.raMCAt. SOCIETY
Volume 50, Number 51.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, March 1, 1934
Subscription $2.00 a Year
WHEAT
CI
TO BE REOPENED
More Farmers to be Given
Chance to Receive
Benefits.
ACTION IMMEDIATE
Those Who Sign Now to be Eligi
ble for Last 1933 Payment
and Ensuing Benefits.
The wheat allotment program of
the Agricultural Adjustment admin- 1
istration will be reopened Imme
diately, according to information
just received by Chas. W. Smith,
county agent, from Paul V. Maris,
director of federal cooperative ex-'
tension In Oregon. Mr. Maris" let
ter transmits a wire just received
from Washington, which reads:
"Immediate reopening wheat
program giving farmers who have
not signed contract opportunity sign
now, announced today by (Secre
taries) Wallace and Davis. Signers
would be eligible final 1933 and sub
sequent benefits in '34 and '35, but
not twenty cent first 1933 payment.
Special revision of regulations will
permit contract to be drawn with
farmer who had unsatisfactory base
acreage under original plan, but
new contracts will not give advant
age over original signers. County
control associations already in ex
istence provide basis for sign-up
machinery. Additional supplies will
be furnished county associations
when needed. Official statement
follows by air mall."
No further particulars than the
telegram have so far been received,
said Mr. Smith, but more details
are expected most any day. Be
cause of the original large sign-up
of farmers in this county, there is
not a large number of farmers to
take advantage of the reopening,
though Mr. Smith said some six far
mers had been in his office recently
expressing their desire to come un
der the program.
Receipts for the first allotment
checks were mailed back to Wash
ington more than a week ago, the
checks having all been delivered.
Mr. Smith said. However, he had
as yet received no word concerning
checks aggregating some $12,000
which had been held up pending
correction of flaws in some con
tracts.
CHAMPIONSHIP SMOKER SET.
To decide championships of Mor-
row county in the various weight
classes for boxing and wrestling
as well as to raise funds with which
to conduct a dental clinic in the
Lexington schools, a card has been
announced by George Gillis, school
smoker promoter, for the school
gym at 8 o'clock Saturday evening,
March 10. Contestants desiring to
participate are asked to get in
touch with Mr. Gillis as early as
possible, The card is expected to
call forth the best talent in the
county and to insure an evening of
real entertainment. The teachers
of the school are cooperating in the
effort to put over a dental clinic
program. The movement was be
gun when It was found that a ma
jority of the pupils of the school
were victims of poor teeth. Since
it is a proven fact that poor teeth
may cause poor appearance, pain,
neuralgia, rhumatism and heart
trouble, It was deemed -that the
first move toward a better education
should be the development of a
body as unburdened from disease
as possible. A leading insurance
company states, "Every known dis
ease germ has been found in de
cayed teeth." It is for this ad
vancement of children's health,
happiness and education that the
Lexington school is working, said
Mr. Gillis.
SCOUTS DO GOOD TURN.
In accordance with the request
of President Roosevelt for the Boy
Scouts of America to help the
needy on National Good Turn week,
the Scouts of Troop 61 held a drive
to increase the county relief fund.
The boys gathered at 9:30 and were
assigned to various sections of town
by the scoutmaster and the senior
Datrol leader. A large collection
of wearing apparel was made. "The
people of Heppner are to be prais
ed for the way they responded to
the call and contributed to the
drive," said Phillip Foord, scout
master. Scouts participating in the
drive were Senior Patrol Leader
Gerald Cason, Scouts LaVerne Van
Marter, John Crawford, Paul Mc
carty, William McCaleb, Omer Mc
Caleb, Emery Coxen, Robert Cash
and Willis Adkins. If anyone who
wished to contribute was overlook
ed, call 202 and a scout will call
for the donation.
INSTALL MACHINE SHOP.
Ferguson Motor company this
week completed the installation of
a largo lathe, drill press and power
hhw which equips tneir auiomoDiie
repair shop to do a wide variety
of machine work beyond the range
of equipment heretofore present in
the citv. The equipment represents
a large Investment, showing the
continued faith ot tne company in
the future of Its trade territory.
Bruce Gibb, formerly with the I.
R Roblson machine shop at lone,
has been edded to the shop force.
TUBERCULIN TESTS
GIVEN AT IRRIGON
State Association, Sponsors, An
nounce Second Clinic to be
Held Here In Near Future.
