TY f F. 1 0 " TO" ' alette HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jan. 12, 193lF Volume 49, Number 44. Subscription $2.00 a Year SALES TAX OUSTED BY SENATE ACTION House Gives Governor's Bill Short Life; Hot De bate Airs Proposal. END SPECIAL MEET House Chairmen Both Represent Morrow County. Other Sidelights Given on Legislative Session. By JAP CRAWFORD. Salem, Jan. 8. ine special aes - sion of the legislature called by Governor Meier to provide a source of revenue to rehabilitate the states' credit adjourned Saturday night at 12:30 o'clock without ac complishing Its purpose. All that was done toward getting the state out of its difficulty was to pass a measure putting the state on a war rant basis and setting the interest rate at 5 percent. The so-called "sales tax" pro posed by Governor Meier and the state tax commission was killed in the senate by a close vote in the closing hours after it had been passed by the house late in the af ternoon by a bare constitutional majority. The bill came from the senate taxation and assessments committee with a majority recom mendation that it do not pass, and a minority report in favor of its adoption. Senators Dunne, Wood ward, Staples, Goss and Upton led the minority discussion, while Sen ators Chinnock, Hazlit, Zimmer man, Strayer and Wheeler bore the brunt of the discussion in favor of the majority report. Chinnock, chairman of the reporting commit tee, fired the opening gun on his side, while Woodward gave the re buttal argument on behalf of the minority when the question of sub stituting the minority for the ma jority report was debated. The de bate was marked by eloquent ora tory and forceful argument on both sides, spiced by pertinent humor. The measure failed with 15 votes recorded in opposition. Passage of the measure in the house was featured also by a heat ed debate with new members in the majority of those opposed to the bill's passage, led by Representa tive Hilton. Snedecor took the re buttal privilege as a member of the taxation and revenues committee which reported in favor of passage. Several members condemned use of the gag rule to bring the question to a vote, but members who had not been given opportunity to express themselves took advantage of the privilege to explain their vote when the roll was called. Members of both houses objected to the forced manner In which the bill was brought to them for decis ion, it having been understood by them that no tax measures would be acted upon until after a report had been received from the joint ways and means committee which had been given the Job of investi gating the proposed budget to as certain whether, in their judgment, further economies might be effect ed In state expenditures. This re port was not given the house un til after the vote on the "sales tax." The sales tax in effect a priv ilege tax, or license on retail busi ness conoerns which many would have difficulty passing on to the public was presented to the house soon after the governor had de livered his message stating the pur pose of the special session. Labelled HB 1, It was turned over to the house committee on taxation and revenue, along with HB 2, an in come tax measure similar to that rejected by the voters at the last election. The income tax meaure was not brought out of committee, but it was expected to be present ed again at the regular Besslon. Other income tax measures, a to bacco tax and Increased inheritance tax measures which met a similar fate were also expected to bo given to the house again when It recon vened. Under existing law all rev enue measures must originate In the house. Arguments supporting the sales tax in both house and senate were based on the need of maintaining the state's credit, relieving the property tax burden, and asserted lack of any other sources of rev enue. Opponents of the measure found much ground for oposltion. They declared it wrong In princi ple, not based on the ability to pay. They said it would take bread and milk from the mouths of the poor, penalizing those least able to pay, and that it would result in hasten ing many small business establish ments, already on the brink, into bankruptcy. Those classed among the more radical element went so far as to accuse the governor of be ing Insincere In his support of the measure, saying that it was a way for those having wealth to escape paying taxes on their property or income. Its adoption would stimu late bootlegging of high value com modities from neighboring states and .thus further curtail business of Oregon merchants, they said. Opponents contended and some proponents conceded that If passed, the referendum would be Invoked upon It and that the people of the state would overwhelmingly reject It. Proponents argued that any tax measure enacted might meet the IONE JENNIE E. MCMURRAT. Mrs. Oscar Cochran left the first of last week for