Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1931)
o - l 7 V 5T0.M - alette tBftneg 0 - 1 . f. ". j i eppner r, t ' I V. - ' r - Volume 48, Number 21. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1931 Subscription $2.00 a Year RELIEF L Gas Producer Would Create Direct Market In This County. MAKES 50-50 OFFER Consumer Said to Benefit by Pro portion of Profits on All Products of Wells. An Independent oil producer from Wyoming was in town the other day. He was looking for a market for his product. He be lieved the people here among the largest per capita consumers of gasoline to be found in the United States would be interested in a producer-consumer proposition whereby the consumer would own an interest in the production and the producer would be assured a market for his product. Under existing market conditions, the small independent producer of crude oil has no say in the market ing of his product and for several years has not been able to dispose of enough crude to pay operating expenses. He is up against a losing game and will be out of business entirely within the next three years unless the plan as proposed here, or something similar, is success fully carried out, the Wyoming man asserted. At the same time farmers of this county are facing the grave prob lem at prevailing market prices of finding the ready cash to buy fuel for operating the tractors on which they have become dependent, es pecially in view of the fact that al most the entire income from the crop is taken for this purpose at present low price of wheat State Expense Great Taking the state as a whole, the income from the wheat crop, and much of the Income from sheep and cattle as well is represented in the amount of money sent out of the state for petroleum products, between $60,000,000 and $80,000,000. Much of this money could be re tained in the state under such a plan, declared the man from Wy oming, if each section were to hook up with an independent producer, or group of indeoendent producers, who could assure a gasoline supply sufficient for the needs of the sec tion. This fact is proved, he said, by the successful operation of similar cooperative concerns at work In other parts of the country. One cooperative at Colorado Springs having 5000 members paid close to JO per cent dividends on the money invested this year. This coopera tive functions as a brokerage con cern, however, buying its gasoline at the Held and distributing it to its members, thereby being affected by the rise or drop of the market But like the proposition offered locally, benefits reaped by the consumer come in the form of patronage dividends. Morrow county Itself has an ex ample of the benefits of such an organization. An organization of farmer-consumers known as the Morrow County Gas company, a corporation, in its short existence has paid its members back through patronage dividends, almost the en tire cost of membership. But un der their plan of operation, as In the case at Colorado Springs, they have been affected by the market as they have purchased gasoline on the open market at Portland. Tells Plan of Operation. The plan proposed by the Wyom ing man, under which he would is sue a half Interest in his entire production, leases and all, to the consumers who would take out memberships In the form of coupon books, would eliminate fluctuation of the market as an element af fecting operation. The overhead expense of producing the gasoline would remain much the same whether themarket price went up or down, and as the cooperative concern would sell at the market price with fifty per cent of the profit to be returned to the con sumer in the form of patronage dividends, the consumer would be unhurt. He should be benefitted by a raise In price, the Wyoming producer said, as he would get his proportion of fifty per cent of the profits from the lubricating oil, tractor oil and fuel oil also coming from the wells. In effect this fifty per cent of the profits made from the sale of the by-products would lessen the cost of gasoline to the members. Gasoline would be Issued on the coupon books themselves, so that when the books were used up the members would have obtained the value of their Investment In gaso line and besides would have re ceived their proportion of the prof its represented by their investment. It would take about thirty days to start operation of the plant and get the first gasoline here after the or ganlzatlon had been perfected. The money received from the sale of the coupon books would be used by the producer in getting the gasoline here, and In turn he would give a lien on his properties as security until the money loaned had been repaid In gasoline at the market price, After the original coupon book Is used