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Volume 50, Number 29.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Sept. 28, 1933
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HOW MAYOR KILLED
BEAR TOLD LIS
Mingled Emotions Clash
In His Breast, When
Bruin Met Alone.
SEE ELK IN COMBAT
Motley Sounds Feature Unusual
Sight of Forest Denizens; County
Agent Tells of Wheat Flan.
Two exciting tales of hunting ad
venture, one in which he himself
was the successful conqueror of a
large black bear, were told by Hepp
ner's mayor, Gay M. Anderson, to
his Lions club associates at the
Monday noon luncheon.
Mayor Anderson was marooned,
as It were, in a patch of fallen logs
when he espied a moving object
out of the corner of his eye. It was
over In the Whiskey flat country
beyond the John Day, where he had
gone with a party of hunters main
ly in quest of deer last week end.
His first thought, naturally, was of
a big buck. But on focussing his
attention, the animal appeared
much too dark and much too shag
gy for a deer, and the lumbering
motion was all that was needed to
convince the woods-roving mayor
that the critter was none other
than bruin himself.
In a Tough Spot
The revelation brought nerve
tingling sensations of joy and per
turbation. Stories of bullet-maddened
bears turned into a tornado
of gnashing, bashing destruction,
flashed through his mind. The as
pect was none too comforting; him
self atop a log, and bruin atop an
other a short distance away, both
In the center of the log trap which
to the two-legged mayor barred
the prospect of hasty retreat The
bruin was enticing, however; a
prize not lightly be be given up.
Bruin shambled along during the
battle of conflicting emotions with
in the mayor's breast, apparently
not aware or at least unconcerned
about the intrusion of his domain.
As bruin neared the end of the log,
the mayor decided that so long as
' one must die, it might as well be
at the hands of a bear; so he took
deliberate aim and fired, felling his
chimeric antagonist in a heap
netherside of the log.
To make certain bruin's safe de
mise, after time had bated to as
sure him there was no undue sign
of action where the animal had
fallen, the mayor fired into the
carcass three shots, the signal of
the hunt A perverse wind kept
the other members of the party
from locating the spot from whence
the signal came, and the mayor
not wishing to attempt the job of
skinning with a jackknlfe, he used
this, the sole Implement of its kind
at hand, to blaze a trail out of the
entanglement and up the moun
tainside, where he came upon his
son, Gay, Jr., and together they re
turned to relieve bruin of his
mighty coat, which will shortly
adorn the family hearthstone.
Cow Elk Interested.
This In effect, with due regard for
Mayor Anderson's veracity, Is the
story he told the Lions of how he
killed a bear his first and only
bear
Story number two of the mayor's
concerned the unusual sight of a
light between two bull elk witnessed
by other members of the party, all
of which included besides himself
and son, Gene Ferguson of Hepp
ner, Andrew Olson, formerly of
Heppner but now of Nampa, Idaho,
and several men from Salem,
The men who saw the clash were
attracted to the clearing where it
was in progress by an eerie emiss
ion of sound. The bulls bellowed,
honked, squealed, bugled, wailed,
whistled and made every kind of
sound Imaginable, while they rip
ped up the earth in their mad an
tics, the men reported. As they
watched, two cow elk and a calf
walked into the clearing and looked
on. The battle continued unabated
until the men walked forth Into the
clearing and scared them all away,
Good Sign-Up Reported.
C. W. Smith, county agent, whose
work of supervising the wheat pro-
ducion adjustment plan in Mor
row, Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler
counties had kept him absent from
the club meetings for several weeks,
was among those present Monday,
and he outlined the remaining steps
to be taken in putting the plan In
to full effect. He said it looked as
if the first benefit payments might
be received by contracting farmers
about Christmas time. Reports
from Sherman county Indicate a
100 per cent sign-up of farmers
there, while only nine farmers
whose production figures might
justify them in signing up are
known In Morrow county who have
not made application for allotment
contracts, he said. Indications now
are that the processing tax will be
put Into effect again next year,
from which Morrow county will
probably be allotted another $300,
000 to compensate farmers for their
contracted acreage.
HAS NEW AMPLIFYER.
