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Volume 50, Number 36.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 1933
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FAVOBEDBY GLUD
Saving Would be Made
Thru Lower Freight
Rates, Believed.
SCHOOL PLAN CITED
More State Support and Equaliza
tion of Distribution Given as
Tax Levelling Measure.
The Heppner Commercial club
has added a resolution to the flood
of recommendations being sent
from eastern Oregon proposing the
construction of locks of sufficient
size to permit the entrance of ocean
going vessels when the Bonneville
dam is built. Such locks would be
fully compensated for by the re
sultant saving in freight rates, be
lieved S. E. Notson, commercial
clhb president, who put the ques
tion when the Lions club meeting
Monday was turned temporarily
into a meeting of the commercial
club.
The principal feature of the Lions
club program was a discussion of
school finances led by Edward F.
Bloom, superintendent of the local
schools. Mr. Bloom cited what has
been done by adjoining states In
substantiation of a contention that
the state of Oregon should provide
for a larger proportion of the gen
eral school finances.
He pointed out that at present
the only state support for elemen
tary schools in Oregon comes from
the interest on the irreducible
school fund built up from the or
iginal land grants. Last year this
support amounted to $1.11 per pu
pil. He quoted Washington in par
ticular as having provided for &
much larger amount of state sup
port for its schools through allow
ing for this purpose a proportion
of the revenue raised from a priv
ilege tax bill passed by its last leg
islature. He showed how the distribution
of Oregon's school money works an
Injustice on some districts while
favoring others. The distribution li
of Oregon's school money works an
injustice on some districts while fa
voring others. The distribution is
made on the basis of assessed val
uation of the districts and not ac
cording to population. Therefore,
the richer districts, whether or not
they have many children to edu
cate, get a larger share of the mon
ey, and are not forced to levy ss
high a special district tax as are the
poorer districts. He believed the
Btate should go further In provid
ing elementary school funds and
should apportion the money on the
basis of population In order to bet
ter equalize the burden.
In a short discussion following
Mr. Bloom's presentation of the
problem, members of the club gen
erally expressed themselves in
agreement with more centralized
control of school finances looking
to economy and more equal oppor
tunity for an education by rural,
town and city children.
J. O. Turner, one of the district's
representatives in the legislature,
followed Mr. Bloom, expressing ap
preciation for the suggestions that
had been given and welcoming all
the information his constituency
has to offer In the light of the com
ing special session. He cited short
ly some of the problems the com
ing session is up against, stressing
the present truck and bus bill as
one law that would have to be
ironed out
It appeared likely to Mr. Turner
that if the steering committee
wasn't mighty active, the major
purpose of the session, that of pro
viding emergency relief measures,
would be crowded well out of the
picture by the numerous other is
sues in the offing.
G. A. Bleakman spoke briefly on
elk hunting, giving it as his idea
as a hunter with 40 years exper
ience, that it would not be wise to
close the elk season next year, but
that it would be well to move both
the elk and deer seasons ahead into
August. The meat is better at the
earlier date, there would not be so
much slaughtering, and it could be
taken care of well enough, he said.
The club recognized birthdays of
two of its members, W. W. Smead,
oldest, member, and M. L. Case,
whose birth anniversaries occurred
last week.
MOVE TO GRANTS PASS.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Perry Conder left
Heppner recently to make their fu
ture home at Grants Pass. The
family home had been made here
for many years, for the most of
which time Dr. Conder had followed
the practice of mechano-therapy
and naturopathy and was promi
nent in religious and political cir
cles. The well-wishes of many
friends accompany them to their
new home.
BEND EDITOR VISITS.
Judge Robert W. Sawyer, editor
of the Bend Bulletin, former coun
ty judge of Deschutes county, for
mer member of the state highway
commission, and otherwise promin
ently Identified with state political
and newspaper activities, was In
Heppner yesterday. He was on a
tour of the eastern Oregon section
feeling the pulse of the people in
regard to the tax collection problem,
BIG LDCKS
Facts of County Finance
Given by State Reports
Morrow county, with a percent
age of delinquency of 47.35 in col
lection of taxes levied on the 1932
rolls, exceeds the state average
1932 tax delinquency .of 39.99 per
cent, according to a report issued
by the state tax commission with
figures as of September 6, 1933.