La Cross, Wash., where she will visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Warfleld. Rev. George A. Pollard of Port land, pastor-at-large of the Congre gational Conference of Oregon, spoke in the Congregational church at this place Sunday evening. Seventy-four were in attendance at the Union Sunday school Sunday morn ing, an increase of twenty-one over the attendance of a year ago. The annual visitation meeting will be held in the Congregational church January 31, with an afternoon and an evening session and a six o-' clock dinner served in the church dining room. The monthly missionary meeting was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Balsiger, nine ladies being present. The de- . ,.tltnia 1 mure liul K.. 1fio T.h. .r vice-Dresldent nf the arvlohr Two letters from Miss Minnie Tontz, missionary in Africa, were read, and Mrs. Edward Keller gave a partial review of the book, "Fr a New America," by Coe Hayne. Charley Botts is ill with pneumo nia at his home in lower lone. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hatch were week-end visitors In Portland. lone was well represented at the Morrow County Pomona Grange meeting at Cecil hall Saturday. One who was present estimated the at tendance at one hundred and fifty. The chief speaker of the day was Mac Hoke of Pendleton, who spoke on "Taxation and Tax Reduction." From Elmer Griffith, cooperative observer at Morgan, we get the fol lowing report of the amount of pre cipitation for the last four months: September, .02; October, .63; No vember, 1.44; December, .15 total, 3.24 inches. The flow of water In Willow creek reached lone on Jan uary 7 this year which, according to the old-timers, is five days later than was ever known before. The Congregation people held their annual church business meet ing Sunday following Sunday school. Louis Balsiger was chair man. Reports were read and ac cepted and all 1932 officers were re elected for the new year. Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay at tended the funeral services in Port land Tuesday, January 3, of Mr. Lindsay's grandfather, James L. Howard. Mr. Howard died at the age of 83. He was a former sheep man of the Butter creek district. and was the father of Isaac L. How ard of Mollala, Mrs. Stella Horse man of Portland, Mrs. Ida M. Lind say of Silverton, and William W. Howard of La Grande. The Valby Sunday school meets regularly each Sunday at the Luth eran church in Gooseberry. On Sunday, January 8, the ladies took refreshments, consisting of sand wiches, cake and coffee, which were served following the study hour. After luncheon there was a meet ing of the Junior Mission band which has 22 members, 19 members being present at the Sunday meet ing. An interesting program was given of Bible readings, songs and recitations. The officers of the Ju nior Mission band are Arthur Berg strom, president; Wallace Lundell, vice-president; Joyce Carlson, sec retary; Junior Peterson, treasurer. Three new members were added Sunday, Vivian, Genevieve and El eanor Ball. The next meeting will be held on the 12th day of March. Their study lesson will be Christs' sermon on the mount. Joyce Carl son, reporter. Mrs. M. Jordan has been a guest since December 27 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hargan who live on an island In the Umpqua river, near Elkton. She plans on visiting there until the last of Jan uary, and then will visit her son, Lute Jordan, who resides near Wil bur, Oregon. Henry Clark has been visiting since the last week in December with Charley and Albert Shaver at Bend. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keller mo tored to Pendleton Sunday, return ing Monday. Mrs. Salter of Baker arrived on Monday for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Blddle, whose home Is on Willow creek. The Willing Workers of the Christian church met last Wednes day at the home of Mrs. Lee How ell and election of officers for the year 1933 was held with the fol lowing results: Mrs. Colo Smith, president; Mrs. John Bryson, vice president, and Mrs. Lee Howell, sec re ta ry-trea su re r. On Monday Mrs. Frank Young received the news of tho tran-ic " ' . llyers 01 uuwiiiuujic nag struck by a Southern Pacific train. Miss May Clowry, Miss Gretchen Chappel and Mrs. Josephine Mahon ey, all of Heppner, were calling on friends in lone Sunday. Harry, twelve-year-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Ring, was moved Saturday from the General hospital in Heppner to his home in Iono. The boy received a badly broken left leg while at play on the school ground November 18, and for seven weeks hns been receiving treatment In the Heppner hospital. (ConMnupd on Pnirp Four) same fate. There is no such thing as a painless tax, and no tax is popular, they declared, but they considered that If tho legislature used its best judgment In tho pass age of any