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Volume 52, Number 36
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 1935
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WORK OF EDUCATORS
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Individual Thinking
Pupils Held Need in
Notson Address.
by
AID TENNIS PROJECT
Lions Appoint Committee to Con
fer With B. P. W.; Evangelists
Entertain at Luncheon.
High tribute to the noble profes
sion of school teaching was paid by
S. E. Notson in a stirring impromp
tu address before the Lions Monday
noon luncheon in recognition of
National Education week.
"No single influence has greater
effect in molding the lives of young
men and women for useful citizen
ship than that exerted In the school
room," declared Morrow county's
one-time superintendent of schools,
himself a pioneer schoolmaster who
has kept his Interest ever afresh
through continued membership In
the National Education association.
"It is an indictment against our
educational system that twenty
million voters failed to cast their
votes at the last general election. . .
Every child should be so funda
mentally trained In the duties and
privileges of citizenship as to take
an active Interest in all matters po
litical, including the exercise of the
franchise right when the age of at
tainment is reached."
He pleaded for more emphasis in
the schools to be placed on training
the pupil in individual thinking.
Professors of the past have been
too prone to make pupils believe
instead of questioning what has
been read. While there is much
good In the curricula made up at
Salem, the speaker declared there
is room for much Improvment in
the direotion of bringing out the
best In each pupil. Calling the Uni
ted States form of government the
only true republic, he said It yet
contains many Imperfections that
proper education alone can over
come. Spencer. Crawford, on behalf of
the school board, outlined the work
of building tennis courts at the
school. The board has sanctioned
purchase of materials for one court,
ana offered its cooperation In the
construction of a second court for
use of the city if additional' funds
can be obtained for materials. La
bor for the work is being provided
under WPA.
Lions and Business and Profes
sional Womens clubs have both en
dorsed a tennis court propect, and
Dr. L. D. Tibbies and Clarence Bau
man were named as a committee
from the Lions club to confer with
a similar committee from the B.
P. W. in determining a plan for
obtaining necessary funds for con
struction of the second court
Mr. and Mrs. B. Ross Evans,
evangelists holding meetings at the
Christian church, were club guests
and extended an Invitation to club
members to attend the meetings,
Mr. Evans giving an entertaining
talk in extending the invitation, and
he and Mrs. Evans singing a negro
sprltual with Mrs. J. O. Turner as
accompanist. Vernor Sackett of
Salem was also a guest.
Red Cross Roll Call on
To Raise Quota of $250
Armistice Day marked the start
of the annual Red Cross roll call
which will continue until Thanks
giving. Josephine Mahoney, county
chapter chairman, announces thor
ough organization of Morrow coun
ty and anticipates no trouble in
raising its quota of $250. E. F.
Bloom Is county roll call chairman,
and those In charge of the various
districts are announced as follows:
Frances Case, general chairman,
Heppner; F. W. Turner, business
district; Lucy E. Rodgers, court
house; Business and Professional
Womens club, house to house, with
Helen McClaskey in charge.
Lexington, Dona Barnett; lone,
Chas. Chrlstlanson; Boardman, Ed
win Ingles; Hardman, Lillian Tur
ner; Rhea creek grange, Mrs. B. O.
Anderson; Lena, Mrs. Edwin
Hughes; Willows, Beth Bleakman
Hynd; Irrlgon, Mrs. W. C. Isom;
Pine City, Mrs. Marlon Finch; up
per Rhea creek, Mrs. R. I. Thomp
son; HInton creek, Mrs. Tom Bey
mer; Willow creek, Heppner to Lex
ington, Mrs. C. P. Brown.
MOISTURE SUPPLY HELPED.
A good rain Monday night pre
vailed generally over the county,
followed by more rain, hall and aleet
In the lower country and snow In
the upper country Tuesday. Tues
day's storm was not general, re
ported to have missed a strip thru
Eight Mile oenter, and from reports
was at its heaviest In Heppner
where the hall made the ground
white In a few minutes time and
street gutters ran full of water for
several minutes.
