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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Dec. 8, 1932.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
Volume 49, Number 39.
F
ABMERS OPPOSE
STAND B! SClin
Wheat League at Condon
Asks Auto Licenses be
Cut Fifty Percent.
FAVOR INCOME TAX
State Officers Heard in Leading
Discussions; Many Morrow Peo
ple Attend; Officers Named.
Asking a 50 percent reduction in
auto license fees, and a 60 percent,
return of the proceeds to the coun-1
ties instead of the 30 percent now
returned to them, and a one-cent
increase in the gasoline tax to part
ly compensate the state highway
commission for its decreased rev
enues, the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league in its closing session at Con
don Saturday afternoon challenged
the stand of Leslie M. Scott, chair
man of the commission, for no re
duction in the license fees.
Chairman Scott, in an address be
fore the league conference Friday,
had taken the stand that any de
crease in license fees would mean a
certain increase in property tax!He
quoted income and expenditure fig
ures of the commission in detail;
told of the conflicting public de
mands for greater economy and still
more roads; recited and answered
the various proposals that had been
made for new revenue measures to
relieve the license fees, and stood
staunchly against the proposition
of issuing any new bonds, to justi
fy his conclusion that any tamper
ing with license fees would only add
further to the uncertainty of the
road program. His opinion, how
ever, was given with the qualifica
tion that the commission . stood
ready to do that which the people
dictated.
Hold Down Bonding.
The commission head took credit
unto that body for keeping down
the issuance of more bonds, and for
ridding the state of "that thing
called emergency relief, forced up
on the commission, which permitted
men to lean upon Bhovel handles at
public expense." The commission
has stood for the contract Bystem,
he said, under which an honest
day's labor is secured for the wages
paid. He also called attention to
the fact that all new road construc
tion the last year has been done
with federal funds which can only
be obtained by matching them with
state money, and which will be lost
to the state if Oregon's income for
road purposes is curtailed.
The object of the wheat league's
tax recommendations was given as
"the lowering of taxes generally
and lightening of the heavy tax
burden on real property in particu
lar."
Other speakers whose subjects
had a bearing on the theme were
Earl W. Snell, probable next speak
er of the house, who outlined pro
posed legislation expected to come
before the next legislature; Charles
V. Galloway, state tax commission
er, who told of the condition or
state finances, decried the defeat of
the Income tax measure presented
to the people In November as a re
sult of which the levying of a prop
erty tax for state purposes is in
evitable, and cited the sales tax as
the only likely Immediate relief
measure; and C. A. Howard, state
superintendent of public Instruc
tion, who proposed a system of
larger educational units citing the
working of present county unit sys
tems as an example as a means of
lowering education costs and In
creasing efficiency.
Consolidations Backed.
The league resolved Itself against
the collection of any property tax
for state purposes, while proposing
another income tax measure similar
to that recently defeated, and sane
tlonlng the retail sales tax only as
an emergency measure. It en
dorsed the idea of school consoli
datlon, as well as road district, vot
ing precinct and county office con
solidatlons where practicable, and
recommended the study of the
county unit system. Is asked that
assessors be requested to reduce as
sessments to range figures when
ever wheat land is abandoned or
whenever It Is seeded to grass. It
expressed the belief that munlcl
pally owned utilities should be tax
ed the same as privately owned utll
itles, and It urged the study of the
business-manager system of coun
tv administration. It favored re
peal of the present deficiency judg
ment law.
The matter of taxes and govern
ment costs, with much of the in
terest centering in the addresses of
the state officers, held the limelight
of the two-day conference program
The court room of the Gilliam
county court house was packed
throughout the sessions, witn Mor
row county people much In evi
donee. J. O. Kincald, president of
the Morrow Oil company, local co
operative, told of signing a contract
with the Union Oil Company coop
eratlve of Kansas City, whose rep
resentative appeared on the pro
gram. Chas. W. Smith, county
agent, was seen at all times busy
lng himself with his duties as sec
retary of the league, and other
Morrow county men wonted nara in
committee sessions.
Attending from this county were
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IONE
JENNIE E. MCMURRAT.
lone will have a real talkie pic
ture show at Legion hall every
Thursday evening at 7:45.. Last
Thursday, which was the opening
night, "The Mouthpiece" was shown
and a large crowd was in attend
ance. The show manager is F. A.
Tillotson of Pendleton.
