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r P. L 1 J .-. c Volume 50, Number 33. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 1933 Subscription $2.00 a Year teette JAY IH KILLED IN TRUCK MISHAP Native Son, Young Le gionnaire, Honored by Rites Today. SLEEP CRASH CAUSE Wail of Bridge Two Miles West of The Dalles Hit on Return From Portland With Freight F. Jay Hiatt, local truck operator and farmer, a native son of Morrow county, was instantly killed about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when his truck crashed into the wall of a concrete bridge two miles west of The Dalles. He was returning from Portland with a load of freight, having gone to the city Sunday night with a load of live stock. With him was Ted McDaid who escaped with minor injuries when he was thrown from the cab. Funeral services have been an nounced for 2:30 o'clock this after noon at the Christian church in charge of Heppner post 87, Ameri can Legion, of which Mr. Hiatt was a member, with Joel R. Benton of ficiating. Interment will follow in Masonic cemetery. The accident is believed to have been caused by Haitt's dozing at the wheel. As they approached the bridge, McDaid noticed that the truck was headed for the side wall and ipoke to Hiatt who apparently came to himself enough to pull the truck over In the right direction, but it didn't quite clear. The end of the bumper on the right side was shorn off, a big gash was cut In the right front tire and the wheel and fender were bent beneath the truck, then as the proejctlon of the bed caught on the concrete wall the full weight of the load was shifted forward against the driver's side, crushing Hiatt against the wheel. The top of the cab was bent over against the hood, while all the glass was shattered except that in the door on McDaid's side. This door was sprung open and McDaid was thrown out on his hands and knees. The rate of speed of the truck was given at 35 miles an hour. On coming to himself McDaid at first thought the truck to be on fire as he noticed what appeared to be smoke coming from under the hood. He Immediately got the fire extinguisher, but found the smoke to be steam caused by water drip ping on the hot manifold. He then attempted to arouse Hiatt who was tightly pinned inside, lifeless. Mc Daid then went to a neighboring farm house and called a wrecker and the sheriff from The Dalles. Immediately on receipt of news at Heppner, John Hiatt, brother, and a number of friends drove to the scene of the accident. John Anglln, local MacMarr store mana ger, who had freight on the truck, also drove down. The body was brought to Heppner Tuesday eve ning by the Case Mortuary ambu lance. Slight damage was done to the freight, with damage to both truck and load fully covered by insurance. Francis Jay Hiatt was born on the home ranch five miles west of Heppner, April 2, 1895, to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Hiatt, pioneer res idents of the county, being aged 38 years, 6 months and 22 days. He attended country school and grew to young manhood in this county. When the United States entered the World war he was among the first to enlist from this county, joining Battery A, 147th Field Artillery. He was stationed first for three months at Camp Clackamas, was then transferred to Camp Mills, N. J., and was overseas for 21 months, re maining until after the signing of the armistice. On arriving In France he was suffering from an illness which kept him confined to a hospital for four months. On re cuperating he was retained behind the lines to help train new recruits, being stationed at Bordeaux, which was his occupation until the arm istice. After being honorably discharged from the service, he returned to Morrow county and followed farm ing for a time on Butter creek in partnership with Verne Pearson, then on Rhea creek and in Sanford canyon on what is known as the old Rush place, the present family home. During his farming opera tions he was one of the largest tur key operators In the county and was quite successful in this ven ture. He had operated the com mercial trucking business for the last three years. He married Miss Lucille Arm strong on March 7, 1921, at Castle Rock, Wash., and to this union was born one child, Dorothy, now aged eight years. Besides his wid ow and daughter, he Is survived by four brothers, Ellis, John and Del bert of Heppner, and Emery of San Francisco, Cal., and two sis ters, Mrs. Owen French of Heppner and Mrs. Chris Cook of Seaside, Ore. All were expected to be pre sent for the funeral services ex cepting Emery who was prevented from attending, In his long residence here, Mr. Hiatt