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Volume 50, Number 21.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1933
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Membership Placards Ap
pear; Mass Meeting
Discusses Plan.
OPENING HOURS SET
Betail Stores, Barber Shops Adopt
8 to 6 o'clock as Business Day;
Higher Prices Scheduled.
Business houses of Heppner are
100 percent in their support of the
president In his National Recovery
Act. This developed at a public
mass meeting of business men held
at Hotel Heppner last Friday eve
ning, and in interviews with indiv
idual firms this week, many of
whom are already displaying the
membership placards.
While all businesses of the city
were not certain as to just how
they might be affected by the act,
they were unanimous in their dec
laration that they were willing to
do whatever they could to speed
recovery.
The mass meeting Friday eve
ning developed following receipt
that morning of the temporary
agreement ronns, in which the bus
iness men were asked to comply
with the general blanket code
which stipulates a 40-hour week for
employees and a minimum wage
stale for various classes of labor.
The code went into effect Tuesday.
A discussion of the provisions of
the agreement revealed that very
little of the code affects towns un
der 2500 population, but those Arms
affected locally arranged to comply
with its provisions. Among other
provisions of the agreement is a
section providing that those sign
ing agreements will give preference
in making purchases to firms dis
playing the blue eagle.
. It was also said that buttons are
available at the postofflce to be
distributed among the general buy
ing public to distinguish the wear
er as one who patronizes retail
firms displaying the NRA sign.
Developing out of the Friday
meeting was another mass meeting
of retail business1 houses Monday
evening called for the purpose of
agreeing locally on opening and
closing hours for these businesses.
This action was taken aside from
the NRA agreement, and It was
made plain that there was no di
rect connection between the two
actions. The shorter hours agreed
upon were made, it was said, be
cause of the general tendency for
shorter business hours over the
country.
Under the agreement evolved at
this meeting, beginning August 1
all retail business houses were to
start the business day at 8 o'clock
in the morning and close at 6 o'
clock in the evening on week days,
and to open at 8 o'clock in the
morning and to close at 9 o'clock in
the evening on Saturdays, and to
remain closed on Sundays.
Drug stores, garages and service
stations, pastimes, and barber shops
were not affected by this agreement.
The two barber shops of the city,
however, under a separate pact,
have agreed to shorten their busi
ness day by closing an hour earlier
in the evening, giving them exactly
the same hours as the retail busi
ness houses, 8 to 6 o'clock on week
days, and 8 to 9 o'clock on Satur
days. Effects of the recovery act as
applied to Industry are already be
ginning to be felt In local stores
with receipt of schedules showing
advancing prices. Increased prices
for raw materials as well as higher
wages are reflected In the sched
ules, Indicating a rise In retail
prices generally. Compensatory
rise in. the purchasing power of
farmers is hoped for through the
operation of the companion Agri
cultural Adjustment Act, of which
the domestic allotment plan for
wheat Is a part..
RALPH CHARNLEY.
Ralph Charnley, husband of Mrs.
Dldama Day Charnley of 6929 N.
Alta Ave., Portland, passed away
at the Vancouver General hospital,
Vancouver, B. C, July 26.
Mr. Charnley was a resident of
Barnston Island for 30 years; was
73 years of age, and was born in
England. He is survived by his
widow, three sons and three daugh
ters, all of whom were with him
during his Illness and at the time
of his death.
He was a man of many worldly
experiences, having spent two years
in the heart of Alaska with a group
of friends and had kept In close
contact with his native land by
making several return visits to
England.
The funeral was held on Friday
from the Maple Ridge Angelican
church to the Maple Ridge ceme
tery, conducted by the Rev. Cyril
.Venebles. The Columbia Funeral
service had charge of the arrange
ments. Mr. Charnley had been a resident
of Portland since 1929, and was
highly regarded by his circle of
friends In that city.
Mrs. Melissa Marlatt and Mrs.
George Schwartz, sisters of Mrs
Charnley, reside at Heppner.
Funeral Rites Held for
Mrs. Walter Evans
Funeral services were held from
the family home on Willow creek,
six miles north of Heppner, be
ginning at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon for Mrs. Walter Evans, who
died at 2:30 o'clock Thursday after
noon following an attack of influ
enza. Services were in charge of
Phelps Funeral home with Joel R.