One of two proposed tuberculosis
clinics for Morrow county was held
at Irrigon from Wednesday to Sun
day last under the auspices of the
Oregon State Tuberculosis associa
tion. The Irrigon clinic was held
for the Irrigon and Boardman com
munities, and a second clinic will
be scheduled at Heppner In the
near future for the rest of the coun
ty. Miss Margaret Gillis of the tuber
culosis association, and Dr. Chrls
topherson of Hermiston presided at
the Irrigon clinic. A total of 197
persons was examined, revealing 33
posuve reaciurs. nepreseuieu in
those examined were four adults,
four pre-school children and 72
school children from Boardman; 20
adults, eight pre-school children
and 85 school children from Irri
gon. Positive reactors to the test are
those who show signs of tubercular
infection, though the reaction may
not mean that the disease is in an
active form, said Miss Gillis who
was in Heppner the first of the
week. Such reaction does make the
taking of x-ray pictures of the
chest advisable. Dr. Christopher
son is taking pictures for the Irri-gon-Boardman
people, many of the
pictures being paid for from funds
received from the sale of Christ
mas seals earlier in the winter. The
pictures will be sent to Dr. G. C.
Bellinger, head of the state tuber
culosis hospital at The Dalles, for
reading.
"In most cases tuberculosis begins
very slowly in childhood and does
not cause trouble until one is grown
up. It is well to know if a young
ster has the germs in his body so
that precautions may be taken to
prevent serious trouble in later life,"
says a bulletin of the association.
" . . . Tuberculosis often exists in a
concealed form in unsuspecting
persons and it is important to make
the discovery in order to prevent
further spread of the disease. . . .
Generally speaking, a positive re
action in a young child one under
five years of age, should, be consid
ered more seriously than in the case
of an older child. ..."
The tuberculin test is simple and
absolutely safe, the buleetin state3,
having been approved by the White
House Conference on Child Health
arid Protection.
Depositions to be Taken
In Grain Accounting Case
Farmers who have filed suit for
accounting of grain allegedly lost in
defunct Heppner Farmers Elevator
company must make depositions
setting out the amount of grain
each delivered in sack or bulk to
the company. This was brought out
at the hearing on defendants' mo
tion before Judge Fred W. Wilson
of The Dalles in circuit court here
Friday. The motion, asking for
filing of such information as the
depositions are intended to show,
was overruled by Judge Wilson on
agreement of attorneys present for
both plaintiffs and defendants to
proceed with the taking of deposi
tions. John Kilkenny, Jr., representing
Raley, Raley and Warner, Pendle
ton attorneys for Ed. L. Eyrie &
Co., co-defendants, argued the mo
tion before Judge Wilson. A. S.
Cooley, Pendleton attorney repre
senting J. J. Chisholm & Co., co-
defendants, was also present Ho
mer Watts of Athena represented
the plaintiffs.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
Carle Abrams, state representa
tive from Marion county, Salem
realtor and for many years con
nected with the newspaper pro
fession In the Capital city, today
announced his candidacy for sec
retary of state in the May repub
lican primary. Mr, Abrams said
he arrived at the decision after hav
ing conducted a state-wide survey,
and securing such gratifying assur
ances of support as to seem to well
Justify his candidacy. Mr. Abrams
claims Intimate knowledge of the
state's business, not only because
of his connection with the newspa
per business in Salem for thirty
years, but because of service as
chairman of the State Industrial
Accident commission, budget offi
cer, and for seven years as secre-
tary of the Board of Control and
purchasing agent, besides his ser
vice as representative in the last
legislature. He has, a record with
a long list of service in commercial
and fraternal organizations in
which he has held Important posts.
Mr. Abrams claims a record of vig
orous action, that has been instru
mental In bringing about economy
as well as progress in the state gov
ernment in the past, and offers a
pledge of faithful conscientious ser
vice in the office of secretary of
state should he be elected.
STUDENTS TO AID LEAGUE.
Eugene. Students of the Univer
sity of Oregon will join with those
on hundreds of other campuses
throughout the United States In
obtaining signatures for a petition
urging the administration to re
ppen the League of Nations mem
bership Question, it was announced
by Howard Ohmart, Eugene, presi
dent of the International Relations
club here. The club will sponsor
talks and announcements during
the next week.
MOORE TO
he
EW
Local Man in Charge of
Pendleton Production
Credit Agency.
