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-HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, May 24, 1934
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DUNNE. MARTIN UP;
SALES JTAX LICKED
Brown Carries County as
Vote Generally Follows
Trend in State.
BALLOTING LIGHT
Briggs Wing Only Local Contest;
Predatory Tax, TB Hospital,
Trial Jury Measures Win.
By this time everyone knows of
the nomination of Dunne and Mar
tin for governor, the overwhelming,
defeat of the sales tax, the nomin
ation of Snell and Walters for sec
retary of state, of Upton and Pierce
for congress, of Bean and Allen for
state senator and of those other
state and district contests to be de
cided at the general election in No
vember. Morrow county was in
line with the general outcome as
indicated by the voting last Friday
except that Senator Sam Brown
was favored by Morrow republi
cans over Joe E. Dunne.
The governor's vote here was
Brown 187, Dunne 184, Holman 85,
Lonergan 97 and McAlexander 79
in the republican lists, and Martin
176, Mahoney 69 in the democratic.
The sales tax was defeated here
631 fo 295.
In the only contest for local of
fice, that for treasurer on the re
publican ballot, L. W. Briggs re
ceived 513 to Kenneth Oviatt's 92.
Raymond H. Turner of lone re
ceived the democratic nomination
on a write-in campaign with 72
votes. J. J. Wells for assessor,
George N. Peck for commissioner,
and Harry Tamblyn for surveyor,
received both the democratis and
republican nominations.
One other evidence of a write-in
campaign was shown, with Hanson
Hughes receiving 49 votes in this
county for representative from the
22nd district J. O. Turner and E.
R. Fatland are the republican nom
inees. Returns have not been re
ceived from over the district to in
dicate whether Hughes received the
democratic nomination.
County central committeemen
were named as follows: Republi
canCecil, Herbert Hynd; Hard
man, Walter E. Wright; lone, F. H.
Robinson; Lexington, Lawrence
Beach; Irrigon, A. C. Houghton;
Alpine, Wm. J. Doherty; S. Hepp
ner, C. J. D. Bauman; N. Heppner,
S. E. Notson; Lena, Walter W.
Luckman. Democratic Boardman,
C. G. Blayden; lone, D. M. Wardl
Eight Mile, Guy Huston; Alpine, R.
B. Rice; S. Heppner, Hanson
Hughes; N. Heppner, C. B. Cox;
Cecil, Ralph Butler.
S. P. Devin at Heppner and Geo.
Frank at lone received the recom
dation of both parties for consta
ble. C. G. Blayden also was named
by both parties for justice of the
peace at Boardman.
The vote in the county was a lit
tle over a third of that registered.
George Peck, republican for coun
ty commissioner, received most
votes of any unopposed candidate,
525. There were 926 votes cast on
the sales tax measure, represent
ing the largest number of all votes
cast in any contest Earl Snell, re
publican for secretary of state, re
ceived the largest vote of any op
posed candidate, polling 530 to 125
for Abrams. More votes were cast
for this office than for any other on
the republican ballot.
Upton for congress and Bean for
state senator ran ahead of their
opponents over the district. Here
the vote was Upton 329, Graham
227 for congressman, and Bean 425,
Richards 162 for senator. Walter
M. Pierce, unopposed, received the
democratic congressional nomina
tion, as did Jack Allen, also unop
posed, for state Benator.
Leonhardt 136, Dunton 71, was the
democratic vote here for superin
tendent of public Instruction. How
ard received the republican nomin
ation unopposed. Gram, the repub
lican's choice for labor commission
er over the state outran Anderson
here 386 to 173. Shuholm is the
democratic nominee.
The democratic vote here for sec
retary of state was Walter 133, Lo
gan 64, Shelton 20.
Morrow county followed the state
in the non-partisan primary in fa
voring Rand over Bagley for su
preme court judge. Here the vote
was Rand 571, Bagley 217.
The local predatory animal con
trol tax measure carried 435 to 397.