Benton, Christian minister, officiat
ing. Interment was in Masonic
cemetery.
A large concourse of friends and
neighbors attended the services and
a profusion of beautiful floral offer
ings was their tribute of sympathy
and esteem.
Mrs. Evans had been ill with in
fluenza for some time. She had ap
parently recuperated quite well,
when on Thursday she arose from
her bed, and ate a hearty noon
meal. She sustained a heart at
tack and passed away at 2:30 o
'clock. Estella Herren was born in Mis
souri, April 2, 1890, and died at
Heppner, Oregon, July 27, 1933,
aged 43 years, 3 months and 25
days. She moved with her family
to Idaho when 6 years of age, where
she lived until about 18 years ago
when she came to Morrow county.
She was married to Walter Evans,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Evans
of this city, January 6, 1925, and
the family home was made on Wil
low creek till the time of her death.
Besides her widower, Mrs. Evans is
survived by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Warren Herren of Sturgis
S. Dak., a sister, Mrs. Bessie Hub-
bell, and a brother, Ernest Herren,
both of Rapid City, S. Dak.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Herren and
family were present for the funer
al services. Also attending from
out of town were Jeff and Minnie
Evans of Walla Walla, Wash., and
Fred Evans and family of Freewa-
ter.
I0NE
By MARGARET BLAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris were
business visitors at Pendleton on
Tuesday.
George E. Tucker, superintendent
of the lone school, passed through
town last Saturday. He has com
pleted six weeks of summer school
at. the University of Oregon, and
was on his way to Lander, Wyom
ing, where Mrs. Tucker has been
spending the past two months at
the home of her parents.
Stanley Seeley made a trip to
Portland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allstott, Jr.,
have moved into the house by the
creek owned by Ralph Harris. Mr.
Allstott is employed in harvest near
lone.
Mrs. Victor Peterson and son of
Heppner spent several days visiting
friends and relatives in lone the
past week.
W. F. Honey of Gresham is in
lone for a stay of a week or so
while looking after his business In
terests.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pomerantz are
visitors at the home of Mrs. Pom
erantz's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Clark.
The Past Noble Grand club of
Bunch grass Rebekah lodge held
their July meeting at the home if
Mrs. J. E. Swanson last Friday af
ternoon. The regular business was
attended to, then as there was no
club work on hand the ladies spent
the remainder of the afternoon
quilting on a quilt their hostess had
In frames. Delicious refreshments
were served. The following ladies
were present: Mrs E. J. Bristow,
Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Miss Norma
Swanson, Mrs. Cleo Drake, Mrs.
Ernest Heliker, Mrs. Frank Lun-
dell, Mrs. Lena Lundell, Mrs. Ella
Davidson, Mrs. J, W Howk, Mrs.
Garland Swanson, and Mrs. Elmo
McMillan. The August meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. E.
J. Bristow.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsay mo
tored to Portland Saturday evening
to bring home tbeir daughters, Hel
en and Betty Lou who have spent
the past two months with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Akers.
Miss Joan Birks of Portland who
has been visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts re
turned to her home Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary E. Ball suffered a par
alytic stroke at her ranch home
last Monday and was taken to the
hospital at Heppner for care.
Mrs. Ross Perry who has been
seriously ill at the Heppner hospi
tal has been returned to her home
and is reported to be improving
slowly.
Mrs. Garland Swanson went to
Salem Sunday for a short visit.
She went as far as Portland with
Johnny Eubanks who went down
to get a load of sacks for the ele
vator company.
Mrs. Tom Davidson spent several
days of last week visiting at Hepp
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny
Turner.
Mrs. Edna Jewell of Pasco, Wn,
came to lone last week to get her
children, Billy and Lois, who have
been visiting with their grand
mother, Mrs. Alice McNabb. Mrs.
MJcNabb returned with them ten
Pasco for a visit Also going with
the party was Mrs. Ellen Relth,
mother of Mrs, J. P. O'Meara, who
will visit a son at Sprague, Wn., for
some time.
Word was received Monday of
the death on that day of Mrs. Walt
Puyear at Lewiston, Idaho. Mrs.
