Volume 51, Number 48.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Feb. 7, 1935.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
GAY M. ANDERSON
RESIGNS AS CLERK
Court to Appoint Succes
sor Saturday; Change
to be Made 16th.
MANY SEEK OFFICE
Three Applications in, Four Others
Expected; Vacancy Follows
Cancellation of Bond.
The county court Monday receiv
ed the written resignation of Gay
M. Anderson, county clerk, effective
February 16. Members of the court
last night announced that a suc
cessor would be appointed Satur
day.
The clerk's resignation followed
trial on a charge of larceny of pub
lic monies of which he was acquit
ted, returning of $3802.42 to the
county shown to foe short by audit
or wells & DeLapp of which $1702.
42 was recovered from National
Surety corporation, the clerk's sure
ties, and cancellation of the .clerk'
bond by his sureties which became
effective last Monday.
Anderson's resignation was ac
cepted as of the 16th to permit aud
it of the office and naming and qual
Ideation of his sucessor. Wells &
DeLapp were retained to bring the
audit up to date.
Official application for the office
had been made yesterday by Char
les Barlow, Dean T. Goodman and
Harvey Miller, while Mrs. Vivian
Kane, deputy clerk, Harry Dinees,
Paul M. Gemmell and Homer Hayes
were all said to be receptive can
didates for the post. Appointment
by the court to fill the vacancy can
be made only until the next general
election in November, 1936.
GLENN BRYANT DIES IN EAST.
Glenn Bryant, 46, father of Earl
and Howard Bryant and brother of
Mrs. Alex Green, all of this city,
died at the home of his father, J.
O. Bryant, at Independence, Vir
ginia, according to telegraphic re
port received by the relatives here.
Funeral services and burial were at
Independence, boyhood home of the
deceased. Mr. Bryant lived in
Morrow county for seventeen or
eighteen years, being well known
at Heppner and Lexington. Partic
ulars of his passing had not been
received, though it is known he had
been a sufferer from stomach trou
ble for the last 18 years. He last
left Heppner on November 11, 1932,
and had been at Independence since.
Besides the relatives here he 19 sur
vived by his father, a brother, Scott,
of Independence, and a sister, Mrs.
Earl Knepper of Lemmon, South
Dakota, He was a member of the
Neighbors of Woodcraft of this
city.
4TH GRADE ENTERTAINED.
Mrs. J. G. Cowins entertained the
fourth grade of the local school at
her home Friday evening with a
birthday party in honor of her
daughter RJae's tenth birthday. An
hour was spent in playing outdoor
games and then the guests were
served with cake and salad, and la
ter the birthday cake with ten yel
low candles. All reported a very en
joyable time and Rae received
many nice gifts. Those present be
sides the hostess were Robert Ball,
Wade Bothwell, Wiletta Paddock,
Philip Cohn, Laverne Brookhouser,
Helen Knowles, Eunice Osmin, Al
berta Adkins, Kingsley Chapin,
Earl Bailey, Wllma Beymer, Doro
tha Wilson, James Barratt, Claud
Drake, Herbert Schunk, Patrick
Kubat, Blllie Bucknum, Eugene
Massey, Eunice Hlatt, Robert Tay
lor, Glenn Fell, Jean Gemmell,
James Kenny, Rae Cowins, Ruth
Cowins, Mrs. George Allyn.
ROAD PETITIONS PRESENTED.
Petitions bearing 359 names for
Improvement of the Rhea creek
market road were presented the
county court yesterday by Bert Ma
son, lone merchant. Mr. Mason
said the petitions evidenced the
unanimous demand of the people
all the way from the mountains' to
the Columbia river for improve
ment of this road, which provides
the shortest route to the mountains
for people of the lower country and
Is Important as a route for hauling
wood and posts besides serving as
an outlet for large volumes of wheat
and livestock.
RECEPTION TENDERED.
