OREGON HISTORICAL -SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITOR l'J".
PORTLAND. ORE-
Volume 48, Number 33.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct 29, 1931
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Manager Ide Cites Work
of State Commercial
Body to Lions Club.
COUNTY'S PART $200
Benefits Accruing to Entire State
Reason for Taxpayer Aid;
United Effort Needed.
W. G. Ide, manager of the Ore
gon State Chamber of Commerce,
told of the aims and accomplish
ments of that organization at the
Lions club Monday luncheon. Hav
ing heretofore stressed land settle
ment work and having received
large returns on every dollar ex
pended, the state chamber this year
under a new plan of organization
has launched upon an enlarged pro
gram of state development with the
extension of Oregon markets and
stimulation of the tourist crop as
its main objectives.
Mr. Ide was introduced by Al
Rankin, Morrow county director of
the state chamber. Morrow coun
ty's allotment of the $50,000 budget
to carry out the program this year
has been set at $200.
Realizing that Oregon at present
has little advantage to offer the
farm settler over his present situ
ation elsewhere, Mr. Ide said the
directors conceived the Idea of mar
ket expansion and added tourist
trade as the best means of improv
ing the agricultural situation, and
keeping faith with the many set
tlers who have already been
brought Into the state. Only by in
creasing the value of that which
we already have can the tax bur
den of the state be effectively light
ened, he said. He termed the tour
ist crop Oregon's major crop, bring
ing more money into the state than
any single agricultural crop.
Tourist Crop Profitable,
Cultivating of the tourist crop is
advantageous not only from the
immediate revenue received, but
also from the resulting investments
made here by tourists who are sold
on the state's possibilities after
first-hand investigation. New tax
able wealth is thereby created from
which the entire state benefits.
The market expansion program
comprehends opening up new mar
kets and the strengthening of pres
ent markets for Oregon products.
Mr. Ide told of interviewing one
California concern which handles a
large percentage of the butter sold
in California. They were giving
Idaho butter precedence over Ore
gon butter and buying very little
Oregon butter. Asked why they
did not buy more Oregon butter,
they said they would be glad to do
so if they knew where they could
get an adequate and constant sup
ply of prime 92 score butter. It is
by meeting such situations that the
state chamber hopes to improve the
market for Oregon products.
For two years the state chamber
has maintained an office at Los An
geles, Calif., which in the past serv
ed to direct settlers into the state.
At present this office is bending its
efforts toward direction of tourist
travel Into Oregon. Last year 60
per cent of the out of state cars in
Oregon came from California. The
total number of California cars rep
resented but 6 per cent of the total
registered cars in California. The
state chamber considers this still a
virgin territory for missionary work
and the best place to expend avail
able funds as more can be accom
plished for the money by concen
trating efforts in one place. The
Los Angeles office is strategically
located as a very large percentage
of eastern cars coming west head
for California, due to that state's
extensive advertising covering the
past thirty or forty years, and a
large part of the eastern cars In
California pass through Los An
geles. Many of these people are be
ing directed into Oregon by the
state chamber's office.
Counties Asked to Help.
To carry on this work, Mr. Ide
believes all efforts should be cen
tered under one head and that the
state chamber Is the logical agency
to use. Believing -that the work,
which benefits all the taxpayers,
should be partly supported by them,
county courts are being asked to
provide a sum In their budgets for
the purpose. Mr. Ide was of the
opinion that all money so contrib
uted should go for advertising, and
none of it to be used for overhead
expense.
W. T. Campbell, county judge,
and George Peck, commissioner,
were guests of the club to hear Mr.
Ide's talk.
Russell E. Pratt, secretary of the
Heppner Rod and Gun club, an
nounced the club's dinner to be
held that evening, and M. L. Case,
chairman of the central committee,
Associated Charities, announced
the meetingf that committee hold
yesterday evening.
Miss Juanita Leathers obliged
with piano selections and was also
accompanist for the club singing.