Bud's Jazz Band, popular Morrow
county orchestra, has recently ac
quired a new public address systom
which will aid them In better serv
ing the Morrow county public.
Heppner High Plays at
Athena Next Saturday
Heppner high school's "Frghting
Irish" football eleven will open its
football season when it meets the
Athena veteran eleven on Athena's
gridiron Saturday afternoon.
Though crippled by the loss of
six of its regular lettermen, the lo
cal squad will put a heavier and
faster eleven on the field than It
had last year. There are plenty of
green reserves who, after a few
games of experience, according to
Coach Mabee, should play good
football.
Athena will probably start the
game with nine of her old regulars
in the line-up as she only lost two
lettermen through graduation last
year.
Heppner has defeated Athena for
the past two seasons by big scores
but the "Irish" will meet a much
stronger squad there this Satur
day than the Athena school has had
for some time. The probable line
up of players for the Athena game
is as follows:
Ends, Phelan, Morgan, D. Drake.
Tackles, Dick, Reid, Bleakman.
Guards, Burkenbine, Bryant, R.
Drake.
Center, Ayers.
Halfbacks, Thomson, Gilliam.
Fullback, Jones
Quarterbacks, Hiatt, Hanna.
HOLDS COURT OF HONOR.
Robert Hayes, scout executive of
the Blue Mountain council, was in
Heppner yesterday afternoon and
evening to supervise a court of hon
or for members of the local troop
Many scouts were advanced at the
court, and many merit badges were
awarded.
Inducted into the tenderfoot class
were Reese Burkenbine and Milton
Morgan; made second class scouts
were Larry Moore, Joe Aiken and
Dean Goodman; first class, John
Crawford. Merit badges were
awarded as follows: LaVerne Van
Marter, scholarship and stamp col
lecting; Don Turner, leathercraft
and woodcarving; John Crawford,
stamp collecting, personal health
and flremanship. Scoutmaster Hay
es made an inspiring talk.
INDOOR PICNIC ENJOYED.
An Indoor picnic was held at the
Methodist church Monday evening.
The good ladies prepared the "eats"
and brought them in as for a pic
nic. The men provided the coffee,
attended to placing the "eats" on
the tables, assisted in the serving,
washed the coffee pot and spoons,
and disposed of the table "linen"
and paper plates. The program
consisted of talks by representa
tives of the Epworth league, the
Sunday school and the missionary
society, stressing the religious ed
ucational program, of the church,
and a talk by the pastor, Rev. Jo
seph Pope, on the evangelistic
Work. The treasurer presented an
outline of the budget for the year.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the oc
casion. SEED LOANS AVAILABLE.
Applications for loans for seeding
of winter wheat this fall, support
ed by proper liens, will now be re
ceived by the Farm Credit admin
istration according to Chas. W.
Smith, county agent, based on word
received from L. J. Paulson, man
ager of the Minneapolis office. Far
mers desiring information should
get in touch with Mr. Smith. Loan
forms may be obtained from, the
authorized field inspector for this
area.
Miss Nancy Cox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Cox, departed this
week for Corvallis where she will
enter Oregon State college.
The O. E. S. Cheer club will meet
Saturday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Lillle Aiken.
MORROW COUNTY FOLKS
GET 'KICK9
Those who visited the Round-Up
from Heppner Saturday bumped el
bows with home folks on most ev
ery turn, such was the response of
Morrow county people to the new
bond of friendship between Rodeo
and Round-Up as expressed in the
recent official visit of Queen Jean
to this city and the selection of
Rodeo's Queen Dorothy as an at
tendant at her court of honor.
A more intimate interest In the
world-famous show was expressed
by those attending from here with
a large percentage of this year's
Rodeo performers entered in the
Round-Up lists. And on hand to
lend their support to the neighbor
realm were Herb French, Rodeo
arena director with many of the
helpers who assisted him In giving
this year s home show a good name,
C. W. McNamer, honorary Rodeo
president, was there with Mrs. Mc
Namer. Gerald Swaggart, winner
of relay and pony express races at
the Rodeo, repeated his good per
formance though faster horses
crowded htm out of the money.
