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ORE50!I HISTORICAL SOCIETY p y B L I C AUDITOR! 'J '' P 0 ? T I. A ' ! 0 F. F . ' Volume 49, Number 15.' HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 23, 1932 Subscription $2.00 a Year a$ette Pi FIELD TRIP SLATED To Meet at Karl Miller Farm at Lexington Sunday A. M. HYSLOP WILL SPEAK Grain Growing Subjects Feature; To Visit Nursery In Afternoon; Clubbers WIU Have Part. Prof. G. R. Hyslop, head of the farm crops department of the Ore gon State Agricultural college, will discuss wheat production from the standpoint of higher yields and marketing at the farmers' picnic to be held at the Karl Miller farm one mile west of Lexington on Sunday, June 26, at 11 o'clock. Professor Hyslop spent one year in the U. S. department of agriculture labora tories in Washington, D. C, study ing grain grading with the idea of establishing new, and eliminating certain grades of wheat now being used in Oregon in hopes that a larger part of the white wheat grown here would be placed in a grade that would net the grower more money per bushel. O. E. Coke, extension agronomist of the state of California, who is spending his vacation in Oregon studying wheat production and ex tension service activities as they are related to grain growing in this state, will also be present at the Lexington meeting. A basket dinner will be served on the Miller lawn at 12 o'clock and everybody is expected to bring well filled baskets. Coffee, sugar and cream will be furnished free. Immediately after dinner those interested in grain varieties will be organized into a caravan and a tour will be made through the wheat section north of Lexington to view new and standard varieties of grain growing there. The fall sown grain nursery on the Leach farm, the field peas growing In rows near the nur sery, Mosida, Arco, Federation crossed on Fortyfold and Imported strains of Hybrid 128 wheat as well as Improved types of farm machin ery will be viewed during the af ternoon. A program for the women and children will be held at the Miller farm during the afternoon with Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, county school superintendent; Mrs. A. H. Nelson, president of the Lexington grange Home Economics club, and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, past president of the Oregon Wool Growers auxiliary, in charge. 4-H club members who will have returned from the two weeks summer school in Corvallls will report on their trip. Talks will be made on home preserving of fruits and vegetables and contests of various kinds will add to the af ternoon entertainment It is hoped that everyone attend ing this meeting will be on the ground at 10:45 o'clock as it is planned to have Professor Hyslop speak at 11, so that the entire af ternoon can be given over to the field trip. Livestock Rates Given; Return Ride Granted A new concession to shippers of livestock to Portland was announc ed by O. I. Paulson, livestock and agricultural agent, and J. I. Purdy, traveling freight and passenger agent of the Union Pacific system, who were In Heppner Monday. The bulletin distributed here by them reads: "To further encourage the movement- of livestock by rail, we are now Issuing free return transporta tion of attendant on one carload of livestock, providing it originates within two hundred miles of Port land, which Includes Heppner, Con don, Shanlko and Bend branches, and all Intermediate points. A chart of rates accompanying the bulletin shows rates on live stock from Heppner as follows: cattle, 29 per 100, or minimum per car of $70.80; sheep and goats, single decked, 37c per 100 or car minimum of $44.40, in double decks, 29 '-ic and $59; hogs, single decks. 34c and $56.10, and double decks 29 Mc and $70.80. BROTHER DIES. W. L. McCaleb of this city was called to Monmouth the end of the week to attend the funeral of his brother, Miller McCaleb, whose death occurred In that city on Thursday last. Mr, McCaleb was a native of Virginia, and was 60 years of age. He came to Oregon with his parents when a small boy and during his early life followed farming. He later became a pho tographer, establishing a studio In Independence and later moving to Monmouth where he operated a chicken hatchery and owned a wal nut orchard. He was unmarried and Is survived by two brothers, Clarence McCaleb of Monmouth and William McCaleb of Heppner CAR BUSINESS ACTIVE. Ferguson Motor company reports new car and truck sales this week as follows: Mae Doherty and Paul Marble, cars; O. E. Llndstrom and John Krebs, trucks. Charles H. Latourell reported car sales to Har old Cohn and E. A. Hackett, and truck sale to Johan Troedson. SNAPPY 