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L SOCIETY PUBL1 ORE- Volume 50, Number 18. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 13, 1933 Subscription $2.00 a Year NEW WHEAT PLAN TOLD TO FARMERS Meetings at Heppner and lone Addressed by College Men. WOULD CUT ACREAGE Benefit Fees to be Available by Sept 15 Would Compensate; County Organization Aim. A meeting of wheat farmers was held In lone yesterday, and another Is being held at Heppner today for the purpose of explaining the "New Deal" as it will be applied to wheat growing, and to perfect, If desired, a temporary county organization which would later evolve Itself into the Morrow County Wheat Produc tion Control association. Prof. G. R. Hyslop of the farm crops department, and Paul V. M iris, director of extension work, Oregon Agricultural college, are conducting' the local meetings, part of a series of 29 meetings that will carry the message of the new deal to all the principal wheat growing sections of Oregon. A large group of interested farm ers attended the meeting at lone yesterday and fired a barrage of questions which kept the college men busy for the larger part of the afternoon, with the time taken up from 10 o'clock in the morning until noon with explanations of the wheat plan incorporated in the farm adjustment act; with a graphic discussion of the domestic and world situations which make the plan necessary, and with an outline of the administrative fea tures. Chas. W. Smith, county ag ent, assisted the college men. Farmers Asked For It In effect, Mr. Marls explained, the plan being put into effect is the "Domestic Allotment" plan which received the endorsement of the Eastern Oregon Wheat league at Condon last fall. It seeks to put the price of wheat on a parity with its pre-war purchasing power. It is intended to be self-financing. It Is Intended not to aggravate for eign markets, containing no dump ing features. It is to be adminis: tered largely through the use of existing agencies. And its use is intended to be voluntary on the part of growers. All of these traits, in effect, are in accordance with the wheat league recommendations, Mr. Maris said, to show that ac tually the "New Deal" is attempt ing to give the farmers what they themselves asked for. The wheat administrator under the act is Dr. M. L, Wilson, Montana State col lege economist, who addressed the meeting of the wheat league in Heppner a few years ago. Mr. Marls said It was not the in tention of the extension service men to carry a salesmanship talk to the farmers, but to explain as well as they could the features of the plan and the circumstances; affecting Its development There are some important phases of the plan yet to be worked out, he said, some of which depend on the outcome of the present world econ omic conference at London at which an attempt at world-wide reduction of wheat production is being made. The present meetings are being held to inform the grow ers of the set-up to date in order that they may have opportunity to consider the plan thoroughly and be prepared to act when confront ed by contracts which will be Is sued some time before September 15, the date set for making ad vances on farmers' allotments. To Fay Two-Thirds in Fall. An advance of two-thirds of in dividual allotments will be made this fall with the other third paid In the spring after it has been de termined that each farmer has complied with his agreement for acreage reduction. Funds to compensate growers for acreage taken out of wheat production are now being raised through the wheat processing tax of 30 cents a bushel which went in to effect Monday. It is estimated this tax will raise $135,000,000 this year. Oregon's proportionate share under a 100 percent agreement by farmers would be $3,000,000, it bo ing Bhown by statistics that Ore gon raises 2.4 percent of the na tional wheat crop. Morrow coun ty's total allotment would be In proportion as its five-year produc tion average of 1,800,000 bushels Is to the total five-year production average for the state, Mr. Maris said. To show that farmers should not abandon the plan because of pres ent favorable market quotations, Mr. Marls Illustrated with graphs and maps the domestic and world situations which the plan was evolved to meet. A continued rise in price, or maintenance at the present level Is uncertain In the face of large domestic and world supplies, ha said. The United States, with a normal carry-over of 1,200,000 bushels of wheat, now has a surplus of 3,300,000 bushels. With no shortage in world sup plies, It can