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OC I ETY r.r.aD-i historic 1C. A " ? i T o I 'J ' P J R V 0 v. Volume 49, Number 20. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 28, 1932 Subscription $2.00 a Year feette RODEO GETS BACKING OF BUSINESS HOUSES Plans Laid for Show at Good Meeting Held Last Night. OFFICIALS ELECTED Dates Not Yet Set; Big Cut In Cost Planned; Admission Charge Ex pected to be Reduced. Plans lfor the eleventh, annua Heppner Rodeo were laid at a meet ing at Elks' club last night. Repre sentatives from about twenty busi ness houses were present, and pre liminary committees were appoint ed. Although there was some dif ference of opinion as to the advis ability of holding the show this year, after a thorough discussion the group voted almost unanimous ly for its continuance. D. A. Wil son who, with Gene Ferguson had interviewed all the business men of the city during the day, presided. C. W. McNamer, president of the Rodeo association, and L. L. Gil Ham, secretary, gave those present figures of cost of previous shows, and pointed out that it would be possible to cut the cost materially without effecting the quality of the show. It was the expression of most of the group that as little money as possible be sent out of town, and that local county people be given preference throughout. The matter of date was left with the Rodeo association, it being sug gested that the first week in Sep tember, the week before the Pen dleton Round-Up, be chosen thiB year. It has always been customary to hold the Heppner show the week following the Round-Up, but this year those dates are taken by the national Legion convention in Port land, and it was thought inadvis able either to conflict with the con vention, or to try to hold the show the following week, because of the danger of running into cold weath er. The Pendleton and Heppner as sociations have always cooperated in the use of equipment, and it is hoped that similar arrangements can be made this year. Officers and members of the as sociation were reelected as follows: C. W. McNamer, president; Her bert French, vice-president; L. L. Gilliam, secretary; J. J. Nys, treas urer; Chas. Latourell and Bill Kil kenny, directors. A general com mittee, consisting of W. E. Moore, L. E. Bisbee, D. A. Wilson and P. W. Mahoney, was appointed to take care of the appointment of the va rious ' administration committees and to act with the association of ficers in taking care of the detail work. Other conVmlttees appointed were parade, C. W. Smith, chairman, Pat Mollahan, John Anglin, Bert Kane, Vinton Howell, D. T. Goodman and R. B. Ferguson; finance, Al Ran kin, chairman, Chas. Thomson, Earl Gordon, J. D. Cash, Gay M. Ander son and E. G. Noble; decoration, John Hiatt, chairman, Art McAtee, Paul Marble, Leonard Schwarz, Art Blbby and Gene Ferguson; adver tising, Jap Crawford, chairman, Mary Merrill, W. L. Blakely and Henry Aiken. Committees for the administrative detail work will be announced soon. There will be no carnival for this year's show, it was decided, but W. W. Smead was authorized to make arrangements for one or two rides for the kiddles and he will attempt to secure a merry-go-round and ferris wheel or similar attraction. Mr. Smead was also appointed to handle concessions, which were to be limited to local people. A decided cut was suggested In the "admission charges for this year and this matetr was left in the hands of the association officers. As was done last year the business houses will do their own decorating, reserving the money customarily expended with outside decorators to help defray the reliminary ex penses of the show. CANNING CLUB PLANNED. Al girls over 12 interested in be coming members of a 4-H canning club, are asked to meet in the of fice of Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, coun ty superintendent, on Monday next at 3:00 p. m. Dan Stalter came in from the Greenhorn mines of Heppner Min ing company Monday evening, hav- lng received word Sunday of the very serious Illness of his old-time friend, David McCullough, and he remained over for the funeral on Wednesday afternoon. Monte Hedwull, who has held the position of butter maker in Morrow County creamery here for several years past, has accepted a similar position with a creamery at Burns and will take up his work there the first of August. A Glenn Smith, representing the Federal Land bank of Spokane as publicity-advertising manager, was a visitor hero on Wednesday look ing after interests in this section for the bank. Chns. Darnlelo, proprietor of the Arlington hotel at Arlington, spent a few hours in Heppner Monday. Lamport cherries for sale, 2c per lb. Pick them yourself. Eph Es kelson, Heppner, Ore, 19-20p JOHN B. CAS0N CALLED TO REST Son of Early Pioneers, Came to Morrow County More Than Sixty Years Ago, Following an illnes of more than two years' duration, during which he had suffered