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Volume 49, Number 32.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 1932.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
STUNT NITE ALL SET
WEDNESDAY
Organizations Ready to
Strut Stuff for Bene
fit of Library.
100 WILL TAKE PART
Imposing Array of Musical, Com
edy, Athtletic and Antithetic Skits
Lined Up; Popular Prices.
One hundred Heppner people rep
resenting various organizations of i
the city will take the stage at the
Bchool gym -auditorium next Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock, pre
senting "Stunt Nlte" for the benefit
of the Heppner Public . library.
Tickets will be on sale beginning
Saturday, all general admission
with no reserved seats, at the pop
ular prices of 15 cents for children
and 30 cents for adults.
Reports have been given the gen
eral committee by the majority of
organizations intending to partici
pate, but the committee believes
there are some who have prepared
a stunt from whom they have not
heard. They desire that these make
their plans known immediately so
that all details may be arranged.
The committee announces that
the auditorium will be open Mon
day evening to any who desire to
use it for practice. Dress rehearsal
is slated for Tuesday evening when
all organizations are expected to
have their stunts ready with prop
erties as they will be given Wed
nesday, so that the program may
be arranged to run off smoothly.
Full cooperation from everyone will
assure a better entertainment, they
say.
A football to the kiddy selling the
most tickets is offered by Gordon's.
Those wishing to compete should
call there Saturday morning.
Organizations with stunts as re
ported so far are: Heppner school
band ; Lions, "Death Defying
Apache Dance" ; Bookworms,
"While You Wait"; Eastern Star,
musical; Womens Study club, "The
Kitchen Symphony"; Legion, acro
batics; Degree of Honor, "Cinder
ella Up to Date"; Christian church,
Mlsslldine trio; high school faculty,
"Did He Die?"; Boy Scouts, "The
Fatal Quest"; Legion auxiliary, trio;
Business and Professional Women;
Degre of Honor, Juveniles, "The
Discontented Ghost"; high school,
musical; Elks, "Casey at the Bat";
Neighbors of Woodcraft; Rebekahs,
readers and tap dancers; Episcopal
auxiliary, "Big Business."
Ladies to appear include Mes
dames W. O. Dix, E. F. Bloom, C.
W. McNamer,, E. R. Huston, Chas.
Cox, J. O. Turner, Geo. Mabee, Wal
ter Moore, Jeff Beymer, W. P. Ma
honey, Glen Jones, Harold Case, J.
D. Cash, Harold Lumley, Arthur
McAtee, Frank Turner, Ozoa Vance,
Paul Aiken, C. R. Ripley, Andrew
Baldwin, Roy Missildine, P. W. Ma
honey, Spencer Crawford, Raymond
Ferguson, Chas. Smith and Lucy
Rodgers.
Misses include Leta Humphreys,
Audrey Beymer, Ruth Furlong,
Gwendolyn Evans, Betsy Asher,
Ruth Missildine, Margaret Missil
dine, Margaret Sherer, Berdine
Vance, Mary Driscoll, Laura Gil
man, Kathryn Thompson, Adele
Nickerscn, Virginia Dix, Marie
Scrivner, Nancy Cox, Leah Mahrt,
Virginia Swindig, Harriet Hager,
Irene Beymer, Edna Crump, Jenny
Swindig, Juanita Morgan.
Men and boys Include Harold
Buhman, Geo. Mabee, Raymond
Ferguson, Jasper Crawford, Harold
Ayers, Dean Goodman Jr., Clarence
Bauman, Francis Nickerson, Mar
vin Morgan, Claire Phelan, Billy
Schwarz, Wrex Langdon, Mat Ken
ny, Ralph Forbes, Billy Cochell,
Ernest Clark, Howard Morglan,
Floyd Jones, Lowell Winters, Mar
lon Oviatt, Joe Green, Larry Moore,
Donald Jones, James Driscoll, Rich
ard Hayes, Bernard McMurdo, Wil
liam McCaleb, Ronald Coblantz,
Charles Cox, Omer McCaleb.
