- i r & I. 3 J - 1 c r Ti J ' - - ' ' ", 0 : Volume 50, Number 44. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 1934 Subscription $2.00 a Year NEC N BA DAY TO OPE MO I BEING 1IGED Special Trade Offerings, Band Concert, Banquet, Dance, Features. MAYOR TO WELCOME Fete Planned for Visiting Officials; All County Invited to Join In Offering Felicitations. When the doors of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portland open for business next Monday morning, the new bank will be accorded a royal welcome, ac cording to plans laid by the local contact committee for a big cele bration of Bank Opening Day. The committee believes from the many expressions of good will and rejoic ing on every hand that all of Mor row county is in a mood to make the celebration one long to be re membered, and they, as well as all the people of Heppner extend a hearty welcome to everyone to par ticipate. Heppner business houses have en tered into the spirit of the occasion with enthusiasm by offering a wide array of attractive bargains to make the day one of unusual trad ing opportunity, and the city and county governments, organizations and professional people as well as citizens of the community generally are joining to make it a gala day. Matinee Announced. Entertainment features for the day Include a concert in front of the bank at 1:30 in the afternoon by the Heppner school band. A special matinee has been arranged by the Star theater to begin at 3 o'clock, showing Maurice Chevalier in "The Way to Love." A public banquet toVete visiting bank officials will be held at the Christian church basement at 6:30 at a charge of 50 cents a plate. Ar rangements are being made to seat 200 people and a presale of tickets will be made. Because of the lim ited seating capacity those desirous of obtaining tickets should get In touch with J. O. Turner, Gay M. Anderson or Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, members of the banquet committee, at the earliest possible convenience, to make reservations. Judge Sweek Invited. Features of the banquet will be welcoming speeches from Mayor Anderson of Heppner and other leading people of the county, talks by visiting bank officials, and musi cal numbers by selected talent from over the county. Ladies of the church will prepare and serve the dinner. Judge C. L. Sweek has been extended an invitation to act as toaatmaster. Following the banquet a public dance will be held at the Elks hall, where everyone Is' invited to join In the festivities at a nominal charge In staging the celebration it is the Intention of the committee to give the people an opportunity to call and get acquainted with the new bank and to express apprecia tion for Its display of confidence in the people and economic soundness of the community. The celebration is intended to reflect the confidence of the people in the new bank and in the brighter future which the bank's coming will aid. It is an opportunity for rejoicing and fell citations. Another Dividend Slated For F. & S. Depositors A second dividend of fifteen per cent for the depositors of The Far mers & Stoekgrowers National "Bank of Heppner is announced by Receiver J. L. Gault, checks cover ing same having been completed in his office, and are now on their way to Washington, D. C. for the slg- nature of the Cbmptroller of the Currency. It is expected these checks will be returned to the re ceiver's office and ready for dellV' ery about January 25th. This dividend In conjunction with the forty per cent dividend released In September last makes a fifty-five per cent return to the depositors of this bank since it went Into liquida' tion In January a year ago. HAS APPENDIX OPERATION. Clifford Yarnell, high school stu dent, underwent an operation for apendicitis at Heppner hospital on Monday afternoon. While he was found to be in a very serious con dition, the operation is apparently successful and his early recovery is anticipated. NAM Ell COUNTY PHYSICIAN. Dr. A. B. Gray, Heppner physl dun, hus been named by the county court ag county physician for the year 1934, the appointment being GALA CELEBRA made this week at the regular Jan nary term, MYSTERY SHROUDS JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Presentation Tomorrow Evening to Reveal Hidden Secrets of "The Yellow Shadow." At 8 o'clock tomorrow evening the curtains will open on the first act of "The Yellow Shadow," the junior class play, at the auditorium-gymnasium. Shots are heard in the dark. A man is murdered and people appear, then disappear without explanation. Who are they and what do they want? Who is the dead