When Kenneth Depew received a
broken leg in the Happy Canyon
performance Friday night, the newB
was conveyed rapidly among folks
from Heppner with sympathetic re
sponse, so well known has he be
come here as a topnotch Rodeo
performer though his home is at
Uklah, And Heppner folks des
paired not a little when his broth
er Lloyd, who won second in the
bucking here, was eliminated from
the Northwest semi-final bucking.
Elbowing through the Hound-Up
crowd as an Interested spectator
was Henry Aiken, Rodeo assocla-
LIBRARY VOD-VIL
CI ON OC
City Organizations Again
Asked to Contribute
Stunts for Benefit.
STRINGENCY CITED
Outside Communities to be Invited
to Participate; Committees Nam
ed to Take Charge.
The annual Heppner Public Li
brary vod-vil will be held at the
gym-auditorium Friday night, Oct
20, according to plans made at a
meeting of the association held at
the library last evening. As in for
mer years each organization of the
city will be asked to contribute a
stunt, and in addition an invitation
to participate is being extended to
the lone, Lexington and Hardman
communities.
In announcing the purpose of the
meeting last evening, Mrs. Lucy E.
Rodgers, president, showed the li
brary to be in very close straits fi
nancially, with the need of financial
assistance imperative if it is to
carry on Its good work in the com
munity Members of the association voted
unanimous support to the annual
vod-vil idea, which, they believed
has resulted in an enjoyable eve
ning's entertainment each year as
well as replenishing the coffers of
the library to a substantial extent
In the past the benefit has re
ceived whole-hearted cooperation
from all organizations of the com
munity, and It was anticipated that
such would again be the case.
The same admission prices of 30
and 15 cents that were charged last
year will again be asked. Each
year the goal has been $100, it was
pointed out though the amount re
ceived each year has not quite
reached that figure. Last year $90
was netted, and it was believed that
by a little more concerted effort
and the same admission prices that
the goal could be reached this year.
Mrs. Rodgers pointed out that
the only financial assistance of
which the library is assured is the
amount contributed by the city,
which amount barely covers the
rental at the present time. Plans
are afoot to move the library into
the city building sometime in the
near future, and if the city's aid
is not reduced, some assistance ill
be forthcoming from this source.
Mrs. Harold Case was named
head librarian last evening to fill
the vacancy left by Mrs. Leda Ma
honey. Committees appointed to assist in
staging the vod-vil are:
Advertising: Jap Crawford, Mrs.
Elaine Furlong, Miss Evelyn Hum
phreys. Stage, lights and properties: Ted
Lumley, Miss Miriam McDonald,
Miss Juanita Crawford, Mrs. Gay
Anderson, Miss Leta Humphreys.
Ticket sale: Mrs. Charlotte Gor
don, Chas. W. Smith, Dean T GoodS
man, Edward F. Bloom.
Contacting organizations: Mrs.
Harold Case, S. E. Notson, Mrs. E.
F. Bloom.
Frank Roberts and Earl Gilliam
were busy this week isntalling new
windows in the front of Humph
reys Drug store to replace those
broken at the time of the Peoples
Hardware company fire. It was
necessary to replace one large plate
glass window and several smaller
frosted glass windows, the damage
to which was covered by insurance.
AT ROUND-UP
tlon vice - president with Mrs.
Aiken. And riding in the West
ward Ho parade as big as life was
Leslie Matlock, local pioneer of the
old west.
Down around- the officials' box
former Heppnerdtes were in evi
dence, apparently now helping
Round-Up is an active a manner as
they used to help the Rodeo when
they lived at Heppner. Included
were Judge C. L. Sweek, a Round-
Up vice-president; Dr. F. E. Far-
rior and Clyde Wells.
Local folks were thrilled not a!
little when their Queen of Rodeo,
Miss Dorothy Doherty, was intro
duced to the stands; and many old
friends and neighbors of the Kist
ner family when her father prac
ticed medicine here, were more
than usually interested wren Miss
Anne Klstner of Portland was In
troduced as another attendant of
Quee Jean.
