, ,5TORlCAL SOCIETY
Volume 48, Number 35.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 12, 1931
Subscription $2.00 a Year
INTERESTED
IN NATIONAL WEEK
Is Second Largest Wool
Producing County in
State in 1929.
WORK AIDS GROWERS
Report on National Lamb Cam
paign Given; Most Sheep Raised
' in 1893, Totalling 63,000,000.
Morrow county, the second larg
est wool producing county of the
state, is primarily interested in ob
servance of National Wool week
this week. The 1930 government
census gave the number of sheep
and lambs on farms in this county
as 279,056, second only to Malheur
county with 342,264. The same re
port gave the total 1929 unwashed
wool clip for this county as 1,730,
294 pounds as against Malheur's 1,
823,923 pounds, the largest clip in
the state. The value of the county's
1929 wool clip was given in the re
port as $467,179. Sheep and lambs
on farms in the county were valued
at $1,850,857.
Sponsors of National Wool week
say that the annual turnover of the
Industry, including the manufactur
ing end as well as the producing
end, is approximately two billion
dollars, and that the industry pro
vides employment or sustenance
for some three millions of people.
It Is the object of the week to stim
ulate public interest in wool and '
woolen products, to the end that the
industry, which has been meeting
severe reverses during the business
depression, may again be put on
a profit-producing basis.
Associations Help.
Woolgrowers" associations, in
cluding the National Woolgrowers
and the Oregon Woolgrowers, are
lending their support to National
Wool week. They have been bat
tling hard through the depression
to save the growers.
Last fall a meeting was held in
Heppner at which solicitation of
funds was made to be used in be
, half of an "Eat More Lamb" cam
paign. Considerable money was
raised here, but no report had since
been made of the progress of the
campaign. Walter A. Holt, secre
tary of the state association, re
cently received a report from Erie
Racey, campaign manager, as fol
lows: "I am sure you will be interested
in knowing how the plans are work
ing out in Omaha, where the in
itial expenditure of the National
Lamb advertising money is being
made.
"The newspaper, campaign be
gins November 3 in the Omaha
Bee-News; the radio campaign 15
minute programs, begins November
4 at 9:45 in the morning over sta
tion KOIL wave length 1260. The
radio program continues twice a
week each Wednesday at 9:45 in the
morning and Friday at 10:45 in the
morning, continuing until Decem
ber 18. Outdoor bulletin boards
will also be used beginning Novem
ber 1, and there will be about 50 of
them. Attractive store display ma
terial will be distributed to the re
tail outlets also. We are receiving
splendid cooperation from your or
ganization here and I am sure the
campaign will prove to be very sat
isfactory. "I wish you might be here, but
the final results will be reported in
the National Wool Grower, and at
the national and state conventions."
Sheep to IT. 8. In 1609.
The career of wool in this coun
try dates from the importation of
a small flock of sheep into James
town, Virginia, from England in
1609. By 1659, according to the
only seemingly authentic records
available, there were 3,000 sheep in
the colonies.
Sheep raising spread from the
eastern seaboard on a fairly large
scale along about 1825 when the
opening of the Erie canal made
available the fertile pasture lands
of the Ohio valley.
There was a vast Increase In the
number of sheep In the Pacific,
Southern and Rocky Mountain
states until 1884. After that, in
creases were shown in the Rocky
Mountain states alone. The nation's
shtfep flock reached its peak in 1893,
when the total was 63,000,000
eleven million above the total on
January 1st this year. The trend
has been upward during the past
six years.
FORMER RESIDENT PASSES.
Mrs. Rose Howell Is In receipt of
a letter this week from Mrs. Kate
Marden of Portland, In which she
tells of the death of her brother,
Andrew J. Tillard. Mr. Tillard,
who suffered from cancer, was re.
cently operated on at Denver, and
he died from the effects of the dls
ease which had passed to a stage
beyond human help. His death oc
curred at Douglas, Wyoming, near
which place he had been engaged
in running stock for a number of
years In partnership with his son,
and Is purported to have become
quite prosperous. Mr. Tillard was
a stockman of this county, formerly,
and operated a sheep ranch on Lit
tle Butter creek, and Is well known
to the old-time residents of Mor.
row county,
CITY BUDGETERS
MAKE 28 PCT. CUT
Reducing of Salaries, Cutting Sum
For Streets and Bridges, In
creased Water Receipts Aid.
