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r, 0 : r- r - - - A '. J i j .-. c Volume 49, Number 37. HEPPNER, OREGON, T HURSDAY, Nov. 24, 1932 Subscription $2.00 a Year taper FARMERS TO MEET "ARMY" FASHION Determination to Fight Displayed in Plans of Wheatmen. PROGRAM IS READY Problems of Lifting Burden From Afflicted Industry Reflected In Line-Up of E. O. League. Condon will be the focal point of many Oregon Interests on Decem ber 2-3, as farmers from eastern Oregon, arriving In trucks and au tomobiles will live "army fashion" for two days while contributing their bit toward the solution of the state's problems In attempting to lift the load from an over-burdened industry. The occasion is the annual meeting of the Eastern Oregon Wheat league. Farmers from Sherman county plan to travel to Condon by truck, and to "bach" in quarters known as Hotel de Sherman. Bedrolls brought with them, will be spread on army cota as a means of lower ing living costs. Just how far this mode of living will be carried out has not been definitely determined, says Chas. W. Smith of Heppner, league secretary, but it is expected it will be quite general, evidencing the determination farmers of this section are displaying in a fight to hold their farms. State Men to Speak. With the burden of property taxes bearing heavily on the load that is breaking the farmers' backs, prime interest will focus on the messages of Leslie M. Scott, state highway commission chairman; Charles V. Galloway, state tax com missioner, and C. A, Howard, state superintendent of public instruc tion, who will tell of measures for relief from property taxes, and other methods of financing state government Four major committees have been at work for several months assem bling Information which will go through the conference mill and come out as grist in the form of recommendations from the farmers. The limelight committee, that on taxation and legislation, will hold Its final meeting of preparation at Hotel Condon the night of Decem ber 1, with Galloway and Howard present. Oregon faces the necessity of re turning to a state levy on real property in addition to county and local levies unless some relief is secured through other sources of taxation, comes word from the tax ation committee. Sales taxes, spreading of income tax and an in creased tax on gasoline have been proposed as means of averting such a recurrence. Legislation Snell'g Theme, George Gaunt, mayor of Condon, will welcome the wheatmen at the opening of the conference at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, with re sponse by James K. Hill of Pendle ton, league president. Review of the work of the league by C. W. Smith, secretary, announcements and appointments of special com mlttees will carry the work to 10 o'clock. Addresses by Mark Weath erford, Hon. E W. Snell and Chas, V. Galloway will round out the morning program. Weatherford will tell of possibilities of the deisel engine In reducing production costs Proposed legislation for the coming legislative session will be Snell's theme, and Galloway will review methods of lifting the tax burden from real estate. "Co-operative Purchasing of Gas and OH" by Homer D. Young, rep resentative of a Kansas City coop eratlve, will open the Friday after noon session at 1 o'clock, followed until 3:35 by addresses of C. A. Howard, Leslie M. Scott, D. E. Stephens and G. R. Hyslop, the lat ter two speakers being state col lege men. Howard will talk on pro posals for reduction In elementary and high school costs by the "Coun ty Unit System." Scott will tell of the policy of the state highway commission in present emergency. "Promising Wheats Proved In East ern Oregon Experiments" will be Stephens' theme, and Hyslop will tell of proposals under considera tion In connection with new wheat grades, Inspection methods and warehousing. Committees will meet at 4 p. m. Pierce Banquet Speaker, The annual banquet will be held at 7 o'clock Friday evening with A. B. Robertson toaatmaster, and Hon. Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, special speaker. W. A. Schoenfeld, dean and director Or egon State college and experiment stations, will speak at 8:30 on "Re search Work In the Solution of Ag ricultural Problems." Saturday morning, Dec, 3, session will open at 8:30 with committee meetings. A. R. Shumway, presi dent North Pacific Grain Growers, will speak at 10 on "Cooperative Marketing of Wheat in the North west." At 10:40 A. B. Robertson, secretary-treasurer of the Portland branch, will tell of crop production loans under the Regional Agricul tural Credit corporation. "Progress In Columbia River Transportation" will be the theme of John Wtthy combe, past league president, at 11, Final committee meetings will be I0NE JEWIE K. MCMURRAT. Mrs May M. Williams, wife