revenue producing meas ure, the people would treat It in a reasonable manner, One senator quoted the old saw, "Nothing Is certnln but death and (Continued on Page Three) URGES FARMERS TO APPLY FOR LOANS Federal Aid Available to Finance Coming Crop; Much Wheat to Be Reseeded Claimed. "Wheat farmers desiring financial aid this coming spring should file applications with our office imme diately," writes W. Ervie Williams, Portland manager of the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation, serving the State of Oregon, in a letter to this paper. Governmental aid is now avail able to finance the coming crop and the Portland office is anxious that all applications be filed with them as soon as possible. Because of the extreme cold weather in December, much of the wheat in Eastern Oregon will have to be reseeded. The Government is ready and anxious to assist in fi nancing this reseeding. A definite program has been worked out covering the financing of the coming crop. The first step is to file an application. These applications may be secured by writing to the Portland office, 524 Pacific building, or from the office of County Agent C. W. Smith in Heppner. The government, through the Re gional Agricultural Credit corpor ation, will advance money for seed and seeding, plowing, summerfal lowing and harvesting. Loans must be secured by chattel mortgage on livestock and equipment, in addi tion to the growing crop. Waivers of their interest must be given by landlords and mortgagees so that the Regional may have def inite assurance that the farmer will be allowed to harvest his crop unmolested. "So far we have had wonderful cooperation from landlords and mortgagees in this connection. says Mr. Williams, "and no farmer need hesitate about filing an appli cation on this score." The basis for making crop pro duction loans will be the actual cost of production, beginning with the seeding operation and continuing through and Including harvest. Seasonal advances will be made in accordance with a schedule based on the average cost of farming op erations and varied to correspond with yields and conditions in differ ent localities. The loans will not be based on the present value of the summer fallow or the value of the seeded crop, but will cover and start with the cost of the seed and seeding, varying in different localities, and will be increased at intervals during the farming operations to cover the cost of summerfallowing, repairs and harvesting, including sacks and twine. Advances will not be made in excess of the actual cost of operations and will not include taxes, rents, interest on mortgages, life insurance premiums or other indebtedness. The regulations pro vide that the seeded area must be supported by an equal area to be summerfallowed. The average yield per acre over the preceeding five year period will determine the amount which may be advanced to each grower. Since it takes several weeks to complete these loans, Mr. Williams urges that all farmers in the East ern Oregon territory desiring Gov ernmental aid make applications at once. Otherwise thev mav find themselves without funds to start the work of reseeding when the weather breaks. If a farmer finds, after making application, that he does not need this Governmental aid, he may withdraw his applica tion without cost to himself. Full Card Arranged for Smoker Tomorrow Eve The smoker, under the auspices of the Heppner Boxing commission, scheduled for the fair pavilion to morrow, Friday, evening, will fea ture two main events In the bone crushing department. Ted Mevers of Lone Rock, 165 lbs., will mix It on the mat with Leon Totorlca, 165, of Heppner in the first go, and Otis Alsltott, 175 lbs, of Rhea creek, will match strength with Buff Stoker, Allstott, 175 lbs., of Rhea creek, will Nickerson and Kid Timmons will furnish the curtain raiser. Boxing bouts will feature Nalbro Cox, 95 lbs., vs. John D. Watkins, 105 lbs., and Ralph Breedon, 135 lbs., vs. Floyd Jones, 135 lbs., all local boys. An aaaed attraction will feature Pnlot riifn,,T aunty's strongest man, in an exhi- lifting, balancing, tumbling and stunts. He will be assisted by Clarence Bauman. The commission states that the ladies are Invited and the prices are 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for children. Tickets are on sale at local pastimes. IS ON RIVER BOARD. At a regular meeting of tho stockholders of Western Inland Waterways corporation held at Lewistbn on January 9, S. E. Not son of Heppner was chosen a di rector to serve until his successor is elected. Mr. Notson has been active In the affairs of this corpor ation since Its Inception, and has seen to It that Morrow county's in terests in an open river have not been overlooked at the important meetings of the organization. Uma tilla county is represented on the board of directors by A. R. Shum way of Milton and