OREGOri HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC A U D I T 0 R I V 7
PORTLAND, OR
alette
Volume 48, Number 49.
HEPPNER, OREGON, TSDAY, FEB. 18, 1932.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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City to be Scoured for
Work to Aid Jobless;
Committee Named.
PROJECTS DISCUSSED
City Mall, Street Lighting, Water
Rates Among Suggested Projects
Worthy of Club's Attention.
A war against depression started
by Heppner post American Legion
as a part of a nation-wide cam
paign gained the support of the
Lions club at its Monday noon
luncheon when Earl Eskel'son,
Charles Swindig, Gene Ferguson,
J. H. McCrady and J. J. Nys were
appointed as a committee to coop
erate with the Legion committee in
planning the attack. Paul Marble,
Legion commander, outlined the
campaign and suggested partlcipa
of the Lions club as one of a num
ber of projects suggested by mem
bers to which the club might give
its attention. The meeting was giv
en over to the suggestion of pro
jects and methods of Increasing the
' value of meetings.
Mr. Marble told of the national
Legion campaign having as its goal
obtaining of work for 1,000,000 peo
ple now out of employment. He xe
plained that the plan to be followed
locally is to visit all residences and
business houses of the city for the
purposes of listing odd jobs, and to
encourage the giving of odd jobs
that may be needed to be done In
order to eliminate rubbish' piles or
fire hazards and generally improve
the appearance and value of prop
erty. The details of carrying out
the campaign and the method of at
tack to be used will be worked out
by the joint committee.
Fublic Burial Cited.
Another suggestion in line with
the campaign was a public burial
for Old Man Depression. Such a
ceremony has been carried out suc
cessfully in other places.
The matter of endorsing the con
struction of a building to house the
city council chambers, library and
Are truck was submitted as a sug
gestion. That a concrete building
large enough to house these city
functions and properties could be
built for a sum the interest on
which would not exceed the amount
now paid In rentals for various
quarters had been estimated by a
member of the city council, it was
said, and invesitgation revealed an
estimated cost of $2560 for such a
building. It was suggested, that
the Lions club might endorse the
project because the building is
needed to improve existing condi
tions, because it could be built
economically at present, and be
cause it would help relieve the Un
employment situation.
Streets Given Attention.
Other suggested projects Includ
ed working for improved street
lighting, cleaning up back alleys,
Improving city streets, making
Heppner more attractive to out
side people, encouragement of a
more sympathetic attitude between
the business interests of Heppner
and rural communities, adjustment
of water rates.
All suggested projects will be
gone into by the board of directors
and those found feasible will be re
submitted to the club for discussion
and endorsement
. Special entertainment was pro
vided by the Heppner Mandolin
club, with J. T. Lumley, Joe Bibby,
Leonard Gilliam, Frank Turner and
Jesse Turner playing In ensemble,
Mr. Lumley, Mr. Bibby and Jesse
Turner playing In trio and Mr. Bib
by playing two banjo solos. The
music was generously applauded
by the club. Miss Juanita Leath
ers was pianist
Next Monday the club will ob
serve Washington's birthday by a
special program arranged for the
occasion.
PAST RULERS OFFICIATE.
Past exalted rulers of Heppner
lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks, filled the
chairs at the regular lodge session
last Thursday evening, honoring
annual past exalted rulers night
Taking the various stations were
Earl W. Gordon, exalted ruler,
Clarence Bauman, esteemed lead
ing knight; Gay M. Anderson, es
teemed loyal knight; Charles Cox,
esteemed lecturing knight; Harry
Duncan, esquire; Frank Turner, ty
ler; W. E. Pruyn, inner guard, and
Dean T. Goodman, secretary. The
occasion attracted a good attend
ance of the membership and a live
ly session was enjoyed, followed by
serving of sauer kraut, welnies,
doughnuts and coffee.
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY.
', Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, announces
this week that she will be a candi
date for nomination to succeed her
self to the ofllce at the republican
nominating election on May 20. No
other candidate for the ofllce has
so far been announced.
DISTRICT OFFICIAL COMING.