Of the state-wide measures only
two carried over the state. They
were the criminal trial jury amend
ment and authorization for a tu
berculosis hospital In Multnomah
county. The vote on the measures
here was: county refunding bond
amendment, yes 310, no 423; crim
inal trial jury amendment, yes 453,
no 362; tuberculosis hospital, yes
270, no 555; Insane hospital, yes
264, no 554; sales tax, yes 295, no
631. -
CHURCH CONFERENCE HELD.
Dr. T. D. Yarnes of Salem was
in Heppner Monday evening to con
duct the fourth quarterly confer
ence of the local Methodist church.
A good report was had of the local
church work, and Rev. Joseph
Pope, pastor, was given high recom
mendation. Gold fish and aquariums at Gordon's.
JOHN D. BAUMAN
CAME HERE IN' 12
Native of Germany, Sheriff's Fath
er, Came West from Ohio;
Five Children Survive.
J. D. Bauman, 72, who farmed for
many years on Willow creek sev
eral miles below Heppner, father of
C. J. D. Bauman, Morrow county
sheriff, died last Sunday at a local
hospital. Mr. Bauman had been ill
for some time, and his passing was
not unexpected.
Funeral services were held yes
terday morning from Masonic hall,
Rev. Joseph Pope, Methodist min
ister, officiating, with a large con
course of relatives and friends pay
ing tribute to the deceased. The
floral offerings were profuse. In
tetrment was in Masonic cemetery
with members of the local lodge,
A. F. & A. M., of which Mr. Bauman
was a member, conducting the Ma
sonic commitment service. Pall
bearers were fellow lodge members
and long time friends of the de
ceased. John David Bauman was born in
Sexelburg, Germany, March 6, 1862,
being aged 72 years, 2 months and
14 days at death. He came to the
United States when 18 years of
age. He worked for a time at Gal
ion, Ohio, where he married Salina
Kopper, October 9,1887. Later mov
ing to Akron, Ohio, Mr. Bauman
became connected with the Seiber
ling Flour Milling company (the
same Seiberllng that later made na
tionally advertised automobile
tires), and while with the company
he became an expert miller. The
confining occupation was not ap
pealing, however, and health's sake
and the lure of the west impelled
him to leave his lucrative position
to locate at Ritzville, Wash., where
he followed wheat farming. Being
a life-long Methodist, he also served
as pastor of the Ritzville Methodist
church. The family moved to Col
ville In 1907, then located at Spo
kane for a while where Mr. Bau
man was in the real estate business.
They moved to the farm below
Heppner in 1912, and in 1929 the
family home was made at Heppner.
Mrs. Bauman died in 1931.
Five children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Bauman, all of whom
survive. They are Mrs. Helen
Christenson, Harvey O. and Clar
ence J. D. Bauman of Heppner;
Mrs. Esther Writer of Olympia,
Wash., and Mrs. Edna Lyons of
Portland. All the children were
present for the funeral. Mr. Bau
man is also survived by three sis
ters, Kathrin Bauman of Cincin
nati, Ohio, Marie Bauman of Wur
tenburg, Germany, and Mrs. Car
oline Piepher of Gallon, Ohio.
Mr. Bauman was an esteemed
citizen and leaves a host of friends
in this community.
MRS. BUSCHKE SURPRISED.
Mrs. Ben Buschke celebrated her
64th birthday anniversary on Wed
nesday, and the members of Hepp
ner unit, American Legion Auxil
iary, of which Mrs. Buschke Is a
member, made it the occasion of a
surprise party, going out to the
farm home of Mrs. Buschke in the
afternoon and taking with them
refreshments consisting of sand
wiches, cake and coffee, this in
cluding the big birthday cake, built
by Mrs. Mae Gilliam. The after
noon was pleasantly spent, and Mrs.
Buschke was made very happy by
the surprise visit. Those present
were Mrs. Helen Cash, Auxiliary
president, Mesdames Martha Dick,
Elizabeth Bloom, Velva Kimball,
Helen Cohn, Georgetta Morgan, An
na Bayless, Lena Cox, Cyrene Bar
ratt, Oma Cox, Millie Evans, Lu
cille McAtee, Harriet Gemmell and
daughter Jean, and Coramae Fer
guson. It was also made the occasion for
the drawing In the sale of the bed
spread, the handiwork of Mrs.
