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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 5, 1934.
Subscription $200 a Year
FINISHES
FLOOD RELIEF WORK
21 Families Given Awards
Toward Rehabilitation;
116 Cases Registered.
HELP APPRECIATED
Aid of One Family Made it Possible
ble for Them to Keep Home;
Fund of $2350 Available.
The American Red Cross has
closed shop in Heppner after as
sisting in carrying sufferers from
the May 29 cloudburst and flood
through the emergency period and
aiding them in getting their homes
and farms in a liveable condition.
Joel R. Benton, Morrow county
chapter chairman, reports that a
fund of $2350 was available for the
work, $2000 of which came from the
national Red Cross and $350 from
the local chapter raised through in
dividual contributions from people
of the county.
Twenty-three families were giv
en awards of the 116 families reg
istered as flood disaster Bufferers.
All of the 116 were investigated by
Mrs. Kathryn Sexsmith of Bend,
the case worker in charge, and 91
families stated they could recover
without assistance.
The awards consisted of repair
of buildings, building and repair of
fences and flumes, provision of
stock feed and hay, and the provis
ion of food in emergency cases.
People generally were very ap
preciative of the assistance given,
Mr. Benton reports. One family
reported that the help given made
it possible for them to retain their
home.
All families were given an oppor
tunity to make application for as
sistance, either by personal inter
view with Mrs. Sexsmith or by let
ter from the local chapter. In each
case complete investigation was
made by the worker, and her find
ings were placed before the local
advisory board. The board deter
mined the award to be made from
the need shown and not from the
amount of loss. As the cases were
presented by number only, the
board was not aware of whom they
were helping. The relief was given
entirely upon the basis of need, and
even though a family may have
sustained heavy losses they were
not helped if it was deemed they
could recover through their own
resources or credit
Throughout the work, records
were kept confidential.
Oregon Farmers Receive
10,000 AAA Record Books
Between 10,000 and 12,000 farm
account books have been distributed
free to Oregon farmers who have
joined in some phase of agricultur
al adjustment with the federal de
partment of agriculture, resulting in
the greatest single impetus to farm
record keeping ever experienced
here, says G. W. Kuhlman, emer
gency extension economist who has
been assisting in the distribution
and cooperating with county agents
in advising farmers as to their use.
"Every farmer who is in a pro
duction control association has a
contractual relationship with Un
cle Sam much the same as he would
have with a landlord from whom
he is renting on the shares," ex
plains Mr. Kuhlman. "Every such
renter would have to keep some
records, and In the same way the
government expects every contract
signer to keep simple accounts and
is helping by supplying a book for
the purpose free."
Observations of field men who
have made cost of production stud
ies show that not more than a
fourth to a third of Oregon farmers
have kept any form of written ac
counts in the past. Most of these
keep only records of receipts and
expenses rather than making sum
maries of their various enterprises
and for the whole farm at the be
ginning and end of the year.
"The AAA has called attention to
the need of some record which will
aid individually and collectively in
getting more reliable data for fu
ture use and which will help the
farmer in eliminating weak spots
in his business and encouraging the
strong ones," Kuhlman continued.
"In the country as a whole the
AAA has provided 2V6 million far
mers with these record books and
has arranged with the extension
services for any necessary aid in
starting the work. It has frankly
stated, however, that the contract
ing farmer need not use that par
ticular book if he prefers any other
one, possibly one more complete.
"Many Oregon farmora who have
always kept regular account books
are continuing with them and plan
to transfer the necessary Informa
tion to the AAA books for whatever
inspection may be made. Some oth
ers Just starting are choosing to be
gin with the more complete exten
sion service book which provides
convenient space for labor records,
summaries by enterprises, blanks
for keeping possible income tax
data adapted to Oregon's laws and
other material not provided for in
the more abridged AAA account
book," Mr. Kuhlman concluded.
County agents have copies of
both kinds of books available in
their local ofllces.
Ordinance Proposed for
City to Accept Plunge
An ordinance permitting the city
to take title to the American Le
gion swimming tank passed first
and second readings at the regular
meeting of the council Monday eve
ning. Ifc will come up for third
reading and final passage at the
next meeting. This action was pro
posed recently by committees rom
the Legion and Lions club in the
hope that the tank could be put in
condition for opening after dam
age done to it by the flood of May
29th.