3 -1 GAME TAKEN BY HEPPNER lone Battle Is Duel of Pitchers ; Arlington Assured Pennant, Fos sil 2nd; Last Game Sunday. Heppner defeated lone, 3-1, in one of the snappiest ball games seen on the local diamond this season at Rodeo field Sunday afternoon in the ninth game of the Wheatland league series. The tenth and last round of games will be payed next Sunday, Heppner going to Arling ton to meet Rufus-Blalock. By winning from Condon last Sunday, Arlington is conceded the league championship, while Fossil rests se curely in second place. The Heppner-Ione clash Sunday was a pitching contest between Ely for the visitors and Woodward, Ely allowing but four hits while Wood ward put out five. Three of Hepp ner's hits were bunched in the first inning to account for two tallies, Harold Gentry singling, Robertson doubling and both scoring on Woodward's single, as these boys came up successively following Roy Gentry, lead-off who filed out to left field. Only one lone hit figured in the scoring, Rletmann's two bagger which scored Swanson who had been given a base on balls after two men had been counted out in the sixth. Heppner worked in another scratch run in the eighth, when two successive bobbles by Akers at second allowed Harold Gentry to cross the platter. Akers had to come in fast for Gentry's slow grounder and bobbled it in his an xiety to make the throw. Gentry stole second, and on a repeat act by Akers on Woodward's grounder, he scored. The game was featured by snap py Infield play by both teams. The only Heppner bobble chalked by the scorer was on Turner, who was switched by Manager McCrady from his regular berth In center field to first base where he played a nice game. Turner missed Engel man's grounder, allowing him a safety which was short lived as Robertson made a quick peg to Turner on the next play and nab bed Engelman off the base. Rletmann, veteran lone" third sacker, held the day's fielding hon ors, making perfect plays on all of his four chances. Gentry brothers ran him a close second with three each. The score: - HEPPNER AB R H O A E R. Gentry, 2 4 H. Gentry, a 3 Robertson, c 4 Woodward, p 4 R. Thomson, m 3 0 2 10 3 1 13 3 1 0 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 4 27 24 Havea. r Ferguson, 3 Turner, 1 Crawford, 1 Totals IONE Akers. 2 - Farley. 1 Swanson, s Rietmann, 3 Everson, c R. Lundell, m -. Engelman, 1 Mason, r 4 0 0 0 3 2 ...4 0 2 12 0 0 3 112 10 4 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ely, p ly, p a u u i u Totals 32 1 5 24 17 2 Umpires, Hayes and Dake; scorer, Bert Mason- two base hits, Rletmann, Robertson: hits off Ely 4. oft Wood ward 6; base on balls oft Ely 1, off Woodward 2; struck out by Ely b, Dy Woodward 13; first base on errors, lone 1, Heppner 2; wild pitches, Ely 1, Woodward 3; three base hit, Farley; stolen bases. Rietmann, H. Gentry 3. Robertson. Thomson. Crawford: left on bases, lone 6. Heppner 5;. hit by pitcher, H. Gentry by Ely. HARDMAN MRS. ELLA FARRENS. Among the people returning from Union last week who were in con sultation with Mrs. Jessell of that place were Mrs. Francis Leathers and daughter Jean, Mrs. T. Mc- Daniel, Mrs. Debbie. McDanlel and daughter Maxine, returning Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McDanlel, Everett Hadley and Mr. and Mrs, Sam McDanlel returned Friday, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Johnson and aunt. Mrs. Martha Barnhard of Portland returned Saturday. All report a very enjoyable trip and much Improved in health. Miss Marie Scrivner of Heppner spent several days last week visit ing her friends, Miss Arleta Ash. baugh In Rood canyon and Miss Lois Ashbaugh in town. She re turned home on the stage Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Burnside of Rood canyon were all day visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hams were vis iting at the farm home of Mr, and Mrs. W. W. Bechdolt Sunday. Jack Devore left Sunday for Heppner where he goes to take charge of a band of sheep for Joe Hayes. He left the first of the week for the high mountains near the Grand Ronde valley, where he will remain for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Musgrave were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Olden Saturday, Mrs. A. Z. Barnard and daughter Loye and Miss Francis Williams motored up from The Dalles Mon day and spent several days visiting Mrs. Barnards aged father, B. P, Devore. Mr, and Mrs. Hubert McDonald were In town Thursday of last week. Mrs. McDonald states that Mr. McDonald was going out that day to Bull prairie to ride the sheep (Continued on Page Six) SERVICES AT IONE. Rev. C. G. Bloomquist of Seattle will hold services at the Congrega