of Rev. George E. Wiliams, pastor of the Community church at Condon, died Sunday, November 13, at Port land, and funeral services were held at the Christian church in St Johns Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wil liams had been in failing health for some time, recently undergoing an operation for the removal of can cer. At fair time In Condon she re ceived a bad fall which resulted In a broken arm. Since that time she has been under a physician's care in the city. Rev. Williams, for some time past has been conduct ing services twice each month in the Congregational church at this place, and has many friends here who sympathize with him In his bereavement He has notified the congregation here that he is giving up his pastorate in Condon, hence will also give up his work in lone. Dr. C. H. Harrison, superinten dent of Congregational churches in this district, conducted religious services at the Congregational church Sunday evening. He hopes soon to make arrangements so that the church at lone may again have preaching services. A coming event of Interest to the community is the high school play, "Where's Grandma, a' three-act comedy, which will be given at the school auditorium December 22. The cast of characters follows: Grandma, an old lady, who first of all wants to be young; and second of all, is quite content to "be her age," Jane Collins; Gretohen Blake, a young wife, Harriet Heliker; Bob Blake, her brand new husband, Elwayne Lieuallen; Jack Worley, Gretchen's brother, Robert Mont gomery; Lucy King, Jack's sweet heart, Margaret Ely; Arline Trues- dale, the girl Gretehen wants her brother to marry; Mabel Cool; Car ol Worley, Gretchen's Bister who has a mind and opinion of her own, Dimple Crabtree; Midnight, a "cho colate brown" houseman who en joys his uniform very greatly; Clif ford Yarnell; Dahlia, wife of Mid night, "high yaller," and a deter mined female, Dot Crabtree. The producing staff is Berl Akers, Leo Lieuallen and Ellen Nelson. .Mrs. Earl Blake and Mrs. Hugh Smith were joint hostesses at a Topic dub bridge party Saturday night at the Earl Blake home In lone. Nine tables were at play. High scores were made by Mrs. D. M. Ward and C. W. Swanson, low by Mrs. C. W. Swanson and Fred Mankin. A no-hostess dinner was served at the Kenneth Blake home Saturday followed by an evening of bridge. Those present were Miss Norma Swanson, Clell Rae, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allyn, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Chris topherson, Mr. and Mrs, William Whltson, Ted Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Blackwell and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Blake. Ioneites who motored to Pendle ton last Wednesday to greet the Arizona Wranglers were Mr. and Mrs. Edison Morgan, Miss Norma Swanson, Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichoson and Alice, Mrs. Frank Lundell and Billy. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howk were passengers to Portland Saturday. Mr. Howk returned Monday morn ing but Mrs. Howk remained in the city where she will spend a few weeks, the guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gri filth. Mrs, M. R. Morgan is seriously ill at her home just below town. Her sister, Mrs. Ernest Lundell, and her step daughter, Mrs. Alfred Nelson, are at the home assisting In her care, as is also her daughter, Mrs, Perry Bartlemay of Quinton. While at play on the school ground Friday Harry Ring, twelve year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Ring, received a badly broken leg. The boy was taken at once to the Heppner hospital where he will have to remain for at least three weeks. The lad is quite ill from nervousness and shock and his par ents are spending a part of each day with him. Mr. and Mrs R. E. Harbison, for. mer residents of Morgan, now mak ing their home at Orenco, motored to lone Friday, returning homo Sunday. While here they were guests at the Hal O. Ely home. Mrs. Edmond Bristow and two children of Baker arrived Saturday lor a two weeks visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Grablll, and other relatives. They made the trip over in company with Mrs, Harold Wright, Miss Thelma Whit acker and Mrs. Frietag, also of Ba ker. The three ladies were on their way to visit relatives in Portland and after spending Saturday night here, continued their journey, Lester Baker of Walla Walla was called to lone Saturday by the ser ious Illness of his sistor, Mrs. M, R, Morgan. He was accompanied by Mrs. .tsaKer Many of our town's people made merry with the high school students at the Carnival Friday night. Those Who were present have words of praise for the program which was given, the carnival stunts and the dancing were enjoyed and a goodly sutm added to the treasury of the