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Volume 50, Number 41.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Dec. 13, 1934
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Inland Empire Waterways
Woking on Survey Now
Says President Sweek.
MAKES GOOD RECORD
Transportation First Consideration
of Association Program; Tur
ner, Belanger Report to Lions.
Judge Calvin L. week, president
of Inland Empire Waterways asso
ciation, related the accomplish
ments and purposes of the organi
zation before his old cronies of the
Heppner Lions club last Monday
noon. Mr. Sweek now of Pendleton,
was the club's second president
Disagreement among the several
river development organizations as
to policy, and lack of a central or
ganization with scope large enough
to include all the territory affect
ed, led to the organization of the
Inland Empire Waterways associa
tion, Judge Sweek said. The new
association undertook a plan of de
velopment of the river to include all
of the inland empire, and with such
a purpose has received the endorse
ment of all sections of the region.
In this plan, development of the
river for transportation is the
prime factor, that transportation
v costs to and from the inland empire
may be lowered.
Judge Sweek believed it almost
entirely due to efforts of the associ
ation that authorization of sealocks
at Bonneville was given. The sea
locks were sanctioned only after
hearings at Walla Walla and The
Dalles when briefs prepared by the
association in behalf of the sealocks
were presented. It was also largely
through the association's efforts
that the appropriation of $400,000
to be expended next year was ob
tained for channel development be
tween Celilo and Umatilla rapids,
he believed.
The assocatlon's program Includes
the Umatilla Rapids dam as the
next step in development of the riv
er, and to show the feasibility of
the dam's construction the associa
tion is now engaged in making a
survey of the economic conditions
of the region. While the technical
data connected with the dam's con
struction is gathered by government
engineers, there Is no government
agency authorized to obtain the
other information, as to tonnage
figures, etc., and it falls upon the
region interested to supply this in
formation, he said. This is the
function filled by Inland Water
ways association, made up solely
of private citizens whose contribu
tions will spell success or failure of
the project.
Judge Sweek said it was not his
job to raise finances for the asso
ciation, and made no plea in this
regard, saying he had faith that the
project would be carried through
successfully. He merely wished to
make It plain that the association
had no long money sack with which
to fight the captlalized interests op
posed to river development.
A short report of the Eastern Or
egon Wheat league conference at
Arlington Friday and Saturday was
made by J. O. Turner, former state
representative, who said he appear
ed before the league's legislative
committee and opposed the league
taking a stand In favor of state and
county salaries remaining at the
point to which they were cut two
years ago. The cut was too drastic
for present conditions, he believed.
Joe Belanger, secretary of the lo
cal committee on arrangements for
the Oregon Woolgrowers associa
tlon convention to be held here Jan
uary 14 and 15, announced that
plans were progressing well. That
a large attendance may be expect
ed, he said, was evidenced by the
unusually large attendance at the
annual meeting of the Eastern Ore
gon Stockgrowers association which
he attended at Canyon City last
week end. Many Grant county
folks expressed to him their inten
tion of attending the woolmen's
convention here.
Dr. L. B. Tibbies was Introduced
as a new member, and Rev. Ralph
Hlnkle of Pendleton and Paul M.
Gemmell were introduced as guests
for the day.
LEGISLATOR MOVES TO SALEM
Paul Lynch, elected to the legis
lature from this district to succeed
J. O. Turner, has accepted a job in
Salem and has moved to that city,
according to a state capital news
report. Lynch's home was former
ly made at Mitchell. The law per
mits him to represent this district
though his residence has been mov
ed out of it. He will continue to
make his home at Salem after the
legislature adjourns.
GRAZING MEETING SET.
Grazing plans and policies in con
nection with the establishment of
grazing areas In Oregon under the
Taylor Grazing act will be the sub
ject of 'a meeting called at Vale,
Dec. 15, by E. L. Carpenter, na
tional director of the grazing ser
vice, department of the Interior.
This meeting as announced by Car
penter will be of Interest to bothl
users of public domain and na
tional forests.
