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1 C A - SOCIETY r- r o I r. 5 ; -r a"" itop.i'J--- P" R L i C l - Volume 48, Number 19. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 23, 1931. Subscription $2.00 a Year turned wiper MORROW HIS LOSE TO ONTARIO Game at La Grande Lost 16-6, After Lead of 6-2 At End of Sixth. EIGHTH IS UNDOING Ely Pitches Shut-Out First Three Innings; Lieuallen and Thomson Feature in Scoring. Championship hopes of the Mor- row County American Legion junior baseball team went glimmering in the eighth inning of their inter district game with Ontario at La Grande, Sunday. At the end of the sixth inning Morrow county's rep resentatives had the game won, 6-2, and had played a brand of ball that made the well-filled stands believe they were champions, Indeed, but they were unable to withstand the fierce Ontario hitting attack In the latter innings. It was In the seventh that Ontar io gained a one-run lead on finding Ely for five hits and two walks for a total of five runs. Htiherto Ely's offerings had baffled them almost completely. In the first three in nings he had allowed not a hit nor a single run, and in th.e next three Innings he doled out only four scat tered hits that assisted in scoring the two runs, one in the fourth and one in fifth innings. Lack of reserve strength was Morrow county's undoing when Ely finally weakened, and with the cru cial stage of the game facing them at the beginning of the eighth the home boys had to fight it out as best they could. Ely started the eighth, but after half the Ontario team had crossed home plate it was apparent he must be relieved. Gen try, who had been working hard behind the bat, took the job, and Warner went in to receive him. The bases were full and It was a tough task facing the newcomers. The side was finally retired after a to tal of eight runs had been scored by Ontario. In the ninth Roy was master of the situation and never allowed a hit, but an error was re sponsible for Baker getting on base and scoring. The Morrow county lads led In the scoring at the very start. In their first trip at bat, Lieuallen, lead-off, walked. Thomson followed with a hit, and Akers walked to fill the bases. Gentry struck out, and Ely followed with a hit that cleared the bases. Engelman filed out to second, and this rally ended when Lane fanned. The next inning, with two away, Lieuallen scored on a passed ball after singling and stealing second and third. In the third Inning the fifth score was made when Ely sin gled, went second on a passed ball, and on home on Engelman's two bagger. The last of their scores came In the fourth on Thomson's single and Ely's two-bagger. Ontario sent Baker into the box to relieve Johnston in the third, and the big right hander proved Mor row county's scoring nemesis, al lowing but two scattered hits and no runs after the fourth inning. There were many nice plays In the game and some smart baseball. Lieuallen and Thomson effected a double steal in the second inning that would do credit to big leaguers. Lieuallen and Lane both made some beautiful stops of hot grounders, and Lieuallen made one of the most spectacular throws of the game, re covernig the ball several feet away after knocking the steam off of a hot grounder and catching the run ner at first by inches on a quick throw. La Grande proved royal host to the visiting ball teams. Their le gion drum corps accompanied the teams to the field, and every cour tesy was shown. In a five Inning preliminary game, the La Grande juniors defeated Baker, 11-6. This week-end Ontario, cham pions of districts six and seven by virtue of their win Sunday, will play the Portland East Side Com mercial juniors for the right to rep resent districts five, six, seven and eight against the champions of dis tricts one, two, three and four, at the state American Legion conven tion In Corvallls, August 6-7-8. Med ford and Eugene will play this week to decide the championship of the other division. Box score and summary: MORROW CO. AB R H O A E Lieuullen, 3 3 2 112 2 Thomson, r 3 2 2 0 0 0 Akors. B 3 10 3 12 Gentry, e-p 5 0 0 9 8 2 Kv. D 4 1 3 0 10 0 EiiKelman, 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 L,ane, i 4 u 1 1 2 U Luiidell, 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 Lnnudon, m 4 0 0 1 0 0 Warner, c 0 0 0 1 0 0 84 6 9 27 19 6 ONTARIO uti.iinttt, o u a x u a l Kcele, 2 6 114 8 0 Schwelzcr, 1 6 1 2 13 0 0 SiiKer, 3 6 2 2 0 8 0 VoHt. r 6 3 4 1 0 0 Johnston, p-m 5 2 1 0 8 0 Tscheu, c 6 1 3 8 8 1 Spencer, 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Williams, 1 1 110 0 0 Bavin. 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Powers, m 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bilker, p ... 