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Volume 49, Number 15.'
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, June 23, 1932
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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