Wheat League Urges New
Federal Export Program
Arlington, Dec. 12. Reestablish
ment of the Northwest Wheat Ex
port corporation's activities at Port
land as a necessary supplement to
the beneficial results coming from
the AAA production control plan,
was strongly urged upon Washing
ton officials by the Eastern Oregon
Wheat league in its annual meeting
here.
Unanimous action by the league
followed addresses by A. R. Shum
way, president of the North Pacific
Grain Growers cooperative, dealing
with surplus wheat disposal, and
by George E. Farrell, chief of the
wheat section of the AAA, who told
of future plans of his division.
Shumway said the subsidized ex
porting of 28 million bushels of
.wheat from Portland this last sea
son cost the AAA funds only six
million dollars, while it admittedly
returned farmers, not only in the
northwest but throughout the coun
try, more than $75,000,000 in bet
tered prices.
"After such a record one would
think that the plan would be con
tinued without argument, but the
opposite is the case," Shumway de
clared. "Washington officials have
been proceeding on the assumption
that all northwest wheat will be
needed in this country to suppli
ment depleted livestock feed sup
plies. "While steps were being taken to
try to get all agencies concerned to
cooperate in puting the surplus to
such use with fairness to the grow
er as well as to the consumer, deal
ers turned to Canada and are now
bringing low grade feed wheats
across the border and paying only
10 percent of its value as tariff In
stead of the 42 cents a bushel col
lected on milling wheat."
Meanwhile there exists a surplus
in the northwest this year varying
according to different estimates
from twelve to more than seven
teen million bushels, the wheat
league decided. The" existence of
this surplus has again served to in
crease the spread between coast
and Chicago prices to unjustified
proportions.
Shumway urged the league to
keep constant vigilance over the
Interests of the Pacific Northwest
grain growers, pointing out that
there Is a disposition among some
of the national planners to insist
that this area will have to cut its
wheat production to normal domes
tic demand, which would mean cut
ting acreage at least 40 percent.
Shumway has had close contact
with the AAA program as a mem
ber of the national wheat advisory
committee. He recently spent six
weeks In Washington, D. C, in con
nection with his duties in this ca
pacity. Mrs. Elizabeth Young
Early State Pioneer
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Young, mother of Mrs. W. O.
Dix of this city, were held yester
day morning from the Methodist
church at Cedar Mills, near Port
land, with interment in Union cem
etery. Arrangements were in
charge of Holman & Lutz, Portland
morticians. Mrs. Young died at the
Dix home here Sunday. She was
past 90 years of age. Mr. and Mrs.
Dix went below for the service.
Cedar Mills is the old home of
Mrs. Young, who came to Oregon in
1852. Besides Mrs. Dix, the de
ceased is survived by four sons, J.
E., A. Lincoln, Lowell, and Frank
Young, a daughter, Mrs. Charles L.
Mcllwaine, a brother. Daniel Con
stable, and a sister, Mrs. Jane Hal
stead. Mrs. Young had made her home
here with her daughter for the past
two years. Due to infirmities of
age, she was able to be out of the
house but little. Up to the last she
retained a bright mind, however,
and took an interest In the affairs
of life. Having far exceeded the
allotted three score and ten, she has
gone to a well earned reward. The
family has the sympathy of the en
tire community In their bereave
ment TOWN TEAM GAME OFF.
A game between Heppner and
lone town team9 which was to have
been played here tomorrow eve
ning, was enforcedly postponed by
the presentation of the junior class
play, "The Patsy," to be given at
that time after having been twice
postponed previously due to illness
of cast members. It has been def
initely announced that the play will
be presented In the gym-auditorium
tomorrow evening. In the game at
lone last Saturday night, Heppner
took the lone lads, 17-7. In the line
up for the locals were Jim Furlong,
Herman Green, Al Massey, Harold
Ayers, Claude Pevey, Rod Thomson
and Lawrence Winter. The locals
expect to play a return game with
Lexington next Wednesday evening
In connection with a game between
the high schools of the two towns.