Mrs. Frank S. Parker was hos
tess at her home on Wednesday,
January 30, for a pleasing reception
honoring her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
W. Vawter Parker. Pouring were
Mrs. John J. Wightman, Mrs. Eph
Eskelson, Mrs. Daisy Shively and
Mrs. E. R. Huston. Miss Anna
Wightman, Mrs. R. B. Ferguson
and Mrs. Spencer Crawford assist
ed about the rooms. Fifty ladies
extended their felicitations to Mrs.
Parker the younger, formerly Miss
Alberta Barry of Eustis, Florida.
ASK ROAD REPAIR,
A large delegation, of Boardman
residents Interviewed the county
court yesterday asking for repair
of the Boardman-Ione road on the
lower end. The road has reached a
sad state of disrepair, according to
reports. Among the Boardman
folks were G. C. Blayden, Rev. H.
B, Thomas, Joe Simonds, Jack Gor
ham, Mike Cassldy, Jim Howell,
Harry Jaynes and Frank Davis.
IONE
Br MARGARET BLAKE
Clarence McMurray of Mullen,
Idaho, who has been visting with
his mother, Mrs. Emily McMurray,
at her home in this city, departed
for his home Sunday morning. Mrs.
McMurray who has been quite ill
for the past month is much Im
proved.
A six pound son was horn to Mr
and Mrs. Edmund Bristow of Nam-
pa, Idaho last Friday.
Mrs. E. J. Bristow departed on
Friday for a visit with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
mund Bristow, at Nampa, Idaho.
Twenty-one members and four
visitors enjoyed the program of the
Women's Topic club which met at
the home of Mrs. Roy Feeley last
Saturday afternoon. The subject
for the meeting was the book, "Or
egon Geology," by Dr. Condon. It
was reviewed in a most Interesting
way by Mrs. Bert Mason, Mrs. Inez
Freeland and Mrs. Walter Corley.
At the close of the meeting refresh
ments were served by the hostesses,
Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Freeland, Mrs.
Corley and Mr. Feeley. The Feb
ruary social meeting of the club
will foe held at Masonic hall on the
evening of the 6th.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Rietmann
were hosts at a party at their home
Saturday evening. Court Whist'
was played at four tables. Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Blake won high
score. Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
David Rietmann, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
McuCrdy, Mr.- and Mrs. Kenneth
Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Riet
mann, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blake,
Mrs. Geo. E. Tucker, Miss Lucy
spittle and Ture Peterson.
Mrs. Geo. E. Tucker of Echo
spent the week end visiting friends
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morgan and
family have moved to one of the
Weatherford ranches on Rock creek
near Rock Creek station. Their
son Lloyd will remain here until
the end of school year to finish his
work in the local high school.
W. P. Fuller Special Offer 4-ft.
step ladder, reg. seller $1.50, and
can of Wall Paper Cleanser or bot
tle of Furniture Polish, reg price
45c ea., all for $1.35. Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., Heppner.
Both the Bret and second basket
ball strings of the high school
played at Boardman last Saturday
night The first string was defeat
ed by a score of 24 to 12 and the
second string was defeated by a
score of 22 to 5.
At a meeting of the O. E. S. So
cial club held at the home of Mrs.
Bert Mason on Tuesday afternoon
it was decided to have a benefit
card party at the Masonic hall on
Friday night, February 8. Both
pinochle and bridge tables will be
arranged. At the close of the party
the winning numbers on the quilt
made by the club will be drawn.
About sixty friends gathered at
the Cecil grange hall last Saturday
night to celebrate the birthday of
Miss Hattie Van Schoiack. Danc
ing and games were enjoyed and
refreshments were served at a late
hour. Miss Van Schoiack received
many lovely birthday gifts.
Nichoh Thompsen and family
have been enjoying a visit from a
brother of Mr. Thompsen, Rev.
Thompsen, who is a Congregational
minister who has held pastorates in
the middle west for many years.
During the past six months or more
he has been travelling in both Eu
rope and the United States, visiting
the members of his family. Rev.