Charles M. Cook of Pendleton, while E. M. Hul den of Arlington is the Gilliam county member. FIRST NATIONAL MAKES STATEMENT The following statement is pre sented by the First National bank at this time in order to let the peo ple of the community know that all possible to alelvlate the banking sit uation here and get the banks open again, is being done. We are in formed by the officers of that bank that progress is being made, yet. In order to accomplish, what they deemed was for the best interests of their clientele, and save the as sets for the depositors, they have proceeded along lines that have been somewhat tedious, but which seem to be bringing the desired re sults. We are led to understand that the matter of consolidation of the two Heppner banks is acceptable to the management of both institu tions, and that ultimately this may be the result and a strong bank grow out of the present situation. Just how soon this may come about cannot yet be stated, but this would seem to be a happy solution of the problem. The bank's statement fol lows: During the holiday period, we have assisted a large number of our customers In making applications to the Regional Agricultural Cred it Corporation for the purpose of liquidating their loans to this bank. Due to the large volume of appli cations for loans submitted to the Regional from various sections of Eastern Oregon, the applications nave not been completed as fast as was first anticipated. However, satisfactory progress is being made at this time and one half of the loans have been completed and the remainder are -now in process of completion. Liquidation is also being secured through other financial agencies. Through these refinancing opera tions we have been able to .reduce our loans $50,000 since our last re port on September 30th, and our borrowed money has been reduced in approximately a like amount. Through collections ' and these agencies, we are strengthening our cash reserve and it is our plan to eliminate the borrowed money as rapidly as possible. We feel that this procedure Is necessary for the suoessful re-opening of the bank. We desire to thank the public for their cooperation during this per iod of time that the bank is on a moratorium basis, and it is our hope to submit a nmplete plan for the successful re-opening of the Darut in the nearture. Due to the many details to be completed, it will be necessary for a further extension of time in which to complete our plans. Many Scouts Advanced At Court of Honor The January court of honor for Troop 61, Blue Mountain council, Boy Scouts of America, was held at Elks temple last evening. Be sides Scout Executive Hayes of Walla Walla, the troop committee and scouts and scouters from lone, many parents and friends of scouts were present. Fifty-one merit badges were awarded on. demon stration to the following scouts: Raymond Kelly 3, Chas. McMurdo 8, Wm. Thomson 4, Howard Bryant 8, Howard Furlong 4, Francis Nick erson 2, Jackson Gilliam 4, LaVern Van Marter 7, Gerald Cason 5, Ber nard McMurdo 4, Lamoyne Cox 2. The following were advanced to Star rank: Chas. McMurdo, How ard Bryant, Howard Furlong, La Vern Van Marter, Gerald Cason and Lamoyne Cox. Advancing to first class were Jackson Gilliam, Ber nard McMurdo and Scott McMurdo; to second class, Nalbro Cox, Emery Cason, Richard Hayes and Don Turner. Fred Hoskins, Paul Mc Carty, Lawrence Wehmeyer and Riley Munkers were obligated as tenderfoot scouts in a very Impress ive investiture ceremony. C W. Smith, chairman of the lo cal scout committee, was in charge of the meeting, with Scoutmaster Marvin Wightman putting the boys mrougn tneir paces. WOODCRAFTERS INSTALL. Following a sumptuous dinner at 6 o'clock Monday evening, Maple circle, Neighbors of Woodcraft, held installation of officers, with Mrs. Kate Swindig, officer in charge and the officers for the year are Kathleen Gentry, past guardian; Claude Hill, guardian neighbor; Doris Hiatt, advisor; Tom Wells, magician; Rose Howell, clerk; Clara Sprinkel, banker; Pearl Shaw, attendant; Naomi Furlong, flag bearer; Lyle Cowdrey, Inner sentinel; John Hiatt, outer sen tinel; Mabel French, musician; Maggie Hunt, Guy Shaw and Creed Owen, managers; Marguerite Cha pln, correspondent. SPECIAL MEETING CALLED. Lloyal Parker, commander, has called a special meeting of Heppner post, American Legion, for tomor row evening, Friday, at 7 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the county court room at the court house, and as important business will be attended to he urges all ex service men to attend. JANUARY MEET POSTPONED. The January meeting of the Bus iness and Professional Women's club has been postponed, and the next meeting will be held on Mon day evening, February 6th. Mrs. Josie Jones, who has been spending the holiday season at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. L. Stiles in Portland, returned