attained a reputation for In dustry and ambition. He was hon est and conscientious! thoughtful of his family and friends, who were legion. The entire community ex tends Its sympathy to the bereft family. Locals Take Arlington For Fifth Straight Win Led by the beautiful broken field running of Floyd Jones and the piv oting and twisting of Cleo Hiatt and Louis Gilliam in line plunges, Hepp ner high school's "Fighting Irish" eleven won their fifth consecutive victory of the season when they de feated the speedy Arlington grld ders 44-7 on the local field Friday. Heppner played a fast game with Matt Kenny and Harold Ayers, captain, doing good work in the line. Running more than thirty yards on each run, Floyd Jones, left halfback, netted four of the seven touchdowns besides a try for point Arlington scored in the fourth quarter on a completed pass. Us ing a double-wing-back formation enabled Arlington to fake trick plays which kept the Irish on spec ial guard whenever the visitors got the ball. The game was refereed by Harold W. Buhman. The starting line-up of both teams follows: Heppner Arlington D Drake RE Deos Reld RT I Woods Kenny RG Mead Ayers C Wetheral Burkenbine LG Drake Dick C. Phelan Gilliam Jones Morgan .- LT C. Newell : LE Hollenbeck RH McKinney LH B. Newell Q ... Gray Hiatt F Taylor Heppner substitutes: Thomson, Nickerson, Chrlstenson, R. Drake, Furlong, Munkers, Gilman, Cochell and Green, The Irish are working hard this week in preparation for the tough game with the hard fighting Her miston team which will be played on the home field Friday. Mrs. Charles Clark Hurt When Car Rolls Down Hill Mrs. Charles Clark sustained a broken arm and severe bruises as the result of a car accident here Tuesday. In company with Bud Ayers she had just called at the home of Henry Robertson on the hill on South Main street. She was sitting in the car and Ayers was preparing to. crank it when she was asked to throw the gears into neutral, but by mistake they were placed in reverse, so that when Ayers turned the crank the car was started backward down the hill. Ayers made a jump to get in and stop it, but before he could do anything it rolled over down the grade, landing upside down on the highway below. Ayers escaped in jury, while Mrs. Clark was taken to a local hospital for treatment. It is believed her injuries will not prove serious. LOCAL NEWS Heppner's granddaddy of hunt ers still clings to his laurels and is not yet ready to take off his hat to any of the younger generation when it comes to bagging his game. W. W. Smead, Heppner postmas ter, who has passed the three score and ten mark, returned from the hunt yesterday with tags on a fine big elk and an equally fine buck deer, his full quota of these ani mals. He hunted out in the Mor phine ranch country with Gene Ferguson, George McDuffee and Burl Coxen. Sidney George, Oregon delegate to the national American Legion councils, came through town yes terday in line with his work for the state industrial accident com mission. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Case returned from Albany Tuesday evening, af ter attending funeral services for Mrs. Case's father. Mr and Mrs. Crocket Sprouls re turned Monday from Baker where they went in answer to a summons to the bedside of Mr. Sprouls' fa ther, John Sprouls, who was 111 at a hospital there Will Ball received word this week of the serious illness of his father, J. C. Ball, in Portland. At last re ports, however, he was Improving. Emery Moore is reported among successful hunters who landed their elk this week. J. J. Wells, county assessor, has been absent from his office this week while seeking specialized medical aid in Portland Miss Myra Wells departed the first of the week for San Francisco. Miss Wells is a graduate nurse The Eastern Star meets in reg ular session Friday evening, Oct 27, at 8 p. m. The ladies will bring dish towels and come prepared to hem them after the close of the chapter, and the men will provide and serve the refreshments. KOAC RETURNS TO GRIDIRON. Permission to broadcast the re mainder of the home football games on the O. S. C. campus this year has been granted to KOAC, the state owned station, by the Associated OH company, which purchased the exclusive rights to all broadcasts of games this season in which coast conference teams participate. Un der the new arrangement KOAC will broadcast the remaining cam pus game with W. S. C. Saturday, October 28, direct from the field at Corvallis in the usual manner. La ter games of either the state col lege or the University of Oregon which are handled through KGW of Portland will be rebroadcast by KOAC