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so .1 is:or"' PURLl ORE- ?. 1 C A o T ' Volume 49, Number 1. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 17, 1932 Subscription $2.00 a Year Jlepttet ATHENA BASKETBALL TITLE Mac Hi and Helix, Favor ites, Toppled Here in District Meet. FAST GAMES PLAYED Mil ton - Freewater Defeats Adams for Consolation Championship; Red Shirts are Runners-Up. With a great exhibition of fight ins; spirit Athena's quintet and "Speed" Jenkins pulled through a season of reverses to cop the cham pionship of the third Oregon dis trict high school basketball confer ence in the tournament played at Heppner last Friday and Saturday, topping Helix's sub-district cham pions 29-20 in the final play-off. It was Lowell "Speed" Jenkins, forced from the game the previous eve ning against Mac HI, battered and crippled, who hooped two success ive field goals in the final minutes of play to assure his team a win ning margin, and whose exhibition of checking at the left guard po sition was one of the sensations of the tournament. In accomplishing the tournament championship Athena defeated both teams favor ed to win Mac Hi of Mllton-Free-water, and Helix, and in doing so exhibited a brand of basketball that will make their presence at the state tournament strongly felt. Par ticipation in the state meet was earned by their victory here. Superiority of all the south Uma tilla county teams over the teams from this end of the district was shown in the first elimination games, scores of which were: Mac Hi 43-Hermiston 15; Athena 41-Ar-llngton 13; Helix 24-Lexington 19; Adams 18-Heppner 6. Athena en tered the tournament classed as a hard-luck team, having been edged out by neighboring teams by close margins after leading through many of their games. They lost to the Helix Red Shirts in the play off of the sub-district tournament, and had been defeated .by Mac Hi twice during the season while win ning from them once, and while the Athena boys were considered formidable opposition, their real strength was not realized here un til after the tournament. Lex Gives Helix Battle. Athena had little trouble defeat ing Arlington in the first game, though Arlington was slated as the strongest team from this end of the district, having won the sub-district championship at Umatilla. Helix on the other hand, found some dif ficulty with Lexington, as the Wheat City lads played them to a standstill for the first half, the score at mid-time being 14-all. This game and the one between Hepp- ner and Adams were the most closely matched in the early play. Close checking on the part of both the Lexington and Heppner teams kept down their opponents' scores. and only superior basket shooting ability was responsible for the wins by the Umatilla county teams. The consolation championship went to Mac Hi when they defeat ed Adams in the first game Satur day evening, 22-19. Athena had de feated Mac HI 30-20, and Helix had won from Adams 32-27 in the semi finals Friday evening. Both Mac HI and Helix found the Adams boys mighty hard to get along with, and all these games were hard bat ties with exceptionally close check ing resulting In the calling of many personal fouls. Hard playing rath er than Intentional roughness was the cause of several outstanding players leaving the game. Removed from the games because of reach ing their quota of personals were Mac His Mansfield and Hufford, Ad ams' B. Hodgcn and Helix's Bor qulst and Clemons, all of whom were extended hands of sympathy by opposing players. Special mention is accorded Le- land Jenkins, Athena forward, who In scoring the highest number of points for his team, was also high point man for the tournament with 30. Eight of these were made on free throws and 22 from field goals. Jack Hodgen of Adams scored the most points from field goals, 26, and lacked only one point of tying Jenkins for total score, with 29. Individual Scores Given. Total points of outstanding scor ers follow: Leland Jenkins, Athena 30 J. Hodgen, Adams 29 Lowell Jenkins, Athena 28 Planting, Helix '. 