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OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLIC AU0I7OMJ& PORTLAND. ORE. Volume 52, Number 11. HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, May 21, 1936 Subscription $2.00 a Year llepptiet LOCALS BEAT CCC S IN SEE-SAW GAME Fossil Retains League Lead With 18-9 Win From lone. LEADERS HERE NEXT Ferguson Goes Good at Second; Thomson Leads Hitting; Pitch ers Have Very Bad Day. Team Standings Won Lost Pet. Fossil 4 0 1.000 Heppner 3 1 .760 Condon 2 2 .500 CCC 2 2 .600 lone 1 3 .250 Blalock 0 4 .000 Last Sunday's Results Heppner 17 vs. CCC 14, Fossil 18 at lone 9, Condon 12 at Blalock 9. Where They Play Next Sunday Fossil vs. CCC at Heppner, Hepp ner at Blalock, lone at Condon. Heppner's Wheatland leaguers took a free hitting and loosely played ball game from the local CCC camp Sunday, 17-14, thereby taking undisputed possession of second place In tye team standings, headed only by Fossil. Fossil re mains undefeated with Sunday's 18-9 victory over lone. The Wheel er county lads will be seen in action here Sunday for the first time this season, when they clash with the local CCC team. Blankenship who started for Heppner and Ray Massey who suc ceeded him to the mound In the sixth both had little trouble of their own making. A total of nine errors by teammates accounted for many of the CCC scores. One CCC run ner, who gained a safety on a drop ped third strike, scored before the Heppner boys had stopped throwing the ball away. The CCC's on the other hand played loosely, also. But Heppner had the best of It on earned runs, 9-6. Ray Ferguson who appeared In the lineup for the first time this season gave a nice account of him self at second base. He started a fast double play, went far back to make a nice catch of a difficult fly, and hit twice safely at bat. Rod Thomson took hitting honors with five hits In six times at bat, one a two bagger. After see-sawing the score thru out, the locals put the game safely in their pocket in the eighth with five hits and as many runs. Bey nard and Jannlck for the C's each bagged a double and a triple. All the C's pitching strength was used, Rouse giving way to Sullivan in the sixth, and shipley taking over the chucking in the eighth. Heppner plays at Blalock next Sunday. Box score and summary: HEPPNER AB R H O A E McRoberts, 3 6 R. Massey, r-p 4 Thompson, 1-m 6 Thompson, 1-m 6 A. Massey, m-c 6 Turner, 1 5 Rodman, 2 .. Ferguson, 2 Bucknum, s 4 6 Akers, c . 3 . 2 Hayes, 1 Blankenship, p-r 3 Gilman, r 1 0 10 0 0 Totals 47 17 21 27 17 CCC Newton, 1 2 2 3 3 Beynard, s 4 McCornack, m 8 Dean, 1 6 Crowley, 3 5 Jannick, r 6 Donelly, 2 5 Swedas, c 5 Rouse, p 3 Sullivan, p 0 Shipley, p 1 Totals . ..45 14 13 24 13 6 Two base hits, R. Massey 2, Thompson, A. Massey, Beynard, Jannick; three base hits, Jannick, Beynard double plays, Shipley to Dean, Ferguson to Bucknum to Tur ner bases on balls off Blankenship 1, off Rouse 3, off Sulivan 1, off Shipley 1; struck out by Rouse 2, by Blankenship 9, by Massey 4; batters hit by Blankenship 1, by Massey 1, by Sullivan 1; Innings pitched by Blankenship 5 1-3, by Massey 3 2-3, by Rouse 5 2-3, by Sullivan 1 2-3, by Shipley 2-3; earn ed runs, Heppner 9, CCC 6. Hepp ' ner umpire, John Millere. RITNER THANKS FRIENDS. Pendleton, May 20. Roy W. Rlt ner, who won the nomination for representative in Congress in the recent primaries, made the follow ing statement today: I wish to thank my supporters in Morrow county for the vote which I received for representative In Congress. It made It possible for me to win the nomination in a close contest. If I should be successful in being elected at the general election. It is my ambition to be as efficient a representative as was the late Nick Sinnott. By hard work and careful study of the prob lems of eastern Oregon. Nick was a real help to his district I intend to visit each section of the Con gresslonal district for the purpose of learning Its needs. CHURCH