3 3 0 0 B 0 46 18 16 27 22 2 Umpires, Ira Woodlo, Toots Garlty; scorer, J. Crawford; earned runs, On tario 6. Morrow Co. 2; three base hit. Tsrheu: first base on balls off Johnston 8, Bker 1, Ely 7, Gentry 2; left on bas es, Morrow Co. 7, Ontario 13; first base on errors, Ontario 4, Morrow Co. 1; two base mis, inomson, Knfceiman; struck . u.. CM.. ft T..U....1 n UUI uy KJiy o. vicniiy , a tjiiuniuil 4, Baker 5; hit by pitcher, Thomson by jonnmon, uruniun oy uemry. TOWN FIRE CREW GETS FIRST CALL 10-Acre Fire on Willow Creek Put Under Control ShortJy; Had Serious Aspect. Fire which broke out in the tim ber on Willow creek 17 miles south of Heppner yesterday afternoon gave the Heppner emergency forest flrefighting squad, organized this spring, its first chance for action. The fire started in a heavy timber growth on the range of Frank Wil kinson and threatened to be of a serious nature if fanned by wind. It was under control, however, shortly after the arrival of the Heppner squad, having burned over about 10 acres. On call from F. F. Wehmeyer, district ranger, John Hiatt, captain, rounded up members of the squad who were on their way within half an hour after notice had been re ceived. Equipment for emergency fighting is kept intact at all times, and it was necessary only to load the food and implements and take off. Ten men compose the squad, taken mostly from local business houses, and most of these went to the fire In a car driven by Ray Fer guson. Paul Marble is reported by the boys who returned late yesterday evening, to have swung a "wicked" frying pan. Others who went out were Gerald Slocum, Vinton How ell, Leslie Rasmussen, Earl Thom son, Carl Wehmeyer, Leonard Gil liam and "Red" Her. A few of the boys stayed to guard the fire dur ing the night. I0NE JENNIE B. McMURRAY. Friends here have received the announcement of the marriage of Mrs. Ida Cochran and Mr. Robert Ralfson. The ceremony was per formed July 8, at Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Ralfson will make their home In, Portland. Mrs. Ralfson is well known here, having made her home in lone for many years. Mrs. Laxton McMurray has re ceived the announcement of the marriage of, her niece, Vera Howe Moen, to Mr. Elton Pugsley, on July 11, at Reno, Nevada, Judge S. W. Longabaugh officiating. Mr. Pugs ley's parents reside at Caldwell, Idaho. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pugsley have employment with the Reno Poultry and Egg company. Miss Mildred Finnell departed on Saturday for her home in Portland after a pleasant two weeks spent at tho Ernest Heliker home. Her brother, Harold Finnell, is assisting the Helikers during the harvest sea son. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battersby and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell and daughters were Sunday dinner guests at the Grant Olden home on Rhea creek. Mr. and Mrs. John Osteen mo tored up from their home at Sandy Monday, returning Tuesday. While here they visltetd with Mrs. Os teen's mother, Mrs. Minnie Forbes. Mrs. James Lindsay and Mrs. Carl Barlow were called to Port land last week by the death of Mrs. Barlow's brother-in-law, Howard Raulf. Funeral services were held Friday. Mr. Raulf is survived by his widow, and two daughters, Er nestine and Lanore. Mrs. Raulf was formerly Viola Akers. She Is the daughter of Frank Akers. The fam ily made their home in lone for many years. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Prophet and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Whltson, have rented the M. R. Morgan house on Second street Mr. and Mrs. Guy Farrens and daughter1, Cecil, from Oakland, Cal., arrived Sunday and will visit for about ten days with Mr. Farrens' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Far rens and with his sister, Mrs. Mar tin Bauernfelnd. Wednesday Mr. Bauernfeind took Mrs. Farrens Sr. and the California relatives to up per Willow creek where Mr. Far; rens is looking after his nocks on the summer range, - Here the party plan to camp and enjoy the cool of the mountains until Sunday. Lowell Clark was painfully In jured Monday while working on the combine on the Charley Christoph- erson ranch. His hand was caught in the second motion chain on the separator. One finger was broken and the hand was badly bruised and lacerated. The young man was tak en to Heppner for medical atten tion. When Ed Buschke started the en gine on his combine Monday morn ing fire was started by the carbu retor. A large belt was destroyed and the carburetor had to be re placed by a new one. The fire was extinguished before serious damage was done. The loss was covered by insurance. Mrs. Franklin Ely of Morgan Is enjoying a visit with her mother, Mrs. Pierrot whose home is in San Francslco, While walking In her yard re cently Mrs. Roy Lieuallen had the misfortune to step on a sharp stick in such a way that It wsa forced an Inch and a