OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLIC AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND. ORE.
Volume 52, Number 30.
HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Oct. 1, 1936.
Subscription $2.00 a Year
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GIVE VIEWS ON AAA
Suggestions Made at Meet
ing Here on Future
Administration.
PAYMENTS FAVORED
1937 Checks Asked for 1936 Land
Diversion; "Trashy" Sumraerf al
low, Grass Seeding Liked.
Representative farmers of the
county met at I. O, O. F. hall here
Tuesday afternoon in one of a series
of county meetings held for the pur
pose of making recommendations
on the AAA soil conservation pro
gram. " The recommendations of
the several county meetings will be
considered later at a district meet
ing, the outcome of which is ex
pected to Influence future adminis
tration of the soil conservation pro
gram in the northwest.
William Steen of the state soil
conservation committee assisted
with the local meeting. He is a
Umatilla county wheat raiser.
In gaining views of the farmers
in attendance, a list of questions
was handed each.
The first question, "What prog
ress has been made in soil conser
vation in your county under the 1936
agricultural conservation pro
gram?" was. answered by Joseph
Belanger, county agent, who cited
that 7000 acres had been turned un
der as green manure crops, and 6000
acres were in process of being
planted to crested wheat grass. In
discussing future practices, those
present recommended first that
"trashy" summerfallowing be fol
lowed, and secondly that unproduct
ive soil be planted to grass. These
recommendations were in answer
to the second question.
Question three asked, "Should a
greater portion of the payments be
made for soil-building practices
in 1936?" The question sheet ex
plained that two types of payments
were made in 1936, one for diver
sion of land to soil-conserving crops,
and the other for soil-building prac
tices. The group recommended that
payment be continued In 1937 for
diversion made In 1936 without
specifying any portion of payment
for a single type of practice.'
In answer to question four, ask
ing as to whether or not a maxi
mum total conservation allowance
should be established for each farm
or ranch, the group voted in favor
of establishing such maximum al
lowance. Question five asked whether the
crop income Insurance feature of
the present program should be en
larged. The group favored contin
uance of such a feature. This in
surance plan calls for setting aside
part of the Income in fat years to
be paid back In lean years ,to es
tablish what is termed a "normal
granary."
The regional meeting for Idaho,
Oregon, Utah and Washington at
which the county recommendations
will be summarized will be held at
Pocatello, Idaho, October 14.
CLAIMS PAID RAPIDLY.
Indicative of the speed with which
insurance companies are paying
fire-claim losses at stricken Ban
don, is the report of the Oregon
Mutual Fire Insurance company.
This company set up temporary
headquarters at the scene of dis
aster, with six adjusters in the field.
Claims are paid as soon as any ad
juster completes his report, and
some claims were paid while the
ashes were still hot Officials Is
suing checks estimate that com
pany's loss at $80,000, of which $50,
000 is reinsured, leaving a net loss
of $30,000, reports J. O. Turner,
local agent.
BROTHER DIES.
Funeral services were held in
Pendleton Sunday afternoon for
Thomas M. Bush, 38, brother of
Mrs. Olive Swaggart of Lexington,
who died In that city Friday. Be
sides the sister In this county, Mr.
Bush is survived by four children,
William Bush of Athena, Mrs. Nellie
Creager of Freewater, Dick Bush
of Pendleton and Lloyd Bush of
Pullman, Wash., and a sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Stamper of Portland.
SUCCEEDS BLOOM.
W V. Klnff nrlncioal of the Echo
schools, has been appointed a mem
ber or tne uregon state aign ecnuui
Athletic association to succeed E.
F. Bloom, former local superinten
rfont and resident of that bodv be-
tnr-a pomnvlnr tn Washington this
year. King is widely known In east
ern Oregon athletic circles, and has
been to Heppner many umes wnn
his teams.
POMONA MEETS 8RD.
Morrow County Pomona grange
will meet at Cecil, saturaay, ucto
ber 3, as guests of Willows grange
At the lecturer's orosrram in the af
ternoon will be discussions on the
bills up before the people for voting,
as well as playlets, vocal solos, etc.