tional church In lone at 8 p. m. Thursday, July 1, NEW SECTOR SPRAY S Forest Service Installs Camp Ground at Wil son Pass. IS SCENIC PORTION Blue Mountains Crossed at Eleva tion of 4842 Feet, Through Fine Belt of Yellow Pine. The new grade on the Heppner Spray road between Chapin creek in Morrow county and Haystack canyon in Wheeler county that has been under construction for more than a year by the U. S. bureau of public roads will be open for trav el by the public next Sunday, an nounced C. G. Norris, engineer-in-charge, who was In town this morn ing. W. H. Lynch, chief of the bu reau at Portland, will visit the completed project on Sunday for final inspection, Mr. Norris said. "While the road will be open Sunday and It will be possible to make very good time over it, per sons who Intend driving over it should be on the lookout for road working machinery that may be on the road," said Mr. Norris. ' The 4.4-mile sector of grade just completed connects with the 5.2 mile sector completed last year to complete the gap from the end of the Chapin creek macadam to tne macadam down Haystack canyon to the John Day highway two miles east of Spray. It 13 expected the contract for surfacing the entire 9.6 miles of grade will be let this year. The new grade is proDaoiy tne most scenic part of the Heppner Spray road, passing over the top of the Blue mountains at an eleva tion of 4842 feet through one of the finest belts of yellow pine timber in the west. A wide, easy grade was constructed by blasting through solid rock for several miles. Picnickers will find an ideal spot for an outing at Wilson pass on the new grade, at an elevation of 4650 feet," Mr. Norris said. Here the forest service has open ed a camp ground, having installed rest rooms and covered garbage holes for the public's convenience. There is a fine, flowing spring from which water will later be taken for fountain. The site overlooks a deep, wooded canyon that affords beautiful mountain view. Mr. Norris believes no disappointment will be felt by any who visit the camp. Mr. Norris expects his labors in connection with the Heppner-Spray road will be finished after Sunday, saying that it is probable he will go to the Ukiah road. He express ed pleasure with the associations and friendships formed while on the job here, and said he believed he had helped give the people a good road. SUMMER SESSIONS AT U. DRAW MANY Eugene and Portland Branches Open 20th; Faculty Includes Noted Outside Professors. University of Oregon, Eugene, June 22. Summer session of the University of Oregon at Eugene and Portland opened Monday, June 20, and Indications at Eugene are that attendance here will equal that of last summer, It was stated here today by Dr. Dan E. Clark, direct or for the Eugene campus. Last summer the enrollment here was nearly 800. Unusual Interest Is being shown in the clinical school for atypical children, to be conducted in con nection with the school of educa tion, and in art courses to be of fered here. The law school is also offering for the first time this year an unusually complete schedule of courses. The clinical school will be In charge of Dr. Grace M. Fernald, specialist from Los Angeles, and Dr. E. W. DcBusk and Miss Lillian Raynor of the university staff. Di agnostic examinations will be given at the outset, as the school Is de signed for children who are ham pored by certain psychological or achievement difficulties. Credit will be given for teachers taking observation work in this course, Interest In art Is centering on courses to be given by Eugen G, Stelnhoff, architect from Zentral Verciengung, Austria, who will teach "The Psychology of Art Teaching." Enrollment in the school of art will be swelled this summer by a number of educators who have been granted scholarships by tho Carnegie corporation. These scholarships provide the students with funds for tuition and mater lals while here. The University Is tho only school In the West to be selected for this work, which In the East centers at Harvard. EPISCOPAL SERVICES. Rev. S. W. Creasey, archdeacon. will hold services at All Saints Epis copal church, Sunday, June 26, at 11 a. m, OPEN IY Honors Brought Home From La Grande Shoot Dr. A. D. McMurdo and Chas. H. Latourell, local trapshooting ar tists, have once again emblazoned Heppner's name across the nlmrods' firmament by holding the two high guns at a registered invitation P. I. T. shoot at La Grande Sunday. Mc Murdo cracked 96 out of 100 birds from the 21-yard line in the han dicap to top the large field, while Latourell broke 97 out of 100 for high gun in the free-for-all match from the 16-yard line. Merchandise prizes were given winners of the