school. Some alterations are being made in the Paul O'Meara building on Main street, and next week an au tomoblle repair shop will be ready ror business therein with Bob Gra- bill as obliging proprietor. Mr. O (Continued on Par Four) held at 11:25. Election of officers at 1:15 Saturday afternoon and pre sentation of committee reports with discussion beginning at 1:45 will conclude the conference work, SEAL IE HELPS HI Ingles Starts Campaign In County Through Local Schools. HOME WORK AIDED Morrow County rublic Health As sociation Gets Part of Funds; War Waged on Tuberculosis. Further strides toward wiping out the dreaded "white plague," tu berculosis, are expected next year as a result of the Christmas Seal sale of the National Tuberculosis association which begins today, Thanksgiving, and continues until Christmas. Each year the money obtained from the little double-barred good health harbingers sustains the work of the national association and its subsidiaries which include the Or egon Tuberculosis association and the Morrow County Public Health association. The money thus re ceived is the sole means of support of these humanitarian agencies, largely through whose efforts the death rate from tuberculosis was reduced from 210 persons per 100, 000 of population in 1904, to 76 per 100,000 in 1929. People Urged to Buy.- The sale in Morrow county will .again be conducted this year thru the schools under tne cnairmansmp of Edwin Ingles of Lexington who has already received and distribut ed the county's quota. "Keep in mind the great work which the seals signify when called upon to purchase them," Mr. Ingles said, "and do your bit." "The seals serve a double pur pose, and for this reason give full value in the purchase transaction. In buying them the purchaser has the satisfaction of knowing that he is contributing toward the erad ication of the world's once most- dreaded of all diseases. And in plac ing them on packages and letters at the Christmas season, the pur chaser again has the satisfaction of knowing that he is sending a mes sage of good cheer not surpassed by the contents of the letter or package itself though the latter may have cost many times more," Mr. Ingles added. The seals sell for one cent each. It is proper to put them on any mail or gift during the Christmas season, though they should be placed on the unaddress ed side of cards, letters or pack ages. 'The person who uses the double- barred seal of the National Tuber culosis association identifies him self with the legion of men, women and children who contribute tow ard driving tuberculosis from the land. Such identification places him among the higher strata of thinking mankind whose efforts foster the progress of humanity,' the seal chairman concludes. Good Work Done. The Morrow County Public Health association whose activities are sustained by a portion of the revenue from the seal sale is head ed by L. E. Marschat of Boardman. It3 campaign of health for the com ing year, partially discussed at a meeting at the otlice of Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county school superin tendent, last Saturday evening, will be fully outlined as soon as the sale Is completed and the funds avail able are ascertained. Its revenues In the past have been sufficient only to conduct a campaign of an advis ory nature, but nevertheless has re sulted In the staging of public health programs and in dissemin ating health information that Is believed to have been greatly bene ficial to the various communities of the county. That a deeper-rooted and more far-reaching program is needed was brought out by Mrs. Rodgers who had found, , on visiting a certain school, that the sprayer the chil dren had used in banishing Hies from the school room had been thrown on a rubbish heap behind the building, undoubtedly one of the chief breeding places. The association can only function Insofar as It is supported by the people of the county and this sup pdrt can best be given by purchas ing the double-barred Christmas seals. DUCK HUNTING I'OrtXAIt. Heppner nimroda have been en- Joying duck hunting on the lakes and rivers in tho north end of Mor row and Umatilla counties. They have killed some ducks, but judg ing from the stories that has not been the extent of the sport. Char lie Latourell and Dr. McMurdo got a ducking one day last week when their boat filled with water while out on tho Umatilla. Charlio got the wettest as the doctor was pro tected by his boots. The doctor's boots, however, were lost. And then there's another story that Charlie Smith did a "September Morn" on another occasion in or der to save a' wounded duck he had brought down. Tho good part of this story was, we hear, tho duck was one of tho decoys. D. A. Wil son, E. A. Bennett and Gay M. An derson were other members