Puyear had suffored for some time
with kidney trouble, and a letter
from her daughter, June, last week
(Continued on Pace Four)
Ntw PLAN PROPOSED
Low Dams at Bonneville
and at Rapids Backed
for Navigation.
TO MEET TOMORROW
Dill Goes to Washington to Help
Present Picture; Walla Walla
Meeting Site, Lions Told.
Further progress of the campaign
of the Umatilla Rapids association
in its fight to gain presidential rec
ognition of its project for expendi
ture of funds for the development
of the Columbia river was report
ed at the Lions club meeting Mon
day by S. E. Notson, local vice
president of the association.
Since last week's report in which
Mr. Notson said that the coopera
tion of Senator Dill and Congress
men Sam Hill and Newt Hill of
Washington had been assured, but
that Senator Dill was not In a po
sition to go to Washington, Mr.
Notson reported this week that the
senator had gone to Washington
and in company with Senator Mo
Nary was attempting to put the
complete picture of development of
the river before the president.
The tentative program which the
association is now pushing contenv
plates the building of a low dam at
Bonneville that would obviate the
necessity of expending some $3,-
000,000 indemnity to railroads and
highways which would be called for
under the proposed plan of the en
gineers, and in addition another
low dam at Umatilla Rapids. The
Bonneville dam would include the
erection of a power plant, but no
power plant would be hullt at Uma
tilla Rapids, the dam at this point
being solely to aid navigation. The
construction of two such dams, the
association believes, would give the
greatest aid to transportation as
well as serve the immediate power
needs in the light of authorization
of the Grand Coulee dam, which
will be built entirely as a power
project.
- The dam at Umatilla Rapids now
proposed would cost $11,000,000, ac
cording to the estimate given.
To round out its campaign and
to present a united front of the
16 counties in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho vitally interested in the
Umatilla Rapids development, a
meeting of representatives cover
ing all the territory has been call
ed at Walla Walla tomorrow eve
ning. A number of Lions expressed
their intention of attending. Mr.
Notson also reported that organi
zation of the joint association rep
resenting Echa, Umatilla and Stan
field had been perfected, and this
body had expressed its intention of
coordinating its efforts with those
of the rapids association, expecting
to nave representation at the Wal
la Walla meeting.
It was expected the president
would give his final say on the Co
lumbia development soon after his
return from his latest vacation
jaunt, and the association recog
nizes me necessity of pushing an
aggressive campaign as rapidly as
possible.
Spencer Crawford reported fur
ther on the community mountain
camp project, the present Nyberg
roaa camp, tnat an engineer had
surveyed the site this week and
tne forest service okeh seemed
probable in the near future.
A guest of the Lions was Pf
William F. Boyer, superintendent
of music for the Portland public
aenuuis, wno led tne grouD sine-Ins
and obliged with an entertaining
vocal and piano solo. Professor
Boyer was a house guest of Mr. and
irs. j. u uault while In the city.
Other guests included A. H. Swit-
zer of Arlington, Wm. Francis and
. A. McMahon, state police, and
W. L. McGhee, manager Interior
Warehouse company.
FIND RUBBER BOAS,
A grouD Of Hnnnnor TZntr e..j.
! I J WLVULS
who spent Friday afternoon to Sun-
uay morning at camp at the saw
dust pile in the monntalna innnn
other things picked up two rubber
ona snaKes, described by a natural
ist in the Oregonian recently as
the smallest of the
South American boa constrictors.
Scott McMurdo and John Crawford
were the proud possessors of the
reptiles which Were displayed on
their arrival in town. Young Mc
Murdo, a little dubious about pick
ing up one of the snakes with his
fingers, went to the creek and plck-
eu up a crawaaa, using its pincers
to pick up the snake. Eight to ten
Inches in length, amber colored
with light yellow bellies, blunt tail
ed, and true constrictors, the
snakes answered In every particu
lar the naturalist's description In
the Oregonian.
GETS ORDER FOR BONDS.
When In Portland last week, S.
E. Notson, district attorney, receiv
ed an order from federal court
asking that J. G. Gault, receiver,
turn over to Morrow county bonds
held to secure deposit In First Na
tional bank. A showing to the
comptroller will be made why such
action should be taken, and Mr.
Notson anticipates no difficulty.