Maurice E. Smead, former Heppner
man and once secretary of the lo
cal commercial club, was also a
guest of the club, making a short
talk In which he commended the
efforts of the Lions lr) their work of
a commercial nature.
MARKE
TOURIST TRADE
WHEATMEN EXPECT
GOOD CONFERENCE
Tentative Program Lists Subjects
To be Covered by Leading Men
At The Dalies, Nov. 13-14.
Two full days, . crammed with
meaty information, await those who
attend the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league conference at The Dalles,
November 13-14, says C. W. Smith,
secretary, who has just received the
tentative program from E. R. Jack
man, Oregon State college exten
sion specialist, in charge of organ
izing the conference. "It will hurry
us to get all of the subjects into the
two days, and it will be necessary
for everyone to be on hand early
the morning of the 13th," Jackman
wrote
Headline addresses include "Farm
Taxes in Oregon With Particular
Reference to Columbia Bason," by
Professor Dreesen of the state col
lege; "Taxation Problems," by mem
bers of the state tax commission,
Mr. Galloway and Mr. Carkin;
"Grain Handling in Europe," by B.
W. Whitlock; "National . Taxation
and . Farm Finlances," Senator
Frederick W. Steiwer; "Wheat Sta
tistics and How They Are Gath
ered," by Paul C. Newman, federal
statistician; "The Wheat Situation,"
by J. W. Davis, with the Food Re
search Institute, Stanford univer
sity; "Cooperative Gasoline Pur
chases," a discussion led by Walter
Holt; "Feeding Wheat to Hogs and
Sheep," by Harry Lindgren; "Re
search Results to Date," by D. E.
Stephens; "The Smut Situation,"
by E. R. Jackman; "The Possibil
ities of Barley as . a Substitute
Crop," by D. D. Hill; "Surplus
Wheat Disposal Plans," by E. B.
Aldrich, editor Pendleton East Or
egonian, and "Disposing of Present
Surplus of Wheat," by E. J. Bell,
division, of copoerative marketing
of wheat with the Federal Farm
Board.
The conference will be called to
order by Harry Pinkerton of Moro,
president, Friday morning, the 13th.
Official welcome will be given the
conference to The Dalles, with re
sponse by the president, who will
also review the activities of the
league.
Mr. Smith believes the program
will be of great interest and urges
all wheatgrowers who possibly can
to attend.
Deer Season Closes With
Last Minute Stampede
"Heppner was nearly devoid of
male population Sunday when men
of the city took advantage of the
last opportunity to hunt before the
close of the deer hunting season
that evening. The day was cold and
blustery, with considerable snow
falling in the timber, making hunt
ing difficult, and few kills were re
ported for the day.
The last few days of the season,
however, it la reported the bucks
had started to run, and over the
week end more deer were brought
to the city than at any other time
during the season. Among fortun
ate hunters reported this week
were J. O. Turner, Paul Marble,
Leslie Rasmussen, Jim Cowins,
Mark Merrill party, Chas. Vaughn,
Leonard Gilliam, Chas. Cox, Earl
Gilliam and Billy Cox.
The largest buck .of the season
weighed in at the Peoples Hard
ware company, In its big buck con
test, was the 250-pouhder killed by
Monroe Turner and which was giv
en to the Elks for their dinner last
Thursday evening. Mr. Turner re
ceives the $50 gun given as the
prize.
PAYS LAST HALF TAXES.
. C. D. Ashbaugh of The Dalles,
manager, in this district for the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, was in Heppner today and
paid the last half of the 1930 taxes
of the utility in Morrow county.
This payment amounted to $2,269.43
on the personal and real property
of the company in this county. Mr.
Ashbaugh states that the total am
ount of taxes paid by the telephone
company In the state of Oregon for
1930 is $987,832.83, of which approx
imately $820,000 was for real prop
erty taxes, or In excess of 10 per
cent of the gross revenue; between
10 and 11 cents of each dollar re
ceived going for taxes.