shoot, and the two Heppner men returned home well loaded with supplies for the pantry, fishing rods and whatnots. Both men are eyeing longingly the big international shoot to be held in Reno, Nevada, in July, and hope to place Heppner's banner in the lists there if possible. IONE JENNIE E. MCMURRAT. The chief social event of the past week was the surprise party Satur day evening for Mr. and Mrs. Hal O. Ely at the Ely home in lone; The happy affair was in celebration of their thirtieth wedding anniver sary and was successfully planned and carried out by their two daugh ters, Mrs. Wallace Matthews and Miss Margaret Ely. Thirty-four guests were present. They were Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Palmateer and children, W. F. Pal mafeer, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swan son and Miss Norma, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Swanson, Norman and Eva, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lundell and daughters, G. Palmateer, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lindstrom and Miss Ed na, George Ely, Francis Ely, Wal lace Matthews, Mrs. Delia Corson and Miss Ruth Bowman. Re freshments of ice cream, cake and punch were served by Mrs. Mat thews and Miss Ely. Mr. and Mrs. Ely were the recipients of an elec tric percolator, a gift from their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ely who were mar ried June 18, 1902, at the home of Mrs. Ely's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Palmateer, near Morgan, have lived all of their married life in Morrow county, excepting one year spent at Monmouth while their eldest daughter was attend ing normal school. Mr3. Ely is a native Oregonian. She was born near Estacada and moved to Mor row county at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Ely is an Oregonian by adoption, having besa born at Khoxville, Iowa. With his parents he came to Morrow county when he was nine years old. They are the parents of four children, Frank lin and Elvin Ely, wheat farmers of the Morgan district, Mrs. Wallace Matthews, one of Morrow county's successful school teachers, and Miss Margaret Ely, a senior in high school. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Swanson were hosts at a dinner party Sunday, June 12, complimenting Mrs. Paul Troedson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wil kinson and Mrs. Nellie Anderson, all of Portland. Other guests pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. John Troed son, Miss Linea, Carl, Verner and Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smouse, Miss Helen, Kenneth, Paul and Shirley, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lindstrom and Miss Edna, Mr. and and Mrs. Alfred Troedson and Miss Francis, Oscar (Skeet) Bergstrom, Bill Bergstrom, Ture Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell and children, Norma and Carlton Swanson. Plates were laid for thirty-four. James Thomas Downing, former resident of this district, died Sat urday, June 18, at 1:10 p. m. at his home near Hood River following an illness of a few hours, death be ing caused by heart disease. Fu neral services were Monday at the Anderson Funeral chapel, Hood River, Rev. Frederic M. Landis who was an uncle by marriage of the deceased, delivered the funeral addrss and the singing was by the soloist, Spencer Smith. The funer al services were largely attended and the floral offerings were many and beautiful. Mr. Downing was born February 6, 1883, near Weston, Oregon. When a small child he came with his par ents, Stephen and Ella Downing, to Morrow county then Umatilla county and lived in this district until 1917 when he moved to Hood River. He la survived by his wid ow, Margaret C. Downing, one son, James, and two daughters: Irene, who Is a missionary to Ecuador, now home on furlough, and Iretta who is pastor of a Christian Alli ance church near Everett, Wash. Also surviving is a brother, Milton O. Downing, and two half brothers, Don and Floyd Nuncmaker of Hood River, and a haif sister, Mrs. Ellen McGuire of Redding, California. Attending the funeral services' from here were Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Morgan and son Milton, and Mr. and Mrs. Edison Morgan. Little interest was taken In the annual school meeting held Mon day, only 31 votes being cast. Louis Balsiger was elected director for a term of three years and Ralph Har ris was re-elected clerk for a term of one year. Other members of the board are Laxton McMurray and Bert Johnson. In a brief talk Mr. Johnson brought out the following facts: The salaries paid teachers In 1932 and 1932 amounted to $10, 940; paid Janitor and for transpor tation $2,835, totnl $13,775. By dis pensing with one teacher and mak ing a 5 per cent cut on the salaries of the others $1820.50 was saved Thus the cost of teachers' salaries, (Continued on Pate Six) INVESTMENTS TOPIC OF LIONS' Ken Cooper Recalls Days of Heppner's Famous Football Team. RAILROADS TO STAY Interdependence of Insurance Com panies and Other Industries Cited by Speaker. Echoes of the fame of an early day Heppner football team were sounded in the Lions club meeting Monday by Ken Cooper, investment house executive and prominent American Legion worker of Port land. In introducing his talk on investments, relating more particu larly to railroads and insurance, Mr. Cooper told how he first became identified with the city of Heppner. "It was back in the good old days when football was more a battle than a game, and bloodshed was not infrequent, that Heppner jour neyed to The Dalles to play foot ball. In the course of the game there was a number of casualties on either side, but Heppner's losses reached the point where the supply of reserves was exhausted and they lacked one man of having enough to fill out the line-up," Mr. Cooper reminisced. Plays for Heppner. Cooper, a gangling youth, doing bench duty for The Dalles, was call ed by the coach to fill the gap In Heppner's lina, and thus became an- impromptu resident of the city which he has 'visited many times since. The football episode brought a ready response from Charles Thomson, local merchant, who well remembered the time, and cited the instance as being the first time in three years that the football tea mcaptained by Art Clarke, now Portland optometrist, was defeated. Among teams defeated by the Heppner team were mentioned Whitman college, Multnomah club of Portland, Pendleton and others. "For this game The Dalles had im ported half of Stanford university," Mr. Thomson said, "and we didn't have a Chinaman's chance." Both Mr. Cooper and Vernor Sackett, insurance salesman of Sa lem, touched on insurance invest ments in talks before the club, showing that the bulk of the re serve of leading insurance com panies is invested in municipal or other government bond3, consider ed to be the soundest Investments obtainable. A feature of this type of investment is that it is liquid, there being a ready market at all times for the purchase and sale of this type of security. Insurance companies are also large holders of industrial stocks and bonds, In cluding railroad securities, and are thus closely identified with the commercial fabric of the nation, It was brought out The wisdom of insurance com pany management is emphasized by the small losses which the com panies have taken in the last two years through decline in the mar ket price of their securities, Mr. Cooper said. By way pf advice to the individual investor, based on many years' study of investments, Mr. Cooper said the best policy to follow is to entrust money only to someone in the community, or known to the community, who has a reputation of service and integrity behind him. "There is no harder job for anyone than to invest mon ey safely and profitably, he said. Have 100-Year Background. He predicted that the railroads would not soon pass out of the pic ture. While they have been hard hit, their greatest losses have not come about through decreased rev enue for hauling passengers and freight. They have suffered in this respect, it Is true, he said, but the greatest fJlow has been in the de cline in the price of the mining and other properties in which the rail roads are large shareholders and operators. The Immense railroad organization has been built up over a period of a hundred years to fill a place In the economic scheme This organization still holds and will continue to hold a large place in this scheme until a more service able organization can be found to supplant it, and that day is far in the future, Mr. Cooper declared. A report of the meeting of Henry A. Hill, assistant secretary of Lions International, with the club execu tive committee last week was re ported to the club, and adopting of the distribution of the "Moral Code for Youth" among the schools of the county as a club project was announced. x Miss Jeanette Turner was accom panist for the group singing and obliged with a piano solo. Robert Turner, P. M, Gemmell and F. A McMahon, state policeman, were other visitors. HURT BY MOTORCYCLE. Russell Wright, local mechanic: received a badly injured knee Tu esday afternoon when he was dumped from his motorcycle in at tempting a hill climb at the west end of Willow street. He had made it a good way up the precipitous slope when the machine rared back and came down on top of him, pin nlng the