WILL OPEN MONDAY
Applications to be Received Imme
diately; Blanks on Way; R. A.
Thompson is Vice-President.
W. E. Moore, former cashier of
the First National Bank of Hepp
ner, was named manager of the
newly organized Pendleton Produc
tion Credit association at the or
ganization meeting in Pendleton
Monday. Mr. Moore was in Pendle
ton Tuesday and arranged for office
quarters in the Stangier building
across from the Pendleton hotel,
and expected to have the offices
open to receive applications next
Monday. He went to Spokane yes
terday to get details and expected
to send blanks for making appli
cation to the office of Chas. W.
Smith, county agent, immediately.
Charter was granted the associa
tion with a capitalization of $200,
000, giving it power to make loans
up to a total of $1,000,000 under
present regulations, said R. A.
Thompson, who was elected vice
president. J. K. Hill, Pendleton,
was named president.
Directors, besides the president
and vice-president, are R. B. Rice,
Lexington; H. H. Witherspoon, El
gin; W. T. Walsinger, La Grande;
A. R. Coppeck, Adams; S. J. Cully,
Weston; E. T. Jaco, Enterprise, and
W. W. Wade, Lostine.
The Pendleton association, appli
cation for charter for which was
made at a meeting in the Umatilla
county city three weeks ago, is ex
pected to handle all types of farm
production loans, said Mr. Thomp
son, and all operators in the district
will be taken care of consistent with
the making of good loans. Live
stock and poultry producers as well
as wheat, fruit and hay farmers,
are eligible to the services of the
association.
The district to be served by the
association includes all of Morrow
county, the northern portion of
Grant county, all of Umatilla coun
ty, excepting a small portion in the
north end, all of Wallowa county,
and that part of Union county
north of a line east and west thru
the Main street of La Grande.
A minimum of $50 has been set
for the amount of any loan, and
Mr. Thompson believed the maxi
mum would be lenient enough to
suit the needs of any type of pro
ducer in the district The set-up
will be similar to that of the Fed
eral Land bank, with loanees re
juired to take five percent of their
loans in stock in the association.
Miss Theresa Breslin
Honored at University
University of Oregon, Eugene,
Feb. 28. Theresa Breslin, Universi
ty of Oregon student from Hepp
ner, has been selected as one of the
outstanding women in literature
on the campus and represented
Hendricks hall at the annual Mat
rix Table banquet The selection
was made by Theta Sigma Phi,
women s national journalism hon
orary.
The banquet Is given each year to
honor journalism, literature, and
the arts, and was given this year,
Thursday, Bebruary 22, at the Eu
gene hotel. Attendance is limited
to upperclass women who are out
standing in these fields, with the
exception of representatives of the
sophomore and freshmen classes.
Miss Marian Miller, Portland
newspaper woman, was the guest
speaker and was also made an hon
orary member of Theta Sigma Phi
Miss Breslin has been outstand
ing in her field, and is one of the
most talented students majoring in
English, according to various cam
pus professors.
GRAND OFFICER TO VISIT.
Ruth Chapter No. 32, O. E. S.,
will receive an official visit on Sat
urday from Dr. Irene Phillips of
Portland, associate grand matron.
There will be a school of lnstruc
tion in tne afternoon, beginning at
2:30, and in the evening the chapter
will convene at 8:00 o'clock, when
Mrs. Phillips will be officially re
ceived. It Is the wish of Mrs. Ealor
Huston, worthy matron, that there
be a full attendance of the mem
bership to greet the grand officer.
Since this Is the regular meeting
night of Hppner lodge No. 69, A.
F. & A. M., that order will hold a
short session starting promptly at
7:18.
WOODEN SIGN LASTS 23 YEARS
A wooden sign board that has
been in constant use in southwest
Oregon for 23 years and is still in
good, serviceable condition, has
been turned in to the school of for
estry at Oregon State college. Ele
ments have worn away some of the
Sitka spruce wood around the
painted letters until these stand out
as though embossed. An official of
the forest service who found the
old sign reported seeing a metal
sign nearby that had lost its useful
ness in half the time.
GRANGES OUTLINE
PROGRAM AT CECIL
All-Day Meeting of Committees and
Council Held; Entertainment
Features Enjoyed.
Outline of an agricultural pro
gram for the granges of the coun
ty was formulated at the Pomona
council meeting at Cecil Saturday
under the leadership of Chas. W.
Smith, county agent, and E. R.