Georgetta Morgan, and by her re
cently donated to the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Hanson Hughes held the lucky
number In the drawing.
RECEIVES INVITATIONS.
S. E, Notson this week received
invitations to two events to be held
In connection with the waterways
hearing at The Dalles on May 31.
One was the engineers luncheon to
be held at Bonneville, and the oth
er the evening banquet sponsored
by The Dalles chamber of com
merce at The Dalles. All officers
and friends of Inland Waterways
association, of which Mr. Notson
is a director, have been Invited, he
aid.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our thanks
and appreciation to all the friends
and neighbors for their sympathy
and kindly ministrations in our
time of sorrow, and for the many
beautiful floral offerings.
Helen Christenson and family,
Esther Writer and family,
Edna Lyons ancLfamily,
Harvey O. Bauman and family,
C. J. D. Bauman.
The local I. O. O. F. lodge had
Initiatory work in the first degree
at their regular meeting last eve
ning. Members of the order from
lone and Morgan were present and
assisted, and a luncheon of ice
cream, cake and coffee was enjoyed
at the close of the ceremonies.
R. C. Phelps and family spent the
week end on a trip to Yakima val
ley, visiting with friends at Sunny
side and other points. Mr. Phelps
reports a good prospect for fruit
In the valley this season.
Program Set for Tonight
High School Graduation
Commencement exercises for the
.25 graduates of Heppner high
school will be presented at the gym
auditorum at 8 o'clock this eve
ning. Invocation will be said by
Joel R. Benton, and Anabel Turner
will sing "The Builder," Cadman.
Next will be the commencement
address by Judge Calvin Sweek of
Pendelton.
"Thanks Be to God," Dickson,
sung by high school glee clubs, will
be followed by presentation of the
Norton Winnard memorial cup by
Paul M. Gemmell, member of the
class of 1918. The winner of the
cup is not made known until the
time of presentation.
Presentation of class of 1934 by
Edward F. Bloom, superintendent,
and presentation of diplomas by
W. C. Cox, chairman of the school
board, will be followed with bene
diction by Mr. Benton. Following
is the class roll who are: Frank
Anderson, Rachel Anglin, Harold
R. Ayers, Owen N. Bleakman,
Reese Burkenbine, Kathleen Cun
ningham, Ralph Currin, Mary Dris
coll, LcRoy Gentry, Marvin M. Mor
gan, Miriam Moyer, Florence Moy
er, Gustaf E. Nikander, Francis By
ron Nickerson, Marion Oviatt, Alice
Bleakman Peterson, Claire Phelan,
Anson E. Rugg, George W. Starr,
George William Thomson, Curtis
Thomson, Anabel M. Turner, Ar
min Chester Wihlon, Beth Isabelle
Wright and Harold A. Wright.
I0NE
Vy MARGARET BLAKE
Graduation exercises for the se
nior class of lone high school were
held in the school gymnasium last
Wednesday evening. The program
opened with a vocal solo by Donald
Heliker which was followed by a
clever skit foretelling the future
of the members of the graduating
class. Members of the class and
Misses Harriet Heliker and Dot
and Dimple Crabtree played parts
in this number. Miss Frances
Troedson sang a vocal solo, then
Henry Buschke and Raymond Lun
dell gave a brief resume of the his
tory of the senior class. The high
school mixed quartet composed of
Jane Collins, Robert Botts, Mildred
Lundell and Raymond Lundell sang
"Soft the Music." Mr. Kremers read
the class will with a number of the
student body members as legatees
sitting on the stage to receive the
items willed them by the various
members of the outgoing class.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school suprintendent, presented per
fect attendance certificates to Ear
line Farris, Arthur Stefani, Melba
lene Crawford and Dorothy and
Sybil Howell, and also presented
diplomas to the following mem
bers of the eighth grade: Maxine
McCurdy, Ruth Crawford, Betty
Bergevin, Bertha Akers, Annie
Doherty, Opal Cool, Winona Rit
chie, Harry Normoyle, Robert,
Charlie and Herbert Davidson. Eu
gene Normoyle sang a vocal solo af
ter which A. E. Johnson, chairman
of the lone school board, gave a
short talk to the graduating class
and presented them with their di
plomas. The members of the class
were Leo Young, valedictorian;
Jane Collins, salutatorian ; Jose
phine Buschke, Henry Buschke,
Earl Pettyjohn, Walter Bristow,
Raymond Lundell, Foster Odom,
Theodore Thompsen, Berl Akers,
Alfred Nelson, Jr., Donald Heliker,
Robert Botts and Claude Breash
ers. Following the commencement ex
ercises on Wednesday evening open
house was held in the various rooms.