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I From Happenings Here and Yon I
Concerning s
What It Means j
Business Hours 1
f Racketeering Doomed j
and other things of more or less i
moment as seen by ,
.The G. T. REPORTER f
m
Conjecture was rife on Main
street this week as to the mean
ing of the NRA displayed on plac
ards in store windows.
Jim Cox said it means, "No
Running Around." Storekeepers
dispalying the sign should stay on
the job, he believes. I
However that may be, business
men are for it; see the elimina
tion of unfair trade practices thru
adoption of the uniform codes in
various lines of industry. Action
of some places was being delayed
awaiting adoption of code for their
special line of business.
But only words of commenda-
tion and support of the recovery
program were heard. All Hepp
ner business is ready to give the
"New Deal" a chance to work.
Tuesday morning storekeepers'
of Heppner started to work an
hour later than usual under a new
business-day pact. The longer
hours of the past were not neces
sary to transact the ordinary busi
ness of the city, they believed.
Time was when Heppner stores
stayed open every day of the week
from 6 or 7 o'colck in the morning
till 9 or 10 o'clock at night, Sun
days included. Business hours have
been shortened at ' intervals since,
as it was learned that the public
will trade during business hours
whatever they may be, except in
emergency cases.
Farmers, too, seem favorably im
pressed with the domestic allot
ment wheat plan, which will go
hand in hand with the industrial
recovery act locally to balance the
economic ledger. A heavy sign-up
of acreage reduction agreements is
anticipated. .. -
Nearly $300,000 will be their com
pensation this year, if all partici
pate, according to word from Sec
retary Wallace.
Now the president is preparing
to wage war on racketeering, al
ready struck a staggering blow by
provisions of the recovery act Es
pecially slated for effacement Is the
kidnapping racket.
That's good news. Maybe it will
not be long before our people can
again sing, "the land of the free
and the home of the brave," and
mean It
If so, the New Deal will be the
best hand the country was ever
dealt
Mrs. Ed Piercy, son Kenneth and
daughters Pauline and Virginia are
visiting at the E. E. Gilliam home
from .their home at The Dalles
Kenneth graduated from The Dal
les high school last year. They ex
pected to go on to Portland shortly
for an inspection of Old Ironsides.
FRIENDSHIP, WAR, DIABETES INSPIRE
LETTER FROM FORMER 'GAZET' EDITOR
(Editor's Note: The following com
munication from Col. J. W. Redlngton,
pioneer editor of the Heppner Gazette,
la offered with pleasure to Gazette
Times readers. It's (tush and spirit are
indicative of Col. Redington's former
pungent journalistic style, and it's op
timism reveals a philosophic nature
rarely found in human kind. The lock
of hair referred to in his letter (mucli
resembling hemn) was enclosed: also
copies of affidavits showing the colonel's
service connections, ana a record of his
military service which is printed at the
end of his letter. Also enclosed was a
"war map" of the colonel in his young
er days a picture showing him on
horseback.)
Main Hospital,
National Military Home, Calif.,
Somewhere in July, '33.
Editor Gazet:
Thi3 is one of the best hospitals
on earth, with all modern appli
ances, and its cheerfulness was
added to yesterday by a visit from
Garfield Crawford, Heppner Black
man and James Hart, who found
myself and Milton Morgan In the
same ward, and we had an inter
esting powwow about pioneer days
in Eastern Oregon, and discussed
who was dead, who was not dead,
and who ought to be dead. It was
a great pleasure to again meet
those old Heppner boys, and very
kind of them not to forget us Boy
Scout shut-ins, but it was a sur
prise to see how they had gained
weight, Heppner Blackman having
run up to 180, and Garfield to 160.
Where "Hopp" gets his weight from
is a great mystery. His father and
mother and Uncle Henry were all
medium. But this weight business
Is a queer proposition,
While I have d'opped down to
112, one of my little girls In Seattle
writes that she now weighs 181,
which shows that we are keeping
a general average In the family.
Seven months ago the doctor here
who specializes on diabetes said
ALLOTMENT
IjajttBDSHELS
Minimum of 28 Cents to
Be Paid as Benefit
Under Agreement.
BONUS PLAN CITED
Would Stimulate Export of North
west Wheat; Nearly $300,000 in
Sight for County Growers.
