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Volume 50, Number 26.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Sept. 13, 1934
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Li TRENDS CITED
BEFORE LIS CLUB
J. 0. Turner Reports Bar
and Institute Confer
ence at Eugene.
THEORIES OPPOSED
Lawyers Do Not Swallow All That
Professors Say; John Day Car
avan Backed; Gunste Speak.
Some trends in law enforcement
and administration of justice as in
dicated In the joint meeting of the
Oregon Bar association and the Pa
cific Coast Institute of Law and Ad
ministration of Justice, were cited
before the Lions club Monday lun
cheon by J. O. Turner, local attor
ney, who attended the meeting, held
at Eugene the end of last week.
Noted educators in law and so
cial sciences from many leading
universities of the country were
speakers on the program, bringing
to the conference the leading
thoughts In their fields. Among the
guest speakers was Karl N. Llew
ellyn, professor of law at Columbia
university, New York City, who
spoke on "The Constitution as an
Institution."
Llewellyn's talk, indicating the
need of revision of the constitution
to meet the changed conditions ex
isting today, was not swallowed in
entirety, Mr. Turner said. Oregon
lawyers on the discussion panel took
lively exception to some of his con
tentions. Legal minds of this state
also were loath to accept another
theory advanced by one of the
speakers that a recodification of
the laws by leading legal minds of
the country should be made and
accepted as the basic law of the
land.
Mr. Turner saw much good to be
accomplished by the meeting of
theoretical and practical legal
minds of the country, but believed
there was not yet much chance for
the theorists to have things all
their own way. Some advanced
ideas were adopted by the bar as
sociation at a separate meeting,
however.
The Oregon bar endorsed the idea
of making the offices of district at
torney and judges appointive, with
appointees to serve so long as they
filled the offices well and to be re
moved only by those having the
power of appointment Such a
course would obviate the necessity
of these officers being affected by
elections, hence permit them to ful
fill their duties without fear of what
political effect their actions might
have.
The separation of state and local
police, already well under way in
the state, was also endorsed as a
means of effecting more efficient
law enforcement.
Newspaper corruption and inter
ference was decried by the barris
ters. Instances were cited where
newspapers wielded political influ
ence to obtain confessions or state
ments from criminals before trials,
thus Interfering with the wheels
of justice. It was also cited that in
such cases as that of Dillinger, the
printing of every move of the crim
inal retarded law enforcement by
advising the criminal as well as the
public of the moves being made by
officers and thus assiting him in
evading arrest.
Laurence Winter, high school
principal and head of the physical
education department, was intro
uced to the club by Supt. E. F.
Bloom. As a newcomer to Heppner
this year, Mr. Winter expressed
appreciation of the warm reception
given him and Mrs. Winter to the
community and cited what he be
lieved to be fair prospects for a
good grid team this fall. He said
he was largely influenced in coming
to Heppner by the good reputation
of the local physical education de
partment, which, he said ranks
along with the larger high schools
of the state.
The club voted to aid the forma
tion of a caravan to visit the Grant
County fair at John Day on Hepp
ner day, Saturday, Sept. 22, and
Jasper Crawford was named to rep
resent the club in helping to organ
ize such a caravan, being sponsored
by the Rodeo association.
G. W. Perrow of Spokane, and
Francis Wade, assistant attorney
general of Oregon, in the city on
business before circuit court, were
Introduced as guests and gave a few
words of greeting. Ellis Thomson
and Miss Margaret Notson assisted
with the musical program, Mr.
Thomson singing two solos and
Miss Notson leading a light musi
cal stunt, with Mrs. J. O. Turner
accompanying.
ROAD WORK HELD UP.
Completing of the last gap in
the Heppner-Spray road, which
was recently okehed by the state
highway commission but which lias
been held up along with other state
projects through protest of Port
land Interests, will probably not be
hold up for long. This was the opin
ion given Judge W. T. Campbell by
E. B. Aldrich, state highway com
missioner, in a conference at Pen
dleton Saturday. Mr. Aldrich said
the highway commission was stand
ing pat on its allotment of federal
funds, but that the Portland pro
test had held everything up pend
ing final approval of the program
from Washington, D. C.