E. P. Hoyt, managing editor of
the Oregonian, Whose wife gradu
ated from Heppner high school in
1919 as Miss Ceoile "Brownie" De
vore, was noted to be busily en
gaged keeping his typewriter pro
tected from the rain, while Mrs.
Hoyt expressed pleasure at seeing
so many friends from the old
home town. The Hoyta attended
the Round-Up In company with Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Haycox, Mr. Hay
cox being a noted writer of west
ern stories.
Many members of Camp Bull
Prairie were there as was Capt
Hugh C. Parker, the officer In
charge, and Dr. Matthew A. Mc
Gratl, the camp doctor. The east-
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I0NE
By MARGARET BLAKE
On Sunday afternoon, Sept 17,
at two o'clock, Miss Constance
Bork, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
E. E. Bork of Monmouth, and Ver
nice Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wato C. Crawford of lone, were
united in marriage at the home of
the bride's parents. The marriage
service was read by Rev. A. L.
Landsberry, pastor of the Evangel
ical church of Monmouth. Only
relatives and olose friends were
guests. The bride was attractively
gowned in a frock of salmon pink
crepe-back satin. She carried a
bouquet of snap dragons and rose
buds. She was attended by her sis
ter, Miss Dorothy Bork, who wore
a pale blue crepe dress and car
ried pink asters and - sweet peas.
Elmer Bork, brother of the bride,
acted as best man. Preceding the
ceremony Donald Heliker sang
"Because" and "I Love You Truly."
He was accompanied by Miss Lyla
Tittle who also played the wedding
march. The house was beautifully
decorated with early fall flowers.
Following the ceremony a large
wedding dinner was served after
which the bride and groom depart
ed on their honeymoon to Crater
Lake and other points
Mrs. Crawford has oeen teacher
of the Cecdl school the past two
years and Mr. Crawford is well
known having made his home near
lone since his birth. The well wishes
of this community go to this young
couple who will make their home
here.
Willows grange Is planning a big
evening at the grange hall at Cecil
for Booster Night Sept. 30. This is
a date set aside by the National
grange and all patrons are asked to
give their cooperation and support
to make this Booster Night a huge
success. A pot luck supper is to be
served from 6:30 to 7:30 p. rn., af
ter which a booster program of
music, readings, group singing and
other numbers will be given. When
the program is over it is expected
that a social dance will be held.
There will be no closed meeting
on this night so bring your pot luck
supper and come prepared to have
a good time. Everyone is welcome.
Miss Hattie Van Schoiack, Miss
Margaret Crawford and Donald
Heliker atended the wedding of
Miss Constance Uork and Vernice
Crawford at Monmouth September
17th.
On Monday, Sept. 18, a Pente
costal fellowship meeting was held
at Hermiston. Attending from
lone and Heppner were Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Ritchie, Mrs Fred
Ross and children, Mrs. Fred Rit
chie, Mrs. Lonnie Ritchie, Mrs. M.
D. Farrens and Mrs. Ray Barnett
Announcement of the marriage
of Miss Clara Isabelle Archibald
and John T. Kirk, Jr., at Vancou
ver, Wash., on Sept. 16 has been re
ceived by Mr. Kirk's sister, Mrs.
Fred Ritchie. The young couple
expect to make their home at Ver
nonia. Ore.
Mrs. C. D Dobbins of Portland
who has been in charge of the lo
cal telephone exchange during the
absence of the regular operator re
turned to her home last Friday by
stage.
Mrs. Ella Davidson was hostess
to the Past Noble Grands club last
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ernest Lundell entertained
last Saturday evening with two ta
bles of bridge. Guests were Mrs,
Lee Howell, Mrs. Garland Swan
son, Mrs. Emil Swanson, Mrs. H.
D. McCurdy, Mrs. Earl Blake, Miss
Lucille Bristow and Miss Norma
Swanson. High score was won by
Mrs. McCurdy and low by Mrs,
Emll Swanson. Cake and coffee
were served
Carl F. Troedson has returned
from King City, Calif., where he
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PRESIDENT OKERS
BONNEVILLE DAM
News Received Joyfully in
Portland With Plans
For Celebration.
UPPER RIVER WAITS
Notson Says Development Will Not
Come in Lifetime; Political
Forces Exert Pressure.