FINISHING NEW HOUSE.
Carl Ulrlch this week moved his
family Into the new house In south
Heppner, which he built between
Jobs the last few weeks. The struc
ture Is a oredlt to Mr. Ulrlch's han
dicraft, and while yet being given
finishing touches, Is an attractive
abode.
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RIBUTE
Elk Season in Full Sway;
What Will Zane Grey Say
By T. F. WEHMEYiSR
Oregon's big annual elk hunt in
the Blue mountains is now at its
height
The hunting area includes the
corner of north eastern Oregon ly
ing In parts of Baker, Union, Wal
lowa, Umatilla and Grant counties
where the elk are supposed to be the
most numerous.
An estimated four thousand hunt
ers from all parts of the state have
checked in for the sport.
Judging from figures compiled at
the Pilot Rock checking station last
year where there were 587 hunters
checked In and 87 elk checked out,
one hunter In every six should get
his elk.
For the ten day hunting period
fifty men have been assigned to the
territory to supervise the fifteen
checking stations and police the
area. Members of the forest service
supervise the checking stations in
order that the state police may be
free for field duty.
At the checking station every
hunter is catalogued on a form cov
erning his name, address, number
and kind of hunting license, num
ber of elk tag, make, type and li
cense number of car, make and cal
iber of gun, hunting area and the
date. The gun should be a thirty
caliber or larger. Their equipment
is men inspected to see that thev
are properly equipped to take care
or a possible kill. This Includes
rope or a block and tackle, skinning
Knue, natcnet, flashlight, shovels,
axes, and a trailer or truck, for each
party.
When checking out the hunter
gives various information on other
.game seen, such as area, numbers
and condition. In case of a kill, the
meat is inspected and tagged with
metal tags, condition of animal and
horn spread is noted. Each hunter
is asked for his recommendation
as to future hunting. This is rath
er amusing as for every hundred
hunters there are probablv a hun
dred differences of opinion as to
what should be done. Those get
ting elk are fairly well satisfied
with conditions as they are. Those
failing to make a kill say some very
unflattering things about our part
of the country and conditions gen
erally. They probably think worse.
Checking stations are kent nnpn
from 4 A. M. to 10 P. M. As any
checking Is rarely done before 7 A.
M., the first three hours are proba
bly to allow the checker to get thor
oughly over that sleepy feeling.
Zane Grey is reported as being in
the hunting area. If he sees hunt
ing conditions as many report them
they will probably be incorporated
in one oi nis ruture Dooks in a man
ner that will bring little credit to
either the sport or the majority of
sportsmen.
Wheat League to Meet in
Pendleton December 6 - 7
Pendleton. Preliminary organi
zation matters have been completed
for the annual convention here of
the Eastern Oregon Wheat league
scheduled to be held December 6
and 7. James K. Hill, past presi
dent and chairman of local arrange
ments, announces that the coming
meeting will undoubtedly be the
largest In the history of the league.
Four major committees have al
ready been organized and officers of
these will work with correspond
ing county representatives appoint
ed by each county member of the
state executive committee. Each
county group will draw up its own
report and then have a representa
tive at Pendleton the day before the
convention opens, at which time the
four state committee reports will
be drawn up in preliminary form.
These committee reports will deal
with weed control and soil conser
vation; agricultural adjustment, fi
nance, taxation and legislation;
transportation and rural electrifi
cation; and production, handling
and marketing. By having the
committee reports prepared in ad
vance, they will be brought before
the convention throughout the pro
gram when speakers deal with cor
responding topics, thus Insuring
careful and detailed consideration
of every recommendation, points
out Mac Hoke, state president
This complete study carried on In
each county of the wheat belt, will
correspond In many respects to the
studies preceding the farm outlook
conferences being held In many of
of the diversified farm counties,
explains Chas. W. Smith, O. S. C.
extension man and secretary of the
league.
Following are the committees and
their chief officers:
Weed control and soil erosion
Major O. M. Babcock, Pendleton,
chairman; W. E. Ruckman, Alicel,
vice-chairman; Walter Holt, Pen
dleton, secretary.