At the same time a remonstrance
by residents of the section was filed
against buildings being constructed
at the tank which might serve as a
flood menace. They contended that
the buildings there were responsi
ble for backing up the water and
causing undue property damage in
the May 29 flood.
Consideration was had of the
matter of replacing the bridge to
,the schoolhouse on Center street,
also washed out by the May 29 wa
ter, with the streets and public
property committee to make an in
vestigation and report their find
ings to the council in time for the
work to be completed before the
opening of school in the fall.
Wash racks for caring for the
fire hose were ordered installed in
the rear of the city hall building.
Ballard Now in Charge
O.S.C. Extension Work
F. L. Ballard, widely known
throughout Oregon through his ser
vice as state county agent leader,
is now in active charge of the ex
tension service at Oregon State col
lege, having been appointed vice
director. Under the new coordin
ated arrangement in agriculture at
the college, W. A. Schoenfeld is of
ficially the director of extension as
he is director of experiment stations
and dean of the instructional divis
ion. Ballard is a graduate of Oregon
State who served one year as coun
ty agent in his native state of New
Hampshire, coming then to Oregon
where he has been on the extension
staff for 17 years. He has served
here as marketing agent, assistant
state leader and state leader.
DEMURRER IS OVERRULED.
At La Grande on Saturday the
demurrer in the case of the State
of Oregon vs. Gay M. Anderson
came on to be heard before Judge
Knowles, Francis T. Wade, assist
ant attorney general of Salem, and
Samuel E. Notson, district attor
ney of Morrow county, appearing
for the state, and Frank J. Loner
gan of Portland for Mr. Anderson.
The court overruled the demurrer
and the case was set for trial Sep
tember 5 when Judge Knowles will
preside in circuit court here.
JOINT INSTALLATION SET.
Rebekah and Odd Fellow lodges
of Heppner, Lexington, lone and
Morgan will hold joint installation
of officers at the Lexington hall
next Saturday night. This is ex
pected to be one of the large occa
sions of the year in Oddfellowdom
with a large attendance.
ROLLING DOWN TO RENO
By JAP CRAWFORD.
"Cowboys in town and trouble ex
pected." So typical of one's impres
sions was the first greeting to Ne
vada, that he wondered if it were
not a publicity stunt conceived by
the powers that be to make strang
ers coming into the state feel they
were now in the land reputed for
and near for its human freedom.
But, strange as it may seem, the
star performer in this little act, if
he were really drunk, was the only
offender of the public peace en
countered by the writer from one
side of Nevada to the other includ
ing a four-day stay in Reno Reno
with its divorce courts, its open bars
and gambling, the' city above all
cities where freedom, complete hu
man freedom, reigns.
One cannot visit Nevada without
an added faith in human kind. If
one stays long enough he will "Go
Reno" it was said. And there may
be those who have succumbed to the
complete freedom. One receives the
Impression that he can find in Reno
anything he's looking for, but on
the surface, at least, Reno is just
another American city a very
beautiful American city, with a lit
tle air of the daredevil, but whose
people are wholesome, hospitable
typically western American.
It was at San Jacinto, the first
town reached after crossing the
border (if a store building and a
gas pump may be called a town)
that the wild cowboys were encoun
tered. Two of them came from the
building waving beer bottles. One
repeated over and over, "Cowboys
In town and trouble expected."
Charlie Latourell had stopped the
car to get some gas. The pump was
empty and Charlie started on, the
cowboy still repeating the phrase
as his horse, standing with loose
rein, was startled by the car and
took off at a dead run ahead of It,
jumping to the side bf the road a
quarter of a mile away. No guns
had been in evidence, no real signs
of trouble the cowboy left the im
pression only of a big boy giving)
vent to repressed emotions through
a medium depicted in a western
story magazine which he may have
read.
The main objective of the trip
was the Pacific International Trap-
shooting Association shoot at Reno
in which Mr, Latourell participated
HARDMAN COUPLE
MARRIED 50 YEARS
Golden Wedding Observed at Sam
McDaniel Home When Friends
Gather at Surprise Party.
Hy LUCILLE FARRENS
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McDaniel, pio
neers of this community, were
pleasantly surprised Monday after
noon when friends and relatives
gathered at their home to wish
them joy on their golden wedding
anniversary. The many nice gifts,
the number present and the spirit
of friendliness which prevailed at
test the high esteem in which they
are held by neighbors and friends,
among whom they have spent the
past forty years of their married
life.
Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel were
married at Crown Point, Indiana,
July 2, 1884. They made their home
in that state and in Illinois until
1886, when they joined with that
great number who were migrating
to the West from the mid-western
states, and settled near Spokane,
Wash., where they spent six years,
Mr. McDaniel having employment
in a sawmill. Coming then to Ore
gon the first ten years were spent
in the mill business, Mr. McDaniel
being employed in and later owning
and operating the Mallory mill lo
cated south of Hardman. They al
so acquired the old home place in
the Burton valley district, where
the family lived and grew up, and
it was only in recent years that they
made their residence in Hardman.
They are the parents of nine chil
dren, seven of whom are living;
the grandparents of twenty chil
dren, of whom eighteen are living,
and have four living great grand
children. The greater number of
these reside in this community. One
son, Elmer, was in the World War
and the result of this service made
him a victim of the White Plague
from which he died April 29, 1929,
at the age of 32 years. The other
child died in infancy.
Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel state that
in their fifty years together they
have had a lot of hardships and a
lot of good times while the West
was in the making, and not so
many tragedies as come to the av
erage family over such a long per
iod of years, and they feel the
scajes have been pretty evenly bal
anced for them. They have the well
wishes of their many friends in the
community, and may their remain
ing years prove to be their happiest
Those present at the gathering
were Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Steers, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Buschke and family, Mr.
and Mrs. C. H McDaniel, Mes
dames Elvira MacDonald, Mabel
Howell, Elma Harshman, May Ad
ams, Deb McDaniel and Maxine,
Frances Leathers and Jean, Delsie
Chapel, Marie Clary, Maud Sam
uels, Ruby Chrisman, Misses Irene
Harshman, Lucille Farrens, Zetta
and Delsie Bleakman. Others un
able to attend but who sent gifts
were Mrs. Ethel McDaniel, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Harshman, Mr, and Mrs.
L. J. and T. L. Burnside, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Knighten and Lew Knigh
ten. last Saturday and Sunday, and in
which he upheld his reputation for
being "tough competition" by break
ing 95 out of 100 clay targets in each
of the handicap events on Saturday,
and turning in a 92 in the handicap
event Sunday. These were the only
events he entered, and his scores
brought him a goodly share of ex
pense money.
Mrs. Latourell and your reporter
went along to take in the shoot
from the rooter's section. The trip
to the eastern side of the state
which made the distance to Reno
some 1070 miles was made to deliver
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Deitlaf at the
home of Mr. Deitlaf's brother near
Cherry Creek where they went for
a visit The trip home was made
by the more direct route via Altur
as, Cal., Lakeview and the Free
mont, Dalles - California, Ochoco
and Heppner - Spray highways,
which with a side trip for an over
night stay at East lake hear Bend
made a total distance travelled of
1700 miles. The distance was cov
ered comfortably in one of Mr. Lat
ourell's new Ford V-8's which per
formed nicely at all times.
Geologists say a large inland sea
once covered most of southeastern
Oregon, parts of northern Califor
nia and southern Idaho, all of Ne
vada and on through Arizona and
New Mexico. The 735-mile trip to
Ely, Nevada, such as was made the
first day, takes one well into the old
sea basin, a desolate region largely
with the exception of the lands
placed under irrigation which ap
pear truly as oases In a desertJ
Much of the country about Ontario
and on east Into Idaho has been
placed under Irrigation and com
prises the largest single Irrigated
area In the United States, But
shortly after leaving Boise to the
south the unclaimed desert is en
tered which stretches away for
hundreds of miles, a sparsely set
tled country with only the high
ways, railroads, telephone lines and
occasional sourdough's or cattle
man's shack to tell of man's Inva
sion. The old sea was seen In true viv
idness near Wendover, Utah, when
a huge body of water greeted the
eyes of the party as they came
around a bend In the mountain for
their first sight of the old basin of
(Continued on Pgt Four)
JAMES MONROE HART.
The death of James Monroe Hart
occurred at Hollywood, California,
on Friday, June 29, 1934, following
a sudden heart attack at a time
when he appeared to be in the very
best of health. Mr. Hart was born
at Patterson Bluff, Arkansas, on
October 8, 1872, and at the time of
his passing was aged 61 years, 8
months and 21 days. The son of
Ransom Hart, early pioneer of
Heppner, he was born while the
family was enroute to the west by
ox team and their stay in Arkan
sas was temporary. The immediate
survivors of Mr. Hart are a son,
Harvey B. Hart of Longview, Wn.;
three sisters, Mrs. Melissa Marlatt
of Heppner, Mrs. Amy Charnley of
Portland and Mrs. George E.
