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HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 1935
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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WOULD CELEBRATE
ROAD ON LABOR DAY
Fete Honoring Completion
Heppner-Spray Route
Contemplated.
WPA SET-UP CITED
3. O. Turner Gives Insight Into
New Work Relief Move Before
Lions; Officers Meet Told.
Labor Day, Monday, September
2, has been temporarily proposed
as the date for celebrating comple
tion of the Heppner-Spray road,
when Morrow, Grant and Wheeler
county people are expected to meet
at a suitable spot In the moun
tains along the road in an all-day
picnic, announced S. E. Notson be
fore the Lions Monday luncheon.
Plans for the event are being for
mulated, and will be announced in
the near future. This date seems
advisable, Mr. Notson said, as the
state highway commission is plan
ning to be in Pendleton the week
end before and it is probable that
all the members can be prevailed
upon to attend the celebration.
J. O. Turner, retiring chairman
of the Morrow county relief, gave
a short resume of the new WPA
set-up, expected to supercede fed
eral and state direct relief work
carried on in the past. WPA will
get under way in Oregon Septem
ber 1, Mr. Turner said it is ex
pected. Under WPA an apportionment of
$675 is set as the amount to be ex
pended per person employed for the
year, with the difference between al
lotted wages and the total per per
son amount to be available for pur
chase of materials on any project.
For instance, a common laborer is
permitted to earn $40 a month
working 30 hours a week, making
a total for the year of $480. For
each common laborer employed,
then, $195 will be available for ma
terials. The WPA for this district will be
administered from the Pendleton
reemployment office, he said, and
Roscoe Neal, district engineer, was
in Heppner several days last week
Investigating projects which may
be undertaken here.
All employables now on relief
rolls are expected to be put to work
under WPA, and unemployables,
those physically incapacitated, will
revert to the counties for care. An
additional burden for the counties
was thus forseen, but in order to
see the counties through, SERA,
the state relief organization, has
promised funds to meet the need
after the regularly budgeted
amount in any county has been de
pleted, he said.
Earl W. Gordon gave a report of
the Junket to John Day the Tues
day previous when Heppner folks
received $100 for the staging of a
Grant County derby on Friday,
August '23, the second day of the
Rodeo. The $100, contributed by
John Day business men, was pre
sented at a banquet, with much
display of warm friendship evoked
by folk, of each town. Mr. Gordon
praised the hospitality of the neigh
boring Grant county people, and
said he had the feeling that the
friendship was genuine, and one
which should be cherished.
S. E. Notson gave a short report
of attendance in company with C.
J. D. Bauman, sheriff, of the meet
ing of Northwest Association of
Sheriffs and Police held recently In
Seattle. This association, in which
he held office for several years, hav
ing acted as vice-president, Mr.
Notson attributed as being a pion
eer in crime conference work from
which ' J. Edgar Hoover, chief of
the federal intelligence service, cop
led the Idea for his nation-wide
crime conference at Washington
last year.
Mr. Notson cited instances of
how the association has fostered
cooperation between Canadian and
United States enforcement officers
which has tended to speed the
wheels of justice.
Many noted speakers addressed
the conference, he said, but most
of the work was carried on behind
closed doors and the proceedings
not made public because It was
deemed that the Information dis
closed would be of aid to the ene
mies of society whom It is the pur
pose of the organization to combat.
Chief Harry Niles of the Portland
police, who was loaned to the fed
eral government to assist In install
ing the government's finger-print
system, was elected president of
the association for the ensuing
year.
Dr. A. R. Roberts of Seward,
Alaska, and H. E. Warner of Lex
ington were club guests for the
day.
CALL FOR BIDS.
School District No. 23, Morrow
County, Oregon, will receive bids
from the taxpayers of the district,
for school bus driver for the com
ing year; driver to furnish bus for
about eight children. Bids to be
opened August 20, 1935. Board re
serves right to reject any or all
bids.
Mrs. Chas. A. Marquardt, Clerk.
Box 91, Lexington, Oregon.
Seed Wheat for Sale Good, clean
Arco. B. F. Swaggart ranch, Lex
ington, 23tf.
HALL DEDICATION
SET FOR SATURDAY
State Master GUI to Officiate Over
Ceremonies at Lexington;
To Lay Cornerstone.
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
The new Lexington grange hall
will be dedicated on Saturday af
ternoon at two thirty. Ray W.