TO PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Smith de
parted for Portland Sunday to be
In attendance at Paclllc Interna
tional Livestock exposition this
week. Mr. Smith, Morrow county
agricultural agent, clerked the milk
ing shorthorn classes Monday, and
the Aberdeen Angus show on Wed
nesday. They wore accompanied
by the Morrow county stock Judg
ing team, George Wicklander, Max
Ine and Edgar Mahan of Board
man. This team won the right to
represent the county by placing
nrst at the recent Hermlston fair
and also by their work in a Judg
lng contest held at Pendleton just
before the eastern Oregon ram sale
of Oregon Woolgrowcrs association.
CHESTED WHEAT GRASS HERE
The pooled shipment of crested
wheat grass, ordered recently thru
the olllce of C. W. Smith, county
agent, has arrived and is ready for
distribution, announces Mr. Smith
An extra amount of the seed aside
from the pooled orders is available
to those desiring it. Now is the
time to plant the seed, Mr. Smith
says, adding that this grass has
proved far superior as dry land
pasture to all other grasses in field
and nursory trials in Morrow and
other counties. .
Rough pine lumber for sale, In.
quire Albert Adklns, city. 30tf.
BUCKS TOP LOCALS
12-0 IN HARD FRAY
Game at Pendleton Featured by
Close Fighting With Excep
tion of Touchdown Plays.
Heppner high school's football
team took a 12-0 trouncing from
the heavier and more numerous
Pendleton high aggregation on
Round-Up field in Pendleton Satur
day afternoon, but not until they
had given the "Bucks" good cause
to be glad it was all over. It Is
doubtful if Coach Mabee will be
able to have all the boys in top
form for the game with Hermiston
tomorrow, another contest that will
call for the best the locals have to
offer, if reports from the sand coun
try to the north are correct.
The greater strength of the Pen
dleton boys was not to be denied.
And in the second quarter a stal
wart back named Graybeal receiv
ed Gentry's punt on his own 30-yard
marker and behind perfectly form
ed interference ran past the entire
Heppner team to a touchdown.
Again in the third quarter, Gil
christ, another husky Pendleton
back, tore off two successive gains
of 40 and 20 yards through the
Heppner line for a touchdown. Both
attempts at conversion .via the
place-kick route failed.
The final whistle blew just after
Curtis Thomson on a spinner re
verse had carried the ball 25 yards
to the Pendleton 40, after getting
past all but two Pendleton tacklers
and bringing the stands to their
feet.
With the exception of the scor
ing plays, Pendleton showed no ad
vantage. In fact, the Heppner
boys gained more consistent yard
age from scrimmage and completed
more passes than their opponents.
And time after time the light Hepp
ner line yielded not an inch or
broke through the opposing line to
down the ball-carrier for a loss of
yardage.
Coach Tucker of lone was on
hand to scout the game in order to
prepare for some of Heppner's
tricks when his boys play here in
two weeks, '
The line-up:
Heppner Pendleton
Langdon Ie Lassen
Ayers It Gemmell
McMurdo lg Coffman
L, Cowdry c . Bond
Burkenbine rg Minick
D. Cowdry rt Mays
Phelan re Nash
Schwarz q Tuter
Gentry lh Graybeal
Gilliam rh McClure
Furlong f Eason
Substitutes: Pendleton Perard,
Gilchrist, Cresswel, Lassen, Lybeck
er, Bender, Stevens, Eason. Hepp
ner Green, Hanna, Reid, Thomp
son, Morgan.
Former Heppner Man
Sails for the Orient
Robert V. Turner, son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Turner of Heppner, took
passage for Japan and other orien
tal points on the steamer Maune
wili of the Japanese line, leaving
Portland Thursday last Turner
goes as a representative of the Sun
freze Ice Cream company of Port
land and to push the sale of Ore
gon's fresh milk products. The
steamer will touch at Yokohama,
Hongkong, Shanghi, Manila, and
the return will be to San Francis
co by December 7.