OBSERVES FIFTY YEAR MARK Volby Lutherans Set Observance Monday and Tuesday; Mission Meeting. In Connection. Volby Lutheran church of Goose berry will celebrate Its fiftieth an niversary with a two-day service at the church next Monday and Tuesday. A mission meeting will be held in connection. The church was organized April 19, 1886, with Rev. Mr. Cornelius the first min ister. The late Olaf Bergstrom was the last remaining charter member. A general public invita tion is extended to participate in the services, slated as follows: Monday, May 25, 7:45 p. m. Scripture reading and prayer, Pas tor C. S. Odell; brief historical sketch, Pastor Ernst J. Sakrison; anniversary address, Pastor J. A. Edlund; greeting (Swedish), Pastor Carl J. Renhard; greeting from the Portland district, Pastor Paul V. Randolph. Tuesday, May 26, 11 a. m. "Priv ileges and Resonslbilities of the Members of the Church," (Text 1 Peter 2:9), Pastor C. S. Odell. 1:30 p. m. "Dangers that Threaten the Christian Congregation," (Texts 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Mt. 24:48-51); "Christ's Message to the Faithful Church," (Text Rev. 3:7-13), Pastor Ran dolph. Construction Starts On Peters Building Actual construction work started Monday on the one-story brick building being erected by Jos. T. Peters, Portland capitalist, at the corner of Main and Willow streets. Mr. Thomas, a Portland con tractor, has the contract for laying the brick. He said the brick work would be done in three weeks. Def inite anonuncement has not been made of who will occupy the build ing. Provision is being made for two Btore spaces. FLOWERS TO BE THEME. The May business meeting of Willows grange will be Saturday, May 23. The lecturer's hour pro gram will be in charge of Miss Helen Lindsay who holds the of fice of Flora. The program cen ters about flowers, and a playlet, "The First Memorial Day," will be given. The agricultural program is in charge of Mrs. Marie Ledbetter and is to be a general discussion of flowers and gardens by the women folk of Willows grange. HARDMAN PUPILS HIGH. In the recent county objective tests Jean Leathers of Hardman received I in every subject Jean also scored third place in the low er division in the spelling contest with Vera McDaniel of the same school taking second place. Mrs. Lillian Turner is their teacher. CONSER VA TION BENEFITS. KNOWN ONLY IN CLASS II By JOSEPH BELANGER, County Agent Some confusion regarding the ag ricultural conservation program has resulted through publication during the past week of rates to be used in figuring the class II pay ment The distinction between the class I and class II payments is clearcut The class I payment is made on an acre basis for from 7 1-2 to 15 percent diversion from the soil depleting acres for 1935 to soil conserving crops or practices in 1936. This class I payment, of ten spoken of as the larger pay ment, cannot as yet be definitely determined. No county rates have been set, and this county rate will be absolutely necessary before we can arrive at the farm rate. On the other hand, the class II payment, sometimes called the smaller payment, can be figured at this time for any particular farm. All rates published in newspapers during the last week have had ref erence to this type of payment The maximum class II payment, for which any farmer is eligible, amounts to $1 per acre for ' every acre of soil conserving crops found on his farm in 1936. This Includes of course, old stands as well as new plantings. For example, a man with 100 acres of old alfalfa and 60 acres of alfalfa planted In 1936 would have a soil conserving base of 150 acres and would thus be ell' gible for a maximum class II pay ment of $150.00. It should be borne in mind that this payment is made for seeding actually done in 1936, In the case just mentioned above this man seeded 50 acres in 1936 and consequently the earned pay ment would be made only on these 50 acres. The rate for alfalfa seed ing in this section