of the party. Heppner Library will not bo open on Thursday evening of this week. nov buuu nuu. m viuiin Hoop League on Tuesday; Three Town Teams Picked With four teams from the high school and three from the town the Intracity basketball league will open Its series of frames at the school gym next Tuesday evening. Enough town men reported at an organiza tion meeting; last Tuesday to as sure three squads which are being sponsored by Wilson's, Gordon's and the Gazette Times. The four high school teams have taken the names of Beavers, Yanks, Trojans and Cougars. If enough more town men wish to participate a fourth town team w ill be organized, mak ing eight teams in all participat ing. As it is one team draws a bye each night of play. Games are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with three games to be played each evening. Because of the limited time in which to run off the games, it is necessary for all men to be on hand in uniform at the time they are scheduled to play, announces Coach Maboe, sponsor of the league. If any team is not ready for the start of the game at the specified time it will forfeit that game. A percent age system will be used in deter mining the league winners. The games will be played in 12-minute halves. Under the proposed sys tem of play, half of one game will be played, then half of the next game, then the finish of first game, then finish of second game, with third game played straight through. The schedule for next Tuesday: 7 and 7:30, Bcsvers vs. Gazette; 7:15 and 7:45, Yanks vs. Wilson's; 8 and 8:30, Trojans vs. Gordon's; Cougars, bye. i The three town squads are: Wilson's: Henry Robertson, cap tain; Harold Gentry, Robert Ben ton, Clinton Rohrer, Billy Cox, Crocket Sprouls, Clarence Hayes. Gordon's: Raymond Ferguson, Cornet Green, Vinton Howell, Wal lace Green, Lester Kirk, Onez Par ker, John Turner. Gazette Times: 'Roderick Thom son, Hubert Galey, William Buck num, Francis Dohcrty, Jasper Crawford, Harold Hayes, Gerald Booher. Pupils of Mrs. J.O.Turner Appear in Music Recital Nine pupils of Mrs. J. O. Turner were heard in piano recital at the Turner home Tuesday evening in the presence of parents and a num ber of invited guests. The younger children, as well as t"e. more ad vanced '.nj-pils all Ud -!it to them selves and their instructor as well by the manner of their perform ance; and it is quite evident that much talent is possesed by the class. Guest artists of the evening were the Missildine trio, composed of Margaret, violin, Ruth, cello, and Mrs. Misildine, pianist. Their of- feringa wore received with great pleasure and highly complimented. Following the program there was a social session of those present dur ing which punch and wafers were served. The program follows: Duet, "Caprice." Lysberg Marjory Parker, Kathryn Parker Waltz; Dixie Williams Margaret Dw.httle "Two Flowers" Koellingf Frances Ruk "Morning Prayer" .- Strealbog "Garlands of Koses" Ketterer Allierta Adkins "Whittling Yankee" Rolph "Keep in Step" Johnson Buddy Elakel-y "On Wings of the Wind." Hudson "On the Meadow" ; Lichner Ketty Marie Adkins "Pride of tiie Regiment '' .. Crammond John Crawf, -id 'I.iebestraume" Liszt 'Hungarian Danee N'o. ti" Brahms Missildine Trio 'Prelude" Bach 'At Morn" Goddard Irene 1'eauier 'Elves at Play" Mueller 'Minuet in G" Beethoven Jeanetle Kiakeley Spanish Dance" Moskowski 'lioinanee" liubinstein Kathryn Parker 'Madrileno" Waehs Hungary" Koelling Marjory Parker J. L. Wilkins Sends Long Distance Hello J. I.,. iIkhis still lias a warm place in his heart for Heppner. The well known former proprietor of Heppner's once famous Palace ho tel, with Mrs. Wilkins was in Ar lington Monday for a visit with Mrs. K. C. Maddock, and took time off to talk with some uf his friends over "long distance," not having the time to spare to make a per sonal visit, llocoudn't call all his friends, so left it to the editor to give them all a 'hello,'' with the admonition, "If anyone from Hepp ner gets down around Samoa and fails to look me up, tell them their lives won't be worth anything the first timo I get hold of them." Tho Wilkins' now make their home at Samoa, Cal., where Joe is connected with lumber milling in terests. They came north, to nttend tho funeral of his mother held in Portland last week. Ti 11 our friends both Mrs. Wilkins and I are feeling line, Joe said. Joe left Heppner in 1918 when the Palace hotel was burned over his head in the lire of July 4 of that year. Asking if the corner had been rebuilt, he was informed that It hadn't been, but that the debris which constituted the remains of the Palace had been removed or covered over leaving but little trace of the old hostelry. It. L. Dcnge and family moved to their Clarks canyon farm the past week end. They have been living on the farm in