A definite date for the return game
with lone has not been decided.
ATTENDS SHERIFF'S MEET.
Termed one of three two-gun
sheriffs in a caption under Oregon-
lan's "Candid Camera Clicks," in
which he was shown at the banquet
table with two other sheriffs when
the annual convention of sheriffs
and police was In session In Port
land Inst week end, Morrow coun
ty sheriff C. J. D. Bauman, proba
bly upheld his end of the work with
the knife and fork brigade. He has
the reputation locally for punishing
a mean lot of vituals. Mr. Bauman
attended all the sessions of the con
vention, returning home Sunday.
IONE
:-y MARGARET BLAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Odom and children,
Juanita and Foster, and Mrs. Elmer
Griffith were visitors in The Dalles
Saturday.
Miss Bonnie Smith and Harvey
Smith drove to Portland last Thurs
day, returning home on Saturday.
The Women's Topic club met at
the Masonic hall last Saturday af
ternoon for their December study
meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. D.
M. Ward, Mrs. Werner Rietmann,
Mrs. Victon Rietmann, Mrs. Hugh
Smith and Mrs. C. W. Swanson. The
program was greatly enjoyed by
the seventeen members and the vis
itors present. The first number on
the program was a review of the
life of Stephen Foster by Mrs. Wer
ner Rietmann. It was followed by
the singing of the Stephen Foster
songs, "Old Folks at Home" and
"Uncle Ned," sung by a mixed quar
tette composed of Miss Lorraine
Pope, Miss Minnie Normoyle, Mr.
Charles Christensen and Mr. An
tone Lindstrom. Miss Minnie Nor
moyle then played a piano solo,
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." Mrs.
Hugh Smith gave a short talk on
the life and songs of Carrie Jacobs
Bond. Mrs. Johnny Turner and
Mrs. Crocket Sprouls accompanied
by Mrs. Hubert Gailey then sang
"A Perfect Day." "Somewhere a
Voice is Calling" and "When You
Look in the Heart of a Rose" were
solos sung by Eugene Normoyle,
accompanied by Miss Minnie Nor
moyle. The duet, "A Little White
Cot in the Lane," was sung by Mrs.
Turner and Mrs. Sprouls, accom
panied by Mrs. Gailey. It was fol
lowed by an encore. Mr. Laurel
Beach sang "Nocturne" and "That's
Why Darkies Were Born." He was
accompanied by Miss Eula McMil
lan. He sang "Why Shouldn't I?"
for an encore. The program was
concluded by a musical reading by
Miss Lorraine Pope with Miss Nor
moyle as her acompanist. After a
short social hour tea was served to
the guests, Mrs. Bert Mason and
Mrs. Edward Rietmann pouring.
Mrs. Dean Engelman has been
teaching the fifth and sixth grades
the past week as a substitute for
Miss Lucy Spittle who has been
confined to her home with a severe
cold.
Miss Opal Finn ha3 returned to
the home of her sister, Mrs. Peter
Timm after a week's visit with her
aunt, Mrs. Bork, at La Grande. She
was brought home by her cousins,
Edward and William Bork and Miss
Blaka, all of La Grande. The party
remained at the Timm ranch over
night, returning to their home on
Wednesday.
The Eastern Star and Masonic
lodges enjoyed a turkey supper In
their dining room at the Masonic
hall on Tuesday evening. About
fifty people were present. After
the reguar meeting of Locust chap
ter following the supper all hands
joined In dancing to the strains of
the Botts brothers orchestra in the
dining room until a late hour.
J. E. Swanson motored to Ar
lington on Sunday where he met
Mrs. Swanson who returned from
a week's visit at Salem with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo McMillan.
It has been finally decided to hold
the public Christmas tree and pro
gram In the school gymnasium on
the evening of Saturday, Dec. 22. A
cantata Is being prepared under
the direction of the program com
mittee. Everyone who wishes is in
vited to attend. The affair Is being
arranged under the joint auspices
of the Union Sunday school and the
Women s Auxiliary of the American
Legion.