Morrow county's wheat allotment
under the agricultural adjustment
act is 1,050,065 bushels, according
to announcement this week. In
making the announcement, Secre
tary Wallace said that the mint
mum allowance per bushel on each
farmer's allotment, to compensate
him for reducing acreage the re
quired amount not to exceed 20
per cent of the average acreage
planted for the last three years,
would be 28 cents a bushel.
Farmers who agree to reduce
acreage will be paid 20 cents a
bushel on their allotments this fall,
and a minimum of 8 cents a bushel
in the spring after it is shown they
have lived up to their agreements.
On the basis of the announced al
lotment and compensation figures,
should there be a 100 percent sign
up in Morrow county, farmers of
the county would receive $210,013
this fall and 84,005.20 next spring,
or a total of $294,018.20.
Production allotments all told
were announced for 42 states and
2233 counties, totaling 456,198,588
bushels, the basis on which benefit
payments will be made to farmers
under the voluntary domestic allot
ment plan.
Because of the congestion of
wheat in Pacific Northwest termin
als, which shippers say must go
either for export or through the
Panama canal to eastern U. S.
ports, the farm administrators are
considering the payment of a boun
ty to stimulate its going for export
and to prevent it dragging down
the eastern market. Under -the
plan 2 cents of each 30-cent-per-
bushel processing . tax would- be
used, aggregating some $20,000,000.
Authority under the agricultural
adjustment act is given to use a
portion of the processing tax to
"expand markets and remove sur
plus agricultural products."
The reconstruction finance cor
poration recently completed a $50,
000,000 loan to China to be used for
the purchase of cotton and wheat,
$10,000,000 of the amount to go for
wheat purchases.
Grain men have welcomed the
bonus proposal, saying that exports
have been practically at a stand
still. They believe that opening up
torelgn markets in this way will
help safeguard the domestic price,
which will in turn react to the ben
efit of the producer.
Contracts under the allotment
plan are expected to be received lo
cally late in August, and in the
meantime the local committee of
growers with the assistance of the
county agent are busy gathering
data necessary to fix allotments
when contracts have been signed,
and to proceed with the organiza
tion of the Morrow County Wheat
Production Control association.
that the test showed sugar In my
blood, and when I asked what of
it, and mightn't it be just as well
to have it there as In the sugar
bowl, he said no, that it was a sure
sign of diabetes, which might cause
coma. I argued that I had no dia
betes or anything else, and any
way, that coma was an easy way to
kick off you went to sleep and
never woke up. However, I was
ordered to take two shots of In
sulin every day, but after awhile
that was reduced to one shot, so
that then I was only half-shot.
Pretty soon the medicine man
proved to be right, as a diabetes
sore came on my foot, swelling up
to imitate a baloon tire, giving me
acres of agony, especially at night,
when it had the jumping-toothache,
defying millions of medicines and
the most skillful surgery.
I wore out the worst of It by be
ing nailed down to a wheel-chair
for six months, so that now the
sore spot has reduced to about the
size of one of those life-saver loz
enges with a donut hole In It, and
I am again allowed to scout around
outdoors, when wearing a cane.
But the sore still stings.
Mr. Morgan has a swollen knee,
which refused to reduce, and is
pretty painful, and would prevent
his keeping time with the rest of
the congregation if he attended
services in an Episcopal or any
church where they did so much
kneeling down. He and I served
in the Nez Perce Indian war in
1877, and we get thrills in recalling
incidents of that campaign, but I
have to sandpaper up his memory
In regard to the fine feather beds
the soldiers slept on while zigzag
ging over the Lo Lo Trail, when
the Quartermaster's Corps rode
out In advance, right on the heels
(Continued on Pas Four)
Queen Dance Saturday;
Juniper Hop Scheduled
Second voting for queen of the
1933 Heppner Rodeo will take place
at the dance at Rhea Creek hall
next Saturday night In the Initial
round of the contest at Lexington,
Miss Ruth Dinges, the Lexington
representative, took off In the lead
with 6200 votes, with the other can
didates in order, Miss Mae Doherty
3700, Miss Margaret Bros nan 2800,
Miss Edna Lindstrom 2400, Miss
Dorothy Doherty 2100. Rhea Creek
is sponsoring the candidacy of Miss
Mae Doherty.