Schwarz of Heppner. In 1900 he
was united in marriage with Miss
Iva Lee Blake, near Heppner, to
which two children were born, a
daughter, Grace Bernice, who died
in infancy, and a son, Harvey B. of
Longview, Wash., who survives his
father.
The family of Mr. Hart treked on
to Oregon from Arkansas and set
tled first in the Willamette valley
where the town of Silverton later
sprung up and James was a lad of
some 6 or 7 years when they re
moved to this community and set
tled on the farm on Balm Fork
about a mile southeast of Heppner;
it was in this community that Mr.
Hart grew to manhood and began
his career as a business man. His
education was gained in the Hepp
ner school and he was a graduate
from our local institution. He took
up the study of pharmacy and for
a time engaged in the drug business
at Heppner with his brother, the
late Robert Hart, and also worked
for others in that business here.
For a number of years he carried
on a successful grocery business and
during all of his career in Heppner
Mr. Hart was actively engaged in
helping to build up the home com
munity. His activities as secretary
of the Heppner Commercial club
made that organization a real fac
tor in the community and kept
Heppner alive to its best interests.
Another feature in the life of Mr.
Hart here was his activity in build
ing up the local lodge of Elks of
which he was the efficient secretary
for a number of years, during
which time the membership more
than doubled and Heppner was
credited with having the largest
Elks lodge of any city of its size
in the country.
Leaving Heppner in 1904 Mr. Hart
went to Cambridge, Idaho, and en
gaged in farming and real estate,
and in 1909 he founded the town of
New Meadows where he continued
to live until 1914, then going to
Portland where he began his ca
reer in the hotel business, first as
a helper and then as steward of
the Imperial hotel. It was here
that Mr. Hart conceived the Idea of
the cafeteria, the first the country
ever knew. Upon the completion
of Hotel Heppner in 1919, Mr. Hart
was called back to his home town
to take charge of this hostlery as
its manager and gave the new in
stitution a fine start, continuing
here until 1922 when he went to the
new city of Longview to open up
the Hotel Monticello. Remaining
there until 1925, Mr. Hart was loan
ed by the management for a year
to the Hotel Olympic at Seattle and
established the steward's depart
ment; then returning to Longview
he remained until 1930 with Hotel
Monticello and went to Portland
for a period of two years with Port
land Hotel. The former manager
of the Longview hotel having gone
to take the management of the
Hollywood Roosevelt of Los An
geles, he called Mr. Hart to his as
sistance again and he was steward
of this hotel at the time of his
death.
In early youth Mr. Hart became
a member of the Christian church
at Heppner and was the first presi
dent of the Christian Etideavor
when that society was organized
here. His lodge affiliations were
with Heppner Lodge No. 358, B. P.
O. Elks and Doric Lodge No, 20,
Knights of Pythias, and has large
number of old friends and neigh
bors in this community will always
remember Jimmy Hart as energetic
and active in every undertaking, a
loyal friend and neighbor and up
right citizen; no doubt these char
acteristics followed him wherever
he went, and he gathered around
him a great host of friends who tes
tified to their esteem by the large
number of beautiful floral pieces
placed at his bier, coming as they
did from every town and city where
he spent years of his life, as well
as from numerous individuals.
The funeral was held at Heppner
Monday forenoon at 10 o'clock, con
ducted from the Church of Christ
and Joel R. Benton delivering the
address. Arrangements here were
in charge of Case Mortuary, and
burial followed in Masonic ceme
tery, his wish being carried out
that when he passed on the body
should be laid beside that of the in
fant daughter in the home town
burial ground. Pall bearers were
from the Elks lodge and this order
assisted in the final rites.
HEPPNER r LAYERS NAMED.
Lowell Turner and Homer Hayes
were extended an invitation this
week to play ball with the Wheat
land all-star team slated to play the
House of David team at Condon to
morrow. Turner, who played first
base with the locals, and Hayes
who played outfield, both made good
records during tne league season.
The game, arrangements for which
were made by the Condon team, is
expected to draw a large crowd
from over the Wheatland league
district, and a number of local peo
ple have announced their Intention
of attending.
I0NE CELEBRATION
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Heppner Almost Deserted as Folks
Celebrate in Various Ways;
lone Wins Bail Game.