BOOKWORMS ENTERTAIN.
The Bookworms, local reading
club, entertained Tuesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Russel Pratt In
honor of Mrs. Jas. M. Burgess, for
mer member of the club now resid
ing in Salem. Following a 6:30 din
ner, the regular meeting of the club
was held.
Dan Stalter, president of Heppner
Mining company, returned this
week from the mines of the com
pany in the Greenhorn mountains.
Work progressed fairly well there
this season and Mr. Stalter is still
uncovering and opening up some
rich ore. personally, Mr. Stalter
has not been able to do his usual
summer's work, owing to rheuma
tism from which he has suffered all
season. He will be at Heppner for
the winter.
S. E. Notson, district attorney, re
turned this morning from a visit
to Portland and Salem, where he
was called on business. While In
Portland he took in the dinner for
governors who were there to attend
the Pacific International Livestock
exposition.
Joan Crawford in THIS MOD
ERN AGE, Star Theater, Sunday
and Monday.
PEHETON PLAYS
HEPPNER SATURDAY
High School Clash Draws
Focus of Interest; Lo
cals in Good Shape.
STORES WILL CLOSE
Students Will Show Spirit In Pep
Rally Tomorrow; Loss of Fur
long, Fullback, Keenly Felt
Local football Interest is. being
centered on the game between
Heppner and , Pendleton high
schools at Rodeo field, 1:30, Satur
day afternoon. Pendleton's first
team plays Heppner for the first
time since back in 1912 when they
dumped Heppner 49-0. There are
those who remember this defeat,
and are hoping for a retaliation
Saturday.
To stimulate attendance at the
game Heppner stores will be closed
during the game. "This action on
the part of the business houses is
much appreciated by the school,"
said W. R. Poulson, superintendent
"We urge, however, that all stores
signing to close will remain closed
as agreed, in fairness to those in a
similar line of business who will be
closed. It is expected slight hard
ship will result on anyone, as the
game will last hardly more than an
hour."
After drubbing Arlington 39-0 on
the local field last Thursday after
noon, the Heppner high football
squad might be expected to face
the game with the heavy Pendleton
high team with an air of overcon
fldence. Such is not the case, how
ever, declares Neil Shuirman, coach.
The Arlington game was not won
without a heavy cost to the team.
Orrin Furlong, fullback, pulled a
muscle in the first quarter of the
game and his loss to the team will
be keenly felt Saturday. The boys
also know that they played a rag
ged game of football against Arling
ton and have been working hard to
overcome their faults, realizing that
it will be necessary for them to give
everything they have if they , are
to make an impressive showing
against the Pendletonians.
Shuirman expects the team will
be in good shape when the open
ing whistle blows at 1:30. All the
men with the exception of Furlong,
will be in their places, and unless
something unforseen happens, all
should be in the best of condition.
They are going out there to fight
and fight hard, to win if possible.
The spirit of the school will be
behind the boys, to be evidenced by
a big pep rally Friday night The
game Is expected to draw the larg
est crowd of townspeople present
at any game this season.
Pendleton has a heavy team, av
eraging much heavier per man than
the locals. The only basis for com
parison of the teams at present are
the games played by each with
Athena, Pendleton beat Athena
23-6, and Heppner won from Athena
20-0. This would indicate nearly
even strength, though it is impossi
ble to "dope" a game on compara
tive scores alone.
Shuirman gives his tentative
starting lineup for Saturday as fol
lows: Jlmmie Furlong, center;
Ted McMurdo and Harold Ayers,
guards; Ralph Benton and Llye
Cowdry, tackles; Ralph Forgey and
Wrex Langdon, ends; Roy Gentry,
quarter; Curtis Thomson and Floyd
Jones, halves, and Marcel Jones,
fullback.
Hallowe'en Miscreants
Not to be Tolerated
Saturday is Hallowe'en. The time
of jack o' lanterns, ticktacks and
roving ghosts Is one of the most
pleasant occasions of the year when
properly observed, believes W. G.