Hope for early improvement of
the upper stretches of the Colum
bia river, and anticipated lower
freight rates as a result, faded into
oblivion this week with announce
ment that the president had sanc
tioned a high dam with two power
units at Bonneville. This is the be
lief of S E. Notson, a vice presi
dent of the Tri-State Development
league, and others who have ex
pended much money and effort to
gain consideration for the upper
river when proposed funds for de
velopment of the river were allot
ted. Coincident with the announce
ment comes word from Portland of
plans for staging of a huge celebra
tion at Bonneville in which they
ask the whole state to participate.
The report from Washington
carrying news of the president's
action heroizes Senator McNary for
his great last minute effort in put
ting across the Bonneville project
Coincidentally the Oregonian brings
into the picture many men promin
ently connected wit'i Oregon poli
tics in the past as having worked
for river development some of
whose sole work in this regard was
centered on the project at Umatilla
Rapids.
Not once in their propagandized
campaign for cheap power at fed
eral expense and a fat payroll to
be expended at Portland's gate did
the Oregonian or any of the leaders
in the Bonneville movement give
more than slight recognition to any
other river project. Only when it
appeared that some of the other
projects were going to be given
consideration, did they wall "Foes
of Bonneville," and make dire
threats of boycott and charge "po
litical unfaith.
'We will not now see any devel
opment of the upper river in our
lifetime," said Mr. Notson yester
day in resignation to the accom
plishment of the politicians. "Port
land will wake up some day to see
that they were short-sighted."
What political forces were at
work to bring about authorization
of expenditure of federal funds,
supposedly to be used only as an
aid to navigation for a project the
main purpose of which i3 to devel
op hydro-electric power, is left to
the imagination. ' No explanation
is given why Portland's power proj
ect should not be on a self-liquidating
basis the same as the Grand
Coulee project in Washington.
Yet Senator C. C. Dill after giv
ing it as his opinion that a low
dam a Bonneville as an aid to navi
gation was all the dam justified at
that point, is now reported as fa
voring the high dam and cheap
power at Bonneville to be obtained
at federal expense.
In passing, will not Uncle Sam
in his generosity, build us a dam up
Willow creek for cheap power and
plenty of water?
For Sale 300 ewes from 2
yrs. W. H. French, Hardman.
to 5
26tf
For $2 per year accident policies
see A. Q. Thomson.
RED HAT AND
LAID BARE
One who is not a victim of the
sensation may ask, "Why is it so
many folks become obsessed with
a mania for red hats and guns; and
repeatedly glance heavenward and
mountainward as the deer hunting
season approaches each year?"
If there be one of these rabid
critters among his friends, whom
he has heard relate end on end the
thrilling tales of past hunts, the im
aginary quizzer already has the an
swer and of course the question
would not be asked.
But those, if such there be, who
believe that the obsesssion is
aroused solely by a desire to show
off an antlered denizen of the for
est slung in prominence about the
automobile as the hunter returns
to civilization, will be disillusioned
with the tale of Mark Merrill,
Heppner fire chief, who returned
Monday with a beautiful little 160
pound mule-tail buck. If Mark's
tale alone is not sufficient, then ask
any of the proud displayers of the
bag how they got theirs.
They will tell you, like Mark, how
they just missed the big one; but
the disillusionment Is not complete
unless you have heard other lnci
dentals of the trip, which along
with making the kill compose an
intriguing part of the deer quest
For Instance, Mark points to the
moral: "Never go Into the moun
tains without chains for your auto
mobile," and offers further the pre
diction that Tom Clark never will.
Mark laments that he has not
the ability to relate on paper all the
Incidents of the camp fireside, the
journey to and from the hunting
grounds, and all else that took
Pomona Grange to Meet
At Irrigon, October 7th
Tentative program arrangements
for the Pomona grange meeting to
be held at Irrigon Saturday, Oct. 7,
include addresses by Waiter M.
Pierce, representative in congress,
who will talk on "Recovery Act,"
and Mrs. Pierce whose topic will
be "Sidelights in Washington."