Morrow county folks chose var
ious means of celebrating the na
tion's birthday yesterday, with the
lone program and the cool moun
tain shade claiming the larger por
tion. A few went to Ukiah, and a
few to more distant points, but
that most everyone went some
place, at least from Heppner, was
evidenced by the deserted appear
ance of the city during the day.
lone staged the only celebration
in the county, and reports indicate
the entire day was a success. The
program of events started at 10
o'clock in the morning with a pa
triotic program sponsored by Wil
lows grange. Rev. M. G. Tennyson,
Episcopal minister from Pendleton,
delivered the oration of the day.
The basket dinner at noon was
largely participated in, and in the
afternoon a program of races and
a baseball game between Arlington
and lone held the spotlight. lone
won the evenly-played ball game,
5-2, with Stevenson and Wetherell
for Arlington, and Ritchie and Ev
erson for lone, as the batteries. An
exceptionally large crowd attended
the dance in the evening with the
Night Owls of Irrigon providing
good music. Morrow County Grain
growers and lone ball club were
joint sponsors of the celebration
with Willows grange.
The celebration in all was free
from accidents, though quantities
of fireworks were in evidence. One
disagreeable Incident marred it
when a thoughtless Heppner chap
threw a bunch of lighted firecrack
ers into the Ed Dick automobile
in which Edwin Dick and Maxine
McCurdy were sitting. A new dress
which Miss McCurdy was wearing
and a new pair of trousers of young
Mr. Dick were burned full of holes
before they could escape, though
no personal injury resulted.
In Heppner the fire siren sound
ed in the evening because of a
grass fire resulting from setting
off fireworks. The fire was in the
back yard at the Charles Latourell
residence, and had been subdued
with a garden hose by the time
the fire truck arrived.
What could have been a serious
accident occurred last night when
four automobiles piled up on the
road from lone to Heppner. A
parked automobile in the road was
said to have been the cause. Cars
driven by Harold Buhman, Mrs.
Clara Beamer and Crocket Sprouls
were included. The Buhman car
received some damage as the trunk
in the rear was mashed in, and Hu
bert Gaily, in the Sprouls car, re
ceived cuts about his face.
Tollgate CCC Camp
Recruited From Here
Twenty-one recruits for the CCC
camp at Tollgate, Oregon; left
Heppner by truck Monday to begin
their labors in the forest. This is
Morrow county's quota of the 20UO
more men that have been allotted
to Oregon camps, and they were
registered from all over the county.
Those going were James H. Pep
per, George Shields, Martin Stew
art, Ellis Hiatt, George Burke, Joe
Lieuallen, Albert Huff, Oscar Davis,
R. J. Andrews, Heppner; Marvin
Brannon, Bert Furlong, Raymond
Howell, Hardman; Lee Ellington,
W. P. Prophet, Elster Williams,
lone; Franklin Connell, Otto Eisele,
O. A. Eisele, Oliver Loney, W. L.
Suddarth, John Miller, Irrigon.
ENTERTAINS WITH PARTY.
Miss Nancy Jane Cox entertained
a group of young people at her
home Saturday night, June 30. Din
ner covers were placed for her
guests, Misses Vivian Warner of
Pilot Rock, Jessie Palmiter of Port
land, Ruth Turner, Edna Jones and
Messrs. Terrell Benge, James Val
entine, Merle Becket, Allen Bean
and Clair Cox. The theme of the
dinner was an animal fair with a
gayly decorated circus tent with
animals on parade for a center
piece. The place cards were cellu
loid animals with the name of the
guest on the back. "Pink lemon
ade was served before dinner on
the lawn. After dinner the young
people attended the dance at Lex
ington. LIONS OFFICERS INSTALLED.
C. J. D. Bauman, sheriff, was in
stalled as president of the Lions
club at the Monday noon luncheon
to succeed Dr. A. D. McMurdo, pres
ident for the last year. S. E. Not
son acted as installing officer, and
to his presentation Mr. Bauman re
sponded with an inspiring address
which pointed to another active and
purposeful year for Heppner's ser
vice club. Other officers installed
were Jasper Crawford, first vice
president; Ray P. Kinne, second
vice president; F. W. Turner, sec
retary; C. W. Smith, tailtwlster; E.
L. Morton, lion tamer; E. R. Hus
ton and L. E. Dick, directors.