to Heppner Tuesday. FEDERAL WORKERS RESENT PAY TALK Local Forcwt Employee States Case of Small-Salaried Man Working In Government Positions. By F. F. WEHMEYER. There is a great hue and cry for economy in government, the econ omy taking the form in wage cuts from salaries of employees. Editors editorialize, politicians roll sonorous and thunderous phrases from oily tongues, cartoon ists harpoon us on every turn and take a special delight in depicting the Federal employee as a hog or group of hogs, eating at the tax payers' trough while beneficent old Uncle Sam rolls the corn in the form of taxes out for greedy con sumption. Politicians and newspapers hys terically point to 12 million people living off the bounty of the "rest of us." As a Federal employee, I resent in no uncertain terms most of this ballyhoo and smoke screen. To be gin with there are probably about a million two hundred thousand federal employees. To get twelve million one would have to include every employee of every state, coun ty and city in the U. S., down to the dog catcher for Podunk, Iowa. Of all federal employees, approximate ly a half are in the postal service. I don't know whether it should be curtailed or not, but I do know it has been a mighty convenient ser vice to all of us. It may be true that it is no longer self supporting, but it must be remembered that we, the people, are paying as high as six thousand dollars a pound for the carrying of mail by favored steamship lines. Remember this when next you lick a three-cent stamp, and don't glare at the post al clerk. She probably never got bowlegged from carrying around her monthly salary. Do postal em ployees earn their wages? I think so. ii you ever started out on a fifteen-mile route with a hundred and fifty or sixty pounds of Satur day Evening Posts and other mail on your back, say some Thursday, morning, you would agree that they earned every jitney they got Rain or shine, sick or well, the trin is made, the man always in a neat uniform which, incidentally, he purchases himself at a considerable expense. There is something about the work uniform that makes a three dollar and six bits pair of breeches worth a king's ransom when a poor devil has to buy them. well, let's consider the other six hundred thousand employees, who include lighthouse, custom, diplo matic, forest and a hundred other bureau employees. How many could be done away with and the government function intelligently? Where should the axe fall and how much should be left? Should thev be allowed a living wage? Every cut is passed along to the butcher, me oaker and the candle-stick maker, so to speak. I do not want to weary you with an autobiography, but I do want you to know that I know something ot the rederal employees side of the question. I started to work for the govern ment thirty years ago next month. I started at $9.00 per month with an extra allowance of two quarts of very brackish water a day and a real feed of boiled spuds with the jackets on, flanked with boiled salt horse, every rope yard Sunday. Out of the nine dollars there were hos pital and other fees deducted. At the end of the month the salary (Continued on Page Four) Monte Hedwall Manager Umatilla Co-op Creamery Hermiston Herald. The Board of Directory for the Umatilla Cooperative Creamery met in the last session of the year Sat urday, December 31. At this meet ing Monte Hedwall of Burns, Ore., was named as manager to fill the vacancy left by B. E. Sykes, who will leave soon to take a position in Washington. Since the Umatilla Cooperative Creamery opened a year and a half ago. it has grown commercially and financially under the management of Mr. Sykes. A dividend totaling $3000 was issued to members in De cember. During its time in opera tion the creamery has paid off all in debtedness incurred to finance the enterprise. Mr. Hedwall comes highly recom mended and has had much exper ience in the creamery business, hav ing worked for a number of years in Heppner. At the time he was summonsed by the board he was employed at Burns. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hedwall of Hermiston. BENDER-CASOX. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Spurlock on Church street Sunday afternoon, Jan. 8, occurred the marriage of Miss Alyce Cason, daughter of Mrs. Ada Cason of this city, and sister of Mrs. Spurlock, to Mr. Gordon Bender, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bender of Portland, Rev. Glen P. White performing the ceremony. The young people will make their home for the present at Portland. The January meeting of the Methodist Missionary society will to be held Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the M. L. Case home on Gale street. Mrs. Case, Mrs. Mattie Adkins and Mrs. C. P, Brown will be hostesses, LEXINGTON By BEULAH B. NICHOLS. Mr. and Mrs. Myles Martin have moved with their family Into