Gill, master of the Oregon State
grange, will be present and will
have charge of the dedication, as
sisted by the officers of this grange.
The cornerstone will be sealed at
this time. In It will be placed a
list of the charter members of the
grange, a list of the first officers
and of the present officers, a copy
of the minutes of the first meeting
of the grange, a copy of the min
utes of the meeting at which the
grange decided to build a hall, a
,copy of the current issue of The
Oregon Grange Bulletin, The Na
tional Grange Monthly and the
Heppner Gazette Times, and any
article which any grange member
wishes to place therein. A program
of music and other entertaining
numbers will precede the dedica
tion. Mrs. R. B. Rice entertained a
number of friends on Sunday af
ternoon, the occasion being Mr.
Rice's birthday. Ice cream and
cake were served during the after
noon. Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Saling, Mr. and Mrs.
George White, Mr. and Mrs. Emil
Swanson, A. E. Johnson and moth
er and sister, Miss Olga, Henry
Rauch, Mrs. Edward Rice and Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Rice.
Mrs. Raymond Jeub and son who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
E. Gentry, returned to their home
at Coquille last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jackson and
family are enjoying a week's va
cation at Lehman springs.
Miss Lorraine McLaughlin of Ta-
coma is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Edward Rice.
Joel R. Benton preached at the
Christian church Sunday.
Paul Smouse and Sam McMillan
have gone to Thornton, Wash., to
help in the harvest at the Dwlght
Misner ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Miller and
family spent the week end with rel
atives in Fossil.
Mrs. Harry Duvall is in Portland
where she is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Wiickersham.
Miss Harriet Pointer of Salem is
spending the week at the home of
her uncle, Orville Cutsforth.
Mrs. Edward Rice spent the week
end with her aunt, Mrs. Catherine
Poherty at her home on Black
Horse.
Miss Neva Warner who has beer
working in Corvallis is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. War
ner. Mrs. Lester White has returned
from Portland where she recently
completed a six weeks' course at
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Big Cutting Logs Headed
Out Over Spray Road
Cutting started yesterday on an
order of 7,000,000 feet of Ponderosa
pine logs to be hauled into Hepp
ner over the Heppner-Spray road,
it was announced yesterday by
representative of the company sup
plying the order. The logs will be
shipped by rail from here to The
Dalles for making boxes for Libby,
McNeill & Libby, large cannery
concern.
This is the first indication of ma
jor timber cutting brought about
by completion of the Heppner-Spray
road, though several large timber
deals are in the air, according to
reports.
EDWIN ANDERSON.
Funeral services for Edwin An
derson, 59, who passed away at The
Dalles hospital last Friday after
noon, were held from Gooseberry
Swedish Lutheran church Sunday
afternoon, Joel R. Benton officiat
ing. Mrs. Doris Gaily and Mrs.
Fern Turner sang, accompanied by
Mrs. Virginia Amorelli. Many
friends of the famly attended and
floral tributes were profuse. In
terment . was in the Gooseberry
community cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was born near St
Marys, Kansas, and moved to Ore
gon In 1883. He lived for a time In
Morrow county before removing to
Wallowa county where he resided
thirty years and followed stock
raising. He was unmarried. Sur
viving relatives are the sister, Mrs.
Martin Johnson, Columbia, Mo.;
and brothers, Chas. Anderson, lone;
Howard Anderson and Alfred An
derson, The Dalles, and B. O. An
derson, Eight Mile.
ON BOARD NEVADA.
Paul J. Doherty, son of Cather
ine Doherty of Heppner, who was
enlisted in the U. S. Marine corps
at Portland, has completed his train
ing at the Marine Corps Base at
San Diego, Calif., and transferred
to the Marine detachment on board
the USS Nevada for duty. Doher
ty qualified as a rifle sharpshooter,
pistol marksman and a bayonet ex
pert which qualifications entitle
him to extra pay.
CORRECTION.
In the' article oh page 2, headed
"New Wheat Plan Ready; Davis
Urges Big Signup," an error oc
curred in the reduction of acreage
to be asked for. Instead of 20 per
cent, as stated in the first line of
the third paragraph, the amount of
reduction should read 15 per cent.
Local Red Cross Chapter
To Give Christmas Bags
Christmas bags for the men of
the army, navy and marine corps
11) In hospitals abroad and stationed
on the most remote posts are to be
sent this year from the Morrow
County Red Cross chapter.
