Volume 50, Number 7.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Apr. 26, 1934
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MAY DAY PROGRAM
1 SCHOOLS SET
Band Concert, Winding of
Maypole on Main Street
Added Attractions.
FETE TO DRAW MANY
New System for Athletic Meet to be
Used; Big Musical Festival
Slated for Evening.
All schools of Morrow county will
participate in the annual May Day
fete at Heppner next Tuesday. A
full day's program has been ar
ranged offering one of the most va
ried and most colorful celebrations
of its kind ever held in the county.
In addition to the events formerly
announced, plans are set for a con
cert by the Heppner and Irrigon
school bands on Main street at 1
o'clock, to be followed by winding
of the Maypole. Miss Juanita
Leathers of Heppner has charge of
the latter event. The day's pro
gram follows:
9:15 Spelling contest at school.
9:30 Ensemble rehearsal for
music festival.
10:00 Typing contest at school.
11 :00 Rehearsal of Heppner and
Irrigon bands.
Noon Hot chocolate served at
school for all who bring
their own meals.
1:00 Main street band concert
followed by winding of the
Maypole.
1:30 Athletic meet at Rodeo
field. Admission for spec
tators 10 cents to defray
expenses.
7:30 Music festival at gym-auditorium.
Free.
Many entrants are expected in
the spelling contest, to be written
as in former years. The contest will
be held in two divisions, comprising
grades 3-4-5 and 6-7-8. Heppner
Lions club silver loving cup trophy
will be given the winning school in
the upper grade division, and a lov
ing cup sponsored by Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Phelps of Heppner will be
awarded the school winning in the
lower grade division, with pennants
going to schools taking other places.
The awards will be made following
the music festival in the evening.
The typing contest, sponsored by
Mrs. James Thomson, Jr., local In
structor, may include contestants
from Fossil, Condon, Arlington and
Pilot Rock high schools, besides
those from high schools of the
county, as invitations have been ex
tended to the outside schools. Rib
bon awards will be given in both
first and second year typing divis
ions, based on speed and accuracy.
The afternoon and evening events
are expected to draw a larger- public
interest, with the band concert and
Maypole dance on Main street start
ing the more entertaining features
of the day. The athletic contests
to follow at Roleo field promise to
be more entertaining to spectators
this year as the races will be run
with contestants in direct competi
tion instead of competing individ
ually against time as in years past.
George Mabee, director, says the
system to be used this year will not
only make the events more interest
ing, but will speed up the meet ma
terially. Five classes of boys and
four classes of girls will participate
In five events each, Including rac
ing, broad and high jumping, base
ball throwing and shot putting.
More than usual Interest is ex
pected to be attracted by the music
festival in the evening, held In
celebration of National Music week.
The program will comprise ensem
ble singing by groups composed of
the four lower grades and four up
per grades from all schools of the
county, high school chorus and
boys' and girls' trio contest sing
ing and ensemble playing by the
Heppner and Irrigon school bands.
Laurel Beach of Lexington will di
rect the ensemble singing. The
bands will play four numbers, two
of which will be directed by Stan
Atkin, Irrigon director, and two by
Harold Buhman, Heppner director.
There will be no admission charge
for the music festival, and no prizes
will be given in the various voice
contests.
ATTEND B'UNERAL RITES.
Heppner relatives and friends at
tended funeral rites at Condon on
Tuesday for Mrs. Pete Monahan
who died there on Sunday follow
ing a stroke of paralysis Saturday.
Mi-s. Monahan was a sister-in-law
of Frank Monahan of this city.
Those going to Condon for the fu
neral were Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Monahan and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hisler, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Healy
and family, Mrs. James Farley, Miss
Margaret Farley, Mrs. Clay Clark,
Mlko Kenny, John Kilkenny, Bill
Kilkenny, John Kelly, Bill Buck
num and Bill Dougherty.
BANQUET SET MAY 7.
A mothers' and daughters' ban
quet has been set by the Business
and Professional Womens club to
be held at the Episcopal parish
house Monday evening, May 7. Miss
Juanita Leathers has charge of the
program.
