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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1931
Subscription $2.00 a Year
RELIEF
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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
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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.