Mr. nad Mrs. E. R. Lundell went
to Portland Tuesday.
An eignt-pound daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Drake at
Heppner on Tuesday night.
Chas. P. Poole, Grand Master of
the I. O. O. F. lodge of Oregon who
makes his home at Eugene, visited
the local lodge officially on Tues
day night
Mrs. Marcella Van Horn, beauty
operator of Fossil, spent a day or
so the first of the week giving per
manent waves at the Allyn barber
shop.
Mrs. Mary Callandra returned to
her home at Hood River Sunday af
ter a visit of several days with rel-
atives here. She was accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Rosa Fletcher.
Mrs. Omar Rietmann had the
misfortune of upsetting her car on
her way home from town Tuesday.
The accident occurred on the mar
ket road at the head of Rietmann
canyon and was caused by the Icy
roads. The car was quite badly
damaged but Mrs. Rietmann was
fortunate enough to escape Injury,
though she was shaken up.
Mrs. H. D. McCurdy and Mrs. K.
K. Blnke gave a party in honor of
Mrs. Earl Blake at her home last
Thursday. Bridge was played, high
scores going to Mrs. Bert Mason
and Mrs. E. J. Blake. Delicious re
freshments were served. Those
present were Mrs. D. M. Ward, Mrs.
Victor Rietmann, Mrs. Omar Riet
mann, Mrs. Carl Allyn, Mrs. J. T.
Knappenberg, Miss Helen Johnson,
Mrs. Bert Mason, Mrs. Louis Ber
gevln, Mrs. C. W. Swanson, Mrs.
Ted Smith, Mrs. L. P. Davidson,
Mrs. George Tucker and Mrs. C. F.
Feldman.
Word has been received from Mr.
and Mrs. M. E. Cotter that thev re
ceived word of Mr. Cotter's mother's
death while enroute and that they
left their car and completed the
trip on the train, arriving at Aus
tin, Minnesota, for the funeral ser
vices.
Mrs. Ted Blake Is visiting her
mower, Mrs. M. R. Fell, at Hepp
ner.
How Soon Will Morrow
County Become A Desert
A 50,000-acre wheat farm moves
down the Columbia river each year."
"Two hundred years is required
to make one inch of top soil. On
the average eastern Oregon farm, a
quarter-inch of top soil is being
lost each year."
These and other such alarming
statements by specialists at the an
nual conference of the Eastern Or
egon Wheat league at Arlington
last week end, sounded the keynote
of one of the most alarming prob
lems facing the wheat industry of
this region. Professor Rockie, soil
erosion specialist of Washington
State college, gave an enlightening
address on the subject an old, yet
ever new subject in the progress of
civilization westward, and not only
is the wheat raising industry af
fected, but the very existence of
civilization in the region is threat
ened. Carried to its ultimate, logical
conclusion, the constant, ever-in
creasing destruction of the produc
tive soil of the region can have but
one result the creation of a desert
region.
This is no Idle conjecture. Evi
dence exists of a great civilization
having once thrived In what is now
the wide wastes of the great Sahara
desert. The great sand drifts of
the Dakotas and other sections of
the middle west, featured in news
paper headlines of very recent
months, brings the problem closer
to home. And those who have had
their homes almost inundated with
sand in the north end of this coun
ty; those who have seen the gaping
ditches in summerfallow fields of
the county, and again those who
saw the flood of mud which went
through Heppner last May 29, can
all bear witness to the fact that the
problem is no stranger now right
here at home.
Every once In a while some one
is heard to remark that the coun
try is getting drier each year. The
fact has been generally realized,
but few have surmised the reason,
as was lucidly explained by Pro
fessor Rockie.