Thompsen spoke at the Congrega
tional church last Sunday morning
and evening and will again fill the
pulpit at that church both morning
and evening next Sunday, Feb. 10.
A large crowd attended the plav.
"The Little Clodhopper," given by
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Heppner, an
A Land of
By P. F. WEHMEYER,
Local Forest Supervisor.
When a person steps into a new
community and comes Into contact
with the same old and extremely
numerous mud springs, bald
mountains and willow creeks, met
In every locality of the country, he
has to wonder at the lack of fore
sight In our pioneers In giving
names of such endless repetition,
and in some cases of outright ugli
ness. It would have seemed possi
ble that a few among the thousand
might have had Imagination en
ough to soar above such common
nomenclature. However, here we
are, on one of the numerous willow
creeks and Willow Creek It will
remain to the end of time.
That sounds like a long way
ahead, and brings musings on what
the future may hold. We know it
will be progress or retrogression as
that seems to be the fate of every
individual, farm, community or na
tion In the past
The progressive possibilities of
our little valley, which Is the heart
of the county, might be summed
up in various projects, but probably
the main one will be irrigation. Wil
low Creek and its tributaries may
well have 50,000 acres of land that
could be under canal or ditch If
sufficient water could be impound
ed to properly water this amount
of land. Fifty thousand acres farm
ed as it is done In some densely
populated sections of the world will
support at least two people to the
acre on the farm and an almost
equal number in towns and cities
In trade and manufacturing. This
is too high for our standards of
living, but it Is a possibility, never
COUNTY SHEEPMEN
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
Diseases,
Feed Crops, Predatory
Animals, Shearing Wages Up;
Officers Picked; Interest Good.
The 1935 meeting of the Morrow
County Lamb and Wool Growers as
sociation was held at the Elks tem
ple on January 31, with the follow
ing men being elected as officers for
the ensuing year: R. I. Thompson,
president; H. A. Cohn, vice-president;
Joseph Belanger, secretary,
and Frank Wilkinson, William
Hynd and Bill Kilkenny, directors.
Dr. J. N. Shaw, veterinary at Cor
vallis, talked on the subject of
sheep diseases. Dr. Shaw went in
to some detail on the common dis
eases of sheep, emphasizing that
more is known about our common
sheep diseases than is ordinarily
supposed but that a great deal more
Is still to be learned.
Stiffness of lambs which many
sneepmen consider is a particular
disease can be split up into five dis
tlnct divisions according to the
causative agent, Dr. Shaw said,
i,amD aisentery which in some
areas causes very great damage in
eastern Oregon is a disease about
which we still need considerable
information. This disease has been
worked on in Montana and other
states and has received some at
tention in Oregon.
Following Dr. Shaw's talk there
was considerable discussion of the
disease question and the need was
expressed for more experimental
work on sheep disease In eastern
Oregon.
E. R. Jackman, extension spec
ialist in crops, gave a lantern slide
talk on forage plants and their
adaptation to range conditions in
this section. Crested wheat grass,
Mr. Jackman said, has proved it
self time and again to foe thorough
ly adapted to our range conditions.
Mr. Jackman had several lantern
slides which showed clearly what
crested wheat grass has done in
grass nurseries. The greatest need
now, he emphasized, is to establish
crested wheat grass seeding on our
range lands. Several sheepmen in
the county this coming year in co
operation with the county agent's
office will sow crested wheat grass
trials which will aim to show the
most feasible method for establish
ing this grass on land that is too
steep or rough to be cultivated.
In recommending crested wheat
grass as a forage plant which should
receive most consideration for re-
seedlng range lands, Mr. Jackman
went into some detail as to the
rooting habits of our common range
grasses. Our native bunch grass
stores a large quantity of plant
food in the roots. In the spring
this plant food becomes available
for re-growth. Not until the new
growth obtains the height of six
inches, says Mr. Jackman, does the
plant begin to manufacture food to
eplenish this store in the roots.