"Red" Patterson and family ar
rived the first of the week from Cal
rived the first of the wek from Cal
ifornia, and went out to the O'Con
nor Springhollow ranch where Mr.
Patterson has his shearing plant.
BANDS IN CONCERT
GYM TOMORROW
Well Rounded Program Announced
for Annual Appearance; Hard
Work Given to Preparation.
The Heppner school band will ap
pear in the school gym-auditorium
for Its annual concert tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. The bandsters
have been working hard to present
a varied and entertaining musical
program, to be presented as fol
lows: "Washington Post March" Sousa
"National Park," Novelette Chenette
Band
"When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings
Ding Dong" Lamb
Marvin Morgan, sousaphone
"Friends" Smith
Jennie Swendig, Irene Beamer, trumpet
"Cotton Top Rag," two-step' Huff
"Neapoitan Nights," serenade .... Zamecnik
Band
"Miami Moon" De Bueris
Harriet Hager, clarinet
"Songs My Mother Taught Me" .... Dvorak
William Cochell, Lowell Winters,
trombones
"Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa
Band
"Chi'valier," march Holmes
"Jasmine," Waltz Holmes
Junior Band
"Dynamic," overture Huff
"Glow Worm," Idyl Lincke
Band
Gypsy Love Song" Victor Herbert
Marion Uviatt. trombone
Shepherd s Dream" Taylor
Boyd Redding, Hill Schwarz, saxophones
"Premium," march Huff
'Poet's Dream," serenade Huff
"Slidin Easy," novelette Chenette
Band
The band instrumentations are
as follows:
Cornets an trumpets Juanita Morgan,
Jennie awenmg, tana urump, Charles Cox
Konald Coblantz, Irene Beamer, Billy
Mci.aieo, Harry Tamblyn, Jack Merrill.
'Clarinets Harriet Hager, Ray Coblantz,
Bernard McMurdo. Richard Haves. Omor
McCaleb, Leah Mahrt, Virginia Swendig,
Saxophones Clifford Y a r n e I 1,
Joe
ureen, 1111 ocnwarz, Hoyd Heading.
Alto Horns Lamoyne Cox, Hugh Craw
ford, Don . Bennett, Emery Coxen, Jesse
Tins ley.
Trombones Billy Cochell, Marion Ov
iatt, Lowell Winters, Jackson Gilliam.
Basses Marvin Morgan, Jimmy Driscoll.
Drums Larry Moore, Ethyl Hughes.
JUNIOR BAND :
Cornets Gerald Cason. Beth Vance,
Thomas Gonty, Jack Morton, Kay Fergu
son, Kemp Dick.
Clarinets Lester Taylor, Donald Jones,
Lola Coxen, Alan Gibb, Robert Smith.
Saxophones Margaret Tamblyn, Betty
Hiippold, Neva Bieakman.
Horns Calvin Crawford, Jimmy Gem
mull, Jackson Cantwell.
Trombones Joe Aiken, John Crawford.
Drums Milton Morgan, Warren Blake-
ly.
1800 Attend C. E. Meet;
Go to The Dalles Next
Nearly 1800 delegates attended
the Golden Jubilee convention of
the Oregon Christian Endeavor un
ion which closed Sunday evening
at Salem. Veldon Diment of New
bcrg, senior at Pacific college, was
elected president at the Sunday af
ternoon session. He will succeed
Miss Helen McClay of Oregon City.
Regional vice-presidents elected
and installed included Effle Ritchey,
Freewater; Thelma Parrish, Klam
ath Falls; Kenneth Wimer, Rose
Burg; Rosa Bates, Colton, and Hel
en McClay. Viola Ogden, Portland,
was elected secretary; Wilma Mau
rer, Portland, treasurer; Esther
Strom, Tigard, financial secretary;
Rev. C P. Gates, Portland, and Dr.
Walter L. Myers, Eugene, pastor
counsellors; and Dr. Paul C. Brown,
Los Angeles, general counsellor.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling of New York
City, president of the World's C. E.
union, was the principal speaker on
Saturday and Sunday. Sunday
night he installed the newly elected
state officers and superintendents.