The city tax levying board sit
ting with the city council Monday
evening, lopped 28 per cent off the
amount budgeted for 1931 for the
proposed city expenditures in 1932.
Nearly all departments and officers
were cut to arrive at the total of
$6,164 to be raised by taxation as
against $8,574 for last year.
The proposed budget will be vot
ed on Monday, December 7, at 7:30
o'clock at the council chambers. J.
O. Thmoson, Walter Moore and
Ohas. W. Smith compose the tax
levying board. W. G. McCarty, ma
yor, was chairman of the meeting,
and W. Claude Cox, councilman,
was clerk.
Reduction of salaries was one of
the first concerns of the board, and
the recorder, treasurer and city at
torney came in for cuts of $2.50 a
month each, reducing their salaries
from $25 to $22.50 a month. The
city health officer was cut from
$120 to $100 a year. Ffiteen dollars
was taken from the fire chief's sti
pend of $25, lowering it to $10 a
month.
The proposed amount for streets
and badges was cut from $1500 to
$1000, the board acting on the sug
gestion that the bridge on South
Center street, now closed, does not
need to be rebuilt in the near fu
ture, and that $500 budgeted last
year for obtaining a right of way
for a new approach to the city from
Heppner flats in north Heppner,
which was not expended, may be
used for other street work if neces
sary.
The water superintendent and
bookkeeper were cut $5 a month,
making their salaries $120 and $30
month respectively.
Helping to reduce the amount to
be raised by taxation was an in
crease in the estimated amount to
be received through water collec
tions of $4200. Estimated receipts
for this year were $9800; for next
year, $14,000.
TONE
JENNIE K. McMURRAY.
Carl Troedson, Hand Adams and
'Baldy" Hayes departed at an early
hour Saturday morning with Hoov
er Dam as their destination. Leav
ing at the same time were Mr. and
Mrs. John Blake who were return
ing to their home in Klamath Falls
after a visit with relatives here.
Carl Troedson drove the car for
Mr. and Mrs. Blake.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Propst and
Mrs. Emma Madden of Hermiston
were Sunday guests at the home of
Mis. Ella Davidson.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Blake have
received announcement of the birth
of a son Monday to their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Merle Blake at Portland. The baby
has been named William.
While playing with his parents
Monday night the small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Timm fell in such
a way as to break his leg. The
child was taken to Heppner for
medical attention.
Ruth Chapter, O. E. S. of Hepp
ner were guests of the Pendleton
Eastern Star chapter Tuesday eve
ning. Going with the Heppner
members were two lone ladles, Mrs.
Del Ward and Mrs. Ruth B. Ma
son, who holds the office this year
of Grand Ruth in the Grand Chap
ter of Oregon.
Last Sunday night Frank Mason,
Rhea creek farmer, corralled his
turkeys preparatory to killing the
birds for market Monday. Evident
ly thieves made a raid on the pen
during the night, for in the morn
ing fifteen fine birds were missing.
Monday and Tuesday Ture Peter-
son was receiving turkeys for Swift
and Walter Eubanks was buying
for Clark & Co. of Portland. The
sales so far have not been heavy.
The next receiving dates will be the
19th and 20th. .
Harlan McCurdy shipped a double
deck car of sheep to North Port
land Saturday night
Many people are visiting the
Harold Rankin ranch on Rhea
creek these days to see their flock
of 1075 Mammoth Bronze turkeys,
the largest flock of turkeys in Mor
row county. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin
have already marketed twenty
prime birds and about five hundred
will be taken to Hermiston where
the Rankins have bought a thirty?
six-acre ranch and plan on contlnu
lng in the turkey Industry. They
will vacate the Rhea creek ranch
about the last of the month, It hav
ing been purchased by a Mrs. Ruth
Feeley of Grass Valley. Mr. and
Mrs. Feeley are extensive raisers of
pure bred hogs. They will take pos
session of the ranch as soon as the
Rankin family move.
Mrs. M. E. Cotter and Mrs. Louis
Bergevin entertained the members
of the Topic club and other guests
Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Cotter
home In lone. The afternoon was
spent In playing bridge, six tables
being In play. Chrysanthemums
were used for house decorations,
and refreshments of chicken salad,
wafers and coffee were served by
the hostesses. Members of the club
present were .Mrs. Edward Riet
mann, Mrs. Bert Mason, Mrs. Vic
tor Rletmann, Mrs. George E,
Tucker, Mrs. Earl Blake, Mrs. Har
lan McCurdy, Mrs. Omar Rletmann,
Mrs. Inez Freeland, Mrs. Dell Ward,
Mrs. Lee Becknor, Mrs. Roy Lleu
allen, Mrs. Ted Smith, Mrs. Carl
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7 PCT. SLASH MADE
T
Roads and Bridges Hit
Heaviest; Salaries of
Deputies Cut.