Six Dollar canyon for the past year or more and will continue to run this farm In connection with the old homo place they are now occupying. Guidance, Information on Federal Financing Is Aim of New Body. THREE MEN CHOSEN Carl Engdald, Pendleton, J. W. Hoech, E. C. Pease, The Dalles, Named to Serve District. Giving guidance to firms, corpor ations and individuals eligible for loans from the several federal banks and financinfl agencies is the purpose of a new sub-committee of the Banking and Industrial commit tee for the twelfth Federal Reserve district, with jurisdiction over Morrow county. Composing the sub-committee are Carl Engdahl of Pendleton and J. W. Hoech and E, C. Pease of The Dalles. Similar sub-committees have been appoint ed throughout the district, com prising the states of California, Or egon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Ne vada and Arizona. The prinpical purpose of these sub-committees is to aid agriculturists and persons engaged in various livestock oper ations by giving them information and guidance as to the functions and facilities of the various loaning agencies. There are several loaning agen cies authorized by congress and it is the belief of the Banking and In dustrial committee that the func tions of these agencies and the fa cilities they offer are not well known to many persons who are eligible for loans. These agencies include the Federal Preserve banks, the Federal Land banks, the Fed eral Intermediate Credit banks, the Federal Home Loan banks, the Re construction Finance corporations and the Regional Agricultural Cred it corporations, First-Hand Help Given. It is believed that particularly in the rural sections agriculturists and stock raisers should have well-informed business men close at hand upon whom they can call for guid ance. On that account there will be sub-committeemen throughout the farming and stock raising cen ters. At a recent meeting of the cen tral Banking and Industrial com mittee in Chicago discussion devel oped that if the various means pro vided by congress were to be of aid to home owners, farmers and cat tlemen, somo means would have to be established for getting closer to individuals confronted with prob lems concerning farm mortgages, agricultural mortgages on crops, home mortgages, live-stock mort gages, etc. Reports showed that there have been many cases where money was required with perfectly good collateral available, and the borrower found himself unable to obtain financing because of some local banking condition or, in some cases, because he did not know where to go to get it. There have also been cases of foreclosure pro ceedings having been brought about that might have been avoided. In other cases, similar proceedings have been brought because of the desire of the lender to become more liquid, notwithstanding the fact that the borrower, although unable to meet the full requirements of the capital required, was a perfectly good risk and able to pay taxes and interest Information Available. The Banking and Industrial com mittee considers that the loaning institutions which have been set up provide 'means for taking care of worthy cases that cannot be taken care of through normal channels. It is also believed that the sub committees provided with informa tion as to functions and purposes of these agencies will find many op portunities to aid individuals. The Banking and Industrial com, mittee of the twelfth Federal Re serve district has published In pam phlet form a list of the loaning agencies and a summary showing for each agency the borrowers who are eligible for loans, the character of loans made by each agency, the addresses of head oflices and branches and the territory covered. Morrow All -Stars End Season, Losing to Athena The Morrow County All-Stars football aggregation wound up their season at Athena Sunday afternoon, taking the short end of a 9-6 score, Tho Athena win marked an even split between the two tenms as the Sunday previous the locals beat Athenn here, 6-0. A third game was played two weeks ago at The Dalles, with the American Legion team of that city winning 20-0. Clarence Hayes managed the lo cals, and the boys report much en joyment from the sport. Included in tho squad that made the Athena trip were Onez Parker. E. Palmer, L. Sperry, L. Cowdrey, Judge Carmichael, Paul Jones, Francis Dohcrty, Clarence Hayes Homer Hayes, Marcel Jones and Henry Robertson. Other boys who have played during the season nro Crocket Sprouls, Ralph Moore, Hu bert Galley, Gene Dohcrty, Harold Evans. LEXINGTON By EEULAH B. NICHOLS. In the Christian church next Sun day morning Mr. C. F. Swander of Portland will speak in Mr. Sias' stead. Mr. Swander is a mission ary secretary, and is making a visit to Lexington and to Mr. Sias, they being old friends and