half into the fleshy part of her foot. Infection seemed to be showing up in the wound, and on Monday she was taken to the hospi tal in Heppner for a few days treat ment Clarence Linn who has been working at Vernonia, has returned to Morrow county for the harvest season. Mrs. Hiram Wcrst and two chll- (Continued on Page Six.) Do You Remember When- How many people in Morrow county remember back to the win ter of 1891? From a Gazette of De cember 17 of that year we cull a few pertinent items that may bring back fond recollections to many who were citizens of this county at that time. Just to refresh the mem- ory we offer these facts: H. Black- man & Co. were then operating a general merchandise business, so were Minor Bros., Warren & Voruz were in the -drug business and Mat Litchenthal and Henry Scherzin ger were Heppner's poetical shoe and boot dealers. The late J. C. Hart was station agent and one of the town s leading musicians. Cof fin & McFarland conducted a large general merchandise store in what Is now known as "The Fair" build ing and Mrs. W. Van Cadow, for merly of U. P. Hotel Co., was man ager of the Palace Hotel. Frank Gilliam and T. H. Bisbee were then in the general hardware business and W. A. Kirk and J. C. Hayes conducted a saddle and harness business. The Gazette was then preparing to issue a Christmas edition and Editor Otis Patterson and A. W. Patterson, brother, business man ager, were calling upon the mer chants of the county to give the edition their unstinted support. The leading local story was: "In dians on the Rampage.,' It appears that some one in Heppner sold a bunch of "bucks" a lot of "Are wa ter," but then let The Gazette tell its own story: Someone sold a bunch of Colum bia siwashes a lot of whiskey last Monday and as a result, pandemon ium reigned supreme and Bedlam turned green with envy, because the latter wasn't "in It" in her palmiest days, as compared with the disturb ance that prevailed between here and Lexington. The Indians un doubtedly got their liquor in Hepp ner, but this is not known positive ly. Arriving at their camp at Cyrus Leyde's place, they became involved in a fight, and after beating and bruising each other up considerably, went out gunning for "Boston men." An old Indian with his sick boy be came badly frightened and took refuge with the family of Mr. Leyde. The latter being in Hepp ner, they all went up to John Hughes' place where Mr. and Mrs. Shinn were spending the evening. Messrs. Hughes and Shlnn imme diately buckled on their armor and went out to quell the bloodthirsty tendencies of the natives. The lat ter showed fight and a few shots were fired on both sides, Hughes and Shinn coming out the victors. Mr. Hughes fired once with a double-barreled shotgun, and as he was not far off, must have hit the ma rauder, but as the shot were of small size, could not have injured him much. One of Mr. Leyde's sons came on up to Heppner for Sheriff Noble, and at daylight Tues day morning Mr. Noble, assisted by others, arrested six Indians. One attempted to use his rifle, but as three guns were leveled on him, he dropped his weapon like a hot rock. The wounded men, if any, could not be found. The culprits were taken to Lexington and tried before Jus tice Gibson, who sentenced each to pay a fine' of $20 or take 10 days in jail. Not having the change, they were locked up last Tuesday. The man who sold whiskey to these fel lows had better not remain long in these parts. An Indian is treach erous, at the best, and when full of liquor is not as humane as a beast. Human lives have been imperiled, and the community at large regret that Mr. Hughes' gun was not load ed with buckshot instead of bird shot ' A fight between two game cocks was the attraction at Geo. Swag gart's saloon last Tuesday evening. It was all for fun, no money being wagered on the tussel. After a (Continued on Page Six.) Heppner Boys Return From Military Camp Earl Thomson, Joe Swindig, Carl Wehmeyer and Theodore Thomson, Heppner's contingent at Citizens Military Training camp at Van couver, Wash., during the three week encampment just ended, re turned home Saturday, sun-browned and happy from their experience. Earl played on the winning com pany baseball team, having a medal to show for It, and he and Joe each have a sharpshooter's medal. Life at camp is great, the boys say, and all look forward to going back an other year. A number of Heppner's golf en thusiasts journeyed to Pendleton on Wednesday for a round of the holes on the fine course there. From what we learn, Judge Sweek put it over on the bunch pretty bad, at least this Is the report about town today and since the Judge arrived In the city. Ed Plercey Is In The Dalles to day making preparations for the removal of his family to that city, Mr. Plercey who was relieved as brakeman on the local branch by Harry Davis, will probably be lo cated on the Bend branch of the O.