Brightly colored chintz or cre
tonne bags, 10 by 12 inches, pulled
together at the top with two draw
strings will be made by some or
ganizations to be contacted. These
will contain playing cards, pocket
diary, a housewife and writing pa
per, preferably in box form so as
to protect the edges.
For the optional gifts pocket
knife, tobacco pouch, cigarette case,
pipe, puzzle, key ring with fasten
er, mechanical pencil, handkerchief,
wash cloth, tooth brush, tooth paste,
shaving cream, small comb in case.
The various organizations in town
will be notified of their part in this
very worthy cause and It is hoped
complete cooperation will be given.
Articles may be turned over to
Frances Case, secretary, or Jose
phine Mahoney, chairman, of the
Morrow County Red Cross. They
will then be wrapped and tied in
festive Christmas trappings.
These are to reach the San Fran
cisco office before September 1.
I0NE
By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
Miss Minnie Normoyle has been
elected to teach the third and
fourth grades in the Athena school
during the coming school year. Miss
Normoyle taught the Gooseberry
school last year. Her school will
begin on Sept. 3.
Mrs. Elmo McMillan and Mrs.
Garland Swanson returned Tues
day from a week's visit in Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell McMillan
were calling in lone on Monday.
Mr. McMillan who Is a brother-in-law
of Mrs. Elmo McMillan will
teach in San Francisco next year.
Frank Engelman who has been
quite ill at his home is recovering
slowly.
Mrs. Dixon Smith had as her
guests from Sunday to Wednesday
her sister, Mrs. Harry Phillips anu
children, Betty and Roderick, of
Portland. Roderick placed first in
his division in the recent soap box
derby In that city.
The Women's Topic club held its
August study meeting at the home
of Mrs. C. W. Swanson last Satur
day afternoon. Fourteen members
and one guest were present The
afternoon was spent with a review
of the magazine, 'The Readers Di
gest," by Mra Elmer Griffith, Mrs.
Bert Mason and Mrs. Carl Feldman.
Refreshments were served.
Earl Blake departed Saturday for
Thornton, Wash., where he will
work in harvest. He was accom
panied by Paul Smouse and Sam
McMillan of Lexington who will
also work there and by Clarence
Linn who will work near Colfax.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorr Mason re
turned on Sunday from Portland
where they have spent several
months.
Miss Margaret McDevitt has re
turned from Eugene where she at
tended special art work classes dur
ing the summer session. Miss Mc
Devitt is an art teacher In the Bend
schools.
Miss Guyla Cason and Bobby
Cason of Arlington arrived Friday
for a visit at the ranch of Mrs.'
Lana Padberg.
Mrs. Louis Bergevin was called
to Haines Saturday by the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs. J. C.
King. Mr. Bergevin took her and
their daughter Betty over, return
ing home on Monday. He received
word Tuesday morning that Mrs.
King had passed away. Mrs. King
was a native of Scotland.
Dr. L. A. Taylor of The Dalles
state cattle inspector, was in town
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Logan of
Texas arrived Saturday afternoon
to visit Mr. Logan's uncle, Ralph
Harris. They found Mr. and Mrs.
Harris gone on a vacation and be
ing unable to wait their return left
for Portland Monday morning. On
Sunday they visited Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Carter of Pendleton. Mr.
Carter is also a nephew of Mr. Har
ris. The Logans have been on an
extended vacation. They came here
from Canada and were to visit in
the Willamette valley and at Cali
fornia points, including the fair in
San Diego, before returning to their
home in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson and
Bert Johnson with his mother and
sister drove to the R. B. Rice farm
Sunday afternoon where they en
Joyed the birthday party planned
for Mr. Rice by his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Koehring and
family and Mrs. Elsie Combe who
have been visiting at the P. G. Bal
siger home departed for their homes
in Indiana and Illinois Monday
morning. They expected to go by
way of Yellowstone park.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Cotter and
Miss Mary Cotter who is visiting
them spent last week in the moun
tains picking huckleberries. Oth
ers who spent Sunday In the moun
tains with a view to future huckle
berry pies were Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lun
dell and Mr. and Mrs. Clel Rea.
Miss Maxlne McCurdy accompan
ied the other Rodeo queen candi
dates to Pendleton Tuesday.
