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Volume 50, Number 4.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, April 6, 1933
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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H THE PI
TO
Fatal Illness Brings Re
spects From Friends
And Associates.
MASONS HOLD RITES
Pioneer Merchant Came to County
In 1870; Entered Hardware Bus
iness 1887; Long Prominent
Heppner paused In Its daily rou
tine for two hours yesterday after
noon to pay Its final respects to
Frank Gilliam, pioneer and hard
ware merchant of the city for 46
years, who died at 12:30 o'clock
Monday morning following a short
illness.
Friends, relatives and business
associates packed the Masonic hall
where the beautiful funeral cere
mony of the A. F. & A. Masons was
conducted, and a large cortege fol-
lowed the body to Its final resting
place in Masonic cemetery where
last rites were performed by the
lodge of which Mr. -Gilliam had
been a member for 55 years.
Rev. Glen P. White, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, paid
fitting tribute to the "gentleman of
honor, typifying the high type of
pioneer manhood, whose word was
as good as his bond, and who had
learned to truly love his neighbors."
He chose for his theme, "Life's Un
certainty," and gave a short ac
count of the life of the deceased.
Honorary pallbearers were long
time business and lodge associates
of Mr. Gilliam. They were John
Her, M. D. Clark, Jack Hynd, W.
f. Mahoney, L, W. Brlggs and W.
E. Pruyn. Active pallbearers were
John Wlghtman, Harold Cohn,
Lawrence Beach, W. C. Cox, Marvin
Wlghtman and James Archer. Ap
propriate songs were sung by a
quartet composed of J. O. Turner,
Vawter Crawford, Dean T. Good
man and John Anglin, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. J. O. Turner
who also played the offertory. The
casket was surrounded by a profu
sion of floral tributes. Friends and
relatives from near and far, some
in fraternal groups, gathered in
one of the largest funeral assem
blages of record in Heppner, paying
honor to one who had labored lon,f
and successfully In the community;
Frank Gilliam was an esteemed
pioneer of this community and for
63 years had made Heppner and
vicinity his constant home. Dur
ing all these years no public enter
prise for the betterment and up
building of the community failed to
receive his hearty endorsement and
energetic support and he came to
be relied upon whenever any pro
ject that was worthy came up for
consideration. He came from stur
dy pioneer stock. His parents were
among the early settlers of the Wil
lamette valley, coming to that sec
tion of Oregon from North Carolina
in 1852, and settling In Clackamaa
county. It was in that county
he was born on November 29, 1854,
the son of Jasper and Rose Gilliam.
His father died in 1862 and the
family moved to Multnomah coun
ty, and here Mr. Gilliam received a
public school education. He came
to what is now Morrow county in
1870 and located on Rhea creek In
Spring hollow, on what is now
known as the Pat Connell ranch,
and here engaged In stockralslng
until 1887, when he moved to Hepp
ner to engage in the hardware ana
implement business.
The first partner in this business,
with Mr. Gilliam was John Coffee,'
who, in 1889, disposed of his inter
ests to T. H. Bisbee and the firm
of Gilliam & Bisbee was establish
ed to continue to the present time
with L. E. Bisbee succeeding to the
partnership following the death of
his father. This business grew to
be one 'of the leading hardwar
firms of eastern Oregon' and now
occupies the attractive two-story
structure at the corner of Main and
May streets, erected In 1919, and
which will long stand as testimony
to the enterprise and civic pride of
the senior member of the firm.
The marriage of Frank Gilliam
and Miss Effle J. Wright occurred
in Heppner, November 20, 1882, and
to them were born five children,
Ona V., Leonard L., Clinton C, Ed
win E., and Hazel, now Mrs. Chas.
Vaughn. All, with the exception f
Clinton C, whose home is in San
Jose, Calif., reside In Heppner and
with the mother were present with
Mr. Gilliam during his last sickness.
Besides these he Is survived by sev
en grandchildren: Louis and Don
ald, sons of Leonard; Howard and
Jackson, sons of Earl, and Frank,
Clinton and Bobby, sons of Clinton;
also by one sister, Mrs. Emma Sex
ton of The Dalles.
During his long and active busi
ness life Mr. Gilliam took time off
for political and fraternal affairs.
He was a very active Mason and
had been a prominent member of
Heppner lodge No. 69 for 65 years,
being the second man to receive the
degrees In Masonry and was a mer.i
ber of the Shrine. Besides his Ma
sonic connections he was a charter
member of Heppner lodge No. 358,
B. P. O. Elks, and held membership
In the Woodmen of the World.