Agricultural adjustment, finance,
taxation and legislation E. M. Hul
den, Arlington, chairman; Angus
McLeod, Dufur, vice-chairman; E.
R. Jackman, O. S. C, secretary.
'Transportation and rural electri
fication Bert Johnson, lone, chair
man; Alec Johnson, Fossil, vice
chairman; Joe Belanger, Heppner,
secretary.
Production, handling and market
ing C. B. Andrews, Kent, chair
man; E. H. Miller, Lexington, vice
chairman; G. R. Hyslop, O. S. C,
secretary,
Mrs. Joseph Pope left Monday for
Cascade Locks to visit at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Anton Llnd
strom. Rev. Joseph Pope will go to The
Dalles Sunday to attend the district
conference of Methodist churches.
LEXINGTON
By BEULAH B. NICHOLS.
Election of officers was held at
the meeting of Lexington grange
Saturday evening. The new officers
are: Master, Orville Cutsforth; ov
erseer, Norman Nelson; lecturer,
Lorraine Beach; steward, Fred Nel
son; assistant steward, Merle Mil
ler; chaplain, Mrs. Charles Mar
quardt; treasurer, R. B. Rice; sec
retary, Lena Kelly; gatekeeper, Sam
McMillan; Ceres, Frances Troed
son; Pomona, Mrs. Slocum; Flora,
Elma Scott; lady assistant steward,
Beulah Nichols; executive commit
tee, Oral Scott, George Peck and
Harvey Bauman. Installation of
these officers will be held on Satur
day evening, December 14. Willows,
Rhea Creek and Lena granges have
been Invited to bring their officers
for joint installation with Lexing
ton.
Preceding the business meeting a
mock trial was held which proved
very entertaining, and Mrs. Walter
Blackburn of Heppner gave an in
teresting reading.
The Lexington Juvenile grange
met Saturday evening also and
elected officers as follows: mastar,
Eileen Kelly; overseer, Carl Mar
quardt; lecturer, Doris Scott; stew
ard, Bobby Kelly; assistant stew
ard, George Lambirth; chaplain,
iflrma Scott; treasurer, Colleen Mil
ler; secretary, Billy Nichols; gate
keeper, Gene Cutsforth; Ceres, Shir
ley Smouse; Pomona, Aileen Scott;
Flora, Mayo Marquardt; lady as
sistant steward, Maxine Devine.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Miller en
tertained a number of friends Mon
day evening, the occasion being
their wedding anniversary. About
twenty-eight guests were present
and the evening was spent playing
nve nunared.
Vernon Scott and Vernon Warner
are now the Plymouth dealers for
this territory. These cars were for
merly handled by Henderson Bros.
A dance is scheduled to be given
at the grange hall Saturday eve
ning. Branstetter's orchestra will
provide the music.
Billie. Nichols is absent from
school on account of mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer are
the parents of a six-pound son.
Marion Lee, born Saturday, Novem
ber 9, at the home of Mrs. Corda
Saling In Heppner.
Charles Marquardt was a business
visitor in Pendleton Thursday.
red Pointer of Monmouth spent
the week end with relatives and
friends in this community.
Miss Betty Ann Skyles spent the
week end with relatives and friends
in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rauch and
family have moved into the Morey
house. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dings
and son are moving Into the hou-.e
formerly occupied by the Rauch's.
School News
The freshman return party was
given in the gymnasium Friday
evening, Nov. 1. The evening was
spent in dancing and refreshments
were served later in the evening.
Danny Dinges' name has been
added to the high school honor roll
with an average of 1.75.
Bernice Martin has been absent
from school with the mumps.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades, under the supervis
ion of Miss Skyles and Mr. Newton,
held a Hallowe'en party Thursday
evening, October 31, in the gymna
sium. An enjoyable time was re
ported by all the pupils who at
tended. The pupils .of the first, second,
third and fourth grades held their
Hallowe'en party on Friday after
noon, November 1. A short pro
gram was held In the auditorium,
to which the entire school was in
vited. Later refreshments were
served in the rooms to the pupils'
mothers.