The Coast, Cascade and other
mountain ranges form a natural
barrier to the advance of ocean
moisture over the wheat growing
regions of the northwest, hence
most of the rainfall is supplied by
the evaporation and condensation
of the moisture which has already
been supplied to the region, and
which through the years was large
ly conserved by. the t vegetation
growing on the soil. The practice
of summerfallowing the land for
the growing of wheat removed the
vegetation from immense areas of
soil, thereby removing nature's pro
tective covering her water conser
vator and permitting the soil to
wash away.
Drouths and floods are the natur
al results of the erosion produced
by the fallowing process, Professor
Rockie pointed out. A very clear
example of this is shown in China.
There, sections of original forests
have been preserved as holy lands,
or lands set apart for the church.
These lands have been retained in
their native state, and today appear
as slight eminences above the sur
rounding landscape. It was believed
for a long time that only the high
er spots of timbered region had
been set apart, until Investigation
by a soil erosion specialist revealed
the top soil on the land surround
ing the forests to be Identical to the
soil six feet below the surface of
the preserved forests. The con
clusion was that six feet of the
richest top soil in China had been
washed away due to the processes
of cultivation and lack of sufficient
protective covering of vegetation
China, Professor Rockie pointed
out, is noted more than any other
PROTECTION CHILD'S RIGHTS
OBJECT OF
Oregon started this week to reg
ister all its babies all those born
in the state during the last 12
months and every parent is urged
to cooperate by filling out a card
and mailing It to the Census Bu
reau, Washington, D. C.
The card Is already addressed, and
there Is no postage to pay on It. All
the parent has to do is to fill out the
card and drop it into the mail, thus
assuring that "Baby gets his first
citizenship papers."
Prompt and accurate recording
of its birth is the right of every
child," said Dr. Frederick D. Striek
er, secretary of the Oregon State
Board of Health, which is conduct
ing a "Register Your Baby" cam
paign in cooperation with the Bu
reau and the State Emergency Re
lief Administration.
"Such registration Insures cer
tain rights to the Individual and
protection under national and state
laws. In many Instances failure to
report a birth has resulted In the
loss of Inheritances or of other
property rights. A proper record
of birth, made In the county court
house soon after birth, furnishes le
gal proof of a person's Identity, cit
izenship, nationality, age, birth
place and legitimacy. Legal pur
poses for which It Is accepted in
clude; "The right to attend school or
withdraw therefrom.
"The right to protection under
child labor laws.
"The rights to vote, obtain a mar
riage license, hold public office.
"The law requires physicians to
report births soon after their occur
rence, but doctors sometimes for-
.region for its floods and drouths.
Another example was cited in the
case of Minnesota, fn the lust for
growing wheat in that state, farm
ers went so far as to drain off
many of the numerous lakes, nat
ural reservoirs of the country, to
plant the lake beds to wheat. Won
derful crops were raised on the
drained-off land for a time, but
now sand blows have almost en
tirely destroyed the productivity
of the land, drouth has overcome
the region; its once great natural
resources have been dissipated.
If the wheat lands of eastern Ore
gon are to be saved, he pointed out,
pie present method of fallowing the
land must be changed. He sug
gested the growing of grasses
crested wheat or some other suit
able grass on the fallow land. But
this measure alone will not suffice,
he believed. Any soil erosion con
trol program to be successful must
start with the higher lands and be
carried all the way through to the
lowest. The forests and grazing
lands of the upper regions must be
protected to preserve the natural
watersheds, and measures taken in
cultivated areas to prevent the rap
id run-off of water. The best that
can be done is to leave the surface
of fallowed fields as rough as pos
sible, he said. .Large clods prevent
the rapid run-off of water, and it is
;the velocity of the water rather
than its volume that carries away
the soil. Smooth fields may look
the prettiest, but are the least de
sirable In preventing soil erosion.
Professor Rockie asked the farm
ers assembled how they would like
to take the place of Sandy. Sandy
may be seen on his farm in Scot
land where practices of saving the
soil have been in vogue for cen
turies, with his horse and cart go
ing along the lower edge of the field
picking up the soil and placing it
back on the higher ground. Sandy
knows that if he does not replace
the soil on the higher spots, these
spots will soon become rocky points
on which nothing will grow.