Thn nnhlln la cordlallv Invited to the
Tirmrrnm. Don't foreet the regis
tration books close at 5 p. m., Oct.
3. Be prepared to vote at election
GRATITUDE.
"I feel very grateful to all my
friends and I do want to thank
them from the bottom of my heart
for all the Kindness ana personal
interest they have Bhown during my
recent illness.
Archie D. McMurdo, M, D.
NEWN.F.LA. SETUP
GET SUNDER WAY
H. D. McCurdy Retained as Full
Time Secretary; To Handle PCA
and Co-Op Applications.
To 'reduce the operating expenses
and at the same time give land bank
Dorrowers more efficient service, the
directors of the Hardman National
Farm Loan association serving Mor
row county have voted to conduct
their business through a central
office at Heppner and have employ
ed M. JJ. McCurdy on a monthly
salary basis.
In addition to his duties as secre
tary-treasurer of the Hardman as
sociation, Mr. McCurdy will service
all land bank and land bank com
mlssioner loans in Morrow county.
f. C. McLaughlin. N. F. L. A. su
pervisor for the Federal Land bank,
who has been assisting Mr. Mc
Curdy in setting up this office
stated, "I am sure the local farmers
will be eager to get behind this
program and make a real success
of it The land bank is. willing to
help in every possible way, but
member borrowers and their local
directors now have a responsibility
of developing this opportunity for
practical results."
As a further step toward an ef
ficient, unified cooperative credit
service, the farm loan associations
are cooperating closely with the
local cooperative credit associations
which were organized under the
farm credit act of 1933 to perform a
similar service in the field of short
term credit
John Wightman is president of
the Hardman N. F. L. A.
The number of loans to be ser
viced by this new office in Morrow
county is 188 in the amount of
$896,844.00. -
WILLOWS GRANGE MEETS.
Willows grange held its business
meeting in the hall at Cecil, Sun
day, Sept 27. Marie Ledbetter.
chairman of the agricultural com
mittee, gave a list of Willows grang
ers winning prizes on various grains
at Morrow County Grain show. Har
ry Peterson became a member of
the grange by reinstatement. Har
riet Heliker, candidate of Willows
grange for Rodeo queen, thanked
members of the grange and friends
for the kindness and courtesies ex
tended to her. She also told of the
splendid trip Queen Genevieve and
the attendants from Morrow coun
ty had as guests of the John Day
fair and of the royal treatment they
received while there. The compet
itive contest on membership and at
tendance at Willows grange was
won by the ladies with 100 points
to the good so the grange ladies
will expect to be honored guests at
a party in the near future. ,
LEXINGTON CALF CLUB.
The Lexington Calf club will meet
at the C. N. Biddle ranch, Friday
night, Oct 2. Anyone interested in
4-H club work is welcome at these
meetings which will be held the first
Friday night in each month. Any
boy or girl In the Lexington dis
trict who wishes to join should be
present tomorrow evening as new
officers for the club year will then
be elected. We hope to make the
club bigger and the work better
and more interesting. Friday night
was decided upon as it will be eas
ier for the older folks to be pres
ent, too, in the evenings. C. N. Bid
die, leader.
TOWNSEND MEETING.
A social meeting for all Town-
sendltes will be held in the Church
of Christ basement on Friday night
at 7:30. All members and others
interested are urged to be present
A good time is promised. A light
lunch will be served.
Glen C. Wade of Hermlston will
speak. If you have heard him you
will want to hear him again. His
topic will be, "How to bet the Town-
send Plan In Operation."
LOCAL STORE WINS.
Local Safeway stores won the
first prize for their division In the
recent syrup sales contest, selling
905 pints in the week's contest. A
prize of $18 has been received. Roy
Quackenbush with the local store
was high salesman for the district,
receiving a special award.
DOCTOR RETURNS HOME.
Dr. A. D. McMurdo arrived In
Heppner Monday from Portland
where he recently underwent a si
nus operation. While his recovery
has been quite good, he entered
Heppner hospital on arrival for fur
ther treatment
DIVORCES GRANTED.