INSANE ITEM UPPED
Additions for Poor, Widows' Pen
sions and Schools Offset Some of
Saving; Tax Total $99,239.
Roads and Brdiges took the big
gest slash of any single item in
the budget prepared by the county
budget committee last Thursday. A
general attempt to reduce expenses
wherever possible resulted, in some
salary reductions, combining of the
offices of roadmaster and engineer
and elimination of the salary of
one, and reductions of msicellan
eous expense accounts, to accom
plish a 7 per cent saving over last
year's budget Roads and bridges
was cut $13,300 from $39,300, allow
ed last year, to $26,000.
The committee sitting with the
county court included D. O.- Justus,
T. J. Humphreys, .W. F. Barnett,
Henry Smouse, J. J. McDonald
and Ward Graves. W. T. Campbell,
county judge, was chairman of the
board, and George Peck, commis
sioner, was clerk.
Much of the action taken by the
budget committee was in line with
recommendations of the county
committee of the Morrow County
Tax Conservation and Equalization
league, which were presented by
Bert Johnson, chairman.
Salary reductions included cut
ting of the sheriff's deputies $420
for the year, clerk's deputy $100,
assessor's deputies and field work
$300, janitor $120 and overseer $120.
The county agent appropriation
was cut $450.
Other items reduced include sher
iff's traveling expense, cut $200,
clerk's incidentals $600, tax collec
tions $100, superintendent's inci
dentals $50, coroner's mileage $50,
accountants $40, fuel for court
house $200, circuit court $200, jus
tice court $50, watermaster $85, in
stitute $100 and market roads $2000.
Items not affected by the six per
cent limitation and authorized by
law, were reduced as follows: state
tax $1000, road bond interest fund
$542.
Overcoming the savings made, to
an extent, were increases, as fol
lows: Indigent soldiers $70, poor
$500, widows' pension $500, and in
sane $3100. The last increase was
made necessary by shifting of the
load of Insane expense to the coun
ties by the state. The item was in
creased from $100 to $3200.
Increases in items not affected by
the six per cent limitation and au
thorized by law, include high school
tuition $1571, county school per cap
ita $260 and road bond sinking fund
$1000.
The total amount as shown by
the budget to be raised by taxation
for the year is $99,239 as against
$107,937 for last year.
The budget will be voted on at
a meeting of the county levying
board December 2, 1931, when any
person subject to the levy may ex
press his approval or disapproval.
Unemployed Register
Shows Less Than 1930
With 102 unemployed, having 225
dependents, registered In the coun
ty Tuesday, figures were below the
total for 1930, reported Wm. T.
Campbell, county judge. Last year's
total was 115 with 248 dependents.
However, winter has not yet start
ed, and with a considerable impe
tus given registration in the few
days previous to the report, it may
be expected that the total will ex
ceed that of a year ago. No reports
had been had from Lexington, Ir
rigon, Hardman or Boardman for
several days, the judge said.
Reporting by towns, the figures
showed 56 at Heppner with 145 de
pendents; 27 at lone with 29 de
pendents; 3 at Irrigon with 10 de
pendents; 3 at Hardman with 8 de
pendents; 3 at Lexington with 9
dependents; 10 at Boardman with
24 dependents. The number of sin
gle men registering was unusually
large at lone, said the judge.
In providing employment the
county will give preference to
heads of families, and of these the
ones with the least resources will
be given first consideration, Judge
Campbell said. Hence the man with
an automobile must wait his turn
behind the man who does not have
an automobile.
Just how soon state funds with
which to provide employment here
may be received, the judge could
not say. With other members of
the court he expected to attend the
state highway commission meeting
In Portland today to work In behalf
of the Heppner-Spray road, and to
get relief money expended on this
route, if possible.
VISITORS ENTERTAINED.
Many Hermiston legionnaires
and townspeople accompanied the
Hermiston high school team to
Heppner yesterday for the football
game. In the evening members of
the visiting post were entertained
by Heppner post at the annual Ar
mistice day banquet, held at I. O,
Y BUDGET
O. F. hall, and attended by 150 peo
pie.