Resolutions, presented by a com
mittee composed of Dr. Myers,
Claude Pevey of Heppner and Thel
ma Parrish, and adopted by the
convention, vigorously rapped the
liquor traffic; purveyors of debas
ing literature and pictures; muni
tion makers; "the forces of greed
and selfishness, of prejudice and
ignorance that slander and exploit
the youth of the world"; the jingo
journalists and "Demagogues of
every nation" who were willing to
plunge their countries into "the
jaws of the hell called war."
The Dalles was selected as site
for the 1935 convention by the dele
gates. WATERWAYS HEARING SET.
A hearing will be held on May 28
by the army engineers in regard to
the sealocks in the Bonneville dam.
The Inland Waterways association,
of which Judge Sweek is president,
Is asked by the engineers to submit
a brief in support of the sealocks.
The time is very short and it takes
money to make the necessary sur
vey and get the brief prepared. The
association is trying to collect mon
ey enough to do this work by se
curing members of the association
at $1.00 per year. A number of bus
iness men of the county paid mem
bership dues to the Umatilla Rap
ids association, and the money whs
used last year to assemble the facts
for a brief for the Improvement of
the Upper Columbia river. Then a
number of business men and a few
farmers paid a dollar each for mem
bership in the Trl-State Develop
ment league, which carried on the
fight still further for the river im
provements. It looks now that if
Murrow county puts up its quota
for the fight for the sealocks It will
be nucessary for the farmers to take
out memberships in the association.
This is a matter of vital importance
to every farmer In this county. Ev
ery farmer and business man who
can spare a dollar to help in this
fight should get in touch with Law
rence Beach of Lexington and pay
for a membership in the association
without delay,
Shearing ' Start General;
Few Wool Sales Reported
A general influx of sheepshear
ers to Heppner this week presaged
a general start of the shearing sea
son here. While shearing has been
under way for several weeks in the
north end of the county, with some
flocks already shorn, plants were
being set up at various places in
the north end this week. Flock
masters generally report lambing
either finished or slackening off,
with good average inereases pre
vailing. Few wool sales have been
reported, with much of the clip un
der consignment to loaning agen
cies. Some shearing, contracts have
been reported at 10 cents, shearer,
and 2 cents, plant, cost per head,
while the union price is reported at
11 cents, shearer, and 2 cents, plant.
This year's shearing prices have
been upped from 3 to 4 cents over
prices paid last year. A much bet
ter tone also prevails In the lamb
and wool market over last year.
10NE
. ?y MARGARET BLAKE
Mrs. H. D. McCurdy, accompan
ied by her daughter Maxine and
her mother, Mrs. Ella Davidson,
drove over to Toppenish, Wn, one
day last week to visit at the home
of Mrs. Davidson's daughter, Mrs.
J. A. Keis. They found Mr. Reds,
who has been confined to his bed
since last July as a result of an ab
scess on the hip, much Improved
though still in a cast. Mr. Reis had
just returned a short time before
from a second sojourn in an Ellens
burg hospital where his doctor per
formed another operation on his leg
and found the condition of the bone
was much better than he had ex
pected it to be in the time that had
elapsed since the first operation.
It will take several months longer
but he will eventually be able to use
his leg again which the doctor had
not been sure of before.
Several sewing and cooking clubs
in 4-H work have been formed the
past week. Quite a bit of interest
has been shown, especially by girls
who have completed other 4-H pro
jects in the past years. Mrs. Gar
land Swanson and Miss Margaret
Ely will be leaders of cooking clubs
and a sewing club in third year
work is to be formed though the
leader has not yet been secured.
On Friday evening the freshman
and sophomore classes entertained
the seniors and juniors and the fac
ulty of the high school with a wein
er roast They all journeyed to a
suitable place on the creek near
the Ledbetter place there to play
games around the fire and roast
weiners. All report a grand time.
Mrs. George Tucker and Mrs.
Kenneth Blake were hostesses for a
bridge luncheon at the home of Mrs. j
lucKer on Wednesday of last week.
Four tables were at play and high
score was won by Mrs. Bert Mason
and second high by Mrs. Hugh
Smith.
Last Saturday evening a group
of girls had a no-host party at the
home of Miss Valjean Clark. Games
were enjoyed and after the fun ice
cream and cookies were served.