Three divorce decrees were grant
ed In circuit court here last Thurs
day by Judge C. L. Sweek. They
were Lawrence W. from Sophronia
Gertrude Compton, Joseph W. from
Fannie Sibley and Mary from Ern
est Smith.
CANDIDATES SPEAK.
Walter M. Pierce, democrat for
congress, and D. W. Hall of the
same party for state senator, ad
dressed an audience of 75 people at
the courthouse last night in behalf
of their candidacies.
AUXILIARY TO MEET.
The American Legion auxiliary
will hold their regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. Harry Tamblyn,
Tuesday evening, Oct. 6.
Arthur H. Lewis, attorney of
Portland, is transacting business in
the city today. This is Mr. Lewis's
first trip to Heppner. Having heard
much about the town for a long
time, and having created a desire
to see it, he said he welcomed the
first opportunity to do so.
Library Schedules Annual
Benefit for October 30th
The annual Heppner library stunt
nite benefit was voted to be held
Fridav evening. October 30. at
meeting of the association Tn the
library Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Harriet Gemmell, president has
named the following committees to
take charge.
Mrs. Alberta Parker, general
chairman.
Allan Bean, stage and property
manager, to be assisted by Miss
Mae Doherty and Mrs. Harold Cohn.
Finance committee to have charge
of ticket sales, etc., J. O. Turner,
Mrs. Walter Blackburn and Miss
Ruth Furlong.
The several organizations and
schools of the county will be asked
to participate in the benefit pro
gram to make this the biggest and
best one yet offered.
Clerk's Office Given
Auditor's Compliments
Not a single error, and everything
in tip top condition, was the report
of Bernard Davis, auditor, when
asked by Judge W. T. Campbell
about the condition of the local
clerk's office on completion of audit
of that office recently. Judge Camp
bell said he asked the auditor in
order to verify the court's judgment
in selection of Chas. W. Barlow as
clerk on resignation of Gay M. An
derson.
The auditor highly complimented
the double entry bookkeeping sys
tem instituted by local officials, and
was surprised to find that the local
clerk's office balances accounts at
the end of every month. This is a
rare good practice among county
clerk's offices of the state, he said.
Davis works out of the office of the
secretary of state. His written re
port had not yet been received.
LEXINGTON
By BETJLAH NICHOLS
The local Parent-Teacher asso
ciation sponsored a reception for
the teachers last Thursday evening
at the Christian church. Following
an enjoyable social hour, delicious
refreshments were served.
Mrs. George Gillis was hostess
Monday evening for a farewell par
ty honoring Mrs. Mary Smith who,
with her son, Virgil, is leavlnz to
make her home in Washington.!
Those present were Mrs. Smith,
Mrs. George Allyn, Mrs. Roy John
son, Mrs. Charles Breshears, Miss
Dona Barnett, Mrs. Trina Parker,
Mrs. James Leach, Mrs. Wm. Camp
bell, Mrs. Adolph Majeske, Mrs.
Lonnie Henderson, Mrs. Lawrence
Palmer, Mrs. Eva Lane, Miss Merle
Carmichael, Mrs. Merle Miller, Mrs.
Charles Marquardt, Mrs. Henry
Rauch, Mrs. Orville Cutsforth, Mrs.
John McMillan, Mrs. George Peck,
Mrs. Earl Warner, Mrs. Wm. Van
Winkle, and Mrs. Harry Dinges.
A large crowd attended the pie
social and dance which was held at
the grange hall Saturday night
The Lexington Home Economics
club will meet next Thursday after
noon, October 8, at the home of Mrs.
A. H. Nelson,
The high school student body held
a meeting last week and elected the
following officers for the year:
President, Kenneth Palmer; vice-
president, Bernice Martin; secre
tary, Edna Rauch; treasurer, Ell
wynne Peck; yell leader, Marvin
Cox.
There is to be a card party at the
grange hall Friday evening. All
grange members and their friends
are invited. All who have card ta
bles and cards are asked to bring
them. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Biddle
were visitors in Portland last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunt and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt
and family spent Saturday in Pen
dleton. Mrs. Ralph Jackson and children
of Pendleton spent the week end in
Lexington.