fellow alumni. An afternoon conference will be held for the benefit of the Sunday School workers. All who are Inter ested are invited to this conference. This outside speaker is well known and we bespeak for him a good hearing. A very interesting and diversified program was presented at the P. T. A. meeting Monday evening. The patrons from each of the districts transporting to Lexington partici pated as well as the Lexington pa trons and teachers. The audience started the program off by singing a Thanksgiving song. Clyde Ed wards gave a recitation and four of the second graders, Bunny Bre shears, Leonard Munkers, Albert Edwards and Juanita Matlock, gave a reading. Kenneth Jackson fa vored with a piano solo, and Elroy Martin, representing district 51, gave a reading. The Black Horse district was represented by the Missildine trio who played "Plan tation Echoes." This was followed by a reading, "Old Ironsides," by Wilma Tucker, also of Black Horse district. The Bunker Hill district presented "Twa Ta Twa, a Meller drammer in One Dram." This number' was well received and those taking part were Mrs. Charles Val entine, Mrs. Harvey Bauman, Mrs. Arthur Parker, Mrs. Chris Brown, Mrs. Adam Blahm, Mrs. Earl Ev ans, Mrs. Merle Kirk and Mrs. Wal ter Evans. The Social Ridge dis trict put on an original skit which was very good, Ruth Dinges, Eva Wilcox, Naomi McMillan, Ruth Lut trell, Mrs. Sarah White, Mrs. El mer Hunt, Mrs. Marion Palmer and La Verne White represented the Lexington district in a "Figure it Out for Yourself" stunt. Mrs. S. G. McMillan gave a reading, "The Inventor's Wife." The con cluding number was an amusing skit by the faculty, featuring Miss Betsy Asher, Mrs. La Velle White, Edwin Ingles and George Gillis in a debate between Miss Crystal I. Zation and Miss Avy Ation. Following the program a short business session was held. R. B. Wilcox Was appointed legislative chairman and several committee reports were heard. Mr. Ingles made an announcement concerning the hot lunches. The next meeting is scheduled for "Monday evening, December 19. After the meeting the refeshment committee served sandwiches and coffee. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cutsforth and children left Wednesday morn ing for Salem where they will spend Thanksgiving with Orville's sister, Mrs. Maude Pointer and family, They were accompanied as far as Portland by George Gillis who will spend Thanksgiving vacation with his patents. Air. and Airs. Roy Johnson re turned from Portland Friday. On Friday evening the high school auditorium was filled to ca pacity by people who came to see the play, "Dangerous Men," a mod ern three-act farce comedy which was presented by the students of Lexington high school. The play produced a riot of laughter from beginning to end. Armanda Tilden, played by Erma Lane, and her sis ter Nettie (Rose Thornburg) are two typical old maids who are man haters. The only men who are al lowed in their apartment are a min ister, a janitor and a favorite nephew and their efforts to keep other men from their apartment create some mirth-provoking scenes, Tommy Ross (Vivian White) makes a wager that he can enter the spin sters' apartment and disguised as an unfortunate country girl he gains admittance, with the aid of Myrtle Heartsease, (Faye Luttrell) a newspaper woman, who is friend of Armanda and Nettie. The spinsters are horrified when they learn that they have been harbor ing a man but Tommy succeeds in bringing about the reunion of Net tie and her girlhood sweetheart, who is Tommy's father, Jonathan Ross (Garland Thompson). Arman da falls In love with Brother Wheel er, the minister (Dale Lane) who turns out to be a crook and poor old Armanda Is left without a man, The female detective, Hattie Stor ey (Edith Tucker) creates a lot of disturbance when she accuses Ar manda of murdering the unfortun ate country girl. Other characters In the play were Peggy Page, a young bride, Alma Van Winkle; Esmy, the maid, Grace Burchell; Neddy Page, the favorite nephew, Vester Thornburg; Tim O'Toole, a police officer, Sam McMillan; Oscar, the janitor, Edward Hunt. The cast was well chosen and all played their parts exceptionally well. Miss Betsy Asher directed the play. Much credit for the success of the play is due the production staff which was composed of the follow ing high school students: prompter, Doris Burchell; business managers, Lester Cox and Bill Van Winkle; stage managers, Ervin Perlbcrg and Alfred Van Winkle; properties, Tlllie Nelson, Belva Bundy, Win ford Duvall and Willard Martin; wardrobe, Betty Doherty, Gladys Keaney and Woodrow Tucker; make-up, Helen Breshears and Fern Luttrell. Miss Eula McMillan play ed a piano solo before the curtain rose and one between the acts. On Saturday the Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster, George