There will be two selections by
the Irrigon band, a violin solo by
Prof. Stan Atkin, and possibly a
short skit or comedy by Irrigon
grange. A vocal solo by Marvin
Ransier is announced by Green
field grange, and Willows grange
will have a number, the nature of
which has not yet been announced.
MOTHER DIES AT NEWBERO.
Vernon Jones of Irrigon, in the
city Monday, returned from New
berg the end of the week, where on
Wednesday he attended funeral
services new lor nis motner, unza-
" lJylrs- Jones, mrs.
Jones passed away suddenly Mon-
day, Sept 18, when stricken with
apoplexy. She was a native of
Ohio, coming to Oregon as a young
girl. After her marriage the fam
ily home was made for many years
in Eight Mile, and later at Hepp
ner where the children attended
school. Mr. and Mrs. Jones left
here about 1918, since which time
they had resided at Newberg. Be
sides her husband, Mrs. Jones is
survived by five sons, Vernon of
Eight Mile, LeRoy of Montesano,
Wash Vane of Spokane, and El
dred and Ivan of Ashland; two
daughters, Vida (Mrs. Cleve Ad
kins) now in Idaho, and Iva of
Newberg, and a number of grand
children. Mrs. Jones was 63 years
of age.
COURT CASES UP.
Two cases were brought up for
preliminary hearing in the court
of E. R. Huston, justice of the
peace, yesterday. Chas. M. Martin,
charged with non-support, was re
leased on insufficient evidence to
justify his being bound over to the
grand jury. J. Gilbert, brought
over from Pendleton by C. J. D.
Bauman, sheriff, was charged with
petty larceny for taking a watch
belonging to Jerry Brosnan. The
watch was alleged to have been
found in his possession, and on
plea of guilty he was held on infor
mation that he is on parole from a
reformatory at Buena Vista, Cal ,
awaiting word from the institution.
TO INSTALL OFFICERS.
Installation of officers for the lo
cal post American Legion and lo
cal unit auxiliary will be held at the
Episcopal parish house, Tuesday,
Oct 3. Dinner will be served at
6:30. Mrs. B. M. Christopherson of
Hermiston, district president will
install the auxiliary officers, and
Spencer Crawford, district com
mander, will install those of the
legion.
ELKS MEET TONIGHT.
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks,
meets tonight in its first meeting
of the fall season. There is lots of
important business to be attended
to, reports J. O. Turner, exalted
ruler, who urges a large turnout
of the membership.
Embert Fossum and sisters, the
Misses Thelma and Marjorle, ar
rived in Heppner yesterday evening
on their way to their home at
Klamath Falls from Baker. When
at home the young Mr. Fossum, a
graduate from the University of
Oregon last year, takes a hand in
publishing the Klamath Basin
Progress, with which publication
O. G. Crawford, brother of the G
T. editor, is also connected. While
in Heppner Mr. Fossum and sisters
visited at the F. S. Parker home.
John and Vawter Parker having
become acquainted with Mr. Fos
sum at the university.
GUN MANIA
BY FIRE CHIEF
place. Harley Matteson and Em
ery Moore, who know the haunts of
the deer like Babe Ruth knows the
Yankee stadium, were In the party,
and Mrs. Merrill and Mrs. Clark
accompanied their husbands.
Mark was ensconced securely be
hind a rock over in the high rims of
the John Day when the legal hour
arrived a morning of last week
end ; and one who has not witnessed
daybreak from that majestic spot
has missed one of the soul-inspiring
sights, the memory of which has
not a little to do with that wistful
expression which appears on the
hunter's face at the season's ap
proach. He crept stealthily to the edge of
the rim, and was taken quickly
aback with the sight of his buck
walking into the clearing just be
low. It was an easy target, and
one shot broke its back and sent
the bullet true to the heart felling
the beauty in a heap. But hardly
had the shot's echo started to re
sound, than a tremendous crash
was heard in the brush from which
his quarry had come. As is came
into sight toward the single avenue
of escape, almost straight up the
precipitous mountainside, Mark's
heart sank the second buck was
half again as big as the one he had
just bagged.