greatly, John B. Canon was called to his final rest at the family residence in Heppner at 8 o clock Monday morning. Fu neral arrangements, In charge of Case Mortuary, were held at the funeral chapel this morning at 10: 30. Joel R. Benton of the Christian church was officiating minister and interment followed in Masonic cem etery. Many friends and relatives gathered to pay respects to a pion eer of this community, and the flor al offerings were profuse and beau tiful. John Benton Cason, sop of early Oregon pioneers, was born Dec. 28, 1865, near Oregon City and died at Heppner July 26, 1932, at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 28 days. When but 2 years of age he was brought to what is now Morrow county by his parents, and his en tire life has been lived in this sec tion, the past 18 years at Heppner. Mr. Cason's mother was a survivor of the Whitman massacre. August 19, 1895, Mr. Cason was united in marriage to Ada Temple- ton at Spray, and to this union nine children were born, eight of whom are now living. Those who survive are the mother, Mrs. Ada Cason, Heppner; the daughters, Mrs. Wm. Kirk, Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Milton Spurlock, Mrs. Paul Aiken, Mrs. Vernon Prock, Alyce, Gladys and Patricia Cason of Hepp ner, and a son, Carl, of Pendleton; one sister, Mrs. Aaron Templeton, Spray, and a brother,- Walter Cason of Yakima. Mr. Cason was a mem ber of the Knights of Pythias for many years. Met With Legion Home Products Display Head Chas. W. Smith, county agent. and Mrs. W. P. Mahoney of the Woolgrowers Auxiliary were in Pendleton Tuesday where they met with S. T. White, chairman of the American Legion Oregon Products committee, members of a like com mittee of Umatilla county and County Agent Walter Holt, in the office of the latter. The purpose of the meeting was to hear outlined by Mr. White the plans which the American Legion of the state has for advertising and serving high quality Oregon products in every hotel, restaurant and chamber of commerce in the state during the month of September. The program calls for quite an elaborate advertising campaign which will embrace all of the high class productions of the state and especially features each locality and its specialties. Attractively printed menu cards are being pre pared and these will not only be used by the hotels and restaurants of the local communities, but will appear in the diners on the trains of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, east, west and south. The committo expects to put Oregon products thoroughly on the minds of all visitors here during the Olympic games and the nation al convention of the Legion. Money for this advertising is being raised among the various groups of pro ducers represented. HUSTON CAB DAMAGED. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston mo tored to Portland Saturday night for a short visit at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Taylor. Deciding to come home Sunday night, they were making good headway until near Hood River, when trouble ov ertook them. Passing a string of cars, busses, trucks and oil tanks with trailers at about 1:00 o'clock Monday morning, Mr. Huston had become a little confused and some what blinded by the continued glare of headlights and strayed a little too far to the edge of the pave ment on his side of the highway and veered into a bank of rocks. The right front wheel, front fen der and front axle received the im pact and will each have to be re placed. The damage was not so bad, however, as to prevent travel and they made it into Hood River where repairs were made that al lowed them to get on home, reach ing here shortly after one p. m. The accident happened about three miles west of Hood River, and while the car' was quite severely jammed, the occupants escaped un hurt. ATTEND COMPANY PICNIC. The local MacMarr store was ful ly represented Sunday at the big picnic at Bingham springs of the combined Safeway, MacMarr and Pay-N-Takit stores-of the Walla Walla district. Mr. and Mrs. John Anglin and daughter Rachel and Mr. and Mrs, Harlan Devin and son Glen were In attendance, and Mr. Anglin reports a very enjoyable time. Between 200 and 300 people were present, this Including a few outsiders. Many sports of various kinds were indulged In and there was an Interesting game of ball be tween the grocery pushers and the meat whackers, the former winning by a couple of runs. A big picnic dinner was a prominent feature with sandwiches, fried chicken, sal ads, cakes, ice cream, pop, water melon, etc., making up a menu that satisfied all present completely. Try a Gazette Times Want Ad. LEXINGTON MRS. HARRY DUVALL. Mrs. Lillie Hathaway, accompan ied by her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hathaway of Eugene, were here Saturday calling on friends and looking after property interests. Mrs. Frank Gentry of Portland visited