Dr. Thomas L. Yarnes, district
superintendent from Salem, will be
at the Methodist church In Hepp
ner next Tuesday evening for Uie
purpose of conducting the quarter
ly conference. He will also preach
at the service.
WAR
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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS WILL MARK
OPENING OF
RADIO WIU CARRY PROGRAM
CORNER OF COUNTRY; CHORUS OF 10,000, ACCOMPANIED
BY COMBINED BANDS, WILL LEAD NATION IN SONG.
The official opening of the nation
wide George Washington Bicenten
nial Celebration will take place
February 22 at noon, Eastern
Standard Time, when President
Hoover will deliver his George
Washington address before a joint
meeting of Congress. Members of
the United States Supreme Court
the Cabinet, foreign diplomats and
many other distinguished visitors
will also be present Radio will
carry the address' to every corner
of America over a nation wide
hook-up.
Immediatetly after the address,
the President will give the signal
for the singing of "America" by a
combined chorus of 10,000 singers
assembled on the east steps of the
Capitol. The entire nation, listen
ing at its radios, Is expected to join
in this singing. The accompani
ment will be played by the United
States Army, Navy and Marine
bands directed by John Philip
Sousa. Walter Damrousch will di
rect the singing.
In the afternoon, President Hoo
ver, accompanied by members of
the United States George Washing
MR-MRS. F. D. COX
MARRIED 50 YEARS
Residents of County Since '70s En-
Joy Golden Anniversary Cele
bration With Family Reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Cox,
Morrow county pioneers, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
Saturday, February 13, at their
home on Hinton creek, with all
available members of the family
making a reunion for the event
Elizabeth Hyman came to Hepp
ner with her parents from the state
of Maine in 1878, and Franklin D.
Cox came to Heppner from Silver-
ton, Oregon, in 1877. They were
married in Heppner February 13,
1882, and settled on Hinton creek
where they have resided ever since.
Sixteen, children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Cox, eleven of whom are
living, and eight of whom were
present for the anniversary ob
servance. They have 31 grandchil
dren and five great grandchildren.
Mr. Cox is 76 years of age and Mrs.
Cox is 66. Both are enjoying very
good health.
The children present were Mr.
and Mrs. William' Mays, Ben Cox
and family, and Percy Cox and
family, all of Heppner; Dee Cox
and family of Lexington; Mrs. J.
J. Johnson, Mrs. Reuben Beer and
daughter Vera of Silverton; Archie
Cox and family of Council, Idaho;
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Clark and
family of Boise, Idaho. The three
children not able to attend were
Mrs. Jack Cover, Bend; Mrs. Eph
riam Giger, Longview, Wash., and
Mrs. Rolley Metcalf, Boise, Idaho.
A bountiful anniversary dinner
was enjoyed at noon and Mr. and
Mrs. Cox received many lovely
gifts. The afternoon was spent In
reminiscing. In the evening neigh
bors and friends gathered to ex
tend their congratulations and
good wishes.
Library Adds Two Books
On Life of Washington
In keeping with the national ob
servance of the bicentennial of
Washington's birth, the Heppner
library association has recently
added to Its shelves two new books
of general interest about the First
American. One, "In the Days of
Young Washington," by Nancy
Byrd Turner, Is largely for child
readers, as it gives a comprehensive
account of Washington's younger
days chiefly In words of one syl
lable. The other new book, which
is highly recommended by the bi
centennial commission, is Freder
ick Trevor Hill's "On the Trail of
Washington," and has an appeal
for older students and adults. In
the author's words, he attempts to
depict the man as he really was,
" a man with good red blood in his
veins, good common sense In his
head, good kindly feeding In his
heart, and a good honest laugh."
The author has made a special ef
fort to select his biographical data
from strictly authentic sources,
having made use Of free access to
original documents and mementoes
in most cases.
MASONS TO MEET.
Regular communication of Hepp
ner Lodge No. 69, A. F. & A. M. will
be held next Saturday evening at
Masonic hall. Initiation and other
business. All members urged to be
present.