Mr. Turner, who graduated from
University of Oregon last spring,
and later took up his residence in
Portland, became imbued with the
idea of impressing the people of the
Far East with the fresh milk prod
ucts of Oregon through attending
the series of lectures delivered in
Portland the past summer on In
ternational Relations, and after
Interviews with the steamship com
pany, chamber of commerce and
Japanese consul was encouraged to
put his ideas into practical use. He
was employed by S. Frye Co. to
make this trip and secure orders
for the fresh milk products. Peo
ple of this community will certainly
be glad to learn of the ultimate
success of this venture, and to know
that Robert has made good in open
ing up a market for Oregon dairy
products. He was not accompan
ied by Mrs. Turner, who remained
with her family in Portland.
ATTEND FUNERAL RITES,
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Ann O'Rourke, sister of Frank
Monahan of this city, held In Con
don at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
were largely attended by friends
and relatives from Heppner. Among
those attending from here were
Rev. Father Stack, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Monahan and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hisler, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Breslln, Mrs. James Farley, Mrs.
Pat Healy, Mrs. W. P. Mahoney,
Mr. and Mrs. John Kilkenny, Mr
and Mrs. John Kenny, Mr. and Mrs,
Mike Kenny, Mrs. Margaret Far
ley and family, Peter Farley, John
Healy, Joe Kenny, John Kelly. Bill
Kilkenny, Barney Devlin, Barney
Ward, Jim O'Connor, Jerome O'
Connor, Frank Nixon.
DEER SEASON CLOSES 25TH.
Next Tuesday is the last day of
the open season on deer, which offi
cially closes at sxinsct that day.
Many Heppner nlmrods who have
been unsuccessful in quests so far
expect to make a final effort this
week end. At present bird shooting
is popular with many outside sports
men joining local nlmrods in giving
the "Chinks" and "Huns" a merry
chase in Morrow county.
JURY SYSTEM EYED
IN LIONS MEETING
Lawyers Believe Proposed
Measure In Criminal
Cases Good.
RELIEF DRIVE CITED
More Food, Less Money and Cloth
ing Obtained Than Last Year;
Need Not so Great, Expected.
The legal fraternity of Heppner
as represented in the Lions club
Monday unanimously endorsed the
proposed constitutional amendment
"Authorizing Criminal Trials With
out Juries by Consent of the Ac
cused" up for decision of the elec
torate November 8, another of the
13 proposed measures to have the
club's attention in its Beries of dis
cussions. M. L. Case, chairman of the cen
tral relief committee for Heppner,
reported good results from the
drive held last Friday. While not
as much money and clothing were
contributed as last year, there were
more foodstuffs. Others who par
ticipated in the drive commented
that in some quarters it was be
lieved that the demand for relief
would not be as great this winter
as it was last, and cases were found
where people were willing to give
what they could to help but pre
ferred to wait until there was more
evidence of need.
Mrs. Edward F. Bloom pleased
the club members at the noon
luncheon with two vocal solos, ac
companied at the piano by Mrs. C.
R. Ripley.
Would Cut Cost.
Jos. J. Nys opened the discussion
of the political measure, the ballot
title of which is: "Amendment Au
thorizing Criminal Trials Without
Juries by Consent of Accused Pur
pose: To provide that any accused
person in other than capital cases,
and with the consent of the trial
judge, may choose to relinquish his
right of trial by jury and consent
to be tried by the judge of the court
alone, such election to be in writ
ing." Mr. Nys considered the measure
to be forward looking because in
the majority of cases the judge is
more competent to weigh the evi
dence than is the jury; and because
in cases where the accused so elect
ed to be tried by the judge, it would
not be necessary to wait until the
regular jury term of court to dis
pose of the cases thus speeding the
wheels of justice and relieving the
counties of much expense.
Hard to Get Jurors.
P. W. Mahoney said that Ameri
ca and Britain honored the time
worn right of trial by jury as an in
herent right from the days of the
over-lord. Times have changed
greatly since the days of King John
and the application of the law today
is reeogn'.zad as falling short in the
administration of justice, he said.