-W. R. & N. Judge Calvin L. Sweek is over from Pendleton today, holding a short term of court and hearing motions. He was accompanied by A. U. Mclntire, Pendleton attorney, who had some business before the court BULK HANDLING IS BEST METHOD Study of 316 Northwest Farms Reveals Saving of Grain Except On Steep Land. Savings of from 3 3-4 to 4 1-2 cents per bushel in production costs will be made this year by farmers equipped to handle their grain in bulk instead of in sacks, judging from findings set forth in a prelim inary report on a thorough study of this question just released by the Oregon State college experiment station. G. W. Kuhlman of the farm management department of the experiment station cooperated with the federal department of ag riculture and men from Idaho and Washington experiment stations in making an actual field survey of 316 typical grain farms during the har vest season. Two Important factors were found to delay the more general use of bulk handling. These are the rough topography of many fields which are not suitable for combine harvesting in bulk with present equipment, and the general lack of bulk handling facilities at local shipping points. Bulk handling machinery for use on level land has long since passed the experimental stage," says the report. "Where grain is bulked directly from combine to shipping point, little outlay Is nec essary in converting sack equip ment for bulking. With the present meager facilities at most country shipping points, however, few grow ers may enjoy this change without overtaxing these facilities. "Farm storage, on the other hand was found to be more expensive for the average farmer than commer cial storage at regular rates. The inability to obtain loans on farm stored grain and the lack of an entirely adequate system of improv ed roads to permit delivery at any season, are factors further discour aging farm storage." Ihe preliminary report concludes that while an ultimate shift to bulk handling is desirable over much of the northwest, the change would best be made cautiously to make sure of shipping facilities. In many Instances such facilities may have to wait until growers are able to correct them by cooperative effort. NOTICE TO WATER USERS. All bills for water us during the month of July will be charged on a basis of meter readings for the month, with the new rates de termined by the city council to go into effect at that time. By Order of the City Council, W. E. PRUYN, Watermaster. It's a great picture YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID, at the Star the ater, Sunday and Monday. A DAY ON MAIN By OLDTEHER It is huckleberry time and pretty soon Jim Yeager will be off to the tall and uncut with buckets and a flock of determination. Remember when we used to go up to Ditch Creek and make the hills there abouts. . . . Once Perce Garrlgues and this Old Timer stopped three weeks at the Rasmus camp, picked and canned 40 half gallon jars of the fruit, and, there were a number of mighty sweet little old girls there, too. . . .There goes Garnet Barratt spreading "eat more lamb" propaganda, or sumpln'. . . . Mrs. Lee Slocum driving up Main in a new car talking freely to a young lady at her side . . . Looks mighty funny to see wheat coming to mar ket on trucks, which makes me wonder, what has become of those wheat haulers of Eight Mile who once negotiated Main with six horse teams and two wagons. . . . Always looking for Ott Summers, Newt Jones and others to cut a bucking bronco down Main. . . . Dave Wilson and family just get ting back from their vacation in the mountains and Frank Elder rolling his own in a brown paper. . . .There goes M. L. Case riding a truck load of furniture, smiling as though bus iness is good and Al Rankin shoves off toward the postofHce with a bull pup at the end of a strap. . .Gosh! how sophisticated folks around here are nowadays when the Are bell rang we used to turn out, grab a rope on the hose cart and run our legs off now, when the electric boz- zer buzzes, folks drop their hands on their hips, flop their mouths op en and watch and wonder where it is and what about it. . . Remember making a run one morning to a blazing barn up Stansbury canyon, It was a tough pull, but there was always reward for effort. Our best girl turned out and saw us in the role of hero the barn burned, but the milk cow was led to safety. . Ladles are looking over stocks for wedding presents and some are buy ing. . . . Ralph Bengc, looking well and hearty, takes a lean on a build ing and starts a tax argument, ra ther an agreement, with Mayor Mc carty. . . . Robert A. Turner, pio neer educator and farmer, comes on a trot from his comfortable home at the North end of Main and Char ley Thomson heads