Is $1.50 per acre. Consequently this man's earned payment would be 50 times $1.50 or $75.00. This is less than the max' lmum of $150.00 and consequently he would receive as his class II payment the full $75.00. Had this particular man had no old alfalfa but only the new plant ing of 50 acres, his maximum would then of course have been $50. In that case, although he actually earned $75, the maximum limit would operate to hold his payment down to the maximum of $50. Again it should be emphasized that this is the class II payment and has no bearing on the amount of the class I payment Crested wheat grass Is consider' Adeline Howell, 92, Dies; Came to County in 1876 Adeline Howell died in Heppner Thursday morning at the age of 92 years. Funeral services will be held Sat urday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Hardman community church with Rev. Joseph Pope of Heppner offi ciating. Interment will be in the Hardman cemetery. Phelps Fun eral home of this city is in charge of arrangements. Adeline Northup Howell was born in Ohio in 1844, crossing the plains by ox team at the age of 10 years with her grand parents. The fam ily settled on the North Umpqua river near Roseburg, where they engaged in farming. In 1860 at the age of 16 years she was married to Stanford Howell in Oregon City. In 1876 she moved to this county taking up a homestead on McKln ney creek. Mrs. Howell has made her home in the Hardman section ever since. She is survived by seven of her 13 children, who are Henry Howell of Heppner, John Howell of Top, Joseph Howell of Heppner, Stan ford Howell of Harnman, Frank Howell of Top, Tilda Potter of Castle Rock, Wn., and Ida Gun derson of Portland, also 42 grand children, 36 great grand children and one great great grand child. Hail Damages Wheat In Eight Mile Section Henry Baker, Charles Becket and Henry Peterson are among Eight Mile farmers who sustained dam age to theri wheat crops by a hard hail storm last Thursday. Baker and Becket were hardest hit, ac cording to reports. No estimate of the damage to the Becket crop has been received On the Baker place, Mr. Baker es timated about one-fourth of the land in crop was struck by the storm with as high as 90 percent destruction on some of the land hit Mr. Peterson estimated that his loss would probably not exceed S to 5 percent ENROLLEES TAKE EXAM. Eighteen members of Company 2113 of Heppner, took a civil ser vice examination for junior assist ant to technician last Saturday morning. This exam was open to all enrollees of the CCC who filed applications. The salary is $1020 i year. A junior assistant to techni cian is a junior foreman connected with the forest service. SPECIAL MEETING SET. A special meeting of Heppner Lodge No. 69, A. F. &. A. M., will be held next Tuesday evening, May 26. Work is scheduled in the third degree, and all members are urged to be present Harry L. Duvall, who farms the Bell ranch north of Lexington, has been spending considerable time in the city this week assisting in su pervising construction of the new Peters building. ed as a soil conserving crop and consequently in figuring a class II payment the total acreage of crest ed wheat grass in 1936 is used as the base for determining the class II payment In most cases in Mor row county, where crested wheat grass will be seeded before Novem ber 1 this fall, the acreage seeded to this grass will be the only soil conserving crop on the farm. In cases where this Is true $1 per aero would "be the maximum payment, even though the rate for seeding crested wheat grass is set at $2 per acre. Since green manure crops are considered as soil conserving prac tices the class II payment will ap ply to this practice Just as it does to soil conserving crops. Some misunderstanding has aris en as tc conditions necessary to comply for a class II payment for trashy summer fallow. The fol lowing Is a definition of trashy summer fallow for the purposes of Interpreting compliance: "Straw spread and