County Shoools Open;
Institute Plans Ready
The uniform opening date for
schools of Morrow county recom
mended last spring by the Morrow
County Rural Teachers club was
adhered to in the opening Septem
ber 3, and all schools got off to a
good start, anounces Mrs. Lucy E.
Rodgers, county school superinten
dent. Attendance figures, with three
smal districts unreported showed
a total of 978 pupils, 665 in the
grades and 313 in high .schools. Of
the pupils in the grades, 369 are
boys and 296 are girls. In the high
school there are 162 boys and 151
girls.
The next large event on the coun
ty school calendar will be the an
nual fall institute to be held in
Heppner on September 27. Tem
porary plans include addresses by
Rudolph Clemens, president of
Whitman college, Walla Walla, and
the stressing of music with Mrs. R.
J. Maaske of Salem invited to lead
the work. A May day music festi
val, similar to that last year, is ex
pected to climax the year's work in
music again this year.
Copy for the county teachers' di
rectory has been prepared and will
soon be ready for distribution.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH NICHOLS
Laurel Beach, high school foot
ball coach, announces that the team
is coming along in fine shape. Al
though most of the boys are light
In weight, they make up for this in
added vigor and vitality. The first
game of the season will be played
with lone at lone on September 21.
Mrs. Charles Marquardt, presi
dent of the Lexington Parent
Teachers association, has appoint
ed the following committees to
serve during the year: membership,
Mrs. R. B. Wilcox, Mrs. Arnold
Piper and Mrs. Lewis Bittner; pro
gram, Mrs. J. J. Miller, Mrs. George
Gillis and Mrs. Lester White; pub
licity, Mrs. Beulah Nichols; social,
Mrs. Harry Schriever, Mrs. Elmer
Hunt and Mrs. J. E. Gentry; fin
ance, Mrs. George Peck, Mrs. Harry
Dinges and Mrs. Ralph Scott; hot
lunch. Mrs. Beulah Nichols, Mrs.
Ralph Jackson and Mrs. Roy John
son; child welfare, Mrs. George Al
lyn, Mrs. Arthur Hunt and Mrs.
Harvey Miller. The first meeting
of the P. T. A. executive committee
was held Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. Marquardt at which
time plans were made for a recep
tion for the teachers to be held in
the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. George McMillan
have returned to their home at
Cherryviile after spending the week
end with relatives in Lexington.
They were accompanied by Mrs.
George Broadley and Miss Naomi
McMillan.
About fifty members attended the
meeting of Lexington grange Sat
urday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Les
ter Doolittle and Mrs. Joseph Bel
anger were admitted to membership
in the grange and four proposals
for membership were received.
George Peck read a financial report
of the Grange Fire Relief associa
tion. Lexington grange will enter
tain the officers of the Oregon State
Grange on October 25th, when the
district convention will be held
here.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Devine have
returned from Portland where they
have been for the past three weeks.
R. B. Rice made a business trip
to Pendleton Thursday.
Guy Shaw and his mother, Mrs.
Casha Shaw, were business visitors
in Stanfield and Hermiston Tues
day. Mrs. Laura Scott and Mrs. Ralph
Jackson were hosttsses for a de
lightful shower Saturday afternoon,
honoring Mrs. Vernon Scott. Those
present were Mesdames Vernon
Scott, Ralph Jackson, Laura Scott,
George Peck, George Allyn, Sarah
White, Nancy McWaters, J. E. Gen
try, Lawrence Palmer, Elmer Hunt,
D. Cox, Lester White, Charles Bre
shears, Neil White, John McMillan,
Lonnie Henderson, Wm. Van Win
kle, Arthur Keene, John Miller,
Vernon Munkers, S. G. McMillan,
Robert McMurtry, J. G. Johnson,
Lee Sprinkel, Golda Leathers, Alex
Hunt, Earl Warner, George Broad-
ley, Trina Parker, James Leach,
Minnie Leach, W. F. Barnett, Geo.