Gillis, hiked to the George Peck ranch in Clark's canyon where Mrs. Peck had prepared dinner for them. Af ter tho dinner, which was served (Continued on Page Four) SALES TAX CITEO BEFORE LIOnS CLUB Snell and Hyslop Believe Measure Practical for Emergency Use. TALKS UNIT SYSTEM College Man Gives Statistics Education Plan, Showing Sav ing; Joint Dinner Soon. Discussion of the proposed sales tax as a means of balancing the state budget and relieving the tax burden on property, and citing of the county unit educational system as a means of lowering government costs without jeopardizing efficien cy was given before an over-flow meeting of the Heppner Lions club Monday by Earl W. Snell of Arling ton, outstanding candidate for speaker of the house at the coming legislative session, and G. R. Hys lop, professor of farm crops at Or egon State college. Two solo num bers were sung by Misa Charlotte Woods, music supervisor In the lo cal schools, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. C. R. Ripley. Having just returned from the recent conference . of leading men in political and business circles called at Portland by Governor Meier, Mr. Snell brought first-hand information on the nature of the proposed sales tax. It is probable it will assume the nature of a gen eral retail sales tax or consumer's tax, he said, distinguishing it from the so-called general and selective sales taxes. The general sales tax is a tax col lected from the manufacturer at the source of the article, Mr. Snell explained, and since a compara tively small proportion of the ar ticles sold in Oregon are manufac tured within the state, it is plain to be seen this form wouldn't work. The selective sales tax picks out certain articles to be taxed while letting others off, thereby being discriminatory and undesirable. The retail sales tax apparently is the most widely accepted plan be cause of Its more uniform applica tion of the tax burden. Passage Foreseen. The sales tax is being talked as the best way to get the state out of the "red," only as an emergency measure, said Mr. Snell, and be cause of this fact it is believed it may be passed without going very deeply into the merits of the par ticular form of taxation. Mr. Snell had not received notification of his invitation to address the meeting in time to prepare a comprehensive discussion of the subject, treating It entirely extemporaneously. Professor Hyslop told of the pur pose of the visit of the gentlemen to Heppner, to outline the taxation committee program of the Eastern Oregon Wheat league as it will be presented at the league conference in Condon, Dec. 2-3. The commit tee is one of four major committees that will handle the work of the conference, he said, and whose find ings are expected to prove of in terest The subject of warehousing and more adequate laws to protect the farmers grain in storage is an other matter that is expected to be of outstanding importance to the wheat-raising communities of east ern Oreeon. Declaring it evident from condi tions as he found them in his trips over the state that the property tax burden is breaking the backs of many counties, Prof. Hyslop de voted a good part of his talk to a discussion of the county unit plan in education as a means of lower ing government costs without In juring the efficiency of the schools, while also stating reasons why the sales tax might well be adopted as an emergency measure to help re lieve the burden on property. Klamath County Example. Several counties in Oregon now employ the unit system, and it is In force throughout the state of Utah whose cost of education per pupil Is the lowest of any state on the Pacific slope. He cited the working of the unit system In Klamath county as an example of what it may be expected to accom plish. Without sacrificing educa tional standards In the least, Klam ath county under the unit system has at no time levied a school tax of more than 4.2 mills with the millage now in effect 3.4, he said. Chas. W, Smith, county agent, Introduced the visiting speakers and also put in a word about the coming wheat meeting. He de clared that it will be of sufficient importance to command the attend ance of every person in eastern Oregon interested in wheat. Army cots have been obtained and quar ters provided so that those who wish may "roll their own," and many other arrangements have been made by the people of Condon to cut living costs to the very bone, he said. Some thirty-odd farmer of Sherman county expect to arrive by truck to lower transportation costs, and such arrangements may be made here If enough demand Is evidenced. Spencer Crawford, president, an nounced that a joint meeting of Lions and ladles and Business and Professional women and escorts Is being arranged for the near future. n