Mrs. Lester White spent the week
end in Portland.
Mrs. Vernon Scott motored to
Pendleton Thursday. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Lee Sprinkel
and Mrs. Henry Howell of Heppner.
Mra. Lillian C. Turner was ill the
first of the week and her position
in the school was filled by Mrs.
Lawrence Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ingles of
Boardman spent the week end with
Lexington friends.
At the meeting of the Parent-
Teacher association Wednesday eve
nlng, Mrs. Lillian C. Turner was
elected secretary to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of Mr. New
ton. Following the business meet
ing a program of musical numbers,
tap dancing and readings was given,
Mrs. Glenn Gale of Portland Is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvanus Wright.
Mrs. J. G. Johnson was a guest
of Mrs. Healy at her home In Hepp
ner Sunday.
WOOLGROWERS AUXILIARY.
Morrow County Woolgrowers aux
iliary will meet tomorrow. Fridav,
at 1:13 for a luncheon meeting at
the Lucas Place. Plans for a wool-
growers dance will be discussed,
Members wishing reservations
should notify Mrs. Lucas by this
evening, or phone 8F6, Mrs. Ralph
Thomson, president. "
RADIO TALK SLATED.
Senator Vandenberg Is scheduled
to give a political talk Saturday
evening at o:ls ovei NBC red net
work from Cleveland. Among
coast stations over which the talk
may be heard are KGW, KFI, KPO,
KOMO. KHQ. He will speak in be
half of the Landoti candidacy for
president.
Rhode Island Red pullets for sale,
Bernice Bauman, city, ,
O'CONNOR HOME
AT I0NE FIRE LOSS
Small Amount of Belongings Only
Saved; Miseners Visit Relatives;
Other News of the Week.
By MARGARET BLAKE
Fire of unknown origin, possibly
defective light wiring, completely
destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O'Connor last Saturday eve
ning. The fire started in the
upper floor had made such headway
before it was discovered that there
was no chance to save the building.
With the help of those who arrived
on the scene as soon as the alarm
was sounded Mr. and Mrs. O'Conr
nor saved some of the furnishings
on the lower floor. The family has
tmoved into the Harris house near
tthe creek beyond Third street. They
carried no insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Misner of
Thornton, Wash., arrived at the
home of their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mankin, on
Saturday for a short visit Mr. Mis
ner states that for the first time In
his life he can say he raised a crop
of wheat that averaged forty bush
els to the acre. With Mrs. Misner
he intends to attend the fair at
Dallas, Texas, a little later in the
season.
Deer hunters come and go and
to date not many have returned
with anything to show for their
trip. Among the lucky hunters are
M. E. Cotter and H. E. Yarnell.
Harvey Smith with the Gibson
brothers and George Porter made
up a party which came out with a
deer each. They went into the
mountains beyond Canyon City.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Balsiger
enjoyed a week-end visit with rel
atives at White Salmon, Wash.
They were gone from Saturday un
til Monday.
The ladies missionary society of
the Gooseberry Lutheran church
will have a birthday party at the
church next Sunday, Oct 4, at 3
p. m. A similar affair held last
year at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
p. E. Peterson will be remembered
and it is hoped that these friends
and as many others as are interest
ed will attend this year's meeting.
Special numbers have been ar
ranged for the entertainment of
the guests.
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Brace and
children have moved to the ranch
of C. E. Fisk, better known as the
Bortzer ranch. The family has re
cently returned from South Dakota
where they had gone last spring.
Miss Lorraine Raei had as her
guests Saturday and Sunday her
brother and two sisters of Mitchell.
Mrs. Roy Brown who spent the
week end at her home near Hermis
ton was called back there Sunday
evening by the tragic death of her
nephew, Patrick Joseph O'Reilly,
Jr., who was accidentally shot while
at target practice with, four young
friends near Hermlston. The, boy
who was sixteen, was from San
Francisco, but had spent the sum
mer at the Brown ranch and liked
it so well here that he had re
mained to attend high school in
iermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peterson of
Vega, Wash., spent a few days of
last week at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Carlson. Mr. Peter
son Is the son of an early day set
tler In the Gooseberry section.