Gillis, Viola Wardt Carolyn Kuns,
Karl Miller, Wllber Steagall, Harry
Schriever, Lawrence Beach, Frank
Munkers, Charles Marquardt, M.
Haskell and the Misses Fern Lut
trell, Jessie McCabe, Naomi McMil
lan, Rose Thornburg, Dona Bar
nett, Opal Leach, Eula McMilan,
Peggy Warner and Merle Carmlch
ael. J. H. Frad of Portland spent last
week nt the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Arnold Piper.
Mrs. George Allyn visited with
her daughter, Mrs. J. G. Cowins, in
Heppner a few days last week.
Mrs. Earl Warner and daughter
Peggy motored to Walla Walla on
Thursday.
Mrs. Casha Shaw has returned to
her home here after a visit of two
weeks with relatives and friends In
Mosier and Salem. She was accom
panied home by her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ritchie
of Sulem.
Mrs. Mary Luntsford of Kelso,
Wn., and Mrs. Hazel Buddcn of
Idaho spent last week with their
sister, Mrs. Karl Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt and
son were dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Ruhl Sunday.
Miss Eva Wilcox has returned
from Uklah where she spent the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMillan and
daughters, Delpha and Georgiahna,
and Miss Eva Wilcox drove to Ar
lington Sunday. On the way they
LATOURELLPLACES
5TH AT VANDALIA
Local Trapshot Makes Good Rec
ord at Grand American; Trip
East Greatly Enjoyed.
Fifth place in the Grand Ameri
can from a field of more than 600
trapshooters is the laurel Chas. H.
Latourell, Heppner's number one
trap ace, brought home with him on
his return from a trip east last Fri
day evening. The premier of all
trapshooting events, held annually
at Vandalia, Ohio, ended August 31,
and Charlie turned In a 94 for the
100-target handicap event that day
to place fifth. He shot from the 19
yard line. High gun was held by
Wagner, shooting from the 18 yard
line.
With Mr. Latourell on the trip
were Mrs. Latourell and Carl and
Vernor Troedson of lone, the
Troedson boys driving home a new
Ford. Most pleasant weather was
experienced throughout the trip,
and a most enjoyable time was had.
Two days were spent In Chicago
taking in the world's fair, before
Mr. and Mrs. Latourell went on to
Vandalia, visiting also with an un
cle and aunt of Mr. Latourell in
Illinois.
It was about 10 miles down Mich
igan avenue in Chicago from 'the
fair grounds to the hotel where Mr.
and Mrs. Latourell stayed, and in
driving to their hotel after visiting
the fair they passed a gun club.
Being immediately enticed by his
favorite sport, Charlie pulled the
car in and on invitation joined a
squad of shooters. On learning that
he was from Oregon he was warm
ly welcomed by the group at the
club, as Frank Troeh and Merle
Cheseman, other Oregonians of
high reputation, had been there the
day before.
After shooting 25 birds from the
16 yard line and breaking only 21,
the fellows thought there must be
something wrong with Mr. Latour
ell's shooting, as Troeh and Chese
man had hung up some enviable
marks. Mr. Latourell explained,
however, that the boats out on the
lake bothered him. It was a lovely
afternoon, and the great mass of
boat traffic on the lake did present
a distracting and beautiful sight,
the steamers, yachts and palace
launches being picturesque, indeed,
to one used to the sagebrush land.
Next day there was to be a me
morial shoot, and on invitation
Charlie promised to be on hand.
All proceeds of this shoot went to
charity. There were 50 16-yard tar
gets and 25 handicap targets, with
a grand prize of $1.50. Charlie shot
all the targets without missing, tak
ing the grand prize and turning it
into the pot, adding thereby to the
reputation Oregon held at this club
for tough shooters.
An average of more than 600
miles a day was made for the en
tire trip, and no car trouble was ex
perienced with the single exception
of three flat tires all of which wero
acquired while the Latourells were
visiting friends in Kansas. They
went out on some by-ways to shoot
prairie dogs, picking up three nails
and three flat tires in succession.
