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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, July 26, 1934.
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TALK SEHICTIS
National Move to Clean
Up Movies Cited in
League Program.
PUBLIC MISJUDGED
Producers Said to Have Perverted
Idea; Divorces Held Cause of
Much Delinquency.
Heppner Lions Monday supported
the big Rodeo "kick-off" banquet
by postponing their next Monday
noon luncheon for participation in
the larger affair to be held next
Monday evening. A main feature of
the Rodeo banquet will be the en
tertainment of a delegation from
Grant county, and the presentation
to it of a $100 bill contributed by
merchants and others of this coun
ty for sponsoring a Heppner Derby
day at the John Day race meet next
month.
What, if anything, should be done
to overcome the "sex appeal" pre
dominant in current motion pictures
called for lively discussion in the
Socratic league program, "The Mo
tion Picture Asset or Liability?"
led by Earl W. Gordon.
Religious, social and civic leaders
of the country are engaged in a
fight upon motion picture produc
ers, distributors and exhibitors,
"convinced that altogether too
many of the pictures shown upon
the screens have a decidedly demor
alizing effect upon our people, es
pecially our boys and girls," said
the forword to the discussion. These
people do not deny the important
place the motion picture holds in
modern life, and the great power
it could be for good, but ask "What
kind of pictures should be shown?"
The belief was stated that the mo
tion pictures do more than any oth
er single agency in determining the
course of the country's customs and
habits.
Various opinions were expressed
by members. Most agreed that the
movies were going to extremes at
present in emphasizing the sex life,
and the majority opinion held that
some steps of proper regulation are
called for. Some held that the lar
ger responsibility of what the chil
dren should see at the movies rests
with parents, but the objection was
raised that parents cannot always
tell what Is in the pictures without
seeing them first.
One speaker said that the movie
producers gauged what the people
wasted in pictures by the box of
fice receipts, and that so much sex
would not be shown if the people did
not demand it. Another speaker
said the producers measured their
public by life at New York and
Hollywood, which moves at a high
er tempo and has different stand
ards from America proper, and
hence have a perverted idea of
what America wants. That Ameri
ca supports good pictures, he said,
Is revealed by the patronage given
"Little Women," one of the cleanest
and best pictures produced in re
cent years which has drawn more
paid customers than any other pic
ture of the year.
Personal observation of their own
children was reported as reflecting
the Impression that younger chil
dren do not care for "love" pictures,
preferring pictures of the action
type. But it was also said the chil
dren have a tendency to mimic
characters of the action-type pic
tures, and in some instances the
types of characters Imitated made
the portrayal hazardous to the
youngsters.
Smutty stories and divorces were
given as two agencies which prob
ably have a greater demoralizing
effect than showing of sex life In
pictures. Increase In divorces has
been due to changing standards of
living, resulting from a drift from
the stricter moral code of the past
and the larger participation by wo
men in the business life of the
country, and slackening of divorce
laws, one speaker cited. He re
ported the findings of a survey in
Pittsburg where 18 per cent of the
homes had been affected by di
vorce, known as "broken homes,"
from which 85 percent of the young
criminals of the city were found to
have come.
HERE FROM MISSOURI.
Otto Wageman has been visiting
with Heppner friends this week
from his home at Billings, Mo. Mr.
Wageman farmed successfully In
the Blackhorse section here for sev
eral years, leaving for Missouri a
few years ago. While drouth con
ditions are bad in the middle west,
he said that reports probably exag
gerate the bad condition. Prospects
were good for a fair corn crop
about Billings when he left, though
the corn was just In bloom and In
condition to be hurt by continued
hot weather. He likened the con
dition through Nebraska to that
which exists in Morrow county. In
some places crops are not being
harvested at all, but In other places
fields of stubble were passed where
the harvest had already been fin
ished, and he heard reports of some
fair yields of wheat in different
parts of the state. South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas were prob
ably harder hit on the whole than
Missouri, he believed.
Pioneer Morrow Resident
Dies at Home in Idaho
Elizabeth Kingen was born at
Greenfield, Indiana, September 26,
1862, and died at Clagstone, Idaho,
July 15, 1934. She was married
August 26, 1880, to William McDan
lel. To this union nine children were
born of whom the following sur
vive: Edward McDaniel of Burling
ton, Wash.; James, Charles and
Frank McDaniel and Ella Bleak
man of Hardman; Frederick Mc
Daniel of Clagstone, Idaho, and
Nellie Lindburg of Athol, Ioaho.