up, a membership d HI PLAN card would be Issued to the pur MR. COYOTE SLICK KILLER BUT DOESN'T FOOL ADAM dying, runs dowm Into a canyon a sheep always runs' down hill, "The coyote's a natural killer," says Adam Knoblock, dean of pred atory animal hunters with the U. S. Biological survey who has for his stamping grounds all of Morrow county, and who finds real enjoy ment In his occupation. While not the oldest hunter in years of ser vice with the survey, Mr. Knoblock does rank among the oldest as a hunter, gathering through his many years of experience a store of in formation concerning the habits and traits of the coyote that has enabled him to top survey records many times. s Whenever a dead sheep is found on the range, and the cause of death, if from being attacked, is uncertain, Adam has become the sleuth looked to for solving the mystery. He can tell in a jiffy if Mr. Coyote was responsible. An expert surgeon is hardly more precise in his method of perform ing a delicate operation, than Is Mr. Coyote in killing a sheep, Adam says. Contrary to common belief that the killer waits for his prey to stray Into a canyon before attack ing, he always attacks in the open and on the run. When he gets Mr. Sheep to going, he runs up beside him, pierces a lower fang through the throat into the jugular vein, rips the vein about an inch with out tearing the pelt, then takes off over the hill. The sheep, before Fall Term Plans Set By State University University of Oregon, Eugene, Aug. 5. Registration fees at the University of Oregon will not be raised this fall in any way, it is def initely announced here by Earl M. Pallett, registrar and executive secretary. Rumors that an increase was to be expected at the opening of the next term are entirly false, it is declared. Since President Hall came to the university five years ago he has constantly striven to reduce the financial load carried by the stu dents, and this will remain one of his main objectives, he says. Al though the Institution is confronted with a serious financial problem, due to the curtailment of funds for the next biennium, no part of this will be assesesd against the stu dents. Student registration fees at the university now total $26.25. This total, however, includes dues to the Associated Students organization, and others amounting to $11.25. and a $5.00 term building fee voted by the students themselves. Non res idents will continue to pay $50 ad ditional per term. Registration of freshmen and freshman week" will start this fall on September 21 and continue until September 26. Classes will get un der way September 28. chaser entitling him to a return of fifty per cent profits on all the gas oline or other products purchased by him through the cooperative. And besides, each member would be returned his share of the profits on products sold to non-members. Might Establish Refinery. In case the cooperative were es tablished here, he said, all the fi nancial end of the business would be handled through the local banks. Only so much of the money would leave as would be necessary to pay overhead cost of operation In bring ing the gasoline, or crude, to Hepp ner. The man from Wyoming said that he and his associates have a 320-acre lease in the heart of a producing field; that they have 19 producing wells on their lease, and all the equipment necessary to op erate; that they have obtained the use of a refinery at the field for a year's time, which would be used until a refinery could be located here. The establishment of a local re finery would prove an economy, he said, as the crude oil could be ship ped cheaper than the gasoline, and a better market for the by-products could be found than in the neigh borhood of a producln'g field where the market is glutted. The estab lishment of such a plant would add a pay-roll Industry to the town, thus stimulating its business life. Present potential production of the wells would easily take care of the gasoline needs of the Willow creek valley, he said, but possibil ities of Increased production on the lease are large. After the cooper ative began to function and the members were receiving their prof its, they could, if they so desired, turn back part of the profits to in crease production and by selling their surplus there is a possibility that in time they would be getting their gasoline for nothing while realizing a neat profit on Invest ment. Should the market continue in definitely as It has for more than a year, this possibility would have little to recommend it. However, the Wyoming man cited a goologist for one of the large oil companies who declared that reserve supplies at the present low rate of produc tlon are rapidly diminishing and that It will take 20,000 new wells next year