The estimated amount of taxes de
linquent In this county for the 1932
rolls as of the date given is $82,
025.13.
The percentage of delinquency
has grown in this county each year
since 1930, when the report shows
a delinquency on the 1929 rolls of
14.33 percent For the 1930 rolls
the delinquency shown is 30.14 per
cent, and for the 1931 rolls, 38.27
percent.
The total net indebtedness of
Morrow county as reported by the
state treasurer for July 1, 1933, was
$511,806.37. With the county's as
sessed valuation given at $12,378,
808, a debt ratio of 4.12 percent is
shown, representing an increase of
21 percent over the 1932 ratio.
The report shows the city of
Heppner to have a net Indebted
ness of $77,000, representing a like
amount of bonded indebtedness.
The city's net debt ratio, with as
sessed valuation given at $880,415,
is 8.75 percent, an increase of .34
percent over 1932.
Heppner is shown not to have
the highest debt ratio of any city
or town in Morrow county. Board
man with a net debt of $5,500 and
valuation of $36,955 has a ratio of
14.88 percent, an Increase of 3.38
percent, for the highest. Lexing
ton, with a net debt of $1,876 and
valuation of $98,715, has a ratio of
1.90 percent for the lowest lone
has a debt ratio of 6.05, with total
net indebtedness of $10,332 and val
uation of $170,639.
The bonded indebtedness of
school districts in Morrow county
is shown by a report from the of
fice of the state superintendent of
public Instruction to total $200,100
for 1933 or $9000 less than for 1932.
The total warrant indebtedness of
all the districts in the county for
1933 is Bhown to be $136,643.35, or
$58,224.75 greater than the total
warrant indebtedness for 1932.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Election of officers was held at
the meeting of Lexington grange
Saturday evening. The new offi
cers are, Master, Harvey Miller;
overseer, Orville Cutsforth; lectur
er, Laura Rice; steward, E. A. Kel
ly; assistant steward, Lawrence
Beach; lady assistant steward, Beu
lah Nichols; chaplain, Elsie Beach;
treasurer, R. B. Rice; secretary,
Lena Kelly; gate keeper, Norman
Nelson; Ceres, Lorraine Beach; Po
mona, Pearl Devine; Flora, Tena
Scott.
Installation of the new officers
will be held on the evening of De
cember 9th and Willows and Rhea
Creek granges have been invited to
bring their officers for a Joint in
stallation with Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Cox of
Heppner were elected to member
ship in the grange. The grange
adopted a resolution favoring the
development of the Umatilla Rap
ids and the Snake river to Asotin,
Wash.
Some excitement was caused in
Lexington Wednesday afternoon
when the R. B. Wilcox house caught
Are. A small hole was burned in
the roof before the fire was extin
guished.
Lexington was quite deserted Sat
urday due to a large number of the
population going to Portland to
witness the O. S. C.-Oregon football
game. Those from here who spent
the week end in the metropolis
were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dinges,
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Hunt, Mrs. Elsie M.
Beach, Ralph, Jackson, Vernon
Warner, Wayne McMillan, Gwen
Evans, Vernon Scott, Sam McMil
lan, Don Pointer, Eula McMillan,
Laurel Beach, Clarence Carmich
ael, Harold Beach, Vernon Mun
kers, Ralph Phillips and S. G. Mc
Millan. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Burchell en
tertained the high school faculty
and play cast at a delicious turkey
dinner Thursday evening. The
guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
H. Williams, Mrs. C. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. J. G. Johnson, Laurel
Beach, Freda Hammel, Tlllie Nel
son. Rose Thornburg, Faye Lut-
trell, Erma Lane, Alfred Van Win
kle, Vester Thornburg and Jack
McMillan.
Miss Erma Lane visited friends
in Heppner over the week end
The Rebekah Three Link club
will give a dance at the hall Satur
day night, music to be furnished by
Bud's Jazz band. Supper will be
served at midnight.
Mrs. Raymond Jeub arrived Sun
day evening from Coqullle and is
visiting relatives here, Mrs. Jeub
will be remembered as Miss Maxine
Gentry.
Some remodelling was done at
the local telephone office last week.
