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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Mar. 17, 1932
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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
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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.
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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.
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