Now Charlie is all primed to go
back to Vandalia next year and cop
off high gun at the Grand Ameri
can. First National, Portland,
Observes 70th Birthday
The First National Bank of Port
land this week began its 70th year
of doing business in Oregon, with
the anniversary celebrated Satur
day in the head offices and all the
branches including the local branch.
The bank was established Septem
ber 8, 1865, the oldest national bank
west of the Rockies.
Original signers of articles of
incorporation were A. M. Starr, L.
M. Starr, H. W. Eddy, Alea P. An-
keny and Phil Waserman. H. W.
Corbett, who with Henry Falling
purchased controlling interest four
years after the bank's establish
ment, was the first depositor.
Throughout its existence, the bank
has closely paralleled the state in
growth and progress, being today
one of the outstanding financial in
stitutions of the country.
Present officers are C. F. Adams
chairman; E. B. MacNaughton
president; C. C. Colt, senior vice
president; C. B. Stephenson, vice
president; A. W. Groth, vice-president;
J. H. Mackie, vice-president;
R. M. Colwell, vice-president; R G.
Jubitz, vice-president; H. A. Free
man, cashier.
A. W. Dykstra, executor of the
estate of the late Geo. W. Dykstra
is in the city from his home near
Halsey, Oregon. He will conduct a
sale of personal property of the es
tate at the former Dykstra home
In Heppner on Saturday.
visited at the Craber home at Wilr
lows and took Miss Creth Craber to
Arlington with them.
Miss Rose Thornburg has re
turned from Walla Walla where
she has had employment during the
summer.
E. D. McMillan, Jack McMillan
and Vernon Warner spent the week
end in Yakima, where they visited
Leonard McMillan who Is employed
in the West Dependable stores.
Miss Clara Ruff who teaches at
Boardman was a week-end guest of
Miss Shirlee Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Ingles of
Boardman spent the week end vis
iting friends In Lexington.
R. B. Wilcox motored to Pilot
Rock with a load of stock Tuesday.
Popular Young; Couple
Married Here Sunday
Miss Gwendolyn Evans, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Evans of Spo
kane, and Mr. Stephen Thompson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thomp
son, were married Sunday after
noon at the parental home of the
bridegroom in this city. The beau
tiful ring ceremony was used with
Joel R. Benton, Christian minister,
officiating in the presence of the
family of the bridegroom and a
number of invited guests. Autumn
flowers and pink tapers were used
in the room decorations. Attend
ants of the young people were Miss
Peggy Warner and Mr. Dale Lane
of Lexington.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Bib
by, Misses Roberta and Kathryn
Thompson, Ruth Turner, Erma
Lane, Eula McMillan, Peggy War
ner, and Messrs. Earl Bryant, Dale
Lane, Hoochy Evans, brother of the
bride, and James Valentine.
The young couple left immediate
ly after the ceremony for John Day
where they will make their home,
Mr. Thompson having the position
of appraiser under the new federal
drouth relief program for sheep in
that territory.
Mrs. Thompson is a graduate of
Lexington high school, and Mr.
Thompson of Heppner high school,
and both are ex-students of Oregon
State college. Mrs. Thompson
taught for several years in schools
of the county, while Mr. Thompson
has assisted his father in the large
ranch operations. Both are popular
young people who have the well
wishes of a host of friends.
The event was the inspiration of
an enjoyable bridal shower at the
home of Miss Eva Lane in Lexing
ton Saturday evening, which was
largely attended by many friends
of the young couple.
Dee Cox, Oldest Pioneer
Man in Parade, Here 1875
When Dee Cox first came to Hepp
ner in 1875 it wasn't much of a
town. Ellis Minor ran the store,
hotel and livery stable the next
year after Mr. Cox landed, but the
livery stable didn't do very well.
The Heppner meadow and sur
rounding hills were well covered
with luxurious bunchgrass and the
ranchers coming into town would
tether their horses outside.