Clark Davis did the work.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox of
Ellis ranger station visited at the
R. B. Wilcox home Sunday.
Mr. Harrison of Underwood was
a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Palmer.
E. D. Burchell Is confined to his
home by Illness.
On the evening of Nov. 22 the la
dies of the Church of Christ will
present "Old Curiosity Shop" In the
dining room of the hall, featuring
quilts, old and new; antiques and
curioB of all types; old fashioned
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Back the Budget-
J. HE Heppner schools must operate at least 160 days this year
in order to receive more than $4000 of high school tuition
money already allotted them. This money would not be forth
coming if the schools were forced to close before the prescribed
160 days.
That defeat of the budget at the special election next Mon
day would mean the closing of the schools in less than 160 days
of operation this year is almost certain, as well as preclude the
possibility of holding school at all next year.
The $4000 mentioned represents but a fraction of the loss
that would be entailed should this happen. Besides the high
school tuition money, which comes from a special tax levied for
that specific purpose, the district would lose out on a still larger
amount of elementary school tuition money paid it by the out
lying districts now transporting pupils to Heppner.
But clear aside from these revenues that come to the dis
trict directly and help make it possible to have standard grade
and high schools here, consideration should be given to the de
moralizing effects that closing of the schools most surely would
have.
The big problem of what to do with the children would be
uppermost. A few people who could afford to send their chil
dren elsewhere to school would do so. A few people who feel
competent of instructing their children themselves might at
tempt that course, but most surely would find the task a large
one and the results far from satisfactory. But it is probable a
large percentage of the children would be left much to their
own resources. '
The unguided vigor of youth is known to social leaders to re
sult in greater demands upon the juvenile courts, a demand that
in some instances has caused a greater drain upon the tax cof
fers than that of the schools themselves. It is here that the
danger lies. It is here where the sound thinking men and wo
men of Heppner have a responsibility and a duty that cannot be
lightly dodged. It is here where Nero may fiddle, or where
Rome may be built.
Every taxpayer in school district No. One should attend the
meeting next Monday. If it is possible to find places wheite the
budget may be further pruned a sane discussion of the budget
items will reveal that. But after the budget has been thorough
ly discussed and pruned it should be passed to make Heppner
safe for democracy and progress.
Benefit Smoker Slated
At Lexington for 18th
On Saturday, November 18, at
7:30 p. m., the wrestling and box
ing benefit smoker will be held at
the Lexington gymnasium under
the direction of George Gillis, who
promises something new and differ
ent Several Multnomah club mem
bers will be here to put on exhi
bition matches and Lexington,
Heppner and lone will all be well
represented.
Wrestling: Laverne Wright, Lex
ington vs. Timmons, Heppner; Ell-
wyn Peck, Lex. vs. Asa Shaw, Lex.;
Lee Stauffer, Multnomah club,
Portland, vs. George Gillis, Lex.;
Otis Allstott, Heppner, vs. Earl Gil
lis, Portland, state high school
champion and P. N. A. runner-up.
Referee, Harvey Bauman.
Boxing: Virgil Smith, Lex. vs.
John Hanna, Heppner; Lee Shaw,
Lex. vs. Flnley Gibbs, Lex; Harding
Smith, Lex. vs. Clayton Davis, Lex.;
Paul Jones, Multnomah club, Port
land, vs. Dan Gillis, Bachelor club,
Portland; Dale Yocum, Lex. vs.
Lyle Allyn, Lex. Referee, George
Mabee, Heppner.
Other matches will be arranged
before Saturday. The admission
will be children 15c, adults 35c. Pro
ceeds to be used to buy a wrestling
mat
License Drawing Slated
Nov. 27th; $5 Is Car Fee
Automobile owners in Oregon will
receive reminders this week of the
approach of another registration
year, when more than 250,000 let
ters are released in the mails by
Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state.
A twelve-month license may be
purchased for $5.00 for private pas-!
senger cars to be registered for the
year 1934, the new rate being the
lowest enjoyed by car owners for
many years. A return to the ear
lier plan of registering motor ve
hicles on a calendar-year basis
brings a renewal season twice with
in the twelve months, as well as re
storing Oregon to a registration
year on a similar schedule with oth
er states in the union.