The pupils of the school were giv
en a thorough physical examination
by the Heppner doctors Wednesday
morning, October 30.
Some of the school pupils were m
noculated for diphtheria Friday af
ternoon. The girls have started taking
clogging under Miss Smith.
The senior class play is well un
der direction and it is planned for
the near future.
There was no school Monday, as
it was Armistice Day.
Mr. Lewis, Miss Skyles and Miss
Smith spent the week end In Port
land. Robert Campbell returned to
school last Friday, after a case of
the mumps.
Kenneth Peck spent the week end
in Portland.
The boys have started regular
basketball practice under the di
rection of Mr. Lewis.
FIRST AID CLASSES START.
Red Cross instruction In first aid
started last night with classes at
the court house and will continue
each Wednesday and Friday eve
nings until completed. The course
is in charge of Dr. R. M. Rice, Dr),
L. D. Tibbies and Mrs. Harriet
Gemmell. Anyone Interested, not
already enrolled In the course, may
obtain the instruction by getting in
touch with any of those In charge.
The course Is given without charge
In line, with the Red Cross drive
to lower the accident toll on the
highways and In the homes.
HAVE ALL-DAY QUILTING.
The Add-A-Stitch club met for
an all-day quilting session at their
club room yesterday. Dinner was
had at the Elkhorn restaurnat with
tables decorated with pepper
plants. Present were Zella Du
fault, Elsie Cowlns, Grace Shoun,
Mabel Burdick, Mary McCaleb,
Mynn Albert, Nina Snyder, Emma
Garrigues, Nettle Flower, Ordrle
Gentry, Irene Padberg.
SSFal news
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$2,500,000 Capitol
Sales Tax
73 New Laws
By A. L. LINDBECK
Salem. Oregon's new capitol will
rise on the ashes of the old. Thus
decreed the legislature in the clos
ing minutes of the special session,
shortly before midnight last Satur
day. The decision represents a com
plete surrender of the House mem
bers to the will of the Senate ex
pressed in a bill drafted the dav
before when they tore the report of
their conference committee to
shreds and almost entirely rewrote
the capitol reconstruction measure.
The bill as finally approved bv the
House and Senate is almost Identi
cal with one Introduced by Senator
Fisher of Roseburg earlier in the
session. In addition to limiting the
site to the old location, the measure
also restricts expenditure on the
new state house to $2,500,000, includ
ing furnishings and fixtures. Su
pervision of the construction pro
gram will be left to a commission
of nine members, three to be named
by Governor Martin, three bv Presi
dent Corbett of the senate and three
by Speaker Latourette of the
House.
The capitol reconstruction pro
gram as adopted by the legislature
represents a clean cut defeat of the I
program recommended by Govern
or Martin which emphasized the
need for a larger site and the ex
penditure of $3,500,000.
Of the $2,500,000 to be spent on
the new state house 45 per cent, or
$1,125,000 will be provided by Uncle
bam as an outright grant, the re
maining 55 per cent or $1,375,000 to
come out of the general fund of the
state. Reduction of the amount to
be spent on the new state house to
$2,500,000 represents a loss of $450,
000 in federal funds but at the same
time it represents a savine of $550.-
000 in state funds.
Sales tax advocates pulled over
a fast one when they stripped the
old age pension act of all its financ
ing provisions and then threw in
their sales tax bill for financing the
pension program. Senator Dorothy
Lee tried to reinstate the general
fund appropriation in the bill at the
last minute when she moved that
the senate do no- ..concur in the
House amendments. Her motion
carried and a conference commit
tee was appointed but when thev
went over to the House they found
that body had adjourned sine die
and quit so there was nothing to do
Dut swallow the dose and make the
best of it. Sponsors of the sales tax
expressed themselves as confident
that It would be approved at the
special election on January 31 es
pecially since it Is baited to attract
the vote of the aged who are eliei-
ble to pensions.