Besides the seven children she
leaves two sisters, three brothers,
eleven grandchildren, four great
grandchildren and a host of other
relatives and friends.
All the children, a sister, a niece
and a brother were at her bedside
when the end came. She was laid
to rest by the side of her husband
and son in the cemetery at Spirit
Lake, Idaho. Mrs. McDaniel was
an early day resident of Morrow
county, and leaves many friends
here.
. G. Barratt Attends
Western Drouth Meet
J. G. Barratt, local sheepman
and vice president of Oregon Wool-
growers association, left Monday
evening for Pendleton to board the
train for Salt Lake where he was
called to attend the western drouth
conference as a representative of
Oregon sheep Interests.
Mr. Barratt said plans would be
discussed at the conference of a
program of drouth relief to sheep
men, similar to the cattle program
already put in effect. The govern
ment drouth relief agency has in
mind buying up sheep in drouth
areas where feed is not available.
RETURN FROM SHOOT.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Latourell,
Miss Alice Latourell and Dr. and
Mrs. A. D. McMurdo returned Mon
day evening from Port Angeles,
Wash., where the men went to par
ticipate in the Washington state
trapshooting tournament last week
end. Dr. McMurdo was ill while at
Port Angeles and did not enter any
of the registered events. Mr. Lat
ourell shot on Saturday and Sun
day, breaking 97 and 98 out of 100'
targets each day in the 16-yard
events, and 81 and 82 in the han
dicap events. Shooting conditions
were not of the best and low scores
were general in the handicap. They
reported a very enjoyable trip, go
ing north via Yakima and Snoqual
mie pass, and returning via Hood's
canal and Olympia to Vancouver
and over the north bank highway
to the Bridge of the Gods at Cas
cade Locks. They visited Crescent
lake 20 miles out of Port Angeles
Sunday evening. Business condi
tions seemed to be quite good at
Port Angeles with no strikes In evi
dence and at least one of the big
mills running full shift
I0NE
ry MARGARET BLAKE
Willows grange held their first
Sunday meeting In their hall at Ce
cil last Sunday. Quite a few mem
bers came to the pot luck dinner
which was served at noon and more
came for the meeting which fol
lowed. Chas. Smith, county agent,
who was recently granted a leave
of absence, has asked that the
granges of the county take charge
of 4-H club work which he has tak
en care of for several years past
The master appointed the following
committee to act in this capacity
for Willows grange. Kathryn Feld-
man, chairman, Bertha Cool and
Constance Crawford. During the
meeting Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Young
and son Leo were elected to mem
bership and will be initiated at the
August meeting. The program pre
pared by the lecturer was excep
tionally good. It's subject was
"Homemaking." Mrs. Vernlce Craw
ford read an Interesting paper on
"The Bride's Kitchen," and another
by Mrs. Frank Lindsay on "My Sage
Brush Home was much enjoyed.
Several musical numbers rounded
out the program. A debate on the
subject, "Resolved, that our grand
mothers were better mothers than
the present generation mothers,"
completed the program. The affir
mative side was upheld by Mrs. J.
O. Klncald and Mrs. Harry Cool
and the negative by Misses Dot
Crabtree and Harriet Hellkor. The
judges gave the decision to the affir
mative Bide.
Alec Montgomery, field man for
the Oregon-Washington Joint Stock
Land bank, spent several days In
and near lone the past week.
M. M. Saunders of Walla Walla
has been plying his trade of piano
tuning around lone this last week.
W. F. and John Honey of Gresh
am were over-Sunday visitors In
lone.
Walter Eubanks and son Billy
drove to Portland last Friday. They
expected to bring back Mrs. Eu
banks who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Brenner,
in that city the past three weeks or
so.
Mrs. Walter Corley went to Port
land by stage the first of last week
for a short visit with relatives. Mr.
Corley and Walter drove down on
Thursday, returning Friday accom
panied by Mrs. Corley and Mar
ianne who had spent a month or
more with her aunt, Mrs. Elmer
Fowler, In the city.
Earl Padberg of Portland has
been spending the past week visit
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew
is Padberg, and other relatives here.
Members of the Women's Topic
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OF
PERSONS
MUST BE PROTECTED
"Cooperation Needed for
Democratic State,"
Superintendent.