Jackman, extension specialist in
farm crops from Oregon State col
lege. The all-day meeting was well
attended by representatives of sub
ordinate granges of the county.
The agricultural 'discussion was
held in the morning, with a pot-
luck dinner at noon, following ,
which election of new council offi-
cers iook place, .oars. Minnie Mc-
Farland, Irrigon, was elected presi-
aent; mrs. oaary x.unaeil, willows,
vice-president, and Grace Tyler,
Boardman, secretary. Following
election, a discussion of grange
problems was had with Chas. Wick
lander, state deputy, present to of
fer many helpful suggestions.
After discussing the butter code,
the council decided not to accept
Max Gehlar's views as final. The
Home Economics commitee served
6 o'clock supper to a large crowd.
The lecturer's hour, starting at 8
p. m., was featured by enjoyable
entertainment numbers and several
interesting and instructive talks.
It opened with group singing of
"Old Black Joe," Mrs. Hila Timm
leading and Mrs. Connie Crawford
accompanying at tie piano. Next
was the reading of "The Gleaner,"
a paper chock full of interesting
bits of information, news, jokes and
jibes, prepared by "The Grange
Oracle" and read by Viola Engel
man. "Range ManHgement of Pas
ture" was the title of the timely
talk given by Mi. Jackman, in
which he recommended Crested
Wheat grass for dr land pastures.
A game of Washington was play
ed by a number ot persons in the
hall in honor of George Washing
ton's birthday. A vocal solo, "Moun
tain Melody,". was sung by Donald
Heliker, accompanied by Connie
Crawford.
A mock trial was the last num
ber, with J. O. Kincaid, the de
fendant, accused of "Robbing the
Soil." Participating as judges, at
torneys, clerk, witnesses and ju
rors were A. E. Johnson, S. E. Not
son, J. O. Turner, Chas. W. Smith,
Mr. Kick, Mr. Skoubd, 13. R. Jack
man, Mrs. McFarland, Ed Buschke,
Paul Smith, Bertha Cool, Wid Pai
mateer, E. C. Heliker, O. L. Lun-
dell, Karl Miller, Vida Heliker, Joe
Devine and J. O. Kincaid. The jury
found the defendant guilty and he
was sentenced to 10 years impris
onment, but reports indicate that
Mr. Kincaid has not yet started
serving time.
An interesting talk on tuberculin
testing was given by Lucy E. Rod-
gers, county school superintendent.
Eighty grangers and visitors were
in attendance. Two names were
balloted on and more were read at
the regular meeting.
The agricultural committee of
Willows grange had prepared
shelves for displaying exhibits of
grain, vegetables or other products
No social hour was held after the
meeting as everyone felt he had had
a big day.
Plans are being made for the Po
mona 'meeting to be held at Cecil,
April 7. A public dance will be
given at the grange hall March 10.
Lions - B. P. W. Clubs
To Hold Joint Meeting
A short discussion of their joint
meeting with the Business and
Professional Womens club on March
12 was had by the Lions at their
Monday noon luncheon. The men's
club voted in favor of members of
both clubs having escorts. Ar
rangements for the affair are in
charge of a joint committee from
the two clubs.
Recognition of the birthday of
their President Dr. A. D. McMur
do, an event of the week, was rec
ognized by the Lions, with Dr. Mc
Murdo treating the members to a
large cake. Edward F. Bloom,
urged support of the sub-district
high school basketball tournament
being held this week end, assuring
that the games would be well worth
seeing.
Grace Emmaline Thornburg.
Funeral services were held at the
Christian church, Lexington, at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon for Grace
Emmaline Thornhnrg, who died at
Pendleton last Saturday. Services
were in charge of Phelps Funeral
Home of this city with Chas. Slas,
Christian minister, officiating. In
terment was in the Lexington cem -
etery. Mrs. Thornburg was born
in Lexington, March 22, 1888, to
John and Tressa (Mahafey) Par
kins, being aged 45 years, 11 months
and 2 days. She was married at
Ritter In 1906 to Coy Thornburg,
to which union three children were
born. She had been in Pendleton
for seven years. Besides the chil
dren, Ruby Matteson, Rose and
Vester Thornburg, she Is survived
by two brothers, James O. and Perl
Parkins, a half brother. Harold
Parkins, and a half sister, Helen
Myberg.