24 Hudeman, Helix .. , 23 Weber, Athena 22 Ollnger, Mac HI 22 Borqulst, Helix 18 Hoover, Mac HI 18 McConlcy, Mac Hi ..18 B. Hodgen, Adams 13 Warner, Lexington 11 Attendance was light at the pre liminary games during the day Fri day, increasing Friday evening and still more Saturday evening for the finals when large delegations from the south Umatilla county towns added to local fans Bwelled the au ditorium to near capacity. Organ. Ized rooting sections were present from Arlington, Lexington, Hepp ner, Helix and Athena, and the en thusiasm of the rooters was lively. Added to the lively music of the Heppner school band, the noise- BOY SCOUT EVENT SLATED MARCH 30 Fathers and Sons Banquet Expect ed to be Largest Event of Kind: Preparations Under Way. Final arrangements are under way for the fathers' and sons' ban quet under the auspices of the Boy Scout executive committee for the purpose of instilling greater inter est in Boy Scout work locally. The date has been deflnitetly set as Wednesday, March 30, with the basement of the Christian church as the place. The Business and Professional Womens club will as sist mothers of Boy Scouts In pre paring and serving the dinner. Every man in town Is invited, and every effort will be made to have every man in attendance, each to be accompanied by a boy. The man will buy two tickets for one dollar, for himself and boy companion, and proceeds above expenses will be used to pay membership of the lo cal troop in the Blue Mountain council, and the remainder, if any, to purchase needed equipment. The boys are already looking forward to the event in anticipation of a great time. A check-up of the men in town" reveals In the neighbor hood of 300, and it is certain that plans will be made for the enter tainment of no less than 400 men and boys, the largest event of its kind ever staged here. Robert Hayes, Boy Scout execu tive of the Blue Mountain council,' will be present accompanied by a number of Eagle Scouts from Pen dleton who will give exhibitions of advanced work. Following the banquet tests will be given boys in the local troop who are ready for advancement. It is expected the selling cam paign will start this week, and fur ther announcement of details will be made in this paper next week. making at times amounted almost to pandemonium. Financially, the tournament was considered a suc cess, and nothing but words of praise was heard from visiting coaches, players and . fans for the excellence of the facilities offered here for entertainment of the tour nament. Folegate of Walla Walla refer- eed all games in a capable manner. Buhmman of Heppner was scorer and Lumley of Heppner was timer. The line-ups and summaries of games in the order played follows: Hermiston 15-Mao HI 43 H. Klatres, 3 rf D. Olinger, 10 D. Martin, 5. If B- Liebbrand A. Bowman. 4. c M. Barnes (i. Hammond. a.-..rK ...J. Mansfield, 2 K. Cox lg G. Hoover, 15 Substitutions Hermiston: J. Neary, F. Reeves, D. Harris; Mac Hi: D. Mc- Connell 12, G. Langley 2, A. Hufford, Free throws Hermiston: Attempts 13, converted 6; Mac Hi: Attempts 2, con verted 1. Athena 41-Allnffton 13 Leland Jenkins. 8.rf Tatone Geissel. 2 ....If - Lundell Weber, 13 c wneeuioue, b Picket, 2 rg Ferris Lowell Jenkins, 14 Ig Ogilvy, 7 Substitutions Athena: R. Moore 2, Rowers. Singer: Arlington: Warner. Baker, Loy. Free Throws Athena: At tempted 7. converted 3; Arlington: At tempted iu, convenea a. Helix 24-Lexington 19 Hudeman, 7 -.rf Lane, 2 Planting, 7 if - Thonburg, 4 Borquist, 8 c Warner, 11 clemons. 2 rg Evans. Tucker lg J. McMillan Substitutions Helix: Karstens, Pros- ser, ration; Lexington: Hunt, Wilcox, S. McMillan. Free throws Helix: At tempted 5, converted 2; Lexington Attempted 6. converted 4. Heppner 6-Adami 18 Furlong rf J. Hodgen. ! Thomson, 2 If... ..it. rotter Forgey, 4... ..A. Potter, 1 Phelau rg B. Hodgen, Gentry - lg H. Murry Substitutions Heouner: Jones. Green, limtt; Adams: G. Hodgen, Roth rock 2, Whitely. Free throws Hepp ner: Attempted 2. convenea u; Adams Attempted 4, converted 2. Athena 30-Mao HI SO Geissel, 6 rf Olinger, 12 Leland Jenkins, 8. If. Liebbrand, Weber, 3 c Barnes, Pickett, 4 rg Mansfield, Lowell Jenkins, 4 lg Hoover EjUDMltlulions Athena: Moore, Kog era, Singer; Mac Hi: McConnell 2, Hut lord, Langley. Free throws Athena Attempted 1, converted 8; Mac Hi: Attempted 4, converted 2. Removed lor personal fouls, Manslleld. Helix 32-Adanu 27 Hudeman, 5 rf J. Hodgen, 16 naming, u it u. potter, Borquist, 8 - -.c .A. Potter, demons, S rg B. Hodgen Tucker. 4 lg H. Murry Substitutions Helix: Karstens. Pat- ton, Prosser; Adams: G. Hodgen, KotnrocK, wniteiy. Free tnrows He nx: Attempted , converted t; Adams Attempted 10, converted 3. Mao Hi 22-Adanu 19 Liebbrand rf Jack Hodgen. I Langley j. If R. Rothrock Barnes, a c A Potter. Manslleld, 8 lg B. Hodgen, 6 iiuuoru, ig ji. murry, Substitutions Mac HI : Hoover Olinger, McOouley 2; Auums: K. Potter 4, G. Hodgen, Wniteiy. Free throws Mao Hi; Attempted 18, converted Adams: Attempted 21, converted 13. Removed for personal fouls, Liebbrand, minora, a. Hodgen. Helix 80-Athena 29 Hudeman. 10 rf Geissel. Planting, 6 if Leland Jenkins 14 tiiuquial, 2 c t Weber. Uemons, 2....