E. R. HUSTON, W. M
It's quite a thrill to be called to
the telephone and have the opera
tor say, "Hollywood, California,
calling, according to Harry Dun
can who enjoyed the experience
Monday evening when his brother
made a social call. -
Lee Beckner, prominent member
of lone post, American Legion and
a leading wheatraiser of the lone
vicinity, was a business visitor in
Heppner Tuesday.
BICENTENNIAL FETE
FROM CAPITAL TO EVERY
ton Bicentennial Commission and
the District of Columbia Bicenten
nial Commission will lay a wreath
on the tomb of the Father of his
Country.
The George Washington Colonial
Costume ball, under the auspices of
the United States and the District
of Columbia Bicentennial Commis
sions, will be held in the evening
in the Mayflower Hotel in- Wash
ington, D. C Every state Jn the
Union will be represented by invit
ed guests.
Even before the official opening
of the Celebration, however, the
churches of the nation will partici
pate in an "unofficial" inaugural of
the event in religious services to
be held in honor of George Wash
ington. These services will com
mence on Friday evening, Febru
ary 19, with those groups whose
Sabbath begins at sundown- on the
sixth day of the week. Other
groups observing the Sabbath on
Saturday and Sunday will also hold
devotional services, so it is proba
ble that nearly all of the 232,000
churches in the country will thus
honor the memory of George Wash
ington. Will Test Power of Press!
Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the
Chicago Daily News, has been asked
by Hoover to start propaganda, to
top prosperous citizens from hoard
ing, in order to bring back pros
perity, University Ranks High
In Promoting Good Will
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Feb. 17. The University of Oregon
was selected as one of the seven
most outstanding Amrican colleges
in the promotion of international
good will and understanding dur
ing 1931 In the national FIDAC com
petition, it was announced here by
Dr Arnold Bennett Hall, president
of the university, who Just received
word from James F. Barton, na
tional adjutant of the American
Legion.
FIDAC Is the organization of vet
erans' societies of the Allied Coun
tries of the World War, and each
year awards the Fidac Educational
medals, one of which goes to the
college or university with more
than 1,000 enrollment, one to the
Institution under 1,000, and the
third to a woman's college. This
year Princeton was awarded the
medal In the first group, Clarkin
the second, and Vassar in the third.
The FIDAC jury of award is
headed by Dr. Stephen P. Duggan,
New York, and consists of Dr. Da
vid P. Barrows, California; Gen.
L. R Gignilliat, Indiana, Dr. Rob
ert H. Hutchins, Illinois, and Dr.
Paul Monroe, New York,
very high In the estimation of the
very high in hte estimation of the
jury of award, being selected as one
of the seven most outstanding col
leges In the first group," Mr. Bar
ton wrote Dr. Hall.
During the past year, the inter
national value of the Murray War
ner art museum, the work of Mrs.
Murray Warner, the Murray War
ner essay contest on international
relations, the university Interna
tional House, the Pacific Basin de
bate tour and other projects have
been outstanding In this field. Pres
ident Hall lectured and wrote on
International topics, as has Dr.
John R Mez. professor of political
science.' Dr. John Mueller, profes
sor of sociology, toured Russia and
contributed valuable data on con
ditions there; David E. Favllle,
dean of the school of business ad
ministration, toured the Orient,
bringing back valuable material on
foreign trade.
The university offers numerous
courses dealing with international
relations, valuable In promoting
good will, it was pointed out
ELKS BALL ON 22ND.
Plans are well In hand for the
annual ball of Heppner lodge 358,
a. y. O. Elks, to be held on Wash
ington's birthday, Monday evening,
February 22, announces Dean T,
Goodman, secretary. While a pro
gram or economy is being followed
in staging the ball this year, and
no elaborate features are planned,
all who attend are promised a good
time. Punch and a midnight sup
per will be served. The initiation
ceremonies formerly announced in
connection with the annual ball
have been postponed until the reg
ular meeting night on the 25th when
a good attendance of members is
urged.
OUTLOOK FOR 1932
VARIED ON FARMS
Annual Report from O.S.C. Shows
Uncertainty; Much Depends
on World-Wide Events.