The 4-H second year sewing club
has begun active work under the
efficient leadership of Miss Veda
Eubanks. They met last week and
elected the following officers; Ruth
Crawford, president; Eleanor Eu
banks, vice-president; Eleanor Ev
erson, secretary; Dorothy Howell,
news reporter, and Maxine Mc
Curdy, yell leader. The .meetings
will be on Mondays.
Dinner guests at the D. M. Ward
home Monday were Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mankin and Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Hatch. The evening was spent in
playing bridge. High honors went
to Mr. and Mrs. Blake and low to
Mr. and Mrs. Hatch.
Mr. and Mrs. William Whitson
entertained a party of friends Mon
day night at their home on Second
street. Card were the diversion of
the evening with refreshments
served at a late hour.
Dinner guests Sunday at the Vic
tor Peterson home in Heppner
were Mr. and Mrs. Harlan McCur-
dy, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rietmann,
Mrs. Margaret Rietmann and Otto
Rietmann.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cool of Me
thow, Wash., are here visiting Mr.
Cool's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Cool, at their country home on Wil
low creek. The Grange dance which
was given at Cecil hall Saturday
night was In their honor.
Ralph Thompsen, a freshman at
Willamette university, was taken
ill while spending his Thanksgiv
ing vacation with relatives in Port
land, and his mother, Mrs. Nicolal
Thompsen, was called to the city
to care for him. While living in
Portland as a small boy, Mr.
Thompsen was a great sufferer
from asthma, but during the four
teen years which he spent In East
ern Oregon, he has been free from
the disease. His present illness is
due to a return of the asthmatic
conditions.
The Women's Topic club met Sat
urday afternoon at the Harlan Mc
Curdy home in the Harris apart
ments, with seventeen ladies pres
ent, two of whom were guests
Mrs. Harold Guilland of lone and
Mrs. Victor Peterson of Heppner.
The Philippine Islands was the sub
ject for study, and the meeting
proved to be an espe3lpJy Interest
ing one. In response to the roll
call when each member told "what
I think of Philippine independence"
Mrs. George Tucker read a paper
written by Victor Tumalak, a Phil
ippine boy who was at one time a
student under Principal George E.
Tucker, in which the young man
brought out in a pleasing way his
Idea of Independence for the Is
lands. "History and People of the
Philippines" was Interesting as
presented by Mrs. Henry Gorger.
"Isles of Fear" (by Mayo) was re
viewed by Mrs. Werner Rietmann,
and Review of the life of Jose
Rizal was given by Mrs. Omar Riet
mann. Refreshments were served
by the hostess, Mrs. McCurdy, at
the close of the study hour.
The next meeting of the club
will be a social meeting. It will be
held December 17 at the Victor
Rietmann country home, Mrs. Vic
tor Rietmann and Mrs. Edward
Rietmann being joint hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Howell and two
daughters and Mrs. Minnie Forbes
motored to Heppner Sunday eve
ning to witness the pageant, "Re
newing the Flame," as presented
by the Women's Missionary,, society
of the Christian church.
The relief committee of the lone
district asks each lady who has not
already done so to contribute a
block for the relief quilts which
are being made, as now is the time
when the quilts are needed. Give
the blocks, which are eighteen
inches square and of crazy work de
sign, to Mrs. Lee Howell or Mrs.
Henry Clark, both ladies being
members of the committee.
A benefit card party will be given
by members of the Rebekah lodge
Friday night at Odd Fellows hall.
You are invited to attend.
When A. E, Stefani returned from
the trip over his mail route Mon
day he reported snow in Eight Mile.
As we send in our items on Tues
day night the ground here is white
with tapioca snow.
Edmond Bristow, Miss Thelma
Whltacker and Harold Wright mo
tored over from Baker, reaching
here at two o'clock Sunday morn
ing and returning home the same
day. Accompanying them on the
return trip were Mrs. Edmond Bris
tow who has been spending the
past two weeks with relatives In
lone, and her brother, Gene Gra
blll who will visit in Baker until
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Barlow who
have charge of the co-operative
cannery at Hermiston, spent Mon
day at the home of Mr. Barlow's
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LEGISLATIVE MEET SET.
The Interim legislative commit
tee meeting asked for by the East
ern Oregon Wheat loague at its
Condon conference last week, has
been set for December 17, all day,
at Arlington, announces C. W.