Mr. Cox's 59 years of residence In
the county entitled him to the award
of oldest Morrow county pioneer in
the recent Rodeo parade.
Having been born on his father's
donation land claim near Silverton,
Mr. Cox said he didn't like this
country much when he first visited
here on a trip two years before he
came here to make his home. He
foresaw more future here than in
the Valley, however, and after he
got located out on the upper Hinton
creek farm, he soon came to like
the country so well that nothing
could Induce him to leave.
Cattle raising was his main forte
and he said as his boys began to
grow up they always had a few dol
lars in their pockets. Though the
bunchgrass isn't what it used to be,
Mr. Cox still believes this to be the
best country on earth.
Recent Visitors in County
Have Accident in Arizona
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Byham of
Guys Mills, Pa., were visitors In
Morrow county for ten days or two
weeks during mid-summer, while
on a tour of the western states, be
ing guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Troedson near Morgan.
Leaving here about the first of Aug
ust to return home, going by the
southern route, they were on the
highway between Tucson and Casa
Grande, Arizona, on August 29,
when the car left the road and over
turned, Mrs. Byham being killed in
stantly. Mr. Byham escaped with
minor bruises. He told Investigat
ing officers he fell asleep while
driving.
Mr. Byham is a cousin of Mrs.
Troedson, and he and his wife made
a number of warm friends while on
their short visit here, who will be
shocked to learn of the fatal acci
dent. PARADE PRIZE CORRECTION.
Through error in awarding prizes
in the Rodeo parade, third prize for
the best costumed lady riding side
saddle was reported last week as
going to Mrs. R. A. Thompson. Mrs.
Thompson was not riding in the pa
rade, and Mrs. Lou Rae should
have been the name given. Mrs.
Rae lived on a Morrow county farm
as a girl and was rated one of the
best woman riders In the county at
the time side-saddles were in vogue.
HIGH WIND DOUSES POWER.
The power line into Heppner was
put out of commission yesterday
when the high wind caused trees to
short circuit the current and blow
out a fuse, necessitating two hours
for a check up. The current was
off again this morning from 4:47 to
6:14 while broken insulators about
half way between lone and Olex
were being replaced. How the In
sulators were broken was undeter
mined. AUXILIARY TO MEET.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold their regular meeting at
Legion hall, Tuesday evening, Sept.
18, at 8 o'clock. All members are
urged to attend as plans for instal
lation of oflicers and other import
ant business matters are to be dis
cussed and decided upon.
Jas. Murtha, Condon flockmaster,
is a visitor In Heppner today.
QUEST FOR DEER
TO START ON 20TH
Game Plentiful, Reports From
Timber Say; Pheasant, Hun
Season October 15-21.
Hear ye! All you deer hunters,
there's now but seven days to wait
until the opening of the season.
The game commission has decreed
the opening to start with sun-up
on the 20th, and unless something
happens to prevent, that will be
the order.
There has been considerable talk
as to whether the season will be
postponed due to the dry condition
of the forest, unless rains come.
So far there has been no definite
order to that effect, and many local
sportsmen are preparing to invade
the deer haunts on opening day.
Reports from the mountains ar
general to the effect that the deer
are plentiful this year, though some
say they are leaner in appearance
than usual due to scarcity of feed.
Coincident with the deer season
hunting of native pheasants and
grouse will also be in order. The
Chinese pheasant, Hungarian part
ridge season will be from October
15 to 31st Hunting of quail will
also be permitted in the county
during this period.
The elk season in a restricted
territory Morrow county not in
cludeddoes not start until after
the close of the deer season. The
deer season closes October 25, and
the elk season is from November
5 to 11.
Library Stunt Night
Set for October 17th
Always one of the outstanding en
tertainment attractions of the year,
the library benefit vod-vil and
stunt night will be held October 17,
according to plans laid by the li
brary board, Mrs. Lucy E. Rodgers,
president.
The same as in former years, an
invitation is being extended to all
organizations of the county to en
ter a program number, each of
which has been limited by the man
agement to 10 minutes. Mrs. P. M.