"The 1932 crop season is making
a rather favorable start in Oregon
so far as nature is concerned, but
will depend much upon world-wide
prices for farm products In 1932
economic and political events which
cannot be entirely forseen,"' says
the annual agricultural outlook re
port just released by the Oregon
State college extension service.
Pointing out that the general
level of farm prices Is now only
about one-half as high as from 1926
to 1930, and scarcely two-thirds as
high as from 1910 to 1914, the re
port attributes this situation prin
cipally to weak foreign and domes
tic demand. There was overpro
duction of some farm products and
under-production of others, but the
gross volume of agricultural pro
duction was not much more or less
than from 1920 to 1930.
"Substantial improvement In do
mestic demand for farm products
is not to be expected until credit
conditions become more favorable,
and there is a revival in industry
There is very little definite evi
dence of significant improvement
In the near future in the foreign
demand for agricultural products
from this country," says the report.
Industrial Revival Watched.
Factory payrolls in this country
in November were only 56 per cent
of the average from 1923 to 1925 at
the same season, and unemploy
ment in some industries was even
greater. Signs of more than sea
sonal improvement in such basic In
dustries as iron and steel, automo
biles, and construction, which con
sume largely non-agricultural raw
materials, will be evidence of the
approach of improvement in do
mestic demand for farm products,
according to the report
Considerable space in the report
is given to an analysis of the cost
outlook. Including credit taxes, la
bor and commodities used in pro
duction and living. The unfavor
able relationship between farm
cash Income and the cost of oper
ating farms which has prevailed
for several years, is expected to
continue in 1932, although some inv
provement in some items seems
likely.
"Poultry keepers who follow a
well defined program are justified
in rearing sufficient young stock to
operate their present equipmant
although present economic condi
tions do not justify plunging or ov
er-expansion of the poultry Indus
try," says the report The outlook'
is for a smaller supply of fresh
eggs in 1932 than in 1931, unless
production per hen should exceed
the large figure in 1931. Number of
chickens on farms January 1 was
estimated at 5 per cent under a
year previous, but Information on
chick hatchings will only become
available from month to month
during the season.
More Cows Being Milked
With respect to the dairy situa
tion, the report says there are too
many cows In the whole country
and that the number of young stock
being raised is still excessive. The
number of cows in the United
States is estimated to be 3 5 per
cent greater than a year ago and
6.4 per cent more than two years
ago. More heifers are on hand than
needed for replacements. The im
portance of reducing the cost of
production, improving the quality
of the products, and making Ore
gon dairy stock more attractive to
California buyers is emphasized.
The economic position of the beef
cattle Industry appears to be more
favorable at present than hogs and
sheep, although there has been an
upward trend in - cattle numbers
since 1928. Despite a sharp falling
off in the export demand for hog
products, the number of hogs In the
United States has been increased 9
per cent during the past year.
Cheap wheat and feed grains have
Stimulated hog production.
Sheep Herds Expanded.
The sheep population of the coun
try Is 50 per cent greater than at
the low point 10 years ago, but no
Increase is expected in the lamb
crop this spring because of unfa
vorable conditions in the western
states. The size of the crop will,
of course, depend somewhat upon
weather conditions during the next
three months. The importance of
measures for increasing the de
mand for lamb and wool were also
discussed in the report
The honey outlook says that pros
pects are favorable for a good flow
of nectar in 1932, but the general
condition of bees is less satisfactory
than usual. Although exports
have declined sharply, domestic
sales have been Increased by grow,
ers who marketed much honey lo
cally, and the 1931 crop was the
smallest In several years.
The complete outlook reports for
Oregon are now available from any
tounty agent.
ATTENTION MEMBERS.
The lodge of the Degree of Hon
or Protective association meets on
Tuesday, February 23rd, at 7:30 o'
clock in Odd Fellows hall. There
will be initiation, a program and
refreshments. All members are
urged to be present.
CLARA BEAMER, Sec.
FOR SALE 6-room house with
nearly acre of ground, handy cellar
and garage; also business lot and
used lumber. Box 65, Heppner. tf.