- rg Pickett Tucker Ig Singer Duosuiuiions ficux: nursiens l Prosser, Patton; Athena: Moore, Rog. ei'S 2, Lowell Jenkins 5. Free throws Helix: Attempted 12, converted 8 Athena: Attempted 17, converted 6. Re moved for personul fouls, Borquist, weuiuuB, DISTRICT CHAMPS LOSE. In the first round of games at the state tournament in Salem yester day, Athena, who won the district basketball championship here last week end, was defeated by Benson Tech of Portland, 38-11. The Athe na boys wre slated to play another game today, as two losses are re quired to eliminate any team from placement among the first eight teams. LOCAL NEWS J. O. Turner, Glenn Jones and C. W. Smith attended, a meeting of Morrow Oil company at Lexington Monday evening. This meeting was also attended by Walter Holt, county agent of Umatilla county, and a couple of other gentlemen, who are Interested In the workings of the local cooperative and were present to get some pointers. Walter LaDusire came over rrom La Grande on Saturday afternoon. Returning home Sunday afternoon, he was accompanied by Mrs. La Du- sire who had been visiting for a week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Turner. Josephine Mahoney, local corres pondent of Pendleton E. O., has been unable to attend to her work this week, owing to sickness which has kept her at home. Mrs. Harold Case is attending to the corres pondence in the meantime. Oscar Peterson and family visit ed Heppner Tuesday from the farm south of lone, where it is' now get ting just about dry enough to be gin spring plowin. That part of the county is thoroughly wet, Mr. Peterson states. Leo Gorger was In town today from the farm of Gorger brothers north of lone. Getting started with spring plowing and the fields are in excellent shape because of liberal moisture. A -good rain prevailed out that way last night If you fail to see PALMY DAYS, the big laugh show with Eddie Can tor and Charlotte Greenwood, don't blame us, for we're trying to tell you about it. Star Theater, Sun day and Monday. Henry Sohwarz has been confined to his home this week suffering an attack of flu. He was able to be at the shop again today, how ever. Robert Gemmell is reportd to be suffering with spotted fever, the re sult of tick bites. He Is quite ill at his home In this city. Mrs. Henry Howell is confined to her home with influenza, and has taken to her bed, being reported quite ill at this time. 'ederal Grass Nursery Located at Corvallis One of three or four complete grass nurseries conducted by the United States department of agri culture has been located at Cor- vallis, to be operated in copoeration with Oregon State college, it has just been announced. This nursery will include from 4000 to 5000 dif ferent varieties and strains of grasses gathered from all parts of the world by plant explorers. From these large experimental nurseries it is hoped to develop many more grasses of value to add to the present cropping systems in this country. Oregon farmers will be particularly favored now in hav ing such extensive work centered in their own state. Another major nursery will be located near Wash ington, D. C, one in the south and possibly a fourth in the middle west. Already seeds are being received from grasses collected from all parts of the world and are being planted under the direction of Har ry Schoth, federal agronomist Heppner-Pilot Rock Win All Matches, Second Heat Heppner-Pilot Rock scatter gun artists turned in a 74 in the second round of the Oregonian state tele graphic trapshooting tournament Sunday, to win from all four op posing teams for the day and plac ing the locals In the .500 column. Composing the team were Marion Hansell, Pilot Rock, and A. D. Mc Murdo, Heppner, with a perfect 25 each, and Adam Knoblock, Hepp ner, 24. Defeated were St. Johns, 72, Woodland 70, Portland No. 1 71, and Multnomah, forfeited. The local nimrods journeyed to Pilot Rock, shooting over the traps there. Next Sunday the Pilot Rock shooters are expected to shoot here. EMPLOYEES PROMOTED. Stanley Reavis, accountant, and John Lawther, linesman, of the lo cal Pacific Power & Light company both received notice recently of promotions. Mr. Reavis was pro moted to the position of manager of the company's office at Moro, and Mr, Lawther was notified of a posi tion of head linesman open to him at Goldendale, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Reavis expect to leave Saturday or Sunday for their new location, hav ing already rented a modern resi dence In the Sherman county town. HubertGailey has arrived from The Dalles to take the position left va cant by Mr. Reavis. His former home was in Enterprise. EXAMINER TO VISIT. C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper ators and chauffeurs, will be at the court house in Heppner on Wed nesday, March 23rd, between the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 p. hi. All those wishing permits or licenses to drive cars are asked to get In touch with Mr. Bentley at this time, He will be In lone on the