Smith, league secretary. One hun
dred percent request for copies of
the league resolutions by eastern
Oregon legislators indicates a good
Interest in the meeting and a prob
able large representation of law
makers of the section, said Mr.
Smith.
PROPOSALS
MADE BY FARMERS
Four Committees Make
Reports Adopted at
Condon Meeting.
INDUSTRY COVERED
Marketing, Finance, Handling, Pro
duction, Transportation Prob
lems All Considered.
The four committees. In addition
to the taxation committee, whose
recommendations were given en
dorsement of the conference of the
Eastern Oregon Wheat league at
Condon Saturday, brought in re
ports on conference resolutions,
marketing and finance, wheat hand
ling, warehousing and production,
and transportation.
The resolutions committee asked
for approval of the plan of the
North Pacific Grain growers to
send a representative to Washing
ton during the short session of con
gress to assist in the enactment of
farm legislation, and asked the lea
gue to share his expenses. It com
mended the services of retiring lea
gue president, J. K. Hill, thanked
Oregon State college extension ser
vice for its assistance and the peo
ple and organizations of Condon
for their hospitality. It remonstrat
ed against the attitude of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, and
the marketing editor of the Port
land Journal for their opposition
to the "Chinese wheat sale," and
expressed appreciation to the Ore
gon State Bankers association and
the Portland Clearing House asso
ciation for their helpful attitude
toward such proposed sale.
The marketing and finance com
mittee opposed the repeal of the
Agricultural Marketing act and any
amendments to it unless prepared
or approved by cooperative asso
ciations or general farm organiza
tions friendly to the act. It recom
mended that Federal Farm board
appointments be made from men
approved by leading national farm
organizations.
Approval was given the wheat
marketing set-up under the Agri
cultural Marketing act, and farm
ers urged to affiliate with existing
locals or assist in organization of
additional locals were needed.
Regulations by the state were
asked requiring that all petroleum
products offered for sale within the
state be accompanied by statements
of grades and qualities of those
products, and that the work be pro
mulgated by the state department
of agriculture.
An international conference to
discuss the monetary situation was
asked, to the end that this nation
be placed on an equality in trade
with such nations as are not on the
gold basis.
Endorsement was given the Vol
untary Domestic Allotment plan
for the wheat industry, or such oth
er farm relief plan as will make
the tariff effective on agricultural
products.
It recommended legislation look
ing to the establishment of an In
terest rate not to exceed 3 1-2 per
cent on farm mortgages.
The transportation committee
recommended a 33 1-3 per cent re
duction in freight rates; thanked
North Pacific Grain Growers for
their part in fighting for lower
rates; endorsed development of Co
lumbia river, expressing willingness
to accept any site engineers may
choose for building first dam; com
mended C. M. Thomas, public ser
vice commissioner, for refusing to
raise intrastate rates on wheat;
urged all farmer-controlled organ
izations and other business con
cerns handling wheat to help pro
vide tonnage of wheat for trucks
and river transportation; favored
adequate regulation and additional
income from trucks of a moderate
amount, with $600,000 stipulated.
The wheat handling, warehous
ing and production committee
stressed the need for new ware
housing laws in the face of recent
experiences with warehouse fail
ures. It asked for legislation modi
fying the state law to make man
datory the bonding and licensing
of all public hay and grain ware
houses under either state or feder
al acts, setting out the manner in
which warehouses shall be licensed
and bonded, and stating "that in
event of any condition whereby a
warehouse is permitted to receive
grain or hay when it is not prop
erly licensed or bonded notice of
such condition shall be posted in
conspicuous places on the ware
house immediately.
Further recommendations were
made looking to the preservation
of Identity and quality of the far
mers' grain while in storage, and
to the fullest preservation of farmer-Interest
in warehouses. A new
schedule of smutting charges was
asked for in line with improve
ment in smutting methods and dis
semination of fractional percent
ages of protein in wheat along with
price quotations was asked from
the various news' dispensing agen
cies. Under grain grading, discounts
and smutting charges, the com
mittee asked: congressional legis
lation providing for supervision of
protein testing, establishment of
new subclasses for extra soft white
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Two Below Reached in
First Wintry Blast
Two degrees below vro was re
corded last night In Heppner,
causing residents to shiwer at
the first onset of the winter sea
son. A light skift of snow feO
Tuesday evening, whitening the
landscape and accompanying a
lowering of temperature to be
low the freezing point. The
weather continued clear and cold
throughout most of yesterday,
and a temperature of 16 degrees
above zero was recorded early In
the evening, with the mercury go
ing on down to 2 below before It
started to rise again early this
morning.