The practical application of this
situation is that in case native
bunch grass is consistently grazed
iiT before this height of six inches
is obtained, the store of food in the
roots will become exhausted and the
plant will die of what amounts to
starvation. Allowing this grass to
seed as often as once In three years
will allow it to maintain itself.
Concerning alfalfa, Mr. Jackman
encouraged the increase of Ladak
alfalfa to replace some of our
fields which have been In common
or grimm. Ladak alfalfa is par
ticularly adaptable to fields where
early spring irrigation Is all the ar
tificial water which is available.
Ladak yields a very heavy first crop
no a lair second crop, Mr. Jack-
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Oasis in
Sand Dunes
theless. We read where statisti
cians point to the fact that the
population of the country is almost
stationary and will probably al
ways maintain Itself at approxim
ately a hundred and fifty million.
In other words that America has
reached that stage of mental, mor
al and physical decay that has
brought a standstill to our devel
opment. Not many years back we
had statisticians, orators, prophets
and others that pointed to the fact
that the land west of the Mississip
pi was a stinking desert and more
apt to be a handicap to the new
nation than an asset In Its develop
ment and future. But we are talk
ing about Willow Creek and wheth
er fifty thousand acres could be ir
rigated. That is a problem that
engineers will sometime settle. We
have approximately 25,000 acres of
forested land tributary to Its head
and at elevations that Insure al
most double the precipitation of
the lowlands now being cultivated.
A goodly part of this water runs
to waste at times when it does no
one any good. If we could have
the bottoms in gardens, orchards
and vineyards; the leveler uplands
In grain; the waste land and foot
hills in herds of cattle and flocks
of sheep, the future could be ex
tremely prosperous and well as
sured Then we can visualize the possi
bilities of still another future as we
look around and see1 our wheat land
on Its way to the Columbia, our
grass land trampled out by over
grazing and there remains only the
timber man to gut the heads of the
streams of their forests, burn the
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Local Club Complimented
by Ed Shea, Interna
tional Director.
TO JOIN B. P. W. CLUB
Dinner With Ladies Set March 18;
Two One-Act Plays and Min
strel to bo Presented Soon.
Signal recognition was given the
Heppner Lions club Monday when
it received an i invitation through
Ed Shea, director of Lions Interna
tional, to conduct a model luncheon
at the state convention to be held
at The Dalles early in June. Mr.
Shea visited the local club while in
the city on business, though he rep
resented Ted Glllenwaters of Klam
ath Falls, district governor, who so
far has been unable to make an of
ficial visit here.
Mr. Shea, ex-district governor for
Oregon, was named . one of the
twelve directors of Lions Interna
tional at the international conven
tion last year, bringing this distinc
tion to Oregon for the first time. In
a spirited talk on Lionism, he out
lined the steps necessary to be rais
ed to president of the organization
which is impossible to accomplish
in less than ten years. He com
mended the Heppner club for the
showing it has made in the face of
adverse conditions. Commenting
on the good reports he had heard
of the manner in which the city en
tertained the resent Oregon Wool
Growers convention, he said he be
lieved Heppner capable of enter
taining the state Lions convention
and hoped it would make a bid for
this meeting at some future time.
The Lions club will join the Bus
iness and Professional Womens
club at an evening dinner on Mon
day, March 18, through vote of ac
ceptance of the invitation of Miss
Evelyn Humphreys, B. P. W. presi
dent, extended at the meeting. Earl
Eskelson, Chas. B. Cox and Spen
cer Crawford were named by C. J.
D. Bauman, president as the coop
erating committer.
.flans were announced by Edward
F. Bloom and Dr R. C. Lawrence,
committee in chi.fge, for the stag
ing of a Lions entertainment In the
near future, to consist of two one-
act plays and a minstrel. Work of
lining up the personnel was already
under way, they said, but the date
of presentation will not be an
nounced until later.
Miss Jessie French pleased the
group by singing two solos, accom
panied by Miss Shirlee Brownson.
high school music director.