to meet the demand. The Wyoming oil man has laid this proposition before the people of the Willow creek valley, repre senting it as a straight fifty-fifty proposition, and inviting thorough Investigation. Adam says; hence the common be lief that the sheep was attacked in the canyon. After Mr. Coyote's work has had time to take effect he returns, takes up the blood trail to where Mr. Sheep has succumbed and chooses the most succulent portion for his dinner. In examining hundreds of coyote killed sheep, Adam has found the killer's mark never varies more than half an inch. "Mr. Coyote does a clean job; he never mauls over his victim," says Adam. That's how the killer leaves his identifi cation, and distinguishes his work from that of a dog, bear or other animal, which always do messy jobs. Mr. Knoblock says great inroads have been made into the coyote population of the county in the last few years. There remain some wise old heads, however, which are not so easy to get, but Adam says whenever he goes on the trail of one, he gets him eventually. If loft alone Mr. Coyote would multiply at a rapid rate. Litters run from seven to thirteen, says Adam. Last year, for some reason, the pups in a litter decreased in number, but those uncovered this year were quite prolific. Asked how he disposed of the pups, Adam replied that a crack in the back of the neck with the side of the hand usually proved effect ive. Traps, poisoned bait and the gun are used to rid ranges of the old killers. FIRE RESOLUTION PRESENTED CITY Favorable Consideration Given; $15 Voted Rodeo Parade Fund; Water Matters Discussed. The city council Monday evening took under consideration the Lions club resolution asking for estab lishment of an adequate firefightlng force, presented by P. W. Mahoney on behalf of the club committee. The fire ordinance, adopted in 1889, was read and found to provide for everything included in the resolu tion. Members of the council pres ent expressed themselvs as being entirely in favor of such a Are de partment, with the only objection raised being the one of availability of someone experienced in the work to head the force. Discussion was had of the meter rates on which water bills for July were issued, the council being of a mind to keep the rates under close surveillance and to make such al terations as may be necessary to arrive at the most equitable rates which can be established as a basis for permanent use. The rates now in effect were adopted for tempor ary use. to give the council work able findings on which to figure for the future, with the idea that they would probably need to be altered. The council voted $15 to be turn ed over to the rodeo parade com mittee to be turned into the fund to be used as prize money for the winning organization floats on Sat urday, the last-day of the rodeo. Other business included payment of current expense bills, and read ing of the watermaster's report Present were Mayor McCarty, Councilmen Cox, Shively and Jones, Recorder Huston, Treasurer Dix and City Attorney Nys. David II. Grabil, Pioneer, Dies; Funeral is Sunday David Henry Grabill, pioneer res ident of this district, died Wednes day, August 5, at a hospital In Heppner. Mr. Grabill was born in Gallatin, county seat of Davis coun ty, Missouri, September 14, 1847. thus being at the time of his death 83 years, 10 months and 21 days of age. On October 23, 1873, he was united In marriage to Julia Ann Jeffries. Mr. and Mrs, Grabill moved to Eastern Oregon In 1883 and took up a homestead near the present site of lone. In the year 1!)05 the family moved to lone. Mrs. Grabill died March 1, 1926, at the age of 69 years. To Mr. and Mrs. Grabill nine children were born, four of whom survive, Orren, Wll laid and Thomas E. of lone, and A. T. Grabill of Los Angeles, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the lone Christian church, Joel R. Benton, pastor of the Heppner Church of Christ, officiating. Ar rangements rae in charge of Case Mortuary home. ATTEND N. O. W. MEET. The district convention of Neigh bors of Woodcraft held at La Grande Monday and Tuesday, pre sided over by Kate Swindlg, district guardian neighbor, of this city, Is pronounced a success by the dele. gates who returned home Tuesday evening. Attending as delegates from Maple circle of this city were Jack Coblantz, Ada Coblanta, Gladys Conner, Kathleen Gentry, Claud Hill, Eima Hiatt, Doris Hlatt, Mabel French, Rosa Howell, be sides two other members, Elsie Cowins and A. J. Westoff. Minnie Helner, grand guardian neighbor, was In attendance and made a wonderful address, It is reported The convention banquet was held at 6:30 Tuesday evening at the Sac- ajawca Inn. Mabel French of the local delegation had a part on the convention