Thos present were Dorothy and Sy
btl Howell, Helen Lundell, Bernice
Ring, Katherine Griffith, Eleanor
Everson, Bethal Blake and Valjean
Clark.
Mrs. Delia Mobley has returned
home after spending the winter
with relatives near Vancouver, Wn.
C. J. Latham of Salem was a vis
itor at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Rietmann Sunday night.
Rev. Wiley of Condon will preach
at the Congregational church next
Sunday morning, April 29, imme
diately after Sunday school. ,
The Willing Workers of the
Christian church will hold a fancy
work sale and tea in the basement
of the church on next Saturday af
ternoon, April 2S. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend. There will
be a short program during the af
ternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Stormer of Mt Ver
non, a small town near John Day,
stopped at the Bristow home for a
short time on Tuesday. Mrs. Storm
er will be remembered as Lavlna
Keihn whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Keihn lived in lone some fif
teen years or more ago. They are
now in a hotel at John Day. Mr.
and Mrs. Stormer who were on their
way home from Prosser, Wn., where
Mr. Stormer had been shearing
sheep, expected to operate the farm
of the Keihns near John Day on
wnicn tney nave been living since
leaving lone.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ross are the
proud parents of a new baby boy
born at the family home on Satur
day, April 12.
Mrs. Edith Bergevln was hostess
to the Topic club at her home on
last Saturday afternoon. Five tables
of bridge were at play with high
score won by Mrs. D. M. Ward, sec
ond high by Mrs. A. A. McAtee and
low by Mrs. Walter Corley. Ice
cream and cookies were served at
the close of play. Those present
beside club members were Mrs. A.
A. McAtee, Mrs. Ed Dick, Mrs. Vic
tor Peterson, Mrs. Roy Brown, Mrs.
Kenneth Blake and Miss Norma
Swanson.
Mrs. J. C. Lincoln and Mrs. E. R.
Williams of Vernonia have been
visiting at the home of their moth
er, Mrs. Lonnie Ritchie.
Mrs. Vivian La Grande and her
two daughters of Richmond, Calif.,
are visiting at the home of Mrs. La
Grandes parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
C. Salter.
BASEBALL DANCE SET.
Heppner's baseball club Is spon
soring a dance at Elks hull Satur
day evening. The Yellowjacketa of
Hermiston will play.
T
Registration Drops 200;
One Lone Contest Ap
pears Locally.
GOV. RACE POPULAR
Sales Tax, Snell Talk Heard; Lit
tle Said of Most Contests;
Five Measures Up.
The apathetic interest of voters
of Morrow county over the forth
coming primary election, May 18, is
reflected in a drop of 200 in the
number registered. Total registra
tion for the county shows 2114 vot
ers, 1475 of whom are republicans,
570 democrats and the rest of mis
cellaneous political affiliation.
With only one contest for local of
fices, that in the republican lists be
tween Leon W. Briggs and Kenneth
Oviatt for treasurer, there has been
little to stir up the political pot
from local sources. So far most
political talk has been concerned
with the proposed sales tax and the
governor's race in both the republi
can and democratic ranks.
Republicans will have the choice
of seven gubernatorial candidates
whose names will appear on the
ballot, while the democrats will
choose between two, Willis Maho
ney, Klamath Falls mayor, and Gen.
Charles H. Martin, representative
in congress from the first district
The republican aspirants are Sam
H. Brown, Marion county; E. P.
Dodd, Hermiston; J. E. Dunne, state
senator of Portland; Charles Hall,
Clackamas county; Rufus C. Hol
man, state treasurer; Frank J. Lon
ergan, state representative of Port
land, and Gen. U. G. McAlexander
of Lincoln county, "the Rock of the
Marne" of World war fame.
Some work is being evidenced by
Heppner friends in behalf of the
candidacy of Earl W. Snell, speaker
of the house of representatives, in
his race with Carl Abrams, state
representative of Salem, for secre-.
tary of state. Snell s boosters be
lieve he should have a big edge In
eastern Oregon because they be-
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Tales of Old Ti mes
BY J. W. REDINGTOH
pioneer editor of the "Gaiet" writing
from National Military Home,
California.