T. E. Peterson motored to As
toria Saturday to bring home Mra.
Peterson who has been visiting her
parents in the coast city. They re
turned home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Troedson with
their nephew, Louis Byham, of
Pennsylvania who is their guest,
enjoyed a two-day trip to Bonne
ville dam last week. At Hood Riv
er they stopped at the home of Dr.
C. C. Chick and hoped to give their
nephew the thrill of seeing Mt.
Hood and Mt. Adams at close
range, but the air was so smoky
that it was impossible to see either
mountain.
J. O. Turner of Heppner was a
business visitor here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Biddle spent
Saturday at Hermlston.
Howard Eubanks had the misfor
tune to overturn hs truck on the
Gooseberry road about a mile from
town Saturday morning. The truck
which was loaded with coal turned
completely over sideways but How
ard only suffered a scratched hand
and the truck was not badly dam
aged.
Funeral services for Cole E
Smith who died in Tacoma, Wash.,
(last Thursday, were held in The
Dalles Saturday. Mr. Smith under
went a serious operation in Taco
ma a short time ago and at first
seemed to be making rapid progreas
itoward recovery but complications
set in which ended in his death. Mr,
Smith had lived in this community
for about ten years and his sudden
passing came as a shock to his
many friends. He leaves his wife
(and a daughter, Mildred, of The
Dalles. ,
The county bridge over Willow
creek near the Pettyjohn place at
McNabb caved in on the south end
Tuesday. No one was using the
bridge when the cave-in occurred.
Mrs. Frank Engelman and Mrs.
Henry Clark went to The Dalles on
Saturday to attend the funeral of
Cole Smith, They were driven down
by Joe Engelman.
S. E. Notson and J. L. Gault were
here for a short time Tuesday.
Mr, and Mrs. C. W. Swanaon de
parted Sunday for a vacation trip.
They expect to visit in Idaho and
then go south by way of Hoover
dam to California where they will
spend some time visiting old friends
and relatives.
Nearly $20 was realized from the
benefit tea given for the library at
(Continued on Pis Four)
Pat O'Reilly, Jr., Victim
of Shooting Accident
Morrow county friends were sad
dened this week by news of the
death of Patrick Joseph O'Reilly,
Jr., 16, who was acidentally killed
near Hermlston, Sunday, by a shot
from a 21 rifle in the hands of one
of several companions while shoot
ing at targets. Young O'Reilly
made many friends in this vicinity
while living for the last several
months at the home of his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kilcup,
on Butter creek. He but recently
went to Hermiston to visit a cousin,
Miss Ruth Guilland. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O'Reil
ly of San Francisco, former resi
dents of this city.
With young O'Reilly in the shoot
ing party were Harold Buell, 17,
William Jepp, 18. Stewart Rankin,
17, and Marvin Rankin, 18, all of
Hermiston. The boys were shoot
ing at a rock target, and all had
fired their guns except the Rankin
brothers. O Reilly stepped in front
of them as they fired simultaneous
ly, and it was not known which gun
fired the shot. The bullet struck
the unfortunate lad in the skull,
lodging just above an eye. The boy
died two hours and a half later af
ter being rushed to the Hermiston
hospital. Funeral services were
held at Hermiston yesterday.
The Dalles Man Leads
In Big Buck Contest
M. Scott of The Dalles held the
record for the biggest buck brought
into Heppner so far this season in
a check-up this morning. Scott's
animal, weighed in at the Green
Hardware store, tipped the scales
at 224 1-2 pounds, hog dressed. Rec
ord for the smallest buck was held
by B. H. Bleakman with an 88 1-2
pounder.
Other successful hunters report
ing in this week included Tom Bey-
mer, Gerald Cason, George Bleak-
man, Marcel Jones, Claude Busch
ke, M. E. Cotter and Floyd Jones.
REBEKAH HEAD tFETED.
