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SOCIETY 0 P 0 a T L A Volume 52, Number 32. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 1935 Subscription $2.00 a Year a?etti ppet COURT IS OVER ipOBLl John Day "Litigation" District Leaves Res idue of Grief. TO DO OR NOT TO DO? Warrant Holders Have Mandamus, Taxpayers Have Injunction, and Jail Opening Gapes. Faced by mandamus for payment of warrants on the one side, and an injunction against collection of taxes with which to pay the war rants on the other, the county court la between the devil and the deep blue sea In the matter of straighten ing out the affairs of the defunct John Day Irrigation district Sandy River Investment company has the writ of mandamus for levy of tax to pay warrants held by them while Northern Pacific Railway company which has large holdings or land in the district, has the in junction against collection of taxes already levied. The course seems clear for levying a new tax, but the court is hesitant in following such a course lest much of the district land not already held by the county will revert to it. Should taxpayers of the district not see fit to pay the new tax, if It is levied, and let their lands revert to the county, then the question arises whether the county, or much of it as is Included within the district, will be liable for payment of the old warrants. In such even tuality it would remain for those who do pay Into the tax coffers to stand the cost of the irrigation de bade, and the county would stand to lose other tax revenues off the land until such time as it is again taken Into private ownership. This is one of the knotty prob lems tnat will face the county but get committee when It meets next Wednesday to prepare the budget ior tne coming year. The John Day Irrigation dtetrict was formed a number of years ago for the purpose of throwing water from the John Day river over the desert lands of northern Gilliam, Morrow and Umatilla counties, with the idea of making the desert into a garden. Folk in the district voted themselves into it and tax assess ments were made against the land to have surveys made. "Irrigation1 turned Into "litigation," as engineer and attorneys kept the district in court almost from the time of in ception, resulting in many thous and dollars already expended and other thousands still owing without a cents worth of development. Now the county court has the choice of reaping the disfavor of the gods by levying a tax or of go ing to jail under contempt of court by ignoring the writ of mandamus. Mrs. Edward Rice Passes; Funeral Rites Held Today Funeral services were held from St. Patrick's church at 11 o'clock this morning for Mrs. Eklward Rice who died at Heppner hospital Tu esday following an operation for stomach ulcers. Father P. J. Stack officiated and the services were largely attended by friends and rel atives. Intel ment was In Heppnei' cemetery. The untimely passing of the young mother who leaves a week old baby daughter, Eleanor Lee, Is mourned by the whole community. Mary Teresa McCabe was born In this county July 8, 1911, the daughter of Frank and Elnora (Do herty) McCabe, and died October 15, 1935, aged 24 years, 3 months and 7 days. She was united In mar riage to Edward Rice, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Rice of Lexington, January 27, 1933, at Heppner. Be sides the husband and infant daughter she Is survived by the fa ther, Frank McCabe of Lena, bro ther Francis, and sister, Mrs. Rob ert Miller of La Grande. The mo ther and one sister were drowned in a cloudburst In McDonald can yon July 28, '1915. KNITTING SCHOOL OFF. The free knitting school being conducted Monday afternoons at the library by Morrow County Wool Growers auxiliary will not be held next Monday afternoon as ladles of the auxiliary are being entertained at Echo that day. The next school will be held on the 28th, and the public is again advised that the In struction is free and everyone Is In vited. COUNTY WELL WATEIt PUKE. A report received this week from the Btate board of health showed water from the county well to test "A" condition, potable and fit for drinking. A former unfavorable report was believed by the county court to have been due to contam ination from new pipe that had just been Installed. Mr. and Mrs. Laxton McMurray of Jordan passed through the city this' morning on their way to Rit ter hot springs to spend some time while Mr. McMurray takes treat ment for his health. , Mrs. Blaine E. Isom returned home Saturday from a visit In Portland at the home of Mr. Isom's sister, Mrs. Ed O'Shea. H. V. GATES LONG PROMINENT HERE