Succeeds Mellon
Ogden L. Mills, Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury under Andrew
Mellon and who has discharged many
of the duties of his chief in recent
months, has been named to succeed
him.
I0NE.
JENNIE E. McMTJRRAY.
The following Washington pro
gram will be given at the school
house Friday afternoon at two o
clock. The public is invited to be
present. - The first and second
grades will give a playlet, "Lincoln
and the Little Bird; third and
fourth grades, playlet, "How We
Got the American Flag and also
"Little Soldiers; fifth and sixth
grades, a play entitled "Washington
or Lincoln"; from the seventh and
eighth grades, readings will be giv
en by Harlan McCurdy and Mildred
Lundell, and the Flag Salute given
by the pupils; the number on the
program furnished by the high
school will be the Minuet
A Mothers' Tea will be given by
the Girl's league Tuesday after
noon, February 23, at the school
house. The following program has
been prepared for the entertain
ment of the mothers: playlet,
"Bachelor Girls Club"; song by the
group, "You're Always the Same
Old Pal"; skit, "The Jolly Tar";
solo by Opal Finn, and the Minuet
Robert H. Hayes of Walla Walla,
Scout executive of the Blue Moun
tain Council, will be in attendance
at the regular meeting of Scout
troop No. 63 of lone Tuesday eve
ning, February 23. At this time
Mr. Hayes will present certificates
of membership and he hopes to
have the charter which he writes
has been ordered from Nw York
by air mail. Mothers of Scouts and
all interested in the movement will
be welcome at this meeting.
The combined radio and phono
graph owned by the school is for
sale. It is now on exhibit at the
Bert Mason store where all who
wish may see it Tickets are being
sold and the phonograph will be
raffled off at the basket social and
old time dance at the school house
Friday evening, February 26, pro
viding sufficient tickets have been
sold at that time.
Teachers institute will be held in
Irrigon this year on February 26.
Millard Nolan of Ferdinand, Ida
ho, arrived last week and will spend
the summer here- working on the
Lee Beckner ranch.
The Women's Topic club held
their social meeting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter Saturday
evening, February 13, Mrs. Cotter
and Mrs. Walter Corley being host
esses. Bridge was the diversion of
the evening, eight tables being at
play. St Valentine decorations
were used throughout the home
and at a late hour delicious re
freshments of creamed chicken,
hot rolls, cake and coffee were serv
ed by the genial hostesses. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Bergevin, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feld
man, Miss Kathryn Feldman, Mr.
Neil Shuirman, Mr. Bert Mason,
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hatch, Mrs. Inez
Freeland, Miss Mary Van Vactor,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin, Mr. and
Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Smith, Mr and Mrs. Harlan
McCurdy, Mr. and Mrs. George E.
Tucker, Miss Florence Emmons,
Mr. Lyle N. Riggs, Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Werner
Rietmann, Mr. Walter Corley and
Mr. M. E. Cotter. High scores were
made by Mrs. Hatch and Mr. Ber
gevin; low by Mrs. Bergevin and
Mr. Mankin
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school
superintendent, and Miss Helen
Cowglll, assistant state club leader
of Corvallis, spent Friday in the
schools here. We understand that
a girls' sewing club has been or
ganized as a result of Miss Cow
gil's visit with Miss Helen Smouse
as leader.
Albert Petteys was dismissed
from the Portland hospital the first
of last week and returned to his
home at Courtrock, near Monu
ment During his wait between
trains at Arlington he was visited
by his brother and two sisters, G.
A. Petteys, Mrs. Frank Engelman
and Mrs. C. W. Swanson, all of
lone.
Leo Crabtree was painfully in
jured last Saturday while assisting
his father about some work on the
windmill. A part of the mill fell,
hitting the young man's forearm In
such a way as to tear away a great
piece of the skin and flesh.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Alsdorff and
Mr. and Miss Carrlck, son and
daughter of Mrs. Alsdorff, were Sat
urday night guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Linn in Mor
gan. Mrs. Alsdorff Is the mother
of Mrs. Linn. The party had been
visiting at the home of her on,
Clyde Carrick of Boardman, and
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TREE PLANTING
PROPOSAL MADE
Bicentennial Committee Endorses
Wehmeyer Plan; Marker Or
dered; Committees Named.