BLIND EYES BUT HANDY
HANDS.
Blind Jim was chief of a small
tribe of Indians known as Colum
bia River Renegades, who speared
salmon on the river when they were
running, and hunted huckleberries,
elk, bear and other big game in the
beautiful Blue Mountains in the
good old summer time. When I
called on Jim one evening he was
glad to see me, although he had not
seen anything for ten years. But
his other senses were strong, and
he recognized most people when
they told him who they were. He
was sitting in front of his tepee
near Heppner and while we had our
wa-wa or talk, he feasted on dried
venison as a sort of diversion be
tween meals. No, he was not sitting
in a Morris chair. On the ground.
The strip of meat he was eating
was as long as your forearm, and
while he held one end in his teeth
he held the other end at arm's
length, using a sharp scalping knife
to cut off an inch close to his mouth,
chewing it up, and then coming
back for more. The close-up whacks
that he made on that meat looked
as though on the next cut he made
he would cut off his nose. But he
did not He could not see, but his
strong sense of distance told him
just how near he could come to his
nose witht chopping it off. Mean
time the lady Indians were doing
all the drudgery of the camp, while
a big bunch of able-bodied warriors
were squatting alongside a saddle
blanket playing poker, and sweating
blood over their hard work. And
three Indian boys were at the near
by prairie-dog village with bows
and arrows. There would not be a
dog in sight, but a few chirps from
the boys would bring up every
prairie-dog in the village, and while
they sat up over their holes, the
boys would shoot a few of them,
and like a flash the rest would hunt
their holes. Then the boys would
repeat their chirping, every prairie
dog would bob up again, and a few
more would get plugged with an ar
row, and the boys would bring them
back to camp, where the ladies
would skin them, and soon they
would be in a savory stew In the
tribal camp kettle. No, I ate it not!
Once I asked Jim what his In
dian name was. Only once! Once
was enough! He rattled off some
junk as long as your arm, that no
man on earth could pronounce.
Asked as to what it all meant, he
did not know, and what was more,
did not care. But he acquired his
name Jim on account of breaking
wild horses for Jim Ferguson,
whose ranch was just below Hepp
ner, on Willow Creek, afterwards
becoming the Shorthorn Ranch of
Oscar Minor. Those wild horses
did not kill Indian Jim, but one of
them killed his owner, Jm Fergu
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ELECTION
Rodeo Dates Set Ahead ;
Organization Set May 8
Heppner's 1934 Rodeo will be held
for three days on August 30-31 and
September 1, according to action
taken by directors of the associa
tion who met at the Elks hall Tues
day evening. Henry Aiken, asso
ciation vice president, who presid
ed announced the setting of dates
as essential at this time to fit in
with the dates of the Pendleton
Round-Up and Ellensburg, Wash.,
show, so that talent could work all
three shows. He said that cooper
ation had been offered from both
Ellensburg and Pendleton to this
effect The Ellensburg dates are
Sept. 6-7-8, and the Round-Up dates
Sept. 13-14-15.
Further details of this year's
show were discussed, and will be
presented at the annual organiza
tion meeting, the date for which
was set for Tuesday, May 8. Mr.
Aiken believed that an earlier start
should be made this year in prepar
ing for the show, and those in at
tendance at the meeting heartily
endorsed the move.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
The John Miller home below town
was the scene of a delightful picnic
Sunday. A large number of people
from Lexington and the surround
ing community were present to en
joy the bountiful picnic dinner and
the accompanying festivities. A
number of other Lexington folks
spent Sunday picnicking In the
mountains. Among them were Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Hunt and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Hunt and family,
Miss Tillle Nelson, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Bittner, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Shaw and sons, S. G. McMillan and
sons, Pete and Sam.
Old Jupe hasn't forgotten us as
we feared; on Tuesday he tipped
his bucket over and gave this com
munity a good soaking. This much
needed rain seems to have come
just at the right time when it was
most needed as the soil was begin
ning to be rather dry.
Mrs. Maggie Doney of Portland is
a guest at the Hynd Bros, ranch in
Sand Holow. Mrs. Doney is a sis
ter of the Hynd brothers and Miss
Annie Hynd.