Today jurors must be found who
presumably have formed no opin
ion in the case to be tried. With
modern communication facilities,
few competent persons are unin
formed about most everything that
is going on, making the task of se
curing competent jurors extremely
difficult.
Both he and S. E. Notson, Lions
program chairman, called attention
to the fact that several other states
had similar laws in effect which
work well. Mr. Notson cited that
the option given in the proposed
amendment did not apply in the
case of a capital offense, where jury
trial is required even if the accused
enter a plea of guilty, to decide
whether life imprisonment or the
life penalty shall be applied.
Business and Professional
Womens Club Initiates 13
The Business and Professional
Womens club of Heppner had its
regular meeting Monday night at
the Parish house, at which time
there were initiatory ceremonies
adding thirteen new members to
the organization. There was a suit
able program and all the newly in
itiated were Introduced by various
stunts, adding to the interest and
entertainment.
Those becoming members of the
club were Mesdames Edward F.
Bloom, C. R. Ripley, Edwin T. In
gles, J. O. Turner, Frank Turner,
Lester White, and the Misses Jes-
sie Palmiter, Eula McMillan, Betsy
Asher, Dorothy Straughn, Gwen Ev
ans and Leta Humphreys, and Mrs.
Helen McClasky.
PIONEERS MEET AT LEX.
The annual reunion of Morrow
county pioneers will occur at Lex
ington on Saturday, and it is anti
cipated that the little city will en
tertain the usual large gathering.
The association has prepared suit
able entertainment for the day,
which begins with the big dinner in
the dining room at Leach Memorial
hall at noon. The program will fol
low in the hall at 2:00, then a good
social and get-together time, with
supper in the evening. From eight
to nine will be the old-time dance
especially prepared for the elderly
people. The invitation is general
to all the pioneers of Morrow coun
ty, whether now residing within the
boundaries of the county or not.
Elk Mistaken for Deer
Thrills Viewers and
Gives Cheer to Needy
N. D. Bailey thought he had kill
ed the prize buck as he yelled at his
hunting companions Sunday eve
ning in the vicinity of Tupper
ranger station. But when they ar
rived on the scene to tell him It
wasn't a deer but an elk he had
killed, his joy was dissipated. For
an elk is illegal meat.
Heppner folk thronged into a lo
cal market Monday to Inspect the
animal after it had been brought
in by Sheriff Bauman, whom Mr.
Bailey hod notified.
It was a beautiful animal, though
peculiar. Peculiar in that is had
two long spike horns not forked,
though it weighed 350 pounds, a
very large yearling. Some who pro
fessed to know declared the teeth
showed it to be a yearling, while
others were just as sure it was a
two-year-old, going on three. Red
der than a deer in color, its abdo
men was a lighter tan similar to
the color sometimes taken by a
deer, and if seen on the run at a
distance, as Mr. Bailey is reported
to have said it was when he shot it,
it might have been mistaken for a
deer, some believed. ,
There are some who will not feel
so bad about the slaying, as the
meat has been contributed to relief
work, and those who sometimes are
considered unfortunate this time
will be numbered among the for
tunate. Elk steaks might have sold
at a fancy price if the remarks of
many who viewed the animal could
be believed.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
In the Church of Christ Sunday
morning Mr. Sias' pulpit topic will
be "The Christian Race." Attend
ance in the Bible School last Sun
day was fifty-one. The Interna
tional lesson theme next Sunday
will be "Problems of the Modern
Home." Mrs. Gentry, assistant
teacher, will conduct the lesson in
the adult class.
Guests this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson are
Mr. and Mrs. William Smith and
family of St Paul, Ore. Mr. Smith
is a cousin of Mr. Jackson. The
two men were doing some hunting
in the mountains Monday and
Tuesday.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Rice were Mr. and Mrs.
Galey Johnson, Mr. and "Mrs, Geo.