E.0.WHEAT LEAGUE
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Increased Interest Expected in The
Dalles Sessions; Full Pro
gram Given.
With wheat prices mounting al
most dally and prospects brighter
for the coming year, officers of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league are
expecting a larger attendance and
increased interest in the annual
meeting of the league which opens
a two-day session in The Dalles
Friday, November 13.
One of the world's most outstand
ing authorities on wheat supply, Dr.
J. S. Davis, member of the food re
search institute at Stanford univer
sity, has been obtained as a speak
er, reports E. R. Jackman, O. S. C.
extension specialist who is acting
as organization secretary for the
meeting. Senator Frederick Stei
wer will also be present and will
speak on "National Taxation and
Farm Finance."
Meetings are open to any wheat
grower, whether member of the
league or not The program will
include discussions on present
wheat marketing organizations, the
general world wheat situation, and
numerous production problems of
primary interest to eastern Oregon.
The complete program follows:
9:30 a.m. Call to order by president.
Address 'of welcome, Dr.
Fred Thompson. Mayor.
Response by Harry Pinker
ton and review of activ
ities of the Wheat league.
10:00 am. Cooperative Gasoline Pur
chases, W, A. Holt, Pen
dleton. 10:15 asm. Feeding Wheat to Live
stock, Harry Lindgren,
Corvallis.
10:45 a.m. Surplus Wheat Disposal
Plans, Ed Aldrich, Pen
dleton. NOON
1:15 p.m. Barley as a SubstituteCrop.
D. D. Hill, Corvallis.
1:45 p.m. The Smut Situation, E. R.
Jackman, Corvallis.
2:00 p.m. Activities of the North Pa
cific Grain Growers, A. R.
Shumway. Milton, and Or
ris Dorman, Lacrosse, Wn.
The Farmers National
Grain Corporation. E. J.
Bell, Federal Farm Board,
Washington, D. C.
Discussion led by E. M.
Hulsen. Blalock.
4:00 p.m. Committee' Meetings.
6:15 p. m. Banquet.
7:45p.m. The International Wheat
Food Research Institute.
Stanford University.
9:00 a. m. ' Committee Meetings.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14.
8:30 a.m. How Crop Statistics Are
Gathered, PauUC. Newman,
Federal SWtliKcian,- Port
land. 9:00 a.m. Research Results to Date,
D. E. Stephens, Supt. Moro
Experiment Station.
9:30 a.m. The Truckmen's Viewpoint
Clyde C. Spooner, Secretary
Oregon Motor Truck Assn.,
Portland.
10:00a. in. National Taxation and
Farm Finance, Senator Fred
erick Steiwer.
11:00 a.m. Committee Meetings.
NOON
1:15 p.m. Reports of Committees.
Business session oi eastern
Oregon Wheat League.
"Sonny'Jane" to be Given
By Juniors Next Week
"Sonny Jane," the three-act com
edy to be presented next Thursday,
November 19, by the junior class of
Heppner high school, is tile story
of a young girl who manages very
neatly to outwit a group of mascu
line competitors in the journalism
field. The curtain will rise at 8
o'clock sharp at the high school
gym-auditorium.
The oast follows: Sonny Jane
Marquard, the little miss who start
ed the journalism war, Viola
Brown; Lucille Brandon, a pretty
neighbor, Hazel Bcymer; Peggy
Faster, the capable and energetic
owner of the Faster Boarding
house, Beatrice Thomson; Pansy
Proaser, the slowest hired girl in
the world, Annie Crump; Mrs.
Amelia Spitzendorf, the German
lady who has been three times mar
ried but willing to try again, Phyl
lis Pollock; Nancy Wade, an unex
pected visitor, June Anderson; Ru
by Wade, who is interested In jour
nalism, Nancy Jane Cox; Charles
Mitchell, the young and. handsome
enemy, Herman Green; Sam Streck,
the little, stout rather bald-headed
enemy number two, Ted McMurdo;
Larry Randolph, cheerful, - humor
ous, happy-go-lucky third enemy,
Ralph Forgey; Joe Martin, who
aspires to be metropolitan and to
marry Pansy, Bill Beckett; Freddie
Beadle, the would-be sheik of Or
chard Center, Edniond Gonty.
Rehearsals have been progressing
for several weeks under the direc
tion of Miss Dorothy Straughan,
English Instructor.