To attend the convention of
school superintendents to be held
In Salem, Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers
will leave on next Wednesday for
the state capital and will spend a
week there. Later she will be in
Portland for another gathering of
school heads and expects to be ab
sent from her office here for at
least two weeks. Her office will
be open each day from 10 to 2:30
p. m with Mrs. Frances Case in
charge.
Harlan Devin Promoted
To Manager at Condon
Harlan J. Devin, who has been in
the employ of the Safeway and af
filiate organizations at Heppner for
the past four and a half years, is
now advanced to the management
of the Safeway store at Condon, be
ginning his labors there the first of
this month. Harlan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Devin and a native of
this city, is to be congratulated on
this advancement, and his many
friends in Heppner rejoice with him
as he steps up to a higher position
with his organization.
Since being in a managerial posi
tion with the same organization,
John Anglin, local manager, states
that Harlan is the sixth man work
ing under him the past few years
who has been thus advanced, and
he speaks very highly of Mr. Dev
in's ability as a store man. While
the Condon store is not one of the
larger Safeway units, it is located
in a good town and will give its
new manager an opportunity to fur
ther develop his talents and gratify
his ambition to become a leading
factor in grocery salesmanship. His
family will follow Mr. Devin to
Condon just as soon as a suitable
residence can be secured. We con
gratulate the young man on his advancement
County Superintendents
To Talk of School Work
County school superintendents
will gather in Salem on July 12, 13
and 14 for a conference on school
problems held each summer under
the auspices of C. A, Howard, su
perintendent of public instruction,
and the county school superinten
dents' association.
Officers of the county school su
perintendents' association are T.
Frank Brumbaugh, Wasco county,
president; A. M. Cannon, Lincoln
county, vice-president, and Kather
ine McRae, Clackamas county, secretary-treasurer.
Committees of county superinten
dents were appointed earlier in the
year to study problems dealing with
improved superivison of school per
manent pupil record cards, school
legislation, apportionment of school
funds, federal emergency education
program, and objectives for rural
school improvement during the
school year 1934-35. Reports and
recommendations of these commit
tees will be presented at the confer
ence for final action.
Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers is chairman
of the study committee on "Rural
School Music Program and Music
Festivals" and will present the re
port and recommendations of her
committee at the conference.
CHARLES A. WICK.
The funeral of Charles A. Wick,
native son of Lonerock, was held in
the church at that place on Monday
afternoon, Joel R. Benton, pastor
of the Church of Christ at Hepp
ner, conducting the services in the
presence of a very large gathering
of friends and neighbors of the
community. Burial followed in the
cemetery at Lonerock.
Charles A. Wick was born at
Lonerock, Oregon, on January 15,
1882, and died at his home June 30,
1934, at the age of 52 years, 5 months
and 15 days. Death came to him
after an illness of some two years
duration, and he passed away quiet
ly at 7 o'clock Saturday morning.
He was the youngest son of Sar
ah Jane and Charles Godfrey Wick,
pioneers of Eastern Oregon and his
entire life was spent in his home
community. He was united in mar
riage to Margaret Perry Wineland
at Lonerock in 1910 and to this
union three children were born,
Roxie, Shirley and Lester all of
whom survive. Besides the widow
and children Mr. Wick leaves to
mourn his departure a stepdaugh
ter, Mrs. Walter Hayes of Lonerock,
one sister, Mrs. Irvin Wilkes of
Portland, numerous other relatives
and a host of friends.
For the past 16 years Mr. Wick
had engaged extensively in sheep-
raising and had made a success of
the business. He was an honored
citizen of the community and al
ways active in its business and so
cial affairs until illness came upon
him; ever willing to aid in any way
every move for the benefit of his
town and county, his passing is a
great loss to the community as well
as to his immediate family.
POMONA GRANGE.
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet at Boardman on Satur
day, July 7, and prominent men
appearing on the program will be
Peter Zimmerman, independent
candidate for governor, and Walter
M. Pierce, congressman. Other
features will be a piano solo by
Harold Finnell of Willows; reading,
Eileen Kelly, Lexington; musical
selection, Marjorie Parker, Jennie
Swendig, Irene Beamer, Rhea
Creek. Boardman grange is host
to this meeting and expect a large
attendance of members of the order
from over the county.
LEGION POST ELECTS.
Elbert Cox was elected command
er of the local post, American Le
gion, at the regular meeting Mon
day evening. Other officers elected
were Walter L. McGhee, vice-commander;
E. L. Morton, adjutant and
finance officer; J. D. Cash and Spen
cer Crawford, members of the ex
ecutive committee. Harry Tam
blyn is the retiring commander.