In the early history of Morrow
county Mr. oilitam served as a
commissioner, and was later elect-
ed to serve four years in the treas-
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GILLIAM
BEER MAY BE SOLD;
MEET SET TONIGHT
Revision to Permit Sale Slated;
Expect No Regulation for 30
Or 60 Days, City Dads Say.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held at 8 o clock this
evening for the purpose of amend
ing the "dry" law to permit sale
of 3.2 beer after April 7 when the
federal law goes Into effect No
other regulatory steps will be taken
in Heppner immediately, believed
councilmen at the meeting Monday
evening, It being their idea to give
the beer a trial for a month or two
in order to determine what steps
might be required to regulate it
A few Interested merchants were
present Monday evening. None had
secured a federal license to retail
or dispense beer; said they knew
of no one who had. One pastime
operator expressed the idea that
none of the new brew would be In
Heppner before Monday the 10th.
Some of the merchants said they
didn't want to handle the beer but
would be forced to by competition.
One said he would give it a trial-
selling only by the unbroken pack
ageto see how It went. Therefore,
Heppner people may be able to buy
beer within the city soon after the
Tth.
Because It may conflict with such
regulations as may be necessary In
nananng oeer, the council riost-
poned third reading of an ordin
ance lowering the age limit for ad
mission to pastimes from 21 to 18.
Reading of reports and discus
sion of routine matters concluded
the council's deliberations.
Masonic Grand Master
Makes Official Visit
W. C. Winslow of Salem, grand
master of A. F. & A. M. of Oreeon.
made an official visit to the lodges
oi ions ana Heppner gathered in
Masonic temple in this city at the
regular communication of Heppner
lodge 69 on Saturday evening. The
grand master's itinerary at this
time is taking him over the greater
portion of eastern Oregon, and in
his travels he is accompanied by A.
Laety, pianist and Capt R. L.
Crane, baritone, both of Portland,
the captain being a member of
Portland's police force. These men
are artists in their particular role
as musicians, and delighted the Ma
sons present with., a number of in
strumental and vocal selections.
The grand master was greeted by
a large number of members of the
local lodges, and a number of vis
itors were present from Arlington
and Echo. Frank Sloan; deputy
grand master of Stanfleld, was also
present The address of the grand
master was a splendid oratorical
effort, well received by all in at
tendance. Portland Bank Gives
Policy on Warrants
Advising their correspondent
banks that they cannot accept state
wararnta stamped "Not paid for
want of funds" for Immediate credit
because they were recently called
upon to loan heavily to the state in
order to preserve its credit a lead
ing Portland bank has adopted the
policy of cashing registered war
rants only for customers of the
bank where the need is imperative.
In other cases they are makl.ig
loans on the warrants up to 80 per
cent of the face value at a rate of
7 per cent interest. They advise
local banks not to depend upon
them for immediate credit in hand
ling local situations.
"In our opinion, the so-called Tax.
which will be voted on by the people
oi me state or uregon on July 21st
next Is a most important factor In
the finances of the state and we
believe that the population of your
community should, be advised of
this ract Otherwise warrants may
have to be carried for a consider
able time," they Include In their ad
vices. ENTERTAIN AUXILIARY. j
Mrs. Harry Tamblyn and Mrs.
Gene Ferguson were hostesses for
the American Legion auxiliary at
the home of Mrs. Tamblvn. Tues
day evening, April 4. Plans for the
annual Spring dance were discuss
ed. This affair will be held April
22 in the Elks temple with music
by the Missildlne orchestra. Fortv
cents for men and 35 cents for lad
ies will be the charge. The follow
ing committee was appointed to
have charge: Muriol Van Marter,
Hanna Jones, Luclle Wilson, Fay
Ferguson, Lena Cox, Ruth Tamblyn
and Helen Cash. Mrs. Rodgers,
Americanism chairman, report d
that the essays and answers to flag
code questionnaire were all turned
in. The committee to judee these
Will do so as soon as possible. The
next unit meeting will be held April
18 at the home of Helen Cohn.
STUDY CLUB MEETS.
The second of two meetings de
voted to the study of China and
the Chinese will be held by the
Woman's Study club next Monday
evening, April 10, at the A. D. Mc-
Murdo home on-South Chase street.