just as announced from the playing fields. POEE Ell AT LEX SATURDAY Big Basket Dinner, Pro gram, Dancing, Play Features of Day. INVITATION IS GIVEN Congressman and Mrs. Fierce to be Guests; Other News of Week s Written by Correspondent. By BEULAH B. NICHOLS. Lexington invites you to attend the annual Pioneers Reunion which is being held on Saturday of this week. A big basket dinner will be spread at noon and during the af ternoon a special program will be presented under the direction of Laurel Beach. Ex-Governor and Mrs. Walter Pierce will be present and will appear on the program. Supper will be at five oclock. The play, "Good Gracious Grandma," will begin promptly at 7 o'clock. After the play there will be an hour of old-time dancing free before the modern dance begins. Music for the dance will be furnished by the Blue Mountain Wranglers of La Grande and Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schriever and family are spending the week in Portland. T. W. Cutsforth and his grand son, George Pointer, left Wednes day morning for Lakeview where they will visit with Mr. Cutsforth's daughter, Mrs. Frank Broslus. Miss Naomi McMillan entertain ed a group of her girl friends at a candy making party last Wednes day evening. Her guests Included Ruth Luttrell, Peggy Warner, Grace Burchell, Fern Luttrell, Tillie Nel son, Rose Thornburg, Doris Bur chell, Gwen Evans, Erma Lane and Edna Rauch. Miss Jessie McCabe Is confined to her home by illness. Her moth er came up from lone and is stay ing with her. Orville Cutsforth motored to Stanfield Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan who visited relatives here during the past week, have returned to their home at Cherryville. Miss Peggy Warner accompanied them home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox spent the week end in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Slocum are spending the week end in Port land. Among Lexington people who at tended the library benefit program at Heppner last Friday were Mr. and Mrs. James H. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. George Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges, M-. and Mrs. George Gillis, Mr. and Mrs. Lester White, Mr. and Mrs. George White, Mrs. Trina Parker, Miss Dona Barnett and Laurel Beach. Mrs. Williams and Mr. Beach appeared on the program. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald White of Hermiston spent Sunday with rel atives in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hill came up from Rufus Sunday to visit Mrs. Hill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Luttrell. Mr. Hill returned home Sunday evening but Mrs. Hill re mained to be with her mother who Is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Glover Peck and family and Mrs. Arthur Rowell and son have moved Into the Harry Dinges house. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Cox and fam ily of Pasco were guests during the latter part of the week at the home of Mr. Cox's parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Cox. R. B. Wilcox has gone to the Ritter hot springs. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Yardley and family of Bend have moved into the Saxe house. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Duran are the proud parents of an eight-pound daughter, born on Wednesday, Oc tober 25th, at the home of Mrs. Maggie Hunt in Heppner. Lexington School News The second student body assem bly on Thursday turned out to be quite a success. Laurel Beach sang two numbers, "Jolly Roger" and "Shortenin' Bread." The boys pro duced a playlet entitled 'The La dles Sewing Club Meets;" tables were completely reversed for once when the boys assumed the female roles and discussed their "opera tions." Those taking part were Lester McMillan, Kenneth Palmer, Kenneth Peck, Alfred Van Winkle and Garland Thompson. The skit was directed by Miss Hammel. Not to be outdone in originality the girls gym class staged a foot ball game. The opposing team was appropriately named Echo and Lexington's representation proceed ed to run up a large score for their side. The girls proved to be good prophets of the score but not of the victors as Friday's game resulted in a 27 to 6 victory for Echo. A number of Lexington students were on hand to root and the players though outweighed gave a good ac count of themselves. The return game with Echo will be here this Friday, Oct. 27, and it is hoped that a good crowd will attend. In the evening will be held the big musical event of the year, the Musical Melange, sponsored by the glee club. Prices will be 35, 25 and (Continued on Pas Four) PROCLAMATION