SUMMER MEET HELD
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers Brings Impres
sions from Portland Assembly;
Scope of Work Cited.
Mrs. Lucy Rodgers returned home
Monday evening from Portland with
much praise for the first county
school superintendents' summer ses
sion which she attended there last
week. The preceding week she at
tended the meeting of the state
county superintendents' association
at Salem and was elected president
of that body for next year.
The program for the summer ses
sion, covering five and one-half
days of intensive work, was planned
and arrangements were made for
executing it by the state department
of education and Dean Alfred Pow
ers of the Portland extension of
the University of Oregon. Broad In
Its scope, the program merely
touched county management and
supervision of schools, music and
art in the rural schools, the teach
ing of reading and arithmetic so
that they are 100 percent skills,
school libraries, the problems of
atypical children and emergency
education. The Instructors could do
little more than stimulate those un
er their direction to read and read
and read, Mrs. Rodgers said.
A no host luncheon each day was
one of the very enjoyable features
of the program. An outstanding
after dinner speaker together with
the opportunity to visit with the
members of the faculty, the mem
bers of the state department of ed
ucation, outstanding leaders In the
city of Portland and with each oth
er made this hour one to look for
ward to. When reading editorials
by Phillip Parrlsh, B. F. Irvine or
the Mr. Flxit Column the apprecia
tion for them by the county super
intendents will be greatly increased.
"That there la something lacking
in our present form of education is
understood and deplored by leaders
the county over," said Mrs. Rod
gers. "Our educators are aware
that in the United States, the home
of universal education, tax support
ed, free and compulsory, we have
not yet a politically educated citi
zenry. Our schools have not taught
thoroughly the fact that in addi
tion to the definite attitudes we ex
pect our children to have and the
duties they owe to the state, or gov
ernment, the state also has its du
ties. We talk much of the duties to
the state but are silent concerning
the duties of the state. We think
we are teaching character educa
tion when we insist upon certain
principles of individual conduct, and
praise the state for conduct that
violates the same principles. Dem
ocracy has to be made to mean fel
lowship among neighborly men and
women who take into their hands
the instruments of government A
democratic state is based upon the
worth of persons, It must protect
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Condition of County Schools
Shown in Auditor's Report
(Editor's Note: The following
Is the supplementary audit re
port on Morrow county school
districts, 1933-34, submitted by
C. R. Ham and Evelyn E. Hum
phreys, auditors.)
There was a distinct improvement
in the financial condition of the
Morrow County school districts dur
ing the school year 1933-34, as com
pared with 1932-33. There was also
a marked decrease In tax delinquen
cies In June, 1934, as compared with
that situation a year ago. While
the total of special district taxes
levied for the 44 school districts was
approximately the same for collec
tion in 1934 as that levied for 1933
.collection ($133,000), and although
each of those levies was about $8,000
less than the total of school district
levies for 1932 collection, taxes ac
tually realized by the school dis
tricts in 1933-34 was $39,089.75 more
than In the school year 1932-33.
A similar situation was found In
the General County School Fund,
which is distributed among the dis
tricts by the superintendent; while
the General County School levy for
each of the past three years has
remained approximately the same,
the 193334 distribution amounted
to $3,696.63 more than for the school
year 1932-33, to the 41 districts aud
ited. Of the 1932-33 school district re
ceipts, $20,516.16 was caught in the
closing of the two Heppner banks
in October, 1932. During 1933-34,
$8,886.37 of that was made available
to the districts again In the bank
dividends, leaving $11,629.79 of those
restricted balances still unrealized.
The principal result of these in
creased funds made available to the
school districts during 1933-34 was
that the total debt in bonds and
warrants outstanding was $50,187.78
less at the end of the school year
than at the beginning, of which re
MISS DIMPLE CRABTREE
Willows Grange
DIMPLE CRABTREE
LEADS QUEEN RACE
6600 Votes Cast for Willows Can
didate at Home Dance; Next
Vote at Lexington.
Miss Dimple Crabtree of Willows
grange, favored by the voting at
her home dance in lone last Satur
day evening, stepped out in the lead
in the race for Rodeo queen in the
field of four contestants. Of the
13,400 votes cast Miss Crabtree re
ceived 6600. Miss Irma Lane, Lex-
jngton grange, ran second with 3700;
Miss Beth Wright, Rhea Creek, re
ceived 1800, and Miss Mary Cunha,
Lena, 1200.