President Old Heppner Light & Water Co., State G. A. R. Head Passes at Age of 89. H. V. Gates, 89, for years prom inently Identified with the business life of this city as president of Heppner Light & Water company, and state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, died in Port land Saturday night. Funeral ser vices were announced to be held at Hillsboro at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Congregational church. He had been a resident of Hillsboro for the last several years. Marry verner Gates was born at Lowell, Massachusetts, July 30, 1847. He married Helen M. Bacheller in 1870, and came to Oregon in 1881. For many years he was chief en gineer for the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company, and while in that position drew 'plans for the first gas motor cars to be operated in the company's passenger service. He became identified with the light and water company here in the late '90's, serving as its president for some twenty years. Mr. Gates enlisted in the Union army at 16 years of age, October Zi, lSb2, and was assigned to Com pany A, 6th Iowa volunteer infantry as bugler and quartermaster clerk. Later he saw service against the In dians In Montana and the Dakotas. He was elected commander of the Oregon department of the G. A. R. for the fourth term at the encamp ment in Portland last June. His first term was in 1895 when the de partment had hundreds of veterans on its roster. This year was his third consecutive year at the head of the state group of Civil war vet erans. He was a member of the Masons and Eastern Star. I0NE By MRS. MARGARET BLAKE Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lindstrom were pleasantly surprised Monday evning when a group of friends dropped in on them for a pot luck supper. The occasion was their fifth wedding anniversary. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Lundell and daughter Mildred, Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Drake and children, Mrs. Frank Lundell, Mr. and Mrs. franklin Lindstrom and sons. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson and Fran cis, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Swan son, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Lindstrom and Roy, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Lun dell and Kenneth. Mr. and Mrs. A W. Lundell and Wallace. During the evening Mr. and Mrs. Lind strom were presented with an ap- piupi-mie gut. On Wednesday night the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges gave a farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Howk who will leave soon to make their home In Condon. Tho affair was a pot luck supper and a social nour later. Mr. and Mrs. Howk were presented with a gift from the orders. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Smith wprp Pendleton visitors Monday. mrs. wrex Hickok of Portland arrived on Friday morning's train for a short visit with her parents, mi. ami Mrs. a. n;. Moore. On Sat urday evening she was loinpH hv Mr. Hickok who motored up with Clarence Krause of Oswego. The party returned home Sunday. Mrs. Harvey Ring and daughter Lois went to Hood River Saturdav night. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake and F.nrl Blake of Kinzua visited here Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dennv have returned from a week's visit In the Willamette valley. Miss Nellie McKinlev and Mrs Elizabeth Tipton of Portland, both officers of the O. E. S. grand chap ter of Oregon, were guests of Mr3. Bert Mason Sunday night. The ladies were on their way home from Pendleton where they had attended a reception for Percv Folsom. wor thy grand patron of the grand chap ter oi uregon, u. UJ. s. Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Pi ltman nf Yamhill were week-end guests of rnr. ana Mrs. E. C. Heliker. Mr. Putman is a cousin of Mrs. Hel iker. Door Mason has returned frnm Kinzua. The I. O. O. F. benefit nnrtv t Morgan last Saturday night was wen auenaed and a good time is reported. Ture Peterson went to PnrtlnnH Thursday to attend the last few days of the stock show. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lawrence nf Sllverton have been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lind say and Mr. and Mrs. French Bur roughs. Mrs. Lawrence Is the sister of James Lindsay. Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Morse of Tim Dalles were overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Morgan Saturday. On Sunday they enjoyed a pheasant hunt before returning home. ur. Frea Clark of Portland was registered at the Park hotel Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Evans of Portland enjoyed phearsant hunting along the creek Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Feklman weii called to Great Falls, Montana, on luesaay ny the death of Mr. Feld man's brother. Wayne Allen, a nenhew of Rnlnh Harris, visited with the Harris fam ily Monday night. Mr. Allen lives at Brogan, Ore., and was on his way lo Portland. (Continued on Page Four) I IT BITE ON SUITE FOR M Big Fun Frolic Draws Aid of Organizations for Library. VARIETY TO APPEAL County's Best Talent Inducted for Popular Affair; Public Expected to Pack Auditorium. Heppner's annual fun frolic, li brary stunt night, has been set for Monday, October 28. That's the news given out from library head quarters, and Mra Merle Becket, general manager for the event, al ready has the line-up of entertain ment well in hand. Serving as it does as an avenue for presenting the best entertain ment talent in the county, the an nual stunt night provides a large part of the revenue for maintaining Heppner's fast-growing and popu lar public library, and through its joint appeal as an attractive enter tainment feature and library bene fit it claims the support of the en tire county. This year as before, organizations of the county have expressed wholehearted support. Admission prices again this year have been set at 35 cents and 10 cents, and plans call for an inten sive pre-sale of tickets. In the roster of organizations re sponding to the appeal for program numbers, each of which will not exceed ten minutes time, are lone, Lexington and Hardman schools, Lions, Boy Scouts, Episcopal, Chris tian and Methodist churches, East ern Star, school band, school fac ulty, Business and Professional Womens club, Bookworms, Degree of Honor, American Legion, Amer ican Legion auxiliary, Rebekahs, Woolgrowers auxiliary, high school student body, Elks. The variety of entertainment will include almost every kind of hu man accomplishment. Musical, reading, dramatic numbers, tab leaux, acrobatics everything from the aesthetic to the hilarious will afford something to suit the tastes of everyone, Is the promise. Facil ities of the gym-auditorium assure good seats for all who attend, and a packed house should give impetus to the evenings fun and another year of progress for the library. AAA Wheat Contracts Simplified; Signup Near Oregon farmers planning to sign the new four-year wheat contract will find the procedure much sim plified as compared with that nec essary with the first control pro gram, according to state college ex tension service officials who have examined applications for contracts. With the completion of a series of district meetings for county ag ents and allotment committeemen the third week In October, county and community meetings will be held at once where growers will be given detailed information about the new contracts and an oppor tunity to sign the applications. Information required on the new contracts .Is practically the same as that furnished under the orig inal plan, as the base years for production and acreage remain the same. Farmers who did not sign up under the old plan are not barred from signing the new four-year control contracts. In some Instances where the grower was unable to es tablish a practical base under the original rules, he may find It possi ble to comply under the new pro gram. Such new contract signers are urged to attend the local meetings and if possible to confer personally with county or community commit teemen. Although the new contract ex tends for four years, any producer who complies may terminate his contract at the end of the 1937 crop year if he so desires. On the other hand, in case conditions would make such a move necessary, the secretary of agriculture may ter minate the contracts, but in such case growers are assured that they will be compensated fully for all compliance that has been made. A flexible adjustment payment plan has been- Included In the new contracts by which the second In stallment each year varies accord ing to the market price of wheat during that crop year. This plan Is intended to make certain that cooperating wheat farmers will re ceive enough from the market value and the benefit payments to give them pre-war purchasing power on their allotments. The first 1936 ad justment payments will be payable next summer after compliance with the contract for that crop year has been checked. TO SHOW FHA NEWS. An added attraction at the Star theater October 27-28 will be a Pathe short feature Better Hous ing News Flashes. The flashes in clude a number of interesting shots, showing some of