drill team. BENGE-BENGSTON WEDDING SUNDAY Beautiful Church Ceremony At tended by Host of Friends; To Live at Medford. In a setting fo summer flowers, amid a host of friends, Miss Luola Benge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benge, was given in mar riage to O. Hilding Bengston, son of Mrs. Anna G. Bengston of Den. ver, Colorado, at the Church of Christ at 4 o'clock last Sunday af ternoon. Joel R. Benton, pastor, read the beautiful ring ceremony. Wearing a white satin gown with full net lace veil caught at the sides with orange blossoms, the bride was given in marriage by her father. She carried a shower bou quet of white roses and lilies of the valley. Her cousin. Miss Gladys Benge, as maid of honor, and Miss Mary Patterson, Miss Anna Wight- man, Mary Crawford Schwarz, and Miss Barbara Crowell of Portland, as bridesmaids, wore pastel shaded frocks of lace and chiffon, comple mented with lace mitts and horse hair hats. They carried bouquets of sweet peas and roses of pastel shades. Flower bearers were Mary Lou Ferguson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ferguson, and Arlene Willis, daughter of James Willis of Portland. The bridegroom was accompan ied by Terrel Benge as best man, and ushers were Marvin Wight man, Clarence Hayes, Claude Gra ham and Clair Cox. Mrs. J. O. Tur ner played the wedding marches and Laurel Beach sang. The reception followed at the home of the bride's parents, with Mrs. O. C. Boggs of Medford and Mrs. Edwald Froese, the bride groom's sister from Chicago, serv ing at the table. Assisting about the rooms were the Misses Roma Whisnant, Elizabeth Plummer, Mil dred Vaughn, Theresa Young, Anne Norvell, Marian Barnes Skot towe, and Mrs. Edith Bengston Pearson of Chicago. Out of town guests included Mrs. A. A. Willis and Miss Arlene Willis, Miss Elizabeth Plummer, Miss Roma Whisnant, Miss Mildred Vaughn, Miss Barbara Crowell, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Evans.all of Port land; Miss Thelma Ryckman of Clackamas, Miss Anne Norvell of Spokane, Miss Theresa Young of Hood River, Mrs. Marian Barnes Skottowe of Tacoma, Mrs. Ruth O. Barnett of Walla Walla, Mrs. Edith Bengston Pearson, sister of the bridegroom, of Chicago; Mrs. Lin- nea Bengston Froese, sister of the bridegroom, of St. Louis; Mrs. O. C. Boggs of Medford and Stanley Boggs of Medford. Mrs. Bengston is a graduate of Heppner high school and the Uni versity of Oregon, and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Mr. Bengston is a graduate of the Uni versity of Denver, a member of Sigma Chi, social fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta, honorary fra ternity. The young couple left Immedi ately following the reception for a tour of the state, to be at home af ter their wedding journey at Med ford, where Mr. Bengston will prac tice law. A host of well wishes accompanied them on their jour ney. R. I. Thompson Loses 80 Tons Hay by Fire Two large stacks of alfalfa hay, estimated at 80 tons, were entirely consumed by Are on the Ralph I. Thompson farm on upper Willow creek at the mouth of Skinner creek last Thursday evening. No explanation for the origin of the fire could be given except spontan eous combustion. C. W. Smith and family first dis covered the fire. They had stop ped at the Thompson farm on their way to town from the mountains where Mr. Smith had been with Mr. Thompson to inspect some grass nurseries planted by Mr. Smith. When first seen the fire was shoot ing out of the middle top of the outside stack, situated a short dis tance from the road. Mr. Smith and others who came upon the scene fought the fire, but were un able to get it under control, and about 9 o'clock an alarm was sounded in Heppner for assistance. A large number of men responded and were instrumental In saving a third stack after two stacks were enveloped in flames, by covering its side with green boughs cut from nearby trees. Announce wedding. Paul Menegat, Heppner high school principal, and John Stovall, with the Klamath Falls schools and formerly superintendent of schools at Condon, passed through Heppner yesterday on a business and pleas ure trip through eastern Oregon The marriage of Mr. Menegat and Miss Alice Montgomery has been announced as an event of August 16 at Portland. Mr. Menegat and the future Mrs. Menegat both at tended summer school at the Uni verslty of California, Berkeley, dur Ing vacation. Mr. Menegat will again be In charge of the commer cial department in the high school here the coming year. Rev. and Mrs. Glen P. White, Miss Opal Bl lggs, Miss Ethel Ball ey and Miss Marie Scrlvner were Heppner representatives at the Ep worth League institute held last week at Suttle lake. They report an exceptionally fine institute with about 90 