She attended school at Heppner
and most of her life was spent in
Morrow and Grant counties. She
had many friends here and the
sympathy of the entire community
is extended to the bereft family.
GET ASSOCIATION
Local Credit Set -Up to
Serve Oregon, Washing
ton, Northern Idaho.
ORGANIZATION MADE
Mac Hoke Named President; 3. G.
Barratt, Director; Portland
Made Headquarters.
Officials of federal credit agencies
at Portland yesterday yielded to the
demands of range livestock opera-
tors for the establishment of a sep
arate production credit agency, fol
lowing a disagreement over the ter
ritory to be served and the location
of headquarters for such an asso
ciation. J. G. Barratt, who was
named on the board of directors,
reported this morning that the as
sociation will be known as the
Northwest Production Credit as
sociation and will have headquar
ters at Portland. It will serve
range livestock operators of Ore
gon, Washington and northern Ida
ho, with a capitalization of $600,000.
A minimum on loans was set for
$7500, or $10,000 where budget is In
cluded, said Mr. Barratt. On this
point the federal officials would not
yield to the request that no mini
mum be set so that all range live
stock operators would be availed
of the services of the asociation.
They held that the new association
must come under the same regula
tions as those in force for the Ida
ho and Montana associations where
the stated minimum was already in
effect
Negotiations are under way to se
cure the services of Irvie Williams,
at present a vice president of the
Spokane Agricultural Production
Credit corporation, to be manager
of the new association, Mr. Barratt
said. He, J. A. Schoonover, presi
dent of the regional corporation,
and C. A. Stewart from the office of
the Farm Credit administration of
Washington, D. C, were at the
meeting in Portland yesterday. Di
rectors of the old organization, to
whom a charter was originally
granted but held in abeyance be
cause of disagreements, were in
attendance as well as three of the
Washington state organization.
Mac Hoke of Pendleton was
named president, and Tom Drum
heller, Walla Walla, and E. C.
Grelle, Portland, vice-presidents.
The directors are Herman Oliver,
John Day; Ernest Johnson, Wal
lowa; W. B. Snyder, Paisley; Jas.
Richardson, Hooper, Wn.; J., G.
Barratt, Heppner; Robert Lister,
Paulina, and the president and vice
presidents.
The association is expected to be
in a position to receive applications
for loans within a short time, Mr.
Barratt said
Work at Grand Coulee
Pushed ; New Plans Out
Spokane, Wash. With the half
way mark having been reached last
Saturday in the excavating of the
overburden at the Grand Coulee
damsite and this work progressing
ahead of schedule, James O'Sulli
van, secretary of the Columbia Ba
sin commission, has made public a
letter which gives good news as to
future plans. The letter is from S.
O. Harper, acting chief engineer of
the reclamation office at Denver.
It says in part: "Specifications
are now being completed for issu
ance this week covering the con
struction of the piers for the high
way bridge across the Columbia.
Specifications also are now being
completed for the grading of the
highway and railway from the head
of the Grand Coulee to the govern
ment town site, and these will be
issued soon!
"The general design of the main
dam appeal's to be determined upon
and we are expediting the comple
tion of the drawings and specifica
tions in every possible way with the
intention of issuing them for bids
by Aprl 1, 1934. The dam will be
a gravity section with its top at
elevation 1116.0. A small portion
of the downstream toe of the high
dam to elevation 935 (low water in
the river) will be included to serve
as a cofferdam for the completion
of the high dam. In this mannerH
I
practically all the investment made
at this time can be utilized to full
advantage tn the construction of
the high dam."
LAND BANK LOAN'S MOUNT.
Spokane, Wash. Federal Land
1 bank of Spokane reports that
in
the week ending February 14, 569
loans were disbursed to farmers of
the four northwest states, compris
ing Washington, Montana, Oregon
and Idaho, for $1,350,670. In the
week ending February 7, 491 loans
were made for $1,117,550, showing
an increasing amount of money
paid out to the hard-pressed far
mer. CALL FOR WARRANTS.
School Dist. No, 40, Morrow
County, Oregon, will pay outstand-
j lng warrants numbered 1027, and
1057 to 1072 inclusive, upon pres
entation to the undersigned. Inter
est ceases on these warrants March
10, 1934.
FRANCES LEATHERS, Clerk
Hurdman, Oregon
THREE ROUTES
CHANGE HANDS
G. A. Bleaknutn One Successful
Bidder, Recalls Carrying Mall
In Old Stage Coach Days.