a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Munkers. Mrs. Sylvanus Wright spent sev eral days this week in Portland with her daughter, Mrs. Glen Gale. A. M. Markham of Freewater, former Morrow county rancher, was in town a while Monday on business. Erma Lane is visiting Jessie French in Heppner this week. Several Lexington folks visited the swimming tank in Heppner Sunday fternoon. Among those going up were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and Louise, Mrs. Ralph Jack son, Kenneth and Marcella, Vernon Scott, Winford Duvall and Wayne McMillan, and the Misses Helen Valentine, Ruth Dinges, Gwen Ev ans, Peggy Warner, Eula McMillan and Mae Gentry. Dona Barnett has recently re ceived her commission as notary public for four years, having been appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier. The Girls' Sunshine club met last Thursday afternoon with Naomi McMillan. Dainty refreshments were served at the close of the meeting. The state highway crew was busy Monday putting the oil and gravel on the highway through town. They expect to have the road completed to lone by the last of this week. Several families are camped here in town along Willow creek while their men folks are employed with the highway crew. Mayor T. L. Bamett had some of the grass and weeds removed from our streets Monday by an unem ployed man, passing through town. Shopping in Pendleton last Thurs day were Mrs. Lester White, Wil ma Leach and Dallas Ward. Tom McDaniel has gone over to Pendelton to stay for a while. He is stopping at Charley Barnett's rooming house. M,rs. C. Z. Haskins spent three weeks visiting here with her son, A. M. Edwards and family. Anoth er son, John Edwards, came a few days ago from Washtucna, Wash., and took Mrs. Haskins home with him. Mr. and Mrs. Lester White, Wil ma Leach and Dallas Ward spent a very enjoyable week end camp ing in the mountains. Dinner guests Sunday evening at the ranch home of Mrs. Minnie Leach McMillan were Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barnett, Mrs. Trannie Parker and Dona Barnett. Several of the farmers have com pleted their harvesting, among them being Mrs. Sarah White, Har ry Schriever and George White. Little Miss Marjorie Jane Graves, 6 1,4 lbs, born Tuesday July 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Graves. B. S. Clark of Gresham was shak ing hands with friends here the last of the week. He is up on bus iness connected with his wheat ranch north of town. John Harbke and Donald Brooks were business, visitors in Boardman Sunday. Mrs. Maude Pomeroy and chil dren are visiting this week with Grandma McMillan. Friends will be interested to know that Grand ma is enjoying very good health now. The two cancers on her face have healed entirely, leaving only small scars. They were treated this spring with radium by a cancer specialist in Portland. Mrs. Ed Burchell and daughter Grace arrived home Monday eve ning from Hood River, where they have been for the past two Weeks. Grace was convalescing in the Hood River hospital following an operation for appendicitis and Mrs. Burchell was helping to care for her. Holly Rebekah lodge No. 139 held their installation of officers Tues day evening of last week with Merle Carmichael as installing officer. The installed were: Ola Ward, N. G.; Edna Hunt, V. G.; Eva Lane, sec; Cora Warner, treas.; Edith Miller, warden; Ada Eskelson, con ductor; Lou Broadley, chaplain; Merle Carmichael, R. S. N. G.; Mary Hunt, L. S. N. G.; Laura Scott, K. S. V. G.; Helen Nichols, L. S. V. G.; Bertha Dinges, I. G.; Mary Mc Murty, O. G., and Dona Barnett, musician. Refreshments of ice cream and wafers were served af ter the Installation. What might have been a very serious accident happened one af ternoon last week. A tourist car containing a man, woman and child was coming down into town when a front wheel went off. It rolled at a high rate of speed into the front yard of John McMillan's place. The car stopped suddenly but no one was hurt. It was soon repaired at the local garage and tho strangers wont on the way. Mrs. Emma Breshears had the American flag displayed Tuesday by order of the president. It was Post Office Day, honoring Benjamin Franklin, who was first post oiilce general of the United States. Last Friday night Peggy War ner, Mae Gentry, Krma Lane, Ruth Dinges and Gwen Evans went on a long hike out of town. They fin ished up with a wiener roast at the Dinges dam. Mr. Stutts, Insurance adjuster, was calling o Elmer Hunt Friday In regard to the small damage in their recent fire. Ernest Fredrickson came up from Salem Monday and will be employed in the lone warehouse. Mrs. Maude Pointer came with him MILLERS OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING Family Reunion and Surprise Par ty Held In Honor of Pioneers; Married in 1882 at Albany. While they had not forgotten that Friday, July 22nd, was the date of their wedding, and that