man? These questions will be answered Friday night by the following characters and their parts in the mystery drama: Mildred Marvin (Ilene Kilkenny) plays as an attractive young lady from New York. She has Inherited the estate from her uncle and has decided to live there and get close to nature in the woods of the north west. Miss Marvin is very brave and not afraid of criminals and boot leggers but is most certainly not used to this mysterious "wild" west. Mr. Gilbert Wright (Edwin Dick), a middle-aged attorney, and guar dian of Miss Marvin, is determined throughout the play to help solve the mysteries of Viewcrest Jed Travis (Howard Furlong) is a very mysterious character. He places himself in a suspicious position by his wild and wierd talk about the gillyoo birds. He seems to know more than he admits. Nell Travis (Lorena Wilson) Jed's wife and the housekeeper at Viewcrest, is an other of the suspicious characters. She adds to the suspicions against herself by her strange answers and speeches. Sheriff Macklin (Ervin Perlberg) claims to be the only one In the whole county who has taken a "de teckative course." He knows all about criminals and their crimes according to his own opinion. Her bert Marvin (Joe Green) is the brother of Mildred Marvin. He ap pears on the scene shortly after the murder and gives very suspicious accounts of his adventures. The sheriff is sure that Herbert has something to do with the mystery. Hazel Wayne (Jennie Swendig), the cousin of Mildred Marvin, is a very attractive spinstress, age "about" 40 years. She does not like the "wild and wooly" west and does not mind telling you so. Jennie Steel (Frances Rugg) the county coroner, is a very modest young lady. She knows little about crime and murder and is frank in admitting so. Jennie, however, de termines to help the sheriff as much as she can and wherever the sheriff goes, Jennie is not far bhind. Alice Perkins (Jessie French) is the life-long chum of Mildred Mar vin. She is a veiy modern young girl and is very brave. Wong Song (William Schwarz), a mystery him self, adds much more to the queer happenings by his appearances and disappearances. There will be a matinee at two o'clock Friday afternoon largely for children. The prices are: grade school, 5c; high school 10c, and adults 25c. The evening prices are grade and high school, 15c; adults 25c. Morrow County Products On Display in Portland An array of Morrow county prod ucts was taken to Portland this week by C. W. Smith, county agent, to be displayed In the Sixth Ave. windows of the Public Service building. The display sponsored by the Heppner Commercial club and the Pacific Power & Light Co., is one of several from various com munities in Oregon and Washing ton which have been shown at two week intervals during the past few months. The displays have received favorable mention by the Portland press, as well as individuals who had no conception of the resources and productivity of eastern Oregon and Washington. All Morrow coun ty people who expect to be in Port land between January 15th and 28th should take time to inspect the ex hibit or our products. Ralph Scott was in town Wed nesday from his place near Lexing ton. He was exhibiting a front foot of a hog the outside toe of which was split about its full length underneath. Mr. Scott killed four porkers the first of the week, and each of them presented the same phenomena in both front feet, and he was quite puzzled to know the cause. Upon first thought he was Impressed that the hogs were af' dieted with some sort of hoof dis ease; however, it is more likely that the injury was caused in some manner while the animals were feeding. This is the opinion of those to whom he presented the case, including one of our physl clans who is satisfied the pigs were not afflicted with any disease. Mr. Scott reports the hogs were in fine condition aside from the split toes, and this affliction went no farther than the foot. Workmen are busy at the Chris tlan church this week making long needed repairs outside and inside, FOR PUBLIC FETE Bank Officials, Local Committee to be Ban quet Honor Guests. URGE ROAD'S FINISH To Ask Completion of Final 2.5 Mile Gap; Alpine Junket, Red Cross Drive Discussed. News received Monday of the def inite opening date of the local branch of the First National Bank of Portland set the Lions club to work on its part of the opening day celebration, the arrangement of a big public banquet to fete visiting officials and members of the local contact committee. Plans for this event were discussed at the club meeting Monday, with definite ar rangements left in the