young folks in attendance. Fishing was tine, with enough fur nished one evening for a big feed for everyone. Old-Time Friends Gather At Picnic in Portland Special to The Gazette Times. Portland, Aug. 5. More than twenty former Heppner and Pen dleton friends gathered Tuesday afternoon at Laurelhurst park here as guests of Mrs. Elise Bartholo mew West and Mrs. Nora Matlock Metschan at a picnic given in hon or of Garfield Crawford of Fort Worth, Texas. AH present were former friends of the guest of hon or of twenty-five and thirty years ago in Eastern Oregon. A picnic luncheon was served at 7 o'clock, after which the entire party regathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom West, 441 East 15th street, north. The evening was spent in spinning stories of the youthful days of those present the singing of songs of the gay and giddy Nineties and those days prior to the flood of 1903. Mrs. Elsie Ayers Lasater and Mrs. West pre sided at the piano and led the sing ing. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Percy Garrigues and daughter of Heppner-Portland; Mrs. Elsie Ayers Lasater, Heppner-La Center, Wash., Dr. Ralph C. Swinburne and Mrs. Swinburne, Heppner-Seattle; Mrs. Nora Matlock Metschan and Otto Metschan, Heppner-Portland; Oscar Borg and Elsie McCarty Borg, Heppner-Portland; Mrs. Myr tle Bryant Ross and Mr. Ross, Heppner-Portland; Mrs. Willetta Leezer Conser, Heppner-Portland; Guy Boyer and Mrs. Clara May Boyer and family, Heppner-Portland; Mr3. Bertha Alexander Col lins, Pendleton-Portland; Mrs. Ted Thompson Nelson and Clark Nel son, Pendleton-Portland; Mrs. Har riet Thompson Burke, Pendleton- Portland; Edwin Joseph D'Arcy Burke, Philadelphia-Portland; Mrs. Edna Van Duyn Fox and Mr. Fox, Heppner-Portland; William Dut- ton, Heppner-Portland; Mrs. Edith Eppel Ross and Mr. Ross, Pendleton-Portland; Mrs. Elise Bartholo mew West and Thomas West, Heppner - Portland, and Garfield Crawford, Heppner - Fort Worth, Texas. Invited guests who notified the hostesses of their Inability to at tend were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mel vin Bryant, Heppner-Bend, and Mr. and Mrs. George Hinton of Heppner-Seattle. LUMBER COMPANY STARTS PLANER Timber Cut is Extra Soft Texture; Box Factory Comes Soon; to Ship Carload a Day. The electrical load was connect ed with the planer at the local plant of the Heppner Log and Lumber company Monday evening, and since it has been running the lumber through at the rate of 100 feet a minute. Shipping will be at the rate of a carload a day, says R. F. Braker, manager. The com pany has been busy constructing sheds to house the lumber and planer, and will start construction of its box factory in a week or ten days. In a short time all its pro perties on north Riverside avenue, near the depot, will be under roof. Completion of the box factory will find one of the most modern and best plants of its kind to be found anywhere," Mr. Barker said. Some of the machinery is already on the ground. The lumber being turned out by the company comes from a belt of Pondosa pine timber in the moun tains south of Heppner, the texture of which is softer than that of the timber cut in the Bend and Klam ath Falls regions, Mr. Barker said. This report was given by the gov ernment forestry department which made the test. Output of the local company will go almost entirely to the market east of Chicago, it being sold on a wholesale basis for manufacturing purposes. It is a quality of lumber greatly in demand for this use, Mr. Barker said. A re-saw will be Installed at the local plant in a short time, and when the plant gets under full steam it will require a pay roll of $8000 a month, said the manager. Gazette Times Oldtimer Breaks Into Print Again This morning's Oregonlan evi dences the fact that the erstwhile Oldtimer with the Gazette Times Is still telling pioneer stories, and In a letter received from him In the same mail comes something of a promise of an old copy of the Gaz ette, published In '86 and owned by Dr. Ralph Swinburne of Seattle, a former Heppnerlte. The paper, if received will be used for another one of those "old-time" stories. Garfield Crawford, the "oldtim er," has been spending several days in Portland renewing old acquaint ances, and this morning broke Into print In the Oregonlan in an inter view with David W. Hazen, staff reporter. Himself and Phil Met schan, once proprietor of the old Palace hotel in Heppner and now manager of the Imperial hotel In Portland, were principals In the in terview. Mr. Crawford, who has been closely connected with the oil game In Texas for the last twenty years, also shod some light on the reason for hard times in the oil fields. "Oil being poured into this country from Venezuela and