bo expected that under a continuance of the present rate of production, It Will be but a short time until "Old Man Surplus" will (Continued on Pag Four) Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Open Brown Warehouse The Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Ltd., managers of the Interior Ware house company, large warehouse operators of eastern Oregon and eastern Washington, opened the wareouse in Heppner formerly known as the Brown warehouse, this week, under the management of W. L. McGhee. Mr. and Mrs. McGhee and two children arrived in the city Saturday from Lewlston, Idaho, and are making their home in the Leonard Barr residence on Baltimore street The local warehouse will be op erated as a bonded, licensed ware house, with full precautions taken to protect the Interests of custom ers, said G. C. Foster of Pendleton, district agent for the companies represented, who was in the city Friday making arrangements for the opening. Besides grain, stor age and wheat buying, the com pany will operate a feed mill at the warehouse. Branch Line Train Now On Former Schedule The better service on the branch line train of the O.-W. R. & N. company petitioned for recently by Heppner residents was reinstated Monday, after the train had been operated on a daylight schedule for a' month to serve stock interests. Under the former schedule, de sired by Heppner people the schedule again in effect the train left Heppner in the evening, giving more especially better mail service out of Portland. Operating as num ber 129, the train now leave3 daily except Saturday and Sunday at 9:50 p. m., and is due to arrive at 6:40 a. m. Number 131 leaves Heppner on Saturday at 8:30 p. m., with arrival time Sunday at 6:40 a. m. Under this schedule no train is run on Sunday, with the mail being carried to and from Heppner Junction by truck. Reversion to the old schedule was promised by the railroad com pany as soon as the spring sheep shipping season was over, and means that train crews formerly making their headquarters here who moved to Arlington under the change, will again have their homes here. HIATT-GAILY. Miss Doris Hiatt and Hubert R. Gaily, popular young couple of Heppner, were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hiatt, In La Grande Sat urday, July 1, Rev. Paul Mortl more, pastor of the La Grande Christian church, performing the ceremony, according to an item ap pearing in last week's Enterprise Record-Chieftain. After the cere mony the young couple went to Enterprise, and thence to Wallowa Lake for two weeks on their hon eymoon. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Gaily of Enterprise and was born and reared in that city. He graduated from the Enterprise high school and went to work for the Pacific Power & Light company several years ago, and is now in the Hepp ner office. Mrs. Galley is a native Heppner girl, and graduate of the local high school. The family home was recently moved to La Grande when Mr. Hiatt became Interested In the Wallowa stages. On their return to Heppner shortly Mr. and Mrs. Gaily will be at home to their many friends at the Jones apart ments. WIGHTMANS BCY RANCH. A deal was completed on Satur day whereby Wightman Brothers of the Alfalfa Lawn Dairy become the owners of the Henry Blahm farm, just north .of and adjoining the dairy ranch, together with live stock, which Is mostly dairy cattle. The purchase price of the land 'is $10,000 and the cattle $1200, and possession passed at once to Wight- man Bros. Mr. Blahm recently took the farm back from Adam Blahm, who had run the place for the past ten or twelve years. Adam Blahm and family have located on the Jerm O'Connor ranch on Skin ner creek, which they purchased some three months ago. The Blahm place will make a valuable addition to Alfalfa Lawn Daily ranch. LARGE BONE FOUND. Lon McCabe exhibited the rib of some prehistoric animal while in Heppner Monday afternoon. The relio was dug out of a cement gravel bank along which a ditch was being extended at the Rhea creek farm, and in lifting the bone out It was broken In a couple of places, and there was also some six Inches of an old break, with indl cations that more of it had been connected up at some time long past. The pieces placed end to end, where they belonged, meas ured 23 Inches and the bone is quite a bit larger than the ribs of any domestic animals known to man. It Is evidently a bone from some one of Oregon s prehistoric mam als, but our knowledge of such matters Is so limited that we are not able to give It the proper geo logical placement "THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS." At the Christian church on Sun day morning at eleven o'clock, the minister will bring an Interesting message on the liquor Situation, "The Leopard's Spots." If you are against liquor, and are interested In keeping Oregon and Morrow county in the dry column, hear this Intensive discussion of the liquor traffic, past, present and future. yilllNIMIMtlMMIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIinilllMUMIfi IGRIST I - i I From Happenings Here and Yon s Concerning I What's In a Name? Good News Gems of Nature and other things of more or less moment as seen by 1 The G. T. REPORTER i Dr. McGrail of the C. C. camp at Bull prairie passed through town Tuesday on his way out to camp, He had just returned from a trip to La Grande, going through the mountains, to service the camp at Frog Heaven, also in his charge. "There are no bulls in Bull prairie, and neither are there frogs in Frog Heaven," said the doctor, who has a tough job. How places got their names, es' pecially in the new West, is some times interesting, Bull prairie is in cattle range country. It may have been that a gentleman of some herd once had possession there; mayhap chased off an Intruder. Frog Heaven Is high up on a mountain. It is prob able a pioneer found a dead frog there; believed it had gone to heaven. Geographical nomenclature is a hobby with some folks. An inter esting book on the subject was written by L. A. McArthur, gen eral manager of Pacific Power & Light company, who visits Hepp ner ocasionally. S. E. Notson, district attorney, received considerable fame for naming of the Banana belt across the arid north end of the county when county school superintendent There have been arguments as to the naming of Gooseberry, Straw berry, and other points in the county. Hardman was once known as Yellow Dog; Heppner as New Chi cago. Still later Hardman was called Dairyvllle. All of which goes to show that after all there is something in a name. The Bolsheviki were sure of it when they changed St. Peters burg to Petrograd. "President Wants Dam on Co lumbia," headline in this morn ing's Oregonian; beieves it can be built with river and harbor funds as federal project; would be locat ed between mouth of Snake and tidewater. That's good news. 9 Good news also is found on the market page with wheat continu ing its climb to 81 cents, Portland. Looks like six-bit to a dollar wheat in Heppner ere long. Rye makes sensational news, also, going to $1.07, Chicago. m m Geologists say our own Blue mountains are among the very old est known land in the world. They were an Island when much of the interior United States was under the ocean. This antediluvian region offers much of interest. . When a fellow says he has been fishing over in the Potamus, you wonder where he has been. If you take the Hinton creek road to Ar- (Conttnued on Pago Four) THE PHANTOM BARBER OUSTED BY THE BOYS OF CAMP BULL PRAIRIE By Our Camp Correspondent. Camo Bull Prairie. Julv 10. Due entirely to a lack of authoritative inrormation on the part of several supposedly reputable newspapers, Inaccurate reDorts were circulatpd about the recent riot at Camp Bull fraine, and the true facts are now revealed as told to the editor by two actual eye-witnesses and par ticipants in the fracas. On Wednesday night, July 5th, about 11 o'clock a group of the more decent element gathered to gther In one of the tents and for mulated a definite plan of Imme diate action. After arming them selves with baseball bats, axe-handles, clubs and any weapon they could get their hands on, these boys marched quietly upon those blackguards who had terrorized the camp with their bullying tactics, their mlschevious pranks and their mutinies, also the cutting of the hair of slumbering boys, and in general disturbing the peace. Resentment against the follow ing Individuals mounted slowly, briefly listed: Nerl, Cazonerl, Ge lardi, Conti, Abramo, Macri, David, Cunnlff, DeGenaron, the Esposito brothers, Noto and Dzlchko, and a few others Included in this mob. The tumult, In rising to a frenzy, awoke the rest of the camp and then quickly subsided. In the meanwhile, these terrorists smir- ried like scared rats into the night and sought the protection of Cap tain Hueh C. Parker, who mieHed the disturbance by his cool and anring actions. The casualties werp niHr-Ulv treated bv Dr. MoGrall. Vincent David, one of the terrorists, was severely beaten about the head. Kolodnickl, one of the finer boys In camp, was treated for a scalp Heppner -lone Lodges Hold Joint