The committee in charge, consist
ing of Miss Leta Humphreys, chair
man, and' Mrs. McMurdo, has se
cured and distributed a numbor of
very up-to-date books on the sub
ject of China, and these will be
reviewed at the meeting.
See special, last page.
Products,
Watklns
It.
SPLITJNITIAL GO
Magpies Take Badgers,
8-1; Porkies Stick-Up
Crows at 6-2.
PLAY TO CONTINUE
Porkies Win, 5-2, Over Magpies in
Tuesday Game; Crows-Badgers
Clash Tomorrow.
"Batteries for today's game, for
the Magpies, Bob Benton pitching,'
George Maibee catching; for the
Badgers, Bob Rosencrans pitching,
Hank Robertson catching." The
voice of Dave Wilson, Crow second
sacker, rang out on the perfect
spring afternoon last Sunday, open
ing the twilight baseball league
series. Shortly the McCullough pea
cock cackled, spurring the Mag
pies on to an 8-1 victory, after Ray
Wise, bakeryman-chucker, had suc
ceeded to the Badger mound. But
the family was too deep in the hole
for him to save them.
More dastardly in their attack
were the Porcupines, who gave the
Uic whii, u c
beasts an even break with the fowls
for the afternoon by sinking their
quills deep into the Crows in the
second contest 6-2. Lusty crowing
heard from the ebon-feathered
flock before the fray, sank into a
feeble caw as their hoped-for feast
of "porky" carrion remained a
cushion too. filled with stickers for
them to sit upon. The Porky fuill
that sank deepest was Pitcher Ray
Massey, Heppner' newcomer. Sheriff-catcher
C. J. D. Bauman found
Massey'a offerings plenty hard to
handle, proving a porcupine can
stand lots of punishment if not hit
on the nose. Glen Haves never
opened up with his hot ones for the
Crows; eased up for cub porkies.
Catering-catcher Mark Merrill
cawed himself out at the Maggie
Badger encounter; worked assidu
ously.
Twlrler Massey's penetrativeness
was the telling point ini Tuesday
evening's 5-inning battle taken by
the Porcupines from the Magpies.
5-2. Porky catcher Bauman was
forced from the game in the third
inning when toe hurt a leg sliding
Into second and was succeeded by
Bill Massey, Twlrler Ray's brother.
Roy Gentry chucked and Clinton
Rohrer received for the Magpies.
A number of fielding errors and
good sticking accounted for the
Porcupine runs. Unable to get any
hits bunched, the Magpies went
scoreless till the fifth, when Devin
and Lyle Cowdrey crossed the plat
ter on Koy uentry's bingle, each
securing a safety on bobbles, for
the two Magpie runs.
The Crows will be back on the
job tomorrow night looking for a
vulnerable spot in the Badeers.
Meanwhile the Badgers have been
whetting their claws on the old
grindstone. No admission charge.
Seen in action Sunday for the
Magpies were veteran Gay Ander
son, hard-slugging first sacker; Roy
Gentry, peppery secondbaseman ;
Clinton Rohrer, determined third
sack protector; Mr. Kelly, veteran
Forest Grovel Infielder, at short;
with Ed Bennett, Jap Crawford,
Lyle Cowdrey, Raymond Reid and
Harlan Devin pecking around in
the outer pasture. Howard Fur
long, Billy Cochell and Don Turner
remained ready to try their wings.
Badgers: Billy Cox, first; John
Anglin, second; Vinton Howell,
third; Harold Gentry, short; out
fielders, Graham Kelly, Luke Bib
by, Joe Green, Francis Nickerson,
by, Joe Green, Francis Nickerson.
Other Badgers, Wrex Langdon,
Crocket Sprouls, J. D. Cash, Ben
Rcbertson,
Porcupines: Curtis Thomson,
first; Gene Ferguson, second; Ho
mer Hayes, third; Paul Aiken,
short; outfielders, J. H. McCrady,
Cleo Hlatt, Reese Burkenbine,
Chester Christenson, Gerald Cason,
Warren Blakely. Other porkies,
Alex Ulrlch, Doc Sherer.
Crows: Rod Thomson, first; Dave
Wilson, second; Don Cowdrey,
third; Ray Ferguson, short; out
fielders; Clarence Hayes, Hubert
Galley, Marvin Morgan, Bill Mc
Roberts, Louis Gilliam. Other
Crows, Marcel Jones, Billy Thorn
ton, Nolan Turner. v
WILFORD MEADOWS DIES.