Three questions will confront the
voters of Oregon at the special elec
tion January 31. In addition to the
sales tax for financing old age pen
sions there will be on the ballot the
proposal to change the date of the
primary election from May to Sep
tember and a proposed constitu
tional amendment which would per
mit the legislators to fix their own
pay.
Of a total of 174 bills Introduced
during the special session all of
them representing real emergencies
in the opinion of their sponsors
73 made the circuit of the two
branches. A number of these, how
ever, will doubtless be vetoed by
Governor Martin. Considerable in
terest attaches to the fate of H. B.
71, the unemployment insurance
measure, and H. B. 60, the new ag
rlcultural marketing agreement act,
(Continued on Paso Four)
Morrow County Senator
Makes Mark at Salem
Little has been seen or heard of
the way Senator J. G. Barratt, ap
pointed to fill the unexpired term
of Senator Jack Allen, resigned,
cut his eye teeth at the special
legislative session which closed
Saturday at Salem, but that he ac
quitted himself with honor is Indi
cated by comment In the Salem
press. In addition, he received a
fine note of appreciation from Gov
ernor Martin, An excerpt from a
Salem paper's editorial, titled "East
ern Oregon Legislators," says:
"A new senator who moved swift
ly Into recognition was J. G. Bar
ratt from Umatilla, Union and Mor
row counties, residing In Heppner.
He Is comparatively a young man,
by occupation a sheep-grower. He
kept his seat during the early part
of the session; but before the 20-day
period was over he stood up and
showed he was a vigorous and ef
fective debater. His final speech
was on the closing night, a strong
plea for a state AAA, and he put
into it a punch that forced atten
tion. Immediately afterwards he
was put on the final conference
committee on the state capitol,
marked recognition for a new sen
ator. . . ,
"Eastern Oregon, by the way,
furnished the legislature with many
of its ablest members. They seem
to be broader-minded from the
country of the wide open spaces.
Western Oregon counties, some of
them, had the poorest and weakest
representation In the house and
senate. Some of them were pitifully
Impotent, especially In the house."
I0NE
Br MRS. MARGARET BLAKE
Ernest Heliker was seriously in
jured at his ranch home last Sat
urday morning when the axe with
which he was chopping wood in a
shed caught in something hanging
over head and came djjwn, cutting
him deeply in the neck. He was
taken to Heppner for medical at
tention, then returned home where
he is reported to be recovering sat-
isfactorily.
Mrs. M. Johnson has gone to Port
land to spend the winter months
with her daughter, Miss Olga John-
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Feelev and
family spent the week end visiting
relatives at Grass Valley. They
were accompanied by Miss Dorothy
Howell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Blake of Kin-
zua spent Friday and Saturday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bergevin
spent several days last week in
Pendleton.
Among the hunters going to the
mountains with the hope of bagging
an elk were Bert Mason, Walter
Corley, M. E. Cotter, Paul Smouse,
Henry Smouse, J. O. Kincaid, A. A.
McCabe, Harold Kincaid and Dale
Ray.
Misses Dot and Dimple Crabtree
of Salem spent the week end here
visiting friends.
Lee Beckner was a Pendleton vis
itor last week.
Miss Grace Duncan, a teacher in
the Morgan school, visited a sister
In Condon over the week end.
George Ely drove to Portland on
Friday. While there he attended a
iMasomo anair, later going on to
Salem where he visited his son
Francis, a student at Willamette
university.
Mrs. Elmer Griffith spent the
week end with her brother, George
ijooaan, ana tamily at Eueene.
Miss Freda Anderson of Morgan
went to Hood River Friday night
to spend the holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Swanson, ac
companied by Mrs. Garland Swan
son and Miss Bertha Akers, mo
tored to Salem Saturday. Mrs. Gar
land Swanson remained there for
a visit and the rest of the party
returnea nome Tuesday.
At the November meeting of the
lone Missionary society last Thurs
day afternoon in the parlor of the
Congregational church members
and visitors had the pleasure of
hearing Mrs. Coats speak of her
work as a missionary in Guatemala
where she has charge of all educa
tional work. Mrs. Coats is a sister
of Mrs. Claude Huston and is on
furlough from her post. She de
parted for Portland Tuesday.