Old country farmers have been
fighting soil erosion for hundreds
of years. But it is a new problem
in America, where as the soils of
one region gave out the people were
permitted to move to new and un
cultivated regions. Now there are
no new regions to move to, and the
soil erosion problem must be faced.
The federal government has some
experimnetal work going on at
present in the Columbia basin. Fed
erally-endowed colleges, including
the state colleges of Oregon and
Washington, are studying the prob
lem earnestly to prevent if possi
ble the eventual consummation of
the Inland Empire in a great desert
region.
It may be, after all, that one of
the greatest benefits to be derived
from damming the. Columbia and
other watercourses of the north
west will be the effect the conserved
water will have in helping to over
come the present rapid deteriora
tion of the' productive soils of the
region.
There is no doubt that a covering
of green vegetation on the hot sands
in the north end of the Oregon
counties bordering the Columbia,
would help to temper the scorching
winds which often hit the wheat in
the dough stage, and that this tem
pering would increase the produc
tion of the lands to the south in
great measure.
The battle against soil erosion is
not one that can be won in a single
fell swoop. Years of cooperative
effort will be required to emerge
victorious, but it is a battle which
must be fought throughout the
regoin, including Morrow county,
to prevent the onset of the rapidly
approaching desert.
STATE CAMPAIGN
get. Besides, a good many children
are born without the attendance of
a physician, and in some of these
cases, parents do not even know
that, they ought to have the birth
listed at the county seat"
Doctor Strieker called attention to
the fact that In this campaign Ore
gon is competing with all the oth
er states in the Union. Campaigns
like Oregon's are being put on in
all states, and the success of the
work is measured by the proportion
which the total number of cards
bears to the number of families in
each state.
"In the comparisons whiph are
sure to result," remarked Dr.
Strieker, "Oregon will be judged as
to the intelligence and piogress
Iveness of its people, and I know
that in these qualities they are at
or near the top. So I anticipate
that the parents of our state will
send an enormous volume of these
cards to Washington."
In some Instances parents might
fail to receive a card. Cards will
be supplied to anyone upon applica
tion to the office of the State Board
of Health, 818 Oregon Building,
Portland.
All cards received at Washington
will be sent to Portland for check
ing against Oregon records, and
whenever a name is found missing,
a complete record of that child's
birth will be supplied to the county
clerk where the parents live.
It makes no difference whether
a birth Is already listed at the court
house or not the State of Oregon
requests you to fill out the card if
you are the parent of a child born
anywhere In the last 12 months.
Grand Master I.O.O.F
Visits County Lodges
Charles P. Poole, grand master
I. O. O. F. of Oregon, made his of
ficial visitation to Heppner lodge
last evening, on an itinerary Includ
ing visits to all the lodges of the
county. He met with the lone lodge
Tuesday evening, and Is scheduled
to visit Morgan lodge tonight, Lex
ington lodge tomorrow night, and
Hardman lodge Saturday night Mr.
Poole, who makes his home at Eu
gene, reports much activity in lodge
circles over the state. There have
been more initiations this year than
in a total of three years in the re
cent past, he said.
A large attendance greeted the
grand master at the local hall last
evening. Following the closed meet
ing an open meeting was held, at
tended by Rebekahs as well as Odd
fellows, and at the close of the eve
ning all enjoyed a nice lunch.
The grand master of Oddfellows
of the state was not particularly
pleased with the weather prevail
ing in eastern Oregon at present
Fog has been greatly prevalent over
the region from Sherman county,
last visited.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH NICHOLS
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Munkers
celebrated their fifty-eighth wed
ding anniversary Monday. Mr. and
Mrs. Munkers are natives of Ore
gon, both having been born In Linn
county. Before her marriage Mrs.