Morrow Girls Members
Of Polyphonic Choir
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Nov. 12. Among the outstanding
musical events of the year at the
Unlverstly of Oregon will be several
concerts by the huge Polyphonic
choir, composed of more than 200
students, of which three are from
Morrow county.
Jeanette Turner, Heppner, who is
entering the university this year for
the first time, will sing second so.
prano in the second division of the
choir, while both I.indy Hango, of
Boardman, and Hula McMillan, of
Lexington, will sing first soprano In
the second division.
The opening program of the year
will be held on Sunday afternoon
December 13, when both divisions
will join to sing Handel's "Mes
siah," one of the most beautiful
choruses ever composed. Mendels
sohn's "Hymn of Praise" will be
given somotlme early In January.
RANGER
Few Fires Had With Only
Acres Burned;
New Roads Built.
LOOKOUTS ADDED
Make 15 New Watering Places; Aim
At Coyote Elimination; Garden
of Eden is Located.
By F. F. WEHMEYER,
District Ranger.
The cooperation accorded in the
protection of the national forest by
local people has been sincerely ap
predated. We had no fires during
the past summer, up until hunting
season. These post-season nres,
numbering six, burned over about
one and one-half acres, but am glad
to state that, to the best of my
knowledge, no local person was in
any way responsible. Two of the
six parties guilty of carelessness
were apprehended and proved to be
Portland men.
Some 40 miles of good motor way
fire roads were constructed during
the past season on the Heppner dis
trict A good road now leads to
Tamarack mountain with a side
road to Happy Jack spring. The
old Arbuckle road was improved.
The Deerhorn trail was converted
into a motor way and the GiUnan
ranch road was rebuilt You will
now find a motor way across But
cher Bill, Penland and Brown
prairies and leading on down to the
Potamus country. The last road
completed the past week was down
Sugar Bowl creek to Side Hill camp
and thence on to connect up with
an old road to Ukiah.
The old Hill place near Rocky
Flats was purchased by the govern
ment from Frank Wilkinson and
will be used henceforth as a ran
ger station. Owing to the old Opal
mines lying on Peters butte just in
the background from the station,
it has been named the Opal ranger
station.
During the past summer, prepar
ations were laid for the future ex
pansion of the protective system on
this district. Several miles of new
telephone lines were built Tree
towers were erected at Red hill,
Wheeler point and Grassy butte
and the old abandoned lookout on
Whitetail butte was rebuilt A study
was made from each lookout as to
the distance, under various weath
er conditions, at which smoke
equivalent to a quarter- acre fire
could be seen and a visibility map
was made from each point This
study will show up blind spots and
enable us to so locate men, when
need arises, that a fire will be pick
ed up almost immediately.
Fifteen new watering places were
installed for the use of stock on
the range during the past summer.
This development consists for the
most part of burned log troughs,
numbering 10 to 14 at a place with
the necessary spring development
and piping at each place. At two
locations it was necessary to blast
wells. These were eight feet in
diameter and eight feet deep and
impounded enough water to fill the
troughs with a single pumping. As
these wells are shallow it was pos
sible to use pitcher pumps which
are very cheap. Several miles of
drift fence were repaired or re
built by cattlemen during the graz
ing season.
Many other minor Improvements
were carried out by contributed
time of guards and rangers, such
as piping water to Tupper ranger
station a distance of 100 feet and
under 250 lbs. pressure. New pas
ture fences were built at Arbuckle
ranger station and also Long Prai
rie ranger, station. Two hundred
acres were refenced at Opal rang
er station. At most of the stations
all outbuidlings, porches, etc., were
repaired and the stations painted..
One hundred and fifty miles of tel
ephone line was kept in service at
all times as well as 250 miles of
road and 50 miles of trail were kept
open. Several miles or pasture
fence were repaired or rebuilt at
the summer headquarters or the
men. Thousands upon thousands
of sheep were counted out of gov
ernment corrals while the drive
way patrolmen traveled from a
thousand to 1500 miles on horse
back during the six weeks' patrol
when the sheep were crossing In
the largest numbers. Some idea of
the riding necessary can be had
when one thinks that the four men
mode a distance almost equivalent
to the distance from here to New
York and back.
Harold Dobyns and Adam Knob
lock of the biological survey are,
in cooperation with local stockmen.
putting on a campaign to bring the
coyote situation under control.