Peck and sons and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Saling.
The Boy Scouts have been busy
filling in an old well near their
cabin.
The Lexington H. E. club was
entertained at the country home of
Mrs. Alta Cutsforth on Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Cutsforth and
Beulah Nichols as hostesses. Four
teen members and five visitors were
present. The financial report was
heard and the club voted to turn
over twenty dollars of the H. E. C.
funds to the Grange for use in de
fraying Grange expenses. At the
close of a pleasant afternoon spent
in sewing the hostesses served re
freshments to the following guests:
Cora Allyn, Pearl Devlne, Bernice
Bauman, Bertha Dinges, Lena Kel
ly, Anna Miller, Emma White, Hor-
tense Martin, Lorena Miller, Vashti
Saling, Bertha Nelson, Anne
Smouse, Clara Nelson, Margaret
Miller, Emma Peck, Laura Lee Rice
and Ethel Wilcox.
Guests last week at the R. B. Wil
cox home were George and Robert
Wilcox of Oakland, Ore. The boys
are nephews of Mr. Wilcox.
Last Friday evening the Boy
Scouts and their scout master, Geo.
Gillis, took their camping equip
ment and hiked up Willow creek
to their cabin where they spent the
night The boys cooked and ate
their breakfast at the camp before
returning home Saturday morning.
Saturday, October 22, is the date
of the Pioneers' Reunion, an annual
event in Lexington. A basket din
ner will be the chief attraction at
the noon hour and for the after
noon's entertainment the reunion
association has prepared an excell
ent program. After the evening
meal there will be an hour of old
time dancing; from eight until nine
o'clock music will be furnished and
the dance will be free for old and
young alike. Everyone is invited.
Alonzo Henderson returned from
Portland Wednesday evening.
The Sunshine club met Thursday
afternoon with Miss Naomi McMil
lan as hostess. The afternoon was
spent in sewing and the hostess
served refreshments of fruit salad
and cake.
Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Graves and
family visited relatives in Board
man recently.
Myles Martin has returned from
Moro where he spent last week with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan
who have been visiting relatives
here for a few days left Wednesday
for their home at Cherryvllle, They
were accompanied by Mrs. Earl
Warner and her daughter Peggy
who will spend a few days with rel
atives and friends In Cherryvllle
and other Willamette valley points.
Mrs, Sarah White and her daugh
ter, La Verne, have returned from
Portland.
Mrs. Harry Schrlever, who has
been quite ill, Is able to be about
again. Mrs. George Allyn is assist
ing Mrs. Schrlever with her work.
Mrs. Effle Parkins of PaJouse,
Wn., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Par
vln of A'bion, Wn., departed Wed
nesday morning for their homes.
They have been the guests of Mrs.
Sarah Booher during the past week.
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'SAFETY FIRST' TO BE
.4-5
Hilarious 3-Act Comedy is
Sponsored by Lions for
Community Work.
HOME TALENT USED
School Band and Between-the-Acts
Stunts Featured by Country
Store Giving Merchandise.
"Safety First" will be the second
leading entertainment event of the
fall season on November 4 and 5.
Presentation of this popular, hilar
ious three-act comedy is sponsored
by the Heppner Lions club with
prominent people of the community
cast in the various roles.
In addition to the play, each eve
ning will be presented a musical
prologue by the school band and
between-the-aot features, among
which a popular attraction is ex
pected to be a country store dis
pensing a liberal amount of worth
while merchandise among those
who attend.
Proceeds from the play above ex
penses will go entirely toward com
munity betterment work of the
city's service club.
"Safety First" was selected by
the play committee after careful
investigation as one of the out
standnig comedy hits of the day
suitable for amateur production. It
contains hilarious comedy from
start to finish, and It is promised
the two hours of entertainment will
pass almost as quickly as so many
minutes, so engrossed will its rapid-fire
action keep the audience.
The play has been under prepar
ation for the last three weeks un
der the direction of Mrs. Paul M.
Gemmell.