Interesting exhibits were on display
showing part of the work done by
the pupils during the year.
Mrs. Rose Miller of Portland has
been visiting friends and relatives
in lone during the past week. Mrs.
Miller, who is a sister of Mrs. Oscar
Cochran, was a resident of lone
for many years. Her husband, Ed
Miller, who had charge of the light
and water plant here for some time
before their removal to Portland,
died in that city a short time ago.
Mrs. Miller returned to her home
Friday.
Misss Ella and Josephine Johnson
of Austin, Texas, are visiting at
the home of their aunt, Mrs. Ida
Peterson. The young ladies made
the trip by train and were met at
Arlington by Henry Peterson last
Friday.
Miss Doris Allstott who attended
high school here this year has re
turned to her home on Rhea creek.
Mrs. Emert and daughter Patricia
departed the last of the past week
for California where they will visit
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Stefani and son
were week-end visitors In Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rowell and
family have moved to the moun
tains near Parkers Mill where Mr.
Rowell will make wood with the
help of his brother-in-law, Hobart
Helms.
Fred Ross was called to Toll
Rock on Monday to be employed
In CCC work.
Edward Kremers departed Fri
day for his home in Portland. He
was accompanied that far by Mrs.
Homer Lyons and Mrs. Gerald
Simpson, who were returning to
their homes in Salem after a week's
visit with their mother, Mrs. Dan
Long, and by Mrs. Garland Swan
son and Miss Eva Swanson who
will visit Salem relatives for a short
time.
Mrs. Elmer Baldwin has gone to
Salem to join her husband who has
employment there.
Roy Brown of Hormlston came
over from that city Friday. He was
accompanied home by Mrs. Brown
(Continued on Pag Pour)
EVEN CHI DUEL
IPSE! BYJOBBLES
Arlington Defeats Locals
8-4, Tightening Grip
on League Flag.
NEW SET-UP RESULT
Merrill Resigns, and Team Elects
Al Massey Captain; Rhea Creek
Here Today, Condon Sunday.
One of the nicest pitched games
of the Wheatland series was that
between Heppner and the Arlington
River Rats in the latter's sandpit
Sunday. " Ray Massey for the locals
allowed but nine hits, all scattered
with the exception of three in the
seventh, while Lawrence Stevenson
for the river boys allowed but
seven, only three of which were
grouped for runs, in the fifth. Mas
sey gave but one free pass, when
McKinney took a hot one on the
ankle, while "Steve" put out three,
one a walk and the other two pitch
ed balls which took Burchell and
Merrill in the slats. Both boys went
the route, and in addition to their
good chucking each fielded his po
sition perfectly, j
From the standpoint of the pitch
ing the game was even, and on
earned runs Heppner won it 3-2.
But "Steve" had the better of the
support, and his team won 8-4,
thereby getting a tight grip on the
pennant which will be hard to loos
en In the four remaining rounds of
the series.
An aftermath of Sunday's fray
was the resignation of Mark Merrill
as helmsman of the locals, and the
election of Al Massey, catcher, as
playing captain. Mark has worked
hard at the job of putting out a
ball team and has the team on top
financially and outfitted with new
uniforms, 'If the record of one win
in six starts has not been Impress
ive. He believed the boys were en
titled to a new set-up if such would
help put life into the team, and the
boys decided to let Al try his hand.
A schedule of hard workouts is tak
ing place this week with a game
against the Rhea Creek team on the
local field tonight, In an attempt to
get the boys to clicking. What re
sults, if any, will brtisplayed when
Condon plays here Sunday in its
first game with the locals. Condon
caught lone off guard last week,
and defeated Walt Eubank's gang
12-11.