Court Makes Settlement
On lone Bank Account
Morrow county was recomnensed
$5OQ0 for the $6849 loss sustained in
the failure of the Bank of lone,
when the county court Friday ac
ceded to the proposed settlement of
Metropolitan Casualty company,
sureties of L. W. Briggs, county
treasurer. Action to recover from
the treasurer's bondsmen was in
stituted on the presumption that
the bonding company was liable for
the treasurer's failure to have these
funds properly protected.
Members of the court accepted
the bonding company's proposed
settlement as quite fair in light of
the showing, preferring the cash
settlement to expensive court pro
ceduce which might be required to
recover the full amount The mat
ter had hung fire since the bank
closed eight years ago.
GRANGE COUNCIL MEETS.
Pomona grange council at Irir-
gon last Saturday was called to or
der at 1:30 p. m. by Mrs. Mary Lun
dell, vice-chairman. Council offi
cers for the year were named as
follows: Don Rutledge, Irrigon,
president; Laura Rice, Lexington,
vice-president, and Mrs. A. C.
Houghton, Irrigon, secretary. Jo
seph Belanger, county agent, gave
a splendid talk on various agricul-
tuai subjects. Group discussions
were held by officers of council and
grange officers. A gasoline and oil
co-op will be the main subject for
discussion at Pomona eranee in
Lexington, April 6. The different
group chairmen gave reports of
plans of projects for future work.
Recreational games were indulged
in by all before the closing of the
meeting.
JOHN E. JOHNSON PASSES.
Report has been received in
Heppner of the death of John E.
Johnson, pioneer Morrow county
carpenter and prospector, at Tulle
Lake, Calif. Exact date of death
was not given, but It was ten days
ur two weeKs ago. Mr. Johnson is
survived by four sons and four
daughters who formerly lived in
Heppner but all of whom now re
side elsewhere.
TO PLAY PENDLETON.
Heppner high's "Fiehtlnor Irish"
basketeers will be seen In action
on the local court tomorrow eve
ning against the strong Pendleton
high school team. The Irish played
Helix a hot 23-19 game last Satur
day evening, and though coming
out on the short end they displayed
improvement and should give Pen
dleton plenty of trouble. The team
Is deserving of good support
ASK
LIS TO
MODEL LUNCHEON
COUNTY C0RN-H0G
MEET TOMORROW
Opportunity to Sign New Contracts
to be Given; All Producers
Eligible; Benefits Cited.
The 1935 corn-hog adjustment
program will be presented to com
munity committeemen of Morrow
county as well as the growers them
selves in a combined county meet
ing to be held Friday, February 8th,
announces County Agent Joseph
Belanger, who, with other members
of the county committee recently
attended a district conference on
the new program.
The meeting will start at 10:00
o'clock in the court house, with the
forenoon program devoted to a
conference of community commit
teemen. Starting at 1:00 o'clock in
the afternoon, all growers are in
vited to be present hear changes
in the new contracts explained, and
sign, up their applications, if they
care to join in the program again,
and elect committeemen.
As there were only 85 contracts
in thi3 county last year, the single
combination meeting for the entire
county is being substituted for the
j series of community meetings used
in the larger hog producing coun
ties. The 1935 contracts really repre
sent a "controlled expansion" pro
gram, says County Agent Belanger,
as a 15 per cent higher production
is allowed under the plan than was
the case last year. The contracts
have been considerably simplified
and a number of the changes are
expected to prove more popular
with local growers than were last
year's provisions.
' Practically all producers of corn
hogs, whether or not they took part
in the 1934 program are eligible to
sign a 1935 adjustment contract. The
new program, like the old, will be
largey in the hands of local farm
ers with the community committees
and country control associations to
be organized by the contract sign
ers. All producers who sign appli
cations Tor a contract are entitled
to one vote each.