A large number of Rebekah sis
ters and brother Oddfellows met at
the new I. O. O. F. hall in lone Mon
day night, Sept 21, for a special
meeting honoring Mrs. Estella
Weed, president of the Rebekah
Assembly of Oregon. . Bunchgrass
lodge conferred the degree upon two
candidates and were highly compli
mented by the president on their
work. Sapphire lodge of Morgan
joined in the meeting, with Mr. and
Mrs.,H. E. Cool, Mrs. Myrtle Ely,
Mrs. Echo Palmateer and Mrs. Zoe
Bauernfeind in attendance from
there. Mrs. Lucile Rietmann read
a splendid paper giving much I. O.
O. F. and Rebekah history and of
their work in commemoration of
the 85th birthday of the order of
Rebekahs, the oldest ladies' frater
nal order known. After the close
of the meeting, delicious refresh
ments of salad, cake, and coffee
were served by the social commit
tee, Lucile Rietmann, Vera Riet
mann, Elanie Rietmann arfd Ruth
Lundell. Two auto loads of Bunch
grass Rebekah ladies attended the
district convention at Fossil on the
19th. Included were Mrs. Minnie
Forbes, Mrs. Lena Lundell, Mrs.
Ethel Ritchie, Mrs. Lucile Riet
mann, Mrs. Elaine Rietmann, Mrs.
Vera Rietmann and Mrs. Vida Heli
ker. The ladies were accompanied
by Earnest Lundell and Victor Riet
mann. All report a very enjoyable
trip.
HITLER, MUSSOLINI VIEWS
OF OREGON CAPITOL TOLD
(Editor's Note: This is one sev
eral articles written for this news
paper by Eric W. Allen, dean of the
University of Oregon school of jour
nalism who traveled in Europe on
a fellowship granted by the Ober
laender Trust of the Karl Shurz me
morial foundation.)
By ERIC W. ALLEN,
Dean of the University of Oregon
School of Journalism.
ROME. The big event in Rome,
for one traveller at least, was the
receipt of a copy of the Salem
Statesman, sent by the editor, Mr.
Charles Sprague, and containing a
fine account, with ample pictures, of
the projected new capitol at Salem.
These pictures aroused much In
terest when shown to Italian ac
quaintances. "Novo tipo italiano!"
they exclaimed. Of course they
were partly wrong; the new style
is not exclusively Italian but it is
to be' found springing up every
where one goes in all countries ex
cept one.
It is natural for Romans to be
Interested in capitols. They invent
ed the Idea. The very name is tak
en from the hill about four blocks
from here where we ventured in
the dusk last evening. With a good
strong slingshot one could proba
bly hie, from the roof of this hotel
(itself a former pulace) a dozen or
more structures that have once
served as the seat of government.
Governing is the principal local in
dustry here and has been going on
for twenty-seven centuries. Of
courses, in a stretch like that, one
builds a good many capitols. Salem
is a mere beginner with its second
or third or whatever it is.
Even at this distance an acute ear
can detect a slight murmur on the
horizon that probably represents an
active controversy going on In Ore
gon as to whether the new style is
appropriate for an Oregon capitol.
One can almost hear the acute out
cry of those to whom a capitol just
wouldn t look right unless it has an
old-fashioned dome. Also, how
about Carl Gould's idea that the
structure should express the well
AGENT COMMENDS
NORTH END FAIR
Plang for County Show at Heppner
Should Not Interfere, Bel
anger Tells Lions.
Any plans for establishment of a
county-wide fair should not contem
plate doing away with the North
Morrow County fair, Joseph Belan
ger, county agent, told the Lions
club at its Monday luncheon. Bel
anger made a short report on the
fair at Irrigon last week end. The
exhibits and entertainment Were
generally good, with the crop exhib
its especially high in quality while
tne livestock exhibits were not up
to par, he said.
While the north end fair, held
alternately two years at Irrigon and
two years at Boardman, is open for
exhibits from all over the county-
and state and nation, too in effect
it has been purely a local show
drawing exhibits only from the Ir
rigon and Boardman projects, said
Belanger. This will probably re
main the case, but as such it is
wholly justified. It is not reasonable
to suppose that the people there
would or could bring all their ex
hibits to Heppner for showing.