McCarty, mayor, but one which
may be regretted if Innocent fun
is allowed to be carried to the point
of endangering life or disturbing
property.
In his annual Hallowe'en procla
mation, Mayor McCarty says:
"While It Is fitting that Hallow
e'en be observed according to the
high Ideals of the day, there has
grown to be a common practice
among indiscriminate youth to
sicze upon the occasion, as a time
for perpetrating depradations which
are a menace to the public peace
and safety. It is to be lamented
that such is the case. And to dis
courage this practice to the great
est possible extent on Hallowe'en,
I hereby Invest every property hold
er of the city with the power of po
lice, and urge that this power be
used to make arrest of any Indi
vidual or individuals found In the
act of disturbing property, or do
ing anything that would endanger
life or property. May I again call
attention to the fact that it Is ex
tremely dangerous in this day of
the automobile to place obstructions
of any kind in the streets. To do
so may result In taking of human
life. No sane, thinking Individual
would countenance the perpetra
tion of such an act"
AU1LIARY TO MK.F.T
Tho American Legion Auxiliary
win nave initiation of new mem.
bers at Its meetlne. TnpnHnv mm
ning, Nov. 3. An entertainment
ana rerreshmonts will be, enjoyed.
All new members are especially
urged to bo present.
LEXINGTON HOST
TO 5TH REUNION
Pioneers Honored by Dinner and
Program With 450 Attending;
Other News of Week.
By MRS. HARRY DUVALL.
Saturday, Oct. 24, marked the
passing of the fifth annual pioneer
reunion. The weather was lovely
and a very good crowd was In at
tendance. It was estimated about
450 were present at the noon meal.
There were 48 seated at the pio
neer table. After dinner a short
program was given, with Laurel
Beach as master of ceremonies. The
program was as follows:
Skit from Schubert's "Blossom
Time," Charlotte Woods, Anabel
Turner, Jessie French, Winifred
Case, Hazel Beymer, Nancy Cox,
Phyllis Pollock, Laurel Beach; skit
from "At the Stroke of Twelve,"
lone high school; community sing
ing; plate lunch served at 6 o'clock,
with program following in evening:
piano duet, Miss Clara Holey, Mrs.
J. O. Turner; tap dance, Peggy
Warnef, Gwendolyn Evans, Erma
Lane and Mae Gentry; vocal solo,
Harvey Miller; mandolin trio, J. O.
Turner, Frank Turner, Ted Lum
ley; reading, Mrs. Paul Menegat;
vocal solo, Laurel Beach; tap dance,
Betty Trevitt; male quartet, J. O.
Turner, Lyle tiggs, Ted Lumley,
Laurel Beach.
Since the last reunion several of
the pioneers had passed on and a
moment of silence- was observed in
their memory. Lexington wishes
to thank those who took part in
the program and those who so kind
ly contributed for the food. We ap
preciate your coming and hope to
see you all again next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Munkers
have gone to Portland to spend
the winter with their daughter,
Mrs. Frank Gentry. Mrs. Gentry
and her sister, Mrs. Minnie Woods,
motored up last week after them.
E. C. Miller and Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Beardsley were up from Sa
lem visiting with Mr. Miller's sons,
John, Merle and Harvey. They re
turned home Tuesday.
Miles Martin enjoyed a visit over
Sunday from his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C Clelland
of Moro, also his uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Martin of The
Dalles.
F. A. McMahon, state traffic of-
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ROLL CALL EVENT
STAGED BY ELKS
Venison Dinner, Program," Cards
Provide Entertainment for
Guests; 180 Attend.
Members of Heppner lodge No.
358, B. P. O. Elks, entertained their
wives, lady friends, members of the
Heppner school faculty and other
specially invited guests with a ven
ison dinner and program in their
hall Thursday evening, following
which the wives of lodge officers
were hostesses at bridge and "500"
while the lodge convened for its
annual roll call session. One hun
dred and eighty persons were in
attendance.
