ransier and his friend of Echo were guests at the Dan Ransier home Sunday. Harley Miller, Dan Ransier's nephew of Myrtle Point, came Sun day for a visit at the Ransier home. LEXINGTON NEWS By RUTH DINGES. The funeral of Nathaniel Shaw was held in Lexington at the Con gregational church Friday, June 26, with Rev. W. W. Head of lone of ficiating. A quartet composed of Mrs. Trina Parker, Mrs. S. G. Mc Millan, Harvey Miller and Laurel Beach sang the following numbers: 'What a Friend W Have in Je sus, "Will There be Any Stars in My Crown?" and "Lead Me Gently Home." Miss Dona Barnett accom panied at the piano. The pall bear ers were: George Peck, William Van Winkle, Burt Peck, Adolph Mojeske, Gene Gray and Roy Campbell. Many beautiful floral of ferings were in evidence. The Lex ington grange had charge of the burial services. Laurel Ruhl went on a fishing trip in the mountains over the week end. Pomona grange which was held at the Leach Memorial hall at Lex ington Saturday, June 27th, was re ported to be one of the lragest Po mona meetings in the record of the county. A program which was open to the public was presented in the afternoon. It consisted of readings and musical numbers given by members of the different granges, and speeches by State Master Hulet and Senator Miller. In the eve- WOOL SHOWS A PROFIT. Blue Mountain Eagle. A Grant county woolgrower says that regardless of the world condi tions there is a profit in wool. Last spring he borrowed 75 cents a fleece, which showed that wool had a rec ognized value. With this he paid for his shearing, handling the sheep, the shipping of the wool, storage, cartage, insurance, commissions and when he sold his clip and paid off the six-bits a fleece, he had a profit of $3.55. That's better than being in the red. Thanks very much," said the vi car, as little Tommy handed up his offering for the harvest festival. "I must call 'round this afternoon and thank your mother for these eight beautiful apples." "P-please, sir," stammered Tom my, "would you m-mind thanking her for t-twelve apples?" I I i t:-- L......i... 4a The thriling, chilling, spooky mel odrama, "The Cat Creeps," at Star theater, Sunday and Monday. ght Draws Nigh Night draws nigh, darkness descends. Someone thorough ly competent must take charge. He must be one to whom the supreintendence of numberless details is second nature. He must be one who does the necessary things quickly, quietly, expertly. He must have for others a genu ine feeling of tenderness. 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Miss Peggy Warner and Miss Gwen Evans were guests at a chicken dinner at the E. L. Bur chell home Thursday evening of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and son Kenneth and daughter Marcella and Mrs. Laura Scott spent Sunday picnicking in the mountains. The Misses Helen Valentine, Peg gy Warner, Mae Gentry, Erma Du- vall and Gwen Evans of Lexington and the Misses Mary and Patricia Monahan, Virginia Cleveland and Eileen Farley of Heppner went on a picnic to the mountains Sunday. Walter O'Brien of Hillsboro is spending the summer at the home of his aunt, Mrs. E. L. Burchell. J. E. Gentry, Mae Gentry, Keith Gentry and Gwen Evans made a business trip to Pendleton Tuesday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ritchie of Sa lem and Mrs. Sidney Budden of Jacksonville, Oregon, have been vis iting in Lexington. They came to attend the funeral of Nathaniel Shaw, who was Mrs. Ritchie's and Mrs. Budden's father. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Strodtman and daughter Amabel have returned from their visit to Sacramento, Cal. They are planning on making a short stay in Lexington while they make preparations for their jour ney to Georgia. Lexington grange will hold its next regular meeting on the third Saturday in July. Wednesday meet ings have been discontinued thru July and August. Favorable Dairy and Poultry Changes Seen More butter and less oleomargar ine is being consumed as a result of the low prices prevailing for but ter, according to a report of the farm market situation just released by the Oregon State college Exten sion service. Manufacture of oleo margarine has decreased and sur plus stocks of dairy products are relatively smaller than a month ago, although milk production Is run ning somewhat ahead of last year. The number of milk cows Is now estimated at 3 per cent greater than a year ago and the cow population of the country is expected to con tinue to increase for some time. However, the tendency to keep too many heifer calves and old cows has been checked. Conditions for milk production may average bet ter during the summer than a year ago, although the condition of pas tures on June 1 was not good in most of the dairy Btates from Mich igan through Iowa, Nebraska, Col orado and California to the Canad ian boundary. Conditions were gen erally better than last year east of the Mississippi, Condition of hay crops on June 1 indicated a total output for the country 10 per cent below average, the report continues. This may af fect dairy production next winter, as the total stocks of old hay are also light Feed grain prospects vary. Bar ley was In the lowest condition on record on June 1. Corn was making a slow Btart Oats prospects were for an output about the same as last year in the whole country. The egg and poultry industry is "working into the favorable situa tion indicated by the February out look reports," according to the state college report. 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