If a general array of exhibits is
to be shown at the county fair in
Heppner, it would be more logical
to bring only the best from the
north end fair. In effect this is
what is being done in Umatilla
county in 4-H club fairs. Four
district fairs are held there from
which exhibits are taken to a county-wide
fair at Pendleton. The
smaller fairs help to stimulate in
terest in the larger, he said,
A discussion of the' possibility of
having the proposed ranger home
in thia district of the Umatilla Na
tional forest established in Hepp
ner gained favor of the club in be
half of bringing it here, and Presi
dent Ray P. Kinne appointed J. V.
Crawford, Earl W. Gordon and S.
E. Notson as a committee to act
President Kinne proposed a joint
meeting with the John Day Lions
club some time this fall as a de
sirable project and Secretary Frank
W. Turner was instructed to write
for an expression from that club.
FORMER RESD3ENTS PASS.
News was received in Heppner
this week of the deaths of Mrs. Het
tie Brookhouser in Corvallis and
,Mrs. John Bellenbrock In Monu
ment both former residents of this
city. Mrs. Brookhouser was the
wife of Wm. Brookhouser, former
local paperhanger, and Mrs. Bellen
brock the wife of John Bellenbrock,
pioneer rancher of Morrow and
Grant counties.
SENTENCE PASSED.
Eldon Joseph Gemmell, charged
with hit and run driving, waived
appearance before the grand jury
and plead guilty in circuit court
here Thursday before Judge C. L.
Sweek. He was sentenced to 30 days
in the county jail and his driving
license was revoked for a year.
Gemmell hit two CCC boys with his
car some time ago.
RADIO TIME CHANGED.
Wm. Hard, political observer, is
now heard at 8 o'clock, P. S. T., in
stead of 7, due to change from day
light saving time in the east He
is heard Mondays through Fridays
each week over KOIN, KVI and
KSL.
known primness of New England?
In Europe also there is a good
deal of difference of opinion about
the new architecture. In fact, the
two most spectacular personalities
in Europe hold diametrically oppo
site views. To Adolf Hitler the
whole idea is pure poison. That
kind of architecture is, to his mind,
deflntely anti-nazi. It Is Jewish; It
is communist; and If he could think
of anything worse it would be that,
too. Formerly, Germany was a
rather progressive center on the de
velopment of the new architecture.
From all over the world young ar
chitects flocked to the famous Bau
haus at Dessau where the new
ideas were taught in a rather nota
ble architectural school. Now the
Bauhaus has been wrecked, its stu
dents and professors scattered, this
kind of work no longer appears on
the pages of the Ilustrlerte Zeit
ung, and where the buildings exist
there is a tendency to disguise their
original style. Hitler wants build
ings in Germany to carry the older
German atmosphere, just as Carl
Gould wanted a little flavor of Sa
lem, Mass., to be carried on to pos
terity at Salem, Ore.
In Italy, quite the opposite, Mu
solinl dotes on the broad surfaces,
the ample glass, the simple lines,
the convenient arrangements. He
isn't building capitols; goodness
knows Italy has enough of them
already and enough of churches
and palaces and castles probably
too many. But wherever a new rail
road station is built, there you see
the half-acre windows and the
square roofs and terraces, the pure
and undeflled wallspaces, the mod
ern gadgets of bakelite and crom
ium steels, and the simple color
ing. The same is true of the hun
dreds of apartment houses that are
springing up around the 2,000 year
old cities of this teeming land where
new babies are swelling the popula
tion for a 400,000 increase each year.
The new buildings, not being cap
itols, or palaces, or cathedrals, or
castles, do not appear on the easily
available postcards for sale at every
iContnued on Fin Poor)
RODEO'S FUTURE
PTClMin
Impasse Reached Last
Night When Old Direct
ors Refuse to Serve.