Another Hallowe'en is at hand with its temptations to the youth to play practical jokes on the people of the community, but in so doing they are likely to over step the bounds of safety and it is my duty as Mayor of Heppner to discourage any lawlessness on this night Therefore, I, Gay M. Anderson, Mayor of the City of Heppner, do hereby encourage any proper ob servance of Hallowe'en and wish for the young people of the city a joyous time on this night; but the destruction, molestation or injury to any property will not be countenanced, and any offend ers will be prosecuted. The blockading of streets or sidewalks is a serious offense and danger ous to human life and property and will not be tolerated. The destruction of property and its consequent replacement will work an extreme hardship during these depressing times. It is hereby ordered that any freeholder of the city is hereby given police authority with full power to ar rest anyone found in wilful vio lation of the city statutes or whose actions are of a suspicious nature on Hallowe'en. Issued this 25th day of October, 1933. GAY M. ANDERSON, Mayor. I0NE By MARGARET BLAKE Mrs. A. A. McCabe was called to Lexington during the week to be with her daughter, Miss Jessie Mc Cabe, who is quite ill. J. B. Lasher, field man of the In ternational Harvester company was a Monday visitor in lone. Zachery Lilly of La Grande was a week-end visitor at the Dale Ray home. The Woman's Topic club met at the home of Mrs. Elmer Griffith in Morgan last Saturday for its Octo ber social meeting. Four tables of bridge were at play during the af ternoon. High score was won by Mis Norma Swanson and low by Mrs. Earl Blake. Refreshments of pumpkin pie, coffee and Hallow e'en candies were served on tables gayly decorated with orange table covers printed with Hallowe'en de signs. Thos present were Mrs. Del bert Ward, Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mrs. Ray Feeley, Mrs. Louis Ber gevin, Mrs. H. D. McCurdy, Mrs. George Tucker, Mrs. Dixon T. Smith, Misa Norma Swanson, Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs. Edward Rietmann, Mrs. Inez Freeland, Mrs. Roy Lieuallen, Mrs. Earl Blake and Mrs. Henry Gorger. The regular business meeting of Willows grange will be held at Ce cil Saturday evening, October 28. All grangers are urged to attend. Grange will be preceded by a short program at 7:30. The O.-W. R. & N. bridge gang cars which have been on the siding here during the past week while repair work was underway near lone departed for Cecil on Monday night's train. Miss Gladys Brashears went to La Grande the first of the week for a visit of two weeks or so. While there she will attend the homecom ing activities of the Eastern Ore gon Normal school. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Ward mo tored to The Dalles Sunday for a few hours visit at the home of Mrs. Ward's sister, Mrs. Karl Farns worth. Mrs. J. T. Knappenberg and Mrs. C. H. Heabler, sisters of Mrs. Ward, made the return trip with them expecting to remain at the Ward ranch for a visit. How ever, on Monday morning the ladles were called to Willapa, Wash., by the seroius illnes of their aunt, Mrs. Clapshaw. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Laxton McMurray gave a talk be fore the Girls League of the high school. She gave the girls the high lights of her recent trip through the middle western states and Califor nia. Among interesting places vis ited by Mrs. McMurray were the Blackfoot Indian reservation in Idaho, a health resort high up on the slopes of Pikes Peak in Color ado, one of the dams the govern ment is building to improve the navigation on the Mississippi river, the Century of Progress Exposi tion at Chicago, Hollywood and Beverly Hills in California. She also had the doubtful pleasure of being In California during an earth quake which was severe enough to toss her about in bed and tip over vases, shake pictures off the walls, etc. Among former residents of lone whom Mrs. McMurray visited were Mrs. Vera Pugsley of Caldwell, Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hughes of Shelly, Idaho, and Charley Howe who is on a small farm near Gil more, Iowa. She spent one month at Iowa City, Iowa, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Page. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Blake and Wlllard Miller of Philomath depart ed Saturday for their home after a visit of a week with relatives. While here the men enjoyed a hunt ing trip and were successful in bagging a deer apiece. Til Beckner went over to Umatil la county Monday to get a load of seed potatoes for Laxton McMur ray, Bert Botts is seriously ill at his home. A Caterpillar "20" was delivered to Laxton McMurray last week. Mr. McMurray will use it in the culti vation of his creek farm. Mr. and Mrs. Keithley Blake de parted on Sunday for Kinzua, Ore., where he expects to build a house for his brother Ray Blake who is working for the lumber company (Continued on Pag Four) y Two-Hour Program Given By Home Talent Be fore Big Audience. BOOST GIVEN WORK Organizations and Neighboring Communities Participate in Pre senting Good Entertainment The annual library benefit vod-vil moved off smoothly to a successful conclusion at the gym-auditorium last Friday evening before a near capacity audience, reaping the li brary $91.20. An all home-talent performance, the success was made possible only by the hearty coop eration of the organizations and neighboring communities who sup plied the talent which gave so lib erally of their time and effort To these go the warm thanks of the library association, expressed thru Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, president Opening with a musical prelude by the school band under the direc tion of Harold Buhman, leader, the diversified program held the audi ence in expectant pleasure for a short two hours. "The Story Hour" presented by the Bookworms was a charming presentation of scenes in panto mime from "The Pied Piper," "Rip Van Winkle," and other popular nursery stones. Forming the back ground was a huge book, the un folded leaves of which displayed colored drawings of scenes taken from the story represented. The drawings were made by Harold Becket Members of the club par ticipating were Ethel Smith, Lera Crawford, Harriet Gemmell, Ruth Lumley, Lucile McAtee, Lucy Rod gers, Madge Coppock, Virginia Tur ner, Leta Humphreys and Eliza beth Bloom. They were assisted by Beth Bleakman and the follow ing children: Bobbie and Patsy Smith, Jean and Jimmie Gemmell. Teddy Ferguson, Albert Bailey, Jean Straight and Calvin Crawford. Two solos were beautifully sung by little Miss Mary Moore for the Rebekahs, and a delightful reading by Miss Lorraine Pope represented tne Methodist church. A melodramatic presentation of scenes of the old west was the of fering of the Boy Scouts, "Bess of Bar X," with introduction of char acters and reading of subtitles by Dean Goodman, Jr. Among the featured roles was Mae West por trayed by Scott McMurdo. with Jackson Gilliam, Don Turner, John Crawford, Ernest Clark, Joe Aiken, Richard Hayes, Guy Moore, Larry Moore and Donald Baker rounding out tne cast. The Christian church supplied a pleasing musical number, sung by a ladies quartet, the Mistresses Crocket Sprouls, Hubert Gaily, Bar bara England and Miss Anabel Turner, accompanied by Mrs. J. O. Turner. Mrs. Paul Gemmell read a catchy piece for the American Le gion Auxiliary. Another pleasing reading by Dean Goodman, Jr., was the Degree of Honor Juveniles' offering, with a stringed trio, Ted Lumley, Paul Brown and Frank Turner playing Hawaiian tunes as a special num ber. A clever farce comedy came from Hardman with residents of that place presenting "Cannibal Lov Affair." in appropriate costume and Mrs. Irl Clary reading the lines. It brought the house down. Another skit of similar nature was depicted by members of the American Le gion in the "Shooting of Dan Mc Grew," with Harold Cohn reciting the popular poem of Robert W. Ser vice. Seen in the various roles were Clarence Bauman as Dangerors Dan, Edward F. Bloom as the stranger, Charles W. Smith as the lady known as Lou, and Elbeert Cox, bartender. A take-off on the action, "How it is done today," was tne Jiiks offering with J. O. Timer taking the part of the bartender and Ray Klnne, the stranger whom tne Dartender shot with a cap pis tol when he ordered a cocoa cola. A pleasing piano solo bv Miss Katherine Parker was sponsored by tne eastern star, and two excep tionally well received numbers were sung by Laurel Beach on behalf of his home community, Lexington. Another Lexington offering was a clever solo by Mrs. James H. Wil liams. The Lions quartet In blackface represented the city's service club, singing several popular darky songs. Members of the quartet were Frank and Jesse Turner, John Anglin and Ray Klnne, with Mrs. J. O. Turner accompanist. A negro camp meeting was the burlesque number of the Business and Professional Womens club, with a maojrity of the members of the club participating. Stirring the imagination, the Degre of Honor stunt brought forth a hearty laugh, when a young man stepped behind a screen and began throwing ar ticles of clothing in logical order from behind, then stepped forth in full attire with an open suitcase. Climaxing the performance was the school faculty skit in which Phillip Foord portrayed a city ed itor at his desk, and Ted Lumley, Harold Buhman and Madge Cop pock brought in news reports of red-hot happenings of the town. UBRAK BENEFIT IS WELL RECEIVED Grange District Meet At Arlington, Nov. 4 A big time is promised grangers at the district council conference including Gilliam, Wheeler, Mor row and Umatilla counties at Ar lington, Saturday, Nov. 4. The full program for the day is announced as follows: 10 a. m. to noon, separate group meetings for masters, lecturers, sec retaries and H. E. C. Noon, dinner. 