There will be no "contracted
acres" under the new plan for those
who have heretofore grown corn as
well as hogs. Instead, acreage left
out of corn may be used for any
other purpose the grower may see
nt. Also, there is no limitation on
the total area in the farm that may
be devoted to cultivated crops or on
the number or kind of livestock
kept aside from hogs. Contract
signers this year may purchase and
grow out any number of feeder
pigs as long as these are purchased
from other contract signers.
Benefit payments on hogs this
year remain at the same rate if fig
ured on the basis of the required
adjustment. In other words, a
grower will receive $15 per head
on the 10 per cent that he is re
quired to reduce below his base,
rather than $5 per head on all he
was allowed to raise last year. As
explained before, however, he will
be permitted to raise up to 90 per
cent of his base, rather than only
75 per cent
Benefit payments on corn have
been raised from 30c to 35c a bush
el, to be paid on the acreage left out,
of corn, which must be not less than
per cent or more than 30 per cent
below the base acreage in corn.
Those in charge of the campaign
In Oregon expect the program this
year to be carried out speedily and
with little of the confusion attend
ant on the first effort The 1934)
contract signers who are on the
same land will have little difficulty
in renewing the contracts, and these
will be expedited through the state
board of review.
Personnel of the review board this
year is M. E. Dodd, Baker, chair
man; C. J. Borum, new sate statis
tician, Portland, and William L.
Teutsch, Corvallis, representing the
extension service.
The reason the corn-hog program
is being conducted despite the pres
ent shortage of corn and the rising
price of hogs Is that past experience
has always shown that an undue
expansion follows a severe drouth.
It is estimated, for example, that
350 to 400 million bushels less corn
will be required for feed in the next
year than is normally the case in
view of the smaller livestock popu
lation. Unless expansion of corn
acreage in the country as a whole
Is controlled, disaster to the live
stock market will later result, na
tional officials believe.
LADIES ADD MEETS.
The Ladies Aid society of the
Methodist church met at the par
sonage yesterday afternoon with
Mrs. Briggs presiding. Nine new
members were added. Mrs. Briggs
and Mrs. Adkins served refresh
ments. Attending were Mrs. Alex
Green, Mr3. Henry Taylor, Mrs.
Sam Shannon, Mrs. Izora Vance,
Mrs. Mattie Adkins, Mrs. Arthur
Parker, Mrs. Lillie Aiken, Mrs. Nel
son Bailey, Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. Wal
ter McGhee, Mrs. Willis McCarty,
Mrs. Chris Brown, Mrs. Albert Ad
kins, Mrs. S. E. Notson, Mrs. Osmin
Hager, Mrs. Joseph Pope, Mrs.
James Cash, Mrs. Ruth Stevens,
Mrs. Rebecca Patterson.
BRIDAL SHOWER HELD.
The community bridal shower
given for Vera Lubbes at the home
of Mrs. Mary Messenger at Board
man is reported to have been well
attended. There were fifty women
and girls present. Many beautiful
and useful gifts were received. The
color scheme of light green and pink
decorations was carried out In both
the house and refreshments. Fruit
salad, cake and coffee were served.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH NICHOLS
Lexington grange will meet at
Leach hall on Saturday evening,
February . A matter of import
ance to all members will be dis
cussed, so all who can are urged
to be present The business meet
ing will begin promptly at 7:30 and
a short program will be given dur
ing the lecture hour.
The Jackson Implement company
wnicn was recently named distrib
utors of International Harvester
products for Morrow, Grant and
Gilliam counties, sponsored a diesel
tractor school at the Nordyke gar
age in this city Saturday. Lunch
was served at noon to over two
hundred farmers who attended
from this and surrounding commu
nities. On Monday Mr. Jackson
went to Condon to participate In
the same kind of an affair there,
The Lexington Home Economics
club will meet at the' home of Mrs.
Marion Palmer on Thursday after
noon, February 14, instead of on
ebruary 7 as announced last week.