Arrangements are being mada
for adding one more dance to the
schedule of queen contest dances,
to be held at Juniper hall, August
26. This will be a free dance,
though ballots will be sold to de
fray expense. The remaining dances
will be held at lone, August 19, and
at Heppner, September 2.
IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Mrs. J. L. Gault and Prof. Wil
liam F. Boyer, superintendent of
music In the Portland public
schools, who left Heppner Tuesday
enroute for Jefferson and Corval
lis Mrs Gault to attend the dedi
cation of the state bridge at Jef
ferson named in honor of her
grandfather met with an accident
when their car overturned on the
Heppner-Spray road at the head
of Haystack canyon. Faulty brakes
were believed to have been respon
sible. They were assisted in right
ing the car by a forest truck, and
continued on their journey, stop
ping off at Prineville for medical
attention to their injuries. Bruises
and slight lacerations were sus
tained by the occupants while the
car was only slightly damaged. Mr.
Gault and Fred Lucas went out to
the scene of the accident immedi
ately on receipt of word.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
The Lexington school will open
Monday, September 11, with the
following corps of teachers In
charge: Principal of the high school
and grades will be James H. Wil
liams who has been In the schools
at Lostlne for the past three years
and he comes to Lexington highly
recommended. Miss Freda Ham-
mel of Monmouth and Laurel
Beach of Lexington will fill the
other high school positions. Teach
ers in the grades are: first and sec
ond, Mrs. La Vlle White; third
and fourth, Miss Eula McMillan;
fifth and sixth, George Gillis; sev
enth and eighth, Mrs. Frank Tur
ner. This will be Mrs. Turner's
tenth year as seventh and eighth
grade teacher in this school. Mr.
Gillis has taught here the past two
years and both Mrs. White and
Miss McMillan taught here last
year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Barnett en
tertained the following guests at
dinner Sunday: Mrs. Minnie Leach,
Mr. and Mrs. James Leach and the
Misses Opal and Wilma Leach.
The chief social event of Interest
during the week was the miscellan
eous shower on Thursday after
noon, honoring Mrs. Lonnie Hen
derson, nee LaVerne White, who
was recently married. Mrs, Hen
derson received many lovely and
useful gifts. One feature of the
afternoon's entertainment was "The
Wedding of the Flowers" which
was enjoyed by all. At the close of
a very pleasant afternoon refresh
ments of cake and punch were
served by the Misses Glea Sias,
Faye Luttrell, Grace Burchell, Rose
Thornburg, Jessie McCabe, Fern
Luttrell and Tillie Nelson. Others
present besides those already men
tioned were Mesdames Pearl Shaw,
Lorena Miller, Helen Nichols, Mar
garet Swift, Lulu Wright, Pearl
Gentry, Emma White, Ruth Mc
Millan, Kathryn Slocum, Frances
McMillan, Margaret Leach, La
Velle White, Beulah Nichols, Lor
raine Beach, Emma Peck, Bertha
Dinges, Sarah White, Nellie Pal
mer, Casha Shaw, Freda Slocum,
Edna Hunt, Laura Scott, Carolyn
Kuns, Chas. Sia3, J. M. White, Em
ma Breashers, Cleo Van Winkle,
Doris Graves, Ethel Wilcox, and
the Misses Wilma Leach, Mae Cal
loway, Alma Van Winkle, Clara
Nelson, Opal Leach, Alice Palmer
and Muriel Patterson.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Omar
Luttrell last week were their
daughters, Mrs. Lois Snively of Ce-
lilo and Mrs. Dona Hill of Rufus.
Miss Mae Calloway of Corvallis
is visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Peck. Miss Calloway
Is a niece of Mr. Peck.
Chris Moehnke passed away last
Thursday afternoon at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Julian Rauch.
Merle Carmlchael and Esther
Schlerman motored to Stanfield on
Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Campbell who has been
quite 111 was taken to the Heppner
hospital Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schriever
had as their guests last week Miss
Gertrude Schwarz, Gordon McNiel
and Mrs. Walter Stutte and two
children, Phyllis and Robert, of
Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Faler of Boarman.
Miss Edna Luttrell has gone to
Celllo to visit with her sister, Mrs.
Lois Snively.
Miss Tillie Nelson is staying with
Mrs. J. F. McMillan.