neither pas tured nor burned. Disk type plow, chisel, rod weeder, double disk or other such tillage implements used In place of a moldboard plow so as to leave the dead stubble and plant growth distributed on or near the surface to check blowing. Since this trashy summer fallow is considered a soil conserving prac tice the acreage devoted to this practice may be Included In the base for a class II payment Figur ing again, as we did above, the maximum class II payment Is $1 an acre for the total soil conserv Ing base, the maximum class II payment on farms practicing trashy summer fallow will be quite large. The rate of payment for this prac tice, however, is 60 cents per acre which will mean, in most cases, that the full earned payment will be made. Probably very few, if any, farmers In this county will be ell gible for this trashy summer fal low payment in 1936, although a considerable number of men are planning to spread their straw back of the combine this year so as to be eligible for the payment In 1937. The definition of trashy summer fallow given above will clear up any question as to just what con stitutes eligibility for this type of class H payment. Anyone planning to comply for the new program in 1936 by plow- Ing down a green manure crop (Contlanad on Ps F.ur) I TO 21 Graduates Will Receive Diplomas at Exercises Tomorrow Evening. BANQUET ON TODAY Juniors Fete Seniors at Parish House; Baccalaureate, Picnic Events of School Closing. . Dr. C. A. Howard, state superin tendent of public instruction, will give the commencement address for the 21 graduates of Heppner high school who will receive diplomas at exercises beginning at 8 o'clock to morrow evening at the gym-auditorium. The commencement exercises mark the grand finale of the school year, and climax a busy week of activity in the schools. Baccalau reate was held for the graduates last Sunday evening at the audi torium, with the address by Alvin Kleinfeldt, Christian minister. Tu esday the entire high school enjoy ed a picnic at the sawdust pile in the mountains, and tonight the Junior-Senior banquet Is being held at the Episcopal parish house, fol lowed by the prom at the gymnas ium. Honored members of the gradu ating class are Dorothy Jean Ad klns, Edith Marie Barlow, Ray mond Floyd Batty, Irene Anita Beamer, Howard Bryant, Ernest Julian Clark, W. Howard Cleve land, Ray J. Coblantz, Betty Teresa Doherty, James H Driscoll, James J. Farley, Howard Furlong, Ethyl V. Hughes, Don W. Jones, Bernard H. McMurdo, William McRoberts, Lola L. Osborn, Boyd E. Redding, Margaret Sprinkel Scott, Joseph C. Stephens, Steven S. Wehmeyer. The commencement program will be as follows: Processional, march, Curlitt, Marjorie Parker; Invoca tion, Rev. Joseph Pope; "Thanks Be to God," Dixon, high school cho rus; address, Dr. C. A. Howard; "Blue Danube," J. Strauss, "A Jap anese Sunset" Deppen, school band; presentation of class gift, William McRoberts; presentation of Norton Winnard cup, Qjjrnet Barratt; com mencement song, xjoomis, xjoia us born, Marie Barlow, Jean Adklns, Betty Doherty; presentation of class of 1936, Edward F. Bloom; presen tation of diplomas, Dr. A. D. Mc Murdo; benediction, Alvin Kleln feldt Members of the class are wearing caps and gowns in the formal clos ing exercises. June 15 Closing Date on Crop, Seed Loans Word has been received from E. J. Davis, field supervisor for the emergency crop and feed loan of fice, that the closing date for crop loans has been set for June 15. Summer fallow loans, Including loans for seed wheat for fall sow ing, are now available and appli cation blanks may be filled out at the county agent's office. NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY. A large number of new books was received at the library this week. Included are many Jate editions for both children and adults. Among them are the following: The Desert Lake Mystery, Strahan; The Undaunted, Hart; Don Quixote of La Mancha, Saavedra; River Su preme, Hobart; America