Heppner started the scoring Sun
day in the second inning when Bill
Massey gained a safety on Bud
Fisk's bobble of his grounder, stole
second and scored on Merrill's hit.
Three more runs in the fifth com
pleted their markers. Beach and
R. Massey singled, and scored on
Thomson's three-bagger, the only
extra-base hit of the game, Thom
son in turn scoring on Burchell's
ground-out to Wheelhouse, unas
sisted, at first base.
Arlington tallied one run in the
third inning when Burchell dropped
Stevenson's high fly, "Steve" steal
ing second and scoring on Wilson's
infield single. The next Inning they
annexed three more. WethereU
and McKinney made safeties on
bobbles of their grounders by Thom
son at short and Bill Massey at
third. Both runners advanced as
Beach put out Saling, unassisted,
at first, and went on home on
Wheelhouse's hot grounder through
third base and into the dry creek
bed beyond. According to ground
rules a hit into the ditch allowed
but one base, and only one runner
could have scored in that event.
But Umpire Bosquet ruled an error
on Thirdbaseman Massey, entitling
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CLARENCE BAUMAN
WILL HEAD LIONS
Sympathy of Club Expressed in Be
reavement of Father; Next
Meeting at Hotel.
Heppner Lions elected C. J. D.
Bauman as their president for the
ensuing year at Monday's luncheon,
and expressed their sympathy to
Mr. Bauman who was absent from
the meeting due to the death of his
father, J. D. Bauman, on Sunday.
Mr. Bauman will succeed as pres
ident, Dr. A. D. McMurdo, who has
successfully led the destinies of the
service club through the past year.
An indication of better times was
given in the financial report of John
Anglin, secretary, which showed the
club to be free of debt for the first
time In three years. The club voted
to hold Its luncheon next Monday at
Hotel Heppner, in reciprocity for
the generous entertainment of the
club by the hotel management a few
weeks ago.
Election of officers constituted
the main business of the meeting,
and those elected besides Mr. Bau
man," are Jasper V. Crawford, first
vice-president; Ray P. Kinne, sec
ond vice-president; E. L. Morton,
lion tamer; C. W. Smith, tailtwister;
F. W. Turner, secretary. E. R. Hus
ton and L. E. Dick, directors. Dele
gates to the state Lions convention
at Eugene, June 3-4-5, were named
as follows: Dr. A. D. McMurdo, C.
J. D. Bauman and Chas. Thomson.
"Poppy Day" Saturday
Will See Sale in Heppner
Saturday will be "Poppy Day"
throughout the United States. Mil
lions of Americans will wear little
red poppies in tribute to the men
who gave their lives on the poppy
studded battle fields of France and
Belgium during the World War.
An army of approximately 100,000
women will distribute the memor
ial flowers on the streets of prac
tically every city and town in the
country.
Arrangements for observance of
"Poppy Day" here have been com
pleted by the women of the local
American Legion Auxiliary unit un
der the leadership of Lera Craw
ford, poppy chairman. Auxiliary
women will distribute poppies on
the street throughout the day, and
will receive contributions for the
welfare of disabled veterans, their
families and the families of the
dead.
The poppies to be offered by the
Auxiliary Saturday are paper rep
licas of the wild poppies of France
which grew on the battle fields and
war cemeteries. They have been
made by disabled veterans in 58
government hospitals and Auxiliary
workrooms in 40 different states.
The local Auxiliary unit will dis
tribute poppies made at Veteran's
hospital 77, Portland.
The bulk of the money contrib
uted for the popples will be re
tained in the city to be used for
the relief of needy veterans and
their families during the coming
year. Part will go to support state
and national activities of the Amer
ican Legion and Auxiliary for the
disabled and dependents. The pop
py sale is the principal source of
support for the continuous welfare
and rehabilitation program carried
out by the Auxiliary, and the Aux
iliary workers are hoping that more
people than ever before will "honor
the dead and serve the living" by
wearing a poppy Saturday.
LEXINGTON
By BETJLAH B. NICHOLS.