Another light snow fell In the
early morning hours today. A
slightly overcast sky prevailed at
noon, with Old Sol beaming forth
occasionally to combat the chill
of the light east wind, with the
temperature hovering around 10
degrees above. So far transpor
tation and communication facili
ties of the city and surrounding
territory have not been affected.
The principal disadvantage re
ported is the necessitated earlier
feeding of livestock, which up to
date had been doing well on the
grass that had made good prog
ress during the favorable fall
growing season.
BUDGET PASSED;
VOTE CANVASSED
Financial Situation and Dumping
Ground Concern Council; Well
Water Now Being Used.
The city budget was passed at
the regular council meeting Mon
day evening, as advertised and
without discussion. Canvass of the
vote at the recent city election was
made with but slight change from
the posted abstract figures, and the
successful candidates declared el
ected as follows: mayor, Gay M.
Anderson; councilmen, A. D. Mc
Murdo, Chas. W. Smith, Frank
Shively; recorder, E. R. Huston;
treasurer, W. O. Dix. A long list
of presumably "joking" write-ins
added to the work of recording the
vote and was the source of consid
erable friendly taunting of candi
dates present.
The present financial situation as
It affects the city ciatrned a good
part of the council s time, and a
system for meeting the emergency
was sanctioned. In the payment of
city bills warrants will be issued
as in the past, and the treasurer,
as funds are available, will write
checks which will be cashed by the
watermauter, who is made custod
lan of city funds under the emer
gency set-up. Curtailed water col
lections gave the city dads some
concern, as they have resulted in
insufficient funds to meet all cur
rent bills.
Further discussion was had of
the matter of establishing a city
dumping ground on city property
in the vicinity of the Rodeo
grounds. Councimen Cox and Jones
reported a site there being usable
for the purpose. The matter of a
roadway which may require con
structing a bridge prevented action
being taken, and further investiga
tion will be made. It was reported
that the old dumping ground on
Balm fork is congested to the ex
tent of threatening to completely
block the county road, which makes
action in the near future necessary.
People have persisted in dumping
their tin cans and other rubbish
in the county right-of-way at the
Balm fork site in spite of warning
signs that have been posted there.
It was said.
The council also discussed the
feasibility of making a bid on the
concrete building at the corner of
Willow and Gale streets, which will
be offered for sale by the county
Saturday. Favorable consideration
was given the matter of obtaining
the building for a city hall, and a
postponed executive session of the
council was held Tuesday morning
when the mayor and councilmen
made an inspection of the building.
The city is now being supplied
entirely with artesian well water,
it was brought out In a discussion
of water matters, the creek water
having been turned off. Drilling
continues in the new artesian well
at a depth of a little more than 300
feet, though no increased flow has
been struck since the latest report
of between 75 and 100 gallons per
minute.
JAMES ANDERSON PASSES.
Following a short ilness, James
Anderson died on Monday night at
the home of W. V. Pedro for whom
he had been working. The body
was taken in charge by M. L. Case,
coroner, and as death was from
natural causes, no inquest was nec
essary, but the body is being held
for a few days at the Case Mor
tuary while an attempt is being
made to locate relatives or the de
ceased. Mr. Anderson had been in
and about Heppner for several
years, working much of the time
as a sheepherder, and claimed to
have no relatives in this country,
He was about 65 years of age, came
here from Montana and was more
familiarly known by the name of
"Turkey Jim" Anderson, because of
a habit he had of winning turkeys
at raffles and giving them away to
his friends or any others that
might be near at the time. Burial
services will be held within the
next day or two unless some rela
tive Is located In tho meantime.
BANKER S MISTAKE
IS TOWN'S UNDOING
Lions Hear Story Opening
Discussion Series of
Local Application
CITE CONDON MEET
Smith, Cor and Turner Report Con
ference Eastern Oregon Wheat
League; Alcott Paper Bead.
A banker in a small mid-western
town, near the county seat, thought
to save a little money one day while
in the county seat. He purchased
an inferior grade of fencing for his
farm property. His wife window
shopped the while, picked up a bar
gain in an attractive dress.- It so
happened that the banker owned
business and residence properties
in his town, his house and a store
building being occupied by the
hardware man.