J. G. Barratt, exalted ruler, was
toastmaster at the dinner and an
nounced the program. Included
were readings by Mrs. Paul Mene
gat and Mrs. Paul Gemmell, num
bers by men's quartet, J. O. Tur
ner, Laurel Beach, Lyle Riggs and
J. T. Lumley; piano jazz by Miss
Juanita Leathers; mandolin trio
numbers "by J. O. Turner, Frank
Turner and J. T. Lumley, and skit
In costume from Schubert by Laur
el Beach and Miss Charlotte Woods,
soloists, and the high school girls
sextet, Anabel Turner, Nancy Cox,
Hazel Beymer, Annabel Case, Jes
sie French and Phyllis Pollock.
Honors at bridge Were won by
Mrs. F. B. Nickerson, high, and
Mrs. J. G. Thomson, low; at "500",
Mrs. Ralph Jackson, high, and Mrs.
Sterling Fryrear, low.
Honored guests of the evening
were three charter members of the
lodge, Frank Gilliam, Leslie Mat
lock and Frank Roberts, and Calvin
L. Sweek, circuit judge from Pen
dleton, a past exalted ruler.
Locals Defeat Athena;
Play Arlington Sunday
The first home appearance of the
Heppner-Lexington town football
team which was defeated at The
Dalles two weeks ago 12-0, and
which defeated Athena last Sun
day 6-0, is slated for Rodeo field
next Sunday afternoon with Arling
ton. The local aggregation has been
coming to the front strong, and is
expecting to give Arlington a hard
tussle.
The game at Athena was featured
by the hard tackling of Bob Cor-
rell, local fullback, reports say,
whose defensive work did much to
stem the Athena scoring tide. The
lone touchdown came in the early
part of the game, via line bucks,
after the locals bad been denied a
touchdown on a free ball after the
kick-off.
In the lineup were Russell
Wright, Max Mullor, Harold Gen
try, Crocket Sprouts and Bob Cor-
rell in the backfleld; Francis Doher
ty, Onez Parker, Ralph Moore and
Clarence Hayes, ends; Hank Rob
ertson and E. Palmer, tackles; Paul
Jones and Gay Anderson, guards,
and M. Palmer, center,
CHARITY DRIVE SET
F
Organizations Meet With
Central Body Com
mittee ; Lay Plans.
CITY IS DISTRICTED
Twelve Divisions Made for Purpose
of Gathering Money, Food and
Clothing for Winter Need.
A thorough canvas of the city will
be made next Thursday by the As
sociated Charities to obtain money,
food and clothing with which to
meet the emergency situation which
may exist in the city this winter,
it was decided at a meeting of the
central committee and representa
tives of the various organizations
at the Elks hall last evening.
Either a stipulated amount or a
monthly donation of money will be
asked from individuals, it was said.
Any usable clothing will be accept
able, and any food products.
For the purpose of solicitation
the city has been divided into 12
districts, each district being iri
charge of one of the 12 organiza
tions represented in the association,
Organiztaions with representatives
includes I. O. O. F., A. J. Chaffee;
Rebekahs, Mrs. B. G. Sigsbee;
Methodist church, Mrs. Mattie Ad-
kins; Episcopal church, W. O. Dix;
Elks, J. O. Turner; American Le
gion, C. W. Smith; Lions, Chas.
Thomson; Christian church, F. S.
Parker; Eastern Star, F. S. Par
ker; Catholic church, Mrs. E. L.
Bucknum; Knights of Pythias, Dr.
C. W. Barr, and Masons, whose
representative has not yet been ap
pointed. "The heartiest cooperation on the
part of everyone is desired by the
central committee to the end that
the drive may be put across in the
one day," said Mrs. Clara Beamer,
of the central committee.