for home with a sack of groceries under his arm . . . Guess I'll trail him. THE BUSINESS FUTURE OF THE SMALL TOWN (A radio talk by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, de livered over the coast-to-coast net work of the Columbia Broadcasting system, from Washington, D. C, Sun day, June 21, 1931.) Somebody said the other day: "It's easy enough to see what the country Is coming to It's coming to the city!" And that sums up a pretty gener al opinion, liberally backed by cen sus figures. Of course, the popular song-writers have a different idea of the' trend, and, if we were willing to believe them, we should expect to see the cities rapdily depopu lated, as homesick, mammy-yearning city-dwellers rushed to board the "midnight choo-choos" for Ala bam', or sunny Tennessee, or "the little gray home in the West" or "a cottage small by a waterfall" or some other rustic spot, far from the turmoil of city streets. But these lyrics of the songsmiths are based, I fear, on sentiment in stead of on statistics. For the pop ular impression as to the immigra tion cityward does tally with the statistics. Here is the proof of it: In 1890 more than 57 per cent of our population lived in the country. Last year's census showed that only 37 per cent of the total were in rur al communities. We see the cities expand in both directions (sidewise and up-and-down) become more complex and congested and deafening rear more stupefying pinnacles burrow deeper into the bedrock fling more titanic bridges grow ever mightier and more magnificent But how about the small towns of, say, from 1,000 to 10,000 people? Were they not the ancient strong hold of our traditions, the bulwark of the Nation's strength? No can didate for national office was sup posed to have a chance unless he came from a small town the small er the better! And so let us see what the outlook is especially the business outlook for those small places. If you will bear with me, let us 'go statistical" for a moment. Be tween the census years 1920 and 1930, the 2,200-odd little towns in the country with populations be tween 2,500 and 10,000 just about held their own in relation to the country as a whole; in both years they accounted for almost exactly 9 per cent of our total population. How about the smaller hamlets and villages of less than 2,500 people? Well, their portion of the total pop ulation has shrunk from 8 1-2 to 7 1-2 per cent since 1920. But how about the possibility that a change is now at hand? Will new business methods and condi tions offer new prospects to the small town? If you want my ans wer right now to these questions, I would say "Yes. But let us look first at the other side the factors working against the small town. Powerful commer cial forces have swept through and swirled around it And unques tionably one of the most potent of those forces has been the modern business tendency toward ever-larg er units of organization and opera tion in farming. For instance, one is amazed to note the extent of farmers' coopera tives' dealings and their reaction on the business of small towns. In the admirable yearbook of the Depart ment of Agriculture I find that there are 12,000 farmers' coopera tive associations in the United States. More than 3 million farm ers belong to them. Their estimated Pendleton Is Preparing For Great Round-Up Pendleton, Ore., July 22. This Is the Pendleton outfit's busy season. It Is overhauling its chuck wagon, checking over its corrals and wran gling up its remuda in preparation for the 22nd annual Round-Up and its companion-piece, Happy Canyon. With some $15,000 total prize mon ey as the magnet, eyes of top hands all over the West are turning tow ard the event which is set for Aug ust 27, 28 and 29. One of the annual chores connect, ed with the show is finding room for the thousands of visitors to lodge. Last week the accommoda tion bureau was opened to list all available lodging places and see that no prices were boosted. Two pre-Round-Up events are now awaited eagerly the arrival of the rangy Texas longhorns, sched uled for August 5, and the dress-up night parade, August 15, when the whole city and country round goes cowboy. After that night it will be a heinous offense for anyone to ap pear in Pendleton in anything but cow country goln-to-town garb. Pendleton is like that about its Round-Up. The show is a commun ity affair and everybody seems to realize his part ownership In it Even the Indians look forward to the affair, with Its pageantry on streets, in arena and in the night show. The big parade Is Westward Ho and is programmed this year for the closing Saturday morning. Thousands of whites and Indians appear In frontier costume. The Southwest is expected this year to send a large delegation of skilled cowboys. Among them un doubtedly will be Bob Crosby, Mon