The carnival and dance which
was given in the high school gym
nasium Saturday night by the P. T,
A., student body, teachers and Bov
scouts was a grand success. The
proceeds are to be used to purchase
equipment needed in the school.
Those in charge are very grateful
to ail wno assisted and thus helped
to make the affair a success.
Subjects to be discussed at the
adult classes next week are as fol
lows: Monday, February 11, 7:30
p. m., Insurance, and spelling;
Thursday, February 14, 7:30 p. m.,
"Are Youth Movements a Menace?"
and arithmetic. For Friday, Feb
ruary 15, 2 p. m., the subject for
discussion will be "Is My Child Re
ligious?" and the work taken up
will be box loom weaving. A dia
logue, "The Ups and Downs of
Food Prices" will also be presented.
The grange play, "A Wood Vio
let," will be presented in the high
school auditorium on Thursday eve
ning, February 21.
The P. T. A executive committee
held a meeting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Campbell on Tues
day evening. The program com
mittee is planning an interesting
program for the next P. T. A. meet
ing which will be on Wednesday af
ternoon, February 27. This Is to be
In honor of Founders' Day.
A pleasant surprise party was
given at the Congregational church
Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Archie
Padberg. About fifty ladies were
present
Park Carmichael was thrown
from a horse Friday morning and
received a dislocated shoulder.
.W D. Campbell, George Peck, T.
u. jaarnett, Harry Schriever and L.
A. Palmer were in Pendleton Wed
nesday on business connected with
the FERA.
Mrs. Blanche Jones, who has been
visiting at the home of her brother,
narry jjinges, returned to her home
in Portland Friday evening. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Binges
and son Danny. Danny returned
to his home here Sunday but Mrs.
Dinges remained In Portland.
Judge and Mrs. W. T. Campbell
of Heppner were visitors in this
city Thursday afternoon. They were
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ARE YOU A FORMER
TEACHER?
All people, both men and women,
who taught school in Morrow coun
ty 25 years or more ago are asked
to convey the information to Mrs.
Lucy E. Rodgers, county school su
perintendent, not later than March
first. The information should in
clude when they taught, in what
district, and in the case of women
the name by which they taught
Response from all such former tea
chers will foe appreciated, Mrs.
Rodgers said.
BASKETBALL MEET SET.
The committee in charge of the
sub-district basketball tournament
for Gilliam and Morrow counties
will meet at Arlington this evening,
when final decision will be made of
the places for staging the sub-district
and district tournaments. Ed
ward F. Bloom will represent Hepp
ner at the meeting.
FINANCES IMPROVE.
Call for warrants of school dis
trict No. 1, appearing in this Issue,
brings the called . warrants up to
and including warrant No. 3132, Is
sued late in December, 1932, or
within 13 months and 20 days of
date, and cutting the warrant in
debtedness to the lowest point since
the peak.
DINNER PARTY ENJOYED.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Turner were
hosts at their home Tuesday eve
ning to a dinner party honoring lo
cal Masonic officers and their wives.
lhe guests included Marvin R.
Wightman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Beach, Mr. and Mrs. W. Vawter
Parker and Mr. and Mrs. SDencer
Crawford.
CAMP FIRE GIRLS MEET.
The Camp Fire girls met last
evening in their new room at the
school building. Plans for furnish
ing the room were laid. They de
cided old furniture could be used.
and extended a welcome for such
articles as anyone might wish to
donate. Camp Fire songs were
sung.
NOTICE TO ALL DOG OWNERS.
.Notice is hereby given that all
dogs over the age of nine months
must be licensed. The fee ia S1.00
for males and $2.00 for females. If
not paid before March 1st the fee
Is doubled. Failure to get a license
is punishable by a fine of $10.00
4S-0U C. J. D. BAUMAN.
Sheriff of Morrow County, Oregon.
WATERSHED SAFETY
T BY
Memorialize Congress to
Protect Source of
Willow Creek.
LAND UP FOR SALE
Bank Holdings Include Two Town
ships; Audit, Ordinance, Im
provement Projects Up.