Gemmell is director, and Mra. John
F. Vaughn, assistant director of the
event. Other committeemen in
clude Mrs. Earl W. Gordon, tickets;
Josephine Mahoney and Jasper
Crawford, publicity; Clarence Hayes
and Claud Pevey, stage managers.
Admission prices have been set at
35 and 10 cents, with all proceeds
to go to the benefit of the Heppner
public library.
Special Shelves Started at
Library; New Books Here
Two special shelves of books were
started recently at the library which
should add to the enjoyment of the
reading public, announces Mrs. Lucy
E. Rodgers, president. One is a
memorial shelf sponsored by Mrs.
Elaine Furlong in memory of her
father, the late B. G. Sigsbee, con
taining books from which moving
pictures have been made. The oth
er, sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, is a shelf containing
books by Oregon authors. Late ad
ditions to this fhelf are "Genevieve"
and "Soul of America."
The rental shelf contains a num
ber of recent additions, including
"The Last Chapter," a trilogy by
John Galsworthy; "Men Against the
Sea," NordhofT and Hall; "Life Be
gins at Forty," Pitkin; "I Went to
Pitt College," Gilfillan; "As the
Earth Turns," Carroll, and "Testa
ment of Youth," Brittain.
TWIN BABIES BORN.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Chandler of
Cecil are the proud parents of twins
born September 8 in Heppner.' The
twins were a boy and a girl weigh
ing 6 and 7Vi pounds respective
ly, and were named for Dr. and
Mrs. Gray "in honor of being born
on the doctor's birthday. The boy
is Albert Ray and the girl Alberta
Fay. Mother and babies are report
ed to be doing nicely. The babies
are grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur W. Gemmell of Hepner.
TO ENTERTAIN CONVENTION
Rebekah convention of District
No. 20 will be held at Lexington on
September 22nd, starting at 1:30 p.
m. There are two new lodges in
the district this year. They are
Blue Mountain lodge of Fossil and
Evening Star lodge of Mayville,
Mrs. Grace Christianson, president
of the Rebekah assembly, will be
here for the convention. The de
gree work will be exemplified at
that time by Blue Mountain lodge.
HEPPNER CHOSEN FOR MEET,
The Columbia union of Christian
Endeavor last Sunday accepted the
invitation of the Heppner Endeav
orers to hold the annual convention
here. Temporary dates have been
set for November 2-3-4.
NOTICE.
No trespassing or hunting will be
permitted on the Dee Cox and D. O.
Justus land in Morrow county. Any'
one found trespassing or hunting on
tliis land will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
DEE COX,
27-20p. D. O. JUSTUS
The regular meeting of Ruth
chapter 32, O. E. S. will be held
at Masonic hall on tomorrow, Fri
day evening. As this is the first
meeting following summer vaca
tion, Mrs. Ealor Huston, worthy
matron, desires the full attendance
of officers.
Mrs. Henrietta Cohn
Dies at Portland Home
Mrs. Henrietta G. Cohn, mother
of Harold A. and Henry P. Cohn of
this city, died at her home In Port
land yesterday morning following a
lingering illness. Funeral services
are announced for 4 o'clock this af
ternoon from the Colonial mortuary,
E. 14th and Sandy Blvd., in charge
of Holman & Lutz, with commit
ment in Lincoln Memorial park.
Mrs. Cohn, widow of the late Phill
Cohn, was for many years a Hepp
ner resident when the family home
was made here and the children
were born and reared. Shortly be
fore the death of her husband a few
years ago, she and Mr. Cohn re
moved to Portland to make their
home, where she had resided since.
She was highly respected by all
who knew her.
Besides the sons residing here,
she is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Eleanor Page of Portland, and
brother, Percy Goldstone of San
Francisco. Harold and Henry with
their families are in Portland for
the funeral services today.
I0NE
Ey MARGARET BLAKE
The state president of the Rebek
ah assembly will visit Bunchgrass
Rebekah lodge of lone on Thurs
day, Sept. 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Davidson, Mrs.