Mrs. jonn Farm returned Thurs
day from The Dalles where she
spent a week.
Mrs. Peter Timm is confined to
her home with an attack of mumps.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Armstrone
of Pendleton spent Sunday after
noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Blake. Mrs. Armstrong will
be remembered as Martha Denny.
a teacher in the local school a num
ber of years ago. Mr. Armstrong
is a maintenance engineer with the
state highway department and ha3
recently been transferred from Ba
ker to Pendleton.
Mrs. Ella Davidson entertaineJ.
at her home last Wednesday after
noon with a bridge party. The af
fair was arranged as a surprise for
her daughter, Mrs. H. D. McCurdy,
on her birthday. Guests were Mes
dames C. W. Swanson, W. R. Cor
ley, E. R. Lundell, J. E. Swanson,
Garland Swanson, Paul O'Meara,
Bert Mason, W. J. Blake, George
Tucker, Carl Feldman, Raymond
Turner, Frank Lundell, M. E. Cot
ter, Clell Rea, E. J. Blake, Lana
Padberg, Werner Rietmann, Mab'e
Denny and D. M. Ward. Prizes
were won by Mrs. W. R. Corley and
Mrs. Clell Rea. Cake, fruit salad
and coffee were served.
Charles Christiansen has been
confined to his room at the hotel
with an attack of flu.
Mrs. L. D. Hale who has been
quite ill is reported to be recover
ing. Miss Dorothy Arant spent the
week end in Portland.
Larry Lonergan has returned
from Kinzua where he has been
working.
Miss Lorraine Reed spent the hol
iday at her home in Mitchell.
Earl Blake was home from Kin
zua on Sunday. With him were his
mother, Mrs. J. H. Blake, and Mr.
and Mrs. Keithley Blake and daugh
ter Betty Belle.
Mrs. Roy Brown spent the week
end at her home In Hermiston.
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. W.
Luttrell of Hermiston was calling
on old friends here. She will be re
membered by many as Mrs. Jack
Lane. With her were her daugh
ter, Mrs. Milton Fisher of Tacoma
and her son, Kenneth Lane and his
wife.
Interclass games in basket ball
for both girls' and boys' groups
have been started in high school.
Mumps, colds, and trips to Hepp
ner by pupils getting diphtheria In
noculations have made serious In
roads on school attendance the past
week.
The senior class had charge of
the program at assembly Friday.
An exceptionally good program was
presented.
A mystei-y play, "The Pajama
Girl," will be given In the high
school gym by the senior class next
Friday night, Nov. 15 at 8 p. m. In
the cast are Gene Normoyle, Mil
dred Lundell, Miriam Hale, Irene
Zinter, Harlan McCurdy Jr., Harry
Normoyle, Elaine Nelson and Rollo
Crawford.
The grange dance on Saturday
night was well attended.
Among those attending the foot
ball game between Mac-Hi and Pen-
Mrs. F. Swaggart Bags
Elk; Sheriff Shot At
It wasn't too safe for the "law"
over in the Grant county district
where he was elk hunting this week
with Mrs. Swaggart and Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Knoblock of Heppner,
reported Frank Swaggart of Lena
when the party returned yesterday
with a bull elk weighing 700 pounds
dressed, and which by the way was
snot Dy Mrs. Swaggart. Mr. Swag
gart chased seven bulls past Mrs.
Swaggart stationed in a loe Datch
wnere sne couldnt move, all of them
passing single file almost within
arm's reach. Mrs. Swaggart cooly
piciceu tne Dig one, however, and
the family larder was well supplied
in spite of the portion given away,
of which this paper acknowledges
a generous treat
But getting back to the law an
gle, Mr. Swaggart reported check
ing out at Dale ranger station alone
with Sheriff L B. Hazeltine of Grant
county. Sheriff Hazeltine told of
being either mistaken for an elk
or of being deliberately shot at by
someone in the woods. He was in
clined to the latter view as there
were no elk in the immediate vicin
ity. He was standing by a tree
when a bullet from a high caliber
nne plunked into the tree a few
inches above his head. The marks
man had apparently taken a coarse
Dead, for which Sheriff Hazeltine
was thankful.