same day, from 9:00 a. m. until noon. D. OF H. NOTICE. Kate J. Young lodge No, 29, De gree of Honor Protective associa tion meets Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:30 in Odd Fellows hall. Drill team practice after lodge. All mem bers are urged to be present Clara Beamer, secretary. The big laugh show of the month PALMY DAYS with Eddie Can tor and Charlotte Greenwoon, Star Theater Sunday and Monday, HOKE i I1DS IK ATM MEET Committee Authorized to Meet With Assessor on Equalization. REPORTS ARE GIVEN Propose Federal Aid Schools and Pensions; Property Tax Lambast ed; Lower Appraisals Asked. A meeting of the Morrow County Tax Conservation and Equalization league at the court house Saturday afternoon was featured by two ad dresses. Jess - Richards of Stan field, whose proposal for federal support for public schools was sanctioned by both the state and national granges, and Mac Hoke of Pendleton, member of the Uma tilla county tax league, each made urgent appeals for shifting the heavy tax load from real property. Charles B. Cox, vice-president, presided in the absence of Laxton McMurray, president, who was un able to attend because of illness. Bert Johnson, chairman of the county affairs committee, reported that practically all the committee's recommendations to the county budget committee had been adopt ed. Jeff Jones, chairman of the school committe for the fourth dis trict, the only school committeeman present, reported that the tax levy in School District No. 1 had been slashed 18 per cent A proposal by R. B. Rice, chair man of the equalization committee, that a committee be appointed to confer with the assessor and ascer tain if possible a method of lower ing assessed valuations, met with favor from the assembly and the appointment was left in the hands of the president. W. P. Mahoney expressed the opinion that a gen eral reduction of from 10 to 15 per cent in valuations was opportune under existing conditions. Mr. Richards dealt mainly with the support of schools, pointing to inequalities which exist under the present system, with taxpayers of one district paying 3 or 4 mills tax for support of schot&i whila tax payers in an adjoining district may pay as much as ten times tne amount He argued that Wall street capital benefits from educa tion in the rural communities and that It should be made to help sup port such education. The only way in which this can be accomplished, he maintained, is by federal sup port of all the schools. Old age pensions, which are coming wheth er we like it or not, like education, he said, are of benefit to society generally and should be paid by the federal government The injustice of the property tax, conceived, he said, when property represented all wealth, was Mr. Hoke's formost theme. Under con ditions which exist today where the earnings of property have been in vested in stocks, bonds, and secur ities of various kinds, the incre ment of which is intangible, the property tax is antiquated and should be abandoned as a means of raising revenue for running the government, Mr. Hoke declared. He cited the income and intangibles taxes as steps in the right direction, believing that the point of confisca tion might better be reached in the higher brackets of income than in the taxing of property, which point, he declared had already been at tained in the latter method of tax ation. More revenue could also be obtained through increased inheri tance taxes, he believed. He touched the property tax es pecially as it affected sheepmen, quoting figures from actual exper iences to show that rangeland is not worth the amount of taxes against it. Mr. Hoke also made a strong plea for lowering of assessed valuations, asserting that it had been fifteen years since an appraisal was made of Umatilla county lands for as sessment purposes. A reappraisal was asked for by the county tax league, but had so far been denied. He said, however, that the Umatilla assessor had agreed to make a re appraisal at no Increase in office expense. IMPROVE BLACKHORSE ROAD. The county road crew has been busy for some time improving the road up Blackhorse canyon out or Lexington as far as the Blackhorse schoolhouse. The grade to the top of the hill on the road out from Heppner has also been graded and both roads are in good condition, though some of tho ned grade is still a little soft. That they may have a good road all the way to town, Bill Duran was busy the first of the week smoothing up the road leading to their place from the por tion being Improved by the county, ATTEND MASONIC MEETING. Ten members of Heppner chap tor, R. A. M journeyed to Pendle ton Friday evening to attend a ses sion of the neighboring chapter. In eluded were Gay M. Anderson, Chas. Cox, Hanson