Ella Davidson, Mrs. H. D. McCurdy
and Miss Maxine McCurdy drove to
Toppenish, Wash., last Sunday to
spend the day with the family of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reis. They found
Mr. Reis who has been bedfast more
than a year quite improved in gen
eral health and spirits. He is hop
ing to be able to have the cast which
he has had to wear on his hip and
leg for several months removed in
the near future.
James Warfleld took his aunt
Mrs. Alice McNabb to Hermiston
for medical treatment on Tuesday.
She has been suffering from a se
vere attack of lumbago.
Berl Akers is recovering satis
factorily from an operation for rup
ture undergone at the Heppner hos
pital last week.
Misses Mabel and Opal Cool at
tended the state fair at Salem two
days last week, making the trip
with County Agent Belanger and
his wife as the only representatives
of 4-H club work attending from
Morrow county. The girls competed
with twelve other teams in a milk
testing demonstration and placed
fourth. They were highly pleased
with their trip and are making plans
for next year when they hope to win
further honors in their work.
Fifteen members and two guests
enjoyed the study meeting of the
Women's Topic club for which Mrs.
Freeland, Mrs. Elmer Griffith and
Mrs. Henry Gorger were hostesses
at the home of Mrs. Freeland last
Saturday afternoon. The topic of
the program was "The Jews," and
each one present was asked to give
her nationality. Mrs. Henry Gorger
gave an interesting review of the
book, "The Jew and Civilization,"
by Ada Sterling, and Mrs. Griffith
and Mrs. Freeland gave an outline
of the book, "The Promised Land,"
by Mary Antin. At the close of the
meeting delicious refreshments were
served.
School is in full swing once more
with Anton Lindstrom as superin
tendent Teachers in the high
school are Mrs. E. G. Sperry, Mrs.
Inez Freeland and William Chris-
tenson. Enrollment in the high
school is sixty-three. Mrs. Harriet
Brown is in charge of the seventh
and eighth grade room which has
an enrollment of twenty-four pu
pils. In the fifth and sixth grades
there are twenty-seven pupils and
Miss Lucy Spittle is the teacher.
Mrs. Elmer Baldwin is again in
charge of the third and fourth
grade room which has twenty-four
pupils and Miss Lorraine Pope has
twenty-three in the first and second
grades.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mathews
returned from Selah, Wash., where
they have been employed in the ap
ple harvest. They will return to
work there next Sunday when the
harvest will be resumed.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs J. A.
Troedson who had the pleasure of
meeting their cousins, Mr. and Mrs.
Byham of Pennsylvania, who were
their guests about three weeks ago,
will be shocked to learn of the death
of Mrs. Byham near Tucson, Ari
zona, the latter part of last week.
Full details have not been learned
but it is thought that Mr. Byham
dropped asleep while driving and
Mrs. Byham was thrswn from the
car while it was out of control in
such a way as to injure her so that
she only lived a short time.
H. D. McCurdy and son Junior
went to the high mountains Satur
day where Mr. McCurdy made ar
rangements to have his sheep
brought out, as feed has become a
minus article on the range there.
They returned home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal O. Ely and Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Mathews attend
ed the Gilliam county fair at Con
don last Saturday.
Mrs. S. E. Moore returned home
Monday after a week's visit at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Wrex
Hickok in Portland.
Miss Louise Miller of Gresham
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin at
tended a gathering of former West
Virginians which was held at Wal
lowa last Sunday. They drove to
La Grande Saturday where they
were guests of Mra W. P. Ballard,
going on to Wallowa the next morn
ing. They returned home Sunday
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P. G. DeLapp, Auditor,
Appears as Leading
State Witness.
KNOWLES IS JUDGE
Frank Lonergan, Defense Attorney,
Granted Recess Until 9
This Morning.