They are working out from the
various ranger stations and carry
ing the war to the enemies' own
country, the John Day river DreaKS,
where the coyote breeds and fat
tens on the blood of countless deer
,and other game. In the control of
coyotes, cats, lynx and puma, the
biological survey has done more
than any other factor In helping
create "Oregon's Greatest Future
Asset the contemplated 100 mil
lion dollar resource, as outlined by
our state game commission. Even
with the semi-control of predatory
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HERMISTON WINS
ARMISTICE GAME
Swarm of Yellow-Jackets Overcome
Heppner 7-0 hi Flashy, Hard
Fought Annual Classic.
Hermiston high's yellow-jacketed
footballists who invaded Heppner
yesterday afternoon for the annual
Armistice day classic buzzed like
a swarm of the stinging varmints,
and sunk their stinger Into the lo
cals for a 7-0 win, their first victory
over Heppner in the annual Arm
istice battle, but their second vic
tory this season as they defeated
Heppner in the first game between
the two teams at Hermiston.
The hard schedule played by the
Heppner lads this season told in
their performance yesterday, as
they lacked the apparent confidence
and precision which marked their
play two weeks previous in the
game with Pendleton. They seem
ed dazed at first by the brilliant
offensive of the visitors, which,
shortly after the opening whistle,
carried the ball to Heppner"s one-
yard line. Here they apparently
regained consciousness, as they
held Hermiston on downs.
But impending disaster was not
yet allayed, for as Gentry attempt
ed to punt out of danger from be
hind his own goal line, the yellow-
jackets swarmed through the Hepp
ner line. The punt was blocked.
The ball was folded up securely in
yellow-jackted arms. It was Her
miston's touchdown. A place-kick
which went fair by inches gave
them their extra point
The large crowd, glad to enjoy
the bright sunshine in the out-of-
doors, cheered wildly as Heppner
several times carried the ball deep
into Hermiston territory, with runs
by Gentry and Thmoson, and pass
es from Gentry to Thomson netting
much of the yardage. Each time,
however, the locals either fumbled
or were held on downs, and their
scoring opportunity was lost
It was a fast hard-fought game,
won fairly by the Hermiston lads
who displayed brilliant teamwork.
The Heppner boys, all of whom
fought hard, included Roy Gentry,
quarter; Marcel Jones, fullback;
Floyd Jones and Curtis Thomson,
halves; M. Morgan and Wrex Lang
don, ends; Ralph Forgey and Lyle
Cowdry, tackles; Ralph Benton and
Ted McMurdo, guards, and How
ard Ayers and Orrin Furlong, re
serves. Yeager of Umatilla refereed.
Heppner Wins Game, 14-6
From Pilot Rock Eleven
After a rush In which Pilot Rock
scored a touchdown early in the
game, Heppner came back in the
second half to score two touch
downs and a 14-6 victory, in a game
played between the two high school
teams at Pilot Rock, Friday after
noon. In the first quarter the heavy
Pilot Rock team appeared to have
much the advantage, reeling off
large gains on end runs and line
plays almost at will. Their scoring
opportunity came on a blocked
punt when Gentry was forced to
kick from behind his own goal line.
Pilot Rock recovered and bucked
the ball across. They failed to con
vert on an attempted place-kick.
With the score 6-0 against them
at mid-game, the Heppner lads
came back strong In the second
half, having apparently worn down
their opponents considerably. Their
first break for a touchdown came
on a quick kick by Gentry which
sent the ball over the Pilot Rock
safety's head and rolled it across
the opponents' goal line for a touch
back. Pilot Rock made a bad re
turn kick, and Heppner drove
through to the goal line where the
ball was lost on downs. Another
bad kick by Pilot Rock gave Hepp
ner the ball near the 30-yard line
from where it was punched across,
Marcel Jones carrying the ball on
the scoring play. A pass from Gen
try to Thomson netted the extra
point.
The second touchdown came af
ter Forgey had picked up a Pilot
Rock punt on the bound and car
ried it twenty yards to the Pilot
Rock 10-yard line, from where It
was taken across In a series of
plays with Gentry making the
touchdown. A lateral pass from
Jones tp Gentry resulted in the ex
tra point
W. R. Poulson was referee.
Gym Class Sponsored
By Business Women
The first meeting of a gymnasium
class for women, 'sponsored by the
Heppner Business and Professional
Women's club, will.be held at the
school gymnasium next Monday
evening. At this time organization
will be perfected and the fee set
It is expected the fee will not ex
ceed $3 for the 12 lessons, to be held
weekly on Monday evenings at 8
o clock until completed. The price
will be determined by the number
of women joining, and therefore all
women wishing to join are urged
to be present next Monday. Mrs.