"Those desiring to make appli
cations for plates for the new sea
son at an early date may send in
their remittances and their regis
tration cards, properly signed, at
any time and plates will be mailed
from Salem to reach the applicants
on December 15, the first date on
which 1934 licenses may be used,"
suggests Mr. Hoss.
A drawing for low license num
bers will be held on November 27,
and all applications received at
that time will be included. Special
numbers will not be assigned in or
der to continue the expeditious
handling of plates.
BOY SCOUTS TO CHURCH.
On next Sunday morning, No
vember 19, the Boy Scouts of Hepp
ner, headed by Scoutmaster Philip
Foord, will attend the Heppner
Church of Christ In a body, and
will be seated in a section of the
church auditorium especially re
served for them. The services will
be designed to be particularly fit
ting for this occasion, and the gen
eral public is invited to attend and
show appreciation of this great
secular movement for the benefit
of the youth of the nation and the
world.
The foggy weather prevailing for
the last week at Heppner broke up
this morning in a warm rain, a
most welcome change.
FARM PURCHASING
TO BE IMPROVED
National Agricultural Outlook In
catog Better Times; Some
Doubts Eemain.
Definite indicat'on of an im
proved purchasing ;.-ower f or Amer
ican farmers during the coming
year is forseen in the national ag
ricultural outlook report just issued
by the United States department of
agriculture, reports L. R. Breit
haupt, extension economist at O. S.
C, who was Oregon's representative
at the national conference which
prepared the report.
Printed copies of the report have
not yet been received in Oregon but
are expected late in November
when a' limited number of copies
may be obtained direct from the
college or from county agents. Six
ty delegates from the states coop
erated with the federal officials in
preparing the report
Prospective improved purchasing
power is based partly on improved
demand conditions and partly on
the workings of the agricultural ad
justment administration, the" con
ference decided. In this connection
the greatest improvement in the
general agricultural commodity sit
uation is expected in those basic
commodities included under the
farm act.
The sheep industry, so far out
side of the basic commodity list,
also shows evidence of real im
provement as it is now on the
downward side of its more or less
regular production cycle. The ulti
mate effect of this depends however
somewhat on the developments In
the corn-hog adjustment program
in the middlewest. This program
may, in fact, influence the whole
western range livestock industry.
The questions yet to be settled
that will affect vitally this industry
are those concerning possible com
pensatory taxes on competitive
products with pork, and the use to
which rented or contracted corn
acreage will be put. Certain pol
icies, western delegates believed,
might stimulate the production of
cattle and sheep in the corn belt
State outlook reports will con
tinue to be released from Mr. Breit-
haupt's office, based partly on the
national report and timed accord
ing to seasonal demands. The fall
report on livestock and horticul
ture has already been distributed.
WICK-LE TRACE.
In a quiet wedding at the farm
home of the bride's parents near
Lone Rock last Sunday afternoon,
Miss Shirley Wick became the bride
of Louis Franklin LeTrace of
Heppner. Joel R. Benton, pastor
of the local Church of Christ, per
formed the ceremony in the pres
ence of a number of relatives of the
young people. Mrs. LeTrace Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Wick, leading residents of the Lone
Rock vicinity, and Mr. LeTrace is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. William
LeTrace, well known Heppner res
idents. The wedding was the cul
mination of a happy courtship, and
brings a host of well-wishes from
the many friends of the young
couple. Relatives present for the
ceremony included Mr. and Mrs
Wm. LeTrace ami Mr. and Mrs. Or
rin Wricht of Heppner. and Mr.
I and Mrs, Walter Hayes of Lone
I Rock.
I0NE
Ey MARGARET BLAKE
R. E. Harbison of Cottage Grove
was in town a day or so last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner and
Mrs. Fred Mankin and son drove
to Portland Sunday to visit Mrs.
Holmes Gabbert, daughter of the
Misners who underwent a major
operation at a Portland hospital
during the past week. She is re
ported to be doing as well as could
be expected considering the serious
ness of her illness.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Feldman were
business visitors in Walla Walla on
Monday.
Mrs. Hugh Smith entertained
with six tables of bridge at the aux
iliary room Monday afternoon. The
guests were Mesdames Paul O'
Meara, Dixon Smith, C. W. McNa
mer, Bert Mason, W. A. Wilcox,
Clyde Denny, Kenneth Blake, Earl
Blake, H. D. McCurdy, Victor Riet
mann, Omar Rietmann, C. W.