the activities of FHA. Highlights are: Key West Goes Modern, Attic Magic and The Home of Tomorrow. The feature was produced by Pathe and distrib uted by FHA. It Is being shown In 32 Oregon theaters this month. N0TS0NS IN FLIGHT DOWN CHINA RIVER Definite Word Received That Lo cal Boy and Wife Among Party of Chinese Missionaries. That Mr. and Mrs. Charles Not son are among a party of mission aries taking flight by goatskin raft aown the Yellow river from a Chi nese Red invasion of the Hochow mission district was definitely learned this week when their names appeared in the daily press among the list of refugees. No direct word had been received here, however, by Mr. Notson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Notson, though before leav ing a conference at Titao Charles had written that they had been or dered to evacuate the district and expected it would be necessary to make the perilous 600-mile raft trip from Lanchow to Paotow from where the train would be taken to Peiping. Folk here will anxiously await word of the Notson's safe arrival at Paotow, as bandit attacks are ever imminent on the river besides the danger of a freeze-up at this time of year. The Notsons entered the Chinese mission field near the border of Tibet but a few months ago and had just got well started in their work. Last word received from Charles stated that he did rot believe the impending Red invasion would materialize as both the Mo hammedan Chinese and the nation alist government were apparently preparing to repulse it. He wrote from Titao that if they were not permitted to return to Hochow it would be necessary for them to abandon their personal belongings wnicn naa been left there. CCC COMPANY TO ARRIVE MONDAY Rodman, Conservationist Head, is Notified; GuUy Control Comes First on Program. The long expected comnanv of men for the CCC camp is due to arrive at Heppner Monday, accord ing to a wire received yesterday by Millard Rodman, conservation ist chairman. The full program of work for the camp has not yet been completed, but the first undertaking will prob ably be gully control work on Wil low and Hinton creeks. On the Hanna ranch on Hinton creek and on the Frank S. Parker and Wight man Brothers farms on Willow creek plans are already made for a series of check dams. These dams are designed to raise the water table only and not to impound any body of water. The method to be used, according to Charles E. Stricklin, state engineer, is wen caicuiatea to prolong the flow of water down the creeks and will not Infringe on anyone's water rights. Heppner Legion Post Will Install '36 Officers Milton Spurlock will be installed as commander of Heppner post 87, American Legion, at ceremonies to be held next Monday evening at the 4-H club room in the county pavil ion. Jas. D. Todd of Hermiston, 6th district commander, will be In stalling officer. Other post officials to be inducted are C. A. Macomber, vice commander, P. M. Gemmell, adjutant-finance officer; C. J. D. Bauman, sergeanf-at-arms, and E. E. Gilliam, chaplain. Following the installation a big venison feed will be served. All ex-service men in the Heppner territory are urged to attend, and Commander Elbert L. Cox promises a big time for all. WILLIS BI SH PASSES. Willis Bush, 79, died at Morrow General hospital in this city last Thursday, and funeral services were conducted from the Phelps chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Rev. Joseph Pope officiating, with Interment in Masonic cemetery. Mr. Bush was born in Jackson county Oregon, Sept. 12, 1856, to William and Elizabeth (Myers) Bush. He came to Umatilla county in 1873 and followed farming, marrying Miss Olive Duggar at Athena In 1886. To this union were born two daughters both of whom died In youth. Mrs. Bush passed away In the late '90's. Mr. Bush came to Morrow county In 1925, making his home with his sister, Mrs. B. F. Swaggart, on the farm north of Lexington. Besides Mrs. Swaggart, he is survived by a brother, Milton Bush of Pendleton, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Stamp er of Portland. HAVE SUCCESSFUL HUNT. Mark Merrill, Gay M. Anderson and W. Y. Ball returned home Mon day from a deer hunt near Indian Rock in the Greenhorns, each with his prize. Merrill and Anderson each landed a two-pointer while Ball's buck weighed 200 pounds. Snow was descending in the high mountains as they pulled out and the temperature had plenty of the feel of winter. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pruyn de parted Monday for Portland, ex pecting to go on to Hillsboro In time to attend the funeral yester day of their late friend, H. V. Gates. Mrs. Charles Thomson accompani ed them to the city for a visit with her son, Earl Thomson, who Is em ployed there. MEETING SET AT WALLA WALLA Leaders of Northwest to Attend Inland Water ways Conclave. SHIPPING IS THEME Lions Committee Feels Sentiment on Levy for Association; Not son Announces Meetings. Transportation will be the theme song of the third annual meeting oi tne miana Waterways associa tion to be held at Walla Walla, Sat urday, October 26, announced S. E Notson at the Lions Monday noon luncheon. An official call just re ceived from H. G. West, secretary, announced an all-day meeting be ginning at 10 o'clock a. m., with many prominent men in attendance, Important topics will be discussed bearing vitally on the future econ omic stability of the interior Pacific Northwest by such outstanding leaaers as w. u. B. Dodson, execu tive vice-president, Portland Cham ber of Commerce; Marshal N. Da na, chairman district No. 1, Nation al Resources board; Colonel T. M. Robins, division engineer in charge or me iNortn facitlc division: Col, C. F. Williams, district engineer in charge of construction work on the Columbia and Snake rivers, and many others too numerous to men tion, the call said. Practically all our senators and congressmen from Idaho, Washington and Oregon will be in attendance, and the govern ors or the three states have sign! fled their intention to attend, it add ed. "We have been repeatedly told by engineers m mgn authority that we. living east of the Cascades, must use facilities as already afforded if we expect to get further develop ment on the upper Columbia and bnake rivers. In view of this, transportation is the most vital sub ject for this association to discuss. It is expected that represents tives of the two river transporta tion lines will be present. A defin ite plan must be formulated to af ford these people full cooperation,1 said the announcement. Mr. Notson also read another communication from Mr. West in wnich the plan of financing the as sociation through direct levy from the counties the coming year was explained, and the Lions amiointed C. J. D. Bauman, J. J. Wightman and L. E. Dick as a committee to feel the sentiment of the people on the subject and report to the bud get committee when it meets next Wednesday. Announcement was also made by Mr. Notson of the chamber of com merce meeting held at Hermiston Tuesday evening for the purpose of formulating a plan for oiling the Lexington-Jarmon, Butter creek and Hermiston diagonal north road. Lumber Truck Hits Sheep, Wrecks on' Spray Road E. J. Drake escaped with lacera tions of the face when the large lumber truck he was driving hit a band of sheep on the fill south of Hardman on the Heppner-Spray road yesterday afternoon and rolled over five times. Four sheep were killed and the truck was badly dam aged. Drake has been hauling lum ber from Reed's mill. The truck was empty when the accident hap pened. The same truck driven by another driver recently hit a band of Har old Cohn sheep at another point on the road, killing sixty head. VETERINARIAN HERE. In connection with the federal program for the elimination of dairy cows reacting to Bang's dis ease, Dr. L. L. Taylor, federal vet erinarian now in Morrow county, will be working around Heppner next week. There is no charge for this testing and cows shown to be reactors under the test are eligible for a $25.00 payment over and above the net price received for them as beef. Everyone owning one or more cows close to Heppner should leave their name at the of fice of the county agent on Thurs day, Friday or Saturday of this week. RODMAN TO LEGISLATURE. Millard Rodman, chief of the lo cal soil conservation service, will leave tomorrow evening for Port land preliminary to being on hand for the opening of the special leg islative session at Salem Monday. As youngest member of the house of representatives he will have a hand in deciding the issues to come before the session. He received word today that Henry Semon of Klamath county appeared to be the strong candidate for speaker of the house. B.VRRATTS LEAVE SATURDAY. Senator and Mrs. J. G. Barratt will leave Saturday evening for Portland and Salem to be on hand for opening of the special legisla tive session Monday. Senator Bar ratt, appointed to fill the unexpired term of Senator Jack Allen, resign ed, will cut his eye teeth as a law maker at this session. He has been In close contact with state affairs, however, and is well prepared to represent his constituency. PIONEER MOTHER OF I0NE PASSES .ura. Missouri Jordan came to County in 1872; Made Trip Across Plains by Ox