Funeral services were held in
Portland on Monday for Samuel
Wilford Meadows, son of the late
Samuel W, Meadows, and formerly
a resident of Heppner. Mr. Mead
ows died on Saturday. Commit
ment services were at the Portland
crematorium. He had been a res
ident of Portland during the past
25 years, and during the World war
was enlisted in the navy and in the
line of duty received injuries that
made him a cripple for the remain
der of his life. Ha was a nephew
of Mrs. Mattle Adklns of this oity.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the many friends and
neighbors for their kindly assist
ance and expressions of sympathy
at the time of our bereavement.
Effle Gilliam and family.
Mrs, Emma Sexton,
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Swggart, Saturday, April 1, at the
home of Mrs. W. W. Hlnton near
Heppner, i an 8-pound daughter,
named Mary Lauralne.
PIONEER PASSES
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FRANK GILLIAM
(From an early photograph.)
Pomona Grange Meets;
Gill Gives Tax Address
Morrow county Pomona grange
met Saturday with Rhea Creek
grange as host, with a large at
tendance. The morning session
was given over to a discussion of
the last legislative assembly and
some of the results were told by
J. O. Turner, representative, and
Ray W. Gill, state master. Several
resolutions were also considered.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Mary Lun-
dell of Willows, Pomona lecturer,
presented an interesting program
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wuitc ixAsxaisKi '-Tin uliiv ci cu tx.ll ilia
minatimg talk on the "sales tax,'
expressing opposition. He stated
that "this tax is to the interests of
big business" and would fall hard
est on the people least able to bear
a heavier tax burden, namely the
rarmers. - 4
ctner program numbers were a
vocal solo, Don Allstott, accompan
led by Dorris Allstott; "School at
Skeeter's Corner," Rhea Creek ju
veniles; veal solo, Kenneth Batty;
guitar solo, LaVerne Wright; vocal
solo, Mr. Ransier; "Deb Reverses
Tactics," Irrigon grange; Goofy
Jiggers, Boardman grange; "Be
cause He Joined the Grange," Wil
lows grange.
In the evening Willows grange
put on initiatory work in the fifth
degree, or Pomona, to a class of
three candidates. After the initia
tion an election was held to name
a new steward. Dwight Misner was
elected to fill the vacancy. Danc
ing was enjoyed after adjournment.
10-Game Scheme Set
For Wheatland League
Werner Rietmann of lone, in
whose charge was left the arrange
ment of the playing schedule for
the 1933 Wheatland Baseball leagu .
season, has announced the schedule
of 10 games for each team, as fol
lows: '
April 23 Arlington at Herroner.
lone at Blalock, Condon at Fossil.
April 30 Heppner at lone. Bla
lock at Condon, Fossil at Arlington.
May 1 uondon at Heppner. Ar
lington at Blalock, lone at Fossil.
May 14 Heppner at Condon. Fos
sil at lone, Blalock at Arlinirton.
May 21 lone at Heppner, Blalock
at Fossil, Condon at Arlington.
May 28 Heppner at Fossil, Con
don at Blalock, Arlington at lone.
June 4 Heppner at Arlington.
lone at Condon, Fossil at Blalock.
June 11 Blalock at Heppner.
Condon at lone, Arlington at Fossil.
June 18 Fossil at Heppner, Bla
lock at lone, Arlington at Condon.
June 25 Heppnor at Blalock.
lone at Arlington, Fossil at Condon.
Former Pastor Here
Dies at Baker Home
Father P. J. O'Rourke, who was
pastor of St Patrick's church in
Heppner during the war period,
and since 1929 pastor of Cathedral
parish at Baker, died at St. Eliza
beth's hospital in that city early
Monday morning, following an ope r
ation on Sunday afternoon for a
chronic Internal condition, from
which he failed to rally. Father
O'Rourke was born in Killoughter,
County Wlcklow, Ireland, on Aug
ust 31, 1872. He was ordained to
the priesthood on June 29, 1986, by
the Right Rev. Charles J. O'Reilly,
then bishop of Baker City. In the
spring of that year Father O'
Rourke came to Baker diocese and
served as pastor at Joseph, Ontario,
Condon, Heppner, The Dalles and
Baker, becoming pastor of Cathe
dral parish in November, 1929.
Burial will take place at Baker to
day. CORBIN-McROBERTS.