Swanson, V. G. Peterson, Cleo
Drake, Frank Lundell, Geo. Tuck
er, W. R. Corley, M. E. Cotter,
Louis Bergevin, Roy Feely, Carl Al
lyn and Miss Norma Swanson. High
score was won by Mrs. C. W. Swan
son and low by Mrs. Dixon Smith.
Delicious refreshments of salad and
wafers were served.
C. H. Freeman of the State In
dustrial Accident commission of
Salem was in town Monday until
Wednesday auditing the time books
of the farmers of this locality.
George Tucker went to Arling
ton Saturday afternoon to referee
the football game played In that
city between Heppner and Hermis
ton as a part of the celebration
staged by the Legion and Auxiliary
of Arlington on Armistice Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris of the
Park hotel are taking a short va
cation in Portland. During their
absence Mr. and Mrs. Cole Smith
are in charge of the hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ekleberry
have returned from a visit of sev
eral weeks at their old home in
Iowa.
C. W. Swanson and his son Carl
ton and Louis Bergevin drove to
Portland Friday, returning Sunday.
Ordie Farrens has returned to
Portland after visiting his mother,
Mrs. Helen Farrens, for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Keithley Blake and
daughter returned to lone after a
visit of two weeks at the home of
Roy Blake in Kinzua, Ore.
Mrs. J. E. Swanson, Mrs. Garland
Swanson and Norman Swanson
spent the week end with relatives
at Salem.
Mrs. Victor Peterson entertained
a small group of friends at lunch
eon at her home in Heppner last
Thursday. Guests were Mrs. H. D.
McCurdy, Mrs. George Tucker, Mrs.
Victor Peterson, Mrs. Louis Ber
gevin. Mrs. D. M. Ward and Mrs. J.
T. Knappenberg. After luncheon
several progressions of contract
were played with Mrs. Bert Mason
winning high score for the play.
Miss Mildred Smith who Is em
ployed in The Dalles spent Sunday
wtih her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cole
Smith.
W. S. Smith of Lyle, Wn, has
been saying hello to old friends in
lone during the past week.
J. A. Harbke of Portland was a
business visitor in lone last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Balsiger spent
the past week visiting relatives at
Newberg.
Among those going down to Port
land for the U. of O.-O. S. C. game
last Saturday were Paul Smouse,
Charles Carlson, George Ely, Earl
McCabe and Verner Troedson.
Milton Morgan, Jr., Richard Lun
dell, Cecil Padberg and Joe Engle
man returned the first of the week
from Portland.
Lee Beckner was a business vis
itor in Portland the past week.
Word has been received from
Mrs. Lee Beckner and Mrs. Roy
Lieuallen who are driving to West
Virginia for a visit at the old home
of Mrs. Beckner that they had en
joyed wonderful weather and ex
cellent driving conditions as far as
they had travelled when they wrote
at Salt Lake City.
Eric Bergstrom has purchased
the Esteb place adjoining his farm
in the Gooseberry district
Funeral services for Mrs. Ross
Perry who died at her home near
lone on Nov. 7th were held at the
Congregational church last Friday
afternoon with Rev. Joseph Pope
of Heppner delivering the sermon.
Special musical numbers were sung
by Mrs. Walter Roberts, Mrs. Paul
Balsiger and Louis and Paul Bal
siger, accompanied by Mrs. Louis
Balsiger. Interment was made in
the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mrs. Per
ry leaves her husband, Ross Perry,
two daughters, Rossbelle and Mig
nonette, and a son, Robert, to
mourn her passing.
Miss Lucy Spittle spent the past
week end in Portland visiting with
friends and incidently attending
the big football game.
Mrs. Harriet Brown spent the
week end with her sister, Mrs. Kll
cup on Butter creek.
The carnival and program which
the grade school is giving to raise
funds for serving hot lunches at
school will be given on December
15. No effort is being spared to
make this affair a huge success.
Next Monday, Nov. 20, It is planned
to begin serving these hot lunches
and no charge will be made to
grade school pupils. One hot dish
will be served to supplement the
lunch brought by each child.