The second of the queen dances
will be held this Saturday night at
Lexington. Voting will continue at
dances each Saturday night includ
ing August 25 when the grand finale
with naming of the queen will be
staged at Heppner. Each dance
ticket permits the purchaser to cast
100 votes for his favorite candidate.
One dance is being sponsored by
each of the granges who have can
didates in the field, each grange re
ceiving all the proceeds from its
dance. Besides the dances spon
sored by the granges, two of the re-
malnlng dance snre sponsored bv
the Rodeo assocl J-jn, one on Aug-
ust 4 at Heppner, and the grand
finale on the 25th, the last Satur
day before the Rodeo.
Lena grange will hold its dance
in Heppner, August 11, and Rhea
Creek will stage its dance August
18. A change was made in the Lena
and Rhea Creek dates due to the
uncertainty of the hall of the latter
being in readiness by August 11.
The Rhea Creek hall has been un
dergoing renovation since the flood
damage of May 29. If its hall is not
ready by the latter date, Rhea
Creek will take its dance to either
Heppner, Lexington or lone.
A big crowd turned out for the
lone dance and the voting indicated
a lively interest in the queen's race.
The four charming young ladies are
all well qualified to reign over Ro
deodom, and whoever leads In the
voting when the last ballots are cast
the throne will be well take care of,
with a becoming cortege formed by
the other candidates.
duction $36,588.89 represents the de
crease of current year's warrants
that remained unpaid at the end of
the year. The total Indebtedness
of the school districts at June 18,
1934, was $284,087.37, of which $101,-
687.37 was for warrants outstand
ing and $182,400 was owing on
bonds.
A regretable fact revealed by the
1934 audit was that whereas all of
the districts spent $226,729.98, of
which about $3,000 may be as mere
Inter-dlstrict receipts and payments
for tuition and transportation, $121,-
055.60 was paid on bonds and war
rants owing from prior years and
for interest, which left only about
$103,000 for actual current expenses
of educating all of the common
school children of the county for a
year. That was about $16,000 less
than for the previous school year;
and It means, of course, very low
salaries In many cases, unpainted
and probably leaky school houses,
and certainly Insufficient books and
supplies for proper education.
For all Morrow County school dis
tricts combined, the present condi
tion of tax delinquency of the past
2Vi years' levies is as follows: (Each
district's own condition Is shown in
that district's audit report.)
For collection In:
1932, levied $141,241.66; still delin
quent at June 21, 1934, $37,609.20;
percent 26.6.
1933, levied $133,318.19; still de
linquent June 21, 1934, $44,405.99;
percent 33.3.
First half of 1934, levied, $66,
767.25; still delinquent June 21, 1934,
$18,803.84; pyercent 28.2.
Totals, all districts, levied $341,
326.98; still delinquent June 21, 1934,
$100,819.03; percent 29.5.
A year ago, the delinquencies on
levies for collection In 1932 and the
first half of 1933 stood as follows
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LOSE INJAST GAME
Augmented Local Team
Takes Early Lead and
Beats All-Stars 12-8.
HAYES HOMER HELPS
Shields Hits Circuit Clout for Vis
itors; Kngelman of lone Good
Rustler for Heppner.
A ball game that is hoped will in
stitute more frequent sports rela
tions between Morrow and Grant
county teams was played here Sun
day between the Grant county all
stars and Heppner. It was a game
that gave the crowd their money's
worth in thrills, being hotly con
tested throughout, and the local
team reenforced by players from
Lexington and lone emerged on the
long end of the 12-8 score with the
knowledge that they had met a
valiant foeman. A return game
will be played at John Day next
Sunday, and the home boys would
n't give many odds on their chances
of repeating last Sunday's success.
"Butter" Shields of Long Creek,
the visitors' pitcher turned in a
beautiful account of his wares,
striking out 14 Heppner batsmen,
and batting out a home run and a
triple as his contribution to the bat
tle. But in spite of the strikeouts
the locals touched him up for 12
safe blows one of which was a
home run by Homer (that's his true
name) Hayes with the bases loaded,
accounting for Heppner's winning
margin.