Security for the watershed of
Willow creek valley is the Intention
of a memorial to congress passed
by the city council Monday evening,
in response to assertions of F. F.
Wehmeyer, local forest supervisor.
and J. L. Gault receiver for First
National Bank of Heppner, that
such security ia threatened by im
pending sale of two townships of
timberland lying in the heart of this
watershed.
The land, carried amoncr assets
of the bank, must be sold in course
of liquidation within the next year,
Mr. Gault said. Both he and Mr.
Wehmeyer believed that if the land
were acquired by private timber
interests there would be danger of
ruthless ransacking of timber and
molestation of soil which, would re
sult in destruction of this valuable
watershed.
Maps were produced showing that
nearly all the small tributaries com
prising the source of Willow creek
arise within the affected area which
contributes largely not only to
Heppner's water supply but to the
supply of irrigation water for the
entire Willow creek valley.
City Purchase Proposed.
Mr. Gault and Mr. Wehmever
both proposed that steps be taken
with representatives of the district
in congress to acquire the area for
the city of Heppner, or in lieu there
of .to have it thrown in with the
Umatilla National forest whose pol
icies or management would Insure
preservation of the watershed. It
was believed sufficient merchantable
timber could be disposed of to make
the purchase a good investment for
the city if it Is possible to buy it
on a long-ume amortization plan.
-air. viauit cited figures from a
cruise made by the bank in 19U
which showed the area to contain
some 72,000,000 board feet of mer
chantable timber, of which 24,000,
000 is pondosa pine for which there
appears to be a good demand.
The matter was briefly discussed
with Congressman Pierce on his
last visit here by Mr. Gault, Dr. A.
D. McMurdo, councilman, and C
B. Cox, postmaster, who reported
that Mr. Pierce was favorably im
pressed. The congressman was
quoted as saying he believed no dif
ficulty would be had in obtaining
the support of Senator Steiwer.
Mr. Wehmeyer cited the value of
the area as a watershed, saying;
that the ordinary forest retains
two-thirds of the amount of precip
itation falling upon it
The council's memorial is ex
pected to result in a plan whereby
the area may be acquired by the
city, or otherwise protected as a
watershed as well as flood prevent
ative. Amend Water Bate,
An amendment to city water rates
proposed by W. E. Pruyn, water
master, was endorsed by the coun
cil to eliminate an overcharge fea
ture before existing. As the rates
were before, a minimum of $1.50
Was charged covering the first 2000
gallons, and 50 cents for the next
1000 gallons or fraction thereof. In
lieu of the 50-cent rate for the
third 1000 gallons or fraction there
of, the amendment calls for a
charge of 5 cents a hundred gallons
or fraction thereof up to the fourth
1000.
In the past a person using 2100
gallons of water had to pay $2. Un
der the new rate, use of the same
amount calls for payment of $1.55.
The rate of 15 cents a 1000 after the
first 3000 gallons is still effective.
Final passage was given the or
dinance granting the county court
a franchise for right of way across
uumore street for the tiD line
from the county well to reservoir on
the hill. In return for such fran
chise the court has agreed to sup
ply me city with excess water from
the well In case of emergency.
On request of the water-master.
council ordered audit of the books
of the water department and in
cluded also other books of the city,
none of which have been audited in
the last four years. Mr. Pruyn ex
plained that he desired the audit
for his own protection as well a to
let the people know whether the
books of his department were be
ing properly handled.
Talk Swimming Tank.
Dean T. Goodman, chairman of
Sheepskin Scrip trustees, appeared
before the council to ascertain the
attitude of that body in assuming
management or a swimming tank,
if and when such Is constructed.
He explained that one of the nro.
jects for civic Improvement coming
up ior expenaiture or scrip funds
is me construction of a swimming
tank, and that such a project would
not be feasible unless some respon
sible organization took over th
management after construction.
The project before the trustees calls
tor construction of a tank behind
the courthouse to be supplied with
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