Lexington has the distinction of
being one of the twenty-four towns
and cities in the United States
which will be honored by having
the signature of their mayors on
the scroll which will be presented
to the commander of the U. S. air
plane carrier Lexington at a recep
tion at the Lexington hotel In New
York on the evening of June 5th.
T. L. Barnett mayor of this city
received the following telegram
Tuesday afternoon: "To bring fur
ther glory to the historic name
Lexington ' we intend to present
handsome scroll signed by mayors
of twenty-four towns and cities
named Lexington throughout the
country to commanders of U. S. air
plane carrier Lexington while flleet
is in New York. Presentation will
be made at reception at Hotel Lex
ington, 5 o'clock Tuesday, June 5th.
We need your signature for this
scroll and should be happy if you
can attend reception. Kindly rush
us a note enclosing your signature
in ink to our headquarters, Hotel
Plaza, New York.
(Signed) Frederick H. Cone,
President Empire State So
ciety, Sons of American Re
volution. In his reply to Mr. Cone, Mayor
Barnett expressed his appreciation
for the invitation and stated that
while he will be unable to be pres
ent at the reception, he greatly
appreciates the honor accorded the
city of Lexington and that he will
be pleased to send his signature
for the scroll.
The ladies of the Home Econom
ics club entertained Thursday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry
Schriever, honoring Mrs. James H.
Williams who is leaving for Califor
nia soon. Mrs. Williams was pre
sented with a lovely gift from her
friends in this community. Those
present were Mrs. Williams, Mrs,
Schriever, Mrs. Laura Rice, Mrs.
Anne Miller, Mrs. Hortense Mar
tin, Mrs. Emma Breshears, Mrs.
Edith Miller, Mrs. Marie Steagall,
Mrs. Norma Marquardt, Mrs. Lor
ena Miller, Mrs. Emma Peck, Mrs.
Nacy McWaters, Mrs. Margaret
Miller, Mrs. Nellie Palmer, Mrs.
Mary Hunt, Mrs. Laura Scott, Mrs.
Edna Munkers, Mrs. Pearl Gentry,
Mrs. Clara Gillis, Mrs. Lucy Rod
gers, Mrs. Bertha Dinges, Mrs. Beu-
lah Nichols, Mrs. Alta Cutsforth
Mrs. Bertha Nelson, Mrs. Lavelle
White, Miss Eula McMillan, Miss
Vera Breshears, Miss Alice Palmer,
Miss Jessie McCabe.
The Boy Scouts, accompanied by
their scoutmaster, George Gillis,
spent the week end camping in the
mountains. They went up In the
Wilcox truck.'
Misses Gladys Graves, Alma Van
Winkle, Doris Burchell and Alberta
Fulgham left Saturday morning for
Portland where they hope to obtain
employment.
An enjoyable picnic was held Sun
day at the delightful farm home of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schriever.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Cutsforth and children, T.
W. Cutsforth, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Miller and children, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Gentry, Mrs. Nancy McWat
ers, Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and
children, Mrs. Ralph Jackson and
children, Mr. and Mrs. George Peck,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hunt and chil
dren, T. L. Barnett, Mrs. Laura
Scott and son Vernon, Mrs. Clara
Gillis, Mrs. Beulah Nichols and son
Billie and Lelma Miller.
Paul Smouse, Mr. and Mrs. S. J.
Devine and Beulah Nichols went to
Boardman Saturday for rehearsal
of the Pomona degree which the
Morrow county team will put on at
the meeting of Glll:m-Wheeler
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27 GRADE PUPILS
GIVEN DIPLOMAS
Rev. Joseph Pope Addresses Class;
Mrs. Cash Makes Auxiliary
Awards; Rostetr Given.
Graduation exercises were held in
the gym-auditorium Tuesday eve
ning for 27 members of the eighth
grade class who have successfully
completed the work of the Heppner
grade school. Rev. Joseph Pope,
Methodist minister, delivered the
commencement address in which
he stressed the necessity of having
a sturdy character foundation and
building to it through life.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers, county
school superintendent, presented
the diplomas, stressing the neces
sity of an education and expressing
a desire to see the class continue
theirs.