Mrs. Tom Perry of Portland came
up from that city to attend the fu
neral of Mrs. Ross Perry.
"Hero is as Hero Does," a play
bv Emile Gehrlng, will be given by
the hleh school at the gym on vvea
nesday, Nov. 29. The following
I students have been chosen for the
Morrow Men to be Used
On Spray Road Work
"Only Morrow county men will
be employed on the Hardman-Rock
creek sector of the Heppner-Spray
road, the contract for which was
awarded at Portland yesterday, so
long as qualified men are available
here," said Carl F. Caulfleld, Port
land, field supervsior for the Na
tional Reemployment service, who
was in Heppner this morning. The
work end of the PWA projects is
in charge of the service represent
ed by Mr. Caulfleld.
Residents of the county will get
first call with war veterans with
dependents getting preference in
the work, Mr. Caulfleld said. Regis
tration will be open immediately at
the county Judge's office in Hepp
ner, at Hardman, lone and Board
man. It is expected the work will
start between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1.
In registering, veterans should
present their service discharges or
other evidence of their war service,
Mr. Caulfleld said.
Bids Let for Work on
Spray, Wasco Routes
Saxton & Looney, address not
given, were named by this morn
ing's Oregonian as the successful
bidder on the 3.1 miles of grading
on the Hardman-Rock creek sec
tor of the Heppner-Spray road.
This bid of $34,533.70, is part of a
total of $500,000 In contracts let by
the state highway commission yes
terday. A contract for the bulding of a
bridge across Six Mile creek and
six trestles, all on the Heppner-Condon-Wasco
road, was let to F.
H. May for $16,774.50.
The contracts let yesterday are
to be paid from the $6,106,000 of
PWA money allotted Oregon, of
which all but $2,700,000 has been
let in contracts, and the balance Is
budgeted for, the Oregonian re
port says.
Copies of Oregon Budgets
Sought by State League
Eugene, Ore. Valuable informa
tion on many problems before Ore
gon cities and towns will be made
available to these municipalities
through the operation of a "clear
ing house" to be established here
at the office of Herman Kehrli, sec
retary of the League of Oregon
Cities, and of the University of Or
egon municipal research. Mr.
Kehrli has Issued a request for cop
ies of the budgets of all cities In
Oregon, and a large number have
already been received.
Information on what other cities
are doing on such matters as col
lection of delinquent taxes, sources
of income, fire protection, police
protection and other affairs will be
compiled, and by a study of this
compilation many municipalities
may be able to make considerable
savings, it is pointed out Cities
which have not yet sent in copies
of their budget are urged to do so
at once.
President Asks Aid
For Annual Roll Call
"When our people In any section
of the country are faced with the
perils and suffering which follow so
swiftly in the wake of disaster,
they look with one accord to the
American Red Cross for instant
and efficient relief. They have
never looked in vain," said Presi
dent Roosevelt recently.
"Those of us who are willing to
lend a helping hand in time of
emergency to others less fortunate
than ourselves, look to this great
national relief agency as our rep
resentative in the hour of need. It
does not disappoint us. It is an
historic institution closely allied
with your government, and its pres
ident is always the president of the
United States.
"Just now the Red Cross is ask
ing every adult American to lend
his or her support to the Red Cross
service through individual mem
berships. The record of the Red
Cross is one we may all be proud
of. In the past year sufferers of
117 disasters have been cared for.
Five million families have benefit
ted by distribution of relief mater
ials. A million Americans have
served as volunteers under the Red
Cross banner.
"I earnestly urge you to respond
most generously to the annual Red
Cross roll call. We must do our
part to keep the Red Cross ready,
day or night, for service."
MOVE TO TOPPENISH.
Ray Wise, co-partner in the San
itary Bakery here for several years,
departed the first of the week with
his family for Toppenish, wash
where they will make their home.
Mr. Wise disposed of his interests
In the local bakery to his brother
and former partner, Cecil Wise,
who will continue to operate the
local bakery. The well wishes of
the many friends of the Wise fam
ily accompany them to their new,
and old, home. The Wises former
ly lived at Toppenish before com
ing to Heppner,
Richard Peterson was in the city
this morning from the farm home
over near Kimberley in the John
Day section. "We don't have fog
over on the river, Richard said,
cast: Leo Young, Eva Swanson,
Foster Odom, Dimple Crabtree,
Berl Akers, Robert Botts, Doris
Allstott, Donald Hellker, Harriet
Heliker, Walter Bristow and Mir
iam Hale. After te play the aux
iliary will give a dance at Legion
hall.