Funeral services for Edwin An
derson were held at the Gooseberry
Lutheran church Sunday afternoon,
August 4, J. R. Benton of Heppner
conducting the service. Mr. Ander
son was born In Kansas September
23, 1875. He came to Morrow coun
ty with his parents as a young man
and lived here until about thl rty
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PARKING STRIPS
SLATEDF0R MAIN
Council Acts to Make
Space Available for
More Cars.
GIVE RODEO PRIZE
Danger Signs Ordered for Heppner
Hill Road; To Investigate Fire
Hazards; New Siphon In.
More and better parking on Main
street is the objective of the city
council who, Monday evening, or
dered the painting of parking strips
on both sides of the street for two
blocks from the First National
bank corner north to Standard Ser
vice stations corner. In addition
the watermaster was authorized to
investigate the feasibility of mov
ing the fire hydrant from In front
of the M. D. Clark store, the situa
tion of which In the middle of the
block now usurps needed parking
space.
Poorly regulated parking condi
tions in the past have prevented
utilizing the available space to the
best advantage, it was cited. Many
times when the city is congested
with automobiles, many cars are
denied parking space bacause of
the Irregular manner in which cars
are parked.
The painted strips will guide peo
ple in parking their cars in an or
derly manner, so that all space will
be well utilized and the maximum
number of cars will find accommo
dation. In announcing the improve
ment the council requests that ev
eryone be guided by the painted
marks In parking.
Lending its support to the com
ing Rodeo, the council voted $15
as prize money for the best four
horse team entered in Saturday's
Parade of the Old West.
On report of the streets and pub
lic property committee which in
vestigated the approach of the
Heppner hill road into north Hepp
ner, it was ordered that danger
signs be placed at the rock bluff
where the road is narrow and
curved, to warn those traveling the
road of the dangerous condition.
The watermas? chief of po
lice were ordered ito Investigate fire
hazards over the city, and to take
steps necessary to eliminate same.
Work of installing the siphon in
the first artesian well at the city
water source was reported as pro
gressing well and the siphon was
expected to be in operation by Tues
day evening.
Blanks Now Available
For Fall Seed Loans
Blanks for making applications
for fall seed loans have arrived at
the office of Joseph Belanger, coun
ty agent who urges that those in
tending to make application do so
immediately in order that loans
may be completed by the time the
seed is needed.
Loans are available not to exceed
$1 per acre, or a maximum of $500
for any one loan. In case of a
present loan outstanding, the total
or the old and new loan may not
exceed $500. Mr. Davis, repre
senting the loan set-up in this dis
trict, was in the city this morning.
and announced that the government
is ready to help all those needing
the loan who have complied with
the conditions by having their
summerfallow in clean condition.
$1300 1935 Hog Allotment
Given Farmers This Week
The first payment on the 1935
hog contracts, amounting to $1300,
was disbursed from the county ag
ent's office this week. While the
money was delayed considerably
more than the expected time, It
was welcomely received.
Contracts on the wheat allotment
have been completed for several
weeks, being among the first to be
returned to Corvallis, and Joseph
Belanger, county agent, is hopeful
that returns on these will be sooner
in coming than was the case for
the hog contracts.
INHUMANITY INVESTIGATED.
An operative of the state humane
society from Baker visited the
county Tuesday to Investigate a
report of Inhumanity to a rattle
snake at Lexington. The rattler
was said to be held In captivity
without sustenance, thereby caus
ing starvation. On Investigation
It was found the rattler had rattled
his last. After attempting to feed
the snake dead mice, which it
scorned, live mice were offered.
The live mice fought the rattler off,
and milk was attempted to be giv
en the snake through a tube. This
manner of feeding did not take, so
the snake's captors had decided
that annihilation was the only
course.
EXAMINER COMING 10TII.
C. M. Bentley, examiner of oper
ators and chauffeurs from the office
of Earl W. Snell, secretary of state,
will be at the court house In Hepp
ner Saturday, August 10, between
the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
All those wishing permits or licen
ses to drive cars are asked to get
In touch with Mr. Bentley at that
time.
Close Vote Recorded at
Fourth of Queen Dances
Miss Ilene Kenny, the Lexington
grange candidate, gained still fur
ther In her lead in the race for
queen of the 1935 P.odeo, after
check was made of the votes cast
at the Lena grange dance here Sat
urday night. Lena's was the fourth
in the series of six dances at which
voting is conducted, the fifth to be
at Lexington next Saturday night
and the grand finale at Heppner in
two weeks. Kaufman's orchestra of
Pendleton who proved so popular
at the kick-off dance, will play
again for the wind-up dance.
