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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.