At the Christian church on Mon
day afternoon occurred the mar
riage of Miss Reta E. McRoberts
to Borpll J. Corbin, Joel R. Benton,
pastor of the church, officiating.
The wedding was a quiet affair,
with a few close friends being pre
sent. The bride is the eldest daugh
ter of Wm. T. McRoberts of this
city while the groom is a young
man who has made his home for a.
few years past at Pine City. They
expect to make their permanent
home in this community.
Raymond Drake, young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Drake of Sand
Hollow, was operated on for ap
pendicitis at Mrs. Herrin's hospital
Wednesday last. He is recovering
nicely.
Judge W. T. Campbell, Commis
sioners George Pex-k and Frank
Parker, and S. E. Notson, left for
Pendelton today to attend a meet
ing of the Umatilla Rapids association.
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GRIST
From Happenings Here and Yon :
Concerning E
Red Letter Day j
A Good Band I
Foul Tip j
and other things of more or less
moment as seen by
The G. T. REPORTER I
Mike Roberts and Billy Garrett
turned the solution of the country's
troubles back over to the adminis
tration on short notice Saturday
afternoon. They were talking just
in front of the M. D. Clark store.
All of a sudden there was a bang
and a crash. Narrowly did they
escape the iron ring blown from
the rim of Ed Bucknum's Dodge
oar, which jumped from the con
crete curb through two panes of
glass above the show windows of
the Clark store. Chagrined, Ed
stopped the gas wagon in its leis
urely progress down Main; made
repairs for his trip to John Day
next day.
Billy has been making Heppner
off end on for some fifty years,
traveling for various wholesale con
cerns. This week he notified local
trade that wholesale credit had fur
ther been restricted to seven days.
Call money once used to finance
trainloads of groceries Is no longer
avaiiaoie, Bury says. That's why
merchants are called upon to pay
oftener; and merchants, too, must
look to customers for more fre
quent pay.
Scrip trustees, gazing into the
crystal ball, that morning exchang
ed $1250 in crisp new sheepskin to
teachers for warrants.
Mike survived to start renovatinc
office quarters in one of his build
ings on Willow, occupied by Attor
ney Joe Nys.
Grist can only guess that the old-
time friends were talkiner politics.
A short time before there was a
political discussion down at the cor
ner of the Rock. Mike's recollec
tion of Joe Luckman's campaign
slogan for county judge, "No taxes;
gooa roads, and free beer," brought
proiouna response from Sam Not
son, just back from Pomona grange.
unce again ne told how taxes could
be reduced 100 per cent "There
were no taxes when Christopher
(joiumous came to America," he
said. "He's to blame for all our
tax troubles. Let's just turn the
country back to the Indians.' '
Second eventful episode in vicin
ity of May and Main on red-letter
Saturday was that above noted
Shortly before a crowd was attract
ed there to witness suppression of
obstreperous Alex Ulrioh. Ulrl ;h
broke traffic regulation in drivg
nis car on wrong side of Marshal
Devin's car at intersection. Winn
stopped by the officer, he resisted
arrest, strenuously. Sheriff Bau
man and Deputy Cox came to as
sistance; applied handcuffs. As
Devin forced his way into Bauman
car seat beside Ulrlch, arrested
batted him across right eye with
cuffs.
In justice court Monday, Ulrlch
was given 90 days; fined $250:
charged with driving while intorl
cated. Heppner doesn't need to take a
back seat with its school band. An i
it is hoped she won't have to an
other year, if it takes a special Is
sue of Sheepskin to send the young
folks to the state contest
Those of you who missed the con
cert last Friday evening can regret
having missed one of the best treats
served locally in a long time.
And speaking of treats, that's
what some folks are skeptical of -n
this beer proposition. It's true
there are plenty who would like to
be good fellows, but who still find
Sheepskin a little too tough to get
hold of.
All the rest are Scotch.
So we can't help but agree with
the merchant who believes the onl"
fellow taking a chance is the one
who digs up-the 25 bucks to the
government
After the Badgers and Porcupines
are eliminated from the twilight
league it is expected to stage a
"Parliament of Koules," if you know
your Chaucer.
Sunday's experience of one un
fortunate lad, who took a hard foul
tip in the pit of the stomach, should
teach spectators to stay in the
grandstand.
Foules are fowl, and fouls foul,
but what is so foul as a foul fowl?
LOCAL STATION WINS.