Though Miss Camille Stanley, the
Lena candidate placed third in Sat
urday's voting, she closely contest
ed the leaders. The vote was Miss
Kenny 5800, Miss Aileen Farley of
Willows 4600, Miss Stanley 4500,
and Miss Maxine McCurdy of Rhea
Creek 2900.
The total vote now stands, Miss
Kenny 24,400, Miss McCurdy 14,900,
Miss Farley 12,600, and Miss Stan
ley 9,300. High candidate at the
close of the wind-up dance will be
queen, and the other candidates
will be her attendants for the three
days of Rodeo, August 22-23-24.
LOCAL NEWS
Rendyle Pope is visiting at the
home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Joseph Pope, having come from
Moody Institute, Chicago, to be
with his father who recently un
derwent an appendicitis operation
and is recovering slowly. The young
Mr. Pope will fill the pulpit of his
father at the Methodist church next
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Lindstrom
of Portland visited over the week
end at the home of Mrs. Lindstrom's
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Pope. Mr. Lindstrom, principal of
the lone schools last year, has a
teaching position at Cascade Locks
the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Barratt de
parted the first of the week for
Montana where they have sheep on
summer range near Browning. Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Parrish and family
are staying at the Barratt home
while they are away.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayes and
small daughter came over from
their home at Lone Rock this morn
ing to consult a physician about a
threatened attack of appendicitis
of which the little girl had symp
toms. Case Mortuary of this city had
charge of funeral services for Har
ry Irvin, conducted at Monument
Monday afternoon. The deceased
died near Kimberley Sunday.
Mrs. 'P. A. Anderson returned to
her home in Portland yesterday,
accompanied by her niece, Frances
McCarty, who will visit at the An
derson home for -a time.
Among Lexington visitors in the
city yesterday were Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Gerrard, Mrs. Adolph Ma
jeski and Mrs. Lawrence Slocum.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Merle Swag
gart of Lena at the home of Mrs.
Ada Cason in this city yesterday
noon, a 9-pound daughter.
Lost near Arbuckle springs, spec
tacle case containing operator's li
cense and receipts. Return to own
er and receive reward.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Neil Knlgh
ten of Hardman at the home of
Mrs. Ada Cason in this city yester
day, a 6-pound son.
Mrs. Nicolai Thompsen and Mrs.
H. O. Ely were among lone folks
transacting business In the city yes
terday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomas and
Mrs. Glen Griffith of Spray were
visitors in the city yesterday.
CANNING PEACHES -Slappey,
2'sc per lb. in the orchard. W. T.
Bray, Umatilla, Ore. 22-3
HAVE MODERN SHOWROOM.
Blackburn-Jones Motor company
presents a real citified showroom
to the public, the result of a job of
interior decorating completed this
week by Peter DuFault. The work
shows DuFault to be an artist at
interior decorating, and has brought
forth the fact that he is an artist
of no mean ability otherwise. The
garage job is done in mottled kal
somino on the walls with border
and ceiling done in wall paper of
appropriate design, and to com
plete the design DuFault painted a
large rug on the floor, with flower
design in one corner. These flow
ers were painted from DuFault's
"head," but a question concerning
them revealed the fact that he has
a habit of , transferring nature's
subjects with paint to canvas In a
realistic fashion.
NEW ALFALFA DOES WELL.
Frank E. Mason was in the city
Tuesday from the Rhea creek farm.
He reported having In 160 acres of
wheat which the grasshoppers and
winds harvested, but is proud of the
showing made by his Ladak alfalfa.
Although shortage of water during
the Irrigation season had its ef
fect of shortening the crop consid
erably, where sufficient water was
available the alfalfa made good
growth. He expects to thresh some
of his cutting for seed. The Ladak
variety was imported from Russia
and Is recommended especially for
winter hardiness.
M. E. SOCIETY TO MEET.
The Missionary society of the
Methodist church will hold its reg
ular meeting next Tuesday at the
church. It Is mite-box opening day
and a special program Is being
planned.
WOOL EXHIBIT IS
PLAN OF LADIES
Prize in Four dames Offered by
Wool Auxiliary; Float to be
Entered; Afghan Shown.