Goes to Press, Greene; Inside Europe, Gun- ther; Let the King Beware!, Mor row; History of Oregon Literature, Powers; Wonders Through the Microscope; River House, Willough- by; Why Keep Them Alive, Krulf; The Hurricans, Nordhoff and Hall; The Poet of Cralgie House, Haw thorne; The Exile, Buck; America Strikes Back, Myers; Industrial America, Pound; Roads to Roam, Birney; Modern Guide to Success ful Gardening, Kains; Mirror of China, Laloy; Which Way for Our Children, Munkres; A Book of For mulas; Story Book of Trains, Pe tersham; Romance of Medicine, Clendening; Around the World In Eleven Years, Abge; Patriotic La dy, Bowen; Little John of New England, Brandels; Little Rose of the Mesa, Brandels; Cowbells and Clover, Cory; Lone Star, Cory; Ted and Nina, De Angeli; Babar the King, De Brunhoff ; Life of the Par ty, Folsom; Nlcodemus and His Gran'Pappy, Hogan; Children Make a Garden, Jenkins; The Paper Book, Pryor; the Bramble Bush Man, Sutton; The Golden Charm, Sutton. BANDSTERS RECEIVE AWARDS emblem awards for the members who have attended the state band contest. The emblems are of pur pie and gold chenille in the shape contest. awards of merit In the future. O. E. S. TO MEET. The regular meeting of Rut': chapter 32, O. E. S., is slated foi Masonic hall tomorrow evening. HOWARD ADDRESS DONKEY BASEBALL HERE TWO EVENINGS, JUNE 2-3 The greatest fun game ever to come to Heppner Donkey Base ball will make its appearance June 2-3. Sponsored by the Lions club for the benefit of the local baseball club, the games will fea four different teams, according to plans laid Monday when the ser vice organization voted to spon sor one team and invited the Bus iness and Professional Women's club to sponsor another team, each of which will issue a chai enge to teams from Lexington and lone. Jack Bartlett will be here from Tucson, Ariz., with fifteen trained LEGION OFFICERS HERE. June Valiant, regional rehabilita tion officer, representing the na tional rehabilitation service at Washington, and Carl Moser. state adjutant, American Legion, made a short call on local post members Tuesday morning. These gentlemen are making a tour of the state, con tacting each post and expect to cover 2500 miles before returning to Portland May 30. HUNTERS-ANGLERS TO MEET. Morrow County Hunters and An glers club will meet at the Elks club Monday evening, May 20, at 7:30 p. m. Everyone Interested in- wild life is invited to attend. "Bring a friend, join the club and help to ward increasing fish and game, and destroying birds and animals which prey upon game," Is the word of Bert Mason, president Abstract of Primary Vote REPUBLICAN S 2 a & 8. NAME g ft 3 i Nat'l Committeeman Dorris 1 13 4 3 3 6 37 6 3 20 1 42 81 169 Paine 1 40 6 11 2 29 56 13 7 27 7 89 66 343 Williams 7 15 9 4 7 16 37 7 10 38 2 112 63 327 Nat. Con. Delegate Butcher 2 44 8 11 2 23 59 8 13 30 6 97 63 361 Clark 3 40 6 8 2 22 43 6 6 25 6 74 45 286 Dunne 3 23 6 6 6 19 33 6 6 21 1 81 44 254 Fisher 3 31 6 8 2 26 38 3 4 18 6 71 40 255 Geary 3 13 2 4 4 15 33 1 3 21 1 52 39 191 Goodwin - 3 8 2 4 711 16 3 4 12 2 29 19 120 Harris 1 5 4 1 2 7 22 1 14 22 14 93 LItfln 1 19 3 6 2 12 29 3 4 19 1 68 32 189 McBride 832 7 17 578128 13 99 Myers 2 11 1 2 2 5 33 4 7 30 2 30 21 150 Priaulx , 1 6 1 4 2 7 18 7 5 21 3 41 22 138 Rand 7 2 2 7 12 4 5 17 55 19 130 Roman 1 12 3 5 12 16 3 3 18 2 51 40 166 Sickels 6 1 4 1 6 13 5 3 9 2 43 23 116 Smith 14 4 9 5 11 36 6 5 27 5 59 38 219 Tooze 3 7 4 3 1 11 25 4 5 18 1 59 38 179 Verdinius 31 2 2 7 2 18 12 48 Dist. Nat Delegate DeArmond 1 49 6 10 4 25 64 12 6 43 7 120 77 424 Eads 7 49 13 13 5 29 76 14 11 52 9 136 76 490 Peterson 8 36 17 14 7 30 66 16 16 51 5 153 71 490 President Borah 4 52 19 19 9 39 105 18 15 64 9 185 106 644 Vice President Bennett 5 41 13 13 7 29 71 18 12 49 6 186 96 485 U. S. Senator Brown 17 6 8 29 19 4 3 20 2 33 38 179 McNary 10 33 13 9 10 20 67 20 15 66 4 151 98 516 Nelson 30 1 3 2 11 64 7 5 10 5 66 22 216 Congressman Nickelson 34 5 3 1 18 45 9 3 