Mrs. Beamer also asked that in
dividuals wishing to do charity
work, get in touch with the central
committee, to eliminate duplication
of efforts. In some cases already
reported, it was found by the com
mittee on investigation that indi
viduals had already taken care of
the need, and the committee was
caused much additional work that
would have been needless had they
been notified by the individuals who
gave assistance. The central com
mute is composed of Mrs. Clara
Beamer, M. L. Case, Mrs. E. L.
Bucknum, Mrs. Olive Frye and
Garnet Barratt, anyone of whom
can be notified in cases of distress,
or In cases where assistance has
been given.
Degree of Honor Cites
Member, State Secretary
The regular meeting of the De
gree of Honor was held in the par
lors of the Christian church Tues
day, October 27, followed by a re
ception honoring Mrs. Clara Bea
mer, Oregon's newly elected state
secretary of the Degree of Honor.
Mrs. Beamer was surprised with
a lovely basket of lavendar and
yellow chrysanthemums presented
by Mrs. Mattie Smead, the oldest
living member of the Degree of
Honor in Oregon. Mrs. Smead
gave a beautiful and touching
speech, complimenting Mrs. Bea
mer upon her election to this im
portant office in the grand lodge
and thanking her for her untiring
efforts and achievements in the
home lodge.
Another surprise was when Mrs.
Mattie Smead, Mrs. 'Alice Adkins,
Mrs. Sylvia Devin and Mrs. Lillie
Aiken were presented with 25-year
membership pins by Secretary
Clara Beamer who spoke a few
words of appreciation for their long
years of service in the lodge.
Other entertainment for the eve
ning included six juvenile girls
singing Santa Lucia, accompanied
at the piano by Miss Leathers, two
vocal solos by Miss Lola Hiatt, ac
companied by Mrs. Eva Baldwin,
and two beautiful piano solos by
Miss Juanita Leathers, followed by
Hallowe'en games and refresh
ments of cider and doughnuts.
Duck Season Open From
November 16 to Dec. 16
Considerable discussion as to the
time for shooting ducks has been
reported to the Gazette Times,
many people seeming to have failed
to learn of the restricted season
this year brought about by presi
dential proclamation. More than
a month ago President Hoover pro
claimed a 30-day season on ducks
throughout the United States be
cause of a reported shortage In the
number of birds. The Oregon sea
son was set from November 16 to
December 16. It opens at noon on
November 16 and closes at sundown
on December 16.
One of the factors causing the
misunderstanding concerning the
hunting for migratory birds is the
fact that these birds are protected
by International treaties.
The bag limit is the same as last
year, which is 15 ducks and four
geese a day, with a maximum pos
session of 30 ducks and eight geese.
Take advantage of Hot Oil and
Finger Wave or Marcel special.
Chapin's Beauty Shop, phone 1112.
OR NEXT THURSDAY
GROUP MARKETING
SHUMWAY'S TOPIC
All Angles to be Viewed by North
Pacific President In Heppner
Visit November 12.
Spokane, Wash., Oct 28. Coop
erative marketing and its benefits
to the farmer will be discussed from
every angle by A. R. Shumway,
president of North Pacific Grain
Growers, Inc., in a two weeks'
speaking tour of the Pacific north
west, beginning November 2. Mr.
Shumway will be accompanied on
the tour by Orris Dorman, director
of membership relations of the re
gional cooperative, and A. C. Ad
ams, treasurer and general mana
ger, both of whom also will speak.
They are slated to appear in
Heppner November 12.
Henry W. Collins, western vice
president of Farmers National
Grain corporation, will attend a
number of the meetings. Execu
tives of the national cooperative
sales agency will be in attendance
at all meetings.
Sale of the Pacic northwest sur
plus wheat to China and the result
ant higher wheat prices In the ter
ritory will be discussed and ex
plained, as well as a comprehensive
program for increasing the grower
membership in the local coopera
tives throughout the territory.