Awards were presented to win
ners in recent American Legion
Auxiliary contests by Mrs. James
D. Cash, president, as follows: Pop
py poster contest, high school, Mar
jorie Parker first, Willis Adkins
second; seventh and eighth grades,
Leah Mahrt first, Billy Barratt sec
ond; Americanization essay con
test, Ruth Green first, Harriet Ha
ger second; declamatory contest,
Paul McCarty first, Robert Baker
second.
Joel R. Benton, minister Church
of Christ delivered invocation and
benediction. Two musical num
bers were sung, "Primrose," Grieg,
by fifth and sixth grade girls, and
"The Violet" Dvorak, by seventh
and eighth grade girls. Following
are the graduates:
Norma M. Blahm, Gladys Mae
Casebeer, Nina Elizabeth Cox, Lola
Mae Coxen, Ruth L. Green, Harriet
E. Hager, Genevieve E. Hanna, Ev
elyn M. Kirk, Alice Marie Latour
ell, Leah K. Mahrt Irene I. McFer
rin, Norma Elizabeth McFerrin,
Helen P. Huff, V. Arlene Morton,
Robert Warren Baker, Daniel E.
Chinn, Jackson Earle Gilliam, Rena
A. Harris, James P. Healy, Vernon
A. Knowles, Willis Paul McCarty,
Scott H. McMurdo, James H. Moy
er, Alvin Pettyjohn, Jesse Eugene
Tinsley, Lawrence L. Wehmeyer,
Francis Farset
Harold Buhman is the class in
structor. ERNEST S. TAYLOR.
Ernest Sylvester Taylor, 57, bro
ther of Henry Taylor of this city,
and a long time resident of the Olex
community, died May 20. - Funeral
services were held at the Olex
church Tuesday afternoon, with
Rev. Joseph Pope, Methodist min
ister of this city, officiating. Mr.
Taylor was born in Aumsville, Ore.,
August 6, 1977. He moved with his
parents to the Olex community
where he spent his childhood. He
attended school for a number of
years in Idaho where he lived with'
an older sister. After his return
from Idaho he was united in mar
riage with Naomi Scoggins, Janu
ary 28, 1900. To this union Ave chil
dren were born: Edna, Raymond,
Ruth, Leland and Jack. Besides
the children, he leaves one brother,
Henry Tayor of Heppner; a half
brother, Jack of Bellingham, Wn.;
and three half-sisters, Melissa Mau
pin of Kennewick, Wn., Lou Doer
fer of Bellingham, Wn., and Emma
Edwards of Arizona. His brother
and family attended the funeral
from here.
19th Anniversary Safeway
Stores Being Celebrated
All stores of the Safeway System
in the Pacific Northwest will joint
ly celebrate the 19th anniversary
of the founding of the stores with
a four-day sale, starting Friday,
May 25.
This is the first "Birthday Sale"
the Safeway stores have ever held,
and will commemorate the service
and growth of an idea conceived
by M. B. Skaggs, who put it into
effect at American Falls, Idaho, 19
years ago this month.
Mr. Skaggs was at that time 27
years of age and a new arrival from
the East. His foremost thought was
to do something to help the com
munity he had adopted to lower liv
ing costs, which, he had discovered,
were far higher than in the East
With a few hundred dollars he
borrowed, he built without assist
ance his Initial store on the edge of
the desert town, surrounded by
sage brush and sand. He was his
own architect and carpenter, floor
layer and painter. His next move
was to purchase a stock of supplies,
the best brands available, which
were marketed at a narrow margin
of profit, thereby rendering a ser
vice to his community. Through
out his initial work, his mam
thought was to help his neighbor
to help himself. He had no idea
that his business venture would
have more than ordinary success.
Two years later, however, he
opened his second store at Burley,
Idaho, and 14 months thereafter his
third store was opened at Black
foot, Idaho. Today Mr. Skaggs is
chairman of the board of directors
of an organization operating in 21
Western states.
The stores of this district are
really the "home" stores of the
company. They serve all sections
of Oregon and Washington and a
part of Idaho. When the first store
was opened in Portland in 1921, it
was the 16th unit, the other 15 be
ing located in Idaho.