18 3 50 36 225 Phillips 16 3 16 23 2 3 11 3 46 13 136 Ritner 12 20 10 9 8 13 50 17 12 50 6 103 74 384 Tull 4 2 2 13 10 1 3 7 2 16 14 74 Yates 4242162191 31 16 79 State Treasurer Burke 2 36 5 8 4 22 51 8 5 34 4 105 55 339 Holman 8 44 16 13 9 38 82 21 15 63 6 146 93 554 State Senator Barratt 12 46 18 18 9 29 110 20 20 78 5 210 134 709 Ellis 31 4 5 2 35 34 9 1 22 6 64 36 239 District Attorney Alfred 8 50 21 19 11 44 115 23 18 64 10 168 103 654 Turner .: 4 31 2 4 1 20 27 9 2 36 1 108 68 313 County Judge Bleakman 3 16 5 8 2 6 0 7 16 1 8 9 2 76 294 Johnson 1 21 18 11 12 8 122 1 34 1 47 27 303 Lucas 7 18 4 1 18 12 12 40 4 71 47 234 Parker 1 33 1 2 11 5 7 24 4 72 32 192 County Commissioner Neill 12 48 11 9 5 38 80 18 14 56 11 189 104 595 Beach 30 9 14 6 26 68 15 7 45 75 60 355 County Clerk Barlow ' 4 60 12 17 10 34 99 15 3 72 8 179 86 599 Bucknum 4 6 1 2 2 5 2 7 10 1 21 13 74 Gemmell 4 19 10 7 1 37 49 15 11 23 1 82 81 340 Supreme Judge Campbell 11 64 17 13 15 84 109 27 14 78 6 169 135 691 Cochran 10 63 9 26 6 33 81 22 10 39 9 141 77 526 DEMOCRATIC Nat'l Committeeman Dalrymple 3 10 5 4 2 11 6 2 2 10 11 66 Latourette 13 3 1 8 6 1 8 2 16 12 70 McConoch 1811 73 2 62 31 Wood 6 11 2 8 4 1 16 4 1 3 2 26 28 112 Nat. Com. Delegate Edson 4 28 1 8 1 3 25 7 1 3 2 17 21 121 Langley 1314223313 68 37 Strayer 6 9 4 2 3 13 8 7 8 2 32 24 113 Burt 7 13 2 4 3 3 21 4 8 3 31 34 133 Delzell 5 31 4 6 4 3 19 8 3 4 2 29 20 138 Erwin 10 15 3 4 4 2 12 4 1 13 24 21 113 Fitzgerald 5 25 6 4 3 1 23 13 2 10 2 33 27 154 Hart 2 35 2 9 5 3 22 6 2 2 2 21 15 126 Lessard 67122184 51 12 14 62 McLaln 4 11 4 3 1 3 10 10 2 4 1 21 24 98 Morrow 3 7 2 3 3 2 11 5 7 2 26 23 94 District Delegate Nelson 11 31 5 7 5 2 28 11 3 12 3 60 41 209 Van Vactor 10 33 6 7 5 3 34 11 3 14 3 46 45 220 President Roosevelt 11 42 6 9 7 4 45 16 4 16 4 55 56 275 1 Vice President Garner 11 39 6 7 7 3 44 18 4 13 4 53 53 262 I U. S. Senator Jeffrey 3 26 3 1 1 1 27 4 3 3 23 16 111 i Mahoney 7 19 3 13 6 2 15 12 4 11 1 32 32 157 Congressman Halght 1 13 7 2 1 19 8 1 1 16 15 84 Pierce 10 34 5 8 4 3 25 17 3 15 3 40 40 207 i State Treasurer r Allen 10 30 3 6 4 3 20 13 1 9 4 31 29 163 Burt 2 13 3 6 3 1 25 5 2 7 28 26 121 donkeys, the same that made their appearance at the Chicago World's fair and started a wild fire of enthusiasm throughout the nation. In the donkey ball game all players with the exception of the pitcher, catcher and batter will be mounted on burros. The batter must mount his burro after hit ting the ball and ride to first base. The games are slated to start at 7:15 in the evening, thus giv ing everyone opportunity to see them. Full particulars on the games will appear next week. District Governor Here; Lions Elect New Officers Ed F. Shea, district governor Lions International for Oregon and member of the international board of directors, made an official visit to the local club Monday. He com plimented the club on its good con dition, and announced that Lions clubs generally are on the upgrade. Election of officers for the ensu ing year resulted in the election of Ray P. Klnne, president; E. L. Mor ton, first vice president; John An glin, second vice president; Dr. L D. Tibbies, third vice president; Chas. Barlow, secretary; Joe Bel anger, tailtwister; Dr. R. C. Law rence, lion tamer; Spencer Craw ford and C. J. D. Bauman, direc tors. Installation will be held Mon day, June 1. A. S. Akers, former Heppner resident, now residing in Portland, was a club guest JOHNSON WNNER IN WHITEST lone Man Takes 9-Vote Lead Over Bleakman for County Judge. VOTES DECIDE LOTS Barlow, Neill, Alfred Favored In Republican Races for Local Offices at Primaries. In the four local contests in the republican ranks which held the center of attraction at the primary election here Friday, Bert Johnson nosed out George Bleakman for county judge by nine votes; Chas. Barlow received the clerk's nomin ation; Roy Neill took the nomina tion for commissioner, and Frank C. Alfred was nominated for dis trict attorney. J. G. Barrat