right knee and resulting in a fracture of the knee bones. VISIOR WAGE FIGHT ON SCHOOL MERGER University Students Organize East ern Oregon; Patricia Mahoney Named to Take Lead Here. In a determined effort to bring to all corners of the state the true facts bearing on the question of consolidating the two major Insti tutions of higher education of the state, University of Oregon stu dents, under the direction of Ar-' thur Potwin, Albany, are girding themselves for an intensive canvass of the state this summer, In an at tempt to show the fallacious nature of the claims to economy being made by the consolidation bill's pro ponents. In this district, under the direc tion of Robert Miller of Pendleton, who will serve as chairman of the Eastern Oregon district, are six county chairmen. Patricia Maho ney of Heppner, assisted by Loret ta Hango of Boardman and Helen Valentine of Lexington, will lead the students' fight against the claims of the Marion County Tax league in Morrow county. Other county chairman in this district are: Union county, Fred Nowland; Wallowa county, Max Williams; Ba ker county, Duane Frisbe; Grant county, Pau Ewing; and Umatilla county, Paul Ewing; and Umatilla King of Pendleton has been named assistant chairman of the district. At a meeting of the entire state committee held just prior to the closing of the university for the summer vacation, Potwin, the state chairman who will maintain offices in Eugene, explained to the group the lines on which the fight will be conducted. Briefly the arguments against the proposed measure, as outlined by Potwin, are: 1. The pro posed bill woud cost the state from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000 in new build ings alone were the 2,500 students of the unversity to be transferred to Corvallis. 2. That figures of the U. S. Office of Education reveal that the cost per student in states where the university and the state college are on one campus Is $61 more annually than in states where the Institutions are operated sep arately as in Oregon, and that the state of Oregon, at present spend ing $351 per student, would, if it were to rank up to the average of consolidated institutions, have to spend approximately $60 more per student a year, or an increased cost of $282,000 annually. Potwin told the committee mem bers that all forms of higher edu cation in the state were responsible for using only 6 cents of the tax dollar. He stressed the fact that a consolidated school would complete ly submerge both the identity of the university and the college, and that the loss to the state in eduactional efficiency and reputation would be great. Of special interest to the students themselves was the argument put forth by Potwin that should the two schools be merged, approxi mately 4,200 students who are at present either wholly or partially self - supporting while attending school would be forced to look for jobs in a city of 7,500 while at pres ent those students have the com bined population of Eugene and Corvallis to draw on for jobs. The population of the two cities Is 27,- 000. In closing his outline of argu ments against the initiated meas ure, Potwin stressed the fact that losses to fraternities and sororities in Eugene would be great; that $712,000 worth of state-owned prop erty at Monmouth would be com pletely abandoned; that the result ant deflation of private and city property in Eugene would rever berate throughout the state; and that the bill does not provide for any reduction in the set millage tax for higher education of 2.04. Robert Hall, president of the Uni versity of Oregon student body, Is working with Potwin this summer in fighting the proposed measure which would destroy completely the university and scramble the entire educational system of the state just as the State Board of Higher Education has completed a plan of unification under one head which has affected a saving of $900,000 an nually in school costs. Five County Boys Ready For C. M. T. C. Activities Camp Hurlburt, Wash., June 21. Morrow county has five young men attending the 1932 Citizen's Military Training camp here, a tab ulation completed today showed. With all late corners from outlying points having reported and with all preliminaries completed the camp now has its full quota of 590 students Including those from this county. The five Morrow county boys now In camp have completed satisfac torily all their physical examina tions, have been Issued the neces sary clothing and equipment, and now are ready for their 4 weeks of training and recreation, which got under way with the first morning after the opening of camp. The boys are: Charles E. McMurdo, Joe E. Swindig, Earl