Hayes' home run came in the
first inning, after the all-stars had
put across a tally on McKola's triple
and Johnnie Farley's single. A
snappy double play, Rod Thomson
to Dallas Ward to Lowell Turner
(short-second-flrst) nipped the vis
itors' first scoring effort and intro
duced a series of snappy plays that
more than offset some loose playing
in spots.
The locals garnered five runs all
told in the first inning to the visit
ors' one, giving the home boys the
same margin they had at the finish
and making an even split on the
scoring from then on out. The all-
stars didn't score again until the
I flftn trip up when Webster, allowed
a pass by Larry Ritchie, made it
around on a duo of Infield errors.
Ritchie, Ione's star chucker, re
lieved Ray Massey at the beginning
of the inning, and went through
two-thirds of the sixth when the
visitors got across four more tallies
and Ritchie pulled himself though
the trouble made was not all his.
The first two men up, Summerville
and Burke, were safe on errors.
Ritchie then hit McKenzie to fill
the bases. Webster struck out, and
Woolingham drove in two runs with
hin single. McKenzie scored on
Vanek's hit, Woolingham advancing
and scoring on McKola's hit to cen
terfield, on which Vanek was cut
off at the plate by a beautiful throw
by Joel Engelman. It was then that
Ritchie retired in favor of Ray
Massey who got out of the hole eas
ily as Farley popped out to Ward.
Shield s homer accounted for an
other marker in the seventh, and
the visitors anexed another in the
eighth on hits by Webster and
Woolingham.
Engelman, Ione's star centerfield
er with Heppner for the day, turned
in a commendable record, with two
put-outs besides the aforementioned
beautiful assist one a long hard
chance apd a triple, two singles
and three tallies to his credit.
After the first, the locals averaged
a tally an Inning. They were blank
ed In the second Inning, but scored
in the third via Turner's work and
Crawford's hit. One In the fourth
was netted on Engelman's single,
his stealing second, an infield error
which gave him third and Thom
son's fly-out to left field on which
he scored. Ritchie's hit in the fifth
followed by Engelman's three-bagger
netted one in that inning, and
walks by Ray and Bill Massey fol
lowed by Ward's hit brought in two
more In the sixth. Hits by Engel
man and Bill Massey accounted for
one in the seventh, and an infield
error which gave Turner a safety
followed by Ritchie's hit accounted
for the final tally in the eighth.
The box score and summary:
HEPPNER An R H O A
Enjrelman, m 5 8 3
R. Massey, n-r 5 11
A. Massey, c-1 8 10 8 0
Thomson, a 2 0 0 0 1
Ward, 2 - 8 1
Turner. 1 - 4 2
Hayes, r - 2
Crawford. I 2
Hucknum, 3 5
M. Massey, 1 1
Gentry, l-s
Ritchie, p-r 3
Everson.
Totals 39 12 12 27 15
ALL-STARS
MeKola, m 5
Parley, 2 5
Shields, p 6
Summerville, r 5
Uurke, 1 6
McKcnaie, 8 4
Hnllenbeck, 1 2
Webster, c 8
WoolinKham, 3 4
Vnnek, 1 2
Totals 40
1 0
2 0
1 14
0 0
0
0 1
0 0
1 1
1 14
2 0
1 3
10 24 17 8
Earned runs. Heppner 5, All-Stars 4 I
Struek out hy Shields 14, Ry R. Massey 5,
by Ritchie 2 : first base on balls off Shiolda
3, off Ritchie 1 : hit by pitched ball. Ward
by Shields, McKenxie by Ritche; three base
hits, MeKola, Shields, Enttelman : home
runs, Shields. Hayes. Umpires, dimming
and Hisler; scorer, Wm. McKoberts, Jr.
Come In and drive the new Ply
mouth. Heppner Garage.
Arthur Priaulx Named
State Republican Head
Arthur Priaulx, publisher of the
Chiloquin Review, was chosen head
of the state republican central com
mittee at the committee's organiza
tion meeting In Portland Monday,
report C. J. D. Bauman and S. E.
Notson, members of the Morrow
county central committee who at
tended the meeting. Priaulx though
young in politics was goven the
unanimous support of his party col
leagues. He is a brother-in-law of
R. Allen Bean, bookkeeper in the
local branch of the First National
Bank of Portland.