Munkers was Miss Anna Marie
Montgomery of Scio. They are the
parents of eight children, three
sons and five daughters, all of whom
are living. Mr. Munkers is the
oldest of all his living relatives
with the exception of one cousin
living in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Duvall and
Winford returned last week from a
six-weeks' trip to St. Joseph, Mo.
They report that in some sections
the crops were so bad that the far
mers cut Russian thistles and are
feeding them to their stock instead
of hay. They encountered three
feet of snow in Nebraska and Kan
sas and in Wyoming it was 10 be
low zero.
Lexington grange installed the
following new officers at the meet
ing Saturday night: Master, Or
ville Cutsforth; overseer, Norman
Nelson; lecturer, Laura Rice; stew
ard, Ed Kelly; assistant steward,
Merle Miller; secretary, Lena Kelly;
treasurer, R. B. Rice; chaplain, Al-
da Troedson; gate keeper, Foster
Odom; Ceres, Frances Troedson;
Pomona, Ellen Nelson; Flora, Jes
sie McCabe; lady assistant stew
ard, Beulah Nichols; executive com
mittee, George Peck, Harvey Bau
man and Oral Scott. The new offi
cers of Willows and Lena granges
were installed at this meeting, also.
Mrs. Mary Lundell, district deputy,
was the installing officer. She was
assisted by O. L. Lundell, Vlda Hel-
iker and Mattie Morgan,
Teddy Leavitt, who has been hold
ing a revival meeting at the Chris
tian church in Heppner, conducted
services at the Christian church
here Sunday afternoon.
Orville Cutsforth, T. W. Cuts
forth, A. H. Nelson, Norman Nel
son, R. B. Rice, Harvey Miller and
George Peck were among Lexing
ton farmers who attended the meet
ing of the Eastern Oregon Wheat
league at Arlington Friday and Sat
urday.
The ladies of the H. E. club held
a very successful bazaar at the hall
Saturday. The afghan was received
by L. E. Dick of Heppner.
Mrs. Mae Burchell and family
have moved to Heppner and are
living in the Turner house in the
north end of town.
Mrs. Charles Wormell of Marion,
Ohio, is visiting with her nephews,
George and Burt Peck.
Alex and Arthur Hunt have pur
chased a Caterpillar tractor from
Braden-Bell Tractor Co. at Pendle
ton. Clyde Swift is driving a new
Dodge which he purchased in Pen
dleton last week.
May Rauch spent the week end
with Delpha Merritt.
Eva Wilcox has moved to Her
mlston where she will send her two
brothers to school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMillan were
in Heppner Sunday evening, con
sulting a doctor about their young
daughter who fell and injured her
nose.
.W B. Tucker, Wilma Tucker and
Beulah Nichols were business vis
itors In Pendleton and Hermlston
Thursday.
School Notes
The high school girls were host
esses at a delightful party given in
honor of the boys on Friday eve
ning in the gymnasium. At the be
ginning of the evening games were
played and later dancing was en
joyed. At a late hour refreshments
of jello, angel food cake and coffee
were served. The decorations were
carried out in red and green, and
candles were used for lighting.
On Friday evening a basketball
game will be played on the local
floor between Boardman and Lex
ington. On Saturday Lexington
and Fossil will play on the local
floor.
A Christmas program will be
held In the auditorium on Thurs
day, December 20th, at 7 oclock.
Vivian White has returned to
school after an absence of several
days.
Fern Luttrell is absent from
school this week.
Doris Klinger was a guest of
Helen Breshears Friday evening.
cmtrap rites
OPEN COURT TERM
Judge Sweek Expresses
Pleasure in Accepting
James O'Conner.
JURY UNNECESSARY
Orve Brown Pleads Guilty, Fined
$100; Supreme Court Ruling
Recorded; Civil Suits Up.
James O'Conner, native of Ire
land and resident of Morrow coun
ty for many years, renounced alle
giance to King George V In taking
the oath of a naturalized citizen of
the United States before Judge Cal
vin L. Sweek at the opening of the
December term of circuit court on
Monday morning. James G. Thom
son and Jos. J. Nys were witnesses
for Mr. O'Conner, and the examin
ation took place in the presence of
members of the grade and high
school civics classes.