Installation Willow lodge 66, Heppner; lone lodge 135, I. O. O. F., and San Souci lodge 33, Heppner, and Bunchgrass lodge 91, lone, Rebekahs, held joint instalaltion of officers at the local hall last evening. Installation was followed by refreshments of ice cream and cake. The hall was beautifully decorated with season abe flowers by Charotte Gordon of HeDDner. Installing officers were R. C. fneips, grand master; Charlotte Gordon, president; John Clark and Sadie Sigsbee, grand marshals; J. J. Wightman and Olive Frye, grand wardens; A. J. Knoblock and Em ma Jones, grand secretaries; T. J. D. Jones and Reita Neel, grand treasurers; Ernest Hunt and May Gilliam, grand inside guardians. Officers installed follow: Bunchgrass lodge 91 Margaret urawiord, N. u; Margaret Mauzey, V. G.; Lena Lundell, sec; Etta Howell, treas.; Veda Eubanks, war den; Rosa Fletcher, cond.; Norma Swanson, I. G.; Ruth Lundell, O. G.; Edith Mathews, R. S. N. G.; Lucille Bristow, L. S. N. G.; Mary Swanson, chaplain; Ida Fletcher, P. N. G.; Gladys Drake, musician. San Souci lodge 33 Bernice Bau man, N. G.; Verna Hayes, V. G.; Lilian Turner, sec; Sadie Sigsbee, treas.; Tacy Parker, P. N. G.; Opal Ayers, warden; Anna Brown, con.; Alice Gentry, I. G.; Alice McDuf fee O. G.; Mable Chaffee, R. S. N. G.; Elizabeth Campbell, L. S. N. G.; Millie Doolittle, chaplain;' Kate Swendig, musician; Daisy Shively, R. S. V. G.; Margaret Phelps, L. S. V. G. lone lodge 135 John Louy, N. G.; John Clark, V. G.; Ed Bristow, sec; Lee Howell, treas.; Garland Swanson, warden; E. R. Lundell, cond.; Geo. Ely, R. S. N. G.; Ern est Heliker, L. S. N. G.; Frank Lundell, I. G.; Ture Peterson, O. G.; Hal Ely, chaplain; Richard Lundell. R. S. V. G.: E. J. Bristow L. S. V. G. Willow lodge 66 A. J. Chaffee, N. G.; Ralph Beamcr, V. G.; E. L. Ayers. sec: J. L. Yeairpr trcna J. J. Wightman, warden; Adami tt-noDiocK, cond.; K. C. Phelps, I. G.; J. L. Yeager, O. G.; Jeff Jones, R. S. N. G Geo. McDnffpp T. s N. G.; Wm Mikesell, R. S. V. G.; Ernest Hunt, L. S. V. G.; M. L. Case, chaplain. Lex Grange Field Day Slated for sxt Sunday The annual Field Dav and nionin which is sponsored by Lexington grange will be held Sunday, July 16, at the Harvey Bauman ranch. Beginning at ten o'clock in the morning there will be a program with Paul V. Maris of Oregon State colleEe as SDeaker. A tiirnin. lunch will be the feature of the noon hour and at two o'clock all of those who are interested will be taken on a tour of various farms in the sur rounding community when the different fields of wheat will be in spected. H. V. Smouse is in charge of the arrangements, assisted by Chas. W. Smith, county agent. CATCHES BIG TROUT. One of the bicErest trout pvpr caught out of Wilow creek was displayed by young William Mc Caleb, the lucky angler, Sunday. The fish, caught below the dam on the Blahm nlnce hplnur Honn. r ,. yp ner, was a beautiful rainbow trout measuring 24 inches and weighing four nounds. It was fl rm an A on all-round good trout Some be lieved the dam had obstructed the trout's journey up the creek, more to the joy of the young angler. wound, and last, but not least, John Feldman, another hero, sustained a slight Injury. The part that the local boys took in the fight was highly appreciated by all concerned. During the quar rel, they remained neutral, but la ter on they rushed into the melee and kept the decent boys from wreaking more harm, and all thru the night, until the state police and deputy sheriff arrived, they kept guard over the two warring camp fires. No one was able to break through their lines. About 3:15 a. m., just as day was breaking, the officers arrived. They took immediate charge of those sixteen would-be rufflians, and hus tled them out of camp. Only after this was done did the other boys go back to bed again. Now Camp Bull Prairie is run ning smoothly once more. The morale of the camp has jumped amazingly, and it is Indeed a pleas ure to see the way the boys have changed. Each and every one of them has decided to put his shoul der to the wheel in order to make the camp one of the best in the state of Oregon. On behalf of the boys, the Hepp ner Gazette Times extends a cor dial invitation to anyone and ev eryone to visit the camp. They will all be heartily welcomed by the boys. The boys of Camp Bull Prairie have been misrepresented in the newspapers, and they wish to correct this impression by direct contact with the population of Heppner and neighboring towns The onus of a few unruly rascals should not full on the shoulders of the orderly and law-abiding mem bers of the camp, as