The hardware man learned of the
wire deal, moved his bank account
to the county seat, and later his
business. The banker's wife wore
the dress to a bridge party, caused
other women to go there to trade.
Thus started a business exodus
from the banker's town that, in a
few years resulted in depreciation
of the banker's holdings till he was
forced to go to the county seat to
work.
The banker told this story him
self, in greater detail, in an article
published in the "Retail Lumber
man." The story was read to the
Lions club Monday by Miss Anabel
Turner, to open a series of discus
sions by the club on "The future of
the Small Town."
Concluding his story, the banker
said: "I am not lamenting my pre
sent situation. I have a good job,
am well and happy. What I miss
most, however, is the position of
Influence I formerly held, and the
fraternal and church connections
among my neighbors and friends."
Another pleasing program fea
ture was a paper on the one hun
dredth birthday anniversary of
Louisa May Alcott, read by Miss
Ruth Green. The anniversary of
the celebrated author of "Little
Women," said to be one of the three
largest sellers ever written, occur
red on Tuesday, Nov. 29. Miss
Green paid high tribute to the au
thor in advocating the yearly ob
servance of Mrs. Alcott's birth an
niversary, also telling of her early
life and listing the books she WTote.
Chas. W. Smith, county agent
and league secretary, gave the
Lions a comprehensive report of
the Eastern Oregon Wheat league
conference at Condon last week
end, terming it the best conference
the league ever had from the
standpoint of program. Attribut
ing this to the fact of the many
timely topics discussed.
C. B. Cor., Heppner wheat farm
er who attended the conference, re
ported that it was mighty good.
He believed, however, that more
time could have been profitably
given to measures working toward
higher commodity prices, in the
final analysis the only solution to
the farmer's problem.
J. O. Turner, who took an active
part in the work of the league's
taxation committee, also believed
the conference to have been the
best yet, saying that there was
more evidence than ever before of
farmer-participation in the recom
mendations coming out of it, re
sulting in the recommendations
more nearly expressing the united
desires of the farmers of the sec
tion represented than ever before,
C. L. Randall, inspector for a
leading surety company, was in
troduced by F. W. Turner as a
luncheon guest F. A. McMahon
state policeman, provided addition
al life to the occasion by telling a
good joke on S. E. Notson, pro
gram chairman.
Tribute Paid Departed
At Elks Sorrow Lodge
"The faults of our brothers we
write upon the sands, their virtues
upon the tablets of love and mem
ory." In a fitting oration, J. O.
Turner, Heppner attorney, outlined
the high principles of the order of
B. P. O. Elks, in paying tribute to
the departed brothers of Heppner
lodge 358, at the annual memorial
services Sunday afternoon. Dean
T. Goodman, secretary, called the
roll of departed brothers, as fol
lows: Harry E. Johnson, B. G. Sigs
bee, Harry Hayes. A quartet sang
two appropriate numbers. Compos
ing the quartet were Mrs. Charles
Smith, Mrs. Raymond Ferguson, r ,
W. Turner and John Anglin, Mrs,
J, O. Turner at the piano.
Ritualistic work by officers of the
lodge, led by David A. Wilson, ex
alted ruler; invocation and benedic
tion by Joel R. Benton, pastor of
the Christian church, and reading
of "Thanatopsis" by Harold A,
Cohn completed the service. Fill
ing respective offices were Gay M
Anderson, esteemed leading knight
James Thomson, esteemed loyal
knight; Raymond Ferguson, es
teemed lecturing knight, and Jas
per Crawford, esqulro.
"Chandu the Magician" will give
you a thrill. At the Star, Sunday
Monday. The radio hit comes to
the talkies.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
A Joint installation of the newly
elected officers of Willows, Rhea
creek and Lexington Granges will
be held at Leach hall on Saturday,
December 10. The meeting will be
gin with a pot-luck supper at six
o'clock and the installation will be
gin promptly at seven o'clock. All
the officers to be installed are re
quested to be there at that time.
After the business meeting the H.
E. club will give a dance for the
benefit of the Grange. Dancing
will begin at nine o'clock and the
public is invited. Music will be
furnished by the Cecil orchestra.
A charge of forty cents for the men
and ten cents for the ladles will be
made. It was previously announc
ed that the men would have charge
of the supper at this meeting but
on account of the joint installation
this treat (for the ladies) has been
postponed until a later date.
