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Volume 48, Number 19.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 23, 1931.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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ity at Low Prices. Curran Ready
to-Wear and Millinery. 18U.-4
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