F
INCE PROBLEM
TO FACE GROWERS
Land Bank President to
Give Address on Sub
ject at Moro Meet.
OVERHEAD IS HEAVY
Government Belief Measures, Or
ganization of Credit Associa
tions Among Subjects Up.
The - Eastern Oregon Wheat
league conference at Moro, Decem
ber 8-9, will attempt to get to the
heart of the farm finance problem
as it affects eastern Oregon wheat
growers. Recognizing this as one
of the outstanding problems of the
day, the league's executive commit
tee has arranged to devote the en
tire afternoon of the first day to the
presentation of the problem, to a
discussion of the government meas
ures already Invoked to help In the
solution, and to a discussion of any
proposed measures.
E. M. Ehrhardt, president of the
Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
has accepted an invitation to de
liver one of the principal addresses
of the afternoon on "Farm Fi
nances." Someone, probably Geo.
N. Peek, of the National Farm
Credit administration, will discuss
the organization of production
credit associations.
All those in attendance and
Moro is preparing to entertain a
big crowd will be fully informed
on the types of loans now available
to farmers through government
agencies, and it will be attempted
to unravel all red tape in an un
derstandable manner.
Three types of loans were made
available to farmers through the
Emergency Farm Mortgage act of
1933, to be administered by the fed
eral land banks and the land bank
commissioner under the farm cred
it administration. These loans
were for the purpose, first, to re
finance indebtedness of farmers;
second, to provide working capital
for farm operations; and, third, to
redeem or- repurchase foreclosed
farm property. While the machin
ery for making these loans has
been in operation for some time,
the executive committee feels there
is not sufficient general understand
ing of the set-up to make the re
lief as far-reaching as it should be.
Statistics from the United States
department of agriculture show
that in this section of the northwest
the annual mortgage charge Is
more than twice the amount of all
taxes paid. In Oregon the total
farm mortgage Indebtedness In
creased from 34 million dollars in
1910 to 116 million in 1930, though
the latter figure is somewhat less
than the peak reached in 1928.
"The burden of annual fixed
charges resting upon farmers de
pends, of course, upon the rela
tionship of these charges to the
farm income available for meeting
them," Secretary Wallace has said
in commenting on the problem.
"As compared with the pre-war sit
uation fixed charges in the form
of interest on farm debt and taxes
on farm property are roughly 2H
times as large, while the gross in-s
come in 1933 falls nearly 25 percent
below the pre-war figures. Fur
thermore, these charges must be
met out of the Income remaining
after current farm and family ex
penditures are deducted, and still
further, they can be paid only from
cash Income."
This gives some of the reason why
the executive committee deems the
farm finance problem vital enough
to demand half a day of the con
ference time at Moro. Other vital
problems will be up, too, for the
discussion of which Moro has pro
vided good quarters. Assurance Is
also given that adequate rooming
and eating facilities will be provid
ed for all who attend and the
latch string Ts hanging on the out
side. Expert to Aid Work
Of Cities in Oregon
Eugene, Ore. Cities and munici
palities of Oregon and Washington
will have the service of an expert
consultant during the next six
months, it was announced here re
cently by Herman Kehrli, direct
or of the University of Oregon bu
reau of municipal research and ex
ecutive secretary of the League of
Oregon Cities. Funds to provide
for this work have been obtained
from the Rockefeller Foundation,
and the expert will be sponsored by
the American Municipal associa
tion. The consultant will devote the
first two months in aiding Oregon
and Washington cities in making
applications for loans from the na
tional Public Works administration.
He will assist cities in making out
their formal applications, prepar
ing final plans and working out oth
er details necessary to obtain a por
tion of the federal funds.
Work of the consultant later on
will be to assist cities in solving
such problems as the collection of
taxes, tax delinquencies, allocation
of budgets and others. He will
work in close cooperation with the
muntcipul research bureau of the
university and with the office of the
executive secretary of the League
of Oregon Cities.