this year 1932 marked their golden wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller were not prepared for the gathering of some 50 relatives and friends at their home in this city Friday evening, and when the com pany came in on them they were about taken off theii feet by sur prise. All arrangements had been made by members of the family and friends, the company first gath ering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eph Eskelson and marching to the Miller home, taking with them re freshments of cake and ice cream which were partaken of after an hour or two of games and social in tercourse. The event was very pleasing to Mr. and Mrs. Miller and they were especially gratified at be ing remebered by a suitable gift, presented on behalf of the visitors assembled, by Joel R. Benton. The uninvited guests of Mr. and Mrs. Miller present were: Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Huston, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Benton, Mr. and Mrs. Eph Es kelson, Mr. and Mrs. Vawter Craw ford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Par ker, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Conder, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones, Mri and Mrs. Ar thur Gemmell, Mrs. Carrie Vaughn, Mrs. Frank Shlvely, Mrs. W. G. Mc carty, Mrs. Jeff Jones, Mrs. Emma Gemmell, Mrs. Martha Wright, Mrs. G. W. Thompson, Mrs. Emmett Ay ers, Mrs. Jas. Furlong, Mrs. Leona Huston, Mrs. Sarah Parker, Mrs. Chas. Barlow, Messrs. Will Benton, Spencer Akers, Bert Gay, Claude Cox, Ralph Benton, Dick Benton, Robert Jones, Donald Jones, Paul Jones, Kenneth Jones, Marcel Jones, Floyd Jones, Misses Ruth Benton, Nancy Cox, Vallis Jones, Edna Jones, Katherine Parker, Lucille Barlow, Lona Mae and Lois Jean Jones, Vada June, Helen, Eldon and Edward Gemmell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Miller were married on July 22nd, 1882, at Albany, Oregon, Mrs. Miller's maid en name being Luella Farwell. They came to Morrow county 25 years ago and for the greater part of this time have made their home in Heppner where Mr. iSiHer baa en gaged in the draying and transfer business, being now associated with his grandson, Robert Jones, in con ducting Heppner Transfer Com pany. Before coming to Heppner, he was for many years with the Southern Pacific railroad, filling the position of depot agent and freight agent and gaining much experience in this line of work before retiring from the game. Mr. and Mrs. Mil ler enjoy a large circle of friends in Heppner, who are wishing for them many happy returns of their wedding anniversary. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Miller are Mrs. C. R. Nokes of Albany and Mrs. C. N. Jones of Heppner. Mrs. Chas. Huston of Eight Mile is a daughter of Mr. Miller, and Mrs. Emmett Jones, whose children, Robert, Edna, Donald and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. Miller have raised, is a deceased daughter. Still another event of the anni versary, which also came as a com plete surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Mil ler, was a family reunion arranged by the children and taking place Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Nokes arrived early Sunday forenoon from Albany, and other members of the family with their children gathered at the Miller home, where it was made known to Grandpa and Grandma that they were to be guests of another party, to be held In their honor at Hamilton ranch on the head of Rhea creek. At about 10:30, all having arrived, cars were headed for the cool mountain retreat where a picnic dinner was enjoyed and several hours spent. Pictures were taken of the entire group, and will be preserved as me mentos of an event never to be for gotten in the lives of those attend ing. At this reunion were present, be sides Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Nokes of Albany, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Jones and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Huston and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hus ton and children, Mrs. Leona Hus ton, and Robert, Edna, Donald and Kenneth Jones. for a visit with her brother, Orvllle Cutsforth and family. Guests at the Harry Schriever home Monday were Mrs. Henry Klages of Hermiston and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Huff and son Edwin of Hood River. While Marlon Palmer waa har vesting at the Ted McMillan ranch, some one came Into the field one night and stole a large number of tools and machine oil from his com bine. The robbery was valued at about $30. Mrs. C. E. Danlelson and Betty Kenny of Ellensburg, Wash., are here visiting friends. Mrs. Daniel son came after her daughter, Del ma Miller. Dclma has been spend ing the summr with her father, Ed Miller. She had Just returned from Salem where she visited with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E, S. Miller. Orville