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Heppner's Gymnasium-Auditorium
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GREETINGS TO
WOOLGROWERS
HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES takes pleasure in handing
you this little souvenir edition, intended to give you
pertinent information regarding the convention and the
association, and to reflect some of the spirit, past and present,
of your convention city. The publication has been made pos
sible through the cooperation of advertisers and your associa-'
tion officers, of whom we are especially indebted to Mr. Walter
Holt and Mr.J. G. Barratt.
We hope that you will find the material, hastily compiled
by necessity, of interest, and that such information as may be
gained from its reading will help make your stay in our little
city a bit more enjoyable.
The editors of this newspaper would indeed be1 remiss in
their duties if they did not try to leave the impression that
Heppner is the best little city on earth.
May we wish God-speed to the 38th annual convention of
Oregon Woolgrowers association.
Visitors Receive
Sheepskin Scrip
Each registrant at the state wool
growers convention will receive a
brand new 50-cent piece of Sheep
skin Scrip, made available by the
scrip trustees.
The scrip now has no value ex
cept as a souvenir, for the last day
of cash redemption passed Decem
ber 31, 1934. But it is believed it
will be cherished by the recipients
as a monument to the sheep Indus
try, representing as it does the me
dium of exchange which held up
Heppner's business structure dur
ing the deepest throes of depression,
besides returning a nice profit to
the community.
Summing up the scrip account
this week, the trustees Dean T.
Goodman, president; L. L. Gilliam,
secretary; L. E. Bisbee, D. A. Wil
son and Spencer Crawford found
that the venture had netted some
$1100, There were a few odds and
ends to be cleaned up before a de
tailed statement could be made,
which is expected to be given with
in a short time. This residue, reap
ed from demand for the scrip as
souvenirs, will be expended at di
rection of the trustees for some
item of community improvement
not yet decided upon. Whatever
the nature of improvement may be,
the trustees are determined it will
be something worthwhile to stand
' long as a reminder of the way ini
which the scrip, and through it the
wool industry, came to the rescue
of a beleagerd city.'
Back In the early days of 1933,t
money and credit had dried up in
FOR 33 YEARS
Th
omson oros.
have conducted a general mercantile business in
Heppner, and have appreciated their pleasant
dealings with sheepmen.
We are glad Heppner has the priv
ilege of entertaining their annual
convention.
Welcome to Our Store
WILSON'S
IS HEADQUARTERS FOR HIGH GRADE
WOOLEN PRODUCTS
WE WELCOME YOU,
GROWERS
The Store of Personal Service
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The meeting place of Oregon Wool Growers' 38th convention was contsnicted in 1927 at a cost of $27,000.
Heppner to a point where teachers'
warrants, sold for many months at
a heavy discount, could not be
turned at all. Local stores had tak
en the warrants to the limit of
their ability, and the last resource
of the teachers was to place their
warrants with one or two large
Portland stores who permitted
them to be traded out.
Local stores were not only suf
fering from the loss of business, but
it was apparent that the schools
themselves must be closed unless
something could be done about it.
Scrip was not an original idea
with Heppner by any means. For
several months Tenino, Wash., had
its cedar scrip in circulation, and
other points over the country, were
having more or less success with
scrip of various kinds. The idea
was in the backs of many local
heads. But Dean T. Goodman was
the first to advocate a local issue.
His effort, with the ready help of
others, resulted in the calling of a
public mass meeting. Just who
thought of the sheepskin idea first
is not certain. The idea was prob
ably germinating in many minds,
for when S. E. Notson made the
suggestion it met with unanimous
acclaim. The first mass meeting
resulted in a decision to issue scrip
with the idea that it would be spon
sored by the city. A ruling by the
city that it was without power to
take such action, resulted in call
ing a second mass meeting, at
which the trustees were set up with
full power of control over the issu
ance, redemption, and expenditure
of proceeds, if any, of the scrip.
The idea of Edward F. Bloom,
city school superintendent, of issu
ing the scrip in exchange for school
warrants, was Incorporated in the
plan, and the set-up was ready to
go. ,
Because the leather scrip would
not stand up well under much usage
most of the actual circulating me
dium was printed on paper, the
leather pieces going out mainly as
souvenirs. Calls for It came from
all over the United States and from
several foreign countries. It went
into museums here and abroad, pub
licizing Heppner and the sheep in
dustry. Its ready acceptance by businesses
and Individuals locally gave it
sound status as a local circulating
medium of exchange. Many pieces
of it became so soiled and worn
that they had to be replaced.
Denominations in which the scrip
was issued were 5c, 25c, 50c, $1 and
$5. The total issue was $5000. All
the circulating "medium had been
taken up many months before the
final redemption period. All the
warrants held by the trustees have
been redeemed, interest on which,
plus a 5 percent discount at which
the warrants were taken, and the
sum realized from the Bale of sou
venirs, represents the profit from
the venture. And the profit less the
cost of printing which, by the way,
was done locally and the cost of
administration, represents the $1100
net profit to be used for community
benefit.
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Intense interest is being taken
in the convention by woolmen in
the immediate vicinity, many of
whom are planning to spend the
night in town rather than return
to their homes.
Many attractive displays are . Then there's an opportunity for
arranged in the store windows, some statistical nut to figure up
helping to reflect the city's inter- how much money barbed wire
est in the convention. made for the Indians.
A personal relationship with folks
of the wool industry in this section
for 47 years has been our privilege
and pleasure.
Make this store your headquarters
WE WELCOME YOU
Malcolm D. Clark
YOU GROW IT,
WE SELL IT!
SUCCESS TO SHEEPMEN and
WELCOME TO HEPPNER
J. C. Penney Go.
Inc.
DEPARTMENT STORE
W. O. Dix Grocery
The RED & WHITE STORE
extends its best wishes to Woolmen
and bids them
WELCOME
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