Local Standard Service Stations,
Inc., received telegraphic notifica
tion Tuesday morning that it had
won first place for March In a con
test with other stations of the Spo
kane district for selling the largest
amount of service In proportion to
the amount of gasoline sold. Sta
tion attendants Crocket Sprouls and
Gerald Booher were made happy by
the- news.
PUBLIC WELCOMES
BAND APPEARANCE
School Organization, Girls' Quar
tet, Well Received; Versatile
Program Shows Talent
The Heppner School band gavs
its first annual spring concert Fri
day evening before a large and at
tentive audience at the gym-auditorium.
Directed by Harold Bun-
man, instructor, without instru
ment, the 30-plece senior organiza
tion played smoothly its repertoire
of varied selections; showed much
improvement in handling of instru
ments as a result of winters hard
work.
Youngsters who will later aug
ment senior band assisted in the
concert as the 15-piece junior band,
playing two marches under the di
rection of Dora Bailey, student di
rector. Color was added by playing the
H. H. S. song, sung by the girls'
quartet, Winifred Case, Jessie
French, Anabel Turner and Hazel
Beymer, who sang also "Japanese
Love Song" by Thomas, and "A
Song of India" by Korsakoff, ac
companied by Miss Charlotte
Woods, vocal music instructor.
Proceeds from the concert were
sufficient to sea the band out of
debt reported Mr. Buhman, includ
ing finishing payment for the sousa-
phone, the addition of which gives
the band a well-balanced bass sec
tion. Hoped-for uniforms will not
be available. Band members ap
peared in white shirts and trousers
(dresses for the girls), red neck
ties. Red berets have been worn at
out-door appearances. While neat
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Perfect Score Keeps
Locals at Shoot Top
' The hyphenated Heppner - Pilot
Rock trapshooters are holding their
own at the top of the percentage
column in the Oregonlan tourna
ment as they face the final round
of the shoot next Sunday. Charles
Latourell, A. D. McMurdo and
Adam Knoblock recorded a perfect
team score of 75 Sunday to defeat
all five opponents, one a tie shoot
off with Pullman which turned in
a 74. The others were Ashland 73,
Medford 74, South Umpqua 72 and
Douglas County 71. -To make cer
tain, doubly-sure of the perfect
team score Marion Hansel of Pilot
Rock also cracked his first 25 birds
for a perfect individual score.
Of the 23 clubs competing in the
telegraphic tourney, Heppner-Pilot
Rock is most hotly contested for
top honors by Klamath Falls, Cor-
vallla. Bend and Portland. Klam
ath, who led the locals before Sun
day's shoot, .867 to .857, had tie
matches Sunday with Bend and
Corvallis and the outcome of these
matches next Sunday will help de
cide the fate of each club. To date
the locals have won 17 matches and
lost but two.
Horses Are Bringing
Good Prices in East
Just as a tip to those of our peo
ple In Morrow county who have
horses to sell, we are giving a re
port" of the April 1 horse sale by the
Wisconsin Dairy and Cattle mar
ket, Janesville, Wis. At this sale
211 horses were disposed of. Over
50 at retail two days before the
sale. Prices were higher and de
mand strong. Top team went at
$345, top horses brought $170, and
many teams are reported sold at
prices ranging from $275 to $325.
The sale prices were up strong
above previous sales, with the bet
ter animals bringing from $130 to
$160 per head. If reports we get
are true, good horses have been
selling in Morrow county at ridicu
lously low prices. However, we have
no figures on the prices being re
ceived in coast markets.
Superintendent Bloom and teach
ers of both the high school and
grades were in La Grande on Sat
urday for a meeting of the teach
ers of this district W. O. Dix fur
nished his oar for a load, otheis
used their own cars, and Mr. Bloom
transported a number. Mrs. Bloom,
accompanying the teachers, remain
ed at Hot Lake with her mother
who Is recovering from an opera
tion which she underwent recently.
Members of the faculty of Heppner
school who did not attend were
Geo. W-.Mabee, H. W. Buhman, J.
T. Lumley and Juanita Leathers.
R. C. Phelps, local mortician, was
in Condon on Tuesday where he
conducted the funeral of the two
young ladles killed in an auto acci
dent near Olex on Saturday night.
Mr. Phelps had been called on Sun
day to prepare the bodies of the ac
cident victims for burial. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Piercy of The
Dalles, accompanied by Mrs. Emma
Sexton, were in Heppner over Wed
nesday, being called to the city bv
the death of Frank Gilliam, brother
of Mrs. Sexton. They returned to
The Dalles today.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Merrill, Bar
ney Bruneau and Luke Bibby drove
to Portland Monday to take In the
fight card. They report an enjoy
able time.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo drove to Pen
dleton Tuesday evening to attend
a meeting of the district medic. .1
association.