MEETING SET OCT. 21
Bisbee, Phelps and Ferguson Named
to Contact Business Men; Finan
cial Statement Presented,
Will the Heppner Rodeo be con
tinued? That question will be an
swered by the people of Morrow
county, Wednesday evening, Octo
ber 21, when a second meeting of
the association will be held and ev
eryone will be given an opportunity
to have his say, whether for or
against its continuance.
L. E. Bisbee, R. C. Phelps and R.
B. Ferguson were named at the reg
u 1 a r 1 y advertised organization
meeting last evening to contact all
business houses of the city and ob
tain representation at the coming
meeting.
Steps toward organization last
night reached an impasse when it
was attempted to elect directors for
the coming year, Henry Aiken, pres
ident handed in his resignation at
the beginning of the meeting and
refused to serve on the board. Sim
ilar action was taken by Len L. Gil
liam, secretary, Edwin L. Hughes
and Louis Bergevin, directors. All
these men pledged their, support
toward keeping the show going but
declaredthey were tired of being
in the harness. The opinion of the
18 persons present believed it inad
visable to proceed without exper
ienced men on the board of direct
ors. Some of the present directors in
dicated they might serve again if
they could be shown the community
was behind them, and enough per
sons lined up to assist with the
work to assure the show's success.
By-laws call for election of seven
directors who elect the association
officers from their own body. Nom
inations were opened and without
accepting declinations the follow
ing were nominated: R. C. Phelps,
U L. Gilliam, Oral Scott, Henry
Aiken, R, C. Lawrence, Harlan Mc
Curdy, Paul Hisler, Fred Mankin,
Tony Vey, L. E. Bisbee, Scott Fur
long. Frank Swaggart, Jack Glavey
and Walter Wright It was voted
to leave nominations open until the
October 21 meeting when further
names may be presented and the
election held if it Is the will of the
community to continue the show.
Spencer Crawford was temporary
phairman of the meeting.
Financial report of the secretary
showed that the 1936 show had an
income of $3154.58 and expended
$3163.94, thus reducing the cash bal
ance of $53.26 at the beginning of
the show to $43.90 at the close. The
detailed statement of receipts and
expenditures as read, follows: ,
Receipts
Balance $ 53.26
1st Queen's Dance $
2nd Queen's Dance
Parade Donations.
Concessions
Dance 1st Night
Dance 2nd Night
Dance 3rd Night
Gate, 1st Day
Gate, 2nd Day
Gate, 3rd Day
Entrance Fees
Rhea Creek Grange
Queen's Boots
84.15
159.95
171.50
572.38
108.35
188.50
274.04
96.75
436.01
885.25
159.00
7.85
Willows Grange
Queen's Boots
Total
10.85
$3,207.84
Disbursements
Prizes
.$1,221.25
90.00
Bareback Rides
Labor on Grounds
and in Arena
283.85
67.00
. 43.00
240.62
189.50
157.50
4.50
94.65
250.00
100.00
75.00
50.00
21.50
4.95
18.00
24.28
12.68
80.05
3.00
3.00
4.00
42.60
47.91
Labor on Midway
Tryouts
Hay
Parade Prizes
Calves
Posts
Printing
Dance Orchestra
School Band
Sound Machine
Clown
Flowers
Phone Calls
Rent of Truck
Insurance
Gas and Oil
Hotel Rooms
Moving Piano
Rent of Horse
Blacksmithlng
Lumber
Merchandise
Boots for Queens
Total
35.10
$3,163 94
Cash In Bank
-$ 43.90
MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS.
Mrs. Florence Dlmlck, variety
store proprietor, and Jos. J. Nys,
attorney, both moved their business
quarters from the Roberts build
ing on Willow street to the new
Peters building the first of the week.
Mrs. Dimick has taken a store
space fronting on Main street, while
Mr. Nys has taken an office space
fronting on Willow street Hepp
ner Abstract company has taken
the quarters in the Roberts build
ing formerly occupied by Mr. Nys,
which are being shared by Harlan
McCurdy. Morrow County Abstract
and Title company will occupy the
remaining office space in the Peters
building, adjacent to the new office
of Mr. Nys, moving its quarters
from the court house.