it is now com posed, now that the said rascals have been eliminated. E Five County Districts Will Present Favor ites for Voting. EVENTS, PRIZES OUT All Entrance Fees to be Added to Purses; More Races Included; Concession Plan Told. Who will be queen of the 1933 Heppner Rodeo? A new plan for selection of the queen, completion of the list of events, and arrange ments for a carnival under local control were included in the work of the executive committee this week. Other committees are func tioning, and with all details of the show in hand earlier than usual, little doubt can be held that this year's show, Sept. 8-9, will go over with a bang.. This year the queen will be se lected by popular vote, with every one to have an opportunity to ex press his preference. Choice will be made from five popular girls, each one to be proposed as the fa vorite of one of five districts of the county, namely lone, Lexing ton, Rhea Creek, Lena and Alpine. Three dance9 are slated through which votes will be cast, one at lone, one at Lexington and one at Rhea creek with a grand finale queen dance to be held at Heppner on September 2. Dates for the other dances are July 22, Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, though it has not been definitely decided yet where each of the outside dances will be held on each date. Willows, Lexington and Rhea Creek granges are co operating in selecting the girl to represent each of these districts, and in staging the dances. A certain number of votes will be given with each dance ticket to be cast for the favorite girl of the purchaser. When the queen is named other girls in the contest will be her assistants In reigning over the 1933 Rodeo. Only minor chages were made in the list of events at a meeting of the executive committee last night. All the features of last year's show were retained with the exception of the chariot race, in place of which two races, a cowgirl race and a two-year-old race, were add ed. The cowgirl race will be run Saturday, no entrance fee, and prize money of $10 and $5. The two-year-old race, running horses two years old or under, has long been popular on other tracks and is expected to be so here. It will be run Friday only for $20, $10 arid $5, no entrance fee. This year all entrance fee money will be added to purses in every event, with purse money the same as last year. An exception is the bucking contest, for which the money has been split three ways this year instead of four. The money offered is $60, $35 and $25. The entrance fee in the calf rop ing was reduced from $5 to $2.50. In the saddle horse and cowboy races a change in conditions was made. Instead of running once or twice around the track as dn pre vious years, the horses will run 50 yards in opposite directions, turn ing on line and returning to the starting point. Admission prices were set at $1 for adults and 25 cents for chil dren, the same as last year, and school children are again to be ad mitted free on Friday. Earl Eskelson and Earl Gordon, in charge of concessions, reported to the executive committee that they will lease concessions out right to local people. Some of the concessions have already been spoken for, and they desire any one Interested to get in touch with them. SEE WORLD S FAIR PARTY. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson, C. J. D. Bauman, Chester Chrlstenson and Frances Nickerson motored to Pendleton Monday afternoon to see 13 Almira, Wash., Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster, Edward Notson and Mrs. Notson, pass through on their way to the world's fair at Chicago. The party was being transported by Mr. Notson's car and a trailer which the boys had constructed themselves. They ex pected to make It through to Elgin, 111., in ten days, making their headquarters there and going in to the fair from there each day. Mr. Notson resided at Elgin for three years and had made arrangements with a friend there for headquar ters. They were anticipating an enjoyable trip. Accompanying the Heppner party home was Robert Notson, 6-year-old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Notson senior, who will stay at the family home here until the return of his father and moth er from Chicago. GEORGE WILLIE ARRESTED. Condon Globe Times George Willie, Indian, spent sev eral days, Including the Fourth of July, ns guest of Frank Bennett, sheriff. He was arrected by State Officer McMahon at the George Newell ranch Friday where he was reported to bo causing trouble. Ap pearing before A. H. Switzer, jus tice of peace at Arlington, he was fined $25, which had not been paid Thursday, BODED QUEEN TO B NAMED N CONTEST Eccles - Scritsmier Install Timber and Planing Mills Work of installing a planing mill in north .Heppner near the O.