Peru, as well as the steady stream com ing in from Mexico, Is 'raising real ped' with the American Industry," he said. OKLAHOMA MOVE MAY UP GAS PRICE Sam Foster Says Retaliatory Mea sure Taken to Stop Flow of Foreign Oil Into V. S. Sam' Foster, representing the Producers and Consumers Oil and Refining association, was in Hepp ner yesterday and last evening met with directors of the Morrow Coun ty Oil company at Lexington and explained to them the plan under which it Is contemplated to distri bute gasoline in this county. Ac cording to Mr. Foster, things are beginning to happen in the oil bus iness that may boost the retail price of gasoline considerably: The announcement yesterday In the daily papers that the governor of Oklahoma had called out the militia to stop all production in that state heralds similar action in other oil producing states, he said. "This action is the result of the turning down of the request of a group of governors, representing the principal oil producing states, that the tariff be increased to stop the flow of foreign oil into this country," he asserted. It is intend ed to close production until the price of crude oil at the fields comes up to $1 a barrel. Stored supplies in this country are suf ficient for five-days' consumption, and a general shut-down of produc tion could not help but result in a gasoline famine before operations could again be .started, he said. Mr. Foster, who several weeks ago made a test of the well for the Wells Springs Oil and Gas com pany at Wells Springs in this coun ty, still has faith in the possibili ties of production there, asserting that his opinion, that surface indi cations are as good if not better than those in the Rattlesnake field in Washington, has not been chang ed. ATTENDS SALEM MEETING. W. T. Campbell, one of the "com mittee of ten" appointed to discuss market road tax problems at the time of the monthly state highway commission meeting at Salem Wed nesday, was accompanied to that city by Mrs. Campbell and S. E. Notson, district attorney. Accom panying them as far as Portland were Dan Way and small daughter, tne latter being taken to the Doern- becher hospital for treatment. On the way Mr. Notson and the Camp bells visited at the I. A. Dempsey home at Rickreall, and at Salem with Mr. Notson's son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Sackett They also saw J. M. Bur gess, former Heppner school super intendent, at Salem. Returning Sunday they were accompanied from Portland by Edward Notson, who with his family went on to Thorp, Wash., Sunday evening to prepare to move to Elmira, Wash., where the young Mr. Notson will have charge of the schools for the coming year. At Salem, Mr. Not son also enjoyed a visit with his son, Robert, who was covering the highway meeting for the Portland Oregonlan. ARM BROKEN BY KICK. Norman Everson was brought in from the farm near lone about noon today, by his father, Fred Everson, for treatment to his right arm, injured by the "kick" of a combine engine crank. The acci dent occurred about 6:30 o'clock this morning. An x-ray picture revealed that the large bone of the forearm was broken square across just above the wrist LEXINGTON NEWS By RUTH DINGES. The dance which was to be given October 8 in Lexington for the ben efit of the Pioneers' Reunion, will be postponed. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hendricks of Astoria and Ceola Beymer of Long view spent several days last week visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Galey Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barentt, Mrs. Trina Parker and Miss Dona Bar nett enjoyed an interesting motor trip last week, leaving Lexington on Sunday and returning Thurs day. They visited at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Leach at Camp Sherman on the Metolius river. Mr. and Mrs. Leach and their daughter Veva are spending the summer at Camp Sherman and enjoy the quiet restful atmospheere of the place very much. Mr. Leach spends a great deal of time fishing in Suttle lake. While visiting, Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, Miss Barnett and Mrs. Parker took trips to such places of Interest as Pilot Butte, the lava beds, and the town of Bend. Miss Helen Egger of Portland is visiting with Miss Gwen Evans. Thursday evening of last week a nre was started In a hay stack on the William Cop'enhaver ranch. Harvest workers were sleeping on the stack, and the horses were near It when the fire started. Two horses belonging to E. J. Evans and three belonging to W. V. Pedro were so badly burned that It was necessary to shoot them. All the harness and the entire stack of hay were lost in the fire, but It was not allowed to spread any further. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Flora and baby are visiting at the J. F. McMillan home In Lexington. Glen Davis, a former resident of Lexington who now lives In Bend, was a visitor here last week. Mrs. Budlong of Salem spent a (Continued on Page Six.) STATE POUCEMEN E VISIT HERE Work of New Department Told Lions by "Buck" Lieu alien. CLUB WILL PICNIC Committee on Frefighting Force Makes Recommendations; Float In Parade Considered. Cecil L. (Buck) Lieuallen and L. H. McMahon, state policemen loca ted at Arligton, were visitors at the Heppner Lions club meeting Mon day. Formerly members of the state traffic force, these men were trans ferred into .the newly organized state police which started function ing August first Mr. Lieuallen gave a short resume of their duties. The club, in a short business ses-. sion, decided to have a nicnlc In the mountains, Sunday, August 23, in lieu of the regular Monday meeting the day following, with appoint ment of committees to handle ar rangements left in the hands of C. W. Smith, president Jasper Craw ford, Earl Gordon and Jack Stew art were appointed on a committee to investigate the possibilities of the club preparing a float for the rodeo parade, the committee to re- . port back next Monday. A resolution prepared by M. L. Case, P. W. Mahoney and Art Bib by, committee, to be presented to the city council asking for estab lishment of a trained firefightlng force, was read by Mr. Mahoney. Included in the resolution, adopted by the club, were recommendations that members of the volunteer fire fighting force be paid $2 a call when responding to an alarm In case of a Are, that they be not paid for drills, and that they be fined $10 for failure to report to a fire, unless absent from the city or phy sically unable to do so. It also rec ommended that the city stand ex pense for damage to clothes of fire men sustained while actually fight ing fire. The committee was in structed to present the resolution to the council that evening and to explain the discussion before the club on the matter. Mr. Lieuallen said that as near as could be explained, a state po liceman is a sheriff at large, his law-enforcing duties corresponding closely with those of a county sher iff. The state police work In close harmony with other enforcement bodies, and are subject to call by county sheriffs in assisting to run down criminals who may escape over county lines. They not only assist in enforcing traffic, prohibi tion and game laws, but criminal laws of any nature. The depart ment just now is a new thing, he said, and all the details of its oper ation have not been clearly defined. They do have their own finger-print and ballistic experts who will assist in running down clues any place in the state. Mr. Lieuallen, whose name was given national recognition at the time of the Hickman capture near Pendleton several years ago, lived for many years in this county and attended the Heppner schools. He was located at Pendleton with the state traffic department for several years, and was just recently trans ferred to Arlington. He and Mr. McMahon are the state police for this district S. E. Notson who attended the monthly state highway commission meeting at Salem last Thursday, reported that, in the face of a gen eral demand for lowering of taxes, delegations are as clamorous as ever in their demands for road Im provements and extensions. Several major projects were being urged, Including making of a four-lane highway between Oregon City and Salem, building the Wilson River road to the coast so that Portland people might go down after dinner in the evening and return before breakfast the next morning, build ing the Champoeg highway and others. It is probable the second ary highway system under discus sion by the "committee of ten" will include the Lexlngton-Jarmon, the Gooseberry and the Heppner-Spray market roads in this county, be cause they are inter-county roads, Mr. Notson said. This system will be eligible for upkeep by the state under the new market road lpan. TAXPAYERS, TAKE NOTICE. A meeting of the Taxpayers of Morrow county will be held at the Court House in Heppner at 2:30 p. m. on Saturday, August 8th, 1931, for the purpose of orgnalzlng a Morrow County Tax and Conserva tion League. All taxpayers of the county are urged to attend. The local Grange organizations of the county are asked to appoint repre sentatives to attend this meeting. All School District Officers and Trustees and all members of tax levying boards are requested to be present. W. P. MAHONEY, CHARLES WICKLANDER, LAXTON McMURRAY, Members of State Committee for Morrow County. JULY CLEARANCE High Qual ity at Low Prices. Curran Ready to-Wear and Millinery. 18tf.-4 For Rent Two apartments In Gllinan building. 15-tf.