Eskelson, Jr., is here from Portland working for his uncle, R. B. Wilcox. Mrs. Mary Phillips Is a guest at the R. B. Wilcox home. She came up from Portland to look after the sale of her wheat. I0NE JENNIE E. MCMURRAY. The Past Grand club met Friday at the home of Mrs. Ella Davidson for their regular meeting. Those present were Mrs. Alice McNab, Mrs. Charles Jewell, Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mrs. E. R. Lundell, Mrs. J. W. Howk, Miss Norma Swanson, Mrs. Cleo Drake, Mrs. E. C. Heliker, Mrs. Lee Howell, Mrs. J. P. Louy, Mrs. Blaine Blackwell and Mrs. John Glasscock. Refresh ments of lemon chiffon pie and punch were served. Mrs. Charles Jewell and children, Louis and Billy, of Pasco, Wash., are visiting at the home of Mrs. Jewell's mother, Mrs. Alice McNab. Mrs. Perry Barthelmay and two little sons returned home Sunday after a visit with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. M. R. Morgan. She was accompanied home by her cousins, Mildred and Helen Lundell, who will visit for a while. Mrs. Ella Davidson, who has been confined to her bed, suffering from an abscess in her ear, is somewhat improved, but not yet able to be up. State Policeman McMahon, in a visit to this section Tuesday, re ported that thirty-five hundred grain bags were stolen from a ware house at Mikalo Sunday night. Dean Ekleberry of Morgan has been awarded the contract to trans port nine high school children from that district to the high school at lone for the coming school term. He is to be paid ninety dollars per month. Mr. and Mrs. George Kitching of Morgan had as their week-end guests, Mrs. Kitching's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Herrington and her mother, Mrs. Rose Lovell, all of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hathaway of Eugene. Mr. Hathaway, who is proprietor of the Hathaway Motor company in Eugene, was here look ing after his wheat land and ar ranging for a lease on It. J. E. Montgomery of Portland, another of Morrow county's absen tee landlords, was a visitor here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Gabbert of Portland are spending a vacation in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mrs. Gabbert is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner, and a fre quent visitor here. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hatch were Thursday evening dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin at their farm home. H. D. McCurdy of Gooseberry was in town this week, sporting a new International truck. , . Miss H. C. Lee of Vancouver, Wash., was a week-end guest at the home of her friend, Mrs. Carl F. Feldman. The ladies are life long friends. Upon Miss Lee's departure Monday she was accompanied by Mrs. J. J. Schumacher of Sunnq vale, Calif., who has been a visitor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Feldman, and Miss Katheryn Feld man. Miss Feldman plans to spend the remainder of the summer and the winter with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Schumacher. Mr. Schumacher is an instructor in the high school at San Jose, and Miss Feldman will enroll in the Teachers College at that place. She has been very active socially, and will be greatly missed by her friends here. I A prowler was discovered in the J. E. Swanson home Thursday night when Mrs. Elmo McMillan was wakened to find some one in the house. At that moment a son, Norman Swanson, returned home in the car, and the noise of his ar rival frightened the intruder away. The presence of a prowler was sus pected in two other places the same night. The dance given by the American Legion Saturday night was well at tended; part of the crowd consisted of a truck load of twenty girls who drove down from Heppner. Mrs. Bert Mason and son Junior returned Friday from a business trip to Portland. H. E. Cool, Willow creek farmer who was so seriously injured three weeks ago when he missed the lad der and stepped off a sixteen-foot hay stack on his ranch, is still in the hospital at Heppner. His back Is seriously injured, and it is feared he will not be able to leave the hos pital for several weeks. C. L. Squires of Portland, who owns considerable land north of lone farmed by Dwight Misner, was a business visitor in lone Monday, Investigating the wheat market. Mr. Squires firmly believes wheat prices are due to advance. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pierce and two children of Modesto, Calif., and Mrs. Ralph Miller and little son of Eugene, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chrlstopherson, the parents of the ladies. lone and Morgan people who en joyed the swimming at the Colum bia river Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hatch and children, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith, Miss Mabel Smith, Miss Bonnio Smith, Leo Lieuallen, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ber gevin and children, Mrs. H. E. Cool and daughter Opal, Miss Harriet Heliker, J. Y. Gibson and sons Wal ter and Ralph. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Bris tow and children who have been spending their vacation here, de parted Sunday for their home in Baker. E. J. Brlstow drove them as far as Echo. Miss Helen Grabll is In Baker, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Earl Wright. After spending Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rankin at Hermiston, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Heliker made a week-end trip to Cove, to see Mrs. Hellker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L..Zink. Mrs. Zink DAVE McCULLOUGH RITES WEDNESDAY Native of Ireland, Died at His Home Here Sunday Evening; In County 44 Years. David McCullough, aged 67, died at his home in thi3 city Sunday evening after a lingering illness of several months duration, suffering from heart trouble and dropsy. Fu neral services were held from the Christian church Wednesday after noon, Joel R. Benton, pastor of the church, officiating. Interment was in Masonic cemetery and funeral arrangements in charge of Phelps Funeral Home. The services were attended by many friends of the deceased, who had known him for many years. David McCullough was born in Belfast, Ireland, where he lived as a young man, and he came to Mor row county in the late summer of 1888, living for many years on the ranch of McCullough brothers at the forks of Willow creek, and then making his home in Heppner for the past 16 or 17 years. He was never married. Surviving relatives of Mr. Mc Cullough are four brothers and two sisters: Samuel and Robert of Heppner, Thomas and William of New Zealand and Australia; Mrs. Sarah Hulburt of Alko, Nevada, and Mrs. Maggie Mercer of Belfast, Ire land; also one nephew, Paul Hisler, and one niece, Mrs. Ambrose Cha pin who reside in Heppner. Arco Wheat Being Tried In Alpine - Echo Section From Echo News we learn that Arco wheat, a new variety for eith er fall or spring planting, is being produced this year by Albert Bow ker, in the Alpine section west of Echo. This grain was developed by the Moro experiment station and is claimed to yield better than turkey red, to be drought, resistant and to contain more protein than other wheats. Bowker is the only grower who is bringing the new wheat to Echo. He raised about 800 sacks of Arco this year. A number of other Morrow coun ty wheat growers have tried this new wheat this season, and so far reports reaching this paper, the ex periment is not satisfactory, the wheat yielding quite well but fall ing short in weight. This is owing, no doubt, to the heat wave over the county Just when the grain needed cool weather. MOUNTAIN CONDITIONS GOOD. D. B. Stalter, president of Hepp ner Mining company, in from the mines this week, reports range con ditions in the high mountains as excellent this year, with weather ideal. Mr. Stalter was brought to Heppner by a friend residing near the mine and on reaching John Day they spent a few hours while re pairs were being made to the car, leaving there at 3 p. m., they came on to Heppner by way of Heppner- Spray road, which is now in fine condition for travel with the ex ception of the six or seven miles of Rock creek section. Like all oth ers who travel this road now, Mr. Stalter Is a booster for this direct route to the Interior and thinks it will mean a lot to Heppner in trade and tourist travel when finally com pleted. MARTIN-PETEYS. At the residence of Henry S. Taylor in this city, at 8:30 Saturday evening, July 23, occurred the mar riage of M. C. Martin to Ruth Aura Petteys, Rev. Glen P. White, pas tor of the Methodist church, officiat ing. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few invited friends of the contracting parties, and was followed by refreshments of ice cream and cake. Mr. Martin for a number of years was employ ed by the county, running the cat erpillar engine on the crew of H. S. Taylor. Mrs. Martin has been a res ident of Heppner for a few months, coming here with her children from lone. Mr. Martin has rented a farm on upper Rhea creek and following a short honeymoon trip, they will take up their residence there. The Gazette Times' Printing Ser vice is complete. Try It returned with them and went on to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Heliker brought some of the famous cher ries home from Cove with them. Mrs. Cecil Sargent and children arrived from Salem Saturday and joined Mr. Sargent who is harvest ing the wheat on the Ruhley place south of lone. Mr. and Mrs. Ora Barlow and children spent the week end visit ing Mr. Barlow's brother, Carl, and his sister, Mrs. Grant Olden. Mr. Barlow is manager of the co-operative cannery at Hermiston, and states that the season for canning string beans is now on. In one day they canned 900 cans of beans. They also can considerable meat for those who butcher