Mrs. Glenn Gale and young son
who have been visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. Sylvannus Wright have
returned to their home at Portland.
Word has been received here of
the death of Mrs. T. M. Scott at
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COUNTY SCHOOL D LL
Auditor Advises Consoli
dation, Enlarging Ser
vice of Treasurer.
DEBT TOTAL LARGE
$333,743.35 Owed by All Schools;
Comparison of High School Op
erating Costs Given.
In the face of an increased In
debtedness last year of $27,441.24 in
the total school indebtedness of the
county, as shown by his report
completed last Friday, C. R. Harn,
auditor, recommended still further
economy in the coming year's
school operations in order to better
this condition. The present total
school indebtedness of the county
as of June 19, 1933, was given at
$333,743.35.
An excess of expenditures over
receipts plus cash balances at the
beginning of the year was shown
to be $39,000, represented by a like
amount In unpaid warrants. Of the
total expenditures $12,000 went for
retirement of bonded indebtedness.
so that actually the indebtedness
was increased by $27,441.24.
The total expenditures of $198,-
356.99 for the year, as shown by
the consolidated report, was divid
ed as follows: $62,041.06 went to re
tire old bonds, notes and warrants
outstanding; $17,214.07 was paid
for interest, and $136,315.93 was
paid for current operating expenses.
Some Salaries Large.
"I am of the opinion that some
of the schools are paying (last
year) some teachers' salaries that
are higher than necessary to ob
tain good teachers," Ham's report
says. "I am of the opinion also
that & saving can be effected, and
probably education improved, by
closing the high school deparment
of two or three schools that operat
ed last year and transporting their
few pupils to larger high schools
or else boarding these pupils in
towns of the latter."
Leading to the conclusion that
the county treasurer's office should
be extended to offer banking facil
ities to all districts of the county.
Harn further reported:
The lack of banking facilities
locally since last October, 1932, has
been the cause of a great amount
of delay in the cashing of warrants
and inconveniences to the clerks in
keeping their records. A vary few
districts keep bank accounts in
Portland and Henniston, but the
great majority have no bank ac
count, except their deposit accounts
at the local banks both of which
have been closed for nine months.
The county treasurer, Mr. Leon W.
Briggs, has been performing a fine
service for many of these districts
by taking their money and cash
ing their warrants as the holders
present them.
Treasurer Plan Told.
"This condition leads me to rec
ommend that the duties of the staff
of the county treasurer's office be
enlarged to enable that office to
perform the banking function for
all Morrow county districts choos
ing to take advantage of this ser
vice. If such an extended plan is
adopted, a competent person should
be engaged as a deputy to the
treasurer, and bonded, and given
charge of this branch of the treas
urer s service, on such ararngement
as to time as may be required. Such
a plan would operate about as fol
lows:
"A new ledger would be started
with a deposit account for each
district; money would be received
on deposit from the clerks and
credited to the districts' respect
ive accounts. Warrants presented
at the treasurer's office would be
cashed and charged to the districts
issuing them; warrants to be paid
that are not presented to the treas
urer's window, could be paid by
the treasurer's check, and charged
to the districts; the clerks would
issue warrants to the treasurer for
the total interest he had paid on
the warrants. Taxes and monies
from school funds would be trans
ferred to the districts' deposit ac
counts, with the traasurer's usual
entries for the payment of these
funds, and credits as described
above for the deposit of these re
ceipts in the new districts' ac
counts."
Harn's consolidated report, in
cluding all of the school year 1932-
lvii ending June 19, 1933, shows to
tal cash receipts of $248,932.25, and
a cash balance after expenditures
of $50,575.26. The outstanding in
debtedness of $333,743.35 Included
$197,100.00 bonded indebtedness and
$136,643.35 warrant Indebtedness.
His schedule of delinquent taxes.
including all of 1932 and half of
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ENTERTAINMENT SLATED.
"A Pipe Dream," sponsored by
Heppner unit, American Legion
Auxiliary, will be presented at the
school gym-audltorlum tomorrow
evening under the direction of Mrs.
Roikjer of Seattle. Including 10
choruses, all catchy, cleverly and
beautifully staged, specialty num
bers, the entertainment, all home
talent, will be presented In three
parts: "Vacation Days," musical
numbers and pantomime.