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One of the bright spots of the
wool and grain show to be held in
connection with the Rodeo, Aug.
22-23-24, will be a group of exhibits
sponsored by Morrow County aux
iliary Oregon Woolgrowers asso
ciation for which they are offering
a group of prizes. The exhibits
will include four classes, including
(1) wool suits and dresses; (2) Af
ghans; (3) pillows, pictures and
misc.; (4) oldest and most inter
esting article made of wood, each
article to be dated when made and
notation of anything interesting in
connection with the article.
In the first three classes, first, sec
ond And third prizes of $2, $1 and 50
cents will be given, while for the
fourth class there will be special
first second and third prizes.
In addition to their fair activit
ies, the auxiliary ladies are spon
soring a float in Saturday's Parade
of the Old West. Special commit
tees were appointed at a meeting
at the Lucas Place Monday eve
ning, and reports will be given at
another meeting scheduled for the
home of Mrs. Joseph Belanger at
2 o'clock in the afternoon of Mon
day, August 19.
All persons having articles they
wish to enter in the exhibits are
requested to deliver them to Mrs.
Earl Gordon on or before Thursday,
August 22.
The auxiliary announces that the
Afghan on which tickets are being
sold is completed and on display in
the window of the Frances Shop.
Tickets may be purchased from any
member of the auxiliary, and the
drawing will be held the evening of
August 24 at the pavilion.
Committees on various phases of
the auxiliary work were named as
follows: Publicity: Mrs. R. B. Fer
guson, Mrs. C. W. McNamer and
Mrs. Harry Tamblyn. To select
judges and decide qualiflcatinos for
and amount of prizes: Mrs. Wilson
iBayless, Mrs. W. P. Mahoney, Mrs.
K. A. Thompson. Location of
booth for exhibits: Mrs. Joe Bel
anger, Mrs. Tom Beymer, Mrs.
Frank Wilkinson and Mrs. Glen
C. Jones.. Decorating committee,
Mrs. Earl Gordon, Mrs. Ray P.
Kinne, Mrs. Wendel Cleveland and
Mrs. E. E. Clark. (This committee
will also have charge of all articles
entered In the exhibit.) Float: Mrs.
Garnet Barratt, Mrs. Walter Beck
et and Mrs. Estes Morton.
Homemakers' Conference
Promotes Local Program
By MRS. V1DA HELIKER
A summer conference of the Ore
gon Home Economics Extension
council was held in Corvallis on
August 5 and 6. Many counties in
Oregon have well organized Home
Extension units where a home dem
onstration agent is in charge of
that phase of the work all the time.
Many very interesting reports were
given at the conference by these
agents, showing the splendid pro
gram of work that is being carried
out in the counties where the home
demonstration agent is located.
The program of extension work
adopted by the council at the Feb
ruary meeting, for the year 1935,
was as follows:
1. Spreading the home demon
stration idea to other counties.
2. Study home industries which
could be followed for project.
3. Make practical recommenda
tions for county home extension
exhibits at the county fair.
4. Study county government and
its relation to the social agencies
of which the extension service Is
one.
The council recommends that
conferences on family living be held
in counties not having demonstra
tion agents, with a member of the
state council present at each meet
ing. Family living conferences
have been held in various parts of
Morrow county a number of times.
Mrs. Azalea Sager, extension spec
ialist in clothing and textiles; Miss
Lucy Case, specialist in foods and
nutrition; Miss Gertrude Skow,
leader in recreation, as well as Miss
Claribel Nye, state leader of home
economics extension, have all held
these interesting and educational
meetings in Morrow county. The
county advisory committee hopes
to arrange a succession of these In
the county, making a wider use of
the project leaders from the exten
sion department and also using a
larger number of projects.
Members of the Home Econom
ics Extension advisory committee
of Morrow county who attended the
state council were Mrs. Vida Hel
Iker, lone, Mrs. Myrtle Schriever,
Lexington, and Mrs. Carrie Becket,
Rhea Creek. They were accompan
ied by Mrs. Hattie Wightman who
substituted for Mrs. Man-in Wight
man, committee member who was
unable to go. The ladies made the
trip down and back with Joe Bel
anger, county agent, who had bus
iness in Corvallis at the time.
The committee reports a splendid
session of the council and returned
home hoping to be of great help to
the homemakers of Morrow county
through the extension department
work.