Mr. and Mrs. John Olden enter
tained their neighbors in the Social
Ridge district at a pleasant party
at their Rhea creek home Saturday
evening. A most enjoyable time
was reported by all.
Mr. Sias will preach at the reg
ular services in the Church of
Christ Sunday morning. There Is
always a fine fellowship in these
services, to which the public is In
vited. There is a growing interest
in the Bible school, in which the
Loyal Workers, a young people's
class, are taking the lead at pres
ent They have an enrollment of
twenty-five.
Among Lexington farmers who
attended the meeting of the East
ern Oregon Wheat league In Con
don Friday and Saturday were Or
ville Cutsforth, B. H. Peck, A. H.
Nelson, R. B. Rice and George
Peck. It is reported that taxation
was the major topic of all the ses
sions. The high school girls basketball
teams have been chosen. One team,
the Basket Raiders, with Erma
Lane as captain, is composed of
Edith Tucker and Erma Lane, for
wards; Gladys Reaney and Helen
Breshears, guards; Fern Luttrell
and Tillie Nelson, centers. The oth
er team call themselves the Crick
ets, and have chosen Doris Burcheil
as captain. The members are: Dor
is Burcheil and Belva Bundy, for
wards; Rose Thornburg and Betty
Doherty, guards; Faye Luttrell and
Alberta Fulgham, centers; Alma
Van Winkle, sub. They will play
their first game Monday afternoon,
December 12.
Two car loads of people went to
lone Monday night to hear Evan
gelist Teddy Leavitt, who spoke at
the Christian church. Mr. Leavitt
is holding a series of meetings at
the church in Hermiston. Those
going down were Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Sias, Miss
Dona Barnett, Mrs. Trlna Parker,
Mrs. J. E. Gentry, Mrs. Ola Ward,
Mrs. Sarah White and Miss La
Verne White.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bauman
entertained a number of their
friends at a party last Wednesday
evening. Seven tables of 600 were
in play during the evening with re
freshments later.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barnett, Mrs.
Trina Parker and Miss Dona Bar
nett visited with Mr. and Mrs. Orve
Brown at Heppner Sunday.
Recent guests at Lucas Place
were C. H. Freeman, auditor of the
Industrial Accident commission in
Salem; A. B. Montgomery of the
Oregon -Washington Joint Stock
Land bank of Portland; C. L. Har
mon who i3 with the Standard Oil
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Hoop Play Draws Interest
With G. T. Holding Lead
Team Standings
Won Lost Pet.
Gazette Times
1.000
Gordon's 1
Wilson's 2
Cougars 1
Beavers 1
Trojans 0
Yanks 0
1.000
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.500
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The Intracity basketbal tourna
ment went through its second and
third rounds of play on Thursday
and Tuesday last, with the Gazette
Times aggregation emerging still
at the head of the percentage col
umn by defeating Wilson's and
Yanks, the scores 8-7 and 11-9 re
spectively.
Gordon s came out In second place
by defeating the Cougars 11-8 on
Thursday. They drew a bye in the
play Tuesday, but were used by
Coach Mabee in staging a practice
game with the high school regulars,
one of the hottest contests so far
seen, ending in a 12-12 tie.
In the third game Thursday the
Beavers upset the Yanks 5-4. Tues
day, Wilson's defeated the Beavers,
and the Cougars trimmed the Tro
jans, 14-6. The teams bearing the
names of town busines firms are
composed of town boys, while the
other four teams are composed of
high school boys.
Appearing on the high school reg
ular squad Tuesday evening were
James Furlong, Curtis Thomson,
Bill Becket, Tom Hottnian, Her
man Green, Joe Green, two Phe
lans, Billy Thomson and Jimmy
Driscoll,
The games have been drawing a
lively interest from spectators, and
an Improved brand of basketball is
evidenced as the games progress.
It Is expected to have four more
rounds of play before the league
series ends. Tonight's schedule:
Beavers vs. Gordon's 7 and 7:30,
Gazette Times vs. Trojans 7:15 and
7:45, Yanks vs. Wilson's 8 and 8 30.
Next Tuesday's schedulo: Gazette
Times vs. Wilson's 7 and 7:30, Bea
vers vs. Trojans 7:15 and 7:45,
Yanks vs Gordon's 8 and 8:30.
WOOLMEN ENDORSE
RETAIL JALES TAX
Farm Board Opposed at
tate Association
Meeting.