Had he been minded to shoot, he
was prevented by the necessity of
scrambling out of the way of sev
eral large rocks, loosened by the
animal s clawing hoofs, coming di
rectly at him. By the time he
gained his composure the buck was
gone.
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LOCAL DEADLINE SET
FOR OCTOBER 7TH
Ten-Day Extension Al
lowed to Permit Com
pleting Applications.
ACREAGE SELECTED
Community Committees Hard at
Work on Program; New Ruling
Gives Contractors Advantage.
While September 25 was set by
Secretary Wallace as the deadline
date wnich no applications
for allotment contracts would be
reCeived under the wheat produc-
tion control plan, local committees
were empowered to extend the time
if necessary to complete their work,
by making written application.
Acting under this provision the
Morrow County Wheat Production
Control association has extended
the deadline date to October 7, In
order to give all who are making
application a chance to complete
their production figures and to
make any corrections that may be
required by the communty com
mittees. It is expected to have all appli
cations complete by the October 7
deadline, reports C. W. Smith, coun
ty adviser, immediately after which
time the applications will be turned
over to the county allotment com
mittee, the necessary adjustments
made, the allotments on each farm
determined, and the allotment con
tracts prepared.
The community committees are
now busy visiting farms in their
districts to select the acreage to
be taken out of production on the
15 percent basis asked for by the
secretary of agriculture. Each con
tracting farmer is asked to make
the reduction on the summerfal-
lowed land prepared for seeding
this fall
As soon as the work of the coun
ty association in fixing allotments
and preparing contracts is finished,
the contracts will be sent to Wash
ington, and it is the hope, Mr.
Smith says, that the benefit pay
ments to be paid this fall will be
forthcoming shortly thereafter.
More rulings regarding the plan
are being received continuously by
the county agent all of which tend
to show that the contracting farm
er is being given every considera
tion to make the plan attractive
and profitable to him. A rule re
garding land which was not seed
ed for the 1933 crop due to unfa
vorable weather conditions, states
that such land may be included In
the amount of seeded acreage for
that crop year if sufficient proof Is
presented In writing to the county
allotment committee and is attest
ed to by two members of the com- ,
munity committee for the appli-
cant's community.
In regard to seeding of wheat for
pasture or hay, another ruling
states: When a producer who has
entered into a contract, wishes to
seed wheat for pasture or for hay,
he may seek permission to do so,
by making written request to his
county allotment committee. Ini
his request he shall show that, (1)
it has been his regular practice to
seed wheat for pasture or hay, or
(2) that an emergency exists which
makes it necessary for him to seed
wheat for pasture or hay. He shall
specify the area which he proposes
to seed for such purposes, and shall
submit in duplicate a map which
.shall show the acreage to be seed
ed. If the county allotment com
mittee finds that the producer has
followed a regular practice of seed
ing wheat for pasture or hay in the
past without harvesting wheat
from the acreage so seeded, or that
an emergency exists which renders
such seeding of wheat for such pur
poses necessary or desirable, then
said county allotment committee
may approve such request, subject
to approval by the Wheat Section.
The acreage so seeded shall be kept
posted with a notice that such
wheat is planted with the approval
of the county allotment committee,
and that the crop thereon will be
used for pasture or hay only and
not harvested for wheat. The
acreage so seeded shall not be
deemed to be a part of the acreage
covered by the contracts.
Copies of these rules and others
lately issued are being made at the
county agent's office to be placed in
the hands of the community com
mittees from whom all late infor
mation may be obtained.
MANY BUCKS KILLED.
Counted among the most success
ful feminine hunters locally is Mrs.
Gerald Booher who most every sea
son lands her buck. This year was
no exception, as Bhe repeated the
feat the second day of the season.
Another hunter to bring in his
buck early was Ray Drake, who
killed a nice one the morning of
opening day. Other successful
hunters so far reported are Mark
Merrill, Luke Bibby, Harold Case
and Ben Robertson.
SCOUTS PLAN BOOK DRIVE.
Now is the time to rummage
around in the attic for old books.
On Sunday, October 7, a Boy Scout
will knock at your door and gather
up all of your old books not in use.
These books will be given to the
Heppner Public library. The Boy
Scouts make this request that you
help them in this good turn.