was given a hand some majority for state senator In this county, but was nosed out by Rex Ellis of Pendleton by just 301 votes in the district tabulation. Roy Ritner, choice of the district for congress in the republican ranks, was given a good vote here, as was Walter M. Pierce, demo cratic nominee who will oppose him in the fall. Chas. L, McNary took the repub lican nomination for U. S. Senator by a landslide, and will face Willis Mahoney of Klamath Falls, demo cratic nominee, in the fall. On latest reports Jack Allen of Pendleton was given a very slight lead over U. S. Burt of Corvallis for the democratic nomination for state treasurer. Rufus Holman, incumbent was given a substantial lead for the republican nomination to the same office. Hanson Hughes, Heppner, and L D. Gray, Arlington, unopposed, re ceived the democratic nomination for the two representative positions in the 22nd district, and in the faU will face E. R. Fatland, Condon, and Giles L. French, Moro, also unopposed, the republican nominees. Though the Townsend strength proved too weak to succeed in nom inating all avowed Townsend can didates, it proved to be a large fac tor in the election. This was re flected in Morrow county by the consistently even vote received by avowed Townsend candidates for various offices. Little interest was manifested in the presidential race, and the trend of the state in national politics was reflected more in the offices of na tional committeemen and delegates to the national conventions. The overwhelming majority of Ralph E. Wiliams as republican national committeeman showed a reversion to stand-pat republican doctrine as WHliams has held a place of prom inence in high republican councils for years. Solid republican timber In all instances was elected to na tional convention delegacies, while on the democratic side active Roosevelt supporters were given preference, with Howard Latour ette, Portland, taking the office of national committeeman. Leading for state-at-large dele gates on late reports were, repub lican, Joe E. Dunne, Portland; D. J. Butcher, The Dalles; C. W. Clark, Washington county; Walter L. Tooze, Portland; for the democrats, William A. Delzell, Marion county; Martin A. Fitzgerald, Union coun ty; J. W. Morrow, Portland; Ralph M. Erwin, Portland. Late returns showed H. H. De Armond of Deschutes county and S. D. Peterson of Umatilla county in the lead for delegates to the re publican national convention from this district; while the democrats elected Eva M. Nelson, Umatilla county, and S. E. Van Vactor, Was co county, who were unopposed. Receiving the democratic nom ination for local offices, all unop posed, were Robert A. Jones, sher iff; Josephine Mahoney, Clerk; R. B. Rice, judge; Jeff Jones, commis sioner. C. J. D. Bauman took the republican nomination for sheriff, unopposed. James U. Campbell, incumbent, ran far ahead of George T. Coch ran of La Grande for the nomina tion as state supreme court judge. The usual write-in game was played for several local offices In which Fred Lucas received both the republican and democratic nomination for justice of the peace. ' County central committeemen were elected by the two parties as follows: Republican, S. E. Notson, N. Heppner; C. J. D. Bauman, S. Heppner; William J. Doherty, Al pine; Guy L. Barlow, Boardman; Johan Alfred Troedson, Cecil; Hen ry Peterson, Eight Mile; WaUer Wright, Hardman; George N. Ely, lone; A. C. Houghton, Irrigon; Wal ter Luckman, Lena; Lawrence L. Beach, Lexington; Charles H. Bar tholomew, Pine City; for the demo crats: Albert Adkins, S. Heppner; Edward Breslin, N. Heppner; E. L, Ditty, Pine City; G. L. Bennett, Al pine; J. F. Gorham, Boardman; Ralph Butler, Cecil; Guy Huston, Eight Mile; Carl Leathers, Hard man; D. M. Ward, lone; H. L, Du vall, Lexington. Lively Interest was taken in the election here, with both parties re cording about 70 percent of the reg istered vote. Henry Peterson, Eight Mile far mer, was in town yesterday.