Jim Thomson Jr. will be seen as
a young husband in the role of Jack
Montgomery. As Jerry Arnold,
Crocket Sprouls is an unsuccessful
fixer. Earl W. Gordon defectively
detects most everything in the part
of Mr. McNutt while Hubert Gauey
is awfully shrinking as Elmer Flan
nel. C. J. D. Bauman winds up the
male end of the cast as a terrible
Turk in the person of Abou Ben
Mocha.
Mrs. Gerald Slocum is Mabel
Montgomery, Jack's wife; pity her.
Virginia Bridger, her young sister
is portrayed by Miss Madge Cop
pock. Miss Juanita Leathers is
Mrs. Barrington-Bridger, their ma
ma. Zuleika, a tender Turkish
maiden, is taken by Josephine Ma
honey. And climaxing the feminine
roles is Mrs. Walter Moore in the
part of Mary Ann O'Finnerty, an
Irish cook lady.
The entertainment will be given
at the school gym-auditorium on
Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 4
and 5.
Pendleton Chapter O.E.S.
Entertained Here Friday
Ruth Chapter No. 32, O. E. S.
was host to Bushee chapter of Pen
dleton Friday evening, the occasion
of the regular meeting of Ruth
chapter. There was degree work
put on by the local lodge, and fol
lowing the close of the business
session, luncheon was served in the
dining hall.
Registered visitors from Pendle
ton were Katherine M. Folsom,
worthy matron of Bushee chapter,
R. C. Cowperthwaite, O. C. Finkle,
Harry Grant, W. Percy Folsom, Le
ona Koeppen, Faye C. LaDow, Ha
zel D. Grant, Ada Cowperthwaite,
Ida Peters, Veelie Gill, August
Koeppen, Maude Ingram, Clemen
tine Ingram, Pauline Kay, Roger
Kay. Others coming from Pendle
ton were Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wells
and Judge and Mrs. C. L. Sweek.
REMEMBER 70TII BIRTHDAY.
Miss Opal Briggs and her sister,
Mrs Ray Taylor, were hostesses on
Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Briggs, to the
missionary society of the Methodist
church. Following an unusually in
teresting program and the regular
business session of the society, the
guests present turned the occasion
into a birthday party for Mrs.
Briggs and the passing of her 70th
milestone was fittingly celebrated.
Mrs. Taylor made and presented
the birthday cake with its 70 can
dles, and the guests remembered
Mrs. Briggs in the gift of a beauti
ful vase and bouquet of lavendar
dahltahs.
Some thirty members of the so
ciety and guests were present to
extend felicitations to Mrs. Briggs
who announced at the time that
this was the first celebration of her
birthday she had ever enjoyed by
a party. Mrs. Briggs is a pioneer
resident of Morrow county and
Heppner, coming to this country in
1880, and making her home here
continuously since that time, the
greater part of her residence hav
ing been spent in this city.
REGISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT.
With registration books open lit
tle more than a week. County Judge
Campbell reported 99 registrations
for emergency employment In Mor
row county on Tuesday. Figures
for the various towns showed Hepp
ner 79, lone 7, Boardman 3 and
Hardman 10. No report had been
received from Lexington and Irrl-gon.
STEPS BEING TAKEN
TO OPEN ELEVATOR
Directors Ask Privilege of Naming
Two Trustees; Jeff Jones and
S. 3. Devine Chosen.
A progressive step in straighten
ing out the affairs of the Heppner
Farmers Elevator company is gen
erally believed to have been taken
by the stockholders of the company
at a meeting in the Elks hall last
Saturday afternoon. The ware
house and elevator of the company
have been closed for the last month
and an audit has been in progress
under a trusteeship.
Stockholders of the company Sat
urday sanctioned the trusteeship
with the condition that they be per
mitted to name two more trustees.
They named Jeff Jones and S. J.
Devine to represent them on the
board of trustees, who if the action
is ratified by the creditors, will act
with W. A. Kearns, J. J. Chisholm
and R. A. Thompson, present trus
tees representing the creditors.