Hughes, Frank Gilliam, R. C. Wightman, W. E, Pruyn, Harry Duncan, Spencer Crawford, Harry Tamblyn and John Lawther. Dick Wightman ac companied the party to Pendolton I0NE JENNIE E. MCMURRAY. Principal George E. Tucker re sumed his work in the school room the first of the week. The high school honor roll as posted by him follows: freshman, first honor roll, none; second honor roll, Harriet Heliker and Bryce Keene; sopho mores, first honor roll, Leo Young; second, Cyril Trevett; juniors, none; seniors, first honor roll, Ralph Thompson and Francis Ely; second, Ralph Gibson and Muriel Patterson. High school baseball practice will begin in earnest this week under the direction of Coach Tucker. The Girls' League was hostess at a party given last Friday night at the school gym at which the high school students and faculty were guests. The evening was spent in games and dancing. Refreshments were served in the domestic art room which was beautiful in its decorations of red and white. Wednesday evening of last week the school declamatory contest was held. The judges were Mrs. Inez Freeiand, Mrs. Bert Mason and Louis Balsiger. The winners Lin the contest follow: first division in the grade school, non-humorous, Van Rietmann first, Grace Linde ken second; humorous, Billie Eu banks first, Billie Biddle second; second division in the grades, non humorous, Maxine McCurdy first, Eugene Normoyle second; humor ous, Francis Bryson first, Harold Buchanan second; high school, ora torical, Elwayne Lieuallen first, Carl Lindeken second; dramatic, Donald Heliker first, Muriel Patter son and Harriet Heliker tied for second; humorous, Jeanne Huston first and Dot Crabtree second. The district declamatory contest for the grade school will be in lone Friday evening, March 18, admission 15 cents. The district high school con test will be in Heppner March 19. The Leap Year dance given Sat urday night in Legion hall under the auspices of Willows grange was well attended and those who were present report a most enjoyable time. Roy Brown motored over from Hermiston the last of the week and he and Mrs. Brown spent the week end with Mrs. Brown's sister, Mrs. Walter Kilcup, whose home is on Butter creek. Louis Bergevin made a hurried trip to Arlington Tuesday to get repairs for his "cat." Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burns of Grass Valley are guests at thd home of Mrs. Burns' sister, Mrs. Roy Feeley on Rhea creek. Alfred Balsiger left the latter part of last week on a trip to Hood River, .White Salmon and Portland. Last Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Charles Battersby were given happy surprise when a number of their friends gathered at the Blaine Blackwell home to . give them a little farewell party. Those present besides Mr. and Mrs. Black well and the honor guests, were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clark and Val- jean, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Shipley and Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Lee How ell, Dorothy and Sibyl, Mr. and Mrs. John Bryson and Francis, Mrs. Walter Roberts, Miss Ruby Padberg, Mrs. Minnie Forbes, Mrs. Kenneth Blake, and Mrs. Guy Ca son and Bobby from Arlington. The time was spent in friendly chat, and late in the evening refresh ments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Battersby left Saturday for their new home in Portland where Mr. Battersby has work with a re-finance company. Part of their house hold goods were shipped out Friday and the remainder left by truck on Saturday. Mr. Battersby held a position as clerk In the Bert Mason store until he resigned a few weeks ago. He took an active part in the fraternal orders of our town and both he and Mrs. Bat tersby will be missed. Mrs. Minnie Houser of Salem, grand conductress of the grand chapter of Oregon O. E. S., will pay an official visit to Locust chapter March 28. All members of the or der are urged to be present at this meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Davis and Mrs. Davis' brother, Berl High, of Con don were calling at the Charley Botts home Monday. From here Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Mr. High went to Cecil. They are looking for a new location. Mrs. Virgil Warren and her grandchildren, Charles and Dorothy Nelson, were guests at the Charley Botts home Saturday. The "gas war" reached lone Monday but the low price was In force for only a few hours. Miss Gladys Graves of Boardman Is a guest at the home of her bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Graves on the Willow creek ranch. Mrs. Guy Cason and son Bobby of Arlington came Friday for a short visit at the country home of her mother, Mrs. Lana Padberg. Mr. Cason motored up Saturday evening. They attended the leap