1:30, community singing. 2, "Pro grams Should Interest All," state lecturer. 2:20, "A Well Financed Program," state secretary. 2:40, "Doing Grange Work the Right Way," Dr. Slaughter. 3, "A Well Balanced Grange," R. W Gill, state master 3:20, "Importance of De gree Work," Geo. Palmiter, state executive committee chairman. 3:40, "Value of County Councils," Chas. Wicklander, state deputy. 4, "Home Economics Essential," state H. E. C. chairman. 4:20, "County Deputy Problems," discussion by county deputies. 4:40, "Better Pomona Meetings," Pomona masters. 5, round table discussions. 6, dinner. 7, conferring fifth degree, or grange legislative program. 8, conferring sixth ' degree. All fourth degree members are invited to attend all of the meetings. Musical Melange Slated At Lexington Tomorrow Heralded as one of the outstand ing musical treats of the season and the rarest treat of its kind ever to be offered by Lexington high school, is the musical melange to be staged in the Lexington high school auditorium tomorrow eve ning, starting at 8 o'clock. Featured in the performance are five artists of exceptional talent, including Laurel Beach, tenor; Mrs. James H. Williams, soprano; Miss Lucy Spit tle, alto; Miss Esther Fredreckson, violinist, and Miss Eula McMillan, pianist. Appropriate costuming will be used throughout in the presenta tion of a program of classical and popular music, using various voice and instrument combinations. The program will be in three parts, the first to be Spanish, the second a presentation of "Blossom Time", featuring Schubert's melodies, and the third a combination of popular and classical music. For the con venience of Heppner folks a num ber of seats have been placed on sale at Gordon's TREE FRUIT CODE NOW IN OPERATION Federal Purchase' of Surpluses for Relief Starts; Oregon Men On Wheat Board. Putting the northwest fruit agree ment into effect, connecting up na tional relief measures with pur chase of surplus farm products, and setting up machinery to expedite payment of wheat benefits are but a few of the most recent outstand ing accomplishments under the ag ricultural adjustment act, accord ing to the current weekly review by the Oregon State college extension service. Though the marketing code for the northwest tree fruit industries was delayed much longer than ex pected, it has now been placed into full effect so that all shipping and marketing of apples and pears in interstate commerce from the Pa cific northwest will be under its provisions. The agreement authorizes the control of the maximum volume of fruit to be moved to market, regu lation of varieties, grades and sizes to be marketed at any given time, and the setting of minimum prices below which no fruit will be shipped to markets. Oregon fruit districts have been active in support of the agreement from the start of the ne gotiations last summer. Pork, butter, beef, fruit and prob ably other foods of which there are market surpluses at this time are to be purchased through a special relief unit of the A. A. A. organized to buy up such products and trans fer them to 3.500,000 families on re lief rolls. This is to be done thru cooperation with the federal Emer gency Relief administration. This action does not remove the fundamental necessity for produc tion control, particularly for those commodities which in the past have been sold in large volume abroad, warns Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and other leaders. The plan of direct purchases will help to remove present surpluses by di verting food to this formerly great ly restricted domestic market, but many problems of overproduction still remain to be attacked at the source through control measures. Two Oregon men are included on a review board of 12 selected from all wheat sections of the United States and now known as the County Acceptance unit of the wheat administration. These will review the contracts from each county as they reach Washington, make minor corrections where pos sible without returning the con tracts, and give final approval