Ray Ferguson and Jap Crawford
accompanied the Barratt sheep
train to Montana last night,
A
URGE WOOL IE
SLATEFOR JUNE 2
175,000 Lbs. Now Signed
to be Offered for Sealed
Bids; More Expected.
INDUSTRY ACTIVE
Shearing Well Over, and Movement
to Summer Range General; Lo
cal Conditions Remain Fair.
A sealed bid wool sale, slated here
for Saturday, June 2 at 10 a. m., has
been announced by Morrow County
Wool and Lamb Growers, at which
will be offered at least 178,000
pounds of wool. This amount had
been signed up the first of this week
and Chas. W. Smith, county agent
who is helping arrange the sale,
said that it was probable some 250,
000 pounds would be signed up by
tne time for the sale.
This is the first large sealed bid
wool sale to be staged in Heppner
for several years, and is expected
to draw a large number of bidders.
On conducting the sale each clip
will be put up separately, and each
buyer may bid on any clip if he de
sires to do so, but the seller retains
the right to reject any or all bids.
Anyone who has not signed and
who wishes to do so may obtain
blanks at the county agent's office.
Anyone who signs up now, but who
sells his wool before May 26 will be
released from his contract. But if
the wool is not sold and the county
agent's office so notified before mid
night May 26, the wool cannot be
sold privately before the sale and
must be put up for bids at the sale.
Each grower signing his wool for
the sale must stand his part of the
charge put on by the local houses
where the wool is stored whether
the wool is sold or not All wools
to be sold will be located at the
Jackson and Balfour-Guthrie ware
houses.
The coming wool sale is one of
the highlights in a season of much
activity for the county's sheep in
dustry. Movement of sheep to sum
mer range is now general, with
shearing generally completed. With
much wool already consigned, there
have been few sales reported so far
and buyers generally were out of
the market for the iast week. Some
sheep sales have been reported at
fair prices.
One of the largest movements of
sheep was that started from the
local yards last night for Spotted
toDe, Montana, near where many
thousands of county sheep will be
grazed for the summer. Included in
last night's shipment were the
Garnet Barratt, Harold Cohn,
Bill Kilkenny, Chas. Bartholomew.
Jerome O'Connor and Mary Glavy
yj Connor sneep. Montana range
conditions are reported as good
this season.
Local range conditions, both in
the low and high mountins, are re
ported as fair, with indications of
water shortage. Garnet Barratt
who visited his range in the high
mountains near Austin last week
end, reports the grass there as hav
ing a good start, but with rains
needed to bring it along. Water in
the creeks is about equal to normal
for the middle of July, and snow is
all gone. Mr. Barratt will run two
bands on 12,000 acres there.
High School Picnic
Staged at Ditch Creek
Most of the student body leftHhe
building by way of the fire escape
yesterday to start the annual stu
ent body picnic off with a rush. The
students were conveyed to the pic
nic grounds on Ditch creek In ten
private cars and the Rhea creek
school bus. When the party ar
rived at the grounds two games
of baseball and a game of horse
shoes were organized. Sodapop was
sold at 5 cents a bottle. Shortly
after "dinner was served."
This student body picnic will be
long remembered as the first picnic
at which everyone had enough to
eat. At the last the servers even
went so far as to request the stu
dents to come and finish the ice
cream but without success. Final
ly, however, due to the uncanny
capacity of certain students every
thing edible was eaten. After rest
ing for some time and taking many
pictures, the party started for home
and arrived there between four and
five o'clock. That is with the ex
ception of the bus which had two
blow-outs making it necessary for
its occupants to walk part of the
way to town.
Answering to a charge of polut
ing the waters of Rhea creek, Jerm
O'Conner, sheepman, was in the
court of Judge Robinson at lone on
Tuesday. The trial was heard be
fore a jury and a number of wit
nesses testified; however, the jury
returned a verdict of "not guilty."
The charge against Mr. O'Conner
was that he had allowed men In his
employ to throw dead sheep into
the creek.
Heppner chapter 26, R. A. M. in
itiated a class Into the Royal Arch
degree at Masonic hall last Thurs
day evening. Visitors were pres
ent from Pendleton, and following
the work a bounteous lunch was
served.