Approval of landscaping plan and
the proposal for replanting native
trees as submitted by F. F. Weh
meyer, local forest ranger, was
made by the Washington Bicen
tennial committee at a meeting In
the library last Thursday evening.
The plans are for the development
of the committee's tree-planting
project at the city's artesian well
site at the forks of Willow creek
With most of the money for the
purpose in hand or promised from
the different contributing organi
zations of the city, Mrs. J. D. Cash,
chairman of the committee in
charge, was authorized to order the
brass marker which will designate
the site. Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers,
Mrs. Earl Gordon and Jasper
Crawford were appointed on the
committee to have charge of the
dedication ceremonies set for July
Fourth.
W. R. Poulson, scoutmaster, was
present and said that the Boy
Scouts could assist In the develop
ment of some project at the park
Mr. Wehmeyer's plans call for
the transplanting of native trees,
the Blue mountains in the vicinity
offering a great many species that
are readily available. He offered
to locate the trees and assist in
transplanting them. To assist In
this work Mrs. Arthur McAtee,
president appointed Earl Gilliam,
Walter Moore and Charles Smith.
John Wightman was asked to se
cure a base for the marker, and
Mr. Wehmeyer also offered his as
sistance in iocating a boulder suit
able for the purpose.
Several landscaping plans were
submitted to the committee, but
that proposed by Mr. Wehmeyer
was considered most feasible.
District Legion Meeting
To be at lone Saturday
The sixth district American Le
gion conference will be held at lone
next Saturday night to begin at
7:30 o'clock. A banquet will be
staged at 5 o clock, and a big pub
lic dance in honor of the legion
naires and auxiliary members will
begin at C. W. Smith of this
city, past district commander, has
been named toastmaster for the
banquet
Jack Barron of Pendleton, dis
trict commander, will preside at the
Legion conference, while Alex Bar
ry, state commander; Carl Moser,
state adjutant; Bob Dillard, state
service officer, and Sidney George,
national executive committeeman,
will be present Mrs. LaDocia Cobb,
president of the state auxiliary, and
other officers of the sister organiza
tion will be on hand to assist in
conducting, the auxiliary confer
ence to be held at the same time
the Legion meeting is held.
lone post has been making
thorough preparation for entertain
ment of visiting legionnaires and
auxiliary members and post offi
cers promise a good time to all who
attend. The conference will be con
cerned with problems pertaining to
district legion and auxiliary mat
ters, among which it is expected
will be a discussion of district rep
resentation at the national conven
tion to be held in Portland in Sep
tember. School Program, Movie,
To Honor Washington
Washington's 200th birthday will
be observed publicly In Heppner
next Monday morning at 10 o'clock
at the Elks hall by a program by
the school to be followed by a
moving picture of his life at the
Star theater, under the sponsor
ship of the Parent-Teachers asso
ciation. The program will consist of a
minuet and flag drill by the lower
grades, and a song by the upper
grade girls. No admission price
will be charged for the picture, and
the public is invited to attend both
the program and movie.
Students of the high school are
presenting a program in Washing
ton's honor this afternoon.
Local Wool Growers
To Meet Here Monday
A meeting of the Morrow Coun
ty Wool and Lamb Growers asso
ciation will be held at the Elks hall
In Heppner next Mnday afternoon
beginning at 2 o'clock. All sheep
men of the county are given an ur
gent invitation to attend Ralph I.
Thompson, president of the associa
tion, will preside.
The meeting Is called for the
purpose of discussing seasonal
problems of the growers. No out
side speakers will be present It Is
intnded mainly as a get-together
meeting for the purpose of obtain
ing a better understanding of local
problems.
The American Legion auxiliary
will have a pie sale at Hiatt &
Dix's store Saturday morning at 10
o'clock. This sale Is given for the
benefit of the 4-H club honor girl
from Heppner who will be sent to
the two-weeks' summer school at
Corvallis. Buy your pies at this
sale and save cooking.