year dance and returned home Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pfiffer of Pen dleton were in lone the latter part of last week calling on friends and relatives, and from Mrs. Pfeiffer we learn the following particulars about her brother's death and bur ial. Ray Judny, 48, and a part- time citizen of the Stavely, Alberta, Canada district, for the past 21 years or more, died very suddenly Monday, February 29, at 11 o'clock a. m., at the home of his cousin, Gentry Ohler, with whom he had lived for many years. Mr. Juday apparently In the best of health had assisted Mrs. Ohler in carrying (Continued on Page Six) SEED LOAN GROUP NAMED IN COUNTY Applications Must be Filed Before April 30; Loan to Any Tenant Not to Exceed $400. Chas. Swindig, chairman, and W. E. Moore of Heppner, and Laxton McMurray of lone have been nam ed as the Morrow county commit tee to examine seed loan applica tions under the Reconstruction Fi nance act The announcement of appointments was made this week by Paul V. Mans, extension direct or of Oregon State college. Appli cation blanks are available at the office of C. W. Smith, county agent Under the plan which provides that loans will be administered di rectly by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, money for purchasing seed wheat may be obtained by men who have acreage suitable for produc tion and who have no other means of financing their operations. A limit of $400 has been placed on the amount to be loaned to a single tenant and a limit of $1600 on the amount to be loaned a group of ten ants under a single landowner. A crop mortgage is taken as se curity for the loan. All applications for loans must be made on the regular form applica tion blank, and all applications must be in the hands of the secre tary of agriculture not later than April 30, 1932. GRAZING FEES CUT 50 PCT. IN FOREST Reduction Victory for Stockmen With Presidential Backing; $980, 000.00 Saving to Producers. Twenty-six thousand western live stock producers will save $980,000 in 1932 through the 50 per cent re duction of forest grazing fees or dered by Arthur Hyde, secretary of agriculture and approved by Presi dent Hoover,' but obtained only af ter a two-year fight by western sen ators, the National Wool Marketing corporation and the National Wool Growers association. Climax to the long battle with an unyielding forest service, which held out to the end for high rates in view of tremendous losses In value of livestock and wool, came after a congressional resolution by Senators John Thomas or idano and Robert Carey of Wyoming. The senators led the national fight to obtain a just rate on grazing fees for western stockmen. When President Hoover over ruled the forest service and order ed the reduction through Hyde it was the first time since Roosevelt that this bureau of the government has had its plans defeated. The forest service failed to show any spirit of cooperation or to give any recognition to the problems of live stock men during the long" battle for just grazing rates. Although the reduction is for 1932 only, it is a signal victory for -the two west ern senators and united stock pro ducers. Galloway Seeks Bourbon Nomination for Congress Francis V. Galloway of The Dal les, district attorney of Wasco county, this week filed his petition with the secretary of state as a candidate for the democratic nom ination for representative in con gress from the second district, the position now held by Robert R. Butler, also of The Dalles. He will be oposed in the primaries by Wal ter M. Pierce, ex-governor, of La Grande. In his petition Mr. Galloway says: If I am nominated and elected I will, during my term of office, work incessantly for development or tne Columbia river, our greatest idle resource, by whatever plan is ulti mately approved by the U. S. Army engineers as best for complete and permanent use of the river, partic ularly for transportation and pow er, for benefit of nation and entire northwest, without regard to parti san politics or preferences for any particular communities. 