Announcement of successful bid
ders on three mail routes in Mor
row county was made this week.
Those to whom contracts were
awarded will take charge July first
The new contracts cause the oper
ation of all three routes to change
hands.
G. A. Bleakman was awarded the
contract on the Heppner-Hardman
route, succeeding Crede Owen.
Robert Jones was given the Hepp-ner-Eight
Mile route, replacing Wil
liam McRoberta, and O. A. Devln
was awarded the Lexington-Mc-Devitt
corner route, also being run
by McRoberta.
Shortly after being notified that
he was awarded the contract, Mr.
Bleakman commented that it was
not a new "game" for him. He has
been in Morrow county for 52 years
and off and on for the last 42 he has
carried Uncle Sam's mail either as
driver or contractor. He is one of
a few remaining drivers of the for
mer stage coaches, having driven
for Jim Keeney, one of the largest
old-time stage operators in this
part of the country. At one time
Mr. Bleakman carried mail from
Heppner as far into the interior as
Canyon City and Burns. He then
maintained a string of 40 grain and
hay fed horses which were distrib
uted at ponts of change along the
route.
Mail carrying in those days was
a plenty tough job, Mr. Bleakman
recalled, what with the dust and
mud of the old dirt roads. Running
an auto bus over the present im
proved roads is a "pipe" in compar
ison. Mr. Bleakman himself never
experienced a good, old-time stage
coach hold-up, but he just missed
one once. His stage carried a lock
box of the Wells-Fargo Express
company containing some Canyon
creek gold. The news leaked out,
but the robbers missed connections,
catching a stage which followed the
next day. The bandits beat up the
driver and slashed open all the
mail bags, scattering mail to the
four winds, but found nothing to
reward them for their trouble. By
that time Mr, Bleakman had de
livered the box of valuables safely
at Heppner.
Elks Lodge Observes
Double Anniversary
Special observance of Washing
ton's birthday by Heppner lodge 358,
B. P. O. Elks, drew an unusually
large attendance of members of the
order last Thursday. Initiatory
ceremonies at 2:30 in the afternoon
for a class of 20 candidates pre
ceded by a parade of the class on
Main street headed by the Heppner
school band, banquet at the L O. O.
F. hall at 6:30 with dinner served
by the Rebekahs, and the annual
ball at 9:30 were included in the
events of the day. The hall was
gaily decorated for the latter event,
and the music was played by Bud's
Jazz band,
The observance was held in the
nature of a homecoming, drawing
many out-of-town members of the
lodge, in honor of Founder's Day
as well as Washingtons birthday
as both anniversaries fall on the
same day. Banquet talks by J. O.
Turner, exalted ruler and toast-
master, Garnet Barratt, P. M. Gem
moil, C. J. D. Bauman and P. W.
Mahoney brought out historical in
formation on the order and the lo
cal lodge as well as tributes to the
first president Vocal solos by Mrs.
E. F. Bloom, and Mrs. Jas. H. Wil
liams of Lexington, accompanied
by Mrs. J. O. Turner, were enter
tainment features. Bruce Ellis, ex
alted ruler of Pendleton lodge, and
Earl W. Snell of Arlington, speak
er of the Oregon house of represen
tatives, were guests of honor in the
afternoon. Two charter members
of the local lodge, L. L. Matlock and
Frank Roberts, were honored at the
banquet.
F. C. A. TO NEW QUARTERS.
The Farm Credit administration
of Spokane and all its units, will
take up new quarters in that city
on April 15, It is expected. The
lease was signed February 17, cios
ing the contract between the own
ers of the Welch building and the
Farm Credit administration which
provided that six upper floors of
the Welch building be occupied by
n-. ah 4 nrrn rt inn linn rry a
this government organization for a
period of two years. The units of
the F. C. A. that will be housed in
new quarters include the direct ag
encies of the Farm Credit admin
istration, the Federal Land bank,
the Federal Intermediate Credit
bank, the Production Credit corpor
ation, the Bank for Cooperatives,
and the Regional Agricultural
Credit corporation.
RELIEF WORK GROWS.
Curtailment of CWA work in the
county has added materially to the
burden of direct relief, announces
Joel R. Benton, county relief man
ager. His office tias communicated
with the district CWA headquar
ters urging continuance of the gov
ernment work as long as possible.