Lawrence Beach made a business
trip to Portland last week. He ac
companied Clarence Bauman of
Heppner.
Roy Campbell motored to Banks
over the week end to bring back
Mrs. Campbell who has been there
for several months for the benefit
of her health.
Mr. and Ms. Earl Warner and
family motored to Walla Walla Fri
day to attend the funeral of a rel
ative. The high school is having the an
nual junior-senior banquet tonight
(Thursday).
C. D. Ashbaugh and Mr. Boyd of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company of The Dalles were trans
acting business at the local office
Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Morey went to Hermiston
Tuesday to have some dental work
done.
Miss Delpha Merritt has returned
from a few weeks' visit with friends
at Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ingles of
Boardman were calling on Lexing
ton friends Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Gammell and
family of Heppner were Lexington
visitors Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Henderson
made a business trip to Pendleton
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith were
transacting business in Hermiston
one day last week.
Mrs. Casha Shaw, Hugh Shaw and
Eugene Basey and daughter made
a business trip to Burns last week.
Ernest Frederikson and Joseph
Eskel3on of Salem were looking af
ter business interests here last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breshears
and daughters, Vera and Helen, and
Carl Whillock were transacting
business in The Dalles last Wed
nesday. Elmer Hunt, T. L. Barnett, Geo.
Allyn and Sylvannus Wright were
business visitors in Pendleton Fri
day.
Mrs. Harry Duvall went to Rufus
Friday to visit with her daughter
Erma over the week end.
Mrs. Lou Broadley entertained
the Three Link club at an all day
meeting at her hme Tuesday. A
pot luck luncheon was served at
noon and the ladies spent the day
sewing.
School Notes
The Star and Atom club was en
tertained last Thursday at Hepp
ner high school by the Benzine
Ring. Sme very entertaining dem
onstrations and reports were given.
Some interesting slides were pre
sented and several chemical tests,
including chemical fortune telling
cards, made up the first half of the
program. This was followed by a
very nice luncheon and all the
science olub members voted the eve
ning well spent The regular meet
ing of the club was held last Wed
nesday with the following members
present: George Gillls, Lyle Allyn,
Lavern Wright Bernice Martin,
Mildred Hunt, Edna Rauch and
Mr. Williams. Dale Yocum visited
the club. After the business meet
ing the following program was giv
en: "A Trip to Davey Jones' Lick
er" by Bernice Martin; chemical
experiments with hydrogen sulphide
were mads by Lavern Wright. Ber
ice Martin and Mildred Hunt made
a plaster of parls mask of Llye Al
lyn's face. The meeting was very
interesting throughout.
Gold fish and aquariums for sale
at Gordon's.
SAM BROWN GIVES
VIEWS FOR LIONS
Uuberatorial Candidate First to
Visit Heppner in Campaign;
Sales Tax Again Talked.
The first gun to be fired locally in
the governor's race hefnm tv, Mow
18 primaries was sounded Monday
uy ocnawr am. rl. Brown of Mar
ion countv. rennhli
who spoke at the Monday luncheon
oi me L,ions club. Senator Brown
was introduced to the club by
uwignt. Misner of lone an r,M-ti
friend of the senator at Salem.
senator Brown was promoted to
candidacy through
progressive wing of Oregon repub
licanism. He did Tint rtnPA mantlnn
his candidacy, nor make a campaign
promise in nis .speech before the
service club. However, he did give
some of his views on governmental
matters that mie-ht rlv on
tion of what he would work for
snould he be elected.
At the recent snecial Wioiotiw.
assembly Senator Brown was one of
a group or progressives who spon
sored a memorial to congress ask
ing for a tVTJfi of wirrenmr inflaflAn
which, if effected would save Ore
gon $11,000,000 in one year, accord
ing to nis assertion. The idea was
to refund Oregon's bonded indebt
edness with non-interest bearing
currency. Aa Senator Brown saw
it, the only difference between gov
ernment bonds and greenbacks is
that one bears interst while the
other doesn't. It's the interest that's
eating the country up, he declared.
Senator Brown advanced the be
lief that people cannot expect low
er taxes by voting more taxes, and
that tax relief can only be accom
plished by cutting down on tax
spending.