Wrex Langdon of Heppner was
among the rangers stationed at
Dale, and he told Mr. Swaggart that
tne eiK nunters had come in such
numbers that supplies for signing
them up ran out before they were
well started on the job.
Mr. Swaggart and party were
hunting on the head of Indian
creek, and they saw Len L. Gilliam
and son Louis of this city who were
with another party of hunters in
the vicinity. Louis received a scare
for a while when he lost his billfold
containing his license but it was
recovered, luckily, by another mem
ber of the party.
One Injured, Four Cars
Damaged in Accident
An accident involving four auto
mobiles happened at the corner of
the Christian church shortly before
noon Sunday. It resulted in al
most complete demolishment of the
Don Jones automobile, and lesser
damage to the cars of Marvin Mor
gan, Dr. R. M. Rice and R. L.
Benge, but the persons involved es
caped injury with the exceDtion of
Marcel Jones, passenger in the Don
Jones car, who received cuts on
both sides of the forehead. Those
attending church were attracted to
the soene as they left the morning
services.
The Dr. Rice car. comine east off
the hill on Center street first hit
the Jones car which was belna-
pushed by the Morgan car. It was
tnen thrown into the Morean car
and also against the Benge car
parked at the curb. Failure of
brakes was given as the cause.
Soil Conservation Assn.
Files for Incorporation
The Marrow County Soil Conser
vation association with F. S. Par
ker, J. J. Wightman. John Hanna.
W. H. Cleveland and R. A. Thomp
son as incorporators, this week
filed articles of IncnrrwlrnKnn with
the corporation commissioner at Sa
lem.
The association is formed for the
purpose of cooperating with thi
soil conservation program being
conducted through the local CCC
camp. It will act as a "go between"
for local farmers and the govern
ment Anyone having land within
the Willow creek watershed area
is eligible to become a member.
STENDER-MULLER.
The marriage of Miss Flossie
Stender of this city to Mr. Max Mul
ler of Tangent was an event of Sat
urday afternoon at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Case, Alvin Klein
feldt, Christian minister, officiating
in the presence of Immediate
friends. Attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Case, Miss Winifred Case, Nel
lie Burns, Louise Anderson. Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Keithley. A wedding
dinner was enjoyed after the cere
mony, immediately after which the
young couple departed on a short
wedding trip. They will make their
home at Tangent
FREE LAMBURGER SATURDAY.
Morrow County Wool Growers
auxiliary wishes attention again
called to the free lamburger to be
given away at the Heppner and
Central markets next Saturday.
One pound of lamburger will be
given free with each cash purchase
at either market. They also want
the public to remember that everv
Wednesday is "Lamb Day." The
local markets will be supplied with
choice cuts of lamb each Wednesday
wnicn tne auxiliary believes the
public will find a zestful change for
the menu.
SCHWINGLER-LESSARD.
Miss Florence Schwingler, Port
land, and Joseph Lessard, cook at
the CCC camp, were married Fri
day evening at St. Patrick's rectory.
The bride's mother from Portland
attended. The young couple will
live at the Case apartments.
For Sale 67 crossbred ewes, big
pet, 2 years, fine condition. A. P.
Ayers, Boardmnn, Ore. It
dleton on Armistice Day were Den
ward Bergevin, Bert Johnson, Jack
Farrls and Earline Farris.
Fred Hoskins motored to Pendle
ton Saturday to visit his father who
is In the hospital there.
mm outcasts
WOULD COME HER
City of Family Name
Seen as Refuge from
Hitler Persecution.
MAYOR APPEALED TO
Adolph Heppner and Luise Hepner
Write from Fatherland; Fam
ily Connection Told.
Did Henry Heppner make a
promised land for his kin when he
laid the way for this city to assume
his name?