hands of a committee composed of Gay M. An derson, J. O. Turner, F. W. Turner, Earl Eskelson, J. H. Gault and L. E. Dick. Special musical numbers were left in the hands of the club's regular program committee. S. E. Notson, president of the commercial club, announced com mittees that will handle the com mercial body's good will junket to Alpine on Saturday, Feb. 3, when local people will present a program before the meeting of the Alpine Farm Burean. Mr. Notson extend ed an invitation to all Heppner peo ple to join in this occasion, and es pecially asked the cooperation of those who may be called upon to assist with the program. The com mittee named to prepare the pro gram is Jasper Crawford, Earl W. Gordon and Ray P. Kinne. Frank Turner, Earl Eskelson and C. J. D. Bauman were put in charge of transportation. A similar program was presented at Alpine last year, the pleasantness of which was re called by Mr. Notson, who com mended the warm hospitality ex tended on the former occasion and expressed appreciation of the re turn invitation. Bleakman Cites Road Work. Completion of the Heppner-Spray road, a major project of the club since its organization, was brought up for discussion by G. A. Bleak man who called attention to the fact that the present link of 3.2 miles would be finished within the next 60 to 70 days with weather conditions remaining favorable, and that the final gap of 2.5 miles, all easy con struction, should be given imme diate attention. Mr. Bleakman, a pioneer advocate of the Heppner Spray road, believed the additional link should be advertised for bids at once as the contractor now on the ground is in position to save the state money on the work. Acting on Mr. Bleakman's sug gestion, W. W. Smead, chairman of the club's road committee, said he would have his committee get busy immediately to ascertain the pos sibilities of getting the job put up for bids. Timber interests in the vicinity are especially anxious to see the road completed, Mr. Notson said. Some new Information was given by Mayor Gay M. Anderson on the matter of Heppner obtaining an airport from CWA dlvisipn of aero nautics money. Since receiving word that Heppner was definitely out of the picture for this work, Mr. Anderson had received a more recent letter from the Portland of fice saying that there were pros pects of an enlarged appropriation to carry on this work. Blanks were enclosed for making application, which will be considered if more money is provided by congress. The blanks were turned over to the club's airport committee. Bigger Locks Wanted. Again bringing up the subject of the Columbia river development, Mr. Notson said that Hood River and The Dalles people are not sat lsflcd with the larger locks author Ized by the army engineers in con nectlon with the Bonneville dam, as the locks are not yet large enough to permit ships of any size to pass through, and they are con tinuing their fight. He also had word from E. P. Dodd, executive secretary of the Trl-State Develop ment league, that there Is a good chance of another large appropria tion for public works being passed by the present session of congress, in which event the brief of the Uma tilla Rapids development, now In the hands of Secretary Ickes, will un doubtedly be in line for consider tion. Mr. Dodd also gave the In formation that eastern Washington people are preparing to carry on the fight for upper river develop ment. Mr. Notson, Mr. Smead and Earl Eskelson, the club a Red Cross SO' Melting committee, reported a fine response from the Heppner bus! ness district In answer to the relief call for Pacific northwest flood suf ferers, with not a single turn-down (Continued on Put Four) The Future Brightens Morrow COUNTY rejoices in announcement of the opening of the Heppner branch of the First National Bank of Portland next Monday. Having been without a bank since the local banks closed under moratorium October, '32 starting liquida tion last January the people have sorely felt the inconvenience of doing business without a bank. The past is history. And a renewed faith and confidence brightens the prospect of the future. Not only is Morrow county to be served by a strong, substantial banking institution which in itself reflects security for the funds entrusted to it, but with the government standing solidly be hind the depositors' money accounts being in sured up to $2500 in amount no safer place for anyone's money may be found. No longer is it necessary to stick one's funds away in postal sav-' ings, sending them clear out of the county, in or der that they may be secure. The government now offers