FORM UNITED FRONT
IMflINT
DIE IN COUNTY
Everyone Urged to Enlist
in War on Depression;
First Guns Fired.
MILLION MORE JOBS
IS NATIONAL GOAL
Restoration of Confidence
and Normal Buying
Expected Result.
"One Million Wage Earners Back
to Work!"
That is the battle cry of the War
Against Depression officially de
clared Monday which will be waged
through 10,800 local committees in
every city, town and hamlet in the
United States for the purpose of
reestablishing public confidence and
securing resumption of normal
buying. Sponsored nationally by
the American Legion, American
Legion auxiliary, the Association of
National Advertisers and the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, the ban
ner has been hoisted over a united
front in Heppner with the joining
of forces of the Business and Pro
fessional Women's club, Lions club,
Elks, American Legion and auxil
iary, together with the governor's
unemployment committee and the
Central Committee for Unemploy
ment Relief, representatives of
which organizations met at Hotel
Heppner Wednesday afternoon to
start the preliminary organization.
Further organization of the local
army and formulation of the meth
ods of attack will be made at a
general committee meeting tomor
row morning at 9 o'clock, at Hotel
Hepnper dining room.
Carried on nationally with the
Idea of securing permanent employ
ment for unemployed men and wo
men through urging every employ
er of labor to put at least one addi
tional wage earner to work, it will
be the aim of the local army to ob
tain as much permanent employ
ment as possible, also. But lacking
payroll industries which afford the
opportunity of securing permanent
jobs, locally an effort to create as
many odd jobs as possible is to be
made, as in that manner only, it is
believed, can Morrow county's 250
unemployed be given relief.
Therefore it is being urged that
people think and talk the matter
over; think and talk over the op
portunity of making needed im
provements at this time when build
ing costs are the lowest in years;
consider the matter of cleaning up
premises, painting, papering, lev
elling yard3, making gardens, plant- '
lng lawns and the thousand and one
things that are needed to be done.
Then fill out the questionnaire ap
pearing on another page of this Is
sue of the Gazette Times, letting
members of the local committee
know, when you are called upon,
what jobs you are willing to have
done now to assist in waging the
war against depression. In recog
nition of your enlistment in the
cause, you. will be presented with a
service star which you may be as
proud to display as were those
mothers and fathers whose sons
and daughters served their country
in the great war.
To further analyze local condi
tions and see what opportunity
there may be of future employment
for those now out of work the pre
liminary plans of the committee in
clude a survey of the country dis
tricts for the purpose of ascertain
ing the amount of help that will be
required to take care of spring and
summer work on the farms. It Is
believed that much relief will
be given the local situation through
absorption of local unemployed in
farm work.
It Is believed that the entire
country will be benefitted by the
drive and that there will be no fa
vored class. Employers can help
by providing employment; wage
earners can help by normal buying
and refusing to be hoarders.
The committees selected by the
various local organizations which
make up the general committee, In
clude: Business and Professional Wo
mens club: Miss Catherine Peter
son, Mrs. Mark Merrill, Miss Opal
Briggs, Miss Marjorle Clark, Miss
Helen Curran.
American Legion auxiliary: Mrs.
Helen Chrlstensen, Mrs. Wilson
Baylcss, Mrs. Harry Tamblyn, Mrs.
Willis McCarty, Mrs. Gene Fergu
son, Mrs. Paul Marble.
Lions club: Earl Eskelson, Chas.
Swindig, Gene Ferguson, J. J. Nys,
John McCrady.
Elks: Earl Gordon, D. A. Wilson,
Dean T. Goodman.
American Legion: Paul Marble,
Loyal Parker, Paul Gemmell, Wm.
Poulson, Spencer Crawford, Harold
Cohn.
Governor's Unemployment com
mittee: Wm. T. Campbell, W. P. .
Muhoney, Chas. W. Smith.
Central Unemployment Relief
committee: Mrs. Jeff Beamer, M. L.
Case, Mrs. Ed Bucknum, Garnet
Barratt, Mrs, Olive Frye.