Two letters received this week
by Mayor T. J. D. Jones from, rela
tives of Henry Heppner In Germany
indicate this may be the case. The
relatives face expulsion from the
fatherland under Adolph Hitler's
program of persecution of Jews,
and turn hopefully to Heppner's
Durgermeister" for information
that may bring them here to make
their home.
One of the letters comes from
Adolph Heppner, nephew of this
city's godfather, a pharmacist by
profession but more lately a dealer
in antiques in Berlin. The other is
from Luise Hepner, Breslau school
mistress. Adolph Heppner's letter was writ
ten in German, and Mayor Jones
gave it to Mrs. Lucille McAtee for
translation.
It was dated "W 62 Kurfursten-
strasse 98 Am Zoo. Berlin. October
28, 1935," and Mrs. McAtee's trans
lation follows:
"To the Honorable Mayor of the
City of Heppner, Oregon:
"After much consideration I havo
decided to write this letter. From
newspapers and reports from Ger
many you are informed of the sit
uation and unbearable condition of
the German orthodox Jews. I now
turn to you as the chief mairiHtmtA
of the city of Heppner because my
lamer, ciiaa ieppner, who died in
1915, was the brother of the found
er of your city, the Henry Heppner
who died in February, 1905, and was
Duried in Portland. He was. thus.
also my uncle. Both brothers came
from Zukor in the province of Po
sen. One sister. Dorchen.
ried to Mr. Herman Bucholz in
Springfield, Mass. Fanny was the
wife of Mr. Henry Blackman who
with Mr. Phill Cohn of Heppner
was administrator of the estate .if
Mr. Henry Heppner.
"In this modern Germany it is
the fashion to let loose against the
Jews such impossibleness (unbear
able persecution) that to live here
longer under the feeling and pres
sure that is brought to bear is very
hard. I must make an endeavor to
find a new home. I am the young
est son of the brother of Henry
Heppner, was a registered pharma
cist until 1913. I gave up that bus
iness and in 1913 started a little an
tique business which my wife and
I were able to manaee with mn.h
joy and pleasure. Now, since I am
ODllged tO Close OUt mv blisinpsa k
January 1, 1936, because I am a Jew,
i aon. wnetner in tne city of Hepp-
nei a new nome would be given ti
me, the successor of the fnnnii
Of my business capital I dare take
notning with me according to tha
law. Whether it will be permitted
to me to take my household goods
and old objects of art, I do not
know.
"We are healthy, work loving and
willing and would with all our
strength seek out yonder to found
a new residence. I bee the chief
magistrate of the city of Heppner
that he will help us In this matter
and give us very soon complete in
formation. We rest our whole hoDes
on this.
With respect and appreciation.
Adolph Heppner."
This letter bore Paris postmark,
indicating that it was smuggled
through to evade censor.
Luise Hepner's letter was writ
ten in English, and was dated
"Breslau, 21st of Oct, 1935, Loh
estr. 54." It follows:
"To the Mayor of Heppner, Ore
gon, City of Morrow: Dear Sir:
"You will be astonished to hear
from a lady called Hepner like the
town you are the head of.
"I am looking out for a place in
U. S. A. where my brother-in-law
and his wife, my sister, nee Hepner,
both certified German medical doc
tors with long experience in med
ical duties of every kind, might set
tle down and practice their profes
sion. "My late father, Gen. Sanlsatsrat
Jr. Hepner, a doctor himself, often
told me that a town of our name
and family existed in U. S. A., so I
tried to find it on a map. and reallv
I succeeded very easily in finding it
I should feel very much obliged to
you if you would kindly let me
know at your earliest convenience
if the doctor's coming with his
family would be wished for.
Believe me, dear sir. vours trulv.
Luise Hepner, Schoolmistress.
fc-nclosed please find envelone
with coupon International for
stamp.
"P. S. I hope you will under
stand my English. I studied it
when young, in England,"
Mayor Jones expected to answer
the letters immediately, telling tna
inquirers of conditions us thev ara
here and expressine a welcon.s
should they care to come under
these conditions.
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