'Federal tax burden lessened ana equalized toward standard of abil ity to pay. "Will actively represent my dis trict. A public official should work for his pay, just as any other em ployee." GAS PRICE DOWN. Posted price on gasoline at local service stations was 18 cents this week following the arrival of sev eral tank loads of "bootleg gaso line from Portland. The tankers have made deliveries direct to far- ers in the county, also, at prices ranging from 11 to 13 cents, and many have taken advantage of the opportunity to make a saving on their tractor fuel bill. WIGIITMAN'S EXPAND. Wightman Bros.' Alfalfa Lawn Dairy has extended operations thru leasing the Hughes farm of 1200 acres adjacent to their other hold Ings. Hay, pasture and wheat land Is included in the newly acquired place, assuring them ample facilit ies to carry on their business of supplying the Heppner public with milk and cream. "Palmy Days," with Eddie Can tor and Charlotte Greenwood, Star Theater, Sunday and Monday. ,1 T Club to Give Program at Alpine April 2nd; Tourney Cited.' SWATS IDLE MONEY Postmaster Smead Says Postal Sav ings Little Help to Community; Matters Given Consideration. The anti-hoarding campaign, re view of the Saturday meeting of the Morrow County Tax Conserva tion and Equalization league and a report of the district basketball tournament held here last week end were subjects discussed at the Monday noon lunchon of the Lions club. On invitation from Mrs. Ma rie Clary of Alpine the club voted to present a program before the Alpine Farm Bureau Saturday, Ap ril 2. Earl W. Gordon, Gay M. An derson and W. Claude Cox were named as a committee in charge. John W. Hiatt announced that . forest officials were desirous of again having a volunteer fire or ganization In Heppner for the pur pose of assisting in emergencies. It was also asked that anyone knowing of Indian burial grounds and old camping sites get in touch with F. F. Wehmeyer, forest rang er, who is assiting in gathering this information in behalf of a research being conducted at the University of Oregon. More Income Need. J. O. Turner gave a short resume of the talks of the two principal speakers at the Saturday tax meet ing Jess Richards and Mac Hoke, adding some statistical information given out by the extension service of Oregon State college in coopera tion with the United States depart ment of agriculture, which indicat ed that tax trend3 followed com modity price trends quite closely. The present attempt to bring taxes in line with commodity prices has been blocked to a considerable ex tent by the irreducible minimum created through the voting of bond ed indebtedness. Mr. Turner gave as his opinion that the necessary functions of government should not be curtailed too severely in the at tempt to lower taxes, but rather that more attention should be given the matter of obtaining a fair price for commodities and thus enable the people to pay their taxes. An idle- dollar does no one good, while a working dollar is good for everyone, declared Paul Marble in quoting from information furnished by Lions International which is taking an active part in the anti hoarding campaign. He quoted: "There are still a billion dollars in hoarding. At $100 per month they will employ 833,333 men for one year almost a million men. Why not put them to work? "The return of one billion of hoarded cash to the banks will cre ate potential bank credit of ten billions. "If all the citizens, Institutions and business enterprises in the Uni ted States made a maximum effort to turn their currency and gold in to bank deposits, cash in the hands of banks would increase by at least two billions and potential credit expansion would increase twenty billions, a sufficient amount to set in motion a greater business boom than we have yet experienced. Keeping an average deposit of $200 will provide for $2,000 addi tional bank credit and thus restore prosperity." Hidden Money Unsafe. Mr. Marble cited from a number of examples given by Lions Inter national where people had lost large sums of money by attempting to hide it In some manner. These were given to show that no safer place to keep money can be found than in the burglar-proof vaults of banks. That hoarding of money has been a reality locally was declared by W. W. Smead, postmaster, who be lieved that much of the large sum that has been invested in postal savings with the local postoftlce in the last few months was money that had been in hiding. He be lieved that if this money were plac ed in local banks or invested lo cally it would assist materially In overcoming the depression locally besides giving more return to the investor. Money put into postal savings docs the local community no good, he said. W. R. Poulson, school superin tendent, told of the financial suc cess of the district basketball tour nament held here last week end, as well as the favorable impression made on visitors. Sufficient rev enue was received to pay all local expenses incurred by the visiting teams, besides paying other neces sary costs of the tournament, and compensating each outside team to the extent of four cents a mllo for travelling expenses. Most of the money tuken In was left In town for one purpose or another, he said. THOMSON GETS NUMERALS. Oregon State College, Corvallis, March 16. Roderick Thomson of Heppner was awarded his class nu merals recently in recognition of his services on the Freshman swim ming team. ARE I IS P