by counties so that checks may be made out. It is thought they will be able to pass upon contracts from about 70 counties a day. The two Oregon men included are A. R. Shumway, Milton, presi dent of the Pacific Northwest Co operative Grain Growers, and Paul C. Newman, Portland, a graduate of Oregon State college now in the federal crop statistician's olllce. FATHERS AND SONS II Judge Sweek, E. O. Nor mal President Speakers; Scout Leaders Slated. COURT OF HONOR ON B. P. W. Club to Serve Dinner; Fine Entertainment Program to Attract Males of City. Fathers and sons of Heppner will gather about the banquet table in the basement of the Christian nhnrrh Bt n'nlnrk tnmnrrnw j evening for the annual banquet sponsored by the local Boy Scout executive committee. Four outside speakers will be present for the oc casion besides a number of Boy Scouts from Walla Walla. 'Judge Calvin L. Sweek of Pen dleton will be chairman and toast master, assuring that the office will be well taken care of in the capable manner for which Judge Sweek is noted. Austin Landreth, president of the Eastern Oregon Normal school of La Grande, will give one of the principal addresses of the evening, entitled 'The Balancing Act for Boys." Another address will be given by W. L. Hayward, from the national council staff in Region Eleven, Boy Scouts of America, who is expected to accompany Robert H. Hayes,' ex ecutive of the Blue Mountain coun cil. Mr. Hayes appears on the pro gram with an address, "Scouting to Fathers and Sons." The local committee deems itself especially fortunate in being able to obtain this capable array of outside speak ing talent which assures a program full of meat for all who attend. Charles W. Smith, chairman' of the local executive committee will present Judge Sweek as the chair man of the evening. Donald Tur ner, local patrol leader, will give a talk, "The Kind of a Dad a Boy Likes." Joel'R. Benton will deliver the invocation and Frank W. Tur ner will lead group singing of "Ore gon My Oregon." Special' enter tainment features will includee a vocal duet, "Dream Melody," by Matt Kenny and Bill Cochell; a pi ano solo by Miss Marjorie Parker, tap dance by Richard Hayes, and instrumental number by James T. Lumley and Boyd Redding. Dinner will be served under the auspices of the Business and Pro fessional Womens club by members of the domestic science class of the high school. Following the dinner and banquet program, a court of honor will be held with Judge Sweek as chairman, Mr. Smith as secretary and Mr. Hayes, the re gional executive, presiding. All men of the city, whether fa thers or not, are cordially invited to attend and bring a boy with them. The price of one ticket in cludes plates for one man and one boy, the tickets to be purchased by the men. FATHER DIES AT PENDLETON. B. A. Stafford. 82. father nf Mrs. M. L. Case, died at 1:15 o'clock last Friday morning at a Pendleton hos pital, following a lina-erins- illness. Members of the family accompan ied tne body to Albany Monday where funeral services were held. The family home was made at Al bany for many years. Mr. Stafford came to Heppner about two months ago from Long Beach, Cal., to make his home with his daughter. EXPRESS APPRECIATION. The Heppner hiirh school student body and football team wish to ex press tneir appreciation to the bus iness people and residents of Henn- ner for their hearty cooperation and loyal support of school activities, especially shown at the football games. Your attendance and en- tnusiasm at the game last Fridav was deeply appreciated. DEER HIDES WANTED. Georee Strand nf PunHiofnn Hi- rector of the big Westward Ho 'par ade, annua Round-Up feature, asks locai people who care to, to save their deer hides. The word, re ceived through Henry Aiken, Rodeo vice president, states that Mr. Strand expects to feature a number of these hides in next year's parade. PEN LAND PLEADS GUILTY. William Penland. chara-ed with assault with a dangerous weapon as the result of a shooting fracas here recently in which he shot Lloyd Matteson four times, plead guilty on arraignment In luatinn court last Thursday and waived hearing before the grand jury. Time of sentence has not been announced. LEX LOSES TO ECHO. The Lexington football team jour neyed to Echo last Friday where they met a very strong and smooth running team. The score was 28 to 6 in favor of the Echo boys. Lex ington played a hard game and feel encouraged by the one score maJ-. A return game will be played here this week. Frank Wlnnurd returned the first of the week from Eugene where he visited his brother, Dr. N. E. Winnaid, whom he reports to bo In very 111 health.