Delegates to the state convention
to be held In Astoria in August will
be elected at the next post meet
ing on July 16.
Ralph Akers, business man of
lone, was a visitor in Heppner on
' Tuesday.
C.
SITU TO TAKE
STATE IMPOSITION
County Agent Named As
sistant Director for
Control Work.
HERE SEVEN YEARS
Has Been Prominently Identified
With Community Work; Wash
ington Co. Man Successor.
Chas. W. Smith, Morrow county
agricultural agent, received ap
pointment this week to the position
of assistant director of Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration
work in Oregon, and will leave for
Corvallis shortly after July 15 to
assume his new duties. Joe Ballen
ger of Hillsboro has been named
Smith's successor here.
In his new position Mr. Smith be
comes an employee of the U. S. de
partment of agriculture and will
handle the emergency work of the
AAA in Oregon, and his appoint
ment is taken as recognition of his
outstanding service in helping to
carry out the work of the triple A
in Morrow county. In all phases
of the agricultural control work,
Morrow county has been well or
ganized and has made a commend
able record, reflecting much credit
upon Mr. Smith, the directing head
locally. His new position will re
quire much the ame duties of him,
with the first few weeks of his
time devoted to the work in the
eastern Oregon district
Mr. Smith has been county agent
here since May, 1927, coming here
from Dufur where he was a Smith-
Hughes instructor in high school.
Besides doing outstanding work as
county agent, including putting 4-H
club work on a solid footing in the
county, he has been prominently
identified with all activities in the
county and in the city. He is now
serving as a member of the city
council and as chairman of the lo
cal Boy Scout executive committee
and is a past president of the Lions
club. While here, also, he has served
as commander of the American Le
gion post as well as district com
mander of the service organization.
Mrs. Smith has also been an active
worker in social and civic work in
the community. They have made a
wide circle of warm friends here
who, while sharing the pleasure of
Mr. Smith's advancement, will be
sorry to see them leave.
The nature of Mr. Smith's work
is such as to require much time in
the office, and it is necessary for
the family home to be made at Cor
vallis. The move will be made be
fore school starts in the fall. Mr.
Smith has asked the county court
for a year s leave of absence.
Mr. Ballenger comes to this coun
ty highly recommended. A gradu
ate of Oregon State college, he has
recently been assistant county agent
ot Washington county, with head
quarters at Hillsboro. He and Mrs.
Ballenger are expected to arrive
within a short time to make their
home here as Mr. Ballenger takes
over Mr. Smith's work Tn this field.
COURT CITES RULING.
The county court has been ad
vised that it has not been comply
ing strictly with the law in the mat
ter of presentation of claims
against the county, and the court
this morning announced that in the
future this would be corrected. The
law requires that all claims against
the county must be certified to be
fore a notary public before they
can be paid by the court. It wilB
therefore be necessary for all claim
ants in the future to so certify their
claims before they will be consider
ed by the court. Special forms for
the purpose are available at the
clerk's office and will be placed in
the hands of the various notary
publics of the county. The clerk is
authorized to witness claims made
through his office. The purpose of
the law is to relieve the court of
responsibility In case of mistakes
in claims, placing the responsibility
upon claimants for the correctness
of their claims.
DEMURRER SUSTAINED.
At La Grande on Saturday Judge
Knowles heard the demurrer in the
case of State of Oregon vs. W. (J.
McCarty, R. W. Turner, R.. A.
Thompson, R. I. Thompson and C.
N. Jones, directors of the Heppner
Farmers Elevator company. Fran
cis Wade represented the state and
the defendants were represented by
their attorneys, J. O. Turner, J. J.
Nys and P. W. Mahoney, Frank
J. Lonergan of Portland assisting
in the rebuttal. The court sus
tained the demurrer and the case
was referred back to the grand
jury.
NOW AT SEATTLE.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustaf Nikander
are now in Seattle, where they will
remain for a short time. Mr. Ni
kander will be with the Bonnie
Watson undertaking parlors there,
getting experience in his adopted
profession of mortician. Mr. and
Mrs. Nikander attended the Meth
odist conference at Portland, and
then went on to Seattle.
Mrs. Olive B. Bassett of San
Jose, Calif., is visiting at the homi
of her daughter here, Mrs. Joseph
Hughe9, where she will spend the
summer. She arrived Monday.