and are unable to keep the meat otherwise. The cannery makes a small charge for cans and labor, and is well patron ized. Mrs. Ross Perry was taken to the hospital at Heppner this week, suf fering from Brlght's disease. The American Legion Auxiliary held election of ollicers Tuesday. The officers-elect are: President, Elaine Rietmann; first vice-president, Bernice Blackwell; second vice-president, Thelma Corley; sec-rotary-treasurer, Gladys Drake; chaplain, Snowda Blake; sargeant-at-aims, Mrs, John Grimes; histor ian, Amy Sperry, S TALK DLEO AT MONDAY MEET Speakers Stress Need of Support for Dairy Industry. NOT HANDLED HERE Dairy Industry of Great Import ance to State, Needs Protection From Substitutes, Claimed. Although the men who were to' present the program at the Lions meeting Monday noon failed to show up, an interesting discussion of the scheduled topic was had -under the direction of S. E. Notson, program chairman. Oleomargar ine, so far as members of the club are concerned, is not worthy of con sideration as a substitute for but ter, and many facts concerning the dairy industry were brought out by the discussion. It waa pointed out that while thousands of persons In the state depend for their living upon the production of dairy products, of which butter is the principal one, the oleomargarine business em ploys in this state less than a score of persons; and that while mil lions in money is invested in the dairy industry, thousands only are tied up in oleo production. While it was pointed out by one speaker that the sale of oleomargar ine was greater to producers of but terfat than to anyone else, yet that was due largely to the fact that shortage of money with the dairy man made it necessary for him to save on his cash purchases where ever possible, and that oleo sold for much less than butter. This was given as an argument in favor of taking action to improve the con dition of the dairy farmer by mak ing it possible for him to sell his product at a price which would give him a profit. It was stated that oleo is not be ing sold in Heppner at this time, and so long as the price of butter remains somewhere near that of the substitute, there would be no demand for oleo. Better Butter Price Brings New Wealth Here's a C. O. D. story (Cut Out Depression) which just missed the headlines on page one, says the Or egon Dairy Council. This story does not lack news interest, local import ance or popular appeal. It is just too important to be displayed like a back suspender button. If Henry of Detroit established a factory in this state with an an nual payroll of almost three-quarters of a million dollars, the story would grab the headlines. If the lumber industry of the state re ceived a new order for lumber for Chinese chop-sticks, again a set-up on page one. If some lucky, grub staked miner stumbled onto a rich ledge of ore, anywhere in Oregon, it would be featured on page one. If taxes were reduced two thousand dollars a day in this state right now, well, page one would be plas tered and so would some tax-payers. In good news stories the "lead" paragraph is supposed to catch your interest This one has, good or bad, or you wouldn't be reading the third one, so here's the story. In most parts of this state butter advanced two cents a pound in price this week. It rose all along the Pacific Coast. What of it, you say? That fact is more important to Oregon than all Detroit's auto mobiles and all the miners in Ore gon. This slight rise in price, so small that you didn't notice it when you bought this important food at your grocers has turned loose over an extra two thousand dollars a day of new wealth in Oregon. That is over $60,000 a month and almost three quarters of a million dollars a year in extra pay-roll to the dairy farm ers of the state. These dairy farmers are your customers and ours. They buy your cars, your lumber and our paper. Part of that two thousand dollar daily pay-roll is being spent In this city today. It is new wealth which goes to everyone. This story missed making the headlines because it is only about butter and everyone knows all about butter but a couple of "buts." But , for butter over 50,000 Oregon farmers would be almost without income. But for butter the business of this city would be in a most ser ious financial condition. May we say that butter spreads prosperity to everyone? OIUNG COMPLETED. The oiling crew of the state high way department has completed the work of putting on the non-skid covering from Heppner to lone and is moving out to other wrk. The crew, consisting of about eighty men, many of whom had their fam ilies with them, has been camped at Heppner, Lexington and lone for a few days and it has seemed rather lively hereabouts. Judge Calvin Swcek is over from Pendleton today to attend to some matters in circuit court. Attorney Mclntyre of Pendleton accompan ied Judge Swe-ek. G. T. Want Ads Get Results.