Under the plan of procedure con
templated at the directors' meeting,
it is expected to reopen the ware
house and elevator for business
within two or three weeks.
R. I. Thompson, vice president
of the company, was chairman of
the meeting, attended by a major
ity of the directors.
I0NE
JENNIE E. MCMURRAT.
Jack Milliorn, 34, who was killed
in an accident at Suttle lake Tues
day, October 11, was well known
here where he worked during the
construction of the Farmers' eleva
tor. Funeral services were held in
Pendleton last Friday afternoon.
Mr. Milliorn is survived by his wid
ow (Beatrice E. Long) and by an
11-year-old daughter, Betty, who
makes her home with her mother,
Mrs. U. S. Burt of Corvallis.
Considerable improvement i3 go
ing on in our town. The Fred Nich-
oson house has been re-shingled and
otherwise improved; W. E. Ahalt is
building a commodious wood house
and tool shed to replace the one de
stroyed some time ago by fire, and
the kalsomining, painting and var
nishing continues at Masonic hall.
J. E. Swanson is having a new con
crete sidewalk and a new fence in
front of his residence and the house
on Second street owned by the late
Mrs. Barbara Ritchie is being torn
down by Fred Ritchie and his son,
Arthur. The lumber will be used
by Ritchie to build an addition on
his home in upper lone. The house
which is being razed is an old land
mark. It was a rebuilt house and
was placed on Mrs. Ritchie's lot
thirty-one years ago, Sam Ritchie
and Bert Wood doing the carpenter
work.
Light showers visited this section
on Wednesday of last week and en
Thursday night we received a good
rain. Elmer Griffith, cooperative
observer of Morgan, reports the pre
cipitation amounting to fifty-six one
hundredths of an inch. We have
had no rain since June. Almost all
of the fall seeding had been in the
dust. The rain of last week will
bring up the wheat
In the football game here Friday
between Arlington and lone the fin
al score was 19-0 in favor of the
home team. This was the third
game of the season and in each
game lone has kept their opponents
from making a score. Next Friday
our boys journey to Pilot Rock for
a game.
The Girls' League of the high
school are serving a banquet at
6:30 Saturday evening in the Con
gregational church dining room
complimenting Coach Tucker, his
football boys and a few other
guests.
A special election of District No.
35 will be held in the school house
Saturday, October 22, at 1:30 in the
afternoon for the purpose of sub
mitting to the legal voters of said
district the question of Increasing
the tax levy for the year 1932-33.
The reasons for Increasing such
levy are the paying off of warrant
indebtedness. The amount of spec
ial tax proposed to be levied for
said year is $19,311.23.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eubanks
were transacting business in Pen
dleton Tuesday.
Mrs. I. R. Roblson and Bruce
Gibb motored to Maryhill, Wash
ington, Sunday. They spent the
night there with relatives of Mrs.
Roblson's and on Monday went on
to Portland.
The young people's society has
been reorganized with Mrs. Frank
Engelman as advisor and Miss Mar
garet Ely as president. They hold
their meetings each Sunday evening
in the Christian church. All young
people are invited to attend.
Mrs. John Osteen left Monday for
her home at Cherryvllle, Ore. Dur
ing Mrs. Delia Corson's sojourn in
Chicago, Mrs. Osteen had been chief
operator at the telephone otilce, and
between working hours had been
visiting with her mother, Mrs. Min
nie Forbes.
The members of the Women's
Topic club are to serve luncheon at
the home of Mrs. Sam Hatch next
Saturday, honoring Mrs. Walter
Pierce who will speak in Masonic
hall during the afternoon. The af
ternoon meeting is open to the pub
lic. Both Ex-Governor Walter
Pierce and Mrs. Pierce are sched
uled to speak at Legion hall In the
evening.
Mrs, Bert Mason, Mrs. Sam
Hatch, Mrs. Roy Lleuallen and Mrs.