In pronouncing Mr. O'Conner
qualified for- citizenship. Judge
Sweek said, "Like the witnesses
who have testified in ybur behalf,
the court has known you for many
years and is confident that you will
make a good citizen. I deem it a
pleasure to pronounce you accept
able to receive the oath of allegiance
to the United States of America."
Whereupon Mr. O'Conner was ad
ministered the oath by Gay M. An
derson, clerk of the court.
Mrs. Jean Womack, a native of
Canada and wife of Alfred R. Wo
mack, local Pentecostal missionary,
also appeared for examination for
citizenship, with Ray Taylor and
Mrs. Peter Currin as witnesses for
a period dating since last Febru
ary. Judge Sweek pronounced the
showing satisfactory for the period
covered, and said Mrs. Womack
would be entitled to papers as soon
as depositions were in covering the
previous period to make the five
years required by law.
Orve Brown waived further hear
ing and pleaded guilty to transport
ing intoxicating liquor, on a charge
previously rereferred to the grand
jury, and was fined $100.
The court ordered a default judg
ment issued in the case of State In
dustrial Accident commission,
plaintiff, vs. Heppner Pine Mills,
Inc., defendant in the sum of $49.
Ralph I. Campbell, atorney, repre
sented the accident commission.
Order to show cause, and a tem
porary restraining order was issued
in the case of Thomas E. Hendrick,
plaintiff, vs. Edith K. Hendrick, de
fendant, the case affecting owner
ship of turkeys.
Decree of foreclosure was issued
in favor of the plaintiff, Lana A.
Padberg, administratrix of the es
tate of E. L. Padberg, deceased,
against Frederick Raymond, et al,
permitting foreclosure of mortgage
in the sum of $62,500.
Order of dismissal was given in
the case of Credit Service Co. vs.
Milton L. Case.
No cases appeared requiring hear
ing before a jury, and no panel was
summoned. On hearing the report
of the grand jury the previous
Monday, the court retained that
body to serve for the coming June
term of court.
A supreme court mandate, en
tered on the court's record as of
Dec. 3, ruled in favor of the appel
lant, Frank E. Mason, reversing a
former decision by Judge Carl Hen
dricks of Fossil, in which an execu
tion Issued by the lower court was
cancelled, and Mr. Mason allowed
costs in the sum of $181 against
Mary Mason and C. J. D. Bauman.
J. O. Turner of Heppner and Fee
& Randall of Pendleton were at
torneys for appellant
In a suit to quiet title, George
Evans was pronounced owner In fee
simple of lands in question in a
case wherein Mitchell Beaman, et
al., were defendants.
The court ruled in favor of a
motion by J. O. Turner, plaintiff's
attorney, to amend the former com
plaint In the case of Fred Reed,
plaintiff, vs. McVay and Barline,
defendants.
Clerk's Sureties Make Up
Deficit Shown by Audit
The county court last week relin
quished all claim against the Na
tional Surety company, National
Surety Corporation, or G. S. Van
Schaick, liquidator for National
Surety company, on account of the
deficiency of Gay M. Anderson,
county clerk, up to and Including
October 23, 1934, as shown by the
audit of Wells & DeLapp.
The relnlquishment was given on
receipt of $1702.42, from the clerk's
sureties, and in addition any fur
ther claim which the court might
have against the clerk up to the
named date was transferred to the
sureties. The amount was stated
to be the total unpaid shortage of
the clerk as revealed by Wells &
DeLapp audit
CHRISTMAS MATINEE SET.
Heppner lodge 358, B. P. O. Elks,
and Star theater are co-sponsors
for a free matinee for all kiddles
of the community to be given at
the theater Christmas day after
noon. A good feature picture is
planned for the occasion and all
kiddies of the community are In
vited to take It in.