the same security to funds in the local bank, where its freer circulation through checks and loans helps to stimulate local business. The lack of free circulation of money such as can be had only through local banking facilities has caused much hardship here the last year. When the stringency became so acute at one jtime that it was necessary to issue local scrip Sheep skin Scrip, the fame of which spread over the en tire country this comparatively slight addition to the local currency was found to bring allevia tion, and many credit it with being responsible for holding up the business structure of the city. Now the scrip is hardly noticeable. More than half the issue has been redeemed with Uncle Sam's iriony, and what is left of it, soiled as it is from heavy usage, now changes hands more sel dom. It will certainly all be redeemed by the due date at the end of this year, a good servant whose memory will be dear. Already through the government measures that have been taken to give the people use of Uncle Sam's money once more, impetus has been given to local business. It is hoped the wheat allotment checks will reach the county shortly, and with the CWA funds being released weekly, and the im provement in business conditions generally, Mor row county's new bank should find a fertile field for progress. And in giving the service that is its wont, the bank will assist in upbuilding the econ omic future of the county. Therein is real cause for rejoicing. FAST HOOP GAME SLATED SATURDAY Undefeated Adams Team to Play Heppner Hi Quintet; Hod gens to Shine for Visitors. Heppner high school basketball quintet will receive its. severest test here Saturday night when it meets the hitherto undefeated Adams bas ket tossers. This game is expect-1 ed to be a thriller as both teams have shown considerable speed in previous games. "Bunnie" Hodgens, the last of the famous Hodgens brothers in the Adams high school, is the man to be watched on the visiting squad. In the last game Heppner played, Jimmie Driscoll scored heavily for the locals. In earlier games Green, Gentry, Jones and Ayers have led In scoring. Ad ams can hardly afford to let any of the Heppner boys loose with the ball in basket-making territory. The preliminary game which is to be played by the two leading grade school girls' clubs will start promptly at seven o'clock. Admission: Adults, twenty - five cents; high school students, ten cents. Grade school pupils will be admitted free If accompanied by parents. Heppner high school's fast bas ketball quintet defeated the town team on the gym floor Friday night. The high school team took the lead In the first few minutes of play and were never headed. Driscoll of the school was high point man with 14 tallies. The score was 34-18. The starting lineup was: How ard Furlong, Roy Gentry, guards; Floyd Jones, Jimmie Driscoll, for wards, and Harold Ayers, center. Substitutions were Hlatt, Gilman, McRoberts, Cox, P. Phelan and Van Marter. The "Fighting Irish" are now working smoothly together and ex pect to surprise Adams by the scoreboard route. ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. Rev. M. G. Tennyson will hold services Sunday as follows: Holy Communion, 11 a. in. In Heppner; services at Cecil, 3 p. m.; services at Hardman, 7:30 p. m. Four More Projects Approved Under CWA Approval from the Portland of fice was received on four additional CWA projects in Morrow county this week. Included are the general street Improvement and bridge re pair and the Morgan street im provement in Heppner, cleaning main canal and laterals of the West Extension Irrigation district In the north end, and the Balm Fork road repair. These projects will be started just as soon as present proj ects are completed, announced Vaw ter Parker, county CWA manager Mr. Parker said fine progress has been made to date on all projects undertaken. The re-roofing of the Heppner school will be completed this week. Marked improvement has been made on the upper Wil low creek road, while the city hall renovation is moving along apace, he said. A change was made in the local setup this week when the local re employment office was combined with the Pendleton office under the management of Alexander Manning who has offices in the Elks build ing at Pendleton. RELIEF DRIVE NETS $1181.2. The recent Red Cross drive In Morrow county for the relief of Pa cific northwest flood sufferers brought in a total of $118.12, the lo cal chapter reports, more than doubling the county's quota of $50. By towns the amounts reported are, Lexington $15, Boardman $10, Irri gon $6.50, lone $11.87, Hardman $10, Heppner $64.75. The membership roll call also ex ceeded the quota by almost 100 per cent, and in recognition of this, an Honor Certificate has been received which is in testimony to the dis tinguished achievement of the lo cal Red Cross. This certificate was received this week and came from National Red Cross headquarters. C. W. Barlow of Heppner was In charge of the roll call drive. HAS NEW YEAR'S LAMBS. Early lambing has become popu lar in Morrow county in latter years, but seldom does New Year's day let the light of the world into the eyes of newly born lambs as far south as Heppner. The unusual happened last New Year's day how ever, at the farm of J. G. Barratt, where several lambs were brought into the world from a small spec ially bred flock. AUXILIARY OFFERS HOME TALENT PLAY "The Road to Glory," Musical Com edy of Old Mexico, to be Presented January 19. The American Legion auxiliary announces a pleasing home talent production to be staged at the school auditorium the evening of Friday, January 19. Entitled "The Road to Glory," the presentation is in the nature of a musical comedy romance of Old Mexico, featuring seven choruses with a wide variety of clever song and dance numbers besides many local people cast in the leading roles. Depicted is Bob Jackson, a young mining engineer who goes to Juan ita, isolated mountain state in Old Mexico, in search of a bit of glory. Bob learns that there are many de vious ways along the road to glory, but under the guidance of Simpson, a crooked political boss, he chooses his way. Bob's American friends are shocked to learn of his ambition to be governor at any cost, but Bob is determined. Professor Buggsby, in his pursuit of the Stiff Stuff and Woof Rung, furnishes much clever comedy. The cast includes Virginia Va muus, a girl from Wyoming, Pat Monahan; Margery Moore, clerk in Hotel Americana, Marjory Clark; Pedro, bellhop in Hotel Americana, Franois Nickerson; Professor Bugg sby, who pursues the Stiff Stuff, Crocket Sprouls; Bob Jackson, can didate for governor of Juanita; Clarence Hayes; Joe Joyce, who is still his friend, Claude Peevey; Ca nita, the local enchantress, Adelyn O'Shea; Manuel, leader of the In dians, Phillip Foord; Simpson, an American promoter, Paul Gemmell. County Meetings Set Under Corn-Hog Plan Two meetings will be held in Morrow county on Friday, Jan. 19, to present the corn-hog plan under the agricultural adjustment act, ac cording to word received from C. W. Smith, county agent, who Is in Corvallis this week attending a state-wide meeting of county ag ents. One will be held at Root hall in Boardman beginning at 9:30 a. m., and the other at the courthouse in Heppner beginning at 2 p. m. P. M. Brandt, head of animal husbandry at the state college, will attend the meetings and will dis cuss the corn-hog plan, while Mr. Smith will tell of organizing the farmers of the county so that they may qualify to receive benefit pay ments, and setting up a county corn and hog production associa tion. The meetings are expected to be of great importance to many farmers in the county. Among questions which will be answered are: Who pays the pro cessing tax. on hogs? What must a farmer do to qualify to receive ben efit? How much money will it bring into the county? Remember the date and time of meetings and attend the meeting closest to your home, said Mr. Smith. Good Report Received on Local Road Work E. B. Aldrich, eastern Oregon's highway commissioner, yesterday expressed himself as favorable to the completion of the 2.5-mile gap of the Heppner-Spray road, the last remaining sector to be graded, ac cording to report of W. W. Smead, roads chairman of the Lions club, who with members of the county court and H. A. Tamblyn, county engineer, interviewed Mr. Aldrich in Pendleton yesterday. The estim ate on this sector is $15,000. Mr. Aldrich said he would take the mat ter up at the meeting of the high way commission on the 18th. The party also interviewed J. F. Irwin, supervisor of the Umatilla National Forest, on the chances of obtaining a new road to connect with the Willow creek and Arbuckle roads. The contemplated road of ilb miles would connect with the Willow creek road about a mile and a half below the old Herren mill, following around Little R o ti n d mountain and up Squaw canyon to connect with the Arbuckle road at Arbuckle spring. Mr. Irwin believ ed chances were good for obtaining the road this summer in event a CCC camp is established in this section again this year. BOOKWORMS MEET. The ladies comprising the Book worms club met on Tuesday eve ning at the home of Mrs. Jas. G. Thomson, Jr., In Jones apartments. The book, "Pageant," was reviewed by Mrs. C. W. Smith and discussed by other mombers of the club. As an event of the evening, Mrs. Thom son was presented with a present by members of the club in comnicr oration of her recent marriage. De licious refreshments were served by the hostess to the following members: Mrs. C. W. Smith, Mrs. Lucy Rodgers, Mrs. Arthur Mc Atee, Mrs. J. O. Turner, Mrs. E. F. Bloom, Mrs. George Mabee. Mrs. Spencer Crawford, Miss Leta Hum phreys and Miss Lulu Hager. 