Measures for the benefit of the
people are hard, in fact almost im
possible, to put across in the face
of the high paid lobbyists main
tained by the moneyed interests at
Salem, he said. A good example of
the wrong kind of legislation is the
truck and bus bill passed by the last
legislature, in his opinion.
Agriculture is beine- nverhurH
with tax and interest loads, the
speaker cited, what with only one
fifth of the state suitable for ag
ricultural pursuits. With himhoHno-
at a standstill and mining nil, the
constantly increasing burden of
public debt has necessarily been
shifted more heavily upon it
The senator declared
Oregon, his native state, and point
ed to a lone record of nnhiin ad
vice as the foundation for his views
on government
Following Senator Rmnm'a toil-
a wind-up discussion of the sales
tax was had. In the discussion ob
jections were offered to the princi
ple of the tax the mistake of tax
ing necessities, and the tax not be
ing based on ability to pay. In the
entire discussion there was nn at
tempt made to refute arguments
advanced against it, and while some
of the speakers believed the tax
wrong in principle they stated their
intention to support it solely as an
emergency measure, believing that
the property tax and school roil of
afforded would more than compen
sate ior tne evils. The club as a
whole took no stand either fr nr
against the proposed tax.
Good Rains This Week
Brighten Crop Outlook
Intermittant showers this week,
totalling .28 of an inch at Heppner,
visited the county generally and
gave a brighter aspect to the grow
ing wheat crop. The local precipi
tation was recorded by L. L. Gil
liam, government weather recorder.
Reports indicate that rains will
probably do the most good in the
south end of the county where
crops are not so far advanced. Some
reports from the north end say that
in many instances the weed condi
tion and dried out condition of
much of the wheat makes doubt
ful the possible revival of some of
the planted acreage.
SCOUTS ON OVERNIGHT TRIP.
Last Saturday the officers and pa
trol leaders of Troop 61, Heppner
Boy Scouts, went on an overnight
trip to the troop camp in the
mountains. The object of the trip
was to plan a summer scout camp.
The daytime was largely spent in
fishing and making camp. In the
evening there was a meeting
around the council Are for a gen
eral discussion of camping. After
wards there was a marshmallow
roast and songs. Sunday morning
some of the boys went up to Beech
Swamp camp and saw a few deer.
One of the patrol leaders construct
ed a bridge across the creek as part
of the requirements for pioneering
merit badge. Making the trip were
William Barratt Francis Nicker
son, Jackson Gilliam, John Craw
ford, William McCaleb, LaVerne
Van Marter, and Scoutmaster Phil
lip Foord. Assistant Scoutmaster
Marvin Wightman furnished the
transportation.
DEGREE TEAM COMING.
The Pendleton Rebekah lodge de
gree team will visit Heppner Fri
day evening, May 4, to put on the
work for a class of local candidates.
It is expected candidates from lone
and Lexington lodges may take the
work at the same time.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Due to the May Day program the
American Legion auxiliary will
meet Wednesday evening, May 2,
instead of Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Nat Kimball and Mrs. Garnet Bar
ratt will be hostesses.
HEPPNER SLUGGERS
BEATEN
Ens
Umatilla, Out-Hit, Wins
Second League Game
By 9-7 Score.
3 HOME RUNS BATTED
Bill Massey, Lieuailen, Ray Wood
ward Hit Circuit Drives; Fossil
to Appear Here Sunday.
TEAM STANDINGS
Won Lost Pet.
.2 0 - 1.000
lone
Arlington
Fossil
Umatilla .
Heppner
Condon ..
1.000
.600
.600
.000
.000
Last Sunday! Results:
Heppner 7 at Umatilla 9: Condon 6 at
lone 8: Fossil 8 at Arlington i (11 inn
ings).
Where the Teams PIT Next Bandar:
Fossil at Heppner, lone st Arlington, Uma
tilla at Condon.
Heavy slugging on the part of
Heppner, Including home runs by
Bill Massey, Elwayne Lieuailen and
Ray Woodward, failed to compen
sate for the bobbles made, and the
second Wheatland league game was
lost at Umatilla, Sunday, 9-7. On
earned runs, the locals had the edge
6-3, and they took the lead in the
batting department with 12 hita to
the river boys' 7. But there were
7 costly bobbles, to 3 not so costly
ones for Umatilla, that let the lo
cals down.