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E. 0. WHEAT LEAGUE
TOMEETATCONDON
Executive and Taxation
Committees Hold All
Day Meeting.
TAXES UPPERMOST
December 2-3 Date of Annual Con
vention; Speakers, Committees
Named; Reports Made.
A consideration of taxation prob
lems was uppermost at an all-day
meeting of the executive committee
of the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league in Pendleton Friday, at
which Condon was chosen as the
place of holding the league's annual
convention next December 2-3.
Meeting with the executive com
mittee were the special tax commit
tee and the legislation-taxation com
mittee of the league. C. W. Smith,
county agent, J. O. Turner and
George Peck were present from
Morrow county.
Plans for the Condon meeting
were set, including announcement
of committees and naming of speak
ers to be invited. It was decided
that at least one-half day would be
given over to discussion of taxation
matters.
Several recommendations on tax
ation problems were made by the
executive committee after reports
heard at the meeting. Some mat
ters were referred back to commit
tees for further Investigation and
a fuller report to be made at the
Condon convention.
Should Cut Costs.
W. H. Dreesen, professor of ec
onomies at Oregon State college
and a member of the special tax
committee, talked on "Ways of Re
ducing Property Taxes." He rec
ommended that taxing bodies give
more study to ways of lessening
expenditures and less time to the
study of new ways of raising rev
enues. There should especially be
more study of the costs of running
local schools, he said.
Those present endorsed the "Six
Percent Limitation" amendment,
the , "Property Qualifications for
Voters" amendment, "Income Tax"
amendment and the "Tax Conser
vation" measure which will appear
on the ballot in November.
E. B. Aldrich, eastern Oregon
member of the state highway com
mission, speaking unofficially, said
there Is much talk of reducing li
cense fees, and that if this is done
some means should be worked out
whereby the counties would get the
same amount from this source as
they do at present, and that possi
bly the reduced income to the state
highway commission caused there
by could be replaced by an added
tax on gasoline.
H. R. Richards of The Dalles
made a strong plea for defeating
the "Truck and Bus" bill.
Unit System Cited.
Mac Hoke, chairman of the tax
ation and legislation committee,
talked on county school unit sys
tems, following which it was rec
ommended that the committee con
tinue its study and report at the
annual meeting.
C. W. Smith and J. O. Turner
made a joint report on ways of in
creasing revenue through Indirect
methods of taxation, so as to re
lieve the property tax. Those pres
ent endorsed a 5-cents-a-gallon tax
on all motor oils used in automo
biles on highways, with refund pro
visions for farmers on oil used in
tractors or engines on farms, such
as is now allowed in the case of
the gasoline tax. It was recom
mended that the committee, con
sisting of E. W. Snell, J. O. Turner,
C. W. Smith and W. H. Dreesen,
make a further study of special
sales taxes and the oil tax; figure
out some way whereby a large
amount of all Indirect taxes col
lected by the state could be pro
rated back to the counties In order
to relieve the tax burden on real
property, and report further at the
annual meeting.
Manager Plan Studied.
E. R. Jackman reported on the
county manager plan as it is now
carried out In some states. He will
make further Investigations and re
port at the annual meeting, George
Peck talked on the present tax sit
uation in several counties of east
ern Oregon.
It was recommended that more
study be given to the plan of turn
ing all roads over to the state for
construction and maintenance.
Speakers who will be invited to
address the Condon meeting in De
cember are A. R. Shumway, presi
dent North Pacific Grain Growers;
a representative of the Union Oil
Co. cooperative of Kansas City;
Prof. J. D. Black, chief economist
Federal Farm Board; A. B. Robert
son, In charge of crop production
loans for Oregon, Reconstruction
Finance corporation; C. A. Howard,
state superintendent of schools;
Leslie M. Scott, chairman state
highway commission, and Chas. Gal
loway, state tax commission.
A list of committees as handed
this paper by C. W. Smith, league
secretary, with instructions that lo
cal members take notloo of their
committee and communicate with
their chairmen, follows:
Taxation and Legislation: Chalr-
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