-W. R. & N, company yards is being pushed by D. C. Eccles and F. Scritsmier of Portland, who also are installing a 25,000-foot capacity mill at the Hamilton ranch up Rhea creek. Machinery for the planing mill in town is expected to arrive the end of the week. Machinery for the mill In the timber is on the ground and it is expected the mill will be in opera tion by the first of August Besides putting the output of their own mill through the planer at Heppner, the Portland men also expect to han dle the output of the Voile and Greener mills, now in operation. The lumber to be finished here is expected to be shipped east Deliv eries are now being made at the local yards and the lumber stacked for drying to be ready for the plan er as soon as it is installed. Sev eral local men are employed by the company, known as the Heppner Planing Mill. Work Expected to Start Soon on Heppner - Spray That the state engineer and high way commission exnert tn tinph work completing the Heppner- opray roaa as rapiaiy as possible is conveyed In a communication received this week from fienntnr Jay H, Upton of Bend, president ui ine .uaues-tjaiirornia Highway association. To further confirm this report a crew of state engin eers arnvea in Heppner Tuesday to finish the Dreliminarv Mr. Upton writes: "I assume that you have the in formation that the Heppner-Spray hiehwav is reeonrnienHpH hv the state highway commission for im provement immediately. This in formation has been published in the daily press and I have been as sured personally by Mr. Scott and Mr. Baldock that $45,000 of the $50,000 annronriatpd will nnmnloto the Heppner-Spray highway, leav ing about $5,000 additional for in cidentals. 'The Dalles-California Hip-hwnir association can't claim any credit for this appropriation I am sure, because the state engineer and the highway commission were favor- ttDiy incunea oy reason ot tne work already rinnp tw thfl pminhr ntir and citizens of Morrow county. Mr. bcott . and Mr. Baldock were in Bend yesterday and assured me of V tion of the hiehwav cnmnlpfprl nn tnp.ir earnpat hmm tn trat that nr.. eariy as possioie. ' MRS. SPROULS' MOTHER DIES. Condon Globe Times Mrs. Mary May Keeney, mother of Mrs. Harley Sprouls, died at her home in Portland Monday evening after an extended illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday af ternoon at the chapel of Swank Y. McGee funeral home, and inter ment was in the Multnomah cem etery. Mrs. Sprouls was with her moth er at the end and Mr. Sprouls and children went down Tuesday for the funeral. Mrs. Keeney is survived by five children: Mrs. Juanita Bryant, Ed na Keeney, Tina Keeney and Chauncey Keeney, all of Portland, and Mrs. Sprouls of Condon; five sisters and one brother: Mrs. J. H. Anderson of Portland, Mrs. K. W. Farnsworth of The Dalles. Mrs. D. M. Ward of lone, Mrs. E. Heabler of Pateros, Wash, and C. W. Wil son of Monument I0NE By MARGARET BLAKE Mrs. Ruby Roberts, postmaster, announces that the train resumed its former schedule on July 9. Ef fective from that date until further notice all outgoing mall must be In the office before 5:45 p. m. each day. Mrs. Ruth Mason and son Junior departed the first of the week on a vacation trip. Mrs. Mason will spend some time visiting relatives in Spokane and Junior will spend a week at Camp Rotary, the Boy Scout camp twelve miles up the river from Milton. Linea Troedson has returned from a trip which took her to Se attle and other points for several weeks. Miss Joan Birks of Portland is spending part of her vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Roberts. Miss Birks Is a niece of Mr. Roberts. The Women's Topic club will meet at the home of Mrs. M. E. Cotter on next Saturday afternoon, July 15, for its monthly social meeting. Miss Dorothy Clark was brought from the Heppner hospital to the home of her sister, Mrs. Maude Farrls, last Friday evening. The Lutheran Mission band met at the Gooseberry Lutheran church Sunday, July 9, at 2 p. m. The president Arthur Bergstrom, being absent, the meeting was led by Mrs, Oscar Peterson. An Interest ing story was read by Merle Baker and then all the children joined In repeating the 23rd Psalm. Clifford Carlson gave a recitation, "In Chi na." A letter was read which had been received from Miss Minnie Tack, a missionary in China whom the Juniors are helping to support She gave an account of the work being done there and how happy the people are to receive the gos pel. The children were given mite boxs for their offerings and a re ward will be given to the one who (Continued on Pge Four) LIONS HELP EXTEND CITY'S JJOSPITALITY Would Prov ide Headquar ters for C. C. C. Boys Visiting Heppner. OFFICERS INSTALLED Dr. A. D. McMurdo Inducted m New President; Meetings of Interest Reported. In taking over the helm of the Heppner Lions club last Monday for a new year of activity. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, newly inducted presi dent, bespoke for the club increas ed vigor in its field of community betterment Spencer Crawford, re tiring president, stressed the coop eration of the members through which was made possible a good record of achievement during a year of trying depression. Gay M. Anderson, as Installing officer, and Al Rankin, marshal, conducted the ceremonies of in stallation, charging the new offi cers with their duties in a light hearted manner. Officers installed were Dr. McMurdo, president; Chas. Thomson, first vice-president; W. W. Smead, second vice president; John Anglin, secretary treasurer; Earl Eskelson, Lion tamer; C. J. D. Bauman, tailtwist er; Spencer Crawford and Earl Gordon, members of executive com mittee. Good Will Expressed The first matter of importance to the community to receive action under the new regime was that of providing a headquarters for C. C. C. boys coming to town from the Bull Prairie forest camp. The dis cussion revealed a spirit of good feeling locally towad the boys, who, it was said, have been well behaved and generally courteous and con siderate toward townspeople. There has been no indication in their Visits here that the boys are law less, as news of the riot at the camp last week has led some peo ple to believe, the discussion re vealed. Grumblings of Insufficient camp grub came largely from among the boys who have been deported from the camp, it was asserted by offi cers present who have been la close touch with the situation, who further said that the remaining New York boys at the camp are largely endeavoring to make the best of their situation, and are trying to do the work asked of them. In the light of the discussion the Lions were unanimous in their de sire to have the city extend hospi tality to the visitors. To arrange for quarters, shower both and read ing facilities, and bunks, if possi ble, President McMurdo appointed Earl Eskelson, Earl Gordon and W. W. Smead a3 a committee to this end. It was reported that reading material was especially de sired, and the committee asked that anyone having magazines or books to donate to leave them at Hotel Heppner. City Building Eyed. Since the meeting, the commit tee contacted Captain Parker in charge of the camp, who is coop erating in carrying out the com mittee's plans. Feasibility of us ing the city's concrete building on the corner of Willow and Gale streets was being Investigated by the committee, who hoped to have quarters available for the boys this week end. Further discussion was had of the matter of ridding vacant city lots of junked automobiles and oth er rubbish, with action on the mat ter deferred. An Invitation from Arlington was extended the Lions through Chas. W. Smith, county agent, to attend a meeting there at 4 o'clock yes-, terday to receive Major Kuntz, ar my engineer, who is engaged at present in a survey of the Colum bia river which, it was believed, may result In selection of the loca tion of the first dam to be con structed on the river. Another meeting of interest to business men of the community as well as to wheat farmers, was an nounced by Mr. Smith; It being the farmers' meeting at the court house this afternoon for the pur pose of explaining the acreage re duction plan under the new federal farm act, with Paul V. Maris and G. R. Hyslop of the state college in charge. A similar meeting was to be held at lone yesterday, Mr. Smith said. Dr. McGrail, army physician at the Bull Prairie camp, was a guest of the club. MAN KILLED AT BOARDMAN. An indefinite report reached Heppner this morning that a man was killed In an automobile acci dent near Boardman. Dr. A. D. McMurdo, coroner, went down to investigate, and the county police were notified to make an investi gation. MANY PRIZES WON AT V. OF O. Eugene, Ore. Prizes and schol arships totalling more than $3,000 In cash were awarded to 61 stud ents at the University of Oregon during the year Just past Funds for these were donated by friends of the Institution who have Inter ests in various fields ot education.