Priaulx will proceed with the
naming of an executive committee
of 20 members which will elect a
vice-chairman, secretary and treas
urer. The meeting in Portland drew a
large throng of state republicans,
signifying a strong rally to the
party ranks for the fall election, the
local men report. They returned
home Tuesday evening.
Irrigon Young Men
Face Larceny Charge
F. M. Watkins and Adrain Allen
of Irrigon were sentenced this week
to 60 days in the Umatilla county
jail on plea of guilty to the charge
of petty larceny arising from their
alleged theft of a beer keg at Her
miston. A further charge against
Watkins has been placed In this
county following a search of the
Watkins and Allen premises at Ir
rigon Saturday by Sheriff Bauman,
which revealed considerable goods
alleged to have been stolen. A pre
liminary hearing had not been
heard on this charge yesterday.
Among the goods uncovered from
weeds in the Allen field were several
sacks of wheat alleged to have been
taken from the Jordan Farmers El
vator warehouse at Jordan siding.
BRIDE-ELECT HONORED.
Honoring Miss Marjorie Clark,
bride-elect, whose marriage to Mr.
Gordon Ridings of Eugene will be
an event of the week, was a beauti
ful tea and shower on Sunday af
ternoon at the home of Miss Clark's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Clark,
on North Court street. Miss Pa
tricia Mahoney was hostess. The
tea table was very charming in a
pink motif, with roses and tapers
of pink set In a charming manner.
Gifts of linen were contained In a
pink basket covered with pink
gladioli and snapdragons. Golden
glow, pink cosmos and snapdragons
were used in the room decorations.
Mrs. Clark, mother of the bride
elect, and Mrs. Agnes Curran pour
ed. Those present were the honoree,
Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Curran, Mrs. R.
W. Lawrence, Miss Helen Curran,
Miss Helen Groshong, Miss Patricia
Mahoney, Mrs. Paul Hisler, Mrs.
Henry Cohn, Mrs. James Thomson,
Jr., Miss Ann Wightman, Miss
Louise Thomson, Miss Mary Pat
terson, Mrs. B. R. Patterson, Mrs.
L. E. Dick, Mrs. W. P. Mahoney,
Mrs. C. W. McNamer, Mrs. Luke
Bibby, Josephine Mahoney and
the hostess.
WHEAT SELLING SLOW.
Local wheat buyers report slow
selling on the market at present
with the price at Heppner averag
ing right at 70 cents. Though yields
are light, the grain generally is
grading well, being of exceptionally
high protein content There is some
smut, but not nearly so high a per
centage as for the last two years.
Movement to terminals has been at
a standstill due to the strike situa
tion, with considerable quantities
of sold wheat on hand to be moved
immediately when the situation is
alleviated.
ASSISTS IN CHECK-UP.
C. W. Smith came up Tuesday
evening from Corvallis to assist In
winding up the survey of contract
ed acres under the wheat allotment
plan, and will remain here until
Monday evening when he will go
on east. He will spend a month in
eastern Oregon working on the
corn-hog deal before returning to
Corvallis.
CATTLE TO PORTLAND.
Five cars of cattle left the local
yards Saturday evening for the
Portland yards. The cattle were
from Grant county and shippers In
cluded Leonard Carter, Chance Wil
son, Emmet White and Virgil Pl-
quot. Cattle from the ranges are
in the pink of condition for market
right now.
NEW COUNTY AGENT DUE.
Joe Belanger, Morrow county's
new county agent, was expected to
arrive in the city today. He came
up from Corvallis with C. W. Smith
Tuesday as far as Moro where he
stopped off for a visit at the eastern
Oregon experiment station to check
on some of his new work.
ABSTRACT CO. INCORPORATES
Articles of incorporation were
filed this week by Heppner Abstract
company. Incorporators are J.
Logie Richardson, D. O. Justus,
John J. Wightman and Chas. B.
Cox. The company will have offices
In Heppner Hotel building after
the first of August.
HOSPITAL TO OPEN.
The Bonnie Cochran property on
Court street is to be converted Into
a hospital and will be open for this
purpose soon. The property was
recently acquired by Mrs. WUla
Ramsey, a grauate nurse from the
Aberdeen, Wash., hospital, who will
be In charge.
Special on permanents, $2.50, till
July 31. Adele'3 Beauty Shoppo,
phone 1202,
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Rodeo Spirit to be Abet
ted; $100 Bill to be
Presented Visitors.