Harold Cohn will direct the work
and Mrs. T. J. Humphreys will col
lect the fees.
Margaret Doolittle received a se
vere cut on the face at the school
grounds Tuesday when she fell
from the play apparatus.
Terrel Benge and Paul Jones de.
parted today for Eugene to take in
the big game between Oregon and
Oregon State.
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GREAT WAR TRUCE
Robert D. Lytle Urges
Legion to Carry on
Against Enemies.
POST HOLDS RITES
Morning Program at Star Theater
WeU Attended; Auxiliary Ladies
Assist With Music.
IT will be recalled that on the
11th day of November, 1918,
an armistice was declared
which resulted in peace between
the contending armies on the
continent of Europe. When the
news that this event had taken
place a few days before it really
happened, was broadcasted over
the country, bedlam was turned
loose in Heppner, as it was in
many another city, large and
small throughout the land, and
there was general and' sincere
rejoicing. While our celebration
was premature at that time, the
return of Armistice Day each
year has been fittingly memor
ialized in this city, and kept to
the front by the American Le
gion since the post was estab
lished here. This great day, soon
made a national holiday, is ob
served by the one country that
had no part in the starting of
the great world conflict and the
only country that in any manner
observes the ending of the war.
Armistice day was fittingly ob
served in this city under the direc
tion of Heppner post No. 87, Am
erican Legion. The morning: pro
gram, at the Star theater, was at
tended by a fair-sized audience.
Paul Marble, commander of the
local post, presided, calling the ga
thering to their feet for the singing
of America, Joel R. Benton, pas
tor of the Church of Christ deliv
ered the invocation, followed by in
troduction of the speaker of the
day, Robert D. Lytle, by Mr. Marble
in well chosen and appropriate
words. Mr. Lytle's capable address
was followed by the selection,
"Peace," sung by the American Le
gion Auxiliary octette in their us
ual excellent manner, with Mrs. J.
O. Turner accompanying at the pi
ano. Singing of the Star Spangled
Banner by the audience and bene
diction by Mr.. Benton closed the
program at the theater.
In the course of his address, Mr.
Lytle touched upon the events out
of which the World war grew, Cov
ering the history that finally lead
to America declaring war on Ger
many, and then her great prepara
tions to enter the conflict with
men, munitions, food and money on
such a scale that there would be
no question as to what the final
outcome would be. Millions of men
were brought into the service, and
by armistice more than 2,000,000
had been safely put across the At
lantic and were being pressed into
battle. The great victories of Bel
leau Wood and the Argonne, won
by our froces, were telling factors
against the entente, and the armis
tice came shortly following the lat
ter battle, on November 11, 1918.
America lost nearly 160,000 on the
field of conflict men who went
over never to return; then there
was perhaps double this number
who came home, crippled and
maimed for life the awful results
of the carnage they had passed
through. The Legion is composed
of these men; It is to their ever
lasting credit that they were the
saviour of the country in its time
of extreme peril, and prevented our
shores from being invaded by the
enemy. Returning they have band
ed together in this great patriotic
organization, and the speaker ear
nestly admonished them to continue
to save the country from the ene
mies within.
He presented In a strong manner
several of these enemies, and in no
unmistakable terms showed where
in they were working against the
constitution of the country and the
right guaranteed thereunder to our
citizenship. "There are no 100 per
cent Americans," Mr. Lytle declar
ed; "one hundred per cent means
perfection, and no man Is perfect;
neither are there 100 per cent crim
inals." The gangster, the commun
ist and all agencies that work
against the welfare of our citizen
ship, can be suppressed not by vi
olence, but by the ballot box; so the
speaker urged all good citizens to
help In the upholding of the laws;
demanding of officials that they do
their whole duty, and when they do
not, oust them at the very first op
portunity. The strong arm of the
law-abiding citizenship of the coun
try will put the gangster out of
business, and it will also compel
law observance and more righteous
living on the part of violators of
constituted authority.
Mr. Lytle is a pleasant speaker,
and his address was well received.
The benefit card party scheduled
by the Rebekahs for November 24
has been postponed until later date
on account of conflicting attrac
tions. "SONNY JANE," Junior Class
Play, gym-auditorium, Thursday,
Nov. 19. Admission 25c.