What is plainly needed, says
Manager Merrill, is to get the infield
to clicking, and he is concentrating
on that in practice this week.
Ray Massey started in the box for
Heppner. ' In the four innings pitch
ed he allowed five hits, hit one bats
man and walked two, which togeth
er with six infield bobbles, account
ed for seven Umatilla tallies. Bob
bie Woodward relieved Ray in the
fifth and stayed out of trouble until
the seventh when one of his sinkers
went wild on a third strike and the
batsman reached first He walked
the next batsman and both scored
on McCoy's hit before the side could
be retired. Bobbbie allowed but two
scattered hits In the four innings
pitched, while hitting one batsman
and walking two.
Brown went the route on the
mound for Umatilla and allowed but
one hit and no runs up to the fourth.
In that inning Ray Woodward sin
gled, stole second, and scored on
Turner's hit after two had been re
tired. Turner was caught going
second for the third out Bill Mas
sey's homer in the fifth, with Craw
ford on ahead of him, accounted
for two more runs. In the seventh
came two more when Bill Massey
walked and scored on his brother
Al's two-bagger, Al in turn making
it in on Thomson's single. That
was all the scoring until the ninth
when Lieuailen and Ray Woodward
clouted out their homers, but with
the bags empty each time.
Rod Thomson in mid-field cut
Umatilla off short at the pockets in
the fifth when he made a diving
catch of McCoy's line drive, and
Shortstop Lieuailen nipped what
promised to be a scoring bee in the
eighth when he took a hot liner off
Blakely's bat and cut off Shesly at
second for an unassisted double
play.
Fossil, one of the leading pen
nant contenders, will be at Rodeo
field Sunday for the third game of
the series.
the Box score and summary:
HEPPNER
Crawford, 1
Gentry, s
Leiuallen, 8-s
AB K H O A E
6
1
... 2
6
0 0
1 8
2 0
2 13
1 2
A. Massey, r
.. 6
R. Woodward, c 4
Thomson, m 6
Hisler, 2 .. 0
Hayes. 2 2
R. Massey, p 2
Turner, 1 8
Beach, 1 1
B. Woodward, p 2
B. Massey, 3 2
Totals
.39 7 12 24 16
UMATILLA-
Ostrom, b
Shesly. c .
Weir, 2
Kendler, 1
1 1 2
2 2 10
2 1
1 1
3
Blakely, 8
1 0
Thomson, m 8 0 0
LanKhorn, 1 . 4 0 0
Harvey, r 110
Brown, p 4 11
McCoy, r . 2 0 1
Walpole, r 0 0 0
Rose, m 10 0
Totals .36 7 27 18
Earned runs. Heonner fi. Umatilla 11
home runs, B. Massey. Lieuailen, R. Wood
ward; two base hits. A. Massey, B. Wood
ward, Beach ; struck out by R. Massey 7,
li. Woodward 7, Brown 7 ; wild pitches,
B. Woodward 2. Brown ; basea on balla off
Brown 8, off Massey 2, off Woodward 2;
hit by pitched ball. Shady by Massey,
Shesly by Woodwrd ; left on basea, Hepp
ner 8, Umatilla 8. Umpire for Heppner,
A. Kelly ; scorer, Wm. McRoberta, J r.
LUMBER MILL STARTS.
Wm. Greener, in town last week
end from his mountain home south
of Hardman, announced that he
would start his lumber mill to cut
tine this week. Arraniremenr Vina
been made for disposal of the out
put tnrough Kccles and Scritsmeier
of Heppner Lumber company. Mr.
Greener purchased a new Chevrolet
pick-up while in town, and he and
Carl Leathers accompanied R. B.
Ferguson, local dealer, to Toppen
ish, Wash., to get the automobile.
MACHINE SALES MADE.
L. Van Marter, local farm ma
chinery salesman, reports the sale
of four, combines and 10 mowers
this spring, indicating the first con
siderable activity In farm machin
ery sales locally for several yean.