Fourteen district meetings are
planned to cover the major portion
of the North Pacific territory. The
first meeting will be held at 2 p. m.,
Monday at Craigmont Idaho, for
members of the Grangeville, Cot--tonwood'and
NezPerce local co-ops.
The final meeting will be Novem
ber 18 at Waterville. This will be
an open meeting for all member
arid non-member farmers.
"We are anxious that members
of co-operatives throughout the ter
ritory make every effort to attend
one of these meetings," said Mr.
Dorman. "Every member attend
ing will be given the opportunity to
ask and receive an answer to any
question he may have in mind. We
intend to have as frank a discus
sion as possible of all of our prob
lems, aims and accomplishments."
Meeting place3 at each date will
be arranged by the manager of the
local cooperative at that point, and
will be announced by (him. All
meetings will begin at 2 p. m.
The tour has. been arranged to
just precede the two-weeks' speak
ing tour of the territory by Charjes
S. (Farmer) Brown, representative
of the federal farm board. . Farmer
Brown will make his first appear
ance in the Pacific northwest No
vember 20 at the Washington State
Farm Bureau federation convention
at Ellensburg. His tour itinerary
will be announced later.
Women In Nightdress
Chase Bear up Mountain
Love for the hunt exists not alone
in the breast of man. There are
some ladies in Morrow county who,
whether or not directly descended
from the Amazons, would do credit
to the name. At least some Ama-
zonic traits must be possessed by
women who, in nightdress and
stockingfooted, would chase a bear
up a steep mountainside before
breakfast.
Authenticity for a story leading
to such deductions is laid at the
door of Bert Mason, leading lone
merchant, who in company with
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter and Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Corley, also of
lone, hunted in the vicinity of the
old Groshen cabin last week. Mr.
Mason's story runs something like
this:
Early one morning, after the men
had left camp and the ladie3 had
remained in bed, Mrs. Corley arose,
and jokingly shouted at Mrs. Cot
ter, "There's a bear in camp."
Whereupon Mrs. Cotter lifted the
flap of the tent and did spy a bear
beside a log nearby, nosing about
some gopher holes. Imagine Mrs.
Corley's consternation when Mrs.
Cotter told her to get the gun
quick, "There is a bear in camp."
By the time both ladies had made
up their minds to the fact that
there was a bear in camp and
emerged with the firearm, the bear
was shagging off up the mountain
side. Apparently, forgetting the na
ture of their raiment, and bent up
on killing the bear, the ladles fol
lowed In pursuit clear to the moun
tain top,. clad in nightdress and
stockingfooted, only to have the
bear escape them.
ON WILLAMETTE SQUAD.
Willamette University, Oct 28.
Norman Swanson of lone has had
his first real thrill as a squad mem
ber of a winning university football
team. Friday night Willamette
university played its first confer
ence game with the College of Ida
ho and sent the visitors home de
feated to the tune of 20 to 0. Nor
man registered .at Willamette last
September as a freshman and Is
making a fine showing on the foot
ball squad. He is in "fast" com
pany as evidenced by past scores.
Two years ago Willamette went
through the entire conference sea
son without a defeat and last year
lost only one conference game. This
week end Norman, travels with the
team to Tacoma to meet the College
of Puget Sound.
I. O. O. F. DANCE.
The dance given by Willow lodge
No. 66, I. O. O. F., Friday evening,
October 23, in their hall, was a very
pleasant affair and was enjoyed by
a large crowd Lunch was served
at midnight The lodge will hold
another dance November 13, and
everyone is invited to attend.
OUTDOOR LIFE CITED
ASASSETJ STATE
State Game Supervisor
Asks Cooperation in
Fostering Resource.
SHOWS MOVIE REELS
Vie Bracher, Pilot Bock, Gives
Variety Show Featuring Nat
ural Attractions.
Picutring Oregon's wild life as
one of its greatest assets, H. L.