ument, N. Mex., who took perma nent possession of the Roosevelt trophy in 1928 and Jake McClure who got a leg up on the new Sam Jackson trophy last year. McCarty & Elliott, Chugwater, Wyo., and George Drumhellcr, Wal la Walla, Wash., will bring their total business amounts to 2 1-2 bil lion dollars annually, Most of that of course, is in farm products sold But what is the extent of their co operative buying? It amounts to pretty nearly 200 million dollars in the course of every year. "Just what has this to do with the small town?" you may ask. Here is the point: The farm coop eratives largely buy these supplies directly from the manufacturers. The goods come generally In car load lots. The cooperatives distrib ute them to their members. In such transactions as this, the small town hardware store, feed store, agricultural-implement store, general store, are permitted to play no part The same is true of the purchases for most of the large-scale farms that are being operated now by in dividuals or corporations, most of the things that they need they buy direct from some distant manufac turing center. Just what is the extent of the tendency of small-town folks to buy goods "out of town?" If we are to draw any valid conclusions we need exact data and fortunately I am in a position to give you precise figures in a typical case. A real "business clinic" on this matter was conducted just recently by an ex pert employed by the chamber of commerce in a small Illinois town of about 3,000 people. And, inci dentally, the facts revealed there coincided closely with those found in an analysis of the same Droblem of small-town business by our De partment of Commerce staff in New England. In digging up the facts about out-of-town buying, the investigators did not generalize or guess; they went to every house in the place and asked questions which were answered frankly. And here Is what the survey developed: Only 6 or 7 per cent of the drugs and gro ceries were purchased out of town; here we see the element of imme diate need operating; people are apt to want groceries and medicine in a hurry, and they buy them at a near-by store. When we come to hardware and "houseware" we en counter a sharp rise in the percent age 16.5 for hardware and 15.3 for the miscellaneous utensils. Meats rather surprisingly show a per centage of nearly 23 purchased out of town. More than a quarter of the rurniture for the homes in this small town came from near-by cit ies. There is another sharp rise when we come to dry goods the percentage shooting up to nearly 39 per cent. Exactly half of the shoes and jewelry were purchased out of town. When we come to ready-to-wear clothing, we strike the high est percentage of all nearly 56 per cent being purchased outside the corporate limits of this village. Ev idently the higher the cost of the commodity per unit the wider the shopping effort Five reasons were given that im pelled the people of this typical small town to go elsewhere to buy merchandise: The bigger outrof town stores were asserted to have a better selection of merchandise, better prices, more modern equip ment and arrangement and better trained, more courteous salespeople and, besides these business ele ments, the people who were ques tioned admitted the attraction of the amusements and recreation fa cilities that the near-by cities of fered. Of course, we must bear in mind (Continued on Page Five) Surprise Supper Given Pierceys as Farewell In farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Plercey who will leave Heppner shortly, members of Ruth Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, gave a sur prise pot luck supper in their hon or Sunday evening. The supper was served buffet style on the porch of the Piercey home at 7 o'clock. A pewter "sugar and creamer" was given the departing family as a token of remembrance. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gilliam, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Dix, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Art Bibby, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tamblyn, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ma honey, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pratt Mr. and Mrs. John Her, Mrs. Han son Hughes, Mrs. Olive Frye, Mrs. Arthur McAtee, Mrs. Paul M. Gem mell, Mrs. Fraley and Frank Gil liam. Ed Mayer, secretary of the Saw yer Photographic service, Portland, was a business visitor in the city yesterday evening, while enjoying a visit with his old schoolmate at North Pacific college, Portland, Earl W. Gordon. Mrs. Harry Davis, who arrived In Heppner with Mr. Davis the first of the week, has taken charge of the beauty department of the Cha pln Barber and Beauty shoppe. R. C. Phelps, of Phelps Funeral home, made a business trip to Port land the first of the week. JULY CLEARANCE High Qual ity at Low Prices. Curran Ready to-Wear and Millinery. 