Team at 7. Death called Mrs. Missouri Jor dan, beloved Morrow county pio neer, at her home in lone last Mon day, and funeral services were held from the Christian church in that city yesterday afternoon with a large concourse of relatives and friends paying tribute to the love and esteem in which she was held by the entire community. Alvin Kleinfeldt, Christian minister of Heppner officiated, and interment was in lone cemetery. In her many years of residence in the lone com munity, Mrs. Jordan was always among tne nrst to minister to the sick and distressed. She had tho stamina, grit and true neighborly opini oi me pioneer mother. Missouri Haney was born in Chil licothe Missouri, Sept. 15, 1854, the daughfcr of J. C. and Martha Jane lurown) Haney. With her parents she crossed the plains by ox team at the ,age of 7 years. The family lived at Brownsville until she was 17 then came to eastern Oregon and settled in the lone district. Here she was married to John Jordan, April 4, 1872. To this union were born five children. They lived in Arlington about 10 years, then in Monmuth about five years, returning to lone where Mrs. Jordan had since resided for 41 years. Her husband preceded her in death, May 14, 1901. She was long a member of the Christian church, uniting with the church in 1911. Departing this life October 14, 1935, she was a.zed 81 vears and 29 days. She is survived bv two child ran Mrs. Lena Rhea of. lone, and Lu ther Jordan of Roseburcr: a foster child, Jesse Daily of Portland; three grandchildren, two great grandchil dren, besides a host of friends. LEXINGTON By BEULAH B. NICHOLS. Mr. and Mrs. John Piper were pleasantly surprised Sunday, which was ineir forty-fifth wedding an niversary. A chicken dinner was given in their honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper. Mrs Arnold Piper assisted Mrs. Rufus Piper in preparing and servlne the dinner. The honor couple were the recipients of some lovely gifts as wen as many congratulations and best wishes. Those nrasont nt tho dinner were J. H. Piper and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tone and family ui miiLon; Mr. ana Mrs. E. M. Lut ton of Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. John Piper, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Piper and family and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Piper of Lexington. There were several invited guests who were unable to be present because of illness of members-of their fam ilies. Mr. and Mrs. Piper were married at Lexington on Octnher 9, 1890, and have made their home here since. The regular business meeting of the Lexington grange was held in tne hall Saturday evening with a good attendance. The Lexington Home Economics club met at the home of Mrs. Laura Scott Thursday afternoon. About fifteen members were present. At the close of the meeting refresh ments were served by the hostess. assisted by Mrs. Nancy McWaters. J. he Lexington grange will eive a dance at the grange hall Saturday night, October 19. Music will be furnished by Branstetter's orchestra or ijcho. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Burchell of Sheridan were week-end euesta nf Mr. and Mrs. Galey Johnson. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Johnson who will visit at the home of Mrs. Mae Burchell. Ira Lewis and Lester Cox attend ed the stock show in Portland last week. Before returning they visit ed Edwin Beach who is instructor in the high school at Gresham. Mrs. Roy Johnson was in charge of the store during Mr. Lewis' absence. the Lexington grange is eivini? .a card party in their hall Friday eve ning, uciooer is. Both bridge and five hundred will be played. wooarow and Wilma Tucker spent the week end In Portland and Salem. When thev returned they were accompanied hv Mr anH Mrs. W. B. Tucker who have been in Portland for the past six weeks. A. ri. .Nelson and O. W. Cutsfortn were business visitors In Portland over the week end. James Devine of Seattle was here last week to attend the funeral of his nephew, Paul Devine. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hunt, nf Heppner spent Sunday with Mrs. Hunt's mother, Mrs. Emma Ashin hust Among the men of this commu nity who went hunting during the week were Orville Cutsforth, Nor man Nelson, Paul Smouse, Vernon Scott, Sam McMillan and Henry Smouse. Lexington School News At the regular meeting of the student body held on Thursday, October 3, Bernice Martin was elect ed as yell leader to replace Lee Shaw who resigned from that office. Alma, Bill, Jack and Laurene Van Winkle were absent from school last week. However they are back at school this week. A lovely birthday party was given Friday evening at the C. N. Biddle home, honoring Miss Joyce Biddle. Games were played and then re freshments were served. Dancing (Continued on Pag Four) E Morrow, Umatilla Courts Meet Road Users, Give Support at Hermiston TO PREPARE BRIEF Committee Named from Various Districts to Gather Data for Presentation to Commission. Immediate oiling of the Lexing ton-Jarmon, Butter creek and diag onal road north of Hermiston to the Wallula cut-off was sanctioned by members of both the Morrod and Umatilla county courts, farmers residing on the route and other in terested persons from Heppner, Lexington, Hermiston and Colum bia at a meeting at Hermiston Tuesday evening sponsored by the chamber of commerce of that city. Fifty men were in attendance. Unanimous expression declared that the road was In bad repair, al most impossible to maintain with out oil; that its roughness is costing the farmers large sums annually in wear and tear on trucks and auto mobiles; that its importance as a thoroughfare for through traffic as well as farm to market road is con stantly increasing, and that the only solution to the problem is oil. That the true picture of the sit uation may be presented to the state highway commission delegations from each of the districts repre sented named one committeeman to a group who will meet again at Hermiston next Tuesday evening to incorporate the facts in a brief. Named on the committee were L. E. Dick, Heppner; Frank Saline. Lexington; Ralph Saylor, Butter creek; E. P. Dodd, Hermiston, and R. M. Sommerer. Columbia. Professor McAtee, president of the Hermiston chamber, presided at Tuesday evening's meeting, and stated its purpose as bringing to gether courts of the two counties with users of the road to determine what steps might be taken to get tne route onea. Members of the courts present were, Morrow coun ty, Judge W. T. Campbell and Com missioners Frank S. Parker and George N. Peck; Umatilla county, Judge G. F. Hodges and Commis sioners J. O. Hales and W. R. Mein ers. S. E. Notson and Jap Craw ford were also present from Hepp ner, and among those attending from Lexington were W. F. Barnett, R. H. Lane, H. E. Warner, Ray McAlister, Wm. Doherty, Alex Lind sey and Frank Saling. Report was given that both the highway engineers and the state highway commission favor oiling the road, but assert that no funds are available for oiling secondary highways. Concensus of opinion had it that the money might be found if enough pressure is brought to bear, or that designation of the road might be changed to make it eligible for such money. The suggestion of S. E. Notson that this route linked with the Heppner-Spray road joins up with other routes to make an inter-state highway and is thus eligible for recognition as a federal aid high way met with favor, and consider able discussion was had of taking steps toward having it recognized as such. This course was general ly preferred to attempting to have the route recognized as a primary highway, for the latter course would open the way for objection of the commission on grounds that a hundred and one other secondary routes would be entitled to the same recognition. Mr. Notson also stressed the im portance of this route as a river outlet for much upper county wheat when and if river transportation Is realized. Frank H. Miller Dies Suddenly at Boardman While working with broom corn at his home on the Boardman pro ject yesterday afternoon, Frank H. Miller dropped dead apparently from a stroke of apoplexy. The body was brought to the Phelps Funeral home last evening. Mrs. Miller was working with her husband and had no indication of anything being wrong until a mo ment before when Mr. Miller told her everything was turning dark on him. She told him not to fall, and he leaned against the fence to support himself, a minute later slumping to the ground, dead. He was said to have suffered from high blood pressure. The Millers have lived at Board man for several years. A son, Rus sell, formerly resided at lone. TOWNS.ENDITKS ACTIVE. A large picnic at the fair pavil ion Saturday with basket dinner at noon and address In the after noon by Clint P. Halght, state rep resentative and editor of Canyon City Blue Mountain Eagle was at tended by 150 Townsendites to fos ter the old age pension plan In this county. Mrs. Chris Brown was re cently named delegate from the lo cal club to attend the national con vention of Townsendites in Chicago. Construction started this week on the 16x60 foot concrete building of Mrs. Llllle Aiken on Muln street next to Curran Hat shop. LAD OILING LEX IN