"While dropping of men who have
agricultural connections may have
been supposed to encourage them to
return to fields and gardens, there
was no provision made to give
them sustenance while their crops
are growing," Mr. Benton said in
commenting on the situation.
P TOURNAMENT
STUM I TODAY
Three Sub-District Teams
to be Picked to go to
District Meet.
9 SCHOOLS COMPETE
Preliminaries Set Tomorrow, Fnals
Saturday; E. G. MacNurdo, Wal
la Walla, Selected Referee.
Three basketball teams to repre
sent the high schools of this sub
district at the district tournament
to be held at Milton-Freewater next
week end, will be picked from the
nine competing teams in the sub
district tournament opening at the
local gym at 3:30 this afternoon,
lone and Arlington clash in the
tourney opener, the only game to
be played today. The games con
tinue tomorrow and Saturday af
ternoons and evenings, with the
championship game slated for 8:30
Saturday. E. G. MacNurdo of Wal
la Walla will referee ail games.
The competing teams are Hepp
ner, Lexington, lone, Condon, Ar
lington, Boardman, Stanfleld, Her
miston and Umatilla.
An added feature of this year's
tournament will be the selection of
a queen from the local high school,
the anouncement of whom with ap
propriate ceremony will be staged
just preceding the championship
game Saturday. Boys of each class
selected the candidates as follows:
Marjorie Parker, freshman; Kath-
erine Healy, sophomore; Jessie
French, junior, and Alice Bleak
man, senior. Purchasers of tick
ets will be entitled to vote for their
choice, with holders of season tick
ets privileged to cast five votes, and
holders of general admission tick
ets, one vote. Ballot boxes will be
conveniently located at the gym en
trance, and all balloting will be se
cret The elimination system will be
followed in running off the tourna
ment with losing teams dropping
out and winning teams continuing
on through to the finals. With the
exception of the game this after
noon all preliminary games will be
run off tomorrow as follows: Her
miston vs. Stanfleld, 3 o'clock; Con
don vs. Lexington, 4:00; Umatilla
vs. Boardman, 7:30; Heppner vs.
winner of lone-Arlington game at
8:30.
Winners of the preliminary games
will play Saturday as follows: Her-miston-Stanfleld
vs. Condon-Lexington,
10 a. m.; Umatilla-Board-man
vs. Heppner-Arllngton-Ione,
11 a. m. Losers of these two games
play at 7:30 in the evening for con
solation honors, and the winners
meet at 8:30 for the championship.
Both teams competing in the cham
pionship game and the winner of
the consolation match will be en
titled to enter the district tourna
ment to be held in the MacLaughlin
high school gym at Milton-Freewater.
The team placing first in the dis
trict tournament will go to Salem
the following week end to compete
in the state tournament to decide
the high school champions of the
state.
Edward F. Bloom, superintendent
of the Heppner schools, is a mem
ber of the district basketball board
of three who had in charge the
scheduling of tournaments. He
urges support of the tournament
here, assuring all who attend their
money's worth in fast basketball.
The tournament Is intended to be
self-supporting and all gate receipts
go toward paying tournament ex
penses and travelling expenses of
the visiting teams. Nominal ad
mission charges are announced:
adult season tickets (all games), $1;
student season tickets, 50 cents;
single day games, 25 cents; night
games, 35 cents; students, 25 cents
all games.
ATTENTION K, OF PS.
All members or former members
of Doric Lodge No. 20, Knights of
Pythias, are urged to attend an im
portant meeting of the lodge called
for 8 o'clock next Tuesday evening,
March 6, at I. O. O. F. hall. Mat
ters of vital interest to the lodge
are to be discussed. W. W. Smead,
lodge deputy, has called the meet
ing and expressly urges the import
ance of all attending who can pos
sibly do so.
UNIT MEETS TUESDAY.
Heppner unit 87, American Le
gion Auxiliary, will meet at their
hall next Tuesday, March 6. Sev
eral matters of business will be dis
cussed, Including plans for the an
nual spring dance. There will also
be sewing for child welfare work.
Mrs. C. .W Smith and Mrs. J. O.
Turner will be hostesses. The aux
iliary has adopted resolutions fa
voring the sales tax. .
GRAND JURY RECESSES.
The circuit court grand jury held
over from the December term by
Judge C. L. Sweek, convened for
several days this week but it ad
journed yesterday for a recess with
out making report of its labors. It
is expected further Investigation
of matters under consideration will
be made before the body asks to b
dismissed,