the house on the Earl Warner place which is now being farmed by Oral Cutsforth. The Martins found it necessary to abandon their home because a sandblow from adjacent fields drifted around and Into the house until it was impossible for them to remain longer. It is said that the sand drifted in so badly that in one day the floors were cov- ered to a depth of several inches. A four-hundred acre field of wheat has been covered by the sand and all the feed for the stock has been practically ruined. The sand blowing across the Lex ington-Echo market road near the Martin ranch makes driving diffi cult and unsafe when the wind blows because the sand cloud is so dense that it is impossible for the driver to see the road. Mr. Martin has been In Sherman county with his father, who is ill. The Ladies Aid society of the Congregational church held their regular monthly business meeting on Wednesday afternoon, January 4. The ladies had planned a sur prise for Mrs. Sadie Lewis, whose seventy-seventh birthday occurred on that date. Each of the ladies present made a block for a friend ship quilt with their names em broidered on them. These were presented to Mrs. Lewis and to say that she was surprised would be putting it mildly. A birthday cake, with the correct number of can dles, had been prepared for Mrs. Lewis. Another cake had been prepared for Mrs. Kathryn Slocum, whose sixty-second birthday is this month. The cakes, two delicious angel foods, weie baked by Mrs. Geneva Palmer. A very pleasant afternoon was enjoyed by the fol lowing: Mrs. Sadie Lewis, Mrs. Kathryn Slocum, Mrs. W. J. Davis, Mrs. Casha Shaw, Mrs. Galey John son, Mrs. Laura Scott, Mrs. Estelle Inderbitzen, Mrs. Cora Allyn, Mrs. Anna Keene, Mrs. Emma Peck, Mrs. Goida Leathers, Mrs. Ethel Wilcox, Mrs. Cleo Van Winkle, Mrs. Cecile Jackson, Mrs. Fannie Mc Millan, Mrs. Nellie Palmer, Mrs. Caroline Kuns, Mrs. Edna Mun kers, Mrs. Dee Cox, Mrs. Voile, Mrs. Elsie Beach, Mrs. Elva Ruhl, Mrs. Geneva Palmer, Mrs. Frieda Slocum, Miss Mary Slocum and Miss Alice Palmer. G. R. Hyslop from Oregon State college, will be at Leach hall on Thursday, January 19, at 2 p. m., aim wiu spean on me "JJomesuc Allottment Plan." This subject Is of interest to every farmer and a large attendance is expected. The county court has allowed five hundred dollars for improving the Black Horse road. The work was commenced Wednesday morning and is being done with teams. This will be a means of providing work for several of the unemployed for a time at least Mrs. Guy Shaw has received the sad news of the death of her brother-in-law, C. Gilham, at his home in Roseburg, on January 4. Mr. Sias's theme at the eleven o'clock service Sunday will be "The Christian and the Perfect Law." Excellent services are being main tained at which everybody is cor dially welcome. Lawrence Copenhaver entered the Heppner hospital Monday morn ing for an operation on his leg wnicn wa3 injured some time ago. It is expected that it will be neces sary for him to remain in the hos pital for several weeks since his leg was found to be in a very ser ious condition. Ed Burchell became suddenly ill Sunday with a heart attack and it was necessary to call a physician from Heppner. Mr. Burchell was leading a cow which became unruly and dragged him about a bit, caus ing too much exertion. He is re ported to be improving. Mr. Bur chell suffered a similar attack sev eral months ago. The January pot-luck supper and general social time of the Christian church and Bible school occurred at the church Tuesday evening at six-thirty. Some were detained by sickness but those who were able to attend experienced a fine time. Morrow County Pomona Grange met Saturday at the hall in Cecil. A business session was held at 10 o'clock with dinner served at noon by the ladies of Cecil Grange. A program was the feature of the af ternoon. In the evening the degree team of Lexington Grange exem plified the degree of Pomona to a class of eight Among Lexington people who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smouse and family, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Devlne, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer, Clara, Ellen and Norman Nelson, Harvey Miller, Alta Cutsforth, Bernice Bauman, Beulah Nichols, Orlo Martin and George Gillis. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allyn and daughter Maxine of lone visited friends in Lexington Sunday. Miss Sue Sheppard and eVrnon Waid of Stanfield were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Du vall Sunday. Lexington Grange will meet on Saturday evening, January 14. All members are urged to be present The high school basketball girls are not playing any games with other schools this year. Instead the girls are divided into two teams, the Crickets and the Raid ers, and three games have been played recently, two of them being won by the Raiders and in the oth er one the Crickets won. Playing for the Raiders are Edith Tucker and Erma Lane, forwards; Fern Luttrell and Tillie Nelson, centers; Gladys Reaney and Helen Bresh ears, guards. The Crickets' team (Continued on Page Three) DHlEHT big market FOR OREGON GOODS R. V. Turner Tells Lions Of Recent Sales Trip To China-Japan. MILK PRODUCTS SOLD Club Aid Solicited for Seed Loans; Invitation to Hermlston Road And River Meet Received. That the orient offers probably the greatest market available to Oregon products was the statement of Robert V. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Turner, who ad dressed the Lions club Monday. Robert recently returned from a trip to the orient, having been sent there to introduce Oregon dairy products, and he reported good suc cess. His description of conditions in Japan, China and the Philippine islands was very interesting. With a population of 65,000,000. confined in an area about the size of California, only ten per cent of which is arable, Japan constitutes an almost unlimited market for our commodities, Mr. Turner said. Be cause of the mountainous terrain, the arable land is intensively culti vated, and rice is the principal crop. Because of a shortage of raw materials, food products and financial resources Japan presents no great threat to the United States either from a commercial of mili tary standpoint, the speaker assert ed. China's population of 450,000,000 presents another virgin market for Oregon products, Mr. Turner said, and stated further that in quality everything was in favor of the Ore gon exporter over the competition furnished by Australia, New Zea land and Canada. The chief draw back at present is the depreciation of foreign money which puts the products from this country at a de cided price disadvantage. Through a new processing method it is now possible to send sweet milk to the orient and have it arrive, three weeks from date of shipment, at its uesunauon in marketable eondU tlon. Mr. Turner said that one carera had alren)v hen .iih r another is now enroute and a third' is being loaded at Portland. Much of the time of the meeting Monday was taken up by a discus sion of club organization matters, and by a report of a recent meet ing of the board of directors. An invitation from the Hermiston commercial club to attend a meet ing at that place this evening was received by the club. The meeting is being held for the purpose of discussing Columbia river and road matters of interest to this section, and it was expected a delegation from Heppner would attend. The matter was left in the hands of the club's road committee of which Al Rankin is chairman. Stating that the applications for seed loans being made by Morrow county farmers are being denied by the Agricultural Credit coraor- ation, a division of the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation, C. W. Smith, county agent solicited the aid of the club in making protest of the action taken by the govern mental body. Mr. Smith stated that he believed those passing upon the loans did not understand conditions here and were passing upon the loans in rather an arbitrary man ner. A committee was appointed to draft resolutions of protest to be taken to Portland soon when a delegation of Morrow county far mers is expected to appear and plead their cause. S. E. Notson, J. J. Nys and E. F. Bloom compose this committee. W. W. Smead and Gay M. An derson, appointed by the club to offer the organization's assistance to the two Heppner banks, reported that as yet the banks had no plan of action to put out, but that ,ui soon as they were able to make some definite proposal they would announce it immediately. Both In stitutions, it was said, appreciated the cooperation of the people of the community and stated they were doing everything within their pow er to get the banks open and oper ating again. The following resolutions have been prepared by the committee and forwarded to the Portland of fice of the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation: "Whereas, it has been called to the attention of the undersigned that a large number of farmers of the county have made application to the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, and "Whereas, we have reliable infor mation that by the unreasonable requirements of the waivers de manded by the said Regional Ag ricultural Credit Corporation, from holders of real estate mortgages, crop mortgages or any Hen holders upon the equipment of the appli cant that it Is impossible for the applicant to procure any of such waivers, and "Whereas, the appropriation for such loans was authorized as an emergency measure, yet our atten tlon has been called to the fact that applications filed six weeks or two months ago have been without results, and "Whereas, the time for spring seeding is rapidly passing, and any (Continued on Page Four)