LACK OF HONESTY
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Tennyson Tells Lions of
Communism, Facism
and Technocracy.
DEMOCRACY IS OKEH
Governments Based on Materialism
Doomed to Failure, Held; Be '
turn of Virtues Needed,
V '
"Communism, Technocracy and
Fascism" was the topic discussed
by M. G. Tennyson, missionary in
charge of All Saints Episcopal
church, before the Lions club Mon
day noon. Declaring greed, avar
ice and graft to have been the real
cause of the economic depression,
Tennyson said the need of the day
is truth, honesty, and Integrity and
that without these any government
is foredoomed to failure. -
Because they do not recognize the
true motivating force to the world
life none of the governmental
forms under discussion can succeed,
said the speaker. There is nothing
wrong with democracy, he declared,
if the men in control can be trust
ed to do the things expected of
them.
Communism as in force in Rus
sia Is an attempt to put into prac
tice the abolition of private prop
erty as taught by Carl Marx, which
means that a man may not own the
suit on his back or even a home. It
is a glorification of the under dog
and has tended to destroy the in-
temgenua. Under it Russia will
produce no more Tschaikowskys or
Rachmaninoffs." Tennyson pictured
the conditions of serfdom existing
under the tzaristic or imperialistic
regime which made communism
possible in Russia. "Statesmen in
America who talk so much about
the Red menace to this countrv
have fallen into a blue funk." he de
clared. "Our civilization would not
permit it for a minute."
Communism also recognizes ab
solute equality of the sexes, a bio
logical and physiological impossi
bility, he said. It encourages birth
control and abortion. It cannot suc
ceed because it recognizes only ma
terial values.
In contradistinction to commu
nism, Tennyson defined fascism as
a government for the "higher-ups,"
a protector for imperialism, which
might be likened to such a govern
ment as would be carried on by big
business In this country. "Imper
ialism is the natural outgrowth of
fascism, and the present govern
ment in Germany will be the means
of putting the crown prince on the
throne,'.he asserted.
Technocracy has been the most
abused and least understood term
probably ever to gain such wide
spread popularity, said the speak
er, though simply meaning "plan
ned government." He said he knew
of technocracy several years ago
as a teacher of social nhllosonhv.
and that it was merely an attempt
tu measure numan needs and arrive
at the proportionate amount nf
goods produced to supply them, the
amount of man energy required In
the production and the effert of ma
chines in the production. One man
power, termed "ergo," was taken
as a unit for the calculations. Re
cent calculations, he said, showed
that the machinery in existence has
increased each individual's produc
tive power 9000 times. To supply
the actual needs of the people of
the world it would only be neces
sary for each man to work four
hours a day two days a week, ac
cording to these calculations. He
considered technocracy, as well as
communism and fascism, worthy of
study; and technocracy especially
as being the only scientific attempt
at planned government
Technocracy works fine, he said.
so long as one is calculating food
stuffs, the energy of which can be
measured in calories. But it fails
because it has no way of measuring
u,e luopuaiiun received rrom a pic
ture of symphony.
facience which once recognized r
real only those thlnes
be measured In a test tube, has re
versed itself, the speaker said, now
saying the only real things are the
unseen forces, or life itself. The
scientist has looked within Ha
atom, the smallest known particle
of the universe, and has seen within
it anotner universe of swiftly re
volving electrons. Destroy the atom
and you destroy the universe, Is the
conclusion.
The committee appointed lnt
week to investigate the feasibility
of staging a dinner for the benefit
of the Red Cross earthquake re
lief fund, reported back that it
deemed such a dinner Inadvisable,
and in lieu thereof the club voted
to support a campaign of solicita
tion. Appointed as a commlttM tr,
Into plans for staging a ladles night
were J. W. Hlatt, Al Rankin, Earl
Eskelson, C. W. Smith and A. D.
McMurdo.
Mrs. Annie Clement and h.i.
daughter, Mrs. Ed Putnam. wnrA
here on Wednesdav from (hair
homes at Tacoma. The ladles ar
rived Wednesday morning to be
present at the funeral of the lata
Frank Gilliam. They will return
home Friday.
BRINGS OEPR
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