The state had rested Its case at
noon today, and Judge Knowles
had denied motions by defense and
ruled that the case would go to the
jury. Presentation of the defense
case was expected to begin this
afternoon when court convened at
1:30 o'clock. s
P. G. DeLapp, of the firm of Wells
& DeLapp, Portland accountants,
came on the stand yesterday after
noon as the chief prosecuting wit
ness in the case of State of Oregon
vs. Gay M. Anderson, county clerk,
and revealed findings of his audit
on which Anderson is charged with
larceny of public funds.
Anderson's trial which began
Monday morning, moved slowly
with all of Monday and up til Tues
day noon taken up in the selection
of the jury. Twelve jurors in addi
tion to the original panel were em
paneled before twelve were finally
selected to try the case. Those
finally selected are Mrs. G. A. Bleak-
man, Heppner; J. J. McDonald,
Hardman; Moses Duran, Lexing
ton; George White, Lexington; Vic
tor Rietmann, lone; Monte Bundy,
Lexington; Ray McAlister, Lexing
ton; Harlan McCurdy, lone; E. E.
Gilliam, Heppner; Lee Howell,
lone; Mrs. R. L. Benge, Heppner;
Bert Palmateer, Morgan.
Asks Time to Consider.
A recess was taken shortly
after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when Judge J. W. Knowles of La
Grande, hearing the case, acknowl
eged the plea of Frank J. Lonergan
of Portland, defense attorney, that
he had not had sufficient time to
digest DeLapp's testimony for an
Intelligent cross-examination. Lon
ergan said that he had requested a
copy of DeLapp's report from the
attorney general's office, and that
the request had been denied. He
said that in view of DeLapp's tes
timony that he (DeLapp) had been
working since last April in uncov
ering the findings presented in the
testimony, it was hardly fair to ex
pect him (Lonergan) to be able to
digest it all in five minutes time
and be properly qualified to cross
examine the witness. Judge Know
les granted Lonergan's request for
time, and reconvened court at 9
o'clock this morning. The judge
said the trial would probably move
slowly and threatened a night ses
sion to make up for yesterday af
ternoon's delay.
Tuesday afternoon and up til De
Lapp appeared on the stand yester
day afternoon was taken up in ex
amination of state's witnesses and
presentation of exhibits to show the
payment of certain sums to Morrow
county which the prosecution, led
by Francis Wade, assistant attor
ney general, intends to show were
not properly accounted for by An
derson. Many Witnesses Appear.
Witnesses examined included in
dividuals who had been personally
connected with transactions in
which payment of funds was made
to Morrow county. Among those
examined were G. W. Perrow of
Spokane; Harold Phillip!, account
ant in the secretary of state's of
fice, Salem; D. V. Cooper, president
of Howard - Cooper corporation,
Portland; R. W. Morse, former Mor
row county agricultural agent, now
of Corvallis; Lillian C. White, book
keeper with Oregon Livestock Loan
Co., Portland; James Carty, Lex
ington; ju D. Neill, Echo; Mr. Par
sons, Oregon-Portland Cement Co.,
Portland; Earl Eskelson, Heppner;
Tom Barnett, mayor, and E. D. Mc
Millan, treasurer, town of Lexing
ton; F. H. Robinson, former record
er, and P. J. Linn who testified for
Mrs. Grace Linn, treasurer, city of
lone; Judge C. L. Sweek, Pendleton;
and S. E. Notson, district attorney.
Through these witnesses the state
attempted to show the origin and
purpose of payment of certain
monies to Morrow county which al
legedly passed through the hands of
the county clerk.
Entered as an exhibit also were
a number of deposit slips Intended
to show that the several amounts
which had been paid to the county
had been deposited to the county
clerk's bank account
Accounts Said Short.
In his testimony DeLapp alleged
there were no records where all of
these monies had been turned over
to the county treasurer, and that of
the funds admittedly belonging to
the county which he said had been
ascertained by declaration of An
derson himself, he testified a min
imum of $3,382.87 was shown to be
short in the turnovers.
Admission as evidence of most
of the state's exhibits presented for
identification was opposed by Lon
ergan on grounds of Improper Iden
tification, barred by the statute of
limitations, as Incompetent, irrelo
vant, as not bearing on the Indlct-
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