5 COMPLETED FOR OPENING DAY Permit Received Yester day; President Gives Warm Statement. MORTON IS MANAGER Recent Liquidator at Wasco Will Have Charge Here; Merle Becket, Reita Neel on Staff. Plans of The First National Bank of Portland to establish a branch office at Heppner took definite form yesterday when a permit for estab lishment of the branch was received from the comptroller of currency's office in Washington, D. C. "The First National bank applied for a permit after we had been peti tioned by Heppner residents to es tablish an office there," stated E. B. MacNaughton, president of the First National bank. "The Hepp ner district has been without bank ing facilities for more than a year. Since the community is the natural trading center for the wheat, cattle and sheep industries of that dis trict, the lack of convenient bank ing facilities was keenly felt. We are glad that, in keeping with our policy of providing adequate state wide banking service, it is possible for us to open an office where it Is so obviously needed." The Heppner branch will open January 15 in the former quarters of the First National bank of Hepp ner, which has been closed since October, 1932. Bank Manager Named. E. L. Morton, deputy superinten dent of banks in charge of liquid ating the Bank of Commerce at Wasco, Oregon, will be manager of the new branch. Morton was born in Ontario, Oregon, and has been for many years In the banking bus iness in livestock and agricultural districts of the state. He has serv ed as director of the Vale Irrigation project and for the past six years has been a member of the Vale Owyhee Land Settlement board formed in connection with govern ment projects in Malheur county. Morton served with the 91st (Wild West) division in France and Bel gium during the World War, and was with banks at Harper and On tario from that time until 1931. when he entered the employ of the state banking department He is married and has two children, Jack, 10, and Arlene, 13. "Morton's experience in Malheur county projects has made him ac quainted with the problems of both the irrigated and the s e m l-a r 1 d farm," said Mr. MacNaughton. "Branch managers must be ac quainted with and experienced In tne proDiems or the districts they serve, and we believe Morton's past experiences especially qualify him for managing this new Heppner branch." Merle Becket has been named as sistant manager. Becket is a Hepp ner resident and was born at West on. He has spent most of his life in this district, graduating from Heppner high school. He was an employe of the First National bank of Heppner until 1927, when he left to attend Oregon State college and the University of Oregon. Miss Reita Neel, also of Heppner, will be the third member of the bank's staff. Is Sixteenth Branch. Opening of the branch here will bring to 16 the number of branch offices established by the First Na tional bank since passage of the branch banking legislation last spring. Total resources of the First National Bank of Portland, as of December 30, 1933, were $54,449, 667.42. "With the improvement of the highway south of Heppner, this dis trict will undoubtedly assume its importance as a trading center for the wealthy wheat section south of Heppner," said Mr. MacNaughton. "The establishment of a branch of fice in this district demonstrates our confidence in the future of Heppner and our belief In returning prosperity for the ranchers and farmers of eastern Oregon." Mr. MacNaughton and J. H. Mac kie, vice president of the First Na tional bank, were In Heppner re cently. Both are well acquainted with this district and are widely known in eastern Oregon. M ILL MOVE OFFICE. P. W. Mahoney, attorney, Is ar ranging to move his office into the Heppner Hotel building. He will occupy the rooms recently vacated by J. P. Conder. Mr. Mahoney, since locating at Heppner, has had his office in the rear rooms of the First National bank building. These rooms will be occupied by J. L. Gault, receiver of the Heppner banks, and his office force. This will leave the banking rooms ready for the occupancy of Hcppner's new. bank.