18tf.-4 See YOUNG DONOVAN S KID, Star theater, Sunday-Monday. famous relay and flat race strings. Mabel Strickland, one of the most famous all-around cowgirls, will ride the Drumheller horses in the women's relay. E Feeding Condition Blam ed by Dr. Henderson, in Talk to Lions. BUREAU WORK CITED Coordination of International and Interstate Movement Aim, With Cooperation of States. That the epidemic of sickness from which many hogs have died in Morrow county the last year is not contagious, but rather systemic or a feeding condition, was the statement of Dr. L. C. Henderson, veterinarian with the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, speaking before the Heppner Lions club Monday. Dr. Henderson said the affliction had been found to be peculiar to the wheat-raising districts, existing not only in this county but In other sections of eastern Oregon and eas tern Washington as well. Demonstration farms have been used in this county to prove con clusively that the epidemic can be eradicated wherever it has existed, u was Drought out. On one of these farms where the entire hog pop ulation had been wiped out by the disease last year, new pens were built on a different location and the diet altered accordine to Dr. Henderson's instructions, and a new brood was successfully raised this year without a sign of the disease. Origin of Work Told. Dr. Henderson's main theme was the relationship of the federal bu reau to state work of a like nature. Some confusion exists in the minds of some people when a state and a federal veterinarian happen to be working in a district at the same time. They believe it to be a du plication of effort This is not the case, said the doc tor. To aid in understanding the work of the federal bureau, he cit ed why it was first established. In the '80's there was an outbreak of cattle disease in this country called pleural pneumonia. Germany quar antined against calcic import irom" the United States. At that time our government had no way of as suring that the cattle shipped would not carry the disease. Restriction of foreign trade was thus caused that had a severe reaction. The bureau of animal industry was then conceived to coordinate interna tional, and Interstate, movement of livestock. Now it is the purpose of the bureau veterinarians mainly to locate and isolate all signs of live stock infection to prevent its spread to other states or to foreign coun tries. County Agent Helps. While doing this the bureau works in complete cooperation with all state work of the same nature, which also has for its purpose aid ing stockmen to realize more profit from their business through elim ination of disease, so far as possi ble. It's work, therefore, is not only regulatory but cooperative. In carrying on its work county agents are used as clearing stations, or for the purpose of disseminating Infor mation that has been gathered and to report new outbreaks of disease in their districts. He said that a popular notion that county agents are "jacks of all trades" or "know-it-alls" is not necessarily the case. It is their business to know where information desired by farmers can be obtained, if they do not have such information, and it is in this way that much of their service is given. Dr. Henderson spent a couple of days in the county checking results of the tests that had been made of the hog disease under his surveil lance for several months. Following Dr. Henderson's talk, Lions were entertained for several minutes by Earl Gordon, program chairman, with his "Question Box." Questions concerning the naming of Pendleton, Hardman and Lexington were answered, as well as several of an "odd but true" nature. Pen dleton was named for a man who once ran for vice-president of the United States, it was said; Hard man for a family of that name who lived there when it was known as Dairyvllle, and Lexington gained Its cognomen from Lexington, Ky. Benefit Tea Makes $18 for City Library The lawn at the home of Mrs. D. E. Gilman was the scene yesterday afternoon of a tea given for the benefit of the Heppner public li brary. Bridge was played from 2 to 4 o'clock, with tea following. Seventy-two ladies visited during the afternoon and $18 was netted for the library. Mrs. Earl Gilliam received high honors at bridge, with Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, second. Ladles In charge of the various arrangements included Mrs. Russell Pratt, Mrs. W. O. Dlx, Mrs. E. W. Gordon, Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mrs. Charles Swindig, Mrs. Gay M. An derson, Mrs. Charles Thomson, Mrs. Arthur McAtee, Mrs. Lucy E. RoU gers and Mrs. Harry Tamblyn. JULY CLEARANCE High Qual ity at Low Prices. 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