Special talks to the council were
made by Dean Milam of O. S. C.
and F. L. Ballard, president of ex
tension work.
Weanling pigs, shoats, work horse
for sale. E. W. Moyer, city. 21-2
PLANS SHAPE FAST
AS
First Reserved Seats Go
to E. G. Noble, Pio
neer Saddler.
SALE STARTS AUG. 15
Fence to be Built to Facilitate Col
lections; Prices Announced;
Many Features Slated,
E. G. Noble, maker of the fa
mous Heppner saddle and resi
dent of this city for the last 63
years, requested the first reserved
seats for the 1935 Rodeo when the
tickets go on sale at Hotel Hepp
ner August 15. He reserved seats
for all three days.
With now but two weeks to go,
destiny-directors of the 1935 Hepp
ner Rodeo are bringing plans rap
idly to a head for three days of
grand entertainment August 22-
23-24.
One of the biggest news breaks
at this time comes in the form of
announcement of Grant County day
on Friday, August 23, when the
John Day derby for the $100 cash
prize given by John Day business
men will be run in addition to the
regularly programmed events.
Last years program has been
augmented in several places, in
cluding addition of musical-rope
race, an event long popular at the
Grant County fair. Many new
bucking horses have been acquired,
and are already arriving; and al
ready reservations are coming in
from performers; all giving prom
ise that no qualms need be felt
about the big show at the arena.
Plans, too, are rapidly shaping for
staging the Parade of the Old West
on Saturday. Ray Ferguson, di
rector of this event, is busy wind
ing up the prize list, which will
again include a $25 sweepstakes of
fered by Morrow county, $15 cash
prize from the city of Heppner. and
$10 cash prizes each from Lexing
ton ana lone, in addition to a long
list of cash and merchandise prizes
which will make an impressive
total. Leading the prize monev
again this year are the organiza
tion float prizes of $30, $15 and $10l
There will be a prize for every con
ceivable type of entry, and every
one is encouraged to get into the
parade.
Several last-minute details were
discussed at a general Rodeo meet
ing at the Elks hall Monday eve
ning, when it was decided to build
a 7-foot board fence on the high
way side of the Rodeo grounds to
facilitate collections on tickets.
Under the plan devised, the com
mittee announces, it will be impos
sible for anyone to "beat hi3 way"
into this year's show, and everyone
should come prepared to pay.
The new plan contemplates sell
ing tickets from booths, and col
lecting the tickets as the custom
ers pass through the gates. Spec
ial arrangement is being made to
sell those in cars without necessity
of occupants getting out and con
siderable space for parking around
the arena will be available. Con
testants will use a special entrance
at the west end of the arena.
A limited number of reserved
seats will be sold this year, the tick
ets to be available at Hotel Hepp
ner beginning August 15, at $1.50
each. Letter or telephone orders
for reservations will be honored,
and already reservations are com
ing in. Reserved seats include
those seats with backs in grand
stand. The remainder of the
grandstand tickets will be sold at
$1 each. General admission price
will be 75 cents, and children over
12 will be required to pay 50 cents
Thursday and Saturday. All school
children will be admitted free on
Friday. The prices will be the same
all three days.
In addition to the Rodeo, folks
will be interested this year in the
4-H club fair and wool and grain
show for which elaborate plans are
taking form under the supervision
of Joseph Belanger, county agent.
The original exhibit pavilion at the
fair grounds, used for several years
as the county machine shed, is be
ing cleaned out and renovated to
make room for the exhibits, as also
Is the street adjacent. Especial in
terest of the women will center In
the model kitchen in the dance pa
vilion, where cooking demonstra
tions will be held.
Another extra entertainment fea
ture will be the Browning Amuse
ment company which will bring fer
rls wheel, merry-go-round, and car
nival appurtenances. They will be
set up on the city lot adjacent to
Standard Service stations.
Then the Heppner school band
will be on deck all three days. Har
old Buhman, the director, arrived
home from Portland the first of
the week and started putting the
youngsters through their paces.
Dancing each evening Is on the
card, too, though so far the music
contract has not been let. Many
good orchestras have put In bids,
and it Is expected the contract will
be let within the next few days.
That a good orchestra will be here,
is assured.
Promise of attendance has been
received from more out-of-county
folks than ever before, and to In-
(Contlnued on Pago Eight)