Kelly, Oregon, state game supervis
or, addressed a dinner meeting
staged by Heppner Rod and Gun
club at the Episcopal parish house
Monday evening. Mr. Kelly's talk
was followed by motion pictures of
outdoor life, shown by Vic Bracher
of Pilot Rock. The dinner was pre
pared and served by ladles of the
church.
Mr. Kelly, a native Oregonlan
who has made a special study of
fish and . game propagation work,
was recalled from the Hawaiian Is
lands by the present state adminis
tration to take the position he now
holds. He is considered among the
foremost authorities in his field.
It is impossible to place a mone
tary value on all the benefits receiv
ed by the state from Its outdoor re
sources, Mr. Kelly said. Aside from
the money received for licenses, and
the money spent by sportsmen for
hunting equipment and accessories,
there is the value of the meat itself,
which, rated at 50 cents a pound,
would surely amount to hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Then the
recreational value to those who
participate in the hunting and fish
ing is a big asset
' Plans to Build Resources.
These returns benefit the state as
a whole, and everyone is either di
rectly or indirectly interested, and
should cooperate in protecting this
great resource.
Mr. Kelly did not go into the "Ten
Tear Plan" of the present state
game and fish commission, alluding
to it only by asserting that It is the
purpose of the plan to build up the
wild life in all parts of the state on
the most equitable basis possible.
The commission welcomes construc
tive criticism and wants to know
the needs of the different sections
of the state, he said.
The supervisor regretted the ap
parent resentment on the part of
many people of the active work of
the game wardens. He believed
that if everyone understood the
game situation and the part played
by the wardens, there would be no
such resentment He pictured ev
ery license-holder as a shareholder
of the fish and game of the state,
entitled to a certain proportion un
der the rules of the state. The role
of warden is similar to that of um
pire in a baseball game, or referee
in a football game, to see that ev
eryone gets a fair deal under the
rules. It should be to the Interest
of every license holder to cooperate
with the wardens, to assure that he
himself gets an even break, Mr.
Kelly said.
The pictures shown by Mr. Brach
er added force to Mr. Kelly's mes
sage. Three reels, distributed by
the United States Department of
Agriculture, showed how the for
ests act as a watershed, and how
this watershed and also refuge for
wild life, is destroyed by flre. For
est fires, 90 per cent of which are
man-caused, are the greatest enemy
of the fish and game, it was said.
Deer Hunt Pictured.
The pleasures of the hunt were
depicted in a reel of pictures taken
by Mr. Bracher, himself a member
of the league of amateur movie
photographers. In it is shown his
father in the act of killing a buck,
deer, the dressing of the deer, prep
arations for the hunt and telling of
the feat before the log fireplace
afterward. Other pictures showed
views of the Wallowa mountains,
the elk herd at the head of Wallowa
lake, Indians salmon-fishing at Ce
lilo, and other interesting views of
Oregon outdoor life taken by Mr.
Bracher.
A very unusual picture, borrowed
from a featured movie, showed a
mongoose stalk and kill a big cob
ra, dreaded snake of India. The
mongoose, slightly larger than a
big gray squirrel and resembling It
in appearance, was said to be the
quickest animal on earth. It kills
the giant cobra for pleasure, was
Mr. Brachcr's comment
A reel of technicolor film taken
by Mr. Bracher in the Hawaiian is
lands depicted the variety and pro
fusion of deeply colored flowers
found there, various other types of
vegetation and physical phenomena
for which the islands are noted, as
well as veiws of Walklki beach, the
Royal Hawaiian hotel, government
buildings, game propagation work,
not to mention the hula dancers.
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary and Jack
Plckford were visiting at the is
lands at the time, and Mr. Bracher
caught them in some of the pic
tures. Ho was In the islands in
company with Mr. Kelly, who was
also shown In some shots.
WIN AT INTERNATIONAL.
W. B. Barratt & Son of this city
received fourth place award in the
three-eights blood class, commer
cial wool show, in the judging at
Pacllio International Livestock ex
position this week. The Judging
was by grades of wool only.