RE-ELECT OFFICERS
Pierce Threatens Referendum for
Tax Measure; National Asso
ciation Meets Today.
Endorsement of a 2 per cent re
tail sales tax over the opposition of
Walter M. Pierce, ex-governor and
congressman-elect, was given by
this morning's Oregonian as the
highlight of the Oregon Woolgrow
ers convention which closed its ses
sions in Portland yesterday to make
way for the National Woolgrowers
convention, convening there today
until Saturday.
All officers of the state associa
tion were reelected as follows: F.
A. Phillips, Baker, president; E. F.
Johnson, Wallowa, first vice-president;
J. G. Barartt, Heppner, sec
ond vice-president; S. E. Miller, Un
ion, third vice-president; John V.
Withers, Paisley, fourth vice-president,
and Walter A. Holt, Pendle
ton, secretary.
In his opposition to the sales tax,
Pierce contended for an Increase in
income tax instead, while Mac Hoke
of Pendleton, proponent of the
sales tax, contended that an income
tax could not hope to raise suffi
cient revenue but that a 2 percent
sales tax would surely see the state
in the clear. Pierce declared that
if the sales tax is adopted the
Grange will Invoke a referendum.
Abolition of the Federal Farm '
board was endorsed by the wool-
men, with only a small group vot
ing, it was reported, with President
Phillips taking a leading stand for
the move, In the face, he said, of
the board's complete failure to help
the sheep industry.
Like eastern Oregon wheatmen
who took action at Condon last
week end, the state woolmen pro
posed the sales tax as a necessary
measure to relieve the heavy real
property tax burden. Other resolu
tions of the woolmen, as given by
the Oregonian, celled for continued
support of predatory animal ana
rodent control by federal and state
governments, and commended Sec
retary Hyde of the department or
agriculture for opening a new out
let for low-grade mutton by grant
ing a permit to Schlesser Bros, of
Portland for killing sheep for ani
mal food and export purposes.
Increased consumption of lamb
in Morrow and Umatilla counties
was reported at 75 percent by Mrs.
George Rugg of Pilot Rock, presi
dent, through the efforts of the Or
egon Woolgrowers auxiliary, who
held sessions coincident with those
of the woolmen.
Speakers on the woolmen's pro
gram Included Herman Oliver, John
Day; F. A. Ellenwood, Red Bluff,
Cal., first vice-president of the na
tional group who is presiding at
the national sessions due to the -absence
of F. J. Hagenbarth of Spen
cer, Idaho, president, who is ill;
Mrs. George Rugg of Pilot Rock,
president of the state auxiliary; W.
A. Schoenfeld, director of exten
sion work, Oregon State college;
W. E. Wiliams of Portland, with
Regional Agricultural Credit cor
poration, and Walter A. Holt, sec
retary, who reported good support
being received by the association.
PAGEANT WELL RECEIVED.
The pageant, "Renewing the
Flame," offered as the annual pro
gram of the ladies of the Womens
Missionary society at the Christian
church Sunday evening, was greet
ed by a large audience. The power
of Christianity in restoring erring
and neglectful church members to
active service and stirring their in
terest In missionary endeavor was
the theme, and illustrated by the
renewing of the flame in the light
ed candles. Mrs. Spencer Crawford,
Christianity, Miss Evelyn Humph
reys, Love, and Miss Jessie Palml-
ter, Service, had the leading parts
and other characters were repre
sented by Mrs. Earl Gordon, Mrs.
Leonard Schwarz, Mrs. James T.
Lumley, Juanlta Crawford, Doris
Hiatt, Madge Coppock, Mrs. Crock
et Sprouls, Mrs. Paul Aiken, Relta
Neel and Elna Gibson. Mrs. E. R.
Huston, president of the society,
was in charge.
GRAND JURY IN SESSION.
The Morrow county grand Jury
has been in session since Monday,
and was still grinding away at
press time today so that no report
was available. The regular term
of circuit court will convene next
Monday with Judge C. L. Sweek
presiding. Judge Sweek was here
the first of the week to start the
work of the grand Jury and take
care of some matters pertaining
to the civil docket.
NOTICE.
To patrons of the Heppner post
office: Commencing December 10,
all outgoing mall must be In the
office by 5:30 p. m., otherwise it will
be held for the next mall. Our work
in the office has increased to such
an extent that we are compelled to
enforce this rule. Your cooperation
In this will be very much appre
ciated. W. W. SMEAD, Postmaster.