W. Thomson and Theodore E. Thomson of Hepp ner, and Claude E. Wilcox of Lex ington. EASTERN STAR TO MEET. Regular meeting of Ruth chap ter, O. E, S will be held at Mason ic hall tomorrow evening. A social evening is planned, and members are urged to attend, LARGE INTEREST AT SCHOOL Garnet Barratt Renamed Director and Vawter Crawford, Clerk. CONDITION CITED Operating Cost of $29,628.25 to be Lessened 23 Pet. Next Year; Indebtedness Is Increased, One hundred and thirty-two vot ers of school district number one of Heppner visited the polls at the council chambers last Monday af ternoon to register their will at the annual election of director and clerk, marking the largest interest expressed by the people of the dis trict in many years. Garnet Bar ratt was reelected to the office of director for a three-year term, he having been elected last year to fill out the unexpired term of Calvin L. Sweek who had removed from the district Vawter Crawford was re elected clerk for one year. Barratt and Crawford were the only announced candidates, with Joseph J. Nys and Charles Barlow nominated at the meeting for the offices of director and clerk respec tively. The tabulated vote showed Barratt 88, Nys 44, Crawford -85, Barlow 47. After approving the notice of an nual meeting and minutes of the last annual meeting, the annual re port of the clerk which had been audited and approved by the dis trict boundary board auditor was read and approved by the meeting. The report showed 365 boys and girls of census age in the district; it showed total expenditures for the year of $40,678.50, and out standing registered warrants is sued for year of $15,299.03, repre senting the shortage in receipts from the amount in the budget es timate. Of the total expenditures, $11,149.99 was for debt service, seg regated as follows. Principal on bonds (paid during year) $ 2,500.00 Principal on warrants outstanding at time of last report 3,625.00 800.00 2,550.50 567.24 U07.25 Principal on other debtedness Interest on bonds in- Interest on warrants Interest on other indebt edness Operating expenses of the school for the year totalled $29,528.55. To tal indebtedness of the district at the end of the year was $82,858.03, or an increase of $11,799.03 over last year, the increase occurring largely in the item of warrant In debtedness, as the amount of bonds against the district was decreased by $2500 from $51,000 to $48,500. At the time of the report there was cash on hand of $2,706.44. There was no discussion of the report at the meeting, though the budget which was voted previously for next year contemplates a 23 per cent reduction in operating costs, which economy was effected by the budget committee without lower ing teachers' salaries. HAS GOOD TURKEY CROP. The turkey hatch at the farm of Chas. Klinger, north of Lexington, was exceedingly fine this spring, and he now has 1750 of the young birds coming along to be ready for the fall and winter markets. Mr. Klinger is a successful turkey rais er, and the past season was a good one for him, the market remaining at a figure that returned him a neat margin of profit This has so far been a good season for the young birds that have now reached a size of about eight pounds all incubat or hatched and brooder raised. Mr. Klinger spent a few hours In town Wednesday, and while he antici pates a less price on the market the coming season, he feels that there will be a nice profit In the business again this year, and he will doubtless get a far better price by marketing his grain through the turkeys than he would by selling direct to the grain buyers. POMONA GRANGE TO MEET. Morrow county Pomona Grange will meet with Irrigon Grange as host on Saturday, July 2. The pro gram starts at 2:00 p. m., as fol lows: Music, Irrigon band; read ing, "Old Flag, Respect the Flag," Carrie Beckett; piano solo, Jean ette Turner; reading, Margaret Smith; song, Greenfield quartette; paper, "Olive Branch," Mary Lun dell; music, Irrigon band; address, Judge C. L. Sweek; vocal duet, Mrs. Tacy Parker and Mrs. R. B. Rice; music, Irrigon band. The publlo is invited to attend the program. HERBERT HYND BREAKS LEG. Herbert Hynd, young Cecil ranch man and prominent dance orchestra leader, sustained a broken leg Sun day in a scuffle with his brother, Jack. The brotherly bout was part of a party staged to welcome the return of Jack Jr. and his recent bride from their honeymoon. Her. bert's left leg was broken about four Inches above the ankle, and a piece of the ankle bone was chipped off a painful injury, that will re quire some little time to knit, his physician reported. Star theater admissions now 25c and 10c until 9 p. m., See ad. MEETING