GRANT FOLK COMING
Nine Floats Already Promised for
Parade; All Plana Frogretm,
Committees Report.
Added impetus to the Rodeo spir
it, gaining in momentum as each
day brings Morrow county's annual
wild west fete on August 30-31-
September 1 nearer, will most assur
edly be given by the big "kick-off"
banquet to be staged at I. O. O. F.
hall next Monday evening at 6:30.
Not only will the banquet serve
to incite the local populus to more
thorough realization of the nearing
show, but it will also serve to foster
more friendly relations between
Morrow and Grant counties. A del
egation of Grant county folks will
participate, and to them will be de
livered a $100 bill for the sponsor
ing of a Heppner Derby at the John
Day race meet in September. This
money was contributed by Morrow
county people In response to an In
vitation from John Day, and in hon
or of the special race one day of
the three-day race meet will be
known as Heppner day.
100 Plates to be Set.
Plates for 100 people will be set
at the banquet, with tickets now on
sale at 60 cents each In charge of
F. W. Turner and W. W. Stnead.
A special musical program for the
occasion, arranged by Mrs. F. W.
Turner and Mrs. J. O. Turner, will
feature Mrs. J..L. Gault, noted so
prano. An invitation has also been
extended to Tommy Whitehead,
noted vaudeville singer of Baker
who specializes in cowboy songs,
and it is probable he will accept .
J. O. Turner will be toastmaster.
Final details of the "kick-off"
banquet were made known by Hen
ry Aiken, Rodeo president, at a
meeting of all committees at the
Elks hall last night Reports from
tne various committee chairmen in
dicated that all arrangements for
the show are progressing smoothly.
especially promising is the Pa
rade of the Old West to be staged
Saturday, Sept 1. Already assur
ance has been received of entrance
of at least nine organization floats,
ror which prizes of $30, $20 and $15
are being offered for the three best
Prize List Grows.
A large number of premiums for
additional entries was also reported
oy tne parade committee, but the
list was withheld pending receipt
of additional premiums In prospect
The committee announced It was
stressing the desirability of having
more horses in the parade this year,
and among the premiums offered
are awards for the most beautiful
horse and the best driving team.
There will be prizes also for comic
stunts, pets, best costumed cowgirl
and best costumed cowboy. A verv
special attraction for the parade will
De a contest of lassies of the gay
'90's riding side-saddles then In
vogue. The committee is receptive
to' the offering of premiums anyone
may wish to give for sponsoring a
unique event in the parade.
since the removal from Hepuner
of Chas. W. Smith, former parade
chairman, the chairmanship duties
nave oeen placed in the hands of
R. B. Ferguson and R. C. PhelDS.
These two have special charge of
organization floats from outside the
city. Dean T. Goodman has charge
of organization floats within the
city, Vinton Howell has charge of
decorated automobiles and Pat
Mollahan is looking after horses.
Anyone wishing additional Informa
tion on any special division of the
parade should get in touch with the
head of that division.
Decorations this year have been
placed in the hands of a profession
al decorator from Portland, the
committee in charge announced, as
suring tne town will be In festive
regalia. Ray P. Klnne Is chairman
of the committee.
Earl W. Gordon and Earl Eskel
son assured that rides for the kid
dies and carnival attractions would
be on deck, with the mid-way sold
(o Schmidt Amusement comoanv
of Portland. There will be three
rides for kiddies including merry-go-round
and ferrls wheel. A num
ber of concessions were reported to
have been spoken for, also.
For the show itself, Mr. Aiken
reported bucking stock and calves
all rounded up, and that work on
track and arena would start this
week.
BEN MATHEWS PASSES.
Benjamin F. Mathews, early day
cattleman and butcher of Heppner,
a cousin by marriage of Mrs. Llllle
Aiken of this city, died July 20 at
Gresham where he has lived since
leaving Heppner shortly after the
flood of 1903.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Nettie Mathews, and the following
children: Mrs. Nettle Johnson, The
Dalles; Mrs. Viola Avery, Mrs. Cleo
Fleece, Mrs. Leta Brown, Portland;
Miss Margaret Mathews, Gresham;
Guy, The Dalles; Woodrow, Oresh
am. Services were held last Mon
day at 2 p. m. from Carroll Funeral
home, Gresham, Interment In Da
mascus cemetery.
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ALL SET FOR MONDAY